[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. c5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Dubious move.White open position on black favor.} (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd7
15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Bg4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc5 20. e5 Qb6 21.
f5 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. f6 exf6 24. exd6 b6 25. Rc4 Rd8 26. Rxb4 Rxd6 27. Bf3
Kf8 {Gomez Lopez,R-Hernandez,R/Mondariz 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (13. b3
Nd7 14. Be3 $14) 13... dxc5 $146 (13... e5 14. Bf2 (14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. Qd2 {1-0 Adamski,
J-Jicman,L/Aachen 1990/EXT 2000 (20)}) 14... Bh6 15. Rc2 d5 16. Bh4 d4 17. Nb5
Be3+ 18. Kh1 g5 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 Ne8 21. a4 Qe7 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Qd2 Qxc5
24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. f4 Ng7 27. Bd5 Rad8 28. Bxc6 {Shirov,A-Damljanovic,
B/Manila 1990/CBM 19/[Ftacnik]/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 14. Bxc5 Nd7 $11 15. Be3 (15. Bd4
Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 e5 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Ye2]} 17. Qf2 $11) 15... a4 16. Qd2 Qa5 17.
Rfd1 e6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Important to protect important d5 square.} (17... Rfd8
18. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 $16 {[%cal Gd5b5,Rc1d1]}) 18. Nb1 $1 {
[%cal Gd1d7]} Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rfd8 20. Rcd1 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6d8]} 21. Na3 Nf8 {
White has some pressure in the endgame but black's defending resurses enought
for a draw.} (21... Ne5 22. Nb5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Be7 $11) 22. Nb5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 g5
24. Kf2 Ng6 25. Nd4 Be8 26. Nb5 Bc6 27. Nd4 Be8 28. Nb5 Rd8 (28... Bc6 $11 {
Better was accept a draw.}) 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Bd4 Be7 31. g3 f6 32. Bc4 Kf7 33.
Ke3 Ne5 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Nc7 {Now white play for a win but finally it's
finished a draw of course.} Bd7 36. Bb5 Bc5+ 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Bxd7 Kxd7 39. Nb5
Kc6 40. Kc4 Bf8 41. g4 Kb6 42. Nc3 Kc6 43. Nb5 Kb6 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 Kc6 46.
Nc3 (46. b4 Be7 47. Nc3 Bd6 48. b5+ Kd7 49. Na4 Kc7 50. Nc5 Bxc5 51. Kxc5 b6+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rfc1 Qb6 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Bd1 $6 {Van Wely wants to open the position in the
Qeen side but as I understand in this position black only waits for this b3-b4.
Better was 17.Bf1 and not to change some pawns or pieces, because white has a
clear space advantage.} (17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd1 b6 20. Bc2 Ne6 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qf2 Rab8 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. a4 Bc6 25. Rc2 Qc7 26. Rd1 Qb7 27. Re2
Bc3 28. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Marinkovic,I-Abramovic,B/Belgrade op 1991/EXT 91op (43)})
(17. Qc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Re1 Rab8 21. a3 a4 22. b4 Nb3 23. Qf2
Bd7 24. Nd5 Rc6 25. Kh1 Qd8 26. b5 Rc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Qh4 f6 29. Rbd1 $16 {
0-1 Fogarasi,T-Martin,A/Festuge op 1991/EXT 91op (43)}) (17. a3 Nxb3 18. Bxb6
Nxd2 19. Rb2 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd7 21. Bd5 Bxc3 22. Rbb1 Be5 23. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 24.
Rxc1 Rb8 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Ba7 Re8 27. Be3 a4 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Rxe7 Rb1+ 30. Kf2
Rb2+ 31. Kg1 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Maksimenko,A-Marinkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja
1991/CBM 23}) (17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qf8 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Bh6 Bg7
22. Be3 Bf6 23. Re1 Qg7 24. Rbc1 h5 25. Bh6 Qh8 26. g3 Rc7 27. Be3 Nd7 28. Kg2
$16 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Abramovic,B/Belgrade IKO 1992/CBM 31 (41)}) (17. Bf1 Qd8 (
17... Qb4 18. Qb2 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rcb8 20. Kh1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 b5 22. Be3
Na6 23. Bd2 Nc5 24. Be3 Na6 25. a3 b4 26. a4 Bc3 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. g4 Raa8 29.
Kg2 f6 30. Rc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Spangenberg,H/Sevilla op 1994/
TD 94\02 (36)}) 18... Qb6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Nd1 Qf8 21. Nf2 h5 22. Nd3 Kh7 23.
Re1 Bh6 24. e5 Nxd3 25. Bxd3 dxe5 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxh6+ {1/2-1/2 De la Villa
Garcia,J-Andersson,U/San Sebastian op 1994/TD 94\02 (48)}) 18. Qf2 (18. Nd5 e6
19. Nc3 b6 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Rd1 h5 22. Ne2 f6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 Rd8 25. Nc3 Kh7
26. Nd5 Rab8 27. Nxb6 Bh6 28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Qxh6+ {1-0 Ginsburg,
G-Veremeichik,V/Minsk op 1994/EXT 94op (43)}) 18... b6 (18... Qf8 19. a3 e6 20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ne2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nd4 f4 25. Bd2 Bd7 26. Bd3
Be5 27. Be4 Qf6 28. Ne2 Bc6 29. Bxc6 {Vogt,L-Troyke,C/BL9394 1994/BL 90/0-1 
(54)}) 19. a3 Ra7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7 22. Nd5 Rb8 23. Rc2 Ba4 24. Rcc1 Bc6
25. Bg5 Nf8 26. Rd1 Ne6 27. Be3 Rab7 28. Rd3 $16 {Bragin,A-Basyrov/RUS-chT
Podolsk 1993/EXT 97}) 17... Qd8 18. a3 b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Be2 (21.
Nd5 e6 22. Nf4 Qf8 23. Ne2 Be5 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Bg5 Rdb8 27. f4 Bf6
28. Nxd6 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Ne5 30. Bf3 Ra3 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 $44 {0-1 Farkas,
T-Paschall,W/3rd Thurs Aug, Szeged HUN 1998 (39)}) 21... Ra3 $1 {[%cal Gc8a8]}
22. Bd4 $5 (22. Bf1 Rca8 $11) 22... Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rca8 {Now we can see that
white hasn't any advantage. What was the reason? Of course the move b3-b4,
after which black's rooks got the open line "a", and the space advantage is
difficult to feel. White should play now more carefully.} 24. f4 Qf8 25. Nd5 e6
(25... Bxd5 26. cxd5 $36) 26. Nxb6 $5 {Start sharp play.} (26. Nc3 e5 27. Qd2
exf4 28. Qxf4 Ne5 $11) 26... Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Bxe4 28. Rb2 Ra1 29. Rf1 Qg7 30. Rd2
d5 31. Qd4 (31. cxd5 $142 Bxd5 32. Qd4 $11) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 R1a2 33. Re1 (
33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Rc2 $1 35. cxd5 (35. h3 dxc4) 35... Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Raa2 $19
) 33... Rc2 34. Kf2 Raa2 35. Rxe4 $138 (35. cxd5 exd5 36. b5 Rcb2 $17) 35...
dxe4 36. Ke3 Rab2 37. b5 Kf8 38. Bf1 Ke7 $2 (38... f5 $1 39. Ra1 (39. Rd1 Ke7)
39... Rb3+ 40. Kd4 e3 $1 41. Re1 Ke7 42. Rxe3 (42. Kc5 Rf2 43. Kc6 e2 44. Bxe2
Re3 45. b6 Rexe2 46. Rxe2 Rxe2 47. b7 Rb2 48. Kc7 Rc2 $19) 42... Rxe3 43. Kxe3
Kd6 44. Kd4 Rd2+ $1 45. Bd3 (45. Ke3 Rd1 46. Be2 Re1 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Ke3 Kc5
$17) 45... Rxg2 46. c5+ Kc7 47. h3 (47. Bc4 Rxh2 48. Bxe6 Rb2 49. b6+ Kb8 50.
Kc3 Rb1 51. Bb3 h5 52. c6 Rxb3+ 53. Kxb3 h4 $19) 47... g5 {Black has good
winning chance.}) 39. Kxe4 Kd6 40. Kd4 $44 Rd2+ 41. Kc3 f6 $6 (41... Rdc2+ 42.
Kd4 Rd2+ $11) 42. h4 e5 43. fxe5+ fxe5 44. Bd3 Rxg2 45. Rd1 Kc5 46. Be4 Rh2 $2
{Last mistake.} (46... Rge2 $1 47. Rd5+ Kb6 48. Rd6+ (48. Rxe5 Rbc2+ $11) 48...
Kc7 49. Rc6+ Kd7 50. Rc5 $14) 47. Rd5+ Kb6 48. Rxe5 Rbf2 49. Re6+ Kc7 50. c5
Rh3+ 51. Kd4 Rd2+ 52. Ke5 Rxh4 53. b6+ Kd8 54. b7 Rh5+ 55. Kf6 Rf2+ 56. Kg7 Rb2
57. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8196]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O a5 10. f3 Bd7 (10... Nd7 11. Ndb5 Nc5 12. Qd2 Be6 (
12... a4 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18.
Rxc5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Nxa2 20. Bxe7 Rfc8 21. f4 Bf8 22. d6 Nb4 23. Bh4 {1-0
Andersson,U-Larsen,B/Linares 1983/MCD-r8 (33)}) 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. b3
Rfc8 16. Qb2 axb3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Qd2 Na2 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 {1/2-1/2
Adamski,J-Clausen,S/Lyngby op 1990/EXT 90op}) 11. Ndb5 $1 (11. Qd2 $6 a4 12.
Ndb5 Qa5) 11... Ne5 12. Rc1 Bc6 13. c5 d5 $2 (13... dxc5 14. Bxc5 Ned7 15. Be3
$16) 14. Bd4 $1 $18 Nxe4 (14... Nc4 15. exd5 Nxb2 16. Qb3 $18) 15. fxe4 dxe4
16. Qa4 e6 17. Be3 Nd3 18. Rcd1 Qd7 19. Bxd3 Bxc3 20. Be2 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. f4 Bd7 $146 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Kh1 a6
15. Nb3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} (15. b3 $5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ $16)
15... e6 16. Bh5 (16. Na4 Qf6 17. Nbc5 Rc7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bf3 $16) 16... Na5
17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. c5 Bc6 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ba4 20. Rb1 dxc5 21. Rxb7 $18)
19. cxd6 Rfd8 20. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder. White has a winning position
after} (20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bd4 $1 {exchanging the black bishop and impossible
is} Rxd6 {because of} 22. Ne4 $3 $18 {[%cal Gd2a5,Re4d6]}) 20... Rd7 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 22. Qh4 Qb4 $1 $132 {Now black has some compensation.} 23. Qf2 Bf6 24. h3
Rg8 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc6g2,Yg8g2]} 25. Rg1 h5 26. Kh2 h4 27. Qe2 Rg3 28. a3 Qa5
29. Bd4 (29. Qh5+ Kg7) 29... Qd8 30. Be5 Qg8 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Qh5+
Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Rxf7 35. Ne2 Re3 36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Nxf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Last
mistake, after} (37. Bxf6 Rxf6 $44 {Black has only some better chances thanks
to his powerful bishop.}) 37... Rxe5 $1 38. Nh6 Re2 (38... Rh7 $1 $19) 39. Nxf7
Kxf7 40. b4 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 e6 $6 (15... h5 16. Rfe1 Kh7 17. Bd1 e6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Bf4
Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 e5 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. Be3 Bh6 25. Bf2 Kg8 26. g4 hxg4
27. fxg4 Bf4 28. a4 Qe7 29. Kg2 {2.26-2.15 0-1 Diaz,J-Garcia,G/Capablanca
mem-B 1993/EXP 35 (49)}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e5 $5 $13) (16. Nd1
f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nf2 Qe7 19. Rbd1 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Nh3 e5 22. f4 Qg7
23. Bf3 e4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Be2 Ne6 26. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Nielsen,P/Open,
Roskilde DEN 1998}) (16. Bd1 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne2 {+/- Tringov,G-Haik,A/
Vrnjacka Banja 1986/Inf 41}) (16. Rfc1 b6 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Ra7
20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. Rcd2 e5 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. f4
Rbb8 27. f5 g5 28. Bg4 f6 29. h4 h6 30. Bh5 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Olafsson,H/
St.Martin op 1993/TD 93\03 (39)}) 16... Be5 17. Bd4 (17. g3 Qe7 (17... Qf6 18.
Bg5 $5) 18. Nb5 b6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. f4 Bxe4 22. Rbc1 g5 23. fxe5
dxe5 24. Qe3 Kf7 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. g4 Bg6 27. Rf1 Kg8 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Rcd1 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Cebalo,M/Porto San Giorgio op 1997/EXP 59 (31)}) (17. Bf4 Qe7 18.
Qe3 Rad8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 b6 21. a3 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
Rxd5 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Bxd5 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Bd4 30. Qxd4 Nxd4
31. Bxd6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc1 33. Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Fishbein,A-Sorensen,J/Copenhagen
PC 1991/EXT 91op}) (17. Bf1 $6 Qh4 18. h3 Qg3 $36) (17. Nb5 Qh4 $5 18. g3 Bxg3
$5 $13) 17... Qe7 18. Bf1 (18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. f4 e5 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Nd5 Ne6 25. Bf3 Kh8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Re1 e4 28. Bd1
Qe5 29. Bc2 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. b4 Qxc2 {0-1
Kristiansen,J-Sorensen,J/Obro-A Copenhagen 1990/EXT 90}) 18... Rfd8 19. Qe3 (
19. Bf2) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rd2 Ne6 22. Rbd1 Kg7 23. g3 h6 24. h4 g5 (
24... Kh7 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. Kh2 $16) 25. h5 g4 $5 (25... Kh8 26. Bh3
Ng7 27. Bg4 $16) 26. fxg4 Ng5 27. Rf2 Qc7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Be2 Rf8 30. Kh2 Rad8
31. Rff1 Bd7 (31... Kh8 32. Rd2 $16) 32. Nd5 Qc5 33. Qd3 Be6 34. Ne3 Rf7 35.
Rd2 Qc6 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Bg2 Qc8 38. Qe2 Qc5 39. Rfd1 b6 40. Qf2 Kf8 41. Rd5 $1
{This is the point. Black can't take the rook because the knight from e3 will
go to d5 or f5. But on the other way the rook will continue to b5 and the pawn
on b6 is very difficult to defend.} Qc7 (41... Bxd5 42. Rxd5 Qc7 43. Rb5 $16)
42. Rb5 Rb8 43. Rd3 Kg7 44. a4 Kf8 45. b4 {Finally white opens the position on
the Qeen side and black has no defense against this attack because the Ng5 is
so far.} axb4 46. Rxb4 Ra8 47. Rdb3 Ra6 48. Nf5 Bxf5 49. Qxf5 Qd7 50. Qg6 Qxg4
51. Rxb6 Rxb6 52. Rxb6 Qd7 53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. a5 Qa7 55. Qg8 Ke6 56. Bh3+ f5 (
56... Nxh3 57. Re8+) 57. exf5+ Kf6 58. Qg6+ Ke7 59. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qc7 (15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 ({RR} 16... Rxf5 17. Bd1 Ne6 18. Bc2 Rf7 19.
Nd5 Qf8 20. Be3 Bh8 21. Rbe1 Qg7 22. Kh1 Qb2 23. Re2 Qxa2 24. Qd1 a4 25. bxa4
Bxd5 26. cxd5 {1-0 Van Blitterswijk,S-Afek,Y/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in
Chess 273 (39)}) 17. a3 Kh8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,
V-Yudasin,L/Moscow 1991/URS-ch (20)}) ({RR} 15... b6 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Bf1 Be5
18. Ne2 Qb8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. f4 Bg7 24.
Rbd1 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Serper,G/Krumbach 1991/TD (24)}) 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bf1
Qd8 18. Be3 $146 (18. Qe1 Qf8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rdd1 Qe7 22. Kh1 Be5
23. g3 Qc7 24. Bg2 Bf6 25. Qe3 Rab8 26. Bf1 Be7 27. Be1 {Agrest,E-Karlsson,L/
Malmoe 1999/CBM 72/1-0 (76)}) 18... Qf8 19. Rbc1 Rd8 20. Ne2 Rdc8 21. Nd4 Qd8
22. Rb1 {[%mdl 2064]} (22. g3 Qd7 23. Bg2 $14 {[%cal Yh2h4]}) 22... Bd7 23. Qf2
Qe8 24. Rbc1 Qf8 25. Qd2 {White doesn't like to improve their space advantage
and game is finished after} Qe8 26. Qf2 Qf8 27. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 e6 {[%csl Yd5,Rd6][%cal Gd8e7,Gf8d8]} 16. Bh6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] In this
position important not to change the dark squares bishops, because white's
bishop  important defender of the weak diagonal a7-g1.} (16. Rfd1 Be5 17. g3 (
17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 e5 23.
Qe3 Qg7 24. Nd5 Ne6 25. Bf3 Kh8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Re1 e4 28. Bd1 Qe5 29. Bc2
Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. b4 Qxc2 {0-1 Kristiansen,
J-Sorensen,J/Copenhagen 1990/EXT 97 (33)}) 17... Qe7 18. Nb5 b6 19. Bg5 f6 20.
Bh6 Rfd8 21. f4 Bxe4 22. Rbc1 g5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Kf7 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. g4
Bg6 27. Rf1 Kg8 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Rcd1 f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Nd5 Qc5+ 32. Qf2 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Cebalo,M/Porto San Giorgio 1997/CBM 59 ext (32)}) (16. Nd1 f5 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Nf2 Qe7 19. Rbd1 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Nh3 e5 22. f4 Qg7 23. Bf3
e4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Be2 Ne6 26. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Nielsen,P/Roskilde
1998/EXT 99 (26)}) (16. Rfc1 b6 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Ra7 20. Bg5
Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. Rcd2 e5 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. f4 Rbb8
27. f5 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Olafsson,H/St.Martin 1993/TD (40)}) 16... Bxh6
17. Qxh6 e5 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gc5e6,Re6d4]} 18. Rfd1 (18. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Gc3e2,
Gd1c2,Gf3f4]}) 18... Ne6 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Rd2 f5 {[%mdl 32] Now black has no
problems.Knight from e6 ready to go to d4 or f4,and weak pawn on d6 easy to
protect.} 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rbd1 f4 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. Bd3 Rad8 25. Be4 Kh8 26.
Ne2 Nf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Nc3 (28. Kh1 Rg5 {And black has a good countrplay.})
28... Rg8 29. Rxd6 Rfg5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rg5g2,Rc6g2,Ye7g7,Rg8g2]} 30. Ne4 Bxe4
31. fxe4 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qh4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. R8d7+ Kf8 (35...
Kh6 $4 {Losing immediately.} 36. R1d6+ Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kh5 38. Rxh7+) 36. Rd8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 h5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bg5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qf8 $146 (
20... Bf6 21. Be3 Qf8 22. f4 Ne4 23. Qe1 Qg7 24. Bf3 Nc5 25. Qd2 Rc7 26. g3 b6
27. h3 Rac8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 g5 30. fxg5 Be5 31. Kg2 a4 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33.
Be4 $16 {0-1 Ftacnik,L-Hansen,S/Hamburg 1999/CBM 72/[Ftacnik] (54)}) 21. g3 $1
{I don't understand this variant for the black side,because from the first
moves their plan so passive and if white plays good enough they has no problem
to increase their opening space advantage.} Bf6 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Be3 Bf6 24. f4
Ne4 25. Qe1 Qg7 26. Bf3 Nc5 (26... Nc3 27. Rbc1) 27. Qd2 b6 28. h3 {White
starts action in the king side,thanks to the strong bishops and a space
advantage.} Rc7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 g5 $5 31. f5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gg1g2,Gb1h1,
Gh1h5] White planning to attack the weak pawn .Kg2,Rh1-h5,and black start some
countreplay in the Queenside.} (31. fxg5 $5 Be5 32. Kg2 Qg6 $2 33. Rh1 {
Was good enough.}) 31... a4 32. b4 Nd7 33. a3 Rac8 34. Rbc1 {[%mdl 32] Black
in the zugzwang,and finally they should to give some material.} Be5 (34... Ne5
35. Be2 {[%csl Rb6]}) 35. Bxg5 b5 36. c5 dxc5 37. Bxe7 c4 38. d6 c3 39. Qg2 $2
{[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qd5 $1 Rc4 40. Qxb5 Bf4 41. Re1 Bd2 42. Re2 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Qd3
44. Qxd7 $1 Qxc2 45. Qb7 Qd3 46. d7 {Was winning in spot,after the text move
position become less clear.}) 39... Rc4 40. Re1 (40. Be2 Rf4 $1) 40... Rf4 $5 (
40... Bf4 $1 $13 {[%cal Gf4d2]}) 41. Re4 Rc4 (41... Rxe4 42. Bxe4 Rc4 43. Qf3
Bf6 44. g5 $1 $18) 42. Rxf4 (42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Be2 Rf4 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qh1+
Kg8) 42... Rxf4 43. Kf1 Bd4 44. Qg3 Be5 $5 (44... Rxf5 $1 $13) 45. Qh3 Rc4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Last mistake.After} (45... Bd4 $1 46. Kg2 Ne5 {Black still alive.})
46. g5 Bf4 47. g6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. b3 Bc6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Kh1 (17. Bf1 Qd8 (17... Qb4 18. Rc2 a4 19. Nd5 Qxd2
20. Bxd2 axb3 21. axb3 Bd4+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Ra3 24. Rcb2 Rca8 25. Nc2
R3a7 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. b4) 18. Qf2 Qf8 19. a3 e6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ne2
f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nd4 f4 25. Bd2 Bd7 26. Bd3 Be5 27. Be4 Qf6 28. Ne2 Bc6 29.
Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rb3 Rac8 31. Ra3 Nb6 32. c5) (17. a3 Nxb3 18. Bxb6 Nxd2 19. Rb2
Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd7 21. Bd5 Bxc3 22. Rbb1 Be5 23. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rb8 25. Rc7
Be6 26. Ba7 Re8 27. Be3 a4 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Rxe7 Rb1+ 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Kg1 Rb1+
32. Kf2) 17... Qd8 (17... Qb4 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Rc2 Qd8 20. Rd1 Qf8 21. Qc1 h5
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Na6 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. Rc6 Qe8 26. Qc4 e6 27. Rc1 exd5 28.
Qxd5) 18. Bd1 (18. Rd1 Qf8 19. a3 h5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23.
Bd4 h4 24. h3 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. b5 Bd7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1
) (18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bb5) 18... Ne6 (18...
e6 19. Nb5) 19. a3 b6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 (20... Nc5) 21. cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc5 23.
b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. Be2 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 27. Qc1 Qa8 28. Bb5 Ne5 (28...
Qb7 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. dxc6) 29. Bxb6 Qa2 30. Bf1 Bb2 31. Qd1 Qa3 32. b5 Qb4 33.
Bf2 (33. Be3 Nd7) 33... Nd7 34. Qc2 (34. Qb1 Nc5 35. Be2) 34... Bc3 (34... Bd4
35. Qc8+ Nf8 36. Bh4 Qb1 37. Qc4) 35. Qd3 Nc5 36. Qc4 Qb2 37. Kg1 Be5 38. g3
Kg7 39. f4 Bf6 40. e5 1-0

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rfd1 Qb6 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nd4 (18. Rc2 b6 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Nc3 Qb7
21. Qf2 Na6 22. Rcc1 a4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 axb3 25. axb3 b5 26. f4 b4 27.
Rc4 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Nc7 29. Qe2 Ra5 30. Bf2 Nb5 31. Rc1 Nc3 32. Qd3 Qa8 33. g3 {
1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Mariotti,S/Milano 1975/MCL (33)}) (18. Qe1 Qf8 19. Qh4 Bf6 20.
Qf2 Bg7 21. Nc3 b6 22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qe1 e6 24. Bf1 Qe7 25. Ne2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nb7 29. Nd4 e5 30. Nc2 Kf8 31. Rcd1 Ke7 32. Ne3 Rd8 33.
Kf2 Nc5 34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. cxd5 Rf8 36. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Petursson,M/New York
1987/CBM 02 (36)}) (18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Nc3 h5 (19... b6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Rb1 Be5
22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bg5 Rb7 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Rbd1 Rcb8 27. Rc1 e6 28.
Nc3 Rd7 29. Red1 Qd8 30. Qe1 Be5 31. Ne2 Qe7 32. Nd4 Ba8 33. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
G-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 1988/CBM 10 (33)}) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. g3 Qg7
23. Rb1 Ra6 24. Bh3 Rca8 25. Qf2 b6 26. Bf1 R6a7 27. a3 g5 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. Kh1
Nd7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Bjergtrup,M/London 1988/TD 
(57)}) 18... Qf8 (18... Qb6 19. Rb1 Qb4 20. Qc1 Ne6 21. a3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qb6
23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Qc2 Be5 26. h3 Bd6 27. c5 Bd7 28. Rbc1 Bh2+ 29.
Kh1 Be5 30. Bc4 {1-0 Veroci,Z-Ramon,V/Dubai 1986/TD (54)}) 19. Rb1 (19. Bf1 Bd7
20. g3 h5 21. Bg2 Kh7 22. Qe2 Bh6 23. Rf1 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 e5 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26.
cxb5 Qe7 27. f4 a4 28. Bh3 Rf8 29. b4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Ne6 31. Bxe6 {0-1
Kleinschmidt,F-Leimeister,E/Bruchkoebel 1993/GER (55)}) 19... Bd7 (19... Bf6
20. a3 Qg7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. b5 Be8 25. f4 Bf7 26. e5
dxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. c5 Bc3 29. Qd3 Qe5 30. Bf3 g5 31. Rb3 {1-0 Nunn,
J-Velimirovic,D/Dubai 1986/TD (45)}) 20. Bf1 $5 $146 (20. a3 Be5 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Ne6 23. f4 {1/2-1/2 Bellia,F-Rossi,C/Chianciano 1989/EXT 97 (47)})
20... Be6 21. Nxe6 {[%mdl 16384]} (21. Rdc1 $5 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]} h5) 21...
Nxe6 22. Rbc1 a4 23. Qb4 (23. Qb4 axb3 24. axb3 {[%cal Ga8a2]} Nc5 $11 {
[%csl Gb3][%cal Gg7a1]}) (23. b4 a3 $1 24. Rc2 Bf6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. b3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfc8 (16... Qb4 17. Rfc1 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfc8 19. Qc1
Qc3 20. a3 Qe5 21. Re1 b5 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe3 b4 25. a4 Be5 26.
g4 Qf6 27. Bd3 {1-0 Reizniece,D-Chasovnikova,E/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (49)})
17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Raf8 21. Re1 Ne6 22. Qd2 Nf4 23.
Bf1 R8f7 24. Rbd1 g5 25. Ne4 Qxd2 26. Nxd2 Kf8 27. Kg1 R5f6 28. Re3 {1/2-1/2
Brynell,S-Jepson,C/Haninge 1997/EXT 98 (47)}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rfc1 h5 (17... Qb4
18. Qe1 (18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Rc2 Qd8 20. Qc1 Qf8 21. Qd2 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Rbc1
Rf8 24. Nb5 Ne6 25. Bf1 Qh5 26. Qf2 Be5 27. Qg1 g5 {1/2-1/2 Danielsen,
H-Bjerring,K/DEN-ch 1988/EXT 97 (27)}) 18... Be5 (18... a4 19. bxa4 Qa3 20. Bd2
Nxa4 21. Rb3 Qc5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qa7 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Ra3 Bb2 26. Be3
Bd4 27. Bg5 Bc5 28. Rb3 {0-1 Pinkas,K-Piven,I/Werfen 1992/EXT 97 (45)}) 19. Bd2
Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21. a3 Qf8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. Qd2 Rca8
26. b5 Be8 27. f4 Ra2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 {0-1 Juarez,C-Scarella,E/Florida
Valle 1993/EXT 98 (41)}) (17... Qd8 18. Bd1 Be5 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Be3
Rd8 22. a3 e5 23. Bc2 h5 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Ne2 h4 26. h3 Bf6 27. Bb6 Bg5 28. Qe1
Rdc8 29. Bxa5 b5 30. Bb4 {1-0 Rodriguez Lopez,R-Paschall,W/Budapest 1997/EXT
99 (50)}) 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. Bf1 b6 21. a3 Ra7 22. h3 Bxd5 23. exd5
Bf6 24. Qf2 Rb8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 g5 27. f4 Kg7 28. Qf3 e5 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30.
Rh2 {1-0 Polgar,Z-Popovic,P/Novi Sad 1990/EXT 97 (41)}) 17... Qd8 18. Nd5 b6
19. Bf1 Rab8 20. Qf2 Qf8 21. Qh4 f6 22. a3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Dubious plan .
White lose control over the central squares. After} (22. Bd4 $1 Rb7 23. Rd2 {
Black has unpleasant position.}) 22... e6 $1 23. Nc3 f5 {[%mdl 32]} 24. Nb5 Bf6
25. Qh3 Rd8 26. exf5 exf5 {[%csl Rh3]} 27. Bf4 (27. Nd4 Bd7) (27. Bd4 Bxb5 28.
cxb5 d5 $1) (27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Ne6 {[%csl Rh3]}) 27... Be5 28. Bg5 Rd7 29.
Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne6 31. Bh6 Qf6 32. Rd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rdd1 $1 g5 33.
Qh5 Qf7 (33... Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Rd3) 34. Qxf7+ (34. Qh3 Qg6 $17) 34...
Kxf7 35. h4 gxh4 36. Be3 $44) 32... g5 33. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this weak
move black has technically winning position,much better was} (33. Qh5 Nf4 34.
Qxg5+ Qxg5 35. Bxg5 Nxd3 36. Bxd3 $44 {Whis a good compensation for the
exchange.}) 33... g4 34. Qh4 Qxh4 35. gxh4 Bxf3+ 36. Bg2 Bxg2+ {[%mdl 4096]} (
36... Nc5 37. Re3 Be4 38. Rf1 Rf7 39. Bf4 Re8 $17) 37. Kxg2 b5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
} 38. Rf1 $1 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2+ 40. Rd2 Rxd2+ 41. Bxd2 d5 42. c5 (42. Rxf5 dxc4
43. Bxa5 Rd3 $17) 42... Nxc5 {Last mistake,better was} (42... Rf7 $1 43. c6 Nd4
$17 {And white should to work for a draw.}) 43. Rxf5 Nb3 44. Bh6 Rd8 45. Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. b3 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Kh1 (17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Bf1 b6 20. Nd5
Qb7 21. Bg5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. Re1 Qc7 24. h4 e5 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rbd1 Rae8
27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd5 Qc8 29. g3 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Velimirovic,D/Thessaloniki 1988/
TD (51)}) (17. a3 Qd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Qf8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nb3
(22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4
Qa2 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 b6 30. f4 Qc2 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Qf5+ 33. Kg3 h4+ 34.
Kh2 Qc2 35. Bg4 Qxc4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qxe7 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxe5+ {0-1 Jansa,V-Petursson,M/Naestved 1988/TD (40)}) 22... Ra3 23. Rdc1 (
23. Qc1 Ra2 24. Bf1 Ba4 25. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Kirov,N/Palma de Mallorca
1989/TD (25)}) 23... Ba4 24. Bd1 Ra8 25. Kh1 Be5 26. f4 Bf6 27. c5 Bc6 28. Bf3
dxc5 29. b5 Bxb5 30. e5 Bg7 31. Bxb7 Rd8 32. Qb2 Ra7 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Bf3 Bd3
35. Bxc5 Rc7 36. Ra1 Rdc8 37. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Petursson,M/San Bernardino
1989/EXT 97 (37)}) (17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd1 Qe8 20. Be2 h5 21. Bf1 Kh7
22. Re1 Qh8 23. Rbc1 Bf6 24. Bf2 Qg7 25. f4 Qh6 26. Nf3 Be8 27. g3 Kg8 28. Bg2
b6 29. Qe2 Rab8 30. e5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Larsen,B/London 1990/CBM 18 (52)})
17... Qd8 18. Nd4 (18. Rfd1 Qf8 19. Nc3 Be5 20. Rdc1 h5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Qg7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. a3 a4 27. b4 Nb3 28. Qd3 Bd4 29. c5
dxc5 30. Bxd4 {0-1 Casafus,R-Tempone,M/Trelew 1995/EXT 97 (58)}) 18... Qe8 19.
Nb5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 Bf6 21. Nd4 Kh8 22. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Bd7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4
Ne6 {[%cal Ga8a3]} 25. Nb3 Ba4 26. Rdc1 Bxb3 27. Rxb3 Qg7 28. Rd1 g5 $6 {
[%mdl 16] White didn't get any advantage and after normal} (28... h5 $11 {
[%cal Ga8a1] I don't see any problems}) 29. g3 Qh6 $6 {Another strange move.
Much logical was} (29... Ra4 {[%cal Gc8a8]} 30. c5 $5 dxc5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32.
Qc2 Bd4 33. Ra3 $2 (33. Bb5 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 35. Bxc5 b6) 33... Rxa3 34. Bxd4
f6 35. Bxc5 Raa8 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb7b6]}) 30. c5 $5 dxc5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32.
Rb5 b6 33. Rxb6 Na4 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (33... Ne6 $1 $14) 34. Ra6 Qg7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Loosing by force.After} (34... Rxa6 35. Bxa6 Rb8 36. Qa5 Nc3 37.
Rd2 $16 {Black should work hard for the draw.}) 35. Qa5 $1 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. b4
Nh5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Rb1 a5 15. b5 Bd7 16. f4 $14 {Chiburdanidze,M-Ivkov,B
Monaco Veterans-Women (05) 1994 1/2 18}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 (12.
Bd3 a5 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re3 h6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qd4 18. Rd1 e5
19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bc2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rfd8 $11 {Sorokin,M-Spangenberg,H Buenos
Aires ARG-WORLD (3) 1/2 35}) 12... a5 13. b3 (13. Rfe1 $6 {Der R gehört nach
c1 oder d1.} Nd7 14. Be3 a4 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. Rab1 Rfc8 $15 {Hernandez,
Rom-Zarnicki,P San Martin (08) 1994 1/2 44}) 13... Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 b6
(15... e6 16. Bd1 (16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Bf4 (17. g3 $1 Qe7 (17... Qf6 18. Bg5 $5)
18. Nb5 $16 {+/- Korneev,O-Cebalo,M/Porto San Gioirgio 1997/Inf 71/[Korneev,O]}
) (17. Bf1 $6 Qh4 18. h3 Qg3 $36) (17. Nb5 Qh4 $5 18. g3 Bxg3 $5 $13) 17... Qe7
18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 b6 21. a3 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Fishbein,A-Sorensen,J/Copenhagen PC 1991/EXT 91op (32)}) (
16. Rfc1 b6 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Ra7 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22.
Qe3 Rb7 23. Rcd2 e5 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. f4 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,
A-Olafsson,H/St.Martin op 1993/TD 93\03 (39)}) (16. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e5 $5
$13) 16... f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne2 {+/- Tringov,G-Haik,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1986/
Inf 41}) (15... Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qb4 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Qf2 h5 20. Rc2
Qd8 21. Rd1 b6 $11 {Olafsson,H-Larsen,B Hastings 1990 1/2 58}) (15... f5 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. a3 f4 18. Bf2 Kh8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 {1/2-1/2 Berg,K-Hoi,C/
DEN-ch 1991/TD 91\06}) (15... Qd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Badea,
B-Vasilescu,L/Bucharest2 1993/EXT 93}) (15... h5 16. Rfe1 Kh7 17. Bd1 e6 18.
Bc2 Qe7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 e5 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. Be3
Bh6 25. Bf2 Kg8 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 {2.26-2.15 0-1 Diaz,J-Garcia,G/Capablanca
mem-B 1993/EXP 35 (49)}) 16. Nd5 (16. Rfc1 Ra7 (16... Qd7 17. Bf1 Rfb8 18. Qf2
Bxc3 $2 19. Rxc3 Bxe4 $2 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe1 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 $16 {Banas,
I-Schmidt,S Viernheim (05) 1992 1-0 71}) 17. Bf1 Qa8 (17... e6 18. Qf2 f5 19.
exf5 gxf5 20. Rc2 f4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Qd2 Rg7 24. Nd5 Ne6 25. Kh1
Nd4 26. Rc3 Rf5 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Rh5 29. Qf2 {0-1 Bar,R-Kagan,S/ISR-chT
1996/EXP 52 (41)}) 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. Bb5 Rac7 21. Rc4 Kh8 22. Rbc1
Rf8 23. Qc2 Ra7 24. a3 h6 25. Bc6 Qb8 26. Bb5 Qa8 27. Bc6 Qb8 28. b4 axb4 29.
axb4 Ra3 30. Qe2 Nd3 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Ramon,V/
Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80 (47)}) (16. Bd1 Qb8 17. a3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Qe2 b5 22. cxb5 Rc3 23. Bxb3 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qd3
b2 26. b6 Qe8 27. Rb1 Qa4 28. b7 Rf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 {1-0 Anand,
V-Larsen,B/Cannes schev 1989/CBM 11 (36)}) (16. Rfd1 Kh8 (16... Qb8 $146 17.
Nd5 Re8 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5 {/\ a3, b4 +/-}) 18. a3 (18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Nxe7+ $2
Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxd6 Qb7 $15) 18... Nd7 19. Bg5 Kf8 (19... Qd8 20. Nxe7+
$5 Rxe7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc8 24. Rbd1 Nc5 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26.
Rxd8+ Bf8 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na4 $13) 20. Kh1 {Wojtkiewicz,A-De Firmian,N/
Rubinstein mem 1995/CBM 49/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (61)}) 17. a3 Rg8 18. Bd4 Qf8 19. b4
axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Nd5 f5 22. Nc7 Ra7 23. Ne6 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+
Nxf6 26. exf5 {1-0 Drasko,M-Antic,D/JUG-ch 1991/TD 91\07 (32)}) 16... Re8 17.
a3 (17. Rfd1 $1 e6 18. Nc3 Rc8 (18... Be5) 19. Rbc1 Be5) 17... e6 18. Nf4 a4
19. b4 Nb3 20. Qe1 d5 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4,Rd5e4,Rd5c4]} 21. Rd1 (21. cxd5 exd5 22.
Rd1 (22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bb3 25. Bxg7 Bxd1 26. Ba1 Bxe2 27. Qxe2
Re6 $17) 22... d4 23. Bf2 (23. b5 Bb7 24. Bf2 Qd6) 23... b5 24. Nd3 Rc8 $15)
21... d4 22. Bf2 f5 $1 23. Bd3 Be5 24. Bg3 $6 (24. g3 $1 Qc7 25. Ng2 Bd6 26.
Qe2 $13) 24... Qc7 25. Ne2 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8 $15 27. Rf3 Kg7 28. Bxe5+ $6 (28.
Qf2 $5 Bxg3 29. Nxg3 Rxf3 (29... Qe5 30. Rf1) 30. gxf3 Rf8 $132) 28... Qxe5 29.
Qh4 Rf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Qg3 e5 32. Rf1 (32. Kh1 $1 Rf8 33. Ng1 Qf4 34. Qe1
$15) 32... Qe7 33. Rd1 Rf8 $17 34. Kh1 h5 35. Ng1 h4 36. Qe1 Bd7 37. h3 (37.
Nf3 h3) 37... Qf6 38. Qe2 Qf4 {Black peaces are very strong placed, and
Korneev decides to exchange Qeens and rooks but this doesn't help him, black
still has good winning chances in the endgame.} 39. Rf1 Qxf1 40. Qxf1 Rxf1 41.
Bxf1 Nd2 42. Bd3 Kf6 43. Kh2 (43. Nf3 Nxf3 44. gxf3 Bxh3 45. c5 bxc5 46. b5 Ke7
$19) 43... Bc6 44. Nf3 Nxe4 45. Nxh4 g5 46. Nf3 Nf2 {After losing pawn on e4
rest is clear.} 47. Bf1 Bxf3 48. Kg3 d3 49. Kxf3 d2 50. Be2 d1=Q 51. Bxd1 Nxd1
{Hecht: '[#] Der schwarze König und sein Vasall werden auf den Punkt genau mit
den sich formierenden entfernten weißen Freibauern fertig. Ich sehe keine
besseren weißen Möglichkeiten. '} 52. g3 (52. Ke4 {Hecht} Nc3+ {[%csl Gd5]}) (
52. Ke2 {Hecht} Nb2 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4,Gd3]}) 52... Nb2 53. c5 bxc5 54. bxc5 (54.
b5 {Hecht} Nc4 55. Ke4 (55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Nb6 57. Ke4 c4 $19) 55... Nxa3 56.
b6 Nc4 57. b7 Nd6+ $19) 54... Nc4 55. c6 Ke6 56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Nxa3 58. c7
Kd7 59. h5 Nc4 60. h6 Nd6 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {Being the team capitain I had the pleasure of kicking myself out of the
first round line up.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 $5
{Goran almost never choses regular Kings Indian lines.} 7. O-O {Going for the
Maroczy Bind.} (7. d5 {Sometime I should learn about} e6 8. O-O Re8 (8... Na6
$5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 $1 Qa5 (10... Qb6 11. Rb1 (11. Qb3 $5)) 11. Re1 Rfe8
12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nb4 15. Rac1 Nd7 $16 {Ponomariov-Topalov,Leon
(rapid)2003.}) 9. Nd2 (9. h3 Na6 (9... exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 (10... Na6 11. Bd3 $5)
11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bg5 $14)) 9... Na6 10.
Kh1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. f3 Rb8 13. Ndb1 $14) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 {
Is not it to early for this exchange.} (9... Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12.
f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 (17... h5
18. Nd5 Qd8 (18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb4 20. Qc1 $1 $16 {The point behind Rc2.})
19. Bg5 $16) 18. a3 Be5 (18... a4 19. b4 Nb3 20. Qd3 $16) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Ne6 21. Nd5 Ra3 22. Kh1 Rca8 23. f4 Bg7 24. f5 Nf8 25. Bb6 Qd7 26. Rf1 Ra1 27.
Ba5 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rc8 30. Bd3 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Be5 32. g3 $16) 10.
Bxd4 Bd7 11. f3 a5 12. a3 $6 {This looked like taking the advantage out of
black's move order.} a4 $2 {and Goran bites the bait!} (12... Nh5 $1 13. b4
axb4 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 (14... Kxg7 15. axb4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Be6 $15) 15. axb4 Qb6+ 16.
Kh1 Be6 17. Rb1 $15) 13. c5 $1 {After this black has two organic weaknesses:
a4and e7.} dxc5 14. Bxc5 Bc6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rfd1 ({Probably after} 16. Bxe7
$2 Rd2 $44 {black's initiative provides him with more than enough compensation
for the pawn.}) 16... e6 17. Kf2 (17. Rxd8+ $6 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nd7
20. Bb4 (20. Be3 $6 b5 21. Be2 $140 $2 b4 22. axb4 a3 23. b5 Bb7 24. Bc1 Nb6 $1
$19) 20... Nb6 $11) 17... Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Be3 $1 {Better than} (19. Bd4
Bf8 {since black's bishop will anyway go to f8 square.}) 19... Ra5 20. Rd2 Kf8
21. Na2 $5 (21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ke7 23. Ke3 f5 $132) 21... Ke8 $6 {Once
again Goran thinks the same way I do over the position.But...} (21... Nc5 $1
22. Nb4 Nb3 23. Rc2 ({my intended} 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rd8+ $6 Ke7 25. Bb6 {
runs into the computer move} Rc5 $3 $17) 23... Nd4 24. Rd2 Nb3 $11) 22. Rc2 {
I was very ambitious in this stage.} (22. Nb4 Bb5 23. Nd3 $14) 22... Bf8 23.
Nb4 Bc5 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Ke3 $1 (26. Rc4 Rb5 27. Rb4 Rxb4 28.
axb4 Nd7 $11) 26... Kd7 27. e5 $1 {White eliminates lines which do not give
him any edge here around one by one.} (27. Rc4 $6 e5 28. Rb4 Kc7 29. Bc4 f6 30.
Bg8 h6 31. Bf7 g5 $11) 27... Kc7 28. f4 {By doublechecking some possibilities
I have become aware that my prepared idea was about to bring me on the edge of
a defeat!} (28. Rc4 Nd7 29. Rf4 $2 Nxe5 $1 (29... Rxe5+ 30. Kf2) 30. Rf6 Kd6
31. f4 Ke7 $1 $19) 28... Nd7 29. Bf3 c5 {Goran offered a draw with this move.
I thought I have already lost most of my advantage, besides my teammates had
already secured a won match against our most important rival in the league.} (
29... c5 30. Be2 $1 {However later I have found out that white has a big edge
over the game and regretted my hasty decision.} (30. Kd2 $2 Nb6 31. Rc3 Rb5 32.
Kc1 Nd5 33. Rc4 Nb6 34. Rc2 c4 35. Rc3 Rc5 $11) 30... f6 (30... Nb6 31. Ke4 Nd5
32. g4 Kc6 33. Bc4 Ra8 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. Kf3 h6 36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. b3
axb3 39. Bxb3 f4 40. a4 Rd7 41. Bc4 $18) 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. Bc4 Kd6 33. Rd2+ Ke7
34. Kf3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Heim, Sverre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rfc8 14. b3 Qe8
15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Bd4 Qf8 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Re8 20. Re3 Qg7
21. Qd2 Kf8 22. f4 Nc5 23. b4 Nb7 24. Nc3 a5 {'?!'} ({This move simplifies
White's task. More tenacious was} 24... Rbc8) 25. b5 {'!'} Bd7 26. Na4 {
'!' Forcing further exchanges and obtaining a large advantage.} Bg4 (26... Nd8
{is strongly met by} 27. Qf2 {, targeting the b6-pawn.}) 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2
Nc5 29. Nxc5 dxc5 30. e5 {'!' Now it is obvious that Black has very little
chances to save the game.} Qh6 31. g3 Qh3 32. e6 f6 33. Qd3 Qg4 34. Kf2 Kg7 35.
Qe4 g5 36. Rd7 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kh6 38. Re3 Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Rg8+ 40. Rg3 Rg4 41. Rxe7
f5 (41... Rxg3+ {falls short of} 42. hxg3 f5 43. Rxh7+ Kg6 44. gxh4 fxe4 45.
Rf7) 42. Rxh7+ {'!' '!' A nice game conclusion. Black resigned in view of the
line:} Kxh7 (42... Kg6 43. Qe5 Rxg3+ 44. hxg3 Qxh7 45. Qxb8) 43. Qxf5+ Kh8 44.
Rxg4 {, winning.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 {In this game Black aims for a hedgehog set-up, which is a rather
unusual approach in this line.} 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 d6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Rac1 Rc8
13. Nd5 Ned7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nbc3 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Bf1 Rb8 18. b4 Bh8 19.
Qe2 Bg7 20. Rd2 Bh8 21. Qe1 Bg7 22. Qd1 Qc8 23. Ne2 Qd8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nb3 Qc8
$6 (25... Bc6 $5) 26. a4 $1 {This is one of the most dangerous plans against
the Hedgehog in action. Black's position will not be so harmonious after
exchanging the b6-pawn for white's a-pawn.} Ba8 27. a5 bxa5 28. Nxa5 e6 29.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. Rxd6 $1 {White plans a completely sound exchange sacrifice.} Bf8
(30... Rxb4 31. c5) 31. b5 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 axb5 33. cxb5 Qd7 34. Qe5 $1 Nh5 35.
g4 f6 36. Qc7 Qxc7 37. Rxc7 $18 Rec8 (37... Ng7 38. Bh6 $18) 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39.
gxh5 gxh5 40. b6 Rc3 41. Bd4 Rxf3 42. b7 Bxb7 43. Nxb7 Kg7 44. Nc5 e5 45. Bf2
Rc3 46. h4 Kg6 47. Bd3 Kf7 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Ke2 Rc1 50. Nb3 Rc3 51. Nd2 Ra3 52.
Nc4 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Ra1 54. Ne3 Ra3 55. Bc4 Rc3 56. Be1 Ra3 57. Bb4 Ra7 58. Bd5
Ra4 59. Bf8 Ra1 60. Nf5 h6 61. Nxh6 Rf1+ 62. Kg2 Rb1 63. Bf7+ Kh7 64. Nf5 Re1
65. Ng3 Rc1 66. Bxh5 Rc3 67. Bg4 Kg8 68. Bb4 Rc2+ 69. Kh3 Rb2 70. Ba3 Rb6 71.
Bf5 Kg7 72. Kg4 Rc6 73. h5 Rb6 74. h6+ Kf7 75. h7 Rb8 76. Nh5 Ra8 77. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Qb6 {This position is not new to
theory but White's next move might be a novelty.} (10... Nxd4 {Tsesarsky} 11.
Bxd4 a5 12. Qd2 $14 (12. Qb3 $2 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Bastidas,E-Barria,D/X Mundial
U-26 x Equipos 1997 (37)}) (12. b3 Bc6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be3 $14)) (10... Ne8 {
Tsesarsky} 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Rfd1 Ne6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Nd5
Rc8 17. b3 e6 (17... Bc6 18. b4 Ne6 19. f4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Qb2+ Kg8 23. e5 $16 {1-0 Zdenek,P-Spilka,J/CZE-chT1b 1995 (26)}) 18. Nc3 a6 19.
Nc2 Nc6 20. b4 Nb7 21. Na4 $16) (10... Re8 {Tsesarsky} 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qd8
13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Rac1 b6 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Bh6 (16. Na1 Rc8 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. b3
$14) 16... Bh8 17. Bg5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Nd4 $14 {0-1 Alekhine-Pruss,L/
Rosario 1926 (39)}) 11. Kh1 (11. Na4 {Tsesarsky} Qd8 (11... Qa5 12. Nc3 Rfc8 (
12... Qb6 $11) 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qd2 a6 17. b3 b5 $132
{- Adamski,J-Petran,P/Stary Smokovec 1974/MCD-r7 (26)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nc3
a5 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qb7 $11 (18... Bxd5
$2 19. cxd5 $14 {- Salmensuu,O-Pihlajasalo,A/Turku op 1993/EXT 97 (29)})) (11.
Qd3 {Tsesarsky} Qxb2 12. Rab1 Qa3 13. Rxb7 Ne5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 (14... Rfb8 $15)
15. Nd5 $5 (15. Ndb5 Qa6 (15... Qa5 16. Bd4 $132 (16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Nxa7 Nxc4
$17)) 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Nxa7 Ra8 (17... Nxc4 $4 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 (18... Bxc8 19.
Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rb1 $18) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rc1 $18 {Cuijpers,F-Rausis,I/Nimes op
1991/EXT 91op/0-1 (44)}) 18. Nab5 Rc8 $14) 15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Rab8 17. Rfb1
Rxb7 18. Rxb7 $16) (11. Ncb5 {Tsesarsky} a6 12. Nc2 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rac8 (13...
Rfc8 $132) 14. f4 b5 $132 {- Belov,V-Nielsen,P/Karsten Kold op 1997/EXT 97 (32)
}) 11... Qxb2 {The game is approaching its first critical moment - obviously
by playing 11 Kh1 White provoked Black to take the b2-pawn and Black accepted
the challenge. The next few moves will show whose assessment was correct.} 12.
Na4 Qa3 ({I think that Black had a better option here. Instead of 12...Qa3
Black could try} 12... Qxa1 $1 13. Qxa1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxa4 {where a rook, a
knight and a pawn would be enough to compensate him for the sacrificed queen.})
13. Bc1 Qxa4 (13... Qb4 $2 {Tsesarsky} 14. Bd2 (14. Nb5 Nxe4 15. fxe4 {1-0
Landenbergue-Kribben/Biel Jugendturnier 1981}) 14... Qxd2 (14... Qa3 15. Nb5
$18) (14... Qxa4 15. Qxa4 Nxd4 16. Qd1 $18) 15. Qxd2 Nxd4 16. Nc3 $18) 14. Qxa4
Nxd4 15. Qd1 Nxe2 $2 {Black should not part with his powerful knight so easily.
} ({Much better was} 15... Nxe4 $1 16. Bb2 ({White might also try} 16. fxe4
Nxe2 17. Bg5) 16... Nxe2 17. Qxe2 ({After} 17. Bxg7 $6 N2g3+ 18. hxg3 Nxg3+ 19.
Kg1 Kxg7 {Black obtains yet another, the third pawn in addition to his two
minor pieces.} {After} 20. Re1 Rfe8 {White's advantage is no longer clear.} (
20... Be6 $132)) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc5 {and Black has significant
compensation for the queen: his knight has a nice position on c5, while the
bishop can be placed on e6, where it will attack the c4-pawn. I think that
here White's chances lie in the advanced position of Black's g-pawn. White
should either attack by h2-h4-h5, targeting the g6-pawn or try to invade on
the h-file by moving the queen to h6 and one of his rooks to h4. Anyway, this
position remains unclear and certainly here Black would have better chances
than in the game.} (18... Nc5 {Tsesarsky} 19. Rfe1 $16)) 16. Qxe2 Nxe4 17. Ba3
(17. Rb1 {Tsesarsky} Nc3 18. Qxe7 Nxb1 19. Qxd7 b6 20. Qxd6 Rfd8 21. Qb4 Nc3
22. Qa3 $16) 17... Nc5 18. Qxe7 (18. Rab1 {Tsesarsky} Bf5 19. Qxe7 Bxb1 20.
Rxb1 b6 21. Qxd6 Rfd8 $16) 18... Be6 ({Of course, Black could not take the
rook on a1, as after} 18... Bxa1 19. Rxa1 $18 {he would not survive the attack
on the long diagonal.} (19. Rxa1 {Tsesarsky} Be6 20. Qxd6 b6 21. Rd1 $1 (21.
Bxc5 $2 bxc5 22. Rc1 Bxc4 $1 23. a3 (23. Rxc4 Rad8 24. Qxc5 Rd1+ 25. Qg1 Rfd8
$11) 23... Be6 24. Qxc5 Rac8 25. Qe3 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Rc8 $14) 21... Rfc8 (21...
Bxc4 $6 22. Qf6 $1 $18) 22. Bb2 $18)) 19. Qxd6 b6 20. Bxc5 (20. Rad1 Bxc4 21.
Rf2) (20. Rad1 $18 {Tsesarsky}) 20... bxc5 21. Rac1 Bd4 22. Rfe1 a5 23. h4 {
Here White has a few different ways to win this position; which one to choose
is a matter of taste.} ({White could also give back some of his material
advantage, and in doing so liqudate the two bishops by playing} 23. Rxe6 fxe6
24. Qxe6+ Kh8 (24... Kg7 {Tsesarsky} 25. a4 $18) 25. Re1 $18) (23. a4 $18 {
Tsesarsky}) 23... a4 24. h5 Kg7 (24... Rfb8 {Tsesarsky} 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe6
fxe6 27. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Qf4 (25. Re2 $18 {Tsesarsky}) (25. hxg6 {Tsesarsky}
hxg6 26. g4 Rh8+ 27. Kg2 Rab8 28. Re2 $18) 25... gxh5 26. Re5 $1 (26. Qg5+ {
Tsesarsky} Kh8 27. Qxh5 $18) 26... Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kg6 28. Qxc5 $18 {White's
position is winning and it's hard to explain what happened in the game and how
White managed to lose this game.} (28. Qg3+ {Tsesarsky} Kh6 29. Re1 Rg8 30.
Qf4+ Kg6 31. Re5 h6 32. Qe4+ Kf6 33. Rxh5 $18) 28... Rfd8 (28... Rfc8 {
Tsesarsky} 29. Qd4 Rab8 30. Kh2 $18) 29. f4 (29. Qf2 $18 {Tsesarsky}) 29... Bf5
30. Qe7 (30. Rb1 $1 {Tsesarsky} f6 31. Rb5 $18) 30... f6 31. c5 (31. Qe1 $18 {
Tsesarsky}) 31... Re8 32. Qb7 (32. Qd6 {Tsesarsky} Rad8 $16) 32... Be4 33. c6
Rab8 34. f5+ (34. Qa6 {Tsesarsky} Rb2 35. c7 (35. Qxa4 Bxg2+ 36. Kg1 Ree2 37.
f5+ Kxf5 38. c7 Bb7 $44) 35... Bxg2+ 36. Kg1 Bh3 37. Qc6 Ree2 (37... Rg2+ 38.
Kh1 Ree2 39. Rg1 $18) 38. c8=Q Bxc8 39. Qxc8 Rg2+ $11) 34... Bxf5 35. Qc7 (35.
Qa6 $1 {Tsesarsky} Rb2 (35... Ra8 36. Qf1 Rac8 37. c7 h4 38. Qb5 a3 39. Rc5 Be4
40. Qb3 Re7 41. Qh3 f5 42. Qxa3 $18) 36. c7 Rxa2 37. c8=Q Bxc8 38. Rxc8 Re4 39.
Rg8+ Kf7 40. Qa8 $18) 35... Rb4 36. Qg3+ (36. Rf1 {Tsesarsky} Rg4 37. Rxf5 Re1+
38. Kh2 Kxf5 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. c7 $18) 36... Rg4 37. Qf2 Be4 38. c7 Rxg2 39.
Qxg2+ (39. Rg1 {Tsesarsky} Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Rc8 41. Qf4 Bf5 42. Rg3 h6 $11) 39...
Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rc8 41. Kg3 (41. Kh3 {Tsesarsky} Kg5 (41... Kf5 42. Kh4) 42.
Rg1+ Kf4 43. Rg7 Ke5 44. Rxh7 Kd6 45. Rf7 Rxc7 46. Rxf6+ Ke5 $17) 41... Kf5 42.
a3 (42. Rc4 {Tsesarsky} Kg5 43. a3 f5 44. Rc6 h4+ 45. Kh3 h6 46. Rc5 $11) 42...
Ke6 43. Rc4 Kd5 44. Rxa4 Rxc7 45. Ra5+ Ke4 46. Rxh5 f5 47. a4 (47. Rh4+ {
Tsesarsky} Ke3 48. Rb4 Rg7+ 49. Kh2 f4 50. Rb3+ Ke2 51. Rb2+ Kf3 52. Rb3+ Kg4
53. a4 $11) 47... f4+ {[#] Hecht: Hier läuft alles auf das Elementarendspiel T
plus f-Bauer vs Turm hinaus. 10 Züge später schauen wir näher hin. Eine
Medaille für die Endspielpatzerei!} 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kg1 Ke3 (49... Kf3 {
Tsesarsky} 50. Rh3+ $11) 50. Re5+ (50. Rxh7 {Tsesarsky} Rc1+ 51. Kh2 f3 52.
Re7+ (52. Rb7 f2 $19) 52... Kf2 53. Rb7 Ke1 54. Kg3 (54. Re7+ Kf1 55. a5 f2 56.
a6 Rc8 57. Rg7 Rh8+ 58. Kg3 Re8 $19) 54... f2 55. Re7+ Kf1 56. Rf7 Rc3+ 57. Kh2
Rc6 $19) 50... Kf3 51. Rb5 Ra2 (51... Rg2+ $1 {Tsesarsky} 52. Kh1 Ra2 53. Kg1
$1 (53. Rb3+ Kf2 $19) (53. Rh5 Ke3 54. Rxh7 f3 55. Re7+ Kf2 $19) 53... Kg4 (
53... Ra1+ 54. Kh2) 54. Rb7 $17) 52. a5 h6 53. Rb3+ Kg4 54. Rb6 Kg3 (54... h5
$17 {Tsesarsky}) 55. Rg6+ Kf3 56. Rxh6 Ra1+ 57. Kh2 Rxa5 {[#] Hecht: Remis
laut Endspiel-CD. Neben dem Textzug halten auch Tg6, Td6, Tc6 und Tc6 sowie
Kg1/h1 remis. Der Doppelfehler im 61./62. Zug zeigt, daß beide Spieler
Defizite haben....! Dieses Endspiel ergibt sich im allgemeinen aus dem Typ
T+f+h vs T, und schon deshalb sollte man wissen, wie die Verteidigung zu
führen ist. Weiß gelangt mit dem König nicht vor den Bauern, steht aber sehr
gut auf der kurzen Seite und am besten auf h2. Der Turm stellt sich entweder
hinter den Bauer und hindert ihn im Zusammenspiel mit dem König von g2 aus
effektvoll am Vorwärtsgehen, oder er begibt sich auf die lange Seite (a- oder
b-Linie), bereit von dort Seitenschachs zu geben. Derzeit hat Weiß noch
Auswahl, was nicht mehr der Fall sein wird, wenn der Bauer auf f3 zu stehen
kommt.} 58. Rf6 {Hecht:Remis laut Endspiel-CD. Neben Tg6/d6/c6/b6 halten auch
Kg1 und Kh1 remis. Der Doppelfehler im 61./62.Zug zeigt, daß beide Spieler
Defizite haben...!} Rg5 (58... Ra2+ {Hecht} 59. Kg1 Ra1+ 60. Kh2 Ke3 61. Kg2
$11) 59. Ra6 Rg2+ 60. Kh1 (60. Kh3 $11 {Hecht}) 60... Re2 61. Ra1 $4 {Hecht:11
Züge halten remis!! Dazu gehörem jeder Turmzug außer den offensichtlichen
Turmeinstellern, dem passiven Textzug und Ta4. Auch Kg1 geht. Keinesfalls aber
darf sich Weiß seinen König auf der 1.Reihe abklemmen lassen, ohne Turmschachs
von oben zu haben!} (61. Ra4 $4 {Hecht} Kg3 $19) 61... Re3 $4 $11 {Hecht:Nutzt
nicht die Gunst der Stunde. Es gewann kinderleicht:} (61... Kg3 $1 $19 {
Tsesarsky} 62. Rg1+ Kh3 63. Rf1 Rb2 (63... Ra2 {Hecht} 64. Rf3+ Kg4 65. Rf1 (
65. Rb3 f3 66. Rb8 Ra1+ 67. Kh2 f2 68. Rg8+ Kh5 (68... Kf3 69. Rf8+ Ke2 70. Kg2
Rg1+ (70... f1=Q+ $19) 71. Kh2 f1=R $1 (71... f1=Q $2 72. Re8+ $11 {
Dauerschach bzw. patt!!})) 69. Rh8+ Kg6 $19) 65... f3 66. Rg1+ Kh3 67. Rg8 Ra1+
68. Rg1 Rxg1+ 69. Kxg1 Kg3 70. Kh1 Kf2 $19) 64. Rf3+ Kg4 65. Ra3 f3 $19) 62.
Kg1 $4 {Hecht:Macht den Verlustsack endgültig zu, indem er Schwarz zu seinem
Gewinnglück geradezu zwingt.} (62. Kh2 $11 {Hecht oder Tuzrmzüge von a5 bis a8
sowie Tg1 halten nach wie vor das Gleichgewicht.} Kf2 63. Ra8 f3 64. Ra1 $8 (
64. Ra7 $2 Kf1 $1 65. Ra1+ Re1 66. Ra3 f2 67. Ra2 Rd1 68. Rb2 Ke1 $19) 64...
Re1 65. Ra2+ Ke3 (65... Kf1 66. Kg3 $11) 66. Ra3+ Kf4 67. Ra4+ Re4 68. Ra8 Ke3
69. Kg1 $11) 62... Kg3 63. Kf1 (63. Rb1 {Tsesarsky} f3 64. Kf1 Ra3 $19) 63...
Rb3 (63... f3 $2 {Hecht} 64. Ra8 $11) 64. Kg1 f3 65. Rc1 Rb2 (65... Rb2 {Hecht}
66. Ra1 Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Rh2 68. Kg1 f2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+825"]
[WhiteClock "0:27:05"]
[BlackClock "1:07:00"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Be5 $5 {Diagramm [#] deckt vorsorglich den
Bauern d6, der nach folgendem e6 die Schwäche im schwarzen Lager darstellt.
Zudem zielt er auf den weißen Königsflügel, wo er in Verbindung mit einer
Umgruppierung der Db6 für Ärger sorgen kann. Der Le5 steht stabiler als auf
den ersten Blick ersichtlich, da aufgrund der Konstellation Lc6/Sc5 weißes f4
nur in sehr seltenen Fällen möglich ist.} (17... Qd8 {ist mit 353 Partien in
der MegaBase 2016 der Hauptzug}) 18. Nd5 $5 (18. f4 $2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxe4 $19)
(18. Kh1 e6 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Rd1 Qh4 21. Bg1 Rd8 $11) 18... Qd8 19. Bg5 $5 {
erzwingt f6, wonach der schwarzen Dame der natürliche Weg zum Angriff
versperrt ist.} f6 20. Bh4 e6 21. Nc3 g5 22. Bg3 {Weiß hat in den letzten
Zügen einige Tempo verloren, doch nun ist die Schwäche d6 fixiert. Zudem ist
nicht vollständig klar, ob der Vorstoß f6-g5-h5 der schwarzen Stellung nicht
eher Halt nimmt.} h5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. a3 a4 (24... h4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 (25... fxe5
$6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Na4 28. Nxa4 Bxa4 29. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg5]}) 26. b4
axb4 27. axb4 Na4 28. c5 $1 $14) 25. b4 Nb3 {Diagramm [#]} 26. Qd3 (26. Bxe5
fxe5 {[%cal Rb3d4]}) 26... Nd4 (26... h4 27. Bf2 Be8 $13 {gefällt mir besser
als den Springer auf e2 zu tauschen}) 27. Rcc1 h4 28. Bf2 Nxe2+ 29. Nxe2 {
ohne den Störenfried auf b3 spielt sich die weiße Stellung zumindest einfacher}
Be8 30. Bd4 Rc7 31. Rc3 Rac8 32. Rbc1 Bf7 33. R3c2 Kg7 34. Rc3 Bg6 35. Qe3 Bf4
$2 {möchte zu viel} (35... Bf7) 36. Nxf4 gxf4 37. Qf2 h3 38. Bb6 Rd7 39. Qh4 {
die schwarze Stellung wird nun wacklig, die Befreeiung des Lg6 funktioniert
nicht wie erwünscht} d5 $2 (39... hxg2 40. R3c2 $14 {[%cal Rc2g2]}) 40. cxd5
Rxc3 41. Rxc3 exd5 42. Rc8 {Artemiev setzt zum Mattangriff an} Be8 43. Qg4+ Kh7
44. Qxh3+ Kg7 45. Qg4+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kg7 47. Bc5 Qf7 48. e5 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. a3 Qf8 19. b4 (19. Bf1 $5) 19... axb4
20. axb4 Na4 (20... Ne6 $5) 21. Nd1 Qd8 22. Nf2 Nb6 23. Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Bxd4
24. Qxd4 {[%cal Yd4g7,Yf2g4,Yg4h6,Yg4f6] /\Ng4} Bb5 (24... Be8 25. c5 dxc5 26.
Qxd8 Rxd8 27. bxc5 $16) 25. Rbc1 Be8 (25... e5 26. Qd2 Ba4 27. Ra2 $14) 26. e5
$5 (26. Ng4 f6 {[%cal Ye8f7,Yf7c4]}) 26... dxe5 27. Qxe5 Nd7 (27... Qc7 $5) 28.
Qb2 b6 $2 (28... Qc7 $1 {[%cal Yc7f4]} 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Bd3 Qd8 31. Rce2 e6 $14)
29. f4 $1 {[%cal Ye2f3,Yf4e5]} Qc7 30. Bf3 Ra4 31. Nd3 Qa7 32. h3 Nb8 33. b5 $1
Rd8 (33... Nd7 $5) 34. Nb4 Qc7 35. Nd5 Qc5+ 36. Kh2 Nd7 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Re1 e6
39. Ne3 Qb4 $6 (39... Qc7 40. g3 h5 $5) 40. Qd4 (40. Qxb4 $1) 40... Qc5 (40...
Ra2 $2 41. Rxa2 Qxe1 42. Ng4) (40... Qa5 $6 41. Ng4 Raxc4 42. Nh6+ Kf8 43. Qh8+
Ke7 44. Ng8+ $40) 41. Qb2 Qb4 (41... Qa3 42. Qc2 $5) 42. Qxb4 Rxb4 43. Rd6 $16
Kf8 44. Bc6 Nf6 45. Bxe8 Kxe8 46. Rxb6 Nh5 (46... Ne4 47. Ra1 $18) 47. f5 $1
Nf4 48. fxe6 Nxe6 49. Rb7 Rb3 (49... h5 50. Nd5 $1) (49... Kf8 50. Rf1 Nd8 51.
Rd7 Ke8 52. Ra7 $18) 50. Nd5 Kf8 51. Nb6 Rc7 52. Rxc7 Nxc7 53. Nd7+ Kg7 54. b6
Na6 (54... Ne6 55. Rxe6 fxe6 56. c5 $18) 55. Re5 Rd3 56. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. f4 $5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 a6 13. Rc1 Rc8 (
13... e5 $5) 14. b4 b5 15. Nd5 $14 {Kapetanovic,A-Delibasic,G/YUG/1992/}) 10...
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 $5 (13. b4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qb6 $10) 13...
a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rac1 (15. Rab1 $142 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. a3 $14
{Dimitrov,V-Abramovic,B/Prilep/1992/1:0 (37) Inf 56/185/}) 15... b6 (15... Qb6
16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Nb5 $14 {/\ a3/}) 16. Rfd1 Ra7 $5 17. Rb1 Qa8 18. a3 Rb8 19.
b4 (19. Nb5 $6 Bxb5 (19... Rd7 20. Nd4 Bb7 $14) 20. cxb5 a4 $1 $15) (19. Rdc1
$5) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Na4 $10 21. Nxa4 (21. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nc3 $19)
21... Rxa4 22. Bd4 Ra2 23. Rb2 (23. Qe3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra1 $10) 23... Bxd4+ 24.
Qxd4 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 b5 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smederevska Palanka"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O a5 (10... Nxd4 $142 11. Bxd4 Bc6 $14) 11. Ndb5 (11. f3
a4 12. Rab1 $1 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Ndb5 Be8 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. b3 $14 {
Cvetkovic,S-Mestel,J/JUG/1982/1:0/41/}) 11... a4 12. f3 (12. f4 $1 Qa5 13. c5
$1 dxc5 14. Bxc5 $16 {Timman,J-Larsen,B/Las Palmas izt/1982/1/2-1/2/63/}) 12...
Qa5 13. Rfc1 (13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Na3 Be6 $10 {Greenfeld,A-Miles,A/
Lusern ol/1982/}) (13. Rfd1 $142 Rac8 14. Rab1 $14) 13... Rfc8 14. Qd1 (14.
Rab1 $5) 14... Ne5 15. b3 Bxb5 $1 16. Nxb5 Nc6 17. Rab1 $14 axb3 18. axb3 Nd7
19. f4 (19. Kh1 $5 {/\20.b4/}) 19... Nf6 20. Bf3 h5 21. h3 Qb4 22. Kh1 Bh6 23.
g4 (23. Bd2 Qc5 24. b4 Qf2 $5) (23. Qe2 $5) 23... hxg4 24. hxg4 Bg7 25. g5 Ne8
(25... Nd7 26. e5 $16) 26. Rc2 (26. Bg4 $5 Rd8 27. Rc2) 26... Ra6 $1 27. Bg4 (
27. Bd2 Qc5 28. b4 Qb6 $13) 27... Rca8 28. Bd7 (28. Qe2 $5) 28... Ra1 $1 29.
Rcc1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qa5 $14 31. Bd2 Qb6 32. Kg2 $5 Ra2 (32... Nd4 $2 33. Be3 $18
) 33. Kf3 (33. Bxe8 $2 Qe3 $19) 33... Qd8 34. Bxe8 $6 (34. Bg4 $14) 34... Qxe8
35. Nc3 Nd4+ 36. Kg3 Ra8 37. Be3 Nc6 (37... Nf5+ $6 38. exf5 Bxc3 39. fxg6 fxg6
40. Qd5+ $16) 38. Nd5 Ra2 39. b4 Ra3 $1 40. Rb3 Ra1 41. Rb1 (41. Qd3 Qd7 42. b5
$2 Rh1 $19) (41. Qg4 $5 $14) 41... Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Hardarson, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b3 d6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 Qb7 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. Qf2 Bd7 19. Qh4 Be6 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3
Bf7 22. Rc2 g5 23. Qf2 Bg6 24. Rcd2 h6 25. Bd4 Rcd8 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Ba1 h5 28.
b4 Ne6 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Ng7 (31... Nxc5 32. Qxc5 dxc5 33. Rxd7
Rxd7 34. Rxd7 $18) 32. Ne3 Qc6 33. cxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 exd6 {><d5,Pd6} 35. Nd5
Be7 36. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Aruba m2"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Nc2 d6 13. Rab1 Qd7 14. Rfd1 f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. b3 f4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4 Kg8 $4 (19... Qf5 20.
Bd3 Qg5 $13) (19... Nf6 $5) 20. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 (10. Rc1 {--> Cavallo-Kristensen CBM_23}) 10... Qa5 11.
f3 Rfc8 12. Qd2 Be8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nd5 {
[+]} a5 {><b5} 18. Kh1 a4 19. Na1 b6 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Nc2 Be5 22. Bg5 Rb7 23.
Bh4 Bg7 24. b4 $1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Nce3 Ne6 27. f4 Rba7 28. Qe1 f6 29. b4
Ra2 30. Bg4 Bf7 31. e5 $1 dxe5 $5 32. Nxf6+ exf6 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. b5 Ncd4 35.
fxe5 Nf4 36. exf6 Bf8 37. Rd1 Bc5 38. Bg3 g5 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Nf5 Re8 41. Qh4
Bg6 42. Qh6 $18 Bf8 43. Qxf4 Nxf5 44. Bxf5 Bf7 45. h3 Ra7 46. Qg5+ Kh8 47. Bxh7
$1 Kxh7 48. Rd4 Re4 49. Rxe4 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 Bd6+ 51. g3 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 (10. Rc1 {--> Cavallo-Kristensen CB23}) (10. Qd2 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 17. Rc2
Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. a3 Qd8 20. Qd2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd1 $14 {
Dimitrov-Moldovan, St.Zagora 1990}) 20... e6 21. Bf1 Be5 $13 {Gelfand-Anand,
Manila izt 1990}) 10... Rc8 (10... Qa5 11. f4 (11. f3 Rfc8 12. Qd2 Be8 13. Rac1
a6 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nd5 {[+] Lutz-Vokac, Dortmund 1991
}) 11... Rac8 12. Rb1 a6 13. b4 $36 {Short-Andersson, Wijk 1990}) 11. f3 Be6 (
11... a6 $5) 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 (13. Rab1) 13... Qa5 14. b4 Nxb4 (14... Qd8
15. Nd5 $16) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc2 $8 17. Qxa5 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Kh1
Bh6 (19... e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 20. g3 {/\f4} e5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. f4 e5 23.
Bf3 exf4 24. gxf4 Rce8 (24... Bxf4 $2 25. Rxe3 Bxe3 26. Bd5+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ $18)
25. Rc3 Nf5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Rf3 Bg7 28. Qd2 {/\29.Rff1 30.Re8 Re8 31.Re1 +-}
Rb8 29. Rf2 b5 30. cxb5 Rxb5 31. Rfe2 Rb2 (31... Rbb8 $142) 32. Qa5 Rxe2 (32...
Rbb8 33. Qxa7 {/\34.Qb8 Rb8 35.Re8 +-}) 33. Rxe2 a6 34. Qc7 $18 Nd3 35. Bf7 Bd4
36. Re8 Rxe8 37. Bxe8 Ne3 38. h3 Nf5 39. Qf7 Nf2+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 (6... Nh6 7. Be2
d6 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 $14 {Petrosian}) 7. Nc3 (7. f3 $2 Qb6 8. Nf5 Qxb2 9. Nxg7+
Kf8 $17) 7... O-O 8. Be2 (8. h3 d6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 b5 $13) 8...
d6 (8... a5 $6 9. O-O a4 10. c5 d5 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Ndb5 $14 {Nunn}) 9. Qd2 (
9. O-O Nxd4 (9... Nd7 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Qd2 (11. b4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {d5}) 11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a5 13. b3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rbd1 f6 17. Bg4 $14 {
Anand-Fernandez, Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Kh1 Rfc8 13.
b3 a6 14. a4 $16) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
Be3 (14. a4 $5) 14... b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bd3 b4
19. Ke2 a5 20. Rc2 h5 21. Bc1 (21. Rhc1 $142 {/\ c5=}) 21... Rc7 22. Bb2 $6 {
ץd3:Bd7 _|_} a4 23. Bxg7 axb3 24. axb3 Kxg7 25. Ke3 Ra3 $17 26. Rb1 Kf6 27.
Kd4 e5+ 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. f4 Rc5 30. h4 Bc6 31. Rd2 Be8 32. Re2 Bf7 33. g3 Rca5
34. Be4 Rc5 35. Bg2 Rca5 36. Bc6 e5+ 37. fxe5+ dxe5+ 38. Ke4 Be6 39. Rbb2 Bf5+
40. Ke3 Ra1 41. Ba4 (41. Be4 $5 $17) 41... Rc1 42. Red2 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 e4 {
/\ Rxg3,Bg4+ -+} 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7
14. Rb1 a5 15. b5 Bd7 16. f4 $14 {Chiburdanidze,M-Ivkov,B Monaco
Veterans-Women (05) 1994 1/2 18}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 (12. Bd3 a5
13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re3 h6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qd4 18. Rd1 e5 19. Nc3
Nf6 20. Bc2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rfd8 $10 {Sorokin,M-Spangenberg,H Buenos Aires
ARG-WORLD (3) 1/2 35}) 12... Nd7 (12... b6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 a5
16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Bf1 Rfb8 18. Qf2 Bxc3 $2 19. Rxc3 Bxe4 $2 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qe1 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 $16 {Banas,I-Schmidt,S Viernheim (05) 1992 1-0 71}) (12... a5
13. Rfe1 $6 {Der R gehört nach c1 oder d1.} (13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15. Rab1
Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bd1 Qd8 18. a3 b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Bb3 $14 {
Renet,O-Spangenberg,H Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD (04) 1994 1-0 33}) (13. Rac1 Nd7
14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rc2 a4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. Qd2
Nc5 21. Rbc1 Qa5 22. Qf2 Qd8 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qa7 {1/2 Barlov,D-Petronic,J
JUG-ch Novi Sad 1995 - CBM 49}) 13... Nd7 14. Be3 a4 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. Rab1 Rfc8
$15 {Hernandez,Rom-Zarnicki,P San Martin (08) 1994 1/2 44}) 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
Rab1 a5 15. b3 b6 (15... Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 (17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 (18. a3
h5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nc3 Qe7 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Larsen,B Roquebrune 30'
1992 1/2 45}) (18. Nd1 Qe8 19. Nf2 h5 20. Nd3 b6 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. Bf1 $14 {
Nenashev-Baimuratov Bishkek zt 1993}) 18... Be5 (18... b6 19. a3 Rcb8 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nd5 Nf8 23. Qf2 $14 {Vilela,JL-Estevez,G Santa Clara (01)
1991 1/2 57}) 19. a3 Qf8 (19... Be8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ne2 Nb6 {
1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Bischoff,K Altensteig (06) 1995 - CBM 49}) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 $14 {Khalifman,A-Hracek,Z Pardubice (02) 1994 0-1 70}) 17... Qb4 18. Qb2
Qb6 19. Qf2 h5 20. Rc2 Qd8 21. Rd1 b6 $10 {Olafsson,H-Larsen,B Hastings 1990 1/
2 58}) 16. Rfd1 Qb8 $146 (16... Kh8 $6 17. a3 Rg8 (17... a4 18. b4 Nb3 19. Qd3
$16) (17... f5 $5) 18. Bd4 Qf8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Nd5 f5 22. Nc7 $16
{Drasko,M-Antic,D JUG-ch (05) 1991 1-0 33}) 17. Nd5 Re8 (17... Bxd5 18. exd5 {
/\ a3, b4 +/-} (18. cxd5 $2 b5 $10)) 18. a3 (18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Nxe7+ $2 Rxe7 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxd6 Qb7 $15) 18... Nd7 19. Bg5 Kf8 (19... Qd8 20. Nxe7+ $5 Rxe7
21. Bxe7 (21. Qxd6 $2 f6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxc6 Rc8 $17) 21... Qxe7 22. Qxd6
Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc8 24. Rbd1 Nc5 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bf8 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4
Na4 $13 (28... Ne6 $2 29. Rb8 $18)) 20. Kh1 Ra7 21. Bf1 Rb7 22. Rdc1 Nc5 (22...
e6 23. Nc3 $16) 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 $2 (24... Ne6 25. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}
) 25. Bxe7+ $1 Rxe7 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. b5 Bxe4 28. Re1 $16 {Weiß steht
materiell auf Gewinn. Es gibt aber einige positionelle Faktoren, welche die
Verwertung erschweren. 1.sehr aktive schwarze Leichtfiguren 2. Schwarz
kontrolliert die entscheidenden schwarzen Felder und die wichtige /^ a1-h8 3.
Weiß fehlt ein Hebel 4. die weißen Figuren , besonders der B, stehen passiv.}
Nc5 29. Bd3 f5 30. g3 (30. fxe4 f4 $1 31. Bc2 Be5 $13) 30... Ra7 (30... Kd8 31.
fxe4 Re7 32. Bc2 (32. exf5 $2 Qb7+ $17) 32... fxe4 33. Qd5 $16) 31. fxe4 Qa8
32. Bc2 Ra2 (32... fxe4 33. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 34. Qf4 $18) 33. Qg2 (33. Qd5 $5 Qxd5
(33... fxe4 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxe4 $18) 34. exd5+ Kd7 35. Re2 $16) 33... Be5 (
33... Ne6 34. Rbd1 $16) 34. Re2 f4 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Rf1 Ra1 (36... g5 37. e5 (
37. Qh3 Qg8 38. Qc3 Be5 39. Qf3 Bf4 40. Bb1 $16) 37... Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 dxe5 39.
Bxh7 $16) 37. Ref2 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 g5 39. e5 $1 {Endlich spielt der weiße B
wieder mit.} Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 dxe5 41. Bxh7 Nb3 (41... e4 $2 42. Bxe4 Nxe4 43.
Re1 $18) 42. Bd3 Kd6 43. Rf3 Nc1 44. Bf1 e4 45. Rh3 Ke5 46. Rh6 $18 Be3 (46...
e3 47. Rxb6 (47. Kf3 $4 g4+ 48. Kxg4 Bxh6 $19) 47... e2 48. Bxe2 Nxe2 49. Rc6
Nd4 50. Rc8 $18) 47. Kg3 Nd3 (47... Nb3 48. Kg4 Nd2 49. Be2 Nb1 50. Rh8 Nc3 51.
Bf1 Nd1 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Bg2 Nf2+ 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. Rc8 Ke7 56. c5 Kd7 57. Rf8
$18) 48. Bxd3 exd3 49. Kf3 Bc5 50. Rh5 $1 Kd4 (50... Kf6 51. Rh8 Ke7 52. Rg8
Kf6 (52... d2 53. Ke2 Be3 54. c5 Bxc5 55. Kxd2 $18)) 51. Rxg5 Kxc4 52. Ke4 (52.
Rxc5+ $2 bxc5 (52... Kxc5 53. Ke3 Kxb5 54. h4 Kc4 55. Kd2 (55. h5 Kc3 56. h6 d2
$17) 55... Kd4 56. h5 Ke5 $10) 53. b6 Kc3 54. b7 d2 $10) 52... Kxb5 (52... d2
53. Rd5 Kc3 54. Kf3 Kc2 55. Ke2 Bb4 56. h4 $18) 53. h4 Kc4 54. Rd5 b5 55. h5
Bf8 (55... b4 56. Rxc5+ Kxc5 57. Kxd3 $18) 56. Rxd3 b4 57. Rd8 Bg7 58. Rg8 Bf6
59. Rc8+ Kb3 60. h6 Kb2 61. Kd3 (61. Kd3 b3 62. h7 Ka2 63. Ra8+ Kb1 64. h8=Q
Bxh8 65. Rxh8 b2 66. Rh1+ Ka2 67. Kc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 (10. Qd2 $6 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 $1 12. Bxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
Bxe5 $10) (10. Nxc6 $5) 10... Nh5 (10... Rc8) (10... Qb8) (10... e6) (10... d6)
(10... Ne8) 11. Rc1 $2 (11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Ne6 13. Nce2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
Rad1 Be5 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. f4 Rcd8 18. Qc1 Bg7 19. Nc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. e5
Rxd1 22. Qxd1 f6 $10 {Uhlmann,W-Polgar,Zsu Aruba Tumba (06) 1992 1/2 53}) (11.
Ndb5 $5 a6 12. Na3 Rb8 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qe1 d6 $6 17.
Bf3 Na5 $2 (17... Nc5 $13) 18. f5 $1 $16 {Timman,J-Yusupov,A (10) Linares csf2
1992 1-0 30}) (11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Rf7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. b3 Rc6 19. Be5 Qe8 20. Nb5 Ng4 $13 {Agnos,
D-Rogers,I London Loyds (07) 1991 1/2 50}) (11. Nxc6 $5 dxc6 (11... Bxc6 $5)
12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 c5 15. e5 Rfd8 16. a4 Kf8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8
18. a5 $14 {Magem Badals,J-Apicella,M Moscow olm (14) ESP-FRA 1994 1/2 49})
11... Nf4 $1 12. Rf2 $2 (12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bxc6 $10 (13... dxc6 14. c5
$14)) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 $1 $15 14. Rc2 Ne6 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nxd4 17.
Qxd4 e5 $6 (17... d6 $142 $15) 18. Qd3 (18. Qxe5 $2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Qd6
Be3 $17) 18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 $10 Qg5 20. Rfe2 Rfd8 21. g3 Bf8 22. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht Ernst} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. b4 Nh5 13.
Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Rb1 a5 15. b5 Bd7 16. f4 Be6 17. Qd4 Rc8 18. Na4 $14 {
Chiburdanidze,M-Ivkov,B/Monaco Veterans-Women (05)/1994/0,5}) 10... Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 (12. Bd3 a5 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re3 h6 16. b3 Qb6
17. Nd5 Qd4 18. Rd1 e5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bc2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rfd8 $10 {Sorokin,
M-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD (3)/0,5 (35)}) 12... a5 13. b3 (13. Rfe1
$6 Nd7 14. Be3 a4 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. Rab1 Rfc8 $15 {Hernandez,Rom-Zarnicki,P/San
Martin (08)/1994/0,5 (44)}) 13... Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Bf2 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qc7 16.
Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bd1 Qd8 18. a3 b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Bb3 $14 {Renet,
O-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD (04)/1994/1-0 (33)}) 14... Nc5 15. Rab1
Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 (18. a3 h5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nc3
Qe7 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Larsen,B/Roquebrune 30'/1992/0,5 (45)}) (18. Nd1 {Ernst}
Qf8 $10 {Ftacnik-Smejkal/BL9293/1992/} (18... Qe8 19. Nf2 h5 20. Nd3 b6 21. Nf4
Kh7 22. Bf1 $14 {Nenashev-Baimuratov/Bishkek zt/1993/})) 18... Be5 (18... b6
19. a3 Rcb8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nd5 Nf8 23. Qf2 $14 {Vilela,
JL-Estevez,G/Santa Clara (01)/1991/0,5 (57)}) (18... h5 {Ernst Horvath,Jo-Reeh,
O/Budapest Kasparov/1991/} 19. Nb5 $1 $14) 19. a3 (19. Nd1 {Ernst} Qe8 20. Nf2
$14 {Vaganian-Ivkov/Moscow/1985/}) 19... Qf8 20. Nd5 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4
22. Ne2 $14) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 (21. cxd5 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 $10) 21... Qg7 22.
b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Rb3 (24. c5 $5) 24... b6 25. Ra3 Qf8 26. Bd4 (26. Rca2
Qe8 27. Qc2 b5 28. c5 Nc3 (28... dxc5 {Ernst} 29. bxc5 Bd6 $1 $17) 29. Rxa8
Rxa8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. c6 Nxd5 32. c7 Qc8 $17) 26... Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Qg7 28.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rca2 b5 30. c5 (30. cxb5 Nb6 31. Ra6 (31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 (
32. Ra6 Rb8 $17) 32... Nxa8 33. Bc4 Nb6 34. Bb3 Kf6 35. Kf2 Ke5 36. Ke3 Nxd5+
37. Bxd5 Kxd5 38. Kd3 Ke6 $19) 31... Rab8 $15) 30... Rab8 (30... dxc5 $2 31.
Bxb5 Nb6 32. Rxa8 Nxa8 33. Bc6 $18) 31. c6 (31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxa4 dxc5 33.
bxc5 Rbxc5 $15 (33... Rcxc5 34. Ra7 $10)) 31... e6 32. Rxa4 $2 (32. Bxb5 $6
Rxb5 33. Rxa4 Rxd5 34. Ra6 Rb5 $15) (32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Rc2 (33. Bxb5 {Ernst}
Rxb5 34. Rxa4 Rxc6 $10) 33... Rc7 34. Bxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxa4 Rb6 $10) 32... bxa4
33. Rxa4 Rc7 34. b5 Kf6 35. Ra6 exd5 36. Kf2 (36. f4 $5) 36... Ke5 37. Ke3 d4+
38. Kd2 Kd5 39. Ra1 Kc5 40. Rc1+ Kb6 41. Kd3 Ra8 (41... Kxb5 $4 {Ernst} 42.
Rb1+ $18) 42. Kxd4 Ra2 43. Rd1 Rca7 44. h3 f5 (44... Ra1 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46. Bc4
Rd1+ $17) 45. Kd5 Ra1 46. Rxa1 Rxa1 47. Bc4 Rd1+ 48. Ke6 Kc7 $19 49. f4 (49.
