[Event "Asia Chess Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.03.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.03.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 $5 {Team events call for solidity!} 5.
h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5 (8. Nh4 {is the other knight move which is
also popular.}) 8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 {Fixing the pawn
structure on the kingside.} 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O {It felt
like I had equalised... at least until I saw White's move!} 15. e4 $5 {My
opponent seemed to read my mind and in a way he was saying, "Not so fast"!}
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 {looked logical to challenge the pawn structure
though an expert in this line would say I was far too provocative with this
strategy!} (17... Nf6 18. Bg2 Rxd4 19. Bxg5 Bc5 {Black managed to hold in 
(Ostenstad-Roiz 2014)}) 18. Ba5 $5 (18. d5 Nc5 {looked fine for Black.}) 18...
b6 19. Bc3 exd4 ({May the Almighty forgive me for missing} 19... Kc7 $5 20.
dxe5 (20. d5 Nc5 21. Bxe5+ Bd6 22. Bxd6+ Rxd6 23. Bg2 Rf6 24. b4 Rxf2 $11)
20... Nc5 21. Bc2 a5 $44 {Now that is what I (looking at the comp evaluation:))
call compensation!}) 20. Bxd4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc6 ({A more critical
move seemed to be} 22. Rd6 $5 c5 23. Rc6+ Kb8 24. Bf5 {I was quite concerned
about this position.} Ne5 25. Rxf6 $14) 22... Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kc2 Nd3
25. Kc3 Nf4 (25... Nxf2 $5 {You have to be greedy!} 26. Rf1 (26. Rh2 Nd1+)
26... Nd1+ 27. Kb4 Nxb2 28. Rxf6 Rd3 29. Bd5 Rxh3 30. Rxf7 Nd3+ 31. Kb5 Ne5 32.
Rxa7 Rxb3+ 33. Ka4 Rb1 {White has way too little material to do anything.}) 26.
Be4 $1 {Now White is in clear command!} Ne2+ (26... Rh8 27. b4 Rxh3+ 28. Rxh3
Nxh3 29. f3 {looks quite nasty for Black.}) 27. Kb4 a5+ 28. Kb5 (28. Ka3 Rd4 $1
{The bishop was quite annoying on e4.} (28... Rd2 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rxh4 $16) 29.
Bd5 Rd3 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge2d4] The point of kicking the bishop away from e4.})
28... Kc7 29. Bd5 Nd4+ $6 {Aiming for a rook endgame.} (29... Nf4 30. Rd1 Nxh3
31. Rd2 {I wasn't sure about this but after} Nf4 {Black can defend this
successfully.}) 30. Ka4 Re8 31. b4 (31. Rd1 $1 Nc6 32. Bxc6 Kxc6 {I assumed
this was holdable but after the game my opponent suggested} 33. Rd3 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gd3f3] and the rook protects everything with a very difficult endgame
for Black.}) 31... Re2 {Now Black is in time to generate counterplay.} 32. Rd1
(32. bxa5 Rxb2 33. Ka3 $1 {A very important nuance.} (33. axb6+ Kxb6 {The
threat of ...Nc2 allows Black sufficient counterplay.}) (33. a6 Nc2 {[%csl Rb4]
with a funny turnover!}) 33... Rb3+ 34. Ka2 Rb4 35. axb6+ Kxb6 36. h4 gxh4 37.
Rxh4 {White keeps an extra pawn and good practical winning chances.}) 32... Ne6
$1 33. Rb1 (33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. bxa5 Rxb2 35. axb6+ Kxb6 36. Rd6+ Kc5 37. Rxe6
Rxf2 {with a draw.}) (33. b3 Ra2+ 34. Kb5 axb4 35. Kxb4 Nc5 $11) (33. bxa5 bxa5
34. Kxa5 Rxb2 $11) 33... axb4 34. Kxb4 Rxf2 35. b3 Nc5 36. Kb5 f5 $1 {Just in
time!} (36... Ra2 {was my first intention but after} 37. b4 Na4 38. Rb3 $1 {
the knight is just stuck and White is clearly winning.} (38. Rc1 $2 Ra3 $1 39.
c5 Nc3+ {winning the exchange.} 40. Kc4 b5+ $19)) 37. gxf5 (37. b4 Ne4 38. Bxe4
fxe4 39. Ra1 e3 {Suddenly Black's single pawn turns out to be a formidable
opponent for White's queenside pawns.} 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. c5+ (41. Kxb6 e2 $19)
41... bxc5 42. bxc5+ Ke6 $11) 37... Rxf5 38. Ra1 (38. b4 Ne4 $11 {[%cal Ge4c3,
Ge4f6]}) 38... Nxb3 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. Kxb6 Nc5 $1 {The easiest... giving up a
pawn to create a barrier/fortress.} 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Bxf7 {The knight has
just too many squares to move to.} Nd7+ 43. Kb5 Nc5 44. Bg6 Ne6 45. Kb6 Nc5 46.
Bf5 Nb3 47. Bg4 Nc5 48. Kb5 Ne4 49. Kb4 Nc5 50. Bc8 Ne4 51. Kb5 Nc5 52. Bg4 Ne4
53. Kb4 Nc5 54. Kc3 Ke5 55. Bc8 Ne4+ 56. Kb4 (56. Kd3 Nc5+ 57. Ke3 Na4 $11)
56... Kd6 {Fortunately for me, my team won on the remaining boards and we won
with a huge margin of 3.5/0.5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Shirov Ftacnik Hertneck,G Bulletin} d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 {
The "solid" line. In general White seems to keep a slight edge here and this
game confirms this assessment} (4. Qb3 Nc6) 4... c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 (6...
Qxb3 {Hertneck,G} 7. axb3 Na6 8. Ra4 {! Shirov} (8. e4 Nb4 9. exf5 (9. Ra4 Nc2+
10. Kd1 dxe4 11. Ng5 (11. Nh4 Nxd4 $1 12. Rxd4 Bxc5 13. Rd2 Nf6 $15 {Swidler,P}
) 11... Nxd4 $1 12. Rxd4 Bxc5 13. Rc4 Bxf2 14. Ngxe4 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Bb6 (15...
Bd4 $5) 16. Bf4 Ke7 17. Ke1 $14 {Swidler,P}) 9... Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. fxe6
fxe6 (11... Nxb3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Ne5+ Ke8 (14... Ke6 $2 15. g3 (
15. Kc2 $2 Nxc5 $17) 15... a5 16. Bh3+ Ke7 17. Na4 $1 $18) 15. Kc2 Na1+ 16. Kb1
Nb3 17. Ka2 Na5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 $44 {Shirov}) 12. b4 a5 $6 (
12... Nf6 13. Bd3 Nb3 14. Be3 a5 15. b5 a4 $13 {Shirov}) 13. bxa5 $1 Nb3 (13...
Rxa5 14. b4 Ra8 15. Bb2 $16 {>< a1}) 14. a6 $1 Nxc1 15. axb7 Rb8 16. Kxc1 Rxb7
17. Bd3 $16 {>< e6; Shirov,A-Swidler,P/Gausdal/1991}) 8... Bc2 9. e3 (9. Bf4 $5
Bxb3 10. Ra3 Bc4 (10... Bc2 11. Na2 $1 Nf6 12. e3 Nb8 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Rxa7
$14) 11. b3 Nxc5 (11... Nb4 12. Kd1 $1 Bb5 (12... Ba6 13. Ra4 $18) 13. Nxb5
cxb5 14. e3 Nc6 15. Bxb5 $16) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ra1 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ba6 $13) 9...
Nc7 (9... Bxb3 10. Ra3 Bc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. O-O $14) 10. Be2 $1
$14) 7. Bf4 Qc8 (7... Qxf4 {Ftacnik} 8. Qxb7 $16) 8. e3 Nf6 9. Qa4 (9. Nh4 {
Hertneck,G} Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 $6 Be7 13. Qc2 Bd8 $1 14. Bd3
Bc7 $10 {Dzhindzishashvili,R-Kuligowski,A/Lone Pine/1981}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nh5
10. Be5 Nd7 (10... f6 11. Bxb8 Qxb8 12. h3 $1) 11. h3 Nxe5 $2 12. dxe5 $1 $18)
10. b4 a6 (10... Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 (12... Bg4 {Shirov} 13. b5 Bxf3
14. bxc6 $1) 13. hxg3 e5) (10... Bg4 {Hertneck,G} 11. b5 Bxf3 12. bxc6 $1 $16 {
Shirov}) 11. h3 Be7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Be2 Be4 $1 {The knight must be eliminated
to achieve e5.} (13... Bd8 {Hertneck,G} 14. O-O Bc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. a4 {
Shirov} e5 $132) (13... a5 {Ftacnik} 14. b5 b6 15. bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb5 Qc8 17. c6
Bb4 18. O-O $16) 14. O-O (14. Nxe4 {Shirov} Nxe4 15. O-O Bd8 $10) 14... Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Bd8 16. a4 Bc7 (16... Re8 $1 {Shirov /\ e5} 17. b5 Ba5 $1) 17. Bg5 (
17. b5 {Ftacnik} Bxf4 18. exf4 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 b6 $10) 17... h6 18.
Bxf6 Nxf6 19. b5 e5 (19... axb5 20. axb5 b6 (20... Rxa1 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxa1 b6
22. bxc6 bxc5 23. Ra7 $16) 21. cxb6 Bxb6 22. Na4) (19... Ba5 20. Ne2) (19...
Ba5 $1 $10 {Shirov Karpov,An}) 20. b6 Bb8 (20... exd4 $1 21. exd4 (21. Ne2 $1 {
Shirov} d3 22. Qxd3 Be5 23. Nd4 $16) 21... Bf4) (20... e4 {Shirov} 21. bxc7
exf3 22. Rfb1 $1 fxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxc7 24. Qxb7 $16) (20... Bd8 {Shirov} 21. dxe5
Nd7 22. Bg4 $1) 21. a5 exd4 (21... e4 22. Be2) (21... Re8 $1) 22. exd4 Bf4 23.
Qc2 $1 (23. g3 Qxh3 24. Bg2 Qh5 25. gxf4 Ng4 26. Rfd1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qxf4) 23...
Qd7 $2 {White is a little better in the long term because of his advanced
queenside but this piece sacrifice is uncalled for} (23... h5 24. Ne2 (24. g3 {
Shirov} Bh6 25. Kg2 $14) 24... Bh6) 24. g3 $1 {Calling Black's bluff} Qxh3 25.
Bg2 Qh5 26. gxf4 Ng4 27. Rfd1 (27. Rfe1 {Shirov} Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxf4 $13) 27...
Rae8 (27... Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxf4 29. Rd3 $1 {The importance of Qc2 - f2 is
protected}) 28. Rd3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 f5 (29... Qxf4 {Shirov} 30. Qd2 $16) 30. Qd2 (
30. Rg3 $2 Qxg3) (30. Ne2 $1 $18 {Hertneck,G Shirov}) 30... Rf6 31. f3 (31. Rh3
Rg6 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxh2 Nxh2+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) (31. Rg3 $1) 31... Re4 32. Nxd5
$6 (32. Ne2 $1 Rg6 (32... Ne3+ 33. Rxe3 Rg6 34. Ng3 {Shirov} Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Qxg3
36. Ra2 h5 37. Qe5 $18) 33. fxe4 (33. fxg4 Rxg4 34. Ng1 Rexf4+ 35. Nf3 $18)
33... Ne3+ (33... Nf2 34. Rg3 Nxe4 $13) 34. Qxe3 (34. Rxe3 {Bulletin} Qxg2+ $19
) 34... Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Kd2 Qxa1 37. exf5 $18) (32. fxe4 {Bulletin} fxe4
33. Bf3 $1 $18 (33. Ne2 exd3 34. Qxd3 Re6 $132 (34... Qh4 35. Qg3 Qxg3 36. Nxg3
Rxf4+ 37. Kg1 Rxd4 38. Nf5 Rc4 39. Nd6 Rxc5 40. Nxb7 Rc2 41. Rb1 $18) (34...
Re6 35. Ra3 Ne3+ (35... Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qxf4+ 37. Bf3 $18) 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3
$18) (34... Rxf4+ 35. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 36. Bf3)) (33. Bf3 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxf4 (33...
Qh3+ 34. Qg2 Nh2+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Qg3 $16) 34. Qxh2 Nxh2+ 35. Kg2 exd3 36.
Nxd5 $1 (36. Bxd5+ cxd5 37. c6 bxc6 38. b7 Rf8 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Kxh2 d2 41. Kg2
Kf7 (41... h5 42. Kf3 h4 43. Ke2 (43. Kg4 g5 $13) 43... h3 44. Na4 d1=Q+ 45.
Kxd1 Rxb7 $1) 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Na4 $18) 36... Rxf3 (36... Rxd4 37.
Kxh2 cxd5 38. c6 bxc6 39. Rb1 $18) 37. Ne7+ Kf7 (37... Kh7 38. Kxh2 $18) 38.
Nxc6 $1) (33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Qa2+ Kh8 35. Bxe4 Qxf4+ 36. Bf3 Nh2+ 37. Ke2 Nxf3
$19)) 32... cxd5 33. c6 Rxf4 (33... Rxc6 $2 {Hertneck,G} 34. fxe4 {Shirov} fxe4
35. Rh3 $18) 34. cxb7 (34. c7 {Shirov} Rf8 35. Rc1 Rc8 $13) 34... Re4 $1 (34...
Rf8 $2 {Ftacnik} 35. Rc1 Nf6 36. Rc8 $18) 35. Rc1 (35. b8=Q+ {Hertneck,G} Qxb8
36. fxg4 Qh2 $1 (36... Rxg4 {Shirov} 37. Bxd5+ $18) 37. Rf3 fxg4 38. Rxf6 gxf6
39. b7 Rf4+ 40. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 41. Ke2 $13) (35. fxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} fxe4+ 36. Bf3
Qh1+ 37. Ke2 exf3+ 38. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Ke1 Qf1#) 35... Kh7 (35... Re8 {Ftacnik}
36. Rc8 Rff8 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. fxg4 $18) 36. b8=Q (36. Rc7 Qg3 37. b8=Q Nh2+
38. Kg1 Re1+ 39. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Kxh2 Qh4+ $10) (36. Rc8 Qg3 37. b8=Q Nh2+ 38.
Kg1 Re1+ 39. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Kxh2 Qh4+ 41. Bh3 (41. Kg1 {Ftacnik} Qe1+ $10)
41... Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ $10) 36... Qxb8 37. fxg4 (37. fxe4 {
Ftacnik} fxe4+ 38. Ke1 Rf2 $19) 37... Qh2 (37... fxg4+ $2 {Ftacnik} 38. Kg1)
38. Rf3 $2 (38. Bf3 $5 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 fxg4 40. Rf2 (40. Rd3 Re8 $1) 40... gxf3
41. b7 Rh4 42. Rfc2 $1 Rf8 (42... f2 43. b8=Q Rh1+ 44. Kg2 f1=Q+ 45. Rxf1 Rhxf1
46. Kh2 $18) 43. Rc8 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 $18) 38... Rxg4 (38... fxg4 $4 {Hertneck,G}
39. Rxf6 gxf6 40. Bxe4+ $18) 39. b7 $2 {The final blunder in time trouble} (39.
Rf2 Rfg6 40. Bf3 (40. Bxd5 {Hertneck,G} Qd6 (40... Qh3+ {Ftacnik} 41. Ke2 $18)
(40... Rg1+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. Bf3 Re6+ 43. Kd3 Rg3 44. Qf4 Qg4 45. Qxg4 fxg4 46.
b7 $18) 41. Rxf5 $1 $18 (41. Bg2 {Shirov} Rxd4 $16)) 40... Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Re6+
42. Kd3) 39... Rfg6 40. Rc2 (40. b8=Q {Hertneck,G} Qxb8 41. Rf2 $13 {Shirov}) (
40. Rf2 {Ftacnik} Rxg2 41. Rxg2 Qh1+ $19) 40... Rxg2 41. Qxg2 Rxg2 42. Rxg2
Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qb1 (43... Qb1 {Shirov} 44. Kg3 Qxb7 45. Rxf5 Qc7+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 {Before the game, I did not know
what to play against Misha's favourite line with a6, and after Nc3, e6.
Fortunately, over lunch, my teammate Viorel (Bologan) recommended this move,
which was new to me, and showed me some of the main lines.} Bg4 {here, after
e6, White develops the knight to d2, where it stands better than on c3,
especially if Black plays c5.} 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Qb3 {When Viorel showed me these
moves, I was a bit shocked. Such a waste of tempi...It is like some sort of
theatrical performance, where the queen does not where to head.} Qc7 {Both 7...
Qc8 and 7...Ra7 were also possible (7...b5 does not look very good, since
after the simple 8.cxd5 it is hard to believe that Black will survive).
Unfortunately, these moves have been played in very few games, so it is hard
to draw any reliable conclusions.} 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bd2 dxc4 {If my memory does
not decisve me, this move was played fairly quickly. Illescas Cordoba played 9.
..Bd6 here against Azmaiparashvili.} 10. Bxc4 Bd6 {Despite being behind in
development, Black's position is quite solid. After quite a long think, I
decided on a pawn sacrifice, since I did not see an advantage in any other
lines.} 11. g4 ({Here I also looked at} 11. Be2 {(I did not like any of the
lines connected with the advance f4, since I was afraid that after c5, Black
would take over the initiative)} Bxe2 12. Kxe2 {It is unlikely that White has
anything here.} ({after} 12. Nxe2 {I did not like} Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4)) ({
There was also the amsuing idea} 11. h3 b5 12. Bf1 {but this looked rather
artificial to me.}) 11... Nxg4 12. Be2 (12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Rg1 {was interesting,
but during the game, it seemed to me that after} h5 (13... Bh5 {also looks
reasonable. In my view, Black should be OK.}) 14. h3 Bxh3 15. Rxg7 Nd7 {
Black has an excellent position. Now I am not so sure about this, since White
has various tactical possibilities connected with the move Ne4.} ({Maybe Black
should play} 15... Bf8 16. Rg3 Bg4)) 12... Nf6 ({During the game, I doubted
that I was any better after the piece sacrifice} 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 {
I think that after} 14. h3 Nxf2 ({if} 14... Nc5 {then} 15. Qc4 Nxf2 16. Kxf2
Qxe5 17. Qf4 {and after the queen exchange White is better.}) 15. Kxf2 Bxe2 {
followed by long castling a double-edged position arises.}) 13. Bxh5 Nxh5 14.
Ne4 ({At first I thought that both} 14. Nc4 {and the move in the game gave
White the advantage, but then these illusions were dispelled, since after} Be7
15. Nb6 Ra7 {although the knight on b6 stands well, White has no advantage.})
14... Be7 15. Bb4 {Here White had the choice between three continuations.} (15.
Nc4 b5 16. Qd1 {deserved consideration. The idea is to go Ba5 after the knight
leaves h5, but I overlooked this, and thought only of the move 16.Na5, which
also leads to an unclear position with compensation for the sacrificed pawn.
The ideas of exchanging bishops appealed to me more. Black should probably play
} bxc4 (16... Nf6 17. Ba5 Bb4+ 18. Bxb4 Nxe4 19. Qc2 {and White is better.})
17. Qxh5 Nd7 18. Bc3 Nf6 {and equality is not far off.}) 15... O-O {Here Black
has the alternative moves 15...Qb6 and 15...Nf6. I expected only 15...Qb6,
considering 15...0-0 and 15...Nf6 secondrate moves.} ({After} 15... Qb6 {
I was intending} 16. a3 {and after} O-O ({Instead of castling Black has the
aggressive move} 16... Nf6 {Here there are many possibilities. A sample
variation is} 17. Nc4 Bxb4+ 18. Kd1 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxb4 b5 21. Nd6+ Kd7
22. Rg1 {and in this wild position I will allow myself to end the variation.} (
22. Ke2)) 17. Rg1 {I thought that I had good chances of attack.}) ({On} 15...
Nf6 {during the game I was ready to play} 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 ({
stronger is} 17... Kxe7 18. Qa3+ c5 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 {and White is
just slightly better.}) 18. Nc4 {with advantage to White.}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nc5 b5 {For some reason, during the game I considered this position to be
almost lost for Black. As a result, I played my next move immediately. Later
on, having lost my advanatge, I cursed myself for it. But things are not so
simple. Despite his passivity, Black's position is solid and he has many
possibilities of freeing his position by sacrificing the c6-pawn.} 18. O-O-O {
Maybe Rc1 and a later Rg1 is stronger, but I didn't think there was any need
to hurry.} Nf6 {Here I realised to my horror that after the planned 19.Kb1 my
opponent had prepared 19...Nbd7 and after 20.Nxc6 Qd6 21.Nxd7 Nxd7 the black
pieces come to life. After spending 20 minutes on dubious thoughts such as
"will he really give up this pawn, for which he has already suffered so much?",
I decided not to worry any more and played...} 19. Qa3 {...temporarily
preventing ...Nbd7. I was also pleased that there is a trap here, albeit a
fairky elementary one: 19...Qc7 20.Rhg1 Nbd7 21.Nxe6! (amusingly, I did not
notice 21.Ncxd7 Nxd7 22.Qe7 winning a piece because of the threat Rxg7+) fxe6
22.Qe7 winning, even prettily in some cases.} a5 {A natural and not bad move.
Black wanst to free his position by ...Na6.} 20. Kb1 {Goodness knows why I
spent 9 minutes on the next two moves, gradually edging myself closer to
time-trouble.} b4 {More of an emotional move than a chess one. Probably around
here, my opponent decided to sharpen the play, because he had more time on the
clock.} ({On} 20... Na6 {I intended} 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rhg1 {All the same,
White retains pressure, although Black has no great problems.}) 21. Qa4 Rc8 {
I think that, having decided to play for three results, my opponent abandoned
the idea of giving back the pawn.} ({was not bad. If White wants any advantage,
he probably has to play} 21... Nfd7 22. Ncxd7 (22. Rc1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24.
Nxd7 Qxd7 {and by avoiding the exchange of queens Black achieves good play,
since his queen can harass the weak white kingside pawns.}) 22... Nxd7 23. Nxc6
Qh4 24. f3 {I think the position is unclear. Around here, our game was the
only one still going on in the match. Such responsibility cannot fail to have
its effect, and gradually my opponent started taking linger over his moves.})
22. Rc1 Nd5 {22...Nbd7 was possible and led to similar variations as after 21..
.Nbd7. Including the moves Rc1 Rc8 helps White and so he is probably a bit
better. Even so, I prefer the move in the game, and the large-scale manoeuvres
associated with it.} 23. Rhg1 Ra7 24. Rg3 {This is all fairly natural. White
tries to give mate, whilst Black defends.} f6 {This weakening move is
unavoidable, but now Black's slumbering knight wakes up.} 25. Ned3 {Having 9
minutes to reach move 40 (not counting the 30 second increments) I decided to
play solidly. After 25.Nc4 e5 the position becomes double-edged.} Nd7 26. e4 {
I played this move so as to regain the pawn in the line 26...Nc5 ...} N5b6 {
Now a series of virtually forced moves ensues.} (26... Nxc5 27. dxc5 Nc7 28.
Qxc6 {although here I could not really assess the position after} ({White also
has another chance that I did not see, namely} 28. Nxb4 {After the best reply}
Qe8 29. Nd3 {we again reach a confusing position, but here more favourable to
White.}) 28... Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Nxe8 {At first glance White is better, but it is
hard for him to untangle his pieces. Maybe it is a case of dynamic equality.})
27. Qb3 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Re8 29. Rcg1 Qd6 30. Qe3 Qf8 {It looks strange, this is
actually a good move. Black prepares for the possible trick Qh6 and Rh3.} 31.
Nd3 {Seeing that my attack was petering out, I decided to transfer the knight
elsewhere, especially as I was in time-trouble (which as far as I recall, was
not yet mutual). I had 3 minutes left at this point and wanted to clarify
things.} Nc4 {Moving the knight bto the centre of the action. Tricks like 31...
b3 should not be good because of 32.axb3 a4 33.Nc5 and it is not apparent what
benefit comes from the return sacrifice.} 32. Qc1 {I thought that I had at
last found a plan of attack, and after...} Nd6 33. f3 Nb5 34. Qe3 {... the
terrible knight would arrive on h5 with previously invisible threats. Not for
noting is it called time trouble! The normal continuation would be 32.Qe2 with
a position full of possibilities (on 32...Rd7 the reply 33.Nc5 Rd4 34.Nb3 is
good). It should be pointed out that after 32.Qc1 Nd6 White would have had the
chance to rethink and take the c6-pawn after which Black seems to have nothing
better than a draw by repetition (33...Rc8 34.Qb6 Rb7 35.Qa6 Ra8).} e5 {
An interesting idea, and probably a good move. Black wants to seize the
initiative at once.} ({Also possible is} 34... a4 {with the idea of a3, after
which Black is better, eg.} 35. Nf4 Rf7 {and the king is safe, despite the
heavy pieces in its vicinity, since} 36. Nh5 {is met by the simple} Ree7 {.})
35. dxe5 fxe5 36. Rg5 {Naturally, 36.Qh6 runs up against 36...g6 .} Rae7 {
A blunder.} ({After} 36... Qd6 {I would have had to seek counterplay by} 37. f4
{, although after} exf4 38. Nxf4 Qd4 {White has problems, since} 39. Qg3 {
does not work after} Rf7 {. Evidently, the protracted defence had worn my
opponent out and he miscalculated.}) 37. Rf5 Rf7 38. Rxe5 Nd6 ({Probably when
playing his 36th move, my opponent had overlooked that} 38... Rxf3 {loses to}
39. Qxf3 {39. Qf3 and a knight fork on e5.}) ({Now he makes a further mistake,
after which the advantage swings round to me. After} 38... Rd8 39. Reg5 Rfd7
40. Ne5 (40. Rf5 Qe8 41. Ne5 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kc2 Rd6 {and only White
can have problems.}) 40... Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kc2 Rh1 {it seems that
Black has enough counterplay to draw.}) 39. Rxe8 {Having seen 40.Qc5 I did not
even look at other moves.} Qxe8 40. Qc5 Qe6 {The last move of the time-trouble
phase. The other move 40...Nb7 was too passive, and I did not even consider it.
41.Qg5 with the idea of putting the knight on e5 does not look bad.} 41. Qxc6 {
On seeing that 41.Ne5 is met by 41...Nb7 and calculated some variations and
decided on the text. The computer move 41.Qxa5 may also be good.} Rxf3 42. Nc5
({Also tempting was} 42. Rd1 Rf6 43. Nc5 Qe7 44. Qd5+ Qf7 45. Qa8+ {and Qxa5.
Quite honestly, I expected to win quickly and therefore did not look seriously
for other moves after seeing that 42.Nc5 was so strong.}) 42... Qf6 (42... Qe5
{loses to} 43. Rd1 Ne8 44. Ne6 Nf6 45. Ng5 $1 {It is surprising, but 45.Ng5 is
the only winning move. It is less surprising that I did not actually see it,
but I think I would have found it is Misha had played 42...Qe5.}) 43. Qa8+ {
Played quickly, as I was looking forward to winning the queenside pawns.} Qf8 (
{The ending after} 43... Kf7 44. Qd5+ Ke8 (44... Ke7 45. Rxg7+ Qxg7 46. Qe6+
Kd8 47. Qxd6+ Kc8 48. Qa6+ Kb8 49. Qb5+ Ka7 50. Qxa5+ Kb8 51. Qb5+ Ka7 52. Qa4+
Kb8 53. Nd7+ {and White then picks up the b4 pawn with further checks, whilst
at the same time driving the king to the kingside. Advancing the queenside
pawns then gives good winning chances.}) 45. Qg8+ Qf8 46. Qe6+ Qe7 47. Qxe7+
Kxe7 48. Rxg7+ Rf7 49. Rxf7+ Nxf7 50. Kc2 {is also bad, although it probably
offers more chances of a draw than the game.}) 44. Rxg7+ Kh8 45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46.
Rd7 Nc4 ({Maybe Black should take the rook ending after} 46... Rc8 {. There
things are not so easy, but objectively after} 47. Rxd6 Rxc5 48. Rd5 Rc4 49.
Rxa5 Rxe4 50. Rd5 {White has excellent winning chances.}) 47. Ne6 Rc8 {Cutting
off the king. Now with 6 minutes for 12 moves, I panicked.} 48. Rd5 Re8 {
Probably my opponent thought that the knight ending gave him drawing chances.}
({Black could have played} 48... Kg8 {and} 49. Rc5 Re8 {. True, even here after
} 50. Nd4 Nd2+ 51. Kc2 Nxe4 (51... Rxe4 52. Kd3 {and the black pieces are tied
up.}) 52. Rxa5 {White has excellent winning chances.}) 49. Rd8 {49.Nc5 was
possible, but I was regretting not exchanging the previous move, so I did not
waste much time doing so now.} Rxd8 50. Nxd8 Kg7 {There is little sense in
taking the e4 pawn, since the knight would be further away from its main
target on h2. I do not have any great desire to analyse this ending, which I
consider rather a tedious task, so I will just add that whilst I believe the
ending is winning, I don't think my opponent defended in the best possible way.
} 51. Nc6 h5 52. Kc2 Kf6 {52...h4 was the last chance. Now it is simple.} 53.
b3 {The point now is that after all attacks on the h2-pawn, White has the
universal remedy h4.} Ne3+ 54. Kd3 Nd1 55. Nxa5 {The knight cannot come to c3
because of the simple a4.} h4 56. Nc6 h3 57. Nxb4 Nf2+ 58. Ke3 Ng4+ 59. Kf4
Nxh2 60. Nd5+ Ke6 61. Ne3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2008.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 $5 {I have started to play this in an improvised
fashion.} Nf6 4. Nf3 $5 {I am not so fond of this slow system.} Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3
6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. cxd5 exd5 $5 (11...
cxd5 {is the common move.} 12. b4 (12. O-O e5 13. Qf5 Re8 $132) 12... Bc7 13.
O-O Nb6 14. e4 $1 $13) 12. b4 Bc7 (12... Bb6 $5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 $1 $36)
13. O-O ({Why not} 13. b5 $142 Ba5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rfb1 $16)
13... Re8 14. Qd1 Nf8 $6 {The knight might have been better placed in the
queenside.} (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd6 18. f4 $13) (14...
Nb6 15. b5 Qd6 16. g3 Nc4 17. bxc6 Qxc6 $13) 15. f4 $5 {A new concept.} Qd6 16.
Qc2 N8d7 17. Rac1 Bb6 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 $2 (19... Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qe7 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. a4 $11) 20. bxc5 Qc7 21. Be1 f5 {Draw offeedr.} 22. a4 Ndf6 23.
a5 Kh8 (23... a6 {To stop the pawn is another idea.} 24. Rb1 Rab8 25. Rb6 Nd7
26. Rb3 Ndf6 27. Qb2 Kh8 28. Bh4 $40) 24. a6 bxa6 25. Ra1 $1 {From here on I
should have ground him down.} Qb7 26. Bh4 (26. Rxa6 Reb8 27. Bh4 $16) 26...
Rab8 27. Rfb1 $6 (27. Rxa6 Qc7 28. Qa4 $18) 27... Qc7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bxf6 $2
{Why part with the bishops?} (29. Rxa6 Qb7 30. Qa2 Nc3 31. Qa1 $18) 29... gxf6
30. Bxe4 (30. Rxa6 Qb7 31. Qa4 Qb2 $1 (31... Qb3 $2 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33. Bxe4 fxe4
34. Rxc6 Rxe3 35. Rxf6 Rd3 36. Rf7 $18) 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Qxc6 Rg8 34. Qxf6+
Rg7 $11 {and White can not escape the perpetual.}) 30... fxe4 31. Rxa6 Qb7 32.
Ra1 (32. Ra2 $142 Qb4 33. Kf2 a5 $11 {is more or less equal.}) 32... Qb4 33.
Kf2 a5 34. Ra2 Kg7 35. Qe2 Kh8 $5 (35... Qb1 36. Kg3 $5 Qd3 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38.
Qf5 Qxe3+ 39. Kh2 $40) 36. Qa6 Qb1 37. Qxa5 Rg8 38. Qa6 $8 {The only square
from which to reach f1.} f5 $1 {Actually I like this move. There is no rush to
send the queen to the h-line.} (38... Qh1 39. Qf1 Qh2 40. Qg1 (40. Ke1 Rb8 41.
Kd2 Qg3 42. Qg1 Rb3 43. Ke2 h5 44. Qf2 h4 $11) 40... Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Rb8 42. Ke2
Rg8 43. Ra6 Rb8 44. Rb6 Ra8 45. Rb2 Ra1 46. Qf2 Qh2 47. Kd2 h5 48. Qe2 Kg7 49.
Qxh5 Qxg2+ 50. Kc3 Ra3+ 51. Rb3 Rxb3+ 52. Kxb3 Qf2 $11) 39. Qe2 {White has to
lose a tempo and with his pieces on the first two ranks he can hardly play for
a win. I offered a draw which was accepted.} (39. Qe2 Qh1 40. Qf1 Qh2 41. Qg1 (
41. Ke1 Rb8 42. Kd2 Qg3 43. Qg1 Rb3 44. Ke2 h5 45. Qf2 h4 $11) 41... Qg3+ 42.
Kf1 Rb8 43. Ke2 Rg8 (43... h5 44. Qf2 Qh2 (44... h4 $11) 45. Kd2 Qh1 46. Qe2
Kg7 47. Qxh5 Qxg2+ 48. Kc3 Qxa2 49. Qg5+ $11) 44. Ra6 (44. Kd1 $2 Qxh3) 44...
Rb8 45. Rb6 Ra8 46. Rb2 h5 (46... Ra1 $6 47. Qf2 Qg8 48. g4 $1 fxg4 49. Qh4 Qc8
50. Kd2 $40) 47. Qf2 h4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT 2nd"]
[Site "Jahorina"]
[Date "2003.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Banja Luka"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {Everybody plays this.Telling the truth I
find it very boring.} Bg4 $5 {Ivan and Movsy like this move.} 5. h3 Bh5 $1 6.
Qb3 ({Only after this I can exchage on f3.} 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5 $11) (6.
Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 (9. h4 dxc4) 9... hxg6 $13) 6... Qb6 {
I was in between two lines.} (6... Qc7 7. g4 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6
10. Rc1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 a6 $11) 7... Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11.
Bg2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 $14) 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nc3 Nfd7 $5 {This seals white's g4 off.} (
8... Nbd7 {What was wrong with this one?} 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 $14)
9. Nd3 Bg6 $1 10. h4 $6 {A very strange move.} ({First of all white can not
sacrifice a pawn like this I assume.} 10. Nf4 $2 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bc2 12. c5 Bxb3
13. Ra3 Bc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Ra1 e5 16. Nfe2 Be7 17. Bd2 Na6 18. Ra4 O-O-O 19.
Rxc4 exd4 20. exd4 b5 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Rxc6+ Kb7 $17) (10. Bd2 Qxb3 11. axb3
Na6 12. Nf4 Nb4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kd1 Nf6 $13) (10. Be2 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12.
O-O Nb4 $13) 10... h5 {Now my Bg6 is more secure than ever.} 11. Be2 Nf6 $1 {
Putting pieces back in the game.} 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O Rb8 $1 {I have to pull
my queen off.} 14. Rfc1 Qd8 15. f3 Bd6 (15... Be7 16. g3 {and now after} O-O
17. Be1 $11 ({or} 17. Kg2 $11 {an equal position occurs.})) 16. Be1 O-O 17. a4
({White did not like} 17. g3 b5 $1) 17... a5 18. Bf1 Re8 19. Bf2 Qc7 $5 {
The start of a weird plan.} ({Is not black simply better after} 19... Bc7 $15)
20. Ne2 ({Well} 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nb5 $4 Qb6 $19) 20... dxc4 $6 {Opening the
game way too early!} (20... Qb6 21. Qd1 Qd8 $15 (21... dxc4 22. Rxc4 Qa6 23.
Rc3 Nd5 24. Rb3)) (20... Bf5 $2 21. c5) 21. Qxc4 e5 22. e4 $1 exd4 23. Qxd4 $1
{That is what I have missed now black's advantage is almost evaporated.} (23.
Bxd4 $2 Bxe4 $3 24. fxe4 Rxe4 $40 {and blacks attack is irresistable.}) (23.
Nxd4 Bg3 $1 24. Qc2 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rbd8 $15 {gives a very easy game for black.}
) 23... Ne5 24. Rd1 Rbd8 (24... Nxd3 25. Qxd3 $8 (25. Rxd3 $2 Rbd8) 25... Rbd8
26. Qb3 Nd7 $11) 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Qb6 Nd7 (26... Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Nd7 28. Qb3 Be5
$11) 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Bg3 $2 $138 {This move really looks ugly.Here I have
made a miscalculation.} Bb6+ $4 {I have played this too quick.} (28... Bxg3 29.
Nxg3 Nc5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bc4 Rd2 32. b3 Rb2 33. Rd1 Nxb3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. f4
b5 $1 {I did not see this move in the game.} (35... Nd2 $2 36. Bd3 f6 37. f5
Bf7 38. e5 fxe5 39. f6+ e4 40. Nxe4 Nxe4 41. Bxe4+ g6 (41... Bg6 $4 42. f7 $18)
42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rd8+ $11) 36. Bxb3 (36. axb5 $2 cxb5 37. Bxb5 Nc5 38. Bc6 Ne6
$19) 36... Rxb3 37. Kh2 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Bxe4 $40 {I believe black's chances in
this position.}) 29. Bf2 Bc7 {only after he moved I have realized that} (29...
Nc5 $6 30. Rdc1 $1) 30. Rd3 $1 {All of a sudden the dude has some counterplay
in the game.} f6 31. Rb3 b6 32. Nd4 Ne5 $2 {Long thinking process to produce a
blunder!} ({I did not want to make a draw after} 32... Nc5 33. Rc3 Be5 34. Nxc6
$1 Bxc3 35. Nxd8 Bxb2 36. Bc4+ Kh7 37. Ra2 Rxd8 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39. Rxb2 $11) 33.
Nxc6 $1 {Missed that shot} ({I was calculating only} 33. f4 $2 Bf7 34. Rc3 (34.
fxe5 $2 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Bxb3 36. exf6 Rxe4 $19) 34... Ng4 35. Nxc6 Rd2 36. Bg3
Bd6 $40) 33... Nxc6 34. Rc3 Be5 ({Why not to go for opposite colored bishops?} 
34... Rc8 $142 35. Rxc6 (35. Rac1 $2 Bf4 36. R1c2 Ne7 $19) 35... Bh2+ 36. Kxh2
Rxc6 37. Bb5 Rd6 38. Bxe8 Bxe8 $14) (34... Re6 $2 35. Bc4 Rdd6 36. Bg3 $18) 35.
Rxc6 Rd2 36. Rb1 $6 {Not the most exact.} (36. Bxb6 $142 $18) 36... Bxb2 37.
Rxb6 Ba3 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Rxb8+ Kh7 40. Be3 Rc2 41. Bd3 Rc3 42. Rd8 $16 {
Whites advantage is clear!Now I have to be careful about tactics connected
with e4-e5 thrust.} Be7 43. Rd7 Bb4 44. Kf2 Ra3 ({very deceptive is} 44... Be8
$6 45. e5+ $1 (45. Rd8 $2 Bxa4 46. e5+ Rxd3 47. Rxd3 Bc2 48. Rd7 fxe5 49. Rd5
a4 50. Rxe5 Bg6 $44) 45... Bg6 46. Bxg6+ Kxg6 47. exf6 $1 gxf6 48. g4 Ra3 49.
