[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the second game, Carlsen would have been very keen to avoid Caruana
demonstrating how good his preparation is again, but despite a slightly
unexpected first move, he had another frustrating day with the White pieces.} 
1. c4 e5 (1... e6 {would be an option to try to steer the game back towards
the QGD of game 2.}) 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Although we haven't seen
an Open Sicilian when Caruana is White (yet), here we get one with reversed
colours.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 (8... Bb6 $5 {was
played by Alexander Grischuk against Pavel Eljanov in the Geneva Grand Prix
last year which brought this line to prominence. Since then many players have
picked up the idea, including myself.}) 9. Bd2 ({Fabiano played the White side
of this position against me!} 9. Ng5 $5 Nf6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Nd8 {Now it's hard to intensify the pressure and Black is not doing badly.} 13.
Qc4 Bd4 $1 {preventing the queen transferring to e4.} (13... Bb6 14. Qe4) 14.
Bg2 h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 18. dxe4 {The Irish pawn centre as
Tony Miles dubbed tripled pawns is often not as bad as it looks - here the
position is roughly balanced.} a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2 Be6 22. Qc3
Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27. g4 g6 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5
Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 $6 ({After} 32... Qd8 {it's hard for
either side to do anything, now things went wrong for me.}) 33. Rc4 Ra5 34. Rc2
Bd5 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rg3 37. Rf3 Bxf3 38. exf3 c6 39. Kh2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2
Rd5 41. Rc4 c5 42. Rxc5 Rxd4 43. Qc3 Qd8 44. Rc8 Qb6 45. Re8 g5 46. Re7 Kg8 47.
e6 fxe6 48. Qc2 Kf8 49. Rh7 Qc6 50. Qxc6 bxc6 51. Rxh6 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Rh7+
Kf6 54. Rb7 Ke5 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Kf4 57. Rf7+ Ke3 58. Kg3 Rd1 59. g5 Rg1+
60. Kh4 Rg2 61. Rf6 e5 62. g6 Rxb2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kh6 Rh2+ 65. Kg7 c5 66. Kf7
c4 67. g7 Rh7 68. Ra6 {1-0 (68) Caruana,F (2799)-Adams,M (2715) London 2017})
9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 ({It looks more natural to capture towards the centre} 10.
bxc3 {but then White's minor pieces are in each other's way after} h6 $5 (10...
e4 $5 11. dxe4 Qe7 {could also be interesting.})) 10... Nd4 ({Not the only
move, but it counters White's threat:} 10... a5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 $14) 11.
b4 ({Magnus was already thinking a bit here, somewhat surprisingly given
Caruana played this only five months ago, in almost his last game against the
English!} 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. a3 c6 15. Nd2 a5 {Black
was comfortable here in the blitz game So - Caruana. Magnus chooses a more
critical move, gaining some queenside space.}) 11... Bd6 ({This unnatural move
was played quickly} 11... Bf8 {allows White the option of} 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. e3
) (11... Bb6 12. a4 {is also not straightforward.}) 12. Rb1 (12. Nxd4 $5 exd4
13. Bxd4 Bxg3 (13... Bxb4) 14. hxg3 Qxd4 {looks like it could be interesting,
but with home analysis no doubt Black survives.}) (12. e3 $5) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 a6 14. a4 c6 15. Re1 $5 (15. Qc2 $5) ({The critical move must be} 15. b5
$1 {Could} cxb5 $5 (15... axb5 16. axb5 Bd7 (16... Bh3 $2 17. bxc6 bxc6 18.
Bxc6 $16) 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 $14 {looks no fun at all for
Black. Perhaps Magnus was concerned 15.b5 would still be within his opponent's
homework.}) 16. axb5 a5 {be Black's idea?}) 15... Bd7 {Preventing the b5 break
for now.} 16. e3 Qf6 (16... Qe7 $5 {was also possible.}) 17. Be4 Bf5 ({A
forcing option} 17... Rad8 $5 {still looks sensible to me.}) 18. Qf3 {Magnus
is also happy to swap material.} Bxe4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. dxe4 {Black's kingside
structure is ugly but it won't be easy to get at it.} b5 {Fixing the pawn on
b4 as a target for the black bishop.} 21. Red1 ({Another fast move.} 21. Rb2 $5
{was another option.}) 21... Bf8 22. axb5 axb5 (22... cxb5 {is met by} 23. Be1
Rec8 24. Rdc1 {preventing the black rook getting to c4.}) 23. Kg2 {White's
king would like to get to f5 but that's not going to happen.} Red8 24. Rdc1 Kg7
25. Be1 Rdc8 26. Rc2 Ra4 {It's hard for White to improve as he is tied to the
b4 pawn.} 27. Kf3 (27. g4 $5) 27... h5 {A good move taking some space on the
kingside.} 28. Ke2 Kg6 29. h3 f5 {Getting rid of the doubled pawns and
improving the Black king position.} 30. exf5+ Kxf5 31. f3 Be7 {The position is
fairly dead and the players bring proceedings to a swift conclusion.} 32. e4+
Ke6 33. Bd2 (33. Rbc1 {can be met by} Kd7 {or} (33... Bxb4 {as in the next
note.})) 33... Bd6 34. Rbc1 {Draw agreed as} Kd7 ({Even} 34... Bxb4 35. Bxb4
Rxb4 36. Rxc6+ Rxc6 37. Rxc6+ Ke7 38. Rh6 Rb2+ {is fine as there is no way to
hide from the checks.}) 35. Rb1 {repeats} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{This pairing seemed utterly senseless as both teams had been defeated the
previous day and were the highest seeded on this score group. It is sadly all
too typical of the systems used in European events that we received a double
colour so it could occur. It is a fairly well established pattern that when we
play against Russia 2 points is the maximum possible score, so I guess things
went quite well but at one stage things looked more hopeful.} 1. c4 {I
prepared for several different moves to begin the game, but this one eluded me
entirely.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O
8. e3 ({The immediate} 8. d3 {is slightly more common here.}) 8... a6 9. d3 Ba7
10. Nxf6+ {Although White gained a tempo with Nd5 in the opening, this
additional move has some drawbacks, in fact two White players chose to return
the knight to c3 here.} ({The reason is that} 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 {
should be fine for Black.}) 10... Qxf6 11. Bd2 Qg6 12. Bc3 ({After} 12. Nh4
Qxd3 13. Rc1 h6 {is good enough.}) 12... Qh5 13. Nh4 ({If my bishop settles on
g4 things get rather awkward, and after} 13. Qb3 Bg4 14. Nd2 Rab8 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Qa4 {Black has a number of options} Bd7 {is the simplest solution.}) 13...
Bg4 14. Bf3 f5 ({Originally I was intending} 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3
f6 {which must be equal but White has more pleasant play as one day he might
seriously sideline my bishop.}) 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. Qf3 ({If} 16. Qxg4 fxg4 {
White's knight on h4 finds it very hard to re-enter the game. I also have a
possible plan to play Nd8-g5.}) ({I was expecting instead} 16. Kg2 {which
looks more natural to me.}) 16... Rae8 ({I wasn't too sure what to do here and
made a vague move} 16... Rf7 {keeping the option to double on the f-line was
better.}) 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. b4 ({The computer prefers} 18. Qd5 {but this looks
pretty doubtful.}) 18... h5 ({I was tempted by the logical} 18... e4 {here and
this was a better option, after} 19. Qxg4 (19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. b5 Nd8) 19... fxg4
20. d4 Ne7 21. d5 {I abandoned the line but with} g5 22. Ng2 b5 {Black is
doing well. The game move is a bit ugly but forces open lines on the kingside
and things become very sharp.}) 19. Qg2 f4 20. h3 Qd7 21. gxf4 ({With some
justification, I was worried about the line} 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Ne7 ({
The radical} 22... fxe3 23. bxc6 exf2+ 24. Kh2 Qxc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 {is hard to
assess}) 23. gxf4 exf4 24. e4 {when White's king is safe and mine will soon
feel uncomfortable.}) 21... exf4 22. Kh2 ({Now} 22. b5 {makes no sense as my
knight has another square available:} axb5 23. cxb5 Ne5) 22... fxe3 23. fxe3
Ref8 ({The computer claims} 23... Bxe3 {is playable but during the game both}
24. Rxf7 ({and} 24. Nf5) 24... Qxf7 25. Rf1 Bf4+ 26. Kh1 {looked terrifying.})
24. d4 {The pawn advance blocks my bishop but also impedes my opponent's, and
if the pawn advances again both bishops get a new lease of life.} (24. Bxg7
Rxg7 25. Qd5+ Rff7 26. Nf5 {would be scary at the board but Black has at least}
Rg6 27. Nh4 Rgg7 28. Nf5 {with a repetition.}) ({The computer mentions the
sneaky} 24. Qd5 Ne7 25. Qg5 Nf5 26. Ng6 Nxe3 27. Nxf8 Nxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf8 {
would lead to a draw. This was a wiser option as the impressive line of pawns
on the fourth rank prove to be built on a foundation of sand.}) 24... Ne7 25.
e4 ({White is wise to decline the pawn} 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxb7 Qe6 27. Qxa7 ({
or} 27. Ng2 Qxc4) 27... Qxe3 {leaves White's pieces in chaos.}) 25... Qa4 ({
Not a bad move but the simple} 25... Qe6 26. d5 Qh6 {was good.}) 26. Rxf7 Rxf7
27. Rd3 ({The computer recommends} 27. Qe2 {I assumed} Rf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxd1 {
would be promising but} 29. c5 {holds thing together.}) ({After} 27. Rg1 a5 {
it is very hard to find a move for White.}) 27... a5 {Now White's position
falls apart.} 28. Nf3 (28. a3 Qxa3 29. bxa5 Bxd4 {wins,}) ({and} 28. bxa5 Qxc4
{also looks grim.}) 28... axb4 29. Be1 Qc6 30. Ng5 Qxc4 31. Qe2 $2 ({After} 31.
Rb3 $1 {White keeps the material disadvantage to manageable proportions and is
still fighting.}) 31... Ng6 ({The attacking chances are also illusory after} 
31... Rf6 32. e5 dxe5 33. dxe5 Rf8 {as now} 34. Qxh5 {is impossible as} Qxd3 {
covers h7 but my more forcing knight move should have been even more efficient.
}) 32. Nxf7 Nf4 33. Nh6+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qxd3 ({Finding a way not to win here was
not easy but I proved more than up to the task} 34... Nxd3 {looks risky but}
35. Qf5+ g6 36. Qd7+ Kxh6 37. Bd2+ g5 {leaves White with nothing e.g} 38. h4
Bxd4 39. Bxg5+ Kg6 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Qf7) 35. Qxf4 Qxd4 $2 ({I had
calculated this won some time ago and stuck with my original intention, but
missing the line} 35... Qe2+ 36. Bf2 (36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Bxf2 Kxh6 {is
straightforward}) 36... Bxd4 {is pretty awful.}) (35... Bxd4 {as my opponent
indicated after the game is equally decisive, both ...Qe2+ and ...Be5 are
threatened.}) 36. Qg5 Qxe4 ({I thought} 36... gxh6 {enabled my king to escape
from the checks by the queen but only realised at this stage that bishop
checks were also possible when my king goes to a dark square.} 37. Qf5+ (37.
Qe7+ Qg7 {wins}) 37... Kg7 38. Qd7+ {and perpetual check is inevitable.}) 37.
Qf5+ Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Bc5 39. Kg3 g5 ({I could still keep some advantage with} 
39... d5 {now White regains a pawn and the game peters out.}) 40. Bd2 Kg6 41.
Ne7+ Kf6 42. Nd5+ Ke5 43. Nxc7 g4 44. hxg4 ({Given the flow of the game I was
happy to see this liquidation,} 44. h4 {was more enterprising but should also
lead to a draw; one possible line goes} Ke4 45. Ne8 Kd3 46. Bg5 Kc2 47. Nf6 Kb2
48. Nxh5 Kxa2 49. Nf4 b3 50. Nd3 b2 51. Nxb2 Kxb2) 44... hxg4 45. Kxg4 Ke4 46.
Kg5 Kd3 (46... d5 {was a better try but wouldn't change the result.}) 47. Be1
Kc2 48. Nd5 Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad-02 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1911.09.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{ENGLISCHE PARTIE} 1. c4 {Damit schlägt Weiß eine bekannte Variante der
sizilianischen Partie ein, aber mit einem Tempo mehr, und also für Weiß
vorteilhaft.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 f6 {
Dieser Zug schwächt den Punkt e6 und ist deswegen eine Quelle manchen Übels
für Schwarz.} ({Der natürliche und viel bessere Zug war} 6... Nc6) 7. O-O Nc6
8. d4 {Dieser Zug, der den Abtausch des Königsbauern erzwingt, unterstreicht
besonders die Unnatürlichkeit von 6. ...f6} exd4 9. Nb5 Bc5 10. Nfxd4 Nxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bf7 ({Möglich war auch} 11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Rd1 {aber dann
hätten die Läufer des Weißen eine dominierende Stellung eingenommen; der
Textzug ist jedoch nicht besser, da daraufhin Schwarz der Rochademöglichkeit
verlustig geht.}) 12. Qa4+ $1 Kf8 {Erzwungen, denn} ({falls} 12... c6 13. Nxc6)
({und falls} 12... Qd7 {so} 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Rd1 {und die schwarze Stellung
wäre noch mehr kompromittiert.}) 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Rxd4
c5 17. Rd3 g5 {In der Hoffnung, den eingeschlossenen Königsturm ins Spiel zu
bringen, entschließt sich Schwarz zu diesem wagemutigen, aber nutzlosen
Manöver. Weiß benutzt natürlich diese Schwächung der Königstellung zur
Schaffung eines direkten Angriffs.} 18. Be3 ({In Betracht zu ziehen wäre auch
} 18. a3 {um beide Läufer zu erhalten.}) 18... Nc4 19. Rad1 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Kg7
21. e5 {Der Beginn eine Attacke, die zum schnellen Sieg führt.} Rad8 ({
Hoffnungslos wäre} 21... fxe5 22. Rde1 {usw.}) ({aber} 21... Rhd8 {gab dem
Schwarzen etwas mehr Hoffnung, da das Feld h8 für den König frei würde.})
22. Rde1 (22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. exf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxb7 Rb8 {usw. würde zum Gewinn
nicht ausreichen}) 22... b6 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 fxe5 25. Rg3+ {Dieses
Schachgebot ist gerade jetzt notwendig, um Lg6 zu verhindern, worauf
natürlich 26. f5 folgen würde und um 25. ... Kf8 zu erzwingen.} Kf8 26. fxe5
Qe6 {Schwarz hat keine genügende Verteidigung mehr z.B.} ({I)} 26... Bg6 27.
Rxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6 Qg7 29. Rf1+ {dann 30. De6+ und Tf7 usw.}) ({II)} 26... Be6
27. Rf1+ Ke8 28. Bc6+ Bd7 29. Qg2 $1 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 27. Bh3 Qc4 28. Qf2
Qd4 29. e6 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rxb2 32. Rf1 Rxa2 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 34. Rb7
Ra3+ 35. Ke4 Rf8 36. Rxa3 {SCHWARZ GIBT AUF. Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine
besten Partien 1908-1923, 1983, S. 25-26; MDB 15: 24164} 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj Petursson Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 $6
$146 {Ribli. Interessante Neuerung. Weiß spielt ähnlich wie in der Variante 1.
c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4. Seinerzeit in 1988 führte Tal diesen
Zug in die Turnierpraxis gegen Timman ein. Aber jetzt, da Schwarz statt c5 e5
gespielt hat, scheint mir dieser Zug weniger logisch.} exd4 (5... dxc4 {Ribli}
6. d5 Nb4 7. e4 (7. Nxe5 $2 Bf5 $17) 7... Bg4 {Ribli.} (7... Bg4 {Kortschnoj}
8. Be2 Bd6 (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 Bc5 $2 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxc4 Nxc1
13. Qxc5 Nd3 14. Qc4 Nxb2 15. Qb3 Nd3 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Rb1 $16) 9. O-O $13)) 6.
Nxd4 dxc4 $1 (6... Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qa4 Rb8 9. Bg2 d4 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. a3
$16) 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 {Ribli. Bis jetzt passiert alles
wie in der oben angeführten Variante.} 10. Ne3 (10. Bd2 $142 {Kortschnoj})
10... Bb4+ $1 {[#]} 11. Kf1 $6 (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ (11... Nxe3 {Ribli} 12. Bxc6+ Bd7
13. Bxa8 O-O (13... Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Bxb4 $16) 14. Bxb4 $18) (11... c3 $2
12. bxc3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $18) (11... O-O 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. a3 (13. Rc1 Nxa2)
13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Nxc4 Ba6 15. Rc1 Rab8 16. b4) 14... cxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8
16. O-O-O) (11... Rb8 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. b3) 12. Kxd2 Ba6 (12... Nxe3 13. Bxc6+
$18) (12... O-O 13. Nxc4 Rd8 14. Kc2 Ba6 15. b3) 13. Rhc1 (13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
Bxd5 O-O-O 15. e4 c6 $19) 13... O-O-O {Kortschnoj} 14. Ke1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rhe8
16. Rc3 Rd6 17. b3 $15) 11... O-O $1 (11... Ba6 $6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O-O
$6 (13... Rd8 $1 14. Bc6+ Ke7 15. Kg2 $10) 14. Bxf7 Bb7 15. f3 $16) 12. a3 $2 (
12. Nxc4 $8 Re8 $1 (12... Ba6 {Kortschnoj} 13. b3 Rad8 $17) 13. a3 Ba6 14. b3
Bc3 15. Rb1 $140 Rab8 $32) 12... Nxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ba5 $17 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Bd4
Rd8 16. e3 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 {[#]} (17. Ke2 Rd6 (17... Rxd4 {Kortschnoj} 18. exd4
Rxb2+ 19. Kf3 h5 $17) 18. Be4 c5 19. Be5 Rd2+ 20. Kf3 Re8 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3
f5 23. Bc6 Bg4+ 24. Kg2 Rxe3 $19) (17. Bg2 Bf5 18. h4 Rxd4 19. exd4 Rxb2 $17)
17... Rxd4 $1 $19 18. exd4 Rxb2 {Petursson: Black has a winning position as it
will take too long to free the White rook on h1.} 19. Bg2 {Ribli.Leider ist es
zu spaet fuer diesen Zug.} Bf5 20. Bf3 c3 21. Kg2 c2 {This pawn is going to
cost White decisive material!  Ba5-d2 and Rb2-b1 are coming!} 22. Bc6 Bc3 23.
Rac1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 (6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O
8. e3 Bb6 $5 9. d4 Re8 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 $1 {Lautier,
J-Epishin,V/Tarrasa/1991/}) 6... h6 (6... Nxd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8. Nxe5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxd5 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. O-O d6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Rac1 c6 15. a3 Re8
16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. b4 a5 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. e3 axb4 20. axb4 Nb6 21. b5 $5 {
Gavrikov,V-Stefansson,H/Moscow GMA-op (3) 1989}) 7. a3 (7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9.
e3 a5 10. Nc3 (10. b3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7 14. Bb2 c6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qe8 19. a3 Qf8 20. Qc3 Bb6 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Rab8 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Ra1 Be2 25. Rd2 {Huebner,R-Karpov,An/Bad
Kissingen/1980/0.5 (35)}) 10... Ba7 11. a3 Nh7 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nb5
Qd7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. b3 Raa8 17. Ng1 Rae8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. f3 Bh5 20. b4 b6 21.
Bh3 Bf7 22. Ne2 axb4 23. axb4 Ne7 24. b5 Rd8 25. d4 {Kortschnoj,V-Petrosian,T 
(05)/Ciocco cm/}) 7... a5 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 $140 11. Nd2 {
/\ Ne4} Qd8 12. e3 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Nc3 (14. b4 axb4 (14... d5 $5 15. cxd5
axb4 16. d6 (16. axb4 Nxd5) 16... cxd6 17. axb4 d5 $15) 15. axb4 d5 16. Nc3 (
16. cxd5 Nxd5) 16... Be6 (16... d4 $2 17. Nb5) 17. Nb5 $14) (14. b3 $5 {
/\ Bb2, /^ a1-h8}) 14... c6 15. d4 Be6 16. b3 (16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 $10 18.
Ne4 $140 Bb5 {/\ f5} (18... f5 19. Nxd6 Qc7 20. Nc4 $5 $16 (20. Ne4) 20... Qxc4
21. d6)) 16... f5 17. a4 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. f4 $5 Bf7 20. Kh1 exd4 21. exd4
Kh8 22. Ra2 $5 Ng8 $5 {/\ Nf6-e4} 23. Bh3 Bg6 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Qc2 Rde8 26. d5 (
26. Bxf5 $5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Ne4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 $44 {>< Ba7}) 26... Ne4
27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Rdd1 Rf6 $5 (28... c5 $2 $18 {>< Ba7}) 29. Bb2 e3 30. Qe2
Be4+ 31. Bg2 Rf7 (31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rf5) 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. f5 Qe7 34. Rf3
Bc5 35. Bc3 (35. Rdf1 $5) 35... Kg8 36. Rdf1 (36. Bxa5 Qe5 $13) 36... cxd5 37.
f6 $1 gxf6 38. cxd5 Re5 (38... b6 39. Bxf6 $40 {/\ Rf5, Qh5} (39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40.
Rxf6 Bd4 $1 41. Bxd4 Rxd4 42. Re6 Qf7 43. Rxe3 Qxd5+ 44. Qf3 $10)) 39. Bxe5
Qxe5 40. Rf5 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Kg7 42. h4 Bb6 43. Kh2 Rc7 (43... Qb4 44. R5f4 Qxb3
45. Qg4+ $16) 44. Rxf6 Bd4 (44... Rc2 45. Rf7+ Kh8 46. Rf8+ Kg7 47. R1f7+ Kg6
48. h5+ Kg5 49. Rg7+) 45. R6f4 Qc2 46. Rg4+ Kh7 47. Rf7+ $1 Kh8 48. Rf2 Qxe2
49. Rxe2 Bc5 50. Re4 b5 51. Kh3 bxa4 52. bxa4 Kh7 53. Rb2 Kg6 54. Re6+ Kg7 55.
Rb5 Bd4 56. Re4 Rc4 57. Rxa5 Kf6 58. Ra8 Kf5 59. Rae8 Rxa4 60. R8e6 {/\ 60...
h5 61.Rf4#, 60...Be5 61.g4#} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Kortschnoj Topalov has a broad repertoire with both colours. In
Madrid he predominantly played 1.e4 but right after in Las Palmas kept trying
1.c4} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 d6 7. Bg2 $1 {
A real improvement (if you can call a move like Bg2 earth-shattering!).Topalov
shows that g5 is not a threat} (7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8. a3 $1 (8. d3 exd3 9. exd3 O-O
10. Be2 Bh3 {Korchnoi-Adams Wijk aan Zee 1993. White was blown off the board
in 26 moves after some inaccurate play but anyway has no advantage at this
point}) 8... Nc6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 {is Gurevich-Adams Munich 1993. White won
a long ending but Michael was doing quite well out of the opening (full
compensation for the exchange).}) (7. a3 {Kortschnoj} Ba5 $1 $13) 7... g5 {
Show me!} 8. Qa4 $1 Bd7 (8... gxh4 9. Nxb4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qb3 $14 {
/\ Qc3,b3,Bb2}) (8... Bc5 $5 9. d4 $1 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Bd7
$19) 9... Bxd4 10. Bxg5 Bxb2 11. Rb1 h6 $1 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Bxe4 $14) (8... Ba5 {Ribli} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxe4 gxh4 11. Bxc6+ $16) 9. Nxb4
Nd4 (9... gxh4 $5 {Ribli}) 10. Qd1 gxh4 11. Nc2 $1 {The knight on d4 has to be
eliminated.} h3 $2 (11... c5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. d3 $1 $14) (11... Nxc2+ $1 12.
Qxc2 Qe7 (12... Bc6 {Kortschnoj} 13. O-O (13. b4 {Ribli} a6 14. Bb2 $16) 13...
Qe7 $14) 13. d3 {and white is a little better but not more}) 12. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4
13. Nxd4 Qf6 14. Nf3 $16 Bc6 15. O-O h6 16. d4 $1 (16. d3 Ng5 (16... Nc5 17. d4
$16) 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. e4 $16) 16... d5 (16... O-O-O 17. d5 Bd7 18. Be3 {
/\ Ba7,Bd4}) 17. c5 O-O-O 18. Ne5 {this looks like a Petroff with White having
a pawn on e2 !!} Rhg8 19. a4 h5 20. Ra3 $1 {Overprotecting g3} Qe6 (20... h4 {
Ribli} 21. b4 $36) 21. b4 f6 22. Nd3 $1 $18 (22. Nxc6 $5 $16 {Kortschnoj})
22... h4 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. b5 Be8 25. Qd3 Rd7 $6 26. Qb3 Rg5 27. c6 $1 Rdg7 28.
cxb7+ Kxb7 29. Qf3 Qd7 (29... hxg3 {Ribli} 30. fxg3 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Rxg3+ 32.
Qxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Rxg3 $18) 30. Nd3 Bh5 (30... hxg3 31. hxg3 (31. Bxg5 $18) (31.
Bxg5 $18 {Ribli}) 31... Rxg3+ 32. fxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Nxg3 34. Nc5+ $18) 31.
Nc5+ Nxc5 32. dxc5 Kb8 (32... Bxf3 {Kortschnoj} 33. c6+ $18) (32... Qe7 $5 $14
{Kortschnoj}) 33. Qxf6 Rf5 34. Qd4 Bxe2 35. Re1 hxg3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3
Qe8 38. Rxe2 (38. Rxe2 Qxe2 39. Qh8+ Kb7 40. c6+ Kb6 41. Qd4+ $1 (41. Qb8+ $4
Kc5 42. Qxa7+ Kc4) 41... Ka5 42. Bd2+ Qxd2 43. Qxd2+ Kxa4 44. Qc2+) 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis op"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In my opinion this guy does so many weird things with white in this opening
one may pick up any system against him.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 {The Reverse Dragon is always a good system.} 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1
{He does this all the time.} (7. O-O Be7 8. a3 (8. d3 Be6 9. a3) 8... Be6 9. b4
(9. d3 O-O (9... Nd5 $6 {runs into} 10. d4 $1 {once again.}) 10. b4 a5 11. b5
Nd4 $13) 9... Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 $13) 7... a5 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 (9.
b3 {does not pose particular problems for black.} O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 Qd7
12. Nd2 f6 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qe6
18. Qc2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 a4 $15 {Gulko-Bareev,New Delhi
(wch) 2000.}) 9... Be6 $1 (9... O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Qa4 $1 $13 {
is not simpleat all.}) 10. Bd2 $6 {The first strange move.} (10. Be3 Nd5 11.
Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. a3 Qc8 (13... Qd6 $5 14. Rbc1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16.
Qb5 Rab8 $13) 14. Rbc1 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Qb5 (16. Nd2 $2 Nd4 17. Qxd7 Nxe2+
18. Kf1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rxd7 $19) 16... a4 (16... Nd4 $2 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxd4
exd4 19. Bh3 $16)) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Qc1 f6 12. Rd1 Nd4 $15) 11... a4 $1
$146 {A totally new concept. Since he did not have made use of a 4 square I
occupy it myself.} 12. a3 Bb3 13. Qe1 f5 $1 {Grabing more space.} 14. Be3 Nc8
$1 {I should not go for exchanges yet.} (14... Nd5 $6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qc3 Bf6
17. Qc2 $132) 15. Qd2 (15. Nd2 $6 f4 16. Nxb3 fxe3 17. Bd5+ Kh8 $17) (15. Nb5
$6 Ra5 16. Rxc6 Rxb5 17. Rc1 c6 $17) 15... Nd6 16. Kh1 {Since he is confined
to the last two ranks he does not know what to do with his pieces.} (16. Bc5
Bf6 $15 (16... Nc4 $2 17. Bxe7 Nxd2 18. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Nxd8 20. Bd5+ $18))
(16. Ne1 $2 f4 $19) 16... Nf7 {Another useful move.} 17. Ne1 (17. Ng1 Qd7 18.
f4 Rad8 19. Nf3 {is a transposition to the game.}) 17... Qd7 18. f4 Rad8 19.
Nf3 Bf6 20. Qe1 (20. fxe5 Nfxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Bg5 Nd4 $15)
20... Nd4 $1 21. Qf2 c5 $1 {Black takes over the initiativein the queen's wing.
} (21... c6 $6 {I have spent sometime looking at the tactics.} 22. fxe5 Nxe5
23. Nxd4 Ng4 24. Qxf5 Nxe3 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxb3 axb3 27. Rf4 $14) (21... Nxf3
22. Qxf3 (22. Bxf3 exf4 23. gxf4 Rfe8 $5 $40) 22... exf4 23. Bxf4 c6 $15 24.
Bh3 $140 $2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 g5 (25... Bd5 26. e4 fxe4 27. dxe4 Qxh3 28. exd5 Rxd5
29. Qe2 Qd7 $17) 26. Qh5 gxf4 27. Bxf5 Qd5+ 28. Rf3 Nh6 29. Qxh6 Rxf5 $19) 22.
fxe5 $2 {He had to bring the knight to d5 via queen's side.} (22. Nd2 $142 exf4
23. Bxf4 Be6 24. Nc4 b5 25. Nb6 Qa7 26. Nbd5 Be5 27. Rcd1 (27. Rce1 Qd7 28. e3
Nb3 $17) (27. e3 Nb3 28. Nxb5 $2 Qd7 $19 {loses the house due to the threat of
g5.}) 27... Bxf4 28. gxf4 Nd6 29. e3 Nb3 $15) 22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bf4
Bf6 $1 $17 {The bishop should be kept since white has weaknesses on the
queenside a3 and b2.} 25. Bh3 Be6 $6 $138 {Being low on time I was trying to
reach move 40 without damaging my position. This idiotic policy effected the
quality of my play.} (25... b5 26. e4 (26. Ne4 $2 Qb7 $19) 26... b4 (26... Be6
$17) 27. axb4 cxb4 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. exd5 Qxd5+ 31. Bg2 Qb3 $19) 26.
Bg2 b6 {One square at a time.} (26... b5 $142 27. e4 $2 Nb3 28. Rce1 Bxc3 29.
bxc3 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Bh3 $1 (30... Bd5 31. Qe2 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 $44) 31. Rfe1 Bxg2+
32. Qxg2 Qxd3 $19) 27. Rcd1 Bb3 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. Be3 Be5 {Now f4 is threatened.}
30. Bf3 Nd4 {I have continued to build up my position.} ({So what was wrong
with the direct attempt?} 30... f4 31. gxf4 Nxf4 32. Qh4 Ng6 33. Qf2 (33. Qh5
Rf5 34. Qh3 Be6) 33... Rde8 $17) (30... Qd6 $5) 31. Bg2 Rde8 32. Bd2 Nc2 $1 33.
Qf3 Nd4 $6 {To be safe in the clock I wanted to repeat once again.} (33... Bxc3
$1 34. bxc3 Nxa3 {The idea is very simple Nc2 back and then a3-a2-a1.} 35. Bf4
(35. c4 Nc2) 35... Nc2 36. Qf2 a3 $19) 34. Qb7 $1 {But now he decided to break
out with the queen.} (34. Qf2 Nc2 35. Qf3 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Nxa3 $19) 34... Qd6 $1
{I have pulled myself together right in time. Now his queen has problems on
the other side of the board.} (34... Qxb7 $6 35. Bxb7 Nxe2 36. Nxe2 Bxb2 37.
Nf4 Bxc1 38. Bxc1 $1 $13) 35. Rf2 (35. Qa6 f4 $1 (35... Rf6 $5 $40) 36. Ne4 Qh6
37. Rf2 Nf5 38. Rcf1 Ra8 39. Qb5 Nd4 40. Qd7 Be6 41. Qe7 Nf5 42. Qg5 Nxg3+ 43.
Qxg3 fxg3 44. Rxf8+ Rxf8 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Bxh6 gxh6 47. Nc3 Bxc3 48. bxc3 b5
$19) 35... b5 $5 {I had enough of sitting passive time to go for the throat!} (
35... Rb8 $142 $1 36. Qa6 Qd7 37. Bf4 Bxf4 38. Rxf4 Rf6 39. e3 Ne6 40. Rf2 b5
$19) 36. Qa7 $2 $138 {He should have tried to confuse the issue.} (36. Nxb5
$142 Nxb5 37. Qxb5 Bxb2 38. Bf4 (38. Rb1 Bd4 (38... Bxa3 $2 39. Rxb3 axb3 40.
Qxb3+ c4 41. Qxc4+ Kh8 $11) 39. Rxf5 Rxe2 40. Bf4 Qe7 41. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $17))
36... c4 37. e3 $2 {I was expecting this since he also started to get low in
time.} (37. Bd5+ $6 Kh8 38. dxc4 bxc4 $19) (37. Qa5 $1 cxd3 38. exd3 Qd7 39.
Qb6 Rc8 $17) 37... cxd3 $1 $19 38. Rcf1 Ne2 $1 {I started to do really bad
things on him once his king started to get naked!} 39. Nxb5 (39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40.
Rxf5 Nxc3 41. bxc3 Be6 42. Rf1 Qxa3 $19) ({He can not touch the knight.} 39.
Nxe2 dxe2 40. Rxe2 Rf7 (40... Bc4 41. Bb4 Qh6 $19) 41. Qa5 Bc4 $19) 39... Qh6
$19 {He could have resigned now.} 40. Rf3 Nxg3+ 41. Rxg3 Bxg3 42. h3 f4 43.
exf4 (43. e4 Rxe4 $19) 43... Bxf4 (43... Be6 44. Qa6 Rf6 $19) 44. Bxf4 {
I was waiting for the other capture since this loses even easier.} (44. Rxf4
Rxf4 45. Qd7 Re2 46. Bd5+ Bxd5+ 47. Qxd5+ Qe6 48. Qxe6+ Rxe6 49. Bxf4 Re1+ 50.
Kg2 d2 51. Nc3 (51. Bxd2 Re2+ 52. Kf3 Rxd2 53. Nc3 Rxb2 54. Nxa4 Rb3+ 55. Kg4
Rxa3 $19) 51... d1=Q 52. Nxd1 Rxd1 53. Be5 Rd3 $19) 44... Rxf4 45. Rg1 d2 46.
Qd7 Rff8 $5 {Anything wins.} (46... Re1 47. Nc3 Rf8 $19) 47. Bd5+ Bxd5+ 48.
Qxd5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Bratto op 25th"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ranola, Yves"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 $5 {This is the old line.} Be6 10. Rc1 f6 11. d4 $6 {This gives
black an easy game.} (11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Rf7 14. Qa4 Rd7 $132)
11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 c6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Be3 f5 17.
Rc2 $6 (17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 $15) 17... Rd7 18. Na4 $6 {This not
a good time and position for this thematic exchange.} (18. Rfc1 Rfd8 $15) 18...
Nxa4 19. bxa4 c5 $1 20. Rb1 b6 $1 (20... Rfd8 21. f4 (21. Bxc5 $2 Rc8) 21...
Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kf2 b6 24. a5 Ra1 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rb2 Bd8 27. Rd2 (
27. Bxc5 $2 bxc5 28. Rb8 Rd1 $19) 27... Bc7 28. Bc6 (28. Bd5 Kf7 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6
$17) 28... Rxa2 29. Bd7 Bc4 30. Bxf5 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 b5 $13) 21. a5 bxa5 $1 $17 {
A pawn is a pawn!} (21... Rfd8 22. f4 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kf2 $15) 22. f4
c4 23. Rb5 a4 ({I really did not have guts for} 23... Bb4 24. Kf2 (24. a3 $2
Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Be1+ $19) 24... c3 25. a3 Rd2 26. Rc1 Bc4 27. Re5 Rxe2+ 28. Kf3
Ra2 29. axb4 axb4 $19) 24. Re5 Kf7 25. Bc6 (25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Rxc4 a3 $19)
25... Rd1+ $1 (25... Rc7 $2 26. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Rxf5+ $1 Bf6 (27... Ke6 28.
Re5+ Kd6 29. Rd2 Kc6 30. Rexd5 c3 31. R2d3 Bf6 $15) 28. Rxd5 Rb8 29. Bd4 c3 30.
Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rd3 $16) 26. Kf2 a3 $19 {I did not care about a7 much.} 27. Ra5
Rc8 28. Ba4 $1 Bb4 $1 29. Rxa7+ $1 {Otherwise the a pawn gets even more
dangerous.} (29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxf5+ Ke6 31. Re5+ Kd6 32. Bxd1 Bxa2 33. Bd4 (
33. Bxa7 Bc3 $19) 33... Bc5 34. Bxc5+ Rxc5 35. Re3 Ra5 $19) 29... Kg8 30. Rxc4
Bxc4 31. Bxd1 Bxa2 32. Bd4 Bf7 33. Ba4 g6 $1 34. Bd7 Rd8 35. g4 $8 {The only
chance for counterplay.} (35. e3 a2) 35... fxg4 36. e4 a2 37. Kg3 $1 {White's
king has to evacuate a7-g1 diagonal.} (37. e5 $2 a1=Q $19) 37... h5 38. e5 Bc5
$3 {I did not have fallen in his diabolic trap.} (38... Bd5 $2 39. e6 Be1+ 40.
Bf2 h4+ 41. Kxg4 Bxf2 42. e7 Rb8 43. Rxa2 Bxa2 44. e8=Q+ Rxe8 45. Bxe8 Bb1 46.
Bd7 Kf7 47. f5 $11 {And white draws due to bad cornered bishop.}) 39. Bxc5 Rxd7
40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Bd6 (41. Bb4 Rd1) 41... Bd5 42. Ra5 Rd8 $19 {This is the
whole idea. Black wins easily in the opposite colored bishops ending.} 43. Ra7+
Kg8 44. Bc5 Ra8 45. Rxa8+ Bxa8 46. Bd4 Kf7 (46... Be4 $19 {is also possible.})
47. h3 (47. Kh4 Ke6 48. Kg5 Be4 49. Ba1 Bf5 50. Bb2 Kd5 51. Kh4 {White's king
can not leave h and g pawns.} Kc4 (51... Ke4 52. Kg3 h4+ 53. Kxh4 Kxf4 54. Ba1
Be6 (54... Kf3 55. Kg5 Kg2 56. e6 Bxe6 57. Be5 Bf5 $19) 55. Bb2 a1=Q $1 56.
Bxa1 Bf7 $1 $19 {mates.}) 52. Kg5 Kb3 53. Bd4 Kc2 54. e6 (54. Kf6 h4 $19) 54...
Bxe6 55. Kxg6 h4 $19) 47... gxh3 48. f5 ({After} 48. Kxh3 Ke6 {black can win
by a king's march to any wing.} 49. Kh4 Be4 50. Kg5 Kd5 51. Ba1 Bf5 52. Bb2 Kc4
(52... Ke4 53. Ba1 h4 (53... Kf3 54. Bb2) 54. Kxh4 Kxf4 $19) 53. e6 Bxe6 54.
Kxg6 h4 $19) 48... gxf5 49. Kxh3 f4 50. Kh4 f3 (50... Ke6 $19) 51. Kg3 h4+ {
A logical game.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Re8 9. Bg5 Re5 (9... h6 {is more popular continuation.}) 10. f4 Re6 11.
Nc2 Qe7 $2 ({After this move Black is in trouble. Better was} 11... h6) 12. f5
Rd6 13. Qc1 Ne5 14. Ne3 h6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. f6 $1 {
After this move White's attack becomes irresistible.} g5 ({Or} 18... Re6 19.
Qf4 {, with manifold threats.}) 19. Rf5 Rxd5 20. cxd5 d6 {[%tqu "En","Should
White withdraw his rook?","Go after the enemy king!","Sacirifice your rook!",
"f5g5","The rook sacrifice wins on the spot.",4]} 21. Rxg5+ $1 {[%csl Gc1,Gf6,
Gg5,Rg7,Rg8][%cal Ch6g5]} ({After the rook sacrifice mate is inevitable:} 21.
Rxg5+ hxg5 (21... Ng6 22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxh6 Kf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qe7#) (21...
Kf8 22. Rg8+ Kxg8 23. Qxh6) 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 (22... Ng6 23. Qh6) 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24.
Qg8+ Kd7 25. Bh3+) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d3 (7. d4
$5 e4 8. Bg2 O-O (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Qc2 O-O $2 11. Bxe4 $16 {
Kortschnoj,V-Bareev,E/Tilburg/1991/CBM26/INF53,39/}) 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8
$6 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Campora,D/Buenos Aires 1993/CBM 35/[Ribli] (32)} (10... h6 $5)
) 7... O-O 8. O-O h6 {[%csl Gg5]} (8... c6 {32/(43)} 9. Qb3 (9. Bg5 $1 {
looks unpleasant for black, because now (after exchange on f6) it will be
extremely difficult for black to provoke d7-d5}) 9... Ba5 10. c5 d5 11. cxd6
Qxd6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Qa4 Bc7 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. Qh4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Qxf6 gxf6 $14 {1-0 Beltran,S-Campora,D/Oviedo 1993/EXP 38 (45)}) 9. Bd2 c6
{[%cal Gd7d5][%mdl 4]} 10. Qa4 Be7 $1 (10... a5 $6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Re8 13.
Rfd1 $14 {Gurevich-Van den Doel 1999}) (10... Bc5 $6 11. b4) 11. Rfd1 (11. Rac1
d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 (13. Qb5 a6) 13... Be6 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Rxb2 {
[%cal Gd5d4]}) 11... d6 (11... d5 $2 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 d4 ({Now} 13... Be6
{doesn't work because in variation} 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Rxb2 {bishop on d2
is protected to compare with 11Rac1} 16. Rab1 $16) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $14)
12. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Bg4 (12... d5 13. b5 (13. Be1 a6 $5) 13... d4 14. bxc6 $5
(14. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 c5 {with nice position for black}) 14...
dxc3 15. Bxc3 (15. cxb7 $143 Bxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 $1 17. Bxc3 Rxb7 18. Bxe5 Nd7
$15) 15... bxc6 (15... Qc7 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxe5 $14 {[%cal
Ga1b1]}) 16. Bxc6 (16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Bxe5 Bb7) 16... Bd7 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Bxd7
Nxd7 $13) 13. Bxg4 ({After} 13. Bg2 {both} a6 ({and} 13... d5 {gives black
good positions})) 13... Nxg4 14. b5 Qc8 (14... Qd7 $143 15. bxc6 bxc6 {[%cal
Ga4d7]} 16. Rab1 (16. Nd5 Bd8 $1) (16. f3 Nf6 17. Rab1 Bd8 18. Kg2 Bb6 19. Ne4
Nxe4 20. dxe4 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6]}) 16... f5 (16... Rab8 $140 17. Nd5 $1) 17.
f3 (17. Rb3 Bd8 18. c5 d5 19. Rdb1 f4) 17... Nf6 18. Rb3 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 19.
Kg2 (19. Be3 Bb6) 19... Bb6 20. Qa6 $14 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga2a4,Ga4a5]}) 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. f3 (16. Rab1 $143 f5 17. Rb2 (17. f3 Nf6 18. Rb2 d5 19. Rdb1 d4 20.
Nd1 e4 $36) 17... Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6]} (17... f4 $2 18. f3 Nf6 19. gxf4 $16))
16... Nf6 17. Rab1 d5 $1 $11 18. cxd5 (18. Rdc1 Bc5+ (18... d4 19. Nd1 Nd7 20.
Nf2 f5 21. Bb4 c5 22. Bd2 $14) (18... Qe6 $143 19. cxd5 Bc5+ $2 (19... cxd5 20.
Nb5 $16) 20. d4 $1 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 $1) (18... Qh3 $6 {[%cal Ge7c5]} 19. cxd5
cxd5 (19... Bc5+ 20. e3 cxd5 21. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c5]}) 20. Nd1 {[%cal
Gd1f2]}) 19. Kg2 Qe6 20. Qa6 Bb6 $11) 18... cxd5 19. Rdc1 Bc5+ (19... Qh3 $6
20. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1f2]}) 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Rb5 (21. Nb5 Rfc8) (21. e4 $6 {[%csl
Rd3]} Bb6) 21... Bd4 (21... Bb6 $140 $2 22. Qb3 Rfd8 23. Na4 $16) 22. Qb3 (22.
e3 $140 Bb6 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 e4 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Bxf6 $16) 23. Qb3 Rad8
24. Na4 $6 e4 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 25. Nxb6 exf3+ 26. Kxf3 Qg4+ 27. Kf2 axb6 28.
Rxb6 Qh5 $1 $40 {[%cal Gf6g4]}) 22... a6 (22... Rad8 {also possible} 23. Na4 {
[%cal Ge2e3]} e4 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rb7 (26. Rcb1 exf3+ 27. exf3
Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 26... exf3+ 27. exf3 Rf7 $11) 23. Rb7 Rac8 24. Nd1 (24.
e4 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rb1 $11) 24... Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7c5]} (24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Be3) 25. Qb1 Rxc1 (25... Rb8 26.
Rcc7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rc8 28. Be3 {leads to the game}) (25... Nc5 $2 {[%csl Rd4]}
26. Rb6 Qd7 27. e3 $16) (25... Bb6 $140 $5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxd7 $140 $2 (27.
a4 $142 $11) 27... Rb8 $3 {and black wins}) 26. Bxc1 Rc8 27. Be3 Bc5 (27... Qc6
$1 {M.Gurevich} 28. Bxd4 exd4 {[%csl Gd4,Re2]} 29. Rb4 Qe6 (29... Qc2 30. Kf1
Qd2 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 31. Rb2 Rc1 32. Rxd2 Rxb1 33. Ke1 $1 {[%cal Gd2b2]}) 30. Qb2
Re8 31. Qxd4 Qxe2+ 32. Nf2 Nf6 33. Rb2 Qe1 $11) 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30.
Qxb8+ {[%mdl 4096]} Kh7 31. Qc7 Nd7 32. Ne3 Nf6 (32... f5 $5) 33. a4 (33. Kf2
$142 e4 (33... Qh3 34. Qxe5 (34. Qxf7 Qxh2+ 35. Ng2 e4 36. dxe4 dxe4 37. Qe6
exf3 38. exf3 Nh5 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Qg6 Qh3 $11) 34... Qxh2+ 35. Ng2 (35. Ke1
Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qb1 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxa6 Qb4+ 40. Kc2 Qc5+ 41. Kd2
Qb4+ 42. Kd1 Qb1+ $11) 35... Qh3 36. Qd6 Qc8 37. Nf4 Qb7 38. a4 $14 {[%cal
Ga4a5,Gd6b6]}) (33... h5 {[%cal Ge6h3]} 34. h4 e4 35. d4) 34. d4 exf3 (34...
Qh3 35. g4 $14) 35. exf3 Qe8 $1 $11 {[%cal Ge8b5,Gb5a4]}) 33... e4 34. Qc5 (34.
dxe4 dxe4 35. Qc4 $1 exf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qb6 $1 (36... Qd6 37. Qd3+) (36... g5 37.
g4 Qxc4 38. Nxc4 Nd5 39. a5 {and such type of endgames(Knight)is very
dangerous for black because of the activity of white's king,it's clearly
better for black to keep queens on the board.}) 37. Qxf7 $140 $6 Qc6+ 38. Kf2
Qxa4 $15) 34... exf3+ 35. exf3 Qe5 $1 {Now white must be careful, because
black's king becomes very active.} 36. Kf2 Qa1 37. a5 Qb2+ 38. Qc2 Qb4 39. Qa2
Qc5 40. Qa1 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Negy CC"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1975.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sandor, Bela"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Balogh,Bela"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1975.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 d6 11. Rb1 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4
Rb8 15. d4 Qd7 16. Qh5 Nd8 17. Rf4 Ne6 18. Rh4 Nf8 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rf1 b5 21. e5
dxe5 22. Bc6 Qe7 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bxe8 fxg5 25. Bf7+ Kh8 26. Bg6 h6 27. Qxg5 (27.
Rf7 $1 Qd8 28. Qxg5 $3 Be6 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qh4+
Kg8 33. Qh7#) 27... Nxg6 28. Qxg6 Be6 29. Re4 Bxc4 30. Rxe5 Qa3 31. Re8+ Rxe8
32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ $6 (33. Rf8 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Bd5+ 35. Kh3 g5 36. Rh8+ $18)
33... Kh8 34. Rf3 $2 Qxa2 35. g4 Qa3 36. Kf2 a5 37. g5 Qd6 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39.
Rf8+ Kh7 40. dxe5 hxg5 41. Rc8 a4 42. Rxc7 a3 43. Ra7 a2 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Kd2
Kf5 46. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. dxe3 $5 {Dieser Zug ist immer öfter in der Praxis
anzutreffen.} (10. d3 d5 $1 {mit ausreichendem schwarzen Gegenspiel.}) 10... b6
(10... Qe7 $5 11. e4 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh3 Qxc4 14. Bd2 b6 15. Re1 Bb7 16. g4
Ne5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nh7 19. Bf4 d6 20. Qc2 Bc6 21. Bg3 Ng6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Zagorskis,D- Sammalvuo,T/Copenhagen 1998/(30)}) (10... h6 11. Nh3 b6 12. Nf4 $5
Ba6 13. c5) 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 (12. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 13. f4 Kg8 14. e5 Nh7 15. f5 $5
) 12... Ba6 13. g4 {Ein aktiver Plan.} (13. Qa4 Na5 $132) 13... Bxc4 {[%cal
Yc4e2]} (13... Nh7 14. Qa4 Na5 15. c5 Bxe2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Be3 $14) (13... Qe7
$5) 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 d5 $5 {[%cal Yd5e4,Ye8e4,Ye4e2] /\Qd6} 16. Qe1 {
[%cal Ye1h4]} (16. Nf2 $5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 $13) 16... Qd6 17. Qh4 Nh7
(17... Bxe2 $5 18. Rfe1 Bc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nf4 dxe4 22. Nh5
Re6 23. Rxe4 $15) 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. e4 Qc5+ 20. Rf2 Be6 $5 {/\Bh3} (20... Ne5
21. Kh1 Ng6 22. Qg3 Nxg5 23. Nxg5 Rad8 24. Rg1 $13) 21. Bf4 $8 Ne5 22. Bxe5 $8
Qxe5 23. Rc1 (23. Rc2 $142) 23... Qc5 $15 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Rfc2 {/\Nh3} Bxh3 $5
26. Bxh3 (26. Qxh3 Rd3 $17) 26... Qe3 27. Qf2 Qh6 $6 (27... Rd3 $5 28. Qxe3
Rxe3 29. Kg2 Rd8 30. Kf2 Rdd3 31. Bg2 Ng5 32. h4 Ne6 $17) 28. Bf1 $5 Nf6 (28...
Ng5 29. Qe3 $5) (28... Nf8 29. Bc4 Ng6 30. Rg1 Ne5 31. Be2 Rd6 $15) 29. Bc4 Qf4
(29... Nd7 $5 30. Rg1 Ne5 $15) 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Qg2 Nh5 32. Bd5 Rd6 33. Qh3 $1 {
[%cal Yh3c8]} Rf6 34. Rf2 Qe3 (34... c6 35. Bb3 Qe3 36. Rfg2 Qxc3 37. Qc8+ Kh7
38. Qc7 $13) 35. Rff1 c6 $2 {[%csl Yc7][%mdl 16384]} (35... Kh7 $1 $15 {/\g6})
36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc7 $1 $36 Qxc3 $2 (37... Rg5 38. Rxg5 Qxg5 39. Bxf7 $16) (
37... Rxd5 $1 38. exd5 cxd5 $132) 38. Bxf7 $18 Rh6 39. Qb8 Nf6 40. Qf8 g5 41.
Be6 (41. f4 $1 $18) 41... Qd2 42. Rg2 Qd3 43. Rfg1 c5 44. Bf5+ Rxf5 45. exf5
Qxf5 46. Qf7+ Kh8 47. Rxg5 Rxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Qf4+ 49. R1g3 1-0

[Event "Espe Cup"]
[Site "Ecuador"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mera Cedeno, Angel"]
[Black "Belli Pino, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Belli,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ECU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. Ne1 Nd4 {(con idea de c6, d5)} 10. b4 Ba7 11. a4 c6 12. e3 Nf5 13. b5 d5
(13... axb5 14. axb5 d5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc2) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nc2 Be6 $1 16.
Ba3 (16. Nb4 $2 Qd7 $1 17. Nxa6 d4 $1 {-+}) 16... Re8 17. e4 $6 dxe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 20. Qf3 $2 (20. Nb4 $2 Nd4 21. Nxa6 Bg4 {-+}) 20... Rac8 21.
Rfe1 Nd4 $1 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Qg2 Bh3 24. Qh1 Re6 25. Bb2 Bc5 $1 26. Bg2 $6
Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Qxd3 {-+} 28. Rbc1 Rf6 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Ba1 Ree6 31. Rce1 Qxc4 32.
Bxe5 Rf5 33. Bf4 g5 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Bd2 Qe2 36. Be1 Rd5 37. Qh3 Qe6 $2 (37...
Rd1 $1 38. Qc8+ (38. Qxh6 Be7 {-+}) 38... Bf8 {-+}) 38. Qxe6 fxe6 39. Bc3 Rf5
40. Kg2 Kf7 41. f3 Be7 42. Rb1 Rc5 43. Rb3 h5 44. Kf1 a5 45. Ke2 Rc4 $6 (45...
e5 $5 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Rb8 Bf6 48. Bd2 Rd5+ 49. Ke3 Bd8) 46. Bxa5 Rxa4 47. Bd2
e5 48. Rb6 Rc4 49. Kd3 Rd4+ 50. Ke2 e4 51. fxe4 Rxe4+ 52. Kd3 Re6 53. Be3 $4
Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
a5 (8... O-O 9. b4 Be6) 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 $5 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Nc4 $10 {Seirawan,
Y-Polgar,Z/Monaco/1993/Inf 57/(35)/}) 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Na4 (12. Re1 $1 Bf8 13.
Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 $2 (14... Qc8 $142 $14) 15. Qb3 $16 {Suba,M-Mestel,J/
Beer Sheva/1984/1:0 (38) Inf 37/29/}) (12. Nd2 $1 Qd7 13. Re1 Ra6 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. Qa4 $1 Bg5 16. e3 $16 {Petrosian,T-Psakhis,L/URS(ch)/1983/0,5 (41) Inf 35/
41/}) 12... Nd5 13. Bc5 Bf6 14. Qb3 (14. h3 $5) 14... Rb8 (14... b6 $6 15. Be3
$16) 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Qb5 (16. Qc2 $5 b6 17. Be3 Nd4 $8 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qc6
$14) 16... Nd4 $1 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nc5 (18. Qxa5 $2 Ra8 19. Qb5 c6 20. Qb3 Nc3
$19) 18... c6 19. Qa4 Bg4 20. Nde4 (20. Bf3 $142 Bxf3 21. exf3 $10) 20... Be5 (
20... Bxe2 $5 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. Nb3 Ra8 $15) 21. f4 (21. Rfe1 $5) 21... Bf6 22.
Rf2 Ne3 $13 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Nbc5 (24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nxd4 $2 b5 $19) 24... Bg4
25. Bf3 (25. Nb3 $10) 25... Bxf3 26. exf3 (26. Rxf3) 26... Be7 27. Nb3 Qd5 $1 (
27... f5 28. Ned2 Bf6 29. Qxa5 $16) 28. Ned2 (28. Nxa5 $2 Ra8 $19) 28... Red8 {
>< d4/} 29. Qxa5 b5 $44 30. Qc7 Bf8 $1 31. Qe5 (31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Nd1 33.
Re2 Nxb2 34. Nf1 Bxa3 $17) 31... Qd7 32. Nc5 $2 (32. Ne4 $142) 32... Bxc5 $2 (
32... Qa7 {/\ Rd5/} 33. Ncb3 Rd5 34. Qe4 Qd7 $19 {/\ Re8/}) 33. Qxc5 Rbc8 34.
Ne4 h6 35. Qb4 Qd5 36. Rc5 Qa2 37. Rc1 Re8 $4 (37... Qd5 $142 $10) 38. b3 $18
c5 39. Nxc5 Rxc5 40. Qxc5 $8 Qxb3 41. Qxd4 Nd1 (41... Nf5 42. Qd7 $18) 42. Rf1
Re2 43. Rcxd1 Qc2 44. Rf2 $4 (44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qh4 $18) 44... Qxd1+ 45. Kg2
Rxf2+ 46. Qxf2 Qxd3 47. Qb2 f6 $6 (47... h5 $142) (47... f5) 48. g4 $1 $16 Kh7
49. Qb4 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Kh8 (50... Qf1 $5) 51. Qe4 Qf1 52. Qe3 $1 Kh7 53. h4 {
/\ g5+-/} Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qe4+ Kg8 58. Qe3 Kf7
59. g5 $18 Qb1 60. Kg4 hxg5 61. fxg5 fxg5 62. hxg5 g6 (62... Qb2 63. f4 Qg2+
64. Qg3 Qb2 65. Qf3 {/\ f5/}) 63. Qf4+ Kg8 64. Qb8+ Kf7 65. Qb7+ Kf8 66. Qa8+
Kg7 67. Qa7+ Kg8 68. Qb8+ Kf7 69. Qb7+ Kf8 70. Qc8+ Ke7 71. Qc5+ Ke6 72. Kf4
Qb2 73. Qc6+ Kf7 74. Qd5+ Kf8 75. Qc5+ Kf7 76. Ke3 Qb1 77. Qd5+ Kf8 78. Qd6+
Ke8 79. f4 $1 Kf7 80. Kd4 $1 Qc2 81. Qd7+ Kf8 82. Qxb5 Qf2+ 83. Ke4 Qe1+ 84.
Kd5 Qd2+ 85. Kc6 Qg2+ 86. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 $5 {/\ 6...
Nc6 7.Bc6 bc 8.Nf3/} Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 f5 9. a3 $5 (9. Nf3 {Ribli Smyslov,
V-Taher,F/Manila izt/1990/CBM19/}) 9... Kh8 (9... f4 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. O-O $14) 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 (11... f4 {Ribli Ibragimov,E-Vyzmanavin,A/
URS-sf Gorky/1989/CBM16/}) (11... Bf6 {Ribli Ibragimov,I-Tiviakov,S/St.
Petersburg zt/1993/CBM34/}) 12. Na4 (12. b4 $6 a5 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxe5 Bxa3 15.
Bxb7 Bxc1 16. Bxc1 Nd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa8 Bxa8 $15 {Romanishin/}) 12...
f4 (12... e4 {Ribli} 13. Ne1 exd3 14. Nxd3 $14) 13. Nc5 (13. Bc5 $5 Nxa4 14.
Qxa4 Bd5 15. Qb5 $14) 13... Bd5 14. Bd2 Bxc5 (14... Rb8 {Ribli} 15. b4 $14) 15.
Rxc5 Qe7 16. b4 $5 $146 (16. Qc1 Rf7 17. b4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 c6 $10 {
Cebalo,M-Romanishin,O Taxco 1985 Inf 39/48/}) 16... Rf7 (16... Rad8 $5 {
/\e4 Romanishin/}) (16... Rad8 $5 {Ribli}) 17. e4 $1 fxe3 18. Bxe3 Qd6 (18...
h6 19. Nh4 Qe6 20. Be4 {/\21.Qh5+/-/}) (18... Raf8 $2 {Ribli} 19. Ng5 $18) 19.
Ng5 Rd7 (19... Re7 20. Qh5 (20. Bxd5 {Ribli} Nxd5 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23.
Nxd6 Nxh5 24. Nxb7 $18) 20... Bg8 21. Be4 $16) 20. Bh3 Re7 21. Qh5 Bg8 (21...
g6 22. Qh4 {/\Ne4+/-/}) 22. b5 Nd4 23. Ne4 Qg6 $8 24. Qxg6 (24. Rxe5 $2 Rxe5
25. Qxe5 Nf3+ $19) 24... hxg6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rfc1 Nd5 27. a4 $16 a6 (27...
Rf8 28. a5) 28. bxa6 $1 Rxa6 29. a5 c6 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. Nd6 Rc7 32. Re1 Re7 33.
Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Re5 Nd5 35. Re8 Nf6 36. Rb8 Rxa5 37. Be6 Kh7 (37... Ra3 38. Nf7+
Kh7 39. Ng5+ Kh8 (39... Kh6 40. h4 Bxe6 41. Rh8+ $18) 40. Bf7 Rxd3 41. Bxg6 $18
) 38. Bxg8+ Nxg8 39. Rxb7 Nf6 (39... Ra3 40. Ne8 Rxd3 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Rxg6
$16) 40. Nc4 Rf5 (40... Ra1+ {Ribli} 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Ne5 $16) 41. Rc7 c5 42. h3
Rh5 43. Nd6 $6 (43. Kg2 $5) (43. Kg2 $5 {Ribli}) 43... Rd5 (43... Rxh3 $5 44.
Rxc5 (44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. dxe4 Rh5 46. f4 d3 47. e5 Rf5 $13) (44. Nf7 {Ribli} Rh5
45. f4 Rf5 46. Ng5+ Kh6 47. Rc8 Kh5 48. Kg2 Kg4 49. Nf3 $18) 44... Rh5 45.
Rxh5+ gxh5 46. Nb5 Nd7 47. Nxd4 Ne5 $10) 44. Rc6 g5 45. g4 $1 Nd7 $6 (45... Kg8
$5) 46. Ne4 Kg8 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Nxg5 $18 Ke7 (48... Rxg5 {Ribli} 49. Rxd7 $18)
49. Ne4 Kd8 50. Rc6 Ke7 51. f4 1-0

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 $5 O-O (8... a5 $5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. e3 Nf5
14. Nc4 c6 15. Qc2 {Adorjan,A-Cebalo,M /Polanica Zdroj/1992/ 0,5(15)}) (8... f6
9. d3 Be6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Qe8 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Nd2 Qf7 14. Qc1 Nd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. b5 $14 {Adorjan,A-Kallai,G /HUN/1991/ 1:0(81)}) 9. b4 a6 (9... e4 10.
Nxe4 Nxb4 11. a3 N4d5 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. e4 Nc4 15. Qa2 Na5 16. d4 Bg4
17. Be3 Be6 18. d5 $14 {Sorokin,M-Savon,V /Cheliabinsk/1991/}) 10. a4 (10. a3
Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. e3 Nb5 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 $14 {
Adorjan,A-Lin,W /Zhenzhen/1992/ 0,1(61)}) 10... Nxb4 $5 $146 (10... Bf5 11. b5
$1 axb5 {Serper,G-Kamsky,G /Dortmund/1993/ 1.0(60) Inf 57/33/} 12. axb5 $1 Bxb1
$6 13. bxc6 $18 {Serper/}) (10... Bxb4 11. Nxe5 Bxc3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. dxc3
Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxa4 15. Ba3 $16 {Serper/}) 11. Nxe5 a5 $1 12. d4 c6 13. e4 Be6
14. Be3 (14. Re1 $5 f6 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Nc4) 16... Rad8 $13) (14.
f4 $6 f5 15. Re1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 N6d5 $15) 14... f6 15. d5 $6 (15. Nf3 Bc4 16.
Re1 Nd3 17. Re2 Bb4 18. Rc2 $13) 15... cxd5 (15... fxe5 $5 16. dxe6 Nc4 $15)
16. Bxb6 $8 Qxb6 17. Nxd5 Qd8 $6 (17... Bxd5 $5 18. Rxb4 $8 axb4 19. Qxd5+ Kh8
20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Bc5 $15) 18. Nc4 $14 Bc5 (18... Bxd5 $6 19. exd5 Bd6 20.
Re1 Qc7 21. Qe2 $16) 19. Qh5 Qe8 (19... Bxd5 $6 20. exd5 Qd7 21. Rfd1 $16) 20.
Qh4 (20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Nc7 $2 Bxc4 $19) 20... Qf7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Ncb6 $8
Rab8 (22... Bxb6 23. Nxb6 Rab8 $10) 23. Qf4 Nc6 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. h4 (25. Bg2 Nc6
$10) 25... Bxb6 $10 (25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 $6 27. exd5 Rxd5 $4 28. Rxd5 Qxd5
29. Bc4 $18) 26. Nxb6 Qe7 27. e5 (27. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 28. exd5 Qd6 $15) 27... Qc5
$1 28. Nc4 fxe5 29. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Re8 (9... a5 $5) 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 {Zusammen mit dem
naechsten Zug ein Schritt in dem falschen Richtung. In der Analyse waren wir
einig, dass 11...a5 guten Gegenspiel gibt.} (11... a5 $5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4
exd4 14. Ne4 a4 $1 $132) 12. Rc1 (12. Nd2 {Ribli Winants,L-De Boer,G/Wijk-B/
1992/CBM28/}) 12... Nd4 $6 (12... a5 13. b5 Nd4) (12... Qd7 {Ribli} 13. Ne4 Bh3
$2 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. b5 $18) 13. Nxd4 (13. Nd2 {Ribli} c6 $13) 13... exd4 14.
Ne4 c6 (14... f5 {ist zu riskant wegen} 15. f3 $1 (15. Nc5 {Ribli} Bxe2 16.
Qb3+ Kh8 17. Rfe1 $16) 15... Bh5 (15... fxe4 16. fxg4 exd3 17. exd3 c6 18. b5
$5 (18. Rf4) 18... cxb5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Re5 21. Rf4 {gefolgt von Db3 mit
klar besseren Stellung.}) 16. Nc5 {und Schwarz verliert einen Bauer.}) 15. h3
Be6 16. Nc5 Rb8 (16... Bxc5 $6 17. bxc5 Nd5 18. Qa4 $18) 17. Re1 $1 g6 $6 {
Schwarz wollte seine Probleme mit Bd4 loesen, diese Schwaechung der Diagonale
a1-h8 ermoeglicht aber Weiss, sein Druck noch zu steigern. Gleichzeitig ist 
den Tausch auf c5 in die Zukunft fast ausgeschlossen. Besser war} (17... Bd5
18. Bf1 $1 {Die pointe von 17.Te1. Schwarz muss jetz mit 18...Le6 passiv
abwarten - er steht schlechter, aber Weiss verfuegt nicht ueber so direktem
Plan wie in der Partie.}) 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Qa1 Nd5 (19... Na4 $6 20. Nxa4 Bb3 {
geht nicht wegen} 21. Rc4 $1 {Nicht aber} (21. Nc5 Bxc2 22. Qc1 b6 23. Na6 Ba4
24. Nxb8 Qxb8 {mit unklarem Spiel.}) 21... Bxa4 22. Bxd4 b5 23. Bxg7 bxc4 24.
Bh8 {und Weiss gewinnt.}) 20. e3 (20. Bxd4 $2 Nxb4 $13) 20... Nc7 (20... Nc3
21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. d4 $18) 21. Kh2 {Weiss beeilt sich nicht mit Bauerngewinn 
(das waere grobe strategische Fehler) und optimalisiert seine Stellung.Schwarz
hat keinen vernuenftigen Gegenspiel.} Bf5 22. e4 Be6 23. f4 $16 a5 $2 {Ein
verzweifelten Versuch in schwierigem Stellung.Die abwartenden Alternativen
waren doch noch besser als den Textzug, welche gibt einen Bauern ab.} (23...
Nb5 24. a4 Nc7 $16 (24... Nc3 {Ribli} 25. Bxc3 dxc3 26. e5 $18)) (23... g5 $5)
24. bxa5 Nb5 25. a6 b6 (25... bxa6 26. Nxa6 Ra8 (26... Rb6 {Ribli} 27. Nc5 $18)
27. Nb4 $18) 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. e5 c5 28. Qa2 $1 Nc7 (28... Na7 29. Bd5 Re7 30.
a4 {und Weiss soll nur eine angenehme Entscheidung machen zwischen Plan mit
a4-a5, welche die schwarze Bauernkette zerstoert und freien Bahn fuer weisse
Kraefte macht, oder Plan mit Tf2,f4-f5 und starken Angriff auf f-Linie und
diag.a2-g8.}) 29. a7 Rc8 30. Bb7 $18 Ra8 31. Bxa8 Nxa8 (31... Qxa8 32. Bxd4)
32. Qc4 Qd7 33. Bxd4 $1 Qxa7 (33... cxd4 34. Qc8+ Qe8 35. Qb8 $18) 34. Bb2 {
und Schwarz hat aufgegeben.Gegen 35.d4 mit entscheidenden Oeffnung den schwar-
zen Stellung gibts keine Verteidigung.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates m6"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Borik,O"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5
Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 c5 $2 {Laut Timman ein Fehler, der
übrigens schon in der Praxis vorgekomen war, was Dr.Hübner entgangen war.} (
10... dxe3 {Ribli} 11. dxe3 d6 12. Bd2 $14) (10... Bc5 $5 {Ribli}) 11. a3 Ba5
12. exd4 cxd4 13. d6 {Der La5 geriet ins Abseits.} Qf6 (13... Re6 {Ribli} 14.
b4 Bb6 15. d3 Rxd6 16. Bf4 Re6 17. Bd5 $14 {Timman}) 14. d3 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qa6
16. b4 Bd8 17. Re1 Rf8 18. Qh5 d6 19. Bd5 Bd7 20. a4 Rc8 21. Be4 g6 22. Qf3 Rc7
23. b5 Qb6 24. Bh6 a6 (24... Re8 25. Bd5 {mit Gewinn, z.B.} Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. Rxe6 {(27...Txe6?? 28.Df8 matt), und weiter Dd5, Tae1 usw.}) 25. Bd5 Bf5
26. g4 Bc8 27. Re2 axb5 {und Schwarz gab gleichzeitig auf: Tae1 nebst Te8
entscheidet, z.B.} (27... axb5 28. Rae1 Bd7 29. Qxf7+ $3 Rxf7 30. Re8+ Bxe8 31.
Rxe8# {matt}) 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qa4 a5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bf4 Ra7 13. Be3 Ra8 (13... Rb7
14. Qc2 (14. Rd2 Ng4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 f5 (16... Nxf2 $2 17. Rf4 $1)) 14...
Ng4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Ne3 17. Qd2 Nxg2 18. Re4 Qd8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Kxg2
Qe6 21. b3 d6 $13) 14. c5 {'!' Psakhis.} Ba6 15. Rd2 Reb8 16. Rad1 (16. Qxa5
Ne8 17. Qa4 Bxe2 18. Qc2 Bg4) 16... Bc8 17. a3 (17. Qh4 Rb4 18. Bd4 Qe6) 17...
Qe6 18. Qh4 (18. h3 $1) 18... Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Bd4 (20. Bf4 Ne5) 20... Ne5
{'!' Psakhis.} 21. Rc2 Rb3 22. Na4 (22. Ne4 Rab8 23. Nd2 R3b5 24. h3 f5 $13)
22... Rab8 23. Bc3 h5 24. h3 (24. Bh3 Ng4 (24... d5 25. cxd6 Bxh3 26. dxc7 Rf8
27. Bxa5) (24... f5) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Rd4 f5) 24... g5 25. Kf1
f5 26. Ke1 Kf7 27. f4 gxf4 (27... Nc4 28. Bxg7 Ne3 29. Bc3 Nxc2+ 30. Kd2 Nb4
31. fxg5 $1 Nd5 32. Bxd5+ cxd5 33. Kc2) 28. gxf4 Nc4 (28... Ng6 29. Bxg7 Nxf4
30. Bh6 Nxg2+ 31. Kf2 Nh4 32. Bf4 R8b7 33. e3 Ng6 34. Kf3) 29. Bxg7 Ne3 30. Bc3
{'!' Psakhis.} Nxc2+ (30... Nxg2+ $5 31. Kd2 Nxf4 (31... Ba6 32. Kc1 Nxf4 33.
Rxd7+ Ke8 34. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 35. Kd1 Rd8+ 36. Rd2 Nxc3+ 37. Nxc3 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2
Rxb2+ 39. Ke3)) 31. Kd2 Nb4 (31... Nxa3 $5 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33. Ra1 (33. Nb2 Rbb3
(33... Ra2 34. Kc1 (34. Kc2 a4 35. Kb1 Raxb2+ 36. Bxb2 a3 37. Rd2 Rb5 $19)) 34.
Bh8 a4) 33... Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Rb4 (34... Rb1 35. Be5) 35. Nb2 $1 Ba6 36. Nd3 Bxd3
37. Kxd3 Rxf4 (37... a4)) 32. axb4 axb4 33. Be5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Ba6 35. Bf3 Bb5 36.
Rg1 {'!' Psakhis.} Rg8 (36... Rxa4 37. Rg7+ Ke6 38. Bxh5 Rxh3 39. Bf7+ Ke7 40.
Bb3+ Kd8 41. Bxa4 Bxa4 42. Rg5 Bb5 43. Rxf5 Rh2 44. Bf6+ Ke8 45. Re5+ Kf7 46.
Bd8) (36... Bxa4 37. Rg7+ Ke6 (37... Kf8 38. Rxd7 $36)) 37. Bxh5+ Kf8 38. Ra1 {
'?' Psakhis.} (38. Rxg8+ $1 Kxg8 39. Nb6 (39. Bg6 Bxa4 (39... d6 40. Bxf5 Kf7
41. cxd6 cxd6 42. Bc2 Rxh3 43. Bxd6 b3) 40. Bxf5) 39... cxb6 (39... Rxh3 40.
Nxd7 $18) (39... d6 40. cxd6 cxd6 41. Bxd6 (41. Bd4 $5 c5 42. Bf3 Rxf3 43. exf3
cxd4 44. Nc8) 41... Rxb2+ 42. Kc1 Rb3 43. Bf3 Kf7 44. Kc2 Rc3+ 45. Kb2 Re3 46.
Bc5 Re6 47. Nd7 Bxe2 48. Bxc6 $18) 40. cxb6 Ba6 41. Be8 $1 (41. Bg6 Rxh3 (41...
d6 42. Bxf5 $1 Kf7 43. Bxd6 Rxb2+ 44. Kd1 b3 45. Bd3)) 41... Rxh3 (41... d6 42.
Bxc6 Rxh3 43. Bxd6 $18) 42. Bxd7 Rh6 (42... Rh2 43. Bxc6 Rxe2+ 44. Kd1 $18) 43.
Bxf5 c5 44. Bc7 $16) 38... Rxh3 {'!' Psakhis.} 39. Bf3 (39. Nb6 $2 Rxh5 40.
Nxd7+ Ke7 41. Nf6 Rd8+) 39... Rxf3 {'!' Psakhis.} 40. exf3 Rg2+ (40... Rg2+ 41.
Ke3 Re2+ 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Re2+ 44. Kd4 Rd2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 $5 {N; Zaitsev,I; 9...ef3 - 35/44} 10. d3 $1 (10. dxe3 b6 (
10... h6 11. Nh3 d5 12. Nf4 dxc4 13. e4 $14) (10... d6 $44) 11. e4 h6 (11...
Ba6 $6 12. f4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 Bxc4 (14... Ng8 $2 15. Bd5+ Kf8 16. Ba3+
Nge7 17. Qd3 d6 18. Qh7 $18) 15. exf6 $16 {|^}) 12. Nh3 Ba6 $44) 10... d5 $8
11. Qb3 $1 $14 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 f5 13. c4 fxe4 (13... Nf6 14.
Nc3 Nd4 $10) (13... Nde7 $10) 14. cxd5 exf3 15. Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17. Be4
Qf6 18. Bb2 Qb6 $1 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc1 $8 Bxe2 21. Kg2 Bxd3 $19) 12... Na5 (
12... Qxg5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 $44) 13. Qa3 Qxg5 14. Qxa5 Qe5 (14... b6 15. f4
$16) 15. d4 (15. f4 $2 Nxf4 16. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Rxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 $17) 15...
Qd6 $10 {/\} 16. Ba3 Qc6 17. f4 Qxc3 18. Qa4 Nf6) 11... Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Qc7 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Re1 (16. Rxb7 Bxe2 17. Re1 (17.
Nxf7 Qa5 $1 18. Qd6 Bxf1 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ $10) 17... Bxd3 18. Nxf7 Qa5 19.
Qd6 Nd4 $13) 16... h6 (16... Qd7 17. h3 $16) 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. d4 {/\ Ne5+/=})
16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 $10 (17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Ba1 Re7 $5 (18... b6 19. Rfc1 {/\} Rad8
$6 20. c4 d4 21. c5 $1 $16) (18... Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Ng4 21. Qc5 $1
$16) 19. Rfc1 Bh3 20. Bh1 Nh5 {/\ Nf4}) (17. Rfe1 $1 $14) 17... dxc4 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 (19... Rxe4 $5 20. Bxe4 $8 f5 $1 (20... Bxe2 21. Rfe1 $16) 21.
Bf3 Nd4 (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd4 23. Rxe3 Nc2 24. Qe7 $18) 22. dxc4 Bxf3 23.
exf3 e2 24. Rfe1 Qxc4 $44) 20. dxc4 $15 (20. Nxf6 $5 Kxf6 21. Rb5 {Makarichev,
S; Radovsky} Rad8 22. Qc3+ Ke7 23. Qxc4 $13) (20. h3 Bxe2 21. Nxf6 Bxf1 22. Qc3
Re5 $1) (20. Qc3 Qd8 $1 (20... Qe7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxf6 Kf8 23. Nxg4 $18) 21.
dxc4 Qd4 (21... Nd4 22. Qxe3 $1) 22. Rxb7 Rxe4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxc6 $10) (20.
Nd6 Re6 21. Nxc4 Rd8 22. f5 Ree8 23. Rb2 Nd4 24. Rxb7 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Nxg3+ $1
26. Kg1 $1 (26. hxg3 $2 Qxg3 $19) 26... Ne2+ (26... Qxb7 27. Bxb7 Nxf1 28. Kxf1
Bxf5 29. Nd6 $18) (26... Nxf1 27. Rxc7 e2 28. Qxa7 $8 e1=Q 29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30.
Rxf6+ $1 Kg5 31. Qg7+ Kf4 32. Qh6#) 27. Kh1 Qc8 $5 (27... Ng3+ $10) 28. Nd6
Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxf5 $44) 20... Rad8 (20... Bxe2 21. Qb2 (21. Nxf6 $36) 21...
Rxe4 22. Qxe2 Re7 $13) 21. Rb3 $6 (21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Nd5 Qxc4 (22... Qd6 23. Qxd6
(23. c5 $6 Qe6 24. Nc7 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Qf5 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rb3 (27. Rxb7 Qh5
$17) 27... Nd4 28. Rxe3 Nc2 $19) 23... Rxd6 24. Rxb7 Bxe2 25. Re1 Bxc4 26. Nxe3
Rde6 27. Rb4 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Bd3 29. Nd5 Nxf4 30. Nxf4 Rxe1 31. Nxd3 R8e2+ 32. Kf3
Re3+ 33. Kf2 R1e2+ 34. Kf1 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxd3 36. Ra4 $10) 23. Nxe3 Qxe2 24.
Nxg4 (24. Rbe1 Qd2 $17) 24... Qxg4 $15) 21... Nd4 $17 22. Rxe3 Qxc4 (22... Nc2
23. Qc3 Nxe3 24. Qxf6+ (24. Nxf6 Kg6 $19) 24... Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd7
$19) 23. Kh1 Nf5 $1 24. Rd3 Bxe2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 Re8 $19 {/\ 27.Nd6 Nd6
28.Qd6 Bf3 29.Re8 Qf1#} 27. Qa5 b5 28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Nb3 Bf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 31.
Kg1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 h6 (8... Re8) 9. Nc2 Re8 (9... b6 10. Ne3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. b3 Re8 13.
a4 d6 $10 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov, An (9)/Wch-Moscow/1974/}) 10. Ne3 d6 11. Nd5 (
11. Qc2 a5 12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Rb8 14. a4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 $10 {Kortschnoj,
V-Mecking,H/cm/1974/}) 11... Bf5 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. f4
exf3 16. exf3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Bh3 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Bg2 Ba5 $5 10. O-O O-O (10... Qxe2 $2 11. b4 $1 Bxb4 (11... Bb6
12. a4 a6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rae1 Qg4 15. a5 Ba7 16. Qxc7 $18) 12. Ba3 Qxd2 13.
Qe4+ Kd8 14. d6 $1 $18) (10... Bb6) 11. e3 (11. e4 c6 $1 $10) 11... c5 $1 12.
exd4 cxd4 13. d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Re8 $6 (8... h6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Qc2 $14) 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
11. Nc2 d6 12. Ne3 Re5 (12... Bf5 13. f4 $16) 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Qb3 $1 Rb8 14.
Rad1 b6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rd5 $1 $16) 13... Bf5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. f4 exf3 16. exf3
Re8 17. b3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Ne7 19. f4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bh3 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Qc6
23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Kf8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Ke3 f5
29. Kd4 Kd7 30. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Webster, Andrew"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc1 $6 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 (13. Nb5 c5
14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rc8 16. Na7 Ra8 17. Nb5 $10 {[ Hodgson ]}) 13... a4 14.
Nc5 Bc8 $6 (14... Bd5 $1 $15 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qd5) 15. b4 $10 axb3 16.
Nxb3 Bf6 17. Nfd2 g6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nec5 Nd5 20. a4 Nc3 21. Re1 Re8 22. Qc2 {
[ 22.Bf3 ]} c6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Na4 (24. Bf3 $1 {[ /\ Na4 ]}) 24... Be6 25. Nxd4
$2 {[ In a quiet position where he has reasonable chances White initiates
tactics and comes off worst ]} (25. Nac5 $10) 25... Qxa5 $1 26. Nxe6 $2 {
[ Missing Black's amazing reply ]} (26. Nxc3 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 28. Nd1 Bxd4
29. e3 Rea8 $1 30. exd4 (30. Bf3 R8a2 $19) 30... R8a2 $19) 26... Nxe2+ $1 {[#]}
27. Rxe2 Bxa1 {[ White cannot hold his hanging knights ]} 28. Nec5 Rxe2 29.
Qxe2 Bd4 30. Qe7 Qd2 31. Ne4 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 $5 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rfd1 Re8
15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1 Bxd5 (17... c5 $5 18. Nxf6+ (18. e3 Be5)
18... Qxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxe2 22. Rxc5 Rxa2 23. Rdd5 Rb2
$10) 18. Bxd5 Kg7 $2 {/\ 18...c5} 19. Rc6 $1 Rb6 20. Rdc1 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Qe7 22.
e4 $6 (22. e3 $1 Ra8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxa8 $16) 22... Ra8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24.
Bxa8 Qc5 25. Bd5 b4 26. Qf4 h5 27. Kg2 Qb6 28. h3 Qc5 29. h4 Qb6 30. g4 hxg4
31. Qxg4 Qd8 32. h5 Bd4 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. f4 Qc7 35. Bc4 Qe7 36. Kf3 Qf6 37.
Qd7+ Kf8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Bg8 Qg7 41. Qxb4 {>= 41.Qc8} Bc5 42. Qb8
$4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 (9... e3 10. d3 $1 d5 11. Qb3 $1 $14) 10. Nxf3 Qe7 $6 (
10... d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nd4 Qh5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e3 $13) 11. e3 Ne5 {
N; 11...d6+/= - 16/47} 12. Nd4 $1 (12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Rb1 (13. Qf3 d6 14. Qf4
Qh5) 13... Rb8 14. e4 {/\} (14. Rb5 {/\ d3}) (14. d3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. d4 (
16. Qb3 Be6 17. c4 $13 (17. d4 $5 {/\ c4})) 16... Qe6 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. c4 $14)
14... Nxe4 $2 15. Re1 Qf5 16. Qe2 $18) 12... Nd3 (12... Nxc4 13. e4 (13. Nf5
Qe5 14. d3 Nd6 $13 (14... Qxc3 $2 15. Rb1 $16)) 13... d6 (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Qxe4 15. d3 $16) 14. d3 c5 15. Nc2 $1 {/\ Bg5, Ne3~/=}) 13. Qe2 (13. Nf5 $5)
13... Nxc1 14. Raxc1 d6 15. Rf4 c6 16. Rcf1 Qe5 (16... Be6 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18.
Be4 Qf8 (18... f5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qf6 21. Qh5 $36) (18... Bxc4 19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Rf4 $18) 19. Qh5 Qg7 20. Rf4 $16) 17. Qd3 $1
Bd7 (17... Rf8 $5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Qe7 {/\ Nd7}) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Qe6
20. Qd4 Re7 21. Qh4 (21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Qe5 23. Rxd6 (23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Rf5
Qe6 25. Qf4 Rg8) 23... Qxd4 24. cxd4 $44) 21... Nd7 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. R5f3 (23.
Rb5 $5 Ng6 24. Bxe6 Nxh4 25. Rxf7 $1 Rxe6 26. Rbxb7 Ng6 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rbf7+
Ke8 29. Rxh7 $16) 23... Qe5 24. d4 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxf7 Rxe3 27. d5 $1
Rae8 (27... Rxc3 $4 28. Rxf8+ $18) 28. Rxb7 $2 (28. c5 $1 dxc5 29. d6 Rd3 30.
d7 Rd8 31. Re7 Nxd7 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 $18) 28... cxd5 29. cxd5 R3e7 30.
Rfb1 h5 (30... Kf7 {>=; /\ Kf6-e5}) 31. a4 $1 g5 32. Bf5 (32. a5 {>=} g4 33.
Bf1 $18) 32... Kg7 33. a5 Kf6 34. Bd3 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Re3 36. Bb5 Rxc3 37. Rxa7
Ng6 38. Rd7 Ne5 39. Rxd6+ Kf5 40. a6 Ra3 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. d3 dxc4 11. dxc4 Re8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. f4 Ba6 16. Rc1 c5 17. d5 b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Re1 Rac8 20. a4 Bd7 $1 (
20... Ba6 21. Bh3) 21. Rc4 Bf5 22. e3 Qg6 23. Qc2 h5 24. Rc1 h4 25. gxh4 $2 (
25. Kf2) 25... Red8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Bh3 28. Rc2 $4 (28. Qc2 Rc8 29.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Rc4 (31. Re8 $2 f5 32. Re6 Qh5) 31... f5 32. Rd4
Qd6) 28... Rb8 0-1

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.11.23"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 h6 10. dxe4 $1 {N; 10.Qc2 - 36/39} (10. c5) (10. Nxc6) 10...
Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 $1 {Podgaets,M} 12. cxd5 (12. Nb5 Bf5 13. cxd5 Nxg3 14. e4 Nxf1
15. exf5 (15. dxc6 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qh4) 15... Re1 16. Bxf1 Qxd5 {|^ /\} 17. Nxc7
Qc4 $19) 12... Qxd5 13. e3 (13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Nxf5 (14. f3 Nf2) 14... Qxf5 15. f3
Nxg3 $13) 13... Na5 $5 $10 (13... Nxd4 $5 14. cxd4 c6 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. f3 $6
Nxg3 17. e4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4) 14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 Qc5 16. Be3 Ndc4 17. Bf2 Qe7
18. Rad1 (18. Rae1 {/\ |^>>}) (18. f4) 18... Bd7 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 Bg4 $13 21.
Nf5 $5 Qe6 (21... Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Nd2 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Qc2 $1 $16) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. Nd4 Qc8 $1 (23... Qe8 $14) 24. f5 $6 (24. Re1 c5 25. Nf3 Bxf3 (25... Bf5
26. Qc1 b6 27. Nh4 $13) 26. Bxf3 Rd2 27. Qe4 Rxa2 28. f5 Qc6 29. Qg4 $13) (24.
Be4 c5 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Bxc5 Nd2 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Bd5 Nxf1 $6 (28... Qb5 $1) 29.
Bxf7 Qd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Ng6+ $10) 24... c5 (24... Nxe5 $6 25. h3 c5 26. hxg4
cxd4 27. Qe4 $36) 25. Qe4 cxd4 26. Qxg4 Nxe5 (26... dxc3 $1 27. e6 (27. Bd4
Nxe5 $1 $17) 27... Ne5 {/\ f6-/+}) (26... Ne3 $5 27. Bxe3 dxe3 28. e6 (28. Qe4
Qc5 29. Re1 Nc4 $13) 28... f6 29. Qf3 Qxc3 $13) 27. Qe2 (27. Qe4 $5 Nec4 28.
Bxd4 Nd2 29. Qg4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Nxf1 31. Bxf1 Nc6 $15) 27... Nec6 28. cxd4 Nxd4
29. Bxd4 $6 (29. Qe4) (29. Qg4) 29... Rxd4 $15 30. f6 Qe6 31. Qb2 (31. Qxe6 $1
fxe6 32. Bh3 Rd6 $15) (31. Qf2 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Nc4 $17
) 31... Qe3+ 32. Kh1 b6 $17 33. fxg7 Nc4 34. Qc2 Kxg7 35. Bd5 Nd6 36. Qb2 Qe5
37. Bb3 a5 38. Qf2 f5 39. Qb2 b5 40. a3 Kg6 41. Qf2 (41. Qf2 Rd3 $19) (41. Qf2
a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 a6 8. a3 h6
9. b4 Ba7 10. d3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Rfd1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Nf5 15. c5
Rfe8 16. e4 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxf5
22. exf5 Qe7 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Bxa6 Qg5 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Qc3 Rd4
28. Bb5 Rb8 29. Rxe5 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Rc1 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. Be3 Ra1 34.
Kg2 Rxa3 35. Re7 Bb8 36. f6 Ra4 37. b5 Kf8 38. c6 gxf6 39. Bc5 Kg7 40. Rd7 Rc8
41. Be2 Re4 42. Bd3 Ra4 43. Be3 Rb4 44. Be2 Kg6 45. Bc5 {#White's winning plan
is to position one bishop to hit on f7 and the other to attack f8, preventing
the rook from protecting the f7 pawn. Black's sole rook in the battlefield can
only delay this but not prevent it, and black will be forced to return an
exchange, sealing his fate.} Ra4 46. Rd5 {This move, taking the rook away from
its dream post, is a sure sign Bareev has lost the thread of the position.} (
46. Bf3 Rc4 47. Be3 Rc3 (47... Rb4 48. Bd5 Rxb5 49. Bxf7+ Kf5 (49... Kh7 50.
Bc4+) 50. Kf3 {threatening g4+ and Bf4 mate.} h5 51. h3 {and the mate is
unstoppable.}) 48. Bd5 Rf8 49. Bd2 {followed by Bb4}) 46... Kg7 47. Bh5 Re4 48.
Bd4 Rce8 49. Rd7 Rxd4 50. Rxd4 Re5 51. g4 Kf8 52. f4 Re2+ 53. Kf1 Ba7 54. Ra4
Rf2+ 55. Ke1 Bb6 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. f5 Rxh2 58. Rh8 Rb2 59. Rh7 Kd6 60. Rxf7 Ke5
61. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 14th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2013.09.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 (5. Nd5) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 ({
Die Alternative ist} 6... e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 (9. d3) {mit der
berühmten Partie} 9... e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
f4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. dxc4
Rad8 21. Rb3 Nd4 22. Rxe3 Qxc4 23. Kh1 Nf5 24. Rd3 Bxe2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1
Re8 27. Qa5 b5 28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Nb3 Bf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1
Ne3 {0-1 (32) Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2700) Seville 1987}) 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5
Bc5 9. e3 Bb6 ({Üblicher ist} 9... a6 {z.B.:} 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5
Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 f4 15. exf4 exf4 16. Rc4 Ng6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5
19. Qa1 Bd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 f3 22. Bh1 Be6 23. Nc3 c6 24. d6 Bd5 25. Ne4
Qd7 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qe3 Qf7 28. h4 Qf5 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Re1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Qxg5+ Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxd6 34. Re3 Rdf6 35. Kg1 a5 36. Nh3 b5 37. Nf4 Rxf4
38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Ke1 Kf6 41. Kd2 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Bxf3 Rxa2+
44. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2755) Moscow 2013}) 10. Nd2
Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Nc4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2
Rac8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Bc3 a5 (18... Nxd3 19. e4 Bd7 20. Qxd3 Bb5 21. Qf3 Bxf1
22. Bxf1 $16) 19. e4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Rxc3 {Das Qualitätsopfer war keinesfalls
erzwungen.. Die folgende forcierte Variante führt in Endspiel, das sich für
Schwarz zumindest als schwierig zu spielen erweist.} (20... Bg4 $5) (20... Rc6
$5) 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rc2 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Nxa2 25. Rf1 {Um über f2
den Turm zu tauschen.} (25. d4 Nc3 26. Re1 b6 $11) 25... Be6 26. Bf3 Rd2 (26...
Bxb3 $2 27. Bd1 $18) (26... Nb4 $5 {mit der Idee mit der Idee} 27. Rxa5 (27. d4
b6 28. d5 Bh3 29. Rfc1 (29. Rf2 $2 Rc3) 29... Rb2 30. Rab1 Ra2 31. Rc7 b5 $11)
27... Nxd3 28. Ra7 b5 29. Rb7 b4 $11) 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Bxb3 29. Bd1 Be6 (
29... Bxd1 $5 30. Rxd1 Kf8 31. Ra1 (31. Rb1 Nb4) 31... Nb4 32. Ke2 (32. Rxa5
Nxd3+ 33. Kf3 Nc5 $11) 32... Nc6 33. Kd2 {mit vielleicht besseren Chancen als
in der Partie.}) 30. d4 Nc3 (30... Bc4 31. Be2 Bb3 32. Ke1 $16) 31. Bc2 Ba2 ({
Auch nach} 31... b6 {geht ein Bauer am Damenflügel verloren, z.B.:} 32. d5 Bd7
33. Ra3 Nb5 34. Rb3 a4 35. Rb4 a3 36. Ra4 Kf8 37. Bd3) 32. Bd3 ({In Betracht
kam auch} 32. Ke1 b5 33. Kd2 b4 34. Kc1 Kf8 ({oder} 34... a4 35. Bxa4 Nxa4 36.
Rxa2 Nc3 37. Rb2 exd4 38. exd4 Nxe4 39. Rxb4 $16) 35. Kb2 a4 36. Bxa4 Nxa4+ 37.
Kxa2 Nc3+ 38. Kb3 Nxe4 39. Kxb4 Nf6 {mit guten Gewinnchancen für Weiß.})
32... b5 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 ({Etwas besser ist} 33... Nxe4+ 34. Ke1 Bd5 35. Rxa5 Kf8
36. Bd3 Nf6 37. Ra7 $16) 34. Rxa2 Nc3 35. Rxa5 Nxe4+ 36. Kf3 Ng5+ {Schwarz
schafft es in der Folge nicht, eine Festung ausfzubauen und auf dem freien
Feld zeigt sich der Springer hier gegen Tum und König als deutlich unterlegen.
} 37. Ke2 exd4 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. exd4 {Nun droth einfach Td8} f5 40. Ke3 Kg6 41.
h4 Ne4 42. Kf4 Nc3 43. Ra6 Ne2+ (43... Ne4 44. g4 $18) 44. Ke3 Nxg3 45. Rxd6+
Kf7 46. Kf4 Ne4 47. Ra6 Nd2 (47... g6 48. h5 $18) 48. Kxf5 Nf3 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50.
d5 1-0

[Event "Novy Bor m1"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 ({Die
populärere Alternative ist} 6... e4 7. Ng5 (7. Ne1)) 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 ({Oder} 
8. Nd5 Bc5 9. e3 a6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 f4
15. exf4 exf4 16. Rc4 Ng6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qa1 Bd4 20. Rxd4 exd4
21. Qxd4 f3 22. Bh1 Be6 23. Nc3 c6 24. d6 Bd5 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qe3
Qf7 28. h4 Qf5 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Re1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Qxg5 33. Nxg5
Rxd6 34. Re3 Rdf6 35. Kg1 a5 36. Nh3 b5 37. Nf4 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kf1 Kf7
40. Ke1 Kf6 41. Kd2 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Bxf3 Rxa2+ 44. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2755) Moscow 2013}) 8... a5 9. e3 ({Zumeist geschieht
} 9. a3 {z.B.:} Bc5 10. Na4 Re8 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bc3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. h3
Bd7 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. b3 b6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. e3 Nc6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 21.
Qc2 f5 22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Be2 Qe6 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Rf1 Ng6 27. Rf2 Red8
28. Rg1 Rd6 29. a4 R6d7 30. Bb2 Rd6 31. Bc3 R6d7 32. Bf1 e4 33. dxe4 fxe4 34.
f4 Qe7 35. Be2 Rd3 36. Bxd3 exd3 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. f5 Ne5 39. Rgf1 Re8 40. f6
gxf6 41. Rxf6 Re7 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. R8f4 Qg6 44. e4 Bc6 45. Rf6 {1-0 (45)
Ponomariov,R (2743)-Cheparinov,I (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9... Bf5 10. Qe2
Re8 11. Rfd1 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Nh4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3
Qf6 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. c5 Nd4 $2 {Der schwarze Angriff erweist sich als nicht
so stark wie erhofft.} (18... Rd8 $11) 19. Qd3 Rxh4 20. gxh4 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxh2+
22. Kg2 Nf3 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxh4+ 25. Kf1 Qf5 {mit der Idee Dh3 und
Gegenspiel.} 26. Qd7 Qf3 27. Qd5 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Ra6 (28... Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Nf3+ 30.
Kc1 h5 31. Rc4 $18) 29. Qe4 $18 ({Gut war auch} 29. Rc4 $5) 29... f5 30. Qd5+
Kh7 31. Rc4 (31. Qxb7 $4 Qg4+ $19) 31... f4 32. Rxf4 Ng6 33. Qf5 Qh2 34. Rd7 h5
35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Qxh5+ Qxh5+ 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Rd4 Rxb2+ 39. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 29th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2013.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
Die Sizilianische Drachenvariante mit vertauschten Farben.} 8. a3 (8. d3 O-O 9.
a3 Be6 {ist nur Zugumstellung.}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 (11. Rb1
Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 {kommt auch häufig vor, z.B.:} 13. Nde4 Bf7 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Be3
a5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3
22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Qb2 Nxc1 24. Qxa3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxg5 26. Qa7 Qd2 27. Qxb7 Nb8
28. b5 Qc3 29. Nxc3 {1-0 (29) Aronian,L (2808)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte Carlo
2011}) 11... Qd7 ({Mit} 11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 {hat Schwarz statistisch ganz gute
Erfolge erzielt (45% aus Sicht von Weiß). Ein aktuelles Beispiel auf
Topniveau:} 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 Qxb5
18. Bxd4 a4 19. Qb1 Qd5 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Qxb6 Rfc8 22. Rfb1 Rc3 23. Qxb7 Qxb7
24. Rxb7 Bxa3 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Ra2 Ra6 27. f4 Bc5 28. Nb5 Rc1 29. Nc7 Rg1+ 30.
Kh3 Rc6 31. f5 a3 32. Ne6 Bd6 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Ra7
Rc8 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nf4 Rb1 39. Rc4 Rgb8 40. Nh5 Bf8 41. Nxf6 R1b7 42. Rca4 Bc5
43. R7a6 Kg7 44. Ne4 Bb4 45. Nd6 Rb6 46. Rxb6 Rxb6 47. Nc4 Rb5 48. e4 Bf8 49.
e5 Rd5 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. f6 Kg6 52. Ra8 Bb4 53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Ra7
Rxd3 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra4 Bc5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. Nxa3 {1/2-1/2 (59) Kramnik,V 
(2785) -Karjakin,S (2776) Monte Carlo 2011}) 12. Ne4 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Qe8 {Die
Neuerung in dieser Partie.} (13... a6) 14. b5 Na5 15. a4 c5 16. bxc6 (16. Nfd2
c4 {hätte Schwarz gefallen.}) 16... Rac8 ({Einfach} 16... Nxc6 {war auch in
Ordnung für Schwarz.}) 17. c7 Rd7 18. d4 Nb3 {Schwarz ist ehrgeizig.} (18...
Rdxc7 19. Qb1 Nb3 20. dxe5 {führt zum gleichen Ergebnis.}) (18... exd4 19.
Nxd4 Rcxc7 20. Qb1 Bf7 21. e3 {mit Ausgleich.}) 19. dxe5 {Praktisch erzwungen.}
({Nach} 19. Rad1 Rdxc7 20. Qb1 exd4 {steht Schwarz besser.}) 19... Nxa1 20.
Bxa1 Rdxc7 (20... Rcxc7 21. Qb1 Qf7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 (23. a5 Nc4 24. Bc3
Nd6) 23... Nxa4 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 {war vielleicht die bessere Alternative.}) 21.
Qb1 Qg6 (21... Qf7 $5 {hält den Le6 gedeckt.} 22. exf6 gxf6) 22. exf6 Bxf6 (
22... gxf6 $5) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nd4 {Und plötzlich hat Weiß starkes Spiel
mit seinen Leichtfiguren im Zentrum, während die schwarzen Türme recht
wirkungslos sind.} Bd5 25. a5 Nc4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Bxc4 Qxd4 (
28... Rxc4 29. e3 {ebenfalls mit gutem weißen Spiel.}) 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Be4 Re7
31. Bf3 {Am Ende werden die vier weißen Bauern am Königsflügel das Spiel
entscheiden.} Rf6 32. Rd1 Qc3 33. Qb5 h6 34. Bxb7 Qe5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Qc4 Rf8
37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. a6 Rc7 39. Qb4+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Kg2 Rf7 42. Qc4 Kg7 43.
Be4 Rc7 44. Qd5 Qxd5 45. Bxd5 Rc3 46. Be4 Kf6 47. f4 Ra3 48. Bd3 Ra1 49. g4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Rb1 e4 (8... b6 9. d3 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. d5 c6 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bb2 cxd5 15. cxd5 d6 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Bf3 f6 20. Bd4 Bb5
21. h4 {1-0 (37) Christiansen,L (2530)-Silman,J (2410) San Mateo 1989}) 9. Nd4
d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d3 a6 13. Nd4 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 e3 16.
Qc1 c6 17. Be4 Qg4 18. f3 Qe6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Re7 22. Qd8+ Re8
23. Qc7 Re7 24. Qf4 f6 25. Ba3 g5 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rb7 28. Rfc1 Bd7 29. g4
Kf7 30. Kg2 h5 31. h3 Rh8 32. Rb2 Ba4 33. Bh2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg6 35. a3 a5 36.
Bd6 b5 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Be5 Rf7 39. Rb6 Rc8 40. f4 gxf4 41. Kf3 ({Ivanchuk had
excellent chances to play for a win here with} 41. Bxf4 Rc3 {Black has little
choice and must try to create counterplay to compensate his doomed e3 pawn.}
42. Ra6 Rxa3 43. Rxa5 Rb7 44. Ra6 Kf7 (44... Kg7 45. g5 {and Black is lost
since White pieces gang up on the king.}) 45. Rb1 b4 46. Rh1 $16) 41... Rc1 42.
Bxf4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
c4 $1 {Without this break/pawn sacrifice Karjakin's pieces would have
seriously lacked activity.} dxc4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba3 $1 {
The queen is suprisingly trapped! However Anand has an equalizing resource.} c5
20. bxc6 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxc6 22. Nb5 (22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bh3 Ree8 24. Bd6 {keeps
some pressure with the pair of bishops, but Black should be ok.}) 22... Qe5 23.
Rb1 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bxe4 Ne7
29. Kf1 f5 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Kf1 {White looks to be
worse at first glance, but upon deeper inspection it is clear that the b6 pawn
is too weak for Black to create any play.} Nd5 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Rd7 36.
Nxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Bxa2 40. Kb4 Ke5 41. Kb5 f4 42.
Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 27th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {! A favourite of mine since childhood} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8
12. Re1 {!? A temporizing move that Adorjan has suggested.} (12. Na4) 12... Bg4
13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Bxb6 {White seems to be better after this simple exchange.
Black's pieces are not cooperating well.} cxb6 15. Nc4 Ra6 16. Qa4 Bh3 17. Bh1
{!? On another day I might have allowed the exchange, but this being the
second game in a double round day, I decided to keep the bishop so as to
defend my king against later unpleasant surprises.} (17. Qb5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bc5
19. Na4) 17... Qc8 18. e3 Bd7 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Qe2 Ra8 21. Bd5 Rc8 22. Qf3 Be6
23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Red1 g6 25. Qd5 {the ending gives good chances to white} Bg7
26. Qxd8+ Nxd8 27. Nd5 Rcc6 28. a4 Bf8 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 Nf7 31. Rc3 Kg7 32.
Rb3 Bc5 33. Rc1 g5 34. h3 h5 35. g4 {!? A natural move which forces black to
give concessions on the kingside.} fxg4 36. hxg4 h4 37. Rbc3 Bb4 38. R3c2 Rh6
39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Kg2 b5 41. axb5 Rc5 42. e4 {In principle, the position is
winning} (42. Ncb6 {!}) 42... Rxb5 43. Nce3 Rc6 44. Rxc6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rb8 46.
Nf5 Bd2 47. Rc2 Be1 48. Nc7 Rb6 49. Nd5 Rb8 50. Rc7 Bd2 51. Nf6 Rd8 52. Nd7+
Ke8 53. Nc5 Ra8 54. Ne6 {it is mate in three} 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 7th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5
15. Bc3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qb2 Bf8 18. Nd2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd6 20. a4 a6 21.
Nd2 Bf8 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Nf3 Na4 26. Qc2 $2 ({Instead
White had to play} 26. Qb3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 c5 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Qb3 {with a
slightly worse, but tenable position.}) 26... c5 $1 27. Bxe5 cxb4 28. Qb3 Nc3
29. Re1 Qd7 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Ra7 Rxe5 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 {#} 34. Rea1
$6 ({White is in deep trouble due to the potential kingside threats and passed
b-pawns. His only chance is to create counterthreats against his opponent's
king and his own e-pawn. This isn't to say it would necessarily save the game,
but it is probably his best practical chance.} 34. e4 Qf6 35. Qb7 (35. Qb3 Bc5
{Threatening Qxf2} 36. Rf7 Qe5 37. Rf5 Qd6) (35. Qxf6 $4 {would lose on the
spot since after} gxf6 {White cannot stop the passed b-pawn.}) 35... Rd8 36. e5
Qe6 37. d4 b3 38. d5 Nxd5 39. Qxb5 Nb4 40. Ra4 Nc2 41. Ree4) 34... Qf6 35. Qb3
Nxe2 36. R1a6 Qf5 {#} (36... Qf5 37. Z0 (37. Rf7 {doesn't work since Black can
continue with} Nf4+ 38. Kf3 (38. gxf4 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+) 38... Qxd3+ 39. Qxd3
Nxd3 40. Rf5 b3 41. Rxb5 b2 42. Rab6 Re8 43. Rxb2 (43. Rb8 Rxb8 44. Rxb8 Kg8
45. Rb3 (45. Ke2 $4 Nb4 {and the pawn promotes.}) 45... Bc5) 43... Nxb2 44.
Rxb2 $19) {Black is not only threatening a mate attack with} 37... Nf4+ 38. Kf3
(38. gxf4 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+) 38... Nxd3+ 39. Ke3 Bc5+ 40. Kd2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxd3
Qe3+ 42. Kc2 Bxa7+ 43. Kb2 Qc1+ 44. Ka2 Rc2+ 45. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 46. Ka1 Bd4#) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Already yesterday it was clear that the victory versus Aronian took Jakovenko
too much strength. Today in the second game versus Shirov the Russian
performed again well below his usual level. The knock-out system can be very
tough...} 1. c4 {Maybe impressed by Shirov's preparation Jakovenko starts the
second game with a move, which he made just occasionally in his career. Or
maybe Dmitry hoped that Alexey would answer 1...c6, trying to transpose into
his usual Slav Defense. One way or another, his opening choice backfired.} e5
$1 {Shirov has much more experience in this kind of English Opening. No wonder
he will easily solve all the problems soon.} ({In case of} 1... c6 {Jakovenko
could transpose into the sharp Panov Attack of the Caro-Kann Defense:} 2. e4 d5
3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4) 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. b3 {Rather expectantly White avoids any theoretical discussions.
The main lines start with 8.d3.} O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Re8 12. Rc1
Bf8 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 a5 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 ({Weaker is} 17. Nd2
Nf6 18. e3 Nb4 {with advantage for Black}) 17... Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4 19. e3 ({
In case of} 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Nxe5 21. Rxc7 Qf4 {White will start soon to
have problems with the king (for instance Rad8 and Bd6 can follow).}) 19...
Rad8 {Black completed development and already has the initiative.} 20. Qc2 Nb4
21. Qe2 ({Perhaps best practical chances would have offered the exchange sac:} 
21. Qxc7 Nd3 (21... Nd5 22. Qxb7 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxg3) 22. Bd4 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 {
but instead of 21...Nd3 Black can play 21...Nd5 followed by 23...Nxe3 and 23...
Qxg3, with no problems whatsoever.}) 21... c6 22. Nxe4 Nd3 23. Rc4 Nxe5 24.
Bxe5 Rxe5 {The battle is lost: Black has two bishops, better pieces and better
pawn formation. Besides, the position is too simple to step wrong.} 25. Rd1 $2
{On top of all Jakovenko blunders.} Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 b5 $1 27. Rd4 c5 28. Rd5
Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rd8 Qe7 31. Rb8 b4 32. Qe2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200+1530"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:50"]
[BlackClock "0:19:27"]

1. c4 {Anand zog in seinen letzten Turnieren hauptsächlich mit dem
Königsbauern, bevorzugt zum Auftakt in London lokalbewusst die Englische
Eröffnung gegen den einzigen englischen Teilnehmer im Feld.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 {
weicht von ihrer Begegnung beim Gashimov Memorial 2015 ab, wo Adams große
Probleme hatte} (2... c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5
8. Ne3 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2791)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir AZE 2015}) 3. Bg2 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. a3 {ist eine schärfere
Variante, die Anand in seinem WM Kampf gegen Topalov 2010 spielte.} O-O 9. b4
Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7
16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2 h6 22.
Qb1 Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2 Qd7 27. h4 Rd8 28. Qb5
Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 e4
35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 gxf4 41.
exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 43. Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kg3
Ne4+ 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ Re7
54. Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 60. g6 b3
61. Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (65)
Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805) Sofia 2010 CBM 136 [Giri,A]}) 8... O-O 9. Be3
Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Qd2 $6 {Diagramm [#]} (12. Nc5 {ist der
häufigst gespielte Zug. Schwarz trennt sich nun entweder vom Läuferpaar und
setzt auf seine gesunde in Verbindung mit der Zentrumskontrolle oder er muss
den starken Springer auf c5 tolerieren.} Nxf3+ (12... Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rfc1 c6 $11 {0-1 (42) McShane,L (2670)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2757) Germany 2014}) 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Qb3 {ist eine bessere Version
wie Weiß, da die Dame weißfeldrig deutlich mehr Einfluss hat} Nxe3 15. fxe3
Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) Ree,H (2460)-Lalic,B (2500) Palma de
Mallorca 1989}) 12... a5 $1 {nun ist ...Lb4 immer eine Option für Schwarz. Es
ist fraglich, ob die weiße Dame auf d2 wirklich besser steht als auf d1.} 13.
Nc5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. a3 b6 16. Na4 Bb7 {Schwarz hat sich gut aufstellen
können, die halboffene c-Linie bringt Weiß nichts ein, das Feld c5 ist unter
Kontrolle.} 17. Rfe1 (17. Bg5 f6 18. e4 Ne7 19. Be3 Nf5 $1) 17... Rb8 18. Bg2
Qd7 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc5 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bd4 24. Rc2 Bxc3
25. Rxc3 c5 {nun ist die Stellung zu verflacht, sodass keine Seite mehr
wirklichen Druck ausüben kann.} 26. Rec1 Qb5 27. R1c2 Rbd8 28. Qf3 g6 29. Qb7
Rb8 30. Qd5 Rbd8 31. Qb7 Rb8 32. Qd5 Rbd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {The English opening, obviously a fitting choice for the first round in
London, especially as it is exactly the same pawn as I picked in the drawing
of lots (n.1 obviously) Besides, I felt that chances were rather low that I
would get a worse position with the text than I got with 1.d4 against him in
Moscow Die englische Eröffnung, offensichtlich eine passende Wahl für erste
Runde in London, vor allem, da er genau derselbe Bauer ist, den ich bei der
Auslosung ergirff (Nr. 1 offensichtlich). Außerdem hatte ich das Gefühl, dass
die Chancen recht schlecht stünden, dass ich mit dem Textzug eine schlechtere
Stellung gegen ihn erhalten würde, als es mit 1.d4 gegen ihn in Moskau der
Fall war.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {This has been Kramnik's choice
lately, and was what I expected. So far, White has (not surprisingly) not been
able to prove that having an extra tempo in the Dragon gives the first player
an advantage.  Die war Kramniks Vorliebe in letzter Zeit, und auch was ich
erwartet hatte. Bislang ist Weiß (wenig überraschend) nicht in der Lage
gewesen zu beweisen, dass das Innehaben eines Mehrtempos im Drachen dem
Anziehenen Vorteil gibt.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 {Other
moves here include Andere Züge hier sind unter anderem} (8. Rb1 {which can me
met by the sane , worauf das vernünftige} a5 {after which White has not been
able to gain an advantage, or the insane folgen kann, wonach Weiß bisher
keinen Vorteil herausholfen konnte, oder auch das verrückte} (8... g5)) (8. d3
{leading to more or less normal play. , was zu mehr oder weniger normalem
Spiel führt.}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 $4 Bb3 {is a
well known trap, and not the best way to start the tournament! ist eine
bekannte Falle und nicht der beste Weg, das Turnier zu starten.}) 10... f6 11.
d3 a5 {This move, which Kramnik played very quickly, has recently been
overtaken by the immediate 11...Nd4 as the main move. The text complicates
play a bit: Black will gain an outpost on b3 for his bishop after an eventual
a4, as well as some pressure against a3, but on the other hand the c7-pawn is
now backward.  Dieser Zug, welchen Kramnik sehr schnell spielte, wurde als
Hauptzug in letzter Zeit von dem sofortigen 11...Nd4 abgelöst. Der Text
kompliziert das Spiel ein wenig: Schwarz wird nach eventuellem a4 den
Vorposten b3 für seinen Läufer erhalten und auch etwas Druck gegen a3, aber
andererseits ist jetzt der c7-Bauer rückständig.} 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 (13...
Bd5 {is the other main line here, while ist das andere Hauptabspiel hier,
während}) (13... Nd5 $4 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 {is a well known trap: Black
loses a piece by force. eine bekannte Falle darstellt: Schwarz verliert
forciert eine Figur.}) 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 {Here or on the next move ( I was
more or less out of book here) I considered playing a4 myself, which however
has the drawback of giving up the b4 square, where a black bishop might
eventually sit comfortably. Hier oder im nächsten Zug (ich war hier mehr oder
weniger aus dem Buch) überlegte ich, selber a4 zu spielen, was aber den
Nachteil hat, das b4-Feld preiszugeben, wo es sich eventuell ein schwarzer
Läufer bequem machen könnte.} Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 {Quite logically, White
is piling up the pressure in the c-file. Recht logisch, Weiß verstärkt den
Druck in der c-Linie.} Nd6 18. Nde4 Ne8 $1 {Even though this unlucky knight
ended up staying here for the rest of the game, I think this is a good move,
as the knight is protecting c7, while the white pieces are stepping on each
other's toes.  Obwohl dieser Unglücksspringer letztlich den Rest der Partie
hier stehen blieb, denke ich, es ist ein guter Zug, denn der Springer deckt c7,
während sich die weißen Figuren gegenseitig auf die Zehen treten.} 19. Qe2 $1 {
I liked this move. I bring the queen a bit closer to the kingside and increase
my influence over some light squares which will be important in the likely
event of White playing f4. Perhaps even more importantly though, it was hard
to find another useful move. Dieser Zug gefiel mir. Ich bringe die Dame ein
wenig näher an den Königsflügel und verstärke meinen Einfluss auf einige weiße
Felder im Zentrum, was wichtig sein wird in dem wahrscheinlichen Fall, dass
Weiß f4 spielt. Aber vielleicht wichtiger noch, es war schwer, einen anderen
nützlichen Zug zu finden.} (19. Ne2 $6 Bb3 {is awkward, since c7 is now
protected. ist lästig, da c7 jetzt gedeckt ist.} 20. Qc3 Qd7 $1 {winning a
pawn. mit Bauerngewinn.}) 19... Bf8 (19... Bh3 20. Bf3 {should be an
improvement of the position for White, as Black will now have to reckon with
g4. sollte für Weiß eine Verbesserung der Stellung sein, da Schwarz jetzt mit
g4 zu rechnen haben wird.}) 20. f4 {I felt that there was no other plan here.
20.f4 increases my central control, but does at the same time weaken my
position a bit. Ich fühlte, dass es hier keinen anderen Plan gab. 20.f4
verstärkt meine Zentrumskontrolle, schwächt aber gleichzeitig auch ein wenig
meine Stellung.} exf4 21. gxf4 Qd7 {Consistent, as it more or less forces my
next move.  Konsequent, da es meinen nächsten Zug mehr oder weniger erzwingt.}
22. d4 {I was aiming for this position, believing that I would have good
chances because of the dynamic possibilities connected with Nc5. I think
Kramnik was not too unhappy with it either, as yet another weakness is created
in my position. Diese Stellung hatte ich angestrebt in der Annahme, dass ich
gute Chancen hätte aufgrund der dynamischen Möglichkeiten in Verbindung mit
Nc5. Ich denke, Kramnik war ebenfalls nicht all unzufrieden damit, da in
meiner Position eine weitere Schwäche geschaffen wird.} c6 {This was more or
less the only move I considered, as I thought that Black had to something to
prevent b7 from collapsing completely. Dies war mehr oder minder der einzige
Zug, den ich in Betracht zog, denn ich dachte, dass Schwarz etwas tun müsste,
damit b7 nicht komplett kollabiert.} (22... Bc4 $5 23. Qf2 Bd3 {was actually
quite good, but Kramnik probably (if so, probably quite correctly) decided
that there was no reason to start concrete war tatsächlich recht gut, aber
womöglich entschied Kramnik (wenn, wahrscheinlich auch ganz korrekt), dass es
keinen Grund gab, zu Konkretem überzugehen.} 24. Nc5 $1 {looked strong to me
during the game, but Black is probably fine here after Schien mir während der
Partie stark zu sein, aber hier steht Schwarz wahrscheinlich ordentlich nach}
Bxc5 25. dxc5 Nc4 $1 (25... Bxb1 26. Rxb1 {gives White excellent compensation
for the exchange, as Black cannot play gibt Weiß ausgezeichnete Kompensation
für die Qualität, da Schwarz nicht} Nc4 {due to spielen kann wegen} 27. Bd5+)
26. Bxb7 Qg4+ 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Bxg2 Rab8 {and Black is absolutely fine. und
Schwarz steht absolut ordentlich.}) 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 $6 {
The most solid move. This move also has some downsides though, as it doesn't
address the capture of c5 which would leave the passive knight on e8 an
excellent square on d6, as well as taking away the c7-square from the very
same knight. Der solideste Zug. Er hat allerdings auch ein paar Schattenseiten,
denn er verzichtet auf das Schlagen auf c5, wonach der passive Springer auf e8
ein ausgezeichnetes Feld auf d6 bekäme, und außerdem wird genau diesem
Springer das Feld c7 genommen.} (25... Nd2 {It took me a little time to refute
this crazy-looking move over the board, but fortunately it's not very hard:
Ich brauchte ein bisschen, um diesen verrückt aussehenden Zug am Brett zu
widerlegen, aber glücklicherweise ist es nicht sehr schwer:} 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
Ne4 Nxb1 (27... Bg4 28. Qxd2 $1) 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Nd6 $1 (29. Qe1 Rb8 30. Qxb1
Rdb7 {is not at all clear ist keineswegs klar}) 29... Nxd6 30. Bxc6 {with
decisive gains of material. mit entscheidendem Materialgewinn.}) (25... Qe7 {
Attacking c5 looked very risky to me during the game, but is probably possible:
Das Angreifen von c5 schien mir während der Partie sehr riskant zu sein, aber
es ist wahrscheinlich möglich:} 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Bxc6 Rxd1+ (27... Rac8 28.
Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bxa4 Rxc5 30. Ne4 Rc8 {should be a draw as well, as Black is
very active. sollte ebenfalls remis sein, da Schwarz sehr aktiv steht.}) 28.
Rxd1 Rc8 29. Nd5 Qxc5 30. Bd4 {I stopped my calculations here during the game,
thinking that White is winning material. However it turns out that after Hier
brach ich während der Partie meine Berechnungen ab, da ich meinte, dass Weiß
Material gewinnt. Es stellt sich jedoch heraus, dass nach} Qd6 31. Qxc4 Kh8 {
and surprisingly White has no way of remaining material up Weiß
überraschenderweise keinen Weg hat, das Mehrmaterial zu behaupten.} 32. Qxa4
Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 {and due to White's weakened king and offside queen, Black
should not lose. und aufgrund des geschwächten weißen Königs und der abseits
stehenden Dame sollte Schwarz nicht verlieren.}) 26. Bc1 $1 {Bad bishops
protect good (potentially at least) pawns, and I need this one to protect e3
and a3! Additionally, the knight might now turn out to be exposed on c4, as
both Rd4 and Rb4 are in the air. However, I still don't think that White has
any real advantage, especially in a practical game, as White is still a bit
exposed. Schlechte Läufer decken gute (potentiell zumindest) Bauern, und
diesen brauche ich, um e3 und a3 zu beschützen! Außerdem könnte sich der
Springer auf c4 jetzt als exponiert erweisen, da sowohl Rd4 als auch Rb4 in
der Luft liegen. Ich glaube aber trotzdem nicht, dass Weiß irgendeinen realen
Vorteil hat, vor allem in einer praktischen Partie, da er noch immer ein
bisschen exponiert steht.} Na5 {Black needs to relocate this knight in order
to create counterplay.  Schwarz muss seinen Springer umsiedeln, um Gegenspiel
aufzuziehen.} 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa4 $6 {I was very happy to discover that
this move does not lose any material, even though it looks a bit loose. Ich
war sehr glücklich zu entdecken, dass dieser Zug kein Material verliert,
obwohl es ein bisschen locker wirkt.} (28. Rb4 {was another move I considered,
but I did not like war ein weiterer Zug, an dem ich überlegte, aber mir
missfiel} Nb3 (28... Bb3 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bf1 {and a4 is falling, without any
real compensation und a4 fällt, ohne wirkliche Kompensation}) 29. Nxa4 Nxc1 30.
Rxc1 f5 {when Black has some counterplay. However, White is probably still a
bit better, and I should probably have gone for this. , wonach Schwarz etwas
Gegenspiel hat. Trotzdem, Weiß steht vermutlich dennoch ein bisschen besser,
und ich hätte wahrscheinlich so spielen sollen.}) 28... Rxd1+ (28... Nb3 29.
Nb6 {looked good for White to me due to sah mir gut aus für Weiß wegen} (29.
Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bb2 {is Rybka's first choice, but looks too risky to me ist
Rybkas erste Wahl, scheint mir aber riskant}) 29... Nxc1 (29... Ra5 {is what I
missed; now Black has good counterplay ist, was ich übersah, nun hat Schwarz
gutes Gegenspiel}) 30. Rbxc1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rxa3 32. Qd4 {with some kind of
domination, though Black still retains some drawing chances. mit einer Art von
Dominanz, obwohl Schwarz noch immer einige Remischancen wahrt.}) 29. Qxd1 Rd8
30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 (31. Nb6 {was my original intention, but I eventually
rejected it because of war meine ursprüngliche Absicht, aber am Ende verwarf
ich dies wegen} Bb3 32. Qc3 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Qh5 34. Rxb3 Nxb3 35. Qxb3+ Kh8 {
when it seemed to me that Black had too much activity. , wonach mir schien,
dass Schwarz zu viel Aktivität hätte.}) 31... Qh5 32. Ne2 {I was very happy
with my position here, thinking that I was on my way to consolidation Hier war
ich sehr zufrieden mit meiner Stellung, da ich glaubte, auf dem Weg zur
Konsolidierung zu sein.} Bf5 $2 {Perhaps his only real mistake in this game.
Vielleicht sein einziger wirklicher Fehler in dieser Partie.} ({He could have
retained dynamic equality with the amazing Er hätte dynamisches Gleichgewicht
wahren können mit dem verblüffenden} 32... Kf8 $3 {with the idea of ...Bb3
next. The point, which we probably both missed, is that White cannot play mit
der Idee ...Bb3 als nächstes. Die Pointe, die wir wahrscheinlich beide
übersahen, ist, dass Weiß nicht} 33. Nd4 {because of spielen kann wegen} Rxd4
34. exd4 Bf5 {and Black is at least not worse, as und Schwarz steht zumindest
nicht schlechter, denn} 35. Be4 {fails to scheitert an} Qg6+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ $1)
(32... Bg4 33. Ng3 Rd1+ 34. Qxd1 {is probably why he decided to play ...Bf5.
ist wahrscheinlich der Grund, weshalb er sich für ...Bf5 entschied.}) 33. e4
Bg4 34. Ng3 {Now however Black has nothing. Nun allerdings hat Schwarz gar
nichts.} Qf7 ({Kramnik had probably been hoping that Kramnik hatte womöglich
gehofft, dass} 34... Rd1+ {would be good here, but this is easily refuted by
the calm hier gut sein würde, aber dies wird einfach widerlegt durch das ruhige
} 35. Bf1 (35. Qxd1 $4 Qxc5+)) 35. Bf1 $1 Be6 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Rb4 {Now White
is in complete control, with a positional as well as a material advantage. The
knight on e8 still has no prospects. Nun hat Weiß vollständig die Kontrolle,
bei positionellem wie auch materiellem Vorteil. Der Springer auf e8 hat noch
immer keine Perspektiven.} Qd7 38. f5 Bf7 39. Bf4 Qd1 40. Kf2 Nb3 {Desperation,
but it was either this or losing slowly without counterplay. Verzweiflung,
aber es hieß, entweder dies oder langsam verlieren ohne Gegenspiel.} 41. Be2
Qb1 42. Bc4 Rxa3 43. Ne2 {Black resigned as he is completely tied up and
defenceless against threats like Rb8 and Bxf7+. Schwarz gab auf, denn er ist
vollständig gebunden und wehrlos gegen Drohungen wie Rb8 und Bxf7+.} (43. Bxf7+
Kxf7 44. Qc4+ Kf8 45. Rb8 Ra2+ 46. Ne2 Rxe2+ 47. Qxe2 {would have won even
quicker, but would not have led to such a nice final position :-) hätte sogar
noch schneller gewonnen, dafür aber nicht zu einer schönen Schlussstellung
geführt :-)}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch sf"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.08.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Bc5 8. d3
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 d6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc4 a6 13. b3 Ne7 14. Bb2 b5 15. d4
exd4 16. exd4 Bb6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Re1 Bb7 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Re2 f5 21. Rae1 g6
22. Qg5 (22. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 (22... g5 23. Qxg5+ Ng6 24. Re6 $18) 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5
24. Re7 $18) 22... Nxd5 23. g4 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 $6 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5
7. e4 c5 8. d3 d6 9. h3 $13 {Botvinnik,M-Keres,P/URS/1966/} O-O 10. Be2 Ne8 11.
Kg2 Nc7 12. Be3 Ne6) 5... d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 (7. e3 Re8 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 h6 10.
a3 a5 11. b3 Bf5 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. dxe5
Be4 $1 $15 {Uhlmann,W-Knaak,R/Halle/1974/}) 7... h6 8. a3 (8. e3 Re8 9. d4 Bb4
10. Nd5 e4 11. Nd2 Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Bf5 13. f3 Bh7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. fxe4 Qe7 16.
Qb3 Nd8 17. e5 dxe5 18. d5 $16 {Alburt,L-Sigurjonsson,G/Lone Pine/1979/1-0/61/}
) 8... a6 $6 (8... a5 9. e3 Bf5 (9... Bb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Bh7 13.
Ng1 Kh8 14. Nge2 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. Qd2 c6 17. e4 Ng8 18. Na4 Bc7 19. d4 {
Gurevich,M-Sokolov,I/Belgrade/1991/1-0/52/}) 10. h3 (10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb2 Bb6 12.
d4 exd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rae1 d5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.
Ne5 Ne4 {Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I/Bled\Rogaska Slatina/1991/0-1/39/}) 10... Qd7 11.
Kh2 e4 12. Ne1 exd3 13. Nxd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a4 15. Bd2 Na5 16. Rad1 Bb6 17. Nb5
Nb3 18. Bb4 {Lautier,J-Hertneck,G/Tilburg/1992/1-0/41/}) 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bf5
11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Ne8 $6 13. Nd5 g5 $6 14. Nf3 f5 15. Nd2 $14 Nd4 16. c5 $1
c6 17. Nb6 $1 (17. Ne3 f4 18. Nec4 Bg4) 17... Bxb6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 {Now White
wins the control at the dark squares.} 19. Nc4 Qa7 {prevents f2-f4} 20. e3 Ne6
21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 d5 {Black has tom close the a1-h8 diagonal.} 23. Ne5 Nf6
24. Re1 Ng7 25. a4 {Black has protected the kingside very well. Now White
starts a minority attack on the queenside.} Qb6 26. Ba3 Rfe8 27. Qd3 Qd8 28.
Re2 Ng4 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Nxe5 $2 {helps to open the a1-h8 diagonal.} 31.
dxe5 f4 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Bd6 Ra4 34. Rb2 Qa8 35. Bf1 Ra2 36. Rxa2 Qxa2 37. Qc3
{/\Ra1} fxg3 38. hxg3 Qa7 39. Bd3 Ne6 40. Bg6 Ra8 41. Qf3 Be8 42. Qf6 Bxg6 43.
Qxg6+ Ng7 44. e6 Qd4 45. Qf7+ Kh7 46. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf1"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Qd7 $2 {11...Nd4!} 12. Ne4 $1 Nd5 13. Qc2 b6
$6 14. Bb2 Rac8 (14... a5 $6 15. b5 Na7 16. d4 $1 Nxb5 17. dxe5 Nxa3 18. Bxa3
Bxa3 19. Nd4 $16) 15. Rbc1 $1 (15. Rfd1 $6 Kh8 16. Ned2 {16.d4 f5} Ncxb4 $1 17.
axb4 Nxb4 18. Qc3 Na2 $10) 15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Bd7
19. Nxd4 $1 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Rce8 21. Rc1 f5 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nxa7 Bd6 24. e3 c5
25. Nc4 Bb8 26. Nc6 b5 27. N4a5 cxb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. d4 $1 g5 30. Nxb8 $5 Rxb8
31. Rc7 Nf6 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Nxf5 Ra6 35. Rc1 $1 Ra2 36. h3 $1 Rb2
37. e4 Rxb4 38. g4 h5 39. e5 hxg4 40. exf6 gxh3 41. Bxh3 Rxf6 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43.
Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh5 45. f3 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 (6... e4 7. Nh4
O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 $1 $16 {Smejkal,
J-Mecking,H/Rio izt/1979/}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. e3 a5 10. Nc3 Ne7 $5 (10...
Ba7 11. a3 Nh7 12. Kh1 Bg4 {/\ f5, Kortschnoj,V-Petrosian,T/Il Ciocco cm/1977/}
) 11. h3 (11. a3 $5 {/\Rb1,b4}) 11... c6 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bb6 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Kh2 Ng6 16. Nd2 Be6 $6 {/\d5} (16... Bc7) 17. Na4 Bc7 18. d4 Rb8 (18... exd4 $6
19. exd4 d5 20. Nc5 $1 Bc8) 19. Rc1 b5 $5 20. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22.
Nc5 Bd6 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Qe2 (24. Nb7 Qb6 25. Rc6 Qxb7 26. Rxd6 Qe7) 24... Qe7
25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rc6 Rec8 27. Rd1 (27. Rec1 Rxc6 28. Bxc6 $6 Ba3 $1 29. Rc2
Rc8 30. Qxb5 Qf5) 27... Rxc6 28. Bxc6 b4 29. Rc1 Be7 30. Qc4 Qd6 31. Ne4 Nxe4
32. Bxe4 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Bd5 f5 35. e4 f4 36. Qd3 Rb6 37. Rc8 fxg3 38. fxg3
Qd7 $2 39. Qc4 $2 (39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rxg6 (40. Qe3 $1 Bd8 (40... Re6) 41. Rh8+
$1) 40... Rxg6 (40... Kxg6 41. Bf7+) 41. Bg8+ $18) 39... Rf6 $1 (39... Qb5 40.
Rc7 Kf8 41. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Bf7+ Kf8 44. Bc4) 40. Rc7 Qd6 41. h4
Rf8 42. Ra7 h5 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. Bxc6 Rc8 $1 45. Ra6 (45. Rxe7+ Kf6 46. Ra7 Rxc6
47. Rxa5 Rc2+) 45... Bc5 46. g4 hxg4 47. Kg3 Rf8 48. Rxa5 Bf2+ 49. Kxg4 Rf4+
50. Kh3 Rxh4+ 51. Kg2 Bd4 52. a4 bxa3 53. Rxa3 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 $1 Bf8 (12... a4 13. Nd2 $1 Bg5
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nb5 Qe7 $14) 13. Na4 $1 Nxa4 (13... Nd4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15.
Bxd4 exd4 $14) 14. Qxa4 Bd7 $2 (14... Qc8 $5 $14) 15. Qb3 $1 $16 Re6 (15... Rb8
16. Ng5 Qf6 17. Bd5 Re7 18. Be4 $1 g6 19. Bd5 $1 $18 {Suba}) 16. Ng5 Rf6 17.
Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Nd4 (18... Qe8 $5 19. Rb1 $18) 19. Qxa5 $1 Nb3 20. Qxe5 $1 $18
Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Bg4 22. Bd5 $1 Bd6 (22... Rf5 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Ba2 Qxg5 25. Qe6
$18) 23. Qe4 Bf5 24. Qc4 Bg6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 $2 (26. dxe4 $18) 26... Qd7
27. Bd4 $2 Re8 28. Qg2 Be5 $1 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf3 h5 31. Rc4 c5 32. Qf1 Qe7
33. Be4 Rb6 34. Qc1 g5 35. f4 $1 $18 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rg6+ 37. Bxg6 Rxe2 38. Re4
$1 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 Ne5 10. b3 (10. Ne3 d6 11. f4 exf3 12. exf3 Be6 13. b3 Qc8 $13)
10... h6 (10... d6 11. Bg5 Ned7 12. Qd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne3 Qe7 15. Rae1
Bd7 $10 16. f4 exf3 17. exf3 Bc6 {Olafsson,F-Tal,M/JUG ct/1959/}) 11. Be3 (11.
f4 $5 exf3 12. exf3 d6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. Ra2 Bh3 16. Re1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
{Ribli,Z-Browne,W/Manila izt/1976/}) 11... b6 $6 (11... d6 $142 {Tal}) 12. a4
Bb7 (12... a5 13. c5 $16) 13. a5 c5 $1 {[]Tal} 14. axb6 axb6 15. Qd6 $1 $14 Re6
16. Qd2 d5 $5 $132 {A typical Tal solution beeing in trouble.} 17. Rxa8 Qxa8
18. Ra1 Qb8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 (19... Bxd5 20. c4 Bb7 21. Qc3 $16 {/\Bf4}) 20. Bxe4
Rd6 21. Bxd5 (21. Bf4 $2 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Rf6 $1 $17) 21... Bxd5 (21... Rxd5 $142
$1 {Tal} 22. Qe1 Qd8 $13 (22... Qc8 $13)) 22. Bf4 Bxb3 23. Qe3 $2 (23. Bxe5
Rxd2 $10) (23. Nd4 $1 f6 24. Qe3 Bf7 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Nf3 $16) 23... Qd8 $1
24. Qxe5 (24. Nd4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc4 $1 26. Qxb3 Rxd4 $10) 24... Rd1+ 25. Kg2
Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Qa8+ 27. f3 Qxa1 28. h4 Qe1 29. h5 Bd1 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolovs, Andrei"]
[Black "Savko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 f6 13. Nd2 Nd5 $2 14. Bxd5 (14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. e4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Nd2 Rb8 $6 (12... Nd5 $5) (12... Bf7
$1 13. Nb3 e4 $1 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Rc1 exd3 16. Nxb7 dxe2 $5 17. Qxe2 Nd4 18.
Nxd8 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Rfxd8 {Huebner,R-Sosonko,G/Munchen/1988/}) 13.
Rc1 Bf7 14. Nb3 (14. Re1 $6 a5 15. b5 Nd4 16. a4 Qd6 $13 {Watson,W-Sosonko,G/
Lone Pine/1981/}) 14... e4 15. Nc5 exd3 16. Nxb7 $1 dxe2 17. Qxe2 Nd4 (17...
Rxb7 18. Bxc6 Bc4 19. Qc2 Bxf1 20. Bxb7 $16) 18. Qd1 Qc8 19. Nd6 $1 Qa6 (19...
cxd6 20. Nd5 $1) 20. b5 Nxb5 (20... Qa5 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Nd5 $16) (20... Bb3
$1 21. Qd3 $1 Qa5 22. Nce4 $1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 $36) 21. Ndxb5 Nc4 22. Nxc7 $1 Qa5
23. Ba1 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 (24. Rxc3 $1 Qxc7 25. Qd4 $1 Rbc8 26. Re3 $1 $18) 24...
Qxc7 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Rfe1 Rfd8 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Kf7 29. Bh6 $18 Rbc8 30.
Bf4 Nxa3 31. Ra1 Rc3 32. Re5 $1 a6 33. Rae1 Rd6 34. Rxf5+ Bxf5 35. Bxd6 Nc4 36.
Bb4 Rc2 37. Bd5+ Kg6 38. g4 $1 Bd3 39. h4 Re2 40. Rxe2 Bxe2 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. d3 Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 h6 14. Bb2 Bg4 15.
Bc3 Ne7 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. d4 Re8 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. e4 Bh3 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Ne3 Ng5
22. d5 Rf8 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nh7 26. Re2 Ne7 27. f3 Nxf5 28.
exf5 b5 29. a4 bxc4 30. bxc4 b6 31. g4 c6 32. dxc6 Qxc6 33. Bb4 Nf6 34. Kg3
Rfc8 35. Qb3 e4 $1 36. f4 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Bxd6 Rd8 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5
Nh5+ 41. Kg4 Rxd6 42. Kxh5 e3 43. g6 Rdd4 44. gxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rg2 $2 (45. h3
$142) 45... Kf6 46. Rg6+ Kxf5 47. Rf1+ Rf4 48. Rg5+ Kf6 49. Rg6+ Kf7 50. Rxf4+
Rxf4 51. Rg2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O (8... Bg4 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nb5 f6 12. d4 $6 e4 13. Ne1 f5 14. d5
O-O-O $1 15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 Bh5 $132 {Georgadze,G-Dautov,R Tbilisi 1989}) 9.
Bb2 Re8 (9... Bg4 10. a4 $1 a5 (10... a6 $6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Ne3 Be6
14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Dzhandzhava,L Belgrade GMA
1988}) 11. Nb5 Bf6 12. d3 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Rc1 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Ba3
Rfe8 17. Ne4 $14 {Arkhipov,S-Zaichik,G Protvino 1988}) 10. Rc1 Bg4 (10... Bf8
$5 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Ne6 14. Nf3 Ng5 $5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne4 Qg6
$15 {Serper,G-Sokolov,A Moscow 1990}) 11. d3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 (12... Rb8 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 $14) 13. Re1 Rab8 14. Nce4 Nd4 (14... Nb4 15. Nf3 f5 16. Nc5 Qb5 17.
a4 Qa5 18. d4 $14) 15. Nc5 Qc8 $6 (15... Bxc5 16. Rxc5 c6 $10) 16. Nf3 $1 $14
Nd7 (16... Bxf3 17. exf3 $14) (16... Nc6 17. Na6 $1 Ra8 18. Nd2 $40) 17. Nxd4
Bxc5 18. Nf3 (18. Nb5 $5 a6 19. d4 axb5 20. dxc5 $14) 18... Bb6 19. Rc4 $1 (19.
d4 e4 $10) (19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. e4 Qd8 22. b4 $13 {Kortchnoi,V}) 19...
Be6 (19... Bf5 $5 20. Qc1 $1 f6 21. d4 e4 22. Nh4 Be6 23. Bxe4 $1 $44) 20. Rh4
$5 f6 21. d4 g5 22. Rh6 $1 (22. Re4 $5 Bd5 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Rg4 Bxg2 25. Rxg5+
$36) 22... Kg7 23. dxe5 Kxh6 24. exf6 Rg8 (24... Kh5 $2 25. Nxg5 Kxg5 26. Qd2+
Kg6 27. Be4+ Bf5 28. Bxf5+ Kxf5 29. Qf4+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke6 32. Rd1
$18 {Kortchnoi,V}) (24... Kg6 25. Qd2 h6 26. Nh4+ Kf7 27. Qc2 Nf8 28. Bf3 Qd7
29. Rd1 Qxd1+ 30. Qxd1 gxh4 31. Qd2 $40 {Kortchnoi,V}) 25. Qd2 Kh5 26. h3 Nc5
27. g4+ Bxg4 (27... Kh6 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29. h4 Qg8 30. b4 Na4 31. f7 Bxf7 32.
hxg5+ Qxg5 33. Bg7+ $1 Kg6 34. Be4+ $18 {Kortchnoi,V}) 28. hxg4+ Qxg4 29. Ne5
Qh4 (29... Qf4 30. Bf3+ Kh6 31. Kg2 $1 $18) 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1
Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe1 34. Kxe1 Rbd8 35. f7 Rgf8 36. Ba3 Rxf7 37. Nxf7 Rd4 38. Bxb7
g4 39. Ne5 Kh4 40. e3 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen IM (Politiken Cup-05)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1983.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Ne3 d6 $6 (10... b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. f4 exf3 13. exf3 Ne7
14. b3 d6 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qf2 Nf5 {Huebner - Smyslov, Velden (12)
1983}) 11. Qc2 Ne5 $5 (11... Bd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8) 12.
Rd1 $6 (12. Bxe4 Nxc4 (12... Nxe4 $5 13. Qxe4 Bh3 14. Re1) 13. Bg2 $1) 12...
Neg4 $1 13. c5 d5 14. Nxg4 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe4 Qf6 $1) 14... Bxg4 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Bd4 c6 17. b4 Nd7 18. c4 Be6 19. a4 f5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qb2 Ne5 22.
Qc3 Rad8 23. f4 $6 (23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. a5 $1 a6 26. e3 Re7 27. Rd4
Red7 28. Rad1) 23... exf3 24. exf3 Ng6 $1 25. Re1 (25. f4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qe2+
27. Kh1 (27. Kg1 Qg4 $1) 27... Qh5 $1 28. Re1 Re2 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Re1 Qa2 $1)
25... Qf7 26. Rxe8+ (26. f4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+) 26... Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 f4 $1 29. Qc3 Nf8 30. Be5 Ne6 31. Qd3 $6 (31. a5 Qf5 32. gxf4 Nxf4 33.
Bxf4 Qxf4) 31... a5 $1 32. bxa5 Nxc5 33. Qc3 Ne6 34. Qd3 Qf8 35. gxf4 (35. a6
bxa6 36. Qxa6 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Bc4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. gxf4 Qf2 40. h3 Bf1 41. Bxf1
Qxf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qxf3+ 44. Kh2 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Qxf4+ $10) 35... Nxf4
36. Qe3 Ng6 37. Bg3 Qf5 38. h4 Nf8 39. Qc3 Ne6 40. Kh2 Nf4 41. Qe3 Nxg2 42.
Kxg2 Qc2+ (42... c5 43. Be1 Qg4+ $1 44. Bg3 c4) 43. Bf2 Qxa4 44. Qc3 Qg4+ 45.
Bg3 Qf5 46. Bd6 Qe6 47. Be5 Qg4+ 48. Bg3 Qf5 49. Bd6 g5 50. hxg5 Qxg5+ 51. Kf2
h5 52. Qe1 Kf7 53. Qb4 Qf6 $1 54. Bf4 $2 (54. Qxb7+ Ke6 55. Bb8 $1 (55. Bb4
Qxf3+ 56. Ke1 Qe3+ 57. Kf1 Bc4+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ $1 59. Kg3 Qg4+ 60. Kf2 Qf4+ 61.
Kg2 Bd5+ $19) 55... Qxf3+ 56. Ke1 $17) 54... Qh4+ $1 55. Kg1 Qe7 56. Qc3 Qe2 $1
57. Qh8 (57. Qh8 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ 59. Kg1 Qxf3) 0-1

[Event "Osijek"]
[Site "Osijek"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. b4 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nc4
Nc5 16. Nxb6 $1 (16. Nxe5) 16... cxb6 17. d4 Nb3 18. dxe5 Nxa1 19. Qxa1 Ra5 20.
Rd1 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qh5 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Rd4 $1 Bxd6 24. exd6 Rxb5 25. Bc3 Be6 26.
Bb4 Bd5 27. Qc3 Bxg2 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. d7 1-0

[Event "Sportland NRW-Cup"]
[Site "Senden"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 a5 (5... Bc5) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O
Re8 8. d3 h6 (8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Ne1 d6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc2 Bc5 13. d4
exd4 14. e4 Ne7 15. Nxd4 $14) 9. b3 Bc5 10. Bb2 d6 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Bf5 $146 (
12... Bh5 13. a3 Ba7 14. Nc3 $14) 13. a3 Ba7 14. Nc3 (14. Kh2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7
16. e4 Bh7) 14... Bh7 15. Kh2 Nd7 (15... e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nd2
$14) 16. Ne1 Nc5 17. Nd5 $14 e4 $6 (17... Qd7) 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nc5 20. b4
Nd7 21. f4 $1 $16 Be4 $6 $138 (21... Bxe3 22. b5 Na7 23. Nxe3 Rxe3 24. Qd4) (
21... f6 22. b5 Ncb8 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxb7 Nd7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Qd5+ $18) 22. Qg4 f6 23. b5 Ncb8 (23... Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ncb8 25. Nh4 $18) 24.
f5 $1 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 c6 (25... Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rad1 Nd7 28. c5 Bxc5 (28...
Nxc5 29. Nb6) 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (29... Nxf6 30. Qc4+) 30. Rxd7 $16) 26. Ndf4 Re4 (
26... Ne5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rad1 $36) 27. Rad1 Nc5 28. Rd4 $1 Qe8 $2 (28... Qe7
29. Rfd1) 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Ne6 $18 Ng5 31. Nc7 Qc8 32. Nxa8 Nd7 33. b6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ciocaltea,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qc2 (8. Qa4 $5) 8... Qe7 9. Bg2 Ba5 $6 10. Qc4 Bb6 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 $1 Re8
13. e3 dxe3 14. dxe3 Qf6 15. Bd2 $1 d6 16. a4 {[><c7]} a5 17. bxa5 Bc5 18. Rfc1
b6 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. a5 $1 bxa5 (21... Ba6 22. Qg4) 22. Rxa5 Rxa5
23. Bxa5 Bf5 24. Bb4 $16 Rc8 25. Qf4 Bxb4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qxb4 Qc7 28. h4 h5
29. Bf3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 (30. Kg2 Ba6 $1) 30... Qf1 31. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 32. Bg2 Bg4 33.
Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qf4 Qe2 35. d6 f6 36. Qe4+ Kh6 37. Qd5 Bd7 38. Qb7 Bg4 39. Qe4 (
39. d7 Qd2) 39... Bd7 40. Qf4+ Kg6 41. Qe4+ Kh6 42. Qb7 Bg4 43. Qd5 Bd7 44. Qd4
Bc6 45. e4 Bd7 46. Qc5 Bg4 47. e5 Kg6 $6 (47... Bf3 $2 48. Qc1+ Kg6 49. Qf1 $18
) (47... Qd2 48. Qd5 $18) (47... fxe5 $5) 48. exf6 Kxf6 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qd5+
Qe6 51. Qd2 Qe2 52. Qd5+ Qe6 53. Qd4 Kf8 54. Qc5 $1 Qf5 55. Bd5 Qd7 56. Bc6 Qf5
57. d7+ $1 $18 Qxc5 58. d8=Q+ Kf7 59. Bd5+ (59. Bd5+ Kg6 60. Qg5+ Kh7 61. Be4+)
1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Ernst} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 (12. bxa5 $5 {Ribli}
) 12... Nd4 13. Nd2 (13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 $10 (14... Bd5 {Ribli} 15. Bh3
Qe8 16. e4 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qh5 19. Bg4 Qg6 $13 {Contin,D-Kharlov,A
Bern 1992 CBM/28})) 13... Qc8 {N} (13... c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 (14... bxc6 15. e3
Nf5 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Na4 $16) 15. Re1 $5 $14) (13... Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+
(15. Bb2 a4 16. Bxd4 exd4 $10) 15... Qxd5 16. a4 Bb4 17. Nb3 c6 18. e4 Qd7 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 c5 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Torre,E Bacolod 1991 52/40}) 14. e3 Nf5 15.
Bb2 (15. Na4 Rd8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Nxb6
Rb8 $10) (15. Qc2 Rd8 16. a4 Bb4 17. Na2 Bf8 $132) (15. a4 $5 {Ribli}) 15...
Rd8 16. Qc2 a4 17. Rfd1 Ra5 $1 {><b5,a3} 18. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nxa4 Nd6 (21... Bxb5 $4 22. Nb6 Qb8 23. Qb3+ (23. Qxf5 {Ribli}
cxb6 24. Bc3 Rxa3 25. Qe6+ $18) 23... Kh8 24. Qb4 $18) 22. Nc3 {/\a4,Ba3+/-}
Bxb5 (22... Nxb5 $2 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Bc3 $18) 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24.
Rd1 $44 (24. a4 $5 {Ribli} Rb4 25. Rd1 $146) 24... Qg4 (24... Qe6 $2 25. a4 Ra5
26. Qc3 b6 27. Qxa5 bxa5 28. Bd5 $18) (24... Qd7 $5) 25. Bc3 Be7 (25... Qc4 $2
26. Bf1 Qb3 27. Qxb3+ Rxb3 28. Rxd6 $18) 26. a4 Rc5 27. Qb3+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 $5)
28. Bb4 Rc4 29. Rb1 (29. Bxd6 $2 Bxd6 30. Bxb7 $2 (30. h3 Rb4 $17) 30... Rb4
$19) 29... c5 (29... b6 $2 30. Bf1 (30. Bd5 $1 {Ribli}) 30... Rc6 31. Qd5 Rc2
32. Bd3 $18) 30. Be1 Rxa4 31. Bxb7 Ra7 $2 (31... Nxb7 32. Qf7 $3 (32. Qxb7 {
Ernst} Bf8 33. Qc6 $1 h5 34. Qe8 Kg8 35. Rb8 Ra1 $1 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 37. Qg8+ Kh6
38. Kf1 Qd1 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kh6 $10) 32... Qc8 33. Qxe7 Ra7 (33... Na5
34. Qd7 $1) 34. Rd1 Qg8 35. Kg2 $18 {/\Rd7}) (31... Qd7 32. Bd5 Bf8 33. Qb8 Qe7
34. Rc1 $40) (31... g6 $1 32. Bd5 (32. Bc6 Ra6 33. Qb8+ Qc8 34. Qxc8+ Nxc8 35.
Bb7 Rb6 $15) 32... Kg7 33. Qb6 Qc8 34. Rc1 c4 35. Bb4 Ra6 36. Qc5 $10) 32. Bd5
Qc8 (32... Rc7 33. Be6 Qg6 34. Qb8+ Ne8 35. Ba5 Rc6 36. Bd7 $18) (32... Bd8 33.
Be6 Qe4 34. Qb8 Ra8 35. Qxd6 $18) 33. Qb8 $18 Rd7 (33... Rc7 34. Be6 $18) 34.
Ba5 g6 (34... Bd8 35. Be6 Bxa5 36. Bxd7 $18) 35. Be6 Kg7 36. Qxc8 Nxc8 37. Bxd7
1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Ding Liren"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My games against Maxime are always interesting and highly complicated. This
one is no exception.} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.
O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 {All theory so far. With the text move
Black deviates from the main line after 9...Be6, but I was well prepared since
he had played this before.} 10. e3 $5 {An unusual move, but during the
preparation I found it really deserved a try. The main idea is to control the
d4-square, and threaten b5.} (10. d3 Bf8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bc5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4
14. Ne4 c6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Re1 Nc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rac1 Nb6 20.
Qf4 Be6 21. Qe5 Rac8 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rc5 Nd5 25. e3 dxe3 26.
fxe3 Rd6 27. d4 a6 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Rcc1 Rf8 32. Ke2 Kf7
33. a4 Ke7 34. Rc2 Nb6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Nd5 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39.
Rc1 Kd6 40. Be4 h6 41. Rc2 Ra8 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Rb2 Ra3 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 45. Rb7 g5
46. Rh7 Ke4 47. Rxh6 e5 48. Re6 Rd3+ 49. Kc2 Kxe3 50. Rxe5+ Kxd4 51. Rxg5 Rf3
52. Rh5 c5 53. Rh4+ Kd5 54. Kd2 c4 55. Rh5+ Kd4 56. Rh4+ Kd5 57. Rh8 Rd3+ 58.
Kc2 Rf3 59. Rd8+ Kc5 60. Rc8+ Kb4 61. Rb8+ Kc5 {1/2-1/2 (61) Dubov,D (2660)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha QAT 2016}) 10... a6 {The logical reply, since ..
.a5 is no longer good.} 11. Qc2 Bg4 (11... Be6 {will be met by} 12. Rd1 {
threatening d4.}) 12. Ne4 {Not only preparing Nc5, but also sets up a
potential sacrifice.} f5 $1 {Accepting the challenge!} (12... Qd7 {is natural,
but has a drawback:} 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nd5 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5
$1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf3 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Qe4 $14) 13. Nc5 e4 14. Ne1 Be2 15. d3 (
15. Nxb7 {is possible, too:} Qd5 (15... Qd7 16. d3 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 $1 Rab8 18.
Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 $1 $14) 16. d3 Bxf1 17. dxe4 Qc4 18. Bxf1 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 fxe4
$13) 15... Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nd7 $1 {A very strong move! Much better
than the normal looking 17...Nd5.} (17... Nd5 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20.
Bg2 $36) 18. dxe4 fxe4 (18... Qe7 $1 {is stronger. Not only attacking the
c5-pawn, but also going for the exchange of queens:} 19. exf5 Qxc5 20. Bb2 (20.
Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Nde5) 20... Qxc2 21. Nxc2 Rad8 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24.
Nb4 Nc5 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Bc3 {with approximate equality.}) 19. Bxe4 Qe7 (19...
Nf6 20. Bg2 {transposes.}) {Here comes the first critical moment. I was about
half an hour up on the clock, I believe White should be better, but the
position was very hard to play. I spent about 50 mins on the next 3 moves,
still couldn't find the best continuations. Maybe 21.Bb2 or 22.Ng2 is
objectivly better.} 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6 (21. Rb1 $2 Nd4) (21. Bb2 Qxc5 22.
Bc3 $1 Ne7 23. Rc1 Qc6 (23... Nf6 24. Bd3 Ned5 25. Bxf6 Qxc2 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Rxc2) 24. Kg1 Nd5 25. Ba1 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 c5 27. Nf3 b5 28. Rd1 $14) 21... Rf8
22. Rb1 (22. Ng2 Qxc5 23. Qe2 $1 Rf6 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. Bc2 Rh6 26. h4 $40) (22.
Nd3 $4 Qf6) 22... Nxc5 (22... Nde5 23. Bh5) 23. Ng2 {This is the position I
wanted. White keeps the queens on the board, the knight heads to the f4-square
and I also have Rb4-Rh4 if possible.} Rad8 {Black must try to exchange the Bg6.
} ({But the obvious} 23... Ne5 {is wrong:} 24. Rb4 $1) (23... Qd6 {is the
right move:} 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Bb2 Rxf4 26. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxe5 28. Rb4 Rf8+
29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Rh4+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kf7 $11) 24. Nf4 {Returning the favour.} ({
A better move is} 24. Bb2 Ne5 25. Nf4 $16) 24... Ne6 $1 {Now I can't keep the
strong knight, although I get a pawn as compensation.} 25. Rxb7 Ne5 (25... Nxf4
{is called for.} 26. exf4 Qe6 $1 27. Bb2 Nd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxc7 Qh3+ $1 (
29... Rfd8 30. Qf5 $1 $16) (29... Qd5 30. Rc5 $1) 30. Ke2 (30. Kg1 $4 {even
loses:} Rfd8 $19) 30... Qg4+ 31. Ke3 $1 Rd1 32. f3 (32. Rc5 Re1+ 33. Kd4 Re2)
32... Qe6+ 33. Be4 Rfd8 $13) 26. Bb2 {Again returning the favour.} ({After} 26.
Be4 $1 {White is nearly winning, although I can't believe it... For example}
Nc5 27. Rb4 Rxf4 (27... a5 28. Rb5 Nxe4 29. Qxe4) 28. exf4 Ned3 29. Qe2 Nxb4
30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Qf6 33. Qxc5+ Qe7 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7 35. Bb2)
26... Nf3 {Again he missed a good chance to equalise. It seems as if he wants
to keep as many pieces on the board as possible. On the contrary, I didn't
mind simplifying the position.} (26... Nxf4 27. exf4 Nxg6 28. Qxg6 Qd7 $1 29.
Kg2 Qd5+ 30. f3 Rd7 $11) 27. Bh5 $1 {Finally seizing the chance.} Nxf4 28. gxf4
$1 (28. Bxf3 $2 Nd3 29. Rxc7 Rd7 30. Qc6 (30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Bd4 Qh3+ (31... Qf7
32. Qc6) 32. Kg1 Ne1 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Rf6 35. Be4 $11) 30... Rxf3 31.
Qxf3 Rxc7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ Qf7 34. Qxd3 Qc4 $11) {Suddenly it seems
White's pawn majority f4-e3-f2 is controlling important squares and files and
I didn't see Black's counterplay...} 28... Rd2 29. Qc3 {One step in the wrong
direction.} (29. Qc6 $1 {is simpler:} Rxb2 $8 30. Rxb2 Qxa3 31. Qc1 Qd3+ 32.
Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kh3 Nf5 34. Rd2 $18) 29... Nxh2+ 30. Kg1 {Spoiling the winning
advantage!} (30. Ke1 $1 {is hard to play, at least I have to spot Black's
resource after 30.Kg1...} Rd7 31. Qc6 Rfd8 32. Be2 Qh4 (32... Kg8 33. Ra7) 33.
Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Rg8 35. Qd7 Qh7 36. f5 $18) 30... Rxf4 $3 {A great move.
Both in appearance and actual value.} (30... Rd7 31. Qc6) (30... Rfd8 31. Qe5)
31. Qxg7+ $8 (31. Qxd2 $4 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qxh5 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. exf4 Qh3) 31...
Qxg7+ 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. exf4 Kh6 34. Kxh2 (34. Be8 {To keep the bishop is
another try.} Ng4 35. Ra7 $1 Nxf2 36. Rxa6+ Kg7 37. Kg2 Ne4+ 38. Kf3 Nd6 39.
Bc6 Kf6 40. a4 Rc2 41. a5 Ke7 42. Bd5 Rc5 $14) 34... Kxh5 35. Rxc7 Kg4 $1 ({
Of course not} 35... Rxf2+ 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Rc5+) 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. f3+ ({After
the game, I thought 37.f5 was winning but missed 37...Kg5!} 37. f5 $5 Kg5 $8 (
37... Kxf5 $2 38. Rc5+ Kf4 39. Ra5 Rd6 40. Ra4+ Kf5 41. Kg3 Rg6+ (41... Rd3+
42. f3 Rd6 43. Ra5+) 42. Kf3 Rc6 43. Ra5+ $18) (37... Rxa3 $2 38. f6 Ra5 39. f7
Rf5 40. Rc4+ Kg5 41. Rc5) (37... Kh5 $2 38. Rh7+ Kg5 39. f6) 38. f6 Kg6 39. f7
Kg7 $11) 37... Kh5 {Made things much more complicated. With the pawn on f3
instead of f2 Black can take the f4-pawn.} (37... Kxf4 38. Rc4+ Kf5 39. Ra4 Rd6
40. Kg3 Rg6+ $1 41. Rg4 (41. Kf2 Rb6 42. Ke3 Rb3+) 41... Rxg4+ 42. fxg4+ Kg5
43. a4 a5 $11) 38. a4 (38. Rc5+ $1 {is the critical move. Black can barely get
a draw with very accurate play.} Kh4 39. f5 (39. Ra5 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Kg3 41. Ke1
Rd3 (41... Rd6 42. Ke2 Kxf4 43. Ra4+ Kf5 44. Ke3 Re6+ 45. Re4 Rb6 46. Rf4+ $1
$18) 42. Ke2 (42. Rxa6 Kxf4 (42... Rxf3) 43. Ke2 Re3+ 44. Kd2) 42... Rxf3 43.
f5 (43. Rxa6 Rxf4 44. a4 Kg4 45. Ke3 Rf3+ 46. Ke4 Rf4+ 47. Ke5 Rf5+) 43... Kg4
44. Ra4+ Kg3 45. Rxa6 Rxf5 $11) 39... Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Kg3 41. Ke1 Rd3 (41... Rd6
42. Ke2 Kf4 43. f6 Re6+ 44. Kf2 Rxf6 45. Rc4+ Kf5 46. Ke3 Re6+ 47. Re4 Rb6 48.
Rf4+ Ke5 49. Ra4 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 $18) 42. Ke2 Rxf3 43. Ra5 Kg4 44. Ra4+ Kg3 45.
Rxa6 Rxf5 46. Ke3 Kg4 47. a4 Rf3+ $1 (47... Re5+ 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Ra8 Re1 50.
Rf8+ $18) (47... Kg5 48. Rb6) 48. Kd4 Rf4+ 49. Kd5 (49. Ke5 Rf5+ $1) 49... Kg5
$1 (49... Rf5+ 50. Kc4 Rf4+ 51. Kb5 Rf5+ 52. Kc6) 50. a5 Rf5+ 51. Kc6 Kh6 $1 (
51... Kg6 52. Kb6) 52. Kb6 (52. Ra8 Kg7) 52... Rg5 53. Ra8 Rg6+ 54. Kc7 (54.
Kc5 Rg5+ 55. Kd6) 54... Rg7+ 55. Kd6 Rg6+ 56. Ke7 Rg7+ 57. Kf6 Rg6+ 58. Kf5
Rg5+ 59. Kf4 Rb5 60. a6 Kg7 $11) 38... Rd4 39. Rc5+ Kh4 40. Kf2 Rxa4 41. Ke3 a5
42. Rg5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Ra4+ $1 {An important check. After that it's easy.} 44.
Ke5 Rb4 45. Rg4+ Kh5 46. f5 Rb5+ 47. Ke6 Rb6+ 48. Ke7 Rb7+ 49. Ke6 Rb6+ 50. Kf7
Rb7+ 51. Kg8 Rb8+ 52. Kg7 Rb7+ {Draw agreed. Although there are many mistakes
involved, I still think it's a good game and the most memorable one for me in
the tournament. Since inaccuracy and mistakes in such a complicated position
are inevitable. At least, not all draws here were boring.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... e4
$5 {Ribli} 7. Ng5 (7. Ne1 $5) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 $13 {
Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas/1995/CBM47/}) 7. d3 h6 (7... Re8 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e4 dxe3 12. fxe3 Bc5 13. d4 $14) (7...
Bxc3 {Ribli} 8. bxc3 e4 (8... h6 $6 9. e4 Be6 10. Nh4 Rb8 11. Rb1 a6 12. a4 Nh7
13. Nf5 $14 {Serper,G-Zagrebelny,S/St.Petersburg op/1994/EXP43/INF62,33/}) 9.
Nd4 $13) 8. Na4 (8. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Ne1 c6 11. Nc2 Bc5 12. d4) (8.
Bd2 {Ribli} a5 9. a3 Bc5 10. Na4 Re8 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bc3 e4 $13 {Gulko,
B-Short,N/Riga Tal/1995/CBM47/}) 8... Ba5 {Eine Neuerung.} (8... a5 $6 {Ribli}
9. e3 d5 10. a3 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 $14 {Lautier,J-Hertneck,G/Baden
Baden/1992/CBM33/INF56,40/}) 9. a3 Bb6 10. b4 a6 11. Nxb6 (11. c5 $5 Ba7 12.
Bb2 Be6 13. d4 $16) 11... cxb6 12. Bb2 $14 Re8 13. Rc1 b5 14. e4 (14. cxb5 axb5
$10) (14. c5 {Ribli} d5 $13 {Schwarz hat ein sehr starkes Zentrum.}) 14... Be6
(14... bxc4 15. dxc4 Nxe4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 Bg4 18. Qb3 $16) 15. c5 $6 (
15. cxb5 $5 axb5 16. d4 Bc4 17. Re1 $16) (15. Re1 $5 {Ribli}) 15... Bg4 $1 16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 $1 19. Rcc1 Nb6 20. Qe3 Na4 $132 21. Ba1 Qd6
22. f4 Rad8 23. fxe5 $6 (23. Rcd1 Nd4 24. Qf2 f6 $132) (23. Rfd1 {Ribli}) 23...
Qxd3 24. Qf4 Re7 25. Rf3 (25. Bf3 $5 {Ribli /\ Rcd1 oder Bh5.}) 25... Qd2 26.
Rf2 Qxf4 (26... Qd3 $10) 27. gxf4 Red7 {Ribli Weiss hat B-paar und starke P
auf die e und f-Linie, weil Schwarz die d-Linie herrscht und seine N sehr
aktiv sind. Der Nachziehende steht minimal besser.} 28. Bf1 Rd1 29. Rfc2 Rxc1
30. Rxc1 Rd2 31. h4 $1 {Weiss soll seinen Laeufer aktivisieren.} Ra2 32. Bh3
Rxa3 33. e6 $1 (33. Bc8 $2 {Ribli 33.Bc8!? Dieser Zug sieht besser als die
Partiefortsetzung aus.} Nxb4 34. Bxb7 Nd3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 $19) 33... f6 (33...
Rxh3 $2 {Ribli} 34. Rxc6 $1 fxe6 (34... bxc6 35. e7 $18) 35. Rc7 $44) 34. Bf5
g6 {Eine unangenehme Ueberraschung.} 35. Bxf6 $2 (35. Bxg6 $1 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rxg6
37. Kf3 $16) 35... gxf5 36. Rd1 (36. exf5 {Ribli} Rd3 $1 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Rg1
Rd5 $19) 36... fxe4 $1 37. Rd8+ $6 (37. Rd7 $44) (37. f5 {Ribli} Rd3 $19) 37...
Kh7 (37... Nxd8 $2 38. e7 $18) 38. f5 $2 (38. e7 Nxe7 39. Bxe7 $44) 38... Nxd8
39. e7 Rg3+ 40. Kf2 Rg8 41. exd8=Q Rxd8 42. Bxd8 {Ribli Weiss gewinnt die
Figur zurueck, aber er bleibt zwei P weniger. Er ist hilflos.} Nc3 43. Ke3 Nd5+
44. Kxe4 Nxb4 $17 45. h5 Nc6 46. Bf6 Kg8 47. Bb2 a5 48. Bc1 (48. Kd5 Nb4+ 49.
Kd6 Kf7 $17) 48... Kg7 49. Bb2+ Kf7 50. Bc1 a4 51. Bxh6 a3 52. Bc1 b4 53. Kd5 (
53. Kd3 $32 b5 (53... Na5) 54. h6 Kf6 55. Kc2 Nd4+ 56. Kb1) 53... Na5 $19 54.
Kc5 Nb3+ 55. Kxb4 Nxc1 56. Kxa3 Ne2 57. Kb4 Nd4 58. Kc5 Nxf5 {Ribli Das war
eine sehr interessante und gut gekaempfte Partie.} (58... Nxf5 59. Kb6 Nd6 60.
h6 (60. Kc7 {Ribli} b5 $19) (60. Kc5 b5 $19) 60... Kg6 61. Kc5 b5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Paraguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. e4
$6 (8. Bd2 $5 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf5 11. b4 Qd7 12. Re1 $14) 8... Bc5 9. h3
d6 10. Kh2 Be6 11. Ng1 (11. Nh4 Nd4 12. f4 $2 exf4) 11... Nh7 12. f4 exf4 13.
gxf4 f5 $15 14. Nge2 Nd4 (14... Nf6 $2 15. d4 Bb6 16. d5 Ng4+ 17. Kh1 $16) 15.
Be3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 fxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. dxe4 $2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxc4) 17... Nf6 18.
f5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 (19. fxe6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 (20. Qxe3 Ng5) 20... Bd4 $17) 19... d5
20. Rg1 $2 (20. fxe6 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $15) (20. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 (
20... Nxd5 21. Qg3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bd5 23. f6) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 $10) 20... dxe4 21.
Qxh6 Re7 $1 (21... Qe7 22. fxe6 $16) 22. Qxf6 Qd6+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qh4 Bxf5 $15
25. dxe4 Bh7 (25... Bxh3 $5 26. Qxh3 Re6 27. Rg4 (27. Rad1 Rh6 28. Rxd6 Rxh3+
29. Kg2 Rxc3 30. bxc3 cxd6 $15) 27... Rh6 28. Rh4 Rxh4 29. Qxh4 Rf6) 26. Raf1
Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Qe6 $10 28. Kh2 $6 (28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bxe4+ 30. Kh2 $10)
28... Rd7 29. Qf4 Bg6 30. b3 $4 (30. Rg1 $5 Rf7 31. Qg3 $13) 30... Rf7 31. Qc1
$19 Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Qe5+ 33. Kg2 Qxc3 34. Qf4 Qc2+ 35. Kf3 Qd3+ 36. Kf2 Bxe4 37.
Qxc7 Qd2+ (37... Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Bd3 $19) 38. Kg3 Qe3+ 39. Kh4 Kh7 (
39... Qf2+) 40. Qe5 Qf2+ 41. Kg4 Bg6 42. Qd5 b6 43. a4 Qe3 44. b4 Qg1+ 45. Kf4
Qf1+ 46. Kg4 Bf7 47. Qe4+ g6 48. c5 bxc5 49. bxc5 Qg1+ 50. Kh4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "KGSRL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. c4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 ({A more
aggressive line here is connected with a pawn sacrifice:} 11... a5 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 (13... Qc8 {Carlsen,M (2801)
-Kramnik,V (2772) London 2009}) 14. Bxb7 Ra5) 12. Nh4 $5 {I knew this move, as
it had been played by the French number 1, MVL, a few years before. However,
it seemed to me like Black was doing fine, so I shortly understood Peter
Svidler was playing it with a new idea.} ({Svidler tried here all possible
continuations:} 12. Bb2 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5
15. Bc3 {1/2 (19) Svidler,P (2765)-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg RUS 2017}
Rf7 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. Bf3 Rf7 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 {1/2 (19) Svidler,P (2765)
-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg RUS 2017}) ({The main move is} 12. Nd2 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 (13... Nd5 {Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V 
(2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008}) (13... Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5
17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 $14) 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. e3 Ne6 16. d4 $5 {with interesting
play, Svidler,P (2769)-Aronian,L (2813) Stavanger 2013}) (12. Be3 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 (14... Nd5 {1/2 Timman,J 
(2630)-Bareev,E (2665)/Ubeda 1997}) 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 {with light pressure on the c-file, Svidler,P (2747)
-Karjakin,S (2775), Tashkent.}) 12... c6 {Other moves do not quite equalize.} (
12... Qc8 $6 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nc5 $1 $14 {1-0 (70)
Eljanov,P (2690)-Salgado Lopez,I (2618) Moscow 2012}) (12... Nd5 $6 13. Bxd5 $1
$146 (13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. e3 Nb5 16. Nf5 Rf7 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. e4
Qa2 $1 19. a4 Na3 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 $11 {½-½ (50) Anton Guijarro,D (2469)
-Arribas Lopez,A (2487) Spain 2012}) 13... Bxd5 14. e3 Ne6 15. Qg4 Ng5 $8 16.
Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf5 $14 {/\e4}) 13. e3 Nf5 (13... Nb5 {is the initial engine
suggestion, but after} 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 {I always though
Black's compensation is not entirely enough.}) 14. Bh3 $5 $146 ({Mikhalchishin,
Adrian: 'A more serious try here is'} 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3+ (15. e4 $5 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Be6 16. Be3) 15... Kh8 16. Ne4 Bg6 (16... Qc8 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 17. Nc5 Nd7 18. e4 Bg4 19. Be3 b6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nc3 Nb6
22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. a4 $14 {Grachev,B (2705)-Tiviakov,S (2673) Nakhchivan 2012})
17. Rd1 {was MVL's game, which I had planned to improve with} Bh5 $1 $146 (
17... Bf7 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bb2 $36 {1-0 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)-Fedorchuk,
S (2635) Germany 2012} a5 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 20. d4 axb4 21. axb4 Nc4 22.
dxe5 fxe5 23. Nc5 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Nxb2 25. Qxb2 {with a very slight edge, Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)-Fedorchuk,S (2635) Germany 2012.}) 18. Rd2 Bf7 19. Qc2 a5 {
- the idea behind inserting ...Bh5 being that the rook is slightly misplaced
on d2, e.g.} 20. d4 Nc4 21. Rd1 Qc7 $13) 14... Qd7 ({Logical development. An
interesting option was} 14... Nd4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. e4
Rf7 17. Be3) 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb3+ ({It's not clear if this
check is necessary. Starting the same plan immediately was maybe better:} 17.
e4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Qe6 18. a4) 17... Kh8 18. e4 Qd7 ({A more agressive
approach would be} 18... Qh3 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rbd1 f5)
19. a4 {Svidler played all these moves a tempo - and they're indeed computer
choices.} f5 $5 {This seemed to me very critical over the board - and
fortunately Peter couldn't remember his analysis after it!} (19... Qxd3 20. a5
Nc8 21. Rd1 {is obviously very dangerous forBlack.}) 20. a5 Nc8 {Mikhalchishin,
Adrian: '[#]'} (20... f4 {was my other idea, but I wasn't sure it was an
improvement for Black after} 21. f3 {with the idea of Ne2.} (21. axb6 Qh3 ({
the crazy} 21... a5 $2 {also came to my mind, with the idea to make ...Bc5+
possible in some lines, but I soon realized I wasn't looking that clever in
the event of} 22. Kg2 $16) 22. f3 fxg3 23. Qc2 Rxf3 $1 24. Rxf3 gxh2+ 25. Qxh2
Qxf3 $11)) 21. f4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian: '!?'} ({Mikhalchishin,Adrian: 'It was
possible to sac a pawn and eliminate Blacks counterplay with'} 21. exf5 Qxd3
22. b5 Nd6 {looked fine for Black to me, although I missed the idea} (22...
Qxf5 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Ba3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Qc4)
23. f6 $5 Rxf6 $8 24. a6 $5 {leading to weird complications.}) 21... Bf6 $5 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian: '!'} ({Bad was the capture} 21... Qxd3 {Mikhalchishin,
Adrian} 22. fxe5 fxe4 23. Bf4) 22. Ne2 exf4 ({A central decision was} 22...
fxe4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 23. dxe4 Nd6 24. Qd3 Rad8 {but it is a pity to
exchange the weak pawn d3.}) 23. Bxf4 ({Mikhalchishin,Adrian: 'Some would
prefer the stronger center after'} 23. gxf4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian: ', but
development usually is more important.'} Ne7 24. e5 Bh4 $13) 23... Re8 24. Rbd1
Ne7 $1 {I had planned this move when going 22...exf4, and felt quite lucky to
have it, and it enables me to active all of my pieces. Mikhalchishin,Adrian:
'A bit risky, but well calculated.'} 25. e5 Nd5 26. exf6 (26. d4 Be7 27. Bd2 {
was for sure fine for Black, but not better.} (27. Nc3 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian}
Nxc3 (27... Nxb4 $2 28. e6 Qc8 29. Be5) 28. Qxc3 a6 29. Qd2 Qd5)) 26... Rxe2
27. fxg7+ Qxg7 28. d4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Rae8 30. Rf2 $6 (30. Rxf5 {was just a draw,
although to be honest I thought I was better after} Qh6 (30... R8e3 31. Rd3 $11
) 31. h4 R8e3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Re3 {and missed} 34. Rh5 $1 $11 (34. Rf6 $1
$11)) ({Sufficient counterplay guaranteed} 30. a6 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} bxa6
31. Qc3 Qf6 32. Rdf1) 30... Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qh6 (31... f4 $5 {was objectively a
much better try.}) 32. Qf3 $4 {Considering the position lost.} ({Mikhalchishin,
Adrian: 'Svidler did not see the last defensive move in the variation'} 32. Kg1
{was still a draw:} Re2 33. h4 (33. h3 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Re3 34. Rd3 $1)
33... Re3 34. Rd3 $11 {; but Svidler told me after the game he had simply
missed that this move Rd1-d3 existed!}) 32... Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 f4 $1 (33... f4 34.
gxf4 Rg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Saving the best to last, here is the effort by Fabiano Caruana, who needed to
win in order to again catch 'the man who knows nothing' in the tournament lead.
As such, the game begins with a reversed Dragon.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 (8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 {
had already been seen by Caruana from the other side of the table, and the
game may have inspired him.} Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5 {The knight is protected
by d4-tricks!} Qxg5 12. Bxc6 (12. d4 Qe7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qa4 {could be a new
direction for White to investigate}) 12... bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 (13... Qe7 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Be3 $14) 14. dxc5 e4 15. h4 Qg4 (15... Bg4 $11 {is best according to
our silicon friends- if he chooses Black can take back on c5 in a better
version than 13...Qe7.}) 16. Bf4 Qh3 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 $14 {
Aronian,L-Caruana,F, Saint Louis 2017, where the compensation was close to
vanishing into thin air.}) 8... Re8 9. Ng5 Nf6 (9... Nxc3 {These structures
are always evaluated as equal by the machine, but in my experience they are
always better for one side or the other. A good indicator of whether Black is
better is whether he has traded his dark-squared bishop for the knight.} 10.
bxc3 Be7 {Now here are 2 sample lines, one where Black ends up better and one
where White does. The point is not that Ne4 is better or that Nf3 is but that
the position contains a vast number of apparently minor nuances, such that one
side will on balance of probabilities understand them better over the next 5
moves.} 11. Ne4 (11. Nf3 Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bxg5
16. Bxg5 Nc6 17. Qa4 Bd5 18. f3 $14 {Every rule has an exception.}) 11... Be6 (
11... Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. c4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $15) 12.
Be3 f6 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kf7 $11 {A genuinely
equal position, but maybe it is easier to play for Black as in the Wesley So
game.}) 10. Qb3 Qe7 {Black holds the balance well.} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd8
13. Qc4 Bd4 14. Bg2 h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Be3 {A violent winning attempt.} (16.
Nxd4 {As before, trading the knight for the dark-squared bishop is not often a
good idea.} Nxd4 17. Re1 Bg4 $15) (16. e3 $11) 16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 (17...
Nd8 {is an interesting option, trying to set up the stereotypical arrangement
with ...Be6(-f7) and ...f6.}) 18. dxe4 a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2 Be6
22. Qc3 Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 25. Rc5 {Black still has compensation, but
the problem is that he is now 'likely' to 'forget' to take the material back.}
(25. Rc3 Qd6 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Qc3 {made sense too}) 25... Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27.
g4 g6 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Rc4 Ra5 (
33... Nxe5 34. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rd7 $11) 34. Rc2 Bd5 {Getting maybe a
little carried away with strategic purity. It turns out that for tactical
reasons White can now keep the pawn.} 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rg3 37. Rf3 $1 $14
{That's just it. The rook is entombed and White's pawns have been untripled (!)
} Bxf3 38. exf3 c6 (38... Rb5 39. Kh2 Qh4 40. Qf4 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 c6 $14 {
was the most sophisticated way of giving back the exchange, setting up an
outpost for the rook on b3 and the queen on d5.}) 39. Kh2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd5
41. Rc4 c5 42. Rxc5 Rxd4 43. Qc3 {Now White has almost solved all his
structural issues and Black's best bet is in fact the queen ending.} Qd8 (43...
Rd3 44. Qxd3 Qxc5 45. Qc3 Qb6 $16) 44. Rc8 Qb6 45. Re8 {Leaving Black's pieces
stuck and introducing the idea of Rxb7 in various lines.} (45. Rb8 Rd1 {
is not a good way to introduce that idea}) 45... g5 46. Re7 Kg8 (46... Kf8 47.
Rxb7 {leads to another probably winning queen ending.}) 47. e6 $1 {The best
conversion, forcing a queen rather than rook ending on pain of mate.} fxe6 48.
Qc2 Kf8 49. Rh7 Qc6 {The only way to defuse the pressure.} 50. Qxc6 {With a
probably winning rook ending, but see Black's 58th.} (50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Qh7+ Kd6
52. Rd8+ Kc5 53. Qc2+ Rc4 {is not an obvious win, so Black takes the queens off
}) 50... bxc6 51. Rxh6 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Rh7+ Kf6 54. Rb7 Ke5 55. h4 (55. Rb4
{may have been more precise to cut out ...Kf4.}) 55... gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Kf4 57.
Rf7+ Ke3 58. Kg3 Rd1 (58... Rxb2 59. Re7 {was Black's best chance:} c5 60.
Rxe6+ Kd4 $16 {and the jury may still be out}) 59. g5 $18 Rg1+ 60. Kh4 Rg2 61.
Rf6 e5 62. g6 Rxb2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kh6 Rh2+ 65. Kg7 c5 66. Kf7 c4 67. g7 Rh7
68. Ra6 {More moves could have been played, but White has shown enough. This
move eliminates the pawn on a4 and gets back to cover the c-pawn just in time.}
1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Thus Nakamura, a noted Dragon
specialist, gets to play it with an extra tempo.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7.
O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 {Not necessarily the most normal Dragon move, but known in
this position.} (8. Nxe5 {should always be looked at, but here it gives
nothing.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Rb1 c6 13. c4 Qc7 $11)
(8. a3) (8. d3 Re8 9. Bd2 {is true to Dragon precepts, but so is} Nxc3 10. Bxc3
Bb6 $11 {and Black is fine.}) 8... Qxd5 9. d3 (9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5
$1 {(Exclamation mark for visual effect.)} Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14.
dxc5 $11 {Aronian,L-Caruana,F Saint Louis 2017, so presumably Aronian had some
idea how to handle Black's play.}) 9... Qd8 {Avoiding tricks, but that doesn't
make a move necessarily strong.} (9... Re8 {is natural. Then, I assume White's
idea was:} 10. Ng5 Qd8 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. Bd2 {with some kind of emergent clamp
on the c5-square. Black can however deal with this in typical English style by
playing for ...Bh3.} Be6 $11) 10. Be3 $5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 e4 $5 {Quite
enterprising by Levon, who possibly didn't want this break to be met with Nd4
at all.} (11... Qe7 12. Qb3 e4 {has much the same effect.}) 12. dxe4 (12. Ne1
exd3 13. exd3 Qe7 14. Nc2 Nb4 $11 {White is too poorly developed to make use
of his structural plus.}) 12... Qe7 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Rac1 {Playing against ...
Ne5.} (14. Nd4 Ne5 {and even though White can 'untriple' his pawns, there
won't be any advantage after} 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 c6 $11) 14... Rad8 15. h3
$1 Bc8 $1 {Both sides, of course, understand that ...Bxf3 would be suicidal.}
16. a3 (16. Nd4 {is interesting, in fact so much so that Black is best advised
to leave it exactly where it stands.} Qg5 (16... Ne5 $5 17. Qxc7 Qg5 $44) 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. Kh2 Qxe3 19. Rf3 Qb6 20. Qxc6 Rd2 $11) 16... Rde8 17. e5 h6 {
A very grandmasterly move, of a type particularly notable in the play of
Aronian and McShane.} (17... Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 {is obviously
possible, and Black has better compensation here than in the endgame reached
in the game, in my opinion.}) 18. Qc5 Qxc5 (18... Qe6 $5 {was possible, but it
is now not clear what Black wants to play next. For instance, the engine
suggests the rather facetious-looking} 19. Kf2 $5 $14 {and Black needs to
think of something to do before White gets in Rfd1, b4 and a4.}) 19. Rxc5 Ne7
20. Rxc7 $1 (20. Nd4 c6 $11 {looks logical, but there's no way to stop Black
playing ...Ng6.}) 20... Nd5 21. Rc5 Nxe3 22. Rfc1 $14 {Black faces an
unenviable defensive task.} Rd8 23. R1c3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf5 25. Rc7 Be4 26. Kf2
Rfe8 27. R3c4 (27. b4 $16 {may have been preferable, since Black can't yet
liquidate on f3 due to the rook recapture.}) 27... Bxf3 28. Kxf3 Rxe5 29. Rxb7
Rd2 30. e3 {This kind of thing arises almost by force after the queen swap.
Now we shall suspend commentary during the rest of the phase when both sides
have numerous alternatives of approximately equal value.} g5 31. Rd4 Rc2 32.
Rdd7 Rf5+ 33. Ke4 Rf6 34. Rb8+ $2 {Signing away the advantage, though this is
impossible to know.} (34. b4 $1 $16 Rg2 35. g4 {and Black will be too slow in
pawn races; besides, there is the option of defending White's last bulwark
with Rd4.}) 34... Kg7 35. Rxa7 Re6+ 36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Re6+ 38. Kd3 Rg2 39.
g4 Rg3 40. Rbb7 Rexe3+ 41. Kc2 Ref3 42. a4 Rxh3 43. a5 $2 (43. Rb4 $11) 43...
Rh4 $1 {Now both sides play to win!} 44. a6 Rxg4 45. Ra8 Ra4 (45... Rg2+ 46.
Kb1 Rf1+ 47. Ka2 Rg4 {was critical, doubling by force on the a-file. I suspect
Aronian saw this and rejected it in view of} 48. Rb3 $4 {but now Black can
stop the pawn by the more conventional method of} (48. a7 Ra4+ 49. Kb3 Rfa1 $17
{is great fun for Black}) 48... Ra4+ 49. Ra3 Rxa3+ 50. bxa3 Rf6 $1 $19) 46. a7
g4 $2 {This is an impossible position for humans to play, and the machine
delights in such positions.} (46... Rf6 $1 {is apparently correct, and White
cannot do more than force a draw after} 47. Rc8 Rfa6 48. Rcc7 Rf6 $11) 47. Rc8
g3 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Rxa8 h5 50. Rbb8 Kf6 51. Rg8 (51. Rb4 $1 {White succeeds
in halting the pawn by a combination of frontal and sideways tactics. Now Rg7
is the threat.} Kg7 52. Kd2 $1 g2 (52... Rf1 53. Ra3 $18) 53. Rbb8 $3 $18)
51... h4 52. Ra6+ $2 (52. Ra3 Rf2+ 53. Kd3 Rxb2 54. Ke4 {apparently still wins,
but this is hard to play.}) 52... Ke7 53. Rh6 Rf2+ 54. Kd3 Rh2 $1 {There were
no further adventures!} 55. Ke4 g2 56. Ke5 h3 57. Rc6 f6+ 58. Kd5 Kf7 59. Rg3
Rh1 60. Rc7+ Kf8 61. Rc8+ Kf7 62. Rc7+ Kf8 63. Ke6 Re1+ 64. Kxf6 Rf1+ 65. Ke6
Re1+ 66. Kf6 Rf1+ 67. Ke6 Re1+ 68. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Rb1 f6 (8... g5 $5 9. d3 h5 10. a3 h4 11. b4 hxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. b5 Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 Na4 17. e3 c6 18. Nxd4 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxb1 20.
Qxb1 Qd6 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Re1 c5 23. Nf3 Bh3 24. Qxb7 $17 {Serper,G-Korchnoi,V/
Groningen PCA (9)/1993/0-1 (34)}) (8... O-O 9. d3 (9. b4 a6 (9... e4 10. Nxe4
Nxb4 11. a3 N4d5 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. e4 Nc4 15. Qa2 Na5 16. d4 Bg4 17.
Be3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bc5 23. Nf3
Nc4 24. Rxb7 $14 {Sorokin,M-Savon,V/Cheliabinsk/1991/0.5 (32)}) 10. a3 (10. a4
Bf5 11. b5 $1 axb5 12. Rxb5 $6 f6 $1 13. d3 Be6 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Rb1 c5 $1 16.
Ne4 $1 Ra7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Qb1 $2 Rb8 21. Qa1 b6 22.
axb6 Rxb6 23. Qb1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 $14 {Serper,G-Kamsky,G/Dortmund/1993/1-0 (60)})
10... Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. e3 Nb5 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f6
17. Qc2 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6 19. Nh4 Bf7 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Bd2 Be6 23.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Be3 $13 {Adorjan,A-Lin Weiguo/Shenzhen (05)/1992/0-1 (61)}) 9...
Be6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 f6 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. bxa4 Qc8 14. Qc2 Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Bf7 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Rd1 c6 20. Be4 Qh3 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Rd2
Qh5 23. Qc3 Ng5 24. Bg2 $14 {Shvedchikov,A-Olbrich,I/Moscow2/1991/1-0 (53)}) (
8... a5 9. b3 (9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. a3 h6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3
Nd5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. a4 Ra8 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Rac8 22. Qc1 Nf6 23. f3 Qh3 24. Bc3 $10 {Hansen,LB-Romanishin,O/
Polanica Zdroj (11)/1993/0.5 (31)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Nd4
13. e3 Nf5 14. Nc4 c6 15. Qc2 {Adorjan,A-Cebalo,M/Polanica Zdroj (02)/1992/0.5
(15)}) (8... Be6 9. b4 f6 10. b5 Nd4 11. d3 O-O 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxd5
Bxd5 15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. e4 Qxd3 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qf3 Qc2 20. Qxb7
Qxa4 21. Qxc7 Rfe8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 {Adorjan,A-Sanchez,J/Manila/1991/1-0 (23)}) 9.
b4 {!? Ribli} Nxb4 (9... Bxb4 10. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 (10... fxe5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12.
Rxb4 $16) 11. Rxb4 $16) 10. d4 $1 Nc6 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Ndb5 $36) (
10... N4d5 {Ribli} 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. dxe5 (12. Qc2 $5 $44) 12... Nc3 13. Qxd8+
Bxd8 14. Rb2 $14) 11. dxe5 fxe5 (11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 fxe5 13. Nb5 Bd8 14. Bg5
$16) 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nd4 (15... Bxb1 16. Bxc6+
bxc6 17. Rd8+ Qxd8 18. Qe6+ (18. Bxd8 $16 {Ribli}) 18... Kf8 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20.
Nxb1 $16) 16. Qa3 c5 17. Rbc1 h6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bxd4 cxd4 (19... exd4 20. Nd5
$16) 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 Bh7 (22... Rb8 23. Nc6 $18) 23. Bxa8
Qxa8 24. Qd6 Qe8 25. Rc7 Na4 26. Rc8 Qxc8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qa6 Nb6 29. Qxa7
1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 a6 8. a3 (
8. Bg5 $5) 8... Nd4 (8... h6 9. b4 (9. e3 Ba7 10. b4 Be6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Rd1
Rab8 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Nce2 d5
19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. Ned4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Fabiano,G-Garcia
Palermo,C/Roma op (4)/1990/0.5 (23)}) 9... Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Nd2
d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Rad8 17. a4
Rfe8 $10 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ne7 20. Ba5 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Rd5 $1 22. Bxc7 Rxb5
23. Nd2 Rb2 24. Ba5 {Lautier,J-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee/1991/0.5 (60)}) 11. h3
Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Nd2 Qd7 $6 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Qa4 $1 $16 Nd4 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17.
e3 Ne6 18. Ne7+ Kh7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nc4 $1 Ba4 $1 $8 21. Be4+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 Nf6
23. Bf5 Rfe8 24. Bxf6 {Timman,J-Karpov,An/Arnhem (m/5)/1993/0.5 (55)}) 9. Nd2
c6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. e3 Ne6 (12... Bxd3 13. exd4 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 Bxd4
15. Rd1 $14) 13. Nf3 h6 (13... Qd7 14. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe5 $16)
14. Qb3 $5 Qd7 (14... Bxd3 15. Rfd1 Bh7 (15... e4 16. Ne1 Qe7 17. Nxd3 exd3 18.
Rxd3 $14) 16. c5 d5 17. Nxe5 $14) 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rc1 Bxf3 {xe5}
18. Bxf3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Na4 (20. Ne2 Ng5 21. Bg2 Qf5 $36) 20... d4 (20...
Ng5 21. Bg2 Qf5 22. Nc5 $13) 21. Nc5 (21. e4 Rc8 $10) 21... Qe7 (21... Nxc5 22.
bxc5 dxe3 23. fxe3 Qe7 (23... e4 24. Bxf6 $1) 24. d4 e4 25. Bg2 $14) 22. Rdc2 (
22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxb7 $140 $2 e4 $1) 22... dxe3 23. fxe3 e4 $1
24. Bxf6 (24. dxe4 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Nxe4 $15) (24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Nxc5 26.
bxc5 Qxe4 $15) 24... gxf6 (24... Qxf6 25. Bxe4) 25. Bxe4 (25. dxe4 Bxc5 26.
bxc5 Ng5) 25... Ng5 26. Bxb7 (26. Rc4 $6 b5 27. Rd4 $2 f5 $1) 26... Bxc5 27.
bxc5 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxd3 29. Qc4 Rfd8 30. Rf1 (30. Qxa6 $2 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg1#)
30... R8d4 (30... Rd1 31. Rc1) 31. Qxa6 Ne4 32. Rg2 $6 (32. c6 $1 Nxg3+ (32...
Rd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. c7 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ $10) (32... Rd1 33.
c7 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ $10 (34... Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Rd1 36. c8=Q+ Kg7 37. Qxd1 Qxd1+
38. Kg2 $18)) 33. hxg3 Rh4+ (33... Qe4+ $2 34. Rg2 $1 (34. Kh2 Rd2+ $19) 34...
Rxg3 35. c7 $18) 34. gxh4 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 (35. Rh2 Qxf1#) 35... Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Qg2+
37. Ke1 Qxc2 38. Qe2 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qf4+ 40. Ke1 Qc1+ $10) 32... Rd1 33. Bxe4 (
33. c6 $2 Nf2+ 34. Rgxf2 (34. Kg1 Nd3+ 35. Kh1 Rxf1+) 34... Qxf2 $19) (33. Rgg1
Nf2+ 34. Kg2 R1d2 $19) 33... Qxe4 34. Qxf6 Qd5 35. Kg1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 (36. Qxf1
Rd1 $19) 36... Rd1+ (36... Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7.
Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8. dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 8... Re8 9. f3 (9. d3 $5 exd3 10.
exd3 b6 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Nxf7 $1 $40 {
Christiansen,L-Kaidanov,G/USA ch/1994/}) 9... e3 $5 {The opening discussion is
very interesting, as the advance of the e-pawn disrupts White's coordination
and forces him into unusual solutions. The older solution with the exchange on
f3 unleashes the potential of White's pieces and is more dangerous.} (9... exf3
10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 g6 (14...
Nd6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 Nf7 17. Rxf5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. e3 Qxg4 20. Rxf7
Kxf7 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. Qf2 Kg8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bf4 c6 25. Ne5 Qf5 26. Nxc4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 {David,P-Polak,T/CZE-ch 1995/1-0 (53)}) (14... fxg4 $6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 $2
(15... Nd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 $44) 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 $16 {
1-0 Lesiege,A-Zugic,I/Montreal 2001/ (21)}) 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Rxb7 Bd5 17. gxf5
Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/Koop
Tjuchem op 1996 (24)}) 13. Nh4 $36 Bg6 14. Bf4 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be5 Rxe5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. e3 Ng5 20. Qf2 {Chernin,A-Farago,I/AUT-chT9596
1996/1-0 (114)}) 10. d3 $1 {Svidler is a classical player with a love of sound,
flexible strategic solutions. It is no wonder that he prefers the most
harmonious move.} (10. d4 d6 $5 {/\ Qe7, Na5, h6, Be6 Dlugy,M} (10... Na5 11.
Qd3 b6 12. c5 $2 (12. Bxe3 $1 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nxc4 14. Bf2 {/\ e4[+]}) 12... Bb7
$1 13. Bxe3 Qe7 14. Bf4 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Naumkin,I/Belgrade GMA 1988 (41)} (14.
Kf2 $4 Ba6 $1 $19) 14... Qxe2 15. Qf5 $5 (15. Qxe2 Rxe2 16. Bxc7 Nd5 $17) 15...
h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rae1 (17. fxe4 Qxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20.
Bxc7 Nc4 $17) 17... Nxg3 $6 (17... Nxc3 $1 18. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Qxd7
Rad8 21. Qg4 (21. Qxc7 Ne6 22. Qe5 Nxc5 $17) 21... Bc8 $17) 18. hxg3 Qb5 (18...
Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 $13 Rae8 21. Be5 $1 (21. Bf1 Bxf3 $1)) 19. Qg4 $2 (
19. Bxc7 $10) 19... Qc6 20. Kh2 bxc5 21. d5 Qxd5 22. Bxh6 g6 23. Rd1 Qe5 $1 (
23... Qh5+ 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rxd7 $10) 24. Qxd7 (24. Rxd7 Bc8 $1 $19) 24... Nc4
25. Bf4 Qxc3 26. Qxc7 Ba6 $17 {0-1 (41) Olafsson,H (2525)-Naumkin,I (2440)
Belgrade 1988}) (10... b6 $5) 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bh3 b6 14. Bxc8 Rbxc8
15. Nh3 Na5 16. Nf4 c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Ng2 Ne5 19. Qxe3 Nexc4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21.
Kf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (57) Vaisser,A (2525)-Barbero,G (2495) San Bernardino 1989}) (
10. dxe3 d6 $44 (10... b6 11. e4 (11. f4 {Ribli} h6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. c5 Na5 14.
Qd4 Qe7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. c4 Qe4 17. c5 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 {0-1 Fatin,T-Soffer,
R/London Lloyds 1989 (34)}) 11... h6 (11... Ba6 $6 12. f4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
e5 $40 Bxc4 (14... Ng8 $2 15. Bd5+ Kf8 16. Ba3+ Nge7 17. Qd3 d6 18. Qh7 $18)
15. exf6 $16 {|^}) 12. Nxf7 $5 (12. Nh3 $5 d6 $5 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14.
Kh1 Qxc4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6
21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Psakhis,L (2590)-Avrukh,B (2500) Groningen
1996}) 13. Nf2 (13. f4 $6 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13) (12.
Nh3 Ba6 $44 13. Nf2 (13. c5 bxc5 14. Ba3 d6 15. Qa4 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nb8 16.
e5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 19. Nf2 Nb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (32) Gulko,B (2595)
-Timoshenko,G (2510) Nova Gorica 1997})) 12... Kxf7 13. f4 Kg8 14. e5 Nh7 15.
Ba3 $2 (15. f5 $8 Qe7 (15... Kh8 16. f6 Nxe5 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bxa8 c6 19. Bf4
$18) (15... Bb7 16. f6 Rxe5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rf7+ Kh8 20. Bxh6
$18) (15... Ba6 16. e6) 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bd5+ Kg7 (17... Kh8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Bxc6 dxc6 20. Qd4) 18. Qd2 Qxe5 19. Qxh6+ Kh8) 15... Bb7 $17 16. Be4 (16. Qd3
Kh8) (16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Bf7 Na5 $17 (17... Nxe5 18. Bxe8 Nxc4)) 16... Kh8 17.
Bc2 (17. Bg6 Ne7 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 $13) 17... Nxe5 $1 (17... d6 18. Qd3 Nf8 19.
exd6 cxd6 20. Bxd6 Na5 21. Bxf8 Qxd3 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. exd3 $13) 18. fxe5 Rxe5
(18... Ng5 19. e4 $17) 19. Bxh7 (19. Qd3 Be4) (19. Rf7 {Ribli} Ng5 20. Rf8+
Qxf8 21. Bxf8 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Rxf8+ 23. Ke1 Ng1 $40) 19... Kxh7 20. c5 Qe8 (20...
bxc5 21. Bxc5 $17) 21. Qd3+ (21. cxb6 {Ribli} axb6 22. Rf8 Qe6 23. Rxa8 Bxa8
$17) 21... Be4 $19 {0-1 (29) Topalov,V (2725)-Gelfand,B (2700) Novgorod 1997})
(10... Na5 {Ribli} 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Nxc4 13. Qd4 d5 (13... Ne5 14. c4 d6 15.
Nf4 b6 16. Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
e5 $1 $11 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) 14. Nf4 c6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6 {0-1 Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) (10... Qe7
11. Nh3 (11. e4 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh3 Qxc4 14. Nf4 d6 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. exd5 Ne5 17. e4 f5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe4 Qb5 21. Rf4 Qe8 22.
Qf3 Bd7 23. Rf1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Istratescu,A (2618)-Rodriguez Guerrero,E 
(2464) La Roche sur Yon 2006}) 15... b6 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Rb2 Qa4
19. Qe1 Bc4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qa6 $17 {0-1 (73) Conquest,S 
(2536)-David,A (2568) Liverpool 2008}) 11... Qc5 12. Nf4 Qxc4 13. e4 d6 14. Qd3
Ne5 (14... Be6 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Khalifman,A (2690)-Grischuk,A (2702)
Kallithea 2002}) 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. g4 Rb8 17. Rd1 b6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Rb7 20.
f4 Nf8 21. Rd4 Na5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Rb1 c5 24. Rd3 Ba4 25. Bf4 Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(43) Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001}) (10... h6 11. Nh3 b6 (
11... Ne5 12. e4 Nxc4 13. Qd4 Ne5 (13... d5 14. Nf4 c6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd4+ 19. cxd4 b6 20. d6 Bb7 21. d7 Re7 22. Bh3 Bc6 23.
Bf4 Bxd7 {0-1 Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) 14. c4 d6 15. Nf4 b6 16.
Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 (18... f6 $1 $13) 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2
Nd7 21. e5 $1 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) (11... d5 12.
Nf4 dxc4 13. e4 $14) 12. Nf4 (12. e4 Ba6 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc4
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Bxa5
bxa5 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Avrukh,B/Koop Tjuchem op 1996}) (12... d6 13.
Nf2 (13. f4 $6 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13) 13. c5 (13. Qa4
$5 Na5 14. c5 Bxe2 15. Re1 Ba6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Nf2 $14) 13... bxc5 14. Ba3 d6
15. Qa4 Nb8 16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 $1 19. Nf2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Timoshenko,G/Nova Gorica 1997 (32)}) 12... Na5 (12... d6) 13. c5 $13
Qe7 (13... bxc5 $5 14. Rb1 (14. e4)) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. e4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 (16. Qd4
Nb3 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rfxc1 Rxa2 $11) 16... Bb7 (16... Qxc3 17.
Bd2 $14) 17. Nd3 Qc4 (17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 $14) 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qc2 $14 Nd7 20.
Rfd1 Qe6 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Bd4 Ra5 (22... c5 23. Bf2 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) (22...
Na3 23. Qb3 $14) 23. Nf4 $11 {1-0 (82) Hansen,C (2595)-Brynell,S (2475) Malmo
1998}) 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Be6 13. g4 Qd7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Bc4 17.
Re1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Qe6 19. h4 Qa6 20. h5 Nf8 21. e5 Nd5 22. f4 Qa5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. f5 $14 {1-0 (32) Kasparov,G (2775)-Rao,V Harvard 1989}) 10... d5 11. Qa4 {
Technically speaking Svidler is using a new move. Previously only 11.cxd5 and
11.Qb3 were considered worthy of serious consideration. It is no surprise that
he was striving to find an independent idea in case White was well informed .}
(11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 $6 f5 13. c4 Nf6 (13... fxe4 14. cxd5 exf3 15.
Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17. Be4 Qf6 $44 {Beltran,S-Veingold,A/Oviedo 25'/1993/
EXP38/} 18. Bb2 Qb6 $1 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc1 $8 Bxe2 21. Kg2 Bxd3 $19) (13...
Nde7 $10) 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc3 Nd4 $10) 14... Qxf6 15. Rb1 f4 16. Bb2 Nd4 17.
gxf4 b6 {0-1 Cuadras,J-Rodriguez,A/Terrassa open 1996 (40)}) (12. f4 Nxc3 13.
Qb3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. f5 Rh6 17. Bxe3 Ncd4 18. Qxb7 Nxg3+ 19.
Kg1 Nge2+ {0-1 (19) Uhlmann,W (2461)-Hansen,C (2607) Germany 1999}) 12... Na5 (
12... Qxg5 13. f4 Qh5 (13... Nxf4 14. Rxf4 $44 {Karpov}) 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Bf3
Rab8 16. Rb1 h6 {0-1 Grant,J-Timoshchenko,G/EU-chTM 1997 (29)}) 13. Qa3 b6 (
13... Qxg5 14. Qxa5 Qe5 (14... b6 15. f4 $16) 15. d4 (15. f4 $2 Nxf4 16. Qxe5
Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Rxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 $17) (15. Bb2 $5) 15... Qd6 $10 {/\ Karpov} 16.
Ba3 Qc6 17. f4 Qxc3 18. Qa4 Nf6) 14. f4 (14. c4 $6 Qxg5 15. f4 Nxf4 $1 16. Rxf4
Bb7 $15) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 Ne7 (15... Nf6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rf3 h6 18.
Nh3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Ng4 $13) 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Bb2 c5 18. f5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
P-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996}) 15... c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nf3
Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (29)} (21. g5
Nf5 22. gxf6 Ncd4 $15) 21... Qd7 $1 22. Rg1 Qb7 $1 23. g5 (23. Rg2 $5) 23...
Nd4 24. gxf6 g6 $1 (24... Nxe2 $4 {[#]} 25. f7+ $1 $18) 25. Rg2 N6f5 $1 (25...
Nxf3 $2 26. f7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Rxg6+ $18)
26. Ng5 Rf8 27. f7+ Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 $10 29. Qe1 $1 Nc2 {1/2-1/2 (29) Gulko,
B (2620)-Ivanchuk,V (2740) Horgen 1995} (29... Nc2 30. Qc3 Ncd4 $10)) (11. Qb3
Na5 12. Qa3 c6 (12... b6) (12... c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. f4 c4 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Rb1
Bxe2 17. d4 Nb3 18. Rxb3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bh5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Bxe3 Rad8 22. Bg2
Qf5 23. Kf2 Qd3 24. Bf1 Qf5 25. Qb1 Bg6 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. c4 {1-0 (27)
Schussler,H (2490)-Garcia Palermo,C (2520) Malmo 1987}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4
Bg4 $5 {14...Nc6 15.Rb1, Qc7 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A Sevilla (m/2) 1987 i 44/22 14.
..Nc6 15.Bb2!?, Bg4 16.Rae1 Archipov-Naumkin Moskva GMA-op 1989 i 47(45)} (
14... Nc6 $6 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Rb1 (16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Qd6 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nxe5
19. Qxe5 Bg4 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Ba3 f6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(37) Cvitan,O (2541)-Gonda,L (2501) Sibenik 2008}) 16... b6 (16... Qc7) 17. c4
Rc8 (17... dxc4 18. dxc4 $13 (18. Ne5 Nd4 $13) (18. Bb2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 $44)) 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rfc1 Ncb4 21. Ba1 $1 h6 (21... Nf6 $5 $13) 22. Qb2 $14
{1-0 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2662)-Papa,S (2397) Lausanne 2004}) (15. Bb2 Bg4 16.
Rae1 h6 17. Nf3 Qc8 $5 (17... Qd7 $6 18. Ne5 $1 Qf5 19. c4 Bh3 20. Nxc6 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 bxc6 22. Bxf6 $14)) 15... Qc7 (15... h6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18.
Qc5 Ng4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Nf2 21. Rfc1 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. c4
d4 25. Bxc6 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 bxc6 27. Nb3 $16 {1-0 (38) Komarov,D (2615)-Tseitlin,
M (2505) St Petersburg 1997}) 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 $10 (17. Nf3 Qd7 (17... Rac8
18. Qb3 h6 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qa4 Nd5 {1-0 Brooks,
I-Fuzishawa,R/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (55)}) 18. Ba1 Re7 $5 (
18... b6 19. Rfc1 {/\} Rad8 $6 20. c4 d4 21. c5 $1 $16) (18... Bh3 19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Ng4 21. Qc5 $1 $16) 19. Rfc1 Bh3 20. Bh1 Nh5 {/\ Nf4}) (17. Rfe1
$1 $14) 17... dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 (19... Rxe4 $5 20. Bxe4 $8 f5 $1 (
20... Bxe2 21. Rfe1 $16) 21. Bf3 Nd4 (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd4 23. Rxe3 Nc2 24.
Qe7 $18) 22. dxc4 Bxf3 23. exf3 e2 24. Rfe1 Qxc4 $44) 20. dxc4 $15 {0-1 (32)
Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2700) Seville 1987} (20. Nxf6 $5 Kxf6 21. Rb5 {
Makarichev,S; Radovsky} Rad8 22. Qc3+ Ke7 23. Qxc4 $13) (20. h3 Bxe2 21. Nxf6
Bxf1 22. Qc3 Re5 $1) (20. Qc3 Qd8 $1 (20... Qe7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxf6 Kf8 23.
Nxg4 $18) 21. dxc4 Qd4 (21... Nd4 22. Qxe3 $1) 22. Rxb7 Rxe4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24.
Bxc6 $10) (20. Nd6 Re6 21. Nxc4 Rd8 22. f5 Ree8 23. Rb2 Nd4 24. Rxb7 Nxe2+ 25.
Kh1 Nxg3+ $1 $10 26. Kg1 $1 (26. hxg3 $2 Qxg3 $19) 26... Ne2+ (26... Qxb7 27.
Bxb7 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Bxf5 29. Nd6 $18) (26... Nxf1 27. Rxc7 e2 28. Qxa7 $8 e1=Q
29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. Rxf6+ $1 Kg5 31. Qg7+ Kf4 32. Qh6#) 27. Kh1 Qc8 $5 (27...
Ng3+ $10) 28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxf5 $44)) 15. Re1 (15. Nf3 Nc6 16. h3 (16. Rb1
Qd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Na5 {0-1 Brooks,I-Tochachek,
M/ICCF Email 2002/ (55)}) 16... Bxf3 (16... Bd7 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Ne1 Ne7 19. Rf3
d4 20. cxd4 Nf5 21. Qc5 Qd8 22. g4 Rc8 23. Qxa7 Nh4 24. Rg3 Nxg2 25. Nxg2 $11 {
1-0 (67) Papin,V (2534)-Khmelniker,I (2483) Zuerich 2010}) 17. Rxf3 (17. Bxf3
h5 (17... d4 18. c4 $14) 18. Qc5 Rc8 19. Bb2 b6 20. Qb5 Na5 21. Rac1 Rc5 {
1/2-1/2 Eriksson,A-Oestroem,R/Hallsta 1996/ (21)}) 17... d4 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Rb1
a5 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 h5 23. Bb2 b6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gulko,B 
(2570)-Korneev,O (2638) Montreal 2006}) 15... h6 (15... Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 $6 (
16... h6 $5) 17. h3 $1 $16 {Karpov} (17. Nf3 b6 18. Bb2 $13 Rac8 {18...Bh3!?}
19. c4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 dxc4 21. dxc4 Na5 {21...Nd4 22.Bxd4, Qxd4 23.Qxa7 +/=} 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd3 $1 $14 {1-0 (50) Soffer,R (2440)-Kindermann,S (2560) Bern
1990})) 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. d4 $14 {/\ Ne5+/=} Bh3 19. Bh1 (19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $5 (20... Ng4 21. Qd6 $1 $13)) 19... Nh5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
fxe5 Qg4 22. Bxe3 Nxg3 23. Bf3 Qg6 (23... Nxe2+ $2 24. Kf2 $18) 24. hxg3 Qxg3+
25. Kh1 Bg4 {0-1 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1995 (40)}) 11... h6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 (13... a5 14. Bb2 Nde7 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Nc5 f4 $5 {
Karjakin has no interest in opening up the position for the white bishops.
Black would love to capitalise on the fact that the white pieces are quite
cramped due to the black e3-pawn.} (14... Nxc3 $2 15. Qb3+ Nd5 16. f4 Nce7 17.
Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Qd6 19. Ba3 Qxa3 20. Bxd5+ $16) 15. Bb2 (15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Bb2
$14) 15... Rb8 16. c4 (16. Qb5 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. c4 Nde7 $11) (16.
Ne4 $5) 16... Nde7 (16... Nf6 17. Qa3 b6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 fxg3 20. hxg3
Qe7 21. Qxe3 Na5 $11) 17. g4 (17. Ne4 $5 Rf8 18. Rae1 $14) 17... b6 18. Ne4 Be6
19. g5 $2 {The position was so original, that both players had to rely on
positional feeling and the proverbial "nose". Svidler is feeling nervous about
the situation and seeks active action on the kingside. Due to the lack of
supporting forces the whole idea should have worked against him. Both players
have been under impression, that the exchange of g5 would not be good for
Black.} (19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxa7 Rec8 22. Qa3 Nc6 $11) 19... h5 $6
{Ever since Shakespeare's plays people have known the expression "comedy of
errors".} (19... hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf5 $17) 20. Rfd1 Nd4 $6 {Black is equally
anxious to fight actively in the centre, but it was completely unnecessary to
sacrifice the pawn.} (20... Bd7 $1 21. c5 Nf5 $17) 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qd7
23. Qa3 h4 (23... Nc6 24. Rdb1 Bf5 25. h4 $11) 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. h3 (25. Bf1 Ng6
26. a4 $11) 25... Bxh3 $6 {The winner of the whole event was not fsensing the
problems well enough and grabbing the h3-pawn makes life a lot easier for
White .} (25... Nc6 26. Kh2 Nd4 $15) 26. Qe5 $1 Ng6 (26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rf8
28. a4 $14) 27. Qd5+ (27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Qxc7 Ne5 29. Rf1 b5 $11) 27... Be6 28.
Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Kh2 Ra8 (29... Kf7 30. Bh3 $11) 30. Bh3 Bxh3 {Ever since the
promising middlegame position Karjakin has begun to drift away with
second-rate decisions. Black is indirectly preparing the scene for the turning
of the tables.} (30... Bc6 31. Nc3 Re5 32. a4 Rxg5 33. d4 $11) 31. Kxh3 Ra3 32.
Rdc1 Rea8 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. d4 (34. Nc3 R3a5 35. Nd5 Nf8 36. Nxf4 Rxg5 $11) 34...
Rd8 35. d5 (35. Rd1 Rda8 36. Nc3 $14) 35... Ne5 36. Rb1 Kg6 $2 (36... Ra6 $1
37. c5 Rxd5 38. cxb6 cxb6 $11) 37. d6 $1 {For the first time in the game White
will be able to reasonably hope for overall success. His pieces will become
active and the black king can not be called safe for the rest of the game.}
cxd6 38. Rxb6 Kh5 39. Nxd6 Rda8 (39... Nd7 40. Rb5 Nc5 41. Rxc5 Rxd6 42. g6+
Kxg6 43. Rb5 Raa6 44. Kxh4 Rd2 45. Rxd2 exd2 46. Rd5 Rxa2 47. Kg4 d1=Q 48. Rxd1
Rxe2 49. Kxf4 $16) 40. Rb5 (40. Nf5 R8a7 41. c5 Nxf3 42. exf3 e2 43. Rxe2 Rxf3+
44. Kg2 Kg4 45. Nd4 Rg3+ 46. Kf1 Ra4 47. Rd6 $14) (40. g6 R8a5 (40... Nxg6 41.
Rb5+ Kh6 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Rb7 R3a7 44. Rxa7 Rxa7 45. c5 Ne5 46. c6 Rc7 47. Rc5
Nxc6 48. Kxh4 $18) 41. Nf5 Kg5 42. Nxg7 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxa2 44. Ne6+ Kxg6 45. c5
Kf7 46. Nxf4 $16) 40... Nc6 (40... R3a6 41. Ne4 Nf7 42. c5 $16) 41. g6+ $1 Kxg6
42. Rc1 $1 {An excellent choice of moment for vacating his defensive positions
in order to concentrate forces against the black king.} Kh7 (42... Rxa2 43.
Rg1+ Kh7 44. Rb7 R8a7 45. Rgxg7+ Kh8 46. Rxa7 Nxa7 47. Ne8 Nc6 48. Rc7 Ra6 49.
Nf6 Ne7 50. Rxe7 Rxf6 51. Kxh4 $18) 43. Rg1 R3a7 (43... Nd4 44. Rb7 Rg8 45. Rg4
Nxe2 46. Nf5 Ra6 47. c5 $1 Rf6 48. Rxh4+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kf7 50. Nxg8+ Kxg8 51.
Rg4 $18) 44. Rg4 Kg8 {The black king has run for its life into relative safety
on the g8-square. As collateral damage the defender has to live with the fact
that his pawns have become as easy target for the white rooks.} (44... Nd4 45.
Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rgxh4 g6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Kf7 49. Rxf4+ Nf5 50. Kg4 $16) 45.
Rh5 (45. Rxf4 Rxa2 46. Rg4 R8a7 47. Rb6 $16) 45... Ne7 46. Rgxh4 (46. Rxf4 Rxa2
47. Re4 Ng6 48. Rg5 Nf8 49. Rxe3 $18) 46... Ng6 47. Rg4 Nf8 48. Rxf4 (48. Re5
$1 Rxa2 49. Re7 g6 50. Rxf4 R2a7 51. Rxe3 $18) 48... Rxa2 49. Rfh4 $2 {Svidler
must have been deluded when he aligned his rooks on the h-file. Too many of
his last moves were imprecise and suddenly the huge advantage is gone...} (49.
Nf5 R8a7 50. Rfh4 $16) 49... g6 50. Re5 (50. Re5 Rxe2 51. Rhe4 Raa2 52. Kg3 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a6
9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Rc1 (11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 (13.
Nc4 $5) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Rad8 17. a4 Rfe8 18. b5
axb5 19. axb5 Ne7 20. Ba5 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Rd5 22. Bxc7 Rxb5 23. Nd2 Rb2 24. Ba5
$13 {Lautier,J-Sokolov,I/Wijk (11)/1991/0.5 (60)}) 11... Qd7 12. Nd2 Nh7 13.
Nd5 Nd8 14. e3 c6 15. Nc3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nce4 Qd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5
Qxd3 20. Bxe5 Re8 21. Rc4 Qd5 22. Ba1 Ne6 23. Qc2 Red8 24. Nb3 $14 {Miles,
A-Garcia,S/Reggio Emilia (5)/1984/1-0 (50)}) (10... Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Ne8
13. Nd5 g5 14. Nf3 f5 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. c5 c6 17. Nb6 Bxb6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Nc4
Qa7 20. e3 Ne6 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 d5 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Re1 $36 {Tal,M-Kavalek,
L/Montreal/1979/1-0 (46)}) 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Nd2 $146 (13. Rc1 Qd7 14.
e4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. f4 Qd8 17. Rc2 b5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Bc1 bxc4 20. dxc4 c5
21. g4 cxb4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 {Petursson,M-Hjartarson,J/
Nordic zt (09)/1992/0-1 (40)}) 13... Qd7 14. Nd5 Ne8 (14... Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7
16. e4 c6 17. f4 $1 $40) 15. Qa4 Nd4 $2 (15... Rd8 16. e3 $14) 16. Qxd7 Bxd7
17. e3 Ne6 (17... Nc6 18. b5 axb5 19. cxb5 Nd8 20. a4 $16) 18. Ne7+ Kh7 (18...
Kh8 19. c5 Nf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22. Nf5 $16) 19. c5 $1 dxc5 (19...
Nf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nc4 $16) (19... Bb5 20. Nc4 (20. Be4+ g6 21. a4 Bd7 22.
Nc4 f5 23. Bg2 $16) 20... f5 21. Bd5 $16) 20. Nc4 Ba4 (20... f6 21. Be4+ $18)
21. Be4+ Kh8 (21... g6 22. Nxe5 $16) 22. Bxe5 (22. Nxe5 Nd6 23. Bg2 Rfe8 24.
Nd5 cxb4 25. axb4 Bb3 $16) 22... Nf6 23. Bf5 (23. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 24. Na5 Rfe8 25.
Nf5 b6 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 $16) 23... Rfe8 (23... Ng8 24. Nxg8 Kxg8 25. Bxe6
fxe6 26. Bxc7 $16) 24. Bxf6 $8 gxf6 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. bxc5 (26. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 27.
Nxc7 $2 Re7 28. Nb2 Bc6 $19) (26. Rfc1 $5 $16) 26... Bxc5 (26... Nxc5 27. Nxc7
Red8 28. d4 (28. Nb2 Bc6 29. d4 Ne4 30. d5 $16) 28... Nb3 29. Ra2 Rbc8 30. Bxc8
Rxc8 31. Nb2 Bc6 32. d5 $16) 27. Rfc1 Bf8 $1 28. Na5 (28. Bxe6 Rxe6 $1 (28...
fxe6 29. Nxc7 Re7 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. Nxa6 $1 $18) 29. Nxc7 (29. Nb2 Bc6 30. Nxc7
$2 Re7 31. Nxa6 bxa6 32. Rxc6 Rxb2 $19) 29... Rc6 30. Nd5 b5 $132) 28... b6 (
28... c6 29. Nb6 Nd8 30. f4 Bb5 31. a4 $18) 29. Nc6 Rb7 (29... Bxc6 30. Rxc6
Bd6 31. Kg2 Nd8 32. Rc4 Re5 33. Rg4+ Kf8 34. Nxf6 $18) 30. Rc4 $6 (30. d4 Nc5
$1 31. dxc5 (31. Na5 bxa5 32. dxc5 Bc6 $14) 31... Bxc6 32. Nb4 Bb5 33. c6 (33.
a4 bxc5 34. axb5 cxb4 35. bxa6 Ra7 36. Rc6 Bd6 $13) 33... Rbb8 34. Nd5 Bd6 35.
a4 $16) 30... Bb5 31. Rg4+ Ng5 32. Bd7 Re6 $3 (32... Ra8 33. d4 $16) 33. Bxe6 (
33. Rc1 Bxa3) 33... Bxc6 (33... fxe6 34. Nd8 exd5 35. Nxb7 $18) 34. Nf4 $8 (34.
Bc8 Rb8) 34... fxe6 35. Nxe6+ Kg8 36. Nd8 Bf3 37. Nxb7 Bxb7 38. h4 f5 $1 39.
Rf4 (39. Rxg5+ hxg5 40. hxg5 Bd6 $15) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kh3 Ne5 (40... Bd6 41.
Rxf5 Bc8 42. g4 Bxf5 43. gxf5 $13) 41. d4 (41. Rxf5 $2 Bc8 42. e4 Nxd3 43. f4
Bxf5+ 44. exf5 c5 $17) 41... Nc4 (41... Nd3 42. Rxf5 Bc8 43. g4 Bxf5 44. gxf5
Nxf2+ 45. Kg3 Nd3 46. e4 $13) 42. a4 (42. Rxf5 Bc8 43. g4 Bxf5 44. gxf5 Bxa3
$17) 42... Bc8 (42... Bd6 43. Rxf5 Bc8 44. g4 Bxf5 45. gxf5 $36) 43. Rc1 b5 44.
axb5 axb5 45. d5 Bd6 (45... Nd6 46. Rxc7 $13) 46. Rfxc4 bxc4 47. Rxc4 Kf7 (
47... f4+ 48. Kg2 fxe3 49. fxe3 Kf7 $15) 48. Kg2 Ke7 (48... Bb7 49. Rd4 Kf6 50.
f3 Ke5 51. f4+ Kf6 52. Kf3 $10) 49. f3 h5 50. Kf2 Bb7 51. Rd4 Bc5 52. Rf4 Bc8
53. Ra4 Bb7 54. Rf4 Bc8 55. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3
Nc6 {Ribli: 'Wir haben die Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung mit
vertauschten Farben vor uns. Diese Variante führt zu chancenreichem Spiel für
beide Seiten. Schwarz hat starke Kontrolle über das Feld d4, aber dank des Bg2
hat Weiß Chancen auf Initiative am Damenflügel. '} 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4
Bf8 {Ribli: 'Diese Spielweise ist heutzutage populär - Schwarz verteidigt den
Pe5 und möchte Nd4 ziehen.'} 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. e3 {'!?' Ribli.} (13.
Nxd4 {Ribli} exd4 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Bc5 $11 (15... Rxe2 16. Bxd4 $14))
13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qc2 (15. Rc1 Ra5 16. Qc2 (16. Qe2 {Ribli} Bd6 17.
Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bc3 Rxb5 20. Bb4 Qd7 21. Rc2 d5 22. Rfc1 e4 23. Bg2
exd3 24. Qxd3 Nc4 25. h3 $44 {1-0 Johansson,L-Hellers,F/Copenhagen 1991/EXT 97
(29)}) 16... Re6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. e4 f4 19. Qd2 fxg3 20. fxg3 Rf6 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. Qxa5 b6 23. Qxa4 Ne3 {0-1 Ballin,A-Reinecker,K/MVP/2000/ (36)}) 15... Bf5
16. Rfd1 Ra7 (16... Rb8 $2 17. Nxa4 $16) 17. Be4 (17. Rac1 {Ribli} Be6 $13)
17... Be6 $2 {[%mdl 128] It is obvious, that Xu Jun was not suspecting how
dangerous could white attack become after this modest retreat.} (17... Bxe4 18.
dxe4 Qf6 19. Nd5 $14) 18. d4 $1 {Ribli: 'Eine sehr scharfe Fortsetzung - Weiß
verteidigt sich nicht gegen die Drohung Bb3, sondern spielt auf Angriff am
Königsflügel. '} Bb3 (18... exd4 $2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rxd4 $18) 19. Bxh7+ Kh8
20. Qf5 g6 (20... Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qf6 (21... g6 22. Qxf7 Bg7 23. Bxg6 $18) 22.
Qh5 Bd6 23. Ne4 Qh6 24. Qxf7 $16) 21. Qh3 Qc8 (21... Bxd1 $2 22. Bxg6+ Kg7 23.
Qh7+ Kf6 24. Ne4+ Ke6 25. Qxf7#) (21... Qd7 22. g4 Kg7 23. dxe5 $16) 22. g4 Kg7
23. Ne4 Nc4 (23... Bxd1 $2 24. Rxd1 Nc4 25. dxe5 Bxa3 (25... Nxb2 26. Bg8 $1
Qxg4+ 27. Qxg4 Nxd1 28. Qh4 $18) 26. Bd4 $16) 24. Bc3 $2 {The opponents will
exchange less exact moves, but it was not easy to find the true path in a mess
of variations.} (24. Bg8 $3 Kxg8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. dxe5 Nxe5 (26... Rxe5 27. f4
Bd6 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Rf1 $18) 27. f4 Bd6 (27... Kxf6 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. g5+
$18) 28. Nxe8+ Qxe8 29. b6 Ra6 30. fxe5 Bxa3 31. Rxa3 Bxd1 32. e6+ f6 33. g5
$18) 24... Nd6 $2 (24... Bxd1 $1 25. Rxd1 Bxa3 (25... Rd8 26. Qh4 Be7 27. g5 (
27. Qxe7 $2 Qxg4+ $19) 27... Kf8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 (30...
Ke8 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Bb4+ Nd6 34. Nd5+ $18) 31. Qh8+ $11) 26. dxe5
Bb2 27. Qh4 Bxc3 28. Qf6+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 25. Nf6 $1 {In this moment the
solutions are at least two and Sturua grabs his chance.} (25. Bg8 $1 Nxe4 (
25... Kxg8 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. dxe5 $18) 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. dxe5+ Ke7 (27... Rxe5
28. Qh8+ Bg7 29. Bxe5+ Kxe5 30. Qxg7+ $18) 28. Bb4+ Nd6 29. Rd4 $18) 25... Nxb5
26. Bb2 Kxf6 27. dxe5+ Ke6 28. g5+ Ke7 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Creative players are discovering
fresh ideas in the positions, where standard thinking would produce only
"normal" moves.} (10. Rd1 d6 (10... c6 11. Nc3 (11. d4 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 20.
Bxd6 Qxd6 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc2
26. Rf1 Qxe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G (2575)-Aseev,K (2540)/St Petersburg 1994 
(32)}) 11... d6 (11... Qb6 12. d3 d6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Bd8 15. b4 Ng4 16.
Bd2 f5 17. b5 Bd7 18. a4 h6 19. Rdb1 g5 20. Bg2 Ra7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Be3 c5 23.
Ra3 Be6 24. Bd2 Rf7 25. Rba1 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D (2578)-Van Wely,L (2681)/
Germany 2004}) 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 (13... a5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Be6 16.
e4 b6 17. c5 b5 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bd2 a4 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxg4 Bxg4
23. Kg2 Bg5 $11 {0-1 Miles,A (2520)-Gelfand,B (2600)/Moscow 1989 (105)}) 14. b3
h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B (2615)
-Nikolic,P (2670)/Polanica Zdroj 1996}) 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5
14. Be3 Nf6 15. c5 Be6 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc2 20.
Nb5 Qb8 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. Nxc7 dxc5 23. Ra4 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2675)-Timman,J
(2635)/Wijk aan Zee 1998 (47)}) 10... d6 {Surprised, Caruana is not sure that
he can evaluate the risk correctly at the board. It seems that Black can bite
the bullet and hold equality in a complicated fight.} (10... exd4 $1 11. Rd1 c5
12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 $6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bg5 d6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Nc3 $16) 14. Nc3 (14. Rd2 d6 15. Re1 h6 16. Nc3 a6 17. Rde2 Re8 18. Bd2 Be6 19.
Na4 (19. Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bc6 Rec8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bd8 $11)
19... Nd7 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bc6 Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe8 Rxe8
25. Rxe5 Bxc4 $11) 14... a6 15. Na4 d6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bf4 b5
19. Rd2 $13) 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Be3 (13. dxe5 $1 dxe5 14. Bg5 Ng4 (
14... h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. c5 $16) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 $16) 13...
Nd7 14. Ne4 Nf6 {This move of the knight makes a rather strange impression.
From a certain point of view Black has just sacrificed two tempi.} (14... f5 $2
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. c5+ $16) 15. Nxf6+ {Making progress is difficult despite all
the efforts. I presume, that there were somewhat better chances for more with
the move 15.dxe5!?} (15. dxe5 $5 Nxe4 (15... dxe5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 $16)
16. Bxe4 dxe5 17. c5 Rb8 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Qa4 $14) 15... Bxf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17.
Bd4 Qe7 18. Qa3 Rd8 $1 {Black is holding tight and his problems seem quite
manageable.} (18... Qc7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rd6 Be6 21. c5 $16) 19. Rd2 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Be6 21. b3 (21. Rad1 c5 22. Re4 Qd7 23. Rh4 Rab8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxa7 $14)
21... a5 $1 22. Rad1 c5 23. R4d3 a4 {Counterplay is always desirable when the
player is under pressure. Caruana manages to create an object of attack in the
b3 pawn.} 24. Qc1 (24. Re3 axb3 25. Qxb3 Ra5 $14) 24... h6 25. Qd2 axb3 26.
axb3 Ra3 27. Qb2 (27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxb3 30. Bd5 Rb4 $11)
27... Ra6 28. h4 Rb8 29. Qd2 b5 $1 {Relief is not far away as Black manages to
eliminate many pawns.} (29... Rd8 30. Qf4 $14) 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32.
Rxd6 bxc4 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 {Nielsen could have tried to
torture the opponent from the slightly better position, but chances for
overall success would remain slim.} (35. Kf1 $5 Re5 36. Bg4 Ba2 37. Ke1 c4 38.
Kd2 $14) 35... Bxe2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Rb1 $1 $146 O-O (8... a5 $5 {Ribli Adorjan,A-Cebalo,M/Polanica Zdroj/
1992/CBM31/}) 9. b4 $1 a6 (9... Bxb4 10. Nxe5 $16) (9... Be6 10. b5 $16) 10. a4
(10. a3 {Ribli Adorjan,A-Lin Weiguo/Shenzhen/1992/CBM31/}) 10... Bf5 (10...
Bxb4 11. Nxe5 Bxc3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. dxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxa4 15. Rb3 $16 (15.
Bxc6 Nxc3 $13) (15. Ba3 {Ribli} Nxc3 16. Bxf8 Nxd1 (16... Nxb1 17. Bb4 $18) 17.
Bb4 Rb8 18. Rxd1 $18)) 11. b5 axb5 (11... Bxb1 {Ribli} 12. bxc6 Bf5 13. cxb7
Rb8 14. Nxe5 $18) 12. Rxb5 $6 (12. axb5 Bxb1 $2 13. bxc6 $16) 12... f6 $1 13.
d3 (13. d4 exd4 (13... Nxd4 $6 14. Nxd4 exd4 (14... Qxd4 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Be3
$16) 15. Rxf5 dxc3 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Qxc3 Nxa4 18. Qc2 {/\ Rh5, Bb7}) 14. Rxf5 (
14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Be6 $5) 15. Nxd4 Nc3 $1 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2
Bd7 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Bf4 $10) 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rxf5 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1
Nd4 $19) (14. a5 $6 dxc3 (14... Rxa5 15. Nxd4 Rxb5 16. Ncxb5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc8
18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rd1 $16) 15. Qb3+ Nd5 $3 16. Nh4 (16. Rxd5 Be6 $1) 16... Nd4
17. Qxd5+ Qxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Nxf5 Nxb5 20. Nxe7 c6 21. Bf3 Rxa5 $17) 14...
dxc3 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Qxc3 Rxa4 17. Qc2 Rc4 $15) 13... Be6 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Rb1
c5 $1 16. Ne4 $1 (16. a5 $2 Rxa5 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nb5 Ra2 19. Bxb7 Nd5 $15)
16... Ra7 (16... Nxa4 $6 17. Rxb7 (17. Rxb7 {Ribli} Bd5 18. Rb1 Qd7 $13)) 17.
a5 Nd7 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Qb1 $2 (20. Qa1) 20... Rb8 21. Qa1 (21. Rc1
$5 {Ribli}) 21... b6 (21... Rba8 22. Qb2) 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Qb1 Nd4 24. Nxd4
cxd4 25. Bd2 Rxb5 26. Qxb5 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Rc1 $10 Kf7 29. h4 Nd5 30. Bf3
(30. Nc5 Ra2 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Bxd5+ Kxd5 33. Rd1 $15) 30... Rc7 31. Rxc7 Nxc7
32. Kf1 h6 33. g4 Nd5 34. e3 dxe3 35. fxe3 Nb4 (35... g6) 36. Ke2 Bc8 $2 37. h5
$1 $14 Ba6 38. Nf2 Bb5 39. Be4 Na6 $4 40. Bd5+ Ke8 41. Bc4 Bxc4 (41... Nc7 42.
Ba5) 42. dxc4 Kd7 43. Ne4 Nc7 44. Kd3 Ne6 45. Kc2 Kc6 46. Kb3 Bd8 47. Ng3 Bb6
48. Nf5 Nc5+ 49. Kc2 Ne6 50. Bb4 e4 (50... Ba7 51. Kd3 (51. Kb3 Bb6 52. Ka4 Ba7
53. Ne7+ Kd7 54. Nd5 Kc6 55. Ka5 Bc5 $1) 51... Bb6 52. Ne7+ Kd7 53. Nd5 Ba7 54.
Ke4 $16) 51. Ng3 Bxe3 $2 (51... Ng5 52. Nf5 Ne6 53. Kc3 {/\ Nd4}) 52. Nxe4 Bf4
53. Kd3 Bc7 54. Bd2 $1 Nd8 55. Bc3 $1 Nf7 56. Nd2 Ng5 (56... Nd6 57. Bb4 Nf7
58. Nf3 {/\ Ke4}) 57. Bd4 $1 Nf7 58. Nf3 Bg3 59. Bb2 Bf2 60. Bc1 $1 $138 (60.
Bc1 $1 Bg3 61. Ba3 $1 Bd6 62. Nd4+ Kd7 63. Bxd6 Kxd6 (63... Nxd6 64. c5 Nf7 65.
Ke4 $18) 64. Nf5+ Kc5 65. Nxg7 Ne5+ 66. Ke4 Nxg4 (66... Kxc4 67. Kf5 Kd5 68.
Ne8 $18) 67. Nf5 $1 Kxc4 68. Kf4 Ne5 69. Nxh6 Kd5 70. Kf5 Kd6 71. Ng8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 (9... Be6) 10. Rb1 (10. b5 $6 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bf6) 10... Bf8 11.
d3 Nd4 12. Ne1 c6 13. e3 Ne6 14. Nf3 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Qc2 Bf5
18. Rd1 a5 19. Nc5 (19. b5 c5 20. Bd2 (20. Nxc5 $2 Rc8) (20. Nc3 Qd7) 20... Qc7
21. Rdc1 Rec8 22. a4 (22. Qd1 Qd7) 22... Nd5) 19... axb4 20. axb4 (20. Nxb7 $5
Qc7 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rec8 23. Bg2 Ra7 24. axb4 Rc7 25. Na5 Bxb4 26. Rxb4
Rxa5 $14) 20... Qc7 21. e4 Bc8 22. d4 Nd7 23. Be3 exd4 24. Rxd4 (24. Bxd4 Nxc5
25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Ra2 27. Qc4 (27. b5 Qa5) 27... Be6) 24... Nxc5 25. bxc5
Ra5 26. Rd2 Rb5 $1 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Qd3 Qa5 29. Bf1 b4 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Bxb5
Rxe4 32. Rd8 Bh3 33. Bf1 Bxf1 34. c6 $5 b6 $1 (34... Ba6 35. c7) (34... Bh3 35.
cxb7 $18) 35. Kxf1 (35. Bxb6 Re1 $1 36. f4 (36. h4 Bb5+ 37. Kh2 Bxc6 $19) 36...
Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. c7 b3) 35... Rc4 36. Bxb6 Rxc6 37. Ba5 Rc4 38. Ke2 b3 39.
Rb8 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3
Re8 8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 Ne5 $5 (9... h6 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 $1 12. cxd5 Qxd5
13. Rd1 $1 (13. e3 Na5 $5 14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 Qc5 16. Be3 Ndc4 17. Bf2 Qe7 18.
Rad1 Bd7 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 Bg4 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Sevilla(m/16)/1987/0:
1/41/}) 13... Bf5 14. Qb2 $1 (14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. f3 Nxg3 $13 {Karpov/}) 14...
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7 16. Bf4 c6 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 $16 {Portisch,L-Salov,V/
Tilburg/1994/}) (9... exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Re1 d6 13. h3 c5 14. Nf3
Ng6 $1 $13 {Gurevich,M-Salov,V/Linares/1991/0,5/39/}) 10. c5 $1 (10. dxe4 {
Ribli} Nxc4 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Qc2 d6 13. Rb1 $14) 10... exd3 11. exd3 Rb8 (11...
d6 12. c6 $5 $36) 12. Nb5 (12. Bf4 {Ribli} b6 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. c6 $14) 12...
b6 13. d4 Ng6 14. c4 (14. Nxa7 $2 Ba6 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Ra8 (16... c6 $44
{Ribli}) 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. cxb6 cxb6 $15) 14... bxc5 15. dxc5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 (16.
Nxa7 $6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rb4 $15) 16... Rxb7 17. Bg5 $1 a6 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Re1
$36) 18. Nc3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxd7 $16 Rbb8 (20... Rd8 $2 21. Nd5 $1 Rxd7
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. c6 $18) 21. Nd5 Qf3 22. Rae1 $6 (22. Rab1 $5 Rbd8 23. Qxc7
Qe4 24. Rfe1 Qxc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27. Qxb8+ Kh7 28. Qb7 Qxc5 29.
Qxf7 $16) (22. Rab1 $5 {Ribli}) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Ne5 $1 $132 (23... Rb2 {
Ribli} 24. Rf1 $16) 24. Ne7+ (24. Qxc7 $6 Rb2 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Qe7 Rd2 {/\ Rd5/}
27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Nc7 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qxc4 30. Kg2 Nxh2 $1 31. Re1 Ng4 $17) 24...
Kh7 25. Qd4 Nd3 (25... Qxg3+ $5 {Ribli} 26. hxg3 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxd4 $13) 26. Rf1
Re8 27. Qd7 Rxe7 (27... Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Nf4 29. gxf4 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 09th"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1976.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "1976.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Trud"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Re8 9. Bg5 $1 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc2 d6 12. Ne3 Re6 (12... Bf5 $6 {
Averbakh,Y (2515)-Rodriguez,R (2410) Rubinstein Memorial 13th 1975 (3) 1-0}) (
12... Re5 13. Qb3 $1 Rb8 14. Rad1 b6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rd5 $1 Rbe8 17. Rfd1 $16)
13. Qd2 Qg5 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. f4 exf3 17. exf3 Be6 18. f4 Qc5 19.
b4 Qb6 20. Qf2 Ne7 21. f5 Nxf5 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxf5 cxb4 24. Nd4 Bc4 25. cxb4
Qxb4 26. Nc2 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qb6 28. Ne3 Re8 29. Bxb7 Bxa2 30. Qxa2 Qxb7 31. Kf2
Qb6 32. Qc4 a5 33. Qc3 a4 34. Rc1 Re6 35. Qc5 h5 36. Rc4 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Rb6 38.
Rxh5 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 a3 40. h4 a2 41. Ra5 g6 42. Nd5 c5 43. Kf4 Rc2 44. Ra8+ Kg7
45. Ra7 Kh6 46. Ke4 Rf2 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. Nf6 Kg7 50. Ne4 Rc2 51. g4
c4 52. g5 Kf8 53. Ke3 c3 54. Kd4 Rh2 55. Nxc3 Rxh4+ 56. Ke5 Rg4 57. Ra8+ Kg7
58. Ne4 Rg1 59. Rxa2 Rg4 60. Ra1 Rg2 61. Rh1 Ra2 62. Rd1 Ra5+ 63. Rd5 Ra7 64.
Rc5 Ra1 65. Nf6 Re1+ 66. Kd6 Re6+ 67. Kd7 Re1 68. Kd8 Rd1+ 69. Rd5 Re1 70. Rd4
Re5 71. Rg4 Ra5 72. Kd7 Ra7+ 73. Kd6 Ra6+ 74. Ke5 Ra5+ 75. Kf4 Ra4+ 76. Kg3
Ra3+ 77. Kh4 Ra1 78. Ne4 Rh1+ 79. Kg3 Rg1+ 80. Kf3 Rf1+ 81. Ke2 Rf5 82. Rg1 Ra5
83. Rc1 Rf5 84. Rc8 Ra5 85. Ke3 Ra3+ 86. Kf4 Ra4 87. Rb8 Ra6 88. Rd8 Ra4 89.
Rd7 Kf8 90. Ke5 Ra5+ 91. Rd5 Ra1 92. Rd8+ Kg7 93. Nd6 Ra5+ 94. Kf4 Ra4+ 95. Ke3
Ra3+ 96. Kd4 Ra4+ 97. Ke3 Ra5 98. Rd7 Rxg5 99. Rxf7+ Kh6 100. Kd4 Ra5 101. Ke4
g5 102. Rc7 Kg6 103. Nc4 Ra6 104. Kd5 g4 105. Ke4 Kg5 106. Rc5+ Kh4 107. Ne3
Ra4+ 108. Kf5 Kg3 109. Kg5 Kh3 110. Rc8 Ra5+ 111. Nf5 g3 112. Rc3 Kh2 113. Rxg3
Rxf5+ 114. Kxf5 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin,A Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
7. Ng5 (7. Ne1 $5 {Ribli}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 (9. d3 $5 {Ribli}) 9...
e3 {Ribli: Vor 10 Jahren war das Karpovs Neuerung in der 2.Partie
Kasparov-Karpov/Wch- Sevilla/1987/} (9... exf3 {Ribli} 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1
Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nh4 $36) 10. dxe3 {Ribli: Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht,
obwohl Weiß einen Bauern gewinnt. Er hat zwei Doppelbauern, die seine
Möglichkeiten spürbar einschränken.} (10. d4 {Ribli} Na5 (10... b6 $5) (10...
d6 $5 {/\ Qe7, Na5, h6, Be6 Dlugy,M}) 11. Qd3 b6 12. c5 (12. Bxe3 $1 Ba6 13.
Rfe1 Nxc4 14. Bf2 {/\ e4[+]}) 12... Bb7 13. Bxe3 Qe7 14. Bf4 {0-1 Olafsson,
H-Naumkin,I/Belgrade GMA 1988 (41)}) (10. d3 $1 {Ribli} d5 $8 11. cxd5 (11. Qb3
Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bg4 15. Re1 h6 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18.
d4 Bh3 19. Bh1 Nh5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qg4 22. Bxe3 Nxg3 23. Bf3 Qg6 24.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Bg4 {0-1 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1995 (40)
}) 11... Nxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 f5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rb1 f4 16. Bb2
Nd4 17. gxf4 b6 {0-1 Cuadras,J-Rodriguez,A/Terrassa open 1996 (40)}) 12... Na5
(12... Qxg5 13. f4 Qh5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. Rb1 h6 {0-1 Grant,
J-Timoshchenko,G/EU-chTM 1997 (29)}) 13. Qa3 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 Ne7
16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Bb2 c5 18. f5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996})
15... c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1
{1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (29)}) 10... b6 (10... Na5 {Ribli} 11.
e4 h6 12. Nh3 Nxc4 13. Qd4 d5 (13... Ne5 14. c4 d6 15. Nf4 b6 16. Nd5 c5 17.
Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. f4 b4 20. Qc2 Nd7 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas,M/ESP-tt
Oropesa del Mar ESP 1996 (41)}) 14. Nf4 c6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6 {0-1
Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) (10... h6 {Ribli} 11. Nh3 b6 (11...
Ne5 $5) 12. e4 Ba6 (12... d6 $5 13. Nf2 (13. f4 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 {Und Weiss
hat viele Schwachungen.Ribli.}) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13 {[%csl Rc4]}) 13. c5
bxc5 14. Ba3 d6 15. Qa4 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 {
1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Timoshenko,G/2nd op, Nova Gorica SLO 1997 (32)}) 11. e4 (11. f4
{Ribli} h6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. c5 Na5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. c4 Qe4 17. c5
Qxd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 {0-1 Fatin,T-Soffer,R/London Lloyds 1989 (34)}) 11... h6 (
11... Ba6 $6 {Ribli} 12. f4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 $40) 12. Nxf7 $5 $146 {
Baburin: A dubious sacrifice. Ribli: Weiß opfert eine Figur für Aktivität. Es
ist wahr, daß er Initiative erhält, aber mit guten Zügen kann sich Schwarz
verteidigen und den Angriff abwehren.} (12. Nh3) ({Baburin: Better was} 12. Nh3
{Baburin,A} Ba6 13. Nf2) 12... Kxf7 13. f4 {Ribli: Weiß hat schon zwei Bauern
für die geopferte Figur und das Läuferpaar.} Kg8 14. e5 Nh7 15. Ba3 $2 {
Ribli: Beide weißen Läufer kontrollieren wichtige Punkten. Der Textzug richtet
sich gegen Nf8.Trotzdem hat Schwarz eine feste Stellung ohne Schwächen.} (15.
f5 $8 Qe7 (15... Kh8 16. f6 Nxe5 (16... gxf6 17. exf6 $40) 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18.
Bxa8 c6 19. Bf4 $18) (15... Bb7 16. f6 Rxe5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19.
Rf7+ Kh8 20. Bxh6 $18) (15... Ba6 16. e6) 16. f6 gxf6 (16... Qc5+ $5 17. Kh1
Kh8 {Huzman}) 17. Bd5+ Kg7 (17... Kh8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 (19... Qc5+
20. Qd4) 20. Qd4) 18. Qd2 Qxe5 19. Qxh6+ Kh8) 15... Bb7 $17 ({Baburin: Also
interesting was} 15... Kh8 {Baburin,A}) 16. Be4 (16. Qd3 Kh8) (16. Bd5+ Kh8 17.
Bf7 Na5 $17 (17... Nxe5 18. Bxe8 (18. fxe5 Rxe5) 18... Nxc4)) 16... Kh8 17. Bc2
(17. Bg6 {Ribli} Ne7 (17... Na5 {[%csl Rc4]} 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 $13 {[%cal Gb7h1]})
18. Bxe8 Qxe8 $13 {[%cal Gb7h1]}) 17... Nxe5 $1 {Baburin: This
counter-sacrifice reveals Gelfand's intentions - he wants to attack as well!
Ribli: Schwarz gibt das Material zurück. Sein Läufer auf b7 ist ohne Gegenpart
auf der Diagonalen sehr stark. Ich möchte bemerken, daß die weiße
Bauernstruktur konisch ist.} (17... d6 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bxd6 Na5
21. Bxf8 Qxd3 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. exd3 $13) 18. fxe5 Rxe5 {Baburin: Now the
black bishop is excellently placed on the long diagonal and the knight is
ready to jump to g5, while the White bishop pair isn't particularly useful.} (
18... Ng5 19. e4 $17) 19. Bxh7 {Ribli: Die schwarze Drohung war Ng5. Weiß
sieht sich gezwungen das Läuferpaar aufzugeben.} (19. Qd3 {Ribli} Be4) (19. Rf7
{Ribli} Ng5 20. Rf8+ Qxf8 21. Bxf8 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Rxf8+ 23. Ke1 Ng1 $40 {[%csl
Re1]}) 19... Kxh7 {Ribli.Auf dem Brett gibtes nun ungleichfarbige Läufer, aber
mit Türmen und Damen. Das hilft nur Schwarz, denn er hat Angriff.} 20. c5 {
Ribli: Weiß möchte sich befreien von seinen Doppelbauern, aber wirklich guter
Rat ist teuer.} Qe8 (20... bxc5 21. Bxc5 $17) 21. Qd3+ (21. cxb6 {Ribli} axb6
22. Rf8 Qe6 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 $17) 21... Be4 $19 22. Qd2 (22. Qd4 $5) 22... Qe6 {
Baburin: Very simple - the attack on the light squares is unstoppable; as
usual in such positions the presence of opposite coloured bishops makes the
attack more deadly. Meanwhile the queen is aiming for the h3-square.} 23. Rf2 (
23. cxb6 axb6 24. Bb2 Qh3 25. Rf2 Rf8 26. Raf1 Ref5 27. Qe3 Qg2+ $1) 23... bxc5
{Baburin: Adding a material advantage to the existing positional plus.} 24.
Raf1 Re8 {Ribli: Schwarz hat eine überlegene Stellung. Er hat einen Bauern
mehr. Was noch wichtiger ist, er hat die entscheidende Herrschaft auf den
weißen Feldern.} 25. c4 Qh3 {Baburin: From this square the queen attacks the
kingside very comfortably, being absolutely undesturbed itself. A crash on the
g3-square is coming...} 26. Bb2 Rg5 27. Qc3 {Ribli: Weiß verteidigt sich gegen
27...Rxg3, und droht selbst auf g7. Aber der schwarze Angriff ist unaufhaltbar.
} Re6 28. Qe3 Rg4 {Ribli: Nach diesem Zug droht entscheidend 29...h5-h4 oder
29...Rg6 nebst 30...Rxg3.} (28... Reg6 $4 {Ribli} 29. Qxe4 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Rxg3+
30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Rg2) 29. Rc1 h5 ({Baburin: Also possible was} 29... Rxg3+ {
Baburin,A} 30. Qxg3 Rg6 31. Rc3 Qe6 $19 {but 29...h5 is easier - White has no
counterplay and cannot prevent the collapse of the g3-square.}) 0-1

