[Event "Tel Aviv GP weekend"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Ba6 {
A rare move in this position,but it looks not so bad even according to the
theory.} 8. Nf4 $5 {[%mdl 8] This variation was a big surprise for me ,because
Yacov generally plays Queen qambit accepted,so it was clear,that he prepared
this line,that's why i decided not to play theoretical 8a3,but i was really
wondered ,that this logical move is a novelty.} (8. a3 Bxc3 (8... Be7 $143 9.
Nf4 (9. Ng3 Nc6 $6 (9... d5 $142 $5) 10. b4 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f4
$16 {1-0 Zilberman,N-Bangiev,A/Cheliabinsk 1975/MCD (57)}) 9... Nc6 10. b4 Bb7
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Nd3 c5 15. bxc6 dxc6 16. Bf3 $14 {
[%csl Gb6,Gc6] 1-0 Knaak,R-Plachetka,J/Trnava 1983/MCD (41)}) 9. Nxc3 (9. Qxc3
O-O 10. d5 (10. b4 d6 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O (13. d5 e5 14. Nd3 Qh4
15. O-O Nf6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. c5 Bc8 19. Nf2 f5 $13 {0-1 Lutz,
C-Zsinka,L/Budapest 1989/CBM 14 (38)}) 13... Qg5 14. f3 e5 15. Nh3 exd4 16.
Qxd4 Qe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Zsinka,L/Budapest 1982/MCD (19)}) (10. Nf4 d6
11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Nd5 c6 15. Nb4 Qe7 16. d5 c5 17. Nc6
Qe8 18. b4 Nf6 19. b5 a5 $13 {0-1 Hoi,C-Iskov,G/Hillerod 1980/MCD (52)}) 10...
exd5 11. cxd5 c5 12. dxc6 (12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 $5 {[%cal Gg3f5]}) 12... Nxc6
13. Nf4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rc8 15. Rd1 {[%csl Gd5,Rd7]} Re8 16. h4 Re5 17. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Bisguier,A/Lone Pine 1978/MCL (17)}) 9... d5 10. b4 dxc4 (
10... Bxc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qe2 $14) 11. b5 Bb7 12. e4 a6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O
axb5 15. Bxb5 Qe7 16. a4 Rd8 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Huebner,R-De
Firmian,N/Manila 1990/CBM 19 (40)}) 8... d6 (8... d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 (10.
Rxf1 Bxc3) 10... Bxc3 (10... exd5 $2 11. Nfxd5 $1 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd2 13. Nxc7+
Kd7 14. Nxa8 Nc6 {[%csl Ga8]} 15. d5 Ne5 16. a3 {[%csl Gd2]} b5 (16... Rxa8 17.
Ke2 Ba5 18. b4 $18) 17. Ke2 Ba5 18. b4 Bd8 19. Rac1 $18) 11. bxc3 exd5 12. c4
dxc4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Qxc4 $14) (8... O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 (10. a3 $140 Bd6
11. cxd5 Bxf4) 10... Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. b4 $14) 9. Be2 {
[%cal Ge2f3]} Nd7 10. Bf3 (10. Nd3 $5) 10... Rb8 (10... Bxc4 $2 11. Bxa8 Qxa8
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 $16 {[%csl Gc7]}) (10... Rc8 $142 11. Nd3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 {
[%cal Gd3b4]} c6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 13. O-O (13. Nb4 Bb7 14. c5 (14. d5 $140 $2
cxd5 15. Qxg7 Qf6 $1) 14... d5) 13... O-O 14. Rfc1 d5 15. b3 $11) 11. Nd3 $1
Bxc3 (11... c5 $2 12. Nxb4 cxb4 13. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 12. Qxc3 {[%cal
Gd3b4]} Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. b4 $1 $14 O-O $2 (14... c5 $2 15. dxc5 {[%csl
Gg7]}) (14... c6 $142 $14) 15. b5 {[%csl Gc6]} a5 {[%csl Gb4]} 16. a4 Qa8 (
16... Qe7) 17. c5 $1 (17. O-O Rbb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 c6 $1 $11) 17... Rbb8
18. c6 $16 Nf6 19. Qb2 $1 (19. f3 $143 Nd5 20. Qd2 f5 $14) (19. Qb3 $5) (19.
O-O $143 Nd5 20. Qb3 f5 21. Rae1 Rbe8 22. e4 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd8 $11) 19... Rfe8
(19... d5 20. Ne5 $16) (19... Nd5 20. e4 $16) 20. f3 Re7 21. e4 Rbe8 22. O-O-O
Qc8 23. Qc3 $1 Rf8 (23... e5 $140 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Nb2 $16 {[%cal Gb2c4]}) 24.
g4 Rfe8 25. Rd2 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2c4]} Qe6 28. Nc4 h6 29.
Rhd1 $18 g6 30. Kb2 Kg7 31. h4 Kg8 32. Ne3 Rc8 $6 (32... Rb8 33. g5 (33. Rd3 $5
{[%cal Gc3d2,Gg4g5]}) 33... hxg5 34. hxg5 Nh7 35. Nd5 Nxg5 36. Nxe7+ Qxe7 37.
Rd7 $18) 33. Nf5 $1 gxf5 34. exf5 Nd5 35. fxe6 $1 {Rook ending is easily
winning for white,because black cannot to protect c7-pawn.} (35. Rxd5 Qf6 $16)
35... Nxc3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Kxc3 {[%csl Gc7]} Rxd8 38. Rxd8 Rxe6 (38... fxe6
39. Rd7 Kf7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Kd3 $18) 39. Rd7 Rf6 40. Rxc7 Rxf3+ 41. Kd2 Rf4
42. Rb7 Rxa4 43. Rxb6 Rc4 44. Rb7 $1 {It's clear,that black hopeless against
two pawns and rook.} a4 45. c7 a3 46. b6 a2 47. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. g3 d6
9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Nb5 Ra8 13. f5 a6 14. Nbc3 Rc8 15. h3 c6
16. e4 b5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. g4 h6 20. Ng3 Nb6 21. Nd5 Nbxd5 22.
exd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 Bb7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Rc4 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Ne4 Rfc8 28.
Qh5 Rc2 29. Rad1 Kf8 30. Rf3 $2 {Kmoch} Ke7 (30... Rxb2 {Fritz} 31. Rg3 Qd8 32.
Ng5 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Qf6 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7 Rc3 $17) 31. b3 $2 (31. b4 R2c4 (
31... Qc7 32. Nc5) (31... R8c4 32. Ng5)) 31... b4 $1 32. axb4 Ba6 {Nach
einstündigem Nachdenken gab hier Rubinstein die Partie auf.} (32... Ba6 33.
Ng3 Rb2 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3
d6 (8... Re8 $5 {[ /\ b5!? ]}) 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O a6 $6 (11... c6
$14) 12. Bf4 $1 {[ xd6 ]} Rc8 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Be3 $1 $16 {[ x b6 ]
} Qd8 16. b4 c6 $2 17. e5 $1 $18 cxd5 (17... N6d7 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. dxc6 Rxc6
20. b5 $18) 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Na4 dxc4 20. Nxb6 d5 {[ Best practical chance ]}
21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. f4 Bd8 23. Qc3 Nd7 24. Bf3 Nb6 {[ The battle now revolves
around the d5 square which Black needs to protect in order to play e5 ]} 25.
Kh1 Na4 26. Qc2 Bc6 27. Ne2 Kh8 28. Bd4 f6 29. Ba1 Nb6 30. Nc3 Bc7 31. g3 Rd8
32. Qg2 Qa8 33. Rd2 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Nxd5 $1 {[#] [ Just when Black looks
like he is getting some chances this well calculated tactical blow finishes
the game ]} Rxd5 (35... Nxd5 36. Rfd1 Ne7 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bxc6 Nxc6 39. Rd6
$18) 36. Rxd5 Nxd5 37. Rd1 Nxb4 (37... Ne3 38. Bxc6 $18) 38. Bxc6 Nxc6 39. Rd7
Qb7 40. h4 Qb6 41. Qf3 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 {[ Although Black has won
back some material he has no coordination and cannot defend his back rank so ]}
1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. e4
Re8 9. g3 {[#]} b5 10. cxb5 Nxe4 11. Bg2 (11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Nd2 (12. N4c3 d4)
12... d4 13. f3 d3 14. Nc3 Bc5+ 15. Nde4 d5 16. Bxd3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd7 18. Qb3
Ne5 $17) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. bxc6 dxc6 16.
Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Ra2 Nd7 18. O-O Bb6 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Re1
Red8 23. Nf5 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nc4 Bc5 28. Na5 Bf8 29.
Re6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. c4 Ne7 32. Rb2 Rc7 33. a4 Kf7 34. Bc3 Bc5 35. Nb7 (
35. Nb7 Bb6 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Ne8 Rd7 38. Re2+ Kf7 39. Nxf6) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. g3 $5 (9. Nf4) 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bg2 Bd6
14. O-O Bxf4 15. exf4 Nd7 16. a4 Nf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bb7 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20.
Rab1 Re8 21. Rb4 Re7 22. Rfb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 (
8. e4 $5 {Euwe-O'Kelly (12)}) 8... b5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nxb5 c5 11. Nd6 $2 (11.
f3 $8 {P e2, 0-0}) 11... Bc6 12. e4 Qc7 13. Nb5 (13. e5 $6 Ne8 $1 {e.g.} 14.
Nxe8 $2 Qxe5+) 13... Qb7 14. e5 (14. f3 d5 $1) 14... Ne4 15. Be3 (15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. f3) (15. f3 Rxf3 $3 {or} (15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rxf3 $3)) 15... a6 16. Nc3
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg2 $17 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Rg1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rf7 21. Qh5 Qa4 22.
Qg4 Nc6 23. Qe4 Raf8 24. Nh5 Kh8 25. Rg4 Na5 26. Kg2 Qc6 $2 (26... Qxa3) 27.
Ng3 (27. Qxc6 Nxc6 $15) 27... Nxc4 $4 $138 28. Qxc6 Nxe3+ 29. fxe3 dxc6 (29...
Rf2+ 30. Kg1 dxc6 31. Rb7 R2f7 $8) 30. Ne4 $1 g6 {(.)} (30... g5) 31. Rb7 Kg7
32. Rf4 g5 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rc7 a5 35. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 36. exd6 $18 {[P d6-d7-d8,
e.g. 36... f6 37.d7 e7 38.d8 +; 37... f8 38. e8]} 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. e4 $5
(8. g3 {Botvinnik-O'Kelly (5)}) 8... d6 9. g3 c6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nd4 Bc8 12.
Bg2 $6 (12. Bh3 e5 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Nf5 $14) 12... e5 13. Nf5 Na6 $1 (13...
Bxf5 14. exf5 $14 {/^}) 14. O-O Nc5 15. Be3 Kh8 $1 (15... Ne6 {(/\ 15...c5, 16.
..Nd4)} 16. f4 c5 17. Nd5 $1 $16) 16. Bxc5 $5 bxc5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Be6 19.
Ne3 a6 20. Qd3 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Na4 Qb8 23. Qc3 Qa7 24. Ra2 Be6 $2 (24...
Qd4 $8 {=}) 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. c5 $1 $16 Qc7 (26... dxc5 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 (27...
Rxd8 28. Qxe5 $1) 28. Qxc5) 27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxd2 30. Qxf8+
Bg8 31. Ra1 Qb6 32. Bf1 Rb2 $2 (32... Rd4 $8 33. Rxa6 Qxb4 34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. f3
$18 {[קc6, קe5]}) 33. Bc4 Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2 35. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "Match Eliskases-Spielmann +2-0=8"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1937.06.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O a5 12. e4 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Nd4
a4 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bc4 18. Rd2 Bb3 19. Qb1 Nfd7 20. f4 g6 21. Nc6 Qc8 22.
Qf1 f5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Re8 27. d6 c6 28. Qf3
Re4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Qe3 Bd5 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. g4 Re8 33. Bg3 Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Qxd6
35. g5 Qe5 36. h4 Nb3 37. Rdf2 Nd4 38. Re1 c5 $2 (38... Nf5 $1 39. Qf4 {
39 Qxb6? Qg3} e3 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf4 Bxg2 42. Kxg2 $15) 39. Qf4 Nf5 40. Qxe5
Rxe5 41. Rf4 e3 42. Rxa4 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Rd5 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Re2 $1 Nd4+ 46. Rxd4
Rxd4 47. Rxe3 Rxh4 48. Kg3 Rd4 49. Rb3 Rd6 50. Kf4 Re6 51. a4 Kf7 52. Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot-Kadyr"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf4 (7. f3
Nxc3 8. Nxc3 Qh4+ $10) (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3) 7... Bxc3+ (7... f5 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rb1 c5 (11... Nc6 12. c5 $1 Bxf4 13. exf4 Qf6 14. Rd1
Ne7 15. c4 Bc6 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. g3 bxc5 $6 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxc5
Rf7 21. Qxc7 $16 {[%emt 0:00:46] Pein,M-De Firmian,N/Bermuda (04) ;CBM 1995})
12. e4 $1 fxe4 $2 (12... cxd4 $1 13. exf5 Qf6 $13 {Sherbakov}) 13. Bxe4 Bxf4
14. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 $1 Qh4 16. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 17. Kxh2 Nc6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19.
Qe4 Rf8 20. g3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qd2 22. Kg2 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Rbd1 $16 {
Sherbakov-Kiselev herbakov-Kiselev/RUS-chT Elista; CBM 44/1994}) 8. bxc3 f5 9.
Bd3 Qh4 10. O-O g5 (10... O-O 11. f3 Nf6 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 $16) 11. Ne2 g4
12. Ng3 Ng5 (12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 $1 Qh5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc6 16. d5 $16)
13. e4 f4 (13... fxe4 14. Bxg5 (14. Nxe4 $4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 g3 16. Bg6+ hxg6 17.
