[Event "URS-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A98"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1931.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Qe8 (7... c6
$5) (7... Ne4 $5) 8. Qc2 (8. Bb2) 8... Qh5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Ba3 (10. Bb2 Bd7 11.
Rad1 Rae8 12. a3 $14 {/\ d5 Junge,K-Bogoljubov,E/Salzburg/1942/}) 10... Bd7 (
10... f4 11. gxf4 Ng4 12. e3 Rxf4 13. h3 (13. exf4 Nxd4) 13... Rf6 14. hxg4
Qxg4 15. Nd2 $16 {Pelikan-Dobias/Praha/1937/}) (10... g5 11. d5 g4 12. Ne1 $1
Nd8 13. Nd3 $16) (10... Rf7 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. d5 Nd8 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. c5 dxc5
15. Ne5 Nd4 16. Qd3 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Riumin,N/Moscow/1936/}) (10... a5 11. d5
Nb4 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. Nb5 Bd8 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nbd4 Bc8 16. c5 $16 {Mikenas,
V-Rotshtein,E/URS/1962/}) 11. d5 Nd8 12. Ne5 (12. Rad1 Rf7 13. Nd4 e5 14. Ndb5
Ne8 15. c5 Bf8 16. cxd6 $14 {Savitsky,L-Alatortsev,V/URS/1933/}) 12... dxe5 13.
Bxe7 Rf7 14. Ba3 exd5 15. Nxd5 $14 f4 $1 16. Rad1 (16. Nxc7 $2 Bf5 $19) 16...
Nxd5 $6 (16... Bh3 $5 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bf3 Qf7 19. Rfe1 $14) 17. Bxd5 Be6 18.
Qd3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 (19. cxd5 Rf6 $13 {/\ Nf7-g5/}) 19... Nc6 20. Bc5 $1 (20. b4
Rd8 $1) (20. Qe6 Nd4) 20... Re8 (20... Qxe2 21. Qe6 Qh5 22. Rd7 Qf5 23. Qxf5
Rxf5 24. Rxc7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Rd1 $16) 21. b4 a6 $6 (21...
h6 $1 22. b5 Nd8) 22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Na5 24. Qe6 $1 $18 Ra8 25. Rd7 Qg6 26.
Qd5 h6 27. Rxc7 Re8 28. Bb4 b6 29. Bxa5 bxa5 30. b6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Rb1
Re8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. b7 Rb8 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Groningen Harmonie+"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A98"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Qh5 {This variation was used by Bronshtein about a 40 years ago, but it
doesn't promise black an easy life. However in this particular game white
opted for the wrong plan and was severely punished.} 9. b4 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Qf7 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. c5 $16 {
Olafsson,F-Kan/Nice(ol)/1974/}) 9... Nc6 10. a3 $6 {Waste of time.} (10. b5 Nd8
11. a4 (11. Bd2 $5 Nf7 12. a4 e5 13. e3 g5 14. Nd5 $14 {Timoscenko,
G-Fuellgrabe,T/Berlin 1996}) 11... Nf7 12. Ba3 (12. a5 Rb8 13. Ne1 e5 14. Nd5
Bd8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd3 f4 17. f3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qg6 $13 {Nill,J-Moser,E/
Dresden 2000}) 12... g5 13. Rad1 f4 14. Qc1 Qh6 15. h3 g4 $13 {Geller,E-Milic,
B/Leningrad 1957}) (10. Rb1 Bd7 11. d5 Nd8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Rd1
Ne4 15. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Franz,J/Dresden 1959/MCD (15)}) 10... Nd8 (10...
e5 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 c6 $6 {[%csl Rd6]} 14. Nf4 Qe8 15. Rad1
$16 {Suetterlin,K-Prill,G/Waldshut 1981}) 11. Bb2 Nf7 12. e4 e5 {Strangely
enough black is doing fine after this break in the center.} (12... fxe4 13.
Nxe4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd2 Ng5 $132) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 $5
Bd8 15. Nxf6+ (15. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 $19 {[%csl Re5,Rh2]}) (15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Qb3 c6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 $13) 15... Bxf6 16. Rfe1 $6 {
Letting black to play f4 after which white is left without counterplay.} (16.
exf5 $142 Bxf5 17. Qb3 $13) 16... f4 17. gxf4 $2 {Another mistake permitting
black to launch dangerous attack against white king.} Bh3 $1 $36 18. Nxe5 (18.
Bxh3 Qxh3 19. fxe5 Bg5 (19... Qxf3 $6 20. exf6 Ng5 21. Re3 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+
23. Ke2 Nf4+ 24. Kd2 Qxh2 25. Rf1 $16) 20. e6 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qxf3 22. exf7+ Rxf7
$40 {[%csl Rf1,Rf2]}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qf3+ 22.
Kg1 (22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxh2+ $19) 22... Rf4 $1 {Forcing
white to give up 3 pawns to save the king.} 23. h3 Qxh3 24. Re3 $8 Rg4+ 25. Rg3
Rxg3+ 26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Qg2 Qxe5 $19 28. Rd1 Rf8 29. c5 Qe6 $6 {Missing a
chance to finish a game in one move after} (29... Rf6 $19 {[%cal Gf6g6] and
black is helpless against Rg6.}) 30. Rd3 h6 31. Rg3 Qe5 32. Rg6 Kh7 33. Rg4 Rd8
34. Qe2 Qc3 35. Rg2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Rd1 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qg4+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ Ke7
40. Qe5+ Kd7 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kd7 (42... Kd7 43. Qf5+ Kc6 $19) 0-1