Rd5 $1 $18 {and black majesty is under serious danger.}) 45. Bb5 Ra2+ 46. Kg3
Be8 (46... Be1+ 47. Kh3 f5 48. Bd4 fxe4 49. Rxg7+ Kh6 50. Rc7 Bf5+ 51. g4 hxg4+
52. fxg4 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 Bxg4 54. Bg7+ Kg6 55. Be8+ Kf5 56. Bd7+ Kf4 57. Bh6+ Ke5
58. Bxg4 Bxh4 59. Bd7 $18) 47. Ra7 Bxb5 48. axb5 a4 (48... Bd6+ 49. Bf4 (49. f4
Ra3) 49... Bc5 50. Ra6 a4 51. b6 Rb2 52. Bc7 a3 53. Ra5 Bf2+ 54. Kh3 Bxb6 55.
Bxb6 Rxb6 56. Rxh5+ Kg6 57. Ra5 $18) 49. b6 Bd6+ 50. Bf4 $2 $138 {While we
were getting low on time Zlatko blunders.} (50. f4 a3 51. Bd4 $18 {gives white
a huge edge.}) 50... Bxf4+ (50... Bc5 51. Bc7 Rb2 52. Rxa4 Bxb6 53. Bxb6 Rxb6
$14) 51. Kxf4 Rb2 $11 ({Low on time I could not figure out which one to go for.
} 51... Rxg2 52. Rxa4 Rb2 53. Ra6 Rb5 54. Kg3 (54. Ke3 g5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56.
Ra7+ Kg6 57. b7 h4 $132) 54... Rb3 $132 (54... g5 $2 55. b7 Kg7 56. Ra7 Kg6 57.
hxg5 fxg5 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Ra5 h4+ 60. Kg4 Rxb7 61. Rxg5+ $18)) 52. b7 Kg6 (
52... a3 53. Kf5 (53. g4 hxg4 54. fxg4 a2) 53... Rb5+ 54. Ke6 a2 55. Rxa2 Rb6+
56. Kd5 Rxb7 57. f4 Kg6 58. e5 fxe5 59. fxe5 Kf7 {should be a draw.} 60. Ra6 (
60. Kd6 Rb6+ 61. Kc7 Rb5 $11) 60... Ke7 $11) 53. g4 hxg4 (53... a3 $2 54. gxh5+
(54. Rxa3 Rxb7) 54... Kxh5 55. Kf5 Kxh4 56. f4 (56. Kg6 $2 Kg3 $11) 56... Rb6
57. e5 (57. Rxa3 Rxb7 58. Ra1 $18) 57... g6+ 58. Ke4 fxe5 59. fxe5 g5 60. Kf5
a2 61. Ra4+ Kh3 62. Kxg5 $18) 54. fxg4 a3 55. h5+ Kh7 56. g5 {Here comes the
bad blunder.} fxg5+ $2 ({The draw should be achieved by} 56... a2 57. gxf6 Rxb7
58. Rxa2 gxf6 59. Kf5 Kg7 60. h6+ (60. Rg2+ Kf7) 60... Kxh6 61. Kxf6 (61. Rg2
Rb6 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rxf6 Rb1 64. e5 Kg7 $11) 61... Rb6+ $11) 57. Kxg5 a2 58.
Rxa2 Rxb7 59. e5 Kg8 {the most logical move.} (59... Rb1 60. Kf5 $18 (60. e6
Rb5+ (60... Re1 61. Kf5 Kh6 62. Rg2 $18) 61. Kf4 g5+ 62. Ke4 Kg7 63. e7 Kf7 64.
h6 Rb8 65. Kf5 $18)) 60. e6 Kf8 {Low on time white also goes wrong.} 61. Kg6 $2
$11 ({White could have won beautifully.} 61. Rf2+ Ke8 62. Kg6 Rc7 63. Rd2 $1
Rc5 (63... Ra7 64. Rd7 $18) 64. Rd7 Re5 65. Ra7 $1 (65. Rxg7 Rxe6+) 65... Kf8
66. e7+ Ke8 67. h6 $3 $18) 61... Ke7 $4 {This is an incredible blunder!I have
botched out another rook endgame!} ({One should not have to be a genius to find
} 61... Rb1 $1 62. Ra5 (62. Rg2 Re1 $11) (62. Ra8+ Ke7 63. Kxg7 Rg1+ $11) (62.
Rf2+ Ke7 63. Rg2 Kxe6 (63... Rb5 $2 64. Rg5 Rb1 65. Kxg7 Kxe6 66. h6 Rb7+ 67.
Kg6 $1 $18) 64. Kxg7 Kf5 $3 {the difference with the other line.} 65. h6 Rb7+
66. Kh8 Rb6 67. Kh7 Rb7+ 68. Rg7 Rb6 $1 69. Rg8 Rc6 $11) 62... Re1 63. Kh7 Rg1
(63... Rxe6 $2 64. Rf5+ Rf6 65. h6 $18) 64. Kh8 (64. Re5 Ke7) 64... Ke7 65. Re5
Rg2 $11) 62. Kxg7 Kxe6+ 63. Kg6 $1 $18 {The game became a trivial win for
white.} Ke7 (63... Rb1 64. Rg2 Rb8 65. Re2+ Kd6 66. h6 $18) 64. h6 Rb1 65. Ra7+
Ke6 (65... Ke8 66. Ra8+ Ke7 67. h7 $18) 66. h7 Rg1+ 67. Kh6 Rh1+ 68. Kg7 Rg1+
69. Kf8 {Time to resign!} (69. Kf8 Rf1+ 70. Kg8 Rg1+ 71. Rg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 $5 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8.
Ned2 c3 9. bxc3 bxc3 10. Nb1 $5 $146 g6 (10... Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Ba3 (12. Ra3
Nb4 (12... Na6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qxc3 Rb8 16. Nbd2 Na2 17. Qc5 Nxc1
18. Qxc1 Bg4 19. Rc3 $40) 13. Qxc3 Bf5 14. Nbd2 e5 15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17.
Nxf5 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa3 19. Nxg7+ Kd7 20. Bb2 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 Rg8 22. Nf5 $44)
12... Na6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Nxc3 Qa5 15. Rc1 $13) 11. Nxc3 Bg7 (11... a5 $2 12.
Ng5) 12. Be2 (12. a5 $6 O-O 13. Be2 c5) 12... O-O 13. O-O Nd5 (13... c5 $6 14.
Ba3) 14. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 $6 (14... cxd5 15. a5 Nc6 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qa3 $13) 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. e4 Be6 17. Rb1 $1 (17. Qxc6 $2 Rc8 18. Qb5 Nc5) 17... Bg4 18. Rd1
Rb8 19. Rxb8 Nxb8 $8 (19... Qxb8 $2 20. Ba3 (20. Qxc6 {may well be enough.})
20... Re8 21. Qxc6 Qb3 $140 $2 22. Nd2 $18) 20. Bf4 $5 (20. Ba3 $16) 20... Qa5
21. h3 $1 (21. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 22. Qxc6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ $36) 21... Bxf3 22.
Bxf3 Rd8 23. e5 $1 (23. Rb1 Na6) (23. d5 $6 cxd5 24. exd5 (24. Bc7 Rc8) 24...
Nd7 $11) 23... e6 24. h4 Rc8 (24... h5 25. Be4 $1 $40 (25. g4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Nd7
27. h5 gxh5 28. Bxh5 Nb6 $132)) 25. h5 $1 (25. d5 $6 exd5 26. Rxd5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2
Re8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 h6 $14) 25... Nd7 (25... Na6 26. Qc4 $1) 26. h6 Bf8
$2 (26... Bh8 27. d5 exd5 28. Bg4 Qc7 29. e6 Qxf4 30. exd7 Rd8 31. Qxc6 Be5 (
31... Qxg4 $2 32. Re1 $18) 32. Qxd5 Qxg4 33. Re1 Qxd7 34. Qxe5 $16) 27. d5 Qc5
$2 (27... exd5 28. Bxd5 Nc5 29. Ba2 (29. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 30. Qc4+ Ne6 31. Rd7+
Be7 $19) 29... Qb4 30. Be3 $16) 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. dxc6 Nxa4 30. Ra1 Nc5 31.
Rxa7 Nd3 32. Bg3 $8 Bxh6 33. c7 Kg7 34. Bc6 Nc5 35. f4 $18 g5 36. Bf2 Na6 37.
Rxa6 Rxc7 38. g4 $1 gxf4 39. Bh4 Kg8 40. Kf2 Bf8 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.04.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 $5 4. Nf3 c6 5. a4 $6 (5. Nbd2 b5 6. Ng5 $44 (6.
a4 Qa5 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Be2 $44)) (5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Nf6 8. Nbd2 c3 9.
bxc3 bxc3 10. Nb1 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Ra3 Nb4 13. Qxc3 $14) 5... Nf6 6. Nbd2
Na6 7. Bxc4 (7. Nxc4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O $11) 7... Bxc4 8. Nxc4 e6 $11 9.
O-O Bb4 $5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. Nd3 c5 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Bc3 Ne4 15.
Qb1 Qd5 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Nd2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rac8 19. e4 Qc6 20. Nf3 cxd4 21.
cxd4 b6 $1 22. h3 h6 23. Rd2 Nb8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. a5 $1 bxa5 26. Qa2 Rd6 $1 27.
d5 $1 Qc3 28. Nf3 exd5 29. exd5 Qc5 30. Rdd1 Rcd8 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxa5 Nc6
33. Ra6 Nb4 (33... Ne5 34. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11) 34. Rxa7
Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Ra4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd3 38. Kg3 Rf1 39. Ra2 f5 40. Rd2 $5 (
40. Nh4 f4+ 41. Kf3 g5 42. Nf5 Kh7 $11) 40... Nxf2 41. Kf4 Kh7 $1 42. Kxf5 Nxh3
43. gxh3 Rxf3+ 44. Kg4 $11 Ra3 45. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kavalas"]
[BlackTeam "Thessaloniki Galaxias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{Strange draw offer before the game} {I have received} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 $5 {An interesting move picked up by Sokolov and Movsesian.} (
4... Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3
a6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nbd7 13. Bg2 $14) 7. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O
Bd6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bb3 $14 {
is a line by the fearless Carlsen!}) (4... a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14.
Na4 $16) 5. Qb3 {This prevents Black from setting up the queen on c7.} (5. Nc3
e6 6. Qb3 (6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qc7 $1 8. Nh4 Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2
Be7 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nc4 $132) 6... Qc7 $1 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. f4 h5 $5 $13) 5... Qb6 $1 {In this line the place for the queen is b6!}
(5... Qc7 $2 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 $16 b5
$140 $2 11. Nxb5 Rb8 12. e4 Nf6 13. Qg3 $18) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 $5 {A tricky move!} (
6... e6 7. Nh4 $1 Bh5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 $14) 7. Qxb6
$6 (7. cxd5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5 f6 $11) (7. Ne5 $1 Bf5 8.
Nxd7 Kxd7 {is enterprising!} 9. cxd5 (9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5
12. Bb5+ Kd8 13. Ke2 Bd7 $11) 9... Nxd5 10. Qd1 $1 {may cast doubt on Black's
strategy.}) 7... Nxb6 8. cxd5 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. g4 (11. Bd2 f6
12. Nd3 e6 $11) 11... Bg6 12. a3 e6 13. Nxg6 (13. h4 Bd6 14. h5 Bc2 $13 {
is possible.}) 13... hxg6 14. e4 Nf6 15. f3 Be7 $1 (15... O-O-O 16. Be3 Bd6 17.
h3 $14) 16. Be3 Bd8 $1 {This splendid maneuver puts White's center under
question!} 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bc4 Bc7 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. e5 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rd2
f6 $1 23. Rhd1 Rhd8 24. gxf6+ $6 (24. f4 Rf8 $1 (24... fxg5 25. f5 gxf5 (25...
Nf4 26. fxe6 Nxe6 27. Kf3 $44) 26. Bxg5+ Kf7 27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28. Kf3 g5 $44) 25.
d5 exd5 26. Bc5+ Ke8 27. e6 Rd6 $17) 24... gxf6 25. Rg1 Bxe5 {I could not have
resisted for this shot} ({but even the patient} 25... Kf7 26. exf6 Bxh2 27. Rg4
Nxf6 28. Rh4 Bc7 $17 {gives an edge.}) 26. dxe5 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Ke3
Rxh2 $2 {the first wrong step forward} (28... Rxb2 29. Rxg6 b5 30. Rh6 fxe5 31.
Rxe6+ (31. Rxh5 bxc4) 31... Kd7 32. Rxe5 Rxh2 33. Bd3 (33. Bxb5 $2 Kd6 34. Rg5
cxb5 35. Rxb5 Nf6 $19) 33... Nf6 $17) 29. Rxg6 b5 (29... Kf7 30. Bd3) 30. Bd3
fxe5 (30... f5 31. Rh6) 31. Rh6 Rh3 {Another small inaccuracy.} (31... Rh4 32.
Kf2) (31... Rh1 $142 $1 32. Rh7+ (32. Kf2 Rh3 33. Bf1 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rh4 $17)
32... Kd6 33. b4 Ng3 34. Rxa7 Nf5+ 35. Kd2 Rh2+ 36. Kd1 (36. Kc3 Nd4 37. f4 Rh3
$17) 36... Nd4 37. Be4 Re2 $1 $17) 32. Be4 $1 $17 (32. Bf1 $2 Rh1 33. Bg2 Rh2
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Kg1 Kg7 $19) 32... c5 $2 (32... Kd7 33. Rh7+ Kd6 34. Rxa7 Nf6
35. b4 Rh2 36. Kd3 Nd5 37. Ra6 Ra2 $1 $17 {has all the chances.}) 33. Rh7+ Kd6
(33... Kf6 34. Rh6+) 34. Rxa7 Nf4 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rh7 Rg3 ({
Rooks swap does not result in a forced win. Was it the best chance under the
circumstances is another question.} 37... Nd5+ 38. Ke2 Rxh7 39. Bxh7 c4 40. Bb1
Ke7 (40... Kg5 41. Be4 Kf4 42. Kd2 Kg3 43. Ke1 $132) 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. Bg6 Kc5
43. Be8 b4 44. axb4+ Kxb4 45. Bg6 Kb3 46. Kc1 Nb4 47. Bh7 $132) 38. Rh2 $1 Rg1
39. Kd2 Ke7 40. Bc6 b4 41. axb4 cxb4 42. Be4 Kd6 43. Kc2 Kc5 (43... Rg2+ 44.
Rxg2 Nxg2 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Bb7 $11 ({or} 46. Bh7 $11)) 44. Kb3 Re1 45. Rh8 $5 ({
I was expecting more} 45. Rc2+ Kb5 46. Bc6+ Ka5 47. Kc4 Ne2 48. b3 Nd4 49. Ra2+
Kb6 50. Be4 $11) 45... Nd5 46. Rc8+ Kd6 47. Rd8+ (47. Bxd5 exd5 48. Kxb4 Rf1
49. Rd8+ Ke6 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Kc5 d4 52. Kc4 $11 {was also possible.}) 47...
Kc7 48. Rf8 Kd6 49. Rd8+ Kc5 50. Rc8+ Kd6 (50... Kd4 51. Rc4+ (51. Rc6 $5 {
may even be simpler.}) 51... Ke3 52. Rc6 Nf6 53. Rxe6 Nxe4 54. Rxe5 Kxf3 55.
Kxb4 $11) 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rb8 Kd7 53. Kc4 Rd1 (53... Rc1+ 54. Kb3 $132 (54.
Kd3) (54. Kb5 Nc7+)) 54. Kb3 Rd4 55. Rb7+ Kd6 56. Rb8 Kc7 57. Rb5 Rd2 58. Ra5
Kd6 (58... Kb6 59. Ra8 Nc7 60. Rb8+ Ka5 61. Rxb4 Rxb2+ 62. Kxb2 Kxb4 63. Kc2
Kc4 64. Kd2 Kd4 $11 {and once again Black has only a moral victory.}) 59. Ra8
Ke7 60. Ra6 Rd4 (60... Nf6 61. Rb6 Nxe4 62. fxe4 Rd3+ 63. Kxb4 Rd4+ 64. Kc3
Rxe4 65. Kd3 $11) 61. Ra7+ Kd8 62. Rb7 Kc8 {and I have left myself for a draw.}
63. Bxd5 exd5 64. Rxb4 Rd3+ 65. Kc2 Rxf3 66. Rb5 Rf2+ 67. Kd1 d4 68. Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 $5 {Playing the game in the modern
spirit.} (4... Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {became very popular just recently.}) 5.
Bd3 {One of the critical moves in this position.} (5. Qc2 $5 {and}) (5. Nbd2 {
are the other two.}) 5... dxc4 (5... Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9.
Nc3 e6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 {Black should be careful
about Qb6.} Bg6 $1 (13... O-O 14. Qb6 Qe7 $5 $44) 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qb6 Kd7 $1
$11 {Henkin-Morozevich,Bundesliga 2000-2001.}) 6. Bxc4 b5 $6 (6... e6 7. Qe2 $1
c5 8. dxc5 {is considered to be slightly better for white.Yet a transposition
to Queens gambit accepted is still ok for black.}) 7. Bd3 c5 $6 {This looks
suspicious at first sight.} (7... e6 8. a4 b4 $14 {and black has a bad version
of these type of positions.}) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. O-O $6 {Too tame.} (9. a3 $1 e5
10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nc3 Qxc5 {When one has to recapture on c5 it means that
something has gone wrong.} 12. b4 $1 (12. O-O Be7 13. b4 Qb6 14. Ng5 (14. Ne4
Bb7) 14... h6 15. Nge4 Be6) 12... Qb6 13. Ne4 $40) (9. Nc3 Ra7 $5) 9... e6 $2 {
Missing some real chance to take over.} (9... Nb4 10. Be2 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 e6 12.
a4 $140 Bd7 13. Nc3 bxa4 14. Nxa4 $2 Bb5 $17) 10. a4 b4 11. e4 Nd7 $1 {Black
wants to take on c5 advantageously.} 12. Be3 $1 {I have simply neglected this
simple move in my over the board analysis,white is still better.} Bxc5 13. Qe2
O-O (13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qf6 $6 15. Nbd2 $1) 14. Nbd2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nce5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 a5 $14 18. f4 {White sort of weakens his pawn structure.} (
18. Nc4 $6 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Ba6 $11) (18. Nb3 $1 Ng6 $5 $132) 18... Nd7 19. Rfd1
Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Rc6 23. e5 g6 {Actually I have
hesitated quite alot before this.Regarding what happened in the game this
looks commital.} (23... h6 $5) 24. h3 {Now both sides have lufts.} Ra8 $1 (
24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qb6 26. Qf2 $1 $13) 25. Qd4 Nb6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Nc5 $6
$138 {White burns the bridges behind him.} (27. Nxa5 $2 Qd5 $1) (27. Qd6 $1 Qc2
(27... Qxa4 28. Qxb6 Qxb3 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ $11) (27... Qxd6
28. exd6 Nxa4 29. d7 Rd8 30. Nxa5 Nc5 31. Nc6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Nxb4 $14)
28. Rd2 Qxb3 29. Qxb6 Kg7 30. Kh2 $1 Qxa4 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 $11) 27... Nxa4
$6 {During the game I was greedily satisfied to grab some material and I knew
that the other alternative is more to the point but sometimes with the
tournament situation you kind of like convince yourself that a risky decision
is justifiable.} (27... Qd5 $142 $15) 28. Nd7 Qc2 (28... Kg7 $2 29. f5 Rd8 (
29... Qd5 $2 30. f6+ Kg8 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. b3 Nb2 34. Rxa5 $16)
30. f6+ (30. fxe6 Qxe6 (30... fxe6 31. Qa7 $1 $40) 31. Nc5 Rxd4 32. Nxe6+ fxe6
33. Rxd4 Nxb2 34. Kf2 $1 {After this black pawns are only virtually strong.}
Na4 $1 (34... b3 $2 35. Ke3 Na4 36. Kd2 Nc5 37. Kc3 $18) (34... a4 $2 35. Ke2
b3 36. Kd2 $18) 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Ke3 Nb6 37. Ra7 a4 38. Kd3 a3 39. Ra6 Nd5 40.
Kc4 Nc7 $13) 30... Kh8 31. Qd2 Rg8 {but white has the initiative,} (31... Nc5
$2 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. Nf8 $16) (31... Nxb2 $2 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. Rd4 g5 34. Nf8 Qc2
35. Nxe6 $18)) 29. f5 Kh8 $2 {The sources for black's later problems.} (29...
Qxf5 30. Qd2 $3 (30. Rf1 Qg5 31. h4 Qe7 32. Nf6+ Kg7) 30... Kg7 31. Rf1 Qe4 32.
Qf2 Qf5 33. Qe2 $13) (29... exf5 30. e6 $3 (30. Nf6+ $2 Kg7 31. e6 Qc5 32. Qxc5
Nxc5 33. e7 Kxf6 34. Rd8 Kxe7 35. Rxa8 a4 $19) 30... fxe6 31. Qd6 Qb3 32. Kh2
$40) 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rf1 $2 {White should try to avoid a queens at any cost.}
(31. Nf6 $2 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc1 Na6 34. Rc6 a4 35. Rxe6 Ra7 36. Re8+ Kg7
37. Rg8+ Kf7 38. Rh8 Nc7 39. Rxh7+ Ke6 40. Ne8 Nb5 $1 $17) (31. Qd6 $1 {
However this may win.} Qb3 32. Rf1 $18) 31... Qc7 32. Rf7 $4 {Just walking
into it!} (32. Qd2 Kg7 33. Nf6 $44) 32... Qa7 $1 $19 33. Qxa7 {The pin is
tremendous,nothing works for white.} (33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Ra7) (33. Rf8+ Kg7
) 33... Rxa7 34. Re7 Nxb2 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Nf6 Nc4 37. Rg8+ Kh6 $1 (37... Kf7
$6 38. Rh8 Nxe5 39. Rxh7+ Kxf6 40. Rxa7 Nc4 41. Rb7 Ke5 42. h4 Kd4 43. g4 Kc3
44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 b3 46. h6 Ne5 47. h7 Ng6 $11) 38. h4 Nxe5 39. g4 Nf3+ 40.
Kf2 Nxh4 $5 {There is an alternative to which is played.} (40... Rf7 41. Kxf3
Rxf6+ 42. Kg3 Rf7 $19) 41. Ne4 b3 42. Kg3 g5 43. Nxg5 (43. Rxg5 Nf5+ $1 $19)
43... Rg7 44. Nf7+ Rxf7 45. Kxh4 Rf4 $1 {Lateral pin.} 46. Kg3 Rb4 {All black
has to do is to push his pawns.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Ruma"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paracin OSK"]
[BlackTeam "Novi Banovci Omladinac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 c6 $5 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 $5 {Chebanenko School.} 5. Nbd2 $5 {
The knight is slightly misplaced.} g6 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3) 6...
Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 (8. a4 $5) (8. b3) 8... Ne4 {The most consequent looking
move.} 9. Bb2 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 e5 $1) 9... Nxd2 (9... Nd7 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Nd2 f5 12. Nb3 $36) 10. Qxd2 (10. Nxd2 $142 $5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. e4)
10... Bg4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rfc1 Nd7 $5 ({After} 12... Nc6 13. b5 $6 {was my
original intention.} (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 $14) 13... axb5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 e5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Qd1 Rfb8 20. Bd4 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxc6 Rb2 $40) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 {This way or another the
game peters out to be a draw.} (14... Nb6 15. Be2 Qd7 16. b5 axb5 17. Rc5 Nc4
18. Qb4 Ra4 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5 $11) 15. a4 Rc8 (15... Nb6 16. Be2 Rc8 (
16... Qd7 17. b5 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. a5 Nd6 21. Ba3 Nc4 22.
Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qe2 Qb5 25. Bc5 $14) 17. Rc5) 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Be2 (
17. a5 Nf6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. b5 axb5 20. Rb1 Qc6 21. Qd3 Bf8 $11) 17... Nb6 18.
b5 Nc4 19. Qb4 (19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b6 $140 $2 (20. Qa5 Ra8 $11) 20... Qb3 $1 (
20... Rb8)) 19... axb5 (19... a5 20. Qb3) 20. Qxb5 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Qa8 $1 $11 {
Not much to write home about after this exact move.} 22. a5 Rc8 23. Qb5 (23. a6
bxa6 24. Rxa6 Qb8 $11) 23... Bf8 24. Bf1 Rc2 25. Rb1 (25. Qd7 Qc8 $11) 25...
Qd8 $1 {Sinisa is ready to start his own attack.} 26. Qb3 (26. Qxb7 Qxa5 (26...
Qf6 27. f3) (26... Qh4 27. g3 Qf6 28. f4) 27. Rb2 Rc1 28. Rb1 $11) 26... Qc7
27. Rb2 (27. Qxb7 Qxa5) 27... Rc1 (27... Rc3 28. Qb6) 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Rb2 (29.
Bd3 Rc3 30. Qb5) 29... Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Bd6 31. a6 bxa6 32. Bxa6 $11 Kg7 33. Bf1
h5 34. h4 Qd8 35. g3 g5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Bg2 h4 (37... Qg4 38. Qc2) 38. gxh4
Qxh4 39. Qe2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh7 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. e4 $1 {Since the beginning of
the game I had another central pawn push!} Qh6 43. Bf3 dxe4 44. Qxe4 Qh3+ 45.
Ke2 Qh2 46. d5 Bc5 47. Bg2 (47. dxe6 Qxf2+ 48. Kd3 $11) 47... Qg1 48. dxe6
Qxf2+ 49. Kd3 f5 (49... fxe6 $11) 50. Qe5 $1 Ke7 $1 51. Bd5 Qf1+ 52. Kc2 Qf2+
53. Kd3 Qf1+ 54. Kc2 Qf2+ 55. Kc3 Qe3+ 56. Qxe3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmir op 5th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Grigoriev, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 $6 {Not a very recommendable line.} 3. Nc3 ({I felt like} 3.
cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 Qxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxd4 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9.
exf3 $14 {is to small.}) 3... e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 (6... Qc7 7.
Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4 $1 Ne7 9. Nxf5 $1 ({I was considering} 9. f3 Ng6 10. Nxg6 Bxg6
11. e4 $40) 9... Nxf5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 $14 {White is better according to
Alex.}) 7. axb3 Na6 {Now I have sunk into a deep tought.} {and came up with
the straightforward and stupid} 8. e4 $6 ({Strangely Alex had a game just 15
days before this one in which Ponomariov's lost brother came with the
identical moves.} 8. Bf4 f6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Kd2 (10. Ra4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Bxd3 12.
Kd2 Bb5 $1 $11 {Yermolinsky-Ponomarev,Arizona 2006.}) 10... e5 11. Bg3 exd4 12.
Nxd4 Nh6 13. Na4 $14 {is what Yermo analysed to be better for White.}) (8. e3
$5 Nb4 9. Ra4 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Bxd3 11. Ne5 $14 {looks also playable.}) 8... Nb4
$8 (8... dxe4 $2 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. Rxa6 $16) (8... Bxe4 $2 9. Bxa6
bxa6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 $16) 9. Ra4 Nc2+ 10. Kd2 dxe4 11. g4 $1 {This is
what I was relying on but comes short with proper play to deliver a blow.} Bg6
12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 (13. Nxg6 $2 Nf3+) 13... Bxc5 $44 14. Rc4 $5 {I went for
a strange move order.} (14. Nxg6 hxg6 (14... Bxd4 $2 15. Nxh8) 15. Rc4 Bxf2 16.
Nxe4 Rd8+ 17. Kc2 Bd4 $14) 14... Bxf2 15. Nxg6 e3+ {Intermezzo!} 16. Ke2 hxg6
17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nxf2 exf2 19. Be3 Kc7 $4 {Sudden collapse by Armen!} (19...
a6 20. Bxf2 Nf6 21. h4 $14) 20. Bxa7 $16 {His resignation may seem premature
but having lost an important pawn he did not have appetite to carry on.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Andorra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. g5 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qf3 O-O-O
15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. e4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rhf8 19. O-O-O a5 20. Kc2 Nb6 21.
Bb3 axb4 22. Bxb4 Bd6 23. Qc3 Bxb4 24. axb4 Kb8 25. Qg3+ Rd6 26. h5 gxh5 27.
Rxh5 f5 $4 {A terrible blunder severely punished by White.} ({Correct was} 
27... Kc8 28. Rh7 g6 {, with some counterchances.}) 28. gxf6 $1 gxf6 (28...
Rxf6 {falls short of} 29. e5) {[%tqu "En","How to break Black's fragile
defensive construction?","Exploit the shaky position of the d6-rook.","Try to
deflect the black queen!","h5h7","A nice winning move!",5]} 29. Rh7 $1 {
[%csl Rb8,Rd6,Re7,Rf8,Gh7][%cal Gg3b8] The decisve blow! Black suffers huge
material losses.} Qd8 (29... Qxh7 {loses to} 30. Qxd6+ Kc8 31. Qxf8+) 30. Bxe6
{[%csl Rd6,Ge6,Gg3][%cal Gg3g7,Gh7d7] Black resigned, as White's threats 31.
Qg7 and 31. Rd7 cannot be parried.} 1-0

[Event "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Site "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Date "2004.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Bxc4 Bxc4 8.
Nxc4 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne3
Qd7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. d5 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Re6,Rf6,Rf7] A strong move, weakening
Black's kingside pawn formation and yielding White a durable initiative. Ein
starker Zug, der die schwarze Formation am Königsflügel schwächt und Weiß eine
dauerhafte Initiative einbringt.} Nxd5 ({Auf} 16... exd5 {is strongly met by
folgt stark} 17. Rcd1 Rad8 18. Rd4) 17. Rcd1 Rfd8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nd4 Bc5 20.
Qf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe6 22. Rf4 Rd6 23. Qh5 f5 24. Rxf5 Rad8 (24... Re8 {was to
be preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 25. Re5 Qh6 26. Qg4+ Qg7 27. Qf4 Rg6 28. g3
Rg4 29. Qe3 Re4 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxe4 Qd4 32. Qf3 b5 33. a5 Kg7 34. Re1 a6 35.
Kg2 Rd6 36. Re8 Qxb2 37. Qa8 Qc3 38. Rg8+ Kf6 39. Qf8 Qc6+ 40. Kh3 Qd5 41. Qg7+
Ke7 42. Qf8+ Kf6 43. Rg4 Qh5+ 44. Rh4 Qf5+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. f3 Qa2+ 47. Kh3
Qe6+ 48. g4 Ke5 49. Qh8+ ({The trivial Das triviale} 49. Rxh7 {would yield
White a decisive advantage. würde Weiß entscheidenden Vorteil bringen.}) 49...
Kf4 50. Rh5 $6 (50. Qc3 {was to be preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 50... Kxf3 51.
Rf5+ $4 ({An unexplainable blunder! Essential was Ein unerklärlicher
Einsteller! Notwendig war} 51. Qc3+) {[%tqu "En","White's last move was a
terrible mistake. How would you prove it?","Exploit a bad position of the
white king.","Sacrifice your queen!","e6f5","This winning move is a nice
touch!",3,"De","Der letzte weiße Zug war ein schrecklicher Fehler. Wie würden
Sie dies nachweisen?","Schlagen Sie Kapital aus der schlechten Stellung des
weißen Königs.","Opfern Sie die Dame!","e6f5","Ebenso einfach wie hübsch!",3]}
51... Qxf5 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Gf3,Rh3][%cal Gd6h6]} (51... Qxf5 $1 {, and White
resigned in view of und Weiß gab auf im Hinblick auf} 52. gxf5 Rh6#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Beletsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. Nce5
Bd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rd1 c5
15. Qc3 Qc7 16. f3 Bd6 17. g3 $2 ({White obviously understimates opponent's
threats. Correct was Weiß unterschätzt offensichtlich die gegnerischen
Drohungen. Korrekt war} 17. Nf1 {, although after obwohl Schwarz nach} Rab8 {
Black retains a durable advantage. einen dauerhaften Vorteil behält.}) 17...
Bxg3 $1 {The bishop sacrifice destroying White's kingside spells a quick end
for White. Das Läuferopfer zerschlägt die weiße Königsflanke und führt zu
einem schnellen Ende für den Anziehenden.} 18. hxg3 $2 (18. Nf1 {is elegantly
refuted by findet die elegante Widerlegung} Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Ne4 21.
fxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Nf3 Bxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kh2 Qxd1 {, winning. mit Gewinn.})
({hartnäckiger war aber} 18. f4 {was definitely more stubborn.}) 18... Qxg3+
19. Kf1 ({If Falls} 19. Kh1 {, then so} Ng4 {, with inevitable mate. mit
unvermeidlichem Matt.}) {[%tqu "En","How would you conclude Black's attack?",
"Try to open the main diagonal for your bishop.","Bring your knight into
play!","f6g4","After this knight thrust mate is inevitable.",4,"De","Wie
würden Sie den schwarzen Angriff abschließen?","Versuchen Sie, die
Hauptdiagonale für Ihren Läufer zu öffnen.","Bringen Sie Ihren Springer ins
Spiel!","f6g4","Nach diesem Springerausfall ist das Matt unvermeidlich.",4]}
19... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Rf1,Rf2,Rf3,Gg3,Gg4]} (19... Ng4 $1 {, and White
resigned in view of inevitable mate: und Weiß gab auf, denn er wird
unweigerlich matt:} 20. fxg4 (20. Ne4 Nh2#) 20... Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bh3+ 22. Kh1
Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. O-O
e6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 Nc5 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Ne2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bg6 $6 (16... Bxe2 {was to be preferred.}) 17. Qd4 b6 18.
Nf4 Be4 19. e6 $1 f6 (19... fxe6 {is strongly met} 20. Nxe6 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. f3 {, with a dangerous attack.}) 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Qa4+ b5 22. Qb3 d4 23.
Rac1 dxe3 24. Rxc5 exf2+ 25. Rxf2 Re7 26. Qe3 f5 27. Rd2 Qb8 {[%tqu "En",
"Black's king has got stuck in the centre - how would you exploit this?","Play
energetically not to allow the black king to escape.","Use your d2-rook for
the decisive strike.","d2d7","That's it! The rook thrust makes White's attack
irresistible.",5]} 28. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Re7,Re8][%cal Ge3d4] Now the
black king is doomed.} Rxd7 29. exd7+ Kxd7 30. Qd4+ {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Rd7,Gf4,Rg7]
[%cal Gd4g7] White's attack is irresistible.} Ke7 ({Or} 30... Qd6 31. Qxg7+ {
, winning.}) 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. Qd4+ Ke7 33. Re5+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 a6 {It's really very strange,but this move
is a rare quest at this present position.} 5. Nf3 {transposing to the popular
3Nf3 and 4e3 line} (5. Nc3 b5 {very good for black with bishop on c1}) 5... Bg4
6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e6 (7... Nbd7 {gives white one interesting alternative} 8. g4
$5 Bg6 (8... dxc4 $143 9. Nxc4 Bg6 10. g5 $36) 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 $1 (
10... Nh5 $143 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 e6 (12... Nb6 13. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]})
13. Qxb7 Be7 14. Qc6 $14) 11. Qb3 (11. cxd5 $143 cxd5 12. Qb3 e6 13. Qxb7 Rb8
14. Qxa6 Bb4 $36 {[%csl Ge1]}) (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Gg5]})
11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 $13) 8. b3 (8. O-O) 8... c5 $5 {Nowadays this is
already typical idea in Slav with a6,thanks to A. Morozevich} (8... Nbd7 9. O-O
(9. Bb2 Bb4 $5) 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 {looks slightly better for white})
9. O-O (9. Bb2 cxd4 $1 (9... Nc6) 10. exd4 Bb4 11. a3 $140 (11. Be2 $142 {
lead to the game}) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 {with promising
position for black}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 {of course very
good for black}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. Be2 {If white has to
play such a move ,it means that black succeded in the opening} O-O 13. a3 $6 {
Unaccuracy, after which white has to be careful,because black gets an
initiative.} (13. Ne5 {was more accurate} Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bxd2 (14... dxc4 $143
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc4e5]}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Qxd2 a5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 13... Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Na5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4]}
(14... Qb6 $143 15. Qc3 dxc4 (15... Ne4 16. Qe3) (15... Na5 16. c5 $1 Qxb3 17.
Rab1 $1 {[%csl Ga5]} (17. Rfb1 b6 $1 $13) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Nc4
20. Rxb7 Nxa3 21. Ra1 Nb5 22. Bb2 {with dangerous endgame for black}) 16. bxc4
Rfd8 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]} 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2a1]} Bg6 19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 Ne7 $13) 15. Qe3 $146 {The best defence} ({Much worse} 15. Qb4 {
because of} dxc4 16. bxc4 b5 $1 17. g4 {[%csl Rf4]} Bg6 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Qe1
Nf4 {[%cal Gf4h3]} 20. Bc1 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Nb3 22. Ra2 axb5 (22... Qd5 $1 23.
bxa6 $140 $2 Be4 {[%cal Gb3d4]}) 23. Be3 (23. Qxb5 $142) 23... Qd5 $17 {
0-1 Georgiev,K-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (81)}) (15. Qc3 $2
dxc4 16. bxc4 Rc8) 15... dxc4 (15... Qb6 16. Bc3 $8 Nxb3 (16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 (
17. Qxf3 Nc6 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Gd4]}) 17... dxc4 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. bxc4 Rac8 20.
Rfc1 $14) 17. Rab1 dxc4 $8 18. Bxc4 Na5 $1 19. Rxb6 Nxc4 20. Rxb7 $1 (20. Qg5
Nxb6 $15) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nd5 22. Bd2 $14) 16. bxc4 b5 $1 {This temporary
positional sacrifice was my idea,otherwise not so clear why i gave my
darksquared bishop} 17. cxb5 {[%csl Gd5]} Nd5 {This brilliant knight plus bad
bishop on b2 give black quite sufficient compensation for a pawn.} 18. Qe4 (18.
Qe5 $143 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 (19. gxf3 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. a4 Rxb5 $1 22. axb5 Nc4
23. Qe2 Nf4 $19) 19... Nc4 20. Qe2 axb5 $15) (18. Qd2 $2 Nb3 $19) 18... axb5 (
18... Nb3 19. Rad1 (19. bxa6 $2 Nxa1 20. Bxa1 Qa5 $17) 19... Qa5 {[%cal Gh5f3,
Gb3d2]} 20. Qh4 $1 (20. Bd3 Bg6 21. Qg4 Bxd3 (21... axb5 $11) 22. Rxd3 Qxb5 23.
Ne5 Rab8 24. Rg3 g6 $15 {[%csl Rb2]}) (20. Qc2 Nf4 $1) (20. Qe5 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Qxb5 22. Be4 {[%cal Ge5h5]} (22. Be2) 22... Rab8 23. Qh5 g6 (23... Nf6 24. Qxb5
Rxb5 25. Bc6 $11 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 24. Qh4 Rfd8 $15) 20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd2 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Rfe1 Nc4 24. Bc1 axb5 25. Qh5 $11) 19. Bxb5 Nb3 (19... Nb7 $5 {
was very interesting alternative} 20. a4 (20. Qh4 $2 Bxf3 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22.
gxf3 Nd6 23. Bc6 Rab8 $40) (20. Bc6 Qb6) (20. Be2 Qb6 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb2]})
20... Nd6 21. Qd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxb5 23. axb5 Qd7 $11) 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. Bd3 $1
(21. Qd3 $2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nf4 $1 (22... Rfb8 23. a4 Qb4 $13) 23. Qxb3 $140 Qd8
{[%cal Gd8g5] mating}) 21... Bg6 22. Qg4 (22. Qh4 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qb5 24. Rfd1
Rfc8 $44 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 22... Rfc8 $1 $44 {[%csl Gc2]} (22... Bxd3 $140 23.
Rxd3 Qb5 24. Ne5 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd3g3]}) 23. Bxg6 (23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qe4 (24.
Ne5 $5) 24... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 25. Rfe1 Qc2 26. Rb1 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc2 $11)
(23. Ne5 Nf6 $1 (23... Bxd3 $140 $2 24. Rxd3 {[%cal Gd3g3]}) (23... Rab8 24.
Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rfe1 $1 Qa4 (25... Rb6 26. Re5 $1 $16) 26. Bxg6 Nf6 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. Qxe6+ Kg6 29. d5 $36) 24. Qe2 (24. Qg3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nd2 26. Rd1 Nde4
27. Qe3 Rc2 $36) 24... Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qb5 $44 (25... Qd5 $5)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "INA-ROW m"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "1999.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 (6...
Nbd7 $5 7. Bb2 a5 8. a4 Qb8 9. c4 Bb4 10. Bc3 Bxb1 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Qxb1 Ne4
13. Qc2 Qa7 $13 {Vasilchenko,O-Sherbakov,R/RUS-chT 1992}) (6... Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7
8. Nbd2 Qc7 (8... h5 $6 9. c4 Ne4 10. Ne5 h4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qc1 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 Rh5 14. Nd3 $14 {Stangl,M-Macek,V/Bad Woerishofen op 1994}) 9. c4 h6 10.
Rc1 O-O 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. c5 Be7 13. Nhf3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Heckmann,
F-Popov,A/WchS 1992}) 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 (9... h6 10. Nd2 (10.
Ne1 $5 a5 11. Nd3 Bh7 12. e3 a4 13. Rc1 axb3 14. axb3 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Rxa3 $11 {
Pieterse,G-Van der Sterren,P/NLD-ch 1991}) 10... a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qb6 $132 {Klee,M-Braun,I/Kassel op 1994}) 10. Nd2 Nxd2 (
10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nf6 12. Bb2 (12. e3 a5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. f3 c5 15. Kh1 $13 {
Stefanova,A-Petek Medic,M/Erevan olw 1996}) 12... Qb6 13. Qc1 Rfe8 14. e3 h6
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Ba3 a6 $11 {Hladik,J-Svancara,P/Komercni Banka op 1995}) 11.
Qxd2 dxc4 $5 12. e4 (12. bxc4 $5 Nb6 13. e4 Nxc4 14. Qe2 Nxb2 15. exf5 Ba3 16.
Nb1 $5 $13) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 (14. bxc4 Ne5 $6 15. g4 Nxc4 (15... Bg6
) 16. Qe2 Nxb2 17. gxh5 Ba3 18. Nb1 Qd6 19. Nxa3 Qxa3 20. Rab1 $14) 14... Bg6
15. bxc4 Nb6 16. Qd3 e5 17. d5 Bc5 $13 18. Ne2 (18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20.
Kh1 Na4 21. Ba1 $14) 18... Re8 19. Rac1 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd3g3,Gg1h1,Gf2f4]}
Na4 20. Ba1 Qh4 $5 21. Ng3 h5 (21... Rad8) 22. gxh5 Bxh5 23. Kh2 (23. Nxh5 $5
Qxh5 24. Qb3 $5 (24. Qd1 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Kf8 26. Rb1 Rab8 27. Kf1 f6 $13) 24...
Nb6 25. Qg3 Rad8 $1 (25... Nd7 26. Kh1 Qe2 27. f4 Qe3 $1 28. Rc3 $1 $14) 26.
Kh1 Rd6 27. f4 Rg6 $13) 23... Qf4 24. Kh1 Bg6 25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Qb3 Nb6 27. Rc2
Nd7 $2 (27... Qh7 $5 $132) 28. Qxb7 Nf6 29. f3 Qh5 $6 (29... cxd5 30. cxd5 Rab8
31. Qa6 Be3 32. Qd3 $16) 30. Qxc6 Nxe4 {The "point" of 27th move of black,but
unfortunatly this combination turns out to be decisive mistake!} 31. fxe4 Bxe4
32. Kh2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64]} (32. Bxe4 $4 Qxh3#) 32... Bxg2 $2 (32... Bxc2 33.
Ng3 $1 Qh4 34. Qxc5 Bd3 35. Re1 $18) 33. Kxg2 Rac8 34. Ng3 Qg5 35. Qd7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Rad8
15. e3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 g6
21. Rd1 a6 22. h4 h5 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rd7 25. Qb1 Kg8 26. Kg1 Qe6 27. Rc1
Rd8 28. Qa1 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qb6 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Rd4 {[#]The d5-pawn is in danger,
as White is going to double on the d-file with his major pieces and then play
e3-e4. For the weakness on d5 Black has no dynamic compensation. In the game
White wins the pawn and has great chances to win the endgame, although Black
managed to save the game.} Qc7 32. Qd2 Rd7 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Qxd5
Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa3 37. Qxb7 a5 38. Qb5 Qe7 39. Qd5 Qb4 40. Kf3 Qb6 41. Ke2 Qa6+
42. Qd3 Qc6 43. Qd1 Qa6+ 44. Kd2 Qf6 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Kf1 Qf6 47. Qc2 Kg7 48.
Ke2 Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc4 Qb2+ 51. Kf3 Kg8 52. e4 Qa1 53. Kf4 Qf6+ 54. Ke3
Qa1 55. Qc2 Qa3 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Qc4 Kg8 58. Kd3 Qa2 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qc2 Qa3
61. Qc4 Kg8 62. Ke3 Qb2 63. Qd3 Kh7 64. f4 Qc1+ 65. Ke2 Qb2+ 66. Kf3 Qc1 67. f5
gxf5 68. exf5 Qc6+ 69. Qe4 Qc3+ 70. Qe3 Qc6+ 71. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg Koenigsspringer"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 {Der übliche Fortsetzung ist
hier 5...b5 6.b3 und nun 6...Bg4. Sonst soll Schwarz mit dem 6.Qb3 rechnen.} 6.
Nbd2 {Ein sicherer Zug. Weiß wollte damit die mit dem 6.Qb3 vorbindenden
Komplikationen zu vermeiden.} (6. Qb3 $5 Bxf3 7. Qxb7 Bxg2 8. Rg1 Be4 $13) 6...
Nbd7 7. b3 (7. Qb3 Qb8 (7... b5 $5) 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bh5 {/\Bd6,0-0,Rfe8
gefolgt von e5}) (7. O-O e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Bd6) 7... e5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 (8... Nxd5 $1 9. Bb2 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ $15) (9.
Be2 Nc3) 9... Bb4 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Bc2 (11. Be2 Ne4) 11... Bxf3 $15 12. Qxf3
Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb4+ 14. Kc1 Ncd3+ 15. Kb1 Nxc2 16. Kxc2 Nxb2 17. Kxb2 Qd2+ 18.
Kb1 Rd8 $36) 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ (12... Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $14) 13. Qxd2 Ne4 14. Qd4
Nc6 (14... Qa5+ $2 15. b4) 15. Qxg7 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 O-O-O 17. Qb2 (17. Qxf7 Qc3
18. Rd1 Qb2 19. g3 Qxa2 20. Qf5+ Kb8 21. Ne5 Ka8 $1 22. Nxc6 Rdf8) 17... Rhe8 (
17... Rhg8 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. a3 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23.
g3 Qxc1+ 24. Kg2 Qc6 25. Bf3 $16) (17... f5 18. g3) 18. a3 Rd6 $6 {Auf den
ersten Blick hat der Nacziehende eine ausreichende Kompensatioen für den
geopferten Bauern. Wie aber die Weiße Stellung durchzubrechen? Schwarz
versucht nun den Vorstoß d4 vorbereiten.} (18... Qb6 $1 19. Rd1 (19. b4 $6 d4
$1 (19... Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rxe3 21. Kf1 Rde8 22. Re1 d4 $13) 20. exd4 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rd1 (22. Bg4+ $2 Kb8) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qd6 24. Bg4+ Kb8 $36)
(19. Rc1 Nxf2 (19... Kb8 $5) 20. Kxf2 Rxe3 21. Kf1 Rxb3 22. Qe5 Qc7 23. Qxc7+
Kxc7) 19... Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rxe3 21. Kf1 Qxb3 (21... Rxb3 22. Qg7 Rxa3 23. Qxf7)
22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Rd3 Rb1+ 24. Ne1 Rd6 $44) 19. b4 (19. Rd1 Nc3 20. Rd2 Nxe2
21. Kxe2 Rg6 22. g3 Qb5+ $36) 19... Qb6 20. Rd1 {Weiß hat allerdings genug
Zeit um das Feld d4 zu verstärken.} Red8 (20... Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Rxe3 22. Kf1 d4
23. Bd3 $1 $16) (20... f5 21. Nd4 f4 $5) 21. Nd4 (21. g3 d4 $1 22. exd4 Nxd4
23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Kg2 Rd2 $132) 21... Rf6 (21... Nxd4 $1 22. Qxd4
(22. Rxd4 Rc6 23. Bf3 Qc7) 22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc6 $132) 22. Bf3 Kb8 (22...
Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc6 $1) 23. Nxc6+ (23. g3 $2 Nxd4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26.
Qxd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rf3 $132) 23... Rxc6 24. g3 Nc3 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Kg2 $16 {
Weiß hat nun keine Probleme mit der Entwicklung mehr.} Qe5 $6 {[%mdl 8192]
Zeitnot} (26... Rc4 27. Rc1 Rc8) 27. Rc1 Rdc8 $2 (27... f6 $142 28. Rdc2 Rdc8)
28. Rxd5 Qe8 (28... Qe7 $142) 29. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In round 6 I managed to beat GM Sasikiran. In that game I was very lucky - my
opponent overplayed me, but in time trouble he spoiled his win and eventually
lost. I was on a very pleasant +3, but to win the tournament that would not be
sufficient. However, I didn't expect to go to +4 as easily as I did in the
following game - first I was still shaking after the game vs. Krishnan,
secondly my opponent was Fabiano Caruana...} 1. d4 d5 {This came as a surprise,
as I expected the Grünfeld.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {I had only decided
that in the event of the Slav I should play e3.} Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 (6...
Bxf3 {was probably too calm for my opponent.}) 7. Qb3 Qc7 ({The alternative is
} 7... Qb6) 8. Nh4 $146 {It's funny, but I was sure that we are still in a
very popular line and Nh4 is one of White's options. The truth is different -
Nh4 has been played only once in the past! I didn't know that, so I could play
quickly and probably my opponent, who surely knew the theory much better than
I did, was a bit afraid of my "preparation". The line I thought we are in is:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nh4. So, it's similar
but different. The idea of Nh4 also exists with the queen on c7, so later on
we - in fact - will enter some more known positions, but at this moment, we
are a bit out of theory.} Nbd7 ({It was possible to play} 8... g5 9. g4 gxh4
10. gxh5 {, but I think it's not something you are dreaming about when playing
Black.}) 9. Bd2 {According to my database - it's a novelty, although very soon
we will be again in a position which has appeared in the past. White's idea is
simple - not to play g4 as long a possible. In the game White gained a lot
from delaying (and in fact avoiding) g4.} Nb6 $6 {A strange move. Engines, of
course, will say that this is not that bad, but I see absolutely now reason to
place knight on such a bad pleace.} ({I think that} 9... Be7 {was very much in
the style of the line, as after} 10. g4 (10. Rc1 $2 Ne4) 10... Bg6 11. Nxg6
hxg6 12. Bg2 {we have a quite typical position. There are some players who
prefer White, some who think that Black is absolutely fine.}) 10. cxd5 {
A key moment of the game from the psychological point of view. There is no
point hiding the fact that I offered a draw here. As I mentioned before, I was
still a bit shocked after the game vs. Sasikiran, so a draw would make me a
bit calmer. In fact a draw offer was very tempting in itself - nowadays you
can't make a quick draw, as it's usually forbidden. So, I thought that if an
opponent accept the offer it's ok - I was in fact a bit tired, as I had played
Moscow Open before Aeroflot, and a quick game would allow me to save some
precious energy. But, Fabiano, after thinking for about 20 minutes, decided to
reject my offer. I must say I wasn't disappointed - I already had much better
time (some 40 minutes up), my position was - in my opinion - slightly better
and solid. So, ok - let's play!} exd5 $6 {I think after this move Black is
worse - it's obvious that the knight on b6 is misplaced.} (10... Nbxd5 {
was better, but after} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bg2 {I still prefer White. Anyway, I
think this was better than what Fabiano did.}) 11. Rc1 {This ooks a bit
strange, but White can exert some unpleasant pressure exploiting the fact that
queen is not feeling very comfortable on c7 and has no other good square.} Bg6
{Probably you must play this, as in the event of ...Be7 or ...Bd6 White can
play Nf5.} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 {This position is a big success for White - I had won
the pair of bishops without playing g4. Now the plan is very easy - push e4,
open the centre and press.} 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O {I spent some time over this
move as I was afraid of some direct attack.} Kf8 $2 {Many spectators were very
surprised by this move. Of course, this time it absolutely does not work, but
the whole idea is not so unfamilar - Black didn't want to put the king on the
a2-g8 diagonal and wanted to keep the rook on the h-file.} ({At the beginning
I was considering} 14... Ng4 {, but it's pointless as after} 15. f4 Nf6 16. a4
a5 17. e4 {White is better.}) ({Then I calculated} 14... g5 15. e4 g4 {, but
it's bad for many reasons:} 16. Nxd5 ({I saw only} 16. e5 gxh3 17. g3 {and
White should be better}) 16... Nbxd5 17. exd5 gxh3 18. g3 {with a big plus for
White.}) ({The most natural - and the best - was} 14... O-O {but anyway after}
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nfd5 {(this is probably the most logical, to avoid
problems with the g6-pawn)} 17. Rfe1 {White is better.}) 15. a4 {If White can
force Black to play ...a5 and Black weren't able to play ...Bb4 - then a4 is a
must-play continuation.} a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 {So, after 17 moves White is
visibly better. Not only the white king is safer than the black one, not only
White is better developed and controls the centre, but also - there are some
tactical problems in Black's position. Anyway, I couldn't have expected that
the game would finish in 5 moves!} Rh5 {The rook on h5 would be great - it
prevents d5 (what actually could be some kind of threat after Nxf6) and also
defends the a5-pawn. The problem is that the rook is very unsafe there.} 18.
Rfe1 {A calm move - the rook was the only piece which hadn't entered the
action yet, so - when there was no direct attack - it's a good move.} Nxe4 $2 {
The losing move. Black was already in a difficult situation, though not lost.}
({Both after} 18... Nfd5 19. Be2 Rh8 20. Bf3 {and after}) (18... Rd8 19. Ng3
Rhd5 20. Ne2 {White would be significantly better, but the game would be in
progress. Especially the second option seems to be pretty stubborn, as only a5
is a weak spot in Black's position. Ok, Black is probably paralysed, but it's
not easy to find a decisive plan.}) 19. Bxe4 {Now the 5th rank is too short
for the black rook.} Bd6 {After this move my opponent... offered a draw. Well,
the position is so much better for White, that I simply couldn't agree and,
moreover, White has a trick after which he wins material.} ({After} 19... Rd8
20. Bf3 Rf5 21. g4 Rxf3 ({after} 21... Rfd5 {engines suggest that even} 22. Re2
{(and only later Bxd5) is completely winning}) 22. Qxf3 {and there is no hope
for Black.}) 20. Qf3 $1 {I spend some minutes, as I didn't see this move
immediately. At the beginning I wanted to put one of my rooks on f3, but as
after both Rc3 (because of ...Bb4) and Re3 (because of ...Bf4) there is
nothing, I started to look for some other moves. I even started to analyse the
move... g3 to take f4 under control and prepare Re3-f3... Luckily, I finally
realised that Qf3 is not simply attacking on g6, but also on c6.} Nxa4 ({
The "normal"} 20... Kg8 {was better, but there is a more or less engine-like
defence:} 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rf5 23. Qe4 Bh2+ {(move order of last 3 black
move could be also another)} 24. Kh1 Qb7 25. Rxb6 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxf2 27. Kxh2
Rxd2 28. Rb7 {and White is only pawn up in a rook endgame, so Black still
would have some (slight) chances for a draw.}) 21. Bxg6 {Not it's totally over.
The next move of Black does not help.} Rh8 $2 (21... Rd5 22. Bf5 $5 (22. Bc2
Nb6 23. Re4 $18) 22... Kg8 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Re7 Bb6 26. b3 Nb2
27. Bc3 $18) 22. Bg5 {and due to many threats, especially putting some pieces
on e7 (after f6 there is a good idea to use the e8-square by playing Re2-Rce1),
Black resigned. I think it was one of the worst games in Fabiano's career, so
I was a bit lucky to meet him when he was playing below his normal, very high,
standard.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Nf6 (7...
Bb4+ $5) 8. bxc4 b4 {N/} (8... bxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 (9... Be7 10. Ne5 $1 O-O 11.
Qf3 Nd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Rhb1 $16 {Kramnik,V-Huebner,R/Biel(izt)/1993/1:0/49/}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 a5
12. e4 Bb4 13. Ba3 Bb7 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Nb3 $14 {Wojtkiewicz,
A-Martinidesz,D/Bern/1991/}) 9. c5 a5 (9... Be7 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Qxb4) 10. Ne5
Be7 11. Bb5+ Kf8 (11... Bd7 12. c6 $18) 12. O-O $16 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 (13... Ba6
14. Qa4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nbd7 16. Nc6 $18) 14. Qa4 Nd5 (14... g6 $5 15. Nd2 Kg7)
15. Nd2 f6 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. Rfc1 (17. e4 Nc3 18. Bxc3 bxc3 19. Nf3 $5) 17... Na7
18. Bc4 (18. e4 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Bc6 21. Qc4 $18) 18... Nc6 19. Nf3 (
19. e4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. Rxc3 $6 (21. Nf3 $16) 21... Nxd4 $13) 19... f5 20.
Nfe5 Bf6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Qc8 (22... Nd8 23. c6 Ba6 24. Nxd5 $18) 23. Qb3
Bxe5 (23... Ne7 24. c6 Nxc6 25. Qxd5 $18) 24. dxe5 Ne7 25. e6 $18 Rg8 26. h4
Ng6 (26... Bc6 $5) 27. c6 $1 Bxc6 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Qxb4+ Ke8 30. Qxa5 Nxf4 31.
exf4 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolstikh, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 (6... Qxb3 7. axb3
Na6 $5 (7... Nd7 8. b4 b5 $5 (8... a6 9. b5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Rc8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12.
Bf4 Nc6 13. e3 f6 14. Be2 $14 {Grabarczyk,M-Pyda,Z /Mikolajki/1993/ 1:0 (47)/})
9. Bf4 a6 10. e3 Ngf6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Ra7 14. Ra3 Rfa8 15. Nb3
$14 {Maiorov,R-Dautov,R /Warszawa/1989/}) 8. e4 Nb4 9. exf5 (9. Ra4 Nc2+ 10.
Kd2 dxe4 11. Ng5 $1 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bxc5 13. Rc4 Bxf2 14. Ngxe4 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Bd4
$13) 9... Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Nb3 14. a6 $1 $44
{Shirov,A-Svidler,P /Gausdal/1992/}) 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4 (8. e3 Nf6 (8... Be7 9.
h3 Nd7 10. Be2 Ngf6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Qd1 Bf6 $10 {Chekhov,
V-Gleizerov,E /Lubniewice/1993/ 0,5 (23)}) 9. h3 h6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Qd1 Nbd7 13. b4 {Gulko,B-Gurevich,M /Moscow/1992/ 1:0 (51)} b6 $10) 8... Ne7 (
8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Rh4 14.
Rd1 Ne4 $13 {Naumkin,I-Itkis,B /Borzhomi/1984/}) (8... Nf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3
Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 g6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Bh2 $14 {Panchenko,
A-Vaiser,A /SSSR/1983/}) 9. g3 $5 $146 (9. Bd6 Nd7 10. e3 Nf6 11. Be2 Ng6 12.
Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 Qe6 $13 {Ribli,Z-Christiansen,L /Wien/1991/}) (
9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 g6 (11... Be7 $5) 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Ne2 {Tukmakov,V-Baburin,A /Helsinki/1992/ 1:0 (25)} b6 $1 $13) (9. e3 Ng6 10.
Nxf5 Nxf4 $1 $10) 9... Nd7 (9... Ng6 $5 10. Nxf5 (10. Nxg6 Bxg6 $10) 10... Nxf4
11. gxf4 exf5 12. e3 Be7 $10) 10. Bd6 Bg6 (10... Ng6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bxf8
Kxf8 13. e3 $14) 11. Bg2 Nf5 12. Nxf5 (12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 $5 14. e3 b6
15. cxb6 (15. Qa3 Kg8 16. Na4 Qa6 $13) 15... axb6 $10) 12... Bxf5 13. Bxf8 Nxf8
(13... Kxf8 $6 14. O-O g6 15. h3 $14) 14. O-O Nd7 15. e4 $6 (15. f3 O-O 16. e4
Bg6 (16... dxe4 17. fxe4 Bg6 18. e5 $14) 17. e5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. f4 Qa6 20.
g4 f5 $13) (15. Qd1 $5 b6 16. b4 e5 17. e3 $14 (17. e4 $5)) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4
(16. Bxe4 Bh3 $1 17. Rfe1 O-O $15) 16... Bxe4 $1 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bf3 O-O $15
19. Qc4 Rd8 20. Rfe1 (20. b4 $5) (20. Rfd1) 20... Rd7 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Qd8 23.
Rad1 Nd5 $1 24. Re5 (24. b5 $6 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qxb5 Nc3 $19) 24... Nc7 (
24... Ne7 25. b5 $132) 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. h4 Rad8 27. Re4 $6 Nd5 (27... g6 $5) 28.
Rd3 Ne7 $1 29. b5 $8 axb5 30. axb5 Nf5 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Qa4 $1 Rxd4 (32...
Nxd4 33. Rf4 Qe5 34. Bxc6 Nxc6 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Qxc6 $10) 33. Rexd4 $1 (33.
Rdxd4 Nxd4 34. Rf4 Qe5 35. Bxc6 Qxc5 $17) 33... Nxd4 34. Bxc6 e5 35. Be4 Qe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:09:13"]
[BlackClock "0:00:43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 Qxb3 14. axb3 a6
15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. f3 Nf8 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Kf2 Nh4 19. Bf1 Ng6 20. Bc3 Bd6 21.
Ng3 Bc7 22. Re1 Kb8 23. Rad1 Bb6 24. Ne2 Bc7 25. Nc1 Nd7 26. Nd3 Nb6 27. Nb4
Nc8 28. Ra1 Nd6 29. Ra2 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Rea1 Rdf8 32. Nxa6+ bxa6 33. Rxa6
Kb7 34. Ra7+ Kc8 35. R1a6 Nge7 36. Bb4 Nd6 37. Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Ra7+ Nb7 39. Bxe7
Ra8 40. Ra3 Rxa3 41. bxa3 Kd7 42. Bxg5 dxc4 43. bxc4 Ra8 44. h4 Nd6 45. c5 Nf5
46. Bh3 Rxa3 47. Ke2 g6 48. Bg4 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 {Diagramm [#]} Ra3+ $4 (49... Ng3
50. Bf4 Ra3+ 51. Kc4 Nf5 {Schwarz durfte den weißen König nicht nach e4
lassen.}) 50. Ke4 Rc3 51. Bxf5 exf5+ 52. Ke5 Ra3 53. Kf6 Ra8 54. Kxg6 Ke6 55.
Bf6 Ra3 56. Bg5 Ra8 57. Bh6 Ra1 58. h5 Rh1 59. Bg5 Kd5 60. h6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5) 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2
Qa5+ {'!?' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N'} (6... O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3 Ba6) 7. Nbd2 (7.
Bd2 Qa6 $1 8. Ne5 Nbd7 {>< c4}) 7... O-O 8. O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 $2
10. Nc4 $16) 10. dxc5 (10. Qe3 $5 Qc7 (10... Nc6 $2 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Qxe7 $1
$18) 11. b3 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qd3 $14) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14.
Bb2 $14) 10... Na6 11. Qe3 {'!?' Bulletin.} (11. Qd1 Nxc5 12. a3 Nce4 13. Nb3
Qa6 $13) 11... Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13. Nxa5 Bb6 (13... Bxc1 $2 14. Raxc1 $16) 14.
Nb3 Re8 15. Nbd4 Nb4 (15... Bd7 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Be3 Rac8 $10) 16. Bg5 (16. Be3
Ng4) 16... Nc6 {'?!' Bulletin.} (16... Ne4 17. Be3 Bd7 $10) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
e3 (18. Rfd1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxe2 21. Bxd5 Rxb2 $10) 18... Bg4 (
18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Be6 $14) 19. Nb3 (19. Rac1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 d4
21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bc6 Re2 $10) 19... Rad8 20. Rfc1
Bxf3 (20... d4 $2 21. Nfxd4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Rc4 $1 $18) 21. Bxf3 Ne5 (
21... d4 $2 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxc6 $16) 22. Be2 (
22. Bg2 $5 Nd3 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Re2 $1 (24. Rd2 Nxf2 $5 25. Kxf2 Bxe3+ 26. Ke1
Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 $13) 24... Red8 25. Rd1 $16) 22... d4 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4
Rxd4 25. Rd1 Rb4 {'?!' Bulletin.} (25... Red8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.
Bxd1 Nd3 29. b3 $14) 26. b3 f5 (26... a5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Bc4 {/\ a3 +/-}) 27.
Rac1 Re7 {'(+)' Bulletin.} (27... Nc6 28. Bc4 Ne5 29. a3 Rb6 30. Bd5 $16) 28.
f4 Ng4 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bd3 Ne3 31. Rc5 Rb6 (31... b6 32. Rc3 Nd1 33. Rcc8 $16)
(31... Kf6 32. Rd6+ Re6 33. Rd7 $16) 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Rxf5 Re2 (33... Rc6 34.
Rd2 $16) 34. Rd7 Rc6 35. Rfxf7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rdf7+ Ke8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. a4 b5 5. e3 e6 6. b3 b4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. Ba6 {Keith plays to
make the b4 pawn a liability, swopping white squared bishops is the first stage
} Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Qb8 15. h3 O-O 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Nc6 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. N6e5
Nxe5 20. Bxe5 {White has a slight edge due to his good knight on c4 but now 20.
.Nd5 and if required ..Nb6 would reduce White's edge to a minimum, instead
Black goes for bishop v knight,} Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Be7 23. Nc4 Rc7 (
23... Rd8) 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Rad1 Ke8 26. e4 Rac8 27. Kf1 {Black has gone
totally passive but with weaknesses on one side of the board only (b4), White
needs to do something elsewhere.} Bf8 28. Ke2 Be7 29. f4 Bf8 (29... h5) 30. g4
Be7 31. Kf3 Rb8 32. h4 {[#] Placing black in a dilemna, if he sits tight then
h5, g5 Kg4 and f5 looks very frightening.} Bxh4 33. g5 f6 34. Kg4 Bf2 35. Rh1
Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Rxh7 {The white king threatens to come to g6} Re7 38.
Rh8+ Kc7 39. Rf8 Kc6 $2 40. gxf6 gxf6 41. Rxf6 Kc5 42. Ne5 Rg7+ 43. Kf3 Bh4 44.
Rg6 Rc7 45. Rh6 Be7 46. Rxe6 Kd4 47. Nc6+ Kc3 48. Nxe7 Kxb3 49. Nd5 Rb7 50. a5
{Another superb endgame from Arkell who deservedly takes the sole lead} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Ngf6 6. Bb2 Bd6 (6... Be7 7. O-O
c6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bh5 10. Ne1 Bd6 11. Nd3 Qe7 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. h3 Ba3 $10 {
Barczay-Timman, Wijk aan Zee 1977}) 7. O-O c6 8. d4 O-O 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nd3 Qe7
11. Nd2 Bxd3 12. exd3 Ba3 13. Bc3 Bb4 14. Bb2 Ba3 15. Bc3 a5 16. Nb1 Bd6 17. a3
b6 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Qf8 20. Qb2 Ra7 21. Nd2 Rca8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Weglarz, Leszek"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nfxd2 a5 9. bxc4 b4 10. c5 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nd6 f5
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 (15... Nxa6) 16. Nd2 Ra7 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. N2c4 f4 20.
Ne5 Rc7 21. Ne4 Qh6 22. exf4 Nxf4 23. g3 Nd5 (23... Qh3 $2 24. Qf3 $18) 24. f4
Nd7 25. Ng5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Re7 27. Rfe1 Nc7 28. Qf3 (28. Nxe6) 28... Nd5 29.
Nxe6 Rfe8 30. Ng5 Qg6 31. Ne4 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Rb8 $1 33. f5 $6 (33. Rb1) 33...
Qh6 34. Qb3 Rf8 35. Nd6 Qd2 36. Rd1 Qe2 37. Rxd5 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 cxd5
40. Qxd5 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Bh5 (9... Ne4 $6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. f3) 10. Ne1 Bd6 11. Nd3
Qe7 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. h3 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e3 a5
18. Qc1 Qe7 19. f4 c5 20. Qa3 Ra6 21. g5 Nh5 22. Rfe1 Qd6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nf3
b5 25. dxc5 $2 (25. Rac1) 25... Nxc5 26. Rad1 b4 27. Qb2 Ne4 (27... Ng3 $5) 28.
Ne5 Nc3 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Qf2 a4 31. Rd2 axb3 32. axb3 Rda8 33. f5 $2 Qe7 34.
fxg6 Qxe5 $1 35. Qxf7+ (35. gxf7+ Kf8 36. Qh4 Ra1 $1) 35... Kh8 36. Rf2 Qe6 37.
Bf3 Ne4 (37... Ng3 38. Qf4) 38. Bg4 $6 (38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Bxh5 Nxf2 40. Kxf2
Rf8+) 38... Qxf7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Titov, German1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 Na6 (7...
Bxb1 8. Rxb1 e6 9. h3 $5 $14) (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. h3 $5 {/\ c5+/=}) 8. Nc3
Nb4 $5 (8... Qxb3) 9. c5 $1 Nd3+ (9... Nc2+ $4 10. Qxc2 $18) (9... Bc2 $4 10.
Qa3 $1 $18) (9... Qa5 $6 10. Rc1 {/\ a3+-} Bc8 $8 (10... b6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. a3
Na6 13. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 14. Qb5 $18) 11. Be2 $16) 10. Bxd3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bxd3 12.
Ne5 $14 Bf5 (12... Ba6 $4 13. Nxc6 $18) (12... Bb5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Ra5 a6 15.
Ke2 {/\ Rha1, c6+-}) 13. b4 Nd7 $1 (13... Ne4 14. b5 $1 Nxc3 15. bxc6 $1 bxc6
16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Ra6 $18) (13... Nh5 14. b5 Nxf4 15. exf4 f6 16. bxc6 bxc6 (
16... fxe5 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. c6 $18) 17. Nxc6 $18) 14. b5 Nxe5 (14... Nb8 15.
Na4 $18 {><b6}) (14... f6 15. bxc6 fxe5 16. cxb7 $1 Rb8 17. c6 $18) 15. Bxe5 f6
16. Bg3 $1 e5 $5 (16... Bd7 17. b4 $16) (16... Bg7 17. b4 $16) 17. dxe5 $5 (17.
b4 $6 exd4 18. exd4 Bh6 {/\ Kd7, Rhe8<=> עe1, <->e}) 17... Bxc5 18. O-O $1 Kf7
(18... fxe5 $14) 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 (19... Be7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra6 $16 {><a7, c6})
(19... fxe5 $5 20. Bxe5 Rhc8 $14) 20. exf6 $5 Kxf6 $6 (20... Bb4 $14) 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Ra6 $16 {><a7, c6} Ke7 $2 (22... Ke6 23. Nxd5 $1 Kxd5 24. Ra5 $18) (
22... Bd3 23. Nxd5+ Kf7 24. Ra5 cxd5 25. Raxc5 $18) (22... Kf7 23. Na4 Bb4 24.
Raxc6 Bd7 $1 25. Rc7 Ke8 $16) 23. Nxd5+ $1 $18 (23. Nxd5+ cxd5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5
25. Bd6+ {><a7}) (23. Na4 $2 Bb4 24. Raxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Bd7 26. Rc7 Rc8 $1 $10
{^^}) 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last game to end. It was a very tactical and complicated game, but always
with chances for both players. In the endgame that was very close to a draw
Cmilyte made a mistake.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6.
Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. g4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13.
Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bd2 Bg7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rag1 Ne4 17. Be1 e5 18. cxd5 Nxc3+ 19.
Bxc3 e4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 cxd5 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rd2 Rf3 24. Ra1 Rdf8 25.
Ke1 Rxh3 26. Rxa7 Rh1+ 27. Ke2 h5 28. Rxb7 hxg4 29. Rxd5 Rh2 30. Rdd7 Rhxf2+
31. Kd1 Rf1+ 32. Kc2 R8f2+ 33. Bd2 Bxe5 34. Re7 g3 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxe5 g2 37.
Rxg5 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39. b4 Rg2 40. Rd7 g5 41. Kb3 Rgf2 42. Bc3 R2f7 43. Rd4
Kh7 44. Rxe4 Rg8 45. b5 Rb7 46. Rb4 $2 (46. Ka4 g4 47. Be1 Rg5 48. Bh4 {
was a draw.}) 46... g4 47. Be5 Rg5 48. Bf4 Rgxb5 49. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 50. Kc3 Kg6 51.
b4 Rf5 52. Kd4 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Bc7 Rf7 55. Bg3 Rf3 56. Bb8 Kd7 57. b5 Kc8
58. Be5 Kb7 59. Bd4 Rf7 60. Ke5 g3 61. e4 g2 62. Ke6 Rf4 63. Ke5 Rf1 64. Ke6
g1=Q 65. Bxg1 Rxg1 66. e5 Kc7 67. Ke7 Rb1 68. b6+ Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {Topalov obtained his only win in
Morelia with the 4...a6-Slav, which can be a partial explanation for his
opening choice in this game.} 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 c5 $5 {
The fashion of pushing the pawn to c5 in two moves was initiated by Morezevich
and is a proof of the flexibility of Black's position in the Slav. With 4...a6
Black has induced the white queen's knight to develop to d2, overdefending the
c4-square for the eventuality of a further ...b5. This resulted in a lack of
pressure against the d5-pawn, which justifies Black'a last move. To a certain
extent this is similar with some Queen's Indian variations, where Black
willingly loses a tempo with his queen's bishop : 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 later
followed by ...d5.} 9. cxd5 ({This looks like a significant concession.
White's previous play does will hardly be justified in the symmetrical
position with open centre that will arise now. More consistent would have been
} 9. Bb2 {aiming for a position with hanging pawns, when White's extra-tempi
in development (consequence of ...c6-c5 and ...a6) might have made themselves
felt. If Black would ignore the tension in the centre and develop normally,
with} Be7 10. Qc2 O-O {White could already start active operations in the
centre with} 11. Ne5) 9... Nxd5 $1 {Underlining the drawbacks of White's plan:
the relative weakness of the c3-square, the exposed position of the d3-bishop
and the difficulty of finding a good square for the queen.} 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qb1
{The queen avoids the unpleasant pin along the d1-h5 diagonal and the fork on
b4 at the same time, but with such unnatural development White can hardly
claim an advantage.} cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf6 {The exchange of the dark-squared
bishops makes part of Black's general plan. He releases the pressure against
his king side while accentuating the weakness of the c3-square, which will
require permanent surveillance from White.} 13. Rc1 ({The h7-pawn is posisoned:
} 13. Bxh7 Bxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4 {is even worse in view of} Qh4) 14... f5 15.
Bg6+ Kf8 {and the bishop is trapped.}) 13... Bh5 ({In this phase of the game,
the absence of concrete threats gives play a rather abstract character. With
his last move, White retreats the bishop to a less exposed square and prepares
an eventual interference of the b1-h7 diagonal with ...Bg6 in order to enable
castling short. In case of the immediate} 13... Qe7 {White could face his
opponent with a difficult choice with} 14. Bxf6 {when 14...Qxf6 looks like a
mere loss of tempo, while} N7xf6 {is strongly met by} 15. Ne5 {with certain
initiative.}) ({The exchange on d4 looks slightly premature, too. After} 13...
Bxd4 14. Nxd4 N7f6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Ng3 {Black had to resort to extreme
measures in order to save his bishop in Tregubov-Morozevich, Sochi 2005}) 14.
Rc4 Qe7 15. h3 ({It is not easy for White to make use of his minimal advance
in development, but his last move does not seem to be useful in any way at
this stage of the game. More to the point seems tobe} 15. a4 {followed by a5,
winning space on the queen side and indirectly developing the a1-rook without
moving it.}) 15... Rd8 {Probably feeling White's indecision, Black makes his
last useful, half-waiting move.} 16. Be4 $6 {Finally, White loses patience and
decides to threaten something concrete. However, his last move only helps
Black complete his development.} Bxd4 17. Nxd4 N7f6 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qb2 O-O
20. Rac1 Bg6 {Black's position already looks more pleasant. His bishop is
quite strong, while the enemy knights are somewhat restricted in their actions.
However, White's authoritary control of the c-file should enable him to
maintain the balance even.} 21. N4f3 f6 $1 {Continuing to restrict the white
knights.} 22. g3 $6 ({White takes the f4-square under control in order to
prepare the advance of the e-pawn. In doing so, he probably wanted to reduce
the activity of the black minor pieces, thus answering with the same method as
that employed by his opponent. However, the last move has the serious drawback
of weakening the light squares around the own king. Instead of this, he could
have continued his "own play" with} 22. a4 {, winning space on the wing where
he has concentrated such important forces as the major pieces.}) 22... e5 23.
a3 ({The necessity of this additional prophylactic move speaks about the
eroneous character of White's plan. The immediate} 23. e4 {would be strongly
answered by} b5 $1 24. Rc6 Nb4 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rc3 Nd3 28. Qc2
Rd8 {with active play for Black.}) 23... Qe6 {A multi-purpose move. White
takes under observation the weak h3- and b3-pawns while clearing the e7-square
for the knight in view of its further transfer to c6.} 24. e4 Ne7 25. Rc7 Rd7
26. h4 Rfd8 27. b4 h6 {Clearing the safe h7-square for the king.} 28. Rxd7 Rxd7
{Black's advantage is obvious. All his pieces are more active than White's.
The enemy knights have little chance to get active, mainly because of the
weakness of the e4-pawn.} 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Nc6 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33.
Rxc4 Rd3 {Simplifications did not bring White any relief. His knights are
still hopelessly passive.} 34. a4 (34. Ra4 {would leave the rook out of play
after} b5 35. Ra6 {allowing} Nd4 36. Nxd4 exd4 {with a more or less decisive
advantage for Black.}) 34... Ra3 {Black threatens to win the a4-pawn with ...
Bf7. White's attempts to prevent this simple plan will only shorten his
suffering.} 35. Nb1 Ra2 36. Nc3 Rc2 37. Rc5 {Defending ag ainst the threat ...
Bxe4+, but allowing Black to set a stronger one.} Nb4 {Threatening ...Nd3 or ..
.Na2. White cannot avoid important material losses.} 38. Ne1 Rc1 {The apparent
simplicity of this game is induced by the fact that Topalov won mainly by
parrying White's one- or two- move threats. The difficult (and instructive)
part consisted of combining this prophylactic play with the permanent
improvement of his own position.} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Semcesen, Daniel"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:22"]
[BlackClock "0:18:56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 {This is
a brilliant concept. White is trusting his centre, some lines and diagonals.
Black is allowed to try out a wide range of defences.} e6 8. Bd2 (8. Bd3 Bb4+
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 {in order to attack the Black squares later on is also
possible. But Bd2 on the other hand keeps all pieces on the board which in
some moves will mean that the Black pieces will get irritated in each others.})
8... a5 (8... Bb7 9. Ba5 {is not the end of the world, but little bit annoying.
}) 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 (11. Rc1 {With a restraied strategy has been
played, but Rd1 seems more to the point.}) 11... Qb6 12. h3 {A waiting move.
White wants Black to go to d7 with the knight before playing Nc3 himself.