Qxg6+ Nf7 $19) 14... Qxg5 (14... exd3 $4 15. Qd2 $18) 15. Bxe4 $16 (15. Nxe4
$16)) (13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $16 g3 $2 16. Bg6+ hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd8
18. Bg5+ $18) 14. Bxf4 Nf3+ 15. gxf3 gxf3 16. Kh1 Qxf4 17. e5 $16 Qh4 (17...
Nc6 18. Nh5 Qh4 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Rg1 $16) 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc6 20. Rg1 Rf8
(20... O-O-O 21. Bxf3 Rdf8 22. Rg3 Rhg8 23. Rag1 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 $16) 21. Bxc6 $1
(21. Rg7 O-O-O 22. Rxh7 Qf4 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. Rg3 Rxh7 25. Bxh7 Rh8 26. h3 Na5
27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxc4 29. Bxf3 $16) 21... dxc6 22. Qa4 O-O-O (22... Qe4 $2
23. Rae1 b5 24. Qa6 $18) 23. Qxc6 $18 Kb8 24. Rg7 (24. a4 $2 Rf5 25. Rg7 (25.
Rg3 $4 Rh5 26. h3 Qxh3+ $1 27. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 28. Kg1 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rh1#) 25... Rc8
26. Qxe6 Rh5 27. h3 Qxf2 28. a5 Qh4 $14) 24... Rc8 25. Rg3 (25. c5 Qxf2 26.
cxb6 axb6 27. Rb1 Rf7 $1 $13) 25... Qh6 26. Rag1 $2 (26. a4 $1 Rf4 (26... Qd2
27. a5 Qxc3 28. Rgg1 $18) 27. h3 Rh4 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. a5 $18) 26... Qd2 27. Rxf3
Rxf3 28. Qxf3 Qxa2 $16 29. c5 bxc5 30. c4 $2 (30. dxc5 Rd8 31. c4 $16 {/\Qe4} (
31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. c6 a5 $10)) 30... cxd4 31. Qe4 Rd8 32. Rb1+ Kc8
33. Qb7+ Kd7 34. Qb5+ Kc8 $10 (34... Ke7 $2 35. Qc5+ Ke8 36. Qc6+ Kf8 37. Qf3+
Ke8 38. Rg1 $18) 35. Qb7+ Kd7 36. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 (6... Bb7 7. Nf4 (
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rb1 Bxf4
12. exf4 Rf6 13. Be3 Rh6 14. f3 Nc6 15. c5 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 $15 {Sokolov,
I-Kortschnoi/New York CITS/1996}) 7. Nf4 $6 {N} (7. a3 {>=} Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Bb7
9. d5 (9. b3)) 7... c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Qe2 $6 (11.
O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Be3 Nc6 $15 {/^a8-h1,><c4}) 11... O-O 12. h4 Bb7 13. Kf1
Qf6 14. Rh3 Nc6 15. Rb1 Ba6 $15 16. Nh5 $6 (16. Kg1 Rac8 (16... Rae8 $15) 17.
Be3 Qf7 $15 {/\e5} (17... Na5 18. c5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 $132)) 16... Qf7 17. Bf4 Be7
$1 {פh5} 18. Rg3 g6 19. Bg5 (19. Bh6 Rfe8) 19... Bxg5 20. Rxg5 Rae8 $17 {/\e5}
21. Qd2 (21. f4 Kh8 22. Ng3 h6 $19) 21... e5 22. Ng3 (22. d5 Na5 23. Rb4 h6 24.
Rg3 Kh7 $19) 22... Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 24. Kg1 exd4 $19 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5
gxf5 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ (28. Qf6+ Qf7 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd8 $19) 28...
Ke7 29. cxd4 Kd8 30. Rd1 Qe2 31. Rd2 Qe6 32. Qf4 Qd5 33. f3 Kc8 34. Kf2 Kb7 35.
h5 Nb4 36. a3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Horvath,T} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 (6. Qc2 {
Horvath,T} Bb7 7. a3 (7. Ng3 $6 Qh4 $1 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11.
Ne2 $2 Rf6 12. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 13. Qd1 Bf3 $1 {Bareev-Zsinka/Naestved/1988} 14.
gxf3 Rh6 15. Re1 Qxh2+ 16. Kf1 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Qh1#) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9.
Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 $14) 6... Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 (7... Ba6 {Horvath,T} 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 $14) 8. d5 {N} (8. a3 Be7 (8... Bxc3 {Horvath,T} 9. Nxc3 O-O
10. Bd3 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bf3 12. e4 $40) 9. Nf4 (9. e4) 9... Bg5 10. Bd3 O-O 11.
O-O Bxf4 12. exf4 d5 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 d4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng5 Qd5 17. Nf3
Qxc5 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $36 {Rodriguez,Or-Sokolov,I/Barcelona/1992}) (8. a3
Be7 9. d5 O-O 10. g3 exd5 11. Bg2 c6 12. cxd5 c5 13. O-O d6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Rab1
Ba6 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Qd1 $14 {Gurevich,D-de Firmian/USA-ch/1986})
8... Na6 9. g3 (9. a3 $5 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Nc5 11. Rb1 d6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Be2 {()})
9... Nc5 10. Bg2 Ba6 $5 11. Rd1 $1 (11. a3 $4 Nb3) (11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Bc6+ Ke7
13. Bxa8 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Qxa8 15. e4 Bxc4 16. Qg5+ Kf8 $44) (11. Qd4 O-O 12. O-O
e5 $1 13. Qxe5 Bxc4 $15) (11. b3 {Horvath,T} b5 $1) 11... Bxc4 12. Qd4 Bxe2 13.
Kxe2 (13. Qxg7 $2 Bxd1 14. Qxh8+ Ke7 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Kxd1 Nd3 17. Ke2 Nxb2
18. Nb5 c6 19. dxc6 dxc6 20. Bxc6 Rd2+ 21. Kf3 Nd3 $15) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O
15. b4 $1 (15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 $17) 15... Na4 16. Qc2 b5 17. dxe6
fxe6 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. e4 $8 d5 $1 (19... Nb6 20. Rhe1 $14 {/\Kf1}) (19... Rf7
$5 {Horvath,T /\Qb7;Nb6;Nc4}) 20. Qxc7 (20. exd5 $6 exd5 21. Qxc7 Qe8+ 22. Kf1
Qe4 23. Rg1 Nb2 $40) (20. Rhe1 $2 dxe4 21. Kf1 e3 22. Rxe3 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Rxf2+
24. Kxf2 Qxh2+ $19) 20... a5 $1 (20... dxe4 $2 21. Rd7 $19) (20... Rc8 21. Qd7
Nc3+ 22. Ke3 Nxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc3+ 24. Rd3 Rxd3+ 25. Kxd3 dxe4+ 26. Kd4 $16) 21.
bxa5 (21. exd5 axb4 $36 {/\Nc3}) (21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rc8 23. Qd7 Nc3+ 24. Ke3
Nxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qa3+ 26. Ke2 Qa2+ 27. Ke1 (27. Rd2 Qc4+) 27... Rf8 $1 28. Qxe6+
Kh8 $10) 21... b4 22. Kf1 Nc3 23. Kg2 Qa6 $1 (23... dxe4 $2 24. Rd7 e3+ 25. Kh3
(25. Qb7 $2 Rxf2+ 26. Kh3 Qf8 $17) 25... Qe4 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg4 $18 (27. Rf7
$1 {Horvath,T} Rg8 28. f3 $18)) 24. Qb6 (24. Rd2 $5 Nxe4 25. Rb2 Qd3 26. f4 Ng5
27. h4 Qe4+ 28. Kh2 Nf3+ 29. Kh3 Ng5+ 30. Kh2 Nf3+ $10) 24... Qxb6 (24... Qe2
$6 25. Qe3 $1 (25. Rde1 $2 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Qxe2 $40) 25... Qxe3 26.
fxe3 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Ra8 (27... dxe4 28. Rd4 Ra8 29. Rxb4 Rxa5 30. a4 $16) 28.
exd5 Rxa5 29. d6 Rxa2+ 30. Kf3 Ra8 31. Ke4 Kf7 32. Rf1+ Ke8 33. Ke5 Ra3 34. e4
Re3 35. Ra1 $16) 25. axb6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 $10 27. Rb1 $5 (27. exd5 exd5 28.
Rxd5 Rxb6 {Horvath,T} 29. Rd3 Ra6 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Rb2 $14) 27... Rxb6 28. Kf3
Kf7 29. Ke3 Ra6 30. Rb2 Ra4 31. Kd3 Kf6 (31... dxe4+ $2 32. Kc4 $16 {/\Kb3})
32. Kc2 Ra3 33. Kb1 $6 (33. exd5 exd5 34. Kb1 Ra4 (34... Rf3 $2 35. Rxb4 Rxf2
36. Rf4+ (36. Rb2 {Horvath,T} Rf1+ 37. Kc2 Ke5 $10) 36... Rxf4 37. gxf4 Ke6 38.
Kc2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Kc3 $18) 35. Kc2 Ra3 $10) 33... dxe4 34. Rxb4 e3 35. f3
(35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. a4 e5 $10) (35. Re4 $1 {Horvath,T} exf2 36. Rf4+ $10) 35...
e5 36. Re4 h5 37. Kb2 Rd3 38. a4 g5 39. h3 $2 (39. a5 Kf5 40. a6 Rd6 41. Rxe3
Rxa6 42. Rb3 $10) (39. Kc2 Ra3 (39... Rd2+ {Horvath,T} 40. Kc3 Rxh2 41. Rxe3 h4
42. gxh4 gxh4 43. a5 Ra2 44. Kb4 h3 45. f4 $10) 40. Kb2 Rd3 41. Kc2 $10) 39...
e2 $15 40. a5 Rxf3 41. a6 Rd3 42. a7 Rd8 43. Rxe2 Ra8 44. Rf2+ Ke6 45. g4 Rxa7
$1 (45... hxg4 46. hxg4 Rxa7 47. Rf5 Rg7 48. Kc3 Kd5 49. Kd3 $10) 46. Rf5 (46.
gxh5 Rh7 $17) 46... Rg7 47. Kc3 h4 $1 48. Kd3 Ra7 49. Rxg5 Kd5 50. Rh5 $2 (50.
Rg8 $1 Ra3+ 51. Ke2 Rxh3 52. g5 Ke4 53. g6 Rg3 54. Rh8 $10) 50... Ra3+ 51. Ke2
Ke4 $1 (51... Rxh3 $2 52. g5 Ke4 53. g6 $10) 52. Rxh4 Ra2+ $19 53. Kd1 (53. Ke1
Ke3 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Ke1 e4 56. Rh8 Ra1+ 57. Kd2 e3+ 58. Kd3 Rd1+ 59. Kc2 e2 $19
) 53... Kd3 54. Kc1 Rc2+ 55. Kb1 e4 56. Rh6 Rg2 57. Rd6+ Ke2 58. h4 e3 59. Rf6
Kd2 60. Rd6+ Ke1 61. Rf6 Rf2 (61... Rf2 62. Re6 e2 63. g5 Kf1 64. g6 e1=Q+ 65.
Rxe1+ Kxe1 66. h5 Rg2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. f3 (6. Bd2) (6. Qc2) 6...
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8. Ng3 (8. e4 Nc6 9. Ng3 Ba6 10. Bd3 Na5 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O
Qd7 13. Rb1 h5 $1 14. Re1 h4 15. Nf1 c5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Nd2 e5 18. f4 Bf6 $132
{Sokolov,I-Johansen/Manila ol/1992}) 8... Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qe2 c6
(11... O-O 12. e4 $14) (11... h5 $5 12. f4 h4 13. Ne4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
exd5 (15... Qxd5 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. e4 Qh5 18. Nf3 $14) 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. f5 $36 {
/\e4}) (11... c5 12. d5 $14) (11... d5 $1 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 (13...
exd5 $6 14. Nf5 O-O 15. e4 $16) 14. e4 Qc4 15. Qe3 O-O (15... O-O-O $5) 16. f4
c5 $132) 12. f4 $1 (12. e4 d5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 cxd5 15. e5 g6 16. f4 h5
$15) 12... d5 (12... g6 13. e4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 cxd5 (15... exd5 16.
e5 $16) 16. f5 $1 dxe4 17. Qb5+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ (18. Qe5 $5 O-O-O 19. fxe6 Qxe6
20. Qxe6+ fxe6 21. Rf7 Rd7 22. Nxe4 Nc4 23. Bh6 $16) 18... Kxd7 19. fxg6 f5 (
19... fxg6 20. Nxe4 Rhf8 21. Bh6 Rf5 22. g4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Ke8 24. Rf3 Rc8 25.
Bg5 $14 {/\Rh3})) 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd5 (14... cxd5 15. f5 O-O 16. e4 $36
) 15. f5 h5 (15... O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qg4 $40) 16. f6 $5 (16. e4
$5 h4 $1 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. f6 gxf6 19. Ba3 f5 (19... c5 20. Nxf6+
Bxf6 21. Rxf6 O-O-O 22. Qa6+ Qb7 23. Qxb7+ Nxb7 24. dxc5 $16) 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxf5 Bxa3 23. Re1+ Kf8 24. Rf1 $18) 17. Ne2 {/\e5} dxe4 18. Qxe4
Qd5 (18... O-O 19. Qg4 $16) 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Nf4 Qe4 21. Bd2 (21. Ba3 $6 Qe3+
22. Kh1 Qxc3 $17) 21... O-O-O 22. Rac1 (22. Rae1 Qc2 $13) 22... Qe7 23. Nh5 Nc4
$13) 16... Bxf6 17. e4 dxe4 (17... h4 $6 18. Nf5 g6 19. e5 gxf5 20. exf6 Qxf6
21. Rxf5 $40) 18. Nxe4 $44 Be7 19. Bf4 (19. Qg3 Qd5 (19... g6 20. Qe5 O-O 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Ng5 $16) (19... Rg8 20. Bg5 $40) 20. Qxg7 O-O-O 21. Nf6
(21. Rxf7 $2 Rdg8 $17) 21... Bxf6 (21... Qc4 $5 22. Bd2 Qd3 23. Rad1 Nc4 24.
Qxf7 Nxd2 25. Qe6+ Kb8 26. Qxe7 Qxc3 $13) 22. Qxf6 Rhg8 23. Qf5+ Rd7 24. Qxd5
cxd5 25. Rf5 $14) 19... h4 $1 (19... O-O 20. Ng3 $1 h4 (20... g6 21. Bh6 Re8
22. Nxh5 $16) 21. Nh5 $1 g6 22. Be5 $1 gxh5 23. Rf5 Bg5 24. Re1 $1 Qe7 (24...
f6 25. Rxg5+ $1) (24... b5 25. Bc7 $1) 25. Bg3 Qd8 26. Bc7 Qxc7 27. Rxg5+ Kh8
28. Rxh5+ Kg7 29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Rf5#) (19... Qd7 20. Be5 f6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Rxf6 Qe8 25. Rf7 $40) 20. Rae1 O-O 21. Nd2 Qd7 22.
Nf3 Rae8 23. Bg5 Bd8 (23... h3 $1 {>=} 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. gxh3 Re8
$10) 24. Bxh4 Bxh4 25. Nxh4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rf1 Qg4 28. Nf5 Re6 29. h3
Qe2 30. Qg3 Rg6 31. Qf3 Qxf3 $2 (31... Qe8 $142 $10) 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rxf3 $16
Re6 (33... Rf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nc8 $18) 34. Rxf7 Nc4 35. d5 cxd5 36. Nxd5 a5
37. Rf4 Ne3 (37... b5 {>=} 38. Kf2 $16) 38. c4 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Rd6 40. Rd4 $18
Kg6 (40... b5 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Ke4 $18) 41. a4 Kf5 42. Kf2 Ke5 43.
Ke3 Rxd5 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. h4 (45. h4 Ke5 (45... Kc4 46. h5 b5 47. axb5 Kxb5
48. g4 a4 49. Kd2 Kc4 50. g5 $18) 46. Kd3 Kf4 47. Kc4 Kg3 48. Kb5 Kxg2 49. Kxb6
Kg3 50. h5 Kg4 51. Kxa5 Kxh5 52. Kb4 g5 53. a5 g4 54. a6 g3 55. a7 g2 56. a8=Q
g1=Q 57. Qh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Budapest Tungsram-04"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1978.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fernandez Gonzalez, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1978.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Nxc3 8.
Nxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b4 d5 (10... d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 $14 {Ivkov,B-Kortschnoj,
V/Amsterdam/1976/}) 11. Bb2 Nd7 (11... dxc4 $6 12. Bxc4 Bxg2 13. d5 f6 14. dxe6
$18) 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. c5 $14 c6 14. Bd3 Nb8 15. a4 (15. O-O $6 Ba6) 15... Qd7 (
15... Ba6 $2 16. b5 $16) 16. Qc2 f5 17. O-O b5 (17... Ba6 $6 18. b5 $1 cxb5 19.
Qe2 $16) 18. Ra1 Ba6 19. a5 Rce8 20. f3 Bc8 21. Bc3 Na6 22. Qb2 $6 (22. e4 $2
dxe4 23. fxe4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Qxd4+ $17) (22. Kh1 $5 $14 {/\e4}) 22... Qe7 23.
Rae1 Bd7 24. Re2 (24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc7 27. Qc2 $14) 24... Rf7
25. Be1 $1 e5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Bc3 Qe7 28. f4 Qh4 29. Rf3 Re6 30. Rh3 Qe7 31.
Be5 (31. Bd4 $5 Nc7 32. Rf2 $16 {/\Rf2-f3-g3}) 31... Rf8 32. Rh5 $6 Rxe5 33.
fxe5 g6 34. Rh3 Re8 35. Rf3 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rb2 $10 g5 38. Rg3 $4 (38.
Rf1 Kg7 39. Kf2 $10) 38... g4 39. h3 h5 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Bc2 Kg7 42. Kf2 Nc7
43. Rb1 Ne8 44. Rh1 Nf6 45. Bd3 {45...Ne4 46.Be4 de 47.Rd1 Rd5 -+} 0-1

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3
d6 9. Be2 c6 10. e4 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Bf3 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Rfe8 16. Bg5 h6 (16... Nfxd5 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxb7 $16) (16... Ncxd5 17.
Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nce4 $18) 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qd4 Nb5 19.
Nxb5 Qxb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rec1 Qd8 23. a5 $1 bxa5 24. Rxa5 a6 25. b4
Rc8 26. Rca1 Qc7 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Ra8 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Rcb1 Ba6 31. R5b4 Qd8
32. Bb6 Qd7 33. Bd4 Qd8 34. Ra1 $1 $16 Nd7 35. h3 Nc5 (35... Ne5 $5 36. Be4 $16
) 36. Nh5 f5 37. Nf4 Qg5 38. h4 Qxh4 39. Ne6 Qe7 (39... Ne4 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41.
Nc7 $18) 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. d6 Qxd6 (41... Qxe6 42. Bxa8 $1 Rxa8 43. Rb6 Bb7 (
43... Qc4 44. d7 $1 Be7 45. Qe3 Kf8 46. Qf3 $18) 44. Rxa8 Bxa8 45. d7 Qxb6 46.
d8=Q Qxd8 47. Qxd8 $18) (41... Qxd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Bxa8 Rxa8 44. Rb6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia II"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qh4 $5 {N} 10. b3 O-O $6 (10... d6 11. Bb2 (11. c5 dxc5 12.
dxc5 O-O 13. Bb2 f6 $13) 11... Nd7 12. d5 (12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 (13. Bb5 O-O-O
$1) 13... Nxc5 14. Bb5+ (14. Qxg7 O-O-O $1) 14... c6 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Be2
Rhg8 $132) 12... Nf6 $1 (12... e5 13. Be2 $14) 13. Bd3 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bb5+ (15. Qxc7 O-O 16. Qxd6 Rad8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg3+ Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bxg2 20.
Bxh7+ Kg7 21. Rh2 Bd5 $132) 15... Kd8 16. O-O-O $13 (16. Bc6 $2 Ne4 $19)) 11.
Bb2 f6 (11... d6 12. d5 e5 13. Be2) 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. Rd1 {[#]} d4 (13... c6
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 Ba6 (15... Bc6 16. Be2 $16) 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qb7 Nc5 18.
Qxd5+ Kh8 19. O-O $16) (13... dxc4 14. Rd4 Qg5 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. Qxc7 $16) (
13... c5 14. cxd5 d6 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 Qg5 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. h4 Qh6) 15... Qg5 16.
O-O Bxd5 17. e4 Bf7 18. f4 Qh5 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. Rxd6 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. e5 $16
) 14. Rxd4 Qh5 (14... Qg5 15. h4 Qe5 16. Rh3 d6 17. Rg3 Nd7 18. Qc2 Qe7 19.
Rdg4 Rf7 20. Bd3 $16) 15. Be2 Qg6 16. Rg4 Qb1+ 17. Bd1 Nc6 (17... h5 18. Rg3 h4
19. Rg4 h3 20. O-O $1 hxg2 21. Re1 Qh7 $8 22. Bc2 $16) 18. O-O Qf5 19. Rg3 (19.
e4 Qe6 20. f4 Qxe4 21. Bf3 (21. Re1 Qf5) 21... Qe7 22. Re1 Qc5+) 19... Qe5 $2 (
19... Ne5 $5 20. f4 (20. Bc2 Be4) (20. f3 Qd3 21. Qc1 Qd6) 20... Nd3 (20... Ng6
21. Bg4 Qc5 22. Bxd7 $16) 21. Bg4 (21. Bc2 Be4) 21... Qe4 22. Bxd7 (22. Bf3 $2
Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ $19) 22... Rad8 23. Bg4 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Rfe8 $14) 20. Qd2 Qe8
(20... Qe7) 21. Bc2 Ne5 22. h4 (22. f4 Ng6 23. e4 $1 d6 (23... Bxe4 24. Re1 f5
25. h4 Rf7 26. h5 Nf8 27. h6 $18) 24. Re1 $16) 22... d6 23. Qe2 $1 (23. f4 Nd7
24. Qd3 Qh5) 23... f5 $6 (23... Nd7 24. h5 $40) 24. f4 Ng4 25. Bxf5 (25. Bxg7
Kxg7 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxg4+ Kf6 28. Qg7+ (28. e4 Qxe4) 28... Ke6 29. e4 Rf7 $1
(29... Bxe4 $2 30. Re1 d5 31. cxd5+ Kxd5 32. Qxc7 $18)) 25... Rxf5 26. Qxg4 Rf7
(26... Qg6 27. Qh3 $18) 27. Bxg7 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Bc3+ Kf8 30. f5 $1 Re8
31. f6 Be4 (31... Re4 32. h5 (32. Rg7 Rf7 $1) 32... Rh4 33. Rg7 Rf7 34. Rf5 $18
) 32. Rf4 Bg6 33. Kf2 Kf7 $2 (33... Re4 34. Kf3 d5 35. cxd5 Rxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rxd5
37. e4 $18) 34. h5 $1 (34. h5 $1 Bxh5 (34... Bc2 35. Rg7+ Ke6 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37.
f7 Rf8 38. Bg7 $18) 35. Rg7+ Ke6 36. Re4+ Kf5 37. Rxe8 Bxe8 38. Rxd7 Bxd7 39.
f7) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 f5 (8... Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O (9... Qh4 $6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 f6 12. d5 $1
exd5 13. Rd1 $16 {Sokolov,I-Kortchnoi,V/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2
f5 12. h4 Nd7 13. c5 Bd5 14. c6 Nf6 15. f3 $13 {Vaiser,A-de Firmian,N/Moscow
GMA-op/1989/}) 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qe7 {N} (10... O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. b3 Qf6 13.
Qxf6 Rxf6 14. Bb2 Rf7 15. Bf3 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Na6 $10 {
Malysev-Rajkovic,D/Bled op/1989/}) 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. b3 (12. b4 a5 (12... Nd7
13. Bb2 e5 14. c5 $1 bxc5 15. Bb5 $36) 13. Bb2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 O-O
$10 {xg2}) 12... Nd7 13. Bb2 e5 14. O-O-O (14. b4 O-O-O $22 (14... c5 15. bxc5
bxc5) 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxe5 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20.
Bxg7 Rg8 $10) 14... O-O-O 15. b4 Rhe8 16. f3 Qh4 17. Qe1 Qh6 (17... Qxe1 18.
Rxe1 $14) 18. Kb1 g5 $1 19. Qf2 $6 (19. Be2 $10) 19... e4 20. Be2 (20. f4 gxf4
21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. exf4 e3 23. Re1 $13) 20... f4 $1 21. fxe4 (21. exf4 e3 22.
Qe1 (22. fxg5 $2 exf2 23. gxh6 Rxe2 $19) 22... gxf4 $17) 21... Bxe4+ 22. Ka1
fxe3 23. Qg3 (23. Qxe3 Bxg2 $17) 23... Qg6 24. Rhe1 (24. Rxd7 $5 Kxd7 $1 (24...
Rxd7 25. Bg4 $22 Bf5 $2 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. Qa8#) 25. Bg4+ Bf5 26. Rd1+ Kc8 $19)
24... h5 25. Rd4 g4 26. Bf1 (26. Qxe3 Bxg2 27. Qd2 Bc6 $17) 26... Qf7 $1 27. h3
gxh3 28. Qxh3 Kb8 29. Ka2 $6 (29. Red1 Bf5 30. Qf3 Qe6 $17) (29. Qh4 $5 Bg6 30.
Rf4 $15) 29... Qf2 $1 30. Rdd1 Bc2 31. Rc1 (31. Re2 Qf5 (31... Bxd1 32. Rxf2
exf2 33. Qh4 Rf8 34. Bd4 $13) 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 $22 33. Rde1 Bd3 $19) 31... Bf5 32.
Qxh5 Nf6 33. Qg5 Ng4 (33... Rd2 $2 34. Qxf6 Bb1+ 35. Kxb1 Qxf6 36. Bxf6 $18)
34. Re2 Rg8 $1 35. Qxg8 (35. Rxf2 Rxg5 36. Re2 Bd3 37. Ree1 Bxf1 38. Rxf1 Rd2
$19) 35... Rxg8 36. Rxf2 exf2 37. Be2 (37. Bd4 Rd8 38. Rd1 Ne3 $19) 37... Nh2
38. Bd4 Rxg2 39. Bf1 Rg1 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Uribe, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 {A drawback of this move is
that White can often realize d4-d5.} ({More solid choice is} 5... Ba6 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O) ({or} 5... c5 6. a3 Ba5) 6. Bd2 $5 ({The most
popular continuation is} 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 {however
after} O-O 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. d5 e5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 c6
16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. f4 Rac8 {Black seems to have sufficient counterplay, 1/2-1/2
Jelling,E-Schandorff,L/Denmark 1989/EXT 97 (23)}) 6... Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3
Be7 ({Worse is} 8... Bxc3 9. Nxc3 f5 (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 O-O 12. b4
$14) 10. d5 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O Na6 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Rfd1 e5 16.
Bf1 Qh5 17. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Saidy,A-Hough,R/Las Vegas 1993/EXT 97 (32)}) 9. d5
O-O (9... e5 10. g3 d6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. f4 Bf6 15. e4 fxe4
16. Bxe4 $14 {occurred in 1-0 Shulman,Y-Roussel Roozmon,T/Toronto 2002/CBM 089
ext (62)}) 10. g3 d6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O {In such situations the space
advantage is usually more important factor than Black´s pair of bishops.} e5
13. f4 $5 (13. b4 {transposes to the previous example.}) 13... a5 $5 ({After} 
13... f5 $6 {White can open the position and exploit the weakness of e6-square
by} 14. e4 $1 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bg5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qc2 Re5 18. Ne6 Be3+ 19. Kh1
Qe7 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nbxc7 Rc8 22. Rae1 $16 {0-1 Jelen,I-Grosar,A/Slovenia 1992/
TD (37)}) ({and in the event of} 13... g6 14. Rae1 Bf6 {interesting is} 15. g4
$5 Bg7 16. g5 Qe7 17. Ng3 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 $14 {1-0 Volkov,S-Moiseenko,A/Sochi 2004/CBM 100 ext (41)}) 14.
Qc2 Bf6 $146 (14... h5 15. h3 g6 16. Bf3 exf4 {0-1 Pogorelov,R-Moiseenko,A/
Santo Domingo 2002/CBM 091 ext (60)} 17. gxf4 $5 $14) 15. Ne4 $5 {White wants
to provoke the exchange on f4 intending to take with g-pawn.} Nc5 16. N2c3 exf4
({Quite possible is instead} 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 a4 {preventing b2-b4 with
passive but playable position.}) 17. gxf4 Re8 (17... Bxc3 18. Nxc3 a4 19. e4
$14) 18. Rae1 Nxe4 ({Perhaps stronger was} 18... Ba6 $5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Nxe4 (20... Bxc4 21. bxc5 Bxf1 22. Bxf1 bxc5 $13) 21. Nxe4 Bc8) 19. Nxe4 Bh4
20. Ng3 Qf6 21. e4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Ba6 24. Rc1 Re7 $6 {Allows White
to cut off the retreat for black queen.} (24... Qf6 $142) 25. e5 $1 {[%csl Rd4]
} Rae8 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was to parry the threat of b2-b4 by
} 25... Qc5) 26. b4 $1 {[%cal Gf1d1]} b5 ({The best try was} 26... axb4 27.
axb4 b5 28. Rfd1 Qe3 (28... Qa7 $2 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Qa2 Ra8 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32.
Bf1 $18) (28... Qb6 $2 29. c5 Qb8 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Qc6 $18) 29. Rd3 Qb6 30. c5
Qb8 {but then} 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Qc6 $1 {leads to the winning position,e.g.}
Bb7 (32... Bc8 33. exd6 Bd7 34. dxe7 $1 Bxc6 35. dxc6 Rxe7 36. Rd7 Re8 37. c7
Qc8 38. Rd8 Rxd8 39. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 40. Bb7 $18) (32... Rc8 33. exd6 Ra7 34. Bh3
Rxc6 35. dxc6 $18) 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. exd6 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 Bc8 (
36... Re8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rc3 Rxd7 39. d6 g6 40. Bxb7 Rxb7 41. Rc7 $18) 37. Rc3
Re8 38. Rc7 Rd8 39. Bf1 Bd7 (39... Bf5 40. Bxb5 Rxd6 41. Bc6 Rd8 42. b5 $18)
40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Kf3 Be8 42. Ke4 Rxd6 43. Ke5 Rd8 44. Bh3 $18) 27. c5 $1 axb4 (
27... dxe5 $2 28. Rfd1) 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. exd6 b3 (29... Ra7 30. Qc6 Rf8 31.
axb4 {[%cal Gc6c5]} Qf6 (31... Qxb4 32. Qb6 Raa8 33. Ra1 $18) 32. d7 Qd8 33.
Ra1 Bb7 34. Rxa7 $1 Bxc6 35. dxc6 g5 36. Rd1 Qf6 37. c7 Qh6+ 38. Kg1 Qb6+ 39.