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 $1 Ne4 (11... Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Ne3 a5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Akopian,V/Elista
1998/CBM 66 ext (26)}) 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne3 Nd4 $1 $146 (13... Ne7 14. Qd2 Bc6
15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Ncd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Qd4 $16 {1-0
Polugaevsky-Sorokin/USSR-chT 1953 (36)}) 14. Nxe4 (14. Ncd5 c5) (14. Qd2 $2 Bf3
) 14... Rxe4 15. Qd3 Qe8 16. Rad1 c6 (16... Nf5 17. Nd5 (17. Nxf5 Bxb2 18. Ne3
$14) 17... Bxb2 18. Nxc7 Qc6 19. Nxa8 Re8 20. e4 $16) 17. Rd2 Qe6 $4 (17... Rd8
18. Rfd1 $14) (17... Qe7 $142 18. Rfd1 Re8 $132) 18. Ng2 $1 Nf5 {Diagram [#]} (
18... Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Bxg7 Qe4 (20... Kxg7 21. Nf4) 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22.
Bc3 $16) (18... Re8 19. f3 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 (20. Kf2 Qf5) 20... Rd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4
22. Re1 Qc8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qe4 $18) 19. f3 $2 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f3 Rd4 21.
Qc3 Qe5 22. Rc2 $3 Re8 23. f4 Qe4 24. e3 Nxe3 25. Re1 $18) 19... Bd4+ 20. Rf2
Bxf2+ (20... Re3 $5 21. Nxe3 Bxe3 22. Qc3 f6 (22... Qe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7
f6 25. Kg2 $18) 23. Rd3 Re8 24. Rxe3 Nxe3 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 $16) 21. Kxf2
Re5 22. e4 Ng7 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qd7 Qxd7 (24... Rb8 25. Qc7 Rf8 26. Qxb7 $16)
25. Rxd7 Rb8 26. Ne3 $2 (26. Ne1 $1 Ne6 27. Nd3 f6 28. Re7 (28. Ke3) 28... Rd8
29. Ke3 Nd4 30. Nc5 Nc2+ 31. Ke2 Nd4+ 32. Kf2 $18) 26... h5 27. f4 Ne6 $1 28.
fxe5 Nc5 29. Rd4 a5 30. g4 (30. Ng2 Re8 31. Nf4 Rxe5 32. Kf3 $11) 30... hxg4 (
30... Re8 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Kf3) 31. Nxg4 Kf8 32. Nf6 $6 (32. h4 $11) 32... Ke7
33. Rd6 Rh8 34. Kg3 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Kf3 $1 Nd3 (36... Ke7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38.
Kd4 Na6 39. Nh7) 37. e6 $1 fxe6 38. Kg4 Ke7 39. Kg5 Kf7 40. Nd7 b5 41. Kh6 $1
bxc4 (41... Ke7 42. Nb6 Ne5 43. cxb5 (43. h4 Kf6 44. c5 Nf7+ 45. Kh7 g5) 43...
cxb5 44. a4 b4 45. Kg7 g5 46. h3 $11) 42. bxc4 Ke7 43. Nb6 Kf6 44. Nd7+ Ke7 45.
Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Bg2 Ba5 10. O-O Bb6 (10... Qxe2 $2 11. b4 $1 $18) 11. e3 d6 12.
b3 O-O 13. Bb2 dxe3 14. dxe3 Bd7 $146 (14... a5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17.
Bd4 $6 (17. Rac1 c5 18. Bf1 $16) 17... c5 $1 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Makarichev,S/USSR 
(ch) 26/42 1978 (33)}) 15. Rfd1 $14 Rfe8 16. a4 a5 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bg4 (
18... Qg5 $5) 19. Rd2 Qg5 20. Qb2 Bf5 21. b4 h6 (21... axb4 22. Qxb4 Bxd4 23.
Qxd4 $16 (23. Rxd4 Rxe3 24. Qxb7 Rce8)) 22. Rc4 Qg6 23. Qc3 axb4 (23... Ra8 $5)
24. Qxb4 Bd3 $1 25. Rc3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 (26. Rcxd3 $6 Bc5 27. Qxb7 Rb8 28. Qc6
Rb1+ 29. Bf1 Reb8 $40) 26... Be4 27. a5 (27. Qb4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qe4+) 27... Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Re4 (28... Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rb2 $16) 29. Qd3 Ra4 30. Qb5 (30.
Qxg6 fxg6 31. Rb2 Rxa5 32. Rxb7 Rxd5 33. Rbxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 $10) 30... Ra1 (
30... Qe4+ $5 31. f3 Qb4 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rdc2 Rb5 34. e4 c5 35. dxc6 bxc6 36.
Rxc6 (36. Ra2 Ra8 37. a6 c5 38. a7 Kf8 $10) 36... Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxa5 38. Rxd6
g6 $10) 31. Qxb7 Rf8 (31... Re8 $5 32. Qb4 (32. Qb3 Ra8)) 32. Qb4 Ra8 33. Ra3
Rxa3 34. Qxa3 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qc4 36. e4 Qb5 37. Ra2 f5 $6 {This move weakenes
Black'King more than White`s} (37... Ra6 $5 $14) 38. a6 fxe4 39. fxe4 Qb1 (
39... Ra7 $5) 40. Qa4 Rf8 41. Qc4 (41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qb2+ $14) 41... Qd1
42. Qe2 Qd4 43. h4 Kh7 (43... Ra8 $1 $16) 44. Kh2 Ra8 45. Qc2 Qb6 46. e5+ Kg8
47. e6 Rxa6 48. e7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 {This is the opening from the 11th game of
the World Championship match between Anand and Topalov this May.} a5 $2 $146 {
#My opponent tried to improve on Topalov's play with this move, however I
think it is premature as it weakens his pawns.} 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 {Now the
b7 pawn becomes vulnerable. With the pawn still on a7, he would have the
option of playing b6.} Nd7 {#Black's plan is to play Bd5 and take control of
the diagonal so I played} 14. d4 $1 e4 ({Black could take with} 14... exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxc5 {but this would be very dangerous because after} 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17.
Qb3 {I have fantastic compensation for the pawn with the two bishops and the
open position. I would play Be3 followed by Rfd1 and Rac1. A kind of Catalan,
but a very good kind.}) 15. Nh4 {He now played} Bd5 {but after} ({He doesn't
have the time to play} 15... f5 $2 {because of} 16. d5) 16. Nf5 {I take
control because the bishop cannot hold its position as the knight will kick it
off.} Qe8 17. Bf4 {is a good intermediary move since he must protect it with}
Rc8 18. Rb1 {It is now difficult for him to protect the position from all
sides.} g5 {I was happy to have provoked this because it weakens the king
which will be telling in the long run.} ({If he had played} 18... b6 {instead,
I would have} 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxc7 {winning a pawn.}) ({or} 18... Ne7 19. Ne3
g5 20. Bd6 $1 cxd6 21. cxd6 {Black's position collapses.}) 19. Bd2 b6 20. Qa4
Qe6 21. Bh3 ({Another move was} 21. Ne3 Ne7 {to prevent Bh3 as in the game.} (
21... bxc5 $2 {isn't possible because of} 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qb5) 22. Rfc1 {
and it is very difficult for Black to withstand all this pressure.}) 21... Kh8
{#} 22. Ne3 $1 {The point behind 21.Bh3.} Qxh3 23. Nxd5 {This exchanges off
his strong bishop but more importantly it frees up the option of advancing d5.}
Qe6 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rbc1 Nf8 (26... Nd5 {is unplayable due to}
27. Qb3 Nf8 28. cxb6 {and White wins a pawn.}) 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Rxc8 {The
problem is that whichever piece he takes with on c8 is one that helped control
the d5 square.} Rxc8 29. Qb5 {A key move preparing d5.} Rd8 {#} 30. d5 $1 {
The loss of a pawn with} Nxd5 {is protected by the tactic} 31. Bxa5 bxa5 ({If} 
31... Nc7 {then} 32. Qxb6) 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 {Black's position has so
many weaknesses, I believe that a pawn loss is probably forced.} a4 34. Ne3 {
A nice move. It will join the attack now.} Qd7 35. Qb4 Qe8 36. Nf5 Kg8 37. Qb7
Qd7 38. Qxe4 Ne6 39. Qc4 Kf8 40. Ne3 Qe7 {This blunders a pawn, but even
without this the position was absolutely won.} 41. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{After the 8th round our team got to second place and had to face the leaders
- Armenia. This team is our bete noir - if my memory serves me well, we had
never beaten them and draws also were not very often. But our young team
managed to forget the past and played a great match.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 ({An alternative system is} 5. Nd5) 5... O-O 6. O-O {
Previously I had played 6...e4,but this time I decided in favour of a more
solid setup} Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5
12. Rb1 ({if} 12. Bg5 {then the simplest is} h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. cxd5 Qxd4 15.
Qc2 Qe5 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Re7 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Qd4 b6 20. Rc6 Qd8 21. d6
cxd6 22. Rxd6 Rd7 {Kallio,H-Fressinet,L/Plovdiv 2003/}) ({The following game
shows well Black's ideas in this type of position.} 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rc1 h6 14.
h3 c6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Kh2 Kh7 17. Rfe1 Ng8 18. g4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. c5 g5
21. Be5 f5 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Re3 Ng6 24. Rce1 Re6 25. Bg3 Rde8 26. Bf1 Qg7 {
and Black got the upper hand, Botvinnik,M-Basman,M/Hastings 1966}) 12... h6 13.
Bf4 {The B is going to e5, which is the strongest plan in my opinion.} b6 ({
Here is an another example of Black's success in this line} 13... c6 14. Qd2 b6
15. a4 Bf5 16. c5 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Rb4 Re6 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. Bc7 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 $1 22. Bf4 Qe7 {Karpov,A-Anand,V/Frankfurt 1997}) 14. Be5 c6 ({
Black got into trouble after} 14... Bb7 $6 15. Qf3 Nh7 16. h4 Qe7 17. Qg4 $1
Nf6 18. Qf4 Nh5 19. Qf3 $16 {Hodgson,Ju-Salov,Amsterdam,1996}) 15. h3 ({
Harmless is} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bh3 $132) ({Or} 15. Qa4 Bf5
16. Rbd1 Qd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bxd5 Rad8 {1/2-1/2
Norri,J-Tella,J/Finland 1996/EXT 98 (25)}) 15... Be6 16. Rc1 ({I intended to
meet} 16. f4 {by} dxc4 17. Bxc6 Bxh3 18. Re1 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21.
Qf3 Rd8 {with full compensation for an exchange}) 16... Rc8 {During the game I
thought that this was an inaccurate move, which allows f2-f4. However, my
thoughts were too pessimistic} ({A reasonable alternative was} 16... Qd7 17. g4
(17. Bxf6 gxf6 {is not dangerous}) 17... Nh7) 17. f4 {White takes the
opportunity and goes forward. Surprisingly, it doesn't bring him an advantage
and moreover he has to be careful.} ({Calmer and better was} 17. Re1 {with an
unclear game after} Nh7 18. g4 Qd7 {It is not easy to assess this position.
Both sides have strong points - White has 2 Bs and some space advantage, while
Black has no weaknesses. I feel that White's chances are slightly better.})
17... dxc4 {I saw no alternative and forced matters.} ({Probably} 17... Qd7 {
was also possible,} {as} 18. g4 (18. Kh2 Nh7) {allows} 18... dxc4 19. dxc4 Nxg4
$1 20. hxg4 Bxg4 {with a complicated game.}) 18. dxc4 (18. f5 $6 {is dubious:}
Bd5 19. dxc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c5) 18... b5 $1 {Fighting for the d5 outpost.} 19.
d5 $5 (19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qd2 {allows among other options a stylish exchange
sacrifice} (20. Rxc8 Qxc8) 20... Bc4 21. Bb7 Nd5 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44
) 19... cxd5 20. cxb5 (20. c5 Ne4 21. f5 f6 (21... Bd7 22. Qxd5 Bc6 $11) 22.
fxe6 fxe5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 20... Rxc1 21. Qxc1 {Optically this position
seems better for White, but Black has enough resources.} Qb6+ {After some
calculation I decided to go for the forced line.} ({Black also has solid
position after} 21... Ne4 22. Kh2 Qa5 23. Qb2 f6 24. Bd4 Bd7 {when a draw is
the likely outcome.}) 22. Kh2 Qxb5 23. Bxf6 ({After} 23. Qa1 {White is on the
safe side, but Black can equalize by} Bf5 ({or simply} 23... d4) 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. Qxf6 Be4 26. Qxh6 Qb2 27. Rg1 Rc8) 23... gxf6 24. f5 Bd7 25. Qxh6 ({
The computer suggests including a2-a4} 25. a4 Qb6 26. Qxh6 Qb2 27. Rf4 Re4 28.
Rg4+ Rxg4 29. hxg4 {with a draw.}) 25... Qb2 $1 {The key defensive move. The Q
protects the f6-pawn and starts to attack on the 2nd rank.} 26. Kh1 {White
still has the illusion that he has an advantage. It was time to look for
equality. The path is not easy to find, but it exists.} (26. Rf4 Re4 27. Rg4+ (
27. a3 Rxf4 (27... Bc6 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Kg1 $11 {Lysyj}) 28. Qxf4
Qxa3 29. Qd4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Kf8 $15) (27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Qe3 Bxf5 29. Qxa7 Kg7 $1
$15 (29... Qd2 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qf4 e3 32. Qxf5 e2 $11)) 27... Rxg4 28. hxg4
Bb5 29. Qf4 Bc4 30. g5 Qe5 31. a3 Qxf4 32. gxf4 d4 33. Bf3 {and it seems that
Black has no winning chances.}) 26... Re2 27. Bxd5 $4 {Levon's permanenent
desire to win backfires here.} ({White was still in time to transpose to the
previous annotation} 27. Rf4 Re1+ (27... Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxg2 29. Rg5+ $11) 28.
Kh2 Re4) 27... Bxf5 {The only, but sufficient move. Now Levon sunk deeply into
thought, but failed to find a way to save the game.} 28. Qf4 (28. Qc1 {is bad:}
Qe5) ({as is} 28. g4 Qe5) 28... Be6 29. Bf3 {The most stubborn defence.} ({
Black's task is easier after} 29. Be4 Bxh3 30. Qh6 Rxe4 31. Qxh3 Qxa2 {with 2
extra pawns.}) 29... Rh2+ (29... Rf2 $2 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. h4 {allows White to
escape.}) 30. Kg1 Rxh3 $1 {I think that this is the clearest solution.} ({
Not so clear is the tempting} 30... Bxh3 31. Qh4 $1 (31. Be4 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Re2)
31... Kg7 {and now according to my engines, the best move is} 32. Ba8 $1 (32.
a3 Qd2) 32... a6 33. a3 {with drawing chances but I cannot explain why.}) 31.
Bg2 (31. Rf2 Qb1+ 32. Rf1 Qg6 {loses another pawn.}) 31... Rh5 $1 (31... Qb6+
32. Rf2 Rh5 33. Qxf6 Rf5 34. Qb2 $15) 32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Ra5 {The key idea
- White cannot defend his a-pawn and block the opponent's one. Despite the
very limited material, Black is going to win.} 34. Rf4 (34. Rf2 Rxa2 35. Rxa2
Bxa2 {and White is defenceless.}) 34... Rxa2 35. Rd4 a5 36. Bd5 (36. Bc6 Bb3
37. Kf1 a4 38. Rb4 Kg7 {and K goes to c5.}) 36... Ra1+ 37. Kf2 a4 38. Rd2 a3 $1
{Creating another passed pawn.} (38... Bxd5 $2 39. Rxd5 a3 40. Ra5 {is drawish.
}) 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. g4 Rb1 ({Simpler was} 41... a2 42. Re2 Kg6 43.
Ke4 Kf6 44. Ke3 (44. g5+ Kxg5 45. Ke5 Kh4 46. Ke4 Kg4 47. Rg2+ Kh5 48. Re2 Kg6
49. Ke5 Kf7) 44... Kg5 45. Ke4 Kxg4 46. Rg2+ Kh5 47. Re2 Kg6) 42. Rf2+ Ke7 43.
Ra2 Rb3+ 44. Kf4 (44. Kd4 Rb4+ 45. Kc5 Ra4 46. Kb5 Ra8 47. Kb4 Kf6) 44... Rb4+
45. Kg5 Ra4 {Transferring the R to the best position, behind the pawn.} 46. Kh6
e5 47. g5 Kf7 48. g6+ Kg8 49. Kg5 e4 {This time we managed to beat the Olympic
champions and to overtake them in the first position for 1 day. Even though,
we didn't manage to stay there, 2nd place is a big success for the Israeli
team. It is the first time our country had won an Olympic medal in chess.} 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 (10. d3 {Ribli Winants,L-De Boer,GJ/Wijk-B/
1992/CBM28/}) 10... Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 (11... a5 $6 $14 {Ribli Georgiev,K-Gelfand,
B/Manila izt/1990/CBM19/49,44/}) 12. Ne1 $5 $146 (12. Bb2) (12. Nd2) (12. Nd2
$13 {Ribli Sher,M-Petursson,M/Bern/1992/CBM28/53,38/}) 12... c6 13. e3 Ne6 $6 (
13... Nb5 $5) 14. Nf3 Nc7 (14... f6 $5) 15. Qc2 (15. d4 {Ribli} Ncd5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Bb2 e4 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nc4 $13) 15... Nbd5 $6 (15... f6 $5 $14) (15...
Bf5 $5 16. Ne4 $140 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Qc8 $132) 16. Ne2 $1 Bg4 17. Bb2 (17. h3 $5)
17... Qf6 (17... f6 {Ribli} 18. e4 Ne7 19. d4 $14) 18. d4 $1 exd4 (18... e4 19.
Ne5 Bf3 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 $16) (18... Bxf3 {Ribli} 19. dxe5
$18) 19. Nfxd4 Qg6 20. e4 Rad8 $6 (20... Nb5 $1 21. f3 (21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Qd3
Rad8 $1) 21... Bd7 $14 (21... Ne3 22. Qd3 Nxf1 23. fxg4 $18)) 21. Rbe1 Nb6 (
21... Nb5 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Nd4 $16) 22. f4 (22. Nf4 $5) (22. Nf4 $5 $14 {Ribli
}) 22... Bxe2 23. Rxe2 (23. f5 Qh5 24. Rxe2 f6 $5 $14) 23... Nb5 (23... f6 $5
$14) 24. Nf3 (24. Nxb5 cxb5 {xc4}) (24. Rd1 $5 $14 {Ribli}) 24... c5 $6 (24...
f6 $5) 25. bxc5 (25. a4 Nd4) 25... Rc8 26. Qb3 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1 Nd6 28. e5 (28.
Ne5 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 $14) 28... Nf5 (28... Ndc4 29. Ng5 $16) 29. Ng5 h6 30. g4
$1 (30. Ne4 Bd4 (30... Bf8 {Ribli} 31. Rd1 Nc4 $13) 31. Nd6 Rc3 $1 (31... Nxd6
32. Bxd4) 32. Qxf7+ (32. Bxc3 $4 Nxg3+ $19) 32... Qxf7 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Bxc3
Bxc3 $16) 30... hxg5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. fxg5 Qe6 33. Qf3 (33. Qxe6 $5 fxe6 (
33... Rxe6 $2 {Ribli} 34. Bh3 $18) 34. Bxb7 Rc7 (34... Rb8 35. Bc6 {/\ Bb5})
35. Ba6 $16) 33... Rc7 $138 34. Re4 (34. Bh3 $5 Qd5 (34... Qc6 35. Re4 $16) 35.
e6 $18) 34... Nc4 35. Bc3 b5 36. Rh4 (36. Bh3 $1 Qc6 (36... Qd5 37. e6 fxe6 38.
Qh5 (38. Rxe6 $5) 38... Nd6 (38... Qxe4+ 39. Bg2 $18) 39. Qxe8+ $1 Nxe8 40.
Bxe6+ $18) 37. e6 fxe6 (37... Nd6 38. exf7+ Rxf7 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Qd5 $18)
38. Qh5 $1 Nd6 (38... Ne3 39. Bg2 Nxf1 40. Rf4 $18) 39. g6 $18) 36... Ne3 37.
Qh5 (37. Bh3 Qd5 $15) (37. Re1 Nxg2 $17) 37... Kf8 38. Rf3 $4 (38. Bh3 $2 Qc6+
(38... Qd5+ 39. Rf3 $13) 39. Rf3 Rd8 $19) (38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxg7 Nxf1 40. Rh6
$1 $18) 38... Rd8 $19 39. Rxe3 Bxe3 40. Bb4+ Bc5 (40... Ke8 41. Qh8+ Kd7 42.
Bh3 $17) 41. Ba5 Qb3 $1 (41... Qb3 $1 42. Rf4 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Bxf1 Qd5+
45. Bg2 Qd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Ribli: 'Die Alternativen -
4...d5, 4...Bb4, 4...Bc5 - wurden bislang häufiger gespielt, aber der Textzug
ist auch gut spielbar.'} 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 {Ribli Die Annahme des Bauernopfers
wäre mehr als gefährlich für Weiß.} Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $44 {Meiner
Meinung nach hat Schwarz mehr als ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.})
5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5 {Ribli}) 7. Qb3 Bc5 {Ribli: 'Es scheint, als
habe Schwarz ein Tempo verloren (6...Bb4, 7...Bc5), aber in Wirklichkeit steht
die weiße Dame etwas unglücklich auf b3.'} (7... a5 {Ribli} 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 (
9. Rd1 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 $6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,
W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25}) 9... Re8 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 $1 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Ristic,N/Metz 1995 (25)}) 8. d3 (8.
Na4 {Ribli} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 (10... d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5
Bxe5 14. Be3 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 62 ext (47)}) 11.
Nc3 (11. d4 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17.
Nb5 Rac8 18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Aseev,K/St.
Petersburg 1994/CBM 43 ext (32)}) 11... d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 (13... a5 14.
b3 $14) 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996/Inf 67 (18)}) 8... c6 $5 $146 (8... h6 9.
g4 (9. O-O {Ribli} O-O 10. e3 (10. Bd2 Re8 11. Bg2 c6 12. Rac1 Bb6 13. Qa4 d6
14. b4 Be6 $11 {0-1 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (77)})
(10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 d6 (11... c6 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Rfc1 Qe7 $11 {
Minasian,A-Nikolic,P/Erevan 1996/CBM 53/[Ribli]/0-1 (70)}) 12. Nc3 c6 13. d4
Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Khalifman,A/Narva 1998/CBM 67/[Khalifman] (62)}) 10...
a6 11. Rd1 Ba7 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd5 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/
Merrillville 1997/Inf 71/[Van Wely,L] (32)}) 9... c6 10. h4 (10. g5 {Ribli}
hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. O-O-O Qb6 $11) 10... d6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qb6 13. Qxb6
Bxb6 14. Na4 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 Be6 16. Rb1 Bd8 17. Nc3 Nh5 {Ribli: '0-1
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Timman,J/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (53)'} 18. b4 a6 19. Ne4 Be7
20. Rg1 f6 21. Bd2 Kf7 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Timman,J/Oviedo rapid 1993 (53)})
(8... O-O {Ribli} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O d6
14. Qc3 a5 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Smejkal,J/Moscow 1977/EU-chT (15)}) 9.
g4 {'N?!' Ribli. Ribli: 'Dieser Zug ist interessant, aber ich glaube, dass
Weiß keinen positionellen Grund für einen Angrif am Königsflügel hat.'} d6 {
Ribli: 'Schwarz hat keine Angst vor 10.g5, ja mit dem Textzug provoziert er
seinen Gegner geradezu, 10.g5 zu spielen.'} (9... d5 $5) 10. g5 Ng8 (10... Nd7
$5) 11. Na4 (11. Ne4 Bb6 (11... Ne7) 12. Qa3 Bc7 13. c5 (13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Bb4
Nf5) 13... dxc5 (13... d5 14. Nd6+ $13) 14. Qxc5 Ne7 $132) (11. Bd2 {Ribli} Ne7
$11 (11... Qb6 12. Ne4 $14)) 11... Ne7 $6 {Ribli: 'Der schwarze Springer zielt
über f5 auf das Feld d4.'} (11... Qa5+ $142 12. Kf1 (12. Bd2 Bxf2+) 12... Bh3+
(12... Bb4 $5 13. a3 (13. h4 Ne7) 13... Bd2) 13. Bg2 Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 (16. Qc3 Qe7) 16... Qd7 17. Rhf1 (17. Qc3 Qg4+) (17. h3 Ne7)
17... Ne7 $13 (17... h6 $5)) 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 $1 (13. Be3 {Ribli} Qd6 $11
{[%cal Ge7f5,Gf5d4]}) 13... O-O 14. h4 (14. Qc3 {Ribli} Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 15.
Qxe5 $6 (15. Bxf5 $6 {Ribli} Bxf5 16. Qxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxc5 (17. exd3 Re8 $19)
17... b6 18. Qb4 (18. Qxc6 Re8 {[%csl Rc6,Re1][%cal Rd3e4,Re4c6,Re4h1,Re8e1]})
18... Qe8 $36) 15... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4,Re1,Re5][%cal Rd4c2,Rc2e1,Rc2a1]} 16. Kd1 (
16. Rb1 Qa5+) 16... Re8 17. Qf4 Qa5 $44 {[%csl Rd1]}) 14... Nf5 15. Qc3 (15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 16. f3 $11 (16. Qxb7 e4 $132)) 15... Nd4 $6 {Ribli: 'Der schwarze
Springer steht stark auf d4.Weiß hat zwar das Läuferpaar, aber sein König
findet kein sicheres Plätzchen. '} (15... Nd6 16. Qxe5 (16. f3 $5) 16... Re8 (
16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. dxe4 b6 18. f3 $14) 17... Re8 18. Qf3 Qd4 19. Rg1) 17.
Qxc5 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rxe4 19. Be3 $14) 16. e3 f5 17. Bg2 $1 (17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. f4
(18. Rh2 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 {'|^' Ribli.}) 18... exf4 (18... Nf5 $5) (18... Nf5
{Ribli} 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Ng3 21. Rg1 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Be6 $11) 19. exd4 cxd4
20. Qc2 Bf5 $13) 17... Qe8 (17... f4 18. exd4 f3 19. Bf1 exd4 20. Qc2) (17...
Re8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. b3 $1 $16 {x e5}) 18. Qd2 $1 (18. Kf1 f4 (18... Ne6 {Ribli}
19. Qxe5) 19. exd4 f3 20. Bh3 exd4 $40) (18. Kd2 Qh5 (18... f4 19. exd4 f3 20.
Bf1 exd4 21. Qa3 $13) 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 Qg4 21. Rg1 Qxh4 22. Kc2 (22. Ke1
e4) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Bd2 f4 $132) {Ribli: [#]} 18... f4 {'!?' Ribli.  Ribli:
'Elegant gespielt! Schwarz opfert eine Figur für nachhaltige Kompensation.'} (
18... Ne6 19. b3 $16) (18... Ne6 $11 {Ribli}) 19. exd4 f3 20. Bf1 (20. Bh3
exd4+ 21. Kd1 (21. Kf1 Bxh3+ 22. Rxh3 Qh5 (22... Qe6 $5 23. Rg3 Rae8 {'©'
Ribli. '©' Ribli.}) 23. b3 Qg4 24. Rg3 Qxh4 25. Kg1 Rae8 26. Qd1 Re2 27. Rxf3 (
27. Bd2 Rxf2) 27... Rxf2) 21... Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Qh5 $44 (22... Qe6 $5) (22... Qe6
{Ribli} 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. Kc2 Qf5 {[%cal Re8e2,Re2c2]} 25. Kb1 Re2 26. Qd1 Re1
27. Qc2 (27. Qxe1 Qxd3#) 27... Rfe8 $19)) 20... exd4+ 21. Kd1 $16 Bg4 $5 {
'©' Ribli. Ribli: 'Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern für die Figur, aber Weiß steht
vor großen Problemen - sein Damenflügel ist passiv.'} (21... Bf5 22. h5 $5 $16)
22. b3 (22. Qe1 Qg6) (22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 b6 24. c5 Qe5) 22... Qg6 23. Ba3 $1
b6 (23... Rae8 24. Bxc5 Re2 25. Bxe2 fxe2+ 26. Kc2 Rf3 (26... Rxf2 27. Rae1 Rf3
28. Qxe2) 27. Bxd4 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Bf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 30. Kb2 $18) 24. Kc2 (24.
b4 {Ribli} cxb4 25. Bxb4 c5 $44) 24... a5 {Ribli: 'Der Ba3 ist in seienm
Bewegungsspielraum eingeschränkt.'} (24... Rae8 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Re8 27.
Qd2 $16) 25. Rg1 (25. Bb2 a4) (25. Re1 $5) 25... Qh5 26. Re1 (26. g6 h6) (26.
Rh1 {Ribli}) 26... a4 (26... Bf5 27. Rh1 a4 28. b4 cxb4 (28... b5 29. cxb5 cxb5
30. bxc5 $18) 29. Qxb4) 27. b4 cxb4 28. Qxb4 (28. Bxb4 c5 29. Ba3 Rae8) 28...
Qxh4 29. Rg3 (29. Qd2 $1 Rfe8 30. Bd6 (30. Re4 Rxe4 31. dxe4 c5) 30... Rxe1 31.
Qxe1 Bd7 $16) 29... c5 30. Qd2 (30. Qxb6 $2 Qh2 (30... Rae8 $6 {Ribli} 31. Qxc5
) 31. Rxg4 Qxf2+ 32. Kd1 Rab8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Bc1 Qxa2 $40 {'~~' Ribli. Ribli:
'Weiß hat schon zwei Figuren mehr, aber Schwarz erreicht mindestens
Dauerschach.'}) 30... Rae8 31. Bc1 (31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qf4 Qh1 $132) 31... Bh5
32. Rxe8 (32. Rh3 Qg4 33. Rg3 Qd7 $5 (33... Qh4) 34. Bh3 Qc6) 32... Rxe8 $138
33. Qf4 $138 (33. Rh3 $1 Qg4 34. Qf4 (34. Rh1 Bf7 35. Qf4 Qe6 (35... Qxf4 36.
Bxf4 Re1 37. Bc1 Bg6 38. Kd2 Re5 39. Rh3 $16 (39. Kd1)) 36. Qxf3 b5 $132) 34...
Qg1 35. Rxh5 Qxf1 (35... Qxf2+ 36. Bd2 Qxf1 37. Qf5 g6 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Rxh7+
$18) 36. Qf5 $3 (36. Qxf3 Qe1 $11) 36... Qxf2+ (36... Re2+ 37. Kb1 Qe1 38. Qd5+
Kh8 39. a3 $18) 37. Bd2 (37. Kb1 Re1 (37... Qe2 $5) (37... Qe1 38. Qxh7+ Kf7
39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. a3 f2 41. Qh3 Kf8 42. Qf3+ Kg8 43. Rh1 Qe2 44. Qh3 $16) 38.
Qc8+ Kf7 39. g6+ hxg6 40. Qb7+ Kf6 41. Qxb6+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Re7 43. Qf4+ Kg8 44.
Qb8+ Kf7 45. Rh8) 37... Re2 38. Qc8+ (38. Qxh7+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qf4 Qe3
41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qxb6+ Kf5 43. Qa5 f2 $19) 38... Kf7 39. g6+ hxg6 40. Qb7+ Kf6
(40... Re7 41. Qd5+ Kf6 42. Rh8) 41. Qxb6+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Ke6 43. Qc6+ Kf7 44.
Qd5+ Kf6 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Rh8 Qe3 47. Qd5+ $18) 33... Qh1 34. Bh3 $2 {'(+)?'
Ribli.} (34. Rh3 Qxf1 35. Rxh5 Qe1 (35... Qxf2+ 36. Bd2) 36. Bd2 Qa1 37. Qxf3
Qxa2+ 38. Kc1 a3 (38... Qa1+ {Ribli} 39. Kc2 a3 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Rxh7+ Kxh7 42.
g6+ Kxg6 43. Qc6+ Kf7 44. Qf3+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ $11) 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7
41. g6+ Kxg6 42. Qc6+ $11) 34... Re2+ 35. Bd2 Qa1 $19 36. Qb8+ Be8 37. Be6+
Rxe6 38. Rxf3 Qxa2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Bc1 Qb3+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Ne4 f5 16. e3 fxe4 (16... Ne6 17. Qb3 a4 18. Qc4 $1 {[/\Nc3]} (18. Nf6+ $5)
(18. Qxd5 $5)) 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bxe4 Nc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Bxb7 $6 $146 (20.
Ra1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,O-Tukmakov,V/It (open) Zaragosa (Spain) 1993 (60)})
20... Rb8 21. Be4 (21. Bc6 $2 Rf6 $19) 21... a4 (21... Rxb5 22. Qxb5 Nxb5 23.
Rxb5 c5 24. a4 $44) 22. Qc2 Nxb1 23. Qxb1 Qd7 24. Qc2 Qxb5 25. Qxc7 Rfe8 (25...
Bf6 $5) (25... Rbe8 $5) 26. Qf4 Qh5 (26... Rbc8 27. Qg4 $1 $132) 27. Bc6 $11
Rf8 (27... Rec8 28. Bd7 (28. Bxa4 Rb1 29. h4 Qd5) 28... Rd8 29. Re1 $1 $11) 28.
Qe4 (28. Qxd4 $5 $13) 28... Qg6 $11 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxa4 Rb1 31. Bf4 Rxf1+
32. Kxf1 Rxf4 (32... Ra8 33. Bc6 $11) 33. gxf4 Bxa3 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Be8 Kf8 36.
Bxg6 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Be4 Bb2 39. h4 Bc3 40. h5 Bb2 41. Bg6 Bc3 42. Ke4 Bb2
43. f5 Bc3 44. f4 Bb2 45. Kd5 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gashimov decided to avoid the Berlin Wall, but as we will see later, he
didn't manage that entirely...} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 $5 {The line
that was often employed by Bacrot. Nowadays more popular are d5 and Nd4. The
bishop moves Bb4 and Bc5 are quite popular as well.} 5. d4 {Immediately
blowing up the centre.} (5. Bg2 {is obviously another main try.}) 5... exd4 6.
Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 $5 {It's quite funny, that even though Gashimov tried to
avoid the Berlin, he now gets an endgame with similar pawn structure. But
obviously there are a lot of differences, starting mainly with the fact that
White also has two bishops now, but this time Black is much better in
development.} (7... bxc6 {is obvioulsy an alternative. It's played much more
often.}) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 $5 {A rare old move that was played in 1974 and
1990. The position is too complicated to easily say which move is better and
why.} Be6 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. b3 a5 12. Bg2 (12. Na4 Ne4 $1) 12... a4 $1 {
Interesting pawn exchange. Otherwise White would go Na4, and it seems that he
would enjoy some advantage.} 13. Nxa4 Bxc4 14. Nb6+ $6 {The move looks
interesting and ambitious, but probably objectively it's a mistake.} ({
Something quiet like} 14. Bc3 {would have been safer and stronger, since} Bb5 {
can always be answered by} 15. Nc5 {and thanks to some tricks (Bh3+ and Bxf6,
Nd7) White is not losing the pawn.}) 14... cxb6 15. bxc4 Rxa2 (15... Ng4 $5 {
is probably more precise, but it's of course tempting to take the pawn,
because you never know...}) 16. O-O $6 (16. Bh3+ $1 {would be more clever,
using the little disadvantage of Black's last move. Now after} Kb8 17. O-O Re8
18. Be3 {White has some compensation, though Black still has the pawn.}) 16...
Ng4 $1 17. Bh3 f5 {Now Black has the pawn and the harmony, and that's more
than what White can handle, considering the fine technique of Etienne.} 18. e4
Bd4 $1 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Ra1 {Trying to get his rook
active, but Bacrot will not let it slip.} Bxf2+ $1 23. Kg2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bd4
25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. Ra7 {That was the idea of White, but now Black gets a very
active king and his pieces are simply too good.} Ke6 27. Rxb7 Kf5 28. h3 h5 29.
hxg4+ hxg4 30. Rc7 c5 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Ra4 33. Rb8 Ra2+ 34. Kf1 Ke4 35. Bd6
Kd3 36. Rf8 Ra6 37. Be7 Re6 38. Bh4 Kxc4 39. Rf4 Kd3 40. Rxg4 {The g-pawn is
clearly of no importance anymore.} c4 41. Rg8 c3 42. Bg5 c2 43. Rc8 Be3 44.
Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Kf2 Re4 0-1

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In today's game Anand went for the English Opening (1.c4) and managed to get
a slight advantage. But then due to some very slight and unabvious
inaccuracies he was left without any constructive plan. After that Topalov not
only equalized, but also took over the initiative in the endgame. It seemed
that Anand would hold easily, and he indeed did. But then all of a sudden the
World Champion decided to try his luck and gave away a pawn for some activity.
Objectively Anand was in a great danger, but in order to get some real winning
chances Topalov had to find a sequence of abstract computer moves. Not
suprisingly he didn't and the game ended in a draw.} 1. c4 {Anand in his last
white game (of the classical chess part at least) decided not to enter any
main theoretical lines and just get some positional position.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {One of the main moves.} ({Recently} 4... Nd4 {has become
very, simplifying the position a little.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3) (4... Bc5 {and}
) (4... Bb4 {are main alternatives}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {Black has to
remove the knight from the centre to have control over the d4 square and in
order not to give away the e-pawn.} (6... Be7 $2 7. Nxe5 $1) 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 {
White first gets some space advantage on the queenside, and only later decides
to develop. Well, why not?} (8. Rb1 $5 {is even more tricky and clever}) ({
while} 8. d3 {is more consevative.}) 8... O-O {I remember in his game against
Vallejo, Topalov went for ...g5 in a similar position. Now the position is a
little bit different, but also the situation is not the same...} (8... g5 {
here allows} 9. d4 $1) 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 {White can't avoid making this move.}
f6 ({Another main option is} 10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 {and here Black has a
fine position, as long as he doesn't play} Nd5 $4 {which is punished by} 13.
Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 14. e3 Ne6 15. e4 {winning a piece - which is too much for a
World Championship match.}) (10... Nd4 {is also an option.}) 11. Ne4 $5 {
Not the main move, but a very clever one. White is planning Nc5 and remains
flexible with his queenside development.} Qe8 $5 {The queen frees the
d8-square for the rook and herself goes to f7 or h5.} (11... Qd7 {was played
much more often.}) (11... a5 {is also interesting, now after} 12. Nc5 (12. b5
Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 {should be fine for Black}) 12... Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 {Black
wants to push his pawn to a4 and get a nice outpost for his pieces on b3.
However a pawn on a4 also has it's disadvantages and the b3 square can be
covered with the knight from d2 if needed.}) 12. Nc5 $146 {A new move, but the
position was played only once, so it is hard not to make a novelty here.} ({
I would actually think that it would be more flexible to play} 12. Rb1) ({or} 
12. Qc2 $5) 12... Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 {was another option, so
that White has a free b-file, but now the bishop is on the odd diagonal and
will not be supporting d4 later.}) 14... Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 $1 {Good regrouping.
Now the bishop can go to d5 and Black has a very solid position while White's
two bishops are not really important yet.} 16. Rab1 (16. d4 {to open the
diagonals for the bishops is not dangerous:} exd4 17. Rfd1 Bd5 {is a safe way
to equalize} ({while} 17... Nf5 {is more adventurous.} 18. g4 $1 Nh6 19. h3 f5
$1 20. g5 Nf7 21. h4 Bd5)) 16... Ba2 $1 {Why not distract a rook of the World
Champion himself?} 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 {With idea to give the other rook
some freedom on the 8th rank.} 19. Qb2 Rb8 {I don't like this move. I think
Black will play b6 anyway one day, so why to wait, until White is fully ready
for that?} (19... b6 {is fine and good in my opinion. Black will then double
on d-file, put his bishop on d5 and then think what to do next.}) 20. Rfd1 Be6
(20... Bd5 {is not good due to} 21. e4 $1 Be6 22. d4 $1 {and the position
opens up with an advantage for White.}) 21. Rd2 {White plans Qb1 and Rb2,
which I like. But now the bishop on c3 has no squares to run in case it is
attacked, which I don't like...} (21. e4 $2 {is now too slow because of} Bg4 $1
) ({while} 21. Qb1 $5 {is possible, preparing Rd2, but not allowing Black to
exchange the c3 bishop.}) 21... h6 $6 {To be honest, I don't like this move,
not only because Black can change a knight for the bishop instead, but also
because for me it seems like a weakening move, since I don't think that Black
is planning ...g5 or ...f5.} (21... Nd5 $5 {To exchange a bishop seems logical
to me - I don't see problems for Black after that. Only thing he has to do is
to prepare b6 when b7 will be attacked.}) 22. Qb1 {Anand is patient and
doesn't want to simplify the position, even if it leads to some advantage for
him. He threatens d4, and also Rb2 now becomes and option.} (22. e4 $5 {
with the idea d4 was already possible. I think White would get a slight
advantage after} Bg4 {(what else?)} 23. d4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 (
25... Rbd8 $6 26. Bc3 Ne5 27. Be2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nd3 $2 {fails to} 29. Qc2 $1
Nxc1 30. Bc4) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Nc6 28. Qc3 {and the position would be
better for White anyway. But now h6 also proves to be clearly weakening.})
22... Nd5 {Allowing White to regroup nicely. But Black's position remains
solid.} (22... Qh5 $5 {Trying to fight with d4 is better. Now White has a lot
of options:} 23. d4 {is still possible, though now White has to sacrifece a
pawn or exchange one of his two nice bishops.} ({Perhaps better is} 23. Rb2 $5
b6) ({or} 23. a4 $5 Bh3 24. Bh1 {In both cases White must be slightly better
due to the queenside pressure.}) 23... exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 $5 (25. Bxd4
Rbd8 26. e3 Bd5 {exchanging the important bishop.}) 25... Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxe2
27. Re1 Qc4 28. Be3 {with some compensation.}) (22... b6 {was an option, but
then why is the rook on b8?} 23. cxb6 (23. Rb2 $5 Rbd8 24. Qc2 $5 Bd5 25. Qa4
Kh8 26. Bb4 {with some pressure, but no threat..}) 23... axb6 24. d4 $1 {
is definetely an option and after} Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 {
White has two bishops and some edge.}) 23. Rb2 $1 (23. Ba1 Nde7 24. d4 Rbd8 $1
{and now d2 is not protected. That was probably the idea of Topalov.}) 23... b6
({After} 23... Nxc3 24. Rxc3 {Black has no comfortable way to protect the b7
soldier.}) 24. cxb6 ({The immediate} 24. Bd2) ({or} 24. Be1 $5 {made sense and
in my opinion were more clever.}) 24... cxb6 {Now Black can forget about the
weakness on c7.} (24... axb6 {was also possible, but after} 25. Be1 (25. Bd2)
25... Nde7 26. Rbc2 (26. a4 $5) 26... Rd6 27. Bb4 Nxb4 28. axb4 c6 {White has
some pleasant pressure on c6 and later on the a-file and the b6-pawn.}) 25. Bd2
{Strange, but I think it is in fact an inaccuracy. Now Black has an
opportunity to get a powerfull construction: rook d6 and queen d7.} (25. Be1 $1
{was more precise the idea being} Rd6 ({best is probably} 25... Nde7 26. Rbc2 (
26. a4 $5 Rc8 27. Rbc2 Rdd8 {and White has some pressure, though Black is
solid and should be fine.}) 26... Rd6 27. Bb4 Nxb4 28. axb4 (28. Qxb4 $5) 28...
Rc8 {and White has a clearly better version than what he got in the game. But
still, Black is very solid.}) (25... Rc7 {is a possibility, but White is
clearly better after} 26. e4 $1 Nde7 27. d4 $1 exd4 28. Nxd4 Bc4 $1 29. Rd2 {
with his two bishops and better pawn structure.}) 26. Nd2 $1 {and the rook
will be kicked out of d6.}) 25... Rd6 26. Rbc2 (26. Be1 {was still interesting,
with the idea of Nd2.}) (26. a4 {is also a possible, keeping in mind some a5
ideas.}) 26... Qd7 {Now Black has a very solid formation, and it is hard for
White to find a plan.} 27. h4 {Maybe a useful move, but maybe waste of time} ({
Something like} 27. Qb2 Rd8 28. Be1 {threatening d4} Nde7 {and now} 29. Bb4 {
is again a better version of the game.} Nxb4 30. axb4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. Ng5
$5 hxg5 33. Rxc6 {and after b5 White will enjoy a small but pleasant advantage.
}) 27... Rd8 28. Qb5 (28. Qb2 {immediately makes sense, since I don't think ...
Nde7 is a bad move. However, it allows} Bg4 $5) 28... Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 {
Now Black achieves his ideal setup with his light pieces (that he actually
initialy had...)} 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 $1 32. b5 (32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Nd2 {
was an option, but Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 32... Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6
34. d4 $5 {White has no advantage anymore, and this interesting move doesn't
change the evaluation, only the position.} e4 (34... exd4 35. Rd2 Nf5 36. e4 $1
{was the point.}) 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 $6 {The knight is not doing anything
on this central square anyway, and it may in fact be just loss of a tempo.} (
36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bxe4 {would keep the position equal. For example} Kf7 38. e3
Rb4 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. Ne4 Kf8 41. Nc3 Rb3 42. Bc4 Rb4 43. Bd3 Rb3 44. Bc4 Rb4 {
(for Sofia rules, if you want)}) 36... Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 {At first
sight it seems that White should be better, because his b-pawn holds both
Black's queenside pawns. In fact it will be a weakness later, because Black
has better pieces. If White had a knight on d4 than it would be another story..
.} g5 $1 {Exchanging some pawns and threateng g4 later.} 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 {
Otherwise g4 will fix the white pawns.} (40. Nd2 g4 $1) 40... gxf4 41. exf4 (
41. gxf4 {is the move White would like to play, but the problem is that Black
can attack the pawn immideately.} Nf5 42. Kf2 Rd3) 41... Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 {
Here it became clear, that it is already Black who may be better.} 43. Bf3 (43.
Nd2 $5 Ra4 {and Black keeps some pressure.}) (43. g4 $5 {was perhaps the most
precise way to equalize:} Nh4 44. Ke3 Ra4 45. f5 Nxg2+ 46. Rxg2 Bd5 47. Nc3 $1
Ra3 48. Rc2 $1 {and the position is drawn.}) 43... Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3
Ra4 46. g4 $6 {Inaccuracy: White weakens his kingside pawns as well now. But
of course in return he gets some activity...} (46. Rd2 $1 Ke7 47. Kg2 Ra3 $1 (
47... Nd6 48. Nd4)) 46... Nd6 $6 (46... Ne7 $1 {was more precise, winning a
pawn.} 47. Kg3 {Trying to stick to the pawn may end badly:} (47. Rd2 $5 {
is objectively safer. Now Black wins a pawn, but it will still probably end in
a draw.} Rxf4 48. Kg3) (47. g5 Nd5 $1 48. gxf6 Kxf6) 47... Nd5 48. f5 Ne3 $1
49. Nh2 Nc4 50. Rb3 Ra3 $1 51. Rf3 $1 Ra5 $1 {and the pawn is lost, though
this position looks pretty much like, what happened in the game.} 52. Rc3 Nd6
53. Rc7+ Ke8) 47. Kg3 Ne4+ (47... Ra3 $5 {would keep some pressure, but the
position is drawn.}) 48. Kh4 $1 (48. Kg2 $2 Nc5 $1 49. Kg3 Nd3) 48... Nd6 {#}
49. Rd2 $2 {A heart-stopping winning attempt that could have backfired.} (49.
Kg3 {would be a draw. I don't think Topalov would play on with} Ra3 $5 {
although Black has still a more pleasant position.}) 49... Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 {
If Black had a win, then it was very difficult. Topalov plays like a human,
but that's not enough.} (50... a5 {is most straightforward, but White
equalizes after the precise} 51. Rd5 $1 (51. Kh5 $2 Rf4 $1 52. Nh4 Nd4) 51...
Rb4 52. Kh5 Nc3 $1 (52... a4 53. g5) 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rd3 $1 Ne4 55. g5 fxg5 (
55... a4 56. Kg6 $1) 56. Nxg5 Nxg5 57. Kxg5 a4 58. Rh3 $11) (50... Nc3 $5 {
was in my opinion the best chance. Black just brings his knight to the center,
from where it will defend the kingside. I believe White holds after} 51. Kh5 {
Probably the best idea is that after} (51. Rd7+ {actually leads by force to an
interesting ending-} Ke8 52. Rb7 (52. Rd3 $2 Ne4 53. Kh5 Nf2 54. Re3+ Re4 $1
55. Ra3 Nxg4 56. Rxa7 Ne3 57. Kg6 Nd5 $19) 52... Nd5 53. Kh5 Rf4 54. Nh4 a5 55.
g5 fxg5 56. Kxg5 a4 57. Ra7 b5 58. Ra5 Rb4 59. Ng6 (59. f6 $2 Nxf6 60. Kxf6
Rxh4 61. Rxb5 Kd7 $19) 59... Kd7 60. f6 Nxf6 61. Kxf6 {and maybe White can
draw this, but I am not sure.}) 51... Rf4 (51... Ne4 {is probably more
critical, and the position is unclear, with Black having some winning chances
after} 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rc7) 52. Nh4 Ne4 {White sacrifices the knight and
draws in a study like way:} 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rxa7 $1 Ng3+ 55. Kg6 $1 Rxg4+ 56.
Kxf6 Rxh4 57. Ke6 $1 Re4+ 58. Kd5 $1 {and wins the b6-pawn with a draw. It is
however not easy to find, to say the least.}) (50... Rf4 $1 51. Kg3 Rb4 $1 52.
Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rb7 Ra4 $1) 51. Kh5 $1 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ $1 Re7 54. Rd3 $1
{Winning some tempos for knight g6.} Ne4 55. Ng6 {#} Nc5 $1 (55... Rc7 56. Kh6
{looks a bit scary for Black, but it is still drawn.}) 56. Ra3 $5 {Vishy keeps
on trying. Well, it is his last white game in the classical part of the match,
so why not?} (56. Nxe7 Nxd3 57. Nc8 b5 58. Nd6+ $1 {is an easy draw.}) 56...
Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 (59... fxg5 60. Kxg5 {is also equal, but
it looks tricky for Black.}) 60. g6 $1 {White is threatening Kg4 and Nh5+} b3
$1 {Closer to promotion, more destruction.} 61. Rc3 {Setting a trap...} Rd4 $1
{Of course not falling in it!} (61... b2 $4 62. Rxc5 $1 b1=Q {and the queen
will not help, when after two moves there will be a mate on board...} 63. Ne6+
Kg8 64. Rc8+) (61... Rc7 {was another drawing line.} 62. Nd3 (62. Nd5 $5 b2 63.
Nxc7 b1=Q 64. Rxc5) 62... Ne6 63. Rxb3 Nd4 64. Ra3 Nxf5 65. Nf4) 62. Rxc5 Rxf4
63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 ({A blunder like} 64... Rxf5+ $4 65. Kh6 {doesn't
really belong in World Championships.}) 65. Rb8+ ({It is still possible to get
too ambitious:} 65. Kh6 $4 Rh3# {and Black is first to mate. But, as I said,
this is not for World Champions...}) 65... Kg7 {...and in view of perpetual
check the players agreed to a draw. Anand didn't manage to win the last white
game, and Topalov always had a solid position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
h6 ({The other main move for Black is to immediately go for exchanges with} 
8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bd2 a5 12. e4 dxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Rf4
Bd7 15. a4 Rae8 16. d4 Bb6 17. Qb3 {Carlsen,M (2865)-Adams,M (2738)
Baden-Baden 2015, with a slight advantage for White due to the long-term
potential of the central pawns.}) 9. e3 Bb6 {Black voluntarily gives up the
bishop pair; in return he gets an open file and retains a fairly solid
position.} ({Holding on to the bishop pair with} 9... a6 {is generally
considered more popular. It's certainly more combative.} 10. b3 (10. a3 Ba7 11.
b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 (13. e4 f5 $1 ({or just} 13... c6 {like in the
game;} 14. d4 $6 cxd5 15. dxe5 dxe4 16. exd6 Nf5 $1) 14. Nd2 c6 $15) 13... c6
$1 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 Be6 {Inarkiev,E (2691)-Leko,P (2730) Loo 2014, and
Black was more than fine. He can follow up with ...Qd7 with visions of playing
...Bh3, or simply play ...d5.}) 10... Ba7 {Black retreats the bishop, in
anticipation of his plan of taking on d5 and playing ...Ne7.} ({the immediate} 
10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 {can now be met by} 12. d4 $1 {crucially gaining a
tempo on the bishop, and after} exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bb2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16.
Qc2 {White has a nagging edge}) 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 $1 14. Rc1
f4 15. exf4 exf4 16. Rc4 {Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2755) Moscow 2013, with
double-edged play.} fxg3 17. hxg3 Rf5 $1 {would be one neat way to follow up
Black's previous play.}) 10. Nxb6 (10. Nd2 {is another reasonable alternative.}
Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Nc4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2
Rac8 17. Qd2 Nb4 $1 18. Bc3 $1 a5 19. e4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 {Eljanov,P (2702)
-Sutovsky,E (2660) Poikovsky 2013, with a balanced position.}) 10... axb6 11.
b3 Bd7 (11... Be6 {looks more natural to me, although in the game Yilmaz still
intends to carry out the plan which is so natural for Black in these
situations, trying to exchange light-squared bishops with an eventual ...Bh3..}
12. Bb2 Qd7 13. d4 (13. Re1 {might well have been preferred by David, who
tends to like to keep the tension in positions for as long as possible} Bh3 14.
Bh1 $13) (13. Nd2 $5 {making way for the f-pawn} Bh3 14. f4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {
is another interesting try for White. Black has to be careful of a quick fxe5
followed by sacrificing an exchange on f6.} {But now the radical} d5 $1 {
seems to solve all Black's problems;} 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qf3 $1 Ncxe5 18. Bxe5
Nxe5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 20. cxd5 Nxd3 {with an unclear ending.}) 13... exd4 $1 (
13... e4 $5 14. d5 $1 ({but not} 14. Nd2 {because of} d5 $1 15. cxd5 Bxd5 {
when Black should be fine}) 14... exf3 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Bxf3 $14) 14. Nxd4 (
14. exd4 d5 {is more than ok for Black, as the potential of the bishop on b2
has become limited}) 14... Bh3 15. Nxc6 Bxg2 $1 16. Ne5 (16. Kxg2 Qxc6+ 17. Qf3
$11) 16... dxe5 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Kxg2 f6 $15) 12. Bb2 Re8 $6 {Slightly sloppy.
} ({There was no reason not to just get on with the normal plan with} 12... Qc8
$1 13. d4 $1 exd4 ({holding firm with} 13... Re8 $1 {might be best;} 14. d5 (
14. dxe5 dxe5 {also looks fine for Black, who now has an alternative plan of ..
.Bf5 and ...Rd8}) 14... Ne7 15. Re1 Bh3 16. Nd2 (16. Bh1 $1 {retaining those
two bishops! But this is not so clear as the bishop on h3 is difficult to
expel for White; if it remains there its presence creates a constant back rank
problem for the white king}) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {when White has a plan of e4,
followed by slow expansion with f4, however Black should be fine here; one
possible way to play is} Nd7 18. e4 Nc5 {when counterplay with ..f5! is firmly
on the menu.}) 14. Nxd4 Bh3 15. Nxc6 $1 {and now} Bxg2 $4 {no longer works
because of} (15... bxc6 16. Bxf6 $14) 16. Ne7+) 13. h3 $1 {Now Black is not
able to carry out this plan of ...Qc8, followed by ...Bh3, so White will
retain his two bishops.} Ne7 14. a4 c5 15. Ne1 Qc8 (15... Bc6 16. e4 $1 Ng6)
16. Kh2 Nh7 $1 17. Nc2 Ng5 18. f4 $5 {The consequences of this pawn sacrifice
are not exactly clear, but David is not the sort of player to shy away from
complications.} (18. h4 Nh7 19. e4 f5 $1 {gives Black useful counterplay. The
knight on h7 will go back to ...f6 where it targets g4.}) 18... Nxh3 {Now the
Black knight is stranded so Black has to act dynamically. For the tiime being
Yilmaz is up to the challenge.} 19. e4 Bg4 20. Qd2 f6 21. Rae1 h5 22. Ne3 Qd7
23. Bf3 {The most combative.} ({Alternatively White could have immediately
forced matters with} 23. Nxg4 hxg4 24. Bxh3 gxh3 25. f5 $1 Nc6 26. Kxh3 {
but now Black should be able to maintain the balance with} Kf7 $1 {intending
to transfer the king to the queenside ...Ke7, ...Kd8, ...Kc7 etc.}) 23... Bxf3
24. Rxf3 h4 25. Ng2 Ng6 (25... Qg4 {does not solve all of Black's problems
either;} 26. Ref1 $1 {now it's hard to see how Black will meet the threat of
gxh4.} (26. Nxh4 $2 g5 27. fxg5 Nxg5 $1 (27... fxg5 28. Qd1 $1) 28. Rxf6 Qh3+))
26. f5 Ng5 27. Rfe3 hxg3+ 28. Rxg3 Ne7 29. Qe2 Kf7 {It seems now as if Black
is over the worst, but David is not willing to give up the initiative so
easily.} 30. Rxg5 $1 {An excellent sacrifice. Even if Black is able to defend
after this, it's very hard to find all the right moves over the board.} fxg5
31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Bc1 Ng8 33. Bxg5 Qf7 $2 {After this Black is hardly able to
defend, as his king is stuck on the kingside where it is just going to come
under a heavy attack.} ({Better chances of resistance were offered by} 33...
Nf6 $1 {where Black can hope to still flee with his king to the queenside.} 34.
Bxf6 gxf6 35. Ne3 $1 Qf7 (35... Ke7 $2 36. Nd5+ Kd8 37. Nxf6 {is just a
winning ending for White}) 36. Qh4 {and now the simplest route for Black is}
Ke7 37. Nd5+ Qxd5 $1 38. cxd5 Rh8 {when he should be holding the ending.}) 34.
Qh8 $1 Reb8 35. Ne3 b5 {Desperation, but Black was completely devoid of
counterplay in any case.} (35... Ke8 36. Rg1 $1 Kd7 {[%mdl 64] doesn't help
either ; White has the killing} 37. Bd8 $3 {perhaps not the only winning move,
but certainly a nice one!} (37. Qh7 $2 Ne7 38. Bxe7 Rh8) ({although} 37. Bh4
Nh6 38. Qxg7 {also looks very good for White, it is probably not immediately
decisive}) 37... Rxd8 (37... g5 38. Rxg5 {changes little}) 38. Rxg7 Ne7 39.
Qxd8+ $18) 36. cxb5 $18 Qxb3 37. Nd5 (37. Rg1 {was also strong.} Qxd3 (37...
Qf7 38. f6 $1 g6 39. Ng4) 38. Be7+ {with a mating attack.}) 37... Kf7 38. Qh5+
Kf8 39. Qh8 Kf7 40. Qh5+ Kf8 41. f6 $1 Qc2+ 42. Re2 g6 43. Qg4 Qd1 44. f7 Nf6 (
44... Kxf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Rf2+) 45. Bxf6 Qf1 46. Rg2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. a3 a5
9. e3 Bb6 10. Rb1 Be6 $5 (10... Bf5 11. e4 $6 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 Re8 16. Nd5 Ba7 17. Kh1 Nf8 18. Qd2 Ne6 $15 {0-1 Sadler,M-Van
Wely,L/Porz GER 1999 (76)}) 11. Qc2 (11. b4 $6 axb4 12. axb4 e4 $1 $36) 11...
Qd7 (11... d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Na4 $36) 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ne7 14. Bb2 Ng6
15. Ra1 Bh3 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ra1 Re8 $1 (17... Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 $14 {(/\19.Qa2)}
) 18. Bh1 $6 (18. Qa4 $5 c6 19. b5 $36) 18... c6 19. b5 Ng4 $5 {[/\20...Nxe3]}
20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bc1 (21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 (22. exd4 Nf6 $1 {/\23...Bf5|^})
22... N4e5 $132) 21... f5 22. Ra6 (22. Qa2 $5 Kh8 23. Qa6 $36) 22... Qb7 $1 23.
Qa2 Kh8 {[/\24...f4 ->>>] [#]} 24. c5 $1 Bxc5 (24... dxc5 $6 25. Nd2 {(/\26.
Nc4|^<<)}) 25. Ng5 $1 hxg5 26. Bxc6 Qb4 $8 (26... Qe7 27. Bxe8 $18) 27. Bd2 $3
{[/\ 28.Nb5, 28.Nd5,28.Nd1, 28.Ne4]} Rb8 $1 (27... f4 28. Nd1 Qb8 29. Bxe8 $18)
(27... Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rb8 29. Nb5 Qc5 30. d4 $18) 28. Nb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 $44
{[/\30...f4->]} 30. Ra5 $1 (30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Rb8 Bb6 $5 $36) 30...
Rb6 31. Ra6 Rb7 (31... Rxa6 32. Qxa6 $11) 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Rb8 $11
Ra7 35. Ra8 Rb7 36. Rb8 Ra7 37. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Be6 8.
O-O Be7 9. b4 f6 10. a3 O-O 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Ne1 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Na4
Rd8 16. Qc2 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6 18. Bb2 $5 {TN} (18. Nf3 $6 {[-65/29]}) 18... Qd7
19. Bc3 Qe8 $5 {[/\20...Kh8,21...Bd7;><b5]} 20. f4 $5 (20. Nf3 Kh8 21. Rfd1 Bd7
$17) 20... exf4 21. Rxf4 Kh8 {[/\22...Bd7]} 22. Nc2 Qg6 $5 23. Rd1 (23. e4 Qh5
24. Nd4 Qc5 $132) 23... Bf5 24. Bf1 (24. e4 Bd7 25. Nd4 Qh5 $36) 24... Bd7 25.
Nd4 Qe8 26. Rb1 c6 $5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qd1 (28. Qc2 Nb5) 28... Nb5 29. Nxb5
cxb5 30. Qd2 Bc6 $5 31. Re1 (31. Bxa5 Bc5 32. d4 (32. Re1 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Bxe3+
34. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Rf2 Qd4 $15)) 31... Bxa3 (31... Bc5 32. d4 (32. Bxa5 Rxa5)
32... Bb6 33. Bg2 $13) 32. Bxa5 Rdb8 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. Rxb4 $10 Ra7 35. Bg2 Bd7
36. d4 Rc8 37. e4 Qe6 38. Rb2 Qb6 39. Bf1 Ra4 40. Rb4 h6 41. Reb1 Qa7 42. Bxb5
Bxb5 43. Rxb5 Rxd4 44. Qf2 Qa4 (44... Re8 45. R5b4 Rxb4 46. Rxb4 $10) 45. Qf5
Re8 (45... Rd1+ 46. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 $10) 46. Re1 Rdxe4 47. Rxe4
Qxe4 (47... Rxe4 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qc8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Re7 52. Qd5+
Kf8 53. Ra5 $10) 48. Qxe4 Rxe4 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. h4 Kg6 51. Rb7 Rd4 52. Kf3 f5
53. Rb6+ Kh5 54. Rb5 g6 55. Kg2 Rd3 56. Kh3 Rf3 57. Rc5 g5 58. hxg5 Kxg5 59.
Kg2 Re3 60. Rc8 Re6 61. Kf3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Ba7 11. a3 Be6 $5 (11... Bf5) 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rac1 Rac8
14. Rfe1 Bh3 15. Bh1 (15. b4 $5 {(i/\16.Qa4,17.b5|^<<)} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne7 $5
$13) 15... Ne7 {i/\Ne7-g6,c7-c6,d6-d5<=>[+]..} 16. b4 Ng6 17. Nd2 c6 18. Nde4
Nxe4 19. dxe4 (19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nd2 f4 $132) 19... Qe6 20. Qe2 Nf8 21. Red1 Rcd8
22. Rd2 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. Bg2 f6 $5 {i/\Bf7;xc4} 25. Nd1 $5 {i/\26.Nf2,27.Bh3}
Nd7 26. Nf2 Nb6 27. Bh3 Qe7 28. Rdc2 (28. c5 $6 dxc5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. bxc5 Nd7
$15) 28... Bf7 29. Ba1 Be6 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Kg2 Qf7 32. Rd1 Rd7 {i/\33...
Red8,34...d5} 33. Bb2 $5 {i/\Bb2-c1-d2e1} Rc8 $5 34. Bc1 c5 {Xc4} 35. b5 axb5
36. cxb5 c4 $6 (36... Qb3 $5) (36... Ra8 $5 {i/\37...Bb8,xa3,a4}) 37. Bd2 {
i/\38.Bb4<=>} d5 38. exd5 Rxd5 39. a4 $1 c3 (39... Nxa4 40. Ra1) 40. Rxc3 Rxc3
41. Bxc3 Nxa4 42. Be1 Nc5 (42... Rxd1 43. Qxd1 Qc4 44. Ne4 $5 $132 {i/\45.Qd8})
43. Ra1 Bb6 44. Ra8+ Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Bxd8 46. Bb4 Bb6 47. Bxc5 $5 Bxc5 48. Ne4
Qd5 49. g4 $5 $14 {i/\h2-h4-h5,Ne4-g3-f5|^>>} b6 50. h4 $6 (50. Ng3 $1 Qb3 51.
Kf2 {i/\h2-h4-h5}) 50... Qb3 51. Kf2 h5 $1 52. gxh5 (52. Ng3 hxg4 53. fxg4 Qb4
$11 54. Nf5 Qf4+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+) 52... f5 53. Nxc5 bxc5 54. Qd2 (54. h6 c4 $13)
54... Qxb5 55. Qd5+ Kh7 56. Qxe5 Qd3 $1 $11 57. Qxc5 Qd2+ 58. Kf1 Qd1+ 59. Kf2
Qd2+ 60. Kf1 Qd1+ 61. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korinthos op 2nd"]
[Site "Korinthos"]
[Date "1998.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 g5 9. d3 (9. b4 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nd3 h4 12. b5 Na5 13. Nxe5 hxg3 14. d4 $13
{1/2-1/2 Berend,F-Quadrio,A/Linares 1995/CBM 51 (60)}) 9... g4 10. Nd2 h5 $5 (
10... Be6 11. b4 $132) 11. Nc4 h4 12. Nxb6 $6 (12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxe5 hxg3 14.
hxg3 Bd6 $44) 12... axb6 13. Nd5 Bc5 $6 (13... hxg3 14. fxg3 Bc5+ 15. e3 f5 $36
) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 15. Nxc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 hxg3 17. hxg3 Qh6 18. Re1 f5
$36) 14... Be6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nc3 Nd4 $1 17. e3 (17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Qa4+ (18.
Bg2 Rxb2 $40) 18... Kf8 (18... Bd7 19. Qa7 c6 20. Qxc5 Ne6 21. Qxe5 f6 $13) 19.
Qa7 Kg7 $36) 17... Nb3 18. Bxb7 (18. Rb1 c6 $15) 18... Nxa1 19. Qxa1 (19. Bxa8
Qxa8 20. Qxa1 Qf3 $1 21. Re1 (21. Qd1 hxg3 22. Qxf3 (22. fxg3 Qxe3+ $17) 22...
gxh2+ 23. Kh1 gxf3 24. Rc1 Bh3 25. Kxh2 Bg2+ 26. Kg3 f5 $1 $19) 21... h3 22.
Kf1 Bb3 $1 23. Qc1 Rh6 24. Ne4 (24. Qd2 Rd6 $19) 24... c4 25. Qc3 Bd1 $1 26.
Qxe5+ Kf8 $19) 19... Rb8 $17 20. Bc6+ Kf8 21. Rd1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rb6 23. Bg2 Bb3
$1 {idea 24...Rbh6} 24. Rd2 Rbh6 25. a4 Qf6 26. Qa3 {[#]} Qf3 $1 27. Qxc5+ Kg8
0-1

[Event "Haarlem AKN op 08th"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. O-O f6 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 $5 (13... Qd7 14.
Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bg2 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfb1 Qa6 19. Bc3 $14 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Cvitan,O/Bled SLO 1998 (33)}) 14. Bxb7 $5 {TN} (14. e3 Nb3 15.
Nxb3 Bxb3 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 $132 {0-1 Rahman,Z-Guseinov,A/Doha op (4)
1992/EXT 92op (40)}) 14... Ra5 15. e3 (15. Rb1 Qd7 $44) 15... Nxb5 16. Qc2 c5
$6 (16... Qd7 $1 {(/\ 17...c6)} 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bc6 Rxb2 19. Bxd7 (19. Qc1
Qd6 20. Ne4 Qxa3 $1 21. Rxa3 Bxa3 $132) 19... Rxc2 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rfd1 Rd8
22. Ne4 Rb2 $15) 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bc6 Ra5 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Be4 $5 Rc8 (20...
f5 21. Bg2 Rd8 22. e4 $14) 21. Bc3 Ra7 (21... Rb5 22. Rdb1 $14) 22. Nc4 $1 Nxc4
$6 (22... Nd5 23. Bd2 $14) 23. dxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxh7+ (24. Bxe5 Bb3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8
26. Bxc7 Bxc2 27. Bxc2 Rcxc7 28. Rab1 g5 $16) 24... Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Bxe5 $16
) 25. Qf5 (25. Bg6 $1 Bb3 26. Qf5 Kg8 27. Qh3 $16) 25... Be6 $5 26. Qe4 $1 (26.
Qxe6 Kxh7 $14) 26... g5 (26... Qc6 27. Qh4 f5 28. Qh5 $18) 27. Qg6 Bd8 (27...
Bb3 28. Qh5 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 $18) 28. Qe8+ Kxh7 29. Qxe6 Kg7 30. h4 (30. Ba5 $1
Qb8 31. Rab1 Qa8 32. Rd7+ $18) 30... gxh4 31. gxh4 Be7 32. e4 $1 {[/\
Rd1-d3-g3 ]} Rh8 $6 (32... c4 33. Qg4+ Kf8 (33... Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Kh2 $18)
34. Kh1 $16 {(/\ 35.Rg1)}) (32... Rg8 $5 33. Kh1 Rh8 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Rg6 $40)
33. Rd3 Kf8 34. Rad1 Rh7 35. Rg3 $18 Rf7 (35... Rg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Rd3 $18)
36. h5 (36. Bd2 $18) 36... Bd8 37. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Be6 8.
O-O Be7 9. b4 f6 10. a3 O-O 11. d3 Nd4 12. Ne4 {Novelty (?)} (12. Be3 c5 13.
Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Nc5 Bd5 $1 {Novelty.} 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8
18. Qd2 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Nd7 $10 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Portisch,L/Biel(05) 1996 (42)}
) 12... Ba2 $6 13. Rb2 (13. Nxd4 $5 exd4 (13... Bxb1 14. Ne6 $18) 14. Nc5 $1
Bxb1 (14... Bxc5 15. bxc5 Bxb1 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. cxb6 $18) 15. Qb3+ Rf7 16. Qxb1
(16. Nxb7 Qd7 17. Qxb1 $44) 16... Rb8 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Nc5 $36) 13... Bd5 14.
Be3 (14. Nxd4 exd4 $13) 14... Bxe4 $5 15. dxe4 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 (16. Bxf3 Qxd1
17. Rxd1 Nc4 18. Rb3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rfd8 $15) 16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nc4 18. Rc2
Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 $5 (19... Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd2 $10) 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21.
Kf2 $6 (21. b5 $1 Kf8 22. Kf2 $10 {(/\23.a4, Bf1-c4-d5)}) 21... a6 $1 $15 22.
a4 Kf8 23. f4 (23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ke7 25. Bc4 Ra5 $15) 23... Ke7 24. Kf3 c6 {
[><b4]} 25. Rb1 (25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 a5 27. Bc4 a4 28. Bd5 Rd7 $15) 25... Rdc8
$1 {[/\26...b5]} 26. Bh3 Rc7 27. Bf1 Rb8 $1 (27... b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rbc1
Bxb4 30. Rxc6 $10) 28. Ra2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra6 Rbb7 $5 {[/\31...Ra7]} 31.
Ra3 $6 (31. Rc1 Bxb4 32. Raxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Bd6 $15) 31... Ra7 32. Rc3 Ra6 33.
h4 Rca7 34. Bh3 Kd8 $1 $17 {[/\35...Kc7,36...Ra1]} 35. Rc2 Kc7 36. Be6 (36. Bf5
$5 h6 37. Kg4) 36... Ra1 37. Rbb2 R1a4 38. Bd5 R7a6 39. Rb1 Kd7 $5 (39... Rxb4
40. Rbc1 c5 41. Rxc5+ $1 Bxc5 42. Rxc5+ Kd6 43. Rc8 Rb1 (43... Ra7 44. Rc6+ Kd7
45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Re6 $132) 44. Rd8+ Kc5 45. Rc8+ Kb6 46. Rc6+ Ka5 47. Rc7 $132
) 40. fxe5 Bxe5 (40... fxe5 $19) 41. Bg8 h6 42. Rd1+ Kc7 43. Be6 Rxb4 44. Rd7+
Kb6 45. Rxg7 Ra1 46. Rg6 Rg1 47. Rxh6 (47. g4 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxe4 49. Rxf6 Rexe3
50. Rxh6 Bd4 $19) 47... Rxg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxe4 49. Bd7 (49. Rxf6 Rxh4 $19) 49... c5
50. Re2 Rg7 $1 $19 51. Kf3 (51. Bf5 Rxh4 52. Rxh4 Bg3+ $19) 51... Rxh4 $5 52.
Rxh4 Rxd7 $19 53. Ke4 c4 54. Rh5 b4 0-1

[Event "Haarlem AKN op 08th"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 h6 {TN} 9. Qa4 $5 a5 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6 11. Ba3 $14) 10. Bd2 d6 11. a3
Bxc3 (11... Bc5 $5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bg2 $13) 12. Bxc3 Bg4 $6 13. Bxg4 $6 (13.
Bxb7 $5 Bxe2 (13... Ra7 14. Bf3 $16) 14. Rfe1 Bxd3 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Re3 $14)
13... Nxg4 14. c5 Qg5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qe4 (16. Qd7 Qh5 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Qxb7
d5 $132 {/\ 19...g5}) 16... Qh5 17. Qg2 f5 $6 (17... Rfc8 $13 {/\18...Rc6}) 18.
Bd2 Rf7 19. Rac1 $14 Nf6 20. Rfe1 g5 $6 (20... d5 21. Rc5 a4 22. Bc3 $14) 21.
Rc4 Kh8 22. h3 $1 {[/\23.g4]} g4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Rec1 $16 {[/\ 25.Rc7]} Raf8
25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qf5 (26... d5 27. Bxa5 $16) 27. Bxh6 $18 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 f6 $5 8.
a3 $6 Nd4 $5 9. d3 (9. Nxd4 $6 exd4 10. Ne4 $2 f5 $19) 9... Bg4 10. O-O $6 (10.
Nxd4 $5 exd4 11. Ne4 {/\12.b4} Nd5 $6 12. Qb3 f5 13. Ng5 (13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14.
Nf6+ gxf6 15. Bxd5 c6 $13) 13... Qe7 14. f3 $16) 10... Qd7 (10... Nxf3+ $6 11.
exf3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 Bxd3 14. Bxb7 Rb8 (14... Bxb1 15. Bc6+ $40) 15. Bc6+
$36) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 Nd5 $1 (12... O-O-O $6 13. b4 Nd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. bxc5 Rhe8 17. Re1 $36) 13. Qc2 (13. b4 f5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 (15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. bxc5 Bh3) 15... Nc3 16. Qb3 Nxb1 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Qxb1 Rae8 $17)
13... O-O-O 14. Re1 (14. b4 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 (16. bxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Qc6 18. Kg1 h5 $36) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc3 18. Rb2 (18. Qxa7 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Nxb1
$19) 18... Qd5+ 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 $15) 14... h5 $5 15. Nc5 $1 Qc6 (15... Bxc5 16.
Qxc5 Nb6 17. h4 $1 {/\18.Bf4}) 16. b4 b6 {[#]} 17. Bb2 $1 bxc5 18. Bxd4 h4 $1 (
18... Bd6 19. bxc5 Be5 20. Bb2 $1 {/\21.d4} (20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Qb2 Rhe8 $13)
20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 h4 22. e4 Ne7 23. d4 hxg3 24. hxg3 $16) 19. bxc5 hxg3 20.
hxg3 f5 $1 (20... Bh3 21. Bf3) 21. Qb3 $1 f4 (21... Bh3 $1 22. Bf3 Bg4 23. Bg2
$10 (23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. e4 Nf4 $1 25. gxf4 Rxd4 $17) 23... Bh3 24. Bh1 Bg4 25.
Bg2) 22. Be5 $3 (22. gxf4 Bh3 23. Be4 Rh6 {/\24...Be7,25...Rg6+.}) 22... Bxc5
$2 (22... fxg3 $6 23. Bxg3 $16 Bxc5 24. Rec1 $1 Bxe2 25. d4 Qb6 26. Rxc5 Qxb3
27. Rxb3 $18) (22... f3 $1 23. exf3 (23. Qc4 $5 fxg2 24. Qxg4+ Qd7 25. Qxd7+
Kxd7 26. Kxg2) 23... Bh3 24. d4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {/\26.Rh1}) 23. Rec1 $1 Qb6 (
23... f3 24. exf3 Bh3 (24... Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. fxg4 $18) (24... Ne3 25. d4
$1 Bxf3 (25... Qh6 26. Qxe3 $18)) (24... Be6 25. d4 Nb6 (25... Nf4 26. Rxc5 $18
) 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxe6+ $18) 25. d4 Bxg2 26. Rxc5 $1 (26. Kxg2 Qe6 27. Qb7+ (
27. g4 Bb6 $19) 27... Kd7 28. Qb5+ c6 29. Qb7+ Ke8 30. Rh1 $13) 26... Bxf3 (
26... Qh6 27. Qb7+ Kd7 28. Rxd5+ $18) 27. Qxf3 Qh6 28. Qxd5 $3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1
Rxd5 (29... Qh1+ 30. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 31. Kg2 Rxb1 32. Rxc7+ Kb8 33. Rc1+ $18) 30.
Rxc7+ Kd8 31. Rb8#) 24. Rxc5 $1 (24. Qxb6 axb6 25. d4 Bxa3 $19) 24... Qxc5 25.
Qb7+ Kd7 26. d4 $1 Qc6 (26... Qc2 27. Qxd5+ (27. Bxd5 Rb8 $13) 27... Ke7 28.
Qe4 $5 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 fxg3 (29... Rb8 30. Rc1 Rhc8 31. f3 Be6 32. gxf4 $16) 30.
Rb7 Rc8 31. f3 Bd7 32. Bxg3 $16) (26... Qa5 27. Bxd5 Rb8 28. Qc6+ Ke7 29. Rc1
$40) 27. Bxd5 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. f3 $1 Be6 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. gxf4 $18 {
[>< a7,c7,g7]} Kd5 32. Rxa7 Rb8 33. Rxc7 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2 (34... Rbh1 35. e4+
Ke6 36. d5#) 35. Rc5+ (35. Rc5+ Ke6 36. d5+ Kf5 37. Bxb2) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
Be6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b4 f6 (10... Nd4 $5 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Gurevich,M/Bern 1989}) 11. Bb2 Qd7 (11... Qe8 $5 12. Rc1 Qf7 13. Ne4 a6 14.
Nfd2 Bd5 15. Nc4 f5 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Bg5 20.
Rc2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 f4 $36 {0-1 Segers,M-Massy,G corr 1994(37)}) 12. Ne4 Rfd8 13.
Qc2 Bd5 (13... a5 $5 14. b5 Na7 15. a4 c6 16. d4 cxb5 17. dxe5 Rac8 18. Qb1 f5
$13) 14. Rac1 Bf8 $5 {[/\15...Qf7]} 15. e3 $5 {(/\16.d4)} (15. b5 $6 Na5 16.
Qxc7 Qxb5 $17) (15. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 (16. Qxc5 Na4 17. Qc2 Nxb2 18. Qxb2
Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 $11) 16... Nc8 {[17...N8e7, 18...b5 <=><<]} 17. e4 $1 Be6 18.
d4 $1 (18. Rfd1 Qf7 $132) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne7 (20... Qxd4 $2
21. Rfd1 $18) 21. Rfd1 $14) 15... a5 $6 (15... Bxe4 $5 16. dxe4 Qd3 17. Bh3 (
17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. b5 Na5 19. Rxc7 (19. Bh3 Na4 20. Be6+ Kh8 $132) 19... Rb3
$132) 17... a6 18. Be6+ Kh8 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 $132 22.
Kf1 $2 Na4 $15) 16. Nc5 Qc8 $2 (16... Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nc8 18. d4 exd4 (18... e4
19. Nd2 f5 20. f3 $14) 19. e4 Bf7 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Ne7 $14) 17. b5 Na7
18. d4 $1 (18. a4 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxa4 $17) 18... exd4 $8 (18... Nxb5 $2 19. dxe5
Bc4 20. exf6 $40 Bxc5 21. Ng5 $1 $18 g6 22. f7+ $1 Bxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxc5
$18) (18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Ng5 $1 Nxb2 (20... fxg5 21. Bxd5+ Rxd5 22.
Qxc4 Qe6 23. e4 $18) 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bxd5 $18) 19. Nxd4 c6 (19... Bxc5 20.
Qxc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rd7 $14) 20. Na4 (20. bxc6 $5 bxc6 (20... Nxc6 21. Bxd5+
Nxd5 (21... Rxd5 22. Qb3 $18) 22. Nde6 $16) 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Nde6 $16) 20...
Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Bxg2 (21... Nxb5 $2 22. Nxb5 Bxg2 (22... cxb5 23. Bxd5+ Rxd5 24.
Rxc8 $18) 23. Kxg2 cxb5 24. Qb3+ $18) 22. Kxg2 Qd7 $5 (22... c5 23. Qc4+ Kh8
24. Ne6 $16) 23. bxc6 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 (24. e4 Qxe4+ 25. f3 Qd5 26. c7 Re8 $14)
24... Nxc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qxc6 Rab8 27. Qxd5+ Rxd5 28. Rc2 $14 Rdb5 $6 $138
(28... a4 $5 29. Bd4 Kf7 30. Ra1 Rb3 31. Rc4 Ra5 $132) 29. Bc1 Rb3 30. Rd1 Bxa3
31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rc7 Kh8 33. Rdd7 $16 Rg8 34. Ra7 h6 (34... h5 35. Rd5 $18)
35. Kg2 $2 (35. h4 $1 Kh7 36. h5 $16) 35... Kh7 36. g4 $2 (36. h4 h5 37. Rd5
Kg6 38. Rdxa5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Rb8 $14) 36... h5 $1 $11 37. gxh5 (37. g5 fxg5 38.
Rd5 Kh6 $11) 37... Kh6 38. Rd5 a4 39. Kf3 Ra1 40. Rda5 Rb8 41. Rxa4 Rxa4 42.
Rxa4 Kxh5 43. Ra5+ g5 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. e4 Re8 $1 $11 46. f3 Re7 47. Ra6 Re8 48.
Kf2 Rh8 49. Kg3 Re8 50. h3 Re7 51. Kf2 Rh7 52. e5 Kf5 53. exf6 Rf7 $1 (53...
Rxh3 54. f7 Rh8 55. Kg3 Rf8 56. Ra7 $14) 54. Ke3 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d3 (7. O-O
Re8 8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Bg5 exd3 11. exd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Re1 Re7 14.
Qd2 d6 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rxe7 Nxe7 17. Re1 $36 Bd7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 c5 20. Nb5
d5 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qxc5 dxc4 23. dxc4 a6 24. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Deviatkin,
A/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (42)}) 7... Rb8 $5 {TN} 8. O-O a6 (8... b6 $5 {(/\9...
Bb7)}) 9. Rb1 d6 10. Bg5 $5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne1 {[/\Ne1-c2-e3-d5]} Bd7 13.
Nc2 h5 $5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Nd5 b5 $6 (15... h4 16. e3 (16. gxh4 Ne7 $44) 16...
g6 {(/\17...Kg7,28...Rh8)}) 16. cxb5 axb5 17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Qxa4 $14 Nb4 (
18... Nd4 19. Qa2 Ne6 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Rb1 Qd8 22. Qc4 $16) 19. Qa7 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 Bg4 21. f3 Bh3 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Ra1 Kf8 25. Kf2 (25. Ra7
Rb1+ 26. Kf2 f5 27. Rxc7 g5 $132) 25... g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O d6
8. a3 a5 (8... a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Nd2 (11. Rc1 $5 {Ribli}) 11... d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5 $10 {Lautier,J-Sokolov,I WaZ 1991}) 9.
e3 Bb6 $5 {[TN /\10...Be6,d6-d5;9...Bf5-52/37]} (9... Bf5 {Ribli} 10. b3 (10.
h3 $5) 10... Qd7 11. Bb2 Bb6 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 $6 (13. Nxd4 $5) 13... Bg4
14. Na4 Ba7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 $13 {Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991
CBM/24}) 10. b3 $5 Bf5 $5 {[/\Qd8-d7,Bf5-h3-g2,d6-d5]} (10... Be6 11. d4 $5
exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $14) 11. h3 $1 Qd7 12. Kh2
Bh7 {[/\13...e4]} (12... e4 13. Nh4 exd3 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. e4 $14) 13. Ng1 $1
$14 {[/\Ng1-e2,Qd2,Bb2,Ra1-e1,f2-f4]} Kh8 $6 (13... Nd8 $32 {/\c7-c6,d6-d5}) (
13... Nd8 $5 {Ribli}) 14. Nge2 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. Qd2 c6 17. e4 $5 {[/\18.
f4->>>]} Ng8 $5 18. Na4 $5 (18. f4 f5 $132) 18... Bc7 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 f5
$1 (20... Bxe4 $4 21. Nc5 dxc5 22. Bxg7+ $18 (22. Bxg7+ {Ribli} Kxg7 23. Qxd7
$18)) 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Nf4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26.
Nc3 $5 {[/\Ra1-d1,Bd4-e3-f4+/-]} (26. Rd1 b5 $1 27. Nc3 bxc4 28. Bxc6 cxb3 $1
29. Bxe8 Qxe8 $132) 26... Bd8 27. Rd1 Bf6 28. Bb6 $1 Qf5 29. Rc1 $6 (29. Na4
Qc2 30. Qxc2 Bxc2 31. Rxd6 Bxb3 32. Nc5 Bxc4 33. Nxb7 $16) 29... Qd3 30. Qxd3
Bxd3 31. Na4 $6 $138 (31. Bf3 $1 {/\32.Na4+/-}) (31. Bf3 $1 {Ribli}) 31... Re2
$1 32. Rd1 (32. Bf1 Rc2 $15) 32... Bc2 33. Rxd6 Bxb3 34. Nc5 Bxc4 $2 $138 (
34... Rxf2 $1 35. Nxb7 (35. Nxb3 Rb2 36. Rd3 a4 $15) 35... Rc2 36. Rxc6 a4 $132
) 35. Nxb7 $16 a4 36. Na5 Bb5 37. Nxc6 Ra2 38. Bc5 Rc2 39. Be3 Ra2 40. Nd4 Bc4
(40... Bxd4 41. Bxd4 Rxa3 42. Be4 $16) 41. Rc6 Bf7 42. Rc7 Bg6 43. Nb5 Ne7 44.
Ra7 Nf5 $6 (44... Bd3 45. Nd6 Rxa3 46. Ne4 $1 (46. Bc5 $6 Ra2 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48.
Bxe7 Rxf2 $1 49. Bxf6 Be4 $10) 46... Bxe4 47. Bxe4 $14) 45. Bd5 Rb2 $2 (45...
Ra1 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bg8+ Kh8 48. Bb6 Ne7 49. Bf7+ Kh7 50. Bxg6+ Kxg6 51. Rxa4
$16) 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bg8+ Kh8 48. Bc4+ $1 (48. Bc1 $2 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Re2 50.
Bf7+ $8 Kh7 51. Bg8+ $10) 48... Kh7 49. Bg8+ Kh8 50. Bc4+ Kh7 51. Bc1 $1 $18
Rxf2+ 52. Kg1 {[52...Rc2 53.Bg8 Kh8 54.Bb3]} 1-0

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O c5 10. e3 dxe3 11. fxe3 $5 (11. dxe3 d6 12. Bd2 O-O $11)
11... d6 (11... O-O 12. b4 $5 cxb4 13. Bb2 $36) 12. b4 $1 Bf6 (12... cxb4 13.
Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxb4 $36) 13. Rb1 O-O 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. d4 $1 cxd4 16. Bb2 $36 b6
(16... dxe3 17. Rxf6 $5 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 $44) 17... gxf6 18. Qh5 $40) 17.
Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $14 Ba6 (18... Qd6 19. Rbc1 Bb7 20. Qf4 $1 $16) 19. Rf2 Qd6
20. Rc1 $6 (20. Qf4 Rad8 (20... Qxf4 21. gxf4) 21. Rc1 $16) 20... Rac8 21. Rc6
Qa3 $1 $13 (21... Rxc6 22. dxc6 $16) 22. Rfc2 Rfd8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. R2xc3 Rxc6
25. Rxc6 (25. dxc6 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 f5 $13) 25... f5 $1 (25... Bb7 26.
Rc7) 26. g4 $5 (26. Rc7 Bd3 27. Rxa7 Be4 $11) 26... Bb7 27. Rc2 g6 (27... fxg4
28. e4 $44) 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. Kf4 b5 $5 33.
Rd4 $6 $138 (33. e4 fxe4 34. Kxe4 $1 $14 {/\ Ke4-d4-c5}) 33... a5 $11 34. a3 b4
35. axb4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Bxd5 37. Rb6+ Be6 38. Bh3 Rd2 $1 39. e4 Rxh2 40. Bxf5
Rf2+ 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kxh5 Rxf5+ 43. exf5 Kxf5 44. Rxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 {/\Nd4} 10. Rb1 {><b3} (10. d3 {Ribli} f5 11. Bb2 Bd6
$6 $14 {Makarov,M-Tiviakov,S/Elista/1994/CBM44/INF61,31/}) 10... f6 (10... Nd4
$2 11. Nxe5) 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 (12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Bc3
{Suba,M-Wolf,P  Preston 1989 CBM/14}) (12. Ne1 $5 {Ribli} Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14.
Bxc3 c6 $6 (14... Nb5 15. Bb2 c6 16. a4 Nc7 $132 {Stohl}) 15. a4 $14 {
Kortschnoj,V-Stohl,I/Tilburg/1993/CBM39/INF59,51/}) 12... Nxf3+ (12... c5 13.
Ne4 Nxf3+ (13... cxb4 14. axb4 Rc8 15. Nc5 $5 (15. Bxd4 $5 exd4 16. Rb2 Nd5 17.
Qa1 Qb6 18. Qa5 $1 Rfd8 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Ra1 a6 21. Nc5 $1 Bd5 22. Bh3 $1 Rxc5
23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Ra5 Bxf3 25. exf3 Bd6 26. Ra1 $1 (26. Rxb6 $2 Bc7 $10) 26...
Bc5 27. f4 {1-0 Pigusov,E-Estevez,G/Santa Clara (05) 1991}) 15... Bxc5 16. bxc5
Rxc5 17. Rb4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rc7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Bd5 21. Bxd5+ {1/2-1/2
Pigusov,E-Vyzmanavin,A/Sochi-A 1989}) 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. axb4 (15. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (
15... Bd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 $14) 16. Bxc5 Rf7 17. Bxb6 $5 (17. axb4 Nd5
$10) 17... axb6 (17... Qxb6 18. Rxb4 Qa6 19. Qa4 $14) 18. axb4 $14 {Seirawan,
Y-Gurevich,M/Biel izt/1993/}) 15... Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 $6 (16... Qd7 $1 17. Qc2 $5
(17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Aseev,K/URS-ch58 Moscow (11) 1991})
17... Rac8 18. Qb2 b6 $1 19. Rfc1 (19. b5 $6 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7
$36 {<->c /\} 22. Rc1 $2 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bb4 {><b5}) 19... Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. b5 {Serper,G-Aseev,K/Krumbach/1991/} Qd7 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24.
Bxc3 Bc5 $10) 17. Qa4 $1 Qe8 18. b5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 $16 {+/- Kharitonov,A-Aseev,K/
Lvov (zt) 53/(41) 1990}) (12... c5 $5 {Ribli}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 (14. b5 $6
Bxa3 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. Nb5 Rxc6 18. Nxa3 $15) 14... Nd5 (14... Bd5
15. a4 f5 $6 {ה} (15... Nd7 {>=}) 16. Nd2 Nd7 $2 (16... Bf6 $5 17. a5 Nc8 $14)
17. Bxd5+ $1 cxd5 18. Qb3 $16 {Serper,G-Tiviakov,S/USSR/1991/}) 15. Bd2 (15.
Bc5 $2 f5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Nc3 $19) 15... b6 {><c5, /\f6-f5} (15... f5 16.
Nc5 $14) 16. Qa4 (16. Qc2 {Ribli} Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $13) 16... Qd7 17. Rfc1
Rfc8 18. Nc3 {/\19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Rc3+/= <->c} (18. Bg2 {Ribli} a5
$36) 18... b5 19. Qa6 $6 (19. Qd1 a5 $132 (19... Nxc3 {Ribli} 20. Bxc3 Bd5 $10)
) 19... Rab8 {ףa6} 20. Nxd5 (20. Ne4 $5 {Ribli} Rb6 21. Qa5 Qb7 22. Nc5 Bxc5
23. bxc5 Ra6 24. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Qc3 Ra4 26. Rb4 $13) 20... cxd5 21. Be3 (21.
Rxc8+ {Ribli} Rxc8 22. Rc1 $10) 21... d4 22. Bd2 Rxc1+ (22... Bd8 23. Rc6 $10)
23. Rxc1 Rb6 24. Qa5 Bd8 $17 {/\Rd6 -+} 25. a4 $8 (25. Rc6 $5 {Ribli}) 25...
bxa4 26. Ra1 Bb3 27. Qc5 Be7 28. Qa5 Rb5 29. Qa6 {/\Bc6} Rb6 30. Qa5 g6 31. Rc1
Kg7 32. b5 Bd8 (32... Rxb5 $2 33. Rc7 Rxa5 34. Rxd7 $18) 33. Bc6 Qf7 {/\Rxc6}
34. Qb4 Qe7 $1 $19 (34... a6 $17) 35. e3 (35. Qxe7+ {Ribli} Bxe7 36. Ba5 a3 $1
37. Bxb6 axb6 38. e4 dxe3 39. fxe3 a2 40. e4 Bc5+ 41. Kf1 Bd4 $19) 35... dxe3
36. Qxe7+ $2 (36. fxe3 $8 Qxb4 37. Bxb4 a6 38. bxa6 Rxa6 $17) 36... Bxe7 37.
Bxe3 a3 $19 38. Bxb6 axb6 39. Bf3 a2 (39... a2 {Ribli} 40. Bd1 Be6 41. Ra1 Bc5
$19) 0-1

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 $5 (9... Be6) 10. Be3 $5 (10. b4 Bf8) 10... Bf8 11. Rc1
Nd4 (11... Bg4 $5 {Ribli}) 12. Ne4 a5 (12... c6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bg4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qd2 $14 {Seret,JL-Renet,O Lyon zt 1990}) (12... c6 $5 {Ribli})
13. Re1 (13. Nc5 Nf5 14. Bd2 c6 15. e4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. f4 $14 {Rasmussen,
K-Hansen,LB Århus (ch) 1992}) 13... a4 (13... h6 $5) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bg5 f6
$6 (15... Be7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 (16... Qxe7 {Ribli} 17. Qd2 $14)) 16. Bd2 Be6 17.
Bb4 Bd5 (17... Bxb4 $5 {Ribli} 18. axb4 Bd5 19. Qc2 $14) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 (18...
Kxf8 19. Qc2 {/\20.Qc5+}) 19. Qc2 f5 (19... c6 20. Qc5 $14) 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 {+/= ><d4} Qd5+ 22. Nf3 Rf7 $6 (22... c6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rad8 $14 {
><b5}) 23. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd8 25. Rb5 $16 {><a4,><c7,><d4,><f5} g6 26.
Rc1 Rd6 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Rb4 {/\29.Nd2 + 30.Nc4 Nxc4 31.Rxc4 ><a4,><d4} Rfd7 29.
Rc5 (29. Nd2 $5 {/\30.Sc4}) 29... Kf6 30. h3 (30. Ra5 $5 {/\Ra7}) 30... h6 (
30... h5 31. h4 $16) 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 {/\Nd2-e4} Kg7 33. Ra5 g5 34. Rc5 (
34. Ra7 c5) 34... Kf8 {/\Ke7-d8} 35. Re5 Kg7 36. Ke1 Kf6 37. Kd1 Kg7 38. Ra5
Kf8 39. Rbb5 {><c5,/\Ra7} (39. Ra7 c5) 39... Rd8 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rb4 Rf6 (41...
c5 42. Rb5 c4 (42... Rc6 43. Ne5 $18) 43. Ne5 cxd3 44. Rxb6 $18) 42. Rxd4 $18
c5 43. Re4 c4 44. dxc4 Rc8 45. Ne5 Rxf2 46. Ng6+ (46. Rxb7 $18) 46... Kg7 47.
Rxb7+ Kxg6 48. Rxb6+ Rf6 49. c5 Rxc5 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Rxa4 h5 52. gxh5 Kf5
53. Ke1 Rc6 54. Kf2 Rh6 55. Kg3 Rxh5 56. Ra5+ Kg6 57. Rb5 Rh4 58. b4 Kh5 59. a4
Rc4 60. a5 Rc3+ 61. Kf2 Ra3 62. Rb6 g4 63. a6 g3+ 64. Kg2 Kg4 65. Rc6 Ra2 66.
Rc4+ Kf5 67. b5 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 (9... f5 {Ribli} 10. b4 $1 Bf6 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. a4 a5
13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. a5 Nd7 16. Nd5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J
Tilburg3 1992 CBM/32}) 10. Qc1 (10. Na4 $5 {Ribli} f6 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Re8
13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Rfd1 b6 15. e4 bxc5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc5 Rb8 18. b3 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 Nd4 20. Bg2 Rb6 $13 {Har Zvi,R-Damjanovic,M Tel Aviv-B 1991 EXP/27}) (10.
Rc1 $5 {Ribli}) 10... h6 (10... f5 11. Rd1 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd7 13. Be3
Rae8 14. Bc5 Rf6 15. b4 $14 {Poldauf-Dautov Budapest 1989}) 11... Kh8 (11...
Bf6 12. Bc5 Rf7 13. b4 Rd7 14. Rb1 Nd4 15. Ne1 c6 $10 {Raupp,T-Bachman,K BL
8283}) (11... Nd5 12. Bg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Kh8 $14 {Andersson,U-Chernin,A Reggio
Emilia 1986 (inf 43/26)}) 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. f3 $14 {Ivkov,B-Addison
Palma iz 1970}) (10... f6 11. Nd2 (11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. b4
a5 15. a3 $14 {Lalic,B-Hug,W Zurich Open 1989}) (11. Rd1 Qe8 12. d4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c6 15. Qe3 Bd8 $10 {Preiss,M-Haag,M Baden-Baden Open 1990})
11... Nd5 (11... Qd7 12. Re1 f5 13. Nb3 Nd4 $132 {Fatin-Sher Hastings 1990})
12. Nb3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qd7 {Suba-Miles Tunis iz 1985 (inf}) (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5
(11. Rd1 Re8 (11... f5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bc5 f4 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Kh8 16.
Ne4 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qd7 $132 {Preiss,M-Ross,JL Baden-Baden Open 1991}) 12. d4
Nxe3 13. fxe3 exd4 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Qf4 $13 {Pribyl,J-Romanischin,O Jurmala
1987}) (11. Bd2 f6 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Qxc5 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. b4
Bg4 17. a4 $14 {Poldauf,D-Wolf,V BL 1992}) (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bd2
Qd7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. b3 b6 16. Qb2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 $10 {Reich,T-Degenhardt,H
BL 9192}) 11... Bxd5 12. Rd1 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qc2 c5 {Raupp,T-Riefner,E
BL 8283}) (10... Qd7 11. Rd1 Rad8 12. Ne4 Rfe8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 h6 15. b4
$14 {Raupp,T-Fahnenschmidt,G BL 8081}) 11. Ne4 (11. Rd1 Nd5 12. d4 Nxe3 13.
Qxe3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 c6 18. Rd3 Bg5 {
1/2-1/2 Romanischin,O-Hübner,R Biel 1987}) (11. Rd1 $5 {Ribli}) 11... Bd5 (
11... Qd7 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Rfe8 14. b4 $14) 12. Rd1 {/\13.Nc3 Be6 14.d4/
14.Nc5+d3-d4} (12. Nc3 $5 {Ribli}) 12... Bxe4 $5 {/\ץg2} 13. dxe4 Qc8 14. h4 {
/\Kh2+Bh3} Qe6 15. Kh2 Qc4 {/\Qxe2} 16. Rd2 Qxc1 (16... Qxe4 $2 17. Nd4 $16)
17. Rxc1 Rfd8 18. Rdc2 $14 {קc7,קe5} Bd6 {/\Nb4} 19. a3 a5 20. h5 {
/\Nf3-h4-f5} (20. Bh3 $5 {/\h4-h5+Nf3-h4-f5} Nd7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. h5 $14 {
/\Ne1-d3/Nd2-c4}) (20. Bxb6 $5 cxb6 21. e3 {/\Bf1-b5/c4 ><d5} b5 22. Bf1 b4 (
22... Na7 23. h5 $14) 23. a4 Rac8 24. Bc4 $14 {/\Bd5/h4-h5} (24. h5 $6 {/\Bc4}
b3 25. Rc3 Bb4 26. Rxb3 Nd4 $17)) 20... Nd7 $1 $10 21. Nd2 (21. Nh4 Nf6 22. Bf3
Ne7 $13 {ץf3,פh4}) 21... a4 (21... Nf6 22. Bf3 {/\Nc4} a4 23. Nc4 {-> game})
22. Nc4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Be7 24. Rc3 Ne8 $1 25. Rd3 (25. b4 $6 axb3 26. Rxb3 Rab8
$15) 25... Bg5 26. Rd5 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 Rxd5 $1 (27... f6 $6 {/\Nd4} 28. Bg4 $14 {
/\Be6-d5}) 28. Nxd5 {/\e2-e3+Bd1 ><a4} (28. exd5 Nd4 29. Kg2 f5 $15) 28... Nd4
29. Kg2 c6 {ץf3,ާe2,Pe4} 30. Nb6 Ra6 31. Nd7 $6 (31. Nc4 $1 f6 32. Bg4 $13 {
><e6,/^h3-c8} b5 33. Nd2 Kf7 $132 (33... Nd6 $6 34. e3 Nb3 35. Nxb3 axb3 36.
Be6+ Kf8 37. Kf3 $16)) 31... Ra5 (31... f6 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. Bg4 $10 {><e6}) 32.
e3 (32. Rc5 Rxc5 33. Nxc5 b5 $17 {/\Nd6-c4}) 32... Nxf3 33. Kxf3 f6 (33... Rb5
34. Rc2 {/\Nc5 ><a4}) 34. Nb6 {/\Ra4} Ra6 35. Nc4 Kf7 36. Kg4 Ke6 37. f4 b5 38.
Nd2 Nd6 $17 39. Kf3 Kd7 {><c6, /\Ra6-a8-?} 40. Ke2 Ra8 41. Kd3 Kc7 {/\Kc7-b6 +
c6-c5} 42. g4 Rd8 43. Ke2 Re8 44. Kd3 Rd8 45. Ke2 Rh8 (45... Re8 $10) 46. Rg1
Kb6 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. g5 Kc5 (48... c5 $6 49. gxh6 gxh6 50. Rg6 Kc7 $10 51. Nf3
$2 Nc4 $17) 49. Kd3 Nc4 (49... Rd8 50. Kc2 $5 Rf8 (50... Nc4 $6 51. Nxc4 Kxc4
52. gxh6 gxh6 53. Rg6 c5 54. Rxh6) 51. gxh6 gxh6 52. Rg6 Rf2 53. Kd3 (53. Kc1
Nc4 54. Nxc4 Kxc4 55. Rxh6 Kd3 56. Rd6+ Kxe4 57. Rxc6 Kxe3 58. h6 Rh2 $17)
53... Nc4 54. Nxc4 bxc4+ 55. Kc3 Re2 56. Rxh6 Rxe3+ 57. Kc2 Rxe4 58. Rh8 {
-> game}) 50. Nxc4 bxc4+ 51. Kc2 Rf8 52. gxh6 gxh6 53. Rg6 Rf2+ 54. Kc3 Re2 55.
Rxh6 Rxe3+ 56. Kd2 Rxe4 57. Rh8 Rh4 58. h6 Rh2+ 59. Kc3 Rh3+ 60. Kc2 c3 $1 $8
61. h7 cxb2 (61... Kc4 $5 62. bxc3 $1 (62. Rc8 Rh2+ 63. Kb1 {עb1} Rxh7 64.
Rxc6+ Kd4 65. Rxc3 (65. bxc3+ Kd3 $19) 65... e4 $19 66. Kc1 Rh1+ (66... Rh2 67.
Rc8 (67. Rg3 $2 e3 $1 $19 {/\Rh1+ + e3-e2//\Kd3}) 67... Rh1+ (67... Ke3 68.
Rc3+ Kf4 69. Kd1 (69. Rc8 Kf3) 69... Rxb2 70. Rc4 Kf3 71. Rxa4 e3 $19) 68. Kd2
e3+ 69. Ke2 Rh2+ 70. Ke1 Rxb2 71. Ra8 Kd3 72. Rd8+ Kc4 $19) 67. Kd2 Rh2+ 68.
Kc1 e3 {/\Rh1+ e3-e2} 69. Kd1 Rxb2 70. Rc8 Rb3) 62... Rh2+ 63. Kb1 (63. Kd1 $2
Kxc3 (63... c5 64. Re8 Rxh7 65. Rxe5 Rh2 (65... Rh1+ 66. Kc2 Rh2+ 67. Kc1 $1
$10) 66. Kc1 $10) 64. Re8 Rh1+ 65. Ke2 Rxh7 66. Rxe5 Kb2 $19) 63... c5 $1 (
63... Kxc3 64. Re8 Rxh7 65. Rxe5 Rh1+ 66. Ka2 Rh2+ 67. Kb1 Kd4 68. Ra5 c5 69.
Rxa4+ Kd3 70. Rg4 $10) 64. Re8 Rxh7 65. Rxe5 Kb3 66. Kc1 c4 (66... Rh1+ 67. Kd2
Rh2+ 68. Kc1 Rc2+ (68... c4 69. Rb5+ Kxc3 70. Kb1) 69. Kb1 Rxc3 70. Re8 Kxa3 (
70... Rh3 71. Rb8+ Kxa3 72. Kc2 $10) 71. Rc8 Kb3 72. Rb8+ Kc4 73. Ra8 $10) 67.
Rb5+ Kxc3 68. Kb1 Rh1+ 69. Ka2 $10 Kd3 70. Rb7 (70. Rd5+ Kc2 71. Rg5 (71. Rc5
Rh2 $19 (71... c3 $4 72. Rxc3+ $10)) 71... Rh2 72. Rg1 c3 $19) 70... Rd1 (70...
c3 71. Rd7+ Kc2 72. Rd2+ $10) 71. Rb8 (71. Rh7 $2 Kc2 $19 (71... Rd2+ 72. Kb1
Kc3 73. Rb7 $10) 72. Rc7 Rd2 $1 (72... c3 73. Rxc3+ $10) 73. Rc8 c3 74. Rc7
Kd1+ 75. Kb1 c2+) 71... c3 (71... Re1 72. Rb7) (71... Kc2 72. Rb2+ $10) 72. Rc8
{/\Rxc3=} Rd2+ (72... c2 73. Rxc2 $10) 73. Kb1 $10 Rb2+ 74. Kc1 Ra2 75. Rd8+
Kc4 76. Rc8+ Kb3 77. Rb8+ Kxa3 78. Rc8 $10) 62. Kxb2 Kc4 63. Re8 Rh2+ 64. Kb1
Rh1+ 65. Kc2 Rxh7 66. Rxe5 Rh2+ 67. Kb1 c5 68. Re4+ Kc3 69. Re3+ Kd4 70. Rg3
Re2 71. Rg4+ Re4 (71... Kc3 72. Rg3+) 72. Rg2 Kd3 73. Kb2 c4 (73... Re2+ $2 74.
Rxe2 Kxe2 75. Kc3) 74. Rg3+ Kd4 {/\Tg2+ + c4-c3} 75. Rg2 Re3 76. Rd2+ Rd3 77.
Rh2 Rb3+ 78. Kc2 Rxa3 79. Rh4+ Kc5 80. Rh8 Rg3 81. Rc8+ Kb4 82. Rb8+ Ka3 83.
Rc8 Rg4 84. Ra8 Rg1 85. Rc8 Rg4 86. Ra8 Rg1 87. Rc8 Rg4 {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig-A"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1993.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. a3 Be6 $1 9. b4 Nd4 $5 (9... O-O) (9... a5 $6 {Ribli Petursson,
M-Motwani,P/Hafnarfirdi/1992/CBM29/}) (9... O-O {Ribli} 10. Rb1 $5) 10. Rb1
Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 12. b5 $5 (12. d3 $14) 12... O-O $1 (12... Nd5 $6 13. bxc6
bxc6 14. Bb2 (14. Nxd5) (14. Qa4 $14 {Ribli}) 14... O-O (14... f6 $6 15. d4 $1
$16) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 $1 Ba2 17. Ra1 (17. Rc1 $6 Qb8 $1) 17... Bc4 18. Be2
Bxe2 (18... Bd3 $6 19. Bxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxe5 Bxa3 (20... Qxe4 $2 21. Re1 $16 {
/\Bg7}) 21. Qb1 $1 Qxb1 22. Rfxb1 $16) 19. Qxe2 $16) (12... Rc8 $6 13. bxc6
bxc6 14. d3 $14) (12... Qd7 $5 {Ribli}) 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. d3 (14. Bxc6 $2 Rc8
15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Qc2 (16. a4 {Ribli} Rfd8 17. a5 $14) 16... f5 $17) 14... Rb8
15. Bb2 Qd7 $10 16. Qc2 f6 17. Ne4 Bd5 $6 (17... c5 $5 18. Nd2 (18. Nxc5 $2
Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Na4 $19) 18... c4 $1 (18... Rfc8 $6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 $14)
19. dxc4 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 (20... Nxc4 $2 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Bxe5 $1 fxe5 23.
Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc7 26. Qa4 $1 Qxc4 27. Rd8+ $3 $18) 21. Bc1
Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Be3 $10) 18. a4 Qe6 19. Ba1 (19. Bc3 $5 {
Ribli}) 19... Nd7 20. Nd2 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bb4 22. e4 $5 (22. Nd2 Kh8 23. Nc4 $14
{/\f4}) 22... c5 $1 23. Nh4 a5 24. Nf5 Rbd8 25. f4 (25. Ne3 Nb6) 25... c4 $1 $8
{<=>} (25... Rfe8 $5 {Ribli}) 26. Qxc4 (26. dxc4 $2 exf4 27. gxf4 Nc5 $17) (26.
d4 $6 exd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 28. Kh1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rfe8 30. Rfe1 Rc8 $17) 26...
Qxc4 27. dxc4 Rfe8 $1 (27... exf4 28. gxf4 Nb6 29. e5 $1 $16) 28. Rbd1 $6 (28.
Kh1 $5 exf4 29. Rxf4 $1 Ne5 30. Rbf1 $36 {<<}) 28... exf4 29. gxf4 Rxe4 30. Kh1
$5 Rxc4 $2 $138 (30... Kf7 $1 31. Rg1 g6 32. Nd6+ Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Ke7 $1 (33...
Rxc4 34. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 35. Rxd8 Rxa4 $14) 34. Rgd1 Re1+ $1 (34... Rxf4 $2 35. c5
$18) (34... Rxc4 $6 35. Bxf6+ Nxf6 36. Rxd8 Rxa4 37. R8d4 $16) 35. Rxe1+ Kxd6
36. Rd1+ Ke6 (36... Kc7 $2 37. Bc3 $16) 37. Re1+ Kd6 (37... Kf5 38. Rd1 Re8 $5
39. Kg2 $1) 38. Rd1+ Ke6 $10) 31. Rg1 Rxf4 (31... g6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 (32... Rf8
$4 33. Nh6#) 33. Rxd8+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxa4 36. Rf1 $16) (31... Bf8
$4 {Ribli} 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ $18) 32. Bxf6 $1 $16 (32. Nxg7 {Ribli} Kf7 $13
) 32... Rxf5 (32... Nxf6 $2 33. Rxd8+ Kf7 34. Rxg7+ Ke6 35. Nd4+ Ke5 36. Rg5+
Ke4 37. Ne2 $18) 33. Bxd8 Nc5 34. Be7 $1 h6 (34... Nxa4 $2 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36.
Rf8+ Ke6 (36... Kxe7 37. Rxf5 $18) 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Re1+ $18 (38. Re1+ {Ribli}
Re5 39. Re8+ $18)) 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 $138 Rxf8 37. Bxf8 g5 (37... Nxa4 38.
Bxg7 $16) 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Rc1 Bb4 40. Rc6 h5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kf3 g4+ $5 43.
Kf4 Bd2+ 44. Kf5 Be3 45. Rc7+ $1 Kh6 46. Re7 Bf2 47. Re5 Bg1 48. Re2 $1 $18 {
(.)} Bc5 49. Re6+ Kg7 50. Kg5 Kf7 (50... Bg1 51. Kxh5 Bxh2 52. Kxg4 Kf8 (52...
Kf7 53. Ra6 $18) 53. Rc6 $1 $18) 51. Ra6 Bg1 52. Kxh5 Bxh2 53. Kxg4 Ke7 54.
Rxa5 Kd7 55. Ra6 Kc7 56. Kf5 Kb7 57. Rh6 Bc7 58. Ke4 Bb6 59. Kd5 Be3 60. Rg6
Bf2 61. Kc4 Be3 62. Kb5 Bf4 63. Rg7+ Ka8 (63... Kb8 64. Ka6 Be3 65. Rb7+ Kc8 (
65... Ka8 66. a5 $18) 66. Rb3 Bf2 (66... Bd4 67. Kb5 $18 {/\Kc4}) 67. Rc3+ $1
Kb8 68. Rf3 $1 {Kling} Bg1 (68... Bd4 69. Rb3+ Kc7 (69... Ka8 70. a5 $18) 70.
Kb5 $18) 69. Rb3+ Kc7 70. Rb7+ Kc8 (70... Kc6 71. Rb1 Be3 72. Rb3 Bd4 73. Rb4
$18 {/\Rc4,Kb5}) 71. Rb5 $1 Be3 72. Ka5 $1 {/\Kb4-c4+-} Bd2+ 73. Kb6 Kb8 74.
Re5 $1 $18) 64. Ka6 Be5 65. Ra7+ Kb8 66. Rb7+ Ka8 (66... Kc8 67. Kb6 $18) 67.
a5 Bf4 68. Rf7 Be5 69. Rf8+ Bb8 70. Kb5 Ka7 71. Rf7+ Ka8 72. a6 Ba7 (72... Be5
73. a7 $18) 73. Rf8+ Bb8 74. Ka5 $22 Ka7 75. Rf7+ Ka8 76. Kb6 Be5 77. a7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt playoff"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6
$5 (7... h6 8. b3 (8. a3 a5 9. e3 Bb6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bg4 $6 12. h3 Bh5 13.
Qc2 Bg6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 $16 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,
E/Wijk/1995/}) (8. e3 a6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Kh2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd5 $10 {Karpov,A-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas/
1995/}) 8... a6 9. e3 Ba7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14.
d4 exd4 15. exd4 Bf5 {Schwarz hat gleichwertiges Spiel erreicht, (aktives
Figurenspiel und offene e- Linie). Hansen,LB-Adams/,M/Wijk op/1995/CBM46/INF62,
27/} 16. a3 Re7 17. b4 Rde8 18. b5 Na5 19. Qa4 b6 $13 {Hansen,LB-Adams,M/Wijk/
1995/}) 8. b3 $146 (8. a3) 8... Ba7 9. Bb2 Re8 $6 {X Re8} (9... h6 $142 {/\ Be6
}) 10. h3 $1 h6 11. Kh2 Be6 12. Rc1 {Der erste neue Zug.} Rb8 $5 13. e3 $5 (13.
e4) 13... Qd7 14. e4 $5 {Ribli: Eine interessante Idee. Weiss wartet auf Qd7
und dann spielt er e4,Nd5 und der Anziehende denkt dass die schwarze Dame auf
d7 schlechter als d8 steht.} b5 {Konsequent (12...Rb8) aber sinnlos, Schwarz
schwaecht nur seinen eigenen Da- menfluegel.} (14... Nd4 $5 {Ribli}) 15. Nd5
Nh7 16. Qd2 Rb7 $2 {X Rb7 Ribli: Sieht ungewoehnlich aus. Besser war sofort >=
16...b4.} (16... b4 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $14) 17.
Rfe1 b4 18. Rcd1 $6 {Ribli:Der Damenfluegel ist eingefroren, und Weiss spielt
jetzt im Zentrum.} (18. d4 $16) 18... Qd8 $1 {/\ Ng5; X d4} 19. d4 {Ribli:
Droht /\ Ne3 mit klarem Vorteil.} Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 (20... Qxg5 {Ribli} 21. f4
$1 $16) 21. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} (21... Nxe5 {Ribli} 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 $16) 22.
f4 $1 $8 {Ribli: Die weissen Figuren sind gut postiert, ein Spiel am
Koenigsfluegel ist die logi- sche Konsequenz.} gxf4 23. gxf4 $36 Qh4 (23... f6
24. c5 $1 $16 {X Rb7,Ba7}) 24. Rf1 (24. fxe5 $6 {Ribli} Bf2 $1 $13) 24... f6
25. c5 $1 $16 {Ribli:Eine unangenehme Ueberraschung. Jetzt sind zwei schwarze
Figuren (Ba7 und Rb7) von Spiel ausgeschlossen. Weiss steht klar besser.} Bb8 (
25... Bxc5 $2 26. Rc1 (26. Qc2 {Ribli} Rb5 27. Nxc7 $18) 26... Rb5 27. Nxc7 Rd8
28. Qe2 $18) 26. Rg1 {Ribli:Voellig auf seine Angriffsplanung konzentriert (><
g7).} (26. f5 $16) 26... Kh7 27. f5 Bf7 28. Bf3 Nd4 $138 (28... Qh6 {Ribli} 29.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 30. Rg4 Kh7 31. Rdg1 $18) 29. Bxd4 exd4 (29... c6 {Ribli} 30. Bf2 $1
$18) 30. c6 $1 Bxd5 (30... Rb5 {Ribli} 31. Rg4 $18) 31. Rg4 $5 (31. exd5 Rb5 (
31... Re3 $5 32. Rg4 $1 (32. cxb7 $4 c6+ 33. Kg2 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxf3+ 35. Ke2
Qf2#) 32... Qh6 33. cxb7 Rxf3 (33... c6+ 34. Kg2 $18) 34. Qxh6+ Kxh6 35. Kg2
$18) 32. Rg4 Qh6 33. Qxd4 Qe3 $16) 31... Qh6 32. Qxh6+ gxh6 33. exd5 Rb5 34.
Rdxd4 Ba7 (34... a5 35. Rde4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 $18) 35. Rxb4 $18 Bc5 36. Rbc4 $138
{Ribli:Weiss hat zwei Bauern erobert, Schwarz hofft auf die ungleichfarbigen
Laeufer.} Bd6+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Rg6 Ra1 39. Rc2 Be5 40. Rg4 a5 41. Ra4 Bd6 42.
Rd4 Be5 43. Rdd2 {Droht /\ d6.} Bd6 44. Re2 Rc5 45. Rxc5 Bxc5 46. Bh5 Kg7 47.
Kf3 Rd1 48. Rg2+ Kf8 49. Rg6 {Ribli:Der Rest der Partie bedarf keines
Kommentars.} Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rxd5 51. Rxf6+ Kg8 52. Bg6 Re5+ 53. Kd3 Bb6 54. h4 $5
Rd5+ 55. Ke2 Re5+ 56. Kf3 Re3+ (56... Re7 57. Bh5 $18) 57. Kf4 Re2 58. Rf7 $1
$138 Rxa2 $138 59. Rd7 Rg2 (59... Re2 60. f6 $18) 60. Ke5 $1 Re2+ 61. Kf6 {
Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Farum op"]
[Site "Farum"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Rb1 a5 $5 (11... Bg4 $6 12. Ng5 $1 Rb8 13. Be4
$1 g6 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nge4 h6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. f3 Be6 19. Qc2 $16
{Piasetski,L-Lutz,C/Manila OL/1992/}) (11... Nd4 12. Ne1 c6 13. e3 Ne6 14. Nf3
Ng5 $5 (14... Nc7 {Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/Munchen/1993/}) 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne4
Qd8 17. Qc2 $14 {Lautier,J-Wolff,P/Biel izt/1993/}) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 (13. e3
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qc2 Ra5 16. Rd1 f5 17. e4 g6 18. Bg2 Qd6 19. exf5 gxf5
20. Be3 Be6 21. Bxb7 Bb3 22. Rxb3 axb3 23. Qxb3+ Kg7 24. a4 $16 {Kristiansen,
J-Jakobsen,O/Kobenhavn op/1990/}) (13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Re1 a4 16. Qc1
$14 {Portisch,L-Kortchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1990/}) 13... a4 14. e3 (14. Bb2 Ra5
15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bf5 17. Bxb7 $1 Bxb1 18. Qxb1 c6 19. bxc6 Rc5 20. Qd3 $1
$16 {Ehlvest,J-Hjartarson,J/Rotterdam/1989/}) 14... Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 (17. exd4 $5) 17... g6 (17... Qf6 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. e4 Rd8 20. Nce2 Bg4
21. f3 Bd7 22. Be3 $14 {Webster,A-Lewis,A/Eastbourne/1990/}) 18. Qc2 Bg7 $146 (
18... Qe7 19. Nce2 Be6 $5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bb2 Qb3 22. Rfc1 Rad8 $6 (22... Nd3
$142 $13 {Kir.Georgiev}) 23. Nd4 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 $16 {Georgiev,Kir/Gelfand,B/
Manila izt/1990/}) 19. Nce2 $1 Ne6 20. Bb2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe7 22. Rfe1 $1 $16
Rb8 23. Rbc1 Be5 $8 24. Qc3 $1 {/\f4;X c7;/^a1-h8} f6 25. f4 Bd6 26. e4 Qf7 27.
e5 $1 fxe5 28. fxe5 Bf8 $8 (28... Bxe5 29. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 30. Nf3 $18) (28...
Rxe5 29. Nf3 $18) 29. e6 Qg7 30. Qd2 $1 {/\Nf5+-} Qh6 (30... Rd8 31. Qf2 $18)
31. Qxh6 Bxh6 32. Rxc7 $18 Bd7 $5 33. Re2 Bg7 34. Rcc2 $1 Bxd4+ 35. Bxd4 Bxb5
36. Bxb6 (36. Re5 Nc4 $1 37. Rxb5 Nxa3) 36... Bxe2 37. Rxe2 Rbc8 $6 38. Bxb7
Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rb1 40. Bc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Rb1 h6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Qc5 Ng4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Nf2 21. Rfc1
Nh3+ 22. Kf1 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. c4 d4 25. Bxc6 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 bxc6 27. Nb3 Rb8
28. Ba1 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Bg4 30. c5 Rd5 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. dxc4 {
[#] Partiegewinn durch Gewinn des a-Bauern oder des Läufers begünstigt durch
die Abseitsstellung des schwarzen Ritters.} Be6 34. Rxe3 Bxc4 35. Ra3 a6 36.
Ra4 {gewinnt den a-Bauern oder...} Bb5 (36... Bd5 37. Rxa6 g4 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39.
a4 Ng5 40. a5 Ne6 41. a6 Nc7 42. Ra7 Ne6 43. Rb7 Nxc5 44. a7 Nxb7 45. a8=Q Nd6
46. Qb8 Ne4 47. Qf4 $18) 37. Rb4 {... den Läufer} f5 (37... a5 38. Rxb5 cxb5
39. c6 $18) (37... Kf8 38. a4 a5 39. axb5 axb4 40. b6 $18) 38. a4 (38. a4 Kf7
39. axb5 axb5 40. Rd4 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
h6 9. e3 a6 10. a3 Ba7 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nc4 f4 15. exf4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Re6 Bxe6 21. dxe6
Rb8 22. Ne3 Nxf4 23. Ng4 Qd4 24. Re1 d5 25. Ne3 c6 26. Nf5 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2+
28. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 29. Ke2 Nxe1 30. Kxe1 {[#] weißer e-Freibauer bindet die
schwarzen Figuren und sorgt für knappe Kompensation.  1.} Re8 31. Nd4 {
Denkbare schwarze Pläne: K-Wanderung nach d6 i.V. mit b6 und c5 oder ggf. 
Qualitätsopfer gegen Be6+Läufer mit 3 Bauern für den Springer.  In der Patie
mobilisiert Schwarz den Königsflügel, bleibt aber mit dem König stecken.} g6 (
31... Kf8 32. Bh3 Ke7 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. Nd6 Re7 35. Kd2 Ke5 36. Nf7+ Kf6 37. Nd6
$11) 32. Bh3 Kg7 (32... Kf8 33. Nb3 Ke7 34. Nc5 b6 35. Nxa6 Ra8 36. b5 Kd6 $5
$13 {Analyse! Ideen:} 37. a4 (37. bxc6 Rxa6 38. e7 Ra8 {[%cal Ra8e8]}) (37. e7
Kxe7 (37... c5 38. Be6 {[%cal Re6d5]}) (37... cxb5 $1) 38. bxc6 Rxa6 39. c7)
37... c5 38. Bg2 Ra7 $1) 33. Nb3 Re7 34. Nc5 g5 (34... Kf6 $2 35. Nd7+ Kg5 36.
Kf2 Kh4 37. Kg2 d4 38. Ne5 Kg5 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 h5 41. Kxd4 g5 42. Nd7+ Kg6
43. Ke5 g4 44. Bg2 $18) 35. Nd7 h5 (35... Kg6 $5 36. Nb6 h5 37. Nc8 Re8 38.
Bf5+ (38. e7 g4) (38. Nd6 Re7 39. Bf5+ Kf6 40. Nc8 Kxf5 41. Nxe7+ Kxe6 42. Nc8
Ke5 $17) 38... Kxf5 39. Nd6+ Kxe6 40. Nxe8 Ke5 $17 {eröffnet Schwarz m.M. nach
so oder so gute Gewinnchancen}) 36. Bf5 g4 37. Kf2 Kh6 38. h4 {Sperrt den
schwarzen König ein, gewährt Schwarz aber auch einen gedeckten Freibauern.} d4
39. Nc5 (39. Ke2 $5 Kg7 40. Kd3 g3 41. Ke2 d3+ $1) 39... Kg7 40. Ne4 Re8 41.
Ke2 Rf8 42. Ng3 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. e7 Re8 45. Nxh5 Rxe7 46. Bxg4 Rc7 (46...
Rh7 $5) 47. Kd2 c5 48. bxc5 Rxc5 49. a4 Rc3 50. Bd7 b6 51. Bg4 Ra3 52. Bd7 Kd6
53. Be8 Rh3 54. Nf4 Rxh4 55. Nd3 Rh2+ 56. Kc1 Kd5 57. Bf7+ Ke4 58. Bg6+ Ke3 59.
Nb4 Rh6 60. Nc2+ Kf4 61. Bd3 {Das Material verglüht und Schwarz hat nichts
erreicht.} a5 62. Nxd4 (62. Nxd4 Ke3 63. Nf5+ Kxd3 64. Nxh6 Kc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 Bb6 8. h3
Bf5 9. d4 h6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 e4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bb2 Bg6 14. Ne2 d5 15. Nf4 Bh7
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Qe2 Rd5 21. Rfd1 Red8
22. Bc3 Bg6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bh5 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4 exf3 27. Qxf3 Ba7 28.
Kh1 Qe7 29. b5 Rxb5 30. d5 Nb4 31. Ra1 Bb6 32. e4 Kh7 33. e5 Nxd5 34. Nxb6 Nxb6
35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. e6 fxe6 37. Qxb7 Rd5 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+
41. Kh1 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. Kh1 Nd5 44. Bd2 Nf6 45. Qb2 Ne4 46. Be3 c5 47.
Kg1 Qg3 48. Qe2 c4 49. Bc1 c3 50. Qe3 Qxe3+ 51. Bxe3 Nd2 52. Bc6 Nc4 53. Bc1
Ne5 54. Ba4 Be4 55. Kf1 g5 56. Bb3 Nd3 57. Be3 e5 58. Bc2 Kg6 {Übergang in das
Endspiel "ungleichfarbige Läufer"} 59. Ke2 (59. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. Kg3
Ke6 62. h4 gxh4+ 63. Kxh4 Kd5 64. Kg3 Ke4 65. Kf2 Bc4 66. Bxh6 Kd3 67. Bg7 e4
68. Bxc3 e3+ 69. Kf3 Bd5+ 70. Kf4 $11) 59... Nc1+ 60. Bxc1 Bxc2 61. Ke3 (61.
Kf3 e4+ 62. Kg3 Kf6 63. h4 gxh4+ 64. Kxh4 Ke5 65. Kg3 Kd4 66. Kf2 Kd3 67. Bxh6
Bd1 {Analyse}) 61... Bd1 62. Ba3 Kf6 63. Bf8 {Analyse!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5
9. e3 Bb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rae8 13. Bb2 Bh7 14. Qd2 e4 15. dxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc3 f6 18. b4 Qf7 19. Rfd1 Re7 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 Ba7
22. Rac1 b6 23. cxb6 Bxb6 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Nd2 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rd7 29. Nb3 Nb7 30. a4 Kf7 31. Kf3 h5 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Rc2 c5 34. Nd2
Kd5 35. Nc4 Kc6 36. Ba3 Bc7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rd8 39. Rd2 Rh8 40. Kf3 Nd6
41. Nxd6 Bxd6 42. Bb2 Rb8 43. g5 fxg5 44. Kg4 Be7 45. Bxg7 Rb4+ 46. Kf5 Rxa4
47. e4 c4 48. Rc2 Rb4 49. e5 a4 50. Bf6 Bf8 51. e6 Rb5+ 52. Kg6 Kd5 53. e7 Bxe7
54. Bxe7 {# Da� Schwarz hier noch gewinnt, entspricht nicht den
Stellungsgegebenheiten. Probleme bereitet freilich die Abseitsposition des
wei�en K�nigs. Die Suche nach einem Gewinn gestaltet sich daher schwierig.
Remis hat Wei� freilich immer...... Endspielmedaille f�r Strategie und
Taktik} g4 55. Bf6 {Auf der Suche nach einem Gewinn bin ich nicht f�ndig
geworden. Bitte versuchen Sie Ihr Analysegl�ck!} (55. Kf5 Kd4+ 56. Kxg4 Kd3
57. Ra2 c3 58. Rxa4 c2 59. Ba3 (59. Bg5 $2 Rxg5+) (59. Ra1 Rb1 60. Ra3+ Ke2)
59... Rb1 60. Kf3 (60. f4 Ra1 61. Ra8 Ke2 62. Rc8 Kd1 63. Bb2 Rb1 $10) 60...
Ra1 61. Ra8 Kc4 $1 62. Rc8+ Kb3 $10) 55... Rb3 56. Re2 (56. Ra2 Rf3 $6 (56...
a3 $1 {mit doppelter Drohung, den Bf2 abzutauschen.} 57. Ba1 (57. Kg5 c3 58.
Kxg4 Rb2 59. Rxa3 Rxf2 60. Bxc3 $10) 57... Rf3 {58...g3 =}) 57. Bh4 a3 58. Kg5)
56... c3 57. Kf5 a3 58. Kxg4 Rb2 59. Re5+ Kc4 {#} 60. f3 (60. f4 $142 {
Tempoersparnis, wenn es nach Opfer von Turm und L�ufer gegen die zwei
Freibauern darum geht, wenigstens das Remis zu retten.}) 60... c2 61. Re8 Rb1
62. Rc8+ Kd3 63. Rd8+ Ke2 64. Re8+ Kf1 65. Rc8 c1=Q 66. Rxc1+ Rxc1 67. Kf5 (67.
f4 Ke2 68. f5 Kd3 69. Be5 (69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Ke5 a2 71. Ke6 Ke4 $19) 69... Ke4
$19) 67... Ke2 68. Ke4 Rc4+ 69. Kd5 Rf4 {Die Katastrophe ist da!} 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. b4 Nd4
15. Nb3 c6 16. Na5 h6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Qb2 Bc8 19. Ne4 Na4 20. Qb1 Kh8 21. Nd2
f5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. e4 dxe3 26. Bxe3 Nb6 27. Nc4 Nxc4
28. dxc4 a6 29. Qb2 Be7 30. Bd4 Kg8 31. Be5 Bf8 32. a4 Be6 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5
Bd5 35. Bf1 a5 36. Rc7 Qh5 37. Be2 $6 (37. Bg2) 37... Qh3 38. Bf1 Qg4 39. Bg2
Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Qxa4 41. Re3 b6 42. Bxg7 Rxe3 43. Bxf8 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qe5 45. Qc1
f4 46. fxe3 Qh5+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kh1 f2 51. Qc4+ Qd5+
52. Qxd5+ Rxd5 53. Kg2 Rf5 54. Kf1 Kxf8 55. Ra7 Rxb5 56. Kxf2 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Rxh2
{[#] Freibauern} 58. e4 Ra2 59. Ra6 Rb2 $6 (59... b5 $5 60. Rxh6 a4 61. Rb6 Rb2
62. Ra6 Rb3+ 63. Kf4 a3 64. g4 (64. e5 b4 65. g4 Rb2 66. g5 a2 67. g6 b3 68. e6
Rb1 69. Ra8+ Kg7 70. e7 Re1 $19) 64... b4 65. g5 Rb2 66. Kf5 a2 67. e5 b3 68.
Ra8+ Ke7 69. Ra7+ Kd8 70. g6 Rg2 71. Kf6 b2 72. Rxa2 b1=Q 73. Rxg2 Qf1+ $19)
60. Kf4 Ke7 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. e5+ Kc6 63. Ra7 Rf2+ 64. Ke4 h5 65. e6 Kd6 66. Rb7
Re2+ 67. Kd3 Re1 68. Kd2 Re5 69. Rxb6+ Kc5 70. Ra6 Kb5 71. Rd6 Kc5 72. Ra6 Kb5
73. Rd6 Kc4 74. Rc6+ Kb5 75. Rd6 Kc5 76. Ra6 Kb5 77. Rd6 Kc5 78. Ra6 Kb5 79.
Rd6 Kc5 80. Ra6 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 8. a3
Nd4 9. b4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bd4 11. Bb2 c6 12. e3 Ba7 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. d5 Bh3 18. Rfb1 Nc4 19. Qf4 b5 20. Ne2 g5 21. Qc1
cxd5 22. Bc3 d4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd1
Qb6 28. Qh4 Qe6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ hxg6 33. a4
{[#]} Nd2 34. f4 Nb3 35. Ra3 Be6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Ra1 Kf6 39. Rd1
Nc2 40. Rb1 Kf5 41. Rb2 Na3 42. Re2 Bc4 43. Re5+ Kf6 {RP<->BN. wMehrbauer am
Kflügel. W Bauernschwäche b4. SK wird aktiviert.Duell der Freibauern.} 44. Re1
Nc2 45. Rb1 Kf5 46. Rb2 Bd3 47. Kf3 Be4+ 48. Kf2 Kg4 (48... Ke6 49. Ke2 Kd5 50.
Kd2 Kc4 51. Rxc2+ Bxc2 52. Kxc2 Kxb4 53. g4 Kc4 54. h4 Kd5 55. Kb3 Ke4 56. h5
gxh5 57. gxh5 Kf5 58. Kb4 Kf6 59. Kxb5 Kg7 60. Kc6 Kh6 61. Kd6 Kxh5 $10) 49.
Rb3 Kh3 50. Rc3 Nxb4 51. Rc8 Nd3+ (51... Nd5 $5 52. Re8 Nf6) 52. Ke3 f5 53. Rg8
Kg2 (53... b4 $5 {Analyse erforderlich!} 54. Rxg6 b3 55. Rb6 (55. Kd2 b2 56.
Rh6+ Kg2 57. Kc2 Nxf4+ 58. Kxb2 Nh3 $17) 55... b2 56. Kd4 (56. Rb3 Kxh2 57. g4
fxg4 58. Kxe4 Nc5+) 56... Nb4 57. Rxb4 b1=Q 58. Rxb1 Bxb1 $19) 54. Rxg6 Nf2 55.
h4 b4 56. Kd4 b3 57. h5 b2 58. Rb6 Ng4 59. Rxb2+ Kxg3 60. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 h6 9. g4 c6 10. h4 Be7 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 d6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rdg1 Be6
15. Be3 Bf8 16. h5 d5 17. Bg5 dxc4 18. dxc4 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. h6 gxh6 21. Bh5+
Kd8 22. f3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Qa3 b6 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qa6+ Qb7
28. Qxb7+ Kxb7 29. Bf7 Nf8 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Rd7+ Nc7 32. Rh5 Raf8 33. Re7 Re8
34. Rf7 f4 35. Ne4 Re6 36. c5 Kb8 37. Kc2 Rd8 38. Rh7 Na6 39. Kc3 bxc5 40. bxc5
Rd5 41. Rf5 Re8 42. Rff7 Nxc5 43. Nf6 Rc8 44. Nxd5 cxd5 45. Kb4 e4 46. fxe4
dxe4 47. Rxf4 Ne6 48. Rff7 Nc7 49. Kc5 e3 50. Kd4 Ne6+ 51. Kxe3 Nd8 52. Rxa7
Rc6 53. Rag7 Re6+ 54. Kf2 Kc8 55. Rg8 Rf6+ 56. Kg3 Rd6 57. Rhh8 Kc7 58. Rxd8
Rxd8 59. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[#] Zwei um drei Linien getrennte Freibauern gewinnen!
Noch auf ihren Ausgangsplätzen postiert verteidigen sie sich wegen der
Doppelzugmöglichkeit sogar ganz allein. Das gilt auch für die
Bauernkonstellation a2/c2, a2/d2 und erst recht für a2/f2.} 60. a4 ({Wegen der
eben beschriebenen Gesetzmäßigkeit hat der weiße König freie Hand und es
genügt auch} 60. Kg4 Ke7 61. Kh5 Kf6 62. Kxh6 Ke5 63. Kg5 $18) 60... Kd7 61. e4
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne3 Re5 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. f4 exf3 16. exf3 Re8 17. b3 Ne7 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. Rad1 b6 21. f4
Qd7 22. Qf2 Rad8 ({Man beachte den Reinfall:} 22... Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Qc6 $2 24.
Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Nd5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rc8 27. Re7 $1 {und Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern.
}) 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Nd5 Ne7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Qf3
Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf2 c6 31. g4 g6 32. h3 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qd3 Qe6 35.
Qd4 Kf7 36. Qh8 Qf6 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Kg2 Qxc3 39. Qg6+ Qf6 40. Qe8+ Qe7 41.
Qxc6 Qg7+ 42. Kh2 Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qg7+ 44. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 13th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2003.12.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Ned2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Nd5 14. Bd2
c5 15. a3 b6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. b4 e4 18. dxe4 Rxe4 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Qb3 Nf6 21.
bxc5 Bd5 22. Qd3 Bxc5 23. Bg5 Re6 24. Nd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27.
Nf5 g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Qc3+ f6 31. Qd2 Rxe2 32. Qh6+ Kh8 33. Qh4
Re6 34. Re1 Qc6+ 35. f3 Rf8 36. Qh6 Rfe8 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Qh6+ Kh8 39. Qd2 Kg7
40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qd2 f5 42. Nf2 Rxe1 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. Qxe1 Bxa3 45. Qa1 Qd6
46. g4 Bc5 47. Qa2+ Kf8 48. g5 Bxf2 49. Qxf2 Qf4 50. h4 Qb4 51. Kh3 Qc3 52. Qg3
Ke7 53. Qf2 Kd6 54. Kg2 {[#]  Secondary theme: four queens. It is hard to
imagine that White should win this ending, two pawns down and with no chance
of couterplay!  [#] Unterthema: Vier Damen Es ist kaum vorstellbar, dass Weiß
dieses Endspiel mit zwei Minusbauern und ohne Chance auf Gegenspiel gewinnt!}
Kd5 $2 (54... Qb4 {followed by a5 wins easily. nebst a5 gewinnt locker}) 55.
Qa2+ Kc6 56. Qxa7 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qd7 58. Qa4+ b5 59. Qc2+ Kb6 60. Qf2+ Kc6 61.
Qc2+ Kb6 62. Qf2+ Kb7 63. Qc5 Qc6 64. Qe7+ Qc7 65. Qb4 Qe5 66. Qd2 Kc6 67. Qa5
Qd5 68. Kg3 Qd6+ 69. Kh3 Qd5 70. Kg2 Kc5 $2 71. Qa7+ Kc4 72. Qxh7 b4 73. h5 (
73. Qxg6 b3 74. Qf6 Qd2+ 75. Kh3 b2 76. Qxf5 Qd3 $11) 73... b3 74. hxg6 b2 75.
g7 {Things have been completely turned around. White also gets a queen and has
a safe king position and an extra pawn.  Das Spiel hat sich komplett gedreht.
Weiß bekommt ebenfalls eine Dame bei gesicherter Königsstellung und einem
Mehrbauern.} Qd2+ (75... b1=Q 76. g8=Q Qb2+ 77. Kh3 Qbe5 {may not lead to mate,
but to an exchange of queens leaving only remote chances of a draw. führt zwar
nicht zum Matt, aber zum Damentausch mit nur geringen Remischancen.}) 76. Kh3
b1=Q 77. g8=Q+ Qd5 78. Qc7+ Kd4 79. Qa7+ Kc4 80. Qa4+ Kc3 81. Qxd5 Qh1+ 82. Kg3
f4+ 83. Kg4 Qg2+ 84. Kf5 Qh3+ 85. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Mozny, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 Be6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. e3 Be6 15.
exd4 Qxd4 16. Nde4 Rad8 17. Be3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rfc1 b6 20. Ng5 Bg4 21.
h3 Bh5 22. g4 Rxe3 23. Nd5 Bxg5 24. Nxe3 Bg6 25. Rxc7 f5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5
Rxf5 28. Rd1 {RR<->RB8 Motive: Freibauern auf beiden Seiten, vergebener weißer
Gewinn Zug 42/43, taktischer Witz Zug 44} h5 29. Rdd7 Bh6 30. Kg2 e4 31. a4
Rg5+ 32. Kf1 e3 33. fxe3 Rg3 34. e4 Rxh3 35. Rc6 Ra3 36. e5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2+
38. Kf3 Rxa4 39. e6 Bg5 40. Rxb6 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 h4 {[#]} 42. Rbb7 (42. Rb8+ Kh7 (
42... Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. b6 h3 45. Kf3 h2 46. Kg2 Ke8 47. b7 Bf4 48. Rxg7
$18) 43. e7 Re4+ 44. Kf3 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Bxe7 47. b6 $18) 42... Bf6
43. Rd3 $2 (43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. e7 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Bxe7 47. b6 h3 48.
Ra8 h2 49. Kg2 $18) 43... Re4+ 44. Re3 h3 $1 45. Rxe4 h2 46. e7 Bxe7 47. Rexe7
h1=Q 48. Rxg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2
a5 9. a3 Bc5 10. Na4 Re8 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bc3 e4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nxe4
15. e3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 a4 17. Rd5 b6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rd3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Re4 22. Rd7 Rc8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. R1d3 Rxc4 25. Kf3 b5 26. g4 b4 27. cxb4
cxb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Rc3 c5 30. Ra7 c4 31. Ke4 Rb3 32. Rc2 a3 33. Kd4 c3 34.
Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Rb2 36. Rxc3 Rc8+ 37. Kd3 Rxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Rxf2 39. Rxa3 Rxh2
40. Kd3 Rh4 41. Ra4 g6 42. Rd4 Kg7 43. Re4 h5 44. gxh5 Rxe4 45. Kxe4 gxh5 {
P-2P. e<->f+h. Thema: zugeordnete Felder/ Opposition. Seltener Fall, wo
Minusbauer nicht verliert.} 46. Kf5 f6 47. Kf4 $1 (47. e4 $2 Kf7 48. e5 h4 49.
Kg4 (49. e6+ Ke7 50. Kg4 Kxe6 51. Kxh4 Kf5 52. Kg3 Ke4 53. Kf2 Kf4 $19) 49...
fxe5 50. Kxh4 Ke6 51. Kg3 Kd5 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Ke2 Ke4 $19) 47... Kf7 48. Kg3
Kg6 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. Kf3 $1 (50. Kf5 $2 Kf7 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Kh4 Kg6
$19) 50... Kf8 51. Kg2 (51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Kf4 Kd5 54. Kf5 h4 55. Kg4
Ke4 56. Kxh4 Kxe3 57. Kg4 Ke4 $19) 51... Kg8 52. Kf2 Kf8 53. Kg2 Ke7 54. Kh3
Kf7 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Kf4 Kh6 57. Kf5 Kh7 58. e4 Kh6 (58... Kg7 59. e5 $10) 59.
Kxf6 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donau op 06th"]
[Site "Aschach"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 h6 10. dxe4 $5 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 12. Rd1 Nxd4 $8 (12... Qf6 $2 13.
Be3 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 $18) 13. Rxd4 Qf6 14. Bf4 $1 (14. Be3 c5 $1 15.
Bxe4 (15. Rxd5 $2 Nxc3 16. Rd3 Nxe2+) 15... dxe4 $1 (15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe7
17. Bxd5 Qxe2 $140 $2 18. Qg6 $18) 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $44) 14... Bf5
$1 (14... c5 $2 15. Rxd5 Nxc3 (15... Qxc3 16. Rc1 $16) 16. Be5 $1 Rxe5 17. Qxc3
Rxe2 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxc5 $16) 15. Qb2 (15. cxd5 $2 Nxg3 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qg6+ $19) 15... dxc4 16. Rxc4 b6 $1 (16... b5 $5) (16... c6 $2
17. Qxb7) 17. Rxc7 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc3 (19... Nxc3 20. e4 $5 (20.
Bf3) 20... Nxe4 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Qd4 (23. Bxg7 Nxg3 24. Bxh6 Nf5
25. Bf4 Nh4 26. Bg3 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Bb7+ 28. f3 $13) 23... Bb7 (23... Bf5 $2 24.
g4 $16) 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Qc7 Bd5 26. Qxa7 Qc6 27. Qa3 $13) 20. Bxe4 Rxc1+ (
20... Rxg3+ $2 21. hxg3 Qxb2 22. Bxf5 $18) 21. Bxc1 Qxb2 22. Bxb2 Bxe4 23. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2017.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Hevia,C"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After some training, I found positions arising from the English Opening very
interesting, so I decided to start all my games with White in this tournament
with c4.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {
This move has become very popular recently. I was more comfortable playing
against other setups, but anyway I had reviewed this line before the game.} 7.
O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 {Following the game Aronian-Caruana played a few
days earlier.} Qd4 $6 {This simply loses several tempi and leaves the
initiative in White's hands.} (9... Qc4 {may be playable but there is no need
to go for it:} 10. d3 Qg4 11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 {Black has to
find the way to prove there is sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) (9...
Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 {Although,
Caruana eventually lost the game to Aronian, Black had enough compensation for
the pawn.}) 10. Qc2 {Forcing weaknesses on the kingside and putting pressure
on the c-file.} g6 11. d3 {As I was threatening Be3, I thought a retreat of
the bishop was a logical continuation, but engines suggest an alternative
continuation with ...Nb4.} Bb6 {It's logical but after the g6 move the dark
squares in the castled position became very weak, so it was necessary to keep
the bishop on the kingside.} (11... Be7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8 14. Nf3 Qd6
15. Qc3 $16) (11... Nb4 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd2 {White maintains a small edge, for
instance:} c6 14. a3 Na6 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. Rac1) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8 ({
It was necessary to trade the dangerous white knight.} 13... Bf5 14. Ne4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. dxe4 Rfd8 {, with some drawish chances.}) 14. Ne4 $1 $18 {
The position is already lost for Black; the dark squares around the king are
too weak to be able to seek for any compensation for the pawn.} f5 {Trying to
create some counterplay.} (14... Be6 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. b3 {Black's position is
hopeless.}) 15. Be3 Qd8 (15... Qxb2 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Rfb1 Bb7 18. Qe6 $18) 16.
Bg5 Qd4 17. e3 {White wants to take the e5-pawn.} Qxb2 (17... Qxd3 {would open
the d-file for the rooks.} 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Rad1 Qe2 20. Bh6 $18) 18. Qd5+ Kg7
19. Rab1 c6 20. Qd6 Qxa2 21. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 (14.
Bc3 $5 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. e4 $1 Re8 18. Nh4 $14 {Razuvaev,
Y-Stohl,I BL91-92 1992}) 14... Bd5 15. Nd2 Rc8 (15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 (16...
Bf6 $6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. d4 $5 (18. e4 $14) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Rd3 Rfe8
21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Re3 Rf8 23. Nb3 $14 {Speelman,J-Chandler,M Hastings 1988}) 17.
Nd2 (17. Bc3 $5 Qe7 18. e4 $14) (17. d4 $6 Re8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Bf8 $10 {
Salov,V-Khalifman,A Reykjavik WCup 1991}) 17... Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6
20. a4 f5 $13 {Kasparov,G-Salov,V URS-55ch Moscow 1988}) 16. Rad1 (16. e4 Be6
17. Nc4 Qc7 (17... f6 $6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Bg4 $14) 18. Bc3 b5 19. Ne3 c5 $10)
16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 c5 (17... Bd6 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Qb2 $14) 18. b5 Bd6 19. Nd2
Qe7 20. Nc4 (20. e4 f6 21. Nc4 $16) 20... f5 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. e3 Qe6 23. a4 c4
24. Ba3 (24. dxc4 $2 Rxc4 25. Qd2 Nc5 $15) 24... Rf7 25. dxc4 f4 (25... Qxc4
26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rc1 $1 Rxa4 28. Rc8+ Nf8 29. Bd6 $146) 26. exf4 exf4 27. Rfe1
Qh3 28. Qe2 h5 (28... f3 $2 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxc4 31. Re8+ Nf8 32. Rdd8
$18) 29. Qe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxc4 31. a5 Nf6 (31... Ra4 $10) 32. Bb2 Ne4 33. Bd4
Nc5 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Be5 fxg3 (35... f3 36. h3 $13) 36. hxg3 Re4 37. Rdd8 Nd7
38. Rh8+ (38. Bc3 $1 Ra4 (38... Rxe8 39. Rxe8 Nc5 40. Bd4 b6 41. Re5 $16) (
38... Rc4 39. Rc8 $1 Nc5 40. Bd2 b6 41. Be3 $16) 39. Ra8 $14) 38... Kg6 39. Bf4
Ra4 40. Bd2 Ra2 41. Be1 Nf6 42. Rd6 Rb2 43. Ra8 Rb1 44. Re6 Kf5 45. Re2 b6 46.
axb6 axb6 47. Kg2 Rc7 (47... Rxb5 $15) 48. Ra3 Rcc1 49. Bc3 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Rxb5
51. Re7 Rgb1 52. Ke2 (52. Rxg7 $2 R5b3 53. Rxb3 Rxb3 54. Rc7 Nd5 $19) 52...
R1b3 53. Rxb3 Rxb3 54. Re5+ Kg6 55. Kd3 Ng4 (55... Rb1 56. Kc2 Rf1 57. Bd4 $10)
56. Re7 Nxf2+ 57. Kc2 Rxc3+ 58. Kxc3 Nh1 59. Kd2 Nxg3 60. Ke1 Nf5 (60... h4 61.
Kf2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Joksic,S"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 (6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6
8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 $10) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4
O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nxc6 dxc6 $1 (9... bxc6) 10. Qb3 (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bf4 Ne8
12. Rac1 a5) 10... Qe7 11. Bf4 a5 $1 12. Rfd1 Ng4 13. Rac1 h6 14. h3 Ne5 15.
Nb1 a4 (15... Qb4) 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3 Be6 18. Kf1 $6 (18. Be3) 18... g5 19.
Be3 Red8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b3 Ng6 (21... Ra8 22. b4 Ng6 23. Nb1 $2 (23. Rb1
Ne5 $10) 23... Bb2 $17) 22. Nb1 Bb2 23. Re1 b5 $1 24. Bc1 (24. Bxc6 bxc4 25.
Bxa4 (25. bxc4 a3 $15 {><c4, a2}) 25... c3 $17) 24... Bg7 25. Bxc6 axb3 (25...
bxc4 26. Bxa4) 26. axb3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bf5 $1 (27... Ne5) (27... Bxh3+) (27...
Bxc4) 28. Be3 Ne5 29. Bd5 c6 30. Bg2 Nxc4 31. g4 (31. Bxc6 $2 Rb8 $1 32. Nd2
Nxe3+ 33. fxe3 Bc3 34. g4 Bxd2 35. Rd1 Rb1 $1 $19) 31... Bg6 32. Bxc6 Rb8 33.
Nd2 Nxe3+ 34. fxe3 Bc3 35. Nf3 (35. Rd1 $2 Rd8 36. Ke1 Bc2 $19) 35... Bxe1 36.
Kxe1 Kg7 37. Kf2 f5 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Bf3 (39. gxf5 Bxf5 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Bf3
$10) 39... Rd8 (39... fxg4 40. hxg4 Re8 {/\Le4}) 40. gxf5 Bxf5 41. Nxf5 $1 Kxf5
42. Kg3 $10 Re8 (42... Kg6 43. e4 $2 (43. h4 $1 $10) 43... h5 $1 $17) 43. e4+
Kg6 44. h4 $1 Re7 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Kg3 Rg7 48. Bg4 Ra7 49. Bf3
Ra1 50. Bg2 Rc1 51. Bf3 Rc3 52. Kh3 Kf4 53. Kh4 Rc5 54. Kh3 Rg5 55. Kh4 Rg3 56.
Bh1 $1 Rg1 57. Bf3 Rg5 58. Kh3 Ke5 59. Kh4 Kf6 60. Kh3 Kg6 61. Kh4 Rg1 62. Bh5+
Kf6 63. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1966.09.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Kalev"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5
8. d3 (8. Kg2 {was played in Longer-Nikolac, Sarajevo 1951.}) 8... d6 9. h3 h5
$6 ({Botvinnik prefers} 9... O-O) 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 Bd7
14. Qd2 Ne6 15. b4 b6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Nd5 Ncd4 20.
Bd1 f6 $2 {Keres ruins his position.} ({He should have played} 20... O-O {
at last.}) 21. Kh2 Bc6 22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Qf2 $1 Ra7 25. g5 $1 O-O 26.
g6 $1 f5 ({Or} 26... Be8 27. Qg1 $1 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Nxf5 30. Qg4) 27.
Rb8 $1 {White wins the queen or delivers mate.} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game there was a three-way tie for first: Fabi was on plus 2, as
well as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nikita Vitiugov.} 1. c4 {Clearly, not the
move you'd expect from Maxime, but I guess by now he was tired of facing
Petroff.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {This came as something of a
surprise for MVL, who mainly expected} (4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {
as Fabi played in the famous game against Vishy Anand in 2017, where after an
equal opening Vishy played a tactical masterpiece and won:} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Bb6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Re8 12. b4 Qd6 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. Nc4 Qh5 15.
Rc2 Rad8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. fxe5
f6 22. exf6 Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 26. Qd4 Qg5 27. Rc5
Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint
Louis 2017}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {This position is
the starting point for an incredible number of high-class encounters. The
built-in conflict (2 bishops vs structural problems) seems to attract the best
minds :)} 9. Qc2 $5 {Side-stepping tons of theory; both players were on their
own from now on!} (9. f3 {is the most principled for sure:} exf3 (9... e3 $5 {
was Karpov's orignial idea} 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 (11. Qa4 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4
f5 14. Nc5 f4 15. Bb2 Rb8 16. c4 Nde7 {with a tough fight in: 1/2-1/2 (50)
Svidler,P (2757)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2016}) 11... Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7
20. dxc4 Rad8 21. Rb3 Nd4 22. Rxe3 Qxc4 23. Kh1 Nf5 24. Rd3 Bxe2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Re1 Re8 27. Qa5 b5 28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Nb3 Bf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Rxe1+ 32.
Qxe1 Ne3 {0-1 (32) Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2700) Seville 1987}) 10. Nxf3 d5
11. d4 Ne4 (11... dxc4 12. Qc2 $1 {just like Kasparov!} h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1
Bf5 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 20. exf5 Qg5
21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 Ne4 23. Rfe1 Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 26. Bc6 Nxd4
27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 Rxf6
33. Rf1 {1-0 (33) Caruana,F (2794)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016}) 12. Qc2 $1 dxc4
13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 Qe7 15. gxf5 Nd6 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19.
Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7 Bc6 24. f6 {1-0 (24)
Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988}) (9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11.
Ne4 b6 12. Rb1 Bb7 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. c5 Qc8 16. d4 Ne7 17. Re1 $6
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa6 {was better for Black in 0-1 (36) Huebner,R (2580)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2545) Bad Wiessee 1997}) 9... d5 $5 {Maybe not the easiest
move, but you just have to admire Fabi's readiness for an open fight!} (9...
Qe7 {is another way to play:} 10. d3 (10. f3 $2 Qc5+ $1) 10... exd3 11. exd3 h6
(11... b6) 12. Nf3 (12. Ne4 d6) 12... d6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nd4 (14. Rab1) 14...
Nxd4 15. cxd4 d5 $11) 10. cxd5 (10. Rb1 Bf5 (10... dxc4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. d3
cxd3 13. exd3 Ne5 $13) 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d3 exd3 13. Bxd5 dxc2 14. Bxf7+ Kh8
15. Rxb7 Rxe2 16. Bc4 Re7 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Ne5 {and in fact White is
lucky to have a draw here:} 19. Rb5 $1 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Be4 21. Bb3 Ne1+ $11) 10...
Qxd5 11. d3 Bf5 12. Bf4 {Not the most critical.} (12. Rb1 exd3 {transposes to
what we already saw.}) (12. Qb1 $5 {Black is in fact walking a tight rope here:
} Rab8 (12... b6 13. c4 Qa5 (13... Qd7 14. dxe4 Bg6 15. f3) 14. dxe4 Bd7 {
looks vague}) (12... Na5 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3
17. Bf4 $14) 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rd1 $5 (15. Bxc7 Rbc8 16. Bf4 b6 17.
dxe4 Bxe4) 15... Nxc3 16. Bxd5 Nxb1 17. Rdxb1 Nd4 18. e4 Be6 19. Bxc7 Bxd5 20.
Bxb8 Rxb8 21. exd5 Nc2 {and this must be a draw.}) 12... h6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qb2 $5 {Trying to keep it complex.} (14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Bxe4 Qxe4
17. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11) 14... b6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf1 Re7 {We can
maybe draw the first conclusions: White kept his bishops, but his structure is
still weak and the black pieces are more active. White would like to exchange
queens to keep things under control.} 18. a4 (18. c4 $5 {with similar ideas 
(Qb5, but also Rac1-c3 at times) is probably better.}) 18... Rae8 {Very
natural, but in fact Black could be more ambitious with} (18... g5 $5 19. Be3
Qf5 20. Bd4 Ne5 {with the nasty threat of ...Nf3:} 21. f3 Bb7 22. a5 g4 {
and White is facing an uphill battle.}) 19. Rac1 $2 {Something must have gone
very wrong for MVL here; this move is not just bad in itself (in fact this
might well be the losing mistake), but also doesn't connect at all with 18.a4.}
(19. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 (19... Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. f3) 20. axb5 Na5 {is about equal.
}) 19... g5 $1 20. Bd2 (20. Be3 Qf5 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Black is much
better here, without any counterplay.}) 20... Qf5 21. f3 (21. c4 Ne5 22. Rc3
Rd8 {is also quite sad.}) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5c4]} ({Of course,
Fabi was very tempted to play} 22... Bxf3+ {but things are not that simple:}
23. exf3 Qf2 24. Bg2 Re2 (24... Rd8 {the computer's way, but not easy to see,
of course}) 25. Rg1 Rxd2 (25... Ne5 26. Rcf1 Qc5 {another computer suggestion,
but clearly no human brain functions like this (Qc5-f2-c5, and all of this
piece down)}) 26. Qb5 Re6 27. f4 {That's what Fabi saw, and correctly assessed
as too messy.}) 23. Be1 (23. Qb5 Qf2 $1 {now this just wins.}) 23... Bc4 {
The end of days for White.} 24. e4 {That's what we expected 23 moves ago :)}
Bxf1 25. Bf2 Qc4 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 {White is a pawn down, and has more weaknesses.
The rest is just good technique.} 27. c4 Ne5 28. Bd4 g4 (28... Nd3 29. Qc2 Qxc2
30. Rxc2 Rd7 {would also be enough in a long run, but keeping queens is faster.
}) 29. fxg4 Qd7 30. Qc3 c5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Rcd1 Qe6 34. g5 {
Desparation, but White's position is already beyond all hope.} (34. Kg1 Re2 35.
Rd5 Re1 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Qxe2 Rxe2+ {is another way to go out.})
34... hxg5 35. Rd5 g4 36. Qc3 Re5 {Clearly, a very important win, that paved
Fabi's path to a clear first place in the tournament. Somehow this game
reminds me of Karpov's best years - maybe not very brilliant, but a lot of
very good moves :) Of course, White losing the thread on moves 18 and 19
helped a lot, but you can't be successful in chess without getting a little
bit of luck :)} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group4"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavikur Taflfelag"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 $2 Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3
Bf5 $36) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3) 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 $13) 7... Bc5 (7... a5
8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 (9. d3 Re8 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 $1 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Ristic,N/Metz 1995 (25)}) 9... d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7
$6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25}) 8.
O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 $11) (8. Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12.
d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 $1 (13... a5 14. b3 $14) 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 $11 {Gulko,
B-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996/Inf 67 (17)}) 8... O-O 9. d3 (9. Na4 Be7 10.
Rd1 c6 $1 (10... c5 11. d3 d6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. a3 Rb8 14. Qa2 Qd7 15. Nd5 Qh3
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rb1 $14 {Miles,A-Sadler,M Oostende op 1991 EXP/26}) 11. d4
$5 (11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6
Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Rubinstein mem 1996/CBM 55}) 11... e4
12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8 18.
Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 $13 {Serper,G-Aseev,K/St Petersburg op2/1994/EXP43/}) 9... h6
(9... a6 10. a3 d6 11. Bg2 $5 Rb8 12. Qc2 Be6 (12... h6 13. b4 $14) (12... b5
13. Bg5 $14) (12... Ba7 $5) 13. Bg5 $1 (13. b4 $6 Ba7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
$11 {Skembris,S-Drasko,M/Jagodina 1994/Inf 61/[Skembris,S] (36)}) 13... h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. b4 $1 $14 {Damljanovic,B}) (9... c6 10.
Bg2 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 $14) 10... Re8 11. Bd2
Bb6 (11... Bf8 $5) 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,
L-Huebner,R/Abano Terme (m2) 1980 (38)}) 10. Na4 (10. Bd2 $5 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8
12. Qa4 a6 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992/
CBM 30/[Ribli] (31)}) (10. Bg2 Re8 (10... c6 $5 11. h3 d5 $13) (10... d6 11.
Na4 Bb6 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Van Wely,
L/Villarrobledo act 1998 (60)}) 11. h3 $5 (11. Qc2 c6 12. Rb1 Bf8 13. e4 a6 14.
b4 $14 {0-1 Liebert,H-Kalinitschew,S/Halle-B 1987 (27)}) 11... c6 12. Kh2 Qb6
13. Na4 $1 $14 {1-0 Hansen,C-Westerinen,H/VISA GP 1998/CBM 64/[Ribli] (41)}) (
10. e3 Re8 (10... a6 11. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/Hoogovens 1997 (31)})
11. Rd1 Bf8 $11) 10... Be7 11. Be3 d6 (11... c6 12. c5 (12. Nc3 d6 {- game})
12... d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Rfc1 Qe7 $11 {Minasian,A-Nikolic,P/Erevan 1996/CBM
53/[Ribli]/0-1 (70)}) 12. Nc3 c6 13. d4 Qc7 14. d5 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Be6
$11) (14. Rad1 Ng4 $5 15. Bc1 exd4 16. Rxd4 Ne5 17. Bg2 $13) 14... Bh3 15. Rfc1
$6 (15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 $11) 15... c5 $1 $15 16. Bd2 Nh7 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 f5 19. f3 Bg5 20. Qc2 (20. e3 h5 $5 (20... f4 $2 21. exf4 exf4 22. h4 $16)
21. h4 Bd8 $15) 20... Qd7 (20... Bxd2 $5) 21. Rh1 Rae8 (21... Bxd2 $5 22. Qxd2
Rae8 $15) 22. e3 $11 a6 23. a4 e4 24. f4 Bf6 25. h3 g5 26. Kh2 Kh8 27. Rhg1 Rg8
28. Raf1 gxf4 (28... g4 29. h4 b6 $11) 29. exf4 (29. gxf4 $5 $11) 29... Bd4 (
29... h5 30. Nd1 $11) 30. Rg2 h5 31. Qd1 Qf7 32. Ne2 (32. b3 Nf6 33. Ne2 h4 $36
) 32... Bxb2 $5 (32... Bg7 33. b4 b5 $13) 33. Nc3 Nf6 (33... Ba3 $2 34. Qa1 $18
) 34. Be1 $1 (34. Qb3 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Re7 $15) 34... Ba3 35. Na2 b5 (35... Rg6
36. Qb3 Bb4 37. Nxb4 cxb4 38. Bxb4 $16) 36. axb5 (36. Bc3 b4 37. Bxf6+ Qxf6 38.
Qxh5+ Kg7 39. g4 Kf8 $15) 36... axb5 37. cxb5 Kh7 $1 (37... Qxd5 38. Bc3 Qf7
39. Qxd6 $16) (37... Nxd5 $2 38. Qb3 $18) (37... h4 38. g4 $1 $16) 38. Bc3 Nxd5
(38... Nd7 $13) 39. Qb3 Re7 (39... h4 40. Be1 $5 $16 (40. Qxa3 $2 Ne3 $17) (40.
Rd1 hxg3+ 41. Kh1 c4 42. Qxc4 $16)) 40. Qxa3 Ne3 41. Rfg1 Nxg2 42. Rxg2 h4 (
42... Rb7 $5 43. Qa4 d5 44. Be5 d4 $15) 43. Be1 hxg3+ 44. Bxg3 e3 (44... Ra7 $5
45. Qb2 d5 $13) 45. Nc1 (45. Nc3 Qc4 46. Qb2 d5 $15) 45... Qc4 46. Qb2 (46. b6
d5 $15) 46... Rg6 47. b6 Rb7 48. Ne2 d5 49. Qb1 (49. Qe5 Qe4 $17) 49... Qe4 50.
Qb5 $6 (50. Qxe4 $1 dxe4 (50... fxe4 51. Nc3 d4 52. Nxe4 c4 53. f5 Rgxb6 54.
Ng5+ Kg8 55. Ne6 $13) 51. Nc3 Rgxb6 52. Nd5 Rb3 53. Bh4 $13) 50... d4 $1 51.
Qxc5 d3 52. Nc3 Qe6 53. Nd5 $6 (53. Qd5 Qxd5 54. Nxd5 e2 55. Be1 Rd7 $17) (53.
Qb5 d2 54. Qe2 Rxb6 $17) 53... e2 $1 (53... d2 54. Nxe3 Qxe3 55. Qxe3 d1=Q $13)
54. Be1 (54. Qd4 Rbg7 55. b7 e1=Q 56. Nf6+ Rxf6 57. Bxe1 Rxg2+ 58. Kxg2 Rg6+
59. Bg3 Qe2+ 60. Qf2 Qxf2+ 61. Kxf2 Rb6 $19) 54... Rxg2+ 55. Kxg2 d2 $2 (55...
Rg7+ $1 56. Kh2 (56. Kf2 Qg6 $19) 56... d2 57. Bxd2 e1=Q 58. Bxe1 Qxe1 59. Qe3
(59. Nf6+ Kh6 60. Ng4+ fxg4 61. Qd6+ Kh7 62. Qd3+ Rg6 63. Qd7+ Kh6 $19) 59...
Qf1 60. Nf6+ Kh6 61. Ng4+ fxg4 62. f5+ Kh7 63. hxg4 Qd1 $19) 56. Bxd2 e1=Q 57.
Bxe1 Qxe1 58. Nc7 $1 (58. Nf6+ Kg6 $17) 58... Qe4+ 59. Kg3 Qe1+ (59... Rb8 60.
Ne6 $1 $11) 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kg3 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
Be6 9. b4 a6 (9... a5 10. b5 Nd4 11. Rb1 a4 $13) 10. Bb2 (10. O-O $5 O-O 11.
Ne4 f6 12. Qc2 Qe8 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Bd2 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 e4 17. dxe4
Qxe4 18. Be3 $14 {Portish,L-Groszpeter,A/Budapest/1981/1:0 (71)/}) 10... Qd7
11. Ne4 f6 12. Qc2 (12. O-O Bh3 13. Rc1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5
Ne7 $10) 12... Bh3 13. O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 g5 $5 {/\g4,f5|^/} (14... O-O 15. Rfd1
) 15. d4 $2 (15. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 (16. Qxc5 $5 $13)) 15... g4 16. Nh4 exd4
17. Nf5 O-O-O 18. Rfd1 Nc4 $1 $17 19. Nxe7+ (19. Nxd4 $2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Nxd4 21.
e3 Qc6 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Rd8 $19) (19. Bxd4 Qxf5 $19) 19... Qxe7 20. Nc5 (
20. Qxc4 Qxe4+ $17) 20... Nxb2 21. Qxb2 h5 22. Rac1 Rd5 $1 23. Qc2 (23. b5 Rxc5
24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qxc6 27. Qxd4 Re8 $17) (23. Nxa6 h4 $1 24.
b5 (24. gxh4 Rxh4 25. b5 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Rxh2 $19) (24. Nc5 Rdh5 25. Rh1 Qh7 $19)
24... hxg3 $1 (24... h3+ 25. Kg1 Qe4 26. f3 gxf3 27. bxc6 f2+ (27... Qe3+ 28.
Kh1 $18) 28. Kxf2 $18) 25. hxg3 (25. fxg3 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Rxh2+ 28.
Kxh2 Qf2+ $19) (25. bxc6 Rxh2+ 26. Kg1 Rh1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. f3 gxf3+ 29. exf3
Rh2+ $19) 25... Rdh5 26. Rh1 Qh7 $19) 23... Qd6 24. Nd3 (24. Nxa6 h4 25. Nc5
Rdh5 26. Rh1 f5 $1 $17) 24... h4 25. Nf4 f5 (25... Rg5 26. e3 $44) 26. Nxd5 (
26. Qc4 Re5 27. e3 Qh6 $19) 26... Qxd5+ 27. f3 (27. Kg1 hxg3 28. fxg3 f4 29.
gxf4 (29. Rd3 Qh5 $19) 29... g3 $19) 27... Kb8 28. Qd3 (28. e4 gxf3+ 29. Kxf3
fxe4+ $19) (28. Qc5 Qe6 29. Re1 hxg3 30. hxg3 f4 31. gxf4 gxf3+ 32. exf3 Qh3+
33. Kf2 Qh2+ $19) 28... Qe6 29. fxg4 (29. Rf1 $142 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rd8 $17) 29...
fxg4 30. Rf1 hxg3 31. hxg3 (31. Qxg3 Qxe2+ 32. Rf2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Ne5 $19) 31...
Qd5+ $1 32. e4 Qe6 33. Rce1 (33. Rf5 Qh6 $19) 33... Qd6 $19 34. Rh1 Rd8 35. Qc4
d3 36. Qc5 (36. Rd1 Ne5) 36... d2 $1 37. Rd1 (37. Qxd6 dxe1=N+) 37... Qd3 (
37... Qd3 38. Qf2 Ne5) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 8. a3
Nd4 9. b4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Ba7 11. Bg2 c6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bh3 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Qd3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
e3 Bc4 22. Qd2 f6 23. Bf1 Bb3 24. Rdc1 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Ra1 Qf5 27. Bd3 Qf3
28. e4 Bb7 29. Rxa7 Rxd3 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Qc2 Bxe4 {White can't prevent mate
so goes on the counter-attack, but Black has correctly calculated that the
king may escape up the board.} 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kh6 35. Bc1+
g5 36. Qf8+ Kh5 37. Qe8+ Kg4 38. Qe6+ Bf5 39. h3+ Kxh3 40. Rxh7+ Kg4 {and ...
Rd1+.} 0-1