Bd5 Re1+ 50. Kf6 Re5 51. Bc4 f4 52. Kg7 d5 $19) (49. Kf6 {Ernst} d5 $19) 49...
Rd4 50. Bd5 Rb4 $1 $19 {Der d-Bauer gewinnt die Partie.} (50... Rxf4 $6 51. b6+
Kxb6 52. Kxd6 (52. Kd7 Ra4) 52... Rf1 53. Ke6 Ra1 $17) 51. g4 Rxb5 (51... Rxf4
{Hecht} 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. b6+ Kxb6 54. Kxd6 (54. Kd7 Ra4 $1) 54... Rf1 55. c7
Rc1 56. Be6 Rxc7 57. Bxf5 $15) 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. h4 h6 54. Bf3 Ra5 55. Bd5 Rc5
56. Bf3 Rb5 57. Bd5 Ra5 58. Bf3 Ra3 59. Bd5 Rd3 60. Bg2 Rd2 61. Bh1 (61. Bd5
Rd4 $19) (61. Bf3 Rf2 $19) 61... Rh2 62. Bd5 Rxh4 63. Kxf5 h5 64. Be4 (64. Kg5
Rg4+ 65. Kxh5 (65. Kf5 Rg1 $19) 65... Rxf4 66. Kg5 Rd4 67. Bf3 d5 $19) 64...
Rh2 (64... Rg4 $2 {Hecht} 65. Bf3 Rh4 66. Kg5 $44 Rh2) 65. Kg5 h4 66. f5 (66.
Kg4 h3 (66... Rd2 {Hecht} 67. f5 d5 68. Bf3 Kxc6 $19) 67. Kg3 (67. f5 Re2 68.
Bf3 (68. Bd5 h2 69. f6 Rf2 70. Kg5 Rf1 $19) 68... h2 69. f6 Rf2 $19) 67... Re2
68. Bf3 (68. Kf3 Rxe4 $19) 68... Re3 69. Kf2 (69. f5 h2 $19) 69... Ra3 70. f5
h2 71. Bh1 Ra5 $19) 66... h3 67. f6 Rf2 68. Kg6 (68. Bf5 Rxf5+ 69. Kxf5 h2 70.
f7 h1=Q $19) 68... h2 69. f7 Rf1 70. Kg7 h1=Q (70... h1=Q 71. Bxh1 Rg1+ $1 $19
(71... Rxh1 {Ernst} 72. f8=Q Rg1+ 73. Kf7 Rf1+ $19) (71... Rg1+ $1 {Hecht} 72.
Kh7 Rxh1+ 73. Kg7 Rf1 74. f8=Q Rxf8 75. Kxf8 d5 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 {10.Dd2; 10.Tc1} Qa5 11. f4 Rac8 (11... Rfc8
$5) 12. Rb1 a6 13. b4 Qd8 (13... Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 $16) 14. Qd3 Bg4 15.
Kh1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 e6 17. c5 $1 d5 (17... dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Rbd1 Qc7 20. e5
$16) 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. a4 Qe7 20. b5 axb5 21. e5 Nd7 22. Nxb5 $1 (22. axb5 Na5 {
x c5}) 22... Rb8 (22... Nxc5 $2 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nd6 $18) 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Nd4
(24. Nxb7 $2 Ndxe5) 24... f6 25. Nxb7 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf4 28. c6
Rxd4 $8 29. Rxd4 Nxe5 30. Rdb4 Nxc6 31. Rb6 Nd4 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. a5 Be5 34. a6
Qf6 35. Rg1 Bc7 36. Rbb1 Qe5 37. Qh3 Bb8 38. Nc5 $18 Qd6 39. Rb7 h5 40. Nd7
Qxa6 {Schwarz läßt sich 41.Tb8 Tb8 42.Sb8 Db5 43.De3 nicht mehr zeigen.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15.
Rab1 e6 (15... Qb6 $5 16. a3 Qd8) 16. Nb5 (16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. Ne2 $4
Bxe4 $1) (16. a3 Be5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 Qf6 20. Rc1 Rfd8 $13) (
16. Rfe1 $5) 16... Be5 17. Nd4 (17. Rbd1 $5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 $14) 17... Qf6 18.
Rbd1 (18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. g3 $14) (18. g3 $5 {/\} Bxe4 $2 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe3
Nxf2 21. Nc2 $1 $16) 18... Bf4 19. Qc2 (19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qe7 $1 $14)
19... Rfd8 20. g3 Bh6 21. Nb5 (21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. f4 e5 23. f5 $14) 21... Bxb5
22. cxb5 Rac8 23. Bc4 Bg7 24. Rd2 (24. Kg2 {/\ a3, b4}) 24... b6 25. Qd1 Qe7
26. Qe2 Bc3 27. Rc2 Qf6 (27... Bg7 {/\} 28. f4 Qb7 $1) 28. Rd1 Bb4 29. Kg2 Qe7
30. Bd4 e5 31. Bb2 Ne6 32. a3 Bc5 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 (33... fxe6 $1 $14) 34. Rc4 (
34. Rd5 $1 {/\ Rc4, b4}) 34... h5 (34... a4 $1 35. bxa4 (35. b4 Bd4) 35... h5
$16) 35. Rd5 h4 36. g4 (36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 h3+ 38. Kf1 $16) (36. gxh4 $5 {
Andersson}) 36... Qf6 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Bd4 39. Rcxd4 (39. Bxd4 Rxc4 40.
Qxc4 h3+ 41. Kf2 Qf4 (41... exd4 42. Kg3) 42. Bxe5 $18) 39... exd4 40. Bxd4 Qf4
41. Bxb6 (41. Be3 $1 $16) 41... Re8 (41... Rc3 $1 42. Bxd8 h3+ 43. Kg1 Re3 44.
Bg5 $1 Qxg5 45. Rxg5 Rxe2 46. b6 $18) 42. Be3 Rc2 43. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 44. Kh3 Rf2
45. Rd3 Rb8 46. Bxd6 Rxb5 47. Kxh4 Rg2 48. Kh3 Rc2 49. Kg3 Rb7 50. Bc5 Rb8 51.
h4 Ra8 52. Rd5 Rb2 53. h5 Kh7 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Rd6+ Kh7 56. g5 Rb3 57. Rh6+
1-0

[Event "Zonal Randers Final"]
[Site "Randers"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borik, Otto"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1982.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 (10. f4 $142 {/\ Bf3}) 10... Rc8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qc7
13. Rac1 Qb8 14. b3 Nh5 15. Bf1 Be5 16. g3 Bg7 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Qf2 h5 19. Nde2
Ne5 20. h3 d6 21. Nd4 Ned7 22. g4 a6 23. g5 Nh7 24. h4 Nhf8 25. Bf1 e6 26. Nde2
Ba8 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Ne5 29. Rcd1 Red8 30. Bh3 Nc6 31. R4d2 b5 32. cxb5
axb5 33. f4 b4 34. Na4 Ne7 35. Nb6 Bxe4 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Rxd6 Nd5 38. R1xd5
Bxd5 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Bxc8 Qxc8 41. f5 Qc2 42. Nd4 Qe4 43. fxg6 Nxg6 44. Nf5
Nf4 45. Nh6+ Kh7 46. Kh2 d4 47. Nxf7 d3 48. g6+ Kxg6 49. Nh8+ Kg7 50. Qb2+ Kg8
51. Kg3 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Montecatine Rios, Ricardo"]
[Black "Gomez Jurado, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Rac1 Qf8
15. f4 Nd7 16. g4 Nc5 17. f5 Bd7 18. b4 (18. Nd5 Nxe4 19. Qf4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4
Nc5 {/\e5}) 18... Na6 19. Nd5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nc7 $1 21. Ne3 $6 Qh6 22. Rd3 $2 (
22. Rc3 $13) 22... a5 $15 23. Rc2 $6 (23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Rd2) 23...
axb4 24. e5 Bc6 $17 25. exd6 exd6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Bb5 28. Rdd2 Bxe2 $1
29. Rxe2 Qh4 $1 30. Rxc8+ (30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qxb4 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Re8) 30... Rxc8
31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qxb4 f5 33. Qf4 b5 $1 34. Rf2 $2 (34. Re6 Kf7) 34... Rc4 $19
35. Qxd6 Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Ke2 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Trindade, Sandro Heleno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e4 d6 (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 (6. Nb3 a5
7. a4 d6 8. Be2 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 f5 11. h4 f4 12. Nd5 Be5 13. g3 Bh3 14.
Re1 fxg3 $1 15. fxg3 Bxg3 16. Bxh6 Rf2 $132 {Diemer}) 6... Nh6 $5 {retardant
la poussée d6} 7. Be2 f5 8. Nc3 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Qxf5) 5.
Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6g4,Gf7f5,Gc6d4] Une ligne
secondaire agressive concue par le théoricien Simaguine} (7... Nf6 {La grande
ligne} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. Nc2 Qa5 11. a3 Rfc8 12. f4 Be6 13.
Rc1 (13. b4 Qd8) 13... Qd8 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nb4 Ne5 (15... Nxb4 16. axb4 Bc6 17.
b5 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. Qd5+ e6 22. Qxb7+ Rc7
23. Qxe4 Bxb2 (23... Kg8) 24. Rf1+ $40) 16. b3 {Khalifman}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 (14... f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4) 15. Rab1
Qb6 (15... e6 16. Rfd1 Be5 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 h5
) 8. Be2 (8. f3 $5 f5 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 $14 {[%csl Rf7] ;
O'Kelly de Galway,A-Donner,J Dublin 1956 (6) 1/2-1/2}) (8. h3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Gf2f4]} f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Rc1 (11. Qd2)) 8... f5 {L'idée de
la variante Nh6} (8... O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. O-O a6 12. f4 $36 {
[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf4f5]}) 9. exf5 gxf5 $6 (9... Nxf5 $142 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 {
Liebert,H (2400)-Byrne,R (2560) Lugano ol (Men) fin-A 1968 (13) 1/2-1/2}) 10.
Nxc6 $2 $146 (10. Bh5+ $1 {Plus simple pour réfuter l'ordre de coups des Noirs}
Nf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Nxf5 $40 Bxc3+ $6 14. bxc3 Bxf5 15. Qxf5+ (
15. Bh6+ $1 Kg8 16. Qxf5 Qe8 17. O-O Qg6 18. Qh3 $18 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8]}) 15...
Ke8 16. O-O Qa5 17. c5 Rd8 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. Qg4+ Kc7 20. cxd6+ exd6 21. c4 Rhg8
22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Kh1 Rde8 24. Rfd1 Re6 25. Qd3 Qg4 26. Qxh7+ Re7 27. Qh3 Qe4 28.
Qf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rf7 30. f4 b6 31. Rd5 Rh8 32. Kg2 Na5 33. Rc1 Rfh7 34. Rg5
Rxh2+ 35. Kf3 Kc6 36. c5 R8h3+ 37. Ke2 dxc5 38. Bxc5 Rh1 39. Rc2 Kb5 {
Sofrevski,J (2410)-Rajkovic,D (2410) Skopje 1971 1-0}) 10... bxc6 11. Bf3 (11.
Bh5+ {Trop tard!} Nf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kf8 {[%cal Gd8e8]} 14. Bh6 Rg8
15. O-O Qe8 $132) 11... Bd7 12. Bxh6 $5 Bxh6 13. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 14. Qh5+ Kd7 15.
Qxh6 Qg8 (15... Bxg2 $6 16. Rg1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge1c1,Gg1g7]}) 16. Qf4 (16.
O-O-O Qxc4 17. Kb1 Rab8 $132 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 16... Bxg2 (16... Qxg2 17. Qxf5+
Ke8 18. O-O-O $13 {[%csl Rc1,Re8]}) 17. Rg1 Qe6+ 18. Kd2 $13 {[%csl Rd2,Rd7]
[%cal Ga1e1] Les deux K sont maintenant trés exposés} Rhg8 19. f3 $1 {
[%csl Rg2]} (19. Rae1 Rg4 $5) 19... Qf6 20. Kc2 (20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Kc2 (21. Qe3
{[%csl Ra7]})) 20... Qg5 $6 (20... Qe5 $142 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rae1 Ke6 23. Nd5
Bxf3 (23... Rac8 24. Nf4+) 24. Nc7+ Kf6 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 21.
Qd4 Qh5 $2 22. Rae1 (22. Nd5 Qxf3 (22... Bxf3 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24. Qxa7+) 23. Rge1
e5 24. Qh4 $40 {[%csl Rd7,Rh7]}) 22... Bxf3 $4 (22... Qxf3 $8 23. Nd5 e5 24.
Qh4 {La position Noire est difficile mais encore jouable}) 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24.
Qxa7+ Kc6 25. Rxe7 Rg2+ 26. Kb3 Bd1+ 27. Ka3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. b4 Nd7 15.
Nd5 {Though Timofeev's advantage is obvious, his exploitation of it is
spectacular.} Nce5 16. Nd4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nb5
Ned7 {#} 21. a4 $1 a6 (21... Nxa4 22. Bxa7 Qa8 23. Rc7) 22. a5 Na8 23. Na7 f5 (
23... Nc7 24. Qc2 Ne8 25. Nc8 Bf6 26. Qa4 Ne5 27. Nb6 Ng7 (27... g5 28. Rc8 Qa7
29. Ra8 $1 {It isn't often one sees a queen captured this way.}) (27... Nc7 28.
f4 {and the knight is lost.}) 28. f4 {and the knight has no squares.}) 24. exf5
gxf5 {#} 25. Nc6 $1 {Timofeev finds a spectacular solution to the position.}
bxc6 26. dxc6 Ne5 27. Bxa6 {With three passed pawns, backed up by two bishops,
a rook, and a queen, do you really have any doubts?} Nc7 28. Be2 Kh8 29. Bb6 f4
30. Bxc7 Qxc7 {# Remember the Rawhide theme song also sung by the Blues
Brothers?} 31. b5 {"Rollin, Rollin, Rollin..."} f3 32. Bf1 fxg2 33. Bxg2 Qc8
34. c7 {"...though the streams are swollen..."} Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. b6 {
"... keep them dogies rollin..."} Rf8 37. Qd5 Be5 38. b7 Qf5 39. Qg2 Bxh2+ 40.
Kxh2 Qf4+ 41. Qg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4+ f6 14. f4 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Rd2 a6 19. Re1 Rfe8 {#} 20. e5 $3 {
A beautiful shot.} dxe5 (20... fxe5 21. Bxb7 Nc5 22. Bf3 Bf5 ({Black would
love to save the e-pawn somehow, but} 22... exf4 23. b4 {and the bishop on e6
will fall.}) 23. g4 (23. fxe5 Nd3) 23... e4 24. Bd1 Bc8 25. Nxe4) 21. Red1 {
Black loses material as the knight is pinned and after} b5 22. Bc6 {wins the
piece.} bxc4 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 cxb3 26. axb3 exf4 27. Nd5
Kf7 28. Ra7 g5 29. b4 h5 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Nxe7 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 Rb2 33. Nc6+ Kg6 34.
Rxa6 Kf5 35. Ne7+ Ke5 36. Ra5+ Ke6 37. Nc6 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40.
Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rxg2 42. b5 Kd6 43. Nd4 Rg1 44. Ra6+ Kc5 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46. Ne2
Rd1+ 47. Kc2 Ra1 48. Rxf6 Ke4 49. Ra6 Rh1 50. Nc3+ Ke5 51. Ra8 Kd6 52. Rc8
Rxh2+ 53. Kb3 Kd7 54. Rf8 Rd2 55. Rf5 g4 56. Rxf4 Ke6 57. Rf8 g3 58. Rg8 h4 59.
Ne4 Rd1 60. Kc4 Rc1+ 61. Kb4 Rb1+ 62. Kc5 Rb3 63. b6 Kf7 64. Rg4 Rb1 65. Kc6
Rc1+ 66. Kd7 Rb1 67. Kc6 Rc1+ 68. Kb7 Ke6 69. Rxh4 g2 70. Ng5+ Kd7 71. Nf3 Rf1
72. Rd4+ Ke7 73. Rd2 Rxf3 74. Rxg2 Rb3 75. Rd2 Rb1 76. Kc7 Rc1+ 77. Kb8 Rb1 78.
b7 Ra1 79. Rd4 Ke6 80. Kc7 Rc1+ 81. Kb6 Rb1+ 82. Kc6 1-0

[Event "WchT U26 04th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1983.08.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. f4 Nc5 16. Bg4 e5 $6 (16... a4 {inf 36}) 17. f5 f6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Rf3 b6
20. Rg3 Rh8 21. Bh5 g5 22. h4 h6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Bg6 Qb7 25. Re3 Kf8 26. b3
Qc7 27. Kh2 Ke7 28. Rh1 Qb7 29. Kg1 Qa8 30. Qc2 Rdf8 31. a3 a4 32. bxa4 Nxa4
33. Nxa4 Qxa4 34. Qxa4 Bxa4 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rc3 g4 37. Rb1 b5 38. Rbc1 Rb8 39.
c5 dxc5 40. Rxc5 Rhd8 41. Rc7+ Rd7 42. Rxd7+ Kxd7 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Kxc8 45.
Kxg4 Bd1+ 46. Kg3 Kc7 47. Bf7 Kb6 48. Kh3 b4 49. axb4 Kb5 50. g4 Kxb4 51. Bh5
Bc2 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 Bxe4 54. gxf6 Bxf5+ 55. Bg4 Bg6 56. Kh4 Bf7 57. Kg5
Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 {6.Nc2 -> Sion
Castro,M-Georgadze/Salamanca/1989/0-1/26/ -> CBM 13} Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O {7...Ng4}
8. Be2 b6 $5 (8... d6 9. O-O Bd7) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd2 $2 {>= 10.f3} Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 e5 $1 12. Bxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qd4 $2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Re8
$19) 13... Bxe5 14. Nc3 (14. Bf3 $2 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1
Qxe4 $17) (14. Ng3 Qf6 $17 {/\ 15...h5}) (14. Nd6 Bxd6 $1 15. Qxd6 Qg5 16. g3
$2 {>= 16.f3!=} Rae8 17. Rfe1 Re6 $1 18. Qc7 Bc6 19. Bf1 Qd2 $17 {
Fernandez-Hernandez/ESP/1976/}) 14... Re8 $1 15. Rae1 $6 (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5
Qf6 $1 $17 {Atalyk-Panczyk/Graz/1981/}) (15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Rd1 $13
{Geller,E-Bellon Lopez/Las Palmas/1976/}) 15... Rc8 {N} (15... Qf6 16. Qxd7 Re7
17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Nd5 $2 {>= 18.Bd3} Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Bxf4 21. d6 Rxe2
{Tal,M-Hernandez/Las Palmas/1977/}) 16. Nd5 (16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 b5) 16...
Bxd5 $1 17. cxd5 Qc7 {17...Qf6!?} 18. Ba6 $1 (18. g3 Qc2 $17) (18. f4 Qc5+ 19.
Kh1 Bd4 $17) 18... Rb8 (18... Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bxc8 $1 (20. d6 Qc4 $1 21.
Bxc4 Bxd2 22. Re7 Rxe7 23. dxe7 Bb4 $17) 20... Bxd2 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Rd1 $13)
19. f4 Bf6 (19... Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bd4 $2 21. Rc1 Qxd5 22. Rc4 Re4 23. Rd1 Rbe8 24.
h3 $18) 20. a4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 h5 $1 22. Bb5 (22. f5 g5 23. Be2 h4) 22... Qd6 23.
Re2 Rbc8 $1 24. g3 $6 (24. Rfe1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 $2 (25. Bxe2 Re8 $17) 25... Qxd5
$1) 24... Kg7 25. Rfe1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 $2 (26. Bxe2 Re8 $17) 26... Rc5 $1 $19 27.
Re3 Rxd5 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Bd4 (29... Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Bxb2 $19) 30. Kg2 h4 $1
31. b3 Qd5+ 32. Kh3 (32. Qf3 $2 h3+ $19) (32. Kf1 Qh1+ $19) 32... hxg3 33. Kxg3
(33. hxg3 $2 Qh1+ 34. Kg4 Qh5#) 33... Qd6 34. h4 $6 (34. Kf3 Qc5) 34... Qb4 $1
35. Bxd7 Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qh1+ {36...Bf6} 37. Kg3 Bf6 (37... Qg1+ 38. Kh3 Bf2) 38.
Bh3 Qg1+ 39. Kf3 (39. Bg2 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Bxh4 $19) 39... Bxh4 40. Ke4 $2 (40. f5
g5 41. f6+ Kh6 42. Qd8 g4+ $1 $19) 40... f5+ $1 41. Kd5 (41. Ke5 Qc5+ 42. Qd5
Bf6+ 43. Ke6 Qe7#) 41... Qc5+ 42. Ke6 Qc6+ (42... Qe7+ 43. Kd5 Qd7+ 44. Kc4
Qc6+ 45. Kd4 Qc5#) 43. Qd6 Qe8+ {44.Kd5 Qe4#; Zsusa Polgar} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Ng4 $4 {Ein bekannter Eröffnungsfehler.} (9... Bd7 $142 10. Rc1 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 a5 $14) 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 Bxd1 (11... Qd7 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. f3 {
1-0 Spassov,L-Kristiansen,T/Oslo Kringsja 1976/MCD-op}) 12. Nxd8 Bxc3 (12...
Bg4 13. Nxb7 Rfb8 14. Na5 Rxb2 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. f3 Be6 17. Nd5 Kf8 18. Rf2 Rbb8
19. Nb3 Rb7 20. Rfc2 f5 21. c5 Rb5 22. cxd6 Rxc2 23. dxe7+ Kf7 24. Rxc2 Bxd5
25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rc7 Bf6 27. Rxa7 Ke8 {1-0 Martinez Garcia,J-Jorquera,M/WchJM
U20 Medellin 1996/JUN 97}) 13. Rfxd1 $146 (13. Raxd1) (13. Rfxd1 Bf6 14. Nxb7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Bh6 $5 (13... Nh5 $6)
(13... Re8) 14. Rc2 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Bxg7 (17. Bg1 $142 $1)
17... Kxg7 18. Rd2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 $15 20. Qd4+ f6 21. f4 Qb4 22. Rd1 a4 23.
e5 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Bf3 b6 26. Qe3 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qxb3 28. exf6+ exf6 29.
Rd7+ Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rd7+ Nxd7 32. Qxb3 Ra1+ 33. Bd1 Nc5 34. Qc2 Ne4 35.
Kg1 f5 36. h3 h5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Kh2 Nf6 39. Qb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
{01h32} O-O {01h30} 9. O-O Bd7 {90} 10. Nc2 {Les Blancs ont hésité une dizaine
de minutes dans le choix de la variante} (10. Qd2 {La grande ligne} Nxd4 {
Navara,D (2722)-Popov,I (2613) EU-ch 12th Aix-Les-Bains 2011 (7) 1-0}) (10. Nb3
{Dans le même esprit que la variante Nc2 pour éviter la manoeuvre Nd4, suivi
de Bc6} a5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]}) 10... Rc8 11. f3 {а nouveau 15 mns de
réflexion sur cette position} a6 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gd7b5,Gc6e5] 83} 12. Qd2 Ne5 {
La suite logique de la variante a6 visant а réaliser la poussée libératrice b5}
13. Na3 {[%csl Gb5]} (13. b3 {L'alternative}) 13... Re8 14. h3 {43} (14. Rab1 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} Qc7 (14... Qa5 15. b4 $1 {Khalifman}) 15. Rfc1 Qa5 16. Rc2 {
1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2695)-Gharamian,T (2672)/Belfort 2012/Mega2012 Update 24})
14... Bc6 {70} 15. b4 b6 16. Rac1 Ned7 17. Nc2 Bb7 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 Ne5 20.
Ne3 {33} Nc6 {51} 21. f4 Nf6 22. a3 e6 23. Rfd1 d5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 {06}
dxe4 {24} 26. Bg3 f6 27. Qe1 Nd4 28. Bh4 g5 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Bxg5 Qg6 31. Ng4
e5 32. c5 exf4 33. Bxf4 h5 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. Kh1 bxc5 36. bxc5 e3 37. Bxe3 Bxg2+
38. Kxg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kxh4 Nf3+ (40... Bf6+ $1 41. Kg3 Be5+ 42. Nxe5
Qxe5+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kg3 Rg8+) 44... Nf3+ {was crushing.}) 41. Kg3
Nxe1 42. Rxe1 Rf8 43. Bf2 Rf3+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Rf8 46. Rc2 Rxa3 47. Bd5
Kh8 $2 {Perhaps a case of nerves, but the basic principle of exchanging pieces
when ahead was certainly valid here.} (47... Bd4 $1 48. c6 Bxf2 49. Rxf2 Qg3+
50. Kf1 Qxh3+ 51. Bg2 Qd3+ $19) 48. c6 Rc3 49. Rxc3 Bxc3 50. Re3 Qd4 51. Bf3
Qc4 52. Bg3 Rxf3 53. Rxf3 Qxc6 54. Ne5 Qd5 55. Ng6+ Kh7 56. Ne7 Qe4 57. Nf5 a5
58. Bd6 Be1 59. Bg3 Bxg3 (59... Qe2+ 60. Bf2 Bxf2 61. Rxf2 Qe4+ 62. Kg3 a4 {
and it is over.}) 60. Nxg3 Qd5 61. Ne2 a4 62. Nc3 Qd2+ 63. Kg3 a3 64. Rf7+ Kg6
65. Rf6+ {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d2,Ge4f6]} Kg7 66. Rf3 Qe1+ 67. Kg2 Kg6 68. Kh2 a2 69.
Nxa2 Qe2+ 70. Kg3 Qxa2 {This position is a tablebase win and ends in a mate
for Black in 39 moves, however there are clearly fortress ideas present, and
Black has to navigate it carefully.} 71. Rf4 Qa3+ 72. Kg2 Kg5 73. Rg4+ Kf5 $4
$138 {Alas! This blunder allows White to escape.} ({Black had to play} 73...
Kh5 {or Kh6. For example} 74. Kh2 Qf3 75. Rg3 Qe2+ 76. Rg2 Qe5+ 77. Kg1 (77.
Rg3 $2 Kh4) 77... Kh4 {and the h-pawn is lost, after which it becomes a
classic N+R vs N+Q win.}) 74. Kh2 Qb2+ 75. Kg1 Qe2 76. Kh1 Qf2 77. Rg2 Qe1+ 78.
Rg1 Qe4+ 79. Kh2 Qc2+ 80. Rg2 Qc7+ 81. Kh1 Kf4 82. Kh2 {Une nouvelle erreur
des plateaux DGT qui n'ont pas sauvegardé la fin de la partie} Kf3+ 83. Kh1
Qc1+ 84. Kh2 Qe1 85. Rg1 Qe2+ 86. Kh1 {les deux adversaires avaient moins de
05 mns en phase KO pour terminer mais la forteresse de Vincent va tenir.} Qe4
$1 {[%cal Gf3f2,Ge4h1]} 87. Rg2 Qe5 88. Kg1 Qe1+ 89. Kh2 Qh4 90. Rg4 Qf2+ 91.
Kh1 Qe1+ 92. Kh2 Qe5+ 93. Kh1 Qe1+ {Une belle performance pour le français
face а un Top GMI même s'il a probablement raté le gain.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 07th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Qc8 12. b3 Rd8 13. Qd3 $14) 10.
Qd2 a6 11. f3 Re8 $6 (11... Qa5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. Kh1
$16) (11... Rc8 12. Rfd1 $14 {Petrosian,T-Pilnik,G/Goteborg(izt)/1955/}) 12.
Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. b3 (14. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 (14... e6 $6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (
15... Qxf6 $2 16. Bg5 $18) 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nb3 $16) 15. cxd5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8
17. h3 $5 $14) 14... Qa5 15. Bf1 $6 (15. h3 $5 h5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bf3 $14) 15...
h5 16. h3 Kh7 17. Nd5 $6 (17. f4 $5 Nc6 18. Nf3 b5 $2 19. e5 $16) 17... Qxd2
18. Rxd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. g3 (21. Be2 Bf6 (21... h4 $6 22. Nf3
Bf6 23. Bf2 $16) 22. g3 $14) 21... Bf6 22. Bf2 Rc7 (22... g5 23. Bd3 Kg6 24.
Re1 g4 25. h4 $14) 23. Bg2 Nd8 24. b4 g5 (24... b6 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Bxc6
27. Bxb6 Rcc8 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Ba5 $16) 25. Be3 gxf4 26. Bxf4 h4 (26... Nf7
27. c5 Ne5 28. Re1 $16) 27. c5 $6 (27. gxh4 Rg8 28. c5 $16) 27... hxg3 28. Re1
$2 (28. Rcd1 dxc5 29. Bxc7 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 $14) 28... dxc5 29.
Bxc7 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg3 $10 e6 32. Bc7 (32. dxe6 $142 Rxe6 33. Rd1
Nc6 $10) 32... d3 33. Bxd8 $2 (33. Rd1 exd5 34. Rxd3 $10) 33... Rxd8 34. dxe6
d2 35. Rd1 Bxe6 $19 36. Kf2 Bxa2 37. Ke3 Bc4 (37... f4+ 38. Ke2 Bc4+ $19) 38.
Bf3 f4+ 39. Kxf4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Black "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 f5 9. exf5 Bxd4 10. Bxh6 Rxf5 11. O-O d6 12. Bf3 Be5 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Bd5+
Kh8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Rff8 18. h3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. Bd4 Nxd5
21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. cxd5 Rc4 23. Rce1 Rf7 24. Kh2 h6 25. Rf3 Qc5 26. Rfe3 Kf8
27. f5 Bxf5 28. Rf3 Qd4 29. Qxh6+ Qg7 30. Qe3 Rc5 31. Ref1 Rf6 32. g4 Bc8 33.
Rxf6+ exf6 34. Ne4 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 f5 36. Nxd6 Qc7 37. Qe5 Rd2 38. Qf6+ {Weiß hat
entscheidente Angriff.} Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ (40. Re1 $18) 40... Kg8 41.
Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kf8 44. Qe8+ $2 {Statt Dauerschach zu geben
Weiß könnte einfach gewinnen.} (44. Re1 $1 Rd3+ (44... Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46.
Re7+ $18) (44... f4+ 45. Qxf4+ $18) 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kh1 $18) 44... Kg7 45.
Qe5+ Kf8 46. Qe8+ {Eine seltene Fall wo der Weiß in gewonnene Stellung
Dauerschach gibt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 $5 {A very interesting move to prevent ...Nxd4 and ...
Bc6, and prove the black bishop not to be optimally placed on d7: since the
f6-knight will need that square!} ({In the same spirit White may also play} 10.
Nc2) 10... a5 11. Nd2 $1 {White wants to play Na4.} (11. f3 $6 {gives time for}
a4 12. Nd2 $6 a3 $1 13. bxa3 Ng4 $17) 11... Bc8 $5 {The proof that 10.Nb3 is a
very interesting move. But now, it is Black who loses time wanting to prove
that the white knight on c2 is not great!} ({A better square than 'e6' since
after} 11... Be6 12. f4 {Black would be unable to play} Nd7 $4 {due to} 13. f5
$18) 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3 (13. f3 Bd4 $1 $146 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Ndb1 e5 16. Na3
Nc5 17. Nab5 Nce6 $11) 13... a4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {I wasn't happy with
this move, but somehow over the board realised that something was wrong with
my initial plan.} Bxd4 (15... Bh6 {is given by Raja Panjwani in his book, but
that might be one of the very few mistakes in it:} 16. f4 $1 (16. Rc2 e5 17.
Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nc5 $13) 16... e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxf4 20.
Rxf4 Qxb2 21. Rc2 Qb6 {and here he misses} 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. c5 $1 $16 {with a
devastating attack.}) 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 $6 {White's advantage after this
move is minimal in the very best case.} (17. Qd2 $1 {was definitely right,
although after} Nf6 {Black's position may not be bad, since after} 18. c5 dxc5
$1 (18... Qxc5 19. Nd5 $16) 19. e5 Rd8 20. Qh6 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Ne4 f6 $8
23. exf6 exf6 24. Qh4 Kg7 $1 {seems decent for Black.}) 17... Nxb6 18. f4 (18.
Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 e6 $1 $11) 18... Be6 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 Bd7
22. Nd4 Ra2 (22... Ra5 $5 {to stop e5 made sense.}) 23. e5 (23. Bf3 Bc6 $11 (
23... e5 $5 24. Ne2 {worried me a bit, since the knight may come to d5, but
after} Ra3 {Black should be fine, since after} 25. Rb1 {the move Nc3 is no
longer a threat:} Kf8 $11)) (23. Ra1 Rca8 $11) 23... dxe5 24. fxe5 e6 25. Bf3 (
25. Ra1 $1 {was probably the best try:} Rca8 26. Rad1 (26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Bf3
Rd2 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bc6 $11) 26... Bc6 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Bf3 R2a3 $5 29.
Bxc6 Rc8 30. c5 Rxc6 31. cxb6 Rxb6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7 Kh6 $1 $11) 25... Bc6
$1 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rfd1 Ra7 28. Rd6 Rac7 29. b4 {Forcing a draw. Otherwise
after ...Kf8-...Ke7 only Black can be better.} Kf8 30. c5 (30. b5 Nd7 $1 $132)
30... Nd5 31. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:39"]
[BlackClock "0:00:38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 e6 $5 {A very interesting deviation from the main line 15...Qb6. Black
wants to play ...Be5 and White will have to watch out for ...Qh4. Then if
Black can organise his pieces in the centre in decent fashion, he will be
completely fine.} 16. Rfd1 ({After the direct attempt} 16. a3 Be5 17. b4 axb4
18. axb4 {Black is able to equalise by force in several ways:} Qh4 (18... Ra3
$5 19. bxc5 Bxc3 20. Qc1 Qa5 21. cxd6 Bb4 22. Bh6 Rd8 23. Qg5 (23. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4
24. e5 f6 $1 $13) 23... Bxd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (38) Saric,A (2437)-Stevic,H (2539)
Zagreb 2004}) 19. g3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 (20. Bd1 Ra3 $132) 20... Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+
22. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Saric,A (2447)-Jankovic,A (2477) Cannes 2005}) ({
Although almost never played, I believe the best move for White is} 16. Nb5 $1
{and I failed to find equality for Black:} Be5 ({In the event of} 16... Bxb5
17. cxb5 {Black is simply slightly worse:} Qe7 (17... Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Rc2
$14) 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 $5 $14 {/\ Bc4}) 17. g3 $1 $36 {and it looks to me
like Black doesn't manage to do what he wants to: if he takes on b5 he is
slightly worse; otherwise White plays Rfd1 and Nd4 and looks a bit better.
Black is however solid.} (17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Qe3 $5 {(/\xf4)} Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rfe8
$5 ({or} 19... Rac8 {as Raja Panjawi suggests in his book on the Hyper
Accelerated Dragon..}) 20. f4 Bg7 $132 {/\x...f5, ...d5})) 16... Be5 17. Bf2 $6
{A really weird move - the only idea being to prevent ...Qh4 in the less
subtle way.} (17. g3 Qe7 (17... b6 $5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bg5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Ra7 21.
Qe3 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (48) Kotronias,V (2566)-Kapnisis,S (2451) Vrachati 2014})
18. Rbc1 Rad8 19. Re1 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (27) Rodshtein,M (2689)-Mista,A (2593)
Drancy 2016}) (17. Bf1 $2 Qh4 $1 18. g3 (18. h3 Qg3 $40) 18... Qf6 {One of the
few tricks that can lead to an advantage for Black.} 19. Bd4 Qxf3 $17 {1/2-1/2
(34) Kryvoruchko,Y (2707)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2653) Dubai 2014}) (17. Qe1 Qf6
(17... Qe7 $5 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Be8 20. Bf1 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (27) Korneev,O 
(2606)-Bauer,C (2609) FRA 2007}) 18. Rbc1 Rfd8 19. Bf1 g5 $5 {An aggressive
plan played twice by Guseinov. Of course, Black is not forced to go for it.}
20. Ne2 (20. Qd2 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (35) Sedlak,N (2554)-Guseinov,G (2613) NOR
2014}) (20. Nb5 b6 $11) 20... g4 $5 21. fxg4 (21. f4 Bb2 22. e5 Bxc1 $1 23.
Bxc5 $1 Qf5 $1 24. Bb6 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Rd4 Qg5 $13) 21... Nxe4 22. Nd4
d5 $13 {0-1 (40) Kuzubov,Y (2661)-Guseinov,G (2592) QAT 2014}) (17. Bd4 Qe7 $1
(17... Qh4 $143 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qd6 $5 $146 Nd7 20. g3 Qg5 21. Kg2 $14) 18.
a3 (18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 f5 $11 {0-1 (56) Heimann,A (2546)
-Guseinov,G (2634) Berlin 2015}) (18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 b6 $132 {[%cal Ya8a7,
Ya7d7] 1-0 (63) Muzychuk,M (2542)-Peng Zhaoqin (2383) ISL 2015}) 18... a4 19.
Bxe5 dxe5 20. b4 Nb3 21. Qe3 Nd4 $13 {1-0 (48) L'Ami,E (2628)-Martinez Duany,L
(2504) Merida 2015}) (17. Nb5 $6 Qh4 18. g3 Bxg3 $1 {Another trap - White may
think the sacrifice fails as his king may escape to f1, but it doesn't.} 19.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kf1 Nxe4 $1 21. fxe4 $6 f5 $40) 17... Qf6 18. Rbc1 Rfd8 19. Bf1
b6 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Bg5 Qg7 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Qe3 Re8 (24... f6 $5 25.
Bf4 Rad8 $132) 25. Kh1 f5 $5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bf4 Red8 28. Ne2 Bxf4 (28... Bf6
$5 $36) 29. Qxf4 Qg6 30. Ng3 h6 31. Qe3 Rg7 32. Ne2 e5 33. Nc3 f4 34. Qf2 Kh8
$6 {A dumb move played with a few seconds on the clock.} (34... e4 35. fxe4
Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Rd2 f3 38. gxf3 Bxf3+ 39. Bg2 $11) (34... Rf8 $5 35. Rd2
e4 36. fxe4 f3 37. g3 h5 $13) 35. Rd2 Rf8 36. Rcd1 Rf6 37. Bd3 Nxd3 38. Rxd3 e4
39. Nxe4 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Qxe4 41. Qf3 $1 (41. Rxd6 $2 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 f3 $132)
41... Qg6 42. Rd4 Rgf7 43. Re4 Kh7 44. Rde1 Qf5 45. a4 h5 46. Re8 h4 47. Qa8 f3
(47... Rf8 $5) 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Rxh4 d5 $2 (49... Rf8 $5 50. Qxf3 Qxf3 51. gxf3
Rxf3 52. Rg1+ Kf5 53. Rg3 Rf2 {should be a draw.}) (49... f2 50. Rf1 Re6 {
faiks to} 51. Qh8 $18) 50. Qxd5 ({White missed the invisible win} 50. Qg8+ Rg7
51. Qe8+ Rgf7 52. h3 fxg2+ 53. Kh2 $18) 50... Qxd5 51. cxd5 Re7 52. Rf1 Re3 53.
Rd4 Rxb3 (53... Rd6 $5 54. gxf3 Rxb3 {followed by ...b5 also gives good
drawing chances, a h+f ending being the most probable outcome.}) 54. d6 Rb2 $4
{A terrible hallucination.} (54... Rb4 55. Rd2 Rf8 56. d7 Rd8 57. gxf3 Rxa4 58.
Rb1 Rb4 59. Rxb4 axb4 {should lead to a drawn h+f ending.}) 55. gxf3 Re6 56.
Rg1+ (56. d7 Ree2 57. Rg4+ Kf5 58. d8=Q $18) 56... Kf5 (56... Kf7 57. d7 Rh6
58. d8=N+ $18 (58. Rf4+ $5 Ke6 59. Rf6+ $1 $18)) 57. Rd5+ Kf4 58. Rd4+ Kf5 59.
Rd5+ Kf4 60. d7 Kxf3 {A last cheap trick.} (60... Ree2 61. Rg4+ $18) 61. Rd3+ (
61. d8=Q $4 Rxh2+ 62. Kxh2 Rh6+ $19) 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 e6 (10... Nh5 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Na3 Rb8 13. f4 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qe1 $16 {Timman-Yusupov/Linares(m)/1992/}) 11. Qd2 (11.
Ndb5 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. d6 Ned5 15. Bg5 $16 {Kuijf,M-Dueball,J/
2.BLW9192/1991/}) 11... Qe7 (11... d5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Nd7
15. f4 Nc5 (15... g5 16. Nxd5 Nxe5 17. Rad1 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Bc4 $16 {
Panchenko-Telman/URS-chT/1988/}) 16. Rad1 f6 (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 (
18. Qd6 $16) 18... Qe8 19. Rd4 $16 {Dgebuadze,A-Znamenacek,K/Pardubice op/1993/
}) 17. Nxd5 fxe5 18. Bc4 $16 {Kuporusov-Malisauskas/USSR/1985/}) 12. Rfe1 Rfd8
13. Bf1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne8 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. Rad1 d6 17. a4 Bc6 18. Ra1 (18. b3
Rab8 $2 19. Nd5 $1 $16) 18... Rab8 19. a5 $5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 $14 a6 21. Rea1 Rb3
$1 22. R1a2 Rdb8 23. Nd1 (23. Be2 $14) 23... Be5 24. R5a3 R3b4 25. f4 Bg7 26.
Bd3 f5 $1 27. exf5 exf5 28. Bf1 d5 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Ra1 Bc4 31. Bxc4+ Rxc4 32.
Nc3 Rd8 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Bxe3 Rd3 35. Kf2 Bd4 (35... Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rcxc3 37.
Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Bb6 Nd5 39. Rxa6 Nxf4 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxh7 Rc2+ 43.
Kf3 Nxg2 44. Rg7 $15) 36. Bxd4 Rcxd4 37. Ne2 Rd2 $6 (37... Rxa3 $10) 38. Kf3
Rb4 39. Rc1 Ne6 40. Rxa6 Rb3+ 41. Rc3 $1 Rdxb2 42. Rxe6 Rxe2 43. Rxg6+ $1 $14
hxg6 44. Rxb3 Re7 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Kh4 Re2 47. Rb7+ Kh6 48. Kh3 Re3+ 49. g3 Re2
50. Rb1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 h5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bg5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 $6 (
20... Kh7 21. g3 Qf8 $132) 21. Be3 (21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Kf1 Re8 $11)
21... Qf8 22. f4 $1 Ne4 (22... Qg7 23. Bf3 $14) 23. Qe1 Qg7 24. Bf3 Nc5 (24...
Nc3 $2 25. Rbc1 $18) 25. Qd2 Rc7 (25... Rcb8 26. g3 b5 27. Bxc5 $5 (27. cxb5
Rxb5 28. Rbc1 $14) 27... dxc5 28. d6 Ra7 29. cxb5 Bd4+ 30. Kg2 exd6 31. a4 $14)
26. g3 b6 27. h3 Rac8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 g5 $5 {Black doesn't want to be
pressed down in the control of space, his army on the queenside can hopes to
create some counterplay.} (29... Qf8 30. Kg2 Qe8 31. g5 Bg7 32. Bg4 $16) 30.
fxg5 Be5 31. Kg2 a4 $1 32. Bxc5 (32. b4 Nd7 33. Rbc1 a3 34. Qe2 (34. Be4 Bb2
35. Rh1 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Bh7+ Kf8 38. Bf5 Ne5 $15) 34... Bb2 35. Rh1 Ne5
$132) (32. bxa4 Nxa4 33. Rb4 b5 34. Rxb5 Nc3 35. Rb4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 $13)
32... Rxc5 33. Be4 axb3 34. axb3 Ra5 $6 (34... b5 $1 35. Bf5 Ra8 (35... R8c7
36. g6 $18) 36. cxb5 (36. Rh1 bxc4 37. Rh7 Qxh7 38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. b4 Rc7 40.
Rxc4 $14) 36... Rxb5 37. b4 $16) 35. Rh1 Rca8 36. Rh7 $2 (36. g6 $1 fxg6 (36...
Qf6 37. g5 Qf4 38. Qxf4 Bxf4 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Re8 $1 Kxf7 42.
Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Rf2 $18) 37. Rh6 Kf8 38. Rxg6 Qh8 39. Rh6 Qg7 40. Qf2+ (40. g5
$16) 40... Ke8 41. Bg6+ Kd7 42. Qf5+ Kc7 43. Rh7 Qf6 44. g5 $16) 36... Qxh7 $1
{[%mdl 1024] Forced, but also very good sacrifice. Black king becomes safe and
white should start to wory.} (36... Qf8 37. Qf2 Ra1 38. Qf5 $18) 37. Bxh7+ Kxh7
38. Qf2 Kg7 39. Qxb6 $2 (39. Qf5 $5 Rh8 $1 (39... Ra2 40. Rf2 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2
$16) 40. Rf2 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Ra1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Rb2 $16) 39... Ra1 40.
Re2 (40. Rf2 Rh8 41. Re2 Rh2+ 42. Kf3 Rh3+ 43. Ke4 Rf1 44. Re3 Rh2 $13) 40...
Rb1 $1 (40... Rh8 41. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 42. Qc7 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Rah2 44. Qxe5+ Kf8 45.
Kf4 R8h3 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. b4 $16) 41. g6 $5 (41. Kf3 Ra3 42. Re3 Ra2 $132)
41... Ra3 (41... Kxg6 $2 42. Rxe5 $18) (41... fxg6 42. Qb7 Rf8 43. c5 $18) 42.
gxf7 (42. Qd8 Rbxb3 43. Qxe7 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 Kxg6 45. c5 Rgf3+ 46. Rf2 Rxf2+ 47.
Kxf2 Bd4+ 48. Kg2 Bxc5 $11) (42. Re3 $2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Rf1+ 44. Ke4 Rd2 45. Rf3
Re1+ 46. Kf5 Bh2 47. g5 Re5+ 48. Kg4 Kxg6 $19) 42... Rbxb3 43. f8=Q+ Kxf8 44.
Qd8+ Kf7 (44... Kg7 45. Qxe7+ Kg6 46. Qe6+ Kg7 $16) 45. Rf2+ Bf6 46. Qh8 (46.
Qc8 Rg3+ 47. Kh1 Kg7 48. Rg2 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Re3 50. Rd2 Bc3 $11) 46... Rg3+ 47.
Kh2 Rxg4 48. c5 $6 {White was unable to admit, that he lost his chances to
play for win.} (48. Qh5+ Rg6 49. Qh7+ (49. Rg2 Be5+ 50. Kg1 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+
$19) 49... Rg7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 (50... Kf8 51. Qh8+ Kf7 $11 (51... Rg8 $2 52. Rxf6+
$18)) 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qh5+ $11) 48... Raa4 $1 (48... dxc5 $2 49. Qh5+ Rg6 50.
Rg2 $18) 49. Qc8 $6 (49. Qh5+ Kg7 (49... Kf8 50. Qh8+) 50. Rg2 Rxg2+ 51. Kxg2
dxc5 52. Qf5 $11) 49... Rg6 $1 (49... dxc5 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Rg2 $11) 50. Rf3 $2
{The final mistake leading to a lost position due to the weakness of white
king.} (50. Qh8 $8 dxc5 51. Qh7+ Rg7 52. Qh5+ $11) 50... Kg7 $1 51. Qf5 Be5+
52. Kh1 (52. Kh3 Rh6+ 53. Kg2 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 (54. Rf2 Rh2+ $19) 54... Bd4+ $19)
52... Rh4+ 53. Rh3 Rhg4 (53... Rxh3+ 54. Qxh3 dxc5 (54... Rh6 $4 55. Qxh6+ Kxh6
56. c6 $18) 55. Qc8 $15) 54. Qf2 Bd4 $138 (54... Bd4 55. Qe2 Rg1+ 56. Kh2 Be5+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 c5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. Rc1 $5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 $5 $13) 10... Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 (14. Be3 $142 $1 {/\b3,a3,b3-b4}) 14...
Kxg7 15. f4 f6 $5 (15... a4) 16. Rad1 (16. Bg4 Nc5 17. Rae1 $14) 16... Nc5 17.
Qd4 (17. Qe3 $5 Qb6 $132 (17... e5 $2 18. f5 $16)) 17... b6 (17... Qb6 $142 $1
$13) 18. Bf3 {/\ e5} Qb8 19. Rd2 Ra7 {/\ Rd7, e5} 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22.
Qe3 $1 $16 (22. f5 g5 23. Bxh5 Rh8 24. g4 $14) 22... Qb7 23. h4 $1 {>< h5} Rdd8
24. Kg1 e5 25. f5 Qf7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rd7 28. Rfd1 Rfd8 29. b3 {/\ a3, b4
} Rc7 $5 30. Rxd6 Rcd7 31. R6d5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 gxf5 34. exf5 Qd7 (
34... e4 35. Bxe4 Qe7 36. Qg3+ $18) 35. Bxh5 Qxf5 $2 (35... Qxd5 $142 36. Be2
$16) 36. Qg3+ Kh6 37. Bg4 Qe4 38. d6 $1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Ne4 (39... Qxd6 40. Bf5
$18) 40. Qf3 Kg7 41. d7 $18 Nc5 42. Qf5 e4 43. h5 Qd6+ 44. Kh1 Kh8 45. h6 Qe7
46. Qd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Re3 Qb6 16. Rh3 h5 $2 {[%mdl 128] Black underestimated the danger
after the rook sacrifice, after it's acceptance his position will become
hopeless.} (16... Nf6 $1) 17. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 (17... Rh8 18. Rxh8 (18. Nd5 Qd4 19.
Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Nxe7 Bxe4 21. Rd1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Ne5 24. Rxd6 Re8
$14) 18... Rxh8 19. Rd1 $16) 18. Qg5+ Kh8 (18... Kh7 $2 19. e5+ $18) 19. Qxh5+
Kg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Re1 Ne5 (21... f6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Nd5 Qxb2
25. Nxe7 $18) 22. Re3 Qxe3 (22... Ng6 23. Rh3+ Kg7 (23... Kg8 24. e5 Bd7 25.
Bxg6 Bxh3 26. Bf5+ $18) 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Rf3+ Ke6 (25... Ke5 26. Qg5+ f5 27.
exf5 $18) 26. Qh3+ f5 27. exf5+ Kd7 28. fxg6+ Kc7 29. Qe6 Bxf3 (29... Rfe8 30.
Rf7 Qxb2 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Qxe7+ $18) 30. Qxe7+ Kc6 31. gxf3 Qd8 32. Be4+ Kc5
33. Qxb7 $18) (22... Bd7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Rg3+ Ng6 (25... Bg4 26.
f4 $18) 26. e5 $18) 23. Qxe3 Nxd3 (23... f6 24. Be2 $18) 24. Qxd3 Rg8 (24...
Rfd8 25. Nd5 e6 26. Qc3+ $16) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 (25... Rae8 26. Qc3+ Kh7 27. Nc7 Rb8
28. Qxa5 Bxe4 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Qh4 $18) 26. Qxd5 Kg7 (26... e6 27. Qxb7 $18)
27. Qxb7 Rgb8 28. Qd5 (28. Qxe7 Rxb2 29. g4 Rxa2 30. Qxd6 a4 31. c5 $18) 28...
a4 29. h4 $1 f6 30. h5 Ra7 31. Qf5 $1 {White has a dangerous attack on top of
the three spare pawns.} (31. Qd2 Rab7 32. Qc2 Rxb2 33. Qxa4 Re2 $16) 31... Rab7
(31... Rxb2 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. h6 $18) 32. Qg6+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. h6 $18) 33.
Qf7 (33. h6 Rg8 34. Qf7 Rxb2 35. Qxe7 $18) 33... Rxb2 (33... Rg8 34. h6 Rg5 35.
f4 Rg4 36. Qe6 Rg8 37. b3 $18) 34. Qxe7 Rxa2 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 (35... Kh7 36. c5 $1
$18) 36. h6 Rb7 37. c5 $1 Rc2 (37... dxc5 38. Qe6+ $18) 38. cxd6 a3 39. Qg6+
Kf8 (39... Kh8 40. d7 Rxd7 41. Qe8+ $18) 40. h7 Rxh7 41. Qxh7 a2 42. Qh8+ Kf7
43. d7 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 {Shankland's chess star is still rising and part of
his success is connected with intensive work on chess openings. The main line
with 10.Qd2 offers very little so it makes sense to try something less
intensively analysed.} (10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6) 10... Qa5 {Black players
are still looking for best way to cope with the retreat of the white knight.
Black has less space at his disposal and thus his freedom of movement is
somewhat limited.} (10... Rc8 11. f3 (11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14.
b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 Nce5 16. Nd4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nb5
$14 {1-0 (41) Timofeev,A (2655)-Mamedov,R (2639) Rijeka 2010}) 11... a6 (11...
Na5 12. Na3 Be6 13. Nd5 b6 (13... Nd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rac1 b6 16. b3 Nb7 17.
Nb5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 e5 19. Nxa7 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nbc5 21. b4 Nb7 22. Bb5 {1-0 (22)
Kortschnoj,V (2610)-Gendre,K Bordeaux 1989}) 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. b3
Nc6 17. Nb5 Rfd8 (17... Nd7 18. b4 a6 19. Nbc3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nce5 21. Ne4 $14)
18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Bg5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Bxe7 Bxb5 22. Bxd8 $18 {1-0 (28)
Morozevich,A (2734)-Gretarsson,H (2505) Rhodes 2013}) (11... Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7
13. Rac1 (13. Rab1) 13... Qa5 14. b4 Nxb4 (14... Qd8 15. Nd5 $16) 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 Nxc2 $8 17. Qxa5 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Kh1 Bh6 (19... e5 20. dxe6 fxe6
$13) 20. g3 {/\f4} e5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. f4 $18 {1-0 (40) Miles,A (2595)-Piket,
J (2625) Groningen 1992}) 12. Qd2 (12. a4 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Rb1 a5 15. b4
axb4 16. Ncxb4 Na5 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nc6 19. Qe3 Ra8 20. Nd3 Rxa4 21. Rxb7
Ra3 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. Rfb1 {1/2 (24) Short,N (2680)-Petursson,M 
(2565) Tilburg 1992}) 12... Ne5 (12... Re8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Na3 Be6 15. Nab1
Ne5 16. b3 Rb8 17. a3 Rec8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Nd5 b6 20. Rfd1 $11 {1/2 (29) Gulko,
B (2643)-Nielsen,P (2578) Esbjerg 2000}) 13. Na3 Re8 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qa5
16. Rc2 {1/2 (16) Bacrot,E (2695)-Gharamian,T (2672) Belfort 2012}) (10... Be6
11. f3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rab1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nde5 15. Bh6 Nxc4 16. Qd1 Rfc8
17. Nd4 Nd8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Bc1 Qc5 21. f4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Qxe3 $11
{0-1 (30) Svetushkin,D (2614)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2661) Linares 2013}) 11. f4
{The most active approach throws caution to the winds as White will have to be
on the alert in order to defend his exposed pawns.} (11. f3 Rfc8 (11... Be6 12.
Nd5 Rfc8 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Nd4 Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4
Ra2 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Nb5 Rb2 21. Bd2 $14 {1-0 (40) Hracek,Z (2633)-Hernandez
Guerrero,G (2540) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12. Qd2 (12. Na3 Ng4 13. fxg4 Bxc3 14.
c5 Bg7 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. cxd6 Be6 17. a4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Rb1
Ba2 21. Ra1 Be6 22. Rb1 Ba2 23. Ra1 Be6 {1/2 (23) Kharitonov,A (2550)-Yudasin,
L (2505) Simferopol 1988}) 12... Ne5 (12... Be8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15.
Nd4 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nd5 {[+] Lutz-Vokac, Dortmund 1991}) 13. b4 (13. c5 Ne8
14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Rac1 f5 19. b3 Bf7 20.
exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Qxd2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxd2 a6 $11 {0-1 (34)
Anand,V (2781)-Ljubojevic,L (2571) Monte Carlo 1999}) 13... Qd8 14. Na3 h5 15.
Rac1 Kh7 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd5 Ned7 18. Nb5 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 $14 {1/2 (54)
Malakhov,V (2732)-Bu,X (2676) Ningbo 2010}) (11. Kh1 Be6 (11... Rfc8 12. f4
Rab8 13. Rb1 a6 14. b4 Qd8 15. a4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 Rxc3
19. Bd4 Rcc8 20. Ne3 Qa5 {1/2 (33) Hracek,Z (2613)-Kanovsky,D (2431) Slovakia
2009} 21. Qb3 $16) 12. f4 Rac8 13. Rb1 Nb4 14. Na3 a6 15. Qd2 b5 16. cxb5 Nxa2
17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Bxd2 Nxe4 20. Ba5 Rce8 $11 {1-0 (51) Ivanchuk,V
(2787)-Savchenko,B (2583) Moscow 2007}) (11. Rc1 Rac8 12. f3 Ne5 13. Na3 Rfd8
14. Qb3 b6 15. Nab5 Qa6 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Bg5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20.
Re1 h6 21. Be3 $11 {1/2 (59) Huschenbeth,N (2450)-Sjugirov,S (2626) Moscow 2011
}) 11... Rac8 (11... Rfc8 12. c5 Nb4 13. Nd4 Ne8 14. f5 dxc5 15. Nb3 Qd8 16.
Nxc5 Nd6 17. f6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 exf6 19. a3 Bc6 20. axb4 b6 21. b5 Nxb5 22. Nxb5
bxc5 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nc3 Rab8 25. Ra2 Re8 26. Bxc5 Bxe4 27. b4 $16 {1-0 (27)
Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2560)-Barros Rivadeneira,C (2346) Merida 2014}) (11... a6 12.
c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 exd6 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qd2 b5 17. Bf2 Qb8 18. Rfe1
Bc8 19. Bh4 Be6 20. Ne3 Rc8 21. b3 b4 22. Na4 Na7 23. Rcd1 Bd7 24. e5 $16 {
1-0 (24) Kurajica,B (2555)-Strikovic,A (2536) Las Palmas 2009}) 12. Rc1 (12.
Rb1 a6 13. b4 Qd8 (13... Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 $16) 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Kh1
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 e6 17. c5 $1 d5 (17... dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Rbd1 Qc7 20. e5 $16)
18. Rfd1 Re8 19. a4 Qe7 20. b5 axb5 21. e5 Nd7 22. Nxb5 $1 (22. axb5 Na5 {x c5}
) 22... Rb8 (22... Nxc5 $2 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nd6 $18) 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Nd4 (24.
Nxb7 Ndxe5 25. Qa6 $16) 24... f6 25. Nxb7 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 fxe5 27. fxe5 $16 {
1-0 (40) Short,N (2635)-Andersson,U (2630) Wijk aan Zee 1990/}) 12... Be6 {
[%mdl 4] Guseinov finds it hard to find proper counterplay against the c4- and
e4-pawns of White. It is quite possible that the game will contribute to the
rise in popularity of the 10.Nc2 move.} (12... h5 13. h3 Be6 14. a3 Nd7 15. b4
Qd8 16. Qd2 f5 $14) 13. a3 Nb8 (13... Rfe8 14. h3 Qa6 15. b3 Ng4 16. hxg4 Bxc3
$11) 14. Nd5 Rfe8 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Nd4 $14) 15. Qd3 (15. Nd4 Bxd5 (
15... Nxe4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 exd5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. b4 $18) 16. exd5 a6 17.
Qd3 $14) 15... Nbd7 16. b4 Qa6 $2 {Black is missing the great chance to stay
afloat in the position, that seems easier to play for White with 16...Qa4! The
strongest piece will not feel comfortable on the a6-square at all.} (16... Qa4
$1 17. Bd4 (17. Nd4 Bg4 $11) 17... b5 18. Nce3 bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxd5
21. exd5 Nb6 22. Qd3 Qd7 $11) 17. Nd4 Bxd5 (17... b6 18. Nxf6+ exf6 (18... Nxf6
19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e5 $16) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd6 $16) (17... Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4
19. Nb5 $16) 18. exd5 b6 (18... Qa4 19. Bf2 $16) 19. Bf3 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Nb8 21.
Bf2 Qd7 22. h3 e5 $2 {The make or break strategy of opening the centre will
fail due to White's better control of the centre and the painful absence of
the light-squared bishop.} (22... Bh6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Be3 $16) 23. dxe6 fxe6
24. Nb5 $1 d5 {For better or worse Guseinov feels compelled to try fighting
White's domination on the light squares.} (24... Bf8 25. Bh4 Qg7 26. Qc3 $18)
25. cxd5 Rxc1 (25... exd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (26... Qxe8 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Bc4 $18)
27. Rc7 $18) 26. Rxc1 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 (27... exd5 28. Rc7 Qe6 29. Rxa7
Rd8 30. Rb7 $18) 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Nxa7 {The passive knight on b8 and the
vulnerability of the b6-pawn are condemning the defender to honourable failure.
} Bb2 30. Rb1 Re2 (30... Bxa3 31. Nb5 $18) 31. Nb5 Nc6 (31... d4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4+
33. Nxd4 Ra2 34. Rc1 Nd7 35. Rc7 Nf6 36. Ne6 $16) 32. Bxb6 Kf7 33. Rd1 Ne7 (
33... d4 34. Kf1 Rc2 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 $18) 34. a4 $1 {
The black counterplay has run into the sand so Shankland is beginning with the
sprint of his a-pawn.} Nc6 35. Bc5 d4 36. a5 Bc3 37. Nxc3 (37. a6 Ra2 38. Nd6+
Ke6 39. b5 $18) 37... dxc3 38. Rc1 {Black was so upset that he decided to save
himself the pain of exploring which of the winning lines White would chose to
bring home the point.} (38. Rc1 Rb2 39. a6 c2 40. a7 (40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 $18)
40... Rb1 41. a8=Q Rxc1+ 42. Kf2 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 c1=Q 44. Qf8+ Ke6 45. Qd6+ Kf7
46. Qd7+ Kf6 47. Qxc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 $6 (12... Nd7 $142 13. Be3
$1 $14) 13. c5 $6 (13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 $6 (14. Be3 $14) 14... Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6
16. Kh1 Qb6 $10) 13... e5 (13... Bh6 14. cxd6 $5 (14. Rc2 e5 $10) 14... Bxc1
15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxc1 $44) 14. Bf2 (14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 $1 (15... Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rxc4 Rd3 20. Kf2 $14) 16. Qe1 $1
(16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Nb4 $10) (16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 $1 19.
Bxd8 Nd2 $10) 16... Bc6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Qh4 Nd5 $10) 14... Bh6 $1 15. Rc2 d5
$10 16. Bh4 $1 d4 17. Nb5 Be3+ 18. Kh1 g5 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 Ne8 $1 21. a4
Qe7 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Qd2 (23. Bd5 Rd8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Na3 Nc7 26. Qd2 Ne6 $1
27. Qxa5 d3 28. Rcd2 (28. Rc1 Nxc5) 28... Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 $17) (23. Bb3 $5)
23... Qxc5 $1 24. Qxg5 (24. Bxf7 Qe7 25. Bb3 g4 $15) 24... f6 25. Qh6 Qe7 26.
f4 $1 Ng7 (26... Bxe4 $2 27. Rce2 f5 28. fxe5 Ng7 $8 29. Nd6 $16) 27. Bd5 $1
Rad8 $1 28. Bxc6 d3 29. Rcd2 bxc6 30. Nc3 exf4 31. Qxf4 Ne6 32. Qg3 $2 (32. Qe3
$8 Qc5 $15 (32... Nc5 $2 33. Rf5 $10)) 32... Nc5 33. Qe3 f5 $19 34. e5 $138 f4
35. Qf3 Qxe5 36. Rf1 Qe3 37. Qh5 Qxd2 $4 $138 (37... Rde8 $19) 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39.
Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh8 (41... Kf7 42. Qf5+ (42. Rxf4+ $2 Ke6 $19)
42... Ke8 43. Qxc5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 a6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Ne5 (
14... Red8 15. b4 $1 Qh5 (15... Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Bb6 $16) 16.
Nd5 $14) 15. b4 Qd8 16. Na3 {Short enjoyes solid space advantage, but his
pawns will require full piece support.} a5 (16... Bc6 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 Bd7
19. b6 $14) 17. b5 Be6 (17... b6 $2 18. Na4 $1 Rb8 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qe3 $18) 18.
Na4 Nfd7 (18... Ned7 19. b6 $16) 19. b6 $1 Nc5 (19... Nc6 20. Nb5 Nb4 (20...
Rf8 21. Nc7 Bf6 22. f4 $16) 21. a3 Nc6 22. Nc7 Rf8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. c5 $16) (
19... Ra8 $2 20. Nb5 $16) 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qxa5 (21. Qxd8 Rexd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Bxc5 Rd2 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 $13) 21... Nd7 (21... Bd7
$2 22. Bxc5 $18) 22. Nb5 Ra8 (22... Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Kf2 $14) 23. Qd2
Qxb6 24. f4 Nf6 25. Qc2 {[%mdl 32] Black pieces are struggling to find the
suitable squares, even the queen on b6 is not exactly comfortable.} Bg4 (25...
Ng4 $5 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Rd5 Rec8 28. Qf2 Qa5 29. Rxc5 Qxa2 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.
Qxa2 Rxa2 32. Rd1 Bg4 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Nc7 $14) 26. e5 Bf5 (26... Bxe2 27. Qxe2
Ne4 28. Rd7 $1 $14) 27. Qb3 Ng4 $6 (27... Nd7 28. Rd2 Rad8 29. Rcd1 $14) 28.
Bd2 (28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Rd5 Rec8 $11) 28... h5 (28... Red8 29. h3 Nh6 30. Be3
$14) 29. Bf3 Red8 30. Be1 f6 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. h3 Nh6
34. Bxb7 Qd3 35. Bf3 $18) (30... Bh6 31. g3 Bg7 32. a4 $16) 31. a4 $5 (31. exf6
Nxf6 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qe3 $14) 31... fxe5 32. a5 Qf6 (32... Qa6 33. Nc7 $18)
33. h3 $1 {Black position is aflling to pieces, white was able to avert the
attack and win b7 pawn.} exf4 (33... Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Bc2 35. Qxc2 Ne3 36. Qe2
Nxd1 37. fxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxd1 $18) (33... Nh6 34. Bxb7 Rab8 35. a6 $18) 34. hxg4
hxg4 35. Bxb7 Rxd1 (35... Rab8 36. a6 $18) 36. Rxd1 Rf8 37. g3 (37. a6 Bc8 38.
Bc3 $18) 37... f3 (37... e5 38. Bf2 Qe7 39. Nd6 $18) 38. Qe3 Kh7 (38... Be6 39.
Qxc5 Qb2 40. Bf2 Qb3 41. Rc1 Rd8 42. Qxe7 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Bxc4 45.
Qe8+ Kh7 46. Be4 $18) 39. Rd2 $1 Qa1 40. Rh2+ Kg8 41. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Zonal Randers Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Randers"]
[Date "1982.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Kh1 $6 (13. b3 Nd7 (
13... Bh6 $5 14. Rc2 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Bg1 $5 $14) 14. Be3 (14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ (15. Kh1 Qb6 $10) 15... Kg8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 (16... Nc5 17. e5
Qb6 18. exd6 exd6 19. Rb1 $16) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f4 $14 {Eingorn,V-Vaisman/URS/
1978/}) 14... Nc5 15. a3 (15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Nb5 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 $13) (15. Kh1
Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Nc3 Qd7 $10) 15... h5 $5 (15...
Qb6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 $14 {Marjanovic,S-Kagan,S/EU-chT Skara/1980/1:0/35/})
(15... b6 $5 16. Qc2 Qb8 17. Rcd1 Rc8 18. Nd5 $14 {Van der Wiel,J-Petursson,M/
Biel izt/1985/1/21/2/53/}) 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 $1 19. bxc5
Bxc3 $10 {Ernst,Th-Larsen,B/Ostersund zt/1992/1:0/65/}) (13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be3 $1
(14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rc2 Qb6 $10) 14... Nc5 15. Rc2 a4 $5 16. Rb1
Re8 17. Bf1 b6 18. Qf2 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Serper,G/Irkutsk/1986/1:0 /72/}) (13. c5
e5 14. Be3 $1 (14. Bf2 Bh6 $1 15. Rc2 d5 $10 {Shirov,A-Damljanovic,B/Manila
izt/1990/1/2-1/2/41/}) 14... d5 15. Bg5 d4 16. Nb5 h6 17. Bh4 $14 {Todorovic,G.
M/Abramovic,B/JUG/1992/}) 13... a4 $5 (13... Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. b3 $14 {
Groszpeter,A-Reeh,O/Kecskemet/1990/0:1/42/}) 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Rc2
Nd7 17. Bxg7 (17. Be3 $5) 17... Kxg7 18. Rdc1 (18. f4 $5) 18... Nf6 $10 19. Qd4
Qg5 20. Rf1 Ra5 21. Bd3 (21. f4 Qc5 $1 $15) 21... Qc5 $1 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rfc1
g5 $1 24. Nd5 (24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 $10) 24... Bxd5 $1 25. cxd5 $2 (25. exd5
R8c7 (25... Nd7 $2 26. Bf5 $10) 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 $132) 25... Nd7 $17 26.
Kg1 Kf6 27. Kf2 Ke5 28. Ke3 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Nb6 (30... Nc5 $6 31.
g3 $132 {P f4}) 31. Kd3 (31. g3 Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Nxb2+ 33. Kc3 a3 34. Kb3 (34. Bb3
g4 $17) 34... Kd4 35. Kxa3 Kc3 $1 36. Bb3 b5 $1 $19) 31... f5 $1 {<-> d5} 32.
Kc3 h5 33. Kb4 (33. Kd3 fxe4+ 34. fxe4 Nd7 $17) 33... fxe4 34. fxe4 $6 (34.
Bxe4 $5 Kd4 $17) 34... Kd4 35. Kb5 (35. Bxa4 $2 Nxa4 36. Kxa4 Kxe4 37. Kb5 Kxd5
$19) 35... Nc4 36. Bxa4 Nxb2 37. Bb3 (37. Bc2 Nc4 38. Bd1 h4 $17) 37... Nd3 38.
Bd1 $6 (38. Kb6 $5 $132 Nc5 39. Bc2 g4 $5 (39... h4 40. Kc7 $132) (39... Kc3
40. Bd1 g4 41. h3 $1 Kd2 $2 42. hxg4 Kxd1 43. gxh5 Nxe4 44. h6 Ng5 45. Kxb7 $18
) 40. Kc7 (40. h3 g3 $19) 40... Kc3 41. Bb1 (41. Bd1 Kd2 42. Bb3 Ke3 43. Kd8
Nxb3 44. axb3 Kxe4 $19) 41... Kb2 42. e5 Kxb1 43. e6 Nd3 44. Kd8 Nf4 45. Kxe7
Nxd5+ 46. Kxd6 Nf6 47. Ke7 Ne4 $1 $19) 38... h4 39. Bf3 (39. Kb6 Nf2 40. Bc2 (
40. Bf3 Ke3 {P h3} 41. h3 Nxh3 42. Kxb7 Nf2 $19) 40... Kc3 41. Bb3 Nxe4 42.
Kxb7 Nc5+ 43. Kc6 Nxb3 44. axb3 Kxb3 45. Kd7 Kc4 $19) 39... Ke3 40. h3 (40. Kb6
h3 41. Kxb7 g4 $1 $19) 40... Ne5 (40... Ne5 41. Kb6 (41. Bh5 Kf2 42. Kb6 Kxg2
43. Kxb7 g4 $1 $19) 41... Nxf3 42. gxf3 Kxf3 43. Kxb7 g4 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 (16... Rfc8 $5) 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. a3 (19.
Kh1 $5) 19... Qd8 20. Qd2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd1 $14 {Dimitrov -
Moldovan, St.Zagora 1990}) 20... e6 21. Bf1 Be5 22. b4 (22. Ne2 $5) 22... axb4
23. axb4 Na4 24. Ne2 Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Nd4 Be8 27. Rbc1 (27. Nb3 b5 $5 $132)
27... Nb6 (27... Rc7 28. Nb3 Rac8 29. c5 $5 $14) 28. Nxe6 (28. f4 Bg7 29. c5 $1
(29. Nf3 Nd7 $13) 29... dxc5 30. bxc5 Na4 31. Nb5 $16) (28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5
$14) 28... Qxe6 (28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 fxe6 31. f4 Bg7 32. Rd1 $16)
29. Bxb6 Ra3 $6 (29... d5 $5 30. Qf2 (30. c5 $6 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 32. Bc4 Qg4
33. Bd5 Ra3 $1 34. Qe2 Qg5 $40) (30. Bf2 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 (31... Rd8 32. Qe1
$14 {/\b5 x Be8}) 32. Qe3 $14) 30... dxe4 31. fxe4 $16) 30. f4 (30. Qf2 $16)
30... Bg7 31. Qd5 Bc6 $1 $8 (31... Qe7 $2 32. c5 Bc6 33. cxd6 $18) 32. Qxe6
fxe6 33. Bg2 e5 34. Rd2 (34. f5 $5 Bh6 $5 $132) 34... exf4 35. gxf4 Bc3 (35...
Bh6 $5) (35... Rf8 $5) 36. Rxd6 Bxb4 37. c5 Rf8 38. e5 $1 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rxf4
40. e6 Re4 41. Rd8+ (41. Bd8 $2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Raa2) 41... Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh6 (
42... Kf6 43. Bd8+) 43. e7 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Raa2 (44... Rae3 45. Rxb7 $1 (45. c6 $2
bxc6 $1 46. Bxe3+ Rxe3 47. Rxc6 Rxe7 $1 $10) 45... Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Rxe7 47. c6
$18) 45. Bc7 Ba3 46. Re1 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Bxc5 48. Kh1 $1 (48. e8=Q $2 Rxh2+ 49.
Re3 Rag2+ 50. Kf1 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 $2 Bb4+ $1 52. Kd1 Rh1+ $10) 48... Bxe7 49.
Rdxe7 $18 Rf5 50. Bb6 Rf6 51. Be3+ g5 52. Rg1 Rf4 53. Bxf4 {Gelfand,Kapengut}
1-0

[Event "Kfar Sava op 20th"]
[Site "Kfar Sava"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the last game in this tournament.We shared third place with many
other players (3 point of 4 games) and it was clear,that I need only win.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {I completely accepted a choice of a debut of my
contender.} 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7
10. f3 Nxd4 ({Black could bring some corrective amendments to my plans:} 10...
Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Gb6,Gc6,Rd4,Gg7][%cal Gf6g4]} 11. Na4 Qa5) 11. Bxd4 a5 12. b3
Bc6 13. Kh1 {This move allows to exchange the black-squares BB. Besides,white
has two options:} (13. Qd2 $5 Nd7 14. Be3 {[%csl Ge3,Yg7]}) ({and} 13. Rc1 {
[%csl Yc1][%cal Yc1c3]}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 ({Also deserves attention:} 14. Rb1
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Nc5 $6 (16... Qb4 $5) 17. Qb2 Rfc8 18. a3 Qd8 19. Qd2
Qf8 20. Qe3 $14 {Dorin,M-Hoffman,A/Mar del Plata,1999(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 14... Kxg7
15. a3 ({Is a possible continuations of the play:} 15. Rb1) ({and} 15. Qd2)
15... Qb6 16. Qd2 (16. Rb1 $143 Qe3 $1 {[%csl Ge3] and I should early or late
change the queens.}) 16... Kg8 $6 $146 (16... Nc5 $1 {(an strong idea which
was mentioned by Gruenfeld Yehuda after the game)} 17. Qd4+ (17. Rab1 $6 Nxb3
18. Qb2 a4 19. Nd5+ (19. Nxa4+ $143 Qd4 {[%csl Ra4]}) 19... Qd4 20. Nxe7 Rfe8
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rfd1 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 Red8 $11 {Todorovic,B-Batkovic,R/Tivat,
1995(1/2-1/2)(44)}) 17... Kg8 18. Qe3 Rfc8 $11 {[%cal Gc5a4] /\Na4 and
exchange NN or QQ.} (18... Qxb3 $4 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. Ra2 {[%csl Rc2]})) (16...
Qxb3 $4 17. Rfb1 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17. Rab1 Nc5 18. b4 $14 axb4 (18... Na4 $144 19.
Nd5 (19. Nxa4 $6 Bxa4 $140 20. b5 {[%csl Ra4]} Qc5 $13) 19... Qd8 20. Ra1 axb4
21. axb4 {see the game,after 21.Ra1}) 19. axb4 Na4 (19... Ne6 20. Rfd1 $14 {
[%csl Yd1,Yd2,Rd4]}) 20. Nd5 {[%csl Rb6,Re7]} Qd8 ({After:} 20... Bxd5 21. exd5
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf3f4,Gf4f5] white has a big positional advantage.}) 21. Ra1 {
My position becomes better with each move.} e6 $6 (21... Nb6 $142 {[%cal Gb6d5]
}) 22. Ne3 {[%csl Rd6]} Qg5 23. Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ya3h3]} Nb6 24. Rd3 $16 {[%csl
Rd6]} Rfd8 25. b5 $1 Be8 26. f4 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8] It is a signal to attack.} Qc5
(26... Qe7 27. f5 $40) 27. f5 {[%cal Ge3g4]} exf5 $2 ({More stubborn
resistance after:} 27... h5 $8 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yh5g4]} 28. Nd5 $1 (28. f6 $143
Qg5 29. c5 Nc8 30. Nc2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 $16) 28... exd5 (28... Nxd5 $143 29. cxd5
exf5 30. exf5 Bxb5 31. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf5g6,Gf5f6]}) 29. Qh6 {
[%cal Gf5f6]} f6 $8 (29... Nd7 $2 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rdf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3f8]})
30. fxg6 Rd7 31. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh3h5]} (31. Rxf6 $2 Rg7 $1 (31...
Ra1+ $2 32. Bd1 Rxd1+ (32... Rg7 $144 33. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 (34... Rg8
$2 35. Qf6+ Bf7 36. Qxf7#) 35. Qxg7+ $18 {[%csl Ra1,Re7]}) 33. Rxd1 Rg7 34.
Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 (35... Rg8 $2 36. Qf6+ Bf7 37. Qxf7#) 36. Qxg7+ Kd8
37. Qf6+ Kc8 38. g7 $18 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7g8]}) 32. Rf8+ Kxf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 (
33... Rg8 $2 34. Qf6+ Bf7 35. Qxf7#) 34. Qxg7+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc7 36. g7 Nd7 $13
{[%csl Rh1]}) 31... Rg7 32. Bxh5 $1 {[%csl Rg8,Gh3,Gh6][%cal Gh5g4,Gg4e6]} Qf2
{[%csl Rh1]} 33. Be2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh6h8]} Qxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Bxg6 35. exd5 $18)
28. exf5 d5 29. Ng4 $18 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Rd6 ({Also loses right away:} 29... Nxc4
30. Qh6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4f6]} Qe7 31. fxg6 fxg6 $8 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nxh7 {
with mate in 3 moves.}) 30. Qh6 {After this move black resigns,because of next
variants:} (30. Qh6 {[%cal Gf5f6]} gxf5 (30... f6 31. Rh3 Qc7 32. c5 $1 {
[%csl Rb6,Rd6,Rh7][%cal Yc7c5,Yc7h7]}) 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32. Qxf6 $18 {In a result
I have divided 1-5 places.}) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {Black plays the Accelerated Dragon
line.} 5. c4 {And White chooses the Maroczy setup.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 (7. Be2
{is the other move.}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Qd2 {is the other move.})
9... Nh5 $5 {Black immediately tries to create counterplay.} (9... Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Be6 {or}) (9... Bd7 {are the usual moves.}) 10. g3 {And White plays the
most natural move, preventing ...Nf4.} Nxd4 {Black employs a typical plan to
make Be6 possible.} (10... Bh3 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g4 $36) (10... Bd7 {would be
another possibility, after which White plays} 11. Qd2 {with chances for both
sides.}) 11. Bxd4 Be6 (11... Qa5 {was played in a correspondence game} 12. O-O
Bh3 13. Re1 Qg5 14. Kf2 Nf6 15. Bf1 Qh6 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Kg1 Rfe8 18. b3 $14 {
0-1 (42) Huzita,S (1865)-Hassim,U (2308) ICCF email 2011}) 12. f4 {White
forces the N to go back.} (12. O-O {is also good.}) 12... Nf6 13. O-O Rc8 14.
b3 Qa5 $6 {This is an inaccuracy, but of course a very logical plan.} (14...
Bh3 $1 {seems an energetic move} 15. Rf2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe4 18.
Bxg7 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxf2 20. Bxf8 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Kxf8 $11) 15. f5 $1 Bd7 16. a3
{White prepares for b4.} (16. Qd3 $5 $14 {followed by Qe3.}) 16... e6 (16...
Bc6 17. b4 $14) 17. b4 (17. g4 $1 $36 {is also even good.}) 17... Qd8 18. fxg6
fxg6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 (20. Bxa7 $1 {may be even better, the P is less
valuable.}) 20... Bc6 $1 {Black tries to generate counterplay.} 21. b5 $1 {
Also the only try.} Ne4 22. Qxd8 Rcxd8 $1 (22... Rfxd8 {is bad} 23. bxc6 Nxc3
24. cxb7 $1 Nxe2+ 25. Kg2 Bxe5 26. bxc8=Q Rxc8 27. Rae1 $16) 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc1 $1 {The only good move.} Nxc3 26. Rxc3 $14 {White has
managed to get a favourable ending.} Bd7 27. c5 Rc8 (27... Rf7 28. a4 $36) 28.
a4 Kf6 (28... e5 29. Kf2 $36 {White simply improves the pieces and wins the
game on the Q-side.}) 29. Kf2 Ke5 30. Ke3 Be8 31. Bf3 Rc7 32. Kd3 $1 g5 33. Kc4
h5 34. a5 $18 {White has simply got a winning position.} g4 35. b6 axb6 36.
axb6 Rd7 37. Re3+ Kf6 38. c6 bxc6 39. Bxc6 Rd8 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "265"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. f3 Rfc8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Na3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Rac1 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Ndc7 Rab8 19. Nxe6+ Nxe6 20. Nxa7
Nd4 21. Kf2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Rxc4 23. b3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ke8 25. Nb5 Nc6 26. a4 Kd7
27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. f4 Rg8 31. Kf2 Rg4 32. g3 Rg6 33.
Rd3 Rh6 34. Kg2 Re6 35. Kf2 Re4 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Ke3 Rb4 38. Nd5 Re4+ 39. Kf2
Nb4 40. Rd2 Nxd5 41. Rxd5 e6 42. Rb5 Kc6 43. Kf3 h5 44. h3 d5 45. g4 hxg4+ 46.
hxg4 fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 {[#] Taktik!} d4 48. Rb4 {Fesselung!} e5 49. Kf5 d3 $1 {
[%mdl 4160] Entfesselung!} 50. Kxe4 (50. Rxe4 d2 {[%csl Gd4,Ge1]} 51. fxe5 d1=Q
52. e6 Qxb3 53. e7 Qf3+ 54. Ke5 (54. Rf4 Qd5+ 55. Kf6 Kd7 $19) 54... Kd7 55.
Kd4 Ke8 $19 {[%csl Ra4]}) 50... d2 {[%cal Ge5d4]} 51. Kxe5 d1=Q {Der Rest ist
ein langwieriges Endspiel, das die Turmseite sicher remis hält, nachdem der
König sich auf a7 verstecken kann.} 52. Rc4+ Kb6 53. Rb4+ Kc7 54. Rb5 Qf3 55.
Rc5+ Kd7 56. Rd5+ Ke7 57. Rb5 Kf7 58. Kf5 Qg2 59. Ke5 Kg6 60. Rb6+ Kh5 61. Kd6
Qg7 62. Rb5+ Kh4 63. Ke6 Qg6+ 64. Ke7 Qe4+ 65. Kd8 Qc6 66. Ke7 Kg4 67. f5 Kg5
68. f6+ Kg6 69. f7 Qc7+ 70. Ke6 Qxf7+ 71. Kd6 Kf6 72. Kc5 Ke5 $5 {möchte
hinter die feindlichen Linien gelangen.} (72... Qc7+ $142 73. Kb4 Ke6 {und
Schwarz kann nur mittels Zugzwang gewinnen, indem der weiße König patt gesetzt
wird, wenn es denn möglich ist.}) 73. Kb6+ Kd6 74. Ka7 b6+ 75. Ka6 Kc7 76. Rxb6
Qf3 77. a5 Qd3+ 78. Ka7 Qd4 79. b4 Kc8 80. Ka8 Qf4 81. Ka7 Qe5 82. Rc6+ Kd7 83.
Rb6 Qd4 84. Kb7 Qd5+ 85. Ka7 Kc7 86. Ka6 Kc8 87. Ka7 Qe4 88. Rb8+ Kc7 89. Rb6
Qe2 90. Rb7+ Kc6 91. Rb6+ Kd5 92. Kb7 Qe7+ 93. Ka6 Qd7 94. Rb5+ Kc4 95. Rb7 Qd8
96. Ka7 Qc8 97. Rb8 Qc6 98. Rb6 Qd5 99. Rb7 Qf3 100. Rb8 Kd5 101. Rb6 Qf8 102.
Rb5+ Kd4 103. Rb8 Qf4 104. Rb7 Kd5 105. Rb6 Qc4 106. Rb8 Qe4 107. Rb6 Qf3 108.
Kb7 Qf7+ 109. Ka8 Qc7 110. Rb5+ Kd4 111. Rb7 Qh2 112. Ka7 Kd5 113. Rb6 Qg1 114.
Kb7 Qg7+ 115. Ka8 Qc7 116. Rb5+ Kd4 117. Rb7 Qc8+ 118. Ka7 Kc4 119. Rb8 Qh3
120. Rb7 Kd5 121. Rb5+ Kd6 122. Rb6+ Kc7 123. Rb7+ Kd6 124. Rb6+ Kd5 125. Rb5+
Kc4 126. Rb7 Qg3 127. Rb8 Kd5 128. Rb6 Qc7+ 129. Rb7 Qh2 130. Rb6 Qh8 131. Rb5+
Kc4 132. Rb8 Qh1 133. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8
15. Rac1 b6 16. Rfd1 Qf8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Re1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bb7 21.