Kf1 Qxa7 40. d8=Q $18) 30. Qc6 Re2 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qxa6 Rxg2 33. Qc8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Pedersen, Nicolai Vesterbaek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liege"]
[BlackTeam "Calder"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 ({This variation is less
popular than} 5... Ba6 {when White mostly continues} 6. a3 ({to the
approximately equal ending leads} 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Ba3 Bxc4 9. Bxc4
dxc4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxc4 Qc6 12. Qxc6+ Nxc6 13. c4 O-O-O {e.g.} 14. Rc1 Kb7
15. Ke2 Rd7 16. Bb2 (16. Rhd1 Rhd8) 16... Rhd8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Ne4 h6 19. Nd2 f6
20. h4 e5 21. d5 Nb8 22. e4 c5 23. g3 Re7 24. f4 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,
A-Yemelin,V/St Petersburg 1995/CBM 047 (29)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O
9. Be2 Nc6 10. a4 {for example:} Qd7 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Bb2 Na5 13. Nb5 dxc4 14.
bxc4 c6 15. Na3 c5 16. dxc5 $5 Qe7 17. Qc2 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Bf1 {1-0
Aleksandrov,A-Akopian,V/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080 (44) with unclear
position.}) 6. Bd2 ({Winants has also played this line as Black and had no any
problems after} 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 (10. b4
d6 11. Bb2 Nd7) 10... d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. f3 d5 14. Bd3 f5 15. Kb1
c5 16. Bc2 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4] 1/2-1/2 Granda Zuniga,J-Winants,L/Mallorca 2004/
CBM 104 (37)}) 6... Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3 Be7 ({Interesting that after} 8...
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 {nobody has tried} d5 10. cxd5 exd5 {although it seems logical to
me prevent the advance d4-d5 with passive but playable position.}) 9. d5 d6 10.
g3 c5 $6 ({More reliable is the usual continuation} 10... O-O 11. Bg2 e5 12.
O-O Nd7) 11. Bg2 e5 ({Better looks first} 11... O-O {and only after} 12. O-O {-
} e5 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 (14. gxf4 $5) 14... Bc8 $14 {0-1 Iclicki,W-Ward,C/
London 1988/TD (35)}) 12. g4 $5 {White wants to reduce Black´s active
possibilities and secure e4-square for the knight.} Qd7 $6 {In my opinion this
reply is dubious.} ({Deserved attention instead} 12... Bc8 13. h3 Bh4 $5 ({
worse is} 13... h5 $6 14. O-O-O $1 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Bxg4 17. Rh8+
Bf8 18. Ng3 $44) 14. Ng3 O-O {planning f7-f5.}) 13. h3 h5 $6 {Black only
assists White in his play on the kingside.} (13... Na6 $142 14. Ng3 O-O-O) 14.
O-O-O $1 Na6 ({Bad is} 14... hxg4 $2 15. hxg4 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Qxg4 17. Rh8+ Bf8
18. Ng3 {and Black has serious problems to complete his development since} Nd7
{loses to} 19. Nce4 O-O-O 20. Bh3 Qf3 21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nh7) 15.
Ng3 h4 ({If} 15... hxg4 16. hxg4 O-O-O (16... Rxh1 $2 17. Rxh1 Qxg4 $4 18. Rh8+
Bf8 19. Nce4 Qd7 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1a4]}) {then unpleasant is
} 17. Qe2 {with the idea Qf3.}) 16. Nge4 Nc7 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 f5 $2 {
This mistake leads to the hopeless situation.} (18... O-O-O $8 $16) 19. gxf5
Qxf5 20. Rde1 Kd8 $6 ({More tenacious was} 20... O-O-O {although the result is
not in doubt after} 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rxe7 $18) 21. Ng5 $1 Re8 (21... Bxg5 22.
fxg5 $18) 22. Ne6+ Nxe6 23. dxe6 {[%cal Gd2d8,Gg2b7]} Rb8 24. Nb5 Qf8 (24...
Bxg2 25. Nxd6 $18) 25. Nxd6 $1 ({Black resigned because of} 25. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6
26. e7+) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 O-O (5... Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4
O-O 8. e4 d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh3 Bc8 11. g3 a5 12. f3 Na6 13. Rb1 Ne8 14. b4 f5
15. Nf2 Bg5 16. Be2 f4 (16... Bxc1 17. Qxc1 f4 $36) 17. Nd3 Qf6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Baburin,A-Al Modiahki,M/Turin ITA 2006 (35)}) (5... c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8.
g3 Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O e5 12. f4 O-O 13. e4 Re8 14. h3 d6 {
1/2-1/2 Conquest,S-Dgebuadze,A/Birmingham ENG 2006/The Week in Chess 600 (32)}
15. fxe5 $5 Rxe5 (15... dxe5 16. Bg5 $40) 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bg5 $40) 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Bb2 a6 $5 {
TN [/\13...b5;13...cxb414.axb4 b5<=><<]} (12... Qc7 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. f3 Qb8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qb3 cxb4 18. axb4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Korobov,
A-Rozentalis,E/Cappelle la Grande 2004/PowerBook2005 (21)} 19. Rfd1 $5 $14) 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Be2 Nd5 $5 {[/\15...Q5|^>>]} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qd2 $5 {[xe3;/
\Rfd1,Rac1[+];} (16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe7 $11) 16... Qg5 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1
$1 {[/\19.e4]} f5 (18... Bb3 19. e4 Qg6 20. Rdc1 c4 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Bd1 $1 $16
{xc4,a6}) 19. Rac1 $5 (19. e4 $5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Bc4 Nf8
23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re1 $14) 19... cxb4 20. axb4 Nf6 (20... Bb3 21. e4 f4 22. Rf1
$16) 21. Qc3 $1 {[/\22.Qa3,Bb2-e5-f4]} Ra7 22. Qa3 Rad7 23. Be5 Bb7 24. Bf4 Qg6
(24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qh4 27. Bg3 Qc4 28. Bb3 Qc8 29. Be5 $14)
25. Qa5 $1 {[/\26.Qxd8]} Nd5 $6 (25... Rxd1+ $142 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qe8
28. Qc7 Qb5 29. Qe7 $14) 26. b5 $1 $18 e5 $5 (26... Nxf4 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28.
Rxd8+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. exf4 $18) (26... axb5 27. Bxb5 $18) 27. bxa6 $1 Bxa6
(27... Bc6 28. Bxe5 Qg5 29. Bf4 Nxf4 30. exf4 $18) 28. Bxa6 exf4 29. Rc8 $5 (
29. Bc4 $1 Qe6 30. e4 $1 fxe4 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd8+ $18) 29... Qe8 30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. Bc4 (31. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Qe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Rxd5 35. Bc4
$18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. d5 d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nf4 c6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Nfe2 g6 14. O-O Be6 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Ng3 Bf7 17. f5 g5 18. Be2 Nf6 19. e4 h6 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Nf1 b5 22.
Ne3 Qb6 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. b4 Kg7 25. h3 Qb7 26. Qe1 Kh7 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Rad1
Rad8 29. Qg3 Qb8 30. Qf2 Qa7 31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Qf3 Qb7 33. Rf1 Rg8 34. Rfd1 Rgd8
35. Rb1 Qc7 36. Rc1 Qb8 37. Rdc2 Qb7 38. Rd1 Qb8 39. Rb2 Qc7 40. Kg1 bxc4 41.
Rbd2 d5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. Ncxd5 Bxd5 44. Nxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 e4
47. Qe3 Nxd5 48. Qxe4 Nc3 49. Qxc4 Nxe2+ 50. Qxe2 Qc1+ 51. Kf2 Qf4+ 52. Qf3
Qd4+ 53. Qe3 Qf6 54. g4 Kg7 55. Kf3 Qd6 56. Ke4 Qc6+ 57. Kd3 Bf6 58. Qa7+ Kg8
59. Qb8+ Kf7 60. Qa7+ Ke8 61. Qe3+ Kd7 62. Qa7+ Ke8 63. Qe3+ Kd8 64. Ke2 Kd7
65. Qd3+ Kc7 66. Qg3+ Qd6 67. Qxd6+ Kxd6 68. Kd3 {[#] Es sieht so aus, als
würden die um drei Linien voneinander entfernten Freibauern gegen den Läufer
das Remis halten. Hinzu kommt der Remisfaktor Läufer + falscher Randbauer bei
Abtausch des schwarzen a-Bauern.} Kd5 (68... Bb2 69. a4 Ba3 70. b5 axb5 71.
axb5 Kc5 72. Ke4 (72. f6 Kd6 73. b6 Ke6 74. b7 Bd6 $19) 72... Bb2 73. b6 Kxb6
74. Kd5 Kc7 75. Ke6 Kd8 76. Kf7 Bd4 77. Kg6 Ke7 78. Kxh6 Kf6 79. Kh5 Bf2 80.
Kh6 Bh4 81. Kh7 Kf7 82. Kh6 $11) 69. a4 Bd4 70. b5 a5 (70... axb5 71. axb5 Bg7
72. b6 Kc6 73. Ke4 Kxb6 74. Kd5 Kb5 75. Ke6 Kc4 76. Kf7 Bd4 77. Kg6 Kd5 78.
Kxh6 Bf6 79. Kg6 Ke5 80. Kf7 Bd8 81. Kg6 Be7 82. Kf7 Bc5 83. Kg6 Kf4 84. f6 Bb4
85. f7 Be7 86. Kh5 Kg3 87. f8=Q $11) 71. Ke2 Bb6 72. Kd3 Bd8 73. Ke3 Bb6+ 74.
Kd3 Ke5 75. Kc4 Bg1 76. Kd3 h5 77. gxh5 $1 {Nach dem Tausch auf g4 würde g4
angreifbar.} (77. Kc4 hxg4 78. hxg4 Bb6 79. Kd3 Bc7 80. Ke3 Bd8 81. Kd3 $1 (81.
Kf3 $2 Kd4 82. Kf2 Ke4 83. Ke2 Kf4 84. Kd3 Kxg4 85. Ke4 {und hier fehlt dem
Weißen ein Tempo} Kh3 86. Ke5 g4 87. f6 g3 88. f7 Be7 89. Ke6 Bb4 90. b6 g2 91.
b7 g1=Q 92. b8=Q Qg6+ $19) 81... Kf4 82. Kd4 Kxg4 83. Ke5 {hier hat Weiß ein
Tempo mehr} Kh5 84. Ke6 g4 85. f6 Kg6 86. f7 Kg7 87. Kd7 Bb6 88. Ke8 Bc5 89. b6
g3 90. b7 g2 91. b8=Q g1=Q 92. Qe5+ $11) 77... Kxf5 78. Ke2 Bb6 79. Kf3 Bd8 80.
Ke3 Bb6+ 81. Kf3 Bg1 82. Kg2 Bc5 83. Kf3 Bb6 84. Kg3 Bc7+ 85. Kf3 Bd8 86. Kg3
Ke6 87. Kg4 Kf7 88. Kf3 Kg7 89. Kg3 Kh7 (89... Kh6 90. Kg4 Bb6 91. h4 gxh4 92.
Kxh4 Bc7 93. Kg4 Bd8 94. Kf5 Kxh5 95. Ke6 Kg4 96. Kd7 Bh4 97. b6 Kf5 98. b7 Bg3
99. Kc6 (99. Kc8 Ke6 100. b8=Q Bxb8 101. Kxb8 Kd6 102. Kb7 Kc5 103. Kc7 Kb4
104. Kc6 Kxa4 105. Kc5 Kb3 $19) 99... Ke4 100. Kb5 Bc7 101. b8=Q $11) 90. Kf3
Bc7 91. Kg4 Bd8 92. Kg3 Kg7 93. Kf3 Bc7 94. Kg4 Bd8 95. Kf3 Kf6 96. Ke4 Kg7 97.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Lombardy} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Nf4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rb1 Bxf4 12. exf4 Rf6 13. Be3
Rh6 14. f3 Nc6 15. c5 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Rf2 Re8 20.
Rbf1 {Lombardy: When I saw this position, with the bad bishop and pile-up on
the f-file, I assumed that Korchnoi would rack up another full point. But
White's position is better than it looks.} bxc5 21. dxc5 Ng6 22. Qc2 Rf8 23.
Bd4 e5 24. fxe5 f4 25. g4 Qg5 26. Be4 Nxe5 27. Bd5+ Nf7 28. Qb3 Re8 (28... Bxd5
29. cxd5 Re8) (28... Re6 $1 {Lombardy} 29. Bxe6 dxe6 30. Qa3 (30. Re1 e5 31. h4
Qxh4 32. Bxe5 Ng5 33. Kf1 Re8 34. Qc3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Bxf3+ 36. Rxf3 (36. Kd2 Ne4+
37. Rxe4 Qd1#) 36... Rxe5+ 37. Qxe5 Qxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Nxf3+) (30. Re2 e5 31. Ba1
e4 32. fxe4 Qxc5+ 33. Kh1 Ng5 34. Qd3 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Qe7 36. Rfe1 Re8 37. Qd4
Bxe4+ 38. Kg1 c5) 30... e5 31. Bb2 Qh4 32. Qxa7 Ng5 33. Qxc7 Bxf3 (33... Qxg4+
34. Rg2 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxf3 37. Qxg7#) 34. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 35. Rg3 fxg3
36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qd6+ Kh5 40. Qxe5 Qd1+ 41. Kg2
Qf3+ {and Black mates.}) 29. Re2 Qd8 (29... Rhe6 30. Bxe6 (30. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 31.
Bxe6 dxe6 32. Qb8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Nxd8 34. Be5) 30... dxe6 {with compensation})
30. Rfe1 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rg6 {Black has been in full retreat for the last
several moves. Now White's bishops become powerful.} 32. Qd3 Bxd5 33. cxd5 c6
34. d6 Re6 35. Rxe6 dxe6 {Hecht: DL-DS: starker wL i.V. mit Riesenfreibauer d6
==> klarer Gewinn} 36. Qb3 Qc8 37. Qb2 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Ng5 40. Kg2 Qd7
41. Qb8+ (41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nc6 $5
$146 {[%cal Ye6e5][%mdl 8] An original but hardly a good move, instead of the
normal} (7... O-O {or}) (7... Bb7) 8. a3 (8. Nf4 $5 Bd6 (8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5
10. Nfd5) 9. g3 $14) 8... Be7 9. Nf4 Bg5 $5 10. b4 {A double-edged move. White
should now reckon with ...a7-a5.} (10. Be2 $14) (10. d5 $5 Ne5 11. Nh5 $1 $14 {
[%cal Yf1e2,Yf2f4]}) 10... Bb7 11. d5 (11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Ne7 $132) 11... Ne5
12. Rc1 {It was not necessary to give up the a-file but White apparently
doesn't spoil anything.} (12. Nh5 $5 {was still possible but after} Bh6 13. Be2
Qh4 {Black now obtained good counterplay.}) (12. Be2 $5 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh5
$14 {was probably the simplest way to consolidate his position and keep a
small plus.}) 12... O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4 Bxf4 (15... Be7 16.