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc2 (9. Nxc6 dxc6 $11) (9. e3 $5 Nxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Bf4 $14) 9...
d6 10. e4 (10. b3 Bf5 $11) 10... Nd7 $5 (10... Be6 $14) 11. Qd2 (11. Ne3 $6
Bxc3 $5 (11... Nc5 12. Ned5 f5 $15) 12. bxc3 Nc5 $13) (11. Be3 Bxc3 (11... Nce5
12. Qe2 Nb6 $132) 12. bxc3 Nc5 $13) 11... a6 (11... Nc5 12. b4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Bb2 $44) 12. b3 Rb8 (12... b5 13. e5 Bb7 (13... Ndxe5 $2
14. f4 Bh6 15. Ne3 $18) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Bb2 $14) 13. Bb2 b5 14.
Ne3 bxc4 $2 (14... b4 15. Na4 Nc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 (16... Nxa4 17. Bh6 Nc3 18. Nd5
$16) 17. Qb2+ f6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. f4 Nd4 22. e5 f5
23. Rxd4 $14) (14... Nc5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ncd5 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1
Bd7 $13 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc2 $16)) 15. Nxc4 Bb7 16. Nd5 $1 $16
Nce5 (16... Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nce5 18. Nce3 Bxd5 19. exd5 $16) 17. Na5 Nf6 (17...
Bxd5 18. exd5 $16) (17... Ba8 18. Rac1 Nc5 (18... Rc8 19. f4 $16) 19. f4 Ned3
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 $16) 18. f4 $2 (18. Rac1 Nxd5 (18... c5 $2 19. Nxb7 Rxb7
20. Bxe5 Rxe5 (20... dxe5 21. Rxc5 $16) 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. f4 $18) 19. exd5 $16
) (18. Nxb7 $5 Rxb7 19. Ne3 $16) 18... Nxd5 $8 19. fxe5 $2 (19. exd5 Ng4 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rae1 $14 {><c7}) 19... Nb6 20. Qf2 Qd7 21. Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Bh3 (22.
exd6 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxd6 (23... cxd6 24. Qd4 $14) 24. Qf2 $14) 22... Qe7 23.
exd6 cxd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rad1 $14 Rbb8 (25... Qe5 26. Rd4 $14) 26. Rd3 Kg8
27. Qd4 $6 (27. Rf3 $142 Rf8 28. Rf6 (28. Qd4 Qe5 29. Rd1 $14) 28... Nd7 $14)
27... Qxe4 $11 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxd6 a5 30. Rff6 Rb4 $8 31. Rf3 a4 (31... Re4
$11) 32. Rdf6 axb3 33. axb3 Rb7 $2 $138 (33... Nd5 $2 34. Rxf7 Rxb3 35. Rxb3
Rxb3 36. Be6 $18) (33... g5 $142 $1 34. R3f5 (34. R6f5 h6 $11) (34. Rxf7 $4 g4)
34... Rxb3 35. Rxg5+ Kf8 36. Rh6 Rb1+ 37. Bf1 Nc4 38. Rxh7 Ne3 39. Kf2 Rxf1+
40. Kxe3 Rb3+ $11) 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Be6 Kh8 $5 (35... Re4 36. Bxf7+ Kg7 37.
Kf2 $16) 36. Rxf7 (36. Bxf7 $142 $16) 36... Re4 37. Re7 $6 (37. Bh3 Rb4 38. Rf3
$16) 37... h5 (37... Re5 38. Kf2 h6 39. Kf3 Re1 40. Kf2 Re5 41. h3 Re4 (41...
h5 $2 42. Kf3 Re1 (42... g5 43. h4 gxh4 44. Kf4 $1 $16) 43. h4 $16) 42. Re8+
Kg7 43. Bf7 Rb4 (43... Rd4 44. Bxg6 Kxg6 45. Re6+ $18) 44. Bg8 $14) 38. Kf2 Re5
(38... h4 $2 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. Rb7 Rb4 41. Bc4 $18) (38... g5 39. Rh7+ Kxh7 40.
Bf5+ $16) 39. h3 $4 (39. Kf3 $142 Re1 (39... g5 40. h4 gxh4 41. Kf4 $1 $16) 40.
h4 Re5 41. Kf4 Rb5 42. Bc4 $16) 39... Nd5 $4 (39... g5 $3 {(.)} 40. Kf3 Re1 41.
g4 h4 $11) 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Bd7 Rxe8 42. Bxe8 $16 h4 $5 (42... Kf6 43. Kf3 Nc7
44. Bc6 $16) 43. gxh4 Kh6 44. Bc6 Nb4 45. Bf3 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Ke3 Nc2+
48. Kd3 Ne1+ 49. Ke4 Nc2 50. Bd1 Nb4 51. Kd4 Kh4 52. Bg4 (52. Bg4 Nc6+ (52...
Nc2+ 53. Kc3 Ne3 54. Be6) 53. Kd5 Nb4+ 54. Kc5 Nd3+ 55. Kd4 Nb4 56. Bd7 Nc2+
57. Kc3 Ne3 58. Be6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Stohl} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 (8. a3 {Stohl}) 8... g5 $5 (8... O-O {Stohl} 9. b4 $1 a6 10.
a4 Bf5 (10... Nxb4 11. Nxe5 a5 $5 $132 {Georgiev,Kir-Morozevic,A/Tilburg/1993/}
) 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 $142 (12. Rxb5 $6 $13 {Serper,G-Kamsky,G/Dortmund/1993/}
) 12... Nd4 (12... Bxb1 $2 13. bxc6 $16) 13. d3 Bg4 $1 14. Re1 (14. Nxe5 $2 Na4
$1 $19) 14... Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Bf5 $132 {Hodgson,J-Romanishin,O/Groningen PCA/
1993/}) (8... f6 {Stohl} 9. b4 $5 (9. d3 Be6 10. a3 O-O {-8.a3} 11. b4 Nd4 12.
Ne1 $5 $146 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. a4 Qd7 16. e3 $1 Nf5 17. Nf3 Rfd8
18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd5 21. Qc2 $14 {Korchnoi,V-Stohl,I/Tilburg/
1993/}) 9... Nxb4 10. d4 Nc6 $6 (10... exd4 $142 11. Nxd4 c5 $13) 11. dxe5 fxe5
12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nd4 16. Qa3 $40 {Hodgson,
J-Polgar,Zsu/Groningen/1993/}) 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Ra1 d3 (11...
Bf6) 12. exd3 a6 13. Nc3 g4 14. Nh4 $1 $13) 9... h5 {!? Ribli} (9... f5 $5) (
9... g4 {Stohl} 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nc2 h4 12. b4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nxb4 $2 14. Nxb4
Qd4+ 15. e3 Qxc3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 $36 {Hodgson,J-Bareev,E/Belgrade/1993/})
10. a3 (10. e3 $142 $5 {Stohl} g4 (10... h4 11. d4) 11. Ne1 h4 12. Nc2 $13 {<=>
}) 10... h4 11. b4 hxg3 12. hxg3 {?! Stohl} (12. fxg3 {Stohl} a6 $5 $36 {/\Bh3}
(12... g4 13. Ne1 Qd4+ $2 14. e3 Qxc3 15. Bb2 $18)) 12... a6 (12... Qd6 $5 13.
Nb5 Qh6 14. Nxc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 Nxa8 $146) 13. b5 $6 (13. Ne4 g4 14. Nfd2 f5 15.
Nc5 Qd6 $13) (13. Be3 $5 {Ribli}) 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 $2 (14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. f4 (
15. Nf3 {Ribli} Qh6 $36) 15... gxf4 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. Bxf4 Qc5 18. e3 Nf5
19. Ne4 Qxa3 20. g4 $16) 14... exd4 15. bxa6 {?! Stohl} (15. Ne4 {Stohl} f5 16.
Nd2 axb5 $17 (16... Qd6 $6 17. Nf3 g4 18. Nxd4 $1 $16)) 15... Rxa6 16. Nb5 Na4
$1 (16... c6 $2 {Stohl} 17. Nxd4 {/\Bb2}) 17. e3 c6 18. Nxd4 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxb1
20. Qxb1 Qd6 (20... O-O 21. Qb3 Qb6 $15) 21. Qb3 $2 (21. Re1 Qh6 22. Nf3 Bxa3
23. Bxa3 Rxa3 24. Nxg5 $1 Qxg5 $140 25. Qb2) 21... Qh6 22. Re1 c5 23. Nf3 (23.
Nb5 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rf6 25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. Nd5 Bh3 $19) 23... Bh3 24. Qxb7 (24. Ne5
{Ribli} Bxg2 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Kxg2 Qh3+ 27. Kf3 Rf6+ $19) 24... Bxg2 25. Qc8+
(25. Kxg2 $2 {Stohl} Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qh1#) 25... Bd8 26. Kxg2 Re6 $1 $19 27. Ng1 (
27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Rxe3+ $19) 27... Qh1+ (27... Qh2+ $1 28. Kf1 Rf6) 28. Kf1
Rf6 29. e4 (29. Re2 {Stohl} Rh2 $19) 29... Rh2 30. Ke2 (30. Be3 {Stohl} Rfxf2+
$1 (30... Rg2 $19 {Ribli}) 31. Bxf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 Qxf2+ 33. Kd1 Qd2#) 30...
Rhxf2+ 31. Kd1 Rd6 32. Be3 Rxd3+ 33. Kc1 Rc3+ (33... Rxe3 $2 34. Qc6+ Kf8 35.
Qxc5+) 34. Kd1 Qh6 (34... Qh6 35. Bxf2 (35. Qb8 Rd3+ 36. Kc1 Qa6 37. Bxf2 Qc4+)
35... Qd6+ 36. Ke2 Qd3#) 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gulko Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7.
d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 (9. Ng5 $5 {Ribli} exd3 10. exd3 b6 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12.
cxd5 h6 13. Nxf7 $36 {Christiansen,L-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch/1994/CBM44/INF62,35/})
9... d6 {Eine Neuerung} (9... Ne5 10. c5 (10. Bg5 $5 $14 {Serper}) 10... exd3
11. exd3 Rb8 $13 {Serper,G-Lobron,E/Moscow ol/1994/CBM45/INF63,29/}) (9... exd3
10. exd3 Nxd4 (10... h6 {Gulko} 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d6 $16 {
Pfleger-Kortschnoj/Hastings/1971/}) 11. cxd4 d5 {Gulko-Huebner (San Francisco
1995)} 12. Bg5 c6 $14 {Gulko,B-Huebner,R/San Francisco/1995/CBM46/INF63,30/})
10. Bg5 (10. Rb1 $5) (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bg5 Bf5 $13) 10... exd3 11. exd3 (11.
Nxc6 dxe2 (11... bxc6 12. exd3 $14) 12. Qxe2 (12. Nxd8 {Ribli} exd1=Q 13. Rfxd1
Rxd8 14. c5 Rb8 $13) 12... bxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Be4 $44) 11...
Nxd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Be3 Bg4 (13... Rb8 14. Qa4 (14. h3 {Gulko} Bf5) 14... a6
$13) 14. Qb3 (14. Qa4 $5 Bd7 15. Qa3 $14) 14... Rb8 $10 15. h3 Bf5 16. Rae1 (
16. a4 $5 {Ribli Weiss koennte mit dieser Zug das schwarze Gegenspiel am
Damenfluegel sehr stark beschraenken. Oder will Weiss absichtlich seinen
Gegner aktiv aufspielen lassen, um ihn zu Fehlern zu provozieren?}) (16. g4 {
Gulko} Bxg4 $1 17. hxg4 Nxg4 $40) 16... b5 $5 {Ein zweischneidiger Versuch,
die Stellung zu verschaerfen.} (16... Qc8 $5) (16... Qd7 {Ribli} 17. g4 Bg6 18.
g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 $14) 17. cxb5 Bd7 $2 (17... a6 18. d5 {Ribli} (18. a4 axb5 19.
a5 Qc8 (19... Bd7 {Wie die Partie}) 20. Kh2 Qa6 21. Ra1 b4 22. Rfd1 Rec8 $13)
18... Rxb5 19. Qc4 Nd7 $13) 18. a4 a6 19. d5 {Weiss oeffnet die e3-a7
Diagonale fuer seinen Laeufer.} axb5 20. a5 Qc8 21. Kh2 Qa6 (21... Re5 {Ribli}
22. Bd4 $1 Rh5 23. h4 $16 {Der h5-Turm steht sehr komisch.} (23. h4 {Gulko}
Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 25. f4 $1 Ng6 26. Qd1 Bg4 27. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 28. Qxg4 $18)) 22.
Ra1 b4 23. Rfc1 Rec8 24. Rc4 (24. Bf1 {Gulko} Qa8 $1 25. a6 (25. Bg2 Qa6 $10)
25... Nxd5 $1 26. a7 Nxe3 $1 (26... Rb5 $2 27. Bg2 Be6 28. Qa4 c6 29. Qxb5 cxb5
30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Bxd5 $18) 27. axb8=Q Nxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxb8 $15) 24... c5 $2 {
Ribli: In einer etwas unbequemen Stellung verliert Schwarz die Geduld und
srtebt eine gewaltsame Loesung an, bei der er eine Qualitaet (vorlaeufig)
gewinnt, aber die Partie verliert.} (24... Rb5 25. Rxb4 Rxa5 $14 (25... Rxa5 {
Ribli} 26. Rxa5 Qxa5 27. Rb7 $14)) 25. dxc6 {Ribli: Natuerlich, sonst steht
der Nachziehende besser.} Be6 {[#]} 26. Bb6 $1 $16 {Eine sehr unangenehme
Ueberraschung.} Bxc4 (26... Nd5 {Gulko} 27. Rxb4 Nxb4 (27... Nf4 28. Qc3 Nxg2
29. c7 $1) 28. Qxb4 Qxd3 29. a6 $16) 27. dxc4 Rxb6 {Schwarz gibt die Qualitaet
zurueck, aber er wird keine Ruhe erhalten.} 28. axb6 Qxb6 (28... Qxa1 {Ribli}
29. b7 $1 Rf8 30. c7 $18) 29. Qe3 $1 $18 Qxe3 (29... Qb8 {Ribli} 30. Ra7 $18) (
29... Qc5 {Gulko} 30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Ra5 $18) 30. fxe3 Rb8 $2 (30... Kf8 31. Ra4
Ng8 (31... Rb8 {Gulko} 32. c7 Rc8 33. Ra8) 32. Rxb4 Ne7 33. Rb6 Nf5 34. Bd5
Nxe3 35. Rb7 $18) (30... Ne8 {Ribli} 31. Ra7 Nc7 32. Rb7 $18) (30... b3 {Ribli}
31. Ra7 $18 (31. Rb1 {Gulko} Rb8 32. Rxb3 $1)) 31. c7 (31. c7 Rc8 32. Ra8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 (9... Be6 {is more common. ist geläufiger.}) 10. Rc1 Bf8 11.
Ne4 Nd4 12. Bg5 (12. Nc5 {is the most popular move here. ist der beliebteste
Zug an dieser Stelle.}) 12... f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Be6 (14... c6 15. b4 Be6
) 15. b4 (15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 c6 $11 {/\ Bd5}) 15... Bd5 (15... Bxa2 $6 16.
Nc5 $14 Bd5 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5) 16. a4 c6 (16... f5 {is enough
for equality probably as well. reicht wahrscheinlich auch zum Ausgleich.} 17.
Ng5 (17. Nc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 a5 $1) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Nf3
c5 (19... Bd6) 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 b6 24. Re1 a5)
17. a5 (17. Re1 f5 (17... a6) 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 a5 21. bxa5
Bxc5 22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Rb1 Ra6 $11) 17... Nc8 (17... Nd7 18. b5 $1 cxb5 $140
19. Nd6 $1) 18. Re1 $6 (18. a6 {is risky, but had to be played, at least it is
the logical continuation of White's previous move. ist riskant, musste aber
gespielt werden, zumindest ist es die logische Fortsetzung des vorigen weißen
Zuges.} b5 (18... bxa6) 19. e3 $13) 18... a6 $1 {Now Black takes the
initiative, transfering his knight to b5, blocking White's play on the
queenside. Nun ergreift Schwarz die Initiative, indem er seinen Springer nach
b5 überführt, was das weiße Spiel am Damenflügel blockiert.} 19. Nc5 (19. Qc2
Na7 $1) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Nd6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Nb5 24. Kf1
Rad8 25. Rc4 Rd5 26. Bc1 Red8 27. Bb2 Kf7 28. Kg2 (28. Nd2 Nc7 $1 {White
should not allow this manoeuvre. Weiß sollte dieses Manöver nicht zulassen.}
29. Rb1 Ne6 {/\ Rb5 sometimes. /\ Rb5 gelegentlich.}) 28... h5 {Black is in
full control of the position, but it is very difficult to break through.
Schwarz hat die Stellung fest im Griff, allerdings ist es sehr schwer
durchzubrechen.} 29. h3 g5 30. g4 Kg6 31. Rf1 Be7 {No need to hurry. Kein
Grund zur Eile.} (31... f5 $6 32. gxf5+ Kxf5 33. e4+ $1 dxe3 34. fxe3+ Kg6 35.
Re4 Rxd3 36. Re6+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7) 32. f4 (32. Rh1 $15 {Probably it
was safer just to stay, although Black can slowly try to improve his position.
Vermutlich war es sicherer, einfach auf der Stelle zu treten, obwohl Schwarz
langsam versuchen kann, seine Stellung zu verbessern.} f5 33. gxf5+ Kxf5 34.
Rg1 Ke6) 32... hxg4 33. hxg4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 Bd6 {Now Black has some chances due
to the better mobility of his remaining pieces. Nun hat Schwarz aufgrund der
besseren Mobilität seiner verbleibenden Figuren ein paar Chancen.} 35. Rf3 Rg5
{Tempting, but the computer prefers Verlockend, aber der Computer bevorzugt} (
35... Re8 36. Kf1 Be5 37. Rh3 Rd7 $15) 36. Bxd4 {A very strange decision. Eine
sehr seltsame Entscheidung.} ({After Nach} 36. Nxd4 $142 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 {
White should hold without much trouble: sollte sich Weiß ohne große Mühe
halten:} Nxd4 38. Bxd4 f5 39. Bc3) 36... Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Rh8 {
It's getting hot for White. Langsam wird es heiß für Weiß.} 39. e4 Rh2+ 40. Ke3
Rb2 $6 {Again the most tempting, but probably not the best. Wieder am
verlockendsten, aber womöglich nicht am besten.} (40... Rgg2 $1 41. Nf5 Be5 42.
d4 Bb8 $17) 41. Nc2 $6 (41. Rc2 $1 Rxb4 42. Nf5 Be5 43. Rf1 {and strangely
enough, the computer claims that White is ok here. und seltsamerweise
behauptet der Computer, dass die weiße Stellung hier okay ist.}) 41... Rg5 $1 {
White is in serious trouble now. Jetzt ist Weiß in ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten.
} (41... Rg2 42. Rf2) 42. d4 Rb5 {Logical and good enough, but there was an
even better move: Logisch und gut genug, aber es gab einen noch besseren Zug:}
(42... Rg4 $1 {This strange, but very strong possibility did not cross my mind,
but seems to be just winning; White is losing his e-pawn: Diese seltsame, aber
sehr starke Möglichkeit kam mir nicht in den Sinn, scheint aber einfach zu
gewinnen; Weiß verliert seinen e-Bauern:} 43. Kd2 (43. Rc3 Rg2 44. Kd3 Bxb4)
43... Rb1 44. Kd3 Rb3+ 45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3 Rxe4 $19) 43. Kd3 Bxb4 44. Rxb4
R5xb4 45. Nxb4 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rxb4 {On playing Rxb4, I thought this should be a
winning rook endgame, but in fact things are not so simple. Bei Rxb4 dachte
ich, dies sollte ein gewonnenes Turmendspiel sein, tatsächlich aber ist die
Sache nicht so einfach.} 47. Rg3+ {There is no need to push Black's king where
it goes anyway. Es ist nicht nötig, den schwarzen König dahin zu treiben,
wohin er sowieso geht.} (47. Rd3 $142 Rb5 48. Ra3) 47... Kf7 48. Rd3 Ke6 49.
Ke3 Rb5 50. Ra3 c5 $1 (50... f5 {was suggested as an improvement by various
commentators, but does not seem to be true: wurde von verschiedenenen
Kommentatoren als Verbesserung vorgeschlagen, aber dies scheint nicht zu
stimmen:} 51. exf5+ Rxf5 52. Ra4 Rb5 (52... Kd6 53. Kd3 Rb5 54. Kc4) 53. Kd3
Kd5 54. Kc3 {and I could not see how to proceed now, seems to be just a draw.
und jetzt konnte ich nicht sehen, wie es weitergehen soll, scheint einfach
remis zu sein.} Rb1 55. Kc2 Rb5 56. Kc3 Kd6) 51. dxc5 Rxc5 $2 {Just an
automatic reply and in fact a very serious mistake, missing the victory:
Einfach ein automatischer Reflex und tatsächlich ein ganz schwerer Fehler, der
den Sieg ausslässt:} (51... Ke5 $1 {After this move it seems to me that Black
is winning in all lines. Nach diesem Zug scheint mir, dass Schwarz in allen
Abspielen gewinnt.} 52. Rc3 (52. Ra4 $145 $5 {(Mueller,Karsten)}) 52... Rxa5
53. Kd3 (53. c6 bxc6 54. Rxc6 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra4 56. Kc2 a5 {similar to the main
variation ähnlich der Hauptvariante.}) 53... Rb5 54. c6 bxc6 55. Rxc6 Rb3+ 56.
Kc4 Ra3 57. Kb4 Ra1 58. Kb3 a5 59. Kc2 a4 60. Ra6 a3 61. Ra4 a2 62. Kb2 Re1 63.
Kxa2 Rxe4 {winning, the white king is too far away. mit Gewinn, der weiße
König ist zu weit weg.}) 52. Kf4 {I thought I would be able to kick the king
away from f4 and get mine to e5 somehow, but it is not realisable in fact. Ich
dachte, ich würde irgendwie in der Lage sein, den König von f4 zu vertreiben
und meinen nach e5 zu bringen, tatsächlich aber ist das nicht machbar.} Rh5 53.
Rb3 Rb5 (53... Rh4+ 54. Kg3 Rxe4 55. Rxb7 {should be drawish. sollte remislich
sein.}) 54. Ra3 Kd6 55. Ra1 Kc6 56. Ke3 (56. Ra2 {was actually even simpler.
war sogar noch einfacher.}) 56... f5 {This seems to be Black's best chance
here, but it's not enough anyway. Dies scheint hier die beste Chance für
Schwarz zu sein, aber es reicht trotzdem nicht.} 57. exf5 Rxf5 58. Kd3 Rf3+ 59.
Kc4 Rf4+ 60. Kc3 (60. Kb3 $2 {loses after verliert nach} Kb5 61. Kc3 Ra4 62.
Rb1+ Kc6) 60... Kc5 61. Rh1 $1 Rf3+ 62. Kc2 $1 (62. Kb2 Kb4 63. Rh7 Rb3+ 64.
Kc2 Ka4) 62... Ra3 63. Rh7 Kc6 64. Rh6+ Kc7 65. Rh7+ Kb8 66. Rh8+ Ka7 67. Rh5
Re3 68. Kb2 Kb8 69. Rc5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,76,80,-17,-10,-11,-19,-19,-12,-32,-39,-37,-25,-51,41,-8,4,10,2,-4,16,
1,22,-16,-7,3,13,-7,64,49,51,60,47,43,38,40,30,-69,-66,-71,-79,-30,-24,-29,-29,
-25,47,-11,56,17,234,36,111,18,155,167,167,157,148,148,153,136,136,136,140,136,
183,151,223,234,216,221,299,306,306,335,337,328,334]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {A very popular line
recently.} h6 {Black prevents Nf3-g5 and Bc1-g5. This move is new in GM
practice. Alternatives:} (8... Nxc3) (8... Re8) (8... Be6) (8... Bb6) 9. Nxd5 (
9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 (10. Na4 Bb6 11. a3 f5 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nxb6
axb6 15. e3 f4 $132 {0-1 (24) Zupe,M (2260)-Fenil,S (2346) Skopje 2018}) 10...
Bb6 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bd6 12. d4 e4 13. d5 exf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. dxe6 Nxf3+
16. exf3 fxe6 17. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (65) Stanec,N (2512)-Sucher,J (2234) Aschach
2001}) 11. a3 Qd7 $11) 9... Qxd5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Qe6 12. Rc1 Qe7 (12... Bb6
13. Bc3 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yd2c4]}) 13. Bc3 Nd4 (13... a4 $5 14. Nd2 (14. e3 Rd8)
14... Be6 {as} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {is hardly dangerous for Black}) 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Bd6 16. Qh5 c6 17. f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 18. gxf4 Qxe3+ $2 {This
acceptance of White's pawn sacrifice leads to a surprisingly fast defeat.} (
18... Kh7 $14 {[%cal Yg7g6]}) 19. Kh1 Rd8 $2 (19... f6 $8 20. Be4 {[%cal Rh5g6,
Rf1g1]} Qh3 21. Qg6 Bg4 $1 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Bg6+ Ke6 24. Rce1+ Kd7 25. Qxg7+
Kc8 {, and Black avoids disaster, although after} 26. Be4 {White keeps strong
pressure.}) 20. Rce1 Qc5 (20... Qxd3 21. f5 {etc.}) 21. f5 {[%mdl 128]} Bf8 22.
Be4 Rd5 {Of course, White doesn't accept this exchange sacrifice. Instead, he
continues his attack.} 23. Rf3 $1 b5 24. Rg1 Ra7 25. Bf6 (25. Rfg3 {was
already possible but a line like this is too hard to calculate:} Bxf5 26. Rxg7+
Bxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Qxh6 Ke8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh4+ Kd6 (30... Ke8 31. Rg8+)
31. Qf6+ Be6 (31... Kc7 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf7+ $18) 32. b4 $1 Qe3 33. Bxd5
cxd5 34. Bd4 $18) 25... g6 26. Qh3 (26. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 (27... Rg7
28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Rg3 $18) 28. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 26... Rd6 27. Qh4 Rxf6
28. Qxf6 Be7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 $18 {Black has avoided direct mate but
this endgame is technically winning for White.} Kg7 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. d4 a4 33.
d5 b4 34. Be8 Bg5 35. h4 Bxh4 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Bg4 38. Rf4 Rg7 (38... Rg7
39. Bg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.01.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Ba2 $6 $146 (13...
Bd5) 14. Ra1 (14. Nc5 $1 Bxb1 15. Qb3+ Rf7 16. Nxb7 Qd7 17. Qxb1 $44) 14... Bd5
15. Bb2 f5 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Kg1 $1 a5 (18... c5 19.
bxc5 Bxc5 20. a4 $1 Bb4 21. a5 Bxa5 22. Bxd4 $14) (18... Bf6 19. Rc1 $14) 19.
Qb3 axb4 20. axb4 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Bxb4 22. Nxd4 $14) 18... c5 $1 $10 19. bxc5
Bxc5 20. a4 Nd7 21. Ba3 b6 22. Qd2 {/\23.Qa2} Kh8 $1 23. Kg1 f4 24. Qa2 Qc6 (
24... Qh5 25. Qe6 $132) 25. Bxc5 (25. Ng5 Qg6 $10) 25... bxc5 26. Rac1 fxg3 (
26... Qh6 27. Qd5 $132) (26... Qd6 27. Ng5 {/\28.Ne4}) (26... fxg3 27. fxg3 (
27. hxg3 $2 Rxf3 28. exf3 Ne5) 27... Qh6 28. Qd5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nb6 (29... Qxe2
30. Rce1 Nb6 (30... Qxd3 31. Qxd7 $16) 31. Qb3 c4 32. dxc4 Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Nxc4
34. Nxd4 $10) 30. Qxc5 Qxe2 31. Nd2 $1 Rfd8 (31... Nd7 32. Qxd4) (31... Kg8 32.
a5) 32. Ne4 Qxd3 33. Ng5 $44 Kg8 (33... Nxa4 $2 34. Qc6 Rf8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36.
Qd5 $18) 34. a5 h6 (34... Nd5 $2 35. Rf8+ $1 $18) 35. Rf3 $1 Qd2 36. axb6 Qxg5
37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. b7 Rab8 39. Rc7 d3 40. Rff7 Kh7 (40... d2 41. Rxg7+ $10) 41.
Rxg7+ Kh6 42. Rgd7 d2 43. Rc6+ Kh5 44. Rcd6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6
(7... Bxc3 $5 {Ribli} 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 c6 12. Rb1
Re8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Qd2 b6 15. h3 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. c5 h5 $13 {Milos,G-Ricardi,
P Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 CBM/24}) (7... Re8 {Ribli} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7
10. e4 c6 11. d4 cxd5 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Ng5 d5 14. Qh5 $36 {Krogius,N-Lhagva,G
Beijing op 1991 EXP/22}) 8. Na4 $5 {>< Bb4.} a5 (8... d5 $6 9. c5 b5 10. a3 $1
Ba5 (10... e4 $2 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. axb4 exf3 13. Bxf3 $18) 11. b4 bxa4 12. bxa5
$16) 9. e3 $5 {/\ d4, a3.} d5 (9... Bc5 $5 {Ribli}) 10. a3 (10. c5 b5 11. a3
bxa4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Rxa4 Rxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 $10) 10... Be7 (10... Bd6 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Ne4 $14) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Qd6 $5 13.
Nd2 (13. b3 $5 b5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 (14... Qc5 $2 15. Nxe5 $1 $16) 15. Qxc3 b4 16.
Qc2 (16. axb4 $6 axb4 17. Qb2 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qxd3 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bd6 $15
) 16... Ba6 17. Rd1 $14) 13... b6 $6 (13... Rd8 14. Ne4 Qg6 $14) 14. b3 Bd7 $6
(14... Bb7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Bf8 $1 17. Rfd1 {/\ Nc3, >< Nc6.} Qe6 18. Nc3
Nce7 $1 $14) 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. e4 $1 Nf6 18. f4 $16 Bd6 (18... Nd4
19. Bxd4 exd4 20. f5 Qc6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Qf2 $16) 19. Nxd6 (19. fxe5 Bxe5 (19...
Nxe5 $2 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. d4 $18) 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. d4 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Qc4 {
with counterplay.}) 19... cxd6 (19... Qxd6 {Ribli} 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. d4 Qc6 22.
Nc3 $18) 20. Nxb6 Nd4 21. Qd1 Rb8 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nc4 a4 $5 24. bxa4 d5 25.
exd5 Qa6 (25... Nxd5 26. f5 Qc6 27. f6 $1 $18 {with the idea Qh5.}) 26. Qd2
Bxa4 $6 (26... Qxa4 27. Rfb1 $16) 27. Qa5 $1 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Rfb1 $18
Rxb1+ (29... Rfb8 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. d6 $18) 30. Rxb1 Bc2 31. Rb4 Ra8 (31...
Bxd3 32. Ne5 $18) 32. d6 Rd8 33. a4 Ne8 (33... Bxd3 {Ribli} 34. Ne5 $18) 34. a5
Nxd6 35. Ne5 f6 36. Rxd4 $1 fxe5 37. fxe5 Nf7 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 39. a6 Ne6 40. Bd5
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 d6 8. e3 a6
9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Ba7 11. Nc3 $5 Rb8 $6 (11... Be6 $142) 12. Qc2 (12. b4 $14)
12... Be6 13. b4 (13. h3 Qd7 14. Kh2 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Na4 $14) 13... Qd7
14. Rd1 b5 $6 (14... Bh3 15. Bh1 (15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nd5 Ng4 (16... Nxd5 $2 17.
cxd5 Ne7 18. Qxc7 Nxd5 19. Qxd6 Nc3 20. Re1 (20. Rd2 e4 $132) 20... Rbd8 21.
Qxe5 Rxd3 22. Bb2 $16) (16... Ne8 17. b5 Nd8 $10) 17. Nxc7 f5 $44) 15... Ng4
16. d4 $14) 15. Bb2 Bg4 16. Rd2 $6 (16. Ne2 $1 Rfc8 17. c5 $1 $36) 16... Rfc8
$1 {/\ Ne7, c5} 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. cxb5 axb5 19. d4 $6 exd4 $6 (19... Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 exd4 21. exd4 d5 $1 22. Ne2 c6 (22... Ng6 $6 23. Qc6 $14) 23. Nf4 Nf5 $15
{/\ Nd6}) 20. Nxd4 c5 21. Nb3 Qe6 (21... cxb4 22. axb4 Nc6 $2 23. Ne4 $1 Nxb4 (
23... Nd4 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Nxd4 Rxc2 26. Rdxc2 $16) 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qe4
$16) 22. Na5 $1 {/\ Nb7} Bh3 23. Bh1 d5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nb3 Ba7 26. Nd4 $14
Qa6 27. Qd3 Rc4 28. Nc2 $5 Bf5 29. Qf1 Ne4 (29... Be4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rdd1
$14) 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Nb4 Qe6 32. Rcd1 Bxh1 $6 (32... Rd8 $142) 33. Kxh1 Rd8
34. Qg2 Re4 35. Qf3 $6 (35. Bd4 $1 $16) 35... f5 $2 $138 (35... Bc5 $1 36. Nd3
Bd6 $14) 36. Bd4 $16 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 $6 38. Rxd4 Ra8 $2 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40.
Rxd5 Rxa3 41. Qxf5 $18 Qxf5 42. Rxf5 b4 43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Kg2 Rb2 45. Rb7 Rb1 46.
h4 Rb2 47. Kf3 Kf8 48. h5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Konikowski Ftacnik Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4
5. Nd5 e4 (5... a5 {Konikowski} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 h6 9. Nd2 (9. b3 $5
d6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. e3 Bc5 13. a3 Ba7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Nh4
Ne6 17. Nd5 $14 {Serper-Timman, Manila 1992}) 9... d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Ne4
Qg6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Nd8 15. Nb5 Bb6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1
18. Qxa1 c6 $13 {Timman-Lobron, Manila 1992}) (5... Bc5 $5 {Ribli Kortschnoj,
V-Karpov,An/Tilburg/1991/CBM26/INF53,44/}) 6. Nh4 O-O (6... d6 $5 {Ribli} 7.
Nxb4 Nxb4 8. d4 $2 exd3 9. exd3 O-O $15 {Kortschnoj,V-Adams,M/Wijk-op/1993/
CBM34/INF56,(40)/}) 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O d6 (8... Bf8 {Ftacnik} 9. d3 exd3 10.
Qxd3 h6 (10... Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 (11... a6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd2 Ng6 14. Bc3
Qe6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qa4 g5 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Bc3 Qh6 19. Qc2 d6 20. e4 Bh3 21.
Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Rae1 g4 23. f4 gxf3 24. Rxf3 $10 {Shvidler,E-Groszpeter,A/Biel
op/1989/}) (11... c6 12. Ne3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Qb3 d4 16. Qxb7
dxe3 17. Rxd8 exf2+ 18. Kh1 f1=Q+ 19. Bxf1 Raxd8 20. Qxa7 Rd1 21. Kg2 Rc8 22.
b4 Bd5+ 23. Kg1 Bxb4 24. Ba3 $17 {Contin,D-Groszpeter,A/Cannes op (5)/1990/})
12. cxd5 c5 13. b3 (13. f4 {Ribli} Ng6 14. Nf3 d6 15. e4 $14 {Vaganian,
R-Taimanov,M/URS/1977/}) 13... d6 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17.
Qxf5 Bd6 18. e4 Rc8 19. Rac1 g6 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Qd3 Qg5 23. Rc2 h5
24. Qe3 $10 {Altyzer,L-Tatai,S/Zurich op (6)/1987/}) 11. b3 Ne5 12. Qc2 c6 13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bb2 Qe6 15. Nf5 d6 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Rad1 a5 18. h3 Qc7 19. Qc3
Qb6 20. Kh2 Qb4 21. Qc2 a4 22. e4 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Qb1 $13 {Petursson,
M-Strenzwilk,D/Saint Martin op(2)/1993/}) (8... b5 {Ftacnik} 9. Nxb4 Nxb4 10.
a3 Nc6 11. cxb5 Nd4 12. d3 Nxb5 13. dxe4 Bb7 14. f3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb6
17. a4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Bf4 Nbc4 21. b3 Ne3 22. Qf2 Nxe4 23.
fxe4 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 $14 {Smejkal,J-Haik,A/Smederevska Palanka/1982/}) 9. d3 (9.
Nxb4 Nxb4 10. d3 (10. d4 $6 h6 {/\ g5}) 10... h6 (10... exd3 11. exd3 $16) 11.
dxe4 Nxe4 12. Be3 $14) 9... exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bc5 13. b3
$1 (13. Bd2 $6 Bg4 14. Bc3 Qd7 $10) (13. h3 {Ftacnik} Qf6 14. Kh2 g5 15. Bxg5
Qxg5 16. f4 Qg7 17. fxe5 Rxe5 {0,5/Dorfman,I-Smyslov,V/URS-ch/1976/}) 13... Qe7
(13... Bg4 $6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. Kh2) (13... Ng4 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. Rad1
$14 {/\ Bd4} (15. e4 Bd7 $132 {/\ Bb5})) (13... Ng6 14. Nf3 $1 Ne5 (14... Qf6 {
Ftacnik} 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfc1 b6 19. b4 Be4 20.
bxc5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rad8 23. e3 Rd5 24. Nb5 $13 {Makarichev,
S-Nevednichy/Spartakiada/1979/}) 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. e4 $14) 14. Bb2
a5 15. a3 (15. Rae1 a4 $1 $132) 15... Ng6 (15... Bd7 $5 {Konikowski /\ c7-c6})
16. Nxg6 (16. Nf3 $2 Qxe2 17. Qc3 Ne5 (17... f6 18. Rae1 Qb5 {is also possible.
}) 18. Nxe5 (18. Rae1 $2 Bxf2+ $1 (18... Nxf3+ $2 19. Bxf3 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 $1 $18
) 19. Rxf2 (19. Kh1 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Qb5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8
$19) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 21. Bf1 f6 $19) 18... Rxe5 19. Bf3 (19. Rae1 $2
Bxf2+ $1 $19) 19... Qb5 (19... Bd4 $4 20. Qxc7 $18) 20. Qd2 Qxb3 $17 (20... Re8
$4 21. Qg5 $18)) (16. Qc3 Qe5 $10) 16... hxg6 17. e4 g5 $6 (17... c6 $2 18. Qc3
f6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b4 $18) (17... Bd7 18. Rfe1 (18. Rae1 $2 Bb5) 18... f6 (
18... c6 $6 19. e5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 $16) 19. Qc4 Qf7 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $14)
18. Rae1 f6 (18... Bd7 $5 {Ribli}) 19. Kh1 g4 (19... c6 20. f4 (20. dxc6 bxc6
21. b4 $2 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Qb3+ d5 24. Rc1 Ba6 $17) 20... cxd5 (20...
gxf4 21. gxf4 {The opening of the "g" file should favor White.}) 21. e5 fxe5
22. fxe5 $40) 20. f4 gxf3 21. Rxf3 Bd7 $6 (21... Bg4 22. Rf4 Qd7 23. Qc4 {
Threatens 24.e5} Re5 $5 (23... b5 24. Qd3 $14) 24. Ref1 $14 (24. Bxe5 fxe5 25.
Rff1 Bxa3 $10)) 22. Rf4 Rf8 {Black wants 23...g5} 23. Ref1 {/\ Rh4} Be3 $1 (
23... c6 $2 24. Rh4 {/\ e5} g5 25. Rh6 $18) (23... Bb5 $2 24. R1f3 $16 (24. Bh3
$5 Bxf1 25. Be6+ $16)) (23... Rae8 {Ribli} 24. Rh4 $16) 24. R4f3 Bb6 (24... Bh6
$6 25. Qxc7 Rfc8 26. Qb6 Rc5 (26... Rc2 27. R3f2 $16) 27. Rc3 $16) 25. g4 $1 (
25. Qd3 {/\ Rf4} Qe8 $1 {/\ Bb5}) 25... Rae8 $2 (25... Bb5 $1 $8 26. Re1 Be8 $1
{/\ Bg6} (26... Bd7 $2 27. Rh3 g5 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. Rh6 Raf8 30. Qd2 Bxg4 31.
Qxg5+ $18) 27. g5 fxg5 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. e5 $14 (29. e5 {Konikowski} Qf2 30.
Qxf2 Bxf2 31. Rf1 Bc5 32. e6 Bg6 $13)) (25... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 26. Rg3) 26. Rh3
$1 {/\ e5} Bxg4 27. Rg3 Bh5 (27... Bd7 28. Qd2 {/\ Qh6} (28. Rg6 Kh7 $1 29. e5
dxe5 30. Rgxf6+ Kh8) 28... Kh7 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qf3 Kg6 31. Qd3 Kh6 32. Bh3 $1
Bxh3 33. Rxh3+ Kg7 34. e5 $18) 28. Qd2 $1 (28. Rf5 $2 Qf7 $1 {/\ Bg6} 29. Rxf6
Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 $44) 28... g6 (28... Kh7 29. Qf4 Qf7 30. Qh4 $1 {/\ Rf5})
29. Rf5 Qh7 (29... Kh7 30. Qf4 $1 (30. Rxh5+ {Ftacnik} gxh5 31. Qf4 f5 (31...
Qd7 32. Bh3 $18) 32. Rg5 $1 Qf7 33. Qh4 $18) 30... gxf5 31. Qxf5+ Kh8 32. Qxh5+
Qh7 33. Bxf6+ $18 (33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxe8+ $18)) (29... Kf7 $2 {Ftacnik} 30.
Rxh5 $1 gxh5 31. Qh6 $18) (29... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 30. Rxh5+ gxh5 31. Qh6+ Qh7 32.
Bxf6+ $18) 30. Bxf6 Rf7 31. Qg5 c6 (31... Kf8 32. Rf4 c6 33. Bh3 cxd5 34. Qxd5
$18) (31... Ref8 {Ribli} 32. Bc3 $16) 32. e5 $6 (32. dxc6 bxc6 33. e5 d5 (33...
dxe5 34. Bxc6 Rc8 35. Bd5 $18) 34. Rf4 $18 {/\ Rh4} (34. Qxh5 $4 Qxh5 35. Rxh5
Rxf6 $1 36. exf6 $2 Re1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ $19)) 32... dxe5 33. dxc6
Kf8 (33... e4 $1 34. cxb7 Bc7 (34... Rxb7 35. Qxh5 $18) 35. Be5 $1 Rxf5 (35...
Bxe5 36. Rxe5 $18) 36. Qxf5 Bxe5 (36... Rxe5 37. Qc8+ $18) 37. Qxe5 $18 (37.
Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Rxe5 38. b8=Q+ $18)) 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Bc7 36. Qe6 $1 Bg4 (
36... Bxg3 37. Qc8#) 37. Qxg4 (37. Rxg4 $4 {Ribli} Qxh2# $19) 37... Rxf6 38.
Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Nxd5 $146 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 (11... Nf5 $6 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. e4
$16) 12. e4 (12. b3 Nf5 13. Bb2 Qf6 $14) 12... Ng6 $6 (12... c6 $5 13. dxc6
Nxc6 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 bxc6 18. Qxd6 Be6 19.
Qxc6 $14) 13. b3 Bg4 14. f3 (14. Qd2 $1 Ne5 15. f3 $16) 14... Rxe4 $1 15. Bb2
Qg5 $1 $8 (15... Qf6 $2 16. fxe4 Bxd1 17. Rxf6 $18) 16. fxg4 (16. Kh1 $2 Qe5 $1
17. fxg4 Bxd4 18. Rf5 Bxb2 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Rb1 Rae8 $15) 16... Qe3+ 17. Kh1
Bxd4 18. Rf3 Bxb2 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. Qd2 $1 Bxa1 $6 (20... Rxb3 $1 21. axb3 (21.
Rb1 $2 Bc3 $1) (21. Rf1 Rb6 22. Qc2 Bd4 23. Qxc7 Ne5 $13) 21... Bxa1 22. Qa5
Bd4 23. Qxc7 Bc5 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Bf1 a5 $14) 21. Qxe3 {/\ Qc1} Bb2 (21... Be5
$6 22. Qc1 Rc8 23. g5 $16 {/\ Bh3}) 22. Qd2 Ba3 23. Qa5 Bc5 24. Qxc7 Re8 25.
Bf1 h6 26. Qxb7 Re1 27. Kg2 Ne5 $2 (27... Ra1 $1 $14) 28. b4 (28. Qb8+ $2 Kh7
29. b4 Rb1) 28... Bb6 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qxd6 $18 Nxg4 31. Bd3+ g6 32. Bxg6+ Kg7
(32... fxg6 33. Qd7+ $18) 33. Bh5 Ne5 (33... Rg1+ 34. Kf3 (34. Kh3 $4 Nf2+ 35.
Kh4 Bd4 $1 {/\ Bf6} 36. Bf3 Bf6+ 37. Kh5 Re1 $1 $19 {/\ Re5}) 34... Nxh2+ 35.
Ke2 Rg2+ 36. Kd3 $18) 34. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. c4 {Belov} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 (6. Bg2 {
Belov} d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 a5 11. a3 Ba7 $10 {Lautier,
J-Karpov,A/Linares/1994/0:1/49/}) 6... h6 7. a3 $5 (7. Bg2 {Belov} d6 8. e3 O-O
9. O-O a6 10. a3 Ba7 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4 Qd7 15. Bb2 {
Lautier,J-Ivanchuk,V/Dortmund/1995/0,5/}) 7... a6 (7... a5 {Belov} 8. Bg2 d6 9.
O-O O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nd2 Qd8 12. e3 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Nc3 c6 15. d4 Be6
$10 {Topalov,V-Epishin,V/Dos Hermanas/1994/1:0/60/}) 8. b4 $1 $146 Ba7 9. Bb2
d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. b5 (11. Bg2 {Belov} O-O 12. O-O Qd8 13. Nd2 Ne7 $10)
11... axb5 12. cxb5 Nd8 $5 (12... Nd4 $6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Bg2
O-O 16. O-O $36 {/\ a4, Rc1-c4, >< b7, c7, d4}) (12... Ne7 {Belov} 13. Bg2 O-O
14. O-O Ng6 15. Nd2 $14) 13. Bg2 Ne6 14. e3 $1 (14. O-O $2 Ng5 $1 {/\ Nh3} (
14... Nd4 $5 {Belov} 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 $10) 15. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 $40)
14... Nc5 $6 (14... Ng5 $6 15. Nd2 $36 {/\ h4}) (14... O-O 15. O-O Ng5 16. Nxg5
(16. Nd2 $2 Nh3+ $17) 16... hxg5 17. a4 $14) (14... Bb6 $1 15. O-O (15. Nd2 Nc5
16. O-O Na4 $1 $10 (16... Nxd3 $4 17. Ne4 $18)) (15. a4 Nc5 $1 $132) 15... Ng5
16. h4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 $5 (17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Ra7 19. a4 Bf5 $1 20. Rfd1 Ke7
$10 {/\ Rha8}) 17... O-O (17... Bh3 $2 18. Bxb7 $16) 18. a4 Ra7 19. Bg2 Be6 20.
Qc2 Rfa8 $14) 15. d4 (15. O-O {Belov} Bf5 16. e4 (16. d4 Nd3) 16... Bg4 17. d4
(17. h3 $6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne6 $15) 17... Nd7 $13) 15... e4 (15... exd4 16. Bxd4
$16) 16. Ne5 $1 dxe5 (16... Ne6 {Belov} 17. Nc4 Qg6 18. O-O $16) 17. dxc5 Bxc5
18. Qd5 $16 Qe7 19. Qxe4 (19. Qxe5 $2 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 O-O (20... Rxa3 {Belov} 21.
Rxa3 Bxa3 22. Bxg7 (22. Bxe4 $14) 22... Rh7 23. Be5 $16) 21. a4 Bf5 22. Bxc7
Bb4+ 23. Kf1 Rfc8 $44) 19... Bd6 (19... Bxa3 $2 20. O-O (20. Bxa3 $2 Rxa3 21.
Rxa3 Qxa3 22. Qxe5+ Qe7 23. Qxg7 Qb4+ $10) 20... O-O 21. Qd3 $18) (19... O-O
20. Qxe5 (20. O-O Re8 $5) 20... Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Bd7 22. Bxb7 (22. a4 $6 Bb4+ 23.
Kd1 (23. Ke2 Rxa4 $1 $10) 23... Rfd8 $44) 22... Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Bxa3 24. Ba6 $1 (
24. Bc6 Bxc6 25. bxc6 Re8 $1 26. Bxc7 Re6 $14) 24... Bb4+ 25. Kd1 $1 (25. Ke2
Rb8 $14) 25... Ba5 26. Ke2 $1 $16) 20. O-O O-O 21. a4 Ra7 22. a5 $1 Bd7 (22...
Bb4 $2 23. Ra4 $1 Bxa5 24. Ba3 $18) (22... b6 23. a6 Bd7 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. Bc6
Bxc6 26. bxc6 Qe6 27. Qb5 Rfa8 28. Ra4 Qc8 29. Rfa1 $16) 23. Qd3 $1 Bc5 (23...
Qe8 24. b6 Bb5 25. Qd2 $1 (25. Qd5 $2 Bc6 $132) 25... Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Ra8 27.
Bxb7 Rd8 (27... Rb8 28. a6 $16) 28. a6 cxb6 29. a7 $1 Qe7 30. Qd5 $16) 24. Rfd1
$1 (24. Bxe5 $2 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Qxe5 26. Bxb7 Bd4 27. Rab1 Rxa5 $10) 24... Bg4
25. Rdc1 Bd6 $6 (25... b6 26. a6 (26. Qe4 $2 Bd7 $1) 26... Bd7 27. Qc4 Qe8 28.
Bf1 c6 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Ba3 $16) 26. h3 $1 {>< d1} Be6 27. a6 b6 (27... bxa6
28. Rxa6 (28. bxa6 $16 {Belov}) 28... Rxa6 29. bxa6 $18) 28. Ba3 $18 Rd8 29.
Rd1 Qe8 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 (30... cxd6 31. Rdc1 d5 32. Rc6 $18) 31. Qe4 Qxb5 (31...
Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxb5 $2 33. Rd8+ $18) 32. Rxd6 cxd6 33. Qb7 $1 Qd7 (33... Qb2
34. Rf1 (34. Qb8+ {Belov} Kh7 35. Qxa7 $2 {1-0 Lautier,J-Cramling,P/Erevan olm
1996/EXT 96ch2/[Belov]} (35. Qxa7 {Belov} Qxa1+ 36. Kh2 Bc4 37. Bb7 Qa2 38. Kg2
Bd5+ 39. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 40. Kh2 Qf3 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+) (35. Ra4 $1 {Belov}
Qb3 36. Qxa7 Qxa4 37. Qxb6 $18)) 34... Rxb7 35. axb7 $18) (33... Rxb7 {Belov}
34. axb7 Qe8 35. Ra8 $18) 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Bb6 $6 9. d4 Re8 (9... exd4 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 $16) 10. Nxb6
$1 axb6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 $1 (12. b3 $2 e4 $1 13. Nd2 (13. Nd4 Ng6 14. Bb2 Ne5
$15) 13... Bg4 $1 14. Qc2 Be2 15. Re1 Bd3 16. Qc3 Ng6 17. Bb2 Qd7 $15 {with
the plan Qf5, h5-h4}) 12... b5 $6 (12... Ng6 13. e4 h5 14. h4 $1 (14. f4 $2
exf4 15. gxf4 Ng4 16. Qb3 (16. Qe1 f5 $15) 16... Qf6 $15) (14. Nb1 $5 h4 15.
Nc3 Bd7 (15... Bg4 $2 16. Qd3 hxg3 (16... Qc8 17. f4 hxg3 18. f5 $1 gxh2+ 19.
Kxh2 $16) 17. hxg3 Qc8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nh4 20. f5 $1 $16) 16. f4 hxg3 17.
hxg3 exf4 18. gxf4 Ng4 $13) 14... Ng4 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 (16... Ne7 $2
17. f3 Nf6 18. g4 $16) 17. Ne4 Qd7 (17... Nxh4 $4 18. Bg5 $18) 18. Bg5 Rf8 $14)
13. e4 c6 14. b3 bxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Bb2 $16) 16... Qa5 $1 {
>< Nd2} 17. Rb1 $1 {preparing Rb2, Nb1} b5 (17... Qxa2 18. Qxa2 Rxa2 19. Rxb7
$14) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Rb2 $1 Rec8 (19... Nc8 20. Nb1 Nb6 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. Bb4
Nc4 23. Re2 $14) 20. Nb1 Rc4 $6 (20... Qa4 21. f3 (21. Nc3 $2 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 b4
$15) (21. Re1 $2 Rc4 22. f3 Rac8 23. Bd2 Rc2 $15) 21... Rc4 (21... Qxb3 22.
axb3 Ra1 23. Bd2 $14 {followed by Bb4, Nc3}) 22. Bd2 Rac8 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Bb4
Ne8 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. Rfb1 $14) 21. Bd2 Qa6 $6 (21... Qa4 22. Nc3 Qxb3 23. axb3
Rc7 24. Rc1 $14 {pair of bishops.}) 22. Re1 Nc8 23. Nc3 $1 b4 (23... Rb8 24.
Qxc4 bxc4 25. Rxb8 Qa7 26. Reb1 Ng4 27. Be1 $16) (23... Rc7 24. Bf1 $16) 24.
Nb1 Ba4 25. Qe3 Rc2 $8 (25... Qb7 26. Na3 Rd4 27. Reb1) (25... Qa5 26. a3) 26.
Rxb4 Rxa2 27. Bf1 Qa7 28. Nc3 (28. Qxa7 Rxa7 (28... Nxa7 $2 29. Nc3 Rxd2 30.
Rxa4 $18) 29. Be3 (29. Rb8 Bd7 30. Rc1 Ra8 $14) 29... Rc7 $1 30. Rb8 Nd7 31.
Ra8 Bb3 32. Rxa2 Bxa2 $14) 28... Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Ra3 30. Nxa4 R3xa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4
32. Rb1 $16 {pair of bishops} Ra8 33. f3 Kf8 34. Rb7 Ne8 (34... Ng8 $5 35. Bb5
Nge7 $16) 35. Bb5 Ne7 {/\ f5} 36. g4 $1 Ng6 $6 (36... Rc8 37. Bb6 $16) 37. Ba7
$1 {threatening Rb8, ><d6} Rc8 38. Rb8 (38. Bb8 $2 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 $2
Nf4) 38... Rxb8 (38... Ne7 39. Bd7 Rxb8 40. Bxb8) 39. Bxb8 f6 40. Kf2 Nh8 41.
Bxe8 Kxe8 42. Bxd6 Nf7 43. Bb4 Ng5 44. Kg3 Nf7 45. Bd2 {/\ g5, Kg4 +-} Nd6 46.
Bc3 (46. g5 $6 f5 47. Bc3 (47. Bb4 Nf7) 47... fxe4 48. Bxe5 Nf5+ 49. Kf4 exf3
$1 50. Kxf3 Kd7 51. Ke4 g6 $16) 46... Nf7 47. Bb4 Nh8 $2 (47... Ng5 $2 48. Bd2
Nf7 49. g5 $1 $18) (47... Kd7 $16) 48. g5 $1 $18 Kf7 (48... fxg5 49. Kg4 Nf7
50. Kf5 Kd7 51. Bf8 g6+ 52. Kf6 $18) 49. Kg4 Ng6 (49... Kg6 $2 50. d6 $18) 50.
Bd2 {/\ Kh5} Ne7 51. Kh5 {/\ 52.gf6 gf6 53.Kh6+-} Ng8 52. Be3 Kf8 53. Bc5+ Kf7
54. Bd6 $1 {Zugzwang} g6+ (54... Ke8 55. g6 h6 56. Kg4 $18) 55. Kg4 h6 56. h4
Ke8 57. Kg3 Kf7 58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Kd3 Kg7 61. Kc4 Kf7 62. Kc5 hxg5
63. hxg5 fxg5 64. Bxe5 Nh6 65. Bg3 g4 66. fxg4 Nxg4 67. e5 g5 68. Kc6 Ne3 69.
e6+ Kf6 (69... Ke7 70. d6+ Kxe6 71. d7 Ke7 72. Bc7) 70. Be5+ $1 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O O-O
8. a3 a5 (8... a6 {Ribli} 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Rc1
Qd7 $13 {Petursson,M-Hjartarson,J Nordic zt 1992 CBM/31}) 9. e3 Bf5 (9... Bb6
$6 {Ribli} 10. b3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Bh7 13. Ng1 $14 {Gurevich,M-Sokolov,I
Belgrad 1991 CBM/27 53/38}) 10. h3 (10. b3 {Ribli} Qd7 11. Bb2 Bb6 12. d4 exd4
13. Nd5 $1 $14 (13. exd4 Bg4 14. Na4 Ba7 $13 {Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I Bled/
Rogaska Slatina 1991 CBM/24})) 10... Qd7 11. Kh2 {With simple moves, White has
already got a definite edge. Black's next is debatable, but he needs to react
before being slowly pushed off the board.} e4 (11... Rae8 $5 {Ribli}) 12. Ne1
exd3 13. Nxd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a4 15. Bd2 Na5 16. Rad1 Bb6 {Preparing 17...Nb3.}
17. Nb5 $1 Nb3 18. Bb4 {Threatening 19.Bb7} Rad8 19. Qc2 (19. Bxb7 $4 c5 $19)
19... Rfe8 20. Bc3 Re6 21. Qf5 $1 Ba5 22. Bb4 $1 {By means of "small" moves,
White is building up the pressure.} Bxb4 23. axb4 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rd4 (25.
Rd2 Nb3 26. Rc2 $14 {was more precise.}) 25... Nb3 26. Rd3 Rc8 $1 (26... Nc5 $5
{Ribli}) 27. Nd4 $8 Rc5 28. Qf3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 b5 {Black wants to get rid of
all queenside pawns in order to alleviate his defen- sive task.} 30. cxb5 Qxb5
31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxa4 Qxb2 33. Qa7 Rc2 (33... Kg8 $2 34. Rxd6 $1) 34. Qxf7 Rxe3
$1 35. Rf4 Ree2 (35... Rxg3 $2 {was tempting but wrong:} 36. Kxg3 Qe5 37. Re1
$1 Rc3+ (37... Qxe1 38. Rxf6 Qe5+ 39. Rf4 $18) (37... Nh5+ 38. Qxh5 Qxh5 (38...
Rc3+ 39. Kg4 $18) 39. Be4+ $18) (37... Qg5+ 38. Rg4 $18) 38. Re3 Nh5+ 39. Kf3
$1 $18) 36. Kg1 Qe5 37. h4 {White's last chance to stir up trouble is linked
with a future Bh3-f5.} Re1 $4 {Black's only mistake in this game, but very
costly.} (37... Qe6 $2 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Bh3 Re5 40. Bf5+ $18) (37... Qe7 38.
Qb3 {would have been symbolically better for White.}) 38. Rxf6 $1 Rxf1+ (38...
Rcc1 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40. Re6 $1 $18) 39. Bxf1 Rc1 (39... Qxf6 40. Qxf6 gxf6 41.
Bd3+ $18) 40. Qg6+ Kg8 41. Re6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Bb2 Nh6 17. Rfc1 Nf7 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. e4 Be6 21. Ne3 Rac8
22. Nc4 $6 (22. d4 Ba2 23. Ra1 $11) 22... Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Nxa5 Nd8 $6 (
24... Na4 25. Nxb7 Nxb2 $19) 25. Bf1 $17 Rd7 26. Rc2 Ra8 27. Bc3 Bxa3 28. Be1
Bd6 29. Nc1 Nc8 30. Nc4 Be7 31. Ne3 Ra4 32. f3 b6 33. Bf2 Bc5 34. Ne2 Kf8 35.
Nc3 Ra3 36. Nc4 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ra7 38. Ne3 Ne7 39. Rbb2 Nb7 40. Na2 Nc5 41. Nb4
Rd4 42. Na6 Nxa6 43. bxa6 Ke8 44. Rc1 Nc8 45. Ke1 Kd8 46. Nc2 Rd6 47. Nb4 Ne7
48. Kf2 Ra8 49. f4 Bc8 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. Ra1 Nc6 52. Nxc6+ Rxc6 53. Rb5 Rf6+
54. Ke3 c5 55. Rb2 Kc7 56. Bc4 Ra7 57. Rd1 Bg4 58. Rd5 Rf3+ 59. Kd2 Rf2+ 60.
Kc1 Rxb2 61. Kxb2 Bc8 62. Rxe5 Kd6 63. Rd5+ Kc6 64. e5 Bxa6 65. Rd6+ Kc7 66.
Bg8 Ra8 67. Bxh7 Rh8 68. Bf5 Rxh2+ 69. Kc3 Rf2 70. Rd7+ Kc8 $6 (70... Kc6 71.
g4 Rf3+ $11) 71. Rf7+ $6 (71. Bg4 Be2 72. Rd2+ $18) 71... Kd8 $11 72. e6 Bb5 $2
(72... Rf3+ 73. Kd2 Rxg3 $17) 73. Bd3 $18 Rxf7 74. exf7 Ke7 75. Bxb5 Kxf7 76.
Kd3 Kf6 77. Ke4 Kg5 78. Be2 c4 79. Kf3 b5 80. g4 Kf6 81. Kf4 Ke6 82. g5 Kd5 83.
Kf5 b4 84. Kg6 $2 (84. Bd1 Kd4 85. Kg6 $11) 84... b3 $2 (84... c3 85. Bd1 Kc4
$19) 85. Bd1 $11 Kc5 86. Kxg7 Kb4 87. g6 c3 88. Bxb3 Kxb3 89. Kf7 c2 90. g7
c1=Q 91. g8=Q Qc4+ 92. Kg7 Qxg8+ 93. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2012.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Lemos, Damian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O
d6 9. e3 a6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bf5 14. a3 Rad8 15.
Kh2 Bh7 16. b4 Qe7 17. d4 Be4 18. d5 Nb8 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. f4 Nd7 21. e4 exf4 22.
Rxf4 Be3 23. Qe1 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rde8 25. Qg3 f5 26. Rg1 Rf7 27. Bf3 fxe4 28. Bg4
Kf8 29. Be6 Nf6 30. f5 Nh5 31. Ng6+ Bxg6 32. Qxg6 Nf4 $2 (32... Nf6 $1 33. Qg3
Rb8 $11) 33. Qh7 $2 (33. Bxg7+ $1 Rxg7 34. Qxh6 $18) 33... Qh4 $11 34. Qg8+ $1
Kxg8 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 f6 11. Ne4 Qd7 12. Qc2 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. a4 Nd5 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. Qxc5 b6 17. Qc2 c6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Bd2 Ncb4 21. Ne1 Na6
22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxb6 Nc5 24. Ra3 Nxa4 25. Qxa5 Ra8 26. Qb4 Rfb8 27. Qh4 Rb2
28. e4 Be6 29. Be3 Rb1 30. Nc2 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. Ne1 Nc3 34.
Ra7 Qe6 $2 (34... Qg4 35. Qxg4 Bxg4 $14) {[%tqu "En","","","","e3h6","",10]}
35. Bh6 $1 $18 g6 36. Nf3 $2 (36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. Be3 h5 39. Rb6 $18)
36... Ne2+ 37. Kh1 Rb8 38. Ra1 Rd8 39. Ra3 Rb8 40. Ra1 Rd8 41. Nd2 Rc8 42. Nc4
Nd4 43. Be3 Nc2 44. Rb1 Nxe3 45. Nxe3 h5 46. Nd5 Kg7 47. Nxf6 Qxf6 48. Qxh3
Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Rf8 50. Qf1 h4 51. Re1 Qg4 52. Qe2 Qxe2 53. Rxe2 h3 54. Kf1 g5 55.
Ra2 g4 56. Ke2 Rf3 57. Ra6 Kf7 58. Rb6 Kg7 59. Re6 Rf7 60. Rxe5 Kg6 61. Rf5 $1
Ra7 62. Ke3 Ra2 63. d4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Nb1
Bf5 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Qa3 Ne6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Qxc5 Nc2 20. Rxc2 Bxc2
21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Qxc7 Be4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxb7 Rxc4 25. Rd1 Qf8 26. b4 Rc2 27.
Bc5 Qb8 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Qe4 Rb2 $6 (29... Rxa2 30. Nxg6 fxg6) 30. h4 $18 a5
31. h5 Ra6 32. hxg6+ fxg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e7g6","",10]} 33. Nxg6 $1 Rxg6
34. Rd6 Qxd6 35. Bxd6 axb4 36. Bxb4 Rxa2 37. e3 Ra4 38. Qb7 h5 39. Kh2 Ra2 40.
Qf7 Ra4 41. Bc3 Raa6 42. Bxg7 Rxg7 43. Qf5+ Rag6 44. e4 Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kh7 46. e5
Kh6 47. Qd2+ Kh7 48. Qd5 Kh6 49. Kh3 Rg4 50. e6 R4g6 51. Qe5 Rg8 52. Qe3+ Kh7
53. f4 h4 54. gxh4 Rg1 55. Qe4+ Kh6 56. e7 R1g3+ 57. Kh2 R3g4 58. Qe6+ Kh7 59.
Qxg4 $1 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Lobron,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ambroz} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 (6...
Nde7 $5 {Ambroz} 7. b4 a6 8. O-O g6 9. a4 Bg7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. e3 $5 {Petursson,
M-Rajkovic,D, Komotini 1993}) 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 (8. Rb1 {Ambroz} O-O (8... f6 9.
b4 Nxb4 (9... Bxb4 10. Nxe5 $1) 10. d4 Nc6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qb3 {Hodgson,
J-Polgar Z., Groningen PCA 1993}) (8... g5 $5 9. b3 h5 10. a3 h4 {Serper,
G-Kortschnoi,V, Groningen PCA 1993}) (8... a5 {>< b5}) 9. b4 a6 10. a4 Bf5 11.
b5 {Serper,G-Kamsky,G, Dortmund 1993}) 8... O-O (8... a5 {Ambroz} 9. d3 O-O 10.
Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 $5 {Seirawan,Y-Polgar Zsu., Monaco 1993}) (8... Be6 {Ambroz
} 9. b4 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 12. b5 O-O $5 {Hansen,L.B-Romanishin,O,
Altensteig 1993} 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. d3 (14. Bxc6 Rc8 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Qc2 f5 $36)
14... Rb8 15. Bb2 Qd7 $10) 9. b4 Re8 (9... Be6 {Ambroz} 10. Rb1 (10. d3 f6 11.
Bb2 a5 12. b5 Na7 {/\ c6, Lobron,E-Bareev,J, Munchen 1993}) 10... f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Bb2 (12. Be3 $5 c5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Nc5 $1 {Seirawan,
Y-Gurevich,M, Biel izt 1993}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 a5 $1 {Hertneck,G-Gurevich,
M, Deutschland 1993}) (9... a6 $6 {Ambroz} 10. d3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Rc1 f5
13. e4 $1 {Psakhis,L-Okopienko, Groningen-op 1993}) 10. d3 (10. Rb1 {Ambroz})
10... a5 (10... Bf8 {Ambroz} 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12. Rb1
) 12... c5 $2 (12... Bf8) (12... Bf8 {Ambroz} 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1
$5 a4 16. Nb5 Be6 17. e3 $1 Ba2 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Nf3 $1 $14 {Petursson,
M-Fernandez Garcia,J, Novi Sad-ol 1990}) 13. Nd2 $1 $16 Qc7 14. e3 Nf5 (14...
Ne6 $2 15. Nc4) 15. Nd5 (15. Nc4 Be6 (15... Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. Qc2 $5 Rad8 (
17... Nd6 18. Nd5) 18. Nd5 $16) 16. Qe2 $14 (16. Qc2 {Ambroz} Red8 (16... Nxc4
17. dxc4) (16... Bxc4 17. dxc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5) 17. Rfd1 $5 Bf8 (17... Bxc4 18.
dxc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 $16 Nxc4 $2 20. Nd5) 18. Ne4 $14)) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nh6
$1 $8 (16... Bf8 17. Nc4 $16) 17. Nc4 Bf6 $8 (17... Bf8 18. b6 (18. Qh5 $2 Bg4
19. Bxe5 Qd7) 18... Qb8 19. Qh5 Bg4 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Qg5 Be7 22. Qxh6 $1 $18)
18. f4 $5 (18. Bg2 $5 {/\ Dc2,b5-b6,Tac1 >< a5,c5,e5}) (18. Qh5 $2 {Ambroz} Bg4
) 18... Bh3 (18... exf4 $2 19. Bxf6 fxe3 20. Qh5 $18) (18... Qd8 19. Qf3 exf4 (
19... Bg4 20. Qg2 exf4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxb7 $16) 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf4 Qxf4
22. Rxf4 $16 {>< Sh6,b7,a5}) 19. fxe5 $1 (19. Bg2 $5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 e4 $8 (20...
exf4 21. Bxf6 fxe3 22. Qh5 $18) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. f5 $5 exd3 24.
Rf4 $40) (19. Rf2 {Ambroz} Ng4 20. Rf3 $13) 19... Bxf1 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5
Rxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 $18) 20. exf6 $1 (20. Qxf1 Rxe5 $1 $8
(20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf4 Re7 (22... Rae8 {Ambroz} 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. d4
cxd4 25. exd4 Re7 (25... Qc3 26. Rf1) 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. b6 Rd7 28. Rc1 Kf8 29.
Bf3 $16) 23. Qg5 $18) 21. Nxe5 (21. b6 Qe7) 21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 $13) 20...
Rad8 $8 (20... Bh3 21. Qh5 $18 {/\ Dg5}) 21. b6 $2 (21. e4 $1 Be2 22. Qd2 (22.
Qxe2 Rxd5 23. Qf3 $16 (23. fxg7 $44 {Ambroz}) (23. Bc1 $5 Qd8 24. Bxh6 (24.
fxg7) 24... gxh6 25. Ne3 Rg5 (25... Rxd3 $4 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qg7#) 26. Rf1 $44)
) 22... Rxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Re1 Bf3 25. Ne5 $18) 21... Qd7 (21... Qc8 $2 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxf1 $16) 22. e4 Be2 $1 $8 (22... Bh3 23. Ne5 Qb5 (23... Qd6 24.
Qh5) 24. Qd2 {/\ Dg5}) 23. Qd2 (23. Qxe2 Qxd5 24. Rd1 (24. Qe3 Ng4) 24... Rxe4
25. Ne3 Re6 $19) 23... Qh3 (23... Bh5 {Ambroz}) 24. Ne3 (24. fxg7 {Ambroz} Rxd5
25. Qxe2 (25. exd5 Ng4) 25... Ng4 $13) 24... Qh5 (24... Bf3 25. Rf1 $18) 25.
Re1 Bf3 26. fxg7 $16 Ng4 $8 {>< Sh6} 27. Nxg4 (27. Rf1 {Ambroz} Nxe3 28. Qxe3 (
28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxe3 Qb3) 28... Rxd5 29. Rxf3 Rf5 $1 $17) (27. Nf5 {Ambroz}
Rxd5 28. Nh6+ (28. exd5 Qxh2+ $1 29. Qxh2 Rxe1#) 28... Qxh6 $19) 27... Qxg4 (
27... Bxg4 28. Qxa5 Bf3 29. Rf1 Rxd5 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Qxc5 $16) 28. Qf2 $1 (
28. Rf1 $142 {Ambroz} Rxd5 29. exd5 Re2 $2 (29... Bxd5) 30. Re1 $1 {>< e8})
28... Qh5 $8 {>< f7} 29. h3 $2 $138 (29. Bxb7 $142 $1 Rxd3 (29... Rb8 30. Bd5
Rxb6 31. Rf1 Reb8 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxb2 34. Rxf7 $18) 30. Bc6 Rb8 (30...
Red8 31. b7 $18) 31. b7 $18) (29. Rf1 $142 {Ambroz} Rxd5 30. Qxf3 (30. exd5 Re2
31. Re1 $1 Qxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kxf3 $1 (34. Kg1 $10) 34...
Rxh2 35. d6 $1 $18) 30... Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Rd6 $17) 29... Rd6 (29... Qxh3 30.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxf3+ Kg8 32. Rf1 Qe6 33. a4 $14) (29... h6 {Ambroz}) 30. Re3 $2
(30. Rf1 $142 Rxd5 $8 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Qxc5 $16) (30. Rf1 {Ambroz}) 30... Bd1
31. g4 Qg6 32. Bc4 $2 (32. Re1 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+
36. Kxg2 Rxd5 $19) (32. Qd2 $1 Rxb6 33. Qxd1 Rxb2 34. Rf3 Re7 35. Qa4 Kxg7 (
35... Qxg7 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Qe8+ Qf8 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ $14) 36. Qxa5 Qb6
37. Qc3+ $44) 32... Rxb6 33. Bc3 $2 (33. a4 $142 Bb3 (33... Bxa4 34. Rf3) 34.
Bb5 $13) 33... Bb3 $17 34. Bxa5 Rf6 35. Rf3 $2 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Bxc4 37. dxc4 Qxe4
38. Kf2 $138 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lysenko"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3
e4 8. Nd4 Re8 9. d3 h6 (9... exd3 {Ribli} 10. exd3 Nxd4 $6 (10... h6 $5) 11.
cxd4 d6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qa4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Krasenkov,M/Bundesliga1992/INF54,
(40)/}) 10. c5 $1 (10. dxe4 $5 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 $1 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. e3 (13. Rd1
$14 {Ribli Portisch,L-Salov,V/Tilburg/1994/CBM44/INF61,(33)/}) 13... Na5 $5 $10
14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 Qc5 16. Be3 Ndc4 17. Bf2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Bd7 $132 {Kasparov,
G-Karpov,A/Sevilla(Wm/16)/1987/0:1/43/}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Qe7 $2 {Ribli} 11.
Nb5 $36) (10... exd3 $5 11. exd3 {Ribli} Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Rb1 $14) 11. cxd4
d5 12. cxd6 Qxd6 (12... exd3 {Ribli} 13. Qxd3 Qxd6 14. e4 $14) 13. dxe4 Nxe4
14. Bf4 $14 {White has the advantage of 2B and can hope, that his own
P-majority is much quicker than Black's. So White intends to play e2-e4, but
is able to make pressure in the b-file and in the c-file against the black
pawns on the queenside..} Qe7 (14... Qd8 $2 {Ribli} 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. e4 $14) 15.
Qc1 c6 (15... Ng5 $5 16. Bxc7 (16. Qxc7 Qxe2) (16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. e4 $14) 16...
Bg4 17. f3 Rac8 $13) 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. g4 $1 Bg6 (17... Bxg4 18. f3 g5 19. fxe4
gxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxe2 21. Rf2 Bh5 22. Qxh6 $40) 18. f3 Nd6 (18... Ng5 {Ribli} 19.
e4 Ne6 20. Be3 $14) 19. e4 $16 Rad8 (19... Nb5 {Ribli} 20. d5 $14) 20. a4 Rd7
21. Qc5 Nc8 22. Rb4 $1 Red8 (22... Qxc5 23. dxc5 b6 24. Rc1) 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24.
a5 a6 25. Rfb1 Rdd7 26. Bb8 $1 $18 (26. Bh3 $5 {Ribli /\ g5 +/=}) 26... f6 27.
Bh3 Bf7 28. g5 Be6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. Ba7 $1 Rc4 (
32... Nxa7 33. Rxa7 Rd8 (33... Re8 {Ribli} 34. Kf2 $16) 34. Rxa6 $18) 33. Rb8
Re8 34. Ra8 (34. Kf2 $5 {Ribli}) 34... Kf7 35. Rbb8 Nd6 36. Rxe8 Nxe8 37. Bb6
c5 38. Rxa6 Rc2 39. Ra8 Nd6 40. a6 Nc4 41. Bxc5 Ne5 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. a7 (43. a7
Nxf3+ 44. Kf1 Rd2 (44... Nxh2+ {Ribli} 45. Ke1 Nf3+ 46. Kd1 $18) 45. Bf2 $18 (
45. a8=Q $4 {Ribli} Nxh2+ 46. Ke1 Nf3+ 47. Kf1 $10)) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 $5 {Une ligne agressive dans le style
de l'israelien} (4... Bb4) (4... d5) 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 Qe7 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Gd4f3] L'idée de la variante Nd4}) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 (6... Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5
(7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d6) 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. Rd1 c6) 7. d3 ({RR} 7.
O-O O-O 8. e3 Bb4 ({RR} 8... d6 9. d4 Bb4 10. Ne2 e4 11. Bg2 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13.
b4 Bb6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Nf4) 9. Bg2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6
11. e4 Re8 12. a4 d6 13. d3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rb1 b6 16. a5 Nd7 17. axb6 axb6
18. Rf2 f6 19. Rfb2 Bf7 20. Be3 Ra6 21. f4 Qc7 {Ivanchuk,V (2725)-Seirawan,Y 
(2630)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/1/2-1/2}) 7... h6 8. g4 $6 $146 ({RR} 8. h4 c6 ({
RR} 8... d6 9. b4 Bd4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. e3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg2
d5 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. a4 Qf5 18. e4 Qg6 19. b5 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Rac8) 9.
g4 d5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Qb6 12. O-O Bh3 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. cxd5
Bxf1 16. dxc6 Bh3 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Rc6 Qxb7 21. Rxf6
Qe7 22. Ra6 Qxh4 {Bacrot,E (2645)-Sutovsky,E (2639)/playchess.com INT 2003/EXT
2004/0-1 (44)}) 8... c6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Qd2 (12. Rg1
Nh7 13. Bh6 Bf6 14. Ne4 $36) (12. h4) 12... Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 f5 15.
O-O-O $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]} d6 16. Rdg1 Be6 17. h5 Rad8 18. Rg6 $36 {[%cal
Gh1g1]} (18. h6 g5 $13) 18... Rf6 19. Rhg1 (19. Rg2 $142 {[%cal Gh1g1]}) 19...
Rxg6 20. hxg6 Nf8 21. e4 f4 22. Qe2 Qh4 23. Qf1 Qh6 24. Qg2 Qh3 25. Qg5 Re8 26.
Bh5 Nd7 27. Kd2 Rf8 28. Qe7 $2 (28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Qxg4 30. Rxg4) 28... Rf6
$1 {[%csl Rh5]} 29. Be2 (29. Nd5 $5 cxd5 30. cxd5 {[%csl Re6]} Nc5 31. dxe6)
29... f3 30. Bd1 Qh2 31. Rf1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 $5 {Aronian refrains from the ambitious plan based on an early
advance of the b-pawn (with or without d2-d3 in between), which has been long
considered White's main chance for an advantage. Instead, he chooses a setup
that is typical for the Classical Dragon. Well, having an extra tempo with
reversed colours in what is considered a safe line for Black cannot hurt.} f5 (
9... Be6 {is more popular. Here is an example at a high level from recentt
years; true, it was played in a rapid game.} 10. Rc1 ({One of the main
problems when playing lines with reversed colours is that what is excellent
for Black does not always suit White. For instance, the freeing break} 10. d4 {
leads to easy equality, but nothing more than that.} exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12.
Qxd4 Qxd4 {1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I (2540)-Sokolov,A (2605)/Las Palmas 1989/EXT
1997}) 10... f6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bb3 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd5 15. Qc2 c6
16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. b4 {Black somehow did not manage to neutralise
White's queenside play and his kingside attack is not easy to develop.} Bg5 19.
Bxg5 Qxg5 20. a4 Qe7 21. a5 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 e3 25. axb6
exd2 26. Rxd2 axb6 27. Rd4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice 2009/
CBM 129 Extra (1/2, 65)}) 10. Rc1 Kh8 {It is interesting that Nakamura delays
the development of his c8-bishop, probably fearing the standard manoeuvre
Nc3-a4-c5.} ({Aronian had faced} 10... Be6 {a ve-e-ery long time ago:} 11. a3
f4 {This hands over the e4-square too easily.} (11... Bf6 {spares White any
worries about ...f5-f4, allowing} 12. Nd2 {with some lasting queenside
pressure:} Rb8 13. Bc5 Re8 14. b4 Qd7 15. Nb3 {Szabo,L-Kluger,G/Budapest 1954/
MCD (1-0, 46)}) 12. Bd2 g5 $6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Rxc6 $1 {This is a well-known
trick from the Classical Dragon.} bxc6 15. Bc3 $14 {Aronian,L (2455)-Del Rio
Angelis,S (2395)/Linares 1998/CBM 062 ext (1-0, 34)}) 11. a3 Bf6 ({As
mentioned above,} 11... Be6 {can be met with} 12. Na4 {, see for instance
Ibragimov,I (2540)-Schwartzman,G (2455)/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/CBM 036/[Belov]
(1-0, 51)}) 12. Bc5 {Immediately taking the available space.} ({With the
b7-pawn defended (...Be6 not played yet) Szabo's manoeuvre} 12. Nd2 {is less
effective because of} Nd4 {followed by ...c6.}) 12... Re8 13. b4 Be6 {Now that
there is no danger of Na4-c5, Black finally develops his bishop. Still, White
has made some significant progress in the meanwhile.} 14. Re1 $5 $146 {A
hyper-flexible, but maybe too slow move.} (14. Nd2 {worked out well in the
only previous game with this position:} Nd5 $6 {Inviting White to carry out a
favourable operation in the centre.} (14... a6 $5) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4
17. Nxe4 $14 {With excellent piece play for White in Onischuk,A (2495)
-Fogarasi,T (2440)/Budapest 1993/CBM 037 ext (1-0, 75)}) ({If Aronian wanted
to play e2-e4 anyway, I believe that} 14. e4 {would have been a more
restrictive move order.}) 14... Qd7 ({Black could have tried} 14... Nd7 {
when after} 15. e4 Nxc5 16. bxc5 {the queenside structural modifications do
not favour White.}) 15. e4 $14 {Everything returns to normal now. White has a
very pleasant position.} a6 {Black cannot prevent White from installing his
queen's knight on e4.} (15... f4 $6 16. gxf4 exf4 17. d4 $16 {leaves White
with a massive centre.}) (15... g6 $6 {does not really keep the control over
e4, since after} 16. exf5 gxf5 $6 17. b5 {White wins a pawn.}) 16. Bh3 $6 {
This is asking too much.} ({After the simple} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 $14 {
White has a great position. For instance, the threat against the d3-pawn
created with} Rad8 {can be parried with} 18. Nfg5 {, in view of the possible
fork on f7.}) 16... g6 $1 $11 {Now White can forget about the e4-square, while
the weaknesses induced by Black's last move are not too relevant.} (16... fxe4
17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nxe4 $14 {Still, I prefer the position from the previous
comment, with the bishops on the board.}) (16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 fxe4
19. Bxe6 Rxe6 (19... Qxe6 20. dxe4 Qxe4 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Rxc7 $36) 20. Nf4 Ree8
21. dxe4 $14 {[%csl Gd3]}) ({In fact, the centralising} 16... Rad8 {would have
been entirely possible.} 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne4 Nd5 {For once,
Black's activity compensates for the strong e4-knight.}) 17. Be3 Qg7 18. Ng5 {
Played apparently without a clear plan.} (18. Qc2 $5) 18... Bg8 19. Nf3 {
The knight has nothing to do on g5 and is exposed to ...f5-f4. Besides, the
d4-square is crying for defence.} f4 $5 {Black does not care for a repetition
of moves already.} 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nd5 g5 $2 (21... Rad8 22. Nxb6 h5 $44 {
[%cal Gg6g5]} ({After the careless} 22... g5 $6 23. Bg4 $1 {Black cannot
unblock his kingside easily.})) 22. Bd7 $1 {What a shock! Black is in trouble
already.} Re6 $5 {Desperation.} (22... Red8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 {I find
this best.} ({The greedy} 24. Nxb6 Ra7 25. Rxc6 g4 {offers Black some play for
the pawns.}) 24... Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qc2 $36 {White's pieces are more
active and his king is safer.}) 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxc6 $5 {
A technical decision, in the spirit of another great Armenian player, Tigran
Vartanovich Petrosian.} bxc6 26. Qa1 $18 {White wins the central pawn and,
inevitably, the game.} a5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 axb4 29. axb4 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5
31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Kf3 c4 34. Kxf4 cxd3 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Nxd3 Bc4 37.
f3 Rxh2 38. Ne5 Ba2 39. Rd7 Rh6 40. Nf7+ Bxf7 41. Rxf7 Kg8 42. Rf5 Rh1 43. e5
h5 44. Rg5+ Kf8 45. Kf5 h4 46. Rh5 Kg7 47. f4 h3 48. Ke6 Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50.
Kf5 Rh2 51. Rg8 Rh1 52. e6 h2 53. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
h6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 $5 Nxd5 ({Schwarz wollte den schwächenden Zug} 
11... a5 {vermeiden, sobald der Läufer von der Diagonale h3-c8 abgelenkt war.
Weiß hätte} 12. Nc3 {spielen können, ohne Angst vor Be6 und d6-d5 haben zu
müssen.}) (11... Bb6 {war eine andere Möglichkeit; es droht Nxd5 und Weiß wird
eingeladen, den stolzen Springer gegen das Läuferpaar zu geben:} 12. Nxb6 axb6
{Weiß hätte Probleme, seine Entwicklung natürlich zu beenden, da} 13. b4 {an}
Nxb4 {scheitert.}) 12. cxd5 Ne7 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne7 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 a5
16. bxa5 $14 {><b7, Barkhagen}) 13. g4 Bg6 14. d4 $14 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 f5 17. b4 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rf7 {Der leicht geschwächte weiße Königsflügel gibt
Schwarz gewisses Gegenspiel, was den weißen Vorteil in Grenzen hält.} 19. Kh2 (
19. Rad1 a5 $5) 19... Raf8 ({Schwarz ignoriert die Möglichkeit, das stabile
weiße Zentrum zu untergraben:} 19... c5 $5) 20. f4 fxg4 21. e4 Bh5 $1 {/\ Ng6}
22. f5 g3+ 23. Kh1 $5 (23. Kxg3 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Qe3 $14) 23... c6 24. Bf3
g2+ (24... Nxf5 $2 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Bg2 $16) 25. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Ng6 (
26... cxd5 27. Rg3 Nc6 28. Qxd5 $16) 27. Kh1 cxd5 (27... Ne5 28. Rg3 $14) 28.
Qxd5 Ne7 29. Qb3 Kh7 (29... d5 30. Rg1 $16) 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Qd3 b5 $1 (31...
Ng8 32. b5 $1) 32. Rd2 $1 (32. f6 Ng6 $1) 32... Ng8 33. Rc2 (33. Qxd6 $5 Qxe4
34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rg2 Qe7 36. Rfg3 (36. Re3 Qb7 37. Reg3) 36... Nf6 37. Bxf6 (
37. Kh2 $5) 37... Rxf6 (37... Qxf6 38. Qxf6 gxf6 39. Rg6 $1 $16 Kh7 $2 40. R2g4
$40) 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Rxg7 Rxf5 (39... a6 40. R7g6 Kh7 $14) 40. Rxa7 Rf1+ $14
) 33... Qb7 34. Qxd6 Nf6 (34... Qxe4 $14) 35. Re2 Re8 $1 (35... Nxe4 36. Qg6+
Kg8 37. Bxg7 $1 $18) 36. Bxf6 Rxe4 37. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 38. Rxe4 (38. Qd3 Rxe2 39.
f6+ Qe4 $1 $11) 38... Qxe4 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Rg5 41. Rd7+ Rg7 42. Rd6 Rg3 (
42... Rg5) 43. Ra6 Rxh3+ 44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Rxa7+ Kg8 46. f6 Rg5+ $1 (46... Rf5
47. Rb7 Kf8 48. Kg3 h5 49. Kh4 {/\R h7xh5 or R g7-g5}) 47. Kh2 (47. Kh3 Rf5 48.
Rb7 Rxf6 $11 {/\ R f3}) 47... Rf5 48. Rb7 Rf3 49. f7+ Kf8 50. Rxb5 Rxa3 51. Rf5
Rb3 52. Rf4 (52. b5 $11 h5) 52... h5 53. Kh1 Rb2 54. Kg1 h4 55. Kh1 h3 56. Kg1
Rb1+ (56... h2+ $4 57. Kh1 $22 $18 Re2 58. b5 Rb2 59. Rf5 Rd2 60. b6 Rb2 61.
Rf6 Rc2 62. b7 Rb2 63. Rh6 Kxf7 (63... Rxb7 64. Rh8+ $18) 64. Rh8 $18) 57. Kh2
Rb3 58. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Kinnmark, Ove"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. a3 a5
9. b3 Nd4 10. Ne1 c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nf3 {Schwarz hat das Feld d5 unter seine
Kontrolle gebracht, aber der Springer steht auf f5 wahrscheinlich schlechter
als auf c6: er versperrt dem weißfeldrigen Läufer die Diagonale und hat keine
konkreten Aussichten.} Bb6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Na4 Ba7 $5 (14... Bc7 15. e4 Ne7 16.
d4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Bb8 20. dxe5 $16) 15. c5 b5 (15... e4
16. dxe4 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxe4 Rxe4 18. Nd2 Re6 19. Ne4 Qe7) (16. Nd2 exd3
17. e4 Ne7 18. cxd6 Ng6 $1) 16... Nxe4 (16... Rxe4 17. Nd4 $16) 17. g4 $1 Nh4
18. Qd4 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Nf6 (19... Qf6 $2 20. Qxe4 $1) 20. Rad1 d5 21. Nb6 $1 (
21. h4 Bb8) 21... Bxb6 22. cxb6 $16 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und starken Druck
auf beiden Flügeln.}) 16. cxb6 Bxb6 17. e4 (17. Rc1 $1 Ne7 (17... Bd7 18. e4
Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rc4 c5 22. e5 Rxe5 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Nb6
$16) 18. e4 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 $14) 17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4
20. Rc1 Ra6 $1 $13 {Obwohl die weiße Struktur generell betrachtet, günstiger
zu sein scheint, ist die Lage nicht klar. Der weiße Springer am Rand ist nicht
allzu beweglich und zu viele weiße Bauern stehen auf weißen Feldern. Der Pb3
ist genauso schwach wie der Pc6.} 21. Re1 Nd7 22. f4 (22. Qd2 Ne5 $1 23. h3 $2
Bxh3 $1) 22... Nb6 23. Nb2 (23. Rxc6 $2 Nxa4 24. Rxa6 Nc3 $19) 23... Bd7 24.
Qh5 Ra7 25. e5 $14 d5 {פb2, Bg2} 26. f5 Rc7 (26... Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. e6 $1
) 27. Rc5 Qg5 $138 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. g4 Ra8 30. Nd1 Rb7 31. Nf2 Nc8 32. Rb1 $2
Be8 33. Nh3 $1 Re7 (33... f6 34. Rxd5 $1) 34. Re1 (34. Nxg5 Rxe5 35. Nf3 Re3
36. Rd1 $18) 34... Rb7 35. e6 $2 f6 $1 $17 {Der vorgerückte Bauer des Weißen
ist keine wirkliche Gefahr, während die Schwäche des Damenflügels kritisch ist.
Die weißen Leichtfiguren werden durch die Bauernketten auch stärker
eingeschränkt.} 36. Rb1 Nd6 {/\Nb5-c3} 37. a4 Rb6 38. Nf2 Ra7 39. Nh1 Rb4 40.
Ng3 Nb7 41. Rc2 Ra6 42. Nf1 Rab6 43. Nd2 Kf8 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kd6 46. Rbc1
Ra6 (46... Rxb3 $1 $17) 47. h4 gxh4+ 48. Kxh4 {/\g5} g6 {><f6} (48... g5+ 49.
Kg3 c5 50. Bxd5 $1 Kxd5 51. Ne4 Kc6 $8 52. Nxf6 Ra8 $13) 49. Bf3 {My glorious
"English Bishop" had a tough time because it was so restricted by Pd5. Few
moves ago, I started an offensive on the kingside, considering on each move
the possibility of playing... Bxd5. When my opponent carelessly played} Nd8 {
I understood that the right moment had come:} 50. Bxd5 $3 gxf5 ({It is funny
that the apparently well defended central pawn could in fact get no support
from his "team-mates":} 50... cxd5 {would allow the infiltration of the white
rooks with} 51. Rc8 Nxe6 (51... Ke7 52. R1c7+ $16) 52. fxe6 Rc6 53. R1xc6+ Bxc6
54. e7 $18) ({While after} 50... Kxd5 {the king would find himself in a mating
net; white would quickly recuperate his material with a clear advantage:} 51.
Ne4 $1 Ke5 52. Rc5+ Kf4 53. Nxf6 $16) 51. Bc4 Ra7 52. gxf5 Rbb7 53. Kg4 Rh7 54.
Ne4+ Ke5 55. Ng3 Rag7+ 56. Kf3 Rh3 (56... c5 57. Bb5 (57. Re1+ Kd6 58. Rg2 Bc6+
59. Ne4+ $16) 57... Rh3 58. Rg2 Bc6+ 59. Bxc6 Nxc6 60. Rxc5+ Kd6 61. Kf2 $3 $18
) 57. Rg2 c5 58. Kf2 (58. Bb5 $18) 58... Bc6 59. Re1+ Kd6 (59... Kf4 60. Ne2+
$18) (59... Kd6 60. Ne4+ Bxe4 61. Rxg7 Rh2+ 62. Kf1 Rh1+ 63. Rg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 {I used to play this quite a lot.} ({Eventually, I
switched to} 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 {which seems to offer better chances for some
hidden form of initiative.}) 10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 {The English Opening is quite
flexible, allowing both sides a wide range of plans. For the time being, this
makes me refrain from attaching any question marks.} ({It may be a matter of
taste, but I thought} 11. Bb2 {would be the only reasonably promising move.})
11... exd4 12. Ne4 (12. Na4 Bd5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16.
Qc2 c5 $15 {Ostos,J (2255)-Milos,G (2395) Thessaloniki 1988 (0-1, 33)}) 12...
Bd5 13. Bb2 {Optically, this position may look appealing for many English
Opening (or, with reversed colours, Dragon Sicilian) adherents. White's
structure is flexible, the d4-pawn cannot be defended by any of its colleagues,
there is an easy to carry out queenside minority attack, etc. And yet,
objectively things are not so simple. The d4-pawn is not in real danger, as it
can be defended by pieces. Moreover, it ensures Black a permanent space
advantage, with chances for a simple, but possibly devastating, kingside
attack. On top of it, the queenside attack is not really dangerous. I do not
wish to give an exact evaluation of this position, but despite having played
the English Opening for many many years, I would rather have the black pieces
here.} f5 14. Nd2 (14. Nc5 {is an interesting, but not entirely correct,
experiment.} Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. Kg1 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nd7 $1 {This leaves
White struggling in a position with a pawn down.} ({White would get great
compensation after} 17... Qxc5 $6 18. Qb3+ Rf7 (18... Kh8 19. Rfc1 Qd6 20. Qb4
$14) 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. e3 dxe3 21. fxe3 $44 {[%cal Gf1f5]} Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23.
e4 Nb6 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. exf5 c6 $13) 18. c6 bxc6 $17 {Velicka,P (2480)-Hracek,
Z (2625) Czechia 2010 (1/2, 35)}) 14... Bxg2 $1 {An important detail. If White
could exchange queens, all the dangers would be away for him, while the small
abstract plusses mentioned above would become more realistic. For this reason,
Black should not allow Bxd5 followed by Qb3.} (14... a5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Qb3
Bf6 (16... axb4 17. axb4 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Bxb4 19. Bxd4 $14 {/= Benko,P-Bely,M
Budapest 1957 (1/2, 40) and  Plachetka,J (2445)-Prandstetter,E (2415) Hradec
Kralove 1981 (1-0, 41)}) 17. Rfc1 c6 18. Qxd5+ (18. bxa5 Rxa5 {[%cal Gb3b6,
Ga5b5]} 19. a4 {[%cal Gb3b6]} Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Nxa4 22. Bxd4 $14)
18... Nxd5 19. Nf3 axb4 20. axb4 Nc3 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. Ne1 Kf7 23. Nc2 $15 {
Popov,V (2592)-Matlakov,M (2604) St Petersburg 2010 (1/2, 35)}) 15. Kxg2 Bf6 (
15... Qd5+ $6 16. Nf3 $6 (16. Kg1 a5 17. Qb3 {would transpose above}) 16... c5
$1 $10 {1/2 (26) Razuvaev,Y (2560)-Krasenkow,M (2605) Reggio Emilia 1997 CBM
057 [Krasenkow,M]}) 16. Nf3 $146 {A good square for the knight, from which it
defends the king and puts pressure on d4.} ({The following game is worth
looking at, despite the low rating of both opponents.} 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Rac1
Qd7 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Re7 {This looks consistent, but also time consuming.}
({Let us check what could happen if Black would go more or less the same way
as in our main game:} 19... f4 20. Rc5 c6 {Since White has been fast in
controlling the d5-square, this weakening move is necessary.} 21. b5 Nd5 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc4 {We can notice that by having saved the move a3-a4 (played
by Socko a bit later) White has got some counterplay. Still, it does not
promise more than equality.} fxg3 24. hxg3 Qg4 ({The most ambitious way.} 24...
Nf4+ $5 {would lead to perpetual only.} 25. gxf4 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 $140 $2 Rxe2 $1
$40) 25. Nh2 (25. Bc1 Be5 26. Rxc6 Bxg3 27. Qxd5 Bf4+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Re5
$19) 25... Qg6 26. Nf3 Re6 27. Bc1 Be7 28. Qxd4 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 $44) 20. b5 Rfe8
21. Rc2 f4 22. a4 {Now that Black has spent some extra tempi, White can also
afford to bring in the last reserves.} g5 {Jocys,D (2220)-Vaitonis,V (2013)
Klaipeda 2013 (1-0, 41)} 23. Ba3 Rg7 (23... g4 24. Bxe7 gxf3+ 25. exf3 Rxe7 26.
Re4 $14) 24. Rc5 $132 {We can feel that White has established some
communication between the opposite wings, which takes away part of the
strength of Black's attack.}) 16... Qd7 $1 ({Even though the queen exchange
with Qb3 is not possible anymore, Black wisely refrains from the seemingly
active} 16... Qd5 {First of all, this square should be left available for the
knight. Secondly, the queen is exposed on d5 allowing White to gain some time
for his queenside play:} 17. Rc1 Rf7 18. Rc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Re8 20. Re1 f4 21. b5
$14 Qd6 $2 22. Rf5 $16 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf5f4] Finally, the queen is quite useful
on d7, helping Black to create some threats based on ...Nd5-f4 - see later.})
17. a4 {Starting such an action with incomplete development is questionable,
but possibly not wrong yet. So I will save my "?!" for later.} (17. Qb3+ Kh8
18. Rac1 {would transpose to the aforementioned game.}) 17... f4 18. Qb3+ $6 {
But since White has commited himself to some queenside plan already, it would
have been better to keep the queen home for a while, defending e2.} (18. a5 Nd5
19. Rc1 {Either form of pawn grabbing would lead to disaster.} (19. Nxd4 fxg3
20. hxg3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rf5 $19) (19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20.
Nxd4 fxg3 21. hxg3 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rf6 $19 {It is interesting that
in these two echo-variations the rook uses the f6- and f5- squares according
to the specific circumstances.}) 19... Rae8 20. Rc4 fxg3 (20... Qg4 $2 21. Bxd4
fxg3 22. Bxf6 Qg6 23. hxg3 Rxf6 24. Qd2) 21. hxg3 Qg4 22. Bc1 {White has
obtained some harmonious regrouping, allowing him to stand the strong kingside
pressure.} (22. e3 $2 Rxe3 $1) 22... Nc3 (22... Kh8 23. e4 $14) (22... Qh5 23.
Rh1 Qf7 24. Bb2 $132) 23. Qb3 Qe6 24. e4 $132 dxe3 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxf3
27. Kxf3 Qd5+ 28. Kg4 Qe6+ 29. Kf3 $11) 18... Kh8 ({Black's position is so
strong that he can even step into the pin:} 18... Nd5 19. Rac1 (19. Bxd4 Rae8
20. Rae1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Kh8 22. Nf3 Rf6 {There is no obvious way to neutralise
Black's natural attack.}) 19... Kh8 20. Rc5 c6 21. b5 Be7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23.
Bxd4 (23. Rc4 c5 $40) 23... Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rf6 {White has good positional
compensation for the exchange, but Black still has kingside threats.Maybe the
safest would be} 25. e4 fxe3 26. fxe3 $44) 19. Nd2 $6 {The succession of the
last three moves gives the impression that White has lost his threat
completely. Socko was probably tempted by the e4-square, failing to understand
that losing so much time would lead him straight under a decisive attack. True,
it is no longer easy to give White good advice.} (19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Rc4 Rae8 21.
Re1 Nb6 $17 {[%csl Ga4] Oh, that impatient pawn...}) (19. b5 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Nd5
21. Rac1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Be5 $19 {/\Bxg3, /\Nf4}) 19... Nd5 (19... Rae8 $5 20.
Ne4 Re5 $40) 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Nc5 $6 {Some moves ago, this knight was the main
kingside defender. Now it moves meaninglessly in remote areas of the board.}
Qc6 22. Kg1 $6 (22. Ne4 Rad8 23. b5 Qh6 $40) 22... fxg3 (22... a5 $17) 23. hxg3
Nf4 $1 $19 {White's play has been so feeble that Black does not even need to
complete his development with ...Rae8 before starting the combinative attack.}
24. Ne4 (24. gxf4 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Rxf4 $19) 24... Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 Qg6 26. Rae1 Qh5
27. f4 (27. Rh1 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Rf5 $19) 27... Nxf4+ $1 28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. Ng3 Qg5
30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. Re2 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Rf4 33. Rg2 Rh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 {White intends carrying out his queenside attack in an accelerated form.
If he manages to play b4-b5, the threat of Nxe5 will be real since the rook
will have already evacuated the dangerous long diagonal.} a5 {The most solid
defence, preventing White's plan radically. True, in the reversed Dragon Black
usually does not meet a2-a3 with ...a7-a5, since this slightly weakens the
queenside and White is supposed to get some advantage, but the usefulness of
Rb1 in the resulting structure is lower than that of a2-a3.} (8... O-O {allows}
9. b4 {Here is a recent example in which after the pawn exchange White used
his central mass in an original, truly hyper-modern, way:} e4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11.
Qc2 Bxb4 12. a3 Bd6 13. e3 h6 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. f4 {Quite a nice pawn display.}
Be7 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 {[%csl Gh7]} 18. a4 Nec4 19. Bd4 a5 20. Nc5 $16 {
Nakamura,H (2816)-Sevian,S (2556) Las Vegas 2015 (1-0, 35), with a positional
crush.}) (8... f6 {defends e5 thus preventing b2-b4 but has the drawback of
taking the f6-square away from the bishop, allowing} 9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 {
No ...Bf6 unfortunately.} Bf5 11. Bf4 $36 {Khalifman,A (2635)-Tiviakov,S (2625)
Linares 1995 CBM 046 [Ribli] (1-0, 74)}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 a4 $146 {An
interesting pawn sacrifice which White does not have to accept, however. It
looks tempting to gain queenside space, but in the long run this will allow
White to open the b-file with b2-b4 ...axb3, Rxb3. Black's main idea probably
was preventing the thematic Nc3-a4 and allowing ...Ra5 if necessary to defend
the c5-square against the intrusion of the minor pieces.} ({The normal move is
} 10... Be6 11. Bxb6 {This exchange always leads to an interesting structure,
but White's advantage is hard to prove. In fact, the double pawns are not that
weak and the dark-squared bishop is a potential threat.} (11. a3 {practically
transposes to a genuine classical Dragon with reversed colours but without an
extra tempo, since White will need to play Rb1-c1in order to be perfectly
coordinated.} Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Qd6 14. Rbc1 {Gurevich,M (2620)
-Stefansson,H (2560) Tilburg 1994 CBM 044 [Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 42)}) (11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bd5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxd5 17. Nxd5
Qxd5 18. Qxe7 Qxa2 19. Qxc7 Rxb2 20. Ra1 Qe6 21. e3 Ra2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Qe5
Qd2 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Kg2 g6 26. Ra4 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 (42) Jones,G (2645)-Bromberger,
S (2532) Reykjavik 2016}) 11... cxb6 12. Qa4 (12. Nd2 b5 $132 {Gabriel,C (2475)
-Georgiev,K (2605) Altensteig 1995 CBM 049 [Ribli] (0-1, 20), reveals the
hidden force of the doubled pawns.}) 12... f5 13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. Rbc1 {Once
again, this is a genuine Dragon after this more or less forced loss of time.}
Kh8 15. e3 Bf7 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Bf1 {White has done everything right
and some endings could be very pleasant for him. But Black's control over d5
and the potential threat of a kingside pawn attack make the position
double-edged} Bh5 19. Re1 Be8 20. Qd1 a4 21. a3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Nc4 Ra6
24. Ne5 Ra8 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. Nd2 {After some display of force in the centre,
leading to nothing more than a move repetition, the knight embarks on the most
logical path in order to unblock the d-pawn.} Ra8 27. Nb1 Qa5 28. Nc3 Be7 29.
Ne2 {This is excessive manoeuvring already.} ({The knight was perfectly placed
already and everything was ripe for} 29. f3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Bc6 31. Qf4 Rad8 32.
Bc4 {with some chances to take over the initiative.}) 29... b5 $1 {Ding,L 
(2749)-Karjakin,S (2753) Heixiazi 2015 (½-½, 75), with active black play.})
11. Qd2 (11. d4 $5 Bf5 {reveals a negative side of moving with the rook so
early.} (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 $14 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 {Black needs a
way to rid his queenside of the pressure from the bishops.} 15. Be5 Nc4 16. Bf4
$14 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5]}) (11... Nc4 12. d5 N6a5 {[%csl Ge5]} 13. Bc1 $14) 12. d5 (
12. Rc1 Nc4 {[%csl Ge3]} 13. d5 N6a5) 12... Nb4 (12... Bxb1 {Accepting the
sacrifice leaves White with a dangerous pawn on b7.} 13. dxc6 Bf5 14. cxb7 Ra5
15. Qc1 $14) 13. Bxb6 Bxb1 (13... cxb6 14. e4 $16) 14. Qxb1 cxb6 15. Rd1 Bd6
16. a3 Na6 17. Nxa4 f5 {With a strong central pawn for the exchange White
should have compensation for the exchange but I do not see any reason for
worries for Black.}) ({Accepting the pawn sacrifice is dangerous:} 11. Bxb6
cxb6 12. Nxa4 b5 13. Nc3 b4 14. Na4 {[%csl Ga2]} e4 $1 15. Ne1 e3 16. Bxc6 (16.
fxe3 Bg5 17. e4 $2 b5 $19 {[%csl Ga4]}) 16... exf2+ (16... bxc6 17. fxe3 Bg5
18. Ng2) 17. Rxf2 bxc6 $44 {With his knights badly placed and the structure
seriously weakened, White will have to endure the pressure of the black bishop
pair.}) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 {Even though the white dark-squared bishop
will be partly restricted by the black pawns, this exchange looks like a small
concession. White will get more manoeuvring space for his remaining minor
pieces and the bishop will play an important part in the long run.} ({But} 
12... Bd7 $5 13. f4 $5 {also offers White active play.}) 13. Bxg5 Qd7 14. Rfc1
{White anticipates the exchange of the light-squared bishops and leaves the
queen's rook on b1 in order to open the b-file at the right moment.} f6 15. Be3
Nd5 {Black feels like restricting the g2-bishop's activity.} ({If, for instance
} 15... Rfd8 {he might have feared} 16. Bxc6 bxc6 (16... Qxc6 17. Ne4 {[%csl
Gc7]} Qd7 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rxc7) 17. Bc5 {leaving Black with a
shattered queenside structure.}) 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. b4 $1 {
The point behind all White's previous play, yielding him a slight but lasting
initiative.} axb3 (18... Rfc8 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. b5 Nd8 21. a3 Ne6 22. Rc4 $14)
19. Rxb3 b6 ({Black is not prepared for counterplay yet.} 19... f5 20. Rxb7 f4
21. Bc5 Rxa2 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. e4 fxe3 (23... Qe6 24. d4 $14) 24. Bxe3 $14) 20.
Qc2 Na5 21. Rb4 Rf7 {Black has managed to withstand the first wave of the
white initiative but his knight is badly placed on the edge of the board.} 22.
d4 $1 {With all his pieces optimally placed, White finally opens the centre.}
Nb7 ({Black cannot enjoy the blockade on d5 for too long after} 22... e4 23. a4
$14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7][%cal Gb4b5,Ge3d2]}) 23. a4 c5 $6 {Unnecessarily opening
the b-file for the white rook.} ({Black should have kept the structure intact
with chances to hold his own in the long run.} 23... Nd6 $5 24. dxe5 fxe5 (
24... Qxe5 {opens new horizons for the bishop:} 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Rd4 $36 {
[%cal Gc2c6]}) 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Qc6 {White's position is more pleasant, of
course, due to his better structure and active pieces. But I remember a
comment of Botvinnik: "If you have pawn weaknesses, you should at least keep a
knight". This is the situation here and Black has chances to withstand the
pressure while controlling with the knight all the squares around his
weaknesses. Things would be entirely different if Black had a bishop on d6 and
White a knight on e4, but this is not the case.}) 24. dxc5 bxc5 (24... Nxc5 25.
Rxb6 $16 Nxa4 $2 26. Rb4 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 25. Rb6 $36 {Black's back rank is
weak, White's pieces are more active and the a-pawn is a permanent danger. On
top, even the bishop is active now by putting pressure on c5.} Rc7 26. Rcb1 {
White's position is so pleasant that move by move he will have good
alternatives.} (26. Rd1 $5 Qf7 27. Rdb1) 26... Rd7 27. h4 {White's domination
is such that he can afford to start a slow kingside attack. Black will not be
able to avoid the weakening of his king's position.} (27. R6b5 $5 {[%cal Gc2b2,
Gf2f3,Gg1g2]}) (27. R1b5 $5) 27... Nd8 28. h5 (28. Rb8 $16) 28... h6 (28... Ne6
29. h6 g6 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Qa2 $16) 29. Qg6 (29. Rb8 $16) 29...
Qf7 (29... Ne6 30. Rb8+ Rxb8 31. Rxb8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. a5 $16) 30. Rb8
Rxa4 $2 {The decisive mistake in a bad position.} (30... Rxb8 31. Rxb8 Rd1+ 32.
Kg2 Qd5+ 33. f3 $16) 31. R1b7 $1 {A simple but elegant combination} Ra1+ (31...
Rxb7 32. Rxd8+) 32. Kh2 Qxg6 33. hxg6 Rad1 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 {Almost three decades have passed since Kasparov surprised
Karpov by introducing the English Opening as a main weapon in the 1987 Seville
match, but the theoretical discussion still seems far from reaching an end.} ({
In the first match of the game the surprise turned out to be a boomerang when
Karpov reacted here with} 9... e3 $5 {, a novelty he had prepared for his
earlier matches with Korchnoi but which he had never got the chance to use.
Taken away from his analysed lines, Kasparov thought a lot before playing} 10.
d3 {, eventually got into severe time trouble and lost. Based on the fact that
Karpov did not repeat 9...e3 in later games, many commentators including
Kasparov and some of his seconds claimed that 10.d3 was some sort of
refutation of Karpov's idea. But then I wonder why in a much later game
Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001 (½-½, 43) Kasparov
deviated with 10.dxe3. Be it as it may, the game Svidler,P (2757)-Karjakin,S 
(2760) Moscow 2016 (½-½, 50) played two rounds earlier than Caruana-Anand
went 10.d3 and Black eventually came under serious positional pressure.}) 10.
Nxf3 d5 11. d4 ({This novelty over} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. d4 {Uhlmann,W
(2530)-Smyslov,V (2620) Hastings 1972 (1-0, 30); was introduced by Kasparov in
his Moscow 1988 game against Ivanchuk. White sacrifices the c4-pawn in order
to obtain a central majority which was not that easy to block.}) 11... dxc4 {
Anand surely knew what he was doing since he had played this before.} ({
The aforementioned game went} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 {
causing Black to lose ground in the centre and ending in a white win just ten
moves later Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988 . (1-0, 24)}) 12.
Qc2 $146 ({Deviating from} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 $14 {Aronian,L 
(2765)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 (½-½, 31); and depriving Anand of the
possibility of showing his improvement. In principle, Bc1-g5 remains a
thematic threat, but the move order chosen by Caruana is more subtle. He not
only keeps an eye on the e4-square, preparing the dreamed of e2-e4, but also
prevents the natural and most desirable developing move for Black, namely ...
Bf5.}) 12... h6 {Anand decides to prevent Bg5, but the weakness of the h6-pawn
will soon prove decisive. However, it is not easy to find a convenient way of
completing Black's development.} (12... Bg4 {exposes the bishop to} 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. e4 {with a clear superiority of
the bishop over the knight. Black's extra pawn does not really count while
White's initiative in the centre and on the kingside is not easy to neutralise.
}) ({The pressure along the e-file set up by} 12... Qe7 {is partly illusory:}
13. Re1 Ne4 ({The most natural move, which fails to stabilise the centre,
though. If} 13... Bg4 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. e4 $1 {White gets a threatening
position since} Nxe4 $2 {loses material:} 16. Nh4 f5 17. h3) (13... Qe4 {
only apparently gains a tempo because the queen is exposed on e4:} 14. Qb2 {
Targeting b7 and delaying the c8-bishop's development.} Qg4 15. e4 $1 Rxe4 16.
Bg5 {with a considerable advance in development and strong initiative for
White.}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 ({Keeping the control of the
d5-square for if} 16... Rxe7 17. Bd5 {retrieves the pawn keeping the bishop
pair and the mobile centre.}) 17. Bf4 c6 18. e4 Be6 19. a4 {White will soon
set up pressure along the b-file while the permanent threat of d4-d5 restricts
Black's regrouping possibilities. Once again the extra pawn is not too
relevant and White has chances for a one-sided squeeze.}) (12... Be6 13. e4 $16
{is simply bad for Black.}) 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 $5 {Very logical play by
Caruana who before undertaking anything concrete completes his development
harmoniously. The last move deserves some special attention, though, since the
rook may seem to belong to either b1 or e1. Caruana's idea was to force Black
to reveal his cards in view of the positional threat d4-d5.} (14. Rae1 {
[%cal Gf3d2] has a hidden drawback:} Bf5 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2
18. Bxh2 f6 {[%csl Ge1]}) 14... Bf5 {Aiming to consolidate in the centre while
also completing the development.} (14... f5 {fails to consolidate the knight
after} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 {, when the e5-bishop is an unchallenged monster
on the dark squares.}) ({The optically safer} 14... Qe7 {does not spare Black
problems:} 15. d5 Nb8 16. Rd4 Nd6 17. e4 {White's compensation for the pawn is
beyond doubt.} f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf5 20. Qf2 $36) 15. Ne5 Nd6 $6 {
Losing ground in the centre.} (15... Nxg3 {allows} 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2
18. Bxh2 {but things may be not entirely clear due to Black's numerous pawns.}
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. Rf1 c6 {For instance if} 21. f6 Rxe5 $5 22. dxe5 Re8 {
Three pawns for a bishop may well ensure a draw.}) 16. e4 Bh7 {The bishop has
landed on a joyless position and the knights are far from optimally placed,
too. We can see one more benefit of having played Rad1: the exchange on e5
loses a piece to dxe5.} 17. Qe2 $1 {A strong queen switch to the kingside.} Ne7
$6 {Removing the pressure on the central knight frees the bishop from its
defensive task making it available for an elegant combination. But at the same
time Black has no constructive moves...} 18. Bxh6 $1 {By far not the only good
move and curiously not among the engines' favourites.} gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 {
A despairing defence, returning the extra piece in order to exchange queens.} (
19... Z0 {White threatened to continue his attack with simple moves:} 20. Qxh6
Nc6 21. Ng4 Re6 22. Qf4 (22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qf8 24. Qh4 {is also
reasonable, maintaining the initiative with approximately equal material, but
the main continuation, threatening to reinforce the threat Nf6+ with e4-e5, is
stronger.}) 22... f5 23. d5 {with a winning attack in which all White's pieces
take an active part.}) ({If} 19... Kh8 20. Rxf7 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg8
23. Nf7+ Nxf7 24. Rxf7 Nc6 25. e5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rxc7 {White would soon
get a lot of pawns for the knight, with every chance to win.} Re8 28. Rxb7 Nxe5
(28... Ne7 29. d5 $18) 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf1 $5 Bd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Rd7 Re1+
33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kh3 Rxa2 35. Rxd3 Kg7 36. Kg4 Rxh2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 $18)
20. exf5 Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 $16 {White has retrieved the sacrificed
pawn and even though the position has calmed down, Black is under serious
pressure on both wings.} Ne4 {The adventure initiated by this move will only
speed up Black's demise.} 23. Rfe1 ({The simple} 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxc4 Rad8
25. Ne5 {also looks convincing. White is a pawn up and his stable centralised
knight is more impressive than the bishop.}) 23... Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7
Rad8 {Sacrificig the exchange for insufficient compensation.} ({But} 25... Rab8
26. Bd5 {would win the c4-pawn with a more or less winning position.}) 26. Bc6
Nxd4 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 ({Freeing the h7-square for if} 
29... Rxe5 30. Rd8+ {mates on the next move.}) 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32.
Kg1 $1 {Planning to defend the f6-pawn with Rf1.} Rxf6 33. Rf1 {After the
forced exchange of the rooks White will soon win at least one pawn, with an
elementary win.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nxd5 {
I do not see reasons for such an impatient reaction in the centre, offering
White a clear plan for gaining space. True, it is not easy to prove a concrete
advantage, but in my view play becomes a bit one-sided.} (7... h6 {is more
flexible, leading to unclear play.}) 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 (
{Even though it sustains d3-d4, the knight does not stand well on b3:} 11. Nb3
Bb6 12. d4 Qf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O Nd6 15. e4 Qg6 $132 {Kjartansson,G (2373)
-Kuzubov,Y (2628) Reykjavik 2011 (0-1, 52)}) 11... Ne7 {Aimed at preparing ...
Bf5 and ...c6.} ({The only useful and half-waiting move tried in practice is} 
11... a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 (13... Ba7 14. Na5 $14 {Makarichev,S (2500)
-Meduna,E (2405) Frunze 1979 (1-0, 38)}) 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7
17. O-O $14 Bg4 $4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5 $16 {Ivanchuk,V (2751)
-Anand,V (2799) Nice (rapid) 2008 (1-0, 33)}) 12. O-O $146 {A natural and,
surprisingly, new move.} (12. a3 $6 {looks too mysterious to me.} b5 13. d4
exd4 (13... Bxd4 14. exd4 bxc4 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. exd6 cxd6 17. O-O Rb8 $11) 14.
exd4 Bb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. O-O $13 {Levin,E (2488)-Pacher,M (2361) Herceg Novi
2008 (1-0, 28)}) 12... Bf5 $6 {Black does not care about his dark-squared
bishop and this will have fatal consequences in the long run.} (12... c6 $6 {
does not make too much difference, either:} 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Bb6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. Re1 $14) (12... a6 $5 {looks like the most appropriate solution.} 13.
Bd2 Bf5 14. Qc2 {[%cal Gc4e5]} ({The temporary initiative yielded by} 14. e4 {
does not compensate the weakening of the a7-g1 diagonal:} Bd7 15. Rc1 {[%cal
Gc4e5]} Ba7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 c5 $11) 14... Ba7 15. Na5 Rb8 16. Rac1 Bb6 {
Black has held his own on the queenside and should look for a good moment to
play ...c7-c6, for instance} 17. f4 c6 $13) 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Bb6 15. a4 $1
$36 {For a long time, the threat of getting the bishop pair with Nxb6 will
remain in reserve. White will actually manage to transform the black
dark-squared bishop into the worst piece on the whole board.} c6 16. dxc6 (16.
a5 $5 cxd5 (16... Bc7 17. a6 $14) 17. axb6 dxc4 18. bxa7 $14) 16... Nxc6 17.
Bf4 (17. Ra3 $5 {would be an original way of proving a2-a4 useful in more than
one way.} d5 (17... Bxd4 $2 18. Bxc6) (17... Nxd4 $2 18. a5 Bc5 19. b4) 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Bf1 $14) 17... d5 18. Nd6 Be6
(18... Qd7 19. Nxf5 (19. Bxd5 Bh3 20. Re1 Bc7) 19... Qxf5 20. b4 $5 {The only
way to question Black's stability.} Bxd4 (20... Qf6 21. Bxd5 Bxd4 22. Rb1 $14)
(20... Nxb4 $2 21. a5 Bd8 22. Bd6 $18) 21. b5 Bxa1 22. bxc6 bxc6 (22... Bf6 23.
cxb7 $18) (22... Be5 23. Qxd5 Rae8 24. cxb7 $16) 23. Qxa1 $14) 19. Nxb7 Qe7 20.
Nc5 Nxd4 21. b4 Nc6 (21... Bxc5 22. bxc5 {[%cal Gf4d6,Gd1d4]} Nf5 (22... Qxc5
$2 23. Be3) 23. c6 $16) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a5 Bc7 24. Rc1 Rxf4 $5 {The best
practical chance.} (24... Bxf4 25. Rxc6 Bd6 (25... Bg5 26. Rxe6 $1) 26. Bxd5 $1
{In these lines we can see that White is actually playing with an extra piece,
as it frequently happens in positions with opposite-coloured bishops!}) 25.
gxf4 {White plans to use this pawn for undermining the black centre, but the
weakness of the kingside offers Black some chances.} (25. Rxc6 $5 Rf6 26. Qd4
Kh8 27. Rfc1 Bd6 28. b5 $16) 25... Nxb4 26. f5 Bxa5 27. Re1 Bb6 $6 (27... Rf8
28. Rxe6 Qg5 $132 {/+/-}) 28. Rxe6 Qg5 29. Rb1 $2 (29. Rxb6 $1 axb6 30. Rb1 $18
Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8c1,Gb1b4]} 31. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1e6,Ge1b4]}) 29... Rc8 $2 (
29... Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxf5+ 31. Kg1 Qxe6 32. Rxb4 Rd8 33. Rd4 Kh8 $14 {Black
should not lose this one, especially if we take into account the favourable
colour of the h8-square.}) 30. Qe1 h5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rxc8 Nd3 33. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 {Apparently
tired of the main lines.} 7. d3 ({White can also choose a more ambitious setup
with} 7. Nd5 Bc5 8. e3 a6 9. b3 {Turov,M (2658)-Savchenko,S (2541) Metz 2012
EXT 2013 (1-0, 41) [Metz Alekhine/Primel,D]. True, he gives up the plan based
on b2-b4-b5 but has better control in the centre.}) 7... Re8 ({Black does not
need to prevent Bg5 yet, even though} 7... h6 {is quite popular.} 8. Na4 (8.
Bd2 a5 {Laznicka,V (2677)-Topalov,V (2769) Novy Bor 2013 CBM 157 (1-0, 39) [CB]
}) (8. Nd5 Bc5 9. e3 Bb6 {Eljanov,P (2702)-Sutovsky,E (2660) Poikovsky 2013
CBM 156 (1-0, 50) [CB]}) 8... a5 9. b3 Qe7 (9... Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 {
Svidler,P (2757)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016 CBM 172 (½-½, 30) [Sagar Shah/
CB Website]}) 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. e3 {Aronian,L (2786)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow
2016 CBM 172 [Mekhitarian,K] (½-½, 58)}) 8. Nd5 ({It appears that} 8. Bg5 {
is not too threatening.} Bxc3 {Of course, Black needs to prevent Nd5.} 9. bxc3
h6 10. Bh4 $5 ({An ambitious but double-edged move. Black has enough
positional resources after} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Qc2 Rab8 13. f4 Qg6
14. e4 b5 15. cxb5 Rxb5 $132 {Khmelniker,I (2493)-Eljanov,P (2741) Douglas
2016 (½-½, 42)}) 10... Rb8 ({Optically,} 10... g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 {
looks very dangerous for Black. But after} Qe7 {White should probably play for
long term compensation with e2-e4 followed by f2-f4, even though this allows
Black to rid himself of the pin. The point is that} 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Qe3+
15. Kh1 Nh7 16. Re4 Qxg5 17. Rxe8+ Kg7 {does not look very convincing.}) 11.
Rb1 Bd7 12. h3 Qe7 ({Black could already think of winning the piece for three
pawns with} 12... e4 13. dxe4 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe7 16. f4 Qe6 {
The position remains unclear, as White does not have a clear way of developing
his initiative:} 17. f5 Qe5 18. Rb5 Qxc3 19. Rb3 Qe5 {Of course, a draw is
guaranteed, but} 20. Qd2 {is not entirely clear. The explanation why White had
to give up the c3-pawn is revealed by the line} Nxe4 $2 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Bf6
$18 {when Black does not have ...Qe3+.}) 13. g4 {Finally, White has got some
chances for interesting play with equal material.} Nd8 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. Bxc6
Nxc6 16. e3 Qe6 17. d4 Na5 18. d5 Qe7 19. Qf3 g5 20. Bg3 Nd7 21. Qf5 e4 $13 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Palac,M (2525) Tbilisi 2017 (½-½, 35), The structure
is interesting but Black can compensate for his weakneses by playing for a
blockade,}) 8... Nxd5 ({In view of the threat Bg5 the only (untested)
alternative is} 8... h6 9. Nxb4 Nxb4 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Re1
Bh3 14. Bh1 $14 {with more pleasant white play due to his potentially strong
bishops.}) 9. cxd5 Ne7 (9... Nd4 {leads to a structure slightly favouring
White:} 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e4 dxe3 12. fxe3 Bc5 13. d4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. Qd3 Qe7
16. Rf4 Bd7 17. Bd2 $14 {Naranja,R-Hecht,H Bad Pyrmont 1970 (0-1, 44) Due to
the passive b6-bishop play is rather one-sided at this point in the game, even
though making progress is not simple for White.}) 10. a3 {To my taste, this
approach is too simplistic. The bishop is misplaced on b4 and a3, b4 is not
such a threatening plan.} (10. d4 {as previously tried by Gelfand himself
leads to more interesting play.} e4 11. Ng5 h6 (11... f5 $2 12. Qa4 {[%cal
Ga2a3] traps the bishop.}) (11... Nxd5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bxe4 $16 {also wins
material.}) 12. Nxe4 Nxd5 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nc4 ({The following game
features an interesting plan, offering White some very light but lasting
queenside initiative:} 15. b4 Bb6 16. e3 c6 17. a4 a5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Qc2 d5
20. Nb3 Bc7 21. Bd2 Bg4 22. a5 Be2 23. Rfb1 Ne4 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Ba6 26.
Bf1 Bd6 27. Qb6 Bc7 28. Qc5 Bd6 29. Qb6 Bc7 30. Qb3 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Ra7 32. Qd3
Qa8 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 g6 36. Rb3 Qg4 37. Rab1 {Dubov,D (2683)
-Romanov,E (2626) St Petersburg 2017 (1-0, 83) and White eventually managed to
trade the a5-pawn for the b7-pawn, with very pleasant play.}) 15... c6 16. Nxa5
Qxa5 17. f3 d5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. e3 Nd7 20. Bd2 c5 21. Rae1 ({This pawn
sacrifice is sound but does not offer more than equalising compensation.} 21.
dxc5 {looks more promising:} Nxc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qd3 Bd7 24. a4 $14 {and the
two bishops could tell in the endgame.}) 21... cxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf6
24. Bc3 Qc5 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. g4 Bg6 27. Bd4 Qd6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxd5 Qxb2 30.
f4 Red8 31. Qxb7 Qxb7 32. Bxb7 {½-½ Gelfand,B (2737)-Wojtaszek,R (2737)
Heraklio 2017}) ({Another game by Dubov (quite a successful player with this
line) went} 10. Nd2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 d5 14. Rc1 Be6 15. b4
Qd7 {The structure is similar to that from the main game, but White has the
bishop pair, which could make a difference at a later stage.} 16. e3 a6 17. Rc5
Rac8 18. b5 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qa1 f6 22. Rc1 Bh3 23. Rxc8+
Qxc8 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Bb4 Nc6 $2 ({This simply loses a pawn. Black seems to
have no problem holding his centre together after} 25... Qd7 $11) 26. Qa2 Qd7
27. e4 Nd4 28. Bc3 Nb5 29. Bd2 h5 30. exd5 $16 {Dubov,D (2660)-Wojtaszek,R 
(2749) Doha 2016 (1-0, 44)}) 10... Ba5 (10... Bc5 $6 {allows White to breaking
the centre under optima circumstances:} 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nf5 13. Nc2 Qf6
14. b4 Bb6 15. Rb1 Re7 16. Bb2 Qg6 {Adamski,J-Sydor,A Polanica Zdroj 1969 
(½-½, 19)} 17. e4 Nh6 18. a4 a5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 $16 {with strong
pressure against Black's queenside backward pawns.}) 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nd2 c6 13.
dxc6 Nxc6 (13... bxc6 {is also playable, but the c-pawn may become a source of
worries.} 14. Nc4 Bd4 15. Rb1 d5 16. Na5 Bb6 17. Bd2 c5 (17... Bxa5 18. bxa5
$14 {turns the more advanced of the a-pawns into a strength, as a7 is
permanently vulnerable. White is going to block on c5 and due to his flexible
structure he is likely to prevent any black pawn counterplay.}) 18. Bc3 f6 {
Zhao,Z (2583)-Olape,B (2256) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (1-0, 38)} 19. Nc4 $5 Be6 20.
Nxb6 axb6 21. a4 $14 {Once again Black's centre is too static while the white
bishops are strong.}) 14. Bb2 a6 $1 $146 ({It is important to keep the bishop
on its actual diagonal so as to discourage d3-d4. If} 14... Bg4 15. Rc1 Qd7 16.
Nc4 d5 (16... Bc7 17. Ne3 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4,Gb4b5,Ge3d5]}) 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Re1
$14 {Primakov,V (2397)-Girard,E (2404) ICCF email 2012 (½-½, 39)}) 15. Rc1
Be6 16. e3 Qd7 17. Nc4 Ba7 {Black is flexibly regrouped and has more space in
the centre. White's main chance lies on the queenside, but Gelfand's next move
proves premature.} 18. a4 {Possibly played by intuition, without concrete
calculation, or else based on a miscalculation.} ({Of course White could play} 
18. d4 {but this would lead to almost perfect equality:} exd4 19. exd4 d5 20.
Ne3 $11) 18... Nxb4 $1 {Not fearing any ghosts.} 19. Ba3 a5 20. Nxa5 Na2 $1 {
The point behind Black's counterplay.} (20... Nd5 $2 21. Nc4 $16 {would be
crushing.}) 21. Rc4 $2 {[%cal Gg2b7] Gelfand requires from the position more
than it can offer. Once again this looks like an intuitive move, aiming at
trapping the knight, but concretely it loses material.} ({True,} 21. Ra1 {
does not look entirely satisfactory either:} Bxe3 $1 {This requires some
accurate calculating.} ({But as a safety network, Black has} 21... Bc5 22. Nc4
Bxa3 23. Rxa2 Bc5 24. Qb1 $11) 22. fxe3 Rxa5 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Qd2 Qxa4 25.
Qxa2 Rf8 26. Ra1 Rfa8 $17) 21... Bxe3 $6 {Under the given circumstances this
move works out less well, allowing White getting out of deep trouble unscathed.
} (21... d5 $5 22. Rh4 Nc3 23. Qh5 h6 24. Bb2 d4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27.
dxc4 Rxa4 $15) ({The surprising} 21... e4 $1 {is even stronger:} 22. Rxe4 (22.
dxe4 Bb8 {wins one of the hanging pieces}) (22. Bxe4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 d5 $17)
22... Nc3 23. Qh5 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 g6 $17 {with no obvious compensation fo the
exchange as his pieces are a bit chaotically placed and the knight has no
comfortable way to retreat.}) 22. Nxb7 $2 ({With the rook controlling c6,} 22.
Bxb7 $1 {would have maintained the material equality, for instance} Rxa5 23.
Bc6 Qc8 24. Bxe8 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Bd4 26. Qd2 Ra7 27. Bb5 Nc3 $13) 22... Bxc4 23.
dxc4 Bd4 $17 {White is an exchange down and his hanging minor pieces prevent
him from retrieving material.} 24. Nxd6 Nc3 25. Qh5 ({Or if} 25. Qd2 Rxa4 26.
Nxe8 Rxa3 27. Qb2 Qa7 (27... Ra7 28. Qb8 $18) 28. Nd6 {the knight escapes, but
the f2-pawn is doomed:} Ra2 29. Qb7 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxb7 31. Bxb7 Rd2 $17 {
with excellent winning chances despite the opposite-coloured bishops.}) 25...
Rxa4 26. Nxe8 (26. Bh3 Qe7 {does not change much.}) 26... Rxa3 $19 {The forced
line has ended by trapping the white knight.} 27. Nxg7 {Unfortunately, not
enough for a draw by perpetual.} Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qxh7 Qg4
31. Qh6 Ra2 32. Qc6 Qf5 33. c5 Kf8 34. Kh1 Kg7 35. f4 e4 36. g4 Qxg4 37. Bxe4
Ne2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Poland Goldies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 ({There have been many more victims of the trick with the
following move order:} 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Nd5 $4
{I have inserted just some fragments of games to give an overview of the
number of strong players who have fallen into it! And you will notice that
White did not always win, which can be explained only by premature relaxation.}
14. Bxd5 (14. Bb2 $4 {Yes, many passed by the chance offered with their eyes
closed...} Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd5 16. Bxd4 (16. Bxd5+ {1-0 (75) Smirnov,P (2523)
-Melnikov,Y (1978) Pavlodar 2010}) (16. a4 {1/2 (83) Dobrovolsky,L (2395)-Nun,
J (2430) CSR 1991}) 16... Bxg2 {0-1 (52) Diermair,A (2432)-Radnetter,G (2257)
Oberwart 2011}) 14... Bxd5 15. e3 $16 {In some games, Black resigned here,
which may be a bit premature. White needs to work a bit before collecting the
point.} Be6 (15... Bf7 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Nde4 f5 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. N4c3 Rad8 20.
Bb2 Bh5 (20... f4 {1-0 (38) Georgiev,K (2675)-Goldin,A (2590) Vrnjacka Banja
1998}) 21. f3 {1-0 (41) Pelletier,Y (2596)-Gozzoli,Y (2524) Guingamp 2010}) 16.
exd4 Qxd4 17. Nde4 Rfd8 18. b6 (18. Be3 Qxd3 {1/2 (27) Vaulin,A (2510)
-Karpeshov,O (2295) Pavlodar 1991}) 18... c6 (18... cxb6 {0-1 (49) Kosten,A 
(2519)-Das,A (2367) Sautron 2007 EXT 2008 [RR]}) 19. Be3 {1-0 (45) Lafuente,P 
(2565)-Malisauskas,V (2510) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 9... Be6 10. b4 f6 {Played
at such an early stage, this consolidating move offers White a tempo for
building up his initiative.} ({The critical continuations are} 10... a5 11. b5
Nd4) ({and} 10... Nd4) 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 {Nothing tragic for Black
so far, but...} Nd5 $4 {But now it gets tragic indeed.} 14. Bxd5 (14. Nxd5 $4 {
1-0 (50) Lecuyer,C (2230)-Marchadour,E (2067) France 2006}) (14. a4 $4 {
1-0 (52) Raicevic,I (2303)-Zlatanovic,Z (2203) Golubac 2008}) 14... Bxd5 15. e3
{Black's situation is even worse here than in the lines above, since Bb2 is
more useful from the development point of view than Rb1.} Nf5 16. e4 Be6 17.
exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nce4 a4 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. d4 Be6 23. Nc5
Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Ra5 25. Qc3 Rxb5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf1 Bd5 28. Qd2 Qh3 29. f3 Re6
30. Qxd5 Re2 31. f4 c6 32. Qf3 Rxb2 33. Re1 h6 34. Re3 Rd8 35. Rae1 Rd4 36.
R1e2 Rb1 37. Re1 Rb2 38. R3e2 Rb3 39. Qf2 Rdd3 40. Qc5 Kh7 41. Re7 Qg4 42. Ne3
Qg6 43. Qf5 h5 44. Qe6 Rd2 45. Re8 Rxe3 46. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Be7 ({
Safer is the normal} 7... Nb6) 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 ({Also possible
would have been} 10. Nd2 f5 11. e3 $14 {There is a trick here, known from the
Simagin line of the Sicilian (with reversed colours, of course).} Na5 $2 12.
Nxe4 $1 $16) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 {><e4} Bf5 13. Rd4 Rd8 14. Be3
Rxd4 (14... c5 15. Ra4) 15. cxd4 f6 16. f4 fxe5 (16... exf3 17. Bxf3 fxe5 18.
Bxb7 $14) 17. fxe5 c6 $6 ({Black probably feared d4-d5, but his move leads to
clear advantage for white. Black has not enough development for such
consolidating pawn moves.} 17... Kd7) 18. Rb1 $16 b6 {><c6} 19. Rf1 Rf8 (19...
O-O 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. Bxe4 $16) (19... Bg6 20. Rc1 Kd7 21. Bh3+ Kc7 22. d5 $18)
(19... g6 20. h3 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxe4 $18) 20. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5
21. Bxe4 Bg5 $8 22. Bxc6+ Ke7 23. Bxg5+ Rxg5 24. e4 {צg5} Rg6 25. Bb5 a6 $8 (
25... Rg4 26. Bd3 Rg6 (26... b5 27. Kf2) 27. d5 Rg5 28. e6 $18) 26. Bxa6 Rc6
27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Ke3 $6 (28. Be2 Rxa2 29. d5 $18) 28... Rxa2 29. Be2 Ra3+ 30.
Kf4 g5+ (30... Ra2 31. Bg4) 31. Kf5 (31. Kxg5 Re3) 31... Re3 32. Bb5 Rb3 (32...
Rf3+ 33. Kxg5 Rb3 34. Bc6 Rb4 35. d5 Rxe4 36. d6+) 33. Bc6 Rf3+ (33... b5 34.
d5 Rf3+ 35. Kg4) 34. Kxg5 $6 (34. Kg4 $142 Re3 (34... Rf1 35. d5) 35. Kxg5 Ke6
36. Kf4 Rc3 37. d5+ $18) 34... Ke6 35. Bb5 h6+ 36. Kg4 (36. Kxh6 Re3 37. Bc6
Rd3 38. d5+ Kxe5) 36... Rf8 37. Bc4+ Ke7 38. d5 Rc8 39. Bb5 Rc5 40. Bc6 b5 41.
Kf5 b4 $132 {Suddenly, I didn't see a clear win and even worse, I thought for
half an hour trying to find a safe way to a draw!} 42. d6+ Kd8 43. Ba4 Ra5 44.
Bb3 Ra3 45. Bd5 Kd7 (45... Rf3+ 46. Kg6 Kd7 (46... Rd3 47. e6 Rxd5 48. exd5 b3
49. Kf7 $18) 47. e6+ $3 {Kveinis} Kxd6 48. e5+ Kxd5 49. e7 $18) 46. Be6+ Kd8 $2
(46... Kc6 47. Kf6 Ra7 (47... h5 48. Ke7 Ra8 49. Bd5+) 48. g4 $18) (46... Ke8
$142) 47. Bd5 $2 (47. Kf6 $18) 47... Kd7 48. Be6+ Kd8 $2 49. Kf6 $18 {After an
exchange of courtesies, I found the winning move.} Rd3 (49... b3 50. Bf5 Ra6
51. e6 Rxd6 52. Kf7 Rd7+ 53. exd7 b2 54. e5 $18) 50. Bf5 Ke8 51. d7+ Rxd7 (
51... Kd8 52. e6 Rd6 53. Kf7 $18) (51... Kf8 52. e6 Rd6 53. e5 $18) 52. Bxd7+
Kxd7 53. Kf7 b3 54. e6+ Kc7 55. e7 b2 56. e8=Q b1=Q 57. Qe5+ Kd7 58. g4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 {This provocative move is a
worthy alternative to the more restrained:} (5... Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
d3) 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 {This usually is a disclosure of Black's intentions
to trap the h4 knight, something I have evaluated as risky in my English
trilogy.} ({The classical main line goes} 7... Bc5) 8. a3 $5 $146 {This
novelty had devastating effects in this game, but its objective merits are far
from clear yet. Mor practice is needed.} ({My book line goes} 8. O-O g5 9. d4
h6 (9... gxh4 $2 10. Bg5 $18) (9... Ne8 $6 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Qd2 $16) (9...
Nxd5 $6 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qa4 $16) {McNab,C (2410)-Haik,A (2370) Metz 1988 (0-1,
25)} 10. Nxb4 $146 Nxb4 11. f3 $1 $36 {At the time when I analysed this
position the engines evaluated it as slightly preferable for Black. In fact,
White has a very dangerous initiative for the inevitably lost piece, given
that the black knights do not have good squares, the black king is weak and
the c1-bishop is unchallenged on the dark squares. I provided many
illustrative lines, managing to more or less moderate the engines' initial
optimism and I thought that the next computer generations would see it more
clearly. But now that I checked it again after 5 years, the evaluation remains
the same. The only thing I can say is that I would always choose to play on
the White side.}) 8... Bc5 9. O-O Re8 ({One of the ideas behind Nakamura's
novelty is that after} 9... g5 $2 10. d4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gg5] the bishop is
attacked. Anand's move is natural, but not the only reasonable one.}) ({
It appears that the e4-pawn does not need defending yet, as after} 9... Bg4 10.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe4 Rae8 12. Bf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 (13. Ng2 Nd4) 13... Bg4 $11 {
White does not have anything better than agreeing to a draw by repetition:} 14.
Nf3 $2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Re6 $36) (9... Nxd5 $6 {leads
to a typical English structure with a passive black dark-squared bishop.} 10.
cxd5 Nd4 11. e3 (11. Bxe4 Bg4 $36 12. Re1 $6 f5) 11... Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13.
Qc2 Re8 14. f3 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 10. e3 $3 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gb2b4,Gc1b2] A typical
move, restricting the c5-bishop and preparing f2-f3. But the exclamation marks
are for ignoring the threat against the knight on the edge.} (10. b4 Bd4 11.
Rb1 Ne7 12. e3 Nexd5 13. exd4 Ne7 14. d3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11) 10... g5 $6 {
Playing with fire.} ({It was not too late to return to normal development:} 
10... Be6 11. d4 exd3 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 {In principle the
structure favours White, but retrieving the d3-pawn will require making some
concession.}) 11. b4 Bb6 $6 ({Having started to go down one route, Black
should have continued:} 11... gxh4 12. Bb2 $5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. bxc5 Bg4
15. Qb3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 {Optically, the position is not entirely clear but
after} 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. h3 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gg1h2,Gb2h8] it appears that only
Black's king is in some danger while White's is relatively safe.}) 12. Bb2 $16
{Forcing the next exchange.} Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 $5 {Neither better nor worse
than any other knight move, but the most spectacular of them.} (13... Ne5 14.
f4 Nc4 15. fxg5 Nxb2 16. Qh5 $40 Qd7 (16... Qe7 17. Bxe4) 17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Nf5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf5h6]} Bxf5 19. Bxf5 f6 20. gxf6 Qf7 21. Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. f7+) (
13... Ne7 14. Bf6 gxh4 15. Qh5 $18) (13... Nb8 14. Qh5 gxh4 15. Qh6 f6 (15...
Re5 16. Bxe4 $1 f5 17. f4 $1 $18) 16. Bxf6 Qd7 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. f3 $18) 14. d3
$1 {Dotting the i and crossing the t. White intends to open the d-file in
order to capture the self-trapped knight quite comfortably.} (14. exd4 gxh4)
14... gxh4 (14... exd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. Rfd1 gxh4 17. Bxd4 Qg6 18. Rac1 $16 {
[%csl Gc7,Gg8]}) 15. dxe4 Ne6 (15... Nb5 16. a4 $16) 16. dxe6 Rxe6 ({The
developing} 16... Bxe6 {leaves the king helpless after} 17. Qh5 {[%cal Gh5h6]}
Rf8 (17... f6 18. Qxh4) 18. gxh4 $18 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gf1g1]}) 17. e5 {The game is
basically over. White has a huge advance in development and the black king is
desperately weak. In the next sequence almost any reasonable white move wins.}
hxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Qb3 h5 (20... c6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 21. Qc3 f6
22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. Rd6 $18) 21. Rad1 Rh6 {Black will not be in
time to launch his desired attack with ...h5-h4.} 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qc4 Bg4 24.
Qf4 Rg6 25. Re5 Qd6 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {Ribli: 'Natürlich stehen Weiß
hier viele Fortsetzungen zur Auswahl - 4.d4, 4.e3, 4.a3 - der Textzug aber
bietet Weiß die besten Chancen'} d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. a3 {Ribli: 'Weiß bekommt natürliches Spiel am Damenflügel, denn er hat
dort die halb-offene c-Linie und auch sein Bg2 unterstützt seine Aktiviätten.'}
Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12. Nxe5 $2 {Ribli} Bf6 13. f4 Nb3 14. Bb2 (
14. Rb1 Qd4+ $19 {[%cal Rd4c3,Rd4g1]}) 14... Nxa1 $17) 12... Bb3 (12... Nb3 {
Ribli} 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. a4 $13) (12... f6 {Ribli} 13. Nxd4 exd4 14.
Na4 $14) 13. Qc1 Be6 {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug ist eigentlich ein indirektes
Remisangebot.'} (13... Re8 $6 {Ribli} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bf3 (16.
Bc6 $1 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. Qxb3 Rxe2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ra2 $16) 16... Bg5 17.
Qe1 Bh6 (17... f5 18. Nb1 Na4 19. Qxa5 Nxb2 20. Qb4 Ba4 21. Qxb2 Rxb5 22. Qa2+
Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Guseinov,S-Godjaev,G/Baku 1998/EXT 2000 (22)}) 18. Ne4 Na4 19.
Qxa5 Re5 20. Bc1 f5 21. Nd2 Rbxb5 22. Qa8 Qxa8 23. Bxa8 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxe2 25.
Bf4 c5 26. Bf3 Re6 27. Rfb1 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Palac,M/Batumi GEO 1999 (27)}) (
13... Nc2 $6 {Ribli} 14. Rb1 f6 15. Nd2 $16) 14. Rb1 {'!?' Ribli. Ribli: 'Weiß
vermeidet das Motiv Nb3 und ist offenkundig nicht zufrieden mit einem Remis
durch Zugwiederholung.'} ({White could have agreed to a draw with} 14. Qd1 $11)
14... f6 (14... Nxf3+ {Ribli} 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16. Ne4 $14) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4
Na4 {'~~' Ribli. Ribli: 'Schwarz vertedigt sich gegen 17.Nc5 und möchte den
Bb2 abtauschen.Am Damenflügel gibt es viele beiderseitige Felderschwächen.'} (
16... Bd5 $5) 17. Ba1 $5 {'!' Ribli.} (17. Qc2 $14 {was also possible.}) 17...
Ba2 $6 ({Black cars too much for the material. Instead of "winning" the
exchange, he should have sacrificed it:} 17... b6 $142 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nxc5
Bxc5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) (17... f5 {Ribli} 18. Qc2 Bxa3 $5 (18... fxe4 19. Qxa4
$14) 19. Qxa4 Bb4 20. Rfd1 fxe4 21. dxe4 $14) 18. Qc2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nb6 20. Nc5
{'©' Ribli. Ribli: 'Weiß hat zwar eine Qualität weniger, aber es droht nun 21.
Ne6, und Pb7 hängt. Außerdem ist auch noch der Pd4 schwach.'} Bxc5 (20... Rf7 {
Ribli} 21. Nxb7 $14) 21. Qxc5 Rb8 (21... Qc8 {Ribli} 22. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,
Gg2]}) 22. Bxd4 $14 {With the pair of bishops and the better pawn structure
white has a very good position. Ribli: 'Weiß hat nur einen Bauern für die
Qualität, aber sein Läuferpaar ist sehr aktiv. Zudem übt er spürbar
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel aus.'} Qd7 $6 (22... Rf7 $142 {/^a2-g8, /
\Qe7}) (22... Re8 {Ribli} 23. Bf3 $14 (23. e3 $14)) 23. Bc3 a4 24. Ba5 {
Ribli: 'Es droht 25.Bxb6 nebst 26.Qxb6 mit einem weiteren Bauerngewinn.'} Rfe8
25. Bf3 Re5 26. Qb4 (26. Qc2 {Ribli} Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxc7 Nd7 29. Bb4
$14 {[%csl Gb4,Gf3]}) 26... Qe6 27. Bxb6 (27. d4 Nd5 $5 (27... Rg5 $6 {צg5})
28. Qc4 Re4 $1) 27... Qxb6 28. d4 {Ribli: 'Weiß kann alles mit Tempo spielen.'}
(28. Qxa4 {Ribli} Rd8 29. e3 c5 $14) 28... Ree8 29. Qxa4 $16 {White has now
both positionla and material advantage. Ribli: 'Jetzt hat Weiß schon zwei
Bauern für die Qualität. Das Hauptproblem von Schwarz ist, dass er kein
Gegenspiel findet.'} Ra8 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. a4 Red8 32. e3 {Ribli: 'Die weiße
Bauernkette ist imposant - früher oder später rückt die Bauernmasse vor.'} f5 {
Black has not too much active possibilities in this position and this is one
of the very few tricks he has.} 33. Rc1 (33. Kg2 f4 $1) 33... Rd7 34. Qc5 {
'!' Ribli.} ({Maybe even better would have been} 34. Qb3 {/\Rc5}) 34... Qxc5 (
34... g6 {Ribli} 35. Qe5+ Rg7 36. Bd5 $16) 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 ({Black is not taking
care too much for his pawns.} 35... g6 $142) 36. Rxf5 (36. Bxb7 $6 {Ribli} g6
$14) 36... g6 37. Rc5 (37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 b6 {/\Ra2, Rf7, ><f2}) 37... b6 {
'?!' Ribli.} (37... Ra7 {Ribli}) 38. Rc2 Kg7 ({One last possibility to put up
some resistance would have been} 38... g5 $142) 39. h4 $18 {Ribli: 'Weiß hat
zwei Bauern für die Qualität, aber eigentlich sind es schon drei, denn die
schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel sind blockiert.'} Rb4 40. Kg2 Re7 (40... Rxb5 {
Ribli} 41. Bc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6b5,Rc6d7]}) 41. Bc6 {Ribli: 'Der gesamte
Damenflügel ist festgelegt, Weiß hat jetzt nur noch die Aufgabe, den Vormarsch
der Bauern im Zentrum und am Königsflügel voranzutreiben.'} Ra4 42. Rd2 Re6 (
42... Ra3 $5 {Ribli}) 43. Rc2 (43. Rd3 {Ribli}) 43... Re7 44. g4 {Ribli: 'Weiß
gewinnt weiteren Raum.'} Rb4 (44... h6) 45. g5 Ra4 46. Rd2 Re6 {'?' Ribli.} (
46... Ra3 $5 {Ribli}) 47. Rd3 {Ribli: 'Jetzt ist der Pe3 verteidigt, und Weiß
kann seine Bauern mit f2-f4 mobilisieren.'} Kh8 48. f4 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Re2 50. e4
R2xe4 51. Bxe4 Rxe4 52. Kf3 Re7 53. Rc3 Kg8 54. Rc6 Kf7 55. d5 {/\d6, ><b6} Rd7
56. Ke4 Ke8 57. Ke5 Rf7 58. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:02:12"]
[BlackClock "0:10:08"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg2
{[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:41] White has chosen a much less forcing
system of development than the usual a2-a3 followed by b2-b4. His main idea is
simple: Black is doing fine in the analogous Dragon Variation, so with
reversed colours and an extra tempo things should be even better for White
here. However, in such openings the step from comfortble equality to at least
a tiny advantage is at times bigger than just one tempo.} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:28]
Topalov played this rare move after seven minutes. Had he analysed it some
time ago, or was it over-the-board inspiration? Hard to say.} (10... f5 {
1-0 (43) Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769) Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Stohl,I]})
(10... f6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 c6 {0-1 (51) Ranola,
Y (2466)-Atalik,S (2561) Bratto 2005 CBM 108 ext [Atalik,S]}) ({The immediate
return of the knight to the central square is also possible.} 10... Nd5 11.
Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a3 {Only that now} Nd4 $6 {does not look too justified.} (12...
Re8 {would transpose back to the game.}) 13. Nxe5 (13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne5 c6 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bf6 {Markowski,T (2629)-Macieja,B (2624) Warsaw
2010 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. exf3 c6 {
Black does not have full compenstion for the pawn, but just drawing chances.}
17. Qc2 (17. Re1 $5 Rfe8 18. Rc4 {[%cal Gc4e4,Rc4d4]}) 17... Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7
19. Qc4 $14 {Malakhov,V (2715)-Sargissian,G (2678) Ohrid 2009 (1/2-1/2, 43)})
11. a3 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:42] A common method. The knight had
retreated at a moment when White had some dynamic threats in the centre. After
completing the development, Black makes the knight move back to the centre in
order to restrict White's activity along the long diagonal.} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Qa4 {[%emt 0:06:39] A interesting position.
White has freer development but no real threats yet. On the other hand, for
Black it is not easy to choose the most flexible continuation. Most of the
moves imply some degree of commitment.} a6 {[%emt 0:03:54] I completely fail
to understand this move. Black anticipates the (not so real) threat Qb5,
avoiding any kind of piece committment. On the other hand, he gives away a
tempo and weakens his queenside slightly.} ({The natural} 13... Qd7 $2 {
is flawed tactically:} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxd5) (13... Bd6 {
looks solid, but gives up the pressure along the d-file and exposes the bishop
a bit.} 14. Nd2 (14. Qb5 Ne7 15. Bc5 a6 16. Qa4) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne7 16.
Qb3 (16. Ne4 $5 $14) 16... b6 17. Bg5 c5 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. a4 Rab8
21. Qc4 Red8 22. Nc3 Qb7+ 23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. b3 f5 26. f3 g6 $15 {
Vaganian,R (2595)-Gurevich,M (2630) Nabereznye Chelny 1988 (0-1, 52)}) ({
The more cautious} 13... Bf8 {gives up the possibility of ...Be7-f6, which
served Black well in the game.} 14. Rfd1 a6 (14... Qd7 15. Qb5 Rab8 $6 16. Bxa7
$1) 15. Rc3 {In the main game, the similar rook lift was met with ...Bf6,
threatening ...e4.} h6 (15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c6 19. b4
Re5) 16. Rdc1 Rc8 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Bf5 g6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. dxe4 $14 {Grischuk,A
(2780)-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 61)}) 14. Rc3 $146 {[%emt 0:23:
34] Most probably an over-the-board novelty, since Karjakin spent 23 minutes
on it. In view of Black's answer, its merits are debatable, though.} (14. Rfd1
Rb8 {Another ultra-cautious move, which I cannot explain too well.} (14... Bf8
$5) (14... Qd6 $5) 15. h4 (15. Qc2 {releases the pressure too easily.} Bd6 16.
Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 c6 20. Qc4 Bf8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. b4
Re5 23. Rc2 Rbe8 $15 {Movsesian,S (2696)-Rublevsky,S (2695) Rhodes 2013 (1/2-1/
2, 58)}) 15... h6 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Qd6 (17... Bd6 $142) 18. Qc2 (18. Bh3 $36 {
[%cal Ge5d7,Gd7c5,Ge3f4]} Rbd8 $2 19. Bf4) 18... f5 19. b4 Qe6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Bf4 Rbc8 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. d5 Qf7 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 f4 $132 {Bartel,M 
(2658)-Macieja,B (2617) Warsaw 2012 (1-0, 68)}) 14... Bf6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:29]
Immediately questioning the viability of the novelty.} (14... Bf8 15. Rfc1 Qd7
16. Bc5 $14) 15. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:48][%cal Yc5d5]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:28] I could
not say if this solid, but slightly passive, move was dictated by the
underestimation of his own position, or the desire to keep playing rather than
forcing a draw, either by repetition, or general simplification.} (15... Be7
16. Rxd5 {If White does not wish to repeat moves, this is the only alternative.
} (16. Rc2 {[%csl Ga4]} e4 $1 $15 {[%cal Ga4g4]} 17. dxe4 $2 b5 $17) ({I am
slightly alarmed that my engine suggests} 16. Rcc1 {(??) which actually gives
away a tempo.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Nd4 Qa5 $1 {Both players may have considered
this impossible.} (17... Qd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc6 $18) 18. Bxc6 {Under
different circumstances, this would win a piece, but the knight and the other
bishop are hanging.} Qxa4 19. Bxa4 exd4 20. Bxe8 dxe3 $11) 16. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:
04:45] Forcing a move which Black wanted to play anyway.} (16. Nd2 $5 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 c6 18. Qg4 Nd5 19. h4 {might have lead to more interesting play.}) 16...
c6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:19:30]} 18. Nxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:
01:03]} 20. Qg4 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:32] The last exchanges have
taken the steam out of White's initiative. With the knight on d6, it will be
hard to carry out the queenside minority attack and otherwise it is not easy
to suggest a constructive plan for White.} 21. e3 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Qf6 {
[%emt 0:09:39]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:15:54]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 23. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:05] The knights have disappeared, but the weakness of the d3-pawn
prevents White from attacking with his queenside pawns at his own leisure.}
Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. R1c3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 25. b4 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} g6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:34] Preparing an effective tactical trick.} (
25... Rd4 $2 26. exd4 exd4 {would be premature due to the unexpected} 27. Rxc6
$3 bxc6 28. Rxc6 $18 {based on the weakness of the eighth rank.}) 26. a4 $6 {
[%emt 0:06:01] Possibly overlooking Black's idea.} ({It would have made sense
to keep the b4-pawn defended with, say} 26. h4 {although this would already
mean giving up any hopes for displaying some activity.} Rd4 (26... h5) 27. Qf3)
26... Rd4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:46][%csl Gb4]} 27. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:38] Underestimating the queen's
strength in the fight against two rooks.} (28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 dxc3 30. Rxc3
$11 {Black's advantage, based on the weakness of the d3-pawn, is purely
symblic.}) 28... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 29. R3c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:
04:38]} 30. a5 {[%emt 0:04:10] White's position looks rock solid, but contains
an important weakness: the d3-pawn.} h5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 33. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} (33... g5 $5 {It would have made sense to
weaken the white king's position:} 34. hxg5 (34. Rxg5 Qxb4 35. Rxh5 Qd2 {
[%cal Gd2d3]}) 34... Qg6 35. Rd1 h4 36. gxh4 Qe6 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39.
Ke1 Qxh4 40. Rd2 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Kg7 $5 $15 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gg6h5,Gh5g4] Despite his
slight material advantge, White has problems of coordination.}) 34. R5c4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 35. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:
17]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} (36... f5 $5 $15 {[%cal
Gf5f4]}) 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:12]}
Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rab1 Nd5 15.
Bc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Rb4 {White's position is flexible and
he seems to have promising pressure against the backward b7-pawn.} Rae8 19.
Rfb1 Bc8 {But now the illusion vanishes. The b7-pawn is easy to defend and
White has no pawn breaks at his disposal. At the same time, Black has the
whole right half of the board for manoeuvring and preparing his attack. The
element that allows White to avoid trouble is the communication between the
wings along the fourth rank.} 20. R1b2 ({Over the past few moves, White will
only move the pieces around without a clear plan. It migth have been more
useful to prepare for any possible simplification to an ending with} 20. Ra4 a6
21. Rab4 Qf7 22. e3 g5 23. a4 {followed by a4-a5.}) 20... Kh8 21. Qc1 Qf7 22.
e3 g5 23. Qc3 Qg7 24. Bg2 f4 ({Black could still prepare his attack with, say} 
24... Re7 $5 {since White cannot do much.}) 25. exf4 exf4 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Be4 Re5 28. Rc2 f3 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Bxf3 Rxd3 31. Bg4 a5 32. Ra4 Bxg4 33. Rxg4
Rxa3 34. Rb2 Kf6 35. Rxb7 Ra2 {Black even has some symbolic advantage now.} 36.
h4 gxh4 37. Rxh4 Rf5 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Rc2 40. Rxh7 Rxc5 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a4 $5 {This move is entirely in accordance with Morozevich' tendency
to avoid forced theoretical lines. Last year, during the Mexico World
Championship, he used the English opening to transpose to a reversed
Boleslavski variation of the Sicilian. (See Morozevich,A (2758)-Grischuk,A 
(2726)/Mexico City MEX 2007/CBM 120/[Marin] (1-0, 42)). Both games have some
strategic elements in common: The structure of both sides will more or less be
immobile and Morozevich will mainly play on the light squares.} a5 10. Be3 Be6
({The main alternative is} 10... Bg4 {, but in this case White's pressure
along the "English" diagonal will be more difficult to neutralize.}) 11. Nd2 {
But this really is a rare line.} ({The most frequent move is} 11. Rc1 {, but
then, after} Nd5 {White cannot carry out general exchanges on d5. For instance,
} 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {and Black is not foced to place his
queen on d5, which would make it exposed to an exchange (generally, favouring
White).} Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. Ne4 c6 18. Qc4 Re8 {and White did
not achieve anything special in Markowski,T (2560)-Navara,D (2647)/Warsaw 2005/
CBM 108 (1/2, 41)}) 11... Nd5 {Black immediately neutralises the fianchettoed
white bishop.} ({In the event of natural developing moves such as} 11... Qd7
12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Nb3 {the threats Nc5 or even Bxc6 followed by Nxe5 more or
less force Black play} Nd5 {anyway, but this would just mean the loss of a
tempo after} 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 {and now} 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Qc4 $14 {
leaves White with some queenside pressure.}) (11... Rb8 {is not a really
useful move.} 12. Nb3 (12. Rc1 $5) 12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qc4 b6 18. Nd2 c6 19. Qh4 f6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Bd2 $14 {
and we can notice that White has obtained a better regrouping than Morozevich
in Markowski,T (2587)-De Vreugt,D (2503)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (1-0, 118)}) (
11... f5 {is an aggressive move, which has the drawback that weakens a lot of
light squares.} 12. Rc1 f4 (12... Qd7 13. Nb3) 13. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 14. Nc4 Bc5 15.
Ne4 Bb4 {the bishop is less exposed here, but not that active.} (15... Bd4 {
The bishop will remain captive on this central square.} 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Qb3 Kh8
18. e3 f3 (18... Bc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qxb7 $18) 19. exd4 Nxd4 $6 (19... fxg2
20. Nxe5 Nxd4 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Nf3+ 23. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd3 25. Nd6
$16 Be2 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Ne5 $18) 20. Qd1 $16 {Gaponenko,I (2448)
-Mullon,J (2327)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2004/CBM 101 ext (1-0, 41)}) 16. Kh1 $6 (16.
e3 $5 $14 {would have avoided Black's attack, retaining a strategically
favourable position.}) 16... Nd4 17. Nc3 Qg5 18. Nxb6 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qh5 $40 {
Malakhov,V (2679)-Nepomniashchy,Y (2602)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (1-0, 40)}) 12.
Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 {This is a thematic move. If White succeeds in
exchanging queens under favourable circumstances, his pressure on the
queenside combined with a latent kingisde expansion (something more difficult
to achieve with queens on the board!) would leave him with a long-lasting plus.
} ({However, White can also keep the queen move in reserve.} 14. Rc1 {
(Parrying Black's main threat, ...Nd4)} Bd6 15. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (15... Nb4 {
does not prevent the queen exchange, because, unlike in the main game, White
can play} 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc5 $14) 16. Nxb3 Rfe8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 (17... Nd4 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 $14 {would leave Black with double pawns on the d-file.}) 18.
Rxc5 Re7 19. Rfc1 f6 20. R1c4 Kf7 21. f3 Re6 22. Kf2 Ke8 23. f4 $14 {with
pressure on both wings in Averbakh,Y-Bebchuk,E/Moscow 1964/MCD (1-0, 53)})
14... Nb4 {The best way to... avoid the exchange of queens.} (14... Qd7 15. Qb5
Qc8 16. Rfc1 Rd8 {leaves White with strong queenside pressure.} 17. Rxc6 $5 {
A surgical solution, but probably there are other plans.} bxc6 18. Qxe5 $14 {
Voloshin,L (2430)-Nun,J (2395)/Czechia 1997/EXT 98 (1/2, 51)}) (14... Qxb3 15.
Nxb3 Nb4 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 {looks more natural.}) 16... Rfc8 17. Rc4 ({
Or, since the f1-rook should be useful in a way or another,} 17. Bc5 Bg5 18. f4
) 17... b6 18. d4 {Not the best plan. The black bishop will be activated now.
White should aim for kingside expansion somehow.} (18. g4 $5 Nd5 19. Bd2 {
[%cal Gd2c3,Gb3d2]}) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Bf6 {and Black was well regrouped in
Markowski,T (2505)-Korneev,O (2560)/Metz 1998/EXT 99 (1/2, 32)}) 15. Rfc1 ({
Now,} 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 {leaves the bishop in an uncomfortable situation.}) 15...
Qd7 {Now, the pressure exerted by the white queen has been neutralised, at
least for a while.} 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qc4 Nd5 20. Nd2 {
White has been moving his minor pieces around, aiming to provoke as many pawn
advances as possible. On the queenside, Black has created for himself some
weaknesses, but in the centre he is quite solid. This is precisely the area
which White should focus on during the next phase of the game.} Rfe8 {Svidler
concentrates his rooks in the centre.} ({Playing for the standard ...f5 would
justify White's strategy, for instance} 20... Kh8 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Rc2 f5 23.
Rac1 Rac8 24. e4 $1 $14) 21. Qe4 {My feeling is that, starting with this
moment, Morozevich' "hyper-modern" play crosses the limit of admissible risk.
By transferring the queen to an advanced position, he will expose himself to
tactical tricks.} ({Before defining the queen's intentions, he should have
improved the placement of all other pieces to the maximum, with, say} 21. Nf3
Bf8 22. Rc2 Rad8 23. Rac1 {when I would slightly prefer White. The threats of
d4 (with the possible insertion of the moves Bd2 and/or e4) force Black be on
permanent guard.}) 21... Bc5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Ng5 Nf6 24. Qf5 h6 25. Nf3 {
Now, White will lose the control of the e4-square.} (25. Ne4 {may have been a
better possibility to retain equal chances in a complicated position.}) 25...
Re6 26. Rc2 ({Now, the generally desirable} 26. e4 {would leave the queen
terribly misplaced.}) 26... Nd5 27. Rac1 Rae8 28. Bd2 Bb4 29. Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Rc4
c5 $5 {[%cal Gb4c6,Gc6d4] Black iremediably weakens the c4-square, reckoning
with the fact that White will not be in time to transfer the knight there.} 31.
Nd2 Qd7 32. b3 Nc6 33. Qh5 Nd4 34. Re1 e4 $1 {A nice tactical blow, taking
full advantage of White's lack of coordination. As we will see, the queen's
exposed position is part of the whole business.} 35. dxe4 (35. Nxe4 Re5 36. Qh4
f5 37. Nc3 (37. Qh3 R5e7 38. Nc3 Nf3+ $1 $19) 37... Nf3+ $1 $19) 35... Re5 36.
Qh4 Nf5 $1 37. exf5 Qxd2 38. Rf1 Rxe2 39. Qg4 Qd3 40. f6 g6 $17 {Black is very
active and White's pawns are weak.} 41. Rcc1 Qxb3 42. Rb1 Qe6 43. Qf4 Re4 44.
Qc7 Rb4 45. Rbd1 Qxf6 46. Rd6 Qe7 47. Rd7 Qe6 48. Rfd1 Re4 49. Kg2 Rxa4 50.
R7d6 Qf5 51. R1d3 Ra1 52. Rd8 Rae1 53. Rf3 Qe6 54. Rxe8+ Qxe8 55. Qxb6 a4 56.
Qxc5 Qa8 57. Qc3 Rb1 58. Qc4 Rb7 59. Qd5 Ra7 60. Qxa8+ Rxa8 61. Ra3 f5 62. Kf3
Kf7 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Kd4 g5 65. Re3+ Kd6 66. Ra3 g4 67. Kc4 Ke5 68. Re3+ Kf6 69.
Ra3 h5 70. Kd4 Ra7 71. f4 h4 72. gxh4 Re7 73. Kd3 Re4 74. Rc3 Kg6 75. Rc8 Rxf4
76. Rg8+ Kf7 77. Ra8 Rf2 78. Ke3 Rxh2 79. Rxa4 Kg6 80. Ra8 Rxh4 81. Kf4 Rh3 82.
Ra6+ Kh5 83. Kxf5 Rf3+ 84. Ke4 Kh4 85. Ra1 Kh3 86. Rg1 Ra3 87. Kf4 g3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a3 O-O 8. b4
Ba7 9. d3 h6 10. Bb2 {I have a lot of experience as White with this line, but
I must confess that White's regrouping completed on the 14th move was
unfamiliar to me.} Rb8 $5 {A rare move. Black overdefends the b7-pawn in order
to enable the standard manoeuvre ...Nc6-e7-g6. In some cases, Black can
display some queenside ambitions with ...b7-b5.} ({The main line is} 10... Be6
{as played in Marin,M (2551)-Navara,D (2656) Reggio Emilia 2007 CBM 122 [Marin,
M] (1/2, 37)}) (10... Bg4 {is an important alternative:} 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. e3 Ne7
(12... Qf5 {fails to keep White pinned:} 13. Nd5 Qh5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. h3 $1
Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 {Marin,M (2541)-Nemeth,F (2426) Baile Tusnad ROM 2005 (1/2,
17)} 17. c5 $36 {[%csl Ga7,Gg8]}) (12... Bh3 {transposes to 10...Be6.}) 13. Qc2
c6 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bf5 17. e4 Be6 18. Na4 $14 {Marin,M (2541)
-Valeanu,E (2380) Baile Tusnad 2005 (1-0, 42)}) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd2 (12. e3 Ne7
13. a4 {This obstinate play on the queenside does not offer White much, since
Black is well regrouped.} (13. Nd2 {would transpose back to the game.}) 13...
Qd7 14. Re1 Ng6 15. b5 Bg4 16. Qb3 Bb6 (16... Qf5 17. Nd2 Qxd3 $2 18. Nde4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Qd2 20. Rcd1 $18) 17. Nd2 Bh3 18. Qd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ba5 20. Nb3 Bb4
21. Rf1 axb5 22. axb5 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 c6 $132 {Le Quang,L (2715)-Bruzon Batista,
L (2673)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (1/2, 34)}) 12... Ne7 13. e3 $146 (13.
Qb3 {is too provocative, inviting the following operation.} c6 14. a4 b5 15.
Qa3 (15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra1) 15... Qd7 (15... bxc4 $5) 16. Ra1 Bb6 (16... bxc4
$5) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfd1 d5 $13 {Verduga,D (2356)-Quezada,Y (2515)/Morelia
2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 46)}) 13... Qd7 14. Ne2 $1 {(!!) A clever display of
the knights, which I do not remember having seen in this variation. (It is
more typical for the reversed hippopotamus, if such a thing exists, where the
knights would get to these squares without loss of time). The c4-, d4- and
e4-squares are sufficiently well defended to allow the standard d3-d4, gaining
space and restricting the a7-bishop.} Bg4 ({Black probably discarded} 14... Bh3
{because of} 15. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. dxe4 {[%csl Ga7]}) 15. Re1 Ng6
16. Qc2 c6 17. d4 $14 {Both sides have completed their planned regroupings,
but White has more space. Black will need some time to find an useful job for
his a7-bishop.} Rbe8 18. c5 Bb8 ({After} 18... d5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Ng6 {
the a7-bishop would remain completely out of play (even after ...Bb8). White
would have a pleasant choice already.} 21. e4 (21. Bxf6 Rxe3 $5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Nd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $16) 21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 $16) 19. dxe5
dxe5 20. Nc4 Bh3 21. Rcd1 Qe6 22. Na5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re7 24. e4 {The weakness
of the b7-pawn prevents Black from actively fighting for the only open file.
At the same time, his kingside attack is not reaching anywhere.} Qg4 25. Ng1
Nh4+ 26. Kh1 Nf3 27. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 {The exchange of one knight has not
helped Black to solve his problems: the d-file, the b7-pawn, his passive
bishop.} Qg4 29. Rd3 Qc8 30. Nc4 Qe6 (30... Rd8 31. Nb6 Qc7 32. Red1 Rxd3 (
32... Ree8 $2 33. Bxe5 $1 $18) 33. Qxd3 Re8 34. Nc4 $16) 31. f3 Bc7 32. Red1
Rd7 {Finally, Black has managed to neutralise part of White's pressure.} 33.
Nd6 Bxd6 (33... b5 34. Qc3 Re7 $14 {would be solid, but not too appealing.})
34. Rxd6 $6 {Allowing an unexpected resource.} (34. cxd6 $14) 34... Rxd6 $6 ({
Missing his chance:} 34... Rfd8 $1 {Black is very close to equality, since
White cannot prevent general exchanges.} 35. Rxe6 $2 {is impossible to} Rxd1+
$19 {retrieving the queen and winning more material after that.}) 35. Rxd6 $14
{White maintains his domination now, although Black has solved at least one of
his problems: the bishop.} Qa2 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Qc3 Nh7 38. Rd2 Nf8 39. Bc1 Qe6
40. Rd6 Qa2+ 41. Qb2 Qxb2+ {The ending is less safe than Black might have
thought.} (41... Qc4 $5 {would have kept White busy with avoiding perpetual
checks.}) 42. Bxb2 f6 43. Kh3 {An interesting plan, but maybe not the best.} ({
Playing in centre would have offered good chances for an advantage. Here is a
sample line:} 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke3 Re7 45. f4 exf4+ 46. gxf4 {The point is that}
f5 {fails to stabilise the position in view of} 47. Be5 $1 (47. e5 Ne6 $11)
47... Ng6 48. exf5 Nxe5 49. fxe5 Rxe5+ 50. Kf4 Re7 51. Rd8 $16 {This ending is
quite unpleasant for Black. Among others (lack of space, weak queenside) he is
in zugzwang.} Re2 (51... Rc7 52. Ke5) (51... g5+ 52. fxg6+ Kxg6 53. Rd6+ Kg7
54. Kf5) 52. Rd7+ Re7 $2 53. Rxe7+ Kxe7 54. Ke5 h5 (54... Kf7 55. Kd6 Kf6 56.
Kc7 Kxf5 57. Kxb7 $18) 55. h4 Kf7 56. Kf4 $1 (56. Kd6 {is less clear:} Kf6 57.
Kc7 Kxf5 58. Kxb7 g5 59. Kxa6 gxh4 60. b5 h3 61. bxc6 h2 62. c7 h1=Q 63. c8=Q+)
56... Kf6 57. a4 $18) 43... Re7 44. Kg4 Kf7 45. Bc1 Rd7 46. Be3 Rxd6 47. cxd6
Nd7 48. a4 b6 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 c5 (50... Ke6 {looks riskier than it really
might be. White surely is not worse, but Black may be able to hold a draw.} 51.
Kh5 Nf8 52. Bc5 Kd7 53. Ba3 Ne6 {A complicated regrouping.} 54. Kg6 c5 55. f4 (
55. h4 Kxd6 56. Kf7 $44) 55... Kxd6 56. f5 Ng5 57. Kxg7 Nxe4 58. Kxh6 Kd5 {
Quite a complicated position, which is evaluated as drawn by my engines.} 59.
Kg6 c4 60. g4 c3 61. h4 Nd6 62. h5 Nc4 63. Bc1 e4 64. h6 e3 65. h7 e2 66. h8=Q
e1=Q 67. Qg8+ Kd4 68. Qd8+ $11) 51. Kh5 Kg8 {/\...Kh7, ...g6} 52. f4 (52. Kg6
Nf8+ 53. Kf5 Kf7 $15 54. Bxc5 $2 h5 $3 $19 {with mate in one.}) 52... exf4 53.
gxf4 Kf7 54. Bd2 Nf8 55. Be3 Nd7 56. f5 c4 57. Bd4 {Optically, it looks like
if White has some chances, but in fact there are more ways than one to defend
with Black. One important element is that the a5-pawn has the promotion square
on a different colour from that of the bishop.} Ke8 (57... Nf8 {was also
possible, not fearing} 58. e5 fxe5 59. Bxe5 {because of} Nd7 60. Bc3 Nf6+) 58.
Kg6 Kf8 59. Bc3 Kg8 60. Bd4 Kf8 61. h3 Kg8 62. Bc3 Kf8 63. h4 Kg8 64. e5 $5 {
Finally some action.} fxe5 65. f6 gxf6 (65... Nxf6 66. Bxe5 Kf8 $8 67. h5 Ke8
68. Kxg7 Nxh5+ 69. Kxh6 c3 70. Kxh5 c2 71. Bf4 Kd7 72. Kg4 c1=Q 73. Bxc1 Kxd6
$11) 66. h5 f5 67. Kxf5 Kf7 68. Bb4 e4 69. Kxe4 Ke6 70. Kd4 Nf6 71. Kxc4 Nxh5
72. Kc5 Nf6 73. Kc6 Nd7 74. Be1 h5 75. Bg3 Nf8 76. Kb7 h4 77. Bh2 Kd5 78. Kxa6
Kc6 79. Ka7 Nd7 80. a6 Nc5 $11 81. Bf4 h3 82. Bg3 Kb5 83. Bh2 Kc6 84. Bg3 Kb5
85. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 $5 {
A straight attempt to fight against the c5-bishop with d2-d4. Usually, White
advances his central pawn to d4 after thorough preparation. Or, if he wants to
do it at an early stage, it is more common to develop the king's knight to e2 
(but then everything depends on the move order, he has to count with ...d7-d5).
The game move was seen in several games played in Eastern Germany in the '70s,
most of them having Uhlmann as White.} a6 {The standard reply. Black prepares
a safe retreat for the bishop, without weakening the queenside too much (as
would be the case after 7...a5).} ({Since there is no tension yet on d4,} 7...
Bg4 {is a bit premature.} 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 $1 {After having forced the bishop
away from the h3-c8 diagonal White does best to change plans. We can see a
similar pattern in the Ruy Lopez or the Italian Game if Black hurries with ...
Bc8-g4.} (9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 Bb6 11. b3 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Rd1
Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 h5 16. g5 Ne4 $132 {Burnett,R (2358)-Shabalov,A (2529)/
Arlington 2011/CBM 144 Extra (1/2, 27)}) 9... Qd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Rae8 12.
b3 a5 13. Bb2 Nd8 14. d4 $1 {A good moment to gain space, since White is well
developed and the enemy knight has just got away from the centre.} exd4 15.
exd4 Ba7 16. d5 $16 {Uhlmann,W-Thormann,W/Stralsund 1975/EXT 2000 (1-0, 25)}) (
{There seems to be nothing wrong with} 7... Re8 {though:} 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 h6
10. a3 a5 11. b3 Bf5 (11... exd4 12. exd4 Bf5 13. Be3 {[%csl Gb6]}) 12. Bb2 ({
The so far untested} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 {, attacking the bishop, may be the
critical test for 7...Re8.}) 12... Qd7 ({Or} 12... exd4 13. exd4 Qd7 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. g4 Bg6 17. b4 Bd4 $132 {Paehtz,T (2480)-Vogt,L (2430)/
Leipzig 1974/EXT 2003 (0-1, 26)}) 13. Kh2 Rad8 {Black's centralisation is
quite impressive and will be just enough to neutralise White's typical English
ideas.} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. dxe5 Be4 17. Rc1 Bxd5 18. Qc2 Qe6 19.
exd6 Rxd6 $11 {Uhlmann,W (2550)-Knaak,R (2515)/Halle 1974/MCL (0-1, 35)}) 8. d4
Ba7 ({With the white queen's bishop still on the c1-h6 diagonal, it is
premature to exchange on d4:} 8... exd4 9. exd4 Ba7 10. Be3 {The plan based on
Bc1-e3 was used by two World Champions from the old days.} (10. h3 Bf5 11. Be3
Qd7 {Euwe,M-Colle Rotterdam vs. Antwerp 1926 (1-0, 65)} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 $16)
(10. d5 {, as played in more recent years, is also good.} Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12.
Qd3 Qd7 13. Be3 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. c5 Nxc5 18.
Rxe5 $36 {Komljenovic,D (2460)-Karp,S (2145) Metz 1997 (1-0, 41)}) 10... h6 11.
h3 {Black has problems finding an useful job for his a7-bishop. The e3-bishop
not only defends d4 safely, but also puts pressure on the kingside.} Nh7 12.
Qd3 Ne7 13. Nh4 f5 $2 14. Nd5 $16 {Capablanca,J-Fernandez,P New York 1928 (1-0,
42)}) 9. h3 {A flexible move, preventing ...Bg4. Since Black has not made any
important commitment, it is probably too early to release the tension in the
centre.} (9. dxe5 dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. b3 {[%csl Gb7]}) 10. Qxd8
Rxd8 11. b3 h6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ba3 e4 14. Nh2 Rd3 15. Rfc1 Re8 $13 {Seirawan,Y 
(2636)-Shabalov,A (2590)/Saint Louis 2011/CBM 142 (1/2, 34)}) (9. d5 Ne7 10. e4
h6 11. Qe2 b5 $5 $132 {Czerwonski,A (2350)-Strzelecki,K (2415)/Bielsko Biala
1990/EXT 1997 (1-0, 38)}) 9... Rb8 {Black prepares a slightly unusual
queenside counterplay based on ...b7-b5. In some cases (after dxe5 ...Nxe5,
Nxe5 ...dxe5) it may prove useful to have the b7-pawn defended. However, I get
the feeling that Black is neglecting his development a bit. Besides, the
advance of the b-pawn does not really solve the problem of the a7-bishop,
which will remain Black's worst piece in this game.} (9... h6 10. b3 Bf5 {
looks more natural.} 11. Bb2 ({One of the hyper-modern pioneers preferred} 11.
Ba3 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Rfd1 {, which may be actually best.
Black's position looks active, but the a7-bishop is out of play for a long
time.} e4 15. Ne1 Ne5 $2 {Careless.} 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Be7 Rd2 18. Bxf6 gxf6
19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxe4 $16 {Tartakower,S-Gruenfeld,E/Marienbad 1925/HCL (1-0, 39)}
) 11... exd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Kh2 Qd7 14. a3 Bh7 15. b4 Rad8 16. Qd2 ({White
may gain some tempi over the game with} 16. c5 $5) 16... d5 17. c5 Ne4 18. Qd1
Bb8 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne7 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. b5 axb5 23. Qxb5 f6 24. Ng4 h5
25. Ne3 c6 26. Qxb7 h4 $132 {Malakhov,V (2692)-Tomashevsky,E (2664)/Budva 
(rapid) 2009/CBM 130 (0-1, 39). The problem bishop has become a very dangerous
attacking piece.}) 10. dxe5 $5 $146 ({Black's counterplay is not easy to
launch after} 10. b3 {either:} exd4 (10... b5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13.
Qe2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bc5 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5
fxe5 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Be4 $14 {Damljanovic,B (2625)-Miladinovic,I (2584)/
Zlatibor 2006/EXT 2007 (1/2, 26)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. exd4 b5 $1) 11... Nxd4 12.
exd4 b5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qd3 (14. Bxc6 Bxh3) 14... d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Bf4 {Despite the symmetrical character of the central structure, White
retains some unpleasant initiative. The a7-bishop remains misplaced.} Ra8 18.
Rac1 Be6 19. Rc6 $36 {Adorjan,A (2520)-Garcia Palermo,C (2455)/Germany 1988/
GER-chT (1/2, 34)}) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. b3 b5 12. Qe2 $14) 11. b3 $1 {
This way, White can maintain his space advantage in the centre. Without the
insertion of the moves h3 and ...Rb8, White could not have avoided the
exchange on e5, because of the threat ...Bg4.} ({Black's play would be easier
after} 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Be6) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 b5 13. Qe2 $14 {Black
has failed to create real counterplay.} bxc4 {Strategically, this looks
correct, since it exchanges an important white pawn which controls the centre.
However, White's pieces are very active and allow him to maintain the space
advantage with the help of pieces only.} (13... Be6 $6 {deprives Black of the
possibility of ...Ba6, allowing White to simply win a pawn with} 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nxb5 $16) (13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 $14) 14. Qxc4 $1 (
14. bxc4 {creats unnecessary weaknesses on c4 and c5.}) 14... a5 15. Bb2 Bd7
16. Rac1 Bc5 17. Rfd1 {White is fully mobilised and has threats on both wings.
At the same time, his structure is more compact. Additionally, Black has
problems developing his queen (and connecting the rooks)} Re8 {A neutral move,
allowing White to get the bishop pair.} (17... Rb4 {leaves the queenside
vulnerable to} 18. Qa6 $16 a4 $140 19. Nxa4 $1 Bxa4 20. Rxc5 $18) ({The
sophisticated} 17... Qe8 {prevents Na4 and gets the queen out of the dangerous
d-file, but leaves the f6-knight vulnerable. White could consider a positional
queen sacrifice in Nezhmetdinov's style:} 18. Qf4 $5 (18. Qa6 a4 $1 $132) 18...
Rb4 19. Qxf6 $3 gxf6 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nxd7+ f6 23. Nxc5 (23. Nxf8
Kxf8 24. Rd5 $36) 23... dxc5 24. Rxc5 $44) 18. Na4 $1 $16 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bb6 20.
Bc6 {After giving up the light-squared bishop, Black's position is hoplessly
passive.} Re7 $6 (20... Re6 21. Rc4 $5 {[%cal Gc4f4]}) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black
has pawn weaknesses everywhere. In the presence of the major pieces, the
opposite coloured bishops just make things worse.} 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rc4 Re5 24.
Rd5 Qe7 25. Qf3 Rg8 26. Kg2 Rg6 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Kg7 29. a4 Qe6 30. h4 f5
31. Rf4 {The technical phase will last a bit longer than necessary, but White
can take his time, of course.} (31. Rbb5 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6] /\a5 looks
crushing.}) 31... Rf6 (31... Bxe3 $5 {is ineffective:} 32. Rxf5 $1 (32. fxe3 $2
Rxe3 $19) 32... Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Bc5 35. a5 $16) 32. Kh2 h6 33. h5
Kf8 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kh2 Kf8 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Qd1 Kf8 38. Kf1 Qc8 39. Qd3 Kg7 40.
Kg2 Rxd5 41. Bxd5 {/\Qc3} (41. Qxd5 Qe6 $16) 41... Qe8 (41... Kg8 42. Qc3 Qd8
43. a5 Bc5 44. a6 $18) 42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Qxf5 $18 {Black has managed to
exchange all the rooks, but after the loss of a pawn he will not be able to
resist on both wings.} Qe7 44. Bb3 Qf6 45. Qd5 c5 46. Bc4 Ba5 47. f4 Qe7 48.
Kf2 Bc3 49. Ke2 Bb4 50. g4 Qd7 51. Kd3 Qe7 52. g5 hxg5 53. fxg5 Be1 54. g6 fxg6
55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qxg6+ Ke5 57. h6 d5 58. Qg7+ Qf6 59. Bxd5 Bh4 60. Kc4 Kd6 61.
Qxf6+ Bxf6 62. a5 Kc7 63. h7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 d6 ({The traditional main
lines are} 5... O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 ({or} 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3) 7... Bxc3 8.
bxc3 {but the English Opening is not flexible from White's point of view only.
Black can also experiment in many ways!}) 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Bxc3 {Black has
waited with this and the next move until White has exposed his d-pawn to the
exchange.} ({Against the flexible} 7... h6 8. Na4 {has been White's main
choice at top level in a couple of recent games..} (8. Nd5 Bc5 9. e3 {
transposes to a tabyia from the 5.Nd5 line.}) (8. Bd2 {is solid but not very
active. Black's most logical continuation is} a5 {as played in a few games.})
8... a5 9. b3 Qe7 (9... Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 {Svidler,P (2757)-Nakamura,H 
(2790) Moscow 2016 CBM 172 [Sagar Shah/CB Website] (½-½, 30)}) 10. Bb2 Bc5
11. e3 {Aronian,L (2786)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016 CBM 172 [Mekhitarian,K] 
(½-½, 58)}) 8. bxc3 e4 {The only consequent continuation.} ({If} 8... h6 {
White can consolidate his centre with} 9. e4 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Gf2f4]
Black's position remains playable, of course, but White's play is preferable.}
Be6 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. Ba3 Kh8 15. Rb1 Rb8
16. Kh1 Nb6 17. Rb2 Qe8 18. c5 $36 {Zvjaginsev,V (2659)-Artemiev,V (2524)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (1-0, 45)}) 9. Nd4 exd3 ({If} 9... Ne5 {White retains
some initiative by provoking radical structural changes:} 10. dxe4 ({Actually} 
10. f4 exf3 11. exf3 $5 $146 {is also promising, even though it is frustrating
that White is basically a tempo down with respect to the line with ...Ne5
after the exchange on d3.} c5 12. Nc2 Re8 13. Ne3 $14 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gd3d4]})
10... Nxc4 11. Qb3) 10. exd3 Nxd4 {The standard reaction in this type of
position. Optically this exchange strengthens White's centre (which would be
absolutely true if he could play d4-d5) but Black will block the double pawns
with ...d6-d5, leaving the final evaluation under some shadow.} (10... Bd7 {
is passive and Black would probably have to take on d4 at some later point
anyway.} 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. h3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Bd2 bxc4 15. dxc4 Bf5 16. Rb3
$14 {Arkhipov,S (2440)-Ilincic,Z (2480) Kecskemet 1990 (½-½, 38)}) (10... Ne5
11. f4 {Now there is no more ...exf3 in the way and this gains space without
waste of time.} Ng6 12. Rb1 c5 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. f5 Ne5 15. Ne3 b6 16. g4 Bb7 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 $16 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2718)-Savchenko,B (2580)
Sochi 2012 (1-0, 32)}) 11. cxd4 d5 (11... c6 {may be a bit more flexible, as
Bg5 does not make sense before Black has exposed his d-pawn. But it also
offers White a tempo to switch to some other plan.} 12. h3 ({Since in the
lines below I mention Bf4 a couple of times, I would also consider the untested
} 12. Bf4 $5 $14 {as Black cannot really avoid ...d6-d5 in the long run.})
12... Be6 ({This exposes the bishop a bit too early. After} 12... d5 {I would
consider} 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Gf4e5,Gg3g4]}) 13. g4 d5 14. c5 b6 15.
f4 $1 $14 {Uhlmann,W (2495)-Liebert,H (2395) Germany 1992 (½-½, 55)}) 12. Bg5
{A logical move from the perspective of the fight for the centre. But its
drawback is that it forces matters at an early stage, with the risk of
offering White only the more pleasant side of a draw.} ({Once again the more
neutral} 12. Bf4 {comes into consideration.}) 12... c6 $146 (12... h6 {loses a
pawn without clear compensation.} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. cxd5 {White's central
pawns are tripled, but Black's problem is that his c7-pawn is vulnerable.} Bd7
(14... Qxd4 15. Rc1 $14 {wins the c-pawn soon.}) 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17.
Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. Qc5 {[%csl Ga7]} (20. Qxc7 $2 Rc8 $15
{[%cal Rc7f4] wins the queen as if} 21. Qxd6 $2 Rxc1+ 22. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 20... b6
(20... Qa6 21. Qxc7 Rc8 22. Qf4 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qxd3 24. h3 Qxd4 25. Qc7 $16 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Rc7 $14 {Malich,B-Hecht,H Skopje 1972 (½-½,
74)}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 {Black has a pawn majority while White does not. But White
is better developed and exerts pressure on d5. Besides, White has the
e5-square for his pieces, while e4 is unavailable for the black pieces. In
principle White's chances are slightly better but in case of simplifications
the tables could turn.} 14. Qb3 (14. Qf3 $5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 {
Optically this looks pleasant for White as Black's kingside structure is in
ruins. But Kramnik must have thought this to be irrelevant without queens on
board. And yet, White retains some pressure.} 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18. Rc3 Rfd8 19. Re1
$14) 14... b6 {Preparing ...Be6.} (14... h6 15. Bf4 $5 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[%csl
Gd4][%cal Gf8d8]}) 15... Bf5 16. Be5 $14 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gg3g4,Gf2f4]}) 15. Rae1 {
Kramnik chose precisely this rook, in order to maintain the possibility of
f4-f5.} ({Another possible plan was} 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bf4 $14 {and apart from
Be5 White can plan the intrusion to c7.}) 15... h6 {With hindsight, a correct
move, but not the only one.} (15... Be6 $5 16. f4 Qd7 17. Re5 Bf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6
19. Rxd5 Qe6 $44) 16. Bxf6 (16. Bf4 {makes less sense as Black is in time to
defend against the intrusion along the c-file} Be6) 16... Qxf6 17. Re5 Be6 {
Black's position out of the opening is entirely satisfactory.} 18. f4 {Kramnik
must have planned f4-f5 before taking on d5, but if so he probably overlooked
that this would not avoid the exchange of bishops. The way the game went the
last move is just a weakening of the second rank.} ({But the immediate capture
} 18. Bxd5 {does not seem too annoying, either:} Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rac8 20. Rfe1
Rfd8 21. Qe4 Rc2 22. Rf5 Qd6 {and White's extra pawn is not too relevant
despite White's optical domination} 23. Qe7 $5 Rc7 $1) 18... Rac8 19. Rfe1 ({If
} 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bxd5 {Black has} Bc6 $11 {with similar play as in the game.
One important detail is that after} 21. Be4 {Black has} Rfd8 {[%csl Gd4] and
White's position is not as solid as it may seem.}) 19... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Gf8c8]
Defending the seventh rank and clearing the c8-square for the king's rook or
bishop.} 20. Bxd5 (20. f5 Bc8 21. Bxd5 Bxf5) 20... Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc2 22. Re8 {
The crucial moment. White seems to have some initiative but his weak second
rank restricts his possibilities. Black has to parry Rxf8+ followed by Qa8+
mating soon.} Rc8 $2 {Possibly overlooking the next move.} (22... g6 $44 {
or even}) (22... g5 $5 $44 {would have offered approximately equal chances.})
23. Qd7 $1 $16 {Suddenly Black faces the danger of landing in a very
unpleasant, possibly lost, ending. He can only choose whether it would be a
rook ending or a queen ending or a middlegame with an exposed king. In all the
cases White's double pawns would be strong.} Rd8 $6 (23... Ra8 $6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8
25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qe5 Qg6 {Otherwise White would simply push his
d4-pawn.} 28. Qe4 Kg8 29. Qxg6 $1 {Not an easy decision to take over the board.
Usually, an extra pawn offers a decisive advantage in pawn endings with many
pawns, but here White's pawns are doubled and Black has an outside majority.
But as we will see White's space advantage will incline the balance to his
favour.} fxg6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. d5 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Ke4 $5 {Probably the most
precise, anticipating ...g6-g5.} b5 (33... g5 34. Kf5 $1 {Targeting g7.} gxf4
35. gxf4 b5 36. Kg6 a5 37. Kxg7 {and White wins by just one tempo.} b4 38. f5
a4 39. f6 b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. f7 b2 42. f8=Q+) 34. h4 $1 {Blocking the
kingside and putting Black into zugzwang soon.} a5 35. Kd4 h5 (35... b4 36. Kc4
$18) 36. a3 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Kc4 b3 39. Kxb3 Kxd5 40. Kc3 $18) ({The best
chance for survival might have been} 23... Rcxe8 24. Rxe8 g5 (24... Rxe8 25.
Qxe8+ {transposes above.}) (24... g6 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Ke3 $18) 25. Re4 $5 $16 {
with attacking chances.}) 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Re7 Qc8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Kf2 $18 {
The strength of the double pawns consists of the fact that one could advance
to promotion while the other one would protect the king from checks.} Kf8 (
27... a6 28. Ra7 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 Kf8 (29... Rxa2 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. d5 {promotes.})
30. d5 Rxa2 31. d6 Ke8 32. Re7+ Kd8 (32... Kf8 33. Re4 $1 {makes the pawn
unstoppable.}) 33. Rxf7 g6 34. h4 b5 35. h5 gxh5 36. f5 $18 {Black's connected
pawns are too slow.}) 28. Rxa7 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 Rxh2 30. d5 g5 (30... Ke8 31. d6
Rg2 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. Ke4 Rg2 34. Kd5 Rxg3 35. Kc6 $18) 31. f5 f6 32. d6 Ke8 33.
Kd4 h5 34. Kd5 b5 35. Ke6 Re2+ 36. Kxf6 h4 37. Re7+ $1 {The most convincing.} (
37. Re7+ Rxe7 38. dxe7 hxg3 39. Ke6 g2 40. f6 g1=Q 41. f7#) ({But there was
nothing wrong with} 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Rh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Carlsen's intentions when opening the game with this move are not very
clear. In the fifth game of his match against Anand he soon transposed to 1.d4,
something Korchnoi used to do a lot in his matches against Karpov. In this
game, White will not be given this opportunity.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3
d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {In my opinion, the most testing system against the
English Opening. It is very hard to prove an objective advantage with White;
you mainly need to know all the typical ideas and try to outplay your opponent
by combining them in the most inspired way.} 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10.
b4 Bf8 11. Rb1 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. e3 $5 {A rare move and, at this level, a
novelty. White usually does not play e2-e3 with the knight on f3 still.} (13.
Nd2 a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {This was supposed to be
good for White some 20 years ago, but things seem to have changed since then.}
Qg5 (17... g6 {Georgiev,K (2580)-Gelfand,B (2680) Manila 1990 CBM 019 [Ribli] 
(1/2, 91)}) 18. e4 Qg6 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7 Rec8 22. Bxb6 Rxc3
23. Qd4 {1/2 Flores,D (2599)-Garcia Palermo,C (2479) Mar del Plata 2012}) (13.
Bb2 {used to be a favourite of Portisch:} a4 (13... Bg4 {Portisch,L (2605)
-Kortschnoj,V (2625) Wijk aan Zee 1990 CBM 017 [Ribli] (1-0, 39)}) 14. Nd2 {
Portisch,L (2605)-Petursson,M (2555) Wijk aan Zee 1990 CBM 017 [Ribli] (1/2,
39)}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 (14... Bh3 $6 {offers White pleasant play:} 15.
Bxb7 $1 Bxf1 {Vezzosi,P (2362)-Ranola,Y (2432) Salsomaggiore Terme 2006 (0-1,
49)} 16. Qxf1 Rb8 17. Bc6 Re6 18. Bb2 Rd6 19. Rd1 $44) 15. Qe2 $146 {Planning
a long and logical regrouping.} ({The previously played} 15. Qc2 {does make
sense, though:} Ra5 ({If Black chooses the same setup as in the game with} 
15... Ra7 {White could speed up his initiative with} 16. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5]
inhibiting the development of the c8-bishop in view of the threat Nc5; here we
see that the queen is useful on c2 and that White is ready for action even
with incomplete development. One main thing is that the 7-rook is passive.} f5
17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bb2 Bd6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Qe7 21. Qc3 e4 22. Bh5 Rd8 23. f3
Qg5 24. f4 Qe7 25. g4 {White's position remains more pleasant, but is it
enough for anything?}) 16. Rd1 f5 $6 17. e4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gf4] Kristiansen,J 
(2445)-Jakobsen,O (2390) Copenhagen 1990 (1-0, 33)}) 15... Ra7 16. Bb2 Be6 17.
Rfc1 {Logical, but also a bit slow. If the rooks go on the b- and c-files, the
queen is surely well placed on e2.} Qd7 ({Aronian does not feel like embarking
double edged action such as} 17... f5 18. e4 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Kh1 $5 {
[%cal Gc1g1]}) 18. Ne4 Ba2 $1 {At some later point it will appear that the
white queen's rook actually stands better on a1 than on b1. And yet, at this
point in the game, the last move is the best.} (18... Bd5 19. Nc5 $14 Qxb5 $2
20. Bxe5 $16 {Here we see the role of the b1-rook.}) (18... Bb3 19. Nd2 Ba2 20.
Ra1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Nf3 Bd6 (23... Qxb5 24. Rab1 $1 {[%cal
Gb2e5] Even with a loss of one tempo the rook is quite effective here, for
instance} Qa5 $6 25. Rxc7 Bd6 26. Bc3 Qa6 27. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} h6 28. Qh5
Rf8 29. Nxf7 Bxc7 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34.
Rxb6 $1 Qxb6 35. Bxe5+ Bxe5 36. Qxb6 $16 {lots of pawns...}) 24. d4 $14 {
[%csl Ga7]}) 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. Bg4 {Aiming to provoke some weakening of Black's
position.} Qd8 ({Actually,} 20... f5 {was entirely playable, but the following
variation had to be calculated accurately.} 21. Bh3 Ra5 22. Ng5 Bd6 23. e4 Qe7
$1 {Exiting the pin and attacking the knight.} 24. Qd2 Rxb5 $1 25. exd5 Rxb2
26. Qxb2 Qxg5 $44 {There is no obvious way to breakthrough with White. In fact,
it is mainly Black who could think of a pawn attack on the kingside.}) 21. Bc3
Nd7 22. Bf3 $6 {Giving away the chances to keep the micro-initiative.} (22. Qb2
$5 {[%cal Gc3b4] The bishop exchange would spare White any troubles with the
a3-pawn and would ensure some queenside space for the major pieces.} b6 ({
The bishop would be exposed after} 22... Bb3 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 b6 25. Rc3 {
[%cal Gc3b3]} Bd5 26. Nd2 Nf6 27. Bd1 $16 {[%csl Ga4]}) 23. Bb4 Bxe4 24. dxe4
Bxb4 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Be2 Ra8 27. Bc4 $1 Qf6 (27... Nxe4 $2 28. Bxf7+ $1 $16)
28. Rc2 Rad8 29. Bd5 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Gc7][%cal Ga1c1,Gc2c5]}) 22... b6 $1 {
[%cal Gd7c5] Crossing White's plans.} ({There was absolutely no need to fall
into the thematic trap} 22... f5 $2 23. Nd6 $1 $16 Bxf3 24. Qa2+ $1 $18) 23.
Bb4 $5 {Not the optimal way to exchange bishops, but a reasonable one...} ({
Now is too late for} 23. Qb2 {in view of} Nc5 $1) 23... Bxb4 24. axb4 Qe7 25.
Nc3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Nf6 $1 (26... a3 $6 {not only fails to keep the pawn, but
also hands over the initiative to White:} 27. Nd5 Qd8 (27... Qd6 $2 28. Rc6 $18
) 28. Rc3 $16 {[%csl Ga3]}) ({Or if} 26... Qxb4 $6 27. Qc6 Rd8 {White has a
pleasant choice already} 28. Nd5 $1 (28. Nxa4 $5 $14 Rxa4 $2 29. Qxc7 $1) 28...
Qb3 29. Nxc7 $16 {Black's poor coordination seems to be more relevant than his
passed pawn.}) 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nxa4 Qxb4 $11 29. Nc3 Qb2 30. Qd1 Rd8 31. Kg2
h6 32. h3 Rxd3 {Actually, any reasonable move would suffice for equality. True,
White's structure is more compact, but Black is quite active.} (32... Rd7 $11)
33. Qxd3 Qxc1 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxc7 Ne4 $1 {Otherwise Black would be in some
trouble.} (35... e4 36. Qe5 Qc2 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Qxd5 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Ge4,Gf7]})
36. Qxe5 (36. Qxf7 $11) 36... Nxc3 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 20th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a6
9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bd7 $5 {Black prepares to attack on the wing where we are
used to see white having the upper hand.} 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. e3 {White takes all
the important central squares under control.} b5 13. Nd2 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Ne7 15. Qb3 {(/\e4, d4)} Kh8 (15... c6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. dxc6 Be6 18. Qc3 $44)
16. Nxe5 $5 (16. e4 f5) (16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ng8) 16...
dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Qc3 Nf5 (18... f6 19. Bxc7 Qe8 $13) 19. e4 f6 20. Bxc7
Nd4 $1) 13... Ne7 14. Nb3 Bg4 (14... c5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Na2) (14... c6 15.
Ne2 Ng6 16. c5 d5 17. f4 $14) 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nexd5 17. cxd5 {If white
will manage to prevent f5-f4, the bishop on a7 will be completely out of play.}
Nh7 (17... Bh3 18. e4 $14) 18. f4 $14 f6 (18... exf4 19. gxf4 Rbe8 20. Bd4 $16
{and there is no compensation for the weakened queen side.}) 19. Kh1 Bb6 20. e4
{White intends to attack on the queen side, even if it seems well protected by
the bishop. The general plan is /\Rc6, Nc5, and after dxc5 the (extra-)bishop
will have a miserable life.} Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ (22... Qd7 23. Rc6
) 23. Kxg2 g5 24. Rc6 ({Safer would have been} 24. f5 g4 25. h4) 24... gxf4 25.
gxf4 Rf7 {Now black has some counterplay.} 26. Rf3 Kh8 (26... exf4 27. Bd4 (27.
Rxf4 Rg7+ $132)) 27. Bc1 Rg8+ 28. Rg3 exf4 (28... h5 $142 29. f5 $14) 29. Bxf4
$16 h5 $6 30. Bxd6 $18 h4 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Bf4 (32. Bc5 $5 Rg7+ 33. Kf2 h3)
32... Nf8 (32... Rg7+ 33. Kh3 Ng5+ 34. Bxg5 fxg5 35. Kg4 $18) 33. Nc5 (33. d4
Ng6 34. Kf3 Ne5+) 33... Ng6 34. Kf3 (34. Kf3 Ne5+ (34... Ne7 35. Re6 f5 36.
Nxa6 $18) 35. Bxe5 fxe5+ 36. Kg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 $5 {White intends to start the thematic counterattack based on b4-b5 as
soon as possible.} a5 {A radical way to cross White's plans.} (8... f6 {
overdefends the e5-pawn, preventing b4, but weakens the a2-g8 diagonal, which
makes} 9. d4 $5 {a dangerous break, as in Khalifman,A (2635)-Tiviakov,S (2625)/
Linares 1995/CBM 046/[Ribli] (1-0, 74).}) ({Anothar radical move is} 8... g5 {
, designed by Kortschnoj.}) 9. d3 {White gives up his initial intentions of
giving play a dynamic character. Instead, he aims for a reversed Dragon, where
his extra-tempo (Rb1) might be not too relevant, as the rook usually goes to
c1 anyway. Sometimes, he could still save a tempo by refraining from a3, but
this is a double edged issue as I had the occasion to convince myself (see
below).} (9. b3 {was repeatedly played, but White could not really prove an
advantage.}) 9... Be6 ({If we reverse colours, after} 9... Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11.
Rc1 f5 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Qb5 $14 {we would get the
position of the game Anand-Topalov Linares 1994, where a genuine Dragon was
played and Topalov eventually won.}) 10. Be3 O-O (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12.
Qa4 O-O 13. Rbc1 (13. Rfc1 $5 Bd6 14. a3) 13... Bd6 14. Rfd1 $2 ({Here,} 14. a3
{would have been necessary, transposing to a genuine reversed Dragon.}) 14...
Nb4 $1 15. Nd2 c6 $15 16. d4 $4 b5 17. Qa3 Nxa2 $19 {Marin,M (2601)-Sarwat,W 
(2356)/Cairo 2001/CBM 082 ext (0-1, 26)}) 11. Bxb6 $5 {In the Dragon, this
exchange is considered to be questionable. Here, White's extra-tempo might
count.} cxb6 12. e3 $146 {White declares his intentions to put his central
pawns into motion as soon as possible.} (12. Qa4 f5 (12... f6 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14.
e3 Qf7 {Here we can see that it has been useful for White to refrain from a3,
because the b3-square is protected.} 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Nb4 17. d5 $1 $14 {
Kasparov,G (2830)-Faulks,N (2041)/London simul 2003/EXT 2004 (1-0, 40)}) 13.
Rfd1 Bf6 14. e3 Qe7 15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Bf1 {While here, the occupation
of the b4-square by the black knight is not dangerous for White.} Rac8 18. a3
Nd5 19. Rdc1 Rfd8 20. Bc4 Qf7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qb5 Rc6 23. Rc3 $14 {
Stefansson,H (2500)-Bjornsson,T (2290)/Island 1993/TD (1-0, 33)}) (12. Nd2 {
Gabriel,C (2475)-Georgiev,K (2605)/Altensteig 1995/CBM 049/[Ribli] (0-1, 20)})
12... b5 $5 {This seems to be an entirely adequate reaction against Topalov's
novelty. By getting rid of his double pawns, Black gets a comfortable position.
} 13. Nxb5 Bxa2 14. Rc1 a4 15. Nc3 Bb3 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Ra1 a3 18. bxa3 Rxa3 19.
Rxa3 Bxa3 20. Nb5 Be7 21. d4 Bg4 $11 {Soon, the position will simplify to an
obvious draw.} 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 exd4 24. exd4 Bf6 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Qc4 Rd8
27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15.
Bc3 ({The first game which brought this variation into the limelight went} 15.
Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 {Kasparov,
G (2760)-Salov,V (2595)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (1-0, 58). Although Kasparov won a
good endgame, the general feeling was that he did not have an advantage out of
the opening.}) 15... Re8 16. a4 $146 {Strictly speaking, this is a new move,
but it does not change the character of the position.} (16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qb2
Bf8 18. Nd2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd6 20. a4 a6 21. Nd2 Bf8 22. Nc4 b5 $5 {Vitiugov,N 
(2722)-Wang Hao (2724)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 138 (0-1, 36)}) 16... Bf8 17. Nd2 Bxf3
18. Nxf3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Rc7 21. b5 {In fact, the true novelty is
that the knight has stayed on f3.} e4 $5 $132 {And Black immediately takes
advantage of it.} 22. dxe4 Qxe4 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. a5 Qe6 26. Be3
Qa6 27. Rdc1 g6 28. Qa2 Rec8 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rd1 Qc6
33. h4 Bf8 34. Be3 b5 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ne5 Qc2 37. Qd5 Qxe2 38. Bxb6 Bc5 39.
Bxc7 Bxf2+ 40. Kh1 Bxg3 41. Nf3 Bxc7 42. Re1 Qf2 43. Rxe6 Qf1+ 44. Ng1 fxe6 45.
Qxe6+ Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. h5 g5 48. Nh3 Kf6 (48... h6 49. Nf2 Be5 50. Ng4
Bg7 51. Kg2 $11) 49. Nxg5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg2 $5 {A slightly mysterious move. One of its hidden points is that it clears
the path for the f2-pawn, allowing the development of a dangerous kingside
initiative should the centre remain closed. Also, the sometimes disturbing ...
Bh3 is prevented.} Re8 (8... d6 $6 {[%csl Rb4] leaves the bishop isolated from
the rest of its army.} 9. Qb3 Ba5 {10...a5!?} (9... Bc5 10. Na4 $14) 10. Qa3 {
[%cal Gb2b4,Gc4c5,Ya5b6]} c6 (10... c5 11. d3 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc1g5] /\
Bg5, ><d5} h6 12. f4 $5 $36) 11. d3 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5][%cal Gc1g5,Gb2b4,Gb4b5]} h6
12. b4 Bb6 (12... Bc7 13. b5 $36) 13. c5 Bc7 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. b5
$14 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2610)-Kindermann,S (2560)/Dortmund 1990/CBM 018/[Ribli]
(1-0, 39)}) (8... h6 9. d3 Re8 10. e4 d6 11. f4 {This attack is more dangerous
than it might look at first sight, while the weakness of the d4-square is not
too relevant, especially since Black's only remaining knight is quite far from
it.} c6 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Rb1 ({The point behind the last move remains unclear
to me.} 13. f5 $5 {could have been played immediately. Maybe White had not
made up his mind yet.}) 13... a6 14. f5 b5 15. g4 {With the dark-squared
bishop cut off from the kingside, Black has serious problems. Had the bishop
been placed "passively" on e7, he could have kept the enemy pawns under
control with ...Nh7 and ...Bg5.} b4 16. Na4 Bd4 {Nicely placed, but, basically.
.. out of play!} 17. g5 $1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 c5 19. Qe1 Bd7 (19... Qc7 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qh4 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf1f3,Gf3g3]}) (19... Qa5 $5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qh4 Qxa4 22. Qxf6 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf6g5,Gf5f6]}) 20. Qh4 $3 $40 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3] Jobava,B (2650)-Mchedlishvili,M (2583)/
Tbilisi 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 25)}) ({Tomashevsky had had a previous (short)
experience with this line:} 8... c6 9. d4 d6 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2641)
-Eljanov,P (2686)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118} (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 e4 11. Bg5 Re8 12.
f3 $36) {The position is still far from dead drawn:} 10. Qb3 $5 exd4 (10... Ba5
11. d5 $14) 11. Qxb4 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 $14) 9. d3 (9. Qc2
c6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Rb1 h6 13. d3 Qc7 14. e4 b6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Qf2
Bb7 17. h3 d5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 {Zhang Zhong (2633)-Volkov,S (2629)/playchess.com
INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (1/2-1/2, 51)} 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxh6 $36) 9... c6 10. e4
$5 $146 {Aiming for the same brutal plan as in Jobava's game. If Black
refrains from action in the centre, the fact that he has not yet played ...h6
does not absolve him from problems, because something must be done about the
crushing threat f4-f5 and g4-g5.} (10. Qb3 Bc5 11. h3 h6 12. Kh2 Bb6 13. Na4
Bc7 14. e4 Rb8 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 d6 17. Be3 b5 $10 {Lautier,J (2645)-Salov,V 
(2660)/Madrid 1993/CBM 036/[Ribli] (0-1, 94)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.
Ne4 Qd8 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qa4 Bd5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxd5
Qxd5 (18... cxd5 19. Rc2 {would have allowed White to occupy the only open file
}) 19. Qc4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 f6 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4] Azmaiparashvili,
Z (2540)-Epishin,V (2475)/Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000 (1-0, 59). The position is
basically equal, but remains assymetrical. White was able to maintain the
pressure for a long time and eventually win.}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 {This is
a standard reaction against White's apparently solid structure, but here Black
will fail to stabilize the position in his favour.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 $1
dxe4 (13... Be6 14. Rb1 $5 {This is probably better than the immediate capture
on f6, when the weakness of the black kingside (...gxf6) might be not that
easy to take advantage of. The idea of White's last move is to prevent ...Qb6+
before advancing his f-pawn.} Qd7 (14... b6 15. f4 $36) 15. f4 dxe4 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Bxe4 $36) 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rb1 {White has an active
placement of pieces and the pressure against the b7-pawn causes Black problems
with the completion of his development.} Re7 (16... Rb8 17. Qa4 $36 {[%csl Ra7,
Re8]}) 17. c4 {A great future is reserved to this pawn...} Bf5 $6 (17... Rb8
18. Qa4 b6 (18... a6 19. c5 $14) 19. c5 Bf5 20. Rfc1 $14 {White is better
coordinated and can choose between creating a dangerous passed pawn with c6 or
increasing the pressure against the b6-pawn.}) 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bd5 Qg6 20. Rb3
Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. c5 $16 {White is a pawn up. Black will need considerable
effort to win the d3-pawn back, allowing the c-pawn to reach the seventh rank,
with decisive effects.} e4 23. d4 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Rd1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4
27. c6 Re8 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rb8 Qd7 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qc5 Kh7 32. Qc6 g6 33. h3
Kg7 34. Qc5 a6 35. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ {A very rare move, which
seems to be not bad at all, at least in view of this game.} (12... Nb3 13. Rb1
f6 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2540)-Romanishin,O (2570)/Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000/ (0-1,
44)}) (12... Bb3 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Rb1 {Marin,M (2557)-Stefansson,H (2557)/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Marin,M] (1-0, 58)}) 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Rfc1
Bd6 16. Rab1 f5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 b6 19. Rc6 Qf7 {Despite the apparent
positional concessions, Black's queenside position is very hard to crack. At
the same time, his attack on the other wing is ready to start.} 20. Rf1 Kh8 21.
Bg2 Rbe8 22. Qc2 Bd7 {Allowing the opening of the queenside.} (22... f4 $5) 23.
Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Qxc7 Bxb5 25. Qxb6 $44 Qb3 26. Ba1 a4 27. Qc5 e4 28. Rc1 Rf7 29.
g4 $5 Bd7 30. gxf5 exd3 31. Bd5 dxe2 32. Bxb3 e1=Q+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 axb3
35. f6 Rxa1 36. Qd5 Be8 37. Qe4 gxf6 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qb8 Rxa3 40. Qg3+ Kh8
41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 ({At some point,} 11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 {
was considered to be more promising, but fashion is an unpredictable lady.})
12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Nd5 $5 {A relatively rare move.} ({The main continuation
is considered to be} 13... Rf7 {(Aiming to activate the rook along the seventh
rank)} 14. e3 Nb5 $1 15. Nxb5 cxb5 {The presence of doubled pawns is
compensated for by the pressure against the white queenside and White's
practical problems with opening play in the centre.} 16. Bb2 Rc8 (16... Na4 $6
{defines the knight's intentions too soon, leaving the c4-square without
sufficient surveillance.} 17. Ba1 Rc8 18. d4 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bc4 21.
Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 $16 {Bareev,E (2726)-Ponomariov,R (2743)/Moscow
2002/CBM 091 (1/2-1/2, 40). The strong pair of central pawns and the pair of
bishops more than compensate for the sacrificed exchange.}) 17. d4 exd4 18.
Bxd4 Nc4 $1 $132 {Gurevich,M (2634)-Palac,M (2591)/Saint Vincent 2003/CBM 092
ext (1/2-1/2, 37). With such a strong enemy knight on c4, White cannot develop
his initiative easily (although he later did as a result of some carelessness
on Black's part).}) 14. e3 $5 ({White's last word in this line was held to be} 
14. Bb2 Bf7 $6 {This is just a loss of time.} ({After the bishop's development
to b2,} 14... a5 $1 $132 {[%csl Gb4] makes a lot of sense.} 15. Nc5 {can be
answered by} Bg4 $5 {[%csl Ge2]}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 {White's
play is much easier to carry out, although it might be too early to claim an
objective advantage yet.} Re8 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qc4
Qd7 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rbc1 f5 25. Qb3 Bg7 26. Rc5 Bf6 27. b5 $14 {
White opened the queenside and soon switched to the opposite wing in
Tomashevsky,E (2594)-Khismatullin,D (2568)/Tomsk 2006/CBM 114 ext (1-0, 42)})
14... Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Nf5 16. Qc2 $146 {The plan initiated by this move leads to
interesting play, but not necessarily to an advantage for White.} ({It is hard
to say why Aronian refrained from the previously played} 16. b5 cxb5 17. Rxb5
Rc8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Kh8 (19... Rf7 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Ra5 a6 22. Bd2 $14 {
/\Rb1 Marin, Stoica}) 20. Qf3 Nd6 21. Rb1 Re8 (21... b5 22. Bd2 {/\Bb4} Re8 23.
Rfc1 $14 {Marin, Stoica}) 22. a4 Bf8 23. e4 $14 {Heitmann,M-Bradtke,K/corr
1998/Corr 2002 (1-0, 48). White's stability on the light squares offers him
the better chances.}) 16... Rc8 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. d4 $5 {It was not easy to
strengthen the pressure against the enemy queenside and Aronian decides to win
space in the centre, although this will leave him with an isolated pawn.} (18.
Ne4 Bd5 $11) 18... exd4 19. exd4 Bd6 {In view of the possible pin along the
c-file, the threat d5 was not too real yet, but Black has to permanently be
aware of it.} (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Qe4 c5 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Rxd4 $1 $18) 21.
bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxb7 $16) (19... Rcd8 $6 20. d5 $36) (19... Rfd8 $5 {maintains
the opposition of the white queen with one of the black rooks, but leaves the
e-file out of control.} 20. Qe2 $5 Bf8 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Qf7 23. Qf3 Qg6 {
[%cal Yg6b1]} 24. Ra1 $14 {Although not fully developed yet, White seems to be
doing fine because of his strong knight and the indirect pressure against the
enemy queenside.}) 20. Ne4 {Temporarily abandoning the plan based on d5, for
which White is not well enough prepared.} (20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
$11) (20. Qb2 $6 Rfe8 (20... Ne7 $11) 21. d5 $2 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Be5 $17) 20...
Rcd8 {Indirectly pinning the d-pawn, in order to discourage a knight move to
c5. But why this rook?} (20... Rfd8 $6 21. Bb2 Qf7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 $14 {
Now,} Bb3 $2 {is impossible because the intermediate capture} 24. Rxd8+ {
is with check.} Rxd8 25. Qxf5 $18) (20... Ne7 $6 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 21. Nc5 Bxc5
22. dxc5 $1 Bd5 (22... Nd5 23. Be4 $14) 23. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Gf4d6]}) 21. Bb2 Qf7
22. Rd2 {The start of an interesting rook regroupment.} Bd5 (22... Ne7 23. Nxd6
Rxd6 24. Qc5 $14 {[%csl Ga7]}) 23. Re1 Bb8 24. Rde2 b6 {Black has managed to
somewhat stabilize the position, but White keeps some pressure.} 25. Nd2 $5 {
Fighting against the blockade.} (25. Nc5 bxc5 26. Qxf5 Bxg2 (26... cxd4 27. Re7
Qg6 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qxc6 $14) 27. Kxg2 cxd4 28. Rd2 Rd5 29. Qc2
Rfd8 30. Qxc6 d3 $132) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 b5 $6 {Topalov aims
for a complicated fight, relying on his good control on the light squares.
Hwever, the c6-pawn will remain chronically weak now.} ({Less ambitious but
probably safer would be} 27... Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxc6 Qd5 {Optically,
White stands better (the position is similar to certain Catalan endings), but
it all depends whether he can improve the position of his knight.
Unfortunately, there is no obvious way to transfer it to c6, which might mean
that the position is equal.}) 28. Nb3 {It looks natural to transfer the knight
to a5 in order to keep the c6-pawn under pressure.} ({However,} 28. Ne4 $5 {
seems to have kept more options for the knight, which is close to the c5- and
d5-squares at the same time.} Rf7 (28... Bd6 29. Nc3 Qf3 30. Ne4 $5 $14 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Gf3] and once the queen has been cut off from the queenside,
Black faces some problems of coordination.}) 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qd3 Rd8 (30... Bd6
$2 31. Nc3 $18 {[%csl Gf5]}) 31. Rc5 Qd7 32. Qc2 {After an eventual exchange
of pawns (c6 against d4), the black bishop risks remaining passive.} Bc7 $5 33.
Rxc6 Bb6 34. d5 $1 Qxd5 35. Rd2 Nd4 (35... Bd4 $2 36. Rc5 $18) 36. Bxd4 Bxd4
37. Rc5 Qd7 38. a4 a6 (38... bxa4 39. Rc4 $18) 39. Rc6 $14) 28... Bd6 29. Na5
Rc8 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Qd3 Rfc8 32. Rec2 g6 {Black is quite stable on the light
squares, because the enemy knight is quite far from the d5-square.} 33. Qf1 $5
{[%csl Rc6,Rd5][%cal Gf1g2]} Kf7 {Anticipating the exchange of queens by
approaching with the king.} 34. Qg2 Ne7 35. Re1 h5 36. h4 f5 $5 {Very
ambitious, again. With the knight far away on the queenside, White's king
starts feeling insecure.} (36... Nf5 $13) 37. Bc1 f4 38. Rxe7+ $5 {A
positional exchange sacrifice in the spirit of Armenia's former World Champion,
Petrosian. It is well-known that Topalov is not indifferent to this method of
changing the course of the game, either.} (38. Bxf4 Bxf4 39. gxf4 Nf5 $44)
38... Bxe7 (38... Rxe7 $2 39. Qxd5+) (38... Kxe7 $2 39. Nxc6+) 39. Bxf4 Qxg2+
$2 {After this premature exchange of queens, Black will lose another pawn and
will be just worse.} ({It is possible that, pressed by time, Topalov did not
notice that} 39... Bd6 {does not lose material.} 40. Bxd6 ({The trick is that
after} 40. Qxd5+ $2 cxd5 $19 {White's pieces are hanging, maintaining the
previous material balance and making further simplifications impossible.})
40... Qxd6 $13 {With the knight on a5, there is not much for the black king to
be worried about and the position would remain uncertain.}) 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41.
Nxc6 $16 {With two pawns for the exchange and excellent centralization, White
has a stable advantage.} Kg7 42. d5 a6 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kd3 Rd7 46.
d6 Re8 47. Nd4 Kf7 48. Nf3 a5 49. Rc5 axb4 50. axb4 Rb7 51. Nd2 Ra8 52. Ne4 Bd8
53. Rd5 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Rb3 55. Kc5 Ke6 56. Rd2 Rb1 57. Re2 Kd7 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 60. Bxd2 Ke8 61. Ke6 Rb6 62. Bg5 Rc6 63. Bxd8 Kxd8 64. Ng5 Ke8 65.
Nf7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {In the
past this was played only occasionally. Players with Black probably thought
that treating the Reversed Dragon (meaning with a tempo less for Black) in
such an aggressive way would be too risky. The main idea of the last move is
keeping the knight on d5 without allowing Nxe5 or d2-d4, usually offering
White the initiative.} 7. O-O {A neutral developing move, intending keeping
all the threats in the centre.} (7. Nxe5 {does not look too promising:} Nxc3 8.
bxc3 ({One important point is that with the bishop on c5} 8. Nxc6 $2 {is
impossible due to} Qf6 $19 {[%csl Gd1,Gf2]}) 8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 $5 $146 (9...
Ng4 {Schwierskott,M (2162)-Schmid,F (2087) Bayern 2003 (0-1, 68)} 10. f3) (9...
Bb6 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 c6 {Simurdova,Z (1730)-Pokorna,K (1410) Sec u
Chrudimi 2008 (1-0, 45)} 12. f4 $16) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 7... O-O
{Fortunately, Black can answer with the same method.} (7... Be6 $2 {leaves b7
undefended:} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 $16)
8. d3 (8. Nxe5 {still does not work.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+
$1 $15) 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) ({There have been some
developments after} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 (9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 {[%cal Gf7f6,
Gc5e7]} 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 e4 $44 {Aronian,L (2799)
-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017 (1-0, 52)}) 9... Bb6 10. b4 e4 $5 {It looks
like a good idea to use the temporary activity of the queen and dark-squared
bishop for fighting for the initiative. Otherwise White may be simply better.}
(10... a5 $5) (10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 e4 12. Ne5 $14) (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. b5
Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Bc5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. e3 $14 Bg4 18. f3 $16 {
Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017 (1-0, 50)}) 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3
Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 ({Improving over a game played between the same players one
week earlier:} 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 $14 {Nakamura,H (2792)
-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 14. fxe3 Qe7 {The central
pawns are not necessarily strong as Black might have feared in the first game.
They could easily become weak.} 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. e4 b6
19. Na4 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (1-0, 53)
} Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gf8d8,Gc8b7]}) 8... Bb6 ({This prophylactic move surely
is better than} 8... Be6 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 $14 Bd5 11. e4 $16) ({But it is
not clear how to get an advantage after a neutral move such as} 8... h6 {
One possible continuation is} 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Ga1c1] with pleasant play, even though not necessarily better an objective
advantage.}) 9. Bd2 ({This apparently modest developing move is more
constructive than} 9. Na4 {, aiming to take the bishop pair, but neglecting
the development and control in the centre.} Re8 10. a3 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6
12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. a3 f5 17. Nec5 Bc8 18. b4
e4 $15 {Eljanov,P (2739)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneve 2017 (0-1, 38), with perfect
regrouping and active play in the centre.}) 10... Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6
13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Bh3 $11 {Gelfand,B (2728)-Adams,M 
(2736) Geneve 2017 (1/2-1/2, 24)}) 9... Bg4 $146 ({I am not sure to which
extent this improves over} 9... Be6 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Nxe6 {leads to
interesting play:} Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 fxe6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxe5 Qxd3 15. Qxe6+
Kh8 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Qxc6 Re2 18. Rad1 Bxf2+ $6 19. Kh1 Qf5 20. Rd2 $14 {
But in this line 18...Qa6 looks better, threatening ...Bxf2+ and ...Qxa2
simultaneously.}) 11... Bd7 12. c4 {White's position after the last exchange
looks at least more pleasant. True, there was no need to help the knight
improve its position with the following series of pawn moves.} h6 13. Ne4 f5
14. Nc3 f4 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Ne4 $14 {Adzic,S (2130)-Nemeth,H (1648) Hungary
2012 (1-0, 31)}) 10. Rc1 ({It remains an open question why not} 10. h3 Be6 (
10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {wins a pawn. The kingside
weakness does not seem to fully compensate for it.}) 11. Ng5 {with similar
play to that in the previous line. The weakness induced by h2-h3 does not seem
to be so telling.}) 10... Nxc3 {This looks like a concession, but Caruana was
probably not satisfied by the alternatives.} (10... Qd7 $2 11. Nxe5 $16) (10...
f6 11. Qb3 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxc3 12. Nxc6 Nxd1 13. Nxd8 Nxf2 $17) 11... Be6 12. Ng5
fxg5 13. Bxd5 $14) (10... Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Ga2]} 13. a4 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 {with pleasant play on the light squares.})
11. Bxc3 ({With the bishop on d2 the knight has not enough space for
manoeuvring:} 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Ng5 (12. c4 Bc5 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Ne4
Be7 $15) 12... f6 $1 $15) 11... Re8 12. b4 {Black is actively developed but
White can start his queenside play without loss of time.} Qd6 {This logical
move does not receive the engines' approval. But the recommended invasion of
the d4-square tends to leave the b6-bishop out of play:} (12... Nd4 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. a4 c6 (14... a6 {may be better but Black's bishop does not impress
after} 15. Re1 {[%cal Gf3d2]}) 15. a5 Bc7 16. a6 $36) (12... a5 13. b5 Nd4 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. a4 {[%csl Gb6,Gb7][%cal Gf1e1,Gf3d2,Gd2c4] In the long run
White's position may prove easier to play.}) 13. Nd2 Qh6 {Trying to keep the
possibility of a central counter-attack.} (13... Rad8 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. a4 $36)
14. Nc4 (14. a4 Rad8 15. Nc4 $6 e4 $17) 14... Qh5 15. Rc2 {This rook lift
works out well in similar positions, but here it may not be strongest, since
there is no immediate way of activating the queen.} (15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bh3
17. Bh1 $14 {The last move reveals another merit of 15.Re1.}) 15... Rad8 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 (16... axb6 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Re1 Qxb5 20. Rxc7 $14) {
White has got the bishop pair and the better structure but he needs to play
carefully as Black is very active.} 17. f3 {Due to White's choice on move 15
there was no other way of reducing Black's pressure in the centre.} (17. Rd2 b5
18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc2 Bh3 21. Bf3 Bg4 $11) 17... Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19.
f4 {The best way of putting the bishop pair to work.} Bg4 $6 {Obviously
missing White's 22nd move or the 26th move in the next comment.} ({Pawn
reaction in the centre would not offer full equality:} 19... exf4 20. Rxf4 $36)
({or} 19... f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 $14) ({But Black could try} 19... Bd5 {
for instance} 20. e4 Bc4 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Be2 f6 $11 {Both sides will find it
difficult to make progress in this static position.}) 20. Bxc6 $1 {Winning a
pawn which will not be as easy to retrieve as Caruana thought.} bxc6 21. fxe5
f6 {Does Black really retrieve the pawn?!} 22. exf6 $3 {People may have
started forgetting that not such a long time ago (a couple of decades) Anand
entered the top arena as a brilliant combinative player.} Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24.
Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 ({The hidden point of the combination is that} 25...
Qe5 {runs into} 26. Rxe2 $3 Qxc3 27. Re8 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Qxb4 29. f8=Q+ Qxf8 30.
Rfxf8 Rxd3 31. Rg8+ {The manoeuvre initiated by this move wins the a7-pawn by
force.} Kf7 32. Ref8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Bf5 34. Rxa7+ $18 {Pawns are equal and even
though his king is temporarily passive, White should convert his clear extra
exchange.}) 26. Qd4 $1 Qg5 27. Rc5 $1 Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ (29. Qf7+ Kh6
30. Rf6+) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Valdes Romero, Leonardo"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Costa Rica"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 Nd4 11. Be3 {Not the most topical continuation, but a
sound one.} Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Rb1 $146 {White plays a waiting game,
maintaining the tension without looking for immediate threats.} (13. Ne4 Nd5
14. Bd2 Bh3 15. Re1 f5 {Uhlmann,W (2457)-Dornieden,M (2268)/Bad Zwischenahn
2003/CBM 097 ext (1/2, 25)}) 13... Nd5 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Na4 b6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17.
Rfe1 f5 18. Rbc1 Kh8 19. Bg2 f4 {This is a signal for the attack, but also the
irremediable weakening of the e4-square. The game becomes double-edged.} 20.
Nc3 Bh3 21. Ne4 Nf6 22. Bc3 Qf5 23. f3 $5 {Since the exchange of bishops
cannot be avoided anymore, this is a strong positional move. It reduces
Black's attacking chances and starts logical play against Black's potentially
bad bishop.} Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Qg5 26. Qb2 Bf6 27. Qb3 h5 28. Qe6 $14
Rce8 29. Qh3 Qh6 30. Rcd1 Bg5 31. Rd7 a6 32. Red1 Re6 33. Kh1 fxg3 34. hxg3 h4
35. Kg2 Be7 36. Bd2 Qf6 37. Qxh4+ Qxh4 38. gxh4 c5 39. bxc5 Bxc5 40. a4 Bd4 41.
Rc1 Bc5 42. h5 Kg8 43. a5 Rf7 44. Rd8+ Rf8 45. Rd5 g6 46. Rh1 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Bd4
48. Rg5+ Kh8 49. e3 Bb2 50. Kf2 b5 51. Rd7 Rh6 52. f4 Rg8 53. Rxg8+ Kxg8 54.
Bb4 exf4 55. exf4 Rc6 56. Kf3 Rc4 57. Bd6 b4 58. Rb7 Bc3 59. e5 Rd4 60. f5 Rd1
61. f6 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 b3 63. Rxb3 Bxa5 64. Rb8+ Kf7 65. Rb7+ Kg6 66. Rg7+ Kh6 67.
Kd5 Bd2 68. Ke6 a5 69. Rg2 Bg5 70. f7 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 a6 {
In this line, Black usually plays ...h6 in the move range from 7 to 9. In
doing so, he aims to prevent both Bg5 and Ng5, which can be annoying under
certain circumstances. It is worth mentioning that in his days of glory,
Karpov himself used to play ...h6 at an early stage when employing this system
of development.} 8. a3 {For the time being, it is best to keep developing,
keepning both aforementioned threats in reserve.} (8. Bg5 {does not lead
anywhere after} h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 {Gulko,B (2620)
-Waitzkin,J (2440)/Modesto 1995/CBM 051/[Ribli] (1/2, 34)}) 8... Ba7 9. b4 Be6
{Black keeps refraining from ...h6.} ({White's play in the following game,
which I had extensively annotated for my English Opening CD published by
ChessBase, bears some similarity with Carlsen's later play:} 9... h6 10. e3 Be6
11. Re1 Qd7 12. Rb1 Rad8 (12... e4 13. dxe4 Bxc4 14. Nd2 Bd3 15. Rb3 {/\Nd5})
13. Qc2 Ne7 {'This is a standard maneovre: the knight is going to g6, like in
a Ruy Lopez (with reversed colours, of course) creating threats on the
kingside and making play in the centre possible with c6, d5. There is a future
hope for Ba7 too: the diagonal b8-h2 might become available. '} (13... e4 $2
14. Nxe4 $16) 14. a4 Bh3 15. Bh1 Ng4 16. a5 f5 $6 {'Black is impatient to
launch an attack against the white king, but neglects the defence on the other
wing.'} ({After} 16... c6 $142 {it would have been more difficult for White to
make progress. For instance, after} 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 f5 19. a6 bxa6 20.
bxa6 {the far advanced pawn is fully compensated for by Black's domination in
the centre.}) 17. b5 $36 {Portisch,L (2595)-Garcia Palermo,C (2440)/Reggio
Emilia 1992/EXT 2000 (1-0, 60)}) 10. Nd2 $146 {A new move, the point of which
I fail to understand. White not only gives up the possibility of Ng5, thus
allowing Black to save a tempo (...h6), but also allows an immediate opening
of the centre.} (10. Bb2 Qd7 (10... Ne7 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. e3 h6 13. Nf3 {
Spiridonov,N (2400)-Therkildsen,T (2145)/Nice 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 21)}) ({
With the knight on f3,} 10... d5 $6 {loses a pawn to} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Bxd5 13. e4 {, but under the given circumstances, 11.Ng5 also looks unpleasant
for Black.}) 11. Rc1 Rac8 (11... Bh3 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. cxd5 Ne7
15. e4 Rac8 16. d4) 12. e3 {White has played his usual moves in this line and
Black may have to finally transpose to the main lines with 12...h6, preparing .
..Bh3 and/or ...Nh7.} Bh3 {offers White pleasant play on the light squares:}
13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Ng5 Qh6 (14... Qd7 {is a bit passive and can be met by} 15.
Qf3 $5) ({The queen is exposed after} 14... Qf5 15. Nge4) 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16.
dxe4 $14 {The a7-bishop is passive, there is no kingside attack available and
the control over the d5-square offers White a pleasant domination.}) ({If
White intends to carry out the game plan, he can start with} 10. Rb1 {, when}
d5 {remains unappealing for Black because of} 11. Ng5 $1) 10... Rb8 {By
defending the b7-pawn, Black intends to prepare the thematic transfer of his
queen's knight to g6.} ({Black probably had better chances to get even chances
with the ambitious} 10... d5 {, for instance} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13.
Bxc3 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qb3 Rad8 {White will prepare his queenside attack
with a4 and b5, but Black's control over the d4-square (the bishop is better
placed than on e7, as in the Reversed Dragon 4...d5) offers him good
counterchances.}) 11. Rb1 {White anticipates the opponent's plan and prepares
a massive queenside attack, in a similar way as Portisch did in the
aforementioned game.} ({The bishop would obviously stand in the way after} 11.
Bb2) 11... Ne7 12. a4 Qd7 13. b5 Bh3 14. Ba3 {We see that Carlsen's plans for
the bishop were more ambitious than the stereotypical Bb2. The pressure along
the a3-f8 diagonal is quite annoying.} (14. e3 $5 h6 15. Ba3 {may have been a
more restrictive move order.}) 14... h6 {Finally, Black plays this move anyway.
There was no threat on g5 anymore, but in order to get a kingside attack
started, ...Nh7 followed by ...f5 is necessary.} (14... Bd4 {comes into
account.} 15. Nce4 (15. Qb3 {takes the queen away from the kingside, offering
Black chances for counterplay:} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 axb5 17. axb5 Ng4) 15... Nxe4 {
Since the h7-squeare is not available, the knight does not have good retreats.}
(15... Ne8 $2 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. bxa6 $18) (15... Nh5 $2 16. e3 $18) (15... Bxg2
16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Kxg2 $16) 16. dxe4 $14 {We have reached a familiar
structure, which tends to favour White. The bishop is not stable on d4 and is
likely to cause more losses of time.}) 15. e3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bc5 {A radical way
of neutralising the enemy bishop and avoiding problems with his own. Possibly,
the weakening of the pawn structure is too high a price to pay.} ({Black had
no time for} 16... Nh7 $6 {because of} 17. a5 {, threatening to trap the
bishop with b6.} Bc5 (17... Rbc8 18. Qa4 {also offers White a strong queenside
initiative.}) 18. Bxc5 dxc5 {is even less appealing now because of} 19. Nde4 {
and Black cannot defend c5 under favourable circumstances.}) ({Against a
neutral move such as} 16... Rfe8 {, White can carry out a familiar plan:} 17.
Nde4 Nxe4 (17... Nh7 $6 18. c5 $1 d5 19. b6 $1 {opens the position to White's
favour.}) 18. dxe4 $14) 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nf3 {The plan chosen by Carlsen,
based on e3-e4, does not look too natural.} ({The maneuvre} 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19.
dxe4 {would once again led to a more pleasant position for White, at no risk.}
Qe6 (19... Qxd1 $6 20. Rfxd1 {leaves Black with problems keeping the b- and
d-file defended at the same time.} axb5 {hardly is a solution because of} 21.
Nxb5 $1 c6 22. Na7 $1 {The knight is not in danger here, because White
threatens to eliminate the b7-pawn with Rd7xb7, after which the knight is
likely to escape via c6 (after grabbing another pawn)} b6 23. Rd7 $16 {Black
loses most of his queenside pawns.} Rfe8 $6 24. a5 $1 $18) 20. Qe2 axb5 21.
axb5 $14 {White's knight is more active and he also disposes over more space.
The permanent threat of Nd5 keeps the black knight immobile on e7. The attempt
to generate counterplay with} f5 $6 {only offers White the e4-square.} 22. exf5
Nxf5 23. b6 c6 (23... cxb6 24. Nd5 $16) 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Kh1 Nh4 26. Nd2 Nf5 27.
Nb3 $16) 18... Qe6 19. e4 {Even though Black's knights cannot reach d4 very
quickly, the weakness of this square restricts White's active possibilities.
White probably thought that he would be able to play Nd5, underestimating
Black's answer.} c6 $1 20. Qb3 Rbd8 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Qc2 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4]}
23. Ng1 Rb8 24. a5 Nd7 25. Na4 Qd6 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Qc3 Rfd8 {Black is well
regrouped and White is too busy keeping his d3- and a5-pawns defended to be
able to take advantage of the chronic weakness of the c5-square.} 28. Rxb8 {
Giving up the control of the b-file for the sake of a kingside attack is a
double-edged decision.} Rxb8 29. f4 exf4 (29... Rb7 $5 {[%cal Gc7b8] Seirawan})
30. gxf4 Qd6 31. Kh1 {Somehow, White's position looks too chaotic to make the
prospectes of an attack realistic. Black is well regrouped and has easy play.}
Rb4 32. Qc2 Nh4 ({There is no obvious refutation of the pawn grabbing} 32...
Qc7 33. Nac3 Qxa5 34. Rg1 Kh7 35. Qd1 Rb2 36. Qf1 Ngf8 37. Qg2 g6 38. f5 Ne5
39. Qg3 Qc7 {The weakness of the d4-square results in an almost absolute
stability of the knight on e5, allowing Black to keep his position together.
In the long run, the a-pawn may well decide the game.}) 33. Nac3 Qg6 34. Ng3
Nf6 35. e5 Nh5 36. Nxh5 Qxh5 37. Ne4 {White has somehow managed to regroup
properly, but his king is vulnerable, which should allow Black to keep the
balance even.} Kh8 $2 {Defending against a non-exisent (yet) threat, while the
c5-pawn was in danger already. Instead, Black should have prepared ...Qh3, in
order to cause White some problems with his own king.} (37... Nf5 $5 38. Qg2 (
38. Qf2 $2 Qh3 {/\...Rb2, /\ ...Qxd3} 39. Rd1 Rb2 $1 40. Qxb2 Qf3+ 41. Kg1
Qxd1+ 42. Kf2 Qxd3 $19) 38... Qh4 $132 {[%cal Gf5e3]}) (37... Qf5 $5 $132 38.
Nxc5 $2 (38. Qe2 $142 Qh3 $132) 38... Qh3 $17 39. Re1 (39. Qf2 $2 Rb2 $1) (39.
Rf2 $2 Qe3 $19) 39... Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qxf4 $17) 38. Qf2 Nf5 39. Nxc5 $16 {Now it
is practically over. The d3-pawn is defended by the knight and White can
easily parry Black's one-move threats.} Qh3 {[%cal Gf5g3]} 40. Re1 Nh4 41. Qg3
Qxg3 42. hxg3 Nf3 43. Rf1 Nd4 44. Kg2 Ne6 45. Nxa6 Ra4 46. f5 Ng5 47. Nc7 Kg8 (
47... Rxa5 48. e6 Re5 49. d4 Re2+ 50. Rf2 Re1 51. d5 $18) 48. a6 Kf8 49. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 ({The more ambitious but also slightly
riskier alternative is} 11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Carlsen,M (2801)
-Kramnik,V (2772) London 2009 CBM 134 [Carlsen,M] (1-0, 43)}) 12. Nd2 c6 13.
Nde4 Bf7 {An interesting psychological detail. With White, Aronian had faced
the other two popular continuations, but with Black he chooses the third one.}
(13... Nd5 {Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/CBM 123/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) (13... Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5 17. Qc2
Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 $6 {In this position, the thematic queenside break only helps
White to open the b-file for his attack.} (18... Nd6 {would leave White with
the problem of how to continue his slow attack. For instance, the immediate
activation of the knight does not look too promising:} 19. Na4 Nb5 20. Ra1 Bg4
{[%cal Gg4f5]}) 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4 $1 {Suddenly, White has a strong
initiative.} Kh8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 $16 {
Aronian,L (2739)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Nice (rapid) 2008/CBM 123 Extra (1-0, 51)})
14. Nc5 Rb8 {This looks a bit passive to me.} ({Shortly after publishing the
first volume of my 1.c4 trilogy, I got caught in my opponent's preparation.
That game went} 14... Qc7 {, which is more natural, because it connects the
rooks and prepares their centralisation.} 15. e3 ({Aronian eventually won a
game with} 15. Be3 {, but his position did not look enviable at all:} a5 16.
Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3 $17 {
Aronian,L (2808)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo (blindfold) 2011/CBM 142 (1-0,
29)}) 15... Ne6 16. N3e4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rfd8 18. Bh3 $5 {This looks like an
improvement over my game.} ({After} 18. Qc2 a5 {I felt proud of my} 19. e4 {
, followed by} axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Be3 Ra2 22. Qc3 {If allowed to play Bh3
and force an exchange on c5 or else a knight retreat, I would get a great
position, but after half an hour of thinking my opponent came up with} b5 $3
$15 {Marin,M (2597)-De la Villa Garcia,J (2496)/Benasque 2010/CBM 137 Extra 
(0-1, 52), , when the mutual pawn weaknesses tend to compensate for each other,
but both black bishops are active, while mine from g2 is less so.}) 18... Bxc5
({If} 18... Kh8 {I could transpose to the known plan, having discarded ...
Nb6-d7 followed by ...b5.} 19. Qc2 a5 20. e4 $14 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gc1e3]}) 19.
bxc5 Nd7 20. Qc2 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 {The position is not easy to asses, but
there are players who would treasure the potential force of the two bishops. I
would be one of them!}) 15. e3 $146 {A logical novelty.} ({It is probably too
early for} 15. Bh3 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bh5 18. f3 f5 $36 {Winants,L 
(2500)-Vyzmanavin,A (2590)/Ostende 1991/CBM 026 ext (0-1, 44)}) 15... Ne6 16.
d4 $5 {But I find that only this move brings in some, if not new, at least
fresh concept. White takes advantage of the hidden defects of ...Rb8 to speed
up his development and take over the initiative.} exd4 {The most natural
reaction. Even if grabbing the central pawn is risky, Black can try to block
it.} ({The mechanical occupation of the c4-square weakens the control over the
d5-square.} 16... Nc4 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Qc8 20. e4 b5 21. Qe2
{Both players have a strong outpost, but White can think of starting a pawn
attack with f2-f4 at the right moment. I would prefer his chances.}) 17. exd4
Re8 (17... Nxd4 $2 18. Bf4 $16 Rc8 19. Nxb7 Qd7 20. Nc5 Qd8 21. Bh3 $5 {
should be avoided.}) (17... Qxd4 {may be playable, though.} 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19.
Bf4 Rbd8 20. Nxb7 Rd7 {Black's activity may compensate for the pawn weaknesses.
}) 18. Re1 Bd6 {Of course, Black is not interested in strengthening White's
structure with an exchange on c5.} 19. a4 $36 {A natural move in the English
Opening. Usually, it is a sign that White prepares b4-b5, but here Black has
to count with a4-a5, too.} Nc7 $1 {The most consistent defence, strengthening
the control over the crucial d5-square.} (19... Qc7 20. a5 Nc4 21. N5e4 $36 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) (19... Bc7 20. d5 $1 Nxc5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. bxc5 Nc4 23. d6)
20. Rxe8+ {Aiming to distract one of the three pieces defending the rook from
their optimal squares.} ({If} 20. b5 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. bxc6 bxc6 {White's
advantage is purely symbolical.}) 20... Bxe8 $6 (20... Qxe8 {looks more
constructive from the point of view of development, as can be seen in the line}
21. b5 $6 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rd8 $36) 21. b5 Bg6 (21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1+ 23. Nxd1
Nbd5 24. Bd2 $14) 22. N5e4 {This retains some vanishing initiative, but White
had an even stronger continuation.} (22. Qb3+ $1 {No matter how he reacts,
Black will lose at least one tempo. One of the hidden problems is that ...Nbd5
would run into bxc6, leaving the b7-pawn pinned.} Bf7 (22... Kh8 23. N3e4 {
[%cal Ga4a5]} Nbd5 $6 24. bxc6 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxb1 26. Nd7 $1 $16) 23. Qc2 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Gg2e4]} Bg6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. N3xe4 $36) 22... Bf8 23. Bf4 Rc8
24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bh3 Ra8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb3+ Bf7 28. Be6 Re8 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7
30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. a5 (31. a5 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxe4 33. Rb7+ Ke6 34. Nf4+ Kf5 35.
Rxa7 Rxd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 50th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 ({I had the feeling that my young opponent was
counting on the move order starting with} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {, as I have played
in most of my English games.}) 3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O
O-O 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. e3 {I have had this
position in tournament games more than once, but David took his time on every
move, which somewhat confirmed my initial impression.} Bh3 13. d4 {All these
moves were just natural but now there are several (more than I thought
initially!) subtleties involved. The main question is when and who will
effectively carry out the otherwise unavoidable exchange of bishops.} exd4 (
13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 exd4 15. exd4 $1 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 (15... Ne4 16. exd4 Rae8
17. Re1 Nd8 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nc3 $14 {Jensen,J-Postl,R (2077)/ICCF Email 2001/
Corr 2002 (1/2-1/2, 35). After provoking the weakening move f7-f5, White is
hurries to exchange the active black knight.}) 16. cxd5 Ne7 $11 {transposes to
the game.}) 15... Rae8 16. Ne2 $5 (16. Qd3 d5 17. c5 Ne4 18. Ne2 Bb8 19. Rcd1
Ng5 20. Nfg1 Ne7 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bc1 c6 $11 {Marin,M (2601)-Jerez Perez,A (2405)
/Andorra 2001/CBM 83 ext (1/2-1/2, 30). Black has regrouped well and has no
problems at all.}) 16... d5 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. c5 (18. Nxc6 Qxe2 $1) 18... Bb8 19.
Nf4 {(/\Nxc6, ץb8)} Nd8 20. a4 c6 21. b5 $36) 14. Nd5 (14. exd4 Bg4 $1 {
[%csl Gd4]}) 14... Nxd5 (14... dxe3 $4 15. Bxf6 $1 $18) (14... Bxg2 $5 15.
Nxf6+ $1 ({Again,} 15. Kxg2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 $11 {transposes to the game.})
15... gxf6 16. Kxg2 dxe3 17. c5 $44 {Only further practice will prove whether
Black is in danger here. After all, he is two pawns up...}) 15. cxd5 $6 {
But now, White goes wrong.} (15. Bxh3 $1 Qxh3 16. cxd5 Ne7 (16... Ne5 17. Nxe5
dxe5 18. exd4 e4 $5 {This was the move that I was worried about, but it turns
that it is not sufficient. Had I foreseen Navara's 18th move, I might have dug
in deeper here.} (18... exd4 19. Rxc7 Rad8 20. Rxb7 Rxd5 21. Qf3 Rd7 22. Re1 d3
23. Re7 $16) 19. Rxc7 Rae8 20. Rxb7 Bb8 21. Qe2 $16) 17. Bxd4 (17. Rxc7 Nxd5
18. Rxb7 $14) 17... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $14 {The black queen has been driven away
from the defence of the c7-pawn and is not able to create any concrete threats
on the kingside. Compared to the game, the situation clearly favours White.})
15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} (16... Ne5 17. Nxd4 $14 {Allows White
maintain his control in the centre.}) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 {Here I was quite
optimistic, enjoying the prospect of doubling rooks along the c-file, but after
} a5 $1 $11 {I understood that White has no advanatge at all. The control over
the a-file and the relative weakness of the b4-pawn offer Black good
counterplay.} 19. Rfd1 {Aiming to prevent the freeing move ...c6.} (19. b5 Qxb5
20. Rxc7 Nxd5 21. a4 Qb6 $1 ({Safer than} 21... Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nxc7 23. Qxd6
Ne6 24. Qb6 Rfb8 25. Kg2 Ra6 26. Qb5 $14 {Black's poor coordination makes his
position slightly unpleasant despite his minimal material advantage.})) (19.
Rc4 axb4 20. axb4 c6 21. dxc6 bxc6 $11) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Qc3 Rc8 22.
Rd4 c5 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Nc6 26. Rd1 (26. Rb1 Qf5 $1 27. Rb2
$2 Qxf3+ $1 $19) 26... Rxb4 27. Qd3 Rb2 (27... Kf8 28. Qh7 $40 (28. Qxd6+ $2
Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Ke7 $15 {[%csl Gb7]})) 28. Qxd6 Qf5 (28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Kf8 30.
Rd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7g7]}) 29. Qa3 Qb5 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qc8 Ne7 (31... Qe2 $11)
32. Qd7 Qc5 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 b5 $6 35. Rd7 Nf5 36. Kf1 (36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37.
Kg2 Rb2) 36... h5 37. Nd4 $138 (37. Rxf7 Nh6 38. Rf8 Ng4 39. Ng5+ Kh6 40. h4 b4
41. Ne6 b3 42. Nd4 Nxf2 $1 $11) (37. Ng5+ Kg6 38. Nxf7 Kf6 39. e4 Ke6 40. Rb7 (
40. Rd5 Ne3+ 41. fxe3 Kxf7 42. Rxh5 b4 $11) 40... Nd4 41. Ng5+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 b4
$44) 37... Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {This way of starting the game is not too popular at grandmaster level,
but the move is not bad at all. The only psychological drawback consists of
the fact that it gives Black the possibility of choosing between the Reti
Opening and the English Opening.} e5 (1... d5 2. Nf3 {could lead to a Reti
Opening.}) 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 {This is somewhat old-fashioned.} (9... Be6 {is by far more
popular.}) 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 ({Since Black's main plan consists of 11...a5 12.
b5 Nd4, when ...c6 is one of his strategic threats, I find the alternative} 11.
Rb1 {preferable.}) 11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 $1 (13... a4 {is too slow,
allowing White to gain territory in the centre} 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 $36 {
Gulko,B (2615)-Short,N (2655)/New York 1994/CBM 042/[Ribli] (1-0, 24)}) 14.
bxc6 Nxc6 {Apparently, Black's queenside operation has left him with only
weaknesses along the b-file. However, a closer look will convince us that
White's development is incomplete, leaving him with problems stabilising that
wing. After a predictable ...Be6, all Black's minor pieces would target the
white queenside, while the a3-pawn is vulnerable.} 15. Nc4 $146 {This novelty
does not look like an improvement over the existing theory.} ({White's main
tries for an advantage were so far connected with} 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rb1 Be6 (
16... Bg4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ba1 {Huebner,R (2628)-Ruck,R (2569)/Leipzig 2002/CBM
089/[Ribli] (1-0, 41)}) 17. Ba1 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. Qb2 f6 20. d4 {Markowski,
T (2549)-Huebner,R (2640)/Germany 2003/CBM 093/[Ribli] (1/2, 30)}) 15... Be6 {
A logical developing move, forcing White to release the tension.} (15... Nxc4
16. dxc4 {Offers White increased stability on the dark squares, with chances
to exploit the weaknesses along the b-file.} Bg4 17. h3 {followed by Nd5, with
some space advantage in the centre.}) 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Bc1 {
This is equivalent with admitting that 11.Bb2 has not been accurate and
practically leads to the loss of two tempi.} (18. a4 $5 {is more logical.} Rac8
({After} 18... Nd4 19. e3 Bb3 {the queen will be able to escape perpetual
harassment:} 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qg4 Be6 22. Qg5 {and the e5-pawn is hanging,
leaving the long diagonal vulnerable.}) 19. Nb5 Bb4 20. e3 {preparing d3-d4.
Black's position certainly looks active, but if White manages to regroup, his
position would be strategically superior.}) 18... Rac8 (18... a4 $5 $15 {
strongly comes into consideration.}) 19. Re1 $6 {Very passive.} (19. Be3 $5 {
, completing the activation of the bishop, looks more consequent and may offer
White reasonable compensation for the pawn after} Bxa3 20. Rb6 Qa8 21. Qa4 $44
{All White's pieces will target the enemy queenside (after Rb1 or Ra1), with
similar play to in the Benko Gambit.}) 19... b6 20. Bd2 (20. Nd5 b5 $15) ({
Now that the b-pawn has evacuated the long diagonal,} 20. Be3 {can be met by}
Nd4 $15) 20... Red8 21. a4 Nd4 22. Nb5 Bc5 $15 {Black is better developed,
which makes the blockade on b5 instable and the a4-pawn vulnerable.} 23. Nxd4
Bxd4 24. Be3 {Hoping to ease his position by simplifications.} Rc5 {Not
wishing to offer the opponent any space at all.} (24... Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rc5 {
also looks promising.}) 25. Bxd4 {White keeps exchanging pieces while also
trying to prevent the dangerous pawn break ...b5, which would leave Black with
a dangerous passed pawn.} (25. Qd2 b5 $36) 25... exd4 26. Rc1 Qc8 $1 {Simple
chess. Black keeps regrouping, inviting White to carry out the exchanges
himself.} (26... Rxc1 27. Qxc1 b5 {offers White counterplay:} 28. Qg5 Rb8 29.
Qe5 Qb6 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Qxd4 Qb4 $5 32. Qxb4 axb4 $44 {The pawn looks very
dangerous, but White can work out his way to a draw:} 33. Rb1 b3 34. d4 b2 35.
d5 Bg4 36. e3 (36. Kf1 $2 Rc8 $1 37. Be4 f5 $1) 36... Be2 37. Bf1 Bf3 38. Bg2
Bd1 39. Rxd1 $1 b1=Q 40. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Bf1 {and White should not lose this
ending.}) 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Qa1 Rc8 {Maintaining the control of the only open
file.} 29. h4 Qc3 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. Be4 f5 ({At some later point, the
vulnerability of the a2-g8 diagonal will become a main theme. Therefore, the
immediate} 31... Bb3 {comes into consideration, with complete white paralysis.}
) 32. Bf3 {There is little this bishop can do, while its counterpart has the
precise function of attacking the a4-pawn and covering the b-file at the same
time.} Bb3 33. Kf1 Kf8 {The king courageously starts his march, preparing for
the ending.} (33... Kf7 $6 34. Qa3 $1 $132 Qb4 $2 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Rb1 $16 Rc3
$2 37. Rxb3 $1 $18) 34. e3 $6 {Desperation.} (34. Qa3+ Qb4 35. Qxb4+ axb4 36.
Rb1 Rc3 $17) (34. Rb1 Qxa1 35. Rxa1 Ke7 $17) 34... Qxd3+ $6 (34... dxe3 $1 {
would have been by far more convincing.} 35. fxe3 (35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxe3 Bxa4
$19) (35. Qa3+ Qb4 36. Qxb4+ axb4 37. Rb1 Bc2 38. Rxb4 Bxd3+ {and the e-pawn
is an irresistible force.}) 35... Qxd3+ $19) 35. Kg2 Qc3 (35... dxe3 $2 {
does not work now:} 36. Qa3+ {followed by Rxe3, winning the bishop, for
instance} Re7 37. Rxe3 $18) 36. Qa3+ {The last chance.} Ke8 $2 {This looks
like premature centralisation, since the queens are still on the board.} (36...
Qb4 $1 37. Qxb4+ axb4 38. Rb1 Rc3 39. exd4 Ke7 {The more active king and the
favourable queenside situation offer Black excellent winning chances.}) 37. Qd6
$132 {With such an open king, the perpetual check is hard to avoid.} Rd7 38.
Qe5+ Re7 39. Qb5+ Kf8 40. Qxf5+ Rf7 41. Qe5 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Qxe1 43. Qb8+ Ke7 44.
Qc7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50.
Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:16"]
[BlackClock "0:00:16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 {One of the big
paradoxes of modern chess theory. Black gives up his light-squared bishop,
leaving the monster from g2 unchallenged and is supposed to equalise!} 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Ba1 $146 {The move (in connection with the next one) was
suggested to me by IM Ovidiu Foisor several years ago.} ({I had tried} 16. Bxd4
exd4 17. Qc2 {twice, for the simple reason that I wanted to check first
whether White really needs to be so refined (Bb2-a1xd4).} Kh8 $5 {is trickier
and seems to offer Black adequate play.} (17... Nc3 $6 {worked out well for
White.} 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bc6 $1 {It is important to keep the b5-pawn well
defended, in order to cut Black's army into two.} (19. Bf3 Bxa3 20. Ra1 Bb4 21.
Nb1 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A (2572)-Van den Doel,E (2547)/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001})
19... Nxe2+ (19... Nxb1 20. Rxb1 $16 {><a4}) 20. Kg2 Nc3 21. Ra1 $1 Kh8 22. Ne4
Nd5 $2 (22... Nxb5 23. Qxa4 Nc3 24. Qc4 f5 25. Nxc3 dxc3 26. a4 $16) 23. Qxa4
f5 24. Nd2 Nc3 25. Qc4 f4 26. a4 $18 Rf5 27. Nf3 Rh5 28. Qf7 {1-0 Marin,M 
(2551)-Sulava,N (2552)/Cannes (open) 2002.}) 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rbc1 Bf8
20. Qb2 Nc3 21. Rfe1 Rb8 22. e3 Qd7 23. b6 c6 24. e4 Bc5 25. f4 $14 {offered
White some advantage in Ostenstad,B (2480)-Johannessen,L (2555)/Moss 2006/TWIC
610 (1/2-1/2, 41). The open question remains what to do against 19...Bc5, as
played by Lima.}) 19... Bc5 20. Na5 Rxa5 21. Qxc5 Nc3 22. Bxb7 Re5 23. Qc4 Nxb1
24. Rxb1 Rxe2 25. Be4 f5 $1 {and White could not stabilize the position to his
favour in Marin,M (2511)-Lima,D (2533)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (1/2-1/2, 39)})
16... Qd7 {Practically forced, but the queen will be exposed here.} (16... Ra5
17. Nc4 Ra7 (17... Rxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxb5 19. Qxa4 c6 20. Qb3 Rf7 21. Bh3 $16) 18.
e3 Nb3 19. Rxb3 $5 axb3 20. Qxb3 Kh8 21. d4 $14) (16... Kh8 17. e3 $16 {
[%csl Gg2] ץg2, /^h1-a8}) 17. Bxd4 $5 $146 {This is Ovidiu's idea.} (17. b6 {
is also interesting} cxb6 $5 (17... c6 $2 {drops a piece to} 18. e4) (17...
Nxb6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Be4 Bxa3 20. e3 Ne6 21. Qc2 $44 Bd6 22. d4 g6 23. Bc6
Qf7 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Bxa4 Nxa4 {1/2-1/2 Johansson,L (2280)
-Motwani,P (2425)/Copenhagen 1991/EXT 97} 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxa4 $16 {[%csl
Rc7,Ge4,Re5]}) 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rxb6 Rxb6 22. Nxb6
Qc6 23. Nxa4 b5 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Nb2 Ra8 26. Ra1 b4 27. a4 Qc3 $44) 17... exd4
18. Qc2 Rf7 ({With the queen on the exposed d7-square,} 18... Nc3 $2 {does not
work at all:} 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bc6 $16) (18... Kh8 $5 {is an important
alternative. In some lines, Black will avoid the unpleasant pin of the rook,
but in others, his queen will be undefended (after a bishop move).}) 19. Qc4 c6
$5 {If Black has to play this, something must have been wrong with his
strategy. Maybe he should have kept the light-squared bishop after all?!} (
19... Nb6 20. Qa2 Ra7 21. Nc4 (21. Rfc1 $5) 21... Qe6 (21... Nd5 $2 22. Ne5 $1
$18 {We can see here the drawbacks of the rook lift to f7.}) (21... Nc8 22.
Rfc1 Bf8 23. b6 $16) 22. Rb2 $14) 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra1 $5 (21. Qxd4 $1 Bxa3
22. Ra1 (22. Nc4 Bf8 23. e4 {With ...Kh8 instead of ...Rf7, the f8-square
would not have been available to the bishop and the knight would have been
pinned now.} Nb4 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nb6 Rdd8 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44) 22... Qe7 {
and here I missed} 23. Qc4 $1 $16 {/\Qxc6} ({calculating only} 23. Bxd5 cxd5
24. Qxd5 Rd8 $44)) 21... f5 {Indirectly defending the d4-pawn.} 22. Rfc1 $14 {
Black has numerous weaknesses and the simple rook moves, defending a3 or
attacking c6, cause him problems of coordination.} Rd8 (22... Bf6 23. Qxc6 $16)
23. Rc2 $1 (23. Qxc6 $6 Nc3 $1 $44) (23. Qxa4 $2 Nc3 24. Qc4 Nxe2+ $15) 23...
Bf6 24. Qxa4 Nc3 25. Qc4 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Nc3 (26... Qe7 $2 27. Re1 Re8 28. Nf3
$18 {פe2, צe1}) 27. Bxc6 {After the game, I reproached myself for this move,
but now I believe that the mistake came later.} (27. a4 f4 $5 $132) 27... Qd6
28. Ba4 $6 (28. Re1 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ye1e8,Yc6e8]} Kf8 {Being under some
time pressure, I stopped my "calculation" here.} 29. a4 $1 Rc8 (29... f4 30.
Ne4 $16) (29... Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Rb2 $40 {/\Rb7}) 30. Re6 Qb8
31. a5 $16) 28... Rdf8 $1 {I also missed this simple move.} 29. Qc6 (29. Bb3
Kh8 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Qc6 32. f3 g5 $44 {The queen is quite dangerous,
especially in time trouble.}) 29... Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Rc7 31. Bf3 Rb8 32. a4 Ra7
33. Nc4 (33. a5 Ra6 34. Nc4 Bd8 $44 {White cannot activate his pieces easily
and the most likely result is a draw.}) 33... Rxa4 {This is possible, but not
necessary.} (33... Ra6 $5 $44) 34. Rxa4 Nxa4 35. Nd6 Nc3 (35... g6 36. Bd5+ Kf8
37. Rc7 $36) 36. Nxf5 $14 Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rf5] פf5} 37. g4 $138 (37. Kg2 Kf7 38.
h4 $6 h5 $1 {/\...g6}) 37... g6 38. Ng3 Be5 39. Kg2 Kg7 {[%csl Rc2,Rf4] צc2}
40. Rc1 Rb1 $1 41. Rxb1 Nxb1 42. Bd5 Nc3 43. Bc4 Kf6 44. h4 h6 45. h5 (45. Ba6
Bxg3 $1 (45... Bd6 46. h5 Bxg3 47. Kxg3 g5 48. f4 $1 Ne2+ 49. Kf3 Nxf4 50. Ke4
$18 Nh3 51. Kxd4 Nf2 52. Bc8 $1) 46. Kxg3 Ne2+ $1 (46... g5 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48.
f4 Ne2+ 49. Kf3 Nxf4 50. Ke4 Ne2 51. Bc4 $22 Kg6 52. Ke5 $22 Kh6 53. Bd5 Kg6
54. Bf3 Nf4 55. Kxd4 $18) 47. Kf3 Nc3 $11) 45... Bxg3 46. Kxg3 g5 $1 (46...
gxh5 $2 47. gxh5 Kg5 48. f4+ $1 $16 Kxh5 $2 49. Bf7#) 47. f4 (47. Kf3 Ke5 $15)
47... Ne2+ $1 48. Kf3 Nxf4 49. Ke4 Nh3 $8 50. Ba6 (50. Kxd4 Nf2 $11 {[%csl Gc4,
Re6,Yg4] ץc4}) 50... Nf2+ 51. Kf3 Nd1 52. Ke4 Nf2+ 53. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges op 25th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rd1 {N} Qe7 10. d3 c6 (10... h6 11. Na4 d6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be3 $16
) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qc3 (15. e3 Qe7) 15...
Qe7 16. c5 (16. d4 e4) 16... Rd8 17. Rd2 (17. d4 e4 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Bg2 d5 20.
cxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxe4 Bf5 $11) (17. b4 d5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Rab1 Be6 20. a4 Bd5
$11) 17... d5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 (18... Rxd6 19. b4) 19. Rad1 Be6 20. d4 exd4 21.
Rxd4 Qe7 22. a3 Qf6 23. Kg2 $6 (23. h4 $142 $1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Qe5 $16 Bd5 27. Qd4 $1 (27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qd4 Qc7) 27... Qc7 28. e4 Be6 29.
Qxa7) (23. Qc5 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxa7 Bh3 $19) (23. Qb4 Rxd4
24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb7 Bh3 $19) 23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+
Qxd8 26. Qe5 (26. Qc5 a5) 26... g5 $1 $14 27. g4 a6 28. h3 Qe7 29. b4 f6 30.
Qd4 $138 Kg7 $138 (30... Kf7) 31. a4 Qd7 32. Qxd7+ Bxd7 33. a5 Kf7 34. Be4 Ke7
(34... Ke6) 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke3 Kc7 $6 37. Kd4 b6 $6 38. Bd3 $18 Bc8 39. axb6+
Kxb6 40. e3 Kc7 41. Kc5 Bb7 42. Bf5 Ba8 (42... a5 43. bxa5 Ba6 44. Be4 Bb5 (
44... Bf1 45. Bxc6 Bxh3 46. a6 Kb8 47. Kb6 $18) 45. Bd5 $1 Kb7 46. Bc4 $18) 43.
Be6 Bb7 44. f4 Ba8 45. f5 Bb7 46. e4 Ba8 47. e5 fxe5 48. f6 Kd8 49. Kd6 Ke8 50.
Kxe5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 (6... Bb4 {
is by far more popular. A recent game went} 7. d4 $5 {not very usual; Whie
weakens his light squares.} ({For the normal} 7. Qb3 {see for instance Nielsen,
P (2700)-Caruana,F (2697)/Amsterdam 2010/CBM 138/[Ftacnik] (1/2, 37)}) 7...
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e4 9. Bg2 h6 10. c5 O-O 11. c4 b6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qa4 bxc5 14.
dxc5 Bb7 15. Qa5 {White has good control on dark squares, but his structural
deffects prevent him fromm carrying any effective pawn rupture.} Ng4 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Bh3 Re7 20. Qa6 Ng6 21. Be3 Nf8 22. Rc3 Ne6
23. Qa5 Qf8 24. Rb1 f5 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Qc3 a6 27. Ra5 Kh7 28. Qe5 g6 $13 {
Romanov,E (2625)-Caruana,F (2767)/Sochi 2012/CBM 148 (0-1, 42)}) 7. d3 h6 {
Actually, the necessity of playing this prophylactyc move is questionable.} (
7... O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd2 (
13. e3 Qe7 14. Bg2 d6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. f4 Qd7 {Kosten,A (2530)-Hamdouchi,H 
(2579)/Montpellier 2006/CBM 113 ext (0-1, 53)}) 13... a5 14. a3 a4 15. Rac1 f5
(15... d6 16. Rfd1) 16. Rfd1 Qe7 (16... d6 17. d4) 17. c5 d5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19.
Rc4 Rd8 $2 {Did Black overlook or just underestimate White's threat?} (19...
Be6 20. Rb4 Rf7 21. Qc3 Bb3 22. Rc1 {ithout any pawn breaks in sight, White's
queenside pressure remains purely platonic, the same as his hopes to attack
the enemy pawns with his bishop.}) 20. Qc2 e4 21. Bg2 Qe5 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23.
Qxa4 Qxb2 24. dxe4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxa3 26. Bh3 $16 {Smejkal,J (2540)-Campora,D
(2490)/Vrsac 1981/MCD (1-0, 39)}) 8. O-O (8. h4 {was tried in an Internet
blitz match between two strong grandmasters, but oes not look too much to the
point.} c6 {This does not really threaten ...d7-d5, but prepares the solid ...
d7-d6.} (8... d6 $6 9. b4 $1 Bd4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. e3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qd7 13. O-O
Re8 14. Bg2 d5 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. a4 $14 {Bacrot,E (2645)-Sutovsky,E
(2639)/playchess.com 2003/EXT 2004 (1/2, 37)}) 9. g4 $6 {Exposing this pawn.} (
{A neutral move should have preferred, for instance:} 9. Bd2 d5 $2 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. Qb3) 9... d5 10. g5 (10. cxd5 Bxg4) 10... hxg5 11. Bxg5 Qb6 $36 {
Bacrot,E (2645)-Sutovsky,E (2639)/playchess.com 2003/EXT 2004 (0-1, 44)}) 8...
O-O 9. Bg2 {A subtle retreat, clearing the path for the f-pawn and waiting for
Black to display his cards.} (9. Rb1 c6 (9... a5 10. a3 c6 11. b4 Bd4 {
Yakovich,Y (2596)-Kurnosov,I (2543)/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102/[Ribli] (1-0,
45)}) 10. b4 Be7 11. Qb3 d6 12. b5 $14 {Cebalo,M (2476)-Kosintseva,T (2539)/
Biel 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 40)}) (9. a3 a6 10. e3 Ba7 11. b4 c6 12. d4 exd4
13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {Bacrot,E (2653)-Sutovsky,E (2664)/Albert 2001/
CBM 086 (1/2, 42)}) 9... c6 10. Bd2 (10. Qb3 $5 {contains more venom that it
might seem:} Bb6 11. Bd2 d6 12. h3 Nd7 ({White's point is that after} 12... Be6
{he can get the two bishops. true, things are not entirley clear:} 13. Na4 Qd7
{[%cal Gb6d8]} 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Kh2 b5 $1 {By attacking h3, Black has gained
a tempo for attacking the pinned pawn. I wonder whether White could have
considered other half-waiting move instead of h2-h3.} 16. Qc3 bxc4 17. dxc4 {
Black has turned the structural balance slightly to his favour, but I would
treasure the bishops pair more in the long term battle.}) 13. Kh2 Nc5 14. Qd1
a5 {Black has some queenside stability, but his pieces compete for a single
square: c5.} 15. f4 f5 16. Na4 (16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rae1 $14 {/\e3, b3}) 16... Nxa4
17. Qxa4 Be6 18. Rae1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bc5 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. e4 Qc7 $2 (21... Rf7) (
21... Rad8) 22. a3 (22. d4 Bxd4 23. c5 Be5 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25. exf5 Bd7 26. f6
Rxf6 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Re7 $40) 22... Rad8 23. Qd2 (23. Qc3 $14)
23... Bd4 $11 {Najdorf,M (2525)-Camara,H (2325)/Sao Paulo 1978/MCL (1-0, 40)})
10... Re8 {Black maintains the freedom for his dark-squared bishop but delays
the development of the other. This problem in the closed games has been
revealed many decades ago by Rudolf Spielmann: it is not easy to activate both
bishops at the early stage of the game.} (10... d6 {hands in the bishops pair.}
11. Na4 Bd4 12. e3 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bc3 Re8 15. d4 (15. a4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6
17. e4 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gb2b3]}) 15... e4 16. d5 Qe7 17. a4 c5 18. b4 Bf5 19.
bxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 Rad8 (20... Nh7 21. Rfb1 Ra7 22. Qb6 Rea8 23. Qb2 f6 24. Qc2
Ng5 25. h4 Nh7 26. a5 Nf8 27. Rb3 Ng6 28. Rab1 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxb7 Rxa5)
21. Rfb1 Rd7 22. Qb2 Ng4 23. Ra3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Rab3 $14 {
Smejkal,J (2600)-Portisch,L (2635)/Milan 1975/MCL (1/2, 62)}) 11. Rc1 Bf8 (
11... Bb6 12. b4 $14) (11... d6 12. Na4 $14) (11... a5 12. Na4 Ba7 13. c5 $14)
12. e4 $1 {Preparing the kingside attack.} d6 ({Playing for the d4-square with
} 12... Bc5 {[%csl Gd4] would lose too much time:} 13. h3 d6 14. Kh1 a5 15. f4
$36) 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Kh2 Nd7 $6 {Black plays for a blockade on dark
squares, but this restricts his own possibilities as well. Besides, the
absence of the knight from the kingside will make itself felt.} (15... b5 $5 {
is worth considering, opening at last one file. A possible continuation would
be} 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. b4 {followed by f2-f4-f5, but Black could
find ways to get some queenside counterplay.}) 16. Be3 a5 17. f4 Nc5 18. Rc2
Be6 $2 {Suicidal. White's attack was dangerous anyway, there was no need to
help him speed it up.} (18... Bd7 19. Rcf2 f6 20. f5 b5 21. Bf3 (21. axb5 cxb5
22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Bh5 Re7 {[%csl Ge4]}) 21... Nxa4 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 c5 24.
Qd1 Re7 25. g4 Bc6 26. h4 $40) 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bf3 b5 $6 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bh5
bxc4 (22... b4 23. Nd5 $18) 23. dxc4 $18 {All White's pieces are ready to
cooperate in the attack. Black has no satisfactory defence.} Be7 $6 {[%cal
Ge7g5] This takes some measures against the attack, but allows a simple
tactical solution.} (23... Qb6 24. Bxh6 $1 (24. f6 $18) 24... gxh6 25. Qg4+ Kh8
26. Bxf7 Be7 27. Qh5 Bg5 28. h4 $18) (23... Bc6 24. f6 g6 25. Bxg6) 24. Bxc5
dxc5 25. Qd5 (25. Rd2 Rb7 26. f6 Bxf6 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. Rxd8 Rxb2+ 29. Kh1 $18)
25... Rf8 26. Rd1 Be8 27. Qxe5 $18 Bf6 28. Qxc5 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. c5 Rb4
31. Nd5 Ba4 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Rc4 Bxd1 34. Bxd1 Rd8 35. Bb3 Rd2+ 36. Kh1 Rxb2
37. Rxb4 Be5 38. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 {This is the old move order, but in the present game it was probably played
with the intention of combining classic and modern trends.} ({Nowadays,} 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 {is considered to be more topical. I assume
that Wang wanted to avoid} Nd4 ({After} 11... a5 {we reach a position to which
Black could have transposed in the game.} 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Carlsen,M 
(2801)-Kramnik,V (2772)/London 2009/CBM 134/[Carlsen,M] (1-0, 43)}) 12. Nd2 c6
13. Nde4 {Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/CBM 123/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) 8... O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 ({As usual, the main
alternative is jumping with the knight without the previous ...a5.} 10... Nd4
11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 {This may seem to be very close to equality and
computers certainly think so, but there is a famous game in which one of the
strongest players in history managed to win.} 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 f5 21. b5 c5
22. e3 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Nf8 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Rad1 {Both sides have displayed their
forces harmoniously, but White eventually found a way to open the centre and
prove the superiority of his bishop over the knight, Kasparov,G (2760)-Salov,V
(2595)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (1-0, 58)}) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 {Once the queenside
structure has been established, White is ready to get back to the Rb1 lines,
but Black can deviate.} ({It is known that} 12. Nxe5 {leads nowhere after} Bf6
13. f4 Nb3 {and White's pieces are hanging.}) (12. Bb2 {is more typical for
this move order, but things are not entirely clear here.} f6 (12... Bb3 13. Qc1
Be6 {is an unsuccessfull attempt to force a draw:} ({The careless} 13... Re8 $6
{drops a pawn:} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxb7 $1 $16 {Marin,M (2548)-Palac,M (2610)/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Marin,M] (1/2, 27)}) 14. Rb1 f6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Na4
17. Ba1 Ba2 18. Qc2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nb6 20. Nc5 $14 {Marin,M (2569)-Stefansson,H
(2567)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Marin,M] (1-0, 58)}) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Qd7
$1 {This developing move, implying a psudo-sacrifice, keeps Black very much in
the game.} (14... Bd5 15. Bh3 Bf7 16. Rc1 Re8 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Re1 $14 {Jobava,
B (2616)-Cheparinov,I (2555)/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (1-0, 43)}) 15. Bxb7 Qxb5 16.
Nxb6 Rab8 $1 $132 {Atalik,S (2592)-Vokarev,S (2502)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (1/2,
33)}) 12... Nd5 {This is supposed to be fine for Black.} (12... f6 {would
transpose to a line mentioned above.}) 13. Na4 Nxf3+ (13... Qe8 $5 {is an over
ambitious move, immediately attacking b5.} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Rd8 $8 (15...
Bf6 16. Nc5 $16) 16. Bxd4 Bxa3 17. Nc5 Nf4 $1 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. gxf4 Rxd4 20.
e3 Rd6 21. Qb3 Bb4 $13 {and White failed to stabilize the position to his
favour in Azmaiparashvili,Z (2560)-Romanishin,O (2555)/Yerevan 1989/CBM 014 (1/
2, 28)}) ({Apparently, Azmaiparashvili found an improvement over his previous
game, since he repeated the line 3 years later. This time Black reacted feebly:
} 13... Bg4 $6 {Moving with this bishop for the second time before the
development has been completed.} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfd1
Rb8 18. h3 Be6 19. Nc5 $16 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2610)-Gomez Jurado,L (2265)/
Candas 1992/TD (1-0, 28)}) 14. Bxf3 f5 $146 {White will find an effective way
to deal with this (possibly) over-the-board novelty.} (14... Qd6 15. Qd2 Rfd8
16. Bb2 c6 17. Nc3 c5 18. Ne4 Qb8 19. Ng5 (19. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ge4d2,Gd2c4]
followed by Nd2-c4 may be more consistent strategically.}) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5
f6 21. Qh4 Rd7 22. Be4 h6 23. Rbc1 Qf8 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 f5 26. Bh1 c4 $132
{Giorgadze,G (2410)-Yakovich,Y (2450)/Barnaul 1988/TD (1-0, 40)}) 15. Bb2 Bd6 {
This also is a loss of time and a direct consequence of the previous move.
Black has to maintain the c5-square defended by the bishop, while covering the
e5-pawn.} (15... Qd6 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qb3 $36) 16. Qb3 $1 {After
this, Black will miss a tempo to stabilize his position.} Nf4 (16... c6 17.
bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 $14) 17. Qc2 Nh3+ (17... Nd5 {loses a tempo for nothing and
can be met by} 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 f4 {White has won
a pawn, but Black seems to have some chances on the kingside.} 21. Nc5 $1 {
White immediately starts fighting for the light squares, ignoring the loss of
the exchange.} f3+ $5 {The only attempt to mud the waters.} (21... Bh3+ 22. Kg1
Bxf1 23. Rxf1 $16 {White has a pawn for the exchange, the a5-pawn is in danger
(which makes the a3-pawn a dangerous candidate to promotion, sustained by the
c6-bishop) while the light squares are under white control.}) 22. exf3 Bh3+ 23.
Kh1 (23. Kg1 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Rfe1 {looks less clear. Why leave Black
with the latent threat on g2?}) 23... Nxf3 24. Qc4+ {Another queen move
provoking a forced sequence.} (24. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1e3]} Nxe1 25. Rxe1 {
is playable, too, but possibly less effective.}) 24... Kh8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26.
Qxe6 {White has eliminated the dangerous bishop and is ready to enjoy his
light-squared domination. He temporarily will lose the exchange, though.} Nd2
27. Rbd1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Rf6 29. Qc4 Qf8 {Again, Karjakin finds a way to keep
some tension in the position, by attacking f2 and a3 simultaneously.} 30. f3
Bxa3 31. Bxe5 Rf7 32. Bd5 Rd7 33. Bxc7 Rxc7 (33... Rc8 34. b6 $16) 34. Qxc7
Rxb5 35. Qd7 {The position has calmed down finally. White is a pawn up and
controls the centre. The black king has less pawns around him, but the move
f2-f3 has somewhat weakened the white king, too. Besides, the a5-pawn needs
some surveillance. In conclusion, White is clearly better, but has to play
accurately.} Rb8 36. Re1 Bb2 37. Re6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd5e4,Ge6h6] The
invasion of the white pieces is impressive. The concrete threat is Be4
followed by Rh6.} Rd8 38. Qb5 a4 $6 {Giving up this pawn too easily.} 39. Qxa4
Bf6 (39... Rxd5 $2 40. Re8) 40. Be4 $18 {The rest should be simple, but
miracles will happen in the less expected moment.} g6 41. Kg2 Bd4 42. h4 Qc5
43. h5 $1 {Strongest, but not the only one.} ({The simpler} 43. Re8+ {should
win as well.}) 43... Qc1 (43... Qxh5 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Qxe8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kf8
47. Qxd4 $18) 44. hxg6 $2 (44. Re8+ $2 Kg7 45. Rxd8 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qh1+ 47. Kg4
Qxh5+ 48. Kf4 Qe5+ 49. Kg4 Qh5+ $11) ({White should have taken the h1-square
under control and depriving Black from any form of counterplay.} 44. f4 $1)
44... Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Bf2 $1 $11 {The threat of mate in one is not easy to be
parried. Whites activity is enough for just a draw by perpetual.} 46. Re8+ Kg7
47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. gxh7+ Kh8 (49... Kxf7 $2 {allows White reach the
c7-square with his queen with gain of time>} 50. Qc4+ Kf6 51. Qc6+ Ke5 52. Qc7+
Ke6 {Obviously, there was no other square available for the king, because Qxd8
with check cannot be allowed.} 53. d4 $1 {Followed by d4-d5. Black will not be
able to prevent the promotion of the h-pawn.} Rf8 54. d5+ Kf6 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56.
Qxf8+ $1 $18) 50. Kg4 Qxg3+ 51. Kf5 Bd4 52. Qc6 Qh3+ 53. Kg6 Qg3+ 54. Kf5 Qh3+
55. Kg6 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 {Tiviakov has big experience in thisline as
Black.} Nd4 ({He has frequently played the other possible line here, too:} 
11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 {Here is his most recent games with it, against the same
opponent:} 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 Nh6 $5 ({Black starts
improving the position of his knight, before starting queenside operations.
Many years ago, Tiviakov tried} 16... a4 17. Rfd1 Ra5 {><b5,a3, but White
reacted in rather interesting way with} 18. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxd8+
Bxd8 21. Nxa4 Nd6 22. Nc3 {/\a4,Ba3+/-} Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rd1 $44 {
Wedberg,T (2465)-Tiviakov,S (2575)/Haninge 1992/CBM 030/[Dautov] (1-0, 37)})
17. Rfd1 Nf7 18. Rbc1 Bf8 19. h4 $6 ({Maxim Notkin in Chess Today recommends} 
19. Ne2 a4 20. d4 {with active play in the centre for White.}) 19... Bh3 20.
Bh1 Bg4 21. Re1 Bf5 22. Nce4 Qd7 $15 {Van Wely,L (2655)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/
Hilversum 2006 (0-1, 32)}) 12. Be3 Nxf3+ ({The othe rpossible move is} 12... c5
{as played in, for instance, Lautier,J (2620)-Portisch,L (2600)/Biel 1996/CBM
55/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 42). White has failed to prove a convincing way to an
advantage so far.}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qc2 $146 {A logical novelty. White
connects hisrooks and refrains from defining his knight's intentions, in order
to maintain the control of the d5-square.} (14. Ne4 Nd5 (14... Bd5 15. a4 f5
16. Nd2 Nd7 $6 (16... Bf6 $5 17. a5 Nc8 $14) 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Nf3
Bd6 20. Bg5 Bc7 21. Rbc1 $14 {Serper,G (2490)-Tiviakov,S (2520)/Kherson 1991/
CBM 021 ext (1-0, 47)}) 15. Bd2 b6 (15... f5 16. Nc5 $14) 16. Qa4 (16. Qc2 {
Ribli} Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $13) 16... Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Nc3 {/\19.Nxd5 Bxd5
20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Rc3+/= <->c} (18. Bg2 {Ribli} a5 $36) 18... b5 {Schwartzman,G 
(2505)-Tiviakov,S (2640)/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 045/[Hansen,Cu] (0-1, 39)}) (14.
Bc5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 $11 {Timman,J (2630)-Bareev,E 
(2665)/Ubeda 1997/CBM 058 (1/2-1/2, 30) Black's centre is strong enough to
neutralise White's very light queenside initiative.}) 14... Rf7 15. Bc5 {
Returning to familar paths.} ({A more logical continuation of the plan
initiated by the previous move seems to be} 15. Rfc1 {[%cal Ya3a4,Yb4b5,Yc3e4,
Ye3c5] , increasing the pressure against Black's queenside. White would decide
which of the numerous plans available he will choose in acordance with Black's
answer.}) 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 b6 {The weakness of the c6-pawn will be relatively
easy to defend, although it is true that it will restrict Black's active
possibilities to a certain extent. At the same time, it is the lesser evil for
Black, who should not allow the enem knight jump to c5.} 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rfd1
Rc8 19. e3 {[%cal Yd3d4]} Nf5 {[%csl Gd4]} 20. Rbc1 Rd7 21. Qe2 Ne7 22. Nc3 $11
{For both sides it will be difficult to carry out an active plan.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 f5 $5 {This aggresive advance of the f-pawn is hardly popular
nowadays.} 10. b4 Bf6 {But this seems to be premature already. Black should
not obstruct the f-file so soon.} (10... O-O {would have transposed to an old
main line after} 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Nd2) 11. e4 $1 O-O ({The deffects of Black's
previous move can be seen after the generally desirable} 11... f4 {when White
can react with} 12. gxf4 exf4 13. e5) 12. exf5 Bxf5 {White obtained the
e4-square for his minor pieces - one of a Sicilian adherent's most ambitious
dreams...} 13. Ne4 ({Equally logical is} 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Ne4 Bg4 15. Bb2 Bxf3
$6 16. Bxf3 Be7 17. Bg2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rac1 c6 20. Nc5 Rfb8 21. Be4 $16
{with a dream position for White in Adorjan,A (2545)-Fedorowicz,J (2435)/New
York 1981/MCD (1-0, 33)}) 13... Kh8 (13... Bxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16.
Re1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rd6 19. Rec1 c6 20. a4 $16 {Sunye Neto,J (2475)
-Van Riemsdijk,H (2375)/Brasilia 1982/EXT 2002 (1-0, 40)}) 14. b5 Bxe4 {
A highly committal decision, but the alternatives were not very promissing
either.} (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 (15... exd4 16. Nc5 {[%csl Gb7]}) 16. Be3 Qd8
17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxb7 $16) (14... Na5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. d4 $36)
15. dxe4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4 $14 {White's pair
of bishops and the excellent control of the light squares offer him the better
chances. Black's possibility of installing the knight on c3 does not promisse
much.} Nd5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Rfe1 Qd6 23. Qc4 Nc3 24. Bc6 Red8 25. Kg2
$2 (25. f4 $1 Bg7 (25... Bf6 26. Re6 $18) 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Re6 Qf8 28. Rae1
$40) 25... d3 $132 26. Bf4 Ne2 27. Be3 Bd4 28. Qxd3 Bxa1 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxe2
a6 31. Bf4 axb5 32. Bxd6 cxd6 33. Rd2 Rb6 34. Rxd6 Bb2 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rd8+ Kg7
37. Rd7+ Kh8 38. Bxa4 Rb4 39. Bc6 Bd4 40. h4 Bc5 41. Rf7 Rd4 42. Kh3 Kg8 43.
Rc7 Rd6 44. Bb5 Bxf2 45. Bc4+ Kh8 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kh8 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49.
Rg8+ Kh6 50. g4 Be3 51. g5+ Bxg5 52. hxg5+ Kxg5 53. Rg7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 {This kind of exchange is not
too popular in the reversed Dragon English.} (12. Nd2 {is the main line, as,
for instance, Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/CBM 123/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) 12... exd4 13. Ne4 {Strategically, White's position
looks very pleasant, but in the presence of queens Black has chances for a
kingside attack.} Bd5 {Black's highest priority is to neutralise the English
bishop.} ({Not even attacking the rook in the hope of forcing it into a worse
position is allowed:} 13... Ba2 14. Nc5 $1 Bxb1 {In for a penny...} 15. Qb3+ {
Black's light squares are very weak now.} Kh8 (15... Rf7 16. Nxb7 Qe8 17. Na5
Bxd3 18. exd3 Rd8 19. Nc6 Rd6 20. b5 Bf8 21. a4 $16 {Miezis,N (2516)-Agopov,M 
(2376)/Oslo 2003/EXT 2004 (1-0, 28). White threatens a4-a5 followed by Bd5.
Besides, the a7-pawn is doomed.}) 16. Ne6 Qd7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Bxb7 $1 (18.
Qxb1 c6 $14) 18... Qa4 19. Qxb1 c6 20. Qa2 Bxb4 21. Qe6 Bxa3 22. Bxc6 Qb4 23.
Be4 $16 {Thorfinnsson,B (2412)-Motylev,A (2690)/Rogaska Slatina 2011/CBM 145 
(1/2, 48)}) 14. Bb2 (14. e3 $5 {is an interesting attempt to annihilate
Black's space advantage in the centre.} a5 {A principled reaction.} (14... dxe3
{offers White chances to retain some pressure:} 15. Bxe3 f5 16. Nc5 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Qf3) 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. exd4 f5 17. Qe1 Ra8 ({Since the rook will
later have to defend the b7-pawn,} 17... Ra7 $5 {deserves attention.}) 18. Nc5
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Rfe8 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Re1
$14 {Black has some problems of coordination and the bishop is likely to
become a monster along the long diagonal.}) 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Bd6 23. Nc5
Ra7 24. Rb5 $14 {White has maintained his extra pawn (not a very impressive
one for the time being, but at least it inhibits ...Bxc5) and some pressure.}
g6 25. Be3 $6 {Allowing a simplifying operation.} (25. Kg2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh2h4,
Gc1b2]}) 25... Nd5 26. Nxb7 Nxe3 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Re1 Rxa3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30.
fxe3 Rxd3 31. Rd5 {1/2 Hracek,Z (2628)-Karjakin,S (2763)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM
146}) 14... f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 ({In principle, Black should not let his queen be
decoyed to d5, since it will become vulnerable either to the exchange with Qb3
or to rook attacks with Rc1-c5.} 15... Bf6 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Rc1 Rf7 18. Rc5
$36 {Timman,J (2630)-Bareev,E (2680)/Tilburg 1991/CBM 026/[Ribli] (1-0, 39)})
16. Kxg2 Kh8 (16... Qd5+ 17. Kg1 {is likely to transpose above.}) 17. Nf3 Bf6
18. Qc2 $146 {Navara hopes to improve over a previous game of his.} ({In the
following old game, Black misplayed his attack badly:} 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rae8
20. Rc2 f4 (20... g5 $5 {Azmaiparashvili}) 21. b5 fxg3 $6 (21... Nd5 $5 {
Azmaiparashvili}) (21... g5 $5) 22. hxg3 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Gf1h1]} Nd5 23.
Rh1 $14 c6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxd4 Qf7 $6 (25... Nf4+ $5 {Azmaiparashvili}) 26.
Qc4 Re6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qh4 $18 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2575)-Chandler,M (2585)/
London 1989/TD (1-0, 41)}) ({Navara's previous game went:} 18. a4 {Slightly
premature judging from Black's answer.} a5 19. b5 Re8 20. Re1 c5 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. e3 dxe3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. fxe3 {Black's kingside structure has been
spoiled, but White's central pawns are vulnerable, too.} Nd5 25. Qd2 Nb4 26.
Rbd1 Ra7 27. Nh4 Qd5+ 28. e4 fxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32.
Rd4 Rc7 (32... Re7 $2 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Nf5+) 33. Nf5 Rc2+ 34. Kh3 h5 35. Rxe4
Nd3 $11 {Navara,D (2646)-Karjakin,S (2727)/Sochi 2008/CBM 126 (1/2, 44). As we
will see, the game move aims to play a3-a4 at a more favourable moment, when ..
.a5 is not available anymore.}) 18... Qd7 {A logical developing move.} ({
It does not make too much sense to play for keeping ...a5 for an option, since
this may cause Black lose his coordination:} 18... Re8 19. Rfc1 c6 20. Ba1 $1 (
20. a4 a5) 20... g5 (20... Qd7 21. a4 g5 22. e3 $1 {[%csl Gf6] ץf6}) 21. Re1
$5 (21. Qc5 g4 22. Nxd4 Na4 23. Qc4 {and now Black can choose between 23...
Nb6= with perpetual attack against the queen and} b5 $5 24. Nxc6 bxc4 25. Nxd8
c3 $44) 21... g4 22. Nd2 {This offers White some chances for an advantage
since the f6-bishop is hanging after the rook has departed from f8.}) 19. Rfc1
c6 20. a4 {Finally, a good moment to play this, but Black can start his
kingside attack already.} f4 $1 $36 {As the subsequent course of the game
proves, White's innovation has failed to improve over the already known games.}
(20... a5 $6 21. bxa5 Rxa5 $2 22. Ba3 $18) 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Nd5 {Playing
for an outright attack.} (22... Rac8 $5 23. Qb3 Nd5 {is also possible, but the
text may be stronger. In certain lines, the rook belongs on d8, defending the
knight.}) 23. Nxd4 Rae8 ({The more active} 23... Qg4 $5 {offers better chances
for an advantage.} 24. Qb3 (24. Nf3 fxg3 25. hxg3 Nf4+ 26. Kg1 Rae8 $40) 24...
Rad8 25. Nf3 Bxb2 (25... fxg3 26. Rc4 Nf4+ 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. hxg3 $44 {Black
is less acdtive here than in the end of the main line.}) 26. Qxb2 fxg3 27. Rc4
(27. hxg3 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Rd5 $40 {/\...Rh5}) (27. fxg3 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Nxd3 $15)
27... Nf4+ 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. hxg3 Rdf8 $15 {In principle, White has
compensation for the exchange, because of his compact kingside structure.
However, the telling factor remains Black's pressure.}) 24. Nf3 Bxb2 25. Qxb2
Qe6 (25... fxg3 26. hxg3 Qg4 $44) 26. Qd4 (26. Rc2 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qg6) 26...
fxg3 27. hxg3 Qxe2 28. Qxd5 Re3 $1 29. Re1 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rexf3 31. Rb2 Rxd3 (
31... Rxd3 32. Re7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 ({This move made part of
Botvinnik's repertoire. The normal continuation is Esta jugada formaba parte
del repertorío de Botvinnik. La continuación normal es} 5. Bg2) 5... Bxf2+ 6.
Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8. h3 ({An alternate plan is to develop the bishop to e2,
abandoning the initial plan. The g2-square will be occupied by the king.} 8.
Be2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. d3 a6 {A dynamic approach. Black doesn't lose time to
bring his knights closer to the key square d4, but tries to take advantage of
the slight lead in development at once.} (10... Be6 11. Kg2 Nfd7 ({By leaving
the d6 Pawn undefended, Black practically "invites" his opponent to execute
the thematical central push. More solid would have been} 11... Nc6 {[%cal
Yf6d7,Yd7e5] /\Nd7-e5, for example} 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rae1 Nde5 $13)
12. d4 $14 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 ({The exchange of queens would favour White,
since he would not have to care anymore about the safety of his king.} 13...
Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. b3 $16 {><d6}) 14. b3 Rad8 $6 (14... Nc6 15. Qd2 Nc5 $14)
15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Bd2 (16. Qxd6) (16. Nxd6) (16. Qxa7) 16... Qa6 17. Bg5 Rc8 (
17... f6 18. Nc7 $1 $18) 18. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 Chernin,A (2645)-Groszpeter,A (2505)
/AUT 1998/EXT 2000}) 11. Kg2 b5 12. b3 ({Accepting the sacrifice would have
opened lines on the Queen side and left Black with strong compensation:} 12.
cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb6 $5 14. Nc3 Be6 {planning Rfb8 and, eventually, d5.
White has no easy way to complete the development of the Queen side, since
b2-b3 is impossible in view of Bxb3!.}) 12... b4 ({Forcing White to make a
decision about his knight. After} 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 {it is not entirely
clear whether Black can get enough play on the open b-file.}) ({but maybe a
move like} 12... Rb8 {would have come into consideration.}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Re8 15. d4 ({In principle, White would have preffered to delay this move,
which creates a perfect square on c5 for the black Knight. Unfortunately,
because of the lack of development, slow play would lead to problems:} 15. Bb2
Qe7 {(/\Nxc4)} 16. Re1 Qd7 17. g4 h5 $1) 15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Bf3 Nc5
18. Bb2 Qg5 ({After this natural move, Black gets into trouble. The Queen is
very exposed on g5. Safer would have been} 18... f6 {and the weakness of the
e6 square is not too relevant, since it is well protected. The Queen could be
sent on the other wing, in order to attack Pa2.}) 19. Rae1 Bf5 20. h4 Qh6 21.
Bc1 Qf6 (21... Qg6 22. h5) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $16 {Volodin,A (2300)-Savchenko,A/
Voronezh 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0, 30)}) 8... O-O ({One game between two legendary
players went} 8... d6 9. d3 h5 $6 {Black weakens his kingside without getting
any attacking chances on this wing.} (9... O-O 10. Bg2 Nfd7 11. Rf1 Nc6 12. Be3
Nde5 13. a3 $6 {This move weakens the queenside, preventing White from
maintaining the tension under favourable circumstances after Black's ...a6
followed by ...b5.} a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Kg1
Bxb5 19. axb5 Rxb5 $15 {[%csl Gb2,Gd3] Wirthensohn,H-Friedgood,D/Caorle 1972/
EXT 2001 (0-1, 31)}) 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6
15. b4 {With his kingside securely defended, White is the first to start
active operations on the opposit wing.} b6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Kg1
Nc6 19. Nd5 Ncd4 20. Bd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc6 22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 {Black has
managed to stabilize the queenside, but the open b-file excludes the
possibility of "parking" the king there. On the opposite wing, things do not
look too safe for His Majesty either.} 24. Qf2 Ra7 25. g5 $16 O-O $4 26. g6 f5
27. Rb8 $1 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Keres,P/Moscow 1966/EXT 2001. Making full use of
the open b-file.}) 9. d3 a6 10. Bg2 b5 {There have been no games where this
queenside action, in the spirit of the Benkö Gambit, has been carried out at
such an early stage. However, we shall see that further transposition to
previous games are possible still.} 11. Rf1 (11. cxb5 $6 axb5 12. Nxb5 $6 Ba6 {
[%csl Gd3]} 13. d4 Nc6 $5) 11... d6 12. Kg1 h6 ({Black is not prepared to
release the tension either:} 12... bxc4 $6 13. dxc4 Nxc4 $2 14. e5 $1 $18) 13.
b3 ({But this prophylaxis was necessary now:} 13. Be3 $2 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nxc4 $17
{[%csl Ge3]}) 13... Be6 14. Be3 Rb8 $146 (14... Nh7 15. Kh2 Qd7 16. Qd2 {
Black's position is quite solid, White's problem is that he cannot carry out
pawn breaks easily.} f6 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Nf4 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bf7 20. Rf2 a5 21.
cxb5 Qxb5 22. Ne2 Qb4 23. d4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 a4 $132 {Garcia
Palermo,C (2385)-Dzindzichashvili,R (2550)/Buenos Aires 1978/MCD (1/2-1/2, 41).
In this game, a rather different move order has been employed in the move
range 8-14.}) 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Rc2 {White has the pair of bishops
and some advantage of space in the centre. However, Black's stability on dark
squares ensures him a normal game. Las blancas tienen la pareja de alfiles y
ventaja de espacio en el centro. Sin embargo, la estabilidad en casillas
negras les asegura a las negras un juego normal.} bxc4 ({This looks like a
premature release of the tension.} 17... a5 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4] came into
consideration.}) 18. dxc4 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yd1d6,Yc2d2]} Bc6 19. Nc3 Rb7 20.
Rcf2 Nh7 21. h4 {I am not sure whether preventing the knight jump to g5 is
worth weakening the g4-square. No estoy seguro de si merece la pena debilitar
la casilla de g4 solo para impedir el salto de caballo a g5.} (21. Rd2 Rd7 22.
Nd5 {would have maintained some pressure, although Black's position remains
solid.}) 21... Rbe7 22. Rd2 ({The activation of the bishop with} 22. Bh3 $5 {
would be a logical sequel of the advance of the h-pawn.}) 22... Qa5 23. Qc2 ({
But now, the g4-square is left entirely to Black's mercy, allowing him
toobtain good counterplay. Pero ahora, la casilla de g4 queda enteramente a
disposición de las negras.} 23. Nd5 {would have maintained some pressure.
hubiera mantenido algo de presión.}) 23... Ng4 24. Bf4 Nhf6 25. Re1 (25. Re2
Qc7) 25... d5 $1 26. e5 (26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 26... Nxe5 27. Rde2
d4 28. Bxe5 Bxg2 29. Bxf6 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 gxf6 {The position looks
spectacular, but it will all end with perpetual. [#]La posición parece
bastante espectacular, pero todo acabará en jaque perpetúo.} 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33.
Qc8+ Ke7 34. Kxg2 dxc3 35. Qb7+ Kd8 36. Qd5+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39.
Qe4+ (39. Qxf7+ $6 Qc7 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) 39... Kc8 40. Qc6+ Kb8 41. Qe8+ Kb7
42. Qe4+ Kc8 43. Qc2 $5 Qa3 44. Qxc3 (44. Kf3 Qb2 45. Qf5+ $1 $11) 44... Qxa2+
45. Kf3 Qb1 46. Qe3 {It will be Black now who will start checking. Serán las
negras ahora quienes empezarán a jaquear.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 {This is one of the most complicated tabyias of the English Opening, both
in analysing and over-the-board play. White surely has some queenside
achievements, but his main problem is to formulate a coherent plan. In
practice, White's play is frequently of a speculative character, aiming to
take advantage of any imperceptible black inaccuracy. In my English trilogy I
had come up with some improvements against the then fashionable plan favoured
by Tiviakov, based on ...a5-a4 and ...Ra8-a5. But in the meanwhile Black
started playing more neutral plans, as if inviting White to show his hand.} 16.
Bb2 {This is the most popular move, but chance made me discover what may be
the clue to White's play. At the 2012 Olympiad I shared a room with Vladislav
Nevednichy, who felt inspired to play the English Opening in a few games. He
frequently asked me for general advice, but did not hesitate to share with me
an over-the-board discovery.} ({He called his} 16. Re1 {a fantastic novelty,
without giving any further detail. Later, I examined the move and came to the
conclusion that he was right. If White wishes to have a coherent plan, this
should be based on Nd2-c4. Against Tiviakov's ...a4 and ...Ra5 this works very
well, but against neutral plans it is harder to carry out. One possible idea
of the last move is preparing Bf1 followed by Nc4 without facing the pin along
the d-file. In other cases, when White switches to d3-d4, the rook is clearly
useful on e1.} Nh6 (16... Nd6 17. d4 $36) (16... a4 17. Bb2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gg2f1,Gd2c4]} Nd6 18. d4 $5) 17. d4 $1 Nf7 (17... exd4 18. exd4 Nf5 19. Bh3
Nxd4 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qa2 Kf7 22. Rb2 Re8 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Nf3 $36) 18. Nf3
Nc4 19. Ra1 Bf8 20. dxe5 {This may be a hurried decision and I remember that
Vladik was not happy with it.} (20. d5 $5 {looks interesting}) ({but I assume
it would be best to keep the tension for a while:} 20. Bf1 $1 Ncd6 21. Bd3 $14)
20... Ncxe5 21. Nd4 Bh3 22. Bh1 c5 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 (24. Qb2 $5 Rb8 25.
Nd5) 24... bxc6 25. Ne4 Qf5 $132 {Nevednichy,V (2554)-Ringoir,T (2448)
Istanbul 2012 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 16... a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 {There is no way White can
play Nc4 now.} 18. Nde4 Nf7 $146 ({Kramnik deviates from} 18... Ne8 {which
caused him a defeat at the hands of a then very young Carlsen in Carlsen,M 
(2801)-Kramnik,V (2772) London 2009 CBM 134 [Carlsen,M] (1-0, 43)}) (18... Bb3
19. Qe2 Nf7 {is an important alternative. With the queen on e2, White looks
entitled to play} 20. f4 $5 {Kozlov,G (2317)-Bukavshin,I (2517) Samara 2013 (1/
2-1/2, 99)}) 19. Ne2 {With this move White practically embarks on a mutual
waiting game.} (19. Nd1 {is the introduction to a more coherent plan, which
will fail to consolidate White's advantage against Black's accurate play,
though.} Bf8 20. Bf1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gc2c7]} (20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxd3 22.
Rxb7 Nc4 $132) 20... Rd7 21. d4 (21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Ng5) 21... exd4 22. exd4
{If allowed to play Ne3, White would achieve a comfortable regrouping. Black
can react energetically, though.} Bb3 23. Qe2 (23. Qd3 $2 Ne5 {[%csl Gc4]})
23... Re7 24. Qd3 Bd5 (24... Bc4 $143 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxc4 $16
) 25. Ndc3 (25. Bg2 f5 $15) (25. Nd2 Ng5 26. Ne3 Nh3+ 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Nxd5
Nxd5 $15) (25. f3 Qd7 26. Ne3 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rae8 28. Bg2 Ng5 29. Nf5 Rxe4 $1
30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rf1 g6 32. Ne3 f5 $15) 25... Bc4 26. Qf3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $13)
19... Bf8 20. h4 {Another sign of the lack of a concrete plan, so typical for
this variation. White simply makes moves he considers useful for later.} (20.
Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxd3 22. Rxb7 Nc4 $132) (20. f4 Bb3 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. fxe5 Nd5
23. Qd2 Nxe5 $132) 20... Rb8 21. N2c3 {Not much has changed in Black's
position over the past few moves, so this can be safely considered a loss of
two tempi.} Bb3 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Nd2 (23. Bf1 {[%cal Ge4d2,Gd2c4]}) 23... Be6 (
23... Qxd3 $5 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxb3 axb3 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rbd8
$36 {[%cal Gd3d1,Gb6a4]}) 24. Nc4 (24. Bf1 Bg4 $5) 24... Qxd3 {This leads to
general exchanges and an obvious draw.} (24... Nxc4 25. dxc4 Bf5 26. Ra1 Bd3
27. Qd1 Bxc4 28. Qxa4 $13 {White's slight initiative on the light squares is
neutralised by the relative inactivity of his b2-bishop.}) 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26.
Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nxa4 Rb3 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Nc4 31. Bb4 Nxa3 32.
Bxa3 Bxa3 33. Nxb6 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38.
Bd3 h6 39. h5 Ke7 40. Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 (6... e4 {
is the main line, but the text move is also quite popular.}) 7. Nd5 e4 8. Nh4
d6 (8... Bf8 {is an old and somewhat passive continuation.}) ({For a long time,
} 8... Bc5 {has been considered as unclear. A few years ago, the then
president of the Romanian Corresspondence Chess federation, Marius Ceteras,
told me that} 9. e3 $5 {preparing f2-f3 is an interesting old correspondence
idea, and I took advantage of the first opportunity to introduce it in
grandmaster practice. Since then, there has been some further development, but
Black does not seem to have found an entirely adequate antidote.} ({The old
main continuation is} 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. Bxc5
d6 14. Bd4 dxc4 15. Rad1 d5 {, see for instance the extensively annotated game
Lautier,J (2675)-Kasparov,G (2838)/Moscow 2002/CBM 090/[Ribli] (0-1, 45)}) 9...
Be7 $5 {We are following the initial corr. game.} (9... g5 $4 10. Nf5 d6 {
Marin,M (2556)-Fressinet,L (2656)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (1/2, 53)} 11. Nfe7+ $1
$18) (9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. f3 {offers White a strong initiative.} exf3
12. Qxf3 f6 13. d4 Bf8 14. Bd2 Na6 15. e4 c5 16. e5 $40 {Tomashevsky,E (2689)
-Zhou Jianchao (2623)/Sochi 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1-0, 64)}) 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 11.
b3 d5 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {0-1 Veinger,I (2605)-Korolev,S (2630)/Bozidar
Kazic mem corr 1998/Corr 2002. For a practical player, such an abrupt and
illogical end of the game needs some clarifying. White may have forgotten
about the time (measured in weeks) or simply lost interest in the competition.
Otherwise, he is slightly better, because of his bishop pair.} 14. Qc2 $5 $14)
9. f3 $5 $146 {In a wide sense, following the new trend launched by 9.e3 above.
White wishes to open the f-file.} (9. d3 {is considered to be quite OK for
White, too.} exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bc5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 $14
{Lautier,J (2645)-Karpov,A (2725)/Dortmund 1993/CBM 035/[Lautier] (1-0, 38)})
9... Nxd5 (9... g5 $2 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. fxe4 Qd4+ 12. e3 Qxc4 13. Nf5 $18) (
9... e3 $5 10. Nxe3 Bc5 {fails to trap the h4-knight after} 11. Qc2 {, leaving
Black wondering whether he got anything for the sacrificed pawn. White's
position does not look too harmonious yet, but his structure is compact and he
should be able to complete his development.}) 10. cxd5 exf3 11. Nxf3 Ne5 {
Black seems to have a normal development, but his main problem in this kind of
position is the relative uselessness of the b4-bishop. If White manages to
complete his development, the pressure against the kingside may become
decisive.} 12. Qc2 ({In view of the next comment,} 12. e3 {deserves attention:}
f6 (12... Bg4 13. Qb3 $14) (12... Bc5 $2 13. d4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 $18) (12...
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 f6 14. a3 Bc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. b5 $14) 13. Qc2 Nxf3+ 14.
Rxf3 $5 {with similar play to that in the game.}) 12... Bc5+ ({Black misses an
unique chance to recycle his dark-squared bishop:} 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bh3 14.
Rf2 Bc5 15. e3 Qg5 16. b4 Bd4 $1 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Be4 20. Qd4
Bxf3 21. Rxf3 {Optically, White retains some advantage, but Black should not
have too many problems.}) 13. e3 Bb6 (13... Nxf3+ {can now be answered with}
14. Rxf3 $5 {because the e-pawn is not hanging anymore.} Bg4 15. Rf4 Qg5 16. b4
Bb6 17. Bb2 $36 {/\Be4}) 14. b3 Bg4 15. Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 $14 {
With every new exchange, the difference between the bishops' activity becomes
more relevant. The b2-bishop is an important attacking piece, while its
counterpart is biting on a rock (e3). Besides, the d5-pawn ensures White a
space advantage, allowing him to activate his major pieces at his leisure.} Qg5
18. Raf1 f6 19. Qc4 Rf8 20. Rf4 Rae8 21. Rg4 Qh6 22. Rf5 $2 {Allowing an
unexpected tactical blow.} ({The correct move order would have been} 22. Kg2
Re7 23. Rf5) 22... a5 $2 (22... Rxe3 $1 23. dxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kg2 Qd2+ {/\...Qxb2}
) 23. Kg2 Rf7 24. Rh4 Qg6 25. Qf4 $6 {Careless.} (25. Rfh5 $1 Rfe7 (25... h6
26. Rxh6 gxh6 27. Rg4 $16) 26. Rxh7 Qxh7 27. Rxh7 Kxh7 28. Qg4 $16 {[%cal
Gh2h5] /\h4-h5}) 25... Re5 $1 $14 {Oops! Black manages to somewhat relieve his
position by exchanging a pair of rooks by an unusual means.} 26. Rhh5 $6 (26.
Bxe5 $2 fxe5 $19) (26. e4 $5 {was the last chance to keep some pressure.} Rxf5
27. exf5 Qg5 28. Bc3 $1 {It is important to defend the d2-pawn in order to
threaten Qf3.} Qxf4 (28... Re7 29. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5] Threatening to trap
the queen with Rh5.} Re1 30. Rh5 Rg1+ 31. Kh3 Rf1 32. Rxg5 Rxf3 33. Bxf6 $1 g6
34. Bc3 $16 Rxf5 $6 35. Rxf5 gxf5 36. Kh4 h6 37. Kh5 Kh7 38. a4 $18) 29. Rxf4
Re7 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Rh4 h6 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. g4 Kd7 34. Bxa5 Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Re4
36. Ra4 $14 {/+/- White is a pawn up and has some chances in the rook ending.})
26... Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Re7 28. g4 Qe8 29. g5 fxg5 $6 {Missing a second chance for
counterplay.} (29... Bxe3 $1 30. dxe3 Re4 31. Qf1 (31. Qg3 Rxe3) 31... Rg4+ 32.
Kf2 Qe4 33. Rf4 Rxf4+ {with perpetual.}) 30. Rxg5 Rf7 31. Qg4 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7
33. Bc3 {Even here, Black is out of real danger, because of the reduced
material remaining on the board.} Rf7 34. Rg4 Kf8 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Ke8 37.
a4 Kd7 38. Rb2 Kc8 39. d4 g6 40. h3 Rf5 41. a5 Ba7 42. e4 Rf4 43. Re2 Kd7 44.
Bd2 Rf8 45. Be3 Re8 46. Bf2 b6 47. a6 b5 48. Rb2 (48. e5 dxe5 49. dxe5 Bxf2 50.
Kxf2 Ra8 51. Ra2 b4 52. Ke3 b3 53. Rb2 Rxa6 54. Rxb3 Ra5 55. Kd4 Ra4+ 56. Kd3 (
56. Kc5 Ra5+ 57. Rb5 Rxb5+ 58. Kxb5 g5 $8 $11) 56... Ra5 $11) 48... Rxe4 49.
Kf3 Re8 50. Rxb5 Bb6 51. Rb3 Kc8 52. Be3 Kb8 53. Ra3 Ka7 54. h4 Rf8+ 55. Ke4
Rf1 56. Ra4 Rh1 57. Bf2 Rf1 58. Be3 Rh1 59. Bf2 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 {Delaying the queenside attack, which is usually met
with ...a7-a5 in favour of developing.} f5 11. Rc1 {White has an extra tempo 
(a2-a3) with respect to the similar Classical Dragon variation. Since b2-b4
never really ceases being part of White's general plan, this tempo may tell.}
Kh8 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769)
Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 43)}) (11... f4 {gains a tempo but
weakens the e4-square without offering real attacking chances.} 12. Bd2 Qd7 13.
Ne4 Rf5 (13... fxg3 {[%cal Gd2g5]} 14. hxg3 Rf5 15. Neg5 $16) 14. b4 fxg3 15.
Nxg3 $5 ({An interesting deviation from} 15. hxg3 {[%cal Ge4g5] which looks ok,
too:} h6 16. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Qa1 $14) 15... Rff8 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nxe5 Qxb5 18.
f4 $14 {Wang,Y (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 31)}) 12. b4 {
The most active continuation. After having almost completed his development,
White finally switches to the queenside plan.} (12. Na4 {is not without venom,
though.} f4 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. Bd2 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rf7 17. b4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Nd4 {(1/2-1/2, 31) Cebalo,M (2485)-Romanishin,O (2570) Taxco 1985} 19. Bc3
$1 Nb3 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 fxg3 23. Bxb7 gxf2+ 24. Kf1 Re8 25.
Bg3 Ree7 26. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3]}) 12... a6 {Trying to keep stability all
over the board.} ({The typical reaction against the setup with an early b2-b4
does not work so well no that White is fully mobilised.} 12... a5 $6 13. b5 Nd4
14. Nxe5 Bxa3 15. Bxb7 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Rb8 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxb8
Rxb8 20. Bc6 $16 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Morozevich,A (2751) Leon 2009 (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) (12... Bf6 {defends e5 but allows White take over the initiative in a way
known from Botvinnik's old Dragon games.} 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. e4 Rd7 15. Qe2 Rxd3 {
Savchenko,B (2583)-Rublevsky,S (2676) Moscow 2007 (1-0, 54)} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Rb3 20. Qd1 Rxb5 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxd4 Qd6 23.
Bxb7 $16) 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 $146 {A flexible move and a novelty! White sets
up some sort of hedgehog in the centre, inviting Black to permanently worry
about either d3-d4 or e3-e4.} (14. e4 {is less impressive with the black
bishop on e7 rather than f6.} f4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf8f4,Ge7c5]} 15. Re1 Bd6 16.
Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 fxg3 18. hxg3 a5 $132 {Vaganian,R (2605)-Petursson,M (2555)
Reykjavik 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 14... Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 {
It would make no sense to refrain from occupying this square.} (15... Nd7 16.
d4 e4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Re1 {[%cal Gg2f1,Gc1b1,Gf1c4] would offer White some
initiative.}) 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 {A truly hypermodern way of playing with
White. Black has more space but his position could easily become over-extended
at the slightest inaccuracy. White's main policy is maintaining flexibility
and inviting Black to create some more weaknesses. The (relative) actual ones
are b7 and e5.} Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 (18... g5 $2 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. e4 $16) 19. Qb2
({The thematic} 19. f4 {would allow White get some pressure along the central
files starting with} Rbd8 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 19... g5 {Not really forced, but
Black has to take one decision or another. This makes this kind of position
difficult to play over the board.} 20. Nf3 Nde7 {A bit passive.} (20... e4 {
would fail to maintain equality:} 21. Qxf6+ Nxf6 22. dxe4 Nxe4 23. h4 h6 24.
Rfd1 $14) ({But the thematic} 20... f4 {, putting pressure on the dark squares,
looks entirely viable.} 21. Nd2 Qg6 {[%csl Ge3]} 22. Nc3 fxe3 23. Nxd5 exd2 24.
Qxd2 Rbd8 $11) 21. Rcd1 {White keeps manoeuvring, missing a good moment for
concrete action.} (21. d4 $5 e4 22. Nd2 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf2f3]}) 21... Qg7 22. Nd2
{Remaining faithful to the safety policy.} (22. d4 {is less effective already
since after} f4 $1 {23.dxe5 would not attack the queen.}) 22... Bd5 (22... Rfd8
23. Qc2 Qf6 24. f4 $5) 23. e4 {In the absence of the dark-squared bishop this
typical reaction has an obvious drawback: it gives away the d4-square.} ({
In principle, one is afraid of exchanging his fianchetto bishop, but Black's
attack would not be easy to carry out after} 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. d4
e4 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd5 28. Rb1 {White plans Rb3 followed by R1b1. If ...
Ne7 then Nc4-e5. And finally, after} f4 $6 29. Qc4 $1 {Black would weaken his
e4-pawn for nothing, for instance} Qf5 30. d5 Ne5 31. Qxe4 $16) 23... Be6 24.
exf5 Nxf5 25. Rde1 Rfd8 {Black is fine here, but the game proved that from the
practical point of view White's play is simpler.} 26. Be4 Nfe7 (26... Nfd4 27.
Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Re3 b6 $11) 27. f3 Bf5 28. Qc2 Rd7 29. Nc4 b5 30. cxb6 cxb6 31.
Ne3 Bh3 {This leaves the e4-bishop too much freedom.} (31... Bg6 $5 $11) 32.
Rf2 Be6 33. Qb2 b5 34. Rc1 {Black starts experiencing small problems without
knowing what really went wrong for him.} Nd4 35. Rc5 Rc8 36. Nxd4 exd4 37.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 38. Nf5 Qe5 39. f4 (39. Qb4 $5 Rd8 40. Rc2 Bxf5 41. Rc5 Qg7 42. Rxf5
$16) 39... gxf4 40. Rxf4 Ne7 41. Nh4 (41. Nxe7 Rxe7 42. Qb4 Re8 43. Rf8+ $16)
41... Qc5 42. Qf2 $6 (42. Rf8+ $5 Kg7 43. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gb2f2,Gf1c1]} Nd5 (
43... Kh8 44. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 44. Bf5 Re7 45. Bxe6 Rxe6 46. Nf5+ Kg8 (46...
Kh8 47. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 48. Nxd4 Re3 $2 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rd8 $16) 47. Qg2 $5 (47.
Qxd4 Qxd4+ 48. Nxd4 Re3 49. Rf3 Rxf3 50. Nxf3 b4 $11) 47... Kh8 48. Qh3 $36)
42... Kg7 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Nxf5 45. Rxf5 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qe3 $11 47. Qa2 Re7
48. Qd5 Qxd3 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Qd6+ Kxg5 51. Qxe7+ Kg6 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
$5 {I must confess it comes as a surprise that this is so effective.} ({
In my English trilogy I recommended} 8. d3 h6 (8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4
Bxd4 11. e3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 {leads to slightly more pleasant play for
White, for instance} Bd7 14. Qc2 c6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. f4 {Reinderman,D (2601)
-Rublevsky,S (2678) Aix-les-Bains 2011 (1-0, 43)}) 9. e3 a6 ({Or if} 9... a5
10. b3 Ba7 {the a5-pawn slows down the attack based on b3-b4, but weakens the
b5-square, justifying} 11. Nc3 $5) 10. b3 Ba7 (10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. d4
$14) 11. Nxf6+ $1 ({But now the threat of taking on d5 was real:} 11. Bb2 $6
Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7) 11... Qxf6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bc3 {White's
queenside attack will develop naturally while for Black it is not easy to take
advantage of the pin, since the queen is blocking the f-pawn.} Qe7 {This
releases the pressure, simplifying White's play.} ({But even after something
like} 14... Rae8 15. b4 Nd8 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. c5 {White's position is more
pleasant.}) (14... a5 15. a3) 15. b4 f5 16. Qb3 {The start of a smart
regrouping aimed at taking the steam out of Black's attack.} Kh8 17. Qb2 Nd8
18. Rae1 Ne6 19. Nd2 c6 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. f4 Bb8 22. Nf3 $14 {Rogozenco,D (2576)
-Wells,P (2476) Germany 1999 (1-0, 32). There is no black attack left and
White's pieces are better placed while his structure is more flexible.}) 8...
a6 9. b3 {A rare move.} (9. d3 {is more popular. In principle it leads to the
same type of positions as after 8.d3, with the difference that Black has saved
on the tempo ...h7-h6. One recent high level example is} Ba7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.
Bd2 Qg6 12. Bc3 {Grischuk,A (2785)-Adams,M (2752) Warsaw 2013 CBM 158 [Adams,M]
(1/2-1/2, 48). From Adams' comments it can be inferred that the position is
roughly equal but just more pleasnt for White.}) 9... Ba7 10. Bb2 Nxd5 {
There were no reasons to refrain from this exchange, allthough it will appear
that White is well prepared against it.} (10... h6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 $14) (
10... Be6 11. Ng5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb1 h6 14. a3 hxg5 15. axb4 $14) 11.
cxd5 Ne7 12. Nh4 $5 {This is the move which gives meaning to the whole plan.
Since ...g7-g5 is risky in most of the cases, the knight clears the path for
the f-pawn in the most active way.} ({With the bishop on a7} 12. d4 {is
pointless due to} e4) 12... f5 $146 ({The game introducing the whole plan,
played just three days earlier (!) proves how dangerous White's attack could
be:} 12... c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Rc1 {[%cal Gd2d4,Gf2f4]}) 14. f4
exf4 (14... d5 15. fxe5 d4 16. Qe2 dxe3 17. dxe3 Qg5 18. Rae1 $36 {[%csl Ga8,
Gb7,Gc8]}) 15. Rxf4 d5 16. Qh5 Bb8 (16... Be6 17. Raf1 $40) 17. Rf2 d4 18. Be4
h6 19. Raf1 Be6 20. Nf5 $18 {Swiercz,D (2613)-Balogh,C (2648) Budapest 2014 
(1-0, 36)}) (12... g5 13. Nf3 f6 14. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Gd2d4,Gf2f4]}) 13. f4 $6 {
Too straightforward.} ({It would have made sense to develop before starting
concrete action.} 13. Rc1 {We will see that the rook can prove useful here.} g5
(13... Bb6 {[%csl Gc7]} 14. f4 e4 15. g4 Nxd5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Qe7 18.
Rc4 $1 {This is the moment when the rook's previous development is essential!})
14. Nf3 h6 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. d4 $36) (14... Ng6 15. Qc2 Rf7 16. d4
e4 17. Nd2 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Gf2f3,Gg3g4]}) 15. Qc2 Bb6 (15... c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6
17. Nxe5 $3 Nxe5 (17... dxe5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6) 18. f4 $36) 16. Qc4 {
This is the square for the knight, but White needs to defend d5 before playing
d3 and Nd2.} Kh7 17. d3 Bd7 18. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gc4c2,Gd2c4,Gf2f4]})
13... e4 14. g4 Nxd5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Qe7 17. Kh1 Nf6 {Black has no
special reasons to complain, but the position remains tense.} 18. d3 {I would
not create myself a weakness so easily.} ({The hypermodern approach, ignoring
the centre, would be} 18. Rg1 d5 19. Bf1 c6 20. Qe1 $13) 18... c6 (18... Bxe3
19. dxe4 $14) 19. dxe4 (19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. dxe4 Bxe3 $15) 19... Nxe4 20. Qc2
Rae8 $15 {/=} 21. Rg1 Nf6 (21... Rxf5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxg7+ Kf8
25. Rxb7 Bxe3 26. Re1 $44) 22. Rae1 Qf7 (22... d5 23. Be5 $11) 23. e4 $2 (23.
Qd2 {looks OK for White.}) 23... d5 $1 (23... Bxg1 24. Rxg1 $44) 24. Bxf6 (24.
e5 Ng4 25. Rgf1 Qxf5 $17) 24... Bxg1 25. Be5 Ba7 26. exd5 cxd5 $17 {White does
not have enough compensation for the exchange.} 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Bh3
Re7 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Rc2 Bb8 32. Bg4 d4 33. Kg1 d3 34. Rd2 Qd5 35. Rxd3 Ba7+ 36.
Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kd1 Bb8 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40. Bxf3 Bxe5 41. fxe5 Rxe5 42.
Bxb7 Rexf5 43. a4 a5 44. h3 Rf2 45. Ba6 g5 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 ({The main move is} 12. Nd2 {
as, for instance, in Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/
CBM 123/[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 $146 (14...
Nd5 {1/2 Timman,J (2630)-Bareev,E (2665)/Ubeda 1997/CBM 058 (30)}) 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 Rd7 {Black's novelty has been
justified entirely. He has reached an optimal regrouping of his major pieces
and has little to fear.} 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. Nd2 Kh8 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rc2 Ne7 24.
Rc3 Nd5 25. Rc2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bb2 a4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Na5 Rxa5 21. Qxc5
Nc3 22. Bxb7 Re5 23. Qc4 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxe2 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxf5 Ra8 27. Be4 Qf6
28. f4 Qe7 29. Qb4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Qxe4 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Re5 Qb3 33. Qxb3 axb3 {
In this curious position, Certain inventiveness is required from White in
order to save the game. His main trump is the weakness of the eighth rank,
offering him an important tempo in several moments.} {[%tqu "En","White seems
to be in some trouble. Can he save the game? How?","","","b5b6","Apparently,
the only good move, allowing White to stop the enemy pawns right in time.",5]}
34. b6 $1 {Apparently, the only good move, allowing White to stop the enemy
pawns right in time.} (34. a4 $2 d3 35. Re1 d2 36. Rd1 b2 $19) (34. Re1 $2 d3
35. Rd1 (35. Kf2 d2 36. Rd1 b2 37. Ke2 Re8+ $1 $18) 35... b2 36. Kf2 Rxa3 $19)
(34. Kf2 $6 Kg8 35. Re1 (35. b6 c6 $1 $17) 35... Rxa3 36. Rb1 Kf7 37. Kf3 (37.
Ke2 Ke6 $17) 37... b2+ 38. Ke4 Rb3 39. Kxd4 Rxb5 $17) 34... cxb6 {We were both
slightly pressed by time and didn't consider seriously any other answer.} (
34... c6 $5 {might have created White bigger practical problems, irrespective
of the mutual time trouble:} 35. Re1 d3 (35... c5 36. a4 {and White doesn't
risk to lose.}) 36. Kf2 d2 37. Rd1 $1 (37. Rb1 $6 Re8 $1 38. b7 $8 (38. a4 $2
c5 39. a5 c4 $19) 38... c5 (38... Rb8 $2 39. Ke2 $16) 39. Rxb3 d1=Q 40. b8=Q {
We are back in the middle game now.} Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 (42. Kh3 $2 Qf1+
43. Kh4 g5+ $19) 42... c4 43. Rb1 Qe3+ 44. Kh1 (44. Kg2 c3 $17) 44... c3 45.
Qb3 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 Rd8 {and the vulnerability of the white king offers Black the
better chances in spite of being a pawn down.}) 37... b2 38. b7 Rb8 ({or} 38...
Re8 39. a4 Rb8 $8 40. Ke2 Rxb7 41. Rb1) 39. Ke2 Rxb7 40. Rb1 h5 41. Kxd2 Rb3
42. a4 $11) 35. Rb5 Rxa3 36. Rxb6 g6 {Apparentl, my opponent had accepted the
draw as an inevitable fact already.} ({During the game, I was more worried
about} 36... h5 {although White shouldn't have serious problems here either:}
37. Kf2 h4 38. gxh4 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2 40. Ke4 $11) 37. Kf2 $11 Ra2+ 38. Kf3
Rxh2 39. Rxb3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {You will soon understand why I
am showing this variation...} Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9.
h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bg5) 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {It's amazing how Grischuk constantly comes up with
new ideas. This move has been played many times already, but the strongest
player who tried it was 2200, after which it mostly happened in beginners'
games. There were some recent correspondence games, which Grischuk probably
used to find it. He is trying to play the usual Bc4-line that White plays
against the Accelerated Dragon (with reversed colors).} 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 {
would be something to consider, but it turns out to be harmless} Nxc3 8. bxc3 (
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Black has decent compensation in both cases (dxc3 or bxc3)} 9.
dxc3 (9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Nf3 Bh3 $44) 9... Qe7 $5 $44) (8. Nxc6 $4 Qf6 $1 {
hitting the queen and mate in f2} 9. dxc3 Qxf2+ 10. Kd2 Qxg2 $19) 8... Nxe5 (
8... Bxf2+ $2 {this kind of move is known to be a mistake, because the king is
safely placed, while White in the meantime has a strong centre and the bishop
pair} 9. Kxf2 Nxe5 10. Rf1 $16 {followed by Kg1, and d4-e4}) 9. d4 Bd6 10. dxe5
Bxe5 $11 {and Black is very happy with the better structure. Soon c6 will be
played, and the g2 bishop will be neutralised.}) 7... O-O 8. d3 (8. Nxd5 {
was played in correspondence chess, a couple of years ago} Qxd5 9. Ng5 Qc4 $5 {
was the original move played} (9... Qd8 {is acceptable, but runs into} 10. Nxh7
$5 Re8 {threatening to move the c5-bishop} (10... Kxh7 $2 11. Qc2+ Kg8 12. Qxc5
$16) 11. Ng5 (11. h4 $5 f6 12. Qc2 $13 {followed by Qg6, the position remains
very unclear (and weird!)}) 11... Qxg5 12. d4 (12. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14.
dxc5 Bg4 $44 {should offer good compensation to Black}) 12... Qh5 13. dxc5 Rd8
14. Bd2 Nd4 $36) 10. b3 Qg4 11. Qc2 {White has to do this, otherwise Black is
simply fine} Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxg5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Bh3 15. d3 Qe7 16. Be3
Rfc8 17. Qe4 f6 $13 {1/2-1/2 (30) Golubenko,A (2198)-Zakharov,Y (2229) ICCF
2015, again with original play, that should be balanced.}) (8. Nxe5 {runs into
the same theme} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 $2 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 11. Kh1 Bg4 $1 $17
) 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11 {and Black should be happy after ...
c6.}) 8... Bb6 9. Na4 {Similar to the Accelerated Dragon, White gets the
bishop pair (there are many lines where Black plays ...Na5). In the other hand,
Black obtains very good central control.} Re8 10. Bg5 (10. b3 {would be
similar to how Black plays the Accelerated Dragon (...Na5, followed by ...b6, .
..Bb7). Good news for Black is that there was no need to lose a tempo with ...
h6 (h3), since the bishop is still on c8 (please read the analysis before the
1st move!), and the bishop also went directly to g4, without 'stopping' at e6,
as happens in the Dragon.} Bg4 11. Bb2 Qd7 {followed by ...Rad8, and Black is
totally fine} (11... Nd4 $5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Re1 c5 15. Qd2 Qd7
$11 {and there is nothing to complain about in Black's position.})) 10... Qd6
11. Nd2 Qg6 $1 {The queen finds an excellent square here.} 12. Ne4 (12. Bxd5 $5
{was possibly better than the game} Qxg5 13. Rc1 Bh3 (13... Ne7 {more solid}
14. Bg2 c6 {threatening ...Bc7 at some point} 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 {to stop b5}
Nd5 17. Nc4 Qd8 $11 {with balanced play}) 14. Re1 Rad8 (14... Ba5 $5) 15. Bxc6
bxc6 {with interesting play.}) 12... Bg4 $1 (12... f5 {there is no need to
play this} 13. Nec5 Qxg5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Rc1 $13 {I like Grischuk's decision
better, to bring about ...Be6 and ...Rad8 quickly (he played ...Bg4 first to
provoke h3).}) (12... Be6 $5 {also perfectly fine, but ...Bg4 should be an
improved version, h3 may be a weakness in some variations.}) 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2
Rad8 $15 {Now Black is already to be preferred - everything is harmonious, ...
f5 is coming and he has ...Bc8 whenever a knight arrives on c5.} 15. Kh2 Kh8
16. a3 f5 $1 17. Nec5 Bc8 {All of Grischuk's forces are heading towards the
centre - e4 is unstoppable, unless White himself plays it, which was a way
that Eljanov could try and complicate matters.} 18. b4 (18. e4 Nf6 $1 (18...
fxe4 {is the solid way to deal with this} 19. Bxe4 Qf7 $15 {and moves like ...
Nd4 are coming, Black is doing fine}) 19. exf5 Bxf5 $1 (19... Qxf5 $5 $15) 20.
Nxb7 (20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Nxb7 Rd5 $3 {defending the c6-knight very creatively}
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Black wants to pick up the knight with ...Bc8} 23. Qf3 {forced}
Nd4 $3 24. Qxd5 Qh5 25. h4 Be6 $1 26. Qg2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Nxd2 28. Rfe1 Nf3 29.
Re3 Bd5 $19) 20... Rxd3 21. Nxb6 Bxh3 $3 {an amazing move, instantly spotted
by the computer. The idea is to distract the bishop and maintain a strong
initiative, with two pawns for the piece. I think it is almost impossible for
a human to find all these moves, specially considering White remains with the
pure bishop pair} 22. Bxh3 axb6 $17 {threatening Nd4} 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Rc3 Nf3+
25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qh5 27. Kg2 Qf7 $1 $19 {followed by ...Qd5.}) 18... e4
$1 19. e3 $2 (19. dxe4 $1 fxe4 20. Qb1 (20. Qc2 {a very ugly move to make 
(allowing ...Nd4), but that is the computer's suggestion} Nd4 (20... Qh5 $5 21.
Nxb6 Nd4 $36 {looks ugly for White}) 21. Qc4 e3 22. Bc1 $13 {and miraculously
White is ok, according to the computer}) 20... Nd4 21. Bxe4 $2 (21. Nxe4 Bf5
$17) 21... Qh5 $19) 19... Bxc5 $1 {Eljanov's position simply collapses now, ...
b6 and ...Ba6 are coming.} (19... exd3 $2 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Nxd3 $14 {and
White is even slightly better.}) 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Nb3 Ba6 $19 22. Nc1 Ne5 {
Now it's all over, Black starts picking up material and has a dominant
position.} 23. Qa4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. b5 (25. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 26. Qb7 Qe6 27.
b5 Ne5 $1 $19 {and White should resign.}) 25... h5 26. Qc2 Qd6 (26... h4 $1 27.
gxh4 Qf6 {with a devastating attack, but Grischuk wanted to keep it simple.})
27. h4 Qe5 28. Kg1 Re6 29. a4 Kh7 30. Ra3 Rdd6 31. a5 c5 {Starting serious
action on the queenside, where Black holds all the advantages as well.} 32.
bxc6 Rxc6 33. Qd1 Nf6 $1 {A good moment to remove the knight, not only to
defend h5, but also because Bc3 is not possible anymore.} 34. axb6 axb6 35. Qb1
Red6 {The problem is that White can never activate his bishops, not to mention
the material disadvantage.} 36. Rb3 Ng4 37. Bb4 Rd5 38. Be1 Rc1 {And White
resigned. A very convincing game from Alexander Grischuk, who joins Radjabov
in the lead! On the 12th of July, they both have White - against Aronian and
Harikrishna, respectively. A lot of action yet to come in the final four
rounds, stay tuned!} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {The English Opening, extensively discussed in the 2016 Candidates
Tournament. It can be justified by the current trend - being able to develop
your pieces and keep the game flexible without engaging in a theoretical
battle every single game.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 $5 {White simply wants to play a3-b4. This is a rare idea,
but it was also played in the very same round at the same Candidates
Tournament, by Svidler against Nakamura.} a5 {The standard reaction.} 9. b3 {
This is also possible because of Na4 (otherwise the knight would be hanging on
c3). After Bb2, e3, we go into a complex middlegame full of possibilities.} Qe7
(9... Re8 {was played in the other twin game of the round} 10. Bb2 Bf5 {
Black is not scared of e4, because that would simply weaken d4 too much} 11. e3
Qe7 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Nd5 $5 {defines the position rather quickly, it
was also possible to keep everything more flexible, as did Aronian in his game.
} (14. d4 $5 exd4 15. exd4 Bb6 {and now both 16.d5 or the cool 16.Qd2 look
interesting for White}) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bh3 18. e4
$11 {½-½ (30) Svidler,P (2757)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016, and after many
simplifications, the game ended in a draw at move 30.} (18. Qd3 $5 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 c6 (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Nf5 $1 Qc6 21. Kg1 f6 22. b4 $1 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 (
23... Bxb4 $2 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. e4 $18 {because of Ne7+}) 24. Rxa1 Bxb4 25. Rd1
Nc3 26. Rc1 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 (27... Nxe4 28. Rxc7 $18 {with a decisive attack}
) 28. Bxc3 Rc4 29. Bb2 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 $16 {should be winning for White}) 20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1 {also doesn't look much because Black has counterplay on
the b3-pawn as well} Rab8 $44)) 10. Bb2 Bc5 11. e3 {This is the spirit,
keeping a very flexible position, Black has to be watching d4 or Nh4-f4 as
well. Also, Black's dark-squared bishop becomes somewhat awkward, since White
is the one who will decide if he is going for d4, and when. I think the whole
point is that White can gradually improve his position by pushing his pawns 
(like the ones I mentioned, or even a3-b4). And that is annoying for Black,
who doesn't have a clear pawn break. His pieces eventually will lack space.}
Ba7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nh4 $5 {Avoiding ...Bf5 and asking Black how is he going
to develop from here.} Qd8 {A kind of mysterious way to reorganise the pieces,
the queen just came from d8!} 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Rad1 c6 {Having developed almost
all the pieces, Aronian could start thinking about some central action.} 16.
Ne2 $5 {I think he wants to play d4 and be able to take with a piece, and then
put some pressure on d6.} (16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 d5 {probably wasn't too
attractive for White. If c5, Black is able to regroup with Bb8, and then the
d4-pawn could become a weakness.}) 16... Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. d4 Qc8 (18...
Qc7 {followed by Rad8 was also possible.The Qc8-Bh3 idea could be prepared
later, after bringing the rook to d8.} 19. Nc3 Rad8 $13) 19. Nc3 {The problem
for Black is that White gradually improves his position, and Black has to be
waiting. Topalov did try to take immediate action, but ended up in a worse
position.} exd4 $5 20. exd4 {Now there is a positional threat of d5, and Black
has to be creative to avoid going into a worse position.} Ne4 $2 {Seemingly
natural, this move puts Topalov in big trouble, because of his lack of
development.} (20... Bh3 $1 21. d5 {Black has to deal with the weakness of the
d6-pawn without playing ...c5 (that would simply bury the bishop on a7)} a4 $1
22. dxc6 (22. Nxa4 Ne4 23. Qd3 Qf5 $1 $132) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 bxc6 24. Nxa4
Ne4 $132 {followed by ...Ng5, with counterplay.}) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4
23. Rfe1 $1 $16 {Simple and good, Black has problems controlling the invasion
on the e-file.} (23. d5 $6 {wouldn't be a big deal now} Bc5 $1 $11 {and Black
is fine after ...Qf5 and ...Rae8}) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qf5 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Kg2
Bb6 27. Qe2 d5 28. c5 $2 (28. Qf3 $1 {keeping the pressure on d5, was stronger.
It is really hard to give Black any good advice here, his pieces are paralysed
and White has a clear plan (Rd7 to threaten d5, or force Black to play ...dxc4
and give White a passed pawn on the d-file)} Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 dxc4 (29... a4 30.
cxd5 axb3 31. axb3 cxd5 32. Rd7 $16 {with big winning chances, after taking on
d5}) (29... Bd8 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Ba3 Bc7 32. Re7 $18) 30. bxc4 $16 {and Ke4
followed by d5 (or Ba3-Bd6) most likely will be decisive.}) 28... Bd8 29. Re8+
Kh7 30. Bc3 (30. Qf3 $5 {was a possible try, but was not going to lead White
anywhere at this point} Qxf3+ (30... Qd7 $6 31. Rf8 f6 32. Qe2 {with a strong
initiative} Bc7 $2 33. Qd3+ g6 34. Rxf6 $18) 31. Kxf3 Kg6 {threatening ...Bc7
now that f7 is defended} (31... Bc7 $2 32. Re7 $18 {wins the f7-pawn and most
likely the game}) 32. Bc3 (32. a4 {there is no time for this} Bc7 $11) 32... a4
$1 (32... Bc7 33. Rxb8 Bxb8 34. Bxa5 $18 {is an easy win after a4-b4-b5, etc})
33. bxa4 Bc7 {now Black wants to play ...Ra8 if the white rook retreats} 34.
Rxb8 (34. Re2 Ra8 35. Rb2 Ra7 $11 {and it looks like Black will not have any
kind of problems holding this}) 34... Bxb8 $11 {has to be a draw, the extra
a-pawn is useless}) (30. Qe5 Qd7 $1 {and Black holds his own after ...Rc8 and
the bishop moving to f6, for example} (30... Qxe5 $2 31. dxe5 Kg6 {here
playing ...Bc7 doesn't help that much, White has a strong central pawn mass now
} 32. f4 Bc7 33. Re7 Rc8 34. g4 $18) 31. Bc3 Rc8 32. Qe2 {White tries to
retain a little pressure, but I think this is going nowhere} g6 33. h4 h5 $11 {
it is important to notice that the d4-pawn also could be under attack (after ..
.Bf6, for example).}) 30... Rc8 31. Rf8 (31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Rf8 Bf6 $1 33. Rxc8
Qxc8 34. Bxa5 Qa8 $132 {with enough counterplay to equalise the game.}) (31. h4
$5 Bc7 32. Re7 Kg8 33. h5 {this could be a small achievement - fixing the
structure on the dark squares on the kingside.} Kf8 34. Re3 Ra8 35. a4 Qd7 $11
{with ...Re8 next, I don't see how White will pose sany problems for Black.
The weakness on a5 and the fixing of the h6-g7 structure will not be enough,
the position remains very closed.}) 31... Bc7 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qe7 Kg8 34. h4
h5 35. Bd2 Qd8 $11 {Reaching full equality; White still plays on, but the
worst has passed for Black.} 36. Qe2 g6 37. Qe1 Kg7 38. a3 Qf6 39. b4 axb4 40.
axb4 Qf5 41. Qd1 f6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. f3 g5 44. Bf2 Qg6 45. Kf1 Qf5 46. Kg2 g4
47. f4 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Ke6 49. Qb3 Qe2 50. Qb1 f5 51. Qa1 Qa6 52. Qe1+ Kf7 53. Qb1
Kf6 54. Qe1 Qa8 55. Qe2 Qc8 56. b5 Qe6 57. Qxe6+ Kxe6 58. b6 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Floripa Chess Open 2nd"]
[Site "Florianopolis"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carneiro, Vitor Roberto Castr"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {A classical approach, proposing to Black
to go into the Reversed Sicilian Dragon (with 4...d5).} Bb4 {Going into the
reversed Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5).} (4...
d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 {a super popular position nowadays,
specially when White wants a long, calm positional battle.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
{Honestly, I have no idea when it is better to play h6, d6 or Re8 in these
English Openings.} Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 (8. Nd5 {I was expecting this move} Bc5
9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Nd2 Qg6 11. Ne4 d6 {during the game, I was not entirely
happy with the position, but it looks like Black is doing ok, since 12.Nxc5
getting the bishop pair is no big deal} 12. Nxc5 dxc5 $11 {and Black develops
easily with Bf5, Rad8, and Nd4 at some point.}) 8... a6 {I also don't know if
I should play a6 or a5 here. Either way, I wanted to put my bishop on c5 and
later on a7.} 9. Nd5 Bc5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bc3 d6 12. h3 a5 13. a3 {A funny
move, my opponent wanted to avoid Bb4, but allowed me to fix his queenside
structure. Nevertheless, his plan is based on the centre, with e3-d4 at some
point.} a4 14. e3 Bf5 15. Kh2 {Threatening Nh4 followed by f4.} Bh7 (15... Qe7
{was my candidate move} 16. d4 (16. Nh4 Bh7 {looks fine}) 16... Bb6 17. c5 dxc5
(17... Ba7 $5) 18. d5 Na5 $13 {I thought about this position, and couldn't
evaluate it.}) 16. d4 Ba7 (16... Bb6 $5 {this move gives me the option to play
Ba5 eventually} 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 {similar to the game} Nxe5 19. f4 c6 $1
20. Bxe5 {and now Black has the solid 20...Qe6, and also a very interesting
alternative:} Rxe5 $5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd7 Rf8 $40 {with Bc7 next, there is a
lot of compensation for the exchange.}) 17. dxe5 {Suddenly I realised I was
losing a pawn with the 18.Nxe5 trick that I missed, but there is a lot of
compensation in the resulting position.} (17. c5 $5 {I was expecting this move,
and after} Be4 18. Rc1 $13 {the position remains unclear.}) 17... dxe5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. f4 c6 $1 {Limiting the g2-B forever.} 20. Bxe5 (20. fxe5 {doesn't
bring White a fantastic position either.} Qe6 21. Qxa4 Bd3 $1 $132) 20... Qe6
21. Qxa4 f6 {Probably the best move, but} (21... Bd4 $5 {was a possible
alternative} 22. Qb4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Re7 $132 {Black will get the pawn back, and
also create serious pressure on e3. Nevertheless, White is the only one that
can push for a win} 24. Qd6 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Rfe1 Rae8 27. Rad1 Kf8 28.
Rd7 R8e7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. b4 Be4 $14 {with good drawing chances.}) 22. Bc3 Bd3
(22... Be4 $5 {didn't even cross my mind! With this move, Black wants to
exchange the light-squared bishops and tries to exploit the weaknesses around
the white king} 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 $132) 23. Rfe1 Bxc4 $6 (23... Bxe3 $1 24. Qb3 {
was bothering me during the game} (24. Qb4 Qf7 25. c5 {here Black has many
interesting ideas to hold the balance} Bb5 {threatening Ra4} (25... Bf2 $5 {
was my idea, trying to hit g3 somehow} 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Be1 Be3 $132) 26. b3
h5 $1 27. h4 Bf2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Ra2 Be3 $132 {a funny position, the white
Q is close to the centre, but out of play for now, Qg6-Qd3 is a possible idea
for Black}) 24... Bxc4 $1 (24... Qf7 {I thought I had to play this, which is
also fine after all} 25. Bxf6 Bxc4 26. Qc3 {here I missed the important} Bxf4
$1 27. gxf4 gxf6 $11 {and Black equalises}) 25. Qxb7 $6 (25. Qc2 $11) 25... Bd5
{I analysed this move, but it seemed like Black was simply losing a piece} 26.
Bxd5 Qxd5 $1 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qxa8+ Kh7 {now suddenly White has to deal with
a strong counter-attack} 29. Re1 (29. Qa6 Qf3 $1 {winning the queen} 30. Rg1
Re2+ 31. Qxe2 Qxe2+ $17) 29... Rf3 $3 (29... Rxc3 $6 30. Qe8 $1 Rc2+ 31. Re2
$11 {and White holds}) 30. Bd4 {forced} (30. Re2 $2 Rf1 31. Rg2 Qd1 $19) 30...
Qxd4 31. Rg1 Qxb2+ 32. Rg2 Qb5 $17 {and Black retains the better chances
because of the weaker white king.}) 24. Qb4 Qf7 25. b3 $6 (25. Bd4 $6 Bxd4 26.
exd4 Bd5 $1 {was my idea; now the white king will suffer in the endgame} 27.
Bf1 $5 (27. Qc3 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qd5+ $44 {and Rad8, with good play}) 27... Qh5
$132) (25. Rac1 $1 {a hard move to make; now White defends e3, forces the c4-B
to leave, and is able to play Bd4! without ruining the pawn structure (with
exd4)} Bb3 (25... Rxe3 $2 26. Rxe3 Bxe3 27. Re1 $1 {Re7 coming if the B moves}
c5 28. Qxb7 $18) (25... Bxe3 26. Rxe3 $1 Rxe3 27. Bd4 $18 {hitting e3 and c4})
26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 $16 {with a healthy pawn up, and good chances to convert.
}) 25... Bxb3 26. Rab1 Ba2 27. Rb2 Rxe3 {Liquitading everything.} 28. Rxe3 Bxe3
29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxa3 31. Bb4 Rb3 (31... Ra6 {White is too active, Black
doesn't have time to defend the c6-P} 32. Rb8+ $1 Kh7 (32... Kf7 $4 33. Rf8+
Ke6 (33... Kg6 {runs into a forced checkmate} 34. Be4+ Kh5 35. g4+ Kh4 36. Be1+
Bf2 37. Bxf2#) 34. Re8+ Kd7 35. Rxe3 $18) 33. Be4+ g6 {and White has a wide
variety of moves to create counterplay, Black is poorly coordinated} 34. Rc8
Bd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ {once again Black can't
go to the e-file because of Re7+} Kg8 39. Rc8+ Kf7 $11) 32. Bxc6 Rb2+ 33. Kh1
Be6 34. Be4 f5 35. Bc3 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turov, Maxim"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nd5 Bc5 8. e3
{[%cal Gd2d4]} a6 9. b3 (9. d3) (9. Nh4 Ba7 10. b3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Bb2 f5
13. f4 e4 14. g4 fxg4 15. Bxe4 Qe8 16. f5 Qh5 17. f6 Qxh4 18. fxe7 Rxf1+ 19.
Qxf1 Qxe7 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rf1 Bb5 23. Qg6 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.
Qf5 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Be2 27. Bc8 Kh7 28. Bxb7 a5 29. Bc3 Bb6 30. Kf2 Bf3 31. b4 a4
32. a3 g5 33. Bc6 Bd1 34. Be8 Kh6 35. Kg3 Ba7 36. Bf6 Bb6 37. Bd8 Bf3 38. Bxa4
Bxd5 {Romanov,E (2611)-Efimenko,Z (2689) Germany 2013 1-0}) 9... Ba7 10. d3
$146 (10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qd2 f5 15. Rae1 Rae8
16. Bc3 Kh8 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. Kh2 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Nf3 fxg3+ {
1/2-1/2 (21) Vallejo Pons,F (2629)-Anand,V (2757) Linares 2002}) 10... h6 $6 (
10... Ne8 11. Bb2 f5) 11. Nd2 Nxd5 (11... Bf5) 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nc4 f6 {
Difficile de justifier la poussée h6} 14. a4 b5 15. Na5 Qe8 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Kh1
Bd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 h5 20. Rc1 (20. h4 f5 {[%cal Gf5f4,Ge8g6]}) 20... h4
$132 21. g4 Qg6 22. h3 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 (23... Qxf5 $5 24. e4 Qf6 25. f4 exf4
26. Bxf4 Ng6 $132) 24. e4 Bd7 25. f4 $1 exf4 26. Bxf4 Rf6 27. Qd2 Raf8 28. Nb3
(28. d4 $5 {[%csl Rb6]}) 28... Qh5 29. d4 Ng6 30. Be3 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32.
Bxf1 Nf4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh3]} 33. Bxf4 Qf3+ 34. Bg2 Qxb3 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. Be3 Qb3
37. Bf2 Qc4 {Espère répeter les coups mais le Bd7 est exposé} (37... Be8 38.
Bxh4) 38. Qg5 $40 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gg5d8]} Bxd4 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxd7 Be5+ 41.
Kg1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 h6 8. h3 Be6
9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Nh4 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. g4 Ng6 15. Nf5
Nf4 16. Qf3 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. h4 $5 Qe8 $5 {(Ein
interessanter Damenzug, der verschiedene Möglichkeiten zur Verteidigung wie
auch zum Gegenangriff eröffnet: Dc6, Dxa4, ggf. das Vorgehen e5-e4 oder - wie
gleich in der Partie - den Damentausch auf e4.)} (19... Nxa4 20. g5 $5 $40) 20.
d4 {[#]} {20...} exd4 ({Angesichts der weißen Flügelaktivitäten erscheint
diese Öffnung der Mitte nebst anschließendem Damentausch durchaus logisch.
Dennoch war das kaltblütige} 20... e4 $5 {(mit der Idee eines Bauernraubs)
vielleicht besser:} 21. Qe3 (21. Qg3 Nd3 22. Bd2 (22. g5 h5) 22... Qxa4 23. g5
h5 $1) 21... Nxa4 (21... Nd3 22. Bd2)) 21. cxd4 Qe4 (21... Nxa4 $5 22. g5 h5 $5
23. Ba3 (23. Qxh5 $2 Qe4+ 24. Kh2 Qxf5 $17) 23... g6 $5 (23... Qd7)) 22. Qxe4
Nxe4 23. g5 Nc3 (23... hxg5 24. hxg5 d5 25. c5 b6 26. cxb6 Rxb6 27. Bf4 $14 {
, Meins}) 24. Rb3 Nxa4 25. gxh6 g6 (25... Kh7) 26. Bg5 f6 $2 ({Der
entscheidende Fehler. Richtig war} 26... gxf5 $13 {(26...b5?!), z.B.} 27. Rfb1
Nb6 28. c5 dxc5 29. dxc5 Nd5 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Ra8 {. Der Textzug indes
lädt Weiß geradezu zu einem ebenso resoluten wie gewinnträchtigen Figurenopfer
ein!}) 27. fxg6 $3 fxg5 28. hxg5 {[#]} {28...} Rf4 (28... Rf5 29. f4 (29. Rg3
$2 Re8) 29... Nb6 30. Re3 $1 Nxc4 31. Re7 $18) (28... Nb6 29. Re1 $1 Rf5 30.
Rg3 {/\Re7+-}) 29. Re1 $1 Rf5 30. Rg3 $18 (30. Rxb7 $18 Rxg5+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32.
Re6 Rc5 33. Rb4 Ra5 34. Re7) 30... Kf8 31. Re6 (31. g7+ Kg8 32. g6 Rh5 33. h7+
Kxg7 34. Re7+ Kh6 (34... Kf8 35. Rge3) 35. g7 $18 {nebst Matt}) 31... Kg8 32.
g7 Nb6 33. Rf6 Ra5 34. g6 Rh5 35. h7+ Kxg7 36. Rf7+ Kh6 37. g7 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{EIN KOMPLEXES ENDSPIEL (Kaleidoskop der Transformationen, Grenzbereiche der
praktischen Partie und Analyse)} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5.
cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 12.
e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rfd1 Qg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Ne4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 a5 18. Nc5
a4 19. d4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nd3 Bg4 24. Rd2 Rxd2
25. Bxd2 exd4 26. exd4 Bf5 27. Nc5 Re2 28. Be3 Rb2 29. Nxb7 Rxb3 30. Nc5 Rb4
31. Ra1 f6 32. Ra8 $6 (32. f3 h5 33. Ra8 $11) 32... Kf7 {[#] In dieser
ausgeglichenen Situation beginnen die Probleme des Anziehenden, indem sein
Turm sich im feindlichen Lager verirrt.} 33. Rd8 $2 ({Zu optimistisch, besser
war das prophylaktische} 33. f3 $142 {- aus Respekt vor dem gegnerischen
Läuferpaar bzw. vor der schwächlichen Peripherie um den eigenen König, z.B.:
} h5 (33... Bxc5 34. dxc5 d4 35. Bf4 Rc4 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rxg7 Rxc5 38. Rc7
Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Kd5 40. Bd8 (40. Kf2 $11) 40... Kc4 41. Bxf6 d3 42. Kf2 Kb3 43.
Ke1 Kc2 44. Bg5 $11 Bc8 45. Bd2 Bb7 46. f4 (46. g4 Bxf3) 46... Bc8) (33... Bd6
34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. g4 Bc8 36. Ra8 Rb8 37. Ra7 $11) 34. Rd8 (34. Ra7+) 34... Be7
35. Rxd5 g6 36. Ne4 Rb3 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Bf4 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ $11)
33... Be7 $1 {[#]} 34. Rxd5 $2 {Dieser Bauernfraß kostet unweigerlich die
Qualität (für Läufer plus Bauer). Folgende abwartende Turmzüge - zum Teil
mit dem Thema Türme und ungleichfarbige Läufer - verdienen indes Beachtung:}
({I} 34. Ra8 $6 Bxc5 35. dxc5 d4 36. Ra7+ (36. Bf4 $2 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Be4 38. Ra7+
Kg6 39. g4 h5 $1 $19 40. g5 (40. f3 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 Rb3) 41... Bxf3 42.
gxh5+ Kf5 $1)) 36... Ke6 37. Bf4 (37. Bd2 Rb2 38. Bf4 Rb1+ {ist Zugumstellung})
37... Rb1+ 38. Kg2 (38. Kh2 Be4 39. g4 f5 $1 $17) 38... Be4+ 39. f3 $8 Rb2+ 40.
Kg1 Bb7 $1 $17) ({II} 34. Rh8 $142 {mag das geringste Übel sein, wenngleich
der Turm eine Zeitlang eingesperrt werden kann, z.B.} Bf8 (34... Bg4 35. Kg2
Bxc5 36. dxc5 d4 37. Bf4 Rb3 38. Kh2 Bf3 (38... h5 $143 39. c6) 39. g4 Bxg4 (
39... Rc3 $143 40. Rd8 Bxg4 41. Rxd4 Rxc5 42. Be3 Be6 43. Rd7+ Bxd7 44. Bxc5)
40. c6 Rf3 41. Bg3 Rc3 42. c7 Bd7 43. Rb8 d3 44. Rb4 {/\Rd4=/+}) (34... Bxc5
35. dxc5 d4 36. Bf4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Be4 38. g4 $15) 35. f3 $15 Rb1+ (35... Bc2 36.
g4 Rb2 (36... Bd1 37. g5 Bxf3 38. gxf6 Bxc5 39. dxc5 d4 40. Bg5 gxf6 41. Bxf6)
37. g5 Bf5 38. h5 Rc2 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. h6 $15) (35... Rb2 36. g4 Bc2 37. g5
Bf5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 45...Bc2/37...Bf5}) 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Bf2 Ra2 $5 38.
g4 Bc2 39. h5 h6 40. Nd7 Bd6 41. Rc8 Bb3 42. Rc6 Bf4 43. Nc5 Bc4 44. Re6 $15 {
und es scheint, dass die Verteidigung standhält.}) 34... Bc8 $1 {[#]
Offenbart das Dilemma des Weißen, der nun unter seiner anfälligen
Königsstellung als auch unter seinem eingeklemmten Turm schwer laboriert:} 35.
Kf1 {[#]} ({I} 35. f3 Rb5 $1 36. g4 g6 37. g5 Be6 38. gxf6 Bxd5 39. fxe7 Kxe7
$17) ({II} 35. g4 Rb5 $1 ({Hier ist} 35... Bxg4 $5 {eine interessante
Alternative zum Qualitätsgewinn:} 36. Nd3 Ra4 $17) 36. f3 g6 37. g5 Be6 38.
gxf6 Bxd5 39. fxe7 Kxe7 $17) ({III} 35. Nd3 $2 Rb1+ 36. Nc1 (36. Kh2 Bb7 $19)
36... Ba3 37. Rc5 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Ba6 $19 {mit für Schwarz technischer
Gewinnstellung}) 35... Rb5 $1 36. Ke2 (36. Ke1 Be6 37. Rh5 Bg4 38. Rd5 (38.
Rxh7 Kg8 $19) 38... g6 39. Kd2 Be6 40. Nxe6 Rxd5 41. Nf4 Ra5 $17) 36... Be6 37.
Nxe6 (37. Rh5 $4 Bg4+) 37... Rxd5 $17 38. Nc5 {[#]} (38. Nf4 Ra5 $17) 38... f5
({Die vereinfachende Abwicklung} 38... Bxc5 $142 39. dxc5 Ke6 {nebst
geduldiger Einschnürung kam m. E. auch in Betracht, z.B.} 40. Kf3 (40. g4 h5)
40... h5 {Dieser bekannte Endspieltyp, in dem Weiß eine Lockerung seiner
Struktur tunlichst vermeiden muss und zur Passivität verurteilt ist, bietet
Schwarz freilich gute Gewinnchancen. Ob die Stellung allerdings bei bester
Behandlung tatsächlich gewonnen ist, scheint nicht klar zu sein. Und dies
dürfte auch der Grund dafür sein, warum sich Nakamura mit mehr Holz auf dem
Brett bessere praktische Chancen ausgerechnet hat und auch im Folgenden den
Läufer-/Springertausch verschmäht. Die anschließenden sehr gehaltvollen, am
Turnierbrett mitunter kaum zu überblickenden Kampfhandlungen, bei denen
etliche knifflige Entscheidungen zu treffen sind und Weiß zu böser Letzt dem
andauernden Druck erliegt, werfen diverse interessante Fragen auf.}) 39. Nd3
Bd6 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Nf4 Ra5 42. Ne2 Ra3 43. Nf4 Rb3 44. Nd5 Bb8 45. Nf4 Ba7 46.
Ke2 Ra3 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nf4+ Kd6 49. Nh5 $6 ({Genauer war} 49. Nh3 $142 {
, um die gegnerischen Bauernstruktur zu lockern, z.B.} Bb6 50. Ng5 h6 51. Nh3
Kd5 52. Nf4+ Kc4 53. Ne6 Ra7 54. h5 {, und hier hat Weiß größere
Überlebenschancen als in der Partie:} Re7 55. Nc5 Kd5 (55... Bxc5 $2 56. dxc5
Kd5 57. Kf3 Re4 58. Bf4 Kxc5 59. g4 Kd5 60. gxf5 $11) 56. Kf3 Kc4 57. Kf4 (57.
Kf4 Rf7 58. Ne6)) 49... g6 50. Nf4 Bb6 51. Kd2 Kc6 (51... Bd8 $142 52. Ke2 Bf6)
52. Ke2 Kd6 53. Kd2 Bd8 54. Ke2 Bf6 {Womit Schwarz sich effizient aufgestellt
hat. Nun soll durch den Einsatz seines Königs via c6-b5-c4 die Verteidigung
in die Zange genommen werden.} 55. Kd2 Kc6 56. Ke2 Kb5 {[#] Die Lage spitzt
sich zu, und guter Rat ist teuer für Weiß.} 57. h5 $2 {ein schlechter Moment
für diesen Hebel} ({I} 57. d5 $2 Kc4 58. d6 Ra6 59. Ne6 Be7 $3 (59... Rxd6 $2
60. Nf8) 60. dxe7 Rxe6 61. Kf3 Rxe7 $19 {mit technischer Gewinnstellung}) ({
II Indes nach} 57. Nd5 $5 {und z.B.} Bg7 58. Nf4 Kc4 59. h5 gxh5 60. Nxh5 Bxd4
61. Kf3 $15 {ist nicht zu erkennen, dass Schwarz (trotz glattem Qualitätsplus)
siegen kann:} ({auch} 61. Nf4 $15) 61... Be5 62. Nf4 Rb3 63. Ne6 Kd5 64. Nf4+
Kd6 65. Nh3 Ke7 66. Nf4 Bd4 67. Nd5+ Ke6 68. Nf4+ Ke5 69. Ne2 Bxe3 70. fxe3 {
und der Angreifer beißt auf Eisen.}) 57... g5 $1 58. Nd5 Bd8 59. Bd2 Ra7 $2 ({
Wahrscheinlich verpasste Schwarz hier mit} 59... Kc6 $142 $1 {und z.B.} 60. Ne3
(60. Nb4+ Kd6 61. Nc2 Rb3 $19) 60... f4 61. gxf4 gxf4 62. Nc2 (62. Nc4 f3+ $19)
62... f3+ $19 {(jeweils) eine technische Gewinnstellung -} 63. Kd1 Ra4 64. Ne1
Rxd4 65. Nxf3 Rd5 $1 66. h6 (66. Ke2 Rxh5) 66... Ba5 67. Ke2 Bxd2 68. Nxd2 Rh5)
60. Kd3 $2 ({Alternativen: I} 60. f4 $2 g4 61. Ne3 Bb6 $1 62. Bc3 (62. Nxf5
$143 Kc4 $1 63. Ne3+ Kxd4 64. Nxg4 Ra2 $1 $19 65. Ne5 Ke4) 62... Ra3 63. Bd2
Kc6 64. Nxf5 Kd5 65. Ne3+ Ke4 66. Nxg4 Ra2 $1 67. Ne3 (67. Nf6+ Kxd4 $19 68.
Nxh7 Ba5) 67... Bxd4 68. Nd1 Kf5 $19) ({II} 60. Ne3 $1 {ist jedoch erstaunlich
resistent:} Ra2 (60... Rf7 61. Kd3 f4 62. Nc4 fxg3 (62... Bc7 63. gxf4 gxf4 (
63... Bxf4 64. Be3) 64. Ne5 (64. Bc1 Rd7 65. h6 Re7 (65... Rd5 66. Ne5 $1 Bxe5
67. Ke4 Rxd4+ 68. Kxe5 $11) 66. Ne5) 64... Bxe5 65. dxe5 Rd7+ 66. Ke2 f3+ 67.
Ke3 Kc4 68. Bc1 Kd5 69. Kxf3 Kxe5 70. Be3 Rd1 71. Kg4 Rg1+ 72. Kf3 Kf5 73. Bd2
Rh1 74. Kg3 Rxh5 75. Be3 $11 {mit Remisstellung}) 63. Nd6+ Ka6 64. fxg3 Rf3+
65. Ke4 Rxg3 66. Nf7 Bf6 67. d5 $11) (60... f4 {verpufft hier nach} 61. gxf4
gxf4 62. Nf5 Ra2 63. Kd3 Kc6 (63... Bc7 64. f3) 64. Bxf4 Rxf2 65. Ke4 $15) 61.
Nxf5 Ba5 62. Nd6+ Kc6 63. Nc4 Bxd2 64. Nxd2 Kd5 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Ke2 g4 67. f3
Ke6 68. h6 Kd5 69. fxg4 Rxg3 70. Nf1 Ra3 71. Nd2 Kxd4 72. Nf3+ Kd5 73. Ng5 Ra7
74. Kf3 Ke5 75. Kg3 Kf6 76. Nf3 Kg6 77. Ne5+ Kxh6 $11 {mit Remisstellung})
60... Rd7 $2 (60... Ra3+ $142 $1 61. Ke2 Kc6 $1 {(-+) ist Zugumstellung zur
obigen Anmerkung mit 59...Kc6!}) 61. Ne3 Rf7 62. Nc4 Rf8 63. Ne5 $5 (63. f4 $5
g4 64. Ne3 Rf7 65. Bc3) 63... Be7 64. f3 Ra8 {[#]} 65. Nf7 $2 ({Nicht der
letzte Fehler in diesem komplexen, schwierigen Endspiel. Allem Anschein nach
hätte sich Weiß nach} 65. Nc4 $142 $1 {und z.B.} Ra4 66. Ne3 Ra3+ 67. Ke2 f4
68. gxf4 gxf4 69. Nf5 Bg5 70. Nd6+ Kc6 71. Ne4 h6 (71... Bh6 72. Nf6 Ra7 73.
Kd3) 72. Nc3 Ra1 (72... Kd7 73. Kd3 Ra1 74. Ne4 Rh1 75. Nxg5 hxg5 76. Ke4 $11)
73. Kd3 {behaupten können.}) 65... Ra3+ 66. Ke2 Kc4 67. Bxg5 Bb4 $2 ({
Übersieht ein geschicktes Springermanöver, während die Abwicklung} 67...
Kxd4 $142 $1 {nach} 68. Bxe7 Re3+ 69. Kf2 Rxe7 70. Nh6 Ke5 71. f4+ Ke6 $1 $19 {
der direkte Weg zu einer technischen Gewinnstellung gewesen wäre.}) 68. Ne5+
$1 Kd5 (68... Kxd4 $4 69. Nc6+ Kc4 70. Nxb4 $18 Kxb4 71. Be7+) 69. Nd3 $2 ({
Der letzte, entscheidende Fauxpas. Nach} 69. g4 $142 $1 {und z.B.} fxg4 70.
Nxg4 Kxd4 71. f4 Ra7 72. Nf6 Rf7 73. Kf3 $15 {hätte Weiß gute
Rettungschancen gehabt und weiterhin hartnäckigen Widerstand leisten können.}
) 69... Ra2+ 70. Kf1 Bd2 71. Bf6 ({Oder z.B.} 71. Nf4+ Kxd4 72. Ne6+ Kd3 73.
Nc5+ (73. h6 Be3) 73... Kc3 74. Bf6+ (74. Ne6 h6 75. Be7 (75. Bxd2+ $143 Kxd2)
75... Be3 $19) 74... Kc4 75. Nd7 Be3 $19) 71... Kc4 72. Ne5+ Kxd4 $19 {[#] Der
Rest ist Agonie.} 73. g4 ({Andere Schlussbeispiele: I} 73. Nf7+ Ke3 74. Ne5 Rc2
75. Bg7 (75. Bg5+ Kd4 76. Bf6 Be3 77. Ng4+ Kd3 78. Ne5+ Kd2 79. h6 Kd1 $19)
75... Ba5 76. Bh6+ Kd4 77. Nf7 Bc7 78. g4 fxg4 79. fxg4 Kd3 $19) ({II} 73. Bg7
Kd5 74. Nd3 Ke6 75. Bd4 Rc2 $1 76. Bf2 (76. Bg7 Be3 $19) (76. Ne1 Bxe1 77. Kxe1
Rh2 $19) 76... Kf6 $19) 73... Bf4 74. Ng6+ Ke3 75. Nh4 fxg4 76. fxg4 h6 77. Kg1
Bh2+ 78. Kf1 Rf2+ 79. Ke1 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 ({A sharper
line is the famous} 6... e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 $1 e3) 7. Nd5 e4 ({
I would prefer} 7... Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e4 b6) 8. Ne1 d6 (8...
Bf8 {is not very good:} 9. d3 exd3 10. Nxd3 $16) ({A better line is} 8... Bd6
9. d3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 exd3 11. Nxd3 Ne5 12. Qc2 b6) 9. d3 Bxe1 (9... exd3 {
is simply bad:} 10. Nxd3 $16) 10. Rxe1 exd3 11. Bg5 $1 {A powerful pawn
sacrifice. But it has been played before.} dxe2 ({Even worse is} 11... Ne5 12.
exd3 c6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne3 f5 15. d4 Ng6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. b4 a5
19. bxa5 Ra7 20. Rab1 Rea8 21. Nc2 {with a big advantage, Nielsen,P (2485)
-Magai,V/Moscow 1994}) 12. Rxe2 Be6 ({Another try was} 12... Rxe2 13. Qxe2 Be6
14. Nxf6+ (14. Bxf6 {was better:} gxf6 15. Re1) 14... gxf6 15. Bh4 ({The
correct way was to keep the bishop on the other diagonal:} 15. Bd2) 15... Ne5
16. Bxb7 Bxc4 (16... Rb8 17. Be4 $1 $16) 17. Qh5 Rb8 18. Be4 Ng6 19. b3 Ba6 (
19... Be6 20. Re1 $16) 20. Re1 Rb5 {The position is very unclear, as Black
keeps counterchances; Smyslov,V-Mestel,A/Hastings 1972}) 13. Nxf6+ ({An
alternative is also playable:} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf4 Bxc4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.
Qg4+ Kf8 17. Qh4 Qe5 18. Qh6+ Ke8 19. Qxh7 Rd8 20. Qc2 {with very serious
compensation.}) 13... gxf6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Qd4 Kg7 16. b3 c6 17. Rae1 Ng6 $2 ({
It was necessary to keep bishop on h4 at any price} 17... h6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5
Nxh4 20. Qxh4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bd7) 18. Bg5 $1 {Now the white bishop is ready to
be transferred to the long diagonal, which will be deadly for Black.} h6 19.
Bc1 Qb6 ({A winning attack would be conducted after} 19... h5 20. Qd2 Rh8 21.
Bb2 d5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Qg5 Bxg2 24. Re7 $18) 20. Qd2 $1 {It was not
neccessary to win pawns and thus to allow the opponent some activity.} (20.
Qxd6 Rad8) 20... Rh8 21. Bb2 a5 ({Black would have no breathing space after} 
21... Rad8 22. Bd4 c5 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. f4) 22. Qxd6 ({Another way of realising
the advantage was} 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rhf8 24. Be4) 22... Qd8 ({Or} 22...
Rad8 23. Qa3 Rhe8 24. Bc3) 23. Qc5 a4 24. Qb4 (24. f4 {was possible:} Bg4 25.
Re3) 24... axb3 25. axb3 Bg4 26. Re4 (26. f3 {would be slightly more precise:}
Be6 27. f4) 26... Bf5 27. R4e3 Ra2 28. Bc3 Rc2 29. Qxb7 {This is the end.} Bd7
30. Bxc6 Bc8 31. Qa7 Qd6 32. Be4 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 {White has a number of alternatives here.
For example Rb1 or Be3 or Nd2.} a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rc1
(15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Qa6 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L (2645)-Nakamura,H 
(2741)/London 2010/CBM 140/[Marin,M] (50); is fine for Black.}) (15. Nb5 a4 16.
Rb1 {has been the tabiya of this variation in the past. Then Black has tried}
Be6 ({Also possible is} 16... Bg4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ba1 Be6 {/\...Ba2-Bd5.} 19.
Qc2 Rec8 $11 {1-0 Huebner,R (2628)-Ruck,R (2569)/Leipzig GER 2002/[Tony Kosten]
(41), with good play for Black.}) 17. Ba1 (17. e3 Qd7 {seems fine for Black.})
17... Qd7 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. Qb2 f6 20. d4 Rd8 {with a decent position. For
example} 21. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} exd4 $142 (21... Na5 $132 {[%csl Yc4][%cal
Ga5c4] 1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2549)-Huebner,R (2640)/Germany 2003/CBM 093/[Ribli]
(30)}) 22. Rbc1 (22. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 23. Nxd4 Nc4 $1 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 $17) 22... Rac8
$15) (15. Rb1 a4 16. Nb5 {- 15.Nb5.}) 15... a4 16. Nce4 Ra5 17. Nc4 (17. Rb1
Bg4 18. h3 Be6 19. Bc1 Nd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kashlyan-Daniliuk,S (2440)/Minsk 1994/
EXT 1997 (69); was awkward for White.}) 17... Nxc4 (17... Rb5 $6 18. Nc3 $1 (
18. Ba1 $2 Nxc4 {[%csl Rb3]} 19. dxc4 (19. Rxc4 Be6 $1 $15) 19... Rb3 $15)
18... Nxc4 (18... Rxb2 19. Nxb2 Bxa3 20. Rb1 $16) (18... Rb3 $2 19. Nxa4 $1 $16
) 19. Nxb5 Nxb2 20. Qc2 Nxd3 (20... Qb6 $2 21. Qxb2 Nd4 22. Rb1 $16) 21. exd3
$14 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gg2b7] 0-1 Budnikov,A (2400)-Yakovich,Y (2520)/
Vladivostok 1990/EXT 1997 (46)}) 18. dxc4 $146 {A logical but unpromising
novelty.} ({The earlier move was} 18. Rxc4 {was worse as it could have been
answered by} Be6 $1 ({and not} 18... Qb6 19. Bc3 $1 (19. Qa1 Be6 $15) 19... Ra6
20. Rxa4 Bxa3 21. Rxa6 Qxa6 22. Qa1 $14 {1-0 Danov,L (2226)-Kozhuharov,S (2463)
/Plovdiv 2014/CBM 158 Extra (34)}) 19. Rc3 (19. Rc2 Bb3 $17) (19. Rc1 Rb5 {
[%csl Ra3,Rb2]} 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Rc2 Nd4 $17) 19... Rb5 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) 18...
Bg4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. e3 (20. f3 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Re4,Rg2]}) (20. Rc2 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 {[%csl Ra3]} 22. Ra1 Bf5 $17) (20. Rfe1 Ra6 21. Rb1 Rb6 22. Nc3 Bf5
23. e4 Be6 24. Nxa4 Ra6 25. Nc3 Bxc4 $15) 20... h6 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gg4e6] /\..
.Be6} 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Bg2 (23. Nc3 $6 Rd2 $17) (23. f3 Bxe4 24.
fxe4 Ra6 {[%cal Ga6b6,Gb6b3,Gf8c5]} (24... Bc5 $5) 25. c5 (25. Red1 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rb6 27. Rd2 Rb3 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Re3]}) 25... Ra5 $15 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23...
Ra6 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ga6b6,Gf8a3,Gb6b3]} 24. c5 (24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Rb6 26. Bc1 (26. Rd2 Bxa3 $1 $19) 26... Na5 27. c5 Rb1 28. Nc3 Ra1 29. Bb2
Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bxc5 $17) 24... Ra5 {[%cal Ga5b5,Gb5b3]} 25. Rc4 $6 {A mistake
in an already difficult position.} (25. Red1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxc5 27. Nxc5 Rxc5
28. Rd5 Rc2 29. Rb5 Nd8 $15) 25... Rb5 26. Bc3 Rb3 27. Ra1 Be6 28. Bf1 (28.
Rxa4 $2 f5 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 28... f5 $1 {Crushing White's hopes.} (28... Bxc4
29. Bxc4 $11 {[%csl Rb3]}) 29. Nd2 (29. Nd6 $2 b5 $1 $19) 29... Rxc3 30. Rxc3
Rxd2 31. Rb1 f4 ({It was much easier to play} 31... Na5 32. Rb5 (32. Rb6 Bd5
$19 {[%csl Ra3,Rc5,Rg1][%cal Gd5c6,Gd5h1]}) (32. Rb4 Nb3 33. Rxa4 Rd1 34. Kg2
Bd5+ 35. f3 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Nxc5 $19) 32... Nb3 33. Bc4 (33. Rxb7 Rd1 $19 {
[%cal Gb3d2]} (33... Nxc5 $19)) 33... Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Nxc5 35. Rbxc5 Bxc5 36.
Rxc5 Rd3 37. Rc7 (37. Rxe5 Rxa3 38. Rxf5 Rb3 {[%cal Gb7b5,Ga4a3,Gb5b4]} 39. Ra5
a3 40. Kf1 b5 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Kd3 b4 43. Kc4 a2 44. e4 b3 45. Kc3 Rb1 $19)
37... b6 38. Rc6 Rxa3 $19 {Five versus four should be a comfortable victory.})
32. Bc4 (32. Rxb7 Rd1 {[%cal Ge6h3]} 33. Kg2 Bd5+ 34. f3 Rd2+ $19 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gf4e3,Gc6d4,Gd5b7]}) 32... Bxc4 33. Rxc4 fxe3 34. fxe3 Ra2 {Wrong choice,
making the win more difficult.} (34... Rd3 $142 35. Rxa4 Bxc5 36. Rxb7 Rxe3 (
36... Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Raa7 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 Ne6 $19 {[%cal Ge3a7]}) 37. Kg2
Bxa3 $19) 35. Rc3 (35. Rxa4 Bxc5 $19) 35... Na5 ({A better route was} 35... Nd8
36. h4 (36. Rb6 $2 Rxa3 $1 37. Rxa3 Bxc5 $19) (36. Rb4 Ne6 37. Rxa4 Bxc5 $19)
36... e4 37. Rb4 Ne6 38. Rxa4 Nxc5 39. Ra8 b6 40. Rb8 (40. Rc1 Re2 $1 41. Rf1
Nd7 42. Rd1 Nf6 43. Rdd8 Nh7 44. Rdb8 Rxe3 45. Kg2 Rb3 $19) 40... Re2 41. Kf1 (
41. Rxb6 Na4 $19) 41... Rd2 $17 {[%cal Gd2d6,Gd6f6]}) 36. Rb4 Nb3 37. Rxa4 Nxc5
38. Ra8 b6 $6 (38... Kf7 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Rxc5 $11) (38... Ne6 $142 $17) 39.
Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1f1]} Rd2 $6 (39... e4 $142 40. Rf1 Nd7 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rdd8
Nh7 43. Rdb8 {but although Black still keeps chances, it's no longer an easy
win. White could keep fighting, for example} Kf7 (43... Rb2 44. Rb7 (44. Ra6 b5
45. a4 $15) 44... Ng5 45. Rbb8 Ne6 46. Re8 Kf7 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Rxf8 Rb3 49.
a4 Rxe3 50. Rb8 $11) 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rxb6+ Bd6 46. Rd8 Rd2 47. a4 $13) 40. Rf1
Ne6 (40... Nd7 $2 41. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 41. Re8 Rd6 42. Rf5 e4 43. h4 Rc6
44. g4 Kh7 45. Re5 Nc5 46. Rxf8 Nd7 47. Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. e3 dxe3 13. dxe3 Qf6 14. Bd2 a5
15. a4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Ba5 17. Qb3 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 b6 19. a5 Bf5 20. Ra3 bxa5 21.
Rxa5 Rab8 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qf3 Qe5 24. Ra7 Rb4 25. Qd1 Rc4 26. Qa1 Qxa1 27. Raxa1
Rb8 28. Rfc1 Rbb4 29. Bf1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 g4 31. Bc4 $4 {This is a serious waste
of time.} (31. h3 $1 gxh3 (31... h5 32. h4 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. Bg2 Kg7 35. f4
gxf3 36. Bxf3 {and now White has h5 as a target in exchange for his d5-pawn.})
32. f3 {followed by e4 would secure a draw for White as all of White's pawns
are finally unified!}) 31... Kg7 $2 {This gives White an excellent drawing
chance.} (31... Be4 $1) 32. Ba6 $2 {But Macieja does not manage to take
advantage of it.} (32. h3 h5 33. Be2 Kh6 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rxc7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2
Be4+ 37. f3 gxf3+ 38. Bxf3 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Bxf3 40. Rxf7 Bg2 41. Rf6+ Kg5 42. Rxd6
Kg4 43. e4 Bxe4 44. Rf6 Kxg3 45. Kf1 {and Tablebase claims that this is a draw!
}) 32... Kf6 33. Kf1 Rb6 34. Bc4 Ke5 (34... c5 35. dxc6 Rxc6 {is surprisingly
winning!} 36. Ke1 d5 $19) 35. Ke1 Rb1 $1 {Black wins the d5-pawn, and the game!
} 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 37. Be2 f5 38. Bf1 Kxd5 39. Kd2 Ke5 40. Kc3 c5 41. h3 Be4 42.
Kc4 Bd5+ 43. Kc3 Bf3 44. Kc4 Be4 45. h4 Bf3 46. Bd3 Bd5+ 47. Kc3 Be4 48. Bf1 d5
49. Be2 h6 50. Bd1 c4 51. Be2 Bf3 52. Bf1 Kd6 53. Kb4 Kc6 54. Kc3 Kc5 55. Kc2
Kb4 56. Kb2 Ka4 57. Ka2 Ka5 58. Ka1 Kb4 59. Kb2 h5 60. Kc2 Ka3 61. Kc3 Ka2 62.
Kc2 Be4+ 63. Kc1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O a6 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 Ba7 10. e3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Na4 Bh3 17. Ne4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b6 19. Qb3 Re6 20. Nd2 Rce8 21. Nf3 Rd6
22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 b5 24. Rec1 Bb6 25. a4 e4 26. dxe4 Rxe4 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Qc2 Ree6 29. Ra3 Re8 30. Rca1 Qe6 31. Ra8 Rdd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bc3 Ne7 34.
Bd4 Nd5 35. Bxb6 Qxb6 36. Rd1 Rd6 37. Rd4 Ne7 38. Qe4 Nc6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Rxd6
cxd6 41. Qxf7 Nxb4 42. Nd4 Qc5 43. Ne6 Qc3 44. Nf8+ Kh8 45. Ng6+ Kh7 46. Ne7
Qc4 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Nf5 Qc6+ 49. f3 Qc3 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Ne7 Qc4 52. Qg6+ Kh8
53. Qxd6 Nd3 54. g4 b4 55. Kg3 Ne1 56. Ng6+ Kh7 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Ne6 Qc3 59.
Qd8+ Kh7 60. Nf8+ Kg8 61. Ne6+ Kh7 62. Qd4 Kg8 63. h4 Nd3 64. Qxc3 bxc3 65. Nd4
Kf7 66. f4 Nb4 67. Ne2 c2 68. Nc1 g5 69. hxg5 hxg5 70. Kf3 Nd5 71. Ke4 Ke6 72.
fxg5 Nb4 73. Nb3 Kf7 74. Kf5 Nd3 75. e4 c1=Q 76. Nxc1 Nxc1 77. e5 Ne2 78. e6+
Kg7 79. Ke5 Nc3 80. Kd6 Kf8 81. g6 Ne4+ 82. Ke5 Nc5 {[%tqu "De","Weiß zieht
und gewinnt","","","g4g5","",6,"e5d5","",0]} 83. g5 $2 (83. Kd5 $1 Nb7 (83...
Nd3 84. Kd6 Nf2 85. e7+ Ke8 86. g7 Ne4+ 87. Ke5 $18) (83... Ke7 84. g7 $18) 84.
Kc6 Nd8+ (84... Na5+ 85. Kd7 $18 {[%cal Ge6e8]}) 85. Kd7 Nxe6 86. Kxe6 Kg7 87.
Kf5 Kg8 88. Kg5 Kg7 89. Kh5 Kg8 90. Kh6 Kh8 91. g7+ Kg8 92. g5 Kf7 93. Kh7 $18)
83... Nb7 (83... Nxe6 84. Kxe6 Kg7 85. Kf5 Kg8 86. Kf6 Kf8 87. g7+ Kg8 $11) 84.
Kd5 (84. Kf6 Nd6 85. e7+ Kg8 86. Ke5 Ne8 87. Ke6 Ng7+ 88. Kd7 Kh8 89. Kd8 Kg8
$11) 84... Na5 $1 85. Kc5 Nb3+ 86. Kd5 Na5 87. Kd6 Nc4+ 88. Kc7 Ne3 89. Kd8 Nf5
90. Kd7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Cabrera Pino, Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Ne4 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. b5 Nd8 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. d4 Nf7 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Ned2 Bf6 21.
Qb3 Rfe8 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 c5 25. bxc6 Rexc6 26. Rb4 b6 27.
Rd1 Kg8 28. Rd5 Rc5 29. Rd7 R8c7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb5 Nd6 32. Rd5 Nc4 33. Bxe5
Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rc3 35. a4 Ra3 36. Nc6 Rxa4 37. Rd7 a5 38. Rb7 Rc4 39. Rxb6 a4
40. Ra6 Bb2 41. f4 Rc2 42. Kf2 a3 43. Ne5 Kf8 44. Nd3 Bd4+ 45. Kf3 a2 46. Nb4
Rxe2 47. Kxe2 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 Bxa1 49. g4 Kf7 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Ke4 g6 52. Nc6 Bf6
53. h3 Kd6 54. Nd4 Ke7 55. Kd5 Kf7 56. Ke4 Ke7 57. Kd5 Kf7 58. Nc6 Bh4 59. Ne5+
Kf6 60. Nf3 Bg3 61. Ke4 Bf2 62. Ng5 Kg7 63. Ke5 Be3 64. Ne4 Bc1 65. f5 gxf5 66.
gxf5 Kh6 $2 {Here, exceptionally, active defence is wrong, because White is
too quick and the defensive diagonal f8-h6 is too short. Hier ist aktive
Verteidigung ausnahmsweise falsch, weil Weiß zu schnell und die Stopdiagonale
f8-h6 zu kurz ist.} ({Surprisingly, I could not find a win against Gegen} 66...
Kf7 67. f6 Kf8 68. Ke6 Ba3 69. Ng5 Kg8 {. There is very little winning
potential available and Black can often turn to a stalemate defence. You can
find an exact analysis in the variation 67...Kg7. habe ich überraschenderweise
keinen Gewinn gefunden. Es ist nur noch wenig Gewinnpotential vorhanden und
Schwarz kann oft zu Pattverteidigungen greifen. Eine genaue Analyse befindet
sich in der Variante 67...Kg7.}) 67. Ke6 $2 (67. f6 Kg6 68. Ke6 $18 {does not
let the king back and prevents passive defence. lässt den König nicht zurück
und unterbindet die passive Verteidigung.}) 67... Kh5 $2 (67... Bb2 $2 68. f6
Kg6 (68... Bxf6 69. Kxf6 Kh5 70. Kg7 Kh4 71. Nf2 Kg3 72. Kxh7 Kxf2 73. h4 Kg3
74. h5 Kg4 75. Kg6 $18) 69. h4 Ba3 70. Nc3 Kh5 (70... Bf8 71. Nd5 Kh5 72. Kf7
Bh6 73. Ne7 Kg4 74. Ng8 Bd2 75. Kf8 Kxh4 76. f7 h5 77. Ke8 Bb4 78. Ne7 $18) 71.
Nd5 Kg4 72. Ne7 Bb2 73. Nf5 Ba3 74. f7 Bf8 {Next comes triangulation: Nun
folgt ein Dreiecksmanöver:} 75. Kf6 Kh5 76. Ke5 Kg4 77. Ke6 {and Black is in a
fatal zugzwang: und Schwarz ist in fatalem Zugzwang:} Kf4 78. Nd4 Kg4 79. Kd7
Bg7 80. Ne6 Bh6 81. Ke7 Kxh4 (81... Kf5 82. h5 Ke5 83. f8=Q Bxf8+ 84. Nxf8 Kf5
85. Nxh7 Kg4 86. Nf6+ $18) 82. Kf6 Kg4 83. Ng7 Bg5+ 84. Ke6 $18) (67... Kg7 $1
{is required, e.g. ist vonnöten, z.B.} 68. f6+ Kf8 69. Nc5 Ba3 70. Nd7+ Kg8 71.
h4 Bb4 72. h5 Ba3 73. Ne5 Kf8 74. h6 Kg8 75. f7+ Kh8 76. Nc6 Bf8 77. Kd7 Ba3
78. Ke8 Bf8 $11 {and the stalemate defence cannot be broken. und die
Pattverteidigung kann nicht gebrochen werden.}) 68. f6 Kh4 (68... Kg6 69. Nd6
Ba3 70. Nf5 Bf8 71. Ne7+ Kg5 72. Kf7 Bh6 73. Ng8 $18) 69. Nd6 Kxh3 70. f7 Bh6
71. Nf5 {Nisipeanu dominates the bishop. Nisipeanu dominiert den Läufer.} Bf8
72. Kd7 (72. Kd7 Kg4 73. Ke8 Kxf5 (73... Bc5 74. Ne7 $18) 74. Kxf8 h5 75. Kg7
$18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While the Women’s World Championship Cycle is going to imitate the overall
World Championship, it might also hold the other way around. After eight
rounds, there remained four games and an eventual tie-break to be played to
determine the winner. The finale of the Women’s World Championship looks
quite similar in this respect, doesn’t it? The match has been quite tense,
both players have been fighting hard and it is therefore surprising that all
the games finished in draws. This shows high class of both players as well as
their superb defensive abilities. Moreover, the permanent progress of the
opening theory makes it increasingly difficult to achieve an advantage with
White against a well-prepared opponent. We all have probably hoped to see more
decisive games, but it is really very hard to beat a 2800-rated player.} 1. c4
e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {This is currently
the most fashionable continuation. It had been played by club players many
times before GM Grischuk introduced it to a top level.} 7. O-O ({White could
win a pawn by means of} 7. Nxe5 Nxc3 8. Bxc6+ (8. bxc3 Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 $11) 8...
bxc6 9. bxc3 {, but Black would get an ample compensation after} (9. dxc3 Qxd1+
10. Kxd1 Bxf2 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Rxf7 Bd6 13. Rf3 Bxe5 14. Re3 O-O $1 15. Rxe5
Rf1+ {should be fine for Black as well according to GM Marin and IM Stoica 
(NIC Yearbook 125).}) 9... Qd5 10. Nf3 Bh3 {owing to his better development.})
7... O-O 8. d3 ({A funny-looking continuation} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7
Re8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. d4 Qh5 13. dxc5 Rd8 14. Bd2 Nd4 {gives Black a decent
counterplay according to GM Marin and IM Stoica.}) (8. Nxe5 Nxc3 9. Nxc6 $2 {
is not to be recommended in view of} Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+ $1 11. Kh1 Bg4 $1 {.})
8... Re8 {This variation has already been played in the 4th round.} ({A bishop
retreat} 8... Bb6 {is equally playable, but it enables White to play b2-b4 in
certain lines.}) 9. Bg5 $5 {This motif has been known from the Sicilian Dragon
(with reversed colours).} Nxc3 ({It it also possible to play} 9... Nde7 {
, but retreating the centralized knight contradicts the spirit of this
variation (if there is any).}) ({Black would like to play} 9... f6 $6 {, but
it allows} 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qxb7 {, when White seems to be better, e.g.} Ndb4 $6
12. Qb5 $1 {and the queen escapes.}) 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bc1 {If any piece belongs
to d2, it is the knight. Black players have been doing very well in this match.
Magnus therefore sort of "switched colours" by losing time with his bishop.
Well, he has slightly improved his pawn structure in return. Black can no
longer claim the d4-square.} Be6 {Pushing e5-e4 with an undeveloped queenside
would be clearly inferior to this healthy developing move.} 12. Bb2 Bb6 ({
Here my computer likes} 12... e4 $5 {for some reason.} 13. Nd4 (13. dxe4 Qxd1
14. Rfxd1 Bc4 15. e3 Rad8 {gives Black a good compensation owing to White's
queenside weaknesses.}) 13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxe4 c6 ({
or even} 16... Bd5 17. e3 Qe5 {should not be too dangerous for Black.})) ({
I expected} 12... Qe7 {, when} 13. d4 {allows Black to play} Rad8 {.}) 13. d4
Bd5 {Black neutralizes White's kingside bishop.} 14. Qc2 exd4 15. cxd4 Be4 16.
Qb3+ Bd5 ({The endgame arising after} 16... Qd5 17. Qxd5+ Bxd5 18. e3 {is
somewhat more pleasant for White. Not much, but it is hard to achieve more,
nowadays.}) 17. Qd1 {Magnus played quickly up to this moment. I like his
opening choice. This seemingly unambitious variation with few long forced
lines gives him decent chances to outplay his opponent in the subsequent
course of the game. The b6-bishop might remain out of play after e2-e3, Nf3-d2.
True, Fabiano Caruana is quite hard to be outplayed.} (17. Qc2 Be4 {would not
be very inspiring.}) 17... Bxf3 $6 {Watching the game, I also considered this
move. It is a logical and straightforward one. While it is certainly not bad,
it leads to a position where White can play for the win without any risk.} ({
I like} 17... Qd7 {. Black can complete his development and play Na5, c5 later
on.}) (17... Na5 $5 {was another option.}) 18. Qb3+ {This limits Black's
options.} (18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qb3+ Kh8 {is a mere transposition} (
{, while} 20... Kf8 $5 {was not possible in the game.})) 18... Kh8 19. Bxf3
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. e3 $1 Qe5 {Black would like to exchange the queens, but
it is not that simple.} (21... Qd6 22. Bxb7 Rab8 {is also slightly better for
White after} 23. Rad1 Qf8 24. Bc6 {, as} Bxe3 $2 {loses an exchange after
almost any queen retreat.}) 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Rad1 $14 {White has achieved a
small but stable advantage. His king is safer and his bishop is more active
than its counterpart. He should keep the queens on the board to maintain
attacking chances. Magnus Carlsen has already won many equal-looking positions
with rooks and opposite-coloured bishops on the board. On the other hand,
Black's position is quite solid and the drawing margin is quite broad unless
White launches a mating attack. Black can sometimes sacrifice a pawn to
exchange the major pieces and achieve a drawish bishop endgame.} Qe7 24. h4 $1
{White needs to weaken his opponent's king.} g6 25. h5 $6 (25. Bc6 {looks
better in hindsight, but Black's defensive resources should be sufficient
anyway. Still, some accuracy is needed, as} Rxd1 $6 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8
28. Qf7 {would be fairly unpleasant for Black.}) 25... gxh5 $1 {A brave
decision. Instead of defending an inferior position after 25...Kg7, Black
launches counterplay. GM Mihail Marin has recently written an article on such
an unexpected recapture for a German magazine "Schach".} ({White would keep
his trumps after} 25... Kg7 26. Bf3 $14 {.}) 26. Qc4 f5 $1 {Another good move.
Black prepares h5-h4, after which both kings would be equally weak. Black has
equalized, but the fight continues.} 27. Bf3 h4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. gxh4 Rg8+ 30.
Kh1 Qf6 31. Qf4 Bc5 $1 {The bishop joins the play.} 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ ({It was
safer to play} 32... Bd6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {, as the h4-pawn would then be
hanging with check in many lines. Still, Black's continuation does not spoil
anything.}) 33. Kxg1 Bd6 34. Qa4 {Fabiano Caruana was a bit short of time, but
he kept everything under control.} f4 $1 35. Qxa7 fxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxh4 {All
Black needs to do is to exchange the queens without losing the pawns.} 37. a4
Qf6 38. Bd1 Qe5 {The bishop endgame is drawn.} 39. Qxe5+ Bxe5 40. a5 Kg7 41. a6
Bd4 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. f4 Bb6 44. Kf3 h6 {Black does not advance his pawns to far
to be able to protect them. Watching this endgame, I recalled an important
game Aronian - Bacrot from the World Cup 2005 semifinal, where Black gave up
in a similar position without his c-pawn and with White's bishop on h3 and
pawn on f5. It looks like a dream scenario for White, but the final position
of that game was still drawn! Needless to say, White cannot achieve it now.}
45. Ke4 Ba7 46. Bg4 {From here White's bishop blocks the h-pawn and protects
the f4-pawn. White can win a bishop for the a-pawn, but then Black's c-pawn
could run forward to save a draw (at least).} Bg1 47. Kd5 Bb6 48. Kc6 Be3 {
The c7-pawn can also be protected indirectly. There is nothing to be done.} 49.
Kb7 Bb6 50. Bh3 Be3 51. Kc6 Bb6 52. Kd5 Ba7 53. Ke4 Bb6 54. Bf1 Ke6 55. Bc4+
Kf6 56. Bd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Olafsson,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 (5. Nd5) 5... O-O 6. O-O e4 7.
Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d4 (10. d3) 10... Na5 (10... b6 $5) 11. Qd3
b6 12. c5 $2 (12. Bxe3 $1 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nxc4 14. Bf2) 12... Bb7 $1 13. Bxe3 Qe7
14. Bf4 (14. Kf2 $4 Ba6 $1 $19) 14... Qxe2 15. Qf5 $5 (15. Qxe2 Rxe2 16. Bxc7
Nd5 $17) 15... h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rae1 (17. fxe4 Qxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 19.
Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxc7 Nc4 $17) 17... Nxg3 $6 (17... Nxc3 $1 18. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1
Nxd4 20. Qxd7 Rad8 21. Qg4 (21. Qxc7 Ne6 22. Qe5 Nxc5 $17) 21... Bc8 $17) 18.
hxg3 Qb5 (18... Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 $13 Rae8 21. Be5 $1 (21. Bf1 Bxf3
$1)) 19. Qg4 $2 (19. Bxc7 $10) 19... Qc6 20. Kh2 bxc5 21. d5 Qxd5 22. Bxh6 g6
23. Rd1 Qe5 $1 (23... Qh5+ 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rxd7 $10) 24. Qxd7 (24. Rxd7 Bc8
$1 $19) 24... Nc4 25. Bf4 Qxc3 26. Qxc7 Ba6 27. Rf2 Ne3 28. Rd6 (28. Rd7 $5 $13
) 28... Qh8+ 29. Bh3 $4 (29. Kg1 $15) 29... Bc8 30. Rd8 (30. g4 Bxg4 $1 (30...
Nxg4+ $2 31. fxg4 Bxg4 32. Bh6 $1 $11) 31. fxg4 Nxg4+ 32. Kg3 Nxf2 $19) 30...
Bxh3 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxe3 Bf5+ 33. Kg1 Rxe3 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qb2+ f6 36.
Qb7+ Kf8 37. Rd2 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Kg1 Qg7 40. Qc6 Qe7 41. g4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "La Roche sur Yon 2nd"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 e4 9. Ng5 (9. Nd4 {ist die übliche Fortsetzung. Die Erfolgsquote des
Textzuges ist übrigens ganz niedrig.}) 9... exd3 10. exd3 h6 (10... d6 11. Rb1
h6 {ist auch gut möglich, aber ich plante b6-Bb7, um die weißfeldrigen Läufer
abzutauschen.}) 11. Ne4 ({Auch nach} 11. Nf3 d6 ({oder} 11... b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 {
steht Schwarz bequem.})) 11... b6 12. Rb1 (12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Re1 Na5 $11) 12...
Bb7 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Ne4 ({Nach} 14. Nb3 Bb7 {verschmähte Robert Hübner die
Zugwiederholung 1997 gegen Kasimdzhanov. Aber Schwarz stand gut nach} 15. c5
Qc8 16. d4 Ne7 17. Re1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa6) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Bd5 $6 ({
Dieser Zug ist nicht nützlich. Während der Partie hielt ich} 16. Bf4 {für das
Beste. Ich rechnete lange an den Folgen von} Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qg4 Re6 {
Es sieht aus, als sei für Schwarz hier alles in Ordnung, z.B:} 19. d4 (19. Rfe1
Qf6 $1 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc7 Rc8 22. Bf4 Nc5 23. d4 Nd3 $36) 19... d6 20. Rfe1
Qe7 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Qc6 Qe7 24. c5 g5 25. Be3 Na5 26. cxd6 cxd6
$13) ({Eigentlich geschah in der Begegnung Schüssler-Lehmann (Bundesliga 1988)
} 16. Qh5 $5 {Auf diese interessante Idee sollte Schwarz vermutlich mit} Qf6 {
reagieren.} (16... Na5 17. f3 $1 Qf6 18. Bd2 Bc6 {wurde in der Partie gespielt,
aber nach} 19. g4 $1 {entfaltete Weiß eine gefährliche Initiative}) {Nach dem
logischen} 17. Bd2 {kommt das Qualitätspofer} Rxe4 18. dxe4 Ne5 {in Betracht:}
19. Bf4 (19. f4 $2 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxe4 22. Rbe1 d5 $36) 19... Ng6 (
19... Nxc4 20. Qf5 $16) 20. Rfe1 (20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. exf5 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Be4 $13)
20... Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Qf5 Qd2 23. Rbd1 (23. Re3 $2 Qxa2) 23... Qxc3 24.
Qxd7 Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qxa2 $132 {In den meisten Variante sieht der Computer den
Nachziehenden in Vorteil. So optimistisch bin ich nicht. Schwarz sollte
einfach genug Spiel zum Ausgleich besitzen.}) 16... Qf6 17. Bf4 d6 18. Qa4 (18.
d4 Na5) (18. Qf3 $6 Ne5 $15 19. Bxe5 $140 $2 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Bf4 Be2)
18... Na5 19. Bxb7 (19. Rfe1 {sieht besser aus. Aber wenn der Mehrbauer nach}
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qxc3 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Kh7 24. Qxf7 Qxd3 {
schwer zu verwerten ist, spielt natürlich nur Schwarz auf Gewinn.}) (19. d4 c6
20. Bg2 Qe6 21. c5 dxc5 22. dxc5 Nc4 $15) 19... Nxb7 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Nc5 22. Qc6 Rf8 23. Re8 ({Es funktioniert nicht} 23. d4 Nd3 24. Re4 (24. Re3
Nxf4 25. gxf4 Rc8 $15) {wegen} 24... g5 $1 25. Be3 Qf3 26. h3 (26. Qd5 Qd1+ 27.
Kg2 g4 $1 $19) 26... Ne1 27. Kf1 Nc2 $19) 23... Rxe8 (23... Nxd3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8
25. Qxc7 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Kg8 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qxa7 Qxf4 29. Qxb6 Qg4+ 30. Kh1
Qxc4 31. Qb1+ g6 $15 {/=}) 24. Qxe8+ Kh7 25. d4 Nd3 26. Qe3 $2 (26. Qe4+ {
genügt nicht:} Qg6 27. Qf3 Qf5 28. h4 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Kg6 $17) ({Die meisten
Damenendspiele sind schlecht, aber nur das folgende hätte Weiß noch knapp
halten können:} 26. Qc6 $1 Nxf4 (26... Qe7 27. Be3 f5 28. h4 Qe4 29. Qxc7 Ne1
30. Kf1 Nc2 31. Qxd6 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 $11) 27. gxf4
Qg6+ (27... Qxf4 28. Qxc7) 28. Kh1 Qd3 29. Kg2 Qxc3 30. Qxc7 Qxd4 31. Qxf7 {
Das Problem liegt darin, dass das Bauernendspiel nach} Qe4+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33.
Kg2 $1 {Remis ist:} (33. Ke1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qxa2+ 35. Kf3 Qb3+ 36. Kg2 Qd3 37.
Qxa7 Qxc4 38. Qxb6 Qxf4 $17) 33... Qg6+ 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Kf3 a6
37. a4 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Ke3 $11) 26... Qf5 27. h3 $2 ({Nun ist es nicht
dasselbe im Fall von} 27. Qd2 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Qe6 29. Qd3+ Qg6+ 30. Qxg6+ (30.
Qg3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa2 32. Qd3+ Kg8 $19) 30... Kxg6 {gewinnt Schwarz:} 31. Kg2
Kf5 32. Kf3 c6 33. h3 d5 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Ke3 b5 36. Kf3 f6 37. Ke3 g6 38. Kf3
h5 39. Ke3 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. Kf3 h4 {und g5-g4 entscheidet.}) 27... Nb2 $4 (
{Ein unglaublicher Fall von beiderseitiger Blindheit, wobei mein Gegner seinen
Fehler gerade bemerkte, als er seinen letzten Bauernzug ausführte. Ich
grübelte ca 10 Minuten, ohne das einfache} 27... g5 28. g4 gxf4 {[%cal Gf4e3]
zu sehen....}) ({Das Bauernendspiel nach} 27... Nxf4 28. gxf4 Qe6 $1 29. d5
Qxe3 30. fxe3 {hätte übrigens auch gewonnen:} Kg6 31. e4 Kh5 32. Kh2 Kh4 33.
Kg2 g6 34. Kh2 f6 35. Kg2 g5 $19) 28. Qe2 Qb1+ {Die schön zentralisierten
Figuren des Nachziehenden stehen plötzlich komisch in der Ecke. Harte Arbeit
ist wieder gefragt.} 29. Kh2 $6 ({Besser war} 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. Bd2 {Weiß sollte
nun locker halten:} Qc2 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Qe7 (32. Qe8 Kg7 33. Bxh6+ Kxh6 $11)
32... Kg7 33. Bxh6+ Kxh6 34. Qxf7 Ne1+ 35. Kf1 Qe4 36. Qf8+ Kh7 {mit
Dauerschach.}) 29... Nd1 $1 30. Bd2 (30. Qd2 g5 $1 31. Be3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qf1
33. c5 bxc5 34. dxc5 dxc5 35. Qd5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Kg7 $17) 30... Qc2 31. Qf3 $1 {
Eine listige Ressource.} f5 (31... f6 32. Kg2 c5 {war auch gut möglich, nur
nicht}) (31... Qxd2 $2 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qc8+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 32. g4 fxg4 $6
({Es genügt wieder nicht} 32... Qxd2 $2 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Kf6
36. Qd8+ Kg6 37. Qe8+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Kf4 $140 $4 39. Qf7+ $18) ({Vorzuziehen war
aber} 32... Nb2 33. Qd5 Nxc4 34. Qxc4 Qxd2 $17) 33. hxg4 Nb2 (33... Qxd2 $2 34.
Qe4+ $11) 34. Qf7 $2 $138 ({Weiß vergisst zu überprüfen, ob der
Dauerschachtrick immer funktioniert. Hartnäckiger war} 34. c5 $5 bxc5 35. dxc5
Nc4 36. Bf4 dxc5 37. Bxc7 Nd2) ({oder} 34. Qd5 Nxc4 $1 (34... a5 35. Kg3 Qd3+
36. f3 Qxc4 37. Qe4+ Kh8 38. g5 $1 $11) 35. Qxc4 Qxd2 36. Kg3 (36. Qf7 Qxc3 $1
37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40. Qd8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kxg4
43. Qxg7+ Kf4 44. Qxh6+ Ke4 $19) 36... d5 37. Qxc7 Qxa2 {, wonach die
schwarzen Gewinnchancen gering bleiben.}) 34... Qxd2 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kf7
37. Qd7+ (37. Qxc7+ Kg6 38. Qxd6+ Kh7 $19) 37... Kf6 38. Qd8+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kg5
40. Qe7+ (40. Qh5+ Kf6 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qe4+ Kd8 $19) 40... Kxg4 41. Qxg7+ Qg5
(41... Kf3 {gewinnt auch, aber warum so kompliziert wie nach} 42. Qg2+ Ke2 43.
f4+ Kd1 44. Qxd2+ Kxd2 45. f5 Nd3 46. Kg3 Ke3 $19) 42. Qd7+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 (10. Rb1 $145 Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 12. Bb2 c6 $1 $10 {
Borges Mateos-Yakovich, Bayamo 1990} (12... a5 13. b5 a4 14. Nd2 Ra5 15. Nc4
$14 {Ehlvest-Hjartarson, Rotterdam 1989})) 10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bf8 13.
Nd2 c6 (13... a4 $5 14. e3 $6 (14. Rb1) 14... Ne6 15. Nc4 (15. Qc2 $145 Nc5 $1
16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Nd5 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Nxc7 Nxb2 21. Nxe8 Bf5
$1 22. Nc7 Rd8 $3 $17 {Hjartarson-Ivanchuk, Linares 1989}) 15... Nc5 $17 {
Uhlmann-Kozul, Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 (15. a4 $5) 15... a4
16. Nb5 Be6 $1 17. e3 {P e2, d4} Ba2 18. Rc1 Bd5 (18... Qxd3 19. Nc7 Rad8 20.
Nxe8 Qxd2 21. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Nc7 $14) 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nfd4 (20. dxe4 Bc4)
20... Nxd4 (20... exd3 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd3 $14) 21. Bxd4 (21. Nxd4 exd3 $10)
21... Bc6 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. dxe4 $6 (23. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5
26. Qc2 $14) 23... Ra5 $2 (23... Nc5 $8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qc2 b6 $44) 24. Na7
$1 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 Bxa3 (25... Qa5 26. Rxb7 $1 Bxb7 27. Qxd7 Re7 28. Qd4 Bxe4 29.
Bc5 $16) 26. Ra1 Bc5 $6 (26... Qa5 27. Rxa3 Qxa7 28. e5 $1 Bxg2 29. Rxa4 $18) (
26... Bf8 27. Rxa4 $5 $16 (27. e5 $16)) 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 $1 29. e5
Bxg2 30. Kxg2 b5 31. Rfd1 Rb8 32. Rd5 $1 Nb3 (32... Ne4 33. Kf3 Nc3 34. Rc5 b4
35. Rxc3 bxc3 36. Rxa4 Rc8 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. Rc1 $18 {P e4-d3}) 33. Rad1 h6 $2
$138 (33... Kf8 34. Rd7 $140 (34. f4 b4 35. Rb1 $16) 34... b4 $1 $13) 34. Rd8+
Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Kg6 37. e4 Nc5 38. Ra5 Nxe4 39. Rxb5 Kf5 40. f4 a3
41. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 10th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kaplan, Sasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
The arised is just a Dragon variation with reversed colours with an extra
tempo for White.} 8. d3 g5 $2 {This is too wild. Actually, such idea appears
with reversed colours in the Sicilian Dragon, but here White has an extra
tempo. It's needless to say that every tempo is vital in the Sicilian defence..
.} ({Obviously,} 8... O-O {is a normal move.}) 9. Be3 $6 {Not the best way to
meet black's highly optimistic plan.} (9. d4 $1 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf6 ({The least
of the evils is} 10... O-O {, but after} 11. Nbxd4 {White is simply better.
The move g7-g5 is not a big attraction of black's position.}) 11. Bxg5 Bxg5 12.
Nxg5 Qxg5 (12... a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 13. Nxc7+ Kf8 14.
Nxa8 Nxa8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd4 Rg8 17. Qxa7 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 9... g4 10. Nd2
Nd4 (10... h5 11. a4 a5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nb5 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc4 h4 16. e3
hxg3 17. hxg3 f5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Rfd1 $16 {[%cal Gd3d4] 1-0 Spraggett,K (2526)
-Godard,M (2377)/France 2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 11. a4 a5 12. Nb5 ({Risky, but
very interesting was} 12. f4 Nf5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Nd5 Be6 15. fxe5 Bc5+ 16.
Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qg5 20. Kg2 Qxe5 21. Qb3 $14)
12... c6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 (14. Bh6 $1 {blocking the "h" pawn was more
annoying for Black.}) 14... h5 15. Nc4 h4 {Numerous inaccuracies from my side
led to unclear position. On the one hand black's king has no safety. On the
other hand, it's not easy for White to open up the centre, since he suffers
from lack of space.} 16. Qb3 Ra6 $6 {This is too awkward to be true.} (16...
Nd5 $2 17. Be5 {[%csl Rd4,Rh8]}) (16... Bb4 $1 17. e3 Be6 {was perfectly
playable for Black.}) 17. e3 {Opening lines against the black monarch.} Be6 (
17... Nxc4 $6 18. dxc4 Rb6 19. Qd3 $16) 18. exd4 Kf8 $2 (18... hxg3 19. hxg3 (
19. Bxg3 Qxd4 20. Rfe1 Nxc4 21. Qxb7 Qb6 $1 $19 (21... Ra7 $4 22. Qb8+ Bd8 23.
dxc4 $18) (21... Rb6 $2 22. Qa8+ Qd8 23. Bxc6+ Kf8 24. dxc4 Qxa8 25. Bxa8 $14))
19... Bb4 20. Rae1 $1 (20. Qc2 Nd5 $13) 20... Bxe1 21. Rxe1 {White has strong
attack for the exchange.}) 19. Rfe1 h3 $2 {This loses by force.} ({Also after} 
19... hxg3 20. hxg3 {White is on top.}) {[%tqu "En","The bishop is attacked.
Should White retreat?","","","e1e6","Eliminating the key defender. Black's
position collapsing rapidly.",10]} 20. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Eliminating the
key defender. Black's position collapsing rapidly.} Nxc4 (20... fxe6 21. Ne5 (
21. Be4 $16 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd7 23. Be5 Rg8 24. Rf1 $40) 21... Nd5 $8 (21... hxg2
22. Qxe6 Qd5 23. Ng6+ Kg7 24. Be5+ Kh6 25. Qxe7 $18) 22. Qxb7 (22. Bxd5 $6 Qxd5
23. Qxd5 cxd5 $1 24. Ng6+ Kg7 25. Nxh8 (25. Nxe7 $2 Kf7 26. Bg5 Rh5 {capturing
the knight.}) 25... Kxh8 26. Be5+ (26. Rc1 Bf6 $14) 26... Kg8 27. Rc1 Rb6 $14)
22... Nxf4 (22... Qa8 23. Qd7 Nxf4 24. gxf4 hxg2 25. Qxe6 Qe8 26. Re1 $1 $18)
23. gxf4 hxg2 24. Qxa6 g3 25. Qc4 gxh2+ 26. Kxg2 $18) (20... hxg2 21. Rxe7 $1
Kxe7 22. Nd6 $18) {[%tqu "En","What was the point of white's previous move?",
"","","e6h6","White wins material and continue attacking.",5]} 21. Rh6 $1 {
White wins material and continue attacking.} Rxh6 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 23. dxc4 hxg2
24. Re1 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 (5. Bg2 {Ribli} Bg7
6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 {Das ist eine andere (ruhige) Variante der
Englischen Eröffnung. Ribli.}) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {Ribli: Weiß
hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber die schwarzen Doppelbauern kontrollieren
die wichtigsten Zentrumspunkte.} (7... dxc6 {Ribli} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e4 $14 {
Weiß hat eine "echte" Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel, aber die schwarzen
Figuren stehen recht aktiv.}) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 (9... Re8 {Ribli} 10. Qa4 (
10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Qd2) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rad1 $16) 10. Qa4 {Ribli: Diese
Damenaufstellung ist unangenehm für Schwarz. Es ist für ihn jetzt nicht
einfach, seinen Damenläufer ins Spiel zu bringen.} a6 (10... Rb6 {Ribli} 11. c5
Rb7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Be3 h5 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxh4 16. gxh4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Re8
18. Bg5 Kf8 19. e3 Re5 20. Rfd1 c6 21. Nc3 $14 {Schwartzman,G-Micic,J/
Dortmund-D 1991/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11. Qa5 (11. c5 {Dvoirys,S} Qe7 12. Qa5 (12. Qc4
Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb5 15. Be3 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bf6 17. a4 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 {
0-1 Grebennikov,S-Burmakin,V/Leningrad 1990 (49)} (18. Rxb1 {Ribli} Bg5 19.
Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rb8 Qf6 {Grebennikov,S-Burmakin,V/Leningrad 1990/0-1 (49)}))
12... Ne8 13. b3 (13. Rd1 d5 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. Qc5 (15. Bxc6 $2 Nc4) 15... Nf5
16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. e4 f5 18. Bg5 Kf7 19. Rab1 Be6 $13) 13... Qe5 14. Bb2 d5 15.
e4 $2 (15. e3 Nf6 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Bd4) 15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd6 $1 $17 {0-1
Moutousis,K-Dvoirys,S/Biel (izt) 1993 (35)}) (11. Rd1 Qe7 (11... Bb7 12. c5 Qe7
13. Bf4 Rfc8 14. Qa5 Ne8 15. Bh3 f5 16. e4 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. Bg2 fxe4 19. Nxe4
d5 $13 {1-0 Sustr,J-Volman,V/CZE-chT1b 9697 1997 (55)}) 12. Qc2 Qb4 13. Na4 d5
14. Bd2 Qxc4 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc6 Bf5 17. Bc3 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Rd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Vaulin,A-Kogan,A/Budapest FS12 GM 1994 (46)} (20. Rd4 {
Ribli} Nd6 21. Rd2 Rb4 22. Nc3 Rfb8 23. Nd1 f5 {Vaulin,A-Kogan,A/Budapest FS12
GM 1994/1/2-1/2 (46)})) (11. b3 Nd5 12. cxd5 Bxc3 13. Rb1 cxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15.
Qf4 Rb5 16. Bf3 Rf5 17. Qe3 Bg7 18. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kourkounakis,I-Pandavos,P/
GRE-ch 1994 (46)} (18. Bb2 {Ribli} Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Rb2 Rb5 23. Rd1 a5 {Kourkounakis,I-Pandavos,P/GRE-ch 1994/1/2-1/2 (46)}))
11... Bb7 {N} (11... Ne8 12. b3 c5 13. Ba3 d6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nd5 Qxe2 16. Rd2
Qe5 17. Nxc7 $14 {1-0 Stefanov,P-Lebredo,G/Hradec Kralove 1981 (38)} (17. Nxc7
{Ribli} Qc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Nxe8 Bxd2 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Bb2 Kh6 22. h4 Be6 23.
Rd1 Ba5 24. g4 $1 Kg7 25. g5 {1-0 Stefanov,P-Lebredo,G/Hradec Kralove 1981 (38)
})) 12. c5 (12. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Ga5,Gd1,Rd8,Gg2] Ribli Weiß übt starken
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel aus.} Qe7 $2 13. Qxc7 $16) 12... d6 (12...
Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rad1 $16) 13. Rd1 Qe7 (13... d5 $6 {[%csl
Rb7] Ribli} 14. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} (14. Be3 {Mit der Idee 15.Bd4 ist auch
interessant, denn der schwarze Läufer b7 steht jetzt besonders schlecht.})
14... Ne8 15. e4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 14. Bf4 Nd5 (14... Rfd8 $5 $14) (14...
Rfd8 $5 {Ribli} 15. Rac1 $14) (14... dxc5 {Ribli} 15. Bxc7 $16 {[%cal Rc7d6,
Rc7b8,Rd6f8]}) 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rd2 $1 {Ribli: Der positionelle
Vorteil des Weißen ist enorm. Für seine schwachen Bauern in der d-Linie hat
Schwarz keine Kompensation in Aussicht.} (17. Bxd5 $2 {Ribli} Bxd5 18. Rxd5
Qxe2 19. Bxd6 {[%cal Rd6f8,Rd6b8]} Rxb2 $15) 17... Rfd8 (17... Rfc8 18. Rad1
Rc5 19. Qb6 Rc6 20. Qa7 Ra8 21. Qe3 $16) 18. Rc1 {Ribli: Es droht die
Verdoppelung der Türme in der c-Linie.} Rbc8 19. Rdc2 Rxc2 (19... Rc5 20. Rxc5
dxc5 21. Rxc5 (21. Qxc5 Qxc5 (21... Qxe2 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qxb7 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1
Qe1+ 25. Bf1 Qxc1 26. Qa8+ Bf8 27. Qxd5 $14) 22. Rxc5 Bxb2 23. Rc7 Bc8 (23...
Ba8 24. Ra7) 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 26. Rc4 g5 27. Be3 h5 28. h3 $16)
21... Bxb2 22. Rc7 Rd7 23. Qb6 Rxc7 24. Bxc7 Bc8 (24... Bd4 25. Qxb7 Qxe2 26.
h4 Bxf2+ 27. Kh2 Qxa2 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Be5+ f6 30. Qc7+ Kh6 31. Bxf6 $18) 25.
Bd6 Qd7 26. Bh3 $1 f5 27. Bg2 $18) 20. Rxc2 Rc8 (20... Be5 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Bg5
$1 Qe6 (22... Qe8 23. Qa4 $18) 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxd5 $18) 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.
Qb6 $1 {Ribli: Die Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf b6. Sie verteidigt den eigenen
Bauern b2 und übt Druck gegen den Pd6 aus.} Bf8 (22... h5 23. Qb8 Qb7 24. Qxd6
Be6 25. Be5 $18) (22... Qxe2 {Ribli} 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. Qxc8 Qe1+ 25. Bf1 $18)
23. Qb8 $1 (23. Bxd5 $1 Qxe2 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qc7+ Kg8 26. Qxc8 Qd1+ 27. Kg2
Qd5+ 28. f3 Qxa2 29. Bxd6 Qxb2+ 30. Kh3 Qf6 $11) 23... Bg4 (23... Be6 {Ribli}
24. Bh6 $16) 24. Bh6 {Ribli: Diese Fesselung ist tödlich.} (24. Bxd5 $6 {Ribli}
Bxe2 $14) 24... Bxe2 25. Bf1 $1 {Ribli: Sehr präzise gespielt. Schwarz kann
die Fesselung auf seiner Grundreihe nicht auflösen und wird in ein verlorenes
Bauernendspiel gezwungen.} (25. Bxd5 Bb5 26. Kg2 Qe8 27. Qxe8 Bxe8 28. Bxf8
Kxf8 29. b4 $14) 25... Bxf1 (25... Bc4 26. b3) (25... Bf3 {Ribli} 26. Bxa6 $16
{[%csl Ga2,Gb2] und die beiden entfernten Freibauern bieten dem Weißen
ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen.}) 26. Kxf1 d4 (26... a5 27. Qa8 a4 28. b4 $1) (
26... f6 {Ribli} 27. Qa8 {[%csl Ra6,Ga8,Rd5][%cal Ra8d5,Ra8a6]} Qf7 28. Ke2 $16
) 27. Qxf8+ $1 (27. b4 d3 28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Kd2 Ke6
32. Kxd3 Kd5 33. a4) 27... Qxf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Hecht After picking up the pawn
on d4, White wins due to his outside passed pawn on the queenside. Nach
Abholen des Bd4 gewinnt Weiß infolge des entfernten Freibauern am Damenflügel.}
29. Ke2 $18 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. Kxd4 {Ribli: Weiß hat die bessere
Königsstellung und kann sich einen entfernten Freibauern bilden. Sein
Gewinnplan ist dann einfach: Weiß kann mit dem König in den schwarzen
Königsflügel eindringen und dort die Bauern abholen, während sich der schwarze
König um den entfernten Freibauern kümmern muß.} Kc6 32. b3 h5 (32... a5 {Ribli
} 33. a3 $16) 33. h4 f6 34. f3 g5 (34... d5 {Ribli} 35. g4 hxg4 (35... Kd6 36.
gxh5 gxh5 37. f4 Kc6 38. f5 Kd6 39. b4 Kc6 40. a4 Kd6 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 $18)
36. fxg4 $18 {[%csl Gg4,Gh4][%cal Rh4h5,Rh5h6,Rh6h7,Rh7h8]}) 35. f4 g4 (35...
gxf4 {Ribli} 36. gxf4 f5 37. Kc4 $1 $16 {Weiß muß sich mit 37.b4 nicht beeilen.
} (37. b4 Kb5 38. Kd5 Kxb4 39. Kxd6 Ka3 40. Ke5 Kxa2 41. Kxf5 a5 42. Kg5 a4 43.
f5 Kb3 $1 (43... Kb2 $2 44. f6 a3 45. f7 a2 46. f8=Q a1=Q 47. Qf6+ Ka2 48.
Qxa1+ Kxa1 49. Kxh5 $18) 44. f6 a3 45. f7 a2 46. f8=Q a1=Q 47. Kxh5 $16) 37...
d5+ 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. b4 Kc6 40. a4 Kd6 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 $18) 36. f5 Kb5 (
36... a5 37. a3 d5 38. b4 a4 39. b5+ Kb6 40. Kxd5 Kxb5 41. Ke6 Kc4 42. Kxf6 Kb3
43. Kg5 $18) 37. Kd5 {Ribli: und Weiß gewinnt dank des eingedrungenen Königs
leicht.} Kb4 38. Kxd6 Ka3 39. Ke6 Kxa2 40. Kxf6 Kxb3 41. Kg5 (41. Kg5 {Ribli}
a5 42. f6 a4 43. f7 a3 44. f8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt.
Es ist meiner Meinung nach auch in der Tat nicht die beste Fortsetzung für
Schwarz. 3...Nf6 erscheint mir viel natürlicher. '} 4. d4 {Ribli: 'Das ist
eindeutig die stärkste Fortsetzung Nach 4.g3 Bg7 wäre für Schwarz alles in
Ordnung.'} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 {Ribli: 'Weiß entwickelt seinen
Königsläufer - wie Schwarz - auf der großen Diagonale. Der Bg2 wird in der
Folge sehr stark und verhindert die normale Entwicklung des schwarzen
Damenflügels.'} Nf6 (7... Ne7 {Das wäre die Alternative, mit dem Plan 7...Qe7,
8...Qe6, 9...Ne7.} 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qd2 Ba6 11. Rd1 (11. b3 d5 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 (13... Bxa1 14. Ba3 cxd5 15. Bxf8 $11) 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Re8 $11) 11... Bxc4 (11... d6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. Qe3 $14) 12. Qxd7
Qxd7 13. Rxd7 $14) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O {Ribli: 'Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum, und
seine Stellung ist gesund. Schwarz hingegen sieht sich vor Problemen bei der
Entwicklung des Bc8.'} Rb8 (9... Re8 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Qd2 $14 (11. Rb1 $14)) 10.
Qa4 {Ribli: 'Die Dame kann sich mit Tempo entwickeln, denn jetzt hängt der Pa7.
'} a6 (10... Rb6 11. c5 Rb7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Be3 h5 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxh4
16. gxh4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Re8 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. e3 Re5 20. Rfd1 c6 21. Nc3 $14 {
Schwartzman,G-Micic,J/Dortmund-D 1991/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11. Qa5 (11. c5 Qe7 12.
Qa5 Ne8 13. b3 Qe5 14. Bb2 d5 15. e4 $2 (15. e3 Nf6 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Bd4) 15...
dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd6 $1 $17 {0-1 Moutousis,K-Dvoirys,S/Biel (izt) 1993 (35)}) (11.
Rd1) 11... Bb7 (11... Re8 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bf4 (13. Bb2 d6 14. e3 Nd7 $14) 13...
d6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rc2 Nc5 16. Bc1 Ne6 17. e3 Qg5 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. c5 d5 $13
{Yakovich,Y-Riazantsev,A/RUS-ch Samara 2000/The Week in Chess 294/1/2-1/2 (45)}
) (11... Ne8 12. b3 c5 13. Ba3 d6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nd5 Qxe2 16. Rd2 Qe5 17.
Nxc7 $14 {1-0 Stefanov,P-Lebredo,G/Hradec Kralove 1981 (38)}) 12. Bf4 $146 {
'!?' Ribli. To be honest I was curious how Black will equalize after Ribli:
'Mit dem Textzug verbessert GM Psakhis seine frühere Spielweise.'} (12. c5 $5 {
move which I successfully used few years ago -} d6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bf4 Nd5 (
14... Rfd8 $5 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rc1
Rbc8 19. Rdc2 $16 {Psakhis,L-Ekstroem,R/Dresden zt 1998/CBM 65/[Psakhis,L]/1-0
(41) but , little bit cowardly decided to choose another line}) 12... d6 13. c5
$1 {'+/=' Ribli. Ribli: 'Die weiße Drohung ist 14.Rfd1 - Schwarz hat eine
schlechte Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel, und sein Bb7 steht auch sehr passiv.'}
(13. Rad1 c5 $13) 13... Nh5 {Ribli: 'Schwarz verjagt den Bf4 und kann
anschließend d6-d5 ziehen.'} (13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rd3 $14) 14. Be3 d5 {
Ribli: 'Jetzt hat Schwarz zwar einen starken Pd5 im Zentrum, und auch der Bg7
wirkt gut. Aber es ist nicht leicht für Schwarz, das Problem seines
weißfeldrigen Läufers zu lösen.'} (14... Re8 $5) 15. Rad1 f5 {[%cal Gf5f4]
Ribli: 'Schwarz sucht am Königsflügel nach Gegenspiel.'} (15... Bc8 16. b3) 16.
Bd4 {Ribli: 'Das ist eine gute strategische Idee - Weiß tauscht die beste
schwarze Figur ab.'} (16. Bf3 $5 f4 17. Bc1 $14) (16. f4 $2 Qe7 17. Bf2 (17.
Bd4 $4 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Qe3+ $19) 17... Nf6 $15) 16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 f4 {Ribli:
'Die einzige Chance für Schwarz - sonst spielt Weiß e2-e3, und Schwarz findet
sich in einer sehr passiven Stellung wieder.'} (17... Qe7 18. e3 $14) 18. Rb4
$5 {Ribli: 'Schwarz muss jetzt mit Rxb7, Qxa6 und Qxc6 rechnen.'} Ba8 19. Rxb8
Qxb8 20. b3 {Ribli: 'Natürlich muss Weiß seinen b-Bauern verteidigen. In der
aktuellen Brettstellung hat Weiß positionellen Vorteil, denn Ba8 steht sehr
passiv, und die weiße Bauernstruktur ist gesund.'} Bb7 21. Qb4 $1 {Ribli: 'In
solchen Stellungen sage ich: " Der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr
kann gehen" - die Dame stand nun nicht mehr gut auf a5, sie strebt nun das
Feld d4 an.'} Qa8 {Ribli: 'Schwarz kann nicht 21...Bc8 spielen, denn dann
hängt die Dame auf b8. Der Textzug ist auch sehr passiv. '} (21... Ba8 22. Qxb8
Rxb8 23. e4 $1 fxe3 24. fxe3 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 22. Qd4 {Ribli: 'Von hier aus
dominiert die weiße Dame das Brett.'} (22. Re1 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 22... Qe8 (
22... Bc8 $2 23. Nxd5 $18) 23. Re1 $1 {Finally I decided to explore correct
plan} Ng7 {Ribli: 'Endlich bringt Schwarz seinen Springer zurück ins Spiel.'} (
23... Qf7 $5 24. e4 fxe3 25. Qxe3 Ng7) (23... Bc8 24. e4 $16) 24. e4 {'!'
Ribli. Ribli: 'Es droht 25.Qd2, wonach Schwarz mit exd5 rechnen muss. Die
schwarze Stellung ist weiterhin passiv und ohne Gegenspiel.'} Ne6 {'?' Ribli.}
({Worth considering} 24... fxe3 $5 25. Rxe3 Nf5 $5 26. Rxe8 Nxd4 $14 27. Re3
$14) 25. Qb4 Qf7 $6 (25... d4 $142 26. Qxb7 dxc3 (26... Nxc5 $2 27. Qb4) 27.
Qb4 Qf7 28. Qxc3 fxg3 29. fxg3 $16) 26. exd5 $1 (26. Qxb7 $2 fxg3 27. Rf1 gxh2+
28. Kh1 Nf4 $132) 26... fxg3 (26... cxd5 27. Qxb7 fxg3 28. Kh1 $5 (28. Rxe6 $5
gxh2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf2 30. Ne2 Qe1+ 31. Kxh2 Qh4+ 32. Bh3 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 $18) 28...
gxf2 29. Rf1 $18) 27. Rxe6 $1 $18 Qxf2+ (27... gxf2+ 28. Kf1 Qf5 29. Qe4 Qg5
30. Qe2 $18) 28. Kh1 gxh2 (28... Qd2 29. hxg3 $8 Qh6+ 30. Kg1 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qh6+
32. Qh4 $18) 29. Ne2 {End is close now} Bc8 30. Re7 Qf6 31. d6 cxd6 32. cxd6
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {This move
is becoming fashionable after Grischuk used it to surprise Eljanov earlier
this year.} 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 {fails to give advantage for White} Nxc3 8. bxc3 (
8. Nxc6 $2 Qf6 $18) 8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 10. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) 7... O-O 8. d3 (8.
Nxe5 {still doesn't work} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+ $1) 9...
Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) ({but an expert in the English found a
subtle and tricky idea} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 $5 Qd8 $6 (9... Qc4 $1 10. b3 Qg4
11. d3 Nd4 $11) 10. Nxh7 $1 {of course this blow caught Black off-guard} Re8 (
10... Kxh7 11. Qc2+ Kg8 12. Qxc5 $16) 11. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 $1 (12. d4 Qh5
13. dxc5 Rd8 $132 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 12... bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 $14 {Aronian,
L (2799)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis Rapid 2017 (6.2) 1-0}) 8... Bb6 9. Nxd5 (
{Grischuk's game went} 9. Na4 Re8 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6 $1 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3
Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 {Dubov,D (2666)-Karjakin,S (2773) FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.2)
1-0 and Black is already fine}) 9... Qxd5 10. b4 $5 {Dubov came well prepared
to this encounter, as this looks to be the critical test for Black's setup.} e4
(10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 {[%cal Yf3e5] looks favourable for White} e4 12. Nd2 Qh5
13. Bxe4 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) ({Dubov's play impressed me, but in modern days of
opening preparation this doesn't last long, and on the next day of the same
tournament, Wang Hao showed Black's antidote} 10... a5 $1 11. bxa5 (11. Bb2 e4
$1 12. Nd2 axb4 13. Bxe4 Qh5 $11 {[%csl Ya8] to have the a-file open makes all
the difference}) 11... Nxa5 12. Qc2 $2 ({A better move is} 12. Bb2 f6 {but not}
13. Nxe5 $2 Qb5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Ge5]}) 12... Nb3 $1 13. Rb1 Nxc1 14. Rfxc1 Rxa2
$15 {Gelfand,B (2729)-Wang Hao (2702) FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.3) 0-1}) 11. Ng5
Qd4 $1 12. Ba3 $1 $146 {[%cal Ga3f8,Yb4b5] The position was not unknown to
Karjakin until here, but Dubov found this nice improvement which puts Black
under pressure.} (12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1
c6 $11 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis Blitz 2017 (16.3) 1-0})
12... e3 $1 {Black is already facing a difficult choice, but Karjakin finds
the better practical one.} (12... Nxb4 {looks risky} 13. e3 Qc5 (13... Qc3 14.
Qa4 c5 15. Nxe4 Qxd3 16. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qb2 $16 {
[%csl Yb7] Black is undeveloped and the pressure against b7 is quite annoying})
14. Nxe4 Qa5 15. Bb2 $16 {although nothing specially dangerous is apparent,
White has the better pawn structure, and Black's pieces are badly placed,
which is enough to put him in trouble, for example} Be6 16. Bc3 Qa3 17. Qh5 $1
{[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4f6]} f6 (17... Nd5 {loses a pawn} 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+) 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. a4 $1 a5 20. Rfb1 Qe7 21. Nc3 $16 {
[%csl Yb7][%cal Gc3d5] besides the pressure on b7, after a proper d4 the Bb6
is out of play.}) (12... exd3 $5 13. b5 Nb4 $2 (13... Ne5 $1 14. Bxf8 Bg4 $3 {
maybe is the right path to equality, but is extremely difficult to find} 15.
Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bc5 19. Rac1 b6 $44 {Black's
compensation should be enough here}) 14. Rb1 dxe2 (14... Nxa2 $2 15. Bxf8 Nc3
16. e3 $1 Qf6 17. Qxd3 {[%csl Gh7]} Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxb1 20. Bb4 $1
$18 {[%csl Rb1]}) 15. Qxe2 Bg4 16. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxa2 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Bxf8 $16) 13. b5 exf2+ 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Black's position seems to
offer good compensation, with the f2-pawn being very annoying and ideas like
Ng4-e3 available; White should be careful.} 16. a4 $1 {[%cal Ya4a5,Ya5a6,Ga1a4]
Played very quickly, which made me wonder during the game if this was still
Dubov's preparation, but the concept is very clear and important: White can't
allow the rapid mobilisation of Black's pieces, so he looks for active ideas
and direct threats.} a5 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. a5 $1 Ba7 $2 (18... Rxa5 {was
possible:} 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Rxa5 Bxa5 21. Ng5 Be1 22. Qc1 c6 23. Ne4 Bf5 {
White has a good tactical idea here} (23... Ng4 24. Qf4 Ne3 25. Qb8 $1 {
[%cal Ye4d6]}) 24. Nxf2 $1 Bxf2 25. Qf4 $1 {regaining the piece, but after}
Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nxd3 $1 27. exd3 Be3 28. Rb1 Bxf4 (28... Bxd3 $2 29. Rb3) 29.
Rxb7 Bxd3 30. Bxc6 g5 $14 {this is probably a draw.}) (18... Bxa5 $6 19. Ra4
Bb4 (19... Qb2 20. Rxf2) 20. Nxh7+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Ng4 22. Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rf7]} Qf6
23. Nxf7 $1 Be6 24. Qxb4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Kxf7 26. Qa7 $18) 19. Qc1 {[%csl Yc7]
White saves important time while improving his pieces at the same time.} Qd8 (
19... c6 {[%csl Ga6] this move is ugly as now the rook stays out of play} 20.
Nxh7+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Ng4 22. Bh3 $1 {keeping everything under control.}) 20. Qf4
$1 (20. Nxh7+ $2 Kg8 21. Ng5 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ga7e3,Ya6h6] is a variation that
shows how dangerous it might be to go for material in positions where one is
behind in development.}) 20... h6 21. Ne4 (21. Qxe5 hxg5 $11) 21... Qe7 22. Nc3
$16 {[%cal Gc3d5] Thanks to skillful manoeuvres, Dubov has managed to organise
his pieces and to prevent active ideas and counterplay for Black.} g5 $6 {
Such a move is a clear sign that Black's position is unpleasant.} (22... Rf6 {
fails to} 23. Nd5 $1 Rxf4 24. Nxe7 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rf4]}) (22... c6 {[%csl Ya6]
This was necessary, but almost depressing as the rook is again out of play} 23.
Ne4 Ng4 24. Bh3 {and White is winning the f2 pawn by force} g5 25. Qf3 h5 26.
e3 Kg7 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Qxf2 $16) 23. Qc1 {The queen retreats, but in a much
better situation.} Ng4 $2 (23... c6 24. Nd5 $1 Qd8 25. Nb6 $1 {[%csl Yf2]}) (
23... Qd8 24. Nb5 Bb8 25. Rxf2 $16) 24. Nd5 $18 {White don't have any trouble
to realise his advantage now.} Qxe2 25. Qxc7 Rc6 26. Qd8+ Qe8 27. Qxe8+ Kxe8
28. d4 $1 {Very precise.} Kd8 (28... Bxd4 29. Ra4 Ba7 30. Nb6 $1 Rc2 31. Nxc8
Rxc8 32. Rxg4 $18) 29. h3 Nf6 30. Nb6 Rc2 31. Nxc8 {Black is not able to avoid
the trade of rooks and the subsequent loss of the f2-pawn. An impressive
performance by Dubov, who showed excellent opening preparation and a fine
sense for what the position required.} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 (2... d5) 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 (6. Nbd2)
6... O-O 7. cxd5 {Retombe d'une Reti vers une anglaise} Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 (8...
Nb6 {La grande ligne} 9. a3 Be6 (9... a5) (9... Re8) (9... f5)) 9. Bd2 (9. d4 {
Plus courant}) 9... Nb6 10. Rb1 {Comme souvent Shirazi choisit une ligne
secondaire} ({RR} 10. Qc1 Qd7 11. Rd1 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f4 14. gxf4 h6
15. f5 Bxf5 16. Bh4 Bh3 17. Bg3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 19. e3 Qf7 20. Kg1 Rad8 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc4 Kh8 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Rd2 Qd7 {Solin,I-Lilienthal,A/Warsaw
1935/EXT 2004/0-1 (44)}) 10... a5 (10... f6) 11. a3 (11. b3 Qd7) 11... a4 $146
{[%csl Rb3]} (11... f6) 12. Be3 Bb3 13. Qc1 {[%csl Rb1]} (13. Qd2 Nd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 $15 {les noirs ont un jeu facile}) 13... Nd5 14. Nd2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be6 $15
{[%csl Ge6,Ge7]} 16. Nc4 {[%cal Gg2c6,Gc4e5]} f6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Nxa4 b5 19.
Nd2 (19. Nab6 $3 cxb6 20. Nxb6 Nd4 $8 21. Qd2 (21. exd4 Qxd4+)) 19... Nd4 $1
20. exd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 bxa4 22. Qxc7 Bd6 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Nc4 e4 25. Qxa4 (25.
Bxe4 f5 26. Bg2 f4) 25... exd3 26. exd3 Bxg3 $6 27. hxg3 Rc5 {[%cal Gc5h5]} 28.
Bf3 $1 {[%csl Gh5]} Qxd3 29. Rbd1 (29. Nb6 {Un coup surprenant qui doit
permettre de garder le matériel d'avance}) 29... Qg6 30. Rd4 $2 (30. Nd6) 30...
Bxc4 31. Qb4 (31. Rxc4 Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f1,Gd3c4]} 32. Rcc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qxf3+
) 31... Rfc8 32. Rfd1 Qxg3 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. R8d7+ $2 {Joué dans le mauvais
ordre de coups!} (34. Qb7+ $142 R8c7 35. R8d7+ $13) 34... Ke8 35. Qb7 Qh3+ 36.
Kg1 Rg5+ 37. Kf2 Qg3+ 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39. Kd4 Qf2+ 40. Kc3 Ba6+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8.
Bg2 d6 9. Bf4 Qe6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 a6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rc2 h6 14. b4 Ba7 15.
Qd3 Qe7 16. h3 Rb8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bb6 19. e4 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Ba4 21. Rc3
Rbd8 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rd7 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. h4 Rde7 26. Rc4 c6 27. Rd4 cxd5
28. Rxd5 Re6 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Kh2 Bc6 31. Rcc4 Qf6 32. f3 Qe7 33. Rc2 Ba4 34.
Rc3 Bc6 35. Bf1 Rf6 36. Bc4 Rd8 37. Bd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Re6 39. Rcd3 Qf6 40. Kg2
$16 {/+/=} Qa1 $2 41. Rc3 $1 Rde8 42. Qc2 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O (8... g5 $5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 (
10... f6 $5 11. Rb1 a5 (11... a6 12. Ne4 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]}
Rb8 15. e4 $13) (11... Nd4 12. Nd2 (12. Nxd4 exd4 {[%csl Re2]} 13. Ne4 Bd5 $11
{[%csl Gd5]}) 12... c6) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 $5 {Les noirs ont des bons
résultats avec cette idée d'occupation de la case forte "d5" et les blancs ont
souvent du mal а coordonner leurs pièces.} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Rc3,Gd5]} 15.
Ne4 a4 {[%csl Ra3]} 16. e3 Nb3 17. Rxb3 axb3 18. Qxb3 {[%cal Gb3g8,Gg2d5]} Kh8
$13) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 (12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6) 12... f6 13. Nd2 Nd5 (13...
Qc8 {[%cal Ge6h3,Gc8b7]} 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 (15. Qe2)) (13... Bd5 14. Nxd5 (14.
Bh3) 14... Nxd5 15. Ne4 a4) 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 Be6 $5 {[%csl Rd4] Il y a
trés peu de parties avec ce sacrifice mais а part la 1ère jouée en 1991 qui
s'est terminée par la nulle, les blancs ont ensuite remporté toutes les autres
rencontres et Kosten est tenté de suivre cette variante} 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Nde4
$1 (17. Bb2 $143 {[%cal Gb2d4]} Qxd3 18. Nde4 Qc4 (18... Qxd1 19. Rfxd1) 19.
Qf3 Rad8 {[%csl Rd3]} 20. Rfd1 $13) 17... Rfd8 18. b6 $5 $146 {[%cal Gc3b5,
Gb5d4,Gb5c7] La préparation du GMI} (18. Be3 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxa3 22. Bc5 Bb4 23. Nd5 Bg4 24. Rc1 Bf3 25. Nxc7 Rd8 26. Ne6 Rd5 27.
Bxb4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Vaulin,A (2510)-Karpeshov,O (2295)/Pavlodar 1991/EXT 1997})
18... cxb6 19. Nb5 $2 {[%cal Gb5d4]} (19. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ge3b6] il semblait
plus naturel de sortir une pièce supplémentaire avc un gain de temps} Qxd3 20.
Qa4 $36 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gb1b6]} f5 {[%cal Gd3c3]} (20... b5) (20... Qc4 21. Rxb6)
21. Rxb6 {[%cal Gb6e6]}) 19... Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 {Malgré l'échange des Q, les
noirs ont toujours des compensations} 21. Nc7 Ba2 $1 22. Nxa8 (22. Rxb6 $11)
22... Bxb1 23. Nxb6 Bc2 24. Nc4 $2 (24. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e4]} a4 {[%csl Ra3]})
24... Rd4 $15 25. Ned2 Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f1,Gd3c4]} 26. Nxa5 (26. Re1 Bxc4)
26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Ra4 28. Ndb3 Bxa3 29. Be3 b5 30. Ke2 Bf8 31. Bb6 Ra2+ 32.
Kd3 Bb4 33. Nc6 Be1 34. f4 Rb2 $17 35. Nc5 exf4 36. gxf4 Rxh2 37. Nd4 h5 38.
Ne4 h4 39. Nf3 Rh1 40. Ke2 Bg3 41. f5 b4 42. Bg1 b3 $19 {[%csl Rb3]} 43. Bd4
Bf4 44. Nf2 Rc1 45. Kd3 Rc2 46. Nh3 Be5 47. Bxe5 fxe5 48. Nd2 e4+ 49. Nxe4 Rc6
{[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Be3 h6 13. h3 b6 14. Rc1 Qd7
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Be5 Nh7 17. c5 Rac8 18. h4 Nf8 19. Kh2 bxc5 20. Bh3 Ne6 21.
Rxc5 f6 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Ra5 c5 24. Rxa7 Qb6 25. Ra4 Nxd4 26. Qh5 Qc6 $2 (26...
f5 27. Be3 g6 $11) 27. Rb1 Ra8 $2 (27... Ba6 28. Bxc8 Bxc8) 28. Rxa8 $18 Rxa8
29. Bg2 (29. Re1 Kf8 30. Bxh6 $1) 29... Ne6 $2 (29... f5 30. Be5 Rf8) 30. Rxb7
$1 $18 Qxb7 31. Bxd5 Qc8 32. Bxh6 Ra6 33. Be3 Rd6 34. Bxc5 $5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Kf7
36. Be3 Qa6 37. Qc4 Qa8 38. d4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 a6 8. b3 h6
9. Bb2 Ba7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nh4 Nb4 12. Qb1 Qe7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Nb8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Qc2 Bb6 19. Rf2 f6 20. Raf1 e4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22.
Qxe4 Nc5 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. Nh4 Bd7 $6 (24... Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 $16) 25. Bd4 $18
Ne4 26. Re2 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Bxd4 28. Rg2 Bc5 29. g4 c6 30. g5 Bh3 31. gxh6 Bxg2
32. h7+ Kh8 33. Kxg2 g6 34. Nxg6+ Kxh7 35. Rh1+ Kg7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"g6e7","",10]} 36. Ne7 $1 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O (7. d3
Be7) 7... Be7 8. a3 O-O (8... g5 {Efficace en blitz mais assez douteux en
cadence longue} 9. d3 (9. d4 $1) 9... g4 $13) 9. b4 Re8 (9... Be6 {La grande
ligne} 10. d3 f6 11. Rb1 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8) 10.
d3 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bf6 12. f4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14. Rf4 Nxb5 15. Bb2 Nd6
16. Ne4 Re7 17. Qc2 f5 $6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. e4 fxe4 $2 {Minasian,A (2466)
-Aronian,L (2551) ARM-ch Yerevan 2000 (8) 1-0} (19... Be6) (19... Qc7)) 10...
Bf8 11. Bb2 (11. Rb1 $5 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4) 11... a5 (11... Bg4 {
L'alternative} 12. h3 Bh5 {Smirin,I (2590)-Alterman,B (2600) Israel 1993 0-1})
12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 {[%csl Rb7,Gg2][%cal Gg2b7]} a4 $132 {[%csl Ra3,Gb3]} 14. e3
(14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Nb3 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rad1 Rd2 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Bxb7 Ra7
20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe2 22. Rfe1 Rc2 23. Bxe5 Rxc4 24. Rbd1 Ra8 25. Rd7 Rc8
26. f3 Bxa3 27. Red1 Bf8 28. Rd8 Rc1 29. Rxc8 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 a3 31. Ra8 Nd4 32.
Bxc7 Nxb5 33. Bb6 h6 34. Bc5 a2 35. Rxa2 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Movsesian,S (2705)
-Navara,D (2702) Prague 2011}) 14... Nb3 $5 $146 (14... Ne6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Nc4
Nc5 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. d4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 exd4 21. Rxd4 Qg5 22. Nd5
Bg7 23. Rc4 Rad8 24. h4 Qh5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxb6 Nd3 27. Qc3+ Ne5 28. Rd4 Kh6
29. Nd5 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. Qd2 Rf8 32. h5 g5 33. e4 Rde8 34. Qa5 Rc8 35.
Qe1 Rc5 36. Ne3 Kxh5 37. Qf1 Kg6 38. Qb1 Re8 39. Rd1 Rce5 40. Nf5 Qxe4 41. Nd6
Qxb1 42. Rxb1 Rd8 43. Nxb7 Rb8 44. Nd6 {Jakovenko,D (2709)-Li,C (2590) Ningpo
2008 0-1}) 15. Nxb3 axb3 16. a4 (16. Qxb3 Qxd3 $132 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 16... Ra5
$5 {[%csl Ra5] Un coup bizarre} 17. Qxb3 (17. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} Bf5 $132)
17... Qxd3 18. Rfd1 Qc4 19. Qc2 Bg4 (19... c6) 20. Rdc1 c6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22.
Ba3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Bd7 $2 24. Qb1 (24. Qb2 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gc3d5]} Qa6 25. Bf1 Qa7
26. Rb3 Nxa4 27. Nxa4 Rxa4 28. Rb7) 24... Qa6 25. Ne4 (25. Bf1 Qa7 26. Rb3 Rb8
27. Ne4 $16) 25... Nd5 $2 26. Nd6 Ra8 27. Nc4 $40 Rc5 28. Nxe5 Nc3 29. Rcxc3
Rxe5 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. Qxc5 Rb8 33. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:38"]
[BlackClock "0:27:40"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:04] Un peu
bizarre} (5... Nb6 {Neelotpal,D (2424)-Belenkaya,D (2340) 14th Op Sautron 2014
(4) 1-0 La grande ligne}) 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. b4
$1 {[%emt 0:05:25][%csl Re5]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:05:42]} (8.
O-O g6 9. a4 Bg7 10. Ba3 $14) 8... g6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (
9. a4 Bg7 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Qc2 c6 15. d3
cxb5 16. axb5 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Qc5 Nc3 19. Nxc3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
Rxe2 22. b6 Qf6 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. Qb4 Re6 25. Rb3 Rd6 26. Qf4 Rbd8 27. Bxb7 Rxb6
28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Be4 Be6 30. Qf6 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Ra1 Bc8 33. Rc1 Bd7 34.
Ra1 Bb5 35. Bb7 Rd7 36. Bc8 Rc7 37. Bxa6 Ra7 38. Bxb5 Rxa1+ {Mastrovasilis,A 
(2543)-Mchedlishvili,M (2609) Dresden 2007 0-1 (75)}) 9... Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
10. d3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} (11... h6 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ncd4 $146 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} (12... Nfd4 13. e3 Ne6 14. Na4 Qd6 15. Qb3 Ncd8 16. Nd2 f6 17.
Nc4 Qe7 18. Ncb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. d4 Kh8 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Rc2 Ng5 23. dxe5
fxe5 24. f4 Ngf7 25. Nc5 Rc8 26. Bh3 {1-0 (26) Ilivitzki,G-Dzagarov Soviet
Union 1967}) 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:18][%csl Rb6]} 14. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:01:43]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:23:
23]} 16. e3 {[%emt 0:13:07]} Nbd6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qe7
{[%emt 0:02:45]} 18. Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 19. Nc5 $14 {
[%emt 0:02:59]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:02:00]
} 21. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Rbxc8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h4 {
[%emt 0:06:55]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:08:11]} (23. Bh3 $5) 23... hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:06]
} 24. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} f5 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} (25... exf4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. gxf4) 26. fxe5 {[%emt 0:05:33]}
Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 27. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. e5 $16 {
[%emt 0:02:42]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 29. b5 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:01:24][%csl Rb7]}
axb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Na7 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 31. Qb3+ {
[%emt 0:05:51]} (31. b6 $142 Nc8 (31... Nb5 32. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 33. Qxc6) 32. Qb3+
Kh7 33. Nxb7 $1) 31... Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 33. Qb7 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 34. Bf3 {[%emt 0:
06:08]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 35. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Re7 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 36.
Bc1 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bh6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Bxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Rb1 {[%emt 0:11:31]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 42. Rbh1 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 43. Bh5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 44. Bxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 g5 8. d3
g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. b4 h4 11. Bb2 Rh6 12. Nb3 Nd4 13. Nc5 c6 14. e3 Ne6 15. O-O
hxg3 16. fxg3 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rad1 f5 20. Qf2 Be6 21. e4 Rh5
22. Ne2 Qc7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Qe3 Na4 25. Qh6 Kd7 26. Rxf5 Nxb2 27. Rdf1 Bxf5
28. Rxf5 Nxd3 29. h4 Qd6 30. Qg7 Qxa3 31. Kh2 a5 32. Rf7 a4 33. h5 Ne1 34.
Qxg4+ Kc7 35. Qe6 Re8 36. Qxe5+ Kb6 37. Rf5 Qb4 38. Qe3+ Bc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (
38... Kc7 $11) 39. Qxe8 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 a3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2014.05.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{Ipatov didn't have that great of a position, but he also saw it fall apart
with only one move.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 {A reverse
Sicilian gives rise to close but interesting positions. Many times the battle
will be on how useful Black's dark-squared bishop will be.} d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7.
O-O a6 8. a3 Bd7 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 {White takes advantage of the
fact that Black's bishop is on a7.} Nd4 $1 {Right on time, Navara has this
under control.} (11... g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 $18 {leaves Black powerless
against Ne4 or Nd5.}) 12. Nxd4 (12. Nd5 $2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 g5 {is only a
problem for White.}) 12... Bxd4 (12... exd4 13. Ne4 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 {
is completely unclear. White has definite compensation, but is it enough?}) 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 c6 16. a4 Qe7 17. a5 Bg4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rb1 {
White is focusing on breaching the queenside, but Black has his own ideas in
the opposite side of the board.} Bh3 20. Bh1 (20. Bxh3 {is never a fun move to
play, but distracting the queen and playing b5 immediately is worth looking at.
}) 20... Qe7 21. Rcb3 $2 {The question mark is because of White's reluctance
to play b5, which he needed to do sooner rather than later.} Be6 22. R3b2 Qc7
23. Ra1 Rfc8 24. Qe3 d5 25. Qc5 Rd8 26. e3 dxc4 $1 {White has wasted too much
time and now Black opens the d-file with great effect as he controls it
unopposed.} 27. dxc4 Rd3 28. Rc1 Rad8 29. Bf3 Bh3 30. Rbb1 Rd2 31. Bg2 Qd7 32.
Bxh3 Qxh3 33. Rf1 Qf5 34. Rbe1 Qe4 35. b5 h5 36. h4 R8d6 {In time pressure
White has barely been surviving, but he is still holding on and he has some
pressure on the queenside. He is under the strong threat of Rg6, but he
figures he will throw in the pawn trade in first.} 37. bxc6 $4 (37. Re2 $1 {
Using the overload on the rook of d2, this was the only way to hold on to the
position.} R2d3 $1 $15) 37... Rg6 $1 {Black ignores the position on the
queenside and focuses entirely on the kingside, now the game is over.} 38. Kh2
Qf3 {It is impossible to defend f2 and with that White's position collapses.}
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. e3 O-O 8. b3
Ba7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bb2 h6 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. a3 Qc8 13. f4 Nd4 14. Qd3 Nxb3 15.
fxe5 Ng4 (15... dxe5 16. Rxf6 $1 Nxa1 17. Bd5 $1 {Is nothing that Black wanted
to toil with. Instead he moves the knight, keeping the threat on a1.}) 16. Nd5
$1 (16. Rae1 {the mere mortal move, is ok, but not as good as the game.} Nxe5
17. Qc2 Nc5 18. d4 Ncd3 19. dxe5 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 dxe5 $13) 16... Nc5 (16... Nxa1
17. Rxf7 $1 (17. exd6 {is also very strong, with the follow up of Rxf7 in the
air.}) 17... Kxf7 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. e6 $1 {And White crashes through decisively.
}) 17. Qc2 dxe5 (17... Be6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Nf5 $18) 18. Rxf7 $1 {What a shot!
} Kxf7 19. Qh7 {Not even a check, but decisive. Black has no good way of
meeting the threat of Rf1+.} Ke6 20. Nf5 $1 {Putting in more pressure! Black
is up a full rook but with his king on e6 it is clear he will not survive.} Na4
21. Nxc7+ {With a beautiful checkmate after} (21. Nxc7+ Qxc7 22. Qg6+ Nf6 23.
Bd5#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