Bb5 a6 22. Bd7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd8 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rc6 h5 27. a4
Kh7 28. Qd3 Qh8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Bxb6 {DL-DL: gleichfarbige L, Freibauer
gegen Dauerschachversuche} Qc8 31. Be3 h4 32. Kf1 Bh6 33. f4 (33. Bxh6 $5 Kxh6
34. Ke2 g5 35. Kd2 $16) 33... Qh8 34. Qd4 (34. Qa3 Qc8 35. Qb3 h3 $132) 34...
Qe8 35. Qa1 e5 $1 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 36. dxe6 Qxe6 37. Qd4 h3 38. Qd5 hxg2+ 39.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 40. Kf2 Qh4+ 41. Ke2 Qg4+ 42. Kd2 Qg2+ 43. Kd3 Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Bg7 45.
b5 Qa1 46. Qb3 axb5 47. axb5 Qh1 48. Qd5 Qa1 49. Bd2 Kg8 50. Qb3 Qa8 51. Kd3
Qa1 52. Kc2 Qh1 53. Qb4 d5 54. b6 d4 55. b7 Qxe4+ 56. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. b3 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 f6 17. Rc2 Rab8 18. Bf1 Rc7 19. Ne2 Qxd2 20. Rdxd2 Nc5
21. Kf2 a5 22. Ke3 Bd7 23. Nf4 Bc6 24. g3 Kf7 25. Bh3 e5 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Rc1 b6
28. Rcd1 Nb7 29. Rc1 Be8 30. Rb2 Nc5 31. Rd2 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 b5 33. Kd2 bxc4 34.
Rdc3 a4 35. Bf1 axb3 36. axb3 Bf7 37. bxc4 Rb4 38. Bd3 Be6 39. g4 Rb2+ 40. R1c2
Rxc2+ 41. Rxc2 Kd7 42. Kc3 Ra7 43. Rb2 Kc6 44. Rb8 Ra3+ 45. Rb3 Ra8 46. Rb5 g5
47. h3 Bd7 {[#] Völlig gleiche Stellung mit passiven Läufern beiderseits.
Schwarz läßt einen Zug zu lange einen Bauern auf h5 stehen und gerät in einen
Mattangriff.} 48. Bc2 Be8 49. Rd5 Ra7 50. Kb4 Bf7 51. Ba4+ Kc7 52. Rd2 Be6 53.
Rd3 Ra8 54. Rd2 Rb8+ 55. Bb5 Ra8 56. Ba4 h5 57. Rd3 Bc8 58. Rd5 Bb7 59. Ra5 Rb8
60. Bb5 Kb6 61. Ra3 Rd8 $6 (61... h4 $11) 62. gxh5 Rh8 63. Rd3 Kc7 64. c5 dxc5+
65. Kxc5 Bc8 66. Rd6 Rh6 67. Be8 Bxh3 68. Bg6 {[%csl Rf6]} g4 69. Bf5 $1 {
[%cal Rf3g4,Rd6d7]} Rxh5 70. fxg4 Rg5 71. Rd7+ Kb8 72. Kb6 Rg8 73. Be6 ({
Schön war} 73. Rb7+ Ka8 74. Ra7+ Kb8 75. Bd7 Rg7 76. Rb7+ Ka8 77. Rc7 Rg8 78.
Bc6+ Kb8 79. Ra7 {und matt}) 73... Re8 74. Rb7+ Ka8 75. Ra7+ Kb8 76. Bd5 {
Matt bzw. Turmverlust} 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9900 42nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Drei, Andrea"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rac1 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Nc3 Qd8 20. Qf2 Qf8 21. Qd2
Qd8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. Rc2 b5 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Rcb8 27. Kh1 Ra4
28. Qd2 Qa7 29. Rdc1 b4 30. Bc4 Bc3 31. Qf2 Ra3 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Rb1 Raa8 34.
Bd2 Ra3 35. h4 Rc8 36. Bb5 Qb6 37. Bc6 Qa5 38. Rbc1 Rb8 39. Rb1 Bxd2 40. Qxd2
b3 41. Qxa5 Rxa5 42. Rcb2 Ra3 43. axb3 Rbxb3 44. Rxb3 Nxb3 {[#] Bauern auf
einem Flügel. Der Springer ist die bessere Leichtfigur. Weiß muss den
Bauernhebel f5 beachten.} 45. Re1 Nd4 46. Rc1 {Inkonsequent! Weiß konnte hier
in das Remisendspiel 3-4 Bauern auf einem Flügel übergehen.} (46. e5 dxe5 47.
Rxe5 Kf8 48. h5 f6 49. Re4 Nxc6 50. dxc6 Rc3 51. hxg6 hxg6 $15) 46... Kg7 47.
Rc4 Ne2 48. Rc2 Re3 49. Rb2 f5 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Bb5 $6 {Überführt den Läufer
in eine sehr passive Position, um d5 zu decken und e6 zu verhindern.} (51. Kh2
f4 52. Bd7 Kf6 53. Kh3 h5 54. Rb8 Ng3 55. Rb1 $15) 51... Nd4 52. Bc4 Rc3 53.
Ba2 Kf6 54. f4 Nc2 55. Rb3 Rc4 56. Rb2 Rc5 57. Rb8 $2 (57. Kg1 Ne3 58. Rd2 $15)
57... Ne3 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Rc5c2]} 58. Rb1 Rc2 59. Bb3 Rxg2 60. Re1 Rg3
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pokrovski, Pavel"]
[Black "Frog, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Rc1 Nc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Ne6 13. f4 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. e5 Bb7 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Rd7 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Rf2 Nf8 21. Rfb2
e6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. exf6 Rd3 25. Rb8 Rb6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Bxc5+ Ke8 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 Rd4 30. g3 e5 31. fxe5 Rxc4 32. Rb7 Ra4 33.
Re7+ Kf8 34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rd7 Ke8 37. Rd2 h5 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Ke1 g5
40. Kd1 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Re2 $5 (42. Kc1 $1 Re3 (42... Ra8 43. Kb2 Rb8+ 44.
Kc3 Ra8 45. Kb4 Rb8+ 46. Kc5 Ra8 47. Kd5 Ra4 48. Rb2 $18) 43. Kb2 Rxe5 44. a4
Rf5 45. Kb3 Rxf6 46. a5 $18 {[%cal Rd2a2,Rb3b4]}) 42... Kd7 43. Kc1 Ra8 44. Kb2
Rb8+ 45. Kc3 Ra8 46. Kb4 Rb8+ 47. Kc5 Ra8 48. e6+ fxe6 49. Rf2 Ke8 50. f7+ Kf8
51. Kd6 Ra6+ 52. Ke5 h3 53. Kf6 Ra5 54. Kxe6 Rg5 55. Rf3 Rg6+ 56. Rf6 (56. Ke5
Rg2 57. Rxh3 Rxa2 58. Rh7 Rf2 59. Ke6 Rf6+ $11) 56... Rxf6+ 57. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 12. Qd3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 d6 14. Rd1
Nd7 15. Qg3 a6 16. h4 e5 17. Be3 Nc5 18. f3 Rb8 19. h5 Ne6 20. b4 Ba8 21. a4
Qe7 22. Bf1 Kh8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qf2 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Nb5 Bxe4 27. Rxd6
Ba8 28. c5 Rbc8 29. Qd2 Nxc5 30. Bg5 Qf7 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. Bxe5 Ne4 33. Qxa5 Rc5
34. Rd8 Rxe5 35. Qxa8 Nd2 36. Nd6 Qf4 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxf8+ Kxf8 39. Nc4
Nxc4 40. Bxc4 {[#] Thema: Umgehung der weißen Stellung.} Re1+ 41. Kf2 Ra1 42.
Bb5 Ke7 43. Ke3 Ra2 44. g4 Kd6 45. Kf4 Ra3 46. Ke4 Rb3 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. Be8 Ke6
49. Bc6 Kd6 50. Be8 Rd3 51. Ke4 Rc3 52. f4 Rc4+ 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Bb5 Rb4 55. g5
Ke6 56. Kg4 Kd5 57. Kf3 Rb3+ 58. Kg4 Kd4 59. Bc6 (59. f5 Ke5 60. f6 h5+ 61. Kh4
Rb4+ 62. Kh3 Ke6 63. Be8 Rg4 64. Bxg6 Rxg5 65. Be8 Kxf6 66. Kh4 Kf5 67. a5 (67.
Bxh5 Kf4 $19) 67... Rg1 68. Bd7+ Kg6 69. a6 Rh1+ 70. Kg3 Kg5 71. Bc6 Ra1 72.
Bb7 h4+ 73. Kh2 Ra2+ 74. Kh3 Ra3+ 75. Kh2 h3 $19) 59... Ke3 60. a5 Rb1 61. Kg3
Rg1+ 62. Bg2 Ra1 63. Bd5 Rxa5 64. Bg8 Ra7 65. Kg4 Ra1 66. Bxh7 Rg1+ 67. Kh3
Rh1+ 68. Kg4 Rxh7 69. f5 Ke4 70. fxg6 Rg7 71. Kh5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Venezuela"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VEN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 (6. Nc2 $5) 6... Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7
14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rac1 Be5 $5 {The first major deviation from mainstream theory.
Black places his bishop comfortably in the centre where it protects d6 after
possible e6 - f5 pushes, as well as attacking the kingside. Furthermore, by
playing Be5 Black is well aware that the chance of that bishop being pushed
away is fairly small as ideas with f4 are not easy to execute, nor does it
appear that Bd4 - xe5 would ever improve White's pawn structure.} ({The more
popular alternative is:} 15... Qb6 $5 16. Nd5 $5 (16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Kh1 (17.
Rfd1 h5 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qe1 Ne6 20. Nc3 Qf8 21. g3 Nc5 22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Nb5 Bxb5
24. cxb5 b6 25. Bg2 Rac8 26. f4 e6 27. h4 Qe7 28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Rc2 Rdc8 30. Qe2
$16 {1-0 Panarin,M (2531)-Mamedov,R (2660)/Pardubice CZE 2010}) 17... Qd8 18.
Nd4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf1 Kh7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Nf4 Bh6 23. Qf2 Qh8 24. Rc2 Qf6
$132 {0-1 Lenic,L (2613)-Le Quang Liem (2664)/Moscow RUS 2011}) (16. Rfd1 Rfc8
(16... a4 $2 17. b4 Qxb4 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Be5 21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. f4 Nxe4 23. fxe5 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 dxe5 25. Bf3 $18) 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bg5 Bxd5
19. cxd5 Qd7 $132) 16... Bxd5 (16... Qd8 {Then, what was the point of Qb6 in
the first place?!}) 17. cxd5 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qb4 19. Rc2 $16 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3]} Nd7
$6 (19... h5 $5 20. Rdc1 Kh7 $132) 20. Rdc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Nc5 22. Qxb4 axb4 23.
Bd2 Bc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Kf2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Ke3 Kf7 28. Bc4 Kf6 29. Kd4
f4 30. Kxc3 $18 {1-0 Kovalyov,A (2571)-Paunovic,D (2532)/Figueira da Foz POR
2008}) 16. Rfd1 $14 {Overall, it is my opinion that if White were to correctly
execute his ideas in this position, there is very little Black could do to
create sufficient counterplay. Of course, that is easier said than done...} (
16. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1c2,Gf3f4,Gc1e1] Possibly preparing f4!?} Qb6 17. Nd5 (17. Bc2
Qb4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bc3 20. Qe2 a4 $132) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb4 19. Rf2
Rfc8 20. f4 Bf6 21. Bc2 (21. a4 $1 Re8 $11) 21... Qxd2 22. Rxd2 a4 (22... b5 $1
$15) 23. Rb1 axb3 24. axb3 Na6 25. Bd1 $11 {½-½ Krush,I (2467)-Iturrizaga,E 
(2649)/Caleta ENG 2015}) 16... e6 17. Rc2 (17. Bf1 Qe7 (17... Qh4 {A
double-edged move as g3 could prove quite useful for White in the future if he
manages to execute the f4 -Bg2 manoeuvre.} 18. g3 Qe7 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc6f3,
Gf7f5]} 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Re1 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rcd1
$16) 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Be8 20. Qf2 (20. g3 $14) 20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
g3 Bh5 23. Ne2 (23. Rd2 $142) 23... Kh8 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Re1 (25. Nd3 $1 Nxd3
26. Rxd3 $16) 25... Qf6 26. Rcd1 Qg7 27. Bg2 Bc3 28. Rf1 $16 {1-0 Wang Hao 
(2729)-Iturrizaga,E (2653)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 17... Qe7 18. Nb5 $6 {[%csl Re4] A
grave tactical miscalculation!} (18. Bf1 $142 $14) 18... Qh4 $1 {...surely
home preparation!} 19. g3 $1 (19. f4 Nxe4 20. Qe1 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bf6 22. Bf3 a4
23. Na7 axb3 24. axb3 Nc5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rab8 27. Bxc5 dxc5 $17 {
[%csl Rb3,Gc5,Rc6,Yd4,Gf6][%cal Gf6d4,Gh7h5] Indeed, Black has a huge
positional advantage, but at least the material is still equal and there's no
sign of an attack...}) 19... Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe4 $1 $40 22. Qd3 (
22. fxe4 $4 f5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gf8f1]}) 22... f5 $1 23. Nd4 $4 {
A crucial mistake born out of, well, not being in preparation mode! A
forgivable mistake, yet a deadly one!} (23. Nxd6 $8 {First and last chance for
counterplay!} Rf6 $1 (23... e5 24. c5 Kh8 25. Rdc1 $1 $11 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gc2h2]})
({The most natural alternative is:} 23... Rad8 $5 24. c5 f4 25. Bd4 Nxd6 26.
cxd6 Rxd6 27. Rc5 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rfd8 29. Qc3 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Be5 Qg3+ 32.
Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 24. c5 $1 Raf8 $1 (24... g5 $6 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 (25...
fxe4 $2 26. Qd6 $18) 26. Qd4 $1 Rh6 27. fxe4 Rh1+ 28. Bg1 fxe4 29. Bh5 Rf8+ 30.
Ke2 Rxh5 31. Qxe4 Rh4 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rd7 Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Rf3+ 35. Be3 Qf1+ 36.
Re2 Qd1+ 37. Rd2 Qb1+ 38. Kc3 Qc1+ $11) 25. Rdd2 $3 {[%cal Ge2d1] Awkwardly
improving White's position while retaining the tactical balance!} (25. Rdc1 $2
g5 $19 {[%cal Gf6h6]}) 25... g5 (25... e5 26. Bd1 Nxd2+ 27. Bxd2 $13 {With
chances for both sides.} (27. Rxd2 $5 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Bf2 Qh1+ 30. Ke2
Kg7 31. Qd5 e4 $13)) 26. Bd1 Nxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rh6 29. Rg2 Qh1+ 30.
Kf2 Rg6 31. Rg1 Qh4+ 32. Ke2 Bxf3+ 33. Kxf3 g4+ 34. Ke2 f4 35. Qe4 fxe3 36. Kd3
Qf2 37. Qxe3 g3 38. Qxf2 gxf2 39. Rf1 $132) 23... f4 24. Nxc6 $6 ({Better, but
not by much was:} 24. Bg1 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Qh1 26. fxe4 Bxe4 27. Bf3 Qxg1+ 28. Qf1
Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bxc2 30. Nxc2 d5 31. cxd5 Rfd8 $19) 24... fxe3 25. Qxe3 Rf4 $19
26. Nd4 Rh4 27. Qg1 Rh1 $1 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Rac1 Re8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nd5 e6
15. Nc3 a6 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. b3 f5 18. Nde2 Nf7 19. c5 Bc6 20. cxd6 Qh4 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Bb6 Kh8 23. Na4 Rg8 24. Rc4 Qf6 25. d7 e5 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Qe2 Bf6 28.
Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qh5 Qxh5 30. Nxh5 Bd8 31. Ng3 f4 32. Ne4 Rg6 33. Bc5 $2 ({
This looks a bit too fancy to me. It must be more logical to exchange off one
of the blockaders. For example:} 33. Bxd8 Nxd8 (33... Rxd8 $6 {knights are
better blockaders - the rook will only get attacked!} 34. Nac5 Ng5 $2 35. Nxg5
Rxg5 36. Ne6) 34. Nac5 Kg7 35. g4 Kf7 (35... fxg3 36. fxg3 Kf7 37. g4 Ke7 38.
Kg2 Ne6 39. Nxe6 Rxe6 40. h4 Rg6 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Nc5 $16) 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nf5+
$16 {White can maintain control.}) 33... Kg8 34. Kf1 Rb8 35. Ke2 Rxg2 36. Nd6
Rg6 37. Nc8 Re6 38. Ba7 Rb5 39. Nc5 Rg6 40. Rd3 a5 41. Rd1 e4 42. Rd4 e3 43.
Re4 exf2 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Kxf2 Bh4+ 46. Kf3 Rb4 47. Ne4 Rb7 48. Bd4+ Kh6 49.
Nc5 Rb4 50. Ne6 c5 51. Ne7 Rxe6 52. Nf5+ Kg5 53. Nxh4 Rxd4 {White's piece
manoeuvres never hit the mark: they did not help to get rid of the d-pawn's
blockaders.} 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Rac1 Rd7 14. Nd5 e6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b4 Qf8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. b5 Bb7 19. a4 d5 20. exd5 Rad8 21.
a5 exd5 22. c5 Re7 23. a6 Ba8 24. Bf1 Qe8 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 bxc5 27. Rxc5
{For the next twenty or so moves White just toys with his opponent. The pawn
on a6 and the weakling on a7 are not going to run away, so slowly, but surely,
Black is taken apart.} Qd7 28. Rdc1 Qd6 29. Rc8 Qd7 30. R8c3 Qd6 31. h4 f6 32.
Rc8 Kf7 33. Kf2 Qd7 34. Qg4 f5 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Qd4 h5 {White was threatening
to play h5 and h6 ...} 37. Rc3 Qb8 38. Rc1 Re6 39. Rc3 Re7 40. Rc2 Re6 41. g3
Re7 42. Bd3 Qd8 43. Kg2 Qb8 44. Kf2 Qd8 45. Qc5 d4 46. Re2 Rxe2+ 47. Bxe2 Qd7
48. Bc4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qb8 d3 51. Qg8+ Kh6 52. Qh8+ Qh7 53. Qxa8 Qg7 54.
Bxd3 Qd4+ 55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kh3 Qa1 57. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 $14 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rb1 $1 {gegen
b7-b5} (13. O-O b5 $1 14. cxb5 Nxe4 $1 15. fxe4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qxc3 $17) 13...
Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Kh1 a6 17. a4 $1 Qb4 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Na2 Qc5
20. Qd2 a5 21. Nc3 $16 Bd7 22. f4 Bc6 23. Bf3 e5 24. Rbd1 $5 (24. f5 {+/-
Kindermann}) 24... exf4 25. Qxf4 Qe5 26. Qd2 $1 Rd8 27. Rde1 Nd7 28. Nd5 Nc5
29. Bd1 Kg7 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. Nf6 Nc5 32. Ng4 $18 Qh5 33. Qd4+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7
35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc8 37. Bd1 $6 (37. Nf6 Qe5 38. Nd5 $18) 37... Qg5 38.
Nf6 Kb8 39. Qe7 $2 $16 Ka7 40. Bg4 $2 h5 $13 41. Bh3 Nxb3 $5 (41... Nd3 {/\ Nf4
}) 42. Qg7 $1 (42. e5 $2 Rd7 43. Qe6 Nc5 $19) 42... Nd2 43. Rg1 $1 Nxc4 44. Nd5
Ne5 45. Qc7 $2 (45. Rb1 $6 Nd3 $1 46. Qd4+ Nc5 $13) (45. Nc7 $1 $14) 45... Bxd5
46. exd5 (46. Qxa5+ $6 Kb8 47. Qxd5 Ng4 $1 $17) 46... Nd3 47. Re2 Qxd5 48. Rb1
Rf8 $4 (48... Nb4 49. Be6 $1 Qc5 50. Qg7 $13) 49. Qb6+ $18 Kb8 50. Be6 Ra6 51.
Qxa6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Rc1 (12. b3 $1 Rfc8 13. Rb1 $1 {
(gegen b7-b5)} Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O $14 {Knaak-Kindermann/Hamburg/1991/
CBM24-VC}) 12... a6 13. b3 Rfb8 14. O-O b5 $10 15. c5 Qb4 16. Rfd1 dxc5 17. Be3
Ra7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd2 Bd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23. Rc5
a4 24. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O a6 $5 (9... Bd7 {Blatny,P} 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12.
f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 $14) 10. Qd2 (10. f3 Bd7 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6
(11... Qa5 12. Rc1 Bd7 $13) 12. b3 Qa5 13. Rc1 Nd7 (13... Rfc8 14. f4 Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. Kh1 Qc5 $13) 11. Qd2
Rb8 (11... Rc8 $142 12. Rac1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4
e6 17. Rc3 exd5 18. exd5 Ba4 19. b3 Bxb3 20. axb3 f5 21. g4 Qb6+ 22. Qe3 Qxe3+
23. Rxe3 Rce8 $15 {Westerinen,H-Larsen,B/1989/}) 12. Rfc1 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 axb5 15. b4 Rb7 $6 (15... Ne8 $14) 16. a4 bxa4 17. b5 Ne8 18. Rxa4 Nc7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ra7 $1 $16 {Galliamova,A-Arakhamia,K/Azov/1990/}) (10. Kh1 Bd7 (
10... Nxd4 $6 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Qd3 $14) 11. f3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. a3 (13.
Qd3 Rfc8 14. a3 Be6 $13) 13... b5 14. b4 Qc7 15. cxb5 (15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd5
Qd8 17. Rc1 f5 $132) 15... e5 $13) (10. Nc2 Bd7 (10... Rb8 11. f3 Bd7 12. Kh1
Qa5 13. Nd5 b5 14. c5 Be6 15. cxd6 exd6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Ndb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Ne8
19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. f4 Qxc3 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Nc6 Bxe2 $19 {D'Amore,
C-Polgar,Zsu/Rom/1989/}) 11. Qd2 Re8 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Na3 h5 16. Kf1 Ba4 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nfd7 20. b4 e6 21. Ne3 Nb6
22. h3 Bh6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Rcd8 25. Bc1 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nec4 Nxc4
28. Nxc4 Bf8 $17 {Anand,W-Larsen,B/Paris/1992/}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. f4
(12. f3 Qa5 13. Rad1 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. f4 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $2 Rxc3 $17)
(15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 $15) 15... bxc4 16. f5 Nxe4 $1 (16...
Bxf5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rxf5 (19. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
$16) 19... e5 20. Be3 Nd7 (20... Rab8 21. Rxf6 $1) 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Bh6 Bxh6
23. Qxh6 Nf8 24. Nd5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 $18) 17. Nxe4 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf5 (18... gxf5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ng5 cxb3 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. axb3 $14) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 (19...
Bxe4 20. Bh6 c3 21. Rd4 $14) 20. Ng5 (20. Nxd6 exd6 21. Bxc4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 a5
23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Ra7 25. Kf2 $14) 20... f6 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Nd4 Bf7 23.
Bf3 $6 (23. Bg4 $1 f5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Nxe7 Rf8 27. Rdf2 $16)
23... d5 24. bxc4 (24. Bg4 $5) 24... Rxc4 25. Bg4 f5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5+
Kh8 28. Nxe7 Be6 29. Rf6 Re4 30. Nc6 Kg7 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Rg3+ Kh6 33. h3 Rf6
34. Nd4 Bf7 35. Kh2 Bg6 36. Rb3 Re7 37. g4 Be4 38. Re2 Ref7 39. Kg3 $14 {
Kamsky,G-Andersson,U/Tilburg/1990/}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Rad1 (13. b4
Qxb4 14. Rab1 Nxe4 $1 15. Rxb4 Nxd2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rd1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4
19. Rxc4 Rfc8 $13) 13... b5 (13... Rac8 {Blatny,P} 14. b3 b5 15. f5 $1 Bd7 16.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 (18... exf6 19. Rxd2 $16) 19. Rxd2 Kxf6
20. fxg6+ Kxg6 21. e5 $1 $16) 14. Nd5 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Kg7
17. Rxd2 Kxf6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a3 $10) 14... Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rxd2 Nxe4
17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rd4 $13) (12... b5 $6 {Blatny,P} 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Qa5
15. Qd3 $1 $16) 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Qe3 (14. Bf3 $5 {Blatny,P /\e5}) 14... Nd7 (
14... Qa5 $5) 15. Bxg7 (15. e5 $6 {Blatny,P} dxe5 16. fxe5 e6 {/\Qc7}) 15...
Kxg7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. e5 (18. Kf2 $5) (18. Kf2 {Blatny,P} Rac8 19.
Ke3 (19. b5 $2 axb5 20. cxb5 Bd7 {/\Rc5,Rfc8-/+ _|_}) 19... f5 $5 $132) 18...
dxe5 19. fxe5 Rfd8 20. Kf2 Rac8 (20... Nd7 $4 {Blatny,P} 21. b5 $18) 21. g3 h5
(21... Nd7 $2 22. b5 (22. Bg4 $8 {Blatny,P} h5 23. Bh3 e6 24. Rfe1 $10) 22...
axb5 (22... Bxb5 $1 $17) 23. cxb5 Bg2 24. Kxg2 Rxc3 25. Bf3 Rc5 26. a4 Rxe5 27.
Bxb7 {/\ Bc6+-}) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ke3 f6 (23... Nd7 $2 {Blatny,P} 24. b5 Bg2
25. Rd1 $16 Kf8 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. c5 $1 e6 $1 (27... Ke8 28. e6 $1 (28. Bxa6
Nxe5 (28... Nxc5 $2 29. Bb5+ Nd7 30. Ne4 Bxe4 (30... Bh3 31. Nc5 $18 {Pa}) 31.
Kxe4 e6 32. Kf4 $1 Ke7 33. Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. Bxd7 Kxd7 35. Kg5 {/\a4+-}) 29. Bb5+
Bc6 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. a4 $13) 28... fxe6 29. Bxa6 Bc6 (29... Nxc5 30. Bb5+ Nd7
31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Kxe4 $18) 30. Nb5 (30. Bd3 $5) 30... Rb8 31. Nc7+ Kf7 32. Rf1+
Nf6 33. Bc4 $16) 28. Rd6 Ke7 29. Rxa6 Nxc5 30. Ra5 $16 {_|_}) 24. exf6+ exf6
25. Rd1 Re8+ (25... Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Kf7 $10) 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. c5 Nd7 28. a4 Ne5
29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Bd7 31. Na4 Be6 (31... Bf5 $5) (31... Bf5 $142 {Blatny,P}
32. Rd5 $14) 32. c6 bxc6 (32... Bb3 {Blatny,P} 33. Nb6 $1 (33. cxb7 Rb8 34. Rd4
Bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rxb7 $14) 33... Bxd1 (33... Re8 34. c7 $1 $18) 34. Nxc8 bxc6 $8
35. Bxd1 cxb5 36. Nd6 {+/-/+- _|_}) 33. Nc5 Bc4 (33... Kf7 {Blatny,P} 34. b6 {
/\b7,Ra1+-}) 34. b6 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Re8 36. Kf2 (36. Kf1 $5 {Blatny,P}) 36... Kf7
(36... Ng4+ {Blatny,P} 37. Kg1 Re2 38. Rb1 $1 Nxh2 39. b7 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41.
Rb3 $18) 37. b7 Ke7 38. Na6 (38. Ra1 {Blatny,P} Rb8 39. Ra8 Nd7 $8 40. Ke3 $1
$18 {_|_}) 38... Nd7 39. Re1+ Kf7 40. Rxe8 Kxe8 41. b8=Q+ Nxb8 42. Nxb8 c5 43.
Na6 c4 44. Nc7+ (44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd4 (45. Nc5 {Blatny,P} Kd6 46. Kd4 c3 47.
Ne4+ Ke6 48. Kxc3 Kf5 49. Nf2 $18) 45... Ke6 46. Nc5+ Kf5 47. h3 h4 48. gxh4
Kf4 49. Ne4 c3 50. Nxc3 Kg3 $10) 44... Kd7 45. Nd5 Ke6 46. Nf4+ Kf5 47. Ke3 (
47. Kf3 $1 {Blatny,P} g5 (47... c3 48. Nd5 $18) (47... Kg5 48. Nd5 h4 49. g4 f5
50. gxf5 gxf5 51. h3 $18) 48. Nxh5 c3 49. g4+ Ke5 50. Ng3 c2 51. Ne2 Kd5 52.
Ke3 Ke5 53. h3 f5 54. gxf5 c1=Q+ 55. Nxc1 Kxf5 56. Kf3 $18) 47... c3 48. Kf3 (
48. Ne2 {Blatny,P} c2 49. Nd4+ Kg4 50. Nxc2 Kh3 51. Kf3 Kxh2 52. Ne3 f5 $1 53.
Ng2 g5 54. Kf2 Kh3 $10) 48... c2 49. Nd3 Kg5 50. h3 h4 51. g4 f5 52. gxf5 Kxf5
53. Nc1 g5 54. Ne2 g4+ 55. hxg4+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Medellin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Tirard, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O (7. d5 $5)
7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 b6 11. a4 a5 12. Qd2 Bb7
13. Ndb5 Nc5 14. Bd1 Nfd7 15. Bc2 Ne5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19.
Nd4 Rc8 20. Bf2 Qd7 21. Re2 Qb7 22. Nd5 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 e6 24. Nc3 Be5 25. Ndb5
Qb8 $13 {Vilela,JL-Fernandez,JC/ Havanna/1983/}) (8... a6 9. Be3 b6 10. f3 (10.
Rc1 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 e6 14. b3 Qc7 15. Kh1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Qb8
17. Qf2 h6 18. Nde2 Ba8 19. Ng3 Kh7 20. Rc2 Bf8 $13 {Ostrowski,L-Johanson,D/
Österreich/1993/}) 10... Bb7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bf1 e6
15. b4 (15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Na4 Rc8 19. Qb4 Nfd7 20. Kh1
d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd5 24. Bxa6 Qh4 25. Qd2 Bc4 26. Bb7
Nd3 27. Be4 Nxc1 28. Qxc1 Qf2 $19 {Wegner,H-Tatenhorst,V/Hamburg/1993/}) 15...
Qe7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nb3 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Qb8 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 d5
$44 {Schmidt,W-Johansen,D/Novi Sad/1990/}) (8... e6 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nxd6 Qe7 11.
Nxc8 Rxc8 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Rd7 16. Na4 Rdd8 17. Bb6
Rdc8 18. Bd4 Ned7 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qe4 $18 {Vujic,M-Suhartovic/Becici/1993/}) (
8... b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. f4 h6
15. Bh4 Qe6 16. Ne3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxe4 18. Bf3 Qe6 19. Nd5 g5 20. Bxh5 gxh4 21.
Rfe1 Qf5 22. Rxe7 f6 23. Bf3 {1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Neurohr,S/Deutschland/1994/}) 9.
Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. f4
f6 16. Kh1 (16. Rcd1 $5 Nc5 17. Bf3 $13) 16... a6 17. Qe3 Rc7 18. h4 (18. f5 $5
Bf7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. a4 Qc5 23. Qd2 a5 $13) 18... b5
$1 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. f5 (21. Rc2 f5 22. h5 Ne4 23. Bd3 Nf6 $11)
21... Qxa2 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rb8 24. Bc4 Qb2 25. Rce1 Qe5 26. Qh3 Ne4 27.
Re3 $4 (27. Kg1 $8) 27... Rxc4 $1 28. bxc4 Nf2+ $3 0-1

[Event "Merida m"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu Tsesarsky} (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6
6. Qd1 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nfd2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 a5
13. Nd4 (13. Nd2 {-> game Kortschnoj-Hernandez (7)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. f3 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Rb1 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qe3 Ne6 20. Bd3 Qg5 {
1/2-1/2 Panchenko,A-Sotnikov,I/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 $5
{Hansen,Cu: One of Kortschnojs specialities. White has more space and so he
avoids to exchange pieces.} (10. Qd2 {Main line} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5
13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Be3 $1) 10... a5 (10... b6 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 11. Rc1 a5 12. Nd2
Bc8 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. f3 Nd7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 $132 {Vescovi,G-Nielsen,
PH/WchJM-U20 Buenos Aires 1992 (30)}) 11. Nd2 (11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. f3
Nd7 14. b3 Nc5 $11 {Panchenko,A-Sotnikov,I/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 11... Nb4 (
11... Ne5 12. Nd5 (12. f3 Bc6 13. Rc1 Ned7 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nd4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Rfc8
17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Rc2 Nfd7 19. Rb1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bf1 Rf8 22. Qh4 Rf7 23.
Nb5 Rc8 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Rcc1 Bd7 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Bf6 28. Qh6 Bg7 29. Qh4
Bf6 30. Qh6 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Bojczuk,Z/Moscow5-B 1991}) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5
Be8 14. a4 $14) (11... Ne8 $5 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 12. Nf3 (12. Rc1 Nd4 13. Nb3 Nxe2+
14. Qxe2 a4 15. Nd4 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. h3 Rc8 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. c5 dxc5 20.
Bxc5 e6 21. Bd6 Qa7 22. Be5 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne5 Qa5 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. a3
Qe5 27. Qe3 Nd6 28. f4 Nc4 29. Qf2 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Nxa4 Rxa4 32. b3 Rxa3
33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Rc3 35. Rd4 h5 36. h4 Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. e5 f6 39.
exf6+ Kxf6 40. Re4 Kf5 41. Re5+ Kxf4 42. Rxe6 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rxc4 44. Rxg6 b5 45.
Rg5 b4 46. Rxh5 Kg3 47. Kf1 Rxh4 48. Rxh4 Kxh4 49. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Cvetkovic,
S-Martinovic,S/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991}) 12... Nf6 13. h3 a4 14. a3 Qa5 (14... Be6
{Tsesarsky} 15. Ng5 Qa5 $10) 15. c5 Be6 16. cxd6 Rfd8 17. Bd2 exd6 (17... Bb3
18. Qe1 Qc5 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bb5 $14) 18. Nd5 Qa7 19. Be3 Qb8 20. Nb6 Bb3 21.
Qc1 Ra5 22. Nd2 d5 23. Nxb3 axb3 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Raxd5 26. Bc4 Nd4 27.
Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxb3 Qf4 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30. Rad1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2
Cvetkovic,S-Jacimovic,D/JUG-sf Kladovo 1990}) (11... Bc8 $5 12. Rc1 (12. c5
dxc5 13. Bxc5 Be6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd5 b5 17. Ncb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qd6
19. Bxb5 Nb4 20. Bxa5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rac1 Ra4
25. Qxd6 exd6 26. Bc7 Bxb2 27. Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M-Vilela,J/Capablanca
mem-B 1991}) (12. f3 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 12... Nd7 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 13. Nb3 b6 14.
Nd4 (14. Qd2 {Tsesarsky}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bh6 16. f4 (16. Rc2 {Tsesarsky}
Bb7 (16... e5 $6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nc5 19. Rd2 Qg5 20. Rf3 Bb7 21. Rg3 Qe7
22. Rxd6 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd5 $14) 17. f4 Nc5 $132) 16... Bb7 17. Be3 Nc5
18. b3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd4 Bc6 21. f5 Bg7 (21... Bxe3+ {Tsesarsky} 22.
Qxe3 $44 {[%cal Gc1c3,Ge3h6,Yc3h3]}) 22. Qxb6 Qd7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bg5 a4 25.
Qe3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Rf2 Qe6 28. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Wijk
1990}) 12. f3 $14 {Simply and strong} (12. f4 Bc6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. a3 Na6 15.
Bd3 Nac5 16. Bc2 a4 17. Qe1 Qa5 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 Nf6 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 e4
22. Rh3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Bd4 Rad8 26. Qe6+ {1-0 Gofshtein,
L-Smejkal,J/Prague 1993 (31)}) (12. a3 Na6 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Ndc5
16. Qb1 Nc7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Nf3 Ne6 21. c5 dxc5 22.
bxc5 Qc8 {Speelman,J-Adianto,U/London Lloyds 1994/0-1 (54)} (22... Qc8 {
Tsesarsky} 23. Bc4 Nd8 (23... Rd8 24. Bd5 Bc6 $10) 24. h3 Nc6 $10 {0-1
Speelman,J-Adianto,U/London Lloyds (09) ;EXP 43 1994 (54)})) 12... Na6 (12...
Bc6 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\Nf6-d7-c5}) 13. Kh1 (13. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1f2] Tsesarsky})
13... Bc6 {Tsesarsky: After f2-f3 Bc6 is not effective} (13... Be6 {Tsesarsky})
14. Nb3 Nd7 (14... a4 $5 15. Nd4 a3 16. bxa3 Qa5 17. Ncb5 $14) 15. Nd4 {
[%csl Rb5] Hansen,Cu: Quite incredible. White has used four moves to get the N
back to the square where it came from - Nd4-b3-d2-b3-d4. He is now better
because black has used his extra tempi to weaken his own position - in
particular square b5} Ndc5 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Ndb5 {Tsesarsky: If you have space
advantage - don't change pieces!} Nac5 18. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b3,Gb3b4]}
Kh8 {Hansen,Cu: Blacks counterplay in this opening is often connected with
controlling the black squares - or some counterpush with pawns on the white
squares - b7-b5, d6-d5 or f7-f5. With the textmove black plans f7-f5. However
his centercontrol is not strong enough, and he lacks space to make his rooks
work properly.} 19. Bd1 {Hansen,Cu: In principal whites "bad bishop" - because
his centerpaws are on white. However after f7-f5 the diagonals a2-g8 or b1-h7
might open up a bright future for this B.} Qe8 (19... a4 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3
$14) 20. Bc2 f5 {Tsesarsky: Maybe better to stay passive and wait... for
Zeitnot (?)} 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rbe1 {[%csl Rc5,Re6][%cal Gb5c7,Yc7e8,Yc7a8]}
Qf7 (22... f4 $2 23. Bxc5 {[%csl Re6]} Nxc5 24. Nc7 $16) 23. Nd5 Rab8 (23... f4
$2 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qd3 Bf6 26. Rxe6 $18) (23... Rae8 $5) (23... a4 $5 {
Tsesarsky}) 24. Bb1 {Hansen,Cu: White rearly takes his time in this game.
First the mentioned N-manouvre. Now slowly brings this B into its decisive
position - and of course black helps a little...} Bxb5 $6 {Hansen,Cu: After
this whites earlier moves become even stronger and more sophisticated than
what was neccesary - the diagonal b1-h7 is opened.} (24... a4 {Tsesarsky}) 25.
cxb5 b6 26. a3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb1a2,Ya2f7,Yb2b4]} f4 (26... Nb3 {Tsesarsky} 27.
Qf2 Nbd4 (27... Ned4 28. Nxe7 Rbe8 29. Nc6 $18) 28. Nxe7 $1 $18) 27. Bxc5 $6 (
27. Bg1 Be5 28. Ba2 Qg7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nd7 31. Nxb6 Bc3 32. Qd1 Bxe1 33.
Rxe1 $16) 27... bxc5 28. Ba2 {[%cal Yd5c7]} Rb7 $2 (28... Nd4 29. Rxe7 Qh5 30.
Nxf4 (30. a4 Nf5 31. Rxg7 $44) 30... Qh6 31. g3 Nf5 32. Rxg7 Nxg7 $14) 29. Nc3
$18 Be5 30. Qd5 {[%cal Rd5e6,Rd5b7,Ya2c4,Ye6f7]} Nd8 31. Rxe5 {Tsesarsky:
Simple tactical solution.} dxe5 32. Qxd8 (32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxf7 Rd2 34. Rb1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Kovacevic,Vl"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

{Inf.26/364} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 (9... Nd7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bf1 Bd7 12. Rc1 Na4 13.
Nxa4 Nxd4 14. Nc3 e5 15. Kh1 Bc6 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. Bxd4
exd4 20. g3 Qf8 21. f4 Bh8 22. Bg2 $16 {Portisch-Velimirovic/Niksic 1978}) 10.
Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 $1 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 (14. Be3 $142 Nc5 15. a3
$1 Qb6 16. Nb5 $1 $14) 14... Kxg7 15. Kh1 $6 (15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 (16...
Nc5 $6 17. e5 $1) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. a3 {/\ b4+/=}) 15... Qb6 $11 {[/\ a4]} 16.
Rb1 Qc5 (16... Qb4 17. Qc1 $1 {/\ a3}) (16... Nc5 17. a3 $1 {/\ b4}) 17. Qc1 $1
f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. f4 $6 (19. a3 $1 Nf6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Qd4) 19... Nf6
20. Bf3 $6 (20. a3) 20... Rf8 $15 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qe1 $6 (22. h3 Nh5 $140 23.
Ne2 {/\ g4}) 22... e5 23. Na4 (23. fxe5 $2 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Ng4 $19) 23... Qa7
24. c5 $8 d5 25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Ne4 $1 $17 27. Qe1 Qe7 $40 {>>} 28. Qe3 (
28. Nc3 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Qxc5) 28... Qxe5 29. Kg1 d4 30. Qd3 (30. Qe2 Rf2) 30...
Nf2 31. Qg3 Qe2 $1 $19 32. Nb6 (32. Qc7+ Rf7 33. Qxc6 Nd1) 32... Nd1 33. h4 $8
Rf1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 $1 (34... Ne3 $6 35. Nc4 $1 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Rxb1 38.
Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+ Qe6 40. Qxd4+ $13) 35. Nc4 Ne3 36. Nd2 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Qxb1 $1
38. Qc7+ (38. Nxb1 $2 Nf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rxf2) (38. Nxf1 Qxf1 39. Qxg4 Qf5 $3 40.
Kg3 (40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke5 {/\ Kd5}) 40... Qxc5 $19 {_|_})
38... Rf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Nxb1 Ne3 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Nc3+ Kxc5 (
43... dxc3 44. Kxe3 Kxc5 45. a3 $1 $11) 44. Ne4+ (44. a3 Nc2 45. Ne4+ Kd5 46.
Nf6+ (46. a4 d3 47. Nd2 Kd4) 46... Ke5 47. Nxh7 d3) 44... Kb4 45. g4 Nd5 46. h5
gxh5 47. gxh5 d3 48. h6 Nc3 49. Nd2 Nxa2 50. Ke3 Nc1 51. Nf3 Kc3 52. Ng5 Nxb3
0-1

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 $6 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd3 $1 {N} a6 $6 (11... Bc6 {>=}) 12.
Qe3 $1 Bc6 (12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 $1 {/\ f5} Bd7 16.
Rad1 Bc6 (16... b5 17. Qd4+ f6 18. c5 $16) (16... Qc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. e5 $16)
17. e5 $16) (12... Be6 13. f4 $16) (12... Ne8 13. Bb6 $16) 13. b4 $16 Qb8 (
13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 e5 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. a4 $16) 14. b5 axb5 15. cxb5
Bd7 16. a4 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 (17... Rc8 18. Ra4 $1 $16) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b6 $1
Nc5 20. Nb5 Na6 $8 (20... Nb3 $2 21. Ra3 $18 {/\ Qc3}) 21. f4 Bd7 22. Nc3 $6 (
22. Nd4 $1 e5 (22... Nc5 23. e5 $18) 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rad1 $1 Ba4 (24... Qe8
25. Nf5+ gxf5 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Rd3 f4 29. Rff3 $18) (24... Rd8 25.
Qg5 exd4 26. Qf6+ Kg8 (26... Kh6 27. Rf4 $18) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29.
Bc4+ $18) (24... exd4 25. Qxd4+ Kg8 26. Qxd7 Nc5 27. Qe7 $1 Rxa5 28. Bc4 $18)
25. Nf5+ gxf5 (25... Kh8 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Nd6 $18) 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28.
Rxf5 Rd8 29. Rg5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe5+ $18) 22... Bc6 23. f5 Nc5 24. Bc4
Qd8 25. e5 $16 Nd7 (25... f6 26. e6 {/\ Bd5 +/-}) 26. exd6 exd6 27. Bd5 $1 Rc8
28. Rad1 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 $18 Rc5 30. Rf3 $5 (30. f6+ Kh8 31. Qh6 Rg8 32. Ne7 Nxf6
(32... Rh5 33. Qf4 $18) 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. Qf4 $18) 30... Re8 31. Qf4 Ne5 32.
Rh3 h5 33. f6+ Kh7 34. Qg5 Re6 35. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the third round of the tournament. We were the only
players managed to have a perfect score after the first two rounds. So the
game was quite tense, because both sides would like to take the sole lead.} 1.
Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 {After some
unusual starting moves, we reach a theoretical position of the Sicilian
Maroczy, often seen via the Accelerated Dragon opening.} O-O (7... Ng4 8. Qxg4
Nxd4 9. Qd1 {is an alternative.}) 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 ({More popular
is} 10. Qd2) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 (13. b4 $5 {deserves
attention} Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. e5 $1 {This is the point of
White's 13th move.} Rfd8 (16... dxe5 17. b5 Be8 18. c5 Nc8 19. Rfd1 $14) 17.
exd6 exd6 18. Rfd1 {White has a slight, but stable advantage thanks to his
space and Black's weak d6-pawn.}) 13... a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qb6 {Black
equalises easily. Now Black plans ...Rfc8, followed by...Qb4 or...a4} 16. Nb5 {
White wants to prevent Black's aforementioned plan. But on the other hand, the
knight is not very well placed on b5 now.} (16. Rc2 {may be a good try} Rfc8
17. Rb1 Qb4 18. Qc1) (16. Nd5 {gives White nothing} Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Rc2
Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Bd4+ 21. Kf1 Kg7 $11) 16... Rfc8 (16... Bxb5 {
is hardly good for Black, because after} 17. cxb5 Rfc8 18. Bc4 {White's
light-squared bishop becomes powerful, while it is still unclear what Black is
going to do.}) 17. Kh1 Qd8 {The queen an achiev nothing on b6, so it comes
back. Black would love to exchange the dark-squared bishops, since it would
make Black's play easier. To achieve that, Black has to go for h5, Kh7, Qf8
and then Bh6.} 18. Nd4 {White's knight stays in the centre, but it can do
nothing there. Also, it can not go to d5 if necessary.} Bd7 19. Rfd1 {It's not
easy to suggest a good plan for White here, although he has a space advantage.
Normally White tries to play on the queenside with Rb1, a3, b4. But even then
Black can exchange on b4 and play ...Ne6. After all it should be around equal.}
h5 20. Bf1 Kh7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Nf4 Bh6 {After a series of piece manoeuvres,
both sides seemed to have accomplished what they wanted.} (22... Qb6 23. Nd3
Qc7 $11) ({I did not like} 22... Qf8 {beause after} 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bh6 {
White has} 25. f4 {, thus avoiding the exchange of bishops. Then White can
start the attack on the kingside, which is now weakened by the advance ...
h7-h5.}) 23. Qf2 (23. Nd5 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 (24. Qxe3 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 (25. exd5 Qd7)
25... Qc7 $11) 24... Qb6 $11) 23... Qh8 24. Rc2 Qf6 25. Nd5 (25. Qd2 {
Threatening Nd5} Qg7 (25... Ne6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Bxh6 Bxe4 28. fxe4 g5 29. Bxg5
Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Nxg5 31. e5 $14)) 25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5 (26. exd5 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Re8
) 26... Bxe3 (26... Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxe3 28. Qxf6 exf6 29. Rxd6 {looks very
drawish to me.}) 27. Qxe3 {As a rule, if Black manages to exchange the
dark-squared bishops and give up the light-squared one for White's knight in
this structure, he is fine. Here is an example. Black's knight seems to be
even a bit more active than White's bishop.} Qa1 {Trying to disrupt White's
pieces.} 28. Kg1 Nd7 {Preventing e5 and provoking White's next move.} 29. Qg5
$6 (29. f4 {is stronger, with some attacking chances on the kingside.} Nf6 (
29... Rc5 30. Rd3) 30. Rb5) 29... Nf6 $5 {At first glance it seems that White
gets a pawn for nothing, but actually things are far from obvious. Here it is
about calculation and the judgement of the final position. My opponent perhaps
underestimated Black's potential threats.} 30. Rxa5 Qd4+ 31. Rf2 ({Of course
not} 31. Kh1 $2 Qd1 32. Rc1 (32. Rf2 Qe1 $19) 32... Rxa5 33. Qe3 Qxc1 34. Qxc1
Rxa2 {when Black's rooks are much stronger than White's queen.}) 31... Rc5 32.
Qxc5 dxc5 33. Rxa8 {The forced sequence is over, now it is important to
evaluate the position. White's bishop is too passive, the f2-rook can not move,
the other one can not get back to support it. He can advance the queenside
pawns, but it will take a long time to create a passed pawn there, while Black
can create dangerous threats on the kingside. That said, the advantage is with
Black! Black's queen is perfectly placed on d4, so it is time to make use of
the knight.} h4 $1 {The correct way to start the attack. Now Black has the
threat Nf6-h5-g3-f1(h1). It is almost impossible to find a defensive plan for
White here.} (33... g5 {is met by} 34. g3 g4 35. Be2 {and White escapes from
the pin.}) 34. b4 ({The only way to free the kingside is} 34. g3 {but then
Black has an amazing resource} hxg3 35. hxg3 Nh5 36. g4 (36. Kg2 Qe5 37. f4
Qxe4+) 36... Nf4 37. Ra7 Kh6 $3 {This king manoeuvre is really beautiful,
especially when you find it over the board!} (37... Qa1 38. Rxb7 Nh3+ 39. Kg2
Nxf2 40. Kxf2 Qxa2+ 41. Be2 {gives White reasonable drawing chances.}) 38. Rxb7
Kg5 39. b4 $8 (39. Rb8 Kh4 40. Rh8+ Nh5 $1) 39... Qa1 $1 40. Rh2 (40. bxc5 Nh3+
41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Rbb2 Kh4 43. c6 Qd6 44. Kh1 Nxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Kg3 $19) 40... Qe1
41. Rxe7 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qxf3+ 43. Kg1 cxb4 $17) (34. Ra7 $2 Nh5 35. Rxb7 Ng3 $19)
34... cxb4 35. Ra5 Nh5 (35... e6 $1 {is even stronger} 36. g3 Nh5 37. gxh4 (37.
Kg2 h3+ 38. Kg1 Nxg3 $1) 37... Nf4 38. Rb5 Qa1 39. Rxb4 Nh3+ 40. Kg2 Nxf2 41.
Kxf2 Qd4+ 42. Ke2 b6 $17) 36. Rd5 Qe3 37. Rd3 Qa7 {White still can not get out
of the deadly pin. It is only a matter of time until White collapses.} 38. Rd5
Ng3 39. c5 ({If White defends passively} 39. Rdd2 {then Black will step by
step improves his position. The knight just stays on g3 to control all White's
pieces, and finally the black king will join the battle.} e6 40. Rc2 Qd4 41.
Rcd2 Qc5 42. Rc2 Kg7 $17) 39... e6 40. Rd7 (40. Rg5 Nxf1 41. Kxf1 b3 $1 42.
axb3 Qa1+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Ke3 Qxb3+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 Qc3+ 47. Ke2 f5 $19 {
White's rook is not lost, but is trapped there for the rest of the game.})
40... Qxc5 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Rxb7 (42. h3 Nxf1 43. Kxf1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qb2+ 45.
Ke3 Qa3+ 46. Ke2 Qxa2+ 47. Ke3 Qa7+ 48. Ke2 b3 $19) 42... Nh1 $1 {The final
move is nice! White suffers heavy material loss and therefore, he resigned.
With this important win I took the lead and managed to keep it till the end of
the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 (7...
O-O 8. Be2 b6 (8... d6 {Retombe sur la partie}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 e6 {[%cal
Gd7d5]} 11. Qd2 d5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 {[%csl Rc6]} Ne8 15. f4
$14) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O {92} Nxd4 {86} (9... Bd7 {[%cal Gc6d4,Gd7c6] La grande
ligne mais dans cet ordre de coups, les Blancs ont l'option supplémentaire de
replier le N comme dans la première partie} 10. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Rd7]} (10. Nc2 $5
{[%csl Rd7];Navara,D (2722)-Colin,V (2427) EU-ch 12th Aix-Les-Bains 2011 (1) 1/
2}) (10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 (12... a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Bf2
Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bd1 (17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Nb5 Qf8 {[%cal Gg7h6]}
19. Be3 {Hernandez,G (2555)-Shchekachev,A (2500) Ibercaja op-A 1996 (7) 1/2})
17... Qb4 18. Qc2 a4 $132 {Tunik,G (2505)-Savchenko,B (2484) RUS Cup Qualifier
5 blitz 2004 1/2}) 14... Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 (16... Qb4 17. Rc2 Rfc8
18. Qc1 $14) 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 h5 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. Bg5 $1 Bxd5 21. exd5 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gb1e1]} Qf8 22. Re1 $14 {Fridman,D (2577)-Felgaer,R (2509)
Monarch Assurance 11th 2002 (8) 1-0}) 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4]})) (
9... Nd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Nc5 $142) 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 $1 {
Comme les Blancs n'ont pas encore joué la poussée f3, l'échange des Q peut
être évité et l'aile-roi des Noirs est assez affaiblie} Nf6 14. Nd5 $5 {
Donne une finale agréable а jouer pour les Blancs} (14. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Be6
15. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Qc5 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qb2 {[%cal Gb2h8,Gc3d5];Seps,M 
(2143)-Partos,C (2328) SUI-chT Switzerland 2005 (2.8) 1-0} (17. f5 gxf5 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Nd5 $44)) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 $1 {[%csl Re7]} (15. cxd5 $6 Bd7
$11 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 15... e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. b3 (17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b3 Rac8 (
18... a5 $142 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 19. Bf3 {[%csl Gd5]} Rd7 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21. h4 $36
{[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6]} Qc5 (21... d5 $2 22. c5 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Re6]
[%cal Gd2d4]}) 22. h5 $16 {Primel,D-Mercier,J (1945) 44 ch Aigrefeuille 2011
1-0} (22. Bd5 $142 {[%csl Rc5]})) (17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 a5 $1 {Ogaard,L 
(2460)-Maciejewski,A (2380) Lublin 1975 (1) 1/2}) 17... Rfd8 18. Bf3 $16 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 10. Bxd4 Nd7 {Un peu douteux} (10... Be6 {Plus courant mais les
Blancs ont l'initiative sur cette ligne} 11. Qd2 (11. f4 Qc8 $6 {[%csl Rc8]} (
11... Qa5) 12. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc3d5] Plus actif que b3 qui aurait
justifié le coup Qc8} (12. b3 {Panno,O-Najdorf,M Buenos Aires 1968 (4) 1/2})
12... a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. f5 $1 Bd7 (13... gxf5 $6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qd7 18. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3g3]} Bg6 19. h4 {[%cal Gc3g3]} e5
20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd1 Rac8 (21... d5 22. h5 Be4 23. Rg3+) 22. Rg3 {[%cal Gh4h5]
} (22. h5 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Be4) 22... e5 23. Qe3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} (23. Qxe5) 23...
Kh8 24. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6d6,Gd1d6,Gh4h5]} (24. h5) 24... Bf5 25. Rxd6 $36) 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Rc8] Exploitant la position douteuse de la Q noire})
11... Qa5 12. Rad1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 $14)) (10... Bd7 $142 {Retombe sur la grande ligne} 11. Qd2 Bc6) 11. Bxg7
$5 {Sur la grande ligne, l'échange des B de cases noires est plutôt dans
l'intérêt des Noirs car la finale avec le mauvais Be2 n'est pas trés favorable
aux Blancs mais la différence dans cette ligne est le fait que les Blancs
n'ont pas encore joué le coup f2f3} Kxg7 12. Qd4+ $1 {77 En ayant retardé la
poussée f2f3, non seulement le Be2 est moins mauvais mais les Noirs n'ont plus
l'option Qb6 échangeant les Q et le K noir est plutôt en insécurité} (12. Qd2
$143) 12... f6 {78} (12... Kg8 13. Rad1 {[%cal Gd4d8,Gc3d5]} Re8 14. Nd5 (14.
Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]})) 13. Rad1 $1 {71} (13. Rfd1 $143 {Il est moins logique de
jouer l'autre R car le plan des Blancs est plutôt d'attaquer а l'aile-roi} a5
14. b3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Be6 {Adams,M (2655)-Young,A (2435) New York op Newark 1995
(5) 1-0}) 13... Qb6 $6 $146 {58 Une nouveauté probablement trouvée devant
l'échiquier car les Noirs ont dépensé 20 mns sur cette réponse. Comme les
Noirs ne peuvent pas échanger les Q en l'absence d'affaiblissement de la
diagonale "a7g1", ce coup Qb6 ne sert pas а grand-chose et après Nd5, la Q
sera mal placée.} ({RR} 13... b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bg4 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Nc7
18. Rfe1 h5 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Re3 Ne6 21. Qd5 Nc7 22. Qd3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Qe8 24.
Rg3 (24. Qe2 Rc8 (24... Ne6 25. Nd5) (24... Rh8 {[%csl Rh5]} 25. e5 dxe5 26.
fxe5 $40) 25. f5 $40 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5]}) 24... Qf7 25. h4 Rg8 26. Rf1 Rac8 27. f5
Kf8 28. e5 $1 {Polak,T (2525)-Piven,I (2380)/Schwarzach 1998/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 
(54)}) (13... Qa5 {Petrosian,T-Tatai,S Venice 1967 (5) 1-0}) (13... Nc5 14. b4
$1 Ne6 15. Qd2 $16) 14. Qd2 $8 Nc5 15. Nd5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb6,Re7][%cal Gb2b4]
67} Qd8 16. Qe3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} e5 $6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc5e6,Ge6d4] Optimiste} (
16... e6 $6 17. Nc3 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17. Nc3 {[%csl Rd6] Il va manquer un tempo
aux Noirs pour jouer Ne6d4} (17. f4 $143 $6 exf4 18. Rxf4 Be6 (18... Ne6 19.
Rf2 {[%cal Gd1f1]}) 19. b4 (19. Rdf1) 19... Nd7 20. Rh4 {[%csl Rh6]} g5 21. Rh5
Ne5) 17... Ne6 18. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd6] "Statisme contre dynamisme" dirait
iossif mais le problème des Noirs est qu'il n'y a pas beaucoup de dynamisme
dans la position noire!} Bd7 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Bg4 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg4e6]
Un coup intermédiaire qui a probablement été oublié par les Noirs lorsqu'ils
ont joué le coup compromettant e7e5} (20. Qa3 $5 {[%cal Ga3e7]}) 20... Rfd8 21.
Bxe6 {44} Bxe6 {26} 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b3 a6 24. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Rd4 25. Nd5
Bxd5 26. cxd5 {[%csl Gd5] Malgré le matériel réduit, le P passé protégé donne
des bonnes chances aux Blancs.} f5 27. f3 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5g1]} 28. exf5 {32} (28.
Qf2 fxe4 29. fxe4 {[%cal Gf2f6,Gf2f7]}) 28... Rxd5 {15} 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. fxg6
hxg6 31. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7,Gd7b7]} Rc7 32. a4 (32. h4 $5 {[%cal Gg1h2,Gh2g3]})
32... Kf6 33. Rd6+ Kf5 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 {17} Rc7 {01} 36. h4 Rh7 37. Rb6 (
37. Kh3 $5 g5 38. g4+ Kf4 39. Rf6+ Ke3 40. h5 {[%csl Gh5]} e4 41. fxe4 Kxe4 42.
Rb6 (42. Rf5 $2 Rxh5+) (42. a5)) 37... g5 38. hxg5 Kxg5 39. Kf2 e4 40. fxe4 Kf4
41. Re6 Rf7 42. a5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 (9... Nxd4 $5 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7c6] Evite la variante Nb3}) (9...
Ng4 $4 {Un coup naturel qui est une gaffe qui a fait chuter beaucoup de joueurs
} 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 Bxd1 12. Nxd8 $18 {[%cal Gd8b7] Les Blancs gagnent
une pièce. Le plus étonnant n'est pas tellement le nombre de joueurs parfois
forts qui sont tombés dans ce piège mais plutôt que sur la soixantaine de
parties dans les bases, les Blancs font ... 100%! En général dans les parties
а gaffe, il y a parfois des retournements de situation avec des nulles sauvées
voire des gains miraculeux mais pas dans cette variante.}) 10. Nb3 $5 {[%csl
Rd7] La même idée que Nc2, les Blancs gardent l'avantage d'espace en évitant
les échanges} (10. Nc2) (10. Qd2 {La grande ligne}) 10... a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]
Nb3 ne présente pas que des avantages...} 11. Rc1 (11. Nd2 $142 Ne5 12. f3 (12.
h3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Bc6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 $14 {Salgado Lopez,I (2626)
-Roganovic,M (2476) Wch U20 50th 2011 (10) 0-1}) 12... Bc6 13. Rc1 a4 {
Pelletier,Y (2583)-Troyke,C (2371) Zuerich op-A 34th 2010 (4) 1-0}) 11... a4
12. Nd2 {84} a3 $1 {[%csl Gb4] 78} 13. b3 Nb4 $132 {[%csl Gb4]} 14. f3 Bc6 $146
({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Ndb1 Rfc8 16. Rf2 Bc6 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Rd1 Nxb3
20. axb3 a2 21. Nxa2 Nxa2 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Bd2 Raa8 24. Be1 Bh6 25. Bd2 Bg7
26. Be1 Bh6 27. Bd2 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Likavsky,T (2498)-Bezold,M (2509)/Austria 2009
}) 15. Ndb1 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gc3d5] 75} Nd7 {62} 16. Kh1 {58} Qa5 {100} 17. Bd2 Qb6
18. Qe1 {45 Les Blancs manquent de contre-jeu} e6 {57} 19. Na4 {30 le signe
que l'ouverture a mal tourné pour les Blancs} Rxa4 {52} 20. bxa4 {31} Nxa2 {
[%csl Ga3] 52} 21. Rd1 Bxa4 22. Ba5 {25} Qc5 {32} 23. Rd3 Bc2 24. Rxa3 Bxb1 25.
Rb3 {07} Bc2 {25} 26. Rxb7 Ba4 $19 27. Qd2 Ra8 28. Bc7 Qc6 29. Rfb1 Nc3 30.
R1b4 Nxe2 31. Qxe2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Moraru, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd4 $5
8. Bxd4 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. Qd2 (10. O-O Be6 $6 11. f4) 10... Qa5 $5 (10... Bd7
11. O-O Bc6) 11. f3 (11. O-O $2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Bxd4 $19) 11...
Be6 12. a3 $6 Rfc8 13. b4 $6 {><c4} Qh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Bh6 16. Qd3 Bf4
$36 17. Kf2 Bxh2 18. Kf1 $6 (18. Bxf6 exf6 19. g3 Qh3 20. f4 Rc2 $1 21. Qxc2
Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Kf2 (23. Ke1 $2 Bg3+ 24. Kd2 Bxf4+ $19) 23... Qg3+ $11)
18... Rc7 $44 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bg1 Rc3 21. Qb1 Qg5 22. Bxh2 (22. Rxh2 $5) 22...
Nh5 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rh3 Qe3 $17 26. e5 Rc2 27. Rh2 (27. Re1 Rc1
$19) 27... dxe5 28. Rf2 e4 29. fxe4 R8c3 30. e5 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 (31. Rg2 Qh1+ 32.
Kf2 (32. Rg1 Rf3+) 32... Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 34. Ke1 Re3#) 31... Qh1+ 32. Rf1
Qg2 33. Rf2 Qg1+ 34. Rf1 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. Ne2
cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nec3 $5) 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 {
With a pawn already on f3, it makes more sense to attack c4 rather than Bd7-c6}
11. Nd5 $5 {'=?!' Tsesarsky. Not terrifying, but Ward was wary of Tsesarsky,I:
'This rare move is not in the spirit of this variation. White should avoid
piece exchanges because of his space advantage.'} (11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Qa5 13.
Rfd1 Rfc8 $13) ({The mainlines are} 11. Rc1) (11. Be2 {1-0 Gritsak,O-Sosnicki,
M/Swidnica 1999/CBM 71 (43)}) 11... Bxd5 ({Exceptable also is} 11... Nd7 12.
Bxg7 (12. Be3 $5) 12... Kxg7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. b3 Qb6 15. h4 a5 16. h5 Qb4 17.
Rc1 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Poulsson,E/Oslo 1973/MCD (43)}
) 12. exd5 (12. cxd5 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 $5 14. Be2 $140 Qb6 15. Rb1 a5 16. O-O Qb4
$36) 12... Re8 $5 (12... Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O a5 (14... Rc8 15. h4 Nf6
16. g4 $14) 15. h4 h5 16. Be2 Rh8 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hoi,
C-Antonsen,M/Lyngby 1991/EXT 2000 (45)}) (12... Qc7 13. Be2 a5 14. h4 Rfe8 15.
O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 bxc4 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bxc4 a4 19. h5 Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4
Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kh8 23. g5 Rab8 24. Rc2 Nh5 25. Bd3 $18 {1-0 Hoi,C-Mortensen,E/
DEN-ch 1992/TD (53)}) 13. O-O-O {'!?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'The main idea of
this variation. White feels more comfortable to increase his initiative on the
kingside because of his space advantage, but 3 pairs of pieces are already
disappeard from the board. On the other hand, Black has enough resources to
neutralize it.'} (13. Be2 e5 14. dxe6 (14. Be3 a5 {is very comfortable for
Black.}) 14... Rxe6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rf2 Re8 $36 {[%csl Ge6,Ge7,Ge8]}) 13... a6
({Or} 13... Rc8 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 $36) 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. g4 b5 16.
g5 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Nxg7 $5 {is also possible.}) 18. h4 bxc4 19. Bh3 (
19. Bxc4 Rec8 {is very comfortable for me.}) 19... Qb5 {The best square.} 20.
Qd4+ (20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Rd4 $5) 20... Kg8 21. Rc1 Rab8 ({I only half noticed
the Fritz-like} 21... Ng3 $1 22. h5 (22. Rhe1 c3 $1 {with a fork on e2
whichever way White recaptures, so} 23. Rc2 cxb2 $17) (22. Rh2 c3) 22... Nxh1 (
22... gxh5 23. Rhe1 c3 24. Rc2 {and my knight is in trouble.}) 23. hxg6 hxg6
24. Rxh1 c3 $1 (24... e5 25. dxe6 Qe5 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxc4+ $44) 25. Qxc3
Qc5 $1 {and Black is much better when the queens come off.}) 22. Rxc4 Nf4 23.
Bd7 $1 {If Bh3-f1, d5 will drop off, and anything else allows Nf4-e2, causing
an accident.} Qxd7 24. Qxf4 Qb5 (24... Rb5 25. h5 (25. Rd1 Qb7 26. Qd4 Rc8 $132
) 25... Rxd5 (25... Qf5+ $5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rd1 h6 28. f4) 26. hxg6 fxg6 (
26... hxg6 27. Qh4 $18) 27. Rxh7 $1 Qe6 $5 (27... Qf5+ 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Rch4
$14) 28. Rh6 Qf5+ 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rh6 Rxg5) 25. Qd4 e5 26. dxe6
Rxe6 27. Rhc1 Qf5+ 28. Ka1 Rbe8 $11 ({Bad is} 28... Qxf3 $2 {in view of} 29.
Rc8+ Re8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Qxa6 Qe3 33. Qc4 Qd2 34. a3 $16) 29.
Qf4 $5 Re5 (29... Qxf4 30. Rxf4 f6 31. Ra4 (31. gxf6 Rf8 $11) 31... d5 32. Kb1
Kf7 $11) 30. a3 a5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 {[%csl Gf5]} 32. f4 Kg7 (32... Re2 33. Rd1 Rb5
$11) 33. Rd1 d5 $2 {I missed 36.Raxd5!} (33... Re6 {must still be okay.}) 34.
Ra4 Re4 35. Rxa5 Rfxf4 36. Raxd5 $1 {[%csl Gd1,Gd5][%cal Gd1d5,Gd4d1]} (36.
Rdxd5 Rxh4 37. Rd8 h6 $1) 36... Rxh4 37. b4 $1 {Now my counterplay across the
ranks is pointless, as White's rooks can block anything.} h6 (37... Re3 38.
R1d3) 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. b5 f5 $6 40. b6 Ra4 41. Kb2 (41. b7 $4 Rhb4 {[%csl
Ra1,Ga4,Gb4,Rb7]}) 41... Ra8 42. Rd8 Rh2+ 43. Kb3 $2 (43. Kb1 $1 $18 Rxd8 (
43... Ra6 44. Rh8+ $18) 44. Rxd8 $18) (43. Kc1 $4 Rxa3 $1 44. Rh8+ Kg5 45. Rxh2
Ra1+ 46. Kd2 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Rxh2 48. Rb1 Rh8 49. b7 Rb8) 43... Rh3+ 44. R1d3
Rxd3+ 45. Rxd3 {I think this is just about winning for White now, though he
had to work very hard to find the right plan.} f4 (45... Rb8 $143 46. Rd6 f4 {
I calculated as winning for him, my pinned g-pawn is a real pain.} 47. a4 f3
48. a5 Rf8 49. Rd1 g5 (49... f2 50. Rf1 g5 51. b7 g4 52. Rxf2 $18) 50. b7 g4
51. a6 g3 52. a7 $18) 46. Kc2 $1 {Blocking the pawns with the king is the best
way to win.} (46. a4 g5 47. Kb4 g4 48. a5 g3 49. b7 Rf8 50. a6 g2 51. Rd1 f3
52. a7 f2 {Just in time!} 53. b8=Q f1=Q) 46... g5 47. b7 Rb8 48. Rb3 g4 49. Kd2
Kg5 50. Ke2 f3+ (50... Kh4 51. Kf2 g3+ 52. Kg2 f3+ (52... Kg4 53. Rb4 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ya3a7]}) 53. Kxf3 Kh3 54. Rb5 (54. Kf4 Kh2) 54... Rf8+ (54... Kh2 55.
Rh5+ Kg1 56. Kxg3 Rxb7 57. Rf5 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}) 55. Ke4 Rb8 (55... g2 56. b8=Q
Rxb8 57. Rxb8 g1=Q 58. Rh8+ Kg2 59. Rg8+ $18) 56. Kd5 g2 57. Rb1 g1=Q 58. Rxg1
Rxb7 $16) 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. Rb4+ Ke5 53. a4 Kd6 54. a5 Kc7 55. a6 g3+ $8 56. Kxg3
Rg8+ 57. Kxf3 Kb8 58. Re4 $18 Ka7 59. Re6 $18 {[%csl Ge6]} Rf8+ 60. Kg4 Rg8+
61. Kf5 Rd8 62. Kf6 Rf8+ 63. Kg7 (63. Ke7 $6 Rf1) 63... Rd8 64. Kf7 Rd7+ 65.
Re7 Rd1 66. Re8 Rf1+ 67. Kg6 Rg1+ 68. Kh5 Rg8 69. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 (10. Qd2 {La grande ligne restreint les options des
noirs} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 {
Primel,D -Bernard,C (2255) Plancoet op 10th 2013 (9) 1/2-1/2}) 10... Qb6 $1 {
[%csl Rd4,Re3][%cal Gg7d4,Gf6e4] Le nordiste était sorti de sa préparation
puisqu'il avait déjà  dépensé près de 40 mns à  la pendule} (10... a6
11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Nc2 Rfc8 13. Rac1 {Godena,M (2545)-Lefebvre,H (2315) FRA-chT
9697 fin 1997 (11) 1/2-1/2} (13. Rab1) (13. b4 $5 $146 Qd8 (13... Nxb4 14. Nd5
Nfxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Nc6 17. dxc6 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 bxc6 19. Bc3 (19.
Rb1 Rab8)))) 11. Ncb5 (11. Na4) (11. Kh1) 11... a6 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13.
Bc3 Qb6+ 14. Bd4 Qa5 15. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Erenburg,S (2523)-Bu Xiangzhi (2606)
Reykjavik 2004}) 12. Nc2 Qa5 (12... Qd8) 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Qd2 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4]
Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups mais en fait, la partie a transposé
dans la variante 11. Qa5, les coups Ncb5 et Qb6 en moins.} (14... Be6 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rac1 {Nikcevic,
N (2488)-Velimirovic,D (2558) YUG-Cup Herceg Novi 2000 (5) 1/2}) 15. c5 $5 {
Un sacrifice thématique dans cette structure pour essayer de profiter du
manque de protection du Bd7} (15. b4 $5 Qd8 (15... Qc7 16. Na3 {[%cal Ga1c1]})
16. Na3) 15... dxc5 {Relevant le gant mais les Blancs ont des bonnes
compensations. Les Blancs ont néanmoins dépensé beaucoup de temps à
calculer les variantes et il restait à peine 15 mns au nordiste pour passer
le contrôle de temps} 16. f4 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd2d7]} Neg4 (16... Nc6 17. e5 {
[%csl Rd7]} Rd8 18. exf6 Bxf6) 17. e5 $36 Rd8 $1 $13 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd8d2,
Gd7b5]} 18. exf6 $5 {La menace aurait été plus forte avec la Rf8} Bf5 {
[%csl Rc2,Rd2,Re3][%cal Gd8d2,Gf5c2]} (18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxf6 20. Nd5 $16)
19. Qe1 (19. Qc1 Nxf6 $44) (19. Nd5 $5 Qxd2 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. fxg7+ Kxe7 22.
g8=N+ $1 {La pointe!} Kf8 (22... Rxg8 23. Bxd2 Rgd8 24. Ba5 $40 {[%csl Ga5,Ge2]
}) 23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nf6 Rxc2 26. Nxg4 Rxb2 {[%csl Gb2,Gc5]
Malgré la pièce de plus, le gain n'est pas facile pour les Blancs} 27. Rf2 $1
Rxf2 28. Kxf2 b5 29. Ke3 c4 $44) 19... Nxf6 (19... Bxf6 $143 20. Nd5) 20. Rc1
Qc7 21. a4 (21. Na4 Nd5) 21... Rac8 22. h3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 23.
g4 {[%csl Rg1] La suite logique du coup h3 mais ce plan est assez risqué} (23.
b4 $6 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Qe6 {[%csl Rc2,Re3][%cal Gf5c2]} 24. Bxc5 Nd7 $132 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc5,Gg7]}) (23. a5 $5 Qxb2 (23... Qxa5) 24. Na4 Qa2 25. Nb6 Bxc2 26.
Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Qd2 Bb3 28. Qxa2 Bxa2 29. Bxc5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge2f3]}) 23...
Bd3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Qe2 Rcd8 $132 {[%csl Gd3,Gd8] Les pièces Noires sont
mieux coordonnées mais il faut encore activer le B pour prendre l'avantage.}
26. Ne1 R3d6 (26... Nxg4 $5 27. Nxd3 (27. hxg4 Rxe3 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7d4]}
28. Qxe3 Bd4) 27... Nxe3 28. Rfe1 Bd4 $36 {[%csl Rg1]}) 27. Nf3 (27. Qc4 $5 {
[%csl Rc5,Gd5]} Nd7 28. Nd5 {[%csl Re7]}) 27... Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rfd1 (29.
b4 $5 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Qxb4 30. Rc4 {L'idée du sacrifice pour gagner un tempo
et doubler les R pour faire pression sur la faiblesse "c5"} Qb6 31. Rfc1 Rc8
32. Qf2 $36 {[%csl Rc5]}) 29... Qxb2 30. Kf1 Qa3 31. Kf2 Qxa4 $44 {[%csl Ga6]
[%cal Gd5d1,Ga4d1]} 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 {(=)} 33. Rxc5 (33. Bxc5) 33... Rxc5 34. Bxc5
Qxf4 (34... e6) 35. Qxe7 Qb8 $13 {Début d'une finale complexe car si la
majorité de l'aile-dame donne des compensations aux Noirs, le couple Q+ N
peut aussi donner des chances d'attaque à  l'aile-roi} 36. Qd7 (36. Ng5 $1 {
[%cal Gg5f7] Un coup candidat naturel pour activer le couple N+Q} Qh2+ $2 {
Les Blancs ont probablement surestimé cet échec car le K Blanc peut
bizarrement s'abriter en montant} (36... Qf8 37. Qc7 Qe8 38. Qxb7 $36) 37. Kf3
Qh1+ 38. Kg3 $18) 36... b5 {La majorité est encore loin mais les Noirs
doivent jouer activement pour faire diversion} 37. Bd6 $6 {Perd un temps pour
empêcher l'échec Qh2} (37. Ng5 $142 h6 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Nf3 Qc8 40. Bd6 Qc2+
41. Kg3 a5 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxb5) 37... Qb6+ 38. Kg2 h6 $1 {Les Blancs ont
laissé passer leur chance car il n'y a plus la menace Ng5} 39. g5 (39. Ne5 Kh7
40. Nxf7 Qe3 41. Bg3 b4 $132) 39... Qe3 (39... h5 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe7 a5) 40.
gxh6 Bxh6 41. Be5 (41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Be5 {[%cal Gd8h8]} Bg7 (42... Qe2+ 43. Kg3
$18) 43. Ng5+ Kh6 44. Nxf7+ {Gagne un P mais la position trop exposé du K
Blanc force la répétition de coups} Kh7 45. Ng5+) 41... Qc5 42. Bd6 Qd5 $1
$11 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5f7,Ga6a5,Gd5b5,Gb5b4] Un coup multifonction qui tient
la position} 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qxa6 Qe6 45. Kg3 b4 46. Qd3 Qd7 {Renouvelle le
clouage!} 47. Qd4 b3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Meissner, Bernd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 {Via Königsindisch ist das Spiel zu einer Variante der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung /Beschleunigter Drachen (Maroczy) übergegangen, in
der Weiß über ein kleines, angenehmes Stellungsplus nebst einer großen Auswahl
an Fortsetzungen (Qd2, Rc1, Nb3 etc.) verfügt.} 10. Nc2 {Zwar nicht die
häufigste, aber eine solide und ebenfalls erfolgversprechende Fortsetzung, mit
der Weiß den sonst üblichen Entlastungstausch auf d4 vermeidet, also die
Figuren bei Raumvorteil auf dem Brett behält, das Feld b4 kontrolliert und ggf.
die Springerwanderung Ne3(Nb4)-d5 anstrebt.} a6 ({Oder} 10... Rc8 {und z.B.}
11. f3 Na5 (11... Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. b4 Nxb4 $2 (14... Qa6 $5 $13
) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc2 17. Qxa5 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 $16 {Miles - Piket,
Groningen 1992}) 12. b3 $6 (12. Na3 $142) 12... a6 $6 (12... Ng4 $142 $1 13.
Bd2 (13. Bd4 $2 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qb6+) 13... Nf6 (13... Qb6+ $6 14.
Kh1 Nf2+ $2 (14... Nf6) 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Nd5 $1 $16 {, z.B.} Rfe8 17. Bxa5
Bxa1 18. Be1 Qc5 19. Qxa1) 14. Be3 Ng4 $11) 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nd5 Rb8 $2 (14...
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb7 16. b4 $14) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nb4 $16 Qe8 18.
Qd2 Qd8 19. Rc2 Bg7 20. Rfc1 Rb7 21. Nd5 e6 22. Nb4 Rb6 23. Rc7 {1-0 Babula,V 
(2596)-Bezold,M (2521), Bundesliga 2007}) 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 b5 14.
cxb5 Qc7 ({I} 14... axb5 15. Rac1 $14 (15. Nxb5 $143 Neg4 (15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5
d5 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. exd5 Nxd5 $44 {0-1/42, Arakhamia Grant,K (2452)-Corkett,A 
(2321), West Bromwich 2005}) 16. Nba3 (16. fxg4 $2 Nxe4) 16... Nxe3 17. Nxe3
Qc7 18. Rad1 Bh6 19. Nac4 Qa7 $44) (15. Rfc1 $143 Nfg4 $1 16. Bd4 Bh6 17. Ne3
Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qb6 $13 {/=})) ({II} 14... Qa5 15. Bd4 Bxb5 $13 {/=}) 15. Bd4
axb5 16. Rfc1 $6 ({Ähnlich seiner o.a. Partie gegen Bezold schätzt Babula die
drohende Gefahr auf der Diagonalen h8-a1 gering ein. Weiß war besser beraten
mit: I} 16. Ne3 $142 $5 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 $2 18. Nxb5 $16 {1-0/80, Janssen,
H-Skembris,S, Groningen 1977} (18. Ncd5 $16)) ({II} 16. Nb4 $142 $5 Qa5 17. a3
Be6 $2 18. Qb2 Nh5 (18... Bd7) 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Kh1
$16 {1-0/39, Adamski,J-Pytel,K, Lublin 1969}) 16... Qb7 $6 ({Hier läßt Schwarz
die Gelegenheit zu} 16... Nxf3+ $1 17. Bxf3 (17. gxf3 e5 $11) 17... e5 18. Nxb5
Bxb5 19. Be3 Qb7 $11 {mit leichtem Ausgleich ungenutzt.}) 17. Nb4 Rfd8 (17...
Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 $14 {1-0/71, Laplaza,J-Gonzalo Gonzalez,
F, Mallorca 2004}) 18. Rab1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 $14 {
Nach beiderseitigen Ungenauigkeiten führt Weiß das Zepter aufgrund seines
mobilen Freibauern, dennoch vermag Schwarz sich zäh zu verteidigen.} Qa8 22.
Bb6 (22. a5 $5) 22... Re8 23. Bb5 Nd7 24. Bd4 Bxb5 ({Schwer zu sagen, ob es
besser war, den Freibauern auf der a-Linie zu belassen:} 24... Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4
Nc5 $13) 25. axb5 (25. Bxg7 {hat einen Haken:} Bxa4 $1 26. Bh6 Bc6 27. Qd4 Nf6)
25... Qb8 $6 ({Nach} 25... Bxd4+ $142 26. Qxd4 Qa3 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Qe3 e6 $14 {
/= wäre die Stellung etwa ausgeglichen.}) 26. b6 $6 ({Der geeignete Moment für
den Abtausch des Drachenläufers wird beiderseitig verpaßt. Jetzt wäre} 26. Bxg7
$142 $1 Kxg7 27. b6 $1 $16 {stark gewesen.}) 26... Rc4 $2 ({Der entscheidende
Fehler, mit dem Schwarz sich auch seine letzte Chance entgehen läßt. Nun
entwickelt sich aufgrund des aktiven weißen Übergewichts ein "Spiel auf ein
Tor". Ausreichend wäre hingegen} 26... Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 e6 $14 {gewesen, z.B.}
28. Na4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rb1 (30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qb4 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Nc5 33.
Qc3 Qxc3 34. Nxc3 Kf8) 30... Rc7 $1 {/\Rb7 -Fritzchen läßt grüßen!}) 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Nd5 $18 {Mit technischer Gewinnstellung, die Weiß auch nicht mehr aus
den Händen gibt. Indes treten im weiteren Partieverlauf noch interessante
Momente auf.} Rxc1+ ({Oder z.B.} 28... Rc5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 (29... dxc5 30. Qb2+
f6 31. b7 $18) 30. Ra1 Qb7 31. Ra7 Qb8 32. f4 $1 (32. Nxe7 $2 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 $1
Qxb6 34. Qa2 (34. Qe3 $4 Kf8) 34... Nxe4+ 35. Kf1 Qb5+ 36. Ke1 Qb4+ 37. Kf1
Qb5+ $11) 32... e6 (32... Nxe4 33. Qd4+ Nf6 34. Rxe7 $18) (32... f6 33. Nxe7
$18) 33. Qd4+ e5 (33... Kh6 34. Rxf7) 34. fxe5 Rxe5 (34... Ne6 35. Qf2 $18) 35.
Qf2 Qf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ $18) 29. Rxc1 e6 (29... Kg8 30. Qd4 $1 Nc5 (30...
e6 31. Rc7 {ist Zugumstellung zur Partie}) 31. Qc3 {/\Ra1-a7+-}) 30. Qd4+ Kg8 (
{Nach} 30... Kh6 {hat Weiß die Wahl:} 31. Rc7 ({Oder} 31. Nc7 Rc8 32. Rc6 {
, da insbesondere} Nxb6 {an} 33. Na6 Qa8 34. Rxb6 $18 {scheitert.}) 31... exd5
(31... Rd8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Nf6 Rd8 34. Ng4+ Kh5 35. h4 $1 $18 Rg8 (35... Kxh4
36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. Qf4 Qxb6+ 38. Kh2) 36. Qe3 g5 37. Nf6+ Kh6 38. Nxg8+) 32. Rxd7
Rf8 (32... dxe4 33. Rxf7 Re5 34. b7 Qe8 (34... e3 35. Qf4+ Rg5 36. h4) 35. Qe3+
g5 36. f4) 33. exd5 $18) 31. Rc7 exd5 32. Rxd7 dxe4 33. fxe4 Qc8 34. Rc7 Qa6 ({
Falls} 34... Qb8 {, so z.B.} 35. Qf2 (35. Qxd6 $2 Re6 $1 $11) 35... Rf8 36. h3
h6 (36... Qd8 37. Qd4 h5 38. e5 $1 dxe5 (38... d5 39. e6) 39. Qxd8 Rxd8 40. b7)
37. Qd4 Re8 38. Kh1 Qd8 39. Qc3 {/\b7 und gewinnt}) 35. h3 $6 ({Zielstrebig
und wesentlich unkomplizierter war die Entscheidung im Schwerfiguren-Duell
mittels b7 oder Ra7, z.B.} 35. b7 $1 Qa5 36. Qc3 Qb6+ 37. Kh1 Rf8 38. h3 Qb1+
39. Kh2 Qxe4 40. Qf6 Qb4 41. Qe7 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 $18 {. Nun jedoch wird Weiß sich
noch in einem lästigen Turmendspiel abmühen müssen.}) 35... Rxe4 36. Qxd6 Re6
37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Rf6 39. b7 (39. Rc6 $2 {verliert nur kostbare Zeit
gegenüber der Partiefortsetzung:} Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Qxf4 Rxf4 42. b7 Rb4
43. Rc7 Kf6 {und Schwarz kann ungleich aktiver auftreten.}) 39... Qb6 40. Qxb6
Rxb6 {Diagramm [#]} 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Ke2 h5 ({Mehr Probleme bereitet} 42... Kf6
{, z.B.} 43. Kd2 Ke6 44. Kc2 Rb6 45. Kd3 (45. Kc3) 45... Kd5 46. Rxf7 h5 (46...
h6 47. Rd7+ Kc6 48. Rh7 h5 49. Rg7 {ist Zugumstellung zu 46...h5/48.Rg7} ({auch
} 49. Kd4)) 47. Rd7+ $1 (47. h4 $6 Rb3+ 48. Kc2 Rb5 49. Rg7 Rb4 50. Kc3 Rb6 51.
Rxg6 Rxb7 52. Rg5+ Ke4 53. Rxh5 (53. Kc4 Rf7) 53... Rg7 $11) 47... Ke6 (47...