That's cool, not forcing anything despite being a pawn down.} (12. Nc3 Na6)
12... Nbd7 13. Nc3 g6 $6 (13... h6 {and then 0-0 in an appropriate moment was
mandatory.}) 14. Bh6 $1 {Right in the face.} Rc8 15. Qe2 b4 $6 {It looks like
Black has lost interest in the game, just pushing woods.} ({This bitter pill
should not be delayed further.} 15... Bf8) 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. Qe3 {
White thanks the pawn on h3!} Ng8 {Black was hopeless anyway.} 19. Bxf8 Kxf8
20. d5 {A classic.} exd5 21. exd5 c5 22. Bb5 {Daniel is merciless.} Ngf6 23. d6
Qd8 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Kg7 28. Qe5 Rf8 29. d7
Kg8 30. Rd6 Nh5 31. Rc6 Qa8 32. Qc5 Nf4 33. Rc8 {A strategic masterpice by
Semsecen, the Champion from 2014!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {I like sasha's caution! Yesterday, he
playe too adventurously, even casually, and paid the price.Today, it seems, he
has taken himself in hand and is playing solidly.} Bg4 5. Qb3 {A slight
side-step, looking to avoid well-known paths as soon as possible. Sasha wants
to avoid a memory test, and just play chess.} Qb6 6. Nc3 {It is not in either
side's interest to exchange queens at present, as this would improve the
opponent's pawn structure.} e6 7. Nh4 {Going after Black's light-squared
bishop.} Bh5 8. h3 g5 ({A very sharp move! The game Carlsen-Movsesian, earlier
this week, continued} 8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Ne7
13. Bd2 Nf5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Bd6 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rc1 Ke7 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 {
and Black, rather surprisingly, demonstrated that the two knighst can fight
successfully against White's two bishops.}) 9. Nf3 ({Again played quiety. The
game Gonzales-Savchenko, Palma 2008, went} 9. g4 gxh4 10. gxh5 Rg8 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. b4 Qe6 17. b5 c5 18. Kf1
Nc4 {and Black eventually won a sharp game.}) 9... h6 10. g4 ({Sasha lurches
forward. One cannot forever restrain one's temperament. The source game
continued} 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Bg6 12. Bd2 Na6 13. Rc1 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
Nxb4 Bxb4 16. h4 O-O 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Be2 a6 {and Black had no problems. Wang
Yue - Aronian, Dresden 2008}) 10... Bg6 11. h4 {Attack at all costs! Frankly,
though, it seems to me that this move leads only to numerous exchanges and a
draw. But let us see.} Qxb3 ({A small concession. However, after Впро~~ем,
после} 11... Nxg4 12. hxg5 Na6 {White can force the queen exchange by} 13. c5
$1) 12. axb3 Rg8 ({Smeets believes his opponent. After} 12... Nxg4 13. hxg5 {
White has the cunning idea of trapping the knight on g4 by means of Nf3-g1 and
f2-f3, eg} Na6 14. c5 Nb4 15. Ra4 Nd3+ $2 ({But stronger is} 15... a5 {though
here Black has to calculate a long forced variation:} 16. Ng1 Bd3 {'!'} 17. f3
Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Bxf1 19. Kxc2 Nf2 $1 20. Rh2 Nd3 {'!'} 21. Bd2 Nb4+ {and the
king's knight escapes to the queenside!}) 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Ng1 $1 {and White
emerges with an extra piece.}) 13. hxg5 hxg5 {Now the mutual capture of the
g-pawns will just lead to equality. But Sasha is spending time, loking for
something better.} 14. c5 {A sensible reaction. White intends b4-b5, with
strong pressure on the queenside. Smeets' exaggerated respect for his opponent
may turn out badly for him.} (14. Nxg5 Bc2 $1 {is not dangerous for Black.}) ({
It is tempting to examine} 14. Ne5 Bc2 15. c5 {but it is very hard to analyse
to the end the daring capture} Bxb3 $5 {After} 16. Bd3 {the black bishop is in
trouble, but he can play} Nbd7 17. Ra3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Rxb3 Nxc5 20. Bc2
Nxb3 21. Bxb3 {and I am not sure how to evaluate this unusual position.
Probably, Black is OK.}) 14... Nxg4 ({I don't see any alternative. Black
cannot hold up the queenside advance:} 14... Nbd7 15. b4 a6 16. b5 $1) 15. b4 (
{Morozevich rushes it! he does not believe it necessary to regain the pawn. I
am not sure that his compensation is so significant, however. It seems to me
that the simple line is more promising:} 15. Nxg5 {', например,'} Bc2 16. Nf3
Bxb3 17. Bd3 {Looking deeper, I found an improvement for Black:} Nd7 (17... Na6
{and the threat of the knight jump to b4 forces White to part with one of his
bishops.} 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Rxa6 Kd7 20. Rg1 f6 {and it is difficult to find
resources for White to develop his initiative.}) 18. Nd2 Bc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20.
Bxc4 {and White has a clear advantage, thanks to his two bishops and
superiority in the centre.}) 15... f6 {Agreed! A good reply. By defending his
pawn on g5, Black enables the knight to return via h6.} ({After} 15... Be7 {
the knight would be stuck on g4 for a long time.}) 16. b5 {An important moment.
How should Black meet his opponent's queenside attack? He has no time to waste.
If the second white b-pawn reaches b5, White will have a large advantage.
Black needs to meet this by playing a6, cxb5, and putting a knight on c6 and
his king on d7. I do not see any other way.} cxb5 ({The same idea, but in a
less convincing form. I was looking at} 16... a6 $1 17. b4 cxb5 18. Bxb5+ (18.
Nxb5 Kd7) 18... Nc6 {and did not find anything special for White.}) 17. Rg1 ({
After} 17. Bxb5+ Nc6 {the striking} 18. Ra6 {does not bring anything after}
O-O-O $1) 17... Nh6 {Played carefully.} ({Also not bad is} 17... Bf5) ({
and even} 17... Bh5 {but approaching time-trouble makes Black hurry things.})
18. Nxb5 Kd7 19. Rxa7 {He has to recapture the pawn.} Rxa7 20. Nxa7 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 ({Too slow is} 21. Nb5 Nb4 $1) 21... bxc6 {Each side's weaknesses roughly
cancel each other out.} 22. b4 {White has a pawn majority on the queenside.
But at present, the infantry lack artillery support, and by themselves they
cannot win the battle.} Be7 {Played after quite long thought. I believe the
position is about equal and a repetition may be forced. A depressing prospect
for the Muscovite! He ahs too few points, and is much the higher-rated player..
.But I fear that sasha may overdo things in trying to avoid a draw.} ({My
analysis managed to cast doubts on the alternative} 22... Bg7 23. b5 cxb5 24.
Bxb5+ Kc7 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Nxg5 $1 Ra1+ 27. Ke2 Rxg1 28. Nxe6+ Kc8 29. Nxg7 {
and hite's two pawns are worth more than Black's extra exchange.}) 23. Kd2 ({
Here is the line which leads to an early dinner:} 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5+ Kc7 25.
Bd2 Ra8 26. Ke2 Ra2 27. Rh1 Ng4 28. Rh8 e5 (28... Be4 29. Re8 $1) 29. Rg8 Bh5
30. Rh8 Bg6 31. Rg8 {etc.}) 23... Be4 ({The rook penetration does not lead to
success:} 23... Ra8 24. Bb2 Ra2 $6 25. Kc3 $1) 24. Ne1 ({An equal ending
results from} 24. Be2 g4 25. Nh2 f5 26. f3) 24... g4 $1 {Black successfully
exploits White's slowness.} 25. Kc3 $2 {But this is dubious, if not downright
bad.} ({Morozevich should have maintained equality by} 25. Be2 f5 26. f3) 25...
f5 {The bishop comes to h4 and Black develops strong pressure.} 26. Nd3 $6 {
Continuing to drift.} ({He should defend by} 26. Be2 Bh4 27. Rf1 {so as to put
the king on b3 and play f2-f3.}) 26... Bh4 $1 {The f2 pawn is on the verge of
extinction. White now needs study-like accuracy to save the game. Clearly, he
needs to find a way to sacrifice the f2 pawn and create piece counterplay. In
time-trouble this is the best chance. Clock times are 0.22-0.14.} 27. f4 $2 {
Seemingly another oversight.} ({More stubborn was} 27. Ne5+ Kc7 28. Bg2 $1 Bxf2
29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Ng6 {'='} g3 $1 (31... Rh7 32. Nf8 Rh8 33. Ng6 {=
}) 32. Nxh8 g2 33. Rd1 Ng4 34. Ng6 {Black has the initiative, but I cannot see
a clear win. White seems to have time to win the e6 pawn with his knight.})
27... gxf3 {I think Black would retain a serious advantage by keeping the pawn
on g4. But taking on f3 is even stronger.} 28. Rh1 (28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. Rh1 f2 $1
30. Rxh4 Rg1) 28... Bg5 $2 {Jan is getting nervous!} ({He could secure a
decisive advantage by} 28... Nf7 $1 29. Rxh4 Rg1) 29. Ne5+ Kc7 {Times:0.16 - 0.
06. There are still many moves to make to the time control, and so, many
chances to go wrong.} 30. Rh3 Ra8 $2 ({Correct was} 30... f2 $1 31. Rh2 Bf6 $1
32. Rxf2 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rg1 {and White will lose the e5 pawn, since after} 34.
Rf4 Ng4 35. Kd4 $2 Nh2 $1 {he loses a piece.}) 31. Nxf3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 {Now the
worst is behind White.} Ra2 {Black retains some slight pressure, but nothing
too serious.} 33. Rh3 {Accurately played.} ({Trying to take the initiative by} 
33. Rg3 Ng4 34. Bh3 {rebounds:} Bh4 $1 35. Rg1 Bf2 36. Rg2 Nxe3 $1 37. Rxf2 (
37. Bxe3 Ra3+ $1) 37... Rxf2 38. Bxe3 Rf3) 33... Ng4 34. b5 {Morozevich
returns to the right idea. Passive defence of e3 could lead to new problems.}
cxb5 35. Bxb5 Rh2 {In serious time-trouble, Jan hurries to simplify.} ({
Stronger was} 35... Bh6) 36. Rxh2 Nxh2 37. Kd3 {The initiative has passed to
White.} Ng4 38. Bd2 {The bishops are ready to drive off the black kin and
support their passed pawn.} Bh4 {An accurate manoeuvre. From g3, the bishop
will cover the crucial c7 square.} 39. Ba5+ Kc8 40. Be8 ({There ws no win by} 
40. Ba6+ Kb8 41. c6 {ввиду} Bg3 $1) 40... Nf6 {A further inaccuracy.} ({
Better was} 40... Bd8 $1 41. Be1 Nf6 {and now} 42. Bf7 {is ineffective because
of} Kd7 {But only those who have never been in his situation could criticise
the Dutch player - after time-trouble ends, one's hands are shaking and one's
head is spinning.}) 41. Bf7 {Now Black is losing a pawn.} Kd7 42. c6+ Kxc6 43.
Bxe6 {F5 must drop. A new phase of the battle is beginning. With two bishops
and an extra pawn, White ahs winning chances, at least in practice. It is
certainly the best position Morozevich has had in the whole game.} Ne4 44. Bxf5
Nd6 {A good set-up. Black sits tight and waits for White to attempt something.}
45. Bg4 Nc4 46. Bc3 Nd6 ({It seems he can draw by} 46... Bf2 47. e4 Ne3 $1 {
but the resulting variations are too difficult for a tired player to work out.}
) 47. Bf3 Bf2 48. Bd2 Nc4 $2 {The last tragic oversight in this game. By
simply moving his bishop to and fro, Black can hold.} 49. Bxd5+ $1 {Winning a
pawn and the game. One can only synpathise with Smeets, whose nerves failed
him.} 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The winner of the previous Women's Grand Prix is not having a good tournament
and her performance here is well below her normal level. After the opening she
found herself in a position where her opponent had an extra pawn and solid
control over the e-file.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6.
d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bf4 b5 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Rad1 Qc8
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 b4 15. Nb1 Rd8 16. g4 c5 17. g5 Ne8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5
Bd6 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. Be3 Bf4 22. Qf3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Nd6 24. Rde1 Re8 25. Nd2 Rxe3
26. Rxe3 Re8 27. Nf1 Rxe3 28. Nxe3 Qe7 29. Qf4 g6 30. h4 Na4 31. b3 cxb3 32.
axb3 Nc3 33. Nc4 Ncb5 (33... Qe4 $1 {forcing White to trade the queens as} 34.
Qxd6 Qxg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Ne4+ {loses immediately.}) 34. Ne5
Nd4 35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. dxc6 {and this pawn became a real distraction for Black.}
Qc7 37. Bf3 Nb5 38. Qc4 Nd4 39. Bd5 Qd6 40. Bxf7+ Kg7 41. Bd5 Nxc6 42. Qe4 Ne5
43. Kg2 a5 44. f4 Nf7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bxf7 Kxf7 47. Qxh7+ Kf8 48. Qh8+ Ke7 49.
Qg7+ Ke8 50. Qg8+ Ke7 51. Qh7+ Kf8 52. Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qg7+ Ke8 54. Qg8+ Ke7 55.
Qg7+ Ke8 56. Qg8+ Ke7 57. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. c5 ({In the game versus the Russian
Grandmaster Inarkiev from December 2008, the Chinese Grandmaster played} 12.
O-O Nbd7 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 {but after} 15. Ne2 O-O 16. a3 b5 17. Rb1
N5b6 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bf1 Ndb6 {Black had reached a comfortable equality, Wang
Yue (2736)-Inarkiev,E (2669)/Elista 2008}) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 {# In such a
pawn structure the most important question is whether White is able to advance
the b-pawn to b5 or not.} Na6 $1 {The only way to stop White's advance
b3-b4-b5. This is sufficient for Black to hold the balance.} (13... Nbd7 14. b4
a6 {doesn't prevent the further advance of the b-pawn. White plays} 15. b5 cxb5
16. Nxb5 {using the pin on the a-file. Next White retreats the knight from b5
and advances b4-b5 again, with better prospects.}) 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. f4 ({Now} 
15. b4 {makes little sense, since after} a6 {the rook a8 is protected and
White cannot play 16.b5.}) 15... gxf4 16. exf4 g6 {# The closed character of
the position brings White's bishop pair to nothing. Together with the fact
that Black has no weaknesses, that means White can't play for a win without
major risk. The same is valid for Black, who in order to play for a win must
open the position somehow, which will only favour White's bishop pair. Both
opponents perfectly understood each other's intentions and repeated the
position soon.} 17. Be3 a6 18. Ke2 Rh7 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. Raf1 Rdh8 21. Kd3 Bd8
22. Be1 Kd7 23. b4 Kc8 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Be1 Kc8 26. Bd2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd1 Qc7
15. Qb3 e4 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. a4 Nc4 19. Be1 Rfc8 20. Qa2 b6 21. Rb4
Qc6 22. Rab1 Ne8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#] Weiß hat gegen das stocksolide schwarze
Spiel nicht viel heraus geholt und entschließt sich nun, die Partie zu
komplizieren.} 24. f3 exf3 25. Bg3 Rb7 26. Be5 Re7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rb5 Qg6 29.
Rxa5 Qd3 {Mit Gewinnstellung. Es droht Dxe3 oder Dxc3 oder auch f6 und g5.} 30.
Ra3 f6 (30... Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qd3 32. Rf1 fxg2 33. Qxg2 {ist weniger klar.}) 31.
Bf4 g5 32. Bg3 Rxe3 33. Re1 Re2 (33... fxg2 {mit der Idee} 34. Rxe3 Qf1+ 35.
Kh2 Qh1#) 34. Rxe2 fxe2 35. Bf2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qf1 37. Bg3 e1=Q {[#]} 38. Bxe1
Qxe1 39. Rxa7 {Mit Mehrfigur ist der Rest einfach.} Qe6 40. Qb1 Rc7 41. Ra8 Re7
42. Qb4 Kg7 43. Rd8 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 ({Eher im Sinne des Erfinder
ist hier} 5. d3) 5... e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3 {Nun ist eine Stellung
der Katalanischen Eröffnung auf dem Brett mit einem schwarzen Läufer auf g4
statt auf c8, was natürlich Schwarz begünstigt.} O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 Qc7 11.
Rc1 Rfd8 $11 (11... Qb8 12. Re1 b5 13. c5 Qc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rad8 16.
Ned2 Nd5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Qf1 f6 21. Nc3 Bf7 22. Nxd5
exd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Be7 25. Bc1 Nf8 26. Bf4 Qd7 27. h4 Be6 28. Bd2 Bd8
29. Re3 Bf5 30. Qe1 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qe6 32. Ne1 Bc7 33. Bf1 Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 (33)
Swapnil,S (2307)-Sriram,J (2457) Kolkata 2008}) 12. h3 Bf5 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nh4 Be6 15. e3 Nf8 16. f4 Bd6 17. g4 $6 {Zu optimistisch.} (17. Nhf3 $11) 17...
Qe7 18. g5 Ne4 {[#]} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 {Nun hat der Sh4 kein Rückzugsfeld. Weiß
tritt die Flucht nach vorne an.} 20. f5 (20. Bxe4 Bxh3 {kostet Material.})
20... Qxg5 21. fxe6 fxe6 {Der Sh4 kann ja nicht weglaufen.} 22. Qg4 Qxg4 $6 ({
Präziser war} 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 24. Qxg3 Bxg3 25. Nf3 {mit
Materialgewinn:} (25. Nf5 exf5 26. Rxf5 Re8 $19) 25... exf3 26. Bxf3 Bh4) 23.
hxg4 Bg3 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Re8 26. Bf1 Ne6 27. d5 (27. Bc4 $5) 27... cxd5 (
{Nach} 27... g6 28. dxe6 gxf5 29. gxf5 {sind die beiden weißen Freibauern
recht unerfreulich.}) 28. Rxd5 Re7 29. a4 {Weiß hat zwar einen Bauern weniger,
aber dafür reichlich Linien für das Läuferpaar.} h6 30. Ba3 Rf7 {[#]} 31.
Kg2 $2 ({Richtig war} 31. Bc4 Kh7 32. Kg2 $16 Bf4 $2 33. Rf1) 31... Bf4 $1 {
Ein taktischer Piekser, der einen Bauern einbringt.} 32. Re1 (32. Bc4 {war
immer noch eine gute Idee.}) 32... Bxe3 {An der Schwäche von f4 hat sich
nichts geändert.} 33. Rf5 Rxf5 34. gxf5 Nf4+ (34... Bc5 {halbiert das weiße
Läuferpaar.} 35. fxe6 Bxa3 36. Rxe4 $15) 35. Kg3 Nh5+ 36. Kh3 Bg5 37. Rxe4 Rd8
38. Bc4+ Kh7 39. Bc5 {Weiß hat auch hier einen Minusbauern, mit dem
Läuferpaar aber reichlich Spiel.} Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Nd5 41. Kf3 Rc8 42. Bg1 Ne7 43.
Re5 Nc6 44. Rb5 Bf6 45. Be6 Rd8 46. Rxb7 {Gewinnt das Material zurück.} Rd1
47. Bf2 (47. Bb6 $5 {um vielleicht den a5 zu gewinnen.}) 47... h5 48. Bf7 Ne5+
49. Ke2 Rh1 50. Bd4 h4 {[#] Die kritische Phase der Partie: Schwarz wirft den
h-Bauern in die Schlacht und Weiß findet kein geeignetes Gegenrezept.} 51.
Bxe5 Bxe5 52. Rb5 (52. b4 axb4 53. Rxb4 $11) 52... Bc3 53. Kf3 Rg1 54. Rb8 (54.
f6 $5 g5 $5 (54... gxf6 55. Rh5+)) 54... Rg3+ 55. Kf4 Bd2+ 56. Ke5 h3 57. Bg6+
Kh6 58. Rd8 (58. Rh8+ Kg5 59. Ke4 Re3+ 60. Kd4 Rxb3 $19) 58... Re3+ 59. Kd4 Kg5
60. Kc4 Rc3+ ({Stark war auch} 60... h2 61. Rh8 Re4+ 62. Kd3 Rh4 $19) 61. Kb5
Rxb3+ 62. Ka6 Bf4 63. Rh8 h2 64. Bf7 Rd3 65. Rh5+ Kg4 66. f6 Rd6+ 67. Kxa5 Rxf6
68. Be8 Re6 (68... Rf5+ 69. Rxf5 h1=Q $19) 69. Bf7 Re7 70. Bg6 Re1 71. Kb5 (71.
Kb5 Re5+ 72. Rxe5 h1=Q $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 (5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 O-O 18. O-O-O Bh4 19. f4 Nxd5 20. Rxd5
Qe8 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. g5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Kh7 24. Qe2 f6 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Rh2 g5
27. Qd3+ Kh6 28. Re2 b5 29. Kb1 c4 30. Qd2 Qg6+ 31. Ka2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3 33.
Rd2 gxf4 34. exf4 Rxf4 35. Rxd3 b4 36. Kb3 bxa3 37. bxa3 Bf6 38. Rf3 Rxf3+ 39.
Bxf3 Be7 40. Bg4 Kg5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Inarkiev,E (2706)-Shirov,A (2691) Sochi 2015
}) 5... Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5
12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 ({Die gleiche Variante hat Inarkiev auch schon mit Schwarz
gespielt, dort geschah:} 13. Re1 Kf8 14. cxd5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. e4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nb6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Ra5 Nd5 21. Re1 Bb4 22. Bxb4+ Nxb4 23.
Rxg5 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rh6 25. Rc5 Rhd6 26. Rc4 b5 27. Rc3 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29.
Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd3 31. Kg2 Rxb3 32. Rxa6 g5 33. Ra7 Rxb2 34. Rb7 Rb3 35. f3
Kg7 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Rxf3 39. Rxb5 Rf1 40. Kg3 Kg6 41. Ra5 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Dreev,A (2698)-Inarkiev,E (2695) Sochi 2012}) 13... Nf8 14. Qa4
Ng6 ({Mit} 14... dxc4) ({oder} 14... Qb4 {konnte Schwarz die folgende
Abwicklung unterbinden, sieht aber keinen Grund, sich nicht darauf einzulassen.
}) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxh3 18. Bg2 Rh4 19. d5 Ne5 20. Qd4 f6
({Nach} 20... Qxd4 21. exd4 {scheitert} Nxg4 {an} 22. Re1 Rh6 (22... Kf8 23.
Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Bxg5+) 23. Bxg5 $18) ({Besser schien} 20... Bf6 $5 21. Qxb6 axb6
{und nach} 22. f4 {nun} Nd7 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxg4+ 25. Kf2 O-O-O $14) 21.
Qxb6 axb6 22. f4 gxf4 23. exf4 Nxg4 (23... Nd7 24. Kf2 $16) 24. dxc6 {Schwarz
kann nicht auf c6 wiedernehmen.} Kf8 {[#]} 25. cxb7 {Mit dem gedeckte
Freibauern auf b7 sollte Weiß den Sieg in der Tasche haben, muss vorher aber
noch ein paar Drohungen abwehren.} Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Re8 {Droht immerhin Matt.} 27.
Bf3 f5 28. b4 {Verdrängt den Läufer aus seiner starken Position.} Bxb4 29.
Bc6 Rb8 30. Rb1 Bc5 31. Rd7 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. Rc7 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Nd6 35. Bb2
Rh3+ 36. Kc2 Rh2+ 37. Kd1 Rd8 (37... Rh7 38. Be5 $18) 38. Bxg7+ Kg8 39. Bd5+
Nf7 40. Rc8 Kxg7 41. Rxd8 (41. Rxd8 Nxd8 42. b8=Q) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wang-Caruana started out as a boring and solid affair, but quickly turned
messy and interesting.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1
Qe7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rc2 a6 15. Rfc1 Rcd8 16. Qd1 e5 17. Ne2 e4 $1 18. Bxa6 Na7
$1 {The fabulous bishop trap setup forced Wang to find some resourceful moves
in order to not be down a piece. The resulting material balance was of a rook
and two knights against a queen, but the queen was aided by two passed pawns
on the queenside.} 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 bxa6 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Bb4 Rxc7 23. Bxe7
Rxe7 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qb8 Re8 27. a4 Kf8 28. g4 Ke7 29. Qb7+ Ke6
30. Qxa6+ Nd6 31. b4 Nd7 32. b5 Rb8 33. Kf2 h6 34. Ke2 Nb6 35. a5 Na4 36. b6
Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Ncb5 38. Kc2 Kd7 39. Kb3 Rc8 40. Kb2 g6 41. g3 Rb8 {It's possible
that Caruana missed many chances to push for some sort of advantage} (41... Rc3
$5 {seemed better than the passive 41...Rb8.}) 42. Kb3 Re8 43. h4 f6 44. g5
fxg5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kb4 Rc8 47. b7 Rb8 48. Kc5 Ke7 49. Qc6 Nxb7+ 50. Kxb5
Nd8+ 51. Qb6 Rxb6+ 52. Kxb6 {After winning the queen for a rook and a knight,
Caruana had an extra knight, but it was powerless against White's passed
a-pawn. It sacrificed itself on a8 to force a stalemate.} Kd6 53. a6 Ne6 54. a7
Nc7 55. g4 Na8+ 56. Kb7 Kd7 57. Kxa8 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 {I usually play 4...Bf5, but for this
game I decided to vary my opening choice. Current theory evaluates the 4...Bg4
variation as leading to equality.} 5. h3 (5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 {has
become very popular recently. However, White hasn't been able to prove more
than a slight advantage.} Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12.
Bd2 (12. c5 Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nc7 {is equal, as shown in the following
game:} 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Be3 a6 18. Ke2 Rh7 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. Raf1
Rdh8 21. Kd3 Bd8 22. Be1 Kd7 23. b4 Kc8 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Be1 Kc8 26. Bd2 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Wang Yue (2739)-Aronian,L (2750)/Linares ESP 2009/The Week in Chess 747
}) 12... Nbd7 13. Qa4 $5 {This is a recent idea. However, Black's position
generally seems very sound.} Qc7 (13... Qb4 14. Qc2 {leaves Black's queen
misplaced.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. b3 a5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. a4
Qe6 20. f3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Kf2 {, and White achieved an advantage in
Tomashevsky-Sjugirov, 2009.}) 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 ({
Also possible is} 8. Bd3 {, as I recently played against Sulskis.} Bd6 ({
Also possible is} 8... Bb4) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Qxe4 Rc7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qf3 h6 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. a4 Rxc1 19.
Rxc1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Bb5 Nd5 22. b3 a6 23. Bf1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. Rc4
Qb6 26. Qc3 a5 27. g3 Kf8 28. Bg2 Bb4 29. Qf3 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Qxb7 Qxb7
32. Rxd8+ Ke7 33. Bxb7 Kxd8 34. Kg2 Kc7 35. Ba6 Kd6 36. f4 g5 37. Kf3 Bd2 38.
Bc4 f5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. g4 Ke5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Bd3 Bc1 43. Bc2 Ba3 44. Bd3 {
1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2662)-Sulskis,S (2568)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133}) 8... Bd6 ({
Another main line is} 8... Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. cxd5 cxd5
13. O-O {In the following game White achieved a clear advantage:} Re8 14. e4 e5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 exd4 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Bf4 Qf6
21. Bg5 Qf5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Qf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G (2673)-Movsesian,S 
(2670)/Pamplona ESP 2007 (90)}) 9. cxd5 {This is a rare and interesting move.
I wasn't surprised, however, since I had played it myself!} exd5 {A sharp and
somewhat risky choice. Erwin L'Ami also played this when I chose 9.cxd5
against him. It's ironic that, in my comments for that game, I criticized his
choice, and now I decided to play it anyway! However, when I analysed this
variation more deeply, I came to the conclusion that ...exd5 isn't necessarily
bad, and actually leads to unclear positions, with chances for both sides.} (
9... cxd5 10. Bd3 {is slightly better for White, but Black has good chances to
equalize.}) 10. g4 (10. Bd3 Nf8 $6 {This move is too slow and is the real
cause of Black's problems.} ({Better is} 10... O-O {, which would probably
transpose to my game against Potkin.}) 11. g4 Ne6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. f4 Ka8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Qf2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Qf8 {
1-0 Caruana,F (2646)-L'Ami,E (2603)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129 (56)} 20. f5 Nc7
21. g5 $16) 10... O-O 11. g5 Ne8 ({The computer recommends} 11... Ne4 $6 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxg5 {, but after} 14. Bd3 {I feel White has a clear
advantage. It is not worth giving up the whole center.}) 12. h4 {White is
playing very logically, advancing on the kingside in preparation for an attack.
} Bb4 {My moves are also logical: I make room for the knight to move to the
comfortable d6-square. I should mention that a very similar position was
reached in Wang Yue-Ivanchuk, Dresden ol 2008. However, in that game White was
able to provoke ...g6 with Bd3 and Qf5, creating a target for attack and
obtaining an advantage. Here Black is in time to play ...Nd6, so stands well.}
13. O-O-O ({I also considered} 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 a5 $1 15. Bd3 Nd6 {, and
felt I would have a good position. Now it is risky for White to castle
queenside because the a3-pawn is a target for attack by ...b5-b4.}) 13... Nd6
14. Bd3 a5 $6 {I had played very quickly up to this point, but I spent a long
time on my last move. I wasn't entirely sure what to do, and ...a5 seemed
logical and helpful: I protect my bishop and prepare counterplay with ...b5.
However, it turns out this move is too slow, and allows White to build up a
strong attack.} (14... Nb6 {had some appeal, but I wasn't comfortable removing
this knight from the defence of my king.}) (14... Qe7 15. Kb1 (15. Rdg1 f5 16.
gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qg2) 15... a5 {would transpose to the game.}) ({The best
solution was} 14... f5 $1 {I considered this move, but didn't play it because
of} 15. g6 (15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Qg2 Bxc3 (16... Qe7 {is also reasonable.}) 17.
Bxc3 Nfe4 18. Be1 Qf6 19. Rf1 Nf5 20. Bb4 Rfe8 {, and Black's position seems
satisfactory.} 21. f3 {is met by} Neg3 22. Rg1 Rxe3 23. Be1 Rxe1 24. Rdxe1 Qxd4
25. Bxf5 Nxf5 $13) 15... h6 16. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 {, but here I had missed}
Ne4 $1 {, which gives Black a good position.}) 15. Kb1 $6 {Apparently my
opponent was also not sure how to proceed, so he decided to make a useful move.
} (15. Rdg1 Qe7 16. h5 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 {Now we get a similar position
to the one considered in the note to White's 17th move. Here the differences
favour White. It's interesting how the slightest changes in this position
could tip the balance one way or another.} Nfe4 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nfe4 20.
Be1 {, and Black's knights will slowly be pushed back.}) (18... b5 $2 19. h6 g6
20. Bxg6 $18) (18... Rf7 19. Bg6 Rff8 {is a weird idea offered by the computer,
and it's not surprising there's a refutation:} 20. h6 $1 hxg6 21. Qxg6 Rf7 22.
hxg7 Rxg7 23. Qh6 Kf8 24. e4 $1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ndxe4 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27. Rxg8+ Nxg8
28. Rh7 Qe6 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Bh6 Ne7 31. Qf8+ Kd7 32. Qxa8 Nd6 33. Be3 $18) 19.
h6 $1 (19. Bxe4 $6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rh4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rae8 23. Rxe4
Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxe4 25. Qg3 Qe7 $11) (19. f3 $5 Nxd2 20. h6) 19... g6 20. f3 $1
Nxc3 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxd2 22. Bxg6 $1 {is the point of White's idea.} Kh8
23. Bxh7 $1 Rf7 24. Qg7+ Rxg7 25. hxg7+ Qxg7 26. Bd3+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.
Kxd2 $18 {Black will not be able to save this position.}) 21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kc2
{It's clear Black's position is very dangerous, but because White's king is
potentially vulnerable, the situation is not entirely clear.}) 15... Qe7 16.
Rdg1 b5 $5 {An interesting move, but not the most accurate.} (16... Bxc3 $6 17.
Bxc3 Ne4 18. Be1 {is pointless for Black.}) ({Again} 16... f5 {would have been
strong:} 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 Nfe4 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nfe4 20. Be1) 19. Bxe4
Nxe4 (19... dxe4 20. h5 Rf7 $13) 20. Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Qxe4+ $6 21. Qxe4 dxe4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rh2 $14 {could actually be slightly better for White,
because there is no clear way to neutralize the pressure down the g-file.}) 21.
Bxb4 (21. Bc1 Rf7 $15) 21... axb4 {, and Black has a good position.}) 17. Qd1 {
A logical move, because Qc2 is a strong threat, but Black can neutralize it
with concrete play.} (17. h5 f5 $1 {is obviously critical.} ({Black can try
the adventurous} 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 b4 19. Be1 Rab8 20. Qd1 c5 {, but I
wouldn't recommend it, as Black's position seems highly dangerous.}) 18. gxf6
Nxf6 19. Qg2 Nfe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Bc2 Nc4 $1 23. Bb3
Kh8) 20... dxe4 {Also possible, and probably not worse, is 20...Nxe4. I'll
show a funny, but hardly forced variation after 20...dxe4.} (20... Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 (21... Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rh2 $14) 22. Bxb4 (22.
Bc1 Rf7 23. Rh3 Bd6 $15) 22... axb4 23. Rh4 Qf7 (23... Rae8 24. Rg4 Rf7 {
looks holdable, but a bit unpleasant.}) 24. Rxe4 Qxa2+ 25. Kc2 Rf7 26. Rg4 Raa7
$13) 21. Rh4 (21. a3 $2 Nc4 22. Be1 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 b4 $1 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bxb4
Rfb8 $1 26. Bc3 Qa7 $19) 21... Rf7 22. Rg4 Re8 $13 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 b4 24.
Be1 Re8) 23. a3 Nc4 $1 24. Be1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 b4 $1 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4
28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rg8+ (29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Qh6+ Kd7 32. Rg7+ Re7
33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $19) 29... Ke7 30. Qxe4+ Kd6 31. R1g6+ $1 hxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kd7 33.
Qxc6+ Kd8 34. Qd5+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ Kd7 36. Qd5+ Nd6 37. Rxd6+ Qxd6 38. Qxf7+ Re7 {
I'm not sure about this position. I feel that Black will escape the checks and
probably be able to force a queen exchange, but I can't tell if he'll be able
to win.}) 17... Bxc3 $1 {I believe my opponent had missed the following idea.}
18. Bxc3 b4 19. Be1 {Now White's dark-squared bishop is a very poor piece.
However, Black will have to act quickly, before White organizes and uses his
natural advantages: the bishop pair and space advantage on the kingside.} c5
20. dxc5 {Forced.} (20. Qc2 $6 {would run into a nice trap:} Rfc8 $1 ({During
the game I was also looking at the weird} 20... g6 $5 21. dxc5 Ne4 22. c6 Ne5
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd6 {, and considered it satisfactory, overlooking} 25.
Bd2 $1 {However, after} Nd3 26. Qd4 Rfd8 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 {Black is doing fine.})
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 c4 23. Be2 c3 $1 $17 {, and although Black's king is
terribly weak, Black's attack crashes through first.}) 20... Nxc5 {Black's
pieces are very active.} 21. Rg4 $6 {Giving up the light-squared bishop too
easily. Somehow this seems like a big concession.} (21. Bc2 Qe5 $13 {is very
unclear. I would be more comfortable playing Black, but White has certain
advantages as well.}) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rac8 {This was a difficult moment. I
decided to play quickly and intuitively, since we were both low (about 20
minutes) on time and there are a lot of choices for both sides.} (22... Ne4 $2
{would be ideal but I couldn't make it work:} 23. Qxd5 Rfe8 (23... Rfd8 $2 24.
Rxe4 $18) 24. f3 Rad8 25. Qxe4 Rd1+ 26. Kc2 Qd7 27. Qxe8+ Qxe8 28. Kxd1 Qxe3
29. Rhg1 Qxf3+ 30. Kc1 $16) (22... Rfd8 {was another good choice.} 23. Rd4 Ne4
24. f3 Nc5 25. Qd2 b3 26. a3 {However, in this seemingly promising position I
can't find any advantage.} Ne6 (26... Qe6 27. e4 $1 Rdc8 28. Rxd5 Nxe4 29. Qd4)
27. Rxd5 (27. Rd3 a4) 27... Qb7 28. e4 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rxd5 31. Bc3
Qd7 32. Rc1 a4 33. f4) 23. Rd4 {Correctly centralising the rook.} (23. Qxd5 $2
{would be insane.} Rfd8 $19) (23. Bd2 Ne4 $17) 23... Ne4 24. f3 (24. Rxd5 $2 {
is obviously foolhardy.} Nc5 (24... Rc7 $2 25. f3 Rfc8 26. Bxb4) ({I'll
present the interesting complications after} 24... Qc7 {, even though it is
completely unnecessary for Black to go for this.} 25. Qd1 a4 $1 (25... Nc3+ $2
26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Kc1 (27. Qd3 $2 Qb7+ 28. Qb5 Qe7 29. Ka1 (29. Qa4 Rb8+ 30.
Kc1 Qb7 31. Qb3 Qc6 $19) 29... c2 30. Bd2 Rb8 31. Qd3 Qb7 32. Qb3 Qc7 $3 33.
Qc3 (33. Qd3 Rb6 $1 34. Rc1 Qb7 $19) 33... Qh2 $1 34. Rc1 Rb1+ 35. Rxb1 cxb1=Q+
36. Kxb1 Qh1+ $19) 27... c2 28. Qd3 Rb8 (28... Qb7 29. Qb3 $18) 29. Qxc2 Qb7
30. e4 $1 Rfc8 31. Bc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Qxh1 34. Qxa5 $18) 26. f3 (
26. Rd4 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 Qb7) 26... Nc3+ 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qd3 (28. Qxa4 Qb6+ 29.
Qb3 Qxe3 $40) (28. Kc1 Qb7 29. Rh2 Rb8 30. Qd3 Rfc8 $1 31. Bg3 Qb2+ $1 $19)
28... Qb7+ (28... Qb6+ 29. Rb5 Qc6 30. Bxc3) 29. Rb5 $1 (29. Qb5 Qe7 30. Kc2
Qa3 31. Qb1 Rb8 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Qxa2+ 34. Kc1 Rc8 35. Qb7 Qc4 $1 36. Rh2
Rd8 37. Rc2 Qf1 $19) 29... Qxf3 30. Rf1 Qg2 31. Rf2 Qh1 32. Rf1 Qg2 $11) 25.