{[%mdl 16]} 1. c4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
{Weiß spielt eigentlich eine "Drachenvariante" mit Mehrtempo. Ribli.} Nb6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 $5 (12. Nxd4 exd4 13.
Na4 Bd5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. a4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 Bc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,
Gd5,Re2] Und Schwarz hat positionellen Druck. Der weiße e-Bauer ist eine
dauerhafte Schwäche.}) 12... c6 (12... Nd5 $2 {Das ist ein wohlbekannter
theoretischer Fehler.} 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. e3 $18 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5] Und Schwarz
verliert die Figur. Nach 14...Ne6 oder 14...Nf5 kommt 15.e4.}) 13. bxc6 Nxc6 (
13... bxc6 $2 {[%csl Rc6] Schwarz hat keine Kompensation für seine schlechte
Bauernstruktur.} 14. e3 $16 {Hansen,C-Zueger,B Praga Bohemians-A 1989 CBM/12})
14. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1b7] [#]Der weiße Turm steht ausgezeichnet in der b-Linie.
Die Entwicklung des Damenläufers kann warten.} (14. a4 Qd7 15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Rb1
Bb4 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nb5 $10 {Hansen,Cu-Romanishin,O Tastrup 1992 CBM/28}) (14.
Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd4 $11 {[%csl Gd4]} (15... Bd5 $11)) (14. Bb2 $6 {Dieser
schablonenhafte Zug vereinfacht dem Schwarzen das Spiel.} a4 15. Rc1 Ra5 $15)
14... a4 (14... Rc8 $5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19.
Bxc3 Bxa3 20. Qa4 Bf8 21. Rxb7 Bd5 22. Bh3 Be6 23. Bg2 Bd5 24. Bh3 Be6 {
1/2-1/2 Zueger,B-Romanishin,O/Cannes 1998/CBM 63 ext (24)}) 15. Bxc6 $1 {
Weiß gibt den Läufer auf, spielt auf die Bauernstruktur.} bxc6 16. Qc2 {[#]} h5
{So kommt Schwarz zu Gegenspiel am Königsflügel.} (16... c5 $6 17. Rd1 Ra6 18.
Nc4 $1 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxa4 g6 22. e4 f5 23. Be3 $1 {
1-0 Vladimirov,E-Savchenko,S/Helsinki 1992/CBM 32/[Ribli] (31)}) (16... f5 17.
Bb2 $13 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber Schwarz entfaltet
Initiative am Königsflügel und ist in Besitz des Läuferpaares.}) 17. Nf3 $11 {
[%cal Rf3e5]} Nd7 $6 {Es wäre meines Erachtens besser, den a-Bauern noch zu
verteidigen.} (17... Bb3 $5 18. Qd2 Nd7 (18... f6 19. Bb2 $11) 19. d4 $11) 18.
Nxa4 Bg4 19. Ra1 {[%cal Ga1a3] Weiß konsolidiert lieber seine Stellung, statt
auf c6 zu nehmen.} (19. Qxc6 Qc8 (19... Ra7) 20. Qxc8 (20. Qe4 $5) 20... Rfxc8
$44 {[%csl Ra3,Ra4,Ga8,Gc8,Gg4]}) 19... Ra6 {[%cal Gd8a8,Ga8a1]} (19... Bxf3
20. exf3 Ra6 21. Be3 $14) 20. Be3 $1 $14 {[%csl Yc5] Weiß bereitet 21.Nc5 vor.
Er kommt so in eine technische Stellung mit Mehrbauern.} Qa8 21. Nc5 {[%csl
Gc5]} Bxc5 22. Bxc5 {[%cal Rc5f8,Gc5a3]} Nxc5 23. Qxc5 {[%csl Gc5,Re5]} Bxf3 {
Schwarz hat nichts besseres. Er muß den Läufer tauschen.} (23... Ra5 24. Qc3 f6
$6 {[%csl Rg8] Dieser Zug verteidigt zwar den e5-Bauern, aber er schwächt die
Königsstellung.} 25. Rfb1 $16) 24. exf3 {[%csl Ra3,Rc6,Rd3,Re5,Rf3,Rh5] Es
sind nur noch Schwerfiguren auf dem Brett und beide Parteien haben
strukturelle Probleme, aber Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und seine Dame steht
sehr aktiv.} Ra5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Rfe1 {[%cal Re1e5]} Rdd5 $6 {Schwarz
vermeidet den Zug 26...f6 und verteidigt den Bauern mit dem Turm. Diese Idee
scheint mir etwas zu passiv.} (26... f6 $5 {[%cal Ga5d5,Gd8d3] Jetzt könnte
Schwarz die Türme in der d-Linie verdoppeln.}) 27. Re4 {[%cal Ge4c4,Gc4c6]}
Rdc5 (27... Qd8 {[%cal Rd8d3]} 28. d4 $5 (28. Qxc6 $6 Rdc5 {[%csl Rc6]} 29. Qb7
Rab5 30. Qa6 Ra5 $11) 28... exd4 (28... Rxd4 29. Qxc6 $14) 29. Qxc6 $14) 28.
Rc4 Rxc4 29. dxc4 $5 {So verbessert Weiß seine Bauernstruktur.} (29. Qxc4 Ra4
$14 (29... Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Qxc6 Kf8 $14 (31... Qxd3 $2 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33.
Qxf7 $16 {[%csl Gf7,Rh7]}))) 29... Qa7 {Hecht: '[#] Eine gegen drei
Bauernschwächen bei einem weißen Mehrbauern. Zudem besitzt Weiß die bessere
Königsstellung. Da der a-Bauer nicht voranzubringen ist, wechselt der weiße
Turm von der passiven Position a1 in die offene d-Linie, von wo aus im
Zusammenspiel mit der Dame Drohungen gegen den schwarzen König und die
schwarzen Bauernschwächen aufgestellt werden können. '} (29... Qd8 $142 {Hecht}
) 30. Rd1 {'!' Hecht.} g6 (30... Rxa3 $2 31. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re5h5,
Rd1d8]}) (30... f6 {Hecht} 31. Rd8+ Kf7 (31... Kh7 32. Qd3+ $18) 32. Qd2 $5 $18
(32. Qd3 Rxa3 33. Rd7+ Ke8 (33... Kg8 34. Qf5 $18) 34. Rxa7 Rxd3 35. Rxg7 Rc3
36. Rh7 Rxc4 37. Rxh5 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 c5 39. Rh7 $16)) 31. Kg2 Qa8 (31... Rxa3 $2
32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 32. c5 $16 {[%csl Re5] Weiß verteidigt
seinen a-Bauern nicht mehr, er spielt stattdessen auf Angriff am Königsflügel.
Schwarz muß den e5-Bauern geben und gerät so in eine schwierige Lage.} Rxa3 33.
Qxe5 {[%csl Rc6]} Qf8 $8 (33... Ra6 34. Qf6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd1d8,Rd8a8,Rd8g8]
}) 34. Qf6 {[%cal Rd1d8,Rd8g8,Rf6c6]} Qg7 35. Qxc6 $18 {[%csl Gc5] Weiß hat
bereits zwei Mehrbauern und steht auf Gewinn. Der c-Freibauer entscheidet die
Partie.} h4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 {[%csl Gc6,Gd7,Rg7,Rh7] Und Schwarz gab seine
hoffnungslose Stellung auf.} (37. Rd7 {[%csl Rf7]} hxg3 38. hxg3 Ra1 39. Qd5 {
[%cal Rd7f7]} Kg8 40. c6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 (5... e4 {Gurevich,M-Adams,
M/Munich/1993/CBM36/INF57,38/}) 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Bb6 $5 (8... Bg4 {
Zueger,B-Fauland,A/SWC-chI/1992/CBM31/}) 9. d3 (9. d4 Bg4 $5 $13 {Serper,
G-Lobron,E/Dortmund/1993/CBM35/INF57,39/} (9... Re8 $6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d5 $14
{Lautier,J-Epishin,V/Terrassa/1991/CBM24/INF52,41/})) 9... Nxd5 $1 10. cxd5 Ne7
11. Nd2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. b3 d5 $10 14. Bb2 Be6 15. h3 f6 16. Kh2 Rc8 17.
Qe2 d4 $6 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Nc4 dxe3 19. fxe3 Qd7 20. Ba3 Ne7 (20... Rfd8 21.
Nd6 $14) 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. d4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qc7 25. Re4 (25. Rc1
Nc6 $13) 25... Qd7 26. Rd4 Qc7 27. Re4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 c5 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Ne4 Bd5 15. a4 f5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Qb3 $14 {Serper-Tivjakov/URS/
1991/INF52,38/}) 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ $6 (13... cxb4 $5 14. axb4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd5
$13 {Kramnik,V-Aseev,K/URS-ch/1991/CBM27/INF53(41)/}) 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Nc5 $1
Bxc5 (15... Bd5 16. Bxd5+ (16. Nxb7 Rb8 $13) 16... Qxd5 17. axb4 $14) 16. Bxc5
Rf7 17. Bxb6 $5 (17. axb4 Nd5 $10) 17... axb6 (17... Qxb6 18. Rxb4 Qa6 19. Qa4
$14) 18. axb4 Qd4 19. Qc1 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qb2 Rc7 22. Rbc1 Rac8 23. Rxc7
Rxc7 24. Ra1 Kf7 25. f3 Qd7 (25... Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Ra8 $16) 26. g4 Kg6
27. Kf2 Qd6 28. Kg2 Qc6 29. b5 Qc2 30. Rb1 Kf7 31. Kf2 Qxb2 32. Rxb2 Rc5 33.
Ke3 Ke6 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Rb4 g6 36. e3 Kd5 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. f4 Rc8
40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Ra4 Rg8 42. Rc4 Kd6 43. e4 Rg2+ 44. Ke3 Rb2 (44... Rh2 $5)
45. Rc8 Rxb5 46. Rh8 Rb2 47. Rh6+ $1 Kd7 48. Rxh5 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kd6
51. Rxb7 Kc6 52. Re7 Kd6 53. Rh7 Rh2 54. Rh6+ Kd7 55. Kf3 b5 56. Kg4 Kc7 57.
Re6 Rd2 58. Rxe5 Kc6 59. h5 Rxd3 60. h6 Rd8 61. Rh5 b4 62. h7 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 {Das ist eigentlich eine Stellung der Drachenvariante der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung, nur mit vertauschten Farben. Der Textzug bereitet
b2-b4 vor.} Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 $5 {Dieser Plan wird selten gespielt,
ist aber logisch - Schwarz entwickelt den Läufer und möchte ihn anschließend
nach 12...Qd7 gegen den Bg2 abtauschen.} (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4) 12. Re1 {
Weiß verteidigt prophylaktisch den Pe2 und kann im Falle von Bh3 dem
Läufertausch durch den Zug Bh1 vermeiden.} (12. h3 $5) (12. b5 $5 Nd4 13. Nd2)
12... Qd7 (12... a5 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Na4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rxe2 17.
Qxe2 Nxa4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bc6 Qd6 {0-1 Hebert,J-Aronian,L/Cannes 1996/CBM 51
ext (48)}) 13. Rc1 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - der Turm steht im Prinzip
zwar nicht schlecht auf der c-Linie, aber in unserer konkreten Partie bekommt
Schwarz jetzt starkes Spiel im Zentrum.} (13. b5 Nd4 14. Nd2 $5 (14. Nxd4 $6
exd4 $15 {[%cal Ge8e2,Gg4e2]})) 13... a5 $1 14. b5 (14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nd2 Bxa3
16. Bxa3 Rxa3 17. Nb3 Nd4 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Bg2 Ra2 {
0-1 Schunk,H-Kuehn,M/Bayern 1996/EXT 99 (40)}) 14... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der
Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf d4 - jetzt hängt der Pb5, und nach dem evtl.
Tausch auf d4 bekäme Schwarz starken Druck gegen den Pe2.} 15. a4 (15. Nd2 Nxb5
16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 (17. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 $19) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 (18. Rxc3 Na4
19. Bc6 Nxc3 20. Bxd7 Nxd1 $19) 18... Bxa3 19. Ra1 Bb4 $17) 15... Bb4 $5 $15 {
[%csl Gb4,Gd4][%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel und kontrolliert
die wichtigsten Punkte.} (15... Nxf3+ 16. exf3 (16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Rad8 $15
) 16... Bh3 $15) 16. e3 {Mit diesem Zug kann Weiß zwar den Abtausch einiger
Figuren erzwingen, aber am Ende findet er sich in einer passiven Stellung ohne
Gegenspiel wieder.} (16. Nd2 $1) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c6 $1 {
Dieser Zug ist stärker als der sofortige Gewinn des Pa4.} (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3
(19. Rxc3 $2 Nxa4 20. Rc2 $17 (20. Rb3 Nc5 $19)) 19... Nxa4 20. Ba1 Rab8 21.
Rc2 $44) (18... Qxd3 19. Red1 Qg6 20. Qxb7 $13) (18... c5 $5) 19. Red1 (19.
bxc6 $5 bxc6 $15) 19... c5 {Schwarz hat großen Raumvorteil - Weiß zu allem
Übel auch noch seinen Pa4 verteidigen.} 20. Ra1 $6 (20. d4 $5 {Mit diesem
Bauernopfer hätte Weiß das Spiel verkomplizieren können.} cxd4 21. exd4 exd4 (
21... Bxc3 22. dxe5 Bxb2 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. e6 fxe6 (24... Rxe6 25. Qxb7 $18)
25. Rc7 $132) 22. Ne4 Nxa4 23. Bxd4 Qe6 24. Rc7 $44) 20... Rad8 21. g4 {
Ein sonderbarer Zug - Weiß hat natürlich nicht vor, den schwarzen König
anzugreifen, sondern verteidigt sich damit bloß gegen f7-f5.} (21. Ne4 f5)
21... Bxc3 $1 {Sonst spielt Weiß 22.Ne4,und der Bb4 befände sich zu weit ab
vom Spiel.} 22. Bxc3 Ra8 23. h3 (23. e4 Re6 $17) 23... Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 24. Be1
b6 {Der Pa5 ist verteidigt, nun kann Schwarz seinen Ra8 befreien.} 25. Rac1 Re6
26. d4 (26. Rc4) 26... cxd4 27. exd4 e4 $17 {[%csl Gd5][%mdl 32] Jetzt
beherrscht der Nd5 das Brett. Die weiße Königsstellung ist sehr schwach.} 28.
Qg3 Rf8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 29. Rc4 Rf6 {Ein sehr starker Zug - Weiß hat keine
Verteidigung gegen das Eindringen des Turms auf f3.} (29... f5 30. gxf5 (30. g5
Rg6) 30... Rxf5 $19 {[%cal Re6g6,Rg6g1]}) 30. Bd2 Rf3 $19 {Das Erscheinen des
Turms auf f3 entscheidet die Partie.} 31. Qh4 Rd3 {[%cal Gd3d1]} 32. Kg2 e3 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 $6 8.
a4 a5 9. d3 Bg7 10. Bg5 $1 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Nd7 $2 15. Bxb7 $1 Bxb7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Qxb7 c5 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Qd5 Qc8 20.
Nb5 Ne5 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Qe4 c4 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Qh4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qf8 26. Bf4
Bf6 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rd7 Bg7 29. Qxc4 Bxb2 30. Nd6 Bg7 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Ng5+
Kh8 33. Ne6 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Qa8+ 35. f3 Bf6 36. Rf7 Rb4 37. Qc7 Kg8 38. Rxf6 Rb7
39. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Rb8 (8... Re8 $5 {Hansen,Cu-Akopian,V/Groningen/1991/CBM27/INF53,32/}) 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 a6 (10... Rb6 $6 11. c5 Rb7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Be3 $14 {
Schwartzman,G-Micic,J/Dortmund-D/1991/EXP22/}) 11. c5 Qe7 12. Qa5 (12. Qc4 $5 {
Grebennikov,S-Burmakin,V/Leningrad/1990/EXP18/}) 12... Ne8 13. b3 (13. Rd1 $5)
13... Qe5 14. Bb2 d5 15. e4 (15. Rab1 $5) 15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd6 $1 17. Bxc6
Nc4 $1 18. bxc4 Rxb2 19. Nd5 Bh3 20. Qxa6 (20. Rfe1 Qd4 21. Ne3 Qf6 $19) 20...
Rxf2 $5 21. Kxf2 Qb2+ 22. Kf3 f5 23. Ne3 g5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Qe6 Qd2 $1 (25...
g4+ 26. Kf4 Qd4+ 27. Kg5 Bf6+ 28. Kh5 $18) 26. g4 (26. Rad1 Bg2+ $1 27. Nxg2
g4# $19) 26... f4 27. Rad1 fxe3+ 28. Kg3 Bxf1 $1 29. Rxf1 (29. Rxd2 exd2 $19)
29... Rb8 30. Rf7 (30. Bf3 $17) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kf3 (31. Kh3 e2 $19) 31... Qf2+
32. Ke4 Qxf7 $1 33. Qxf7 e2 34. Qxc7 (34. Qf2 e1=Q+ 35. Qxe1 Re8+ $19) 34...
e1=Q+ 35. Kf5 Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 d6 (7...
O-O {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,An/Tilburg/1991/CBM26/INF53,44/}) 8. O-O O-O 9. e3 (9.
Nc3 $6 $13 {Stean-Lein/Vrsac/1979/INF28,52/}) 9... Bg4 $5 (9... Nxd5 10. cxd5
Ne7 11. d4 $14) 10. h3 Bh5 11. b3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. g4 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bb2 (18. Bxc6 Qf6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Bg2
Ba3 $44) 18... Rc8 19. Rc1 a5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 c5 22. Qd5 Qc7 23. Rfd1 $14
Rfd8 24. Rc4 (24. f4 Kh8 $5) 24... Rb8 25. g5 Kh7 26. h4 (26. gxh6 gxh6 27. h4
h5 $13) 26... hxg5 27. hxg5 (27. Qxg5 f6 28. Qg3 Rb4 $13) 27... Rb4 28. f4 Rxc4
29. Qxc4 (29. bxc4 $5 Qe7 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Re1 $14) 29... Qe7 30. Kf2 Re8 31.
Re1 Kg8 32. Qd5 Bh5 33. Qd2 f6 34. Bd5+ Bf7 35. g6 $1 Bxd5 36. Qxd5+ Qe6 37.
Rd1 f5 $1 38. Kf3 Qxd5+ 39. Rxd5 Re6 40. Rxf5 Rxg6 41. e4 Rh6 42. e5 d5 43. e6
Rxe6 44. Rxd5 a4 45. Rxc5 axb3 46. axb3 Rb6 47. Rc3 Kf7 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. f5+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Diese Variante wird seltener
gespielt, als die Alternative 4...d5.} 5. Nd5 e4 {Die gewöhnlichen
Fortsetzungen sind hauptsächtlich 5...Bc5 oder 5...Nxd5.} 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8
8. O-O Bc5 (8... d6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 $14) 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3
Ne5 11. Qc3 (11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. Bxc5 d6 14. Bd4 dxc4 15. Rad1 (15.
Rfd1 d5 $5) 15... d5 $1 16. e4 (16. Nf5 Nc6 $15) 16... Bg4 $1 17. f3 (17. Rd2
Nd3 18. exd5 Rc8 $15) 17... Bd7 18. exd5 b5 19. Bxe5 $6 (19. Rfe1 Nd3 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 (20... Qxe8 21. Qd2 $11) 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bf1 $13) 19... Rxe5 20. f4 Qb6+
21. Kh1 Ree8 {0-1 Lautier,J-Kasparov,G/Moscow (m/1-rapid) 2002  (45)}) 11...
Nxd5 (11... c6 12. Be3 $1 (12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. b4 Bf8 14. Bd2 (14. Bb2 $6 Nxc4
15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bc3 Rxe2 17. Rfe1 Re6 18. Bh3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 d5 20. Bf5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. a3 Kg7 24. g4 c5 {0-1 Stangl,M-Rabiega,R/Velden
AUT 2004 (36)}) 14... d6 15. f4 $6 Ng4 16. Qd3 d5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19.
Qc3 Qd4+ {0-1 Ivanov,S-Raetsky,A/Graechen 1999/EXT 2002 (19)}) 12... cxd5 13.
Bxc5 d6 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Qc1 Nxc4 16. b3 Ne5 17. Qb2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Rfe1 {
1-0 Arkhipov,S-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (97)}) 12. cxd5 d6 13. b4 Bb6 14.
Nf3 {Ein logischer positioneller Zug, da Weiß den starken schwarzen Springer
tauschen möchte.} (14. Bb2 a5 15. a3 (15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 f6 17. a3 Bf5 18.
Qc4 Qe7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 axb4 21. Qxb4 b6 22. Rfc1 Ra5 23. Rc3 {1-0
Vaulin,A-Solodovnichenko,Y/Bydgoszcz 1999/EXT 2000 (45)}) 15... axb4 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Qg5 (17... Bg4 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. e3 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 Ra8
22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Be2 {1/2-1/2 Kochyev,A-Makarichev,S/Frunze 1979/MCL (27)
}) 18. h3 f6 19. Kh2 Ng6 20. f4 Qh5 21. Nxg6 Bxh3 $1 $19 22. Bf3 Rxe2+ 23. Bxe2
Qxe2+ 24. Kxh3 Qxf1+ {0-1 Timman,J-Gereben,E/Madrid 1971/EXT 99 (24)}) 14... a5
$11 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil dank seines d5-Bauern, aber die schwarze Stellung
ist gefestigt.} (14... Bg4 15. Bb2 $11) 15. Nxe5 axb4 16. Qxb4 Rxe5 17. e3 {
Weiß muss den Wirkungskreis des b6-Läufers beschränken.} Bc5 18. Qb3 Bd7 {
[%cal Gd7a4]} 19. a4 Ra6 (19... b6 20. Bb2 Re8 21. a5 Rxa5 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Rxa5
bxa5 24. Qxa5 Bb6 25. Qc3 $11 {Weiß hat wegen des Raumvorteils mikroskopisch
kleine Initiative.}) 20. Bd2 Qa8 21. a5 b6 {Schwarz muss den gefährlichen
a5-Bauern tauschen.} 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Qb2 $14 {[%cal Gb2h8]} f6 24. axb6 cxb6 $1
{Auf diese Weise bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel; im weiteren Spielverlauf wird
sein b-Bauern stark .} (24... Bxb6 25. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gg2e4,Gc2h7]}) 25. h4 b5
26. h5 b4 27. Bxf6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Weiß opfert die Figur für zwei Bauern und
Initiative.} (27. Bxb4 $4 Rb8 $19) 27... gxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. h6
$44 {[%csl Rf7,Gg5,Gh6,Rh7]} Rg8 (30... Ke8 31. Qg7 $44) 31. Qf4+ Ke8 32. Qe4+
Kf8 33. Qf4+ Ke8 34. Qe4+ Kf8 35. Rxa6 Qxa6 36. Qxh7 {Weiß hat drei Bauern für
die Figur und Angriffschancen.} Qc8 {[%cal Rd7f5,Rf5h7] Die schwarze Drohung
ist 37...Bf5 mit Damenfang.} 37. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Ga1a8]} Qe8 (37... Bf5
$2 38. Ra8 Bxh7 (38... Qxa8 39. Qxf5+ Ke8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. h7 $18)
39. Rxc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. Be4+ $18) 38. Be4 b3 39. Kg2 b2 40. Ra2 (40. Rb1
$2 Ba3) 40... Qe5 41. Qxd7 (41. Rxb2 Qxb2 42. Qxd7 Qf6 43. h7 Rh8 44. Qc8+ Kg7
45. Qg4+ $11 {Weiß hat vier Bauern für den Turm und eine aktive Stellung.}) (
41. Ra8+ Be8 42. Rb8 Rh8 43. Qg6 $11) 41... Qxe4+ 42. Kh2 Qe8 43. Qf5+ (43.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 44. Rxb2 Kf7 $11) 43... Qf7 44. Qc8+ (44. Ra8+ Ke7 $11) 44... Ke7
45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qxb2+ Kg6 47. Ra4 Kh7 48. Qc2+ Rg6 49. Rg4 Kxh6 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Wir haben eine dynamisch ausgeglichene Stellung: Weiß hat drei Bauern
für die Figur. Die schwarze Königsstellung ist ein wenig unsicher, aber er
kann das Gleichgewicht halten.} 50. Rh4+ (50. Rxg6+ Qxg6 51. Qxg6+ Kxg6 52. Kg2
Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Ke2 Kxd5 55. Kd3 $11) 50... Kg7 51. Qb2+ Rf6 (51... Qf6 $2
52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. Rf4 $18) 52. Rg4+ Kh7 53. Qb1+ Kh8 (53... Rg6 $11
) 54. Qb8+ Kh7 (54... Qf8 $11) 55. Qb1+ Kh8 (55... Rg6 $11) 56. Rh4+ Kg8 57.
Qb8+ Qf8 58. Rg4+ Kh8 59. Qb2 Qf7 60. Rf4 Kg7 61. Kg1 Qg6 (61... Kg6 $11) 62.
Kg2 Qg5 63. Qb7+ Kg6 64. Qb1+ Kg7 65. Rxf6 Kxf6 (65... Qxf6 $11) 66. Qe4 Qf5
67. Qc4 (67. Qf4 Qxf4 68. gxf4 Kf5 69. Kf3 $11) 67... Kg6 68. g4 Qe5 69. Qd3+
Kg7 70. Kf1 Kf6 71. Ke2 {Weiß verteidigt vorher seinen e3-Bauern und möchte
f2-f4 ziehen.} Qb2+ 72. Kf3 Qe5 73. Qb3 (73. Ke2 Qb2+ $11) 73... Kg6 74. Qb1+
Kg7 75. Qb7+ Kg6 76. Qb1+ Kg7 77. Qb3 (77. Qb7+) 77... Kf6 78. Ke2 $6 (78. Qb7
$11) 78... Qe4 $15 {[%csl Ge4] Nach diesem Zug "hängt" der Pg4, sodass Weiß
seine Stellung schwächen muss.} 79. f3 Qe5 80. Qd3 Qb2+ 81. Kf1 Kg5 {[%csl Gg5]
} 82. Qe2 (82. Qh7 $1 Qd2 83. Qf5+ Kh4 (83... Kh6 84. Qf6+ $11) 84. Qf6+ Kg3
85. Qf4+ Kh3 86. Qh6+ $11) 82... Qc1+ 83. Kf2 Qh1 84. f4+ (84. Qd3 Qh2+ 85. Kf1
Qh3+ $11) 84... Kh4 85. g5 (85. Qf3 Qh2+ 86. Kf1 Qg3 87. Ke2 Qxg4 88. e4 $11)
85... Qxd5 $17 86. Qc2 (86. g6) 86... Kg4 87. Qe2+ Kf5 {Es ist jetzt Schwarz,
der die Züge nicht wiederholen möchte.} 88. Kg3 Qe4 89. Kh4 Qh1+ 90. Kg3 Qg1+
91. Kh4 Qh1+ 92. Kg3 Qe4 93. Kh4 Qh1+ 94. Kg3 Qe4 95. Kh4 {Weiß konnte schon
das dreimalige Spiegelbildstellung reklamieren! Wir haben dieselbe Stellung
nach 89.Kh4, 91.Kh4 und jetzt mit 95.Kh4.} Bxe3 $2 (95... Ke6 $17) 96. Qg4+ $11
Kg6 97. Qh5+ Kg7 98. Qh6+ {[%cal Rh6d6,Rh6g7] Auf diese Weise kann Weiß den
letzten schwarzen Bauern vernichten.} Kg8 99. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug wird heutzutage
selten gespielt. Die populären Alternativen sind 4...Bc5, 4...Bb4 und
hauptsächtlich 4...d5} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 {Timman spielt
diese Variante auch mit Schwarz.} 8. d3 {Ein schlauer Zug. Im Falle von 8...h6,
gerichtet gegen 9.Bg5, kann Weiß entweder mit 9.g4!?, oder mit 9.h4! am
Königsflügel angreifen.} (8. Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4
Bf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 62 ext
(47)}) 8... O-O (8... h6 9. h4 $1 (9. g4 $5 c6 (9... d6 $13) 10. h4 d5 (10...
d6 11. g5 (11. Rg1 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Bxb6 $14) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 (12. hxg5 Rxh1+
13. Bxh1 Ng4 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Qa3 Bc7 16. Bd2 $14) 12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14.
Na4 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 Be6 16. Rb1 Bd8 17. Nc3 Nh5 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Timman,J/
Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (53)}) (10... Be7 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 d6 13. O-O-O Qc7
14. Rdg1 Be6 15. Be3 Bf8 16. h5 d5 17. Bg5 {1-0 Mikhailuk,S-Sagalchik,G/
Seattle 2002/CBM 87/[Hecht] (61)}) 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Ng4 14.
cxd5 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Bb6 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 (17... Bxc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6
19. Qc4 Qd7 20. g6 $16) 18. Bd2 Be3 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. Ne4 {1-0 Gulko,B-Hector,J/
Kobenhavn 2000/(31)}) 9... Nh7 $2 (9... d6 $2 10. Bxb7) (9... O-O 10. g4 Nh7
11. g5 $40) 10. Ne4 $1 Be7 11. Qb5 c5 $6 12. Be3 a6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Nc3 $16 {
1-0 Piket,J-Avrukh,B/Amsterdam 2001/(39)}) (8... c6 $5 9. g4 d6 10. g5 Ng8 (
10... Nd7 $5) 11. Ne4 (11. Na4 Ne7 $6 (11... Qa5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Bd2 $2 Bxf2+ $1)
12... Bb4 $5 13. a3 Bd2) 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 $1 (13. Be3 Qd6 {[%cal Ge7f5,
Gf5d4]}) 13... O-O 14. h4 Nf5 15. Qc3 $14 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Gelfand,B/
Pamplona 1999/ (41)}) 11... Bb6 (11... Ne7) 12. Qa3 Bc7 13. c5 (13. Bd2 Ne7 14.
Bb4 Nf5) 13... dxc5 (13... d5 14. Nd6+ $13) 14. Qxc5 Ne7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qa3 b6
17. Rc1 Bd5 18. Bg4 a5 19. Rg1 c5 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Qb3 O-O $13 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,
V-Svidler,P/Moscow 2001/ (44)}) 9. Bg5 (9. O-O h6) 9... c6 {Mit diesem Zug
beschränkt Schwarz die Aktivitäten des f3-Läufers.} (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
O-O (11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O d6 14. Qc3 a5 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2
Gheorghiu,F-Smejkal,J/Moscow 1977/EU-chT (15)}) 11... d6 12. Bg2 c6 13. e3 Bb6
14. Qc2 Bf5 15. b4 Qg6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qb3 Be6 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bg4 20.
Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ivanov,A/Seattle 2000/CBM 80 no vc (20)}) 10. O-O h6 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Weiß ist besser entwickelt, aber die
schwarze Stellung ist sicher.} 14. Qc3 a5 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen 15.b4.
} 15. a3 (15. Rfd1 d6 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Be6 $11) 15... a4 16. Rfc1 (16. Rfd1
d6 17. d4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 $11) 16... Qe7 17. c5 d5 (17... d6 18. cxd6 (18. d4
exd4 19. Qxd4 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Be6 $11)) 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb4 $6 (
19. b4 axb3 20. Qxb3 $11) 19... Qc7 (19... Qxb4 $5 20. axb4 Be6 21. Rc5 (21. b5
cxb5 22. Bxb7 Rab8 $15) 21... f6 22. b5 Ra5 23. Rac1 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25.
Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 20. Rc5 Be6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Rb5 $6 {Alles ist verteidigt am
schwarzen Damenflügel; mit dem Turmzug kann Weiß nichts erreichen.} Rd7 23. h4
Bb3 {[%csl Ga4,Gb3] Der Läufer steht ausgezeichnet auf b3 und dominiert am
Damenflügel.} 24. Rb6 Rf8 25. Qc5 {[%cal Gf7f5]} f5 $2 {Wäre prinzipiell gut,
wenn Schwarz einen Angriff am Königsflügel beabsichtigt.} (25... Re7 26. Rb4 f5
$15) 26. Rb4 $2 (26. Rxb3 $1 axb3 27. Bd5+ {[%cal Rd5g8,Rc5f8]} Rxd5 28. Qxd5+
Rf7 29. Qxb3 $16) 26... Rf6 $15 27. Bg2 Re7 28. Qb6 Qd7 (28... Qxb6 29. Rxb6 g5
$15) 29. Qa7 Rff7 30. Qc5 Qe6 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Qf3 e4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Gf6]
[%cal Rf6b2] Mit diesem Durchbruch aktiviert Schwarz seine Dame und gewinnt
die Bauern auf b2 und a3.} 33. dxe4 Qxb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb2a3,Rb2c1]} 34. Rd1
(34. Qc3 Qxe2 $17) 34... Qxa3 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rbd4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Bd5 $6 {
[%csl Rd4][%mdl 64] Dieser Zug ist sehr schön und es scheint, dass Schwarz
sofort gewinnt , jedoch besitzt Weiß Gegenspiel.} (37... c5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}
) 38. Qd3 $8 fxe4 (38... Bxe4 39. Rxe4 (39. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 41. Kh3
Qh1+ $19) 39... fxe4 40. Bxe4+ {Das führt zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 39. Rxe4
$132 (39. Bxe4+ $2 Bxe4 $19) 39... Bxe4 40. Bxe4+ Rxe4 41. Qxe4+ {[%mdl 4096]}
g6 42. f4 {Weß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber die schwarze Königsstellung ist
schwach und Weiß hat das aktivere Figurenspiel.} Qf6 43. h5 Re7 (43... Qxd8 $2
44. Qxg6+ (44. hxg6+ Kg7 45. gxf7 Kxf7 46. Qxa4 $11 (46. Qh7+)) 44... Kh8 45.
Qxf7 a3 46. e4 b5 47. e5 b4 48. e6 $18) 44. hxg6+ Kg7 45. Qd3 Rxe2+ 46. Kh3 (
46. Qxe2 $2 Qxd8 47. Qe6 Qd2+ 48. Kg1 Qd5 49. Qe7+ Kxg6 50. Qxb7 a3 $19) 46...
Re7 47. f5 a3 48. Ra8 Qe5 (48... b5) 49. Qf3 Qf6 50. Qd3 (50. Rxa3) 50... Qe5
51. Qf3 Qf6 52. Rxa3 $1 Re5 (52... Rd7) 53. g4 $36 {Die Stellung ist materiell
gleich, aber Weiß hat die Initiative. Die verbundene Freibauern von Schwarz
sind hingegen nicht gefährlich.} h5 54. Re3 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Rd5 56. Qf4 Qd8 (
56... Rd4 57. Re7+ $1 (57. Re4) 57... Kg8 (57... Qxe7 58. Qxd4+ $18) 58. Re4
Rxe4 59. Qxe4 Kg7 (59... b5 60. Qe6+ Kg7 61. Qxf6+ Kxf6 62. Kh5 Kg7 63. f6+ $18
) 60. Kh5 $18) 57. Re4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4g5] Die tödliche weiße Drohung ist 58.
Qg5 und Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung.} c5 58. Qg5 Qxg5+ 59. Kxg5 b5 60. Re7+
Kf8 61. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 h6 (9... exd3 10. exd3 h6 (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d6 12. Rb1 $14 {
Uhlmann,W-Krasenkov,M/Bundesliga 9293/INF56,40/}) 11. Be3 $14 {Gurevich,
M-Salov,V/Linares/1991/CBM22/INF51,40/}) 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5
13. Rd1 $5 (13. e3 Na5 $1 14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 Qc5 16. Be3 Ndc4 17. Bf2 Qe7 $13 {
Kasparov,G-Karpov,An/Sevilla m/1987/INF44,21/}) 13... Bf5 14. Qb2 $1 (14. Nxf5
Qxf5 15. f3 Nxg3 $13 {Karpov}) 14... Nxd4 (14... Rad8 15. Be3 $1 (15. f3 $2
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxd4 $19) 15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 $16) 15. cxd4 (15. Rxd4 Qc5 $13)
15... Qd7 16. Bf4 c6 17. a4 (17. Rac1 $5 Rad8 18. f3 Nf6 19. e4 $14) 17... Rad8
18. a5 Nf6 19. Ra3 Nd5 20. Bc1 Re7 21. f3 Nc7 22. e4 Be6 23. Be3 (23. Qxb7 $2
Nb5 24. Qxd7 Rexd7 $15) 23... Nb5 24. Rad3 a6 25. g4 Qd6 26. Bf2 Bc4 27. R3d2
Qa3 28. Qxa3 Nxa3 29. d5 Nb5 (29... cxd5 $2 30. Bc5 $18) 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. d6 $6
(31. dxc6 $5 $14) (31. Rc1 $5 $14) 31... Rd7 32. f4 f6 33. Bc5 (33. h4 $5)
33... g5 $1 34. Rc1 Be6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. h3 Re8 37. Kf2 Bf7 38. Kg3 Re5 39.
Bb4 Kg7 40. Rc5 Re6 41. Rc1 Bg6 42. Rc4 Bf7 43. Rc1 Bg6 44. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 (12. bxa5 $1 Rxa5 13.
Nb5 Qd7 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Ra6 16. Qc2 Nb6 (16... Nd8 17. e4 Rc6 18. Qd1 Nb6
19. Be3 Nf7 20. d4 Ba2 21. Rb2 Bc4 22. Re1 Rd8 23. d5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Rc4 25. Qb1
Nd6 26. Rb3 {Serper,G-Mainka,R/Vienna op (9)/1991/1-0 (44)}) 17. Be3 Bxa3 18.
Nxa3 Rxa3 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rxb6 Rfa8 21. Rfb1 Ra2 22. Qd1 R8a7 23. Nd2 Qc7 24.
h3 R2a6 25. R6b2 Ra2 26. Rb6 {Csom,I-Mainka,R/Budapest Noviki-A (1)/1990/1-0 
(44)}) 12... Nd4 13. Ne1 $1 $146 (13. Nd2 Bd5 (13... Rb8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nb3 a4
16. Na5 Nd6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Ra8 20. Qd1 Nxb5 21. a4 Nd6 22.
Nxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxb7 Rfc8 24. Bb4 Bd8 25. a5 Bd5 26. Bxd5+ {Lima,D-Miralles,G/
Las Palmas/1989/1-0 (45)}) (13... c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 (14... Nxc6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 (
15... Ra6 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Rxb6 Qxb6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb2 Qd7
21. f4 Bd5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qc1 Bxg2 25. Qc5+ Qe7 26. Qf2+ {
Foisor,C-Luecke,N/Olot op (07)/1992/0.5 (50)}) 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18.
e3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rc8 20. Nd5 Nc6 21. Rd7 Qxd7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxd7 Nb4 24.
Bd2 Rcd8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Be1 {Winants,L-Luecke,N/Nettetal (04)/1992/0.5 (50)})
15. e3 Nf5 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nc4 c5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21.
Nab2 Nd6 22. Rfd1 Nb5 23. Ra1 f5 24. Be1 Bf6 25. Rdc1 e4 26. d4 {Sturua,
Z-Kakhiani,K/Tbilisi/1991/1-0 (33)}) (13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 Be6 16.
exd4 Qxd4 17. Nde4 Rad8 18. b6 c6 19. Be3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22.
Nxc5 Rxc3 23. Nxe6 Re8 24. Nc7 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Rcd3 26. Rxd3 {Winants,L-Beikert,G/
French Tch/1992/1-0 (33)}) (13... Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Qc2 a4 17.
Rfd1 Ra5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nxa4 Nd6 22. Nc3 Bxb5
23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rd1 Qg4 25. Bc3 Be7 26. a4 {Wedberg,T-Tiviakov,S/Haninge (09)
/1992/1-0 (37)}) 14. Nxd5 (14. e3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. d4 exd4 18.
exd4 Kh8 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. d5 Nf8 21. Qd4 Rad8 22. Bb2 Nxd5 23. Rbd1 Nxc3 24.
Qxc3 Qxb5 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rxe8 {Roos,C-Solozhenkin,E/Hyeres op/1992/0-1 (38)}
) 14... Nxd5 15. Bb2 (15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. a4 Bb4 17. Nb3 c6 18. e4 Qd7 19. Nxd4
exd4 20. Bd2 c5 21. Rc1 b6 22. f4 Rfe8 23. f5 Qf7 24. Bf4 Rac8 25. Qe2 Bc3 26.
g4 $17 {Ftacnik,L-Torre,E/Bacolod (8)/1991/1-0 (40)}) 15... a4 16. Bxd4 (16.
Ne4 Nxb5 17. Qc2 Bxa3 18. Qc4 c6 19. Nc3 Nbxc3 20. Bxc3 Rf7 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. f4
b5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qa2 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 {Roesemann,R-Lingnau,C/
Dortmund op (6)/1991/0-1 (35)}) 16... exd4 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Qc1 Bc5 19. Qc4
c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra1 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Bb6 23. Qxd5+ cxd5 24. Ra2 Ba5 25. Kf1
Rab8 26. Rc1 {Sunye Neto,J-Hansen,LB/Novi Sad olm/1990/0.5 (35)}) (13. Nxd4
exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 (14... Ba2 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Ra1 Bd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. a4
Rad8 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Qa2 Bc5 21. Rd1 Kf7 22. Rd2 Ke6 23. Rc2 Qxa2 24. Raxa2
Kd5 25. Rc4 Re6 26. Kf1 {Foisor,C-Guzman Moneo,A/Zaragoza op/1992/1-0 (34)})
15. Bh3 Qe8 16. e4 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qh5 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. Rbc1 Bd6 21.
Qd1 Qf7 22. Bc5 Rfd8 23. Re1 b6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Re3 f5 26. Bh5 {Contin,
D-Kharlov,A/Bern (2)/1992/0-1 (54)}) (13. Bb2 a4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Ra5 16.
Nd2 Rxb5 17. Bxb7 Qd7 18. Ba1 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Bxa3 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Be4 c5 22. e3
Qc8 23. Nh4 Qd8 24. Qd1 g6 25. Qf3 f5 26. Bc6 {Blees,A-Yakovich,Y/Muenchen
op9293 (09)/1992/0.5 (63)}) 13... c6 (13... Bd5 $2 {Kortschnoj} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 a4 16. e3 Nb3 17. Rxb3 axb3 18. Qxb3 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. e4 $18) 14.
bxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxb7 (17. Qa4 $142 {Kortschnoj}) (17.
Rb5 $142 {Kortschnoj}) 17... a4 (17... Bxa3 18. Qa4 $14) (17... Bxa3 $5 $13 {
Kortschnoj}) 18. Rb5 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nd4 (19... Bxa3 $2 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. Ra1 $16)
20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qc2 (21. Qc1 Rfc8 $44) (21. Qa1 $1 {Kortschnoj}) 21... Kh8
22. Rb7 (22. Qa2 Qc3 23. Ra1 Rfb8 $44) 22... Bxa3 23. Ne3 Rfc8 24. Qa2 Bf8 25.
Nd5 Rab8 (25... Ra7 $1 $15 {Kortschnoj}) 26. Ne7 Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rb3 28. e3 Qb4
29. Ra7 a3 30. Ra1 Rxd3 31. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 (5... Bc5 $5 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 d6 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,An Tilburg 1991 CBM/26}) 6.
Nh4 (6. Nxb4 Nxb4 7. Nd4 c5 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nc7 Rb8 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. e3 Nf5 15. d3 exd3 16. Qxd3 d6 $13 {Steingerimsson,
H-Gronn,A Gausdal International 1991 CBM/25}) 6... d6 (6... Bc5 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxe4 Bxc4 11. Qa4 d5 12. d3 dxe4 13. Qxc4 Qd4 14. Qb5
Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. dxe4 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Rhe8 18. e5 $14 {Cvetkovic-Dorfman
Jugoslavia 1991 52/42}) 7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8. d4 $6 (8. a3 $1 Nc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg2
Re8 11. O-O h6 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Be3 a5 14. Qc2 $14 {Saidy-Browne San Antonio
1972}) 8... exd3 9. exd3 O-O 10. Be2 Bh3 $15 11. Be3 c5 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Na5
14. Qc2 Rb8 15. d4 (15. O-O-O b5 $36) 15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. O-O-O Be6 18.
Nf5 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Bc3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Ne4 $17 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc7+
24. Kd1 (24. Kb1 Nd2+ 25. Ka2 Qc4+ $19) 24... Qc6 25. Bxg7 (25. f3 Qa4+ $19)
25... Kxg7 26. f3 Rc8 (26... Rc8 27. Qxe4 (27. fxe4 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3
Qxh1+ $19) 27... Qc1+ 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 Qd2# $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gurevich,M} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Qc2 (13. Bb2
$5 Rad8 14. Qc2 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kh8 18. h3 Qe8 19. b5
$14 {Hjartarsson,J-Oll,L EUCup 1991 CBM/26}) 13... a6 $5 (13... b6 $2 14. Bb2
Rac8 15. Rbc1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Bd7 19. Nxd4 $16 {
Karpov,An-Hjartarsson,J Seattle cq 1989 CBM/11 47/41}) (13... b6 {Gurevich,M
Karpov,An-Hjartarson,J/}) 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. Qc2 {
/\ Na4} Bd5 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. Ba1 Rd7 20. Bh3 Be6 (20... Rd6 $5 $132 {Gurevich,M
}) 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd2 Nd4 (22... Rad8 $2 23. Ne4 $16) 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Ne4
Re7 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Nc5 Qd5 $1 27. Qb3 c6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Rbc1 Rd8 30. Qxd5+
Rxd5 31. a4 Nc8 32. Nb3 Nb6 33. a5 Nc8 34. Rc4 Red7 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 {Das ist eine relativ seltene
Fortsetzung - gewoenlich Schwarz spielt 4...d5, oder 4...Bb4, oder 4...Nd4.} 5.
Bg2 (5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 (9. f3 Be6 10. e4
Nd7 11. Be3 Kc8 12. O-O-O $6 Re8 13. Be2 Nb6 $1 14. c5 Nd7 15. Kc2 Bf8 $1 16.
b4 a5 17. a3 f5 {0-1 Janssen,R-Bacrot,E/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57/[Ribli] (53)})
9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bc5+ Ke8 13. e3 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bd4
Re8 16. Kd2 b6 17. b4 Ke7 18. Bd3 Bf8 19. a3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Bacrot,E/
Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80 (84)}) 5... Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 (7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 a5 9.
a3 h6 {Das ist eine andere Hauptvariante der Englische Eroeffnung, welche an
die Geschlossene Variante der Sizilianische Eroeffnung (mit vertauschten
Farben) erinnert.}) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Nc2 {Mit diesem Zug vermeidet
Weiß den Springertausch und spaeter kann er mit Ne3 das d5-Feld besetzen.} (9.
e3 Nxd4 (9... Ne5 10. b3 d6 11. h3 $1 h5 $6 (11... Bd7 12. Bxb7 Bxh3) 12. Bb2
c6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Stangl,M-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny
1996/CBM 55/[Ribli] (23)}) 10. exd4 d6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. c5 Nh5 13. Be3 dxc5 14.
dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Fontanie,R/Cannes mT/1996/EXP51/}) 9...
d6 10. e4 (10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15.
Qd3 Qe8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Rd2 Qe6 (17... Qe7 $142 18. Rfd1 Re8 $132) 18. Ng2 $14
{1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Bacrot,E/Albert 2002/CBM 92_01 (45)}) (10. Bd2 Ne5 11. b3 c6
12. Rc1 a5 13. h3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Bacrot,E/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 (27)})
10... Ne5 (10... Nd7 11. Qd2 (11. Nd5 Nc5 12. f3 Ne5 13. Nce3 c6 14. Nf4 a5 15.
Qc2 b5 16. Rd1 b4 {0-1 Overeem,M-De Vreugt,D/Haarlem 2002/CBM 89 ext (42)})
11... a6 12. b3 Rb8 (12... b5 13. e5 Bb7 14. cxb5 axb5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Bb2
$14) 13. Bb2 b5 14. Ne3 $13 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Bacrot,E/Linz 1997/CBM 59/
[Kortschnoj] (52)}) 11. b3 c6 12. Ba3 d5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Das ist eine
wichtige - ich glaube, vorbereitete - Neuerung. Schwarz war nicht zufrieden
mit seinem frueherem Spiel (12..Nfd7). Der Textzug ist eigentlich ein
Bauernopfer.} (12... Nfd7 13. Qe2 $1 Nc5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qd2 f5 16. f4 $5 Nf7
17. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Bacrot,E/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Ribli] (37)}) 13.
f4 (13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg4 15. f3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 (16. Qxd5 Bf5 17. Ne3 Nd3
18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rad1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+ $13) (16. fxg4 Nc3 17. Qxd8 (17. Qd6
Nd3 18. Rf3 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Nec1 (20... Bxa1 $2 21. Rxd3 $16) 21.
Rb1 Rad8 $15) 17... Raxd8 18. Rae1 Rd2 19. Nb4 a5 20. Nd5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nd3 $17)
16... Bf5 $44) 13... Bg4 14. Qd2 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 {Die zweite große Überraschung
fuer Weiß - Schwarz opfert eine Figur. (Ich glaube, das war noch Hausanalyse
von Großmeister Bacrot.)} 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. e5 (16. Rxf3 dxe4 $5 (16... Nxe4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rff1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd2 21. Ne3 f5 $13) 17.
Qxd8 (17. Rf2 Ng4 $19) 17... Raxd8 18. Rff1 (18. Re3 Ng4 19. Rae1 Nxe3 20. Rxe3
f5 $17) 18... Ng4 19. Bb2 (19. h3 Nh2 20. Kxh2 Rd2+ 21. Kh1 Rxc2 $17) (19. Bb4
c5 $17) 19... Rd2 $17) 16... Ne4 17. Qe3 (17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15 {[%csl Ge4]}) 17...
Bg4 (17... Nxc3 18. Qxf3 (18. Qxc3 Be4 $15) 18... Ne4 19. Rad1 Qa5 $36) 18.
Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 f6 $44 {[%csl Gg4,Gg7][%cal Ge8e4] Schwarz hat das
Läuferpaar und aktives Figurenspiel - das ist mehr als ausreichende
Kompensation fuer den Bauern.} 20. Ne3 $2 (20. Bb2 Bf5 $44) 20... Be2 $1 21.
Rf2 fxe5 22. Rc1 (22. Rxe2 exf4 $19 {[%cal Rg7a1,Re8e4]}) (22. f5 Qd4 $1 $17)
22... Bd3 (22... exf4 23. Qxf4 $15) 23. Qf3 Qa5 (23... e4 24. Qd1 Bd4 $17) 24.
Bd6 (24. Bb2 exf4 25. Bxg7 (25. Qxf4 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 (26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Rxb2 Qg5
$19) 26... Re4 27. Qf2 Qg5 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Ng2 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qc1 $19) 25...
Rxe3 $17) 24... e4 25. Qd1 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 26. c5 Bd4 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Gd3,
Gd4][%cal Rd4g1][%mdl 2048] Das zentralisierte schwarze Läuferpaar paralysiert
die weiße Stellung.} 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 b6 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6] Nach diesem
Zug wird der Läufervorposten auf d6 schwach.} 29. Bc7 (29. b4 Bc3 $19 {[%cal
Rc3b4,Rc3e1]}) 29... Rc8 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Bd6 c5 32. f5 b5 {[%cal Gc5c4]
Schwarz beschaeftigt sich nicht mit dem Koenigsfluegel, er moechte c4,c3 usw.
spielen.} (32... Rc6 33. Bf4 gxf5 $17) 33. fxg6 (33. f6 Kf7 $17) 33... hxg6 34.
Bf4 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. a4 c3 $19 {[%csl Gc3]} 37. Kg2 Rf8 38. Ra2 {[#]} Rxf4
$1 39. gxf4 Bxe3 40. Rxe3 c2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 (8. a3 $5) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a4 (11. Ne4 Nd4 (11... Bf5
12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 e4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 $10 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 $10 {Nikolic,
Z-Damljanovic,B/JUG-ch/1990/CBM17/}) 12. Nc5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. a3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 b6 16. Ne4 c5 $13 {Serper,G-Smirin,I/Moscow/1990/EXP19/}) 11... a5 12. Nb5
(12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Nc4 Qd7 $10) 12... Nd5 13. Nd2 $5 (
13. Bc5 Be6 $10) 13... Ncb4 14. Nc4 c6 15. Nc3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 (16. Nxe3 Bc5 17.
Qd2 Be6 18. Ne4 Bd4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qd6 $13) 16... Be6 17. Ne4 (17. Nxe5
Qg5 $1 $15) 17... Nd5 {/\ b5 >< e3} 18. Qe1 g6 $1 (18... b5 19. Nxe5 Nxe3 20.
Nxc6 Qb6 21. Qf2 $13) 19. g4 (19. Qf2 Bh6 $17 {>< e3}) (19. Nxe5 f5 20. Nc3
Nxe3 $17) 19... Bxg4 20. h3 Bc8 21. Qg3 f5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Bf3 $2 (23. Nf3 e4
24. Nfe5 exd3 25. exd3 Bg7 $17) (23. Nxe5 Nh5 $19) 23... h6 24. Rf2 Qc7 25. Rg2
Qg7 26. Nf7 Qxf7 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 $1 28. Qxe5 Bd7 $19 29. Kh1 Bg7 30. Qc7 Be8 31.
Qb6 Kh7 32. e4 (32. Rcg1 Qe7 $19) 32... fxe4 33. dxe4 Qe7 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Rcg1
(35. Qxb7 Rb8 36. Qa7 Rxb2 $19) 35... Nh5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 {
Wir haben eine Stellung, die an die Drachenvariante der Sizilianische
Verteidigung erinnert, natürlich mit umgekehrten Farben.} 8. Rb1 {Weiß möchte
schnell b2-b4 ziehen.} a5 9. b3 {Dieser Zug ist sehr populär - Weiß entwickelt
seinen Damenläufer auf die große Diagonale. Ich glaube, dass die Alternative
gar nicht schlechter ist.} (9. d3 $5 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Qa4 $14)
9... O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 Qd7 {Der b6N steht weniger gut, aber Schwarz hat
eine feste Stellung. In dieser Variante spielt Weiß gewöhnlich am Damenflügel,
während Schwarz seine Chancen im Zentrum findet.} (11... f6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Re1
Rfd8 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Na4 b6 16. a3 Bf8 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Qc2 Nde7 19. Red1 Nd4 {
1/2-1/2 Sinanovic,M-Ljubicic,F/Pula 2001/CBM 84 ext (49)}) 12. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2c4]} (12. Ne4 f6 13. Rc1 a4 14. d4 axb3 15. axb3 Ra2 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. dxe5
Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxb3 20. Rc1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Lutz,C/
Berlin 2002/EXT 2003 (48)}) 12... f6 {Das ist ein Schlüsselzug in dieser
Variante - im Falle von 12...f5 hätte Schwarz Probleme mit seinem e5-Bauern.}
13. Re1 (13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Re1 (14. Rc1 Rfd8 (14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd5 16. Bxd5+
Qxd5 17. Qc2 f5 18. e4 Qe6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Rce1 Raf8 21. d4 Rf3 22. Nxe5 Nxe5
23. Rxe5 Qc6 24. Rxe7 {1-0 Bareev,E-Rublevsky,S/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (59)}
) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. Qc2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qc4
Qxc4 21. Nxc4 a4 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Bareev,E/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (54)})
14... Rfd8 15. Qc1 Kh8 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Ne3 Ndb4 19. a3 Na6 20. Ba1
Nc5 21. Ncd5 Bf8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Turov,
M-Yakovich,Y/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91 (29)}) (13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qc2
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 Rfc8 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. bxc4 Nb4 20. a3 Na6 21. Ne4
Nc5 22. Nc3 c6 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65 (44)})
13... Rfd8 14. Qc1 $6 {Dieser Zug scheint mir sehr passiv zu sein.} (14. Nc4
$11) 14... a4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 4] So bekommt Schwarz eine starke Initiative am
Damenflügel.} 15. Nce4 {[%cal Ge4c5]} (15. bxa4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 $15) 15...
a3 {Mit Tempo, und im folgenden muss Weiß immer mit der Schwächung des
a2-Bauern rechnen.} 16. Ba1 Nd5 $15 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gc6b4,Gb4a2]} 17. Nc4 (17. Nc5
Bxc5 18. Qxc5 b6 19. Qc1 Ncb4 $17 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rb4a2]}) 17... Ncb4 18. Qd2
{Weiß muss den a2-Bauern verteidigen, denn 18.Nxa3? verliert wegen 18...Nxa2.}
b5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 c5 {Schwarz bereitet 21...Nd5 vor und verhindert die
Möglichkeit b4.} (20... Nd5 21. b4 $15) 21. Bc3 Nd5 {Schwarz hat eine viel
bessere Bauernstruktur und großen Raumvorteil.} 22. Qc1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc5c4,
Gc8c1]} (22... f5 23. Nf2 Qd6 $17) 23. Ba5 Re8 24. Bd2 (24. Nc3 b4 $19 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 24... c4 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8c1] Nach diesem Durchbruch hat
die weiße Dame auf c1 eine sehr schlechte Position.} 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. dxc4 f5
27. Nf2 (27. Nc3 Rxc4 $19 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Re8c8,Rc8c1]}) 27... e4 $17 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg2] Schwarz hat Zeit den c4-Bauern zurückzugewinnen. Nach dem
Textzug sind die weißen Figuren am Königsflügel - f2N, g2B - eingeschlossen.}
28. g4 {Gut oder schlecht - Weiß möchte etwas Gegenspiel finden.} (28. Rb3 Qa4
$17) 28... Nf6 {[%csl Rc4]} (28... Qa4 29. gxf5 Bxf5 $17) 29. Bb4 Rxc4 30. Qxa3
Rxb4 $1 31. Rxb4 Nd5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Re7a3]} 32. gxf5 Bxb4 {[%cal Rb4a3,Rb4e1]
} (32... Bxf5 33. Rd1 Bxb4 34. Qb3 Re5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxb4 $17) 33. fxe6
Qxe6 34. Qc1 Rc8 35. Qb1 Bxe1 36. Qxe1 {Nach forcierten Zuegen hat Schwarz
eine Qualität gewonnen.} Nxe3 37. Bxe4 Rf8 (37... Qxa2 $17) 38. Qc1 (38. Bf3
Qg6+ $19) 38... Qh6 39. Bf3 Qg6+ (39... Qb6 $17 {[%cal Gb6g1]}) 40. Ng4 (40.
Kh1 Rxf3 $19) 40... Nxg4 (40... Nf5 $17) 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Qxg4 Qb1+ (42...
Qxg4+ 43. Bxg4 $17) 43. Kg2 Qxa2 {Schwarz hat eine Qualität mehr und die
gegnerische Königsstellung ist schwach. Der schwarze Gewinn ist nur eine Frage
der Zeit.} 44. Qb4 Qf7 45. Qd6 Qf4 46. Qe7 (46. Qxf4 Rxf4 $17) 46... g6 47. Qe4
Kg7 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Kg3 {[%mdl 4096] Mit einer Qualität mehr hat Schwarz
eine theoretische Gewinnstellung.} Rb4 50. h3 Kf6 51. Bc6 Kg5 $19 52. Bd5 Ra4
53. Bc6 Ra3+ 54. Bf3 Kf5 $22 55. Kf2 (55. h4 Rc3 $19) 55... Kf4 56. Bg4 (56.
Kg2) 56... Kg5 {[%cal Gg5h4]} 57. Kg2 Kh4 58. Bf3 Re3 59. Kf2 Re5 60. Bg4 (60.
Kg2 Rg5+ 61. Kh2 Rg3 62. Bg2 g5 63. e4 Re3 $22 $19) 60... Re7 61. Kf3 (61. Kg2
h5 62. Bf3 g5 $19) 61... h5 62. Bc8 Rf7+ 63. Kg2 (63. Ke3 Kg3) 63... Rc7 64.
Ba6 (64. Be6 Re7 65. Bc4 Re3 $19) 64... Rc5 {Schwarz beschränkt die Bewegung
des Läufers und droht 65...Rg5+.} 65. Bb7 Rg5+ 66. Kh2 Rg3 67. Bg2 g5 68. Kg1 (
68. e4 Re3 $22 $19) 68... Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 (9. b3 $1 O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. d3 Bf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 $14 {
Timman,J-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB/1994/CBM42/INF60,34/}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11.
a3 (11. Rc1 Re8 12. a3 h6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3 Nd5 $13 {Hansen,LB-Romanishin,O/
Polanica Zdroj/1993/CBM37/}) 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Bd2 Qd7 $13) 12... Bxd5
13. Qa4 Qd6 (13... Qd7 $2 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxd5 $18) 14. Rbc1
Rfd8 15. Nd2 (15. Bc5 Qe6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 (
17. Kg1 f5 18. Qc4 Bf6 $13) 17... Bd6 $6 (17... f5 $5 18. Rfd1 $13) 18. Qc4 Be7
19. Rc2 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Rd5 21. Rfc1 f5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. R1c2 Rb5 24. Bc5 (24. Rc5
Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Kf7 $10) 24... a4 25. e4 g6 26. Nb1 Rb3 27. R4c3 Rd8 $1 28. Nd2
Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd7 30. f3 (30. Kf1 $5) 30... Kf7 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 Be7 33. Be3
Na5 $1 $10 34. Rc2 (34. Kd1 b6 $10) 34... c5 $1 35. Nb1 (35. Bxc5 $2 Rc7 $19)
35... fxe4 36. fxe4 b5 37. Nc3 Rb7 38. Nd5 Nb3 39. Nxe7 $6 (39. Kd1 $5) 39...
Rxe7 40. Kd1 (40. Bxc5 $2 Rc7 $19) 40... Rd7 41. Ke2 Rf7 42. Rc3 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 {
Diese Variante ist besonders populär in der letzten Zeit. In der asymmetrische
Stellung haben beide Spieler gleiche Chancen. Gewöhnlich hat Weiß Spiel am
Damenflügel, weil Schwarz seine Gegenchancen im Zentrum bekommt. Ich muss auch
bemerken, dass diese Stellung eigentlich die Drachenvariante aus der
Sizilianische Verteidigung ist, aber mit vertauschten Farben.} 8. d3 O-O 9. a3
Be6 {Das ist ein natürlicher Entwicklungszug, aber die Alternative 9...Re8 -
mit der Idee 10...Bf8 - kommt auch in Betracht.} 10. Be3 (10. b4 $5) 10... Nd5
{Dieser Springerzug wird selten gespielt, gewöhnlich spielt Schwarz die
Alternativen.} (10... f5) (10... f6) 11. Nxd5 (11. Bd2 a5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Ng5
Bxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rc5 Qf7 19. Qc2
Rd5 20. Rc1 Rxc5 21. Qxc5 Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Brodsky,M/Dubai UAE 2003(38)})
11... Bxd5 12. Qa4 {Auf diese Weise verhindert Weiß die Möglichkeit 12...e4
und bereitet das Spiel am Damenflügel vor.} (12. Rc1 Re8 (12... Bd6 13. Nd2
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15. Ne4 Rfe8 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qb3 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Pfrommer,C/
Baden-Baden 1993/TD (34)}) 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. b4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17.
Qc2 c6 {0-1 Tsivelekidis,G-Skembris,S/Athens 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) (12. b4 a6
13. Rc1 f5 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rc5 Rd8 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Ng5 Rd6 19.
Nxf7 Qxf7 {1/2-1/2 Ruckschloss,K-Velicka,P/Bratislava 1991/EXT 97 (41)}) 12...
Qd6 {Dieser genügsame Damezug ist nicht die beste Möglichkeit für Schwarz. Die
Alternative 12...f5 ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung, was Schwarz
ausreichendes Gegenspiel bietet.} (12... f5 13. Rac1 f4 14. Bd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Nd4 16. Bc3 (16. Qc4+ $5) 16... fxg3 17. hxg3 b5 18. Qa6 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Qd5 20.
Rce1 Bd6 21. Re3 Rf5 22. Rfe1 Raf8 {0-1 Neverov,V-Ahmed,E/Tanta 1997/EXT 98 
(22)}) (12... Bd6 13. Rac1 Ne7 14. Bc5 c6 15. Rfd1 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qd6 17. Rdc1
b6 18. R5c3 a5 19. e4 Be6 20. d4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qc7 22. b4 {1/2-1/2 Quinn,
M-Allahverdiev,A/Bratislava 1993/TD (63)}) 13. Rac1 {[%cal Ge3c5,Gc5e7]} Qe6 (
13... f5 $5) 14. Qb5 $14 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5b7,Gb5d5] Der b7P hängt und droht
gleichzeitig 15.Ng5 mit Materialgewinn.} a6 (14... Rfd8 15. Qxb7 Rab8 16. Qxc7
(16. Ng5 Qd7 (16... Rxb7 $6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxc6 Rxb2 20. Rxc7
Bxa3 21. Rxa7 $16) 17. Qa6 Nd4 $132 (17... Bxg5 18. Bxd5 $14)) 16... Rdc8 17.
Rxc6 Rxc7 18. Rxe6 Bxe6 19. b4 f6 20. Nd2 $14) 15. Qxb7 Rfb8 (15... Rab8 16.
Qxa6 $16) 16. Qxc7 (16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Qxc6 (17. Bxd5 Rxb7 18. Bxc6 Qc8 $15) 17...
Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Qd8 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Nf3 $11) 16... Rxb2 (16... Rc8 17. Qb7 (17.
Rxc6 Rxc7 18. Rxe6 $14) 17... Rcb8 18. Ng5 $14) 17. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Dieser
Zug führt für Weiß zu vorteilhaften Vereinfachungen.} Bxg5 18. Bxd5 (18. Rxc6
$2 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rc8 $17) 18... Qxd5 19. Bxg5 $16 {Der c6N hängt,
Schwarz hat Probleme mit seiner Grundlinie und Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr.} (
19. Qxc6 $6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe2 $11) 19... h6 $8 (19... Nd4 $4 20.
Qc8+ $18) 20. Rxc6 (20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 hxg5 22. Re1 Ra2 23. Rc3 g4 $14)
20... hxg5 21. Rd6 Qa2 {[%cal Ra2e2,Ra2a3] Auf diese Weise gewinnt Schwarz den
Bauern zurück.} 22. e3 Qxa3 23. Rd7 {[%csl Re5,Rf7][%cal Rc7e5,Rc7f7]} Qb3 24.
Qxe5 a5 {Schwarz hat wieder einen Bauern weniger, aber er hat einen einfachen
Plan - er kann a4,a3 usw. spielen.} 25. Rc1 {[%csl Gc1,Gd7,Ge5][%cal Rc1c7,
Rc7h7]} a4 26. Ra7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (26. Rcc7 $2 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qd2+
29. Kf3 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 $11 (30. Ke4 Qg4+ 31. Kd5 Ra5+ $17)) 26... Rb8 (26... Rxa7
27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Qh3+ Kg7 30. Qh8#) 27. Qf5 {[%csl Ga7,Gc1,Gf5,Rg8]
Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem a-Bauern, sein Zielpunkt ist der schwarze
König.} Rb1 (27... a3 28. Kg2 a2 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh6 32.
Ra5 g6 (32... Qb7+ 33. e4 g6 34. Qxg5+ Kh7 35. Qf6 $18) 33. Qc8 Kh7 34. Ra8
Qb7+ 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxa2 $18) 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kg2 Qb3 30. Qd7 a3 31. Qd6
$18 {[%cal Ra7a3,Rd6a3,Gd6b8]} a2 32. Rxa2 {Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiß den
zweiten Bauern und die Partie. Die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos.} Qb7+ (
32... Qxa2 33. Qxb8+ $18) 33. e4 Re8 34. Qd4 Qb5 35. h3 Qc6 36. Ra5 Qg6 37. Qd5
Qb6 38. Rb5 (38. Qxg5 $18) 38... Qf6 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 (11. Rb1 $5 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Tukmakov,V/
Wijk-op/1993/CBM34/56,39/}) 11... a5 $5 (11... Qd7 {Gofshtein,L-Lev,R/Tel Aviv/
1991/EXP27/}) 12. b5 Na7 $5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. a4 c6 16. bxc6 Nxc6 17.
Nb5 Bb4 $1 $10 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Ne4 $5) 19... Rfd8 20. Rc1 Ra8 21.
Kg1 Bf7 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nd2 h6 24. Qc2 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nd4 26. Qb1 Qb4 $1 27. Kh1
Nxa4 28. Nxa4 Qxa4 29. e3 Nb3 30. Nxb3 Qxb3 31. Qa1 Qxd3 32. Qxe5 Bd5 $1 33.
Qa1 (33. Rfd1 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 fxe4 $19) 33... a4 34. Rc7 Rd7 $1
35. Rfc1 (35. Rxd7 Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qxd7 $19) 35... Rad8 36. h3 (36. Qxa4 Rxc7
37. Rxc7 Qf1# $19) 36... b5 37. Qe5 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 fxe4 40. R7c5
0-1

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt, die
häufigeren Alternativen sind 4...d5 und 4...Bb4.} 5. Nxe5 {Dieser Zug führt zu
kompliziertem Spiel, die ruhige Alternative wäre 5.Bg2, wonach gewöhnlich 5...
d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d3 folgt.} Bxf2+ {Mit diesem - gewöhnlich gespielten - Zug
schwächt Schwarz die weiße Königsstellung, aber gibt dafür das Läuferpaar auf.}
(5... Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 $5 (6... Qe7 7. dxe5 Qxe5 (7... Ng4 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bg2 $5
$14 (9. f4 Nc6 10. Bg2 $14) 9... Nxc4 $2 10. Nd5 $16) 8. Bg2 $14) 7. dxe5 Bxe5
$11) 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 (7. b3 $6 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 Bg4 $15 {[%cal Re5d3,
Rd3f2,Rd3b2,Gg4d1]}) 7... d6 (7... c5 {Nach dieser Fortsetzung kann Weiß nicht
so leicht - wie in der Partie - seine Zentrumsstellung aufbauen.}) 8. d4 Ng6 (
8... Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Kg2 (10. Bg2 $5) 10... Re8 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 a5 13. g4
Nfd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 h6 16. Bf4 f6 17. Qd2 Qe7 {0-1 Kilgus,G-Mikac,M/Aschach
1993/EXT 97 (25)}) 9. h3 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Gd4,Ge4,Gf1] Weiß hat ein sehr starkes
Zentrum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist fest.} O-O 10. Bg2 Be6 (10... Rb8 11.
Rf1 Be6 12. b3 Qc8 13. g4 h6 14. Kg1 Nh7 15. Ne2 Ng5 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Bb2 Nxg2
18. Kxg2 $14 {0-1 Poldauf,D-Timman,J/Forchheim 2000/CBM 76 (49)}) 11. b3 c6 12.
d5 $6 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg6e5] Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß weiter Raum gewinnen,
aber der große Nachteil des Zuges ist, dass Schwarz die Kontrolle über das
e5-Feld erhält. Ich glaube, die Alternative ist besser für Weiß.} (12. Be3 Qa5
13. Qd2 h6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bf3 Bc8 16. Kg2 Rfe8 17. Bf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J-Beliavsky,A/Sombor 1972/EXT 99 (73)}) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Qd4 Re8 15.
Bb2 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Ge5] Schwarz hat eine starke Springerstellung auf e5.} 16.
Rhf1 Qc8 17. Kg1 {[%cal Gf1f6] Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht mit der
Verteidigung des h3-Bauern und möchte mit 18.Rxf6 die Qualität opfern. Aber
die Alternative 17.g4!? kommt in Betracht.} (17. g4 $5 $13) 17... Bxh3 18. Rxf6
{[%mdl 64]} Bxg2 (18... gxf6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Rf1 (20. Bxh3 $4 Nf3+ $19 {
[%cal Rf3d4,Rf3g1]}) 20... f5 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxh3 $44) 19. Kxg2 gxf6 20. Ne4
$44 Ng4 (20... Qd8 21. Rf1 $16) 21. Nxf6+ (21. Nxd6 Qd7 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 $13 {
[%csl Ge8][%cal Ge8e2]}) 21... Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Re2+ $8 {[%cal Re2g2,Re2b2][%mdl
256] Nur mit diesem Zug kann Schwarz sich verteidigen - sonst wäre der b2B
tödlich.} 23. Kf3 Rxb2 24. Re1 $5 {Weiß nimmt nicht auf b2 (was auch nicht
schlecht wäre), sondern verschafft sich die e-Linie.} (24. Qxb2 Qf5+ 25. Kg2
Qe4+ $11) (24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 $11 (25... Ke7 26. Re1+ Kd7 27. Qf6 Rxb3+
28. axb3 Qf8 29. Re4 $44)) 24... Rh2 (24... Rxa2 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ $11) 25.
Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6 {
Ein wichtiger Sicherungszug - Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen 8.Bg5.} 8. Bg2 (8.
Be3 Qe7 9. Bg2 d6 10. Nb4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 O-O 12. Qd4 Re8 $11) 8... O-O 9. O-O
Re8 10. Ne3 {Mit Zugumstellung ist die Variante 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.
0-0 e4 7.Ne1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6 9.Nc2 Re8 10.Ne3 erreicht.} d6 (10... Ne5 11. Qc2
d6 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Ng4 14. Qd3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Bd2 Bb7
18. f3 Qe6 19. e4 {1/2-1/2 Berkes,F-Gyimesi,Z/Hungary 2003/EXT 2005 (80)}) 11.
b3 (11. Qc2 a5 (11... b6 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rad1 a4 15. Bc1 axb3 16.
axb3 Ra5 17. Nd5 Bf5 18. Be3 (18. Bf4 $5 $14) 18... Ne5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxe4
Ng4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Vaganian,R/USSR (ch) (23)}) 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Rad1 (13.
Rfd1 Qd7 14. Bxe4 Bxc4 15. Bf3 Be6) 13... Qc8 14. Rfe1 Bh3 15. Bh1 Qe6 16. Bc1
Ne7 17. Qd2 b6 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Lalic,B/Zwolle 2002/(18)}) (11. Nd5
Bf5) (11. f4 exf3 12. exf3 Bd7 13. h3 Ne7 $11) 11... a5 12. Qc2 (12. Nd5 Bf5 $5
$13) (12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Nd5 Nb8 15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. h3 Nc5 $11) 12... a4 (
12... Bd7 13. Rd1 b6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Ba3 Ne7 16. Rd2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rd4
Qc8 {0-1 Wallrabenstein,U-Neukirch,D/Dresden 2000/EXT 2001 (51)}) 13. Rb1 axb3
(13... Qe7 14. Bd2 b6 15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. c4
Qf6 20. Bc3 $14 {0-1 Wacker,P-Gruen,P/Germany 1985/GER-chT (32)}) 14. axb3 {
Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, aber die schwarze Stellung ist sicher. Aufgrund der
geschlossenen Stellung sind die weißen Läufer nicht besonders aktiv.} Ne7 $11 (
14... Qe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 17. Be3 $14) 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. c5 $5 {
[%mdl 512] Statt 16.Bxe4, mit Bauerngewinn, opfert Weiß selbst den Bauern.} (
16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc8 $44 {[%cal Gd7c6,Gc6h1]}) 16... dxc5 17. c4 {
[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2f6] Auf diese Weise möchte Weiß seinen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer
aktivieren.} Ra6 (17... Nc8 {[%cal Gc8d6]} 18. b4 $44) 18. Bb2 $44 {[%csl Gb2,
Re4,Gg2] Weiß hat zwei Läufer auf den großen Diagonalen und verfügt über
ausreichende Kompensation für den Minusbauern. Der schwarze e4P ist hingegen
schwach.} Qc8 19. Ra1 (19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Bxe4 Nc6 $11 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 19...
Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Nf5 21. Qd2 (21. Bxf6 Nxe3 22. fxe3 gxf6 23. Bxe4 Bg4 $11 {
Mit beiderseitigen Bauernschwächen.}) 21... Nd4 {Forciert - er gibt den Bauern
zurück und bekommt eine ruhige, ausgeglichene Stellung.} 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4
c6 (23... Bh3 24. b4 $14) 24. Qb6 {[%csl Gb6,Gd1][%cal Gd1d8] Die
Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch, aber Weiß hat einen kleinen Positionsvorteil,
da sein Figurenspiel aktiver ist.} Be6 25. h4 h5 $6 (25... Qa8 $11) 26. Rd4 Nd7
{Schwarz verjagt die aktive Dame von b6.} 27. Qa5 f5 28. Bh3 (28. Nxf5 $5 b6 (
28... c5 29. Nd6 $18) 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Qxh5 $44) 28... g6 {Die schwarze
Verteidigungsstellung ist sicher, jedoch sind die schwarzen Felder schwach.}
29. Qc3 (29. Rd6) 29... Nf8 (29... Qc7 $11) 30. Ng2 Rd8 (30... c5 31. Rd2 Rd8
$11) 31. Nf4 Bf7 $2 {Ein großer Fehler - Schwarz verliert seinen e4-Bauern.} (
31... Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Qd7 $11) 32. Rxe4 $16 {[%cal Gh3c8] Weiß nimmt den
schwarzen Schlüsselbauern, Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel.} Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd8 34.
Re3 {[%cal Ge3d3]} Qd2 35. Qxd2 Rxd2 36. Re7 b5 {Zu Vereinfachung des Spiels
möchte Schwarz das Material reduzieren.} (36... Rd7 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. e4 Nc5
39. exf5 gxf5 40. b4 Ne6 41. Nxe6 Bxe6 42. c5 $18 {Das Endspiel ist für Weiß
gewonnen, da alle schwarzen Bauern auf weißen Feldern stehen.}) 37. Bg2 bxc4
38. bxc4 Bxc4 39. Bxc6 Bf7 40. Bb5 {[%mdl 4096] Aufgrund des reduzierten
Materials ist die Verwertung des weißen Materialvorteils nicht leicht. Aber
ich muss anmerken, dass es einige Schwächen am schwarzen Königsflügel gibt.}
Rd6 41. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5]} Nh7 42. Ra7 Rb6 43. Bd3 Rc6 44. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]}
Bc4 45. Bxc4+ Rxc4 46. Kg2 Rc6 47. Kf2 Nf8 48. Nf4 (48. Ng5 Ne6) 48... Rd6 49.
Re7 Ra6 50. Nd5 Rd6 51. Nf4 Ra6 52. Ke3 {[%csl Ge3,Ge7,Gf4] Stufenweise
verbessert Weiß seine Stellung - Schwarz kann nichts Aktives unternehmen; er
kann nur warten.} Rd6 53. Nd3 Ne6 (53... Re6+ 54. Rxe6 Nxe6 55. Nf4 Nf8 56. Kd4
$16) 54. Ne5 Nf8 55. Nf7 Ra6 56. Ng5 {[%csl Ge7,Rf8,Gg5] Der Nf8 hat keine
sinnvollen Züge mehr.} Ra4 57. Rb7 Rc4 58. Ra7 Rb4 59. Kd3 Rb6 60. Re7 Rb4 61.
Kc3 Ra4 62. Kb3 Ra1 63. Kc4 Rd1 (63... Ra2 64. e4 fxe4 65. fxe4 $16) 64. Kc5
Nd7+ 65. Kc6 Nf8 66. e4 fxe4 67. fxe4 $18 {Alle weißen Figuren stehen aktiv
und der Freibauer auf e4 ist stark, während die schwarze Stellung hofnungslos
ist.} Rc1+ (67... Rd3 68. e5 Rxg3 69. e6 $18) 68. Kd6 Rd1+ 69. Ke5 Nd7+ 70. Ke6
Nf8+ 71. Kf6 Rf1+ 72. Ke5 Rf2 73. Rc7 Rf1 74. Kd6 Rg1 75. Ke7 Nh7 76. Ne6 {
[%cal Rc7c8,Rc8g8]} (76. Rc8+ Kg7 77. Ne6+ Kh6 78. Rh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nordic-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 {In dieser Variante ist es nicht leicht
für Schwarz die Ausgleichmöglichkeit zu finden - nach 4...Bb4 kommt 5.Nd5, 4...
d5 geht nicht und die Partiefortsetzung bietet Weiß auch etwas bessere Chancen.
} g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Mit diesem Zug vermeidet Weiß den möglichen Springertausch mit
Nxd4 und der Springer zielt auf das d5-Feld, welches eigentlich ein
positionelles Loch in der schwarze Stellung ist.} (9. e3 $5) 9... d6 10. Ne3 $5
{Auf diese Weise verbessert Weiß sein früheres Spiel (10.b3 war nicht so gut
wegen 10...Bf5 und Schwarz steht nicht schlechter - Hansen,C -Akopjan,V
Groningen 1991.)} (10. h3 a5 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Nd4 Be4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Bd4 Rb8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gb8b2] 0-1 Taimanov,M-Bacrot,E/Cannes 1998/
CBM 65/[Ribli] (63)}) (10. b3 Bf5 11. Rb1 (11. Bb2 Ne4 $5 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne3
Nd4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Qd3 Qe8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Rd2 Qe6 18. Ng2 Nf5 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Bacrot,E/Albert 2002/CBM 92 no vc (45)}) 11... a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13.
Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Bd4+ 16. e3 Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qc5 18. Qf2 Qf5 19.
Bd2 Bc5 20. Rbd1 a4 $15 {0-1 Hansen,C-Akopian,V/Groningen 1991/CBM 27/[Ribli] 
(47)}) 10... Ne5 (10... a6 11. Ned5 h6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. a4 Ne5 14. b3 Be6 15. e4
Ned7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 a5 20. Bb2 {1/2-1/2
Tichy,V-Kupka,S/CZE 1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) 11. b3 (11. h3 $5 {Auf diese Weise
kann Weiß das Ausgleichmanöver 11...Nfg4 (oder 11...Neg4) verhindern.}) 11...
Nfg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2,Yd5,Gg2] Weiß hat zwei starke Läufer auf
den großen Diagonalen und starke Kontrolle über das Zentrumsfeld-d5.} Qd7 {
[%cal Gg4h3,Gh3f1] Schwarz folgt der typischen Strategie - er möchte den
g2-Läufer mit 14...Bh3 tauschen.} (13... Qc8 14. Re1 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Nc6 15.
Qd2 Nd4 16. Nd5 c5 17. h3 Bxh3 18. e3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nf5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+
{1-0 Arbakov,V-Uwira,O/Baunatal 1997/EXT 99 (29)}) 14. Qd2 (14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1
c6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qf5 $11) 14... Bh3 15. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d7] Nach diesem
Zug muss Schwarz in einigen Varianten mit c4-c5 rechnen.} a5 16. Nd5 (16. c5 $6
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Nd5 dxc5 19. e4 a4 $15) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $14 {
[%csl Gd5] Weiß hat einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Positionsvorteil - der d5N
ist der Stolz der weißen Stellung und dominiert auf dem Brett. Die schwarze
Stellung ist sehr fest und hat keine Schwächen; aber es ist schwer für Schwarz
aktives Spiel zu finden.} Qc6 18. e4 a4 19. Bc3 {Mit diesem Wartezug
verhindert Weiß die Möglichkeit 19...axb3 20.axb3 Ra2 und bereitet 20.Qb2 vor.}
(19. f4 $5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ f6 22. b4 $14) 19... b6 (19... Nd7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ f6 22. b4 $14) 20. Qb2 {[%cal Gb2g7]} f6 $8 {Die weiße
Drohung war 21.f4, so dass dieser Zug erzwungen ist. Aber mit diesem Zug
schwächt Schwarz seine Königsstellung.} 21. Rfe1 Ra7 $5 {[%cal Gc6a8,Ga8a2]
Mit dieser Fortsetzung bereitet Schwarz das Damemanöver 22...Qa8 vor, wonach
Schwarz nach den Zuegen axb3,axb3 Ra2 spielen kann.} 22. Bd4 Qa8 {[%csl Ga8]
[%cal Ga8a2,Ga8g2]} 23. Qc3 Nd7 24. Qc2 (24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kf7 $19) (24.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 (25... Rxe4 $11) 26. Qxf6 Rxe4 $11) 24... axb3 25.
axb3 Qb7 (25... Ra2 26. Qd3 Qb7 27. Qf3 Kf7 $14) 26. Qb2 Qa8 27. b4 {[%cal
Gb4b5][%mdl 32] Weiß möchte in folgendem b4-b5 ziehen, wonach er
offensichtlichen positionellen Druck bekommt.} c6 $6 {Schwarz opfert einen
Bauern für etwas Aktivität, aber der Textzug hilft nur dem Gegner.} (27... Ra2
28. Qb1 (28. Nxc7 Rxb2 29. Nxa8 Rxb4 30. Nc7 Rf8 31. Rc1 $14) 28... Ra7 29. b5
$14) 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Bxb6 f5 30. Qd2 (30. Bd4 $5 Ra2 31. Qb1 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 c5
33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Rd5 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rf8 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 Rd2 38. Qb6 $16)
30... Rb7 31. Ba5 (31. c5 fxe4 32. Qxd6 $16) 31... fxe4 32. Qxd6 {Weiß hat
einen Bauern mehr und ich sehe keine Kompensation für Schwarz.} Rf7 (32... Qa6
33. c5 Rf7 $14) {[#]} 33. Qd8 $1 $16 {Mit diesem Zug kann Weiß die Stellung
vereinfachen und das Endspiel mit Bauern weiterspielen.} Qxd8 (33... Rxd8 34.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Bxd8 $16) 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Rb7 (35... Rd7 36. Bb6 $16) 36.
Rxe4 (36. Ba5 Bc3 37. Rxe4 Bxb4 $14) 36... Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096]} 37. Be7 Ra4 38.
Bc5 Ra5 (38... Ra8 $16) 39. Be3 Kf7 40. h4 h6 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. c5 Rc2 $2 (42...
Ra8 $16) 43. Ra4 $18 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ra4a7,Ra7g7] Nach diesem Zug kann der
weiße Turm in die schwarze Stellung eindringen.} Ke6 44. Ra8 Bf6 (44... g5 45.
Rg8 Bf6 46. Rg6 Kf5 47. h5 $18) 45. Rc8 Kd7 46. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug wird selten
gespielt - die Alternativen 4...d5 und 4...Bb4 sind populärer.} 5. Bg2 {
Das ist der gewönliche Zug, aber Weiß hat einige andere Möglichkeiten.} (5.
Nxe5 $6 Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $44 {Schwarz hat mindestens ausreichend
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) (5. Nh4 c6 (5... g5 $13) 6. e3 Ne6 7. d4 $13)
5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 c6 9. Bg5 $14) 7. Qb3 Bc5 {
Dieser Läuferzug führt zu ähnlichen Stellungen, wie 6...Bc5 (statt 6...Bb4),
aber - interessanterweise - steht die weiße Dame nicht so gut auf b3, wie auf
d1.} (7... a5) 8. O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 $5 10. Bd2 c6 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qa4
Bf8 13. Rfd1 d6 14. b4 Bg4 $11 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. b5 Qd7 {0-1 Hansen,
C-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (45)}) 8... c6 {In dieser
Variante spielt Weiß gewöhnlich die Textfortsetzung etwas später. Ich glaube,
der traditionelle Zug 8...0-0 ist die logische Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} (8...
O-O 9. Na4 (9. d3 h6 10. Bg2 (10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 $1 a6 13. b4 Bf8
14. b5 Bc5 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Rb1 Rb6 $1 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 e4
$1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Ribli] (31)}) 10... Re8
11. h3 $5 c6 12. Kh2 Qb6 13. Na4 $1 $14 {1-0 Hansen,C-Westerinen,H/Reykjavik
1998/CBM 64/[Ribli] (42)}) 9... Be7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Bg2
Bf5 14. h3 exd4 15. Rxd4 Nd7 16. Qd1 Nc5 17. Be3 a5 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Gustafsson,J/Germany 2000/CBM 76 (25)}) 9. e3 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Gd2d4] Interessante Idee - Weiß verliert keine Zeit mit 9.d3, er möchte nach
10.Rd1 direkt 11.d4 spielen.} (9. d3) 9... d6 10. Rd1 Qe7 (10... Qb6 11. Qc2
$14 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6,Ga4c5]}) 11. d4 Bb6 12. Qc2 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4] Weiß hat
eine starke Zentrumsstellung.} O-O (12... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4] Dieser Zug
bietet Schwarz taktisches Gegenchancen am Königsflügel.}) 13. d5 $14 {Mit
diesem Zug bekommt Weiß Raumvorteil.} Bg4 (13... c5 14. e4 $14) (13... Bd7 {
[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c1]} 14. b3 $14) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 15. h3 {Weiß muss
den Springer verjagen, sonst kommt Schwarz mit 15...f5.} Nf6 (15... Nh6 16. e4
$14) 16. b3 {Weiß ist konsequent und spielt nicht e3-e4, wonach der b6B eine
aktive Figur wäre.} Bc5 (16... e4 17. Bb2 $14) 17. Kg2 cxd5 $6 {Das ist eine
große Hilfe für Weiß. In folgendem bekommt er starke Kontrolle über das
d5-Feld.} (17... a6 $5) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 {[%csl Gd5]} f5 {Das war die
schwarze Idee. Aber der Textzug ist nur scheinbar aktiv - in Wirklichkeit hat
Schwarz keine gefährlichen Angriffchancen am Königsflügel, weil später f5-f4
nicht droht und e5-e4 ganz schlecht wäre.} 20. Bd2 {[%cal Gb3b4] Droht 21.b4,
mit weiterem Raumgewinn.} a5 21. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Rf6 {[%cal Ga8f8] Schwarz
möchte die Türme auf der f-Linie verdoppeln.} 22. a3 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Raf8 (22...
Bxa3 $2 23. Qa2 Bc5 24. b4 Ba7 (24... Bb6 25. c5 $18) 25. Rxa5 $18) 23. b4 (23.
Bxa5 $2 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Bc3 Rg6 $40) 23... axb4 24. axb4 Bb6 25. c5 {
Weil die schwarzen Figuren am Königsflügel sind, bekommt Weiß Initiative im
Zentrum.} Bc7 (25... dxc5 26. bxc5 Bc7 27. Bc3 $14) 26. Bc3 {[%cal Gc3f6,Gd1d7]
} Rh6 27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Qd3 {[%csl Gd1,Gd3,Gd5][%cal Rd1d6] Weiß hat
offensichtlichen Druck auf der d-Linie.} Rff6 (28... Rc8 29. Rxd6 (29. Bb2 $16)
29... Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc4 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 $16)
29. f4 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc3f6] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß eigentlich
einen Bauern.} Rfg6 30. Qxf5 (30. fxe5 $4 Qh4 $19) (30. Bxe5 $4 Qh4 $19) 30...
Qh4 (30... Rf6 31. Qd3 $18) 31. Be1 $1 {[%mdl 256] Nach diesem guten
Verteidigungszug ist alles in der weißen Stellung verteidigt.} (31. Qe6+ $2
Rxe6 32. gxh4 exf4 33. exf4 Bxf4 $132) 31... exf4 32. exf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4 Bxf4 {
Schwarz hat jetzt das materielle Gleichgewicht, aber in folgendem bekommt Weiß
großen Vorteil.} 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. R1d7+ Ke6 36. Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Gb7,Gd8,Ge1,
Re6,Rf4,Rg6,Rh6] Weiß hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern auch ein
ausgezeichnetes Figurenspiel, weil alle schwarze Figuren schlecht und der
schwarze König eigentlich im Mattnetz in der Mitte stehen.} Bd6 37. Bf2 Rh5 38.
Re8+ Kf6 (38... Kd5 39. Rb5+ $18 {[%cal Rb5h5]}) (38... Kf5 39. Rb5+ $18 {
[%cal Rb5h5]} (39. g4+ $18)) 39. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 (12. Bb2 c6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14.
Ne4 Qd7 {Simic,R-Dueckstein,A Wien op 1990 CBM/21}) 12... c6 (12... Nd5 13. Bb2
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nb3 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Aseev,K Lvov zt 1990
CBM/18}) 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. e3 (14. Bb2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Bf8
{Hjartarson,J-Bareev,E Novi Sad ol 1990 50/33}) 14... Nb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bb2
Bd5 17. Bh3 Na4 18. Ba1 Bf8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6
23. d4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Nb6 25. Qe2 a6 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qd1 Qe6 29.
Qc2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 3rd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10240]} 1. c4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {[%cal Gc5g1]
Dieser Zug ist keineswegs schlechter als die häufiger gespielten Alternativen
4...d5 oder 4...Bb4. Der Läufer möchte die wichtigen Punkte auf der
a7-g1-Diagonale kontrollieren.} 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 {Schwarz macht ein
Schlupfloch für den Läufer auf a7.} 7. e3 O-O 8. d4 Ba7 {[%cal Ga7g1] Der
schwarze Läufer kontrolliert das Feld-d4 und im Falle von eventuellem d4-d5
wird der a7-Läufer noch stärker.} 9. h3 {Auf diese Weise verhindert Weiss den
eventuellen Läuferzug Bg4, wonach der d4-Punkt schwach würde.} (9. dxe5 dxe5
10. Qe2 Qe7 $11) 9... h6 10. b3 Re8 (10... exd4) 11. Ba3 $6 {Dieser Läuferzug
scheint mir nicht logisch, da der Läufer nicht besonders gut auf der
a3-f8-Diagonale steht. Es ist anzumerken, dass mit einem eventuellen Remis
Weiss das Turnier allein gewinnen konnte. Nach der Partiefortsetzung bekommen
wir eine originelle Stellung mit beiderseitigen Möglichkeiten.} (11. d5 Ne7 12.
e4 b5 $13 {[%cal Ga7g1]}) (11. dxe5 $11) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 {Ftacnik
} d5 13. c5 Bf5 $15) 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 {[%cal Ge8e1]} Rb8 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5]
Ftacnik: 'White controls the center, but black has no weaknesses and his
pieces are ready to strike back.'  Die Diagonale des a7-Läufers ist noch
geschlossen, aber Schwarz hat keine besonderen Eröffnungsprobleme. Weiss hat
etwas Raumvorteil, aber die Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch. Mit dem Partiezug
bereitet Schwarz Gegenspiel mit b7-b5 vor.} (13... Bf5 $5 {Ftacnik} 14. Qd2 (
14. Bxb7 Bxh3 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. d5 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Ng4 $17) 14... Qd7 15. g4 Ne4
16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. d5 $11) 14. Qd3 Bd7 {Schwarz hat die Entwicklung beendet und
Weiss kann b7-b5 nicht verhindern.} 15. Rfe1 b5 {[%cal Rb5b4,Rb4a3,Rb4c3]} 16.
Bb2 (16. cxb5 {Ftacnik} axb5 17. b4 c6 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Ne2 Be6 $15) 16... b4 (
16... bxc4 17. Qxc4 c6 $5 (17... c6 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxh3
20. Ne4 $11)) 17. Ne2 c6 {Schwarz möchte d6-d5 ziehen und gleichzeitig
verhindert er das Manöver d4-d5- Nd4.} 18. a4 a5 (18... bxa3 $6 19. Rxa3 $14 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Ra3a6]} (19. Bxa3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 20. Nf4 $14)) 19. Nf4 {'?'
Ftacnik.} (19. d5 $5 {Ftacnik} cxd5 20. cxd5 Rc8 21. Nd4 Qb6 $11) 19... g5 {
'!' Ftacnik. Mit diesem Zug schwächt Schwarz den Königsflügel, aber es ist
nicht leicht für Weiss diese Schwächung auszunutzen.} (19... Qc7) 20. Ne2 $6 {
Ftacnik: 'Sad moment for Timman, as he has decided that jumping with the
knight to g6 was a bit too much. On the other hand he has lost two tempos and
black takes over the initaitive.'} (20. d5 $5 gxf4 (20... c5 {[%csl Ra7]} 21.
Rxe8+ (21. Ne6 $5) 21... Nxe8 22. Nh5 Qe7 23. g4 {[%csl Rg8] Weiss kann dann
mit Be4, Rf1, Pf4 fortsetzen - mit starkem Angriff.}) (20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 c5
(21... cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Gd5,Rg8][%cal Rd3g6,Rg6g8]})
22. Ng6 $1 Kg7 (22... fxg6 23. Qxg6+ $18) 23. Ne7 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal
Rb2g7]}) 21. dxc6 $44) (20. Ng6 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 $1 (20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8
22. Qxh6+ Kf7 23. Qxg5 $36) (20... Kg7 21. Ne5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Ng4 23. e6+ f6 24.
hxg4 Rxe6 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Rxd7 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Rf8
30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Qxa5 Rxf2 $132) (20... Ng4 21. hxg4 Qf6 22. Be4 fxg6 23.
Bxg6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxg4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qg6 $16) 21. Rac1 Rc7 $1 $15) 20...
d5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'xBb2' Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz die Bewegung des
b2B und des g2B beschränken.} 21. h4 $6 (21. c5 $11) (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rac1
$11) (21. Rac1 {Ftacnik} Ne4 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. f3 Nd6 24. f4 Ne4 $15) 21... Ne4
{[%csl Ge4]} 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. g4 $6 (23. f3 dxc4 (23... Nd6 $15 {Ftacnik}) 24.
Qxc4 Nd6 $15) 23... Qf6 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rf6f2]} 24. Rf1 $2 {Ein grosser
Fehler, der den alleinigen Turniergewinn für Weiss kostet.} (24. f3 {Ftacnik}
Nc3 (24... dxc4 25. bxc4 (25. Qxc4 Nc3 $17) 25... Nc5 26. Qc2 Ne6 27. c5 $15)
25. c5 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qxd4+ $1 27. Qxd4 Nxe2+ 28. Kf2 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 f6 30. Rh1
Kg7 $17) 24... Bxg4 $1 25. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4,Rf3g4]} Nc5 $17 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Gf6b2] '!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Excellent shot, suddenly white pieces occupy
wrong squares and black is in full control.'} 26. Qd1 (26. dxc5 Qxb2 $19) 26...
Bf5 {[%cal Gc5d3,Gd3b2] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und die viel bessere
Figurenstellung.} 27. Ra2 Nxb3 28. c5 (28. Qxb3 Rxe2 $19) 28... Qg6 {[%cal
Gf5c2,Gc2d1]} 29. f4 {Mit zwei Bauern weniger versucht Weiss im Trüben zu
fischen.} Bc2 30. f5 (30. Qe1 Qd3 $19) 30... Bxd1 31. fxg6 Rxe2 32. gxf7+ Kf8
33. Rxd1 Kxf7 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2,Ge2][%cal Ge2a2] Ftacnik: 'Despite a
displaced black bishop a7 white is utterly lost.' Nach den Vereinfachungen hat
Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr und Gewinnstellung.} 34. Bf1 Rd2 35. Rxd2 (35. Re1
Nxd4 $19) 35... Nxd2 36. Be2 Nc4 37. Bh5+ Kg7 38. Bc1 b3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal
Rb3b2] Der schwarze b-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} 39. Rf2 b2 40. Bxb2 Rxb2
41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Bf3 Bb8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O (8... a5 9. b3 $1 O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. d3 Bf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 $14 {
Timman,J-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB/1994/CBM42/INF60,34/}) 9. b4 a6 (9... Bf5 10. b5
Nd4 11. d3 Re8 12. Bb2 $13 {Oms Pellice,J-Fernanadez Garcia,J/Las Palmas/1993/
INF59,(45)} (12. Bd2 $5 $14)) 10. a3 $5 (10. a4 Nxb4 $5 11. Nxe5 a5 12. d4 c6
13. e4 Be6 $13 {Georgiev,Ki-Morozevich,A/Tilburg/1993/CBM39/INF59,45/}) 10...
Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. Bb2 a5 (12... Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. e3 Nb5 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16.
Bxc3 f6 17. Qc2 $14 {Adorjan,A-Lin Weiguo/Shenzen/1992/CBM31/}) 13. b5 Nd4 14.
Nd2 Rb8 (14... a4 $6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Nxe5 (17. d4 $5) 17... Rxe5 18.
d4 $14) 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nf3 (16. Nc4 $5) 16... f6 17. Qc2 Qd7 (17... Nc5 18. d4
$16) 18. Rbd1 (18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 c6 21. Bc1 $14) 18... Qf7 19.
d4 exd4 (19... Nc4 $2 20. dxe5 $16) 20. exd4 c6 $5 (20... Nc4 $2 21. d5 Ng5 22.
Nd4 Nxa3 23. Bxa3 Bxa3 24. h4 $18) 21. d5 $6 (21. Nh4 $5) 21... cxd5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc7 24. Rd4 Nxb5 25. Rf4 Qh5 (25... Nxa3 $2 26. Bxa3 Bxa3 27. Ng5
$18) 26. a4 Nd6 27. Nd4 Qf7 28. Nf3 Qg6 (28... Qh5 29. Nd4 $10) 29. Qc7 Be6 (
29... Ra8 30. Ba3 $44) 30. Qxa5 Bf7 (30... Nc4 31. Qb5 Nxb2 32. Qxb2 $10) 31.
Ba1 b6 32. Qd2 (32. Qa6 Rec8 $15) 32... Nc4 33. Qc1 Rbc8 (33... Ba3 34. Qb1 $10
) 34. Bh3 $1 Rc7 35. Bf5 Qh5 36. Bd3 Ne5 $2 (36... Rec8 $10) 37. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
38. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Qxf3 (39... Bd5 $4 40. Rf4 Qh3 41. Rh4+ $18) 40. Qxf7
Rd8 41. Qc7 Rd5 42. Qc2+ (42. Qxb6 Rd1 (42... Bc5 43. Qb1+ Kh8 44. Qc2 $16) 43.
Qb5 Rxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Qa3 45. Qb1+ Kg8 $14) 42... f5 43. Qc3 Rd3 44. Qe5 Qg4 45.
Qb5 Rd6 46. Qe8 Kg8 47. Bb2 Qh3 48. Bc1 (48. Ba3 Rh6 (48... Rf6 $2 49. Bxf8
Rxf8 50. Qe6+ Kh7 51. Rc1 $16) 49. Qxf8+ Kh7 50. Rc1 Qxh2+ 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Ke2
Qe4+ 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Kc2 Rc6+ 55. Kb1 (55. Kb3 Qd5+ 56. Kb4 Qa5+ 57. Kb3 Qd5+
$10) 55... Qd3+ 56. Ka1 Qd4+ 57. Ka2 Qd5+ $10) 48... Rf6 49. Bf4 Kh7 50. Bg5
Rg6 51. Qxf8 Rxg5 52. Qa8 f4 $1 53. Qe4+ Rf5 54. Rb1 f3 55. Qh4+ Qxh4 56. gxh4
Rf4 57. h3 Rxa4 58. Rxb6 Rxh4 59. Kh2 Rc4 60. Kg3 Ra4 61. Kxf3 Rc4 62. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 {Das ist die klassische Entwicklung - heutzutage ist die
Variante mit 9...Re8 und 10...Bf8 ist populärer.} 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2
(12. Bb2 Nb3 (12... Bb3 13. Qc1 Re8 $6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 dxc3
17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. Qxb3 Rxe2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ra2 $16) 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nc5
15. a4 Rf7 $13) 12... c6 13. bxc6 (13. a4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb2 Qb6 $13)
13... Nxc6 {Das ist die "normale" Fortsetzung, aber der riskante Zug 13...bxc6
kommt auch in Betracht.} (13... bxc6 14. e3 Nb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17.
e4 Na4 $44) 14. Nf3 {Mit diesem Zug bereitet Weiß Be3 vor. Nach meiner
persönlichen Meinung ist der Turmzug 14.Rb1 hier aber die bessere Moeglichkeit
fuer Weiß.} (14. Rb1 Rc8 (14... a4 15. Bxc6 $1 (15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17.
Rxb7 Nd4 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rc8 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. h4 Qa5 22. Bb2 Qa6+ 23. Kg1
Qxb7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxb7 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Golubovic,B/Leipzig 2002/
CBM 89 (31)}) 15... bxc6 16. Qc2 h5 (16... c5 $6 17. Rd1 Ra6 18. Nc4 $1 Nxc4
19. dxc4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxa4 {1-0 Vladimirov,E-Savchenko,S/Helsinki
1992/CBM 32/[Ribli] (31)}) 17. Nf3 Nd7 $6 (17... Bb3 $5 18. Qd2 Nd7 (18... f6
19. Bb2 $11) 19. d4 $11) 18. Nxa4 Bg4 19. Ra1 {1-0 Gulko,B-Kolev,A/Elista 1998/
CBM 66 ext/[Ribli] (37)}) 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19.
Bxc3 Bxa3 20. Qa4 Bf8 21. Rxb7 Bd5 22. Bh3 Be6 23. Bg2 Bd5 24. Bh3 Be6 {
1/2-1/2 Zueger,B-Romanishin,O/Cannes 1998/CBM 63 ext (24)}) (14. Bb2 a4 15. Rc1
Ra5 $15) (14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd4 $11 (15... Bd5 $11)) 14... a4 {[%csl Yb3]
Eine logische Reaktion - der Springer kontrolliert nicht mehr das Feld b3, so
dass Schwarz Bb3 vorbereitet.} 15. Be3 Bb3 (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qb1 Qd7
18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. e4 Be6 21. Be3 Na5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qb4 Nb3 24.
Rd1 b5 {0-1 Tunik,G-Yakovich,Y/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (49)}) 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfc1
f5 $15 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5][%cal Gf5f4,Gf4e3][%mdl 4] Schwarz hat Raumvorteil und
eine starke Zentrumsstellung. Weiß hat außerdem einige Probleme mit der
Figurenkoordination.} 18. Qb2 Nd7 {Schwarz verhindert das Motiv Bxb6 und Nxa4
und moechte f4 ziehen.} (18... f4 $2 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxa4 $18) 19. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2b3]} (19. Rab1 f4 20. Bd2 Nc5 $15) 19... f4 20. Nxb3 fxe3 21. Nxa4
exf2+ 22. Kh1 Bg5 {[%cal Gg5e3,Gg5c1] Nach einigen Vereinfachungen haben wir
eine Stellung vor uns, wo Schwarz den starken f2-Bauern und Initiative besitzt.
Anderseits ist die weiße Stellung verteidigungsfaehig.} 23. Rf1 Be3 {[%csl Ge3,
Gf2] Schwarz kontrolliert stark die dunkelfarbige Punkten.} 24. Nc3 (24. Rab1
$15) 24... Nd4 25. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e3][%mdl 256] Auf diese Weise moechte sich
Weiß vom e3-Läufer befreien.} (25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rac1 Kh8 $15) 25... Rc2 {
[%csl Gc2][%cal Rc2b2,Rc2e2]} (25... Qg5 26. Nxe3 Qxe3 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qxb7
Nc5 29. Qd5+ $14) 26. Qb1 Rxe2 27. Nxe3 (27. Ra2 Re1 $1 (27... Rxa2 28. Qxa2
Nxb3 29. Nxe3 (29. Qxb3 Nc5 30. Qa2 Bd4 $17 {Interessant, dass der d5N hat
keine guten Abzugsmoeglichkeiten hat.}) 29... Ndc5 30. Bxb7 Kh8 31. Bd5 $13)
28. Rxe1 fxe1=Q+ 29. Qxe1 Nxb3 30. Qxe3 Nd4 $15) 27... Rxe3 28. Nxd4 (28. Bxb7
Qb6 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 $17) 28... exd4 29. Qa2+ {[%cal Ra2g8,Ra2f2] Mit diesem
Schach gewinnt Weiß den f2-Bauern.} Kh8 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 (30... Rxd3 31. Bxb7 Nc5
$15) 31. Qxf2 Rxd3 (31... Nc5 32. Qf5 Nxd3 33. Bxb7 g6 $11) 32. Bxb7 Nc5 (32...
Qc7) 33. Bg2 $11 {Es scheint, dass Schwarz wegen seiner aktiven
Figurenstellung im Zentrum etwas aktiver steht. Jedoch hat auch Weiß seine
Chancen - der a3P ist eine potentielle Gefahr und Weiß hat einige Initiative
am Koenigsfluegel.} Rc3 (33... Qf6 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. a4 Rc3 $11 {[%cal Gd4d3]})
(33... h6) 34. Qf7 $1 Nd3 (34... h6) 35. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f8,Rf8h8] Ploetzlich
hat Weiß Angriff.} Rc8 (35... h6 36. Be4 $18) (35... g6 $11) 36. Qf5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rd3,Gf1,Gf5]} Nc5 $2 (36... Nb2 $8 37. Bb7 (37. Be4 Qg8 38. Bd5 Qe8 39.
Rf4 $36) 37... Rb8 38. Qb5 {[%csl Rb2]} Qe7 (38... Nd3 39. Qxd3 Rxb7 40. Qxd4
$16) 39. Qxb2 Rxb7 40. Qxd4 $16) 37. Bh3 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rh3c8]} 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Diese
Variante ist heutzutage sehr populär. Das ist eigentlich eine Drachenvariante
der Sizilianische Eröffnung, aber mit umgekehrten Farben.} 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 O-O
9. O-O Be6 10. b4 f6 {Mit diesem Zug sichert sich Schwarz den e5-Bauern. Die
Alternativen sind 10...a5 und 10...Nd4.} 11. Bb2 Rb8 {Schwarz verteidigt
vorher den b7-Bauern, aber der Textzug scheint etwas passiv zu sein. Die
Alternativen führen zu einem unklaren Kampf.} (11... Qd7 $5) (11... a5 $5) 12.
b5 {Weiß gewinnt Raum am Damenflügel und er bekommt dort Initiative, besonders
mit Unterstützung des g2-Läufers.} (12. Rc1 a6 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Qe8 15.
Qc2 Qh5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd6 19. e3 {1-0 Roush,J-Pettersson,
L/Philadelphia 1990/EXT 97 (46)}) 12... Nd4 (12... Na5 13. Nd2 $14) 13. Nd2 Rf7
(13... c6 14. a4 $14) 14. e3 {Weiß verjagt den Springer von d4 und beginnt
aktives Spiel am Damenflügel.} Nf5 15. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Rb6,Rf5,Gg2][%mdl 4]
Weiß hat die etwas besseren Chancen nach der Eröffnung, während die schwarze
Figurenkoordination schlecht ist und Weiß zwei gute Läufer auf den großen
Diagonalen hat und Raumvorteil besitzt.} Bf8 {[%cal Gf7d7,Gd8d2]} 16. Rfd1 (16.
a4 $5 Rd7 17. a5 Nc8 (17... Rxd3 18. Ncb1 Nc8 19. Be4 $16) 18. Nb3 $14 Rxd3 $2
19. Be4 $18) 16... Rd7 17. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5] Weiß verteidigt den d3-Bauern und
bereitet 18.Na5 vor.} Qe7 {[%cal Ge7f7,Gf7b3]} 18. Na5 {[%cal Ra5b7,Rg2b7]} (
18. a4 Qf7 19. Nd2 $11) 18... Nd6 19. a4 Qf7 $11 {[%csl Ra5] Schwarz hat eine
feste Stellung und kontrolliert die wichtigsten Punkte, weil die Zukunft des
a5-Springers fraglich ist.} 20. Qe2 f5 (20... Qg6 $11 {[%cal Ge6g4,Gg4d1]}) 21.
Rac1 (21. f4 $5 exf4 22. gxf4 Be7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6a1]} 23. Bf3 Bf6 24. Qg2 $14)
21... Be7 22. Ba1 Bg5 {Schwarz provoziert den Zug 23.f4 und wenn das kommt
nicht, er kann selbst f5-f4 ziehen.} (22... Bf6 $5 $11) 23. Kh1 (23. f4 exf4
24. gxf4 Bf6 $11) 23... f4 {22...Bg5 wäre die konsequente Fortsetzung, aber
dann erhält Weiß die Kontrolle über das e4-Feld. Deshalb glaube ich, dass das
ganze schwarze Spiel mit f5-f4 weniger gut ist.} 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 {
[%csl Ye4]} Bd5 $6 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern für taktische Gegenchancen,
aber - nach meiner Meinung - bekommt er dafür keine ausreichende Kompensation.}
(25... fxg3 26. hxg3 $14) 26. Bxe5 f3 27. Qf1 $6 (27. Qc2 $5 $16) 27... Bxe4
28. dxe4 Re8 (28... Re7 29. Bd4 Nxa4 30. Qc4 $14) 29. Bd4 $6 (29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30.
Bxc7 Rxe4 31. Nxb7 $16) 29... Rxe4 30. Nc4 $2 (30. Rc5 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Rxd1 32.
Qxd1 Qxf6 33. Rxc7 Rxa4 34. Nxb7 Ra1 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qf5 37. Nd6 Qd5 $11)
30... Rd8 $2 (30... Rdxd4 $142 $1 31. exd4 (31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Nxb6 axb6 33.
exd4 Bxc1 34. Qxc1 Qa2 35. Kg1 Qxa4 $17) 31... Bxc1 32. Rxc1 (32. Nxb6 Bb2 33.
Nc4 Bxd4 $17) 32... Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Qd7 $17 34. Qd1 $4 Qh3 35. Qg1 Re1 $19) 31.
Ne5 Qf5 (31... Qf8 32. a5 (32. Rxc7 Qd6 33. Rc5 $16) 32... Nd5 33. Qh3 $1 Re8
34. Qd7 $18) 32. g4 $16 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß eigentlich den wichtigen
f3-Bauern.} Qe6 33. Nxf3 Rxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Ein Fehler in schlechter
Stellung, wonach Schwarz sofort verliert, aber guter Rat war schon teuer.} (
33... Bf6 34. Bxb6 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 cxb6 36. g5 Be7 37. Rc7 $16) (33... Qxg4 34.
Nxg5 Qxg5 35. Rxc7 $16) 34. Nxg5 (34. h3 $18) 34... Rxg5 35. Bxb6 $18 Rf8 (
35... Rxd1 36. Qxd1 axb6 (36... Qe4+ 37. f3 $18) 37. Qd8+ $18 {[%cal Rd8g8,
Rd8g5]}) 36. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 d6 7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8. a3
$1 (8. d3 $2 $15 {Kortschnoj,V-Adams,M/Wijk-op/1993/CBM34/56,(40)/}) 8... Nc6
9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Bg2 Re8 12. O-O Bg4 13. e4 (13. Re1 $5) 13... Nd7
14. Bd2 (14. Be3 $5 Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 16. h3 Be6 17. b3 a4 18. b4 Nb3 19. Rad1 $14
) 14... Nc5 15. Qc3 Be2 16. Rfe1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. f3 Rxc4 (18... Re6 19.
Be3 $18) 19. Qe3 Rxh4 20. gxh4 Bc4 21. Qf4 $1 d5 (21... Be6 22. Bc3 Qf8 23. Kh1
$36) 22. Bc3 Bb3 23. Re2 d4 24. Rd2 Bd5 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 $14 c6 27. Re1
h5 28. Kf2 Qd7 29. Qe5 Qh3 30. Qg3 Qf5 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Rxh5 Re8 33. Rg5 Qh6 34.
Qf4 Qe6 35. Rg1 f6 36. h5 Kf7 37. Rc2 Qe5 (37... a6 $5) 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. h6 $1
gxh6 40. Re2 Rh5 $1 41. Rh1 Rh3 42. Re3 a5 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Rd1 b5 45. Kg3 Rc4
46. Rc3 Ra4 47. Rd2 Kg6 48. Rc5 Kf7 49. Rc1 Kg6 50. Rdd1 Kf5 51. Rd3 Kg6 52.
Rd2 Kf7 53. h3 Kg6 54. Rc3 Kg5 55. Rcd3 Rf4 56. Rc2 h5 (56... Ra4 $5) 57. Rc5
h4+ 58. Kf2 f5 59. b3 Kf6 60. Rc1 Ke5 61. Re1+ Kf6 62. Re8 Be4 63. Re3 Bd5 64.
Ra8 Rd4 65. Ke2 (65. Rxa5 Rd2+ 66. Kg1 Kg5 $36) 65... a4 66. bxa4 bxa4 67. Rc3
Kg5 68. Rh8 Rf4 69. Kf2 Kf6 (69... Rd4 $5) 70. Re8 Kg5 71. Re1 Kf6 72. Rf1 $1
Ke5 73. Ke3 Bc4 (73... Rd4 74. f4+ $18) 74. Rf2 Rd4 75. Rfc2 Kd5 76. Kf2 Kc5
77. Ke3 Kd5 78. Rc1 Kc5 79. Kf2 Rd2+ 80. Ke3 Rd4 81. R3c2 Kd5 82. Kf2 Kc5 83.
Rb1 Kd5 84. Rb8 c5 85. Ra8 Rd3 86. Rd8+ Kc6 87. Rxd3 Bxd3 88. Rd2 c4 89. Ke3
Kc5 90. f4 $1 Bf1 91. Rd1 Bxh3 (91... Bd3 92. Rg1 $18) 92. Rh1 Bg2 93. Rxh4 c3
94. Rh8 Kc4 95. Rb8 $1 c2 96. Kd2 c1=Q+ 97. Kxc1 Kd3 98. Rb5 Be4 99. Ra5 Ke3
100. Rxa4 Kxf4 101. Kd2 Ke5 102. Rb4 Kd6 103. a4 Kc7 104. a5 Bb7 105. Ke3 Ba6
106. Kf4 Bc8 107. Ke5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[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. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 {Das ist die klassische Fortsetzung - heutzutage ist die
Variante 9...Re8 mit der Idee 10...Bf8 populärer.} 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 (11...
a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 (13... Nd5 $4 {Das wäre ein gut bekannter
theoretischer Fehler.} 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 $18)) 12. Nd2 {Weiß verfolgt die
gewöhnliche Strategie - er vermeidet den Springertausch und im Folgenden kann
er den Nd4 mit e3 verjagen.} (12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 $11) 12... c6 13. Nde4
Bg4 (13... Rf7 14. e3 (14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. Qc2
a5 19. a4 Nc7 20. bxa5 Nd5 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Qxa5 23. Bc5 Bf5 24. Bxf8 Kxf8
25. Ra1 Re7 26. Qc4 Qb4 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Bareev,E/Novi Sad 1990/TD (50)})
14... Nb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bb2 Na4 17. Ba1 Rc8 18. d4 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5
Bc4 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Ponomariov,R/
Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (40)}) (13... Qd7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17.
bxc5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qf7 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Rb2 h5 22. Reb1 Bc8 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Goldin,A/Niksic 1996/EXT 2000 (44)}) 14. f3 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 4] Ein sonderbarer Zug: Bei Läuferstellung auf g2 spielt Weiß 14.f3,
wonach der Läufer vorübergehend eingeschlossen wird. Aber Weiß hat andere
Ideen, er möchte mit e2-e3 den Springer von d4 verjagen und später f3-f4
ziehen.} (14. Be3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. h3 Bh5 17. f4 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Nxf3+
20. Bxf3 Qe8 21. Bg2 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bf6 23. e4 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Kharlov,A/Niksic
1996/EXT 2000 (37)}) (14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bf7 16. e3 Ne6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Rd1 Nd5
$13) 14... Bc8 (14... Bh5 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. e3 Ne6 17. N3e4 $14) 15. e3 Ne6 16.
f4 {[%cal Gf4f5] Nach diesem Zug ist die Diagonale des g2-Läufers ist wieder
geöffnet und Weiß möchte mit 17.f5 Raum am Königsflügel gewinnen. Weiß hat das
bessere Figurenspiel und seine Bauernmasse ist stark im Zentrum, aber Schwarz
hat auch seine Chancen.} f5 (16... exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. Ng3 $14 (18. Nf2 $13 {
Das ist mit Zugumstellung unsere Partiefortsetzung.})) 17. Nf2 exf4 18. gxf4 {
Natürlich muss Weiß so zurücknehmen, 18.exf4? wäre positionell ganz schlecht
wegen der Schwäche von d4.} Nc7 $1 $13 {[%cal Gc7d5,Gb6d5] Schwarz räumt das
Feld - e6 für den Läufer und eventuell kann er Nbd5 oder Ncd5 spielen.} (18...
Bf6 19. Bb2 $14) 19. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4,Gd4f3] Weiß bereitet das Springermanöver
Nd4-Nf3 vor und möchte seine Zentrumsbauern mobilisieren.} (19. Bb2 $13) 19...
Be6 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Nf3 {[%cal Ge3e4] Natürlich tauscht Weiß nicht seine
Schlüsselfigur, den Bg2. Im Folgenden muss Schwarz immer mit e3-e4 rechnen.} (
21. e4 $6 Ba2 22. Rb2 Qxd4 23. Rxa2 Qd6 $15 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4]})
21... Bf6 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6][%cal Gf6a1,Gd5a2] Droht 22...Ba2, so dass Schwarz
die sofortige Ausführung des Zugs e3-e4 verhindert.} 22. Qc2 (22. e4 $2 fxe4
23. dxe4 Ba2 $19) (22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb5 $15) 22... Qe8 23. e4 Be6 (23...
fxe4 24. dxe4 Bc4 25. Re1 $14) 24. a4 {[%csl Ge6,Gf6] Weiß mobilisiert seine
Reserven am Damenflügel. Aber das schwarze Läuferpaar ist stark.} Qf7 $1 {
[%cal Re6a2,Ra2b1] Die schwarze Drohung ist 25...Ba2 mit Qualitaetsgewinn.} 25.
b5 cxb5 $6 {Nach diesem natürlichen Zug erhält Weiß gefährliche Initiative.} (
25... Ba2 $1 26. Rb4 c5 $1 27. Qxc5 (27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. Rb2 Bf6 29. Rxa2 Bd4 $15)
27... Be7 28. Qxc7 Bxb4 29. Qxf7+ Bxf7 30. Ne5 $44) 26. a5 $1 (26. axb5 $6 Rac8
$15 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 26... Na4 27. e5 Bd8 28. Ba3 $36 {Die weißen Züge kommen
mit Tempo. Er hat aktives Spiel.} Re8 29. Nd4 $44 Bd5 30. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1e3,
Ge3d5]} Bxg2 (30... a6 31. Ne3 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 $16 {[%csl Rf5]}) 31. Qxg2 Qd7 32.
Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rg2b7] Weiß hat eine ausgezeichnete Figurenkoordination,
während die schwarzen Figuren total passiv stehen.} Be7 (32... Rb8 33. Qa2+ Qf7
34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Gd6b8]}) 33. Qa2+ Kh8 34. Qf7 $1 {[%csl Rf5,
Gf7][%cal Gf7d7] Mit diesem Zug fesselt Weiß den schwarzen Läufer und bedroht
gleichzeitig den Pf5.} Rad8 35. Nxf5 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 (36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. Nxd6 $16)
36... Qg4+ (36... Re7 $5 37. Qf5 Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Red7 39. Nd6 $14) 37. Kh1 Rd7
38. Qa2 (38. Ne3 $1 Qh3 (38... Rxf7 $2 39. Nxf7+ Kg8 40. Nxg4 Kxf7 41. Rfc1 $18
) 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. Nexf5 $16) 38... Rf8 39. Ne3 Qh3 40. Rbe1 {Weiß hat gutes
Figurenspiel. Seine Bauern sind immer potenziell stark im Zentrum.} Nc5 (40...
Ne8 $5) 41. Qc2 N5e6 42. f5 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5] Der Vormarsch des f-Bauern ist
sehr unangenehm für Schwarz.} Nd4 43. Qf2 (43. Qc5 $6 Nf3 44. Re2 b6 $132)
43... Nc6 44. Qf4 Re7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6f4,Gf8f1]} (44... Nxa5 45. e6 Re7 46. Qe4
$16) 45. f6 $1 (45. d4 Ne6 46. fxe6 $5 Rxf4 47. Rxf4 g6 48. d5 Nxe5 49. Nf7+
Rxf7 50. exf7 Nd7 51. f8=Q+ Nxf8 52. Rxf8+ Kg7 53. Re8 $16) 45... gxf6 46. exf6
Rd7 (46... Re5 47. Rg1 $16) 47. f7 {[%csl Gf7]} Qe6 48. Nef5 (48. Nec4 $5 Qd5+
49. Re4 Ne6 50. Qf6+ Ng7 51. Kg1 $1 (51. Rg1 Rdxf7 52. Nxf7+ Rxf7 53. Qd6 $16)
51... bxc4 52. Re8 $18) 48... Qd5+ 49. Re4 Nd4 $6 (49... Rfxf7 50. Nxf7+ Rxf7
51. Qg4 Ne7 52. Qg2 Rxf5 53. Rxf5 Qxf5 54. Rxe7 $18) 50. Qh6 $2 {Statt dieser
Fortsetzung konnte Weiß sofort gewinnen.} (50. Ne7 $3 Qxd6 51. Rg1 $18 {
[%cal Rg1g8,Rg8h8]}) 50... Rdxf7 51. Nxf7+ Rxf7 52. Ne3 Rxf1+ 53. Nxf1 Qf7 54.
Qf4 (54. Ng3 Nce6 55. Qe3 $16) 54... Qxf4 55. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] In diesem
Endspiel hat Weiß die Qualität mehr, Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern. Aber die
Verwertung des Materialvorteils ist gar nicht leicht wegen des reduzierten
Materials.} Nce6 (55... Nde6 56. Rf7 Kg8 57. Rd7 b4 58. d4 $16) 56. Rf7 {
[%csl Gf7][%cal Gf7a7,Gf7h7] Der Turm paralysiert die schwarze Stellung auf
der 7. Reihe.} Nc5 57. Ne3 {Endlich kommt der weiße Springer ins Spiel.} Kg8 (
57... b4 $2 58. Nd5 b3 59. Nf6 $18 {[%cal Rf7h7,Rh7h8]}) 58. Rc7 Nde6 59. Re7
b4 (59... h5 60. Nd5 $16) 60. Nc4 b3 61. Nb2 h5 62. d4 (62. Kg1 Kf8 63. Rh7 Nf4
64. d4 (64. Kf2 Nfxd3+ 65. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 66. Ke3 Nc5 67. Kd2 $16) 64... Ne2+ 65.
Kf2 Nxd4 66. Rxh5 $16) 62... Nxd4 63. Re5 {[%cal Re5c5,Re5h5]} b6 (63... Nde6
64. Rxh5 $16) 64. Rxh5 Kg7 (64... Nde6 65. axb6 axb6 66. Kg1 $16) 65. Kg2 Kg6
66. Rd5 Nde6 67. Rd1 bxa5 68. Ra1 Nf4+ (68... a4 69. Nxa4 $16) 69. Kf3 Nfd3 70.
Rxa5 Nxb2 71. Rxc5 Nd3 (71... Na4 72. Rb5 b2 73. Kg4 $16 (73. Ke3 $4 Nc3 $19))
72. Rb5 b2 73. Ke3 Ne5 74. Ke4 Nc4 75. Kd4 Nd6 76. Rxb2 $18 {[%csl Gh2] Wegen
des h-Freibauern gewinnt Weiß leicht.} Kg5 77. Kd5 Nf5 78. Ke5 Nh4 79. Rb3 Ng6+
80. Ke4 Nh4 81. Rg3+ Kh5 (81... Kf6 82. Ra3 $18) 82. Kf4 Ng6+ 83. Kf5 Ne7+ (
83... Nh4+ 84. Kf6 $18) 84. Kf6 Nc6 (84... Nd5+ 85. Ke5 Ne7 86. Rg7 $18) 85.
Rg5+ Kh4 86. Rc5 {Jetzt ist der Ph2 ist nicht mehr wichtig - Weiß spielt gegen
den Springer. Schwarz kann den Springerverlust nicht mehr vermeiden.} Nb8 (
86... Nd4 87. Rc4 $18 {[%cal Rc4h4]}) 87. Ke7 a5 (87... Na6 88. Rc4+ Kh3 89.
Kd7 Kxh2 90. Kc8 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Rc8b7,Rb7a6]}) 88. Kd6 (88. Kd6 Na6 89.
Rxa5 Nb4 90. Ra4 $18 {[%cal Ra4h4]}) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 {Der Turmzug
wird relativ selten gespielt, die übliche Fortsetzung ist 6...e4.} 7. d3 (7.
Nd5 $5) 7... h6 {Auf diese Weise sichert Schwarz seine Stellung gegen die
eventuelle Fesselung Bg5. Die Alternativen sind 7...Nd4 oder 7.Bxc3 8.bxc3 e4.}
8. Nd5 (8. e4 d6 9. Nh4 (9. h3 a5 (9... Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Rad8 12. Qd2
Nh7 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Nh4 {1-0 Van Oosterom,
C-Baisakow,A/Hengelo 2001/EXT 2002 (28)}) 10. Na4 (10. Kh2 Bd7 11. Nh4 Nd4 12.
f4 c6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. Nf5 {1-0 Stanec,N-Wegerer,F/
Graz 2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) 10... Be6 11. Nh4 Bc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Nf5 Nd4 14.
g4 Ra6 15. Be3 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Rd6 17. Rc1 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Moskow,E/IMA, Gausdal
NOR 2005 (45)}) 9... Nd4 10. a3 Bc5 11. h3 a5 12. Rb1 c6 13. Kh2 Be6 14. Be3
Kh7 15. Rc1 g5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 g4 19. Bg2 {1-0 Stanec,
N-Wegerer,F/Staatsliga B 9.Runde 2003 (27)}) (8. Bd2 $5) 8... Nxd5 (8... Bf8 9.
Nxf6+ (9. h3 d6 10. e4 Nd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. f4 $14) 9... Qxf6
10. Nd2 d6 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. Nc3 $14) 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 {Beide Seiten
besitzen nun Doppelbauern auf der d-Linie. Trotzdem ist die weiße Stellung
aktiver, denn der c8B kommt schwer ins Spiel.} 11. e4 a5 $6 (11... dxe3 12.
fxe3 $14 (12. Bxe3 $14)) 12. f4 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4][%mdl 4] Weiß hat freie
Hand am Königsflügel, da Schwarz Entwicklungschwierigkeiten hat.} c6 (12... d6
$142 $14) 13. f5 $1 {[%cal Gf5f6] Droht 14.f6 mit deutlichem Angriff.} (13.
dxc6 dxc6 $11) 13... Qf6 (13... Be7 $2 14. e5 $16) (13... f6 14. Bf4 $16) 14.
Qh5 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gg4g5]} cxd5 15. g4 $36 Be7 (15... dxe4 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5
Qe5 18. Rf4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf4h4,Rh4h8,Rf4e4,Re4e8]}) 16. e5 $1 Qh4 (16...
Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Rae1 $16 (18. Bxd5 d6)) 17. Qxh4 Bxh4 18. Bf4 a4 $1 {
[%cal Ga8a5] Schwarz möchte seinen Turm durch a5 ins Spiel bringen.} 19. Bxd5
$16 {[%csl Rc8,Gd5,Ge5,Gf4,Gf5] Weiß hat eindeutige Positionsvorteile; der c8B
ist abgeschnitten, während die weißen Läufer sehr aktiv stehen.} Ra5 20. Bg2 (
20. Be4 Bg5 21. Bg3 Be3+) 20... Bg5 21. Rac1 b6 (21... Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Raxe5 23.
Rxd4 b5 24. Re4 $16) 22. Rc4 {[%csl Rd4]} Be7 $6 (22... Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Raxe5 24.
Re4 Ba6 25. Rcxd4 $16) 23. Rc7 Rc5 24. Ra7 b5 25. Rc1 $1 {Weiß tauscht den
aktiven schwarzen Turm.} Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Kf8 27. Bf4 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Ra8 {
[%mdl 4096] Weiß verfügt über die aktivere Figurenstellung und bessere
Bauernstruktur; Schwarz hingegen über zwei Doppelbauern.} Ke7 30. Kf2 f6 31.
exf6+ gxf6 32. a3 Kd6 33. Rb8 Kc7 34. Rxb5 Re3 35. Bf1 $1 {Der scheinbar
passive Läuferzug ist die beste Möglichkeit für Weiß.} (35. Be4 $6 Ba6 36. Rb4
Bxd3 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Ke2 Rh3 39. Rxa4 Rxh2+ 40. Kd3 Rxb2 $11) 35... Bb7 {
Der erste Zug des Läufers in der Partie.} (35... Ba6 $6 36. Rb4 Bxd3 $2 37.
Rxd4 $18) 36. Rb4 {[%cal Rb4a4,Rb4d4]} Rf3+ 37. Kg1 (37. Ke1 Re3+ 38. Kf2)
37... Rf4 38. h3 (38. Be2 Bc6 39. h3 Kd6 40. b3 axb3 41. Rxb3 $16) 38... Bc6
39. Bg2 $1 {Weiß möchte die Läufer tauschen, wonach Schwarz nicht den
a4-Bauern verteidigen kann.} d5 (39... Bxg2 40. Kxg2 $18 {[%csl Rf4]}) 40. b3
axb3 41. Rxb3 (41. a4 Kd6 42. a5 Kc5 43. Rxb3 Bb5 44. Bxd5 Bxd3 45. Rxd3 Kxd5
46. a6 Re4 47. Ra3 (47. a7 $2 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Ra1 49. Rb3 Rxa7 50. Rb6 $11) 47...
Re8 48. a7 Ra8 49. Kf2 $18) 41... Kd6 42. Rb2 Ba4 (42... Kc5) 43. Rf2 $2 {
Warum tauscht Weiß den passiven Turm?} (43. Rb6+ Bc6 44. a4 Kc7 45. a5 $18)
43... Rxf2 (43... Ke5 44. Re2+ Kd6 45. Re6+ Kc5 46. Rxf6 $18) 44. Kxf2 Ke5 $14
45. Kg3 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Bc2 46. Bf1 Bd1 47. Kf2 (47. h4 $2 gxh4+ 48. Kxh4 Kf4
$17) (47. Kg2 Kf4 48. Kf2 Bc2 49. Be2 Bb3 $11) 47... Kf4 48. Bg2 Bb3 (48... Ke5
49. Bf3 Bc2) 49. Bf3 Ke5 $2 {Schwarz muss seinen König auf f4 belassen.} (49...
Bc2 50. Be2 Ba4 $11) 50. Kg3 Bc2 51. Be2 Ba4 52. Kf3 (52. h4 $18) 52... Bc2 53.
Kg3 Ba4 54. h4 $18 gxh4+ 55. Kxh4 Kf4 56. Kh5 Ke3 57. Bf1 Kf4 (57... Bd1 58.
Kg6 (58. a4 Kf4 (58... Bxa4 59. g5 $18) 59. Kg6 Bxg4 60. Kxf6 Bxf5 61. a5 Bc8
62. Ke7 {Mit Zugumstellung sind wir in der Variante 58.Kg6.}) 58... Bxg4 59.
Kxf6 Kf4 60. a4 Bxf5 61. a5 Bc8 62. Ke7 Ke3 (62... Ke5 63. Kd8 Ba6 64. Kc7 $18)
63. Kd6 Ba6 64. Kc7 Kf2 65. Kb6 Bc4 $1 (65... Bc8 66. Bh3 Bxh3 67. a6 $18) 66.
dxc4 Kxf1 67. a6 d3 68. a7 d2 69. a8=Q d1=Q 70. Qxd5 $18) 58. Kg6 Ke5 59. g5
Be8+ 60. Kg7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug wird heutzutage
selten gespielt. Die Alternativen sind - 4...Bc5, 4...Bb4 und hauptsaechtlich
4...d5.} 5. Ng1 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - Weiß möchte den
Springertausch vermeiden, aber der Textzug ist passiv.} (5. Nh4 $6 d5 $5 (5...
c6 6. e3 Ne6 7. Bg2 g6 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3
O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6
19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Svidler,P/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)}) 6.
cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 (7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxh4 11. gxh4 Qxh4
12. Rb1 O-O 13. Qf3 Qc4 14. Qe4 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,
M-Estremera Panos,S/St Vincent 2002/CBM 86 ext (45)}) 7... Be6 $11) (5. Bg2 $5
{Weiß sollte diesen natürlichen Läuferzug spielen.}) 5... d5 6. e3 (6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 $11) 6... Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Yd3,Yf3][%cal Gd5b4,Gb4d3]
Jetzt wir können sehen, dass die Zuege 4.g3 und 6.e3 nicht gut zusammenpassen.
Die weißen Felder sind plötzlich schwach in der weißen Stellung.} 8. d3 (8. a3)
8... Be7 {Wir haben eigentlich eine Stellung, die typisch für die Paulsen
Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung ist, aber mit umgekehrten Farben.
Dafür hat Weiß das "Extratempo" g3, was vorteilhaft für Schwarz ist!} 9. Nf3
O-O {Mit einfachen Zügen hat Schwarz eine gesunde Stellung aufgebaut.} 10. Bd2
(10. Bg2 Ndb4 11. Ke2 (11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 $1 $17) 11... Be6 12. Ne1 Qd7
13. a3 Nd5 14. Qc2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 15. Bd2 Kh8 (15... f5 $15) 16. Nxd5 (16.
Rd1 f5 $15) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf3 f5 19. Qc4 (19. Bc3 e4 20. Ne1 Rd7
$15) 19... Qd7 20. Rhd1 b5 $1 21. Qc2 f4 $40 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Svidler,P/
Zuerich 2001/CBM 83/[Ribli] (27)}) (10. a3 $15) (10. Be2 Bh3 $15) 10... Ndb4
11. Qb1 Bf5 12. Ne4 (12. e4 $2 Bg4 $19) 12... Bg4 $1 $15 {Schwarz greift den
f3-Springer an. Weiß hat nichts Besseres - er muss mit dem Springer wieder
nach g1 gehen.} 13. Ng1 {Es gibt keine Alternative für Weiß, weil er sonst
sofort Material verliert.} (13. Be2 Bxf3 (13... Nxd3+ $19) 14. Bxf3 f5 $19)
13... f5 14. Nc3 f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Natürlich öffnet Schwarz die Stellung so
schnell wie möglich. Er hat großen Entwicklungsvorteil.} 15. a3 fxe3 16. fxe3 (
16. Bxe3 Nd5 17. Bg2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5) 16... Nd5 17. Bg2 Nb6 18. Ne4 $2 (18.
Nh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3f2]} Qd7 19. Nf2 Bf3 $15) 18... Qd7 $1 $17 {Nach diesem Zug
kann Weiß nicht mehr Nh3 spielen.} 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bh4+ 21. Kd1 Bg6 {[%csl
Rd1]} 22. Qc2 $2 (22. Nc5 Qe7 23. b4 (23. Nxb7 Rf2 24. Bxc6 Rf1+ 25. Ke2 Rxb1
26. Rxb1 Qf7 $19) 23... Rf2) 22... Bxe4 $1 (22... Rad8 $17) 23. dxe4 (23. Bxe4
Rf1+ $19) 23... Rf2 $19 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Gd7d1,Gf2c2,Gf2g2][%mdl 2048]} 24. Nf3
Be7 25. Rh2 (25. Rg1 Rf8) 25... Rf8 26. Ke1 (26. Ne1 Na5 $19 {Schwarz hat
viele Drohungen - 27...Nac4 und 27...Rxd2+.}) 26... R8xf3 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O (7. d4
$5 {Kamsky,G-Campora,D/Buenos Aires/1993/CBM35/}) 7... O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 $1 (8...
d6 $6 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Kindermann,S/Dortmund/1990/CBM18/49,43/}) 9. d3 c6 10.
Qb3 Bc5 11. h3 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 $10) 11...
h6 12. Kh2 Bb6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. e4 Rb8 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 d6 17. Be3 b5 $10 18.
axb5 axb5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Ra7 Be6 21. Qb4 Bb6 22. Ra6 Bc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24.
Qxc5 Qxd3 25. Re1 (25. Rd1 $6 Qc2) 25... Nd7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nb6 28. Bf1
(28. Nxb5 $2 Nc4 $19) 28... Nc4 29. Rc6 Nd2 30. Bg2 Bc4 31. Ra1 (31. Rd1 Red8
$15) 31... Rec8 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Ra7 Nb3 34. Nd5 Rd8 35. Rc7 Nd4 36. Re7 Nc6
37. Rc7 Nd4 38. Re7 Ne6 39. b4 Kf8 40. Rb7 Nd4 41. Nb6 Be6 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4
f5 44. Rc7 Rd6 45. Rb7 fxe4 46. Bxe4 Nf5 47. Nd5 Bxd5 48. Rb8+ Ke7 49. Bxf5 Bc6
50. Rc8 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 (51. Kg1 $5 Be8 $15) 51... Rg2+ 52. Kh4 Be8 53. Bg4 g6 54.
Rc5 Kf6 55. Rd5 Rb2 $1 56. Rd6+ (56. Rd4 Rb3 $17) 56... Kg7 57. Bd7 Bxd7 58.
Rxd7+ Kf6 59. Kg4 (59. Rd4 Rb3 $17) 59... h5+ 60. Kf3 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Rxb4 62. Rd5
Rb3 63. h4 b4 64. Rb5 Ke6 65. Rg5 Kf6 66. Rb5 Rb1 67. Kf3 b3 68. Kg2 Ke6 69.
Rg5 Rc1 $1 70. Rxg6+ Kf5 71. Rb6 Rc2+ 72. Kf3 Rc3+ 73. Kf2 Kxf4 74. Rb4+ Kf5
75. Ke2 Rh3 76. Kd2 b2 77. Kc2 Rh2+ 78. Kc3 Rf2 79. Kd3 Rg2 80. Kc3 Rh2 81. Kd3
Rxh4 82. Rxb2 Rh3+ 83. Kd4 Ra3 84. Rf2+ Kg4 85. Ke4 Kg3 86. Rf8 h4 87. Rg8+ Kf2
88. Rf8+ Kg2 89. Rg8+ Rg3 90. Ra8 Rf3 91. Rg8+ Kf2 92. Ra8 h3 93. Ra7 Kg2 94.
Rh7 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bf6 12. f4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14.
e3 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rf5 17. a5 $146 {Mestropov-Jakovic Moskva 1990 50/
(29)}) 10... Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 $5 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 14. e3 Ne6 15.
Nc4 $13 {Filipowicz,A-Tischbierek,R Warsaw 1990 CBM/17}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 a5
14. b5 Nd4 15. Ned2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 (6...
Re8) 7. Ng5 (7. Ne1) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 {Führt zu scharfem Kombinationsspiel.} (
8. dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 8... Re8 9. f3 e3 {Dieser Zug wurde erstmalig von
Karpov gegen Kasparov 1987 gespielt (Kasparov,G - Karpov,A Sevilla, 2.
Wettkampfpartie). Die Idee des Bauernopfers ist die Störung der weißen
Entwicklung.} (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 d5) 10. d3 (10. dxe3 b6 (10... d6 $44) 11. e4
h6 12. Nh3 Ba6 $44) 10... d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bg4 (
14... Nc6 15. Nf3 (15. Rb1) 15... Bd7 (15... Bg4) 16. Rb1 b6 (16... Qc7) 17. c4
Rc8 (17... dxc4 18. dxc4 $13 (18. Ne5 Nd4 $13) (18. Bb2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 $44)) 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 a5 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gd5b4]} 20. Rfc1 Ncb4 21. Ba1 $1 h6 (21...
Nf6 $5 {[%cal Gb4d5]}) 22. Qb2 $14 {[%csl Ga1,Gb2,Rb4][%cal Ga2a3,Ga3b4,Ra1g7]
1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Papa,S/Lausanne 2004/CBM 104/[Ribli Zoltan] (29)}) 15. Nf3 (
15. Re1) 15... Nc6 (15... Bxf3 $6 16. Bxf3 Qb6 (16... Nc6 $5) 17. Bb2 Ne4 $5 (
17... Rac8 18. Rab1 $16) 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Bg2 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nxb2 21. Rfb1 $1 $16
Nd3 22. exd3 exd3 23. Qd5 $1 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Masserey,Y/Horgen II 1995/(52)})
16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h6 (17... h5 18. Qc5 Rc8 19. Bb2 b6 20. Qb5 Na5 21. Rac1
Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Eriksson,A-Oestroem,R/Hallsta 1996/EXT 99/(21)}) (17... d4 18. c4
$14) (17... Rc8 18. Bb2 d4 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Kh2 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd5 22. Ba1 f6
23. Rc5 {1-0 Djoudi,A-Soares,M/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105 (31)}) 18. Rb1 {
Es scheint, dass der Turm aktiv auf der b-Linie steht , aber im folgenden
spielt Weiß Bb2, so dass der Turmzug überflüssig ist.} (18. Bb2 $5 Qd7 19. Kg2
Rac8 20. Rac1) 18... Qd7 $13 {Die Stellung ist asymmetrisch: Weiß hat das
Läuferpaar, Schwarz das Springerpaar, aber die weißen Läufer sind weniger
aktiv. Eine wichtige Frage lautet: ist der Pe3 schwach, oder stark? Im
Endspiel stellt er eine Schwächung dar, aber im Mittelspiel stört er das weiße
Spiel.} 19. Kg2 (19. g4 Rac8 $11) 19... Rac8 20. Bb2 b6 {[%cal Gc6a5] Auf
diese Weise bereitet Schwarz 21...Na5 vor, wonach Weiß kaum c3-c4 ziehen kann.}
21. Rbc1 (21. c4 $1 dxc4 22. Bxf6 (22. dxc4 Na5 (22... Nd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24.
Qxa7 Rxc4 25. Qxb6) 23. Bxf6 Nxc4 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 Nd2 26. Be5 Nxb1 27.
Rxb1 Rc2+ $15) 22... gxf6 23. dxc4 Na5 (23... Nd4 24. Qd3 $14) 24. Qd3 Qe7 25.
Bd5 Kg7 $14) 21... Na5 22. c4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Das ist die weiße Hauptstrategie
in dieser Variante. Mit diesem Zug opfert Weiß einen Bauern, aber öffnet die
Diagonalen für seine Läufer.} dxc4 23. Rfd1 {[%csl Gb2,Gf3][%cal Gf3a8,Gb2h8]}
(23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rfd1) 23... Qe6 24. Bc3 cxd3 25. Rxd3 $44 Nc4 26. Qxa7 Ne4
27. Qd7 Qg6 (27... Qxd7 28. Rxd7 b5 $11 (28... Ncd2 29. Bxd2 Nxd2 30. Rxc8 Rxc8
31. Rb7 $14) (28... Na3 29. Bb2 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nc2 31. Kh2 $14)) 28. Qg4 Qxg4
29. hxg4 b5 30. Bb4 Rc7 31. a4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein unglaublicher Fehler - mit
diesem Zug wollte Weiß die Springerstellung schwächen, aber das ist ein
Trugschluss} (31. Rd5 $36) 31... bxa4 $17 32. Rd4 Ned2 33. Bd5 (33. Bxd2 exd2
34. Rcxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxd2 a3 $19) 33... Rd7 {[%cal Gd7d4]} 34. Bxd2 (34. Rd3 Nb6
35. Bc6 Rxd3 36. exd3 Rc8 $19) 34... Nxd2 35. Rc3 Red8 36. Rcd3 Kf8 {[%csl Rd5]
Mit diesem Zug verteidigt sich Schwarz gegen das Motiv 37.Bxf7+.} 37. Rxa4 (37.
Rxd2 exd2 38. e4 a3 39. Rxd2 Rb8) 37... Rxd5 38. Rxe3 Rd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19 {
Weiß hat nur einen Bauern für die Figur.} 40. Ra3 g6 41. Ra5 Re4 42. Kf2 Nb3
43. Rd5 Nd4 44. e3 Nc2 45. Rd3 Rc4 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47. Rh8 (47. Rd3) 47... Rc3 48.
Rxh6 Nxe3 49. Rh4 Ke6 50. Ke2 Ng2 0-1