Kc6 48. Rg7 Kd5 {ist Zugumstellung} (48... Rb4 49. Kc3 Rb1 (49... Rb5 50. Kc4)
50. Kd4)) (47... Kc5 48. Ke4) 48. Rg7 Kd5 49. Rxg6 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 (50. Kc2) 50...
Rxb7 51. Rg5+ Ke4 52. Rxh5 $18) 43. Kd2 g5 44. Kc2 Rb5 45. Kc3 Kg6 46. Kc4 Rb1
47. Kc5 f6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rb2 50. Rd7 ({Um ggf. Rd6+ geben zu können,
aber bloß nicht} 50. Kc6 $2 f5 51. Kc5 (51. gxf5+ Kxf5 $11) 51... Rc2+ 52. Kb5
Rb2+ $11) 50... Rc2+ 51. Kd6 Rd2+ 52. Kc7 Rc2+ 53. Kd8 Rb2 54. Kc8 f5 55. Rd6+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Ellers, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd3 {A very uncommon line. White protects
the e4-pawn and prepares advance of the f and b-pawns.} (11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 {
is the main line.}) 11... Re8 ({An earlier game of Van den Doel in this line
wasn't too long:} 11... a5 12. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Tiviakov,S/
Leeuwarden 2004/CBM 102 (12).}) ({A classical game in this line was won by
Smyslov.} 11... Bc6 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 b6 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Bf1
Nf8 17. a3 Qd7 18. Red1 Red8 19. Qe3 e5 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qe7 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. exd5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Pirc,V/Belgrade 1956/MCD (36) and
White converted his positional advantage into a win.}) ({The origin-game saw} 
11... a6 $6 12. Qe3 Bc6 13. b4 Qb8 14. b5 axb5 15. cxb5 Bd7 16. a4 Be6 17. a5
Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b6 Nc5 20. Nb5 Na6 21. f4 $16 {Lautier,J-Koch,J, Lyon zt
1990/CBM18[Lautier]}) 12. Rad1 Bc6 13. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} b6 14. a3 {First
White takes some space on the queenside.} Rc8 15. Rfe1 Rc7 16. Bf1 {White has
improved position of all his pieces and now is ready for more active actions.}
Rd7 17. Nd5 e5 $2 {A positional mistake. Now Black's dark-squared bishop will
be restricted by his own pawns. Moreover White will have a space advantage and
his bishops are much more active.} (17... e6 {was necessary and it's not so
easy to show a clear way to advantage.} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. b5 Bb7
21. e5 {[%csl Rd7]} Qf4 22. Qd4 ({or} 22. g3 Qh6 23. exd6 Red8 {[%csl Rd6] and
Black is OK.}) 22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Red8 24. Red1 d5 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7] and
Black has good chances to equalize.}) 18. Be3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 $16 Bb7 20. Qb3 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb3a4] White finds an object of attack on a7.} Rf8 21. Qa4 {
[%csl Ra7]} Bc8 {Black has been concentrating on f5, which allowed White to
make some progress on the queenside.} 22. Rc1 f5 {Now a typical King's Indian
position arises.} 23. Rc2 {White ignores the threat of fxe4 and doubles the
rooks.} fxe4 {After this move Black will be lack of counterplay and will win
back a pawn.} ({However also after} 23... f4 24. Bd2 f3 25. Rec1 Bb7 (25...
fxg2 {loses to} 26. Bb5 $1 Qf6 27. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 28. Bxd7 $18 {and White wins.})
26. g3 $16 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf1h3,Gh3e6] White is better.}) 24. Rec1 Bb7 25.
Qxa7 Bxd5 26. Rc7 Rdf7 (26... Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Rf7 28. Bxb6 {and the queenside
pawns are much more dangerous than Black's central pawns.}) 27. Qxb6 Rxc7 28.
Rxc7 Bf6 29. a4 {White's plan is simple: he is going to advance the qeenside
pawns while Black has to work hard to do the same in the centre.} (29. Ba6 $1 {
[%cal Ga6b7] with the idea Bb7 was strong.}) 29... Bg5 $2 {This loses a pawn
and White obtains a decisive advantage.} (29... Rf7 {was the last try to put
some resistance.} 30. Rc1 Qxb6 31. Bxb6 Bg5 32. Be3 $16) 30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxd6
$18 Bb3 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 32. Qc5 {White prevents the only Black's idea e3.} e3 {
Exchanging the a and e-pawn which however doesn't bring a relief.} (32... Bxa4
$2 {[%csl Rf8] loses on the spot to} 33. Bc4+) 33. Qxe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Bxa4 35.
b5 Rb8 36. Rc5 Re8 37. Rc7 Rb8 38. Rc4 $1 {White finds an improvement.} Bb3 ({
In case of} 38... Bxb5 $2 39. Rb4 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rb8] Black loses the bishop.})
39. Rc5 e4 40. Rc6 Kf7 (40... Ba4 {loses a pawn to} 41. Rc4 Bb3 42. Rxe4 $18)
41. Kf2 Rb7 42. b6 Bd5 43. Rd6 Bb3 44. Ba6 Rb8 45. b7 {[%cal Gd6c6,Gc6c8] and
Black can't prevent a manoeuvre of the white rook to c8.} Ba4 46. Rd4 (46. Rd5
$5 {[%cal Gd5c5,Gc5c8]}) 46... Bc6 (46... Bb3 {would hardly safe the game
either.}) 47. Rc4 {and Black resigned as he loses at least the bishop.} (47.
Rc4 Bxb7 (47... Bd7 48. Rc8 $18) 48. Rc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 {[%cal Gf8c8] Freewing the way to the f8-rook.} 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17.
Rc2 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8f8] The queen wasn't doing much on b6 and so Black brings it
back and intends to take control over the big diaginal by means of Qf8; Bf6
and Qg7.} 18. Bf1 Qf8 (18... h5 19. a3 Kh7 20. Ne2 $14 {Bareev,E-Pavlovic,M,
EU-ch 2003/CBM 98[Postny]}) 19. Nd5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd5b6] White almost
forces exchange on d5 in order to open the e-file for his rooks and to obtain
an advantage of bishop pair. Mixing attack of the e7-pawn with preparation of
b4 White may try to shake Black's position.} ({Immediate} 19. a3 {with the
idea of b4 is the main alternative.} f5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. exf5 gxf5
23. b5 Bd7 24. Nd5 $14 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Jirovsky,M EUCup Krynica 1997/CBM62 
[Tsesarsky]}) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4] A typical
position for the whole system. I believe White should've been better since he
has a clear plan of preparing b4, while Black is rather passive. Nevertheless
Black's position is rather solid and so it's not easy to all to break through
it.} h5 $6 {A new move in this concrete position, however the similar idea
already occured many times one move earlier. I think the move creates an
unnecessary hook for the White's attack on the kingside. In general there are
many transpositions and typical ideas in the Maroczy setup. The play is
usually slow and the one who understands this type of positions better has an
advantage.} ({Earlier Black tested other moves.} 20... Re8 21. g3 {[%cal Gf1h3]
} h5 22. Bh3 Bf6 23. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Qg7 24. Kh1 Kh7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra1
$2 (26... Na4 $16) 27. Rxa1 Nb3 28. Qd3 Nxa1 29. Ra2 $16 {[%csl Ra1] and White
is clearly better since the a1-knight has no moves. 1/2-1/2 Bellin,R-Corkett,A/
Jersey 2003/CBM 092 ext (49). (49)}) (20... Rc7 21. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} b6 22.
Bg5 {A good provocation.} h6 23. Be3 g5 $2 {This is already too much. Black
creates additional weaknesses in his position and deservedly loses.} 24. Qf2
Rb7 25. g3 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gb3b4]} Bf6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Nd7 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. f4
{Exploting Black's mistake on 23rd move.} Nd3 30. Qe2 {[%csl Rd3] Now the
knight is in trouble.} gxf4 31. gxf4 Qg7+ 32. Kh1 $18 {[%cal Gb1g1,Gh3f1] and
soon White won. 1-0 Khalifman,A-Berndt,S/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092 (38)}) (20...
Bf6 {[%cal Gf8g7] with the idea of Qg7 looks logical.} 21. Re1 ({I believe
it's better to proceed with the general plan.} 21. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 21... Qg7
22. Kh1 h5 23. Bh6 Qh8 24. Bg5 {Exchanging the bishops White wants to exploit
weakness of the e7-pawn.} Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qf6 26. Qxf6 exf6 27. Kg1 Kf8 28. Kf2
Ra6 29. Rb2 b6 30. Ke3 Ra7 31. Kd4 a4 32. b4 a3 33. Rbb1 Nd7 34. Rb3 $14 {
1-0 Arlandi,E-Manca,F/Corridonia 2000/EXT 2001 (47)}) (20... Be5 21. Re1 ({
And again deserved serious attention.} 21. a3 $5 Qg7 22. b4 $14) 21... Qd8 {
Suddenly the queen comes back to the queenside.} 22. g3 Qb6 23. Kh1 Qb4 24. Qf2
Bf6 $14 {Nguyen,G-Tian,K AUS-ch U18 Sydney/EXT2003 [Zong Yuan Zhao].}) 21. Re1
{White chooses to exploit the last move by concentrating his pieces closer to
the kingside} Kh7 $6 {An unfortunate move. Soon he king will get under attack
on the h-file.} 22. h3 $1 {[%cal Gg2g4] An interesting idea. White wants to
use the hook on the kingside by means of g4.} Rc7 {Protecting the e7-pawn
Black prepares Bh6, which is in fact a waste of time.} 23. g4 {Opening of the
h-file is clearly in White's favour.} Bh6 (23... hxg4 24. hxg4 {doesn't seem
to change much.}) 24. f4 {The easiest way to underline senseless of the last
move. The bishop will have to return to g7.} hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg8 26. Bh3 ({
A direct attack along the h-file looked logical and strong.} 26. Qh2 {[%cal
Gh2h4,Gc2h2]} Bg7 27. Qh4 Qc8 28. Rh2 Kf8 29. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3h6]}) 26...
Bg7 27. f5 $1 {White creates a very unpleasant positional threat of exchange
on g6, which weakens the e6-square and then Bxc5. This way destroying the only
piece which can guard the e6-square White penetrates there with the bishop and
creates decisive threats to the black king.} Be5 {Black doesn't seem to have a
defense.} ({Exhange on f5 would hardly safe Black. Opening of the g-file would
allow White to start a direct attack. Nevertheless it seems to be the only try.
} 27... gxf5 $5 28. gxf5 $40) 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Bxc5 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Rxc5 30.
Rf1 $1 Qg7 31. g5 $1 $18 {Now the bishop penetrates to e6 with the decisive
effect. Black is absolutely hopeless.} Bd4+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kg2 $1 {is simplier.}
Qe5 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re5] traping the queen.}) 32... Qh7 33. Kg2
Qh4 34. Be6+ Kg7 35. Qf4 {White wins a piece, which is more than enough for a
win.} ({However much stronger was} 35. Rf7+ $1 Kh8 36. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3h3]}
Qe4+ (36... Bxc3 37. Qxc3+ {with mate in two.}) 37. Rcf3 Be5 38. Qd1 {[%cal
Gd1h1]} Qh4 39. Rh3 $18) (35. Qf4 {Now after} Qxf4 36. Rxf4 {Black can't keep
the bishop. For example} Be5 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1h1] with a
decisive attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 {The Maroczy system has been arised.} 11. f4 $1 {
The most agressive approach. White wants to exploit the position of the black
bishop on e6 by advancing his f-pawn to f5.} (11. Qd2 {is a quiet alternative.}
) 11... Qa5 {The main line. Black prevents f5 by taking this square under
control. However Black's results in this line are disastrous.} (11... a6 {
A very uncommon move. Black ignores the threats.} 12. b3 {An unnecessary move.}
(12. f5 $5) 12... Rc8 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Ne8 15. f5 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rc5 $1 {
A brilliant defensive manoeuvre. The rook comes to e5 and Black starts to
exploit weakness of the white king.} 17. Bd3 Re5 18. Rf2 f6 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20.
Rg2 Be8 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. Rf1 Bf7 23. Nxf6 exf6 24. Bc2 Qe7 (24... gxf5 $5) 25.
Rd2 $2 Rd8 (25... gxf5 $5 26. exf5 Rg8+ 27. Rg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Be8 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge8c6]}) 26. fxg6 Bxg6 27. c5 $2 Rg8 $17 {0-1 Krivoshey,
S-Andersson,U/St Ingbert GER 2004/The Week in Chess 484 (36). (36)}) (11... Rc8
) ({and} 11... Qc8 {were also tried.}) 12. Qd3 {This is also very logical.
White renews the idea of f5 and also connects the rooks.} ({Another idea was
tested in Iceland.} 12. Kh1 Rac8 13. b3 a6 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. b4 $1
Qd8 (16... Qxb4 $2 {loses the queen.} 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Bb6 $18) 17.
c5 Bc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 dxc5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxc5 $16 {and White is a
pawn up for nothing. Stefansson,H-Gunnarsson,V ISL-ch 2002.}) 12... Rfc8 (12...
Rac8 {is an alternative which doesn't seem to change much.}) 13. b3 Nd7 14. f5
$1 Ne5 (14... Nc5 {is bad in view of} 15. Qe3 Bd7 (15... Bxd4 {changes nothing:
} 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17. b4 $1 Qxb4 18. Nd5 {[%csl Rb4,Re7]} e5 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Qf2
{[%csl Rb4,Rd7,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gd5e7,Gd5f6] and Black can't avoid big material
losses.}) 16. b4 $1 {1-0 Pogorelov,R-Garcia Cuenca,V/Madrid 2001/CBM 84 ext 
(16)}) 15. Qe3 $1 (15. Bxe5 $2 {wins a pawn, but weakens all dark square and
thus helps Black in creating counterplay.}) 15... Bd7 16. Nd5 $16 {White has
won the opening battle. I believe Black should look for a better line instead
of 11...Qa5.} Qd8 ({Also after} 16... Re8 17. b4 $1 Qd8 18. Bxa7 $1 {White is
clearly better. For example} Nc6 19. Bb6 $1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 $1 Qc8 21. f6 $1 $40
{[%cal Ge3h6] and White's attack is decisive.}) 17. Rad1 $5 {White chooses a
positional approach, which is typical for this Bangladeshi player. He simply
increases pressure in the centre.} ({There was also nothing wrong with the win
of the a-pawn.} 17. Bxa7 $5 Nc6 (17... Rxa7 {is at least not better.} 18. Qxa7
Nc6 19. Qxb7 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Nxc7 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 gxf5 24. exf5
Bxf5 25. Nb5 $1 $16 {preventing Nd4 and White is a pawn up.}) 18. Bb6 (18. f6
$5) 18... Bxa1 19. Rxa1 (19. Bxd8 $2 {doesn't work.} Bd4 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Qxd4
Nxd4 22. Nxc8 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Rxc8 24. Bf6 Nf4 {and Black retains an extra piece.
}) 19... Qf8 20. f6 e6 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. c5 Bc6 24. cxd6 Rd8 25. Bd4
Qxd6 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bxe5 Bxe4 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31.
Rd7 Rc8 32. Bc4 Rc5 33. Bxe6 {1-0 Ghaem Maghami,E-Mahmoodi,A/Arak 1998/EXT
2003 (33)}) 17... b6 $6 {Too passive. Black protects the a7-pawn, but loses an
important tempo. His last chace was to try to drive the white knight out of d5.
} (17... e6 $1 {was necessary.} 18. f6 $1 Bf8 $1 (18... exd5 19. fxg7 dxe4 20.
Qxe4 {is clearly better for White.}) 19. Nf4 $1 $16 {and the f-pawn is
untouchable.} (19. Ne7+ {is less clear as after} Bxe7 20. fxe7 Qxe7 21. c5 {
Black sacrifices an exchange} Rxc5 $1 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qf4 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]
and obtains counter chances.}) 19... Qxf6 $2 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Bxe5
dxe5 23. Rxd7 $18) 18. Qg5 $1 {White forces an unlikely for Black weakening of
the position.} f6 19. Qg3 $1 Qe8 $2 {Black misses a simple tactical blow and
his position collapses.} (19... gxf5 {was necessary, but Black's position is
already unpleasant.} 20. exf5 $16) 20. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 (20... fxe5 {changes
nothing.} 21. fxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6 $1 Qxg6 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Nxg6 $18 {
and White is too pawns up.} Kxg6 $140 $2 25. Rxd6+ {[%csl Rd7,Rg6]}) 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Qxg6 $1 $18 {Galego has missed this move. Now he's hopeless.} Qxg6 23.
Nxe7+ Kf7 (23... Kh7 24. Nxg6 Rc7 {wouldn't change the outcome.}) 24. Nxg6 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Gg6e5]} Kxg6 25. Rxd7 {The opposite colour bishops only add to
the big material advantage.} Rd8 26. Rfd1 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Bf8 28. Bg4 Kg5 29. Bf5
{A clear win of Rahman.} 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {Saemisch system of the King's
Indian defense is on the board. In only a few moves we'll have a completely
different opening. This only proves a deep link which exists between various
openings.} O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. d5 {after the following moves}
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 {would transpose into Benoni!}) 8... Nxd4
9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 {And now suddenly the Maroczi system of the Sicilian has
been arised!} b6 {A very rare line. Very often in the Maroczy system black
uses the a5-square for the queen. Now she will have to forget about this
option. I also don't see a point in placing the bishop on b7 as it will be
restricted by the f3-e4-pawns.} (10... Be6 {is the main line. See for example
1-0 Ward-McShane,BCF-ch [McShane]}) 11. Be2 ({An original setup was chosen by
white in the following game.} 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc7 $6 13. O-O Rfd8 $6 14. b3
{1-0 Beyen,M-Seidel,S/Germany 1997/EXT 2003 (30)}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 (12...
Qd7 $6 {I believe Black needs the d7-square for the knight.} 13. Rac1 Rac8 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Be3 Ne8 16. Nb5 Ba8 17. b4 Qb7 18. a4 a6 19. Nd4 e5 $2 20. Nb3 f5
21. Bd3 (21. Qd5+ $1 Qxd5 22. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6]}) 21... f4 22. Bf2 $16 {
1-0 Brodsky,M-McLean,J/Isle of Man 1996/EXT 97 (36)}) 13. Rac1 Nd7 (13... Re8
$6 {The rook has nothing to do on e8. Black has more useful moves to do.} 14.
Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 16. cxd5 $2 (16. Bxg7 Ne3 $1 17. Qxe3 Kxg7 $14) 16...
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qxc1 18. Rxc1 Rxc1+ $15 {1/2-1/2 Hladik,J-Miedzinski,K/Brno
1986/EXT 2000 (33). (32)}) 14. Be3 {Usually exchange of dark-squared bishops
in these positions favours Black.} ({The only advantage of this exchange is
weakening of the black king. And so it can only be justified by direct attack.
} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 {However in this case the rook on c1 is not doing much.
It's better situated on e1.}) 14... a6 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rc2 {White prepares an
offensive on the queenside.} Ne5 17. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc3a4]} e6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. b4
Rfd8 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Nc3 Qb8 22. Bg5 $1 {After black played e6 and weakened
the d6-pawn an exchange of the dark-squared bishops is more justified than
earlier.} Bf6 (22... f6 $6 {only weakens the position.}) 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. a3 {
White is strengthening his position on the queenside.} Kg7 (24... d5 $2 25.
cxd5 exd5 26. Bxa6 dxe4 $140 27. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rf6]}) 25. Qe3 $1 {White
start to eye the b6-pawn.} Qb7 26. a4 ({White's not ready yet for immediate
break on the queenside by means of} 26. b5 axb5 (26... Be8 $6 27. bxa6 Qxa6 28.
c5 $1 Qxa3 29. cxb6) 27. cxb5 Be8 28. Na4 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Qa7 (29... Rb8 $5) 30.
Nxb6 Rb8 31. Nd5 $5 Qa4 32. Rc4 $5 Qxb5 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 $14) 26... e5 {Black's
looking for counterplay by means of Bd7-e6, but at the same time weakening the
d6-pawn.} (26... a5 $5 27. Rb1 Qc7) 27. Rd2 {White switches to the d6-pawn.}
Qc7 28. Rcd1 Rb8 {It's not easy to break Black's fortress which is in fact not
a new fact for Maroczy system.} 29. Bd3 {White preapres f4, but at the same
time allows to bring the light-squared bishop to e6 via d7.} Bd7 30. Rc2 {
White is ready to meet Be6 with Nd5.} Qb7 {Black needs to move the queen away
from the c-file to be able to play Be6 and then to meet Nd5 with Nxd5 or Nd7.}
(30... Be6 31. Nd5 Bxd5 (31... Nxd5 $2 32. cxd5) 32. cxd5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Gc2c6]}) 31. Be2 Be6 32. f4 $1 (32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Bd7 34. b5 axb5 35. Bxb5
Rdc8 $1 {and Black is still able to defend.}) 32... exf4 $6 {gives up an
important d4-square for the white rook.} ({It was better to start with} 32...
Rbc8 $5) 33. Qxf4 Rbc8 34. Rd4 $1 Qe7 35. h3 (35. Rcd2 {is not dangerous in
view of} Re8 $1 36. Qxd6 $140 $2 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxc4) 35... Rd7 36. Rcd2 $1 {
Now the d7-rook can't leave the d-file.} Ne8 (36... Rdc7 $2 {loses a pawn.} 37.
Rxd6 Bxc4 38. e5 Ne8 39. Rxb6 Bxe2 40. Nxe2 Rc4 41. Nd4 $16) 37. e5 {Probably
the game is deep in the time-trouble and so this is the most unpleasant moment
for black to face opening of the position.} dxe5 38. Qxe5+ Qf6 $8 (38... Kg8 $4
39. Rxd7) (38... Kf8 $4 39. Qh8#) 39. Qe3 $1 {White needs sthe queen to
exploit weaknesses on the queenside.} Rxd4 40. Rxd4 $14 h6 (40... Nc7 41. Rd6
Na8 {also doesn't look great.}) 41. Rf4 Qd8 (41... Qg5 42. h4 {anyway forces}
Qd8) 42. c5 $1 {Suddenly both the b6 and a6-pawns are starting to hang.} bxc5
43. Bxa6 Ra8 44. Qe5+ $1 Kg8 45. b5 $16 {White managed to create two connected
pass pawns. If he manages to bring the light-squared bishop into play the game
will be over. So} Qb6 (45... Qb8 $5 {was worth trying.}) 46. Ne4 $1 c4 47. Qc5
$1 (47. Nc5 $6 {would allow counterplay.} Rd8 $1 48. Nxe6 Rd1+ (48... Qxe6 49.
Qxe6 fxe6 50. Rxc4) 49. Kh2 fxe6 $132) 47... Qa5 (47... Qd8 $5) 48. Bb7 $1 {
Finally White brings the bishop into play.} Qe1+ (48... Rd8 49. Bc6 $1 Rd1+ 50.
Kh2 g5 51. Rf3 Qe1 52. Ng3 {[%cal Gf3f1] and the connected pawns on the
queenside decide the game.}) 49. Kh2 Rxa4 (49... Rd8 50. Bc6 {is similar to 48.
..Rd8.}) 50. Qe7 $1 $18 {White wins a piece while Black can't create any real
threats.} Ra1 51. Qxe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Ga3]} Qg1+ 53. Kg3 Qe3+ 54. Rf3
Qe1+ 55. Rf2 Bf5 (55... Qe3+ 56. Kh2) 56. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} 1-0

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Lopez Silva, Hugo Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 (9... Bd7 {is the most popular continuation.}) 10. Bxd4 Nd7 $6
{This rare line can hardly be recommended. Despite the pawn structure shows
that exchange of the dark-squared bishops is in Black's favour, there is a
more important aspect, the black king. After this exchange the king loses his
main defender and White launches a direct attack.} (10... Be6 {is the main
line. See Rahman,Z-Galego,L, Calvia ol(Men)2004/CBM104[Mikhalevski,V]}) ({while
} 10... Bd7 {may transpose to another main line after} 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3) 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Kg8 {Taking control over the dark-squares with 12...f6
should be preferred.} ({A classical game in this line was won by nobody else
but World Champion Tigran Petrosian.} 12... f6 13. Rad1 ({Coming with another
rook to d1 looks less logical since the rook can be useful on the kingside,
which however didn't prevent form Nichael to obtain a clear advantage.} 13.
Rfd1 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Be6 16. Qe3 Bf7 17. a3 Nd7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b6
20. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Adams,M-Young,A/Newark 1995/CBM 047 ext (38)}) 13... Qa5 14.
Nd5 Rf7 15. b4 Qd8 16. f4 a5 17. c5 e6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. cxb6 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rxa2
21. Bc4 Rc2 22. Qb3 (22. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 22... Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxb6+ 24.
Qd4 Qxd4+ (24... Qc5 $5 25. Kh1 Qxd4) 25. Rxd4 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 $16 {
1-0 Petrosian,T-Tatai,S/Venice 1967/EXT 99 (42). (41) and White succeeded to
convert his material advantage into a win.}) 13. Rad1 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gf2f4,Ge4e5]
The most logical continuation. White has been preparing attack in the centre
and on the kingside.} ({In the only preceding ngame White played} 13. Nd5 Nb6
14. Ne3 Qc7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 (16. c5 $5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nd7 18. Rac1 $16) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Be6 19. f4 f6 20. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pogorelov,
R-Rivera Kuzawka,D/Navalmoral 2000/EXT 2002 (36). (36)}) 13... Re8 14. Kh1 {
[%cal Gf2f4] The king leaves the a7-g1 diagonal to avoid exchange of queens,
which would be possible after immediate f4.} Qb6 15. Qd2 $1 {White need the
queen for attack.} Nf6 16. f4 {[%cal Ge4e5] Everything is ready for e5. So} Qc5
17. b3 $1 {A strong waiting move. White not only strengthen shis pawn
structure on the queenside, but also keeps in mind the following idea.} ({
Immediate} 17. b4 {would have been less convincing.} Qxb4 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nb5 $5
Qc5 20. exd6 exd6 21. Nxd6 Re7 $11) 17... Bd7 18. b4 $1 {Now this idea is much
stronger than a move before since the d7-bishop is hanging in some lines.} Qxb4
19. e5 {The point of the previous move.} Ng4 ({Certainly not} 19... dxe5 $2 20.
fxe5 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6]}) 20. h3 $6 {I believe this move is an inaccuracy.
White would have to commit for further weakening of his position in case of
correct defense.} ({Immediate} 20. Nd5 $1 {was worth a try.} Qc5 $1 (20... Qxd2
$2 21. Rxd2 Rac8 $140 22. exd6 exd6 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Nf6+ $18 {[%csl Re8,Rg4,
Rg8]}) 21. exd6 $1 (21. Bf3 $5 dxe5 22. Qe2) 21... Nf2+ (21... Qxd6 22. Nc7 $1
{This is the difference between immediate 20.Nd5 and 21. Nd5 in the game: the
knight on g4 is hanging.} Qxc7 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Ne3 25. Rf3 $14 {[%csl
Rb7,Re3]}) 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Nxe7+ $1 (23. dxe7 $2 Bc6 $1 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. Nc7
Qxe7 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 $15) (23. Rf1 Qh4 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 (24... Kg7 25. Qb2+ Qf6 26.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Bf3 Rab8 28. c5 $14) 25. dxe7 Qxe7 26. Bf3 $11) 23... Kg7 24.
Rf1 Qc5 25. f5 $1 {with a strong initiative.}) 20... Nh6 21. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 $2 {
Black underestimates the danger.} (21... Qc5 {was necessary.} 22. g4 $5 {
Probably White would need this drastic idea to fight for initiative.} (22. exd6
{is not sufficient in view of the simple} Qxd6 23. Bf3 Ba4 $1 24. Rde1 Nf5 $15)
22... dxe5 23. fxe5 Kg7) 22. Rxd2 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Re8,Rg8][%cal Gd5c7,Ge5d6,
Gd5f6] Now the threats Nc7 and exd6 are very unpleasant.} Rab8 $6 ({
Sacrificing an exchange by means of} 22... Nf5 $1 {would be a much better
practical chance.} 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Nc7 Ne3 25. Rf2 dxe5 26. Nxa8 (26. fxe5 $2
Red8 $1 {[%csl Rd2]}) 26... Rxa8 27. fxe5 $16) 23. exd6 {[%csl Rf6]} Nf5 ({
Now giving up an exchange is worse than ina previous case, but still possible.
} 23... exd6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bf3 Nf5 27. Rb1 $1) 24. dxe7 Kg7
25. Re1 $1 {A clever move.} Bc6 (25... Nxe7 $2 {loses to} 26. Nc7 $1 {[%csl
Rd7,Re8]} Red8 $140 $2 27. Red1 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 26. Bf3 (26. Bg4 Bxd5 27.
Bxf5 Bxc4 (27... Be6 28. Bxe6 Rxe7 29. Rd7 Rbe8 30. Rb1 $1 Rxe6 31. Rbxb7 Rf6
32. Rd4 $16)) 26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Rd7 Kf6 (29... Nc6 $5
$16) 30. c5 Ke6 $2 {Now the king finds itself in the mating net.} (30... Nc6 $5
$16) 31. Rd6+ $1 Kf5 32. g3 $18 h5 33. Rd7 Ke6 34. Rd6+ Kf5 35. Kg2 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gg2f2,Gf2e3] White threatens Kf2-e3 followed by g4.} Rc8 $2 {Loses on
the spot. However better defenses could only delay the inevitable.} 36. Be2 $1
{[%csl Rf5][%cal Re2d3]} Ke4 37. Kf2 $1 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Re2d3] In order to
prevent mate Black has to give up the knight and so he resigned.} (37. Kf2 $1
Nd5 38. Bf3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. Rab1 {
[%cal Gb2b3,Ga2a3,Gb3b4] White has been preparing b4 allowing a4.} (14. b3 {
would transpose into the main line. See the game Hotzke,F-Vuckovic,A,
Bundesliga04/05/ CBM105[Mikhalevski,V]}) 14... a4 {[%cal Gd8a5] Black's trying
to exploit White's moves order by forcing him to open the a-file.} (14... Nc5
15. b3 {again transposes into early b3.}) 15. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} axb3 16. axb3 {
[%cal Gb3b4]} Ra3 {[%csl Rc3] Now Black is preventing b4.} 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. Bd1
$1 {[%cal Gb3b4] White is winning the fight for advance of the b-pawn and so
Black is trying to compensate this failure by counterplay in the centre.} ({
Immediate} 18. b4 {is worse as it allows} Nb3 {Now after} 19. Qb2 {Black can
choose between keeping the tension with} Qa8 ({and simplifying the position by
means of} 19... Nxc1 20. Qxa3 Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 Qc7 {[%cal Gc6d7,Gd7e6]}) 20. Rd1
f5 {with an approximately equal position in both cases.}) 18... f5 {This
typical counterblow had only one predecessor in this concrete position.} ({
Earlier Black tested a few alternatives.} 18... b6 19. Kh1 ({There was also
nothing wrong with the immediate} 19. b4) 19... Qa8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22.
exd5 (22. cxd5 $5) 22... Ra2 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Qa2 $132 {0-1 Grabics,
M-Wirthensohn,H/Portoroz 1998/EXT 99 (60)}) (18... Qa8 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb3 Rc8
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf8 23. c5 $1 {The reason for 18...b6 in the game above.}
dxc5 24. bxc5 Nd7 25. c6 $1 $16 {1-0 Borges Mateos,J-Galego,L/Havana 2003/CBM
094 ext (34)}) (18... Re8 19. b4 Na4 $6 20. Bxa4 Bxa4 21. b5 {[%csl Ra4]} (21.
Bd4 $1 $14) 21... Bb3 (21... Qa5 $5 {[%csl Rc3]} 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 e5 $1
$132) 22. Bd4 (22. Nd5 $1) 22... e5 23. Nd5 exd4 24. Qb4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26.
Rxb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arbakov,V-Zavgorodniy,S/Alushta 2002/CBM 092 (43)}) 19. b4 {
Finally time to drive the knight out of c5 has come.} Ne6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rb3
$5 {Takes away pressure from the third rank.} ({Earlier White played only} 21.
Bb3 $5 {and was also better after} Kh8 22. Nd5 Qe8 23. Re1 Qf7 24. Bf2 Rg8 25.
b5 Bd7 26. Qc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Drozdov,I/Arandjelovac 1993/CBM 038 ext 
(53). (53)}) 21... Rxb3 $6 {This only helps White.} ({Black had to disturb
White's plan with} 21... Ra8 {and the rook on b3 takes bishop's square.}) 22.
Bxb3 $14 {[%csl Re6,Rg8][%cal Gc4c5] White obtained a positional advantage.
His pawn structure is better and he also creates a concrete threat along the
a2-g8 diagonal.} f4 $1 {Black secures the e5-square for the bishop in order to
close the e-file for white pieces.} 23. Bf2 Kh8 {The king has nothing to do on
the dangerous diagonal and so it comes to a safe place in the corner.} 24. Nd5
$2 {This natural move seems to be a serious inaccuracy. White had to keep the
a2-g8-diagonal open.} ({Also immediate} 24. Re1 $5 {deserved attention.} Be5)
24... Be5 $1 {Closing the e-file and opening the g-file for the rook.} 25. Re1
$1 Rg8 26. c5 {With the knight on c3 this advance would be more effective.} (
26. b5 Bd7 27. Bc2 Qf8 28. Kh1 Qg7 29. Bg1) 26... Ng5 $6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gg5f3] Black misses his chance to create counterplay.} ({After correct} 26...
Qf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8g7]} 27. Kh1 Qg7 28. Bg1 (28. Rg1 dxc5 {[%cal Gg8d8]}) 28...
Ng5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge7e6,Gg5f3]} 29. cxd6 $140 $2 (29. Qe2 $142)
29... Nxf3 $3 30. gxf3 Bc3 $1 {[%csl Rh1]}) 27. Kh1 e6 $2 {Miscalculation
prepared one move earlier. Now Black loses by force.} ({After} 27... Rg7 $142 {
White would have to find} 28. cxd6 exd6 29. Bd4 Nf7 30. Nxf4 Qg5 31. Ra1 $3 $16
{[%cal Ga1a8] keeping an extra pawn.}) 28. cxd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5] Black's
dark-squared bishop loses support and the position collapses.} Nxf3 {This
desperate piece sacrifice almost had worked.} (28... Bxd6 $2 {The bishop can't
leave the long diagonal in view of simple} 29. Bd4+ {[%csl Rh8]} e5 30. Rxe5 $1
Bxe5 31. Bxe5+ Rg7 32. Qc3 $18) (28... Bg7 $1 {was a tougher defense however
after correct} 29. Nxf4 Nxf3 30. Qe3 $1 {the rook on e1 is untouchable and
tactics works for White.} Nxe1 $2 (30... e5 $142 31. gxf3 exf4 32. Qd3 Re8 33.
Bc2 $1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 $18) 31. Ng6+ $1 {[%csl Rh8] Suddenly black king finds
itself in the mating net.} hxg6 32. Qh3+) 29. Qe2 $2 {White succumbs to
Black's idea.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 29. gxf3 Qg5 (29... Qxd6 30.
Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 31. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rh8]}) 30. Rg1 Qh5 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Qd3
$1 $18) 29... exd5 30. gxf3 Bf6 $6 (30... Bc3 $1 {hardly saves, but White
would have to show his best tactical skills.} 31. b5 $1 Re8 32. bxc6 $3 Rxe2
33. c7 $1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Qc8 35. Bxc3+ Kg8 36. Bxd5+ Kf8 37. Be5 $18 {and soon
Black find himself in zugzwang.}) 31. b5 Re8 32. Qd3 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Qe8 $2 {
After this move White wins easy.} ({Black would have more practical chances
with} 33... Bd7 34. Bxd5 {[%csl Gd6]} Qb6 35. Bc4 Qd4 {and White still has to
show some technique to win the game.} (35... Qe3 $5)) 34. Bc3 $18 d4 ({or} 
34... Bxc3 35. Qxc3+ Kg8 36. bxc6 $18) 35. bxc6 $1 dxc3 36. Bc2 {[%csl Rh7]}
Qe1+ 37. Kg2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc6c7]} 1-0

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. a3 $2 {White blunders a pawn in a well-known theoretical position.
It's clear that 17th move of Black was completely overlooked.} (16. Rfc1 {
is the main line. See Holzke,Vuckovic,A, Bundesliga04/05/CBM 105[Mikhalevski,V]
}) 16... Nxb3 $17 17. Qd3 {Now Black keeps an extra pawn thanks to the
following exchange combination.} Qxe3+ $1 ({Probably White checked only} 17...
Nc5 $2 18. Rxb6 Nxd3 19. Nd5 $1 (19. Bxd3 $2 Bxc3) 19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd3] with better play for White.}) 18. Qxe3 Bd4 {[%csl Re3,Rg1]} 19.
Qxd4 ({The following game shows that Marzolo is not the first to miss 17...
Qxe3!} 19. Kf2 {leads to a slightly better version of the text.} Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3
Nc5 21. f4 ({White could try to disturb Black with} 21. Nd5 {but the latter
seems to be able to consolidate his position with} Rae8 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Nd5
Rfe8 24. Nb6 Rcd8 $17) 21... Kg7 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Rfd1 f5 $1 24. exf5 Bxf3 25.
Kxf3 Rxf5 $17 {0-1 Vadasz,L-Fogarasi,T/Budapest 1993/CBM 037 ext (38). (38)
and soon Black converted his extra pawn into a win.}) 19... Nxd4 20. Kf2 {
Now a technical part of the game begins. Istratescu wins without giving any
chances.} Ne6 {c5 is a nice outpost for the black knight.} ({Black could also
start with} 20... f5) 21. Ke3 ({White could make Black's task more difficult
with} 21. Nd5 Rae8 22. Rfd1 $17) 21... f5 $1 22. exf5 Rxf5 (22... gxf5 $6 23.
f4 Nc5 24. Bf3 {allows some counterplay along the d and e-files.}) 23. f4 $2 {
White gives up another pawn without any reason. It's clear that White was
killed already by the first blow.} (23. Bd3 Rh5 $1 24. h3 Rf8 $1 $17 {[%cal
Ge6f4,Gh5e5]}) 23... Bxg2 24. Bg4 $6 ({With} 24. Rf2 Bc6 25. Bg4 Rf6 26. Nd5
Bxd5 27. cxd5 Nc5 28. h4 $19 {White could put more resistance though his
position anyway lost.}) 24... Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4] The simplest.} ({
Probably White was hoping for} 25... Rf6 26. Nd5 {with some chances for
counterplay.}) 26. Nd5 Kf7 27. Bxf5 gxf5 $19 {White is two pawns down without
any compensation. A sad picture after the opening. The rest is easy.} 28. Rb1
Rxc4 29. Rxb7 Re4+ 30. Kf3 Nd4+ 31. Kf2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Litomerice 1st"]
[Site "Litomerice"]
[Date "1986.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Marszalek, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1986.08.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 e6 11. c5 (11. Rc1 d5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d5 13. cxd5
exd5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 $2 (15... Re8 16. Bf3 f6 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxd5+ Bxd5
18. Nxd5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7 Rc8 $5 21. Nxe8 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1
Ng4 $13) 17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 $13) 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bf3 $16) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bf3 $16) 11... Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 Nh5 13. cxb6 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qxb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. a3 (17. a4
$1) 17... f5 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rf4 21. Nc3 Raf8 22. Rf1 Rc8
23. Rad1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nf6 25. Rd4 Kf7 26. e5 Nd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Ke6
29. Rd6+ Kxe5 30. Rxd7 h5 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32. Rd2 Rc6 33. Kd3 Rc1 34. Rc2 Rd1+ 35.
Kc4 Rd5 36. a4 Kd6 37. b4 Kc6 38. Rf2 Rg5 39. h3 h4 40. Re2 Rg3 41. Re6+ Kb7 {
Abgabezug  2:31-2:45} (41... Kb7 42. Re7+ Kc6 (42... Kc8 43. Kb5 $18) 43. b5+
Kd6 44. Rb7 Rxg2 45. Rxb6+ Kc7 (45... Ke5 46. a5 $18) 46. Rc6+ Kd7 47. a5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bokros, Albert"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Be2 (12. b3 a6 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14.
Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 (15... Nxe4+ $2 16. Bxe4 Bxd4 17. Bxb7 $16) 16. Be3 Rcb8
17. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 El Taher,F-Bouaziz,S/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 
(17)}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 $5 {Bevor man diesen interessanten Zug
spielt, sollte man sich allerdings mit den folgenden Verwicklungen vertraut
machen, sonst könnte man leicht Schiffbruch erleiden.} (14. Be3 Bd7 (14... Rab8
15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7 18. Rxc8+ (18. f4 $5) 18... Rxc8 19.
Rc1 Rxc1 20. Kxc1 Kf8 21. Kc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,S-Tupy,M/Olomouc CZE 2001/
The Week in Chess 354 (57)}) 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 b5
$11) 17... Bb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bokros,A-Cao,S/Budapest HUN 2001/The Week in Chess
371 (31)}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxe4+ (15... Bh6+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Nd7
18. f4 f5 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nc3 Kf7 $14 {0-1 Duijker,R-Peng
Zhaoqin/Dieren NED 2001/The Week in Chess 350 (54). (54)}) 16. Ke3 $1 Bh6+ 17.
f4 (17. Kxe4 $4 {läuft in ein Mattnetz:} Bf5+ 18. Kd5 e6+ 19. Kxd6 Rc6+ 20. Ke5
(20. Kd7 e5+ 21. Ke7 Bg5#) (20. Ke7 e5 21. Bxe5 Bf8#) 20... f6+ 21. Kxf6 e5+
22. Kxe5 (22. Ke7 Bg5#) 22... Re8+ 23. Kd5 Rd8+ 24. Ke5 Re6#) 17... Bf5 18. g4
(18. Nb6 $2 e5 $19) 18... e5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rcg1+ $1 $11 {/+/=} Kf8 21. Bb2
(21. Nb6 $6 Bxf4+ 22. Kd3 exd4 23. Rg2 (23. Kxd4 $2 Nf2 24. Bf3 $2 Re8 25. Nxa8
$2 Re3 $19) 23... Be3 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Rf1 Nc5+ 26. Kc2 f4 $15 {/-/+}) (21.
Bb6 $5) 21... Bxf4+ 22. Kf3 Rc6 23. Rd1 $6 b5 $1 {Schwarz versucht, Linien für
seine Türme zu öffnen.} 24. Nc3 (24. cxb5 $2 axb5 25. Bxb5 Rc2 26. Be2 Rxa4 27.
bxa4 Rxb2 $19) 24... Nd2+ (24... bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nd2+ {wird vermutlich mit} 26.
Rxd2 Bxd2 27. Nd5 {beantwortet.}) 25. Rxd2 $5 {eine interessante Entscheidung.}
({Weiß steht auch nach} 25. Kf2 bxc4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 {schlechter und nach dem
Partiezug ist seine Stellung zunächst einfacher zu spielen und seine
Konterchancen sind größer.}) 25... Bxd2 26. Nd5 $1 e4+ $2 {öffnet die
Diagonale des Läufers b2 und gibt das Feld f4 preis. Es ist allerdings schwer,
den schwarzen Materialvorteil zur Geltung zu bringen, weil der weiße Springer
d5 stark platziert und fest verankert ist.} (26... Bh6 $142 $15) 27. Kg3 Rc5 (
27... bxc4 28. Bxc4 (28. bxc4 $2 Rb8 29. Bf6 Bh6 $132) 28... Rb8 29. Bd4 Rbc8
30. Rf1 $14) 28. Rf1 $14 {/+/-} f4+ (28... Rxd5 29. cxd5 Rc8 30. Bd1 $14 {/+/-}
) 29. Nxf4 Rg5+ 30. Kh3 Re8 ({Auch} 30... Bxf4 31. Rxf4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 {erweist
sich angesichts von} d5 $6 33. Bf6 {als etwas besser für Weiß.}) 31. Nd5 bxc4
32. bxc4 $2 (32. Nf6 $1 {mit Angriff auf beide Türme war besser, z.B.} Rg6 33.
Nxe8 c3 34. Bxc3 Bxc3 35. Nc7 Rh6+ 36. Kg2 Rg6+ 37. Kf2 Bd4+ 38. Ke1 Bc3+ 39.
Kd1 Rg2 40. Bc4 $16) 32... Re6 33. Bf6 Rg6 34. Bh4 Bg5 $2 {Danach steht der
weiße König sicher, und seine Figuren zeigen, warum sie den Türmen überlegen
sind.} (34... Rh6 $1 {war angesagt, wonach die Stellung sehr schwer zu
beurteilen ist. Eine mögliche Variante lautet:} 35. Kg3 Reg6+ 36. Bg4 e3 37.
Nf4 Rg8 38. Kh3 Rg5 39. Ne6+ Kg8 40. Nxg5 e2 41. Bxe2 Bxg5 $15) 35. Bg3 $16 e3
36. Rb1 Re4 37. Rb6 f5 38. Bxd6+ Ke8 (38... Kf7 $5 39. Rb7+ (39. Bh5 $4 Rh4+
$19) 39... Ke6 40. Bb8 Rg8 41. Bg3 f4 42. Be1 $16) 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40. Bg3 Rh6+ $2
{treibt den König in Sicherheit und näher an die schwarzen Freibauern heran.} (
{Nach} 40... f4 {ist die Lage noch unübersichtlich, auch wenn Weiß bei genauem
Hinsehen im Vorteil ist, z.B.} 41. Be1 (41. Bd3 $2 Rd4 42. Bxg6 hxg6 43. Be1 f3
44. Bg3 f2 $14) 41... f3 42. Bxf3 Rh6+ 43. Kg2 Rxc4 44. Nb6+ Rxb6 45. Rxb6 Rc2+
46. Kg3 Rxa2 47. Rb7+ $16) 41. Kg2 f4 42. Be1 Ree6 $2 {läuft direkt in die
Fesselung (vermutlich eine Folge der Zeitnot)} ({Weiß steht allerdings ohnehin
auf Gewinn, z.B.} 42... Rd4 43. Bg4+ Kc6 44. Rc8+ Kb7 45. Bc3 e2 46. Rg8 $18)
43. Bg4 Kd6 44. Rb6+ Ke5 45. Rxe6+ Rxe6 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Nc7 Bf6
49. Nxa6 Bb2 50. Nc5 Bc1 51. Nd3 Bd2 52. Bxd2 exd2 53. Ke2 Ke4 54. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 {[#]die Meinungen über die schwarze Stellung waren in
der post-mortem Analyse zwar geteilt - vor allem Boris Alterman war der
Meinung, daß Weiß besser steht -, so waren sich doch alle in einem einig: die
Sache ist extrem trickreich und Weiß hat viele Möglichkeiten fehlzugreifen.}
17. a3 $2 (17. Qc2 $2 {spielte Thies Heinemann letzte Saison gegen Troyke und
hatte Glück, daß dieser nicht} Bh6 $3 $17 {antwortete.}) (17. Rc2 {wäre ein
Versuch, Vorteil herauszuholen.}) 17... Nxb3 $3 18. Bxb6 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
a4 $19 {(Bosch)}) 18... Nxd2 19. Rb2 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd7 21. Bd5 (21. Nd1 Bxb2
22. Nxb2 Rc6 23. Be3 b5 $17) 21... Bxc3 22. Rbb1 (22. Rbc2 Bb2 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8
24. Rc7 e6 $19) 22... Be5 23. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rb8 25. Rc7 {[#]} Bc6 $1 $146
{[%mdl 8] erst dies ist die Abweichung von der Theorie:} (25... Be6 $2 26. Ba7
Re8 27. Be3 a4 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Rxe7 Rb1+ 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Kg1 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 {
1/2-1/2 A.Maximenko-S.Marinkovic, Vrnjacka Banja 1991.}) 26. Bxc6 Rxb6 27. g3
Bd4+ 28. Kg2 Rb2+ 29. Kh1 Rc2 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Bd7 Bc5 32. Ra8 Rc3 $1 {dadurch
wird die Asymmetrie der Bauernstruktur weiter erhöht und Sune setzt sein
Angriffspotential im folgenden in Szene:} 33. Rxa5 Rxf3 34. a4 Re3 35. Bc6 g5
36. g4 h5 37. gxh5 Kh6 38. Rb5 Re1+ 39. Kg2 g4 40. Kg3 Kxh5 41. Rb2 Re3+ 42.
Kg2 Kh4 43. Kf1 Ra3 44. Rc2 Kh3 45. e5 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Kxh2 47. Kd3+ Kg3 48. Kc4
f5 49. Kd5 f4 50. Ke6 Re1 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bokros, Albert"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Nd7 {Schwarz plant, zwei Leichtfigurenpaare zu tauschen,
um sich zu entlasten und um schwarzfeldrig an Einfluss zu gewinnen. Er hofft,
dass sich der Läufer e2 als schlecht erweisen wird, was aber keinesweges
zwingend gesagt ist.} ({Das Experiment} 10... e6 11. Nc2 d5 $6 {hat sich in
folgender Partie nicht bewährt:} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Rd1 Nf5 15. Bf2
Re8 16. O-O Bh6 17. Qd3 Nh5 18. g3 Bd7 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Bf3 h5 22.
Rfe1 Qa5 23. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Manolov,I-Jarzynski,A/Copenhagen 1990/EXT 90 (47). 
(46)}) (10... Bd7 11. Rc1 (11. O-O $5) 11... Rc8 12. O-O Ne5 13. b3 Re8 14.
Rfd1 Qa5 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2 Brauner,R-Schassan,H/Dresden 2001/CBM 84 ext (37)})
11. Nd5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nc3 $6 (15. f4 Nd7 16.
b4 $14) 15... Qa5 $5 (15... Rc8 $6 16. f4 Nc6 (16... Nxc4 $2 17. f5 $18 {
ist ein typisches Motiv in dieser Variante.}) 17. Qf2 Qa5 (17... Na5 18. b3 b5
19. f5 Bd7 20. Nd5 $36) 18. f5 Bd7 19. f6 $36) 16. f4 Nc6 (16... Ng4 $2 17. f5
gxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxg4 e5 20. Rxf5 $18) 17. Qf2 Qc5 $1 $11 18. f5 ({
Weiß ist auch nach} 18. Qxc5 dxc5 {schwarzfeldrig anfällig, denn} 19. f5 Bd7
20. Na4 $2 {läuft in} Nd4 21. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 22. Kf2 Bc6 23. Kxe2 b6 $15) 18...
Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Nd5 f6 22. b4 {Wenn Weiß am Damenflügel
nicht aktiv wird, werden sich der schwache Bauer e4 und das schwache Feld e5
langfristig gegen ihn wenden.} Kf7 23. b5 Ne5 24. bxa6 {vereinfacht die Lage.}
(24. a4 Rc8 25. Nb6 Rc5 26. Rd5 {kam auch in Betracht.}) 24... bxa6 25. c5 $1 (
{Nach} 25. Rc1 $2 Rc8 {bleibt Weiß auf seinen schwachen Bauern sitzen - und
das gegen die Riesenkrake auf e5. Denn} 26. c5 {funktioniert nicht mehr:} a5
27. Nb6 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Bc4+ Kg7 31. Be6 Ne5 32. Rb2 Rd8
$17) 25... dxc5 26. Bxa6 Bc6 27. Rfd2 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Ra8 30. Bf1
Ke8 (30... Rxa2 $4 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Bc4+ $18) (30... Ra5 $5 31. Rd2 e6 32.
fxg6+ hxg6 {hält mehr Gewinnpotenzial auf dem Brett. Allerdings ist auch das
Verlustrisiko höher.}) 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rh8 Kg7 34. Re8 Kf7 (
34... Ra4 35. Rxe7+ Kh6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Re6 Kg5 38. g3 Rxe4 39. Rd6 $11 {/=/+
}) 35. Rh8 Kg7 36. Re8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[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 "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd3 {Diesen Zug spielte als erster 1956
Smyslov.} Bc6 (11... a5 {ist sicher besser, um Raum am Damenflügel zu gewinnen.
}) 12. b4 (12. Rfe1 Nd7 (12... a5 $142) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 b6 15. Rac1 Re8
16. Bf1 Nf8 17. a3 Qd7 18. Red1 Red8 19. Qe3 e5 20. c5 $36 {Smyslov-Pirc,
YUG-URS Belgrade 1956}) 12... b6 13. a3 e6 ({Das Erscheinen eines leicht
schwachen Punktes auf d6 kam mir als nette Überraschung. Mögliche Alternativen
sind} 13... a5 {und}) (13... Nd7) 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a4 $5 Rfd8 16. a5 bxa5 17.
Rxa5 $6 ({Nach Ausführung dieses Zuges merkte ich, dass ich einen Bauern
eingestellt hatte! Zum Glück ist es für Weiß nicht schlimm.} 17. b5 Bb7 18.
Rxa5 {war sowieso genauer}) 17... a6 ({Nach} 17... Qb7 {[%cal Gc6e4,Gb7b4]
rettet sich Weiß mittels} 18. b5 ({oder} 18. Bf3 Qxb4 19. Ra6 e5 (19... Qb7 20.
Rxc6 Qxc6 21. e5) 20. Rb1 Qb7 21. Rxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxa7 exd4 23. Rxb7 dxc3 24.
Qxc3 $14) 18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 (19... Qxe4 20. Rxa7) 20. Bf3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
d5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rd1 $14) 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Ra2
({Gut möglich waren} 19. Qe3 {und}) (19. Na4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. c5 Nd7 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Ne5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. f4) 19... Rac8 20. Bb6 (20. Be2 $142)
20... Re8 21. c5 ({Die Öffnung des Zentrums scheitert. Die letzten weißen Züge
waren daher von zweifelhaftem Wert. Auch} 21. e5 {bringt übrigens nicht:} dxe5
(21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3 dxe5 23. c5) 22. c5 e4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gd5b4,Gd5b6]}) 21... dxc5 (21... Nd7 $2 22. cxd6 Qf6 (22... Rxc3 23. dxe7 Rxd3
24. Rxd3 Nxb6 25. Rd8 Bc6 26. Rxa6) 23. Na4 $16) 22. bxc5 (22. Bxc5 Qc7 $11)
22... Bc6 $1 (22... Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rb1 {ist zumindest leicht besser
für Weiß.}) 23. e5 ({Ich verzichtete auf} 23. Rxa6 {wegen} Nd7 24. Ra7 Nxc5 $1
25. Qe3 Qf6 {, aber Weiß steht immer noch minimal besser nach} 26. Nb1 Na4 27.
e5 Qf5 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxa4 Qc2 30. Rad4 Rxb6 31. Na3 $14 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gc4d6]
Bei guter schwarzen Verteidigung sollte dies natürlich nicht ausreichen.})
23... Nd7 24. Bxc6 Nxe5 25. Qxa6 (25. Qe2 $5 Nxc6 26. Ne4 $36) 25... Nxc6 26.
Qc4 Ne5 27. Qe2 (27. Qb5 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Qg5+) 27... Nd7 $2 ({Ein grober Fehler,
der zu klar nachteiliger Stellung führt. Nach} 27... Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Ne4
{liegen die weißen Gewinnchancen praktisch bei null.}) 28. Ra7 Bxc3 29. Rdxd7
Qf6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. h4 (32. g4 $5) 32... Bf6 (32... Bd4 $142
33. Qc4) 33. Qe4 Kg8 34. c6 Kf7 35. Be3 (35. h5) 35... Re7 36. Bb6 $138 Kg7 37.
Kh2 ({Weiß möchte seinen g-Bauern nach g5 stoßen, daher bringt er seinen König
nach h3. Aber Schwarz kann diesen Plan leicht verhindern. Daher war} 37. g3 {
gefolgt vom Königsmarsch zum Damenflügel besser.}) 37... Kf7 38. Kh3 h5 39. f3
({Da g4 kaum zu realisieren ist, war wieder} 39. g3 {vorzuziehen. Auf f2 wäre
der Bauer vom Läufer gedeckt.}) 39... Ree8 40. g3 Re7 41. Kg2 Kg7 ({Sofortige
Maßnahmen wie} 41... Ra8 {oder}) (41... Rb8 {, um Gegenspiel gegen den König
zu schaffen, waren denkbar.}) 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. Ke2 Ree8 44. Kd3 Rb8 (44... Ra8
45. Qc4) 45. Qe3 (45. Qf4 $1) 45... Rec8 46. Qc5 (46. c7 $2 Rxc7 $11) 46... Bd8
(46... Be7 {scheitert an} 47. Qd4 $1 Rd8 $140 48. Bxd8 Rxd8 49. c7) (46... Be5
47. g4 $1) 47. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 48. Ke4 Ra8 ({Schwarz kann seine Türme rechtzeitig
nicht koordinieren, sonst würde er die Stellung vermutlich halten können.} 
48... Rbc8 49. Qa7+) ({oder} 48... Rdc8 49. Qa7+ Kf6 50. Qd4+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ {
und c7}) 49. c7 Re8 50. Qc6 $6 (50. Qd6 $142 Ra4+ 51. Ke3 Raa8 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53.
g4 $18) 50... Ke7 51. Kf4 {Mit nur noch wenigen Minuten auf der Uhr (+ 30 Sek
pro Zug) fand ich nichts Besseres als der Königsmarsch zu den Bauern.} Rf8+ 52.
Kg5 Ra5+ 53. Kh6 {Ich hatte gut eingeschätzt, dass mein König nichts riskiert,
auch wenn das ziemlich knapp ist!} Rh8+ 54. Kxg6 Rg8+ 55. Kh7 Raa8 56. Qc3 Rac8
57. Qe5 Rgf8 58. g4 Rf7+ 59. Kh6 Rf6+ 60. Kh7 Rf7+ 61. Kg6 Rg8+ 62. Kh6 Rf6+
63. Kh7 Rgf8 64. Qc5+ Kd7 65. g5 {Immer verfügt Weiß über eine Ausrede.} R6f7+
66. Kg6 Rxf3 67. Kxh5 R3f4 68. Qc3 R4f5 69. Kh6 Rc8 70. g6 Rxc7 71. Qg7+ Kc6
72. Qxc7+ $1 {Am einfachsten} Kxc7 73. g7 Rf6+ 74. Kh7 Rf5 75. g8=Q $6 ({
Es war unnötig, in ein Endspiel Q gegen R zu gehen. Leicht gewann} 75. Kg6 Rf1
76. h5 e5 (76... Kd7 77. g8=Q Rg1+ 78. Kf7 Rf1+ 79. Kg7 Rg1+ 80. Kh8 Rxg8+ 81.
Kxg8 e5 82. h6) 77. h6 e4 78. h7) 75... Rh5+ 76. Kg6 Rxh4 77. Qxe6 {Hier
können Tablebase eingeschaltet werden.} Ra4 78. Kf6 Ra5 79. Ke7 Ra7 80. Qe3
Kc8+ 81. Kd6 Rd7+ 82. Ke6 Rc7 83. Qa3 Kb7 84. Qa5 Rc6+ 85. Kd7 Rb6 86. Qd5+ Kb8
87. Qe5+ Kb7 88. Qa5 Rh6 89. Qd5+ Ka6 90. Qd3+ Kb7 91. Qe4+ Ka6 92. Kc7 Ka5 93.
Qe5+ Ka6 94. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 ({Another common
continuation is} 12... Nd7) 13. Rac1 {This move is probably not the most
flexible. More popular is 13.b3, for instanse:} (13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,
A-Berndt,S/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (38)}) 13... Nd7 ({Also playable is} 
13... a4) 14. Nd5 $6 {After this move black gets good game. White should
better avoid the exchange of dark-squared bishops, see 14.Be3.} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. f4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rfc8 $11 {1-0
Campora,D-Larsen,B/Buenos Aires 1993/CBM 35 (57)}) (14. Be3 {This is the main
line.} Nc5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. b3 (16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Qe1 Qf8 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. cxd5 Na4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxa5 Nxb2 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S-Nielsen,P/Gausdal 1995/EXT 97 (50)}) 16... Rfc8 17. Nb5 {
and white keeps some pressure. See the encounter Petrosian,A-Bischoff,K/
Schwerin 1999/CBM 73 [Alterman,B]}) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 e5 $1 16. Qe3 Nc5 17.
Rfd1 Bxd5 18. cxd5 (18. Rxd5 Ne6 19. Rcd1 Nf4 20. Rxe5 (20. Rxd6 $2 Qg5 $19 {
[%csl Re3,Rg2][%cal Gg5g2,Gf4h3]}) 20... dxe5 21. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $44) 18... Qb6
$146 (18... Qd7 19. Rc2 b5 20. Rdc1 Rab8 21. Bf1 b4 $132 {0-1 Prasad,
D-Velimirovic,D/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (59)}) 19. Rc2 f5 20. exf5 $1 {Otherwise
fxe4 and Rf4 may be unpleasant somewhere, or the squeezing f5-f4.} Rxf5 21. g3
Raf8 22. Kg2 {Black's position is certainly more pleasant, but it's very hard
to improve it.} Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. Rdd2 Qd8 25. Rc4 b5 $6 ({More accurate would
have been} 25... b6 $15) 26. Rxc5 $1 {Correct decision. After this exchange
sacrifice white's defensive task will become easier.} dxc5 27. Bxb5 (27. Qxc5
$6 g5 $36) 27... Qd6 28. Be2 R5f7 ({Stronger is} 28... a4 $1 {not allowing
white to build a fortress on the queenside so easily.}) 29. a4 Rf5 30. Qe4 h5
31. Qe3 R5f7 32. Qe4 Qf6 33. Qe3 {Black is not able to make real progress,
because of his pawn weaknesses.} Rb8 34. Bb5 Qd6 35. Qe4 Rf5 36. Be2 Rf6 37.
Qe3 Rf5 38. b3 Rbf8 39. Qe4 R5f7 {Both sides are "dragging their fit" for a
while.} 40. Qe3 Rf5 41. Rd1 R5f7 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Bc4 Qf6 44. Rf2 e4 $5 {
Black is trying to make progress at any price, but achieves nothing. Still
this pawn is not really a factor and the position remains about equal.} 45.
Qxe4 (45. fxe4 $2 Qxf2+ 46. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Kf6 $17 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf6e5]
}) 45... Re7 46. Qd3 Re1 47. Qd2 $1 Qa1 48. Qb2+ {After the exchange of queens
black will be on the defensive.} Qxb2 49. Rxb2 Kf6 50. Kf2 Re7 51. Rd2 Rd6 52.
Rd1 Re5 53. Rg1 Rd8 54. Rd1 Rd6 55. Rg1 Kg7 56. Rd1 Kf8 {Black wants to arrive
with the king to d6, an then try to double the rooks on the "e" file.} 57. Rg1
Rf6 58. f4 {This move is unnecessary, but can not really be called a
concession.} Re7 $6 (58... Ke7 $142) 59. Kf3 $6 (59. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gg1c1,Gc1c5]} Rc7 60. Re1 $14) 59... Rd6 60. Rd1 Ke8 61. Rg1 Kd8 62. Rd1 Kc7
63. Rg1 Rf6 64. g4 $6 {White is trying to play for a win, but this move does
not give any progress for white, only makes his pawns more vulnerable. Waiting
strategy should have been preferred. Still the position remains equal.} hxg4+
65. Rxg4 Kd6 66. Rg5 Ref7 67. Rg4 Rf8 68. Ke4 Re8+ 69. Kf3 Rh8 70. Kg3 Rh6 71.
Kf3 Rf7 72. Kg2 Re7 73. Kf3 Re1 74. Rg5 Re7 75. Kg4 $2 {An instructive mistake.
Almost any other move could keep the position.} (75. Rg4 $11) 75... Re3 $1 {
Zugzwang!} 76. h5 gxh5+ 77. Rxh5 ({More stubborn was} 77. Kh4 Rf6 78. Kxh5)
77... Rxh5 78. Kxh5 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","e3g3",
"",5]} Rg3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh5][%mdl 4096]} 79. Kh4 Rg1 {[%cal Gd6e7,Ge7f6,Gf6f5]
The black king is going to collect white's pawns one after another. White is
completely helpless.} 80. Kh3 Ke7 81. Bd3 Kf6 82. Bc4 Kf5 83. d6 {Desperation..
.} Rd1 84. Kg3 Rxd6 85. Kf3 Rd4 86. Ke3 Rxf4 87. Kd3 Rf3+ 88. Ke2 Rh3 89. Kd2
Ke5 90. Kc2 Kd4 91. Be6 Rh2+ 92. Kb1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 {From the Classical King's Indian the position transformed to a Maroczy
setup.} 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 ({A little bit
less accurate is} 13. Rac1 {- 0-1 Kretchetov,A-Becerra Rivero,J/Los Angeles
2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E] (92)}) 13... Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8
17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 h5 (18... b6 {- see the commented game Hansen,C-Petursson,
M/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79 [Tsesarsky]}) 19. a3 (19. Nd5 e6 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. a3 a4
22. b4 Nb3 23. Qf2 Kh7 24. Rd1 Rd8 (24... Bh6 25. Rc3 e5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5
Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Qf6 29. f4 $16 {1-0 Golod,V-Dishman,S/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (44)}
) 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Be3 Rcd8 28. Bb6 Rc8 29. Be3 Rcd8 {1/2-1/2
Fiorito,F-Felgaer,R/Mar del Plata 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) (19. Nd1 Qe8 20. Qe2 Ne6
21. Rd2 Rcb8 22. a4 Qf8 23. Nf2 Bh6 24. g3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qg7 26. f4 b6 27. h4
Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Larsen,B/Corte Ingles 1998/EXT 2002 (67)}) 19... Kh7
20. Ne2 $14 {Bareev is not in a hurry to advance b3-b4.} (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Ne6 (21... Na4 22. Nd5 e6 23. Nf4 Be8 24. Rd1 b5 25. Rdc1 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nb6 27.
Bxe6 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 fxe6 29. Nxe6 Qb8 30. Nc7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Flumbort,A-Lorscheid,
G/Budapest 2002/CBM 88 ext (40)}) 22. Nd5 Ra3 23. Kh1 Rca8 24. f4 Qh8 25. Bd3
Bd4 26. Nxe7 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe3 28. Bxb7 Raa3 29. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Giaccio,
A-Felgaer,R/Mar del Plata 2001/CBM 81 ext (37)}) 20... Qh8 21. Nf4 b6 $6 {
Black's pawn on b6 will be a target for white's pieces.} ({Probably stronger is
} 21... a4 22. b4 Nb3) 22. Kh1 Kg8 {It is quite disappointing to see black's
play in this opening variation. On the other hand it's very hard to suggest
any reasonable alternative to black's waiting strategy.} 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4
Nd7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 {The "c" file is opened in white's favour.} Rxc2 27.
Qxc2 Bd4 28. Qc6 $1 Ra7 29. Qc8+ Nf8 30. Bg5 h4 (30... Bf6 31. Qb8 {and white
is capturing Pb6.}) 31. Qb8 Qh5 32. Qxa7 Qxg5 33. Qa3 {White is a clear
exchange up, but it's not so easy to convert it into a full point. Black is
hoping to build counterplay on the dark squares.} Nh7 34. Rd1 Be5 35. Qc1 Bf4
36. Qc7 Be3 37. Rd3 Nf6 38. Qc8+ $1 ({It was not too late to spoil everything:
} 38. Qxe7 $4 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","","f6g4","",10]}
Ng4 $1 39. Qe8+ $2 (39. Qxg5 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 39... Kg7 40. fxg4 Qf4 41.
Rd1 Qf2 42. Be2 Qxe2 43. Qa4 h3 $19) 38... Kg7 39. Qc3 Bf4 40. Qd4 Be5 41. Qe3
Bf4 42. Qxb6 {White is intending to push forward his "b" pawn, while black is
not able to create serious threats on the kingside, though white has to be
careful.} Nh5 43. b5 Be5 (43... Ng3+ 44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Be2 Qh6+ 46. Kg1 Qh2+
47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Qg1 $18) 44. Qe3 Bf4 45. Qf2 Be5 46. f4 $1 {Opening the third
rank for the rook.} Bxf4 47. b6 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 ({But not} 48. hxg3 $4 hxg3 $19 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 48... Nxe4 49. Qd4+ Nf6 50. b7 Be5 51. Qa4 Ng4 52. b8=Q {Black
did not lost a queen, but white has gained one!} Bxh2+ 53. Kh1 Be5 54. Qba7 Ne3
55. Qxe3 {[%mdl 32]} 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. Rc1 ({More popular is} 9. O-O) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12.
f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. O-O $6 {This is not a suitable moment to castle, since
it allows black to carry out the desirable b7-b5 advance.} ({The main line is} 
14. Be3 {[%cal Gc3d5] However, this leads to a well known position with
white's turn to move, but in this case it's black's turn and he can equalize
relatively easily. For instanse:} b5 (14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd5 17.
cxd5 Bb2 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Malakhatko,V/Donetsk 1998/CBM 68 (45)}) 15.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ke2 a5 20. Rc2 h5
21. Bc1 Rc7 22. Bb2 a4 $15 {0-1 Dolmatov,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/Buenos Aires
1991/CBM 24 (43)}) 17... Bd7 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Kxc1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2
Ernst,T-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 1994}) ({Interesting is:} 14. Na4 $5 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Nxe4+ 16. Ke3 {- see the annotated game Bokros,A-Rajlich,V/Budapest 2002/
CBM 89 [Mueller,Karsten]}) (14. a4 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc5
18. Rc3 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Tiviakov,S/Mamaia 1991/CBM
25 ext (42)}) 14... b5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 {It's clear that black got a good
position out of the opening. White should fight for the equality.} 16. Rfd1 (
16. Bxb5 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxb5 18. Rfc1 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Baginskaite,C-Xu Yuhua/
Moscow 2001/CBM 85 ext (38)}) (16. Rc2 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 b4 $17 {
0-1 Hvenekilde,J-Mortensen,E/Copenhagen 1994/EXT 99 (33)}) (16. Qd3 Rab8 17. f4
b4 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Skorchenko,D-Masalov,A/Serpukhov 1999/
EXT 2000 (37)}) 16... b4 17. Na4 Rcb8 $146 (17... Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ f6
20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qa7+ 23. Kf1 Nb6 $15 {0-1 Naylor,
J-Palliser,R/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (49)}) 18. Bf1 (18. e5 dxe5 19. Rc5 Qd8 20.
Bxe5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bh6 $1 22. f4 Ne4 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 $15) 18... Nd7 $1 (18... Bd7
19. e5 $1 Ne8 (19... dxe5 $6 20. Rc5) 20. exd6 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Bxa4 22. d7 Bxd7
23. Qxd7 $11) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe1 $2 {Just blundering a pawn.} ({Logical
would have been} 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rd2 {and white's position is only slightly
inferior.}) 20... Nb6 $1 21. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 22. Kh1 Rxa2 {Black won a pawn with
the better position.} 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qa5 25. h3 Rb5 $5 {A creative
manoeuvre.} ({More natural seems to be} 25... Qg5 26. Qg1 Kg8) 26. Qe3 Rg5 27.
Rg1 $6 {Too passive.} (27. Rd2 $142) 27... f6 28. Qc1 $6 {The last mistake,
which puts an end to white's suffering.} {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for
black.","","","g5g2","Simplifying to a won endgame.",10]} Rgxg2 $1 {
Simplifying to a won endgame.} 29. Rxg2 Ra1 30. Qxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kh2 Qa3 $1 {
Winning another pawn...} 32. Rc7 Kf7 33. Rd2 Qxb3 34. Rxd6 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 {This way the
position transposes from the King's Indian to Maroczy setup.} 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Kh1 $5 {This is a rare line. White is
preparing aggressive operations on the kingside.} ({The main and the most
solid line goes with} 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 {etc.}) 11... Bc6 12. Qd3 {White is
defending the Pe4 with his queen in order to play f2-f4 on the next move.} ({
Here} 12. f3 {is not the way to justify white's previous move.}) 12... a5 13.
f4 (13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bd1 e5 18. Bc2 Ne6
19. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Nijboer,F/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68 (19)}) 13... Nd7 (13...
a4 {- see the commented game Stefansson,H-Nielsen,P/Munkebo 1998/CBM 67 
[Tsesarsky]}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 (15. Rad1 a4 (15... Qb6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17.
Bg4 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qc5 19. Nd5 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 e6 21. Qe3 exd5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23.
cxd5 Rad8 $17 {0-1 Dueball,J-Andersson,U/Ribe 1973/EXT 2001 (29)}) 16. Bf3 f6
17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Qe3 e5 19. f5 g5 20. Rd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rogers,J-Pert,R/Telford
2003 (61)}) (15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rd2 Qc5 17. Re1 Qf2 18. Rf1 Qc5 19. Rc2 Rac8 20.
Rfc1 Qf2 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Qf1 Qe3 23. Bg4 Rce8 24. Rd1 e5 $15 {0-1
Chiburdanidze,M-Andres Mendez,M/Havana 1985/EXT 99 (57)}) 15... Nf6 16. Bh3
$146 (16. Bf3 e5 17. g3 Qe7 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. f5 g5 20. Rad1 h6 21. Rd2 $14 {
1-0 Jakobsen,O-Hoi,C/Norresundby 1984/EXT 2000 (77)}) 16... e5 $2 {After this
unfortunate strike black's position starts to fall apart.} ({Possible was} 
16... Qb6 17. e5 Ne8) 17. Rad1 Re8 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.
","","","c4c5","This strong move was probably overlooked or underestimated by
Pavlovic.",10]} 18. c5 $1 {This strong move was probably overlooked or
underestimated by Pavlovic.} Nh5 (18... dxc5 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. Qc4 $18) 19.
fxe5 dxe5 (19... dxc5 $2 20. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rf7,Rh5][%cal Gg2g4]}) 20. Qc4
Qe7 21. g3 $6 ({Stronger was the immediate} 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. d6 $16
) 21... f5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {Very risky decision.} ({Much safer} 22... Qf7) 23.
exd5 Rac8 24. d6 Qd7 25. g4 $5 (25. Bg2 $16) 25... b5 $1 (25... Nf4 26. Rxf4 $1
exf4 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Bg2 $40 {[%cal Gg2d5]}) 26. Qc3 b4 27. Qc4 (27. Qf3 $5
Nf4 28. gxf5 Nxh3 29. Qxh3 Qc6+ 30. Rf3 $16) 27... Nf6 (27... Nf4 28. Rxf4 $1
exf4 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Bg2 $40) 28. gxf5 Qc6+ 29. Bg2 Qxc5 30. Qa6 $1 (30. Qh4
$6 Rf8 $13) 30... Rf8 $2 {This is a losing move.} ({Necessary was} 30... Rcd8 {
not allowing white to advance his "d" pawn so easily.}) 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. d7
Rcd8 33. Qe6 {[%cal Gd1d6]} ({Even stronger was} 33. Rd6 Nh7 34. Rxg6+ Kh8 35.
Qe6 $18) 33... Nh5 34. Be4 $4 {This move spoiles all white's advantage.} ({
Simple and strong was} 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 (34... Rxf8 35. Qe8 $18) 35. Qxe5+ $18)
34... Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Nf4 36. Rxf4 (36. Qe8 Qd4 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 (38...
Nh5 $2 39. Rg1 $1 $18) 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) 36... Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxf4
38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg7 {White has no more, than perpetual check.} 40. Qg6+
(40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qh7+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ Kh4 (42... Kh5 $4 43. Bf3+ Kh4 44. Qh7+ Kg5
45. Qe7+ Qf6 46. h4+ Kf5 47. Be4+ $18) 43. Qh7+ Kg5 $11) 40... Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kg7
42. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Apsap op 103rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Debray, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {(1h40)} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 (4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3) 4... cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 (6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6) 6... Nh6 $5 {Une ligne secondaire de la
variante Marocsy} (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O (7... Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 {
[%cal Gg7c3]} 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. O-O g5 {[%csl Gf4]} 14.
Rfd1 d6 15. Bb1 $14) 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 (12.
Bd3 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e3,Ge3h3]}) 12... a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 {
La grande ligne}) 7. Nc3 (7. Be2 d6) 7... O-O 8. Be2 {(1h22)} f5 {Une des
ruptures possibles des noirs pour combattre l'étau de Maroczy mais c'est assez
risqué} (8... d6 {plus courant}) 9. exf5 $1 {(1h13)} Bxd4 10. Bxh6 (10. Bxd4 {
Furman,S-Spassky,B URS-ch24 Moscow 1957 (18) 0-1}) 10... Rxf5 $11 11. O-O {
(1h10)} Qb6 {la feuille de partie du français mentionne = J'ignore s'il s'agit
d'une proposition de nulle ou d'une simple annotation post mortem car celle du
GMI ne mentionne rien.} 12. Nd5 (12. Qd2 {plus simple} d6 13. Bd3 $14) 12...
Bxf2+ {(1h33) le français était probablement encore dans sa préparation car il
jouait vite l'ouverture.} 13. Kh1 Qxb2 $5 $146 {L'amélioration préparée par
DEBRAY et toutes les parties connues avaient continué avec Qd4 qui donne une
position égale.} (13... Qd4 {Grushevsky,A-Veresov,G URS-chT Moscow 1959 1-0})
14. Bf3 $1 $44 {joué après 10 minutes de réflexion du GMI pour évaluer la
nouveauté.} (14. Bg4 $5) 14... Rb8 $2 (14... e6 $142 15. Rb1 Qd4 16. Nc7 Rb8
17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Rxf2 $1 Qxf2 19. Qd8+ Rf8 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Ne8 Ra8 $1 22.
Nf6+ Kf7 {[%cal Gb1f1] la me,ace Rf1 force la répétition de coup Kg8f7g8} 23.
Ne8 Kg8) (14... Bc5 15. g4 Rf7 16. Nxe7+ $1) 15. Rb1 $1 $14 {Le manque de
coordination des pièces noires donne l'inititiative au GMI} Qd4 (15... Qxa2 $2
16. Nxe7+ $1 Nxe7 17. Qd6 {[%cal Gd6e7,Gd6b8]}) 16. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Rf2]} Bh4
17. g3 {(38mns)} (17. g4 $5) 17... Bf6 $2 {[%csl Rf5] Ferme l'accès aux cases
de repli pour la Rf5} (17... d6) 18. g4 $1 $18 {(33mns)} (18. Nxf6+) (18. Be3)
18... Re5 19. Nxf6+ exf6 $4 20. Bd5+ {[%cal Gf1f6,Gf6f8]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nxd4 (8... d6 {La grande ligne dans cette variante Maroczy} 9. O-O Bd7 (
9... Nxd4 {L'alternative avant de jouer Bd7c6 pour éviter les ligne secondaire
Nb3 ou Nc2 laissant le Bd7 sur une case assez passive}) 10. Qd2 (10. Nb3 $5 {
[%csl Rd7]}) (10. Nc2 $5 {[%csl Rd7]}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 (12. Bd3)
12... a5 {[%cal Rf6d7,Rd7c5]} 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 (15... f5 $5
16. exf5 gxf5 {Primel,D (2149)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2358) Paris-ch op 2002 (2)
0-1})) 9. Bxd4 d6 10. O-O Be6 {Une case naturelle pour le développement du B
mais il est exposé а la poussée thématique f4f5} (10... Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 {
Retombe sur la grande ligne} 12. f3 (12. Bd3 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e3,Ge3h3]}) 12...
a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6) 11. b3 (11. f4 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gf4f5]} Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f5 $1) (11. Qd2 $1 Qa5 12. Rad1 {
[%cal Gd1d2,Gf2f4]} Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 $36 {[%cal Gd2a5,
Gd5f6]}) 11... Qa5 (11... Nd7 12. f4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. f5
$14) 12. f4 $1 {[%csl Re6] Comme les noirs ne font pas pression sur le Pe4 par
Bc6d7, les blancs ne sont pas obligés de jouer f2f3 comme dans la ligne
principale avec l'inconvénient d'avoir un mauvais Be2.} Rfc8 (12... Rac8 {
Plus courant} 13. Rc1 (13. f5 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 {[%csl Re7,Rf6]} Qc5+
16. Kh1 Kg7 17. Rc1 Bc6 18. b4 $14)) 13. Kh1 $5 (13. f5 {[%csl Re6]} Bd7 14.
fxg6 hxg6 15. Nd5 (15. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3e4]}) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 {[%csl Re7]}
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Rad1 a5 19. Rf2 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 a4 21. b4 b5 22. cxb5 Rab8
23. Re4 Rc1+ 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 e5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Ke1 d5 28. Rg4 {
Skembris,S (2431)-Argiroudis,S (2193)/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 089 ext/1/2-1/2 (37)}
) 13... Rab8 (13... a6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16) (13... Qd8 14. f5
Bd7 15. Qd2 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gd7b5]}) 14. f5 $1 {Les noirs ne peuvent pas
facilement profiter de l'affaiblissement de la case "e5" et les pièces lourdes
ont déserté l'aile-roi.} Bd7 (14... gxf5 $2 15. exf5 Bxf5 $4 16. b4) 15. fxg6 (
15. a3 $5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb3b4]} a6 16. b4 Qd8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. e5 dxe5 19.
Bxe5 Ra8 20. c5 $16) 15... hxg6 16. Nd5 $1 {Contrairement а la ligne
principale, les blancs ne craignent pas l'échange des B de cases noires car le
Be2 n'est pas trop mauvais et l'élève de Dorfman a du apprendre les parties du
patriarche Botvinnik dans ce genre de millieu de partie} Nxd5 17. exd5 {
[%csl Re7] les pièces noires manquent d'espace pour défendre la faiblesse "e7"}
Be5 (17... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Qf4 $1 {On voit l'intérêt d'avoir joué le
coup prophylactique Kh1 qui évite l'échange des Q qui soulagerait les noirs.})
18. Qd3 (18. Bxe5) 18... b5 {[%csl Ra5] Le contre-jeu noir est trop tardif et
la Qa5 n'apporte aucune défense.} (18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 b5 20. Rae1 {[%csl Re7]}
Qxa2 $6 {[%csl Ra2]} (20... bxc4 21. Bxc4 Re8 22. Qf4 {[%csl Rf7]}) 21. Bd3 $44
{[%csl Re7,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gf1f4,Gf4h4,Gh4h8]}) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Be8 21. Qg3
(21. Qe3) 21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 f6 {[%cal Gc4g8] risqué} (22... Bb5 {Perd un P
mais semble plus résistant} 23. Qxe5 Qc7) 23. d6+ {[%csl Rg6,Rg8][%cal Gc4g8]}
Kg7 24. Qh3 {[%cal Gd6d7]} f5 (24... Rxc4 $5 25. bxc4 exd6 $13) (24... exd6 $2
25. Qe6 {[%csl Rf6]}) 25. Qh4 Rb7 (25... Qd8 $1 {La Qa5 est hors-jeu et il
vaut mieux la ramener en défense} 26. dxe7 Qd6 27. Rad1 Qf6 {[%csl Ge5]} 28.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rd6+ Kxe7 30. Re6+ $1 Kf8 31. Rxe5 Rd8 {Malgré le P de moins,
la position noire reste tenable}) 26. Rad1 $40 {Les pièce blanches sont trés
actives alors que celles des noirs sont trés mal placées} Rd8 27. Rd5 Qb4 $2 (
27... Qb6 $8 28. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]} e6 (28... Rxd6 29. Rh3) 29. Rfd1 {La
position noire est très difficile а sauver}) 28. Rd3 $18 Bf7 29. a3 Qxa3 30.
Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Rg3 Ke6 33. Qxg6+ Kd7 34. Qxf5+ Kxd6 35. Rd1+ Kc7
36. Qxe5+ Kc8 37. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 18th"]
[Site "Sautron "]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:17:26"]
[BlackClock "0:01:33"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} g6 {[%emt 0:
02:53]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (4... Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 (10... Be6) (10... Qa5) 11. f3 a4 12. O-O (12. Kf2 $5 {
Une idée récente de CARUANA gardant l'option d'attaquer à l'aile-roi} Qa5
13. Rac1 (13. Rab1) 13... Be6 {[%cal Ge6c4,Ga8c8,Gf8c8]} (13... Bd7 $143 {
Le coup naturel mais qui donne des bons résultats pour les Blancs} 14. Nd5 $1
{[%cal Gd2a5,Gd5e7]} Nxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 Bxb2 17. Rc7 Bc8 18. Rxe7 Ra8
19. Rb1 a3 20. Rc7 $16 {Firat,B (2468)-Iliaguev,N (2366) EU-ch 20th Skopje
2019 (7) 1-0}) (13... Rd8 14. Rhd1 (14. h4 $5 Be6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Bc3 a3 $132)) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 e6 (16...
Nd7 17. Rc7 $36 {Caruana,F (2827)-Antipov,M (2580) Gibraltar Masters 15th 2017
(5) 1-0}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6g4]} 18. Ke1 Nd7 19. Rc2 b5 {McShane,L
(2640)-Jones,G (2654) GBR-ch KO London 2017 (1.2) 1-0} (19... Ne5 20. Kd2 d5))
12... Qa5 $132) 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (5. Nc3) 5... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6.
Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (8... d6 {La grande ligne
du dragon accéléré} 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 (10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 {
La dernière mode}) 10... Rc8 11. f3 Qa5 (11... Na5 12. b3 Ng4 13. Bd2 Qb6+ 14.
Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Nd5 $1 $40 {Madl,I (2356)-Rigo,J (2264) Zalakaros
op 34th 2015 (3) 1-0}) (11... Ne5 12. Na3 (12. b3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 f5 {
Tabatt,H (2318)-Moeldner,J (2202) Oberliga Sued W 1718 2017 (1.7) 1-0})) (11...
a6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Na3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5) 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rac1 a6 14.
a3 Ne5 15. c5 {[%cal Gd2d7]} (15. b4) 15... Be6 (15... dxc5 16. f4 Nc6 17. e5
$44) 16. cxd6 {Lupulescu,C (2361)-Jakab,A (2328) HUN-ROM m U20 1999 (2) 1-0})
9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:19]} (9. f4 $5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. b3 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13.
Nde2 $14 {Badea,B (2545)-Aleksic,N (2445) Porto San Giorgio op 10th 1998 (5) 1/
2}) 9... Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:18][%cal
Gd7d5] L'idée de la variante b6} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:05]}
(11... Qe7 12. Ndb5 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 12. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Ne8 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 16. exf6 {
[%emt 0:05:18] Les alternatives Rad1 ou Bd4 donne des meilleures chances de
laisser un avantage d'ouverture} (16. Rad1 $142 $1 Nc7 (16... fxe5 17. Nxd5 Nf6
18. Nb4 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bb7 20. fxe5 Ne4 21. Bf4 $14 {Ragger,M (2615)-Greenfeld,
A (2557) New Delhi Parsvnath op 9th 2011 (10) 1-0}) 17. exf6 (17. Bd4 fxe5 18.
Bxe5) 17... Qxf6 18. Bd4 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ne6 21. Rd2 Nxf4 22. Bf3
Rad8 23. g3 Ne6 24. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kg7 26. Ke2 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Kf6 28. Rxd8
Nxd8 29. Kd3 Ke5 30. Kc4 a6 31. a4 Nb7 32. b4 Nd6+ 33. Kd3 b5 34. a5 g5 35. Ne2
Nf5 36. Nc1 Ne7 37. Nb3 Nd5 38. Nc5 Nxb4+ 39. Kc3 Nd5+ 40. Kd3 Nc7 41. g4 h6
42. Nd7+ Kf4 43. Nf6 Ne6 44. h3 Kg3 45. Ke4 Kxh3 {Lagno,K (2542)-Guseinov,G 
(2631) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 0-1}) (16. Bd4) 16... Nxf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 17. f5
{[%emt 0:01:32]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:13:56]} 18. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:24]} 19. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 22.
Qb4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:08][%csl Ra8,Rg8] Le P passé est bloqué et le Blancs
gardent un petit avantage d'ouverture} Kh8 {[%emt 0:21:48]} 23. Rd1 $6 {
[%emt 0:03:53]} (23. Rf7 $142 $1 $36 Bd5 24. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ $40) 23...
Qf8 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 24. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 25. Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Be8 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:08:
45]} 27. Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bd5
{[%emt 0:02:40]} (28... Bg6) 29. Bg4 {[%emt 0:10:44]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 30.
Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 31. g3 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:
07:49]} 32. Bf5 $16 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 33. Be6 {[%emt 0:04:
32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 34. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} (34. Kf1) 34... Bc5 {
[%emt 0:01:56]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} (35. Bxc5+ bxc5 36. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2e3]}
(36. Rc7) 36... Ke8 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Ke3 $36) 35... a5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (35...
Bxe3+ 36. Kxe3) 36. Bxc5+ {[%emt 0:07:51]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Rc7 $2 {
[%emt 0:00:18] Joué à tempo et laissant un peu de contre-jeu aux Noirs} (37.
a4 $142 $5 {[%csl Ra5,Gc4,Rc5] Bloquant les deux faiblesses et les Blancs ont
des bonnes chances de gain}) 37... a4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 38. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:55]
} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Ke2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd3 $132 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bc2 {[%emt 0:18:37]} Rf3 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} 42. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 43. Rc6 {[%emt 0:
08:04]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 44. a4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ra3 $11 {[%emt 0:01:22]
[%csl Ga3]} 45. Rc5 {[%emt 0:12:37]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 46. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:
08]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 48.
Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 49. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 50. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 51. h3 {[%emt 0:
03:30]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 53.
hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 54. g5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rb4 {
[%emt 0:01:13]} 55. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 56. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:54]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 57. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 58.
Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 59. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rb4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 61. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 62. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 63. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 64. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 65. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 66. Rd6 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 67. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:
00:19]} 68. Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Ost 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Forchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hungen Lich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 {Umgeht eine fiese Falle, die bereits eine Menge
prominenter Opfer forderte:} (10. Rc1 $2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 $1 $17) 10... Qb8
11. Nxc6 {Legt sich vielleicht zu früh fest.} ({Populärer und wohl auch
vielversprechender ist} 11. Qd2) 11... dxc6 $1 $146 12. c5 Rd8 $6 {Danach geht
das weiße Konzept auf.} (12... b5 $1 {führte zum völligen Ausgleich.}) 13. Qb3
Nd7 (13... b5 14. a4 a6 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. f4 $1 $14 {Eine
wichtige Veränderung der Struktur. Weiß droht, mit e4-e5 den schwarzen
Fianchettoläufer aus dem Spiel auszuschließen.} Ba6 ({Die Engine plädiert für} 
15... Bxc3 $5 {aber nach} 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. c4 $1 c5 18. f5 {wird der schwarze
Königsflügel doch empfindlich schwach}) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. e5 Nf8 18. a4 $1 {
legt die Schwäche b6 fest} Ne6 19. Qc4 ({Etwas logischer sah} 19. Rfd1 {aus})
19... Qb7 20. Rad1 Raa8 21. Qb3 $6 {Inkosequent.} (21. Qe4 $1 $14) 21... b5 (
21... c5 $5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 $14) 22. axb5 (22. Qb4 $1) (22. g3 $5) 22...
cxb5 {Die letzten 3 Züge sind mir etwas mißlungen, von dem bequemen Vorteil
ist nicht mehr viel übrig.} 23. Nd5 (23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Rdb8 25. Nd4 Rxb2
26. Nxe6 fxe6 {wird man kaum gewinnen können}) 23... Ra4 24. Nc3 Rxd1 {
Möglicherweise hat mein Gegner bereits auf Gewinn gespielt, dazu gab es aber
keinerlei Grund, Weiß hat zwar seinen Vorteil verspeilt, kann baer auch auf
keinen Fall schlechter stehen.} (24... Raa8) 25. Qxd1 Rc4 (25... Ra8 $1 $11)
26. Qd3 Qc6 27. f5 gxf5 $2 (27... Nc7 28. e6 {sieht schrecklich aus für
Schwarz, aber gerade hier wäre alles in Ordnung gewesen:} Bf6 $1 {mit 
(erstaunlich, aber wahr!) Ausgleich} (28... f6 29. Ne2 gxf5 30. b3 Rc2 31. Rxf5
Nxe6 32. Rxb5 $14)) 28. Qxf5 Nd8 29. Rd1 Qc8 $2 {Verlustzug, wobei} (29... Ne6
30. Nd5 Qe8 $16 {zugegebernermaßen auch sehr wenig attraktiv für Schwarz
aussieht}) 30. Nd5 $1 $18 Qxf5 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 32. Nxf5 Nc6 33. Rd5 Bxe5 34. Rxb5
f6 35. Rc5 {Eigentlich logisch, die Türme zu tauschen, aber jetzt kommt der
schwarze König sehr schnell in die Mitte.} (35. b3 $5) 35... Rxc5 36. Bxc5+ Kf7
37. b4 Ke6 38. Ne3 Nd4 (38... f5 39. Nc2 $1 (39. h3 $2 Nxb4 40. Bxb4 Bd4 41.
Kf2 f4 $11) 39... Kd5 40. h3 $16) 39. Kf2 Nb5 40. h3 f5 41. Ke2 Bg3 42. Nc2 Kd5
43. Kd3 f4 $6 44. Nd4 Na3 45. Ne2 Bh2 46. Bf2 Kc6 47. Ke4 Kb5 48. Nxf4 Kxb4 49.
g3 Kb5 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Nh5 Kd5 52. Nf6+ Ke6 53. Nxh7 Kf5 54. Kg2 Bxg3 55. Kxg3
Nc4 56. Bd4 Nd6 57. Nf6 Kg6 58. Kg4 Nf5 59. Bb2 Nh6+ 60. Kf4 Nf5 61. Nd5 Nd6
62. Kg4 Ne4 63. Bd4 Kh6 64. h4 Nd6 65. Ne3 Kh7 66. h5 Kh6 67. Be5 Nf7 68. Nf5+
Kh7 69. Bf6 Kg8 70. Kf4 Kh7 71. Be7 Kg8 72. Nd6 Nh6 73. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Barbot, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 "0:11:50"]
[BlackClock "0:46:55"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:01:
26]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:10:02]} (10. Nc2 {[%csl Rd7] L'alternative
pour empêcher d'activer le Bd7}) 10... Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 11. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} 13. Rab1 {[%emt 0:14:39]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a4 $5
{[%emt 0:00:34] La préparation du clichois} (14... Nc5 15. Rfc1 Be5 16. b3 e6
17. Bf1 Qe7 18. Rc2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne2 Raf8 21. f4 Ne4 22. Qd3 Bg7 23.
Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 e5 25. Re2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qf7 27. Ree1 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29.
Rbd1 Be5 30. Rxe5 Qf2+ 31. Kh2 dxe5 32. Qg3 Rf4 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. a3 Rb2 35.
Rd3 Kg7 36. Re3 Kf6 37. Be2 e4 38. Kg1 Ke5 39. Kf2 Bd7 40. Ke1 {0-1 (40)
Kveinys,A (2527)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2653) Riga 2014}) 15. b4 {[%emt 0:07:43]
} (15. Rfc1 Nc5 16. Bd1 Re8 17. b4 $14) 15... axb3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 16. axb3 {
[%emt 0:02:56]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:07][%cal Gc1c3,Gb3b4]
} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 18. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:53][%cal Gd1b3,Gb3b4]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:
07:48]} 19. b4 $14 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:13:26]} 20. Kh1 {[%emt 0:21:
41]} (20. Bb3 Rc8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 {[%csl Re7]} Nf8 23. c5 $16 {Borges
Mateos,J (2453)-Galego,L (2506) Capablanca Memorial Premier II 38th 2003 (11)
1-0}) 20... Nc7 $146 {[%emt 0:11:58] Un coup bizarre} (20... Re8 21. Nd5 Ra2
22. Qe1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. b5 Qa3 25. Rc4 Qd3 26. Rbc1 Nxb5 27. Bg1 Bh6 28.
Ba4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxc1 30. Qxc1 Nc3 31. Rd4 Ne2 32. Rxd3 Nxc1 33. Rd2 Rc8 34.
Rb2 Rc7 35. Bb6 Rc3 36. Rb1 Nd3 37. Be3 Nc5 38. Bf2 Nb3 39. Kg1 b5 40. Kf1 Rc1+
41. Rxc1 Nxc1 42. Be3 Nb3 43. Ke2 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Kd3 Nc5+ 46. Kc3 Kf7 47.
Bd4 b4+ 48. Kc4 b3 49. g3 f4 50. gxf4 {Hermansson,E (2340)-Wall,T (2370)
Oxford 1998 1/2-1/2 (64)}) 21. Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:16]} (21. Bb6 Rc8) 21... Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:05:15]} 22. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 23. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:04:14]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 24. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:02:
53]} 25. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 (9. b3 Rd8 10. Bb2 d5 {Keitlinghaus,L-Mainka,R Prague
Bohemians-A 1990 CBM/17}) 9... d6 10. e4 Qd8 11. Be3 Be6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Qd2 a5
$1 14. Rac1 a4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rfc8 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. g3 f5 24. Ke3 Kf6 25. Kd4
Nd7 26. f4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 fxe4 28. Kxe4 Nc5+ 29. Kd4 Rc8 30. Rc3 h5 31. Rc4 Ra8
32. Rb4 Kf5 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Bd1 $14 Ra5 35. Bc2 Ra8 36. h3 Ra5 37. Kf3 Ra8 38.
Rb5 Ra7 39. Ke3 Ra8 40. Kd4 Ra7 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Ra8 43. b4 axb3 44. axb3
Rb8 45. g5+ Kf7 46. Bd1 Na6 47. Rb6 Nc5 48. Be2 Nd7 49. Rb4 Nc5 50. Rb5 Na6 51.
Ra5 Nc5 52. Ra3 Kg7 53. Bb5 Rf8 $1 54. Ke3 Rh8 55. Be2 Rh3+ 56. Bf3 Nd3 57. Ra1
Nb4 58. Ra5 Nc2+ 59. Ke4 Ne1 60. Bd1 Rd3 61. Ra2 $2 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {A rather strange choice for a
must-win game; Jussupow willingly allows the dreaded 'Maroczy Bind' (5.c4)
which has traditionally proven very hard to shake.} 5. c4 {(!)} Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 $5 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 $1 ({White should steer clear of} 10.
Qd2 $6 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 $1 12. Bxe5 Nxe4 {with good play for Black.}) 10... Nh5
11. Ndb5 $1 {A powerful idea.} ({Timman is willing to put his knight offside
on a3 in order to weaken Black's queenside and avoid ideas such as} 11. f4 $2
Nxf4 $1) (11. Qd2 Nf4 $1 {Now Timman is ready to play 12.f4 without allowing
any tricks.}) 11... a6 12. Na3 Rb8 ({Unfortunately,} 12... f5 {fails dismally
to} 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Nf6 15. Qb3) (12... e5 $5 {may be the best try.}) 13.
f4 $1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qe1 d6 $6 (16... f5 $5 {Jussupow}) 17.
Bf3 Na5 $6 (17... Nc5 $132 {Jussupow}) 18. f5 $1 gxf5 19. Bh6 Kh8 {Other moves
allow 20.Bxe4 and 21.Qg3+, mating. However surrendering the rooks signals the
end of Yusupov's world title hopes for the next three years as the rest is
easy for Timman.} 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Rb1 Ne4 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Qxb6
Qxc3 25. Bxe4 Qxa3 26. Rxf5 Nxc4 27. Qd4+ f6 28. Rxf6 $5 {Hardly necessary,
but Timman was obviously enjoying himself.} e5 ({The flashy text move is
justified by the variation} 28... exf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Bd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxb8+ {
and mates.}) 29. Qa7 (29. Qxc4 {was not bad either.}) 29... Rd8 30. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 8196]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14.
Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 {All that is well known in theory!} 17. Rc2
Qd8 18. a3 {White has a solid space advantage and intends to increase it by
the advance b3-b4.} h5 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gd8f8] Even this prophylactic move is
typical for that kind of positions. Black intends to swap the dark-square
bishops by Kg8-h7,Qd8-f8 and Bg7-h6.} ({The alternatives are:} 18... Be5 19.
Bf1 b6 20. Bf2 Ra7 21. Qe3 Rb7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 24. Ra2 Bd4 25. Qd2
Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 $14 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Rausis,I/Evry FRA 2004/The Week in
Chess 482 (64)}) ({and} 18... Qf8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. Nd5 Ra3 22. Kh1
Rca8 23. f4 Ra1 24. Rbc1 $14 {1-0 Pogorelov,R-Damljanovic,B/Mondariz 1997/EXT
99 (61)}) 19. b4 {White has no other plan of improvement,so that move looks
very logical.} ({White has also tried} 19. Bf1 $5 {but i am not sure about
that prophylactic.}) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 {That looks a bit passively, but
Black wants to use the a-file for getting counterplay.} ({Black doesn't solve
all his problems after} 20... Na4 21. Nd5 e6 22. Nf4 Qf6 23. Rb3 $14 {1-0
Lukinov,P-Shurygin,S/Koszalin 2001/EXT 2002 (47)}) 21. Rd1 $146 (21. Nd5 Ra3
22. Kh1 Rca8 23. f4 Nf8 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. h3 e6 26. b5 Bxd5 27. exd5 e5 28. c5
exf4 29. Bf2 dxc5 30. d6 b6 31. Bxa8 Qxa8 32. Re1 Ne5 33. Kg1 Qd8 34. Qd5 Nd3
35. Re7 Qf8 36. d7 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Nxf2 38. Rxf2 Qxe7 39. d8=Q+ Qxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kh7
41. Qxb6 {1-0 Bezemer,A-Wiersma,E/Amsterdam 2002/CBM 89 ext (41)}) 21... Ra3 {
[%csl Ga3,Rc3,Re3][%cal Ya3e3,Ya3c3] Putting some pressure on White's minor
pieces.} 22. c5 Qf8 {Missing a great possiblity!} ({It seems like Black could
immediately solve his problems by an elegant sacrifice:} 22... dxc5 $142 $1 23.
Qc1 cxb4 $1 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb6 (25. Nd5 $2 Ra1 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Nxc6 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 bxc6 $17) (25. Nd1 $2 Ra1 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qc2 c5 $17) 25... Bxc3 $1
(25... Bd4+ 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Nb1 Ba4 28. Nxa3 Bxc2 29. Bc4 bxa3 30. Qxa3 $14)
26. Bxd8 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Nxd8 $44 {In my opinion, Black has full compensation for
the queen.}) 23. Bc4 $1 {That strong move allows White to maintain some
advantage.} ({At the same time,after the natural} 23. cxd6 exd6 {White
couldn't exploit the weakness of the Pd6. For instance,} 24. Rdc1 (24. Nd5 Bxd5
25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. exd5 Nc7 $11 {[%cal Gc8e8]}) (24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26.
Bxb5 Qc3 $11) 24... Ba4 $1 25. Nxa4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxe3 $1 $11) 23... dxc5 24.
Bxe6 fxe6 25. bxc5 $6 {A strange decision- now White has no targets for attack.
} ({Much better was:} 25. Bxc5 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Be8 (25... Be5 $6 26. b5 Rxc3 27.
Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Bxb5 29. Qb4 $36) (25... Rb3 26. Ne2 Ba4) 26. Rdc1 Qf6 27.
Ne2 $14) 25... Rca8 $132 {Black's activity compensates some drawbacks of his
position.} 26. Rcc1 (26. Bd4 Bf6 $1 (26... Bh6 27. Qe2 $11) 27. e5 $140 $6 Bg7
$15 {[%csl Re5]}) 26... Rb3 {[%cal Ga8a3] Black is fighting for the
initiative! He intends to double the rooks along the 3th rank.} (26... Be5 27.
Bd4 Rd8 (27... Bf4 28. Be3 $11) 28. Qf2 $11 (28. Qb2 Rxd4 29. Qxa3 Qf4)) 27.
Bg5 Raa3 28. Nb1 Ra1 29. Qc2 $2 {That inaccurate move leads to a loss of
material.} ({White could still keep the ballance by} 29. Qe1 $142 $11) 29...
Ba4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rd1]} 30. Qc4 ({Even worse was:} 30. Qd2 Rb2 $19) 30...
Rbxb1 $1 {Exploiting the weakness of the 1st rank!} 31. Rxb1 Bxd1 32. Qxe6+ $2
{The decisive mistake.} ({More resistant would be:} 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Qxe6+ Qf7
34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qd8 $17 {with some practical chances for survival, although
Black's position is winning from a technical point of view.}) 32... Qf7 33.
Qc8+ ({Of course, the endgame after} 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 $19 {is
completely hopeless for White, since he has only one pawn for the piece!})
33... Kh7 34. Rxa1 Bd4+ $1 {Valery has probably overlooked this check. Black
is already not satisfied with taking the whole rook- he prefers mate!} 35. Kh1
(35. Kf1 Qc4+ 36. Ke1 Qe2#) 35... Qxf3 $1 {The most effect and effective way!}
({However,good enough was also} 35... Bxa1 36. Qd7 (36. Qxb7 Bxf3 37. Qb1 Be5
38. Qf1 Qa2 $1 $19) 36... Bxf3 37. gxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe4 39. Qxe7+ Qxe7 40.
Bxe7 Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg7f7,Gf7e6,Ge6d5]}) ({White resigns in view of:
} 35... Qxf3 36. h4 (36. gxf3 Bxf3#) 36... Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. g3 Qf2+ 39.
Kh3 (39. Kh1 Bf3#) 39... Qxg3#) 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 {The Russian
grandmaster deviates from the main lines of the KID.} c5 7. Nf3 {Now the game
will tranpose to a Maroczy with a somewhat useless move h2-h3 for White.
Perhaps, the character of the position could still suit Dmitry in this game.} (
7. d5 {is much more popular and ambitious and leads to a complex fight:} e6 (
7... b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 axb5 (10... Qb4 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 $14)
11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Ra3 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Salgado
Lopez,I (2621)-Fedoseev,V (2548)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (40)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Bd3
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nb4 11. Bb1 b5 12. a3 Qa5 $132 {0-1 Aleksandrov,A 
(2604)-Kokarev,D (2635)/Moscow RUS 2013 (32)}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Qa5 10. Bd2 (
10. Qd2 $5) 10... a6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2764)-Ding Liren
(2702)/Beijing CHN 2012 (25)}) 7... cxd4 ({Black can hardly avoid the Maroczy
pawn structure, as we can see in the following example:} 7... Qa5 8. Bd3 Nfd7
9. O-O Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. f3
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Nc3 $14) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Bxd4 13. Qxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2655)-Efimenko,Z (2660)/Dagomys 2008/CBM
124 (57)}) 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 {Black is interested in swapping the minor
pieces, since White has a space advantage.} 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. O-O a5 $146 (11...
Bc6 12. Qc2 ({The text move looks stronger than the previously played:} 12. Qd3
a5 13. Rad1 (13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lysyj,I (2598)-Sharafiev,A (2412)/Belgorod 2009/EXT 2010 (28)}) 13... Nd7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. f4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Ke3
Nc5 21. g4 h6 22. h4 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lysyj,I (2596)-Kokarev,D (2582)/
Novokuznetsk 2008/CBM 126 (79)}) 12... a5 {could be another order of moves.} (
12... Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 $14) (12... Qa5 13. Rab1 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4 15. Rf3
$14)) 12. Qc2 $5 {GM Andreikin comes up with a new setup, which may pose Black
some problems.} ({After} 12. Qd3 Bc6 {the game could transpose to the above
mentioned games of GM Igor Lysyj.}) 12... Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 (13... Qc7 $5 14.
Nd5 (14. f4 Nd7 {looks normal for Black.}) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Rfc8 {might be
more accurate, although White's position seems somewhat better.}) 14. Be3 ({
Black's position would be rather passive after:} 14. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 15. Bg4 $1
Nc5 (15... Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 $14) (15... Re8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rfe1 $14)
16. e5 h5 17. Be2 Re8 18. b3 Qc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qd2 $14) 14... a4 $1 {
Teimour correctly seizes space on the queenside. Now the queen gets a
comfortable square on a5.} (14... b6 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. b3 $14) 15.
c5 {This ambitious continuation is the only way to pose some concrete problems.
} (15. Nd5 Rc8 (15... e6 16. Nb4 Qc7 17. f4 $14) 16. Qd2 Nc5 $11) (15. Rfe1 Qa5
16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Bg5 Nc5 $132) 15... dxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 $1 {An
accurate defence.} ({The following piece sacrifice looks tempting, but doesn't
solve all the problems after:} 16... Nxc5 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5
Rac8 20. Rc1 $14) 17. Ba3 (17. f4 Qa5 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. e5 Rad8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Ne6 22. Rff1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 $11) 17... Rc8 18. Qd2 (18. Nxa4 Qa5 19.
Nc3 Nb6 $11) 18... Nf6 19. Qf4 ({After} 19. e5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4
22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Re1 Rc7 {Black should be able to neutralise some
of his opponent's pressure.}) 19... Qa5 {Black is ready to solve all the
problems by means of e7-e5, so White's next move is obvious.} 20. e5 Nd7 21. e6
fxe6 {White has obvious compensation for a pawn, since there are a couple of
weaknesses in the opponent's camp.} 22. Bg4 $1 {Dmitry finds the best way to
develop his initiative.} (22. Bc4 Nf8 23. Rfe1 b5 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Bxe7 Qc4 28. Qf6 Qxa2 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Rxe7 31. Rd8+
Kg7 32. Qc3+ Kh6 $11) 22... Nf8 23. Rfe1 (23. Rd3 Rcd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Nxa4
Qd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Nc5 Bd5 $11) 23... Rcd8 24. Rxd8 ({It looks like this is
the only moment, when White's play could be improved upon:} 24. Bb4 $1 Rxd1 25.
Bxd1 Qa6 26. a3 $14) 24... Qxd8 25. Bf3 {White's position still looks quite
promising, but Teimour finds a concrete way to solve the problems.} (25. Rd1
Qa5 26. Bb4 Qe5 27. Qd2 Bf6 $11) 25... Bxc3 $1 26. bxc3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qd5 $11 {
The material balance is reduced, so White is unable to develop a serious
attack.} 28. Qe2 Qc6 (28... Nd7 29. c4 Qc6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Re2
b6 33. Kf1 e6 $11) 29. c4 Kf7 30. Rb1 (30. Bb2 Nd7 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qh4 h5 $11)
30... Nd7 31. Rb4 ({Nor was anything promised by:} 31. Qd2 Nf6 32. Rb5 Qxc4 33.
Rxb7 Nd5 34. Qh6 Nf6 35. Bb2 e5 $11 36. Bxe5 $140 $2 Qd5 37. Bxf6 Qxb7 38. Be5
Ke6 $17) 31... Rc8 32. Qd1 Ra8 (32... Ne5 33. c5 Qd5 34. Qxa4 Nd3 35. Rb3 Nxc5
$11) 33. c5 e5 34. Qb1 Nxc5 ({After} 34... Ra7 35. Qb2 Kg8 36. Rb5 $11 {
neither side can make any progress.}) 35. Rb5 Ne6 36. Rxb7 Re8 (36... Nc7 {
was slightly more accurate:} 37. Rb6 Qc4 {, but the text move is also
sufficient for a draw.}) 37. Qb4 Nc7 38. Rb6 (38. Ra7 Nd5 39. Qe4 Rd8 40. Qxe5
Rd7 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 38... Qd5 39. Qh4 h5 40. Qxa4 Ne6 {Black has completely
consolidated.} 41. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 {That is the main continuation.
White secures the central Pe4 and prepares an advancement of his queen-side
pawns.} ({The alternative here is-->} 12. Bd3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ga1e1] which is
usually connected with a king-side attack.}) 12... a5 13. b3 Nd7 {The exchange
of the dark-squared bishops is usually in black's favour,since it would allow
him to take control of the dark-squares after Nc5,e5,Ne6 e.t.c.} 14. Bf2 {
White chooses a less common move. At the same time,that doesn't add much to
the usual character of the game,compared to the main 14.Be3.} (14. Be3 {
-->is more popular here.}) 14... Be5 $146 {That move is also typical for the
following line,but in this position black has never tried it. In my opinion,
this plan is more logical after 14.Be3,since now Qd8-h4 is not relevant.} ({
The other possibilities are:} 14... Qc7 15. Rab1 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Qd8 17. Bd3 Qf8
18. Bc2 Rab8 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nd5 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Andersson,U/Cologne
GER 2003 (29)}) ({and the typical} 14... Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 {That line is very
similar to the main lines after 14.Be3.} ({or} 15... Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rbc1
b6 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qb7 20. Nd5 Re8 21. f4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Tiviakov,S/Warsaw POL 2005 (22)})) 15. Rab1 e6 {A typical
move for that type of positions-the Pd6 becomes weak,but it's not easy to push
the Be5 away by f3-f4,as it would weaken the Pe4. At the same time,black's
queen gets some good squares along the diagonal d8-h4.} 16. a3 Qf6 17. Nd5 $5 (
{Possible would be also:} 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $14 {with some pressure of white(he
may just prepare b3-b4),but Alexander chooses a more principal continuation.})
17... exd5 {Black also chooses the most principal option-he changes the quiet
character of position.} ({Black could also withdraw the queen:} 17... Qd8 $5 {
although after:} 18. Rfd1 (18. Rfc1 $6 Nc5 19. Nc3 a4 $15) 18... Nc5 19. Ne3
$14 {white has a typical permanent advantage,while the tactical resourse} Bxe4
$140 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe1 Nc3 22. Bf3 $14 {doesn't solve all black's problems.
}) 18. cxd5 ({Another tackle would allow black to get a comfortable play:} 18.
exd5 $6 Rfe8 19. dxc6 bxc6 $132) 18... Bf4 ({The following possibilities
doesn't promise black full equality:} 18... Bc3 19. Qd1 Rfd8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Kh1 $1 $14) (18... Rfd8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rfd1 $14) 19. Qd1 Qe7 $1 {A correct
decision-the queen might be vulnerable on f6.} ({After} 19... Rfe8 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. g3 Bh6 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Qc2 $14 {white's chances are preferable due to
pair of the bishops.}) 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. g3 Bh6 22. Qc2 c5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A
serious strategical mistake-now white's advantage becomes very significant,
while black couldn't create any counterplay.} ({Black's counterplay should be
based on d6-d5,so the correct move was:} 22... Rfc8 {[%cal Gd6d5] after which
white should play very accurately in order to keep a small advatage:} 23. Rfe1
$1 (23. Rfd1 $6 d5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge7a3]} 24. Ra1 Nf6 25. Bc5 Qe6 $11) 23...
d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Qd3 Qxa3 26. Qxd5 Nf6 27. Qd4 Bg7 28. Bc4 $14 {However,a
draw would have been the most probable outcome here.}) 23. Rfd1 Rfb8 ({After} 
23... Bg7 $2 24. Qd2 $18 {black is unable to hold the Pd6.}) 24. f4 {Now the
advancement is powerful,as black cannot exploit the weakness of Pe4.} Bg7 {
That is quite a pointless move,as the Bg7 couldn't find a job along the long
diagonal!} ({I would prefer:} 24... Nf6 25. Bf3 Ra6 26. Qc4 Rab6 {intending to
meet} 27. e5 $140 (27. Rd3 $5 $16) 27... dxe5 28. Bxc5 {with} Qc7 29. Bxb6
Qxb6+ 30. Kg2 exf4 $16 {with some couterchances due to weakness of Kg2.}) ({or
} 24... Rb6 25. Bf3 Re8 26. Rd3 Bg7 $16) 25. Bf3 ({Deserved attention also:} 
25. Qd3 $5 Nf6 26. Bf3 Rd8 27. Be1 a4 28. b4 $16) 25... Ra6 $6 {An additional
mistake-now the Nd7 remains without protection.} (25... Ra7 $142 26. Qd3 Rb6
$16) 26. Qd3 Rab6 ({Maybe} 26... Rbb6 27. e5 Bf8 $16 {[%cal Gd7b8] would be
preferable,although black's position looks ugly.}) 27. e5 {Now black is under
great pressure!} Bf8 (27... Qd8 28. Bg4 $1 a4 29. b4 $18) 28. exd6 Qf6 {
A sad necessity.} (28... Rxd6 {fails to:} 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Rd1
Rb6 32. b4 $1 {and white wins. For instance,} axb4 33. axb4 h5 34. Kg2 Kh7 35.
Rd5 Nf6 36. bxc5 Nxd5 37. cxb6 $18) 29. Qc4 Bxd6 $6 {Black misses the chance
of swapping the rooks.} ({After} 29... Rxd6 $142 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Rd1 Qe7 32.
Rd3 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Gf2,Gf3] +/-/+- white's position should be winning,but
black could provide some resistance.}) 30. Be1 $1 {[%cal Ge1c3]} Qe7 31. Kg2 $1
$18 {A good profilactic move. Now black cannot avoid a loss of the pawn,so
white gets also a material advantage.} a4 (31... Nf8 32. Bxa5 Rb5 33. Bc3 $18)
32. Qxa4 g5 {A desperation! That attempt to get some counterplay on the
king-side loses immediately,but i can hardly recommend any reasonable move
anyway!} ({Hopeless would be also:} 32... c4 33. b4 $1 $18) 33. Ba5 Ra6 ({After
} 33... gxf4 34. Re1 $1 (34. Bxb6 Nxb6 35. Qc6 $18 {is also sufficient}) 34...
Qd8 (34... Qf6 35. Qxd7 $18) 35. Rbd1 $18 {white has a full domination!}) {
[%tqu "En","Please,enter the winning move.","","","a5d8","",10]} 34. Bd8 $1 {
That little combination decides the game.} Rxd8 35. Qxa6 g4 36. Qxd6 ({
Ofcourse,} 36. Bxg4 $18 {was good enough.}) 36... gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Schluricke,R"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baiertal/Schatthausen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Qa5 12. f5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Bc6 14. a3 Nd7 15.
b4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. f6 e6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd4 Be8 21.
Rfd1 Rdc8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 h5 24. Rxd6 Kh7 25. a4 Kh6 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5+
Kxg5 28. a5 b6 29. Kf2 h4 30. Ke3 Kxf6 31. Kd4 Ng6 32. e5+ Kg5 33. Rd7 Rc2 34.
Bf3 Rac8 35. Bc6 bxa5 36. bxa5 a6 37. Rxf7 axb5 38. Bxb5 R2c5 39. Rb1 Rd5+ 40.
Ke4 Rxe5+ 41. Kf3 Rd5 42. Rb7 Rc3+ 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. Bf1 Rf2 45. Kd4 Ra3 46. a6
Kf6 47. Kc5 Ne7 48. Bc4 Rxg2 49. R1b6 Nd5 50. Rxe6+ Kxe6 51. Bxd5+ Ke5 52. Bxg2
Rxa6 53. Rb4 Ra5+ 54. Kb6 Ra2 55. Bh3 Rh2 56. Rxh4 Rh1 57. Kb5 Rh2 58. Kc4 Kf6
59. Kd4 Ra2 60. Bf1 Ra4+ 61. Bc4 Kg5 62. Rh8 Kf6 63. Kd5 Kg7 64. Rc8 Kf6 65.
Kd6 Kf5 66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Be6 Rf4 68. Rg8+ Kf6 69. Kd5 Ra4 70. Rf8+ Kg7 71. Rf1
Ra5+ 72. Kd6 Ra6+ 73. Ke5 Ra5+ 74. Bd5 Ra6 75. Rg1+ Rg6 76. Ra1 Rg5+ 77. Ke6
Rg6+ 78. Kf5 Rf6+ 79. Ke5 Rb6 80. Ra7+ Kg6 81. Be4+ Kg5 82. Rg7+ Kh6 83. Rg8
Rb5+ 84. Kf4 Rb6 85. Bf5 Ra6 86. Ke5 Kh5 87. Be6 Kh4 88. Rg4+ Kh5 89. Rg7 Kh4
90. Bf5 Ra1 91. Bd3 Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Nach diesem Fehlzug ergibt sich die
aussergewöhnliche Möglichkeit, den Gewinnweg in diesem normalerweise
unentschiedenen Endspiel mit Hilfe der Endspieldatenbanken (Tablebases) zu
studieren.} (91... Ra2 $11) (91... Ra4 $11) (91... Kh5 $11) 92. Kf4 $18 Kh2 (
92... Kh2 {Im folgenden arbeitet Weiss abwechselnd mit Mattdrohungen und
Wartezügen:} 93. Be4 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Yg7h7] droht R h7+ nebst R h1+ mit
Turmgewinn.} Ra3 (93... Rf1+ 94. Bf3 Rc1 95. Rh7+ Kg1 96. Kg3 $1 {nebst Matt
im nächsten Zug.}) 94. Rg2+ Kh3 95. Rg1 Kh4 (95... Kh2 $4 96. Rh1#) 96. Rg6 Ra5
(96... Kh5 97. Rd6 Ra4 98. Rd1 Kh6 99. Rd7 {[%cal Yd7h7]}) 97. Bc6 Rc5 98. Bf3
Rc4+ 99. Be4 Rc5 (99... Kh5 100. Rg7 {[%cal Rg7h7]}) 100. Rg4+ Kh5 101. Rg1 Kh6
102. Rg6+ Kh5 103. Rd6 Rc4 104. Rd7 {und wegen der Mattdrohung R h7 ist
Schwarz gezwungen, seinen Turm gegen dem weissen Läufer zu geben.}) 1-0

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 $6 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 12. f4 $2 $17 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qc7 16. b3 Qc6 17. Qh3 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f5 f6 20.
Rce1 Rae8 21. Rf4 e6 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Rff1 Rd6 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26.
Qc3 e5 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. h3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5
15. Rab1 e6 (15... Qb6 {is the most common line.}) 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Qe1 {
White avoids ...Qh4.} (17. Bd4 {is more popular.}) 17... Qf6 {Guseinov's
favourite move.} (17... Qe7 {is the other possibility} 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Be8
20. Bf1 b6 21. Kh1 Qf6 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Rd2 h5 25. Rbd1 Rac8 26. Qf2
d5 27. exd5 {1/2 Korneev-C.Bauer, France 2007}) 18. Rbc1 Rfd8 ({Three years
ago Guseinov played} 18... Rad8 19. Bf1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Kh1 b6 22. Ne2
Qe5 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. a3 d5 25. exd5 Qxe1 {1/2 Smirin-Guseinov, Nakhchivan 2011.}
) 19. Bf1 g5 $1 {A very important move. Black wants to control the dark
squares.} 20. Ne2 $146 {The first new move in the game.} (20. Qd2 h6 21. Bd4
Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Be2 Rg8 26. h4 Rad8 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rh1 Rh8 $11 {with an equal endgame, Sedlak-Guseinov, Tromso ol 2014.})
20... g4 {A very ambitious reaction for Black.} (20... b6 {was the solid
positional move.}) 21. fxg4 {This is a little bit strange decision, because
White's P structure will be bad, moreover he exchanges his e4 P. Nevertheless
White is also active, still his position is not worse.} ({In the event of} 21.
f4 $5 Bb2 22. e5 Bxc1 23. Bxc5 (23. exf6 $2 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Ne4 $19 {followed by
Nf2.}) 23... Qf5 24. Bb6 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxa5 Rd7 28. exd6
Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qe3+ $5 {A nice way to achieve the draw.} 30. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 31.
Kxg2 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ $11 {with perpetual checks.}) 21... Nxe4 22. Nd4 d5 23.
Be2 {White tries to activate his B from f3.} a4 $1 {A good move, Black wants
to open the a-file, because after that he always threaten to penetrate on a2
with his R.} 24. Bf3 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (24. b4 {was more careful, as White
doesn't allow to open the a-file.} Rac8 25. Bf3 $13 {with a double-edged fight.
}) 24... axb3 25. axb3 Ng5 26. Qe2 $6 {A dubious move, now Black can gain the
initiative.} ({The engine suggests the strange} 26. h4 $1 Bxd4 (26... Nxf3+ 27.
Nxf3 $132) 27. hxg5 (27. Bxd4 $6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qxf3 $15) 27... Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3
Qb2 29. Rb1 {and still White can hold his position.}) 26... Bf4 $6 {The first
Black inaccuracy.} (26... Nxf3+ $1 {was stronger} 27. Nxf3 d4 $1 28. Bg5 Bxf3
29. Qd2 Qg6 30. gxf3 f6 $15 {and Black has a great initiative.}) 27. Rf1 $2 {
This is already a mistake, which allows Black's strong reply.} (27. Bxf4 {
was important} Qxf4 28. g3 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Qe4 ({The greedy} 29... Qxg4 $6 {
could have been met by} 30. Rd4 $1 Qg7 31. Ne5 $40 {with an unpleasant attack.}
) 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Ne5 {with a nearly equal endgame.}) 27... Ra2 $1 {A very
nice tactical move. Now we can understand why White should close the a-file.}
28. Qe1 $2 {Another error, White is under pressure, this is very unpleasant in
a practical game.} (28. Rc2 {was the only move} Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 d4
$15) 28... Qe5 $2 {Black returns the loan.} (28... dxc4 $1 {was the winning
move} 29. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rd3 $1 $19 {followed by Nxf3!}) 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30.
Rd1 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (30. Nc2 $1 {was correct} Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 {
and still White has also some chance.}) 30... dxc4 $1 $19 {Now Black is
completely winning.} 31. Nxc6 Nh3+ $1 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Rxf2
{White can't save his N.} 35. Ne7+ (35. Na5 c3 $19) 35... Kf8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37.
Kg1 Qe3 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39. Nd5+ exd5 40. g5+ Ke7 {What a big fight!} 0-1

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. a3 h5 {Larsen is a faithful practitioner of the black side of the Maroczy
bind and usually manages to inject vitality into the position. The text
featured in the previous zonal, linked with ideas of ...Kh7 and the transfer
of the Q to h8!} 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 $1 19. bxc5 Bxc3 20. cxd6
exd6 (20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bb6 $14 {Bulletin.}) 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Bb4 Ra2
23. c5 Ra4 24. Qe1 (24. Qb3 d5 25. Rfd1 Qe7 26. exd5 Qxe2 27. dxc6 Qb5 $19 {
Bulletin.}) 24... dxc5 {The consequences of this move had to be deeply
considered, and led to time trouble for Larsen.} 25. Bxc5 Re8 26. Bc4 f5 27.
Bf7 Re5 28. Qg3 Qf6 29. Bb3 Rxc5 $1 30. Rxc5 Ra1 31. Bd1 (31. Rcc1 Rxc1 32.
Rxc1 Qb2) (31. Re1 h4 32. Qf2 Qd4 33. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 34. Qg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Bd4+)
31... Qd4 $2 {Letting white escape. The zwischenzug} (31... fxe4 $1 {planning
Qd4 knocks white onto the ropes, eg} 32. Qf2 Qd6 33. Rxc6 Qxd1 $1 {(bulletin).}
) 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. exf5 gxf5 (33... Qxd1 34. Qxg6+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ $10) 34. Be2
Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 c5 $2 {35...Qd1 is still fine. Allowing white's next is a
serious error.} 36. Qg5 h4 $6 37. Qxf5+ Kh6 38. Bd3 Qf6 39. Qe4 Bf8 40. f4 Qf7
41. g4 hxg3 42. hxg3 Bd6 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kf3 Qh5+ 45. Ke3 Kf8 46. Bc4 Qd1 47.
Qf5+ Ke7 48. Qf7+ Kd8 49. Ke4 {Black's task is hopeless since he must avoid
the exchange of queens as well as an attack. In any ending one of the white
pawns will quickly claim the black bishop.} Qh1+ 50. Kf5 Qh3+ 51. g4 Qe3 52.
Kg5 Be7+ 53. Kg6 Qe4+ 54. Kh6 Bd6 55. Qg8+ Kc7 56. f5 Qf4+ 57. Kh7 Be7 58. Qf7
Qh2+ 59. Kg8 Qh4 60. Qg6 Bg5 61. Be2 $1 {Avoiding the trap} (61. Qh7+ $6 Kd6
62. Qxh4 $2 Bxh4 {when for once the ending allows black salvation.} 63. Kf7 Ke5
64. Kg6 Kf4 65. Be2 c4 $10 {(bulletin).}) 61... c4 62. Qf7+ Kb8 63. Qxc4 Qh6
64. Qb4+ Kc7 65. Qc5+ {Black cannot avoid the exchange of queens.} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 $5 (15... e6) (15... b6) (15... Qc7) 16. a3 Qd8 17. Rfd1 (17. b4 axb4
18. axb4 Na4 (18... Ra3 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. bxc5 Bc6 21. cxd6 exd6 22. Rfd1 Be5
23. c5 Ba4 24. cxd6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qf6 26. Qd5 Rd8 27. d7 Rc3 28. Bb5 Rc2 29.
Rf1 h5 30. g3 Bc7 31. Qd3 Rc3 32. Qd4 Qxf3 33. Be1 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Bf2
Rb3 36. Bc4 Rb4 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bc5+ Ke6 39. Bxb4 Rxd7 40. Bc3 Bb6+ 41. Kg2
Rf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. g4 h4 45. h3 Bc7 46. g5 b5 47. Kg4 Bg3 48.
Kf3 Bd6 49. Kg4 Be5 50. Bd2 Bg3 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Bb4+ Ke6 54. Bd2
Kd6 55. Bb4+ Kd7 56. Bd2 Kc6 57. Bb4 Be5 58. Be1 Bg3 59. Bb4 Kc7 60. Kd4 Kc6
61. Bd2 Kd6 62. Bb4+ Ke6 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Bc3+ Kd6 65. Bb4+ {1/2-1/2 Savon,
V-Larsen,B/Palma de Mallorca 1989/B38-B39 (65)}) 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20. Rfc1 Qa8 21.
Rc2 Rc8 22. Bf1 h5 23. h3 Bd7 24. c5 Be6 25. Bb5 Ra3 26. cxd6 Rxc2 27. Qxc2
exd6 28. f4 Ra2 29. Qd3 d5 30. Rd1 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Qa2
34. Qe2 Qb3 35. Bc5 b6 36. Bxb6 Qxb4 37. Be3 Bh6 38. Qf1 Qb3 39. Qd3 Qb4 40.
Qf1 Bd5 41. Be2 Qb2 42. Bf3 Qb3 43. Qf2 Be6 44. Qd2 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,
J-Larsen,B/NOR 1992/CBM 31 (44)}) (17. Bd1 e6 (17... Qb8 18. Bc2 (18. b4 axb4
19. axb4 Ra3 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nd3 22. Bb6 Ne5 23. Bb3 Qc8 24. Qe2 Rxb3 25.
Rxb3 Qxc4 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Be3 Ra2 28. Qb1 Rc2 29. Ra3 h5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1
Qxd5 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 b5 34. h3 Nc4 35. Bf2 Qb7 36. Re8 Qd7 37. Rb8 d5 38.
Qf4 e5 39. Qh4 f6 40. g4 Nd2 41. Kg2 Qc7 42. Ra8 Qc3 43. Qg3 e4 44. fxe4 Qxb4
45. Qf4 Qxe4+ {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/Stockholm 1999/CBM 68 ext (45)})
18... Rc8 19. a4 (19. Rfd1 b6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Re2
Rab8 24. Rbe1 Re8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Na6 27. Bh4 Rb7 28. Rxe7 {1-0 Perz,
M-Kolacz,W/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 87 (28)}) 19... Rc7 20. Rbe1 Qf8 21. f4 e6
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. e5 f6 24. Qd6 Qe7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. exf6 Bxc4
28. fxe7 Bxf1 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Kxf1 {1/2-1/2
Hernandez,G-Petursson,M/Linares 1994/TD (32)}) (17... b6 18. b4 (18. Bc2 h5 19.
Rfd1 Kh7 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Qe3 Rh8 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Nb5 Qc6 25. Bh4
Rhe8 26. Bf2 Rec8 27. Nc3 Qe8 28. Re1 Nd7 29. f4 Bg7 30. a4 Kg8 31. Rbd1 Nc5
32. Bh4 Nd7 33. Re2 Rab8 34. Bg3 Rc5 35. Red2 Nf6 36. h3 Bh6 37. Qf2 Bc6 38.
Re2 Bg7 39. Qe1 Ba8 40. e5 dxe5 41. fxe5 Nh7 42. e6 Rbc8 43. exf7+ Qxf7 44. Rf2
Bf6 45. Ne4 Rf5 46. Nxf6+ Rxf6 47. Qe3 Qe6 48. Re1 Qxh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4 50. Rxf6
exf6 51. Qe6+ Qxe6 52. Rxe6 Rd8 53. Rd6 Rxd6 54. Bxd6 Kf7 55. Bc7 Ng5 56. Bxb6
Ne6 57. Bxa5 h4 58. Be1 g5 59. Kh2 f5 60. Bxf5 Nd4 61. Bg4 Nxb3 62. a5 Nc5 63.
Bf2 Ne4 64. Be3 Bb7 65. c5 Kf6 66. Bd4+ Ke7 67. Be2 Kd7 68. a6 Bc6 69. Bg4+ Kc7
70. Be5+ Kd8 71. Bd6 Nf2 72. Bf3 Ne4 73. Bf8 Kc8 74. Bd6 Kd7 75. Bg4+ Kd8 76.
a7 Ke8 77. Be2 Nc3 78. Bf3 Nd5 79. Kh3 {1-0 Wahls,M-Bancod,R/Biel 1995/CBM 48
ext (79)}) 18... axb4 (18... Nd7 19. Bb3 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Rbc1 Qa7 22. Ne2
axb4 23. axb4 Qa3 24. Rb1 Ba4 25. Bd4 Ne5 26. Bb2 Qxb3 27. Bxe5 Qxc4 28. Bxg7
Kxg7 29. Rdc1 Qa6 30. b5 Qa5 31. Qxa5 bxa5 32. Nc3 Rfc8 33. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1
Rxb5 35. Ra1 Kf6 36. Nc3 Rc5 37. Nd5+ Ke6 38. Kf2 f5 39. Nf4+ Kf6 40. Ra2 e6
41. Nd3 Rb5 42. Ke3 e5 43. Rb2 Rxb2 44. Nxb2 Ke6 45. Na4 d5 46. Nc5+ Kd6 47.
Nb7+ Kc7 48. Nxa5 {1-0 Wells,P-McElligott,G/Dublin 1993/CBM 34 ext (48)}) 19.
axb4 Nd7 20. Bb3 Ra3 (20... Kh8 21. Ne2 Ne5 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Qe3 Qc8 24. Rfc1
Ra6 25. Qe2 Kg8 26. Nc2 Qc7 27. Ne3 Bh6 28. Rc2 e6 29. Bg3 Ra3 30. Ra2 Rfa8 31.
Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Nc2 Ra8 33. Nd4 Ba6 34. f4 Nd7 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 Ne5 37. Ra1
Bb7 38. Rxa8+ Bxa8 39. Nb5 Qc6 40. Nc3 Qc7 41. h3 Qa7 42. Nb5 Qe7 43. c5 bxc5
44. f6 Qxf6 45. bxc5 Bf4 46. Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 Gleizerov,E-Manca,F/Padova 1999/CBM
73ext (46)}) 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qc7 23. Rfc1 Qb8 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Kh1 Qa8
26. h3 Rc7 27. Qf4 Ne5 28. Qd2 Nd7 29. Kh2 Qb8 30. Qb2 Qa8 31. Ne2 Nf6 32. Rc3
Raa7 33. Rbc1 Qb8 34. Kg1 Rab7 35. Nf4 Kg7 36. h4 h6 37. Qf2 Kh7 38. c5 Bxe4
39. Bxf7 Bf5 40. g4 e5 41. gxf5 exf4 42. Bxg6+ Kg7 43. c6 Ra7 44. Re1 Re7 45.
Rcc1 b5 46. Qd4 d5 47. Qc5 Rec7 48. Re6 Ra3 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Qd4+ Ke7 51. Qe5+
{1-0 Jackelen,T-Van der Veen,H/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (51)}) 18. b4 (18. Nb5
Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qe7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7 22. Bb3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. f4 Ng4
25. Bb6 Rdc8 26. Rbc1 Nf6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Qd3 Ne8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Qc7
31. b6 Qc3 32. Ba4 Nf6 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Bb5 Rb3 35. Rd4 d5 36. exd5 Nxd5 37.
Bc6 Nxb4 38. Bxb7 Nd3 39. g3 Rxb6 40. Rxd3 Rxb7 41. Kg2 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Kg7 43. g4
h5 44. g5 Rb4 45. Kg3 e5 46. fxe5 Rg4+ 47. Kf3 Rxg5 48. Re3 Kf8 49. e6 Rf5+ 50.
Kg3 f6 51. e7+ Ke8 52. Re6 g5 53. h3 Rf4 54. Kg2 h4 55. Kh2 f5 56. Kg2 g4 57.
hxg4 fxg4 58. Rh6 g3 59. Rh7 Rg4 60. Kg1 g2 61. Rh5 Kxe7 62. Re5+ Kf6 63. Re3
Kf5 {1/2-1/2 Marfia,J-Krensing,J/IECG 2001/Complete 2001 (63)}) 18... axb4 19.
axb4 Ra3 (19... Na4 20. Bxa4 Bxa4 21. b5 Qa5 22. Bd4 Rfc8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Qd4+ Kg8 25. Rf2 e5 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rb4 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30.
Rb3 f5 31. Rd2 {1-0 Slipak,S-Pierrot,F/Buenos Aires 1998/EXT 2002 (31)}) 20.
bxc5 Bxc3 21. Qc1 Qa5 22. cxd6 Bb4 23. Qf4 (23. c5 Rc3 24. Qf4 Bxc5 25. Qf6
Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qc5 27. e5 Re3 28. Bb3 Rxe5 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Rdf1 Qe3 31. Ba2 Bb5
{0-1 Kinkelin,C-Ros,A/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 87 (31)}) 23... e5 24. Qf6 Bc5
25. Bb3 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Rxb3 27. Ra1 Ra3 28. Rxa3 Bxa3 29. h4 Rd7 30. Bg3 Rxd6 31.
Rxd6 Qc5+ 32. Kh2 Qxd6 33. Bxe5 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 Bd7 35. Bd4 Kf8 {0-1 Spangenberg
- M.Andres, Buenos Aires 1997/Inf 71/167}) 17... b6 $146 (17... Re8 18. Bf1 Be5
(18... b6 {- 17...b6 18.Bf1 Re8}) 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Rbc1 Qb8 21. Bb6 Nc5 22. Rb1
Ra6 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. g3 Bg7 25. Qe3 b6 26. Bg2 Qb7 27. a4 Raa8 28. Rd3 Rad8
29. Rbd1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 e6 31. e5 h5 32. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Petursson,M/St
Martin 1993/TD (32)}) (17... a4 $5 18. b4 Nb3) 18. Bf1 Re8 (18... Qb8 $5) (
18... f5 $5 19. exf5 Rxf5) 19. Qe3 Rb8 20. Ne2 $1 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 $11
) 20... Bd7 $5 (20... Ne6 21. b4 $14) 21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Nb5 Qc8 23. b4 axb4 24.
axb4 Rd8 (24... Qb7 25. Nc3 Nc7 $14) 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Rdc1 Qb7 27. Be2 $2 (27.
b5 $14 {><b6}) 27... b5 $11 28. c5 (28. cxb5 Nxb5 (28... Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Nxb5 30.
Qd3 $14) 29. Nd5 e6 $11) (28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Rdc8 $11) 28... dxc5 29. Qxc5
e6 {(><d5)} (29... Ne6 $2 30. Qxe7 Bf8 31. Qh4 $18) 30. Nd1 (30. Qg5 $11) (30.
e5 Rbc8 (30... Rdc8 31. Ne4 Nd5 32. Qd4 $14) 31. Qe3 (31. Ne4 Nd5 32. Qd4 Bc6
$132 {<->d}) 31... Bc6 $11) 30... Na6 31. Qg5 Be8 32. Ne3 $6 $138 (32. Be3 $11
{/\Qg3-f2, /\Nf2}) 32... h6 33. Qh4 Rd2 34. Re1 (34. Bf1 f5 35. exf5 exf5 $15)
34... f5 $1 {[><g4]} 35. exf5 exf5 36. f4 $2 {[גh1-a8]} (36. Rbd1 Rxd1 37.
Rxd1 Bf7 $15 {><b4}) 36... Bc6 $1 37. Qg3 Kh7 38. Nf1 Rc2 (38... Ra2 $5) 39.
Bd3 Rc3 {[/\Be4]} 40. Re3 (40. Re6 Qf7 41. Rd6 Be4 42. Nd2 Nc7 $17) 40... Qf7
$1 (40... Bd4 41. Re6 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rg8 $15) (40... Re8 41. Bxb5 $1 (41. Bxf5
gxf5 42. Rxc3 Bxc3 43. Qxc3 Bxg2 $17) 41... Rexe3 42. Bxc6 Qxb4 43. Rxb4 Rxg3
44. Rb6 (44. Rb7 Rxc6 45. hxg3 $11) 44... Rxc6 45. hxg3 Rxb6 46. Bxb6 $11) 41.
Be2 (41. Rbe1 Re8 $17 {><b4, ץd3}) 41... Rxe3 42. Qxe3 Qa2 $1 $17 (42... Re8
43. Qd2 $15) 43. Bd3 (43. Rc1 Nxb4 (43... Re8 $5) 44. Qe7 Re8 45. Qxb4 Rxe2 $19
) 43... Qd5 $5 (43... Re8 44. Qg3 Rd8 $17) 44. Qg3 (44. Qh3 Qd6 $19) 44... Rd8
$1 45. Bc2 (45. Be2 Qa2 46. Rd1 Rxd1 47. Bxd1 Nxb4 $19) 45... Qa2 46. Rc1 (46.
Qb3 Qxb3 47. Bxb3 (47. Rxb3 Bd5 48. Rb1 Ba2 $19 {><b4}) 47... Nxb4 $19) (46.
Ne3 $142 Rd2 47. Re1 Rxc2 (47... Bd4 $5 $19) 48. Nxc2 Qxc2 49. Re6 Qc1+ 50. Be1
Nxb4 51. Qxg6+ Kh8 $19) 46... Nxb4 47. Bb1 (47. Bb3 Qb2 $19) 47... Qb2 48. Re1
Re8 49. Rd1 Nd5 $19 50. Bd3 Nc3 51. Rd2 $138 Qa1 $138 (51... Qc1 52. h4 Be4 (
52... h5 $19) 53. h5 gxh5 $19) 52. h4 Be4 $6 (52... h5 $142 $19) 53. h5 gxh5
54. Kh2 b4 $6 (54... Rd8 55. Bxe4 Nxe4 $19) 55. Ne3 Rf8 $2 (55... Bxd3 56. Rxd3
Ne4 57. Qf3 Qa6 $19) 56. Bc4 $1 $132 h4 $5 (56... Bc6 57. Rd6 Be8 58. Ra6 $15)
57. Qxh4 Qa4 (57... Bc6 $5 58. Rd8 $15 {><f5}) 58. Rd6 $6 (58. Qe7 $142 Qe8 (
58... Qc6 59. Rd7 Qf6 60. Qxb4 $11) 59. Qxb4 $15) 58... b3 $6 (58... Qa8 $1 $17
{/\Qe8}) 59. Qg3 $2 (59. Qh5 Qe8 $8 (59... b2 60. Bf7 Rxf7 $8 (60... b1=Q 61.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qxh6#) 61. Qxf7 $16) 60. Qxe8 Rxe8 61. Bxb3 $11)
59... b2 $4 (59... Qe8 $1 60. Bxb3 (60. Rb6 Ne2 61. Bxe2 b2 $19) 60... Ne2 $19
61. Qh4 $140 Qb8) 60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. Bh4 $4 (61. Qh5 Kh7 (61... Qc6 62. Rxc6 Bxc6
63. Nxf5 b1=Q (63... Be8 64. Qg4 Rxf5 65. Qxf5 b1=Q 66. Qe6 $18) 64. Bd4 $18)
62. Bf7 $1 (62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qh5) 62... Rxf7 (62... b1=Q 63. Rxh6+ Bxh6 64.
Qg6+ Kh8 65. Qxh6#) 63. Qxf7 Qa8 (63... b1=Q 64. Qg6+ Kh8 65. Rd8+ $18) 64. Nc4
(64. Nxf5 Bxf5 65. Qxf5+ Kh8 66. Rb6 b1=Q 67. Rxb1 Nxb1 68. Qxb1 $14) (64. g4
Kh8 $8 (64... fxg4 65. Rxh6+ Kxh6 66. Nxg4+ Kh7 67. Nf6+ $18) 65. Nxf5 Bxf5 66.
Rxh6+ Bh7 67. Bd4 Qg8 68. Bxg7+ Qxg7 69. Qe8+ Qg8 70. Qe5+ Qg7 71. Qb8+ Qg8 72.
Qxb2 $18) 64... Qf8 (64... Ne2 65. Nxb2 $18) (64... b1=Q 65. Ne5 $1 $18) 65.
Qxf8 Bxf8 66. Rd7+ Kg6 67. Nxb2 $18) 61... Qe8 $1 (61... b1=Q 62. Bf6 $18) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Rae1 (13. f4 e5 $5) (
13. b3) (13. Kh1) (13. Rfe1) (13. Nd5) (13. Rac1) 13... a4 $5 (13... Nd7) 14.
Nd5 (14. f4 e5 (14... Qa5) 15. Be3 Ng4 (15... exf4 $5) 16. f5 Bf6 17. Kh1 {
1/2-1/2 Bryzgalin Kirill (RUS)-Savchenko Boris (RUS)/Krasnodar (Russia) 2003 
(17)}) (14. Kh1) 14... Nd7 $1 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 (16. f4 $5) 16... e5 17.
Rh3 (17. Nc3 Nc5) (17. Bc2 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 19. Rd1 Ra6 $11) 17... h5 18. Ne3
$6 (18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Bb1 (19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 (20. Rxf4 {82/139}) 20... Ne6 21.
Qf2 Qg5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nc5 24. Rf3 (24. Rg3 $5 {82/139}) 24... f5 25.
Bb1 (25. Rg3 $5 {82/139}) 25... Qf6 $5 26. Re1 (26. b4 $5 {82/139}) 26... Rae8
27. Rfe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rf7 $13 29. Qe2 Qd4 30. Kh1 Nd7 31. Re6 Qf4 32. g3 Qc1+
33. Qe1 Qxc4 34. Rxd6 Nf6 35. Kg2 h4 36. Qe5 h3+ 37. Kf2 Qc5+ {0-1 Bittencourt,
J-Felgaer,R/Yucay 2001/EXT 2002/Inf 82/139}) (19. Rd1 {82/139}) 19... Qe7 20.
Rd1 Rfd8 21. Re3 $13 Ra6 22. Re2 Raa8 23. Qe3 Qe6 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Red2 Qe6 26.
Bf1 Qe7 27. Be2 Rd7 28. g3 h4 29. Bg4 Rdd8 30. f3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Ne6 32. Ne2
Rab8 33. Kg2 b5 34. Rh1 Qg5 35. Qxg5 Nxg5 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Nc3 Rb6 38. Kf2 f5
39. exf5 gxf5 40. Rh5 Kg6 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Ne4+ 43. Nxe4 Bxe4 44. Rg5+ Kf6
45. Bh5 Rdb8 46. Ke3 Bb1 47. Rg6+ Ke7 48. Rg7+ Ke6 49. Bf7+ Kf6 50. Rdg2 Rh8
51. Bc4 Re8+ 52. Kd4 Re4+ 53. Kd5 {1-0 Milos,G-Hoffman,A/Santos 2001/Inf 82/
(139)}) 18... Nc5 $1 $146 (18... Rh8 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Qa5 $13 21. Qf2 Ne5
22. Rg3 Qc5 23. Kh1 Raf8 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Rf6 Be6 26. Bxa4 h4 27. Rg5 Nd3 28.
Qd2 Qxg5 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. Qxd3 h3 31. g3 Qxb2 32. Qxd6 Rd8 33. Qf4 Rd2 34. g4
Qd4 35. Bb3 Rd8 36. Rf3 Qa1+ 37. Rf1 Qd4 38. Rf3 Re2 39. Rxh3 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+
41. Kg3 {0-1 Dobrov,V-Vokarev,S/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) 19. f4 (19.
f3 $15 {צh3}) (19. Nd5 Bxd5 $15) (19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Rg3 h4 21. Rf3 Ne6 $17) (19.
Rxh5 gxh5 (19... Nxd3 20. Nf5+ Kf6 $19) 20. Nf5+ Kg8 21. Qh6 Ne6 $19) 19...
Bxe4 20. f5 $5 (20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd5 f5 (21... Nf6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Rxb2
24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rhf3 Qd4 26. Qe7 Rb6 27. Rd1 Re6 $15) 22. Qxb7+ Rf7 23. Qd5
exf4 24. Rxf4 $15) 20... Nxd3 21. f6+ Kh7 $6 (21... Kg8 22. Nd5 $8 (22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Nf4 $19) (22. Ng4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 $19) 22... Nf4 23. Rxf4 (23.
Nxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Bf5 25. g4 Qxf6 26. gxf5 $17) 23... exf4 24. Qxf4 Qa5 (24...
Bxd5 25. Rxh5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 28. Kh3 $11) 25. Qxe4 Qd2 $17)
22. Ng4 Qb6+ (22... Nf4 23. Rxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2
Qxb2+ 27. Kg1 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qxa2+ 29. Kg1 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 $11) 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24.
Qxg2 (24. Kxg2 Qxb2 25. Rxd3 Qxd2+ 26. Rxd2 hxg4 27. Rxd6 Rac8 $19) 24... Nf4 (
24... Qxb2 25. Qe4 $16) (24... Qc6 $5 25. Qxc6 (25. Rxd3 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 hxg4
27. Rxd6 $15) 25... bxc6 26. Rxd3 hxg4 27. Rxd6 $15) 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Rxh5+ $2
(26. Ne5 $3 Qd4 (26... dxe5 27. Rxh5+ Kg8 28. Qg5 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1
Qc6+ 31. Kg1 $11 Qxf6 $6 32. Qxf6 gxh5 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh7
36. Qxe5 $14) 27. Rxh5+ $1 Kg8 28. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qh6 $11 Qe4+
31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ (32... Qxb2+ $4 33. Kf3 $18) 33. Kf3 Qd1+ 34. Kf2
Qd2+ 35. Kf1 $11) 26... gxh5 27. Qe4+ Kg8 (27... Kh8 $4 28. Qxf4 Qc6+ 29. Kg1
$18) 28. Ne3 (28. Qxf4 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Ra5 $19) 28... Qxb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodin, Mihail"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 (10... Nxd4 {-mainline}) 11. Nxc6 (11. Bxg4 {
-mainline} Bxg4 {In my opinion, here the best move is} 12. f4 $1 $16 {[%csl
Rg4][%cal Ga1c1,Gf4f5]} (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 {-another moves order})) 11...
bxc6 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Bh6 Qa5 $146 (13... Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Kh1 Be6 16. b3
f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. Re3 Raf8 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. f3 $14 {1-0 Nisula,
T-Maki,U/Tampere Taraus ,EXT 1989/ (60)}) (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Be6 (14... Qb6
15. b3 Rad8 (15... Qd4 16. Rac1 Qg7 (16... a5 17. Qg5 (17. Qh4 $16) 17... Be6
18. Qxe7 $16 {1-0 Molnar,E-Kis,J/tt-HUN2 Gyongyos-BEAC (2) 1996/ (47)}) 17. Qh4
$14) 16. Qh4 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bc8 18. f4 $14 (18. Qxe7 $6 f6 {[%csl Re7]} 19. c5
Rf7 20. b4 Rxe7 21. bxa5 dxc5 22. Rfd1 Red7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Pantavos,P/
Groningen 1982/(27)} (22... Rd4 $15))) (14... Rb8 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rac1 Rb7 17.
f4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qe3 19. Qh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,V-Ostojic,P/Novi Sad 1965/ 
(47)}) 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rac1 Qe5 (16... Rae8 17. Rfe1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qd2
$14 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Muse,M/BL 1988/(42)}) 17. f4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. Qh3
Rae8 20. Rce1 a5 21. Re2 Qa7 22. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Miles,A/Linares 1983/
(22)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 (15. f4 $2 Qc5+ {[%csl Rc4]}) (15. b3 $14) 15...
Be6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 $6 ({Why not} 17. Re3 $14 {[%cal Ga1f1,Gh2h4,Ge3g3]
and White can start Attack on the Kingside}) 17... Rac8 18. Qe3 f6 19. Rcd1 Bf7
20. Rd3 {White spend some tempi, but Black haven't any serious counterplay} e6
$6 $14 {Wrong plan} (20... e5 $2 21. Red1 Qc7 22. Qd2 $16) (20... Qb6 $142 $5
$132) 21. Red1 d5 $2 $16 {[%mdl 16384] very bad. How Black can weakenen all
black squares on the kingside without any compensation?} (21... Qc7 22. Qd2 (
22. h3 $14) 22... Qa5 (22... d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. h3 $16) 23. Na4
Qxd2 24. R1xd2 d5 25. f4 Re8 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 c5 28. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5,
Gb5d6]} a6 29. h4 $14) 22. e5 f5 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Re7,Rf6,Rg5,Rh6]} 23. Qg5 Kg8
24. h4 Rd7 25. Ne2 $1 Qc7 ({Pa2 "is poisoned"} 25... Qxa2 26. Nf4 Rb7 27. Qf6
Re8 (27... Rxb3 28. Nxe6 $18) 28. h5 Rxb3 (28... gxh5 29. Rg3+ $18) 29. h6 Kf8
30. Nxg6+ $18) (25... Qd8 26. Qg3 $16 (26. Qxd8+ $16 {like in this game})) 26.
Qf6 (26. Nf4 Qxe5 27. Re3 (27. Nh5 Rdd8 28. Nf6+ (28. Re3 Qb2 $15) 28... Kg7
29. Nh5+ $11) 27... Qg7 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 dxc4 30. Rde1 cxb3 31. axb3 Qf7
$44) 26... Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Rdxd8 28. cxd5 cxd5 (28... exd5 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Re3 (
30. Re1 Be6 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. Rc3 Rb6 33. Ne2 Kf7 34. Nd4 $16) 30... Be6 31. Kf1
$16) 29. Rc3 $1 {[%mdl 32] White change all 4R through c-file and recieve
winning position.} Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Rc8 31. Nb5 Rc2 32. Rd3 Kf8 ({and now also
Pa2 "is poisoned"} 32... Rxa2 33. Rc3 a5 (33... Kh8 34. Rc7 a6 35. Nd6 Bg8 36.
Ne8 Rb2 37. Nf6 Rxb3 38. Rc8 $18) 34. Nd6 $18) 33. Rc3 Rxc3 (33... Rxa2 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Nd6 Bg8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kf7 (38... Kh6 39. Rc7
$18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge8f6]}) 39. Nf6 $18) 34. Nxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} Ke7 (34... d4
35. Nb5 d3 36. Kf1 $18) 35. b4 Be8 36. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4]} Bb5 ({Was not help
plan to arrange B in rear:} 36... Bd7 37. Nd4 Kd8 38. Kf1 Kc7 39. Ke2 Kb6 40.
Ke3 a5 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Ka6 43. Kf4 h6 44. g4 Kb6 45. gxf5 (45. h5 g5+)
45... gxf5 46. Ke3 Ka6 47. Kd3 Kb6 48. Kc3 Ka6 49. f4 Kb6 50. Kb3 Ka6 51. b5+
Ka5 52. Kc3 Kb6 53. Kb4 h5 (53... Bc8 54. Nb3 Bd7 55. Nc5 Bc8 (55... Bxb5 56.
Nxe6 Bd3 57. Nd4 Kc7 58. Kc5 Be4 59. e6 $18) 56. Na4+ Kc7 57. Kc5 $18) 54. Nb3
Bxb5 55. Nc5 d4 56. Nxe6 d3 57. Kc3 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Rf5,Rh5][%cal Ge6g7]}) 37.
Nd4 a6 38. f4 Bc4 39. a4 Kd7 40. Kf2 Bd3 41. Ke3 Bc4 42. g3 h6 (42... h5 43.
Kd2 Bf1 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Bc4 46. Kc3 Bf1 47. Kb4 Bd3 48. Ka5 $18) 43. Kd2
Bf1 44. Kc3 Bc4 45. b5 {White win very easyly} axb5 46. axb5 Kc7 47. Nxe6+ Kb6
48. Kd4 Kxb5 49. h5 gxh5 50. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Qb6 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. Qd2 $14 (12. b3 Bc6
13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be3 $14)) (10... Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Rfd1 Ne6 13. Nb3 $14) (
10... Re8 {Tsesarsky} 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Rac1 b6 15. Rfd1
Rb8 16. Bh6 (16. Na1 Rc8 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. b3 $14) 16... Bh8 17. Bg5 Nxd5 18.
cxd5 Ne5 19. Nd4 $14 {0-1 Alekhine-Pruss,L/Rosario 1926 (39)}) 11. c5 $6 $132 {
Dubious action.} ({Better looks} 11. Ncb5 Qd8 (11... Qa5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. c5 $14
) (11... a6 {Most popular continuation.} 12. Nc2 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rfc8 (13... Rac8
14. f4 b5 15. c5 b4 $1 (15... Qd8 $2 16. cxd6 exd6 17. Qxd6 Ng4 18. Bc5 Qh4 19.
Bxg4 (19. h3 Rfd8 20. Bb6 $18) 19... Bxg4 20. Bf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Belov,V-Nielsen,
P/Gistrup 1997/EXT 98 (33)}) 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. cxd6 Be6 $132) 14. f4 b5 15. c5
b4 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Nb6 Nxc5 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Nd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Panov,
V-Janosevic,D/Skopje 1970/EXT 2001 (104)}) 12. Nb3 $14 {and White holds steady
space advantage.}) ({Very complicated game after} 11. Nf5 Qxb2 12. Na4 Qxa1 13.
Qxa1 gxf5 14. Qc1 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Bh6 Ne5 (16... Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 18.
Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nb2 f5 $15) 17. Nb2 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Bc6
21. Bxe4 Bxe4 (21... fxe4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxe7 $18 {1-0 Korsunsky,R-Taborov,B/
Tallinn 1976/EXT 2002 (35)}) 22. Qg5+ Kf7 23. Rxf5+ Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+
Kh8 26. Qxe7 Rae8 27. Qh4 $15) ({Worth of attention} 11. Na4 Qa5 (11... Qd8 12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nc3 a5 14. Qd2 $14) 12. Nb5 Be6 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. b3
$14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Sielecki,C/Breda 1999/CBM 70 ext (32)}) (11. Kh1 {-see
detailed commented game 0-1 Rytshagov,M-Nielsen,P/Asker 1997/CBM 62/[Baburin,A,
Tsesarsky,I] (65)}) 11... dxc5 (11... Qxb2 12. Ndb5 Qb4 $8 13. cxd6 exd6 14.
Na4 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge3d2,Gd2b4]} Qa5 15. Nxd6 $14) ({Quite possibly was to
accept the P sacrifice:} 11... Qxc5 12. Nf5 Qb4 13. Nxg7 Qxb2 (13... Kxg7 14.
Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Kg8 $44) 14. Qe1 Kxg7 15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]}
Rfc8 (16... Rfb8 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nc7 $16) 17. Rxb7 Rab8 $44) 12.
Nb3 (12. Na4 Qa5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc5 Rac8 $11) 12... Rfd8 13. Bxc5 Qc7 14.
Qe1 Be6 15. Be3 {Black hasn't any weaknesses, but White still has certain
initiative.} Bxb3 {This decision probably the best. Black yields pair BB but
creates doubled PP in White's camp.} (15... Rac8 16. Nc5 $14) (15... b6 16. Rc1
Qb7 17. Qh4 Rac8 18. f4 $14) 16. axb3 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]} e6 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Bc5
Qc7 19. Be3 Qe7 {Black agree to draw.} 20. Kh1 {White decided continue to play,
not to agree to draw.} ({Or} 20. f4 Nd7 21. e5 $14) 20... Ne8 21. Ra4 (21. f4
$14) 21... Nc7 22. f4 Rd7 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bc5 ({Not badly was} 24. Nxd5 exd5 (
24... Rxd5 25. b4 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb4b5]}) 25. Bg4 (25. Bc5 Qe6 26. Bd3
$14) 25... d4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 $14) 24... Qd8 25. Ne4 a6
26. Bd6 b5 27. Raa1 Bf8 28. Rfc1 (28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Bf3 $14) 28... Bxd6 29.
Nxd6 (29. Rxc6 Be7 30. Rcxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 $14) 29... Na5 30. Qg3 (30. Bf3 Nb7
(30... Nxb3 31. Rd1 $16) 31. Ne4 $14) 30... Nb7 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Bf3 (32. Rxa6
Nc5 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Raa1 $14) 32... Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qb6 34. Nf6+ $2 $15 {
Serious mistake.} ({Right was} 34. Qe1 $14) 34... Nxf6 35. exf6 Nd6 36. Qg5 Qd8
37. h4 (37. Qe5 Ne8 {[%csl Rf6]} 38. h3 $15) 37... Ne8 {[%csl Rf6]} 38. h5 Nxf6
39. h6 Nd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Qxd8+ Rxd8 42. g4 Kf8 43. Kg2 (43. g5 Rd4 44. Rc8+
Ke7 45. Rc7+ Ke8 $19) 43... Ke7 44. g5 e5 $1 ({Dubious is} 44... Rd2+ 45. Kf3
Rxb2 46. Rc7+ Ke8 47. Rc8+ Kd7 48. Rh8 Rxb3+ 49. Kg4 $132 {[%csl Gh6,Rh7]}) 45.
Kf3 exf4 46. Kxf4 Rd5 47. Rc6 a5 48. Ra6 b4 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Rd6 51. Ra7 (
51. Rxa5 Rd4+ 52. Kf3 Rd5 53. Ra7 Kf5 (53... Rxg5 $2 54. Ra6+ $11 {and if
Black wants to avoid perpetuum check, his K had to go to the queenside, so Pf7
will be taken by White R.}) 54. Rxf7+ Kxg5 55. Ke4 Rd2 56. Rxh7 Rh2 57. Rb7
Kxh6 $15) 51... Rd4+ 52. Ke3 $2 $19 {Decisive mistake.} ({Strong was} 52. Kf3
$15 Rd3+ (52... Rd7 53. Rxa5 Rd5 {-see above.}) 53. Ke4 Rxb3 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55.
Ra7+ $44) 52... Rd7 (52... Rd7 53. Rxa5 Rd5 54. Ra6+ (54. Ra7 Rxg5 55. Ra6+ Kf5
{Here we can see the difference between Ke3 and Kf3.} 56. Ra7 (56. Ra5+ Kg4 $19
) 56... Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Rxb3 58. Rxf7+ Kg5 59. Rxh7 Rxb2+ $19) 54... Kf5 55. Rf6+
Kxg5 56. Rxf7 Kxh6 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kirillov, Andrey"]
[Black "Garagulya, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 {The main idea of this variation is to avoid NN change,
to stay in position with space advantage with more pieces on the board. The
lack of this move is tempo loss in one side and Nd4 replace from the center.} (
10. Rc1 {-mainline}) (10. Qd2 {-mainline}) 10... Rc8 11. f3 Be6 (11... Qc7 $6
12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 (14... b6 15. b3 $14 {0-1 Paehtz,
T-Gerland,F/GER-ch U13 Pinneberg 1996/EXT 96ch2/(53)}) 15. b3 Nc6 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 b6 $14 {1-0 Bolbochan,J-Molina,J/Mar del Plata 1934/ (62)}) (11... a5
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 a4 14. Rab1 axb3 15. axb3 Re8 16. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Gabriel,
J-Kountz,J/BL2S 1993/ (47)}) (11... Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. a4 a5 14. Nd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kalinin,A-Taylor,G/North Bay CAN 1999/ (60)}) (11... Na5 12. Na3 (12.
b3 $4 Ng4 13. Bd4 (13. Bd2 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Be3 Qh4 $19 {
0-1 Paehtz,T-Dobierzin,O/ch-GER, Gladenbach GER 1997/ (39)}) 13... Bxd4+ 14.
Nxd4 (14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 14... Ne3 $19)
12... Be6 (12... b6 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Rac1 Nc7 15. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Lutz,
C-Fries_Nielsen,J/Berlin 1990/ (29)}) (12... Be8 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc6 15.
Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pahtz,E-Dang Bich,N/Cala Galdana g-12 1996/ (34)}) 13. Qa4 (
13. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 $1 (13... Nd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rac1 b6 16. b3 $14 {1-0
Kortchnoi,V-Gendre,K/Bordeaux IE07 1989/ (22)}) 14. cxd5 Bxb2 15. Nb5 (15. dxe6
Bxa3 16. exf7+ Rxf7 $15) 15... Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Bd7 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Bh6 Qb6+ 19.
Kh1 f6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nb5 $11) (13. b3 Ng4 14. fxg4 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Nc6 $15)
13... Bd7 (13... Nd7) 14. Qc2 Be6 15. b3 Nc6 (15... a6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Rac1 $14
{0-1 Cabrilo,G-Milanovic,D/op, Bela Crkva YUG 1996/ (58)}) 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qd2
$14 {1-0 Clemens-Pesch/Helmsbrecht 1963/ (26)}) 12. Qd2 Nd7 (12... Qc7 13. Rac1
Rfd8 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Kh1 Ne8 16. b3 $14 {1-0 Geller,E-Danov,K/Skopje 1967/ (41)
}) (12... a6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Nd5 $14 (14. f4 f5 15. exf5 (15. Bd3 Nc5 16. exf5
gxf5 17. Nd5 Qe8 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe8 19. b4 $14) 18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. b4 Nxd3
20. Qxd3 b5 $15 {0-1 Roeberg,F-Doery,J/Wiesbaden ,GER 1992/ (42)}) 15... gxf5
16. Nd5 $14)) 13. Rfd1 (13. Rac1 Qa5 (13... a5 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. b3 Ra8 16. Nd5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Hracek,Z/Jakarta 1994/(31)}) 14. b4 Nxb4 (14... Qd8 15.
Nd5 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nce5 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Nesterov,
J-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav 1993/(25)}) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc2 17. Qxa5 Nxe3
18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Miles,A-Piket,J/Groningen 1992/ (40)}) (13. Rab1
$5 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 14. b4 $14) 13... a6 14. Rab1 Na5 $6 {Wrong idea based
on strategical blunder.} 15. b3 b5 $6 {Seems Black have good counterplay, but
White suddenly sacrifice P and...} 16. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc4 17. Nxe6 $1 $16
{recieve serious advantage!} (17. b4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Be3 f5 $44) 17...
fxe6 18. b4 Nb7 $8 {[%csl Yb4,Rb7][%cal Gb4a5,Gb4c5]} 19. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} Qc7 (
19... Kh8 20. e5 d5 21. Bg4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 20. Rbc1 $2 $132 {time loss} ({
Strong was immediately} 20. Bg4 $1 Nd8 21. e5 d5 22. Nxd5 $1 $16) 20... Qc6 (
20... Nf6 $1 $132) 21. Bg4 Rf6 $2 $16 {Black again put mistake} ({Strong was} 
21... Nd8 22. e5 g5 23. Bf3 (23. exd6 exd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 gxf4 26. Rxd7
(26. Bf2 Ne5 $17) 26... fxe3 $17) 23... Qc7 (23... d5 24. Nxd5 $18) 24. exd6 (
24. Nd5 exd5 25. Bxd5+ e6 26. Bxc4 gxf4 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Bxf4
Nxe5 $132) 24... exd6 25. Qxd6 (25. fxg5 Ne5 $15 {[%cal Ge5f3]}) 25... gxf4 26.
Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 $132) 22. e5 $1 Rf5 (22... Nxe5 23. fxe5 dxe5
$16 {[%csl Re5,Re6,Re7]}) 23. Bf3 (23. Bxf5 exf5 $16) 23... Qc7 24. Nd5 {
Also possible way to get advantage} exd5 25. Qxd5+ e6 (25... Kh8 26. Qxb7 Bh6
27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. exd6 exd6 29. Rxd6 $16) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. exd6 $18 Nxd6 28.
Qxd6 Nf8 29. Bg4 Rf6 30. Qxc7 (30. Qd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rc8]}) 30... Rxc7 31.
Rd8 h5 (31... c3 32. Rc2 $18) 32. Rc8 Rfc6 (32... Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Rc6 34. Bb7 Re6
35. Kf2 $18) 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Be2 c3 35. Bxa6 c2 36. Bc5 Ne6 37. Rxc2 Nxc5 38.
bxc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 e6 $14 {This move is novelty,
an idea is to play this PP structure against Maroci variation. This plan,
however, doesn't solve opening problems. White retains slight space advantage
and pressure.} ({Mainlineas are:} 12... a5 13. Rfe1 (13. Rae1 {-see commented
game 1-0 Grischuk,A-Serper,G/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 [Ftacnik,L](43)})
13... Nd7 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Kalinin,A-Zavgorodniy,S/Moscow 2002/CBM
88 [Tsesarsky,I](52)}) 13. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6]} Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15.
Bf1 b6 16. f3 Rfe8 17. b4 e5 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] This move cannot be recommended.
Weakening of key square d5 is not justified. Of course, Black wants to arrange
active counterplay preparing f7-f5.} (17... Qb8 18. a3 $14) 18. Be3 Nh5 19. b5
(19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Rc1 f5 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. Bd3 $16) 19... Ba8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 f5 22. Rc1 Qf7 23. a4 ({White leaves with serious advantage after natural
} 23. Rc6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf8 25. Qc2 $1 ({Not} 25. Rec1 $2 Nf6 {[%csl Re4]} 26.
Bd3 Ng4 {[%csl Re3]} 27. Bg5 (27. Rc7 Rd7 $132) 27... Bf6 $132) 25... Nf6 26.
Be2 Qe7 27. Rc1 $14) 23... Bf6 24. Bf2 (24. Red1 Bh4 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Bd3 f4 (27... e4 28. fxe4 f4 29. Bg1 Bf6 30. Be2 Be5 31. Bg4 $18) 28. Bg1
$16) 24... Rf8 25. a5 bxa5 26. Qxa5 Rd7 27. Rc6 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]} (27. Qa6 fxe4
28. fxe4 Bd8 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Be2 Bb6 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Bf3 $16) 27... fxe4 28.
fxe4 Bd8 29. Qa2 Nf6 30. g3 Ng4 31. Bh3 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rf7][%cal Gh3d7,Gh3e6,
Ge6g8]} h5 32. Qe2 ({Quite strong also} 32. Be3 Kh7 33. Bxg4 hxg4 34. Ra6 Qf3
35. Bxa7 Rff7 36. Bf2 $18) 32... Qf6 33. Be3 (33. Bc5 Bb6 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Rf1
Qg5 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxb6 Kg7 38. Bxg4 (38. Rc6 Ra7 39. Kg2 Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Ra3
$44 {[%csl Rf2]}) 38... hxg4 39. Kg2 Qh6 40. Ra6 Rc7 41. Ra1 $18) 33... Qf3 {
Black has strategically lost position - straight result of poor play in the
opening.} 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Kg2 Bb6 ({In case of} 36... Be7 {
White has several ways to win:} 37. h3 {-one of them.} Rb7 38. hxg4 Rf8 39. Ra1
Rxb5 40. Rxa7 Rb2+ 41. Kh3 Rf1 42. Rc1 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 Rb1 44. Rxe7 Rxc1 45. Kh4
Rc4 46. Rd7 Rxe4 47. Kg5 Rd4 48. Kxg6 Rxg4+ 49. Kf6 $18) 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. Rxb6
$4 $44 {Premature!} ({Eventually wins} 38. Rb1 $1 {now after inevitable
capture on b6(or d6) white Rb1 will be located ideally for both purposes: K
protection and Pb6 pushing forward.} Re3 39. Rxb6 Kg7 40. Rc6 Re2+ (40... Rf7
41. Rb2 Re1 42. Rf2 Rb7 43. b6 Rb1 44. Rxd6 R1xb6 45. Rc6 $18) 41. Kf1 Rxh2 42.
Kg1 Rh3 (42... Rh8 $1 43. b6 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Rc2 $1 {White's plan is to
bring his K to the queenside.} (45. Rh1 $2 Rxh1 46. Kxh1 Rb7 47. Kg1 Kd7 48.
Kf2 Rb8 49. Rc7+ (49. Ke2 Rc8 $11) 49... Kd8 50. Rg7 Rxb6 51. Rxg6 Rb2+ 52. Ke3
Rb3+ 53. Kd2 (53. Ke2 Rb2+ (53... Rxg3 54. Rxd6+ Kc7 55. Re6 $18) 54. Ke1 Kc7
55. Rxg4 Kb6 $44) 53... Kc7 54. Rxg4 Kb6 $44) 45... Rb7 46. Ra2 Kd7 47. Ra6 Rc8
48. Rb2 Kd8 49. Kf2 Rcb8 50. Ke3 Kc8 51. Rc2+ Kd7 52. Rc6 Rf8 53. Kd3 Rf2 54.
Kc3 Rf1 55. Kb2 Rf2+ 56. Rc2 Rf8 57. Rh2 Kc8 58. Kb3 $18 {[%cal Gb3b5,Gb5c6]
and Black can't prevent white K penetration to c6.}) 43. b6 Rxg3+ {this
variation makes white K penetration easier via kingside:} 44. Kf2 Rf3+ 45. Kg2
Rf8 46. Kg3 Ra8 47. Kxg4 Kf6 48. Rf1+ Kg7 49. Rc7 Rxc7 50. bxc7 Rc8 51. Rc1 Kf6
52. Rc4 $18) 38... Rb3 39. Re2 Kg7 40. Rb8 Kh6 41. b6 Kg5 42. Rf2 {Fortress.
White can't improve position of his forces...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Nd5 {Except of this move White has various continuations:} (15. Kh1 Qb6 16.
Nd5 (16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Qd2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Jonsson-Gudmundsson,K/ISL-ch 1980/EXT 99 (79)}) 16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rfc8 18.
Qd2 Qb4 19. Rfd1 Qa3 20. Rc2 $14 {0-1 Siekanski,J-Vokac,M/Lubniewice 1994/CBM
45 (60)}) (15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 (16... Rac8 17. Rfd1 Qa6 18. Bf1 b6 19. Qf2
Qb7 20. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Joecks,C-Ponater,M/Hamburg 1999/EXT 2001 (41)}) 17.
Rcd1 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qc7 19. Bc4 a4 20. Rc1 $14 {0-1 Jolles,H-Hayoun,L/Torcy
1991/TD (33)}) (15. Nb5 Ne6 (15... Qc8 16. Kh1 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Nc7 Rad8
19. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Martinez,S-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/Cienfuegos 1980/EXT
99 (29)}) 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Kuzmin,G/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (47)}) (15. Qe1 Qb6 16. Nd5 (16. Qf2 a4 17. Nb5
axb3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. Rb1 Qb4 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Rfxe1 Ra2 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. b4 Ne6
24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Bf1 Rfa8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Ivkov,B/Cannes 1995/EXT 98 (43)}
) 16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Kh1 (18. Qf2 a4 19. Rc4 Qa3 20. b4 b5 21. Rc2
Qxb4 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Be3 Qb4 24. Bd2 Qd4 25. Be3 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,
W-Schmidt,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT (25)}) 18... Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 b6 20. Bb5 $14 {
1-0 Eingorn,V-Radulov,I/Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM 51 ext (38)}) (15. a3 b6 (
15... Qb6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 (16... Qd8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Wesseln,K-Molinaroli,M/Binz 1995/CBM 50 ext (49)}) 17. cxb5 Qd8 18. Bc4 Nd7 19.
Rf2 $14 {1-0 Marjanovic,S-Kagan,S/Skara 1980/EU-chT (35)}) (15... Qd7 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. b5 Qe5 21. Rf2 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5
23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. f4 $14 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Scarella,E/Santiago de Chile 1992/
EXT 98 (49)}) (15... Qb8 16. Rf2 (16. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rc8 $14 (17... Bb2
18. Rc2 Bxa3 19. Qa1 $14 {[%cal Ge3h6]})) 16... Rc8 17. Nd5 (17. b4 axb4 18.
axb4 Ra3 $1 $11) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Bb2 19. Rb1 Bxa3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Leow Leslie
M-Rind,B/Philadelphia 1989/EXT 97 (81)}) (15... h5 {-see commented game 1-0
Ernst,T-Larsen,B/Nordic zt 1992/CBM 31 [Tisdall](65)}) 16. Re1 (16. Qc2 Qb8 17.
Rcd1 Rc8 18. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Petursson,M/Biel 1985/IZT (53)}) (
16. Kh1 Kh8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd7 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bd3 Rf8 22.
Be4 $14 {1-0 Marjanovic,S-Seibold,H/Germany 1989/GER-chT (43)}) 16... Kh8 17.
Bf1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Marjanovic,S-Gudmundsson,E/Bela Crkva
1983/EXT 98 (44)}) 15... e6 16. Nf4 $5 ({After natural} 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Qd2
Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Kh8 22. Bf1 b6 23. Nc3 f5 {
Black was lucky to recieve good counterplay:} 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 (25. Nb5
Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rc8 $132) 25... Qh4 26. Qf2 Qh5 27. Ne2 Rg8 $132 {0-1 Brodsky,
M-Serper,G/Kherson 1991/CBM 21 ext (53)}) 16... Qe7 17. Qd2 {[%cal Gf1d1]
Looks the best move.} (17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Bb2 19. Rc2 Qf6 20. Nh3 Bc3 21. Bg5
Qd4+ 22. Kh1 f6 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Re3 Qe5 25. f4 Qb2 26. Re2 Qc3 27. Rc2 Qb4
28. Bxf6 Nxe4 ({Or} 28... Bxe4 29. Bc3 Bxc2 30. Qd4 Qxc3 31. Qxc3 Be4 32. Nf2
Rf8 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. Qe3 Nc5 35. g3 $132) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Bd3 $132 {0-1
Bolding,K-Cebalo,M/Cannes 1996/CBM 51 ext (41)} (30. Ng5 $11)) (17. Qe1 Bh6 18.