Qb2 Bf6 17. Rfd1 $14) (15... Ng6 16. Nh5 $14) 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Rfe1 (17. g3 $5
c6 $140 18. Rfd1) 17... c6 (17... Qe7 18. Nb5) 18. g3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Bf3
Ra3 21. Be4 $6 {Too slow.} (21. d6 $5 Nc6 (21... Bxf3 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Re3 {
[%cal Rc3d5,Re3f3]}) 22. f5 $1 $16) 21... Qa8 22. Rcd1 h6 23. Qd4 Nxd5 24. Nxd5
Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame is more
pleasant for White but Black eventually holds on.} Ra7 28. Rd6 Rb7 29. f5 f6
30. Red1 Rc8 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. R1d4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rc7 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. h4 h5 36.
Rd5 Rc4 37. Rb5 Rc6 38. Rd5 Rc4 39. b5 Rb4 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Rxd7 Rxb5 42. Rb7
Rxf5 43. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna op 7th"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 b6 $5 {Not often played, but it is a flexible alternative, and quite
decent to me. White has to be watching the ...c5 breaks, and Black's formation,
although seemingly passive, has a lot of hidden ideas.} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. b4 Bd6 (
10... Ne4 $2 {positionally sound, but} 11. Nfxd5 $1 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxg2 13. Rg1
{I stopped my analysis here, feeling a clear danger on my K-side.} Bb7 {
clearly there's no time for Nd7-Nf6, and White could try something like:} 14.
Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 15. Qg4+ Bg5 16. h4 $40 {looks frightening for Black!}) 11. O-O
Nbd7 {Now Black is probably going for c6-a5 (always having ...c5 ready in case
of b5). And the e-file also gives good prospects (Re8, Ne4, if d5 wasn't
hanging). Also, ...c5 directly has to be considered (with or without ...Bxf4).
White has a massive list of alternatives here. With the game plan, I started
to prefer my position already.} 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bd2 a5 $1 {Black is quite
comfortable, with Re8 next, and everything is under control. ...g5 will have
to be considered at some point.} 14. bxa5 {I don't like this, but if White
denied this idea, then he'd have to live with ...axb4 followed by ...b5, when
the c5 weakness is hardly exploited, meanwhile the b4-P could go under fire
soon.} (14. f3 {maintaining the tension} Re8 15. Nfe2 Bb8 $5 {preparing
Nf8-Qd6 ideas, and a possible K-side pressure to come.}) 14... Rxa5 {Now if
White is not going for e4, we'll have Qa8, or simply Ba6, already obtaining
small positional advantages.} 15. e4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 dxe4 (16... c5 {is a weird
possibility:} 17. Nxd5 (17. e5 c4 18. Qd1 cxd3 19. exf6 Nxf6 $17) 17... cxd4
18. Qc2 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd2 Nc5 (19... Ra7 $13 {suggested by our friend,
but this could hardly be too good}) 20. Qb1 Raa8 21. Rc1 $13) 18... Rc5 (18...
Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qf5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Bb1 Re8 $15 {
but should be equal after a while}) 19. Qd2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 $44 {when White
could get a great compensation in many ways.}) 17. Nxe4 $6 (17. Bxe4 {was the
last chance for full equalization} Nxe4 18. Nxe4 c5 (18... Qh4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20.
hxg3 c5 21. Nd6 Bd5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) 19. Nd6 Ba8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe3 $13 {
should be about equal.}) 17... c5 $1 18. Nd6 $6 (18. Nxf6+ $1 {felt like the
best try, since Black gets discoordinated for a while.} Qxf6 19. Bd2 (19. Be5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc6 21. f3 b5 22. Rab1 (22. Bc2 {looks always slightly better
for Black} Bc8 $5 (22... g6 $5)) 22... c4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qxb7 Qc5+ 25. Kh1
c3 $13) 19... Raa8 20. Bxh7+ (20. Bb5 Qf5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 $13 {close to equality
again}) 20... Kxh7 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qxd7 {should be equal in a number of ways}
Bc6 23. Qg4 Rfd8 24. Qg3 Qf5 $13) 18... Bd5 19. Qb2 cxd4 {Now it's very
unpleasant already, White has to find precise moves to survive.} 20. Qxd4 $2 (
20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Bf5 $1 (21. Bb1 $2 Nh5 22. Be5 Ne6 $1 $19) 21... Ne6 (21...
Nh5 22. Be5 {and now Ne6 is not destroying} Ne6 23. Bxe6 (23. f4 {lol} f6 24.
Nb7 Qe8 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxa5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Nf4 28. Rxd4 g5 $13 {2x lol})
23... fxe6 24. f4 $13) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxd4 Nh5 (23... Rxa3 24. f3 $13 {
with a decent compensation, hard to evaluate}) 24. Be5 Qg5 25. g3 (25. Bg3 Nf4
26. Qe3 Ra4 $19 {big problems on holding g2}) 25... Bf3 26. Rde1 Rd5 27. Qc3
Qg4 28. Re3 Rc5 $1 (28... Rxe5 $2 29. Qxe5 (29. Rxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxe5 Nf4 $11)
29... Nf4 30. Rxf3 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Qxf3+ 32. Kxh3 Rf6 33. Nf5 $11) 29. Qd4 Qh3 30.
Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Qxb6 h6 $13 {has to be decent for Black, but still
somewhat tense.}) 20... Nc5 $17 21. Qe3 (21. Be5 {wouldn't change matters:}
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxg2 $1 23. Rfe1 Ba8 $17) 21... Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Bxh7+
Kxh7 24. Qd2 $2 (24. Qg3 Nxf4+ 25. Qxf4 Ne6 26. Qe4+ (26. Qb4 Rh5 27. f3 (27.
Kh1 Rh4 $1 28. f4 f5 $3 {Qa8 coming, nice} 29. Qd2 Rf6 $19)) 26... Kg8 27. Rad1
Qf6 28. Kh1 Rxa3 $19 {ugly for White.}) (24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Be5 (25. Bg3 $6 {
makes it all easier for Black} Ne6 $1 26. Qg4 $8 f5 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5
Ndf4+ 29. Qxf4 Nxf4+ 30. Bxf4 b5 $19 {with a3 falling}) 25... Ne6 26. Qf3 (26.
Qg4 Ndc7 $1 {Rg5 coming as well} 27. f4 f6 $19) 26... Qg5+ 27. Bg3 Nd4 $1 (
27... f5 $5 28. Rae1 Qh6 29. Be5 (29. Kh1 Ng5 $19 {f4 next}) 29... f4 30. Kh1
Ne3 31. fxe3 Rxe5 $17) 28. Qe4 (28. h4 Qd2 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qe1 Qh6 $1 $19) 28...
Nb3 {duplos everywhere} 29. h4 Qh5 30. Ra2 Nc3 31. Qc4 Nxa2 32. Qxb3 Qd5+ 33.
Qxd5 Rxd5 $17 {with a good endgame to come.}) 24... Nb3 $1 $19 25. Qd3+ Kg8 26.
Bg3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Qf6 28. Rb1 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Nb5 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Rd8 32.
Qe2 Rd2 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ g6 35. Qf3 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Nc3 Rf5 38. Ne4
Ra4 39. f3 Rxa3 40. Rxb6 Raxf3 41. Kg2 Re3 42. Ng3 Ra5 43. Rb7 Kg7 44. Kf2 Rea3
45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Rf2 47. Ne4 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01H30} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 {86} Ne4 (5... Ba6 {
La grande ligne de cette varainte Fischer}) (5... c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Ng3 Bb7 (9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd5 $11 {
Beliavsky,A (2665)-Sax,G (2545) HUN-chT 9798 1997 0-1})) 6. Qb3 {Une ligne
secondaire mais le français y avait été confronté en 2005 et le GMI avait
probablement essayé d'améliorer la partie} (6. Bd2) (6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. f3 e5 14. Bd3
Rfe8 15. Bf5 Rad8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 f6 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bxc7 Rxe3 23. Bb8 Bc6 24. Kc2 Re2+ 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26.
Kxd2 a6 27. Kc3 Kf7 28. Ba7 b5 29. Kb4 Ke6 30. Ka5 bxc4 31. bxc4 f5 32. Kxa6 g4
33. Be3 f4 34. Bxf4 gxf3 35. gxf3 Kd7 {Jones,G (2641)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2679)
Reykjavik 2012 1/2-1/2}) 6... c5 (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Nxc3 (7... Bb7 8. d5 Nc5 (
8... f5) 9. Qc2 a5) 8. Qxc3 {Khassanov,M (2350)-Berube,R (2331) Quebec-ch
Montreal 2004 (1) 1-0}) (6... Ba5 $5 {Curieusement ce coup thématique semble
être une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups}) 7. f3 (7. Ng3 {Moradiabadi,E 
(2485)-Nguyen Chi Minh (2371) Paris-ch 2005 (7) 1-0}) 7... Nd6 8. Ng3 $146 {
La tentative d'amélioration} (8. a3 Ba5 9. d5 Qh4+ 10. Ng3 Nf5 11. Rg1 Nxg3 12.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 13. Ke2 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 exd5 15. Rh1 d6 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. Be1 Qe5 18.
Kf2 Be6 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Qc2 d5 21. Bc3 Qc7 22. Rxh7 O-O-O 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24.
Bxg7 Rg8 25. Qh7 f6 26. Qh6 Qe5 27. Rd2 Qg5 28. Qxg5 fxg5 29. Bc3 b5 30. Rd1
Kb7 31. g3 Nb6 32. Bg2 Na4 33. Be5 b4 34. axb4 cxb4 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rd8
37. f5 Bf7 {Grynszpan,M (2320)-Soppe,G (2435) Buenos Aires 1988 0-1}) 8... Qh4
{78} 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... bxc5 11. O-O O-O {Plus souple car le
menace e3e4 pouvait être réfutée par la petite combinaison Nc4 exploitant la
mauvaise position de la Qb3} 12. e4 Nxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 Na5) 11. O-O f5 (11... O-O
12. Na4) 12. Na4 O-O $11 13. Nxc5 {31 Les Blancs avaient dépensé beaucoup de
temps dans cette phase de jeu et ils risquaient d'être en zeinot rapidement}
bxc5 14. Qc3 Rf6 $36 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 15. Rd1 {[%cal Gg3f1,Gf1h2] 23} Nf7 16. b3
d6 17. Bb2 e5 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3] Le Ng3 est mal placé pour exploiter
l'affaiblissement de la case "d5"} 18. Qe1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Ng5 (19... a5 $5 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} 20. Bc3 Nc6 (20... Be6)) 20. f4 Nf7 21. a3 Nc6 22. b4 (22. Bc2 {
[%csl Rb3]} a5 23. Bc3 Be6) 22... Be6 23. b5 $14 {Les Blancs n'avaient plus
que 02 mns pour passer le contrôle de temps mais ils ont réussi а mobiliser la
majorité de l'aile-dame} Rh6 $1 {31 Un coup difficile а affronter en plein
zeitnot!} 24. Nxf5 $6 $138 (24. Nf1 $142 {[%cal Gf1h2,Ge1h4] Le plus solide}
Qxe1 25. Rxe1 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Gb2,Gb5] Sans les Q, les Blancs ont de
smeilleures perspectives а long terme}) 24... Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 exf4
$3 27. bxc6 Qh4+ (27... Qg3+ 28. Kg1 (28. Ke2 Qxe3+) 28... Qh2+) 28. Kg1 Qh2+
29. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meulders, Richard"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 $5 (10. bxc3 Ba6 (10... Bb7)) 10... Bg4 $6 (10...
Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Qb7 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Rab1
$11) 11. f3 Be6 12. b4 $1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Ne2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yd3c2,
Yd1d3,Yc1g5]} h6 15. Bd2 {[%cal Yb4b5,Yd2b4]} Ne7 16. Qb1 $2 (16. g4 {[%cal
Yd1e1,Ye1h4,Ye2g3,Ye2f4]}) (16. Qb3) 16... Qd7 17. b5 $2 Bf5 $11 18. Rc1 Rfc8
19. Qb3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf5 21. Bb4 (21. Bf4 $142 {[%cal Yf4e5]}) 21... Re8 $6 (
21... Nd6 22. Bxd6 $11) 22. Ng3 $1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rac8 (23... Nh5 $142) 24. g4
$1 h5 25. g5 Nh7 26. g6 Ng5 27. gxf7+ Nxf7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Kf2 $1 Re6 $1 30.
Rh1 $2 (30. Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ya2c2]}) 30... g6 31. Re1 (31. Bd2 Nd6 32. Rc1 Nc4) (
31. Ra1 {[%cal Ya1a2,Ya2c2]}) 31... Kg7 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Qc3 Qf6 34. Qe3 Nh6
35. Kf1 Nf5 36. Qe5 $4 (36. Qd3) (36. Qe8 Qxd4 (36... Nxd4 $4 37. Bc3) 37. Bf8+
Kf6 38. Be7+ $1 Kg7 (38... Nxe7 39. Qh8+) 39. Bf8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Ng7 41. Qxa7)
36... Qxe5 37. dxe5 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. f4 d4 40. Kf3 Kd5 41. g4 $2 (41. Bf8 d3
(41... Ne3 42. g3 Nc2 43. Bd6 d3 44. a4 d2 45. Ke2 Ne3 46. Kxd2 Nf1+ 47. Ke2
Nxg3+ 48. Kf3 Ne4 49. Bb8 Nc3 50. Bxa7 Nxa4 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Kg3 $11
) (41... Kc4 $1 42. e6 Kxb5 43. e7 Nd6 44. Ke2 Kc4 45. Bg7 b5 $1 46. Be5 Ne8
47. Kd2 a5 48. Kc2 d3+ 49. Kb2 d2 50. Kc2 d1=Q+ 51. Kxd1 Kb3 $19) 42. Bb4 $1
Kc4 43. Ke4 $1 Ng7 $1 44. g3 $1 Nf5 (44... Ne6 45. Ke3) 45. e6 Nxg3+ 46. Ke5
Nf5 47. Kf6 h4 48. Kxg6 Ne7+ $1 49. Bxe7 d2 50. Bxh4 d1=Q 51. e7 Qg4+ 52. Kf7
$1 Qxf4+ 53. Bf6 Qc7 54. Kf8 $11) 41... Ne3 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. a4 Nf5 44. Be1 d3
45. a5 Nd4+ 46. Kf2 h4 47. axb6 axb6 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf4 $5 {
This move was tested in the late 1970s in London league play.} (7. a3 {normal})
7... f5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nxc3 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 {/\f3,e4}) 10. bxc3 Bd6 11.