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 (6... O-O 7. d3
h6 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 d6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nxd5 13. bxc5 Ndb4 $10
{Korschnoj,V-Karpov,An Tilburg 1991 CBM/26 53/44}) 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Bg4 $5 (
8... Bb6 $2 9. d4 Re8 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 13. e4 c6 14. b3 $14
{Lautier,J-Epishin,V Terrassa 1991 CBM/24 52/41}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Re8 11.
d3 Rb8 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Bg2 c6 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 d5 17. Qb3 d4 18.
c5 Bc7 19. e4 Ng6 20. h4 Nf8 21. Bh3 Ne6 22. a5 a6 $1 23. f3 (23. Kg2 $5) 23...
Qd7 24. Kg2 Re7 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 g6 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 Nxc5 $1 (28... Ng7
29. Rf2 $16) 29. bxc5 Re2+ 30. Rf2 Qe7 31. Bg5 $2 (31. Raf1 Rxd2 $1 (31... Qxh4
$2 32. Rxe2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Kh8 35. Rg2 $18) (31... Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2
Qxh4 33. Rf3 $18) 32. Rxd2 Qxh4 $44) 31... Qe5 32. Kf1 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Re8 34.
Bg2 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nc2 h4 12. b4 hxg3 13. fxg3 (13. hxg3 $5) 13...
Nxb4 $5 14. Nxb4 Qd4+ 15. e3 Qxc3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Qc5 17. d4 $1 $44) 17.
Bxd5 Be6 (17... Rh7 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 $14) 18. Bxe6 (18. Qa4+ $5 c6 (18...
Bd7 19. Bxf7+ Kd8 20. Qe4 $16) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxb7 $14 (20. Qxg4 $5)) 18...
fxe6 19. Rxb7 Qc6 20. Qb3 Kd7 $1 $13 21. Qb5 Rhf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Qxc6+ Kxc6
24. Rb3 e4 $5 25. Rc3+ Kb5 26. d4 Bd6 27. Ba3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Kc4 29. Kf2 a5 30.
Ke1 e5 31. Kd2 Rh8 $1 32. Rc3+ Kb4 33. Rb3+ Kc4 34. Rc3+ Kb4 35. Rb3+ Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Bb6 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 (10. g4 $5) 10... Bb6 11. a3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7
$13 {Petursson,M-Karpov,An/Reykjavik/1994/EXP40/}) 9. Nxb6 (9. d4 Bg4 $13 {
Ehlvest,J-Hansen,Cu/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/}) 9... axb6 10. b3 Bg4 (10... Bf5
11. d3 Qd7 12. Re1 Nb4 13. e4 Bh3 14. a3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. b4
h6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. Nh4 Ng5 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. h4 Ne6 22. Qe3 $14 {Lautier,J-Lutz,
C/Cap d'Agde/1994/EXP43/}) 11. h3 $5 (11. d3 Qd7 $10) 11... Bh5 12. d3 e4 13.
dxe4 Nxe4 14. Bb2 Re8 (14... Ng5 15. g4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bg6 17. Rfd1 $14) 15.
Qd5 $6 Ra5 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qe2 (17. Qd4 f6 $15 (17... Qf6 $2 18. Qxe4 $1 Rxe4
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 $18)) (17. Qb1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd2 $17) 17... h6 $2 (17...
Nxa2 $1 18. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 19. Rxa2 Nc3 20. Qb2 Rxa2 21. Qxc3+ Qf6 22. Nd4 Bg6
$19) 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 Ra8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nd2 (22. Nd4 Nxd4 23.
Rxd4 c5 $13) 22... Qe6 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. f3 Bh7 25. Rfe1 Ne5 26. Bf1 Qf6 27.
Bg2 Qe6 28. Bf1 Qf6 29. Bg2 (29. f4 $2 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 $2 (30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Qxf3
Be4 $19) 30... Qh4+ 31. Kxf3 Be4#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 $5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 (7. e3
$5) 7... h6 $1 8. a3 a6 $5 (8... a5 9. e3 Bb6 (9... Bf5 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb2 Bb6
$13 {Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991 CBM/24 52/37}) 10. b3 Bf5
11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Bh7 13. Ng1 Kh8 14. Nge2 Rfe8 15. Bb2 $14 {Gurevich,
M-Sokolov,I Belgrad 1991 CBM/27 53/38}) 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 (10... Be6 11.
Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 (13. Nc4 $5) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Qb3 Rad8 17. a4 Rfe8 $13 {Lautier,J-Sokolov,I Wijk 1991 CBM/22 51/36}) 11.
h3 (11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. Nd5 $13 {Larsen,B-Miles,A Bugojno 1984 37/27})
11... Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. e4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Nd5 $5) 15... Bxd4
16. f4 Qd8 17. Rc2 (17. Qd2 $5) 17... b5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Bc1 bxc4 20. dxc4 c5 $1
$13 21. g4 cxb4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bc6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5
Bc5 $17 27. Ra2 a5 28. h4 Re8 $1 29. Bf3 Qb6 $1 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Bg2 Kf8 32.
Qg4 Rb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Rf3 a4 35. Rg3 Ke7 36. Qd1 Rh8 37. Qxa4 Rxh4+ 38. Rh3
Rg4 39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. Kxg3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d4 $5 (7.
Qb3 $5 {Hansen,Cu-Christiansen,L/Munich/1992/CBM30/}) 7... e4 8. Bg2 O-O (8...
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Qc2 O-O $2 11. Bxe4 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Bareev,E/Tilburg/
1991/CBM26/INF53,39/}) 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 $6 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bg5 $1 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f3 $1 exf3 (13... e3 14. f4 d6 15. Rb1 $14) 14. Bxf3 Qg5 15.
Bd5 Re7 16. Qd3 c6 (16... d6 $2 17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Rf1 $18) 17. Rf5 $1 Qg4 (
17... Qg6 $2 18. Rxf7 $18) 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Bh5 Qh7 20. Re5 $1 Qxd3 21. exd3 Re6
22. Rb1 g6 23. Rxe6 $1 dxe6 24. Bf3 Kf8 25. c5 a5 26. c4 Ra7 27. Kf2 Ke7 28.
Ke3 Bd7 29. a3 Be8 30. Rb6 Kd8 31. d5 $1 Kc7 32. d6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7
7. Nc3 (7. d4) 7... Nb6 {Jetzt haben wir die Grundstellung der Drachenvariante
mit vertauschten Farben, in der Weiß die Sizilianische Verteidigung mit einem
Mehrtempo spielt. Ribli.} 8. b4 $6 {Dieses Bauernopfer gefällt mir nicht. Weiß
bekommt keine ausreichende Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.} (8. Rb1) (
8. a3) 8... Bxb4 $15 9. Qb3 {Weiß entfaltet etwas Initiative, hat aber nicht
konkretes.} (9. Ne4 $2 f5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nh4 g5 12. e3 Be6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14.
Bxe4 gxh4 15. Qh5+ Bf7 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qe5+ Kd7 18. Qf4 Qe7 {0-1 Lukin,
A-Schneider,A/Groningen 1991}) (9. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 10. Qb3 Be7 11. d4 Nec4 12. a4
a5 13. e4 O-O 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nb5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 c6 19. Nc3
cxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Bf1 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qf6 {0-1 Scherer,M-Hess,R/Wiesbaden
1992 (53)}) 9... a5 (9... Be6 $5 10. Qb1 (10. Qc2 O-O $15) 10... Be7 $15 (10...
Bxc3 11. dxc3 $44 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gc1a3,Ga3f8]})) 10. a3 a4 (10... Be6 $5) 11. Qb2
Be7 (11... Nc4 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 $44 {Weiß hat etwas Kompensation, weil
dem Nachziehenden der schwarze Läufer fehlt.}) 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 {[%csl Ge3]
[%cal Gc1c7,Gb1b7] Weiß entfaltet positionellen Druck über die b- und c-Linie.
Es ist für Schwarz nicht leicht, seinen Materialvorteil zu verwerten.} Ra5 (
13... Ra6 14. Rfc1) 14. Rfb1 Bc5 (14... Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 c5 17. Nbxd4
Nd5 18. Nb5 Bf6 $13 19. d4) 15. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5] Schwarz hat einige Probleme
mit der Figurenkoordination.} (15. Bxc5 Rxc5 $15) 15... Ra8 (15... Nd4 16. Nxd4
Qxd4 (16... exd4 17. Ne4 {[%cal Rd2a5,Ge4c5]}) 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 Bd4 19.
Bxa5 Bxb2 20. Ra2 Bd4 21. Rc2 $132 {[%csl Ga5,Rb6,Gc2,Ge4]}) 16. Ne4 Bd4 (16...
Bd6 17. Bc3 f6 18. d4 $44) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 (17... exd4 18. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd2,
Gg2] Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und es ist für Schwarz nicht leicht, seinen
Damenflügel zu entwickeln.}) 18. Bc3 Nb3 (18... Bg4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 (19... exd4
20. Nc5 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Gc5,Gg2]})) 19. Bxe5 {Das weiße Qualitätsopfer ist die
viel bessrere Möglichkeit als eine passive Verteidigung.} (19. Ra2 f6 $17)
19... f6 (19... Nxa1 20. Bxg7 {[%csl Gb2,Ge4,Gg7,Rg8]} f5 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22.
Nf6+ $16) 20. Bc3 Nxa1 21. Qxa1 Rf7 $6 {Schwarz möchte Schachmotive auf der
a2-g8-Diagonalen vermeiden, aber sein Turm steht nicht besonders gut auf f7.} (
21... Nd5 22. Qa2 Kh8 $17) 22. Qa2 {[%cal Ga2g8]} Qe7 (22... Nd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5
24. Nxf6+ gxf6 (24... Rxf6 25. Bxd5+ $14 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5,Rf6,Rg8]}) 25. Bxd5 $14
) 23. Bb4 {[%csl Gb4] Die weißen Leichtfiguren stehen sehr wirkungsvoll.} Be6 (
23... Qe6 24. Qxe6 (24. Qc2) 24... Bxe6 25. Nc5 Bd5 26. Nxb7 $13) 24. Qd2 Qe8 (
24... Qd8 25. Nc5 Bd5 26. Nxb7 $13 {[%cal Rb7d8]}) 25. Nc5 Bd5 (25... Nd5 26.
Nxb7 Rb8 27. Nc5 Nxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Qxb4 $13 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5,Gg2] Weiß hat
einen Bauern und aktives Spiel für die geopferte Qualität.}) 26. e4 {Weiß
mobilisiert seine Zentrumsbauern und erlangt so Gegenspiel.} (26. Nxb7 $2 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Qc6+ $19 {[%cal Rc6g2,Rc6b7]}) 26... Bc6 27. d4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} Nd7 (
27... Rb8) 28. d5 Nxc5 (28... b6 29. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Re6c7,Rd5c6]}) 29.
Bxc5 (29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. e5 {[%cal Rg2a8]} (30. Rc1 Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c1,Rb3d2]} 31.
Rxc6 Nxd2 $17) (30. Qc2 Ne6 $17) 30... Ne4 31. Qe3 f5 $17) 29... Bb5 30. f4 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4,Gg2] Die weiße Bauernmasse ist besonders mit der
Unterstützung des Läuferpaares gefährlich. Natürlich steht Schwarz etwas
besser, aber die Verwertung seines Materialvorteils scheint schwierig.} b6 (
30... Rd8 31. Qc2 Ba6) 31. Bd4 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 32. Bc3 (32. Qc2 Re7 {
In einigen Varianten droht das Motiv ...Rxd5 und nach exd5 ...Re1+.}) 32... Bc4
33. Qd4 Bb3 34. e5 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5,Ge5,Gg2]} fxe5 35. fxe5 Qe7 (35... c5 36. Qd2
b5 $5) 36. e6 Rf5 (36... Rff8 37. Bb4 c5 (37... Qxe6 38. Bxf8 (38. dxe6 Rxd4
39. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17) 38... Kxf8 39. Rf1+ Ke8 (39... Kg8 40. dxe6 Rxd4 41. e7 Bf7
42. Bc6 $16) 40. Qxg7 $40 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Gf1,Gg7]} (40. Qxa4+ Bxa4 41. dxe6 $14
{[%csl Ge6]})) 38. dxc6 Rxd4 39. Bxe7 Re8 $15) 37. Bb4 Qxe6 $6 {Schwarz
bekommt so ein Endspiel mit zwei Mehrbauern, aber die Verwertung ist schwierig.
Meines Erachtens wäre es besser, die Damen auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (37...
Qg5 $5 38. e7 Re8 39. d6 cxd6 40. Bxd6 b5 41. Bc6 Rxe7 42. Bxe7 Qxe7 $17) 38.
dxe6 Rxd4 39. Re1 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Ge6,Gg2][%cal Ge1e8]} Rd1 (39... c5 40. e7 Bf7
41. Bc3 Rc4 42. Bh3 $16 {[%csl Ge1,Ge7,Gh3]}) (39... Bxe6 $5 40. Rxe6 c5 $15 {
Schwarz hat Turm und zwei Bauern gegen das Läuferpaar, steht aber wegen seiner
gefährlichen Bauern am Damenflügel besser.}) 40. Rxd1 Bxd1 41. e7 Kf7 (41...
Bh5 42. g4 $16 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg4h5,Rg4f5]}) (41... Re5 42. Bd5+ Kh8 (42...
Rxd5 43. e8=Q#) 43. Bf7 c5 44. Bxc5 bxc5 45. e8=Q+ Rxe8 46. Bxe8 $15) 42. Bc6 {
[%cal Re7e8]} Re5 43. e8=R Rxe8 44. Bxe8+ Kxe8 {Die ungleicharbigen Läufer
bieten dem Weißen Rettungschancen.} 45. Kf2 Kd7 (45... c5 46. Bc3 g5 $17 {
Schwarz gewinnt zunächst Raum am Königsflügel, um später mit seinem König die
weißen Bauern anzugreifen. In der Partie spielte Schwarz eigentlich nur am
Damenflügel, hatte keine konkreten Gewinnchancen.} (46... g6)) 46. Ke3 Bg4 (
46... c5 47. Bc3 g5 $5 (47... g6)) 47. Bf8 g6 48. h4 $5 {Weiß errichtet eine
schwarzfeldrige Festung.} Ke6 49. Kd4 Be2 50. Bh6 c5+ (50... b5 $2 51. Kc5 Kf5
52. Bf4 $11 {Die angestebte Festung ist erreicht.}) 51. Kc3 Kd5 {[%csl Gd5]
Die einzige schwarze Durchbruchsmöglichkeit ...b4 scheint zum Gewinn nicht
ausreichend.} 52. Bf4 Ba6 53. Bg5 b5 54. Be7 {[%cal Ge7a3]} b4+ (54... c4 55.
Kb4 Ke4 56. Bf6 Kf3 (56... Kd3 57. Be5) 57. Be5 $11 {Wenn der schwarze König
g3 bedroht, muß Weiß mit dem Läufer auf der b8-h2-Diagonalen bleiben, möchte
Schwarz ...c4-c3 ziehen, gehört der Läufer auf die Diagonale a1-h8.}) 55. axb4
c4 (55... cxb4+ 56. Kxb4 Ke4 57. Bd6 $11) 56. b5 $1 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern
für eine freiere Verteidigungsstellung.} (56. Kb2 Kd4 $17 {[%csl Ga4,Gc4,Gd4]})
56... Bxb5 57. Kb4 Ke6 {Wenn Schwarz einen Bauern zurückgeben muß, ist die
Stellung theoretisch remis.} (57... Bc6 58. Bf6) (57... Kc6 58. Bf6) 58. Bf8
Kf5 $5 59. Kxb5 c3 (59... Kg4 60. Kxa4 (60. Bd6 $11) 60... Kxg3 61. Kb4 Kxh4
62. Kxc4 $11) 60. Kxa4 c2 61. Bh6 Kg4 62. Bf4 $11 {Endlich ist alles
verteidigt. Schwarz muß seinen c-Bauern geben.} c1=Q 63. Bxc1 Kxg3 64. Bg5 h6 {
und hier wurde remis vereinbart.} (64... h6 65. Be7 (65. Bxh6 Kxh4 $11) 65...
Kg4 (65... g5 $2 66. Bxg5 (66. hxg5 hxg5 $11) 66... hxg5 67. hxg5 $18) 66. Kb3
g5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Diese
Variante, welche eigentlich die Drachenvariante der Sizilianische Verteidigung
mit vertauschten Farben darstellt, ist sehr populär in der letzten Zeit. Sie
fuehrt zu assymetrischem Spiel mit beiderseitigen Chancen.} 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 {Weiß hat seine Chancen am Damenfluegel,
Schwarz steht dafür stark im Zentrum.} Bg4 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 {Das waere die
Grundstellung der andere populare Variante.}) 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1 Nd4 (12... a5
13. b5 Nd4) (12... Qd7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Rc4 Be6 17.
Rh4 f6 18. Qc2 Nde7 19. Ra4 b5 20. cxb6 cxb6 {0-1 Espig,G-Grabuzova,T/Germany
1996/EXT 99 (26)}) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6 15. h3 Bc8 16. Nc5 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7
18. e4 Nd7 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. f4 Na4 21. Kh2 h5 22. h4 Be6 23. Nc5 {1/2-1/2
Damljanovic,B-Pavlovic,M/Banja Koviljaca 2002/CBM 89 (55)}) (12. h3 $5) 12...
Rb8 {Schwarz verteidigt vorher den b7-Bauern und moechte Nd4 ziehen.} (12...
Qd7 13. b5 Nd8 14. a4 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Rc1 Re6 17. Nce4 Rh6 18. Nf3 Bd6
19. d4 Ne6 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Kh1 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Berezjuk,S/Vienna 1995/EXT 98 
(75)}) 13. Re1 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 Nd5 15. Rc1 Re6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nec5 Rh6
18. Rc2 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qg5 20. Bc1 f4 $40 {0-1 Gebigke,M-Kargoll,B/Pforzheim
1997/EXT 2001 (34)}) 13... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4,Gg4] Schwarz hat aktives
Figurenspiel, besonders der d4N steht aktiv.} (13... Qd7 $11) 14. Qc1 {[%cal
Ge2e3] Weiß vermeidet die Fesselung des e2-Bauern, um 15.e3 zu ziehen.} (14. h3
Bh5 $11 (14... Be6 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gd7h3]} 15. e3 Nf5 16. Nde4 $14)) 14... Bf5 $1
$11 {[%cal Gf5d3][%mdl 4] Ein prophylaktischer Zug - Schwarz bereitet sich
gegen e2-e3 vor, wonach er den d3-Bauern angreifen kann.} 15. Qd1 {Das ist ein
indirektes Remisangebot - Weiß moechte die Zuege wiederholen.} (15. e3 Nc6 {
[%csl Rd3]}) 15... c6 16. e3 Nb5 (16... Ne6 17. Nde4 $11) 17. Nde4 (17. Nxb5
cxb5 18. d4 (18. e4 Bg6 $15 {[%cal Gb6a4,Ga4b2]}) 18... Na4 $15) 17... Nxc3 18.
Bxc3 Qd7 {[%cal Rb8d8,Rd8d3]} 19. Qc2 {Dieser Zug ist ein wenig schablonenhaft
- Weiß bereitet den Zug 20.Rad1 vor.} (19. f4 $5 exf4 20. gxf4 Rbd8 21. Bd4 Nd5
22. Qf3 $11) 19... Rbd8 20. Rad1 Bg4 $15 21. Rd2 (21. f3 Bf5 22. f4 exf4 23.
gxf4 Nd5 $15) 21... Nd5 22. Bb2 b6 $6 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung verteidigt sich
Schwarz gegen Nc5. Dieser Zug schwaecht ein wenig den schwarzen Damenfluegel,
aber das hat keine große Bedeutung.} (22... Bh3 $15) 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. d4 $1 $13
{Endlich kann Weiß seine Figuren aktivieren.} exd4 (24... f5 25. h3 (25. Nc3 e4
$15) 25... Bh5 26. g4 $13) 25. Rxd4 {Endlich konnte Weiß seine Figuren
aktivieren - mit zwei aktiven Läufern steht er bestimmt nicht schlechter.} (25.
Bxd4 Bf5 $15 {[%cal Gf5c2]}) 25... Qf5 26. Qd3 {[%cal Gf5h5,Gf5d3]} (26. Qa4 $5
) 26... Qh5 27. Nd2 (27. Qa6 Nc7 $13) 27... Ne7 28. Ne4 {Wieder ein indirektes
Remisangebot - Weiß waere zufrieden (mit ungefaehr 100 Elo-Punkten weniger)
mit der Zugwiederholung.} (28. h3 $5 Be2 (28... Bxh3 29. Rh4 $18 {[%cal Rh4h5,
Rh4h3]}) 29. Qb1 $13) 28... Ng6 {[%cal Gg6e5,Ge5f3,Ge5d3]} 29. f4 Be2 (29...
Bf5 $13) 30. Qb3 Rc7 {Schwarz verteidigt vorher den f7-Bauern.} 31. Ng5 $6 (31.
h3 $5) 31... c5 $15 32. bxc5 (32. Rd2 c4 $15) 32... Bxc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal
Gc5g1][%mdl 2048]} 33. Re4 (33. Ne4 Bf3 $15) 33... Rec8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 34. Qc3
Bf8 $1 (34... Qh6) 35. Qxc7 $6 {Mit diesem Zug bekommt Weiß zwar zwei Tuerme
für die Dame, aber im folgenden hat er große Schwierigkeiten mit der
Figurenkoordination.} (35. Qd2 Rxc1+ 36. Bxc1 Ne7 $15 (36... h6 37. Nxf7 Bd3 (
37... Kxf7 38. Qa2+ $18) (37... Rxc1+ 38. Qxc1 Kxf7 39. f5 Qxf5 40. Qc2 $18) (
37... Bf3 38. Bxf3 Qxf3 39. Nxh6+ gxh6 (39... Kh7 40. Nf7 $18) 40. Qd5+ Kh7 41.
Re7+ Nxe7 42. Qxf3 Rxc1+ 43. Kg2 $14) 38. Rd4 Rc2 39. Qxd3 Rxc1+ 40. Kf2 Kxf7
41. Qb3+ $13)) 35... Rxc7 36. Rxc7 h6 $17 {[%csl Rg5]} 37. f5 (37. Nxf7 Bd3 $19
{[%cal Rd3e4,Rh5d1]}) (37. Nh3 Bd3 $17 {[%cal Rd3e4,Rh5d1]}) 37... Bd3 {
[%cal Rh5d1,Rd3e4,Rh6g5,Rd1g1]} 38. fxg6 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ $19 (39... Qd2+ 40.
Kg1 (40. Kf3 Qe2+ 41. Kf4 Bd6+ 42. Be5 hxg5+ $19) 40... Qe1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 $6 {Diese Fortsetzung ist meines
Erachtens schlechter als die Alternativen 4...Bb4 oder 4...d5. Ribli.} 5. d4
exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 (7. Nc2) 7... bxc6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O {Weiß hat
besseres Figurenspiel, während sich Schwarz hat Entwicklungsproblemen
herumschlagen muß.} Re8 (9... Rb8 $5) (9... a5 $5) 10. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Gf4,Gg2] 
[#]Weiß entfaltet spürbaren Druck am Damenflügel.} (10. Qa4 $14) 10... Rb8 {
[%cal Rb8b2]} 11. Rb1 $5 (11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 c5 13. e4 d6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Rfe1
Ne5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 a6 21. Nc3 Nd4 22.
Qd2 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Beckemeier,W/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (56)}) (11.
Qd2 Ba6 12. b3 d5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rbd8 15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Bc1 Qb4 17. Bb2 d4
18. a3 Qa5 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. b4 Qf5 21. Qd3 a5 22. Nc5 axb4 23. axb4 Rd6 24. Qxf5
Bxf5 25. Rd2 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Zapata,A/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (61)}) (11. b3 d5 $11
(11... Nh5 12. Bd2)) 11... Ng4 {Auf ersten Blick hat auch Schwarz gutes
Figurenspiel, aber in Wirklichkeit bleibt er ohne Gegenspiel.} 12. Qd2 $5 (12.
Qa4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rxb1 14. Rxb1 g5 15. Bd2 Rxe2 (15... Qf6 $5) 16. Qd1 Rxf2 17.
Bh3 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Ne5 19. Qe2 f6 20. Rb8 $14 Kg7 21. c5 Qf8 22. Qe3 Qg8 23. Bf1
g4 24. Be2 h5 25. Kf2 Kg6 26. Qe4+ Kg7 27. a4 a5 28. Qd4 Kg6 29. Kf1 {1-0
Timman,J-Ernst,S/Rotterdam 1998/CBM 66 (45)}) 12... Ba6 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 13. h3 (
13. b3 $2 g5 {[%csl Rf4]} 14. Be3 (14. Bxg5 Bxc3 $19) 14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qe7
$17) 13... Nf6 (13... Ne5 14. b3 $14 {[%csl Re5]}) 14. b3 $14 d5 $6 {Jetzt ist
dieser Zug bereits zum Vorteil des Weißen. Schwarz kann sich allerdings ohne
ihn überhaupt keine Hoffnung auf Gegenspiel machen.} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 (
16. Be3 $2 Rxe3 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3 d4 $17) 17... c6 $15 {[%csl Re3,Rg1,Rg3,Gg7]
[%cal Rd8b6] Schwarz hätte mehr als ausreichenden Ersatz für die Qualität. Im
Lager des Anziehenden sind die weißen Felder schwach.}) 16... Rxe2 (16... Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Rxe2 18. Qa5 {Zugumstellung}) 17. Qa5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rb6 (18... Rxa2 $2
19. Qxa2 Bxf1 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 20. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Rd1d8]} Bxh3 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 $16) (18... Qc8 19. Bf3 Rc2 20. Rfc1 Rb5 21. Qa4 Rxc1+ (
21... Rbc5 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Re1 c6 24. Qe4 Rxa2 25. Qe8+ Bf8 (25... Qxe8 26.
Rxe8+ Bf8 27. Bh6 $18) 26. Qxc8 Bxc8 27. Re8 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Ge8,Rf8,Rg8][%cal
Rf4h6,Re8c8,Re8f8]}) 22. Rxc1 c5 23. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Ra6,Rb5,Gc1,Rc5,Rc8,
Ge3,Gf3] Die schwarze Stellung ist extrem passiv und sein c5-Bauer schwach.})
19. Rfd1 Qe7 (19... Qf6 20. Rbc1 g5 21. Rxc7 (21. Be3 $5 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qe5 23.
Kg2 $16) (21. Bxg5 $4 {In der Hoffnung auf 21...Qxg5 22.Bxf7+ mit Damengewinn.}
Qxf2+ $19) 21... gxf4 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rd7+ Re7 25. Qf5+ (25.
Rxa7 $2 Bb7 $132 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Re7e1]} (25... Rxa7 26. Qxb6 $18)) 25... Ke8
26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qxh7 Kf7 28. g4 $16 {Schwarz hat Turm und Läuferpaar gegen
die Dame, aber die weißen Bauern sind stark.}) 20. Bf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Re2]} h6 {
Schwarz opfert die Qualität, aber guter Rat ist hier schon teuer.} (20... Ree6
21. Rbc1 {[%csl Rc7]} c6 22. Re1 $36) 21. Bxe2 Bxe2 (21... Qxe2 22. Rd8+ Kh7
23. Re1 $18 {Im folgenden kann Weiß 24.Qd5  ziehen und Schwarz hat keine
Kompensation für die Qualität.}) 22. Re1 Qe4 23. Rbd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e4] Die
weißen Felder am Königsflügel sind nur scheinbar schlecht und mit
Vereinfachungen verwertet Weiß seinen Materialvorteil.} Re6 24. Rd2 {[%csl Re2]
} Qf3 25. Qd5 {So kann Weiß Damentausch erzwingen.} Qxd5 26. Rxd5 {Schwarz hat
große Probleme, denn sein e2-Läufer ist gefesselt, so daß er entweder die
Türme tauschen oder den Läufer geben muß.} g5 27. Rd2 {Und Schwarz gab seine
hoffnungslose Stellung auf.} (27. Rd2 gxf4 28. Rexe2 $18 {Weiß hat eine leicht
gewonnene Stellung.}) 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 (10... Nd4 11. Bb2 Bb3 12. Qc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Ne4 Nd7 15. d4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bd5 17. Qb2 f6 18. Rfd1 $14 {Akopian-Jakovich
URS-ch 1991 53/43}) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 (13... bxc6 $2 14. e3
$16 {Hansen,C-Zueger,B Praga Bohemians-A 1989 CBM/12}) 14. Rb1 $1 (14. a4 Qd7
15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nb5 $10 {Hansen,Cu-Romanishin,O
Tastrup 1992 CBM/28}) 14... a4 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Qc2 c5 $6 (16... h5 $5) 17.
Rd1 Ra6 18. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxa4 g6 22. e4 f5 23.
Be3 $1 Qc6 24. Rb6 Qc8 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxe6 fxe4 28. Qd2 Qxc4
29. Rxe5 Qb3 30. Re7 $1 Qc4 31. Qh6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Eine positionelle
Variante. Die Alternative wäre 4...d5 und führt eigentlich zu Drachenvariante
der Sizilianische Verteidigung mit vertauschten Farben. Schwarz hat keine
Angst vor dem Verlust des Läuferpaares. Er will sich schnell entwickeln. Ribli.
} 5. Nd5 d6 {N Schwarz rettet nicht seinen Läufer, sondern stärkt das Zentrum.}
(5... Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3 (8. d3 h6 9. e3 a6 $5 $146 10. b3 Ba7 11.
Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 b5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. e4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nf3
Rc8 18. Qd2 Qf6 $15 {Khalifman,A-Short,N/Linares 1995/Inf 63 (18)}) 8... Bb6 9.
Nxb6 (9. b3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 $11) 9... axb6 10. b3 Bg4 $1 $146 11. h3 Bh5 12.
d3 e4 $1 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qd5 $6 (15. g4 Bg6 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 $2
Nc5 $17) (16. Qe2 $2 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Nb4) 16... Qh4 $13 {Almasi,Z}) 15... Ra5 $15
{Gulko,B-Almasi,Z/Groningen 1994/Inf 62 (17)}) (5... a5) (5... Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4
) 6. Nxb4 Nxb4 7. Bg2 (7. d3 O-O 8. a3 Nc6 9. Bg2 a5 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bb2 f6 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Be6 (14... Bh5 $5) 15. e4 Nde7 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. d4
exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Kindermann,S/Hamburg 1991/
CBM 24 (34)}) (7. d4 $5 $14 {Dieser Zug scheint logisch, denn Weiss besitzt
das Läuferpaar und möchte daher die Stellung öffnen.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O e4 9.
Ne1 Bf5 $11 {Weiss besitzt zwar das Läuferpaar, aber der c1-Läufer ist noch
nicht entwickelt und Schwarz verfügt über Raumvorteil.} (9... Re8 $11) 10. a3 (
10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Bb2 $11) 10... Nc6 11. d3 (11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne5 $13
) 11... Re8 {Schwarz nimmt nicht freiwillig auf d3, sondern entwickelt lieber
eine neue Figur.} (11... exd3 12. Nxd3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gd3f4,Gf4d5]}) 12. b3
$6 {Weiss möchte den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer in die lange Diagonale stellen,
aber dieser Zug schwächt den Damenflügel. Meines Erachtens wäre es besser, die
Situation im Zentrum sofort zu klären.} (12. dxe4 $5 Bxe4 (12... Nxe4 13. f3)
13. f3 Bg6 14. e4 $11) 12... d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 {[%cal Gd5d1]} 14. Bb2 {Auf
ersten Blick scheint die Dame wegen des weissen Läufers g2 auf d5 schlecht zu
stehen, aber mit folgendem Zug verteidigt Schwarz alle weissen Drohungen.} Qe6
$15 {[%cal Ge8e2,Ga8d8,Gd8d1]} 15. dxe4 (15. d4 Rad8 16. e3 Bh3 $15 {[%cal
Gf6d5] Die Zentrumstellung ist geschlossen. Die Springer übernehmen daher
dieHauptrolle. Der b2-Läufer hat keine Zukunft.}) 15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. f3
$2 Bd5 {[%cal Re6b3,Re6e2]} 17. Bxf6 Bxb3 $19) 16... Nxe4 {[%cal Ge8e2]
Schwarz hat eine aktive Figurenstellung. Der Bauer b3 und die weissen Felder
sind schwach.} 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd3 Ng5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Re8e2]} 19. Re1 (19.
e3 $4 Qe4 $19 {[%csl Rd3,Rg1][%cal Rg5h3,Rh3g1]}) 19... Rd6 {Schwarz hat eine
sehr bequeme Stellung. Er entfaltet grossen positionellen Druck in der d- und
e-Linie.} 20. Qc2 Qe4 {[%cal Rg5h3,Rh3g1] Es droht 21...Nh3+ nebst 22...Qh1
Matt.} 21. h4 (21. f3 Qe3+ (21... Nxf3+ $4 22. exf3 $18 {[%cal Re1e8,Re8g8]})
22. Kh1 Ne6 $15) 21... Ne6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge6d4,Gc6d4]} 22. Nb4 (22. Ne5 $5
Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd7 $11) 22... Qxc2 23. Nxc2 (23. Rxc2 Nxb4 24.
axb4 c6 $15 {Die weissen Bauern sind sehr schwach in der b-Linie.}) 23... Nc5
24. b4 $11 {Schwarz entfaltet etwas Aktivität, aber die weisse Stellung ist
gut verteidigungsfähig.} (24. Na1 Ne4 $15) 24... Nb3 {[%csl Gb3]} 25. Rb1 $6 (
25. Rcd1 $5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $11 Rxe2 $2 27. b5 Rxc2 28. bxc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6b7,
Rd1d8,Rd8g8]}) 25... h5 26. Ne3 (26. b5 Nca5 $15) 26... Nbd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 27.
Rbc1 $6 (27. b5 Nd8 (27... Nxb5 28. a4 Nbd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxb7 $11) 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 $11) 27... a6 {Schwarz verhindert den eventuelle Zug b4-b5.} 28. Kf1
Red8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 29. Red1 f6 {Eine guter prophylaktischer Zug, der den
Läufer b2 einschränkt.} 30. Rd3 Ne6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Ke1 (32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.
Nxd1 Kf7 $11) 32... Kf7 33. Nc4 (33. Rd1 $11) 33... Rd7 34. e3 {Weiss
verhindert den Zug Nd4.} Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 35. Nd2 (35. e4 $6 Nc6 {[%csl Yd4]
[%cal Gc6d4,Ge6d4]}) 35... Nd5 36. Ke2 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6a4] Der Springer zielt
nach a4.} 37. Nb3 Na4 38. Ba1 c6 {Die weissen Bauern am Damenflügel sind
schwarzfeldrig festgelegt und Schwarz übt starke Kontrolle über die weissen
Felder aus.} 39. e4 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7b5,Gb5a3]} 40. Nd4 Nb5 41. Nc2 (41. Nxb5 axb5
$15 {[%cal Ga4b6,Gb6c4,Gc4a3]}) 41... c5 $15 (41... Nac3+ 42. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 43.
Ke3 $11) 42. bxc5 Nxc5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5] Die schwarzen Springer stehen aktiv und
kontrollieren die wichtigsten Punkte.} 43. f3 Na4 {[%cal Gd7c7,Gc7c1] Schwarz
bereitet den Zug 44...Rc7 vor und der Springer muss auf c2 bleiben, sonst
verliert Weiss den a-Bauern.} 44. Rg1 Rc7 45. Kd2 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4,Gc4a3,Gc4d2]
} 46. Ne3 Nb5 47. e5 $6 {Weiss hat keine Geduld. Der Textzug hilft nur dem
Schwarzen.} (47. Nc2 Nc5 $15 {[%cal Gc5b3]}) 47... Rd7+ 48. Ke1 (48. Ke2 Nac3+
49. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 50. Ke1 fxe5 $17) 48... Rd3 $17 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rd3a3,Rd3f3]
Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf d3. Weiss hat viele Schwächen und
verliert jetzt Material.} 49. Ke2 Rxa3 {Schwarz hat nicht nur einen Bauern
mehr, sondern auch aktives Figurenspiel. Weiss hat keine Konmpensation.} 50.
exf6 Nac3+ (50... gxf6 $17) 51. Kd2 gxf6 52. g4 {Weiss sucht Gegenspiel mit
seiner Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel.} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f3,Rf3d2,Rf3g1]} 53.
Nc4 (53. Rf1 Nxf3+ 54. Rxf3 Ne4+ 55. Kc2 Rxa1 56. gxh5 Ra3 $17 (56... b5 $17))
53... Nxf3+ {[%cal Rf3d2,Rf3g1]} 54. Ke3 (54. Kd3 Rb3 55. Na5 (55. Nd2 Nxd2 56.
Kxd2 Ne4+ $19) 55... Rb5 $17) 54... Nd1+ {[%cal Rd1e3,Ra3e3]} 55. Kf4 (55. Ke4
Nf2+ 56. Kf4 Nxg1 57. Nxa3 Nxg4 $19) 55... Rxa1 (55... Nxg1 56. Nxa3 hxg4 57.
Kxg4 $17) 56. Kxf3 hxg4+ 57. Rxg4 (57. Kxg4 $4 Nf2+ $19 {[%cal Rf2g4,Ra1g1]})
57... b5 {[%csl Ga6,Gb5] Die beiden verbundenen Freibauern bieten dem
Schwarzen sehr gute Gewinnchancen.} 58. Nd6+ Ke6 59. Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5,Gc5e6]}
Nc3 60. Rd4 (60. Nc5+ Kd5 61. Nd7 f5 $19) 60... a5 61. Nc5+ Kf5 62. Ke3 {
Der weisse König geht zum Damenflügel, um die Freibauern zu bekämpfen.} Rh1 {
[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3e3]} 63. Kd3 Rh3+ 64. Kc2 b4 65. Nd3 (65. Nb3 a4 66. Nc5 (66.
Rxb4 axb3+ 67. Rxb3 Rh2+ (67... Kg4 68. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 69. Kxc3 Kxh4 $19) 68. Kxc3
Rh3+ 69. Kc2 Rxb3 70. Kxb3 Kg4 $19 {Das Bauernendspiel ist leicht für Schwarz
gewonnen.}) 66... b3+ $19) 65... Rh2+ 66. Kb3 Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d4]} 67. Kc4 (67.
Rf4+ Kg6 $17) 67... Rd1 68. Rf4+ Kg6 (68... Ke6 $17 {Nach dem 70. weissen Zug
erreichen wir diese Stellung.}) 69. Rg4+ Kf7 70. Rf4 Ke6 71. h5 Rh1 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Rh1h5]} 72. Nc5+ Ke7 73. Rd4 (73. Rf5 Rh4+ 74. Kb3 Rh3 75. Kc4 Nd1 $44)
73... Rxh5 $19 {Schwarz hat drei Mehrbauern und muß leicht gewinnnen.} 74. Rd7+
Ke8 75. Ra7 Rxc5+ $1 {Eine schöne Vereinfachung, die sofort gewinnt.} 76. Kxc5
b3 {[%cal Rb3b2,Rb2b1]} 77. Rb7 b2 {[%cal Rb2b1]} (77... b2 78. Rxb2 Na4+ $19 {
[%cal Ra4b2,Ra4c5] Weiss gab auf.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 {Das ist der
gewöhnliche Zug, aber 6...Re8 ist eine spielbare Alternative.} 7. Ne1 {Dieser
Springerzug führt zu ruhigem positionellen Spiel. 7.Ng5 ist auch möglich und
führt zu konkretem Kampf, besonders nach 7...Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3.} Bxc3 8.
dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, aber die
Stellung trägt geschlossenen Charakter. Der weiße Springer zielt auf das Feld
d5.} b6 (9... Re8 10. Ne3 d6) 10. Ne3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. b3 Re8 13. f3 {
Verständlicher Weise möchte Weiß die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar öffnen.} Bxd5
(13... exf3 14. exf3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 d6 $11 (15... Qf6 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bb2 Re3 18.
Qd2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qd8 $14)) 14. cxd5 exf3 15. exf3
Qe7 16. d6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Weiß opfert einen Bauern aber verschlechtert die
schwarze Bauernstruktur.} (16. Qd4 c5 17. dxc6 dxc6 $11 18. f4 Neg4 19. Bxc6 $2
Rad8 20. Qc4 Rc8 $19 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rc8c4]}) 16... Qxd6 (16... cxd6 17. Ba3
$14) 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. f4 $44 (18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Bb2 d5 $11) 18... Nc6 19. c4 (
19. Rd1 d5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Re1+ 22. Kf2 Rae8 $36) 19... d5 $1 $11 {
Schwarz opfert den Bauern zurück und gleicht das Spiel auch.} 20. cxd5 Nb4 21.
d6 {Der d6P ist scheinbar stark, aber später kann er eine Schwäche sein.} (21.
Bb2 Ng4 $132) 21... Rac8 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Rf3 Nc5 24. Bb4 Re4 25. Be1 $6 {
Dieser Läuferzug scheint mir etwa zu passiv zu sein.} (25. Ba3 Rd4 26. Rc3 Re8
27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxd6 $11) 25... Rd4 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Bf1 (27. Bf2 Rxd6
28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rd2 $36) 27... Rxd6 28. b4 {[%cal Gf3a3,Ga3a7] Das ist
die weiße Idee - es hängt der c5N und Weiß kann mit Ra3 den a7-Bauern
angreifen.} Rde6 (28... Nce4 29. Ra3 $36) 29. Bc3 Nce4 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Ra3 {
[%cal Ra3a7]} Re1 $1 {[%cal Ge8e1] Schwarz beschaeftigt sich nicht mit dem
a-Bauern, er strebt nach Gegenspiel.} (31... Ra8 32. b5 $44) 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33.
Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096]} Rb1 $15 {[%csl Gb1,Rf1,Rg1][%cal Gb1g1,Gb1b4] Schwarz steht
aktiver, der b1R steht ausgezeichnet und der weiße Läufer ist auf der
Grundlinie gefesselt.} 34. b5 (34. a3) 34... Kf8 {Statt konkrete Aktionen zu
starten bringt Schwarz bringt seinen König ins Zentrum.} (34... Ng4 $5 35. Ra8+
(35. Ra3 Nxh2 36. Kxh2 Rxf1 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra6 Ra1 39. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 40. Kh3 $15
) 35... Kh7 36. Re8 d5 $17 (36... Nxh2 37. Kxh2 Rxf1 38. Rb8 Rf2+ 39. Kh3 Rxa2
40. Rxb6 Rb2 41. Rd6 Rxb5 42. Rxd7 $15)) 35. Kg2 Ke7 (35... Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Rxh2
37. Ra6 $132) 36. h3 Nd5 37. Bd3 Rd1 38. Be2 Rd2 39. Kf3 Nc3 40. Bc4 Rd4 41.
Bf1 Kd6 (41... Rb4 $17 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rc3b5]}) 42. Rb7 Rd1 (42... Kc5 $5) 43.
Be2 Rd2 44. Bf1 (44. Bc4 Kc5 (44... f5 45. Ke3 $11) 45. Rc7+ Kd6 46. Rb7 $11)
44... Na4 45. Bc4 f6 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Kf3 Rc2 48. Bf7 (48. Bb3 $2 Rc3+ 49. Kg4
Nc5 $17 50. Rxb6+ Kc7 $19 {[%csl Rb6]}) 48... Rc3+ 49. Kg2 Rc2+ (49... Rc7 $1
50. Rb8 (50. Rxc7 Kxc7 $17) 50... Kc5 51. Bb3 Nc3 52. a4 d5 $17) 50. Kf3 Rc3+
51. Kg2 Rc2+ (51... Rc7 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Dieser Zug ist in der
Großmeisterpraxis sehr populär.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {Wir haben eigentlich
eine für die Sizilianische Verteidigung (Drachenvariante) typische Stellung
mit vertauschten Farben vor uns. Gewöhnlich bekommt Weiß Spiel am Damenflügel,
während Schwarz am Königsflügel oder im Zentrum zu attackieren versucht.} 7. d3
Be7 8. a3 Be6 (8... a5 {Dieser Zug ist gegen b2-b4 gerichtet, schwächt aber
den Damenflügel.} 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd2 $14) 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Nd4 (
10... a5 11. b5 Nd4) 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ (11... Bb3 12. Qc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1
f6 $6 (14... a5 $5 $11) 15. Ba1 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. b5 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Stohl,I
Dortmund-A 1991 CBM/23}) (11... Nb3 $6 12. Rb1 f6 13. Ne4 a5 14. Bxe5 $1 fxe5
15. Rxb3 Bxb3 16. Qxb3+ Qd5 17. Qc3 $44) 12. Bxf3 c6 {Nach diesem Zug ist der
Bf3 in seinem Bewegungsfreiraum eingeschränkt.} 13. Qc2 (13. Rc1 f6 14. b5 (14.
Qc2) 14... Rc8 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne4 c5 17. a4 Qd7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Ba3 Qb5 20.
Qd2 Nb4 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Huebner,R/
Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (23)}) (13. Ne4 $5 Nd7 14. Bc3 $1 (14. Qc2 {- 52/(38)})
14... Bd5 $1 15. Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. e4 (17. a4 $5) 17... Re8 18. Nh4 (
18. Re1 $5 {/\ d4}) 18... g6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Re1 Rad8 21. Qb3 a6 22. Rad1 c5
23. b5 $1 $14 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Stohl,I/Deutschland 1992/Inf 54/[Razuvaev,Y] (69)
}) 13... Nd7 (13... f6 14. Rac1 Qe8 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Qf7 17. b5 Bb3 18.
Qa5 Bd8 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qc5 Be7 21. Qe3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rc4
Rfb8 25. Qd2 Rb3 26. a4 Rab8 27. Bc3 Bb4 28. e4 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Qd4 30. Rxb3 Rxb3
31. Qxa5 Rxd3 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qxc6 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Veingold,A/Candas
1992/TD (58)}) 14. Ne4 Bd5 {Diese Stellung ist Großmeister Gurevich gut
bekannt - er spielte selbst so mit Schwarz! Der Nachziehende möchte im Falle
eines Zuges des Ne4 die weißfeldrigen Läufer abtauschen.} 15. Bc3 {Mit diesem
Zug bereitet Weiß Qb2 vor.} (15. Nd2 Bxf3 (15... Rc8 16. Rad1 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 c5
18. b5 Bd6 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Nc4 $2 (20. e4 $14 {Hjartarson,J}) 20... f5 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 $11 {Hjartarson,J-Lobron,E/Debrecen 1992/Inf 56 (21)}) (15... Bd6 $13 {
Yudasin,L-Gurevich,M Bern 1989 CBM/11}) 16. Nxf3 Bd6 (16... Bf6 17. Rad1 Qe7
18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Rd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Re3 Qf8 23. Nb3 Ng4 24.
Rxe8 Rxe8 25. h3 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Ne5 27. Qd4 $14 {Speelmann,J-Chandler,M
Hastings A 1988 CBM/11}) 17. d4 Re8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Bf8 20. Rfd1 Qc8 21.
Nf5 Qe6 22. Ne3 a5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Khalifman,A/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26/
[Ribli] (22)}) 15... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 16. Qb2 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e5]} 17. Bg4 {
[%cal Gg4c8] Auf den ersten Blick scheint es, als habe Weiß eine sehr gute
Stellung: der Nd7 ist gefesselt und der Pe5 schwach.} (17. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 18.
Qxe5 Bxe4 (18... Bxb4 19. Qb2 $13 {[%cal Gb2b7]}) 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. Qh5 g6 $17)
17... Rc7 18. f4 $13 (18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxe5 Bxe4 (19... Bf8) 20. dxe4 Bf8 21.
f3 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Red8 $44 {[%cal Gd8d1] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger,
beherrscht aber vollständig die offene d-Linie.}) 18... Bxe4 (18... exf4 $5 19.
Bxg7 (19. Rxf4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 $11) 19... Bxe4 20. dxe4 fxg3 21. Bh5 $13) 19.
dxe4 Bf6 20. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern.} Qe7
21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. fxe5 Bd8 $44 {[%csl Re2,Re4,Re5][%mdl 1024]
Weiß hat zwar einen Bauern mehr, aber angesichts des Tripelbauern auf der
e-Linie kann er nicht zufrieden sein.} 24. Kg2 Bc7 25. Bd4 a6 26. Qc3 Re6 {
Schwarz hat keine Probleme. Wenn es ihm gelingt, den Minusbauern (z.B. auf e5)
zurück zu gewinnen, bekommt er wegen der Bauernschwächen in der weißen
Stellung das bessere Spiel.} 27. Rf3 Qe8 28. Rd3 h6 (28... Bxe5 $4 29. Bxe5
Rxe5 30. Qxe5 $18) 29. Qd2 Kh7 {Jetzt droht schon 30...Bxe5 - mit Vorteil für
Schwarz.} (29... Bxe5 $4 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd8 $18) 30. Bc5 Rxe5 31. Rd7 $132
Rd5 $5 (31... b6 32. Rxc7 bxc5 33. bxc5 Rxe4 $15) 32. exd5 Qxd7 33. Qd3+ (33.
d6 Bd8) 33... Kg8 {[%mdl 4096]} 34. d6 $6 {Dieser Zug ist verlockend - Weiß
bekommt einen scheinbar starken Freibauern auf d6 - aber in Wirklichkeit kann
Schwarz den Bauern ausgezeichnet blockieren.} (34. e4 $11) 34... Bd8 35. h3 Qe6
36. e4 (36. d7 f5 {[%cal Gg8f7]}) 36... b6 37. Bf2 Kf8 $15 {[%csl Yd7][%cal
Gf8e8,Ge8d7]} 38. g4 (38. d7 $2 Ke7) 38... Ke8 39. Kf3 b5 (39... Kd7 $6 40.
Qxa6 $132) 40. Be3 (40. Bc5 Kd7 $15 {[%csl Rd6,Gd7]}) 40... Qf6+ $1 {Ein
wichtiges Schach - Schwarz lässt den Gegner nicht Qd4 spielen.} (40... Kd7 41.
Qd4 $132) 41. Ke2 Kd7 {[%csl Gd7] Der schwarze König befindet sich in einer
ausgezeichneten Blockadestellung auf d7. Der Pd6 ist eine Schwäche.} 42. Bd4
Qg6 $1 (42... Qxd6 43. Bxg7 $11) 43. Be5 h5 44. Qf3 (44. gxh5 $4 Qxh5+ {
[%cal Rh5e5,Rh5e2]}) 44... hxg4 45. hxg4 Bf6 46. Bxf6 $2 {Weiß verliert die
Geduld Nach dem Läufertausch kann er den Pd6 nicht halten.} (46. Bf4 Bd4 $15)
46... Qxf6 $17 47. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3a7,Ga7d7,Ga7a6]} Qxd6 (47... Kxd6 48. Qc5+ Kd7
49. Qa7+) 48. Qa7+ Ke6 49. Qxa6 Ke5 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5] Die Stellung ist nur
materiell ausgeglichen - dank des aktiven Königs hat Schwarz ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen.} 50. Qa7 Qe6 {[%cal Ge6f7,Ge6g4]} 51. Kf2 (51. Kf3 Qb3+ 52. Qe3
Qxe3+ 53. Kxe3 g5 $22 $19) 51... Qa2+ 52. Kg3 (52. Kf3 Qb3+ $17) 52... Kxe4 53.
Qc5 Qd5 {Alles in der schwarzen Stellung ist verteidigt.} 54. Qc1 (54. Qc2+
Qd3+ $19) 54... g5 55. Qe1+ Kd3 56. a4 bxa4 57. Qd1+ Kc3 58. Qxa4 (58. Qxd5
cxd5 59. b5 a3 60. b6 a2 61. b7 a1=Q 62. b8=Q Qg1+ 63. Kf3 (63. Kh3 Qf1+ $19 {
Weiß kann nichts gegen 64...Qf4+ ausrichten.}) 63... Qf1+ $19) 58... Qd3+ (
58... Qd3+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 $6 (6... e4 $5)
7. Nd5 $1 Bf8 (7... Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. exd4
cxd4 13. d6 $1 Qf6 14. d3 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qa6 16. b4 $16 {Timman,J-Huebner,R
Sarajevo cm/5 1991 51/39 CBM/22}) (7... Bc5 8. d3 h6 9. Rb1 $14 {Gedevanishili,
D-Handoko,E Sydney Cepacol 1991 CBM/23}) 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Nd2 $1 c6
11. e3 Ne6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. b3 a5 15. Rb1 d6 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Qd2 $14
h6 18. Kh1 Ng5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nh7 21. e4 Qd8 22. f5 a4 $6 (22... Qh4 23.
Rf4 Qg5 24. Rg1 $16) 23. Nxa4 d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf6 26. Bxb7 Ra7 (26...
Bd6 $5) 27. Bg2 $16 Bd6 28. Bd4 Bb8 29. Bb6 Qc8 30. Bxa7 Bxa7 31. Nc3 $18 Ng4
32. Nd5 Bc6 33. Qf4 h5 34. Rb2 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Be3 36. Qf3 Qc5 37. Rg2 Qd4 38. f6
$1 g6 39. h3 Nf2+ 40. Rfxf2 Bxf2 41. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. b4 a5 $6 (9... O-O $5) 10. b5 Nd4 11. Rb1 f6 (11... a4 12. Nxe5 $1
Bb3 13. Rxb3 $1 axb3 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Nc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Qxb3 $18) 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 $1 Bd5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. e4 $1 dxe3 16. dxe3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Qxd1 18. Rxd1 $14 a4 19. Bb2 Bc5 20. Rbc1 Ke7 21. Rc4 Rhd8 22. Re4+ Kf7 23. Rc1
Ra5 24. Bc3 Rxb5 25. Rxa4 Rb3 26. Bd4 Bd6 $2 (26... Bxd4 27. Rc7+ $1 Kg6 28.
exd4 Rd3 29. Rxb7 R3xd4 30. Raa7 Rg8 31. Rxb6 $16) (26... Rxa3 $5 27. Rxa3 Bxa3
28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Bxb6 Rd2 $14) 27. Ra7 Rd7 28. a4 Ke6 29. g4 Be5 30. Bxe5 fxe5
31. Ra8 $1 Rb2 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Rxe5 Rb4 34. Kg3 Rxa4 35. Rb5 Ra6 36. Rc4 $18
g6 37. h4 Kg7 38. h5 Rf7 39. Re4 Ra1 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Rf4 Ra6 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7
43. Kf4 Ke6 44. e4 Kf6 45. e5+ Kf7 46. Rd5 Ke7 47. Kg5 Ra5 48. Rd4 Rxe5+ 49.
Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Schwarz möchte mit
Springertausch die Stellung vereinfachen. Die Alternativen sind 4...Bc5, 4...
Bb4 und 4...d5. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 {Die Annahme des Baueropfers wäre mehr
als gefährlich.} Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $36) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5
{Dieser Zug wird seltener als der Partiezug gespielt. Schwarz plaziert in der
Partie den Läufer eigentlich nur auf c5, weil Weiß seine Dame etwas
unglücklich nach b3 stellt.}) 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 $13) (7. d4 e4 8. Bg2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 {Schwarz
beugt eventuellem 10.Bg5 vor.} 10. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 7... Bc5 (7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9.
Rd1 (9. d3 Re8 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 $1 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Lalic,B-Ristic,N/Metz 1995 (25)}) 9... d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 $6 12. Qc2
Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25}) 8. O-O (8.
Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 $1 14. b3 h6
15. Bb2 Nh7 $11 {Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996/Inf 67 (17)}) 8... O-O
9. d3 (9. Na4 {Weiß vertreibt so den Läufer, stellt aber seinen Springer
schlecht.} Be7 10. Rd1 c6 $1 (10... d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14.
Be3 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 62 ext (47)}) 11. Nc3 (11. d4
$5 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8
18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg
1994/CBM 43 ext (32)}) 11... d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7
16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Rubinstein mem
1996/CBM 55}) 9... h6 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen Bg5.} (9... a6 10. a3 d6
11. Bg2 $5 Rb8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Bg5 $1 (13. b4 $6 Ba7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
$11 {Skembris,S-Drasko,M/Jagodina 1994/Inf 61/[Skembris,S] (36)}) 13... h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. b4 $1 $14 {Damljanovic,B}) (9... Re8 $5
10. Bd2 c6 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qa4 Bf8 13. Rfd1 d6 14. b4 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Hansen,
C-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (45)}) (9... c6) 10. Bd2 (10. e3
a6 11. Rd1 Ba7 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd5 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/
Merrillville 1997/Inf 71/[Van Wely,L] (32)} (14. Qc2 d6 15. b3 Bf5 $11)) (10.
Na4 Be7 11. Be3 c6 (11... d6 12. Nc3 c6 13. d4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,
M-Khalifman,A/Narva 1998/CBM 67/[Khalifman] (62)}) 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14.
Rfc1 Qe7 $11 {Minasian,A-Nikolic,P/Erevan 1996/CBM 53/[Ribli]/0-1 (70)}) 10...
Re8 11. Bg2 (11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Ribli] (31)}) 11... c6 {Ein Schlüsselzug
in dieser Variante. Schwarz schränkt die Beweglichkeit des Läufers g2 ein.} 12.
Rac1 Bb6 13. Qa4 {Die Dame kann nicht ewig auf b3 bleiben. Die positionelle
weiße Drohung besteht jetzt im Vormarsch des b-Bauern.} d6 (13... d5 $2 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $16 {[%cal Ga4e8]}) 14. b4 Be6 $11 {Schwarz
hat eine feste Stellung ohne Schwächen. Die weiße Initiative am Damenflügel
ist nicht so gefährlich, denn Schwarz hat Reserven im Zentrum.} 15. b5 d5 (
15... cxb5 $6 16. Qxb5 $14) 16. bxc6 (16. cxd5 cxd5 $15) 16... bxc6 17. cxd5
cxd5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Weiß kann das starke schwarze Zentrum nicht sprengen.} 18.
Qa3 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4c5]} Rb8 $1 {Ein ausgezeichneter positioneller Zug, dessen
Idee im 23.Zug klar wird.} (18... Rc8 19. Na4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ba5 21. Bc3 $11)
19. Na4 Ba5 20. Bc3 (20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Rc5 Qa6 $15 {[%csl Ra4]}) 20... d4 (
20... Bxc3 21. Nxc3 $11) 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 {[%csl Ra4]} 22. Rc5 {[%cal Rc5e5,Rc5a5]
Weiß scheint Aktivität am Damenflügel zu entfalten, aber sein Springer steht
auf a4 schlecht.} Qa6 23. Rc6 (23. Rxe5 Bd7 $19 {[%csl Ra4]}) 23... Rb6 $1 $15
{Ein schönes Motiv. Der Springer a4 ist gefesselt, so daß Weiß tauschen muß
und Schwarz mit dem b-Bauern zurücknehmen kann.} 24. Rxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra4]} 25.
Qb4 $8 Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gc8c1] Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet
auf c8. Weiß kann nicht auf b6 nehmen.} (25... b5 26. Nc5 $132) 26. a3 (26.
Nxb6 $2 Rb8 27. Rb1 Nd7 $19) 26... Rc2 {[%csl Gc2]} 27. Re1 (27. Nxb6 Rxe2 $15)
27... Nd7 28. f4 $5 {Weiß sucht taktische Gegenchancen am Königsflügel.} (28.
Nb2 Rc3 $15 (28... Qa5 $15)) 28... b5 (28... exf4 29. gxf4 {[%csl Rd4]} b5 30.
Nb2 Qb6 $15) 29. Nb2 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3]} 30. fxe5 (30. Ra1 Rb3 31. Qd2 exf4 32.
gxf4 Rxa3 $19) 30... Rb3 {[%cal Rb3b4,Rb3b2]} (30... Qxa3 31. Qxb5 Rb3 32. Nc4
Rxb5 33. Nxa3 Rb2 $11) 31. Qxd4 Qxa3 32. Nd1 {Weiß hat in der ganzen Partie
Schwierigkeiten mit seinem Springer.} Rb1 {[%csl Gb1,Rd1][%cal Gb1g1] Schwarz
hat zwar einen Bauern weniger, aber der weiße e5-Bauer ist schwach und die
Fesselung auf der Rrundreihe ist für Weiß unangenehm, während der schwarze
b-Freibauer sehr gefährlich ist.} 33. Rf1 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Rb1d1,Ra4d1] Dieser
Zug forciert den Damentausch und der entstehende a-freibauer ist ncoh
gefährlicher als der in der b-Linie.} 34. Qxa4 bxa4 {[%csl Ga4]} 35. Nc3 (35.
d4 a3 36. Nc3 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Nb6 {Das ist nur Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 a3 37. d4 Nb6 $5 (37... a2 38. Nxa2
Bxa2 $17) 38. Ke1 (38. d5 $2 Nxd5 39. Nxd5 a2 $19) 38... a2 39. Nxa2 Bxa2 $17 {
Weiß hat nur zwei Bauern für die Figur, aber wegen des reduzierten Materials
muß Schwarz präzise spielen.} 40. Kd2 Kf8 41. e4 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 (42. Kc3 Ne3 43.
Bh3 (43. Bf3 Nf1 $19 {[%cal Gf1h2,Gf1g3]}) 43... Be6 44. Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 42...
Ke7 43. Bf3 Kd7 44. Kc3 (44. Bg4+ Kc6 $17 45. e6 fxe6 46. Bxe6 Ne5+ {[%cal
Re5d3,Ra2e6]} 47. dxe5 Bxe6 $19) 44... Nb6 45. d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ge5] Wegen
der starken weißen Bauernmasse im Zentrum ist die Verwertung für Schwarz gar
nicht so einfach.} Ke7 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Bg4 {Weiß muß wenn möglich seine Bauern
auf d5 und e5 behaupten. Ansonsten verliert die Bauernmasse an Elastizität und
kann von Schwarz blockiert werden.} Bb3 48. Bh3 Nf8 49. Bg4 Ba4 {Schwarz
aktiviert seinen Läufer, der auf b3 und a2 keine aktive Rolle spielte.} 50. Be2
Bd7 51. h4 Bh3 52. Bb5 Bg4 {[%csl Gg4]} 53. Bc4 Ng6 {[%csl Gg6]} 54. Bb3 f6 $1
55. e6 (55. exf6+ gxf6 $17 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg6e5,Ge7d6] Endlich hat Schwarz
auf e5 einen Vorposten für seinen Springer und daher ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen.}) 55... Kd6 56. Bc2 Ne5 {Schwarz hat mit seiner
Springerstellung auf e5 etwas erreicht, aber der Bauer e6 bietet Weiß einige
Konterchancen.} 57. Ke3 Kc5 58. Ba4 (58. e7 Bd7 $19 {[%cal Gc5d6,Gd6e7]}) 58...
Ng6 59. Bb3 Kd6 60. Kd4 f5 $1 61. e7 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern. Er möchte die
Bauernaufstellung d5 / e5 erreichen.} (61. exf5 Ne7 $17 (61... Bxf5 $17)) (61.
e5+ $2 Nxe5 62. e7 Nf3+ $19 (62... Bh5 $19)) 61... Kxe7 62. e5 f4 63. gxf4 Nxf4
64. Kc5 (64. d6+ Kd8 $19) 64... Ng6 {[%cal Rg6e5,Rg6h4]} 65. e6 Nxh4 66. d6+
Kd8 67. e7+ {Weiß hat das Maximum erreicht, kommt aber nicht weiter voran.} Ke8
68. Bc2 (68. Ba4+ Bd7 $19) 68... Bd7 $19 {Die weißen Bauern sind blockiert und
Schwarz besitzt eine klare Mehrfigur.} 69. Bd1 g6 (69... Kf7 $19) 70. Kd5 Nf5 {
[%cal Gf5d6,Gf5e7]} 71. Ke5 h5 (71... Nxe7 72. dxe7 Kxe7 $19 {Mit zwei
verbundenen Freibauern steht Schwarz auf Gewinn. Nur mit schwarzfeldrigen
Läufern hätte Weiß Remischancen, denn in diesem Fall wäre die Stellung mit
König gegen Läufer und h-Bauern remis.}) 72. Kf6 Nxd6 73. Kxg6 Bg4 74. Bc2 (74.
Bxg4 hxg4 $19) 74... Kxe7 75. Kg5 Nf7+ 76. Kh4 Kf6 77. Ba4 Nd6 {Schwarz
gewinnt mit dem h-Bauern leicht. Weiß gab daher auf.} (77... Nd6 78. Kg3 Kg5
$19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 $5 9. a3 (9. d3 {Hansen,LB-Romanishin,O/Altensteig/1993/CBM37/}) 9...
O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Bf5 $5 (11... Bxb4 12. Nxe5 Bxc3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
dxc3 $14) 12. b5 (12. d3 $2 Bxb4 $1) 12... Nd4 (12... Bxb1 13. bxc6 Bf5 14.
cxb7 Rb8 15. Nxe5 $16) 13. d3 Bg4 14. Re1 (14. Nxe5 Na4 $3 15. Nxa4 (15. Nxg4
Nxc3 $19) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxa4 $19) 14...
Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Bf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf6 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. f4 $1 $10 Nd7 20.
fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qc2 Rfd8 (21... Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Re7 $44) 22.
d4 Ng6 23. Rc1 Qb4 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. Qc4 Nf8 26. Rf4 Rab8 27. h4 c6 28. Rf5 Qe6
29. Qd3 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxf5 32. bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 a5 (5... Bc5 $5 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 d6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nxd5 13. bxc5 Ndb4
$10 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,An Tilburg 1991 CBM/26 53/44}) (5... d6 6. Nxb4 Nxb4
7. d3 O-O 8. a3 (8. Bg2 $5) 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 a5 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2
f6 13. O-O $14 {Hansen,Cu-Kindermann,S Hamburg SKA 1991 CBM/24}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O d6 8. Nxb4 Nxb4 (8... axb4 $5) 9. d3 Bg4 10. b3 Qd7 11. Re1 (11. Bb2 Bh3 $1
) 11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. a3 Qf5 14. Qd2 Qh5 15. b4 $1 h6 16. h4 $5 Bd7 17.
b5 Nd8 18. Nh2 a4 19. Rab1 (19. Rac1 $5) 19... Bc8 20. e3 Qg6 21. c5 $1 dxc5
22. Rbc1 Nd7 23. d4 $1 e4 (23... exd4 24. exd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 $146) 24. dxc5 c6
25. b6 Ne6 26. Qb4 f5 27. Red1 Qf7 28. Bf1 Qe7 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 31.
Nf1 Ne5 32. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 33. Nd2 $14 Be6 34. Nc4 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Re7 36. Rd6 Qb2
37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Ra5 39. Kg2 h5 (39... Re5 40. Rd7 Raxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42.
Rxb7 Rc3 43. Rf7 $1 Rxa3 44. Rxf5 Rb3 45. Ra5 Rxb6 46. Rxa4 $16) 40. f4 exf3+
41. Kxf3 Re5 42. Rd7 Raxc5 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Rxb7 Rc3 45. Rf7 Rxa3 46. Rxf5 Rb3
47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Ra5 Rxb6 49. Rxa4 $16 c5 50. g4 Kf6 51. Kf4 Rc6 52. Rc4 g6
53. e4 Rc8 54. g5+ Ke6 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. h5 gxh5+ 57. Kxh5 Kg7 58. Kg4 Kg6 59.
Kf4 Rc6 60. e5 Ra6 61. Re4 Re6 62. Ra4 Rb6 63. Rc4 Ra6 64. Ke4 Kxg5 65. Kd5 Kf5
66. Rc1 $1 (66. Rxc5 $2 Re6 67. Kd4 Re8 $10) 66... Ra5 67. Rf1+ Kg6 68. e6 c4+
69. Kd4 c3 $2 (69... Ra7 $10) 70. e7 Ra4+ 71. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 (9... d6 $5 {Tal,M-Kholmov,R/Tbilisi/INF08,31/}) 10. cxd5 Qxd5
11. d4 $5 (11. Ne3 Qh5 12. Rb1 b6 13. f3 Ne5 $1 14. fxe4 Neg4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 $44
{Larsen,B-Adams,M/Buenos Aires Najdorf/1991/CBM24/}) 11... Qh5 (11... Na5 12.
Ne3 Qc6 13. d5 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qa3 15. Qc1 $1 $16) 12. f3 Bh3 13. g4 Qh4 14. Ne3
g6 15. Bd2 exf3 16. Bxh3 $1 f2+ (16... Qxh3 17. Rxf3 Qh4 18. Ng2 Qxg4 19. Rxf6
Rxe2 20. Rf2 $18) 17. Rxf2 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Qxh3 19. Rf3 Qxg4+ 20. Kh1 Nd5 (20...
Ne4 21. Qb3 $1 $16 (21. Rf4 $2 Ng3+ $1 $44)) 21. Qb3 Qe6 22. Bg1 Na5 23. Qb5 b6
24. c4 Ne7 25. Re3 (25. Raf1 Qe4 $1 $14) 25... Qd6 26. Rf1 Nec6 27. Qd5 Rf8 28.
Ref3 Qe7 29. a3 Nd8 30. Re3 Ne6 31. Qe4 Nxc4 $1 32. d5 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Re8 34.
dxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rc1 c5 37. Rc2 Rd6 38. Kg2 f5 39. Be3 Kf7 40. Kf3
Ke6 41. Rc1 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Kisela Voda"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug wird selten
gespielt, ist aber gar nicht schlecht. Die Alternativen 4...Bb4 und
hauptsaechtlich 4...d5 sind populärer.} 5. Bg2 (5. Nh4 c6 6. e3 Ne6 7. d4 exd4
8. exd4 d5) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 (7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Bd2 c6 10.
Qa4 Be7 $11) 7... Bc5 (7... a5) 8. d3 {Das ist eine schlaue Zugfolge. Mit
d2-d3 Weiss bereitet den Zug Bc1-g5 vor und Schwarz spielt gewöhnlich h6, um
das zu verhindern. Aber jetzt bekäme Weiss nach 8...h6 gefährliche Initiative
am Koenigsfluegel.} O-O {Das ist die ruhige Fortsetzung fuer Schwarz - die
"Drohung" 9.Bg5 ist nicht gefaehrlich.} (8... h6 $6 9. h4 c6 10. g4 d6 11. g5
hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Ng4 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Qa3 Bc7 16. Bd2 $14) (8... c6
9. g4 d6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Bd2 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $17) 12... Bh3+ (
12... Bb4 $5 13. a3 Bd2) 13. Bg2 Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qd7
17. Rhf1 Ne7 $13) 9. O-O (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13.
O-O d6 14. Qc3 a5 $11) 9... c6 {Das ist ein Schluesselzug in dieser Variante -
auf diese Weise neutralisiert Schwarz den g2-Läufer.} (9... Re8) 10. Bd2 (10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3 a5 $11) 10... Re8 11.
Bg2 (11. Rac1 h6 12. Qa4 Bf8 13. Rfd1 d6 14. b4 Bg4 $11 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. b5
Qd7 {0-1 Hansen,C-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (45)}) 11... Bf8 {
Ein prophylaktischer Zug und auch ein typisches Motiv in dieser Variante -
Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen den spaeter moeglichen Zug b2-b4.} (11... Bb6 12.
Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Rac1 d6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 a6
19. a4 a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21. Rxb4 Ba5 22. Rb2 Qc7 23. Reb1 Reb8 {1/2-1/2
Portisch,L-Huebner,R/Abano Therme 1980/Candidates (38)}) 12. Qa4 {[%cal Gb2b4,
Gb4b5]} h6 13. Rac1 (13. b4 $5) 13... a6 (13... d6 14. b4 $14) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 $11 {Interessant, dass wir noch alle Bauern auf dem Brett haben. Weiss
hat vielleicht mikroskopischen Positionsvorteil, weil seine Läufer aktiver
stehen als die schwarzen "Kollegen". Aber die schwarze Stellung ist fest und
gut verteidigungsfaehig.} d6 16. Ba5 Qg5 17. Qb3 h5 (17... f5 $5 18. Bg2 $11)
18. h4 Qe7 19. Qb6 {[%csl Gb6]} g5 $5 $36 {[%mdl 32] Mit diesem Zug moechte
Schwarz sich die Initiative am Koenigsfluegel verschaffen.} 20. hxg5 Qxg5 {
[%cal Gh5h4]} 21. Qe3 Qxe3 (21... Bh6 22. Qxg5+ Bxg5 23. e3 $11) 22. fxe3 {
Es gibt beiderseitige Bauernschwächungen in der Stellung. Der h5P und der f7P
sind schwach in der schwarze Stellung, dafür hat Weiss einen Doppelbauern auf
der e-Linie.} Bh6 23. Kf2 (23. Bd2 Kg7 $11) 23... Bg4 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rh1 (25.
Bxg4 $2 fxg4 $17 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge8f8,Gf8f2]} (25... hxg4 $15)) 25... Kg7 26.
Rcf1 e4 (26... Kg6 $15) 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Rh4 {[%csl Rg4]} Bg5 (
29... Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Rxg4+ Kf5 34. Rh4 Bxe3
35. Rh7 $11) 30. Rxg4 Kg6 $44 {[%csl Rg4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger,
aber der e3P ist schwach und der g4R steht passiv.} 31. Kg2 Rac8 (31... d5 $2
32. Bc7 {[%cal Gc7f4,Gf4g5]} Kh5 33. Kh3 $16) (31... Re6 $44) 32. Bc3 {Jetzt
droht 33.Rf6+, oder 33.Bf6.} Re6 33. a4 Rce8 34. a5 {Auf diese Weise blockiert
Weiss die schwarzen Bauern am Damenfluegel.} Rg8 35. Rff4 $14 {Es ist nicht
leicht für Weiss Fortschritte zu machen, aber er steht aktiver.} Rge8 36. Kh3
R8e7 {Schwarz kann seine Stellung nicht verbessern, er muss abwarten, was
Weiss unternimmt.} 37. Rf8 Re8 38. Rff4 R8e7 39. Rf8 Re8 40. Rf1 R8e7 {Schwarz
waere - natuerlich - zufrieden mit der Zugwiederholung.} {[#]} 41. Rgf4 $1 {
Weiss opfert eine Qualitaet, um seine Bauern zu verbinden.} Bxf4 (41... Re8 42.
Rf5 $14) 42. exf4 {[%csl Gf4,Gg3][%cal Gc3h8] Weiss hat eigentlich zwei
verbundene Freibauern am Koenigsfluegel, die sehr stark sind, besonders mit
der Unterstuetzung des Läufers.} Rh7+ 43. Kg4 {[%csl Gg4]} Kf7 44. f5 Re8 45.
Kf4 (45. e3 Rh2 46. Kf4 Rg2 $132) 45... e3 $1 {Schwarz muss so spielen. Der
Bauern kann spaeter schwach sein, aber dieser Zug bietet aktives Gegenspiel
fuer Schwarz.} 46. g4 Rh2 47. Kf3 Rg8 48. Be1 {Der Laufer kann auch nach g3
kommen und in einigen Varianten den Turmzug Rh4 verhindern.} Rgh8 {[%cal Gh8h1,
Gh1e1] Schwarz verteidigt sich gut - er moechte den f1-Turm tauschen.} (48...
d5 $2 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Ge1g3]} 49. cxd5 cxd5 50. Bg3 Rh7 51. Rd1 $16) 49. g5
Rh1 50. Rxh1 Rxh1 {[%mdl 4096] Die weissen Bauern sind stark am Koenigsfluegel
und der e3P ist schwach, aber mit dem Turm kann Schwarz sich erfolgreich
verteidigen.} 51. Bc3 Rf1+ 52. Ke4 (52. Kxe3 $2 Rxf5 $19) 52... Rf2 {[%csl Re2,
Gf2]} 53. g6+ Kf8 54. Bd4 Rxe2 55. Bxe3 Kg7 (55... Rxb2 $2 56. f6 Rh2 57. Bf4
$18) 56. Kf3 Rc2 (56... Rxb2 $4 57. Bd4+ $18 {[%cal Rd4b2,Rd4g7]}) 57. Bd4+ Kh6
58. Be3+ (58. Bc3) 58... Kg7 59. Bd4+ Kh6 60. Bc3 Rh2 61. Kg3 Re2 62. Kf3 Re8 (
62... Rh2) 63. Bd2+ Kh5 (63... Kg7 64. Bc3+ Kh6) 64. Be3 d5 {Endlich
mobilisiert Schwarz seinen d-Bauern.} 65. cxd5 cxd5 66. b4 Rd8 (66... d4 67.
Bxd4 Kg5 $11) 67. Bc5 Re8 68. g7 Rg8 69. f6 (69. Bf8 Kg5 $19 {[%csl Rf5]})
69... Kg6 70. Be7 (70. Bd4 Re8 $11) 70... Kf7 71. Kf4 Rc8 (71... Ke6 72. Kg5
Kf7 73. Kf5 Rc8 $11) 72. Ke5 d4 73. Kxd4 Ke6 74. Bf8 Kf7 75. Kd5 Rc6 $11 {
[%csl Gc6] Weiss hat schon zwei verbundene Bauern fuer die Qualitaet, aber der
c6R verhindert alle weissen Gewinnversuche.} 76. Be7 Kg8 77. Ke5 Kf7 78. Bd6
Rc8 79. Kf5 Rd8 80. Ke5 Rc8 81. Bc5 Rc6 82. Be7 Re6+ 83. Kd4 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Diese
Variante ist sehr populär in der letzten Zeit - in der assymmetrische Stellung
hat Weiss Chancen am Damenfluegel (der g2B unterstuetzt seines Spiel), dafür
steht Schwarz stark im Zentrum.} 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 {Diese ganze Variante ist
eigentlich die Drachenvariante der sizilianische Verteidigung, aber mit
umgekehrten Farben.} O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug
scheint mir natuerlicher, als die Alternative 11...a5.} (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4)
12. Bb2 (12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Re8 17.
Rfc1 Qd7 18. b5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Bareev,E/Ubeda 1997/CBM
58 (30)}) (12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 (13. Bb2) (13. e3) 13... Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3
Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Bf8 {[%cal Gf7d7,Gd8d3]} 18. Qc2 $11) (12. Nxd4 exd4
13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bf6 $13) 12... Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ba1 (14. Qc2 Qe8 (14... a5 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Rc8 17. Bc3 Nd5
18. Qb2 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Qd7 20. Qa1 Rc7 21. Rb6 Bf7 22. Rfb1 Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Hertneck,G-Gurevich,M/Germany 1993/GER-chT (33)}) 15. Ne4 Ba2 16. Rbc1 Bd5 17.
Nd2 Qf7 18. d4 $5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Huebner,R/
Munich 1990/CBM 18/[Ribli] (37)}) (14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. Ba1 Qe8 17. Qc2
Qf7 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 f5 20. Nd2 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Suba,M-Wolff,P/Preston 1989/
CBM 14 (74)}) 14... Rf7 {[%mdl 4] Das ist ein typischer prophylaktischer Zug
in solchen Stellungen - Schwarz moechte im Folgenden Bf8 und Rd7 ziehen.} (
14... a5) 15. a4 (15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Ba6 Bxa3 18. Bxb5 (18. Nxb5 Bf8
$15) 18... a5 $15) (15. Qc2 $11) 15... a5 {Schwarz muss so spielen, sonst
Weiss spielt selbst 16.a5 mit Initiative am Damenfluegel.} 16. bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {
Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung, ohne Schwächungen, aber mit der offenen
b-Linie und mit zwei Läufern auf der grossen Diagonalen steht Weiss auch nicht
schlecht.} 17. Bh5 $5 {Weiss verfolgt eine genuegsame Wartetaktik, er moechte
17...Rf8 forcieren bzw. hofft auf die Schwächung des Koenigsfluegels mit 17...
g6.} (17. Qc2 $11) 17... g6 (17... Rf8 18. Bf3) 18. Bf3 Bc5 {[%cal Gf7d7,Gd8d1]
} 19. Qc2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. e3 Kg7 22. g4 $5 $13 {[%cal Gg4g5,Ga1g7] Eine
originelle Fortsetzung - Weiss schwaecht selber seine Koenigsstellung, aber
droht zugleich mit g4-g5.} Nd5 (22... h6 $5) 23. g5 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5
cxd5 25. g5 Rc7 26. Qb3 Qd7 $17) 23... Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Rc5 25. gxf6+ $6 (25. Qb2
$5 $13) 25... Bxf6 26. Be4 {[%csl Ge4]} Bd5 $15 (26... Bf5 27. f3 (27. Bxf5
gxf5 28. Kh1 Kh8 $15) 27... Bxe4 28. fxe4 {Auf diese Weise bekommen wir die
Partiefortsetzung.}) 27. f3 Bxe4 28. fxe4 (28. dxe4 $4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxc3 $19)
28... Bg5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re3,Rg1] Schwarz hat das bessere Figurenspiel - der
e3P ist kaum zu verteidigen und die weisse Koenigsstellung ist auch angreifbar.
} 29. Qb3 (29. Qd2 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxc3 $17) 29... Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rf7 $6 (30...
Qf6 $1 31. Rf1 Bf2 $19) 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 $132 {Ploetzlich hat Weiss
Gegenspiel - jetzt ist die schwarze Koenigstellung etwas unsicher.} Qd7 (32...
Qxd3 $4 33. Bxe5+ $18 {[%cal Rb3d3,Re5g7]}) 33. Bb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gb3,Gf1]
[%cal Gb2a3,Ga3f8,Gf8g7][%mdl 64]} b5 34. Ba3 bxa4 35. Qb8 {[%cal Rb8f8,Rf8g7]
Droht Matt auf f8.} Qe7 36. Qa8 Kh6 (36... Ra5 37. Qxa5 Qxa3 38. Qxe5+ Kh6 39.
Rf3 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 $36) 37. Qxa4 Bf4 38. Bxc5 (38. Qa8 $5 Kg7 (38...
Qh4 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Rxf4 $18) 39. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) (38. Qb4 Qh4 39. Rxf4 Qxf4
40. Qxc5 Qf1+ 41. Qg1 Qf3+ $11) 38... Qxc5 $11 {[%csl Gf4] Schwarz hat einen
Bauern fuer die Qualitaet und sein f4B steht besonders stark.} 39. Qa2 Qe3 40.
Qf2 (40. Qf2 Qxd3 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Das ist eine ruhige, positionelle
Fortsetzung, ebenso, wie 4...Bc5. Die Alternative 4...d5 führt zu schärferem
Spiel.} 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 (6. dxc3 {Dieser Tausch wäre auch möglich, aber
die Partiefortsetzund ist dynamischer.}) 6... d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 {Schwarz
verhindert die Fesselungsmöglichkeit 9.Bg5. Stark in Betracht kommt 8...e4,
was zu Vereinfachungen und gleichem Spiel führt.} (8... e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3
(10. Nxc6 dxe2 11. Qxe2 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 $11) 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 c6 12. Rb1
h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Qe1 Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Fridman,D-Van den Doel,E/Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM 63 ext (32)}) 9. Rb1 (9.
e4 $5) 9... Rb8 {Schwarz kann hier auch 9...e4 spielen, mit gleichen Chancen.}
(9... e4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe4 Nxc4 12. f4 c5 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. Qxc4 dxc3 15.
Qxc3 Re8 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Ba1 Rc8 18. Qd4 b6 {0-1 Otten,C-Peng,Z/Leeuwarden
2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 10. e4 {Weiß verstärkt seine Zentrumstellung und er muss
nicht mehr mit e5-e4 rechnen.} (10. h3 $5 a6 (10... e4 $5) 11. a4 Be6 12. e4
Nh7 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. g4 Na5 15. Bd2 c5 16. Nf5 b6 17. f4 f6 18. h4 {1-0
Mamedyarov,S-Drabke,L/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (30)}) 10... Be6 (10... Nd7 11. Nh4
Ne7 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qe2 c6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. d4 Qa5 17. Bd2 b6 18.
c5 dxc5 19. fxe5 Nh7 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. d5 Ba6 22. c4 Qxa2 23. Rc1 b5 {1/2-1/2
Hummel,D-Zauner,J/Pfarrkirchen 1989/EXT 2001 (29)}) 11. h3 {Weiß verhindert
das Manöver 11...Qd7 und 12...Bh3.} (11. Nh4 $5 Qd7 12. f4 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3
14. Nf5 $14) 11... Nd7 (11... Qd7 12. Kh2 $14) 12. Nh4 {Bereitet die
Möglichkeit f2-f4 vor.} Ne7 $11 {[%mdl 256] Schwarz verbessert seine
Springerstellung und bereitet 13...f5 vor.} 13. Qe2 (13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 f5
$11) (13. Be3 b6 $11) 13... f5 $1 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 32] Weiß ist
nicht zufrieden mit den Vereinfachungen, so geht er mit dem Springer zurück.} (
15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Bxh3 $11) 15... Qf6 {Schwarz hat eine
feste Stellung ohne Schwächen, aber die weiße Stellung scheint mir dynamischer
zu sein.} (15... a6 16. Nd4 $14) (15... c6 $5 $11) 16. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4]} b6
17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Kh2 Rbe8 19. f4 {Endlich konnte Weiß den Durchbruch f2-f4
durchführen, er möchte die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar öffnen.} exf4 20. Bxf4
$14 {[%csl Gf4,Gg2]} Kh8 (20... Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qd2 $14) 21. Rbe1 Nf6 {
Schwarz muss den starken Springer tauschen.} 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. g4 Nh4 $2 {
Dieser Springerzug ist ziemlich optimistisch - es wäre viel besser mit dem
genügsamem Springerzug 23...Ne7 fortzusetzen. Nun befindet sich der h4N in
großer Not.} (23... Ne7 $14) 24. Bc6 $16 Ref8 (24... Bd7 25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26.
Rxe8+ Kh7 27. Be4 Nf5 28. Ra8 $18) (24... Re7 25. Be4 Qe8 26. g5 $18) 25. Bg3 {
[%csl Rh4]} Rxf1 (25... Bd7 26. Bxd7 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Bc6 $18) 26. Rxf1
Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Qg5 28. Qe1 $18 {[%cal Re1h4,Re1e6]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 $5 (5... e4 $6 {Lautier,
J-Karpov,An/Dortmund/1993/CBM35/INF57,40/}) 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Bg4 (
8... Bb6 9. d4 Bg4 $13 {Ehlvest,J-Hansen,Cu/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/}) (8...
a6 {Cvetkovic,S-Janosevic,D/Yugoslavia/1982/INF34,(41)/}) 9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bxf3
10. Bxf3 Nxd5 (10... Re8 $5 {Zueger,B-Fauland,A/SWZ-chI/1992/CBM31/}) 11. cxd5
(11. Bxd5 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 11... Ne7 12. b3 Qd7 13. Bg2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
Bb2 d5 16. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 17. d4 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,An/Merano m/1981/INF32,
45/}) 10. d3 (10. g4 $5 Bg6 11. d4 Bb6 (11... exd4 $2 12. exd4 Bb6 13. Bg5 $16)
12. dxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. b4 $5) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bxb7 Rb8
16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bg2 (17. Ba6 Bd3 18. Re1 Ne4 $44) 17... Bd3 18. Re1 Bxc4 19.
b3 Bd3 20. Bb2 $14 {Cvetkovic,S-Farago,I/Beograd/1982/INF34,41/}) 10... a5 11.
a3 Ba7 12. Nc3 (12. b3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. e4 c6 $13) 12... Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7
14. Rb1 (14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Bg6 $13) 14... Ne7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Qb3
Bg6 18. Rd1 h6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Ne4 Bb8 21. Ba3 Nf8 22. b5 Ne6 23. Ra1 Qd7 $1
24. Nc3 (24. c5 d5 (24... dxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 cxb5 28.
Ra8 $44) 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Nc8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qb4 Rd8 $13) 24... Bc7 $13
25. d4 exd4 26. exd4 Ng5 27. Kh2 Ba5 $5 28. Bb2 (28. Bb4 $5 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxa1
30. Rxa1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. h4 Ne4 $10) 28... Bxc3 $5 29. Bxc3 Be4 $5 30. f3
Bh7 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Re1 d5 $1 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Bb4 dxc4 35. Qxc4 (35. Rxe7
$4 cxb3 36. Rxd7 b2 $19) 35... Nd5 36. f4 Ne6 37. Bd2 (37. Nf3 $5 f6 $5 (37...
Ra4 $6 38. Ne5 Qb7 39. Nxc6 Nxb4 40. d5 $44)) 37... Re8 38. Nf3 f6 $5 39. Rc1
Be4 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Ndxf4 $1 42. Rd6 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Nc7 44. Kf2 Ra8 $1
45. Be3 Nb5 $1 46. Rb6 Nc3 47. Rb3 Nd1+ 48. Ke2 Bd5 49. Rd3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Gegen Timman hatte es Kasimdzhanov
zwei Runden später mit der Variante 4...Nd4 zu tun.} 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 {
Die andere wichtige Möglichkeit für Schwarz wäre 6...e4 mit konkreten
Verwicklungen.} 7. Nd5 (7. Ne1 $5) (7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4) 7... Bf8 {Dieser
Zug ist logischer als der Springertausch auf d5, nach dem Weiß dank seines
starken Bauern d5 nachhaltigen positionellen Druck am Damenflügel bekommt.} (
7... Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d6 $1
Qf6 14. d3 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qa6 16. b4 $16 {Timman,J-Huebner,R Sarajevo cm/5 1991
51/39 CBM/22}) 8. d3 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gg5d8]} h6 {Gegen die Fesselung 9.Bg5
gerichtet.} (8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e3 dxe3 12. Bxe3 $14 {
Auf ersten Blick scheint Weiß Probleme wegen seiner Doppelbauern zu haben,
aber in Wirklichkeit hat Weiß die Initiative und es ist für Schwarz nicht
einfach, die Entwicklung des Damenflügels zu beenden.}) 9. Nxf6+ {Weiß
verfolgt eine einfache Strategie: nach Springertausch beginnt er das
Springermanöver Nd2-e4-c3 und bekommt die Initiative am Damenflügel.} (9. b3
Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Nd2 c6 12. Ne4 (12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. e3 Nf5 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bb2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rac1 Bb4 20. Rc2 Rad8 $13 {
1-0 Portisch,L-Filip,M/Varna olm 1962/MCD-ol (30)}) 12... cxd5 13. Nc3 d6 14.
e3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bd5
Bc6 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Rc4 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bg5 25. Kf2 Rc5 26. Rxc5
dxc5 27. h4 Bf6 28. Qe4 Qd6 29. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ivanov,A/Chandler 1997/
CBM 61 (29)}) (9. Bd2 $5 d6 10. Bc3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. e4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6
14. d4 $14) 9... Qxf6 10. Nd2 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gd2e4,Ge4c3,Gc3d5]} d6 11. Ne4
Qd8 (11... Qg6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Nd5 Rac8 14. b4 Nd4 15. e3 Nf5 16. b5 c6 17.
bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc3 Red8 19. Rb1 Be6 20. e4 Nd4 21. Be3 Rc7 22. Rb2 f5 23. Bxd4
exd4 24. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Poldauf,D-Dvoirys,S/Groningen 1993/CBM 38 ext (32)}) 12.
Nc3 $14 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gg2a8] Der weiße Läufer kontrolliert die wichtigsten
Felder in der langen Diagonalen und Weiß kann den traditionellen Plan mit
b2-b4 am Damenflügel durchführen.} Be6 13. b4 a6 (13... Nxb4 14. Rb1 $36) 14.
Rb1 Qd7 15. a4 Rab8 (15... a5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nd5 $14) 16. b5 Ne7 (16... axb5
17. axb5 Ne7 $14) 17. Qb3 (17. Re1 $5 Bh3 (17... axb5 18. axb5 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Bd2 $14) 18. Bh1) 17... axb5 (17... Bh3 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20.
Rxb8 $16) 18. axb5 Bh3 {Schwarz tauscht die beste weiße Figur.} 19. e4 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Ng6 (20... f5 {[%cal Gb3g8]} 21. f4 $14) 21. Qd1 {Ein prophylaktischer
Zug, der gegen 21...Qg4 gerichtet ist.} (21. f4 $5 exf4 22. Bxf4 $14) (21. Be3
Nh4+ $5 22. gxh4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 21... c6 22. Be3 Qe6 23. f3 Be7 {
[%cal Ge7g5,Ge7d8,Gd8a5] Bis jetzt spielte der Läufer eine passive Rolle.} 24.
bxc6 bxc6 25. Qa4 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a7] Weiß droht, mit der Dame nach a7
einzudringen.} Qd7 26. Qa7 Qxa7 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Rb7 {[%csl Ga7,Gb7] Nach dem
Damentausch ist die Verteidigung etwas leichter für Schwarz, aber Weiß hat
noch immer die besseren Chancen.} Bd8 {[%cal Gd8a5,Ga5c3]} 29. Rfb1 Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7c8]} (29... Ba5 30. Na4 Re7 31. Rxe7 Nxe7 32. Rb7 $14) 30. R1b3 Ba5
31. Bf2 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6]} Bxc3 $5 {Und hier wurde Remis gegeben. Ich glaube,
Weiß hat einen leichten Vorteil und könnte ruhig fortsetzen.} (31... Bxc3 32.
Rxc3 c5 (32... Rab8 33. Rcb3 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 {[%csl Gb7][%mdl 36]}) 33. Rcb3 $14
Nc6 34. R3b6 (34. Rc7 Nb4)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 (
7... a5 $5 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Chernin,A/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/INF59,43/})
8. d3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 $5) 8... O-O 9. O-O a6 (9... c6 10. Bg2 Re8 11. h3 h6
12. Kh2 $14 {Lautier,J-Salov,V/Madrid/1993/CBM36/INF58,41/}) 10. a3 d6 11. Bg2
Rb8 12. Qc2 Be6 (12... h6 $5) 13. b4 Ba7 14. Bg5 (14. Bb2 c6 $13) 14... h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c5 dxc5 (16... Qe7 17. c6 $6 (17. cxd6 cxd6 $6 (17... Qxd6 $5)
18. Nd5 $14) 17... bxc6 18. Bxc6 f5 $132) 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5
Rfd8 20. Rfc1 (20. Qc3 $5) 20... b5 (20... Bd5 21. Rab1 $14) 21. cxb6 (21. Qc3
Bd5 $13) 21... cxb6 22. Qa4 a5 23. Qb5 Qd6 24. h4 g6 25. a4 (25. Rc6 $6 Qd4
$132) 25... Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Kf8 30. f4
exf4 31. gxf4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Bb5 Rc8 34. Ba6 Ra8 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. Ba6 Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7.
d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Ra6 $6 (10... Bg4 $1 11. h3 (11. Rc1 Qd7 $1
(11... Re8 $6 12. Nd2 $1 Rb8 13. Nb5 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Petursson,M Lugano op
1989 47/44}) 12. Nd2 Bh3 $10) (11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nc4 f6 14. Re1 Bc5
$10 {Videki,S-Petursson,M Wien op 1990 CBM/21}) 11... Be6 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Qf4 f5 16. Ned2 c5 17. Nb1 Qd7 $15 {Ragozin,E-Sokolov,A
Bern 1992 CBM/28}) 11. Rc1 f5 12. Nb5 Bf6 13. Nd2 $1 Bd7 14. Bc5 Re8 15. e4 $1
$14 f4 16. gxf4 $1 exf4 17. d4 $16 Kh8 18. e5 Bg5 19. Rc3 Bh6 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21.
Nc4 Ra6 22. e6 $1 Rxe6 23. d5 Rg6 24. dxc6 Qg5 25. Rg3 $1 fxg3 26. fxg3 Rf6 27.
Rxf6 Qxf6 28. cxb7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {[%mdl 2112]} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Eine relativ seltene
Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen 4...d5, 4...Bb4 oder 4...Bc5 werden häufiger
gespielt. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 $6 Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $36 {Schwarz hat
mehr als ausreichenden Ersatz für den Bauern.}) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6...
Be7) (6... Bc5) 7. O-O (7. Nd5 Nxd5 (7... Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 c6 10. Nxf6+
Qxf6 11. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Cvetkovic,S-Pavlovic,M/Vrnjacka Banja 1990/EXT 97 (11)})
8. cxd5 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. d3 Qd7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Bf3 f5
15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkov,M-van Wely,L/BL 1998 (55)}) (7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O (8.
d3 h6 9. g4 c6 10. h4 d6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Na4 Ba5+
15. Kf1 Be6 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Timman,J/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (53)}) 8...
O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. Rd1 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 Nf6 15.
c5 Be6 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc2 20. Nb5 {1-0
Gelfand,B-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 62 ext (47)}) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 c6 (8...
Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bg2 h6 11. Rb1 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15.
a4 Bg4 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Qa3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Smejkal,J/Milano 1975/MCL (55)}) 9. d3 h6 $5 {Die Stellung ist Timman
wohlbekannt, denn er spielte sie mit Weiß schon vor 19 Jahren. Der Partiezug
ist gegen Bg5 gerichtet.} (9... Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. a3
Bf8 14. c5 f5 15. Nd2 d5 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 {Timman,J-Tal,M/Tilburg
1980/Inf 30 (17)}) 10. a3 Be7 $11 {Schwarz hat eine feste Stellung und möchte
11...d5 spielen.} (10... Bxc3 $6 11. Qxc3 $14) 11. e4 {Auf diese Weise
verhindert Weiß den Zentrumsvorstoß ...d7-d5, schwächt aber die schwarzen
Felder.} d6 12. b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, denn in Wirklichkeit hat
Weiß kein Spiel am Damenflügel.} (12. Bg2 Nh7 13. Be3 $11) (12. Be3 Ng4 $5)
12... Nh7 13. Bg2 f5 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 14. f4 (14. exf5 Bxf5 $15) 14... exf4 15.
Bxf4 (15. gxf4 Be6 $15) 15... Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6]} 16. Kh1 {Ein nützlicher
prophylaktischer Zug. Weiß verhindert die eventuellen Motive mit ...Nh3+ und
die Unannehmlichkeiten in der a7-g1-Diagonalen.} fxe4 17. dxe4 $6 (17. Bxg5
Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Bxg5 19. Nxe4 Be6 $11 (19... Be3 $6 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6
22. Qe8+ Kh7 23. Rf8 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rf8h8,Rh8h7,Re8f8]})) 17... Ne6 $15 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge6d4]} 18. Be3 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bg5 $1 {Eine gute strategische
Idee. Schwarz möchte den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer tauschen, damit die Schwäche
der schwarzen Felder im weißen Lager spürbar wird.} 20. Bxg5 $6 {Weiß tauscht
so ohne weiteres den wichtigen Läufer. Es wäre meines Erachtens besser gewesen,
die Läufer auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (20. Bg1 $5) 20... Qxg5 {[%csl Yd4,Gg5]
[%cal Ge6d4]} 21. Qd3 {[%cal Rd3d6]} Qe5 {[%csl Ge5]} 22. Na4 (22. Ne2 $5 a5
23. Rf5 Qa1+ 24. Rf1 $11) 22... Ng5 23. c5 Nf7 (23... dxc5 24. Nxc5 $14) 24.
cxd6 Nxd6 {[%csl Ge5] Die schwarze Dame ist schön zentralisiert, kontrolliert
das ganze Brett.} (24... Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Rd1 $14) 25. Nc5 Bg4 26. Qb3+
Kh8 27. Nd3 Qd4 28. Nf4 $2 (28. e5 $1 Nc4 29. Rf4 {[%cal Rf4c4,Rf4g4]} Qa1+ 30.
Rf1 $11) 28... Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e3,Re3f1,Re3g2]} (28... Nxe4 $6 29. Ng6+ Kh7
30. Nf8+ $11) 29. Ng6+ Kh7 30. Nf8+ Kg8 {Weiß hat kein Dauerschach und seine
Chancen am Königsflügel sind nicht besonders.} 31. Ng6 Re8 {Schwarz aktiviert
seinen Turm und beschränkt die Möglichkeiten des g6-Springers.} 32. b5 Be6 {
[%cal Ge6b3]} 33. Qa4 (33. bxc6 $5 bxc6 (33... Ne3 {[%cal Re6b3,Re3f1]} 34.
Rf8+ Rxf8 (34... Kh7 35. Qb1 Qd2 36. Qg1 $18) 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 (35... Kh7 36.
Nxf8+ $18) 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 Nxf1 39. Nf8+ $11)) 33... Bf7 {
[%csl Rg6]} 34. Nh4 (34. Nf4 $2 cxb5 35. Qxb5 Ne3 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal Re3f1,
Re3g2]}) 34... cxb5 35. Qxb5 Ne3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3,Gf7][%cal Re3f1,Re3g2]} 36. Nf5
$8 Nxf5 37. exf5 b6 {Schwarz hat das bessere Figurenspiel und die weiße
Königsstellung ist schwach.} 38. Qc6 Re2 {[%csl Ge2]} 39. f6 gxf6 (39... Rxg2
$6 40. Qc8+ (40. Qxg2 $2 Bd5 $19) (40. Kxg2 Bd5+ $19) 40... Kh7 41. Kxg2 Qe4+ (
41... Bd5+ 42. Kh3 Qe4 {[%cal Rd5e6,Re6h3,Re6c8]} 43. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 44. Rxf5 Be6 {
[%cal Re6h3]} 45. f7 $18 {[%cal Rf7f8]}) 42. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 40. Qa8+ $2 $138 (
40. Qxf6 Qxf6 41. Rxf6 Kg7 42. Rf4 Re1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Bxf1 Kf6 $15 {
[%csl Ga7,Gb6] Der schwarze König steht aktiv und die Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflügel ist sehr gefährlich.}) 40... Kg7 $17 41. Qxa7 Kg6 $1 {[%csl Rh1]}
42. Qa6 (42. Qa8 Rxg2 $1 43. Kxg2 $19 {[%cal Rf7d5,Rd5g2,Rd5a8]}) (42. h4 Bd5
$19) 42... Rxg2 $1 $19 {Mit diesem Qualitätsopfer entscheidet Schwarz die
Partie.} 43. Kxg2 Bd5+ {Und Weiß gab auf. Sein König befindet sich im Mattnetz.
} (43... Bd5+ 44. Kh3 Qe4 $19 {[%cal Rd5e6,Re6h3,Re4g2,Rg2h3]}) 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 {Der französische Großmeister
spielt diese Fortsetzung gern, aber 5.Bg2 ist der am meisten gespielte Zug.}
Bc5 6. d3 (6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. d3 d6 9. a3 a6 10. e3 Ba7 11. Nc3 $5 Rb8 $6
(11... Be6 $142) 12. Qc2 (12. b4 $14) 12... Be6 13. b4 Qd7 14. Rd1 {1-0
Lautier,J-Sulypa,A/France 1996/CBM 54/[Lautier] (48)}) 6... h6 7. a3 a5 $5 {
Mit diesem logischem Zug verhindert Schwarz die Raumgewinnmöglichkeit b2-b4.} (
7... a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. b5 axb5 12. cxb5 Nd8 $5 13. Bg2
Ne6 14. e3 $1 Nc5 $6 (14... Bb6 $1 15. O-O Ng5 16. h4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 $5 O-O)
15. d4 e4 (15... exd4 16. Bxd4 $16) 16. Ne5 $1 dxe5 (16... Ne6 {Belov} 17. Nc4
Qg6 18. O-O $16) 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qd5 $16 {1-0 Lautier,J-Cramling,P/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97/[Lautier] (35)}) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. O-O Nxd5 $6 {Dieser
Tausch gefällt mir nicht, denn Weiß bekommt nun Raumvorteil. Es wäre besser
den d5-Springer stehen zu lassen und die Entwicklung mit 10...Bg4 oder 10...
Bf5 fortzusetzen.} 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5][%mdl
4] Dank seinem starken Bauern d5 hat Weiß einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften
Positionsvorteil. Der Pd5 paralysiert den schwarzen Damenflügel und der d4N
steht auch sehr stark.} Ng6 14. b3 Bd7 15. h3 $1 {Ein guter prophylaktischer
Zug - Weiß verteidigt sich gegen 15...Qc8 und 16...Bh3.} (15. Bb2 Qc8) 15...
Re8 (15... Qc8 16. Kh2 $14) 16. Bb2 a4 $6 {Schwarz möchte den Damenflügel
befestigen, aber das hilft nur dem Gegner - Weiß verjagt den Läufer von c5.} (
16... Qe7 17. Rc1 $14) 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rc1 {[%csl Yc7,Gd5][%cal Gc1c7] Der Pc7
ist noch gut verteidigt, aber er ist eine potenzielle Schwächung.} Qe7 19. Kh2
Rac8 20. Re1 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gf3f4] Weiß bringt seinen anderen Turm auch ins
Spiel - nun kann er mit e3-e4 und mit f2-f4 seine Mehrheit am Königsflügel
mobilisieren.} Nf8 {Schwarz hat keine aktiven Möglichkeiten - er kann nur
warten.} 21. Rc4 f5 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. Rec1 Ng6 24. Ne6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Ge6]
[%cal Rc1c7][%mdl 64] Der Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf e6 und Schwarz kann
eigentlich nichts machen, denn nach 24...Bxe6? 25.dxe6 kommt der Bg2 stark ins
Spiel.} Ne5 (24... Bxe6 $2 25. dxe6 $18) (24... Bb5 25. Nxg7 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Ne5
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Ne6 $16 {[%csl Ge6]}) 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nxc7 {Weiß hat einen
klaren Bauern mehr, Schwarz hat keine Kompensation.} e4 27. Qd1 Red8 28. b5 {
Mit diesem Zug lässt Weiß den Schwarzen nicht 28...Bc6 spielen.} (28. d6 Bc6
$14) 28... Be8 29. d6 (29. Nxe8 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 $16) 29... Kh7 {Schwarz
verbessert seine Königsstellung, um mögliche Unannehmlichkeiten auf der
Diagonale a2-g8 zu vermeiden.} (29... Bxb5 $2 30. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gc4g8]}
Bd7 (30... Bc6 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Bc4 $18) 31. Nd5 $18) 30. Bf1 Bd7 (30... Bxc7
31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 $16) 31. Qxa4 h5 32. Qd1 (32. h4 $18) 32... h4 33. Nd5
hxg3+ 34. fxg3 Ba7 35. Rc7 $18 f4 {Mit diesem Bauernopfer möchte Schwarz im
Trüben fischen.} 36. exf4 Bf2 37. Bg2 Qg6 38. Ne7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Re7c8,Re7g6]
} Qxg3+ 39. Kh1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rd1h5,Rh5h7,Re7c8]} Qh4 40. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Das ist eigentlich eine
Sizilianische Drachenvariante, aber mit vertauschten Farben. Schwarz steht
stark im Zentrum, während Weiß die Initiative am Damenflügel hat.} 6. Bg2 Nb6 {
Schwarz muß so spielen, denn nach 6...Be6 kommt Weiß mit 7.0-0 und 8.d4.} 7.
O-O Be7 8. a4 {Dieser Zug bietet Weiß keinen Eröffnungsvorteil. Seine
Alternativen 9.a3, 9.d3, 9.b3 sind alle gefährlicher für Schwarz.} a5 {[%csl
Yb4] Jetzt ist das Feld b4 eine ewige Schwäche im weißen Lager.} 9. d3 (9. d4
exd4 10. Nb5 O-O $5 11. Nfxd4 $6 (11. Nbxd4 $5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 $1) 11... Nb4 $1 (
11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 c6 14. e4 Rd8 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Nc3
Bb4 17. h4 Bc4 18. Re1 Bb3 19. Re3 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rd1+ 22. Kh2
Rxc1 {0-1 Silva,F-Zhu Chen/POR-CHN m 1996/EXT 98 (39)}) 12... c6 13. e3 Bf6 14.
Qh5 Qe7 $5 15. Bd2 $6 (15. b3 $5 $11 {Bareev,E}) 15... Rd8 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Rc4
g6 18. Qf3 c5 19. Nb3 b6 20. e4 Ba6 $15) 12. e4 c6 13. Nc3 Bf6 $15 14. Nb3 (14.
Nde2 Be6 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Nf4 Nxb2 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Bxb4 axb4 21. Nd1 Nc4 {0-1 Ribeiro,R-Joshi,S/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext (27)}) 14...
Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Kotronias,V/Greece (ch) 1994/Inf 60/[Skembris,S] (39)})
9... Be6 10. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6] In einigen Varianten kann Weiß Bxb6 spielen
oder besser auch Nc3-e4-Nc5.} Nd5 {Logischerweise tauscht Schwarz seinen
bekanntermaßen schlechten Springer b6.} 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 (12. Nd2 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 O-O 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rac1 c6 18. Qc4 Kh8 19. Rc2
Qd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rfe8 22. Re1 Re6 23. e4 dxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3
Re8 26. Qf3 Re6 27. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Hanken,J-Waitzkin,J/US National op 1994/EXT
97 (47)}) 12... O-O 13. Nd2 $11 {[%cal Gc1c7] Weiß hat etwas Initiative am
Damenflügel, aber sein Feld b4 ist schwach.} (13. Bc5 f6 14. e4 Be6 15. d4 exd4
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 c6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxd1 20. Rcxd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2
Vehreschild,A-Vannerom,R/Huy 1993/EXT 97 (37)}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd4 (14...
Qd5+ 15. f3 f5 (15... Rfd8) 16. Qb3 $11) 15. Bxd4 exd4 {Schwarz übt
positionellen Druck aus, aber der weiße Springer findet gute Felder.} (15...
Qxd4 $2 16. Rxc7 Qxb2 17. Nc4 Qb4 18. Qa1 {[%csl Rb4,Re5][%cal Rf1b1,Rb1b4]} (
18. Nxe5 Qd6 $17)) 16. Nf3 Bb4 {[%csl Gb4]} 17. Qc2 c5 (17... c6 $6 18. Qc4 c5)
18. e3 $8 {Nach diesem Zug wird der weiße d-Bauer schwach, aber Weiß kann
diese Befreiungsmöglichkeit vermeiden, sonst kommt Schwarz mit ...Re8, ...Ra6,
...Rae6 und der e-Bauer bleibt langfristig schwach.} dxe3 19. fxe3 Qd7 $15 {
[%csl Rd3,Re3]} (19... Re8) 20. e4 b5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist mir zu direkt und
nach Vereinfachungen ist es leichter für Weiß, seine Stellung zu verteidigen.}
(20... Rad8 $15) 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Ne5 $11 {[%cal Ge5c4]} a4 (22... Rae8 23.
Nc4 Rd8 $11) 23. Ra1 a3 (23... Ra7 $11) 24. bxa3 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Bxa3 26. Rf2 $14
(26. Nc4 $14) (26. Rxf7 $6 Rxf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qa2+ {[%cal Ra2f7,Ra2a3]} c4
29. Qxa3 cxd3 $15 {[%csl Gd3]}) 26... Bb4 27. Qb3 {[%csl Gb3,Ge5,Gf2,Rf7,Rg8]}
Qe8 28. Qd5 {[%csl Rb4,Gd5,Ge5] Weiß hat gut zentralisierte Figuren und der
Läufer auf b4 steht passiv.} Qe7 29. Rf3 g6 30. Nc6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 $6 (31. d4 $5
$36 {[%csl Rb4] Nach diesem Zug hat der schwarze Läufer Probleme. Weiß kann
eventuell Rb3 spielen, während es für Schwarz nicht einfach ist, sich zu
befreien.} Re8 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 (32... fxe6 33. Rb3 {[%csl Rb4]}) 33. d5) 31...
fxe6 32. Rxf8+ (32. d4 Ra8 $11) 32... Kxf8 33. Ne5 (33. Nxb4 $4 cxb4 $19 {
[%csl Gb4]}) 33... Ke7 34. Kf3 {Theoretisch steht Weiß in diesem Endspiel
besser, denn er kann Nc4 mit ausgezeichneter Blockadestellung spielen, aber
mir scheint dieser Vorteil nicht einfach, wenn überhaupt, verwertbar zu sein.}
Bc3 35. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Kf6 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 (38. g4 $5 {[%mdl
4128]}) (38. Ke2 g4 $11) 38... Bd4 39. g4 hxg4+ (39... h4 $6 {Das wäre zum
Vorteil des Weißen, denn Schwarz muß, wenn möglich, Bauern tauschen.}) 40. hxg4
Bc3 $11 41. Ke2 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gd1c2,Gc2b3,Gb3a4,Ga4b5] Schwarz kann mit seinem
König nirgens eindringen, so daß Weiß mit dem Königsmanöver Richtung
Damenflügel beginnt.} Bd4 42. Kd1 Ke7 43. Kc2 Kd7 44. Kb3 Kc6 45. Ka4 Bc3 {
[%csl Gc3]} 46. Na3 (46. Na5+ $2 Bxa5 $1 (46... Kb6) 47. Kxa5 c4 48. Kb4 (48.
dxc4 Kc5 $19 {[%csl Ra5]}) 48... cxd3 49. Kc3 e5 50. Kxd3 Kb5 51. Kc3 Kc5 $19)
46... Bb4 47. Nc4 (47. Nc2 Bc3 $11) 47... Bc3 48. Kb3 Bd4 (48... Kb5 49. Nd6+
Kc6 50. Nf7 Bf6 51. Kc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 49. Na3 Kd6 {[%cal Rd6e5,Re5f4,Rf4g4]
Und hier wurde remis gegeben.Theoretisch steht Weiß etwas besser, aber er
kommt nicht voran.} (49... Kd6 50. Nc4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 {Eine selten gespielte
Fortsetzung. 5.Bg2 führt zu ruhigem Spiel. Ribli.} (5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O
O-O 8. a3 a5 9. e3 (9. b3 Nd4 $5 10. Ne1 (10. Bb2) 10... c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne4
Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4 Be6 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19.
Kh1 Rfd8 20. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Beograd 1997/Inf 71 (20)}) 9... Bf5
(9... Bb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rae8 $5 $146 13. Bb2 Bh7 14. Qd2 e4 15.
dxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Ibragimov,I-Onischuk,A/Kazan 1997/Inf 71 (16)})
10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 exd4 15. exd4 Ne7 16.
d5 Nh7 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Rce1 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Bb6 20. Nbd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Qd1
Ne4 23. Nd4 c6 24. h3 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Dautov,R/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (24)})
5... Bxf2+ (5... Nxe5 $5 6. d4 Bd6 (6... Qe7 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bg2 $14
Nxc4 $6 10. Nd5 $40) 7. dxe5 (7. c5 Qe7 8. dxe5 (8. cxd6 Nf3#) 8... Bxe5 $15)
7... Bxe5 8. Bg2 $11) 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und
möchte mit 8.d4 die Herschafft im Zentrum erobern. Andererseits steht der
weiße König auf f2 unsicher und Schwarz kommt daher immer zu guten taktischen
Gegenchancen.} (7. b3 d5 8. d4 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qd4
Nfd7 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Rhd1 Nd3+ 15. Rxd3 cxd3 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Be6
19. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (59)}) 7... c5
8. d4 {Weiß öffnet seinem Läuferpaar die Stellung.} (8. d3 O-O (8... d6 9. h3
O-O $5 (9... h5 $6 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 $14 {in der alten
Partie Botwinnik,M. - Keres,P. Moskau 1966.}) 10. Be2 Ne8 11. Kg2 Nc7 $11) 9.
h3 d6 10. Kg2 Bd7 11. Bf4 Bc6 12. Be2 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nd5 a5
16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 b5 18. Rha1 a4 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Nc7
22. Ra5 Ne6 23. Be3 h6 $13 {0-1 Contin,D-Godena,M/Montecatini Terme 1997/EXT
99 (39)}) (8. Be2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. Kg2 Nfd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7
14. b3 Rad8 15. Nb5 $16 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bg5 {Und Weiß hat positionelles
Übergewicht, denn der d6-Bauer ist schwach. (Chernin,A. - Groszpeter,A.Österr.
Mannschaftmeisterschaft 1998/1999).}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10. Qxe5
$4 Ng4+ $19 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rg4e5]}) 10... d6 {Beide Spieler haben strukturelle
Probleme. Der d6-Bauern ist ebenso schwach wie der weiße e4-Bauer.} 11. h3 {
Weiss vermeidet die Möglichkeit Ng4,oder Bg4.Ribli.} Be6 12. Be2 Qc8 {[%csl
Rc4]} 13. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Bxh3 {Riskant oder nicht: Schwarz muß Gegenspiel
erlangen. Sonst spielt Weiß 14. Kg2 oder 14.Nd5 mit klarem Vorteil.} 14. Nd5
Qe6 $8 {Diese Fortsetzung wurde sehr schnell gespielt. Schwarz opfert
zeitweilig die Qualität, aber bekommt ernsthaftes Gegenspiel.} (14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qd7 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Re5h5,Rh1h7,Rc1c7,Rc7d7]})
15. Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6,Rc7a8]} Qe7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 $13 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc6d4,Rf6e4,
Re4f2]} 17. Qe3 Nxe4+ 18. Kf3 {Nach dem Textzug bekommt Schwarz Ausgleich,
aber die Alternativen sind für ihn gefährlich.} (18. Kg1 Bf5 19. c5 $5) (18.
Ke1 $5) 18... Bf5 $5 (18... Ne5+ 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc7 (20. Qxe4 Bg2+ 21. Kxg2
Qxe4+ 22. Bf3 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rf8a8]}) 20... Rc8 21. Nd5 Qxg3+ 22.
Kxe4 Re8+ 23. Kd3 Rxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Bf5+ 25. Kd2 $13) 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Rhe1 (20. g4
$13) 20... Qd8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 21. Kg2 (21. Qg1 $6 Ne5+ 22. Bxe5 Ng5+ 23. Kg2
Bxd3 $36) 21... Qxa8 $44 22. Qf3 $1 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Qf3 {[%mdl 576] und
Remis wegen Stellungswiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug wird seltener
gespielt als die Alternativen 4...Bb4, 4...Bc5 und 4...d5.} 5. Nh4 $6 {[%mdl
16384] Diese extravagante Fortsetzung ist interessant, aber nicht die beste
Wahl für Weiß. Ein guter Zug wäre 5.Bg2.} (5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 h5 7. h4 Ng4 8.
Qc2 Bc5 9. Qe4+ Kf8 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 c6 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. Nd3
Bf6 15. Nc1 a5 16. bxa5 c5 17. Nb3 d6 18. Bg2 Ra7 19. O-O Ne5 20. d3 Bd7 21. a6
b5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 {0-1 Dwyer,D-Galliamova,A/Koszalin 1997/CBM 59 ext (50)}) 5...
c6 {Schwarz bereitet den Zug d7-d5 vor, sein Springer kann bequem nach e6
ziehen.} (5... g5 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Bc5 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. d3 Rg8 10. h4 h6 11.
hxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rxg5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Rh8+ Ng8 15. f4 Rg6 16. fxe5 $18 {
Botterill,G-Botto/England 1977/Inf 24 (16)}) 6. e3 Ne6 7. d4 (7. Bg2 g6 (7...
Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rd8 14.
Nf5 Bd7 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qa4 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qe7 Ne4 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. d5 Rd7 22. Nh6+ {1-0 Liberzon,V-Tatai,S/Beersheba 1976/MCL (22)}) 8.
d4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfd1
Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Svidler,P/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)}) 7... exd4 8. exd4 d5
$15 {[%csl Rh4] Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung mit Initiative im Zentrum,
während der weiße Nh4 schlecht. Es ist bemerkenswert, dass ein so routinierter
Spieler wie Gulko schon nach acht Zügen so schlecht steht.} 9. c5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Bg2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ndf4 $1 $15) 9... b6 10. b4 (10. cxb6 axb6 $15 (10... Qxb6
11. Nf3 $11)) 10... a5 {Schwarz geht sofort zum Angriff gegen die weiße
Bauernkette am Damenflügel über.} 11. Na4 Nd7 $1 (11... bxc5 12. bxc5 $11) (
11... axb4 $6 12. Nxb6 $14) 12. b5 {Die natürlichen Züge sind schlecht, daher
versucht Weiß, im Trüben zu fischen.- Eine Kuriosität am Rande: beide
Großmeister spielten bis hierher nur Springer- und Bauernzüge!} (12. a3 $2 axb4
13. axb4 b5 $19) 12... Bb7 13. Ba3 (13. cxb6 Nxb6 $15) 13... bxc5 14. dxc5
Ndxc5 {Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern, und es ist keineswegs leicht für Weiß,
Gegenspiel zu finden.} 15. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Statt dieser Fortsetzung täte
Weiß besser daran, die Stellung zu vereinfachen.} (15. Nxc5 $5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5
Nxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Be2 (18. Rxc5 Qe7+ $19 {[%cal Re7c5,Re7e1]}) 18... Qe7 19.
Nf5 Qe4 20. O-O Qxf5 21. Rxc5 $44 {Weiß hat zwar einen Bauern weniger, behält
aber noch einige Rettungschancen.}) 15... Nxa4 16. Bxf8 (16. Qxa4 Bxa3 17. Qxa3
c5 $17) 16... Kxf8 (16... Nb2 $5 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Ba3 (18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ba3 a4
20. Qc3 d4 $19) 18... a4 19. Qb4 c5 $19) 17. bxc6 (17. Qxa4 c5 $17) 17... Bxc6
18. Rxc6 Qe8 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8c6,Re8e1] Ich vermute, dass Weiß diese
Fortsetzung übersehen hatte.} 19. Rc1 {Dieser Zug hilft nichts mehr, aber
guter Rat war ohnehin schon teuer.} Nf4+ 20. Kd2 (20. Be2 Nb2 $19 {[%cal Rb2d1,
Rb2d3,Rd3e1,Rd3c1]}) 20... Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4d4,Rd4d2,Re4h1]} 21. gxf4 Qxf4+ 22.
Ke1 (22. Kc2 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Rb8+ 24. Kc2 Rb2+ 25. Kd3 Qe4#) 22... Qe4+ 23. Kd2
Qb4+ (23... Qxh4 $19) 24. Ke2 Qe4+ 25. Kd2 Qxh4 $19 {Weiß hat zwei Bauern
weniger, sein König befindet sich im Mattnetz in der Mitte des Brettes.} 26.
Qf3 (26. Qb3 Qf4+ 27. Qe3 Qb4+ 28. Kc2 Rc8+ $19) 26... Qb4+ (26... Qb4+ 27. Kd1
Nb2+ 28. Ke2 (28. Kc2 Rc8+ $19) 28... Re8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 {
Wir haben eigentlich die Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung vor
uns - mit vertauschten Farben, versteht sich. In dieser asymmetrischen
Stellung gibt es gewöhnlich beiderseitige Chancen - Weiß bekommt etwas
Initiative am Damenflügel, während Schwarz Übergewicht im Zentrum hat.} 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Re8 {Dieser Turmzug und 9...Be6!? sind die besten Fortsetzungen.} (
9... f5) (9... a5) (9... Be6 $5) 10. b4 Bf8 (10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12.
Rb1) (12. Nxe5 Bf6 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Re7 $13) 12... Bf8 {
Diese Variante führt durch Zugumstellung zurück zu unserer Partie.}) 11. Bb2 (
11. Rb1) 11... a5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 a6 16.
Ne4 $14) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 {Das ist die typische Fortsetzung - Weiß tauscht
seinen Springer nicht ab und will den Nd4 anschließend mit e2 - e3 verjagen.
13.e3 kommt allerdings auch in Betracht.} (13. e3 $5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qc2
Bf5 $5 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Be4 Be6 18. d4 $1 Bb3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qf5 $44 {
1-0 Sturua,Z-Xu,J/Istanbul (ol) 80/22 2000/[Sturua,Z] (30)}) (13. Nxd4 exd4 14.
Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Bc5 (15... Rxe2 16. Bxd4 $14) 16. Qc2 Bb6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Ba3
Be6 19. Rfc1 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11) 13... c6 (13... a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nc4 (15.
Nf3) 15... Nc5 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. d4 Nb3 18. dxe5 Nxa1 19. Qxa1 $36 {Weiß hat
mehr als nur ausreichende Kompensation für die Qualität.}) 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Nb5 {Interessanterweise wählte der ungarische GM früher mit Weiß den anderen
Springerzug 15.Na4.} (15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Qd1 a4 18. Rc1 Ra5 19. Rc4
Qa8 20. Qa1 Be6 21. Rc2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rfc1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nf3
Qd8 26. Nxd4 Bxa3 27. Ne6 fxe6 28. Qxa3 b5 29. Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Fogarasi,T/
Budapest 1993/CBM 37 ext (37)}) (15. Rc1) (15. a4) (15. Rb1) 15... a4 16. Rb1
Bg4 {Dieser Läuferzug ist nicht schlecht, aber die Alternative 16...Be6
scheint mir logischer.} (16... Be6 17. e3 Ba2 (17... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 18.
Rc1 Bd5 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nfd4 Nxd4 (20... exd3 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd3 $14) 21.
Bxd4 Bc6 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. dxe4 $6 (23. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5
26. Qc2 $14) 23... Ra5 $2 (23... Nc5 $8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qc2 b6 $44) 24. Na7
$1 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 {1-0 Petursson,M-Fernandez Garcia,J/Novi Sad 1990/TD/
[Petursson] (41)}) 17. Re1 (17. h3 $6 Be6 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gd7h3] Anschließend
kann Schwarz den Ph3 mit Qd7 angreifen.}) 17... Qd7 18. Ba1 Be6 $13 {In dieser
Stellung gibt es Schwächen auf beiden Seiten. Weiß hat die halboffene b-Linie,
und sein Bg2 ist sehr stark, dafür kontrolliert Schwarz das Feld d4. Der
schwarze Läufer gelangt nun von g4 zurück nach e6, wo er tatsächlich besser
steht.} 19. Qc2 Rec8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 20. Qb2 f6 {Dieser Zug dient der Stärkung
der schwarzen Bauernstellung.} {[#]} 21. d4 Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 2048] Diese auf den
ersten Blick gut wirkende Fortsetzung erweist sich als zu optimistisch.} (21...
Bd5 {Nach diesem Zug kann Weiß entweder seinen Bg2 abtauschen oder e2-e4
ziehen, wodurch er aber seinen Läufer einschließen würde.} 22. e4 (22. Bxd5+
Nxd5 23. e4 Nb6 24. d5 Nb4) 22... Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 $13) (21... Qf7 $13) (21...
exd4 $1 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 (23. Qxb6 Nc2 $17) 23... Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc4 25.
Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxb7 Re8 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4]} (26... Rb8)) 22. dxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64]
Dieser Zwischenzug kam als große Überraschung für Schwarz. Weiß hat keine
Angst vor dem Eindringen des Turms nach c2.} (22. axb4 $2 a3 $1 23. Nxa3 Na4 {
[%csl Rb2]} 24. Qc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Rc8 $17) 22... Rc2 (22... Qxb5 23. exf6 $16 (
23. Bxb7 Rc2 $6 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. Rxb5 Rd8 26. Rc1 Rxd2 27. Rxb6 $18)) (22...
fxe5 23. axb4 Qxb5 24. Bxb7 $16) 23. Qd4 Rxd2 (23... Qxb5 24. exf6 $1 Nc4 25.
fxg7 Bc5 26. Qf6 Re8 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. axb4 $16) 24. Qxb6 Nc2 (24... Nd5 25.
Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. exf6 $16) 25. Rf1 $1 (25. exf6 $2 Nxe1
26. Rxe1 Ra6 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rb6 $17) 25... Nxa1 (25... Nxa3 26. Nxa3
Bxa3 27. exf6 $16) 26. Nc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rc7a8,Rc7e6]} Ba2 (26... Nc2 27.
Nxa8 (27. Nxe6 Nxa3 28. Bxb7 Re8 (28... Rb8 29. Nxf8 Rxf8) 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30.
Bc6 Qd8 (30... Qe6 31. Bxa4 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 fxe5 33. Bb3+ Kh8 34. Ra1 Nc2 35. Ra2
$18) 31. Qxd8 Rfxd8 32. Rb7 fxe5 33. Bxa4 Rxe2 34. Ra1 Nc2 35. Bxc2 Rxc2 36.
Raa7 $16) 27... Nxa3 28. Nc7 (28. Ra1 fxe5 29. Nc7 Bb3 $132) 28... Nxb1 29.
Nxe6 Nc3 30. Nxf8 Nxe2+ 31. Kh1 Kxf8 32. exf6 $16) 27. Rxa1 Rc8 28. Rxa2 $1 (
28. Rfc1 $2 Bxa3 $132) 28... Rxa2 29. Bd5+ {[%cal Rd5a2,Rd5g8]} Kh8 30. Bxa2
Qxc7 (30... Rxc7 31. exf6 $16) 31. Qe6 Bxa3 32. exf6 $16 {[%csl Rh8] Weiß hat
zwar nur einen Bauern mehr, aber die schwarze Königsstellung ist ebenso
schwach wie die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel.} gxf6 33. Qxf6+ Qg7 34. Qe6 {
Weiß hält die Damen natürlich auf dem Brett.} Rf8 (34... Rb8 35. Rd1 $16) 35.
Qc4 Qb2 $2 $138 (35... Ra8 $5 36. e4 $16) 36. Rb1 Qf6 37. f3 {[%cal Rb1b7,
Rc4a4] Alles in der weißen Stellung ist verteidigt, und Schwarz verliert einen
weiteren Bauern.} Qe5 38. Rxb7 $18 {Weiß hat nicht nur zwei Mehrbauern,
sondern auch entscheidende Kontrolle über die weißen Felder.} Bc5+ 39. Kg2 Qe3
{Das schwarze Gegenspiel ist ungefährlich.} 40. Bb1 {[%cal Rb7h7,Rh7h8]} Qg1+
41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 {Diese unsymmetrische
Stellung ist eigentlich bekannt aus der Sizilianischen Verteidigung 
(Drachenvariante), aber mit umgekehrten Farben. Ribli.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 {Weiß beginnt mit sofortigen Aktionen am Damenflügel. In dieser Variante
hat Weiß gewönlich Initiative am Damenflügel, denn er besitzt die halboffene
c-Linie und sein Läufer auf g2 unterstützt seine Pläne. Anderseits hat Schwarz
Übergewicht im Zentrum und übt starke Kontrolle über das Feld d4 aus.} O-O 9.
b4 Be6 (9... Re8 $5 {Das ist mit folgendem 10...Bf8 und 11...Nd4 der andere
mögliche Plan.}) 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 (11. Ne1 Qc8 $6 (11... Nd5 $5) 12. Nd3 Bh3
13. Nc5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a5 15. d3 axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nb5 Bd6 19.
Qe6 $16 {Degerman,L-Gretarsson,H/Stockholm 1996/Inf 68 (19)}) 11... a5 (11...
Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ (12... c5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Nc5 Bd5 $5 16.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Nd7 $11 {Lautier,J-Portisch,L/
Biel 1996/Inf 67 (19)}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 $5 $146 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3
Re8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. b5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20. Rbc1 e4 21. dxe4 Rxc5 22. Rxc5
dxe4 23. Bg4 Bxb3 24. Bxd7 Re7 25. Bg4 b6 $11 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Ubeda 1997/
Inf 69 (25)}) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 (13... Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 (15. Re1 Rd8
16. Qc2 a4 17. Bb2 Ra5 18. Rbc1 Nd6 19. d4 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Bf1 Rbd5 22.
Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 R5d7 {1/2-1/2 Sapunov,E-Yakovich,Y/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM
67 noVC (35)}) 15... Rd8 16. Rd1 a4 17. Nce4 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nd6 20.
Bf1 Nd5 21. e4 b6 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. d4 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Gurevich,M/Niksic 1996/
EXT 99 (44)}) (13... Nd5 $2 {Das ist ein bekannter Fehler, meist ohne das
Zugpaar Rb1 / f6, aber das Motiv ist gleich.} 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 {[%csl Rd4,
Rd5]} Nf5 (15... Ne6 16. e4 $18) 16. e4 $18) (13... c6 $6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. e3
Nf5 16. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 14. Nxd5 (14. Bh3 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5][%cal Re2e3,
Re3d4] Weiß droht e2-e3 mit Figurengewinn.} Bf7 (14... Be6 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16.
Qb3 Qd7 $11) 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nde4 g6 $1 $132) 14... Nxd5 {[%cal Rd5c3,Rc3d1,
Rc3b1]} 15. Ne4 (15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. a4 Bb4 $1 17. Nb3 c6 18. e4 Qd7 19. Nxd4
exd4 20. Bd2 $11 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Torre,E/Bacolod 1991/Inf 52/[Ftacnik,L] (40)})
(15. Bb2 a4 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. e4 Qd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nc4 Rfd8 20. Qg4 Qd7 {
0-1 Zueger,B-Palac,M/Biel 1998/EXT 99 (32)}) 15... a4 (15... f5 16. e3 fxe4 (
16... Ne6 17. Qb3 $5) 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bxe4 Nc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Bxb7 $6 $146
(20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Bxb7 Bd6 23. Be4 a4 24. Qc4 Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,
O-Tukmakov,V/Zaragoza op 1993 (60)}) 20... Rb8 21. Be4 a4 22. Qc2 Nxb1 23. Qxb1
Qd7 24. Qc2 Qxb5 25. Qxc7 Rfe8 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,
K-Rublevsky,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/ (45)}) 16. e3 f5 $146 {Schwarz startet
sofort einen Gegenangriff im Zentrum.} (16... Nb3 17. Rxb3 axb3 18. Qxb3 Kh8
19. Ng5 fxg5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Be4 Bd6 22. a4 b6 23. Bb2 $44 {[%csl Ge4] 1/2-1/
2 Petursson,M-Stefansson,H/ISL-ch 1996 (27) Weiß hat Bauern und Läufer gegen
Turm und sein e4-Läufer steht ausgezeichnet, aber es ist nicht leicht zu sehen,
ob Weiß vorankommen kann oder nicht.}) 17. exd4 fxe4 $13 {[%cal Rd5c3,Rc3b1,
Rc3d1]} 18. Bb2 (18. Qc2 $6 exd4 19. Qc4 Kh8 20. dxe4 Nc3 $15) 18... exd4 19.
Bxe4 $5 (19. Bxd4 Nf4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd8d4]} 20. gxf4 Qxd4 21. dxe4 Qxd1 22.
Rfxd1 Bxa3 $15) 19... Nc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Qh5 (21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Ba6 Qd4 $44 (
22... Bxa3 23. Qxa4)) 21... g6 (21... h6 {[%csl Yg6,Rg8,Yh7]} 22. Rfc1 $14) 22.
Qe5 {[%cal Re5c3,Re4d5,Rd5g8]} (22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ $11 {
Weiß hat Dauerschach, aber nicht mehr.}) 22... Bf6 (22... c2 23. Bd5+ $18) 23.
Qe6+ Kh8 24. Bxb7 $14 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber der schwarze
c3-Bauer ist sehr stark und der Nachziehende hat gute Kontrolle über die
schwarzen Felder.} Rb8 25. Be4 Qe7 {[%cal Re7e6,Re7a3]} (25... Bd4 26. Rb4) 26.
Qxe7 Bxe7 {[%csl Ra3]} 27. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc3]} Bxa3 (27... Bf6 $2 28. Rb4 $16)
28. Rxc3 Bd6 {[%csl Ga4]} 29. Rc4 a3 {[%csl Ga3] Der ernfernte a-Freibauer ist
mit Unterstützung des Läufers immer eine Gefahr.} 30. Ra4 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge8e5,
Ge5b5]} 31. f4 g5 $1 {Schwarz aktiviert mit diesem zeitweiligen Bauernopfer
seinen Turm.} (31... Kg7 $14) (31... Re7 $14) 32. fxg5 Re5 {[%cal Re5b5,Re5g5]
Weiß muß einen Bauern zurückgeben.} 33. h4 (33. Bc6 Rxg5 $14) 33... Rexb5 34.
Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Kg2 Kg7 (35... Rb2+ 36. Kh3 a2 37. Bd5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ra4a8,
Ra8h8] Weiß hat zwei Drohungen: Es hängt der Bauer auf a2 und es droht 38.Ra8+
nebst 39.Rg8#.}) 36. Kh3 Bb4 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rb5a5] Schwarz droht, 37..
.Ra5 zu spielen, wonach er im Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern leicht das
Gleichgewicht halten könnte.} 37. Bc6 Ra5 38. Rxa5 (38. Rxb4 $4 a2 $19) 38...
Bxa5 39. Bd5 Be1 40. Kg4 Bf2 {[%mdl 264] Und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Der
weiße Mehrbauer ist in diesem ungleichfarbigen Läuferendspiel bedeutungslos.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {So wird selten gespielt, die
üblichen Fortsetzungen sind 4...Bb4, 4...Bc5 und hauptsächlich 4...d5.} 5. Bg2
Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 (6... Bb4 $5 {Dieser Zug kommt stark in Betracht - nach 7.
Qb3 kann Schwarz 7...Bc5 spielen.}) 7. d3 h6 {Dieser Zug ist gegen 8.Bg5
gerichtet.} (7... c6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5
Qxc5 13. Qd2 $14) 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 a5 (9... Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Qb3 d6 12. b5
Bh3 13. Bxb7 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rb8 15. Bc6 $44 {1-0 Cummings,D-Wells,I/Brighton
1979/MCL (35)}) 10. a3 c6 (10... Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. Qb3 d6 13. Bg2 g6 14. Bd2
Bg7 15. Qc2 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Ra1 Be6 {0-1 Vovsha,E-Tseitlin,M/Biel 2000/
CBM 77 ext (40)}) 11. b4 Bd4 12. Qb3 {[%mdl 4]} (12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 d5 $11)
12... axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. e4 (16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Bd5 Bh3 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Bd5 Bh3 $11) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bh3 18. Bg2
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd6 {Auf diese Weise bekommen wir durch Zugumstellung eine
ähnliche Stellung wie in der Partie (dort wurde das Zugpaar 16.e3 Bb6 gespielt)
.}) 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. e3 Bb6 17. e4 cxd5 18. exd5 Bh3 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $14
{Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber natürlich ist der Pd5 schwach.} Qd6 {[%cal
Rf8d8,Rd8d3]} 21. Be3 Rfd8 (21... Bxe3 $2 22. fxe3 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 22. Bxb6
Qxb6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 (23... Rac8 $5) 24. Rxa1 Qd4 25. Ra5 b6 26. Ra6 (26. Rb5 $6
Rc8 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Qd5 $11) 26... Rc8 (26... Qxd5+ 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb6 Rxd3
$11 {In der Partie bekommen wir praktisch dieselbe Stellung (nach 31...Rxe4),
aber dort steht der Turm statt d3 auf e4.}) 27. Qa2 Rc1 28. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e4]}
Qxd5+ 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Nach den Vereinfachungen haben
wir ein materiell gleiches Turmendspiel, in dem die Chancen gleich sind, aber
Weiß steht mikroskopisch aktiver.} Rc4 (30... Rc6 31. b5 Rd6 32. Kf3 $14) (
30... b5 31. Rb6 Rc4 32. Rxb5 Rxe4 $11) 31. Rxb6 Rxe4 32. Kf3 Rc4 $6 {Dieser
Turmzug ist passiv - Schwarz muss statt dessen seine Bauernmehrheit am
Königsflügel mobilisieren.} (32... f5 $11) 33. Ke3 Rc2 34. h4 $1 {Weiß
bereitet den Königsmarsch zum Damenflügel vor und stellt zuerst den h2-Bauern
so, dass er verteidigt ist.} h5 35. b5 Rb2 (35... f6) 36. Ke4 Rxf2 $6 (36... f6
$142 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 $14) 37. Kxe5 $16 Rf3 $2 (37... Rb2 $142) 38. Rc6 $1
{[%csl Gc6][%cal Ge5d6,Gd6c7,Gc6h6,Gc6c1] Weiß spielt das Turmendspiel sehr
präzise - der Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf c6, denn er macht ein Schlupfloch
für den König auf c7 und Schwarz hat keine Schachmöglichkeiten auf der c-Linie.
Die andere wichtige Idee des Turmzugs ist, dass Weiß auf der sechsten Reihe
die schwarze Stellung teilt.} Rxg3 39. b6 Rb3 40. Kd6 f6 41. Kc7 $18 {[%csl
Gc7,Rg8]} g5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. b7 {Jetzt ist die weiße Drohung 44.Rb6 mit
sofortigem Gewinn.} Rxb7+ 44. Kxb7 Kg7 45. Kb6 {[%cal Gb6c5,Gc5d4,Gd4e3] Der
schwarze König ist abgeschnitten auf der sechsten Reihe, so kann er seine
Bauern nicht unterstützen.} 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cvek, Robert"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16448]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6
{Wir haben eine Stellung der Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung
mit vertauschten Farben und daher Mehrtempo für Weiß. Ribli.} 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1
{Das ist eine scharfe Fortsetzung. Weiß möchte b2-b4 ziehen.} O-O {Das ist die
ruhige Fortsetzung. Schwarz hätte viele Alternativen: 8...a5, 8...f6, 8...Be6,
8...f5 und den interessanten Zug Kortschnojs - 8...g5.} 9. b4 a6 (9... e4 10.
Nxe4 Nxb4 $13) (9... Bf5 10. b5 Nd4 11. d3 $13) (9... Bxb4 $6 10. Nxe5 $1 $16)
10. a4 Bf5 (10... Nxb4 11. Nxe5 a5 12. d4 c6 13. f4 $5 (13. e4 Be6 14. Bf4 (14.
Re1 f6 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Qxd4 17. Qe6+ Rf7 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Qe5 20.
Qxb6 Bd8 21. Qd4 Nc2 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Re2 d4 24. Rxc2 dxe3 25. fxe3 {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,K-Morozevich,A/Tilburg 1993/CBM 39 (40)}) 14... f6 15. Ng4 Qd7 16. h3
Rad8 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20. Kh2 h5 21. Nf2 Qf7 {0-1 Scherer,
M-Tukmakov,V/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1997/EXT 98 (35)}) 13... c5 $1 14. d5 $6 f6 $6
15. Nd3 N4xd5 (15... c4 $142 $5 $15 {/\ Bc5}) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 $2 (17. Ne5
Nb4 $5) 17... Be6 18. Qxb7 {0-1 Kobalija,M-Tiviakov,S/Linares 1998/Inf 71/
[Tiviakov,S] (45)}) 11. b5 axb5 (11... Nb4 12. d3 a5 13. Bb2 f6 14. Rc1 Qc8 15.
Ne4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nh4 c5 20. Nf5 c4 {0-1
Poldauf,D-Kozul,Z/Groningen 1994/CBM 45 ext (38)}) 12. axb5 Nd4 (12... Bxb1 $2
13. bxc6 $18) 13. d3 Bg4 $5 {Schwarz droht auf f3 zu nehmen und die weiße
Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel zu schwächen.} (13... Bf6 14. Nd2 (14. Nxd4 $1
exd4 15. Ne4 Be7 (15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Na4 17. Bd2 Nc3 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. e3 $1
$16) 16. Qc2 $14 {|^<< /\ 16...Nd5 17.Bb2, /\} Na4 17. Bd2) 14... c6 {1-0
Lirindzakis,T-Brestian,E/Wien 1993/Inf 58/[Lirindzakis,T; Porfiriadis,S] (35)})
14. Nxd4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht und ist meines Erachtens ein
strategischer Fehler. Weiß vermeidet zwar die Doppelbauern am Königsflügel, es
entsteht aber ein schwaches Feld auf c3, das Schwarz leicht mit dem Springer
erreichen kann. Weiß muß stattdessen mit seinem Springer auf f3 bleiben und
entweder 14.Bb2 oder 14.Re1 ziehen.} (14. Re1 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Bf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4
$5 (16... Qd7) 17. Rxe4 (17. dxe4 Bc5 $15) 17... Bf6 (17... Bc5 $5) 18. Bb2 Qd6
19. f4 Nd7 $1 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Romanishin,O/Groningen 1993/Inf 59/
[Romanishin,O] (32)} (19... exf4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxf4 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Rg2b7,Rf4f6]})) (14. Bb2 $5 Bxf3 15. exf3 Re8 16. f4 $5 exf4 17. Bxb7) (14.
Nxe5 {[#]} Na4 $1 $19 {[%csl Re2] Ein ausgezeichneter Zug!} 15. Nxa4 Nxe2+ 16.
Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxa4) 14... exd4 {[%csl Yc3]} 15. Ne4 Qd7 $15
{[%csl Gd4][%cal Ga8a2] Schwarz hat Raumvorteil wegen des d4-Bauern, der Turm
steht gut in der a-Linie und in einigen Varianten bekommt Weiß Probleme mit
dem e-Bauern.} 16. Bb2 (16. Qc2 Nd5 $15) 16... Ra2 17. h3 {Weiß möchte den
h3-Bauern gegen den wichtigen d4-Bauern tauschen.} Be6 (17... Bxh3 18. Bxh3
Qxh3 19. Bxd4 $11) 18. g4 (18. Kh2 Rfa8 $15 (18... f5 19. Nd2 Na4)) 18... h5 $1
(18... f5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 $15) (18... Qxb5 $2 19. Bxd4 $14 {[%cal Rb1b5]}) 19.
Ng3 (19. gxh5 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Bxd4 Qg4+ $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Rg4g1,
Rg4e2,Gg4d4] Weiß kann nicht 22.Ng3 ziehen, denn es hängt dann d4.}) 19... hxg4
20. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Gg4e2]} 21. Bxb7 Bd6 {Die Stellung ist materiell gleich,
aber Schwarz hat die viel bessere Figurenkoordination. Die weiße
Königsstellung ist schwach, aber auch am Damenflügel hat er Schwerigkeiten.}
22. f4 (22. Bc6 Qe6 $36) (22. Bxd4 $2 Bxg3 $19) 22... Be7 {[%cal Ge7h4] Der
Läufer war nach 22.f4 überflüssig auf d6. Jetzt kann er in eingen Varianten
nach h4 ziehen.} 23. Bc6 Qd6 24. Bg2 (24. Qb3 Be6 $15) 24... Na4 {[%csl Ga4,
Yc3][%cal Ga4c3,Ga4b2] Der Springer wird für Weiß sehr unangenehm.} 25. Ne4 (
25. Qb3 Be6 26. Qc2 Rb8 $17) 25... Qb6 {[%cal Gb6g1]} 26. f5 (26. Qb3 Be6 $17 (
26... Nc3 $5)) 26... Nc3 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb6g1]} (26... Nxb2 27. Qb3 Rfa8 28.
Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Ra5 $17) 27. Qd2 {Weiß muß die Qualität geben, ansonsten
kann er die Segel schon steichen.} Nxb1 28. Rxb1 Bxf5 {Schwarz hat mit Bauern
und Qualität mehr sehr gute Gewinnchancen.} 29. Qf4 Qxb5 30. Kf2 (30. Ng3 Bg6
$19) 30... Rxb2 (30... Bg6 $19) 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Qxf5 Bh4+ $19 {Weiß hat
aufgrund des materiellen Nachteils ohnehin kaum Hoffnungen, aber auch seine
Königsstellung ist schwach.} 33. Kf3 Qc1 {[%cal Rc1e3,Re3f3]} 34. Kg4 Be7 {
Und Weiß gab in hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.} 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 5th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Papa, Severin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Dieser Zug führt zu positionellem
Spiel. Die Alternativen sind - 4...Nd4, 4...Bc5, 4...d5.} 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
(6... Re8) 7. Ng5 (7. Ne1) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 {Dieser Zug führt zu scharfem
Spiel - im Falle von 8.dxc3 ist das Spiel weniger scharf..} (8. dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2
Qe7 $11) 8... Re8 9. f3 e3 (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde
erstmals in der Partie Kasparov,V - Ivanchuk,V Moscow 1988 URS-ch gespielt.}
Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 fxg4 $6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 $2 (15... Nd6 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. e4 $44) 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 $16 {[%csl Gb1,Gf1,Gg6,
Rg8] 1-0 Lesiege,A-Zugic,I/Montreal 2001/CBM 85/[Ribli] (21)}) 10. d3 {Das ist
die populäre Fortsetzung - im Falle von 10.dxe3 h6, oder 10...b6 hat Schwarz
Kompensation für den Bauern.} (10. dxe3 b6 (10... d6 $44) 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Ba6
$44) 10... d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Nc6 (14... Bg4 15.
Nf3 (15. Re1) 15... Nc6 16. h3 (16. Rb1 Qd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rfc1
Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Na5 {0-1 Brooks,I-Tochachek,M/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM
102 (55)}) 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h5 (17... d4 18. c4 $14) 18. Qc5 Rc8 19. Bb2 b6
20. Qb5 Na5 21. Rac1 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Eriksson,A-Oestroem,R/Hallsta 1996/EXT 99/
(21)}) 15. Nf3 (15. Rb1 Qc7 (15... Bg4 16. Re1 h6 (16... Qd7 17. h3 $16) 17.
Nf3 Qd7 18. d4 $14 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Qb3 h6 19. Rfc1
Qd7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qa4 Nd5 {1-0 Brooks,I-Fuzishawa,R/ICCF Email
2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (55)}) (15. Bb2 Bg4 16. Rae1 h6 17. Nf3 Qc8 $5 (
17... Qd7 $6 18. Ne5 $1 Qf5 19. c4 Bh3 20. Nxc6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 bxc6 22. Bxf6 $14
)) 15... Bd7 $146 16. Rb1 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, aber der e3P blockiert die
weiße Stellung.} b6 (16... Qc7) 17. c4 Rc8 (17... dxc4 18. dxc4 $13 (18. Ne5
Nd4 $13) (18. Bb2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 $44)) 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 a5 {[%cal Gc6b4,
Gd5b4] Schwarz möchte einen Springer auf b4 stellen und die Aktivität der
a3-Dame beschränken.} 20. Rfc1 Ncb4 21. Ba1 $1 {[%mdl 32] Mit diesem stillen
Läuferzug bereitet Weiß den Damenzug 22.Qb2 vor, wonach er mit 23.a3 den
Springer von b4 verjagen kann.} h6 {Schwarz bereitet Be6 vor und verteidigt
sich gegen Ng5.} (21... Nf6 $5 $13 {[%cal Gb4d5]}) 22. Qb2 $14 {[%csl Ga1,Gb2,
Rb4][%cal Ga2a3,Ga3b4,Ra1g7]} Nf6 23. a3 (23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Ne5 $14) 23... Nbd5
24. Ne5 Be6 (24... Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Be6 26. Qb5 $14) 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 (25... Qxc8 $2
26. f5 $1 Bxf5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (28... Nf6 $2 29. Nd6 $18 {
[%cal Rd6e8,Rd6c8]}) 29. Qxg7+ Ke6 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Qxd5+ Qe6 32. Qd4 $18) 26.
Qd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5][%cal Gg2a8,Ga1h8][%mdl 2048] Weiß hat zwei starke
Läufer auf den starken Diagonalen und gut zentralisierte e5-Springer und
d4-Dame.} Re6 (26... Bb7 27. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Rc4b6]} (27. Ng4 $16))
27. Nc4 Kf8 28. Rb5 $18 {[%csl Rd5]} Bb7 29. Bxd5 (29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxe3 $18 (
30. Nxb6 Rd6 31. Qc5 Bc6 32. Be5 Bxb5 33. Bxd6+ Kg8 34. Be7 Qe8 35. Bxf6 gxf6
36. Nd5 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 (
7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 $6 (11... Bc5 $1 $10) 12.
Qc2 Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 (9. Na4 $5 Be7 10. Rd1 c5 11. d3 d6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. a3 Rb8 14. Qa2
Qd7 15. Nd5 Qh3 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rb1 $14 {Miles,A-Sadler,M Oostende op 1991
EXP/26}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 $1 a6 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 Bc5
$8 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Rb1 Rb6 $1 17. Be3 (17. Qa5 $5 d6 18. Na4 Rxb1 19. Rxb1
$14) 17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 e4 $1 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 (21. Bxe4
$2 Qg5 $44) 21... Qg5 22. Kf2 Qe5 23. Rb8 (23. Rd1 d6 24. Rd5 Qe7 $44) 23... g5
24. Qd1 c6 $1 25. Ra8 d6 26. Qd4 c5 27. Qxe5 (27. Qd5 $5) 27... dxe5 28. Bg4
Bd7 $1 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Bc8 a5 31. Bb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 (11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 $5 (12. Nd2 $5) 12...
exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nf3 $14
{Sunye Neto,J-El Taher,F Manila izt CBM/19}) (11... Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bb2 $1
Rad8 14. Qc2 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kh8 18. h3 Qe8 19. b5 Nce7
20. Qxa7 Qxb5 21. Ba1 $16 {Hjartarson,J-Oll,L EUCup (Honved-Bayern) 1991 CBM/26
}) 12. b5 (12. bxa5 $1 Rxa5 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Ra6 16. Qc2 Nb6 (
16... Nd8 17. e4 Rc6 18. Qd1 Nb6 19. Be3 Nf7 20. d4 Ba2 21. Rb2 Bc4 22. Re1 Rd8
23. d5 $14 {Serper,G-Mainka,R Vienna op 1991 EXP/25}) 17. Be3 Bxa3 18. Nxa3
Rxa3 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rxb6 Rfa8 21. Rfb1 Ra2 22. Qd1 R8a7 23. Nd2 $14 {
Csom,I-Mainka,R Budapest Noviki-A 1990 CBM/19}) 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 $6 (13. Nd2
Bd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. a4 Bb4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik,L-Torre,E
Bacalod 1991 EXP/23 51/40}) 13... exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 $10 15. Bh3 Qe8 16. e4 dxe3
17. Bxe3 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qh5 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. Rbc1 Bd6 21. Qd1 Qf7 22. Bc5 Rfd8
23. Re1 b6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Re3 f5 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 Rad8 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29.
Qe2 R8d7 30. Rc6 f4 $1 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Rce6 Rxb5 33. h4 (33. R8e7 Rxe7 34.
Rxe7 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 f3+ $19) 33... fxg3 34. fxg3 Qf5 35. R6e7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kf6
37. Re8 (37. Rxc7 Re5 38. Qf2 $10) 37... Qd7 $1 38. Kh2 h5 39. Qf2+ Rf5 40.
Qb2+ Kf7 41. Rh8 Ke6 42. Qe2+ Kd6 43. Qe4 Qe7 44. Rh6 Qxe4 45. dxe4 Rf6 46. g4
Ke5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Rxh5+ Kxe4 49. Rh7 c5 50. Kg3 c4 51. Rc7 Kd3 52. Kg4 c3
53. Kg5 Rf1 54. Rd7+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf2"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1989.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. Ne4 Ba2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. Nc5 Rb8 $6 (13... Nc4
$1 14. Rb1 b6 15. Na4 Nd4 $10 {Adorjan,A-Huebner,R/Linares/1985/}) (13... e4 $1
{Seirawan} 14. Ne1 Nc4 $5 (14... Bxc5 $6 15. bxc5 Nd7 16. Rxb7 Nxc5 17. Rb5 Nd4
18. Rxc5 Bb3 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Qe1 Re8 $13) 15. Rb1 Bxc5 16. bxc5
b6) 14. e4 Bf7 15. d3 Nd7 $5 (15... Nd4 $5 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rc2 Bxc5 18. Rxc5
Qd7 $10) 16. Nb3 $1 a5 $1 17. b5 Na7 $5 (17... Nd4 $6 18. Nfxd4 exd4 19. Rb1) (
17... Bxa3 $5 18. Ra2 $1 Bxc1 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxc1 Bxa2 21. Nxa2) 18. a4 Ba3
19. Rb1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 c6 $1 21. bxc6 bxc6 $6 (21... Nxc6 $5 22. d4 {22.Bh3!?}
exd4 23. Nfxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 {24...Nb6(!)} 25. f4 Nc4 $13) 22. Nfd2 Rb4 {
>= 22...c5! /\ Na7-c6-d4} 23. Bh3 Nb6 $2 24. Nc5 $1 Qe7 25. Qc2 Nc4 $4 {
>= 25...Rfd8} 26. Ndb3 $1 Na3 27. Qc3 $1 Rfb8 28. Nd2 $1 Rb2 29. Qxa3 Rxd2 30.
Rb1 $1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Ra2 32. Qxa5 Nb5 33. Qb4 Rc2 34. Na6 c5 35. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung sind die Alternativen 8.a3, oder 8.Rb1 populärer.}
O-O 9. Be3 (9. a3) 9... Bg4 10. Rc1 {Diese klassische Figurenentwicklung wird
heutzutage selten gespielt. Weiß hat die Möglichkeit, aktives Figurenspiel am
Damenflügel zu entfalten, während Schwarz das Zentrumsfeld d4 kontrolliert und
Gegenchancen am Königsflügel besitzt.} Kh8 (10... Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 $1 12. a3 Bf8
13. Ne4 (13. b4 $5) 13... Nd4 14. Nc5 $1 (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf4 Nd5 $15) 14...
Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Bh5 $1 16. g4 $6 (16. d4) 16... Bg6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qd4 $1
19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Bxc7 Nxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxb2 $15 {Morchiashvili,B-Gagunashvili,M/
Georgia (ch) 2004}) 11. Na4 Nd7 $146 {Eine theoretische Neuerung, die mir
nicht gefällt; Schwarz verteidigt zwar das Feld c5, aber dieser Springerzug
scheint mir etwas passiv. Die Alternativen 11...Nd5 und 11...e4!? kommen stark
in Betracht.} (11... Nd5 12. Bc5 f6 13. Re1 (13. h3 $5) 13... b6 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7
15. Nc3 c5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 Vilela,J-Romanishin,O/Polanica Zdroj 1980/MCD 
(53)}) (11... e4 $5 {Das ist ein bekanntes Motiv in dieser Variante - 12.
dxe4?? verliert eine Figur nach 12...Qxd1.} 12. Nxb6 axb6 (12... exf3 13. exf3
axb6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 axb6 15. a3 $14) 14. fxg4 Rxa2 15. Qb3 $16) 13. dxe4
Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rxa2 15. Nd4 Rxb2 (15... Bc5) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxe2 18.
Rdc1 Bd6 19. Bd4 Rb5 20. Re1 Bd3 21. e5 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Piven,I-Cebalo,M/Biel
1993/TD (40)}) 12. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4][%mdl 4] Mit diesem Zug leitet Weiß sein
aktives Spiel am Damenfügel ein.} f5 (12... a5 13. d4 exd4 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nxd4 15. Bxb7 $14) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Qc2 $14) 13. b4 Bd6 (13... f4
14. Bc5 $14) 14. b5 Ne7 (14... Na5 $6 15. Bg5 (15. Bd2 a6 16. Bxa5 axb5 17.
Bxc7 Bxc7 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. Nxb5 Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Rxa3 21. Qd2 $14) 15... Nf6 (15...
Qe8 16. Bd2 a6 17. Bxa5 axb5 18. Bxc7 Bxc7 19. Rxc7 $14) 16. Nc5 $14) 15. Nc5
$14 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qd7 17. Qb3 f4 $2 {[%csl Ye4] Ein positioneller Fehler. Nach
diesem Zug vergibt Schwarz die Möglichkeit von e5-e4.} (17... e4 $142 18. Bxd6
(18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5) 18... exf3 19. exf3 cxd6 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Rce1 $14)
18. Rc2 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1c7]} Rac8 {Schwarz verfügt über keine Drohungen am
Königsflügel, sondern ist zur Verteidigung seiner Stellung gezwungen.} 19. Rfc1
Be6 20. Qb4 {[%csl Gb4,Gc1,Gc2,Gc5][%cal Gb4f8,Rf3e5,Gc1c8] Weiß übt
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel aus; es droht jetzt 21.Nxe5.} fxg3 (20... b6
21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. gxf4 $18) 21. hxg3 b6 {Dieser
Zug schwächt das Feld c6, aber Schwarz hat keine sinnvollen Alternativen, da
Weiß 22.Nxe5 droht.} 22. Bxd6 cxd6 (22... Qxd6 $2 23. Rxc7 $18) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. d4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yc6,Re5][%mdl 32] Nach dieser
Vereinfachung behält Weiß ein aktiveres Figurenspiel, und kann im weiteren
Verlauf das Feld c6 besetzen.} exd4 (25... e4 $2 26. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Re4] Jetzt
26...d5 geht nicht wegen 27.Qf8#.}) (25... Kg8 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qd1+ 28.
Bf1 $16 (28. Kh2 Qxe2 29. Qd4 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Qe8 31. Bd5 $16)) 26. Nxd4 {[%csl
Gb4,Yc6,Gd4,Gg2] Das Feld c6 ist ein großes positionelles Loch in der schwarze
Stellung.} Bg8 27. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6]} h6 (27... Qe6 28. Qf4 $16 (28. e3 $16)
28... Qxe2 $2 29. Qf8 $18) 28. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Rc8,Gf4,Gg2,Rg8][%cal Rf4f8]
Gegen die drohende Eindringung der weißen Dame auf f8 besitzt Schwarz keine
Verteidigung. Weiterhin stehen alle weißen Figuren aktiver, als die
gegnerischen.} Ne7 (28... Qe8 29. Bh3 $18) 29. Qf8 Ng6 30. Qb8 {[%csl Ra7] Der
Zielpunkt des weißen Spiels ist jetzt der Pa7.} Qe6 31. Bf3 (31. e3) 31... Ne5
32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Bc6 $1 (33. Qxa7 $6 e4 34. Bg2 e3 $132) 33... Qc4 {Das
schwarze Gegenspiel kommt zu spät.} (33... e4 34. Qxa7 e3 35. Qxb6 $18) 34.
Qxa7 Qxe2 35. Qxb6 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5][%cal Gb6f2]} Bc4 36. Qc5 e4 (36... Qf1+
37. Kh2 $18) 37. b6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 (38. Kh2 e3 39. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3
a5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 f5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O {-> A29} Be6 (11... Kh8 12. Na4
Nxa4 (12... Bf6 13. Nd2 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qc2 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Be7
18. Nc5 $14 {Makarov,M-Semeniuk,A/RSFSR-ch/1990/CBM21/}) 13. Qxa4 Bf6 14. b4
$14 {Foisor,O-Habibi,A/Zweisimmen/1993/EXP36/}) 12. Bxb6 $5 (12. Na4 Nxa4 13.
Qxa4 Bf6 (13... Bd5 {Ftacnik}) 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Qb5 $14 {Johansen,D-Solomon,S/
Sydney Mercantile/1991/CBM23/}) 12... cxb6 13. e3 $5 (13. Qa4 Bc5 14. Rfd1 Nd4
$10 {Bischoff,K-Brunner,L/BL9394/}) 13... Bf6 (13... Bc5 14. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 15.
d4 $14) 14. Re1 Rf7 15. d4 Rd7 16. Qc2 e4 (16... exd4 17. exd4 Bf7 18. Qxf5 $14
) 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Nb5 $1 Nd5 19. Nb1 $1 h5 (19... a4 20. Bf1 $14) 20. N1c3 Ne7
(20... Rc8 21. Qe2 $14) 21. Qe2 g6 (21... h4 $1 {Ftacnik} 22. f3 $16) 22. Bh3 (
22. f3 $5) 22... Bf7 (22... Rc8 $2 23. Nxe4 $18) 23. f3 exf3 24. Qxf3 Nc6 25.
Bg2 Bg7 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qf4 Qf6 (27... Qxf4 28. gxf4 $14) 28. Rf1 Qe7 (28... Kh7
$6 {Ftacnik} 29. Ne4 fxe4 (29... Qe7 30. Ng5+ $18) 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxf6 $18)
29. Na4 Kh7 (29... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 $16) 30. Rfe1 Bh6 31.
Qf2 Re8 32. Nxb6 Rdd8 (32... Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Qxe3 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Nxd7 $18) 33.
Rc3 Nxd4 (33... h4 {Ftacnik} 34. gxh4 f4 35. e4 $18) 34. Nc7 $1 (34. Rc7 Nxb5
$1 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 $14) 34... Nc6 (34... Rf8 35. exd4 $18) 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Kh1
Bg7 37. Rd3 Ne5 38. Rd2 Qc7 (38... Qc5 39. Nd7 Nxd7 40. Rxd7 $16) 39. Nd5 Qc5
40. Nf4 Qc7 41. e4 $1 fxe4 42. Bxe4 Kh8 (42... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 43. Rde2 Re5 $16)
43. Qg2 b5 44. Bd5 $1 Kh7 45. Rde2 h4 46. gxh4 Rf8 47. h5 Bxd5 (47... gxh5 48.
Rxe5 Bxe5 49. Qe4+ Kh6 (49... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 50. Qxe5+ $18) 50. Qxe5 $18) 48.
Nxd5 Qd6 49. hxg6+ Kg8 (49... Qxg6 50. Rxe5 $18 (50. Rxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 51.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 52. Rxe5 $18)) (49... Nxg6 {Ftacnik} 50. Re6 $18) 50. Re3 Rf5 51.
Nc3 Bh6 52. Rd1 Qf6 53. Nd5 Qe6 54. Rc3 Rg5 55. Nf4 $1 Rxg2 56. Rd8+ (56. Rd8+
{Ftacnik} Bf8 (56... Kg7 57. Nxe6+ Kf6 58. Kxg2 Kxe6 59. Rb8 $18) 57. Nxe6 Rf2
58. g7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 {Der polnische Großmeister beginnt seine Partien praktisch immer mit
diesem genügsamem Zug.} e5 2. c4 {Nach 2.Bg2 kann Schwarz sich mit 2...d5 das
Übergewicht im Zentrum verschaffen.} Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.
O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 O-O {Wir haben eigentlich eine Stellung vor uns, die
aus der Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung entsteht, aber mit
umgekehrten Farben. Gewöhnlich greift Weiß am Damenflügel an (mit der
Unterstützung des g2-Läufers), dafür erhält Schwarz Chancen im Zentrum und am
Königsflügel.} 9. a3 Re8 {Großmeister Huebner spielt gerne diese Variante mit
beiden Farben. Die Idee des Turmzugs ist, dass nach 10...Bf8 der Turm aktiv
ins Spiel kommt.} 10. b4 Bf8 {Gewöhnlich spielt man zuerst 11.Bb2 und nach 11..
.a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 haben wir die Partiestellung.} (10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bc5 15. Re1 Bb6 16. Bf4 h6 17. Rac1 Re7 18. h4
Qe8 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rc2 Bd7 21. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Zelcic,R/Leon 2001/
CBM 86 (54)}) 11. Nd2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 (13. e3 Ne6 14. Nf3 Ng5 15. Nxg5
Qxg5 16. Bb2 Qd8 17. Rc1 a4 18. Qh5 Bd6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. d4 Nd7 21. Rfd1 h6 22.
Nxd6 cxd6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. h3 Be6 25. b6 Nc4 $4 26. Rxc4 {1-0 Markowski,
T-Wojtkiewicz,A/Zakopane 2000/CBM 78 ext (26)} (26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. Qg4 $18 {
[%cal Rg4c4,Rg4g7]})) 13... c6 {Zu dieser Fortsetzung gibt es einige
alternative Spielweisen. Diese sind 13...Bd7, 13...Rb8 und hauptsächlich 13...
a4. Mit dem Textzug möchte Schwarz sich vom weißen positionellen Druck am
Damenflügel befreien.} 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5] Mit diesem
Springerzug kontrolliert Weiß das wichtige Zentrumsfeld d4 und die Dame von d8
kann nicht weg ziehen wegen Nc7.} (15. Rb1 Be6 16. Re1 a4 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Ba1
Na5 19. Nc4 Naxc4 20. dxc4 Rad8 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc3 Nxc4 23. Nxa4 Nxa3 24.
Rxb7 Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Hardicsay,P-Caruana,F/Budapest HUN 2003/(48)}) 15... a4 {
Wieder ein typisches Motiv - Schwarz gewinnt Raum am Damenflügel und in
einigen Stellungen kann er Ra8-Ra5 ziehen.} 16. Rb1 Be6 $5 {Interessanterweise
hat Großmeister Huebner dieselbe Stellung schon mal auf dem Brett gehabt, aber
mit Weiß! Dort zog sein Gegner 16....Bg4, aber der Läufer steht nicht wirklich
gut auf g4, so dass Schwarz später (in der Partie Huebner-Ruck/Leipzig 2002)
Bg4-Be6 ziehen musste.} (16... Bg4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ba1 Be6 19. Qc2 Rec8 20. Qb2
f6 21. d4 Nb4 $2 (21... exd4 $5 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc4 25.
Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxb7 Re8 $13) (21... Rd8 $5) 22. dxe5 $1 Rc2 23. Qd4 Rxd2 24.
Qxb6 {1-0 Huebner,R-Ruck,R/Leipzig 2002/CBM 89/[Ribli] (41)}) 17. Ba1 {[%cal
Gb1b7] Weiß erhöht den Wirkungskreis des Rb1, aber der Textzug hat auch seine
Nachteile - der Pa3 wird weniger verteidigt, was später ein wichtiger Faktor
werden kann.} (17. e3 Ba2 $6 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nfd4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 (21. Nxd4 exd3 $10) 21... Bc6 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. dxe4 $6 (23. Bxe4
$1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qc2 $14) 23... Ra5 $2 (23... Nc5 $8 24.
Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qc2 b6 $44) 24. Na7 $1 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 {1-0 Petursson,M-Fernandez
Garcia,J/Novi Sad 1990/TD/[Petursson] (41)}) 17... Qd7 (17... Ba2 18. Rc1 (18.
Rb2 $6 Bd5 $15) 18... Bd5 $11) 18. Qc2 Rec8 $11 {[%cal Gc8c2] Schwarz hat eine
bequeme Stellung - sein Pa4 blockiert den weißen Damenflügel. Andererseits hat
Weiß auch seine Chancen - der Bg2 und der Nb5 stehen aktiv.} (18... Rac8) 19.
Qb2 f6 {[%mdl 32] Ein logischer Zug - Schwarz verteidigt nochmals den
e5-Bauern, um ein für alle mal den Wirkungskreis der Batterie Ba1-Qb2 zu
neutralisieren.} (19... Bh3 20. Rfc1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f6 $11) 20. d4 {Weiß öffnet
die Stellung, was zu taktischen Komplikationen führt. Dadurch erhalten wir
praktisch dieselbe Stellung, wie in der Partie Huebner-Ruck/Leipzig 2002 
(siehe Anmerkung 16...Bg4). Der einzige Unterschied ist der, dass Weiß dort
den Turm statt f1 auf e1 postiert hatte.} (20. Rfd1 Na5 $15 {[%cal Ga5b3]}) (
20. Rfc1 $5) 20... Rd8 (20... Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Rfd1 Qe6 $11)
(20... Nb4 $5) 21. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Na5 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Ga5c4][%mdl 2048]
Der Springer zielt nach c4.} (21... exd4 $5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nxd4 Nc4 24. Nxc4
Bxc4 $15) 22. dxe5 Nbc4 $15 23. Qd4 (23. Nxc4 $2 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bf1
Nxc4 $19) 23... Nxe5 (23... Nxa3 $5 24. Qxd7 (24. Nxa3 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26.
Nb5 Rd7 $17) 24... Rxd7 25. Nxa3 Bxa3 $17) 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxe5 (25. Nf3 $5
Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rad8 27. e3 $11) 25... fxe5 26. Nf3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bb3 28. Nxe5
(28. Rd7 Rc8) 28... Bxd1 {Dieser Zug führt nur zum Remis. Ich glaube, mit 28...
Bxa3 konnte Schwarz weiter auf Gewinn spielen.} (28... Bxa3 $5 29. Bd5+ (29.
Nxa3 $2 Bxd1 30. Bd5+ Kf8 $19) 29... Bxd5 30. Nxa3 Bb3 31. Rd7 Nc6 32. Nxc6
bxc6 33. e4 (33. Rc7 Rd8 $17 {[%cal Rd8d1,Rd1a1,Rd1g1]}) 33... Rc8 $15) 29.
Bd5+ $11 Kh8 30. Nf7+ {Und Remis durch ewiges Schach.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m3"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj Ftacnik} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 (11... Bg4 12. Rc1
Nd4 $6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6 15. h3 Be6 16. Nc5 $14 {Blatny,P-Schlosser,P/
Brno/1993/CBM37/}) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 (13... c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 a4 16.
Kh1 $1 Be6 17. f4 $14 {Sandler,L-Sarno,S/Geneve 1992/}) 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 $1
Nc5 (15... f6 16. Qc2 $1 Nc5 17. d4 $14 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Novak,I/Haifa op/
1989/}) 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 (16... f6 {Ftacnik} 17. Nc4 (17. d4 $5 Nb3 18. Nxa4 Nxa1
19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qd3 Ra4 22. Rc1 $44) 17... Qxd3 (17... Nxd3 $2
18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Bd5+ $18) 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Nd5 Qxb5 20. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Nc7
Qd7 22. Nxa8 $18) (16... Nb3 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxa4 $1 Nxa4 (17... Nxa1 {Kortschnoj
} 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Qxa1 $146) 18. Qxb3 $18) 17. d4 Rg5 $2 (17... Re8 18. dxc5
Qxd1 (18... Bxc5 19. Qc2 $16) (18... Nc4 19. c6 $1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 $1 Nxb2 21.
Rdb1 Nc4 22. cxb7 Bxb7 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Ra2 Nxa3 26. Rba1 $16) 19.
Rfxd1 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Kozul,Z/Novi Sad ol/1990/} (19. Rfxd1 {Ftacnik} Bxc5 20.
Rac1 $6 (20. Rdc1 Bf8 21. Ne2 Bd6 22. Bd4 Ra5 $14) 20... Nc4 $1 21. Ba1 Bxa3
22. Rc2 $6 Nb6 $17 {Uhlmann,W-Kozul,Z/Novi Sad olm/1990/0-1 (35)})) (17... Nc4
$2 {Ftacnik} 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Nxd1 $18) 18. dxc5 (18. h4 $5 {Huebner}) 18...
Qxd1 19. Raxd1 $1 Rxc5 (19... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 20. Ne4 $1 Nxb2 21. Nxg5 Nxd1 22.
Rxd1 h6 23. Nf3 Bxc5 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Bh3 $18) (19... Bxc5 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Ne4
$18) 20. Rd8 f6 (20... Nc4 21. Nd5 $1 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxb2 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Rxa8
Bxd5 25. Rxc7 $18 (25. Rxc7 {Ftacnik} b6 26. Rb8 $18)) (20... Bd7 $5 {Ftacnik}
21. Rxa8 Nxa8 22. Bxb7 Nb6 23. Rd1 (23. Ba6 c6 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rd1 Be7 $14)
23... Bxb5 24. Rd8 c6 25. Rb8 Nc4 26. Ne4 Rd5 27. Bd4 $16) 21. Rfd1 Kf7 (21...
Nc4 22. R1d5 $1 $18 (22. Bd5+ $1 {Ftacnik} Rxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxb2 24. Rc1 Be6 25.
Rxa8 Bxd5 26. Rxc7 Be6 27. Re7 $18)) (21... Bg4 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxa8 Bxd1 23. Rb8
$16) 22. R1d4 Ke7 (22... Nc4 23. Ne4 (23. Rxc4 {Ftacnik} Rxc4 24. Bd5+ Ke7 25.
Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxc4 $18) 23... Nxb2 (23... Rxb5 24. Rxc4 Rxb2 25. Rxc7+ $18) 24.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nxc5 $18) (22... Be7 {Ftacnik} 23. Rh8 h6 24. h4 $16) 23. h4 Nc4
$2 (23... Ra7 $142 $1 $13 {/\Bc8-d7 Huebner}) (23... Rc4 {Ftacnik}) 24. R8d5 (
24. R8d5 $1 {Ftacnik} Nxb2 25. Rxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bf6 12. f4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14.
e3 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rf5 17. a5 $146 {Mestropov,K-Yakovich,Y Moscow op
1990 EXP/19 50/(29)}) 10... Bf8 11. Rb1 Nd4 $5 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4
14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. d4 $14 {Georgiev,Ki-Gelfand,B Manila izt 1990 CBM/
19 49/44}) (11... Bg4 $5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nde4 Nd4 16. e3
Ne6 17. Qe2 c6 18. Bb2 Qh4 $13 {Spraggett-Kveinys Torcy 1991 51/37}) 12. Nd2 c6
13. Nb3 Bg4 $5 (13... Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Be6 15. Qc2 $10 {Pigusov-Goldin Sochi 1989
48/(26)}) 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. N5e4 Ne6 18. e3 Nd5 19. Ne2 a5
$1 20. b5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qb3 (22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. d4 $13)
22... Nc7 $1 23. bxc6 Qxd3 $1 24. Nc3 a4 25. Qb2 Qc4 26. cxb7 (26. e4 Bd4 $17)
26... Bxb1 27. Nxb1 e4 $1 28. Nc3 Nd5 29. Bd2 Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Qb3 31. Qa1 Rxb7
32. Bxg7 Qxa3 33. Bf6 (33. Qf6 Rb6 $19) 33... Qxa1 34. Rxa1 a3 35. Bf1 Reb8 36.
Kg2 Rb1 37. Ra2 Rc1 38. Be2 Bd6 39. Rd2 Bb4 40. Ra2 Bf8 41. Rd2 Bg7 42. g5 Bxf6
43. gxf6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 $6 (5... Bc5 $5) 6. Nh4 O-O
7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bc5 (8... d6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 $14 {Lautier,
J-Karpov,An/Dortmund/1993/CBM35/INF57,40/}) 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 c6
12. Be3 $1 cxd5 13. Bxc5 d6 14. Bd4 dxc4 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rd2 $5 (16. Nf3 Nc6
17. Qxc4 Qxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd6 $14 {Ree,H-Ligterink,G/
Amsterdam OHRA-B/1988/CBM09/INF46/(33)/}) 16... Be6 (16... Nc6 $6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Qxc4 $16 {Smejkal,J-Mecking,H/Rio de Janeiro izt/1979/INF28,(52)/}) 17.
Rad1 Rac8 (17... Rad8 18. Bxa7 b5 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 $18) 18. Bc3
Red8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 h6 $2 (20... Rb8 $14) 21. Rxd6 $1 Re8 22. Qxe5 Qxe5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxb7 Rc7 (24... Rb8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Bf3 Ra5
28. a3 c3 29. bxc3 Rxa3 $16) 25. Bf3 Ra5 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Ra1 (27. a3 c3 28.
bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rf8 Kg6 $10) 27... g6 28. a3 Nd7 (28... c3 29. b4 Ra4 30. Rd3 $16
) 29. Rc1 Ne5 30. Rc3 Rb5 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Kg2 Rcc5 33. Be4 Rb3 34. Rxb3 cxb3
35. Rd5 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Belov} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 (10... a5 {Belov} 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12.
Nd2 c6 $1 13. a4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qc3 $13 {
Kortschnoi/}) 12... Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. a4 Rf7 $10 {Cvetkovic,
S-Cebalo,M/YUG/1986/0:1/36/}) 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Bb2 {Belov} Nxf3+ (11... Bb3 12.
Qc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1 a5 $10) 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15.
Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 $10 {Salov,V-Khalifman,A/Reykjavuk/1991/0,5/22/}) 11...
Nd5 (11... c6 12. Bb2 f6 (12... a5 $10 {Belov}) 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nb3 $13 {
Paneque,P-Martin del Campo,R/Capablanca mem-B/1994/CBM43/}) 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13.
Bxc3 Bd5 (13... c6 {Belov} 14. Nc4 (14. e3 Nb5 15. Bxe5 Qxd3 $10) 14... f6 15.
e3 Nb5 16. Bb2 $14) 14. Nc4 Bf6 (14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. e4 $1 Qe6 17.
Bxd4 exd4 18. Qb3 $14) (14... f6 {Belov}) 15. e3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. e4 Qd7
18. Bxd4 $5 Qxd4 (18... exd4 19. Qb3 $14) 19. Na5 $1 Qb6 (19... b6 20. Nc6 Qc3
21. b5 a6 22. Qb1 $5 (22. a4 axb5 23. Rc1 Qb2 24. Rb1 Qc3 25. axb5 Ra3 26. Nb4
$14) 22... axb5 23. Rc1 Qd2 24. Ra2 (24. Qxb5 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Qxc1 26. Ra7 $44)
24... Qg5 25. Rcc2 $14) (19... Rab8 $5 {Belov}) 20. Qc2 $14 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rd7
22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Rb3 h5 (23... Be7 $5 {Belov}) 24. Qc5 Qe6 (24... Qxc5 {Belov}
25. bxc5 b6 26. Nc6 Re8 27. a4 $16) 25. Qc4 (25. Nxb7 $2 {Belov} Qxb3) 25...
Qb6 (25... Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Rd4 (26... c6 {Belov} 27. b5 $16) 27. Na5 Rxe4 28.
Nxb7 Rd5 29. dxe4 Rxd1 30. Rc3 Ra1 31. Na5 $16) 26. Rc3 Be7 27. Qb3 a6 (27...
c5 28. Nc4 Qe6 29. b5 $14) 28. Nc4 Qe6 29. Ne3 Qxb3 (29... Qg6 $32 {Belov}) 30.
Rxb3 f6 (30... Bg5 31. Nd5 (31. Nc4 Rd4 32. Nxe5 Rxe4 33. dxe4 Rxd1 34. Rd3
Rxd3 35. Nxd3 Kf8 $13) 31... c6 32. Nb6 Rd4 33. Kf3 $14) 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke2 c6
33. Nc4 Rd4 (33... Bd6 $32 {Belov} 34. f4 Bc7 $14) (33... h4 $5 {Belov}) 34. f4
Ke6 (34... exf4 35. gxf4 f5 36. Ne5+ Ke6 37. Nf3 R4d7 38. Rg1 $14) 35. Rf1 $1
h4 (35... exf4 $5 36. Rxf4 g6 $14) (35... g6 {Belov} 36. f5+ Kf7 37. fxg6+ Kxg6
38. Rf5 $16) 36. f5+ Kf7 37. g4 Rc8 (37... g5 {Belov} 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rf5 {
/\g5+-}) 38. g5 $1 g6 (38... fxg5 39. Nxe5+ Kf6 40. Ng4+ $16) 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40.
fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rf5 Re8 42. Rb1 $1 $16 Re6 43. Rg1+ Kf7 (43... Kh6 44. Ne3 $18)
44. Rh5 Re7 45. Rh6 $1 Ke6 46. Rgg6 Rf7 47. Ne3 Rd8 48. Ng4 Rdf8 49. Rxh4 Ke7
50. Nxf6 (50. Rh5 $32 {Belov} Bg7 51. h4 $18) 50... Rxf6 51. Rh7+ Kd6 (51...
R8f7 52. Rgg7 $18) 52. Rxf6+ Rxf6 53. Rxb7 Rh6 54. Ra7 Rxh2+ 55. Ke3 Rb2 56.
Rxa6 Kd7 57. Kf3 Rd2 58. Kg4 $1 Rxd3 59. Kf5 Kd6 60. b5 Rf3+ 61. Kg5 (61. Kg4 {
Belov} Rf4+) 61... Rg3+ 62. Kh4 Re3 63. Rxc6+ Kd7 64. Rc4 Rxa3 65. Rb4 $1 (65.
Kg4 $2 Rb3 66. Rc5 Ke6 67. Rc6+ Kd7 68. Rb6 Kc7 69. Re6 Rxb5 70. Kf5 Kd7 71.
Rxe5 Rxe5+ 72. Kxe5 Ke7 $10) 65... Rf3 (65... Kc7 66. Kg4 $1 Ra8 67. Kf5 Re8
68. b6+ Kb7 69. Kf6 $18) (65... Ke6 {Belov} 66. b6 Ra8 67. b7 Rb8 68. Kg5 $18)
66. b6 Kc8 67. b7+ Kb8 68. Kg5 Rf4 69. Kg6 $1 Rf1 70. Rb5 Rf4 71. Rxe5 Kxb7 72.
Kg5 Rf8 73. Rc5 $1 Kb6 74. Rc1 Re8 75. Kf5 Rf8+ 76. Kg6 Re8 77. Re1 Rf8 (77...
Kc6 78. Kf7 Re5 79. Kf6 Rh5 80. Rd1 Rh6+ 81. Kg5 Rh8 (81... Rh7 82. e5 Rd7 83.
Rxd7 Kxd7 84. Kf6 Ke8 85. Ke6 $18) (81... Rd6 82. Rxd6+ Kxd6 83. Kf6 Kd7 84. e5
Ke8 85. Ke6 $18) 82. e5 $18) (77... Kc7 {Belov} 78. Kf7 Re5 79. Kf6 Re8 80. e5)
78. Kg7 Rf2 79. e5 Kc7 80. Rd1 $1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hjartarson,J} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7.
O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 (8... a6 $14 {Petursson,M-Hjartarson,J/Nordic zt/1992/CBM31/})
9. e3 Bb6 (9... Bf5 $6 {Lautier,J-Hertneck,G/Tilburg/1992/CBM32/INF56,37/}) 10.
b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 (11. h3 {Hjartarson,J - 53/38}) 11... Re8 $6 (11... Qd7 $5 12.
d4 $6 (12. Re1 $5) 12... exd4 13. exd4 Bg4 $13 {Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I/Bled/1991/
CBM24/INF52,37/}) 12. Rc1 (12. Qc2 $5 {Hjartarson,J /\ Nd2} Qd7 13. Rfe1 e4 14.
dxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc3 f5 17. Rad1 $14) 12... Qd7 13. Re1 $5 Bh3 (
13... Rad8 {Hjartarson,J} 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Ne4 $14) 14. Bh1 Bg4 15. Qc2 Qf5 16.
Nd2 Qh5 (16... Nh7 {Hjartarson,J} 17. Nde4 Qh5 18. Nd5 Rad8 (18... f5 19. Nxb6
cxb6 20. Nxd6 $18) 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. f4 $1 $16) 17. Nd5 (17. Nde4 {Hjartarson,J
} Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rac8 19. Nd5 Ba7 {/\ Nd8-e6} 20. Bc3 Bf3 $10) 17... Nxd5 18.
cxd5 (18. Bxd5 $6 {Hjartarson,J} Nd8 19. Bg2 c6 $10) 18... Ne7 19. Nc4 Bf3 20.
Bxf3 Qxf3 21. e4 f5 (21... Bc5 22. Nxa5 Rxa5 23. b4 Rb5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qa4
$16) 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Qc7 $1 (23. Qd1 $1 {Hjartarson,J} fxe4 (23... Qxd1 24.
Rexd1 Rac8 25. a4 $16) 24. dxe4 Rf8 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Rc7 Rxb3 27. Re2 $14)
23... fxe4 $2 (23... Rad8 $5) 24. dxe4 Qxb3 (24... Rf8 $1 {Hjartarson,J} 25.
Qxb6 Ng6 26. Qe3 (26. Rc3 Qg4 27. Qxd6 Ra6 $1 $44) 26... Qg4 27. Kh1 Rf3 28.
Qe2 Raf8 29. Rc3 h5 $1 $44 {ץb2}) 25. Rb1 $1 $16 Qf3 26. Qxd6 Rf8 27. Rf1 Rf7
(27... Rae8 {Hjartarson,J} 28. Qxb6 Qxe4 29. Rbe1 Qxd5 30. Rxe5 Qc6 31. Qxa5
$16) 28. Qxe5 Ng6 29. Qe6 Kh7 30. Rbe1 Raf8 (30... Re8 {Hjartarson,J /\ 31.Qe8
Nf4=} 31. Re3 $1 $18) 31. Re3 Qh5 (31... Qxe3 {Hjartarson,J} 32. Qxf7 Rxf7 33.
fxe3 Re7 34. d6) 32. Qxb6 (32. f4 $2 {Hjartarson,J} Nxf4 $1 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34.
Rxf4 Rxf4 $44) 32... Qg5 33. Qd4 Nf4 (33... Nh4 {Hjartarson,J} 34. f4 Rxf4 35.
Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Qxg7+ Qxg7 37. Bxg7 Rf3 38. Bd4) 34. Kh1 Nh3 35. f4 Qh5 (35...
Qg4 36. e5 Re7 37. e6 Ree8 38. d6) 36. e5 Rc7 37. e6 Re8 38. d6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solonar, Stefan"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Dieser Läuferzug führt zu
positionellem Spiel; die Alternativen sind 4...Bc5, 4...Nd4 und hauptsächtlich
4...d5.} 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 (9... e3 {
Führt zu scharfem taktischem Spiel.}) 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nd4
Qh5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e3 Bg4 $13) 11... Ne4 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und die
offenen b- und f-Linien, die schwarze Stellung ist jedoch sicher.} (11... dxc4
12. Bg5 $44) 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... dxc4 13. Rb1 $1 $44 f5 14. g4 $1 {Dieser Zug
erfolgte zuerst in der Partie Kasparov,G - Ivanchuk,V UdSSR (ch) 1988.} fxg4 $6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 $2 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 $16 {[%csl Gb1,Gf1,Gg6,Rg8]
} Qe7 19. Rb5 $1 Qe6 $6 20. Qh5 {[%cal Rb5e5,Re5e8]} g6 21. Qh6 {[%cal Rb5g5,
Rg5g8] 1-0 Lesiege,A-Zugic,I/Montreal 2001/CBM 85/[Ribli] (21)}) 13. Nh4 Bg6 {
Stellt eine Verbesserung gegenüber dem früheren 13...Bg4 dar.} (13... Bg4 14.
e3 Na5 15. Rf4 f5 16. cxd5 Nd6 17. c4 Naxc4 18. e4 g5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Rxg4
Nfe3 21. Qe2 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 h6 23. e5 $18 {1-0 Hansen,C-Meins,G/Germany 1999/
CBM 73 ext (29)}) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rf4 {Mit dem Textzug provoziert Weiß 15...
f5.} (15. Bf4 f5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. g4 Re7 18. e3 Qc4 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. gxf5
gxf5 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Gretarsson,H-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik ISL 2004/ (63)})
15... f5 $13 16. g4 $6 (16. Rb1 $5) 16... Na5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Schwarz zielt auf
das Feld c4.} 17. gxf5 (17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. h4 Qc4 19. gxf5 Nxc3 $36) 17... gxf5
18. Rxf5 Nxc4 $15 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4] Weiß besitzt zwar das Läuferpaar, jedoch ist
sein schwarzfeldriger Läufer auf c1 sehr passiv positioniert, während die
schwarzen Springer auf c4 und e4 sehr aktiv stehen.} 19. Bg5 Qd7 (19... Nxg5
20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kg2 Ne3+ $19) 22... Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+
$11) 20. Bh3 $2 {Die offensichtliche Drohung des Abzugsschachs durch 21.Rf8+
mit Damengewinn kompensiert nicht die passive Stellung des weißen Läufers auf
h3.} (20. Raf1 c6 $15) 20... Qd6 $17 (20... Qc6) 21. Kh1 $2 Rf8 (21... Qg6 $1 {
Es droht 22...Nf2+.} 22. Raf1 (22. Bh4 Qh7 $19 (22... Qh6 $19)) 22... Ncd6 $19
{[%csl Rf5,Rg5][%cal Gg6c2]}) 22. Raf1 Nxg5 (22... Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qg6 $19) 23.
Rxg5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Ne3 (24... Qf4 25. Rf5 Qg4 $15) 25. Qc1 (25. Qb1 Qf4 26.
Rg1 Re8 $17) 25... Qf4 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Ge3,Rf1,Gf4,Rg5,Rh1][%mdl 2048]} 26. Rg1
Rf8 27. Bh3 Qe4+ 28. Bg2 Nxg2 29. Rxg2 Rf2 (29... Rf2 30. Qg1 Rxe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 (8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd5 14.
Rfe1 a6 15. Bc5 e4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Portisch,L/Moscow (ol)
1994 (16)}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Kh8 {In der Partie Mamedyarov,S - Karjakin,S
spielte Schwarz 9...Bg4.} (9... Bg4 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. Na4 Nd7 12. a3 f5 13. b4
Bd6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nc5 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Karjakin,S/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (38)})
(9... Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 $5 {Dieser Zug ist stärker als das
schablonenhafte 11...Be6?!.} 12. Nc5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Bxc5
Be6 16. Qb4 (16. Qa3) 16... Qd7 (16... Bd5 $5 17. Bxd5 (17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6
axb6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. a3 Rac8 $11) 17... cxd5 $11) 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
C-Hertneck,G/Germany 2002/CBM 089/[Ribli] (40)}) (9... f5 10. b4) (9... Be6)
10. Rc1 {Großmeister Mamedyarov wählt gerne diesen Aufbau gegen die
Drachenvariante mit vertauschten Farben.} f5 11. Qd2 $146 {Dieser Zug
erscheint mir schablonenhaft, die folgende Variante ist wahrscheinlich
ausichtsreicher für Weiß.} (11. Na4 f4 (11... e4) 12. Bd2 $5 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd6
14. Bc3 Bg4 15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. a3 Be6 18. Qb2 a5 19. bxa5 Bxa3 20. Qxb7
Bd5 21. Qb5 Rfd8 22. Ra1 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Maeser,F-Tukmakov,V/Zurich 1997/CBM 62
ext (22)}) 11... Be6 12. a3 (12. Ng5 Bxg5 (12... Bg8) 13. Bxg5 Qd7 $11) 12...
Nd4 $11 {[%csl Gd4] Ein starker Zug; es droht unmittelbar 13...Nb3.} 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. Nb5 c5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga7a6] Alles ist verteidigt in der schwarze
Stellung und es droht 15...a6.} 15. b4 a6 16. Nd6 $1 (16. bxc5 axb5 17. cxb6
Qxb6 18. Qb2 Ra4 $15) 16... Bxd6 (16... Bd5 $6 17. bxc5 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19.
Qb2 $14) (16... Qxd6 17. bxc5 Qd8 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rb1) 17. bxc5 Nc4 $1 (17...
Be7 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Ng5 $14) (17... Bc7 18. cxb6 Bxb6 19. Qf4 Bd5
20. Rc2 $14) 18. dxc4 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd4]} Qf6 $1 20. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]
Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem schwarzen d4-Zentrumbauern, sondern
befreit sich von der Drohung Bxa3.} (20. Nxd4 Rad8 21. e3 f4 $1 (21... Bxa3)
22. gxf4 Bxa3 23. Rb1 Bc5 $44) 20... Bd7 (20... a5 $2 21. Nxd4 Rad8 22. e3 $16)
(20... Rad8 $11) 21. a5 Ba4 {Schwarz verjagt den Turm von d1.} 22. Rf1 Bc6 $15
{[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gd4] Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und eine gut postierte
Verteidigung des Pd4 mit einem kleinen Positionsvorteil.} 23. Ne1 $1 {[%cal
Ge1d3,Gd3f4,Gf4d5][%mdl 32] Weiß bereitet das Springermanöver Nd3-f4-d5 vor.}
Be4 24. Nd3 Qc6 (24... Bd6 $5 $15) 25. Nf4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gf4d5]} Bxg2 26.
Nxg2 Rae8 (26... b6 27. Nf4 bxa5 28. Qxa5 Rae8 $15) 27. Rb1 Re4 (27... b6 28.
axb6 (28. Nf4 bxa5 29. Qxa5 Kg8 $11 (29... Bd6 30. Rb6 $1 $16)) 28... Bxb6 $11)
28. Rb2 Rfe8 29. Qd3 $11 {Die weiße Verteidigungsstellung steht sicher und
seine positionellen Drohungen sind Nf4 (mit der Idee Nd5) und die
Turmdoppelung auf der b-Linie.} Qa4 (29... b6 30. axb6 Bxb6 31. Nf4 Bc5 (31...
Bc7 32. Nd5 f4 $6 33. f3 R4e6 34. gxf4 $16) 32. Ra1 $11 (32. Nd5 a5 33. f3 $2
Rxe2 $1 $17)) 30. Nf4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf4d5] Der ehemals passive Springer wird
zu einer starken Figur.} Bd6 (30... Qxa5 31. Rxb7 $36) 31. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]}
Qxa5 32. Rxb7 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Rd6][%mdl 2048] Plötzlich stehen die weißen
Figuren sehr aktiv, da Schwarz Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination hat und
seinen Bd6 aktiver zu positionieren.} Qa3 (32... Rxe2 33. Qxf5 $36 {[%csl Gb7,
Gd5,Gf5]}) 33. Rd7 (33. Qxa3 Bxa3 34. Ra1 Bf8 35. e3 dxe3 36. Nxe3 $14) 33...
a5 (33... Qc5 34. Rb1 (34. Ra1 Rxe2 35. Rxa6 $36) 34... Rxe2 35. Rb6 $36) 34.
Rb1 Bf8 35. Nc7 $16 Qxd3 (35... Rc8 36. Nb5 Qa4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Nxd4 $16) 36.
exd3 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kg2 Re7 (38... a4 39. Rxd4 a3 40. Rd8 Kg8 41. Ra8
Kf7 42. d4 $18) (38... Kg8 39. Rxd4 $16 (39. Nb5 $16)) 39. Rd8 $18 Kg8 40. Nb5
{[%csl Ra5,Gb5,Rd4,Gd8]} a4 41. Ra8 Re2 42. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 $5 (11... a5 $6 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4
14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 $1 f6 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. d4 $14 {Azmayparashvili-Novak Haifa
op 1989 48/(27)}) 12. Nd2 (12. Ne4 a5 13. Nc5 e4 $5 14. Nxe4 axb4 15. axb4 Bxb4
16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qc1 Qd8 19. e3 Bf8 $13 {Gomez Esteban,
J-Kortschnoj,V Salamanca 1991 CBM/23 52/38}) 12... Qd7 13. Re1 Rab8 14. Nb3 Nd4
15. Rc1 (15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nc8 $13) 15... c6 16. Ne4 Rbd8 17. Nec5 Bxc5 18.
Nxc5 Qe7 19. Nb3 Qg5 20. Nxd4 (20. h3 $5) 20... exd4 21. Rc5 Qh6 22. b5 $2 (22.
a4 $5) 22... Qd6 23. Rg5 f5 $1 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. h3 Qf6 26. Rxg4 fxg4 27. hxg4
Qe6 28. Bf3 c5 29. Kg2 c4 30. Rh1 c3 31. Bc1 Rf8 32. Be4 g6 33. g5 Qf7 34. f3
Rfe8 35. Rh4 Rc8 36. Qg1 Red8 37. f4 Na4 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rf4 Rc5 40. g4 Qg7 41.
Rxf5 Rxf5 42. gxf5 Nc5 43. f6 Qd7 44. Bf3 Nb3 45. Bf4 c2 46. Qh1 Qf5 47. Qh5
c1=Q (47... Qxf4 $2 48. Bd5+ $1 Kh8 49. g6 h6 50. g7+ Kh7 51. g8=Q+ Rxg8+ 52.
Bxg8+ Kh8 53. Bxb3 Qg5+ 54. Qxg5 hxg5 55. Bxc2 $18) 48. Bxc1 Nxc1 49. Be4 Nxe2
$1 50. Qh6 Nf4+ 51. Kf3 Qh3+ 52. Kxf4 Qxh6 53. gxh6 Kf7 54. Ke5 Re8+ 55. Kf5
Rd8 56. Bf3 (56. Ke5 $5 Rb8 $5) 56... Rd6 57. Bh5+ Kf8 58. Bd1 Rb6 59. Ke5 Rb1
60. Bf3 Rb3 61. Be4 Rxa3 62. Bxh7 Ra5+ 63. Kxd4 Rh5 64. Be4 Rxh6 65. Kc5 Rxf6
66. d4 Ke7 67. Bc6 Rf1 68. Kb5 Kd6 69. d5 Rb1+ 70. Ka6 Ra1+ 71. Kb5 Ra2 72. Ba8
Kc7 73. Bc6 a6+ 74. Kb4 Ra1 75. Be8 Rd1 76. Bf7 Kd6 77. Be6 Rd4+ 78. Ka3 Kc5
79. Kb3 Rd1 80. Kc2 Rg1 81. Kb3 Rg3+ 82. Kb2 Re3 83. Bf7 Kb4 84. Bg8 Re2+ 85.
Kb1 Kc3 86. Bf7 Rb2+ 87. Ka1 Kb3 88. Bg6 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 (7. dxc3
h6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Bg2 d6 10. Nb4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 O-O 12. Qd4 Re8 13. h3 b6 14.
O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 Nd7 $10 {Larsen,B-Petrosian,T Milano 1975 20/53}) 7... O-O 8.
Bg2 Re8 9. O-O d6 10. Ne3 {-> A 29} Bd7 $5 (10... Ne5 11. d3 exd3 12. exd3 c6
13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Qc2 Ned7 15. Re1 Nb6 16. Bd2 Be6 $10 {Tal-Holmov Tbilisi 1969})
11. Qc2 Na5 $1 12. d3 Bc6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rae1 b6 $15 15. f3 exd3 16. exd3 h5 (
16... h6 17. g4 {/\ Sf5}) 17. Rf2 Re7 18. Rfe2 Rae8 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. Nd1 d5 $1
21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Re4 Nf6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Kf1 Nc6 26. Qe2 Qd7
27. Nf2 Qf5 28. Bf4 Qc5 29. Nd1 Ba6 30. c4 (30. Bxc7 Nd5 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+
g6 $17) 30... Nb4 31. Be3 Qc6 {/\ Sxd3} 32. Kg1 Qd7 {>< d3} 33. Bf1 c5 34. Nc3
Nc6 35. Ne4 Qf5 36. Bg2 Nxe4 37. fxe4 Qe5 $17 38. Bf4 Qd4+ 39. Be3 Qa1+ 40. Bf1
g6 41. g4 hxg4 42. Qxg4 Ne5 43. Qe2 b5 $1 44. Bxc5 bxc4 45. dxc4 (45. d4 Nd3
$19 {/\ c3}) 45... Bxc4 46. Qf2 Ng4 47. Qf4 Bxf1 48. Qxf1 Qxa2 $19 49. Qf4 Qb1+
50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Qxc5 52. Kxg4 Qd4 53. Kf3 a5 54. Qc7 a4 55. Qa5 Qd3+ 56.
Kf4 a3 57. h4 Qh3 58. Ke5 Qe6+ 59. Kd4 a2 60. h5 Qf6+ 61. e5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 (12... Bh5 $5 13. Ne4 {
Bischoff,K-De Boer,GJ/Groningen op/1990/CBM22/} (13. Rc1 Qd7 $5 $13 {
Rausis-Altermann,B/Corfu/1993/INF58,(48)/})) 13. Ne4 f6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Kh2 a5
16. b5 (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nd5 18. Rfd1 $14) 16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd2
$1 Bd5 19. Nf3 Qxb5 20. Nxd4 Qc5 (20... Qd7 21. e4 Bf7 22. Nf5 $36) 21. Bxd5+
Nxd5 (21... Qxd5 $2 22. Qxc7 Bc5 23. e4 $1 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Nb5 $18) 22.
Qb3 a4 23. Qa2 f5 (23... Kh8 24. Rac1 Qa5 25. e4 Ne7 26. Ne6 $16) 24. Rac1 Qa5
25. Bc3 $1 Qc5 26. Ba1 Qd6 27. Nxf5 Qe6 28. Nd4 Qf7 29. e4 c5 (29... Nb6 30.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxc7+ $18) 30. Nb5 Ra5 31. Rb1 Nb4 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. axb4 Rxb5
34. bxc5 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Bxc5 36. Rxb7+ Re7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Kg2 Kd7 (38... Ba3
39. Kf3 Bc1 40. Ke2 a3 41. Kd1 Bb2 42. Bxb2 axb2 43. Kc2 $18) 39. Kf1 Kc6 40.
Ke2 Kb5 41. d4 Bf8 42. Kd3 Kb4 43. d5 a3 44. f4 a2 45. f5 Kb3 46. e5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 a6 11. d3 f6 (11... Qc8 12. Bb2 (12. Be3 Nd5 13. Nxd5
Bxd5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bc5 Rfe8 16. e4 Be6 17. a4 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 f6 19. b5 axb5
20. axb5 Na5 $13 {Christiansen,L-Huebner,R Deutschland Cup 1989 CBM 16}) 12...
Rd8 13. Qc1 Bh3 14. Ne4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe6 16. Ba1 Nd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rfc1 g5
19. h3 f5 {Huebner-Vaganian Linares 1985 39/45} 20. Ned2 $14) 12. Ne4 $1 Ba2
13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. e4 Bf7 16. Be3 (16. Nb3 Na4 $1 17. Rd2) 16... Nd7
17. Qc2 (17. Nb3 $5) 17... Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qd7 19. Rfb1 b5 20. cxb6 Bxa3 21. Rb3
Bd6 22. Rc3 Nb4 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Qxc7 Qb5 (24... Qxd3 $1 25. Rxb4 a5 26. Bf1
Qd1 27. Rb2 Rfc8 28. Qe7 Qxf3 29. b7 Rd8 30. Ba7 Rd1 31. Bxb8 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1
Bc4+ 33. Ke1 Qxe4+ 34. Kd2 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Qf1+ $10 {Gulko}) 25. Bh3 $1 a5 26. Ne1
Qa6 27. Ra1 Rfd8 28. Bc5 Nxd3 29. Rd1 $1 Bc4 30. Nxd3 Bxd3 31. Bf1 Rbc8 32.
Bxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxc7 34. Rd8+ {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 f6 9. d3 Be6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Nd4 12. Ne1 $5 (12. Be3 $5 {Seirawan,
Y-Gurevich,M/Biel izt/1993/CBM37/INF58,46/}) (12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2
f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 $10) (12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3
Nb5 $10) 12... Nd5 (12... c6 $5) 13. Bb2 Nxc3 (13... c6 $5) 14. Bxc3 c6 15. a4
Qd7 16. e3 Nf5 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. d4 $1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 $14 Bd5 21.
Qc2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe6 23. Bc5 Rd5 24. Rfd1 Bxc5 (24... Rad8 25. Rxd5 (25. Bxa7
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qe4+) 25... Qxd5+ 26. e4 Qe6 27. Bxa7 $16) 25. bxc5
Rad8 26. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 27. e4 Qf7 28. a5 $1 h6 (28... a6 $5) 29. Qb3 Rd7 30. Kf3
$1 f5 31. exf5 Rd5 (31... Qxb3+ 32. Rxb3 Rd5 33. g4 Rxc5 34. Rxb7 $16) 32. g4
Qe7 33. Qe3 $1 Qxc5 34. Rxb7 Qxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rxa5 36. Kf4 a6 37. h4 c5 38. g5
hxg5+ 39. hxg5 Rb5 40. Rc7 a5 41. e4 a4 42. Rc8+ (42. g6) 42... Kf7 43. g6+ Ke7
44. e5 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Utemov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. Ne4 Ba2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. Nc5 e4 $1 (13... Rb8 $6
14. e4 Bf7 15. d3 {15.Qc2! +/= Portisch} Nd7 16. Nb3 a5 17. b5 Na7 18. a4 Ba3
19. Rb1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 c6 21. bxc6 Nxc6 {21...bxc6?! 22.Nfd2 +/= 
Portisch-Timman Antwerpen cq (3) 1989 47/39 CBM/11} 22. d4 {Tunik,G-Yakovich,Y
Sochi-B 1989 CBM/16}) 14. Ne1 Nc4 15. Rb1 Bxc5 16. bxc5 b6 17. Nc2 {17.d3!? 
Suba,M-Thorsteins  New York 1989 47/40 CBM/12} Re8 18. Bb2 bxc5 19. Bc3 Qd6 20.
d3 exd3 21. Qxd3 Bxg2 22. Qxc4+ Bd5 23. Qd3 Qe6 24. Rbe1 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 a5 $5 (10... Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Qc2 Bd5 $10 {Salov,V-Khalifman,A Reykjavik WCup 1991 CBM/26 52(38)}) 11. b5
Nd4 12. Nd2 (12. Rb1 Nd5 $1 13. Na4 Qe8 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Rd8 $10 {
Azmayparashvili,Z-Romanishin,O Erevan 1989 CBM/14}) 12... c6 13. bxc6 (13. a4
cxb5 $1 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. axb5 Qd7 $13 {Miles}) 13... Nxc6 $1 14. a4 Qd7 15.
Nf3 Rac8 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. Bd2 f6 $10 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Bxb4 axb4 (19... Nxb4 $5)
20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Rc1 Na5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. d4 Rd8 24. Qa1 Nbc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26.
Rc1 $5 (26. dxe5 Qxe5 $15) 26... Nb3 27. Qa2 Qf7 28. d5 $1 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5
30. Rb1 Nd4 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 {Dieser Zug ist ein seltener Gast in
der Turnierpraxis, aber der junge franzoesische Grossmeister spielt diese
Fortsetzung gern.} 5. Bg2 (5. d4 $5 exd4 6. Nxd4) 5... Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4
exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 $14 (10. Qd2 Be6 $1 11. Bxb7 Rb8
12. Bg2 Bxc4 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Qd7 $11)) 9. Nc2 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Weiss moechte die Figuren auf dem Brett behalten.
Der Springer kann im folgenden über e3 nach d5 gehen.} (9. e3) 9... d6 10. e4 {
Das ist die beste Fortsetzung fuer Weiss - auf diese Weise Weiss verstaerkt er
seine Kontrolle ueber das Feld-d5 und verhindert die Moeglichkeit Bf5-Ne4.} (
10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 (11. Rb1 a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2
Bd4+ 16. e3 Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qc5 18. Qf2 Qf5 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rbd1 a4 $15 {0-1
Hansen,C-Akopian,V/Groningen 1991/CBM 27/[Ribli] (47)}) 11... Ne4 (11... Be4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne3 a5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,
L-Akopian,V/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (26)}) 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Nxe4
Rxe4 15. Qd3 Qe8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Rd2 Qe6 18. Ng2 Nf5 19. f3 Bd4+ 20. Rf2 Bxf2+
21. Kxf2 Re5 22. e4 Ng7 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Bacrot,E/Albert 2002/CBM 92_01 (45)}) (10. Bd2 Ne5 11. b3 c6 12. Rc1
a5 13. h3 a4 $11) 10... Ne5 {Mit diesem Springerzug bereitet Schwarz 11...c6
vor, aber 10...Nd7 kommt auch in Betracht.} (10... Be6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Bh3
13. f3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne5 15. Nd5 (15. Qd2 $14) 15... Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qe2
Nd7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne3 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Poldauf,D-Zaitsev,I/Podolsk 1991/CBM 26
ext (35)}) (10... Nd7 $5 11. Qd2 (11. Nd5 Nc5 12. f3 Ne5 13. Nce3 c6 14. Nf4 a5
15. Qc2 b5 16. Rd1 b4 {0-1 Overeem,M-De Vreugt,D/Haarlem 2002/CBM 89 ext (42)})
11... a6 12. b3 Rb8 (12... b5 13. e5 Bb7 14. cxb5 axb5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Bb2
$14) 13. Bb2 b5 14. Ne3 bxc4 $2 (14... Nc5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ncd5 b4 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Bd7 $13) 15. Nxc4 Bb7 16. Nd5 $1 $16 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Bacrot,E/Linz 1997/CBM 59/[Kortschnoj] (52)}) 11. b3 c6 12. Ba3 $14 {Weiss
hat wegen seiner starken Zentrumstellung fuehlbaren Raumvorteil und der d6P
ist eine potentielle Schwachung. Andererseits muss Weiss vorsichtig sein, weil
Schwarz mit taktischen Drohungen operieren kann.} Nfd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 13. Qe2
$1 {Weiss verteidigt sich gegen 13...Nxc4 und lasst die d-Linie fuer den Turm.}
(13. Bxd6 $6 Nxc4 $15) (13. Qd2 Qf6 $15 {[%cal Gg7a1,Ge5f3,Gf3d2,Gf3g1]}) 13...
Nc5 (13... Qa5 14. Bb4 Qc7 15. f4 a5 16. Ba3 Ng4 17. e5 $36) (13... Qf6 14. Bb2
Nc5 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Qc7 15. Qd2 (15. f4 $2 Bg4 $17) 15...
f5 (15... Ned7 $14) 16. f4 $5 Nf7 17. e5 $1 {Dieser Zentrumsdurchbruch bietet
Weiss dauerhafte Initiative.} (17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Be6 $14) 17... Rd8 (17...
Bf8 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qf2 $14) 18. exd6 Rxd6 19. Qe3 Rxd1 20. Qe8+ $1 {Ein
sehr wichtiges Zwischenschach auf der Grundlinie - die Dame paralysiert die
schwarze Stellung.} (20. Rxd1 Ne6) 20... Bf8 21. Rxd1 $16 {[%csl Ge8][%cal
Gd1d8,Ga3f8][%mdl 2048]} Qe7 (21... Qb6 22. Kf1 $1 (22. Kh1 Ne6 23. Re1 Qd8 24.
Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Qd2) 22... Ne6 23. Bd5 $1 cxd5 (23... Qd8 24. Bxc6 $16) 24.
Nxd5 Qd8 25. Ne7+ $18) 22. Re1 Qxe8 23. Rxe8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re8a8,Re8g8] Der
e8R dominiert die schwarzen Figuren auf der Grundreihe.} Nd7 (23... Ne6 24. Nd4
Nfd8 25. Bxf8 $18) 24. Nd4 {[%csl Ga3,Gd4,Ge8][%cal Rd4e6,Re6f8] Droht 25.Ne6
und Schwarz kann nichts machen.} Nh6 25. Ne6 Kf7 26. Rxf8+ Kxe6 $2 (26... Nxf8
27. Nxf8 $16) 27. Re8+ (27. Bd5+ $1 cxd5 28. cxd5#) 27... Kf7 (27... Kf6 28.
Nd5+ cxd5 29. Bxd5 {[%cal Ra3b2,Rb2f6]} g5 30. Re6+ Kg7 31. Bb2+ Kf8 32. Rxh6
$18) 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Das Eindringen des Springers
entscheidet die Partie sofort.} Ng4 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen 30.Rxd7 und
31.Nf6+.} 30. Nc7 (30. Bb2 $19) 30... Rb8 31. Ne6 {[%cal Ra3d6,Rd6b8]} Ndf6 (
31... Ngf6 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Bb2 $18) 32. Bd6 Ra8 33. Nc7 Rb8 34. h3 Nh6 35. Ne8
(35. Nd5 $18) 35... Nxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Re7+ (37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 {Dieser Zug ist natürlich nicht schlecht, aber
die Alternative 3...g6 ist populärer.} 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 {Das ist
ein sicherer Zug, aber nach meiner Meinung sind die Alternativen 6.a3 und
besonders 6.e3 logischer, damit sich der g1N mit Ne2 und Nc3 entwickeln kann.}
(6. a3) (6. e3) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 (8. Kd2 Ne4+ 9. Bxe4
Qxg5+ $17) 8... Ng4+ 9. Ke1 Qxg5 $17) 7... h6 {Jetzt muss sich Schwarz gegen
die Fesselungsmöglichkeit 8.Bg5 verteidigen.} 8. O-O d6 9. a3 a6 {Mit diesem
Zug macht Schwarz das Schlupfloch auf a7 für seinen Läufer auf.} 10. b4 Ba7 11.
Bb2 Nxd5 (11... Be6 12. Nd2 $14) 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 $11 {Wir haben eine
typische Stellung der Englischen Eröffnung vor uns - der d5P bietet Weiß
Raumvorteil und im folgenden kann er die c-Linie besetzen. Andererseits hat
Schwarz keine Schwächen und wenn er sich vom d5-Bauern befreien kann, erhält
er eine ausgeglichene Stellung.} b5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Eine gute Idee - Schwarz
lässt Weiß nicht Nc4 spielen. Im Falle von Rc1 kann Schwarz Bb6 spielen und es
droht die Läuferentwicklung 14...Bb7.} (13... c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rc1 d5 16.
Nb3 $14) 14. d4 (14. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 15. d6 Qxd6 $1 (15... Rb8 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nb3 c5 $15) 16. Bxa8 c6 $19) (14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Qb3 Rc8 $11) 14... Bb7 (14...
Bxd4 $6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Gb3d4,Gd4c6]}) (14... exd4
15. Nb3 $14) 15. dxe5 (15. e4 $5 c6 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nb3 c6 18.
dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxd4 $14) 16. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3a5]}) 15... Bxd5 16. Ne4 (16.
Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nf3 (17. Ne4 $6 dxe5 18. Bxe5 $2 Re8 $19) (17. e4 Nb6 $11 {
[%cal Gb6a4]}) 17... Nb6 18. exd6 Nc4 $11) 16... dxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 {Zuerst
verjagt Schwarz den Läufer von e5 und später kann er f6-f5 ziehen.} 18. Bf4 (
18. Bb2 f5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c5 $15) 18... f5 (18... Bb6 19. Rc1 a5 20. Nc5
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 axb4 22. axb4 g5 23. Be3 (23. Bd2 Ra2 $36) 23... Qd5+ $11) 19.
Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng6 21. Qd5+ (21. Qxd8 Nxf4+ 22. gxf4 Rfxd8 $15 {[%cal Gc7c5]
}) 21... Kh7 (21... Qxd5+ 22. Nxd5 Nxf4+ 23. gxf4 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nc7 {
[%csl Gc7][%cal Gc7e6,Ge6f8,Ge6c5,Gc7a6,Gc7a8]} Rac8 26. Nxa6 Bd6 27. e3 Rc4
28. Rfd1 Rf6 29. Nb4 $14) 22. Rfd1 Qf6 23. Qf3 (23. Rac1 $6 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 c5
25. bxc5 Rac8 $36) 23... Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 c6 {Schwarz möchte das d5-Feld
kontrollieren.} (24... c5 $5) 25. Rd7 Rfd8 26. Rad1 Rxd7 (26... Bb6 $11) 27.
Rxd7 Bb6 {[%cal Ga6a5] Der schwarze Plan ist 28...a5, wonach der a8R aktiv ins
Spiel kommt.} 28. Rb7 Bd8 {Der Läufer steht etwa unglücklich auf d8, aber Weiß
kann das nicht ausnutzen.} 29. Nd1 Rc8 (29... a5 30. Rxb5 {[%cal Gf3a8]} Qg6+
31. Kf1 Qd6 32. Ne3 axb4 33. Rxb4 Rxa3 $11) 30. Ne3 c5 31. bxc5 (31. Nd5 $2
Qg6+ 32. Qg3 c4 $17) 31... Qg6+ 32. Qg3 Qc6+ 33. Qf3 Qg6+ 34. Qg3 Rxc5 {
Schwarz ist nicht zufrieden mit der Zugwiederholung.} 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rd7 {
[%mdl 4096] Die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist besser und er hat eine gefährliche
Mehrheit am Damenflügel. Aber die Aktivität der weißen Figuren sichert Weiß
den Ausgleich.} Bf6 37. Ra7 (37. Nd5 Bb2 $17) (37. Rd6 a5 38. Nd5 Rc2 39. e3
Ra2 40. Nxf6 gxf6 41. Rd5 $11) 37... Rc6 38. Nd5 Re6 39. e3 Bb2 40. Ne7+ Kf6 (
40... Kh7 $6 41. Nxf5 Rg6+ 42. Kf3 Bxa3 43. h4 $14) 41. Ng8+ Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kf6
43. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 {Dieser Zug fuehrt zu
lebendigem taktischem Spiel. Die Alternativen bieten Schwarz gute Chancen auf
Ausgleich.} (5... Nxd5) (5... Bc5) 6. Nxb4 (6. Nh4 $5) 6... Nxb4 7. Nd4 Ng4 {
Mit diesem Zug moechte Schwarz die Partie sofort entscheiden, aber die ruhige
Fortsetzung 7...0-0 bietet Schwarz bequemes Spiel mit Initiative.} (7... O-O 8.
Nc2 Nxc2+ 9. Qxc2 d5 10. cxd5 (10. Bg2 Bf5 $15) 10... Qxd5 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O
c6 13. Qc3 Qe6 14. b3 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. f3 Qh6 18. Rad1 Nd5
19. Qc5 Rfe8 {0-1 Sarno,S-Naumkin,I/Forli 1995/EXT 2002 (38)}) 8. Bh3 (8. f4
O-O 9. Nc2 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 d5 11. cxd5 (11. Bg2 $15) 11... Qxd5 12. Bg2 Re8 13.
h3 Nf6 14. Qxc7 Bd7 15. Qc3 Qh5 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. Qf2 Nb4 {0-1 Skembris,
S-Kumaran,D/Kopavogur 1994/CBM 41 ext (51)}) 8... Nxf2 {[%mdl 64]} 9. Kxf2 Qf6+
{[%cal Rf6d4,Rf6f2]} 10. Nf5 (10. Ke3 $2 Qh6+ {[%cal Rh6e3,Rh6h3]}) 10... d6 (
10... g6 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Qc3 Qxc3 13. dxc3 gxf5 (13... d6 14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. Bxc8
Rxc8 16. Bh6 $18) 14. Bxf5 $16) 11. g4 $13 g6 (11... h5 $5 12. g5 (12. Qa4+ Nc6
13. g5 Qe5 (13... Qxg5 14. d4 Qf6 15. d5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 17. Ke1 $16))
12... Qe5 (12... Qxg5) 13. Qa4+ (13. d4 exd3 14. Qa4+ (14. exd3 Bxf5 15. Re1 $2
Nxd3+ $19) 14... Nc6 15. exd3 Bxf5 16. Re1 Qxe1+ 17. Kxe1 Bxh3 $13) 13... Nc6
14. Qb5 (14. d4 exd3 15. exd3 Bxf5 16. Re1 {Mit Zugumstellung wir haben die
Variante 13.d4 exd3.}) 14... Qf4+ 15. Ke1 a6 16. Qd5 Nb4 {[%csl Rd5]} 17. d4
Nxd5 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nf5 Nh3 $15) 12. d4 $1 Bxf5
(12... exd3 $5 13. g5 (13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. g5 Qe5 15. exd3 Kf8 $13) 13... Qe5 14.
exd3 (14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. exd3 Kf8 $13) 14... Bxf5 15. Qa4+ (15. Re1 $2 Nxd3+ $19)
15... Kf8 16. Qxb4 Bxh3 $17) 13. gxf5 $14 Qh4+ 14. Kg2 gxf5 {[%cal Rh8g8,Rg8g2]
} 15. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Gg2h1] Mit diesem kleinen Zug macht Weiss ein Schlupfloch
fuer seinen Koenig auf h1, um nachfolgend die einzige offene Linie zu besetzen.
} (15. Bxf5 Rg8+ 16. Kf1 Qf6 17. Qa4+ Nc6 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qd5 Ne7 $17) 15...
Rg8+ 16. Kh1 Rxg1+ 17. Qxg1 Qxh3 18. Bd2 $1 $16 {Bedroht die Figur auf b4 und
spekuliert auf 19.Qg8+.} (18. Qg8+ Kd7 (18... Ke7 19. Bg5+ $18) 19. Qxf7+ Kc6
20. Bd2 Nd3 $132 (20... a5)) 18... Qh5 (18... Nd3 19. exd3 O-O-O 20. dxe4 fxe4
21. Qe3 $18) 19. Bxb4 Qxe2 {Schwarz hat jetzt drei Bauern fuer die Figur, aber
Weiss kann den Schluesselbauern auf f5 gewinnen.} (19... O-O-O 20. Qe3 $18) 20.
Qg8+ Ke7 (20... Kd7 21. Qxf7+ $18) 21. Qg5+ Kf8 (21... Ke6 22. d5+ $18) 22.
Qxf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ga1f1,Gf1f8] Die Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf f5,
dadurch ist Qf3+ verhindert und später kann Weiss mit Rf1 angreifen.} Qxc4 23.
Rf1 Re8 $8 (23... Qxa2 24. d5 $18) 24. d5 Re7 25. Bd2 {[%cal Rd2h6,Rh6f8]} e3 {
Droht 26.Bh6+, so daß Schwarz muss den Bauern e3 hergeben muss.} 26. Bxe3 Qe4+
27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096]} Ra4 {[%cal Ra4a7,Ra4a2] Weiss hat zwar
eine Figur mehr, aber das Material ist so reduziert, dass Schwarz einige
Rettungchancen hat.} 29. Bb8 Rxa2 30. Bxc7 Ke7 (30... Ra6 31. Re1 $18) 31. b4
Rd2 32. Rf5 b5 33. Ba5 f6 (33... Kf8) 34. Rh5 h6 35. Rxh6 Rxd5 36. Kg2 {
Endlich kommt der weisse Koenig ins Spiel.} Rd4 37. Rh5 d5 38. Bb6 Rd1 (38...
Rxb4 39. Bc5+ $18 {[%cal Rc5b4,Rc5e7]}) 39. Bc5+ Ke6 40. Kf3 $18 Rd3+ 41. Kf4
Rd1 42. Rh8 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. h4 {[%csl Gh4] Der
h-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} Kf5 47. h5 Ke4 (47... Kg4 48. h6 $18) (47...
Kg5 48. Be3+ $18) 48. h6 Rh2+ 49. Bf2 f5 50. h7 Kf4 51. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 (11... Qd7 12. Ne4 $1 Nd5 13. Qc2 b6 $6
14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rbc1 $1 {Karpov,A-Hjartarsson,J  Seattle cq (2) 1989 47/41
CBM/11  +/=}) (11... Nd5 12. Qc2 $1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bd5 15. Rfc1 {
Azmayparashvili,Z-Hansen,LB  Amsterdam OHRA-B 1989 CBM/15  +/=}) 12. Be3 (12.
Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Bc3 {Suba,M-Wolf,P  Preston 1989 CBM/14})
12... c5 13. Ne4 cxb4 14. axb4 Rc8 15. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rb4 Nxf3+
18. Bxf3 Rc7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Bd5 21. Bxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Das ist die gewöhnliche Fortsetzung,
aber die Alternativen 4...Bc5, 4...Bb4 und 4...Nd4 sind auch möglich.} 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Rb1 {Eine seltene Zugfolge - gewöhnlich spielt man hier
zuerst 7.0-0.} f6 (7... Bg4 $5) 8. d3 Be6 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 {
Wir haben eigentlich eine Stellung, die mich an die Drachenvariante erinnert -
Weiß hat Aktivität am Damenflügel; Schwarz dagegen hat eine starke
Zentrumsstellung.} a5 (11... Nd4) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 $5 (13... Nd5 $2 {
Das ist ein bekannter Fehler, meist ohne das Zugpaar Rb1 / f6, aber das Motiv
ist gleich.} 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} Nf5 (15... Ne6 16. e4 $18)
16. e4 $18) 14. Bh3 $146 {[%mdl 4] Mit diesem originellen Zug lässt Weiß die
große Diagonale mit dem Läufer und vermeidet die theoretische Hauptlinie.} (14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 (15. Ne4 a4 16. e3 f5 17. exd4 fxe4 {[%cal Rd5c3,Rc3b1,Rc3d1]
} 18. Bb2 exd4 19. Bxe4 $5 Nc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe5 {[%cal Re5c3,
Re4d5,Rd5g8]} Bf6 (22... c2 23. Bd5+ $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Marin,
M-Cosma,I/Bucharest 1998/CBM 69/[Ribli] (40)}) 15... a4 $5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17.
Qc2 $5 Kh8 $5 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Na5 Rxa5 21. Qxc5 Nc3 22. Bxb7 Re5
23. Qc4 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxe2 25. Be4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Lima,D/Calvia ESP 2004/
(39)}) 14... Be6 (14... Bf7 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nde4 g6 $1 $132) 15. Bxe6+ {Statt
dieser Fortsetzung konnte Weiß mit 15.Bg2 die Züge wiederholen.} Nxe6 16. Qb3
Qd7 $11 {Die Stellung ist etwa gleich, die weißfarbigen Läufer sind schon
getauscht, so dass Weiß kein positionelles Druck auf der h1-a8-Diagonale hat.}
17. Nc4 Bc5 (17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rad8 $11) 18. Nxb6 cxb6 (18... Bxb6 19. a4 $11
) 19. a4 Rad8 (19... f5 $5 {Auf diese Weise könnte Schwarz das Springermanöver
20.Ne4 verhindern.}) 20. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb3g8]} Kh8 (20... Qf7 $11) 21.
Qa2 Nd4 (21... f5 $5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bd2 b6 24. Bc3 Nd4 $15) 22. Be3 Qd5 (
22... f5 23. Ng5 Rde8 $11) 23. Rb2 f5 {Endlich spielt Schwarz den Zug f6-f5,
aber das ist nicht der richtige Moment.} (23... Qxa2 24. Rxa2 f5 25. Nxc5 bxc5
26. b6 $11) 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 (25... Rxc5 26. f4 Rd8 27. fxe5 Rxe5
28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc2 $16 {[%csl Gc2,Gf1][%cal Rc2c8,Rc8h8]}) 26. b6 $1 $14 {
[%cal Yb2b5][%mdl 4096] Nach diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Raum am Damenflügel und
später kann die weiße Idee Rb5 (wenn der d4N weg geht, oder nach Bxd4) sein.}
Ne6 (26... f4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 (27... Rxd4 28. Rb5 Rxa4 29. Rxc5 $16) 28. Rc1 $16)
27. f3 (27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 $14) 27... Rc8 (27... f4 28. Bf2 $14) 28. Rc1 {
[%csl Yb5,Yc4][%cal Gc1c4,Gb2b5] Die weißen Türme haben gute potenzielle
Festpunkte auf b5 und auf c4.} Rd6 29. Rb5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]} Rdc6 30. Rc4 Kg8
31. Kf2 Kf7 32. f4 $1 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Raum am Königsflügel.
Schwarz hat eine passive Verteidigungsstellung.} exf4 (32... Kf6 33. fxe5+ Kxe5
34. Rxa5 Rxb6 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Raxc5+ Rxc5 37. Rxc5+ Ke6 38. a5 $16 (38. Rb5
Rxb5 39. axb5 Kd5 40. Kf3 Kc5 41. Kf4 g6 42. e4 (42. g4 fxg4 43. e4 h5 44. e5
Kd5 45. d4 b6 $11) 42... fxe4 43. dxe4 Kxb5 44. Ke5 Kc6 45. Ke6 b5 46. e5 b4
47. Kf7 b3 48. e6 b2 49. e7 b1=Q 50. e8=Q+ $16)) 33. gxf4 g6 34. Rxa5 Rxb6 35.
d4 Rd8 36. dxc5 $16 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die Verwertung des
Materialsvorteil ist noch nicht leicht, weil die schwarze Stellung fest ist.}
Rb1 (36... Rc6 $142 37. Rb4 Rd7 38. Rab5 Rcc7 $16) 37. Rb5 Rdd1 (37... Rxb5 $2
38. axb5 $18) 38. Rcb4 Rxb4 39. Rxb4 Nd8 (39... Rd7 40. a5 $16) 40. Bd4 Ke6 41.
Rb6+ Nc6 42. Be3 Rh1 (42... Rd7 $142 $1) 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Kf3 Rh1 45. Kg3 Re1
46. Rb2 h6 47. h4 h5 (47... Ra1 48. Rxb7 Rxa4 49. Rb6 $16 (49. Rh7 h5 50. Rc7
$16)) 48. Kf2 Ra1 49. Rxb7 Rxa4 50. Rb6 Kd5 51. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1g1,Rg1g6,
Rd1d5] Der weiße Zielpunkt ist der g6P, aber 52.Rd1+ droht auch mit der
Eindringung auf der d-Linie.} Nd4 52. Rc1 {Droht jetzt 53.Bxd4 und 54.c6.} Kc6
53. Rg1 Kxc5 54. Rxg6 Ra2 55. Bxd4+ Kxd4 56. Re6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd4,Ge6,Rf5,Rh5]
[%cal Ge6e3,Ge6e8] Der schwarze König ist abgeschnitten von der e-Linie und
seine Bauern sind schwach.} Ra1 (56... Ra5 57. e3+ $18) 57. Re5 Rh1 58. e3+ Kd3
59. Rd5+ Kc4 60. Rxf5 Rxh4 61. Re5 {[%csl Ge3,Gf4] Mit zwei verbundenen Bauern
gewinnt Weiß das Endspiel leicht.} Kd3 62. f5 Rh2+ 63. Kf3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
a5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {-> A 29} Bg4 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bc5 (13. Rxc6
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 bxc6 15. Qc2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Bxc6 Bxe3+ 18. Kg2 Re7 19. Rf3
Bd4 20. e3 Ba7 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. e4 h5 $13 {Ivanov,I-Torre,E New York op 1989
CBM 12}) 13... Bf6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Qb5 Qd7 17. Ne4 Red8 18. Rfd1
Bh3 19. Be3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Be7 21. Bd2 Qe6 $5 22. Bxa5 f5 23. Nc3 g5 $1 $44 24.
e3 g4 25. Ne1 Bg5 26. Nc2 f4 27. Ne4 Qh6 28. Bd2 fxe3 29. fxe3 Nxe3+ 30. Nxe3 {
Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. d3 {Wir haben eigentlich eine Drachenvariante, aber mit umgekehrten Farben.
Weiss hat Chancen auf Initiative am Damenflügel, denn er besitzt die
halboffene c-Linie, während Schwarz fest im Zentrum steht. Ribli.} Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 {Heutzutage wird häufiger 9.a3 gespielt. Mit der Partiefortsetzung
bereitet Weiss vor den Plan Ne4 / Bc5 oder Na4 / Bc5 vor.} Re8 10. Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1c8]} Bf8 11. Na4 (11. Ne4 {Dieser Zug scheint mir natürlicher als die
Partiefortsetzung. Auf diese Weise kann Weiss die Variante mit 11...e4
vermeiden.}) 11... Nd5 $6 {Der Springer steht nicht besonders gut auf b6, aber
Schwarz konnte statt 11...Nd5? entweder 11...e4 oder 11...Nd4 - beides mit
besseren Ausgleichschancen - ziehen.} (11... Nd4 $5 12. Nc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxf3+
$5 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Be6 $13) 13. Rxc5 Qd6 (13... Bg4 14. Bxd4
exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rc2 c6 17. Qa5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Re5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rb1 Rb5
21. Rbc1 a4 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,J-Armas,J/CUB-ch 1993/TD (50)}) 14. b4 c6 15. a3
Bg4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Re1 Qa2 19. f3 Be6 20. Bc1 Rad8 21. Qd2 Qb3
22. Kf2 f6 23. f4 Bf7 24. Bf3 Qe6 25. f5 Qd7 26. Qf4 Bd5 {0-1 Wegerer,F-Ruck,R/
Budapest 1997/CBM 58 ext (77)}) (11... e4 $5 12. Ng5 exd3 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qb3
Qf6 15. exd3 h6 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. a3 Be6 18. Qc3 Red8 {1/2-1/2 Bisguier,
A-Fedorov,V/American op 1995/EXT 98 (74)}) 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 $14 {Weiss
hat spürbaren positionellen Druck am Damenflügel. Anderseits ist die schwarze
Stellung fest und ohne besondere Schwächen.} (13. Nxc5 b6 14. Ne4 (14. Qa4 Ncb4
$11) 14... Bb7 $11) 13... Nf6 (13... Be6 14. Qd2 $14 (14. a3 $14)) 14. Nd2 {
[%cal Gg2a8] Weiss öffnet die lange Diagonale.} Nd4 (14... Bd7 15. Rc1 $14 {
[%csl Yc5][%cal Ga4c5]}) 15. e3 Ne6 (15... Nf5 16. Qc2 $14) (15... Bg4 16. f3
Nf5 17. Qe2 $16 (17. fxg4 Nxe3 $132)) 16. Rxe5 Qxd3 17. Ne4 {[%cal Gg2a8]
Weiss hat den d3-Bauern gegen den wichtigen e5-Bauern getauscht und dank
seines besseren Figurenspiels jetzt Druck am Damenflügel.} Qxd1 (17... Qd8 18.
Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rd5 $14) 18. Rxd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Rb8 (18... Nxe4
19. Bxe4 c6 20. h4 $14) 19. Nac3 Nd7 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 $14 (20. Nxe4 b6 $14)
) 20. Rh5 Nb6 (20... g6 $2 21. Ra5 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ra5a7] Es hängt auf a7
und gleichzeitig droht 22.Rxd7 nebst 23.Nf6+.}) 21. a4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Ga4a5]
Weiss möchte früher oder später den b6-Springer mit a4-a5 vertreiben. Der
weisse Turm verhindert auf der 5. Reihe z.B. den Blockadezug ....a5.} h6 22. h3
(22. a5 $14) 22... a6 23. Kh2 {Es ist nicht leicht für Schwarz, einen aktiven
Plan zu finden,daher verbessert Weiss die Stelung mit kleinen Zügen.} Nf8 24.
a5 Na8 {Der schwarze Springer steht sehr passiv auf a8, aber der Punkt-c7 ist
verteidigt und Schwarz beabsichtigt ...c7-c6 nebst ...Na8-c7.} (24... Nbd7 25.
Nd5 c6 (25... Ne6 {Dieser natürliche Zug ist schlecht, denn Schwarz kann nach .
..c6 Nd6 nicht Re6 spielen.} 26. Rc1 c6 27. Nd6 $18 {Schwarz verliert Material.
}) 26. Nd6 $36) 25. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} Ne6 26. N3a4 (26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Na4 Bb3
28. Rd4 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 c6 $11 {[%cal Ga8c7,Gc7b5]}) 26... c6 {[%csl Yb6] Nach
diesem Zug wird das Feld b6 dauerhaft schwach, aber Schwarz begegnet erstmal
den konkreten Drohungen und bereitet ...Nc7 vor.} (26... Nxc5 27. Nxc5 $11) (
26... b6 27. Nd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 $14) 27. Rh4 Nac7 28. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4b8]} Nb5 {
[%csl Gb5] Es ist für Weiss nicht einfach, den positionellen Vorteil
auszubauen.} 29. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3d3,Gd1d8]} Nf8 30. Rbd3 {[%cal Gd1d8] Weiss
kontrolliert die einzige offene Linie.} Be6 31. Nb6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Gd1,Gd3,Gg2]
Schwarz ist ohne gegenspiel und im folgenden verwertet Weiss die
Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel.} (31. e4 $5 $14) 31... f5 {Dieser
Verteidigungszug ist gegen e3-e4 gerichtet.} 32. f4 {Ein weitere Raumgewinnzug.
Weiss plant 33.Bf3 ziehen, um danach seine Stellung mit e3-e4 oder g3-g4 zu
verbessern.} Nc7 33. Bf3 Bf7 {Schwarz bereitet ...Nfe6 oder ...Nce6 vor, um
den starken Springer c5 zu tauschen.} 34. Ncd7 Nxd7 (34... Rbd8 $2 35. Nf6+ $18
{[%cal Rd1d8,Rf6g8]}) 35. Nxd7 Rbc8 (35... Rbd8 $2 36. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Rf6g8,
Rd1d8]}) 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Kg2 {Stufenweise verbessert Weiss seine Stellung.
Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel. Er kann nur warten.} Nd5 {Schwarz möchte das
Spiel vereinfachen, aber letztlich wird sein Bauer auf d5 schwach.} 38. Nxd5
Bxd5 39. Bxd5+ cxd5 40. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Rd5] In Doppelturmendspielen ist die
Remiswahrscheinlichkeit meist recht gross, aber hier hat Weiss ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen.} b6 41. b4 (41. Rxd5 bxa5 42. R1d2 Rb5 43. Rxb5 axb5 44. Rd5 $16
) (41. axb6 $6 Rxb6 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rb6b2]} 42. R1d2 Reb8 43. Rxd5 Rxb2 $11)
41... bxa5 42. bxa5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rd1d5]} Kf7 (42... Rb2+ 43. Kf3 $16) 43.
Rxd5 {Weiss hat einen Bauern mehr, aber er muss noch präzise spielen, denn die
Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel ist nicht leicht zu verwerten.} Kf6 44. g4 g6 (
44... fxg4 45. hxg4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge3,Gf4,Gg4]}) 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Rc1 {
[%cal Rc1c5,Rc5f5]} Rb2+ (46... Rb3 47. Rd6+ Kf7 (47... Re6 48. Rxe6+ Kxe6 49.
Rc6+ $18 {[%cal Rc6a6,Rc6e6]}) 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rg6+ Kf8 50. Rxh6 $18) 47. Kf3
Rb3 48. Rc6+ Kg7 49. Re5 (49. Rd7+ $6 Kg8 $132 {[%csl Re3,Rf3]}) 49... Rxe5 50.
fxe5 {[%csl Ra6,Gc6,Ge5]} Rb5 {[%cal Rb5a5,Rb5e5]} 51. Kf4 {[%csl Rf5] Weiss
hat einen Bauern mehr und seine Figuren stehen sehr aktiv.} Rxa5 52. Kxf5 {
[%cal Rc6c7,Rc7g7]} Ra3 (52... Ra1 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. e6 $18 {[%csl Ge6]}) 53.
Rc7+ Kg8 54. Kg6 $18 {[%cal Rc7c8,Rc8g8] Der aktive weisse König entscheidet
die Partie.} Kf8 55. Kf6 {[%cal Rc7c8,Rc8f8]} Kg8 (55... Ke8 56. e6 Kd8 57. e7+
$18) 56. e6 Rxe3 57. Rc8+ {Schwarz gab auf.} (57. Rc8+ Kh7 58. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 (9... Be6 10. Ne4 $5 Bd5 11. Nc5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 $1 exd4 13. Qc2
Re8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ra7 18. Nf3 $14 {Zlotnikov,
M-Janovsky,S Voskresensk 1992}) 10. b4 $5 Bf6 (10... Bxb4 11. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 12.
Qb3+ $16) 11. Nd2 $1 (11. Bc5 Re8 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b5 Nd4 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3
Nd5 $10 {Böhm-van Wijgarden Amsterdam 1977}) 11... Nd4 12. a4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5
14. Nb3 Ra8 15. a5 Nd7 16. Nd5 $14 Ne6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bc1 Nc7
20. Bb2 Re8 21. Nd2 Nb5 22. a6 $1 $16 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 bxa6 24. Bxc6 Bd7 25. Rc1
Qe7 26. Nf3 e4 27. dxe4 Nxe4 28. Ne5 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Nec3 (29... Qe6 $2 30. Qxe6+
Rxe6 31. Rc8+ $18) 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 $18 Qe6 32. h4 h6 33. h5 Qf6 34. Qc4+
Kh7 35. f4 Rb8 36. Bd4 a5 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. g4 a4 39. e3 Ra8 40. gxf5 a3 41. Ng4
Qa6 42. Qe4 a2 43. f6+ Kg8 44. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 45. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 (8... g5 $6 {Serper,G-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/INF59,48/})
9. b3 $5 (9. a3 {Hodgson,JM-Romanishin,O/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/INF59,47/})
9... O-O 10. Bb2 f5 (10... Be6 {/\f6}) 11. d3 Bf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Rf7 (
13... Nxc4 14. bxc4 $14) 14. e4 $5 (14. Na4 $2 Nxa4 15. bxa4 e4 $1 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Rxb7 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rd8 $44) (14. f4 $5) 14... f4 (14... fxe4 15. Nxe4
$14) 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd5 g5 (16... Bxd5 $5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4
Nxa2 $5 $13 (19... Nxd5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qxd5 Bxd4 22. Rbd1 $44)) 17. Qh5 Bg7 $2
(17... Rg7 $142 18. Bh3 $2 (18. Rbc1 $13) 18... g4) 18. Bh3 Bxh3 (18... Bxd5
19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qxg5 $14) 19. Qxh3 Nb4 20. Qe6 $1 $16 Nxd3 21. Ba3 Nc5 22.
Bxc5 $1 (22. Qxb6 Nxe4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qxb7 Nc3 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ $10)
22... bxc5 23. Rbc1 Ra6 24. Qg4 Qf8 (24... Rc6 25. Rfd1 $1) 25. Qxg5 Rg6 26.
Qh5 b6 27. Rcd1 Qc8 28. Qf5 $1 Qe8 (28... Rxf5 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Nxc8 $16) 29.
Qh3 Rh6 30. Qg4 Rg6 31. Qh3 Rh6 32. Qg2 f3 33. Qh1 Qe6 (33... Qc8 $2 34. Qxf3
$1 Rxf3 35. Ne7+ $18) 34. Ne3 $1 (34. Rd3 Qg4 $1) 34... Bf8 $2 (34... Rh4 $6
35. gxh4 Qg6+ 36. Ng2 Bf8 37. Rd3 $1) (34... Qg6 $1 35. Nf5 $1 Rxf5 36. exf5
Qxf5 37. Rd5 $1 $16) 35. Rfe1 Qh3 36. Nc4 Re6 37. Rd3 b5 38. Nd2 c4 $5 39. bxc4
Rd6 40. Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 41. Nxf3 Qg4 (41... Qh5 42. Nh4 Bb4 43. Rf1 bxc4 44. Qg2 {
/\Qh3}) 42. Nh4 Bb4 43. Nf5 $1 Rxf5 44. exf5 Bxe1 45. Qd5+ Kf8 46. Qd6+ Kf7 47.
Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qxe5 Qd1 50. Qe6+ Kf8 51. cxb5 Bb4+ (51... Qd2 $5 52.
Kg2 (52. Qb6 $5) 52... Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 $14) 52. Kg2 Qd4 53. b6 Bc5
54. b7 Qxf2+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kg4 Qd1+ 57. Kh4 Qd8+ 58. f6 Bd6 59. Qc8 Qe8 60.
h3 Be5 61. Kg5 Bxg3 62. Kh6 Kf7 63. Qxe8+ Kxe8 64. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gedevanishvili, Dmitry"]
[Black "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Bc5 (7...
Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 c5 $2 (10... dxe3 11. dxe3 d6 12. Bd2 Bc5
13. b4 Bb6 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rfc1 a4 16. a3 $14 {Ribli,Z-Andersson,U Reggio Top
16 1991 CBM/22}) 11. a3 Ba5 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d6 $1 $16 {Timman,J-Huebner,R
Sarajevo cm 1991 CBM/22}) 8. d3 h6 $5 (8... Nxd5 $6 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 d6 11.
e3 Nf5 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Bd2 c6 14. b4 Bb6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b5 $14 {Gheorghiu,
F-Benkö,P Las Palmas 1972}) 9. Rb1 a5 10. Nd2 Ba7 11. a3 d6 12. b4 axb4 13.
axb4 Nd4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Bb2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ng5 17. h4 Nh7 18. Ra1 Bf5 19. Qc2 b5
20. Nb3 Bb6 21. e4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bg6 23. Qc6 f5 24. Bxe5 $1 fxe4 25. dxe4 Rf8
26. Bf4 (26. Bd4 $2 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qf6 $1) 26... Nf6 27. Nc5 (27. Nd2 Nh5 $1 $15
) 27... dxc5 (27... Be8 $2 28. Ne6 $1) 28. bxc5 Be8 29. Qe6+ Bf7 30. Qc6 Be8
31. Qe6+ Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 (12... a5 13. b3 Rb8 14.
a4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. c4 Bd7 $10 {Kortschnoj-Mecking Augusta m
1974 17/59}) 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. b3 (14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe4 Qe6 16. f3 Na5 $44)
14... Kh8 15. Bf4 (15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 Nb4) 15... Ne5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Ng6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Qg4 Rbe8 21. Rad1 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Rxe2 $1 23.
Rxe2 Qxg4 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. Rd3 Qf5 26. Ree3 Be4 27. Rd4 Bb1 28. a3 Qc2 29. b4
Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa3 31. b5 a5 32. bxa6 Qxa6 33. Nd5 c5 34. Rf4 f5 35. g4 Be4+ 36.
Rexe4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 Qa2 38. Ne3 Qb3 39. Re7 Qxc3 40. Rb7 Qe5 41. Rxb6 g6 42.
Rb7+ Kg8 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47. Rb8+ Kd7 48.
Rb7+ Kc8 49. Rh7 Qf4 50. h3 Kb8 51. Re7 h5 52. Re6 Kb7 53. Kg1 hxg4 54. hxg4 g5
55. Kg2 Kc8 56. Kf1 Kd7 57. Re7+ Kd8 58. Ra7 Qe4 59. Rf7 d5 60. cxd5 c4 61. Rf6
Qd3+ 62. Kg2 c3 63. Rc6 Kd7 64. Kf3 Kd8 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Ne3 d6 {-> A 29} 11. f4 exf3 (11... Ne7 12. h3 Nf5 13. g4
$2 (13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. g4) 13... Nxe3 14. Bxe3 h5 $1 15. g5 Nh7 16. c5 dxc5 17.
Bxc5 Bf5 $10 {Holmov-Vaganian Moskva 1975 20/50}) 12. exf3 Bd7 13. h3 Ne7 $1
14. Qc2 (14. f4 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 {>< e4}) 14... d5 $1 15. cxd5 Nexd5 16. Qf2
Qc8 17. Kh2 b6 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 c5 20. Rad1 Re6 21. Bd2 Bc6 22. Bc3 Qb7 23.
Rfe1 Rae8 $10 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Nh7 27. h4 Nf8 28. Bc3 Ne6
29. Kg1 a6 30. Qe3 b5 31. Bh3 b4 32. Be5 Bxf3 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Bd6 Bg4 35.
Bxc5 Qc6 36. Kh2 a5 37. b3 Bf5 38. Bd4 Qe4 39. Qxe4 Bxe4 40. Bb6 Bb1 41. c5 Kf7
42. Bxa5 Ke8 43. c6 Bxa2 44. Bxb4 Bxb3 45. Bf8 h5 46. g4 g6 47. gxh5 {Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 $6 a5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 O-O $5 (10... Bf6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13.
Bxd5 O-O 14. Bg2 c6 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. e4 Be6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qf3
Qd3 20. Rfd1 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 $10 {Kron,V-Baburin,A URS-sf Russia-ch Gorky 1989
CBM/16}) 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 c6 $10 13. e3 Bf6 14. Qh5 Qe7 15. Bd2 Rd8 16.
Rfc1 Nd5 17. Rc4 g6 18. Qf3 c5 $1 19. Nb3 b6 20. e4 Ba6 $1 21. Rcc1 Nb4 $17 22.
e5 Bxe5 23. Re1 Nd3 24. Qe3 Bb7 $1 25. Bf1 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qf6 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a6 12. Ne4 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15.
e4 Bf7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nb3 (17. Qc2 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qd7 19. Rfb1 {Gulko,
B-Seirawan,Y USA-ch 1989 CBM/19 48/28}) 17... a5 18. b5 (18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. bxa5
Bxa3 20. Rb1 {/\ d4}) 18... a4 19. Nbd2 (19. bxc6 bxc6 $1) 19... Bxa3 20. Rb1
Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qxa4 Bc5 23. Qc2 (23. Nxd4 $2 Nb6 $1) 23... Qe7 24. Nb3
Qd6 25. Nfd2 Kh8 26. Nc4 Qe7 27. f4 Bb4 28. Nb2 Ra8 29. Kh1 Bc3 30. Nd1 Nc5 31.
Nc1 (31. Nxc3 Bxb3 $1) 31... Ra3 32. Nxc3 Rxc3 33. Qd2 Ra8 34. Rf2 Raa3 35. Bf1
Nxe4 $1 36. dxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Kg1 Qxb1 38. Qxd4 Rxc1 39. Qd8+ Bg8 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41.
Kh3 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. d3 f5 (11... f6 12. Ne4 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5
Rb8 15. e4 Bf7 16. Be3 {Dorfman,I-Hellers,F Amsterdam OHRA-B 1990 CBM/20}) 12.
Bb2 Bf6 13. Nd2 (13. Na4 e4 $1 14. Ne1 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Ba2 16. Ra1 Bd5 17. Qc2
Qe7 $10 {Gomez,M-Garcia,G Salamanca 1989 CBM/13}) 13... Qe8 14. Na4 Rd8 15. Nc5
Bc8 16. Qc2 Rd6 17. a4 $1 Kh8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nd8 20. Ba3 Be7 21. Na4 $16
Nxa4 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxa4 Ne6 24. e3 Qh5 25. Qd1 Qh6 26. Nf3 g5 27. d4 e4 28.
Ne5 g4 29. Ra1 Ng5 30. Ra8 Kg7 31. Qa1 Qe6 32. Rc1 Kh6 33. Nc4 Be7 34. Ne5 Bd6
35. Qa2 Qe7 36. Nc4 Be6 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. Qa7 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Qf7 40. Rc1 b6 41.
Qa4 Qh5 42. Qc4 Kg7 43. Ra1 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Ra8 Qh3 46. Qf1 Qh5 47. h4
$1 Qf7 48. Qa1 f4 49. exf4 Bxf4 50. d5+ Kh6 51. Qd4 Qf5 52. Re8 Bxg3 53. fxg3
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Black "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 a5 6. Nf3 (6. e3 $5 O-O 7. a3
Bc5 8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 e4 $2 (10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7) 11. Nec3 Nxd5
12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Bxe4 Bxh3 14. Bxh7+ $16 {Kavalek-Pietzsch Sarajevo 1967 3/43})
6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 h6 $1 9. e4 Bc5 10. h3 d6 11. Kh2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4
13. Be3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 Rb8 18. Rf2 c5 19.
Qh5 a4 20. h4 Qd7 21. f5 f6 22. Qf3 Bb7 $10 23. Rc1 Rbc8 24. Rfc2 Re5 25. Qf4
Qe7 26. Rc4 a3 27. bxa3 Ra8 28. a4 Ba6 29. Bf3 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Qb7 31. Bd1 Qb2+
32. Rc2 Qa3 33. Rd2 Rb8 34. Bb3+ Rxb3 35. axb3 Qxb3 36. g4 $1 Qxa4 37. g5 hxg5
38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Qxg5 Qe8 40. Rg2 Qe7 41. Qh6 $1 Qf7 42. Qxd6 Qh5+ 43. Kg3
Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Qh5+ 45. Kf4 Re8 46. Qg6 Qh4+ 47. Qg4 Qf6 48. Qh5 Qe5+ 49. Kf3 c4
$1 50. Qg6 Kf8 51. Rg5 Qf6 $1 (51... cxd3 52. f6 $1) 52. dxc4 Rc8 53. Qxf6+
gxf6 54. Rg6 Kf7 55. Ke2 Rxc4 56. Kd3 Ra4 57. Rg1 Ke7 58. Rg7+ Kd6 59. Rf7 Ke5
60. Re7+ Kf4 61. Re6 Kg5 62. Rd6 Kf4 63. Re6 Kg5 64. Re7 Kf4 65. Re8 Kg5 66.
Re6 Kf4 67. Rxf6 Ra3+ 68. Kxd4 Ra4+ 69. Kd5 Ra5+ 70. Ke6 Kxe4 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "El Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Qc2 Qe8 15. Ne4 Ba2 16. Rbc1 Bd5 17. Nd2 Qf7 {Gulko,B-Huebner,R Munich 1990
CBM 18}) 12... exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c6 (16... Kh8
17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Rc2 $13 {Azmayparashvili-Chandler
London 1989 48/27}) 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nf3 $1 Bf6 19. Rfc1 Re8 20. Rc2 Qd6 21. a4
$1 Rad8 22. a5 Nc8 23. Ba3 b5 24. Bc1 Re6 25. Bg5 Qe7 26. h4 h6 27. Rh1 $1 Qd6
$2 (27... Rxe2 $2 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Re1 $18) (27... Red6 28. Rc5
$1) 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxd8 c5 (29... Re8 30. Bg5 $1) 30. bxc5 Qc6+ 31. f3 Qe8
32. e4 Be5 33. exf5 Rc6 34. Re1 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 (4... d5) (4... Bb4) 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O
O-O 7. d4 exd4 {Ribli.Ich glaube, die beste schwarze Fortsetzung ist 7...d6
mit Zugumstellung zur Koenigsindischen Verteidigung.Die Partiefortsetzung gibt
das Zentrum ohne Gegenchancen auf.} 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. e3 {Ribli.9.Nxc6 eroeffnet
auch gute Moeglichkeiten fuer Weiss.Die Stellung ist aehnlich wie
Koenigsindisch, aber in unserer Stellung ist es ein Vorteil fuer Weiss, dass
er nicht e4 gespielt hat und so die Diagonale fuer den Laeufer g2 geoeffnet
ist. Ich glaube, beide obergenannten Zuege sind besser als die
Partiefortsetzung.} (9. Nc2 $6 d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Rb1 a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. f3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Bd4+ 16. e3 Qg5 $36 {Hansen,Cu-Akopian,V/Groningen/
1991/CBM27/}) 9... Ne5 $2 (9... Nxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. c5 Nh5 13. Be3
dxc5 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Fontanie,R/Cannes mT/1996/EXP51/
}) (9... Rb8 $5 10. b3 Nxd4 11. exd4 a6 (11... d6 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Rc1 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. d5 $36 {Ivanov,V-Adams,M/BCF-ch/1987/}) 12. a4
(12. Be3 $5) 12... d6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Be3 h5 15. Qd2 Ne4 $10 {Schamkovich,
L-Akopian,V/Palma de Mallorca/1989/}) 10. b3 $14 d6 11. h3 $1 {Ribli. Weiss
schraenkt die Moeglichkeiten des schwarzen Damenlaeufers ein.} h5 $6 (11... Bd7
12. Bxb7 Bxh3) 12. Bb2 c6 13. Qc2 $16 a5 {Ribli.Schwarz findet keinen Plan.}
14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ba3 h4 $2 (15... Be6 16. f4 Ned7 17. e4 $36) (15... Bf8) 16.
g4 Nexg4 $2 {[#] Ribli. Schwarz versucht im Trueben zu fischen, aber ich denke
dieses Opfer ist ein Akt der Verzweiflung, zum einen ist die Stellung schwer,
zum anderen befand sich der junge Franzose in diesem Turnier auf dem letzten
Platz.} 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Ne4 {Ribli. Schwarz hat nichts Serioeses fuer den
Materialverlust.} Bf8 19. f3 d5 (19... Nxe3 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Nxe8) 20. fxg4 $18
dxe4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rf4 Bd7 23. Qf2 {Ribli.Und Weiss hat nicht nur
Materialuebergewicht,sondern auch Angriff.} 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 {Nach der neuesten Mode.} a5 $1 (8... f6 $6 9. d4 $1 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11.
Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 $44 {Khalifman,A-Tiviakov,S/Linares/1995/CBM46/INF63,26/}) 9.
d3 (9. b3 $5 O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. d3 Kh8 $5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Bf6 $13 {Levin,
F-Romanishin,O/Bad Endbach/1995/CBM47/}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 $6 {
Eine Neuerung, die fuer Weiss gar nichts bringt.} (11. Rc1 Re8 12. a3 h6 13.
Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Qd7 $10 {Hansen,LB-Romanishin,O/Polanica Zdroj/
1993/CBM37/}) 11... cxb6 12. Nd2 b5 $1 {Weiss kann hier kaum noch auf
Eroeffnungsvorteil hoffen.} 13. Rc1 (13. Nxb5 Bxa2 14. Ra1 Be6 15. Nc4 Bc5 $13)
13... b4 14. Na4 Rc8 (14... Bxa2 $2 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b3 Bg5 17. e3 Qxd3 18.
Ra1 $16) 15. Nb3 $2 (15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 16. Nc4 $15) 15... Nd4 $1 16. Rxc8 (16.
Bxb7 Rxc1 17. Nxc1 Qd7 $19) 16... Bxc8 17. Nac5 a4 $1 {Schwarz spielt sehr
energisch.} 18. Nxd4 (18. Nxa4 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 b5 $19) 18... Qxd4 19. Ne4 (19.
Nxa4 b5 20. e3 Qa7 $19) 19... Qxb2 $19 20. Qxa4 f5 {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 {Das ist die alte Fortsetzung - heutzutage bevorzugt man die
Varianten mit a2 - a3.} Re8 {Das ist eine für diese Variante typische
Spielweise - Schwarz bereitet 10...Bf8 vor.} (9... f5) (9... Be6) 10. Rc1 (10.
Qc1 Bf8 (10... Bg4 11. Re1 Bf8) 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Re1 a5 $11) 10... Bf8 (10...
Bg4) 11. Ne4 Nd4 {Dieser Zug ist stärker als das schablonenhafte 11...Be6?!.} (
11... Be6 $6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bd5 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nb4 (15... Nd4 $5)
16. Ne4 N4d5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 c6 19. Qb3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Hertneck,G/
Munich 1993/CBM 36 (44)}) 12. Nc5 Nxf3+ (12... Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Re1 c6 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rc2 (17. Ra5 a6 18. Ng5 Nd7 19. h3 Be6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6
21. b4 Rae8 22. Qb2 g6 23. a3 f5 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. a4 h5 27. h4 {
1-0 Rukavina,J-Dabo Peranic,R/Pula 2001/EXT 2002 (58)}) 17... h6 18. Qa5 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Re5 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. a3 a5 22. Rb1 {1-0 Videki,S-Dorfman,J/Cannes
1989/TD (40)}) (12... Nf5 13. Bd2 a5 (13... c6 14. b4 a6 15. e4 Nd6 16. Be3 Bg4
17. a4 {1/2-1/2 Bancod,R-Timoshenko,G/Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000 (32)}) 14. Ng5 c6
15. a4 Nd4 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Nb3 h6 18. Nf3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Be6 21. Be3
Nb3 22. Rb1 Bb4 23. Red1 Nd4 {0-1 Kaufman,L-Chernin,A/Philadelphia 2001/EXT
2002 (54)}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 {Weiß verhindert die Entwicklung des schwarzen
Damenflügels - jetzt geht 14...Nd5 nicht wegen 15.Nxb7.} (14. a3 Nd5 15. Bd2 b6
16. Ne4 c5 17. Qa4 (17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nf4 $1 (19... bxc5 20.
Qxb7 Nb6 21. Ba5 $44) 20. Bxf4 Bxf3 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe2 $11) 17... Bb7
18. b4 f5 19. Qb3 fxe4 20. dxe4 Kh8 21. exd5 e4 22. Bg2 Qxd5 $13) 14... Bxc5 {
Schwarz gibt das Läuferpaar auf, wird dafür aber den wirklich sehr starken Nc5
los.} 15. Bxc5 (15. Rxc5 Be6 16. Qa3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Bd2 e4
20. Rc4 Nb6 21. Rc3 Re5 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Bc1 Rh5 24. h4 Nd5 25. Rc4 Rxh4 {
0-1 Walach,M-Savon,V/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (30)}) 15... Be6 $11 {Schwarz hat
eine feste Stellung erreicht. Weiß besitzt zwar das Läuferpaar, aber die
Stellung ist nicht offen, so dass dieses Detail nicht wirklich zum Tragen
kommt.} (15... Bh3 16. Rfd1 $14) 16. Qb4 (16. Qa3) 16... Qd7 (16... Bd5 $5 17.
Bxd5 (17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. a3 Rac8 $11) 17... cxd5 $11
) 17. Rfd1 (17. Bxb6 $6 axb6 18. a3 b5 $15) 17... Nd5 18. Qa4 Nf6 {[%cal Ge6g4,
Gg4f3] Mit dem Textzug bereitet Schwarz den Läufertausch - mittels 19...Bg4 -
vor.} 19. b3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 (20... Qxg4 $142 $5 $11) 21. f3 Nf6 22. Bf2 h5
$6 {Dieser Zug scheint mir zu aggressiv. Schwarz schwächt damit freiwillig
seine Königsstellung.} (22... Nd5 $11) 23. Kg2 Re6 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gf2a7]
Schwarz bereitet das mögliche Re6-d6 vor. - Die weiße Dame steht gut auf a4,
denn sie zwingt den schwarzen Turm, auf a8 zu verweilen.} 24. h4 {Weiß legt
den Ph5 fest.} Nd5 25. e4 Nc7 26. d4 Rd6 (26... exd4 27. Qxd4 $14 (27. Rxd4 $14
)) 27. Rc5 {[%cal Gc5h5] Dieser zweischneidige Zug ist sehr riskant.} (27. Qc4)
27... Re8 $6 (27... exd4 $142 $1 28. Rxh5 (28. Rxd4 $2 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30.
Bxd4 Ne6 31. Rc4 b5 $19) 28... Ne6 $15) 28. d5 $14 Qd8 (28... cxd5 $2 29. Rxc7
$18) (28... Nb5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qc4 $14) 29. Qxa7 Na6 (29...
cxd5 30. Qxb7 Re7 31. Rc6 d4 32. a4 $16) 30. Qxb7 {Weiß opfert die Qualität.
Seine Bauern am Damenflügel und im Zentrum sind gefährlich .} (30. Rcc1 cxd5
31. Qxb7 d4 32. Qb5 (32. a4 $2 Rb6) 32... Rb6 33. Qe2 $14) 30... Nxc5 31. Bxc5
{[%mdl 1024]} Rg6 $132 {[%csl Rg2,Gg6][%cal Gg6g2]} 32. d6 Qxh4 33. Bf2 Qf6 34.
d7 (34. Qxc6 Rd8 $13 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gh5h4]}) 34... Rd8 35. Qc7 h4 {[%csl Gh4]
[%cal Gh4h3] Schwarz mobilisiert seine Reserven - in einigen Varianten muss
Weiß auch mit h4-h3+ rechnen.} 36. a4 (36. Rd6 $5 Qe7 37. Rd3 {Damit
verteidigt Weiß den Pf3 und droht zugleich 38.Bb6.}) (36. g4 h3+ 37. Kh2 Kh7
38. Rd3 Qf4+ 39. Bg3 Qc1 {[%csl Gc1]} 40. Qxd8 Qc2+ 41. Kxh3 Rh6+ 42. Bh4 Qxd3
$17) 36... Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 256] Schwarz verlässt die Grundlinie. Nun kann die
Qf6 wegziehen, ohne dass der Rd8 mit Schach fällt. Es droht jetzt konkret 37...
h3+.} 37. Rh1 Qe7 38. Rd1 (38. Rxh4+ Kg8 {[%csl Rd7]} 39. Bb6 (39. Rh5 Re6 40.
Bb6 (40. Bc5 Qxd7 41. Qxd7 Rxd7 42. a5 Rd2+ $15) 40... Rxd7 41. Qc8+ Qe8 $15)
39... Qxh4 (39... Rxd7 40. Qc8+ $18) 40. Qxd8+ Qxd8 41. Bxd8 Rd6 42. Bb6 Rxd7
43. b4 $15) 38... Qf6 39. Rh1 Qe7 40. Rd1 Qf6 {Und Remis durch Zugwiederholung.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 (7...
d6 {-> E62}) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefaellt mir nicht, weil die weissen
Laeufer jetzt deutlich besser stehen als die schwarzen Kollegen.} (8... Re8 9.
Nxc6 $5 bxc6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bf4 $14 {Miles,A-Ivanchuk,V/Biel/1989/CBM14/INF48,
21/}) 9. Qxd4 Re8 {Eine Neuerung} (9... d6 10. Qd2 (10. Qh4 $5) 10... Rb8 11.
b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rfd1 (14. Rac1 $5) 14... Re8 15. Nd5 Bb7 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bg7 19. Rc6 $14 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Akopian,V/
Erevan/1989/CBM14/}) 10. Qh4 $5 {Jetzt droht /\ Bg5 mit einer sehr
unangenehmen Fesselung.} Re5 11. Bf3 $5 {Droht /\ Bg5 wieder} (11. Bg5 $6 h6 $1
12. Bxh6 $2 Rh5 $19) 11... Qf8 12. Bg5 Re6 (12... Ne8 13. Nd5 f6 14. Bd2 c6 15.
Ne3 $14) 13. Nd5 $1 {Weiss verbessert seine Stellung thematisch durch
Raumgewinn.} Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rb6 15. Be7 $1 Qe8 16. Rac1 h6 (16... Rxb2 17. Rxc7
Rxa2 18. Rfc1 $18 {Droht /\ d6 und Qc4}) 17. Rxc7 g5 18. Qe4 d6 (18... f5 19.
Qc4 Qxe7 20. d6+ Qe6 21. Bd5 $18) (18... Bxb2 19. d6 $18) 19. Bg4 $5 (19. b3 $5
{Weiss koennte seinen Mehrbauern ohne Risiko behalten.} f5 (19... Bd7 20. Bg4
$18) (19... Be5 20. Bg4 $18) 20. Qe3 Be5 21. Bf6 $18) 19... Bxb2 20. h4 $1 {
Der Anziehende will den gegnerischen Koeningfluegel zerstoeren.} Ra6 $8 {
Droht /\ Ra4.} (20... gxh4 $4 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qg4+ $18) 21. Qf3 (21. Bxc8
Rxc8 22. Rxb7 $18) 21... Ra3 22. e3 Ra4 23. Bh5 (23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxb7 $18)
23... g4 24. Qd1 $1 {Jetzt konnte der Nachziehende alle Drohungen nicht
vermeiden.} Bd7 (24... Be5 25. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28.
Qxa4 $18) 25. Bxd6 b6 (25... Rc8 26. Rxb7 $18) 26. Bf4 {Droht /\ Bg4} Rc8 {
Der Partiezug ermoeglicht eine huebsche Kombination.} 27. Rxd7 $1 Rxf4 (27...
Qxd7 28. Bxg4 f5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxa4 $18) 28. Bxg4 (28. Rxa7 Rc1 29. Qxc1 $1
{Der einfachste Weg} Bxc1 30. exf4 $18) 28... Rc1 29. Qe2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qe4
31. Kg1 $1 (31. gxf4 $4 Qh1#) 31... Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Bf3 Qxa2 34. d6 Kg7
35. Rc7 Qa3 (35... Rxd6 36. Rc2 $18) 36. d7 Rd6 37. Qc4 Qd3 38. d8=Q Rxd8 39.
Qxf7+ Kh8 40. e4 {Weiss hat seinen grossen Eroeffnungsvorteil mit leichter
Hand zum Sieg verwer- tet. Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2
O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 $2 (9. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bf4 (11. Rd1 Qc8 12.
Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Nc5 Rxe2 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qb3 $14 {Psakhis,
L-Stanec,N Vienna op 1991 EXP/25}) 11... Qc8 12. Rad1 a5 13. Rd2 h6 14. Rfd1 $2
(14. c5 $1 $14) 14... c5 $10 {Miles,A-Ivanchuk,V Biel 1989 CBM/14 48/21}) 9...
d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Rb1 a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Bd4+
16. e3 Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qc5 18. Qf2 (18. exd4 $2 {Ernst} Rxe1+ 19. Kf2 Qxd4+ 20.
Kxe1 Qg1+ 21. Bf1 Re8+ $19) 18... Qf5 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rbd1 a4 $15 21. Bc3 axb3
22. axb3 Nb4 23. Bxb4 (23. Bxb7 {Ernst} Ra2 24. Qf3 Nc2 $36) 23... Bxb4 24. Re2
Ra3 25. Bxb7 Rxb3 26. Bc6 Re7 27. Qf3 Qc5 28. Be4 Qb6 29. Rd3 Bc5 30. Kg2 Qb4
31. Rxb3 Qxb3 32. Bd5 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Bxe3 34. f5 Qc2+ 35. Kh1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 g5
37. f6 h5 $1 38. Qxh5 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Bg2 (40. Kg4 {Ernst} Qe2+ 41. Bf3
Qxc4+ $17) 40... Qf5+ 41. g4 Qxf6 42. Be4 Qf1+ 43. Bg2 Qd3 44. Bf3 Bf4 45. Kg2
Qd2+ 46. Kh1 Qf2 47. Qh3 Be3 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 13th"]
[Site "Leibnitz"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd5 12. Bb2 (12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qd7 14.
Be3 Bd5 15. Rfc1 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Hansen,LB Amsterdam OHRA-B 1989 CBM/15})
12... a5 $6 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 a6 16. Nd2 axb5 17. axb5
Bd5 {Ftacnik,L-Arnason,J Haninge 1989 CBM/13}) 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Qa4 $1 Bc5 18. Rfc1 Bb6 19. Qc4 $1 Rad8 20. a4 $14
Rfe8 21. Kf1 Re6 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc4 Kf7 24. Rbc1 Ke8 25. Ba3 Ree5 26. f4 $1
Re6 27. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Kd7 30. Kf2 g6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rd5+
Rd6 33. Rxf5 Ke6 34. Rc5 Rd7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Rf5 Ke6 37. Rh5 Re7 38. g4 Rg7 39.
h3 Re7 40. Rf5 b6 41. Ke4 Kf7+ 42. Kxd4 Rxe2 43. g5 Rh2 44. Rxf6+ Kg7 45. Kd5
Rxh3 46. Kc6 Rxd3 47. Kxc7 Rd4 48. Kxb6 Rxa4 49. Ka7 Rg4 50. Ra6 Rxg5 51. b6
1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 (7. Nd5
Bc5 $5 8. d3 h6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Nd2 Ba7 11. a3 d6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 14. e3
Ne6 $13 {Gedevanishvili,D-Handoko,E Sydney Cepacol 1991 CBM/23}) 7... Bxc3 (
7... d6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. e4 c6 11. d4 cxd5 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Ng5 d5
14. Qh5 Bf5 15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Rad1 Rf8 18. Qe6 Qe8 19. Qh3 Rc8 20.
g4 $13 {Krogius,N-Lhagva,G Bejing op 1991 EXP/22}) 8. bxc3 e4 9. Ng5 (9. Nd4 h6
$6 (9... exd3 $5 10. exd3 h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Re1 (12. Rb1 $5) 12... d6 13. h3
c5 14. Nf3 Ng6 $13 {Gurevich,M-Salov,V Linares CBM/22 51/40}) 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11.
Qc2 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. e3 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An Sevilla m 1987 CBM/04 44/
21}) 9... exd3 10. exd3 b6 (10... d6 11. Rb1 Ne5 12. Rb2 Rb8 13. f3 b6 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 $13 {Poldauf,D-Mnatsakanian,E Budapest Spring op 1990 EXP/17}
) 11. Re1 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Bb7 13. Bd5 Qf8 14. Qd1 (14. Bxf7+ $5 Kh8 15. Bd5 Re8
16. Qd1 h6 17. Ne4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf7 20. c4 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 $44)
14... Nd8 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qf3 c6 17. Be3 h6 18. Nh3 Qe7 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Bd4
Nd6 21. a4 Nf5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxf5 Nc7 24. a5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top16 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 $1 dxe3 11. dxe3 d6 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Qc2
a5 15. Rfc1 $1 $14 a4 16. a3 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Bc3 Re7 19. Qb2 f6 20. Bd4 Bxd4
21. Qxd4 b6 22. Rc3 Bf7 23. Rac1 Ra7 24. h4 Be8 25. Bh3 Bd7 26. Be6+ $1 Bxe6
27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd5 Kf7 29. f4 Ke7 30. b5 Kd7 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Qxc7+ $1 Rxc7
33. Rxc7+ Ke8 $2 (33... Qd7 $1) 34. Kf2 $1 d5 35. Rc8 Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kd7 37.
Rc3 $2 (37. Rg8 $1 $16) 37... f5 38. Kf3 h5 39. Ke2 d4 $1 40. Rd3 Rxe3+ 41.
Rxe3 dxe3 42. Kxe3 Kd6 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Kc4 Kd6 45. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 {Weiss waehlt einen seltenen Zug.} Nxd5
12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 $6 f5 13. c4 fxe4 14. cxd5 exf3 15. Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17.
Be4 Qf6 $44 {Beltran,S-Veingold,A/Oviedo 25'/1993/EXP38/}) 12... Na5 (12...
Qxg5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 $44 {Karpov}) 13. Qa3 b6 {Eine neue Idee} (13... Qxg5
14. Qxa5 Qe5 15. Bb2 $5 (15. d4 Qd6 $10 {Karpov})) 14. f4 (14. c4 $6 Qxg5 15.
f4 Nxf4 $1 16. Rxf4 Bb7 $15) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17.
Rf3 h6 18. Nh3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Ng4 $13) 15... c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7
Nxb7 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1 (21. g5 Nf5 22. gxf6 Ncd4 $15) 21... Qd7
$1 {Mit diesem Zug deckt Schwarz den g7-Punkt und er bereitet auch sein
Gegenspiel vor.} 22. Rg1 Qb7 $1 23. g5 (23. Rg2 $5) 23... Nd4 24. gxf6 g6 $1 (
24... Nxe2 $4 {[#]} 25. f7+ $1 $18) 25. Rg2 N6f5 $1 (25... Nxf3 $2 26. f7+ $1
Kxf7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Rxg6+ $18) 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. f7+
Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Im Endergebnis hat Gulko eine Qualitaet gewonnen, aber
wegen der schwarzen Riesenspringer (d4 und f5) muss er schon aufpassen.} 29.
Qe1 $1 Nc2 (29... Nc2 30. Qc3 Ncd4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 $5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 $1 Rad8 17. a4 Rfe8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ne7 20. Ba5 Qxb3 21.
Nxb3 Rd5 22. Bxc7 Rxb5 23. Nd2 Rb2 24. Ba5 Nd5 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Bd4 28. Ra3 b6 29. e4 Nf6 30. Bc3 Bc5 31. Ra2 Rd8 32. Bxe5 Rxd3 33. Bxf6
gxf6 34. Kf1 Rc3 35. Ke2 b5 36. Rb2 b4 37. Rb3 Rxb3 38. Nxb3 Bb6 39. f3 Kg7 40.
f4 Kg6 41. Kf3 f5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 f5+ 44. exf5+ Kf6 45. h4 Bf2 46. h5 Bb6
47. Nd2 Bd4 48. Nb3 Be3 49. Na5 Ke7 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Nb3 Bc3 52. Nc5 Bd4 53. Nb3
Bf6 54. Nc5 Bh8 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Nb3 Bf6 57. Nd2 Kc5 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. Ne4 Bh4 60.
f6 Ke6 {(2.58/2.31)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
g6 {Eine sehr seltene Fortsetzung.} (7... Be7 $5) 8. a4 (8. b3 $5 {Einer
logische Zug, der die schwarze Rochade verhindern will.} Be6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Ba3
$1 Nc8 11. Rc1 N8e7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nc5 $14 {Znamenacek,K-Trichkov,V/Prague/
1994/EXP40/}) 8... a5 9. d3 Bg7 10. Bg5 Ne7 $5 {Eine Neuerung} (10... f6 $6 {
Ein strategischer Fehler, weil jetzt der g7-Lauefer keine schoene Perspektive
hat.} 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 $1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 $14 {Psakhis,
L-Ermenkov,E/Groningen op/1990/CBM22/}) 11. Qc1 h6 (11... O-O 12. Bh6 $14) 12.
Bd2 {Droht /\ d4,Nb5} c6 13. e4 Nd7 (13... Qxd3 $2 {Diesen Bauern zu nehmenn
ist mehr als gefaerhlich.} 14. Rd1 $1 Qc4 (14... Qa6 $2 15. Bf1 Qa7 16. Be3 $18
) 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rd6 $44) 14. Be3 Nf8 15. Rd1 {Droht /\ d4 mit klarem Vorteil.
} Ne6 16. Ne2 Nd4 17. Nexd4 (17. Bxd4 exd4 18. e5 Bg4 $5 (18... O-O $6 19.
Nexd4 Bxe5 $2 20. Qxh6 Bxd4 $4 21. Ng5 $18) 19. Qf4 $13) 17... exd4 18. Bd2 Be6
19. b4 $5 {Weiss opfert einen Bauern fuer die Initiative.} axb4 20. Bxb4 Bb3
21. Re1 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Bxa4 23. Qa3 Bb5 $5 (23... b5 24. Rc1 $44) 24. e5 $44 {
Droht /\ Bd6,Nd4} b6 25. Nxd4 (25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qa8+ Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Kxd8 28.
Nxd4 Kd7 29. Nxb5 cxb5 30. d4 $14) 25... Qxd4 26. Bxe7 c5 27. Bf6 $4 {Bisher
hat Weiss alles gemacht, die schwarze Rochade zu verhindern. Dieser Zug ist
einfach unverstaendlich.} (27. Bd6 $1 $18 {Schwarz steht jetzt vor einer
unloesbare Aufgabe.} Qa4 28. Qxa4 (28. Qb2 $5 $18) 28... Bxa4 29. Rb1 $18)
27... O-O 28. Qb3 Bxd3 29. Bxg7 $2 (29. Qxb6 Qb4 $17) 29... c4 $1 {Ein starker
Zwischenzug.} 30. Qb4 Kxg7 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Re8 33. Rc1 Rxe5 34. Qxc4 Qxc4
35. Rxc4 {Hecht: T - T Motive: sT deckt seitlich den b-Freibauern und hindert
wK an Aktivierung; Aufgabe Bauern K-Flügel zwecks Forcierung des Freibauern}
Re7 $1 {Ein Lehrbeispiel zur Theorie der Turmendspiel: Der aktive schwarze
Turm und der Koenig garantieren den Sieg.} (35... b5 $1 {Hecht}) 36. Kf1 b5 37.
Rb4 (37. Rc6 $5) 37... Re5 $1 {Schwarz will den weissen Koenig aus dem Spiel
aussperren.} (37... Rb7 $5 {Hecht} 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Kc3 Kd5 {
Hecht:mit Aktivierung des wK ist schwerer zu gewinnen}) 38. Rd4 Kf6 39. Rd8 Ke7
40. Rb8 Kd7 $1 41. Rb7+ Kc6 $1 {Schwarz opfert einige Bauern.} 42. Rxf7 b4 43.
Rf6+ (43. Rf8 Rb5 44. Rc8+ Kd5 45. Rc1 b3 46. Ke2 b2 47. Rb1 Kc4 48. Kd2 Kb3
$19) 43... Kb5 44. Rxg6 b3 45. Rg8 Re6 $1 46. Rb8+ Rb6 47. Rd8 b2 48. Rd1 Rc6
$1 {Ribli} (48... Rc6 $1 49. Kg2 Rc1 50. Rd8 b1=Q 51. Rb8+ Kc5 52. Rxb1 Rxb1
$19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4
Bg4 15. Nf3 $5 {Einen Vorschlag von Illescas} (15. Re1 h6 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1
Qd7 18. d4 Bh3 $13 {Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas/1995/CBM47/INF63,
31/}) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nc6 16. h3 {Illescas}) 16. Bxf3 Qb6 17. Bb2 {Droht /\
Rab1,c4 mit klarem weissen Vorteil. Schwarz will das nicht tatenlos lassen.}
Ne4 $6 {Das Opfer ist nicht uninteressant, aber nicht ganz korrekt.} 18. dxe4
dxe4 19. Bg2 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nxb2 21. Rfb1 $1 {Sonst gewinnt der Nachziehende
spaeter mit e2 ein wichtiges Tempi.} (21. Rab1 $2 Nd3 $6 22. exd3 $2 e2+ $1 23.
Rf2 exd3 $19) 21... Nd3 22. exd3 exd3 {[#]} 23. Qd5 $5 (23. Bxb7 $1 {Dieser
einfache Zug koennte das schwarze Spielkonzept sofort wiederlegen.} Rad8 24.
Qxb6 axb6 25. Ba6 $1 {Der Schluesselzug.} Kf8 26. Kg2 e2 27. Kf2 $18) 23... Qd8
24. Rxb7 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 e2 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bxe8 d2 $1 (27... Rxe8 28. Kf2 $18)
28. Rbb1 Rxe8 29. Kf2 Re4 30. Re1 dxe1=Q+ 31. Rxe1 {Hecht: T - T Motive: wT
hinter c-Freibauer zwingt Schwarz zur Aufgabe des K-Flügels, Trick Zug 48
zwecks Übergang in ein gewonnenes B-Endspiel} Rc4 32. Rc1 Re4 33. Ke1 h5 $1 (
33... Ke7 $2 {Hecht} 34. Rc2 $18) 34. Rc2 $1 Re3 35. c4 h4 36. gxh4 (36. c5 $2
hxg3 37. hxg3 Rxg3 38. c6 Ke7 (38... Rg1+ 39. Kxe2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rxc2 41. Kxc2
Ke7 $10) 39. c7 Rg1+ 40. Kxe2 Rg2+ 41. Kd3 Rxc2 42. Kxc2 Kd7 43. Kd3 Kxc7 44.
Ke4 Kd6 45. Kf5 Ke7 46. Kg6 Kf8 $10) 36... Rh3 {Schwarz hat gute
Rettungchancen, weil die weissen Bauern nicht besonders stark sind.} 37. c5 $1
Ke7 (37... Rxh2 $2 38. c6 Ke7 39. c7 Rh1+ 40. Kxe2 Rh2+ 41. Kd3 Rxc2 42. Kxc2
Kd7 43. Kd3 Kxc7 44. Ke4 $18) 38. Rxe2+ Kd7 39. Rg2 Kc6 $6 (39... Rxh4 $5 40.
Kf2 $1 Rxf4+ 41. Ke3 Rf7 42. Rg6 $16) 40. Kf2 Kxc5 41. Rxg7 Rxh2+ 42. Kg3 Rxa2
43. h5 $1 Ra1 44. h6 Rh1 45. h7 Kd6 (45... a5 46. Kg4 (46. f5 {Hecht} Kd6 (
46... a4 47. f6 a3 48. f7 a2 49. f8=Q+ $18) 47. f6 a4 48. f7 Ke7 49. h8=Q (49.
f8=Q+ Kxf8 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. h8=Q Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rxg8 53. Qd4 $18 {mühsam}) 49...
Rxh8 50. Rg8 $18 {einfach}) 46... a4 47. Rg5+ $1 Kd6 48. Rh5 Rg1+ 49. Kf5 $18)
46. Rxa7 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf6 (47... Rg1+ 48. Kh5 Rh1+ 49. Kg6 Rg1+ 50. Kh6 Rh1+ 51.
Kg7 Rg1+ 52. Kf8 Rh1 53. Kg8 $18 (53. Kg8 {Hecht} Rg1+ 54. Rg7 $18)) 48. Ra8 $1
{[#]} Rxh7 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Rxh7 Kxh7 52. Kf5 (52. Kf5 Kg8 53. Kf6
Kf8 54. f5 Ke8 55. Kg7) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 (13. Bb2 a4 14. Nd2
Ra5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. e3 Bxc4 18. exd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1
Qd7 21. Ba1 $13 {Portisch,L-Petursson,M Wijk 1990 CBM 17}) 13... a4 14. e3 Ne6
15. Nf3 (15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Nb3 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Rb2
Na5 21. Ra2 Nc4 22. Qf3 $14 {Cvetkovic,Sr-Kovacevic,P Jugoslavia 1989 48/(26)})
15... Nc5 (15... f6 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. d4 $14 {Azmayparashvili-Novak Haifa op
1989 48/(27)}) 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nce2 Be6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. Bb2 Qb3 22. Rfc1 Rad8 (22... Nd3 $1) 23. Nd4 $1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 $14 Nd5 25.
Rd1 Nf6 26. Bc3 Nce4 27. Bb2 Nc5 28. Kf1 Nfe4 29. Ke2 b6 30. g4 Bg7 31. h3 Rd6
32. Bf3 Ng5 33. Bc6 Red8 34. h4 Nge6 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Bc1 Rd8
38. Bd2 Nb3 39. Be1 Bf8 40. Rc4 Bxa3 41. Rxa4 Be7 42. g5 Nc5 43. Ra7 (43. Ra8
$16) 43... Bd6 44. Bc3 e5 45. Bb4 Rb8 46. f3 Kf7 47. Bd5+ Ke7 48. Bc3 Rf8 49.
Ra1 Ne6 50. Kd3 Nc5+ 51. Kc4 Ne6 52. Re1 Kd7 53. Be4 Ke7 54. Ra1 Nc5 55. Bd5
Ne6 56. Ra7 Nc5 57. Bb4 Rb8 58. Bc6 Ne6 59. Bc3 Rf8 60. Bd5 Kd7 61. Be4 Nc5 62.
Bc6+ Ke7 63. Ra8 Rxa8 64. Bxa8 Ne6 65. Kd5 Bc5 66. Ke4 $2 (66. Bxe5 Bxe3 67.
Bf6+ Kf7 68. Ke4 Bf2 69. Bd5 $18) 66... Ng7 67. Bxe5 Nf5 68. Bxc7 Nxh4 69. Kd3
(69. Bg3 Nf5 70. Bf2 Nd6+) 69... Ng2 70. e4 Ne1+ 71. Ke2 Nc2 72. f4 Nd4+ 73.
Kd3 Nxb5 74. Be5 Bd6 75. Bf6+ Kf8 76. e5 Be7 77. Bd5 Nc7 78. Bb3 Ne8 79. Ke4
Ng7 80. Bc4 Nf5 81. Be6 Ng3+ 82. Kf3 Nh5 83. Bxe7+ Kxe7 84. Bg4 Ng7 85. Ke4 b5
86. Kd4 b4 87. Kc4 Kf7 88. Kxb4 Nh5 89. f5 gxf5 90. Bxf5 Ng7 91. Bxh7 Ne6 {
Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maus, Soenke"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. e3 $5 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bf6 12. f4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5
14. e3 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rf5 17. a5 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 $13 {Mestropov,
K-Yakovich,Y Moscow op 1990 EXP/19 50/(29)}) (10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Ne4 a5
13. Nc5 e4 $13 {Gomez,J-Kortschnoj,V Salamanca 1991 CBM/23}) 10... a6 11. Qc2
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Be6 $5 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Rxd4 Qc8 $10 {Makarichev,S-Kanstler,B Frunze 1989 CBM/15}) 13. Ne4 f5 14.
Nc5 e4 15. Nh2 Be2 16. Re1 Bxc5 17. Rxe2 Bd6 18. d3 Qe7 19. Bb2 Qe6 20. Rd1 Re7
21. dxe4 fxe4 22. Nf1 Nc4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rexd2 Rae8 25. Rd5 Bxb4 26. Rg5 $1
Bd6 27. Rg4 $14 Qf5 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Bxe4 $1 Qb5 30. Qc2 h6 31. Rd5 Qb6 32. Bg2
Ne5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qg6 R8e7 35. Rf4 R7e6 36. Qf7 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rg4
R5e7 39. Qh5 Bxa3 40. Rdd4 Bd6 41. Rde4 Rf8 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. gxf4
Qb4 45. Bd5 c6 46. Be6 Qd6 47. Qe8+ Bf8 48. Qf7 Kh7 49. e4 Qe7 50. Qg8+ Kg6 51.
Kg3 Qa3+ 52. f3 Qe3 53. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 (7. Ne1 $5
) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 (9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 b6 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bd5 $5
Nxd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Nxf7 $1 $40 {Weiss hat eine starke Initiative, weil der
schwarze Koenigsfluegel geschwaec- hert ist (Bh6 in der Luft). Christiansen,
L-Kaidanov,G/USA ch/1994/CBM44/ INF62,35/}) 9... e3 $5 (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 d5
11. d4 $1 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nh4 $36 {Weiss hat eine Initiative (Laeuferpaar
in offener Stellung, b-und f-Linie fuer die Tuerme. Larsen,B-Olafsson,H/
hastings/1990/CBM/22/INF51,(39)/}) 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. f4 {Jetzt erreichen wir die kritische Stellung.} Bg4 (14... Nc6 $6 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Rfe1 $1 $14 {Karpov} (17. c4 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/
Sevilla m/1987/INF44,22/})) 15. Re1 h6 (15... Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 $6 (16... h6 $5)
17. h3 $1 $16 {Karpov} (17. Nf3 b6 18. Bb2 $13 {Soffer,R-Kindermann,S/Bern izt/
1990/CBM17/})) 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. d4 {+/= Karpov/ Der spanische
Grossmeister hat andere Meinung.} Bh3 19. Bh1 (19. Bxh3 {Die Annahme des
Bauernopfers fuehrt zu einem starken schwarzen Angriff.} Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $5
{Droht /\ Ng4 mit sehr gefaehrlichem Angriff.} (20... Ng4 {Nicht so klar.} 21.
Qd6 $1 $13)) 19... Nh5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qg4 22. Bxe3 (22. Bf3 Qg6 23.
Bxe3 Nxg3 {Fuehrt zu der Partiefortsetzung.}) 22... Nxg3 23. Bf3 Qg6 (23...
Nxe2+ $2 24. Kf2 $18) 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Bg4 26. Qc1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28.
Kh1 Re6 $1 {Natuerlich will der Anziehende mehr als Remis.} 29. Bg2 Qh4+ $1 30.
Kg1 Bh3 $1 {Der schwarze Angriff sieht uebermaechtig aus.} 31. Bxh3 {[#]} Rg6+
$1 32. Bg2 Qg3 33. Bg5 Rxg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 {Weiss hat einen Turm und einen
Laeufer gegen die Dame, jetzt sind sie zu wenig ,weil seine Bauern und auch
seine Koenigstellung schwach sind.} 35. Red1 (35. e3 Rc8 36. Rbc1 Rxc3 $19)
35... Qxc3 36. Rxb7 Qc6 37. Rdb1 Qc4 $1 38. R1b4 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 a5 (
40... a5 41. Ra4 Rc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Hartman, Christer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 {Mit dieser Zugfolge umgeht Weiß
Varianten mit Bb4.Ribli.} g6 (4... e4 5. Ng5 d5 6. Nc3 $14 (6. d3) (6. cxd5
Qxd5 7. d3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 $13)) 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 (6. Rb1 $5 {Das ist eine schlaue
Fortsetzung. Wenn Schwarz 6...a5 spielt, öffnet Weiß die Stellung mit 7.d4,
und der Punkt b5 wird fühlbar schwach. Wenn Schwarz rochiert, kommt Weiß mit 7.
b4 zu Raumgewinn am Damenflügel und setzt anstelle mit d4, mit d3 fort.} a5 7.
d4 exd4 (7... d6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 (9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Be3 $14 {
[%csl Rb5,Rd8]}) 9... O-O 10. b3 $14) 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11.
Qh4 $14 {[%csl Rb5]}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O (7... Nxd4 $5 8. Qxd4 O-O) 8. Nc2
$5 $14 {Weiß unterbindet den möglichen Springertausch auf d4. Er besitzt einen
starken Bg2 und positionellen Druck gegen d5.} (8. O-O Re8 (8... Nxd4 $6 9.
Qxd4 Re8 (9... d6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rfd1 Re8
15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bg7 19. Rc6 $14 {
Azmayparashvili,Z-Akopian,V/Erevan/1989/CBM14/}) 10. Qh4 $5 Re5 11. Bf3 $5 Qf8
12. Bg5 Re6 13. Nd5 $1 $14 {Ionov-Lugovoi/Rus-ch Elista/1985}) (8... Ng4 9. Nc2
d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rb1 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Kh2 Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Ned5 Rae8 16.
b3 Nb4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e3 Bg7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nd5 b6 21. Rc1 Ne5 22. Bc3 Qd8
23. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Gausel,E/Troll Masters 1996 (35)}) 9. e3 $5 Ne5 $6
(9... Nxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Bf4 $14) 10. b3 d6 11. h3 h5 $5 12. Bb2 c6 13. Qc2
a5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ba3 {+/= Stangl,M-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny 1996}) 8... d6 9.
O-O Re8 10. Bg5 $5 {Mit dem Partiezug provoziert Weiß die Schwächung des
schwarzen Königsflügels.} (10. e4 Nd7 $5 11. Qd2 a6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 b5 14.
Ne3 bxc4 $2 (14... Nc5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ncd5 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Bd7
$13) 15. Nxc4 Bb7 16. Nd5 $1 $16 {Korchnoi,V-Bacrot,E/Linz 1997/1-0 (52)}) (10.
b3 Bf5 11. Rb1 (11. Bb2 Ne4 $15 {[%cal Rg7b2] Die schwarzen Figuren
beherrschen das Geschehen.}) 11... Ne4 (11... a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qd7 $11) (10.
Ne3 $5 {[%csl Yd5]}) 10... h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 (11... Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14.
h3 Kh7 15. Nd4 Ned7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rcd1 Nh5 18. Bc1 f5 19. e3 Nf6 20. Ba3 Bd7
21. Nde2 Rad8 22. Na4 $1 Nxa4 23. bxa4 c5 24. Bb2 Bc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf4
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Rb1 Rd7 31. a5 Rf8 32. a6 bxa6
33. Rfc1 g5 34. Rb3 Kg6 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Ra3 {Chernin,A-Votava,J/Erevan olm
1996/1-0 (69)}) (11... Bf5 12. Ne3 Bd7 $14 (12... Be4 $2 13. f3 $16)) 12. b3 a6
(12... Qc8 13. Re1 {Das ist ein für die Englische Eröffnung typischer Versuch,
den Läufer zu retten und sich nach dem Tauschangebot 13...Bh3 mit 14.Bh1 zu
entziehen.} Bh3 14. Bh1 $14) 13. Ne3 {[%csl Gc3,Ge3][%cal Gc3d5,Ge3d5] Weiß
verstärkt seine Kontrolle über das Feld d5.} Rb8 14. Rc1 Nd4 (14... b5 15. cxb5
axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Bxc6 (17. Rxc6 $5) 17... Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qa8 19. Qc2 $16 (
19. Rc2 $16)) 15. Ned5 Nxd5 (15... b5 $6 16. e3 Nf5 (16... Nc6 17. cxb5 axb5
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 $16) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nd5
Bg7 19. Ba5 $16) 16. cxd5 {[%csl Rc7,Rd4,Gd5][%cal Gc1c7] Weiß hat dank seines
Zentrumsbauern auf d5 und des Turms auf der c-Linie positionellenm Druck. Der
scheinaktive schwarze Nd4 hängt in Wirklichkeit in der Luft, weil Weiß
jederzeit e3 ziehen kann.} Nb5 17. e3 {Mit diesem kleinen Zug verbessert Weiß
seine Stellung. Das natürlich wirkende 17.e4 oder spätere e4 wäre schlecht,
weil der Bauer auf e3 sicherer steht und auf e4 die Diagonale des Bg2
abschließt.} Bf5 18. Re1 {Ein profilaktischer Zug, Weiß entkräftet das
eventuell mögliche Bd3 und schafft sich die Option Bf1.} h5 19. a4 Nxc3 20.
Bxc3 b5 $2 {Schwarz verliert die Geduld und möchte aktiv spielen.} (20... Rc8
$14) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ f6 $6 {Dieser Zug schwächt die 7.Reihe und die
schwarze Königsstellung.} (22... Kg8) 23. Qa7 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ga7,Rc7,Rg7][%cal
Rc1c7]} Re7 24. Qxa6 Rb6 (24... bxa4 25. bxa4 $16 {Weiß hat klaren
positionellen Vorteil und einen Bauern mehr. Der ernfernte Freibauer auf a4
wiegt besonders schwer.}) 25. Qa5 (25. Qa7 $2 c5 {[%cal Re7a7]} 26. Qa5 b4 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 25... bxa4 26. bxa4 Qb8 27. Qd2 Rb4 $6 (27... Rb2 28. Qc3 $16) 28.
a5 {[%csl Ga5]} Qb5 (28... Ra4 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 $16 {[%csl Ga5][%cal
Ra5a8]}) 29. a6 {Die schwarze Dame ist an den Rb4 gefesselt, so wird dieser
Bauernzug möglich.} Ra4 30. Bf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Gf1a6] Das ist der Vorteil
des 17.Zuges von Weiß.} Qb3 31. Ra1 Be4 32. a7 Re8 $8 33. Rxa4 Qxa4 34. Qd4 $1
Qa5 {[%cal Ra5e1]} (34... Qxd4 35. exd4 $18 {[%cal Re1e8]}) 35. Rd1 Bf3 36. Rb1
$18 {[%cal Rb1b8] Der weiße a-Bauer entscheidet die Partie. Schwarz kann sich
nicht gegen die vielseitigen Drohungen verteidigen.} Ra8 37. Rb7 {[%csl Ga7,
Ra8,Gb7,Rc7,Gd4,Rg7]} Qxd5 38. Rxc7+ Kh6 39. Qxf6 {[%csl Rh6] Und nun befindet
sich auch noch der schwarze König im Mattnetz.} Be4 40. Qf4+ {Und Schwarz gab
in verlorener Stellung auf.Ribli.} (40. Qf4+ Qg5 (40... g5 41. Qf6+ Bg6 42.
Qg7#) 41. Rh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. d3 g6 8. h4
$1 (8. Bg5 $5 Bg7 9. Qc1 h6 10. Bd2 $14 {Polugaevsky}) 8... h6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10.
Qc1 $14 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. b4 Bh3 (12... Nxb4 13. Rb1 $16) 13. Ne4 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 Nf5 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. e3 Nd6 17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 O-O 19. e4 Kh7 20. b5 axb5
21. axb5 Na7 22. b6 Nab5 23. bxc7 Qxc7 24. Bb4 Rfc8 25. Qe3 Nd4 26. Rfc1 Nxf3
27. Qxf3 Nb5 28. Nb3 Qd7 29. Nc5 Qc7 30. h5 $1 Nd4 31. Qg4 Qe7 32. Nb3 $1 Qe6 (
32... Qxb4 33. hxg6+ fxg6 34. Nxd4 Qf8 35. Ne6 $18) 33. hxg6+ fxg6 34. Qxe6
Nxe6 35. Na5 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd8 37. Rc3 Rd7 38. Nc4 Kg8 39. Nb6 Rd4 40. Nd5 Kf7
41. Rb3 Bf8 42. Bxf8 Kxf8 43. Rxb7 Rxd3 44. Ne7 Kf7 45. Nf5+ Kf6 46. Nxh6 Nc5
47. Rb6+ Kg7 48. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 {9.Be3, Re8 10.Rc1, Bf8 Nikolic,Z-Damljanovic,B JUG-ch 1990 CBM/17
} Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Ne4 c6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Bg4 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Rc4 {17.Rc2!?} Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. f4 Nd7
21. Rc4 a5 22. Rfc1 Nf6 23. Bf3 Re7 24. b4 $1 g6 25. Qb2 Rd8 26. Rc5 axb4 27.
axb4 Ne8 28. R1c4 Nc7 29. f5 {29.Rxd4, Rxd4 30.Qxd4, Re1+! 31.Kg2, Ne6 32.Qc3,
Nxc5 33.Qxe1, Nxd3 =/+} Nb5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qd2 Rde8 32. Qh6 {|^} Qd8 33. Be4
Re6 {/\ Rh5} 34. h4 Qf6 35. h5 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. f3 Ra8 39.
Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kh3 Re8 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. Rg5 Rg8 43. Bxc6 $1 Nd6 44. Bd5 Rd8 45.
Rc1 {45.Rxd4, Nf5 46.Bxa2, Rxd4+} Rg2 46. f4 Re2 47. Rh1 {/\ Rh6} Kg7 48. Re5
Re3 49. Rxe3 dxe3 50. Kf3 Nf5 51. Be4 Rd4 52. Rb1 {52.g4!?} e2 53. Bxf5 {
53.Kxe2, Nxg3+ 54.Ke3} Rxb4 $1 54. Rc1 gxf5 55. Kxe2 Rb2+ 56. Ke3 Rg2 57. Kf3
Rd2 58. Rc3 Kf6 59. g4 {59.Rb3!?} fxg4+ 60. Kxg4 Rb2 61. Kf3 b5 62. Rc6+ Kf7
63. Ke4 b4 64. Rb6 Rb1 65. Kd4 Rf1 66. Ke5 Re1+ 67. Kd5 Rb1 68. Kd4 Rf1 69. Ke5
Re1+ 70. Kf5 Rd1 71. Rb7+ Kg8 72. Kg6 Rg1+ 73. Kf6 Rd1 74. Rb8+ Kh7 75. Rxb4
Rxd3 76. f5 Ra3 77. Rb7+ Kh6 78. Kf7 Ra8 79. Rb6+ Kh7 80. Kf6 Ra7 81. Kg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 f6 9. d4 $5 {Khalifman vorbereitete diese Neuerung sicher schon zu Hause.}
exd4 (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Bf5 12. Bf4 $1 $16 {Schwarz hat grosse
Schwierigkeiten fast mit allen Bauern am Damenfluegel. Weiss steht klar besser.
}) 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Bf4 $1 Rc8 (11... Bxb1 $2 12. Nxc7+ Kf7 13. Qb3+ $18) (11...
Nd5 12. Nfxd4 $1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxb1 14. Ne6 Qd7 15. Bxd5 $18) 12. Rc1 d3 13.
exd3 Nd5 (13... Bxd3 $2 14. Nxc7+ Rxc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qxd3 $18) (13... O-O
14. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 15. Nxa7 Ra8 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd4 $18 {
Rueckeroberung der Qualitaet mit zwei Mehrbauern. Weiss hat ein sehr gutes
Geschaeft abgeschlossen.}) 14. Nfd4 Nxf4 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxf4 16. Nxf5
Nxg2 17. Qb3 $1 $18) 15. Nxf5 Nxg2 16. Rxc6 $1 {Nach 16.Qb3! hat Weiss auch
sehr starken Angriff.} bxc6 17. Nxa7 Qd5 (17... Ra8 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nfxe7 $18)
18. Nxc8 Qxf5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Qxa2 {Schwarz hat alles
zurueckgewonnen, aber Weiss hat sichere Koenigstellung und auch bessere
Bauernstruktur. Khalifman erreicht eine guenstige Moeglichkeit.} 22. Re1+ Kd8 (
22... Kf7 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qc5 $16) 23. Qg4 Rg8 (23... Qxb2 24. Qxg7 Re8 25.
Qxf6+ Kd7 26. Qf7+ $18) (23... Qa5 24. Re4 $18) (23... Qf7 24. Ra1 $1 $18) 24.
Qe4 {Jetzt gewinnt Weiss einen Bauern.} Qd5 25. Qxh7 f5 26. d4 Qf7 27. Re5 Rf8
28. Qh4+ Kd7 29. Qf4 g6 30. h4 Qb3 31. Re3 (31. h5 $2 Qd1+ $10) 31... Qd5 (
31... Qxb2 $2 32. Qh6 $18) 32. Re1 Rf6 33. Re5 Qf7 34. b4 Qb3 35. Qg5 Qf7 36.
b5 cxb5 37. Rxb5 Qe6 38. Re5 {Weiss hat einen Mehrbauern und aktive Stellung.
Schwarz hat keine realistische Chance die Partie zu retten.} Qb6 39. Qh6 Kc8
40. Qh8+ Kb7 41. Re1 Qb4 (41... Qxd4 42. Rb1+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ Kc5 (43... Kd6 44.
Qd8+ Kc5 45. Rc1+ $18) 44. Rb5+ Kc4 45. Qe2+ Kc3 46. Qb2+ Kd3 47. Rb3+ Ke4 48.
Rb4 $18) 42. Ra1 Qf8 43. Rb1+ Kc8 44. Qh7 Qf7 45. Qh6 f4 46. g4 Qe6 47. Qg5 Rf7
48. Rc1 Kd7 49. Kf1 Qa6+ 50. Kg2 Qe6 51. Rc5 Kc8 52. Re5 Qc6+ 53. d5 f3+ 54.
Kg3 Qd6 55. Kh3 Qa6 56. Re8+ Kb7 57. Qc1 Rf6 58. Re7 {Das ist schon das Ende.}
Qb6 59. Qc4 Qa5 60. Kg3 Rd6 61. Qb3+ Ka7 62. Re4 Ra6 63. Rb4 Rb6 64. Qa4 Qxa4
65. Rxa4+ Kb7 66. Kxf3 Rb3+ 67. Kf4 Rd3 68. Kg5 Rxd5+ 69. Kxg6 c5 70. Ra2 Rd6+
71. Kh5 Kc6 72. Ra6+ {Sehr elegant} Kd5 73. Rxd6+ Kxd6 74. Kg5 {Ribli} (74. Kg5
Kd5 75. Kf4 Kd4 76. h5 c4 77. h6 c3 78. h7 c2 79. h8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Valerga, Diego"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 $6 {Unnoetig, weil 10.b5 keine echte Drohung ist.} (9... Be6 $5
) 10. d3 Be6 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Rc1 f5 13. e4 $5 Kh8 14. Re1 f4 15.
gxf4 exf4 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. d4 $16 {Psakhis,L-Onoprienko,V/Groningen
op/1993/EXP38/}) 11. Bb2 (11. Ne4 f6 12. Rb1 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. e4
Bf7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nb3 $14 {Dorfman,I-Hellers,F/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1990/CBM20/
INF50,32/}) 11... f6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rfd8 (13... Rad8 14. Qc2 (14. Re1 $5)
14... Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. d4 $6 (16. Nc5 $5) 16... Qf7 $13 {Schmidt
Schaeffer,S-Marin,M/Cannes op/1995/EXP46/}) 14. Re1 a5 15. Nc5 (15. b5 Na7 (
15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14) 16. a4 c6 17. bxc6 Nxc6 $13)
15... Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd5 17. Qa4 {>< a5,b7} Nde7 (17... Nd4 $2 18. Qxd7 Nxf3+
19. Bxf3 Rxd7 20. c6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 $16) 18. Bc3 Rab8 19. Rb1 $1 {<-> b} b6 20.
Qb5 Qe8 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. Nd2 {Droht /\ Nc4 >< b6.} Bd5 23. Rec1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2
Qh5 25. Nf3 Rd5 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Bd2 Qe8 28. Be3 b5 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. Rbc1 h6 31.
Nd2 f5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Rc5 $14 {Weiss besitzt die c-Linie und die schwarzen
P sind am fuenften Reihe leicht angriffbar.} Nce7 34. Nf3 $1 e4 (34... Qe6 35.
Kg1 $1 $14) (34... Qb7 35. Kg1 $1 $14) 35. dxe4 fxe4 36. Nd4 a4 37. Qc2 Nxe3+
38. fxe3 Qg4 (38... b4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Qxe4 $16) 39. Re5 $1 {Richtige
Entscheidung! Weiss gewinnt erst den e4P, weil der schwarze Damenfluegel
weiterhin schwach bleibt.} Ng6 40. Rxe4 Qh5 (40... Nh4+ 41. Kg1 $18) 41. Qc6 b4
42. Qd6 $1 Rf8 43. g4 $1 Qh4 44. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
(8. e3 a6 9. d3 Ba7 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 Qd7 13. Bb2 $10 {Bischoff,
K-Short,N/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25'/1994/EXP43/}) 8... h6 {Interessant, wie
einfach Ehlvest eine ausgeglichene Stellung mit 8...Nd5 gegen Lobron erreicht
hat.} (8... Nxd5 $5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bb6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Bc3 f5
$10 {Lobron,E-Ehlvest,J/New York op/1994/EXP40/INF61,33/}) 9. e3 a6 {Short's
Lieblingszug in dieser Variante.} 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2
(13. e4 f5 $13 {13...c6 kommt auch in Betracht.}) 13... b5 {Originelle Idee.}
14. Rc1 Bb7 15. e4 {Schwarz wollte diesen Zug erzwungen.} c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17.
Nf3 {Weiss kann hier kaum noch auf Eroeffnungsvorteil hoffen.} Rc8 18. Qd2 Qf6
19. h3 Bb6 20. Kh2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. Qe2 g5 $6 {Schwarz nimmt zuviele
Risiko.} 23. Qd2 a5 24. Kg1 b4 25. Rc2 Na7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. d4 Nb5 28. Qd3 Ba6
29. Qe3 Bb7 30. Qd3 Nxd4 $2 {Schwarz sollte 30...Ba6 spielen.} 31. Nxd4 exd4
32. e5 $1 {Short hat mit diesem Zug sicher nicht gerechnet.} Qe7 33. Qh7 Ke8
34. Bxb7 $2 (34. exd6 $1 {Hier konnte Weiss mit 34.ed6! einen sehr
gefaehrlichen Angriff fuehren.} Qe2 (34... Rxd6 $2 35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Bxb7 $18)
35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kxd6 {In dieser kritischen Stellung hat der Anziehende
zwei Moeglichkeiten.} 37. Qf6+ $1 (37. Qxb7 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd2 39. Qxb6+ Ke7 40.
Qc5+ Rd6 41. Bc1 $16) 37... Kd7 38. Rc1 $1 Qxb2 39. Re1 $3 {[#]} Kc7 (39... Kc8
40. Qxb6 Bxg2 41. Re7 Qc1+ 42. Kxg2 $18) 40. Re7+ Rd7 41. Qe5+ $1 Kc8 42. Qe6
$1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qc7 44. Re8+ Qd8 45. Rxd8+ Bxd8 46. Bxb7+ $18) 34... Qxb7 35.
Bxd4 Qd5 $5 36. e6 $1 fxe6 {[#]} 37. Qg7 $2 (37. Bf6 $1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 $18 {
Schwarz kann das Matt nicht verhindern.}) 37... e5 38. Qg6+ Kd7 39. Qg7+ Ke8
40. Qg6+ Kd7 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qg6+ {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {In der letzten Zeit kommt dieser Zug
in Mode.} 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 8. e3 a6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Kh2 Be6 11. b3
d5 $5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd5 {Wir sehen jetzt
eine typische sizilianische Stellung mit anderen Farben. Ich meine die weisse
Stellung ist bequemer (aktiver Figuren und bessere Bauern- struktur).} 16. Qc2
Bb6 (16... e4 $2 17. Nd2 exd3 18. Rxd3 $18) 17. Rc1 Qf6 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Rad8 20. Rc4 Qe6 21. Qe2 Rd5 22. Bc5 Red8 23. b4 Bxc5 24. bxc5 (24. Rxc5 $2
Nxb4 25. Rxc7 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxb7 Rd2 $17) 24... Ne7 25. Qb2 b5 26.
cxb6 cxb6 27. a4 b5 $5 28. axb5 Rxb5 $1 {Schwarz will seine Tuerme
aktivisieren.} (28... axb5 29. Rc7 $14) 29. Qa3 Rdb8 30. e4 $5 {Begrenzt die
Moeglichkeiten des schwarzen Springers.} Rb3 31. Qa5 Rb2 32. R1c2 R2b5 33. Qa4
Rb1 34. Qa5 Kh7 35. Nf3 R1b5 36. Qa2 Rb3 37. R4c3 Ng6 (37... Rxc3 $2 38. Qxe6
fxe6 39. Rxc3 Ng6 40. Ra3 Ra8 41. Ra5 $18) 38. Qa4 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Rc8 40. Rb3 f6
41. Rb7 Rd8 42. Ne1 Rd6 43. Rc7 Nf8 44. Qc2 Rd7 45. Rc8 Ng6 46. Ra8 Rd6 47. Qa4
Rb6 48. Qa3 Qc6 49. Rd8 Qc7 50. Re8 Qd7 51. Ra8 Qb7 52. Re8 Qd7 53. Ra8 Qb7 54.
Re8 {Schwarz verteidigt sich sehr gut, und wir wissen genau dass es gegen
Karpov nicht einfach ist.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
Rb1 a5 $5 (8... f6 9. d4 $1 {Sehr starke Neuerung von Khalifman.} exd4 10. Nb5
Bf5 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 $44 {Weiss hat mehr als genuegend Kompensation fuer
den geopferten Bauern. Khalif- man,A-Tiviakov,S/Linares/1995/CBM46/}) 9. b3 $5
{Dieser Zug gilt momentan als beste Fortsetzung.} (9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11.
axb4 Bf5 12. b5 Nd4 13. d3 Bg4 $10 {Hodgson,Ju-Romanishin,O/Groningen PCA/1993/
CBM39/INF59,47/}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. d3 Kh8 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4
Rf7 14. e4 (14. f4 $1 $16 {Timman}) 14... f4 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd5 $14 {
Timman,J-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB/1994/CBM42/INF60,34/}) 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Bf6
14. a3 $6 {Weiss will alles versichern, verliert aber Zeit.} (14. e4 f4 15.
Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Be4 g6 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Qh5 $40 {
Der weisse Angriff sieht sehr gefaehrlich aus.}) 19. d4 (19. a3 Nxd5 20. Qf3
Nc7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 $13) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Nxa2 $13) (14. f4 $5 {Zu pruefen ist.
}) 14... Rf7 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. e4 Rd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Qe2 Nxd5
20. Bxe5 Qe8 (20... Nc3 $5 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 $13 {Schwarz steht mindestens gleich.}
) 21. Rbe1 Nc3 22. Qe3 $1 {Besser als 22.Bc3.} Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 g6
25. Re6 b5 26. Rfe1 Rad8 (26... Rxd3 27. Bxb7 (27. Re7 $5) 27... Rad8 $10) 27.
Bf1 Kg7 28. Rb6 Rc7 29. f4 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rdd7 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Re1+ Kf7 33. Re5
Rc6 {Jetzt beginnt ein mehrzuegiges vereinfachendes Manoever.} 34. Rxc6 bxc6
35. Rc5 Nb1 36. Rxc6 Nxa3 37. Ra6 Nc2 38. Kf2 Nb4 39. Rxa5 Nxd3+ 40. Ke3 (40.
Bxd3 Rxd3 41. Rxb5 Rd2+ $14 {Ungefaehr wie die Partiefortsetzung.}) 40... Nb4
41. Bxb5 (41. Rxb5 Nc2+ 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Ne3 $10 (43... Nd4 $5)) 41... Nc2+
42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Kf1 Nxb5 44. Rxb5 Rd2 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7 Rb2 47. Rg7 Kf6
48. Rb7 Rxh2 {Im Endergebnis hat der Anziehende einen Bauern erobert, aber das
Endspiel war fuer ihn nicht zu gewinnen.} 49. Rd7 Rb2 50. Rd6+ Kg7 51. Rd3 g5
$1 {Dieser Zug ist fuer derartiges Turmendspiel typisch.} 52. fxg5 Kg6 53. Ke1
Kxg5 54. Kd1 Kg4 55. Kc1 Rg2 56. b4 Rxg3 $1 57. Rxg3+ Kxg3 58. b5 f4 59. b6 f3
60. b7 f2 (60... f2 61. b8=Q+ Kg2 62. Qg8+ Kh1 63. Qf7 Kg2 64. Qg6+ Kh1 65. Qf5
Kg2 66. Qg4+ Kh1 67. Qh3+ Kg1 68. Qg3+ Kh1 $1 69. Qxf2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nde7 7. b4 a6 8. a3
(8. O-O g6 9. a4 $1 Bg7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Re8 14.
Qe2 h5 15. h3 Ra7 $2 16. Rfc1 $14 {Zwaig-Romanischin Hastings 1976/77}) 8... g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d3 h6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Na4 b6 15. Nd2 Bd5
16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Nf3 Nd4 $1 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rc2 Rfe8 21. e4 $2
dxe3 22. fxe3 Nf5 $1 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rcf2 Rxe3 25. g4 Nd6 26. Qd5 Rae8 27.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ Nxf7 29. Qd4+ Kh7 30. Nc3 Ng5 31. Kg2 Nf3 32. Qf6 Ne1+ 33.
Kg1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 (10... f6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Rfd8 13. Bc5 Bd5 {
Suba-Fernandez Dubai ol 1986 42/31}) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. h4 a6 14. a3
Rb8 15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Qc4+ Kh7 20. Nc5 Bxc5
21. Bxc5 $10 Qf6 22. e3 Rbd8 23. Bb4 Rd7 24. Red1 Red8 25. Rd2 Rd5 26. Rdd1
R8d7 27. Rc2 Qg6 28. Rdd2 a5 29. Bc3 b5 30. Qb3 a4 31. Qa2 f4 32. Qb1 fxe3 33.
fxe3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Re2 Nd4 $1 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Qc1 Qe4+ 38. Kf2 Qf5+
39. Kg2 c5 0-1