Kh1 Bg5 19. Qf2 e5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bxe3 (21... f5 22. Bxc5 Bxc1 23. Bxd6
Qxd6 24. c5 Qf6 25. Rxc1 $14 {0-1 Stisis,Y-Kagan,S/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 (46)})
22. Qxe3 f5 23. f4 Rae8 $11) 17... b6 18. Bd1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc6b5]
Weakening b5 square} ({Worth of attention} 18. Rfd1 $5 Rad8 19. Rb1 f5 20. exf5
Rxf5 21. a3 a4 22. b4 Nb3 23. Qe1 Rdf8 24. Nh3 b5 25. Nf2 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Kh8 27.
Rd3 $14) 18... Rfd8 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Bc2 b5 $1 $11 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Red1 Qb4 (
22... Bb2 23. Rb1 Be5 $11) 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Ne2 Rac8 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Rc2 (26.
Qf2 a4 27. Nc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc5 Rdc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3]}) 26... d5
$2 $16 {Missing elegant tactic impact.} ({Right was} 26... Qxd2 27. Rcxd2 d5
$11) 27. exd5 $2 $15 ({White misses} 27. Qxb4 $1 {too...} axb4 28. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5
29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bxc5 Bc3 31. Kf2 $16 (31. a4 Be2 32. Rc1 d4 33. Kf2 d3 34.
Be3 Kf7 $44)) 27... Rxd5 28. Qxb4 axb4 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3,Gb4]} 29. Rcd2 e5 (29...
Rd7 $15) 30. Ne2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Ne6 (31... f5 $15) (31... Bf8 $15) 32. Kf2 Kf8
33. Rd6 $11 Bxe2 34. Kxe2 Nd4+ 35. Kd2 Nb5 (35... Ke8 $11 {[%csl Rb4][%cal
Gg7f8]}) 36. Rd7 Bf6 ({Or} 36... Ke8 37. Rb7 Na3 38. Be4 Bf8 39. g4 Be7 {
White has pair of BB and active Rb7, but PPa2 and b3 are stopped by strong Pb4
and Be7, so White has maybe slight advantage.} 40. f4 exf4 41. Bxf4 Rd8+ 42.
Ke3 Rc8 43. g5 Nc2+ 44. Kd3 Rc3+ 45. Kd2 Nd4 46. Be3 Ne6 47. h4 Bd6 48. Bd3 $14
) 37. Bd3 Nc3 (37... Nd4 38. Bc4 Ke8 39. Rb7 Be7 40. f4 f6 $11) 38. Bc4 Be7 39.
Ra7 Nb1+ 40. Kd1 Rd8+ $2 $16 ({Right was} 40... Na3 $11) 41. Kc1 Na3 $2 $18 {
Missing elegant tactic operation.} ({Right was} 41... Nc3 42. a4 Rd1+ 43. Kc2
Rh1 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Re8 Bd6 46. a5 Ra1 47. Rd8 Be7 48. Rd7 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Kf8
50. a6 Nd1 51. Bb5 Nxe3 52. Kxe3 Ra5 53. Rb7 $16) 42. Bh6+ Ke8 43. Rxa3 $1 {
This exchange combination brings to White decisive advantage in the endgame.}
bxa3 44. Bb5+ Rd7 45. Kc2 {[%csl Ra3]} g5 ({Or} 45... f5 46. Kc3 Kd8 47. Bxd7
Kxd7 48. Bc1 Kc6 49. Kc4 $1 ({Not} 49. b4 $2 Kb5 50. Bxa3 Bd6 51. Kb3 e4 52.
fxe4 fxe4 53. Bc1 Bxb4 54. a4+ Ka5 55. Kc4 Kxa4 56. Kd5 Kb5 57. g4 h5 58. h3
Bc5 59. Kxe4 Kc6 60. Ke5 Kd7 61. Kf6 hxg4 62. hxg4 Be7+ 63. Kxg6 Ke6 $11) 49...
Bc5 50. b4 Bg1 51. h3 e4 52. fxe4 fxe4 53. Bxa3 e3 54. b5+ Kb6 55. Bb4 Bf2 56.
Bc5+ Ka5 57. Bd4 $18) 46. b4 Bxb4 47. Bxg5 f6 {Despair.} ({Loses also} 47... f5
48. Kb3 Bc5 49. Bc1 e4 50. Kc4 Bg1 51. fxe4 fxe4 52. h3 Kd8 53. Bxd7 Kxd7 54.
Bxa3 $18) 48. Bxd7+ ({White avoids a simple trap:} 48. Bxf6 $4 Kf7 49. Bxd7
Kxf6 $44) 48... Kxd7 49. Bxf6 Ke6 50. Bg5 Kd5 51. Kb3 Bd6 52. Bc1 e4 53. fxe4+
Kxe4 54. g3 Kf3 55. Bxa3 Bb8 56. Bc1 h5 57. Bf4 Ba7 58. h4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kopjonkin, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bf2 (13. Be3 {-mainline
}) 13... Qa5 (13... a6 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 axb5 18.
Bxb5 Ne5 19. a4 $14 {1-0 Winsnes,Rikard-Turner,Matthew/Gothenburg (2) ;EXT 98
1993 (39)}) ({more popular is} 13... a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rab1 {and here number
of variations:} f5 (15... Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Qe1 Qf8 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rdd1 $14 {Agrest,Evgenij-Karlsson,Lars/Sigeman & Co (4) ;
CBM 72 1999/1-0 (76)}) (15... e6 16. Nb5 $1 (16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. Rbc1
(18. Ne2 $4 Bxe4 $1 $17) 18... g5 19. Ne2 g4 20. Qe3 gxf3 21. gxf3 Qg6+ 22. Bg3
f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ikonnikov,Vyacheslav-Nielsen,Peter Heine/Cheliabinsk-A ;EXT
97 1991 (34)}) (16. a3 Be5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 Qf6 20. Rc1 Rfd8
$132) 16... Be5 17. Nd4 (17. Rbd1 $5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 $14) 17... Qf6 18. Rbd1 $14
{Hellers,Ferdinand-Cebalo,Miso/EU-chT (Men) (4) ;EU-chT 1992/1-0 (57)} (18.
Nxc6 bxc6 19. g3 $14)) (15... Qb6 $5 16. a3 Qd8 $14 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gd1c2,Gb3b4]})
(15... Be5 16. Bd1 b6 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Nd4 d5 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 22. exd5 Qd6 23. Qh6 $14 {1-0 Horvath,Jozsef-Nielsen,Peter Heine/AUT-chT
9798 (10) ;CBM 63 ext 1998 (44)}) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd1 $5 (17. a3 Kh8 18. b4
axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,Vladimir-Yudasin,Leonid/URS-ch58
Moscow (7) ;URS-ch 1991}) 17... Qe8 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Bc2 b6 20. a3 $14 {1-0
Volzhin,Alexander-Nevostrujev,Vladimir/RUS-chT Moscow (4) ;CBM 45 ext 1994 (38)
}) 14. Rfc1 Nc5 (14... Rfc8 15. Rab1 Qd8 16. b4 b6 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne3 Qf8 19.
b5 Bb7 20. Rd1 Be5 21. Ng4 Nc5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qd6 $16 {Degerman,Lars-Jepson,
Christian/SVE-chT 9798 (7) ;EXT 2000 1998/1-0 (52)}) 15. Rab1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 $5
{Pawn sacrifice} ({Quite well also} 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne6 18. Be3 Rfc8 19.
Kf2 f6 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bc2 a5 22. b3 $14 {Arsovic,Zoran-Bakic,Rados/JUG-chT
Budva (3) ;CBM 53 ext 1996/0-1 (61)}) 16... Ne6 $6 $16 ({Interesting was} 16...
Qxa2 $5 17. Qd1 (17. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Gc3a3]} Nb3 $8 18. Qd1 Ba4 (18...
a5 19. Rxb3 Ba4 20. Ra3 $18) 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Qc1 $1 Nb3 $8 21. Qe1 {[%csl Ra2,
Rb3][%cal Gd3c2]} e5 (21... Rac8 22. Bc2 $18) 22. Bc2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Bxa4
Qxa4 24. Rd1 Qb4 $11) 23... Bxc2 (23... exd4 24. Ra3 $18) 24. Rxc2 exd4 25. Rd1
Qb3 26. Qf2 $14 {[%csl Rd4,Rd6]}) 17... Qa4 (17... Ba4 18. b3 Bc6 19. b4 Ba4
20. Qe1 Nb3 21. c5 $16 {[%cal Ge2c4]}) 18. b4 (18. b3 Qb4 $15) (18. e5 Rfd8 19.
b4 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ne6 21. b5 Be8 $15) 18... Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne6 20. b5 Be8 21.
Ra3 a6 22. Rda1 Bd7 $11) 17. b4 {Black now have Par of BB and space advantage.}
Qe5 18. Rd1 b6 (18... Nf4 19. Bf1 $16) 19. Be3 Rfd8 (19... f5 {would open
position for White Bishops} 20. exf5 $16) 20. f4 $1 {White play on all over
the board.} Qg7 21. Bd3 Kh8 22. Bc2 Rg8 23. Rf1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 (23... Bb7
24. Rf2 $1 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Gf4f5]} (24. f5 $6 gxf5 $8 25. Rxf5 (25. exf5 $4
Qxg2+ $19) 25... Rac8 $14) 24... Rac8 (24... a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 (25... bxa5 26.
f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Ng5 28. Bd4 f6 29. Rg3 $16) 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Ng5 28. Bd4
f6 29. a4 $16) 25. f5 $16) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rf2 $1 {[%csl Yg2]} Raf8 26. Bb3
$2 $132 ({To keep the advantage was possible by} 26. Ra3 $1 Qa1+ 27. Qc1 $16)
26... Rf6 $1 27. c5 $1 bxc5 $4 $18 {[%mdl 16384] Terrible move, opening
position for strong White pieces in the center.} ({Right was} 27... Rg6 $1 28.
g3 Rh6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gg7g3,Gh6h1]} 29. Kf1 (29. Re2 dxc5 30. bxc5 Rd8 31.
Qe1 (31. Qb2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ $132) 31... Nd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ $11) 29... Bb5+
30. Kg1 (30. Ke1 dxc5 31. bxc5 Rd8 32. Qb2 bxc5 $15) 30... Bc6 $11) 28. bxc5 d5
({now don't help} 28... Rg6 29. g3 Rh6 30. Re2 dxc5 (30... d5) 31. Bxc5 Rd8 32.
Qb2 Nxf4 33. Rxe7 Nh3+ 34. Kf1 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Qd2 $18 {
[%cal Gc5d4]}) 29. Rd3 (29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qe5 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 $18)
29... Rg6 (29... Rb8 30. Qd1 $1 $18 (30. Bxd5 Rb1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bb5
33. Kg1 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 $16)) 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rb8 32. Re5 Qf7 33. Qc2 {
[%csl Gb1,Rf5]} (33. c6 $18) 33... Ng7 34. c6 Rc8 35. c7 Rd6 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37.
Bxd2 e6 38. Rb5 Qd7 39. Rb8 Ne8 40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. Qb2+ Kg8 42. Qb8 (42. Qb8 Nd6
43. Bb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 {This variation is well known and is deeply investigated.
White mostly receives an advantage because of space advantage.} ({Another
mainline is} 16... Rfc8) 17. Rc2 (17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Qc1
Qb6 21. a3 Qd8 22. Qd2 h5 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne6 26. Nd5 Ra3 27.
Ra2 (27. Bb6 Qf8 28. Qf2 Be5 29. Rd2 $14 (29. g3 $6 Ng5 30. Be3 Bxd5 31. Bxg5 {
1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Gonzalez,B/Valencia 2000/EXT 2001 (31)})) 27... Rca8 28.
Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Re1 $16 {[%cal Gf3f5]}) 17... Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Bf1 ({White
can immediately start to implement plan of a2-a3 and b3-b4 promotion:} 19. a3
Qd8 (19... Qc7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd5 $14 (22. b5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd7
24. Rc2 b6 $11 {1-0 Salokangas,H-Salmensuu,O/Tampere 1995/EXT 98 (66)})) 20.
Qd2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Saravanan,V/Linares 1999/
CBM 68 ext (33)}) (20. Bf1 b6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nd7 23. Qd2 Ra3 24. Ne2 Ne5
25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Ra2 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 Ra8 28. Qf2 $132 {1-0 Yagupov,I-Zavgorodniy,
S/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (46)}) 20... e6 (20... a4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Qd1 e5 23. b5
Be8 24. Nd5 (24. Nxa4 Nd4 25. Ra2 $14) 24... Nd4 25. Rd2 Bd7 26. Bxd4 exd4 27.
Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Salguero,F-Hernandez,G/Bariloche 1991/EXT 97 (32)}) 21. Bf1 {
-see commented game 1-0 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Manila 1990/CBM 19[Gelfand,B] (53)})
(19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Qe1 (20. Bf1 Qf8 21. Qd2 f5 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2
Ribli,Z-Boshku,H/Novi Sad 1990/TD[Ribli,Z] (28)}) (20. Qd2 b6 (20... h5 21. Re1
Qb6 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Rcc1 Qb6 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. e5 $14 {
1-0 Spraggett,K-Rausis,I/Metz 1997/EXT 99 (49)}) 21. Rcc1 Bb7 22. Bd1 Kh8 23.
Bc2 Qf8 24. Re1 e6 25. Rbd1 Rd8 26. a3 Rd7 27. b4 $16 {1-0 Llanes Hurtado,
M-Pascual Paredes,J/ESP 1997/EXT 2001 (51)}) 20... Qf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Re8 23. Qd2 h5 24. Bf1 Kh7 25. Qf2 e6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Bf4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Bosch,J/Leeuwarden 1997/EXT 99 (74)}) (19. Nd1 Qd8 20. Nf2 Qf8
21. Qd2 h6 22. Rcc1 Kh7 (22... b6) 23. Kh1 f5 $5 (23... h5 $6 {[%csl Rg5,Rh7]
Black ignores Nc3-d1-f2 manouevre.})) 19... Qd8 20. Qd2 (20. a3 Qf8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Na4 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Franco Ocampos,Z-Gonzalez,Y/
Havana 2002/CBM 88 ext (59)}) 20... h5 {This move's idea is to prepare Bg7-h6
with BB exchange. The main disadvantage of this move is Kg8 weakening.} 21. Kh1
(21. a3 Kh7 22. Kh1 b6 23. Qf2 Rcb8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd7 26. Nd5 e6 27. Nc3
Ne5 28. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Muse,M/Altensteig 1991/CBM 25 (40)}) 21... Kh7
22. Qf2 Bh6 $2 $18 {Probably decisive mistake.} (22... Qf8 $142 23. Nd5 Nd7 24.
Rd1 $16) 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. e5 $1 b6 25. Rd1 Nb7 26. Bd3 Qc7 ({In case of} 26...
Kg7 27. Be4 Bxe4 {both recaptures lead to winning position:} 28. Nxe4 (28. fxe4
Rc6 29. Rcd2 Qc8 30. Qd4 Kg8 31. exd6 Nxd6 32. Nd5 Qe6 33. e5 Nf5 34. Qe4 {
[%cal Gd5f4,Ge4a8]} Re8 35. Nf4 Qc8 36. Kg1 $18 (36. e6 Rd6 $16)) 28... Rc6 29.
Rcd2 Qc7 30. Qe1 dxe5 (30... a4 31. Nc3 axb3 32. axb3 Qd8 33. Qe3 $18) 31. Rd7
Qc8 32. Rxe7 Re6 33. Rdd7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 $18) 27. e6 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh6]} f5 ({Or
} 27... Nc5 28. exf7 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kxf7 31. Re2 $18 {[%csl Rf7]})
(27... fxe6 28. Qe3+ Kh7 29. Qxe6 Rg8 30. Re2 Rg7 31. Qh3 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 28.
Qe3+ Kh7 29. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qg5 Rh8 (30... Rf8 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33.
Rd4 f4 34. Nd5 $18) 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Qxf5+ Kh6 33. Qf4+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35.
Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3
O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Qb8 (11... Rb8 12. Rfd1 (12. Rfc1
Ne8 (12... b5 $5 13. a3 $14) 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rab1 $14
{1-0 Sherbakov,R-Scetinin,A/Ljubljana op 1992 (46)}) 12... b5 13. cxb5 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 axb5 (14... Bxb5 $6 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
G-Anastasian,A/EUCup f Budapest 1996 (48)}) 15. e5 (15. a3 Bc6 16. Na2 Nd7 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ $18 {Yermolinsky,A-Kozlov,V/Aktiubinsk URS sf 1985/1/2-1/2 
(57)}) 15... Ne8 (15... dxe5 16. Bxe5 b4 17. Nd5 Ba4 18. Bxf6 (18. Nxf6+ Bxf6
19. Bxb8 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxb8 $11) 18... exf6 19. b3 Bc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Antoshin,V-Balcerowski,W/Polanica Zdrój 1970 (23)}) 16. exd6 Bxd4+ 17.
Qxd4 Nxd6 18. Nd5 Nf5 19. Qa7 Nd6 20. Rac1 Ra8 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qb3 e5 23. Bxb5
$16 (23. Qc3 Nd4 $15 (23... Be6 24. Qxe5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 $14 {0-1 Arbakov,
V-Panchenko,A/Pula op 1990 (36)}))) 12. Nb3 (12. Rac1 Rc8 (12... Re8 13. Rfd1
h5 14. a3 Kh7 15. b4 b5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bh6 17. f4 e5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Bf3
Qc7 20. b5 $16) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qa2 (17. Nd5 $14) 17... Kg8 18. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Giaccio,A-Barria,D/open, General Pico City ARG 1996 (21)}) 13. b3 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 b5 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Rfd1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 $16 {1-0 Dworakowska,J-Ciuksyte,D/
World Junior (Girls), Zagan POL 1997 (39)}) 12... Ne5 13. Bb6 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
cxd5 Bb5 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd8 17. b4 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. Bf2
Bh6 21. Rc3 Ne5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qb3 Rc4 24. Rd1 Qc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Titz,
H-Mahdy,K/Vienna op 1990 (51)}) 13... Rc8 14. Nd5 $6 $11 (14. c5 $1 Be6 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 exd6 17. Rfd1 Rc6 18. Bf2 Bxb3 19. axb3 $14) 14... Nxd5 (
14... Kf8 15. Bd4 $14 (15. Rac1 $14)) 15. cxd5 Ba4 16. Be3 (16. Rac1 Nd7 17.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qe8 19. Be3 Rc8 (19... Bxb3 20. axb3 Rc8 $11) 20. Rxc8 Qxc8
21. Nd4 Ne5 $11) 16... Bb5 17. Rfc1 (17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bd4 Nc4 $132) 17... Bxe2
18. Qxe2 b5 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bf2 Qb7 21. b3 Na3 (21... Nb6 22. Rab1 Bh6 23.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Rc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bxc1 27. Qc2 Bg5 28. Qb3 (28. a5
Nd7 29. h4 Bf6 30. g4 $14) 28... Qc7 29. Nc6 Nd7 30. a5 h5 31. Bb6 $14) 22. Qd2
b4 23. Rxc8+ (23. Be3 $5 Rc5 $1 $11) 23... Rxc8 24. Rc1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Nb5 (
25... Rxc1+ $2 26. Qxc1 Nb5 27. Qc6 $1 Qb8 (27... Qxc6 28. dxc6 Kf8 (28... Nxd4
29. c7 $18) 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Ke3 Nxd4 (30... Kd8 31. Bb6+ Kc8 32. Kd3 $16) 31.
Kxd4 Kd8 32. Kc4 Kc7 33. Kxb4 Kxc6 34. Ka5 Kb7 35. b4 $16) 28. Be3 $16) 26. Be3
a5 27. h4 f6 $5 (27... Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Nc3 29. Qc2 Qb5 (29... h5 30. a4 Qc7 31.
Qd3 f6 32. Qa6 $16) 30. Kf2 a4 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Qxa4 Nxa4 33. Bd2 Nc5 34. Ke3
b3 35. axb3 Nxb3 36. Bb4 Kf8 $11) 28. Rc2 Kf7 (28... Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nc3 30. Bd4
Kf7 31. g4 e6 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Kf2 Qc7 34. Ke1 d5 35. exd5+ Nxd5 (35... Kxd5
36. Bxf6 $16) 36. Qe4+ Kd6 37. Kd2 Qd7 (37... Qe7 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. Kd3 Ke6
40. Kc4 $16) 38. g5 fxg5 39. Qe5+ Kc6 40. hxg5 Qf7 $11) 29. Qc1 (29. Rxc8 Qxc8
30. Bb6 Nc3 31. g4 Qb7 32. Bd4 Qc7 33. Kf2 Nb5 $11) 29... Rc3 (29... Nc3 $6 30.
Qe1 (30. Kh2 Nxa2 $17) (30. Bd4 Ne2+ $19) (30. Qd2 Rc7 31. Bd4 Nb5 32. Rxc7
Qxc7 33. Be3 Qc3 34. Kf2 $14) 30... Rc7 31. Qd2 Nb5 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 $132) 30.
Rxc3 Nxc3 31. Qc2 Qb5 (31... h5 32. Bd4 Qc7 33. a4 e6 $11 (33... Nxd5 34. Qxc7
Nxc7 35. Bb6 Na6 36. Bxa5 e5 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 d5 39. exd5+ Kxd5 40. Bb6 f5
41. g3 Kc6 (41... Nc5 42. Bxc5 Kxc5 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. a5 Kc5 45. a6 Kb6 46. Kc4
Kxa6 47. Kxb4 Kb6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. b4 $18) 42. Bd8 Kd5 $11)) (31... e6 32. dxe6+
Kxe6 33. Bd4 Qc6 34. Kf2 d5 35. exd5+ Kxd5 36. Qd3 Ke6 $11) 32. Kf2 e5 33.
dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Bd4 d5 (34... Qc6 35. Bxc3 bxc3 (35... Qxc3 36. Qxc3 bxc3 37.
Ke3 Ke5 38. Kd3 $18) 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Kd3 $16) 35. exd5+ Nxd5 $2 $16 (35... Qxd5
36. Bxc3 Qc5+ 37. Ke2 bxc3 38. Kd3 $16) (35... Kxd5 $1 36. Qd2 (36. a4 Qc6 37.
Qd3 Ke6 $14) 36... Qe2+ 37. Qxe2 Nxe2 38. Bxf6 Nc1 39. Ke3 Nxa2 40. Kd2 a4 (
40... Kc5 41. Kc2 a4 42. bxa4 Kc4 43. a5 b3+ 44. Kb2 Nb4 45. g4 h5 46. Bg7 Nd3+
47. Ka3 Nc5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. f4 Ne6 50. Be5 Kb5 51. f5 Nc5 52. f6 b2 53. Ka2
Kxa5 54. f7 Ne6 55. Kxb2 Kb5 56. Kc3 Kc6 57. Bg7 Kd5 58. f8=Q Nxf8 59. Bxf8 $18
) 41. bxa4 b3 42. a5 Kc5 43. g4 (43. a6 Kb6 44. Kd3 Nc1+ 45. Kc4 Kxa6 46. Bb2
Ne2 47. Kxb3 Kb5 48. g4 Kc5 $11) 43... Kb5 44. Bd8 Nb4 45. Kc3 Ka4 $1 $44) 36.
Qc8+ Kf7 (36... Qd7 37. Qa6+ Qd6 38. Qxa5 Nf4 39. Be3 Nd3+ 40. Ke2 Ne5 (40...
Nb2 41. Qb6 $18) 41. Qb6 Qxb6 42. Bxb6 Kd5 43. Bd8 $16) 37. Qh8 (37. Bc5) 37...
Qd3 38. Qxh7+ Ke6 39. Qg8+ Kd6 40. Qd8+ Ke6 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qc4 Qd2+ (42...
Qxc4 43. bxc4 Nf4 44. Be3 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 Ne5 46. c5 a4 47. g4 b3 48. axb3 axb3
49. Bd4 Nc6 50. Bc3 Ke6 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 Kf5 53. Kd3 Kg5 54. Kc4 f5 55.
Kxb3 Kxh5 56. Kc4 Kg5 57. Kd5 Na7 58. Be5 $18) 43. Kg3 Qe1+ (43... Qf4+ 44. Kh3
Qf5+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qd6 47. Kf2 $16) 44. Bf2 Qd2 $2 $18 (44... Qe6 $16)
45. Qd4 $1 (45. Be3 $6 Qxe3 (45... Qe1+ 46. Kg4 f5+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+
49. Kh2 $16) 46. Qxd5+ $16) 45... Qxd4 46. Bxd4 {Hecht [#] Black loses slowly
against the extra pawn and good bishop. The offside placement of the knight in
the process of recovering the pawn actually accelerates the win. [#]  Schwarz
verliert langsam gegen den Mehrbauern und den guten Läufer. Das Wegstellen des
Springers unter Bauernrückgewinn beschleunigt freilich den Verlust.} Nc3 (46...
f5 47. Kf2 $1 (47. Kh3 Ke6 (47... Nc3 48. a4 $18) 48. g4 Nf4+ 49. Kh2 fxg4 50.
fxg4 Ne2 51. Bb6 Nc1 52. Bxa5 Nxa2 53. Kg3 Nc1 54. Bxb4 Nxb3 55. Kf4 Nd4 $11)
47... f4 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Kc4 Ke6 51. Kb5 $18) 47. Kf2 Nxa2 48. Bb2
Ke6 (48... f5 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kf7 52. Kd4 $1 (52. Kd3 Ke6 53.
Kc4 Ke7 54. Kb5 $1 $18 (54. h5 $2 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kf7 56. Kb5 Kg8 57. Bd4 (57.
Kxa5 Kh7 58. Kb5 Kh6 59. Bd4 Kxh5 $11) 57... Kh7 (57... Nc1 58. Ka4 Kh7 59. Be3
Nxb3 60. Kxb3 Kg7 61. Bg5 Kh7 62. Ka4 Kg7 $11) 58. Be3 Nc3+ 59. Kxa5 Kg7 60.
Bc1 (60. h6+ Kg6 $14) 60... Kh7 61. Bg5 Ne4 62. Be3 Nc3 $14)) 52... Ke6 53. Kc4
$18) 49. Ke3 Kd5 (49... f5 50. Kd4 (50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Kg5 Nc3 52. h5 gxh5 53.
Kxf5 a4 54. bxa4 Nxa4 55. Bd4 b3 $11) 50... Kd6 51. g4 fxg4 52. fxg4 Ke6 53.
Kc4 Kf7 54. Kb5 Nc3+ 55. Kxa5 $18) 50. g4 (50. g4 Ke6 51. Kd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 17. Rc2 (17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Rc2 f5 20. exf5
gxf5 {This move was possible in this game on the 18 move.} 21. Qc1 f4 22. Bf2
Qb6 23. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Greenfeld,Alon-Yudasin,Leonid/Beersheba (1) ;CBM 53 1996 
(43)}) 17... f5 {Not the best move, but another continuations also permit to
White to get advantage:} (17... Rac8 18. Nd5 $1 (18. Qc1 {[%cal Ga2a3]} Qb6 19.
Nd5 (19. a3 Qd8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. b5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd7 24. Rc2 Be6
25. c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Elbilia,Jacques-Bernard,Christophe/Paris op (6) ;EXT 97
1996 (28)}) 19... Qd8 20. Qd2 e6 21. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb1d1]}) 18...
Bxd5 19. exd5 $14) (17... Rfe8 18. Nd5 $14 (18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Nd5 $14 (19. a3 Qd8
20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd5 e6 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Qd2 Nc3 25. Rbc1 Nxe2+ 26.
Nxe2 Bf8 27. b5 Bd7 28. Bf4 e5 29. Be3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Keskisarja,
Teemu-Lehtisalo,Marko/Vantaa op (3) ;EXT 2000 1998 (51)}))) (17... Ne6 18. Bf1
(18. Nd5 $14) 18... f5 19. a3 (19. Nd5 $14) 19... Qxa3 20. Nd5 f4 21. Bf2 Bxd5
22. Qxd5 Rf6 23. Qxb7 $14 (23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxb7 Rff8 25. c5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4
27. Qxe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Istrate,Bogdan-Leskur,Dejan/Bucharest Cup IM ;EXT 2000
1998 (46)})) (17... Rfc8 $5 {Maybe a little bit better than another moves in
this position.} 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. a3 (19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Bf1 (20. Qd2 $5 h5 (20...
Qf8 21. Rbc1 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. cxd5 b6 26. a3
$16) 21. Re1 Qb6 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Rcc1 Qb6 26. Nb5 Qd8
27. e5 $14 {1-0 Spraggett,Kevin-Rausis,Igors/Metz op (5) ;EXT 99 1997 (49)}) (
20. Qe1 Qf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 $14 {Ulibin,Mikhail-Bosch,Jeroen/Leeuwarden
op (6) ;EXT 99 1997/1/2-1/2 (74)}) 20... Qf8 21. Qd2 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Rbc1
$14 {29. e2 af8 30. e1 d4~/= 1/2-1/2 Ribli,Zoltan-Boshku,Harallamb/Novi Sad ol
(Men) (3) ;TD 1990 (28)}) (19. Nd1 {C3 is the best square for White N} Qd8 20.
Nf2 {[%cal Gf2g4]} Qf8 21. Qd2 h6 $132 {[%cal Gf2d1,Gd1c3] Van den Doel,
Erik-Balduan,Markus/BL2-W9899 Germany (7) ;GER-chT2 1999/1-0 (69)}) 19... Qd8
20. Qd2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd1 $132 {Dimitrov - Moldovan, St.Zagora
1990}) 20... e6 21. Bf1 Be5 22. b4 (22. Ne2 $5) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Ne2
Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Nd4 $14 {Gelfand,Kapengut 1-0 Gelfand,Boris-Anand,
Viswanathan/Manila Interzonal (3) ;CBM 19 1990 (53)}) 18. exf5 Rxf5 (18... gxf5
19. Qc1 Qb6 20. a3 Qd8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. Rd2 $14 {Sluka,
Radek-Dobrovolsky,Ladislav/CZE-ch (8) ;TD 1993/1/2-1/2 (53)} (23. Qd2 $14)) 19.
Qc1 {[%cal Ga2a3] Standard plan: a2-a3, b3-b4.} Qb6 20. a3 Qd8 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 Ne6 $5 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4] Here N take part in the struggle on Black Squares.}
(22... Na4 23. Nxa4 (23. Nd1 e6 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Nf2 $14) 23... Bxa4 24. Ra2 Be8
25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qd2 $14) 23. Qd2 Be5 (23... Rf8 $6 24. c5 $1 (24. b5 Be8 25.
Nd5 Bf7 26. f4 Nc5 27. Bf3 e6 28. Nc3 Ra3 $132) (24. Nd5 Ra3 25. Bb6 Qe8 26.
Re1 Qf7 27. Bd3 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 $132) (24. Rd1 $14)
24... dxc5 25. Bc4 $16) 24. b5 $6 $132 {Weakenen c5 square.} (24. Nd5 $14)
24... Bd7 (24... Be8 25. Nd5 Nc5 26. Bg5 Rf7 27. Rd1 $14) 25. Nd5 Ra3 $1 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Ge5d4,Gd4g1]} 26. Bd3 Rh5 $1 {[%csl Gg5]} (26... Rf8 27. Bf1 (
27. Be4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 dxc5 $15) (27. f4 Bg7 28. Be4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 $15 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge7e6]}) 27... Nc5 (27... Ng7 28. Bg5 Nf5 29. Re1 $14 {[%csl
Re7]}) 28. Re1 Rf5 (28... b6 29. Bg5 Rf7 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. f4 $16) 29. Bg5 $16
{[%csl Re7]}) 27. f4 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Ga3,Gh5] Despite of pawn structure defects
and White space advantage Black position is quite good because of very active
pieces.} (27... Bg7 28. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rh5]}) 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Ra2 Rxa2 30.
Qxa2 e6 $2 $16 {[%mdl 16384] It was very difficult to calculate long
variations and properly evaluate final positions.} ({Right was} 30... Bf5 $1
31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Qd2 e5 $11 {[%csl Gd4,Gf5]}) 31. Qf2 $1 (31. Qa7 $2 Qh4 32.
Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qxb7 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Qxh2+ 35. Kf1 Qd2 (35... Qa2 36. Qxd7+ Kh6 37.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 38. Nf6+ Kh6 39. Nxh5 gxh5 40. b6 Qa8 41. b7 Qb8 42. Be4 $18) 36.
Qxd7+ Kh6 37. Be2 exd5 38. Qe7 Rh1+ 39. Kg2 Rxb1 40. Qg5+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ $11)
31... exd5 (31... Nxb5 32. f5 $1 exd5 (32... gxf5 33. Nf4 $16) 33. fxg6 hxg6
34. Bxg6 Rh6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. cxb5 Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Bd3 $16) 32. Qxd4 Qh4
33. h3 Qg3 {This positions seems good for Black, but initiative will be
finished very soon.} (33... Bxh3 34. gxh3 Qxh3 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh3f3]} 35. Kf2
$8 Qh2+ 36. Ke1 Qg2 37. Bf1 Qg3+ 38. Kd2 Rf5 39. Re1 $16) 34. Be2 $1 {This
only move is also very strong.} Rxh3 (34... Bxh3 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bf5 37.
Rd1 Rh4 (37... dxc4 38. Bxh5 gxh5 39. Rxd6 c3 40. Ke3 $16) 38. Kg3 g5 39. fxg5
Rxc4 40. Bxc4 dxc4 41. Rxd6 c3 42. Rd5 c2 43. Rc5 $16) 35. Bf3 (35. Qxd5+ Kg7
36. Bf3 $16) 35... h5 $6 $18 (35... Qh2+ $142 36. Kf2 Rxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qh5+ (
37... Be6 38. cxd5 Qh5+ 39. Kg3 $16) 38. Ke3 dxc4 39. Qxd6 Qf5 40. Rd1 $16) 36.
Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Ra1 $1 {Black King position is ugly} (37. Qxd6 Bg4 38. Qe5+ Kh7
39. Bxg4 $18) 37... Bc8 (37... Qh2+ 38. Kf2 Rxf3+ 39. Qxf3 $18) 38. Qe4 Qh2+
39. Kf2 Rxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Kh7 42. Qe4 Kh6 43. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 (18. a3 h5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nd5 e6
21. Nc3 Qe7 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Larsen,B/Roquebrune 30'/1992/0,5 (45)}) (18. Nd1
Qf8 $11 {Ftacnik-Smejkal/BL9293/1992/}) 18... Be5 (18... b6 19. a3 Rcb8 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nd5 Nf8 23. Qf2 $14 {Vilela,JL-Estevez,G/Santa Clara (01)
/1991/0,5 (57)}) (18... h5 {Horvath,Jo-Reeh,O/Budapest Kasparov/1991/} 19. Nb5
$1 $14) 19. a3 ({Also interesting is} 19. Nd1 $5 Qe8 (19... Qf8 20. Nf2 h5 21.
Bh6 Bg7 22. Bg5 Kh7 23. Re1 Rc7 24. Be3 Bh6 25. Nd1 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qh6 27. Qf2
$14 {1-0 Veingold,A-Perez Lopez,JM/ch-ESP (team) Div 2 1999 (40)}) 20. Nf2 f5 (
20... b5 $2 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qd5 Qe8
26. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,Rafael A-Ivkov,Borislav/Moscow ;MCL 1985 (30)}) 21.
exf5 (21. Nd3 Bg7 22. exf5 $14 (22. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 (22... fxe4 23. Bf2 exd3 24.
Bxd3 $14) 23. e5 b6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Stojanovic,Dalibor-Kovchan,Alexander/EU-ch
U16 Litohoto (2) ;CBM 72 ext 1999 (41)})) 21... gxf5 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 Qg6
24. Qe2 $14) (19. Rd1 Qf8 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bg5 Bxd5 22. exd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Horvath,Gyula-Wirthensohn,Heinz/EUCup Gr5 Thessaloniki (2) ;EXT 98 1996 (28)})
(19. g3 h5 20. Bg2 Kh7 21. Ne2 b6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Re1 Bg7 24. Bh3 $14 {Ftacnik,
L-Reinderman,D/NED-chT Amsterdam NED 2000/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 19... Qf8 (19... Be8
20. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc3d5]} (20. b4 $6 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ne2 Nb6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander-Bischoff,Klaus/Altensteig (6) ;CBM 49 1995}
)) 20. b4 $6 $11 ({Another plan is} 20. Nd5 $142 {and White waits for pawn
promotions in the center and kingside which will weaken Pd6 etc. -or Black
will take on d5 and White with pair of BB and space advantage will have
advantage.} {The first possibility is} Qd8 ({The second possibility is} 20...
Bxd5 21. exd5 $1 ({and now not} 21. cxd5 $6 a4 $1 22. bxa4 (22. b4 Nb3 23. Qf2
Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Rc8 25. Qf2 Rc3 26. Rd1 Qc8 27. Bg5 (27. f4 Rc2 28. Qf3 Bg7 29.
Bb5 Ra2 30. Bxa4 Rxa3 $17 {0-1 Vuckovic,Bo-Damljanovic,B/It Valjevo YUG 2000 
(44)}) 27... f5 (27... Rc2 28. Qa7 Qd7 29. Qb6 $14 {[%cal Gf1b5]}) 28. Bxe7 Rc1
29. Qe1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qe8 (30... Qc7 31. Bg5 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bb2 33. Qg4 $16) 31.
Bh4 fxe4 32. Bc4 (32. fxe4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Qxe4 34. Bg3 Qxd5 $44)) 22... Rxa4 $11)
21... Qg7 22. b4 {-see commented game Khalifman,Alexander-Hracek,Zbynek/
Pardubice (2) ;CBM 42 1994/0-1 (70) (Boensch Uve)}) 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 e6 23.
Nc3 $14 (23. Nf4 $14)) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 {Now R activity in a-line bring
to Black good position.} (21... Na4 $6 22. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Ra4]}) 22. g3 (22.
Nd5 Ra3 23. Ra2 Rca8 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 $132) 22... Ra3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8a8,
Gf8g7] Black put strong pressure on the big diagonal a1-h8 and a-line} 23. b5 {
Weaken square c5, but what can you advice to White to do?} (23. Bh3 Rca8 $132 {
And White haven't active plan.}) 23... Bd7 24. f4 Bg7 25. Bf2 $6 $15 (25. e5
Nc5 $1 {Quite well was} 26. Bxc5 ({and here White can't play} 26. exd6 $4 {
because of} Rxc3 $1 {Maybe White missed this move?} 27. Rxc3 (27. Bxc5 Rxc2 $19
) 27... Ne4 $19) 26... Rxc5 27. exd6 exd6 28. Ne4 Bf5 $11) 25... Nc5 26. Bxc5 {
White start play for draw...} (26. Bg2 Nb3 27. Qd3 Na5 28. c5 Be6 $17) 26...
Rxc5 27. Nd5 Be6 (27... Qd8 $15) 28. Ra2 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Bxd5 $11 {Why?} (29...
Bg4 $15 {[%cal Ge7e6] Was keep slight advantage}) (29... Bc8 $15 {[%cal Ge7e6]}
) 30. exd5 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Qd2 Bc5 {Both sides haven't weaknesses, it is
dead draw.} 33. Bh3 Ra8 34. Qe2 Qh6 35. Bg2 Qf8 36. Rf1 Ra3 37. f5 Bd4 38. Qg4
Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Kh1 (10. Qd2 $5) (10. Rc1 $5) 10... Nxd4 (
10... a6 11. f3 Rc8 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rb8 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 b5 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 b4 17. Nd5 $1 (17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 Bc6 $11 {0-1 Rahman,T-Hegde,
R/Calcutta op2 1994/EXT 94op (28)}) 17... Ne4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxe5 19. Nxb4 Ba4 20.
Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd3 Bd4 23. Rc1 $14) 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Nd5 e6 14.
Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nb4 Rc8 16. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Istrati,V-Duriez,A/Eu Youth gu16,
Mureck AUT 1998 (46)}) (10... Rc8 11. f4 a6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 Qa5 14. Qd2
Rfe8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18. e5 Ng4 19. Bxb7 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rb8
21. Bd5 Qc8 22. Ne4 (22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Rxc8 Rexc8 24. Re1 $16) 22... Qd8 23.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. e6+ $1 Kg8 (24... Bxe6 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ $18) 25. exd7
Qxd7 26. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Stork,O-Laurent,B/Interteam ch, BEL 1996 (41)}) (10...
Qc8 11. Rc1 Ng4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. b3 a5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. c5 $14 (16.
Bd2 $6 Nf6 17. Bxa5 Nxe4 $132 {0-1 Zilch,L-Wachweger,A/Hessen qual 1990/GER 02
(37)})) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 (12. Qc2 a5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 Qb6
16. Rd3 Kg8 17. Rg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nur,N-Vigorito,D/New York op 1993/TD 93\03 
(39)}) 12... a5 13. f4 $6 $11 (13. b3 $14) 13... a4 $1 (13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rad1 $14 (15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rd2 Qc5 17. Re1 (17. Rf1 $14) 17... Qf2 $6 18.
Rf1 Qc5 $14 {0-1 Chiburdanidze,M-Andres,M/Havana I 1985 (57)})) 14. b4 (14.
Rad1 Nd7 (14... Qa5 $5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb5 $11) (
16. Bxg7 Nxf4 $17) 16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bd7 18. Rde1 Qc5 (18... Rac8 19. Bd3
Rfe8 20. f5 $16) 19. Qxc5 (19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Bd3 b5 21. Rc1 Qd4 $132) 19... dxc5
20. Bf3 Rfe8 21. Re3 Kf8 $11) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 f6 17. f5 g5 $11) 14...
axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 e5 $1 17. fxe5 (17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxe4 $17)
17... dxe5 18. Bc5 (18. Bxe5 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Re8 $11) 18... Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Rd8 20.
Nd5 (20. Bb1 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nd5 Ne8 $11) 20... Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5
(21. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 $15) 21... e4 (21... Nxd5 22. Be4 b6 23. Bxd5 bxc5 24. Ra7 h5
25. g3 $14) 22. Be7 (22. Bc2 Nd7 23. Ra5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Ra8 25. g3 Ra1+ 26. Kg2
Ra2 $19) 22... Re8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Re1 e3 $11) 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb6 (22.
exd5 e4 23. Rd1 Rxd5 24. Bc2 Rxc5 25. Bxe4 $15) 22... Rf8 (22... Rc8 23. exd5
e4 24. Rf1 exd3 25. d6 $18) 23. exd5 e4 24. Rd1 exd3 25. Rxd3 Bf6 $5 26. d6 Bd8
$1 27. Bc7 (27. Bc5 Re8 28. Kg1 Re2 29. d7 (29. Re3 $2 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Kf8 31.
Kf2 Ke8 32. Kf3 Kd7 33. Bf4 Ba5 34. Ke4 Ke6 $17) 29... f5 30. h3 Kf7 31. g4 $11
) (27. Be3 Re8 28. d7 (28. Kg1 f5 (28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Bb6 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Kf3
Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Ke8 33. Kd4 Kd7 34. Kc5 $18) 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. d7 Re4 31. Kf3 Ke6
$11) 28... Re4 29. Kg1 f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 $11) (27. Bxd8 $2 Rxd8 28. g4 f6 29. Kg2
Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 $17) 27... Kg7 28. b4 Bxc7 29. dxc7 Rc8 30. Rc3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 (12. f3 {-mainline.}) 12... a5
13. Rfe1 ({Another mainline is} 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re3 Re8 (15...
h5 16. Be2 Rh8 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Re1 e5 20. Qd2 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qc7
22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yandarbiev,R-Gilyazov,A/St Petersburg RUS
2001/The Week in Chess 345 (55)}) (15... h6 16. Rh3 Rh8 17. f4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qd4
19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Bb1 b5 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. Qe2 Nxc4 23. Nxc6 Ra6 24. e5 $18 {
1-0 Predojevic,B-Ramesa,D/Halkidiki GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (31)}) 16.
Rh3 Kg8 17. Nd5 Nf8 18. f4 e6 19. Ne3 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Rg3 Qb6 22. Kh1 Kf7
$16 {1/2-1/2 Melnikova,Y-Kosintseva,T/RUS 2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) 13... Nd7 {
Plan of Black is to exchange BBd4 and g7, then to play e7-e5, Bd7-c5 and to
build black squares blockade, in case of Nc3-d5 to capture it by Bc6. There
are very many games played this scenario - see below:} (13... Re8 14. Nd5 (14.
Rad1 a4 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 (17. Re3 $5) 17... axb3 18. axb3 e5
19. Bc2 Nc5 20. b4 (20. Nc3 $5 $11) 20... Ne6 21. Nc3 Nd4 $11 {0-1 Mortensen,
E-Larsen,B/Aaland 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 e5 17. Nc3
$5 {In order to avoid Nd5 to Bc6 exchange.} (17. Be2 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 $11 {
[%csl Gc5,Re2] 0-1 Krasenkow,M-Nielsen,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT (36)}) 17... Nc5
18. Rh3 h5 19. Rd1 $14) (13... Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd4 e5 (16...
Qb8 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Rad1 e5 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. Red1 Ne8 $14 {1/2-1/2
Hadzimustafic,S-Mikac,M/Pula 2000/CBM 76 ext (26)}) 17. Qe3 Ne8 18. Rad1 $14 {
1-0 Khenkin,I-Knezevic,B/Pula 1990/EXT 2000 (50)}) (13... a4 14. Rad1 (14. Nd5
Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 e5 17. Rh3 h5 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Re3 Rfd8
21. Bf1 Qg5 22. Qe1 $14 {0-1 Renet,O-Sivokho,S/Paris 1996/CBM 51 ext (47)})
14... Re8 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re3 e5 (17... Qa5 $6 18. Qc1 Bxd5 (
18... e5 19. Rh3 h5 20. Be2 $40) 19. Rh3 Nf6 (19... Bc6 20. Qh6+ Kf6 21. Rf3+
Ke6 22. Qh3+ f5 23. exf5+ Kf6 24. fxg6+ Bxf3 25. Qxf3+ Kg7 26. Qf7+ $18) 20.
Qh6+ Kg8 21. exd5 Qb6 22. g4 Qd4 23. Rh4 Qxb2 24. g5 $18 {1-0 Sorokin,
M-Nielsen,P/Cheliabinsk 1991/EXT 97 (35)}) 18. Rh3 h5 $14) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Re3 Qb6 (15... Nf6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Qb4 20. Qd4
a4 21. b3 Kg8 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. a3 Qxa3 $4 $18 {[%csl Ra3]} (23... Qc5 24. Qxc5
dxc5 25. b4 Kf8 $14) 24. b4 $1 Qa2 25. Qd1 a3 26. Reb3 {[%csl Ra2] 1-0
Beliavsky,A-Hjartarson,J/Barcelona 1989/CBM 12 (26)}) (15... f6 16. Rd1 Rf7 17.
Be2 Nc5 18. h4 Qf8 19. h5 $14 {1-0 Hansen,L-Nielsen,U/Vejle 1994/CBM 40 (45)})
(15... h6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qd4 18. Rd1 e5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bc2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
Rfd8 22. f3 Kf8 23. a3 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires
1994/CBM 42 (36)}) (15... Re8 16. Rh3 Nf8 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb4
20. Qc1 a4 21. Bf1 Rac8 22. b3 a3 23. Qf4 Rc7 24. Rf3 f6 25. h4 $36 {1-0
Sorokin,M-Ravi,L/Linares 2000/CBM 75 (49)}) (15... Rh8 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5
18. exd5 Rae8 19. Bf1 Nc5 20. Qd4+ f6 21. Rde1 Kf7 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Rbe3 Qb6 24.
Rb3 Qc7 25. Rf3 Rhf8 26. b3 Ra8 27. Rfe3 Rae8 28. a3 Qb6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qd4 Rg8
31. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Resika,N-Zalai,M/Budapest HUN 2002/The Week in Chess 385 
(46)}) 16. Rh3 h5 {This natural move is mistake! The refutation goes
immediately.} ({Much better is} 16... Nf6 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Qh6+ (18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. exd5 Qd4 20. Rhe3 Rac8 21. b3 (21. R3e2 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24.
Rxe7 Qxa2 25. h3 $132) 21... b5 22. R3e2 (22. cxb5 Nxd5 23. Re4 Qc3 24. Qd1 Qf6
$132) 22... bxc4 $11) 18... Kg8 19. Re2 Qd4 $14) 17. Rxh5 $1 Rh8 {Black
decided to play without P and without any compensation. This is understandable
- in view of following analysis.} ({R sacrifice recieving leads to very strong
White's Attack:} 17... gxh5 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qxh5+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Re1 {
[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3h3]} Qd4 $1 ({Immediately loses} 21... Ne5 $2 22. Re3 Qxe3 (
22... Ng6 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. e5 $18) 23. Qxe3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rg8 25. Nd5 {-see
commented game 1-0 Grischuk,A-Serper,G/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 [Ftacnik,L]
(43)}) 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Re3 Ne5 24. Ne2 $1 (24. Rg3+ Ng6 25. h4 Qg7 26. Qg5 $36
) (24. Rh3 $2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Ng4+ $17) 24... Ng4 25. Qh4 Qg7 (25... Qxb2 26.
Qxg4+ Qg7 27. Qh4 Qa1+ 28. Nc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bf1 Qxe3 30. fxe3 f6 31. Bd3 $16) 26.
Rg3 Bd7 27. Nc3 Qh7 28. Qg5+ Qg6 29. Qxe7 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Rg4][%cal Gg3g8,Gh2h3]
}) 18. Rxh8 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $16) 18... Rxh8 19. Bf1 (19. Be2 $16) (19.
Rd1 $16) 19... Nf6 20. Re1 Qc5 21. Nd5 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Qe3 (23. Nxe7 Rxh3
24. Qf4 (24. Nf5+ $2 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qd8+ Be8 27. gxh3 Nf3+ $19 {[%csl
Re1]}) 24... Rh5 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Rd1 $16) 23... e6 24. Nc3 (24. Qxc5 dxc5 25.
f4 Nd7 (25... exd5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nd7 28. d6 $16) 26. Nc3 $16) 24...
Qb4 25. f4 Nxc4 26. Qd4+ Ne5 27. Rd1 Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Nd7 29. Rxd6 {White kept
his over P, but Black recieved serious counterplay connected with g6-g5 break
and piece play.} Nc5 (29... e5 $2 30. Bb5 $1 $16) 30. e5 $2 $132 {Dropping an
advantage...} ({Right was only} 30. Rd4 g5 (30... e5 31. fxe5 Re8 32. Bc4 Rxe5
33. Bd5 $16) 31. fxg5 (31. g3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rh4 33. Rc4 (33. e5 Nd7 $44 {
-like in this game - see below}) 33... Nd7 34. Ne2 Bb5 (34... e5 35. Bg2 exf4
36. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6,Rg7,Rh4][%cal Gd4f5,Gd4c6]} Rh5 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Rxc6 Ne5
$14)) 31... Rh5 32. Bb5 Rxg5 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Kh2 $16) 30... g5 $1 {[%csl Re5,
Rf4]} 31. g3 (31. fxg5 Rh5 $11 {[%csl Re5,Rg5]}) 31... gxf4 32. gxf4 Rh4 33.
Rd4 Nd7 34. Ne2 ({Or} 34. Rc4 Nb6 35. Rc5 Rxf4 $11) 34... Bb5 $1 ({Not} 34...
f6 $2 35. exf6+ Nxf6 36. Bg2 Bb5 37. f5 Rh6 38. Ng3 $16) 35. f5 (35. Ng3 Nxe5 (
35... Bxf1 36. Rxd7 Bxh3 37. Rxb7 Kg6 38. Ne2 Bg4 39. Nd4 Bh5 $132) 36. fxe5
Rxd4 37. Bxb5 Rd5 38. Be2 Rxe5 $44) 35... Nxe5 36. Rxh4 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 Nxh4 38.
fxe6 fxe6 39. Nd4 Bd7 (39... Bxf1 40. Kxf1 Kf6 $11) 40. Kg3 Ng6 41. Bb5 e5 42.
Bxd7 exd4 43. Bf5 Ne5 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Bc8 Nd3+ 46. Ke4 Nxb2 47. Kxd4 b6 (47...
b5 48. Kc5 Na4+ 49. Kxb5 Nc3+ 50. Kxa5 Nxa2 $11) 48. Bd7 (48. h4 b5 $11) 48...
Nd1 49. Bg4 Nf2 50. Bd7 Ke7 51. Bc8 b5 52. Kc5 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 (13... a4
14. Nd5 (14. Kh1 Qa5 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. f4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 $14 {1-0 Van
der Poel,H-De Rover,Y/NED 1995/EXT 99 (22)}) (14. b4 $6 axb3 15. axb3 Qa5 16.
Ra1 Qb4 17. Qb2 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Kh1 $11 {0-1 Romero,L-Altamirano,B/
Buenos Aires 1999/EXT 2001 (30)}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Bxd5 17. exd5
Qa5 18. Qd4+ Nf6 19. Kh1 Rfc8 20. g4 $14 {1-0 Kosten,A-Haik,A/Paris 1988/EXT
97 (44)}) 14. Be3 {White might be satisfied by the opening result, space
advantage allows more flexibility in initiative development.} ({Worse is} 14.
Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 {Dark squares BB presence is in White's fafour. Side with space
advantage should avoid pieces exchange.} 15. Nd5 (15. f4 a4 (15... Nc5 16. Bf3
Qb8 17. Qe2 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bg4 Qa7 20. Kh1 b6 21. Rd6 $14 {1-0 Pilgaard,
K-Richardson,K/Hastings 1995/CBM 50 ext (36)}) (15... f6 16. Rf3 Nc5 17. Re3
Qb6 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Rf1 e6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. g4 Re7 $132 {0-1 Malienko,
A-Nikolaev,L/Kiev 2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 16. Rf3 f5 17. Qd4+ (17. Rh3 Qb6+ 18.
Kh1 fxe4 19. f5 $132 {1-0 Ernst,T-Petursson,M/Hamburg 1981/MCD (63)}) 17... Kg8
18. exf5 $14) 15... Bxd5 (15... Nc5 16. Qd4+ (16. Qe3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Rd2
$11) 16... e5 17. Qd2 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Zuriel,M-Maggiolo,E/Villa Martelli 1999/EXT
2000 (20)}) 16. exd5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qb4
21. Bb1 Rad8 22. Re3 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. a3 Qa4 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. Qd2 Qxc4 27.
Qxa5 d5 28. Qd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,J-Garcia Martinez,S/Buenos Aires 1978/
EXT 2000 (33)}) 14... Nc5 (14... a4 15. f4 ({Premature is} 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 Qa5 17. Bd4 $6 $11 {1-0 Koch,J-Nielsen,P/Singapore 1990/EXT 97 (39)} (17.
Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Rd2 Rc8 $11)) 15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf3 $14) 15. Rfe1 ({
Worth of attention} 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 a4 (17... Rfd8 18. Rfd1
a4 19. f4 b6 20. Bf3 Rdb8 21. h4 (21. e5 $1 Nb7 (21... dxe5 22. Bxc5 e4 (22...
bxc5 23. Rd7 $18) 23. Qxe4 e6 (23... bxc5 24. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Re7]}) 24. Bd6
exd5 25. Qxd5 Qc8 26. b4 Bf8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. a3 $16) 22. R5d2 $16) 21... Rc8
22. Bg4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mascarinas,R-Cabrilo,G/Lvov 1981/MCD (22)}) 18. f4 $14)
15... Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Bf1 $6 $11 {It was better to prevent next move by} (
17. b3 $14) 17... a4 $1 18. Qf2 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Bb4 Qb6 $6
$14 {Overlooking the next strong impact:} ({After strong} 21... Ne6 $1 {
[%cal Gc8c2] Black has at least suffisient counterplay:} 22. Rd2 (22. f4 Qc2
$11) 22... Bh6 $11) 22. e5 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6]} Bxe5 $2 $16 (22... Rc7 $142 23.
Rd5 $14) 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Rd5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf2b6]} a3 $2 $18 {Despair} ({
More stubborn was} 24... Qe6 $142 25. Rxc5 Qxa2 26. Rxe5 e6 $16) 25. Rxc5 Rxc5
26. Bxc5 axb2 (26... Qf6 27. bxa3 $18) 27. Bxb6 b1=Q 28. Qc5 Qf5 29. Qxe7 Rxa2
30. Bc7 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "De Dovitiis, Alejo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5
15. Rab1 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 ({Another mainline is} 16... gxf5 17. a3 (17. Bd1 $1
{[%cal Gd1c2]} Qe8 (17... e5 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. Rbd1 $16 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Haik,A/
Metz 1994/TD (30)}) 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Bc2 b6 20. a3 f4 21. b4 $14 {1-0 Volzhin,
A-Nevostrujev,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext (38)}) (17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bf1 ({Worth of
attention} 18. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 18... Rf7 19. Rbd1 Qf8 20. Nd5 $14 {0-1
Horvath,J-Fogarasi,T/Budapest 1996/CBM 52 ext (57)}) (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ e6
19. Qd2 Qe7 20. a3 a4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Rfd1 $14 {0-1 Larochelle,
M-Taylor,G/Montreal 1996/EXT 99 (37)}) 17... Kh8 (17... a4 18. b4 Nb3 19. Qd3
$14 {1-0 Byjic Katanic,B-Batkovic,R/Vrnjacka Banja 1996/EXT 98 (51)}) (17... b6
18. Bd1 (18. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd5b6,Gb3b4]}) 18... Nd7 19. Be2 (19. Bc2
$16) 19... Kh8 20. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Elis,V-Balduan,M/Troisdorf 1998/EXT 2002 
(46)}) 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Yudasin,L/Moscow
1991/URS-ch (20)}) 17. Rfe1 (17. a3 Rf7 (17... Qf8 18. Be3 b6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
cxd5 Kh8 21. Bb5 $16 {[%csl Rc6] 1-0 Pinkas,K-Shurygin,S/Frydek Mistek 1996/
EXT 98 (53)}) 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. Bd1 Be5 21. Bb3 Nf4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23.
fxe4 Qf8 24. c5 e6 25. Be3 $18 {1-0 Von Gleich,A-Pohl Kuemmel,J/Germany 1992/
GER-chT (50)}) (17. Bd1 Ne6 (17... Qf8 18. Bc2 Bh6 19. Be3 (19. Qe2 $14) 19...
Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Re5 21. Qd2 Rd8 22. f4 Rh5 23. Rbe1 $14 {1-0 Dumitrache,
D-Filipek,J/La Fere 2002/CBM 89 ext (38)}) 18. Bc2 Rf7 19. Nd5 Be5 (19... Qf8
20. Be3 Bh8 21. Rbe1 Qg7 22. Kh1 Qb2 23. Re2 Qa3 $16 (23... Qxa2 $2 24. Bxg6
$18 (24. Qd1 $2 {1-0 Van Blitterswijk,S-Afek,Y/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 74 ext 
(39)}))) 20. Be3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nf4 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. g3 Bc3 24. Qd1 Nh5 25. Qd3
$16 {1-0 Gross,S-Teslia,V/Bayern 2000/EXT 2001 (63)}) (17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Qf8
18. Be3 $14) 18. cxd5 Qf8 19. Bb5 Kh8 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Buhmann,R/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (38)}) 17... Qf8 18. Bd1 $6
$11 {Allows Black to simplify position by exchange combination.} ({Much better
was} 18. Be3 {keeping slight advantage.} e6 19. Rbd1 ({Here badly is} 19. Bd1
Rd8 20. Bc2 {in view of} Rxf3 $1 $17) 19... Qe7 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 $14)
18... Bxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Ne4 {This move probably was overlooked by White.} 20.
Qe3 ({Or} 20. fxe4 Rxf2 21. Bg4 Qf7 (21... Qf6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. e5 $14) 22.
Be6 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxe6 $44 {[%csl Rg2]}) 20... Nxf2 21. Qxf2 Qf6 22. Bc2 Rf4
23. Re3 Rf8 {Black has excellent game.} 24. Rbe1 Qg5 25. Qg3 Qc5 26. Kh1 e5 ({
Black cant try to win the game either:} 26... R8f6 27. Be4 (27. Rxe7 Rxf3 28.
Re8+ Bxe8 29. gxf3 Bc6 30. Be4 $11) 27... e5 28. Qh3 $11) 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28.
Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Rxe5 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 a6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Re8 (12... Ne5 13. b3 (13. Na3 Be6
14. Nd5 ({On} 14. b3 $2 {goes} Qa5 15. Nd5 ({Natural} 15. Nc2 $2 {is refuted by
} {[%tqu "En","?","","","e6c4","",10]} Bxc4 $1 ({Not} 15... b5 $6 16. Nd5 (16.
f4 Neg4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]}) 16... Qxd2 17. Nxe7+
Kh8 18. Bxd2 Rc7 19. Nd5 (19. Bb4 Ne8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 bxc4 $11) 19...
Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 $14) 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $17)
15... Qxa3 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Rad1 a5 $15) 14... Nfd7 (14... Bxd5
15. cxd5 $14) 15. Rac1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 Ng6 $1 ({Dubious is} 17... Bxd5
$6 $14 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb6+ {in view of} 20. Kf1 $1 {[%csl Re7]} ({Not} 
20. Be3 $2 Bh6 $1 21. Bxb6 Bxd2 22. Rc2 Nxb6 23. Rxd2 Rc8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,
C-Muse,M/Bad Neuenahr 1991/CBM 24 (47)}) 20... Nf6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 $14)
18. b4 (18. Kh1 Qe8 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Nb1 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Nc5 $132)
18... Qe8 19. Rc2 Qf7 $132) 13... b5 (13... Bc6 $6 14. Rac1 h5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16.
Nb4 $14 {1-0 Kokkila,T-Lehtosaari,J/Lahti 1998/EXT 99 (20)}) 14. cxb5 Qa5 (
14... Qc7 15. Bd4 axb5 16. Nb4 Qa5 17. a3 Be6 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20.
Nxd5 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Adamski,J-Pytel,K/Lublin 1969/EXT 2001
(39)}) 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bxb5 17. Ne3 (17. Bxb5 axb5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 $14)
17... Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. a3 $14 {0-1 Lamoureux,C-Afek,Y/Oakham
1993/CBM 36 ext (32)}) (12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Ne5 (13... Na5 $2 14. Nb4 e6 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ncd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qb8 18. Bb6 Re8 (18... Rc5 19. Rxc5 dxc5 20.
Nc2 $16) 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bg1 $16 {1-0 Espig,L-Vogt,L/Schwerin
1969/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14. Nb4 e6 (14... Rfe8 15. Ncd5 $16 {1-0 Kokkila,
T-Salimaki,J/Helsinki 1997/EXT 99 (24)}) 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. a3 $14) (
12... Qa5 13. Rfc1 $5 (13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 Qc7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
cxd5 (17. exd5 Ne5 18. c5 Red8 19. f4 Neg4 20. Bd4 dxc5 $15) 17... Ne5 18. Rc1
Qc3 19. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Martinez,S-Saldano,H/Albacete 2000/CBM 78 ext (19)
} Rxc3 20. Bd4 Rc7 21. Bb6 Rc3 22. Bd4 Rc7 $11) 13... Rfe8 14. a4 Qc7 15. b4
Ne5 16. Na3 Qd8 17. a5 Be6 18. Na4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Likavsky,T-Bakos,E/Prievidza
1998/EXT 99 (36)}) 13. Rfc1 $6 $11 {Which R will go to certain square? This
dilemma chess player had to solve very often. In this type of position the
best places for white RR are c1 and d1.} ({Right was to play with another R:} 
13. Rac1 $1 Qa5 {And here worth of attention} 14. b3 $5 (14. Na3 $6 Ne5 $1 $132
{[%csl Ra3,Rc4][%cal Ge5c4,Ga5a3] Preventing b2-b3 or Nab1.} (14... Be6 $6 $14
15. Nab1 Ne5 16. b3 Rb8 17. a3 Rec8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Nd5 b6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. h3
axb4 22. axb4 Bd7 23. Nxf6+ (23. Na3 $2 Bc6 24. Bf1 Ned7 25. Nc2 Ba4 26. Re1
Nxd5 27. exd5 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Nielsen,P/Esbjerg
2000/CBM 78 (29)}) 23... Bxf6 24. f4 Nc6 25. e5 Bg7 26. exd6 $16)) 14... Nh5 {
[%csl Rc3]} 15. Nd5 Qxd2 $1 (15... Qxa2 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Nb6 Rcd8 18. b4 Be6 19.
Ra1 Qb2 20. Rfb1 Qe5 21. b5 Nb8 22. Ra5 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 16. Bxd2 Nd4 17. Bd3
Nxc2 18. Rxc2 e6 19. Nc3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Ne2 $14) 13... Ne5 14. b3 Qa5 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3,Ga5c3,Gb7b5] Preparing b7-b5.} 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Rab1 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. Be3 (19. f4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qc5 $11) 19... Qb4 $1 (
{Premature is} 19... b5 {in view of} 20. b4 Bxc3 (20... Qc7 21. Nd5 $16) 21.
Rxc3 Qc7 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 $14) 20. Rc2 ({In case of standard} 20. Nd5 Qxd2
{White had to recapture Qd2 by Be3:} 21. Bxd2 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 f5 $5 {and Black
equalizes:} 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 $11) 20... b5 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 21. Qc1
bxc4 22. bxc4 Qa5 23. Nd5 Qa4 (23... Nc5 $11) 24. Rb3 Bxd5 (24... Nc5 $11) 25.
Ra3 (25. cxd5 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Bd4 $11 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 25... Qb4 26. Rb3 Qa4 27.
cxd5 {White decided to try to win, but there are no reason to do it. Position
is equal.} (27. Ra3 $11) 27... Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 29. Bxd4
Qxd4+ 30. Qf2 Qa4 {Avoiding QQ exchange:} (30... Qxf2+ $2 31. Kxf2 Nc5 32. Rb6
$16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf2d4]}) 31. Qb2 Nc5 32. Rb4 Qd7 33. h3 Qc7 34. Kh2 Rf8
35. Rb6 Qa7 36. Qb4 Rc8 37. a4 a5 $1 38. Qb5 Nxa4 39. Rb7 Qf2 40. Qd7 ({
Interesting was} 40. Qxa4 Qxf1 41. Rxe7 Qc1 $1 42. e5 $1 {Black had to play
precisely in order to neutralize white strong initiative:} dxe5 43. d6 Kg7 (
43... Qf4+ $4 44. Qxf4 exf4 45. d7 $18) 44. d7 (44. Rxe5 Rc4 45. Qxa5 Qf4+ 46.
Kh1 Rc1+ 47. Re1 Rxe1+ 48. Qxe1 Qxd6 $11) 44... Rd8 45. Re8 Qc7 46. Rxd8 e4+
47. Kg1 Qc1+ (47... Qxd8 48. Qd4+ f6 49. fxe4 Kf7 50. Qd6 a4 51. g4 a3 $11) 48.
Kf2 e3+ (48... Qd2+ 49. Kf1 Qc1+ 50. Ke2 $18) 49. Kg3 Qc7+ 50. f4 Qxd8 51. Kf3
f5 52. Kxe3 Kf6 53. Qd4+ Ke7 $11) 40... Rf8 41. Qxa4 Qxf1 42. Qxa5 Qc1 43. Qa7
Re8 44. Rb8 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 ({I would like to recommend played not once} 10. Nxc6
$1 {and here:} dxc6 ({or} 10... Bxc6 {and White keeps slight advantage:} 11. f3
(11. Qc2 e6 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Sherbakov,R/
Moscow 1999/CBM 75 (54)}) 11... d6 (11... e6 $5 {-see below}) 12. Qd2 Rc8 13.
Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,M-Pigusov,E/Sochi 1989/CBM 16 (24)})
11. c5 $1 {This strong move's idea is to close Bb7. I had already played this
move in couple games against V. Mezentsev in 1981-1985 in Novosibirst.} b5 12.
e5 Ne8 13. f4 Nc7 (13... a5 $5 $14) 14. b4 a5 15. a3 $14 {[%csl Rb7] 1-0
Mikhailov-Lopushnoy,D/Prokojevsk 1997/EXT 2001 (34)}) 10... e6 11. Qd2 ({
Here also worth of attention} 11. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 (11... dxc6 12. c5 Nd7 13. Qb3
Qc7 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc3 a5 16. Rad1 $14) 12. Rc1 (12. Qd3 $5 d5 13. cxd5 exd5
14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. b3 (18. Bxd5 Rxb2 19. Bxf7+
(19. Rab1 Rb4 20. Rfd1 (20. Qf3 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rd4 22. Rfd1 $132) 20... Rd4 21.
Qf3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 $132) 19... Kh8 (19... Kxf7 20. Qc4+ Ke8 21. Qe6+ Qe7 22.
Qxc6+ $18) 20. Bd5 Rb4 21. Rad1 Rd4 22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Nxd5 Bxe5
$15) 18... Rb4 19. Rad1 Rxf4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Rc1
$14) 12... d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. f4 Nc7 16. Bf3 $14) 11... d5 ({
Another plan is connected with} 11... Qe7 12. Rad1 (12. Rfe1 Rfd8 13. Bf1 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 Ne8 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. Rad1 d6 17. a4 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Panno,
O-Bellon Lopez,J/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 42 [Ernst] (50)}) (12. Ndb5 Ne8 13. Rad1
Rd8 14. Kh1 Ba8 15. f4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf3 $14 {0-1 Grigoriants,
S-Sherbakov,R/Moscow 1999/CBM 75 (57)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Bg5 d6 15.
Kh1 Rd7 16. b3 $14 (16. f4 h6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $17) 17... Qxf6 18. e5
Qh4 19. Bf3 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qg2 Be5 $15 {
0-1 Gabriel,C-Ibragimov,I/Pulvermuehle 2000/CBM 75 (66)})) 12. exd5 (12. Rad1
dxe4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. fxe4 Rad8 $132 {1-0 Mueckenberger,P-Shure,G/
Nassau 1988/EXT 97 (34)}) (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne8 (14... Nd7
15. f4 (15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Nc5 20.
b3 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Petran,P/Trencianske Teplice 1974/MCD (47)}) 15...
Nc5 (15... g5 16. Nxd5 Nxe5 17. Rad1 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Bc4 $16 {1-0
Panchenko,A-Telman,V/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988/TD (42)}) 16. Bxc5 (16. Rfd1 f6
17. Nxd5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Qb4 Re8 20. Bf3 Qc8 21. Qh4 Qe6 $11 {1-0 Popov,
R-Marszalek,R/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (25)}) (16. Rad1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 Qe8
19. Rd4 (19. Ba6 $16) 19... Rc8 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Rc4 g5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qa4
Qf5 24. fxg5 Qxe5 25. Rc2 $14 {1-0 Dgebuadze,A-Znamenacek,K/Pardubice 1993/TD 
(43)} (25. Qxa7 Qxb2 26. Qxb7 Qxe2 27. Qxe4 Qxa2 28. Bxb6 $14)) 16... bxc5 17.
Bf3 f6 (17... Rb8 18. Rad1 (18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxb2 21. Rfc1
Rd8 22. Rxc5 Bf8 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Rd5 Rc8 25. Rd3 Rcc2 26. Rg3 Bc5+ 27. Kh1
Rxa2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Angantysson,H/Reykjavik 1976/EXT 98 (44)}) 18...
f6 19. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Ge3e5,Ge2b2,Ge2e5]}) 18. e6 f5 19. Nxd5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Re8
(20... Qd6 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Bxc6 Rab8 23. Rae1 Rxb2 24. Qa5 Rfb8 25. Bd5 Kg7
26. Qa6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Anka,E-Dekker,A/Balatonbereny 1993/EXT 97 (44)}) 21. Ne7+
Rxe7 22. Bxc6 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K-Garcia Martinez,S/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (22)}
) 15. f4 f6 {This opening variation is well-investigated by young Guseinov, he
plays this variation with success.} (15... Nc7 16. Bf3 f6 $1 (16... Kh8 17.
Rad1 (17. Rac1 f6 18. Bd4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qe7 21. Rfe1 (21. Nxd5 $2
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rd8 $17) 21... Bb7 $11) 17... Qe7 18. Ne2 Bb7 19.
Rc1 Ne6 20. Rfd1 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. b4 Rad8 23. g3 g5 $132 {1-0 Beran,
J-Sebban,J/Paris 1993/EXT 97 (39)}) 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Bxd5
20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rab1 Rad8 22. Qb3 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A-Guseinov,K/
Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (22)}) 16. Bd4 (16. Bf3 fxe5 (16... Nc7 17. Bd4
fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Bg4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Anisimov,P-Guseinov,K/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 17. Nxd5
exf4 18. Bxf4 Rf5 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bg5 Rxf3 $1 21. Rxf3 Qxd5 22. Rxf6 Qxd2 23.
Rxd2 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Turner,M/Hove 1997/EXT 99 (30)}) (
16. Rad1 fxe5 17. Nxd5 Nc7 18. Nb4 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Be8 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Bxe5 $11 {1-0 Kosten,A-Gormally,D/Birmingham ENG 2001/The Week in Chess (48)})
(16. Bg4 Nc7 17. Bd4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qh4 19. h3 Qe7 20. Rae1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rf8+
22. Kg1 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Efremova,S-Borsuk,A/Podolsk 1990/TD (44)}) (16. e6 f5
17. Rad1 Nc7 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qd6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Qf6 Re7
$15 {0-1 Furhoff,J-Guseinov,K/Stockholm SWE 2002/The Week in Chess 374 (47)})
16... fxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nc7 19. Bg4 (19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21.
Rad1 Ba8 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. a3 Qg7 24. Qf4 Qf8 25. Ne2 Re7 26. Qxf8+ Rxf8 27. Nd4
Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Hunt,A-Guseinov,K/Stockholm SWE 2002/The Week in Chess 374 (27)})
19... Qe7 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. a4 Bc4 22. b3 Bxb3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nd4 Bc4 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Gasanov,E-Guseinov,K/Alushta UKR 2001/The Week in Chess 364 (63)})
12... exd5 13. c5 Re8 $1 {better than} (13... bxc5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc5 Re8
16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Bf1 Qb7 18. Bd4 Rad8 19. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shvedchikov,
A-Marszalek,R/Moscow 1991/CBM 21 ext (42)}) ({or} 13... Ne5 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
b3 {1-0 Zupe,M-Rebernik,B/SLO 1993/TD (40)}) 14. Bb5 ({Loses immediately} 14.
cxb6 $4 {in view of tactical impact:} Rxe3 $1 15. Qxe3 (15. Nxc6 Rxe2 16. Nxe2
Bxc6 $19) 15... Qxb6 16. Nc2 d4 $19) 14... bxc5 $1 {Very strong reply! Black
eventually neutralizes White's pressure.} ({Badly is} 14... Rc8 15. cxb6 axb6 (
15... Qxb6 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Rac1 Nxd4 (17... Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Nxc6 Nxe3 20.
Nxd8 $18) 18. Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5][%cal Ga4c5]}) 16. Rad1 $14) 15. Nxc6 Qb6
{[%csl Rb5,Rc6][%cal Gd5d4]} 16. b4 ({Interesting was} 16. Nxa7 $5 {with very
complicated play:} d4 $1 (16... Red8 17. Na4 Qxa7 18. Bxc5 $16) (16... Rxe3 17.
Qxe3 Rxa7 (17... d4 18. Na4 Qxa7 19. Qe7 $16) 18. Qf4 Ra8 19. a4 c4+ 20. Kh1 d4
21. Ne4 Nd5 (21... Nxe4 22. fxe4 Qe6 23. Qc7 Qxe4 24. Rf2 (24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25.
Qf2 Bd5 26. Rae1 Qg4 27. Re7 h6 28. Rfe1 $14) 24... Bd5 25. Bxc4 d3 26. Bxd5
Qxd5 27. Qf4 $16) 22. Qd6 $16) 17. Bxe8 dxe3 (17... Rxe8 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Ncb5
Ra8 20. Rfe1 (20. a4 Rxa7 21. Nxa7 Qxa7 $13)) 18. Qe2 Rxe8 19. Nab5 Nh5 20. g3
Bd4 21. a4 Qf6 22. Rad1 Qe5 $44) 16... d4 $1 {Good reaction!} (16... Bxc6 $143
17. Bxc5 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rad1 a5 20. a3 Nd7 21. Bd4 axb4 22. axb4 Bf8 23.
b5 $14) 17. bxc5 $1 {White found the only move...} ({Not} 17. Nxd4 $4 cxd4 18.
Bxd4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxb6 Nxd2 20. Bxe8 Bxc3 21. Rac1 Nxf1 22. Rxc3 axb6 $19)
19... Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxe4 21. fxe4 Bxa1 22. Bc4 Bg7 23. Rxf7 Kh8 $19) 17... dxc3
18. cxb6 cxd2 19. Bxd2 axb6 20. a4 Nd5 21. Rae1 Rec8 22. Rc1 (22. Ne7+ Nxe7 23.
Rxe7 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bc6 $11) 22... Bf8 23. Ne5 (23. Ne5 f6 (23... Ba3 24. Rxc8+
Rxc8 25. Nd7 $11) 24. Nd7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Be2
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc2 $5 {White has space advantage and should avoid pieces
exchange. In other hand, Nd4 was allocated quite well.} ({Another
continuations are:} 10. Rc1) (10. Nxc6 $5 {-can be recommended.}) (10. Qd2) (
10. f3 {-mainline.}) 10... d6 (10... Rc8 11. f3 (11. b3 e6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]}
12. f4 $1 (12. Qd2 $6 $11 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d6 Ned5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Rad1 Qxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Saulin,D-Kalashnikov,K/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 
(54)}) 12... d6 13. Qe1 $14) 11... Qc7 (11... Ne8 12. Qd2 $14 (12. Na3 $5 f5
13. c5 Na5 14. Nc4 (14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bd3 Re5 16. Bd4 Rh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4
Nc6 19. Be4 $11 (19. Rb1 $2 Qc7 $1 $17 (19... bxc5 $2 20. bxc5 Qc7 21. f4 Rxc5
$44 {0-1 Scarella,E-Panno,O/Buenos Aires 1995/CBM 46 ext (28)}) 20. f4 Nxb4 $1
$19)) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4+ e6 16. Qb3 $14)) 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Na3
d6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. b4 Nc6 17. Nb5 e6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. a3 Ba6 21.
a4 $14 {1-0 Brunner,L-Dutschak,H/Germany 1995/GER-chT (55)}) (10... Qb8 11. f4
d6 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Rc8 18.
Ra2 Nce5 $1 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxc3 22. Bxb6 Bc6 23. Qe3 Bf6
24. Bd4 e5 25. Ba7 $132 {0-1 Fischer,M-Reich,T/Passau 1999/EXT 2000 (68)}) 11.
f3 (11. Qd2 Re8 12. f3 $14 (12. f4 Qd7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Rad1 {
[%cal Gb2b3]} (15. g4 $6 Na5 16. b3 Qa8 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ga8e4]} 17. Qd3 (17.
Rae1) 17... Nd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc5 dxc5 $17 {
0-1 Kassis,A-Tran Vinh Loc/Genting Highlands 1998/CBM 63 ext (64)}))) 11... Rc8
(11... Qb8 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qf8 15. b4 e6 16. Nb5 Rad8 17.
Ncd4 h6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tirard,H-Marzolo,C/FRA 1998/CBM 64
ext (56)}) 12. Qd2 Re8 (12... Qd7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. b3 Ne8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4
$14 {1-0 Stean,M-Martin Gonzalez,A/Montilla 1977/MCD (42)}) (12... Rc7 13. Rac1
e6 14. Bg5 Rd7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Nxf4 18. Bxf8 Bxc3 19. Bf1
Bxb2 20. Rb1 Kxf8 21. Rxb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Quinn,M/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68
(40)}) (12... Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Rac1 Ned7 15. Nd4 Re8 16. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Przewoznik,J-Mazul,W/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97 (42)}) (12... Ba6 13. Rac1 Nd7 14.
b3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 $14 {1-0 Nakamura,H-Adly,A/Oropesa del Mar ESP 2001/
The Week in Chess (73)}) (12... Nd7 13. Rac1 a5 14. Na3 Nc5 15. Nab5 Nb4 16.
Rfd1 Ra8 17. Bd4 Qb8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe3 Nba6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 $14 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4] 1-0 Lautier,J-Jonasson,B/New York 1991/CBM 23 (50)
}) 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. b3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb8 {Black Q allocated on b8 very passive.}
16. Kh1 Ba8 17. Bh6 $1 {White tries to exchange BB in order to weaken black
K's fortress.} Bh8 {avoiding BB exchange.} 18. Nde3 {This move's idea is
secret...Can you understand it?} (18. Rcd1 $5) 18... a6 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Nd5 Nd7
21. Ncb4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gb4c6,Gd5e7,Gg5e7]} Nxb4 22. Qxb4 {[%csl Re7]} Kf8
23. Qd2 a5 $2 $16 {Strategical mistake.} ({Right was} 23... e6 {in order to
repel annoying Nd5.} 24. Nb4 Nc5 25. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd6]} Be5 26. Nd3 Nxd3 (26...
Bd4 27. Ne1 Be5 28. b4 Nb7 29. Nd3 Bg7 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Qe1 $16) 27. Bxd3 Kg8
28. Be3 Qc7 29. Qf2 Rb8 30. f4 Bg7 31. f5 exf5 32. exf5 Qc6 33. Re1 $14) 24.
Qe1 {[%csl Re7,Rh7][%cal Ge1h4]} Bxd5 $6 {Nd5 is unbearable.} ({But
nevertheless more stubborn was} 24... e6 25. Ne3 Kg8 26. Qh4 Qc7 27. Rcd1 a4
28. Ng4 (28. Be7 $2 Qc5 29. Nc2 Qe5 30. Bxd6 Qb2 31. Bd3 axb3 32. axb3 Qxb3 $11
) 28... Qc5 (28... f5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. g4 $1 Bc6 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Nxf5 gxf5
33. Qxh7 Bg7 34. Rg1 $18) 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Bd3 f6 31. Bc1 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal
Gf3f4]}) 25. exd5 {Black can't play b6-b5. Result of a6-a5.} Bf6 ({Maybe
better was} 25... Nc5 26. Qh4 Kg8 27. f4 e6 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Bf3 Qc7 30. g4 $1
{[%cal Gf4f5]} Rf8 (30... a4 31. f5 axb3 32. axb3 Nxb3 33. fxe6 Nxc1 34. Bd5
Bg7 35. Rf7 Qc5 36. Bf6 Rc7 37. Bxg7 $18) 31. Bg2 a4 32. f5 axb3 33. axb3 Nxb3
34. fxe6 Nxc1 35. Rf7 Rxf7 36. exf7+ Qxf7 37. Bd5 Qxd5+ 38. cxd5 Nd3 39. Be3
$16) 26. f4 $1 {White's Attack increases from itself. Black hasn't any
counterplay.} Qc7 (26... Bxg5 27. fxg5 Ne5 28. Qh4 Kg8 29. Rc3 $18 {[%cal
Gc3h3]}) 27. Qh4 Kg8 28. Bg4 Rcd8 (28... a4 29. Rce1 $18) 29. Rce1 Nf8 (29...
Bxg5 30. fxg5 Ne5 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e1e5","",10]} 31. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 32.
Rxf7 $1 $18) 30. Bxf6 exf6 31. Qxf6 Qc5 32. Re7 Rxe7 33. Qxe7 Ra8 34. f5 Qd4
35. h3 Qe5 36. Qb7 {[%csl Ra8,Rb6]} 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feletar, Darko"]
[Black "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qb6 (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Qa5 {Exactly this
position was played in our game Feletar-Golubovic, but after 14...Qa5.} (12...
Nd7 {-mainline}) (12... a5 {-mainline}) 13. a3 (13. Rad1 $6 {RR must be placed
on b1-c1-d1, and White's plan is to play in the center and queenside.} Rfc8 14.
Be3 $5 {[%cal Gd1b1]} (14. f4 $2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxe4 $17 {
Petursson,Margeir-Gunnarsson,Gunnar K/Reykjavik (5) ;EXT 98 1976/1-0 (113)})) (
13. Rfd1 Rfd8 $6 (13... Rfc8 14. Kh1 $6 (14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. b3 Qb6
17. Nb5 a5 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Bf1 Qf8 20. Nd4 h5 $14 {Espig,L-Heinemann,T/
Bundesliga 1999-2000 2000/1/2-1/2 (61) Wellknown pawn structure with another
moves order.}) (14. Rab1 Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. b4 b6 16. Rbc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zankl,
Thomas-Trassl,Franz/Landesliga Sued 9899 ;EXT 2000 1999 (42)}) (14... a6 15. b4
Qh5 16. Be3 $14 (16. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 b5 $132) 17... b5 18. Rbc1
(18. Qb2 Qh6 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Johansen-Bibas,
David/Laguna olm blind (1) ;EXT 2000 1996 (33)}) 18... Bh6 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20.
Qxe3 Qe5 21. Bf1 Qb2 22. a3 $14)) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Qb6+ 17. c5 dxc5 18. b5
$18) 14... Ne8 15. Bxg7 (15. Be3 Bxc3 $11) 15... Nxg7 16. f4 a6 17. Qe3 b5 18.
Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Barbero,Gerardo F-Paglilla,Carlos/ARG-ch
Buenos Aires (14) ;MCD 1985 (30)}) 14. a3 Qc7 $14 (14... Nd7 $2 15. b4 Bxd4+
16. Qxd4 Qg5 17. b5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Acosta,Alejandro-Ruiz,Alciguel/COL-ch Bogota ;
MCD 1980 (27)})) (13. Rab1 a6 (13... Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Kh1 a5 16. b5 Bd7 17.
Na4 Rab8 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Qxa5 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Mirzoev,A/V Ubeda Open 2000/0-1 
(50)}) 14. b4 Qh5 15. a4 Rfc8 16. a5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 $14 {1-0
Gamundi,Antonio-Bello,Joaquin/Mondariz op ;EXT 98 1996 (33)}) 13... Nd7 (13...
Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rac1 (15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Be3 $14) 15... b6 16. Rfd1 Qf8 17.
Be3 $14 {Filippov,Valerij-Novgorodskij,Vladimir/Petrov mem St Petersburg (1) ;
CBM 52 1996/1-0 (56)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b4 Qb6+ 16. c5 $16 {0-1 Ribli,
Zoltan-Nagy,E/HUN-ch ;MCL 1972 (36)}) (4... Qa5+ {-mainline}) 5. Nc3 $6 $11 (5.
dxc5 $1 $14 {-Theory - Marozi PP structure}) 5... cxd4 (5... d6 {-another
variation.}) 6. Nd5 Qd8 $6 ({Right is} 6... Qa5+ $132 7. b4 Qd8 8. Nxd4 (8. e5
Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 e6 12. b5 exd5 13. bxc6 dxc6 14. Qxd4 Qa5+ $17
{1-0 Rodriguez,And URU-Chatalbashev,B/3rd Open Malaga ESP 2000 (33)}) 8... Nf6
(8... Nc6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qd2 (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.
Bxf6 exf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Teuschler,Hugo-Kratschmer,Heinz/Graz op (6) ;EXT 97
1993 (38)}) 11... O-O 12. Be2 a5 13. a3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 axb4 16.
axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Qxa1 Qb6 18. Qc3 d6 19. O-O Be6 $11) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11.