Rb1 $1 Nc6 (11... Bxf4 12. exf4 Nc6 13. c5 Ne7 14. c4) (11... c5 $1 12. e4 $1
cxd4 $1 (12... fxe4 $2 13. Bxe4 Bxf4 14. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 $1 Qh4 16. Bg5 $1
Qxg5 17. Kxh2 Nc6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Qe4 Rf8 20. g3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qd2 22. Kg2
Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Rbd1 $16 {Sherbakov-Kiselev/RUS-chT Elista/1994/1-0/38/
;CBM 44}) 13. exf5 Qf6 $13 {Sherbakov}) 12. c5 $1 Bxf4 13. exf4 Qf6 14. Rd1 Ne7
15. c4 Bc6 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. g3 bxc5 $6 (17... Bf3 $142 18. Be2 $2 Be4) 18. d5 $1
{White opens the position for his Bishops} exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxc5 Rf7 21.
Qxc7 Nc6 22. Rbc1 Qh5 23. Bf1 Be4 24. Bg2 d6 25. Qxd6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Ne7 27. Rc7
Qe2 28. Bc3 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. Qd7 Rb8 31. h4 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa2
34. Bd4 Ng6 35. Qe8+ Nf8 36. Rc8 Kh7 37. Ra8 Qd5 38. Rd8 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40.
Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe3 a6 43. Qc3 Qa2 44. Qc6 Nf6 45. Bxf6 gxf6 46. Kg2
a5 47. Qd7+ Kg8 48. Qxf5 a4 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qxf6+ Ke8 51. Qe5+ Kf7 52. h5 a3
53. h6 Qb2 54. h7 Qxe5 55. fxe5 Kg7 56. e6 Kxh7 57. e7 a2 58. e8=Q a1=Q 59. g4
Qd1 60. Qe4+ Kh8 61. g5 $18 Kg7 62. Qe5+ Kh7 63. Qf5+ (63. Qe6 $18) 63... Kg7
64. Qf6+ Kg8 65. g6 Qg4+ 66. Kh2 (66. Kh2 Qg2+ 67. Kxg2 {stalemate}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bar, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Nxc3 {Another theoretical line goes with 8...f5.} 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b4 ({
The same idea of placing the bishop to the long diagonal can be realized by} 
10. b3 {[%cal Yc1b2]}) 10... d6 11. Bb2 Qf6 {A rare but interesting idea.
Black is preventing for a while the d4-d5 advance.} (11... f5 $6 12. d5 e5 13.
c5 bxc5 14. bxc5 f4 15. c6 Ba6 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. Bc1 Rg4 18. Be3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
$16 {1-0 Horvath,J-Horvath,T/Balatonbereny 1988/TD (38)}) (11... Nd7 12. d5 Nf6
13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Be2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb3 d5 18. Rc1 Ba8 19. f3
dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Kortschnoj,V/Amsterdam 1976/MCL (20)}) 12.
Qc2 $146 (12. c5 dxc5 13. bxc5 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. O-O Qg5 16. e4 f5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Meessen,R-Martyn,R/Belgium 2001/CBM 81 ext (45)}) (12. h4 $5) 12... Nd7
13. f3 (13. Bd3 {is strongly met by} Qh4 $1 14. O-O (14. e4 $6 Nf6 $36 {
[%csl Re4]}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qg4+ {with a perpetual check.}) 13... Qh6 14.
Qd2 f5 15. O-O-O $6 {A committing decision, which changes the character of the
position.} ({Objectively better is} 15. Bd3 {keeping a slight edge.}) 15...
Rae8 $6 {This is a passive plan.} ({More in the spirit of the position was} 
15... a5 16. b5 d5 {with a double-edged struggle.}) 16. Be2 e5 $6 ({Comes into
consideration} 16... c6 {keeping all the options available.}) 17. d5 {Now the
position is clearly in white's favour. It's hard to point out a constructive
plan for black, while white can prepare the standart c4-c5 advance or f3-f4 in
some case.} Nf6 18. Kb1 Kh8 19. Ka1 Rd8 $6 (19... b5 20. Rc1 {only helps white.
}) 20. Bd3 e4 $2 {I was provoking this. The position is opening up in white's
favour.} ({Much safer would have been} 20... Bc8) 21. Bc2 b5 {Black is
consequent, however this strike does not really improve his position. The main
concession was made on the previous move.} 22. cxb5 Bxd5 (22... exf3 23. gxf3
Nxd5 24. Rhg1 {with a strong attack for nothing.}) 23. f4 Bc4 24. a4 $6 ({
Much more tempting was} 24. h3 Bxb5 25. g4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd1g1,Gg1g7,Gb2g7]
and it's hard to believe, that black can survive the attack.}) 24... Qg6 25. h3
Qg3 $1 {This way black avoides the immediate danger on the kingside, but his
position remains bad anyway.} 26. Qd4 d5 27. Rd2 Ra8 28. Qc5 {White is
intending to regroup his pieces in order to eliminate black's Bc4. After then
the invasion along the "c" file will be decisive.} Rfc8 29. Bd4 a6 {Black must
seek for a counterplay, to distract white from his plans.} 30. bxa6 Rxa6 31.
Kb2 (31. b5 Raa8 32. Kb2 Nd7 {transfering the knight to b6, which might be
unpleasant for white.}) 31... Raa8 32. a5 (32. Bb3 $2 Nd7 33. Qc6 Bxb3 34. Kxb3
Nb6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb6a4,Gb6c4]}) 32... c6 33. Bxf6 $6 {It was not necessary,
of course, to exchange such a strong bishop. On the other hand it robbes black
from any possible counterplay connected with Nf6-d7 following by c6-c5.
Nevertheless there should be stronger options for white.} ({For instanse:} 33.
Ra1) 33... gxf6 34. Ba4 Qg7 35. Kc3 $2 {A mistake, which throws away all of
white's advantage. The white king becomes an obstacle on the "c" file for
white's heavy pieces.} ({Logical and strong was} 35. Rc1 $1 {In some case
white can consider the exchange sacrifice on c4.}) 35... Rab8 36. Rc1 Bb5 37.
Kb3 (37. Bb3 Bd3 {[%cal Gb8b5]}) 37... Qd7 $1 {A strong move, which forces
white to admit the equality.} 38. Rdc2 {Here I offered a draw, which was
accepted.} ({The continuation of the game could be the following:} 38. Rdc2
Bxa4+ 39. Kxa4 Rb5 40. Qd4 c5 (40... Rxa5+ $2 41. bxa5 c5+ 42. Ka3 $18) 41.
Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Qh5+ {and white gives the perpetual check.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. Nf4 (9. g3 $5 d5 (9... Ba6 10. Nc1 c6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5
exd5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Bg2 g6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20.
Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Kortschnoj,V/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57 (31)}) 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Nf4 c6 12. b4 a6 13. Bg2 Bd6 14. O-O Bxf4 15. exf4 Nd7 16. a4 Nf6 17.
b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bb7 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rab1 Re8 21. Rb4 Re7 22. Rfb1 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Kortschnoj,V/Biel izt 1993/CBM 37}) (9. d5 e5 10. g3 d6 11. Bg2 Nd7
12. O-O h5 13. f4 h4 14. Rae1 a5 15. b3 Ba6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Kg2 Nf6
19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. f5 c6 21. Rc1 b5 22. Ne4 b4 23. a4 cxd5 {Shaked,T-Adams,M/
Fontys 1997/CBM 61/0-1 (56)}) 9... d6 10. Bd3 {N/} (10. Be2 Bb7 (10... a6 11.
O-O Nd7 12. b4 Bb7 13. Rab1 Re8 14. Nd3 Bf8 15. Rfd1 g6 16. Ne1 Nf6 17. Nf3 d5
18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Rbc1 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,G-Bischoff,K/Biel op 1990/
EXP 19}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. d5 (12. Rfd1 Bg5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rac1 Bh6 15. Bf1 g6
16. Qc2 c6 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Ehlvest,J/Polanica Zdroj 1997}) 12... e5 13.
Nd3 Kh8 14. b4 f5 15. f4 Ba6 16. Nb5 Bf6 17. Rac1 Bc8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. Nd4 a5 21. Rf4 axb4 22. axb4 Bd7 23. Rcf1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Ng6 {Sadler,
M-Larsen,B/London WFW 1989/CBM 13/0-1 (49)}) 10... Nd7 (10... Bb7 $5 11. Qc2 $1
h6 $5 (11... g6 12. Be4 c6 $5 13. h4 $1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxg6 $5 (15. h5 $1
exf4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bxg6 $40) 15... hxg6 16. Bxg6 Bf6 (16... fxg6 17. Qxg6+
Kh8 18. Rh3 $18) 17. Rd1 $40 {Moskalenko-Agnos, Rethynon 1995})) 11. Qc2 h6 $6
(11... Nf6 $5 12. Ne4 (12. e4 $6 e5) 12... h6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be4 Rb8 $11)
12. Be4 Rb8 13. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rb5a7]} Nf6 (13... a6 14. Na7 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Rc6e7,Re4b7]}) (13... e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
(14... Nxe5 15. Nxa7 Bb7 16. Nb5 $16) 15. Nd5 a6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nxc7 f5 18.
Nd5) 14. Nxa7 $1 (14. Bf3 a6 (14... e5 15. Nxa7 Bd7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5) 15.
Na7 Bd7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 b5 $13) 14... Nxe4 (14... Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16.
Nc6 $18) 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Nxb8 Bb7 17. d5 (17. Na6 $5 Bxa6 18. Qxe4 Bxc4 19. d5
$1 b5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Ng6 $16) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 Bg5 $1 19. O-O (19. Nh3 $6
Nxf2 20. Qxf2 (20. Nxf2 Qxe3+ 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Rxb8 23. Rad1 Re8+ $17)
20... Bxe3 21. Qe2 Qxb8 $17) (19. O-O-O Nf6 20. Nc6 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nxd5) 19...
Nf6 20. Nc6 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nxd5 22. Rac1 Nxf4 23. Rfe1 Qa8 24. Re4 (24. a4 $2
Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Nd3 $11) (24. Re3 $5 {[%cal Yb4b5,Yb2b5]}) 24... Ng6 25. Ra4 (25.
Re3 $5) 25... Qc8 26. f4 $2 {[%cal Yb7g2]} (26. Re4 $5) 26... Re8 $44 27. Re4
Qd7 28. Qe2 $2 (28. f5 Rxe4 (28... Ne5 $5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Re3 Qd4) 29. Qxe4
d5 $132) 28... Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Nxf4 $1 $15 31. b4 $6 (31. Rc2 $5
Qg4 32. Qf3) 31... d5 $17 {[%cal Gd5d1]} 32. Qc2 d4 33. Rxc7 d3 $1 34. Qc4 (34.
Rxd7 dxc2 35. Rc7 c1=Q+ 36. Rxc1 Ne2+ $19) 34... Qg4 {[%cal Rg4d1,Rg4g2]} 35.
Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Qf3 Qxc8 38. Qxf4 Qd7 $19 39. Qd2 Qd4+ 40. Qf2 Qd5 41.
Qd2 Qb3 42. Qf2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.08.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 $5 6. f3 $5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7
8. e4 Nc6 9. Ng3 Ba6 {By a strange move order the players have reached a
highly thematic Nimzo- Indian position. Black's plan is to attack the doubled
c pawns while White must attack in the centre.} 10. Bd3 Na5 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O
Qd7 13. Rb1 h5 $1 14. Re1 h4 15. Nf1 c5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Nd2 e5 18. f4 $1 Bf6 $1
19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Qe6 21. fxe5 Be7 $1 {Sokolov had forgotten about this
simple retreat. Now White's pawns are a mess and he must fight for a draw.} 22.
Rf1 Bxc4 23. Bg5 $1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc6 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rbd1 O-O 27. Qd7 Qxd7
28. Rxd7 h3 $1 29. gxh3 Rce8 30. Kg2 Nxe5 31. Rxa7 $2 {After exchanging
knights White should be able to hold the game, albeit with difficulty. Now
Black takes control.} Nc4 $1 32. Rf2 Rxe4 33. Ng5 Re5 $1 34. Nxf7 Ne3+ 35. Kg3
$2 (35. Kg1 Rd5 {leaves White's knight without a retreat square and in trouble
but after the text move White is lost.}) 35... Rf5 $3 36. Re2 ({Unfortunately} 
36. Rxf5 Nxf5+ 37. Kg4 (37. Kf4 Nh6) {allows} 37... Rxf7 $1 38. Rxf7 Nh6+ $1 {
and Black wins easily. Sokolov now tries to corral the Black knight, to no
avail.}) 36... Nf1+ 37. Kg2 R8xf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Kg2 b5 41. Kg1
c4 42. Kg2 Kg5 43. Kg1 Kh4 44. Kg2 Rf4 45. a3 g6 ({White has run out of moves
and must allow the knight to escape, e.g.} 45... g6 46. Re6 Nd2 47. Rxg6 Nb1 {
etc.}) 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov Romero Holmes Hansen,Cu Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6
5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 (7... Ba6 {Hansen,Cu} 8. a3 Be7 (8... Bxc3
9. Qxc3 (9. Nxc3 d5 10. cxd5 (10. b4 dxc4 11. b5 Bb7 12. e4 a6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14.
O-O axb5 15. Bxb5 Qe7 $10 {1-0 Huebner,R-DeFirmian,N/Manila izt (10) 1990 (40)}
) 10... Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-DeFirmian,N/New York op 1988})
9... O-O 10. d5 (10. b4 Bb7 11. Nf4 d6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. d5 e5 14. Nd3 Qh4 $10 {
0-1 Lutz,C-Zsinka,L/Budapest Elekes 1989 (38)}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 c5 12. dxc6
Nxc6 13. Nf4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rc8 15. Rd1 Re8 16. h4 Re5 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Petrosian,T-Bisguier,A/Lone Pine (03) 1978}) 9. Nf4 Bg5 10. Nh5 g6 11. Ng3 d5
12. cxd5 Bxf1 13. Nxf1 exd5 14. h3 O-O 15. Nh2 c6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rac1 $14 {
Gurevich,D-Christiansen/Estes Park 1985/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (7... d5 {Hansen,Cu} 8.
a3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 (10. Nf4 c6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nce2 (12. O-O Bb7 13.
Rfd1 Nd7 14. b4 a6 15. e4 Bg5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nce2 Re8 $10 {Kadimova
Ilaha-Froehlich Peter/It Altensteig (GER) 1994/1/2-1/2 (81)}) 12... Bd6 13. h4
Re8 14. Qc2 h6 15. h5 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qd6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rfc1 Bb7 19. b4 $14 {
Speelman,J-Kortschnoj,V/Monaco 1992/0-1 (53)}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 c6 12. O-O Bb7
(12... Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Nf4 g6 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rac1 $14 {Gurevich,M-Enders,
P/Eger op 1987/1-0 (83)}) 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Nf4 Re8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Brinck
Claussen,Bjorn-Sloth,Jorn/Hjorring ch-DEN (11) 1971 (28)}) 8. d5 $5 (8. a3 {
Ftacnik} Bxc3 (8... Be7 9. d5 (9. Nf4 {Dautov}) (9. e4) 9... a5 (9... O-O 10.
g3 d6 11. Bg2 e5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Qc2 Bf6 14. O-O g6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Bh3 Qe7 17.