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Estevez Morales, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 c5 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Ne4 Bd5 15. a4 f5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bg5
$14 {Serper,G-Tiviakov,S URS-chJ Kherson 1991 EXP/21}) 13. Ne4 cxb4 14. axb4
Rc8 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Qa4 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Aseev,K
Lvov zt 1990 CBM/18}) 15. Bxd4 $5 (15. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rb4 Nxf3+
18. Bxf3 Rc7 $10 {Pigusov,E-Vyzmanavin,A Sochi-A 1989 CBM/16}) 15... exd4 16.
Rb2 Nd5 17. Qa1 Qb6 18. Qa5 $1 Rfd8 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Ra1 a6 21. Nc5 $1 Bd5 22.
Bh3 $1 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Ra5 Bxf3 25. exf3 Bd6 26. Ra1 $1 (26. Rxb6 $2 Bc7
$10) 26... Bc5 27. f4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14.
Bxc3 c6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 {Azmayparashvili,
Z-Aseev,K Lvov zt 1990 CBM 18}) 12... exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Bf6 (16... Qd5+ 17. Kg1 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. b5 Rb4 {
Seret,JL-Miralles,G Lyon zt 1990 CBM 18}) 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Rbc1 (18. Rfc1 $5)
18... a5 19. Rc5 axb4 20. axb4 Be7 21. Ra5 Qd7 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rc1 c6 24. Rcc5
g6 25. Ne5 $2 Qg7 26. Nf3 Rae8 27. Rc2 Nc8 28. Ra8 Nd6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qa2
Nb5 31. Qa1 Qf7 32. e3 Qb3 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Qd5+ 35. f3 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 (9... h6 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5 $1 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,
An Sevilla m 1987 44/21}) 10. exd3 h6 (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13.
Qb3 c6 14. Rfe1 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Martin,B Sydney 1990 CBM/20}) 11. Be3 Ne5
12. Re1 (12. Rb1 $5) 12... d6 13. h3 c5 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. d4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17.
Rb1 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 b6 21. Nd2 Rac8 22. a4 Ne4 23. Nxe4
Rxe4 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rb5 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rxc4 27. Rxa5 Rcxd4 28. Rxa7 Rd5 29. Rc1
Re7 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rxe7 Nxe7 32. Rc7 Re5 33. Rd7 Nf5 34. Bf4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 g5
36. Bxd6 Rd1 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rxf5 Kxf5 39. g4+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Dolmatov} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 (5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 {-> A26}) 5... exd4 (5... d6 $2 {Dolmatov} 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. h4 f6 12. Be3 c6 13. h5 $16 {
Petrosian,T-Bannik,A/URS/1958/}) 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 (7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9.
Nxc6 (9. Nc2 d6 10. b3 Bf5 11. Rb1 a5 $1 $13 {Hansen,Cu-Akopian,V/Groningen/
1991/CBM27/INF53,32/}) 9... dxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bf4 $14 {Miles,
A-Ivanchuk,V/Biel/1989/CBM14/INF48,21/}) 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. e4 Ng4 $13 {Tukmakov,
V-Romanishin,O/Erevan/1980/INF29,58/}) 7... dxc6 $5 {Eine Neuerung.} (7... bxc6
{Dolmatov} 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bd4 Rb8 12. b3 Bb7 13. Rc1 d6
14. c5 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Hebert,R/Buenos Aires/1978/}) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kramnik
hat recht, seine Figuren sind aktiv und das ist genueg Kompensation fuer den
Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie.} 9. e4 (9. Bf4 $5 {Dolmatov} Be6 10. e4) (9. Bd2
$5 $14 {Dolmatov}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Re8 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bg5+ (13.
Bd2 {Dolmatov} f5) 13... Kc8 (13... f6 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 f5) 14...
f5 15. Rad1 $132) 14. Rac1 a5 $1 (14... f5 $6 {Dolmatov} 15. Rhd1 fxe4 16. Nxe4
Bxb2 17. Rc2 $44) 15. Rhd1 $6 (15. b3 $5 {Weiss sollte das gegnerische
Manoever (a4 und Ra5) verhindern.}) (15. b3 $5 {Dolmatov} f5 (15... a4 16. Nxa4
b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2+ 20. Ke3 f6 21. Bf4 c5 $14) 16.
Rhd1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4+ 19. Kf2 $44) 15... a4 $1 16. Rd2 {
Droht Rcd1.} Nf8 (16... Ra5 $2 {Dolmatov} 17. Rcd1 $1 Rxg5 18. Rxd7 $16) 17.
Be3 Ra5 18. a3 $2 {Dieser Zug sieht sehr schlecht aus. Man fuehlt schon jetzt,
dass bei dem weis- sen Damenfluegel etwas nicht stimmt.} (18. Bd4 $5) (18. Kd3
$5 {Dolmatov} Rd8+ (18... Ne6 19. Kc2 $10) 19. Kc2 Rxd2+ 20. Bxd2 $14) 18...
Ne6 19. Kf2 {/\20.f4 Nc5 21.Bc5 Rc5 22.Na4} (19. f4 $2 {Dolmatov} Nc5 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 21. Nxa4 Rxe4+ 22. Kf3 Rcxc4 23. Rcd1 Rcd4 $17) 19... g5 20. Rcd1 (20.
Rcc2 {Dolmatov}) 20... f5 21. exf5 Bxc3 $1 {Sehr starker Zwischenzug.} 22. bxc3
Rxf5 23. Rd7 (23. g4 $5 {Dolmatov} Rf7 24. Kg3 $15) 23... h5 24. Rh7 (24. Kg2
b6 $1 $17) 24... g4 (24... Ref8 $2 {Dolmatov} 25. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 26. Ke2) 25. f4 {
[#]} Ng5 $1 26. Rg7 (26. Rxh5 Ne4+ $19) 26... Ne4+ 27. Kf1 Nd6 $1 (27... Nxc3
$2 28. Rdd7 Rxe3 29. Rxc7+ Kd8 30. Rxb7 $10) (27... Nxg3+ $4 28. hxg3 Rxe3 29.
Rg8+ $18) 28. Bb6 (28. c5 Nc4 29. Bg1 (29. Rdd7 Nxe3+ 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. c4 Rd8
$19) 29... Rd5 $19) 28... Rf7 $1 (28... Nxc4 $2 {Dolmatov} 29. Rxc7+ Kb8 30.
Rdd7 Nxb6 31. Rxb7+ Kc8 32. Rbc7+ $10) 29. Rxf7 Nxf7 30. Bd4 (30. Bc5 b6 31.
Bd4 c5 $19) 30... Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Kf2 (32. f5 {Dolmatov} Ne3+ 33. Bxe3 Rxe3
34. Rd2 Rxc3 $17) 32... b5 $1 (32... Nxa3 $2 {Dolmatov} 33. Ra1 Nc2 34. Rxa4)
33. cxb6 (33. f5 {Dolmatov} Nxa3 34. f6 Nc4 35. Re1 Kd7 $19) 33... cxb6 34. Bf6
(34. f5 Rf8 35. f6 c5 $19) 34... b5 35. Rd4 (35. Ra1 Kc7 {/\ c5,Kc6,Re3 -+})
35... Nxa3 36. Rd6 Kc7 37. Be5 Nc4 38. Re6+ Kd7 {Nach dem fruehzeitigen
Damentausch koennte man nicht glauben, dass Schwarz so ueberzeugend gewinnen
wird.} 0-1

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 $6 {15...a5 16.b5, Bf6 17.Bxd5, Nxd5  Azmayparashvili} 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ {
16...Kh8 17.Nf3, Bf6 18.Rc1 Azmayparashvili-Chandler London 1989 i 48/23} 17.
Kg1 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. b5 {20.Bxd4, Rxb4 21.Qxd5+, Nxd5} Rb4 21.
Qxd5+ Nxd5 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Ba1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ra8 25. Kf1 Ra2 26. Bb2 h5 27. Ra1
Rxa1+ 28. Bxa1 Nc3 29. Ne3 $1 dxe3 {29...Nxb5 30.Nxf5, Kf7} 30. Bxc3 exf2 31.
Be5 c6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Bf4 Kf7 34. e3 Kf6 35. h4 Bb4 36. Kxf2 Bc3 37. Ke2 Ke6
38. Kd1 Kd5 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. Kb3 g6 41. Kc2 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12. Nd2 $5) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 c6 14. Qc2 (14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. Ba1 {Suba,M-Wolff,P/ Preston 1989}
) 14... Qe8 15. Ne4 Ba2 16. Rbc1 Bd5 17. Nd2 Qf7 18. d4 $5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8
20. Rfd1 Rd7 {/\ R ad8} 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nb3 Rad8 23. Bc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+
25. Qxd1 Nc4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nc5 b6 {=} 28. Nd3 g5 29. Nb2 Nxb2 30. Qb3+ Kg7
31. Qxb2 c5 32. bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qb3 b5 34. Qd3 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. f3 a6 37.
Qd4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg2 $5 {8.Qb3, a5 9.Rd1, d6 10.d4 Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 i
48/25} d6 9. Qb3 Ba5 {10...a5!?} 10. Qa3 c6 11. d3 {/\ Bg5} h6 12. b4 Bb6 {
12...Bc7 13.b5! /^ g2,c6} 13. c5 Bc7 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. b5 cxb5 17.
Nxb5 Bc5 18. Bd2 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 {19...Bxe2? 20.Rfe1, Bxd3 21.Rxe5 +/-} 20. Bc3
Rfe8 21. e3 Bb6 22. a4 Bg6 23. Bb4 Qd7 24. Nd6 $1 Bxd3 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rfd1
e4 27. Bc3 Bd8 28. a5 h5 29. Bd4 Re6 30. Bxa7 h4 31. g4 Bc7 32. Bd4 Nxg4 {
32...Qd6 33.Rxd3, exd3 34.Qxb7 +/-} 33. Rxd3 $1 exd3 34. Qxb7 Rg6 35. a6 d2 36.
a7 Bh2+ 37. Kf1 Nxe3+ 38. fxe3 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 (4. d4) (4. Nf3) 4... e5 {Durch
Zugumstellung haben wir die Variante 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
erreicht.} (4... g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 $14) 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 {
Weiß rochiert nicht und spielt auch nicht a3 oder d3 - er möchte sofort b2 -
b4 ziehen.} Bg4 {Dieser Läuferzug richtet sich gegen 8.b4 und provoziert h2 -
h3, wonach Schwarz später gut Qd7 spielen kann.} (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. b4 O-O
10. d3 Nd4 {0-1 Mulyar,M-Baburin,A/San Francisco 2001/CBM 82/[Ribli] (30)}) (
7... f6 8. a3 Nd4 9. d3 Bg4 10. O-O $6 (10. Nxd4 $5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nd5 $6 12. Qb3
f5 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. f3 $16 {Gurevich}) 10... Qd7 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 Nd5 $1
13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. Re1 h5 $5 15. Nc5 $1 Qc6 16. b4 b6 17. Bb2 $1 bxc5 18. Bxd4
h4 $1 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Kharlov,A/Jugoslavija 1996/Inf 68/[Gurevich,M] (35)}) (
7... Be7 8. b4 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. d3 f6 12. Ne4 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14.
Nc5 Rb8 15. e4 Bf7 16. Qc2 $5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nc8 $1 18. Be3 N8a7 19. a4 a5 20.
Qc3 $1 {0-1 Miezis,N-Tukmakov,V/Biel (open) 1995/Inf 64/[Tukmakov,V] (41)}) 8.
h3 (8. O-O Qd7 (8... f6 9. d4 $5 (9. a3 Nd4 (9... Be7) 10. e3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. d4 $1 Bd6 14. Rd1 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Hector,J/York 2000/CBM
81/[Ribli] (42)}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 $1 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4
O-O-O 14. h3 $5 Bh5 15. e3 Bf7 16. b3 c5 $1 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nd5 $1 {1/2-1/2
Serper,G-Oratovsky,M/North Bay 74/30 1998/Inf 74/[Serper,G] (24)}) 9. b4 f6 10.
b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxb7 Rd8 13. Ne4 Qc4 14. d3 Qxa2 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Qxa4
Nxa4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Lagunow,A-Muse,M/Germany 1998/GER-chT2 (32)})
(8. b4 $2 Bxb4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxb4 Nd3+ $19) 8... Bf5 {Es scheint, dass
Schwarz ein Tempo verloren hat, anschließend kann er mit Qd7 jedoch die
Schwäche von h3 ausnutzen.} 9. d3 f6 (9... Qd7) 10. a3 {Weiß rochiert nicht 
(denn er möchte nicht wegen der Schwäche h3 ein Tempo verlieren), sondern
beabsichtigt, am Damenflügel zu spielen.} (10. O-O Qd7 11. Kh2 $11 (11. g4 $2
Be6 {[%cal Gh7h5]})) 10... Qd7 (10... a5) 11. b4 $13 {Weiß steht aktiv am
Damenflügel, er konnte schon b2 - b4 durchsetzen, und sein Gegner spielte
schon Bg4 und später Bf5, was eigentlich ein Tempoverlust ist. Auf der anderen
Seite ist die schwarze Stellung solide, und der weiße König steht noch in der
Mitte.} Rb8 (11... a6 $5) (11... a5 $6 12. b5 Nd8 $16 (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4
14. Bxb7 $18 {[%cal Rb7c6,Rc6e8]})) 12. b5 Nd4 13. a4 (13. Nxd4 $6 exd4 14. Ne4
Nd5 $15 {[%csl Yc3]}) 13... Be6 14. Bd2 (14. a5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bd2 $2 Nxc3
16. Bxc3 Nxb5 $17) (15. Nxd4 $4 Nxc3 $19) 15... Bxd5 $15) 14... c5 {Schwarz
festigt seinen Sprngerposten auf d4 und möchte die Situation am Damenflügel
klären.} (14... Nxf3+ $6 15. Bxf3 Bxh3 16. a5 $36) 15. bxc6 Nxc6 (15... bxc6 $2
16. a5 $18) 16. Rb5 {[%csl Gb5] Weiß verhindert das mögliche 16...Nd5, zudem
kann er eventuell a4 - a5 ziehen oder - wie in unserer Partie - das Manöver
Ne4 - Nc5 vorbereiten.} Nc8 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxe5 $18) 17. Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4c5]} b6 18. Qc1 (18. Bc3 $5 {[%cal Gd3d4] Anschließend spielt Weiß d3
- d4.}) 18... N8e7 (18... Be7 19. O-O O-O $11) 19. O-O {Endlich rochiert Weiß.
Er kümmert sich nicht um die Verteidigung des Ph3.} Rc8 (19... Bxh3 20. Bxh3 (
20. Nd6+ Qxd6 21. Bxh3 $44 {[%cal Gh3c8]}) 20... Qxh3 21. Nd6+ $44) 20. Qb1 Nf5
{[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf5d4] Schwarz hat volle Kontrolle über das wichtige
Zentrumsfeld d4, dafür verfügt Weiß über Entwicklungsvorsprung. Es ist schwer
zu sagen, was hier den Ausschlag gibt.} 21. Bc3 {Weiß muss versuchen, die
Kontrolle über das Feld d4 zu gewinnen.} (21. e3 $6 {Dieser Zug erschwaecht
den d3 - Bauern.} Nd6 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 $15) 21... Be7 22. a5 $5 {Weiß opfert
einen Bauern für Initiative.} (22. Rc1 O-O $15) 22... bxa5 (22... Nxa5 23. Bxa5
bxa5 24. Rxa5 $13 (24. Rb7 $44)) 23. Nc5 (23. Bxa5 Nfd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 $17 {
[%cal Rd7h3,Rd4e2]}) 23... Bxc5 24. Rxc5 O-O 25. Rc1 {Weiß nimmt den Pa5 nicht,
sondern verbessert seine Stellung am Damenflügel.} (25. Bxa5 $2 Ncd4 $17) 25...
a4 $15 {Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern, aber der Pa4 ist nicht wirklich
gefährlich.} 26. Qa1 Bb3 {[%csl Gb3]} 27. g4 {Zuerst vertreibt Weiß den Nf5
und spielt im nächsten Zug Nd2.} (27. Nd2 Ncd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17) 27... Nfe7 (
27... Nfd4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxd4
$132) 28. Nd2 Nd4 (28... Rfd8) 29. Bxd4 exd4 (29... Qxd4 $6 30. Nxb3 axb3 31.
Qxd4 exd4 32. Bd5+ $1 (32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Nxc8 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Bxb3 a5
$15) 32... Kh8 33. Bxb3 $14) 30. Qb2 (30. Nxb3 axb3 $17) 30... Rxc5 (30... Be6)
31. Rxc5 Rb8 32. Qc1 {[%cal Gc1c7][%mdl 2048] Weiß hat aktives Figurenspiel am
Damenflügel.} Rc8 {Schwarz gibt seinen Mehrbauern zurück, um die Stellung zu
vereinfachen.} (32... Bd5 $2 33. Bxd5+ Nxd5 34. Qc4 Rd8 35. Qxd4 $14) 33. Nxb3
axb3 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 (35... Nxc8 36. Qxb3 $11) 36. Qxb3 {[%mdl
4096]} Qc1+ 37. Bf1 (37. Kh2 {In diesem Fall erreicht Schwarz durch 37...Qf4+
mindestens Remis durch Zugwiederholung.}) 37... Qc5 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Bg2 a5 {
[%csl Ga5] Der entfernte schwarze a - Bauer ist sehr stark.} 40. Be4 {[%csl
Ge4]} h5 $6 {Schwarz täte besser daran, die Stellung geschlossen zu halten.} (
40... h6 $5) 41. f4 hxg4 42. hxg4 g5 $6 {Warum schwächt Schwarz seine
Königsstellung?} (42... a4 $1) 43. Qb3+ Kg7 44. f5 $132 {[%cal Gb3e6]} Qb4 45.
Qc2 (45. Qe6 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qxe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Ng8 $17) 45... Qc3 $6 (
45... a4 $1) 46. Qa2 a4 $6 (46... Qb4) 47. Qxa4 $11 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qxe2+ 49. Kg3
{Schwarz hat Dauerschach, aber nicht mehr.} Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Nach diesem Zug verläuft das Spiel
ruhiger und weniger konkret als in der anderem Hauptvariante mit 4...d5.Ribli.}
5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5] Weiß besetzt das Zentrumsfeld d5 und möchte sich
das Läuferpaar verschaffen.} Nxd5 (6... Re8 $5) (6... Bc5 $5) 7. cxd5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qc2 $5 $146 {Beide Spieler haben ihren Doppelbauern, aber der
weiße Pd5 ist dank der Unterstützung durch den Bg2 stärker. Mit der
Partiefortsetzung aktiviert Weiß seine Dame und droht 10.Qc4 mit Bauerngewinn.
Prinzipiell hat Weiß immer positionellen Druck auf der c-Linie.} (9. O-O Bd6
10. e4 dxe3 11. dxe3 c5 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bd2 d6 14. a4 Bf6 15. Bc3 Re8 16. e4
Bd7 17. Rfe1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re7 19. a5 Qc7 20. c4 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Smejkal,
J-Kortschnoj,V/Leningrad izt 1973}) (9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 c5 11. O-O d6 12. e3
dxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. e4 Bf6 15. d4 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 {
1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Kuzmin,G/URS-ch41 1973}) 9... d6 {[%csl Rb4] Nach diesem
Zug steht der Läufer allein auf b4 und findet seinen Platz.} (9... Bd6 $5) (
9... Ba5) (9... Qe7 10. Qxc7 $14) 10. O-O a5 11. e3 Bc5 (11... dxe3 12. dxe3
$14 {Weiß übt aufgrund des Bg2 und des Pd5 sowie der Vorherrschaft auf der
halboffenen c-Linie positionellen Druck aus.} (12. fxe3 $5)) 12. b3 Qf6 {
Schwarz möchte den Pd4 so lange wie möglich halten.} 13. Bb2 $14 {[%cal Gb2f6]}
Bf5 14. d3 (14. e4 Bd7 (14... d3 $4 15. Qc1 $18) 15. d3 $14 {Weiß besitzt die
Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel, und der schwarze Bc5 hat keine große Zukunft.})
14... Qh6 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern und spekuliert darauf, daß die weißen
d-Bauern keine große Bedeutung haben.} (14... Qg6 15. e4 Bd7 16. f4 $14) 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 {Eine ungewöhnliche Stellung mit einem weißen Trippelbauern
auf der d-Linie. Es ist wahr, daß die d-Bauern nicht besonders stark sind,
aber der schwarze Pc7 ist ebenfalls schwach,und zudem besitzt Weiß Raumvorteil.
} Rac8 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Qc3 b5 $2 (18... b6 {19.Qxa5 war wegen 19...Qxd4 keine
echte Drohung. In einigen Varianten ist der schwarze Pa5 jedoch schwach. Die
Partiefortsetzung ist zu aggressiv und schwächt den schwarzen Damenflügel,
ohne Kompensation zu bekommen.}) 19. Re3 {[%cal Gf1e1,Ge1e8] Weiß möchte die
einzige offene Linie besetzen.} b4 20. Qc4 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4]} Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Kf8 (
21... Rxe3 22. fxe3 $16 {Jetzt ist die weiße Bauernmasse viel stärker.}) 22.
Qb5 {[%cal Re1e8]} (22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qxc7 Qxd4 $132 {[%csl
Gd4,Rg1]}) 22... Red8 (22... Rxe3 23. fxe3 $16) 23. Rf3 {[%csl Gf3,Rf6][%cal
Rf3f6] Die Feßlung auf der f-Linie ist unangenehm für Schwarz.} Re8 {Natürlich
wäre Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung 24.Rfe3 Red8 -mit Zugwiederholung-
einverstanden.} 24. Ree3 Qg5 {Die schwarze Dame muß ihr Feld räumen. Damit ist
die weiße Dame von der Deckung des Pd4 entbunden und kann den Pa5 nehmen.} (
24... Rxe3 25. fxe3 $16) 25. Qxa5 {Weiß hat schon zwei Bauern mehr, und
Schwarz ist ohne Gegenspiel. Dennoch ist die Realisierung des Materialvorteils
wegen des Trippelbauerns nicht leicht.} Bg4 26. Rf4 Rxe3 (26... Ra8 27. Qxc7
$18) 27. fxe3 {Nun ist die weiße Bauernmasse viel mächtiger als früher.} c5 28.
h4 (28. dxc6 $4 {Das wäre ein großer Fehler, aber horizontale Motive sind
leicht zu übersehen.} Qxa5) 28... Qg6 29. dxc5 Bh3 {Schwarz opfert alles, wie
die Spieler im letzten Jahrhundert! Leider bekommt Schwarz nur ein paar
Schachs für die Figur.} 30. Bxh3 $18 Qxg3+ 31. Bg2 Qxe3+ 32. Rf2 Kg8 (32...
Qe1+ 33. Bf1 $18) 33. Qxb4 {Schwarz hat keine Chance, er ist verloren. Ich
vermute, er befand sich in Zeitnot und machte daher noch ein paar Züge.} g5 34.
Qg4 {[%cal Rg4g8,Rg4c8]} Qxc5 35. Qxg5+ Kf8 36. Qf6 {[%cal Rf2f7]} Ke8 {
Und Schwarz gab in völlig verlorener Stellung auf.Ribli.} (36... Ke8 37. Qxf7+
Kd8 38. Bh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch56"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2001.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 {
Diese Variante ist heutzutage auf Großmeisterturnieren sehr beliebt.
Eigentlich ist das eine Stellung der Drachenvariante (Sizilianische
Verteidigung). Schwarz hat ein starkes Zentrum, aber das Potential des weißen
Spiels am Damenflügel ist durchaus gefährlich.} 8. Rb1 {Das ist der letzte
Schrei in dieser Variante - Weiß möchte sofort 9.b4 ziehen.} O-O 9. b4 a6 (9...
Nxb4 $5) 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 f6 {Diese Stellung signalisiert, dass Weiß schon
etwas erreicht hat - denn in der Variante mit 8.a3 (anstelle von 8.Rb1) 0-0 9.
b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 spielt Schwarz nicht 11...a6 (was zu unserer
Brettstellung führen würde), sondern 11...a5 12.b5 Nd4 oder 11...Nd4 mit guten
Ausgleichschancen.} 12. Ne4 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ge4c5] Der Springer strent das
Schlüsselfeld c5 an. Die schwarze Stellung ist solide, aber Weiß hat
Initiative am Damenflügel.} Nd7 (12... Nd5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 (15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 a4 17. Ba1 Nde7 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Rb4 Bb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Qb1
Kh8 22. Rh4 g6 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4 {1-0 Baragar,F-Rasmussen,B/Manitoba 1996/
EXT 99 (30)}) 15... Na7 16. d4 Nxb5 17. dxe5 Nxa3 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. exf6 gxf6
20. Nd4 Bf7 21. Rxb7 Bb4 22. Rc1 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Rcxc7 {1-0 Miezis,
N-Allahverdiev,A/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (24)}) (12... Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8
15. e4 Bf7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nb3 (17. Qc2 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qd7 19. Rfb1 {Gulko,
B-Seirawan,Y USA-ch 1989 CBM/19 48/28}) 17... a5 18. b5 a4 19. Nbd2 Nd4 (19...
Bxa3 20. Rb1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qxa4 Bc5 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Nfd2
Kh8 {0-1 Dorfman,J-Hellers,F/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 20/[Ribli] (42)}) 20. Bxd4 exd4
21. Qxa4 Bc5 22. Qc2 Bxa3 23. Ra2 Bb4 24. Ra4 Bc3 25. Nb1 Nc5 26. Nxc3 dxc3 27.
Rd4 {1-0 Rahman,Z-Ravi,L/Calcutta 1996/CBM 50 ext (46)}) 13. Qc2 (13. Nc5 Bxc5
14. bxc5 Rb8 $11 (14... Nxc5 15. Be3 Qd6 (15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 b6
18. Rb4 $13) 16. Qc2 $44 (16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxb7 $13)) (14... Bd5 $5)) 13...
Bd5 14. Nc3 (14. Nc5) 14... Bf7 (14... Bxf3 $2 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Qa2+) (14...
Be6 $6 15. Rd1 {[%cal Rd3d4,Rd4d5]}) 15. Na4 Kh8 (15... Bd5 16. Ng5 $1 Bxg2 17.
Qa2+ (17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Ne6 Qc8 19. Kxg2 $14) 17... Kh8 18. Ne6 Qc8 19. Kxg2 $14
) 16. Rd1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} f5 $1 $13 {Während Weiß spürbar Druck am Damenflügel
entwickelt, bekommt Schwarz Gegenchancen im Zentrum.} 17. d4 e4 (17... exd4 $2
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 $16) 18. d5 (18. Ne5 $2 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Nd4) (18. Ne1 Bf6
) 18... Nxb4 $6 (18... Na7 $5 $13 {[%cal Ga7b5]}) 19. axb4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 (
20... Bg6 $6 {[%cal Gg6b1]} 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Nc5 $36) 21. Bg2 $14 b6 $6 {
Schwarz opfert die Qualität. Es ist aber zumindest fraglich, ob er dafür
ausreichend Kompensation erhält.} (21... Bd6 22. Nc5 Rb8 $14 {Das weiße
Figurenspiel ist aktiv, aber die schwarze Stellung wirkt noch
verteidigungsfähig.}) 22. d6 {[%cal Rg2a8,Rd6e7]} cxd6 (22... Bxd6 23. Bxa8
Qxa8 24. Nxb6 $16) 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qc7 $1 (24. Nxb6 Qb7 25. Be3 (25. Na4 f4
$132) 25... f4 $132 {[%cal Rf7g6,Rg6b1]}) 24... Bh5 $5 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz
kümmert sich nicht um die Verteidigung des Be7, sondern konzentriert sich auf
seinen Gegenangriff am Königsflügel.} (24... Re8 25. Nxb6 Qe4 26. Rb2 $16) 25.
Bf4 $1 (25. Qxe7 Re8 26. Nxb6 (26. Qxd6 Bxe2 $132) 26... Qe4 27. Qxd6 Qxb1 $5 (
27... Bxe2 $6 28. Rb3 Qc2 (28... Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 Bxf3 30. Rf1 Bh1 31. f3 Bxf3 32.
Qf4 $18) 29. Re1 Qxb3 30. Rxe2 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Rxe2 32. Qf8+ Qg8 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8
34. Kxf3 $16) 28. Bf4 Qa2 29. Bxe5 Qxe2 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rc1 Bf3 $132) 25...
Re8 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nxb6 $16 {Weiß hat eine Qualität mehr. Schwarz konnte
zwar aufgrund des Läuferpaares etwas Gegenspiel entwickeln, aber der
Materialvorteil muss früher oder später den Ausschlag geben.} Qe4 28. Nc4 (28.
Nd5 Bd8 29. Qd7 Qxe2) 28... Qxe2 (28... Bf8 29. Re1 (29. Rbc1 Bxe2 30. Rd8 $16)
29... Bxe2 30. Qd7 Ra8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 f4 33. Ra1 $16) 29. Re1 Qa2 30.
Nxe5 {Endlich konnte Weiß den wichtigen Pe5 erobern.} Bf6 31. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 (
31... Qa4 32. Nf7+ Bxf7 33. Qxf7 Rd8 34. b5 $18) 32. Nxc4 Rd8 33. Ne5 h6 34.
Kg2 Kh7 35. Rbc1 Be8 36. h4 Bb5 37. Rc7 Rd4 38. h5 $1 {[%csl Gh5]} Be8 (38...
Rxb4 39. Ng6 Rd4 40. Rc8 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Bc6+ (41... Bxd8 42. Rc1 $18 {Die weiße
Drohung ist 43.Rc8.}) 42. f3 Bxd8 43. Rc1 Bb7 (43... Be8 44. Rc8 $18) 44. Rb1
$18) 39. Ng4 $1 fxg4 40. Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd5 (40... Rxb4 41. Rcc8 $18 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 41. Re6 {[%cal Re6f6,Re6a6] Droht sowohl 42.Rxf6 als auch 42.Rxa6.
} Bb2 42. Rxa6 Rxh5 43. Rc4 {[%csl Gb4] Es hängt der Bg4. Zudem wird jetzt der
weiße b-Bauer stark.} Rg5 44. Ra5 Rg6 (44... Rxa5 45. bxa5 $18 {[%csl Ga5]})
45. b5 Rg5 46. Rc2 Bf6 47. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1b1,Gb1b5] Weiß bereitet 48.Rb1 vor,
wonach er seinen Ra5 befreien kann.} Rf5 48. Rb1 Bd4 49. Ra2 Bb6 50. Rbb2 {
Weiß verteidigt den Pf2 und befreit den Ra2.} h5 51. Ra6 Bd4 $6 (51... Rf6 $5)
52. Rd2 Bc3 53. Rc2 (53. Rd3) 53... Bf6 54. Rb6 (54. b6 Rb5) 54... Kg6 55. Rb8
Kg5 56. Rc4 {Weiß bereitet 57.Rb4 vor und verhindert zugleich das mögliche 56..
.Bb4.} Rd5 57. Rb4 Be7 58. Rb2 Bf6 59. Rb3 Be5 60. Re8 $18 {Der weiße b-Bauer
entscheidet die Partie - Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d4 $5 (7.
O-O O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. Qb3 Ba5 10. Qa3 c6 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bb6 13. c5 Bc7 14.
cxd6 Bxd6 15. Qb2 $14 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Kindermann,S Dortmund-A 1990 CBM/18})
(7. Qb3 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 h6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Bg2 e4
14. Be3 c5 15. d4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Rd2 b6 18. Rfd1 $14 {Sunye,NJ-Morovic,
FI Buenos Aires 1990 EXP/20}) 7... e4 8. Bg2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Qc2 O-O (
10... Qe7 11. a4 d6 12. Ba3 O-O $13) 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13. Qf3 Rb8 14.
O-O b6 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. d5 d6 18. Qd4 c5 $1 19. dxc6 Re6 20. Bf4 Rc8
21. c5 bxc5 22. Qa4 Bxe2 23. Qxa7 Re7 24. Qa4 Qe8 $1 25. Bxd6 Re4 26. Qc2 Bf3
27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Qe2 Qxc6 29. Bxc5 Bf3 30. Qd3 Be4 31. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 (9... e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
f4 Bg4 $13 {Soffer,R-Kindermann,S Bern zt 1990 CBM/17}) 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 Ne4
12. Qc2 (12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qd3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd5
17. Ne5 $13 {Sisniega-Vera Durango 1989 48/(30)}) 12... Bf5 (12... dxc4 13. Rb1
$1 f5 14. g4 $1 Qe7 15. gxf5 Nd6 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Qxe2 Rxe2 18. Bf4 $16 {
Kasparov-Ivanchuk 46/34}) 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rb1 Na5 16. cxd5 Qxd5
17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Qd3 f5 (18... Rac8 $5) 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Bf4 Re6 21. Rb4 b6 22.
a4 a6 23. g4 Rec6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. h4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. h5 Qd7 28. gxf5 gxf5
29. Rxb5 Ncd2 30. Rc1 Rh6 31. Bf4 Rxh5 32. c4 Qd8 $1 33. Bxd2 Qh4 34. Be3 Qh2+
35. Kf1 Ng3+ 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39. Kf1 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3
Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 $5 (12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4
Rf7 14. Bd2 (14. e3 $5 Nb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bb2 Bd5 17. Bh3 Na4 18. Ba1 Bf8
19. Rc1 $14 {Rotstein,A-Psakhis,L Groningen op 1990 CBM/22}) 14... Nd5 15. e3
Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Bf8 $10 {Hjartarson,J-Baraeev,J Novi Sad ol 1990 50/
33}) 12... exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 (13... Nd5 {Ernst} 14. Bb2 $16) 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2
Bf6 (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Rbc1 $14 {Sunye,NJ-Huebner,R
Manila izt 1990 CBM/19}) 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Rc1 Rf7 18. Rc5 Qe6 19. Re1 c6 20.
Nf3 Nd7 (20... Rd8 $5) 21. Rc2 Qd5 22. Qa1 a5 23. Bxd4 axb4 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 (
24... Nxf6 $5) 25. Qb2 Rxa3 26. Qxb4 Rb3 27. Qf4 h6 28. Ra1 Kh7 29. Rca2 Nf8
30. Ra5 $1 c5 31. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 b6 33. Ra7 Re6 34. f4 Ng6 35. Nd7 $1 Rd6
(35... Rxe2 36. Nf6+ $18 (36. Nf6+ {Ernst} Kh8 37. Ra8+ $18)) 36. Rb7 c4 37.
dxc4 Re3 38. Kf2 Re7 39. Raa7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gulko} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Rb1 g5 {Das ist ein von Kortschnoj in die Turnierpraxis eingeführter
Zug. Die Grundpartie war Serper-Kortschnoj,Groningen 1993.Ribli.} (8... f6 $2
9. d4 $1 $146 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Bf4 $1 Rc8 12. Rc1 d3 13. exd3 $1 Nd5 14.
Nfd4 Nxf4 15. Nxf5 Nxg2 16. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Nxa7 {Khalifman,A-Tiviakov,S/
Linares 1995/1-0 (74)}) (8... Be6 $5 9. b4 e4 $5 (9... a6 10. a4 f6 11. b5 axb5
12. axb5 Nb4 13. d3 O-O 14. Nd2 N6d5 15. Bb2 c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nde4 {
1-0 Voulgaridou,D-Hatzidimou,H/GRE-chT Athens 1996 (33)}) 10. Nxe4 Bxa2 11. Bb2
$1 O-O 12. b5 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Romanishin,O/Beograd 1993 (30)}) 9. b4 $146 {
Weiß opfert einen Bauern für Komplikationen. Ich denke jedoch, daß dieser Zug
-so interessant er auch sein mag- nicht ganz korrekt ist.} (9. d3 g4 (9... Be6
10. Qd2 h6 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bh3 Qd6 {Kumaran,D-Hector,J/
Copenhagen KS 1996/CBM 55/0-1 (38)}) (9... h5 10. a3 h4 11. b4 hxg3 12. hxg3 a6
13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 {Serper,G-Kortschnoj,V/
Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Kortschnoj]/0-1 (34)}) 10. Nd2 (10. Ne1 h5 11. Nc2
h4 12. b4 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Qd4+ 15. e3 Qxc3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5
Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7 Qc6 {Hodgson,J-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1993/CBM 39/[Ribli]
/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 10... Be6 11. b4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Bb2 h5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb3 {Degerman,L-Hector,J/Reykjavik zt 1995/CBM 47/1/
2-1/2 (47)}) (9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Ra1 (11. e4 Bxe4 12. Re1 $44) 11...
Be4 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Rhg8 17.
Be3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 g4 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Rd3 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3
Rd5 {Claesen,P-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen op 1994/TD 94\02/0-1 (64)}) 9... g4 (9...
Nxb4 10. Nxe5 $14 (10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. Rxb4 $13)) (9... Bxb4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rxb4 $14) 10. Ne1 Nxb4 $15 {Die Stellung des schwarzen Königs in der
Brettmitte ist etwas unsicher, aber der weiße Angriff ist nicht so leicht zu
organisieren.} 11. Nc2 Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} (11... Nxc2 12. Qxc2 $44 (12. Qxc2 {
Gulko} c6 13. a4 $36)) 12. Bxc6+ {Weiß muß sein Läuferpaar geben, sonst kann
er nicht 13.d4 durchsetzen.Ribli.} (12. e3 Bf5 {[%csl Rd3]} (12... O-O)) 12...
bxc6 {Schwarz hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern auch das Läuferpaar.
Ich möchte anmerken, daß die weißen Felder im Lager des Anziehenden schwach
sind.Ribli.} 13. d4 f6 $5 {Schwarz hält seinen Zentrumsbauern und verwährt dem
Nc2 damit das Feld d4.} (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bf6 16.
Be3 $44 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7]}) 14... Bf6 (14... c5 {Gulko} 15. Nc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd6
17. Bf4 $16) (14... Bd7 15. Qd3 $16) (14... Bc5 15. Nxc6 Qf6 16. Bg5 $3 Qxg5
17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Nf6+ $18) 15. Nxc6 Qd7 (15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 $4 17. Rd8#)
16. Qxd7+ Bxd7 17. Ne4) 14. dxe5 (14. Qd3 $1 {Gulko} Be6 15. Qe4 Qd7 16. dxe5
Bf5 17. e6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd4 $14) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 fxe5 16. Nb4 Bf5
$1 (16... Bb7 17. Nd3 $44) (16... Bd7 17. Nd3 $44 (17. Na6 $44) (17. Nd3 {Gulko
} Bd6 18. Ne4 $16)) 17. e4 $8 (17. Rb3 a5 18. Nxc6 Bc2 $17 {[%cal Rc2d1,Rc2b3]}
) (17. Rb2 Nc4 18. Rb3 a5 19. Nxc6 Bc2 $17 {[%cal Rc2d1,Rc2b3]}) 17... Bxb4 18.
Rxb4 Be6 {[%csl Rf3]} 19. Bg5 (19. Bb2 a5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 19... Rf8 20. Rb2 Rf3
21. Nb1 (21. Rc1 Rxc3 $6 (21... Kd7 $5) 22. Rxc3 Na4 23. Rcc2 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 $15
{Und Weiß hat gute Rettungschancen.}) 21... Rc8 {>< c7} 22. Rc1 (22. Nd2 $2 {
Gulko} Rd3) (22. Rc2 $1 {Gulko} Nc4 23. Nd2 Rd3 24. Rdc1 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 c5 (
25... Rd4 26. Rxc6 Bxa2 27. Be3 Rxe4 28. Bxa7 Bd5 29. Rh6 $11) 26. Bc3 c4 27.
Bxe5 $11) 22... Nc4 23. Rb7 (23. Rb4 {Gulko} Rd3 $1) 23... Nd6 24. Rxa7 Nxe4
25. Be3 Bd5 26. Nd2 $4 {Unglaublich aber wahr: Auch ein so starker Spieler wie
Gulko kann so einen schlechten Zug machen.} (26. Nc3 Kd7 $15 {Natürlich hat
Schwarz die besseren Aussichten, aber sein Sieg steht längst nicht fest.Ribli.}
(26... Nxc3 {Gulko} 27. Rxc3 Rb8 28. Rc1 Kd7 29. a4 Rb2 $17 {/\ 30... R:e3}))
26... Rxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Nxd2 {Die schwarzen Leichtfiguren sind viel besser als
der weiße Turm.Ribli.} 28. a4 Kd7 29. Rb7 {Die einzige Gegenchance für Weiß
ist der a-Bauer, aber Schwarz kann hier problemlos eingreifen.} Ra8 30. Rb4 Ne4
$19 {[%csl Rf3,Rg1]} 31. Rd1 {Droht 32.Rxe4.Ribli.} Ke6 32. Rb7 Rxa4 33. Rxc7
Ng5 {Und Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon Gardar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
e4 $6 $146 {Ich finde diese Neurung nicht besonders glücklich, weil Schwarz
den Bauern auf e4 nicht lange halten kann. Dann wird Weiß seine Kontrolle über
das Zentrum verstärken.} (8... Bb6 $1 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. d3
e4 $10 {Gulko,B-Almasi,Z/Groningen/1994/CBM45/INF62,(32)/}) 9. Ne1 Re8 10. d4
$1 exd3 $8 (10... Bb6 11. f3 $1 exf3 12. Qxf3 Re6 13. Nd3 $36) 11. Nxd3 Nxd5 $6
{Das ist mit Sicherheit nicht gut.} (11... Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. b3 Bf5 (13...
Bg4 $5) 14. Bb2 $14) 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. f4 Nc4 15. e4 {Weiß steht
besser: 1. Er hat das Läuferpaar. 2. Die weissen Bauern herrschen das Zentrum.
3.Schwarz kann sich über seine Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie nicht besonders
freuen.} b5 16. Qc2 {/\ b3 ><c5} c6 $6 17. dxc6 Qd4+ 18. Qf2 $1 {Petursson /\
Qxd4,Rd1 waehlt eine sichere Fortsetzung} Bg4 19. h3 Be2 20. Re1 Bd3 21. Qxd4
cxd4 22. b3 Na5 23. e5 $1 {/\ Bd2 Schwarz hat keine Kompensation für den
geopferten Bauern.} Rac8 24. Rd1 Bf5 $2 {Dieser Fehler verkürzt nur die Partie.
} 25. g4 Bc2 26. Rxd4 Nxc6 27. Rd6 Nb4 28. Bd2 Nd3 29. Bf1 Red8 30. Bxd3 Bxd3
31. Ba5 $1 (31. Ba5 Rxd6 32. exd6 $18 {/\ d7}) 1-0

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. c4 {Hjartarson} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 {Eine relativ seltene
Variante. Heutzutage wird die Drachenvariante mit vertauschten Farben - nach 4.
..d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 - häufig gespielt. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5)
7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 (8. Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13.
Qc2 Bh3 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Rubinstein mem 1996/CBM 55}) 8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O d6 14. Qc3 a5 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2
Gheorghiu,F-Smejkal,J/EU-chT 1977}) 9... Re8 $5 $146 (9... c6 10. Bg2 (10. Na4
Be7 11. c5 d5 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Bg2 Rfc8
$11 {0-1 Silseth,S-Leito,P/Ringsted op 1992 (46)}) 10... Re8 11. Bd2 Bb6 12.
Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Rac1 d6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 a6
19. a4 a5 $13 {Portisch,L-Huebner,R/Abano Therme csf 1980/CAND/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (
9... a6 10. a3 d6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. b4 $6 (13. Bg5 $1 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. b4 $1 $14 {Damljanovic,B}) 13... Ba7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 $1 19. bxc5 Rfd8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Drasko,M/Jagodina 1994 (36) /\ Bd5}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3 a5 $11 {Schwarz hat noch einige
Probleme mit der Entwicklung des Läufers, aber er kontrolliert den wichtigsten
Feldern und hat daher eine ausgeglichene Stellung. Ribli.}) 10... c6 {Das ist
ein Schlüsselzug der Variante. Schwarz neutralisiert den weißen f3-Läufer.
Ribli.} 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qa4 (12. Na4 Bf8 13. c5) 12... Bf8 {Schwarz verteidigt
sich gegen den drohenden Zug 13.b4. Ribli.} 13. Rfd1 (13. b4 {Hjartarson} d5 $1
14. cxd5 cxd5 $11 15. Nxd5 $140 $4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxe8 Bh3 18. e4 Qxd3
$19) 13... d6 (13... d5 $6 {Hjartarson} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 $1 (15. Nb5 Bd7
16. Qb3 Bc6 $11) (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxe8 Bh3 $19) 15... d4 16.
Nd5 Be6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxb7 Bxa2 19. b4 $14) 14. b4 Bg4 $11 {Weiß hat
teoretisch Initiative am Damenflügel,aber Schwarz ist stark im Zentrum und hat
eine feste Stellung. Dadurch ist die Stellung im Gleichgewicht. Ribli.} 15.
Bxg4 (15. Bg2 Qd7 $11 (15... a6 $11 {Hjartarson})) 15... Nxg4 16. b5 Qd7 (16...
c5 $2 {[%csl Rd5]} 17. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) (16... Qb6 $4 {Hjartarson} 17. c5
$18) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. f3 {Weiß hat Angst vor der Möglichkeit 18...f5,
vertreibt daher zunächst den gegnerischen Springer. Ribli.} (18. Rb1 f5 19. f3
Nf6) 18... Nf6 19. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b8]} (19. e4 $11 {Hjartarson}) 19... Rec8 {
Schwarz verteidigt den c6-Bauern mit dem Turm, und befreit so seine Dame.
Ribli.} 20. Kg2 (20. Rb3 Qe6 21. Rdb1 d5 $11) 20... Qe6 21. Rb7 d5 {Weiß hat
aktiven Turm in der b-Linie, aber Schwarz verfügt jedoch über Übergewicht im
Zentrum. Ribli.} 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qb3 (23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 e4 $44 (24...
Qc6 25. Qf2 $14) (24... Bc5 25. Qb7 $14) (24... d4 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Rc2
$44 (26... Rc2 {Hjartarson} 27. a4 Qb3 $1 (27... Qa2 28. Qa5 $8) 28. Kf1 Ra2
$15))) 23... Rc6 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rb2 Rac8 $15 {Weiß hat starke Kontrolle in der
b-Linie, aber das ist alles. Mir erscheint das schwarze Zentrumsübergewicht
wichtiger. Ribli.} 26. Na4 $6 (26. Rb6 Rxb6 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 d4 29. Ne4
Nxe4 30. dxe4 Rc2 $17) 26... e4 $1 {Dieser Durchbruch im Zentrum öffnet Linien
und die weiße Königsstellung wird geschwächt. Ribli.} 27. dxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe6
exf3+ 29. exf3 Rxe6 {[%cal Ge6e1,Gc8c1]} 30. Nc3 (30. Kf2 Rc4 31. Nc3 Bc5+ $36)
(30. Kf1 $5) (30. Bb4 {Hjartarson} Bxb4 (30... Nd5 31. Bxf8 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 Kxf8
$11) 31. R7xb4 Nd5 32. Rb8 $11) 30... Rec6 31. Ne2 $2 {Ich kann diesen Zug
nicht verstehen.Warum erlaubt Weiß freiwillig das spätere Eindrigen desTurmes?
Ribli.} (31. R2b3 $1 $11) (31. R2b3 $11 {Hjartarson}) 31... Ba3 $1 {Vielleicht
hat Weiß diesen Läuferzug übersehen. Ribli.} (31... Rc2 32. Nd4 Rxb2 33. Rxb2
$11) 32. R2b3 Rc2 $17 {[%cal Rc2h2,Rc2a2] Der aktive schwarze Turm bringt
große Gefahr für Weiß auf der 2. Reihe. Ribli.} 33. Rxa3 Rxd2 34. Kf1 (34. Kf2
Re8 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga6] Schwarz hat einen potentiell sehr
gefährlichen entfernten Freibauern. Ribli.}) 34... Rcc2 (34... Nd5 $5 $36 {
Hjartarson}) 35. Re7 Rxa2 (35... Nd5 $1 $17 {Hjartarson} 36. Re8+ $140 Kh7 37.
Rxa6 $2 Nc7 $19) 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga6] Die weiße Stellung ist kritisch in
diesem Endspiel.Die Anwesenheit der Springer erhöht die schwarzen
Gewinnchancen. Ribli.} 37. h4 Nd5 {[%csl Ga2,Gd5,Rf1] Guter Rat ist für Weiß
teuer. Er hat nicht nur einen Bauern weniger, er muß auch noch wegen seiner
schwachen Königsstellung vorsichtig sein. Ribli.} (37... a5 $6 {Hjartarson} 38.
Re5 a4 39. Ra5 a3 40. Nc3 $15 {xNf6}) (37... g6 $5 {Hjartarson}) 38. Re5 Nb4 {
Wegen seiner schlechten Königsstellung kann Weiß nicht aktiv mit dem Springer
spielen. Das harmonische schwarze Zusammenspiel des Turms und Springers sowie
der starke a-Freibauer entscheiden den Kampf. Ribli.} 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rf8 a5
$1 {Schwarz opfert Material zurück, aber sein Freibauer ist nicht aufzuhalten.
Ribli.} (40... f6 $6 41. h5 a5 (41... Z0 {Hjartarson} 42. Nf4 {xg6}) 42. Nf4 a4
43. Ng6 $18 {[%cal Rf8h8]}) (40... Kg6 $6 {Hjartarson} 41. Nf4+ Kf6 42. Nh5+
Ke7 43. Rb8 $15) 41. Rxf7 a4 42. Rb7 (42. Nf4 {Hjartarson} a3 $1 43. Ne6 Rb2
44. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19) (42. Nc3 $1 {Hjartarson} Ra3 $1 (42... Ra1+ $6 43. Ke2 a3
44. Rb7 $1 Nc2 (44... a2 45. Rxb4 Re1+ 46. Kxe1 a1=Q+ 47. Kd2 $11) (44... Rc1
45. Rxb4 Rxc3 46. Ra4 Rb3 47. h5 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 a2 49. Ra8 $11) 45. Ra7 $15) 43.
Rc7 (43. Ne4 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 a3 45. h5 Kg8 46. Rb7 Rb1 $19) 43... Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Rc1
$1 45. Rc4 (45. Kd2 Rc2+ $19) 45... Nd5 46. Kd2 Rxc3 47. Rxc3 Nxc3 48. Kxc3 Kg6
49. Kb4 Kf5 50. Kxa4 Ke5 $19) 42... Nd5 43. Nd4 a3 $19 {Die Bauermzahl ist
gleich, aber nicht deren Qualität! Das beste für Weiß wäre noch, wenn er nur
seinen Springer für den Freibauern geben müßte. Ribli.} 44. Ra7 (44. Nf5 Rb2
45. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19 {[%cal Ra3a1]}) 44... Rd2 45. Nb3 (45. Rxa3 Rxd4 $19) 45...
Rb2 {Weiß ist hilflos. Er gab auf. Ribli.} (45... Rb2 46. Rxa3 Ne3+ 47. Ke1 (
47. Kg1 Nc2 $19 (47... Nc4 $2 48. Ra4 $11)) 47... Nc2+ $19 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2a3]}
) 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 (7.
bxc3 $5) 7... e4 8. Ng5 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nh3 Qc5 $5 (10... h6 11. Nf4 Qe5 12.
Rd1 Ne7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd5 $1 Nexd5 15. cxd5 b6 16. c4 $14 {Adorjan,
A-Hjartarson,J Akureyri 1988 45/(27) CBM/8}) 11. Bg5 Ng4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Bd5
Nce5 $1 (13... hxg5 14. Nxg5 $16) 14. b4 Qf8 15. Bc1 c6 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17. e4 d6
18. Nf4 f5 19. h4 Qf7 20. Rd1 Re5 21. Rd4 Nf6 22. Bf1 b5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxd6
Nxe4 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Ne2 c5 28. f3 Nf6 29. bxc5 Bb7 30. Kf2
Bxf3 $1 31. Kxf3 Qc6+ 32. Kf2 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qf3 34. Nd4 Qxg3+ 35. Qg2 Qe1+ 36.
Qf1 Qxc3 37. Ne2 Qxa1 38. Qxf5 Ne5 (38... Qe5 39. Qxg4 Qxc5+ $15) (38... Re8
39. Qxg4 Rxe2 40. Qxc4+ Kh8 41. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 42. Kg2 Qxc5 $15) 39. c6 Nxc6 40.
Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qxc6 Rd8 42. Qxc4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5
(7. d3 $5) 7... Bc5 $5 8. d3 Nxd5 (8... h6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Nd2 Ba7 11. a3 d6 12.
b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Bb2 $14 {Gedevanishvili,D-Handoko,E/Sydney/
1991/CBM23/}) 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 (10. Nxd4 Bxd4 (10... exd4) 11. e3 Bb6) 10...
d6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc4 (12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Nc3) 12... a5 $5 $146 {Kortschnoj
spielt diese Variante seit Jahrzenten mit beiden Farben gern. Er hat seine
Partien immer sehr gründlich analysiert und natürlich tritt er immer mit einer
neuen Idee hervor.} (12... Ne7 $6 13. Bd2 c6 14. b4 Bb6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b5
$14 {Gheorghiu,F-Benko,P/Las Palmas/1972/}) 13. Bd2 a4 (13... b6 14. b3 Ba6 15.
a3) 14. b4 Bb6 (14... axb3 $6 15. axb3 $14 {/\ b4 Weiss besitzt eine starke
Initiative am Damenfluegel und das schwarze Gegenspiel am Koenigsfluegel kommt
verspaetet.} (15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 b5 17. Na5 $14)) 15. Na5 $6 {Der
Anziehende will mit diesem Zug die schwarzen Moeglichkeiten am Damenfluegel
begrenzen.} (15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc2 $13) 15... Qd7 (15... Bxa5 $2 16. bxa5 $14 {
Weiss steht trotz seiner Doppelbauern auf der a-und d-Linie besser, weil er
das Laeuferpaar besitzt. Er kann bald die b-und c-Linie besetzen und die
schwarzen Damenfluegelbauern sind sehr leicht angreifbar.}) 16. Qc2 (16. Bh3 $2
Qb5) 16... h5 $1 {[#] Ein interessanter Versuch, die Stellung zu verschaerfen.}
17. Rac1 h4 18. Qc4 $2 {Ich verstehe nicht, welcher Plan hinter diesem Zug
steht. Weiss muß schon gut aufpassen.} (18. Nc4 $5 Ba7 19. Na5 Bb6 20. Nc4 $10)
(18. Bh3 Qb5) 18... Qe7 19. Qc2 {Weiss ist bereit zu remisieren, aber was sagt
Kortschnoj dazu?} hxg3 20. hxg3 g6 $1 {[#] Die Initiative ist wichtiger als
ein Bauer.} (20... Bd7 21. Nxb7 g6 22. Na5 $16) 21. Qxa4 (21. Nc4 Ba7 (21...
Kg7 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Bc3 Rh8 24. e4 $16) 22. Na3 (22. Qxa4 $2 Nxg3 $1) 22...
Bb6) 21... Kg7 22. Qc2 (22. Rc4 Rh8 23. Rfc1 Qg5 24. Qc2 Qh5 25. Kf1 $13) 22...
Rh8 23. Nc4 Qg5 24. Nxb6 {[#]} (24. Rfe1 Qh5 25. Bc3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rh5 27. Re2 (
27. Nxb6 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Rf5+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2+ 30. Kd1 Rf2 $19) (27. Qe2 Nxg3+ 28.
fxg3 Rf5+ 29. Bf3 Rxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Bh3+ $19) 27... Nh4 $1 28. gxh4 Bh3 29. Ke1
Bxg2 $17) 24... Qh5 $1 {[#] Jetzt kommt Schwarz mit vernichtendem Angriff.} 25.
Rfe1 (25. f4 {Ftacnik} Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Qxg3+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 cxb6 $19) (25.
Rfd1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxg3+ 27. fxg3 Bh3 28. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qf5+ $19) 25...
Qh2+ 26. Kf1 {[#] Wie geht's weiter?} Nxg3+ $1 27. fxg3 Bh3 $1 {Die letzte
Verteidiger wird beseitigt, dem weissen Koenig ist nicht mehr zu helfen.} 28.
Bxh3 (28. Bc3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2+ 30. Kd1 Bg4+ 31. Re2 Rh1+ (31... Rh2 $19) 32.
Be1 cxb6 $19) 28... Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 (29. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Rh2+ $19)
29... Qf5+ {Bravo Viktor!} (29... Qf5+ {Ftacnik} 30. Kg2 (30. Ke2 Rh2+ 31. Kd1
Qf3+) 30... Rh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh3 Rh8+ 33. Kg4 Qf5#) 0-1

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Dieser Zug führt eigentlich zu
Stellungen, die aus der Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung gut
bekannt sind. Die Alternativen sind 4...Bb4 und 4...Nd4.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. Rb1 {Dieser Turmzug ist in letzter Zeit sehr populär, aber
üblicherweise spielt Weiß zuerst 7.0-0 und erst nach 7...Be7 kommt 8.Rb1. Die
Idee des Turmzuges ist natürlich das sofortige b2-b4.} (7. O-O {- 64/(33)})
7... f6 {Schwarz verteidigt den Pe5 und unterbindet damit 8.b4.} (7... Be7 8.
b4 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. d3 f6 12. Ne4 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15.
e4 Bf7 16. Qc2 $5 $146 (16. Be3 {- 50/32}) 16... Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nc8 $1 18. Be3
N8a7 19. a4 a5 20. Qc3 $1 {0-1 Miezis,N-Tukmakov,V/Biel (open) 1995/Inf 64/
[Tukmakov,V] (41)}) 8. O-O (8. a3 Nd4 9. d3 Bg4 10. O-O $6 (10. Nxd4 $5 exd4
11. Ne4 {/\ b4 Gurevich,M: /\12.b4} Nd5 $6 12. Qb3 f5 13. Ng5 (13. Qxd5 Qxd5
14. Nf6+ gxf6 15. Bxd5 c6 $13) 13... Qe7 14. f3 $16) 10... Qd7 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Ne4 Nd5 $1 13. Qc2 (13. b4 f5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 (15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. bxc5
Bh3) 15... Nc3 16. Qb3 Nxb1 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Qxb1 Rae8 $17) 13... O-O-O 14. Re1
h5 $5 15. Nc5 $1 Qc6 16. b4 b6 17. Bb2 $1 bxc5 18. Bxd4 h4 $1 {1-0 Gurevich,
M-Kharlov,A/Jugoslavija 1996/Inf 68/[Gurevich,M] (35)}) 8... Bg4 9. a3 (9. d4
$5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 $1 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14. h3 $5 Bh5
15. e3 Bf7 16. b3 c5 $1 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bc6 21.
Be3 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Oratovsky,M/North Bay 74/30 1998/Inf 74/[Serper,G] (24)})
9... Nd4 (9... a5) (9... Be7) 10. e3 Nxf3+ (10... Nc6 $6 11. d4 $14) 11. Bxf3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 (12... Rb8 13. d4 $14) 13. d4 $1 Bd6 (13... exd4 14. Rd1 $36 (
14. exd4 Be7 (14... Qxd4 15. Re1+ $44 (15. Be3 $44)) 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh6 Qd7
$13)) 14. Rd1 (14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 Qe7 $11) 14... Qe7 (14... O-O 15. dxe5
fxe5 16. Qg4 $14 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, und der Nc3 findet
einen guten Posten auf e4.}) 15. b4 exd4 $6 {Mit diesem Tausch gibt Schwarz
freiwillig seinen Zentrumsbauern auf e5 auf..} (15... O-O 16. d5 f5 $13) 16.
exd4 $14 O-O 17. d5 Rfd8 (17... Rac8 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Nb5 Bb8 20. Be3 $14 {
Bei symmetrischer Bauernverteilung hat Weiß schwache, aber dauerhafte
Initiative.}) (17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Qe6 (18... Nxd5 $4 19. Qxd5+ $18 {[%cal
Rd5d6,Rd5g8]}) 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qxb7 $16) (17... c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. d6 Bxd6
20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Rxb6 Ra6 23. Rdxd6 (23. Qxb7 Rxb6 24. Qxb6 Re8
25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Rxc1 $14) 23... Qe1+ 24. Kg2 Qxc1 25. Qd5+
Kh8 26. Rxb7 $16) 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4] Weiß übt positionellen
Druck aus und erfreut sich guten Figurenspiels. In der schwarzen Stellung gibt
es jedoch nur eine echte Schwäche, den Pc6.} (19. Qxc6 $5 Rac8 (19... Qe6 20.
Nb5 $16) 20. Qf3 Nc4 $44 {Schwarz hat zwar aktives Figurenspiel, aber ich
bezweifle, dass diese Kompensation ausreichend ist.}) 19... Bc7 $6 (19... Be5 {
[%csl Ge5]} 20. Be3 $14) 20. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2g7] Nach diesem Zug muss Schwarz
das Opfermotiv auf f6 im Auge behalten.} Be5 {Nun muss Schwarz doch diesen
Läuferzug ausführen - doch jetzt ist der Zug nicht mehr so gut.} (20... Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] Der
Nc5 steht ausgezeichnet, der schwarze Pc6 hingegen ist eine "ewige" Schwäche.}
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd5 (23... Rc8 $14) 24. Nd3 Qb8 (24... Qd6 25. Nf4 Rd8 26. b5
$16) 25. Rc1 Qd6 (25... Qb7 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Qc4 Rc8 28. b5 $16) 26. b5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Durch dieses vorübergehende Bauernopfer bekommt Weiß sehr starkes
Figurenspiel. Die Hauptidee des Zuges ist die Schwächung des Springerposten
auf d5.} cxb5 27. Nf4 (27. Nb4 $6 Nb6 $15) 27... Nb6 (27... Rd8 28. Rd1 $18) (
27... Nc7 28. Rxc7 $18) 28. Rc6 $44 Qd8 {Die Dame muss den Turm - für den Fall
von von Rxb6 - verteidigen.} 29. Ne6 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6]} (29. Qb3+ Nc4 30. Qxb5
Ne5 $11) 29... Qd5 (29... Qe8 30. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rc5 {[%csl
Rg8]} Qe1+ (32... h6 33. Qxh6 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 $18) 33. Kg2 $18) 30. Qg4 (30. Qxd5
Nxd5 31. Rc5 Nb6 32. Rxb5 Kf7 $11) 30... g6 (30... g5 31. Rc7 $18) 31. Rc7 {
[%csl Gc7,Ge6,Gg4]} (31. Rc5 Qd2 $13 (31... Qd6 $13)) 31... Re8 32. Rg7+ Kh8
33. Qh4 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qd1+ $1 34. Kg2 Qd5+ $11 {Weiß darf nicht
35.Kh3 spielen, denn dann hängt der Ne6 mit Schach.}) {[#]} 34. Re7 $1 $16 Qxe6
{Schwarz hat nichts besseres, er muss die Dame geben.} (34... Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+
36. f3 $16) (34... Rxe7 35. Qxf6+ $18) 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Qf4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Rf4h6,Rf4b8]} Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qf7 {Die weiße Dame ist viel wertvoller als
R+N+P zusammen.} (38. Qxa7 $16) 38... Re1+ (38... Rc6 39. Qxa7 $16) 39. Kg2 Kg5
40. Qxa7 Nc4 41. a4 $18 (41. Qc5+ Kh6 42. Qxb5 Nxa3 43. Qb4 $18) 41... Re6 (
41... bxa4 42. Qc5+ Ne5 43. f4+ $18) 42. Qd7 (42. Qd7 Rb6 43. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 {In dieser Zugfolge scheint mir 3.Nd5 besser. Mit
der Partiefortsetzung strebt Weiß die Hauptvariante an.Ribli.} Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O
5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2 Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5]
Weiß kontrolliert das wichtige Zentrumfeld d5, in einigen Varianten spielt er
Nd5 und verbessert sich nach eventuellem Springertausch seine Bauernstruktur.
Ribli.} d6 11. Qc2 Qe7 (11... Re5 12. f4 $5 exf3 13. exf3 Re8 14. Bd2 Be6 15.
f4 Ng4 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. h3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nf6 19. c4 Qd7 20. Rae1 Nf5 21. Qd3 h5
22. Rxe8+ (22. Bc3 $5) 22... Rxe8 23. Re1 h4 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. g4 {1-0
Spraggett,K-Morovic Fernandez,I/ESP-chT 1994 (41)}) (11... Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13.
Rae1 (13. b3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. c4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,
I-Komarov,D/Vienna op 1996 (28)}) 13... a4 14. f4 exf3 15. exf3 Ne7 16. Ng4 Ng6
17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Ne3 c6 19. Be1 Qa5 20. Bf2 {1-0 Timman,J-Mestel,A/Las
Palmas izt 1982 (40)}) (11... Nb8 $6 12. f4 exf3 13. exf3 c6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Rae1 Be6 16. Kh1 Nbd7 17. f4 $14 {Ibragimov,I-Skvortsov,A/RUS-ch Elista 1996/
1-0 (63)}) (11... b6 12. Rd1 (12. b3 a5 (12... Bb7 13. f4 exf3 14. exf3 Ne5 15.
Bd2 a5 16. a4 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bc1 Qc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 c6 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. c4 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Tseitlin,M/Tel Aviv op 1990}) 13.
Bb2 Bd7 14. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Vaganian,R/URS-ch42 Leningrad 1974 (22)})
12... Bb7 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. b3 (14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe4 Qe6 16. f3 Na5 $44) 14...
Kh8 15. Bf4 (15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4 Nb4) 15... Ne5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng6
18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Qg4 Rbe8 21. Rad1 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Rxe2 $1 {Georgiev,
K-Hjartarson,J/Manila izt 1990/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 12. f4 $5 exf3 {Dieser Tausch
ist meiner Meinung nach praktisch erzwungen.Ribli.} (12... a5 13. h3 {[%cal
Yg3g4] Und Weiß hat freie Hand am Königsflügel.}) 13. exf3 Qe5 {Es ist nicht
leicht, ein gutes Feld für die Dame zu finden.Ribli.} 14. Bd2 a5 {Dieser gute
positionelle Zug sichert das Feld c5 für die Dame.Ribli.} 15. Rae1 $14 {
Der weiße Doppelbauer ist eher stark als schwach, zudem kontrolliert Weiß mehr
Raum und verfügt über das Läuferpaar.Ribli.} Qc5 16. Kh1 Be6 17. b3 Re7 $6 (
17... d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 (19. Nf5 Ndb4 $1) 19... Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Qh5) 18. f4
Rae8 (18... d5 $2 19. f5 $16) 19. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Yd1h5] In einigen Varianten
ist es wichtig, der schwarzen Dame das Feld h5 zu nehmen.} Bd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ne7 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e8]}) 23. c4
a4 (23... b6) 24. Bc3 axb3 25. axb3 {Weiß hat die etwas aktivere Stellung und
das Läuferpaar, aber es gibt keine Schwächen im schwarzen Lager. Ribli.} Nf5
26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5f2]} 27. Qg1 $1 {Es ist logisch, die schon
jetzt aktive schwarze Dame abzutauschen.Ribli.} Bd7 (27... Qxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Kf8 {
Meiner Meinung nach ist die Stellung trotz minimalen weißen Vorteils zu halten.
Ribli.}) (27... b6 $6 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Ba5 $16) 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Kg1 f6 30.
Kf2 {Der weiße König scheint mir schneller als sein schwarzer Kollege. Das
reduzierte Material bietet jedoch viele Remismöglichkeiten.Ribli.} Kf7 31. b4 {
Weiß kommt um diesen Zug nicht herum.} cxb4 32. Bxb4 b6 33. Ke2 Nd6 34. Kd3 Bc8
35. Kd4 Nf5+ 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. Kc3 Ke8 38. Bf3 {Wir schauen einem Manöverkampf
zu, der sich vermutlich in Zeitnot abspielte. Die Stellung ändert sich jedoch
nicht.Ribli.} Bh3 39. Be2 Bg2 40. Bd3 Kd7 41. Kd4 Bh3 (41... c5+ {Meiner
Meinung nach wäre es erstrebenswert für Schwarz, so viele Bauern wie möglich
zu tauschen.Ribli.} 42. dxc6+ Bxc6 $11 (42... Kxc6 $11)) 42. Be2 Nf5+ 43. Kd3
Nd6 44. g4 {Mit diesem Zug schränkt Weiß die Möglichkeiten des Bh3 ein.Ribli.}
Bg2 45. Ke3 g5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir gefühlsmäßig nicht. Einerseits ist
es nicht logisch die Stellung zu öffnen, wenn der Gegner das Läuferpaar hat,
andererseits kann ich aber auch keine ernsthafte weiße Drohung erkennen.
Meiner Meinung nach wäre es besser zu warten.Ribli.} 46. Bd3 Ke8 47. Be1 Kf7
48. h4 {[%csl Rg5] Der Pg5 hängt noch nicht, aber später ist er eine
potentielle Schwäche.Ribli.} gxh4 49. Bxh4 Nb7 50. Bg3 {[%cal Yg3c7]} Nc5 51.
Bc2 Bf1 52. Kd4 Nb7 53. f5 Nd6 54. Bd3 (54. c5 $2 Nb5+) 54... Bh3 (54... Bg2
55. Bf4 (55. Be2 $1 h5 $2 56. Bxd6 (56. gxh5 $4 Nxf5+ $19) 56... cxd6 57. gxh5
$16) 55... Bf3) 55. c5 bxc5+ 56. Kxc5 Bxg4 $2 (56... Ke7 $5 57. Kc6 (57. Be2 $4
Ne4+ $19) (57. Bxd6+ $2 cxd6+ $17) 57... Bxg4 58. Kxc7 Nxf5 $11) 57. Bxd6 cxd6+
58. Kxd6 Bf3 (58... h5 59. Kc7 {[%cal Rd5d8]}) 59. Bc4 {Und Schwarz gab auf.
Ribli.} (59. Bc4 Bg4 60. Kc7 Bxf5 61. d6+ Kf8 (61... Be6 $2 62. d7 $18) 62. Ba6
Z0 63. Bc8 Z0 64. d7 Z0 65. d8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 $5 (9. d3 Be6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 f6 12. Na4 $5 $13 {Shvedchikov,
A-Olbrich,I Moscow2 1991 EXP/21}) 9... e4 10. Nxe4 Nxb4 11. a3 N4d5 12. Qc2 Nf6
13. Nc3 c6 14. e4 Nc4 15. Qa2 Na5 16. d4 Bg4 (16... Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 $14
) 17. Be3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bc5
23. Nf3 Nc4 24. Rxb7 Nd6 25. Rb2 (25. Bxd6 Qxd6 $14) 25... Ne4 26. Bh3 h5 27.
Bxg4 hxg4 28. Ne5 Nc3 29. Qb3 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Bd2 Bd4 32. Rb5 Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 (10. Rb1 $5) 10... Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ (11... Bb3 12. Qc1
Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1 f6 15. Ba1 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. b5 $14 {Uhlmann,
W-Stohl,I Dortmund-A 1991 CBM/23}) 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2
Bxf3 (15... Bd6 $13 {Yudasin,L-Gurevich,M Bern 1989 CBM/11}) 16. Nxf3 Bd6 (
16... Bf6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Rd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22.
Re3 Qf8 23. Nb3 Ng4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. h3 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Ne5 27. Qd4 $14 {
Speelmann,J-Chandler,M Hastings A 1988 CBM/11}) 17. d4 Re8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
Nd4 Bf8 20. Rfd1 Qc8 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Ne3 a5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 (10... Kh8 11. b4 f5 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e4
f4 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 $13 {Vaganian,R-Petursson,M Reykjavik
Summit 1990 CBM/18}) (10... Nd5 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Ne4 $14 {
Kharitonov,A-Huebner,R EU-Cup f 1991 CBM/23}) (10... f6 11. Na4 Qd7 12. Rc1
Rfd8 13. Re1 Nd4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Lau,R FRG-ch 1991 CBM/24}
) 11. b4 Bf6 12. Rc1 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rae8 17.
a4 c6 (17... Qxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. a5 Na8 20. Nxd4 $1 Bxg2 21. Nxe2 Bxf1 22.
Kxf1 $14) 18. Rfe1 Nc8 19. Qf4 Nd6 20. h4 (20. Nxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 g5 $19) 20...
b6 21. Na6 Qd7 22. Nd2 (22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Be5 24. Qe3 f4 $19) 22... Bxg2
23. Kxg2 Kh8 $6 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. e3 $1 (25. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qb7 $19) 25...
Qb7 26. b5 c5 (26... cxb5 27. Nc7 $146) 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Kg1 Bf6 29. d4 $1 c4
30. Nb4 Qd7 31. Nc6 Rc8 32. Nfe5 $16 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Ne4 34. Rxc4 a6 35. Rd4 Qe6
36. Qe3 axb5 37. axb5 Ra8 38. Red1 h6 39. Rd8 Kh7 40. Rxf8 Rxf8 41. Qa3 (41.
Qxb6 $6 Qb3 $1) 41... Re8 42. Rd4 Qg6 43. Kg2 Nc5 44. Rd6 Re6 45. Qf3 Rxd6 46.
h5 Qe6 47. exd6 Qxd6 48. Qxf5+ Kg8 49. Kh3 Nd7 50. f4 Nf6 51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Ne5
Qd1 53. Qf5+ Kg8 54. Kh4 Qh1+ 55. Qh3 Qb1 56. Qc8+ Kh7 57. Qc6 Nxh5 $1 58. Ng4
$1 (58. Kxh5 Qf5+ 59. Kh4 g5+ $10) 58... Qf5 59. Qxb6 Nxf4 $1 60. gxf4 Qxf4 61.
Qc6 g5+ 62. Kh3 Qf1+ 63. Kg3 Qf4+ 64. Kh3 Qf1+ 65. Qg2 Qxb5 $10 66. Qe4+ Kh8
67. Qf3 Qd7 68. Qf8+ Kh7 69. Qxh6+ Kg8 70. Qxg5+ Kf7 71. Qc5 Qd3+ 72. Kh4 Qd8+
73. Kh5 Qd1 74. Kg5 Qd8+ 75. Kf4 Qd2+ 76. Ke4 Qe1+ 77. Kf5 Qf1+ 78. Kg5 Qg2 79.
Qd6 Ke8 80. Qd3 Qg1 81. Qc4 Kd8 82. Kf4 Qh1 83. Qc5 Qh4 84. Qc6 Ke7 85. Qd5 Qe1
86. Qc5+ Kd8 87. Kf5 Qe7 88. Qc4 Qd7+ 89. Kg6 Qd6+ 90. Kh5 Qd1 91. Qc5 Qe2 92.
Qd5+ Kc7 93. Kg5 Qe7+ 94. Nf6 Qe3+ 95. Kg6 Qg1+ 96. Kf7 Qf2 97. Qb5 Qf3 98.
Qc5+ Kb7 99. Ke7 Qc6 100. Qb4+ Qb6 101. Qe4+ Qc6 102. Nd5 Kb8 103. Qf4+ Kb7
104. Qd4 Qb5 105. Qe4 Qc6 106. Qb4+ Ka7 107. Qa3+ Kb8 108. Nf6 Kb7 109. Qb3+
Qb6 110. Qf3+ Qc6 111. Qf5 Qh1 112. Ne4 Ka6 113. Qe6+ Ka7 114. Qa2+ Kb8 115.
Qb3+ Ka7 116. Qa4+ Kb8 117. Nf6 Qb7+ 118. Nd7+ Kc8 119. Ke8 Kc7 120. Qa5+ Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Vor langer Zeit - beim WM-Match im
Jahre 1987 - spielte Karpov die Variante mit 4...Bb4 gegen Kasparov.} 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 {Natürlich ist der Exweltmeister (und beste
Spieler der Welt?) immer auf der Höhe der Eröffnungstheorie. Bei der FIDE-WM 
(im Dezember 2000) besiegte Khalifman den deutschen GM Lutz mit dieser
Variante, nun probiert auch Kasparov diese Fortsetzung aus.} O-O 9. b4 Nxb4 $6
{Dieser Zug ist nicht die beste Fortsetzung für Schwarz. Meiner Meinung nach
ist es nicht logisch, dass Schwarz seinen wichtigen Zentrumsbauern auf e5 für
den Pb4 hergibt. In der Folge bekommt Schwarz zwar lebendiges Figurenspiel,
aber der Textzug ist prinzipiell schlecht.} (9... a6 $5 10. a3 (10. a4 Nxb4 11.
Nxe5 a5 12. d4 c6 13. f4 $5 $146 (13. e4 Be6 14. Re1 (14. Bf4 f6 15. Ng4 Qd7
16. h3 Rad8 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20. Kh2 h5 {0-1 Scherer,
M-Tukmakov,V/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1997/EXT 98 (35)}) 14... f6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,Kiril-Morozevich,Alexander/Tilburg (Netherlands) (4) 1993, 59/45 (40)}
) 13... c5 $1 14. d5 $6 (14. Be3 $142 N6d5 $1 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17.
dxc5 Qe4 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 $44) 14... f6 15. Nd3 $8 N4xd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
{0-1 Kobalija,M-Tiviakov,S/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext/[Tiviakov] (45)}) (10. a3
Re8 (10... Bg4 11. d3 Re8 12. Be3 (12. Bb2 $5) 12... Bf8 13. Nd2 a5 {1/2-1/2
Conquest,S-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1996/CBM 52/[Ribli] (35)}) (10... Be6 11. d3 f6
12. Ne4 (12. Be3 $5) 12... Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. e4 Bf7 16. Qc2 (16.
Be3 $5) 16... Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nc8 18. Be3 N8a7 19. a4 a5 20. Qc3 Qd7 $13 {
Miezis,N-Tukmakov,V/Biel op/1995/EXP48/}) 11. d3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Bf5 $5 13. Qc2 (
13. Nd2 $5) 13... Qd7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. e3 Na7 17. Nd2 Qa4 $10 {
Sher,M-Tiviakov,S/RUS-ch Elista/1995/CBM50/INF65,(29)/})) 10. Nxe5 c6 (10... a5
11. d4 N4d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Rd1 a4 15. Qd3 Kh8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17.
Qxc4 c6 18. Be3 Ra6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd6 21. Bc5 b5 22. Rxb5 Ba6 23. Bxd6
Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Qxd6 25. Qxa4 Rd8 26. Bb3 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Solomon,K/Elista 1998/
CBM 66 ext (26)}) 11. a3 N4d5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Qc2 $14 {Weiß hat
aktives Figurenspiel und kann mit e4 oder d4 im Zentrum die Initiative
ergreifen.}) 13. a4 $14 Bf6 14. d4 $5 {Dieser natürliche Zug bietet Weiß die
besten Chancen.} (14. a5 Bxe5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Qb3 (16. d4 Bf6 17. e3 Bf5 18.
Rb5 Ra5 19. Qb3 Rxb5 20. Qxb5 Be4) 16... Be6 17. Qxb6 Qxb6 18. Rxb6 Ra7 $13) (
14. Nd3 Bf5 15. a5 Nc4 16. Rxb7 (16. Rb5 Be4 17. Nf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxa5 19. Ba3
Re8 20. Qa4 b6 21. Rxd5 Qc7 $13) 16... Qxa5 17. Nf4 Be4 18. d3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Nb6 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Rb5 {[%csl Rd5] Weiß provoziert die Schwächung des
schwarzen Damenflügels, es droht 16.a5 mit Bauerngewinn.} a6 16. Rb2 {[%csl
Rb6]} (16. Rb4 $5 a5 17. Rb5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bd7 19. Qb3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 $44) 16...
Rc8 17. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Ein automatischer Zug, der Schwarz die Initiative
überläßt.} (17. g4 $1 Be4 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 $16 Bxg4 $2 19. Qd4 $18 {
[%cal Rd4g4,Rd4b6]}) 18. f3 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. e3 Re8 21. f4 Nc4 22. Rb3 $16
{In dieser Stellung hat Weiß das Läuferpaar, und der Pd5 ist schwach. Die
einzige Schwäche in der weißen Stellung - der Pe3 - kann leicht verteidigt
werden.}) 17... Bxe5 {Einfach und gut. Schwarz tauscht die beste weiße Figur
ab.} 18. Bxe5 Re8 $1 $15 19. e3 Re7 {[%cal Ge7b7] Schwarz verteidigt den Pb7
und bereitet Nc4 vor.} (19... f6 20. Bf4 (20. g4 $2 Bd7 21. a5 Nc4 22. Bxd5+
Be6 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Bg3 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Qd5 $19) 20... g5 21. g4 $132) 20. g4
Be4 21. f3 Nc4 22. Re2 Bg6 23. h4 $5 (23. Bf4 Qb6) 23... f6 (23... h5 24. Bf4)
24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Rfe1 Rc6 26. h5 Bf7 27. e4 (27. h6 g5 28. Bh2 f5 29. gxf5 Qxf5
30. e4 $13) 27... dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 (29. fxe4 Nb2 30. Qd2 Qxg4 31.
Qxb2 Qxf4 32. Qxb7 Re6 $15 {[%csl Gf4,Rg1] Die weiße Königsstellung ist
schwach.}) 29... Bd5 (29... Nb2 30. Qe2 Nxa4 31. Re7 Qxd4+ 32. Be3 $44) 30. Re2
Rc8 $2 {Dieser natürliche Zug gibt Weiß Gegenspiel.} (30... h6 $142 $15) (30...
Re6 $142 $15) 31. h6 $1 $132 {[%csl Gh6] Das Erscheinen des weißen Bauern auf
h6 ist prinzipiell gefährlich für Schwarz.} g5 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Qe1 (33. Bf1 $2
Re3 $1) 33... Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Kf8 (34... b5 $1) 35. Qd3 Nb6 $2 {Es ist zu spät -
Schwarz möchte gegen den Pa4 spielen.} (35... b5) 36. a5 Nc4 37. Bf1 $14 Qe7 (
37... Nxa5 $4 38. Qa3+ $18 {[%cal Ra3a5,Ra3f8]}) 38. Qc3 (38. Kf2 Qb4 $132)
38... Qe3+ {Schwarz bleibt nichts anderes übrig, er muss die Damen tauschen.
In diesem Endspiel hat Weiß dank seines Läuferpaars gute Chancen.} 39. Qxe3
Nxe3 40. Bd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Nc4 (40... Kg8 $14) (40... Bxf3 $4 41. Kf2 $18) 41.
Be1 $16 Kg8 42. Kf2 b5 $2 (42... b6 $1 43. axb6 Nxb6 44. Ba5 $1 (44. Bxa6 Bc4
45. Bxc4+ (45. Bb7 Bd5) 45... Nxc4) 44... Nc4 (44... Bc4 45. Bf5 Nd5 46. Bd8
$16) 45. Bd8 a5 46. Bxf6 a4 47. Be7 $1 (47. Bxg5 a3 48. Bxc4 Bxc4 49. Bc1 a2
50. Bb2 Kf7 $11 {Der Bb2 ist so passiv, dass Weiß selbst mit zwei Mehrbauern
nicht gewinnen kann.}) 47... a3 48. Bxc4 Bxc4 49. Bxa3 $16) 43. Bb4 {[%csl Ga5]
[%cal Rd3f5,Rf5c8,Rc8a6]} Nb2 44. Bf5 $18 {Nach diesem Zug ist Schwarz
verloren.} Bc4 (44... Bb7 45. Be6+ Kh8 46. Bf8 $18 (46. Be7 $18)) 45. Ke3 {
Weiß verteidigt sich gegen 45...Nd3+.} Bd5 46. Bc8 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {Dieser Zug wird seltener gespielt
als die Alternativen 4...d5 und 4...Bb4.} 5. Bg2 {Dieser natürliche Läuferzug
ist logisch, aber auch 5.Nxe5 kommt in Betracht.} (5. Nxe5 $5 Bxf2+ (5... Nxe5
6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bg2 $16) 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8. d4 cxd4
9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 $14) 5... d6 6. d3 (6. O-O O-O 7. e3 (7. d3) 7...
a6 8. d4 Ba7 $11) 6... h6 {Dieser prophylaktische Zug richtet sich gegen das
mögliche Bg5.} 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 (8. a3) 8... Bb6 {Das ist eine natürliche
Fortsetzung. Andererseits aber ist die weiße Drohung (Abtausch des Bc5) nicht
wirklich gefährlich für Schwarz.} (8... Qe7 9. e3 a6 $11) (8... Bf5) 9. a3 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Weiß möchte 10.b2-b4 ziehen. Wenn er möchte, kann er den Bb6
abtauschen.} (9. Nxb6 axb6 10. b3 Bf5 (10... Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Bh3 14. Nxc6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxc6+ 16. Kg1 Nd7 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qg4 Rf7 {
1/2-1/2 Filipovich,D-Dougherty,M/Toronto 1993/EXT 98 (40)}) 11. Bb2 (11. Nh4
Bd7 12. e4 Nh7 13. Be3 Re8 14. h3 Nf8 15. a3 Ne6 16. Nf5 Ned4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18.
Bc1 Ne7 {0-1 Plantet,S-Savchenko,S/Paris FRA 2001/(40)}) 11... Re8 12. Nh4 Bh7
13. e4 Nd7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qg5 17. Be4 Nd4 18. b4 Nxe4 19.
dxe4 c5 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Sadler,M/London 1990/EXT 97 (29)}) 9... Be6 (9...
Bf5 $5 {Dieser Läuferzug scheint mir aktiver als die Partiefortsetzung.}) 10.
b4 a6 $6 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 $11) (10... e4 11. dxe4 Bxc4 $11) 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12.
Bb2 $14 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und die bessere Bauernstruktur.} Qd7 {[%cal
Ge6h3,Gh3g2]} 13. Re1 {Ein für solche Stellungen typischer Zug - Weiß
unterbindet den Abtausch seines Bb2.} Bh3 14. Bh1 Ng4 {[%cal Gf7f5] Schwarz
bereitet f7-f5 mit aktivem Spiel am Königsflügel vor.} 15. d4 e4 (15... exd4
16. Nxd4 $14) 16. d5 (16. Nd2 e3 17. fxe3 Qf5 (17... Nxe3 18. Qb3 $14) 18. Nf3
Nxe3 19. Qc1 Rae8 $132 (19... Nc2 $2 20. e4 $18)) 16... e3 (16... exf3 17. dxc6
bxc6 (17... Qxc6 18. exf3 Nf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f4 Qxc4 21. Qxd6 $18 {[%cal
Rd6b6,Rd6f6]}) 18. exf3 $16) 17. fxe3 (17. dxc6 $4 exf2#) 17... Qe7 (17... Nce5
18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. e4 $16 (20. Qd3 $16)) 18. Qb3 {Weiß hat einen
Mehrbauern, aber die Bauern auf der e-Linie sind schwach.} (18. Qd2) 18... Nb8
(18... Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 $16) 19. c5 {Weiß rechnet nicht groß nach,
sondern öffnet die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar.} (19. e4 $5 Nd7 $14) 19...
bxc5 (19... dxc5 20. e4 $14) 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e4 $13 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar
und starke Bauern im Zentrum. Schwarz kann den e-Bauern jedoch blockieren.} Nd7
(21... b5 22. e5 $13) 22. Rad1 Rac8 (22... b5 $5 $13) 23. d6 Qe6 24. Qxe6 (24.
Qc3 Ngf6 $13 (24... f6 25. e5 fxe5 26. Nxe5 $16 {[%cal Rh1d5,Rd5g8]})) 24...
fxe6 25. e5 b5 $15 {Die weißen Bauern auf d6 und e5 sind stark, aber der Nd7
nimmt ein gutes Blockadefeld ein. Zudem hat Schwarz eine gefährliche
Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel.} (25... Ne3 $5) (25... c4 $15) 26. Bc3 a5 $1 {
Mit diesem vorübergehenden Bauernopfer mobilisiert Schwarz seine Reserven am
Damenflügel.} 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Bc7 {Der Läufer steht nur scheinbar aktiv auf
c7, in Wirklichkeit ist er weit ab vom eigentlichen Ort des Geschehens.} Rxa3
$17 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5,Gc5] Die verbundenen schwarzen Freibauern sind sehr stark.}
29. Ra1 (29. Rb1 b4 $17) 29... Rxa1 (29... Rfa8 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 $17) 30. Rxa1 b4
(30... Ngxe5 $5 $17) 31. Nd2 {Weiß muss die schwarzen Bauern um jeden Preis
blockieren.} Ngxe5 32. Ra8 Rxa8 (32... c4 $17) 33. Bxa8 Bf5 {Die schwarze
Drohung ist Bc2 nebst Vormarsch des b-Bauern.} (33... c4 $17) 34. e4 Bg4 35.
Kf2 c4 36. Ba5 c3 (36... Kf7 $17 37. Bxb4 $2 (37. Ke3 $2 c3 $19) 37... Nd3+ $19
{[%cal Rd3b4,Rd3f2]}) 37. Nb3 Bd1 (37... c2 38. Nc1 Nc5 39. d7 Ncxd7 40. Bxb4
Nb6 41. Bb7 Nbc4 $17) (37... Kf7 $17) 38. Nc1 Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... b3
39. Bxc3 Nc4 40. Nd3 Nxd6 $17) 39. Bxb4 Ncd3+ 40. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 41. Kg2 $1 (41.
Ke3 Nxb4 42. d7 c2 43. d8=Q+ Kh7 44. Kd2 Na2 $11) 41... Ba4 (41... Nxb4 42. d7
c2 43. d8=Q+ Kh7 44. e5 c1=Q 45. Be4+ g6 46. Qe7+ $18) 42. Bxc3 $16 {Weiß hat
nun einen Bauern mehr und das Läuferpaar. Die Realisierung des Vorteils ist
aber aufgrund das reduzierten Materials nicht so einfach.} Kf7 43. Kf3 Nc5 44.
Ke3 Bb5 45. Bb4 Nd7 {Wie schon zuvor blockiert der Nd7 den d-Bauern.} (45...
Nd3 $2 46. d7 $18) 46. Kd4 Ba4 47. Ba5 (47. e5 $6 $14 {Nach diesem Zug muss
Weiß immer den Pe5 verteidigen.}) 47... Bb5 48. Bb7 Ke8 49. Bc7 Kf7 50. Kc3 {
[%cal Gc3b4]} Ne5 51. Kb4 Bd7 52. Kc5 g5 (52... Ke8 53. Ba5 $16) 53. Ba5 {
[%cal Ga5c3]} Ba4 54. Bc3 Nd7+ 55. Kb4 Bc2 56. Kb5 Ke8 (56... Bd3+ 57. Kc6 Ke8
(57... Bxe4+ 58. Kxd7 Bxb7 59. Kc7 $18) 58. Kc7 $18) 57. Bc6 Bd3+ 58. Kb4 Kd8
59. Bg7 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6]} h5 (59... Nb8 60. Bf6+ Kc8 61. Ba8 Kd7 62. Kc5 $18)
60. Bh6 g4 61. Bg5+ Kc8 (61... Ke8 62. Kc3 Be2 63. e5 Bf3 64. Bb5 Be4 65. Kd4
Bb1 66. Ke3 Bf5 67. Kf4 $18) 62. Kc3 Bb1 63. Be7 Ne5 (63... Nb8 $16) 64. Be8
Bxe4 65. Kd4 {[%cal Rd4e5,Rd4e4]} Bc6 (65... Bg6 66. d7+ $18) 66. Bxh5 Nf3+ 67.
Kc5 Bd5 68. Bxg4 $18 {Mit zwei Mehrbauern steht Weiß auf Gewinn.} Ne5 (68...
Nxh2 69. Be2 Nf3 70. Ba6+ Kd7 71. Bb5+ $18) 69. Be2 Nd7+ 70. Kd4 Bb7 71. Bg4
Bd5 72. h4 {Der h-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} Nb8 73. h5 Nc6+ 74. Kc5 Nxe7
75. dxe7 Kd7 76. h6 {[%csl Gh6]} Be4 77. Kd4 (77. Bxe6+ Kxe7 78. Kd4 Bg6 79.
Ke5 $18) 77... Bg6 (77... Bh7 78. Ke5 $18) 78. Bh5 (78. Bh5 Bxh5 79. h7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin Hecht} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. a3 g6 $6 $146 {Diese Neuerung gefällt mir nicht. Schwarz behandelt diese
Variante wie Anti-Gruenfeld (A16), aber dort spielt der Nachziehende viel
später e7-e5.} (7... Be7 $5) (7... Be6 $5) 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bg5 $1 {Dieser Zug ist
für derartige Stellungen typisch. Der Anziehende begrenzt den Spielraum des
schwarzen Läufers.} f6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Rc1 {Droht /\ Bxd4,Nb5 mit Bauerngewinn.
} c6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nc5 $1 {Ich meine, dass der Riesenspringer auf c5 Schwarz
sehr stöert.} f5 14. h4 $1 {[#] Weiss kontrolliert das Zentrum, und seine
Figuren sind gut postiert. Ein Spiel am Köningsflügel ist die logische
Konsequenz. Droht /\ h5 ->} h6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 $1 Qe7 18.
Rc2 $5 {Weiß will Ne6 spielen, aber er sollte erst den e2-Bauern decken.} (18.
Nce6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rae8 $132 {>< e2}) 18... Be5 {Droht /\ hxg5} 19. Nge6 Rf6
20. Nf4 Bd6 $6 {Der Nachziehende will den c5-Springer vertreiben, aber...} (
20... Bxf4 $5) 21. h5 $1 {[#] Ein schönes Figurenopfer, welches nicht
annehmbar ist. Es traf Schwarz wie ein Blitzschlag.} Bxf4 (21... Bxc5 22. hxg6
$1 (22. Nxg6+ $2 Rxg6 23. hxg6 Be6 24. Rxh6+ Kg8 $19) 22... Kg7 (22... Qf8 23.
Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rh7+ Kf8 26. g7+ $18) (22... Be6 23. Rxh6+ Kg8 (
23... Kg7 24. Rh7+ $18) 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxc5 $18) 23. Nh5+ Kxg6 24. Qg8+ $18)
22. gxf4 g5 23. Qb4 Rd6 24. a4 $1 {/\ a5 >< b7 und >< d4.} Qf6 25. fxg5 hxg5
26. a5 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxb7 Rb8 $6 (28... Rb5 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxa5
31. Kd2 Be6 $14) 29. a6 Bxb7 $2 (29... Rb5 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Nxd6 Rxb2 32. Kd2
$14) 30. axb7 Rb5 31. Qxb5 $1 {[#] Dieser Zug ist für Schwarz eine unangenehme
Ueberraschung.} cxb5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 (32... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 33. Rxb8 Qb6 34. f3 Qc7
35. h6+ Kh7 36. Rf8 Qxb7 37. Rxf5 $18) 33. Rxb8 {Hecht: TT-D: witzige Lösung
durch kurze Rochade, zwingender Gewinn der Türme i.V. mit Riesenfreibauer
infolge nacktem sK} Qb6 34. O-O $1 {Baburin: At last! Not surprisingly White
just wins after such a move! Weiß steht nach der Rochade sofort auf Gewinn.}
Qc7 35. Rc8 Qxb7 36. Rfc1 (36. Rfc1 Kh6 37. R1c7 Qd5 38. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 (4... d5) (4... Nd4) (4... Bc5) 5. Bg2
O-O 6. O-O e4 (6... Re8) 7. Ng5 {Dieser Zug ist aggressiver und wahrscheinlich
besser als die bescheidene Alternative 7.Ne1.} (7. Ne1) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8.
dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 8... Re8 9. f3 exf3 (9... e3 {Dieses Bauernopfer ist
eine interessante Option für Schwarz - nach 10.dxe3 bekommt Schwarz hier
ausreichendes Gegenspiel, daher sollte Weiß schon mit 10.d3 fortsetzen.}) 10.
Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde erstmals in der Partie Kasparov,V -
Ivanchuk,V Moscow 1988 URS-ch gespielt.} (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nd4 Qh5 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. e3 Bg4 $13) 11... Ne4 (11... dxc4 12. Bg5 $44) 12. Qc2 (12. cxd5 Nxc3
13. Qd2 (13. Qd3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Ne5 Rxe5 18.
dxe5 c6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qd6 Qe8 $44) 13... Nxd5 14.
e4 Nf6 15. e5 $13) 12... dxc4 (12... Bf5 $6 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Bf4 (14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Rb1 $16) 14... Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be5 Rxe5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. dxe5 Qc5+
19. e3 Ng5 20. Qf2 {1-0 Chernin,A-Farago,I/Austria 1996/CBM 52 ext (114)}) 13.
Rb1 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxe4 Ng6 15. Qd5 Qe7 $13) 13... f5 (13... h6 14. Nh4 Qe7
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 Rab8 17. Rf4 Nf6 18. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Kg2
Re8 {0-1 Vivo,M-Sax,G/Porto San Giorgio 1995/EXT 2000 (29)}) (13... Qe7 14. Nd2
Ng5 15. e4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 17. Kg2 Ng5 18. h4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 20. Qxe4
Rxe4 21. Rxb7 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Naumkin,I/Amantea 1995/EXT 97 (42)}) (13... f6 $5
14. Ne5 fxe5 15. Bxe4 Bh3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qg6 Bxf1 18. Bg5 (18. Qh5 Bxe2 19.
Qh3 Bg4 $19) 18... Re6 $1 (18... Qd6 19. Qh5 Bxe2 20. Qh4 $18) (18... Qd7 19.
Rxf1 $40) 19. Bxd8 (19. Qh5 Bxe2 20. Qh4 Rh6 $1) 19... Rxg6 20. Bxg6 Bxe2 21.
Bxc7 $13) 14. g4 fxg4 $6 (14... Qe7 $6 15. gxf5 Nd6 (15... Bxf5 16. Ng5 g6 17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxb7 $16) 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8
18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7 Bc6
24. f6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (24)}) (14... Nd6 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. Nh4 Nf7 17. Rxf5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. e3 Qxg4 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Nf3
Bf5 22. Qf2 {1-0 David,P-Polak,T/Olomouc 1995/EXT 97 (53)}) (14... g6 $6 15.
Bf4 (15. Bh6) 15... Be6 (15... fxg4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 (17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18.
dxe5 $16) 17... Nf7 18. Bxg6 $18) (15... Nf6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qa4
$36) 16. Rxb7 Bd5 17. gxf5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ne5 $1 g5 21.
Be3 Qd5 22. Rf5 Rad8 23. Rxg5+ Kh7 24. Nxc4 Qe6 25. Ne5 {1-0 Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/
Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (25)}) 15. Ne5 {[%mdl 2048]} Nxe5 $2 (15... Nd6 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. e4 $44) 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 $16 {[%csl Gb1,Gf1,Gg6,
Rg8][%mdl 128] Diese Stellung gitl seit 1988 bekanntermaßen als vorteilhaft
für Weiß - der schwarze Materialvorteil hat angesichts des starken weißen
Angriffs keine Bedeutung.} Qe7 (18... Re6 19. Qf7+ Kh7 20. Rb5 {1-0 Von Herman,
U-Gebigke,M/Lichtenrade 1995/EXT 2001 (20)}) (18... Re7 19. Ba3 Qe8 20. Qg5 Rf7
21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Rf1 $18) (18... Qd7 19. d5 b6 (19... Qe7 20. Ba3 Qe3+ 21. Rf2
$18) 20. Ba3 Bb7 21. e4 c5 22. Rf5 Rxe4 23. Rbf1 Bxd5 24. Rh5 $18) 19. Rb5 $1
Qe6 $6 (19... Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (20... Kxf8 21. Re5 Qf7 22. Ba3+ Kg8 23. Re8+
$18) 21. Rd5 Qf6 (21... c6 22. Ba3 $18) 22. Qe8+ Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rd8+
Kf7 (24... Ke7 25. Bg5+) 25. d5 b5 26. e4 Kg6 27. e5 Bb7 28. Rd7 Kf5 29. e6 Ke5
30. e7 Re8 31. d6 $1 Bc6 32. Bf4+ Kxf4 33. Rxc7 $18) 20. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rb5e5,
Re5e8] Droht 21.Re5 mit Gewinn.} g6 21. Qh6 {[%cal Rb5g5,Rg5g8] Schwarz gab
auf. Es gibt keine Verteidigung gegen 22.Rg5.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 {Üblich ist der normale Entwicklungszug 4.
Bg2, aber der Textzug ist auch spielbar.} e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 (6. Nxc6 dxc6
$11) 6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 d6 8. Bg2 h6 {Ein nützlicher Zug, sonst kann Weiß 9.Bg5
spielen, und der e4-Bauer wird schwach.} 9. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge3d5] Der
weiße Springer auf e3 kontrolliert die wichtige Punkten, besonders das Feld d5.
Nach späterem Springertausch auf d5 kann Weiß seine Bauernstruktur mit cxd5
verbessern.} O-O 10. O-O {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Hauptvariante
erreicht. Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, aber das ist nicht so wichtig, solange die
Stellung geschlossen ist.} a5 (10... Re8 11. Qc2 b6 (11... Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13.
Rae1 (13. b3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. c4 Bf5 17. a3 Nd7 18. Qb2 Qf6 {
1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Komarov,D/Vienna op 1996 (28)}) 13... a4 14. f4 exf3 15.
exf3 Ne7 16. Ng4 Ng6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Ne3 c6 19. Be1 Qa5 20. Bf2 {1-0 Timman,
J-Mestel,A/Las Palmas izt 1982 (40)}) 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. b3 Kh8 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Qg4 Rbe8 21.
Rad1 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Rxe2 $1 {Georgiev,K-Hjartarson,J/Manila izt 1990/1/2-1/2 
(64)}) 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. f4 exf3 {Praktisch erzwungen, sonst kommt
Weiß mit f5 und g4 zu aktivem Spiel am Königsflügel.} 14. exf3 Qe5 {Eine gute
Idee. Die schwarze Dame steht aktiv im Zentrum und zielt nach c5, wo sie die
wichtigsten Punkten kontrolliert.} (14... Bd7 15. Rae1 Qf8 {In unserer
Hauptpartie ist die Dame viel besser auf c5 plaziert.} 16. f4 Rab8 17. Qd3 Ne7
18. h3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Nexd5 20. cxd5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Be8 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 b5 24.
Bc3 Bd7 25. Bd4 Qd8 26. Qc3 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Osmanovic,K/Decin 1979 (46)}) 15.
Rae1 Qc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5g1]} 16. Kh1 Bd7 (16... Be6 17. b3 Re7 (17... d5
$5) 18. f4 Rae8 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. c4 a4
24. Bc3 {Ibragimov,I-Kuporosov,V/RUS-Cup7 1997/1-0 (59)}) 17. f4 (17. b3 Re7
18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Nd3 {1/2-1/2
Uhlmann,W-Popov,L/Berlin 1979 (40)}) 17... Ng4 18. Qd3 (18. Nxg4 Bxg4 $11)
18... Qh5 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qd5 {[%csl Gd5] Die Bauernstruktur ist praktisch
symmetrisch, aber dank des Läuferpaares hat Weiß einen kleinen, aber
dauerhaften Vorteil. Die weiße Dame steht so aktiv auf d5, daß Schwarz zum
Tausch gezwungen ist.} Qxd5 (20... Kf8 $5 {Schwarz hat klaren Plan - wenn
moeglich,die Tuerme auf der e-Linie zu tauschen.Ribli.} 21. h3 (21. Qb5) 21...
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Kg1 Be2) (20... Be2 $5) 21. cxd5 $14 {
Weiß hat einen kleinen Raumvorteil und steht dank seines Läeuferpaares aktiver.
Natürlich hat Schwarz eine verteidigungsfähige Stellung, aber es ist nicht so
leicht, vollständig auszugleichen.} Ne7 22. h3 Bd7 (22... Bf5) 23. Kh2 Bb5 24.
Rg1 a4 $6 {Schwarz gewinnt Raum am Damenflügel, aber der Bauer auf a4 wird
schwach bleben. Nach meiner Meinung wäre es besser gewesen, den Bauern auf a5
zu lassen.} (24... b6 25. b3 Ng6 26. c4 Bd7 27. g4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+
Bxe8 30. Kg3 $14) 25. Re4 Nf5 (25... Nxd5 $4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxd5 Re2+ 28.
Rg2 $18) 26. c4 Bd7 (26... Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Bd7) 27. Rge1 Kf8 28. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3]
[%cal Gc3g7]} b6 29. Bf3 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Ne7 31. g4 {Weiß hat Positionsvorteil.
Sein Läuferpaar spielt eine wichtige Rolle. Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum am
Damenflügel und am Königsflügel. Das schwarze Hauptproblem ist, daß er kein
Gegenspiel hat, er kann nur warten.} Re8 (31... f5 32. Bf3 $14 (32. Bd3 fxg4
33. Bxg7+ Kf7)) 32. Kg3 Ng8 33. g5 $1 {Weiß nimmt dem schwarzen Springer das
Feld f6.} (33. h4 $6 Nf6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {In diesem Fall der schwarze
Doppelbauer vermeidet weisse Aktivitaet am Koenigsfluegel.Ribli.}) 33... g6 (
33... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 34. Bd3 Nf5+ 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 (35... Rxe1 36. Bxd7 $16)
36. Bxg7+ $16) 34. Kh4 h5 $6 (34... Re7 $5 35. gxh6 Nxh6 {[%csl Gf5]}) 35. f5
Ne7 {Wenn Schwarz auf f5 nimmt, wird seine Bauerstruktur völlig zerstört.} (
35... Bxf5 36. Bxf5 Rxe1 (36... gxf5 $2 37. Bg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxe8 $18) 37. Bxe1
gxf5 38. Kxh5 $16 {[%csl Rf5]}) (35... gxf5 36. Bf3 (36. Bd3)) 36. fxg6 (36. f6
Nf5+ 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 $11 {Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil, aber das hat keine
Bedeutung. Er kann nicht weiterkommen.}) 36... fxg6 (36... Nxg6+ 37. Kxh5 Bxh3
(37... Nf4+ $2 38. Kh6 Nxh3 39. Bg7+ Kg8 40. Bh7#) 38. Bxg6 (38. Kh6 Ne5 $11)
38... Rxe1 39. Bxe1 fxg6+ 40. Kxg6 Bf1 $14 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber
die ungleichfarbigen Läeufer bieten Schwarz gute Rettungchancen.}) 37. Kg3 Bf5
(37... Nf5+ $5 38. Kf4 Kf7 {Nach meiner Meinung kann Schwarz diese Stellung
halten.}) 38. Kf4 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 $1 {Steinitz, der erste Weltmeister im Schach,
hat gesagt: "der König ist eine starke Figur!". Der weiße König zielt nach a4,
und die verschiedene Schachmöglichkeiten stören nicht.} Nf5+ (39... Nc6+ 40.
Kd3 Ne5+ 41. Bxe5 $14) 40. Kd3 Rxe1 41. Bxe1 Ke8 42. Bf2 {[%csl Rf5] Der
Läufer auf f2 schränkt die Möglichkeiten des Springers ein.} Kd7 43. Kc3 {
[%csl Ra4]} Kc8 44. Kb4 Kb7 45. Kxa4 $16 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr. Aber die
Vertwertung des Materialsvorteil ist nicht leicht. Es gibt nicht so viele
Einbruchsfelder.} Ka6 46. Kb4 Ne7 47. Kc3 {Schwarz kann nichts anderes machen
als zu warten.} Nf5 48. b4 Ne7 49. Kd3 (49. a4 $5) 49... Kb7 (49... b5 50. Kc3
Nf5 51. c5 Ne7 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Ke4 $16) 50. Ke4 Nf5 51. a4 Ka6 52. Be1 Ne7 (
52... Kb7) 53. Bc3 Nf5 54. Be1 Kb7 55. c5 $1 {Ohne diese Durcbruch kann Weiß
nicht gewinnen.} bxc5 56. bxc5 Ka6 (56... dxc5 57. Ke5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Re5f6,
Rf6g6] Und der Bauer auf g6 ist sehr schwach.}) 57. Bb4 Kb7 (57... Ng3+ 58. Kf4
Nf5 59. cxd6 cxd6 60. Bxd6 Nxd6 61. Ke5 $5) 58. Be1 Ka6 59. cxd6 cxd6 60. Bb4
Kb6 61. Kf4 Kc7 62. Ke4 Ng3+ (62... Kb6) 63. Kd3 Nf5 64. a5 Kb7 65. Ke4 $22 Kc7
(65... Ka6 66. Bxd6 Nxd6+ 67. Ke5 $18) 66. a6 Kb6 67. Bxd6 $1 $18 {Mit diesem
Figurenopfer gewinnt Weiß leicht.} Nxd6+ (67... Kxa6 68. Ke5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Rd5d8]}) 68. Ke5 Ne8 69. d6 {[%cal Rd6d8] Und Schwarz gab auf. Er kann nichts
machen gegen die weißen Bauern.} (69. d6 Nxd6 70. Kxd6 Kxa6 71. Ke6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 $6 {Ich möchte nicht behaupten, daß 4..
.g6 ein schlechter Zug ist, aber meiner Meinung nach bieten 4...d5 oder 4...
Bb4 bessere Ausgleichschancen. Ribli.} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 $6 {
Das ruhige 7.Bg2 bietet bessere Chancen, Eröffnungsvorteil zu erlangen.Ribli.}
dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {[#] Auf den ersten Blick scheint Weiß etwas besser zu
stehen, weil der schwarze Kd8 nicht in Scherheit ist, und der Nachziehende
noch dazu die Doppelbauern c7 und c6 hat. Aber in dieser konkreten Stellung
hat der Nachziehende mindestens gleiche Chancen, weil Weiß viele Schwachpunkte
in seiner Stellung hat,und der schwarze Bg7 besonders stark ist. Ribli.} 9. f3
(9. Bg2 Be6 10. b3 Ne4) (9. Rb1 $2 Bf5) (9. e4 $5 Nxe4 $2 (9... Re8 10. f3) (
9... Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Re8 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bg5+ Kc8 14. Rac1 a5 15. Rhd1
a4 $132 {Gulko,B-Kramnik,V/Novgorod/1995/}) 10. Nxe4 Re8 11. Bg5+ f6 12. O-O-O+
$18) 9... Be6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Be3 Kc8 12. O-O-O $6 {Nach der langen Rochade
bekommt Weiß Probleme mit seinem König.Ribli.} (12. Kf2) 12... Re8 13. Be2 (13.
Bd3 Ne5) 13... Nb6 $1 14. c5 Nd7 15. Kc2 Bf8 $1 {Mit 13...Nb6,und 15...Bf8 hat
Schwarz einen guten Plan gewählt. Er provoziert Bauernzüge und schwächt so die
gegnerische Königstellung. Ribli.} 16. b4 a5 17. a3 f5 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. exf5 (
19. Bc1) 19... gxf5 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. Be2 axb4 22. axb4 b6 23. Rhe1 Kb7 24. f4 $6
(24. Bb2 $5) 24... Ng4 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Bb2 bxc5 27. Ne4 $5 (27. bxc5 Ra5 $1)
27... Bf5 28. Bxg7 Bxe4+ (28... Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Kc3 cxb4+ 31. Kxb4 Bd5)
29. Kc3 cxb4+ 30. Kxb4 Bd5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 {Nach diesen Komplikationen haben wir
eine Stellung, in der Schwarz einen Mehrbauern hat, aber die, wegen der
ungleichfarbigen Läufer und des Doppelbauerns, technisch nicht leicht zu
gewinnen ist. Aber mit Türmen auf dem Brett bieten die ungleichfarbigen Läufer
- wie diese Partie zeigt - gute Angriffschancen. Ribli.} 32. Be5 Ra8 33. Ra1
Rd8 34. Rd1 (34. f5 $5 $15) 34... Rb8 $1 35. Kc5 Kc8 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Kd4 (37.
f5) 37... Kd7 38. Rc2 h5 39. Bf6 (39. Ra2 $5 Rxg3 $2 (39... Rb4+ 40. Kc5 $4 (
40. Kc3 Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Rc1 42. Ra7 Rh1 (42... Ke6 43. Rxc7 Rh1) 43. f5) 40...
Rc4#) 40. hxg3 Bxa2 41. Bf6 $11) 39... Ke6 40. Be5 Kd7 41. Bf6 Rb4+ 42. Ke3
Re4+ 43. Kd2 (43. Kd3 Re6 44. Be5) 43... Bc4 44. Be5 (44. Rc3 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Bb5)
44... c5 45. Kc3 {Die weiße Stellung ist kaum zu halten, aber er spielt auch
sehr passiv, ohne seine einzige Gegenchance, das eventuelle f4-f5, zu nutzen.
Diese Abwartetaktik hat in unserer Partie katastrophale Folgen. Ribli.} Kc6 46.
Rd2 Bd5 47. Rb2 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rf3 49. Rc2 c4 50. Kc1 Kc5 $19 51. Kb2 Rb3+ 52.
Kc1 Be4 53. Rb2 Rf3 {Und Weiß befindet sich im Mattnetz.Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. a3 (10. a4 Nxb4 $1 11. Nxe5 a5 12. d4 c6 13. e4 Be6 $10 {
Georgiev,Ki-Morozevich,A/Tilburg/1993/CBM39/INF59,45/}) 10... Bg4 $146 (10...
Be6 11. d3 f6 12. Ne4 (12. Be3 $5) 12... Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. e4 Bf7
16. Qc2 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nc8 18. Be3 N8a7 19. a4 a5 20. Qc3 Qd7 $13 {Miezis,
N-Tukmakov,V/Biel op/1995/EXP48/}) (10... Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Bf5 $5 {
Neu Idee.} 13. Qc2 (13. Nd2 $5) 13... Qd7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. e3 Na7
17. Nd2 Qa4 $10 {Sher,M-Tiviakov,S/RUS-ch Elista/1995/CBM50/INF65,(29)/}) 11.
d3 Re8 12. Be3 (12. Bb2 $5) 12... Bf8 13. Nd2 {/\ Nb3,Na5 /^ g2-b7} a5 14. bxa5
(14. b5 Nd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 Bxa3 $13 {/\ Bb4}) 14... Rxa5 15. Bxb6 cxb6
16. Nc4 Ra6 {Schwarz hat zwar den Doppelbauern auf der b-Linie, aber sein
Läuferpaar und der Druck gegen den a-Bauern geben ihm genügend Gegenchancen.}
17. a4 Be6 18. Qc1 Bc5 19. Rd1 Bd4 $5 {>< a4} 20. e3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc7 22. Rb5
{/\ Nxe5} Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rea8 24. Ra1 Ra5 $1 25. h4 Rxb5 26. Qxb5 Ra5 27. Qb2 g6
$1 {Der Nachziehende sichert seine Grundlinie.} 28. Bf3 h5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Ra3
Qd6 $1 {Schwarz droht jetzt mit /\ b5.} 31. Rb3 {Dieser Zug führt bald zum
Remisschluß.} (31. Rc3 $5) 31... Rxa4 32. Rxb6 Rb4 $1 33. Qa3 Qf8 34. Rxb4 Qxb4
35. Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Bb3 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. d4 Re8 $10 {Salov,V-Khalifman,A
Reykjavik WCup 1991 CBM/26 52/(38)}) 12. Qc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 (14. Rb1
f6 $6 (14... a5 $1) 15. Ba1 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. b5 Rb8 18. a4 Qf7 19. a5 $14 {
Uhlmann,W-Stohl,I Dortmund-A 1991 CBM/23 51/(37)}) 14... Nd7 15. d4 $1 exd4 16.
Bxd4 Bd5 17. Qb2 f6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Nc4 Rf7 22. e4
$1 Nc7 23. Bc5 b5 24. Bxe7 bxc4 25. Bd6 Qxe4 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Rc1
$14 a5 29. bxa5 Qe5 30. Qc3 Qb5 31. Qe1 $1 h6 32. Rcxc4 Rxa5 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34.
Rd8 Qf5 35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Rf4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Rf5 38. Rg4+ Rg5 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Rxg5 fxg5 41. Qg8+ Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh5 43. Qe8+ g6 44. h3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Qe8 $5 12. Nd2 Qf7 13. Nb3 Rab8 14. Qc2 Rfd8
15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 16. Na5 Qe8 17. Bd2 f5 18. Rfc1 Rd6 19. b5 $1 Qh5 20. Nxc6 Re8
21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. f3 g5 23. Rf1 g4 24. f4 e4 25. dxe4 Nc4 26. Bc1 fxe4 27. f5
$5 Bxf5 28. Qa4 Nb6 (28... Ne5 29. Bf4) 29. Qxa7 e3 30. Rb4 $1 Rh6 31. h4 gxh3
32. Rbf4 h2+ 33. Kh1 Bh3 34. Qb8+ Re8 35. Rf8+ $1 Kg7 36. Qxc7+ Nd7 37. R1f7+
Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qf4+ Kg6 40. Kxh2 Rh5 41. Qd6+ Nf6 42. Kg1 Rf5 43. Qd3
Kh5 44. g4+ $1 Kxg4 45. Bxe3 Rg8 46. Kh2 Kh4 47. Bg5+ $1 Kxg5 48. Kxh3 Nh5 49.
Nd5 Rg6 50. Qe3+ Nf4+ 51. Nxf4 Rxf4 52. b6 Kf5 53. Qc5+ Ke4 54. Qe7+ Kf5 55.
Qxh7 Re4 56. b7 Re3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Der FIDE-Weltmeister - inzwischen bereits Exweltmeister - spielt in
letzter Zeit gerne die Englische Eröffnung.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 g5 {Das ist ein - auf den ersten
Blick - unerwarteter Zug. Mit vertauschten Farben hingegen wäre dieser Zug
keineswegs ungewoenlich, denn in der Sizilianischen Drachenvariante (und mit
der haben wir es hier eigentlich zu tun) spielt man diesen Bauernzug. Die
schwarze Hauptidee ist, den Nf3 zu verjagen und Raum am Königsflügel zu
gewinnen.} 9. b4 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Ra1 Be4 $1 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
(13. Nxd4 $5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $13 Qd5+ $6 15. e4 $5 Qxe4+ 16. f3 Qd5 17. Re1 $36)
13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O-O 16. Nf3 (16. Nf5 Bf6 $15) 16... Rhg8 $1
{0-1 Claesen,P-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen 1994/Inf 61/[Gurevich,M] (64)}) (9. d3 h5 (
9... Be6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. b4 Bxa2 15. Rb2
Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. b5 Nd4 {0-1 Kumaran,D-Hector,J/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 55 
(38)}) 10. Be3 (10. b4 $5) (10. a3 h4 11. b4 hxg3 12. hxg3 a6 $6 {0-1 Serper,
G-Kortchnoi,V/Groningen 1993/Inf 59/[Kortchnoi,V] (34)} (12... Qd6 $1 13. Nb5
Qh6 14. Nxc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 Nxa8 $44)) (10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13.
Nb5 O-O-O 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bh3 16. Qc2 {1-0 Mulyar,M-Grechikhin,V/
Philadelphia 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 10... g4 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Rc1 $6 (12. b4 $13)
12... h4 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 c6 $15 {0-1 Miezis,N-Smirin,I/New York 73/33
1998/Inf 73/[Smirin,I] (30)}) 9... g4 10. Ne1 Nxb4 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern
mehr, doch seine Bauernstellung ist schwach. Weiß hingegen hat - dank des Bg2
und der offenen b-Linie - spürbar die Initiative am Damenflügel.} 11. Nc2 (11.
f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 N4d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rf1 Ne3 $4 15. Qa4+ c6 (15... Bd7 16.
Qd4 $18) 16. dxe3 {1-0 Rothermel,T-Gelfenboim,J/Wuertemberg 1999/EXT 2000 (21)}
) 11... Nc6 (11... Nxc2 12. Qxc2 c6 13. a4 $44) 12. Bxc6+ {Weiß gibt seinen
weißfeldrigen Läufer freiwillig her, dafür bekommt er jedoch die klar bessere
Bauernstruktur.} bxc6 13. d4 f6 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 c5 (14... Bc5 15. Nxc6 Qf6
16. Bg5 $3 Qxg5 17. Ne4 $18) (14... Bd7 15. Qd3 $16) 15. Nc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd6
17. Bf4 $16 {Gulko,B}) 14. dxe5 (14. Qd3 $5 Be6 15. f4 $13) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1
fxe5 16. Ba3 $5 $146 {Das ist die - wie ich glaube, gut vorbereitete -
Neuerung für das weiße Spiel. Dieser Zug ist aber auch sehr logisch, denn
durch den Läufertausch verliert Schwarz den Vorteil des Läuferpaares.} (16. Nb4
Bf5 $1 17. e4 Bxb4 (17... Bd7 $5) 18. Rxb4 Be6 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Rb2 Rf3 21. Nb1
Rc8 {0-1 Gulko,B-Benjamin,J/USA (ch) 1997/Inf 70/[Benjamin,Joel] (33)}) 16...
a5 (16... Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Be6 $13) 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3c5,
Gd3e5] Der Springer strebt nach d3, von wo aus er nach c5 gehen und den Pe5
attackieren kann.} Ba6 19. Nd3 Bxd3 (19... Nd7 20. Ne4 $44) 20. exd3 $5 $44 {
[%mdl 16] Mit diesem Zug schwächt Weiß freiwllig seine Bauernstellung. Nun
aber kann er, da die e-Linie geöffnet ist, den Pe5 mit Re1 angreifen.} (20.
Rxd3 $6 Rhd8 $13) 20... Rhd8 21. Ne4 {[%cal Gb1c1,Gc1c6] Droht 22.Rc1, und der
Pc6 hängt.} Nd5 (21... Rd4 22. Rdc1 (22. Rbc1 Rad8 23. Rxc6 $2 Rxe4 $19) 22...
Rxd3 23. Rxc6 $44) 22. Rbc1 Ra6 (22... Nb4 23. a3 Nxd3 24. Rxc6 $44) 23. a3 h5
$6 (23... Nf6 $142) 24. Re1 {[%csl Re5,Re7][%cal Ge1e7]} Rb6 25. Nd2 $14 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e5,Gc4b6] Der Springer strebt nach c4, von wo aus er den Pe5
attackiert.} Kf6 26. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} (26. Rc5) 26... Rb3 27. Rxe5 (27. Nxa5
Rxa3 (27... Rxd3 28. Nxc6 Re8 29. a4 $14) 28. Nxc6 Re8 $11) 27... Rxd3 28. Rxh5
{Jetzt wird der Nachteil des Zuges 23...h5 offensichtlich.} Rc3 $6 (28... Nc3
29. Kg2 $14) 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Ne3 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Re3g4][%mdl 4096]} (30.
Rxa5 $16) 30... Rd4 31. Rc5 {[%csl Gc5] Das ist bemerkenswert: alle vier
schwarzen Bauern sind schwach.} Nb5 32. Rxc6+ $16 {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern
und der schwarze Pg4 ist eine weitere Schwäche.} Kf7 33. Rc5 c6 (33... Nxa3 $6
34. Rxa5 Nc4 35. Ra4 Ne5 36. Rxd4 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nxd4 38. Nxg4 $18) 34. Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Gc4]} (34. Rxc6 $6 Nxa3) 34... Ke6 35. Kg2 (35. Nxa5) 35... a4 36. h3 {
Weiß tauscht die Bauern am Königsflügel. Mit den beiden verbundenen Freibauern
hat er ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen. Der Rc5 und der Nc4 stehen so gut, dass
Schwarz am Damenflügel nichts auszurichten vermag.} gxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Nd6 38. Nb6
(38. Nxd6 $6 Kxd6 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 38... Nb5 39. Rxc6+ Kf7 40. Rc4 Rd2 (40...
Rxc4 41. Nxc4 $18) 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Nxa4 Nxa3 43. Nc5 $18 {Mit zwei
verbundenen Mehrbauern gewinnt Weiß leicht. Man muss hier anmerken, dass es
sich bei dieser Partie um die erste sogenannte Tie-break Partie mit verkürzter
Bedenkzeit handelte. Normalerweise würde Schwarz diese Stellung sofort
aufgeben.} Nc2 44. Ne4 Rd5 45. Rg4+ Kf7 46. Rg5 {Weiß möchte die Stellung
natürlich vereinfachen. N+P+P gegen N gewinnt ebenso leicht, wie R+P+P gegen R.
} Rd4 47. Rc5 Ne1 (47... Rxe4 48. Rxc2 $18) 48. Ng5+ Kf6 49. g4 Nd3 50. Rf5+
Kg6 51. f3 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kh4 Rd1 54. Nh3 {Jetzt droht 55.Nf4+ mit
sofortigem Springertausch.} Ng7 55. Nf4+ Kh7 56. Rd5 Rf1 57. Rd3 Ra1 58. Rd7
Kg8 59. Nd5 Ne6 60. Re7 Nd4 61. f4 Kf8 62. Re4 Nf3+ 63. Kg3 Nd2 (63... Ra3 64.
Re3 $18) 64. Re2 Ra3+ 65. Ne3 Ne4+ (65... Nc4 66. Kf3 $18) 66. Kf3 Nd6 67. Rc2
Kf7 68. Rc7+ Ke8 69. f5 Nf7 70. Kf4 Nd6 71. Nd5 Ra4+ 72. Kg5 Nf7+ 73. Kf6 Nd6 (
73... Ra6+ 74. Kg7 $18) 74. g5 Ra5 75. Ke6 Ra6 76. Nf6+ Kf8 77. Nd7+ Kg8 78.
Nb8 Rb6 79. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. a3 Re8 {Nach ungewoehnlicher Zugfolge sind wir endlich in der Mitte
der Hauptvariante.} 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12. Nd2 $5 Rb8 13. e3 Ne6 14.
Nf3 f6 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Ne4 a4 19. d4 $14 {Bischoff,
K-Stajcic,N/AUT-chT 9596/}) 12... Bf8 (12... c5 $2 13. Nd2 $1 Qc7 14. e3 $16 {
Lobron,E/Sokolov,A/Bern op/1994/CBM39/}) 13. Ne4 (13. Nd2 $5 Bd7 (13... c6 14.
bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 a4 16. Nb5 Be6 17. e3 Ba2 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Nf3 $14 {Petursson,
M-Fernandez Garcia,J/Novi Sad olm/1990/INF50,30/}) (13... a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3
Nc5 16. Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 17. d4 Rg5 $2 (17... Re8 $5 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxc5
20. Rdc1 $1 $14 (20. Rac1 $2 Nc4 $1 $36 {Uhlmann,W-Kozul,Z/Novi Sad ol/1990/
INF59,(52)/})) 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxc5 20. Rd8 $16 {Gulko,B-Short,N/
PCA-Wch/1994/CBM42/INF61,32/}) 14. a4 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nf3 Nc7 17. bxc6 Bxc6
18. e4 Qd7 19. Qb3 Bb4 20. Rfd1 Na6 21. d4 $36 {Gulko,B-Morozevich,A/Moscow
PCA/1995/EXP46/}) 13... a4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qc2 Ra5 $6 16. Qb2 f5 17. Ned2 $6
{Warum nicht l7.Ng5? Dann droht l8.Qa2 und gleichzeitig hängt d4.} Rxe2 18.
Nxd4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Be7 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 $16 {Schwarz hat seriöse Probleme
mit der Koordination seiner Figuren. Der weiße g2-Läufer ist sehr stark.} Bc5
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nf3 Qf8 25. Re1 $6 (25. Ne5 $1 {und ein
vernünftiger Zug ist schwer zu finden.}) 25... h6 26. Qe2 Bd7 $13 27. Bxb7 Bxa3
28. Rd1 Bd6 29. c5 (29. Nd4 $5) 29... Rxb5 30. cxd6 Rxb7 31. Qe7 Qc8 32. Rc1 {
Ich denke, Weiß war in großer Zeitnot. Allmählich verpfuscht er seine Stellung.
} a3 33. dxc7 a2 34. Qa3 (34. Qxd7 Qxd7 35. c8=Q+ Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kh7 37. Rc1
Rb1 $19) (34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxc8 Bxc8 $19) 34... Rb1 35. Nd2 a1=Q {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Skalkotas, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 (7.
O-O O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. Qb3 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Kindermann,S Dortmund-A 1990 CBM/18
}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 h6 (9... c6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rfd1 d6 12. b4 {
Tal-Kochiev URS 1981 31/52}) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc5 c6
14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a4 Nc7 17. Be3 $14 b5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nxb5
20. Bb6 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Ra4 Rd8 23. Ra8 Re8 24. Ra4 Rd8 25. Ra7 Bh3 26.
Bg2 $1 (26. Rxb7 $4 Ra8 $19) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rd7 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Ra7 Kg6
30. f4 Re7 31. Kf3 Re3+ 32. Kf2 Re7 33. b4 Kf6 34. Ra8 h5 $2 (34... Rd7) 35.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kelly, Brian"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 $5 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 c6 13. e4 Bf6
14. Nc2 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Na4 $36 {Williams,S-Cooper,L/Hastings Masters/1995/EXP48/
}) 9... O-O 10. b3 $5 (10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Nd2 (12. Qa4 $5 {Georgiev}
) 12... b5 $1 $36 {Gabriel,C-Georgiev,Ki/Altensteig/1995/CBM49/INF64,(33)/})
10... f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 (11... Kh8 $5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. a3 (14. f4 $5)
14... Rf7 $13 {Levin,F-Romanishin,O/Bad Endbach/1995/CBM47/}) 12. Nb5 $146 {
Weiss behandelt diese Stellung wie eine normale Sizilianische Scheweninge
Variante.} (12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Rf7 (13... Kh8 $5 {siehe 11...Kh8!?}) 14. e4 $5
(14. f4 $1 $16 {Timman}) 14... f4 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd5 $14 {Timman,J-Short,N/
Amsterdam VSB/1994/CBM41/INF60,34/}) 12... Be6 (12... Nd4 13. Nfxd4 exd4 14.
Ba3 Rf7 15. Rc1 $13) 13. a3 Rf7 14. Qc2 Rd7 15. Ba1 Rb8 {Droht /\ Nd4.} 16.
Rfc1 $1 {<-> C} Nc8 17. Nd2 Bd5 18. Bh3 g6 19. Nc4 Nd6 20. Nbxd6 cxd6 21. e4 $1
Be6 22. d4 $1 {[#] Ein interessanter Versuch, die Stellung zu verschaerfen.}
exd4 (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. exf5 Bf7 25. fxg6 Bxg6 26. Bf5 $14) 23. exf5
Bf7 24. fxg6 Bxg6 25. Bf5 {Nicht einfach zu entscheiden, ob d4 Bauern scwaech
oder stark wird.} Kg7 26. Kg2 Qg8 {Droht /\ Qd5+.} 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Nd2 Re8 (
28... Qd5+ 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Re8 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 $16)
29. Nf3 Rde7 30. Qc4 d5 (30... Qxc4 31. Rxc4 $14 {>< d4}) 31. Qb5 (31. Qd3 Re4
32. Rc2 Qe6 {Siehe die Partie.}) 31... Qf7 32. Qd3 Re4 33. Rc2 Qe6 $6 (33... g5
$5 {Schwarz sollte mit diesem Zug auf seinen Angriffsplan konzetrieren.}) 34.
h4 $1 {Weiss kann jetzt fast in aller Ruhe seine Stellung verstaerken, ohne
dass der Nachziehende ueber ein erfolreiches Gegenspiel verfuegt.} Re7 35. Rd1
Qg4 36. Rcd2 $1 {>< d4} Qf5 37. Qb5 $1 {[#] Schwarz kann jetzt den
Bauernverlust nicht mehr verhindern.} g5 38. hxg5 Bxg5 39. Nxd4 Nxd4 40. Rxd4
Rxd4 41. Rxd4 (41. Rxd4 Bf6 42. Rf4 $1 $18 {Ribli}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Die umgekehrte Drachenvariante. Weiß
spielt das Drachensystem mit Mehrtempo, und Schwarz spielt das weiße System.
Ribli.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O {Schwarz übt über das
Zentrumsfeld d4 positionellen Druck aus, während Weiß seine Chance auf der
halboffenen c-Linie suchen wird. Diese Variante ist in letzter Zeit sehr
populär.} 9. a3 Be6 (9... a5) 10. Be3 f5 11. Rc1 (11. b4 Bf6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13.
Bc5 Rf7 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 Ned5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qc2 e4 18. Ne1 Qe8 19. dxe4
fxe4 20. a5 Nc8 21. Qd2 Rd7 22. Qf4 b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bb4 Na7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7
26. Qxc7 Nxb5 27. Qc1 Nd4 28. Qd2 Qb5 {0-1 Sinanovic,M-Gabriel,C/CRO-Cup 1997 
(42)}) 11... Bf6 (11... Kh8 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd5 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bc5 e4
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Portisch,L/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 12. b4 {
Weiß führt den typischen Angriff am Damenflügel mit zwei gegen drei Bauern
durch und besitzt eine halboffene Linie. Auf der anderen Seite hat Schwarz
seine Chancen im Zentrum.} (12. Nd2 Kh8 (12... Rf7 13. Nb3 Nd5 14. Nc5 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Qe8 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Rd7 19. Rxb7 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Rc1 Be5 22. Rb5 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Roos,T/Berlin op 1984/MCD-op}) (12... Rb8 13.
Nb3 Nd5 14. Nc5 Bf7 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qd6 17. Bd2 Bd5 18. e4 fxe4 19. dxe4
Bf7 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Bh3 a5 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2
Cebalo,M-Smejkal,J/Vrsac 1983/MCD-r8 (41)}) 13. Nb3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Nd4 15. Qa2
c6 16. Bd2 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qxd3 18. Bb4 Qxe2 19. Rfe1 Qh5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. a4
e4 22. a5 Nd5 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxc6 Nb4 25. Qa3 {Gyimesi,Z-Kosebay,O/EUCup G6
1997/1-0 (57)}) 12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Nd2 c6 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Na4 Bf7 (15...
Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd5 17. Rc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14) 16. Nc5 Rb8 $11) 13... exd4 14.
Na4 Bd5 (14... Nd5 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Qb3 $16) 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nb3 $146 {[%cal
Rb3d4]} (16. Qd2 Rae8 17. a4 c6 (17... Qxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. a5 Na8 20. Nxd4
Bxg2 21. Nxe2 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 $14 {Weiß hat aktives Figurenspiel und Druck am
Damenflügel, während der schwarze Na8 sehr schlecht steht.}) 18. Rfe1 Nc8 19.
Qf4 Nd6 20. h4 b6 21. Na6 Qd7 22. Nd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Kh8 $2 (23... Re7 $10 {
Hjartarson,J}) 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. e3 $1 Qb7 26. b5 c5 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Kg1 Bf6
29. d4 $16 {Ljubojevic,L-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1991}) 16... Rad8 $11 17. Bh3 (
17. Nbxd4 $2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 $19 {[%cal Rd8d4]}) 17... Be6 (17... g6 18.
Nbxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 $16) (17... Bxf3 18. exf3 $14 {Pf5 hängt und Weiß möchte
f3-f4 spielen, nebst Bg2 und Spiel auf den weißen Feldern.}) 18. Na5 {Weiß
verliert zu viel Zeit mit dem Springer, während Schwarz natürliche Züge
ausführt. Zudem gibt es im weißen Lager eine große positionelle Schwäche: der
Punkt c3.} (18. Nc5 $5) 18... c6 19. Re1 Qf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7a2] Mit diesem Zug
umgeht Schwarz eventuelle Unannehmlichkeiten auf der e-Linie und kontrolliert
die Diagonale g8-a2.} (19... Nd5 {[%csl Rc3,Gd4][%cal Rd5c3]} 20. Qc2 (20. e4
dxe3 (20... Nc3 21. Rxc3 dxc3 22. exf5 $16 {[%cal Re1e8]}) 21. fxe3 Bb2 $19)
20... Nc3 21. Nb3 Nb5 22. Qb2 $11) 20. Qc2 Rfe8 (20... Nd5 $5) 21. Bg2 Nd5 $15
{[%csl Gd4,Gd5][%cal Rd5c3] Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar - der Bf6 ist jedoch
noch nicht so gut postiert -, Raumvorteil im Zentrum und ein starkes
Springerfeld auf d5. Sein Plan ist einfach, auf den schwachen Punkt c3 zu
zielen.} 22. e3 {Sonst besetzt Schwarz das Feld c3.} dxe3 23. fxe3 {Jetzt
bekommt das Spiel offenen Charakter, was für Schwarz aufgrund des Läuferpaares
von Vorteil ist. Zudem sind die weißen Bauerninseln schwach, besonders seine
d- und e-Bauern sind für die schwarzen Türme leicht zu attackieren.} Nb6 24.
Kh1 Rd7 {[%csl Rd3]} 25. e4 Red8 {[%csl Gd7,Gd8][%cal Rd8d3] Schwarz hat
positionellen Vorteil. Weiß hat kein aktives Gegenspiel, während Schwarz über
viele Möglichkeiten verfügt.} 26. Re3 (26. e5 Be7 27. d4 g5 $15 (27... Bd5) (
27... Qh5 $15)) (26. Red1 Qh5 $15 (26... h6 $15)) 26... fxe4 27. dxe4 Qh5 {
[%csl Gh5]} 28. Rce1 Qb5 {[%csl Gb5]} 29. Bf1 Qh5 (29... Qa4 30. Qxa4 Nxa4 31.
e5 Be7 32. Bg2 $15) 30. Nb3 $6 {Weiß hat die schlechtere Stellung und möchte
gewinnen? Natürlich! Das war nämlich die zweite Partie des Miniwettkampfes,
und die erste Partie hat Spraggett verloren, weshalb er in dieser Partie auf
Sieg spielen muß. Es fällt ihm natürlich leicht, riskant zu spielen, denn
verlieren oder remis bedeuten hier ja das Gleiche: Den k.o.} Bg4 31. Bg2 Bg5
32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. Qc5 (33. Nc5 Re7 $15 (33... Rd2 $2 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Nxb7 $16)
) 33... Qg6 34. e5 Rd1 $17 {[%csl Gd1,Gd8,Rh1] Schwarz hat die viel bessere
Figurenkoordination. Die weiße Königsstellung ist leicht anzugreifen.} 35. Be4
Qe6 36. Qc2 $6 (36. Qc3 Nd5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5+ $15) (36. Na5) 36... Nc4 $1 $19 {
[%csl Re1,Re3] Nach diesem Zug verliert Weiß Material und die Partie.} 37.
Bxh7+ {Es gibt keine Lösung, der Re3 hat kein Feld.} Kh8 38. Kg2 (38. Re4 Bf3+
$19) 38... Nxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Bh3+ {Und Weiß gab auf. Es gibt keine Verteidigung
gegen das drohende Matt.Ribli.} (39... Bh3+ 40. Kf2 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Qg4+ 42. Rf3
Qxf3#) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 {[#] Jetzt
steht der Anziehende vor einer schwierigen Entscheidung: Darf er den Zug Bg5
einfach zulassen oder besser verhindern.} a6 $5 (7... h6 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Ba7 10.
Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. c5 $14 {
Gulko,B-Ashley,M/San Francisco/1995/CBM46/}) 8. Bg5 $146 {Zwei Runde vorher
hat Gulko die selbe Stellung gehabt, aber er konnte aus der Eroeffnung keinen
Vorteil erreichen.} (8. e3 h6 9. b3 Ba7 10. Bb2 Rb8 $5 11. h3 b5 12. Rc1 Bd7
13. Kh2 Re8 $13 {Gulko,B-Wolff,P/USA-ch Modesto 02/1995/CBM51/}) 8... h6 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nd2 Bg4 $5 {[#] Der Nachziehende
konzentriert voellig auf seinen Angriffsplan, ueberlaesst er den Damenfluegel
dem Gegner.} 13. Ne4 {Weiss koennte hier mit 12.Bxc6 den schwarzen
Damenfluegel schwaechen, aber Gulko hat Angst vor einem schwarzen
Koenigsangriff.} (13. Bxc6 bxc6 $13) 13... Nd4 14. Nc3 c6 $10 {Watzkin hat die
Eroeffnung zufriedenstellend geloest.} 15. f3 Bh5 16. e3 Ne6 17. Qc2 g5 $5 {
Ein interassanter Versuch, die Stellung zu verschaerfen.} 18. Rae1 {<-> E} Qd7
19. f4 $5 exf4 20. exf4 {/\ f5} f5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. Qd2 {>< g5}
Qg7 24. Ne2 Re7 25. a3 Qh6 {>< h2} 26. Ng1 Rh7 27. Bf3 Bf7 $5 (27... Bxf3+ 28.
Nxf3 {/\ Re5 >< c5,f5,g5}) 28. Bd1 f4 29. Qg2 Kh8 30. Bg4 fxg3 31. Qxg3 Nf4 32.
Bf5 Bg6 (32... Bd5+ 33. Be4 $10 (33. cxd5 Rxf5 $36)) 33. Bxg6 Qxg6 34. Ne2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Merrillville"]
[Date "1997.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Nach meiner persönliche Meinung ist
die Variante ein wenig riskant für Schwarz. Schwarz tauscht zwei Springer aber
verliert Zeit. Ribli.} (4... d5) (4... Bb4) (4... Bc5) 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 $6 Qe7
6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5 $5) 7.
Qb3 Bc5 $5 {Die Idee des Manövers 6...Bb4,und 7...Bc5 ist: Schwarz provozierte
den Damenzug und in einigen Varianten steht die Dame schlechter auf b3 als auf
d1. Ribli.} (7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 $6 12. Qc2
Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25}) 8. O-O O-O 9.
d3 (9. Na4 Be7 10. Rd1 c6 $1 (10... c5 11. d3 d6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. a3 Rb8 14. Qa2
Qd7 15. Nd5 Qh3 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rb1 $14 {Miles,A-Sadler,M Oostende op 1991
EXP/26}) 11. d4 $5 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1
Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 $13 {Serper,G-Aseev,K/St Petersburg op2/
1994/EXP43/}) 9... h6 {Schwarz verhindert die mögliche Fesselung mit Bc1-g5.
Ribli.} (9... d6 10. Na4 $14 {Und Weiß bekommt das Läuferpaar. Ribli.}) (9...
c6 $5) 10. e3 (10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. b4 $14 Bf8 14. b5 Bc5
15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Rb1 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992/CBM 30/
[Ribli] (31)}) (10. Bg2 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rb1 Bf8 13. e4 a6 14. b4 b5 15. c5
a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 d6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. h3 Be6 20. Rd1 Qd7 {0-1 Liebert,
H-Kalinitschew,S/Halle-B 1987 (27)}) 10... a6 11. Rd1 $14 {Weiß bereitet den
Zentrumvorstoß d3-d4 vor. Sein Läufer auf f3 steht sehr aktiv auf der langen
Diagonalen, weil Schwarz Entwicklungsprobleme mit seinem c8-Läufer hat. Ribli.}
Ba7 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5] Schwarz muß den starken
weißen Springer tauschen, wonach der d5-Bauer positionellen Druck am
Damenfluegel entfaltet. Ribli.} (14. Qc2 d6 15. b3 Bf5 $11) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5
{Dank des starken Bauern auf d5 hat Weiß dauerhafte Initiative und Schwarz
kein Gegenspiel. Ribli.} d6 16. Bd2 Bc5 {Schwarz möchte seine Läuferstellung
mit folgendem ...a6-a5 und ...b7-b6 festigen. Ribli.} (16... Rb8 17. Rac1 $14 {
[%cal Gc1c7]}) (16... Bf5 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Qxb7 $16) (16... Bh3 17. Rac1 $14)
17. Bc3 Qf5 18. Bg2 a5 19. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4] Den weiße d4-Läufer erzwingt den
Läufertausch, wonach die Schwäche des Bauern c7 in der halboffenen c-Linie
spürbar wird. Ribli.} b6 (19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 $14 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga1c1,Gd4c4,
Gb3c3,Gc1c7] Der weiße Plan ist einfach: Turmverdoppelung in der c- Linie
gefolgt von Qc3. Der c7-Bauer ist sehr schwach. Ribli.}) 20. Qc3 {Weiß
bereitet den Läufertausch vor. Er möchte a3 nebst b4 spielen, um nach
Läufertausch die entscheidende Schwäche c7 zu belagern. Ribli.} Qg6 (20... a4
21. b4 axb3 22. axb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 21. b3 {Weiß verbessert Zug um Zug
seine Stellung. Jetzt droht schon 22.a3, 23.b4 und die Antwort 21...a4 ist
verhindert. Ribli.} (21. a3 a4 $1 {Das ist eine typische Methode b2-b4
verhindern. Jetzt hätte Schwarz viel bessere Aussichten als in der Partie. Er
besitzt "ewig" den Läufer auf c5, der nicht mehr vertrieben werden kann. Ribli.
}) 21... Re8 (21... h5 $5) 22. a3 h5 {Eine gute Idee. Schwarz bekommt etwas
Initiative am Königsflügel. Ribli.} 23. Qd2 $5 {Jetzt will Weiß mehr als den
einfachen Läufertausch. Er möchte mit 24.Bc3 und 25.b4 den ganzen Läufer!
Ribli.} (23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Rc7]})
23... h4 (23... Bxd4 24. Qxd4 $14) 24. Bc3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rb3b4]} h3 25. Bf1
b5 $8 {Die einzige Möglichkeit für die Rettung des Läufers. Ribli.} 26. b4 (26.
Bxb5 Qe4 {[%cal Re4g2]} 27. Bf1 Qf3 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Re8e3]} 28. Re1 Bb7 {
[%csl Rd5]} 29. Rad1 Bxa3 30. Bxh3 $16) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bb6
29. Bd4 (29. Bxb5 $5 {Schwarz hat etwas Initiative am Königsflügel und der
Partiezug bietet sicheren Positionsvorteil, aber Weiß kann diesen Bauern
nehmen. Ribli.} Qe4 30. Bf1 (30. Bxe8 $4 Qg2#) 30... Qf3 31. Ra8 $1 {[%cal
Ra8g8]} (31. Qe2 Rxe3 32. Qxf3 (32. fxe3 Bxe3+ $19) 32... Rxf3 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Rf3c3]}) (31. Qd1 Rxe3)) 29... Qe4 (29... Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Bd7 31. Qc3 {
[%csl Rc7]}) 30. Bxb6 cxb6 {[%csl Rb5,Rb6] Anstelle der "ewigen" c7-Schwäche
hat Schwarz jetzt einen schwachen Doppelbauern. Ribli.} 31. Ra8 $16 {[%cal
Ra8g8]} Bg4 $4 {Ein unglaublicher Fehler! Nach 31...Bd7 hat Schwarz eine
passive Stellung, aber er kann seine Stellung noch verteidigen. Ribli.} (31...
Bd7 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (32... Bxe8 $2 33. Bxh3 $16) 33. Qd4 Qd8 34. e4 $16) 32. Qd4
$1 $18 {Schwarz gab auf, denn er verliert mindestens eine Figur. Ribli.} (32.
Qd4 Qxd4 (32... Qe7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxg4 $18) (32... Rxa8 33. Qxe4 $18) 33.
Rxe8+ Kh7 34. exd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gulko} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 {
In dieser Variante hat Gulko schon mehrere Erfahrungen} 7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4
9. Nd4 h6 (9... d6 10. Bg5 exd3 11. exd3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Rae1 $14 {Gulko,B-Kortschnoj,V/Horgen CS/1995/CBM50/}) 10.
dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nc5 $146 (11... d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Qb2 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Qd7 16. Bf4 c6 17. a4 $14 {Portisch,L-Salov,V/Tilburg/1994/CBM44/INF61,
(33)/}) 12. Ba3 $1 {Die aktiven weissen Figuren kompensieren seine schlechte
Bauernstruktur -a2,c3,c4- ausreichend.} Ne6 $8 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe6 (14. c5
Nc4) (14. Qb3 d6 {/\ 15...Nd7}) 14... Rxe6 (14... fxe6 15. Qe4 Nf7 16. c5 $36)
15. c5 $1 {Dieser Bauer stoert die schwarze Entwicklung sehr.} (15. Bd5 Ra6 $1
(15... Re8 $2 {Gulko} 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qg6 $18) 16. f4 Ng4 $1 $13) 15... Rb8 16.
Bd5 Ra6 (16... Re8 17. Qa4 $14) 17. Bb4 b5 18. Qe4 Nc4 $146 (18... Nc6 19. Bxc6
Rxc6 20. Qxc6 dxc6 21. Rxd8+ $18) (18... Ng6 19. c6 $1 $18) 19. Rd3 {Droht /\
Rf3 ><f7 /\ 20.Rf3->} Rf6 20. a4 a5 {Beginn taktischer Komplikationen, die
fuer Schwarz wegen dessen schlechter Entwicklung unguenstig enden.} (20... Nb2
21. Rf3 Nxa4 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qe8+ Kh7 24. Bxf7 $18) (20... a6 21. a5 $16 {
Schwarz hat eine sehr passive Stellung ohne realistische Gegenchancen.} (21.
axb5 {Gulko} axb5 22. Ra1 {/\ 23.Ra7})) 21. axb5 Nb2 (21... axb4 22. Qxc4 bxc3
23. Rc1 $18) 22. Bxa5 $1 {[#]} Nxd3 (22... Rxb5 {Gulko} 23. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7 24.
Qe8+ Kh7 25. Be4+ g6 26. Rd6 $1 $18) 23. Qxd3 $16 {Beide Bauern und die
aktiven Figuren -Ba5,Bd5- sind mehr als genuegende Kompensation fuer die
geopferten Qualitaet.} d6 24. c4 $1 Bf5 (24... dxc5 $4 25. Bxf7+ $18) 25. Qd4
Qe7 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Re1 Rg6 (27... Qe5 28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Bc7 Re8 30. b6 $18)
28. Bc3 h5 29. e4 Bh3 30. Ra1 $1 {Droht /\ Ra7 ><f7.} Qg5 31. b6 (31. Ra7 $4
Qc1+ $19) 31... Be6 32. Bc6 Qc5 33. Qxc5 dxc5 34. b7 Bxc4 35. Ra8 Rxc6 36.
Rxb8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 Rd6 38. b8=Q Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Bf1+ 40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 {Das ist eine beliebte
Variante von Karpov und I.Sokolov. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 (6. e3 O-O 7. O-O
Re8 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 Bf5 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Qd7 12. Kh2 h6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Ne7 15. dxe5 Be4 16. Bb2 Nxd5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Nh4 {Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/
Vejstrup 1989/CBM 15/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 6... a6 {Die schwarze Strategie ist, den
schwarzen Läufer auf der a7-g1 Diagonalen zu halten. Ribli.} (6... O-O 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Nfd2 Qe7 11. O-O f5 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Kh8
14. Rb1 Nd8 $13) (6... h6 7. a3 a6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. b4 Ba7 11. Qc2 Qd7
12. Rd1 Rfe8 {Vinke,A-Sebastian,D/GER-chJM U17 1996/EXT 96ch2/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 7.
O-O (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O Ba7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. b4 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13.
Qxf3 c6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. a4 Bd7 16. b5 Bc5 17. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Chernin,A/Vidmar mem12th 1997 (22)}) 7... O-O (7... h6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. h3 Ba7
10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qb3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Be6 15. Kh2 Qd7 16.
Rac1 Rfc8 17. b3 Rab8 {Vila,A-Spraggett,K/Sevilla op 1993/TD 93\03/0-1 (52)})
8. a3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nd2 Bg4 $5 {
1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Waitzkin,J/USA-ch 1995 (33)} (12... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 13. e3 Nf5
$11)) (8. e3 h6 9. b3 Ba7 10. Bb2 Rb8 $5 11. h3 b5 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Kh2 Re8 $13
{Gulko,B-Wolff,P/USA-ch Modesto 02/1995/CBM51/}) 8... Nd4 (8... h6 9. b4 Ba7
10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Nd2 Qd7 $6 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Qa4 $1 $16 {
Timman,J-Karpov,An/Arnhem (m/5)/1993/0.5 (55)}) 9. Ne1 $146 {Weiß tauscht den
Springer nicht, und möchte mit späterem e2-e3 ein Tempo gewinnen. Das ist eine
ganz logische Idee. Ribli.} (9. b4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bd4 (10... Ba7 11. Bg2 c6 12.
Rb1 Be6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bh3 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 $1 17. Qd3 b5 18. cxb5
axb5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 {0-1 Oliwa,M-Bobras,P/POL-ch 1996 (40)}) 11.
Bb2 c6 12. e3 Ba7 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 $10 {= Stefansson,
H-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik (zt) 1995}) (9. e3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 c6 11. b4 (11. d4 {
Ftacnik} Bb6 12. b4 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Bb2 Bh3 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17.
Bxg4 Nxg4 18. c5 Bc7 19. e4 Qe6 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Rd3 {Paneque,P-Hernandez,A/
Cuba ch sf 1995/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 11... Ba7 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. a4 Bh3 15.
Qd1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Bb2 d4 20. exd4 Bxd4 {
0-1 Schacher,G-Zifroni,D/EU-chJM U20 1996 (26)}) (9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2
(11. e3 $5) 11... Bf5 12. e3 Ne6 {0-1 Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Sanghi Nagar FIDE sf1
1995 (36)} 13. Nf3 h6 $1) 9... c6 10. e3 Nf5 (10... Ne6 {[%csl Re6] Nach
meiner Meinung steht der Springer auf e6 schlechter als in der Partie. Ribli.})
11. Nf3 Ba7 12. b4 $14 {Weiß hat gewissen Raumvorteil und entwickelt beide
Läufer auf die langen Diagonalen, was ihm einen kleinen Vorteil bietet. Ribli.}
(12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 d5 $13 {Der zunächst auf a7 nicht so gut stehende Läufer
kann später über b8 leicht ins Spiel kommen. Ribli.}) 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Rb8 (
13... b5 $5 14. cxb5 axb5 (14... cxb5 $2 15. Nxe5 $16 {[%cal Rg2a8]}) 15. a4 (
15. Nd2 Bd7 $11)) (13... d5 {Ftacnik} 14. c5 (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Nd4 $11)) 14. Rc1 b5 {[#]} 15. c5 $13 {Dieser und die folgenden
geistvollen Züge von Weiß führen zu komplitziertem Spiel, mir erscheinen die
Verwicklungen für Weiß vorteilhaft. Ribli.} dxc5 (15... d5 {[%csl Ra7]} 16. e4
dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Nxe4 20. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Gb2,Gg2]})
16. Ne4 $1 cxb4 (16... Nxe4 17. dxe4 Ne7 18. Bxe5 $14 (18. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Rb7
19. bxc5 $14)) 17. Nxe5 bxa3 {Ftacnik: Black is unlucky, that his main
tactical idea with sacrifice on e3 fails. Ftacnik: Schwarz spielt ohne fortune,
da seine taktische Hauptidee mit dem Opfer auf e3 leider scheitert.} 18. Ba1 {
Weiß hat zwei Bauern weniger, aber alle seine Figuren stehen aktiv. Schwarz
kann seinen Materialvorteil nicht halten. Ribli.} (18. Nxc6 $2 axb2 19. Nxd8
bxc1=Q 20. Qxc1 Rxd8 $17 {Schwarz besitzt Turm und zwei Leichtfiguren für die
Dame, was mehr als ausreichender Ersatz ist. Ribli.} 21. Qc7 (21. Nxf6+ gxf6
22. Qc7 Rd7 (22... Rd7 23. Qf4 Ne7 $17)) 21... Rd7) (18. Nxf6+ {Ftacnik} Qxf6
19. Rxc6 Qe7 20. Ba1 Bb7 $17) 18... Nxe4 (18... Nxe3 $2 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1
Nxe4 (20... Bxc1 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxc6 Qc7 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxc1 $18) 21. Bxe4
Bxc1 22. Qh5 $1 $18 Bh6 (22... g6 23. Rxf7 $1 gxh5 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Ng6#) (
22... f5 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qxg7#) 23. Qxf7+ (23. Nxf7 {Ftacnik}
Rb7 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27. Qg6#) 23... Kh8 24. Ng6+
hxg6 25. Qxg6 Rxe4 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qxg7#) 19. Bxe4 {[%csl Ga1,Ge4]} (19. dxe4
$2 {[%csl Rg2]} Qxd1 (19... Ne7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qxa3 $44) 20. Rfxd1 Ne7 21.
Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 b4 $19 {Die schwarzen verbundenen Freibauern entscheiden
die Partie. Ribli.}) 19... Qg5 $2 {Die Dame steht schlecht auf g5. Das wird
die Ursache für den Verlust der Partie sein.} (19... c5 $5 20. Qf3 $13 (20. Nc6
Qc7 21. Nxb8 Qxb8 22. Qg4 {[%csl Rf5,Rg7]} g6 23. Qg5 Qd6 $15)) 20. Nxc6 Rb7 {
Tactical complications make and brake many games, with this move black misses
the boat. Taktische Komplikationen entscheiden viele Partien, mit diesem Zug
verliert schwarz seine Chancen.} (20... Nxe3 21. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Gc6,Rg5][%cal
Gd2g5]} (21. Qd2 $1 {Ftacnik} h6 (21... Qh6 22. Rfe1 Ng4 23. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2
gxh6 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Nxb8 $18) 22. Rfe1 (22. Nxa7 Nxf1 23.
Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rxf1 Bb7 $16) 22... Ng4 23. Qxg5 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 hxg5 25. Bh7+ (25.
Nxb8 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bb7 27. Nd7 f5 $17) 25... Kxh7 26. Rxe8 Ra8 27. h3 Nf6 28.
Re7 $13) (21. fxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rb7 23. Rc2 Bh3 $15)) 21. Nxa7 Rxa7 22. Rc5 {
[%cal Rc5g5] Diese Feßlung auf der fünften Reihe entscheidet die Partie.} f6 {
Schwarz kann den Figurenverlust nicht mehr vermeiden. Ribli.} (22... Qg6 {
[%cal Ge4g6]} 23. Qf3 Nh4 24. Qf4 Qb6 25. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Ra1g7]} Rxe5 26. Rxc8+
) (22... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxc8 (23. Qc2 Nd6) 23... Rxc8 24. Bxf5 Rd8 25. Bd4
Rb7 26. Qa1 f6 27. Rb1 $16) (22... b4 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. e4 b3 25.
Rxf5 $18) 23. Qc2 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Be6 (23... Nxe3 24. Qc1 $18 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Rc5g5]} (24. Qc1 {Ftacnik} Nxf1 25. Rxg5 fxg5 26. Kxf1 $18)) 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25.
e4 Qg6 26. Rxf5 $18 {Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern für die Figur und die
Bauernmasse am Damenflügel ist nicht gefährlich für Weiß. Ribli.} Qf7 27. Qc3 (
27. Rd5 {Ftacnik} b4 28. Rb1 Rb7 29. Qa4 $18) 27... a2 {Dieser Bauer allein
kann die Partie nicht halten. Ribli.} 28. Rd5 Rb7 (28... Rd7 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxd7
(29. Qb3 Rxd5 30. exd5 Re2 31. Bb2 $18) 29... Qxd7 30. Bb2 $18) 29. Qa3 b4 30.
Qxa2 Rb5 (30... b3 {Ftacnik} 31. Qa3 $18) 31. Qxa6 {Und Schwarz gab in völlig
verlorener Stellung auf. Ribli.} (31. Qxa6 {Ftacnik} Rxd5 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Qc4
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 {Das ist eine ungewöhnliche
Zugfolge, üblicherweise spielt man 5.Nc3.} Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 {Anstelle der
Partiefortsetzung wäre auch der Aufbau 7.d3 nebst b3-Bb2 mit dem Plan
Nd2-e4-c5 spielbar. Die durch den Textzug erreichte Variante wird aber
deutlich häufiger gespielt.} Nb6 8. a3 O-O (8... a5) 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 a5 {
Diese Fortsetzung gefällt mir nicht. Schwarz sollte zunächst abwarten - mit 10.
..Bf8 - und nur nach 11.Bb2 mit 11...a5 antworten. In unserer Partie kommt der
Bc1 sehr gut auf f4 zur Geltung.} (10... Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. e3 Nxf3+
14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Be4 Be6 $2 (17... Bxe4 18. dxe4 Qf6
19. Nd5 $14) 18. d4 $1 Bb3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qf5 {1-0 Sturua,Z-Xu Jun/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 $5 {Natürlich tauscht Weiß
nicht auf d4, denn er möchte e3 und später d4 ziehen. Ein weiterer Vorteil für
Weiß besteht darin, dass sein schwarzfeldriger Läufer auf c1 steht, weshalb er
in vielen Varianten das starke Rb1 ziehen kann.} a4 (12... c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14.
Rb1 a4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Nd4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nc3 20.
Qc2 Nxb1 21. Qxb1 Bc5 22. Bxb7 Bg4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Be4 g6 25. a4 {1-0 Cekro,
E-Miralles,G/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68 (39)}) (12... Rb8 13. e3 Ne6 14. Nf3 f6 15.
Qc2 Bf8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Ne4 a4 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 {
1-0 Bischoff,K-Stajcic,N/Austria 1996/CBM 52 ext (57)}) 13. e3 Ne6 (13... Nf5
14. Nf3 $14) 14. Nf3 f6 (14... Nc5 15. Nxe5 Nb3 16. Ra2 Nxc1 (16... Be6 17.
Bxb7 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Bxa2 19. Bxa8 $16) 17. Qxc1 Bf6 (17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rxe5
19. d4 $14) 18. d4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rd1 $14) 15. d4 $14 {[%mdl 4] Nach
diesem Zug bekommt Weiß Übergewicht im Zentrum, zudem hat er das bessere
Figurenspiel.} exd4 16. Nxd4 (16. exd4 $5 $14) 16... Nxd4 17. exd4 {[%csl Gg2]
[%cal Gg2a8]} f5 $6 {Schwarz fürchtet das mögliche 18.Ne4 und schwächt daher
seine Stellung.} (17... Bd6 18. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Ge4c5]}) 18. Bf4 {[%csl Gf4]
[%cal Gf4c7]} Bf6 $6 (18... Bd6 19. Bxd6 (19. Be5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1
Rxe5 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Rfd1 $44) 19... Qxd6 20. Re1 $14) 19. Rc1 $1 {Weiß
kümmert sich nicht um die Verteidigung des Pd4, sondern attackiert seinerseits
den Pc7.} g5 {Dieser Zug schwächt die schwarze Königsstellung, aber guter Rat
war hier in der Tat schon teuer.} (19... Bxd4 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 (20... Bxf2+ $2 21.
Rxf2 Qxc7 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7a8,Rc7e8]}) 21. Qxd4 $14) (19...
Qxd4 20. Bxc7 $14) 20. Be5 {Weiß investiert vorübergehend einen Bauern, um
weiteren positionellen Vorteil zu erlangen.} Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd1 (21... Qe7 22.
Qh5 $16 (22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. e6 $16 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Rd5e5,Re5c7,
Re5h8]})) 22. Rfxd1 Rxe5 23. Nd5 Be6 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Be6 (24... Kh8 25.
Rxc7 $18) 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxc7 $18 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rc7b7,Rc7h7]}) 24. Nxc7
$16 {[%mdl 2048] Weiß hat den Bauern zurück gewonnen und übt mit seinen
aktiven Figuren starken positionellen Druck aus.} Rc8 (24... Rb8 25. Rd6 $18 {
[%cal Rd6b6,Rd6e6]}) 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Nxe6 Rxb7 (26... Rxe6 27. Bd5 Nxd5 28.
Rxd5 $16) 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Nxg5+ {Weiß hat nun schon zwei Bauern mehr und
Angriff.} Kg7 29. Rc6 $18 {[%csl Rg7]} Nd7 (29... Rxb5 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Rh8 $18
) 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nc7 (31. Nd4 $18) 31... Re1+ 32. Kg2 Ne5 (32... Nf6 33. Rd4
Re4 34. Rdd6 $18) 33. Rc5 f4 (33... Ke7 34. Re8+ Kd6 35. Rd5+ Kxc7 36. Rexe5
Rxe5 37. Rxe5 $18) 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. f5 Ne7 (35... Ne5 36. f4 $18) 36. Rh8 (36.
Rd4 $18) 36... Kg7 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Ne8+ (38. Ne8+ Kg5 (38... Kf7 39. Nd6+ $18 {
[%cal Rd6b7,Rd6f7]}) 39. f6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linklater Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 {
Diese Idee ist populär in jüngster Zeit, jedoch nach der Zugfolge 7.0-0 Be7 8.
Rb1. Seine Hauptidee ist, dass Weiß nicht erst a3 oder d3, sondern sofort
b2-b4 ziehen möchte.} g6 {Eine logische Fortsetzung - weil der Bf8 noch nicht
entwickelt ist, braucht sich Schwarz nicht um das weiße Spiel am Damenflügel
zu kümmern, und platziert seinen Läufer nach g7.} (7... Bg4 {[/\ Qd7,
0-0-0|^>>]} 8. O-O f6 9. d4 $1 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 $1 12. Qxd4 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14. h3 $5 Bh5 15. e3 Bf7 16. b3 c5 $1 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nd5 $1
{1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Oratovsky,M/North Bay 74/30 1998/Inf 74/[Serper,G] (24)}) 8.
O-O Bg7 9. b4 (9. d3 h6 10. b4 O-O 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 a6 13. a4 axb5 14. axb5
f5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 e4 17. Nd5 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb4 c5 20. Nd5 Ba6 {
0-1 Jovanovic,S-Maric,M/Cetinje 1992/EXT 97 (29)}) 9... O-O 10. d3 (10. a4)
10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 {Dieser Zug wirkt auf den ersten Blick nicht sehr logisch -
denn in der Folge gewinnt Schwarz Raumvorteil im Zentrum und das Feld c3 wird
ein ewiges positionelles Loch. Andererseits aber bekommt Weiß die für diese
Stellung übliche Initiative am Damenflügel, zudem wirde sein Springer aktiv
auf e4.} (11. Nd2 $5) (11. a4) 11... exd4 12. Ne4 Nd5 {[%csl Yc3]} 13. Bg5 $6 (
13. Qb3 $5 c6 (13... Be6 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2 $14) 14. b5 $13)
13... f6 14. Bd2 b6 {Schwarz bereitet 15...Be6 und verhindert Nc5.} 15. Qc1 (
15. Qc2) 15... Be6 $6 (15... Bb7 $15 {Aufgrund des Zuges 14...b6 wäre diese
Entwicklung des Läufers logischer gewesen.}) 16. Qc6 $13 Qe8 17. Qxe8 $6 {
[%mdl 16384] Weiß hätte mit diesem Tausch noch etwas warten sollen.} (17. Rfc1
$1 a6 $1 $13 (17... Qxc6 $2 18. Rxc6 Rfe8 19. Ng5 (19. b5 h6 $6 {[%cal Rf6f5,
Rf5e4] Schwarz bereitet den Zug f6-f5, aber der Textzug verhindert gar nicht
die Moeglichkeit Ng5.} (19... a6 20. Ng5) 20. Ng5 hxg5 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxd5
Rae8 23. Rc1 Kh7 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Kf1 $16) 19... fxg5 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Bxd5
Rae8 22. Rc1 Kf8 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Kf1 $16)) 17... Rfxe8 18. h3 $6 {Das ist
nur ein weiterer Zeitverlust.} (18. Rfc1) 18... Rad8 19. Rfc1 h6 $15 {Jetzt
ist alles soweit vorbereitet - anschließend kann Schwarz f6-f5 ziehen, und der
stolze weiße Ne4 muss weichen.} 20. g4 {Weiß räumt das Feld g3 für seinen
Springer.} f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Ng3 Nc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 23. Bxc3 $6 {Natürlich
ist der Nc3 unangenehm für Weiß, aber auch mit diesem Tausch hätte Weiß nicht
eilen müssen.} (23. Rb2 Bd7 24. Bf3 $15) 23... dxc3 24. Rc2 c5 $1 {Es ist nur
logisch, dass Schwarz die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar öffnen möchte.} 25. Bf1
$6 {Wieder ein passiver Zug - das ist ein außerordentlich genügsames Feld für
einen Läufer.} (25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 c4 27. Bc6 cxd3 28. exd3 Rf8 29. Re2 Bc8
30. Rxa7 Rxd3 31. Rc7 $15) 25... c4 $17 26. dxc4 (26. Rd1 $142) 26... f4 $1 27.
Ne4 Bf5 28. f3 Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Dieses Opfer ist einfach aber schön -
aufgrund der passiven Stellung seiner Figuren ist Weiß hilflos.} 29. fxe4 Bxe4
$19 30. Rcc1 (30. Rbc1 Bxc2 31. Rxc2 Rd2 32. Rc1 c2 $19) 30... Bxb1 (30... Bxb1
31. Rxb1 c2 32. Rc1 Rd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 a5 $6 (5... Bc5 $5) 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Re8 (7... d6 8. Nxb4 axb4 9. b3 Bf5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Re1 Ra5 12. d4 $14 {
Georgiev,Ki-Sokolov,I/Tilburg 20'/CBM44/}) 8. d3 h6 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Bc5 {
Nach meiner Meinung passen die drei Züge a5+ Bc5+ Re8 in dieser Variante nicht
zusammen.} 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Ba7 14. Nc3 Qd7 $146 (14... Nd7 15. Qc2
Nc5 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nd5 $14 {Serper,G-Timman,J/Manila olm/1992/INF55,42/}) 15.
Kh2 Bg6 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Rae1 Be6 {Die letzten schwarzen Läufermanöver 
(Bg4-h5-g6-f5-e6) sehen sehr mysthisch aus.} 18. Nb5 Bb6 19. e4 $1 Nh7 20. d4 {
Weiß verbessert seine Stellung thematisch durch Raumgewinn.} exd4 21. Nfxd4 a4
{Der Nachziehende versucht am Damenfluegel einiges Gegenspiel zu erreichen.}
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 (22... Rxe6 23. b4 $14) (22... fxe6 23. b4 $14 {/\ c5}) 23. Qc3
$1 Qe5 24. Qc1 $1 Qe6 25. b4 $14 {/\ c5 >< c7} Ne5 $8 26. Bxe5 $1 {Der
Anziehende hat das Läuferpaar aufgegeben, um die Kontrolle über die weissen
Felder zu erlangen, und um gegen die c7,b7 Bauern und den b6 Laeufer spielen
zu können.} Qxe5 $8 (26... dxe5 $2 27. c5 $18) 27. f4 Qh5 28. e5 $1 {Die
schwarze Dame auf h5 und der Springer auf h7 stehen im Abseits. Dieses
chancenreiches Bauernopfer sichert Weiß die Initiative.} dxe5 29. c5 exf4 30.
Rxf4 $1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 c6 32. Nd6 Bc7 33. Qe7 Bxd6 34. cxd6 {/\ d7-d8} Rf8 35.
Qxb7 $1 {Das bedeutet Rückeroberung des Bauern mit Vorteil für Weiß, der ein
sehr gutes "Geschaeft" abgeschlossen hat. Der Anziehende hat einen sehr
gefährlichen d-Bauern, und die schwarzen Bauern am Damenfluegel sind nicht
mehr lange haltbar.} (35. d7 Qg5 36. Rxf7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Nf6 38. b5 $16) 35...
Qe5 36. Qe7 $1 Qxe7 37. dxe7 Re8 38. Bxc6 Rxe7 39. b5 $1 {Jetzt marschiert
dieser Bauer durch.} Nf6 40. b6 Re2+ (40... Nd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Rxa4 Rb7 43.
Rb4 Kf8 44. a4 Ke7 45. a5 Kd7 46. a6 $18) 41. Kg1 Rb2 42. Rb4 {Die ganze
Partie war eine sehr gute Leistung von Hansen.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Atlas,V} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {Dieser Zug wird heutzutage
selten gespielt. Die Alternativen sind 4...d5, 4...Bb4 und 4...Nd4.} 5. Bg2 {
Weiß kann sich hier mit 5.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe5 7.e4 das Läuferpaar
verschaffen, aber nach 7...c5 bekommt Schwarz auch seine Gegenchancen.(der Ne5
steht gut, und die weiße Königsstellung ist ein wenig unsicher).} d6 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 h6 {Dieser übliche, prophylaktische Zug richtet sich gegen 8.Bg5.} (7...
Be6) 8. b3 (8. a3 a6 $5 (8... a5)) 8... a6 9. Bb2 Nd4 $6 {Damit bereitet
Schwarz des Abtausch seines Springers vor, läßt Weiß zugleich aber Zeit,
Initiative zu entwickeln. Der Turmzug (9...Re8 mit guten Ausgleichschancen)
ist meiner Meinung nach die beste Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} (9... Re8 $5 10. e3
Ba7 11. h3 $6 (11. Rc1 $5) 11... Be6 (11... Bf5 12. a3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rab8 14. b4
b5 15. Qe2 Nd8 16. Rac1 c6 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Janssen,R-Meyer,H/Tallinn 1997/
CBM 59 ext (46)}) 12. Kh2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. d4 $6 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... exd4
15. exd4 Bf5 16. a3 Re7 17. b4 Rde8 {0-1 Hansen,L-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1995/
CBM 46/[Ribli] (34)}) (9... Be6 10. e3 Ba7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Bg4
14. d5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Janssen,R-Gustafsson,J/Pinneberg
1997/EXT 2001 (16)}) 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 (10... exd4 11. Ne4 Ba7 (11... Re8) 12.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. e4 $14) 11. e3 Ba7 12. d4 {Mit einfachen Mitteln gewinnt Weiß
Vorteile im Zentrum. Der Bg2 steht stark, Schwarz hingegen hat Probleme bei
der Entwicklung des Bc8.} exd4 13. exd4 $14 {Der Tausch des Nc6 gegen den Nf3
erweist sich am Ende als vorteilhaft für Weiß - die Diagonale ist offen für
den Bg2. Mit Springern auf c6 und f3 hätte Schwarz die Möglichkeit zu Bg4 mit
Fesslung des Nf3.} Rb8 (13... Bg4 14. Qd2 $14 (14. Qd3 $5)) 14. Qd3 Be6 $6 {
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, er verschafft Weiß ein wichtiges Tempo. Schwarz
provoziert will damit den Zug 15.d5 provozieren, um seinen Ba7 zu aktivieren.
Doch dadurch wird auch der weiße Bb2 stark.} (14... b5 $2 15. cxb5 axb5 16.
Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 $16) (14... Bd7 $5) 15. d5 Bd7 16. h3 {Weiß bereitet Kh2 vor,
um später z.B. f2-f4 oder g2-g4 ziehen zu können. Eine andere Idee des Zugs
ist, Ng4 zu unterbinden.} (16. a4 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) 16... b5 17. cxb5 axb5
18. b4 {Natürlich darf Weiß nicht b5-b4 zulassen.} Qc8 19. Kh2 Bf5 20. Qd2 Re8
(20... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7e5,Ge5c4,Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}) 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Rac1 Kf8 (
22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Bf1 $14 (24. Re2 $14)) 23. a3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25.
Re2 Bg6 (25... Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Bd4 27. Qd2 $14) 26. Kg1 Bb6 {Weiß besitzt etwas
Raumvorteil, aber die schwarze Stellung ist sehr solide. Die einzige kleine
Schwäche ist der Pb5, doch auch der ist gut zu verteidigen.} 27. Kh2 Ba7 28. g4
h5 $6 (28... Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Bd4 30. Qd2 Bb6 $14) 29. g5 Ng8 (29... Nh7 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Bc1 $14) 30. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Gb2g7][%mdl 2048]} Qf5 $6 {'?' Atlas,V.
Atlas,V: 'A serious mistake, yielding White a large advantage.'} (30... Ne7 $2
31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qc3+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Nf6 $18) (30... Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4
32. Bxe4 Bb6 33. Qc3 f6 34. Qf3 $16) 31. Ng3 {'!' Atlas,V.} Rxe2 $4 {[%mdl
8192] '?' Atlas,V. Ein unglaublicher Fehler! Die Widerlegung ist
zugestandenermaßen nicht typisch, aber normalerweise muss man das Motiv sehen.
Man sollte aber auch bedenken, dass diese Partie in der letzten Runde gespielt
wurde. Die Anspannung war insofern besonders groß. GM Cvitan gelang es durch
diesen Sieg, sich für die Weltmeisterschaft zu qualifizieren.} (31... Qd7 32.
Rxe8+ (32. Qc3 {Atlas,V} f6 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $13) 32... Qxe8 33. Qc3 Bxf2 34. Ne4
$16 {Atlas: "and White retains good winning chances."}) 32. Bxg7+ $1 $18 (32.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 (32... Ke8 33. Qxe2+ {[%cal Re2e8,Rg3f5]}) 33. Nxf5+ Bxf5 34. Qxe2
$18 {[%cal Re2b5,Re2h5]}) 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Black "Dueckstein, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Rb1 f6 12. Bb2 c6 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Qc2 Qe8 15. Ne4 Ba2 16. Rbc1 Bd5 $13 {Gulko,B-Huebner,R Munich 1990 CBM/18})
13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Qd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nc8 17. Qa4 Rd8 18. Ba1 a5 19.
Qc2 Ne7 20. a4 Qc7 21. Qb2 Rd7 22. Rfc1 Qe5 23. Qd2 Nd5 24. Bb2 Nb4 25. Ba3 Nd5
26. Bb2 Nb4 27. Re1 Qxc5 28. Ba3 Qa7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Qa5 31. Rd1 c5 32.
Rxb7 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxa4 34. Rb8+ (34. Rxd7 $4 Ra1+ 35. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 34... Kf7
35. Bc6 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. Rxa2 Bxa2 39. h4 Be6 40. Rh8 h6 41.
Rb8 Ke7 42. Be4 f5 43. Bf3 c4 44. dxc4 Bxc4 45. Rb6 Rd7 46. Rg6 Kf7 47. Rc6 Bd5
48. Bxd5+ Rxd5 49. Kf3 d3 50. exd3 Rxd3+ 51. Kf4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 {Weiß spielt eigentlich Sizilianisch - Drachenvariante, aber natürlich mit
einem Mehrtempo.Ribli.} (8. d3) (8. Rb1) (8. b3) 8... O-O 9. b4 {Weiß besitzt
Aktivität am Damenflügel, unterstützt durch den Bg2. Schwarz hingegen
kontrolliert das Zentrum.} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 {Schwarz provoziert den
Bauernzug 12.b5 und will gegebenenfalls mit 12...Nd4 fortsetzen.} (11... Qd7) (
11... Nd4) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 {Weiß tauscht den Springer nicht, denn er möchte
mit dem späteren 14.e3 ein Tempo gewinnen.} (13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 (14...
Nd5 15. Bb2 Qe8 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Bxd4 Bxa3 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Bc8 20. Qc4 Qf7
21. Rfc1 Rfe8 22. Rb2 Re7 23. Nb3 b6 24. Nd4 Rd6 {0-1 Ismail,H-Rizouk,R/Cairo
op 1996 (53)}) 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. a4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Kg1 Rac8 19. Bb2 f5
20. Rc1 Bg5 $2 21. Rc4 $1 Bf6 22. Qb3 Rfe8 23. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,
L-Rasmussen,B/Canadian op 1997 (37)}) (13. Ne1 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Na4 (15. Nf3
Rd8 16. Qc2 a4 17. e4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rd1 Bb3 20. Rxb3 axb3 21. Qxb3+ Kh8
22. Ne2 Rda4 23. d4 Bxa3 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Be3 Nc4 {0-1 Gulko,B-Tukmakov,V/New
York PCA-op 1994 (37)}) 15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6 18. Bb2 $5 {TN} (
18. Nf3 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. a4 Nf7 22. Nd2 Rxd3 23. Bxc6 Rc8 {
0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Tukmakov,V/Zuerich op 1995 (27)}) 18... Qd7 19. Bc3 Qe8
$5 20. f4 $5 exf4 21. Rxf4 Kh8 22. Nc2 Qg6 $5 23. Rd1 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Miezis,
N-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen op 1996 (61)}) 13... Bd5 $8 $11 {Schwarz gibt sein
Läuferpaar auf, kann dafür aber seinen Springer gut ins Spiel bringen.} (13...
Nd5 $2 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 {[#]Das ist eine bekannte Eröffnungsfalle.} Nf5 (
15... Ne6 16. e4 $18) 16. e4 $18) (13... c6 $6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. e3 Nf5 16. Qc2
$16 {[%csl Rc6]}) (13... Rb8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Nb3 a4 17. Nd2 $16) 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ (15. Ne4 a4 (15... f5 16. e3 fxe4 (16... Ne6 17. Qb3 $5)
17. exd4 exd4 18. Bxe4 (18. dxe4 Nc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Ra1 Ne2+ (20... a4 21.
Qc4 Qd7 $5) 21. Kh1 Nxc1 $11) 18... Nc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Re1 Rae8
22. Bxb7 Bd6 23. Be4 a4 24. Qc4 Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,O-Tukmakov,V/Zaragoza op
1993 (60)}) 16. e3 Nb3 17. Rxb3 (17. Qc2 Nb6 (17... Kh8 $5) 18. Bb2 Kh8 19.
Rfd1 Nd5 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Ra5 22. d4 $14 {1-0 Trofimova,O-Lomineishvili,M/
EU-chJW U20 1996/JUN 97 (44)}) 17... axb3 18. Qxb3 Kh8 19. Ng5 fxg5 20. Bxd5
Rb8 21. Be4 Bd6 22. a4 b6 23. Bb2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Stefansson,H/ISL-ch
1996 (27)}) (15. Bb2 a4 $1 16. Bxd4 exd4 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Nc4 (
18. Qc1 Bc5 19. Qc4 c6 $2 $15) 18... h5 {[%cal Rh5h4]}) 15... Qxd5 16. a4 Bb4
$1 {Schwarz hat ein starkes Zentrum und eine aktive Dame. Er kann mit dem
Ergebnis der Eröffnung zufrieden sein.} (16... c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 Rad8
19. Bd2 e4 20. Bxa5 Qh5 21. Re1 Rd5 $13 {Schwarz droht 22...Qh3 nebst 23...Rh5.
}) 17. Nc4 $6 (17. Nb3 c6 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rad8 19. Be3 $11) (17... c5 18.
bxc6 (18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qb3 (19. Bd2 $15) 19... Qxb3 20. Rxb3 Rfc8 $17 {
[%cal Rc8c2]}) 18... bxc6 19. Be3 $11 (19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 c5
$15)) 18. e4 Qd7 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 c5 21. Rc1 b6 22. f4 Rfe8 23. f5 Qf7 24.
Bf4 Rac8 25. Qe2 Bc3 26. g4 c4 $13 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Torre,E/Bacolod 1991/EXP 23 
(39)}) 17... f5 $15 {Weiß hat einen schönen Springerposten, aber das ist auch
schon alles. Schwarz hingegen erfreut sich einer potentiellen Angriffsstellung
ohne Schwächen.} (17... e4 $5 18. Ne3 Qh5 19. dxe4 Nxe2+ 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. Qb3+
Kh8 $36) 18. Bb2 {Weiß kann nicht l8.e3 ziehen, weil 8...Nf3 folgen würde.} (
18. f3 f4 $40 (18... e4 $13)) (18. f4 $6 e4 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne6 $15 {
Die weiße Königsstellung ist schwach, und Schwarz übt starken Druck im Zentrum
aus.})) 18... f4 $1 19. Bxd4 exd4 {[%csl Gd5,Gf4,Gf8,Rg1]} 20. Nd2 (20. Qb3
Rad8 $5 (20... Kh8 21. Nxa5 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxa4 23. Nxd4) (20... Rae8 21. Nxa5
Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Bc3 $44 (22... Rxe2 $2 23. Nxd4 {[%csl Rb4,Re2]}))) 20... Bxd2 $1
{Sonst nistet sich der Springer auf e4 ein, von wo aus er das ganze Brett
kontrollieren würde.} 21. Qxd2 Rf6 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6,Rg1][%cal Ga8f8]} 22.
Rbc1 (22. f3 {Das ist positionell zwar ein unschöner Zug, aber so könnte Weiß
einige sofortige Drohungen verhindern.}) 22... Qd7 {[%cal Rd7h3,Rf6h6,Rh6h2]}
23. Kg2 (23. f3 fxg3 $1 (23... Qh3 24. g4 h5 25. gxh5 {Und Weiss kann sich
noch verteidigen.Ribli.}) (23... Rh6 24. g4) 24. hxg3 Qh3 25. Rf2 (25. Qe1 Rh6
$19) (25. Kf2 Qh2+ $17) 25... Qxg3+ 26. Rg2 Qd6 $17) 23... Rh6 $17 24. h4 (24.
Qxf4 Qh3+ 25. Kf3 Rf8 $19) (24. Rh1 {Das sieht nicht sehr schön aus, ist aber
viel besser als die Partiefortsetzung.} Rf8 (24... Qh3+ 25. Kg1 fxg3 26. fxg3
Rf8)) 24... Rf8 25. Qxa5 $2 (25. e4 $5) 25... Qg4 26. b6 $2 (26. Qxc7 $5 Rxh4
27. Kg1 Rh3) 26... Rxh4 $19 {Und Weiß gab auf. Seine Stellung ist aufgrund der
schlechten Königsstellung kaum zu halten.} (26... Rxh4 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rh1
Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Qxe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Videki, Sandor"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 (9... Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 {Karolyi jr,T-Ruf,M Kecskemet 1990 CBM/
20}) (9... Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. h4 a6 $13 {
Oll-Romanischin 49/44}) 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 (11. Rc1 Re8 $6 (11... Rb8 $5) 12.
Nd2 Rb8 13. Nb5 {Kortchnoi,V-Petursson,M Lugano 1989 47/44}) 11... Rb8 $5 12.
Bxb6 (12. Nb5 $5) 12... cxb6 13. Nc4 f6 14. Re1 Bc5 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Qa2 Kh8 17.
h3 Bh5 18. Rac1 Qe8 19. g4 Bg6 20. e3 Nc6 21. d4 Nb4 22. Qb3 Be7 23. Ne4 Qf7
24. Rc3 exd4 25. exd4 Rbd8 26. Rd1 f5 $1 $17 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rf3 Qe6 29. Ne5
Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Be6 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Bxf3 Bb3 33. Rd2 Nc6 $1 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35.
Bd1 Be6 36. Kg2 Bb4 37. Nc3 c5 $1 38. d5 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Bxd5+ 41.
Kg3 Be6 42. h4 Kg8 43. Kf4 Kf7 44. Ke5 Ke7 45. f4 h6 46. Bc2 Bf7 47. Bd1 Ba2
48. Be2 Bb3 49. Bb5 Bd1 50. Kf5 Bh5 51. Ke5 Bf7 52. Bc6 Bc4 53. Bd5 Bd3 54. Bc6
Be2 55. Be4 Kd7 56. Bf5+ Kc7 57. Bc2 b5 58. axb5 Kb6 59. Kf5 Kxb5 60. Kg6 Kc4
61. Kxg7 Kxc3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Kh8 {Schwarz waehlt eine seltene Forsetzung.} (9... Be6 $5) 10.
Rc1 f5 11. Na4 $5 $146 {Eine interessante Neuerung: Normalerweise spielt Weiss
diesen Zug immer nur, wenn der schwarze Laeufer schon auf e6 steht.} (11. a3
Be6 12. Na4 Nxa4 $5 {Der einfachste Weg. Das Spiel ist ausgegliechen.} (12...
e4 13. Ne1 $1 exd3 14. Nxd3 $14) (12... f4 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. Bd2 Bxc5 15. Rxc5
Qe7 16. b4 Rf7 $6 (16... Rad8 $5) 17. e4 fxe3 18. Bxe3 $14 {Ibragimov,
I-Schwartzman,G/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/CBM36/}) 13. Qxa4 Bd5 14. Rfe1 a6 15.
Bc5 e4 $10 {Vaganian,R-Portisch,L/Moscow olm/1994/EXP44/}) 11... Bf6 12. Nc5
Nd5 13. Bd2 b6 {[#]} 14. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 15. Rxc6 Bd7 {[#]} 16. Nxe5 $5 {Ein
chancenreiches Qualitaetsopfer, das dem Anziehenden die Initiative sichert.
Eine solche Moeglichkeit liegt in dieser Variante immer in der Luft.} (16. Rc1
c6 $13) 16... Bxe5 $8 (16... Bxc6 $2 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Qb3 $1 Qxc6 (18... Ne7
19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxa8 $18) 19. Bxd5 $18 {Weiss gewinnt die
Qualitaet mit einem gesunden Mehrbauern zurueck.}) 17. Bxd5 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rc8
19. b4 Qd6 20. b5 {Droht /\ Qa4 >< a7} f4 $1 {Natuerlich will Schwarz nicht
tatenlos zuschauen; dieser aktive Zug gibt Schwarz einiges Gegenspiel am
Damenfluegel.} 21. Kg2 (21. Qa4 $2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bxg3 $1 23. fxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Bg2
Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rf8+ 26. Bf3 Rxf3+ 27. exf3 Qxf3+ 28. Ke1 Qh1+ (28... Qxd3 $13)
29. Ke2 Qh5+ 30. Ke3 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 Qh5+ $10) 21... a5 $1 {Eine richtige
Eintscheidung, der a-Bauer ist nicht mehr schwach.} 22. Qb3 Rcd8 (22... Rf6 $5)
23. Bf3 Rf6 24. Rc1 Rdf8 25. Bc3 $5 {Dieser Zug hat zwei Ziele: 1. Weiss will
den schwarzen Druck gegen den g3-Bauern entschaerfen. 2. Der Anziehende
versucht sein Spiel gegen den c7-Bauern zu verstaerken.} Bxc3 26. Qxc3 (26.
Rxc3 $5) 26... Rf5 $1 27. a4 $6 (27. Qxc7 $5 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rxb5
30. d4 Rb2 31. Rb7 b5 32. a3 $1 $13) 27... Rc5 28. Qb2 Rd8 {/\ Qd4} 29. Rxc5
Qxc5 30. Qb3 (30. gxf4 Rd4 31. Qb3 Rxf4 $15) 30... fxg3 (30... Rf8 $5) 31. hxg3
Rf8 32. e3 {/\ d4, e4} Qf5 $1 33. Qd1 $8 h5 $5 34. Qe2 g6 35. d4 {/\ e4} Qf6
36. Bc6 Kg7 {/\ h4} 37. f4 {Weiss aergert sich darüber, den f2-Bauern mit
seiner Dame für "ewig" decken zu müssen, aber jetzt entsteht für ihn ein
anderes Problem.} Qd6 38. Qc2 Rf7 39. Qd1 Qa3 $1 40. Bd5 Rf8 $1 {Natuerlich
will der Nachziehende nicht Remis machen.} (40... Qxe3 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Qc2
$10) 41. Bb3 Kh6 42. Qd3 Rf6 43. e4 h4 $1 44. e5 (44. gxh4 Qc1 $1 $17) 44...
Rf5 45. Bc2 {Weiss hat Angst vor dem schwarzen Angriff, und er hofft, daß das
Endspiel für ihn noch zu halten ist.} (45. gxh4 Qc1 $17) 45... Qxd3 46. Bxd3
Rf8 {/\ Rd8 >< d4} 47. Be4 Rd8 48. d5 hxg3 49. Kxg3 g5 $1 50. e6 (50. f5 Re8 $1
51. e6 $8 Kg7 52. Kg4 Kf6 $19 {/\ Rh8,Rh4}) 50... Rh8 51. Kg4 {/\ f5} gxf4 52.
Kxf4 Kg7 53. Ke5 Rh5+ 54. Kd4 Kf6 55. Bc2 Rh3 56. Bd3 Ke7 57. Bf5 Rh4+ 58. Be4
Kd6 {Schwarz hat die optimale Stellung erreicht.} 59. Ke3 Rh2 {/\ Ra2} 60. Bf3
Rb2 61. Bd1 Rb1 62. Bc2 Rh1 63. Be4 Re1+ $1 64. Kf4 (64. Kd4 Re2 $1 65. Bb1 Rb2
$19) (64. Kd3 Ra1 $19) (64. Kf3 Ra1 65. Bc2 Kxd5 66. e7 Re1 $19) 64... Ra1 $19
{Ribli} (64... Ra1 $1 65. Bc2 (65. Kf5 Rxa4 66. Bd3 Rd4 $19) 65... Kxd5 66. e7
Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 $5 {Nikolic waehlt eine
seltene und solide Fortsetzung, die nur einen kleinen Vorteil gibt, aber
genaues Spiel voraussetzt.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9.
d3 (9. Na4 Be7 10. Rd1 c6 $1 11. d4 $5 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 b6
15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 $13 {Serper,
G-Aseev,K/St Petersburg op2/1994/EXP43/}) 9... h6 {In dieser Variante
-A29-taucht immer die Frage auf: Darf Schwarz Bg5 zulassen oder nicht?
Meistens - wie jetzt- verhindert der Nachziehende diese Moeglichkeit.} 10. Na4
$146 (10. Bd2 $5 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 $36 {Hansen,
Cu-Christiansen,L/Munich/1992/CBM30/}) 10... Be7 11. Be3 c6 $1 {Schwarz spielt
nach der alten Regel: Wenn mein Gegner am Fluegel spielt, dann soll ich am
Zentrum meine Gegenchancen suchen.} 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15.
Bc5 Rd8 $1 {/\ Be6, Bd5} 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Rc2 $6 {Nach einigen
Zuegen werden wir sehen, dass dieser Turm hier sehr ungluecklich steht.} (18.
Qa4 $5) 18... Nd5 $1 {Dieser starke Zug hat die folgende Idee: Schwarz will
den Druck des f3-Laeufers auf die f3-b7 Diagonale entschaerfen und denn kann
er seine Entwicklung am Damenfluegel in aller Ruhe beenden.} 19. Qa4 {Minasian
will b6 verhindern.} b6 $1 {[#] Dieser Zug ist nur darum moeglich, weil der
weisse Turm auf c2 steht.} 20. Ne4 (20. Qxc6 $2 Nb4 $1 21. Qxa8 (21. Qa4 bxc5
22. Bxa8 Bd7 $19) 21... Nxc2 22. Rc1 Qxc5 $19) 20... Bb7 21. a3 c5 22. Rac1 a5
{Der Nachziehende will b4 nie zulassen. Die schwarze Stellung ist etwas
bequemer: 1. Seine Bauern haben eine typische Maroczy -e5 und c5 - Position. 2.
Seine Figuren - besonders der d5 Springer- stehen aktiv. 3. Der einzige
schwache Punkt in seiner Stellung ist der b6-Bauer, der jedoch nicht
verletzbar ist.} 23. Nd2 Qe6 24. Qh4 Rab8 $5 {[#] Schwarz kann jetzt in aller
Ruhe seine Stellung verstaerken, ohne dass der Anziehende ueber ein Gegenspiel
verfuegt. Mit diesem Zug deckt er einfach den b7-Laeufer.} 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Qh5
Re8 27. Bg4 Qf6 28. Bf3 Rbd8 29. Qh3 Ba4 $1 30. Rd2 Bb3 31. Qg2 Qe6 {/\ Nf6,
Bxc4 oder e4.} 32. Bxd5 {Dieser Tausch ist ein wie eine unangenehme Sache fuer
Weiss. Allerdings faellt es nicht leicht -wegen der starken schwarzen
Drohungen-, dem Nachziehenden einen guten Rat zu geben.} Rxd5 33. Rc3 a4 34.
Ne3 Rd7 35. Nf1 Red8 {/\ e4} 36. f3 f5 37. e4 f4 $1 {[#] Weiss geraet nun in
eine sehr passive Lage.} 38. Qf2 Rd4 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Qh4 Qe5 41. h3 R8d6 42.
Nh2 h5 $1 {Natuerlich verhindert Schwarz den Zug Ng4.} 43. Nf1 Rg6+ $1 {
[#] Schwarz kontrolliert das Zentrum, und seine Figuren sind gut postiert. Ein
Spiel am Koenigsfluegel ist die logische Konsequenz.} 44. Kh2 Rdd6 45. Qf2 h4
$1 {Weiss ist fast im Zugzwang. Es droht /\ Tg3, Tdg6, Te6} 46. d4 (46. Qxh4
Rh6 47. Qf2 Rdg6 $19) 46... cxd4 47. Rcd3 (47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Qxh4+ Rh6 49. Qg4
Be6 $19) 47... Bc4 $1 48. Rxd4 Rxd4 49. Rxd4 Bxf1 50. Rd8+ Kh7 51. Rd5 (51.
Qxf1 Qxb2+ 52. Kh1 Rc6 $19 (52... Qxa3 $19)) 51... Qf6 52. Rh5+ (52. Qxf1 Qxb2+
53. Kh1 Rc6 $19) 52... Kg8 53. Rf5 {[#] [#]} (53. Qxf1 Qxb2+ 54. Kh1 Rc6 $19)
53... Qxf5 $1 {Diese kleine, aber huebsche Kombination entscheidet die
positionell gut angelegte Partie.} 54. exf5 Rg2+ 55. Qxg2 Bxg2 56. Kxg2 {
Hecht: [#] B-B rückständiger schwarzer g-Mehrbauer, Tempospiel,
Durchbruchsideen} Kf7 57. Kf2 Kf6 58. Ke2 Kxf5 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. Kc4 b5+ $1 {
[#] Die letzte Feinheit.} 61. Kc3 (61. Kxb5 Kd4 (61... g5 $6 {Hecht} 62. Kc4 g4
63. fxg4 Ke4 64. Kc3 Ke3 65. g5 f3 66. g6 f2 67. g7 f1=Q 68. g8=Q Qxh3 $17) 62.
Kxa4 g5 63. b4 g4 64. b5 (64. fxg4 f3 65. g5 f2 66. g6 f1=Q 67. g7 Qf7 $19)
64... Kc5 $1 65. Ka5 gxf3 66. b6 Kc6 $1 67. Ka6 f2 68. b7 f1=Q+ $19) 61... Kd5
62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Kc3 (63. Ke4 Kc4 64. Kxf4 Kb3 65. Kg5 Kxb2 66. Kg6 b4 $19)
63... b4+ $1 64. Kd3 (64. axb4+ Kb5 65. Kd3 Kxb4 66. Kc2 Kc4 67. Kd2 Kb3 68.
Kc1 g5 69. Kb1 g4 $19) 64... g5 65. axb4+ Kxb4 66. Kc2 Kc4 67. Kd2 Kb3 68. Kc1
g4 $1 69. fxg4 f3 70. Kd2 f2 (70... f2 71. Ke2 Kxb2 72. g5 a3 73. g6 a2 74. g7
a1=Q 75. g8=Q f1=Q+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {Hier kann man auch zu 4.d4, 4.e3 oder 4.
a3 greifen, aber der Textzug stellt in der Tat die Hauptfortsetzung dar.} d5 (
4... Bb4) (4... Nd4) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 {GM Marin wählt
gerne diese klassische Spielweise, aber in letzter Zeit genießt auch 8.Rb1
viel Popularität.} O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 (12. Nd2 $5) (12.
Rb1) (12. Be3) (12. Nxe5 $2 Bf6 13. f4 Nb3 14. Bb2 (14. Rb1 $2 Qd4+ $19 {
[%cal Rd4c3,Rd4g1]}) 14... Nxa1 $17) 12... Bb3 13. Qc1 Be6 {Dieser Zug
bedeutet, dass Schwarz mit Remis durch Zugwiederholung zufrieden wäre. Das
kommt nicht überraschend, denn er hat eine niedrigere ELO-Zahl und führt zudem
die schwarzen Steine.} (13... Re8 $6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bf3 (16.
Bc6 $1 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. Qxb3 Rxe2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ra2 $16) 16... Bg5 17.
Qe1 Bh6 (17... f5 18. Nb1 Na4 19. Qxa5 Nxb2 20. Qb4 Ba4 21. Qxb2 Rxb5 22. Qa2+
Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Guseinov,S-Godjaev,G/Baku 1998/EXT 2000 (22)}) 18. Ne4 Na4 19.
Qxa5 Re5 20. Bc1 f5 21. Nd2 Rbxb5 22. Qa8 Qxa8 23. Bxa8 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxe2 25.
Bf4 c5 26. Bf3 Re6 27. Rfb1 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Palac,M/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (27)})
(13... Bd5 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Kxg2 a4 17. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,
A-Luecke,N/Altensteig 1989/CBM 14 (34)}) (13... Nc2 $6 14. Rb1 f6 15. Nd2 $16)
14. Rb1 (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Qc2 c5 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rfc1 Na4 19.
Rab1 Rc8 20. Qb3 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 b6 24. Rc6 Bc5 25.
a4 g6 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Romanishin,O/Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (61)}) (14. Qd1 $11)
14... f6 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16. Ne4 $14) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 {[%cal
Ge4c5]} Na4 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen 17.Nc5. Zudem möchte er den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer von Weiß abtauschen.} (16... Bd5 $5) 17. Ba1 (17. Qc2
$5) 17... Ba2 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz zwar die Qualität, dafür aber
bekommt Weiß dauerhafte Initiative.} (17... b6 $142 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5
20. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {Marin}) (17... f5 18. Qc2 Bxa3 (18... fxe4 19. Qxa4 $14) 19.
Qxa4 Bb4 20. Rfd1 fxe4 21. dxe4 $14) 18. Qc2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nb6 20. Nc5 {
Weiß hat nur einen Bauern für die Qualität, aber seine Stellung ist sehr aktiv
- jetzt droht 21.Ne6 und 21.Nxb7.} Bxc5 (20... Rf7 21. Nxb7 $14) 21. Qxc5 Rb8 (
21... Qc8 22. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Gg2]}) 22. Bxd4 $44 Nc8 $146 {Das ist die
von Schwarz vorbereitete Neuerung, mit der er die Stellung seines Springers
verbessert. Weiß hat jedoch mindestens ausreichende Kompensation für das
Material.} (22... Qd7 $6 23. Bc3 a4 24. Ba5 Rfe8 25. Bf3 Re5 26. Qb4 Qe6 27.
Bxb6 Qxb6 28. d4 Ree8 29. Qxa4 $16 {1-0 Marin,M-Stefansson,H/Istanbul 2000/EXT
2001/[Marin,M] (58)}) (22... Rf7 $5) (22... Re8 23. Bf3 $14 (23. e3 $14)) 23.
Rc1 Ne7 24. Be3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 2048] Jetzt droht Weiß schon, auf c7 zu nehmen.}
(24. Qxc7 $4 Rc8 $19 (24... Qxd4 25. Qxe7 $14)) 24... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Schwarz geht möglichen Schachs auf der Diagonale a2-g8 aus dem Wege.} (24... c6
$14) 25. Bd2 $6 (25. Qxc7 $1 {Dieser natürliche Zug sieht gut aus. Warum hat
Weiß ihn nicht gespielt?} b6 $16 (25... Nd5 26. Qxd8 Rfxd8 (26... Rbxd8 27. Bd2
b6 28. Rc6 $18) 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. b6 $18) (25... Nf5 26. Ba7 Rc8 27. Qxc8 Qxc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Be4 Nxg3 31. b6 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Nxe4 33. b7 Rb1 34.
b8=Q+ Rxb8 35. Bxb8 $18) (25... Rc8 26. Qxb7 $18)) 25... c6 26. bxc6 Nxc6 27.
Bxc6 bxc6 (27... Rc8 $2 28. Bxa5 $18) 28. Bxa5 (28. Qxc6 Qe7 {[%cal Re7e2,
Re7a3]} 29. Bf4 Rb2 30. e4 Rd8 $132) 28... Qe8 29. e3 {Weiß hat P+P+B für den
R. Seine Bauernmasse ist stark, aber sie läßt sich nicht so leicht
mobilisieren.} Rb5 30. Qc3 Qd7 {[%cal Gb5h5,Gd7h3]} 31. Bb4 Rc8 32. Bc5 (32. d4
$14) 32... Rcb8 33. d4 (33. Bb4 Rc8) 33... Rb1 34. Bb4 (34. Rxb1 $2 Rxb1+ 35.
Kg2 Qd5+ 36. f3 (36. Kh3 Rg1 $19) 36... Qa2+ 37. Kh3 Rh1 $19) 34... Rxc1+ 35.
Qxc1 Qd5 $11 {[%csl Gd5] Die schwarze Dame steht ausgezeichnet. Die weißen
Felder in der weißen Stellung wirken nun schwach.} 36. Qf1 (36. Qd1 Qe4) 36...
Qf3 {Wegen der aktiven schwarzen Dame hat Weiß keine Hoffnung, seinen
theoretischen Vorteil realisieren zu können.} 37. h3 h6 38. Qg2 Qd1+ (38...
Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 $14) 39. Qf1 (39. Kh2 Qe2 40. e4 (40. Kg1 $11) 40... Qd3 $132)
39... Qf3 40. Qg2 Qd1+ 41. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kostakiev,D Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {Dieser Zug scheint
mir am besten zu sein. Seine Alternativen 4.d4 und 4.e3 werden selten gespielt.
Ribli.} d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {Wir haben eigentlich die Drachenvariante,
aber mit vertauschten Farben. Weiß sucht normalerweise seine Chancen am
Damenflügel, während Schwarz starkes Übergewicht im Zentrum hat.} 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 f5 (8... Be6 9. b4 (9. d3 $5) 9... a5 10. b5 Nd4 11. Rb1 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12.
Na4 Bd5 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Qa4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 Bc5 18. e3
Rad8 {0-1 Penzold,A-Hector,J/BL2-N9798 LAS-LSV 1998 (38)}) 11... a4 (11... f6
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 $1 Bd5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. e4 $1 dxe3 16. dxe3 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 $14 {Petursson,M-Motwani,P/Hafnarfirdi 1992/1-0 (49)}) 12.
Nxe5 f6 13. Nd3 Ra7 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. e3 Nb3 16. d4 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Hector,J/
Koge op 1997 (40)}) (8... a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 O-O
13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Qb5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qxc7 Bxd4
19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Kxg2 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rc7 $16 {Hjartarson,
J-Thorfinnsson,B/ISL-ch 1997/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 9. d3 Bf6 10. e4 $5 {Weiß
mobilisiert zunächst seine Reserven im Zentrum und spielt später Be3.} (10. Be3
) (10. Bd2 Be6 11. b4 g5 $6 {Dieser direkte Zug ist verfrüht.} 12. b5 Na5 13.
e4 $1) 10... O-O 11. b4 a6 $5 (11... Kh8 {Schwarz vermeidet Unannehmlichkeiten
in der Diagonalen a2-g8.} 12. Bb2 Be6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1
16. Raxd1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Bf1 Nd6 20. Kg2 h6 21. Bb2 g6 22.
Rc1 Ra8 23. a4 Rae8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ne7 26. Rxc7 Nxb5 27. Rc5 {1-0
Olafsson,F-Donner,J/Bled 1961 (29)}) (11... Be6 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Rc1 Rf7 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne4 $14 {Ditt,E-Ehrler/BL8182/1-0 (70)}) (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Be3 (
12. Bb2 Kh8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Rb6,Yd3,Ye5,Rf6,Gg2] Beide
Spieler haben Bauernschwächen (d3 und e5), aber dank seiner Läufer in den
langen Diagonalen ist das weiße Figurenspiel besser.}) 12... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}
13. Rc1 Kh8 (13... c6 $5 $13) 14. Ne2 $5 $14 {Naürlich muß Weiß den
gefährlichen schwarzen Springer bekämpfen.} fxe4 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 c6 16.
Qc2 {[%csl Rf6]}) 15. dxe4 Bg4 $6 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bd7 $5 (16... Bh3 $14)
17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Bg5 $5) 16. Bxd4 $1 {Dieser für Schwarz unerwartete
Tausch bringt den Weißen in Vorteil.} exd4 17. e5 $1 Bxf3 (17... Bg5 18. Nxg5
Qxg5 (18... d3 {[%cal Rd3e2,Re2d1,Re2f1]} 19. f3 Qxg5 (19... dxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxg5
21. fxg4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2a8]}) 20. Qxd3 $16) 19. f4 Qh5 20. Re1 $14 {
[%csl Gd4]}) (17... d3 $2 18. exf6 dxe2 19. fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxe2 Qf6 {[%csl Rf3]
[%cal Rf8f3,Rg4e2]} 21. Rxc7+ $18 {[%cal Rc7h7]}) 18. Bxf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal
Gf3a8]} Bg5 (18... Bxe5 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Be4 $16 {[%csl Ge4] Weiß hat die viel
bessere Bauernstruktur und sein Läufer kontrolliert die wichtigsten weißen
Felder.}) 19. Bxb7 d3 (19... Rb8 20. Be4 $5 (20. f4 d3 21. Bxa6 dxe2 22. Qxe2
Bh6 $13 {Für die geopferte Figur hat Weiß drei Bauern und die Initiative, aber
vielleicht kann die feste schwarze Stellung dem trotzen.}) 20... Bxc1 21. Nxc1
$16 {Weiß hat nur einen Bauern für die Qualität, aber der Plan Nc1-d3 und
Qd1-h5 bietet mehr als ausreichende Kompensation.}) (19... Ra7 20. Be4 Bxc1 21.
Nxc1 $16) (19... Bxc1 20. Bxa8 Bxa3 21. Be4 Qe7 22. Bxh7 $1 Qxe5 (22... Kxh7
23. Qd3+ {[%cal Rd3h7,Rd3a3]}) 23. Bc2 Bxb4 24. Nf4 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Rf4g6,
Rg6e5,Rg6h8,Rg6f8]}) 20. Nf4 $1 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Rb8 22. Bxa6 $5 (22. Be4 Rxf4 23.
Qxd3 Qg5+ $132) 22... Rxf4 23. Qxd3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 {Schwarz hat einen
Bauern weniger, aber die Aktivität seiner Figuren schafft der weißen
Königsstellung Probleme.} 25. Rc5 $1 $16 (25. Bb7 $5 {Wegen der Schwäche der
Grundreihe ist der Läufer tabu.} Rh4 26. Qg3 $16) 25... Qe7 26. Rh5 $5 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Rd3h7,Rh5h7] Weiß provoziert die Schwächung der schwarzen
Königsstellung.} h6 27. Rf5 Rd8 $6 (27... Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Rf8 29. Qd3 $16) 28.
Qe3 $1 (28. Rxf4 $6 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Qd6 {[%cal Rd6d3,Rd6f4]} 30. Rf3 Qc6 {
[%cal Gc6h1]}) 28... Re4 29. Qf3 Nc4 (29... Nd5 30. Bb7 $18 {[%cal Rb7e4]}) 30.
Rf7 Qe6 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8+ Qg8 {Schwarz muß die Damen tauschen.} (32...
Kh7 $6 33. Bc8 Qe8 34. Bf5+ g6 35. Qxe8 Rxe8 36. Rc1 gxf5 37. Rxc4 $16) 33.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Ga1,Ga3][%cal Ra3a4,Ra4a5,Ra5a6,Ra6a7,Ra7a8]
Durch die Unterstützung der Turmes wird der entfernte weiße a-Freibauer sehr
gefährlich.} Kf8 35. Bb7 Rf4 36. a4 Nd6 (36... Rxf2 37. a5 Rb2 38. a6 Rxb4 39.
a7 Nb6 40. Ra6 $18 {[%cal Ra6b6] und der a-Bauer kann nicht aufgehalten werden.
}) 37. a5 $1 Rxb4 (37... Nxb7 38. a6 {[%csl Ga6,Rb7][%cal Ra6a7,Ra7a8,Ra6b7]}
Ke7 39. a7 $18 (39. axb7 $2 Rxb4 $11)) 38. a6 Rxb7 $8 (38... Nxb7 39. a7 $18 {
[%cal Ra7a8]}) 39. axb7 Nxb7 40. Ra7 Nc5 41. Rxc7 {Mit der Mehrqualität steht
Weiß praktisch auf Gewinn. Allenfalls das reduzierte Material bietet dem
Schwarzen kleine Rettungschancen, aber auf Großmeisterniveau sollte Weiß den
Vorteil leicht verwerten.} Ne6 42. Ra7 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4]} 43. Kg1 {Natürlich muß
der weiße König ins Geschehen eingreifen.} Kg8 44. Kf1 Kh7 45. Ke1 Kg6 46. Kd2
{Der schwarze Springer steht stark, kann aber nicht die Annäherung des weißen
Königs verhindern.} Nd5 47. Ke2 Nf6 48. Kf3 Nh5 49. Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Kf4 Nh5+ 51.
Ke5 {[%csl Ge5]} Nf6 52. Ra6 Kf7 {[#] Hecht: Die technischen Schwierigkeiten
beim Gewinn dieses Endspiels Turm vs Springer mögen erheblich sein. Sie sind
es nicht, wenn durch Hergabe der Qualität in ein Bauernendspiel abgewickelt
wird. Bei den Endspielen Turm gegen Leichtfigur sind diese Übergänge eine
wichtige Angriffswaffe für die materiell überlegene Partei!} (52... Kg5 53. f4+
Kg4 54. Ra7 Nh5 55. f5 $18 {und Weiß droht 56.Rxg7 nebst 57.f6 zu spielen.})
53. Rxf6+ $1 $18 {So gewinnt Weiß am einfachsten.} gxf6+ 54. Kf5 {Schwarz gab
auf, denn das Bauernendspiel ist klar verloren.} (54. Kf5 h5 (54... Kg7 55. Ke6
Kg6 56. f4 h5 (56... f5 {Hecht} 57. Ke5 Kg7 58. Kxf5 Kf7 59. h4 Kg7 60. Ke6 $18
) 57. h4 $18) 55. h4 Kg7 56. Ke6 Kg6 57. f4 Kg7 (57... f5 58. Ke5 $22 $18) 58.
f5 $22 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 {Das ist
eine interessante Idee. Weiß schiebt die Rochade auf, und benutzt das Tempo
für sein Spiel am Damenflügel.Ribli.} Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 O-O 11.
Ne4 $13 (11. O-O Nd4 $5 12. Be3 c5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Nc5 Bd5 $1
16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8 $10 {Lautier,J-Portisch,L/Biel SKA/1966/CBM55/})
11... Ba2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. Nc5 $6 {Sehr riskant! Ribli.} a5 $5 14. e4 (14. Nxb7
Qd7 (14... Qc8 $5 15. Nxa5 Nxa5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. O-O Na4 18. Rd2 Nc3 19. Qc2
$6 (19. Qe1) 19... Rc5 20. Qb2 Qa8 $36) 15. Nxa5 (15. Nc5) 15... Nxa5 16. bxa5
Na4 17. Rd2) 14... Bf7 15. Qc2 axb4 16. axb4 {[#]} Nxb4 $5 17. Rxb4 Nd7 18. d4
$8 (18. Be3 $2 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Ra1+ 20. Ke2 Ra2 21. Rb2 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxc5 23.
Qxb7 Qd7 24. Rc1 Rd8 $15) 18... exd4 19. Rxd4 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 (21.
Kxf2 Qxd7 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Bf4 c6 $15) 21... Qxd7 22. O-O Ra2 23.
Qc5 Re8 24. Nh4 $6 {Jetzt erhält Schwarz gefährlichen Angriff. Ribli.} (24. e5
$5 b6 25. Qc3 c5 26. Re1 Bd5 $36) 24... Qd3 25. Qxc7 $6 Bc4 26. Re1 $8 {
Sonst kommt 26...Rxg2 und 27...Qxf1.} Re2 27. Qa5 b6 28. Qb4 R8xe4 29. Nf3 (29.
Bxe4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 Qf2#) 30... Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Qe2#) 29...
Bd5 {Weiss kann gegen die Drohungen auf den weißen Feldern nichts machen.
Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 {Wells} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Das ist Sutovsky's
Lieblingsvariante; Schwarz möchte das Springerpaar tauschen und anschließend
c7-c6 und möglicherweise d7-d5 ziehen. Die Alternativen sind - 4...d5, 4...Bc5
und 4...Bb4.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 {Schwarz spielt sofort 6...Bc5 - die
Alternative wäre 6...Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5.} 7. d3 (7. e3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. d4 Bb4 10.
Ne2 e4 11. Bg2 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Bb2 Ng4
17. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B-Bacrot,E/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109(35)}) 7... h6 {
Eine prophylaktische Fortsetzung - Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen die Fesselung
Bg5.} 8. a3 (8. h4 d6 (8... c6 9. g4 d5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Qb6 12. O-O Bh3
13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. dxc6 Bh3 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Rc1 Qa5 {
0-1 Bacrot,E-Sutovsky,E/ch-Europe Internet Blitz, playchess.com 2003 (44)}) 9.
b4 Bd4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. e3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg2 d5 15. Qb3 dxc4
16. Qxc4 c6 17. a4 Qf5 18. e4 Qg6 19. b5 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,
E-Sutovsky,E/ch-Europe Internet Blitz, playchess.com 2003 (37)}) (8. O-O O-O 9.
Rb1 (9. a3 a6 10. e3 Ba7 11. b4 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Bh3 17. Re1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Sutovsky,E/Albert 2001/(42)
}) 9... a5 10. a3 c6 (10... Re8 11. b4 Bf8 12. Qb3 d6 13. Bg2 g6 14. Bd2 Bg7
15. Qc2 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Ra1 Be6 {0-1 Vovsha,E-Tseitlin,M/Biel 2000/CBM 77
ext (40)}) 11. b4 Bd4 12. Qb3 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16.
e3 Bb6 17. e4 cxd5 18. exd5 Bh3 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $14 {. 1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Kurnosov,I/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102/[Ribli] (45)}) 8... O-O 9. e3 c6 {
Auf diese Weise begrenzt Schwarz den Wirkungskreis des f3-Läufers; gleichfalls
möchte er anschließend d7-d5 ziehen.} 10. b4 Be7 (10... Bb6 $5) 11. d4 exd4 (
11... d6) 12. Qxd4 d5 $5 {GM Sutovsky strebt gewöhnlich taktische
Verwicklungen an; hier opfert er einen Bauern. Andererseits bin ich nicht
sicher, ob dieses Bauernopfer korrekt ist.} 13. O-O $2 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
(14. Bxd5 $2 Bf6) 14... cxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Ra2 (16. Rb1 $6 Bc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxd5
18. Bxd5 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rd8 20. e4 Be6 $11) 16... Be6 (16... Qc7 17. Qc5) 17.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. O-O {Schwarz muss noch zeigen,
welche Kompensation er für den Bauern besitzt.}) 13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd7 $1 $15
{[%cal Gd7e5,Ge5d3,Ge5c4] '!' Wells. Wells: 'I rather suspect that this is
what Lautier underestimated. Far more purposeful than the routine 14...Be6,
the text presages a promising future for all of Black's minor pieces.' Der
Springer kommt mit Tempo auf e5 und zielt nach c4 oder d3.} 15. Bg2 Ne5 16. Qe2
(16. Qe4 Bf6 17. Rd1 (17. Bb2 Be6 18. Rad1 Qe7) 17... Qc7 18. Bb2 Be6 {[%cal
Ge5c4]}) 16... Bg4 $1 17. f3 Be6 {[%cal Re6c4,Rc4f1]} 18. Rd1 Qb6 {[%csl Yc4]
[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat ausgezeichnetes Figurenspiel und das Feld c4 ist ein
ewiges positionelles Loch in der weißen Stellung.} (18... Qc7 $15) 19. Na4 Qc7
20. Qc2 $2 (20. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 (20... Bc4 21. Qc2 b6 22. Nb3) 21. bxc5 Nd7 $1 (
21... Qe7 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Bd4 Nxc5 24. Qb2 $1 f5 25. Qb4 b6 26. Rdc1 $11) 22.
Bd2 Nxc5 23. Bb4 b6 24. f4 $44) 20... Nc4 21. f4 (21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qe5 23.
Rb1 Nxa3 $1 24. Bxa3 Qxe3+) 21... Rad8 22. Re1 (22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f5 Qe5 $1)
22... b5 23. Nc3 (23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Qe7 $17) 23... Qd7 {[%cal Gd8d1]} (
23... a5 $5 24. Rb1 (24. bxa5 Qxa5 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6a1]}) 24... axb4 25. axb4)
24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Re1 {Ein indirektes Remisangebot, aber aufgrund der besseren
Stellung möchte Schwarz weiterspielen.} Bf6 26. Rb1 Bxc3 $1 {Wells: 'makes
perfect sense in the context of the exchange to come - Black heads down the
classic path to strong knight against bad bishop. Still, I remain baffled by
what happens next.' Auf den ersten Blick eine überraschende Entscheidung von
Schwarz, den Läufer zu tauschen. Aber die Idee des Tausches besteht in der
Möglichkeit, die d-Linie zu dominieren.} 27. Qxc3 Bh3 28. e4 (28. Bb2 f6) ({
Why not} 28. Bf3 $5 {Wells After this exchange, White's position seems grim.
The c1 bishop can be liberated, but it cannot challenge the splendid beast on
c4.}) 28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rd6 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gd8d1]} 30. Qf3 (30. f5 Rfd8 31. Rb3
Nd2 $1) 30... Rfd8 31. Rb3 Rd2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 64]} 32. Re2 (32. Bxd2 Nxd2 33.
Qe3 Nxb3 34. Qxb3 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 (35. Kf3 Qh3 $19) 35... Qh3 $19) (32. Kg1) 32...
Rd1 33. Rc3 Qd7 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gd8d1] Schwarz besitzt die Herrschaft über
die d-Linie, darüber hinaus dominiert Nc4 das Spielgeschehen.} 34. Be3 Ra1 35.
Rf2 a6 {Nach diesem Wartezug scheint es, dass Weiß keine gewinnbringenden Züge
hat.} 36. Bc5 Nd2 37. Qe3 f5 $1 {[%csl Ye4] Wells: 'The final straw for the
light squares!' Das schwarze Spiel zentriert sich auf den weißen Feldern und
erhält jetzt die Herrschaft über das Schlüsselfeld e4.} 38. Bb6 (38. exf5 Qd5+
39. Kh3 Ne4 {[%cal Re4c3,Re4f2]}) 38... Nxe4 39. Bxd8 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 (40. Qxf2
Qxd8 41. Kh3) 40... Ra2+ $19 41. Ke1 Qd5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rd5h1,Rh1e1]} 0-1