Qd4 (25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf3 Rfd8 $17) 25... Rfd8 $17 {, and White comes under a
strong attack.}) 24... Nc5 25. Qd2 ({White could have considered} 25. Qd1 $5
Rfd8 (25... Qxe3 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27. Bg3 Rfd8 28. Re1 $11) 26. Bg3 Qe6 27. e4 {
Compare this position with the one with the queen on d2: there Black would
have ...Re8! and if Rxd5, then ...Nxe4!.}) 25... Qe6 {This is actually an
inaccuracy, leading to a draw, but it was a good practical chance, as my
opponent was in time trouble.} (25... Rfd8 26. Bg3 Qe6 27. Bf4 (27. e4 $6 Re8
$1 28. Rxd5 $2 Nxe4 $19) 27... b3 (27... Qf5+ $2 28. e4) (27... Qg6+ 28. e4 Ne6
$4 29. h5 {traps the queen!}) 28. a3 {, and White is doing fine.}) ({Probably
the only testing move is} 25... b3 $5 26. Rxd5 (26. a3 Qe6 $17 27. Rxd5 Na4 $1
{is now losing for White.}) 26... bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 $13 {Although White's king is
exposed, it's difficult to attack since Black has a limited attacking
potential.}) 26. Ka1 $2 {A clear mistake.} (26. Rxd5 $1 Qg6+ (26... b3 27. Qd4
bxa2+ 28. Kxa2) 27. Ka1 (27. Qc2 Nb3 {I thought this was winning but missed}
28. Bc3 $1 $11) 27... Ne4 (27... a4 28. Qd1 $1 {stops any tricks with ...Nb3.})
28. Qd1 Qc6 {I saw this far and was satisfied with my calculations, but after
the simple} 29. Kb1 {, Black must agree to a draw:} Qg6 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Qd1 $11
) 26... b3 ({A simple route to an advantage was} 26... Qf5 27. Rf4 Qe5 ({
I only looked at} 27... Qd3 28. Rd4 {, and then stopped.}) 28. Bg3 Ne6 29. Rg4
Qf5 $17 {, and White's rook is in a ridiculous position.}) 27. Qd1 $1 {I had
missed this move, which is a very good defensive resource.} ({I was looking at
} 27. a3 $2 {, and found the strong} Na4 $1 (27... Qf5 28. Qd1 Ne6 29. Rd3 a4
30. Bc3 Rfd8 $17) 28. Bg3 (28. Rxa4 Qc6 $19) (28. Qd1 Rc2 29. Rxa4 Qc6 $19)
28... Rc2 29. Qd3 {I wasn't completely sure what to do here, but felt there
should be something. Unsurprisingly, Black wins by} Nc5 30. Qd1 Qc6 $1 31. Rxd5
Rxb2 $1 32. Rd8 (32. Kxb2 $2 Na4+ $19) 32... Ra2+ 33. Kb1 Ne6 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8
35. Qxb3 Rg2 36. Be5 Qxf3 $19) 27... bxa2 28. Bxa5 $1 {Nerves of steel! I
should mention that Potkin had about 3 minutes at this point.} ({I was
expecting} 28. Bc3 a4 {, which is pretty bad for White.} 29. Rxd5 {, and here
Black has a very nice manouver:} (29. Kxa2 a3 $1 30. bxa3 Ne4 31. Be1 (31. fxe4
Rxc3 32. exd5 Qxe3 $19) 31... Nc3+ 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 $19) 29... Nb3+ ({White's
king is surprisingly safe after} 29... a3 30. bxa3 Qxe3 31. Bb4 $1) 30. Kxa2
Nc1+ $1 31. Kb1 Ne2 $1 $19) 28... Qxe3 29. Bc3 Ra8 30. Re1 $4 {A pity. This
crude blunder ends the struggle prematurely.} (30. Rxd5 $4 Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nb3#)
(30. Qc2 $4 Rfb8 $19) ({After} 30. Rb4 {, it's not so bad for White.} Rfd8 (
30... Ne6 31. Qxd5 Rfd8 32. Qe4) 31. Qd4 $1 (31. Re1 Qd3 $19) (31. Bd4 Qe7 $17)
31... Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Ne6 $15 {, Black is a bit better perhaps, but the bishop
is a strong piece and White should be able to make a draw.}) 30... Qc1+ {
A spectacular but simple blow. Because of this little combination, this game,
which otherwise would have attracted little notice, got quite a lot of
publicity. But in my opinion it was the preceeding play which was most
interesting.} (30... Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nb3#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first of our two game tiebreak match. Our classical games had
both ended uneventfully in draws.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5.
Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 e6 {I wasn't very familiar with 5.Qb3, so I chose a rare line,
hoping to avoid my opponent's preparation. Black gives up the bishop pair and
accepts a slightly worse position, but I was happy to just get a normal
position to play.} 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 ({
White could have also considered} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 a6 13. g4 $1 h6 14. h4
{, when Black stands worse. White's plans of kingside or central expansion are
relatively clear-cut, while Black doesn't seem to have any meaningful
counterplay.}) 11... dxc4 {I was happy to get this fluid center.} 12. Qxc4 a6
13. h3 O-O 14. O-O e5 {I could have waited for this until White plays e4, but
I was a bit impatient. However, the position remains roughly the same in any
case.} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qb3 {It seems like White must have an advantage here
due to his bishop pair, but Black is very solid and it isn't easy for White to
find a concrete plan.} Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 {It seemed like a good idea to escape
the gaze of the rook on c1. But the main idea of this move is to create
threats to White's king with ...Ng6 and ...Qe5.} 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Rd3 {Peter
continues to play logically. He is hoping to trade all the rooks and count on
his bishop pair in a simplified position.} b5 {After White's last move I
wanted to cause him discomfort with the idea of ...c5 and ...c4.} 20. Rcd1 h5
$5 {An interesting move. I wanted to fix White's pawns with ...h4, opening
ideas of ...Qe5.} (20... c5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 {brings Black nothing but
regret. The exchange of knights frees White's position considerably.}) 21. Qc2
h4 22. f4 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({White should have continued patiently with
} 22. a3 {, slowly planning b4 and eventually f4. It isn't clear what Black
will do.} Rfe8 23. b4 $14 {, and the onus is on Black to demonstrate
counterplay.}) 22... Bc5 23. Bf2 Rxd3 {I could see that Peter had missed
something and was upset with his position.} 24. Qxd3 ({I believe he had
overlooked} 24. Rxd3 Nxf4 ({Actually,} 24... Re8 $1 {, preparing ...Nxf4 on
the next move, is even stronger.} 25. a3 Qa7 $1 {is the important point.}) 25.
exf4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 b4 {, when Black is at least equal.}) 24...
Re8 25. Bf3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Ne2 {I had
expected Peter would go for this position. White is down a pawn, but due to
his strong bishop on f3 he has good chances to make a draw.} c5 $2 {Returning
the favor.} (29... Nd5 $1 30. Kf2 Rd3 {would have given White difficult
problems to solve. The game and perhaps the entire tournament might have
turned out differently had I played this.}) 30. Ra8 {I had missed this for
some bizarre reason, thinking only about 30.Rd6.} Rd3 $6 {The result of
general panic.} (30... Ne4 $1 {was a strong move, which would have at least
forced White to calculate a bit.} 31. Kf1 (31. Rxa6 Nxf4 {is the idea, which
seems to lead to a draw in the end, but of course White has to prove it.})
31... Nd2+ (31... Ne7 32. Rxa6 Nf5 {is another possibility, which is
objectively close to equal but White has to demonstrate accuracy.}) 32. Kf2 Rd3
33. Bb7 Nc4 34. b3 Nd6 35. Bf3 {, when neither side is in any real danger.})
31. Rxa6 {Now with his strong bishop against my ineffectual knights, White is
calling the shots, although with accurate play Black can still restore the
balance.} Rd1+ $2 {A really awful move pushes Black over the edge.} (31... Rd2
32. b3 Ne4 $1 {keeps Black in safety.}) 32. Kf2 Rd2 33. b3 {Now things are
seriously wrong for Black.} Rb2 34. Ke1 Ne7 $2 {A move beyond comprehension,
self-trapping my rook.} (34... c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 {is of course the only way,
although Black may already be in too deep.} 36. Kd1 {, and I don't think Black
can save the game.}) 35. Kd1 $18 {The game is over, the rest was simple.} Rb1+
36. Nc1 Rb2 37. Nd3 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rg1 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Nfd5 41. Kd2 Rb1 42.
Nxc5 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 Rf2 44. Nd3 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rb1 46. Ra5 Nb6 47. Rb5 Nbc8 48. Kc2
Ra1 49. Kb2 Ra6 50. Rb7 Re6 51. b4 Nd6 52. Rc7 Nb5 53. Rc5 Nd4 54. Re5 Rd6 55.
Be4+ f5 56. Rxe7 fxe4 57. Rxe4 Nf5 58. Kc3 Rg6 59. Re5 Nd6 60. Ne1 Rg3+ 61. Kd4
Rb3 62. Nd3 Rb1 63. Rd5 Ne8 64. Rh5+ Kg6 65. Rxh4 Nd6 66. Rh8 Kf6 67. Rb8 Rd1
68. g4 Ke7 69. f5 Kd7 70. Rg8 Ne8 71. Ke3 Ke7 72. Ne5 Rb1 73. h4 Rb3+ 74. Kf4
Rxb4+ 75. Kg5 Re4 76. Ng6+ Kd7 77. Rf8 Nd6 78. Ra8 Ne8 79. h5 Rb4 80. Ra7+ Kd6
81. Re7 Nf6 82. Re6+ Kd7 83. Ne5+ Kc8 84. Rxf6 gxf6+ 85. Kxf6 {In the second
game, I came close to creating problems for Peter, but I missed a crucial
tactic and my hopes of equalizing the score evaporated. Finally, I would like
to extend my congratulations to Peter on his great achievement! He showed
great fighting spirit and exciting chess and in the end was a very deserving
winner.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch01 Steinitz-Zukertort +10-5=5"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-85,-68,-68,-43,-65,-53,-78,-137,-86,-146,-58,-112,-108,-163,-121,-107,-160,
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-947,-487,-619,-478,-619,-552,-673,-638,-832,-1016,-953,-1371,-1433,-1242]
Games 1 to 5 were played in New York City.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 $6 4.
Nc3 (4. cxd5 $1 cxd5 5. Qb3 Bc8 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10.
f4 $16 {Zukertort,J-Steinitz,W (05)/Wch/1886/}) 4... e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. a3 $6 {
/\ c5, b4} (6. c5 b6 7. b4 a5 $17 {Steinitz}) 6... Bd6 $1 {Provocative. Very
good chess psychology. Sehr gutes psychologisches Schach.} (6... Ngf6 7. Bd3
Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qb6 {! Euwe}) 7. c5 $6 (7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. e4 $10 {
Vukovic}) 7... Bc7 8. b4 e5 9. Be2 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd4 $15) 9... Ngf6 10. Bb2
(10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4) 10... e4 $1 11. Nd2 h5 $1 12. h3 $8 (12. b5 $6 Ng4 13.
h3 Qh4 $1 $17 {Steinitz}) 12... Nf8 13. a4 Ng6 14. b5 $6 (14. Nb3 $1 {Minckwitz
} Nh4 15. g3 $15) (14. g3 {Schallopp} Qb8 $1 15. Nf1 Qc8 16. h4 Ng4 $17 {
Vukovic}) 14... Nh4 15. g3 (15. Bf1 g5 $1 $17 {Steinitz}) 15... Ng2+ $1 16. Kf1
Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Bxg3 18. Kg2 Bc7 {18...Rh6!? /\Rg6 Euwe} 19. Qg1 $2 (19. Qf1 Qd7
20. Kf2 Rh6 21. Ke1 Rg6 $40 {/\ Rg3 -/+ Steinitz}) (19. Nf1 $5 Rh6 20. Rg1 (20.
Kf2 Qd7 21. h4 Bh3 22. Ke1 Bg2 23. Rg1 Qh3 24. Kd2 Ng4 25. Qe1 Rf6 $17 26. Nd1
Bxf1 27. Bxf1 Qh2+ 28. Rg2 Qh1 {/\ Nh2 -+ Steinitz}) 20... Qd7 $1 (20... Rg6+
21. Kh1 Rxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Bxh3 $17 23. Bxh5 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Qg5 $19 {Steinitz}) 21.
Kh1 Bh7 $19 {Steinitz}) 19... Rh6 20. Kf1 Rg6 {1h} 21. Qf2 Qd7 22. bxc6 {1h}
bxc6 23. Rg1 Bxh3+ 24. Ke1 Ng4 25. Bxg4 (25. Qh4 Nxe3 26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. Qg5
Ng2+ 28. Kd1 Nf4 $19) 25... Bxg4 26. Ne2 Qe7 27. Nf4 Rh6 (27... Rf6 28. Rxg4
hxg4 29. Qh4 Bxf4 30. exf4 Rxf4 31. Qh8+ Qf8 32. Qh5 Kd7 33. Qg5 Rf6 34. Nf1 {
/\ Ng3~/= Steinitz}) 28. Bc3 g5 29. Ne2 Rf6 30. Qg2 Rf3 31. Nf1 (31. Nxf3 exf3
$19) 31... Rb8 (31... Bh3 $6 32. Qxg5 Rxf1+ 33. Kd2 Qxg5 34. Rxg5 Rxa1 35. Bxa1
Ke7 36. Rxh5 $15) 32. Kd2 f5 {2h} 33. a5 $2 {2h} (33. Rh1 {/\ Ng1 -/+/-+
Minckwitz}) (33. Nh2 Rh3 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Rh1 Qh7 36. Rag1 Kf7 37. Rxh3 gxh3
38. Qxg5 h2 39. Rh1 Rg8 $19 {Steinitz}) 33... f4 34. Rh1 Qf7 35. Re1 fxe3+ 36.
Nxe3 Rf2 (36... Rxe3 37. Kxe3 Bf4+ 38. Kf2 $1 Rb3 39. Rhf1 Bxe2 40. Rxe2 Rxc3
41. Kg1 Rg3 42. Qxg3 $19) 37. Qxf2 (37. Qg1 Qf3 38. Nxg4 Bf4+ 39. Kd1 Qd3+ 40.
Bd2 Qxd2# {Steinitz}) 37... Qxf2 38. Nxg4 (38. Rhf1 Qh4 39. Rh1 Bh2 40. Nf1 Qf2
41. Rxh2 e3+ 42. Kd3 (42. Kc1 Bf5 43. Bb2 Qxe1# {Schallopp}) (42. Kd1 Rb1+ 43.
Kc2 Bf5# {Schallopp}) (42. Kc2 Bf5+ 43. Kd1 Rb1+ 44. Nc1 Bc2# {Schallopp})
42... Bf5# {Schallopp}) 38... Bf4+ 39. Kc2 hxg4 40. Bd2 $1 e3 (40... Bxd2 41.
Ref1 Qxe2 (41... Qxf1 42. Rxf1 Bf4 $19) 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Rh6+ Ke7
45. Rh7+ $10 Ke6 (45... Kd8 $4 46. Rf8#)) 41. Bc1 Qg2 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Rh7+ Ke6
44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. Bxe3 Bxe3 46. Rf1+ Bf4 {Zukertort: 2h 30min Steinitz: 2h 45min
} (46... Qxf1 47. Ng3+) 0-1

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.06.11"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 {[%cal Rc4f7,Yf3e5]} e6 6. Nc3
(6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. f3 Nfd7 $10 {Alekhine}) 6... Nd7 7. h3 Bh5
8. a3 Ngf6 9. e4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 a5 (11... c5 12. e5 Ne8 13. d5 Nb6 14.
Ba2 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 {Bogoljubow}) 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. g4 Bg6 (13...
Qxb2 $4 14. Na4) 14. Qe2 Qa6 $1 15. Qe3 (15. Bc4 b5 16. Bd3) 15... b5 $1 (15...
c5 16. e5) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16... b4 17. Nxg6 (17. Bc4 Qb7 {[%cal Yc6c5] /\c5})
17... hxg6 18. Ne2 c5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bg3 $40 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4}) 17. Bxe5 (17.
dxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yf2f4] /\Kg2, f4->}) 17... b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Ne2 (19. Na4 $142 bxa3 20. bxa3 e5 $1 21. d5 (21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Rad1 {[%cal
Rf2f4] /\f4}) 21... Be7 $10) 19... bxa3 20. bxa3 c5 21. Rac1 (21. e5 cxd4 22.
Nxd4 Be7 23. f4 Qd3 $1 {Fine}) 21... cxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 $1 23. Qxd4 Rfd8 24.
Qc4 $1 Qb7 $1 (24... Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd3 26. f4 $1 Rxa3 27. Rf2 Rxh3 $1 (27... f6
$2 28. f5 Bf7 29. fxe6 Bxe6 $4 30. Rc8+ $18) 28. f5 Rg3+ 29. Kh2 Rxg4 30. fxg6
Rxg6 $10 {Alekhine}) 25. f3 h5 (25... Qb2 26. Qc3 Qxa2 27. Rf2) 26. Qe2 Rd4 (
26... Rd7 27. Rfd1 Rad8 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. a4 $10 {Bogoljubow}) 27.
Qe3 (27. Rfd1) 27... Rd7 (27... Rad8 28. gxh5 Bxh5 29. Rc5 {Fine}) 28. gxh5 $2
(28. Rfd1 Rad8 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bc4 {=Bogoljubow} a4 $1 {[%cal Yh5h4] /\h4,
><black coloured squares}) (28. Rc5 $142) 28... Bxh5 29. Rc5 Bg6 30. Rfc1 Rad8
$1 31. Bc4 (31. Rxa5 Rd3 (31... Qb2 $19 {Lasker}) 32. Qf4 Qb2 33. Bc4 Rd1+ 34.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Bf1 Qb6+ $19 {Fine}) 31... Rd1+ (31... Qb8 {[%cal Rd7d2,Rb8h2] /
\Rd2}) 32. Bf1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 a4 $1 34. Rc4 Rd1 35. Rb4 (35. Rxa4 $4 Rxf1+ 36.
Kxf1 Qb5+ $19) 35... Qc7 36. f4 (36. Rxa4 $4 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Rxf1+ 38. Qg1 Rxg1#)
(36. Qf2 Qf4 37. Rxa4 Bh5 38. Kg2 Rd2 (38... Bxf3+ $10) 39. Be2 Ra2 $17) 36...
Qd8 37. Qf2 (37. Rxa4 $4 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qd1+ $19) 37... f5 $1 38. e5 Be8 39.
Rb6 Qc8 40. Rd6 (40. Kh2 Qc3 $1 $19) 40... Rc1 41. Qd4 (41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Rd2
Rxd2 43. Qxd2 Qc5 $1 $19 {Alekhine} 44. Qb2 Qe3) (41. Rb6 Bc6 $1 42. Qb2 Qd7 $1
{Bogoljubow}) 41... Kh7 42. Kf2 (42. Rd8 Qa6 $1) 42... Qc2+ 43. Qd2 (43. Be2
Bb5 44. Qd2 Bxe2 $1 45. Qxe2 Qc5+ $19 {Alekhine}) 43... Qc5+ 44. Qe3 (44. Qd4
Qxa3 $19) 44... Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 19th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qc2 $1 Bg6 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. cxd5) 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17.
Nf3 (17. f4 b6 18. cxb6 Bxb6) 17... Kh7 18. Rfd1 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rd4 $1 e5
21. Rh4+ Kg7 22. Rg4 Qf7 23. Nh4 Nf8 24. f4 Kh6 25. Qf2 Bd8 26. Nf3 e4 27. Nd4
$1 Ne6 (27... f5 28. Qh4+ Bxh4 29. Rxh4+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kg8 31. Rh8#) 28. Qh4+
Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ng7 31. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch08 1930/31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1931.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1930.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. d4
O-O 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. f3 Bg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15.
Nf3 (15. d5 $6 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Ne3 $19) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.
dxe5 Rad8 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rfe1 Ng5 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Ba3 Nd3 21. Re3 Re8 22.
Rd1) 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rd6 Bh5 22. Re3 Ne6 23. Ba3 c5 24. Red3 Rxd6 25. exd6 b6
26. Bb2 f6 27. h4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Bg6 29. Rd2 Bf5 30. a3 a5 31. Bc3 Nf8 32. b4 axb4
33. axb4 Nd7 34. Re2 Be6 35. Bc6 Nb8 36. Bb5 Rxd6 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Bd2 Nd7 39.
Be3 Rd3 40. Ra2 Ne5 41. Ra7+ Kf8 (41... Kg6 $1 42. h5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 (5... Qc8) 6. c5 Qc7 (6...
Qxb3 7. axb3 $14) 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4 (8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Qa4 b5 $5) 8...
Ne7 $5 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Be7 11. Bg3 $1) 9. Nxf5 (9. e3 Ng6 $1 10.
Nxg6 (10. Nxf5 Nxf4 11. exf4 exf5 $10) 10... Bxg6) 9... Nxf5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3
g6 (11... b6 $6 12. Qa4 $1 bxc5 (12... b5 13. Qc2 g6 14. b4 $16) 13. Ba6 Qd8
14. Bb7 cxd4 15. exd4 $16) 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 (13... exf5 14. Bd6 Bf8
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. f3 Ne6 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. fxe4 O-O 19. Rad1 $16) 14. Ne2 Nf6
$6 (14... b6 15. cxb6 (15. Bd6 bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne5 $13) 15... axb6 16. Ng3 $13)
15. f3 Nh5 $2 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. e4 $1 Bxd6 (17... dxe4 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. g4 $1
Ng7 20. Ng3 $16) 18. cxd6 fxe4 (18... Qd7 19. e5 $16) 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. g4 $1 (
20. Qh3 Ng7 21. Qh6 O-O 22. Rf4 f5 23. Rh4 Kf7 24. Nf4 Qd8 25. Qxh7 Qg5 $132)
20... Ng7 (20... Rg8 21. Qh3) 21. Ng3 f5 (21... Qd7 22. Nxe4 O-O-O 23. Nc5 $18)
(21... O-O 22. Nxe4 f5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Nc5 $18) 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Nxe4 Qe6
24. d7+ $1 Kf8 (24... Ke7 25. Qb4+ Kd8 26. Qxb7 Qxe4 27. Qxa8+ Ke7 28. d8=Q+ $1
(28. Qxh8 Qg4+) 28... Rxd8 29. Qxa7+ Rd7 30. Qc5+ Kf7 31. Rae1 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 $18
) 25. Rxf5+ $1 (25. Rxf5+ Qxf5 26. Rf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:11:09]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:05:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:10:32] Karjakin played a
sideline against Kramnik, one that is seen very rarely at the top level. This
paid off very handsomely as Kramnik inexplicably blundered as soon as move
seven. 7...dxc4?? simply left him down a pawn and his position did not have
even the slightest bit of compensation. It is strange to think even what he
missed, as most of the lines were rather obvious.} dxc4 $2 $146 {[%emt 0:14:33]
} (7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bg3 g6 13. Na2
Nh5 14. Nc1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. Nb3 Bg7 17. Kd2 h5 18. Bd3 f5 19. f4 exd4 20.
Nxd4 Kf7 21. f3 Rce8 22. Rhg1 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Re8+ 24. Kd2 Bxd4 25. Rge1 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 Bf2 27. Ra1 Bxg3 28. Ke3 h4 29. b5 axb5 30. b4 h3 31. Bf1 h2 32. Bg2 Ke7
33. Ra7 Be1 34. Rxb7 Bxb4 35. Kf2 Bxc5+ 36. Kg3 Bg1 37. Kh4 {Eljanov,P (2716)
-Najer,E (2663) Netanya 2009 0-1}) 8. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:09:04]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:
05]} 9. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:52]}
N5b6 {[%emt 0:20:32]} 11. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 12. Qb5 {
[%emt 0:06:53]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} 15. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:14:17]}
Nxc4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 16. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:11:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} 19. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
h5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 22. h4 {
[%emt 0:03:08]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:
02]} 24. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nf8
{[%emt 0:01:27]} 26. Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 27. Rb7 {
[%emt 0:03:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 28. Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:02:
29]} 29. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 30. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} e5
{[%emt 0:01:13]} 31. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 32. dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 34. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 35. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qf8
{[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Rxe7 {
[%emt 0:00:03] Karjakin made his win a lot harder than he should have,
eventually reaching a double rook endgame up two pawns that he had to figure
out how to win, but he managed in the end.} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. a4 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 39. e6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} 40. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re5 {[%emt 0:03:09]}
Ne2 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 42. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 43. fxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. a5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:02:
45]} 45. a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 46. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:00:45]} 47. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 48. Rb6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Raa7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 49. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Re3 {[%emt 0:03:
19]} 50. h5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 51. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd4+
{[%emt 0:01:22]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 53. Kg5 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 54. Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 55.
Kh4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 56. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 57. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 58. Ra4 {[%emt 0:
06:03]} Re3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 59. g5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 60.
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} gxh5 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} 62. Rab4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 63. Rb7+ {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. R4b6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 8.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:11:45] Tomashevsky avoided the ...a6 Slav by playing without Nc3,
a common way of dealing with this set-up as it has been proven that the knight
doesn't necessarily want to be in that square too quickly in those kinds of
systems. He was able to win a pawn with a long but well calculated combination
but surprisingly his advantage was not so strong as his extra pawn was very
difficult to convert in a queen endgame. To Tomashevsky's credit he tried very
hard but it was simply impossible to win with his weak king position that
ultimately allowed Ivanchuk to force a perpetual.} e6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 10. c5 $146 {[%emt 0:08:39]} (10. f4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. a4 Bxb4 17.
axb5 a5 18. Na4 Nd5 19. O-O O-O 20. Bf3 Rc7 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rfc1
Nc3 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1 Bb4 28. b6 Kf8 29. b7 Bd6
30. Rc6 Ke7 31. Ra6 Bc7 32. Kg2 g6 33. Ra8 h6 34. Rc8 Bb8 35. Bc6 g5 36. fxg5
hxg5 37. e4 f5 38. Kf3 Be5 39. exf5 exf5 {Mena Crespo,C (2353)-Arias,L (2406)
Havana 2009 1/2-1/2}) 10... e5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nfd7
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd3+ {[%emt 0:08:07]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:25]} 16. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:12:
40]} f5 {[%emt 0:12:45]} 17. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:18:45]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 18.
Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b5 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. Qg2 {[%emt 0:12:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. e6+ {[%emt 0:
01:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:07:13]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]}
23. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:13:45]} 24. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 25. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:02:52]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc6+ {[%emt 0:02:31]} 27. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 28. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
a5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 30. a3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 31. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 32. e4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]
} 33. exf5 {[%emt 0:08:33]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Qe7+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 38. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ka1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} 42. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 43. Ka1 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 46. Qa7+ {
[%emt 0:02:09]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:07:34]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 48. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:07:38]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 49. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:02:40]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:16:34]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 51. Qd6+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 52. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:02:58]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:
40]} 53. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Qe4 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:10:
06]} 58. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:03:18]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 60. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Qe3+ {
[%emt 0:09:14]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 63. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:03:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 64. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:40]}
Qd1+ {[%emt 0:07:32]} 65. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 67. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 68. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 69. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 71. Ka1 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 73. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 11th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2002.10.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 $5 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8.
Bd2 {Mit diesem Zug versucht Weiß, den Damenflügel nach dem Muster Ba5, b3-b4
zu versiegeln. Damit hätte er freie Hand im Zentrum und auf dem Königsflügel.
Üblicherweise reagiert Schwarz mit 8...a5, was den a-Bauern schwächt und die
Durchsetzung von c6-c5 erschwert. Ich hatte keine Ahnung von der Theorie
dieses Abspiels und wählte deswegen eine natürliche Entwicklung.} Bb7 9. Ba5
Qc8 10. Nbd2 {Mit der Idee b3-b4.} (10. b4 $2 Na6 $17) ({Gespielt wurde bereits
} 10. Bd3 Na6 (10... a6 11. b4 Be7 12. Nbd2 $44) 11. Qd2 Be7 ({M.E. sollte
Schwarz hier} 11... b4 $1 {spielen.}) 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Bd8 14. Qc3 {, und
Weiß hatte ausreichend Kompensation für den Bauern:} Bxa5 15. Rxa5 c5 16. dxc5
Nxe4 17. Qb2 Nb8 18. Bxb5 Nc6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 $14 {Ivanov,M-Thorsteins,K/
Reykjavik 1997}) 10... Na6 $1 {Auf diese Weise kann Schwarz das einschnürende
b3-b4 langfristig verhindern.} 11. Qb2 (11. Qc3 b4 $1 $15) 11... Bb4 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O Qd7 (13... c5 $2 14. Bxb5 Bxa5 15. Rxa5 $14) 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. e5 $1
Nd5 (15... Nd7 16. Ne4 $44 c5 $2 17. Nd6 $14) 16. Ne4 Bxa5 17. Rxa5 Nab4 18.
Qd2 $1 {Hier steht die Dame sehr gut. Dank seiner schwarzfeldrigen Strategie
hat Weiß ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern, aber auch nicht mehr. Die
Stellung befindet sich im ungefähren Gleichgewicht.} a6 19. h4 f6 {Ich sah
nichts Besseres als dieses Gegenspiel auf dem Königsflügel.} ({Das
Vorwärtsschreiten des Bauern "a" brachte Schwarz nichts außer einer neuen
Schwäche.} 19... Qc7 20. Raa1 a5 $6 21. h5 h6 22. Nc5 {><a5}) 20. exf6 $6 {
Mein Gegner spielt eindeutig auf Gewinn. Sonst hätte er 20.h5 gewählt, wonach
ich wegen der Drohung h5-h6 zu der Stellungsschließung f6-f5 gezwungen wäre.} (
20. h5 $1 f5 21. Nc5 Rad8 $11) 20... gxf6 (20... Nxf6 $2 21. Nc5 Nfd5 {><e6,e5}
22. g3 $44) 21. Raa1 Rad8 {Der Bauerntausch brachte neue Möglichkeiten mit
sich, und ich war bezüglich meiner Chancen recht optimistisch. Nach der
geplanten Durchsetzung von e6-e5 wird der passive Bb7 über c8 ins Spiel
zurückfinden.} 22. Bf1 Kh8 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Nc5 $2 (24. Rac1 $1 {mit der Idee
25.Nc5 war genauer.}) 24... Rde8 $2 {Ein Tempoverlust.} (24... e5 $1 25. Rac1
Bg4 26. Nh2 Rg8 {brachte Schwarz Vorteil.}) 25. Rac1 Qg7 26. g3 Re7 $2 ({
Erneut war} 26... e5 $1 $15 {entschlossener und besser.}) 27. Bg2 Rg8 $2 {
In dieser Stellung geht es um den Vorstoß e6-e5, und er sollte so bald wie
möglich erfolgen. All diese unnötigen Vorbereitungszüge kosten Schwarz
wertvolle Zeit. Der Anziehende dagegen nutzt die Zeit sehr effektiv und
verdoppelt seine Türme auf der e-Linie.} (27... e5 $1) 28. Re2 Rge8 29. Rce1 e5
{Schwarz kann nicht länger mit diesem Vorstoß warten, es drohte bereits 30.Bh3.
} 30. dxe5 fxe5 {/\Bg4} 31. Re4 (31. Qb2 Bg4 32. Rxe5 Bxf3 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rxe7+ Nxe7 36. Bxf3 $11 {führte zu einem etwa gleichen Endspiel.
Weiß strebt nach mehr.}) 31... a5 32. Qb2 Bf5 $1 33. Rxe5 Bg6 {Der Bauer e5
verschwand vom Brett, dafür gelang es mir, den weißen Turm e5 unangenehm zu
fesseln. Sollte es Weiß gelingen, diese Fesselung zu lösen und dabei die Damen
auf dem Brett behalten, wird er dank dem schwachen weißen König deutlich
besser stehen. Schwarz dagegen strebt den Damentausch an. In dieser scharfen
Stellung verblieben uns beiden etwa 5 Minuten bis zur Zeitkontrolle.} 34. R1e2
(34. Qa1 Nc2 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxe7+ Nxe7 38. Ne5 Nd4 39. Nxg6
hxg6 $11) 34... Nd3 $2 {Dieser sehr natürliche Zug ist ein Fehler.} ({Richtig
war das Abschneiden der weißen Dame} 34... Nc2 $1 $13 {, wonach die Stellung
völlig unklar bliebe.}) 35. Nxd3 Bxd3 36. Rxe7 $2 {Unter Zeitdruck entscheidet
sich Stocek für den Generaltausch und kommt mir damit sehr entgegen. Es war
selbst mit mehr Zeit nicht leicht zu finden, daß ihm 36.Re1! einen großen
Vorteil sicherte.} (36. Re1 $1 $16 {Sein Plan ist nun Qa1, Rxe7 und Nf3-e5,
und Schwarz ist ziemlich hilflos dagegen.} Bg6 (36... c5 $2 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Ne5 $18) (36... Nb4 37. Qa1 Nc2 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Qxa5 $1 $16)
37. Qa1 $1 Bh5 (37... Bc2 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Ne5 Bxb3 40. Qxa5 $16) 38. Rxe7
Rxe7 39. Ne5 $16) 36... Rxe7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxe7+ $2 {Das
Leichtfigurenendspiel erweist sich als äußerst gefährlich für Weiß. Mein
Gegner hätte die Türme auf dem Brett behalten sollen, wonach das Unentschieden
sehr wahrscheinlich geworden wäre.} (38. Ra2 $1 Ra7 39. Ne5 Nb4 40. Rd2 Bg6 $15
) 38... Nxe7 $17 39. Ne5 Bc2 40. Nxc6 $2 {Danach ist die Partie nicht mehr zu
retten. Die letzte Remischance bot 40.Bxc6!} (40. Bxc6 $1 a4 (40... Nxc6 41.
Nxc6 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Nd4 Bd3 44. f3 a3 45. Kf2 a2 46. Nb3 Bc2 47. Na1 $17)
41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Bxa4 Bxa4 $17 {gewinnt analog der Partie eine Figur, aber
das Vorhandensein der Springer auf dem Brett sollte den Gewinn zumindest sehr
erschweren.}) 40... Nxc6 41. Bxc6 Bxb3 $19 42. Bxb5 a4 43. Bxa4 Bxa4 {Dieses
Endspiel ist für Schwarz dank der Tatsache, daß sein Bauer noch auf h7 steht,
gewonnen.} 44. Kg2 Bd1 45. f3 Kf6 46. Kf2 Kf5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Kf2 (48. g4 Ba4
49. f4+ (49. h5 Bd1 $19) 49... Kd5 50. Kf3 Bd1+ 51. Kg3 Ke4 $19) 48... Kd4 49.
g4 Ba4 50. h5 Ke5 51. Kg3 Bd1 52. h6 Ba4 $1 ({Schwarz muß auf der Hut sein,} 
52... Kf6 53. f4 Kg6 54. Kh4 Kxh6 $4 (54... Bb3 $1 55. Kg3 Kxh6 56. Kh4 Bc2 57.
f5 Kg7 $19) 55. f5 Be2 56. g5+ Kg7 57. Kg3 $11 {führt zum Remis.}) 53. f4+ Ke4
54. f5 Be8 55. Kh3 Kf4 56. Kh4 Bf7 57. Kh3 Kg5 58. Kg3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 {
Eine Modevariante der letzten Jahre. Schwarz überläßt dem Gegner das
Läuferpaar und setzt auf schnelle und harmonische Entwicklung.} 8. Bd3 ({
Eine andere, scharfe Vorgehensweise ist} 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. g4 Bb4 10. Bd3 e5 11.
cxd5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxd5 13. Bc4 N7b6 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe4 O-O 16. dxe5 Qh4 17.
Bd4 Rad8 $44 {Dreev,A-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo 2002}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 (
{Dem sofortigen Vorstoß} 10. e4 {begegnet Schwarz mit} dxc4 $1 11. Bxc4 e5 12.
d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Be3 a6 16. Rac1 Nbd7 $11 {Koneru,H-Lalic,B/
Torquay 2002}) 10... Qe7 11. Bd2 (11. Qe2 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. f4
Qe6 $11) ({Nach 11.e4 kann Schwarz zwischen 11...dxc4 und 11...e5 wählen:} 11.
e4 e5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5) 12. exd5 exd4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15.
Bxe4 c5 $11) 11... Rfe8 12. Bf1 {Artur verzichtet vorerst auf den Vorstoß
e3-e4 und bereitet das Fiancchetto g3, Bg2 vor.} Rad8 13. Rac1 (13. b3 g6 14.
g3 e5 15. cxd5 e4 16. Qe2 cxd5 17. Qb5 Nf8 18. Bg2 a6 19. Qe2 h5 20. Rac1 Ne6
21. Na4 h4 22. g4 Ng5 $11 {Martinovic,S-Movsesian,S/Neum 2002}) 13... h6 14. a3
a6 {Schwarz kann sich für seinen Vorstoß e6-e5 Zeit nehmen, der Punkt b5 wird
unter Kontrolle genommen.} 15. Re1 $6 {Der weiße Turm stand gut auf d1.
Sinnvoller waren Züge 15.b4 oder 15.g3.} (15. b4 e5 16. cxd5 e4 17. Nxe4 (17.
Qe2 cxd5 $11) 17... Nxe4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxb4 $5 (20...
Nb8 21. Rc1 $11) 21. axb4 Ne5 22. dxe5 Rxd2 $11) (15. g3 e5 $11) 15... Bb8 16.
g3 (16. e4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 (18. Rxe4 Nc5 $17) 18... Nf6 $17)
16... dxc4 $1 17. Bxc4 e5 {Nun macht sich der Fehler im 15.Zug bemerkbar - der
weiße Bauer d4 ist in Gefahr.} 18. Ba2 Nc5 $2 {Der Zug ist sehr verlockend,
aber das entstehende Endspiel wird ausgeglichen sein. Dagegen gab Schwarz 18...
e4! einen kleinen Vorteil.} (18... e4 $1 19. Qe2 {[%csl Rf3] ><f3} (19. Qf5 Nf8
$15 {/\g6}) 19... Nb6 20. b4 (20. Kg2 Qd6 $15 {/\h5-h4}) 20... h5 21. f4 exf3
22. Qxf3 Qd6 $40) 19. Qf5 $1 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. dxc5 Rxd2 22. Re2 $11 Rxe2
23. Nxe2 Rd8 24. Nc3 e4 $2 {/\Be5 Ich war zu optimistisch und habe die
Stellung vollkommen überschätzt. In Wirklichkeit wird meine Aktivität schnell
eingedämmt, während die empfindliche Schwäche e4 erhalten bleibt.} 25. Kf1 $1 (
{Ich rechnete nur mit} 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Be5 27. Bb1 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29.
Ke2 $11) 25... Rd2 26. Na4 $1 $14 {Der schwarze Turm wird zurückgeworfen.} Kf8
27. Ke1 Rd7 28. Rc4 Re7 {Die bittere Folge des Fehlers im 24.Zug - Schwarz ist
zur vollkommenen Passivität gezwungen, will er den Bauern e4 nicht sofort
verlieren.} 29. Bb1 h5 $1 {Sonst folgt g3-g4.} 30. h4 g6 31. Ke2 Kg7 32. b3 {
Wegen der Drohung Nc3 der einzige Zug.} (32. Nc3 Be5 33. Na4 (33. b4 Bxc3 34.
Rxc3 Nd5 $11) 33... Bb8 $14) (32. b4 Be5 33. Nb6 Bb2 34. a4 Re8 $14) 32... Be5
33. Nb6 ({In gegenseitiger Zeitnot befürchtete ich} 33. Bxe4 Bxg3 34. Bxc6 {
, aber bei der Analyse wurde entdeckt, daß Schwarz sich halten kann:} bxc6 $1 (
34... Bxf2 $2 35. Bxb7 Bxe3 36. c6 $16) 35. fxg3 Ne4 $11) 33... Bc7 34. Na4 Be5
35. Nb6 Bc7 36. Na4 {Remis wegen dreifacher Stellungswiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 {Eine scheinbar
schlichte Entwicklungsmethode, die zunehmend an Popularität gewinnt.} ({
Die andere Modefortsetzung ist} 6. Qb3) 6... Nbd7 7. Qc2 e6 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2
Bh5 ({Die Möglichkeiten von Weiß demonstriert gut die Stammpartie
Dreev-Topalov:} 9... Qc7 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 O-O $2 (11... Bg6 $142) 12. c5 Be7
13. Ne5 Kh8 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxh7 g6 17. g4 $16 {Dreev,A-Topalov,V/
New Delhi/Theran 2000}) 10. O-O Qb8 $1 {Das beste Feld für die Dame. Schwarz
nimmt die Diagonale b8-h2 unter Kontrole und braucht dabei das eventuelle
c4-c5 nicht zu befürchten (Bd6-c7).} 11. h3 O-O 12. Rae1 (12. Ng5 h6 (12... Bg6
$5) 13. Ngf3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18.