Nc1 Bc8 18. Nb3 Nf6 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 $10 {Tataev,M-Pripis,F/Moscow Tal/1992/0-1 
(60)}) 10. b3 Na6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 f5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16.
Nd4 g6 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Kh1 {0.5/Hoi,C-Nielsen,U/Gausdal Int (9)/1990/}) 9.
Nxc3 O-O (9... f5 10. d5 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O Na6 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Rfd1 e5 16. Bf1 Qh5 17. Rab1 Rae8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 d6 20. Na4 Bc8 21. c5
$36 {Saidy,A-Hough,R/Las Vegas op (01)/1993/1-0 (32)}) 10. d5 d6 11. Be2 Nd7
12. O-O Qe7 13. f4 Rae8 14. Rae1 e5 15. f5 f6 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. Nxa7 g5 18. b4
Ra8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Na4 $13 {Pein,M-Ward,C/London Haringey/1988/0.5 (46)}
) 8... Na6 (8... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 9. a3 $1 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 $16) 9. a3 $5 (9. g3 {
Bareev,E-Sokolov,I/Madrid/1994/} Nc5 10. Bg2 a5 $5 $13 (10... Ba6 $5 {Ftacnik}
11. Rd1 $1 (11. dxe6 {Hansen,Cu} dxe6 $1 12. Bxa8 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Qxa8 14. e4 Bxc4
$44 {->}) (11. b3 {Hansen,Cu} O-O $1 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. O-O Bb7 $1
{/\ Bh1~/=->}) (11. Qd4 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 11... Bxc4 $1 (11... Qf6 {Hansen,Cu}
12. dxe6 O-O-O 13. e7 $1 Qxe7 14. O-O {/\ Nd5->}) 12. Qd4 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 (13.
Qxg7 $2 {Hansen,Cu} Bxd1 14. Qxh8+ Ke7 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Kxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3
$15) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O (14... Qc8 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 15. dxe6 Qa6+ 16. Ke1
O-O-O) 15. b4 Na4 16. Qc2 b5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 (18... Qf6 $2 {
Hansen,Cu} 19. Rxd7) 19. e4 d5 $1 20. Qxc7 a5 21. bxa5 $1 b4 22. Kf1 $1 $13 {
Bareev,E-Sokolov,I/Madrid/1994/0-1 (61)}) (10... O-O {Hansen,Cu}) (10... exd5 {
Hansen,Cu} 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bg2 Ba6 $13)) 9... Bxc3 (9... Bd6 {Dautov} 10. Nd4 (
10. g3 Nc5 11. Rd1 a5) (10. Rd1 $14) 10... c6 11. Be2 Nc7 12. Bf3 cxd5 13. cxd5
$14) (9... Be7 {Dautov} 10. Rd1 $14) 10. Nxc3 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Yb2b4]} Nc5 {
[%cal Yc5b3]} 11. Rd1 (11. Rb1 $5 {Dautov}) 11... a5 {Romero Holmes In the
Informant I. Sokolov values the position as complicated, but somewhat better
for white.} (11... d6 {Dautov} 12. b4 Nd7 13. Be2 $14) 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Na6
$1 (13... Na4 14. Nb5 {Dautov} Ba6 (14... O-O 15. Be2 c6 16. Nd6 cxd5 17. Nxb7
Qc7 18. cxd5 Qxb7 19. Bf3 (19. O-O Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 $14) 19... e5 20. O-O $14
) 15. Be2 Bxb5 16. cxb5 O-O 17. Bf3 $14 {פa4}) 14. Nb5 {[%csl Ra6]} O-O 15.
Be2 Qe7 (15... exd5 $5 16. cxd5 Qe7 (16... Qh4 {Dautov} 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4
$14) 17. d6 cxd6 $13 18. Nxd6 $140 (18. O-O {Romero Holmes}) 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1
Bh3 20. Qd4 g6 $13) 16. d6 $1 (16. Nxc7 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc7 17. d6 Qh4 18. dxc7
Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qxh2 $17) 16... Qg5 (16... cxd6 17. Qxd6 (17. Nxd6 {Ftacnik} Bxg2
(17... Bd5 $1 {Dautov} 18. cxd5 Qxd6 19. dxe6 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 dxe6 $10) 18. Rg1
Bd5 $1 (18... Bh3 19. e4 $1 (19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Ra1 Nc7 21. Rg3 Bf5 22. Ra7 Ne8
23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Rxd7 $14) 19... Qh4 (19... f5 20. Rg3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22.
Rxg4 Nc7 $13) 20. Qc3 e5 (20... f6 21. Rg3 $18) 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qe7 g6 23. c5
$40) 19. Qb2 (19. Qd4 f6 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Rxg5 Be4 (22... Bh1 23. f3
Nxb4 24. Kf2 $16) 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Rb5 $14) 19...
g6 20. cxd5 (20. c5 Rfd8 $13 (20... bxc5 $2 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Nf5 $18)) 20...
Qxd6 21. dxe6 Qxh2 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Rf1 $13) 17... Qxd6 (17... Qg5 18. Rg1
$14) 18. Nxd6 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bh3 20. Rg3 Bf5 21. e4 Bg6 22. f4 f5 23. e5 Nxb4 24.
Rb3 $44) 17. dxc7 {Ftacnik The pawn on 7th rank is extremely valuable.} Qxg2
18. Rf1 Qxh2 $6 (18... Bc6 $2 19. c8=Q Rfxc8 20. Nd6 $16) (18... d5 $1 19. Rc1
$1 $13) (18... Rac8 $5 {Dautov}) 19. Qd6 $1 Qh6 $2 {[%csl Gc7,Ge1] If the K
should ever remain stuck in the center it can hardly be safer than the Shirov
s one. The real factor in the position is the c7 pawn.} (19... Qg2 20. Qxb6 (
20. Rd4 $6 Qc6) 20... Nxb4 21. Na7 $1 $14 (21. Nd6 $2 {Dautov} Nc2+ 22. Kd2 Ra6
23. Qc5 Rc6 24. Qe5 f6 25. Qf4 e5 $19)) (19... Qxd6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nxd6 (20.
Rxd6 Bc6 21. Nd4 Nxb4) 20... Bc8 (20... Bg2 {Hansen,Cu} 21. Rg1 $16) 21. Bf3
Ra7 22. Nb5 (22. Ra1 Rxc7 $1 23. Nxc8 Nxb4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Kd2 Rxc4 $17) 22...
Rxc7 23. Nxc7 Nxc7 24. Rd6 $1 b5 25. cxb5 (25. c5 $14 {Dautov}) 25... Nxb5 26.
Rb6 Na3 27. Be2 $1 $14) (19... e5 {Dautov} 20. Qxb6 Bg2 21. Nd6 Bxf1 22. Bxf1
Nxc7 23. Qxc7 Ra2 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nd2 $16) 20. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6,Rb7]} (20.
Qxb6 {Hansen,Cu} Bg2 21. Rg1 Qh2 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Rg1]}) 20... Bc6 (20... Qf6 21.
Qxb6 Nxb4 22. Qxb7 Nc2+ 23. Kd2 $18) 21. Nd4 {[%cal Yb4b5]} Nxb4 $2 (21... Be4
22. Qxb6 (22. b5 {Dautov} Nc5 23. Qxb6 Qh2 24. Rxg7+ (24. Rf1 $4 Na4 $19) (24.
Rg3 $2 Qh1+ 25. Kd2 Ra2+ 26. Kc3 Na4+ $19) 24... Kxg7 25. Qxc5 $13) 22... Qh2 (
22... Rfc8 23. Qd6 Nxc7 24. Qxd7 $13) 23. Rg3 h5 24. Qd6 $18) 22. Qxb4 Qh2 23.
Rg3 Rfc8 (23... Ra2 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25. c8=Q+ $18) 24. Nxc6 Qh1+
25. Bf1 dxc6 {Romero Holmes In case of 25...Qc6 26.Bg2 black is also helpless.}
(25... Qxc6 {Ftacnik} 26. Qb2 g6 27. Bg2 $18) 26. Qe7 1-0

[Event "London MSO Banwell Memorial"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 (4... c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3
cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 {or}) (4... O-O 5. Nge2 d5 {are some of
the creditable continuations.}) 5. Nge2 Ne4 (5... c5 {or}) (5... Ba6 {leads to
other variations}) 6. Qc2 f5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Bb7 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qc3 {
There was only one game in the MegaDatabase in which Qc3 was played before
this game} O-O {Novelty} 11. f3 Bb7 12. Be2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh5 14. O-O d6 15. b4
Nc6 16. Rf2 Ne7 17. Bb2 Rf7 18. Raf1 Re8 19. a4 Qg6 20. Ra1 h5 21. Rg2 h4 22.
Kf2 (22. gxh4 Qh5 (22... Qh6 $13) 23. f4 Qxh4 24. Rg5 {Is also okay for White})
22... Qh5 23. a5 b5 24. a6 $1 Ba8 25. d5 $1 {This is a very important move in
this position. incase White played cb Black would have played Nd5 and my dark
squared bishop would have become less mobile} (25. cxb5 Nd5 {gives Black some
play and makes some of my pieces less mobile notably the Bishop on b2}) 25...
exd5 26. cxb5 h3 27. Rgg1 f4 28. exf4 Nf5 29. Qd2 d4 30. g4 $1 {A good move
which Black probably overlooked.} Qh4+ 31. Rg3 $1 (31. Kf1 {is bad because of}
Ne3+ $19) 31... Nxg3 32. hxg3 Qe7 33. Bxd4 Qe6 34. Rh1 Qd5 {The threat is Re2!}
35. Bd1 {Solves the simple trick} Qxb5 36. Rxh3 Qc4 37. f5 Bc6 38. f6 $1 Bb5 {
The threat is Qf1 mate} 39. Rh1 c5 40. Bc3 cxb4 $2 (40... gxf6 $1 {is better})
41. fxg7 $1 Rfe7 (41... Qxc3 42. Rh8+ Kxg7 43. Qh6#) (41... bxc3 42. Rh8+ Kxg7
43. Qh6#) (41... Rxg7 42. Bxg7 $18) 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Bb3 $3 {The end} Re2+ 44.
Qxe2 Rxe2+ 45. Kg1 Qxb3 (45... bxc3 {falls to} 46. g8=Q+ $18) 46. g8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3
d6 9. Be2 c6 10. dxe6 $146 (10. Bf3) 10... fxe6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. e4
$14 a6 14. Qb3 Bf8 15. Be3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 (17. Nf5 $5 Kh8 18. Nd4)
17... Kh8 18. Rac1 g6 (18... Qe7 $142 $14) 19. h4 e5 (19... h6 20. h5 g5 $14
21. e5 $140 $5 Nxe5 22. Nce4 $44) 20. h5 Qe7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4
Reb8 $6 (23... Qe6 24. Qxe6 (24. Bc4 $5 d5 25. Be2 d4 $140 26. Bc4 Qe7 27. Bg5
Qxb4 28. Qf3) 24... Rxe6 25. b5 $36) 24. Bg5 $16 Kg7 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Bh3 Ra7
27. Nb2 Ba8 28. Qe3 Rc7 29. Nd3 (29. Nc4 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5) 29... Rb5 30. Ne2 $1
Ng8 $138 31. Nc3 Rb8 32. Nd5 $18 Rcc8 33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34. Nb6 Qb7 35. Nxc8 Rxc8
36. Ra1 Rc7 37. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 38. Rd8 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Ba6 {
This move idea is to play c7-c6 and d7-d5, then to change Ba6 for Bf1 and
White won't to play 0-0.In my opinion, this continuation is better than} (7...
Bb7 8. d5 Na6 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Na6 12. O-O c6 13. Rfd1
$14 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Vovsha,E/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (35)}) 9. g3 (
9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 {-see commented game 1-0 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Leon 1995/CBM 48
[Shirov,A and many others](26)}) 9... Nc5 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Rd1 {-see detailed
commented game 0-1 Bareev,E-Sokolov,I/Madrid 1994/CBM 41[Dautov,R, Horvath] 
(61)}) (7... O-O {-mainline.}) 8. a3 Be7 ({Another continuation is} 8... Bxc3 {
Black changes dark-squares B in order to win a time and to complete
development.} 9. Nxc3 ({Strange looks} 9. Qxc3 $6 O-O 10. d5 (10. Nf4 d6 (10...
d5 11. cxd5 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 exd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. h4 a5 $132 {0-1 Hartman,C-Bator,
R/Malmo 1986/EXT 97 (33)}) 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Nd5 $11 {
0-1 Hoi,C-Iskov,G/Hillerod 1980/MCD (52)}) (10. b4 d6 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Be2 Bb7
13. O-O (13. d5 e5 14. Nd3 Qh4 $132 {0-1 Lutz,C-Zsinka,L/Budapest 1989/CBM 14 
(38)}) 13... Qg5 14. f3 e5 15. Nh3 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,
M-Zsinka,L/Budapest 1982/MCD (19)}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13.
Nf4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rc8 15. Rd1 Re8 16. h4 Re5 17. Qd2 {[%csl Rd7,Rh1] 1/2-1/2
Petrosian,T-Bisguier,A/Lone Pine 1978/MCL (17)}) 9... d5 (9... O-O $5 10. Bd3
d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 Bb7 $132) 10. b4 (10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 {1/2-1/2
Groszpeter,A-De Firmian,N/New York 1988/CBM 08 (11)} (11... exd5 12. g3 (12.
Qd3 O-O 13. g3 c6 14. b4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Palliser,R-Bergstrom,R/York ENG 2000/The
Week in Chess 320 (14)}) 12... h5 13. h4 Nc6 14. b4 Ne7 15. Kg2 Qd7 16. Qd3 $14
{1-0 Poulenard,R-Lecuyer,C/Chanac 1989/TD (48)})) 10... dxc4 11. b5 Bb7 12. e4
a6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O axb5 15. Bxb5 Qe7 $132 {1-0 Huebner,R-De Firmian,N/
Manila 1990/CBM 19 (40)}) 9. Ng3 {Except of this move White can play also} (9.
Nf4 $5 {and here worth of attention} c6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5,Gd7d6] Tsesarsky} ({
Another possibilities are also reliable:} 9... Bg5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b4 Ne7 12.
Nh3 Bh6 13. d5 O-O 14. O-O g6 15. Rfd1 Nf5 16. g3 e5 17. Qc2 d6 $132 {0-1
Cardon,H-Luce,S/Budapest 1990/EXT 97 (38)}) (9... d6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. b4 Bb7 12.
d5 e5 13. Nd3 O-O 14. O-O g6 $132 {1-0 Guindy,E-Andersen,J/Aarhus 1991/EXT 98 
(40)}) (9... Nc6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Nd3 c5 15.
bxc6 dxc6 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Knaak,R-Plachetka,J/Trnava 1983/MCD 
(41)}) (9... O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. b4 d5 12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 $11
{1/2-1/2 Harakis,A-Cooper,L/England 1997/CBM 64 ext (58)}) 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O
Nd7 $132 {Space advantage is compensed by the pair of BB.}) 9... c6 $5 (9...