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 (8. Rb1 $5 {Diese Fortsetzung ist jetzt in Mode.} a5 $5 (8... f6 9. d4 $1
exd4 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 $44 {Khalifman,A-Tiviakov,S/Linares/1995/
CBM46/}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. d3 Kh8 $5 {Levin,F-Romanishin,O/Bad Endbach/
1995/CBM47/}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 (11... Nd4 12. Be3 (12.
Ne1 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qa4 Qd7
17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $10 {Schwartzman,G-Tiviakov,S/Wijk/1995/CBM45/}) 12. bxa5 (12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 $5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. a4 Bb4 $10 {Ftacnik,
L-Torre,E/Bacolod/1991/EXP23/INF52,40/}) 12... Rxa5 13. Nb5 Na7 $5 {Der erste
neue Zug.} (13... Qd7 $6 14. Be3 $1 Nd5 15. Bd2 Ra6 16. Qc2 $14 {Serper,
G-Mainka,R/Vienna op/1991/EXP25/INF54,34/}) 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. Qc2 Qd7 {Jetzt
droht /\ schon Bxa3.} (15... Bxa3 $2 16. Ra1 Qe7 17. Bxa3 Rxa3 18. Rxa3 Qxa3
19. Qxc7 $16) 16. Nd2 Nd5 (16... Bxa3 17. Bxa3 Rxa3 18. Bxb7 $14) 17. Nb3 Qc6
$1 (17... b6 $4 18. e4 $18) (17... Bxa3 $6 18. Bxa3 Rxa3 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. Rfc1
$44) 18. Qd2 (18. Qxc6 $6 bxc6 $15 {Jetzt hat der Nachziehende viele Drohungen
z.B.: Bxa3 oder Nc3, und steht trotz seiner Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie schon
besser.}) 18... Rd8 (18... Bxa3 $6 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Rfc1 $44) 19. Na5 Qa6 20.
Nc4 Bc5 {Droht /\ b5.} (20... b5 $5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 c5 $13) 21. Qc2 {
Droht /\ Nxe5.} b6 22. Bb2 Qa4 23. Rfc1 (23. Qc1 Ne7 $13) 23... Ne7 24. Nd2
Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Nf5 26. Bh3 g6 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Rc6 (28. f4 $5) 28... Kf7 29. Rbc1
Nd4 $1 {Nach dieser unangenehmen Ueberraschung steht Schwarz bequemer.} 30.
Bxe6+ (30. Bxd4 Bxh3 31. Bb2 Rc8 $13) 30... Nxe6 31. R6c3 c5 $6 {Schwarz
schwaecht unnoetig seinen Damenfluegel.} (31... Rda8 $1 $15 {Weiss hat
Schwierigkeiten mit dem aP.}) 32. Rb3 Rb8 33. e3 b5 34. Kf1 Ra4 35. Ke2 Rb7 36.
Nc3 Ra5 37. Nd5 Bd6 38. Bc3 Ra4 39. Rcb1 b4 $6 (39... Nc7 $5 40. Nxc7 Rxc7 41.
Rxb5 Rxa3 {Weiss hat einen unbedeutenden Vorteil.}) 40. axb4 cxb4 41. Bxb4 Ra2+
(41... Bxb4 42. Rxb4 Raxb4 43. Rxb4 Rxb4 44. Nxb4 $16 {Dieses Springerendspiel
(5 gegen 4) gibt sehr gute Chance fuer Weiss.}) 42. R3b2 (42. Kf1 $5) 42...
Rxb2+ 43. Rxb2 Nc7 44. Nxc7 Bxc7 (44... Rxb4 $6 45. Rxb4 Bxb4 $16) 45. Rc2 Bd8
(45... Rxb4 46. Rxc7+ Kg8 47. h3 $16) 46. Rc4 Be7 {Jetzt soll Weiss
entscheiden, im welchem Endspiel er bessere Moeglichkeiten hat die Partie zu
gewinnen.} 47. Bc3 (47. Bxe7 Kxe7 48. h3 $16 {Ich waehle lieber dieses
Turmendspiel.}) 47... Ke6 48. f4 exf4 49. gxf4 Ra7 50. e4 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 f5 (
51... Rxh2 52. d4 $16 {Weiss hat mit dem Bauernpulk im Zentrum gute
Gewinnchancen.}) 52. exf5+ Kxf5 53. Rc7 Ke6 54. d4 Bd6 (54... Rxh2 $2 55. d5+
$18) 55. Rxh7 Kf5 56. Kd3 {Weiss kann den f4P nicht halten.} Bxf4 57. h3 g5 58.
d5 Be5 59. Bb4 (59. Rf7+ Kg6 60. Re7 Bxc3 61. Kxc3 Ra3+ 62. Kc4 Rxh3 63. d6 Rh1
64. Kc5 Rd1 65. Kc6 g4 66. d7 Rc1+ 67. Kb7 Rb1+ 68. Kc8 Rc1+ 69. Kd8 Rd1 70.
Ke8 Kf5 71. d8=Q Rxd8+ 72. Kxd8 g3 $10) 59... Rb2 60. Kc4 Kg6 61. Ra7 Rc2+ 62.
Kb5 Rb2 63. Kc4 Kf5 64. Bc5 Rc2+ 65. Kb5 Ke4 66. d6 Kd5 67. Bb4 Bxd6 $1 68. Rd7
Rh2 69. Rxd6+ Ke4 70. Re6+ (70. Rh6 g4 71. h4 g3 72. Bd6 Rh3 73. Be7 g2 74. Rg6
Kf3 $10) 70... Kf3 71. Rh6 Kg2 72. Rh5 Rxh3 73. Rxg5+ Kf3 $138 {In dieser
bekannten theoretischen Remisstellung hat Schwarz die Bedenkzeit
ueberschritten. Zeit/Time!} 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15.
Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nb3 Qd7 {16...Bxb3 17.Qxb3+, Kh8 18.b5! +/=} 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18.
bxc5 {>< b7} Bd5 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. Rb4 Rd8 21. Rfb1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1
Rdd7 24. R1b3 Rfe7 25. Rc3 g6 26. Qc1 Qf7 27. e4 Qe8 28. Rcb3 Qd8 29. Qb1 Qa5
30. Qc2 Qd8 31. Ra4 $1 a6 32. Qb1 Kg7 33. Rab4 Qc8 34. Qb2 g5 35. Kg2 Kg6 36.
h3 Rf7 37. d4 $1 exd4 38. Rd3 Qe8 39. Rbxd4 Qe5 40. f4 $1 Rxd4 41. Qxd4 gxf4
42. gxf4 Qxf4 43. Rf3 Qe5 44. Rg3+ Kh5 45. Qd1+ Kh6 46. Qd2+ Kh5 47. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 $6 (9. dxc3 h6 10. Ne3 d6 11. f4 exf3 12. exf3 Bd7 13. h3 Ne7 14.
Qc2 d5 $10 {Lautier,J-Karpov,An Biel-A 1990 CBM/19}) 9... d5 $1 10. cxd5 Qxd5
11. Ne3 Qh5 12. Rb1 (12. f3 exf3 $6 (12... Ne5 $1 13. fxe4 Neg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
$44) 13. exf3 Nd5 14. f4 Qxd1 15. Nxd1 Nb6 16. Ne3 Na5 17. d3 $14 {
Geller-Dorfman URS-ch 1975}) 12... b6 13. f3 Ne5 $1 14. fxe4 Neg4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4
16. Qc2 Bxe2 17. Re1 Bf3 18. d3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. Bf4 $6 (20. c4 $5) 20...
c4 $1 21. d4 $2 (21. dxc4 Qg6 $15) 21... Nxe4 $1 22. Be5 (22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Rbe1
f5 $19) 22... f5 23. Re3 Rad8 24. Rb2 Nf6 25. h3 Nd7 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Bf4 Rxe3
28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qf3 Re4 30. g4 Qd5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Bg3 Qd5 33. a4 Nf6 34. a5
bxa5 35. Be5 Nd7 36. Kg3 Qc6 37. Kh2 h6 38. Qf5 g6 39. Rg2 Re2 0-1

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Semeniuk, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 $6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 (10... Bg4 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Na4 {Gulko,B-Rachels,
S USA-ch 1989 CBM/19}) 11. Na4 Kh8 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. Nd2 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15.
Qc2 $14 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Be7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qb2 {/\ Bxc6} f4 20. Nxb7
Bxb7 21. Qxb7 fxe3 22. fxe3 $1 $16 Bg5 23. Kh1 Bxe3 24. Rb1 Rxa3 25. Qxc6 Bd4
26. Qxc7 $1 Rc3 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rb8 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kh3
h6 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. e3 Bxe3 34. Qxe5 Bg5 35. d4 Bf6 36. Qe6 Rd8 37. d5 Kh7
38. d6 Kg6 39. d7 h5 40. Kg2 Kh6 41. Qe8 h4 42. g4 Kh7 43. h3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 {Eine ruhige Fortsetzung. Die weiße Stellung ist fest, aber mit diesem Zug
kann er den Schwarzen nicht vor Probleme stellen. Ribli.} (8. a3) (8. Rb1) (8.
d3) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 Be6 (9... f5 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. Rc1 a5 13. Nc4 Nxc4
14. bxc4 Bg5 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Ba1 Qc8 18. Qb5 $36 {1-0 Rechlis,
G-Goldin,A/Tel Aviv 1996 (25)}) (9... Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 {Eine übliche
Figurenumgruppierung in dieser Variante.} 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 $11) (9... Bg4
$5) 10. Rc1 f6 {[%csl Rb2] Dieser "Betonzug" ist gegen den Läufer auf b2
gerichtet. Die feste schwarze Stellung weist keinerlei Schwächen auf.} (10...
f5 $5 11. d3 Bf6 $11) 11. Ne4 Qd7 (11... Qc8 12. Qc2 Bd5 13. Qb1 Kh8 14. Rfd1
Rd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rc3 c6
21. Bc5 Qe5 22. Re3 f5 23. d3 Bg8 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Kotronias,V/Karditsa
1994 (38)}) 12. d4 {Das ist die einzige aktive Möglichkeit für Weiß. Sonst
spielt Schwarz ...Rad8 und entfaltet Druck über die d-Linie.} (12. Nc5 Bxc5 13.
Rxc5 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d1]}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 (14... Rad8
15. Nc5 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc8 17. e3 c6 18. a4 Nd5 19. a5 a6 20. Rfd1 Rfe8 21. h3
Nc7 22. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Chelushkina,I-Maric,M/Belgrade 1995 (107)}) 15. Bxd4 c6
$11 {Es gibt nur eine offene Linie, in der sich die Türme tauschen werden. Die
schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel ist kaum zu mobilisieren, sodaß die
weiße Mehrheit am Königsflügel wirksam wird.} 16. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} (16. Rfd1
Rad8) 16... Bxc5 {Schwarz muß den aktiven Springer tauschen.} 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18.
Rfd1 Kf7 (18... Rd7 19. e4 Rad8 $5) 19. e4 Rd7 20. f4 $14 {[%csl Rb6] Weiß hat
leichten Vorteil. Der schwarze Springer auf b6 steht schlecht und unterstützt
vom Läuferpaar kann Weiß die Königsflügelbauern mobilisieren.} g6 (20... Rad8
21. Bf3 $14) 21. Bf3 Rad8 22. g4 Rxd1+ (22... Rd2 23. Be3 Rxd1+ (23... R2d3 24.
Kf2 $14) 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 $14 {Die Stellung ähnelt der
Partiefortsetzung.}) 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc8 {Schwarz möchte wenn möglich .
..b7-b6 / ...c6-c5 spielen.} (24... f5 $5 25. exf5 (25. gxf5 gxf5 26. e5 Nd5 {
[%csl Gd5,Rf4]}) 25... gxf5 26. g5 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5c3,Gc3d1,Gc3a2,
Rd5f4]}) 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 (26. exf5 $2 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 26... Bd7 27. b4
$5 {[%cal Gd1b3,Gb3f7] Weiß legt den Damenflügel fest und bringt seinen Läufer
auf die Diagonale a2-g8.} (27. Bh5+ Kg7) 27... b6 28. Bb3+ (28. Bh5+ Kg7) 28...
Ke8 29. Bd4 {[%csl Rf6] Die einzige schwarze Schwäche ist gut zu verteidigen.}
Nd6 (29... Ke7 $14) 30. Bc2 (30. Bxf6 $2 Nxe4 $15 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd7f5,Re4f6]
}) 30... Ke7 31. Kf2 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4,Ge5] Der Springer strebt nach e5.} 32. a4
Ne5 33. a5 (33. Bxe5 fxe5 $11) 33... c5 (33... bxa5 34. bxa5 a6 35. Bc5+ $14 {
[%csl Ga5,Ra6,Gc2,Gc5]} (35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Bd3 Bc8 $11)) 34. bxc5 (34. Bxe5
fxe5 35. axb6 (35. bxc5 bxa5 $13 (35... bxc5 $11)) 35... axb6 36. bxc5 bxc5 $11
) 34... Nc6 {[%cal Rc6a5,Rc6d4]} (34... bxa5 35. Kg3 a4 36. Kf4 Nc6 37. Bb2 Nb4
) 35. axb6 $5 (35. cxb6 $6 Nxd4 (35... axb6 36. Bxb6 $16) 36. bxa7 Bc6 37. Ba4
Ba8 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. Bxc6 Bxc6 $17) 35... axb6 {Schwarz riskiert nichts. Er
lehnt das Figurenopfer ab, spielt weiter mit einem Bauern weniger, denn das
Material ist so reduziert, daß er auch so Remis halten kann.} (35... Nxd4 36.
bxa7 Bc6 37. Ba4 Bb7 (37... Bxe4 38. Ke3 $18) 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. Bxc6 Bxc6 40. Kd4
$14 {Besonders der weiße a-Bauer ist gefährlich.}) 36. Be3 (36. cxb6 $2 Nxd4
37. b7 Nc6 38. Ba4 Nb8 $17) 36... bxc5 37. Bxc5+ Kf7 {Schwarz bleibt mit dem
König auf f7 oder g7, spielt ...Ne5 und der weiße Materialvorteil ist nicht
leicht zu verwerten.} 38. Ke3 (38. Bb3+ Kg7) 38... Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 39. Bd1 {
[%csl Gd1][%cal Gd1h5] Der schwarze Springer wird in seiner Beweglichkeit
eingeschränkt.} Bc6 40. Kd4 {Dank des 39. weißen Zuges ist jetzt nicht 40...
Nf3+ möglich.} Bb7 41. Bd6 Nc6+ 42. Kc5 Ne5 43. Bc2 (43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Kd6 Kf6
$11 {Und Schwarz erreicht leicht Remis, indem er nur noch Läuferzüge macht.})
43... Ba6 44. Bb3+ Kg7 45. Kd5 Bb7+ 46. Kd4 Nf3+ 47. Ke3 Bxe4 $1 $11 {Mit
einer kleinen Kombination gewinnt Schwarz den Bauern zurück.} (47... Ne5 $14)
48. Kxe4 Nd2+ {[%cal Rd2e4,Rd2b3]} 49. Kd5 Nxb3 {Der Springer steht zwar weit
vom Königsflügel entfernt, kommt aber rechtzeitig zurück.} 50. Bf4 (50. Bb4 {
[%csl Rb3]} Nc1 $11) 50... Na5 51. Kc5 Nb7+ 52. Kc6 Nd8+ 53. Kd7 Nf7 54. Ke7 {
[%csl Ge7,Rf6] Schwarz hat eine Bauernschwäche auf f6, aber selbst ohne diesen
Bauern hat er eine theoretische Remisstellung.} Nh8 55. h3 Nf7 56. h4 Nh8 57.
Be3 (57. h5 Nf7 (57... h6 $2 58. Bd2 Nf7 59. Bc3 Kg8 60. Bxf6 $22 $18) 58. h6+
Kg8 (58... Nxh6 $2 59. Bxh6+ Kxh6 60. Kxf6 $18) 59. Kxf6 Nh8 $11) 57... Nf7 58.
Bd4 Nh6 (58... Nh8 $2 59. Bxf6+ Kg8 60. Bxh8 $18) 59. Ke6 (59. Bxf6+ Kg8 $11)
59... Nf7 60. Bxf6+ Kg8 61. Bg5 Nh8 {Und hier wurde Remis gegeben. Schwarz
bleibt mit dem König auf g8 und erreicht mit den Springerzügen ...Nh8-f7 oder .
..Nh6-f7 das Remis.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
a4 {Diese Variante wird selten gespielt, die populäre Alternative ist 8.a3,
mit der Idee b2-b4.} a5 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 O-O $5 11. Nfxd4 $6 (11.
Nbxd4 $5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4) 11... Nxd4 (11... Nb4 $1 12. e4 c6 13. Nc3 Bf6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Kotronias,V/Greece (ch) 1994/ (39)}) 12. Nxd4 c6 13. e3 Bf6
14. Qh5 Qe7 $5 $11) 9... Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nd2 O-O $5 {Schwarz
nimmt nicht auf g2, er hält die Spannung aufrecht. Der Tausch 12...Bxg2 ist
auch gut spielbar.} (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Bxd4
exd4 17. Rac1 c6 {1/2-1/2 Hanken,J-Waitzkin,J/US National op 1994/EXT 97 (47)})
13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 Nb4 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (14... Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Rfc8
17. Rc4 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Korneev,O/Metz 1998/EXT 99 (32)}) (14...
Qd7) 15. Rfc1 (15. Qxd5 Nxd5) (15. Rac1 $5) 15... Qd7 16. Nf3 (16. Ne4) 16...
Bd6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4] Schwarz besitzt Raumvorteil und
hat eine aktivere Figurenstellung.} 19. Qc4 c6 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. Rc2 Qf5 {
[%cal Ge5e4] Die schwarze positionelle Drohung ist 22...e4.} 22. Nh4 (22. e4
Qh5 $15) 22... Qh5 23. Nf3 {Weiß hat keine aktiven Möglichkeiten, er kann nur
warten.} Rd6 {[%cal Gd6h6]} 24. Qe4 $6 {Weiß provoziert den Zug 24...f5, den
Schwarz allerdings plante} f5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gf5f4] Schwarz hat
eine aktive Stellung; Weiß muss nun mit e5-e4 oder f5-f4 rechnen.} 26. Qh4 Qg6
{Natürlich möchte Schwarz die Damen auf dem Brett halten.} 27. Rc4 h6 28. Qh3
Qf7 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gf7c4]} 29. Rac1 $6 (29. Ng5 Qd5+ (29... Qf6) 30. e4 fxe4 31.
Nxe4 $15) 29... e4 $17 30. Nd4 exd3 31. exd3 Rd5 {[%csl Gb4,Gd5,Ge8] Die
Verteidigung von Schwarz ist sicher, während der Gegner eine schlechte
Bauernstruktur besitzt.} (31... f4 $36) 32. Nf3 Rxd3 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. Rcc4 Rxf3
$1 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf7c4][%mdl 64]} (34... Rxf3 $1 35. Rxb4 (35. Kxf3 Qd5+
$19) 35... Rxf2+ 36. Rxf2 axb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Psakhis} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 $5 {
Ribli.Nach 6...Re8 ist 7.Nd5 ein bisschen unangenehm fuer Schwarz, und die
Variante nach 6...e4 7.Ng5 Bc3 8.bc Re8 9.f3 ist sehr scharf.Die
Partiefortsetzung bietet Schwarz ruhiges positionelles Spiel mit gleichen
Chancen.} 7. bxc3 Re8 8. d3 e4 $1 9. Nd4 exd3 (9... h6 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 d5
12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Rd1 $1 (13. e3 Na5 14. f3 Nd6 15. e4 Qc5 16. Be3 Ndc4 17. Bf2
Qe7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 Bg4 $13 {Kasparov-Karpov,Sevilla,1987.})
13... Bf5 14. Qb2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7 16. Bf4 c6 17. a4 {Portisch,L-Salov,V/
Tilburg/1994/CBM44/} Rad8 18. a5 $14 {Portisch-Salov,Tilburg,1994.}) 10. exd3
h6 (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bg5 $1 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 $14 {Gulko,
B-Huebner,R/San Francisco/1995/CBM46/}) 11. Rb1 (11. Be3 Ne5 12. Re1 d6 13. h3
c5 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. d4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Bd7 $10 {Gurevich,M-Salov,V/Linares/1991/})
11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bf4 $1 (13. h3 b6 14. c5 Nh7 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1
Ba6 17. Rb3 Qd7 $13 {Ubilava-Naumkin,Beograd,1988,CBM10. Kortschnoj empfiehlt
statt 14.c5 den Zug 14.Bf4!?, aber mir gefällt das sofortige 13.Bf4.
Ubilava-Naumkin/Belgrade/1988/0:1/40/}) 13... b6 {N/} (13... c6 14. Be5 b6 15.
Qa4 Bf5 16. Rbd1 Qd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bxd5 Rad8
$10 {Norri,J-Tella,J/FIN t-ch/1995/0,5/25/}) 14. Be5 Bb7 (14... c6 $5 {Psakhis}
) 15. Qf3 $14 {Ribli.Weiss hat das Laeuferpaar, einen sehr starken Laeufer mit
der Fesselung auf der Diagonale h1-a8 und im Ganzen eine aktive Stellung.
Andererseits hat Schwarz eine solide Stellung ohne Schwaechungen.} Nh7 (15...
Nd7 {Psakhis} 16. Rfe1 $14) 16. h4 (16. cxd5 {Psakhis} Ng5 17. Qf4 Bxd5 $1 18.
Bxc7 Bxg2 19. Bxd8 Nh3+ 20. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 Raxd8 $10) 16... Qe7 (16... c6
{Psakhis}) 17. Qg4 Nf6 (17... f6 $6 18. Bf4 $14) 18. Qf4 {Ribli.Die Drohung 19.
Bf6 Qf6 20.Qf6 gf6 ist nicht so gefaehrlich fuer Schwarz, aber nach
Moeglichkeit umgeht er diese Abwicklung.} Nh5 19. Qf3 Nf6 {Ribli. Diese Partie
wurde in der letzten Runde gespielt. Weiss strebt den vollen Punkt an statt
der Zugwiederholung.} 20. Rbe1 (20. Bxf6 {Psakhis} Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. cxd5
(22. Rfe1 $5) 22... Rad8 23. Rbc1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc7 Rxd4 26. Rxa7
Rxd3 $10) 20... Qe6 21. Qf4 (21. Bxc7 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kh2 h5) (21. Bxf6
{Psakhis} Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Re3 $5 $14) 21... Nh5 22. Qc1 Qd7 (22... Qf5 {
Psakhis} 23. Qd1 $16) 23. Qd1 Nf6 (23... g6 {Psakhis} 24. g4 Ng7 25. Qf3 $16)
24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh5 {Ribli.Mit den Damen auf dem Brett sind die
Bauernschwaechen am schwarzen Koenigsfluegel unangenehm.} (25. Kh2 {Ribli.Mit
eventuellem Bh3,und Angriff am Koenigsfluegel.}) 25... Kg7 26. cxd5 {Ribli.
Ein seltsames Bild.Weiss hat einen Tripelbauern auf der d-Linie. Aber das ist
nicht so wichtig, wichtiger ist die Zeit, die Schwarz benoetigt, um den Bauern
zurueckzugewinnen, waehrend Weiss einen gefaehrlichen Angriff führt.} Rad8 (
26... Rxe1 $2 {Psakhis} 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. d6 (28. Re4 Bxd5 29. Rg4+ Kh7 30. Be4+
Bxe4 31. dxe4 $36) 28... cxd6 $8 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg7 32.
Re4 $18) 27. Re4 $1 (27. Re3 $1 {Psakhis} Rxe3 $6 28. fxe3 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5
30. Qg4+ Kh7 (30... Kf8 31. Qf4 $16) 31. Rxf6 $16) 27... Bxd5 (27... f5 28. Re5
) 28. Rxe8 {[#]} (28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Rf4 (29. Be4+ {Psakhis} Bxe4 30. dxe4 Re7
$13) 29... Re6 $2 (29... Qe6 $1 $15) (29... Qd6 $2 30. Qf5+ (30. Bxd5 $6 Qxd5
31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxf6 Kg7 (32... Re7) 33. Rc6) 30... Kg8 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32.
Rg4+ (32. Qxf6)) (29... Bxg2 30. Rxf6 Qd5 $2 (30... Bd5 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Qg5+
Kf8 33. Rh8#) (30... Kg7 $5 31. Qxh6+ (31. Rxh6 Qd5 32. Rh7+ Kf8 (32... Kg8 $4
33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qh6#)) 31... Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ (33. Rh6 Qxd4) 33...
Kg8 $10 (33... Ke7 34. Re1+ $18)) 31. Rxf7+ $18) 30. Bh3) 28... Bxg2 29. Rxd8
Qh3 $8 30. Qg4+ (30. f3 Qxg3 $4 (30... Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qxf1+ 32. Ke3 Qe1+ (32...
Qc1+) 33. Kf4 Qd2+ (33... Bh3 34. g4 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 Qg2+ 36. Kf4 Qd2+ $10) 34.
Kg4 $4 (34. Kf5 Qxd3+ 35. Kf4) (34. Ke4 {Psakhis} Qe2+ $10) 34... Bxf3+ 35.
Kxf3 Qd1+) 31. Qg4+) 30... Qxg4 31. Kxg2 {Ribli. Nach unklaren Verwicklungen
haben wir eine ungefaehr gleiche Stellung erreicht. Es ist schwer vorstellbar,
dass Weiss diese Partie mit zwei Tuermen gegen die Dame verlieren kann.} Qe2
32. Rc1 Qxd3 33. Re1 $2 {Ribli.Weiss ist zu agressiv.Ich denke,ein halber
Punkt ist immer besser als nichts.Mit seinem letzten Zug verteidigt Weiss sich
gegen das Dauerschach und ... verliert die Partie.} (33. Rxc7) (33. Rxc7 {
Psakhis} Qe4+ 34. Kh2 Qe2 35. Kg2 Qe4+ $10 (35... Qxa2 $6 36. d5 $36)) 33... c5
34. Re3 (34. Re7 $5 {Psakhis}) (34. d5 {Psakhis} Qd2 35. Ree8 Qxa2 36. Rg8+ Kh7
37. h5 f5 $17) 34... Qc4 35. d5 (35. dxc5) (35. dxc5 $5 $10 {Psakhis}) 35...
Qxa2 36. Re7 (36. d6 {Psakhis} Qd5+) 36... Qc4 37. Rdd7 $2 (37. Rxa7) (37. h5
$5 {Psakhis}) 37... Kg6 38. Rd8 $6 (38. Rxf7) (38. Rxf7 {Psakhis} Qe4+ 39. Kg1
a5 $17) 38... h5 39. Rdd7 a5 40. Rxf7 {Ribli. Weiss hat die letzte Phase der
Partie zu seinem Unglück sehr konsequent auf Verlust gespielt - war er in
grosser Zeitnot?} Qe4+ 41. Kg1 a4 $19 {Ribli. Schwarz hat gewonnen, er besitzt
drei Freibauern und sein Koenig ist aktiv.Die einzige Gefahr ist der weisse
d-Bauer, aber mit guten Spiel kann Schwarz den leicht aufhalten.} 42. Rg7+ Kf5
43. Rdf7 Qb1+ (43... Qxd5 $4 44. Rg5+ $18) 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. d6 (45. Rd7 {Psakhis
} a3) 45... Kxd6 46. Rxf6+ Kd5 47. Rf4 (47. Rg5+ $2 Kc4 48. Rxh5 a3 $19) 47...
a3 48. Rd7+ (48. Ra4 $5 c4 49. Rg5+ Kd4 50. Rxa3 $132) 48... Kc6 49. Ra7 Qb3 (
49... a2 50. Rfa4) 50. Rf3 (50. Rfa4 $1 $13) 50... Qd5 51. Raxa3 c4 {Ribli.
Schwarz hat seinen gefaehrlichen a-Bauern geopfert, jedoch tauschweise für die
Fesselung. Mit den beiden verbundenen Bauern gewinnt er leicht.} 52. Kh2 Kc5
53. Rf8 Kb4 54. Re3 b5 55. Rf4 (55. Rb8 Ka4 56. Re1 $5 Qf5 $1 $17 (56... c3 $6
{Psakhis} 57. Ra1+ Kb4 58. Rb1+ Ka5 59. Ra1+ $10)) 55... Ka4 56. g4 (56. Ree4 {
Psakhis} Kb3) 56... hxg4 57. Rxg4 b4 58. Ree4 Qd6+ 59. Kg2 c3 60. Rc4 Kb3 61.
h5 (61. Rgd4 {Psakhis} Qxd4 62. Rxd4 c2 63. Rd3+ Ka4) 61... Qd5+ {Ribli.Weiss
gab auf.Nach 62.f3 ist Qc4 63.Rc4 Kc4 64.h6 c2 65.h7 c1Q 66.h8Q nicht
ueberzeugend, aber 62...Qd2 63.Kg3 c2 gewinnt leicht.} (61... Qd5+ {Psakhis}
62. f3 Qd2+ 63. Kg3 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Albert/Berlin m"]
[Site "Albert/Berlin"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 {Eine von Bacrot gerne, aber ansonsten
selten gespielte Variante. Die Alternativen sind 4...d5, 4...Bb4 oder 4...Bc5.
Ribli.} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 (7. Nxc6 $5) 7... O-O 8. O-O (8. Nc2 d6
9. O-O Re8 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 $5 h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 (11... Ne5 $5 12. b3 c6 13. Rc1
Qe7 (13... a5 $5) 14. h3 Kh7 15. Nd4 Ned7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rcd1 Nh5 18. Bc1 f5
19. e3 Nf6 20. Ba3 Bd7 21. Nde2 Rad8 22. Na4 $1 {Chernin,A-Votava,J/Erevan olm
1996/1-0 (69)}) 12. b3 a6 13. Ne3 {[%csl Gc3,Ge3][%cal Gc3d5,Ge3d5]} Rb8 14.
Rc1 Nd4 15. Ned5 {1-0 Gavrikov,V-Hartman,C/Excelsior Cup 1998 (39)}) 10... Ne5
11. b3 c6 12. Rc1 a5 13. h3 a4 14. Be3 axb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Ned7 17. Bh6
Bh8 18. b4 Nb6 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Ncd5 Qd8 21. Nf4 d5 22. Rfd1 dxc4 23. Nxe6 Qxd2
24. Rxd2 c3 25. Rd3 Rxe6 26. Rcxc3 Bg7 27. Bxg7 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Bacrot,E/
Cannes Generations 1998}) 8... Re8 {[%csl Yd5] Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum,
besonders das Feld d5. Schwarz hat kein spezielles Gegenspiel, aber seine
Stellung ist fest.} 9. e3 (9. Nc2 $5) (9. Nxc6 $5) 9... Rb8 (9... Ne5 $2 10. b3
d6 11. h3 h5 $5 (11... Nfd7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16.
Kh2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nd5 {1-0 Kwatschewsky,L-Manhardt,T/
AUT-chT2S 9697 1996 (40)}) 12. Bb2 c6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ba3 Bf8 (
15... h4 $2 16. g4 Nexg4 $2 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. f3 d5 20. fxg4 $18
dxe4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rf4 Bd7 23. Qf2 {1-0 Stangl,M-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny
1996}) 16. Rd2 {/\ Rfd1, Nc2+/-}) (9... Nxd4 $6 10. exd4 d6 11. Bf4 Rb8 (11...
c6 12. h3 $14) 12. c5 Nh5 13. Be3 dxc5 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 {
1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Fontaine,R/Cannes mT 1996 (41)}) 10. Nde2 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Gg2]
[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d5] Der weiße Plan ist klar. Er beabsichtigt 11.b3 nebst 12.Bb2
mit bequemem Spiel.} (10. b3 Nxd4 11. exd4 a6 (11... d6 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 b5
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Rc1 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. d5 Ba6 18. Re1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nd7 20.
Qc4 Bc3 21. Red1 Nb6 22. Qf4 Be5 23. Qf3 Ra8 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. Bd2 {Ivanov,
I-Adams,M/BCF-ch 1987/1-0 (55)}) 12. a4 d6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Be3 h5 15. Qd2 Ne4
$11 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rae1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. d5
bxc4 22. bxc4 Qf5 {0-1 Shamkovich,L-Akopian,V/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 (46)})
10... d6 11. b3 Bf5 {[%csl Ye4] Die schwarze Stellung ist etwas genügsam. Er
plant mit 12...Qc8 (12...Qd7) die weißfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.} 12. Bb2
Qc8 (12... Ne4 $5 13. Qc1 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3,Gd3b2,Gd3c1]}) 13. Qd2 (13. Re1 $2
Nb4 {[%csl Yd3][%cal Rb4d3,Rd3e1,Rd3b2]} (13... Bh3 14. Bh1 Bg4)) 13... Bh3 (
13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bf5 16. e4 $14 {[%csl Yd5]}) 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15.
Nf4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Rf4h3,Gf4d5]} Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5f3,Rf3d2,Rf3g1]} 16. f3 (
16. Nxh3 $5 Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Nxd2 18. Rfd1 Nde4 (18... Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 (19...
Bxb2 $2 20. Nxd2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 $16) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 $14)) 16... Qd7 17.
Rad1 Rbd8 18. e4 {[%csl Yd5] Weiß hat Raumvorteil, aber die schwarze Stellung
scheint gut verteidigungsfähig.} c6 19. Kg2 {[%csl Gg2] Ein guter
prophylaktischer Zug. Weiß vermeidet taktische Motive gegen f3 und verbessert
seine Königsstellung.} Qc7 20. Rf2 a6 21. Qc2 Qb8 {Jetzt droht Schwarz 22...b5.
} (21... b5 $6 22. cxb5 cxb5 (22... axb5 23. Nxb5 $16 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) 23. Ncd5
$14 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6] Weiß kontrolliert das Feld d5 stark und der schwarze Bauer
d6 ist schwach.}) 22. a4 h5 {Die Stellung ähnelt der Königsindischen
Verteidigung. Theoretisch ist der Bauer d6 schwach, aber er ist gut verteidigt
und es ist für Weiß trotz seines Raumvorteils schwierig voranzukommen.} 23. Ba3
{[%cal Ga3d6]} Nh7 24. h4 Nf8 25. Rfd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd1d6,Ra3d6]} c5 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gf4d5,Gc3d5] Jetzt ist es dem Weißen gelungen, ein
positionelles Loch auf d5 zu erzwingen.} 26. Bb2 Kh7 27. Ncd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Ne6
28. Qb1 (28. Ne2 $5 {Und Weiß kann mit 29.f4 den stolzen schwarzen e5-Springer
vertreiben.}) 28... Rf8 29. Qa1 b5 $5 {Schwarz muß am Damenflügel Gegenspiel
organisieren, sonst kommt Weiß langsam mit 30.Ne2 nebst 31.f4.} 30. cxb5 axb5
31. a5 Nd4 $13 {[%csl Gd4,Rf3][%cal Rd4b3] Strategisch steht Schwarz schlecht,
denn der weiße Springer d5 beherrscht das Brett, aber es bieten sich ihm gute
taktische Gegenchancen.} 32. Bxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gg7a1]} 33. Rf2 Qa7 34.
Nd3 f5 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 35. Nxe5 $6 (35. exf5 Rxf5 $132 36. N3f4) 35... dxe5 36.
b4 $6 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5]} (36. Rff1) 36... fxe4 37. fxe4 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qf7+ {
[%csl Rf2]} {[#]} 39. Kg2 Rxd5 $1 $17 {Ein positionelles Qualitätsopfer im
Stile Tigran Petrosjans! Der junge französische Großmeister bekommt zwei
gefährliche verbundene Freibauern und Angriff.} 40. exd5 Qxd5+ {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,
Ge5,Rg2,Gg7]} 41. Kh2 d3 {Mit der Unterstützung des Läufers sind die schwarzen
Bauern sehr gefährlich.} 42. a6 e4 43. Qa3 Qf7 44. a7 (44. Rg1 Be5 45. Rg2 (45.
a7 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 (46. Rg2 Bxg3+ 47. Kh3 Qf3 48. Rxg3 Qh1#) 46... Qf3+ 47. Kh2
Qg4 $19 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Rg4h4]}) 45... Qe7 46. Kg1 (46. a7 Qxh4+ 47. Kg1 Bd4+
$19 {nebst matt}) 46... Qd7 47. Qa2 e3 $19) 44... Qf2+ $19 45. Kh1 Qf3+ 46. Kh2
Qe2+ {und Weiß gab auf. Er steht vor der traurigen Wahl: Matt oder Turmverlust
mit "Schach".} (46... Qe2+ 47. Kh3 (47. Kh1 Qxd1+ $19) 47... Qxd1 48. a8=Q Qh1#
) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Zug wird relativ selten
gespielt - die Alternativen sind 4...d5 und 4...Bb4.} 5. Nh4 $6 {Dieser Zug
wirkt unnatürlich auf mich. Weiß möchte die Springer auf dem Brett halten und
nach 6.e3 den gegnerischen Springer verjagen. Das natürliche 5.Bg2 ist meines
Erachtens die beste Fortsetzung für Weiß.} d5 $5 {Es ist bemerkenswert, dass
dieser natürliche Bauernzug nicht nur noch nie gespielt, sondern seinerzeit
von Kortschnoj selbst empfohlen wurde (s. die Monographie A 29 (1993)).} (5...
c6 6. e3 Ne6 7. Bg2 (7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 d5 $15 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 11. Na4 Nd7
$1 12. b5 Bb7 13. Ba3 bxc5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Rc1 $2 (15. Nxc5 $5) 15... Nxa4
16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qe8 $1 $19 {0-1 Gulko,B-Hansen,C/Esbjerg
2000/CBM 78/[Ribli] (26)}) 7... g6 (7... Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 d5
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Nf5 {1-0 Liberzon,V-Tatai,S/
Beersheba 1976/MCL (22)}) 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bg7 12.
Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6
axb6 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Svidler,P/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)
}) (5... g5 $2 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Bc5 8. Qe2 Qe7 $2 (8... d6 $13) 9. d3 Rg8
10. h4 h6 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rxg5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Rh8+ Ng8 15. f4 Rg6 16.
fxe5 $18 {Botterill,G-Botto/England 1977/Inf 24 (16)}) 6. e3 $6 {Dieser Zug
bedeutet eine Schwächung der weißen Felder.} (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 $11) 6...
Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung erreicht - er kann mit 8...
Be7 (mit Tempogewinn dank der schlechten Stellung des Nh4) die Entwicklung des
Königsflügels beenden. Weiß hingegen muss immer auch mit Ndb4 rechnen.} 8. d3
Be7 $15 9. Nf3 (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg2 Bb4+ $15) 9... O-O {Schwarz hat
Entwicklungsvorsprung und eine gesunde Stellung. Weiß steht schon jetzt vor
Problemen - es ist nicht leicht, den Bf1 zu entwickeln.} 10. Bg2 (10. a3 $15) (
10. Be2 Bh3 $15) 10... Ndb4 {[%csl Rd3]} 11. Ke2 {[%csl Re2] Man muss hier
darauf hinweisen, dass es sich hier um eine Schnellschachpartie handelt. Unter
normalen Bedingungen hätte Kortschnoj natürlich eine andere Variante gewählt.
Der König steht schlecht in der Mitte.} (11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 $1 $17)
11... Be6 {Durch natürliche Züge verschafft sich Schwarz eine gute
Angriffsstellung - anschließend kann er Qd7 und f7-f5 ziehen.} 12. Ne1 {
Weiß bereitet 13.a3 vor und verteidigt den Pd3.} (12. a3 Bb3 $5 (12... Nd5 $15)
13. Qd2 (13. Qxb3 $2 Qxd3+ 14. Ke1 Nc2+ $19) 13... Nc2 14. Rb1 f5 $36) 12...
Qd7 13. a3 {Dieser Bauernzug ist jetzt besser - Schwarz kann nun nicht 13...
Bb3 ziehen.} Nd5 14. Qc2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d2][%mdl 2048]} 15. Bd2 Kh8 (15... f5
$15) 16. Nxd5 (16. Rd1 f5 $15) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf3 f5 19. Qc4 (19.
Bc3 e4 20. Ne1 Rd7 $15) 19... Qd7 {Natürlich muss Schwarz angesichts des Ke2
die Damen auf dem Brett halten.} 20. Rhd1 b5 $1 21. Qc2 (21. Qxb5 e4 $19 {
Und wenn der Nf3 sein Feld verlässt, gewinnt Schwarz die Dame mit 22...Nd4+.})
21... f4 $40 22. Rac1 $2 (22. gxf4 exf4 $40) 22... fxg3 {[%mdl 128]} 23. fxg3 (
23. Qxc6 Qxd3+ 24. Ke1 g2 $19) 23... e4 $1 {Mit diesem Bauernopfer schließt
Schwarz die Diagonale a8-h1. Nun kann Weiß den Nf3 nicht mehr mit Qxc6
verteidigen.} 24. dxe4 Qg4 25. Rf1 Rxf3 $1 $19 26. Rxf3 Ne5 27. Rcf1 Nxf3 (
27... Nxf3 28. Rxf3 Rf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolic, Zivoslav"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 $5 {9...Be6 Vancsura,Z-Zysk,R Budapest 1988  CBM/8} 10. Rc1
Bf8 11. Ne4 Bf5 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 e4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. e3
Na4 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. b3 Nd5 19. Rfd1 $2 {19.h3!?} Nc3 $1 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxc3
Rd1+ 22. Bf1 Bxf3 23. Rc1 Rd2 24. Ra1 Ne5 25. Bb4 Rc2 26. Be1 c5 27. h3 h5 {-/+
} 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Kg2 Bf3+ 31. Kg3 g5 32. Bh3 g4 33. Bxg4 Bxg4
34. f4 Nd3 35. Kxg4 Nxe1 36. Rxe1 Rxa2 37. e4 Rb2 38. Re3 Kf8 39. Kf5 Ke7 40.
e5 a5 41. Rc3 b6 42. Rh3 b5 43. Rh7 Rxb3 44. e6 Re3 45. Rxf7+ Kd6 46. Rd7+ Kc6
47. Kf6 b4 48. Rd8 b3 49. e7 a4 50. Rc8+ Kd6 51. Rd8+ Kc7 52. Rd5 Rxe7 53. Kxe7
b2 54. Rd7+ Kc6 55. Rd6+ Kb7 56. Rd7+ Ka6 57. Rd6+ Ka5 58. Rd8 a3 59. Ra8+ Kb4
60. Rb8+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
Diese Variante ist in letzter Zeit sehr populär - wir haben eigentlich die
Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung mit vertauschten Farben vor
uns.} 8. Rb1 {Dieser Zug ist interessant - Weiß spielt weder 8.d3 noch 8.a3,
denn er möchte Zug 9.b4 vorbereiten und nach Möglichkeit ohne Tempoverlust
a2-a4 ziehen.} g5 {Ein "aggressiver" Verteidigungszug. Die ursprüngliche Idee
des Zuges 8.Rb1 ist 9.b4, und nach 9...Bxb4 oder 9...Nxb4 kann Weiß auf e5
nehmen. Jetzt aber kommt nach 9.b4 der Zwischenzug 9...g4, und nach 10.Ne1
kann Schwarz einfach auf b4 schlagen.} (8... O-O 9. b4 a6 10. a4) 9. d3 (9. b4
g4 10. Ne1 Nxb4 11. Nc2 $13) 9... h5 {Die Zentrumsstellung ist fest, daher
nutzt Schwarz die Möglichkeit, am Königsflügel Raum zu gewinnen.} (9... Be6 10.
Qd2 h6 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. b4 Bxa2 15. Rb2 Be6 16. Bxe6
Qxe6 17. b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Bf6 20. Qc5 Bxb2 21. Bxb2 f6 {0-1
Kumaran,D-Hector,J/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 55 (38)}) (9... g4 10. Nd2 (10. Ne1 h5
11. Nc2 h4 12. b4 hxg3 13. fxg3 (13. hxg3 $5) 13... Nxb4 $2 14. Nxb4 Qd4+ 15.
e3 Qxc3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1993/CBM 39/
[Ribli] (35)}) 10... Be6 11. b4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. b5 Nd4 15.
Bb2 h5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Degerman,L-Hector,J/Reykjavik 1995/CBM
47 (47)}) 10. Be3 g4 11. Nd2 (11. Nh4 $6 Nd4) 11... Nd4 {Das ist der
Schlüsselzug in dieser Variante - der schwarze Springer steht aktiv auf d4.}
12. Nc4 (12. Rc1 $6 h4 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 c6 $15 15. Qd3 f5 $1 16. Rfd1 Bf6
17. f4 (17. b4 $5 {/\ b5}) 17... gxf3 18. exf3 Kf7 $1 {0-1 Miezis,N-Smirin,I/
New York 1998/CBM 64/[Smirin] (30)}) (12. b4 $5) 12... Nxc4 (12... Bf6 13. Ne4
$13) 13. dxc4 c6 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung erreicht - der Nd4 ist
sein großer Stolz. Der gegnerische Bg2 steht nach dem Textzug nicht mehr so
aktiv. Dennoch kann Weiß am Damenflügel mit b2-b4 aktives Spiel entwickeln.}
14. b4 Bf5 15. Rb2 (15. Be4 $6 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 h4 $36) (15. Ne4 h4) 15... Nc2 $6
{[%mdl 2048]} (15... h4 $5 $36) 16. Qxd8+ $6 (16. Bc5 $5 Qxd1 (16... Bxc5 17.
bxc5 $16 {[%cal Gb2b7]}) 17. Rxd1 $14) 16... Rxd8 17. Bxa7 Nxb4 (17... Na3 $5
18. Bb6 Ra8 19. e4 (19. c5 Nc4 20. Rb3 Bc2 $17 {[%csl Rb3]}) 19... Nxc4 20. Re2
Nxb6 21. exf5 $13) 18. a3 Ra8 (18... Nc2 $2 19. e4 $18) (18... Na6 19. Rxb7 $16
) 19. axb4 Rxa7 20. b5 $14 {Dank seiner Initiative am Damenflügel steht Weiß
etwas aktiver.} Bd7 (20... Rh6 $14) 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb8+ Bd8 23. Ne4 (23. Rd1
{Jetzt droht 24.Bxc6.} Ke7 24. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5]} Rh6 $11) 23... Ke7 (23... Rh6
24. Rd1 Ke7 $11) 24. Nc5 Rh6 {Der schwarze Turm kommt auf der 6. Reihe ins
Spiel. Es scheint nun, als habe Weiß nur scheinbar die Initiative und keine
echten Drohungen.} 25. Be4 Bc7 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11 {Das Material ist reduziert,
außerdem sind ungleichfarbige Läufer auf den Brett. Zwar ist die schwarze
Königsstellung etwas unsicher, aber Weiß kann daraus kein Kapital schlagen.}
27. Rg8 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Kc5 {[%csl Gc5] Endlich findet der schwarze König einen
sicheren Platz.} 29. Rc8 Bb6 (29... h4 $11) 30. Rb1 Bc7 (30... Ra5 $11) 31. Rd1
Kxc4 $6 {Schwarz möchte auf Gewinn spielen, aber der Textzug ermöglicht Weiß
die Aktivierung seines Läufers.} (31... Bb6 $11 {So konnte Schwarz Remis durch
Zugwiederholung herbeiführen.}) 32. Rd7 Bb6 33. Rxa7 Bxa7 34. Bxc6 Rf6 {
Schwarz hofft auf Angriffschancen gegen den weißen Pf2.} 35. e3 Kd3 36. Bd5 {
[%csl Gd5]} h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Dieser Zug ist schlecht - will Schwarz die
Niederlage selbst herbeiführen?} (36... Ke2 $2 37. Rc2+ Kd3 38. Rc7 {[%cal
Rc7a7,Rc7f7]} Bb6 39. Rxf7 $16) (36... Bb6 $11) 37. gxh4 Rh6 38. Bxf7 Rxh4 39.
Be6 $16 {[%csl Rg4] Weiß hat momentan zwar nur einen Bauern mehr (dank des
"Opfers" 36...h4), aber der Pg4 ist eine weitere Schwäche, die Schwarz nicht
verteidigen kann.} Ke4 40. Rc4+ Kd3 41. Ra4 (41. Rxg4 $2 Rxg4+ 42. Bxg4 Bxe3 $1
43. fxe3 Kxe3 44. h4 Kf4 $11 {Diese Stellung ist trotz des großen
Materialvorteils theoretisch Remis, weil das Feld h8 für den weißen Läufer
nicht erreichbar ist.}) 41... Bc5 42. Bxg4 {Weiß hat zwei Bauern mehr, und der
zuvor aktive schwarze König steht nun schlecht - er ist von der 4. Reihe
abgeschnitten.} Bxe3 43. fxe3 Kxe3 44. Kg2 $18 {Aufgrund der Mehrfigur ist das
Endspiel klar gewonnen für Weiß.} e4 {Der schwarze Freibauer hat keine
Bedeutung.} 45. Kg3 Rh8 46. h4 Rh7 47. h5 {Der weiße h-Bauer entscheidet die
Partie.} Rh8 48. Ra1 Rf8 49. Kh4 Rg8 50. h6 Kf4 51. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 (9... h6 $6 10. c5 $5 {In Betracht kommt auch 10.de4 Ne4 11.
Qc2 d5 12.cd5 Qd5 13.Rd1 mit besseren Aussichten fuer Weiss. Portisch,L-Salov,
V/Tilburg/1994/CBM44/INF61,(33)/} (10. dxe4 $5) 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. cxd6
Qxd6 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qc1 $14 {Das aktive weisse Laeuferpaar gibt
Vorteil fuer den Anziehenden. Lalic,B- Spraggett,K/Moscow olm/1994/CBM45/}) (
9... Ne5 $146 {Lobron's Neuerung} 10. c5 {Zu pruefen ist 10.Bg5!?} (10. Bg5 $5)
10... exd3 11. exd3 Rb8 12. Nb5 b6 $1 $13 {Komplizierte Stellung. Serper,
G-Lobron,E/Moscow olm/1994/CBM45/}) 10. exd3 Nxd4 (10... h6 $5) 11. cxd4 d5
$146 {Das ist offenbar eine Neuerung.} (11... d6 12. Rb1 $1 Rb8 13. Qa4 $14 {
Weiss hat eine starke Initiative. Uhlmann,W-Krasenkov,M/Germany/1992/ INF56,
(40)/}) 12. Bg5 c6 {Schwarz opfert jetzt einen Bauern.} (12... dxc4 13. dxc4
$14 {Das Laeuferpaar versichert den weissen Vorteil.}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 b6
(14... Be6 15. Qxb7 $16) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 $5 (16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Rfe1 Rad8
$14 {Schwarz hat gute Ueberlebenchance.}) 16... Ba6 (16... Be6 17. Qb5 Rad8 18.
d5 $16) 17. Rfe1 Rad8 {[#]} (17... Bxd3 $2 18. Qb3 $18) 18. Qd7 $1 {Mit diesem
eleganten Zug gewinnt Gulko ein sehr wichtiges Tempo.} Rf8 (18... Kf8 $2 {
Verliert sofort.} 19. Qxa7 Bxd3 20. Qa3+ $18) 19. Qxa7 Bxd3 20. d5 $1 {Jetzt
bekraeftigte Weiss seinen Vorteil.} Bc4 21. Qb7 Rd6 22. a4 g6 (22... Rfd8 23.
Rac1 Bxd5 $2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Re8#) 23. Rac1 b5 {23...Bb3 geht
nicht wegen 24.a5! (+-)} (23... Bb3 24. a5 $18) 24. axb5 Rb6 25. Qc7 Bxb5 26.
Rb1 $1 {Eine gefaehrliche Fesselung.} Rfb8 27. Rb3 R8b7 (27... Ba6 28. Rf3 Qg7
29. d6 Rb1 30. Rfe3 $18) 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. d6 Rb8 30. Qc5 Qxd6 $2 {In
schwieriger Stellung verliert den Laeufer.} 31. Rxb5 $1 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {Dieser Zug wird seltener
gespielt als 4...Bb4 oder 4...d5.} 5. Bg2 O-O {Dieser Zug ist sehr riskant -
gewöhnlich spielt man 5...d6.} (5... d6) 6. Nxe5 $1 (6. O-O) 6... Bxf2+ (6...
Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. c5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. O-O $14) 7. Kxf2 Nxe5 8. b3 {Weiß
hat das Läuferpaar. Seine Bauernmehrheit im Zentrum wird in der Folge ein
wichtiger Faktor, dafür ist jedoch seine Königsstellung ein wenig geschwächt.}
(8. d3 Nfg4+ (8... Neg4+ 9. Kg1 Qe7 10. e4 Qc5+ 11. d4 Qxc4 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4
d5 14. g5 Nxe4 15. gxh6 {1-0 Hentunen,A-Mertanen,J/FIN 1999/EXT 2001 (42)}) 9.
Kg1 Qf6 $13 {1-0 Vidarte Morales,A-Ater,G/Vila de Salou 1995/EXT 97 (55)}) 8...
Re8 9. Rf1 d5 $6 (9... c6 10. d4 $5 (10. Kg1 h6 11. d4 Ng6 12. e4 d6 13. Bb2
Bg4 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Rf1 Rad8 18. e5 {1/2-1/2
Conquest,S-Loginov,V/Budapest 1996/CBM 56 (80)}) 10... Neg4+ 11. Kg1 Ne3 12.
Bxe3 Rxe3 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rae1 d6 15. Nd1 Re6 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nf2 $16 {[%csl
Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]}) 10. d4 $1 $14 {Ftacnik: 'Timman believes in the strong pawn
center, but the situation will not be one sided.'} (10. cxd5 c6 (10... Bf5 11.
Kg1) 11. dxc6 Qb6+ 12. e3 Nxc6 $44 (12... bxc6 {Ftacnik} 13. Na4 Qb4 $14))
10... Neg4+ 11. Kg1 dxc4 (11... c6 {Ftacnik} 12. Qd3 $14) 12. bxc4 Ne3 $6 (
12... c6 $5 13. Qd3 $14 (13. e4 Qa5 (13... c5 $6 14. dxc5 $16) 14. Bd2 Ne3 (
14... Qb6 $6 15. Bf4 $16) 15. Nb5 $14)) 13. Bxe3 Rxe3 14. Qd2 $16 {Weiß hat
ein starkes Bauernzentrum und gutes Figurenspiel.} Re8 (14... Re7 $2 15. Rxf6
$1 (15. e4 c6 16. Rab1 $14) 15... gxf6 16. Nd5 $16) (14... Re6 15. e4 $16 (15.
Rad1 $16)) (14... Qe8 {Ftacnik} 15. Rxf6 (15. Rae1 {Ftacnik} c6 16. Rf3 Rxf3
17. Bxf3 $14) 15... gxf6 16. Nd5 Rxe2 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Qd3 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3
20. Nd5 Rd3 21. Nxc7 Rb8 $15) 15. Rad1 $6 $14 (15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17.
Bxb7 Rb8 (17... Bxc4 18. Qc3 Bxe2 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 (19... Bxf1 20. Bc6 $16) 20.
Rf2 $16) 18. Bc6 $16) (15. Rab1 c6 16. d5 $14) 15... c6 $6 (15... Ng4 16. e4 c5
(16... Be6 17. Qf4 $16 (17. c5 Bc4 18. Rfe1 $14)) 17. Qf4 (17. dxc5 Qe7 $14 (
17... Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Ne3 19. Rb1 Nxc4 20. Rd4 $16)) 17... Nh6 $6 (17... cxd4 18.
Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Ne5 20. Qf2 Bg4 21. Rxd4 $14) 18. dxc5 Qa5 19. Nb5 Be6 (19...
Bg4 $6 20. Qd2 $16) 20. e5 Rab8 21. Kh1 $16) 16. Qf4 $2 (16. e4 Bg4 17. Rb1 (
17. Rde1 $1 c5 18. Nd5 $16 (18. e5 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Nb5 d3 $1 (20... Nd7
21. Nc7 $16 (21. Bxb7 $16)) 21. Nc7 (21. exf6 $2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 d2 $17) 21... d2
22. Rb1 $14))) 16... Bg4 $1 $13 {Nach diesem starken Zug kann Weiß nicht e2-e4
ziehen, sondern muss sich statt dessen um seinen Pe2 kümmern.} 17. Rf2 (17. Rb1
Qd7 $13) (17. Rd2 {Ftacnik} Bh5 18. d5 Qa5 $13) 17... Bh5 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gg4e3]
Der Läufer verteidigt prophylaktisch das Feld f7 und bereitet das Gegenspiel
mit Ng4 vor.} 18. d5 cxd5 $2 (18... Qa5 19. Ne4 Ng4 $13) (18... Qb6 {Ftacnik}
19. h3 Qe3 (19... Rad8 {Ftacnik}) 20. Rd3 Qxf4 21. gxf4 $14) 19. Nxd5 $1 $14 (
19. h3 {Der Pd5 läuft nicht weg. Mit dem Textzug verhindert Weiß den Zug 19...
Ng4.} Bg6 (19... Qe7 20. cxd5 $14) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 $14) (19. cxd5 $5 $14
Qb6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rac8) 19... Ng4 20. Rff1 (20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxd8 Raxd8
22. h3 (22. Bd5 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qa4 Ra8 $11) 22... Rd1+ (22...
Nxg2 $6 23. Kxg2 Bg6 24. g4 $16) 23. Kh2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 $14) (20. Rf3 $2 {
Ftacnik} Rxe2 $17) 20... Ne5 (20... Rxe2 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Bf3 $18) 21. Qc1 $2 {
'?!' Ftacnik.} (21. Qf2 Nxc4 (21... Bg4 22. Nf4 Qc7 23. Rb1 $14) 22. Nf4 (22.
Qc5 Bxe2 $2 (22... Rc8 23. Qxa7 $13) 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 $14) 22...
Qg5 23. Bxb7 $14) (21. Bf3) (21. Rd4 {Ftacnik} Qa5 22. Rf2 Bg6 $15) 21... Bxe2
$1 $15 {'!?' Ftacnik.  Ftacnik: 'The couragegous approach costs a queen, but
the black pieces will become very active.'  Schwarz sorgt sich nicht um den
drohenden Verlust seiner Dame. Im Gegenteil, er setzt auf starkes Spiel seiner
übrigen Figuren.} (21... Qa5 22. Nf4 Bg4 $15) 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 {
[%mdl 1024]} (23... Rexd8 $2 24. Bxb7 $14) 24. Bxb7 Kg7 $1 {Ein nützlicher
Wartezug - der Rf1 kann sich nicht befreien.} (24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1 (25. Qxf1 {
Ftacnik} Rd2 $17) 25... Ng4 $13 26. Kg1 $15) (24... Nd3 25. Qa3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1
Re1+ 27. Kg2 Re2+ $13) 25. Bd5 $2 (25. c5 Nd3 $6 (25... Bxf1 26. Qxf1 $15 (26.
Kxf1 Rd4 27. c6 Rc4 $17)) 26. Qc3 (26. Qc4 {Ftacnik} Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Kg2
Rc1 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Qf5 $15) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Qxe1 (28. Kg2 Rc1 $1
29. Qd2 Rc2 $19) 28... Nxe1 29. Kxe1 $44) 25... Bxf1 $17 (25... Nd3 $2 26. Qa3
Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Kg2 $16) 26. Qxf1 $2 (26. Kxf1 Ng4 27. Kg1 Re3 28. Kg2
Rde8 29. Bf3 Nxh2 30. Kxh2 $2 (30. Bh5 R8e5 31. Kf2 R3e4 $17) 30... Rxf3 $19)
26... Rb8 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb8,Ge5,Ge8][%cal Gb8b1]} 27. Qf2 (27. Qc1 {Ftacnik}
Nd3 28. Qa3 Rb2 $1 $19) 27... Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 128] Ftacnik: 'In cooperation
black rooks and a knight will get to the white king with a decisive effect.'} (
27... h5 28. Qxa7 Ng4 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Be6 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 $11) (
27... Re7 28. Qd4) 28. Qxa7 (28. Qd4 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Re2+ 30. Kf3 (30. Kh3 Ne5 $19
) 30... Rf2+ 31. Ke3 Re1+ 32. Kxd3 Rd1+ 33. Ke3 Rxd4 34. Kxd4 Rxa2 $19) 28...
Re1+ {[%csl Rg1]} 29. Kg2 Rb2+ 30. Kh3 (30. Kf3 Ne5+ 31. Kf4 Rxh2 $19) 30...
Ne5 31. g4 Ree2 (31... Rd2 $1 32. Kg3 Rd3+ 33. Kf2 Rb1 $19) 32. Kg3 Rxa2 33.
Qc5 Rad2 {Gegen 34...Rd3+ gibt es keine Rettung.} 0-1

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 $6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. Na4 Nxa4 (11... Kh8 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. Nd2 Nxa4
14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qc2 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 $14 {Makarov,M-Semeniuk,A
RSFSR-ch Kuibishev 1990 CBM/21}) 12. Qxa4 Be6 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Qb5
$1 $14 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. Rc4 Ne7 18. Bc5 c6 19. Qb3 Qe6 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21.
e4 fxe4 22. dxe4 Rf7 $2 (22... Rab8) 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Rxc6 Qg4 25. Rc7 $1 Rxd2
26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxe7 Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 h6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rb2 31. b5 $1 Qd4
32. Qe6+ $1 $18 Kf8 33. Qf5+ Ke7 34. Rc1 $1 Qd6 35. Qc8 Qd5 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {King} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 Nd4
{Eine seltene Fortsetzung in dieser Stellung.Ribli.} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9.
Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Rb1 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bf4 $14 {Hodgson,J-Salov,V/
Amsterdam Donner/1996/CBM55/}) 8. Nxd4 (8. Nd2 $5) (8. Bg5 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bxc3
10. bxc3 d6 11. Bg2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rb1 c6 14. Qd2 Qe7 $13 {Fatin,T-Peek,
M/Edinburgh op/1988/}) 8... exd4 9. Nb5 Bc5 10. Bg5 (10. b4 $5 Bxb4 11. Nxd4 $2
(11. Bb2 d5 $2 (11... c5 12. Nd6 Re6 13. Nxb7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2) 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxc7) 11... Bc3) 10... c6 $13 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na3
Qe7 13. e3 {King: An interesting attempt to blast a route through to the weak
f-pawns, but Black defends accurately and holds the draw.} (13. Nc2 Qxe2 14.
Re1 (14. b4 Bf8 15. Rb1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4) 14... Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rxe1+ 16.
Rxe1 Kf8 17. Re4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rh4 (19. Rf4) 19... Bf5) (13. Re1 {King}
Bb4) (13. Bf3 $5 {King} Bxa3 14. bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qd2 $44) 13... dxe3 14. fxe3
Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qe2 16. d4 Bxa3 $10 17. bxa3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 b6 19. d5 (19. Rxf6
Ba6 20. c5 Bc4) 19... Bb7 20. Rxf6 cxd5 21. Rdf1 Bc6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 23. cxd5
Re5 24. Rxf7 Rxd5 25. Re7 Rd2 $11 (25... Rd2 26. Rff7 Rc8 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28.
Rgf7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 (13...
Nd5 $4 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 $18)) 12. Nd2 {Eine typische Strategie von Weiß:
er verhindert den Springertausch und kann den d4-Springer mit e3 verjagen.} (
12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6) 12... Nd5 (12... c6 13. Nde4 Bg4 (13... Rf7 14. e3
Nb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bb2 Na4 17. Ba1 Rc8 18. d4 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bc4
21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Ponomariov,R/Moscow
2002/CBM 91 (40)}) 14. f3 $5 $146 Bc8 15. e3 Ne6 16. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 17.
Nf2 exf4 18. gxf4 Nc7 $1 $13 {[%cal Gc7d5,Gb6d5] 1-0 Lapshun,Y-Goldin,A/
Seattle 2003/CBM 93/[Ribli] (88)}) 13. Bb2 a5 (13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. Bxd4
Qxd4 16. Nb3 Qd7 (16... Qc3 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Rfxc1 Bxb3 19. Rxb3 Rab8 20. b5
Rfd8 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rcb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smejkal,J-Huebner,R/Germany 1991/
GER-chT (64)}) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 {>< b7} Bd5 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. Rb4 Rd8 21.
Rfb1 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Aseev,K/Lvov 1990/CBM 18/[Ribli] (47)}) (13... Rf7
14. Nc4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb5 16. Bb2 c6 17. Na5 Bf8 18. Nb3 Qd7 19. Qc2 Bd5 {
1-0 Sarno,S-Brunner,L/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (82)}) (13... Kh8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qc2 c6 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Nb3 a6 21. Qe4
Qe6 22. d4 Rd5 {0-1 Urban,K-Bobras,P/Poznan 1999/EXT 2002 (38)}) (13... c6 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bh3 Be6) 14. bxa5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Mit diesem Zug strebt Weiß
scharfes Spiel an: er öffnet die b-Linie, um den schwarzen b-Bauern
anzugreifen, aber gleichzeitig ist sein a-Bauer schwach.} (14. b5) 14... Rxa5 (
14... Nc6 {[%cal Gc6a5]} 15. Na4 (15. Qb3 Nxa5 16. Bxd5 Nxb3 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18.
Nxb3 (18. Bxb3 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Nde4 c6 $15) 18... Bxa3 $15) 15... Nxa5
16. Qc2 $11) 15. Nc4 Ra7 16. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} b6 (16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 $11)
(16... Qd7) 17. e3 Nxc3 (17... Nc6) 18. Bxc3 Nf5 19. a5 $1 Bc5 (19... bxa5 20.
Nxa5 $14 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Ra5c6,Rc6a7,Rc6d8]}) 20. Bb4 Qe7 (20... Bxb4 21. axb6
cxb6 22. Rxb4 $14) 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rb6] Weiß
hat eine bessere Bauernstruktur, der Pb6 ist eine ewige Schwäche in der
schwarzen Stellung.} Rb8 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Ra6 (25... Bxc4 26. dxc4 Rc7 27.
Bd5+ Kf8 28. Rfb1 Nd6 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Nxc4 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Rg8 $16) 26.
Rfb1 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Nd6 28. Rd5 (28. R5b3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4c5]}) 28... Nxc4 29.
Rd7 {[%csl Gd7,Gg2][%cal Gd7h7,Rg2d5,Rd5g8,Rd5c4][%mdl 4096] Weiß hat
ausgezeichnete Kompensation für den Minusbauern - sein Rd7 und der Bg2 sind
sehr aktiv, jetzt droht 30.Bd5+.} e4 30. Bxe4 $16 Ne5 31. Rc7 (31. Rb7 Rxb7 32.
Bxb7 $16) 31... Rd8 32. h4 Rd7 33. Rc8+ (33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Bb7 Ra7 35. Bc6 Kf7
36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxb6 $14) 33... Kf7 34. Bxh7 {[%cal Rh7g8]} g6 35. Bg8+ Kg7 (
35... Ke7 36. Rb8 Rd6 37. Rb7+ $16) 36. Be6 Rd6 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Bg8 {Es droht
einzügiges Matt auf h7.} Nd7 (38... Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. Bc4 $18) 39. Rb4 Ra1+
40. Kg2 Rad1 41. Re4 {[%cal Re4e7,Re7h7,Rh7h6]} g5 42. Be6 b5 (42... gxh4 43.
Rxh4+ Kg6 44. Bb3 R1d2 45. Rc8 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 43. hxg5+ fxg5 44. Bf5 $18 {
[%csl Gf5,Rh6]} R1d5 45. g4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bg4 $5 14. Nd2 Qc8
15. Re1 a4 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Nf3 $1 c5 {17...Nxb5 18.Nxb5, Bxb5 19.Nxe5 +/=} 18.
bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 c5 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Bc1 c4 $2 {
23...h6!?} 24. dxc4 f5 25. Bg5 $1 Qc7 26. c5 $1 Nc8 {26...fxe4 27.Qa2+, Qf7 28.
Qxf7+, Kxf7 29.cxb6, Bxa3 30.b7, Rab8 31.Bf4 +/-} 27. Bf4 Qc6 28. Ng5 Qd5 29.
Red1 h6 30. Nf3 Qxc5 {30...Bxc5? 31.Rb5 +/-} 31. Qa2+ Kh7 32. Nxd4 Qxa3 $2 33.
Qxa3 Bxa3 34. Nb5 Bf8 35. Nc7 Na7 36. Nxa8 Rxa8 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. O-O a5 $6 {N} 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Be3
Nd5 15. Bd2 Ra6 16. Qc2 Nb6 (16... Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Rxa3 18. Rxb7) 17. Be3 Bxa3 (
17... Nd5 18. Bc5) 18. Nxa3 Rxa3 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Rxb6 Rfa8 21. Rfb1 $1 $14
Ra2 22. Qd1 R8a7 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. h3 R2a6 25. R6b2 Ra2 26. Rb6 R2a6 27. R6b2 Ra2
28. Ne4 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Ra2 30. Rb1 Qe7 31. Nc3 Ra5 32. Qd2 Ra3 33. Kh2 Rb3 34.
Rxb3 Bxb3 35. Qb2 Be6 36. Na4 Bc8 37. Qb6 Nd4 38. e3 Ne6 39. d4 $1 exd4 40.
exd4 Qd7 41. d5 Qxa4 42. dxe6 Qe8 43. Bd5 Qe7 44. Qd8+ $1 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filipowicz, Andrzej"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d3 {-> A 29} Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 14. e3 Ne6
15. Nc4 {15.Qc5, Nc5 Hjartarson,J-Ivanchuk,V Linares 1989  CBM/11} Nc5 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Bd5 Be6 18. e4 Qd7 {18...Bxd5 19.Nxd5, Nb3 20.Rb1, Bc5 21.Kg2, Qd7 22.
f4!, ->} 19. Rb1 Bh3 20. Re1 Bg4 21. f3 Bh5 22. Kg2 Kh8 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bc1 f6
25. d4 exd4 26. Qxd4 Rad8 27. Qe3 Bf7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 $2 (13... Bd5 $1
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 a4 $1 $10 {Sunye,N-Hansen,L Novi Sad ol 1990 50/35}) 14.
bxc6 bxc6 15. e3 Nf5 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nc4 $16 c5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20.
axb4 cxb4 21. Nab2 Nd6 22. Rfd1 Nb5 23. Ra1 f5 24. Be1 Bf6 25. Rdc1 e4 26. d4
Na3 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. Qd1 f4 30. exf4 Nb5 31. d5 Bd7 32. d6 Bf6 33.
Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 {Dieser Turmzug und 9...Be6!? sind die beste Möglichkeit für
Schwarz. Er bereitet 10...Bf8 vor.} 10. d3 Bf8 11. Ne4 (11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4
13. e3 $5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qc2 (15. Be4 Ra7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
Bxd5 Ra5 19. Qf3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D-Ruck,R/Agneaux 1998/EXT 2003 (28)})
15... Bf5 $5 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Be4 Be6 18. d4 $1 Bb3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qf5 $44 {
1-0 Sturua,Z-Xu,J/Istanbul olm 2000/ (30)}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 (12. Bb2 $5 a5 (
12... f5 13. Nc5 $1 $16 (13. Neg5 e4 14. Qb3+ Qd5)) 13. Nc5 Bxc5 (13... e4) (
13... axb4 14. axb4 Rb8 (14... Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Nxb4 16. Nxb7 $16) (14... Bxc5 15.
bxc5 $14) 15. h3 $1 (15. Qb3 Qd5 $1) 15... Bh5 16. Nd2 $14) 14. bxc5 Nd7 (14...
Nd5 $5) 15. Rc1 $1 (15. Qa4 e4 $1 16. dxe4 Nxc5 17. Qb5 Nxe4 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19.
Qxc6 Rxb2 $132) 15... Qe7 16. Qa4 $1 $14 (16. d4)) 12... Bf5 (12... Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2 c6 15. e3 Nf5 16. Qb3 a5 17. Bb2 a4 18. Qc2 Re6 19. Rad1 $14 {
0-1 Seibel,U-Remmler,H/Stuttgart 2004/CBM 102 ext (45)}) 13. Nc5 (13. Bb2 Bxe4
14. dxe4 Nc4 15. Bc3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd6 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. bxc5 $14 {Weiß hat
das Läuferpaar und Initiative am Damenflügel. Nachfolgend kann er Rb1 ziehen.}
Nd7 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6]} 15. Be3 (15. d4 exd4 (15... Be4 16. Bg5) 16. Nxd4 Be4
$11 (16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxe2 18. Be3 c6 19. Qf4 $44)) 15... Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6,
Ge6d4,Gc6d4] Der Springer strebt nach e6, wonach er das wichtige Zentrumsfeld
d4 kontrolliert .} 16. Qb3 Rb8 (16... b6 $2 17. Ng5 Be6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bd5)
(16... Qc8 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Kh2 $14) 17. Qc3 Qd7 (17... Ne6 $1 18. Rfe1 (18.
Nxe5 Ned4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rd4e2,Re2c3,Re2g1]} 20. Rfe1 Bxh3 $15
(20... Rxe5 21. e3)) 18... Ned4 $11) 18. Kh2 Be6 {[%cal Ge6d5] Schwarz möchte
seine Läuferstellung mit 19...Bd5 verbessern.} 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxh3 21.
Bxh3 Qxh3+ (21... Rxe5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Kg2 Re6 (23... Nxc5 $2 24. d4 Rxe3 25.
fxe3 Ne4 26. Rfc1 $16) 24. d4 $14) 22. Kxh3 Rxe5 23. Rfc1 {Nach
Vereinfachungen besitzt Weiß positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} Ne6 24. Rc4 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4a4,Gc4h4] Weiß bringt seinen Turm auf der vierten Reihe ins
Spiel.} (24. Rab1 $14) 24... Kf8 (24... b5 $5) 25. Rb1 b6 26. d4 Rd5 27. Ra4 $1
Rb7 {Ein passiver Platz für den Turm, aber Schwarz besitzt keine besseren
Alternativen.} (27... Ra8 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Rxb6 Nxd4 30. Rb7 $16 (30. Bxd4
Rxd4 $11)) 28. c6 Rb8 29. Rxa7 Ke7 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, aber der
c6P ist schwach und der schwarze König steht im Zentrum.} 30. f3 (30. Rb7 Ra8 (
30... Rxb7 $2 31. cxb7 Rd8 32. d5 $18) 31. R1xb6 Rxa3 $132) 30... Kd6 {[%mdl
256]} 31. Rc1 Re8 $1 {[%cal Ge8e2] Der ungarische Großmeister verteidigt sich
gut - sein aktives Figurenspiel überkompensiert den Minusbauern.} 32. a4 f5 33.
Rc4 g5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 34. Kg2 f4 35. Bf2 Ng7 {[%cal Gg7f5]} 36. gxf4 (36. Kf1
Nf5 37. g4 Ne3+ 38. Bxe3 Rxe3) 36... gxf4 $6 (36... Rxe2 $142 $1) 37. e4 $1 $16
fxe3 38. Bg3+ Ke6 39. Rxc7 Rg5 (39... Nf5) 40. f4 Rg6 41. Rxg7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Ein unglaublicher Fehler nach der Zeitnot. Stattdessen konnte Weiß mit 41.Rd7!
die Partie gewinnen. Aber es sei angemerkt, dass 41.Rd7! der einzige Gewinnweg
ist, der jedoch auf dem Brett nicht leicht zu finden ist.} (41. Rd7 $1 e2 (
41... Nf5 42. d5+ Kf6 43. c7 Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 e2 45. Rc6+ Nd6 46. Rdxd6+ $18) 42.
d5+ Kf6 43. Rd6+ Kf7 (43... Re6 44. Re4 Rxd6 45. c7 $18) 44. Rxg6 $18) 41...
Rxg7 42. c7 Kd7 43. Kf3 Rxg3+ $19 0-1

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 $5 10. d3 {10.d4?!, Olafsson,H-Naumkin,I Belgrade GMA-op
1989  CBM/11} d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bg4 $5 {14...Nc6
15.Rb1, Qc7 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A Sevilla (m/2) 1987 i 44/22 14...Nc6 15.Bb2!?,
Bg4 16.Rae1 Archipov-Naumkin Moskva GMA-op 1989 i 47(45)} 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Rb1
Qd7 17. Nf3 {17.h3!? +/= Karpov} b6 18. Bb2 Rac8 {18...Bh3!?} 19. c4 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 dxc4 21. dxc4 Na5 {21...Nd4 22.Bxd4, Qxd4 23.Qxa7 +/=} 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23.
Qd3 $1 Qe7 24. Bd5 Rc5 25. Red1 Rec8 26. Rb5 Kg7 {26...Nxc4 27.Rxc5, Qxc5 28.
Bxf7+!} 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. g4 h6 29. Rf1 Nc6 30. g5 Nb4 31. Qd4 Nxd5 32. cxd5
Qd6 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Kg2 b5 36. Kf3 a5 37. Rd3 a4 38. h4 Qd7 39.
Kg3 Rc4 40. Qxe3 Rc2 41. a3 Qd6 42. Qf3 Rc1 43. Kh3 Kh6 44. Qe4 Qd7+ 45. f5 Rf1
46. d6 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Rxa3 Qxd6 49. Rd3 Qc7 50. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 a4 14. Nd2 Ra5 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. e3 Bxc4 18. exd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Qd7 21.
Ba1 $5 {21.Bc1 Utemov,V-Ibragimov,E URS-sf Russia-ch Gorky 1989  CBM/16} Re5
22. Qc4 Rexb5 23. Rd1 Rb3 24. h4 c5 25. Qc1 Rb6 26. Bf1 Qg4 27. Qc2 h6 28. Bc4
Rg6 29. Ng5 {29.Re1!?, Qxh4? (29...b5!?) 30.Bxf7+!, Kxf7 31.Qc4+ +/- 29.Rb1,!?}
hxg5 30. Qxg6 Qxd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Qxf7+ Kh7 33. Be6 gxh4 34. Bf5+ Kh8 35. Qg6
Kg8 36. Qh7+ Kf7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Bf5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Skvortsov, Alexandr L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Ne3 d6 11. Qc2 Nb8 $6 {Schwarz spielt, wie es in der
spanischen Verteidigung (Breyer Variante) üblich ist. Er geht von selbst mit
seinem Springer zurück. Aber ich kann diesen Zug nicht empfehlen. Richtig ist,
daß Schwarz nach eventuellem Ne3-d5,Nf6xd5,cxd5 ein Tempo mit seinem Springer
verlieren muß, aber jetzt ist es zu früh. Ribli.} (11... b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nd5
Rb8 14. b3 Kh8 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng6 $44 {Georgiev,
Ki-Hjartarson,J/Manila izt/1990/}) (11... Re5 12. f4 exf3 13. exf3 Re8 14. Bd2
Be6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. h3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nf6 19. c4 Qd7 20. Rae1 Nf5 21.
Qd3 h5 22. Bc3 $14 {Spraggett,K-Morovic,I/Spain tch/1994/}) (11... Bd7 12. Bd2
a5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. c4 Bf5 17. a3 Nd7 18. Qb2 Qf6 19.
Bc3 Qg6 20. Bd4 Ne5 $13 {Ibragimov,I-Komarov,D/Vienna op/1996/EXP53/}) 12. f4
exf3 {Wenn Schwarz diesen Zug nicht spielt, hat Weiß die Möglichkeit mit h3,g4
einen Angriff am Köningsflügel zu führen. Ribli} 13. exf3 c6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Rae1 Be6 16. Kh1 Nbd7 17. f4 $14 {Neben den Läuferpaar hat Weiß Raumvorteil,
er dominiert das ganze Brett. Schwarz hat keinen guten Plan.Ribli.} Qa6 (17...
Ng4 $2 18. f5 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxe3 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 $18) 18.
b3 Nc5 19. h3 Rad8 20. f5 Bc8 21. Ng4 $5 {Weiß muß diesen Zug spielen, sonst
kommt Schwarz mit seinem Springer nach e4.Ribli.} Nxg4 22. hxg4 f6 23. Bf4 d5
24. Bc7 (24. cxd5 cxd5 (24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 cxd5 (25... Nd3 26. Rd1) 26. Rd1 b6
$1 27. Bxd5+ $2 (27. Rxd5 Re8) 27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bb7) 25. Bxd5+) 24... dxc4
$1 {Sonst hat Schwarz eine verlorene Stellung. Jetzt bekommt er etwas
Aktivität für die Qualität, und was sehr wichtig ist, ist die Kontrolle über
das Feld e5.Ribli.} 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Qe2 Nd3 28. bxc4 Ne5 $14 {
Schwarz hat eine Qualität weniger, aber Weiß hat zwei Doppelbauern. Außerdem
ist von großer Wichtigkeit, daß es wegen des geschlossenen Charakters keine
Felder für das Eindringen der Figuren gibt.Ribli.} 29. Rf4 Qa5 30. Qd2 Bd7 31.
Qb2 Qc7 32. c5 {Jetzt hat sich Weiß einen Stützpunkt auf d6 geschaffen, ein
guter Platz für seinen Turm.Ribli.} Rf7 33. Qa3 Qb8 34. Rfd4 Kh7 35. Qa4 Re7
36. Rd6 Qe8 37. Qd4 Qf7 (37... h5 $2 38. g5) 38. c4 Qe8 39. Re1 Qf7 $2 (39...
Kh8 {[#]}) 40. Rxe5 $1 {Weiß gibt die Qualität zurück. Aufgrund seines
Raumvorteils und des unverhinderbaren Durchbruchs g4-g5 -natürlich nach einer
gewissen Vorbereitung- hat er deutlichen Vorteil.Ribli.} fxe5 41. Qd3 Kg8 42.
Be4 $16 Be8 43. Qc3 Kf8 44. Kg1 Kg8 45. a4 Bd7 46. a5 a6 47. Kg2 Be8 48. Kf2
Bd7 49. Ke3 {Der weiße König steht sicher im Zentrum, er hat sogar Zeit, nach
b4 zu wandern. Schwarz bleibt nichts Besseres als Abwarten.Ribli.} h5 $2 50. g5
$18 Re8 (50... Bxf5 51. g6 Qf8 52. Bxf5 Qxf5 53. Rd8+ $18) 51. Qd3 Bxf5 {
Der letzte Versuch, imTrüben zu fischen.Objektiv verliert das.Ribli.} (51...
Bc8 52. f6 gxf6 53. Bg6 $18) 52. Bxf5 e4 53. Bxe4 Qf5 54. Qd4 Qxg5+ 55. Kf2 {
Der weiße König geht nach Hause, und die Mehrfigur entscheidet die Partie.
Ribli.} Rf8+ 56. Kg2 Qc1 57. Rd8 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 h4 59. Rxf8+ Qxf8 60. gxh4 Qf4+
61. Kh3 Qf1+ 62. Kg4 Qe2+ 63. Kg5 {Und es gibt kein Schach mehr, Schwarz gab
auf.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 14. e3
Ne6 15. Nf3 $14 {Gulko,B-Short,N/New York m PCA/1994/CBM42/INF61,32/}) 12. h3
Bh5 (12... Be6 13. Ne4 f6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Kh2 $14 {Timman,J-Petursson,M/
Tilburg/1993/CBM39/INF59,53/}) 13. Rc1 Qd7 (13... a5 14. b5 Nd4 {Smirin,
I-Alterman,B/Israel/1993/INF58,48/} 15. Nxd4 $1 exd4 16. Ne4 Re5 17. a4 f5 18.
f4 Re8 19. Ng5 $14 {Alterman}) 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 a6 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Qc2 $1 (
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 e4 $13 {Rausis,I-Alterman,B/Corfu/1993/INF58,(48)/})
17... Nd5 18. e3 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Rfd1 Qb5 21. Rb1 (21. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 22.
Rb1 $14) 21... Qa6 (21... Qb3 $2 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25.
Rxb3 $18) 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Ng3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Rdc1 Na5 26. Rc2 {
In der offenen Stellung steht Weiss mit dem Laeuferpaar bequemer.} (26. Bxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxc7 Rxd3 28. Bc3 Nc6 29. Be1 Bxa3 30. Rbxb7 Nd8 $10) 26... c6 27. Bc1
$1 Ra8 28. Bd2 Red8 29. Ne4 (29. Bxa5 $5 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Rxa3 31. Rxc6 Rxd3 (
31... Nb4 32. Rcc7 Nxd3 33. Rxf7 Nc5 34. Ra7 $16) 32. Bxd5 $1 R3xd5 33. Rcc7
$16) 29... b6 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxd3 32. Rxb6 Nc4 (32... Bxa3 $2 33. Bxa5
Rxa5 34. Rb8+ Bf8 35. Rxc6 $18) 33. Rxc6 Nxa3 34. Rb2 Re8 35. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 36.
Rb8 g6 37. Rcc8 Kg7 38. Rxf8 h5 39. f4 $1 Rb5 40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42.
Rbg8+ Kf6 43. g5+ Kf5 44. Re8 {Schwarz kann das Matt nicht gut parieren. Ribli}
(44. Re8 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd2 46. Rhf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ $5 6. Kxf2 Nxe5
7. e4 c5 8. d3 d6 9. h3 O-O $1 $13 {Garcia,G-Uhlmann,W/Leipzig/1973/}) 5... d6
6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 $5 {Schwarz verhindert die Lg5 Fortsetzung.} (7... a5 $6 8.
Bg5 $1 {Schwarz soll diesen Zug nicht lassen.} h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11.
Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nd2 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Bareev,M/Madrid/1994/CBM41/INF60,(31)
/}) 8. a3 a5 (8... a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Nd2 Qd7
$6 {Timman empfehlt hier 13...d5!?} 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Qa4 $14 {Klarer Vorteil
fuer Weiss. Timman,J-Karpov,An/FIDE-Wch/1993/CBM38/INF59,42/}) 9. b3 Ba7 {
Schwarz sollte mit diesem Zug noch warten.} (9... Bf5 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. e3 Bg4
12. Qc2 Bb6 13. Nd2 Bh3 $13 {Hansen,Cu-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee/1994/CBM40/INF59,
(42)/}) 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Bg4 (11... Be6 $5) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc2 Qc8 $6 {
Droht Bf3 und Qh3.} (13... Qd7 $5) 14. Nd2 {Der Anziehende herrscht die g2-c6
Diagonale und steht besser.} Ne7 $6 15. Nb5 Bb8 (15... Bb6 16. b4 $14) 16. c5
$1 {Feiner Zug} dxc5 $6 {Nach dieser Antwort erhaelt Weiss klaren Vorteil im
Zentrum. Schwarz geraet schon in eine passive Lage.} (16... Qd7 $2 17. Bxb7
Qxb5 18. Bxa8 c6 19. Qc4 $18) (16... Nc6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. e4 $14)
17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bb2 c6 19. Nc3 f5 $6 {Ein zweischneidiger Zug, der das Feld
e4 kontrolliert aber weitere Punkten (e6,g7) geschwaechert.} 20. Na4 Qd8 {
Indirekt deckt den c5 Bauern.} 21. Nf3 (21. Nxc5 $2 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxd3 23. Qc4+
Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Bc7 $10) 21... b6 22. d4 $1 {Nach diesem kraftvollen Zug bricht
die schwarze Stellung gleich einem Karten- haus Zusammen.} Ra7 (22... cxd4 23.
Nxd4 $18 {Schwarz hat nur schwaeche Bauern und Punkte (c6,f5 und e6,g7).}) 23.
dxc5 b5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. cxb6 Rb7 (25... Qxb6 26. Bd4 $18) 26. Nd4 {Gulko
gewinnt einen Bauern. Schwarz ist hilflos.} Qxb6 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Bf7 29.
Rac1 Re6 30. Qg4 g6 31. Bd4 Qa6 32. Rc2 Rc7 33. Rfc1 Rc8 34. Bd5 $1 Rd6 35.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qf4+ {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg4 $5 12. Ne4 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 a5 14.
b5 Nd4 15. Ned2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 $10 {remis Bischoff,K-De Boer,G Groningen op
1990 CBM/22}) 12... a5 13. Nc5 e4 14. Nxe4 (14. dxe4 axb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16.
Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Nxb7 Rdb8 18. Na5 (18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Na4 $13) 18... Rxa5 19.
Rxa5 Nc4 20. Ra7 Nxb2 21. Rxc7 $13) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17.
h3 Bd7 18. Qc1 Qd8 19. e3 Bf8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Ba1 Bb3 22. Rd2 Qa8 23. Qc3 Nd7
24. Qxb3 Qxa1+ 25. Rd1 Qa6 26. Rb1 Nd8 27. Qc2 $6 (27. Nfd2 $5) 27... c5 28.
Qb3 c4 29. Qb5 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 cxd3 31. Rd5 Nb6 32. Rxd3 Nc6 33. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 {Ribli.Das ist eine in der letzten Zeit
sehr beliebte Variante.} Nd4 12. Be3 c5 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Nd5
15. Bd2 b6 $13 {Schwartzman,G-Tiviakov,S/Wijk/1995/CBM45/}) 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ (
13... cxb4 14. axb4 (14. Bxd4 $5 exd4 15. axb4 Nd5 $2 16. Nxd4) 14... Nxf3+ (
14... Rc8 $6 15. Bxd4 $1 (15. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rb4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3
Rc7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6 {Pigusov-Vyzmanavin,Sochi 1988 remis gegeben.})
15... exd4 16. Rb2 Nd5 (16... Qd7 17. Qa1 $14 {Lautier,J-Kamsky,G/
AMBER-blindford/1995/EXP46/}) 17. Qa1 (17. Nxd4 Nc3 18. Nxe6 (18. Nxc3 Qxd4)
18... Nxd1 19. Nxd8 Nxb2) 17... Qb6 18. Qa5 $1 $16 {Pigusov-Estevez/Santa
Clara/1991/CBM26/}) 15. Bxf3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb2 b6 $10 {
Serper,G-Aseev,K/Krumbach op/1991/Inf53,41/}) 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Nc5 (15. axb4)
15... Bd5 $1 {Ribli.Das ist die vorbereitete Neuerung von Portisch! Natuerlich
war er dort im Interzonenturnier in Biel 1993 -wie sein Gegner Lautier- und er
hat die unten angeführte Partie Seirawan - Gurevich gesehen.} (15... Bxc5 $6
16. Bxc5 Rf7 17. Bxb4 $16 (17. Bxb6 axb6 $8 (17... Qxb6 18. Rxb4 Qa6 19. Qa4
$16) 18. axb4 Qd4 19. Qc1 $16 {Seirawan - Gurevich/Biel/1993/CBM37/})) 16.
Bxd5+ (16. Nxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 bxa3) 16... Qxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8 18.
Qd2 (18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Nd5 (19... Bxc5 20. bxc5 Nd5 (20... Nd7 $6 21. Rxb7
Nxc5 22. Rb5 Ne6 (22... Na4 $5) 23. Ra1))) 18... Bxc5 19. bxc5 (19. Bxc5 Na4)
19... Nd7 20. Rfc1 Rc7 {Ribli. Weiss hat Druck am Damenfluegel, aber Schwarz
hat keine Schwaechen.} 21. Rc4 Rac8 22. Qa2 a6 23. Qb3 Qf7 (23... Nxc5 {
Ribli. Weis steht aktiver, aber die schwarze Stellung ist haltbar.} 24. Bxc5
Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxd5+ Rxd5 27. Rxb7 $14) 24. Kg2 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 Qf7 26.
Kg2 Qd5+ 27. f3 {Ribli. Weiss vermeidet die Zugwiederholung, die Stellung ist
jedoch ausgeglichen.} Qf7 28. Kf2 h5 $5 {Ribli. Meiner Meinung nach hat Weiss
das Maximum anAktivitaet erreicht, er kann seine Stellung nicht verbessern.,}
29. Rh4 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rb8 (30... Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxb7 $14) 31. Rxh5 Nxc5
32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Rb6 $8 Rc6 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Rh4 a5 {Dieses Turmendspiel ist
eine Ausnahme,die die Regel bestaetigt . Schwarz hat drei Baeurninseln, Weiss
hat nur eine <das ist die sogennante Inselregel>, aber er kann leicht Remis
halten, da seine a- und c-Bauern nicht besonders schwach sind, und er mit
einem eventuellen Bauernvormarsch droht.} 36. Rc4 Rb6 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 Kf7
39. e4 f5 40. e5 Ra6 41. Ra4 Ke6 42. Ke3 {Ribli.Hier wurde die Partie Remis
gegeben.Die Stellung ist gleich, da beide Spieler einen Freibauern haben.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 {Ribli.Nicht schlecht,
aber selten gespielt, dieser fuehe Tausch.} 6. bxc3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {Ribli.
Eine interessante Zugfolge. In der Hauptvariante,wenn Schwarz 5...0-0 6.0-0 e4
spielt, hat Weiss die Moeglichkeit zu 7.Ng5. In dieser Stellung ist die
Antwort 8.d3 praktisch erzwungen.} 8. d3 d6 $6 {Ribli.Mit diesem Zug gibt
Schwarz seine Hoffnungen auf Gegenspiel auf.} (8... e4 $5) 9. e4 $1 $14 {
Ribli.Weiss ist besonders stark im Zentrum, und er hat das Laeuferpaar.
Schwarz hat zwei Moeglichkeiten: 1. Er strebt nach Gegenspiel z.B. mit dem
eventuellen Durchbruch f5 oder b5 - aber dann oeffnet sich die Stellung fuer
das weisse Laeuferpaar. 2. Er wartet nur und hofft, dass seine Stellung
ziemlich stark ist.} (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qd8 13. Rb1
Rb8 $10 {Villeneuve,A-Birmingham,E/FRA-ch/1989/}) 9... a6 10. a4 (10. Rb1 b5
11. cxb5 axb5 12. Rxb5 Rxa2) 10... Na5 (10... h6 11. h3 Na5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Nh4
b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Nf5 $36 {Paneque,P-Suri,A/Havana/1996/}) 11.
Ne1 $6 (11. Nh4 $5 {Ribli. Weiss 11.ter Zug ist nicht gluecklich. Auf e1 macht
sein Springer nichts, und das Springermanoever Ne1-c2-e3 geht nicht, da
Schwarz dann zu Nb3 und Nc1 kommt.}) 11... Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 (12... c6 13. Rb1 $1
) 13. Qh5 (13. f4) 13... Bd7 14. f4 f6 15. f5 $16 Re7 (15... b5 16. axb5 axb5
17. cxb5 (17. c5) 17... Bxb5 18. c4) 16. Qd1 {Ribli. Die Dame steht nicht mehr
gut auf h5. Seine Aufgabe bestand darin, den schwaechenden Zug f7-f6 zu
provozieren. Jetzt droht der Bauernsturm mit h4, g4.} Rf7 17. h4 b6 {Ribli.
Schwarz hat nicht nur eine voellig hoffnungslose Stellung, sondern auch eine
sehr "verirrte" Figur, den Springer auf a5.} 18. g4 g5 {Ribli.Ein
psychologisch verstaendlicher Zug. Schwarz will einen aktiven Zug machen, aber
in dieser konkreten Stellung waere meiner Meinung nach besser 18..h6 nebst 19..
.Nh7 besser.} 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Rf3 $1 h6 {Ribli.Früher oder spaeter kann
Schwarz diesen Zug nicht vermeiden.} 21. Rh3 $18 Rh7 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Bf1 $1 {
Ribli. Ein guter harmonischer Zug! Fuer alle Fälle deckt er den c4-Bauer -
nach eventuellem d4 - und macht die 2. Reihe fuer den Damenturm frei.} Bc6 24.
Ra2 $1 Re8 25. Rah2 Qh8 {Ribli. Schwarz kann nur warten.} 26. Be2 Nb7 27. Kf2
Kg7 28. Qc1 $1 {Ribli.Jetzt droht 29.Bg5 hg5 30.Qg5 Kf7 31.Rh7 Nh7 32.Qg6.} Kg8
29. Qh1 (29. Bxg5 $6 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Qg7) 29... Kg7 $8 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Nxg5
Rxh3 32. Rxh3 Qxh3 (32... Qg8 33. Rh6 $1 $18) 33. Qxh3 Re7 34. Qh4 Rd7 35. Ne6+
{Ribli} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O (7. a3
Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. O-O a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. d3 a4 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bb2 Nxb5 16. Qc1 c6 17. Qc4 Ra5 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. Be4 $44 {
1-0 Istratescu,A-Stefanova,A/Aix-En-Provence 2004/(30)}) 7... Be7 8. a3 Be6 {
Mit dieser selten gespielten Fortsetzung möchte sich Schwarz die Rochade
sparen und das Plustempo am Damenflügel oder im Zentrum verwenden.} (8... O-O)
9. b4 f6 {[%mdl 4]} (9... Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 12. b5 (12. d3) 12...
Rc8 13. bxc6 (13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Golubovic,B-Atalik,S/
Neum 2005/CBM 106 ext/[Atalik] (56)}) 13... bxc6 14. d3 O-O 15. Bb2 Qd7 (15...
f6 16. a4 Nd5 17. d4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Bc3 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Bui Vinh-Rytshagov,M/Bled olm 2002/(21)}) 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Ne4 f6 18. a4
Bf7 19. a5 Nd5 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Bg4 Nb4 22. Qc3 Na2 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qc3 Na2 {
1/2-1/2 Dittmar,P-Romanishin,O/St Vincent 2004 (24)}) 10. d4 {Weiß opfert
temporär einen Bauern, um die Initiative zu erlangen, aber meiner Meinung nach
wäre es klüger, ruhig zu spielen.} (10. d3 Qd7 (10... O-O)) (10. Rb1) 10...
exd4 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Qd7 (12... c6 13. Nxd4 Bd5 14. e4 $36)
13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Bh3 15. Qb3) 11. Nb5 d3 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Schwarz
die gegnerische Bauernstellung verschlechtern} (11... O-O 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bd5 14. e4 (14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. e4) 14... Bc4 15. Re1) 12. Bf4 Nd5 {
[%cal Gd5c7,Gd5f4]} (12... dxe2 $6 13. Qxe2 Bc4 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. Qxc4 Nxc4
16. Bxc7 $14) 13. Qxd3 Nxf4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. gxf4 Bd6 (15... Bc4 16. Nxc7+
Kd7 (16... Kf7) 17. Rac1 Bxe2 18. Rfe1) 16. e3 a6 17. Nxd6+ (17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bc8 19. Rac1 $11) 17... Rxd6 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung ohne
Schwächen. Nachfolgend möchte er Ke7 und Rhd8 spielen.} 18. Rfc1 Ke7 19. a4 $6
{Meiner Meinung nach ist es besser den Bauern auf a3 lassen.} (19. Ne1 $5 {
[%cal Gg2a8,Gc1c8]}) 19... Nxb4 (19... Rc8 $6 20. b5 $36) 20. Rxc7+ Rd7 21.
Rcc1 (21. Rxd7+ Bxd7 22. Nd4 b6) 21... Nc6 22. Rab1 Rhd8 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6][%cal
Gd8d1] Schwarz kontrolliert die d-Linie und seine Leichtfiguren stehen
ebenfalls aktiv.} 23. h4 Bf5 (23... Bd5) 24. Rb2 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kh2
Rb1 27. Ra2 (27. Rxb1 Bxb1 28. Nd2 Bc2 $17) 27... Be6 28. Ra3 Rb2 (28... Rc1)
29. Kg3 Ra2 $1 {Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz endlich die Türme tauschen.} 30.
Rxa2 Bxa2 $15 {[%csl Ya4][%mdl 4096] In diesem Endspiel hat Schwarz die
besseren Aussichten: er besitzt eine komfortable Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel,
denn der a4P ist potentiell schwach.} 31. Nd2 Na5 (31... f5 $15) 32. Be4 Bg8 $1
{Schwarz belässt seine beiden Bauern am Königsflügel auf der 6. und 7. Reihe.}
(32... h6 $15) 33. Nf3 $6 (33. Bd3 $5) 33... Bb3 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rb3a4]
Schwarz ergreift seine Chance, den weißen a-Bauern zu gewinnen.} 34. Bxh7 Bxa4
$17 {[%csl Ga6,Gb7] Schwarz besitzt bereits zwei verbundene Freibauern am
Damenflügel.} 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Kf3 Nc4 37. Ke4 a5 38. Kd5 (38. Kd3 b5 $17) 38...
Nd6 39. Kc5 {[%csl Gc5] Die einzige weiße Gegenchance ist der aktive König.} f5
{[%csl Rh7]} (39... b5 $5) 40. f3 (40. Kb6 a4 $17) 40... b6+ {Mit diesem
Bauernopfer verjagt Schwarz den gegnerischen Koönig von c5.} (40... b5 41. e4
$132) 41. Kxb6 Nc4+ {[%cal Gc4a5,Rc4b6,Rc4e3]} 42. Ka6 (42. Kc5 Nxe3 $17) 42...
a4 43. Nc2 $6 (43. Nxf5+ $2 Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Nxe3 45. Bb1 Nd5 $19) (43. Bxf5 $1
Nxe3 (43... Bxf5 44. Nxf5+ Kf6 45. e4 a3 46. Nd4 a2 47. e5+ Kf7 48. Nc2) 44.
Bxd7 Kxd7 45. Kb5 a3 46. Kb4 a2 47. Nb3 Ke6 48. Ka3 Kf5 49. Kxa2 Kxf4 50. Nc5
$11) 43... Kf7 44. e4 $2 (44. h5) 44... g6 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rf7g7,Rg7h7]}
45. exf5 gxf5 46. h5 Kg7 47. Bg6 a3 {[%csl Ga3,Rg6] Der a-Bauer entscheidet
die Partie: Weiß spielt potentiell mit einer Figur weniger.} 48. Nb4 Ne3 $19
49. Ka5 Be6 50. Kb5 (50. Ka4 a2 51. Nxa2 Bxa2 $19) 50... Bb3 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Rb4]
Schwarz bereitet 51...Nd5 vor und verteidigt sich gegen 52.Nc2.} (50... a2 $19)
51. Be8 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 {11...a5 12.b5, Nd4 13.Bb2, Bg4
Portisch,L-Kortschnoj,V Wijk 1990 CBM/17 11...a5 12.b5, Nd4 13.Bb2, a4
Portisch,L-Petursson,M Wijk 1990 CBM/17} 12. Bb2 {12.Nd2, c6 13.Nb3, Nxb3
Pigusov,E-Goldin,A Sochi-A 1989 CBM/16 i 48/(26)} c6 {/\ Bg4} 13. Ne4 a5 $1 14.
Nc5 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 axb4 16. axb4 Nd5 {/\ b6} 17. d4 Nxb4 18. Qb3 Bxc5 $1 19.
dxc5 Na6 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Ra1 f6 22. Rfd1 Be6 {=/+} 23. Ra5 Nc7 24. Be4 Nb5 25.
Qb4 Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Qxc5 27. Bd3 Qa7 $1 28. Qb4 Nd4 29. Ra1 Qb8 30. Bxd4 exd4 31.
Qxd4 Qe5 32. Qa7 b5 33. Rc1 Bd5 {-/+} 34. Qc5 Kf7 35. h4 f5 36. Kh2 f4 37. Qa7+
Kg8 38. Qc5 Rb8 {38...h6!?} 39. Rd1 b4 40. Bc4 fxg3+ 41. fxg3 b3 42. e4 $1 Qb2+
43. Kh3 Bxc4 44. Qxc4+ Kh8 45. Qb4 Rg8 46. Rd3 Qc1 47. Rxb3 c5 {/\ Qh1+,Qxe4+}
48. Rb1 cxb4 49. Rxc1 Rb8 50. Rb1 b3 51. Rb2 Kg8 52. Kg4 Kf7 53. Kf5 Rb5+ 54.
e5 g6+ 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Kd4 h5 57. Kc3 Kxe5 58. Re2+ Kf5 59. Kb2 Kg4 60. Re3 Rb6
61. Rc3 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paneque, Pedro"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd5 12. Ne4 {12.Qc2!, Nxc3 13.Qxc3
Azmayparashvili,Z-Hansen,LB Ohra-B 1989 CBM/15} a5 $1 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4
{/\ f5 >< c3} 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Nc3 18. Rb2 Rb8 {18...Na4 19.Qe5
} 19. Re1 Qd7 {/\ Na4} 20. Qe5 Rbe8 {20...Rfe8 21.Bf4} 21. Bxb7 Bc4 22. Qc5
Bxb5 23. Bf3 c6 {/\ Na4} 24. Rd2 f4 $1 25. g4 Na4 26. Qg5 Qd6 27. Rc2 h6 28.
Qh4 Bxd3 29. Rxc6 Qd7 30. Qh5 Nc3 31. Rxc3 dxc3 32. Rd1 Bg6 33. Rxd7 Bxh5 34.
Rd3 {34.gxh5, Rd8 -/+} Bg6 35. Rxc3 Be4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Kf1 Rfe8 38. Rc2 g5
39. f3 R4e6 40. h4 Kf7 41. h5 R8e7 42. Kf2 Ke8 43. Kf1 Kd7 44. Rb2 Kc6 45. Ke1
Re5 46. Kd1 Rb5 47. Ra2 Rd5+ 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Rb2+ Ka4 50. Kf2 Rde5 51. Rd2 Rc5
52. Bb2 Kb3 53. Bf6 Re6 54. Rd3+ Kc2 55. Bg7 Rc7 56. Bh8 Rxe2+ $1 57. Kxe2 Re7+
58. Kf2 Kxd3 59. Bf6 Rc7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {Wir haben
eigentlich eine Stellung aus der Drachenvariante der Sizilianischen
Verteidigung vor uns- nur mit vertauschten Farben.} 7. O-O (7. Rb1) 7... Be7 8.
d3 (8. Rb1) (8. a3) 8... O-O 9. Be3 {Dieser natürliche Zug wird heutzutage
relativ selten gespielt - meines Erachtens hat Weiß nach 9.a3 bessere Chancen
auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} Be6 (9... Re8) 10. Qc1 f5 {Dieser Zug ist ein wenig
riskant - die Alternativen bieten Schwarz ruhiges Spiel bei gleichen Chancen.}
(10... f6 $11) (10... Nd5) 11. Rd1 Nd5 (11... Kh8 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. f3
$14) 12. Ng5 $6 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Läuferpaar, verliert aber seine
Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} (12. Bg5 $142 $5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Kh8 14. Bxe7 (
14. Rb1 $1 b6 15. Rb5 Bd7 16. Rd5 $14) 14... Qxe7 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. a4 a5 17.
Rdb1 b6 18. Rb5 Rae8 19. h4 Qf6 20. Rd5 Bc8 21. Qg5 Qf7 {0-1 Andersson,
U-Chernin,A/Reggio Emilia 1986/CBM 04 (37)}) 12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd7 $11 14.
Be3 {Es droht eventuell 14...f4, daher muss sich der Läufer früher oder später
zurückziehen.} (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 {1/2-1/2 Rabar,B-Rellstab,L/Graz 1961/EXT
2001 (15)} (15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. dxc4 f4 $15 {[%csl Rg5]}) 15... Be6
$15) 14... f4 $1 $36 15. Bc5 (15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ (16. Bc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 (
17. Bxf8 Bd5 $1 18. Bc5 Qh3 19. f3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 (21. Kh1 Re8 $17
{[%cal Re8e6,Re6h6,Rh6h1]}) 21... Nd4 $17) 17... Rf7 $15) 16... Qxd5 17. gxf4
exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Rg1][%cal Rd4e2,Re2c1,Re2g1]} 19. Re1 Rae8 20.
Be3 Re6 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. dxc4 Nc2 $17) 15... Nd4 $1 {Schwarz kümmert sich
nicht um den Rf8, denn seine Drohungen im Zentrum sind stärker .} 16. Bxd4 (16.
Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf8 Qh3 18. f3 (18. Nxd5 Nxe2+ $19) 18... fxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3+
20. Kh1 (20. Kf1 Be6 $19) 20... Nxe2 $19) 16... exd4 17. Ne4 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 $15) 17... b6 18. Ng5 Rad8 19. Nxe6 (19. Be4 $5) 19... Qxe6 $15 {
Schwarz macht positionellen Druck am Königsflügel - seine Figuren stehen aktiv.
} 20. Rd2 $6 (20. Qc4 $5) 20... fxg3 21. hxg3 {[#]} Ne3 $3 $17 {[%csl Ge3]
[%mdl 64] Ein sehr schönes und starkes Springeropfer, nach dem sich der weiße
König in großer Not befindet.} 22. Qc6 (22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh2 (23. Kh1 Rd6 $19
) 23... Rd6 $19 {[%cal Rd6h6,Rh6h2]}) (22. Qxc7 Qh6 {[%cal Gh6d2]} 23. Bf3 Ng4
$17) 22... Qf5 23. Bf3 (23. fxe3 Qf2+ 24. Kh2 (24. Kh1 Rf6 $19) 24... Rf6 $19)
23... Rd6 24. Qe4 (24. Qxc7 Qh3 25. Qxd6 Rxf3 $19) 24... Qg5 {[%mdl 128]} 25.
Qh4 $6 (25. fxe3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Rh6 $19) (25. b4 Nf1 26. Rc2 Nxg3) 25... Qxh4
26. gxh4 Rg6+ $19 27. Kh2 Rf4 {[%cal Rf4h4,Rh4h2]} (27... Rf4 28. Kh3 Nf5 $19)
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {Dieser Läuferzug wird selten
gespielt.} 5. Bg2 {Eine ruhige Fortsetzung, aber 5.Nxe5 kommt ebenfalls in
Betracht.} (5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4) 5... d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 (7. e3
a6 8. d4 Ba7) 7... h6 8. Na4 {Weiß möchte den c5-Läufer tauschen, aber die
Alternative 8.a3 wird in dieser Variante häufiger gespielt.} (8. a3) 8... Bb6 {
Schwarz will 9.Nxc5 dxc5 vermeiden, aber diese Bauernstruktur ist gar nicht
schlecht.} (8... Re8 $5 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. b3 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Qd2 Rad8 13.
Rad1 b6 14. Bc3 Qe6 15. Qb2 Bh3 {0-1 Milos,G-Anand,V/Sao Paulo 2004/(51)}) (
8... a5 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 Qd6 12. e3 Nb4 13. d4 e4 14. Ne1 Bg4
15. Qd2 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Glud,J-Balogh,C/Aarhus 2005/(69)}) (8... Bf5 $5) 9. b3 (9.
a3 $5 Be6 (9... Bf5 $5) 10. b4 a6 $6 (10... Re8) 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Bb2 $14 Qd7
{[%cal Ge6h3,Gh3g2]} 13. Re1 {1-0 Conquest,S-Bauer,C/Clichy 2001/CBM 85/[Ribli]
(78)}) 9... Re8 10. Bb2 Bg4 (10... Bf5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. e4 Nd7 14.
a3 Nc5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qg5 17. Be4 Nd4 18. b4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 c5 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Sadler,M/London 1990/EXT 97 (29) Ribli}) 11. h3 Bxf3 $6 {[%mdl
16384] Schwarz gibt leichtfertig seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer auf und gestattet
Weiß einen starken Läufer auf der h1-a8 Diagonale.} (11... Be6) 12. Bxf3 {
[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3a8]} Bd4 13. Nc3 Qd7 (13... e4 $6 14. dxe4 Nxe4 $2 (14...
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxe4 16. Bb2 $14) 15. Bxe4 Bxc3 16. Bxc6 Bxb2 17. Bxe8 Bxa1 18.
Bxf7+ $18) 14. Bg2 (14. Kh2) 14... a6 15. Qd2 Ba7 16. Kh2 Rab8 17. Rac1 Nd8 18.
e3 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Gg2] Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, hingegen Schwarz keine
Möglichkeiten der Gegenoffensive.} c6 19. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Nxe4 (19... Qe7
20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. f4 Qe7 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc4c5]})
20. dxe4 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4] Weiß besitzt eine starke Zentrumstellung; der
schwarze Angriff ist hingegen blockiert.} f6 {[%cal Gd8f7]} 21. Rfd1 Nf7 22. h4
$1 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3c8]} Qe7 23. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Rbd8 24. Bh3 $16 g6 {
Mit diesem Zug schwächt Schwarz seine Königsstellung. Aber alternativ spielt
Weiß Bf5 oder Qh5 mit positionellem Druck auf den weißen Feldern.} 25. h5 $1
Ng5 (25... g5 26. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3f5]}) 26. hxg6 Nxe4 (26... Nxh3 27. Kxh3
$16) 27. Bf5 Ng5 (27... d5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Bxe4 (29. Kg2 $16) 29... dxe4 30.
Qc4+ $18) 28. Kg2 {[%cal Rd1h1,Rh1h6]} Kg7 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rh5 {[%cal Rc1h1,
Rh1h6]} d5 31. Rch1 d4 32. exd4 Bxd4 33. f4 $18 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge2e7]} Ne6
34. Bc1 {Es droht 35.Bxe6 Qxe6 36.f5 oder einfach 35.fxe5 wogegen Schwarz
keine Verteidigung besitzt.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {Diese Variante sieht man nicht so
oft wie 4...d5 oder 4...Bb4, aber in der letzten Zeit spielen Karpov und Ivan
Sokolov das gerne.} 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2
Bg4 {Ribli.Das sofortige 10...Be6 oder 10...Bf5 ist auch gut spielbar.} (10...
Be6 11. e3 Qd7 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Rad1 Nd8 14. d4 $36 {Pfleger,H-Hracek,Z/BL9596/}
) 11. h3 (11. Rc1 $5) 11... Be6 12. Rc1 (12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Ne8
15. Qa4 $14 {FIDE-Wch/1993/CBM36/}) 12... Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfe8 {In einer Partie
Petursson-Hjartarson,Nordic zt 1992 - mit Zugumstellung - entstand nach12.Kh2
Rb8 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.e4? Nd4 eine fuer Schwarz etwas bessere Stellung. Aber ich
glaube, wenn in unserer Partie Schwarz jetzt 13...Rb8 spielt, hat Weiss
bessere Zuege als 14.e4?, was nur den Punkt d4 und die ganze Stellung
schwaecht.} (13... Rab8 $5) 14. Nd2 (14. Nd5 $14) 14... Rad8 (14... d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 {Ribli.}) 15. Qa4 Qc8 $6 (15... d5 {Ribli. Dieser Zentrumsvorstoss fuehrt
zu grossen Komplikationen, aber in der Partie hat Schwarz kein Gegenspiel.} 16.
b5 (16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nce4 $14 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 $14)) 16... Nd4 (16...
axb5 $2 17. cxb5 $18) 17. e3 (17. bxa6 bxa6 $5 (17... Qxa4 $2 18. Nxa4 bxa6 19.
e3 Nf5 (19... Ne2 20. Rce1) 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. e4 $18) 18. Qxa6 (18. Qxd7 Rxd7
19. e3 dxc4 (19... Nf5 $2 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. e4) 20. Nxc4 (20.
dxc4 Nf5) 20... Nf5 (20... Nb3 21. Nxe5 Nxc1 22. Nxd7 Nxd3 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24.
Ba1) 21. Bc6 (21. Nxe5)) 18... Ra8 (18... c6 $5) 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxc7) (17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. bxa6
Nxe2 $13) 17... dxc4 $1 $13 18. dxc4 (18. exd4 exd4 19. Nce4 Nxe4 (19... c3 $6
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ne4) 20. Nxe4 c3 21. Ba1 f5) 18... Nxb5 $5) 16. Nd5 $16 {
Ribli.Wir haben jetzt eine aehnliche Stellung wie in der 5. Wettkampfpartie
Timman-Karpov,1993, wo nach 12...Rb8 13.Nd2 Qd7?!14.Nd5 Ne8 15.Qa4!+/- folgte.
Weiss hat freie Hand.} Nh7 17. b5 Nb8 18. Nb3 Bxd5 {Ribli.Schwarz verliert
seine Geduld,aber guter Rat ist teuer.} (18... Ng5 19. h4) (18... c6 $2 19. b6
cxd5 20. bxa7 Nd7 21. cxd5 $18) 19. Bxd5 Nf6 20. Bg2 {Ribli.Weiss hat eine
drueckende Stellung mit Laeuferpaar und zudem grossen Raumvorteil.} Nfd7 21. e3
Bb6 22. Qb4 {Ribli.Weiss befreit seine Dame und bereitet das moegliche a4 vor.}
Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Qb3 axb5 $2 (24... Nd7 25. d4 {Ribli. Weiss hat grosses
positionelles Uebergewicht, die Partiefortsetzung ist jedoch ganz schlecht.})
25. cxb5 Nd7 26. Qd5 {Ribli. Schwarz muss jetzt Material geben, denn nach 25...
b6 kommt 26.d4 mit Figurengewinn.} c6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qb8 29. Rb1 Qb3 (
29... Qa7 30. Qb7) 30. d4 {Ribli.Am einfachsten.} exd4 31. exd4 Bxa3 32. Bd5 $1
(32. Bxa3 Qxa3 33. Rb7) 32... Qxb2 33. Rxb2 Bxb2 34. Rd1 $18 {Ribli. Schwarz
ist schon total verloren. Sein Gegner besitzt nicht nur deutlichen
Materialvorteil,sondern auch viel Aktivitaet.} Nf6 35. Bxf7+ {Ribli.Mit dieser
kleinen Kombination erobert Weiss einen neuen Bauern. Sein Gewinn ist sicher.}
Kxf7 36. Qb7+ Rd7 37. Qxb2 d5 {Ribli. Wenn Schwarz ueber einen Mehrbauern am
Koenigsfluegel veruegte, haette er vielleicht noch praktische Rettungschancen.}
38. Rc1 Re4 39. Qb6 Re2 40. Kg1 Ree7 41. Kf1 Rb7 42. Qd8 Kg6 43. Rc6 Kf7 44.
Qc8 {Ribli. Eine wichtige Regel in solchen Stellungen lautet: nur nicht eilen!
Weiss hat viel Zeit, zuerst verbessert er die Position seiner Figuren, und
wenn alles fertig ist, beginnt er mit dem Bauernsturm.} Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46.
Rc7 Rde1 (46... Rxd4 $4 47. Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Qc5+) 47. g4 Rxc7 48. Qxc7+ Re7 49.
Qc2 Re4 50. Qd2 Ng8 51. f3 Re6 52. Qf4+ Rf6 53. Qc7+ Ne7 54. h4 h5 55. Kg3 {
Ribli.Natuerlich nicht 55.g5 - das gibt Schwarz das Feld f5.} hxg4 56. fxg4 g6
57. Qd8 Re6 58. Qh8 $1 {Ribli. Weiss hat eine neue Drohung: Zugzwang. Wenn
alle schwarzen Figuren in idealer Position sind, führt Weiss Zugzwang herbei.}
Rf6 59. Qh7+ Kf8 60. Kg2 Ng8 61. g5 Rc6 62. h5 gxh5 63. g6 Rf6 64. Kg3 $1 Rf1
65. Qxh5 Nf6 66. Qh8+ Ng8 67. Qh7 Rf6 68. Kg2 Rf4 (68... Ne7 69. g7+ Kf7 70.
g8=Q#) (68... Rf5 69. g7+) 69. g7+ {Ribli.Schwarz gab auf. Auf 69...Kf7 70.Qh5
Kf6 folgt 71.Qe5.} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 {Romanishin's Lieblingszug.} 9. d3 (9. b4 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6
12. b5 O-O 13. bxc6 bxc6 $13 {Hansen,LB-Romanishin,O/Altensteig/1993/CBM37/
INF58,45/}) 9... O-O 10. b4 f5 {In Betracht kommt auch 10...Nd4 oder 10...a5.}
11. Bb2 Bd6 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Bf7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ba1 Nd4 15. a4 c6 16. b5 $36
{Lobron,E-Wirthenson,H/Graz zt/1993/CBM35/}) 12. Rc1 (12. Nd2 $5 $14 {Makarov,
M-Tiviakov,S/RUS-ch Elista/1994/CBM44/INF61,31/}) 12... Qe7 13. Na4 Nxa4 14.
Qxa4 a6 {[#]} 15. Rxc6 $1 {Ein chancenreiches Qualitaetsopfer, das dem
Anziehenden die Initiative sichert} bxc6 16. Nxe5 f4 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd5
18. f4 $1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe6 20. Rc1 Qd5+ 21. Kf2 $16 {Weiss gewinnt noch der
c6-Bauern und steht ueberlegen (sehr starker Laeufer in e5 und schwache Bauern
-a6,c7).}) 17. Qxc6 fxg3 18. hxg3 Kh8 19. f4 a5 20. b5 $1 {Weiss gibt keine
Gegenchance und haelt den Damenfluegel zu.} Rab8 21. a4 Bb3 22. Qe4 $1 {
Vielseitiger Zug: 1.Deckt den a4-Bauern. 2.Sieht nach h7.} Bc5+ 23. d4 Bb4 24.
Kf2 $1 {Eine elegante Loesung mit toedlicher Drohung /\ Rh1.} Rb6 25. Rh1 h6
26. Ng6+ Rxg6 27. Qxg6 Rf6 (27... Bxa4 28. Rxh6+ gxh6 29. d5+ $18) 28. Qd3 Bg8
29. Bf3 Bh7 30. e4 c6 31. Kg2 cxb5 32. axb5 Rf8 33. d5 Kg8 34. Qc4 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 {Die Spielweise mit 8.a3 und 9.b4 ist heutzutage sehr populär.
Wir haben eigentlich eine Stellung der Drachenvariante der Sizilianische
Verteidigung erreicht, aber mit vertauschten Farben (und mit Tempovorteil für
Weiß).} Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 {Bareev spielt gern diese Variante mit Weiß.} a5
(11... Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Bareev,E/Ubeda 1997 (25)}) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {[%cal
Ge6h3,Gh3g2] Schwarz verteidigt den b7-Bauern und möchte den starken g2-Läufer
mit 14...Bh3 tauschen. Meiner Meinung nach bietet die Alternative 13...Bd5
bessere Ausgleichchancen.} (13... Nd5 $4 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]}
Nf5 (15... Ne6 16. e4 $18) 16. e4 $18) (13... Bd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Nde4 Bf7 15. e3
Ne6 16. f4 f5 17. Nf2 exf4 18. gxf4 Rb8 19. Kh1 c5 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,
L-Khalifman,A/Sochi 2005/(28)}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Bxd4 exd4 $10 17.
Bxd5+ (17. Qc2 $5 Kh8 $5 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Na5 Rxa5 21. Qxc5 Nc3 22.
Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Lima,D/Calvia olm 2004/ (39)}) 17... Qxd5 18. Nc4 f5 19.
Qc1 f4 20. Nd2 Kh8 21. Qc4 Qd7 {0-1 Bagri,J-Tukmakov,V/Geneve 2005/CBM 105 ext
(32)}) 14. e3 (14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 Bg4 $11) 14... Nf5 15. Qe2 $146 {[%mdl 4]
Weiß entwickelt die Dame und bereitet f2-f4 vor.} (15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Rd1 Kh8 (
16... a4 17. Nce4 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nd6 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. e4 b6 22. Qc2
Ne7 23. d4 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Gurevich,M/Niksic 1996/EXT 2000 (44)}) 17. a4 Nd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Bb2 Bb4 21. Nf3 Qd7 22. e4 Rc5 23. Qe2 Nd4 {
1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Komljenovic,D/Benasque 2005/(36)}) 15... a4 (15... Rd8 16. f4
$14) 16. Bb2 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6] Der Nd6 kontrolliert den b5-Bauern und verteidigt
den b7-Bauern.} 17. f4 (17. Nde4 Nf7 18. f4 Qd7 $11 (18... Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3
20. f5)) 17... exf4 $6 (17... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gd8d3]} 18. fxe5 (18. Ba1
Rad8) 18... fxe5 19. Qh5 Nf7) 18. Rxf4 $14 {[%csl Gf4] Es gibt Schwächen auf
beiden Seiten, aber die weißen Figuren (besonders der f4R und der g2B) stehen
aktiv und der Bauer auf b5 sichert Raumvorteil.} (18. gxf4 Bh3 $11 (18... Ra5))
18... c6 $6 {Auf diese Weise befreit sich Schwarz vom b5-Bauern, aber nun wird
sein Damenflügel angreifbar.} (18... Ra5 19. Nf3 Nxb5 (19... Bg4 20. Bc1 $14)
20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Nd4 $36) (18... f5 $5 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6b2]}) 19. bxc6 bxc6 20.
Nf3 {[%cal Gf3d4]} c5 21. Nd2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2a8]} Ra7 (21... Rb8 22. Nxa4
Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Ba2 24. Ra1 Rxb2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Bd5+ $16) 22. Ba1 {[%csl Ga1,
Gg2] Weiß hat noch keine konkreten Gewinnaussichten, aber er besitzt das
Läuferpaar auf den großen Diagonalen und seine Türme stehen ebenfalls aktiv.}
Qa6 23. e4 Bd8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz möchte den Springer auf b6 sichern und
die 7. Reihe für den Turm öffnen, jedoch verliert der Textzug sofort.} (23...
c4 24. d4 $14) (23... Nf7 24. Nd5 $14) 24. e5 $18 Ne8 (24... fxe5 25. Qxe5 $18
{[%csl Rd6,Re6]}) (24... Nf7 25. exf6 $18) (24... Nf5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Nce4
$18) 25. exf6 {[%cal Re2e6]} Nd7 26. Rxa4 (26. Rxa4 Ba5 27. Rxa5 Qxa5 28. Qxe6+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 {Weiß spielt - mit Tempoplus - die
Pirc-Verteidigung. Jedoch erscheint mir diese ganze Spielweise wenig
ambitioniert.} Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nb6 {Mit
ungewöhnlicher Zugumstellung haben wir eine bekannte Stellung der Englische
Eröffnung erreicht.} 9. Be3 Bg4 10. a4 {Nach meiner Meinung wäre es besser für
Weiß diesen Zug nicht spielen, da nun der b4-Punkt schwach wird.} a5 (10... a6
$5 11. a5 (11. Nd2 $142) 11... Nd7 $5 12. Nd2 Rb8 $1 13. Nc4 $6 Nd4 $1 14. h3
Be6 15. Nd5 Bc5 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. e3 Ba7 18. Qc2 c6 19. Nc3 Qe7 $15 {0-1
Barlov,D-Lautier,J/Santa Cruz de la Palma 2000/(50)}) 11. Rc1 Re8 12. h3 (12.
Nb5 Bf8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ncb4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rc1
Red8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qb3 c6 {1-0 Markowski,T-Drei,A/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext 
(28)}) (12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. Bxc6 (14. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 15. Na7 Bd7 16. Nxc6
Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Re6 18. Qc2 $44) 14... bxc6 15. Na7 Bh3 16. Nxc6 Qd5 {1/2-1/2
Korchnoi,V-Petursson,M/Lugano 1989/(42)}) 12... Bf5 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung
möchte Schwarz 13.Ne4 verhindern.} (12... Bh5 13. Nd2 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2)) (
12... Be6 13. Kh2 (13. Ne4) 13... Nd5 14. Bd2 Ndb4 15. Nb5 Na2 16. Ra1 Nab4 17.
Rc1 Na2 18. Ra1 Nab4 19. Rc1 Na2 20. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Privakov,Y-Rakhmangulov,A/
Alushta 2003/EXT 2005 (20)}) 13. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5,Gg2a8] Eine
gewöhnliche Spielweise mit Weiß: er öffnet die Diagonale des g2-Läufers und
führt den Springer zum Damenflügel.} Be6 14. Nb3 Nd5 (14... Nd4 $5) 15. Bc5 (
15. Nc5 $2 Nxe3 16. Nxe6 Nxd1 17. Nxd8 Nxc3 $19) 15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd5 {
[%cal Gd5g2] Schwarz muss den starken Läufer auf der großen Diagonalen
neutralisieren.} 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4][%mdl
32] Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung, sein Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf
b4.} 20. Ne4 (20. Nxb7 $4 Qd5+ $19) 20... b6 (20... f5 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Qf8
$15) 21. Rc4 c5 {[%csl Yd4] Schwarz hat Raumvorteil, das d4-Feld ist eine
ewige Schwächung in der weißen Stellung. Anderseits ist die weiße Stellung
sicher, was die Realisierung eines Gewinnplans schwierig gestaltet.} 22. Nc3
Raa7 {[%cal Ga7d7,Gd8d1]} 23. Qc1 Rad7 24. Qg5 $6 h6 25. Qh5 Rd4 26. Rc1 (26.
Nb5 Rxc4 27. dxc4 Qd2 $15) 26... Re6 (26... Rxc4 $2 27. dxc4 $11 Qd2 $2 28. Rd1
Qc2 (28... Qxb2 29. Rd8+ $18) 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd6 $16) 27. Nb5 Rd7 28. Nc3 Nc6
29. Qh4 (29. Nb5 Nd4 30. Nc3 (30. Nxd4 exd4 $17)) 29... Qe8 $17 {[%csl Yd4]
[%cal Gd7d1,Ge8e1] Schwarz besitzt einen positionellen Druck auf den zentrale
Linien. Dagegen sind die weißen Figuren schlecht koordiniert.} 30. Qe4 Rd4 $1 {
[%csl Re4]} 31. Qe3 (31. Rxd4 $2 exd4 $19) (31. Qf3 e4 32. Nxe4 Ne5 $19) (31.
Qf5 g6 32. Qf3 e4 $19) {[#]} 31... e4 $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge8e2][%mdl 64]} 32.
Nxe4 (32. Qd2 exd3 (32... e3 33. fxe3 Rxe3) 33. exd3 Qa8 34. Kg1 (34. f3 Ne5
$19) 34... Ne5) 32... f5 $19 {[%csl Re3,Re4][%cal Re8e3]} 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34.
Nf6+ gxf6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 {Dieser Zug ist ein seltener Gast in der
Turnierpraxis.} d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 {Statt
d2-d3 spielt Weiß gewöhnlich b2-b4.} a5 (9... Re8 $5) 10. Be3 Re8 (10... Be6 $5
) 11. Rc1 h6 (11... Bf8 12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Qa4 {0-1 Balster,S-Timman,J/Essen 1994/
CBM 43 ext (51) +/= Ribli}) (11... Bg4 12. Re1 (12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bc5 Bf6 14. h3
Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Kh2 g6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. e4 Nde7 19. d4 {1-0 Allahverdiev,
A-Gadjily,R/Baku 1996/EXT 2000 (22)}) 12... Bf8 13. Na4 (13. Nd2 $5) 13... Nxa4
14. Qxa4 Bd7 $2 (14... Qc8 $5 $14) (14... Bc8 $142) 15. Qb3 $1 $16 {1-0 Suba,
M-Mestel,A/Beersheba 1984/MCL/[ChessBase] (38)}) 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4b6][%mdl 32] Der Springer zielt auf das c4-Feld, wonach er den
b6-Bauern kontrollieren kann.} Bf8 (13... Bg4 14. Nc4 Bc5) 14. Nc4 a4 $6 (14...
Bg4 $142) 15. Nd2 {[%csl Ra4] Der Springer kommt zurück, jetzt ist der a4P das
Ziel des weißen Spiels.} (15. Nxa4 $2 b5 16. Ncb6 (16. Nab6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 bxc4
$19) 16... Ra6 17. Nxc8 bxa4 $19) 15... Nd4 $6 {Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug
hilft dem Gegner.} (15... b5 16. Nxb5 Bg4 (16... Qb6 17. Nc3 Qxb2 (17... Be6 $5
) 18. Nc4 Qb3 19. Qd2 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rc1b1,Rb1b3]} Na5 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Rb1
Qxa3 (21... Qe6 22. Nb5 $18) 22. Nb5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 $18) 17. Nc3 (17. Nc4 Nd4)
17... Nd4 18. Re1 Qd7 $44 {Ich bin nicht sicher, ob Schwarz genügende
Kompensation für den Bauern besitzt, aber er verfügt über ein aktives
Figurenspiel.}) 16. e3 Ne6 17. Nxa4 b5 (17... Qxd3 $2 18. Nxb6) 18. Nc3 Qxd3 (
18... Nc5 19. Nxb5 Nxd3 20. Rc2) (18... b4 19. axb4 Qxd3 20. Nd5) 19. Nd5 {
[%csl Rd3,Gd5][%cal Rg2e4,Re4d3] Der d5N steht gut und es droht jetzt 20.Be4
mit Damenfang.} Qg6 20. Qe2 Rd8 (20... Bd7 21. Nf3 f6 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nh4 Qf7
24. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qxb5 $16 Bd7 {Mit diesem weiterem Bauernopfer möchte Schwarz
das Spiel kompliziert gestalten.} (21... Ng5 22. h4 $1) 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qa7
Ng5 (23... Rxb2 24. Nc4 Ra2 25. Nxe5 $18) 24. h4 $1 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 {[%csl Rh3]}
Rxb2 26. Qc7 Rbb8 27. Nc4 {[%mdl 2048]} Rbc8 28. Qxe5 $18 Re8 29. Qb2 Qh5 30.
Ncb6 Rxc1 31. Nxd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f6,Rf6g8,Rf6h5,Rd5f6]} (31. Rxc1) 31... Qxd5
32. Bxd5 Rxf1 33. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 {Eine der Lieblingswaffen des jungen
französischen Großmeisters. Die Alternativen (4...d5 und 4...Bb4) werden
häufiger gespielt. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 (7... d6 {Dieser
Zug führt zur sogenannten Uhlmann-Variante der Königsindische Verteidigung.})
8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Nc2 (9. e3 $5 Nxd4 (9... Ne5 $6 10. b3 d6 11. h3 h5 $5 12. Bb2
c6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ba3 {+/= Stangl,M-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny 1996})
10. exd4 d6 11. Bf4 Rb8 (11... c6 12. h3 $14) 12. c5 Nh5 13. Be3 dxc5 14. dxc5
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. Bc6 Rf8 18. Bf3 Ng7 19. a4 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Fontaine,R/Cannes mT 1996 (41)}) 9... d6 10. h3 {Ein Sicherungszug, der 11.
Be3 vorbereiten soll. Nach meiner Meinung ist dieser Plan recht langsam.} (10.
e4 Nd7 $5 $146 11. Qd2 a6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 b5 14. Ne3 $13 {Korchnoi,V-Bacrot,
E/Linz 1997/1-0 (52)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. h3 Kh7
15. Nd4 Ned7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rcd1 Nh5 18. Bc1 f5 19. e3 Nf6 20. Ba3 Bd7 21.
Nde2 Rad8 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. bxa4 c5 24. Bb2 Bc6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf4 {Chernin,
A-Votava,J/Erevan olm 1996/1-0 (69)}) (10. b3 Bf5 11. Rb1 (11. Bb2 Ne4 $15)
11... a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) (10. Ne3 $5) 10... a5 (
10... Be6 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Ne7 13. Ned5 Kh8 14. Bh6 Neg8 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16.
Qd4 c5 17. Qd3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 19. Rad1 a6 20. Bg2 {1-0 O'Kelly de Galway,
A-Clarke,P/Hastings5657 1956 (35)}) 11. Be3 Bf5 {[%csl Ye4] Schwarz übt starke
Kontrolle über das wichtige Zentrumsfeld e4 aus.} 12. Nd4 Be4 (12... Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 c6 $11) (12... Ne4 $6 13. Nxf5 Nxc3 (13... gxf5 $14) 14. bxc3 gxf5 15. Rb1
$14 {Es gibt Schwächen in beider Spieler Lager, aber die weißen Figuren stehen
aktiver.}) 13. Nxe4 (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 (13... bxc6) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 13... Nxe4
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Rb8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gb8b2] Theoretisch ist die
Bauernstruktur besser für Weiß, aber Schwarze entfaltet gutes Spiel über die
halboffene b-Linie.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc2 (17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11 (
18... Nxf6 19. Bxc6 Rxe2 20. b3 $11)) 17... f5 {[%csl Ge4] Die große Aktivität
des Schwarzen gleicht die Schwächen in seiner Bauernstruktur aus.} 18. e3 Qf6
19. Rab1 (19. b3) 19... h5 20. h4 g5 $13 21. hxg5 Qxg5 {Schwarz hat Initiative
am Königsflügel.} 22. Rfd1 Kh6 {Der schwarze König findet auf h6 einen ruhigen
Platz.} 23. Rd4 Re7 (23... c5 $6 24. Rd5 $14 {[%cal Gd5g5]}) 24. Bxe4 $6 (24.
Rbd1 $5) 24... fxe4 {[%csl Rg1]} 25. Kg2 (25. Rxe4 $2 Qg6 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Rg6c2]} 26. f3 Qxg3+ $17) 25... Qf5 {[%csl Ge4,Gf5,Rg2]} 26. Rh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1
Rg8 $36 {Schwarz hat eine Druckstellung gegen den weißen König.} 28. Rh3 {
Früher oder später droht Schwarz das Turmopfer auf g3, gegen das sich Weiß mit
diesem Zug verteidigt. Allerdings steht der weiße Turm auf h3 natürlich sehr
passiv.} Rf7 29. Rd2 Rg5 $15 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3,Gf7,Rg1,Gg5]} 30. Qd1 Qf5 {
Natürlich darf Schwarz nicht die Damen tauschen.} 31. Rh4 Qe5 32. Rh2 Rf3 {
[%csl Ge4,Ge5,Gf3,Rg1,Gg5] Noch droht das Opfer auf g3 nicht, aber nach
Vorbereitung kann Schwarz mit ...h5-h4 kommen, um den weißen Turm von g3
abzulenken und die Opferidee so zu verwirklichen.} 33. Qe1 Rg4 34. Kh1 {
Prophylaxe gegen ...h5-h4.} Qf5 35. Rd1 Kg6 $1 {Der schwarze König steht am
Königsflügel unsicher und macht sich auf den Weg in sicherere Gefilde.} 36. Qe2
Kf7 37. Rg1 Ke6 38. b3 Qe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5a1]} 39. Qd2 Qf6 $2 40. Rgg2 $2
{Der letzte Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle. es sei angemerkt, daß die weißen Türme
auf g2 und h2 denkbar passiv stehen.} (40. Qxa5 $5 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Qxf2 42. Qxh5
$14) (40. Rxh5 $2 Rxf2 $17 {[%csl Gf2,Gf6,Gg4,Rh1]}) 40... Rf5 {[%cal Gf5h5,
Gd5a5,Gf5a5]} 41. Qe2 {Jetzt droht Weiß mit 42.Qxh5 Rxh5 43.Qxg4 einen Bauern
zu gewinnen.} Rfg5 42. Rh3 Qa1+ 43. Rg1 (43. Kh2) 43... Qc3 44. Rg2 Qa1+ 45.
Rg1 Qg7 $1 {Natürlich gibt sich Schwarz mit Zugwiederholung nicht zufrieden.
Er riskiert nichts, denn seine Initiative am Königsflügel ist immer gefährlich.
} 46. Qd1 (46. Rg2 h4 $40) 46... Kd7 (46... h4 47. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 48. gxh4 Qh7 49.
Rg4 Rh5 $11 (49... Qh5 $2 50. Rxe4+ $16 {[%cal Re4e6,Rd1h5]})) 47. Rg2 (47. Kh2
Qb2 $15 {[%cal Rb2f2,Rb2a2]}) 47... h4 $1 48. gxh4 (48. Rxh4 $4 Rxh4+ 49. gxh4
Rxg2) (48. Qg1 hxg3 49. Rgxg3 Rxg3 50. Rxg3 Rh5+ 51. Kg2 Qb2 $15) 48... Rxg2
49. hxg5 Rxg5 {[%csl Gd7,Gg5,Gg7,Rh1] Die weiße Königsstellung ist unsicher,
während man sich über sein Gegenüber keine Sorgen zu machen braucht.} 50. Rh5
Rg4 (50... Rxh5+ 51. Qxh5 Qa1+ 52. Kg2 Qxa2 53. Qf5+ Kd8 54. Qf8+ $11 (54. Qxe4
Qxb3 55. Qxc6 a4 $15 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ra4a3,Ra3a2,Ra2a1]})) 51. Qf1 Qf6 {
[%cal Rf6f3]} 52. Kh2 Kc8 53. Rh3 Kb7 {[%csl Gb7] Jetzt befindet sich der
schwarze König weit entfernt vom Geschehen in totaler Sicherheit.} 54. Rg3 Qh8+
55. Rh3 (55. Kg2 Rh4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rh8h2]}) 55... Qe5+ 56. Kh1 (56. Rg3 Rh4+
57. Kg2 (57. Kg1 Qh5 (57... Qh8 $19 {[%cal Gh8a1,Rh8h1]}) 58. Qg2 Qd1+ 59. Qf1
Rh1+ $19) 57... Qb2 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Gg2,Gh4]}) 56... Qb2 {[%csl Gb2]} 57. Rh2 $5
Qf6 {[%cal Rf6f3,Rf3h1] Schwarz droht 58...Qf3+ 59.Rg2 Rh3+ 60.Kg1 Qh5 mit
Mattangriff zu spielen.} (57... Qxa2 $4 $18 58. f3 {[%cal Rh2a2,Rf3g4]}) 58.
Qd1 Rg6 $22 $17 59. a3 {Weiß befindet sich im Zugzwang, da hilft auch der
Bauernzug nicht.} (59. Qe2 Qa1+ $19) (59. Rg2 Rh6+ 60. Kg1 Qh8 $19 {[%cal
Rh8h1]}) 59... Kc8 $22 60. Rg2 $2 (60. b4 axb4 61. axb4 Qc3 $17) 60... Rh6+ 61.
Kg1 Qh8 $19 {[%cal Rh8h1] und um den weißen König spinnt sich ein Mattnetz.}
62. Qg4+ Kb7 63. f4 exf3 {Weiß gab in verlorener Stellung auf.} (63... exf3 64.
Qxf3 Qa1+ 65. Kf2 (65. Qf1 Rh1+ 66. Kxh1 Qxf1+ $19) 65... Rf6 $19 {[%cal Rf6f2]
}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug ist ebenso gut,
wie die populären Alternativen 4...Bb4 und 4...d5.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7.
Qb3 Bc5 $5 8. d3 (8. O-O O-O (8... c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12.
Nxd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 {0-1 Bareev,
E-Svidler,P/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (33)}) 9. d3 h6 (9... c6) 10. Bd2 Re8
11. Bg2 c6 $5 {Ein Schlüsselzug in dieser Variante. Schwarz schränkt die
Beweglichkeit des Läufers g2 ein.} 12. Rac1 Bb6 13. Qa4 d6 14. b4 Be6 $11 {
. 0-1 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (77)}) 8... c6 (8...
h6 $6 9. h4 $5 (9. g4 c6 10. h4 Qb6 (10... d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13.
Bxh1 Ng4 14. cxd5 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Bb6 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 (17... Bxc6)
18. Bd2 {1-0 Gulko,B-Hector,J/Kobenhavn 2000/ (31)}) 11. Qxb6 Bxb6 12. g5 hxg5
13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nh7 15. f4 d6 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. b4 {
1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Balcerak,J/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (45)}) 9... Nh7 $2 10.
Ne4 $1 Be7 11. Qb5 c5 $6 12. Be3 a6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Piket,
J-Avrukh,B/Amsterdam 82/23 2001/[Piket,Je] (39)}) 9. O-O (9. g4 d6 $5 10. g5
Nd7 $5 (10... Ng8 11. Na4 (11. Ne4 Bb6 (11... Ne7) 12. Qa3 Bc7 13. c5 dxc5 14.
Qxc5 Ne7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qa3 b6 17. Rc1 Bd5 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Svidler,P/Moscow
2001/(44)}) 11... Ne7 $6 (11... Qa5+ $142) 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 $1 O-O 14. h4
Nf5 15. Qc3 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Gelfand,B/Pamplona 1999/CBM 75/41)}) 11. Ne4
O-O 12. Rg1 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. d4 Qe7
{1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Gelfand,B/Saint Vincent 2005/(24)}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 $1
{Ein starker Verteidigungszug: der Läufer geht zurück und verteidigt sich
gegen das Motiv Ne4.} (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3
a5 15. a3 (15. Rfc1 $5) 15... a4 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. c5 d5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb4
Qc7 20. Rc5 Be6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Rb5 {1-0 Timman,J-Hector,J/Sigeman&Co 2005/
CBM107[Ribli](61)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 (11. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Yb2b4] Dieser Zug scheint
mir logischer, als die Partiefortsetzung, da Weiß eventuell nach 11...h6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 - 13.b4 ziehen kann.}) 11... d6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. e3 Qc7 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Bh3) 13... Qc7 14. Bg2 Bf5 15. Qa4 (15. e4 Bd7)
15... Qd7 16. b4 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb3 b5 $1 18. a4 Be6 {[%cal
Ge6b3]} 19. Qb2 $6 (19. Ne4 $1 $11) 19... d5 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Schwarz
besitzt eine starke Zentrumstellung, mit besseren Gewinnaussichten.} 20. cxd5
cxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 (22. e3 {[%cal Gc3e2]}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rdc1 Bh3 24.
Bh1 (24. Bxh3 $2 Qxh3 25. f3 $17) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 d4 $1 26. Ne4 Nd5 {
[%csl Rb4,Yc3][%cal Gd5b4,Gd5c3]} 27. Qa3 (27. Bf3 Bg4 $15) 27... Qc7 {[%cal
Gc8c1] Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie und provoziert den nachfolgenden
Fehler.} 28. Rc1 $2 $138 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Mit dieser kleiner
Kombination gewinnt Schwarz einen Schlüsselbauern und die Partie.} 29. Qb2 (29.
Rxc7 Bxa3 30. Rxc8+ (30. Rb7 Nc3) 30... Bxc8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd5) 29... Qe7
30. Nf6+ (30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. Nd6 Bd7 $19) 30...
gxf6 (30... Qxf6 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Bxd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Qa6 $19) 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8
32. Bxd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 (6... Bb4 $5
{Einen Tag früher spielte Schwarz diese Fortsetzung in der Partie Tomashevsky,
E - Svidler,P.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 (8. d3 h6 9. a3 a6 10. e3 Ba7 11. b4 c6 12.
d4 exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Bh3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bacrot,E-Sutovsky,E/Albert FRA 2001/CBM 109/[Ribli Zoltan] (42)}) 8... d6 (8...
Bb4 9. Bg2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6 (10... e4 $1 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 d6 13. d3 Nd7 $1
14. e4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Bg4 $11) 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 d6 13. d3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rb1
b6 16. a5 (16. g4 $1 Bg6 17. f4 $16) 16... Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/
Groningen 1997/CBM 109/[Ribli Zoltan] (29)}) 9. d4 (9. a3 Bb6 (9... Re8 10. d4
Bb6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Re1
Bd4 17. Be3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Balcerak,J/Germany 2004/EXT 2006 (29)}) 10. d4
c6 11. d5 Bh3 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Nc3 {Weiß möchte die
Züge wiederholen.} Ng4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 d5 $15 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Aronian,L/
Reykjavik ISL 2004/CBM 109/[Ribli Zoltan] (40)}) 9... Bb4 (9... Bb6 10. b3 c6
11. d5 c5 12. Bg2 Ba5 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. f3 Rae8 16. e4 Bg6 17. g4 h5
18. Ng3 Bd8 {0-1 Sasseville,J-Gilman,A/Beloeil 2000/EXT 2004 (70) Ribli Zoltan}
) 10. Nd5 $5 $146 (10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e4 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. d5 Qd7 14. b3 Qf5
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h5 $11) (10. Ne2 e4 11. Bg2 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14.
d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Nf4 f5 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. a4 $36
{1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B-Bacrot,E/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (35)}) 10... Nxd5 11.
cxd5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5][%cal Yc1c7] Diese Bauernstruktur ist typisch in der
Englischen Eröffnung (1.c4 e5 Variante); der b4B steht ein wenig exponiert.}
Bh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz zog wohl nur die Antwort 12.Re1 ernsthaft in
Betracht, aber mit dem folgenden Zug folgt eine Überraschung.} (11... exd4) (
11... Ba5 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) {[#]} 12. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rb4] Ein für Schwarz sicher
unerwarteter Zug.} (12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ba5) 12... Bxf1 {[%csl Rb4]} 13. Kxf1
a5 (13... e4 14. Be2 (14. Bxe4 $2 Qe8) 14... c5 15. dxc6 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17.
cxb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 Qe7 19. Ba6) 14. a3 Re8 15. Qd1 (15. axb4 axb4 16. Qxa8 Qxa8
17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ke2 $16) 15... e4 (15... exd4 16. axb4 $16) 16. Be2 (16. Bg2)
16... c6 17. axb4 (17. dxc6 bxc6 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bd2 $16) 17... axb4 18. Bd2
Qb6 (18... c5 19. Bb5) 19. Rc1 $1 c5 (19... cxd5 $2 20. Qb3 $18) 20. Qb3 Ra5 (
20... cxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 22. Be3 $16) 21. Kg2 g6 22. h4 (22. dxc5 dxc5 23. f3)
22... h5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qc2 f5 $2 (24... Re8 $1) 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. f3 $1 {
[%csl Gd2,Ge2] Mit seinem Läuferpaar öffnet Weiß die Stellung.} exf3+ 27. Bxf3
Qf6 28. e4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 $18 {[%csl Gd2,Ge4,Rg8][%cal Rd2g5,Rg5d8,Rc2g6][%mdl
2048]} Ra2 30. Bc1 Rf8 31. d6 (31. Qxc5 $18) 31... Kh7 32. Qxc5 Ra5 33. Qxa5
Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Qe2 35. Bxg6+ $1 (35. Qd5 $18) (35. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37.
Qe7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64] Das ist eine Überraschung. Der Weißspieler beginnt die Partie sonst
hauptsächlich mit 1.e4. Ribli.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5.
Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {Das ist die "umgekehrte Drachenvariante", denn
Weiß spielt den Sizilianischen Drachenaufbau mit Mehrtempo.} 8. Rb1 {Das ist
eine interessante Zugfolge. Weiß bereitet den Vorstoß b2-b4 ohne den Zug a2-a3
vor.} f6 $6 {Meines Erachtens sind die Alternativen besser als der Partiezug.}
(8... O-O $5 9. b4 a6 (9... e4 10. Nxe4 Nxb4 11. a3 N4d5 12. Qc2 Re8 (12... Nf6
13. Nc3 c6 14. e4 Nc4 15. Qa2 Na5 16. d4 Bg4 17. Be3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nd4
Rc8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bc5 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. Rxb7 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sorokin,M-Savon,V/Cheliabinsk 1991 (32)}) 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. d3 c6 15. Ned2 Nc7
16. a4 Bf8 17. e4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Na6 19. Bc3 Nc5 20. a5 Nba4 21. Ba1 Qxa5 22. d4
Ne6 23. f4 Nd8 24. f5 Bh5 25. g4 Rxe5 26. Nc4 Bxg4 27. Nxa5 {1-0
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ernst,S/Lost Boys op 1998 (33)}) 10. a4 (10. a3 Re8 11. d3
Bf8 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 {0-1 Adorjan,A-Lin Weiguo/Shenzen 1992 (61)}) 10...
Nxb4 (10... Bf5 11. b5 $1 axb5 12. Rxb5 f6 13. d3 Be6 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Rb1 c5
16. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Serper,G-Kamsky,G/Dortmund 1993 (60)}) 11. Nxe5 a5 12. d4 c6
13. f4 c5 $1 $36 {0-1 Kobalija,M-Tiviakov,S/Anibal op Linares 1998 (45)}) (8...
a5 $5) (8... g5) (8... Be6) 9. b4 $5 {Die Partiefortsetzung führt zu scharfem
Spiel, aber der Bauernzug 9.d4 scheint mir besser zu sein.} (9. d4 $1 exd4 10.
Nb5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Rc8 (11... Nd5 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Nxd4 Bxb1 14. Ne6
Qd7 15. Bxd5) 13... Bxb1 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Bxc7 cxd5 17. Rxb1 {
1-0 Peschel,A-Kuhn,C/ Nuernberg 1996}) 12. Rc1 d3 13. exd3 Nd5 14. Nfd4 Nxf4
15. Nxf5 Nxg2 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Nxa7 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Tiviakov,S/Linares 1995 
(74)}) 9... Nxb4 (9... Bxb4 $6 10. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rxb4 $16 {
Weiß hat die viel bessere Bauernstruktur.}) 10. d4 {Schwarz hängt mit dem
König in der Mitte fest, ist aber in Besitz eines Mehrbauern.} Bf5 $1 (10...
Nc6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nd4 16. Qa3 c5
17. Rbc1 h6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Polgar,Z/Groningen 1993 (29)}) (10... exd4 $6 11. Nxd4) 11. Rb2 (
11. e4 Bg4 $15) 11... Nc6 12. Nh4 (12. dxe5 Qxd1 (12... fxe5 $6 13. Qb3 $44)
13. Rxd1 fxe5 14. Nd5 $13 (14. Ng5 $13)) 12... Bd7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Nf3 $1
$146 {[#]} (14. Be3 $6 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Qxh4 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qd5 Qf6
19. Rc1 Rf8 20. e3 Rf7 21. Qe4 g6 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Nc3 Kg7 {0-1 Timman,
J-Tiviakiov,S/Wijk aan Zee 1995 (30)}) 14... O-O 15. Nd5 $44 e4 $2 {Dieser
natürliche Zug führt zu guten weißen Angriffschancen. Seine Alternativen sind
besser:} (15... Kh8 $5) (15... Be6 $5) 16. Nxb6 exf3 (16... axb6 17. Qd5+) 17.
Nxd7 fxg2 18. Qb3+ $1 (18. Qd5+ $6 Rf7 19. Kxg2 (19. Rd1 Bd6) (19. Re1 Bb4)
19... Bb4 $1 20. a3 $6 Bc3 21. Rb3 Bd4 22. e3 Qxd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. exd4 b6
$15) 18... Rf7 19. Rd1 $16 Qc8 20. Bf4 $1 (20. Qxb7 $2 Qxb7 21. Rxb7 Bd6 {
[%csl Rd7]}) 20... Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd7 (21... cxd6 22. Rxd6 Na5 23. Qb5 $1 (23.
Qd5 Qc1+ 24. Kxg2 Qxb2 25. Ne5 Qxe5 $1 26. Qxe5 Nc4 27. Qd5 Nxd6 28. Qxd6)
23... a6 (23... Nc4 24. Rc2 Nxd6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qd5 Nc4 27. Qe6 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ge6,Rf7,Rg8]}) 24. Qxa5 Qc1+ 25. Kxg2 Qxb2 26. Ne5 Qxe2 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28.
Qxd8+ Rf8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Qg8+ Rxg8 33. Nf7#) 22.
Bc5 $1 Qe8 (22... Qf5 23. Rd5 $1 (23. Qxb7 $2 Qxc5 24. Qxa8+ Rf8)) 23. Qxb7 h5
(23... Rb8 $2 24. Qxc6 $1 $18) 24. Rbd2 h4 25. gxh4 $1 {Weiß läßt 25...h3
nicht zu.} Rb8 26. Qa6 {Weiß hat die bessere Figurenkoordination.} Qe6 27. Qd3
{Der schwarze Bauer g2 verteidigt(!) die weiße Königsstellung.} Rf5 28. Be3 Ne5
29. Qe4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge4e6]} (29. Qd5 $2 Nf3+ $19 {[%cal Rf5d5]}) 29... Qf6
(29... Re8) 30. Bg5 Qf7 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. f4 Nc4 34. Qa8 $18 {
[%csl Ga8,Gd8,Rh7] Der schwarze König befindet sich im Mattnetz.} Kg6 {Nur die
schwarze Zeitnot hat hier wohl eine rechtzeitige Aufgabe verhindert.} 35. Rh8
Nb6 36. h5# {Matt! Ein seltenes Bild in der Großmeisterpraxis.} 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 {Eine relativ seltene Variante.} (4...
d5) (4... Bb4) (4... Bc5) 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 $2 Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $36 {
Schwarz hat Entwicklungsvorspung und die weiße Königsstellung ist schwach.})
5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 {Die andere Möglichkeit für Schwarz ist 6...Bc5. Die
Partiefortsetzung führt zu ähnlichen Stellungen wie 7...Bc5 nach 7.Qb3.} (6...
Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 (8. e3 Bb4 9. Bg2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e4 $1 (10... c6 11. e4 $5
Re8 12. a4 d6 13. d3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rb1 b6 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 $16 {Weiß hat
großen Raumvorteil und das Läuferpaar.}) 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 d6 13. d3 Nd7 $1
14. e4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Bg4 $11)) 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 $13) 7... Bc5 {Es scheint, daß Schwarz mit 6...Bb4 /
7...Bc5 ein Tempo verloren hat, aber in Wirklichkeit steht die weiße Dame
schlechter auf b3 als auf d1.} (7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 (9. Rd1 d6 10. d4 exd4
11. Rxd4 Nd7 $6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/
14 48/25}) 9... Re8 (9... d6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 h6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Bg2 $14 {
Dank seines Läuferpaars steht Weiß etwas besser.}) 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 $1 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Ristic,N/Metz 1995 (25)}) 8. d3 (8.
Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. b3 h6 15.
Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/
Rubinstein mem 1996/CBM 55}) 8... h6 {Schwarz verhindert den möglichen
Läuferzug 9.Bg5.} (8... O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13.
Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3 a5 $11 {Und auf den ersten Blick steht Weiß aktiver, aber
Schwarz kann die Entwicklung ruhig mit ...d7-d6 beenden.}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg2 (
10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 $1 a6 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 Bc5 15. bxa6 bxa6 16.
Rb1 Rb6 $1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992 (31)}) (10. e3 a6 (
10... d6 11. Na4 $14 {Und Weiß kann sich das Läuferpaar verschaffen.}) (10...
Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. Qc2 d6 13. d4 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 $11 15. Qe4 exd4) 11. Rd1
$14 Ba7 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} Nxd5 15. cxd5 d6 16.
Bd2 Bc5 17. Bc3 Qf5 18. Bg2 a5 19. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/
Hoogovens 1997 (31)}) (10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 c6 $1 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14.
Rfc1 Qe7 15. Bc5 Rd8 $1 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc5 Qe7 {Minasian,A-Nikolic,P/Erevan
1996/0-1 (70)}) 10... Re8 (10... c6) 11. h3 $5 {Das ist ein Wartezug. Weiß
legt sich noch nicht fest und mit folgendem Kh2 bereitet er f2-f4 vor.} (11.
Qc2 c6 12. Rb1 Bf8 13. e4 a6 14. b4 b5 15. c5 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 d6 18.
cxd6 Qxd6 19. h3 Be6 20. Rd1 Qd7 {0-1 Liebert,H-Kalinitschew,S/Halle-B 1987 
(27)}) 11... c6 12. Kh2 Qb6 13. Na4 $1 $14 Qa5 (13... Qxb3 14. axb3 d6 (14...
Bf8 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Rxa7 Bc5 17. Be3 $16) 15. Bd2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb3b4]}) 14.
Nxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 {Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum, besitzt das Läuferpaar und die
Schwäche des Feldes d4 ist ohne Bedeutung.} Qe7 (15... d6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. f4
$14) (15... d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 $16) 16. Be3 d6 17. f4 $36 {Weiß hat
freie Hand am Königsflügel, aber Schwarz hat keine besonderen Schwächen, nur
eine etwas passive Stellung.} exf4 18. gxf4 $5 {[%cal Gf1g1,Gg1g8] Weiß
verstärkt seine Bauernmasse und öffnet gleichzeitig die g-Linie.} (18. Bxf4 Be6
{und Schwarz kann ...Rad8 mit der Idee ...d6-d5 ziehen.}) 18... Nh5 {[%csl Yg3]
[%cal Ge7h4]} 19. Qd1 {Die weiße Dame muß die schwarzen Drohungen am
Königsflügel neutralisieren.} (19. Bf3 $2 Qh4 $17) 19... Qh4 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21.
Raxe1 {Läuferpaar und Zentrumsübergewicht bieten Weiß die besseren Chancen.} f5
22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Der schwarzfarbige weiße Läufer dominiert
das Brett. Jetzt droht 24.Bxf6 und 24.e5.} fxe4 24. dxe4 Be6 25. Rg1 Kh7 (25...
Kf7 $2 26. e5 $16 {[%cal Gf3h5,Gh5e8]} dxe5 27. fxe5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ $16) 26. b3
Re7 (26... Rad8 27. Rg2 (27. Bxa7 $6 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a2,Ga2h2]}) 27... c5 (27...
d5 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. exd5 cxd5 30. cxd5 $16 (30. Bxd5 $16)) 28. Bc3 b6 $14) 27.
c5 dxc5 28. Bxc5 Rd7 29. f5 {Die weißen e/f-Bauern sich gefährlich, während
Schwarz kein Gegenspiel entfaltet.} Bf7 30. e5 Bh5 31. Bg2 $1 (31. Bxh5 Nxh5 {
[%cal Gd7d2,Gd2h2,Gd2a2,Gh5f4]}) 31... Ne8 $6 {Dieser passive Zug gefällt mir
nicht.} (31... Nd5 32. Be4 Nc3 33. Bc2 Rd2+ 34. Rg2 $14) 32. Be4 {[%csl Gc5,
Ge4,Ge5,Gf5,Rh7]} Kh8 33. Rg2 a6 {[%csl Yb6] Schwarz steht schlechter am
Königsflügel und hat Probleme mit seinem a-Bauern.} 34. Kg3 Rad8 35. Bb6 {
[%csl Gb6]} Rd1 36. Re3 R8d2 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. Rd3 $16 Re2 (38... Rxd3+ 39.
Bxd3 $16 {[%csl Re8] Der Springer e8 hat wegen der aktiven Aufstellung des
weißen Läuferpaares keine Möglichkeiten.} Kg8 40. Kh4 Bf3 (40... Bf7 41. e6 g5+
42. Kg3 Bh5 43. Bd4 $16) 41. Bc4+ Bd5 42. Bxd5+ cxd5 43. Kg4 Kf7 44. Bd8 g6 45.
e6+ Kg7 46. Kf4 $16) 39. Kf4 Rxa2 {[%csl Gb6,Ge4,Ge5,Re8,Gf5,Rh8] Schwarz hat
einen Bauern gewonnen,aber das ist alles. Weiß hat mehr als vollwertige
Kompensation für den Bauern.} 40. Bf3 $18 {Weiß tauscht den einzigen
Verteidiger des Ne8.} Bxf3 (40... Bf7 41. e6 Bg8 42. Rd8 Nf6 43. e7 $18) 41.
Kxf3 Rb2 (41... Kg8 42. Rd8 Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kg8 (43... Kf8 44. Bc5+ Kg8 45. Rd8
Kf7 46. e6+ $18) 44. Re7 Kf8 45. Rxb7 $18) 42. Rd8 {Schwarz gab auf, denn er
verliert eine Figur. Ribli.} (42. Rd8 Rxb3+ 43. Be3 $18 {[%cal Rd8h8]}) 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 {Eine relativ seltene
Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen sind 4...d5 und 4...Bb4.} 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6 {
Das ist ein Sicherungszug gegen Bg5.} 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 {Dieser Zug gefällt
mir nicht, denn der Punkt b5 ist schwach.} (8... a6 {Ich empfehle diesen Zug.
Weiß kann jetzt durch 9.b4 Raum am Damenflügel gewinnen, aber Schwarz hat eine
feste Stellung.} 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Nd2 (13. Rc1
Qd7 $13 {Petursson,M-Hjartarson,J Nordic zt 1992 CBM/31}) 13... Qd7 $6 (13...
d5 $5) 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Qa4 $14 {Timman,J-Karpov,An/FIDE-Wch/1993/CBM38/INF59,
42/}) 9. h3 $5 {Das ist ein nützlicher Abwartezug. Weiß bereitet Kh2 vor, denn
auf g1 steht der König nicht so angenehm wegen des starken schwarzen Läufers
auf der Diagonalen a7-g1.} (9. b3 Nd4 (9... Bf5 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. e3 Bg4 $5 12.
Qc2 Bb6 13. Nd2 Bh3 14. Rac1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nh7 16. Nd5 $14 {+/= Hansen,
C-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1994 (22)}) (9... Ba7 $6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3
Bh5 13. Qc2 Qc8 $6 14. Nd2 Ne7 $6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. c5 $1 $14 {Ribli 1-0 Gulko,
B-Ashley,M/San Francisco 1995 (35)}) 10. Ne1 c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Bb2
Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4 Be6 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Kh1 Rfd8
20. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Investbanka 1997}) (9. e3 Bb6 10. b3 Re8 (
10... Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rae8 (12... Bh7) 13. Bb2 Bh7 14. Qd2 e4 15. dxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nd5
Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Ne7 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Rac1
f6 22. a4 Qc5 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk 1995/0-1 (79)}) 9... Be6 10. b3 Bb6 (
10... d5 $5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Re8 $11) 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e3 {Weiß bereitet
13.d4 vor, wodurch der Läufer b6 eingeschlossen würde.} d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qc2 {Weiß hat eigentlich eine Igelstellung errichtet. Er droht den Plan Na4-c5
oder Ne4-c5 mit Initiative am Damenflügel.} Nxc3 15. Bxc3 $14 {Weiß hat eine
freie Stellung und seine zwei Läufer stehen gut auf den langen Diagonalen.} Bf5
16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qb2 {[%cal Gb2h8]} Rad8 18. b4 {Weiß opfert zeitweilig einen
Bauern, gewinnt ihn aber später mit besserer Stellung zurück. Jetzt erkennt
man den Nachteil des 8. schwarzen Zuges!} Rxd3 (18... axb4 19. axb4 f6 20. b5
Nb8 21. d4 (21. Nh4 Bxd3 (21... Bc8) 22. Bxb7 e4 $13) 21... e4 22. Nd2 $14) 19.
Rxd3 Bxd3 20. b5 Na7 21. Bxe5 {[%csl Ra7,Ge5,Rg7] Weiß hat das bessere
Figurenspiel.} f6 (21... Qf8 22. Bxc7 Bxc7 23. b6 $16 {Schwarz hat viele
Felderschwächen am Damenflügel.}) 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Bxc7 {Mit dem Partiezug
gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern.} Qxc7 24. Qxd3 {[%csl Yg6,Rh8] Weiß hat nicht nur
einen Mehrbauern, sondern auch Positionsvorteil über die weißen Felder.} Rd8
25. Qb3 Nc8 26. Nh4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh4g6]} Ne7 27. Qf7 {Weiß droht 28.Qxe7
Qxe7 29.Ng6 mit Figurengewinn.} Qe5 {[%cal Re5a1]} 28. Rb1 Bc5 29. Bxb7 $5 {
Weiß gibt seinen a3-Bauern für den b7-Bauern, denn der Freibauer b5 ist dank
der Unterstützung durch den weißen Läufer sehr stark.} (29. a4 b6 $14) 29...
Bxa3 30. b6 $16 Kh7 31. Qc4 {Weiß beabsichtigt mit 32.Qe4 die Damen zu
tauschen.} f5 32. Bg2 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rb6b7,Rb7b8] Dieses Beispiel zeigt,
wann die Anwesenheit ungleichfarbiger Läufer einen Vorteil für den Angreifer
darstellt.} Rc8 33. Qa4 Bb4 34. b7 {[%csl Gb7]} Rd8 35. Nf3 {Der weiße
Springer steht nicht so gut auf h4, zielt jetzt Richtung Zentrum.} Qc7 36. Nd4
{[%csl Gb7,Gd4,Gg2][%cal Rd4e6,Re6c7,Re6d8]} Qd6 37. Qb5 {[%csl Rf5]} g6 38.
Rc1 {[%csl Gb5,Gc1,Gd4,Gg2] Weiß beherrscht das ganze Brett.} Kg7 39. Rc7 $1
$18 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kh8 (39... Qxc7 40. Ne6+ $18 {[%cal Re6g7,Re6c7]}) (39...
Rb8 40. Rd7 Qf6 (40... Qc5 41. Qxc5 Bxc5 42. Ne6+ $18 {[%cal Re6g7,Re6c5]} (42.
Nc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6e7,Rc6b8]})) 41. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6b4,Rc6e7,Rc6b8]}) 40. b8=Q
{Und Schwarz gab angesichts des weißen Materialvorteils auf. Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 $5 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O h6 8. a3
a5 (8... a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14.
Bxc3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Rad8 17. a4 $14 {Lautier,J-Sokolov,I Wijk 1991
CBM/22}) 9. e3 Bf5 10. b3 Qd7 $1 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. h3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Bh7
14. Nh4 Bb6 15. Rc1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Renet,O Clermont-Ferrand 1989 CBM/14}) 11.
Bb2 Bb6 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rae1 d5 $1 17.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Ne5 Ne4 $1 19. Qe1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ng5 21. Qxa5 Bf3 $1 22. Qc3 (
22. Qxa7 Qh3 $1 $19) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 dxc4 24. e6 (24. Qxc4 $2 b5 $19) 24...
Nxe6 25. Qf3 Ng5 26. Qd1 Qc6+ 27. f3 cxb3 28. Nc3 Qe6 29. g4 Qc4 30. Re1 Rxe1
31. Qxe1 Bd4 32. h4 Ne6 33. Qe4 Qc5 34. Qe1 Qc4 35. Qe4 Qc5 36. Qe1 Bxc3 37.
Bxc3 Qxa3 38. Qd2 Qd6 39. Qb2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 8. b3
$146 {Mit dieser Neuerung will Hansen den a3 Zug sparen.} a6 9. e3 Ba7 10. Bb2
Re8 11. h3 $6 {Jetzt gibt Weiss das gesperrte Tempo (spielte a3 nicht)
unverstaendlich zueruck.} (11. Rc1 $5) 11... Be6 12. Kh2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14.
d4 $6 {Weiss haette jetzt mit 14.Qe2 warten muessen.} (14. Qe2 $5) 14... exd4
15. exd4 Bf5 {Scwarz hat genuegend Gegenspiel auf der e-Linie.} (15... d5 $2
16. Ne5 $1 $16) 16. a3 (16. d5 Nb4 $13 {>< d3}) 16... Re7 17. b4 (17. d5 Na5 {
>< b3,c4}) 17... Rde8 {Immer noch zu optimistisch. Nach 18.Qd2 steht schon
Schwarz besser, trotzdem haette Hansen so spielen muessen.} 18. b5 $6 Na5 19.
Qa4 b6 {Droht Bd3} 20. Rfd1 Ne4 21. Nd5 Re6 22. Rf1 Ng5 $1 23. Nf4 (23. Nxg5 $6
hxg5 {Mit der Idee Bh3 und Rh6.}) 23... R6e7 24. h4 (24. Nd5 $2 Re2 $19) 24...
Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Qb4 axb5 28. Qxb5 (28. cxb5 c5 $1 29. Qa4
Rxf4 30. gxf4 Qg4 $44 {Schwarz hat eine sehr gefaehrliche Initiative fuer die
geopferte Qualitaet.}) 28... c6 29. Qa4 Qf5 {Droht Rf4} 30. Nh3 d5 31. Bc3 {[#]
} Rxh4 $1 {Sehr schoen. Schwarz erreicht jetzt forciert einen entscheindenden
Angriff.} 32. gxh4 Bb8+ 33. f4 (33. Kg2 Qg4+ $19) 33... Re3 $1 {Der
Schluesselzug!} 34. Ng1 Bxf4+ {Der junge Englaender spielte diese Partie ruhig
aber sehr kraftvoll. Ribli} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 (9... e3 10. d3 $5 d5 11. Qb3 $1) 10. Nxf3 Qe7 (10... d5
11. d4 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... dxc4 13. Rb1 $1 f5 14. g4 $1 $44 {Kasparov,G -
Ivanchuk,V UdSSR (ch) 1988.}) 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rf4 (15. Bf4 f5 16.
cxd5 Qxd5 17. g4 Re7 18. e3 Qc4 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2
Gretarsson,H-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik ISL 2004/ (63)}) 15... f5 $13 16. g4 $6 (
16. Rb1 $5) 16... Na5 $1 {Schwarz zielt auf das Feld c4.} 17. gxf5 (17. cxd5
Qxd5 18. h4 Qc4 19. gxf5 Nxc3 $36) 17... gxf5 18. Rxf5 Nxc4 $15 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4]
0-1 Solonar,S-Meins,G/Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/[Ribli] (29)}) 11. d4 $5 $146 {
Eine interessante Idee statt der traditionellen Fortsetzung 11.e3. Weiß
beschäftigt sich nicht mit der Verteidigung des e2-Bauern, er strebt eine
schnelle Entwicklung an.} (11. e3 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde seinerzeit in der
Partie Smyslov,V - Peev,P Cienfuegos 1973 gespielt. Weiß verteidigt sich
einfach gegen 11...Qxe2.} d6 (11... Ne5 12. Nd4) 12. Rb1 $5 (12. d3 Ne5 13. Nh4
Bg4 14. Qc2 Qd7 $6 15. Bxb7 Rad8 16. Bg2 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nb4 19. cxb4
Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxa1 21. Be3 Qxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Rd6 23. Bc5 {1-0 Kosic,D-Bogdanovski,
V/Kladovo 1990/TD (23)}) 12... Rb8 13. d3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Nd4
Nxd4 17. cxd4 b6 18. Bc6 Red8 19. Rb5 Bg6 20. Rb3 Qe6 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. e4 {
1-0 Shvedchikov,A-Shuganov,Y/Yalta 1996/EXT 98 (47)}) 11... Qxe2 {Das ist die
konsequente Fortsetzung - Schwarz nimmt die Herausforderung an.} (11... h6) (
11... Ne4) 12. Qxe2 (12. Qa4 $5) 12... Rxe2 13. d5 (13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Rae1 Rxe1
15. Rxe1 f5 16. Bf4 d6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 h6) 13... Na5 14. Nd4 {[%cal
Gd4b5,Gb5c7,Rd4e2] Es scheint, dass für Weiß alles in Ordnung ist; Re2 und der
Bauer auf b7 sind gleichermaßen bedroht.} Rxg2+ $5 {[%mdl 512] Die Vernichtung
des weißen Läufes auf g2 durch ein Qualitätsopfer verhilft dem schwarzen
Läufer auf c8 im weiteren Spielverlauf zu wesentlich größerem Aktionsradius.} (
14... Re8 15. Nb5 $16) 15. Kxg2 d6 $44 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4] Schwarz hat nur einen
Bauern für die Qualität, aber seine Bauernstruktur ist gesund, während die
weißen Bauern auf der c-Linie schwach sind.} (15... Nxc4 $5) 16. Bg5 Ng4 {
[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg4e5]} (16... Ne4 17. Rae1 f5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20.
Re5 $1 (20. Rxe4) 20... dxe5 21. Rxe4 $16) 17. Rae1 $36 {Weiß mobilisiert
seine Figuren und droht mit seinen Türmen auf die 7. oder 8. Reihe
einzudringen. Ich bin nicht sicher, ob Schwarz genügend Kompensation besitzt.}
Bd7 18. c5 (18. Re7 $1 Ne5 19. c5 f6 20. Bf4 Kf8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne6+ Kf7 23.
Nxc7 Rc8 24. Bxd6 (24. cxd6 Nc4) 24... Nc4) 18... f6 (18... dxc5 19. Nb3) 19.
Bf4 (19. Re7 dxc5 20. Rxd7 cxd4) 19... Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nb3 Nc4 (21...
Nxb3 22. axb3) 22. Re2 (22. Re4 b5 (22... Bb5 23. Rf2) 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. c4 c6
25. d6 c5) 22... Be8 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Re8f7,Rf7d5] Schwarz möchte den
d5-Bauern mit Bf7 angreifen.} 23. Kf2 $2 (23. Re4 Bf7 24. Rd1 Nb2 (24... b5)
25. Rd2 c6 $132) 23... Bf7 24. Nd2 (24. Rd1 Bh5 $17 {[%cal Rh5d1]}) 24... Bxd5
$15 {[%csl Gd5] Schwarz hat mittlerweile zwei Mehrbauern für die Qualität und
sein Bd5 steht ausgezeichnet.} 25. Rb1 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Bc6 {[%mdl 4096] Der
Läufer steht ausgezeichnet auf c6: er verteidigt den b7-Bauern und
gleichzeitig verhindert er ein Eindringen auf d7.} 27. Rbd1 Re8 28. Ke3 (28.
Rd8 Kf7 $15) 28... Kf7 29. g4 Ke7 (29... g6 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 30. Rf2 Ke6 31.
Rfd2 Ke7 32. Rf2 g6 {[%cal Yf6f5] Früher oder später mobilisiert Schwarz seine
Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel mit f6-f5.} 33. h4 Rf8 34. Rg1 Ke6 35. h5 f5 $17
36. gxf5+ gxf5 {[%csl Gc6,Ge5,Gf5]} 37. c4 (37. Rg7 f4+ 38. Ke2 Rf7 $17 (38...
h6 39. Rxc7 e4 (39... Rf5 $17))) 37... f4+ 38. Ke2 Rf5 39. Rh2 e4 {Das
schwarze Spiel ist nun ganz einfach; er lässt seine verbundenen Freibauern in
Richtung 1. Reihe marschieren. Weiß besitzt keinerlei Gegenspiel.} 40. Rg7 Rxc5
$19 41. Rh4 (41. Rxh7 Rxc4 $19) 41... f3+ 42. Ke3 Rxc4 43. Rf4 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Ra3
45. Rgf7 e3+ 46. Kc2 Be4+ $1 (46... e2 $19) 47. Kb2 e2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 f6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. d4 Bf5 $1 (10... Nc6 $6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Rd1
Qc8 14. Ng5 $40 {Hodgson,JM-Polgar,Zsu/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/INF59,49/}) 11.
Rb2 Nc6 12. Nh4 (12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 fxe5 14. Ng5 $13 {Hodgson}) 12... Bd7
13. dxe5 (13. d5 Na5 $1 {Mit der Idee Nac4-d6 und Weiss hat keine ausreichende
Kompensation fuer den geopferten Bauern.}) 13... fxe5 14. Be3 {Zu pruefen ist
14.Nd5.} Bxh4 15. gxh4 Qxh4 {Schwarz nimmt alles was es kann.} 16. Nb5 (16. Nd5
O-O-O $17) 16... Rc8 17. Bxb6 (17. Bxc6 $2 Bxc6 18. Nxa7 Qg4#) 17... axb6 18.
Qd5 Qf6 {Schwarz hat einfach zwei Bauern mehr und man sieht fuer Weiss keine
Kompensa- tion.} 19. Rc1 Rf8 $1 20. e3 Rf7 21. Qe4 g6 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Nc3 Kg7 {
Die letzten Zuege sicherten den schwarzen Koenig und verhinderten praktisch
alle Gegenspiel.} 24. Nd5 Qf5 25. Qc4 Be6 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Rcd1 Rcf8 28. a3 Qg4
29. Rf1 Nd4 $1 {Diese huebsche Kombination verkuerzt die Partie.} 30. Kh1 Nf3 {
Ribli} 0-1