Nc2 d6 12. O-O Be6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Na3 a5 $132 {Vukic,Milan-Robatsch,Karl/
AUT-chT ;EXT 97 1991/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 {The game transformed
to Marozi scheme, here is not easy for Black to equalize because of space
advantage of White.} O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc6 14. f3 Qa5 {Opening review see in comments to 4..Qb6} 15. Rac1 Rfc8
16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Be3 $1 {In this scheme White must eliminate black squares BB
change} (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 17... Nc5 18. Bf1 (18. b3 Qb4 19. Rc2 a5 20. Nd5
$14) 18... Qb4 19. Nd5 $5 (19. b3 a5 20. Nd5 (20. Rc2 a4) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2
$14) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxd5 (20... Kf8 21. b4 Na4 22. Rdc2 a6 23. Bg5 $14)
21. cxd5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 $6 $16 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gf1b5] Black prevent b2-b4
and try to blockade on Black squares.But this plan is wrong, because Black
weakenen white squares in the Queenside} ({Better is} 21... Na4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8
23. b3 Nb6 {[%cal Ge3a7]} 24. Bd3 Rc3 25. Kf2 Nc8 26. Rc2 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd3,
Ge3]}) 22. Rdc2 h5 23. g3 $16 {[%cal Gf1h3] Space advantage and par of BB
provide to White advantage.} Kh7 24. Kg2 {[%csl Rc5]} b6 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6]} 25.
f4 Rf8 (25... Rc7 26. Kf3 Bf6 27. b3 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]} Kg7 28. Bh3 $16 (28.
Bb5 $16)) 26. Kf3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 (27... gxf5 28. Bb5 Kg6 29. b3 $16 {[%cal
Ga2a3,Gb3b4]}) 28. Ke2 Rff8 (28... Re8 29. Bg2 e5 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd1 (31.
Bh3 $2 Bd4 32. Rc3 Bxc3 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rxc3 b5 $11) 31... Rf8 32. Bd5 $16)
29. b3 Bf6 30. h4 $1 {preparing f4-f5 promotion to open the game for par of BB.
} (30. Bh3 Ra7 $16) 30... Kg7 31. Bg2 Ra7 32. Rf1 Raa8 33. Kf3 Ra7 34. Bh3 Rh8
35. Kg2 Raa8 36. Rb1 Ra7 37. Kf3 {White change plan, want now to promote b3-b4
to expel Nc5 from good square} Rb8 38. Bf1 (38. a3 a4 39. b4 Nb3 40. Ke4 $16 {
[%csl Gd4]}) 38... b5 $6 {Pawn sacrifice with trying to save the game with
opponent colour Bishops.} (38... Rc7 $16 {Better was passive waiting}) (38...
Rf8 $16) 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Rxc5 {[%csl Rb5,Gf1,Gf6]} b4 41. Re1 a4 42. Bc4 axb3
43. Bxb3 Rd7 44. Re6 Rbd8 $6 $18 {Losing the second pawn and the game.} (44...
Rd6 45. Rxd6 exd6 46. Rc7+ $16) 45. Rb5 Rc7 (45... Bc3 46. Rbb6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg6]}) 46. Rxb4 Rc3+ 47. Re3 Rdc8 48. Rbe4 (48. a4 $1 $18) 48... Rc1
49. Re1 R1c3+ 50. R4e3 Bd4 51. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 52. Kg2 Bc5 53. Re2 Bd6 54. Rc2 Rd3 (
54... Rxc2+ 55. Bxc2 Ba3 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Bd3 Kf7 58. Ke4 Kf6 59. Bc4 Bb4 60. a4
$18) 55. Bc4 Re3 56. Re2 Rc3 (56... Rxe2+ 57. Bxe2 $18) 57. Bb5 Ra3 58. Rf2 Kf6
59. Bc4 Rc3 60. Bb3 Rd3 61. Rc2 Bb4 62. Bc4 Re3 63. Re2 Rc3 64. Bb5 Kf7 65. a4
{At last White promote free P "a"} Ra3 66. Re5 (66. Bc6 $18) 66... Bd6 67. Rg5
{[%csl Rg6]} Ra2+ 68. Kh3 (68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Ke4 Bc5 70. f5 $18) 68... Ra3 69.
f5 gxf5 70. Rxf5+ Kg6 71. Rg5+ Kf6 72. Be8 Bf4 73. Rg8 Bd6 74. Bxh5 {[%csl Gg3,
Gh4]} Rxa4 75. Bg4 Ra1 76. Be6 Bc5 77. Kg4 Rh1 78. Kh5 {Here was possible to
resign, Black continue to play "On inertia" .} Rh2 79. Rf8+ Ke5 80. Rf3 Ke4 81.
Rf4+ Ke5 82. Kg6 Rg2 83. Rg4 Be3 84. h5 Rf2 85. Kg7 Rh2 86. Rh4 Rg2 87. g4 Bg5
88. Rh1 Bf6+ 89. Kg6 Kd6 90. h6 Rb2 91. g5 Rg2 92. Rh5 Rg3 93. Kf5 Be5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 (16... Qb4 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Bf1 Qd8 20.
Qd2 $14 {1-0 Smejkal,Jan-Muse,Mladen/Altensteig (6) ;CBM 25 1991 (40)}) 17. Bf1
(17. Rc2 h5 (17... Qd8 18. Bf1 h5 {This P sructure was played in several games:
} 19. Ne2 (19. a3 Ne6 (19... b6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7 22. Qf2 Ra3 23. Nd5
Bxd5 24. exd5 Rca8 25. f4 Kh7 26. f5 Qh8 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ga3e3,Gg7d4]} 27. Kh1
Ra1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gara,Ticia-Paschall,William M/Budapest
FS09 IM-A (8) ;EXT 99 1998 (38)}) 20. g3 Kh7 21. Bh3 Bd7 22. Nd5 Rc6 23. Bf1
Rb8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 $14 {1-0 Lane,Gary W-Sokolowski,Stanislaw/Cappelle op
Cappelle la Grande ;EXT 98 1991 (53)}) (19. Rd1 Be5 20. Qf2 Ne6 21. Qe2 Nc5 22.
Qf2 Ne6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nc7 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. f4 Bf6 27. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vukic,Milan-Todorovic,Goran N/JUG-chT Cup Becici ;EXT 2000 1994 (49)}) (19. Nd5
e6 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bf4 Bf8 23. a3 Be8 24. Be3 Kh7 25. b4 axb4 26.
axb4 Nd7 27. f4 $14 {Yakovich,Yuri-Afek,Yochanan/Pyramiden Franken Cup (9) ;
EXT 2000 1999/1-0 (60)}) 19... Kh7 20. Nd4 Qf8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Rd1 $14 (22. Bd3
$6 Qh8 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nxe6 (24. Ne2 b5 25. c5 Ra6 $132) 24... Bxe6 25. a4 Rc6
$11 {0-1 Hirsch,Stefan-Sokolowski,Stanislaw/Dortmund op (6) ;EXT 97 1986 (35)})
) 18. Bf1 Qd8 {Moves order may be various} 19. Qe1 Qf8 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gg8h7]} 20.
Rd1 Bf6 21. Kh1 Qg7 22. Bf2 Nd7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nc5 25. g3 $14 {Horvath,
Jozsef-Reeh,Oliver/Budapest Kasparov (13) ;CBM 24 ext 1991/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 17...
Qd8 (17... Qb4 {Another plan is} 18. Qb2 (18. Rc2 a4 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 axb3
21. axb3 Bd4+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Nxe4 $1 $15 (23... Ra3 $2 24. Rcb2 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Cerisier,Philippe-Daillet,Emmanuel/FRA-ch Acc Montpellier (5) ;EXT 99
1991 (48)})) (18. Nd5 Bxd5 (18... Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 e5
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bc4 Kf7 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Be3 $14 {0-1 Garza Marco,S-Mate Adan,
C/ch-ESP (team) Div 2 1999 (42)}) 19. cxd5 Rcb8 20. Kh1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 b5 22.
Be3 Na6 23. Bd2 Nc5 24. Be3 Na6 25. a3 b4 26. a4 (26. Bxa6 bxa3 (26... Rxa6 27.
a4 Bc3 28. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4]}) 27. Bc4 $16) 26... Bc3 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28.
g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,Jesus Maria-Spangenberg,Hugo/Sevilla op (7)
;TD 1994 (37)}) 18... Qb6 19. Qf2 (19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Nd1 Qf8 21. Nf2 h5 22. Nd3
Kh7 23. Re1 Bh6 24. e5 Nxd3 25. Bxd3 dxe5 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kxh6 28. Rxe5
Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,Jesus Maria-Andersson,Ulf/San Sebastian op
(4) ;TD 1994 (48)}) 19... h5 20. Rc2 Qd8 21. Rd1 b6 22. h3 Ra7 23. g4 hxg4 24.
hxg4 e6 25. Ne2 Rd7 26. Nd4 $14 {Olafsson,Helgi-Larsen,Bent/Hastings9091 ;CBM
22 1990/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 18. Nd1 {Another continuation are:} (18. Qf2 Qf8 (18...
b6 19. a3 Ra7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7 22. Nd5 Rb8 23. Rc2 Ba4 24. Rcc1 Bc6 25.
Bg5 Nf8 26. Rd1 Ne6 27. Be3 $14 {1-0 Bragin,A-Basyrov/RUS-chT Podolsk ;EXT 98
1993 (47)}) 19. a3 e6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ne2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nd4
f4 25. Bd2 Bd7 26. Bd3 Be5 27. Be4 Qf6 28. Ne2 Bc6 $132 {Vogt,Lothar-Troyke,
Christian/Bundesliga 9394 ;GER-chT 1994/0-1 (54)}) (18. Nd5 $1 {may be
recommended! Nd5 is very strong and Black can 1.Immediately change the N :
Bd5+/= 2.Immediately to play e7-e6, but it weakenen Pd6 3.To wait with the
first and second variations, but in this case Nd5 is very strong.} Bxd5 (18...
e6 19. Nc3 b6 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Rd1 h5 22. Ne2 f6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Ginsburg,Gennadij-Veremeichik,Vladimir/Minsk op (6) ;EXT 97 1994 (44)}) 19.
exd5 $14) (18. Ne2 $6 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Nd4 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Qb6 22. Rc4 Qa6
23. Qe2 Rc7 24. Rbc1 $15 {Toth,Andras-Stillger,Bernhard/Budapest FS05 IM (11) ;
EXT 98 1997/0-1 (78)}) (18. Nb5 $5 h5 (18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 $14 {[%cal Gf1c4]})
19. Nd4 Kh7 20. h3 h4 21. Qf2 e5 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6] 1/2-1/
2 Toth,Andras-Paschall,William M/Budapest FS11 IM-A (7) ;CBM 61 ext 1997 (37)})
18... h5 {The main idea of this variation is to play Qf8 and Bh6 or Kh7, Qh8
and to play on the big diagonal a1-h8. Therefore, in my opinion, White have
slight advantage.} (18... Qf8 19. Nf2 Rd8 20. Rc2 $14 (20. a3 $2 a4 21. bxa4
Rxa4 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4] Rendle,Thomas-Efimenko,Zahar/Wch U14 Oropesa del Mar 
(2) ;CBM 72 ext 1999/0-1 (68)}) (20. Rd1)) 19. Nf2 Kh7 20. Rc2 Qf8 (20... Qh8 {
[%cal Gh8a1]} 21. Nh3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh3g5]} Ne6 22. Rd1 $14) 21. Nh3 Bh6 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. a3 f6 24. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({was keep an advantage} 24. Nh3
Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 e5 $5 {[%csl Gf4,Rh3]} 26. Nf2 Ne6 27. Rd2 Nd4 28. Rbd1 $14 (28.
Rxd4 $5 exd4 29. Qxd4 $14 {[%cal Gb1d1]}) 28... Rd8 29. f4 Rac8 30. g3 $14 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf1h3,Gd2d4]}) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Nxe4 $1 {
Of course, White missed this strong intermediate move.} 27. fxe4 fxg5 28. e5 $2
$17 ({Good was} 28. Qxg5 Bxe4 29. Rf2 Qxf2+ (29... Qg7 30. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Ge1e7]}) 30. Kxf2 Bxb1 31. Qd5+ (31. Qxe7 $4 Rf8+ 32. Kg1 (32. Ke1 Rae8
$19) 32... Bd3 $3 $19) 31... Kf8 32. Qxb7 Bf5 33. b5 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Rca8 35. Kh4
$132) 28... g4 $2 $11 ({Why not} 28... dxe5 $1 29. Qxg5 (29. Re1 Qf5 $17) 29...
Qf5 30. Qxf5 (30. Qc1 Rf8 $17) 30... gxf5 31. Re1 Be4 $17) 29. Bd3 (29. exd6
exd6 30. Rd1 Be4 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qf5 $11) 29... Qg7 (29... dxe5 30. Bxg6
Qg7 31. Qd3 (31. Bxh5 Be4 32. Rf1 Bxc2 33. Bf7+ Kh8 34. Qxc2 Rf8 35. Qf5 Ra6
$17) 31... Rf8 (31... h4 $44) 32. Bxh5 Qg5 33. Qg6+ Qxg6 34. Bxg6 Kg7 $132) 30.
b5 Bd7 31. Re1 Rc5 32. exd6 exd6 (32... Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qxd6 34. Be4 Bf5 35. Bxb7
Rb8 $132) 33. Be4 Bf5 {Black have pawn over, but the game is equal.} 34. Bd5+ (
34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Qxd6 Raf8 36. Rce2 Qf7 37. Qe6 Rc5 $11) 34... Kh7 35. Rc3 Rc7
(35... Ra2 36. Qxa2 Qxc3 $44) 36. Rce3 Ra1 37. b6 Rd7 (37... Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rd7
$44) 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Re1 Qf6 40. Qe3 Rg7 41. g3 Rd7 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 {Except of this move White can play
also} (10. f3) (10. f4) (10. Kh1) (10. Nc2) (10. Nb3) (10. Rc1 $5) (10. Qd2 $5
{- mainline}) 10... Nxd4 {This move included to Black's plan.} (10... a6 $5 11.
Qd2 $14 (11. Rc1 $6 Nxd4 $1 {Without this change Black can't realise any
logical plan} 12. Bxd4 Bh6 $1 (12... Bc6 $6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+
Kg8 16. Nd5 a5 17. b3 e5 $6 (17... e6 18. Nc3 Qg5 (18... Ne5 19. Be2 Qc7 (19...
Qe7 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. c5 $18) 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. f4 $16) 19. Qxd6 Ne5 20. Be2
Rfd8 21. Qa3 Rd4 22. g3 $16) 18. Qd2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $16 {Thorhallsson,
Gylfi-Petursson,Margeir/Akureyri ;CBM 40 1994/0-1 (59)}) 13. Rc2 e5 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bc6 $132)) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 (12. Bf1 $6 e5 (12... e6 $6 13.
f3 Qb8 14. b4 b6 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Rad1 $14 {Zarnicki,Pablo-Hadad,Damaris/Sao
Paulo op ;EXT 98 1992/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qd2 $15 {
1-0 Solozhenkin,Evgeniy-Strijbos,Maarten/Avoine op (3) ;EXT 97 1995 (42)})
12... a5 (12... Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. b3 $14 (15. Re3 h6 16. Rh3 (
16. h4 $14) 16... Rh8 17. b3 a6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,Joseph G-Turner,Matthew/
Biel op (4) ;CBM 31 ext 1992 (38)})) (12... a6 13. Rc1 Bh6 14. Rc2 $14 (14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rd1 (17. f4 Qc5 (17... b5 $132) 18. Kh1 e5
$11) 17... Qg5 18. Qe2 (18. Rf1 Ng4 $1 19. Re2 (19. f4 Qc5) 19... Qh5 20. h3
Ne5 21. Rd1 b5 $11) 18... Nh5 19. Qe1 (19. g3 Nf4 20. Qd2 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qxd2
22. R1xd2 b5 $11) 19... Nf4 20. Bf1 Rfe8 $132 {Wegener,D-Wesseln,K/Bundesliga
1999-2000 2000/0-1 (66)})) 13. Qd2 (13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5
Nc5 16. Qd2 e5 17. Nc3 $14 {Ivanov,Mikhail M-Djurhuus,Rune/Gausdal Int (1) ;
CBM 47 ext 1995/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 15... f6 16. Re3 Rf7 17. Nd5 e5 18. Be2 Nc5 19.
Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,Joseph G-Nielsen,Peter Heine/Forli op (2) ;TD 1992 
(36)}) 13... Nd7 (13... a4 14. Rac1 (14. Nd5 $5 Nd7 (14... e6 15. Nb4 $14 {
[%cal Gb4c6]} (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc2 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Re3
b5 $11)) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 Re8 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Rg3 Bxd5 20.
exd5 e5 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd1 $14 (22. h4 Re5 23. h5 Raa5 $132 {0-1 Estrada
Nieto,Julian-Scarella,Enrique/Pan American (13) ;EXT 97 1991 (40)})) 14... Qa5
15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. f3 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Red1 Rdc8 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxd5
21. cxd5 $14 {Bogut,Zeljko-Gazarek,Danko/CRO-Cup Pula (3) ;EXT 2000 1998/1-0 
(64)}) (13... Re8 14. Rad1 a4 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. Nc3 Kg8
19. Re3 Qe5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,Nebojsa-Cabrilo,Goran/JUG-chT Cetinje ;EXT
97 1992 (26)}) (13... Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bf1 Rae8 17. h3 Ne5
18. Kh1 Qc5 19. b3 $14 {1-0 Kaiumov,Dmitry D-Blodstein,Arkady/Tashkent ;EXT 97
1992 (34)}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re3 {This position already played and White
recieved advantage:} f6 $14 {This novelty also didn't solve Black problems:
space advantage and free pieces play of White.} (15... Nc5 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Bb1
Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Rde1 e5 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Bf5 Nf8 23. Qc3+
Kg8 24. Re7 $18 {1-0 Milos,Gilberto-Silva,Sebastain/Buenos Aires Konex (3) ;
EXT 2000 1991 (28)}) (15... Kg8 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Rde1 Qb4 19. Qe2 a4
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra1 24. f4 $16 {1-0 Arizmendi,
Yulen-Benjamin,Dan/USA-ch cadet (5) ;EXT 98 1992 (31)}) (15... h6 $5 16. Rae1 (
16. Rh3 h5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Stypka,Mieczyslaw-Walach,Marcin/MK
Cafe op-A (9) ;CBM 59 ext 1997}) 16... Qb6 17. Rh3 Rh8 $14 {1-0 Celis,
Gustavo-Samur,Arturo/Siembra Villa Ballester op (2) ;CBM 51 ext 1996 (30)}) 16.
Rd1 Rf7 17. h4 $1 {White preparing K Attack!} Kh8 (17... a4 $5 $14) 18. b3 Ne5
19. Be2 {White keep B from change} Qb6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Kh2 Rg8 22. Rf1 Rfg7 23.
Bg4 f5 24. Bh3 (24. Bf3 $14) (24. exf5 $4 gxf5 $19 {[%csl Rg2]}) 24... Qc5 (
24... Nc5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Nd7 27. Re6 Nc5 28. Qd4 Qb4 29. Re5 Ne4 30. Nxe4
Bxe4 31. Rd1 $14) (24... Nf6 $1 25. e5 (25. exf5 gxf5 26. Re2 Ng4+ 27. Kh1 Qb4
$132) 25... dxe5 26. fxe5 (26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Qe1 Qb4 $132) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe4
Bxe4 28. Ree1 $11) 25. Nd5 e6 $2 $16 (25... b5 $1 26. exf5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 gxf5
28. Rc1 (28. Bxf5 Rxg2+ $19) 28... Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. g3 Nf6 31. Rd1 (31.
Bxf5 Nxd5 32. Rd3 Nc3 33. Rc2 Ra8 34. Be6 $14) 31... Nh5 32. Rdd3 Ra8 33. Bxf5
Rxa2+ 34. Kh3 $14) 26. Nc7 $5 {Not necessary P sacrifice} (26. Nc3 $1 $14)
26... Nf8 $8 27. Nb5 $5 ({Only equal game bring} 27. exf5 $6 gxf5 $1 {[%csl
Rg2]} (27... Rxc7 $2 28. fxe6 Be8 29. Qc3+ Rgg7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 {[%csl
Rc5,Rf8]} d5 32. Rxd5 Qb4 33. Rxa5 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 $16) (27... exf5 $2 28. Ne8
Bxe8 29. Rxe8 Nd7 30. Re6 $16 {[%csl Rh3]}) 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Bxg2 30.
Bxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 b5 (32... Qd4 $11) 33. Re8+ (33. Rfe1 bxc4
$132) 33... Kg7 34. cxb5 Qxb5 35. Rfe1 Qd5+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. R1e3 Qd2 38. R8e7+
Kf8 39. h5 Qd1 $11) 27... Bxb5 28. cxb5 Qxb5 {[%cal Gb5f1]} 29. Rc1 (29. Rd1 {
[%csl Rd6]} Rd7 30. Qc3+ Rgg7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qc8 (32. Qf6 Kg8 33. h5 Qb4 34.
g3 $15) 32... Rg8 33. Qc3+ $11) 29... Qb6 (29... Qb4 30. Qxb4 axb4 31. Rc4 $14)
30. Rd3 Rd7 31. Qb2+ (31. Rd4 $44) (31. e5 d5 $17) 31... Rgg7 32. h5 $1 gxh5 $6
$14 {After this move White Bishop become more active.} (32... Kg8 $142 $1 33.
exf5 (33. h6 Rgf7 34. exf5 exf5 35. Rc8 d5 $44) 33... exf5 $44 (33... gxf5 $44)
) 33. exf5 exf5 34. Rd5 {[%csl Rf5]} Rdf7 35. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6,Rf5]} Qd8 (
35... Qb4 36. Rxd6 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Ne6 38. Rf1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd2d5]}) 36. Rxd6 (
36. Rxa5 $14) 36... Qh4 37. Rd3 (37. Rc3 Rd7 38. Rc8 $14) (37. Rc8 Qg3+ 38. Kh1
Rg6 39. Rd3 $14) 37... h6 $2 $18 (37... b6 $1 $14) 38. g3 $4 $44 ({Strong was} 
38. Rc5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rf5]} b6 (38... Ne6 39. g3 $1 Rxg3 (39... Qe7 40. Re5 (
40. Rxa5 h4 41. Rxf5 hxg3+ 42. Rxg3 Rxg3 43. Kxg3 Rg7+ 44. Bg4 (44. Kh2 Nd4 $17
{[%csl Rf3,Rf5]}) 44... Nc5 45. Kh3 Ne4 46. Qd4 $16) 40... h4 41. gxh4 Qf6 42.
Qf2 $18) 40. Rxg3 Nxc5 41. Qd4+ $18) 39. Re5 Kg8 40. g3 Qf6 41. Rxf5 Qg6 42.
Rxf7 Qxf7 43. Rd6 Rg6 44. Bf1 $18) 38... Qf6 39. Rd6 Rd7 $1 {The only but
strong move} (39... Ne6 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Re8 Qg6 42. Qe1 Re7 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44.
Qe5 $18) 40. Rd1 (40. Rxf6 $2 Rxd2+ 41. Bg2 Ng6 $1 {with a little trap:} 42.
Kh1 (42. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Nh4+ $19) 42... h4 43. gxh4 Kh7 44. Bh3 Nxh4 45.
Bxf5+ Nxf5 46. Rxf5 Rxa2 $17) 40... Rxd6 41. Qxd6 Ne6 (41... Qxd6 $2 42. Rxd6
$16) 42. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 43. fxe5 Ng5 (43... Re7 44. Bxf5 Ng5 45. Rd5 Rxe5 46. Rxe5
Nf3+ 47. Kh3 Nxe5 48. Kh4 Kg7 49. Kxh5 b5 $11) 44. Rd8+ Rg8 45. Rd6 h4 (45...
Nf3+ 46. Kg2 h4 47. Rxh6+ Kg7 48. Rh5 Nxe5 49. Rxf5 Ng6 50. Rxa5 $16) 46. Rxh6+
Kg7 47. Rb6 hxg3+ $1 (47... Kf8 48. Bg2 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Nf7+ 50. Kf2 Nxe5 51.
Bxb7 Rg5 52. Kf1 $1 (52. Rb5 f4 $14) 52... Ke7 (52... f4 53. Rf6+ $16) 53. Rb5
Kd6 54. Rxa5 $16) 48. Kxg3 Nxh3 $6 $14 ({Black must include} 48... f4+ 49. Kg4
Nxh3 50. Rxb7+ Kh6+ 51. Kxh3 Kg5 52. e6 Kf6 53. Rf7+ Kxe6 54. Rxf4 $11) 49.
Rxb7+ Kg6 50. Kxh3 Rd8 $4 {Black don't know what to do} ({Black had to change
Pf5 for Pe5 - and the game will be drawn} 50... Kg5 $1 51. Rb5 (51. Kg3 f4+ 52.
Kf3 Kf5 53. Rb5 (53. Rf7+ Kxe5 $11) 53... Rg3+ 54. Kf2 a4 $11) 51... Kf4 52.
Rxa5 (52. Kh2 Ke4 53. Rxa5 f4 54. e6 f3 55. Ra7 Ke5 56. Rf7 Rg2+ $1 57. Kh3
Kxe6 58. Rxf3 Rxa2 $11) 52... Kf3 53. Kh4 f4 54. e6 Ke4 55. Rg5 Re8 56. Rg6 Kf5
57. Rh6 Rg8 58. e7 Rg4+ 59. Kh3 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 (60. Kh4 Rg4+) 60... Re3 61. Rh7
Kg6 $14) 51. Ra7 Kg5 (51... Rd5 52. e6 Kf6 53. e7 Re5 54. Kg3 Rxe7 55. Rxa5 $16
) 52. e6 Re8 53. e7 Kf6 54. Ra6+ (54. Kg3 Rxe7 55. Rxa5 $16) 54... Kg5 55. Re6
Kf4 (55... f4 56. Re5+ Kf6 57. Rxa5 Rxe7 58. Kg4 $18) 56. Kg2 Rg8+ 57. Kf2 Re8
58. a3 Kg4 59. b4 axb4 60. axb4 Kg5 (60... f4 61. Re5 f3 62. Re4+ Kf5 63. Kxf3
$18) 61. b5 f4 62. b6 Kf5 63. Re1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Rb8 12. Nxc6 $5 {Rare move. Much more popular
are} (12. Rfd1) (12. Nc2) (12. Nb3) (12. Rac1) 12... Bxc6 13. b4 $14 (13. Nd5
b5 14. Bd4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16. Rac1 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 $14) 16... Bxd4+
17. Qxd4 Qa5 18. f4 $14 (18. Qa7 $6 {1/2-1/2 Hlavnicka,J-Hresc,V/Schwarzach
1998/EXT 2000 (55)})) 13... b6 $5 (13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. a4 bxa4 16. b5
Bb7 17. Rxa4 Nd7 $14) 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rac1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 {
[%cal Ga8a2] Black opened a-file and placed his R on it, but it isn't
accompanied by any serious counterplay.} 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nd5 {[%csl Re7] White
increases pressure.} Ba4 20. Re1 Bc6 21. f4 $5 $16 {White obtains clear
advantage.} Bxd5 ({In case of} 21... Ra3 {White gets an advantage by} 22. Nxe7+
$1 (22. f5 Ne5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rf1 $14) 22... Rxe7 23. Qxd6 f6 24. Bh4 Bxe4 (
24... Ba8 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 $16) 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Qe8 27. Bb5 Ra5 28.
Bc6 $16) 22. cxd5 {[%csl Rc6,Ge2,Gg5][%cal Gc1c7,Ge2b5]} b5 23. Rc6 Qb8 24. Bh4
Ra3 25. Bf2 Rb3 26. Rec1 h5 27. Bd3 Nf6 28. h3 (28. Rb6 Qa8 29. Rxb5 Qa3 30.
Rd1 Ng4 $44) 28... Qa8 29. e5 $1 (29. Bc2 $143 Rb2 30. Qe1 (30. e5 Ne4 31. Qd4
Nxf2 32. Qxb2 Qa7 $15) 30... e6 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 31. Rxd6 Qb8 32. e5 Nxd5 33.
Rxd5 exd5 34. Bd4 Rxc2 (34... Ra2 35. Bb3 Ra6 36. Bxd5 Rd8 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. e6
$16) 35. Rxc2 f6 $14) 29... Nxd5 30. Bc2 ({Worth of attention} 30. Bxb5 $5 Nxb4
31. Rc7 Nd5 (31... Rd8 32. e6 Rb2 (32... fxe6 33. Bc4 Rb2 34. Qe3 d5 35. Qxe6+
Kh8 36. Bf1 Rxf2 37. Qxe7 $1 Rg8 (37... Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rg8 39. Qxb4 $18) 38.
Kxf2 $18) 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. Qe1 $18) 32. Bc6 Nxc7 33. Bxa8 Nxa8 34. exd6 exd6
35. Qxd6 $16) 30... Rxb4 {Black prefers to sacrifice piece.} ({Alternative} 
30... Nxb4 {makes position of Black hopeless:} 31. Bxb3 Nxc6 32. exd6 e6 (32...
exd6 33. Qd5 $18) 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qd6 Na5 35. Bxe6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd7]}) 31. Qxd5
Rc4 32. Bb3 $4 $14 {Serious, probably decisive mistake!} ({Easily wins} 32. e6
f5 33. Bb3 $18) 32... Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qxd5 34. Bxd5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Bxe5 {Black
recieves 2 PP for the B and position without weaknesses. Probably it is
already fortress. Anyway, it is very difficult to offer winning plan...} 36.
Rc5 Bf6 37. Rxb5 Rd8 38. Kf1 e6 39. Be4 Bd4 40. Bh4 Rc8 41. Bd3 Kg7 42. Ke2 Ra8
43. Bc4 Ra7 44. Bg3 Rd7 45. Kf3 Bf6 46. Bf4 Rd4 47. Rc5 Rd7 48. Rc7 Rxc7 49.
Bxc7 {White changes RR, but it doesn't add anything.} Bc3 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bd8+
Kg7 52. Ke4 f5+ 53. Kd3 Bf6 54. Bb6 Kf7 55. Bd4 Be7 56. Be5 g5 57. g3 Bd8 58.
Bb3 g4 59. h4 Bf6 60. Kd4 Ke7 61. Bc4 Kf7 62. Bb5 Be7 63. Bd7 Ba3 64. Kc4 Ke7
65. Bc6 Bd6 66. Kd4 Ba3 67. Ke3 Bc1+ 68. Kd3 Ba3 69. Bb5 Bd6 70. Kd4 Ba3 71.
Ke3 Bc1+ 72. Kd3 Ba3 73. Ba6 Bd6 74. Kd4 Ba3 75. Ke3 Bc1+ 76. Kd3 Kd7 77. Bb7
Ba3 78. Ba6 Bc5 79. Bb5+ Ke7 80. Bc6 Bd6 81. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Kh1 a6 11. f3 ({Interesting is} 11. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]
with idea to avoid NN exchange. White has space advantage and this action is
reasonable.} b6 $1 (11... Rc8 {[%cal Gc6a5]} 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Nxc5 Rc7 14.
Nd5 (14. Qb3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 (15... Ne5 16. f4
b6 17. Nxa6 Nc4 18. Bd4 $18) 16. Qb3 Bc8 17. Nd3 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge3f4,Ge3b6]}
Nd7 (17... Rd7 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Ba7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) 18. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rc7]
}) (11... Rb8 12. c5 Ne8 (12... dxc5 13. Nxc5 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. f4 $14 {
[%csl Ge2,Ge3]}) 13. f4 Be6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nc7 17. Nd5 (
17. Nd7 Bxd7 18. Rxd7 $16) 17... Nb5 18. a4 (18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Nc7 $16) 18... Nd6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Rxd6 $18 {1-0 Kushnir,
A-Kozlovskaya,V/Moscow 1972/MCD (34)}) 12. Rc1 Rb8 (12... Qb8 13. Na4 $16 {
[%csl Rb6]}) 13. f3 Bc8 $14 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. h3 (12. b3 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lewald,S-Huber,A/Stade 1992/EXT 99 (17)}) (12.
f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bf3 Qa5 15. a3 b5 16. Nd5 (16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7
18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. b4 Qd8 (19... Qxa3 20. Nd5 (20. Ra1 Qxb4 21. Nd5 Qxc4 22.
Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 $44) 20... Rxc4 21. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 20. cxb5 axb5
21. e6 Rxe6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxb5 Ne5 $14) 16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rc7 18. b4 Rxc1
19. Qxc1 Qd8 20. Qc6 $16 {1-0 Vasquez Ramirez,R-Duran,L/Bento Goncalves 2000/
EXT 2001 (35)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 $11
{0-1 Eberz,A-Wittelsberger,H/GER 1978/EXT 2001 (52)}) (11. a4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. f3 Nd7 14. Qc2 f5 15. b4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 fxe4 17. Bh6 Rf6 18. fxe4 Ne5 19.
Qd4 Nf7 20. Be3 e5 21. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Sharapov,E-Pyda,Z/Koszalin POL 2001/The
Week in Chess 363 (39)}) 11... Qb8 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rb8 (12... Qa5 13. c5
e5 14. Bg1 dxc5 15. Qd6 Rac8 (15... Be6 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1
Bf8 19. Bb6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 16. Qxe5 Be6 $11 {1-0 Shchekachev,
A-Forberg,A/Nice FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 405 (33)}) 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 b5
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 b4 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 Bc6 $11 {0-1 Rahman,T-Hegde,R/
Calcutta 1994/EXT 97 (28)}) (11... Rc8 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. b3
Qc7 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Moylan,L-Khan,N/Istanbul 2000/
EXT 2001 (50)}) 12... Ne8 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nb4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bc6 17.
c5 d5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. Bc4 Qe8 21. Bb3 $16 {1-0 Istrati,V-Duriez,
A/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (46)}) 12. Qd2 $6 {Inaccuracy.} ({Much better was} 12.
Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5] with mentioned above idea.} Be6 (12... b6 13. Na4 b5 14.
Nb6 Ra7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $16) 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Nd4
$14 (16. Na1 Rc8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nb3 $14 {()})) 12... Rc8 $6 ({I'd prefer} 12...
b6 $5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 13. Rfd1 $6 (
{Again better is} 13. Nb3 $1 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4]} 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nxc5 Bc6 16. Rfd1
$5 $14) 13... b6 $1 $11 {At last!} 14. Bf1 Ra7 {Black equalized. Certain
initiatve still can be developed by White because of space advantage, but
Black has enough resources to neutralize it.} 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf2 Rb7 17.
Rac1 ({Or} 17. a4 Nd7 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Qc2 e6 20. Nb4 Qc7 (20... Be8 $5 $132)
21. Ra3 (21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Ra3 a5 $11 {Blockade on dark squares.}) 21... Be8
22. Na2 a5 23. Nc3 Qe7 $11 {Blockade on dark squares.}) 17... b5 18. b3 Rbc7
19. Bb6 Rb7 20. Bd4 Rbc7 21. e5 $2 $17 {Blunder.} ({Position is equal. White
should erconcile with this fact by various ways:} 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nd7 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re1 Nf6 $11) (21. Bb6 Rb7 22. Bd4 $11) (21. Be2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. f4 Qb7 $11) 21... dxe5 22. Bxe5 Ng4 $1 23. fxg4 Bxe5 {[%csl
Gc6,Ge5,Rg2,Rg4]} 24. Qh4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe1 $2 $19 ({More stubborn was
} 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Ne2 Qd1 29. Kg1 $17) 26... Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gd4f4]} 27. Be2 (27. Ne2 Qxg4 $19) 27... b4 ({Immediately wins} 27... Qf4
{[%csl Rh1,Rh2][%cal Ge5h2]} 28. Qg1 Qd2 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Re2]}) 28. Na4 ({Or} 
28. Nb1 Qf4 29. Qg1 Bd4 30. Qf1 Qh6 31. Rd1 Be5 32. Qg1 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34.
Bf3 Qf4 $19) 28... Rd7 29. Qf1 Qe3 30. Rd1 Qh3 31. Qg1 Bxh2 32. Qxh2 Bxg2+ 33.
Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "EST-ch int"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rad1 $5 {The second R stay on f1,
maybe Pf3 will be promoted to f4-f5.} (12. Nc2 d6 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qf8 15.
Bf1 Rad8 16. Qf2 e6 17. Nd4 Nh5 18. Ncb5 Qe7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. b3 f5 $132 {
0-1 Cabrera Moreno,D-Georgiev,V/Sitges 2000/EXT 2001 (57)}) ({I would prefer
RR on c1 and d1:} 12. Rac1 e6 13. Rfd1 d6 14. Nc2 (14. Bf1 $14) 14... Rd7 15.
Qe1 Qf8 16. Qh4 h6 17. Rd2 Ne7 18. Rcd1 $14 {0-1 Clerides,P-Quinn,M/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) (12. Ndb5 d6 13. Nd5 Rd7 {-see commented game 1-0
Ginzburg,M-Soppe,G/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64 [Tsesarsky,I](39)}) (12. Rfd1 d6 (
12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 14. Bf1 e6 15. Qf2 Ne8 16. Rd2 Rd7 17. Rad1 Qd8 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. e5 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Bellon Lopez,J/Malaga 2000/CBM 74 ext (48)}) 13.
Qe1 (13. Bf1 Rd7 {-see commented game 0-1 Doroshenko,M-Moldovan,D/ROM 1993/CBM
60[Tsesarsky,I] (44)}) (13. Rac1 Rd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b4 Qf8 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. b5 Bb7 19. a4 $14 {-see commented game 1-0 Hansen,C-Bellon Lopez,
J/Malmo 1996/CBM 54/[King] (57)}) 13... Rd7 14. Qh4 {-see commented game 1/2-1/
2 Solak,D-Moldovan,D/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60[Tsesarsky,I] (21)}) 12... d6 13. Kh1
(13. Rfe1 Rd7 14. Bf1 Qf8 15. g4 e6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Rd3 Ne8 19.
Red1 h6 20. Bg2 Nc7 21. f4 Na6 $132 {1-0 Bagirov,V-Guidarelli,L/Cappelle la
Grande 1999/EXT 2000 (52)}) 13... Rd7 14. Nb3 Qf8 15. f4 Rad8 ({Worth of
attention} 15... Rc8 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8c4]} 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Nb5 e6 $132 {
[%cal Gd6d5,Gc8c4]}) 16. Bf3 e6 17. Qf2 Ne8 18. Rd2 Bxc3 $5 {Interesting but
risky decision. It is not easy to compare, which factor is more important:
strong Bg7 or weak PP chain?} ({Quite well is} 18... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ga6c4]} 19. Nb5 d5 $1 20. Rfd1 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Ne7 $132) 19. bxc3 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]
} Ba6 20. Rfd1 {White sacrifices his weak Pc4.} ({Otherwise White had to
protect his weaknesses, maybe it seems to Kengis too passive.} 20. Be2 Qg7 21.
Rc1 e5 $132) 20... Bxc4 21. Nd4 Nxd4 (21... Rc7) 22. Rxd4 d5 23. exd5 exd5 (
23... Bxd5 $4 24. c4 Bxf3 25. Rxd7 $18) 24. f5 $1 {[%cal Gd4h4,Ge3h6] Opening
space for Be3 and Rd4.} Nd6 (24... gxf5 $5 25. g4 $1 $44 (25. Rh4 Ng7 26. Bd4
f6 27. Rh6 Ne8 28. Qh4 $44)) 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bg5 f6 $2 $16 {[%mdl 8192]} ({
Strong was} 26... Nf5 $5 27. Rg4 $1 (27. Bf6 Rd6 $5 (27... Nxd4 28. Qh4 $18)
28. Bxd8 Nxd4 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Qxd4 Rxc7 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxc3 $17) (27.
R4d2 f6 28. Bf4 Qc5 $17) 27... f6 28. Bc1 g5 29. g3 $44) 27. Bxf6 Nf5 {Too
late...} (27... Qxf6 28. Bxd5+ $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 28. Bxd8 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd8
30. h4 {[%csl Rg8,Yh1] Despite material equality White has serious advantage
because of big difference in KK locations.} Qf5 (30... Rd7 31. Qd2 Rh7 32. Qg5
$16) 31. Qg3 (31. Rf4 Qe5 32. Qg3 $16) 31... Rf8 32. Kh2 $2 $132 {Dear time
loss} ({Why not} 32. Rg4 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg3g6]} Kg7 (32... Rf6 33. Qb8+
Rf8 34. Qxa7 $16) 33. Rg5 Qe6 (33... Qf6 34. h5 Bd3 35. Rxd5 $18) 34. h5 Rf6
35. hxg6 (35. Bg4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg4f5]} Qe4) 35... Qd6 (35... Rxg6 36. Qc7+
Kf8 (36... Kh6 37. Rh5#) (36... Kh8 37. Re5 $18) 37. Re5 Qd6 $8 38. Rf5+ Kg8
39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Rf7+ Rg7 42. Rf8 Qh6+ 43. Bh5 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 $18)
36. Qh4 Rxg6 37. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 38. Qd4+ $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 32... Kg7 33. a3 Rf6
34. Rg4 Bd3 $2 $16 {Very bad!} ({Right was} 34... b5 35. Rg5 Qe6 (35... Qf4 $2
36. Rxg6+ $18) 36. Re5 (36. h5 Qd6 $132) 36... Qd6 $11 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd6h2]
K placed on h1 better than on h2...}) 35. Rg5 Qf4 36. Rxd5 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Bf5
38. Rd4 {White already has won a P and has good chances to win this endgame.}
Rf7 $6 $18 (38... b5 $142 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Rf7 41. Bd5 Rc7 42. c4 $16) 39.
Bd5 Rc7 40. c4 Rc5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc5a5,Ga5a3]} 41. Kf4 $1 {White is ready
to the next threat:} Ra5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ga5a3]} 42. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} Bc2 (
42... Bc8 43. Re4 $1 Kf8 44. Kg5 $1 $18) 43. Rd2 Bb1 44. Rb2 Bd3 45. Rb3 Bf1
46. Re3 Kf8 47. Kg3 $1 {[%csl Rf1]} 1-0

[Event "Kottnauer Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 Bxd4 (10... gxf5 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bxg4 fxg4
14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Nde2 Rd8 16. b3 Qg6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nbc3 Bf5 19. Ng3 $14 {
Illescas,M-Abramovic,B/Biel(izt)/1993/0,5/47/} b6 20. Nb5) 11. Bxh6 Rxf5 12.
Qd2 (12. Bf3 Bg7 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne5 14. Be4 Rh5 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Be6 16.
Bxb7 Bxc4 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Re1 Bd5 19. f4 Bxg2 20. fxe5 $16 Bh3 21. Re2 Qf3
22. Rf2 Qxe3 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. Qf8+ Kg5 26. Qxe7+ {Rachels,S-Afifi,
A/Manila(izt)/1990/1:0/51/}) 15... Qc7 16. Re1 Nf7 17. Qe2 e6 18. Rad1 Kg7 19.
Qd2 e5 20. Be3 Qxc4 21. f3 Qc7 22. g4 Rh4 $44) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Be4 Rf7 15.
Qd2 Qb6 16. Bd5 e6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Rad1 Qxc4 19. Qxd6 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qxd6 21.
Nxd6 Rf8 22. Rc1 $16 {Huebner,R-Afifi,A/Manila(izt)/1990/1:0/31/}) (12. Bg4 Rf7
13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Qd2 Qg4 15. Kh1 Be5 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qh5 18. Bg5 h6)
12... Qb6 (12... e6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne5 15. Rad1 Nf7 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qd4
Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bf3 Ra5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Bxd5
Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne5 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rb8 Ra7 27. Re8 Kf6 28. Ke2 Ra5 29. Rb8 Ra7
30. a4 Ke6 31. Re8+ Kf6 32. Nd5+ Kf5 33. Nxb6 Ra6 34. e4+ Kf4 35. g3+ Kxe4 36.
Nd7 Ra5 37. b4 {Saidy,A-Kostro,J/Polanica Zdroj/1969/}) 13. Bd3 (13. Be3 $5
Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qb4 15. Bd3 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Ne5 17. a3 Qa5 (17... Nxc4 $4 18. Qf2
$18) 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Qd5+ Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxc4 (20... Kg7 21. Nxe7 (21. b3 Nc6
$10) 21... Nxc4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 b5 24. b3 Nb6 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Bc6 $16)
21. Rc1 e6 22. Rxc4 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Rc7+ $16) 13... Rf7 14. Rae1 (14.
Nb5 Bc5 15. b3 Ne5 16. Be4 Rxf2 17. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20.
Kg3 Nxh6 $15) (14. Be3 $10) 14... Ne5 (14... Qa5 $5 15. Bc2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 (16.
bxc3 $5 Ne5 17. Bb3 Be6 $13) 16... Qxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 $15) 15. Be3
(15. Na4 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 (16. Rxf2 Rxf2 (16... Qxf2+ $2 17. Qxf2 Rxf2 18. Rxe5
Rxg2+ (18... Rxb2 19. Rxe7 $40) 19. Kxg2 dxe5 $16) 17. Nxb6 (17. Qxf2 $2 Qxf2+
18. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 19. Kf1 Nxe1 $19) 17... Rxd2 18. Rf1 Nf7 19. Bxd2 axb6 $15)
16... Bxe1 $19) (15. Nd1 $5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 e6 $15) (15. Re2 $1 Bg4 (
15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxc3 (17... e5 18. Nb5 $14) (17... Qc5 18. Nb5
Be5 19. b3 a6 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Nd4 $10) 18. Qxc3 $10) 16. Nd5 Qc6 (16... Qxb2 $2
17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Nxd3 19. Rxb7 $16) 17. Re4 $10) 15... Bxe3 (15... Nxd3
16. Qxd3 (16. Nd5 $6 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxb2 18. Qxd3 Bf5 $19) 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 (
17. fxe3 Bf5 $15) 17... Qxb2 (17... Bf5 18. Qe2 $10) 18. Qd5 Kf8 (18... Kg7 19.
Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qd5 $10) 19. Qd4 Kg8 20. Qd5 $10) 16. Rxe3 Qd4 (16... Bf5 $6 17.
Be2 e6 18. h3 Rc8 (18... h5 $5) 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Re4
$16) (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxb2 18. Qd5 $10) 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. f4 (18. Re4 Qf6 (
18... Ng4 19. h3 Qh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 $14) 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. Qe3 Be6 $15) 18... Ng4
19. Rh3 $8 Qf6 20. Rhf3 (20. Be4 $5 Bf5 $6 (20... Ne5 21. Rc3 Nc6 22. Bd5 Be6 (
22... e6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxd6 $16) 23. Re3 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nd8 25. f5 $14) (
20... Rb8 $10) 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rb3 (22. Bd5 $4 e6 23. Bf3 Rxb2 $17) 22... e6
23. Bf3 Rxb3 24. axb3 $14) 20... Qh4 21. Rh3 Qf6 22. Rhf3 Qh4 23. h3 (23. Rh3
$10) 23... Nf6 24. Nc3 Bd7 (24... b6 25. Re3) 25. R3f2 Raf8 26. Qe3 Nh5 27. Ne2
Bc6 (27... b6 $5) 28. c5 (28. f5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Ng7 31. Be6+ Nxe6
32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 $10) 28... d5 (28... e5 $2 29. cxd6 Nxf4 (29...
exf4 30. Qd4 (30. Qxa7 $2 f3 31. Qd4 fxe2 32. Qxh4 Rxf2 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. Qxf2
Rxf2 35. Kxf2 exf1=Q+ $19) 30... b5 31. Bc2 Rf6 32. Nxf4 Nxf4 33. Bb3+ $18) 30.
Nxf4 exf4 31. Qd4 $18) 29. b4 $14 a6 (29... Bd7 $5) 30. Kh2 Nf6 31. Kg1 Nh5 32.
Kh2 Nf6 33. Kg1 Nh5 34. a3 (34. Kh2 $10) 34... Rd8 (34... Ng7 $6 35. Rd1 e6 36.
Nd4 Nf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Nxc6 bxc6 $14) 35. Nd4 (35. f5 $5 gxf5 (35... g5 36.
Nd4 Ng3 37. Re1 Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Nxc6 bxc6 40. Qxe4 Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Rd1+ 42.
Kh2 $16) (35... d4 36. Qh6 g5 37. Bc4 Rd5 (37... Bd5 38. Qb6 Rd7 39. Bxd5 Rxd5
40. Qxb7 $14) 38. Bxd5 Bxd5 39. Qb6 (39. g4 $2 d3 (39... Ng3 40. Qxh4 $18) 40.
Qxh5 dxe2 41. Qxh4 exf1=Q+ $19) 39... Rf8 40. Rd1 $16) 36. Rxf5 Rxf5 37. Qe6+
Kh8 38. Qxf5 Nf6 39. Qe5 Re8 40. Nf4 $16) 35... Ng3 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Rf3 Nh5 (
37... Nf5 38. Bxf5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Qe5 $14) 38. Ref1 Rdf8 (38... Ng7 $5
39. Rd1 Rdf8 40. Qe5 e6 41. Bc2 $14) 39. Ne2 g5 $138 (39... e6 $5 $14) 40. f5
g4 41. g3 $1 gxf3 (41... Qxh3 42. R3f2 d4 43. Qxd4 Nxg3 (43... e5 44. Qxe5 Re8
45. Qd6 Rxe2 46. Bxe2 Nxg3 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Rg2 $16) 44. Nxg3
Qxg3+ 45. Rg2 e5 46. Qe4 Qh3 47. Bc4 $16) (41... d4 42. gxh4 dxe3 43. hxg4 $18)
42. gxh4 Rg7+ 43. Kh2 fxe2 44. Bxe2 Nf6 (44... Ng3 $5 45. Rg1 Nxf5 46. Rxg7+
Nxg7 47. Qxe7 $16) 45. h5 h6 $6 (45... Ne4 46. Bc4 e6 47. fxe6 Bxe6 48. Rxf8+
Kxf8 49. Bd3 $18) 46. Qxh6 Ne4 47. Bg4 Nf6 48. Qf4 Kh7 (48... e5 $5 49. fxe6 $1
(49. Qxe5 $4 Rxg4) 49... Nxg4+ 50. hxg4 Rxf4 51. exd7 Rxd7 (51... Rxf1 52.
d8=Q+ Kh7 53. Qxd5 $18) 52. Rxf4 $18) 49. h6 Rgg8 50. Bf3 Rf7 51. Re1 Bc6 52.
Qc7 Ne8 (52... Kxh6 53. Rxe7 Rxe7 54. Qxe7 Kg5 55. Bg4 $18) 53. Qf4 Nf6 54. Re6
Bd7 55. Re5 Bc6 56. Re1 Kh8 57. Rg1 Rgf8 (57... Rxg1 58. Kxg1 Ng8 59. Qd4+ Rf6
60. Bxd5 $18) 58. Qe5 Kh7 59. Qg3 Rg8 60. Qg6+ $5 Rxg6 61. fxg6+ Kg8 62. gxf7+
Kxf7 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Bg4 d4 65. Bf5 Bb5 66. Rg1 e5 67. h7 Nxh7 68. Bxh7 Kf7
69. Be4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 (10... dxc6 $143 $6 {[%csl Rb7] This recapture
makes Bb7 weak, and White is able to keep an advantage, look the next games
and references:} 11. e5 (11. c5 $5 {-Tsesarsky,I} Nd7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Na4 b5
14. Nc3 $14) 11... Nd7 (11... Ne8 12. f4 Qc7 (12... Nc7 13. c5 b5 14. Qe1 $16 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga1d1]} (14. b4 a5 15. a3 Qe8 16. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,
I-Gyorkos,L/Austria 1997/EXT 99 (29)})) (12... f6 13. c5 b5 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rb7] 1/2-1/2 Borriss,M-Troyke,C/Germany 1998/
GER-chT (41)}) 13. c5 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 a5 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qg4
Ra8 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qd7 $16 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Kristensen,B/Hastings 1990/TD (39)
}) 12. f4 Qc7 (12... f5 13. c5 b5 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Smikovski,
I-Kron,V/Moscow 1996/EXT 98 (37)}) 13. Qc2 (13. Qe1 f5 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Qf2 $16
{0-1 Wintzer,J-Heinbuch,D/Germany 1991/GER-chT2 (41)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rad1 (14.
h4 Nf8 15. h5 f6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. c5 $16 {1-0 Wahls,M-Pigusov,E/Biel 1989/EXT
97 (26)}) 14... f6 15. e6 Nf8 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bh5 $16 {1-0 Ghitescu,T-Kouatly,
B/Bagneux 1982/EXT 2000 (27)}) 11. f3 {This move promises to White stable
advantage, but Black hasn't weaknesses and good chances to equalize.} (11. Bd3
d6 12. Bd4 e6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qe2 Rb7 15. Rad1 Rd7 16. b3 $14 {0-1 Adla,
D-Soppe,G/ARG 1991/EXT 98 (59)}) (11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd4 d6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. a4 Bb7 19. a5 Rac8 20. axb6
axb6 21. f3 $11 {1-0 Giaccio,A-Robledo,N/Santiago 1996/EXT 2001 (62)}) (11. Bf3
{Not the best place for the B.} d6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qd7 $132 {[%cal Gd7b7]
1/2-1/2 Aleksic,M-Todorovic,G/Ulcinj 1997/EXT 99 (43)}) (11. Qc2 d6 (11... e6
$6 12. Rad1 Nh5 $6 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Sherbakov,R/Moscow
1999/CBM 75 (54)}) 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Rac1 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. f3 $14 {0-1 Zlatic,
M-Markovic,I/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) 11... Ne8 (11... d6 12. Qd2 Qd7 (12...
Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Bf1 Qb7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Schlosser,M-Pigusov,E/Sochi 1989/CBM 16 (24)}) (12... Nd7 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Rac1
Bb7 15. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Apicella,M/Munich 1993/TD (64)}) (12... a5
13. b3 Rb8 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. a3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Be8 19. Rbd1
$14 {1-0 Istrate,B-Berechet,O/Tusnad 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. a4
e6 15. a5 Qb7 16. axb6 axb6 17. b4 $14 {1-0 Chekhov,V-Martin,A/Barcelona 1984/
EXT 99 (40)}) (11... Nh5 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 (14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Bd3
e6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Ne2 Qf7 18. Nd4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bb1 $14 {0-1
Costantini,R-Bellini,F/Reggio Emilia ITA 2001/The Week in Chess 322 (47)}) (14.
Rad1 Qe8 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Nb4 Qe6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. Bf1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,D-Gouliev,S/Halkidiki GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (59)
}) 14... Nf6 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Bf3 e6 17. b3 Rf7 18. Rad1 Qf8 (18... Ng4 19. Bxg4
fxg4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qd4+ Qf6 23. Qxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Navara,
D-Ivanisevic,I/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (35)}) 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Rd3
$14 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Rantanen,Y/Novi Sad 1990/TD (55)}) (11... Qb8 12. Qd2 Re8 (
12... Rd8 13. Rfd1 d6 14. Rac1 Rd7 15. b4 Qf8 16. b5 Bb7 17. a4 e6 18. a5 $14 {
0-1 Bosch,J-Strijbos,M/Holland 1996/EXT 2000 (64)}) 13. Rac1 d6 14. Nd5 Qb7 15.
Bg5 Rad8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nemec,Z-Znamenacek,
K/CSR 1992/TD (30)}) 12. Rc1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qd2 Rf7 15. b4 e6 16. a4 Qh4
(16... Qf6 17. f4 Qg6 18. Bf3 $14) 17. Qe1 Qh5 18. f4 Qh6 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Bxc6
$6 $11 {This unaccuracy allows Black to equalize.} ({Better looks} 20. c5 $1
$14) 20... dxc6 {[%cal Gf7d7,Ga8d8,Gd8d1] Now Black will double his RR at the
d-file, and White should neutralize it by RR exchange.} 21. h3 (21. Rd1 Ng4 $11
) 21... Rd8 22. Rd1 (22. b5 c5 23. a5 Rfd7 24. Bf2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge1e6]} (
24. Na4 Ne4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nxb6 Rd3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gg7d4]} 27. Kh2 Bc3 28.
Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rf3 Qg7 $17) 24... Kf7 25. Bh4 Qh5 26. Rf3 Rd3 $132) 22... Rxd1
23. Qxd1 Rd7 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. b5 c5 26. Rd1 Qh4 27. Kf1 {White avoids
variations with draw by perpetuum check:} (27. Rxd7 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Ng4+ 29. hxg4
Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ne8 29. Qd7 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 31.
Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 ({Interesting is} 32. a5 bxa5 {Simple and effective.} 33. Na4 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga4c5,Ge3c5]} Nd6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd6c4]} 34. Bxc5 (34. Kd3
Ne4 35. Nc3 Nf6 $11) 34... Nxc4 35. Bxa7 Nd6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd6b5]} 36. b6 (
36. Nc3 Bf6 37. Bc5 Nb7 38. Na4 Nxc5 39. Nxc5 Bd4 40. Nb3 Bb6 41. Nd2 Bc7 42.
Ke3 a4 43. Nc4 Ke7 44. b6 Bb8 45. g3 Kd7 46. Kd4 Kc6 47. Kc3 Kb5 48. b7 h5 49.
h4 Kc6 50. Kb4 Kxb7 51. Kxa4 Ba7 52. Kb5 Bf2 $44) 36... Nb7 37. Bb8 Ke8 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge8d7,Gd7c6]} 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Kc4 Kc6 40. Be5 Bh4 41. g4 Bf2
42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. Kxd4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Kb5 45. Nc3+ Kxb6 46. Ne4 a4 (46... Kb5 47.
Ng5 $132) 47. Kc4 $44) 32... Nf6 33. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bd1 {White prepares a2-a3 and b3-b4, but this plan
in my opinion (and in B. Alterman opinion!) is not the best in this position.
White can play} (17. Rc2 $14 {-mainline.}) (17. Nd5 $14) (17. Nb5 $5 $14) 17...
Qb4 $5 {This natural and strong move is novelty!} ({In another games everybody
played} 17... Qd8 18. a3 Nd7 (18... b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Be2 {
- see comments to the game  1-0 Van Wely,L-Reinderman,D/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM
69/[Alterman,B] (57)} (21. Nd5 e6 22. Nf4 Ne5 $11 (22... Qf8 $6 23. Ne2 Be5 24.
Nd4 Bb7 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Bg5 Rdb8 27. f4 $16 {0-1 Farkas,T-Paschall,W/Szeged
HUN 1998/ (39)}))) (18... h5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 $14
{1-0 Hamelink,D-Stojanovic,N/Aviles ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 303 (34)}) 19.
Be2 Be5 20. Bf1 Nc5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Nd4 Qc7 25. Qf2
$14 {0-1 Hendriks,W-Reinderman,D/Hoogeveen NED 1999/ (46)}) 18. Nd5 $6 $11 {
After QQ change Black equalize.} (18. Qb2 $2 Nd3 $17) (18. Rc2 $1 e6 (18...
Bxc3 $6 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Rbb2 Bxc2 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Bxc2 Rc6
24. Bb1 $14) 19. Be2 Be5 20. Qc1 {White wants to expel Q from b4} Qb6 $8 {
Black Q had to leave b4 square...} (20... Rd8 $2 21. a3 Qb6 22. b4 $18 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge3b6]}) 21. Kh1 $1 (21. Nb5 $6 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Bf4 $1 23. Bc4 (
23. Bxf4 Nxb3+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Rxc2 26. Bd1 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Rxa2 28. Bb2 a4
29. Kf1 $15) 23... Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nd7 $11) 21... Qd8 22. Bg5 $14 {[%cal Gc3b5]
Note: White doesn't realize PP promotion plan on the queenside.}) 18... Bxd5
19. cxd5 (19. exd5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nd3 21. Rc2 Nb4 22. Bxb4 axb4 $11) 19... Qxd2
({Good was} 19... Bd4 $5 20. Kf1 (20. Qxd4 $4 Qe1#) 20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qa3
$132) 20. Bxd2 Nd3 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Kf1 (22. Bxa5 $6 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Ra8 24. b4
b6 25. Bc2 Nf4 26. Bxb6 Bxb6 27. a4 Rc8 $15) 22... Bc3 $5 23. Ke2 Bxd2 24. Kxd2
Nc5 {[%mdl 4096] This position is equal but not drawn!} 25. a3 Kf8 (25... Na6
26. Be2 Nc5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 $14) (25... Kg7 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Nd7 $132)
26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Nd7 28. Bb3 (28. Be2 $132) 28... g5 29. Ra1 Ne5 30. Ra7
Rb8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. g3 Kd7 33. Bd1 (33. h4 gxh4 34. gxh4 Kc7 35. f4 Rg8 36.
fxe5 Rg3+ 37. Kf4 Rxb3 38. exd6+ exd6 $11) 33... Kc7 34. f4 gxf4+ 35. gxf4 Nd7
36. Bh5 Rf8 37. Ra2 Nf6 38. Bf3 Rg8 39. e5 Nd7 40. Kd4 Rg1 (40... dxe5+ 41.
fxe5 Rg5 42. Re2 (42. d6+ exd6 43. exd6+ Kxd6 44. Bxb7 Rb5 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Bc6
Rxb4+ 47. Kc3 Rb6 $17) 42... Rf5 43. Rc2+ Kd8 44. Be4 Rxe5 45. Bxh7 $11) 41.
Rc2+ (41. e6 fxe6 42. dxe6 Nf6 43. Ra7 d5 $132) 41... Kb6 42. exd6 exd6 43. Bh5
$6 $15 (43. h4 $11) 43... f5 $6 $11 (43... Rf1 $5 44. Ke3 f5 45. Be2 Rb1 46.
Rc4 (46. Bd3 Nf6 47. Bxf5 Nxd5+ 48. Ke4 Nf6+ $17 {[%csl Rb4]}) 46... Nf6 47.
Bf3 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 (49. Ke3 Rxh2 $17) 49... Rd2 50. Rc8 Nxd5 51.
Bxd5 Rxd5 52. Rh8 Rd4 53. Rxh7 Rxb4 $15) 44. Rc8 $2 $17 ({It was necessary to
improve B position:} 44. Be2 {[%cal Ge2d3]} Nf6 45. Bd3 Rd1 46. Rc3 $11 {
[%csl Rf5]}) 44... Rb1 45. Rc4 Rb3 46. Be2 {too late!} Rh3 47. Bd3 Rf3 48. Kc3
(48. Be2 Rxf4+ 49. Ke3 Rxc4 50. Bxc4 Ne5 51. Be2 Ng6 52. Bd3 f4+ 53. Ke4 Ne5
54. Bf1 f3 $17) 48... Nf6 49. Kd2 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Rxh2 51. Bxf5 Rh5 $2 ({Instead
of d5 weakness attack better was} 51... h5 $1 {[%csl Re1,Gh5][%cal Gh5h1]
keeping White K on the first line.} 52. Be6 h4 53. Kf1 Kb5 54. Rc7 b6 55. Rc6
Ne4 56. Kg1 Rb2 57. Bf5 Rxb4 58. Kg2 (58. Bxe4 Rxe4 59. Rxd6 Rxf4 $17) 58...
Nf6 59. Rxd6 Nh5 $17) 52. Be6 Nxd5 53. Rd4 {[%csl Rd6]} Kc6 54. Rc4+ Kb5 55.
Rd4 Kc6 (55... Nxb4 56. Rxd6 Kc5 57. Rd7 Rh2 58. f5 b5 59. Kd1 $44 (59. f6 Rh6
$1 $17)) 56. Rc4+ Kb6 (56... Kb5 57. Rd4 $11) 57. Kf2 (57. Rd4 Nxf4 $1 $17)
57... Ne7 (57... Kb5 58. Rd4 Nxb4 59. Rxd6 $44) 58. Kg3 (58. Rd4 Kc7 (58... d5
59. f5 Nxf5 60. Rxd5 Ng7 61. Rd6+ Kb5 62. Bc8 $44) 59. Rc4+ Kd8 $44) 58... Rb5
(58... Nc6 59. f5 Kb5 60. f6 Nd8 (60... Rg5+ 61. Kh4 Re5 62. f7 Rxe6 63. Rxc6 (
63. f8=Q Kxc4 64. Qf7 Nd4 65. Qxb7 $44) 63... Rf6 64. Rc7 b6 65. Kg5 Rf1 66.
Rb7 d5 67. Kh6 d4 68. Kg7 $11) 61. Re4 Nxe6 62. Rxe6 Rf5 63. Rxd6 $11) 59. Bd7
Rd5 60. Re4 Rd3+ 61. Kg4 Nd5 62. Kf5 Re3 (62... Kc7 63. Be8 Re3 64. Rc4+ Kd8
65. Bf7 Nc7 66. Kf6 b5 67. Rd4 Kd7 68. f5 $44) 63. Rd4 (63. Rxe3 $2 Nxe3+ 64.
Ke4 Nc2 65. f5 Kc7 66. Be6 Nxb4 67. f6 Kd8 $17) 63... Kc7 (63... Ne7+ 64. Kf6
Kc7 65. Be6 Nc6 {[%csl Rb4]} 66. Rc4 b5 67. Rc1 Kb6 68. Rd1 {-like in this game
}) 64. Be6 Ne7+ 65. Kf6 Nc6 66. Rc4 b5 67. Rc1 Kb6 68. Rd1 Re4 (68... Nxb4 69.
Rxd6+ Kc5 70. Rd7 $44) 69. f5 Nd4 (69... Nxb4 70. Rxd6+ Kc5 71. Rd7 $44) 70.
Rh1 Nc6 71. Rd1 Nd4 72. Rh1 Nc2 (72... Nc6 $11) 73. Rd1 Rd4 $4 {[%mdl 16384]
fatal mistake...Larsen wanted to win at any cost...} (73... Nd4 $11) 74. Rxd4
Nxd4 75. Ke7 Kc7 76. f6 Nc6+ 77. Ke8 Nd8 78. Bd5 h5 79. f7 Nxf7 80. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson Baburin,A} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
e4 g6 7. Be2 Nxd4 $2 (7... Bg7 $142 $1 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 {The white R is still on f1
and not already on c1.} Qb6 16. Nb5 $5 (16. a3 $4 Nxb3 $19) (16. Rfc1 {normal
move} Rfc8 17. Rc2 (17. a3 $6 Nxb3 $1 18. Bxb6 Nxd2 19. Rb2 Nxc4 $1 20. Bxc4
Bd7 21. Bd5 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxc3 23. Rb3)) 16... Rfc8 17. Rfd1 (17. Rfc1 Qd8 18.
Rc2 (18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Rd1 h5 20. a3 Bd7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. Nb3 Ra3 24.
Qc1 Ra4 (24... Ra2 25. Rd2 Rca8 26. c5 dxc5 27. Bc4 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Rd8 29. bxc5
$14) 25. Na5 b5 $1 (25... Nd8 $6 26. c5 Be6 27. Nc4 Ra2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2
Bxc4 30. Bxc4 b6 31. c6 Nxc6 32. Bxb6 Nd4 (32... Rb8 33. Be3 Ne5 34. Be2 $16)
33. Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 35. Qxd4 Qa2 36. Ra1 $2 {Tsesarski-Afek/Hod
Harashon/1997/0-1/} (36. Qd5+ Qxd5 37. exd5 Kf7 38. b5 Rb8 39. b6 e6 40. dxe6+
Kxe6 41. g4 $16)) 26. c5 Nxc5 27. bxc5 (27. Bxc5 Rc7 $1 $15) 27... Rxa5 28. Qd2
Ra6 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Rac6 31. cxd6 $11) 18... Qf8 19. Bf1 Be5 20. Nc3 b6
21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bg5 Ra7 23. Bh4 Rb8 24. Re1 Bxd5 25. exd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kotronias,V-Petursson,M/Komotini GP 1993 (48)}) (17. a3 Qd8 18. Nc3 Qf8 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. exd5 a4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Qe1 (22. Qd1 Bf6 (22... Rc7 23. Bb6) 23. Bd3 (
23. Rxb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 $44) 23... Qg7 24. Rf2 $14) 22... Bf6 23. Qf2 Qg7 24.
Bd3 Rc7 25. f4 Rac8 26. g4 Bd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxd4 29. Kf2 b5 30. cxb5
Rc3 31. Rfd1 Rxa3 32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rb8 34. Rxa4 $2 {1/2-1/2 Pogorelov,
R-Franco,Z/Alcobendas op 1994 (60)} (34. b6 Rxb6 35. Rxa4 $14)) 17... Qd8 18.
Nd4 (18. Nc3 Be5 (18... Qc7 19. Bf1 b6 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Bg5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Re8
23. Re1 Qc7 24. h4 e5 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rbd1 $16 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Velimirovic,D/
Thessaloniki olm 1988 (50)}) 19. Bf1 e6 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Qe7 22. Bg5 Qc7
23. Kh1 f6 24. Be3 f5 25. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Haik,A/Marseille 1987 (34)}) (
18. Kh1 Qf8 19. Nc3 b6 20. a3 Rab8 21. Bf1 h5 22. Nd5 Rb7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4
Nd7 25. c5 b5 (25... bxc5 26. Ba6 $16) 26. Bg5 f6 27. cxd6 exd6 28. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Greenfeld,A-Bruk,O/ISR-ch 1992 (39)}) 18... Qf8 19. a3 (19. Bf1 {>=}) 19...
Bd7 (19... Bf6 $2 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. b5 Be8 24. f4 $16)
20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 $10 {0-1 Jansa,V-Petursson,M/Naestved 1988 (40)  1/
2-1/2 Krasenkov,M-Kirov,N/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 0-1 Jansa,V-Petursson,M/
Naestved 1988}) 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 $5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12.
f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 $14) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7
$6 {If Black wants to play this system with8 ..Bc6 and ..Nc5, he wins one
tempo, if he plays the variation with 7...Bg7 instead of 7...Nxd4..} (10... Be6
{main line} 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. f3 a6 14. b3 b5 $11) 11. O-O a5 12.
b3 Bc6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. Rfc1 {The white R is already on c1 and not
still on f1.  7....Bg7 is more exact than 7...Nxd4.} e6 (15... Qb6 {Petursson}
16. Nb5 $14) 16. Nb5 Be5 17. Rd1 $6 {Baburin: I do not think that White should
allow the forthcoming complications.} (17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Kh1 $14) ({Baburin:
Perhaps, it was time to challenge the powerful e5-bishop, for example by} 17.
Bd4 {Baburin,A}) (17. Bf2 {Petursson} f5 $5 $13) 17... Qh4 $1 18. g3 (18. h3 $5
Bxb5 (18... Qg3 19. Nxd6 b6 20. Nb5 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Qe1 Qh2 (
23... Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nc3 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Bc4+ $18) 24. Bg1 (24. Bd3 Qh1+ (
24... Ng3+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+ $11) 25. Bg1 Bg3 (25... Ng3+ 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Qe3 Ne4+
28. Kf1 (28. fxe4 fxe4+ $19) (28. Bxe4 fxe4 $19) 28... Bg3 $1 29. Qxb6 Bf2 30.
Qxf2 (30. Qxc6 Qxg1+ 31. Ke2 Nc3+ 32. Kd2 Nxb1+ 33. Bxb1 Be3+ 34. Kc2 Qxg2+ $19
) 30... Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Rd8 32. Be2 Rfe8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 h5
36. Nd4 Bd7 37. f4 $16 {[%csl Rh1]}) 26. Bxe4 Bxe1 27. Bxc6 Bg3 28. Bd5+ Kh8
29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd7 Bh2 31. Kf2 $11)) (18... Bxb5 {Petursson} 19. cxb5 Qg3
$17)) 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ {Baburin: Obviously White foresaw this
position when he played 17 Rb1?, but he underestimated the danger. The black
queen is very active and as soon as Black demolishes the e4-pawn, his bishop
and knight join the attack. Now Black has a guaranteed draw, but he is
justified in trying for more.} 20. Kh1 $6 (20. Kf1 f5 (20... Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bxe4
(21... f5 {Baburin,A} 22. Bf2 fxe4 $19 {Baburin: with devastating effect.} (
22... fxe4 {Petursson} 23. Bg4 Qxg4 24. Nxd6 Rxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rf8 $19)) 22. Bd3
Qh3+ 23. Ke1 Qh1+ 24. Bf1 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 $16) (20... Qh3+ 21. Ke1 Qh1+ 22. Bf1 (
22. Kf2 $11) 22... Qxf3 23. Bg2 (23. Nxd6 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rb2 Rad8 26.
Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 $14) 23... Qg3+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4
27. Rb2 d5 28. Nd6 $14) 21. Qxd6 $18) 20... Nxe4 $40 21. Qd3 $8 ({Baburin:
After} 21. Qb2 {Black maintains a dangerous attack by playing} f5 $1 (21...
Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Ng3 23. Nd4) 22. Nd4 f4 23. Bg1 (23. Nxc6 Qh4+ 24. Kg2 fxe3 $19 (
24... fxe3 {Petursson} 25. Ne7+ Qxe7 26. fxe4 Rf2+ $19)) 23... Qh3+ 24. Bh2
Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 e5 $17) 21... Qh3+ (21... Nf6 $1 {Petursson
Petursson: The simplest!} 22. Rd2 Ng4 23. Bd1 Bxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Nxe3
$19) 22. Kg1 Ng3 23. Nd4 $4 {Petursson: Returning the favour} (23. Kf2 $142 $1
Qh2+ (23... a4 24. b4 d5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Nc3 Rad8 27. Bb6 Rc8 28. Nxd5 exd5
29. Rb2 $132 (29. Rg1 Qh2+ 30. Rg2 Nh1+ 31. Kf1 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 $11) 29... Qh2+
30. Ke1 Nxe2 31. Rxe2 Qh4+ 32. Bf2 Qxb4+ 33. Kf1 $132) 24. Ke1 a4 25. b4 Bxb5
26. cxb5 Rfc8 27. Rb2 $132) ({Baburin: White misses the best defence -} 23. Kf2
$1 {Baburin,A Baburin: when Black has to work hard to prove his advantage.}) {
[%tqu "En","","","","c6e4","",10]} 23... Be4 $3 $19 {Second time in the same
square!} 24. fxe4 (24. Qd2 {Petursson} e5 $5 (24... Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Qh1+ 26. Kf2
Qxb1 27. Kxg3 a4 28. b4 Qh1 29. Nb5 $17) 25. Nc2 f5 26. Bd3 Bxf3 27. Qh2 Qg4
$19) 24... Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Nxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 {Baburin: Black has simply too
many pawns in addition to a queen.} 27. Bf3 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 a4 (28... Qe7 $19) 29.
b4 Rac8 30. Rbc1 d5 (30... e5 $19) 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Rc5 (32. Bxd5 {Petursson}
Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rd8 $19) 32... Qe7 33. Bf2 b6 34. Rb5 Rc4 35. Kf1 Qd6 36. Rxd5
Qxb4 37. Rd7 Qa3 38. Bd5 (38. Kg2 Rc1 39. Rd2 Rb1 $19) 38... Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Europe-Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12364]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7.
Nc3 Nh6 8. h3 f5 9. c5 $6 $146 (9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rc1
O-O 13. Be2 (13. b3 Rac8 14. Be2 Kh8 15. O-O Rf7 16. Rfd1 Rcf8 17. Nb5 Qxd2 18.
Rxd2 a6 19. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Marjanovic,S-Cuartas,C/Dortmund 1982 (51)}) 13... Rac8
14. O-O a6 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. b3 Qa3 (16... Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc6 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19.
Re1 Bd7 20. Qb2 Qg5 21. Nd5+ e5 22. Rc3 $16 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Afifi,A/GM B,
Cairo EGY 1997 (35)}) 17. Bb6 $6 (17. Re1 $14) (17. Bf3 $14) 17... Qb4 18. Be3
Rf7 (18... Qa3) 19. Qb2 Be6 20. a3 $14 {1-0 Qi Jingxuan-Larsen,B/Bled/Portoroz
1979 (52)}) (9. Bxh6 $2 Bxd4 $1 10. Bd3 (10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bb6
13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Re1 $132) 10... Qb6 11. Qe2 (11. Qd2 $5) 11... Bxc3+ (11...
Ne5 $6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Ljubojevic,L/Brussels +++
1987}) 12. bxc3 Qa5 $15) 9... Bxd4 $1 $15 (9... dxc5 $5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1
bxc6 $132) (9... Nxd4 $2 10. Bxh6 $1 (10. Bxd4) 10... Bf6 (10... Bxh6 11. Qxd4
$16) 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Bd3 $14) 10. Bxd4 (10. Bxh6 Bxc5 $17) 10... e5 $8 11.
Be3 $8 f4 $8 12. Bd2 (12. Bc1 dxc5 $15) 12... dxc5 13. g3 (13. Bc4 Nd4 14. Rc1
(14. O-O Bd7 $5 (14... Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Qb3 (16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7
18. Rfd1 Nd4 $15) 16... Qb6 17. Qa4+ (17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nd5 b5 $15) 17... Qc6
18. Qxc6+ bxc6 $44) 15. a4 (15. Nd5 b5 $15) 15... Qg5 16. Kh2 O-O-O $15) 14...
Nf7 (14... Qg5 15. g3 $132) 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qc4+ Ne6 $15) 13...
O-O (13... fxg3 14. fxg3 (14. Bxh6 $2 gxf2+ 15. Ke2 (15. Kxf2 Qh4+ $19) 15...
Nd4+ $19) 14... Nf7 $15) 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bc4+ Kg7 (15... Nf7 $2 16. Bxf4 Nd4
17. Qd3 $132) 16. Ne2 $6 (16. Nd5 $5 Nf7 17. Bxf4 Nfe5 $15) 16... Nf7 (16...
Ne5 $2 17. Bc3 Qf6 18. Qd5 Re8 19. Qxc5 $132) 17. Bc3+ Nfe5 $2 (17... Kh6 $1
18. Qxd8 (18. Qc1 Qh4 $17) (18. Bd2 $2 Nfe5 19. Bd5 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Qh4 $19) (18.
Bd5 Nfe5 $17) 18... Ncxd8 19. Bd5 (19. Nxf4 Nd6 20. Bd5 Rxf4 21. Bd2 g5 $17)
19... Ng5 20. e5 Be6 $15) 18. Qxd8 $8 $14 Rxd8 19. Bd5 (19. Nxf4 $1 Kh6 (19...
Nd4 $8 20. Bd5 Kf6 (20... g5 21. Ne2 Nef3+ 22. Kf1 $14) 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Kf1 $14
) 20. Be2 $14) 19... Kh6 (19... Kf8 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Bxc6 (21. Ne2 Nf3+ 22. Kf1
h5 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Kg2 Nh4+ $11) 21... Nxc6 22. Nd5 $14) 20. O-O-O (20. Nxf4 g5
(20... Rf8 21. Bxc6 Nf3+ (21... Nxc6 22. Nd5 $14) 22. Ke2 Rxf4 23. Ke3 (23. Bd5
Nd4+ 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rad1 Be6 $3 26. Rxd4 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxe4+ 28. Kf3 $11)
23... g5 24. Bd5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4+ 26. Kxd4 Rxf2 27. b4 $14) 21. Bxc6 (21. Ng2
Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Ne7 23. Rd1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Ke2 Be4 $15) 21... Nxc6 22. Nd5
$14) 20... f3 (20... g5 $2 21. h4 Bg4 22. hxg5+ Kxg5 23. Rxh7 $1 Bxe2 (23...
Kg6 24. Rdh1 Bxe2 25. Bxc6 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. Rxb7 Nxc6 28. Kxd1 $18) 24.
Rg1+ Bg4 (24... Kf6 25. Rf7#) 25. Bxc6 $18) 21. Nf4 $132 Nd4 22. Kb1 (22. Bxd4
cxd4 23. Rxd4 Kg5 24. Nd3 Kf6 25. Kd2 $14) 22... g5 $1 23. b4 $4 (23. Ne6 Bxe6
24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxe5 Kg6 $17) (23. Ba5 $1 Re8 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Re5 26.
Re3 $44 (26. Rhd1 Rxd5 27. exd5 Bf5 28. Kc1 Ne2+ 29. Kd2 Bxd3 30. Kxd3 b6 $15))
(23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Ne6 (24. Nd3 $2 Rxd5 $1 25. exd5 Bf5 $19) 24... Bxe6 25.
Bxe6 d3 $17) 23... gxf4 $19 24. bxc5 Ndc6 (24... Rxd5 25. exd5 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 (
26. Kb2 Nc4+ 27. Ka1 Nc2+ 28. Kb1 N2e3+ 29. Kc1 Nxd1 $19) 26... Nc2+ 27. Kb2
Nd3+ 28. Kxc2 Nxf2+ 29. Kc1 Nxh1 30. Rxh1 Bd3 31. Rh2 Rc8 32. Bb4 (32. Bd4 Be4
33. d6 b6 34. d7 Rd8 35. Rd2 Rxd7 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Bxb6 Rb7 38. Rd6+ Kg5 39.
Kd2 Kh4 40. Re6 Rxb6 41. Rxb6 (41. Rxe4 Kg3 $19) 41... f2 42. Ke2 Kg3 $19)
32... a5 33. Ba3 b5 34. c6 b4 35. Bb2 Be4 36. Be5 Kg5 $19) 25. Rhg1 Rb8 26. Kc2
Re8 27. h4 Ng4 28. Bf7 Rd8 29. Rxd8 (29. Bd5 Ne7 $19) 29... Nxd8 30. Bd5 Kh5
31. Rb1 Bd7 32. Ba5 Ne6 33. c6 Nd4+ 34. Kc3 Nxc6 35. Bf7+ Kh6 36. Bc7 Rf8 37.
Bd5 b6 38. Rb5 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 (12. Ndb5 d6 13. Nd5 Rd7 14.
Bg5 Ne8 15. f4 e6 16. Ne3 a6 17. Nc3 h6 18. Bh4 Nd4 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. f5 g5 21.
Ng4 $1 Qd8 (21... gxh4 22. f6 $1 $40) 22. f6 Nxf6 23. Nxh6+ Bxh6 24. Bxg5 Nxe4
25. Nxe4 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 f5 27. Rae1 $6 (27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Bxf5 Re7 29. Rad1 $44
(29. Qh6 Nd4)) 27... Rg7 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Raa7 31. Bxf5
Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Re7 $15 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Georgiev,V/Benasque op 1996 (55)}) (12.
Rad1 d6 13. Qe1 Rd7 14. Qh4 Qf8 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Rd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne8 18. Bxg7
Nxg7 19. f4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Rdf2 Rf7 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Qg5 Bxf3
25. Rxf3 Rd4 26. Nd5 e4 27. Rf4 e3 28. Rxd4 e2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Moldovan,
D/Arnhem Ech-jr 1991 (44)}) 12... d6 (12... e6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Qe3 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 e5 16. Bg3 exd4 17. Rxd4 d6 18. Rad1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Undrahbuyan,B-Canela,T/
Novi Sad olw MON-ESP 1990 (64)}) (12... Nh5 13. Bf1 h6 14. Rac1 Kh7 15. Qf2 g5
16. g3 e6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nb5 d6 19. b4 Nf6 20. a4 $14 {Gunnarsson Jon
Viktor-Jonasson Benedikt/Ch Iceland Gardabaer (Iceland) 1996/0-1 (58)}) 13. Qe1
(13. Bf1 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qf8 15. g3 $5 (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. b4 Rad8 18.
b5 Ba8 19. a4 e6 20. Nb4 Be5 21. Nd3 Bg7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Qxa5 Qe7 24. Qd2 Rc8
25. Nc5 Rdd8 26. Nb3 Nc7 27. Rb1 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31.
c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Belle,E-Berendsen,R/Dutch Open, Dieren NED 1997 (40)}) 15... e6
16. Bg2 Rad8 17. b3 $2 (17. Nxc6 {Tsesarsky} Bxc6 18. Bd4 $14) 17... d5 $1 $17
18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. e5 $2 (20. Qf2 d4 21. Rxd4 Ng4 22. fxg4 (22.
Rxd7 Nxf2 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Kxf2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Bxe4 $1 $17) 22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4
Rxd4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd4 Bxb3 $17) 20... d4 $1 $19 21. exf6 dxc3 22. fxg7 Qe8
23. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2 Bb5 $19 {0-1 Dorosenko,M-Moldovan,D/
Tusnad,CREM,IV.6 1993 (43)}) (13. Rac1 e6 (13... Rd7 14. Nc2 Qf8 15. b3 Rad8
16. f4 e6 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Qe1 Ne8 19. Rd3 Nc7 20. Rcd1 Na6 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. R3d2
a5 23. Qe2 Nb4 24. Ndb5 Nc6 25. Na4 Nxa4 26. bxa4 $16 {1-0 Tondivar,B-Kahyai,K/
Teheran op 1991 (44)}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Rd7 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 Nh7 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd2 Qf8 20. Rcd1 Rad8 21. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Godoy,C-Rodriguez,A/
Buenos Aires op 1995 (46)}) (13. Nb3 Rd7 (13... e6 14. a4 Na5 15. Nxa5 bxa5 16.
Nb5 d5 17. cxd5 a6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. Bf4 Qa7+ 20. Be3 Qb8 21. Bf4 Qa7+ 22. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Moldovan,D-Milu,R/Bucuresti 1991}) 14. a4 Qd8 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nb5 Ba6
17. Nxa5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nxa5 19. Qxa5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 $16 {1-0 Arakhamia,K-Canela,
T/Novi Sad olw URS-ESP 1990 (23)}) (13. Nd5 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qf8 (14... e6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b4 Qf8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. b5 Bb7 19. a4 d5 20. exd5 Rad8 21. a5
exd5 22. c5 $14 {Hansen,C-Bellon Lopez,J/Malmo 1996/1-0 (57)}) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6
16. Bg5 Ne8 17. b3 h6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. a4 e6 20. Nf4 Rb8 21. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Anic,D-Bricard,E/Cannes op 1995}) (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Rd7 15. Rac1 e6 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Georgiev,V/
32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (40)}) 13... Rd7 14. Qh4 (14. Rab1 Qf8 15. Kh1 Rad8
16. Ncb5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nh5 18. Bf1 e6 19. Rd2 d5 $15 {Nielsen,P-Moldovan,D/
Mamaia Wch-jr 1991/0-1 (50)}) 14... Qf8 15. Ndb5 (15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ndb5 Rdd8
17. Bf1 Nd7 18. Rc2 Nc5 19. Nd5 Rd7 20. b4 Ne6 21. f4 Ned8 22. f5 f6 23. Qh3
Qe8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. c5 $132 {1-0 Hjartarson Johann-Jonasson Benedikt/Ch
Iceland Gardabaer (Iceland) 1996 (38)}) 15... Ne8 16. Rd2 $146 (16. Rac1 Bf6
17. Qf2 e6 18. f4 Rad8 19. Rd2 Nc7 20. Rcd1 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Qe7 22. Bf3 Bg7 23.
Qe2 $14 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Moldovan,D/Bucharest Ciocaltea 1994 (32)}) 16... Nc7 (
16... Rc8 17. Rad1 Nc7 18. Nd4 $14) 17. Rad1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rc8 19. b3 Ba6 20.
Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ (21... Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Maharramzade, Javad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f4 Bd7 (12... Be6 13. b3 Qa5 14.
f5 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20.
Rf3 Qc5 21. Qd2 Qe5 22. Rcf1 Qg7 23. Qf2 b6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rf8 26. f6
exf6 27. Rxf6 $16 {1-0 Mestel,A-Ansell,S/Hastings Challengers 1991 (35)}) (
12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 (14... Be6 15. b3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qa5 17.
Rac1 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qh5 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. Ng3 Qc5+ 21. Be3 Bxd1 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23.
Qe1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Marosi,G-Boronyak,A/HUN-chT1 1994 (52)}) 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. b3
Be5 17. Rf2 Qh4 18. Bf4 $11 {1-0 Nordstrom,F-Solbrand,A/Rilton Cup 1995 (55)})
13. Rac1 (13. Rad1 Qc8 $6 14. Nd5 (14. Rc1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15
) 14... Qd8 15. b3 e6 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. f5 (17. Nce2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 $14 {[%csl
Rd6]}) 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ f6 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. exf5
Qc5 23. Qf2 gxf5 (23... Rae8 $14) 24. Rfd1 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rad8 26. c5 d5 27. b4
a6 28. a4 d4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 $16 {1-0 O'Donnell,R-Forte,J/USA-op
Dearborn 1992 (38)}) (13. b3 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Bc6 18. f5 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Klostermann,M-Nimtz,M/BL2-N 1990 (43)} (18.