Nc6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f4 Bh4 14. Nge2 Qe8 15. e4 Qg6 16. g3
Rae8 17. Rad1 a5 18. b5 Nd8 19. e5 Be7 20. Ra1 $14 {1-0 Zilberman,N-Bangiev,A/
Cheliabinsk 1975/MCD (57)}) 10. d5 ({Black equalizes in next variations too:} 
10. Bd3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 $11) (10. b4 d5 11. b5 ({Or} 11. c5 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 a5
13. Ke2 Nd7 $132) 11... cxb5 12. cxb5 ({Dubious is} 12. cxd5 b4 13. axb4 Bxf1
14. Rxf1 Bxb4 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nge4 O-O $15 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6,Re1][%cal Gb4e1]})
12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 (13... a6 $11) 14. O-O Rc8 $11) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Bxf1
12. Rxf1 O-O 13. Rc1 {Here I thought a long tme and found} a6 $1 {[%cal Gb6b5,
Gb5b4] This move idea is to promote Pb6-b4-b5.} (13... Bf6 $143 14. Ke2 Na6 15.
b4 Nc7 16. d6 Ne8 17. Nce4 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) (13... Na6 $143 14. d6 Bh4 15. b4
$14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 14. Ke2 (14. e4 d6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf5 $1 Nc6 $1 17. Nxe7+
Nxe7 18. Rd1 Nc8 19. f4 Ra7 20. Rf2 $132) 14... b5 15. Rfd1 b4 16. axb4 ({
Interesting but not effective was} 16. Nce4 bxa3 17. d6 axb2 18. Qxb2 Bf6 (
18... Bh4 19. Nh5 $1 f6 20. g3 g6 21. gxh4 gxh5 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Qb7 $18) 19.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qb7 (20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nh5 f5 22. Rc7 f6 23. Ra1 a5 24. Ra4 Kf7
$15) 20... Nc6 21. Qxd7 Nb4 (21... Ne5 22. Qa4 $16) 22. Qa4 Nd5 $132) 16...
Bxb4 17. Qd4 a5 (17... Qa5 $6 18. Nh5 f6 19. Qg4 {[%csl Re6,Rg7][%cal Gg4e6,
Gg4g7]} g6 20. dxe6 Qxh5 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Nd5 a5 23. e7 Bxe7 24. Nxe7+ $16)
18. dxe6 (18. Kf1 Na6 $132) 18... fxe6 19. Nb5 Na6 ({Worth of attention also} 
19... Ra6 $132) 20. f4 ({Or} 20. Qe5 Rc8 21. Kf1 $11) 20... Qh4 ({Equal
position after} 20... d5 21. Qe5 Qf6 $132 {[%cal Gf6e5]}) 21. Nc7 ({Dubious is
} 21. Kf2 $6 g5 (21... d5 22. Rc6) 22. Qxd7 Nc5 $1 23. Qc7 (23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24.
Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Kf3 Bxe3 $1 $17) 23... gxf4 24. exf4 Rac8 25. Qe5 $8 Nd3+ 26.
Rxd3 Rxc1 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 $17) 21... Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 d6 (23... d5 $144
24. h3 Qg6 25. Qe5 Rac8 26. Rdc1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qf6 $11) 24. Ne4 (24. Nh5 Rf7 (
24... e5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qf3 (26. Nxg7 exf4 $17) 26... Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 g6 28.
Ng3 Rac8 $132) 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ng3 Rc8 $15) 24... e5 (24... Rac8 25. h3 (25.
Rdc1 Bc5 $1 $17) (25. Rcc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxf4+ $19) 25... Qg6 26. Rcc1 (26.
Rdc1 Bc5 $1) 26... d5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 a4 $132) 25. Qd5+ Kh8
26. Kg1 ({When I thought about 24...e5 I had calculated} 26. Ng5 $5 Qxg5 27.
Qxa8 Qh4+ 28. g3 Qxh2+ {and here I didn't see} 29. Qg2 $1 {B. Avrukh said
after the game, he didn't see this move either...However, Black has sufficient
compensation:} Qh6 ({or} 29... Qh5 $44) 30. Rh1 (30. Rf7 Re8 31. Re7 Rf8 $11)
30... Qg6 31. Rhc1 Bc5 $44) 26... exf4 ({Equalises also} 26... Qe2 27. Ng5
Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 h6 29. Ne6 Rg8 30. Nxg7 Qxf4 31. Rf7 Qg4 32. Nf5 Raf8 33. h3 (33.
Nxh6 Qg6 $19) 33... Qg6 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Nxd6 $11) 27. Ng5 h6 (27... Rae8 28.
Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 fxe3 (29... Bc5 30. Kh1 fxe3 31. Rdf1 Qc8 32. Rxg7 (32. Qc6
h6 $17) 32... e2 33. Rxh7+ $11) 30. Rdf1 Qc8 31. Rxg7 $1 (31. Qc6 d5 32. Rc7
Qd8 33. Rd7 Qa8 $19) 31... Kxg7 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ $11) 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29.
exf4 Bc5+ $6 $11 ({Strong was} 29... Qxf4 $1 30. Qd3+ (30. Rf1 Bc5+ 31. Rxc5
Qe3+ $19) 30... Kg8 31. Qd5 {I overlooked here} Ra7 $1 {and Black leaves with
advantage.} (31... Kh7 32. Qd3+ $11) 32. Rxa7 $1 (32. Ne5+ $2 Kh7 33. Qd3+ Qf5
34. Rxa7 Bc5+ 35. Kh1 Bxa7 $17 {[%csl Re5,Rh1][%cal Gf5f1]}) 32... Bc5+ 33. Kh1
Bxa7 34. Nxd6+ Kh8 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf8f1]} 35. Qc4 Bd4 36. Nb7 Bb6 37. b3 Qf2
$15) 30. Kh1 Rae8 (30... Qxf4 31. Qd3+ Kg8 32. Qd5 Ra7 33. g3 Qxf7 34. Rxf7
Raxf7 $44) 31. Qd3+ Qg6 (31... Kg8 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qh7#) 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33.
Nxd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6+ Rf6 (34... Kh7 35. g3 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38.
Rdd7 Rg8 39. f5 (39. h4 $14) 39... Rxh2 40. f6 h5 41. Rxg7+ Rxg7 42. Rxg7+ Kh8
43. Rg5 Rh1 44. Kg2 $18) 35. Rxf6+ Kxf6 36. h3 Rb8 37. Rc5 Rxb2 38. Rxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 964] Black tries a new and aggressive approach against White's setup.
The play becomes very sharp. Whites turns the tables with a nice counter
attack.} 1. d4 {Psakhis} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2
Bb7 7. Nf4 {Psakhis: 'Rare move, usually white continue'} (7. a3 {Psakhis with
slightly better position, for example} Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b4 a5
11. b5 f5 12. c5 a4 13. Bb2 Rf7 14. Bc4 $36 {0-1 Mrva,M-Scavo,F/Pardubice op
1998 (60)}) 7... f5 (7... O-O {Psakhis} 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11.
Rb1 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Bxf4 12. exf4 Rf6 13. Be3 Rh6 14. f3 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,
I-Kortchnoi,V/New York 1996 (40)}) 8. Bd3 Qh4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 g5 (10...
O-O 11. f3 Nf6 (11... Ng5 {Psakhis} 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. f4
Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Palliser,R-Ward,C/BCF-ch Hove 1997 (26)}) 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 $16
) 11. Ne2 Nf6 $1 $146 {Psakhis: 'N New an interesting move. After'} (11... g4
$6 12. Ng3 $1 Ng5 (12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 $1 Qh5 14. e4 $36 (14. e4 {Psakhis} fxe4
15. Bxe4 Nc6 16. d5 $16)) 13. e4 f4 14. Bxf4 Nf3+ 15. gxf3 gxf3 16. Kh1 Qxf4
17. e5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Sokolov,I/Ljubljana 1995/CBM 51/[Dautov] (36)
Psakhis: 'White got clear advantage in the game between Sherbakov,R-Sokolov,I/
EUCup Ljubljana 1995 (35)'}) 12. f3 {'[]' Psakhis.} (12. Ng3 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 $40
{/\g4}) 12... Rg8 (12... g4 {Psakhis} 13. g3 Qh5 14. Nf4 Qf7 15. e4 $1 gxf3 16.
exf5 $36) 13. d5 {'!' Psakhis.} (13. g3 Qh5 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 $17) 13...
g4 (13... Na6 {Psakhis} 14. Ba3 (14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 $132)) 14.
Nd4 (14. f4 g3 $1 15. h3 (15. hxg3 Qh5 $40) 15... Ng4 $40) ({Doesn,t look too
nice, bur safer then move in the text.} 14. f4 {[%csl Re4] Psakhis}) 14... gxf3
(14... Na6 $5 {Psakhis} 15. Ba3 Nc5 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Bxc5 bxc5) 15. Nxf3 Qh5
16. Ba3 exd5 17. Bxf5 dxc4 18. e4 {'[]' Psakhis.} Nc6 19. e5 Ng4 {'!' Psakhis.}
(19... Nxe5 $1 20. Rae1 (20. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 O-O-O $132)
20... O-O-O (20... d6 {Psakhis} 21. Nxe5 (21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Rxe5 Bxf3 $17) 21...
Rxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $1 dxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Be7+ Ke8 26. Bxf6+ Kf8
27. Bg5 $1 Kg8 (27... Qxg5+ 28. Bg4+) 28. Be6+ $18) 21. Nxe5 (21. Rxe5 Bxf3 22.
Rf2 (22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rxh5 Bxg2 $3 $19) 22... Kb8 23. Be7 (23. h3 $142) 23...
Ng4 24. Bxg4 Qxe5 25. Bxd8 Bxg4 $19) 21... Rxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re8 $17
) ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 19... Nd5 $5 {Psakhis} 20. Qe4
O-O-O $5 21. e6 (21. Qxd5 Qxf5 $17) 21... Rxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Ne3+
24. Kg1 Nxf5 25. exd7+ Rxd7 $13 {but 19... Ng4! is stronger}) 20. e6 Ne3 $2 {
Psakhis: 'Serious mistake. Much stronger is'} (20... O-O-O $1 21. exd7+ Kb8 22.
Rae1 Nce5 $40) (20... d6 $1 {(Psakhis) and White needs good advice, for example
} 21. Bxh7 (21. Rae1 Nce5 $1) (21. Qe4 Nd8 22. Bxg4 Rxg4 $19) 21... Rg7 22. Be4
Ne3 $19) 21. exd7+ Kd8 22. Qe4 Nxf5 {'?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Second ( and
decisive mistake ) , Wedberg still could get reasonable position after '} (
22... Rxg2+ $5 {Psakhis} 23. Kh1 Nxf5 24. Qe8+ (24. Kxg2 Kxd7 25. Rad1+ Nd6 $36
) 24... Qxe8 25. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 26. Rae1+ Kd7 27. Kxg2 $13) 23. Ne5 $16 {'!'
Psakhis.} Na5 $8 {Psakhis: 'Only move. I didn,t found defence for Black after'}
(23... Nxe5 24. Qxb7 Kxd7 25. Rxf5 {'!' Psakhis.} Qxf5 26. Qd5+ $18) ({or} 
23... Ne3 {Psakhis} 24. Nxc6+ Kxd7 25. Rad1+ $1 (25. Qe7+ Kxc6 26. Rf6+ Kb5 27.
Qb4+ Ka6 28. Qa4+ Qa5 $19) (25. Ne5+ $2 Kc8 $19) (25. Qxe3 Bxc6 26. Rad1+ Kc8
$17) 25... Nxd1 26. Qd4+ Kxc6 27. Qxc4+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kc6 30. c4
$1 $18) 24. Rxf5 Bxe4 (24... Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Bxe4 26. Rf7 {'+/-' Psakhis.} (26.
Rf4 $16 {Psakhis}) 26... Nc6 27. Rd1) 25. Rxh5 c5 (25... Rxg2+ $142 26. Kf1 Rg8
(26... Rd2 {Psakhis} 27. Re1 $1 (27. Bc1 Rxd7 28. Bg5+ Kc8 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30.
Rd1+ Bd3+ $11) 27... Bg2+ 28. Kg1 Bd5 29. Rxh7 $18) 27. Rd1 $14) (25... Bxg2 {
Psakhis} 26. Bc1 $1 Ke7 27. Bg5+ Ke6 28. Re1 $18) 26. g3 Kc7 (26... Nc6 {
Psakhis} 27. Re1 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 (28. Rxe4 Nxd7 29. Rxc4 Nf6 30. Rf5 $36) 28...
Bc6 29. Re7 Bxd7 30. Rxh7 $16) 27. Rh4 (27. Re1 $5 {Psakhis} Bg6 (27... Bc2 28.
Bc1 {[%cal Rc1f4]}) 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Rh7 $1 (29. Rd5 Rad8) 29... Rad8 (29...
Nc6 30. d8=Q+ $5 Kxd8 31. h4 $16 {[%cal Ra3c1]}) 30. Re8 Nc6 31. Bc1 $16) 27...
Bd3 28. Rd1 (28. Nxd3 $6 {Psakhis} cxd3 29. Rd1 (29. Rxh7 Nc4 $1) 29... Rg7 30.
Rxd3 Rd8 $11) 28... Rg7 (28... Nc6 $5 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Rxh7 c4 $14) 29. Rh6 (
29. Bc1 $5 {Psakhis}) 29... Rd8 (29... Re7 30. Bc1 $1 (30. Bc1 $1 {Psakhis}
Rxe5 31. Bf4 Nc6 32. Re1 Kxd7 33. Bxe5 $16)) 30. Bc1 Kb7 31. Bf4 Rgxd7 32. Nxd7
Rxd7 33. Re1 Bg6 34. h4 {'+-' Psakhis.} Ka6 35. h5 Bd3 (35... Bf5 {Psakhis} 36.
Rf6 Bg4 37. h6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Re1e8,Re8g8]}) 36. Kf2 Kb5 37. Rhe6 Rd8 38. Re7
$18 Nc6 39. Rc7 (39. Rc7 {Psakhis} Na5 (39... Rd5 40. a4+) 40. Rxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. f3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8.
Ng3 Nc6 9. Bd3 h5 10. O-O h4 11. Ne4 Ba6 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nd2 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bb2 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. Bc3 Nb7 20. e4 Nc5 $1 21.
Qe3 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf6 24. Rf3 $6 {I'm really not sure what white
should do, but this feels really loose.} Rad8 25. Rd1 c5 26. d5 Bxc3 27. Rxc3
exd5 28. cxd5 Qg4 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rd1,Rg1][%cal Gf8e8,Ge8e2] Suddenly white
faces a huge penalty for having uncoordinated rooks as the e-file becomes open.
Note again, its the entry square on e2 which determines the severity of the
punishment.} 29. Rf1 Rfe8 30. Qc4 Re2 31. g3 Rd2 32. d6+ Kh8 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34.
Qxc2 hxg3 35. Qd3 c4 36. Qxc4 Rxd6 37. Qe4 gxh2+ 38. Kh1 Rg6 0-1