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {Nach 3.g3 (und 4.Bg2) kann Schwarz nicht wie in der
Partie die Drachenvariante mit vertauschten Farben spielen. Ribli.} 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 {Weiß bereitet seinen
Bauernsturm am Damenflügel vor.} O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 (11. Ne1 $5
Qc8 $6 (11... Nd5 $5) 12. Nd3 Bh3 13. Nc5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a5 15. d3 axb4 16. axb4
f5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nb5 Bd6 19. Qe6 $16 {Degerman,L-Gretarsson,H/Stockholm 1996
}) 11... a5 (11... Nd4 $5 12. Be3 Nxf3+ (12... c5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 cxb4
15. Nc5 Bd5 $1 $146 (15... Bxc5 {- 58/46}) 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. Qd2
Bxc5 19. bxc5 Nd7 $11 {Lautier,J-Portisch,L/Biel 1996}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 $5
$146 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. b5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20.
Rbc1 e4 21. dxe4 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 dxe4 23. Bg4 Bxb3 24. Bxd7 Re7 25. Bg4 b6 $11 {
Timman,J-Bareev,E/Ubeda 1997}) 12. bxa5 {Meines Erachtens bietet dieser Zug
dem Weißen keine großartigen Aussichten. Ich glaube, die Alternative 12.b5 ist
vielversprechender.} (12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 (13. Ne1 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Na4 (15.
Nf3 Rd8 16. Qc2 a4 17. e4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rd1 Bb3 20. Rxb3 axb3 21. Qxb3+
Kh8 22. Ne2 Rda4 23. d4 Bxa3 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Be3 Nc4 {0-1 Gulko,B-Tukmakov,V/
New York PCA-op 1994 (37)}) 15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6 18. Bb2 $5 Qd7
19. Bc3 Qe8 $5 20. f4 $5 exf4 21. Rxf4 Kh8 22. Nc2 Qg6 $5 23. Rd1 Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Miezis,N-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen op 1996 (61)}) (13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 (14...
Nd5 15. Bb2 c5 16. bxc6 b5 17. Bxd4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qd6 {0-1 Voiska,M-Kachiani
Gersinska,K/Azov iztW 1990 (39)}) 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. a4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18.
Kg1 Rac8 19. Bb2 f5 20. Rc1 Bg5 $6 21. Rc4 Bf6 22. Qb3 {1-0 Psakhis,
L-Rasmussen,B/Canadian Open 1997 (37)}) 13... Bd5 $5 $11) 12... Rxa5 (12...
Nxa5 13. d4 $5 $14 exd4 14. Nxd4) 13. Nd2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2b7] Der weiße
Springer nähert sich dem Damenflügel.} (13. Nb5 Na7 (13... Qd7 14. Be3 {
[%csl Rb6]} Nd5 (14... Bxa3 15. Nxc7 $16 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Re3b6]}) 15. Bd2 Ra6
16. Qc2 $14) 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Bb2 c6 18. Nb3 Bh3 19.
Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Ra4 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Bc1 Rh4 23. gxh4 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qxe2 25.
Rg1 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Gallego,V/Alcobendas op 1993}) 13... Bxa3 $146 (
13... Qc8 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. Be3 Rxa3 16. Nb5 Ra6 17. Bc5 Bd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19.
Nc5 Ra5 20. Bxd5+ Nbxd5 21. e4 b6 22. exd5 bxc5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. d6 Rxb5 25.
dxe7 Rxb3 26. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 27. Rxb3 h5 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Rc4 Kh7 30. Rbc3 Kh6 31.
h4 {1/2-1/2 Khasin,A-Nikuljshin,K/RUS-chT 1994 (46)}) 14. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Gb3,
Gc3,Gg2][%cal Rb3a5] Der Springer kommt mit Tempogewinn ins Spiel.} Ra8 (14...
Bxb3 $4 15. Qxb3+ $18 {[%cal Rb3g8]}) 15. Bxa3 Rxa3 16. Nc5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gg2]
} Bc8 (16... Rxc3 {[%cal Rc5e6,Re6d8,Re6f8]} 17. Nxe6 $18) 17. Nb5 {[%csl Gb1,
Gb5,Gc5,Gg2][%cal Gg2b7] Weiß übt großen positionellen Druck gegen den
schwarzen Damenflügel aus.} Ra8 18. Nxc7 (18. Qb3+ Rf7) 18... Qxc7 19. Qb3+ Rf7
$1 {Der schwarze Turm ist zwar in der Diagonalen a2-g8 gefesselt, hilft aber
nach Damentausch bei der Verteidigung des Damenflügels.} (19... Kh8 20. Qxb6
Qxb6 21. Rxb6 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Rb7,Gc5,Gg2]}) 20. Qxb6 Ra5 $1 21. Rfc1 {[%csl
Gb1,Gc1]} (21. Bd5 $2 Qxb6 22. Rxb6 Rxc5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $17) 21... Qxb6 22.
Rxb6 Nd4 $11 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd4e2,Re2c1,Re2g1,Gf7c7,Gc7c1]} 23. Nb3 (23. Kf1
Rc7 {[%csl Rc5]} 24. Bd5+ (24. Nb3 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Ra1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rf1][%cal
Ra1f1]}) 24... Kf8 25. Nd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxc8+ Ke7) 23... Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 25.
Nxa5 Rd7 $15 {[%csl Rb7,Rd3] Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern. Die Bauernschwächen
(d3 und b7) sind beiderseitig.} 26. Nxb7 Bxb7 27. Bxb7 $5 (27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28.
Bxb7 Nxd3 $15 {Mit präzisem Spiel kann Weiß sicherlich Remis behaupten, aber
Schwarz kann noch endlose Gewinnversuche unternehmen.}) 27... Nxd3 28. Be4 Nc5
$6 (28... Rd8 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 {Theoretisch ist dieses Turmendspiel remis, aber
die Verteidigung ist schwierig und unangenehm für Weiß.}) (28... h6 29. Bg6 {
[%csl Gg6]}) 29. Rb8+ $11 Kf7 {Und es wurde Remis vereinbart. Weiß kann das
materielle Gleichgewicht wiederherstellen.} (29... Kf7 30. Bxh7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Kh8 {10...f5!?} 11. b4 f5 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e4
f4 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 fxg3 18. hxg3 a5 $1 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4
axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Re2 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qf6 24. Ne6 Rfe8 25. Rb1 Bf7 26. Re3
Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. dxe6 Bc5 29. Qe2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Be3 f6 (10... Kh8 11. b4 f5 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e4 f4
15. Re1 Bd6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 $13 {Vaganian,R-Petursson,M Reykjavik Summit
1990 CBM/18}) (10... Nd5 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Ne4 f6 14. Nc5 $14 {
Kharitonov,A-Huebner,R EU-Cup f 1991 CBM/23}) 11. Na4 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Re1
Nd4 14. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Na4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ra5 $1 Nxb2 18. Qc2 b6 19.
Rh5 Na4 (19... g6 20. Rh4 $1 $18) 20. Nxd4 $1 Qxd4 21. Bxa8 Nc5 (21... Rxa8 22.
Qc6 $18) 22. Rh4 Qd7 23. Bf3 Nb3 24. Bc6 Qf7 25. Qc3 Rd6 26. d4 $2 g5 27. Re4
f5 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. d5 Qf7 30. e4 $1 (30. Qxb3 $2 Rxc6 $1) 30... Na5 31. e5
Rd8 32. e6 Qe7 33. Re5 Nxc6 34. Qxc6 Rf8 35. Qc2 f4 36. Rf5 Rxf5 37. Qxf5 fxg3
38. hxg3 b5 39. Qd3 a6 40. Qc3 Qd8 41. Qc6 Kf8 42. Qxa6 Qxd5 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44.
Qxc7+ Kxe6 45. Qxh7 Kf6 46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Qh5+ Kf6 48. Qe2 Kg7 49. Qc2 Kf6 50.
Kf1 Qe5 51. Qd3 Qb2 52. Kg2 Kg7 53. Qf5 Kh6 54. g4 Qxa3 55. Qf6+ Kh7 56. Qf7+
Kh6 57. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 06th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1998.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e4 (6... Re8 7. Ne1
$5 Bf8 8. Rb1 h6 9. d3 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. b4 $14 {und Weiß hat aktives Spiel
am Damenflügel. Horvath,Jo - Fogarasi,Budapest,1998. Ribli.}) 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 {Es ist verständlich, daß Weiß die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar
öffnen möchte.} e3 {Dieser Zug wurde von Karpov gegen Kasparov (Sevilla 1987)
in die Turnierpraxis eingeführt. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, um die weiße
Bauernstruktur zu zerstören.} (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 (
12... dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 g6 (14... Nd6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 Nf7 17. Rxf5
Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. e3 Qxg4 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. Qf2 Kg8 23. Rc1
Bd3 24. Bf4 c6 25. Ne5 Qf5 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 {David,P-Polak,T/CZE-ch 1995/
1-0 (53)}) 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Rxb7 Bd5 17. gxf5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb7 19. fxg6 hxg6
20. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/Koop Tjuchem op 1996 (24)}) 13. Nh4 Bg6 14.
Bf4 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be5 Rxe5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. e3 Ng5 20.
Qf2 {Chernin,A-Farago,I/AUT-chT9596 1996/1-0 (114)}) 10. dxe3 (10. d3 d5 11.
Qb3 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa3 Qxg5 (13... b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bb2 c5 16.
c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (29)}) 14. Qxa5 Qe5 15. d4 Qd6 $10 {/\} 16. Ba3
Qc6 17. f4 Qxc3 18. Qa4 Nf6) 11... Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bg4 $5 (
14... Nc6 15. Rb1 Qc7) 15. Re1 h6 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. d4 Bh3 19. Bh1
Nh5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qg4 22. Bxe3 Nxg3 23. Bf3 Qg6 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25.
Kh1 Bg4 26. Qc1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Re6 $1 {0-1 Lautier,J-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1995 (40)}) 10... h6 (10... b6 11. e4 h6 12. Nxf7 $6
$146 (12. Nh3 $5) 12... Kxf7 13. f4 Kg8 14. e5 Nh7 15. Ba3 $2 (15. f5 $8) 15...
Bb7 16. Be4 Kh8 17. Bc2 Nxe5 $1 {0-1 Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Novgorod 1997 (29)})
11. Nh3 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Re2,Re3] Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, hat sich
allerdings zwei Doppelbauern eingehandelt.} b6 (11... Ne5 12. e4 Nxc4 13. Qd4
Ne5 (13... d5 14. Nf4 c6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd4+
19. cxd4 b6 20. d6 Bb7 21. d7 Re7 22. Bh3 Bc6 23. Bf4 Bxd7 {0-1 Kopilov,
N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) 14. c4 d6 15. Nf4 b6 16. Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3
Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 (18... f6 $1 $13) 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. e5 $1 {
1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) 12. Nf4 {[%csl Yd5,Gf4][%cal
Gf4d5]} (12. e4 Ba6 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd3 {
1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Avrukh,B/Koop Tjuchem op 1996}) (12... d6 13. Nf2 (13. f4 $6
Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2a8]} Na5 $13) 13.
c5 (13. Qa4 $5 Na5 14. c5 Bxe2 15. Re1 Ba6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Nf2 $14) 13... bxc5
14. Ba3 d6 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 $1 19. Nf2 Nb6 {
1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Timoshenko,G/Nova Gorica 1997 (32)}) 12... Na5 {[%csl Ga5,Rc4]}
(12... d6 {Mit diesem Zug legt Schwarz den Bauern c4 fest.}) 13. c5 $13 {
Weiß verteidigt seine schwachen Bauern nicht. Nimmt Schwarz das Opfer an, muß
er seinerseits mit Doppelbauern spielen.} Qe7 (13... bxc5 $5 14. Rb1 (14. e4))
14. cxb6 axb6 {Schwarz hat einen Bauer weniger, aber seine feste Stellung
weist keinerlei Schwächen auf.} 15. e4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 {Weiß hat keine Angst vor
16...Qxc3.} (16. Qd4 Nb3 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb3a1,Rb3d4,Ga8a1]} 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18.
Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rfxc1 Rxa2 $11) 16... Bb7 (16... Qxc3 17. Bd2 $14) 17. Nd3 Qc4 (
17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2h8] und der weiße Läufer auf b2 ist
sehr stark.}) 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qc2 $14 {Weiß hat Übergewicht im Zentrum und das
Läuferpaar, aber seine Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel ist schwierig zu
verwerten.} Nd7 20. Rfd1 Qe6 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 21. Be3 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 22. Bd4 {
[%csl Gd4] Mit diesem Läuferzug provoziert der Weiße die Schwächung des
schwarzen Damenflügels mit 22...c5.} Ra5 {[%cal Ga5h5,Ge8a8,Ga8a1] Schwarz
bereitet die mögliche Turmverdoppelung in der a-Linie vor.} (22... c5 23. Bf2
$14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) (22... Na3 23. Qb3 $14) 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Qb3 {[%csl Rc4]
Zug um Zug verbessert Weiß seine Stellung.} b5 (24... Nde5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26.
Nd5 $14) 25. a4 Rea8 {[%csl Ra1,Ra4][%cal Ga8a1]} 26. Rac1 Rxa4 27. Qxb5 Ndb6 {
[%csl Rb5]} 28. Qh5 {Es ist schwierig für Weiß, ein gutes Feld für die Dame zu
finden.} R8a5 {[%csl Rh5]} 29. Qh4 Qg5 (29... g5 $2 30. Qxh6 $18 {[%csl Gd4,
Rg8,Gh6]}) (29... Qxh4 30. gxh4 $14) 30. Rb1 (30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Nh5 f6 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 30... Ra2 31. Kg1 Bc6 {Die beiden Kontrahenten versuchen, mit
kleinen Manövern ihre Aussichten zu verbessern. Es ist in solchen Stellungen
nicht so einfach, etwas Konkretes zu unternehmen.} 32. Bf1 {Weiß überdeckt e2.}
Ba4 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 33. Re1 c5 {Schwarz verliert die Geduld und beginnt mit
konkreten Aktionen.} 34. Bf2 Qxh4 35. gxh4 {[%csl Re2,Re4,Rh2,Rh4] und wieder
hat Weiß zwei Doppelbauern und sein Bauernplus sollte allenfalls von
symbolischer Bedeutung sein.} Bc2 36. Rbc1 Rb2 $44 {[%csl Ga5,Gb2,Gb6,Gc2,Gc4,
Re2,Re4,Rf1,Rh2,Rh4]} 37. h5 {Es ist schwierig für Weiß, aktiv zu spielen, so
sichert er sich für alle Fälle etwas Raum am Königsflügel.} Raa2 38. Ra1 Na4 {
[%cal Ra4c3]} 39. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Bb3 40. Bg3 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6,Gg3]} Rc2 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Ra4c3,Rc2c3]} 41. Rxa2 Rxa2 (41... Bxa2 42. Ra1 Bb3 $5) 42. Bh3
$14 {[%csl Gg3,Gh3] Endlich kommt der bislang so passive Läufer ins Spiel.} Rc2
{[%csl Rc3][%cal Ra4c3,Rc2c3]} 43. Bf5 {[%cal Gf5c2]} Ne5 {Schwarz verhindert
den eventuellen Abzugsangriff 44.e5.} (43... Nxc3 $5 44. Nxc3 Rxc3 45. Ra1 $36
Kf8) (43... Ra2 44. Kf2 $14) 44. Rb1 Rb2 $6 {Ich denke, es wäre besser für
Schwarz, die Türme auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (44... Nb2 $5) 45. Rxb2 Nxb2 46.
Ne7+ Kf8 47. Nc8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rc8d6]} Nbc4 48. Bh3 (48. Nxd6 $5 Nxd6 49.
Bxe5 Nxf5 50. exf5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf5,Rh2,Rh5] Schwarz hat wieder zwei
Doppelbauern, diesmal allerdings zwei Mehrbauern. Wegen der ungleichfarbigen
Läufer bin ich aber nicht so überzeugt, daß sein materieller Vorteil zum
Gewinn ausreichend ist.}) 48... f6 49. Be6 {[%csl Gc8,Ge6,Rf8][%cal Ge6b3]} Ba4
50. Kf2 (50. Bxc4 Nxc4 51. Nxd6 $5 Ne3 (51... Nxd6 $2 52. Bxd6+ $18 {[%cal
Rd6c5,Rd6f8]})) 50... Na3 51. Nxd6 $16 Ke7 52. Nb7 {[%csl Rc5]} Be8 (52... Kxe6
53. Nxc5+ {[%cal Rc5a4,Rc5e6]}) 53. Bd5 {[%csl Gb7,Rc5,Gd5,Rh5] Die beiden
Mehrbauern sichern dem Weißen die besseren Aussichten.} c4 54. Na5 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Ga5c4,Gd5c4]} Nb5 (54... Bxh5 55. Bxe5 fxe5 56. Nxc4 Nxc4 57. Bxc4 $16)
55. Bxe5 fxe5 56. Nxc4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rc4e5]} Kf6 {Schwarz verteidigt seinen
wichtigsten Bauern.} (56... Nxc3 57. Nxe5 Nxd5 58. exd5 Kd6 59. Ng6 $18) 57.
Ne3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Re3g4,Rg4f6,Rg4e5]} Nxc3 (57... Bxh5 58. c4 $16) 58. Ng4+
Ke7 59. Nxe5 Bxh5 (59... Nxd5 60. exd5 Kd6 61. Ng6 $18 {Das ist gleiche
Stellung wie in der Bemerkung zu 56...Kf6.}) 60. Bb3 {Schwarz hat nur geringe
Rettungschancen.} Be8 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Nc4 Bb5 63. Kd3 {[%csl Rc3]} Bxc4+ (63...
Nb1 {[%cal Gb1a3,Gb5d3]} 64. Kd4 $18 {[%csl Rb1]}) 64. Bxc4 Na4 65. Kd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} Nb6 66. e5+ Ke7 67. Bb5 {[%csl Rb6] Der schwarze Springer findet
kein gutes Feld.} Nc8 68. Ke4 Nb6 (68... Na7 69. Ba4) 69. h4 Ke6 (69... g5 70.
hxg5 (70. h5) 70... hxg5 71. Kf5 $18 {[%csl Rg5]}) 70. h5 {Die schwarzen
Bauern sind festgelegt und Weiß kann seine Bauern in Bewegung setzen.} Ke7 71.
f4 {[%csl Rb6,Ge4,Ge5,Gf4]} Ke6 72. e3 {Für Weiß besteht kein Grund zur Eile.}
Ke7 73. Kd4 Ke6 74. Kc5 {[%csl Rb6]} Nc8 75. Bf1 {[%cal Rf1h3,Rh3c8]} Ne7 (
75... Na7 76. Bh3+ Ke7 77. Kb6 $18) 76. Bh3+ Kf7 77. Kd6 $18 {[%csl Re7]} Kf8
78. Bd7 g6 (78... Kf7 79. Be6+ Kf8 80. f5 $18) 79. hxg6 Nxg6 80. f5 {[%csl Ge5,
Gf5] Mit den beiden verbundenen Freibauern gewinnt Weiß leicht.} Nh4 81. f6 Kf7
82. e6+ {und Schwarz gab auf.} (82. e6+ Kxf6 83. e7 $18 {[%cal Re7e8]}) 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. a3 Bd6 $5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. d3 Nc6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 a4 14. Bb2 (14.
Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Nd5 $13) 14... Bf8 15. Qd2 Re5 $1 16. e3 dxe3
17. fxe3 Rxb5 18. Bd4 c5 19. Be5 Be6 20. Qe2 Nd7 $15 21. Bc3 Rb3 22. Rfc1 Be7
23. Rab1 Rb8 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qb2 Qf8 26. Ra1 b5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb6 29.
Ra7 f6 30. Nd2 Qd8 $6 31. Ba5 c4 32. dxc4 Bc5 33. Qxb3 Nxc4 $2 34. Ra8 $1 Bxe3+
35. Kh1 Bb6 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 (4... d5 {Sergey has wide experience
in another main line -} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {, but this time he enters
into the sharper one.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 {The most ambitious choice.} ({
Both} 6... d6) ({and} 6... Re8 {also were tested on the highest level.}) 7. Ng5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {This position was first seen in the middle of 60'es, but it
gained popularity mostly after the Kasparov - Karpov match in Seville 1987.} 9.
f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 {The most common. Even though White has the bishop pair,
Black feels free to open up the position. Indeed, at the moment Black's pieces
are better mobilised.} ({The alternative} 10... Qe7 {has also been seen in
Karjakin's White's practice:} 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nh4 ({Amove worth considering is} 
12. Nd4 $5 d6 13. d3 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 d5 16. cxd5 c4 17. d4 Nd3 18. Bd2
Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rad8 $132 {Tomashevsky,E - Korotylev,A
Sochi 2017}) 12... d6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 {Karjakin,S - Eljanov,P Baku 2015;
in this complex position draw was agreed.}) 11. d4 dxc4 12. Bg5 ({The
relatively recent} 12. Qc2 $5 h6 13. Bf4 {yielded White a memorable victory in
Caruana,F - Anand,V Moscow 2016.}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 $146 {
Hikaru comes up with a natural novelty.} (14. e4 Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 (16.
Qxc4 Na5 17. Qb5 b6 18. Nd2 Qd7 $132) 16... Rab8 17. Qxc4 b5 18. e5 bxc4 19.
exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nd2 Na5 {led to equal endgame in Aronian,L -
Anand,V Saint Louis 2015.}) 14... Qe7 $6 {Too passive. As often happens in
such sharp positions, one mistake might invite serious troubles.} ({A much
better try was} 14... Qg6 $1 {, diminishing White's control of e4. The play
might continue:} 15. e4 ({After} 15. Nxc4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18.
Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxc7 Rxe2 {Black has full compensation for the pawn due to
activity of all his pieces.}) 15... b5 16. e5 (16. a4 $6 b4 17. Nxc4 Ba6 18.
Qb3 Rad8 $15 {makes White's pawn centre very fragile.}) 16... Rb8 17. Be4 (17.
Ne4 Ne7 18. Nc5 Bf5 $132) 17... Qe6 ({Another possibility is} 17... f5 $5 18.
exf6 Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Raxe1 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Bb7 23. d5 Na5 24.
Re7 Bxd5 25. Rxc7 Rb6 $11) 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. d5 Qxe5 21. Bh7+ Kxh7
22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf4 Rxd5 24. Qe4+ Kg8 {White has nothing better than forcing
a draw by perpetual.}) 15. e4 Na5 $6 {Black's knight's desertion of the centre
makes it easier for Hikaru to extend his initiative.} ({The attempt to protect
the pawn by means of} 15... Qa3 16. Qc2 Qa6 {looks too awkward, so after} 17.
e5 Ne7 18. Rf2 Be6 19. Ne4 $36 {White's initiative is lasting itself.}) ({
In comparison to the above-mentioned note, after} 15... b5 16. e5 {the Nc6 is
hanging, and White manages to develop a powerful initiative:} Bb7 17. Rb1 a6
18. Nxc4 Rad8 19. Ne3 {Despite the material balance, Black's position is
practically lost.}) ({A better attempt was} 15... Rb8 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Qe2 (17.
Ne3 Na5 $14) 17... Rbd8 18. Rae1 f6 $14 {Black's position is passive, but
rather solid.}) 16. e5 Be6 $2 {Alas, Sergey fails to put up resistance and
loses on the spot.} ({It was necessary to put some pressure on White's pawn
centre:} 16... c5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nd6 Rf8 $16) 17. Ne4 Rad8 18.
Qh5 {White's queen is joining the attack with killing effect.} b5 {Desperation.
Obviously, Black has no time for creating any counterplay on the queenside.}
19. Nf6+ ({An even more effective move would be} 19. Rf6 Qf8 20. Raf1 b4 21.
Rg6 bxc3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Be4 $18) 19... Kh8 (19... gxf6 20. Rxf6
Qf8 21. Rxh6 Qg7 22. Be4 $18) 20. d5 ({The prosaic} 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Rf2 $18 {
would be good enough too.}) 20... Bxd5 (20... Qc5+ 21. Rf2 $18) 21. Bxd5 Rxd5
22. Nxe8 Rxe5 (22... Qxe8 23. Qxf7 Rxe5 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {leads to the same}) 23.
Qxf7 Qxe8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rae1 $18 {Despite the approximate material
balance Black's position is absolutely lost - the rooks are very powerful,
whereas the Na5 is poor.} Rxe1 26. Rxe1 c5 27. Kf2 b4 28. Ke3 bxc3 ({Or} 28...
b3 29. Ke4 bxa2 30. Ra1 $18) 29. Rc1 {Obviously, all the c-pawns would fall
soon.} Nc6 30. Rxc3 ({A simpler way was} 30. Ke4 Nb4 31. a3 $18) 30... Nb4 31.
Rxc4 Nxa2 32. Rxc5 Nb4 33. Ke4 Kh7 34. Rc4 a5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Ra5 Nc6 37. Rxa4
Nd8 {Sergey was able to avoid the loss of his knight, but this is a symbolic
achievement.} 38. Ra6 Nf7 39. Kf5 Nh8 40. h4 Nf7 41. g4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 {Vishy Anand
deviates from the main lines of the English Opening, but it doesn't mean that
this system wasn't properly prepared at home.} Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 f5 9. Nf3
Nc6 10. O-O {The resulting position is quite common on the top level.} Be6 ({
The prophylactic} 10... Kh8 {is another popular continuation here.}) 11. b4 {
The most aggressive choice.} ({The more modest} 11. a3 $5 {also deservesd
attention and leads to a very complex battle after} f4 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8
13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. b5 $14 {1-0 Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769)/
Thessaloniki GRE 2013 (43)}) 12. Bd2 Qe8 (12... Qd7 13. Ne4 Rf5 14. b4 $14 {
1-0 Wang Yue (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Beijing CHN 2013 (31)}) 13. Ne4 Qh5 14.
b4 a6 $132) 11... a6 ({Grabbing the pawn by means of} 11... Bxb4 $6 12. Ng5 Bf7
13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Qb3 {led to a loss of material.}) ({At the same time,} 11...
Nxb4 $5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Qd2 N4d5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $132 {was playable. In the
resulting position White's pawn structure is preferable, but Black gets active
piece play.}) 12. a3 Kh8 {A typical prophylactic move, which is always useful
here.} ({It was also possible to invite simplifications by means of} 12... Nd5
$5 13. Nxd5 (13. Bg5 Nxc3 14. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5
c6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) 13... Bxd5 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Kh8 $11) 13. Na4 {The knight is heading to c5, freeing a way for the rook
along the c-file.} ({Black didn't face any problems in the preceding encounter:
} 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 $11
{1/2-1/2 (53) Caruana,F (2791)-Giri,A (2752)/Stavanger NOR 2014}) 13... Nxa4 {
A correct decision.} ({In the event of} 13... e4 14. Ne1 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd4 16.
Bxd4 Qxd4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qc2 e3 19. f4 c6 20. Nf3 $14 {the vulnerable Pe3
causes Black some problems.}) 14. Qxa4 Bd5 $11 {Black has comfortably
equalised. The potential threat of a k-side attack forces White to play
precisely now.} 15. Bc5 Bd6 $146 {This solid move is a novelty.} ({It looks
like after} 15... Bxc5 $5 16. Rxc5 Qd6 {White had nothing better than
accepting a draw by repetition:} 17. e3 (17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. Qd1 Qf6 $15) 17...
a5 18. Qb5 Na7 19. Qa4 Nc6 $11) ({The previously played} 15... e4 $6 {was
premature:} 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14 {1-0 (40) Ree,H (2480)
-Dzindzichashvili,R (2595)/Wijk aan Zee 1979/MCD}) 16. Qc2 Qf6 {Connecting the
rooks. Black's setup is almost perfect now.} ({Opening up the position by
means of} 16... e4 $6 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb2 $14 {would definitely suit White.})
({But} 16... f4 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 $132
{the pressure along the f-file fully compensates for losing control over the
light squares.}) 17. e4 Be6 (17... fxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Nd2 Rad8
$11) 18. exf5 Bxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. d4 Bxc5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. dxc5 Raf8 22. Rc3
$14) 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Nd2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Nd4 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nxf3+
24. Bxf3 b6 $1 (24... Qxf3 $2 25. Rf1) 25. Qe3 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxc7 Rxd3
28. Rxe5 Rxa3 $11) 19... a5 20. b5 Ne7 $6 {A somewhat passive move. White gets
an important tempo for putting pressure on Black's weak pawns.} ({The most
natural} 20... Nd4 {was more in the spirit of the position:} 21. Bxd4 exd4 22.
a4 ({After} 22. Nh4 Bg4 23. Bxb7 Rae8 24. Be4 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bb4 {Black is OK at
least.}) 22... Rae8 23. Nd2 Ba3 24. Rcd1 b6 25. Nc4 Bb4 $11 {White suffers
from the pressure of Black's dark-squared bishop, though the position is
objectively equal here.}) 21. Bg5 {Returning the favour.} ({It was the right
moment for regrouping the forces:} 21. Rce1 $1 Rae8 (21... Bxa3 22. Bg5 Qd6 23.
Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qa2 Bb4 26. Re3 $14) 22. Bc1 b6 23. Bb2 $14) 21...
Qf7 22. Qc3 {Protecting the Pa3 and keeping an eye on the opponent's central
pawn.} ({Nothing special is on offer after} 22. Rce1 Ng6 23. h4 Qd7 24. h5 Bg4
25. Nh2 Bxh5 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Bc6 Qf5 28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Be4 Qf6 $132) ({Or} 22.
Nh4 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Be4 Rxb5 $11) 22... h6 {A double-edged move. White
is forced to exchange the dark-squared bishop, but the Kg8 is more exposed now.
} ({An equal ending could have arisen in the event of} 22... Rae8 $5 23. Be3 ({
Black has nothing to worry about after} 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxd3 25. Qxc7
Bxb5 $11) 23... Nd5 24. Ng5 Nxc3 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxc3 b6 $11) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7
24. Nh4 Bxa3 ({Possibly, a safer way was} 24... Bh7 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Be4 Rxb5
27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 $11) 25. Bxb7 Bxc1 $2 {A serious
mistake, which leads to the loss of a pawn.} ({The correct move was} 25... Rab8
$1 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Be4 Rf6 28. Rc2 Rxb5 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Qxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7
Rf8 {Black should be able to achieve a draw in this}) 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxa8
Ba3 28. Qxa5 $16 {Now White is a pawn up, while Black suffers from the exposed
king.} Bc5 {Black has some counter-play along the f-file, so the game isn't
over.} 29. Be4 Rf8 30. Kg2 {Intending to advance the f-pawn and activate the
rook.} Qd6 31. h4 h5 $2 {A decisive mistake - now Black has too many
weaknesses.} ({It was necessary to sit and wait:} 31... Bb6 32. Qa2 Qc5 33. Qb2
Qd4 $16) 32. Qd2 Qf6 (32... Qh6 33. Qg5 $1 (33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Qc1 Qd4 35. f3 Qe3
36. Qxe3 Bxe3 $16) 33... Bd4 34. Qe7 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg6 $18) 33. Qe2 {
Anand prefers to keep the queens on the board.} (33. Qg5 {was also good enough:
} Qxg5 34. hxg5 $18 {winning the second pawn.}) 33... g6 (33... Qf7 34. f4 Bd4
(34... exf4 35. Rxf4 Qe8 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qf3 Bb4 38. Qf5 $18) 35. f5 Kg8 36.
f6 gxf6 37. Rf5 $18) 34. Bxg6 $1 {This little piece of tactics immediately
decides the game.} Qxg6 35. Qxe5+ Kg8 36. Qxc5 {White is 3 pawns up now, so
Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 {The players have entered into one of the most complicated
lines of the English.} 10. d3 {Keeping the pawn structure flexible, even
though the presence of Pe3 in White's camp is not to everyone's taste.} (10.
dxe3 Qe7 11. Nh3 Qc5 12. Nf4 Qxc4 13. e4 d6 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 {
Kasparov,G - Sadvakasov,D Astana KAZ 2001, Black was OK.}) 10... d5 11. Qa4 ({
The most popular alternative -} 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 (12... b6 $5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. f4 Bb7 {looks very interesting, but was never tried.}) 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. f4 Bg4 15. Nf3 {seems promising for White, at least according to
statistics.}) 11... h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 f4 15. Ne4 $146 {
GM Nakamura comes up with a natural novelty - the knight is perfectly placed
in the centre.} (15. Bb2 {The only preceding game was played in the Candidates
tournament, where both players played their part too:} Rb8 16. c4 $6 (16. Ne4
$142 b5 17. Qc2 $13) 16... Nde7 17. g4 b6 18. Ne4 Be6 $15 {Svidler,P -
Karjakin,S Moscow RUS 2016}) 15... Rb8 (15... Re6 $6 {is premature:} 16. Kh1 $1
Rg6 17. Rg1 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Kh8 19. f4 {, and the lack of harmony in Black's
camp starts to tell.}) 16. Qa3 {This move looks like a definite concession.} (
16. Rb1 {isn't effective, since after} Re6 17. Kh1 fxg3 {White cannot
recapture with Ne4, whereas} 18. hxg3 Rg6 19. Kh2 b6 {leads to very unbalanced
play.}) (16. Kh1 b5 17. Qd1 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Qf6 $13) 16... Re6 $1 {The rook is
heading for g6 in order to put White's king under strong pressure.} 17. c4 {
A somewhat risky decision.} ({Now, when White's queen has left the 4th rank,} 
17. Kh1 {is well met by} fxg3 $1 18. Nxg3 (18. hxg3 $2 Rg6 19. f4 Nce7 $40)
18... Nf4 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bf1 Re5 $132 {the strong Nf4 provides Black with 
decent counterplay. However, it would be a better practical choice.}) 17...
Nde7 18. Bb2 Nf5 {Once Black spots one of his knights on d4, he would be
firmly in a control.} 19. d4 $1 {This pawn sacrifice is forced from a
strategic point of view - White's major pieces need open files!} (19. gxf4 $6 {
is dubious:} Ncd4 {, and Black's pieces are dominating over the board. The
play might continue:} 20. Rfe1 Ra6 $1 21. Qc5 (21. Qc3 Qh4 $17) 21... b6 22.
Qe5 Ra5 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17) 19... Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxa7 ({
In case of} 21. Rad1 $2 Nxe2+ ({Also good enough is} 21... b6 $5 22. Qd3 c5 23.
gxf4 Qh4 24. Qxe3 Bb7 $17) 22. Kh1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Nd4 $1 24. Qxd4 e2 25. Qxa7 Rxe4
26. fxe4 Bg4 27. Rc1 exf1=Q+ 28. Rxf1 fxg3 29. hxg3 c6 $17 {at the end of
complications White would suffer from a terrible pawn structure.}) 21... Nc6 ({
Levon is deviating from the more complicated line:} 21... Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Bd7 23.
Rfe1 Ra8 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qd3 Rxe4 $1 27. Qxe4 (27. fxe4 $2 Bg4 28.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. gxf4 Rd2 $17) 27... Qf6 28. c5 b5 29. Qd3 Nd4 30. Rad1 $13 {
, and White manages to keep the dynamic balance.}) 22. Qa3 Qf8 (22... g5 23.
Rfd1 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. h4 $1 Be6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nd5 Rf7 28. Kh2 $1 {
White would be able to solve the problem of the poor Bg2.}) 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {
The subsequent endgame is strategically dangerous for White, who's bishop is
completely out of play now.} 24. Rfd1 ({White's task would be easier after} 24.
gxf4 Nd4 25. Ng3 c5 (25... Ra8 26. Rfd1 Rd6 27. a4 Be6 28. c5 Rdd8 29. Bf1 $11)
26. Rfd1 Rf6 27. a4 $1 Bf5 28. Ra3 Re8 29. Rc1 $11 {, and Black's pieces are
tied with protecting the Pe3.}) 24... g5 25. Nc3 $1 {An excellent idea - the
knight is heading on d5 now, where it would attack the opponent's weak pawns.}
(25. h4 Rg6 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rd7 Re7 $15) 25... Re7
26. Nd5 Rf7 27. h4 $1 {White has to liberate the bishop as soon as it possible.
} Ra8 28. a4 Na5 29. gxf4 $2 {This natural exchange turns out to be a serious
mistake.} ({Instead, the precise} 29. Rab1 $1 {would enable White to hold this
unpleasant endgame:} Bf5 ({Both after} 29... Be6 30. Kh2 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 gxh4+
32. Kh2 Nxc4 33. Rxb7 c6 34. Nc7 Bd5 35. f4 $1 $11) ({Or} 29... Nxc4 30. Rb4 c6
31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. Rxc4 Be6 33. Re4 Bd5 34. Rb4 fxg3 35. f4 $11 {White is in
time to activate the light-squared bishop.}) 30. Rb4 Nc6 31. Rb2 Be6 32. hxg5
hxg5 33. Rxb7 Rxa4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Rxc7 Rxc4 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Nxf4 Rxf4 38.
Rd3 $11) 29... gxf4 30. Kh2 ({In comparison to above-mentioned note,} 30. Rab1
Nxc4 31. Rb4 c6 {leaves White without compensation for a pawn:} 32. Nc7 (32.
Rxc4 cxd5 33. Rb4 Ra5 34. Rdd4 Ke7 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bd7 37. Rd4 Kd6 38.
f4 Bc6 $19) 32... Rxc7 33. Rxc4 Rf7 34. Rd6 Kg7 $17) 30... Nxc4 $17 31. Rac1 (
31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Nd2 33. a5 c6 34. Nb6 Rd8 35. Ra4 $17) 31... Nd2 32. Nxc7
$2 {A decisive mistake. White cannot afford to remove his best piece from the
centre.} ({He had tp play} 32. Bh3 Bxh3 33. Kxh3 c6 34. Nc3 $17 {, intending
to put the rooks on the g-file. Black is a pawn up, but it wouldn't be easy to
convert it to a full point.}) 32... Rxa4 33. Bh3 Nxf3+ $1 {Levon is exploiting
the lack of harmony in the opponent's camp. This nice tactical shot decides
the game. The next few moves are forced.} 34. exf3 Ra2+ 35. Bg2 Rg7 36. Rg1 Rg3
37. Kh1 Bh3 {A funny situation - the bishop is trapped.} 38. Bf1 e2 $19 {
Regaining the piece.} 39. Bxe2 Rxe2 40. Nd5 Rxf3 ({A simpler way was} 40...
Bg2+ 41. Rxg2 Rexg2 42. Nxf4 Ra2 $19) 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rcg1 (42. Rxe6 {was more
stubborn:} Bxe6 43. Rc5 Rh3+ 44. Kg2 Rxh4 45. Kf3 {, but} Rh3+ $1 (45... Rh5 $2
46. Nxf4 Rxc5 47. Nxe6+ Ke7 48. Nxc5 $11) 46. Kxf4 Rh5 $19 {still makes it
quite easy for Black.}) 42... Rxg6 43. Rxg6 Bd7 $1 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Rxg3 fxg3
46. Kxg3 Kf7 {Despite the major simplifications, Black easily wins here.} 47.
Kf4 Ke6 48. Nb4 Be8 49. Nd3 Kd5 50. Nf2 Bd7 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Ne4 Bc6 53. Ng3 Bd5
54. Kd3 Kf4 {The second pawn falls.} 0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 f5 {This is one of most ambitious ways of handling
the position - Black is aiming to prove that White's dark-squared bishop is
somewhat vulnerable.} ({Another common continuation -} 10... Nd5 {had been
seen in the practice of both players previously:} 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 (12.
Nd2 $2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Kg1 Qxa2 $17 {Nakamura,H (2787)-Harikrishna,P 
(2763) chess.com INT 2016}) 12... Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3 Bf6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne4 c6 $11 {1/2 (46) Aronian,L (2784)-Topalov,V 
(2754) Stavanger NOR 2016}) 11. a3 Kh8 {This prophylactic move can be
automatically made in various English positions (reversed Sicilian!).} ({
The aggressive} 11... f4 {exposes the key e4-spot, and that might invite
trouble. For instance,} 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rf5 14. b4 fxg3 15. Nxg3 Rff8 16.
b5 $16 {1-0 (31) Wang Yue (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Beijing CHN 2013}) ({
The following game also illustrates well how effective White's initiative on
the q-side might be:} 11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. b5 $36 {
1-0 (43) Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769) Thessaloniki GRE 2013}) 12. b4 a6 13.
Re1 $146 {This move looks somewhat mysterious, but its main idea was justified
in the game!} ({The previously played} 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16.
Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 $132 {Caruana,F (2791) - Giri,A (2752)
Stavanger NOR 2014 led to a balanced play.}) 13... Qe8 {Pentala is intending
to place his queen on the kingside, so White's king might be under some
pressure.} ({Another possibility was} 13... Nd5 $5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc5 Bd6
16. e4 (16. Qc2 f4 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 $132) 16... fxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 $11)
14. Qd2 Bd6 $6 {This natural move locks the d-file and allows White to seize
the initiative.} ({More to the point was} 14... Rd8 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Qe3 Bf6
17. Qxb6 Qe7 18. Qe3 Bg8 $44 {and Black's bishops provide decent compensation
for a pawn.}) 15. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 16. d4 {Levon doesn't miss the chance! Now
Black has serious problems to solve.} exd4 $6 ({In the following short line
White benefits from having the rook on the e-file:} 16... e4 17. d5 $1 exf3 18.
exf3 {and Black's position collapses.}) ({The same can be said about} 16... Rd8
17. d5 Bb8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re3 Bg4 $14 {even though here White's
advantage isn't that big. Indeed, it was the lesser evil!}) 17. Nxd4 Rd8 (17...
Be5 {was hardly any better:} 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qe3 Bc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxe8
Raxe8 22. Bxd5 $16 {- Even though there are bishops of different colours, the
endgame is very difficult for Black.}) 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa2 Qh6 {Pentala is
aiming to complicate matters.} ({The alternative -} 19... Qxa2 20. Nxa2 Rc8 21.
Red1 Rfd8 22. e3 {would lead to an unpleasant endgame, where White's
light-squared bishop is extremely powerful.}) 20. f4 $2 {Luckily for GM
Harikrishna, Levon loses all sense of danger...} ({Instead, the natural} 20. e3
$1 g5 21. Nd5 b5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 $16 {would secure White a big positional
advantage.}) 20... a5 21. b5 Bc5+ {That's the point! The vulnerablity of the
dark squares in White's camp starts to tell now.} 22. e3 $2 {Alas, Levon fails
to cope with a sudden change of course!} ({He had to play} 22. Kh1 Bf2 23. bxc6
Bxg3 24. h3 Bxe1 ({Perhaps, a stronger try is} 24... bxc6 25. Red1 Bxf4 26. e3
Bxe3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 {obtaining 4 pawns for a piece. However, even in this event
after} 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bc5 30. Qf7 {White is OK}) 25. c7 $1 Rc8 26. Rxe1
Rxc7 27. Nd5 {White would be able to maintain the balance, at the least.})
22... Ne5 $1 {Now Black has too many threats!} 23. Rcd1 (23. Nd5 Nd3 24. Rcd1
Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd6 $19) 23... Ng4 24. h3 Nxe3 ({There was the even simpler} 
24... Bxe3+ 25. Kf1 Nh2+ 26. Ke2 Bxf4 $1 27. gxf4 (27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. gxf4 Qh5+
29. Ke3 Qh4 $19) 27... Rfe8+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ $19) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kh2 g5 {
This aggressive choice makes Black's task tougher.} (26... Qd6 27. Qe2 Nxg2 28.
Qxg2 (28. Kxg2 Bxa3 29. Rd1 Qe7 $19) 28... Bxa3 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.
Qxb7 g6 $19) 27. fxg5 Qxg5 28. Qe6 ({A more stubborn try was} 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29.
Bxd5 f4 30. Qa1+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rd1 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Bxa3 {- the
resulting edngame is winning for Black, but the task is still not trivial.})
28... f4 29. Ne4 Qg7 30. g4 Nc2 {This move doesn't spoil anything,} ({but
White would immediately resign after} 30... Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Qb2+ 32. Kh1 f3 $19)
31. Rf1 Nd4 32. Qf6 Qxf6 33. Nxf6 Bxa3 34. Bxb7 Bd6 {Eventually the a-passer
easily decides the game.} 35. h4 a4 36. g5 a3 37. Kh3 Be5 38. Kg4 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,144,20,-9,-9,3,-24,-15,-26,-22,-26,-33,-20,-22,-6,0,-3,2,0,0,6,7,49,2,
21,18,3,0,9,-10,0,16,19,-1,17,6,12,7,33,32,24,13,41,3,12,9,11,12,8,12,10,12,31,
13,29,24,29,18,10,17,13,7,23,29,47,32,32,30,38,33,37,37,48,47,48,49,49,49,47,
48,33,35,22,49,81,62,63,64,84,91,106,114,102,102,169,122,160,180,225,223,222,
223,209,190,170,170,198,178,161,139,132,128,128,143,119,80,65,54,52,14,144,144,
144,197,249,229,263,253,248,188,279,279,272,252,261,272,272,250,283,339,375,
397,447,634,782,910,909]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Be6
13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nb3 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Bc5 (16. Ne4 Nd5 $13) 16... Bd6 $1 {
If White takes on d6, then the c5 square is no longer weak.} 17. e3 Rad8 18.
Qf3 Nd7 (18... Qd7 $11) 19. Bxd6 cxd6 {White has a small edge here, but
Harikrishna manages to equalize quite easily.} 20. Nd5 Nb6 21. Nd2 $6 (21. Nxb6
axb6 22. Qd5+ Qe6 23. Qb5 $14 {would put Black under some serious pressure.})
21... Nxd5 22. Qxd5+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 {Black has no reason to be worse here.}
24. a3 Ree8 25. Rc2 d5 26. Nb3 Rd6 27. Rfc1 Kf7 28. Nc5 Nd8 29. b4 Re7 30. Kf1
Ne6 (30... g5 {followed by kingside space grab should give Black an equal
position.}) 31. a4 Ng5 32. b5 e4 33. d4 Nf3 34. h3 f5 35. Nb3 b6 36. Nd2 Ng5
37. h4 Ne6 38. Nb1 h6 39. Nc3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Na2 f4 42. Nb4 Kf6 43. Rc8 {
Black has overextended his position and White has made his inroads with his
rook. The knight is also looking at the juicy c6 square.} Kf5 44. Rh8 Rf7 45.
Ke2 f3+ 46. Kd2 Nf8 47. Rc8 (47. Rc6 $1 $18) 47... Ng6 48. Rh6 Ne7 49. Rxd6
Nxc8 50. Rxd5+ Kg4 51. Nc6 (51. Rd8 $1 {Would have finished off the game.} Rc7
52. Nd5 Rc4 53. Nc3 $18) 51... Kh3 52. Ne5 Rf6 53. Rd8 Nd6 54. Kc3 Nf5 55. Rh8+
Kg2 56. Ng4 Rf7 57. Rh2+ Kg1 {The activity of the black king has magically
saved the game for Hari.} 58. Kc4 Rd7 59. Rh5 Rd6 $6 (59... Nxe3+ $1 60. fxe3
f2 61. Nxf2 Kxf2 62. d5 (62. Rxg5 Kxe3 $19) 62... Kxe3 $11) 60. d5 Rg6 (60...
Rd7 $11) 61. Rh7 Rd6 62. a5 bxa5 63. Rxa7 Nh6 64. Kc5 $1 Rd8 65. Nxh6 Kxf2 66.
Nf5 Kg2 67. Rxa5 f2 68. Ra2 Kf3 69. Rxf2+ Kxf2 70. b6 Rb8 71. d6 Kf3 72. d7 Rf8
1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2865"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Michael Adams was Magnus Carlsen's second for his World Championship Match
2014 against Vishy Anand. Carlsen said that he included Adams in his team to
get a human feel to the preparations owing to the British player's excellent
positional understanding. Hence, this game which was played three months after
the World Championship match was extremely interesting.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {This line with four knights in the English is strategically
very complicated. Basically there are two ways for White to play. One is to
continue normally with Bg2 and later allow Black to take on c3 or as Carlsen
plays in this game, to jump with the N on d5.} 5. Nd5 {Marin recommends a
similar knight jump to d5 in his book on the English but there instead of Nf3,
White has played Bg2.} Bc5 {It was also possible to leave the bishop out on b4
and continue with 0-0 or e4 but this move Bc5 looks the most natural.} (5... e4
$5 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 (7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8. Bg2 d5 $1 $17) 7... Re8 8. O-O {With an
interesting position. THe important point to note is that White usually
refrains from taking on b4 because he considers his knight on d5 to be much
stronger and important than the B on b4.}) 6. Bg2 d6 (6... e4 {would be highly
inaccurate because of} 7. Ng5 $1 Nxd5 8. Nxe4 $1 Bxf2+ 9. Nxf2 $14 {And the
central pawns determine White's advantage.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {We reach the
main position of the opening. It could be said that Black has wasted a tempo
in playing Bb4-c5. Which means that if he had directly played his bishop to c5
from f8 then it would have been the same position apart from the White knight
being on c3 instead of d5. So the question to be asked is whether White has
benefitted from playing his knight to d5. Adams doesn't think so and he
exchanges it off.} Nxd5 (8... h6 {is the other way to go. This move prevents
the pinning of the knight with Bg5.} 9. a3 a5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nd2 {With an
interesting position as witnessed in the game Topalov-Epishin 1994. White
tries to reroute his knight to the d5 square via d2-e4-c3-d5.}) 9. cxd5 Nd4 (
9... Ne7 {can be met with} 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 {At first glance this position
looks clearly better for White as he has more space due to the pawn on d5. But
things are not so clear as Black immediately looks for the exchange of one
pair of minor pieces.} Nf5 12. Nb3 $1 {This is the right way to claim an
advantage. White has more space and must definitely refrain from exchanges.} (
12. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11 {is a very fine position for Black.}) 12... Bb6 13. e4 Ne7
14. Re1 $14) 10. Nxd4 exd4 {A very unusual structure with both the sides
having doubled d-pawns has arisen. Who stands better? In general Black's dark
squared bishop is his main piece that defends his position. If magically you
could remove the c1 and the c5 bishop then White would be clearly better. The
main reason for that is the c7 pawn would be very weak. In general to attack
c7 for White would be much easier than e2 for Black. Carlsen's subsequent play
thus revolves around posing maximum problems to the c5 bishop.} (10... Bxd4 {
is plausible. A high quality game between Karpov-Anand, Frankfurt Rapid 1997
continued} 11. e3 Bb6 12. b4 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. b5 f5 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Rc1 Qg6
17. Rc4 {The game reached an interesting position and here Rae8 would have
maintained the balance but Anand went for} f4 $6 (17... Rae8 $1 $132) 18. exf4
$6 (18. Be4 $1 {would have given the advantage to Karpov.} Bf5 19. exf4 $14)
18... Qxd3 19. Qc1 exf4 20. Bxf4 $11 {With an interesting position.}) 11. Bd2
a5 {Stopping queenside expansion with b4.} 12. e4 $5 dxe3 (12... f5 $5 $132 {
Keeping the pawn structure without taking fxe3 was also an option.}) 13. fxe3 (
13. Bxe3 {Earlier I mentioned that it would be nice for White to get rid of
the dark squared bishops. But things have changed now. White's pawn structure
is no longer as compact as it used to be before the e3 break. In fact now it
makes more sense to preserve the bishops and block the black one with d3-d4.
As seen in the game, Black's dark squared bishop is left without much to do
after it is blocked with d4.} Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bd7 $11) 13... Qg5 14. Rf4 Bd7 15.
a4 Rae8 (15... Rfe8 $5 {Somehow it made more sense to keep the a8 rook where
it is for the time being. White is angling for the b2-b4 break and then the
rook on a8 could come in handy.}) 16. d4 Bb6 17. Qb3 {Putting the queen on an
active square on c4 before going for the b4 break.} Qd8 (17... Re7 18. Qc4 Rfe8
19. b4 $14 {is similar to the game with one difference being, the queen is on
g5 which is more active than the one on d8 as in the game. And this difference
turns out to be disadvantageous for Black because his queenside pawns will be
weak and fragile.}) 18. Qc4 Re7 19. b4 $1 {After this break White's advantage
starts to assume very real proportions. The point to note here is how
effectively each of White's piece is positioned and how passive black pieces
have become. The bishop on b6 is biting on granite. The bishop on d7 doesn't
know what to do. Queen is passive on d8 and even if White doubled the rooks on
the e-file, the bishop on d2 does a great job of defending everything.} axb4
20. a5 Ba7 21. Qxb4 c5 {Finally Adams tries to break free from the bind. It is
very instructive to see how Carlsen handles this position.} 22. dxc6 {This was
forced as it makes no sense to open the path for the a7 bishop by spoiling the
e3-d4 formation.} Bxc6 (22... bxc6 {This would have been wonderful if it was
possible because now Black can blast open the position with c6-c5. But the
problem is that the d6 pawn falls now.} 23. Qxd6 $16) 23. Qb3 {A very nice
move putting pressure on the f7 point.} Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {Almost magically Black
has been left with more weaknesses than White. White's advantage is made up of
the following factors: 1. The b7 and d6 pawns are weak. The e3 and a5 pawns
which can be source of counterplay for Black are securely defended by the d2
bishop. 2. The white rooks and queen have more weaknesses to focus upon in the
black position than the Black major pieces. 3. And the biggest advantage for
Black is his e3-d4 pawn structure which limits the a7 bishop. 4. One factor
which is in Black's favour is the weakness of the White king. Black king is
very safe on the g8 square. One has to understand that White's advantage is in
no way substantial. It is the kind of nagging edge which humans find very
irritating to defend against. For a machine, Black's position is completely
tenable.} Qd7 (24... d5 {would be a positionally desirable move but tactically
doesn't work due to} 25. Bb4 $18) (24... Rfe8 25. Qd5 $1 $14 (25. Raf1 {
would be inaccurate because of} d5 $1 {And black is back into the game. His
bishop can now be activated on the b8-h2 diagonal. Notice how Carlsen prevents
this d6-d5 move for Black in the game.})) 25. Raf1 Rc8 26. Rf5 $1 {Preventing
d5.} h6 27. R1f2 Bb8 28. Bb4 Qc6+ 29. R2f3 (29. Qd5 Qxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Rxe3 $11 {
is not something that White would want.}) 29... Rcc7 30. Be1 Qe8 (30... Qc4 31.
Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Rb5 $14) (30... g6 $1 {Pushing the rook away from the favourable
fifth rank.} 31. Rf6 Qc4 $1 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 $11 {Black is more than alright here.
}) 31. g4 Re4 (31... Qc8 $5 {was a better way to play} 32. Qd5 (32. Bf2 $2 g6
$1 33. R5f4 d5 $1 34. Qxd5 Rcd7 $17) 32... g6 33. R5f4 Rc2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35.
Bxf2 Kg7 $11) 32. h3 Rce7 33. Bf2 {Once again Black's counterplay comes to a
standstill as the bishop comes just in time to defend the pawns.} R4e6 34. Rb5
Bc7 35. Rxb7 Qa8 $2 {The fatal mistake of the game. Now Carlsen has a winning
position.} (35... Bxa5 36. Rb8 Bd8 37. Bh4 Rd7 38. Qd5 $14 {looks scary for
Black but no real threat is apparent and he can defend this position.}) 36. Rb5
$1 Re8 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 {White is a pawn up and maintains all his
positional trumps. The rest is very easy for Magnus.} Rb8 39. Bg3 g6 (39...
Rb2+ 40. Rf2 Rb3 41. Re2 Rbxe3 42. Rxe3 Rxe3 43. a6 Ra3 44. Bxd6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6
$18 {With two passed pawns, this should be a winning endgame.}) 40. h4 Ra8 41.
Be1 Re4 42. g5 $5 {Playing aggressively. The pawn on g5 is very safe because
the rook on d5 is very stable.} h5 43. Rb5 Ra7 44. Kf1 Re8 45. Ke2 Rea8 46. Rf6
Ra6 47. Bb4 Bxa5 48. Rxa5 Rxa5 49. Bxa5 Rxa5 50. Rxd6 {The rook endgame is
easily won.} Kf8 51. Rf6 Ra3 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Ra5 54. Rf4 Rb5 55. d5 Rb3 56.
Kd4 Ra3 57. e4 Rb3 58. Ke5 {Slowly and steadily Carlsen makes progress and
there is no way to prevent it.} Rd3 59. Rf1 Rh3 60. Ra1 Rxh4 61. d6+ Kd7 62.
Ra7+ Ke8 63. Ra8+ Kd7 64. Rf8 {The f7-pawn falls and the game is over. Where
was black's exact mistake is a very logical question that can be asked. I
think overall the structure was such that it was very difficult to create
counterplay for Black. And Adams would have drawn that position against many
great players in the world but against Carlsen! Well, that guy's technique is
just from another planet!} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The little Indian prodigy Aravindh Chithambaram recently became a GM in
December 2014 at the age of 15 years. He is surely a big talent to watch out
for. In this game he beat a strong Polish GM Mista Aleksander. Let's have a
look at the game.} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {The Reversed
Open Sicilian is a curious opening. White here has a comfortable version of
the Sicilian Defence but whether he will be successful in getting an opening
advantage is an entirely different question.} 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 {Thanks to the trilogy of books written by Mihail Marin on the English
Opening, this move has seen a surge in popularity. White foregoes the move
d2-d3 in order to immediately start his queenside expansion.} O-O (8... a5 {
is not a good move. It stops b4 but weakens the b6-square a little and gives
White easy play with the move d3, Be3, Rc1 followed by Na4.}) 9. b4 Re8 $5 {
This little rook move has become quite fashionable after a lot of top players
have tried it in the past. The main idea is to tuck in the bishop on the
f8-square and then plonk the knight on d4. After the exchange on d4, the rook
will find itself on the very useful half open e-file.} 10. Rb1 (10. b5 Nd4 11.
Nxe5 Bf6 12. f4 (12. Nf3 Nxe2+ $19) 12... Bxe5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 {Earlier this
position was considered just equal mainly because the b5-pawn is falling and
if you try to save it with a4 then Bg4 would be quite strong. But recently the
strong Russian grandmaster Maxim Matlakov proved the viability of this line
for White by winning a great game against Jan Timman in Politiken Cup 2014.}
14. e3 $1 (14. a4 Bg4 $19) 14... Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 $44 {I think White
players should look in this direction for an advantage in this variation.
Maybe 16.a4 or something else. Because as we shall see in the game, the move
10.Rb1 doesn't promise any advantage to White.} (16. Qc2 $5 {stopping Rf5 and
threatening a4.})) 10... Bf8 11. d3 {There are two approaches for Black in
this position. One is to go directly Nd4. The other one is to play a5, forcing
b5 and then play Nd4. Aravindh goes for the latter but the former has scored
better.} a5 (11... Nd4 12. Nd2 (12. Ne1 {is Marin's recommendation} c6 13. e3
Nb5 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd6 $11) 12... c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Qc2 {was my game
against IM Shardul Gagare and here Black has good chances after the move} Bg4
$5 (14... a5 $6 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Ne4 $14) 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Qd7 $11) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 {White would like to push the knight away with e3
now.} (13. a4 Bg4 $1 $15) 13... a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 {As Marin mentions in
his book, "It might seem that White has lost two tempi, but Black's wandering
knight will also cost time." Let's see how true this is.} (15. Nc4 $6 {is what
I played once with White but I think Black can get a very comfortable position
with} Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nc5 $15) 15... Nc5 16. d4 (16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17.
d4 Re8 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 $11 {is nothing much for White.}) 16... exd4
17. Nxd4 {Quoting Marin,"White has annihilated Black's space advantage in the
centre and has a mobile kingside majority. In the next phase of the game,
White needs to find a favourable way of developing his dark squared bishop,
while keeping his queenside weaknesses well defended. Ironically Black has a
similar problem. His c8-bishop has no favourable squares at its disposal while
the b7- and a4-pawns need constant care."} Qf6 (17... g6 {was once played by
Gelfand against Georgiev but Aravindh's move looks logical.}) 18. Qc2 Qg6 $5
19. e4 (19. Qxg6 hxg6 {and because the knight on c5 stands so well, White
cannot hope for any edge.}) 19... Bg4 $1 {Aravindh deviates from the previous
two games. I do not think this move was prepared by him but it is not at all
bad. It is just expecting White to make some pawn move on the kingside thereby
weakening his position to some extent.} (19... Rd8 $6 {was played in
Webster-Lewis but White immediately gained the advantage with} 20. Nce2 Bg4 21.
Nf4 $1 {is the improvement over the game continuation of f3.} Qf6 22. Nf5 $14)
(19... Ne6 {was played in Cox-Ledger but White gets an edge after} 20. Nf5 $1
$14) 20. f3 (20. h3 {was definitely better.} Be6 $5 {Giving up this bishop
makes some sense because the knight on d4 is an important piece and its
disappearance will create a lot of holes in White's camp.} 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 (21...
Qxe6 22. Be3 Nb3 (22... Nc4 $2 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 {With the pawn on f3 instead of
h3 this move comes with a check as shown below.} 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Nxa4 $14) 22.
Ne2 Rad8 23. f4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxc7 (25. Bb2 Rdxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Kh2
Re3 $44 {Black is doing well here.}) 25... Rd7 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Qf3 Nc4 $44 {
Black has ample compensation for the pawn. His next task is to double on the
d-file and infiltrate into the white camp.}) 20... Rad8 $5 (20... Be6 $5 {
The same idea as shown in the variation to the previous move.} 21. Nxe6 (21. f4
Bb3 $1 $17) 21... Qxe6 $15 {[%cal Gc5b3]} 22. Be3 Nc4 $17) 21. Nce2 Bc8 (21...
Be6 {is a key idea in this variation and should be remembered. Because the
b3-square is where our knight wants to go.}) 22. Bb2 (22. Be3 {seemed a more
cohesive form of development.}) 22... f6 $1 {Blunting the bishop on the long
diagonal, restraining the e4-pawn and making way for the queen to go to f7.
What more can you ask from one little pawn move!} 23. Ba1 {Due to this move,
later on the a3-pawn will be vulnerable.} (23. Rfc1 {would have been better.})
23... Qf7 24. Rfc1 Ne6 {The a3-pawn is attacked and Black is slowly trying to
win the battle related to the b3-square.} 25. Nxe6 $6 (25. Bb2 {defending the
a3-pawn was relatively the best but Black has a serious advantage after} Bc5
$17) 25... Bxe6 $19 {With the bishop coming to b3, control of the d-file, the
white pawn weakness on a3, the passive bishop on g2, White's position is as
good as lost. And now Mista brought the game to a quick end.} 26. Qxc7 $2 (26.
Bb2 Bb3 27. Qc3 Nc4 {The a3-pawn falls and Black will win pretty soon.}) 26...
Rd1+ $1 {Typical deflection.} 27. Kf2 (27. Rxd1 Qxc7 $19) 27... Qxc7 28. Rxc7
Rxb1 {Black is a rook up! The next few moves were made out of inertia I guess.}
29. Bd4 Nc4 30. Nf4 Nxa3 31. Nxe6 Nxb5 {This idea of Qf6-g6 followed by Bg4 is
an extremely strong idea by Aravindh. White players will have to come up with
something concrete against this or else it seems like Black is doing fine in
this a5 followed by Nd4 variation.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Against Svidler in this same
tournament Karjakin had played 4...Bb4. This time he goes for the reversed
Sicilian Dragon.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. a3 O-O 10.
Be3 {This was already played by Aronian against Jon Ludvig Hammer in Norway
Chess 2015.} (10. b4 {is of course, the natural follow up.}) 10... Qd7 11. b4
f6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc5 (14. b5 Nd4 $11 {is completely fine for
Black.}) 14... Bxc5 15. bxc5 a4 16. Rb1 Rfb8 17. Qc2 (17. e4 Nde7 18. Be3 Bb3
19. Qd2 Rd8 {and White isn't able to get the d4-break.}) 17... Nde7 18. Rb2 {
Making a square for the queen on b1.} Bb3 19. Qb1 (19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ Kh8
{is surely not enough compensation.}) 19... Kh8 (19... Nf5 20. e3 Rd8 21. Bh3
Be6 22. Rxb7 Qxd3 23. Rxc7 $14) 20. Rc1 Na7 $1 {Played after a long think. The
knight will be well placed on b5 and the other knight could go to c6. This
Nc6-a7-b5 is a great manoeuvre by Sergey.} 21. Bb4 {The main idea of this move
is to clear the d2-square for the knight on f3.} Nb5 (21... Nec6 22. Nd2 Nd4
23. Nxb3 Nxb3 24. Rc4 c6 25. Rh4 h6 26. Bh3 Qd5 $11 {with a fine position for
Black.}) 22. Nd2 Bf7 $6 {After this move White is able to wrest the initiative
from Black.} (22... Nd4 $1 23. Nxb3 (23. Re1 Bd5 $15) 23... Nxb3 24. Rc4 c6 $11
) 23. e3 $1 {Taking the d4-square under control. Suddenly the knight on b5
looks misplaced. Around this point Aronian was very happy with his position.}
Bg6 (23... c6 {weakens the b6- and d6-squares.} 24. Nc4 $14 {[%cal Gc4b6]}) (
23... Bd5 {neutralising the g2-bishop might well be the best idea in this
position.} 24. c6 bxc6 25. Ne4 $44 {with excellent compensation for White} Bxe4
26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bg2 Nd5 28. Qc2 Ra6 (28... Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Nxa3 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8
31. Qxa4 $16) 29. Qc4 $14) 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Be1 $1 {Keeping the bishop pair.
But what about the a3-pawn?} Nxa3 $6 (25... c6 {was more solid, but here White
has an interesting exchange sacrifice with} 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Nd6 $5 Nc7 28.
Bb4 $44 {White has full compensation for the missing exchange.}) 26. c6 $1 {
Of course this was prepared beforehand by Aronian.} Qe7 $8 (26... Qxc6 27. Qa1
$1 $18) (26... Nxb1 27. cxd7 Na3 28. Nc5 $18) 27. Qa2 bxc6 28. Rxc6 Bf7 29. Rc5
$1 {This move is not so easy to see but is extremely strong. A lot of factors
are at work here and the lining up of the g2-bishop against the a8-rook is one
of the reasons why White is clearly better.} (29. Ng5 fxg5 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.
Bxd5 Be8 $1 $13) (29. Nd6 cxd6 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Bxd5 Qb7 $1 $17) 29... Nxe3
$6 {This sacrifice looks scary for White} (29... f5 30. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 (30... Bg8
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qxa3 Rb3 (32... Rb1 33. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Bxd5+ 35. Rxd5 $1
$18) 33. Qc1 $18) 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 {The knight on a3 is sort of trapped.}
c6 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Rxe5 Qf6 35. Ra5 $18) (29... Nc3 30. Qxa3 Rxb2 31. Qxb2
Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxc5 33. Bxa8 $18) (29... Rxb2 30. Qxb2 $18) (29... Nb5 30. Rbxb5
Rxb5 31. Rxb5 $16) 30. Qxa3 $6 (30. Rxb8+ $1 {was the better move but Aronian
was afraid of} Rxb8 31. Qxa3 Nc2 {This was the move that Levon was afraid of} (
31... Nxg2 32. Kxg2 $16) 32. Qc1 $1 {This move gives White a clearly better
position.} Nxe1 (32... Nd4 33. Rxc7 Qd8 34. Kf1 $16) 33. Rxc7 $1 (33. Qxe1 $6
f5 $1 $11) 33... Qf8 (33... Qd8 34. Rxf7 $18) (33... Qb4 34. Rxf7 Nxd3 35. Qc3
Qb1+ 36. Bf1 $18) 34. Qxe1 a3 35. Qa1 a2 36. Nc3 $18) 30... Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Nxg2
32. Kxg2 a3 33. Qb7 Qd8 34. Qxc7 Qxc7 (34... a2 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Ra5 Rxd3 37.
Ra8+ Bg8 38. Nc3 Rd8 39. Ra5 h6 40. Nxa2 $16) (34... Qxd3 35. Nxf6 $1 (35. Qxf7
Qxe4+ 36. Kf1 a2 37. Ra5 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ $11) (35. Nd6 Bd5+ 36.
Kg1 h6 $1 $19 (36... Qd1 $2 37. Qc8+ Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Bg8 39. Nf7#)) 35... gxf6
36. Qxf7 $18) 35. Rxc7 Bd5 (35... a2 36. Bc3 Bd5 {transposes.}) 36. Rc5 (36.
Kh3 a2 37. Bc3 a1=Q 38. Bxa1 Rxa1 39. Rc8+ Bg8 $11) 36... a2 37. Bc3 Bg8 {
At first sight it may seem that the position is just winning for White as he
has extra piece against the pawn. However, it is not true. Black has some
defensive chances this because the a2-pawn is just too strong.} 38. Ba1 Rb8 39.
Ra5 $6 (39. Rc1 Rb1 40. Rf1 Rb3 (40... Bd5 41. f3 Rb3 42. Nc3 $16) 41. Nc3 $16
{and White is able to preserve the d3-pawn which makes a huge difference as
compared to the game.}) 39... Rb1 40. Bc3 Rd1 $1 {And this is the huge
difference. White loses the d3-pawn and Black is able to defend this position.}
41. Kf3 Rxd3+ {Now Black's defensive chances have improved by leaps and bounds
as he has two pawns.} 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. f4 {Aronian was pinning his hopes on
this move.} Bc4+ 44. Kf2 exf4 45. gxf4 Kg8 46. Nd2 Bf7 47. Ke3 h5 48. f5 Rc8
49. Ne4 Bd5 50. Rc5 (50. Rxd5 Rxc3+ $19) 50... Rd8 51. Nd2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Rc8 53.
Ne4 Bd5 54. Nc5 Re8+ 55. Kd3 Rd8 56. Bd4 Re8 57. Kd2 Ra8 $1 58. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {
After the rook exchange the position is drawn because while White is busy
winning the a2-pawn, his f5-pawn would fall.} 59. Ke3 Kh7 60. Kf4 Kh6 61. Ne6
Kh7 62. Nf8+ Kg8 63. Ng6 Kf7 64. Ke3 Bc6 65. Bb2 Bd7 66. Ke4 Bc6+ 67. Kd4 Bd7
68. Nh4 Ba4 69. Ng2 Bc2 70. Ne3 Bb1 71. Kc3 Kg8 72. Nc2 Kh7 73. Nd4 Kh6 74.
Bc1+ Kh7 75. Kb2 Kg8 76. Bd2 Kh7 77. Bb4 Kg8 78. Bc3 Kh7 79. Kc1 Kh6 80. h4 Kh7
81. Kd2 Kg8 82. Ke3 Kh7 83. Kf4 Bd3 84. Nc6 Kg8 85. Nb4 Bb1 86. Na6 Kf7 87. Nc5
Bc2 88. Ne4 Bd1 89. Ng3 Kg8 90. Ke3 Bc2 91. Bb2 Kh7 92. Kf4 Bd1 93. Ne4 Bc2 94.
Nd6 Kg8 95. Ke3 Kf8 96. Kd4 Ke7 97. Kc5 Kd7 98. Bc3 Bd3 99. Kd5 Bc2 100. Ne4
Bxe4+ 101. Kxe4 Kd6 {A masterful defensive effort by Karjakin. Aronian was
noticeably depressed after the game. With this draw he had lost his chance to
win the Candidates. "It is like you are in the process of making a beautiful
painting and then you just throw the brush away!"ќ was Aronian's way of
describing how the game went for him.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Topalov played his first white today and opened with the c-pawn.} Nf6 {
Aronian played this quite instantly, so the English Opening wasn't really a
surprise for him.} 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O {This opening
position occurred quite a few times at the Candidates 2016. In this position,
many new and interesting ideas were found in this tournament.} 6. Nd5 (6. O-O {
is the other main line.}) 6... e4 7. Nh4 {Black usually replies ...Re8. But
Aronian went for a relatively unknown move which has not been played by any
top player.} d6 $5 {This move has been played by Aronian's compatriot Minasian,
but Levond was unaware of that game. 12 days later Anand would land in the
same position as Black against Nakamura and get badly burned.} 8. Nxb4 (8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bxe4 Re8 $1 10. Bg2 Bg4 $1 {Just have a look at the black pieces.
This is a completely winning position for Black.} 11. f3 Be6 $19) (8. a3 Bc5 9.
O-O Re8 10. e3 g5 $5 {was Nakamura-Anand, a game which the American won with
ease.}) 8... Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 10. d3 d5 $1 {A very concrete way to approach the
position.} 11. O-O (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. dxe4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Rd8+ 14. Kc2 Nd4+ $36
) 11... exd3 12. Qxd3 $6 (12. exd3 $11 {would have given White an entirely
viable position, but without any advantage. This was not to Topalov's liking.})
(12. cxd5 {is also fine but does not give an advantage.} dxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxd5 14.
Rd1 Be6 $11) 12... Ne5 $1 13. Qd4 $6 (13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. e4 {is a possible way
to play. The queen is of course better placed on c2 than on d4.} c6 (14... Be6
15. b3 Nb6 16. e5 $1 $44) 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxf6 (18. e5
Bf5 $15) 18... Qxf6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd8 $11) 13... Nxc4 14. e4 {Topalov
thought that he had excellent compensation but that isn't the case. Aronian
makes the best move.} Be6 15. b3 Na5 $1 (15... Nb6 {is also possible but ...
Na5 attacks a pawn.}) 16. Qa4 Nc6 (16... c6 17. Bd2 b6 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Qxc6 (
19. exd5 cxd5 $17) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rc8 21. Qa4 Qb6 $17 {is some sort of a
computer line showing that even c6 was not so bad.}) (16... c5 {is possible
and Topalov was intending to meet it with} 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nc4 $15 {
Black seems to be slightly better.}) 17. Rd1 $2 {This was a big blunder by
Veselin, after which he is effectively two pawns down.} (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2
$44) 17... Nxe4 $1 18. Bb2 (18. Bxe4 Qf6 $1 $17 {This move, which attacks the
a1-rook, was missed by Topalov.}) 18... Qe7 $17 {Black is two pawns up and
with some care he should win the game with ease. Aronian didn't realise his
advantage in the best possible manner but it was good enough.} 19. b4 a6 20.
Qc2 f6 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Bf1 Rd7 23. f3 Nd6 24. Re1 (24. Bd3 g5 25. Ng2 Nc4 26.
Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. f4 {was a line suggested by Aronian in
the press conference as better than what Topalov played in the game. But here
the computer comes up with an counter-intuitive move which gives Black a
strong advantage.} gxf4 $5 {Usually humans would never make such a move
because the knight on g2 was passive and on f4 it would sit very nicely. But
the engine sees that the knight on f4 cannot do much due to the bishop on f7
and Black has a huge advantage.} 30. Nxf4 Bf7 $19) 24... Qf7 25. Bd3 g5 26. Ng2
Nc4 27. f4 Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Bh3 29. a4 h6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne7 32. Qf2 Nf5 33.
Qf3 Kg7 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh5 (36. Qxd5 {is possible, but after}
Rd8 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Bxe4 Nd6 39. Rxc7+ Rd7 40. Rxd7+ Bxd7 41. Bd5 Bxb5 $17 {
Black should have excellent winning chances.}) 36... Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38.
Kg1 f5 39. Qe2 Rf6 40. Qb2 gxf4 41. gxf4 Kh7 42. Kh1 Qg7 43. Qe2 d4 44. Qf3 c6
45. bxc6 bxc6 46. h3 Rg6 47. Rb1 Rg3 48. Qh5 Qd7 49. Kh2 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Qd5 {
One can say that this was a pretty one sided affair and Topalov didn't really
have a chance in the game after he was two pawns down post opening.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bb3 $19) 10... f6 11. d3 {
In this position Black has two ways to continue. One is to go directly Nd4 and
other one is to include a5 and b5 before playing Nd4. Anish chooses the latter.
} a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Defending the b7 pawn.} 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 a4 16.
Rd1 Nd6 $146 {The first new move of the game but it seemed as if both were
already out of their preparation. The plans in this position are pretty well
established and both the players are following them. A move here or there
doesn't really change the character of the game.} 17. Nde4 $5 {An interesting
idea by Peter who doesn't mind giving up an exchange to Bb3.} Nxe4 (17... Bb3
18. Rxb3 axb3 19. Qxb3+ $44) 18. Nxe4 (18. dxe4 Bb3 19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ Kh8
{With the bishop closed on g2 this doesn't look great.}) 18... Bd5 {Giri is
always well aware of the dangers and chooses the most solid way to play.} (
18... Bb3 $6 {This wins an exchange but gives White excellent light square
control.} 19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ $44 Kh8 {White can now continue either with
his light square strategy with Nc3 or break in the centre with d4.}) 19. Nc5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qe6 $1 {At this point the position might be round
about equal but it seems like Black has much easier play thanks to his knight
having more scope against the bishop.} 22. Bb2 (22. Qxc7 $2 Nd5 23. Qc2 (23.
Qxb7 Rfb8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. bxc6 Rxb1 $19) 23... Rfc8 $19 {With the knight
coming to c3 this is just winning for Black.}) (22. e4 {Svidler wanted to play
this but was afraid of} f5 {White should be fine after} (22... Rf7 23. Be3 {
And the bishop is much better posted on e3 than in the game.}) 23. Bb2 Rae8 24.
exf5 Qxf5 25. Rd2 {White is not getting mated here and should have a decent
position.}) 22... Rf7 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Bb4 Rad8 (24... h5 {Giri was thinking
about this move here.} 25. h4 Rad8 26. e4 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Re1 Rf7 $17 {
When the insertion of h4 and h5 looks to be in Black's favour and he doesn't
have any back rank problems now.} 29. Rxe5 $2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Nd7 $19) 25. e4 f5
26. exf5 $6 (26. Rbc1 {Keeping the position was better.}) 26... Qxf5 {Black
has some initiative now because White's kingside is weak and the rook is
coming to the f-file and the knight is joining in via d5.} 27. Re1 Nd5 $1 (
27... Qxd3 28. Rbd1 $36) (27... Rxd3 28. Qxc7 $16) 28. Qc4 Rf7 29. Rb2 h6 {
This looks a little bit too slow.} (29... Qf3+ {According to the computer this
was the best move. Giri had seen it but he wasn't sure if it was any good.} 30.
Kg1 Nxb4 31. Qxb4 Rd4 (31... Rxd3 32. Qxa4 $11) 32. Qc5 Rxd3 $17 {Engines
claim this is just better but Anish thought it was extremely drawish. Well
what can we say? When it comes to evaluating drawn positions you cannot argue
with a man who made 14/14 draws in the tournament.}) 30. Qe4 Qd7 31. Qxe5 Qxb5
{This exchange of the b5-pawn for e5 is in Black's favour.} 32. Qe4 (32. Be7 $2
Qc6 $1 {was the point missed by Peter.} 33. Bxd8 Nf4+ $19) 32... Qd7 (32... c5
33. Bc3 Qc6 34. Be5 b5 $15 {looks to be in Black's favour with his queenside
pawns rolling down, although one cannot underestimate the power of the e5
bishop which has finally found a good square.}) 33. Qe6 Qxe6 (33... b6 34. Qxd7
Rdxd7 35. Bd2 {With the idea of later Bf4 if the knight moves seems fine for
White. In any case these positions are always slightly more pleasant for Black.
}) 34. Rxe6 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxd3 36. f4 (36. Rxa4 Rd2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rf4 Rxf4
39. gxf4 Kg6 $15 {This might well be a draw but during the game Peter thought
that this was really bad for him.}) 36... Rxa3 37. Rxb7 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Rc2 39.
Ra6 Rf5 40. Rxa4 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rhxh2 42. Ra8+ (42. Raa7 h5+ 43. Kg5 Rc3 44. Rxc7
Rxg3+ 45. Kf5 Kh7 $17) 42... Kh7 43. Rbb8 Rc4 $1 {A strong move by Anish which
keeps the game going although it should be a draw.} 44. Rf8 (44. Re8 {was
surely better to keep the option of giving a check on e6.} Kg6 45. Re6+ Kf7 46.
Rae8 $11) 44... Kg6 45. Rae8 h5+ 46. Kf3 Rcc2 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. Re3 Rhf2+ 49.
Ke4 Rc6 50. Rf5 Kh6 51. Rd5 (51. Re5 $2 h4 52. gxh4 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 54. h5
Rfd4+ 55. Ke2 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 $19) 51... h4 52. gxh4 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 (53...
Rcxf4 54. Re6+ Rf6 55. Rxf6+ Rxf6 56. Rc5 c6 57. Ke4 $11) 54. Re6+ Kh7 55. Rh5+
(55. Re7 {was the easier way to draw.} Rxh4 56. Rdd7 Rhg4 57. Rxg7+ Rxg7 58.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 59. Kxc4 $11) 55... Kg8 56. Re7 Rfd4+ 57. Ke3 Rd1 58. Ke2 Rg1 59.
Rg5 Rxg5 60. hxg5 Kh7 (60... Kf8 61. Rd7 Re4+ 62. Kf3 Re7 {is also drawn but
there are some more chances.}) 61. Ke3 Kg6 62. Rd7 {The rest of the game is
not so important. White has sufficient defensive resources.} Rc5 63. Re7 Rc1
64. Kd2 Rc6 65. Ke2 Rc3 66. Kd2 Rc4 67. Kd3 Rc5 68. Ke3 c6 69. Rc7 Re5+ 70. Kf4
Rf5+ 71. Ke4 Rf1 72. Ke3 Re1+ 73. Kf3 Rc1 74. Kg4 Rc3 75. Kf4 Rc4+ 76. Kf3 Rc2
77. Kg4 Rc1 78. Kf4 c5 79. Kg4 c4 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83.
Kf5 g6+ 84. Kf4 Rf1+ 85. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... e4 {
is the much sharper line.}) 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 $5 {Of course, the idea of this
move is to catch the bishop on b4.} a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 Qe7 {
The main reason why the queen is not so well placed on e7 is because from d7
it can prepare the bishop going to h3, and also the e7 square can be kept free
for the knight on c6.} ({After the game Hikaru said that he knew Qd7 wasn't a
good move. It seems like he confused this position with some other position,
or he saw something really deep, because on the surface Qd7 looks perfectly
alright. The thing to worry about is surely d4 trying to trap the bishop. So
let's have a look at that move.} 11... Qd7 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 d5 $5
(14... g5 {now doesn't work due to} 15. f3 $1 {and now Black would have hoped
that his queen was on e7.}) 15. a3 Bf8 16. Nc3 {and this might be the position
which has to be delved into.}) 12. a3 (12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 g5 $15)
12... Bc5 13. Nc3 (13. h3 $5 $14 {I like this move because it takes advantage
of the fact that the queen and the bishop have not taken control of the c8-h3
diagonal.}) 13... Qd7 {Now that d4 is no longer a threat, Black puts his queen
on the right spot and prepares Bh3.} 14. Nd5 (14. Re1 $5 {should have been
given a serious thought, as the g2 bishop is the soul of the position, and
keeping it on the board is in White's favour.} Bh3 15. Bh1 $14) 14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {White would have had a pretty big edge here if
his rook was on e1. As it turns out the rook is still on f1 and the bishops
can be exchanged with Bh3.} Bh3 $1 $11 18. e4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb6 (22... axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 (23... Bxb4 24. Qd4 $18) 24.
Bxa1 (24. Qxa1 Bxb4 25. Bxg7 Rxe4 $11 26. Bh8 {is nicely refuted by} Qxf1+ $1
27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Qxe1 Bxe1 $17) 24... Ba7 25. Qxd6 Rxe4 26. Bc3 (26. Qxc6 $2
Bxf2+ $1 $19) 26... Qe6 $11) 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Qxb6 $6 (25. Bc3 {
was an oppotunity to play for a win with the extra pawn.} axb4 26. axb4 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 R8xe6 $14 {White has decent chances to press in this position.}) 25... Rh4
$1 {This leads to an immediate draw.} 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+
29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Martigny Casino op"]
[Site "Martigny"]
[Date "2001.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Schluricke,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nc4
Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 (16... Bxc4 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18. e3 Rc8 19. Re1 Ne2+ 20. Nxe2
Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxe2 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Rd7 Bb8 25. Bb7 Rc5 26. Rxe2
Rxc1+ 27. Kg2 Rc7 28. Red2 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Ba7 30. g4 $14 {Marin,M-Cebalo,M/
Reggio Emilia 2008/ 1-0 (78)}) 17. Rxd1 Rab8 18. Nd5 Kf7 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. c5
$14 Rfc8 21. Be3 Rc7 22. a4 (22. f4 $142 $14 {Comp Houdini1.5a}) 22... Bd7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nf5 $5 {Comp Fritz11} 23. Rb5 Bc4 24. Rxa5 (24. Rb2 Nxe3
25. fxe3 f5 26. Rc1 Be6 $13 (26... Rxc5 $2 27. Rbc2 $18)) 24... Bxe2 25. Rd2
Bc4 $13) 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. c6 $16 Rc7 25. cxb7 Nc8 26. Bd5+ Ke7 27. bxc8=N+
Rcxc8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bc6 Rb2 30. Bb5 Kd6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Kc7 33. Kf2 g6
34. Bd4 Rb4 35. e3 f5 36. Bc3 Rb1 37. Bxa5+ Kb7 38. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pevzner, Albert"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schwartzman,G"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 (8... O-O {58/44}) 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bf5 (10... axb4 $5 11. axb4 Bf5 12.
b5 Nd4 13. d3 Bg4 $13 14. Nxe5 $140 $2 Na4 $1 $19) 11. b5 (11. d3 $2 axb4 12.
axb4 Bxb4 $17) 11... Nd4 (11... Bxb1 $2 12. bxc6 Bf5 13. cxb7 Rb8 14. Nxe5 $16)
12. d3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Na4 $2 e4 $1 {[#]} 15. dxe4 $8 (15. Nxb6 $2 exf3
16. Na4 fxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxd3 $19) (15. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nxa4
$19) (15. Bg2 exd3 16. e4 Be6 $17) 15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxa4 17. exf5 $8 Nc3 18.
Rd7 Nxb1 19. Rxe7 Nc3 $1 $17 {><b5,a3} 20. Rxc7 Nxb5 21. Rxb7 Nd4 $1 22. Rxb8
$8 Rxb8 23. Kg2 (23. Be3 Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Rb3 25. Bc5 Rxf3 $19) 23... Nxf3 24.
Kxf3 (24. exf3 Kf8 $19) 24... Rb1 25. Bd2 Rb3+ 26. Ke4 Rxa3 $19 27. Kd4 a4 28.
e4 Rb3 29. Kc4 $138 Rb2 30. Kc3 $8 (30. Be3 $2 a3 31. Bd4 Rd2 $19) 30... Rb7
31. Bc1 $1 f6 32. Kc2 Rb4 33. f3 (33. Kd3 a3) 33... Kf7 34. Bb2 Rb3 35. Bc3 (
35. f4 Re3 36. e5 a3 $19) 35... Ke7 36. f4 Rb5 37. Bb2 Kd6 38. Ba3+ Kc6 39. Bb2
Rb3 40. e5 fxe5 41. fxe5 Rf3 $1 42. g4 g6 $1 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. h4 Rh3 45. h5
gxh5 46. gxh5 Rxh5 47. Kb1 Rh2 48. Ka2 Kb5 49. Ka3 Re2 50. Bd4 Re4 51. Bc3 Re3
52. Kb2 a3+ 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Ba1 Re1 55. Bc3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Serper,G"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 f6 $5 9. d3 Be6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Qc2 Rac8 $146 (13...
b6 $6) 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 $5 (15. Qxc5 b6 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bb2
c5 $13) 15... b6 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rbd1 $1 {/\ d4} (17. d4 $6 e4 $1 18. Qxe4
$140 Bf5) 17... bxc5 $6 18. Qxc5 Nb6 19. Ng5 $1 Ne7 $6 (19... Nd4 $142 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Bc6 $1 Qd6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd2 $16) 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Ba1 c6 22. Rc1
Rc7 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Rfc1 Nd7 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rb3 27. R4c3 Rcb7 28. f4 $1
(28. Rxc6 $2 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Rb1 $19) 28... exf4 29. gxf4 Nf8 (29... Kf7 $142)
30. Kf2 Ne6 31. e3 $5 $138 (31. f5 Nd8 $1 $8) 31... Kf7 32. Ke2 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 (
33. Rxc3 $4 Rb1 $19) 33... Rb3 34. a4 Ra3 35. a5 Nc5 $2 (35... Ra2+ $8 36. Bd2
Nd5 $1 {/\ Ndf4}) 36. Rc2 $1 $18 Na6 37. Bd2 c5 38. Bb7 Nb4 39. Rxc5 Nxd3 40.
Rc3 $4 (40. Rc7 {/\ Be4, Bb4; /\ Bd5-c4, Bb4+-}) 40... Rxc3 41. Bxc3 Nc5 42.
Bf3 (42. a6 Ke6 43. Bb4 (43. Bd4 Kd6) 43... Nxb7 44. axb7 Nc6 45. Bc5 Kd7 46.
Bxa7 Kc7 $10) 42... Ke6 43. Bb4 Kd6 $1 $10 {/\ Nc6, xa5} 44. Kd2 Nc6 45. Kc3 (
45. Ba3 $5 Nxa5 46. Kc3 f5 $1 47. Kb4 (47. Kd4 $2 Nab3+ 48. Kc4 $4 Nd2+) 47...
Nab3 $1 $8 (47... Nab7 $4 48. Kb5 a6+ 49. Kb6 $19) (47... Ncb7 $2 48. Kb5+ Kc7
49. Bb2 {/\ Be5+/-}) 48. Kb5 (48. Bd1 Nd2 $1 49. Kb5 $140 a6+ $1) 48... a5 49.
Bd1 Kd5) 45... Nxb4 46. Kxb4 Na6+ 47. Kc4 g5 48. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Serper,G"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 (5. Nd5 $5) 5... O-O 6. O-O
Bxc3 (6... d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 $5 a5 9. e3 d5 10. a3 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2
$14 {Lautier,J-Hertneck,G/Baden-Baden/1992/1:0/40/}) 7. bxc3 d6 $5 (7... e4 $5)
8. d3 h6 9. e4 Be6 10. Nh4 Rb8 11. Rb1 a6 12. a4 Nh7 13. Nf5 Ne7 (13... Bxf5
14. exf5 {/^}) 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. a5 $1 {><b7} b5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Qa4 b5 18.
Qxa6 bxc4 19. Ba3 $2 (19. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 20. Ba3 Qd8 21. dxc4 Rb6 22. Qa4 $16)
19... Ra8 20. Qxd6 Qf6 $1 21. dxc4 (21. d4 $6 Rfd8 {/\ ed4}) 21... Rfd8 22. Qe7
Qg6 23. Rfd1 $2 (23. Rbd1 $1) 23... Re8 24. Qd6 Ng5 25. Bb4 Qh5 $1 $40 (25...
Nxe4 $6 26. Qxe5 Bg4 27. Bxe4 Rxe5 28. Bxg6 Bxd1 29. Bxf7+ $14) 26. Qd3 Bg4 27.
Rd2 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Bxf3 29. Qe3 f5 $1 30. h4 $8 (30. exf5 Qxf5 {/\e4,Qh3-+}) (
30. Re1 f4 $1 31. Qd3 Rad8 $1 32. Qxd8 Qh3 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 $19) 30... Qg4 $2 (
30... fxe4 $17) 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Re1 Rac8 33. Rd5 $1 Rc6 34. Kh2 (34. Rxe5
Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Qh3) 34... Bxd5 35. cxd5 Rf6 36. Re2 Qg4 37. f4 $5 Ra8 (37... e4
$13) 38. Qxe5 Rg6 39. Qe3 Rga6 40. c4 $1 Ra2 41. Bd2 Kh8 42. Rg2 $1 Qd1 $2 (
42... R8a3 $32) 43. d6 $1 $16 R2a3 (43... Ra1 44. Rg1) 44. Qe1 Qa4 $6 (44...
Qxe1 45. Bxe1 $16) 45. Qe6 $16 Qc6 46. f5 $1 Rf8 47. d7 Qa8 (47... Ra6 48. Qxc6
Rxc6 49. Ba5 $18) 48. Bb4 Ra2 49. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 50. Kh3 Qb1 51. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tyomkin,D} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Rb1 g5 9. d3 h5 $5 {Smirin is the strong tactical player,and in
this game he fights for initiative already from the opening.} 10. Be3 (10. b4
$5) (10. a3 {Kortschnoj} h4 11. b4 hxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. b5 $6 (13. Ne4 g4 14.
Nfd2 f5 15. Nc5 Qd6 $13) (13. Be3 $5) 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 $2 (14. Nxe5 Qd6 15.
f4 (15. Nf3 Qh6 $36) 15... gxf4 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. Bxf4 Qc5 18. e3 Nf5 19.
Ne4 Qxa3 20. g4 $16) 14... exd4 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 Na4 $1 $17 {Serper,
G-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen 1993/CBM 39/[Kortschnoj]/0-1(34)}) 10... g4 11. Nd2 (
11. Nh4 Nd4) 11... Nd4 12. Rc1 $6 (12. b4 $142) 12... h4 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4
c6 $15 15. Qd3 f5 $1 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. f4 (17. b4 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Gb4b5]})
17... gxf3 18. exf3 Kf7 $1 19. Qf1 $2 (19. f4 e4 20. Qd2 c5 21. Nb5 (21. Nd5
Bg7 22. b4 b6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Ba6 $15) 21... hxg3 22. hxg3 Qg8 23. Nxd4 (
23. Qf2 Qxg3 $1 24. Qxg3 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 Nxg3 26. Kxg3 $140 $2 Bh4+) 23... cxd4
24. Bxd4 Qxg3 25. Bxf6 e3 $1 26. Qd5+ Be6 27. Qxb7+ Kxf6 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3
Rag8+ {etc.}) (19. Ne2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qg8 22. Bf2 Be6 $15) (19.
Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. Ne2 c5 22. b4 b6 $15) 19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Qg8 $1
21. Qe1 Qh7 22. f4 Be6 $1 23. Nd5 $5 (23. fxe5 $2 Qh2+ $19) 23... cxd5 24. fxe5
{[%tqu "En","Continue the attack as GM Smirin!","","","f5f4","",10]} f4 $3 $19
{[%cal Ye6h3][%mdl 704] Bringing the bishop to attack.} 25. Bxd4 (25. Bxf4 {
[%tqu "En","Find the win by force.","","","d4f3","",10]} Nf3+ $3 26. Bxf3 Qh2+
27. Kf1 Bh3+) 25... f3 $1 {The quickest way.} (25... Qh2+ 26. Kf2 fxg3+ {
wins too.}) 26. exf6 fxg2 27. Kxg2 (27. Kf2 Qf5+ 28. Kxg2 dxc4 $19 {[%cal
Ge6d5]}) 27... Rae8 28. Be5 Bg4 29. Qe3 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Sinquefield Cup is an intimidating event beginning to end. At the opening
ceremony I looked at all these top ten players gathered together in one room,
knowing I would have to confront them one by one ... I assure you just the
thought had confidence sapping power!  This game was played after the rest day,
therefore both of us had time to prepare for this crucial mid-point match.
Just prior to the rest day Veselin had just won a very long game against the
tough Ding Liren and was consequently leading the event with 3.5/5. I was at 3/
5. It was clear from the beginning of the tournament that Veselin was in great
form, so if I was to make a break for the lead, now was the time. Fortunately
I had white, so it seemed the ball was in my court and I should push to take
the lead.} 1. c4 {At the same time it's never clear what the best opening is
to go for when you have to try for a win. There are a number of attractive
choices and the test is picking the right one. I decided on the English, with
an idea of heading the game towards unfamiliar positions.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 ({
I was hoping he would go for something else:} 2... c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5.
cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Ne3 {where at least I can try and win his
pawn on e4, and create some tactical play.}) 3. Bg2 d5 {This appears to me to
be the most solid and principled system.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. Rb1 {had been played by Anish Giri against Levon Aronian in
Round 5, however it's not clear if the interesting idea he had in that game
could stand the stress of deeper probing.} a5) (8. a3 {had been played by
Peter Svidler against me in Round 7. After} O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Bb2 Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 {
my bishop pair compensates for White's space advantage on the queenside.}) 8...
O-O 9. a3 {I have played this d3 and a3 system before and it's a good and
solid line. My concern was that Veselin who prepares so well, would be sure to
know it as he certainly must have looked at all of my recent games. I debated
it but at the end of the day decided to go for it anyway, hoping that if he
caught me, my experience in this line would save me.} (9. Be3 Re8 {is known to
be okay for Black, so I played a3 first, to see where Black was going. Against
...Re8 setups I want to go b2-b4, and against ...Be6 I want to have the
Be3-Rc1 setup available.}) 9... Be6 (9... Re8 10. b4 {is another variation
which occured in my blitz game against Magnus during the Paris Grand Chess
Tour.}) 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Nd4 $1 {Veselin reacted very well against the system I chose. His position is
absolutely solid with no weakness. Black also managed to trade a number of
pieces and it's hard to generate play for White.} 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18.
e4 $1 {To get rid of the backward e pawn.} (18. Rc2 c5 {can only be good for
Black.}) 18... dxe3 ({A decent alternative is} 18... c5 {to start pushing
pawns on the queenside.} 19. Nc4 $1 Bf8 (19... b5 20. Ne5) 20. Nb6 Re6 21. Nd5
b5 {with a concrete position where each move matters.}) 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Ne4 {
Preventing ...Kh8. I want to keep the pressure on f7 by doubling my rooks on
the f-file..} ({However the immediate} 20. Rf3 Kh8 $11 {followed by ...f6
gives White nothing.}) (20. Rf5 Kh8 $11) ({Or} 20. d4 c5 21. d5 b5 22. e4 Bd6 {
and ...f6 next, with completely fine play for Black.}) 20... Qd7 (20... c6 21.
Rf3) 21. Rf3 Rbd8 $1 ({Black wanted to avoid} 21... c6 22. Rcf1 {when White
has some slight pressure.} Qd5 (22... Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Kf3 Ke8 {Here I thought that White had nothing, but in fact it
seemed to be a pleasant endgame. White centralizes his king with Kf4-e5 and
slowly starts pushing the kingside pawns.}) 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 d4 25. Nd5
Bd6 26. Nb6 {Threatening a rook fork with Nd7.} Rbd8 27. e4 $14 {with an
outpost on d5 the knight looks stronger than the bishop and White should have
good chances to outplay his opponent.}) 22. d4 ({If I was in a more concrete
mood I would have gone for} 22. Qxb7 Rb8 (22... Qxd3 23. Rc3 Qb1 24. Rf1 Rb8 (
24... Rd1 25. Rxd1 Qxd1 26. Qxa6 {wins a pawn, and its not clear if Black has
enough for it.}) 25. Rxb1 Rxb7 26. b4 Re8 {when this endgame should still end
in a draw.}) 23. Qxc7 Rxb2+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2+ 25. Nxf2 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxa3 {but
during the game I didn't think that White had much in this endgame anyway.})
22... c6 23. Rcf1 Qd5 24. Qc2 $1 {Not the best move, but for this game it was
a good idea to keep the queens on.} (24. Qxd5 Rxd5 {is just equal. White's
pawns are a little fragile on the dark-squares and at the same time he has
more pawn islands (3 vs 2) than Black.} 25. Rf5 Rd7 {My guess was that this
ending would end in a draw.}) 24... g6 (24... Qe6 {also looks very good. Black
will go ...f5 next and there is little White can do to stop this.}) 25. g4 {
To prevent f7-f5 and gain some space on the kingside. I have to be careful and
not let my e3-pawn get too vulnerable.} (25. Nc3 Qe6 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 f5
$15 {is clearly not good.}) 25... Rde8 $1 {Veselin now starts playing very
ambitiously and strongly.} ({Although} 25... Bh4 {is good too. Black wants to
go Rfe8-e7 next, while keeping his other rook on the d-file. In this case, I
don't think I will play} 26. Kh3 $5 {which is the computer suggestion.}) 26. h3
Bd8 27. Nc3 Qe6 ({Black avoids the repetition} 27... Qd6 28. Ne4 $11) 28. Na4 (
28. e4 Bb6 29. d5 Qe5 $15) 28... b6 ({Or here} 28... Qd5 29. Nc3 $11) 29. Rc1 {
I quickly seized my chance, now that he had created a weakness on c6 for
himself.} c5 (29... Qe7 $1 {is what the engines where screaming for at the
live commentary.} 30. Qxc6 (30. Nc3 h5) 30... Qg5 $44 {with ample compensation
for the pawn. It's hard to parry all of Black's threats and my king feels
vulnerable, though I feel that White can hold with some accurate play.}) (29...
Qd5 30. Nc3 {is a little different, and the game should end in a draw after}
Qg5 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. Nc3 $11) 30. dxc5 b5 31. Nc3 Qc6 32. Qd2 {White needs to
keep his pieces on active places.} (32. Nd1 $2 f5 $19 {is clearly bad. In fact
it is losing immediately.}) 32... Re5 $2 {Playing way too ambitiously!} (32...
Qxc5 33. Nd5 Qa7 {gives Black no problems, but at the same time} 34. Qd4 (34.
Rc6 Qb7 35. Qc3 {is more complex, and White's initiative looks a little
threatening}) 34... Qxd4 35. exd4 {should not give White much problem in
holding the draw either.}) 33. b4 {Now my protected passed pawn will be hard
to deal with.} Bg5 34. Rd1 $1 {I must prioritize activity above all else. At
the same time I seize control of the d-file. Now the fun begins as I turn from
being slightly worse, to much better and suddenly winning.} Bxe3 $2 {A blunder
and a little bit of desperation. When you miss something in your calculation
and then decide to make a sort of random move, it's usually not a wise
decision.} (34... Rxe3 {is the best chance.} 35. Qd5 Qe8 36. Qxg5 Rxc3 37. Rxc3
Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qxd1 39. Qe3 {and I would prefer White here as his rook is very
well placed to support the advance of the c-pawn.} (39. Qc1 Qd5 40. Qf4 {
might be even better, although White has to meet} f5 {with} 41. Rf3 $1 {
to prevent the opening of the f-file.})) (34... Rd8 35. Qa2 $1 {is perhaps
what he missed.}) 35. Qd7 $1 {Most accurate.} (35. Qd6 Qe8 36. Qxa6 {wins a
couple of pawns although} h5 $1 {might give Black some tricks considering that
White's king is very vulnerable.} 37. Qxb5 hxg4 38. hxg4 Qe6 39. Qd7 Qb3 40.
Qd3 Qe6 {when White is winning, but he has to watch out.} 41. Re1 $1 Re8 42.
Rexe3 Rxe3 43. Rxe3 Qxe3 44. Qxe3 Rxe3 45. Nd5 $18) 35... Qa8 $2 36. Nd5 {
Already here White has more than one winning continuation.} (36. h4 {to
prevent ...Bg5.} f5 37. c6 $18) ({Or} 36. c6) 36... Bg5 37. c6 {The reason I
can push my c-pawn so boldly is because his queen is seriously trapped in the
corner on a8.} Bh4 (37... Re2+ {is what I was mostly looking at during the
game. Apparently the best reply is} 38. Kg3 $1 {Activating the king and
threatening h4 at the same time.} f5 (38... Rc2 39. c7) 39. gxf5 Rf7 40. Qd6
gxf5 41. h4 Bd8 42. Kh3 $18 {Now that the White king is safe and the
complications are gone, White is all set to deliver a decisive attack.}) 38.
Rd2 {Keeping an eye on the second rank.} Re1 (38... Qe8 39. Qxe8 Rfxe8 40. c7
Rc8 41. Rc3 $16 {I didn't mind trading the queens at all, besides with a
strong passed pawn White should win this ending in the long run.}) 39. Rc2 $1 (
39. c7 Rc1) 39... Kg7 40. Nb6 Qb8 {Finally we made it to move 40 and got an
extra hour on the clock, but it cannot help Black because he is simply lost.} (
40... Qd8 41. c7) 41. Qd4+ {Followed by c7, and Veselin resigned. It is clear
that the importance of this game in terms of the final standing was paramount.
Without this win it's hard to see how I would have won the Sinquefield Cup,
considering that maybe even +2 would not be enough to win clear first if I
drew with Veselin. In the end it worked out well and I managed to win clear
first with 5.5/9.   Winning this tournament was a particularly sweet victory
because 12 months earlier in the 2015 edition of The Sinquefield Cup, I came
in dead last. It was an emotionally crushing time for me but I resolved to
come back and fight harder this year. This is what you need to do if you want
to compete professionally. All the players on this level are really, really
tough, and as I said at the closing, anyone of us could have clinched it this
year. It just happened to be my turn.} 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 ({The immediate fianchetto limits Black's options,
after} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {he has the alternative} Nd4 ({Svidler plays this move
more often than the more popular continuations} 4... d5 {and}) (4... Bb4) 5.
Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg2 c6 10. Bd2 Re8 (
10... d5 $146 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 (12. Qb3 d4 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Qb5 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bd6 $11) 12... b6 $5 $132) 11. Rc1 Bf8 {and now:} 12. e4 (12. Kh1 {
is less energetic,} {, but after} d6 {White has already played} (12... d5 $5 {
deserves attention:} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Qb3 Nf6 $11) 14... cxd5 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Bc3 Rxe2 19. Bf3 d4 $1 20. Bxe2 Qd5+ $1
21. f3 Ra8 22. Qb6 dxc3 $44 23. Rxc3 Rxa2 {Black has a lot of play for the
exchange and should be able to hold the resulting position.}) 13. e4 $1 a6 14.
f4 b5 15. Qf3 bxc4 16. dxc4 Be7 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rcd1 Qc8 $2 (18... Qc7 $142 $14)
19. c5 $1 Rf8 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Bc3 Rae8 22. Nb2 $6 (22. Nb6 $1 $18) 22... d5 $1
23. Bxe5 dxe4 24. Bxc7 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxc5 26. Nc4 Ba8 27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Nd5
29. Ne5 $14 {/+/-, Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Sargissian,G (2680)/WChT Bursa/2010/})
12... d6 $6 (12... Bc5 $142 $5) 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Kh2 Nd7 (15... b5 $5)
16. Be3 a5 17. f4 Nc5 18. Rc2 Be6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bf3 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bh5
$40 {[%cal Rf5f6,Rh5f7] Aronian,L (2802)-Wang Hao (2752)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/})
7. O-O (7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 O-O (8... h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 a6 $5 {is a plausible
alternative, now too soft was} 11. Rac1 d6 12. a3 Ba7 13. Qc2 c6 14. b4 Bh3 15.
Bg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. Bc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. c5 Rae8 21. cxd6
Qxd6 $11 {[%csl Ga7] /=/+, Ilic,S (2109)-Romanov,E (2603)/Skopje/2013/ Black's
Ba7 is alive again and it's White, who must tread with care.}) ({Black can
also play} 8... c6 {, now the flank sortie} 9. g4 {is not too dangerous:} d6
10. g5 Nd7 $5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Rg1 Bb6 $1 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6
16. O-O-O Kh8 17. d4 (17. h4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Kb1 Rab8 20. Qb4 b5 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. h5 Qc7 23. h6 g6 24. Rc1 a5 25. Qh4 Qf7 $132 {Chorfi,K (2442)-Norman,
N (2068)/corr/2007/}) 17... Qe7 18. Qc3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Qd3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Rae8 $11 {Aronian,L (2724)-Gelfand,B (2724)/Saint Vincent/2005/}) 9. g4 c6 10.
g5 Ne8 11. h4 Nc7 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Bd2 (13. O-O-O $5 $13) 13... d5 $5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. e4 f5 17. O-O Rf7 18. Rac1 Rd7 (18... Kh8 $5 $44 {/\} 19.
Bc3 $4 fxe4 $19) 19. Bc3 h6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rc4 $6 (21. Qd1 $5 $11) 21...
hxg5 22. Rfc1 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf7 $15 {Fridman,D (2648)-Gordon,S (2527)/EU-ch
Legnica/2013/}) 7... O-O 8. d3 c6 9. Bg2 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 (11. Rb1 a5 12.
a3 Bf8 13. Qa4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Qd1 Bc6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4
d4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qb5 23. e3 Re6 $11 {Berkes,
F (2693)-Papp,G (2578)/HUN-ch Heviz/2012/}) 11... a6 (11... Bc5 {leads to
Aronian-Wang Hao with an extra tempo for White - however, even here it's not
so easy to get something tangible after} 12. a3 a6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Be6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bd5 21. a4
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd4 23. Qb3 b6 24. e3 Rd6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Qe7 $11 {Gelfand,
B (2761)-Grischuk,A (2736)/Linares/2010/}) 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5
15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Nd7 (18... Rad8 19. Bd2 Bc8 20.
Qc4 Bf5 21. b4 e4 $1 22. dxe4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxe4 $132 {Tomashevsky,E (2708)
-Svidler,P (2754)/RUS-ch Moscow/2009/}) 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Qa3 a5 21. Bd2 Red8 22.
b3 Bb6 23. Rc2 Bd5 $11 {Malakhov,V (2722)-Caruana,F (2675)/Villafranca/2010/
For more details about the whole 4...Nd4 line see the theoretical survey in
CBM 135.}) 3... d5 ({An older game between the same opponents went} 3... Bb4 4.
Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2 Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Bf4 $5 (10.
Ne3 d6 11. Qc2 {is far more usual, but after} a5 12. Rd1 b6 $132 {Black is
doing fine in both practical and mail games.}) 10... d6 11. Qd2 a5 12. b3 b6
13. h3 Be6 (13... Ne5 $142 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 14. g4 $5 Qd7 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Bg3
Rad8 17. Rad1 d5 (17... h5 $5 $132) 18. Qc1 Qc6 19. cxd5 Nfxd5 20. c4 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 f5 22. g5 $1 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Qc5 24. Kh2 $14 {[%csl Gg2,Gg3][%cal Yh3h5,
Yf2f3] Kamsky,G (2714)-Svidler,P (2732)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2007/ Although
Svidler survived in the end, it's no wonder he opts for a diffferent line this
time.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 {The Reversed Dragon is
reasonably popular and many top players essay it with both colours. However,
White more often goes for immediate queenside expansion with} (7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O (8... a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5][%cal Yc3a4]}) 9.
b4 Be6 {and now:} 10. d3 {and now:} (10. Rb1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rb4b5]} f6 11. d3
Nd4 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 (13. Nh4 {is a newer idea, but it seems
harmless enough:} Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18.
Qb3 Rd8 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 c6 23. Qa4 cxb5 24. Qxb5
(24. Qxa5 $2 b4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24... b6 25. d4 Bc5 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Bb2
exd4 28. exd4 Bf8 $11 {Romanov,E (2611)-Rublevsky,S (2693)/EUCup Eilat/2012/})
13... Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 (16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Bb2 a4 18. Ba1 Ra5
19. Qc1 Kh8 20. Bf3 Bf8 21. Qc2 Nf7 22. Nce4 Ra7 23. Bb2 Nd5 24. Nc4 b6 25. h4
c6 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)-Khairullin,I (2640)/Moscow/2011/}) 16... a4 (
16... Ra7 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. a4 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Rdc1 Nf5 22.
Bxe7 Nfxe7 23. Nxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,R (2624)-Volokitin,A (2695)/Plovdiv
2012/CBM 148 (112)} 24. Qb2 Rc7 25. d4 $14) (16... Nh6 $5 17. Nce4 (17. Rfd1
Nf7 18. Rbc1 Bf8 19. h4 $2 (19. Ne2 $11) 19... Bh3 20. Bh1 Bg4 21. Re1 Bf5 22.
Nce4 Qd7 23. Qxc7 Na4 24. Ba1 Bxa3 $17 {Van Wely,L (2655)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/
NED-ch Hilversum/2006/ See notes to this game by Tiviakov in CBM 113.}) 17...
Nf7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Qd7 20. Nc5 (20. Rfe1 $1 $13) 20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 (21.
Qxc5 Bd5 $15) 21... Qxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Bc1 Ra2
26. Bf4 Rxa3 27. Rfe1 Ne5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Bf7 $15 {Harika,D (2516)
-Tiviakov,S (2677)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Bb3 $5 (18... Ne8
19. Qe2 Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Qd7 22. d4 Bc4 (22... c6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5
Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 $14 {Carlsen,M (2801)-Kramnik,V (2772)/London/2009/
For more details see the notes to this game by Carlsen in CBM 134.}) 23. Qf2
Bd3 24. Ra1 $5 (24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Nc4 $1 $132 {Carlsen}) 24... Bxe4 (24...
Nc4 $142 $1 $13) 25. Nxe4 Qxb5 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Qb3 28. Bxb7 Rab8 29. Rc3
Qe6 30. f5 Qe7 31. Bg2 Nd6 32. Qc2 Nb5 33. Rd3 Nd6 34. Rf1 Re8 35. e4 $36 {
Reinderman,D (2606)-Haslinger,S (2529)/Delft/2011/}) 19. Qe2 Nf7 {is the
favourite in postal chess, Black has been doing fine here:} 20. Nd1 Qd7 (20...
Ra5 21. d4 Ba2 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. dxe5 {1/2, Ludgate,A (2512)-Straka,Z (2536)/
corr/2009/} fxe5 24. f3 (24. Ndc3 Bc4 $11) 24... c6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Rab1 Nd5
27. Qe1 Rb5 28. Bf1 Rb6 29. Nd2 Qd7 30. Nc4 Rb3 31. Na5 Ng5 32. Bg2 Nb4 $1 $44
{Tiits,T (2562)-Talpak,T (2524)/corr/2011/}) 21. d4 Rab8 22. Ra1 f5 23. Nc5
Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd5 25. e4 Ne7 26. Ne3 f4 27. Ng4 Ng6 28. h4 Qe7 29. c6 Nf8 $13
30. b6 $6 bxc6 31. bxc7 Qxc7 32. gxf4 Ng6 $1 $15 {Ziese,G (2456)-Kurgansky,V 
(2427)/corr/2011/}) 12. Nd2 (12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 Rd7 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. Nd2 Kh8 22.
Rc3 Nd5 23. Rc2 Ne7 $11 {Svidler,P (2747)-Karjakin,S (2775)/Tashkent/2012/}) (
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18.
Qc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 c6 20. a4 f4 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Nd5 23. Nxd4 Rae8 $44 24.
Nf3 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe6 26. Qd4 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qxe2 $1 28. Qxd5 Re3 29. Re1 $11 {
Navara,D (2712)-Topalov,V (2770)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 12... c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14.
Nc5 Qc7 (14... Rb8 15. e3 Ne6 16. d4 $5 exd4 17. exd4 Re8 18. Re1 Bd6 19. a4
Nc7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. b5 Bg6 22. N5e4 Bf8 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bh3
Ra8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb3+ Bf7 28. Be6 Re8 $11 {/+/=, Svidler,P (2769)-Aronian,
L (2813)/Stavanger/2013/ In this line it seems that Black is harder pressed to
hold the balance.}) 15. e3 (15. Be3 a5 $1 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5
19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3 $17 {Aronian,L (2808)-Gelfand,B (2733)/
Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2011/}) 15... Ne6 16. N3e4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 a5 18. Bh3
axb4 19. axb4 Rfe8 20. e4 Nc8 21. Be3 Nd6 22. Nd7 Nb5 23. Bb6 Qd6 24. Bc5 {
1/2, Gleichmann,M (2540)-Casabona,C (2598)/corr/2011/}) {The most often played
move is} 10... a5 $5 (10... f6 11. Ne4 $5 {Anand's move causes Black the most
problems:} (11. Rb1 a5 {transposes to the above lines}) {Topalov's} 11... Qe8
$5 {is maybe the strongest, but even here after} (11... a5 $6 12. Nc5 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7,Rc7]} Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd7 14. d4 e4 15. Nh4 Bd5 16. Nf5 Qe8 17. Bf4
Rc8 18. Rb1 g5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Qa4 Qe6 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. Ne3 Qxh3 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24.
Ne3 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rbc1 Nf8 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qb5 Rd8 30.
d5 $1 Nxd5 31. Bxa5 $18 {Gelfand,B (2739)-Howell,D (2616)/Amsterdam-2010/}) (
11... Qd7 {is the most usual reaction, but after} 12. Qc2 {White remains
flexible with his Bc1 and gets a pull:} Rfd8 (12... a5 13. b5 $5 (13. Nc5 $14)
13... Nd4 $6 (13... Nd8 $142) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Na4 17. Qc2
Qxb5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Rfc1 Rf7 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Bc6 Qd6 23. Qc5 $18
{[%csl Ra5,Gc6,Rc7,Gd2,Rd4] Vitiugov,N (2694)-Swiercz,D (2627)/Caleta/2013/})
13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 $2 (15... Bd5 $142 $14) (15... Qe8 $5) 16.
d4 $1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 exd4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Nc8 20. Be4 g6 21. e3 $16 {
Hracek,Z (2631)-Petr,M (2462)/CZE-chT/2011/}) 12. Qc2 $5 ({White doesn't have
to hurry with} 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2
17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 $11 {Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,
V (2805)/WCh Sofia/2010/ For more details see the notes to this game by Giri
in CBM 136.}) 12... Qf7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Bc5 Bb3 15. Qc1 Bd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17.
Nc5 Nd7 18. e4 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6
Bxc6 24. Rac1 Bb5 25. Rfe1 c6 26. e5 $14 {Raijmaekers,R (2477)-Tauber,H (2426)/
corr/2010/ Black still had to fight for full equality.}) ({However, Black has
other and possibly more solid alternatives:} 10... Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3
c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 (14... f5 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. Nc4 Rac8 18.
Rac1 Kh8 19. a4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 e4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. b5 c5 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Bh3
Rc7 25. Rfd1 Qe5 26. Qe6 Qh5 27. e3 b6 28. Rd2 Re8 $132 {Movsesian,S (2705)
-Navara,D (2702)/Prague m/2011/}) 15. Bc3 Re8 16. a4 Bf8 17. Nd2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3
Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Rc7 21. b5 e4 22. dxe4 Qxe4 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd4 Nc5
25. a5 Qe6 26. Be3 Qa6 27. Rdc1 g6 28. Qa2 Rec8 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bh6 Ne6 $11 {
Wang Yue (2685)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 (
12. Rb1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Bg2 Bd6 17. a4 Qe7 18.
Bd2 Qf7 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. f4 Nf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 $132 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)-Karjakin,S (2788)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/}) 12... c6 13.
bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1 a4 $13 {In this complex position White has tried many moves,
but proving an edge is elusive:} 15. e3 (15. Kh1 Kh8 16. f4 f5 $5 17. fxe5 Nxe5
18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Ng4 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Qe1 Bc5 22. d4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24.
Bf4 Rbc8 25. Nb5 Qd7 $11 {Van Wely,L (2677)-Howell,D (2616)/Amsterdam/2010/}) (
15. Bxc6 {is risky:} bxc6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rfc8 (17... f5 $132) (17... Ra5
$5 $13 {/=/+}) 18. Nce4 c5 19. Bxe5 $5 Qxe5 20. Rxb6 c4 $1 21. dxc4 (21. Nxc4
$142 Bxa3 $44) 21... Bxa3 22. Rfb1 Bf5 23. R6b5 Bc5 24. Qb2 {Navara,D (2616)
-Timoscenko,G (2504)/CZE-chT/2004/} Qe7 $36) 15... Qc7 (15... Na5 $5) 16. Qe2 (
16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nc3 {is more circumspect, but even here Black can continue the
fight with} Ra6 $5 $13) 16... Rfd8 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Ba1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nc4 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxb7 f6 (23... Bxa3 $5 24. Rb6 Nd8 $11
) 24. Rc7 Ra6 25. Bb2 Kf8 26. Rc1 Na5 27. Nxa5 Rxa5 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8
30. Bc3 Ra7 $11 {Khairullin,I (2631)-Lintchevski,D (2563)/Tyumen/2012/}) 7...
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 (9. a3 Be6 10. b4 {leads to positions from the previous
note. Therefore top GMs have recently been turning more often to the text move.
}) 9... Be6 {Natural development, but play still has an unforced character and
Black has other moves as well:} (9... f5 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. a3 Bf6 (11... Be6 {
still leads to the game position.}) 12. Bc5 Re8 13. b4 Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 $6 (
14... Nd7 $142 15. Na4 $5 $13 {Now White realises his plan.}) 15. e4 $1 a6 16.
Bh3 $6 ({Simpler is} 16. exf5 $142 Bxf5 17. Ne4 $36 {with the advantage.})
16... g6 17. Be3 Qg7 18. Ng5 Bg8 19. Nf3 f4 ({Black already spurns repetition
with} 19... Be6) ({An interesting try was} 19... Nd4 $5 $132 {[%cal Rg8b3]})
20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nd5 g5 $2 (21... Rad8 22. Nxb6 h5 $14 {/~~}) 22. Bd7 $1 Re6
23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 26. Qa1 $16 {[%csl Re5] Aronian,L
(2825)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Moscow/2012/ For more details see the notes to this
game by Marin in CBM 149.}) ({Solid is} 9... Re8 $5 10. Rc1 (10. Na4 Bf8 11.
Rc1 e4 $5 (11... Nd4 $11) 12. Ne1 Bg4 $5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4
16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. dxe4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe4 20. e3 b5 $11 {[%csl Re1] /=/
+, Brestian,E (2470)-Stohl,I (2525)/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 10... Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4
12. Nc5 (12. Bg5 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Be6 15. b4 Bd5 16. a4 c6 17. a5 Nc8
18. a6 $5 (18. Re1 a6 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Nd6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23.
Nxb3 Nb5 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. Rc4 Rd5 26. Bc1 Red8 27. Bb2 Kf7 28. Kg2 h5 $11 {
/=/+, Carlsen,M (2826)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Bilbao/2010/ For more details about
this game see the notes by Kramnik in CBM 139.}) 18... b6 $5 19. e3 f5 20. Ng5
Bxg2 21. e4 fxe4 22. Kxg2 exd3 23. Qf3 Qd5 24. Rxc6 Ne7 25. Rc7 Qxf3+ 26. Nxf3
Nd5 27. Rd7 Red8 $11 {Jacewicz,G (2047)-Kaufmann,P (2183)/corr/2011/}) 12...
Nxf3+ (12... g6 13. Re1 c6 14. Bd2 a5 15. e3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nd5 17. a3 Qb6 18.
Na4 Qa6 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Be2 $1 Qa7 21. e4 $36 {Ftacnik,L (2553)-Vallejo Pons,F
(2679)/Bundesliga/2007/}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Be6 16. Qb4 (16.
Qa3 Qd7 17. e4 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bd6 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qe6 22. Rcf1
f6 23. h4 Kh8 24. d4 a5 $11 {Minasian,A (2557)-Smirin,I (2647)/Moscow/2009/})
16... Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. b3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 (20... Qxg4 $142
$11) 21. f3 Nf6 22. Bf2 h5 23. Kg2 Re6 24. h4 Nd5 25. e4 Nc7 26. d4 Rd6 $132 {
Hansen,C (2626)-Hertneck,G (2572)/Bundesliga/2002/}) (9... Bg4 10. Rc1 Re8 11.
a3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. b4 Nd4 15. Nb3 c6 16. Na5 (16. Ne4 $5)
16... h6 17. Qd2 Qe7 (17... f5 $132 {()}) 18. Qb2 Bc8 19. Ne4 Na4 20. Qb1 Kh8
21. Nd2 f5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. e4 dxe3 26. Bxe3 Nb6 27.
Nc4 Nxc4 28. dxc4 $11 {/+/=, Aronian,L (2502)-Rogozenco,D (2557)/Bucharest/
1999/ White had a slight edge in the manoeuvring struggle, but almost lost
after further over-ambitious play.}) 10. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7] A typical Sicilian
move, but not the only one:} (10. a3 {was tested this year by Kramnik in blitz:
} Nd5 (10... f6 $5 11. b4 (11. Rc1 {transposes to 10.Rc1 f6.}) 11... a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Bxd4 exd4 $5 $132 (14... Qxd4 $11)) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4
Bd6 13. Rac1 a6 (13... Kh8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. Qh4 h6 18.
Nf3 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Ne7 20. Bc5 Rac8 21. b4 b6 22. Be3 f5 23. Bd2 Kh7 (23... e4
$5 $11) 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Nd5 26. Kf3 $13 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Gelfand,B (2740)
/Zürich blitz/2013/ White's central pawns decided the issue only after further
inaccurate play by Black.}) 14. Nd2 (14. Rc3 Ne7 15. Qh4 f6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Nc4
Bc7 18. Be4 Ng6 19. Qh3 Rf7 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Nb3 $5 Bxe4 $6 (21... Bb6 $1 $11)
22. dxe4 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rcd3 Ke8 26. Nd2 Kd8 27. Nc4 Kc8 28.
Rc3 a5 29. a4 $14 {Aronian,L (2756)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/})
14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. f3 Rae8 20.
Qc4 Re6 21. Rc1 h6 22. Qb3 Qc8 23. Qd5 Rd6 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. b4 f4 $6 (25... Rff6
$5 $11) 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. Qe4 $36 {[%csl Re5] Kramnik,V (2810)-Anand,V (2780)/
Zürich blitz/2013/}) ({When playing a "black" opening with reversed colours,
White has to realise that standard operations which lead to equality with
Black are usually insuffcient to fight for an advantage. In this case the
central break} 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. b3 f5 15.
Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {Petran,P (2368)-Jasny,S (2329)/Frydek Mistek/2008/ led only to
simplification and a boring sterile position.}) (10. Qc1 Re8 $5 (10... f5 11.
Rd1 Nd5 12. Bg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 $14) ({There are solid alternatives:} 10... f6
11. Rd1 Nd5 (11... Nd4 $5 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 Bd5 $132) 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Bf4 c6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. a3 a5
19. h4 Bf8 20. Bf3 a4 21. h5 h6 22. Be4 Bf7 $11 {/+/=, Iturrizaga Bonelli,E 
(2607)-Milos,G (2596)/Mexico City/2010/}) (10... Nd5 11. Rd1 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bf6
13. Rdc1 Re8 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Qe4 Qe6
19. Rc5 Nd8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rac1 c6 $11 {Gabriel,C (2510)-Mikhalchishin,A (2520)
/Portoroz/1993/}) 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. d4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 exd4 14. exd4 Bg4
15. Qf4 Bh5 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rad8 $13 {[%cal Gd8d2,Ge8e2] /=/+,
Marczykoski,P-Martys,M/corr/2007/}) 12... Bxd5 13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. a4 b5 $1 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Qc2 Qg4 20. Re1 Qe6 21. Rxa7
Rxa7 22. d5 Qxd5 23. Bxa7 h5 $11 {Kokarev,D (2588)-Savchenko,B (2648)/
Serpukhov/2008/}) 10... f5 {[%mdl 32] This is hardly a direct error, but we
will see that in the following strategic fight the vulnerability of the Pe5
will limit Black's options.} ({More restrained, but solid is} 10... f6 11. a3 {
and now:} Qd7 (11... Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 (13... c6 14. b4 Rf7 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nc8 17. Qa4 Rd7 18. Rb1 Ne7 19. Nd2 b5 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qb2 Qc7 22.
Ne4 Rad8 23. Nd6 Nc8 24. Qxd4 Nxd6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Rfc1 Rb8 28.
Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Gd3,Ge2] Movsesian,S (2699)-Cheparinov,I (2678)/
Khanty-Mansiysk rpd/2013/}) 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nc5 Bf6 16. Ne1 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. a5
Nc8 19. Qa4 c6 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. e4 dxe3 23. fxe3 Be7 24. d4 Nd6
$13 {/=, Movsesian,S (2693)-Cernousek,L (2476)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) {We have
already mentioned the break} 12. d4 {above, White didn't get anything tangible
after} (12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Nc5 (13. Bd2 $5 a5 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Rfd8 15.
Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Na5 19. Nd2 c5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 (20...
Nb7 $5 $15) 21. dxc4 Qf7 22. b3 Qg6 23. Be4 Qg5 24. Kf2 $11 {Matlakov,M (2673)
-Geller,J (2559)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2012/}) ({He should be considering} 12. Re1
Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 c6 18. b4 {
Martinez,R (2422)-Sanchez,J (2529)/Maiche Civitanova/2012/} a6 $11) 12... exd4
13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. e3 Rad8
19. b4 Kf7 20. Nc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Ke6 23. Bd4 Rd7 24. Rc5 Red8 $11
{Kamsky,G (2741)-Cheparinov,I (2678)/Khanty-Mansiysk rpd/2013/ This game was
played later than ours.}) (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 ({or} 12. a3 {
can transpose to positions from the previous note.})) 11. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]
White returns to another typical Sicilian motif, which we have already
mentioned above.} Bf6 {Fortifies the centre, but this move possibly isn't
ideal - its drawback is that it allows a subsequent Bc5 with tempo.} (11... f4
12. Bd2 g5 13. Ne4 Nd7 (13... g4 14. Rxc6 $1) 14. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 15. Bc3 Bd5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe4 (17... Bd6 $142 $1 18. Bc3 $14) 18. Bxe4 $16 {Aronian,
L (2455)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2395)/Linares/1998/ The exchange sacrifice is
another standard Sicilian idea.}) ({Black doesn't usually try to prevent b4
with the straighforward} 11... a5 {(see also the note to move 7), as it
weakens the queenside and after} 12. Na4 $5 ({Also deserving attention is} 12.
Bxb6 cxb6 13. e3 Bf6 14. Re1 Rf7 15. d4 Rd7 16. Qc2 e4 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Nb5 Nd5
19. Nb1 h5 20. N1c3 Ne7 21. Qe2 $14 {Gavrikov,V (2600)-Brunner,L (2525)/Biel/
1994/}) 12... Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bf6 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Qb5 $14 {[%csl Rb5]} ({or} 15.
Rc5 $36 {White retains an unpleasant pull.})) ({In postal games Black has also
played} 11... a6 12. b4 Kh8) ({, or the immediate} 11... Kh8 $5 {This is
flexible, as it still gives Black a choice between leaving the bishop on e7,
or moving it to either f6 or d6. His results here have been better than after
the text move.}) 12. Nd2 $5 ({Directed against the knight sortie:} 12. b4 Nd4
$5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 $132 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Bh3 Be6 18. Na5
c6 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Bg2 Nd5 22. e3 dxe3 23. fxe3 Nb6 24. Kh1 Rd7
$15 {Spraggett,K (2575)-Rublevsky,S (2650)/Groningen/1997/ Black is very
comfortable here, for more details see the notes to this game by Ribli in CBM
63.}) 12... Kh8 (12... Rb8 13. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. b4 Re8 15. Nb3 Bf7 16. Qc2 Qd7
17. Na5 a6 18. f3 Re6 19. Nd1 Rbe8 20. Nf2 Bg6 21. Nb7 $1 Qc8 22. Nc5 Rd6 23.
Bd2 Bh5 24. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7] Anreiter,A (2315)-Zielinski,S (2241)/
corr/2007/}) 13. b4 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 $13 {/+/= deserved attention even
here, but the exchange of the fianchettoed bishop seemed too double-edged to
Kamsky. White can keep his initiative also by less committal means.}) 13... Rb8
$146 ({Until now Black has played} 13... Nd5 14. Bc5 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. Nb3 (16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Qc4 Rf7 18. Nb3 Nd8 19. Rc2 Ne6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Qxc5 a6 22. Bc1 Re8 23. Bb2 c6 $11 {Hoffmann,H (2250)-Unzicker,W (2450)/WCh
sen Bad Wildbad/1993/}) 16... Be7 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. Rc4 a6 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Rc1
h6 21. Rd1 f4 $5 $132 {Dokhoian,Y (2520)-Janovsky,S (2400)/Nabereznye Chelny/
1988/}) 14... Nxc3 $142 $5 (14... Rf7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 $6
18. Nd6 $1 cxd6 19. Bxd5 Rc7 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Be4
$16 {[%csl Ge4,Rf6] Pachman,L-Altschul,M/CSR-ch Kosice/1961/}) (14... Re8 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. b5 $5 (17. Nxe4 Be7 {Onischuk,A (2495)-Fogarasi,T 
(2440)/Budapest/1993/} 18. Re1 $14) 17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.
Nxe4 Be7 21. Qb3 Rc8 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. a4 {Galanov,S (2597)-Blank,W (2481)/corr/
2011/}) 15. Rxc3 Rf7 16. Bxc6 $5 (16. b5 Nd4 (16... e4 $5 $13 {<=>}) 17. Bxb7
Rb8 $11) 16... bxc6 17. e4 $14 {/<=> White is probably somewhat better here,
but the final result remains fully open.}) 14. Bc5 ({Kamsky once again spurns} 
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 {and chooses a simpler way: now the Nc6 must go back.})
14... Ne7 {Svidler opts for an immediate retreat.} (14... Re8 15. b5 {also
forces} Ne7 (15... Nd4 $2 16. e3 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 16. Qc2 $14) 15. b5 {
White can be satisfied with the result of the opening, he has pressure on the
c-file and Black's forces are passive.} Nbc8 (15... Qd7 16. Bb4 $1 {[%cal
Yd2b3,Yb3c5]} (16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rc2 $5 (17. a5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxa7 (19.
e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 b6 $13) 19... Ra8 20. b6 cxb6 21. Bxb6 (21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb6
Rdc8 $44) 21... Nxb6 22. axb6 e4 23. Rc7 Qd4 $132) 17... c6 18. a5 Nbc8 19. Qb1
$14) 16... Nbc8 17. e4 $36 Qxd3 $6 18. exf5 Bxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. Nce4 $16) 19.
g4 $5 Bg6 20. Nde4 Qxd1 21. Rcxd1 $16) 16. a4 b6 17. Ba3 Nd6 18. Rc2 {Rather
hesitant.} ({More in the spirit of the position is the typical (see also
Aronian-Nakamura above) push} 18. e4 $36) 18... Rc8 19. Qc1 {Again a slow move;
moreover the queen won't stay here for long.} (19. e4 $14) (19. Na2 $5 $14 {
[%cal Ya2b4]}) 19... Qd7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. e4 Bg5 {[%csl Re5]} (21... c6 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nce4 $14) ({A more solid move is} 21... c5 $142 $5
{If White doesn't take en passant, Black has a better version of the game
position.} {/\} 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxd6 Nd4 $5 $13 (23... Qxd6 $132)) 22. Qa1 {
A patient reaction.} ({After the more straightforward} 22. f4 $5 exf4 23. Nf3
Bh6 24. Ne5 (24. gxf4 $6 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4]}) 24... Qe8 25. gxf4 Ng6 26. Nxg6+
Qxg6 27. e5 Nb7 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb7a5] /~~ White controls the centre, but the
position is still not quite clear.}) 22... c5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Ng6 $6 {
Protects Pe5, but deserts the d5-square.} (24... Nf7 $1 25. Rd2 $13 {/+/=}) 25.
h4 (25. Nd5 $5 $36) 25... h5 $2 {[%mdl 128] Creates another weakness, which
Kamsky will exploit very effectively to whip up a deadly attack.} (25... fxe4
26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. dxe4 Bh3 28. Nh2 $5 (28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Re8
31. Bb2 Nxh4+ 32. gxh4 Qg4+ $11) (28. Bh1 Bg4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31.
Qxe5 Bd1 $44) 28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $14) (25... c4 26. Rd2 $1 $14) 26. Nd5 $1 Nf7
27. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rf3g5] Well-hidden, but extremely unpleasant.} f4 (27... Bxd5
28. exd5 $16 {[%cal Rf3g5] /+-}) 28. Nh2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh5] A series of strong
moves leaves Black in terminal trouble. From move 4 onwards there have been no
exchanges, only now do more pieces start disappearing from the board,
increasing White's positional superiority.} Bg4 $8 29. Nxg4 hxg4 (29... Qxg4
30. Bf3 Qh3 31. Bxh5 fxg3 32. fxg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6,Rh5g4]}) 30. gxf4 Nxh4 (
{Keeps material equal, but} 30... Nh6 $5 {was more resilient:} 31. Qd2 Qf7 $16)
31. f5 Nh6 32. f3 gxf3 (32... g3 33. f4 Qe8 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Re3
$18 {doesn't help.}) 33. Bxf3 $18 {[%csl Gd5] The powerful Nd5 is untouchable,
with other white pieces aiming for the kingside. The game is practically over.}
Qf7 34. Bh5 Qg8 35. Ne3 {Avoids Rxd5, but even more concrete was} (35. Nxf6 $1
gxf6+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. Rg1 Qh3+ (37... Qxd3 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 39. Rh2 $18 {[%csl
Rh4]}) 38. Rh2 Rxd3 39. Qe1 Nf3 40. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Rgg2 $18) 35... Qb3 36. Rd2
c4 ({Desperation, but after} 36... Qxd1 37. Rexd1 Rg8 38. Rh2 g6 39. fxg6 Nxg6
40. Kf2 $5 Bh4+ 41. Ke2 Bg3 42. Rhh1 {White's pressure is unbearable. A sample
line is} Rcf8 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. exf5 Nh4 45. Rdg1 Rxf5 46. Bf3 {[%cal Rg1g3]}
Rxf3 47. Bxe5+ Kh7 48. Bxg3 Rgxg3 49. Rxh4+ Kg6 50. Rg4+ $1) 37. dxc4 Qb4 38.
Nd5 Rxd5 (38... Qxc4 39. Nxf6 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 $18) (38... Qc5+ 39. Kh1 $18) 39.
cxd5 Bg5 40. Rf2 Rc3 $6 (40... Bf4 $142 41. Rxf4 $5 exf4 42. Re2 Qe7 43. f6
gxf6 44. d6 $18) 41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Rh2 Bf4 43. Qe2 {He willingly returns one
exchange to target the hapless Nh4.} (43. Qe2 Bxh2+ 44. Kxh2 $18 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Re2f2]}) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 ({The immediate fianchetto} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {gives some extra
options:} d5 (3... c6 {is another topical line, the direct} 4. d4 {seems
harmless;} (4. Nf3 {is the main try to fight for an advantage}) {a recent
example went} 4... e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. f3 dxc4
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Re8 15. bxc3 Nc6
16. Rb1 Re3 17. Kd2 Re7 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rb5 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Be4 22.
Bxe4 Rxd4+ 23. Bd3 Red7 $11 {McShane,L (2647)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018 The
resulting endgame is drawish.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 {develops the Nb1 differently, but this is also no novelty.} a5
10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 {and now:} 13. Nc4 (13. e3 Rfd8 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bxc5 Rac8 18. b4 Nd5 $1 19. Qd3 (19. Nb3 b6 20.
e4 Nxb4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf1 Bxc5 $17 {Thiede,L 
(2416)-Graf,A (2624) Germany 2003}) 19... b6 20. Bxd5 bxc5 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.
Qb3 Qf7 $5 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nb3 cxb4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ra7 Ke8 27. Nd4 Rd7
28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rd1 g6 30. Kf1 Rc4 {½, Kuhn,C (1981)-Avdeev,S (2032) email
2011}) 13... Rfd8 14. Rfc1 (14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. d4 $6 a4 $15 {Ponomariov,R (2723)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2710) Beijing blitz 2011.}) 14... Qe8 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd2
Rac8 17. a4 Bc5 18. Qd1 h5 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. e3 Bg4 21. Qf1 Nb4 22. Rd1 $5 Bxd1
23. Rxd1 Qf7 {Gordievsky,D (2622)-Vidit,S (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018} 24. d4 exd4
25. exd4 Bf8 26. Nxb6 Rc2 27. Nc4 b5 28. axb5 a4 29. Rb1 $1 axb3 30. Ne3 $44)
2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 ({The Dragon with reversed colours is very
popular, but} 4... Bb4 5. Bg2 {only somewhat less so:} O-O ({Less usual, but
also playable is} 5... d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2 (8. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5
Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 {is perhaps more promising}) 8... Nd4 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10.
Bxf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 c6 12. e4 Bh3 13. Re1 c5 14. b4 b6 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Be6 17.
Ra3 Rb8 18. b5 Qc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Re2 Ra8 21. Rea2 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Qc7 23. Bg2
Nf8 24. f4 f6 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bd2 Bb7 27. g4 h6 28. h4 Nh7 $11 {Ding,L (2778)
-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018 With patient defence Black held his fortress.}
) 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {featured some recent experiments with} 9.
Qc2 (9. f3 {is the main line of this branch}) {, but they didn't bring White
success after} 9... d5 $5 ({More active, than} 9... Qe7 10. d3 exd3 11. exd3 d6
) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. d3 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. d3 Bf5 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Qb2 b6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Qb5 Ne7 19. Rad1 c6 20. Qa6 Nd5 $15 {
Dimitrov,R (2493)-Georgiev,K (2596) Skopje 2018}) 11... Bf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qb2 b6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf1 Re7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Rac1 $2
(19. Qb5 $1 $11 {is still roughly equal.}) 19... g5 $1 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. f3 Qc5+
22. Kh1 Bd5 23. Be1 Bc4 24. e4 Bxf1 25. Bf2 Qc4 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 27. c4 Ne5 28.
Bd4 g4 $17 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2784) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
2018}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 (6... Bc5 $5 {is also viable, Illingworth wrote
an article about this novel line in CBM 181. Since then there haven't been too
many new games, after} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {Black also has} Re8 ({Illingworth
concentrated on} 8... Bb6 {proving Black holds his own in the tactical
labyrinth of Dubov-Karjakin, WCup Tbilisi 2017. Black also equalises after} 9.
Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. b4 Bg4 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Re1 c6 15. a4 a6
16. Nb3 Qf6 17. Qd2 Re7 18. h3 Be6 19. Nc5 Rae8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. b5 axb5 22.
axb5 c5 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Aronian,L (2789) chess.com blitz 2017}) 9.
Ng5 Nf6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd8 13. Qc4 Bd4 14. Bg2 h6 15. Nf3
Nc6 16. Be3 $5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 18. dxe4 a5 $1 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2
Be6 22. Qc3 Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 $44 {The tripled pawns are comical and
Black would have enough compensation even without trying to undertake anything.
As it is, he allowed White to untangle with} 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27. g4 g6
28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Rc4 Ra5 34. Rc2
Bd5 $6 35. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rg3 37. Rf3 $1 Bxf3 38. exf3 $16 {Caruana,F 
(2799)-Adams,M (2715) London 2017 After regaining the exchange by trapping the
Rg3 White already had a healthy extra pawn. For more details see the notes to
this game in CBM 182 by Fernandez.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 (8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 {
was played in Kamsky-Svidler, Thessaloniki 2013, which I annotated for CBM 155:
} Be6 (9... Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nc5 {gives Black also the sharper
option} a5 $5 (12... Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 {and}) (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 {
are restrained continuations, leading to approximate equality.}) 13. Bxd4 exd4
14. Nb3 g5 $1 15. Qd2 g4 $13 {Granda Zuniga,J (2648)-So,W (2794) Douglas 2016})
10. Rc1 Qd7 ({Svidler's choice} 10... f5 {is perhaps not bad, but more risky.})
11. Re1 (11. Ne4 f6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Qf7 $5 15. Nd2 Nd5 {
Kashlinskaya,A (2201)-Bukavshin,I (2350) Pardubice 2008} 16. a3 $11) (11. a3
Bh3 12. b4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qe6 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bc5 b6 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Neg5 Qd6
18. Ne4 Qe6 $11 {Carlstedt,J (2432)-Volokitin,A (2632) Berlin blitz 2018})
11... f6 12. a3 Rfd8 (12... Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd4 16.
Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 c6 18. b4 {Martinez,R (2422)-Sanchez,J (2529) Civitanova
Marche 2012} a6 $11) 13. b4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc5 b6 ({Possible
improvements are} 15... Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne7 17. e4 Bf7 18. d4 Nc6 $5 $13 {
or the simpler}) (15... a6 $5 $11) 16. e4 $1 Bf7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. d4 exd4 19.
e5 d3 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nd2 $44 {Lagarde,M (2594)-Fressinet,L (2660) Caleta
2017} (21. Re4 $5)) 8... a5 $5 {This prophylactic move was considered
weakening and long had a dubious reputation. However, there might be more to
it than meets the eye...} ({Far more usual is} 8... O-O 9. b4 Be6 {After} 10.
Rb1 f6 {White has lately tested} 11. b5 (11. d3 {has long been the main move
and I mentioned} a5 {as Black's main reaction in the notes to So-Navara,
Prague 2015 in CBM 167.}) 11... Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {and now:} {And
finally there is} Qc8 $5 (13... Rb8 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Re8 (15... Qd7 $6 16.
Re1 Rfe8 17. a4 Bf7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rbc8 21. Bg4 $1 f5 22. Bf3
Bf6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rcd8 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. a6 $16 {Gelfand,
B (2737)-Edouard,R (2607) Heraklio 2017}) 16. Re1 Bf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8
19. Bf4 Qd7 20. a5 Nc4 21. b6 axb6 22. axb6 Bd6 {and White found nothing
better than liquidating with} 23. bxc7 Bxc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Nb6
Nxb6 27. Rxb6 Bd5 {½, Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com
blitz INT 2017}) ({Black can also hold the balance with} 13... Nd5 14. Ne2 (14.
Bb2 a6 $1 15. a4 axb5 16. axb5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Qb3 Rfd8
20. d4 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rd5 23. Kg2 Ra5 $11 {Gordon,S (2528)-Alsina
Leal,D (2507) England 2017}) 14... Qd7 15. d4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Bg2 Bh3 18.
Bxh3 Qxh3 19. e4 Nb6 20. Be3 (20. Qxc7 Rd7 21. Qc2 Qh5 $1 $44) 20... Qe6 $5 21.
d5 Qd7 22. a4 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4 25. Kg2 Qg6 $132 {Edouard,R (2612)
-Xiong,J (2640) Saint Louis 2018}) 14. Qc2 Rd8 (14... Bf5 15. d3 Rd8 16. e4 Be6
17. a4 Qd7 18. Rd1 a5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Qb2 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 23.
Qxb7 Qc6 $11 {Polatel,A (2243)-Guaimare,C (2113) email 2017}) 15. d4 (15. Rd1
Bf5 16. d3 Kh8 17. e4 Bd7 18. a4 c6 19. Be3 cxb5 20. axb5 Be6 21. Qb2 Bc5 22.
Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Svoboda,F (2406)-Betker,J (2451) email 2015}) 15... Bf5 16. Qb3+
(16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 $1 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qd5
Bxg3 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) (16. e4 Bh3 17. Rd1 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Qd7 $13)
16... Be6 (16... Kh8 $5) 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qc2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Nihal,S (2534)-Vaibhav,S (2544) Reykjavik 2018}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1
{Natural, but we'll check also the alternatives:} ({Considering Black's
following move,} 11. Na4 {certainly deserves attention:} {Later Black's
efforts concentrated on} Nd5 (11... e4 12. Ne1 exd3 13. Nxd3 Nd5 14. Bc5 b6 15.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rc1 (16. Nc3 $142 $5 $14) 16... Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qc4
19. b3 Qg4 ({An enterprising idea is} 19... Qe6 $5 20. Nb5 Rad8 21. Nxc7 Qf5
$44) 20. e3 Qd7 $6 (20... Qf5 $142 $5) 21. Nf4 $1 Rad8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nfd5
Nce7 24. Rfd1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 $36 {Vidit,S (2723)-Petrosyan,M (2569) Moscow 2018}
) (11... Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd5 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Rc2 Bf6 $5 (14... Bf8 $2 15. Rac1
Nb8 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. R1xc6 bxc6 18. Rxf7 $1 h6 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nh4
$1 Qxb7 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Be4 Bd6 24. Nxe5+ g6 25. Bxg6+ Kg7 26. Bxh6+ {1-0,
Botvinnik,M-Portisch,L Monte Carlo 1968 This beautiful and famous game
discouraged people from playing 8...a5 for quite a while.}) 15. Rac1 (15. Rc5
$5 $14) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 19. Rxc6 $44 {/+/=
}) 12. Bc5 {and now:} {In mail practice Black has been holding his own with} b6
$5 (12... Bd6 13. Rc1 h6 14. d4 $5 (14. Nd2 Rc8 (14... Rb8 15. Ne4 f5 $132) 15.
Ne4 b6 $6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Rxc6 (18. Bxc6 $142 $1 $14) 18... Rb8
19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Qb8 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. Rb1 Bb3 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rc1 Be6 25.
Rc2 d5 $44 {Kasparov,G (2750)-Georgiev,K (2595) Saint John blitz 1988}) 14...
e4 $142 $5 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8
19. e4 Ne7 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. f4 (22. Nc3 $5 $36) 22... b5 23. Nc3
b4 24. Nb5 bxa3 25. bxa3 $14 {Kasparov,G (2750)-Georgiev,K (2595) Saint John
blitz 1988}) 15. Ne5 f5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 $5 18. Rxc6 Qb8 $44 (18...
Qd7 $5)) 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. Nc3 (14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nc3 f6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. e3 Qe8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. exd4 c6 23. b4
axb4 24. axb4 Kf7 25. b5 $11 {½, Vidit,S (2723)-Melkumyan,H (2664) chess.com
rpd INT 2018}) 14... Qd7 15. Qa4 Rab8 16. Qb5 (16. Rfc1 f6 17. b4 Rfd8 18. b5
Na7 19. Rab1 Kh8 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Qd2 Nc8 22. Rd1 Nce7 23. Qb2 Nd6 24. a4 Bg8
25. Nd2 Qe8 $11 {Degerhammar,R (2475)-Rogos,J (2518) email 2014}) 16... f6 17.
e3 Rbd8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. d4 Nc6 23.
dxe5 fxe5 24. Ng5 Ne7 25. Bf1 g6 26. Be2 h6 27. Nf3 Ba4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxe5
Rd2 $44 {Kazantsev,R (2376)-Brugger,A (2528) email 2015}) ({Nor can one ignore
} 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Nd2 f5 (12... Rc8 13. Nc4 f6 14. e3 Na7 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16.
Bg2 Rd7 17. Qa4 Rxd3 18. Rfd1 Bc5 19. Be4 Rd7 20. b4 $16 {Van Wely,L (2675)
-Mosadeghpour,M (2469) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 13. Nc4 e4 (13... Bxc4 $5 14.
dxc4 e4 {is more solid, Black is close to full equality.}) 14. Ne3 exd3 15.
Ned5 $1 dxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Bf6 {½, Opocensky,K-Flohr,S Podebrady
1936 Despite the quick draw in this historic game White has obvious
compensation and pressure here.} 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rd2 $5) (19. Qb5 $5
) 19... Re8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Kf1 Re5 24. Bd5 f4
$1 25. gxf4 Rf5 $132 {Mueller,H (1764)-Mair,E (1643) email 2013}) 11... a4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] A positional sacrifice, to take this pawn White will have to give
up his important dark-squared B.} ({Otherwise White occupies the a4-square
himself, a model example is} 11... Re8 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 f6 $6 ({We had} 
13... Bd5 $142 $5 {above, only the other rook was on c1.}) 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Qb5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. Rc4 Bf8 18. Rfc1 Ra6 19. R1c2 Kh8 20. Nf3 Qa8 21. Ra4 Na7
22. Qb3 b5 23. Rh4 a4 24. Qf7 Re7 25. Qg6 h6 26. Bc5 Rd7 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Nxe5
$1 $18 {Hracek,Z (2625)-Simacek,P (2508) Czechia 2010}) ({In practice Black
also had to fight for equality after} 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 $14 {, or
}) (11... f5 12. Na4 $14) 12. Nd2 ({The immediate} 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nxa4 e4
14. Ne1 (14. Nd2 {is also met by} Bg5 $1 $44 {, when} 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4
Be7 $13 {is at best unclear.}) 14... Bg5 $142 $1 (14... Nd4 $2 15. Nc3 Bg5 16.
e3 Nb3 17. Bxe4 (17. Rc2 $5 $16) 17... Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. d4 $40 Qxd4 $2 20.
f4 $18 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Bocharov,D (2609) Apatity rpd 2011}) (14... e3
15. fxe3 $5 Bg5 {again allows an exchange sacrifice} 16. Rf4 $14) 15. Rc3 (15.
e3 $6 exd3 16. Nxd3 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxd3 18. Be4 b5 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bf6 $15
{Deneuville,C (2206)-Weber,K (2313) email 2014}) (15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe4 f5 $1
17. Bg2 (17. Bxc6 $6 Rc8 18. f4 Bf6 $17) 17... Ra7 $15) 15... e3 ({Apart from} 
15... Bf6 16. Rc1 Bg5 $11 {Black has other interesting options, namely}) (15...
f5 {and}) (15... Qd4 $5 $44) 16. f4 Bf6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Rc1 Nd4 19. Nc3 Ra5 20.
Bxb7 Bxf5 $44 {Zielinski,S (2159)-Kuzmin,K (2167) LSS email 2014}) 12... f5 ({
Ambitious, but Black can change his mind about the sacrifice. Roughly equal is
} 12... Nd5 $5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Qc4 Ra5 17. Nb1 Qxc4
18. Rxc4 Bd6 19. Rfc1 Rfa8 20. h3 Nd8 21. g4 f4 22. Bd2 Rb5 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24.
axb4 Nc6 25. Kg2 Rf8 $11 {Leal,P (2343)-Genga,S (2400) email 2013}) 13. Bxb6
cxb6 14. Nxa4 (14. Re1 Bg5 15. e3 Qxd3 16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Qf7 18. Nxb6 Rad8
19. Qe2 f4 20. Nbxa4 Bf5 21. Nc5 fxe3 22. fxe3 b6 23. N5e4 Nd4 $1 24. exd4 Bxc1
25. Rxc1 exd4 26. Ng5 Qg6 27. Qe7 b5 $1 28. Bxb5 {½, Recasens Sanchez,J (2048)
-Gudkov,A email 2012} dxc3 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7 cxb2 32. Re1
b1=Q 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 $11) 14... Bg5 15. Nc3 e4 16. Kh1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty,
but not necesarily an improvement.} ({This position is not new at the highest
level, last year featured a game with} 16. Rb1 Rf7 $5 (16... Ne5 17. Nb3 Ng4
18. Qc2 (18. h3 $142 $1) 18... Be3 19. dxe4 $2 (19. Bh3 $1 {was already
necessary, although} Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qd7 21. Rbf1 f4 $1 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $44 {
gives Black enough play.}) 19... Qg5 $2 (19... Nxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 fxe4 21. Rbf1
Qc7 22. Bxe4 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Qf7 24. Bf3 Bxb3 $15) 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qh6 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneva 2017} 22. h4 $1 Ne3 23. Qc1 f4
24. Rf3 Bxb3 25. gxf4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qxh4 27. f5 $16 {For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 180 by Yuffa.}) 17. Nc4 $5 (17. Nb3 Rd7 $36) 17...
Rd7 18. b3 {[%cal Yc3b5]} Bf6 (18... exd3 19. exd3 Rxd3 20. Qc2 $14) 19. Nb5
Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 $44) 16... Qd7 {Natural, Carlsen connects his rooks asap.} ({
However, considering the following note, the prophylactic} 16... g6 $13 {or}) (
16... Rf7 $13 {also deserved consideration} {/\} 17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19.
Rg1 Rg7) 17. Rb1 {Unpins the Rc1 after all.} ({However, the active} 17. g4 $142
$1 {would better profit from the previous move:} Bxd2 (17... g6 18. gxf5 gxf5
19. e3 $1 Qxd3 20. Rg1 $36) (17... exd3 18. f4 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. g5 $11)
18. Qxd2 exd3 19. gxf5 dxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxf5 21. f4 $5 $13 {All White's pieces
are active and the position is roughly equal.}) 17... Rad8 18. Nc4 $6 {Black
will easily parry the threat against Pb6.} ({It was stronger to win back some
space with} 18. f4 $1 {, although Black has indisputable compensation after}
Bf6 $44) 18... Qf7 $1 19. b3 (19. Nxb6 $2 Bb3 20. Qe1 exd3 {[%csl Gd3] and the
Pd3 is taboo:} 21. exd3 Rfe8 22. Ne2 Rxd3 $19) 19... exd3 20. exd3 f4 21. Ne4 (
{The engine briefly prefers} 21. Re1 f3 22. Bf1 {, but still doesn't relish
White's position after} Nd4 $36) 21... Be7 22. gxf4 Qxf4 {[%csl Rd3,Ge6,Ge7,
Rf2,Rh2][%mdl 2048] Giri has managed to prevent the f3 advance, but defending
the numerous white weaknesses against Black's active pieces is very difficult.
Carlsen has strong long-term pressure.} 23. a4 {Prevents b5, but allows Black
to activate his knight.} Nb4 24. Qe2 Qh6 $1 {A strong manoeuvre, freeing f4
for other pieces.} 25. Rbd1 (25. d4 $5 $15 {was probably more resilient}) 25...
Nd5 26. Rg1 Kh8 (26... Nf4 27. Qe3 {helps the defence, but a more energetic
try was the immediate}) (26... Rf4 $1 $36) 27. Bf1 ({White could have begun
with} 27. d4 Rf4 28. f3 Rh4 29. Bf1 $15 {The position is unpleasant, but there
is no direct tactical refutation.}) 27... Rf4 28. Ne5 $6 (28. f3 $142 Rh4 29.
d4 {transposes to the previous note.}) 28... Rdf8 $2 ({Carlsen hesitates,
after the stronger} 28... Rh4 $1 29. f3 Ne3 30. Rd2 Nf5 $17 {the knight aims
for d4 and the defence is under great strain.}) 29. f3 Rh4 30. d4 Nf4 (30...
Ne3 {is unconvincing:} 31. Rd3 $15) ({as is} 30... Bf5 31. Ng5 $1 {/\} Bxg5 $4
32. Nf7+ $18) 31. Qd2 Bxb3 {Although White couldn't hang on to his extra pawn,
he has activated his forces and clawed his way back into the game. In the
final phase probably time trouble played an important role.} 32. Rb1 $2 {
Why give up a pawn?} ({After} 32. Rc1 {the outcome of the game remains open;
the greedy} Bxa4 $2 {runs into} 33. Rc7) 32... Bxa4 33. Bb5 (33. Bc4 Be8 $15)
33... Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Qe6 35. Qb2 ({Engines also mention the passive, but more
solid} 35. Rb2 $15) 35... Bd8 36. Ng5 ({Here} 36. d5 $5 {deserves attention,
after} Nxd5 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5 {Black faces serious technical problems.})
36... Qe8 37. Rb3 Bxg5 $6 ({A cleaner solution is the tactical} 37... Rf5 $1
38. Ne4 Rxh2+ $1 39. Qxh2 Rh5 {and Black should gradually win.}) 38. Rxg5 Ne6
39. Rg4 $6 ({White should have avoided the R swap, after} 39. Rg1 $1 Nxd4 40.
Re3 $15 {Black must still work hard for the full point.}) 39... Rxg4 40. fxg4 (
40. Nxg4 Qa4 $17 {doesn't help much.}) 40... Qd8 41. Rh3 $6 ({Hastens the end,
but even after the better} 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. Nxf3 Qd5 $17 {Black should prevail
in the long run.}) 41... Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qe4 43. Qb4 Rf6 {The Rf8 has left its
vulnerable square and the N is ready to pounce either on d4, or f4. Further
resistance is futile.} 0-1

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2015.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 ({When aiming for the Dragon with opposite colours, White
sometimes tries to postpone the development of either Nb1, or Ng1. A recent
example of the first type:} 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 ({A plausible alternative is} 6... Be7 $5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6
$13) 7. b3 (7. Nc3 Be7 {transposes to our game.}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. d4 (9.
d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2 Bd5
16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Qb1 e4 19. Ng1 f5 20. e3 exd3 21. Rxd3 Be4 $15 {
Romanov,E (2613)-Gasimov,P (2497) Nakhchivan 2015}) 9... e4 $5 (9... exd4 10.
Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rfd1
Qe8 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Ra1 Be7 $11 {Pena Gomez,M (2419)-Alsina Leal,
D (2523) El Sauzal 2010}) 10. Ne1 f5 11. f3 exf3 (11... Bf6 12. fxe4 Nxd4 13.
Nc3 O-O 14. Nd3 $14) 12. Nxf3 Nd5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. e3 Be6 15. a3 Qd7 (15... Qe8
16. Nbd2 Rd8 $132) 16. Nbd2 Rad8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Ba1 Bd5
21. Nbd2 Qe6 22. Rfe1 Nb6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Qe2 {Nakamura,H (2802)
-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015} Qh5 $5 $11 (25... Qe6 $11)) 2... e5 3. Nf3 ({
The second idea, mentioned above, is} 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3
Be7 {and now:} {A more solid and restrained line is} 7. Be3 (7. Nh3 Nc6 (7...
g5 8. Ng1 h5 9. h3 Nc6 (9... f6 10. f4 $13) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 f6 12. Be3
Bxh3 $6 (12... Nd5 $142 $5) 13. Rxh3 g4 14. Rh1 gxf3 15. exf3 Bb4 16. Qb3 Nd5
17. Bd2 (17. O-O-O $5 $36) 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qd5 20. Rc1 h4 $6
(20... Qxf3 21. Qxc6+ Qxc6 22. Rxc6 O-O-O 23. Ke2 $14 {/+/-}) 21. gxh4 O-O-O
22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxd3 24. Ke2 Rhd8 25. Rc2 R3d4 26. h5 R8d7 27. h6 Rh7
28. Rc6 $18 {Grischuk,A (2781)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015}) 8. O-O O-O 9.
f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 (10. gxf4 Nd4 11. e4 f5 12. Kh1 c5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. fxg5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rf4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nf3
21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22. g6 hxg6 23. Rxc5 Qd7 $15 {½, Pirttilahti,J (2142)-Vidalina,
F (2167) email 2004}) 10... Nd4 11. e3 Nf5 12. d4 c5 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
cxd4 15. exd4 {½, Uryupin,I-Stepanov,K (2348) email 2011} Be6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7
17. Bxb7 Rb8 $44) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 $5 (8... f5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. b4
a6 12. a3 Kh8 13. Na4 (13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2
Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Qb2 g5 20. Nf3 Nde7 21. Rcd1 Qg7 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. e4 Be6
24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Rde1 {Caruana,F (2791)-Giri,A (2752) Stavanger 2014} Nfd4 26.
Nxd4 Nxd4 $13 {In this game White gradually got a serious advantage, but
finally squandered it. For more details see the notes by Marin in CBM 161.})
13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd5 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. e4 Be6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19.
Be3 a5 20. b5 Ne7 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Qc3 h6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nh4 $14 {Anand,V 
(2804)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015}) (8... Nc6 {is what White is trying to
prevent, but} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 Bd6 $132 {is far from clear.}) 9. a3 (9. Qc2
Bf8 10. a3 h6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Bxc5 Nd5 17. b4 b6 18. Be3 Re6 19. Qc4 Rd6 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21. exf3 Rf6 22. f4
exf4 23. Bxd5 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qxd5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxd8 28.
Rxc7 Rd6 29. Rxa7 Rxd3 30. Be3 b5 31. Ra5 Nc6 32. Rxb5 Rxa3 33. Rb7 Rb3 34. b5
$14 {Giri,A (2722)-Kramnik,V (2791) Hoogeveen 2011}) 9... Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 ({
Less natural is} 10... N8d7 11. O-O c6 12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7 15.
h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 h6 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 a6
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. a5 Na8 26. e4 Bh7 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4
$16 {Karjakin,S (2767)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Tashkent 2014}) 11. O-O Nd4 12.
Ne4 (12. Nd2 Nf5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. e3 c6 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nde4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 g6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Bg4 21. f3 Bh3 22. d5 Qf6 23. Rd3 Rad8 $15 {
Van Tienhoven,R (2393)-Tomson,H (2410) email 2009}) 12... c6 13. Bxd4 (13. Nc5
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Bg2 Nb5 17. a4 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Bc3 Qd7 21. d4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 a5 24. Bf3 Bb3 25. Bd1 Bd5 26.
Be2 $11 {Uhlmann,W (2460)-Romanishin,O (2600) Dresden 1998}) 13... exd4 14. Qd2
Bg4 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Bg2 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Qb6
21. Kh1 a4 22. f4 Ra5 23. e5 Rb5 24. Rc2 Rb3 25. Rd1 Rd8 $132 {Topalov,V (2769)
-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2522) Villarrobledo rpd 2007}) 3... Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 ({A major alternative is immediate queenside
expansion with} 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8
14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Nf7 ({In the notes to
Kamsky-Svidler 2 years ago in CBM 155 I dealt with this position in more
detail, but mentioned only} 18... Ne8 {, or the postal favourite}) (18... Bb3
$5 19. Qe2 Nf7 {Marin mentions} 20. f4 {here, but Black was fine after} Qd7 21.
Nf2 exf4 22. gxf4 Nd6 23. Ng4 $6 Be6 24. Nf2 Ra5 $36 {Van Damme,L (2275)
-Sedlacek,P (2439) email 2005}) 19. Ne2 (19. Nd1 Ba2 (19... Bf8 $5 {Marin}) 20.
Ra1 Bd5 21. f4 f5 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Bf8 24. Nef2 {½, Engelen,J (2324)
-Broudin,M (2129) email 2011} Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nd5 26. Rc2 exf4 27. gxf4 Nd6 $132)
19... Bf8 20. h4 Rb8 21. N2c3 Bb3 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Nc4 Qxd3 25. Qxd3
Rxd3 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nxa4 Rb3 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Nc4 31. Bb4
Nxa3 32. Bxa3 Bxa3 33. Nxb6 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 $11 {
Svidler,P (2753)-Kramnik,V (2783) Stavanger 2014 For more details see the
notes to this game by Marin in CBM 161.}) 8... O-O 9. a3 {A flexible move
order, So retains the choice between b4 and Be3 until Black decides what setup
he will choose.} (9. Be3 Re8 $5 {still has a good reputation from
Carlsen-Kramnik, Bilbao 2010 (CBM 139):} (9... Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 (10... f5 {
is rather committal:} 11. a3 Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. b5 Nbc8
16. a4 b6 17. Ba3 Nd6 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Qc1 Qd7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. e4 Bg5 22. Qa1
c5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Ng6 25. h4 h5 26. Nd5 $36 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P 
(2769) Thessaloniki 2013 We have already mentioned this game annotated in CBM
155.}) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. a3 Re8 (13... f6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+
16. f3 Rfc8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Kf3 Ne6 22.
b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Rca8 25. Rb1 Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf6 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28.
Rxa4 Rb5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Nc4 h6 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. h3 Kd7 33. Bf2 g5 $11 {Kramnik,
V (2803)-Karjakin,S (2782) Moscow 2013}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Rc3 Bf6 15. Rc5 Ne7 16.
Rfc1 c6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nf5 20. Qg4 Nd6 21. e3 Qf6 22. Ne4
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 24. R1c3 Re6 25. b4 g6 26. a4 Rd4 $1 27. exd4 exd4 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2766)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 For more details see
the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 160.}) 14... Rb8 $5 (14... Qd6 15. Rc3
Bxf3 16. exf3 (16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c6 $11) 16... Nd4 17. Bxd4
exd4 18. Rc2 c6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Re4 b5 22. f4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc8 24.
a4 c5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2810)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Tbilisi 2015}) 15. Re1 (
15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 c6 20. Qc4 Bf8 21.
Re1 Qd7 22. b4 Re5 23. Rc2 Rbe8 24. e3 Rd5 $15 {Movsesian,S (2696)-Rublevsky,S
(2695) ECC Rhodes 2013}) 15... Bf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Qa5 Rc8 19.
Bxd4 exd4 20. Qf5 Re5 21. Qf3 c6 22. b4 g6 23. Rc5 Re6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Rc4 Re5
26. e3 dxe3 27. Rxe3 Qd7 $11 {Swiercz,D (2611)-Bukavshin,I (2604) Katowice 2014
}) 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6
16. Rfc1 c6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. exf3 Qe6 19. a3 Qe2 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Rc4 Qxc2 22.
R1xc2 Nb6 23. Rxd4 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44 {McShane,L (2670)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2757) Germany 2014}) 9... Be6 ({After} 9... Re8 {White can change his mind
and transpose to the} 10. b4 {lines after all:} Bf8 11. Rb1 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13.
e3 $5 (13. Nd2 a4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. Qc2 Qg6
19. e4 Bg4 20. f3 Rad8 21. Nce2 Bc8 22. Bb2 f6 $13 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4][%cal Yg6f7]
Mista,A (2616)-Aravindh,C (2485) Doha 2014}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Qe2
Ra7 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Ne4 Ba2 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. Bg4 Qd8 21. Bc3 Nd7
22. Bf3 (22. Qb2 $142 $5) 22... b6 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Qe7 25. Nc3 Bxf3 26.
Qxf3 Nf6 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Nxa4 Qxb4 29. Nc3 Qb2 30. Qd1 Rd8 31. Kg2 h6 32. h3
Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxc1 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxc7 Ne4 36. Qxe5 Nxc3 37. Qf5+ $11 {
Carlsen,M (2872)-Aronian,L (2812) Zuerich 2014 See the notes to this game by
Marin in CBM 159.}) 10. Be3 {This has recently become White's dominant choice.}
(10. b4 {is rather too well tested and Black is doing OK here:} Nd4 (10... a5
11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxe5 $5 ({The standard way is} 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1
a4 $132) 12... Bf6 13. f4 Nb3 14. Be3 Nxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd5 16. Bd4 Bxe5 (16... a4
$5 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bd4 $13) 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxc7
Qxc7 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. Qa2 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. a4 Rab8 25. Rxb7
Qd4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bc6 Qe3 $11 {Howell,D (2670)-Naroditsky,D (2622) Caleta
2015}) 11. Be3 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 Bd5 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bf6
16. Nf3 Qd7 17. a4 f4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Kg1
fxg3 23. hxg3 Nf4 $1 $19 {Socko,B (2661)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) EU-chT Warsaw
2013 See the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 158.}) (11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3
c6 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 {Borges Feria,Y (2416)-Macieja,B (2601) Monterrey 2015
} f6 $11 {[%cal Ye6d5]}) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rab1 Nd5 15.
Bc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Rb4 Rae8 19. Rfb1 Bc8 20. R1b2 Kh8 21.
Qc1 Qf7 22. e3 g5 23. Qc3 Qg7 $132 {Topalov,V (2774)-Aronian,L (2801) EU-chT
Warsaw 2013 See the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 158.}) 10... Nd5 11.
Nxd5 {A natural swap.} ({A rare reaction is} 11. Bd2 f6 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. b4 Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Na4 Bd5 (15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd5 17. Qb5 c5 $1 $11) 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Qc7 Rad8 20. Rc2 Kf7 21. Rac1 g5 22. Qxd7
Rxd7 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. g4 f5 25. h3 b5 26. Kg2 Ke6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kf3 Kf6 29.
Rg1 (29. Rc8 $5 a6 {and although White has a small edge, it's not clear how he
can break through.}) 29... Bd8 30. Bc1 Kg6 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 32. Rg4 Bf6 33. Bb2
Rd8 34. Re4 h5 $11 {Aronian,L (2780)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015}) 11...
Bxd5 12. Rc1 (12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rfc1 ({For} 13. Rac1 {see 9.Be3.}) 13... a6 14.
Rc3 Rb8 (14... Bf6 $5 15. Rc5 Ne7 $11 {is similar to Karjakin-Topalov above,
the only difference is White's rook is on a1 instead of f1.}) 15. Rac1 h6 16.
Qg4 (16. Nd2 $142 $5) 16... Bf8 (16... Bf6 $5) 17. Bc5 Bd6 (17... Bxc5 18. Rxc5
e4 19. Qh5 $1 $14) 18. Qh5 Qf6 19. e4 $6 Be6 {[%csl Rh5]} 20. Be3 Rbd8 21. b4 {
Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Swiercz,D (2616) Doha 2014} a5 $5 22. bxa5 Ra8 $15) 12...
Bd6 (12... Nd4 $5 13. Nxe5 (13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne5 c6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Rfe8
17. Re1 Bf6 18. b4 Re6 19. Rc4 Ree8 20. Rc1 Re6 21. Rc4 Rae8 22. Qc2 a6 23. Kg2
h6 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Qa2 R6e7 26. a4 Re6 $11 {Markowski,T (2629)-Macieja,B (2624)
Warsaw 2010}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. exf3 c6 17. Qc2 Rfd8
18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Qc4 Bf6 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc2 Rb5 22. Rdd2 a6 23. Kf1 Rd8 24.
Ke2 Rb3 25. d4 Rb5 26. b4 Rbd5 $44 {/=, Malakhov,V (2715)-Sargissian,G (2678)
Ohrid 2009}) (12... a5 {weakens the << and gives White a pull after} 13. Qa4 (
13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qd6 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Kg1 c6 19.
Nb3 Re7 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qd2 Re5 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. e4 dxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25.
fxe3 h5 26. Rf1 Qe5 27. Rf3 Re7 28. Qf2 g6 29. Qd2 f5 30. Kf2 Qd5 $15 {Sebe
Vodislav,R (2346)-Gagunashvili,M (2580) Istanbul 2004}) 13... Bd6 (13... Re8
14. Rc2 (14. Qb5 Bf8 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 b6 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qc4
Re7 20. Bc3 h6 21. Nf3 Qe8 22. Nh4 Rd7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rad8 25. Nf3 Bd6
26. b5 Re7 27. Kg2 Nd7 $132 {½, Kachiani Gersinska,K (2346)-Yildiz,B (2244)
Rijeka 2010}) (14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc2 c6 {
1/2-1/2 (18) Cramling,P (2489)-Javakhishvili,L (2464) Rogaska Slatina 2011})
14... Bf6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne7 17. Ne4 c6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. d4 (19. f4 $5
$36) 19... Qd7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. dxe5 a4 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qh4 Rxe5 24. Bd4 Rg5
25. f3 $16 {Matamoros Franco,C (2510)-Khamrakulov,I (2499) Seville 2006}) 14.
Bc5 $5 (14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Kh8 16. Qb5 Qb8 (16... Qc8 17. Nc4 f5 18. f3 Ra6
19. Bg1 f4 20. e4 (20. Nd2 $5) 20... fxe3 21. Bxe3 Be7 22. Rce1 Bf6 {Mista,A 
(2574)-Duda,J (2506) Poland 2013} 23. Nd2 $14) 17. Nc4 f5 18. f3 Re8 19. Bf2 a4
20. e4 $36 {Mamedov,R (2586)-L'Ami,E (2577) Heraklio 2007}) 14... Ne7 15. e4
Bc6 16. Qc2 b6 17. d4 $1 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Bf1 h6
22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qxb8+ Rxb8 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nc4 $36 {
Polugaevsky,L (2600)-Huebner,R (2620) Bugojno 1982}) ({The most accurate
continuation is possibly} 12... Re8 $5 13. Qa4 a6 {- we already had this
position above in the 9.Be3 line.}) 13. Qa4 (13. Bc5 Qe7 14. Bxd6 (14. Qc2 $5)
14... cxd6 15. b4 {½, Uhlmann,W (2505)-Seirawan,Y (2510) Thessaloniki olm 1988
} Rac8 $11) 13... Qe8 $146 {A novelty, but it allows White to retain some
pressure.} (13... a6 14. Ng5 (14. Rc3 h6 15. Rfc1 Ne7 16. Bc5 Bc6 17. Qd1 Nd5
18. Rc4 Nf6 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c6 21. Qb3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. R5c4 Rb8 24.
Rb4 Qc7 25. Nf5 Nf6 26. Rbc4 Qd7 27. Ne3 Rfe8 28. Rc5 e4 29. Rd1 exd3 30. Rxd3
Qe6 $11 {Salgado Lopez,I (2616)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2602) Madrid rpd 2015})
14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Qxg5 17. Bc5 Qe7 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. Bxd6 cxd6
20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 f5 22. Qc4+ (22. Rc1 $142 {However, for Krush a draw was
sufficient to win the tournament alone.}) 22... Qf7 23. Rc1 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rf7
25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rc8+ Rf8 28. Rc7 Rf7 {½, Krush,I (2477)-Nemcova,
K (2279) Saint Louis 2015}) (13... Ne7 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. Bc5 Bxc5
17. Rxc5 c6 18. b4 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qg4 20. e3 Rfe8 21. Qb3 a6 22. h3 Qe6 23. Rb1 f6
24. a4 Nb6 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Rc3 Qd5 27. Qb3 Nb6 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. e4 Qe6 30. Nd2
Rac8 31. Nc4 $14 {Valdes Escobar,A (2355)-Hurtado Bahamonde,R (2037) Chile 2009
}) 14. Rfe1 Ne7 (14... Bxf3 15. exf3 $1 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (15. Bxf3 Nd4 $11) 15...
Qd8 (15... Nd4 16. Qc4 $1 $36 (16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. f4 c6 $11)) 16. f4 exf4 17.
Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Gg2]}) (14... f6 15. Nd2 (15. Qb5 Ne7 16. Qxe8
Rfxe8 $11 {and compared to the game Black has a useful extra move.}) 15... Bxg2
(15... Qf7 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qc4 $14) 16. Kxg2 $14) 15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Bc5 $14
{[%cal Gc1c7][%mdl 4112] Although Navara has simplified the position, Sicilian
endgames are usually pleasant for Black - in this case White! He has more
influence in the centre and play on the <-> c.} Nc6 (16... Bxc5 $2 17. Rxc5 {
[%csl Rc7,Re5] loses material - Black lacks f6.}) 17. b4 a6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Re7 (19... Bxc5 20. Rxc5 $36 (20. bxc5 $6 Rab8 $11)) 20. Ne4 (20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Nc4 d5 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Rc5 d4 24. b5 axb5 25. Rxb5 e4 26. Reb1 $14 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Rd7 (20... Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nd8 22. Red1 $14 {[%cal Yd3d4]})
21. g4 $1 {[%cal Yh2h5][%mdl 4]} (21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nc3 $14 {is similar to 20.
Bxd6, but So prefers manoeuvring. This is a typical motif, White gains space
on the kingside and safeguards his Ne4 by preventing f5.}) 21... Nd8 22. Bxd6 {
With the knight on d8 this swap is more unpleasant.} cxd6 23. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]
} d5 $8 (23... Rc8 24. Nd5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc6 26. g5 {()} Kf8 27. e3 $16) 24.
Na4 Rb8 25. e3 {[%cal Gc1c8]} f6 (25... Ne6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 $14) 26. f4 (
26. Rc2 Ne6 27. Rec1 d4 $132) 26... g6 (26... exf4 27. exf4 Nc6 28. Nc5 $36) (
26... Nc6 $5 27. Nc5 Rd6 28. f5 d4 29. e4 Nd8 {[%cal Yb8c8,Yd6c6] gives Black
chances to neutralise the pull.}) 27. Rc2 Ne6 (27... Nc6 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. Rec1 (
29. Rf2 exf4 30. exf4 (30. Rxf4 Kg7 $11) 30... Nd4 31. Re7 b6 32. Rd7 Rd8 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Nxa6 Rc6 $132) 29... exf4 (29... Nd8 30. Rf1 $36) 30. Nxb7 Rxb7
31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 fxe3 33. Rxa6 $14 (33. Kf3 Re7 34. Ke2 f5 $132)) 28. f5
gxf5 29. gxf5 Ng7 30. Rf1 d4 $6 {Frees f4 for Black's knight, but now the Pf5
is protected and White can centralise his K.} (30... Kh8 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb8g8]
would force it to the h-file.}) 31. e4 $1 Nh5 (31... b5 32. Nc5 Rc7 33. Kf3 $36
) 32. Nb6 Rg7+ (32... Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Rf7 (33... Rg7 {-32...Rg7}) 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35.
Nd5 Nxd5 (35... Nxd3 $2 36. Rcg2 $18) 36. exd5 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4,Rc2g2,Gc1c8,
Gg1g8]}) 33. Kf3 Nf4 34. Rfc1 $1 (34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 Rg5 $132) 34... Rf8 (
34... Nxd3 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Rb8 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rb8b7]})
35. Rc8 $6 (35. Nd5 $142 $1 Nxd3 (35... Nxd5 36. exd5 $16 {/+-}) 36. Rd1 Nf4
37. Nxf4 exf4 38. Rxd4 $16) 35... Rgf7 $1 36. Rg1+ (36. Nd5 Nxd3 37. Rg1+ Kh8 (
37... Rg7 $4 38. Nxf6+) 38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Rd2 Nf4 $14) 36... Kh8 (36... Rg7 $142
$1 37. Rxf8+ (37. Rgc1 Rgf7 $11) 37... Kxf8 38. Rc1 Rf7 $1 39. Nd5 Nxd3 40. Rb1
Rd7 $5 41. Rb3 Ne1+ 42. Ke2 Ng2 $132) 37. Rc2 Rd8 (37... Nxd3 38. Nd5 Rd7 39.
Rd1 Nf4 40. Nxf4 exf4 41. Kxf4 $14 {[%cal Yd1d3,Ye4e5]}) 38. Nd5 Nxd5 (38...
Nxd3 39. Rd1 Nf4 40. Nxf4 exf4 41. Kxf4 $36 {, this is similar to 37...Nxd3.})
39. exd5 Rfd7 40. Rgc1 Rxd5 41. Rc8 Kg7 $5 {Navara seeks active counterplay.} (
{After the defensive} 41... R5d7 42. Rxd8+ (42. R1c7 Rxc8 43. Rxd7 Rc2 $132)
42... Rxd8 43. Rc7 b5 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. h4 $1 $44 {[%cal Rf3e4,Rh4h6,Rc6c7]
White still has excellent winning chances.} (45. Rxa6 $143 Rc8)) 42. Rxd8 Rxd8
43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rc8 (44... Rg8 $142 $5 45. h4 (45. Rb6 Rg1 46. Rxf6+ Kg5
47. Rxa6 Kxf5 48. b5 Re1 49. b6 Rb1 $1 (49... Re3+ $2 50. Kf2 Rxd3 51. Ra4 $18
{[%cal Rb6b7,Ra4b4]}) 50. a4 Rb3 $132) (45. Rf7 Rg1 (45... Kg5 $2 46. Ke4) 46.
Rxf6+ Kg5 {- 45.Rb6}) 45... Rg1 46. Rb6 Re1 $132 {is a line we will yet see
below.}) 45. h4 (45. Rf7 Rc1 46. Kg4 $1 {White didn't have this option after
44...Rg8!?, now he has winning chances:} (46. Rxf6+ Kg5 47. Rxa6 Kxf5 48. b5
Re1 {-44...Rg8!?}) 46... Rg1+ 47. Kh4 $36) 45... Rc1 46. Ke4 (46. Rb6 $5 {
is a dangerous try:} {It seems that Black can still hold after} Re1 $1 (46...
Kg7 47. Rxa6 Re1 48. Ra7+ Kh6 49. Rf7 Re3+ 50. Kg4 Rxd3 51. Rxf6+ Kg7 52. Rd6
e4 (52... Rxa3 53. f6+ Kf7 54. Kf5 d3 55. b5 $18) 53. f6+ Kh6 54. h5 Rxa3 (
54... e3 55. Rd8 Rd1 56. f7 Rg1+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Ke2 Rf2+ 59. Ke1 Rxf7 60. b5
$18) 55. Rxd4 Rf3 56. Rxe4 Rxf6 57. b5 $18 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yg4b4]}) 47. Rxf6+ (47.
Rxa6 Kh5 $1 $13) 47... Kh5 48. Rxa6 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rxd3 50. Re6 (50. a4 e4 51.
Re6 Rf3+ 52. Ke1 Re3+ 53. Kd1 Rd3+ 54. Kc2 Rc3+ 55. Kb2 e3 $11) (50. Ke2 e4 (
50... Rh3 $5) 51. Re6 Re3+ 52. Kd2 Rd3+ 53. Kc2 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Re3 55. b5 Re2+
56. Kb3 d3 57. b6 d2 58. Rd6 e3 59. b7 Re1 60. Kb2 e2 61. b8=Q Rb1+ 62. Kxb1
e1=Q+ 63. Ka2 d1=Q 64. Rxd1 Qxd1 $11 {and the engine claims a draw here!})
50... Rxa3 51. Rxe5 Ra4 52. b5 (52. Rb5 Kxh4 53. f6 Kg4 54. f7 Ra2+ $1 55. Ke1
Ra1+ 56. Kd2 Ra2+ $11) 52... d3 $132 {The counterplay is again fast enough.})
46... Re1+ $2 {Costs Black a tempo and decides the game.} (46... Ra1 $2 47. Rb6
Rxa3 48. Rxf6+ Kg7 49. Re6 $18 (49. Rb6 $5 $18)) ({He had to play} 46... Rh1
$142 $1 47. Kd5 Rxh4 48. Rb6 Kg5 49. Rxa6 Rh3 {with a likely draw, e.g.} 50.
Kc4 Rh1 51. b5 Rc1+ 52. Kd5 Rb1 53. a4 (53. Kc4 Rc1+ $5 $11) 53... h5 54. b6 h4
55. a5 h3 56. Ra8 Kf4 57. Rh8 Kg3 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kb5 Rb1+ $11) 47. Kd5 e4 48.
Re7 $1 $18 {Navara probably overlooked this blow.} (48. Kxd4 $2 exd3 49. Kxd3
Ra1 50. Ke4 Rxa3 51. Rb6 Rh3 52. Rxf6+ Kg7 $11) 48... Ra1 {Other moves don't
help either:} (48... e3 49. Kxd4 e2 50. Kd5 Kh5 (50... a5 51. bxa5 Rf1 52. Rxe2
Rxf5+ 53. Ke6 Rxa5 54. d4 $18) 51. Re4 Ra1 (51... Rd1 52. Rxe2 Rxd3+ 53. Ke6
$18) 52. Rxe2 Rxa3 53. d4 $18 {[%cal Rd5e6]}) (48... Re3 49. Rxe4 Rf3 (49...
Rxd3 50. Rxd4 Rxa3 51. Ke6 $18) 50. a4 $5 Rxf5+ 51. Kc6 $18 {[%cal Rb4b8]}) (
48... Rf1 49. Rxe4 Rxf5+ 50. Kc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ya3a4,Yc6b6]}) 49. Rxe4 Rxa3 50.
Rxd4 Kh5 51. Ke6 a5 52. bxa5 Rxa5 53. Kxf6 h6 54. Rd7 Ra4 (54... Kxh4 55. Kg6 {
[%cal Rf5f8]}) 55. Ke7 Rd4 56. f6 {[%csl Gf6] Disarms the stalemate and
promotes his o^.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O
Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 (9... Re8 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Nd2 c6
14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 $5 a4 16. Nb5 Be6 17. e3 Ba2 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Nf3 e4 20.
Nfd4 $14 {Petursson,M-Fernandez Garcia,L,Novi Sad olm 1990}) 10. d3 (10. Rb1 f6
11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb5 17. Bb2
Bf8 $1 $10 {Hjartarsson,J-Bareev,E,Novi Sad olm 1990}) (10. Rb1 $5 {Ribli})
10... Nd4 (10... a5 {Ribli} 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bb3 13. Qc1 Bd5 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Ne6 $1 fxe6 16. Kxg2 $14 {Adorjan,A-Luecke,N Alteinsteig 1989 CBM/14}) 11.
Bb2 (11. Rb1 f6 {-10.Rb1}) 11... Bb3 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14.
Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxf3 (15... Bd6 $5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Ne4 $10 {
remis Yudasin,L-Gurevich,M Bern 1989 CBM/11}) 16. Nxf3 Bd6 (16... Bf6 {Ribli}
17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Rd3 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Re3 Qf8 23.
Nb3 $14 {Speelman,J-Chandler,M Hastings A2 1988 CBM/11}) 17. Nd2 Qe7 $10 {
Kasparov,G-Salov,V,USSR ch 1988-CBM}) 12. Qc1 (12. Qd2 $2 Nc4 $1 13. Qc1 Nxf3+
14. Bxf3 Bg5 $17) 12... Nxf3+ $5 {N} (12... c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 Qd7 {Kasparov,G-Sokolov,A,USSR ch 1988} 17. e3 Rfc8 18. Qe1
Bxc3 19. Bxc3 $16 {Yurkov}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1 $1 (14. b5 $6 cxb5 15. Bxb7 Rb8
16. Ba6 Nd5 $36) (14. Ne4 f6 {/\Bd5=} (14... Nd7 {Ribli} 15. Nd2 Bd5) 15. Nc5
$6 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 (16. bxc5 Na4 $15) 16... Na4 17. Qc1 Bd5 $15) 14... f6 $6 (
14... a5 $142 $5 15. Ne4 (15. bxa5 Rxa5 $15) (15. b5 $6 Bg5 $1 16. Qe1 cxb5 17.
Nxb5 Qd7 $15) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Nd7 17. Nc5 (17. Bxe5 $2 Ba2) (17. Bc3 Bd5
$10) 17... Nxc5 18. bxc5 Ba2 19. Ra1 Qc7 {/\Bd5} 20. d4 Bf6 $1 $10) 15. Ba1 Be6
16. Rd1 $1 {/\d4} (16. b5 Rc8 $1 17. bxc6 bxc6 $13 {/\c5-c4}) 16... Qe8 (16...
Qd7 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. Ne4 $16) 17. b5 (17. d4 exd4 18. Rxd4 (18. Ne4 Ba2 19.
Rb2 Bd5 $10) 18... Qf7 $132) 17... Rb8 (17... cxb5 $2 18. Nxb5 $16) (17... Rc8
18. bxc6 bxc6 19. a4 {<->b}) 18. a4 Qf7 19. a5 (19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 $2 (20.
a5 {-19.a5}) 20... Rfc8 21. Nb5 (21. Bf3 Bb3 $36) (21. Bb5 Ba2 22. Rb2 Ba3)
21... Ba2 22. Rb2 Nxa4 $17) 19... Nd5 20. bxc6 (20. a6 $6 cxb5 $10) 20... bxc6
21. d4 $2 (21. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 22. e4 (22. Bxd5 Qxd5 {[+]}) 22... Bb3 23. Rd2 Bb4
24. Re2 c5 $15) (21. Ne4 $1 Rxb1 (21... c5 $6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nxc5 Rc8 24. d4
exd4 25. Bxd4 $16 {/\} Qf8 26. Nxe6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 $18) (21... Nb4 22. Nc5 $1
Ba2 (22... Bd5 23. Nd7 Na2 24. Qe3 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 $16 {<->b}) (22... Na2 23. Qe3
$16) 23. Nd7 $1 (23. Rb2 Rb5 $15) 23... Bxb1 (23... Nxd3 24. Rxb8 Nxc1 25. Nxf8
Bxf8 26. Rxc1 $18) 24. Qxb1 $16 {^^}) 22. Qxb1 Bb4 23. Qc2 Qc7 $5 $14 (23... c5
24. Nxc5 Rc8 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Qe7 27. Qb3 $1 $16)) 21... exd4 22. Nxd5 (22.
Rxd4 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 c5 $15) 22... Bxd5 23. Rxb8 {[Stohl,I]} Rxb8 $10 (23... Rxb8
24. Bxd5 (24. Bxd4 Bxf3 25. exf3 c5 $1 26. Be3 Qe6 $15) 24... Qxd5 25. Bxd4 Rd8
26. Rd3 Qxa5 27. Qxc6 $1 Rxd4 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qe8 (30. Qc8 $2 Qc5
) 30... Kg8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Swiercz,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 {This move orderis the one I consider as the most
tricky in this line and it has become quite popular recently. In general Black
should be fine but as this game shows, White can set some practical problems
for Black.} Nd5 {One of the possible moves, which I started to like after I
played this line with White against Ivan Bukavshin, where he equalised quite
easily with this move. Other moves are} (10... f5) (10... f6) (10... Qd7) 11.
Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 {Black has many moves there, I have chosen the one which
Mamedyarov used himself in his game against Grischuk.} (12... a6 {was
Karjakin's choice} 13. Rac1 f6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Qc4
Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 $11 {1/2 (40) Kramnik,V (2803)
-Karjakin,S (2782) Moscow 2013}) 13. Rfc1 $5 $146 {This is a novelty. However,
there is probably no big difference to 13.Rac1.} (13. Rac1 {is what I played
against Ivan Bukavshin.} a6 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Re1 $6 (15. h4 $5 {Bartel-Macieja}
) 15... Bf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 $11) 13... a6 14. Rc3 Rb8 15. Rac1 h6 $5
{A useful waiting move, asking White what he wants to do.} ({I also thought
about} 15... Bf6 {but I wasn't sure if it's so good.} 16. Rc5 Be7 17. R5c2 {
with Rc2 there is probably no big difference but it can somehow represent a
small improvement of White's position (in some lines rook defends the e2-pawn,
e.g. after ...Nd4 and exchanges on d4)} (17. Rxd5 $5 {leads only to a draw}
Qxd5 18. Nd4 Qa5 $1 19. Bxc6 Qxa4 20. Bxa4 exd4 21. Bxe8 (21. Bxd4 c6 $15)
21... dxe3 $11)) (15... Bf8 {was good also but I wasn't sure if I wanted to
put my bishop on f8 yet. Maybe on f6 in some lines it would have been better
placed} 16. Qg4 $13 (16. Ng5 {is met by} Nd4 $1)) 16. Qg4 $6 {This move looks
very natural but apparently it might be not accurate.} (16. Nd2 {was probably
better but after} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Qe4 Qd7 {I don't think White can
cause any real danger to Black. White is a bit better, but Black has a solid
position and it's not easy to break it down.}) 16... Bf8 $6 {I too played an
inaccurate move.} (16... Bf6 $142 $1 {was correct with the idea to play ...e4!}
17. Nh4 (17. Rc5 $6 {this natural move is already in Black's favour!} e4 $1 18.
Nh4 (18. dxe4 Be6 19. Qh5 Bxb2 $17) 18... Ne5 19. Qf5 (19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxh6 Ng4
21. Qf4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxb2 $15) 19... Be6 $1 20. Qxe4 Ng4 $15 {with really
unpleasant pressure.}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e4 $5 $13 (18... Bxh4 $11 {looks
just equal})) 17. Bc5 {After this "exchange of courtesies", White still owns
the initiative.} Bd6 18. Qh5 Qf6 19. e4 $5 {White has some slight space
advantage and the more active pieces so this move is very logical from the
practical point of view.} (19. b4 Rbd8 {and it's difficult to say what next if
not e4.}) 19... Be6 20. Be3 Rbd8 21. b4 $6 {I am not sure about the neccesity
of this move.} (21. Nd2 {was better. The idea is to move back the queen and
continue pressuring on the queenside.}) 21... Bd7 $6 ({I could have seized the
initiative after} 21... a5 $1 22. bxa5 (22. b5 {does not work due to} Nd4 $1
23. Bxd4 exd4 {and Black has a huge advantage!}) 22... Ra8 23. Rb1 Bc8 24. Nd2
Nxa5 {where White has a weakened queenside.}) 22. R3c2 Ra8 (22... a5 {was not
so good anymore} 23. b5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. a4 $14) 23. h4 Qe6 {With the
idea ...Qg4.} 24. d4 $5 {My opponent decided to open the centre. I was quite
happy about it, because I felt a bit suffocated with my pieces (due to White's
slight space advantage) and after this move I exchange some material.} (24. Nd2
Qg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 {and I think the position is about equal.}) 24... exd4 25.
Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bc6 $6 {Bad move, giving White a chance to gain some real
pressure after which I am forced to play extremely accurately so as not to
lose immediately.} ({I would still have had a normal position after} 26... Ba4
$1 27. Rd2 Rad8 28. f4 f6 {with an about equal position. Maybe White is
pushing slightly but in general Black should hold.}) 27. Rxc6 $1 $36 {I
completely underestimated this move. Now I am forced to play very carefully
and very accurately.} bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qd7 $1 {Though in time trouble I managed
to find best defence.} ({I didn't like} 28... Qe7 29. f4) 29. e5 {The only
move to keep the initiative.} (29. Rc4 Rad8 {was clearly ok for Black.}) 29...
Bxb4 $1 30. e6 $1 {Again the only try.} ({I calculated that after} 30. axb4 {
I hold by only moves} Qxd4 31. Rxc7 g6 $1 32. Qf3 (32. Qxh6 Qxe5 $17) 32... Rf8
{and it is already White who must search for the draw. For example:} 33. Rxf7
Rxf7 (33... Qxe5 $5) 34. Qxa8+ Kg7 {with about a draw.}) (30. Rxh6 gxh6 31. e6
Qxd4 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 {doesn't promise more than a draw for White
}) (30. Rc4 Bf8 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11 {this should be quite easy to hold as my
king is safe.}) 30... fxe6 31. Bxg7 $1 {This move I missed. I was already
running out of time (I had about 5 minutes) and I thought my position was
nearly collapsing, when suddenly I found a great defensive resource!} Rad8 $1 {
I found this with about 1-2 minutes left on the clock. This interjected move
saves Black. The point is the threat ...Qd1 exchanging the queens and keeping
my king safe. White has to lose time on something like Kh2 or Bf3 and then I
am in time with may defence, as my rook on a8 is not hanging in many lines
arising after 31...Kxg7 or 31...Qxg7.} (31... Kxg7 32. axb4 Rad8 33. Qe5+ Kg8
34. Rc4 $16 {and practically speaking Black's position should be lost. The
king is extremely weak.}) (31... Qxg7 32. axb4 {doesn't change much - Rc4-Rg4
is coming.}) 32. Kh2 ({According to the engines, the best chance for White was
} 32. Bxh6 Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 {but in my opinion Black should hold
easily after} Bxa3 35. Rxc7 Bb2 $11) (32. Qxh6 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. axb4 Rd4
35. Rxc7+ Kf6 $11) (32. axb4 Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Kxg7 $11) 32... Qxg7 (
32... Qf7 $1 {was even stronger! I just force White to come into an endgame.
However I didn't see it.}) 33. Rc4 Bxa3 34. Rg4 Bb2 {I think Black is already
safe there. With two rooks I will create some counterplay for sure.} 35. Bh3
Kh8 36. Rxg7 Bxg7 37. Qg6 Rf8 38. Bxe6 {And my opponent offered me a draw,
which I accepted. The position is about equal because my king is weakaned and
despite the fact I have 2 rooks and one pawn for the queen (which should be
more than enough) White can defend quite easily. Still I could have tried to
set some problems (see sample line) but I felt White should hold and I took a
draw.} ({Sample line:} 38. Bxe6 Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Rf6 40. Qg4 Rd3 41. Bc4 Re3 42.
Qc8+ Rf8 43. Qxa6 Rff3 44. Qc8+ Bf8 45. Qg4 {with a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 {Wenn die sizilianische Partie wirklich so schlecht ist wie ihr Ruf,
dann kann sie nicht durch einen einzigen Zug mehr, nämlich durch den Anzug
gleich sehr gut werden. Infolgedessen kann man c2-c4 unbedenklich mit e7-e5
beantworten.} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 ({Nur darf man jetzt nicht
gedankenlos den üblichen Angriff gegen den Sizilianer mit g6 spielen, denn
nach} 4... d5 $2 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. d4 $1 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 {
wüde man mit Ensetzen bemerken, daß der Königsläufer noch nicht vor dem
König steht und nicht wie im gewöhnlichen Sizilianer, die Dame mit ihm
vorteilhaft angreifen kann. Man müßte statt dessen mit} c6 {decken und
stünde unentwickelt und schlecht. In dieser Variante macht also ein Tempo
mehr einen gewaltigen Unterschied.}) {Nachdem sich Schwarz also entschließen
mußte, den Damenbauern nur einen Schritt zu ziehen, wollte er den
Königsläufer nicht einsperren und entwickelte ihn deshalb nach g7.} 5. Bg2
Bg7 6. d4 {In diesem Moment sehr stark! Schwarz hat nichts besseres, als das
Zentrum aufzugeben und den gegnerischen Springer ins Zentrum zu befördern.
Aber danach steht Weiß etwas besser.} exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 {Damit
erlangt Schwarz einen Ersatz für den geringen Positionsvorteil, den er dem
Gegner hat einräumen müssen.} (8... Re8 9. Z0 {droht} Nxd4 10. Z0 {nebst} Ne4
11. Z0 {und} Nxc3 {mit Vorteil zu spielen.}) {Weiß muss entweder den Nd4
decken, wozu Be3 nicht gut geeignet ist, oder ihn zurückziehen oder
abtauschen. Schwarz holt in allen Fällen das verlorene Tempo ein und steht
ganz gut.} 9. e3 Ne5 {Um den Damenbauern ziehen zu können.} ({Schlecht wäre} 
9... Nxd4 {, denn dann würde Weiß zwei Bauern im Zentrum haben und dadurch
im Vorteil sein.}) 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 {Die Diagonale b2-g7 ist nun in
merkwürdig symmetrischer Weise vollstänidg besetzt.} Bg4 12. f3 {Notwendig,
denn sonst könnte Schwarz nach c7-c5 den Punkt f3 besetzen.} Bd7 13. h3 {
Wiederum notwendig, um Qc8 nebst Bh3 zu verhindern.} Nc6 {Schwarz sucht nun
die etwas schwach gewordenen Bauern e3 und g3 anzugreifen.} 14. Nc2 {Keine
schöne Deckung.} (14. Qd2 {und auf} Bh6 {war} 15. Rae1 {bequemer.}) 14... Ne7
15. e4 {Um Nf5 zu verhindern.} Nh5 16. Kh2 Nc6 {Die Dame soll nach g5 gehen.}
17. Qd2 f5 {Um den Mittelbauern zu beseitigen.} 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rae1 Qf6 {
Schwarz steht ganz gut, aber dieser Zug, der dem Nh5 das Rückzugsfeld nimmt,
verschlechtert sein Spiel.} ({Natürlich und gut war} 19... Qd7 {.}) {Aber er
wollte auf Ne3 den Zug Qg5 zur Verfügung haben.} 20. f4 (20. f4 Z0 {Jetzt
droht} 21. Ne3 Z0 {nebst} 22. Ned5 ({oder} 22. g4 {sehr stark.})) 20... Bxc2
21. Qxc2 Kh8 {Um die Dame ohne Gefahr durch Bc4 nach f7 zurückziehen zu
können und dann auch den jetzt deplazierten Springer zurückzuziehen. Schwarz
ist plötzlich ins Hintertreffen geraten, woran der gerügte Damenzug schuld
ist.} 22. Nd1 Qf7 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Nd5 ({Hier scheint mir} 24. f5 {sehr stark
zu sein. Rubinstein unterließ diesen Zug, um den Punkt e5 nicht den schwarzen
Figuren zu überlassen, aber mir erscheint dies als übertriebene Vorsicht. Im
Angriff kann und muß man etwas rücksichtslos sein.}) 24... Nxd5 25. cxd5 ({
Und hier scheint es mir viel stärker, mit dem Läufer zu schlagen} 25. Bxd5 {
, der nun sozusagen rückständig bleibt.}) 25... Nd4 26. Qf2 Nf5 27. g4 Bxb2
28. Qxb2+ Ng7 29. Qd4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rf8 {Schwarz hat seine Stellung wieder
ausgebessert. Nun braucht er nur noch den Springer aus seiner Pattstellung zu
befreien. Weiß muß immer Sorge um seinen Pf4 tragen.} 31. Kg3 a5 {Sonst kann
b3-b4 geschehen, wonach die schwarzen Damenbauern niemals in Sicherheit sein
werden.} 32. Re4 Kg8 33. Qc3 (33. Qe3 {wird mit} Re8 {pariert.}) 33... b6 34.
Rc4 Ne8 35. a4 {Damit der Rc4 nicht durch b6-b5 vertrieben werden kann.} Nf6 $1
36. Bf3 (36. Rxc7 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 Qxf4+ {führt zu ewigem Schach.}) 36... c6 $1 {
Ein schöner Zug! Der Bauer darf auf keine Weise geschlagen werden. So
überraschend der Zug ist und so stark er aussieht, merkwürdiger Weise
scheint er doch nicht entscheidend zu sein.} ({Vielleicht war mit} 36... Nd7
37. Z0 Nc5 {mehr zu erzielen. Dann war der Springer für den Angriff wie die
Verteidigung vorzüglich postiert und daraus hätte sich vielleicht etwas
gestalten lassen.}) 37. Qd2 ({Auf} 37. Rxc6 {kommt Schwarz mit} Ne4+ 38. Bxe4
Qxf4+ {zu einem entscheidendem Angriff;}) ({desgleichen auf} 37. dxc6 {mit} d5
38. Rd4 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 Qxf4+ {usw.}) 37... cxd5 38. Rc6 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40.
Qxd6 {Beide Teile greifen an und müssen sich zugleich verteidigen. Es droht
in der Folge immer Rc7.} Qxb3+ 41. Kh4 $1 Qf7 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern
erobert, aber das ist angesichts der drohenden Angriffe noch ohne
entscheidende Bedeutung.} 42. Kg5 {Nun greift Weiß mit dem König an, indem
er zugleich den f-Bauern deckt.} e3 43. Rc7 Qxf4+ {Die einzige Rettung!} 44.
Qxf4 h6+ 45. Kxh6 Rxf4 46. Re7 Rf3 47. h4 Rf4 48. Kg5 Rxa4 49. Rxe3 {Die
aufregende Partie hat sich zu einem Turmendspiel aufgelöst, in dem Schwarz
einen Bauern mehr und sogar zwei verbundene Freibauern hat. Trotzdem ist es
nicht zu gewinnen.} Rb4 50. Re6 Kh7 ({Schwarz hätte noch einen Versuch
unternehmen können mit} 50... Kf7 51. Rf6+ Ke7 {was aber ebenfalls nur Remis
ergibt.}) 51. Re7+ Kg8 52. Re6 Kh7 53. Re7+ Kg8 54. h5 {Führt am schnellsten
zum Remis.} gxh5 55. gxh5 Rc4 56. Re6 b5 57. Rb6 b4 58. Rb5 a4 59. h6 a3 60.
Rb8+ {Remis.} (60. Rb8+ {Der König muß nach} Kh7 {, worauf Weiß ewiges
Schach gibt.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch61"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Bb2 Nh6 $5 $146 (16... c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Bf1 Rab8 (
19... a4 20. Nce4) (19... c5 20. a4) 20. Nce4 Rdc8 (20... Bd5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
Qxc5 $14 Ba2 $140 $2 23. Bxe5 $1) 21. Nf3 $1 Qe8 (21... Ba2 $5 22. Ra1 Bd5 23.
Bc3 a4 24. Nfd2 $14 {/\ Bb4}) 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 {(Pelletier,
Y-Gurevich,M/Cap d'Agde (rapid) 86/(12) 2002/[Pelletier,Y])} Nd7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Qa4 $14) (16... a4 17. Rfd1 Nd6 (17... Ra5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nxa4 Nd6 22. Nc3 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rd1 Qg4 25. Bc3 Be7 26.
a4 Rc5 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Bb4 Rc4 29. Rb1 c5 30. Be1 Rxa4 31. Bxb7 Ra7 32. Bd5
Qc8 33. Qb8 Rd7 34. Ba5 g6 35. Be6 Kg7 36. Qxc8 Nxc8 37. Bxd7 {1-0 Wedberg,
T-Tiviakov,S/Haninge 1992/CBM 030 (37)}) 18. Ba1 Nf7 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. Ba1 Nf7
21. Bb2 Nd6 22. Ba1 {1/2-1/2 Qin Kanying-Ruan Lufei/Beijing CHN 2005/The Week
in Chess 573 (22)}) (16... Nd6 $5 {/\Nf7}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rfc1 Nf7 $5 (17... Bf8
18. Ne2 (18. Nce4 $140 Qd7 19. Qxc7 Na4) 18... Ba2 19. Ra1 Bd5 $13) 18. Ne2 (
18. Nce4 $140 Qd7 $13) 18... Bf5 19. e4 Bd7 $13) (17. Rbc1 Bh3 $5 $11) 17...
Nf7 18. Rbc1 Bf8 19. h4 $2 (19. Nce4 Qd7 $1) (19. Ne2 {(/\d4)} Qd7 $5 20. Bxb7
Rab8 21. Bc6 Qxd3 $11) 19... Bh3 $15 20. Bh1 Bg4 $1 21. Re1 Bf5 $1 22. Nce4 $2
(22. Nde4 $142 Qd7 $5 $15) (22. Be4 $15) 22... Qd7 $17 {[><a3, b5, d3]} 23.
Qxc7 (23. Nc4 Qxb5 (23... Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxb6 cxb6 $17) 24. Nxb6 Qxb6
$17) 23... Na4 (23... Qxb5 24. Rb1 Rd7 (24... Na4 25. Bc1 Qxd3 $17) 25. Bxe5
Qxd3 26. Qxb6 Nxe5 $17) 24. Ba1 (24. Qxd7 Rxd7 (24... Bxd7 25. Ba1 Bxa3 26. Rc7
Bxb5 $17) 25. Bc3 Rxd3 26. Nb1 Bd7 $17) (24. Qc2 Qxb5 25. Nc4 Nxb2 $17) 24...
Bxa3 25. Rc4 (25. Qxd7 Rxd7 $19 (25... Bxd7 $17 {- 24.Qd7})) 25... Qxb5 $19 26.
Nb1 (26. Rb1 Bb4 $19) 26... Bb4 27. Nbc3 Qd7 (27... Qa6 28. Nxa4 (28. Rxb4 axb4
29. Nxa4 Qxa4 $19) 28... Rac8 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Nxb6 Rxc4 31. dxc4 Bxe1 $19) (
27... Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd7 30. Qc4 Bxd3 $19) 28. Rb1 (28. Qxd7 Bxd7
$19) 28... Nxc3 (28... Qxd3 $19) 29. Bxc3 (29. Qxd7 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Bxd7 31. Kxe2
Bb5 $19) 29... Qxd3 30. Rbxb4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Rac8 32. Qe7 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 05th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. a4 Nxb4 11. Nxe5 a5 12. d4 c6 13. f4 $5 $146 {[/\e4; /\f5,
[+]]} (13. e4 Be6 14. Re1 (14. Be3 Nc4 $5 $15 (14... f6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxb6
Qxb6 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Qh5 Qe8 20. Qh4 Qf7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Ncb6
Rab8 23. Qf4 Nc6 24. Bf1 Nb4 25. h4 Bxb6 26. Nxb6 Qe7 27. e5 Qc5 28. Nc4 fxe5
29. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Vaulin,Alexander-Savon,Vladimir A/Kurgan (Russia) 1993})) (
14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Bc4 16. Rf2 Nd3 17. Rd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 (18. Qxc1 Bb4 $13 {
Morozevich}) 18... Ba3 $5 (18... Bb4 $13 {Morozevich}) (18... Bf7 $5 $13 {
/\Nc4, Morozevich}) 19. Rb1 Bb4 $13 {Morozevich}) 14... f6 $11 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16.
Qxg4 Qxd4 17. Qe6+ Rf7 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Qxb6 Bd8 21. Qd4 Nc2 22.
Qxe5 fxe5 23. Re2 d4 24. Rxc2 dxe3 25. fxe3 b6 26. Bh3 Re7 27. Rc6 g6 28. Rd1
Kg7 29. Rd5 Bc7 30. Bd7 Bd8 31. Bg4 Bc7 32. Bd7 Bd8 33. Rc3 Rf7 34. Be8 Rf8 35.
Bb5 Ra7 36. Rcd3 Be7 37. Rxe5 Bc5 38. Red5 Raf7 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7+ Rf7 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,Kiril-Morozevich,Alexander/Tilburg (Netherlands) (4) 1993, 59/
45}) 13... c5 $1 (13... f6 $2 14. Qb3+ N6d5 (14... Kh8 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxf7
$16 Qxd4+ 17. e3 {/\Rd1}) 15. e4 (15. Nxd5 cxd5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. e4 fxe5 17.
exd5 $18) 16. Nd3 $16) 15... fxe5 16. exd5 $16) 14. d5 $6 (14. Be3 $142 N6d5 $1
(14... Bf5 15. dxc5 Bxb1 16. cxb6 $16 {><b7} (16. Qxb1 $16 {><b7})) (14... cxd4
15. Bxd4 (15. Qxd4 Nd7 $1 $13 {/\Nc2, /\Bc5}) 15... Bf5 16. e4 $14) 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. dxc5 Qe4 18. Qd4 Bf5 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 $44 {_|_ ^^}) (14.
dxc5 Bxc5+ $15) 14... f6 15. Nd3 $8 (15. Nf3 N6xd5 $17) 15... N4xd5 (15... c4
$142 $5 $15 {/\Bc5}) 16. Nxd5 $8 Nxd5 17. Qb3 $2 (17. Ne5 $142 Nc7 (17... Be6
$6 18. f5 $1 fxe5 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 {^^, ><b7, o^e6}) (17... Nxf4 18.
Bxf4 (18. Qxd8 $2 Nxe2+) (18. gxf4 fxe5 19. Qxd8 (19. fxe5 Qxd1 $5 20. Rxd1 Ra6
$5 21. Bxb7 Rg6+ $36) 19... Rxd8 20. fxe5 Ra6 21. Bxb7 $140 Rg6+ $36) 18...
fxe5 19. Bxe5 $44 {><b7, /^h1-a8}) (17... Nb4 $5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20.
Qxf7 Bf5 {(o^c5)} 21. Rb2 $44 (21. e4 $2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd4+ 23. Rf2 Qxe4 $17))
18. Nc4 $44 {/\Nb6, ><b7, a5, /^h1-a8} (18. Qb3+ $4 Be6 $19)) 17... Be6 18.
Qxb7 $8 c4 (18... Qd6 $5 {/\Rfb8; /\Rab8}) 19. Nf2 $5 (19. Qc6 Bf7 20. Qxc4 Rc8
(20... Ne3 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxe3 $15) 21. Qd4 (21. Qa6 Nc3 $17) 21... Nc3 22.
Qxd8 Nxe2+ $5 (22... Rfxd8 $5) 23. Kf2 Rfxd8 24. Kxe2 Rc2+ 25. Bd2 Bb4 $17 {->}
) 19... Rb8 20. Qc6 (20. Qxb8 Qxb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 $17 {o^c4}) 20... Qd6 $8 21.
Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxb8 Bxb8 $17 {[o^c4]} 23. Ne4 $6 (23. Bd2 $142 {><a5}) 23...
Ba7+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 {[^^, o^c4]} 26. f5 $5 Bf7 27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Bf3
h6 $6 (28... Kf8 $142 $19) (28... Be8 $142 $19) 29. Kg2 Be8 {[><a4]} 30. Nc3
Bd2 31. Rd1 $8 Kf8 $5 $19 (31... Rd4 32. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 $140 33. axb5 c3 34. b6 c2
(34... Rb4 35. b7 {/\Be4, Rb1}) 35. b7 Rb4 (35... cxd1=Q $4 36. b8=Q+ Kf7 (
36... Kh7 37. Bh5) 37. Qa7+ Kf8 38. Qxd4) 36. Rxd2 c1=Q 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. b8=Q
Rxb8 39. Rxb8 $17) 32. Nd5 $138 (32. Kf2 Rd4 $5 33. Nb5 (33. e3 Rd3 $19) (33.
Nd5 c3 $19) 33... Bxb5 34. axb5 Be3+ 35. Ke1 Bf2+ $19) (32. Kf1 Rd4 $19) 32...
Bb4 $5 33. Rc1 c3 34. Nc7 (34. Nxc3 Rc8 35. Na2 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 Bxa4 $19 {
^^, o^a5}) 34... Rc8 35. Nxe8 Kxe8 36. Be4 Ba3 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Ke3
Bb2 40. Kd4 Rb8 41. Bd5 Rb4+ 42. Bc4 Rxa4 43. e4 Ra1 44. Bd5 Rd1+ 45. Kc4 Rd2
0-1

[Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.11.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Unzicker,W"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 {Bisher spielte Karpov stets 1...e6. Nach Kortchnois in gutem Stil
errungenem Sieg in der 13.Partie zieht es Karpov vor, andere Wege zu gehen.} 2.
Nc3 e5 {Damit geht Karpov in die Englische Partie über. Mit der Fortsetzung 2..
.e7-e6 s.Var. machte er in der 29.Partie in Baguio 1978 keine guten
Erfahrungen.} (2... e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4) 3. Nf3
{Eine andere gute Fortsetzung ist 3.g2-g3.} Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {Spielbar ist auch 4.
..d5. Einige Meister entschließen sich zu diesem Zug aber ungern, weil Weiß
nach 5.cd5: Sd5: 6.d3 mit vertauschten Farben eine Sizilia- nische Partie mit
einem Tempo mehr spielen kann.} 5. Nd5 {Von allen hier möglichen Fortsetzungen
die aktivste.} (5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10.
exd3 h6 11. Ne4 b6 {Taimanov-Bronstein, Tallin 1975. Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten, gleiches Spiel zu erlangen.}) 5... Bc5 (5... e4 6. Nh4 Bc5 7.
Bg2 d6 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Bc3 O-O
14. Nf3 Bh3 15. Qd5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rae8 17. e5 Qe6 {Mit ungefähr gleichem Spiel
(Karpov-Hecht, Budapest 1972).}) 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 (8. d3 h6 {Um 9.
Lc1-g5 zu verhindern.} 9. e3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Nd2 {Mit der Absicht 11.Sd2-e4.
Vielleicht hätte diese Variante Weiß etwas mehr Spiel gegeben als die von
Kortchnoi gewählte Fortsetzung.}) 9... a6 10. b3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4
13. Nxd4 {Mit besserem Spiel für Weiß. Karpov selbst bezeichnete den Tausch
auf d5 als ungenau (Hübner-Karpov, Bad Kissingen 1980). Diesmal spielt er
genauer!}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. b3 (12. Qb3 Qd7
13. Qxb7 Rab8 {Gefolgt von 14...Dd7xh3 oder 12.Lf3-g2 c7-c6. Auch mit dieser
Variante wäre kaum mehr zu erreichen gewesen.}) 12... Qd7 13. Bg2 c6 14. dxc6
Nxc6 15. Bb2 d5 16. Bxe5 {Gewinnt einen Bauern, führt aber zu einer
Remis-Stellung.} (16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Bb6 {Auch mit dieser Variante ist
nichts zu erreichen.}) 16... Nxe5 17. d4 Bd6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rc1 d4 {Viel
besser als 19...Tad8 20.Tc5. Wenn es Weiß gelänge, nach Gewinn des b-Bauern
seinen Königsbauern auf der e-Linie zu belassen, hätte er kleine Gewinnchancen.
} 20. Rc5 (20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Bxf2+) 20... Bf6 21. Rd5 Qc7 22. exd4 Rad8
23. Qc1 Qb6 {Damentausch würde Weiß minimale Gewinnchancen einräumen.} 24. Rxd8
(24. Qc5 Bxd4 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxb7 Rd2 {Eine klare
Remis-Stellung.}) 24... Rxd8 25. d5 g6 {Die Partie hätte hier schon remis
gegeben werden können. Es ist aber verständ- lich, daß Kortchnoi sich noch
nicht in das Unvermeidliche fügen wollte.} 26. Bf3 Kg7 27. Re1 Rd7 28. Qf4 Re7
29. Rxe7 (29. Rc1 Be5) 29... Bxe7 30. Kg2 a5 31. h4 h5 32. Be2 Bc5 33. Bc4 Qf6
34. Qd2 b6 35. a4 Qe5 36. Qd3 Qf6 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. Be2 Qe4+ 39. Bf3 Qe5 40. Bd1
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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. c4 {Marin,M} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a3 g5 $5 {Typical Shirov!  Marin,M: 'A very aggressive move, which
usually works better against 8.Rb1.'} 9. d3 ({(Marin,M) In my recent book An
English Repertoire for White, first volume, I recommended} 9. d4) 9... g4 10.
Nd2 h5 11. b4 h4 {This looks threatening, and my friend Vladimir Kramnik
already forsaw me being mated quickly, but ok, he is used to playing the
Petroff, while I am an expert (I am not sure, I should be proud of this) at
having my king in the line of fire :) Anyway it's important not to panic, but
also to calculate very well now.} 12. Nc4 $1 {A good move, preventing ideas
like Qd6-h6.} hxg3 13. hxg3 Nxc4 $6 {Of course Alexei doesn't want to make
this move, but  Marin,M: 'This looks like a positional concession. White
increases his control on light squares and the possibility of exchanging
queens reduces Black's attacking chances. If Black has nothing better, then
Van Wely's reaction to 8...g5 may be just as good as 9.d4.'} (13... Be6 14. b5
Nd4 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. Bf4 Rh5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxb7 {is probably
just good for White.} (19. Rc1 Qe7)) 14. dxc4 Nd4 15. Nb5 (15. e3 $6 {winning
a pawn, but I didn't fancy those weak white squares, especially against a
player like Alexei, who would have been sooooo happy.} Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 gxf3 17.
Qxf3 Qd3 18. Nd5 Bf5) (15. Bb2 c6 (15... Qd6 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7) 16. Ne4)
(15. Be3 c6 16. b5 c5 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Bxd4 cxd4) 15... Ne6 (15... Nxb5 16. cxb5
a6 17. Bb2) 16. Qc2 $5 {A very ambitious move. The idea is to show that Black
has problems with his queen, however White also had an easier and much more
practical solution.} (16. Qxd8+ $1 Bxd8 (16... Kxd8 17. Rd1+ $16) 17. Be3 a6 (
17... c6 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ (19. Rfd1 Bc7 20. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 21. Be4 Nd4 $14)
19... Rxc8 20. Bxa7 b6 21. c5 Nd4 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Ra2 Ra8 24. Bb6 Bxb6 25. cxb6
Rhb8 26. e3 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. e4 Rxb6 29. Rd3 Rba6 30. Rxf3 c5 {ok, maybe
if Black is lucky, he can make a draw... well the game continuation is more
serious, taking no half measures :)}) 18. Na7 $1 $16 {this move I overlooked...
.. Black's position is collapsing.}) 16... c6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19.
Rxd6 Qe7 20. Qd3 (20. Rd1 {was not a bad option too, but I was already fixated
on the next exchange sac and on battling Alexei with his own weapons :)} Nd4
21. Qb2 Nf5 22. b5) 20... Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Rh5 (22... f6 23. Bb2 (23.
Bf4) 23... Kf7 24. Rf1 {with the idea f3 and opening up the f-file.}) 23. Bf4
Qxe2 $5 {I couldn't believe my eyes!, is this really possible?} 24. Rd1 $2 (24.
b5 $1 {was the way to keep the initiative going:} Qe6 25. Rd1 {and now Black
is going to have a really very hard time.}) ({In the post-mortem we thought
that} 24. Bd6 {was very strong, however later analysing with "the beast" I had
to change my opinion by 180 degrees....} Be6 25. b5 c5 26. Qf6 Bxc4 27. Bxb7
Rc8 $3 {after this amasing move , it's White who has to find a way to make a
draw!}) 24... Be6 25. b5 (25. Qd6 Bd5 $1 $19 (25... Qxc4 26. Be5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5)
) (25. Bf1 Qc2 (25... Qf3 26. Bg2 $11) 26. Bd6 $13) 25... Kf8 26. Bf1 (26. bxc6
bxc6 27. Bxc6 Rc8) 26... Qf3 27. Bg2 Qe2 28. Bf1 {In the beginning I was very
optimistic about my chances, but now I was getting short of time, already
happy to make a draw. But Wijk aan Zee is no place for old men...} Qc2 29. bxc6
bxc6 30. Re1 Kg8 31. Bd3 Qb3 32. Bd2 (32. Bc1 c5) 32... c5 {Clearly White has
lost the thread of the game, and Black is taking over.} 33. Qd6 Bxc4 $2 (33...
Bd5 $1 {I had already seen that} 34. cxd5 Qxd3 35. Qf4 Qf3 {was bad news, but
too late to stop it now.}) 34. Be4 $2 {Since I had been expecting ...Bd5, I
was happy to put my bishop on the diagonal, completely overlooking his next
move, if I hadn't, I am sure I would have looked further, and I am sure,
although being in time trouble, I would have found the inclusion of} (34. Bg6
$1 Rh3 35. Be4 Re8 36. Qf4 {and now its a completely different game, where
White has as a minimum a draw.} (36. Qf6) (36. Rb1 $1)) 34... Bd5 {Game over.}
35. Qf4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qd1+ (36... f5 37. Qd6) 37. Be1 Qf3 38. Qxg4+ Qxg4 39.
Rxg4+ Kf8 40. Bd2 Rc8 41. Rc4 Ke7 42. g4 Rd5 43. Be3 Kd6 44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Ke2
Ra1 46. Ra4 c4 47. Kd2 c3+ 48. Kc2 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 c2 50. Bc1 Ra1 51. Rd4+ Ke6 52.
Re4+ Kf6 53. Re1 Rb1 54. Kd2 Rb7 55. Re3 Kg5 56. f3 Kf4 57. Rd3 Kg3 58. Ke2
Re7+ 59. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch49 Semifinal"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1981.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Vasiukov,E"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1981.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Bg2 h6 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 d4
15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Qa3 $1 a6 (17... Qb6 $2 18. Ba5 Qa6 19. Bc7) 18.
Qa5 Be6 $16 19. Qxe5 Bxa2 20. Qc5 Qd7 21. Qb6 (21. Qb4 $142 {/\23.b3}) 21...
Re5 22. Bxh6 $1 Rbe8 (22... Rb5 23. Qa7 Qd8 24. Bf4 Ra8 25. Bc7 $1) 23. Bf4
Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. h3 $1 Bd5 26. Qxd4 Qe6 27. Bf1 $1 Re1 28. Rxe1 Qxe1 29.
Be5 Qd1 30. Qe3 Ne8 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Bxe2 f6 33. Bf4 Kf7 34. h4 Ke6 35. Kf1 Nd6
36. Bg4+ f5 37. Bd1 a5 38. Bd2 b6 39. h5 Nb7 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Kd4
Ke6 43. Bc3 Bg2 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. f3 Bf1 46. Bd2 f4+ 47. gxf4 Nd7 48. Bb3+ Kf8
49. f5 Bh3 50. Kf4 Bf1 51. d4 Be2 52. d5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the fifth round. We both had 100%, but I guess nobody
was going to hold back. Diese Partie wurde in der fünften Runde gespielt. Wie
hatten beide 100%, aber ich schätze, zurückstecken wollte niemand.} 1. c4 {
A solid opening choice against my young opponent. A solid opening choice
against my young opponent.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 f6 10. d3 Be6 11. Ne4 {Anand's move - is
there a better recommendation? Anands Zug - gibt es eine bessere Empfehlung?}
Qd7 {I don't like this move. Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht.} ({I think Topalov
played more logically - Ich finde, Topalov spielte logischer -} 11... Qe8 12.
Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18.
Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2 {with a slightly better position for
White in Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805)/Sofia 2010. mit leicht besserer
Stellung für Weiß in Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805)/Sofia 2010.}) 12. Qc2 a5
$6 {Darek tries to play very concrete chess, but it isn't the best strategy in
this type of position. Darek versucht, sehr konkretes Schach zu spielen, aber
das ist in diesem Stellungstyp nicht die beste Strategie.} 13. b5 ({Another
option is Eine andere Option ist} 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nd5 15. Rb1 Rab8 16.
Bd2 {and the pawn on a5 wouldn't be Black's dream. , und der Bauer auf a5 ist
nicht gerade der Traum von Schwarz..}) 13... Nd4 $2 {Very natural, but White
has almost a winning position after this move. At least, an extra pawn. Sehr
natürlich, aber nach diesem Zug hat Weiß fast eine Gewinnstellung. Zumindest
einen Mehrbauern.} (13... Na7 14. a4 Nd5 15. Nc5 $2 (15. d4 $36) 15... Bxc5 16.
Qxc5 b6 17. Qc2 c6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Bd2 Ncb4 $15 {Holzke,F (2508)
-Tate,A (2350)/Plovdiv 2012 Holzke,F (2508)-Tate,A (2350)/Plovdiv 2012}) 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Nc5 (15. a4 $6 {was too slow: war zu langsam:} Bd5 $1 {Here
Black is first on the key diagonal - Hier ist Schwarz zuerst auf der
Schlüsseldiagonalen -} 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 $36) 15... Bxc5
16. Qxc5 Na4 (16... Bd5 {doesn't work: funktioniert nicht:} 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 (
17... Qxd5 18. Qxd5+ Nxd5 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 $16) 18. Bb2 b6 19. Qc4 $1 $16)
17. Qc2 Qxb5 (17... Nc3 $2 {was quite stupid: war ganz dumm:} 18. Bxb7 Qxb5 19.
Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Bb2 $18) 18. Rb1 Qd7 {The position looks very complex, but the
next two moves make it more clear. Die Stellung wirkt sehr komplex, aber die
nächsten zwei Züge machen sie klarer.} 19. Bd2 $1 {My opponent said after the
game, he had overlooked this move. Probably, the best white move in this game.
Black's counterplay is totally killed - the knight can not go to c3. And the
white pieces have a very high level of potential energy. Mein Gegner sagte
nach der Partie, dass er diesen Zug übersehen hätte. Wahrscheinlich der beste
weiße Zug in dieser Partie. Das Gegenspiel von Schwarz wird total getötet -
der Springer kann nicht nach c3. Und die weißen Figuren haben einen sehr hohen
Grad an potentieller Energie.} (19. Rxb7 Nc3 20. Bb2 (20. e3 {The computer
recommends this artificial move. Diesen künstlichen Zug empfiehlt der Computer.
} Rfc8 21. exd4 Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Rb2 Nb5 24. Be3 {with some pressure mit
etwas Druck.}) 20... Bd5 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxc7 Qe5 $1 $11) (19. Bxb7 Nc3 20.
Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Ra1 Rb8 {I was not sure Black has full compensation here, but he
has some active moves and a plan. Ich war nicht sicher, ob Schwarz hier volle
Kompensation besitzt, aber er hat ein paar aktive Züge und einen Plan.}) 19...
Nb6 (19... Ra7 {doesn't help, but anyway was better. hilft nicht, war aber
trotzdem besser.} 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxb7 c5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Bf3 Rb5 24. Bxa5 $1
$16) 20. Rfc1 $1 {No hurry. Keine Eile.} Rf7 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Bc6 Qd6 23. Qc5 {
Due to the rook on c1 White has this important move. The game is almost
decided. Dank des Turms auf c1 hat Weiß diesen wichtigen Zug. Die Partie ist
praktisch entschieden.} Qxc5 24. Rxc5 a4 25. Rb4 $18 {White's moves are very
natural. Black is absolutely helpless. Die Züge von Weiß sind sehr natürlich.
Schwarz ist absolut hilflos.} Nd7 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bxa4 Rf8 28. Rxd4 Rfa8 29.
Bd1 Rxa3 30. f4 $6 {The only white inaccuracy in the game.  Die einzige weiße
Ungenauigkeit in der Partie.} ({Of course, Natürlich gewinnt} 30. Rxc7 Ra1 31.
Bc1 {wins, but not immediately - White loses coordination for some time, but
without any consequences. , allerdings nicht sofort - Weiß verliert eine
Zeitlang die Koordination, aber ohne jegliche Konsequenzen.}) 30... Ra2 31. Be1
Ra1 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxa1 {The evaluation didn't change, but if Black had
played more tenaciously it might not have been so easy. Die Einschätzung hat
sich nicht geändert, aber wenn Schwarz zäher gespielt hätte, wäre es eventuell
nicht so leicht gewesen.} Nd7 34. Ra6 Nb6 35. Ba5 Ra8 $6 {The last mistake.
Der letzte Fehler.} ({After Nach} 35... Rb8 {White should still work a little
bit. müsste Weiß noch ein bisschen arbeiten.}) 36. Rxa8+ Nxa8 {Now it is over
- the bishop ending is losing.  Jetzt ist es vorbei - das Läuferendspiel ist
verloren.} 37. Ba4 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. e4 Kd6 40. Bb4+ c5 41. Ba5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 {A rare continuation, however Etienne
employs it regulary.} 5. d4 {The most appropriate reaction.} exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bg2 (7. Nxc6 $5 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {And the position looks slightly like a
Berlin endgame.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 (9. e3 Nxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. h3 c6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Be6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Kh2 h5 $132 {
1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2524)-Novikov,S (2512)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107 (20)}) (9. Nxc6
dxc6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Qc1 Qc5 12. b3 Qh5 13. e4 Bh3 14. f3 Rad8 15. e5 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 g5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Bg3 Qd3 20. Nd1 Bxa1 21. Nf2 Qe2 22. Qxa1
Re6 $13 {1/2 Georgiev,K (2650)-Akopian,V (2646)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (54)})
9... d6 10. h3 $6 {An unsuccessful idea. The control over the g4-square is not
so necessary, but the weakness of the h3-pawn will be important in the future}
({The main line is} 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Be4 (11... Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne3 Nd4
14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Qd3 Qe8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Rd2 Qe6 18. Ng2 $36 {1/2 Gelfand,B 
(2704)-Bacrot,E (2653)/Albert 2002/CBM 092/[Gelfand] (45)}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne3 a5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nc3 h5 17. h3 Qe7 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Rac1 a4
$13 {1/2 Psakhis,L (2560)-Akopian,V (2655)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (26)}) 10...
Be6 ({against Bischoff, Etienne played -} 10... Rb8) ({against Taimanov -} 
10... a5) 11. Ne3 Rb8 $1 {A strong, but standard idea.} 12. Rb1 {At the
beginning of this game White acted rather slowly. Maybe, that somehow amused
his opponent and he quite fairly decided to punish White for it.} ({An
interesting variation is possible after} 12. Ned5 Ne5 13. b3 Nxc4 $1 (13... b5
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nxb5 Nxc4 16. Nd4) 14. bxc4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxc3 16. dxe6 Bxa1
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Qb3+ Kf8 21. Qxb7 Rxe2 22. Qxa8
Qxa8 23. Bxa8 Rxa2 24. Bb8 Rxa8 25. Bxc7 $11) 12... a6 13. Kh2 (13. Ned5 Ne5
14. b3 b5 $132) 13... Ne5 (13... h5 $5 14. b3 $140 h4 15. g4 $2 Nxg4+) 14. b3
b5 {Consistent, but risky.} 15. cxb5 axb5 16. f4 Ned7 (16... Nh5 $1 17. Ne4 (
17. fxe5 $2 Bxe5 $40) 17... d5 18. Ng5 d4 19. Nc2 d3 (19... Bf5 20. fxe5 Bxe5
21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Bc6 Nxg3 23. Kg2 $13) 20. Ne3 $13) 17. f5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5
19. Rxf5 {Suddenly the white position has become better.} Re5 20. Qc2 Qe8 $6 (
20... b4 $5 21. Rxe5 (21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 Qe8) 21... Nxe5 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qe7 $13) 21. Bf4 Rxf5 (21... Rc5 $6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Rf1 $14
) 22. Qxf5 Qe6 (22... b4 23. Nb5 Qxe2 24. Nxc7) 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. b4 (24. Bc6
b4 25. Nb5 Nc5 (25... Rb6 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxc7 d5) 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27. Bxd6 Nfe4
28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Nb5 Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rc2 31. Kg2 Rxe2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 $11) (24.
Rc1 $5) 24... Nh5 $6 {Rather principled, but bad.} (24... Ng4+ $5 25. hxg4 Bxc3
26. Rc1 Bxb4 27. Rxc7 Nf6 28. Re7 (28. g5 Nd5 29. Rd7 Nxf4 30. gxf4 Bd2 31. Kg3
Rf8 32. Bh3 Bxf4+ 33. Kh4 Re8 34. Kh5 $44) 28... e5 29. Bg5 Nxg4+ 30. Kh3 Nf2+
31. Kh4 e4 32. Be3 d5 33. Rd7 Nd1 34. Bd4 $36) (24... Nf8 $5 25. Rc1 Ng6 26.
Be3 $14) 25. Nxb5 Nxf4 $2 (25... Rxb5 $5 26. Bc6 Re5 $1 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Bf3 (
28. Rc1 $5 Bh6 $1 (28... d5 29. a4 Nc4 30. a5 Bd4 31. e4 $36) 29. Rc2 Nf6 30.
Bb7 $5 (30. a4 Kf8 $13) 30... Ne8 31. Ba6 $36) 28... Nf6 29. a4 Nxf3+ 30. exf3
Nd5 31. a5 Kf7 32. b5 Bd4 33. f4 $14) 26. gxf4 Rxb5 27. Bc6 Rf5 28. Bxd7 Kf7 $2
({More chances for a draw gave} 28... Rxf4 29. Bxe6+ Kf8) 29. e3 $1 $16 Rd5 30.
Rc1 c5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Bb5 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Rxc5 Ra3 35. Rc7+ {It is
very hard psychologically to defend such a position. It was maybe because of
this that Bacrot lost so rapidly from here.} Kf6 ({I would prefer} 35... Kf8
36. Kf2) 36. Kf3 Bf8 37. Rc6 $18 {It is not possible to save the e6-pawn.} Ra7
38. Bc4 Re7 39. e4 Bh6 40. e5+ {After the game I was more glad with the result
than with the quality of my play. Though, what is really important in team
competitions is the result.} 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Heinbuch, Detlef Ulrich"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rxc6 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 bxc6 16. Qc2 Qd6 17. Rc1 Rb5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Be3 Rbb8 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Qd2
h6 22. h4 Ra8 23. Rc4 Qe6 24. Qd1 Reb8 25. Bg4 Qd6 26. Qc2 Ra6 27. Kg2 Rd8 28.
d4 Qf6 29. Be2 exd4 30. Bxd4 Qd6 31. f4 c5 32. Nxc5 {[#]} Nb6 33. Rc3 (33. Nb7
Nxc4 34. Nxd6 Raxd6 35. Bf2 Rd2) 33... Ra7 34. Be3 a4 35. Nd3 (35. Nxa4 Nxa4
36. Rd3) 35... Qe6 36. Ne5 Bf6 37. Rxc7 Bxe5 38. Rxa7 Bd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Ra6
(40. Rb7 Nc4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Kf3) 40... Rxe4 41. Bf3 (41. Bg4 Rc4 42. Qh7+
Kxh7 43. Bxe6 fxe6 44. Rxb6 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rh2 46. b4 axb3 47. Rxb3 $18) 41...
Rd4 42. Ra7 Qe3 43. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {In this line White gets himself a
comfortable Dragon with some tempi ahead thanks to Black's Nd5-b6-d5, but what
is a comfortable position for Black may not be fully satisfactory from White's
point of view.} 12. Qc2 ({More common is} 12. Qa4 {After} a6 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 {So-Topalov, Sinquefield Cup 2016, Black equalized. Wesley
managed to win that game, but today he was willing to be on the other side.})
12... Re8 13. a3 a5 {A bit unusual.} 14. Qa4 {Vishy is trying to exploit a
minor weakening of the light squares caused by the ...a5-move.} Bd6 15. Ng5
Bxg2 16. Qc4 $5 {Fancy but rather harmless.} Qe7 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Ne4 Ne6 19.
Qd5 f5 {Wesley So invites concrete play.} ({Also possible was} 19... Red8) 20.
Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxb7 (21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Rc3 {wins White the c-file, but Black
isn't without chances:} f4 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Rc7 Nxe2 25. Rxb7 Rf8 26. Rb6 f3+
27. Kh3 Rf6 {The position of the white king is a bit unnerving.}) 21... Rab8
22. Qf3 f4 $1 {The ensuing complication were well worked out by both players.}
23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Qe4 Rxb2 25. Bxf4 Nxe2 (25... Rxe2 26. Be3 Rf8 {would likely
have forced repetition after} 27. Rce1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Re2 {etc.}) 26. Rc6 Nxf4+
27. gxf4 Qd7 28. Qc4+ (28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qc4+ Qd5+ 30. Qxd5+ Rxd5 31. Rxc7 {
is a sure draw for Black, as long as he avoids} Rxd3 $6 32. Re1) 28... Kh8 29.
fxe5 Rc2 {Neat!} 30. Qxc2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rxe5 33. Rc5 Qg4+ 34. Kh1
Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Yuffa,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nepomniachtchi decided to use Aronian's own weapon against him.} 1. c4 Nf6 2.
Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 ({Usually
White starts with} 8. d3 O-O {and there White has an interesting and slightly
unexpected idea if Black plays too actively:} 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 f5 {This
active and aggressive move provokes White into a response:} (10... f6 {is
quite solid.} 11. a3 $5 {is a positional trap} Qd7 $1 ({if} 11... a5 12. d4 $1
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 $16 {Marin - Strambu, 1-0, 2007}) 12. Ne4 Nd5 13.
Bc5 b6 14. Bxe7 Ndxe7 15. Qa4 $11 {and both sides have equal chances}) (10...
Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rc3 a6 14. a3 Bf6 15. Rc5 {Tomashevsky -
Karjakin, 2015, and instead of} Nd4 16. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Qxd5 18. Nd4 Qxg2+
19. Kxg2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qb4 Rab8 22. Re1 $16 {with big chances for
White's success Black should have played 15...Be7, offering a repetition}) (
10... Qd7 11. a3 f6 12. Nd2 Rfd8 {and the computer considers that the position
is absolutely equal}) 11. b4 $5 a6 (11... Nxb4 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Qd2 {is
slightly better for White because of the centre}) (11... Bxb4 $6 {This pawn is
poisoned} 12. Ng5 Bf7 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Qb3 $1 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Rc5 c6 18. Rxf5 Qe7 (18... Qd7 19. Bh3 Nd5 20. Rf4 $1 $18) 19. Rf4 Rd8 20.
Bh3 Kf8 21. Rxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qa3+ $18) 12. a3 Kh8 (12... Bf6 13. Nd2 $14 {
is slightly better because of space on queenside and the pressure on c-file})
13. Bc5 (13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd5 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Qc2 {Anand - Hammer, 1-0,
2015. The position is almost equal, but in my view it's a bit easier to play
White there which was proved in the game.}) (13. Re1 Qe8 14. Qd2 Bd6 15. Bxb6
cxb6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4) 13... Bg8 14. e3 $5 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qe7 {
Caruana - Giri, 1/2, 2014, with mutual chances.}) 8... a5 (8... O-O {is also a
possibility} 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 (10. Rb1 {This is almost useless} f6 $5 (10... a6
11. d3 f6 12. Ne4 Ba2 13. Rb2 Bd5 14. Nc5 {is approximately equal}) 11. d3 a5
12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 a4 {and Black has a slight edge.}) (
10. b5 $5 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nxf3+ {This can be an inaccuracy} (11... f6 $5 $13) 12.
Bxf3 Qc8 13. d3 a5 14. a4 Rd8 15. Qc2 {The position might be equal but it's a
bit more convenient to play White there.}) 10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13.
bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1 a4 {despite the good pawn structure, White has a lack of
space}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 a4 $5 {The most principled and
convincing.} (11... f5 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 $14 {is slightly better for White
because of pressure on the c-file and the threat of an exchange sacrifice on
c6.}) 12. Nd2 ({An attempt to win the pawn immediately leads to sufficient
counterplay for Black:} 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nxa4 e4 14. Ne1 Bg5 15. Rc3 {and
Black at least has a repetition after 15...Bf6} (15. Ra1 exd3 16. Nxd3 Nd4 17.
Nc3 Nb3 $44) (15. e3 $6 exd3 $36)) 12... f5 $146 {It seems to me that this
move is the first inaccuracy for Black. I think that Aronian knew that after
12...Nd5 the position becomes dry and he wanted to create a mess on the board.}
(12... Nd5 {was more solid} 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qd5 $11) 13.
Bxb6 cxb6 14. Nxa4 Bg5 15. Nc3 e4 16. Rb1 Ne5 (16... Rf7 17. Nc4 Rd7 18. b3 Bf6
19. Nb5 exd3 20. exd3 Nd4 $14 {and the compensation is already sufficient.})
17. Nb3 Ng4 18. Qc2 ({Black aimed for an attack. It was better to terrorise
the knight on g4 immediately:} 18. h3 $5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 (19. Rxf2 $2 Be3 $17 {
, threating f4}) 19... Qd6 20. h4 $16 {escaping.}) 18... Be3 19. dxe4 $2 {
Blundering.} (19. Bh3 {was the only move to maintain equality:} Nxf2 20. Rxf2
Qd7 21. Rbf1 f4 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. g4 f3 24. exf3 Rxf3 25. Nxe4 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1
Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 28. Nxf2 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Rf8 $11) 19... Qg5 $2 {Aronian misses
a beautiful pinning idea:} (19... Nxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 fxe4 21. Rbf1 (21. Nxe4 $2
Rc8) 21... Qc7 $1 {The point of conception. The pair of bishops is pinning all
the white pieces.} 22. Bxe4 (22. Nc1 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qc5+ $19)
22... Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Qf7 $1 {...executing ...} 24. Bf3 Bxb3 $17) 20. fxe3 Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Qh6 22. h3 $2 {Wasting the advantage.} (22. h4 {looks a bit more risky
but it works:} f4 23. Qc1 Ne3 24. Rf3 Bxb3 25. gxf4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qxh4 27. f5
$16) 22... Ne3 23. Qd2 f4 24. gxf4 Nxf1 $2 (24... Nxg2 {doesn't make a draw
because} 25. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Ke3 Bxb3 28. Qd4 $14 Rad8 29. Qe5 {
looks a bit dangerous, but Black has nothing tangible for the pawn.}) (24...
Rxf4 $1 25. Rxf4 Qxf4 {that's a bit fantastic but Black is ok there a piece
down. White must give up that lead.} 26. Rg1 Bxb3 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Nxg2
29. Qc3 g6 30. Rxg2 Rd8 31. Qd3 Re8 32. Qf3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 34. Qg3 Qc4 $11)
25. Rxf1 {Now it's a technical stage. White's central pawn fist is crushing
Black's position.} Bxb3 26. e5 Rae8 (26... Rad8 $5 27. Qe3 Rd7 28. Ne4 Bd5 29.
Nd6 $16 {it's still tough, but not losing yet.}) 27. Ne4 Kh8 28. Kh2 Bg8 29. e3
Re6 30. Nd6 Qh4 31. Qd4 $18 Rg6 32. Rf3 Qe1 33. f5 Rg5 34. h4 Rh5 35. Rg3 Be6
36. fxe6 {This was a game of mutual chances, where Aronian didn't want to
agree to a peaceful flow of the game and played 12...f5!?N. That, probably,
was a mistake despite the less than smooth play of both sides.} 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 {Pia antar den Sicilianska utmaningen!} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 (6... Nb6 {Är det solida spelsättet som har visat sig
vara mycket framgångsrikt för svart.}) 7. Bg2 Be6 {Pia spelar superambitiöst.
Idag är det vinst som gäller!} 8. O-O Qd7 {Vi spelar klassisk Drake med
omvända färger. Jag antar att det inte passar Pia som handen i handsken enär
hon inte kommer att kunna spela sitt tekniska schack.} (8... O-O {Är mer
naturligt.}) 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 h5 {Den bonden är inte så himla farlig.} 11.
Ne4 b6 12. Rc1 {[#]Agrest har fått som han vill. Pia har spelat ambitiöst och
fått svaga fält längs den vita diagonalen, vilket han nu ytnyttjar.} Rc8 13.
Bd2 f6 14. Re1 {Agrest är sin superprofylaktiska stil trogen.} Nce7 15. b4 h4
16. a3 hxg3 17. fxg3 Nf5 18. e3 Nde7 {Pias aktiva spel börjar löna sig. Hon
har nästan fått Evgenij på defensiven.} 19. Nf2 {[#] Låt oss pausa lite. Det
finns ett fält där svart definitivt vill ha en springare. Det är d5-fältet.
Men nu kan man inte gå dit så det måste föreberedas. Om e-springaren skall
till d5, var skall man ställa den andra? Eftersom vi helst inte rör oss på
kanterna med springaren återstår d6-fältet.} Nh6 $6 (19... Nd6 {Och i nästa
spelar svart ...Sd5 eller ...c5, vilket kommer att ge svart naturligt spel,
och vit får befinna sig i en minimal defensiv.}) 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22.
d4 $1 {Vit öppnar upp ställningen med ett litet offer. Vad är en bonde jämfört
med öppna linjer och diagonaler?} Bf5 (22... exd4 23. exd4 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qd7
25. Bf4 {Vit får c-bonden.}) 23. Qb2 e4 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Rf1 Bg6 26. Be1 ({
Vit kunde vunnit bonde med:} 26. Rf4 f5 27. Qa4+ Kd8 28. Qxa7) 26... f5 27. g4
{Istället för att ta en bonde offrar han för att få igång löparen.} O-O (27...
fxg4 28. Rf4) 28. Bh4 Qd7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Bxf5 32. Rf1 g6
33. Qf2 {Vit står naturligtvis bättre eftersom svart har svag e4-bonde och den
relativt sett svagare kungsställningen.} c5 $6 ({Något annat än försvar var
inte att tänka på.} 33... Rf8 34. Qg3 Kg7) 34. Qg3 Qc7 $6 35. Qg5 Qg7 36. bxc5
bxc5 37. dxc5 Qe5 $2 (37... Rxc5 38. Bxe4 $1) 38. Bh3 {Pia skall ha heder för
att hon försökte allt vad hon orkade.} 1-0