Bxg7 $14)) 13... a6 14. f5 (14. b3) 14... Qa5 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Qe2 (16. c5 $5
Rad8 $2 (16... Bxc3 $1 17. Qxc3 (17. bxc3 Qxe4 18. Rce1 Bxf5 19. Bh6 Qd3 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. Rf3 Bc4 23. cxd6 exd6 $11) 17... Qxc3 (17... Qxe4
18. cxd6 exd6 (18... Bxf5 19. Bh6 e5 20. Rce1 Qd3 21. Bxf8 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Kxf8
23. Nc5 b6 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Nd7+ Kg7 (25... Ke8 26. Nxe5 (26. Nxb6 Rb8 27. Nc4
Rb5 $15) 26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5+ Kd7 28. Rxf5 Ke6 29. Rh5 Rd8 30. Rh6+ f6 31. Rxh7
Rxd6 $14) 26. Nxb6 Rb8 27. Nd5 $14)) 18. Rxc3 gxf5 19. cxd6 exd6 20. exf5 $14)
17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. f6 Bh8 20. Bb6 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 16... Bxc3 17.
Rxc3 (17. bxc3 Qa4 (17... Qa3 18. Rcd1 Ne5 19. Bd4 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. c5 Rac8 23. Qd2 Bg4 24. Rde1 Be6 25. Qg5 Bf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 (26... Rxf7
27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh5 Rf6 29. cxd6 $18 (29. Qh8+ $2 Kf7 30. Qxc8 Qxa2 $11)) 27.
Rf1+ Ke8 (27... Kg7 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Rf6 (29. Qe6+ Kg7) 29... Rxf6 $8 30. Qxf6
Rc6 (30... Qxa2 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qxc8 Qb1+ 35. Kf2
Qxb3 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Qxd6 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Qxc3+ 39. Kg4 Qb2 40. Kf5 $18) 31.
Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qxb7 Qxa2 36. Qxc6 Qb1+
37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4 Qe2+ 40. Kh4 Qf2+ 41. Kh5 Qe2+ 42. Kh6 Qe3+
43. Kh7 $18)) 18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. c5 Ne5 20. c4 (20. cxd6 Bb5 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4
Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. dxe7 Rd7 25. f6 b6 26. e5 Re8 27. e6 Rd6 28. Rf4 Rd1+ (
28... b5 29. Nc5 Nd2 30. Kf2 Rc6 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Nb7 $18) 29. Kf2 Ne5 30.
Nd4 (30. Re4 Rd5 31. Nd4 Nd3+ 32. Kf3 (32. Ke3 Nc5 $17) 32... Nc5 33. Rf4 Rd6
34. g4 Nxe6 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. g5 Rd6 37. h4 (37. Ke3 b5 38. Rd4 Rxd4 39. Kxd4
a5 40. Kc5 b4 41. Kb5 (41. Kc6 a4 42. Kd7 Ra8 43. e8=Q+ Rxe8 44. Kxe8 b3 $19)
41... Ra8 42. h4 Kh8 $8 43. Bg7+ Kg8 44. Ka4 h5 45. gxh6 Kh7 46. Kb5 Kg8 47.
Ka4 $11 (47. Kc5 Kh7 48. Bf8 Kg8 49. Bg7 Rb8 50. Kc6 a4 51. Kc7 Ra8 52. Kd7 b3
$19)) 37... Rd3+ 38. Kg4 Rd2 39. a4 Rd6 40. Rc4 Rd3 41. Kf4 Rd5 42. Ke4 Rd1 43.
Ke5 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rb4 Rb8 46. Bg7 Re1+ 47. Kd6 Rb7 48. Bh6 Re6+ 49. Kc5
Rc7+ (49... Rb8 50. Rd4 Rc8+ 51. Kxb5 Rb8+ 52. Kc4 Rc6+ 53. Kd3 Rcc8 $11) 50.
Kxb5 Rb7+ 51. Ka4 Rxb4+ 52. Kxb4 Re1 $11) 30... Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Nxf4+ 32. Kxd1
Nxe6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. g4 Kf7 $19) 20... Qb4 21. Qb2 $5 Rac8 (21... Bc6 22. a3
Qa4 23. cxd6 exd6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rf6 Kh7 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nc5
Qa5 29. Nxb7 Qc7 30. Nd6 Re7 31. Rcf1 $18) 22. fxg6 (22. a3 Qa4 23. cxd6 exd6
24. Nd2 (24. c5 Qxe4) (24. fxg6 hxg6 25. c5 Qxe4 26. Rce1 Qh4 27. cxd6 Nf3+ $1
28. gxf3 Qxh6 29. Qf6 Qg7 $15) 24... Qc6 25. c5 Re8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Be3 $132)
22... hxg6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Rcd1 (24. c5 Qb8 25. Qc3 $1 (25. Bf4 Nd3 $1) 25...
f6 26. Bf4 Bb5 27. Rfd1 $16) 24... Qb8 25. Rd5 f6 26. Nc5 Bc6 $11) 17... Ne5
18. a3 (18. Nd4 Rfc8) 18... Qa4 19. Nd4 $6 (19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Bf4 $14) 19...
Rfc8 20. Rfc1 (20. Bc1 b5 $1 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. b3 Qa5 $15) 20... Qa5 21. b4 Qd8
22. h3 (22. c5 $5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nc6 $11) 22... Qe8 23. Nf3 Rc7
24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qf3 Ba4 26. Bb6 (26. Bb6 Rd7 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Rc8 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Prague SK Dum armady "]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. b4 a5 15. Qd4+ e5 16. Qxd6 axb4 17. Qxb4 $16 {1-0 Tsesarsky-Peretz Malkiel/
Israel 1993 (32)}) 10... Nxd4 (10... a6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 $6 (12. Rac1) 12...
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Be3 $6 (15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Qa5 $132) 15...
b5 $1 16. Rac1 bxc4 17. bxc4 (17. b4 f5 $17) 17... Bxc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 (18...
Bxe2 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nxe7+ $18) 19. Qxd5 $44 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc5 21. e5 Ne6 (
21... Qa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 $14) 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd6 exd6
24. Bxa6 $14 {1-0 Tsesarsky-Protasevich/Arzit League 1996 (44)}) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 (
11... a5 12. f4 Bc6 13. Bf3 a4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. e5 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd4+
17. Qxd4 Bb5 $11) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. e6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Tsesarsky-Afek/T-A 1991 (67)}) 12. f3 Nd7 (12... a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 $5 (14.
Be3) 14... Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Bf1 Rc7 18. Re1 Rd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 Bf6 21. h4 Qf8 22. Rbc1 Qg7 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. g4 e5 25. g5 Be7 26. f4
$16 {1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Fleish,F/Rishon-Le-Zion 1991 (36)}) 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 (15... e6 $2 16. Nb5 Be5 (16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 $16) 17. Bg5 $1 Qb8
(17... Qb6 18. Kh1 Bxb5 (18... f6 19. Be3 $16) 19. cxb5 $16) 18. Be7 $16 {
1-0 Tsesarsky-Fleish/Rishon-Le-Zion 1995 (33)}) 16. Rfc1 (16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Rfc1
Qd8 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Rd1 h5 20. a3 Bd7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. Nb3 Ra3 24.
Qc1 Ra4 25. Na5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tsesarsky-Afek/Hod Hasharon 1995 (65)}) 16...
Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 Qf8 (18... Be5 19. a3 Qf8 (19... Be8 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Na4 22. Ne2 Nb6 $132 {- Wojtkiewicz,A-Bischoff,K/Altensteig 1995/CBM 49})
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qg7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Rb3 b6 25. Ra3 $16 {
Khalifman,A-Hracek,Z/Pardubice 1994/CBM 42/[Boensch,U]/0-1 (70)}) (18... b6 19.
a3 Ra7 20. Qf2 Rca8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nd7 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. Rbc1 Ra3 25. Qd2
Rba8 26. Qf2 $132 {- Schulz,M-Taylor,G/Canadian op 1997/EXP 60 (28)}) 19. a3 (
19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bg5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 (21. exd5 $14) 21... Qb6 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Qxb4
axb4 24. Bd2 (24. Bc4 Ra5 25. a4 Bc3 (25... bxa3 26. b4 $18) 26. Bb5 $14) 24...
Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rc7 26. Rbc1 Rac8 27. Rc4 Bb2 28. R1c2 Ba3 29. Kg1 (29. Bxb4 Bxb4
30. Rxb4 $16) 29... Ra8 30. Rd4 Nxb3 $1 31. Rxc7 Nxd4 32. Be3 e5 33. dxe6 Nxe6
34. Rxb7 Rc8 35. Bh6 (35. h4 $2 h5 36. Bd2 Rc2 37. Bxb4 Bxb4 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 {
1/2-1/2 Kaminski,M-Petursson,M/Linares op 1995}) 35... Nd8 36. Rd7 Ne6 37. Ba6
$16) 19... f5 (19... h5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Ne2 Kh7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24.
Rbc1 Qh8 25. g3 Nb6 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 Na4 28. Qb4 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30.
Qxc5 Rc8 31. Qxe7 Rxc1 32. Qxd7 $18 {1-0 Yoos,J-Taylor,G/CAN-ch 1996/EXT 97 
(46)}) 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. exf5 gxf5 (22... Qxf5 23. Re1 $14) 23. b5
Bd7 24. Nd5 $14 Ra3 (24... Rd8 25. Re1 (25. Nb6 Ra3 26. Re1 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bd4
28. Nxd7 Qh6 $1 29. f4 (29. Rcc3 f4 $19) 29... Qxf4 $17) 25... Ra3 26. Qb4 $14)
25. Re1 Rxe3 $4 (25... Rd8 26. Bf2 $14) 26. Nxe3 $18 Nd4 27. Ra2 Qf7 (27... Ra8
28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Qb4 (29. Nd5 e6 30. Nf4 Qd8 31. Ne2 Nxe2+ 32. Bxe2 Qb6+ 33.
Kh1 $18) 29... Qa2 30. Nd5 $18) 28. Kh1 (28. Bd3 $6 Nxb5 $1 29. Nd5 (29. cxb5
$2 Bc3 30. Qe2 (30. Bc4 Rxc4 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Qd3 Bxe1 33. Nxc4 Bxb5 34. Qd4+
Qf6 $17) 30... Bxe1 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxe1 $11) 29... e6 30. cxb5
exd5 31. Kh1 $16) 28... h5 29. Ra7 Rb8 (29... Nb3 30. Qd5 Nc5 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7
32. g3 $18) 30. Qa2 e5 31. Ra8 (31. Qa3 Bf8 32. Qa5 Be6 33. Qb6 f4 34. Nd5 Bxd5
35. cxd5 Nc2 (35... Qxd5 36. Qc7 $18) 36. Rc1 $18) 31... Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.
Nd5 (33. Qf2 $18) 33... Be6 34. f4 $1 Bg7 (34... exf4 35. Nxf4 $18) 35. fxe5
dxe5 36. Qa8+ (36. Be2 Nxb5 37. Bxh5 Qxh5 38. cxb5 Qf7 39. Rd1 $18) 36... Kh7
37. Qd8 $2 (37. Ne3 f4 38. Bd3+ Kh6 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Qxd5 41. Be4 Qxb5 42.
Qg8 $18) 37... Nxb5 $16 38. cxb5 Bxd5 39. Rc1 $5 (39. Rd1 Be6 (39... Be4 40.
Rd6 (40. Rd7 Qg6 (40... Qe6 41. Rd6 Qf7 42. Qg5 $18) 41. Qe7 f4 42. Qd6 (42.
Qxe5 Bxg2+ 43. Kg1 Bc6+ $19) 42... Qxd6 43. Rxd6 $16) (40. Bd3 Bxd3 (40... Bf6
41. Qd6 Bxd3 42. Qxd3 Kg6 43. Qd7 e4 (43... Qb3 44. Rf1 f4 45. Qxb7 $18) 44.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rxb7 e3 47. Kg1 $18) 41. Rxd3 Qa2 42. Qd7 $16)
40... f4 41. Bd3 Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Qf5 $16) 40. Rd6 e4 41. Be2 Be5 42. Bxh5 Qxh5
43. Qe7+ Bg7 44. Qxe6 $18) 39... Be4 40. Bd3 $6 (40. Bc4 Qf6 41. Qg8+ (41. Bg8+
Kh8 42. Qxf6 Bxf6 43. Bf7 h4 $14) 41... Kh6 42. Rd1 Qg6 43. Rd2 Bf6 44. Qxg6+
Kxg6 45. Bd5 $16) 40... Bxd3 $8 41. Qxd3 e4 $5 (41... h4 $6 42. Qd8 h3 43. gxh3
Qh5 44. Qd5 Qxh3 (44... e4 45. Rf1 $18) 45. Qg2 Qe3 46. Rg1 $16) 42. Qc4 Qd7 (
42... Qxc4 43. Rxc4 b6 44. g3 Be5 (44... Bf8 45. Rc6 Bc5 46. Rxc5 $18) 45. Rc6
$16) 43. Qe2 (43. g3 Kg6 44. Kg2 h4 $14) 43... Kg6 44. Rd1 Qc7 45. Qd2 Be5 46.
Qd5 Qe7 $5 (46... h4 $5 47. Qe6+ (47. b6 Qe7 48. Qd7 Kf6 $1 49. Rd5 Qb4 50.
Qd8+ Kg6 $132) 47... Kg5 48. b6 Qc5 49. Qg8+ Kf6 50. Qh7 $16) 47. g3 e3 $2 (
47... Kg5 48. h4+ Kg6 (48... Kg4 49. Kg2 $18) 49. Kg2 $16) 48. Qd3 $18 Bc7 (
48... Bb8 49. Kg2 h4 50. Re1 Ba7 51. Rf1 Qg5 52. Qd6+ $18) 49. Kg2 (49. b6 $1
e2 50. Re1 Bxb6 51. Rxe2 Qf6 52. Qd5 Qa1+ 53. Kg2 Qg1+ 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Rg2 Ba7
56. Kh4 $18) 49... h4 50. Re1 Bb6 51. g4 Qg5 (51... Qe4+ 52. Qxe4 fxe4 53. h3
Kg5 54. Rf1 e2 55. Re1 Kf4 56. Rxe2 e3 57. Rc2 Bd4 58. Rc4 Ke4 59. Ra4 $18) 52.
Qd6+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kg6 54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. Qxf5 Qe7 56. Re2 Bc5 57. g5 b6 58. Kh3
Qe8 59. g6 (59. Kxh4 $18) 59... Qe7 60. Qf7+ Qxf7 61. gxf7 Kxf7 62. Kxh4 Ke6
63. Kg4 Kd5 64. h4 Ke4 65. h5 Bf8 66. Ra2 Bg7 67. Kg3 Be5+ 68. Kg2 Bg7 69. Ra4+
Kd3 70. Kf3 e2 71. Re4 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Ndb5 (12. Rfd1 Nh5 (12... e6 13.
Bf4 (13. Ndb5 $14) 13... Ne5 14. Qe3 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 16. Bg3 exd4 17. Rxd4 d6
18. Rad1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Undrahbuyan,B-Canela,T/Novi Sad olw MON-ESP 1990 (64)}) (
12... d6 13. Qe1 (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Rd7 15. Rac1 e6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bf4
Be5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qc3 Qc7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8 22. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Herrera,I-Georgiev,V/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (40)}) (13. Rac1 Rd7 14. Bf1 Qf8
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. b4 Rad8 18. b5 Ba8 19. a4 e6 20. Nb4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Belle,E-Berendsen,R/Dutch Open, Dieren NED 1997 (40)}) 13... Rd7 14.
Qh4 (14. Rab1 Qf8 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Ncb5 (16. b4 $14) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nh5
18. Bf1 $14 {Nielsen,P-Moldovan,D/Mamaia Wch-jr 1991/0-1 (50)}) 14... Qf8 15.
Ndb5 Ne8 16. Rac1 Bf6 17. Qf2 e6 18. f4 Rad8 19. Rd2 Nc7 20. Rcd1 Nxb5 21. Nxb5
Qe7 22. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Moldovan,D/Bucharest Ciocaltea 1994 (32)}) 13.
Bf1 h6 14. Rac1 Kh7 15. Qf2 g5 16. g3 e6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nb5 $14 {Gunnarsson
Jon Viktor-Jonasson Benedikt/Ch Iceland Gardabaer (Iceland) 1996/0-1 (58)}) (
12. Rac1 d6 13. Nd5 Rd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5 Qf8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (16... exf6
17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bradianu,I-Mindras,C/ROM-chJW Singeorz 1993
(46)}) 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rc3 Rad8 19. Bd1 Qe7 20. Bc2 Qe5 21. b4 $14 {Miulescu,
G-Moldovan,D/Bucuresti 1991/0-1 (55)}) (12. Rad1 d6 13. Qe1 Rd7 14. Qh4 Qf8 15.
Kh1 (15. b3 Rad8 16. Nd5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg7
(20. f4 Be4 21. Bg4 (21. Qe1 d5 $132 {David,V-Ceteras,M/Bucuresti 1991/0-1 (47)
}) 21... Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Bf5 23. Re1 Re8 24. Bf3 $14) 20... Qxg7 21. Bd3 $14)
15... Rad8 16. Rd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. f4 f5 20. Bf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Moldovan,D/Arnhem Ech-jr 1991 (44)}) 12... d6 13. Nd5 (13.
Rfd1 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qf8 15. Bf1 Rad8 16. Qf2 e6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. h3 Qe7 19. b3 d5
20. f4 Neg4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Qg3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 dxe4 24. Nc2 f5 25. b4 e5 26.
g3 exf4 27. gxf4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Bh6 30. Nf2 Qd6 31. Nh3 Bf8 32.
Be2 Bc6 33. Ng5 h6 34. c5 bxc5 35. Bc4+ Bd5 36. Qb3 hxg5 37. Bxd5+ Kg7 {
Georgiev,K-Morovic Fernandez,I/Novi Sad olm BLG-CHI 1990/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 13...
Rd7 14. Rad1 (14. Bg5 Ne8 15. f4 e6 16. Ne3 a6 17. Nc3 h6 18. Bh4 Nd4 19. Bd3
Bc6 20. f5 g5 21. Ng4 Qd8 (21... gxh4 22. f6 h5 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qa7 25.
e5 Nf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Bxf5 b5+ 28. Kh1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 $18) 22. fxe6 (22. f6
Nxf6 23. Nxh6+ Bxh6 24. Bxg5 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 f5 27. Rae1 (27. Nxe6
Nxe6 28. Bxf5 Re7 29. Rad1 Ng7 $15) 27... Rg7 28. h4 (28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6
Bxg2 30. Qxg2 $15 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Georgiev,V/Benasque op 1996 (55)}) 28... Qf6
29. b4 $132) 22... fxe6 23. Bf2 h5 24. Bb1 e5 25. Ne3 $14) 14... Qf8 15. Nxf6+
(15. Bg5 Ne8 $132) 15... Bxf6 16. f4 $14 Rdd8 (16... Rad8 17. b4 $14 (17. e5 $2
dxe5 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Qb8 $15)) 17. Nc7 (17. b4 $14) 17... Rac8 18. Nd5
Bg7 19. f5 (19. b3 $14) 19... Ne5 (19... Qe8 20. b3 $14) 20. b3 Qe8 (20... Rd7
21. Bg5 $14) 21. Bg5 Bxd5 (21... f6 22. Be3 $14) 22. exd5 $16 Qd7 23. Rf2 $1 (
23. f6 $2 exf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Re8 $132) 23... Rf8 (23... a6 24. Rdf1
$16) 24. Rdf1 Qc7 (24... a6 25. a4 $16) 25. a4 $1 Rce8 26. h4 Kh8 (26... gxf5
27. Rxf5 e6 28. R5f2 $16) 27. Kh1 (27. fxg6 fxg6 28. h5 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Kg8 $14)
27... Qd8 28. h5 gxh5 (28... a6 29. Qe3 $16) 29. Bxh5 Bf6 (29... Nd7 30. Bd1
$16) 30. Bf4 (30. Bxf6+ $2 exf6 31. Qh6 Rg8 32. Rf4 Rg7 $132) 30... Qd7 31. g4
(31. Bd1 $2 Rg8 $132) 31... Rg8 $6 (31... Bg7 32. Qe3 Rc8 33. Rh2 $16) 32. Rg2
$6 $16 (32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxf7 Rxg4 34. Qh6 $1 $18) 32... Rg7 33. Bh6 (33. g5
$5 Qxf5 $1 34. Qe2 Reg8 35. Rg3 Bxg5 36. Bxg5 Qc8 $16) 33... Rgg8 34. Be3 Bg7 (
34... Rg7 35. g5 $18) (34... Rc8 35. g5 Bg7 36. Bd4 $18) 35. g5 Bf8 36. Bd4 $18
Rg7 37. Qe3 (37. Rh2 Rd8 38. Qf4 $18) 37... Rd8 38. Qh3 Kg8 39. Rf4 $2 (39. Rf4
$2 f6 40. Qh4 fxg5 41. Rxg5 Qc7 42. f6 exf6 43. Rxf6 Qe7 44. Rg3 Rd7 $16) (39.
Qh4 Kh8 (39... f6 40. gxf6 exf6 41. Qxf6 $18) 40. g6 f6 (40... fxg6 41. fxg6
$18) 41. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Nd5 ({Another mainline is} 16. Nb5) 16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 {
Plans of both sides are clear: Black tries to build dark squares Blockade,
White must use his pair of BB and space advantage:} Qb4 {Most popular move.} ({
How practice shows, White stands better in case of} 17... Rfc8 18. Rc4 (18. Kh1
Qb4 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 Nd7 21. Bb5 Nc5 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Rec1 $14 {1-0
Breyther,R-Ponater,M/Hamburg 1999/EXT 2001 (30)}) 18... Qd8 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rfc1
Kh7 21. g3 Qd7 22. Kg2 b6 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] 1/2-1/2 Kozlov,V-Nadyrhanov,S/St
Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (22)}) 18. Rfd1 (18. Rc2 Qxd2 (18... f5 19. exf5 Rxf5
20. Bc4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc8 22. Re2 $14 (22. Bxc5 $6 Rxc5 23. a4 Re5 {1/2-1/2
Pirozhkov,A-Rychagov,A/Moscow 1995/EXT 97 (23)})) 19. Bxd2 e6 20. dxe6 Bd4+ 21.
Kh1 fxe6 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Rd1 e5 24. Bg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,J-Haik,A/
Cannes 1987/TD (62)}) 18... Rfc8 (18... Rfb8 19. Kf1 b5 20. Rc2 Qxd2 21. Rdxd2
Na6 22. a3 $14 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Taylor,G/Saint John 1988/CBM 06 (42)}) 19. Rc4
(19. Rc2 Kf8 (19... Nd7 20. Rdc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Bc5
24. Bb5 Nf8 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rf8] 1-0 Djurhuus,R-Gausel,E/NOR-ch
1994/TD (51)}) 20. Rdc1 Ke8 21. Kf1 b6 22. Qe1 Qxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Kd8 24. Bb5 $16 {
1-0 Balcerowski,W-Kavalek,L/Polanica Zdroj 1964/MCD (30)}) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2
b5 $6 $16 {Provoking White to sacrifice exchange.} (20... Rab8 $142 {This move
number was 21, not 20, because of different moves order in this game:} 21. Rc1
b5 22. Rdc2 b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khromov,V-Belozerov,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (54)})
21. Rxc5 $1 {This strong sacrifice leads to serious advantage in endgame.} ({
Not so effective} 21. Rcc2 $6 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3]}) ({Or} 21. Rc1 $6 $14 {
[%csl Ge2,Ge3]}) 21... dxc5 22. Bxb5 a4 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty. Black
tries to improve Black's counterplay comparing with game in parenthesis} ({
In the next game:} 22... Bd4 $5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Bc6 Rab8 25. Rxd4 {White
left with serious advantage in the endgame:} Rb4 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Kf2 e6 28. d6
Rd8 29. Ba4 f6 30. Ke3 Rb6 31. d7 Ke7 32. Rc2 g5 33. Rc5 $16 {1-0 Alburt,
L-Savon,V/Odessa 1974/EXT 99 (58)}) 23. bxa4 ({Worth of attention} 23. Bxa4 $5
c4 24. Bc6 cxb3 (24... c3 25. Rc2 Rab8 26. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf1e2,
Ge2d3]}) 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Kf2 Rb1 27. Bc5 Bf6 28. Rd3 (28. b4 Bc3 $1 $15)
28... Rb2+ 29. Kg3 h5 30. b4 $16) 23... f5 ({Or} 23... c4 24. Rc2 c3 25. Kf2
$16 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf2e2,Ge2d3]}) 24. exf5 $5 {[%csl Rd5] After this capture
Pd5 will be vulnerable.} ({More reliable looks} 24. Kf2 fxe4 25. fxe4 $16)
24... gxf5 25. Kf2 c4 26. Rc2 c3 27. Ke2 Rd8 28. Bb6 (28. Bc6 $5 Ra6 $5 {
preventing} 29. Kd3 $4 (29. Bc5 $1 $16) 29... Rxc6) 28... Rxd5 (28... Rd6 29.
Bc6 $16) 29. Bc4 e6 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. a5 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Rc1 $6 {Wrong
idea.} ({After} 33. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 34. Kxd4 Rxa5 35. Kxc3 $16 {White has clear
advantage in the RR endgame.}) 33... Kd6 34. Rb1 Be5 35. g3 h5 36. f4 Bf6 37.
Rb4 ({It was possible to return to noted above plan:} 37. Rc1 $22 {[%cal Gc1c2,
Gb6d4]} Bg7 38. Rc2 Bf6 39. Bd4 Bxd4 40. Kxd4 Rxa5 41. Kxc3 $16) 37... Rc8 38.
Rb1 ({After} 38. Be3 Rc6 (38... c2 $2 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Bc1 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4 42.
a6 Bf2 43. Rb2 Ra8 44. Rxc2 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Rf2][%cal Gc2c6]}) 39. Rb7 d4 {
Black builds fortress:} 40. Bc1 Ke6 41. a4 Kd6 42. Ba3+ Ke6 43. Rb5 Bg7 {
It is unclear, how can White increase his pressure:} 44. Rb6 Kd5) 38... Rc4 39.
Be3 Ra4 40. Rb6+ Ke7 41. Bc5+ Kf7 42. Bb4 Rxa2 43. Bxc3 Bxc3 44. Kxc3 {This
endgame is essentially defferent from noted above - black R placed on active
position, and Black eventually survives.} h4 45. a6 h3 46. Kb3 Ra1 47. Rd6 ({
In case of} 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. a7 Kd6 49. Kc3 (49. Kb4 Rb1+) 49... Kc5 {Black
has sufficient compensation for P lack:} 50. Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rh7 Kc5 52. Rxh3 Ra3+
53. Kb2 (53. Kd2 Rxa7 54. Rh5 Kd4 55. Rxf5 Ra2+ 56. Kc1 Rxh2 $44) 53... Rxa7
54. Rh5 Re7 55. Kc3 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ra3 57. Rxf5 Kd4 $44 {[%csl Gd5]}) ({Maybe
strongest practical chance was} 47. Rh6 $5 Kg7 48. Kb2 Ra5 49. Rxh3 Rxa6 50.
Kc3 Ra4 51. Rh5 Kf6 52. Rh6+ Ke7 53. Rb6 (53. h4 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Rxg3 55. Ke5 (55.
Kxd5 Re3 $44) 55... Re3+ 56. Kxf5 d4 57. Rh7+ Ke8 58. Ra7 d3 $44) 53... Rc4+
54. Kd3 Ra4 $14 {In this postion Black has sufficient compensation, but
certain difficulties are present...}) 47... d4 $1 48. Rh6 ({Or} 48. Kc4 d3 49.
Rxd3 Rxa6 $44) 48... d3 $1 {Black simplifies position by force.} 49. Kc3 Ra3+
50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Kxd3 Rxh2 52. a7 Ra2 53. Rh8 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 h2 $1 {A little
tactical trick allows Black to survive...} (54... Rxa7 $4 55. Rh7+ $18) 55.
Rxh2 Kg6 $1 56. Rc2 Rxa7 57. Rc6+ Kh5 58. Ke5 Ra5+ 59. Kf6 Kg4 60. Re6 (60. Rc3
Ra6+ $44) 60... Ra3 61. Re5 Ra6+ 62. Kg7 Ra7+ 63. Kf6 Ra6+ 64. Re6 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszegi Csuti Antal SK"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Rb8 12. Rfd1 (12. Rfc1 Ne8 (12... b5 $5 13.
a3 $14) 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Sherbakov,
R-Scetinin,A/Ljubljana op 1992 (46)}) 12... b5 13. cxb5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxb5 $6 (
14... axb5 $5 15. a3 $142 (15. e5 $6 dxe5 (15... Ne8 16. exd6 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4
Nxd6 18. Nd5 Nf5 19. Qa7 Nd6 20. Rac1 Ra8 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Arbakov,
V-Panchenko,A/Pula op 1990 (36)}) 16. Bxe5 b4 17. Nd5 Ba4 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. b3
Bc6 20. Rac1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 f5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Antoshin,
V-Balcerowski,W/Polanica Zdr�j 1970}) 15... Bc6 16. Na2 Nd7 $2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qc3+ Ne5 19. f4 $18 {1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Kozlov,V/Aktiubinsk URS sf 1985
(56)}) 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qb4 $14 Nd7 (16... Qd7 17. Rac1) 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Rac1
(18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Rd2 $14) 18... Qb6 19. Rc2 h5 20.
f4 Qb7 (20... Ra8 21. b3 Na6 22. Qd2 Qb7 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. e5 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 $16
(25. Bxb7 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nc5 27. Bf3 $16)) 21. Bf3 Qa6 22. b3 Rfc8 23. e5 Ne6 $8
24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. exd6 exd6 (25... Bc3 26. Qe4 exd6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Ng7
29. Qd7 $16) 26. f5 $6 (26. a4 $1 bxa4 (26... Rc3 27. Rxd6 Rxb3 (27... Qc8 28.
Bd2 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Qc5+ 30. Be3 Qxd6 31. axb5 $16) 28. Qxb3 Qxd6 29. axb5 $16)
27. Rxd6 Bf8 28. Rxa6 Bxb4 29. bxa4 Rc3 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 $16) 26... gxf5
27. Bxh5 Be5 28. Qd2 (28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rc4 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qe8 Bxh2+ 32.
Kh1 Qb7 33. Bh6+ Kxh6 34. Bxf7 Rg4 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Qd5 $10) 28... Rc3 29. Bf3
$5 (29. Qf2 f4 $1 $10) (29. Bf2 Nf4 30. Be2 (30. Bf3 $6 Nh3+ $10) 30... Qc6 31.
Bf1 $8 (31. Bf3 $4 Rxf3 $19) 31... b4 32. g3 Rd3 33. Qc1 Qf3 34. Rxd3 Nxd3 35.
Bxd3 Qxd3 36. Be3 $14) 29... b4 $6 (29... f4 $1 30. Bf2 Qc8 31. Qd5 Ng5 32. Bh5
Qc6 $1 (32... f3 $2 33. h4 $1 $18) 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Bh4 (34. Be2 Rc2 35. Bxb5
f3 36. a4 Ne4 37. Bd3 Rxf2 38. Bxe4 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxh2 40. Bxf3 $10) 34... Ne4
35. Bf3 (35. Be2 Nc3 36. Rd2 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 f5 $10) 35... f5 $10)
30. Bd5 $16 Qc8 (30... Qa5 31. Qf2 Qc7 (31... f4 32. Bb6 Qa3 33. Qd2 Qa6 34.
Bf2 $16) 32. g3 $16) 31. Bc4 f4 32. Bf2 Ng5 (32... f3 33. g3 Qd8 34. Bxe6 fxe6
35. Bd4 Bxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Qb8 37. Rf1 $16) 33. h4 Ne6 (33... Ne4 $5 34. Qd5 Nxf2
35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 $8 38. Kxf2 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Qc5+ 40. Ke1
Qxc4 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Qe2 Qc3+ 43. Kf1 Kh6 44. Rd3 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qc5+ 46. Kf3
$16) 34. Qd5 Qd8 $1 (34... Rc2 35. Qb5 Nc5 (35... Rxa2 36. Qxb4) 36. Qxb4 Rxa2
37. Bd5 Qg4 38. Bf3 $16) 35. Be1 $2 (35. Qb5 Qa8 36. Qxb4 Qxa2 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38.
Qb7 $16) 35... Kg7 $5 (35... Rc2 $1 36. Qe4 Rxa2 37. Bxe6 Qb6+ 38. Kh1 fxe6 39.
Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qxe6 Qb5 $10) 36. Qb7 $5 (36. Bxc3 $2 bxc3 37. h5 Qh4 $44) 36...
Nc7 (36... Kg8 37. Qxb4 Rc2 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Qe4 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Rxa2 41. Qg6+
Kf8 42. Qxe6 $18) 37. Qxb4 Rc2 38. Qb6 (38. Qa5 Qf6 $1 39. Bd3 Bd4+ 40. Kh1 Rc5
$44) 38... Qf6 $1 $10 (38... Rxa2 39. Qc6 $16 (39. b4 Rb2 40. Bf2 Qe7 $132))
39. Qxc7 (39. Bf2 Rxa2 $2 (39... d5 $1 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Rxd5
Rc1+ 43. Kh2 f3+ 44. g3 (44. Rxe5 Kxe5 45. gxf3 Rc2 46. Kg3 Rxa2 $10) 44... Rc2
45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 $10) 40. Qxc7 d5 41. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 42. Bd4 Qxd4+ 43. Rxd4
dxc4 44. bxc4 f3 45. gxf3 Rc2 46. Kf1 $18) 39... d5 40. Qb7 Bd4+ 41. Kh1 dxc4
42. Qe4 (42. Qd7 Be5 (42... cxb3 43. axb3 (43. Rxd4 bxa2 (43... b2 44. Qg4+ Qg6
45. Qxg6+ fxg6 46. Rb4 Rc1 47. Rxb2 Rxe1+ 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Kh3 Kf5 50. Rb5+ Ke4
51. a4 Re3+ 52. Kh2 Ra3 53. a5 f3 $10) 44. Qg4+ Qg6 45. Qxg6+ fxg6 46. Rd1 Kf6
47. Ra1 Kf5 48. Kg1 Kg4 49. Bf2 g5 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Rf1 Rb2 52. Bd4 Rb1 $10)
43... Be5 44. b4 $16) 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Qg4+ $16) 42... Bf2 $2 (42... cxb3 43.
Qxd4 Qxd4 44. Rxd4 b2 45. Rb4 Rc1 46. Rxb2 Rxe1+ 47. Kh2 Re3 $10) 43. Bxf2 Rxf2
44. bxc4 Qxh4+ 45. Kg1 Rxa2 46. Rf1 Qg3 47. Rxf4 Ra1+ 48. Rf1 Rxf1+ 49. Kxf1
$16 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 (1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3
Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O Bc6 14.
f3 a5 15. b3 Nc5 16. Rc2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfc8 {This position was played in our
game with another moves order and Black move.} 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Qf8 20. Nd5
Nd7 21. Bg5 $142 $5 (21. Nb6 {Without NN White space advantage is not so
important.} Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Be5 23. g3 Qg7 24. Bg2 Bc3 25. a3 Bf6 $11 {Istrate,
Bogdan-Moldovan,Daniel/Calimanesti op ;EXT 2000 1997/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 21... f6
22. Be3 $14) 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7
14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 (17... Qb4 18. Qc1 Qb6 19.
Bf1 Qd8 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. Qf2 Qf8 22. Qd2 h5 23. a3 Kh7 24. Bf2 Qh8 25. Nd5 Bxd5
26. Qxd5 $14 {Ginzburg,Maximiliano-Nedilsky,Diego/ARG-ch Buenos Aires (6) ;TD
1994/1-0 (62)}) 18. Bf1 b6 (18... Qe8 19. Rbc1 b6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Qf2 e6 22.
Nc3 Qe7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bd4 (24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Rd7 (25... d5 26. exd5 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 $16) 26. Bc4 Rbd8 27. Rcd2 $14) 24... Bxd4
25. Qxd4 Rd7 26. Rb2 Rbd8 27. Qe3 Qf6 $11 {Grischuk,Alexander-Kovchan,
Alexander/Wch U16 Oropesa del Mar (11) ;CBM 67 ext 1998/1/2-1/2 (59)}) (18...
Bd7 19. Re1 Be6 20. Kh1 Qf8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Be3 Kh7 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Nf4 Bc6 25.
Bf2 Bf6 26. h4 h5 27. g3 Qg7 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Ne2 Qf8 30. Bh3 Bg7 31. Nd4 Bd7
32. Bg2 $14 {Zetocha,Claudiu-Marasescu,Ioan/ROM-ch (6) ;EXT 97 1992/0-1 (53)})
19. Bg5 (19. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Ra7 (19... Rcb8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. Nd5
Nf8 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Bg5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 $14 {Vilela,Jose Luis-Estevez,Guillermo/
Santa Clara (1) ;CBM 26 1991/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 20. Qf2 e6 (20... Rca8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Nd7 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. Rbc1 Ra3 25. Bg5 $14 (25. Qd2 Rba8 26. Qf2 Rb8 27.
Qd2 Rb3 28. Ra2 e6 29. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Schulz,Manfred-Taylor,Gordon/Canadian op
Winnipeg (4) ;CBM 60 ext 1997})) (20... Rb8 {-like in this game}) 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Nd7 23. Rbc1 Ra3 24. Qd2 Qf8 25. Bf4 Ne5 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Ne2 Rca8 $132
{1-0 Bosch,Jeroen-Troyke,Christian/Bundesliga 9899 (15) ;GER-chT 1999 (44)})
19... Ne6 20. Be3 Nc5 {Here White has good position because of space advantage.
White can choose plan: or to prepare b3-b4 after a2-a3 with purpose to replace
Nc5 - or to start a long play connected with manoeuvres Nd5 or Nb5 and Rd1,
Bg5 to provoke Black to weaken Pd6 etc.} 21. a3 (21. Nb5 $5 $14) (21. Nd5 {
[%cal Ge3g5]} e6 22. Nc3 Be5 23. Nb5 $14) 21... Ra7 22. Qf2 (22. b4 axb4 23.
axb4 Na4 24. Nd5 e6 25. Nf4 Rca8 $132 {and Black occupies a-line.}) 22... Rb8 (
22... Rca8 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na4 (24... Nd7 25. Nd5 Ra3 (
25... Rb8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be3 $14) 26. Bg5 $14 (26. Nxb6 Rxe3 27. Nxa8 Bd4 $17))
25. Nxa4 Bxa4 26. Bxb6 Bxc2 27. Bxd8 Bxb1 28. Ba5 $14) 23. Nb5 ({Also quite
good was} 23. Nd5 e6 (23... h5 24. Qh4 Rc8 25. Rcc1 $14 (25. Bg5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1
f6 27. Bd2 e6 28. Be3 Be5 (28... Bxe3 29. Nxe3 $14) 29. Nc3 (29. f4 exd5 30.
fxe5 d4 $1 $17) 29... Qe7 30. Nb5 $14)) 24. Nc3 Qe7 25. Nb5 Bxb5 (25... Rd7 26.
Nd4 Bb7 27. b4 $14) 26. cxb5 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gf1c4]}) 23... Raa8 24. Nd4 (24.
Nc3 $14 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc3d5,Ge3g5]} Bxc3 $6 25. Rxc3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27.
Qc2 Nxc3 28. Qxc3 $16) 24... Bd7 25. b4 {Premature P promotion.} (25. Nb5 $14)
25... axb4 26. axb4 Ra3 $1 {Very strong move refusing white strategy.} 27. Ra2
(27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxb8 (28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Rxe3 $17) 28... Qxb8 29. Ne2 Qb3
30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Qxc5 Ra4 $1 (31... Ra1 32. Rd2 Qb7 $14) (31... Qxc2 32. Qxa3
Qxc4 33. Qxe7 $44) 32. Rd2 (32. Rc1 Bb2 33. Rb1 Ba3 34. Rxb3 (34. Qc8+ Bxc8 35.
Rxb3 Bc5+ 36. Kh1 Ra1 37. Ng3 Kg7 38. f4 h5 $19) 34... Bxc5+ 35. Kh1 Ra1 $19)
32... Rxc4 (32... Bh6 33. f4 Rxc4 34. Qa7 Rc7 35. Qxc7 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxd2 37. h3
$15) 33. Qa7 Rc7 34. Qxc7 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qxd2 $15) (27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. cxb5 Nd7 29.
Bc4 Rba8 30. Bd5 R8a4 31. Rbc1 Ra1 $132) 27... Nd3 $1 28. Qd2 (28. Bxd3 Rxd3
$15) 28... Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Ra8 30. Qb3 Ne5 31. Nb5 (31. Be2 Qc7 32. Rc1 $132)
31... Bxb5 32. cxb5 Rc8 33. Bf2 $2 $17 ({It was necessary to change RR:} 33.
Rc1 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Qc7 35. Be3 $11) 33... Qc7 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 34. Qa2 h5 35. Be3
Nd7 36. Qa3 (36. Rc1 {met by} Qxc1 37. Bxc1 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Rxc1 39. Qe2 Ne5 40.
g3 g5 41. Kg2 Rb1 42. Kh1 g4 43. f4 Nf3 44. Qd3 Rc1 $17) 36... Qc3 37. Qxc3
Rxc3 $17 {White position is bad. c-line is occupied by the black R, to put
white R on the a-line is difficult because a1 square is controled by the black
Bg7.} 38. Bf2 Rc2 39. h4 (39. Bd3 Rd2 40. Bc4 Bd4 41. Bxd4 Rxd4 42. Bf1 d5 43.
exd5 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5][%cal Gf6d5,Gd5b4]}) 39... Be5 40. g3 Kf8 (40...
Bc3 $17 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 41. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3a3]} e6 (41... Ra2 $5) 42. Ra3 Rd2 (
42... Ke7 $17) 43. Ra7 Ke8 44. Rc7 (44. Bh3 Bd4 45. Bxd4 Rxd4 $17) 44... Bd4
45. Bxd4 Rxd4 46. Rc4 Rd2 47. f4 $6 {[%csl Re4,Rg3,Rg4] White weaken number of
squares in the kingside} (47. Bg2 Ne5 48. Rc7 Rb2 49. Rb7 Nd7 50. Bf1 Rxb4 $17)
47... Nf6 48. Rc6 $6 (48. Bg2 Ng4 {[%csl Re3,Rg2][%cal Gd2g2,Gg4e3]} 49. Rc3
Rd1+ 50. Bf1 Rb1 $17) 48... Nxe4 49. Rxb6 Nxg3 50. Bc4 d5 51. Bb3 Rb2 52. Ba4
Rxb4 53. Ra6 Ne2+ 54. Kf1 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Costa Rica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 ({Here White has a lot of possibilities:} 10. Qd2 {
-mainline}) (10. Rc1 {-mainline}) ({and also} 10. f3) (10. Nb3) (10. Nc2) 10...
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 (12. Bf1 $5 $14 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Strijbos,M/Avoine
1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 12... a5 13. Qd2 (13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5
Nc5 16. Qd2 e5 17. Nc3 f5 18. Bc2 f4 19. Rad1 Rf6 20. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
M-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal 1995/CBM 47 ext (54)}) 15... f6 16. Re3 Rf7 17. Nd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Nielsen,P/Forli 1992/TD (36)}) 13... Nd7 ({Interesting is} 
13... a4 {with idea to play Qa5} 14. Nd5 (14. Rac1 Qa5 $5 15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. f3
Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Red1 $14 {1-0 Bogut,Z-Gazarek,D/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (64)})
14... Nd7 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 Bd7 $14) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 Re8
17. Rh3 $14 {0-1 Estrada Nieto,J-Scarella,E/Bariloche 1991/EXT 97 (40)}) (13...
Re8 14. Rad1 a4 15. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Cabrilo,G/Cetinje 1992/EXT 97 
(26)}) (13... Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bf1 Rae8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Kh1
Qc5 19. b3 f5 20. f4 $14 {1-0 Kaiumov,D-Blodstein,A/Tashkent 1992/EXT 97 (34)})
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re3 $1 {With idea to join white R to Attack on the kingside.}
h6 ({Another continuations also retain to White an advantage:} 15... Nc5 16.
Rd1 Qb6 17. Bb1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. Rde1 $16 {1-0 Milos,G-Silva,
S/Buenos Aires 1991/EXT 2000 (28)}) (15... Kg8 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Rde1
Qb4 19. Qe2 a4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra1 24. f4 $18 {
1-0 Arizmendi,Y-Benjamin,D/USA-ch cadet 1992/EXT 98 (31)}) (15... f6 $5 16. Rd1
Rf7 17. h4 Kh8 18. b3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qb6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Kh2 Rg8 22. Rf1 $14 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Reinderman,D/Rotterdam NED 2000 (63)}) 16. Be2 $5 $14 {New idea.
B doesn't go to the diagonal b1-h7. On e2 B can restrict Ne5 and support White
activity on the kingside and in the center.} (16. Rae1 $5 {1-0 Celis,G-Samur,A/
Villa Ballester 1996/CBM 51 ext (30)}) (16. Rh3 h5 17. Rd1 $14 (17. Rxh5 $2
gxh5 18. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Stypka,M-Walach,M/Koszalin 1997/CBM 59 ext (18)})) 16...
a4 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 17. h4 $1 Qa5 18. h5 g5 19. Rf1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qe5 20. Nd5 a3
21. bxa3 $2 $132 {wrong ununderstandable decision! White weakens black squares
on the queenside and gives to Black good counterplay.} ({More natural is} 21.
b4 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf2f4]}) 21... e6 22. g3 Kh8 (22... exd5 $2 {is not a
threat!} 23. exd5 Qf6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23. Kh2 {
preparing f2-f4} ({Premature is} 23. f4 $6 gxf4 24. gxf4 $2 Qg7+ $17 {[%csl
Rd5]}) 23... g4 $1 {[%csl Rf2] This strong move refutes White's plans of
attack...} 24. Nb4 ({Maybe better is} 24. Bxg4 $5 Qg7 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg4]} 25.
Bh3 exd5 26. exd5 Ba4 27. Re7 Ne5 $44) 24... Nf6 (24... Qxh5+ $5 25. Kg2 Ne5
26. Rh1 Qg5 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Qxd6 (28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 $132) 28... Rfd8
29. Qc5 Rd2 $132) 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qd1 Nxe4 (26... Qxh5+ $1 27. Kg1 (27. Kg2
Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5h5]} 29. e5 $8 dxe5 $15) 27... Rfd8 $15) 27. Kg1 (
27. Bxg4 Nxf2 $1 28. Rxe5 Nxd1 29. Re2 Nc3 30. Rc2 $132) 27... f5 28. Bd3 d5 (
28... Rxa3 $17) 29. cxd5 exd5 $2 $15 (29... cxd5 $1 30. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {[%csl
Ra2,Ra3,Ge4,Gf5,Gg4,Rh5]}) 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qxg4 {Black has strong P chain,
but his K is vulnerable.} Ra7 32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Rf1 Rg7 (33... Qf6 $15) 34. Qd1
Qe5 35. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2e4] preventing d5-d4} Rf6 36. a4 Re7 (36... Qxh5 $15) 37.
Rfe1 {preventing d5-d4 again} Qd6 $2 $132 ({Clear advantage Black has after} 
37... Qxh5 38. a5 c5 $17) 38. Qb2 $1 Kh7 (38... Ra7 $132) 39. a5 $1 c5 $2 $14 {
Weakening b6 square...} (39... Ref7 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf6f2]} 40. R1e2 Rf5 41.
a6 $132) 40. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3b6]} d4 $2 $18 {Black put mistake after mistake..
.} (40... Ref7 41. Rb6 Qe7 42. Qd2 $14) 41. Rb6 Qe5 42. Rxe4 $1 {White wins P .
..} Qxe4 43. Rxf6 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe2 {In rook ending Black has no sufficient
compensation.} 45. Qb3 $2 $14 {Wrong ending evaluation!} ({After} 45. Qxe2 Rxe2
{[%mdl 4096]} 46. a6 $1 {White wins easily:} (46. a4 Ra2 47. Rc6 d3 $1 (47...
Rxf2+ 48. Kh3 Ra2 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. a6 Rxa4 51. a7 $18) 48. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 49. Kh3
Ra2 50. Rd5 Rxa4 51. Rxd3 Rxa5 $11) 46... Rxa2 47. Kg2 c4 48. Rc6 c3 (48... d3
49. Kf3 $18) 49. Kf3 c2 50. Ke4 $18) 45... Qxh5+ 46. Kg2 Re1 (46... Kg7 47. Rf4
$16) 47. Qf7+ {The only way to fight for advantage...} (47. Qb7+ Kg8 48. Qb8+
Kh7 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kh7 $11) 47... Qxf7 48. Rxf7+ Kg6 49. Rd7 Kf5 $44 {
[%mdl 4096] Here Black has sufficient compensation...} (49... Ra1 50. Rd5 c4
51. Rxd4 Rxa2 52. Rxc4 Rxa5 $16) 50. Rd5+ Ke4 51. Rxc5 Re2 $2 $18 {The last
mistake in the game...} (51... d3 $1 52. a6 (52. Rc4+ Kd5 53. Rc8 Kd4 54. a6
Re7 55. Rd8+ Kc3 $44) 52... d2 53. a7 Rg1+ $3 $11 {This strong move probably
was missed by both of sides...} (53... d1=Q $4 54. a8=Q+ $18) 54. Kh3 Rh1+ 55.
Kg2 Rg1+ $11) 52. a4 Ra2 53. a6 Rxa4 54. f3+ $1 Ke3 55. Re5+ Kd2 56. Re6 h5 (
56... d3 57. Rxh6 Kc1 58. Rc6+ Kb2 59. Rd6 Kc2 60. Kf2 d2 61. Ke2 $18) 57. f4
Ra5 58. Kf3 d3 59. Rd6 Kc2 60. Ke3 Ra3 61. Rd5 Rxa6 62. Rc5+ Kd1 63. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 (13. b4 Bxd4+ 14.
Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Kf2 Bd7 (17... a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4
Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Nxa8 22. Ke3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Danner,G/Prague
Bohemians 1989 (41)}) 18. a3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Mariotti,S/Leningrad 1977 (45)}) (13. Bf2 Qa5 14. Rfc1 Nc5 15. Rab1 Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 $14 {Arsovic,Z-Bakic,R/JUG-chT Budva 1996/0-1 (61)}) (13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 (14. Kh1 a5 15. f4 Qb6 16. Rae1 Qb4 17. Rf3 Rad8 18. Bf1 a4
19. Rh3 Nf6 $132 {Dolmatov,S-Gufeld,E/USSR 1985/1-0 (54)}) (14. Rfd1 a5 15. Bf1
Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. b3 $14 (18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Rc3 Qb4 $132 {
1-0 Hedlund,B-Lie,E/Open-ch, Gausdal NOR 1997 (40)})) 14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qc5
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. b4 Qb6 18. cxd5 a5 19. Rab1 Kg8 20. bxa5 Qc7 21. Rb5 $16 {
1-0 Adorjan,A-Velimirovic,D/Budapest 1973 (40)}) (13. Be3 a5 {-Main Theory
Direction} (13... Qa5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. a3 Qd8 16. b4 b6 17. Rab1 a5 18. Nd5
axb4 19. axb4 Ra7 20. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Collas,D/II Open, Ubeda ESP
1997 (42)})) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 a5 (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rac1 Na4 $11
{1/2-1/2 Khasin,A-Panchenko,A/Tashkent Agzamov mem 1986 (21)}) 15. b3 Qb6 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rac1 a4 $6 (17... Rfc8 $11) (17... Nd7 18. a3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2
Rukavina,J-Ivkov,B/Subotica YUG ch 1984}) 18. b4 a3 $2 $16 (18... Rfd8 19. Rd4
$14) 19. b5 Be8 $2 (19... Bd7 20. e5 Nc8 21. exd6 exd6 22. Ne4 Be6 23. Nxd6
Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Rfd8 25. Rcd1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rc8 27. Rd4 $16) 20. e5 $1 $18 dxe5 (
20... Nc8 21. exd6 exd6 (21... Nxd6 22. Nd5 Nc8 23. c5 $16) 22. Ne4 $18) 21. c5
Nc8 (21... Nd7 22. Nd5 Nf6 (22... e6 23. Nc7 Rd8 (23... Rb8 24. Nxe8 $18) 24.
c6 $18) 23. Nxe7+ Kg7 24. c6 $18) 22. Nd5 (22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Rb1 Na7
25. Rb3 e6 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Ne4 $16) 22... Ra5 (22... Ra7 23. Nc7 b6 24. Nd5
bxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd6 26. b6 Rd7 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rxd6 $18) 23. c6 $2 $16 (23.
Nc7 $1 Na7 (23... b6 24. Rd8 $18) 24. c6 $1 (24. Rd8 $2 Bxb5 $17) 24... Nxc6 (
24... bxc6 25. b6 $18) 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Bc4 $18) 23... b6 (23... bxc6 24. b6
$1 Nxb6 (24... cxd5 25. b7 $18) 25. Nxb6 $18) 24. Ne3 $2 (24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Kf2 (
25. Rc3 f6 26. Rcd3 (26. Rdd3 Bf7 27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Nd6 $17) 26... Bf7
$132) 25... f5 26. Re1 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4+ 28. Ke3 Bf7 29. c7 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxb5
31. Bxe4 Nd6 32. Bc6 Rc5 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34. Bd7 $16) 24... f6 $14 25. Nc4 $6
$132 (25. Bc4+ Kg7 26. Nd5 $14) 25... Rxb5 26. Nxa3 Ra5 27. Nb5 Bf7 28. a3 Bb3
$5 (28... Kg7 $1 29. Rc3 (29. Rd7 Be6 30. Rb7 Rd8 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. Nc7 (32. Ke3
Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rxb5 $19) 32... Bf5 33. Ke1 Rb2 34. Rc3 (34. g4 Rxa3 35. Nd5 Be6
36. Nxe7 Kh6 37. Rd1 e4 38. fxe4 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 Nxe7
42. Rxe7 Bxd1 43. Kxd1 Ra4 44. c7 Rc4 45. Kd2 b5 46. Kd3 g5 $17) 34... Nd6 35.
g4 Bc8 36. Rb8 Kf7 $15) (29. c7 Be8 30. Rb1 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 Rxa3 32. Rd7 (32. Rd8
Rc3) 32... Rc3 $17) 29... h5 (29... Na7 $1 30. Nxa7 Rxa7 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rd7 h5
$1 (32... e6 $2 33. Rc6 $1 Rxa3 34. Rd8 Raa8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Ba6 Be8 37. Rc3
Bd7 38. Bxc8 Bxc8 39. Rd3 $18) 33. Rxe7 (33. Rc6 $2 Be8 $19) 33... Kf8 34. Rd7
Be8 35. Rh7 Kg8 36. Re7 Kf8 $11) 30. Rd7 (30. c7 Be8 $132) 30... f5 31. Rb7 $16
) (28... Be6 29. c7 Kf7 30. Rd8 h5 31. Kf2 h4 32. Rcd1 f5 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Rd8+ Kf7 35. Ke3 (35. Bc4 $4 Bxc4 36. Rxc8 Be6 $19) 35... g5 36. Kd2 g4 37.
fxg4 fxg4 38. Kc3 Bf5 39. Kb4 Kg7 40. Bc4 Kf6 41. Bd5 Kg5 42. Bb7 Nd6 43. Nxd6
exd6 44. Bc8 $1 Rc5 45. Bxf5 Rxc7 46. Bd3 $18) 29. Rd7 Be6 (29... Kf7 30. Rb7
h5 31. Rc3 Be6 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Nc7 Rf8 34. Rb8 Ra7 (34... g5 35. Ba6 Bf5 36.
Bc4+ Kg6 37. Ne6 Rh8 38. c7 g4 39. Nd8 gxf3 40. gxf3 Bd7 41. Be6 Bxe6 42. Nxe6
Rd5 43. Nd8 Nd6 44. Nf7 $1 $18) 35. Nb5 (35. Nxe6 Kxe6 $132) 35... Ra5 $11) 30.
Rb7 Rd8 31. Rb8 (31. Nc7 Kf7 32. Rb8 Ra7 33. Nb5 Ra5 $11) 31... Kf7 32. Bf1 f5
(32... Rd2 $4 33. Nc7 Nd6 (33... Na7 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. c7 $18) 34. Nxe6 Kxe6
35. c7 $18) (32... h5 $5 33. Nc7 Ra7 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. c7 Rf8 36. Bb5 Kd6 37.
Rc6+ Kd7 38. Rc4+ (38. Kf2 e6 39. a4 Rxc7 40. Rcxb6+ Ke7 41. R8b7 Rxb7 42.
Rxb7+ Kd6 43. a5 Ne7 44. a6 Ra8 45. h4 Nf5 46. g3 Nd4 47. Rd7+ Kc5 48. Bf1 $11)
38... Kd6 39. Rc6+ Kd7 $11) 33. Nc7 Rxa3 $4 $18 (33... Ra7 $1 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35.
c7 Rf8 36. Bb5 Kd6 37. Rc6+ Kd5 $11 (37... Kd7 38. Kf2 (38. Rc4+ Kd6 39. Rc6+
Kd7 $11) 38... e6 (38... Rxc7 $4 39. Rf6+ $18) (38... e4 $2 39. fxe4 fxe4+ 40.
Ke3 e6 (40... Rxa3+ $2 41. Rc3+ $18) 41. a4 Rxc7 42. Rcxb6+ Ke7 43. Rc6 $16)
39. Ke2 Rxc7 $11)) 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. c7 Rf8 36. Rd1 Rc3 37. Rd8 Rf6 38. Rbxc8
e4 39. Rd4 e3 40. h4 (40. f4 $18) 40... Rc1 41. Rc4 (41. Rcd8 e2 42. c8=Q+ Rxc8
43. Bxe2 $18) 41... Rxc4 42. Bxc4+ Kd6 43. Re8 Kxc7 44. Rxe7+ Kd6 45. Rxe3 f4
46. Rb3 Kc5 47. Bf1 Kc6 48. Rc3+ Kd6 49. Bd3 Ke5 50. Be4 h6 51. Rd3 Ke6 52. Rd5
Ke7 53. Kh2 Re6 54. Kh3 Kf7 55. Kg4 Rf6 56. Rd7+ Kf8 57. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3
Bg7 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 {-another mainline.}) 8. Be3 O-O
9. Be2 Nxd4 {The best. Another continuations are worse:} (9... Qb6 10. Nxc6 $1
(10. Qd2 $14 Nxe4 $4 11. Nxc6 $18) (10. Na4 $6 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nxd4 (11... Qb6)
12. Bxd4 Be6 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Nd5 (14. b3 {-like in this game, with a little
difference: K is allocated on g1 instead of h1.}) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. f4 Qc5 $11 {1-0 Schmeisser,A-Brunner,N/Selestat
2000/EXT 2001 (48)}) 10... Qxc6 (10... Qxe3 $2 11. Nxe7+ Kh8 12. Qxd6 Be6 13.
Qd2 $16) 11. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gasthofer,V-Konotop,V/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (27)}) (
9... Nd7 10. Nb3 $1 (10. O-O $6 Qb6 $1 11. Ncb5 $8 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 14. Nxd4 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Liang Jinrong-Pigusov,E/Beijing 1996/CBM 54
ext (61)}) 10... b6 11. Rc1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O $14 {1-0
Kuzmin,A-Serra,J/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (35)}) ({Worth of attention} 9... e6 $5
{[%cal Gd6d5]} 10. Qd2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 (12... Qa5 13. O-O Rd8 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beckwith,
P-Djerkovic,M/Toronto 1998/CBM 65 ext (26)}) 13. exd5 (13. Bg5 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Gg5e7,Ge4e5]} Qb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2
exd5 $11) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 (14. O-O Be6 15. Na4 Rfd8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Qc1 $11
{1-0 Vranesic,Z-Ross,D/Ontario 1980/EXT 98 (74)}) 14... cxd5 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Bd4 $14) (9... Qa5 10. Nb3 $1 Qd8 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Lau,R-Relange,E/
Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (43)}) 10. Bxd4 ({Here White can't play} 10. Qxd4 $2 {
because of} Ng4 $15) 10... Be6 (10... Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ f6 13. Rd1 a5
14. f4 a4 (14... Qb6 15. Qd2 Qc6 16. Nd5 Re8 17. O-O Nc5 18. Bf3 Be6 19. e5 $14
{[%csl Rc6]}) 15. h4 Qa5 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Enjuto
Velasco,R/Malaga 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)}) 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Be3 a6 13. O-O
Qa5 $1 $132 (13... Rc8 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 bxc4 (15... Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $14) 16.
Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Bxc4 a5 18. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Yermolinsky,A/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97 (48)})) 11... Qa5 (11... Nd7 12. Bxg7 (12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
cxd5 Rfc8 15. Qb3 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Perera,P-Ivkov,B/Las Palmas 1989/EXT 97 (40)})
12... Kxg7 13. f4 $14) (11... Nh5 12. f4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Ng7 (13... Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. f5 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge2h5]}) 14. b3 Qa5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfc8
17. Qe3 $14 (17. b5 b6 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 $15 {1-0 Arias,L-Juarez
Flores,G/Guatemala City 2000/CBM 77 ext (75)})) 12. Kh1 $1 $146 {This move is
novelty. White had tried here various possibilities:} (12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6
14. Rfd1 (14. Be3 b5 $15) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $132 {[%cal Gb7b5,Ga5c5]}) (
12. a3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ f6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb6 {This is one of
opening main ideas: to simplify position by total exchanges and space
advantage neutralization and good counterplay on dark squares in endgame.} 17.
Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Kf2 Rfc8 19. b3 a5 20. Rac1 Rc5 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Rb1 R5c7 23. a4
Nd7 24. Ke3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Milos,G/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (42)})
({Can be recommended also} 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 (13... Rab8 14. f4 $5 $14 (
14. Qd2 a6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ exf6 (18... Kg7 $5
19. Rxd2 (19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. Rxd2 Kxh5 21. f4+ Kh6 $11) 19... Kxf6 $11) 19. Rxd2
bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Rb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Buckley,S-Plantet,S/
Paris 1996/Juniors (32)})) (13... a6 14. f4 (14. a4 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+
f6 17. Kh1 Qb4 18. Bd1 Nc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bartos,
A-Paulovic,M/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (64)}) 14... b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5
Bg5 18. Rc2 Bc6 19. Kh1 b4 (19... Bxd5 $2 20. Qxd5 {[%csl Rf7,Rg5]} Bf6 21. c5
$16 {1/2-1/2 Iljushin,A-Nevostrujev,V/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (58)}) 20. Bd3 $14)
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 a6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Qd4+ f6 18. exf5 Bf7 ({Not} 18... Bxf5
19. b4 Qa3 20. Qe3 {[%csl Re7,Rf5]} e6 21. g4 Bg6 22. Qxe6 $18) 19. Bf3 Rab8
20. Bd5 $14 {1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Limp,E/BRA 1995/EXT 97 (61)}) (12. Nd5 $6 $11 {
Premature jump} Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 $132
{1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Filippov,V/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (51)} (16... Qb6 $11)) (
{Worth of attention} 12. f4 $5 Rac8 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rc1 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Kh1 (
{White avoids from} 16. Qd2 $2 Nxe4 $1) 16... Rec8 17. Qd3 Qd8 18. Rcd1 $14 {
1-0 Iljushin,A-Kurnosov,I/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (42)})
12... Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. f4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd3 {White can avoid QQ
exchange - K placed on h1.} f6 17. Qg3 (17. f5 $6 {Ftacnik} Ne5) 17... Rf8 $2
$16 (17... Re8 $142 18. Rad1 $14 (18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Rxb7 Nc5 $15))
18. Rad1 $2 $14 ({Very strong was} 18. b4 $1 Qc7 $5 (18... Qxb4 19. f5 Bxc4 20.
Rab1 Qc5 21. fxg6 $16) (18... Qc6 19. c5 (19. Nd5 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Bf7 21. e5 Qxc4
22. Rfc1 $16) 19... dxc5 20. f5 Bf7 21. Bb5 Qc8 22. fxg6 Bxg6 (22... hxg6 23.
Nd5 Qd8 24. Rad1 Ne5 25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. Rxd8 $18) 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Nc7 $16 {
[%csl Ra8,Rf7][%cal Gb5c4]}) 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 a5 21. Rfc1 Qd8
22. a3 $16 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 20. Ne3 $16) 18... Rae8 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge8e7] Now
Pe7 is protected.} 19. h3 (19. b4 $6 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. f5 Bf7 22. Rxb7 Nc5
$15) (19. h4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 19... Qa5 20. Bg4 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Very creative method of fighting for the advantage, black's pieces are
somewhat cramped.'} (20. b4 $6 Qxb4 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Rxb7 Nc5 $15) 20... Bxg4
21. Qxg4 (21. hxg4 Nc5 22. Rf3 (22. f5 g5 23. Rd2 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Ne5 25. Nd5 $11)
22... Rf7 23. g5 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Ref8 25. Nd5 (25. f5 Rg7 (25... Ne6 26. Qh6 Qe5
27. Nd5 $40) 26. Nd5 gxf5 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Nxe4 29. Ng6+ Rxg6 30. Qxf8+
Rg8 31. Qf7 Qxa2 {[%csl Rg2]} 32. Rg1 Qb2 $44) 25... Qd8 26. e5 Kh8 27. b4 Ne4
28. Qg4 $132) 21... f5 (21... Qxc3 $2 22. Qxd7 $16 Qc2 23. Qxb7 Qxa2 24. Ra1
$16) 22. Qf3 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxa2 $2 $16 {Black lets White recieve advantage
again.} (23... b5 $142 $1 24. cxb5 Qxb5 $14) (23... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 24. a4 $14)
24. Ra1 (24. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Rf5 (24... Nc5 $2 {Ftacnik} 25. b4 Na6 26. Qd5+ Kh8
27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. f5 $16) 25. Ne6 (25. Ra1 {Ftacnik} Qb2 26. Rxa7 Nc5 27. Ne4
Qxb3 $11) 25... Nc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. Ra1 Qd2 28. Rxa7 Ref8 $11) 24... Qb2 25.
Rxa7 Qd4 (25... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 26. Qd3 $16) 26. Rxb7 (26. Raa1 $6 {Ftacnik} Ne5
27. Qe2 Rxf4 $15) 26... Ne5 27. Qe2 Nd3 28. f5 $2 $11 {After this mistake
Black equalizes by force. '?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Hracek was not happy about
his position, but this Kasparov's move gives him chances to survive.'} ({
Right was} 28. g3 $1 d5 (28... h6 29. Rf3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qa8 31. Rb5 Nc1 32. Qc2
$18) 29. Ng5 (29. Nf2 $1 {Ftacnik} dxc4 30. Nxd3 cxd3 (30... Qxd3 {Ftacnik} 31.
Qxd3 cxd3 32. Rd1 $16) 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rd7 Qc3 33. Rd1 $16) 29... e5 {'!'
Ftacnik.} 30. Nxh7 (30. fxe5 {Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Nxe5 $13) 30... exf4 31.
Nf6+ (31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Rf5 33. gxf4 (33. g4 {Ftacnik} Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2
35. gxf5 Qf1+ $11) 33... Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6 Qf1+ $11)
31... Qxf6 32. Qxd3 d4 (32... Qc6 33. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 34. cxd5 fxg3 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8
36. Kg2 $18) 33. Qf3 Qf5 34. g4 Qe4 35. c5 Qxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Re3 37. Kg2 Rc3 38.
Rxc3 dxc3 39. Rb4 $18 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gb4c4]}) 28... Rxf5 $8 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30.
Qh5 (30. Ng3 {Ftacnik} Nf4 31. Qf3 e6 $14) (30. Nf6+ {Ftacnik} Qxf6 31. Qxd3
Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 30... Ra8 31. Rxe7 (31. Qxf5 $2 Qxe4 $17) (31. Qg5+ Kh8
32. Qxe7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qg1+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qg1+ $11) 31... Ra1+ 32. Kh2
Qg1+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ 35. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 (17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nd5 (18. Bd1 {-see
commented game 1-0 Lautier,J-Koch,J/Besancon 1999/CBM 73(Alterman,B] (40)})
18... Be5 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Gurevich,D/Las Vegas 1999/
CBM 72(Alterman,B] (45)}) (17. Bd1 {-see commented game 1-0 Van Wely,
L-Reinderman,D/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69 (Alterman,B] (57)}) 17... h5 $5 $146 ({
More popular moves in this position are:} 17... Qb4 18. Qb2 (18. Rc2 a4 19. Nd5
Qxd2 20. Bxd2 axb3 21. axb3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd5e7]} (22. Be3 $2
Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Ra3 (23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 $15 {[%csl Rb1,Rc2]}) 24. Rcb2
Rca8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Cerisier,P-Daillet,E/Montpellier 1991/EXT 99 (48)}) 22...
Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nd7 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nc5 27. b4 Na6 28. Bd2
$14) (18. Nd5 Bxd5 (18... Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. dxe6
fxe6 23. Bc4 $14 {0-1 Garza Marco,S-Mate Adan,C/Cala Galdana 1999/CBM 73 ext 
(42)}) 19. cxd5 Rcb8 20. Kh1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 b5 22. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa
Garcia,J-Spangenberg,H/Sevilla 1994/TD (37)}) 18... Qb6 19. Qf2 (19. a3 Bh6 20.
Qf2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd7 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. g3 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 $14 {1-0 Panno,
O-Nedilsky,D/Villa Ballester 2000/EXT 2001 (51)}) 19... h5 20. Rc2 Qd8 21. Rd1
b6 22. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Larsen,B/Hastings 1990/CBM 22 (58)}) ({and} 
17... Qd8 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Reinderman,D/Rotterdam 2000/
CBM 77[Tsesarsky,I] (41)}) (17... Qd8 18. Qf2 Be5 19. a3 Qf8 20. Rc2 e6 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Ne2 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ikonnikov,V-Loeffler,S/Tanta City
EGY 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (32)}) 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 $6 $11 {Positional
mistake which allows Black to build blockade on the dark squares. Bf1 hasn't
enough space...} ({Much better was} 19. cxd5 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1]} Qb4 20. Qd1 ({
Or} 20. Qf2 b5 21. Kh1 $1 ({Not} 21. Rc2 $6 {in view of} a4 22. a3 Qxa3 23.
bxa4 b4 (23... bxa4 24. Bc1 {[%csl Ra3]} Nxe4 $1 25. Bxa3 Nxf2 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Kxf2 Rc2+ 28. Be2 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Ra2 30. Bb4 a3 $44) 24. Ra2 Qc3 $132) 21...
Rc7 22. Qe2 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gf1b5]} Rb8 23. Rc2 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge3d2,Gd2b4]
threatening Bd2} a4 24. Bd2 $16) 20... b5 21. Kh1 $14) 19... Qb4 $1 20. Qf2 Re8
$1 {Right plan! Black promotes Pe7 and doesn't afraid of weakness d6.} 21. Rc2
(21. Re1 Bc3 22. Rec1 Be5 $132 (22... Bg7 $5)) 21... e6 $1 22. Rd1 (22. dxe6
Rxe6 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 23. Bd2 Qa3 24. Bc1 Qb4 25. Bd2 $11 {-like in our game.})
22... Rac8 23. g3 Rc7 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Bg5 (25. Bf4 Be5 $11) 25... a4 26. Bd2
Qa3 27. Bc1 Qb4 28. Bd2 Qa3 29. Bc1 {White hasn't any reason to avoid moves
repetition. Black threats to capture on b3, if White will capture on a4 he'll
leave with weaknesses a2 and c4.} (29. bxa4 Nxa4 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 {I am not a big
fun of the Kings Indian with black, so I decided to drop out the game of
theoretical railes.} 7. O-O (7. d5 {is more popular and leads to Benoni-type
positions.}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 {White doesn't afraid of
Ng4 move.} (10. f3 Nxd4 (10... Qb6 $5) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd2 {transforms to the
main line-10.Qd2.}) 10... Ng4 {The move of Leonid Stein, which he tried in his
game vs Kortschnoi in 1961 (draw in 63 moves was an outcome there). 10...Nxd4
is safer in order to play for an equality, while white keeps some edge
everywhere.} (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 (12... Nd7)) 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12.
f3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 (13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. b3 a6 16. a4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Rb8 18.
Ne2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. c5 dxc5 21. Rxc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adianto,U/
London 1994/CBM 42 ext (69)}) (13. Nde2 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 (15. c5 Ne5
{[%cal Ge5c4]}) 15... Ne5 16. b3 Bc6 17. Rc2 a6 18. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Komarov,
D-Relange,E/Paris 1999/EXT 2000 (31)}) 13... Rc8 14. b3 a6 15. Rac1 {Only
games I found in my database were 2 games from the girls U20 german
championship! :)} Re8 (15... f5 $5 {[%csl Yd5,Ye6] is an aggresive try, but I
don't like the holes in my position arised out of that move.}) (15... b5 16.
cxb5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 axb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Nd5 $16) 16. Nd5 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Qe3 Qa5 (19... b5 20. c5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {with clear
edge.}) (19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 b5 21. c5 {exactly the same position as in 19..b5
line.}) 20. b4 $1 Qxa2 {no way back.} (20... Qd8 21. c5 $16) 21. Nb6 Rc6 {
21...Rxc4 leads to a winning ending for white where white rooks dominate.} (
21... Rxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Rd2 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Bxb3 25. Rc7 $16) 22. Rd2 Qxd2
23. Qxd2 Rxb6 {[%mdl 1024] the material balance is R+B+1p for a queen, and
black has all chances for the successful defense here.} 24. c5 $1 dxc5 $6 (
24... Rc6 $142 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Qe3 Rd7 {but still far from a draw here.}) 25.
bxc5 $1 {opens b-file for white rook.} (25. Rxc5 Rd6 {would lead to the same
ending as in 24...Rc6 line.}) 25... Rc6 26. Rb1 Rc7 (26... Rxc5 27. Rxb7 Rec8
28. h4 {and black loses e7 pawn.}) 27. Rb6 Rec8 28. h4 h5 {otherwise h5-h6....
but now g6 is vulnerable.} 29. Kh2 Bd7 30. Qf4 Bc6 31. Qe5 Rd7 32. Rb3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3f4,Yb3f3,Yb3g3] white intends f4-f5 and to transfer the rook to the
kingside.} Rcd8 {This was logical to advance a-pawn to a4- it's just closer to
a promotion there.} (32... a5 $1) 33. Re3 Kh7 (33... a5 $1) 34. f4 Rg8 $2 {
34...e6 was necessary to get rid of e7-weakness, it weakens dark squares of
black's kingside, while white can't really exploit this.} (34... e6 $1 35. f5 (
35. Qf6 Re8 $1) 35... exf5 36. exf5 Rg8 {and I don't see a break.}) 35. f5 Rg7
36. Rf3 $1 {f-file will open soon.} Rd8 $1 {just to protect the backrank,
which is necessary as is shown in the following line.} (36... f6 37. fxg6+ Rxg6
38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39. Qf5 Rd2 40. Rg3 $16) (36... a5 37. fxg6+ fxg6 38. Rf8 $18 {
[%cal Ge5b8]}) 37. Qxe7 Re8 38. Qc7 gxf5 (38... Rxe4 39. f6 $18) 39. Rxf5 Rxe4
40. Rxh5+ Kg8 41. g3 (41. g4 Rgxg4 42. Qc8+ Be8 43. Rg5+ Rxg5 44. hxg5 Re7 {
and it looks like this is a fortress.}) 41... Re1 $2 {In the time trouble I
failed to find the saver.} (41... f6 $1 42. Qd8+ Re8 43. Qd2 (43. Qd1 Re3)
43... Rge7 $11) 42. Qd8+ Re8 43. Qd1 $1 $18 {prevents both Re2+ and Bf3.} (43.
Qd2 $1 Bf3 $19) 43... Re3 (43... a5 44. Rh6 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gh6d6,Gd6d8]} a4
$140 45. Qh5 $18) (43... Bb5 44. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 44. Rg5 $1 $18 {
That's it! white is trading rooks and stopping all counterplay of black.} Rxg5
45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxg5 Re6 {without h-pawn of white this would be a draw (that
ending appears in 41.g4 line), while now white wins on a kingside.} 47. Qd8 Kg7
48. g4 Re2+ 49. Kg3 Re3+ {inducing Kf4...} 50. Kf2 $1 {White doesn't fall into
a trap.} (50. Kf4 $2 Rf3+ 51. Kg5 $4 f6+ 52. Kh5 {[%tqu "En","find the
killer!","","","f3f5","",10]} Rf5+ $3 53. gxf5 Bf3#) 50... Re6 51. h5 Rf6+ 52.
Kg3 Re6 53. g5 Be8 54. Kf4 Kg8 55. Qa8 Re7 56. Qd8 Re6 57. Qc8 Re7 58. h6 {
Zugzwang! all black moves lead to a loss of material.} Kh8 (58... a5 59. Qd8
Re6 60. Qxa5 Re7 61. Qd8 Re6 62. Kf5 Kh7 (62... Kf8 63. Qd4 $18) 63. g6+ $18)
59. Qd8 Re6 60. Qd4+ f6 61. Kf5 {even better than 61.g6} Bf7 62. Qd8+ Bg8 (
62... Kh7 63. Qf8 {and mate in few}) 63. Qf8 Re5+ 64. Kxf6 Rf5+ {just for an
entertainment of the spectators :)} 65. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 $5 {Normally I play 12.f3,
but I though that this was a good moment to try out this new and more
ambitious idea. Normalerweise spiele ich 12.f3, aber ich hielt dies für einen
guten Moment, diese neuere ehrgeizige Idee zu erproben. Normalmente juego con
12.f3, pero pensé que era un buen momento para emplear esta idea más moderna y
ambiciosa.} a5 13. Rfe1 $6 {After some time I decided to move this rook to e1.
Nach einer Weile beschloss ich, diesen Turm nach e1 zu stellen. Después de un
rato, decidí colocar esta torre en "f1"} ({With the a1-rook on e1 Mit dem
a1-Turm wäre} 13. Rae1 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 $5 {there would have been an
extra possibility, but in any case Black had various different plans to choose
from. eine zusätzliche Möglichkeit gewesen, doch so oder so könnte Schwarz
zwischen verschiedenen Plänen wählen. Era una opción extra si hubiese llevado
la torre de "a1" , pero en todo caso, las negras tenían varios planes
diferentes para elegir.}) 13... Ng4 $1 $11 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 (15. f4 $2
Qb6+) 15... Nf6 (15... Ne5 $6 16. Qd4 Kg8 17. c5 $1 $36) 16. Qd4 (16. Bf1 $5
Qb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 {leads to a structure which is typical of the
Accelerated Dragon; I do not think that Black's problems here are all that
serious here, since e7 is his only weakness. führt zu einer Struktur, die für
den beschleunigten Drachen typisch ist; ich glaube, dass Schwarz hier keine
allzu großen Probleme haben sollte, da seine einzige Schwäche e7 ist. Se llega
a una estructura típica en el Dragón acelerado ; creo que las negras no deben
tener demasiados problemas aquí, ya que sólo tienen "e7" débil.}) 16... e5 $1
17. Qe3 (17. Qd3 $5 Qb6 (17... Qe7 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Nd7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f3 Rd2 24. Rb1 $14) 18. b3 Qd4 19. Rad1 Qxd3 20.
Bxd3 Rfd8 21. Bc2 Kf8 $11 {and Black has a very solid position.. und Schwarz
steht sehr solide. Y las negras están muy sólidas.}) 17... Nd7 $1 18. Rad1 Nc5
19. Rd2 Qe7 20. Bd1 $5 {I was not particularly optimistic about my position,
but at least I had the hope that my rival would not settle for the passive
approach which is is needed to handle such fortresses. Ich war nicht
sonderlich optimistisch in Bezug auf meine Stellung, aber zumindest hatte ich
die Hoffnung, dass mein Rivale die Passivität nicht zusagen würde, mit der man
derartige Festungen behandeln muss. No era muy optimista con respecto a mi
posición, pero al menos tenía la esperanza de que a mi rival no le gustase
mucho la pasividad con la que hay jugar este tipo de fortalezas.} a4 {I am not
sure whether this is a good move or a bad one... It does secure for Black the
opening of the a-file, should the b-pawn be advanced; but on the other hand
this pawn can also become weak in the endgame, as turned out to be the case in
the game. Ich bin nicht sicher, ob dies ein guter oder ein schlechter Zug ist..
. Zwar sichert sich Schwarz für den Fall des Vorrückens des b-Bauern die
Öffnung der a-Linie, andererseits kann im Endspiel dieser Bauer aber auch
schwach werden, wie es in der Partie kam. No estoy seguro de si es una jugada
buena o mala... Las negras se aseguran abrir la columna "a" en cuanto el peón
b se mueva, pero por otro lado, en los finales ese peón puede quedar débil,
como ocurrió en la partida.} (20... f5 $5 $132 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bg4 Rf6) 21.
Bc2 Rfd8 22. Red1 Ne6 23. Ne2 Qc7 $2 (23... Nc5 $1 $11 {Repeating moves was of
course one of the best chances, and I can assure you that it is extremely
difficult to find a decent plan to improve my position. Die Zugwiederholung
war natürlich eine der besten Möglichkeiten, und ich kann Ihnen versichern,
dass es extrem schwer ist, einen ordentlichen Plan zu finden, um meine
Stellung zu verbessern. Desde luego repetir era una de las mejores
posibilidades, y les aseguro que es extremadamente difícil encontrar un plan
decente para mejorar mi posición.}) 24. f4 $1 Qa5 (24... exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26.
Qxf4 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 $1 $16 {This is the key move after which White has a great
advantage. Das ist der Schlüsselzug, nach dem Weiß großen Vorteil hat. Esta es
la clave, y las blancas ya tienen gran ventaja.}) 25. f5 $1 Qc5 26. Kf2 $1 {
centralising the king for the coming endgame. Zentralisiert den König für das
kommende Endspiel. Centralizando el rey para el final venidero.} (26. Qf2 $5)
26... Qxe3+ 27. Kxe3 gxf5 (27... Nc5 28. Nc3 $5 (28. fxg6 $16)) 28. exf5 Nc7
29. Nc3 $5 (29. Rxd6 $5 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne8 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. h3 $16) 29... Kf8 (
29... Ne8 30. c5 $16) 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 a3 (31... Bxg2 32. Bxa4 $18) 32.
b4 Bxg2 33. Kf2 $18 {My idea was to drive Black's white-squared bishop back to
e8 so that it could never attack my weak pawns on c4 and a2. Meine Idee war,
den weißfeldrigen Läufer des Nachziehenden bis nach e8 zu treiben, damit er
niemals meine schwachen Bauern c4 und a2 attackieren kann. Mi idea era llevar
el alfil de casillas blancas hasta "e8" para que nunca pueda tocar mis peones
débiles de "c4" y "a2"} ({The computer move Der Computerzug} 33. Be4 $1 {
also wins. gewinnt ebenfalls. La jugada de computadora también gana.}) 33...
Bh1 (33... Bc6 34. b5 Be8 35. Be4 $18) 34. b5 $1 b6 {Black's position is
hopeless.  Die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos.  La posición negra es
desesperada.} 35. Rxb6 {Here I calculated a pretty line which led to victory;
in any case White's positional advantage is overwhelming. Hier berechnete ich
eine hübsche Zugfolge zum Sieg, allerdings ist der weiße Stellungsvorteil
sowieso schon überwältigend. Aquí calculé una bonita secuencia ganadora,
aunque la posición es ya de una ventaja abrumadora.} Rd8 36. Ke3 Rd4 37. f6
Rxc4 38. Rb8+ Ne8 39. Ne4 $3 {A very aesthetically pleasing move! Ein sehr
ästhetischer Zug! Jugada muy estética!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Van den Doel,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 {A pet line of Guseinov.} 10. Ndb5 (10. f3 e6 11. Qd2 d5 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 Ne8 15. f4 {is the main line. During the
preparation for this game I couldn't find an advantage for White in this
position. I also saw that Guseinov has a lot of experience with this position.
That is why I had decided to play the text move.}) 10... d6 11. Qd2 Re8 $6 ({
Apparently my opponent wanted to avoid} 11... Nd7 12. Bh6 {it seems Black is
OK though:} Bxh6 13. Qxh6 a6 14. Na3 Nd4 15. Qd2 e5 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Nc5
18. Rad1 Ne6) 12. Rfd1 Qd7 (12... Nd7 {was a better try.}) 13. f3 Rec8 14. Rac1
a6 $2 {Looks logical, but fatally weakens the black position.} 15. Na4 $1 axb5
16. Nxb6 Qd8 (16... Qe8 {does not make a difference.}) 17. cxb5 Ne5 18. Rxc8 $1
({After} 18. Nxc8 Bxc8 {the rook on a8 is an important defender, while the
rook on d1 is superfluous. By exchanging these rooks in between White gets a
winning position.}) 18... Rxc8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. a4 {The white pawn mass on
the queenside will decide the game.} Nc4 21. Qc2 (21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. b4 {
followed by Rc1 is winning as well, but I saw a forced line.}) 21... Nxe3 $8
22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rc1 Be6 (23... Bb7 24. Rc7) (23... Bd7 24. b6 Bxa4 25. b7
Nd7 26. Rc7 {wins.}) 24. b6 $18 Bh6 25. b7 Kg7 (25... Nd7 26. Rc7 f5 (26... Nb8
27. Rc8+ {winning}) 27. Rxd7) 26. b8=Q Nxg2 27. Rc3 Nf4 28. Bc4 d5 29. exd5 Bd7
30. a5 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Qb6 Be5 33. a6 Bf5 34. Qe3 Bf4 35. Qd4 {Thanks to
this win we won the match against Azerbaijan, an important step towards the
championship!} 1-0

[Event "Leeuwarden op"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Van der Wiel,J"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1997.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bf2 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Be5 16. Nb5 e6 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. Bd1 Rfd8 19. Re1 Be8 20. a3 Qc7 21. f4 Bg7
22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Bb3 Qd8 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 Nb6 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. h4 Ba4 30. Ba2 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. h5 gxh5 34. Nf5
Nc3 35. Qf4 Nxa2 36. Qg3 Qf6 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nxc8 Nxb4 39. Qh3 Qg6 40. Ne7 Qg4
41. Qh2 Nc6 42. Nd5 Ne5 43. Rxe5 Qd1+ 44. Be1 Qd4+ 45. Re3 Qxd5 46. Qg3 Bc6 47.
Bc3 Bxc3 48. Rxc3 Qd4+ 49. Re3 Be4 50. Qf4 f5 51. Kh2 Kg7 52. Rg3+ Kf6 53. Qh6+
Ke5 54. Qg7+ Kd5 55. Qxb7+ Ke5 56. Qg7+ Kd5 57. Qf7+ Kc5 58. Qxh5 Qd2 59. Qh4
Qd6 60. Qg5 Qe5 61. Qd8 Kc4 62. Qg8+ Kc5 63. Qf8+ Kc4 64. Qf7+ Bd5 65. Qh5 Be4
66. Kh3 Qa1 67. Qf7+ Kc5 68. Qc7+ Kd5 69. Qd8+ Kc5 70. Qc8+ Kd5 71. Qb7+ Kc5
72. Qc8+ Kd5 73. Qd8+ Kc5 74. Kh4 Qh1+ 75. Kg5 Qc1+ 76. Kh5 Qh1+ 77. Rh3 Bf3+
78. Kh6 Qxg2 79. Qa5+ Kd4 80. Qb4+ Ke5 81. Qc5+ Ke4 82. Rh4+ Kd3 83. Qc4+ Ke3
84. Qd4+ Ke2 85. Qe5+ Kf1 86. Rh2 $18 Qg4 87. Qe3 $2 $138 (87. Qa1+ Bd1 88.
Rh1+ $18) 87... Qg3 $4 (87... Bg2 $1 $11) 88. Qc1+ $4 (88. Rh1+ $18) 88... Qe1
89. Qc4+ Kg1 90. Rh4 Qe3+ 91. Rf4 $6 Be4 92. Qc7 $6 Kg2 93. Kg5 Kg3 94. Qe5 Qc1
95. Qb8 Qe3 96. Qc7 Qd2 97. Qb8 Qe3 98. Qd6 Qc1 99. Qa3+ $4 Qxa3 100. Rg4+ fxg4
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