Rac1 Qe7 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Bf5 $14 {Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Internet blitz 2001})
12... Re8 13. c5 (13. Nh4 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2
Qd8 $1 $11) 13... Bc7 14. b4 {Die Stellung von Schwarz ist gesund, dennoch
sollte man umsichtig spielen. So sollte er sich mit dem verlockenden Vorstoß
e6-e5 etwas Zeit lassen, da Weiß darauf stets mit e3-e4 die für ihn günstige
Zentrumsöffnung herbeiführen kann.} Bxf3 $6 {Zu optimistisch! Ich habe meine
Stellung vollkommen überschätzt.} ({Richtig war} 14... Bg6 $1 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16.
a4 (16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Qd8 $11) 16... b5 $1 ({Auch
} 16... e5 17. e4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. exd5 Nxd5 {genügt zum Ausgleich.}) 17.
cxb6 Qxb6 18. Ba3 Bd6 $11) 15. Nxf3 e5 $2 ({Besser wäre es, abzuwarten, z.B.} 
15... h6 $14) 16. e4 $1 $14 dxe4 (16... exd4 $2 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxh7+ $16)
17. Bxe4 exd4 (17... Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 (18... a5 19. dxe5 (19. a3 axb4 20. axb4
Nf6 $11) 19... axb4 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Qb3 Re7 22. Rxb4 (22. e6 f6 23. Nf7 Qa7 $13
) 22... Bxe5 23. Re4 $16) 19. Rxe5 $5 (19. Ree1 exd4 (19... e4 $2 20. Ng5 $16)
20. Nxd4 Be5 21. Nf5 $14) 19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Ng5 g6 22. Ne4 $36 {Piket
}) 18. Bxd4 {Die weißen Figuren sind sehr aktiv, und Schwarz ist zu einer
langen Verteidigung verurteilt.} Nxe4 ({Der weiße Angriff kann schnell
gefährlich werden:} 18... a5 $2 19. Bf5 $1 axb4 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qb3 Rf8 22. Bxd7
Nxd7 23. Re7 $18) ({In Frage kam} 18... Ne5 $5 19. Qc3 (19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Qb2 $14
) 19... Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf8 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Bc3 $14)
19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf8 21. Re1 Qd8 (21... a5 22. Ba1 Ng6 (22... axb4 $2 23.
Qd4 f6 24. Re7 Qd8 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qf7 $18) 23. b5 $1 cxb5 24. Nd4 $36) 22.
Bc3 $1 {Piket will seinen Druck verstärken, indem er seinen Springer über d4
nach f5 überführt.} ({Harmlos ist} 22. Qg4 Ng6 (22... f6 23. Nh4 $40) 23. h4
Qd5 24. h5 f5 25. Qg5 $4 Bf4 $19) 22... Qd7 (22... Ne6 $2 23. Qg4 g6 24. Rxe6
$1 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Bd2 Kg7 27. h4 Qd5 28. Ng5 $18) ({In Frage kamm die
Öffnung der a-Linie:} 22... a5 $5 23. a3 (23. b5 $5 cxb5 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qe4
b4 $14) 23... axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Bb2 Ra2 $14) 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Nf5 f6 (24...
Ne6 $2 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qh4 $1 gxf5 27. Qf6 Nd4 28. Re7 $18) 25. Qc4+ (25. Qg4
Ng6 26. h4 Be5 $1 $11 (26... Qd3 $2 27. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 28. Bxf6 $1 $16)) 25... Kh8
26. Ne7 (26. Nh6 Qd5 27. Qh4 (27. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11) 27... Qd7 28. Qc4 Qd5 $11)
26... Ng6 27. Qf7 $6 {Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatten wir beide nur wenige Minuten
Restbedenkzeit. Jeroen dachte, mit dem Textzug zu gewinnen und übersah die
einzige, aber ausreichende Verteidigung.} ({Es gab für Weiß nichts Besseres als
} 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. h4 {, und sein Vorteil hat nur einen
symbolischen Charakter.}) 27... Ne5 $8 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 {Plötzlich scheint
Schwarz in Vorteil zu sein.} 29. g4 $1 {Brilliant gespielt! Piket ließ sich
etwa eine Minute auf der Uhr, fand aber die beste Verteidigung.} Qd2 (29... Qe8
30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nf5 Bh2+ 32. Kf1 {führte zum Remis, aber ich wollte
plötzlich mehr.}) 30. Re3 Qd7 $6 {Hier entdeckte ich, daß das geplante 30...
Qxb4 zum Remis führt und fand nichts Besseres als diesen Rückzug der Dame.} ({
Angebracht war} 30... Qxb4 31. Nf5 Rg8 32. Ne7 $11) 31. Kg2 {/\g5} Qe8 $2 {
Und erneut war ich es, der aufpassen mußte! Diesmal war ich dieser Aufgabe
nicht gewachsen.} (31... Bf4 32. Re4 Bb8 (32... Be5 $2 33. g5 $18 {/\Ng6}) 33.
Ng6+ (33. h4 Be5 34. g5 Qd3 $11) 33... hxg6 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxb8
g5 $11) (31... Bb8 $11) 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nxc6 $1 {Diesen starken Zug habe
ich in Zeitnot glatt übersehen. Weiß bekommt einen beachtlichen
Endspielvorteil.} (33. Nf5 Rd8 34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. cxd6 Kg8 $11) 33... bxc6 34. f4
$16 Rb8 $2 ({Die besseren Überlebenschancen bot} 34... Kg8 35. fxe5 fxe5 36.
Ra3 Rb8 37. Rxa6 (37. Ra4 $2 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Ke4 g5 40. a3 Ra8 41. Ra5 Ra7
$11) 37... Rxb4 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Rxc6 Ra4 $16) 35. fxe5 Rxb4 36. e6 $18 Rb8 37.
Rd3 (37. Ra3 $18) 37... Kg8 38. Rd6 Kf8 39. Rxc6 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Rc7 {
Die Zeitnot war vorbei, und die Gewinnführung ist nicht schwer.} Ra3+ 42. Ke4
Rxh3 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rxg7 (44. c6 $18) 44... Rc3 45. Kd5 Rd3+ 46. Kc4 Re3 47.
c6 Rxe6 48. c7 Rc6+ 49. Kd5 Rc1 50. Kd6 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 Rc1+ 52. Kb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kemerovo SDYuShOR Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 (5... Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nbd2
Bf5 8. Qb3 Qb6 $10) 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. c5 $6 (8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. dxc5 Nxf4 11. exf4 Bf5 $44) 9... Bf5 $13) 8... b6 9. Ne5 (9. cxb6 Qxb6
10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Qxc6 $2 Rfc8 $19) 9... Nb8 $1 (9... bxc5 10. Nxc6 Nb4 (10...
Qe8 11. Bb5 $40) 11. Qxc5) 10. Be2 (10. cxb6 Qxb6 (10... axb6 $2 11. Nxc6 Nxc6
(11... Bf5 12. Nxd8 Bxc2 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Nc6 $16) 12. Qxc6 $16) 11. Bd3 Nh5
$15) (10. Rc1 Nh5 $132) 10... Nfd7 11. Nd3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Rc1
(13. Nb3 a5 14. Rc1 a4) 13... c5 $1 (13... Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nb3 $14) 14.
dxc5 Qxb2) 11... Ba6 12. Nb3 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 bxc5 14. dxc5 (14. Nxc5 Qa5+ 15. Ke2
Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 $15) 14... a5 $15 15. O-O a4 16. Nd2 e5 (16... Ra5 17. b4
axb3 18. Nxb3 Ra7 19. Rab1) (16... Na6 $5 17. Bxa6 (17. Qxa4 Naxc5 18. Qc2 Nxd3
19. Qxd3 Bxb2 $17) 17... Rxa6 18. Rab1 e5 $15) 17. Bg3 Qa5 (17... Na6 $5) 18.
Rac1 Nxc5 $2 (18... Na6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. f3 f5 21. e4 $15) 19. Qxc5 Qxd2 20.
Rfd1 Qa5 (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Ra1 $10) 21. e4 d4 (21... dxe4 22. Bxe4
f5 23. Bb1 $14) 22. Rc2 Re8 23. f4 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bf8 26. Rc2 $44
c5 27. Rf2 (27. Bxb8 $2 Raxb8 28. Re2 Bh6 $17) 27... Nc6 28. Rdf1 $6 (28. Bc4)
(28. Bb5 $5 Rec8 29. Bc4) 28... Na5 (28... Nb4 29. Bc4 $40) 29. e5 (29. Bc7 c4
30. Bxa5 cxd3 31. Bd2 Rxe4 $17) 29... c4 30. Be4 Ra7 31. Rc2 d3 32. Rcc1 Rd7 $6
(32... Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Bd4 $17) 33. Kf2 a3 34. bxa3 Bxa3 35. Rb1 Rd4 $2 (35... f5
$5 36. Bf3 c3 37. Rb5 c2 38. Rxa5 d2 $17) 36. Ke3 Rdd8 (36... Bc5 37. Rb5 $16)
37. Rb5 $16 d2 38. Rxa5 Bb2 39. Rb5 c3 40. Bc2 $18 Ba3 41. Bg5 Rd7 42. Bf6 Ra7
43. Rfb1 Bd6 44. Kd3 Bf8 45. Kxc3 Rc8+ 46. Kxd2 Bh6+ 47. Ke1 Rxa2 48. Be4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 First League"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1984.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Bd3 (11. c5 Nf6 (11... Ne7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13.
Qa4 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qc7 16. Ndc4 Nbc6 $14 {Neverov,V-Gurgenidze,B/
Tbilisi/1985/}) 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Ne5 $14) 11... Nf6 12. Ne5 (12. g4
$5 Bb7 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. c5 h6 16. Nc4 hxg5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Rg1 $13 {
Lputian,S-Gurgenidze,B/USSR/1985/}) 12... Bb7 13. Qa4+ Nbd7 14. Qb5 Qc7 $8 (
14... Bxg2 $2 15. Rg1 $16) 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Qxa5 (17. Nxa5 Bxg2
18. Rg1 Ra8 $15) 17... Qxa5 18. Nxa5 Ra8 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. dxe5 Ra8 (19...
Bxg2 20. Rg1 Be4 21. exf6 Bxd3 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rg5 $16) 20. Nxb7 Ra1+ 21. Kd2
Rxh1 22. exf6 $16) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nb3 Ra3 21. Bc2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Ke2 (
23. Kd2 $6 Nb6 $17) 23... Ra2 (23... Nb6 24. Nd2 Rc3 25. Bb3 $13) 24. Rc1 Ba4
25. Kd3 Nb6 26. f3 Kf8 27. e4 e5 $6 (27... g5 $1 28. e5 (28. c5 Bb5+ $17) 28...
Ke7 $17) 28. dxe5 (28. c5 $2 Bb5+ $17) 28... Nd7 29. Kd4 $8 Rb2 (29... Bxb3 30.
Bxb3 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rb2 32. Ba4 Nc5 (32... Nxe5 33. c5 $132) 33. Bb5 Rb3+ 34. Kd4
Ne6+ 35. Kd5 Rd3+ 36. Kc6 Rxf3 $132) 30. Na1 b3 31. Kc3 (31. Bd3 Rxh2 $19)
31... Rxc2+ 32. Nxc2 bxc2 33. Kb4 Bc6 34. Rxc2 Nxe5 35. Rc3 Nd7 36. Ra3 Ke7 37.
c5 g5 38. Kc4 Ne5+ 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. h4 f6 (40... f6 $15 41. h5 $6 f5 $17)
1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schroll, Gerhard"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Na6 8. e3
$146 Nb4 9. Kd2 Nf6 (9... f6 $5 {/\ e5}) (9... Be7 $5) 10. Ne5 Be7 (10... Nd7
11. Nd3 Bxd3 12. Bxd3 e5 $15 13. f3 Be7 $15) 11. f3 h5 (11... Nd7 12. Nd3 Bxd3
13. Bxd3 e5 $15) 12. Ra4 a5 13. Na2 Nxa2 (13... O-O $2 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Rxb4
Ra7 16. Ra4 Rfa8 17. Ra3 $1 $14) 14. Rxa2 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bd3 b6 (16...
Bxd3 17. Kxd3 b6 18. cxb6 Rhb8 19. Bd2 Rxb6 20. Rxa5 Rxb3+ 21. Kc2 Rxa5 22.
Kxb3 $1 $10) 17. Bxf5 (17. cxb6 $6 Bb4+ 18. Kc2 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Rab8 20. Bd2
Rxb6 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 22. Kc2 Rhb8 23. Ra3 a4 $1 $17) 17... exf5 18. cxb6 Rhb8 (
18... Bb4+ $142 19. Kc2 Rab8 20. Bd2 (20. Rd1 Rhe8 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Rxb6
23. Ra3 a4 $17) 20... Rxb6 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 22. Rxa5 Re8 23. Kc3 Rb7 24. Re1 Kd6
$15) 19. Kc2 Bb4 20. Rd1 Rxb6 21. Bd2 Rab8 22. Bxb4 axb4 (22... Rxb4 $5 23. Rd3
R4b5 24. Ra3 Re8 {/\ Re6-g6}) 23. Ra7+ R6b7 24. Rda1 Kc7 25. Kd3 g6 26. R1a4
Rxa7 27. Rxa7+ Rb7 28. Ra8 (28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 $17) 28... Rb8 29. Ra4 (29. Ra7+ $10
) 29... Rb7 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Ke2 Rb7 32. Kf2 Kb6 33. Ra4 Kc7 34. Kg3 Kd6 35. h4
Kc7 36. Kf4 Kd6 37. Ra8 Rc7 38. Rd8+ Rd7 39. Rb8 Ra7 40. Rxb4 Ra2 41. Rb7 Rxb2
42. Rxf7 Rxg2 43. Rf6+ Kc7 44. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{As always in recent years at the Olympiads, the last round begins in the
morning, but the day before was a rest day. Strange logic which I don't
understand.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 {My opponent is a very solid
player. Besides the choice of this variation is well suited to the morning
game! Solid position, slightly uprated lines, the main fight is transferred to
the middlegame.} Bg4 5. h3 ({When choosing the plan with Qb3 White usually
plays it immediately:} 5. Qb3 Qc7 {because this move is supposed to be
dangerous here} (5... Qb6 {is the main move}) 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. cxd5 $36) 5... Bh5
6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 {I don't know whether my opponent was provoking me or mistook
the exact order of moves.} Qc7 $5 {Now this move is very much possible and a
very decent alternative to the main 7...Qb6.} 8. Bd2 {The only thing that I
knew about this position was the game between Bartel and Caruana from Aeroflot
Open 2012.} ({Fabiana lost but it's obvious that Black could play stronger:} 8.
Nh4 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 (9... g5 $5) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Kf8 (14... g5 $5) 15. a4 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rh5 18. Rfe1
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Nxa4 21. Bxg6 Rh8 22. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07] 1-0 (22)
Bartel,M (2658) -Caruana,F (2736)/Moscow 2012/Mega2012 Update}) 8... Nbd7 9.
Rc1 Qb6 $1 {After much thought, I made this seemingly illogical move. It seems
that Black loses time but in fact White's rook is in many cases worse on c1
then a1. My engine likes this move very much also!} ({Another very possible
move is the typical} 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nb6 11. cxd5 Nbxd5 (11... exd5 12. e4
$36) 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne2 {but in this complicated position I would prefer
White.}) (9... Nb6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 $14) 10. cxd5 ({The most typical in
such position is} 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Be7 (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. f3 a5 14.
Kf2 Ng8 $5 15. Be2 Ne7 {Black is solid also}) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 g5 {
, with a rook on a1 this position is very well known. But it looks like this
extra move didn't help White at all: there is no possibility of castling
queenside and also after an eventual queen swap the white rook has no great
prospects on c1.} 14. O-O Kf8 $5 {Black is very much ok.}) 10... Qxb3 11. axb3
Nxd5 12. e4 $6 {The endgame is objectively equal, but this is a first
inaccuracy by White.} (12. Nxd5 {was better} exd5 13. Nh4 (13. b4 a6) (13. g4
Bg6 14. Nh4 Be4 15. f3 Be7 $1 $15) 13... f6 $5 14. Bd3 Bf7 15. O-O g6 16. b4 a6
17. Nf3 {White's knight will be transferred to c5 and after a swap there the
game will be dead drawn.}) 12... Nb4 {Now the white pawn structure is rather
unstable.} 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e5 $1 15. Ke2 (15. Bc4 exd4 16. Bxd4 f6 $15)
15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 {I decided to give a choice
to my opponent. But there was a very decent alternative:} (18... Bd6 $5 {
during the game I thought that it should be an easy draw. But things are not
so simple. White should play energetically:} 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Rd1 Ke7 21. f4 (
{if White plays slowly} 21. Bg2 Bd6 22. Rd2 Bf4 23. Rd3 a5 24. Rhd1 Rhd8 {
this endgame even without a rook is very unpleasant and maybe lost}) 21... Rad8
22. Bg2 Bc5 23. e5 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Rd1 $1 {in opposite-coloured bishop
endgames activity is more important than material} Bxb2 26. Kf3 Rf8 (26... f5
27. Bf1 a5 28. h4 {with enough counterplay}) 27. h4 f6 28. Bh3 fxe5 29. Rd7+
Ke8 30. Rxb7 Rxf4+ 31. Kg3 Bd4 32. f3 Kf8 33. Bf1 $44) 19. Rxc5 (19. exd5 $5 {
this looks scary but with precise and active play White probably should make a
draw:} b6 20. Bg2 $1 cxd5 21. f4 Rd8 22. Rhd1 d4 23. b4 $1 Bxb4 24. Rc7 O-O 25.
Rxa7) 19... Nc7 $6 {After this move the position will be equalised very soon.}
({A clearly stronger move is} 19... Nb4 $1 {where it's much easier to move my
pawns on the queenside} 20. Ke3 (20. Re5+ {is not effective here:} Kf8 21. Kd2
a5 22. Be2 b6 {and the white rook is in troubles}) 20... O-O-O 21. Be2 Kc7 22.
f4 Rd7 23. Rhc1 b6 24. R5c4 a5 $15 {and this endgame is rather unpleasant for
White.}) 20. Re5+ Kf8 21. Ke3 f6 22. Ra5 a6 23. f4 Rd8 24. Bc4 g6 25. Raa1 Ke7
26. h4 Ne6 27. h5 {My opponent also started to play ambitiously. Not a mistake
yet but it becomes complicated.} (27. Bxe6 Kxe6 28. Rad1 $11) 27... Nd4 28.
Rac1 $6 {But this is a step in the wrong direction.} (28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rag1 $1
Nc2+ 30. Ke2 b5 31. Bd3 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Nb4 33. Bb1 {and the position remains
balanced.}) 28... g5 $1 29. Rhd1 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 b5 31. Bd3 (31. Bf1 c5 32. Rd3
Rhg8 33. Ke3 f5 34. exf5 Nxf5+ 35. Ke4 Nd6+ 36. Kf3 Rdf8+ 37. Ke2 Rg5 38. Re3+
Kd8 $15) 31... c5 32. Rc3 $2 (32. Rg1 $1 {was the last chance to get
counterchances} Nxb3 (32... Rhg8 33. e5 fxe5+ 34. Ke3 $1 h6 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36.
Rxc5 Kd6 37. Rc3 a5 38. Be4) 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. Rd1 Kc6 35. Rf7 Rd6 36. h6 {
and Black is better, but White has a very active rook and is very much in the
game.}) 32... Rhg8 $5 {I saw that I could collect a white pawn immediately,
but I decided to bring my rook into the game first. Probably it was the right
decision.} (32... b4 33. Rcc1 Nxb3 34. Rb1 a5 35. Ke3 Rd4 36. Bc2 Rxd1 37. Bxd1
Nd4 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. f4 $15) 33. Ke3 Rg5 34. Be2 (34. Rh1 h6 {White is very
passive.}) 34... Nxe2 35. Kxe2 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Rxh5 37. b4 $5 cxb4 38. Rc7+ Kd6 (
{The engine's first line is} 38... Ke8 $5 {but it's simply impossible in my
opinion to make such a move before the time control. I was rather sceptical
about this move during analysys also but I was unable to prove anything to my
engine. The main variation is:} 39. Ra7 (39. Rc6 a5 40. Rxf6 a4 41. Rb6 b3 $19)
39... Rh1+ 40. Kd2 Rb1 $1 {The point. White can't hold both pawns} 41. Kc2 Rf1
42. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 43. Kb3 a5 44. Ra7 Rf3+ $1 45. Ka2 a4 46. Rb7 Re3 47. Rxb5 Rxe4
48. Ra5 Kf7 $1 (48... b3+ $4 49. Ka3 Kf7 50. Rf5 $1 $11) 49. Rxa4 f5 $19) 39.
Ra7 Rh1+ 40. Kd2 Ra1 41. Rxh7 {Fortunately we passed the time control just in
time as this is the key moment of the whole rook endgame.} a5 $1 {I calculated
some variations and found the safest and easiest way for a win.} (41... Rf1 $1
{was probably also winning, but it gives White more possibilities and the main
variation is not so simple to calculate.} 42. Ra7 (42. Ke3 Rb1 43. Rf7 a5 44.
Rxf6+ Kc5 45. Rf8 b3 $19) (42. f4 Rxf4 43. Ke3 Rf1 44. Ra7 Ra1 45. Kd4 Kc6 46.
Ra8 Kb6 $19) 42... Rxf2+ 43. Kd3 Rxb2 44. Rxa6+ Ke5 45. Rb6 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 Kxe4
47. Rxf6 Rc3 $1 {this is the point. The only winning move.} 48. Rd6 (48. Rh6
Kd4 49. Rh4+ Kc5 50. Rg4 Rc4 $19) 48... Ke5 49. Rd8 Rc5 50. Rh8 Kd5 51. Rd8+
Kc6 52. Rf8 Rc4 $19) 42. Rh5 (42. f4 Rb1 $1 43. Kc2 (43. e5+ fxe5 44. fxe5+ Kd5
45. Kc2 Re1 $19) 43... Re1 44. Kd3 a4 $19) 42... Kc6 43. Rf5 (43. Rh6 Kc5)
43... a4 {My pawns are just much more dangerous} 44. Rxf6+ Kc5 45. Rf5+ (45.
Kd3 Ra2 $1 46. Rf5+ Kc6 47. Rf6+ (47. b3 axb3 $5 48. Rf6+ Kd7 49. Rb6 Ra1 $1 {
nice structure}) 47... Kd7 $19) 45... Kc4 46. e5 a3 47. Rf4+ Kc5 48. bxa3 bxa3
49. Kc2 b4 50. e6 Re1 51. e7 a2 52. Rf5+ Kc4 53. Rf4+ Kb5 54. Rf5+ Ka4 55. Rf7
b3+ 56. Kd2 b2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 $5 {A rather rare line which has
occurred in the practice of Karpov and Bologan among others.} Bf5 6. Nh4 ({
In his last game Viorel played} 6. Qb3 {which is also quite solid:} Qc7 ({
but first of all it was not so clear to me what to do after} 6... b5 $5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. a4 b4 $5 {it's very much a typical pawn sac in such a structure} (8...
bxa4 {also not bad}) 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc3 (10. Qc5 Bd7) 10... Qb6 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qb1 e6 {Engines like such a play for White but it's rather
inhuman} 14. O-O Qc7 15. Ra3 Be7 16. Rc3 Qa5 17. Qa1 O-O {Despite the slight
plus indicated by engines Black has long term positional compensation.}) 7. Nh4
(7. Bd3 $5) 7... Bc8 (7... Be4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. f3 $14) 8. Bd3 (8. Qc2 $5 {
maybe the best try to fight for an advantage is to develop the queenside first
of all} e6 9. b3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 (10... Bxc5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1
{Black is under some pressure due to the hanging pieces on the c-file}) 11.
Nhf3 Be7 12. Bb2 {White has the more pleasant game.}) 8... e6 9. e4 dxc4 10.
Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. a4 Nc6 13. axb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nd7 {1-0 (26) Bologan,V 
(2672)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Poikovsky 2013. Black is fine now but lost in the end.
}) 6... Be4 {Probably the strongest.} ({After} 6... Bg4 7. Qc2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9.
g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O $14 {the positon is similar to those
which could arise in the 4.e3 Bg4 line. In my opinion it's a good version for
White.}) 7. Be2 (7. Qb3 {now it's also interesting because 7... b5 is less
effective} Ra7 (7... b5 {now it's dangerous} 8. cxd5 Bxd5 (8... cxd5 9. f3 Bg6
10. a4 b4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Qb6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Nb3 $14) 9. Qc2
e6 10. Nhf3 Qa5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. a4 $36) 8. Be2 (8. f3 Bg6 9. Qc3 e6
{1/2 (9) Karpov,A (2668)-Grischuk,A (2717) Sochi 2007}) 8... e6 9. O-O Bd6 10.
c5 {engines often overestimate this move in this kind of positions} Bc7 11. f3
Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 Ne4 $5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. g3 (15. Qc2 Qh4 16. h3 Qg3)
15... Nd7 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bc4 Kf7 {and Black's knight goes to d5 and will fully
compensate for the lack of space.}) (7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 e6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Kf2 c5
$1 {1-0 (124) Bologan,V (2658)-Rublevsky,S (2677) Poikovsky 2007. Black is
more than OK and the final result was not the logical outcome of the opening
phase.}) 7... e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 (9. c5 $5 Bc7 10. Qb3 Ra7 {is a
transposition to the line in the last comment.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11.
Bd3 Nef6 {Black has a comfortable game and no reason for the knight retreat.} (
{after} 11... O-O 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rae8 {Black is OK.}) 12. b3 O-O
13. Bb2 c5 $2 {This is a big mistake.} ({It's quite typical to exchange one of
the two bishops in if your opponent has this advantage. This position is not
an exception:} 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 (14. a3 g6 15. c5 Bc7 16. f4 Ne4 $132) 14...
Ba3 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. a3 Qe7 18. c5 e5 $1 (18... g6 19. f4 $14) 19.
Nf5 Qe6 20. Nd6 e4 21. Be2 Ra7 22. b4 Ne8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. a4 Rea8 $11) 14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. Qh5 h6 (16... N5f6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Qxc5 $16) 17. Rfd1 $36) 16. Bc2 $1 Be7 {Black's idea is the
same: to trade bishops but not in time in this case.} 17. Qh5 $1 f5 (17... h6 {
here White has two good possibilities with a clear advantage in both cases:}
18. Nf5 (18. Rad1 $5 Bf6 19. Ba3 Bxh4 20. gxh4 $40) 18... exf5 19. Rad1 Bf6 20.
Qxf5 g6 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Rxc5 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be4 b6 (
25... Rc7 26. Rd1) 26. Bb7 $1 Rc7 27. Bxa6 Ra7 28. Rb1 $1 Be5 29. Bf1 Rxa2 30.
Rc1 {with good chances to convert the extra pawn.}) 18. Nxf5 exf5 $6 {Offering
an even more sweet choice in a position with a big white advantage.} (18...
Rxf5 {was more stubborn} 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Nc7 21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Bxf8
23. Be5 N7e6 24. Bd6 {but it's lost anyway.}) 19. Rad1 $1 Qd6 (19... Qd7 20. b4
Na4 21. Bb3 Nab6 22. Bd4 $18) 20. b4 Ne6 21. Bxf5 Ng5 22. Rxd5 $1 Qxb4 (22...
Qxd5 23. Bxh7+ $18) 23. Bd4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qg4 (25. Bc2 $1 {was more
precise and killing immediately:} g6 26. Bxg6 Qe7 27. Ba1 $18) 25... Qc4 26. h4
Qd5 (26... g6 $1 {could be the last trick although it's too tame:} 27. Ba1 $1 {
probably the easiest} (27. Bxg6 $4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Qxf1+ $1) 27... Nh3+ (27...
Qxa2 28. hxg5 Rxf5 29. Qd4 $18) 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. exf4 $18 {
in both cases the endgames are completely winning} (30. Be6+ $5 $18)) 27. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Qe4+ Qg6 {And he resigned at the moment when I was
considering whether to take on b7 immediately or give a check on h1 first.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 {Again like in my game
vs Bu from the last round of the Olympiad my opponent postpones Qb3 and gives
me the extra option with ...Qc7} e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2
g5 11. Qb3 Qc7 $5 {And again I decided to step into completely unknown
territory instead of the usual paths.} (11... Qb6 12. Bg2 Be7 {and after some
transpositions we have dozens of games in this position.}) 12. Bg2 Be7 13. cxd5
$5 ({In the event of} 13. Rc1 {I would probably play in the same manner as in
the game vs Bu:} Qb6 $5 {In the only game in my database Black was very much
ok:} 14. cxd5 Qxb3 15. axb3 exd5 16. f3 Nf8 17. Kf2 Ne6 18. Ne2 Kf8 19. b4 g6
20. Ra1 Kg7 21. Nc1 Nd7 22. Rd1 f5 23. Bc3 Bf6 24. Bf1 a6 25. Nb3 Raf8 26. Kg2
Rf7 27. Bd3 Bd8 28. Rh1 {1/2 (28) Bercys,S (2418)-Paragua,M (2476) Irvine 2010}
) 13... exd5 14. O-O-O Nb6 {Solid.} (14... b5 {I think such agression is a bit
premature here} 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Qc2 b4 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. f4 $5 $36) 15. e4 $6 {
After long thought. It was rather unexpected as I was almost sure that Veselin
would play 15.Kb1 almost immediately. Indeed the move in the game is a bit
premature.} ({After} 15. Kb1 $1 {Black should play carefully:} a5 (15... O-O-O
16. e4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxf7 Bf6 19. Qg6 $14) (15... Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17.
e4 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nb6 19. f3 $14) 16. e4 Nxe4 (16... a4 17. Qc2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4
dxe4 19. Qxe4 Kf8 20. h4 Nc4 21. Bc3 gxh4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 a3 24. b3 Nd6
25. Qd3) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 {this is a much better version for White, but Black is
still solid enough.} 18. Rde1 $5 (18. Bxe4 a4 (18... Kf8 19. a4 Kg8 20. Rhf1
$14) 19. Qc2 Qd8 $132) 18... a4 19. Qc2 Kf8 20. Rxe4 Nd5 {White has some
pressure, but Black should hold it.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rhe1 Nd5 $1
{After this simple move my position becomes even more pleasant.} 18. Rxe4 O-O-O
19. Qa4 Kb8 ({I saw} 19... Qh2 {but there was no reason to calculate as my
position is good enough} 20. Qxa7 Qxg2 21. Qa8+ Kc7 22. Rxe7+ $1 Nxe7 23. Ba5+
b6 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Bxb6 Qh2 26. Qxe7 Rd7 $11) 20. Ba5 Nb6 ({Again I could play
} 20... b6 21. Bd2 Qh2 {but here White has a decent positional compensation
for the pawn.} 22. Bf1 Qxf2 23. Kb1 Rd6 24. Bc4 $44) 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Kb1 Rd5
23. Bb4 Rhd8 24. Bc5 R5d7 25. Bf1 Be7 {I decided to clarify the position.} (
25... Nd5 $5) 26. Rde1 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Nd5 $15 {Now it's clear that the black
knight is clearly stronger then the bishop. Black's advantage is insignificant
but on the other hand it's rather unpleasant to defend the position for the
weaker side.} 28. a3 Nf4 29. Ka2 f6 30. Re8 Ng6 $1 {A nice knight transfer to
the best square on the board.} 31. R1e6 Ne5 32. Ba6 Kc8 33. Bc4 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+
Rd8 35. Re6 ({I think without rooks White has fewer problems:} 35. Be6+ Kb8 36.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Bf5 a5 $15) 35... Rd4 36. Re8+ Rd8 37. Re6 Kb8 $1 {I didn't
consider a threefold repetition - just win a little bit of time.} 38. Qc3 $6 ({
White should play carefully} 38. Kb1 Ka8 39. Qc3 a6 40. Be2 Ka7 {where his
defence is still unpleasant.}) 38... a6 39. Be2 Ka7 $6 (39... Qf7 $1 {I saw
this move but with few minutes left on the clock I decided to not force
matters.} 40. Bc4 (40. Qb3 Nd7 41. Re3 Qf8 $17) 40... Nxc4 (40... Qf8 $5) 41.
Qxc4 Rh8 $1 {I saw this move also but I wasn't sure about the evalution in
this endgame. I got more or less the same position in the game finally.} 42. f4
gxf4 43. Qxf4+ Ka7 44. Qc4 Rxh3 $17) 40. Bc4 $6 {In time trouble this position
is really difficult to hold.} (40. Qb4 {was the best try but it's impossible
to calculate} Rd5 (40... Ka8 $5) 41. Re8 Nd7 42. Re7 $8 Re5 43. Rxg7 Rxe2 44.
Qd4 Qe5 45. Rxd7 Qe6+ 46. Kb1 Qb3 47. Qc3 Qxc3 48. bxc3 Rxf2 {and after
several only moves White has a worse endgame which is probably holdable.})
40... Rd1 41. Re8 Qd7 {Not a bad decision which leads to a technically winning
position, but I had another stronger possibility.} (41... Nd3 $1 42. a4 a5 43.
Kb3 Nxc5+ 44. Kc2 Rd8 {with an easy win.}) 42. Rg8 Nd3 $1 43. Bxd3 Rxd3 44. Qc4
Rxh3 45. Rf8 Rd3 $1 46. Rf7 Qd4 47. Qxd4 Rxd4 48. f3 a5 $5 {I was very proud
about this intermediate move which is limiting White's possibilities. But in
fact it looks like the position is winning in any case.} (48... Rf4 49. Rxg7
Rxf3 50. b4 a5 51. bxa5 (51. b5 cxb5 52. c6 Kb6 53. c7 (53. cxb7 Ka7 $19) 53...
Rc3 54. Rf7 Rxc7 55. Rxf6+ Rc6 56. Rf5 Rc5 57. Rf6+ Ka7 $19) 51... Rc3 52. Rf7
Rxc5 53. Rxf6 Rc4 54. Kb3 Rxg4 $19) 49. Rxg7 Rf4 50. Rf7 Rxf3 51. a4 Rf4 52.
Ka3 Kb8 $1 {It's very strange that Houdini doesn't understand this endgame at
all and doesn't see a difference between several possibilities.} ({It was not
too late to make a mistake:} 52... Rxg4 $2 53. Rxf6 Rf4 (53... Kb8 54. Rg6 $1)
(53... Rg3+ 54. b3 g4 55. Rg6 Rg1 56. Rg8 g3 57. Ka2 {this is probably drawn})
54. Rg6 Rf5 55. b4 Rf3+ 56. Kb2 axb4 57. Rxg5 b6 (57... Rc3 58. Rg4 $15) 58.
cxb6+ Kxb6 59. a5+ Kc7 60. Rg4 $1 c5 61. Rg6 {and Black can't make progress.})
53. Rf8+ Kc7 54. Rf7+ Kc8 55. b3 Rxg4 56. Rxf6 Rf4 ({I could play immediately} 
56... Rb4 $1) 57. Rg6 g4 58. Rg7 (58. Rg8+ Kd7 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rxb7 Rf7 $19)
58... Rb4 $1 {The point of my winning plan. Now my king can go to the other
side of the board without there being any barriers.} 59. Kb2 Kd8 60. Kc3 Ke8
61. Rh7 Kf8 62. Kd2 Rxb3 63. Rh8+ Kf7 64. Ra8 Ke6 65. Rxa5 Kd5 66. Ra7 Kxc5 67.
a5 g3 68. Ke2 Kc4 69. a6 bxa6 70. Rxa6 c5 71. Rg6 Kb4 72. Rg4+ c4 73. Kd1 Rb1+
74. Kc2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hertneck Anand} d5 2. d4 Bf5 {Eine Variante, die zur Zeit sehr beliebt
ist in der CIS (Russland) und offenbar auch in China!} 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 (4. Qb3
Nc6 5. c5 $1 (5. Qxb7 $6 $10 Nb4 6. Ne5 Rb8 7. Qxa7 Ra8 8. Qb7 Rb8 $10) 5...
Rb8 (5... Qc8 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Qa4 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O g6 $1 10. Nbd2
Bg7 11. Nh4 Qa6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qc3 Nf6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Qa5 Qxa5 16. Nxa5 Kd7
$15 {Colle,E-Nimzowitsch,A/Frankfurt/1930/}) (8. O-O $1 Be7 9. Qa4 O-O {
Gulko-Dorfman -> 8.Qa4} (9... Ncb8 10. b4 c6 11. Be2 $14)) 8... Be7 (8... Ne7
$1 {Gulko} 9. O-O c6 10. Be2 Ng6 $13) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12.
Qa4 Bd3 {Gulko,B-Dorfman,J (05)/Moscow m/1978/1/2-1/2/41/}) 6. Nc3 (6. Bf4 Nge7
(6... h6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 a6 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nge7 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13.
Be2 O-O 14. Qd1 $16 {Portisch,L-Larsen,B/Montreal/1978/ 27/488}) 7. e3 a6 8. a3
Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O $14 e5 12. dxe5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rad1
Nce7 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Vaganian,R/Moscow 4Teams/1981/1/2-1/2/43/}) 6... Nf6 (
6... e5 7. e4 $1 exd4 8. exf5 $16 {Portisch,L-Keres,P/Wijk/1969/1-0/41/}) 7.
Bf4 (7. e3 a6 8. Qa4 Nd7 9. b4 Ra8 10. a3 Be7 (10... g5 $5) 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
{/\ Qb3, a3-a4}) 7... a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O O-O (11...
g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Nd2 $1 h4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be5 f6 16. Qxe6 $14 {Olafsson,H})
12. Qc3 (12. Ne5 $1 {Olafsson,H} Nxe5 13. Bxe5 $14) 12... Bf6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 {
13...Bf3} 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 h6 16. b4 $14 {/\ 17.a4 Olaffson,H-Knezevic,M/
ISD/1984/1-0/26/}) 4... c6 (4... Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Be2 a6
9. O-O $14 h6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qd7 14. Qe2 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 {Andersson,U-Kovacevic,Vlado/Bugojno/1984/1/
2-1/2/31/}) (4... Nc6 {Anand}) 5. Qb3 Qb6 (5... b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e4 $1 dxe4
8. Ne5 Be6 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. d5 Nf6 13. Nb5 $16 {
Ribli,Z-Kurajica,B/Novi Sad/1982/1-0/28/}) 6. c5 Qc7 (6... Qxb3 7. axb3 Na6 (
7... Nd7 8. b4 a6 9. b5 $1 $14) 8. Bf4 (8. e4 $1 {Hertneck} Nb4 $8 9. exf5 Nc2+
10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. fxe6 fxe6 $2 (11... Nxb3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Ne5+
Ke8 15. Kc2 Na1+ 16. Kb1 Nb3 17. Ka2 Na5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 $146
{Shirov,A}) 12. b4 $16 {Shirov,A-Swidler,P, Gausdal 1991, 51/380}) 8... f6 9.
e3 Nb4 10. Kd2 e5 11. Bg3 $13) 7. Bf4 Qc8 (7... Qxf4 $2 8. Qxb7 $16) 8. Nh4 $1
(8. e3 Nf6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Qc2 Bd8 14. Bd3
Bc7 15. O-O e5 $10 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Kuligowski,A/Lone Pine/1981/}) 8... Ne7
(8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 $16) (8... Nf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3 $14) (8... Bg6
{Anand}) 9. Nxf5 (9. Bd6 $6 {Hertneck} Nd7 10. e3 Nf6 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bxf8 Kxf8
13. Nxf5 exf5 {[]/ Ribli,Z-Christiansen,L, Vienna 1991}) 9... Nxf5 (9... exf5
$6 {Hertneck} 10. e3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. f3 $16) 10. e3
Nd7 11. Bd3 b6 (11... Be7 $14 {Anand}) 12. Qa4 a5 (12... bxc5 13. Ba6 Qd8 (
13... Nb6 {Anand} 14. Bxc8 Nxa4 15. Bb7 $18) 14. Qxc6 $16 (14. Bb7 $16 {
Hertneck})) (12... b5 $5 {Hertneck} 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Bc6 $1 Ra7
16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. c6 Rc7 $13) 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Qb3 Qb7 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. O-O
a4 (16... Bb4 {Anand} 17. Rfc1 $14) 17. Qc2 Qd7 (17... g6 {Anand} 18. Be5 $16)
18. b3 Be7 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 O-O 21. Rab1 $14 h5 (21... Rfc8 {Anand as in
the game would be better instead}) 22. h3 Rfc8 23. Rb2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Qd1
Rxa4 26. Qxh5 d4 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Rd2 Qb5 29. Rfd1 Bf6 30. Rd5 Qb2 31. Be5 Qb6
(31... Bxe5 $4 32. Rd8+ $18) 32. Qxf5 Qe6 33. Bxf6 Qxf5 34. Rxf5 gxf6 35. Rxf6
$18 Rxa2 36. Rd7 Rf8 37. g4 Kg7 38. g5 Ra5 39. h4 Ra4 40. f4 Ra3 41. h5 Rg3+
42. Kf2 Rh3 43. h6+ Kg8 44. Rfd6 Ra8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. Rxd8+ Kh7 47. Rf8 Kg6
48. Kg2 Rh4 49. Kg3 Rh1 50. Rg8+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "Hasselbacken"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 Qb8 {The idea behind this move is to take conrol over the square e5}
(9... Qc7 10. Rc1 (10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nd3 Rfe8 12. c5 Bf8 13. Nf3 Ne4 $15 {
Gomez,D-Planas,J/Vilanova op 1993}) 10... O-O 11. a3 Bh7 12. Ne1 Rfe8 13. Nd3
Bxd3 14. exd3 dxc4 15. dxc4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 $16 {Ritter,M-Koenig,D/New
York Open 2000}) (9... O-O 10. e3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Ne5 a5 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 $11 {Koneru,H-Shariyazdanov,A/Chalapathi
GM 2000}) 10. Re1 $6 {Rook has nothing to do on e because white has no chanse
to transfer e4} (10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nd3 Rd8 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 Bc7 14. Nf3 Be4 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. e3 Bd6 $11 {Peregudov,N-Sherbakov,R/RUS-Cup5 1997}) (10. Qc1 O-O
11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Be4 16. Ne1 Bxg2 {
1/2-1/2 Kekki,P-Valkesalmi,K/FIN-chT 1995}) 10... O-O 11. e3 (11. Nh4 Bh7 12.
f4 Ne4 13. Nhf3 Bb4 14. Rf1 b5 15. c5 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nf6 $15 {
Svoboda,M-Jurek,J/Klatovy op 1995}) 11... Bh7 12. Qe2 (12. a3 a5 13. c5 Bc7 14.
b4 b6 15. cxb6 Bxb6 16. Qb3 $11) 12... Re8 $5 13. Rec1 {Admiting that rook had
nothing to do e1} a5 14. a3 (14. Ne1 $5 e5 (14... b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Nd3 Qb6
17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 a4 $13) 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc4
$11) 14... b5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc6 Rc8 17. Rac1 (17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Qxb5 $2
Qc2 19. Rb1 (19. Bc1 Qc3 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]}) 19... Bd3 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qa7 Rxb3
$1 $19 {[%csl Rb1]}) 17... Qb7 $1 {Nice tactical idea to take control over the
c-file} 18. Rxc8+ (18. Rxd6 $2 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Qc7 {[%csl Rc1,Rd6]} 20. Rxd7
Qxc1+ 21. Bf1 Nxd7 $17) 18... Rxc8 19. Qd1 Ne4 20. Bf1 (20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Ne1
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Qc6 $15) 20... b4 21. axb4 $6 (21. a4 $5) 21...
Bxb4 $1 22. Nxe4 (22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bd3 $15) 22... Bxe4 {
Black has slightly better chanses in the endgame, but white has no real
problems to hold it, however his next move is a blunder simply losing a b-pawn,
after which white is helpless} 23. Ne1 $2 (23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bd3 $15) 23...
Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Qxb3 $19 26. Qe2 (26. Qxa5 Qd1 27. Qd2 Qf3 $19 {
[%csl Rg2,Rh1]}) 26... a4 27. f3 Bg6 28. Qb2 Qd1 $1 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Bg2 a3 $1
31. Qd2 (31. Qxa3 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Qxf1#) 31... Qb3 {[%cal Gd7b6,
Gb6c4]} 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. Bd2 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 (13... Qxd7
14. a4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 $11) 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. e4 $5 {
Illescas is opening the center in order to get some chances to fight for an
advantage in the symmetrical position.} b5 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Bg5 Nf6
19. Qe3 Raa8 20. Bd3 $14) 17. e5 (17. exd5 $1 b4 (17... Bg6 18. Re1 Bf5 19.
dxe6 fxe6 $14) 18. Ne4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Qh3 Qxe4 21. Qxh5 $18) 17... Bc7
18. Ne2 (18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nf4 Bg4 21. Qg3 Bf5 $11) 18... Bxe2 19. Bxe2
Rb8 20. Qd3 Bb6 21. Be3 Qe8 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb8 25. Qb3 Rc7
26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. a4 $1 {White needs space for his bishops even in the endgame.
} bxa4 28. Qb7 Ba5 (28... Qd7 29. Bd1 f6 30. Bxa4 Qxa4 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qxc7+
Kg6 33. h4 $14) 29. g3 h6 30. h4 Qf8 31. Bd1 Qb4 (31... Bb4 32. Bxa4 a5 33. h5
$14) 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Qb7 Qb4 34. Qxb4 Bxb4 35. Bxa4 Kf8 36. h5 a5 37. Bb5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] Nakamura is left with ungrateful defensive task due to pieces
seriously constrained by the pawn structure and the opponents daring bishops.}
(37. g4 Na6 38. f4 Be7 $14) 37... Ke7 38. g4 Nd7 39. b3 Nf8 (39... Nb6 40. f4
Bc3 41. Kf2 Na8 42. g5 Nc7 43. Bd3 $16) 40. Bd3 Bc3 41. f4 f6 42. Kf2 Kf7 (
42... fxe5 $5 43. fxe5 (43. dxe5 d4 44. Bc1 Nd7 45. Ke2 Nc5 46. Bc4 Kd7 47. Ba3
Bb4 48. Bb2 d3+ 49. Bxd3 Nxb3 50. Bb5+ Ke7 51. Kd3 a4 52. Kc4 a3 53. Bxa3 Bxa3
54. Kxb3 Bc1 $11) 43... Kf7 44. Ke2 g5 45. hxg6+ Kg7 46. Bb5 Nxg6 47. Kd3 Bb4
48. Bd7 Nf8 49. Bc8 Kg6 $14) 43. Ke2 Ke7 (43... fxe5 44. fxe5 g5) 44. Ba6 Nd7
$2 {It seems, that this passive move is the decisive mistake. Black could have
resisted after the correct 44...fxe5.} (44... fxe5 45. fxe5 Kf7 $14) 45. Kd3
Bb4 46. Bb5 f5 (46... Kd8 47. Bxd7 Kxd7 48. exf6 gxf6 49. g5 hxg5 50. fxg5 fxg5
51. Bxg5 Ke8 52. Bd2 Kf7 53. Bxb4 axb4 54. Ke3 Kg7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. h6 $18) (
46... fxe5 47. fxe5 Kd8 48. g5 hxg5 49. Bxg5+ Be7 50. Bd2 Bb4 51. Bxb4 $1 axb4
52. Bxd7 Kxd7 53. Ke3 Ke7 54. Kf4 Kf8 55. Kg5 Kf7 56. h6 $18) 47. Bf2 $1 Nf8 (
47... fxg4 48. Bh4+ Ke8 49. f5 $1 $18) 48. Bh4+ Kf7 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Bc6 Ke6
51. Bb7 $1 g6 (51... Nd7 52. Bc8 Be7 53. Bxe7 Kxe7 54. Kc3 Kd8 55. Bxd7 Kxd7
56. b4 axb4+ 57. Kxb4 Ke6 58. Kc5 g6 59. hxg6 h5 60. g7 Kf7 61. e6+ Kxg7 62.
Kd6 h4 63. e7 $18) 52. Bc8+ Kf7 53. e6+ $1 Ke8 (53... Nxe6 54. hxg6+ $18) 54.
Bd7+ Nxd7 55. hxg6 {The final combination is rather impressive, white pawns
can be restrained only at a cost of both black pieces.} (55. hxg6 Bf8 56. exd7+
Kxd7 57. Bf6 h5 58. Ke3 Kc6 59. g7 Bxg7 60. Bxg7 Kb5 61. Bf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Nc3 f5 8. O-O
Nd7 9. c5 {'!'} Be7 (9... Bb8 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 $16)
(9... Bc7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Ne5 $16) 10. Bf4 O-O (10... g5 11. Be5
O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne1 {/\ f3}) 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 b6 14.
cxb6 axb6 (14... Qxb6 15. Rfc1 $16) 15. f3 {'+/-'} exf3 16. exf3 c5 17. f4 Bd7
(17... c4 18. Qc3 b5 19. b4 $16) 18. a3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Qe3 Qf6 21. Rad1
{'?'} (21. Rfd1 Rfc8 $16) 21... Ra4 {'!'} (21... Rfc8 $16) 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. f5
Rd4 {'!'} (23... d4 24. Qb3 $18) 24. Rc1 {'!'} (24. fxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 d4 $1
$10) 24... e5 {'!'} 25. Rxc5 e4 26. Qc3 {'!'} h5 {'!'} 27. b4 Rb8 28. Rc7 {'!'}
Bb5 29. Re1 Re8 {'?'} (29... Bc4 $1 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rd3 $10) 30. Rc8 {'?'
} (30. Qc5 $1 $18 Bc4 31. Rc6) (30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 e3 $15) 30... Rxc8 31.
Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qe6 {'?!'} (32. Qc3 Qb6 33. Qe3 Qf6 $10) 32... Rd2 33. Qxf6 gxf6
34. Ra1 {'?!'} (34. Bf1 Ba4 35. Rb1 e3 36. b5 e2 37. Bxe2 Rxe2 38. b6 Re8 39.
b7 Rb8 40. Rb4 Bc6 41. Rb6 Bd7 42. Rb4 $10) 34... e3 {'!'} 35. Bf3 (35. a4 $2
Bxa4 $19) 35... Ba4 36. b5 {'?'} (36. Rb1 $1 $10) 36... Bxb5 {'-+'} 37. a4 Ba6
38. a5 d4 39. Rc1 Rf2 40. Bxh5 (40. Bxh5 Rxf5 41. Bg4 Rxa5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. c5 (6. e3 Bf5 (6... Bg7 7.
Nc3 Qa5 8. Qd2 $1 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. cxd5 cxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12.
Kxd2 Bxd5 13. Rc1 $14) 11. h3 Rac8 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Ng5 $1 $14 {Epishin,
V-Tukmakov,V/Bern/1991/}) 7. Qb3 Nb4 $5 8. Qxb4 e5 9. c5 exf4 10. exf4 b6 11.
Ne5 bxc5 12. Qb7 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qxd5 cxd4 16. Bb5 Bb4+ 17.
Ke2 O-O 18. Rd1 Qh4 19. Kf1 Qxh2 20. Nd2 Nf6 {0-1 Epishin,V-Kupreichik,V/
URS-sf Daugavpils/1989/ (26)}) (6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. c5 $6 (8. Be2 c5 9.
dxc5 Bf5 $13) 8... b6 (8... Nc7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Ne6 12. f5 Nxd4
13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. h4 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qxc5 18. Qxf5 e6
19. Qh5 Bxb2 20. Re1 Qc2 {0-1 Cerny,M-Mitura,V/CZE-chT 9596 (05)/1995/ (29)})
9. Ne5 Nb8 $1 10. Be2 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Ba6 12. Nb3 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 bxc5 14. dxc5 a5
15. O-O a4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Bg3 Qa5 {Filippov,V-Dreev,A/RUS-chT Kazan (01)/1995/
1-0 (48)} (17... Na6 $5)) 6... b6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. e3 Nb8 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. Rc1 Qxb2 $1 12. Rb1 Qc3 13. Rxb8 (13. Bxb8 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Rxb3
Raxb8 $17) 13... Rxb8 14. Bxb8 Bf5 {It becomes clear, that the piece sacrifice
was very temporary. White has full hands with avoiding mating attack.} 15. Qb3
(15. Bxa7 Bc2 16. Qa6 Qa1+ 17. Nb1 Qxb1+ 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Ke2 Qd1#) (15. Qxa7
Qc1+ 16. Ke2 Bc2 17. e4 Ng4 18. exd5 Qd1#) 15... Qc1+ (15... Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxb8
$17) 16. Qd1 (16. Ke2 Bc2 $19) 16... Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Rxb8 18. Ne5 Rb2 (18... Rb6
19. f3 h5 $17) 19. Nxc6 {Restoring only material balance, white is truly
bancrupt with the undeveloped kingside.} Bd7 20. Kc1 (20. Nxe7+ Kf8 $19) (20.
Nxa7 Rxa2 $19) 20... Rxa2 21. Nb4 Ra1+ 22. Nb1 (22. Kb2 Rd1 23. Kc2 Ba4+ 24.
Kc3 a5 25. Nd3 Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Nc5 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Rxh1 $19) 22... Ne4 23.
Kb2 (23. Nxd5 Nxf2 24. Rg1 e5 $19) 23... Ra5 24. f3 Nf2 (24... Nf2 25. Rg1 Nd1+
26. Kc1 Nxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 {A very modern method of solving the opening problems. Black is giving up
his light squared bishop for convenient development and a compact position.} 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 {Praxis so far has seen the
defenders solving the problems, despite the fact that opening of the position
is a sensitive issue due to the white bishop pair.} 13. Qc2 c5 (13... b5 14.
Be2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Qb1 $14) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. Be1 Qe7 {Aronian has build up a very solid position, but it seems
next to impossible to achieve full equality.} (16... Qc7 17. Rac1 Red8 18. Be2
Nce4 19. g3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Qb3 $14) (16... b5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. a3 Red8
19. Rac1 Nce4 20. g3 $14) 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be2 Rec8 19. Qb1 (19. Bf3 b5 20. Qb1
b4 21. Ne2 a5 22. Nd4 $14) 19... h6 20. Bf3 {The task for Ivanchuk will be to
show, how to generate some pressure with the help of the light-squared bishop.}
g6 (20... Be5 21. Ne2 b6 22. g3 $14) 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. Nf4 Ncd7 (22... Be5 23.
Bb4 b6 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bc3 $16) 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Be2
{White's progress is not spectacular, but after the swap of the rooks his
pieces are breathing more freely.} Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rd8 26. Rc1 Nc6
27. Nd3 (27. Bxa6 $2 Bxf4 28. exf4 Nd4 $19) 27... Nd5 $14) 26. Bxa6 $1 Bxf4 (
26... g5 27. Ne2 bxa6 28. Qxc6 Rxb2 29. Qxa6 $16) 27. exf4 Nb4 $2 {Misfortune
does not usually appear alone; after the mistake in 25th move we are
witnessing the consecutive one. In his calculations Black probably overlooked
some point, othewise he would surely resist the transformation to a position
in which he is simply a pawn down.} (27... Nd5 $1 28. Bf1 Nxf4 29. g3 Nd5 30.
Bg2 Rd8 31. a3 $14) (27... bxa6 28. Qxc6 Nd5 29. Bc3 $16) 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. a3
$1 Qf8 (29... Qxf4 30. Bxb7 Kg7 31. Bc6 $16) 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Qb3 Rc7 32. Bf3
Qc8 33. g3 Kg7 (33... Rc2 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxc2 $16) 34. Qb4 h5 35. h4 Rc4 $6
{Aronian understood, that passive defense is probably not enough, but speeding
up the commotions will simply shorten his suffering.} 36. Qxb7 Qc5 37. b4 Qf5
38. Qe7 Ne4 (38... Rc3 39. Rd8 Nh7 40. Qb7 Rxa3 41. Rd7 $16) 39. Qa7 e5 (39...
Rc2 40. Qd4+ Nf6 41. a4 $18) 40. Qa6 Rc3 41. Qe2 {Ivanchuk did manage to
consolidate and the fight is effectively over.} Nf6 42. fxe5 Rxf3 43. exf6+ Kh7
(43... Qxf6 44. a4 Rb3 45. Qe4 Rb2 46. Qd4 $18) 44. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nh4 {
Modern chess is not always the most logical game. The surprising move of the
knight hopes to force the exchange of Black's bishop on h5.} g5 9. Nf3 h6 10.
Ne5 Nfd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd3 dxc4 (12... Rg8 13. Qxb6 axb6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Bd2 b5 16. O-O Bg6 17. Bxg6 Rxg6 18. Ne2 Bd6 $11 {0-1 (52)
Andersen,M (2410)-Sandipan,C (2641) Caleta 2011}) 13. Qxc4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4
15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Nd2 h5 21.
Ke2 Rh6 22. Rhg1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rdh8 $11 {1/2 (45) Vidit,S (2563)-Nabaty,T 
(2567) Kavala 2013}) 11. Nd3 {The knight retreats to the centre as the
opponent has chosen the most exact moves in order to save his bishop. The
position will be full of life, but White can not claim any advantage - not
surprising after the 5th move with the same piece in the opening stage of the
game.} Bg6 (11... Na6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg6 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. g3
a5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4
$14 {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2717)-Zontakh,A (2556) Sochi 2012}) (11... Be7 12. h4
gxh4 13. c5 Qc7 14. e4 Bg5 15. f4 Be7 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Nf2 h5 18. f5 b6 19. cxb6
Nxb6 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. Qc2 Qg3+ 22. Bf2 Qf4 $11 {0-1 (80) Greet,A (2426)-Tan,J
(2308) England 2014}) 12. h4 {Caruana has risen to the top 10 players in the
world, so his ideas in opening positions deserve serious scrutiny. The Italian
player believes, that h-pawn advance forces Black to make some sort of
concession.} (12. Bd2 Na6 13. Rc1 (13. Qa4 Qd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be2 Bd6 16.
O-O g4 17. hxg4 h5 18. g5 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 Nb4 20. Be2 Qxg5 21. f4 $14 {0-1 (95)
Ter Sahakyan,S (2569)-Hovhannisyan,R (2589) Yerevan 2012}) (13. Na4 Qxb3 14.
axb3 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Be1 Kg8 20. Kf1
Kf8 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Rdc1 $11 {1-0 (65) Gareev,T (2610)-Holt,C (2417)
Philadelphia 2011}) 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. h4 O-O 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Be2 a6 19. Na2 Be7 20. Bb4 Rfe8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc3 $11 {1/2 (43)
Wang,Y (2736)-Aronian,L (2757) Dresden 2008}) 12... Rg8 (12... g4 13. Bd2 Na6
14. Be2 Bf5 15. O-O Rg8 16. g3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Nf4 Bc2 19. Ra3 Na6 20. c5
Nc7 21. b4 a6 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 f5 25. Ne2 Rc8 {1/2 (25)
Mchedlishvili,M (2625)-Smeets,J (2669) Sestao 2010}) (12... Bg7 13. Bd2 Na6 14.
Rc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 dxc4 18. bxc4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. c5 Nc7 {Iordachescu,V (2599)-Nezad,H (2400) Dubai 2013/}) 13.
hxg5 (13. Bd2 Na6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Na4
a5 19. f3 Ke7 20. Be2 Rh8 21. Bxb4+ axb4 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Kf2 Ra8 $15 {
1/2 (40) Grandelius,N (2491)-Cramling,P (2528) Kungsor 2009}) 13... hxg5 14.
Bd2 {Mamedyarov decided to live without the control of the h-file for a while.
In other respects his position remains firm and without visible blemish.} dxc4
(14... Na6 15. f3 O-O-O $11) 15. Qxc4 Qa6 $1 {After the exchange of the queens
Black can look into the upcoming middlegame without any worry.} 16. Nc1 (16.
Qxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. e4 Be7 $11) 16... Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 (17... Na6
18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Nb3 c5 $11) 18. Be2 N8d7 19. e4 Be7 20. Nb3 (20. f3 O-O-O 21.
a4 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Kf2 $11) 20... f5 21. f3 (21. exf5 exf5 22. O-O-O
O-O-O $11) 21... a5 {At this stage it seems that the player with higher
ambitions is the one with the black pieces. Mamedyarov was playing without
much success in Shamkir and would have loved to improve his results towards
the end of the prestigious event.} 22. a4 e5 (22... g4 23. e5 gxf3 24. gxf3 Kf7
$11) 23. exf5 Bf7 $5 {The charm of super tournaments is connected with the
chess the best players produce. Black is not obliged to be satisfied with the
obvious solution of recapturing the pawn.} (23... Bxf5 24. Ne4 g4 25. Nxa5 gxf3
26. gxf3 O-O-O 27. Nb3 Rh8 $11) 24. Bd1 {The merit of the unexpected move by
Black was mostly psychological since the chess value was somewhat dubius.
Caruana has failed to rise to the ocassion with the equally unexpected idea 24.
d5! with some advantage.} (24. d5 $1 Bxd5 (24... cxd5 25. Nb5 Kf8 26. Nxa5 $16)
(24... Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxa5 $16) 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. g4 (26. Nxa5 Nb4 $11)
26... N7f6 27. Kf2 $14) 24... Nc4 25. Ne4 (25. Bc1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 $11) 25...
g4 (25... Bd5 26. dxe5 Ndxe5 27. Bc2 g4 28. f4 $14) 26. Bc3 (26. fxg4 Nxb2 27.
dxe5 Nxe5 28. Nbc5 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 b6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. fxe6 Nxg4 $11) 26... gxf3
27. gxf3 (27. Bxf3 Ne3 28. dxe5 (28. Ke2 Nxf5 29. Bh5 exd4 $11) 28... Bxb3 29.
e6 Nc5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Bxf6 $11) 27... O-O-O {Finally Black completes his
development and his pieces all influence the centre. White will have to play
carefully otherwise his adversary could steal the show.} (27... Rf8 28. dxe5
Ndxe5 29. Be2 Bd5 30. Nd4 O-O-O 31. Kf2 c5 32. Ne6 Rxf5 33. Nxd8 Bxe4 $11) 28.
Kf2 (28. Rh7 $6 Rg1+ 29. Kf2 Rdg8 $11) 28... exd4 29. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%mdl 2048]
Very rich positions can be very attractive, but the players can hardly aspire
to find the most exact continuations. Black could definitely dream also about
very controversial lines after the tricky move 29..Nf6!?} (29... Nf6 $5 30. Be2
(30. Bb3 Nxe4+ 31. fxe4 Rg4 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. b3 Bd3 34. Ne6 Re8 (34... Bxe4
35. Nxd8 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 Rg2+ 37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Rh3 Bg4 39. Rh4 Kxd8 $11) 35. Kf3
Reg8 $11) 30... Nd6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6 32. Ne6 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Bxe6 34. fxe6 Rg6 35.
Bf1 Nf5 36. Bh3 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rg5 40. Rg1 Rd5+ 41. Kc1
Kc7 $11) 30. Be2 Nxe4+ {Mamedyarov is getting a bit nervous and strives to
clarify the situation. His move improving White's pawn structure fails to hit
the mark on the scale of exact choices, but was still good enough for keeping
the balance.} (30... Rge8 $1 31. Rh7 (31. Rag1 Nxe4+ 32. fxe4 Bc5 33. Bxc4 Bxc4
34. Ke3 Rd5 35. f6 Rd6 36. Rg5 Bb6 37. Rh7 Rde6 38. Rh4 Rxf6 $11) 31... Nxe4+
32. fxe4 Bc5 33. Rxf7 (33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. Ke3 Rd5 35. b3 Bxb3 36. Kd3 Rd6 $11)
33... Nd6 34. Rg7 Nxe4+ 35. Kg2 Bxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11) 31. fxe4 Nd2 $6 (31...
Bc5 $1 32. Rad1 (32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rad1 Rg7 $11) 32... Nd6 33. Rh4 Rge8 34. Bd3
Bb3 (34... b5 35. Kg3 b4 36. Nxc6 Bb3 37. Nxd8 Bxd1 38. Bf6 Nxf5+ 39. exf5 Re3+
40. Kf4 Rxd3 41. Rh8 $14) 35. Rd2 Nf7 36. Be2 Bxa4 $11) 32. Bxd2 (32. Bf3 Nxf3
(32... Bc5 33. Bxd2 Bxd4+ 34. Be3 Bxb2 35. Rad1 $14) 33. Kxf3 c5 34. Nc2 Rd3+
35. Ne3 Bg5 36. Rae1 Bb3 37. Bxa5 Bxa4 38. Bc3 $14) 32... Rxd4 33. Ke3 (33. Be3
Rxe4 $17) 33... Bc5 (33... Rgd8 34. Bxa5 Bg5+ 35. Kf2 Rxe4 36. Bxd8 Kxd8 37.
Rh7 $16) 34. Bc3 {Caruana is demonstrating very good nerves in the face of
Black's battery along the a7-g1 diagonal. Black has a lot of options but no
clear road to equality.} (34. Rac1 Re8 35. Rxc5 Rdxe4+ 36. Kd3 Rxe2 37. Rxa5
Rf2 38. Bc3 $14) 34... Rg3+ (34... Rxa4+ 35. Kf4 (35. Kd2 Rxe4 36. Rxa5 Rg2 37.
Rxc5 Rgxe2+ $11) 35... Bd6+ 36. Be5 Bxe5+ 37. Kxe5 Re8+ 38. Kf6 Raxe4 39. Bf3
Rf4 40. Bxc6 Re2 41. Rh7 Be6 42. Bxb7+ Kb8 43. Rxa5 Rxf5+ 44. Rxf5 Bxf5 45.
Kxf5 Rxb2 $14) 35. Kf2 (35. Kf4 $4 Bd6#) (35. Bf3 Rxa4+ 36. Kf4 Bd6+ 37. Ke3
Bc5+ $11) 35... Rxc3 (35... Rdd3+ 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Be1 Rgg8 38. Rc1 $14) 36.
bxc3 Rxe4+ 37. Ke1 {Annotators can try to appear smart with the help of books
and computers in the aftermath of the fight. The choices were not easy to
judge, but most likely 37.Kf1! would have been more unpleasant for the
defender.} (37. Kf3 Bd5 38. Rhe1 Rc4+ 39. Kg3 Bd6+ 40. Kf2 Rxc3 $11) (37. Kf1
$1 Bd5 38. Rh7 Re5 39. Bd3 Re3 40. Rd1 Bb3 41. Rd2 Bxa4 42. Rh5 $14) 37... Bc4
38. Rh2 Re5 {The impending time trouble is causing problems even for a very
creative player like Mamedyarov. Under ideal conditions he would have the
chance to find 38...Bd6 and keep the position in balance.} (38... Bd6 $1 39.
Rg2 Be5 40. Kd1 (40. Kf1 Bd5 41. Rg4 Bxc3 42. Ra3 Bb2 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 44. Rb3 Bd4
45. Bd3 Bd5 46. Rb1 Bf6 $11) 40... Bb3+ 41. Kd2 Bf4+ 42. Ke1 Bd5 43. Rg4 Bc4
44. Kf2 Bxe2 45. Rg8+ Kc7 46. Re1 Bd3 47. Rxe4 Bxe4 48. Rg4 Bxf5 49. Rxf4 Bc2
$11) 39. f6 (39. Kd2 Bxe2 40. Rxe2 Rxf5 41. Rh1 Kc7 42. Rh7+ $14) 39... Bxe2 $2
{Black's game is collapsing with this poor decision to exchange the bishops.
Black could still put up serious resistance with the more nuanced idea 30...
Re6!} (39... Re6 $1 40. Kd2 (40. f7 Kc7 41. Kd2 Rd6+ 42. Kc2 Bxf7 43. Rh7 Rd7
44. Bd3 Bd5 $14) 40... Bxe2 41. Rxe2 Rxf6 42. Rh1 Kc7 43. Rh5 $14) 40. Rxe2 Rf5
41. Re8+ Kc7 42. Ra8 Bf2+ (42... b6 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. f7 Kd5 45. Rc7 Kc4 46. Rc1
$16) 43. Ke2 Bh4 44. f7 Rxf7 (44... Rf2+ 45. Ke3 Rxf7 46. Rxa5 $16) 45. Rxa5 {
The tears for the missed chances can start to flow, Black has been left
without either the exchange or any compensation.} Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. Ra3 (47.
Rc5 Bf6 48. Kd3 Rh2 49. Rc4 $16) 47... Be7 48. Rb3 Ra2 49. Re5 Bd6 (49... Bd8
$1 50. Rh5 Rxa4 51. Rh7+ Kd6 52. Rbxb7 $16) 50. Rf5 Kb8 (50... Rxa4 51. Rf7+
Kc8 52. Rbxb7 $18) 51. Rf7 Bc7 52. Rb4 Rh2 53. Kd3 Rg2 54. Re4 Rg3+ 55. Kc2 Ba5
(55... Bd6 56. Re6 Bc5 57. Rh6 Ka7 58. Rxc6 $18) 56. Ree7 $1 {For the first
time in the battle the white forces have achieved perfect coordination. The
effect on the defender is devastating despite the chance to eliminate the
penultimate white pawn on c3.} (56. Ree7 $1 Rxc3+ 57. Kb2 Rc5 58. Rxb7+ Kc8 59.
Ra7 Kb8 60. Rfb7+ Kc8 61. Rh7 Kb8 62. Raf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 {N} 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nb4 $5
8. Qxb4 e5 9. c5 (9. Qxb7 Rb8 (9... exf4 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qa6 fxe3 $36) 10.
Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qa6 exf4 $44 (11... Rxb2 $5 12. Bxe5 Bb4+ 13. Nbd2 Ne4 $13)) 9...
exf4 10. exf4 b6 11. Ne5 bxc5 12. Qb7 (12. Qa4 Qb6) 12... Bd7 13. Nxd7 (13.
Nxc6 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Nxa7 Rb8 16. a4 c4 $17) 13... Nxd7 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15.
Qxd5 cxd4 16. Bb5 (16. Bc4 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 O-O $40) (16. Nd2 Bb4 17. Qe4+ Kf8 (
17... Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Kd1 Nc5 $44) 18. Qxd4 Qe7+ 19. Be2 $13) 16... Bb4+
17. Ke2 (17. Kd1 O-O 18. Qxd7 Qh4 $5 $40) 17... O-O 18. Rd1 (18. Qxd7 Qh4 19.
g3 Qh5+ 20. g4 Rfe8+ $40) 18... Qh4 19. Kf1 Qxh2 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Qg5 Bxd2 22.
Qxf6 Rc2 23. Ke2 Bxf4+ 24. Kd3 Rxf2 25. Bc6 Qg3+ 26. Bf3 Rxf3+ {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. c4 O-O 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. c5 (11. Qc1 Rac8 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3
Bf5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e4 Bg6 16. e5 Be7 17. f4 b5 18. Rd1 a5 19. c5 a4 20. b4
f5 {1/2-1/2 Vyzmanavin,A-Yakovich,Y/URS-ch OT Minsk/1986/ (35)}) 12. a3 c5 13.
Nxd7 Nxd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc3 f6 16. Qe3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bb8 18. Rac1 b6 19. b4
Na4 20. Ba1 Rc7 21. Qb3 Rfc8 22. b5 Nc5 23. Qb4 Kf8 {Smejkal,J-Farago,I/
Amsterdam IBM (10)/1979/0-1 (88)}) (11. h3 Rad8 (11... h6 12. g4 Bh7 13. e3 Ne4
14. Ndf3 f6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Nd3 a5 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Re1 Bf8 20.
Rc1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Bagirov,V/URS-chT Podolsk/1990/ (34)}) 12. Qc1 h6
13. Re1 Rfe8 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. b4 Nf6 19.
Qe3 Nd5 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nxb4 23. Rab1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Karlsson,
L-Pinter,J/Las Palmas izt (07)/1982/ (41)}) (11. Rc1 Rfd8 12. e3 Bxe5 13. dxe5
Ng4 14. Nf3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxe5 17. Qh5 Ned3 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Rb1
Nxb2 20. Rxb2 g6 {0-1 Pozuelo,J-Beulen,M/Belfort op (08)/1989/ (38)}) (11. a3
a5 (11... Bc7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. d5 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6
17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Re1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rd7 20. Qe2 Nxd5 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Qc4 Nf6
23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bh3 Kf7 {Kengis,E-Liiva,R/Parnu-B (04)/1996/1-0 (73)}) 12.
Nxd7 (12. Qc1 Rfc8 13. Bc3 b5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. c5 Bc7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4
18. Qd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd8 20. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Dautov,R/BL2-W 9495/1995/ 
(29)}) 12... Qxd7 13. c5 (13. Nf3 h6 14. e3 Be4 15. Qe2 b6 {1/2-1/2 Kengis,
E-Dautov,R/BL2-W/1994/}) 13... Be7 14. b4 b5 15. f3 h6 16. Bc3 axb4 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb7 19. Qb2 Ra8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1 Bd8 22. Nf1 Bh7 23. Bd2
Ne8 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bd2 Ng7 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Lukacs,P/Kecskemet Szechenyi 
(08)/1991/ (32)}) (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. f3 (12. Re1 Rfd8 13. f3 Bg6 14. Rc1 Qe7
15. c5 Bc7 16. b4 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e3 a5 20. bxa5 Qb2 21. Nb3
Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 {0-1 Tatarko,J-Zapolskis,A/
Karvina op (01)/1992/ (39)}) 12... Bg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16.
Rad1 Rad8 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Nf2 Qa5 19. a3 Qb6 20. b4 a5 21. Bc3 axb4 22. axb4
Ra8 {Vladimirov,E-Illescas Cordoba,M/URS-ESP mT/1991/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (11. e3
Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ngxe5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 Rab8 17.
Nxf5 exf5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Ng6 20. Rfd1 Ngf8 21. h4 h5 22. Bf3 {Foisor,
C-Rausis,I/Hyeres op/1992/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11... Bc7 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13.
e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 $36) 12. b4 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qe3 a5 $1 16.
a3 b6 17. Bd4 (17. cxb6 Bxb6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 axb4 20. axb4 Rab8 $15)
17... bxc5 18. bxc5 a4 $1 19. f4 Ra5 20. Rac1 Rb5 21. h3 Ba5 22. g4 Bxd2 $1 {
xb3} 23. Qxd2 Be4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qc2 Rb3 26. e3 (26. Qxe4 Rg3+ 27. Kh1 Qh4
$19) 26... Qh4 27. Qxe4 (27. Kg2 Nxe5 $1 28. Qxe4 (28. fxe5 Rxd4) (28. Bxe5
Rxe3 $19) 28... Nd3 29. Rcd1 Rxd4 $1 30. Qxd4 Rb2+ 31. Kf3 Qxh3+ 32. Ke4 Qg2+
33. Rf3 f5+ 34. gxf5 exf5+ 35. Kxf5 Qg6#) 27... Qg3+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2
Rxa3 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Ra8 32. Kf3 $2 (32. Ra3 $17) 32... a3 33. Ke4 f6 34.
Kd3 (34. exf6 gxf6 35. Kd3 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Bc3 $17) 34... fxe5 35. fxe5
Kf7 36. Kc3 Kg6 37. Kb3 (37. h4 h5 $1 $19) 37... a2 $1 (37... Kg5 38. Ka2 Kh4
39. Rh1 $17) 38. h4 (38. Rxa2 Rxa2 39. Kxa2 Kg5 $19) 38... h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5
40. Kc4 Kxh4 41. Kd3 g5 42. Ke2 Kg4 43. Kd3 (43. Rg1+ Kf5 44. Kf3 Nxe5+ $19)
43... Kf3 44. Rf1+ Kg2 45. Ra1 Ra4 46. e4 g4 47. Ke3 g3 48. Rc1 Kh2 49. Ba1 g2
50. Kf2 (50. Kf2 Nxc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 {Kortschnoj strives to open the center immediatelly, but
his development edge is minimal.} Nc6 $1 11. exd5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bg6
13. Bf4 Qb6 $15) 11... Nxe5 (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bf4 $16) 12. dxe5
Qxe5+ 13. Be3 Bc5 (13... Nxd5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qc6+ Kd8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. O-O
$16) 14. Qa4+ (14. Qxb7 O-O 15. dxe6 fxe6 $17) (14. dxe6 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+
16. Ne2 Qxe6 17. Qxb7 O-O $17) 14... Kf8 (14... Kd8 15. dxe6 Bxe3 16. fxe3
Qxe3+ 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxe6 19. Rd1+ $13) 15. Qf4 $1 {This fine moves
helps to limit the danger in the shaky position.} Qxf4 16. Bxf4 exd5 (16...
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rc1 Re8+ 19. Kf1 Be7 20. f3 $15) 17. O-O Re8 (17... Bg4
18. Rac1 $1 Be6 19. Na4 Bd4 20. Nc5 $17) (17... Rd8 18. Rac1 $1) 18. Rac1 Bd4
19. h3 Be5 (19... h6 $5 20. Bd6+ Kg8 21. Rfe1 $15) 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Na4 g5 (
21... Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nc5 Rh4 24. Nxb7 Rb4 25. Nc5 $11) 22. Nc5 Kg7 23.
Nxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Black king already sits in safety, white has managed to
restore material equality. The chances are shared by both players.} Be2 24.
Rfe1 Rhe8 25. Nc5 (25. Bb1 $5 Bc4 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. b3 Be2 $13) 25... Bxd3 26.
Rxe5 (26. Nxd3 Re2) 26... Rxe5 27. Nxd3 Re2 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Rc3 Rd1+ $6 {
This sloppy move is a reason for all black's worries. White's activity on the
queenside will be more dangerous than the counterplay of the opponent on the
other side of the board.} (29... Ne4 30. Ra3 f5 31. Ke1 f4 32. f3 Rxg2 33. fxe4
dxe4 34. Nc5 e3 $13) 30. Ke2 Rg1 31. Ne1 (31. g3 Rh1 32. Ra3 Rxh3 33. Rxa6 Rh1
$14) 31... Nh5 (31... h5 32. Ra3 h4 33. Ra4 $1 Nh5 34. Nf3 Rb1 35. Nxg5 Rxb2+
36. Ke3 $16) 32. g3 Rh1 33. Ra3 Rxh3 34. Rxa6 Nf6 (34... Rh2 $5 35. Ra3 $1 (35.
Kf3 f5 36. Ra5 g4+ 37. Ke3 d4+ 38. Kxd4 Rxf2 $17) 35... f5 36. b4 $14) 35. a4
Ne4 36. Nf3 $1 Rh1 (36... g4 37. Nh4 $16) 37. a5 Ra1 (37... Rb1 38. Rb6 $16)
38. Nd4 {Lautier has to watch even for the mating threats of the opponent.} h5
(38... f6 39. Nf5+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Ke6 41. g4 Ke5 42. f3 $18) 39. Nf5+ Kh7 40. f3
Nc5 (40... Nxg3+ 41. Nxg3 h4 42. Nf5 $18) 41. Rh6+ Kg8 42. Rxh5 Rxa5 43. Rxg5+
Kf8 (43... Kh8 44. Nd6 Ra2 45. Nxf7+ Kh7 46. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 47. Ke3 $18) 44. Rh5
Kg8 (44... f6 45. Ke3 $18) 45. b4 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Ra3+ (46... Ne6 47. Ne7+ Kg7 48.
Rxd5 $18) 47. Kd4 Ne6+ (47... Nd7 48. f4 Rb3 49. Ne7+ Kf8 50. Nxd5 Rxg3 51. b5
$18) 48. Kxd5 Rxf3 49. b5 {The free b pawn is too dangerous, black's chances
to trade him for the knight and even win the last pawn on g3 are slim.} Rb3 (
49... Nc7+ 50. Kc6 (50. Kc4 Na8 $1) 50... Rc3+ (50... Nxb5 51. Kxb5 Rf1 52. Kc5
$18) 51. Kb6 Nd5+ 52. Kb7 $18) 50. Kd6 Rb1 (50... Rxb5 $2 51. Ne7+ $18) 51. Ke7
Nf8 (51... Rxb5 52. Nh6+ Kg7 53. Rxb5 Kxh6 54. Kxf7 $18) 52. Rg5+ Ng6+ (52...
Kh7 53. Kxf7 $18) 53. Kd7 Kf8 (53... Kh7 54. Nd6 f6 55. Rf5 Kg7 56. Ne8+ $18)
54. Nd6 Rb3 55. g4 Rb4 56. Rf5 Rxg4 57. b6 Rb4 58. b7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 {Taking the pawn on c4 is the only sensible solution to avoid
the danger of the bishop on g6 getting trapped.} (9... Nxe5 $2 10. dxe5 Ne4 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 $16) 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 (11. Bxc4 Bb4 12. g5 Ne4 13. Qb3 Qe7
14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Bf1 e5 17. Bg2 {0-1 (41) Tregubov,P (2598)
-Inarkiev,E (2674) Olginka 2011}) 11... Nd5 12. Bxc4 Bb4 {Morozevich is hoping
to set up a position offering the potential for counterplay in the centre. The
bishop goes to b4 in order to keep the e7-square vacant for the black queen.} (
12... Be7 13. Qf3 N7b6 (13... Qc7 14. Bb3 N5b6 15. e4 Rf8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Be3
e5 18. Rc1 exd4 19. Nb5 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Qe5 21. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 (49) Aronian,L 
(2648)-Gustafsson,J (2572) playchess.com INT 2004}) 14. Bb3 Nb4 15. Ke2 c5 16.
Qxb7 cxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Qe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 N4d5 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4
$11 {1/2 (71) Lautier,J (2653)-Chernin,A (2592) Bastia 2001}) 13. Bd2 Qe7 14.
a3 {Not a single game in this line by decent players has seen White developing
without inserting the a2-a3 move at some moment. The first player has to know,
what his opponent is planning to do with the bishop.} (14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. a3 Ba5
16. b4 Bc7 17. e4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rhf8 19. O-O-O a5 20. Kc2 Nb6 21. Bb3 axb4 22.
Bxb4 Bd6 23. Qc3 Bxb4 24. axb4 Kb8 25. Qg3+ $11 {1-0 (30) Dreev,A (2698)-Oms
Pallisse,J (2508) Mallorca 2004 [Atlas,V]}) (14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Qc2 Kb8 16. a3
Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. a4 e5 20. a5 Bc7 $11 {0-1 (43) Milov,V (2690)
-Najer,E (2627) Baku 2008}) 14... Nxc3 (14... Ba5 15. Qc2 N7b6 (15... Nxc3 16.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Qxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1+ 20. Ke2 Rxa1 21. d5 cxd5
22. Qxg7 Rh1 23. Ba4+ Ke7 24. Bc2 Ke8 25. Qg8+ {1/2 (25) Tregubov,P (2628)
-Inarkiev,E (2676) Dagomys 2009}) 16. Be2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Qe4 exd4 19.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. cxd4 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rad8 22. Rac1 $11 {1/2 (48) Gomez Ledo,R 
(2445)-Haslinger,S (2552) Balaguer 2010}) 15. bxc3 Ba5 {The bishop from a5
will keep up the pressure against the c3-square limiting White's chances for
any real expansion.} 16. f4 (16. Be2 e5 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Kf1 $11) 16... O-O-O
17. Qb3 (17. Be2 Nb6 18. c4 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Kb8 $11) 17... Nb6 18. Bd3 Kb8 19.
Ke2 $5 {Giri has build a long pawn chain on the dark squares severely
constraining Black's forces. His king does not have a very peaceful spot
anywhere on the board, but the step towards the centre seems daring.} (19. Rb1
Rh7 20. a4 Rdh8 21. c4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Rxh4 24. a5 Rh2+ 25. Kc3
Nc8 26. c5 $11) 19... Qd7 20. Be4 (20. Rab1 Nc8 21. c4 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Ne7 $11)
20... f6 $5 {Morozevich can fall back on a very solid position, but opening
the centre will give him chances to scare the enemy king.} 21. gxf6 (21. Bxg6
e5 $1 $15) 21... gxf6 22. Rag1 $6 {White is acknowledging the seriousness of
the situation by mobilising his last reserves. It was objectively better to
snap up the g6-pawn, keeping the position more or less equal.} (22. Bxg6 e5 (
22... c5 23. Be4 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Raf1 Qg4+ (25... cxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd2 27.
Rf7 $18) 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. Be4 Qg4+ $11) 23. Kf2 c5 24. Rad1 exd4 25. exd4 cxd4
26. cxd4 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Qd6 28. Qf3 f5 29. h5 Nd5 $11) 22... e5 23. fxe5 fxe5
24. Rg5 (24. Rxg6 exd4 25. cxd4 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Rhe8 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. Re1 c5 29.
dxc5 Nf6+ 30. Kc1 Qd2+ 31. Kb2 Qxe1 32. Rxf6 Rxe3 $17) (24. Rf1 $1 Rh7 25. h5
Re7 26. hxg6 exd4 27. Rf7 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxf7 30. gxf7 Qxf7 31.
Rh8 $15) 24... exd4 25. Rxa5 $2 {[%mdl 256] For the innocent bystander the
greedy grab of the a5-bishop smacks of desperation. White was not prepared to
defend a worse position with modest moves.} (25. cxd4 $1 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Qe7 27.
Rg4 Rhf8 (27... c5 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Rff4 cxd4 30. Rf7 dxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Qd2+ 32.
Kf3 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 28. Ke2 c5 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 cxd4 31. exd4 Rxd4
32. Bf5 Rxg4 33. Bxg4 $15) 25... Rhe8 (25... Qg4+ $1 26. Bf3 d3+ 27. Kf2 Rdf8
28. Qd1 Rxh4 29. Re5 (29. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rh8 31. Qg1 Nc4 $19) 29... Rxf3+
30. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxh1 $19) 26. Bg2 (26. cxd4 Rxe4 27. Kd1 Nd5 $17) 26...
dxe3 27. Bc1 Qd3+ {Black could not have hoped for such a picture only a few
moves ago. His only concern will now be to choose the most efficient winning
continuation.} (27... Qg4+ 28. Bf3 Qg3 29. Bxe3 Qf4 30. c4 Nxc4 $19) 28. Ke1 (
28. Kf3 Nc4 $19) 28... e2 {If there ever was a tempting pawn advance this
certainly can aspire to that title. Fortunately the counterplay it allows can
be parried with exact moves.} (28... Rf8 $1 29. Rh3 (29. Rf1 e2 30. Rxf8 Qd1+
$19) 29... Nc4 30. Ra4 Nd2 $19) 29. Bf4+ Ka8 30. Kf2 (30. Qxb6 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2
e1=Q+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kf3 Qe4+ 34. Kg3 Rd3+ $19) 30... Rf8 31. Qb4 (31. Qxb6
Rxf4+ $19) 31... Nc4 32. Rxa7+ $1 {White could have resigned, but the small
scare for the opponent was impossible to resist.} Kxa7 33. Qa4+ Kb6 34. Qb4+ (
34. Rb1+ Qxb1 35. Qxc4 e1=Q+ $19) 34... Ka6 35. Qa4+ Na5 36. Bf3 b5 {The
attack has been repelled and now White will have to pay for all his middlegame
sins.} (36... b5 37. Qb4 Nc4 38. Qb1 Rxf4 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 {Topalov is very well prepared and this might be true even for
the lesser opening lines. White is swapping the pawns on d5 in the conviction,
that the black knight on d7 is seriously misplaced.} (9. b3 e5 (9... c5 10. Bb2
b6 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Rac1 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 e6
16. Rd2 Qc7 $11) 12... e6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne5 Rac8 (15... Nxe5
16. Bxe5 Rac8) 16. Bf3 (16. Nxd7 Nxd7 (16... Qxd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ba3 $16)
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf3 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Bc3 $6 d4
20. exd4 cxd4 21. Ba5 Re8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. c5 {1-0 Goldin,A (2621)-Mulyar,M 
(2446)/Seattle 2003 (61)}) 10. Nxe5 (10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13.
Bb2 Ndxe5 14. Bd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bf5 16. Qc3 Rc8 17. Qb4 Qe7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rfc1 Rec7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 Barlov,D (2500)
-Simic,R (2495)/Kladovo 1994 (61)}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Kosic,D (2537)-Kobalia,M (2602)/Neum
2002}) 9... cxd5 10. b3 Nb8 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Nb8 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Ndf3 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. a3 Bg4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Qd1 e5 19. h3 Be6 20. Rc1 e4
21. Nd2 f5 22. b4 {1-0 Vavra,P (2192)-Fuksik,J (2211)/Czechia 2004 (73)}) (
10... b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Qb1 Re8 14. h3 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Qb8 16. Rc2
e6 17. Qf1 Rc8 18. Ne1 Rxc2 19. Nxc2 Qc8 20. f3 h5 21. Bb2 Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Czakon,
J (2416)-Stopa,J (2308)/Legnica 2004 (29)}) 11. Ba3 (11. Ne5 Nfd7) 11... Nc6
12. Rac1 Be6 {Gashimov is doing a great job with improving his pieces. The
bishop on e6 has found a temporary respite in order to bring out the rook to
the c8-square.} (12... Bg4 13. h3 $14) 13. Qb2 Re8 14. h3 Rc8 15. Rc2 Bf5 $5 {
The strategy of exchanging the mighty bishop on d3 comes at a cost. The black
pawn structure will never be perfect again.} 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Ne1 $6 {The
Bulgarian star played very interesting chess in Linares, but it was not always
a smooth performance. The transfer of the knight seems to be highly artificial.
} (17. Rfc1 $5 Nd7 (17... Ne4 18. Ne5 $14) 18. Qc3 e6 19. Qd3 $14) 17... Ne4 {
Gashimov is preparing the counterplay in the centre, but the immediate snub of
White's pawn structure was even stronger.} (17... f4 $1 18. Nd3 (18. exf4 Nh5)
18... Nh5 19. Nf3 fxe3 20. fxe3 Ng3 $11) 18. Nd3 e5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 (19... fxe4
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Bb2 $14) 20. Nxe5
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxc2 (21... Bxe5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qe2 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. Bb2
Qe6 $11) 22. Qxc2 Qa5 {The position is practically equal, but it does not mean
the players can not try to play on.} (22... Bxe5 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Qd2 Bf6 $11)
23. Bd6 Bxe5 24. b4 Qd8 (24... Qb5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxe5 28.
Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. g3 $14) 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. a4 b5 {Black
was not a favourite in this game and even a super grandmaster can become
nervous about proving clear equality.} (27... Kg7 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 b5 30.
Ra7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1 32. Rxa6 Rxb4 $11) 28. axb5 Rxb5 (28... axb5 29. Qc6 Kg7
$14) 29. Qa4 Qd6 30. Qa1 $1 {Topalov might not be the perfect player, but he
is definitely a fighter. In a simple position Black suddenly has to worry
about preventing mate.} Qe5 (30... Qe6 31. Rd1 Qb6 32. Qc3 Rxb4 33. Qc8+ Kg7
34. Rd8 (34. Qxf5 Rb1) 34... Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe6 36. Rg8+ Kf6 37. Qf8 $16) 31.
Qxa6 Rxb4 32. Qh6 Rb8 33. g3 Qe6 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 256] Time
trouble combined with an opponent's pressure have managed to send numerous
games down the drain. Black was wrong to leave the 8th rank unprotected.} (
35... f6 36. Rd6 Qe5 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. Rf6 Rf8 39. Re6 Kg7 40. Rxe5 Kf6 41. Rd5
$14) 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Kg2 h6 (37... Rb6 38. Qc7 $16) 38. Qb8 Qf6 39. Rd5 $2 {
A serious blot on an interesting game, White misses a simple and convincing
winning pattern.} (39. Rh8 Kg6 40. Qf8 $1 Kg5 41. Rg8+ Kh5 42. Qa8 Ra6 43. Qb8
Rd6 44. Qc7 Qe6 45. Qc2 $18) 39... Re6 40. h4 h5 $2 {Time is the enemy of both
heroes in our game, Gashimov is missing the last chance to limit the damage.} (
40... f4 $5 41. Qxf4 (41. exf4 e3 42. fxe3 Rxe3 43. Qb4 Qa1 $14) 41... Qxf4 42.
gxf4 $16) 41. Rd8 $1 {White is not ready to let the golden chance slip away
for the second time.} Kh7 42. Rg8 f4 (42... Rd6 43. Qf8 Rd7 44. Rg5 $18) 43.
gxf4 (43. Rg5 f3+ 44. Kh3 $18) 43... Qxh4 (43... Rc6 44. Rg5 $18) 44. Rh8+ Kg6
45. Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Re7 47. Rh6+ Kf5 (47... Kg7 48. Qh8#) 48. Qd5+ {The sad
finish to the game for Black as the win is now trivial.} (48. Qd5+ Kg4 49. f3+
exf3+ 50. Qxf3+ Kf5 51. Rxh5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lapienis, Donatas P"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Vilnius NSEL"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 ({In my games played before,
this was seen:} 5. Nc3 $5) 5... Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. Be2 {This move
does not give any big problems for Black. Obviously, to fight for an advantage
in the opening, White had to choose a more active way to play:} (8. a5 $5 {
/\a6 - there were 3 games played with this move}) (8. Nce5 $5 {For further
informations you can find sixteen games in Mega DataBase 2005.}) 8... cxd4 9.
exd4 ({Also leads to equality:} 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc4e5,
Ge2b5]} g6 $5 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qf3 a6 {and so on.})
9... Bd5 $11 ({Before that, this was seen twice:} 9... g6 $5 {/\Bg7,0-0}) 10.
O-O e6 11. Ne3 $6 $146 ({This looks more logical:} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13.
Nfe5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Qe3 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Bb1 Bb8 $11 {
Piceu,T-Groffen,H/Belgium,2000(1/2-1/2)(22)}) 11... Be7 12. Ne5 {From my point
of view, White didn't take the bishop right away, for a good reason:} (12. Nxd5
Qxd5 $5 (12... Nxd5 13. Ne5 O-O {transfers to - 12.Ne5}) 13. b3 {/\Bc4} O-O 14.
Bc4 Qd6 $11) 12... O-O {I had an interesting possibility, according to the
computer:} (12... Be4 $5 {קd4} 13. f3 $140 Qxd4 14. Nxf7 (14. Nxc6 $2 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Bxc6 $17) 14... Qxd1 15. Bxd1 Kxf7 16. fxe4 Bc5 $36) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 {In the current pawn structure, White has one major disadvantage -
the pawn on "a4", which weakens the point "b4" without any way of correcting
it.} 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Bc3 Rc8 {I'm preparing an exchange on "c3" with the idea
to push "c5".} (16... Nxc3 $5 17. bxc3 c5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Qd6 Rac8 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Gc7c5] with an obvious advantage for Black in the endgame.}) 17. Ba6 (17.
Rb1 $5) 17... Rb8 18. Rc1 Nxc3 $6 {Probably this wasn't the best choice.} (
18... Bg5 $5 19. Rc2 $140 Nb4 (19... Nxc3 $143 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Bd3 Qxa4 22.
Qe2 $44) 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rxc6 Rxd4 $15) 19. bxc3 Qa5 $1 {When I played 18...
Nxc3 I was originally planning:} (19... Bg5 {but I completely missed the idea,
that after this move, my opponent had a simple defense:} 20. f4 (20. Rc2 $143
Qa5 {transfers to - 18...Bg5}) 20... Bf6 21. Bc4 c5 $140 22. d5 {and White is
practically equal.}) 20. Bd3 Rfd8 {[%csl Rd1,Rd3][%cal Gc6c5] Too slow!} (20...
c5 $142 21. Qh5 $140 g6 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Rfc8 $15) 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rb1 Kg7
{I didn't want to go for the following continuation:} (22... c5 23. Rb5 $1 Rxb5
24. axb5 cxd4 25. c4 {Even though I have an extra pawn, it is still hard to
break through White's position.}) 23. g3 h5 $15 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh5h4] I'm
planning to expose my opponents king, but not to give away the b-file.} 24. h4
(24. Be4 {/^a8-h1} c5 $15) 24... c5 {I had to make this move, since I've used
up all the ways to strengthen my position.} 25. dxc5 $2 {The big positional
mistake. After this move, I get a comfortable game, the chance to strengthen
my position and the plan of "g5" with the idea of exposing my opponent's king.}
({Donatas Lapienis had to sacrifice a pawn:} 25. Rb5 $1 Rxb5 26. axb5 cxd4 (
26... c4 $2 27. Bxc4 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4][%cal Ga5c7]} 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Be2 Qxc3
30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Rd1 $11) 27. c4 Qc3 (27... a6 $5) 28. Rc1 (28. c5 $2 Rd5 {
[%csl Rb5,Rc5]}) 28... Rc8 29. Qd1 Qb4 $15) 25... Qxc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 {<->b} 27.
Rc1 g5 $1 $40 {Finally, I began attacking my opponent's king.} 28. hxg5 Qxg5
29. Kf1 (29. Kh1 $143 h4 30. Rg1 Rh8 {עh1} 31. Kg2 (31. g4 $143 Qf4 {[%csl
Rh1][%cal Gf6e5]}) 31... hxg3 32. fxg3 Be5 $17) 29... h4 30. gxh4 Qxh4 $17 {
Even here, the White king is not entirely safe.} 31. Be4 Rd8 $5 {/\Bg5,Rd2 
(><f2)} 32. Qe2 Bg5 33. Rc2 $140 {Not now, not even on the previous move,
White couldn't put his rook on "d1", since after the rook exchange, White was
losing the "Be4".} Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb8b1]} 34. Qf3 (34. Ra2 $4 {
[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","","b8b1","",10]} Rb1+ $1 35. Kg2 (35.
Bxb1 Qh1#) 35... Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Rg1+ 37. Bg2 Qxg2#) 34... Rb1+ 35. Ke2 $8 f5 $1 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Re4][%cal Of5e4,Gh4c4,Gh4a4] Except the idea to grab a free pawn,
I also created the "Qc4+" threat.} 36. Bd3 Qxa4 37. Qg3 Kf6 38. Qh3 Kg6 {
I had to prevent the check on "h8".} 39. Qg3 (39. Qh8 $4 Qg4+ 40. f3 Qg2#)
39... Rh1 40. Rd2 Kf6 $1 $19 {Probably my opponent hoped for a mistake from my
part:} (40... Qa1 $2 41. Bxf5+ $1 (41. f4 $2 Qf1+ 42. Ke3 Qxf4+ $1 43. Qxf4
Rh3+ 44. Kd4 Bxf4 $19) 41... exf5 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Qe5+ $1 Kxd7
45. Qxf5+ Kd6 46. Qd3+ {According to the computer analysis, the black king
cannot escape the perpetual check!}) 41. Bc2 Qc4+ $1 {Black has broken through
his opponent's defense.} 42. Bd3 $8 (42. Qd3 $2 Qg4+ 43. Qf3 (43. f3 Qg2#)
43... Re1+ 44. Kxe1 Qxf3 $19) (42. Rd3 $2 Qe4+ 43. Re3 Qxc2+) 42... Qxc3 43. f4
(43. Rc2 {leads to a beautiful mate in 4:} Re1+ 44. Kf3 Qxd3+ 45. Kg2 Qf1+ 46.
Kf3 (46. Kh2 Qh1#) 46... Re3#) 43... Bh4 44. Qg2 (44. Qg8 $144 Re1+ 45. Kf3
Qc6+ 46. Be4 Qxe4#) 44... Re1+ (44... Re1+ 45. Kf3 Qc6+ 46. Be4 Qxe4#) 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {Right from his first move, my opponent went out of my home
preparation. I thought he would only play the Nimzovitch.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 $5 ({Quite recently, this was checked against me in this
position:} 5... Bg4) 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 c5 {Despite the tempo loss, the idea
of a symmetrical center is quite popular these days.} 8. Bd3 ({Before that,
this was seen:} 8. cxd5 $5) ({and} 8. Bb2) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. O-O (10.
cxd5 $6 Nxd5 (10... exd5 $143 11. O-O $14) 11. Bxh7 $140 N7f6 12. Bd3 (12. Be4
$5) 12... Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bb7 $44) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 Be7 $146 {
Black laces his pieces quite passively, but in the same time, keeps a very
steady position.} (11... Bd6 $5 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qb1 g6 $6 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Ne5
{+/=/= Ghorbani,M-Ahmad,A/Aden,2002(1/2-1/2)(37)}) (11... Rc8 $5 {ףc2} 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qd1 (14. Bxh7 $4 Qh4 {[%csl Rh2,Gh4,Rh7,Gh8]}) 14... Be7
15. cxd5 (15. Qg4 $5) 15... Nc5 16. Be2 Qxd5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {
Szuhanek,R-Vysochin,S/Cairo,2003(1/2-1/2)(37)}) 12. Rac1 h6 $6 {There was no
point to lose a tempo to make this move:} (12... O-O $142 13. c5 $140 $2 bxc5
14. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 (14... Nxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kg7 $15) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
Bxh7+ Kh8 $17) 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qd1 {[%csl Ra6,Gd3][%cal Gd1e2] I realized
that my queen is useless on the /^b1-h7 and the square b1.} (14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Ndf3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 $11) 14... Rc8 $11 15. Qe2 dxc4 (15... a5 $5) 16. bxc4
Bb4 $5 {Black has created the threat Bxf3.} (16... Qc7 $2 17. d5 $1 Nc5 $140
18. Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ge1,Ge2,Re6,Re7] I didn't see this option during the game.}
Bd6 (18... Qf4 $2 19. Bh3 $36) (18... Rce8 $6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Bd6 21. c5
$1 bxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxe6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rfe8 25. f4 f6 26. Qc4 fxe5 27. f5
Qd8 {פd2; /\Bd5} 28. fxe6 Qxd2 29. Re2 $16) 19. dxe6 Rce8 $14) 17. Rc2 Rc7 18.
a3 Be7 {It seems that Black prefers this spot for his bishop.} (18... Bd6 $5)
19. Ne4 Nxe4 ({I was afraid of:} 19... Qa8 $5 {with pressure on /^a8-h1.}) 20.
Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. Bc1 b5 $6 {This is a quite doubtful positional
decision.} (22... Qc8 $5) 23. c5 Qa8 24. Qxa8 (24. c6 $6 {White doesn't want
to take on d7 yet, but created the threat Bf4, unfortunately I found that
black has the following reply:} Be7 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gd7f6]} (24... Nb8 $2
25. Bf4 Rcc8 (25... Rxc6 $4 26. Bxb8 $18 {צc6,Qa8}) 26. c7 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Nd7
28. Rc6 $16) (24... Nb6 $6 25. Bf4 Ra7 26. Bd6 $14) 25. Qg4 $140 $1 {and White
has achieved equality:} (25. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Qf4 (27. Qe4+ $6 f5
$1 (27... Kg7 28. Qg4+) 28. Qxe6 Nb6 $17) 27... Bd8 28. Qe4+ Kh8 29. Qf4 Nf6
30. Qxh6+ Nh7 $15) (25. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Rfc8 $1 {/\Bf6 קc6} (26... Rxc6
$5 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. d5 {ץe7} Qd6 29. Qxd6 (29. dxe6 $2 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc8 31.
exf7+ Kxf7 32. Re1 Rc2 $19) 29... Bxd6 30. dxe6 Rc8 $5 $17) 27. Qg3 Rxc6 28.
Bxh6 Bf6 $17) 25... Rxc6 $1 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 $140 (26... Bf6 $4
27. cxd7 $1 Rxc2 $140 28. Bxg7+ $1 Bxg7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Ng5 Rd8 31. Qxf7+ Kh8
32. Qg6 Kg8 $8 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+
Kh8 38. Re8+) 27. Qf4 {[%csl Rc7,Rh6][%cal Gf4c7,Gf4h6]} Qd8 (27... Rxc6 $2 28.
Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Re4 $1 {/\Rg4+} f5 30. Rxc6 fxe4 (30... Qxc6 31. Rxe6 $18) 31.
Qxe6+ Rf7 (31... Kh8 $2 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36.
Rh6+ Kg7 37. Qg6#) 32. Qxd7 $18 {/\Rc8+}) 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Re4 {/\Rg4+} f5 30.
Qxe6+ Rf7 31. Qg6+ Rg7 32. Qxf5 $16) 26. Bxh6 Bf6 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 $11) (24. Qg4
$5 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gc1f4,Gc1h6,Gf4c7]}) 24... Rxa8 25. Bf4 Rc6 26.
a4 $1 {I began creating weaknesses on my opponent's queenside.} g5 $6 (26... b4
$1 $13) 27. axb5 $1 {An important intermezzo capture.} (27. Be3 $6 b4 $13)
27... axb5 28. Be3 {קb5 I got what I wanted. My next goal is - to gradually
surround and capture the Pb5.} g4 29. Nd2 Ra4 30. Nb3 Bg7 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gd7f6,Gf6d5]} 31. Rb1 Nf6 32. Nc1 b4 $6 {My opponent missed the good chance to
change the situation:} (32... Nd5 $5 33. Rxb5 Bxd4 34. Bxh6 (34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35.
g3 $11) 34... Nc3 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Bf8 Ra1 $1 $44) 33. Rc4 Nd5 34. Nd3 (34. Bd2
$5) 34... Rc8 $6 {Again a bad choice.} (34... Nc3 $6 35. Rcxb4 Rca6 36. Rxa4
Rxa4 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. h3 $14) (34... Rca6 $5 {עg1} 35. c6 (35. Bd2 $2 Ra1 $36)
35... Ra1 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Ra2+ (38... Nc3+ $2 39. Kd2 Nb1+
40. Kd1 $1 $18) 39. Kd1 Ra8 $1 {/\Bf8} (39... Ra1+ $2 40. Kc2 Ra2+ 41. Kc1 $16)
40. Nxb4 $140 Ra4 $44) 35. Bd2 $14 Rb8 36. g3 h5 37. Bxb4 $138 {After this
inaccurate capture, it will be hard for me to untie my rooks.} (37. Nxb4 $142
$14 {/\Kg2,Nxd5}) 37... Kf8 38. c6+ (38. Kg2 $5) 38... Ke8 39. c7 $2 {And this
snappy time trouble decision loses the whole advantage.} (39. Rbc1 $5 Rc8 (
39... Nb6 $2 40. Rc5 Nd5 $140 (40... Bxd4 $2 41. Rg5 $1 $18 {/\Rg8 #}) 41. Rxd5
$1 exd5 42. c7 Raxb4 (42... Rc8 $2 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Nc5+) 43. Nxb4 Rc8 44. Nxd5
Bxd4 45. Rc4 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rf6,Rh5][%cal Yd4b6,Yd4f6,Gc4d4,Gd5f6,Gd5b6]}) 40.
Bd6 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 $14) 39... Rc8 {[%csl Rc7] Black immediately regains a
material equality.} 40. Rbc1 Nxb4 41. Nxb4 (41. Rxb4 $2 Rxb4 42. Nxb4 Bxd4 $15)
41... Bf8 $1 $11 {/^a3-f8; /\Bd6 קc7} (41... Kd7 42. Nd5 $1 Rxc4 (42... Ra6 $5
43. Nf4 $140 Bh6 $11) 43. Nb6+ Kc6 $8 44. Nxc4 {[%csl Gc1,Rc6][%cal Gc4e5]}
Rxc7 45. Ne5+ Kd6 46. Rxc7 Kxc7 47. Nxf7 Bxd4 $11) 42. Nd3 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 Bd6
44. f3 {Being upset, I chose the safest way to get the draw.} (44. d5 $6 e5 $1
(44... Rxc7 $6 45. Rxc7 Bxc7 46. dxe6 fxe6 $11) 45. Re4 (45. h3 f5 $15) (45.
Nc5 Rxc7 46. Ne4 Ke7 $15) 45... f6 $5 (45... f5 46. Rc4 Kd7 $15) 46. Nf4 $140
f5 47. Re2 Rxc7 $15 48. Nxh5 $2 Kf7 $17 {/\Kg6 (פh5)}) (44. Nf4 $142 Bxf4 (
44... h4 45. d5 $1 $11) 45. gxf4 Kd7 46. Kg2 (46. f5 $5 exf5 47. Rc5 $11) 46...
Rxc7 (46... h4 47. h3 f5 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Rc5 Rxc7 50. Rg5 Rc4 $11) 47. Rxc7+
Kxc7 48. Kg3 f5 49. Kh4 Kd6 50. Kxh5 Kd5 51. Kg6 Kxd4 52. Kf7 Kd5 (52... e5 $4
53. Kf6 exf4 54. Kxf5 $18) 53. Ke7 Ke4 54. Kxe6 Kxf4 55. Kf6 Ke4 56. Kg5 Ke5
57. Kg6 $11) 44... Rxc7 (44... gxf3 $6 45. Kf2 Rxc7 46. Rxc7 Bxc7 47. Kxf3 Ke7
48. Nf4 Bxf4 49. Kxf4 f6 $11) 45. Rxc7 Bxc7 46. Kg2 Ke7 (46... f5 47. fxg4 hxg4
48. h3 gxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Bb6 50. g4 $11) 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Nf2 f5 49. h3 gxh3+ 50.
Nxh3 {I chose between this and another way to get full equality:} (50. Kxh3 Bb6
51. g4 f4 (51... Bxd4 52. gxf5 $11) 52. Nd3 $11 {[%csl Rf4]}) 50... Kd6 51. Kf3
Kd5 52. Ng5 (52. g4 $144 fxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Kxd4 54. Ng5 e5 55. Nf3+ Ke4 56. Nxe5
Bxe5) 52... Bd8 53. Nxe6 Kxe6 54. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "281"]
[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 "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nbd2 b6 {Black placed his
queenside pawns in a rather strange manner, but his plan is quite
understandable: Bb7,Nbd7 and with chance "c5".} ({Just recently, I saw:} 6...
Nbd7 $5 {/\c5 and I analyzed this game, for the previous issue of ChessBase
Magazine.}) 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 $6 {A little bit premature
decision.} (9... Be7 $5 {/\0-0 and only then "c5"}) (9... dxc4 $143 10. bxc4 c5
11. O-O {+/=/=}) 10. cxd5 exd5 ({It's hard to recommend sacrificing the "Ph7":
} 10... Nxd5 $6 11. Bxh7 Rc8 (11... g6 $2 12. Bxg6 Nb4 13. Qb1 fxg6 14. Qxg6+
Ke7 15. a3 Nd5 16. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg6e6,Gg6f7]}) 12. Qb1 cxd4 13.
Bxd4 N7f6 14. Bd3 $14) 11. Bf5 $1 {With a different move order, we got the
position from the previous game mentioned by me. So I knew this idea :)} cxd4
$6 $146 (11... Be7 $142 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Bh3 Re8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16.
Ne5 Rc8 17. Qb1 Bg7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 $1 $14 {
Sakaev,K-Ivanov,S/Sochi,2004(1/2-1/2)(33)}) 12. Bxd4 Be7 $6 {After the game,
Mikhail confessed that he had missed my next move. In this position, it is
hard to give a good advice, maybe this:} (12... Rc8 13. Qb2 Bc5 14. O-O (14.
Bxd7+ $143 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8 $44) 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16.
Rac1 $14) 13. Bxd7+ {Now Black loses a pawn, or remains without castling (קb6/
Pg7) my opponent made a wise choice.} Qxd7 (13... Nxd7 $4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Qxh7
$18) (13... Kxd7 $143 14. O-O {[%csl Rd7]} Rc8 15. Qf5+ Ke8 16. Ne5 $16) 14.
Bxb6 {+/=/+/-} O-O 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Qb2 {Now White begins the realization of
the material advantage, I don't think I handled it well :)} Ne4 17. Bd4 {
/^a1-h8 (קg7)} f6 18. Rfc1 $6 {As soon as I made this move, which looks quite
logical, I realized that exchanging the knights was a bit stronger:} (18. Nxe4
dxe4 19. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4b6]} Bd5 20. Rac1 {and so on.}) 18... Nc5 19. Rc3
Qb5 20. Rac1 $1 Ne6 {Black had no other worthy alternative:} (20... Nd3 $6 21.
a4 $1 Nxb2 (21... Rxc3 $143 22. Rxc3 (22. Qxc3 $4 Nxc1 {[%csl Rc3,Rg1][%cal
Gc1e2]} 23. Qxc1 Qb4 $17) 22... Nxb2 23. axb5 {[%csl Rb2,Rb7,Re7][%cal Gc3c7]}
Bd6 24. b6 $16) 22. axb5 {פb2} Nd3 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. bxa6 Bxa6
26. Bc3 {/\Nd4 +/=/+/-}) 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {A rook exchange
usually favors the side which has more material, but in this case, my opponent
was left with a strong dark squared bishop, and so it will be hard to break
through his position.} 23. Qc1 Bd7 24. h3 {The important preventive move.} Bd6
25. Bb2 {/\Nd4 My goal is to exchange the knights, and Black's is to avoid
that with all strength.} Nc5 26. Bc3 Qd3 $14 27. Bd4 Qb5 28. Qc2 Ne6 29. Nf1
Qa5 30. Bc3 Qc5 31. Qd2 Be8 32. Nd4 Ng5 33. Bb2 Bd7 (33... Bg6 $5 {/^b1-h7})
34. Qc2 Qa5 35. Bc3 Qc5 36. Be1 {I planned to put my bishop on /^b8-g3 sooner
or later, and to trap my opponent in the same time, but he solved it easily:}
Qb6 (36... Bxh3 $4 37. Qxc5 $1 (37. gxh3 $5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 $8 Nxe1 39. Qe2 Qc1
40. Qxa6 $18) 37... Bxc5 38. f4 (38. gxh3 $2 Bxd4 39. exd4 $140 Nf3+ 40. Kh1
Nxe1 41. Ne3 Nf3 42. Nxd5 Nxd4 43. b4 {+/=/=}) 38... Bxd4 39. exd4 $18) 37. f3
Nf7 38. Bf2 Bc5 39. Ng3 Nd6 40. Qd3 {קd5} Qb7 41. Ndf5 Nxf5 42. Nxf5 {And I
got to exchange the knights!} Bb5 43. Qc3 Bf8 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Bg3 Qb6 46. Kh2 {
At this moment, our game was the last in the match, as the other 5 games
already ended a draw. So more responsibility was put upon me (I really didn't
want to disappoint my team) and I think that's the only reason to explain my
future mistakes.} Qc5 (46... Bc5 $5 {/^a7-g1 (קe3)}) 47. Qd3 Qa5 48. e4 $1 {
From one side, I rid my opponent of any weaknesses (Pd5), but from the other
side, I open the position, which allows me to get to my opponent's king.} dxe4
49. Qxe4 (49. Qc4+ $5 Kh8 $140 50. fxe4 {[%cal Gc4f7] Huzman,A} (50. Qf7 $6 Qd8
51. fxe4 Qe7 $14) 50... Qb4 51. Qd5 {+/=/+/-}) 49... Qc5 50. b4 $1 {I used a
small tactical move, to push my queenside pawns a bit.} (50. Ne6 $2 Qe7 51.
Nxf8 $140 Qxe4 52. fxe4 Kxf8 $11) 50... Qc4 (50... Qxb4 $4 51. Qd5+ {[%csl Rd7,
Rg8]}) 51. a3 g6 52. h4 Kf7 53. Qe3 Qd5 54. Nb3 Bd6 55. Nd4 $6 (55. Bxd6 $5
Qxd6+ 56. Kg1 Qd1+ 57. Kf2 $16) 55... Bf8 ({It was a little better:} 55... Be7)
56. Ne2 Bb5 57. Nf4 Qc6 58. Qd4 Bd6 59. Nh3 Be7 60. Nf2 Qc4 61. Qa7 {[%csl Re7,
Rf7][%cal Gg3d6]} Qd5 62. Ne4 Qd7 63. Qe3 {I have to avoid the queen exchange,
otherwise the endgame will be very drawish.} Qd3 64. Qc1 Qc4 65. Qh6 Kg8 66.
Qf4 Qe6 67. Qb8+ Kg7 68. Bd6 $1 $16 {As well as the knights, I also managed to
exchange the dark-squared bishops.} Bxd6+ ({The sole practical chance for a
rescue was:} 68... f5 $142 69. Be5+ Kf7 (69... Kh6 $2 70. Qh8 $1 {/\Qg7+} Qf7
71. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 72. hxg5+ Kxg5 (72... Kh5 73. Bg7 $18) 73. Qd8+ Kh5 74. f4 $1
h6 75. Qd1+ Kh4 76. g3#) 70. Ng5+ Bxg5 71. hxg5 $16 {[%csl Gb8,Ge5,Rf7,Rh7]})
69. Qxd6 Kf7 70. a4 $1 {A little bit of tactics!} Bd7 (70... Bxa4 $2 71. Qxe6+
Kxe6 72. Nc5+ Kd5 73. Nxa4 Kc4 74. Nc5 a5 75. bxa5 Kxc5 76. Kg3 Kb5 77. Kf4
Kxa5 78. g4 {/\g5 +-}) 71. Qc7 Qc6 72. Qf4 Kg7 73. Nc5 {I missed an easy
forced win:} (73. b5 $1 axb5 74. axb5 Qb6 (74... Qxb5 $2 75. Qxf6+ Kg8 76. Nd6
{[%csl Rb5,Rd7,Rg8][%cal Gf6f7,Gf6d8]}) 75. Qd6 $18) 73... Bc8 74. a5 Kf7 75.
Qb8 Qe8 76. Qc7+ Kg8 77. Ne4 $18 Qe6 78. Nxf6+ Qxf6 79. Qxc8+ {[%mdl 4096] In
the end, I got a completely winning queen ending with 2 extra pawns. I thought
my opponent was soon going to resign, but really it wasn't that simple.} Kg7
80. Qc7+ ({This was better:} 80. Kh3 $5) 80... Kg8 81. Kg3 Qe6 82. Qc5 Qe1+ {
I completely overlooked this resource. I had to make a triangle with my king:}
83. Kg4 Qe6+ 84. Kf4 Qf6+ 85. Kg3 Qe6 86. Qc3 Qd6+ 87. Kf2 Kf7 88. Qc4+ Kg7 89.
Ke3 {In endgames of this type, the centralization of your king usually decides
the game.} Qg3 90. Qd4+ Kg8 91. Qc4+ Kg7 92. Qg4 (92. Qxa6 $5 Qe1+ 93. Kd4
Qxb4+ 94. Kd5 Qd2+ 95. Kc6 {and the passed Pa6 will soon decide the game.})
92... Qe1+ 93. Kd3 Qd1+ 94. Kc4 Qe2+ 95. Kd4 {Again I didn't choose the
strongest continuation.} (95. Kc5 $5 Qb5+ 96. Kd6 Qb8+ 97. Kc6 Qb5+ 98. Kc7
Qe5+ 99. Kb6 Qb5+ 100. Ka7 $18) 95... Qb5 96. Kc3 Qa4 97. Qd4+ Kg8 98. Kb2 Kf7
99. Qc4+ Kf6 $2 100. g4 $2 {I didn't expect this move. Quite symbolic that I
didn't take the pawn with a check, on my 100th move:} (100. Qxa6+ {Black can
resign.}) 100... Ke7 101. h5 gxh5 102. gxh5 Qd1 103. Qe4+ Kd6 104. Qe3 Qa4 105.
Qd4+ Ke6 106. h6 {Who knows, maybe the "h" pawn will win the game for me?} Kf5
107. Qd6 Kg5 108. f4+ Kg4 109. Kc3 Qa1+ 110. Kc4 Qf1+ 111. Kd4 Qb5 112. Qc5
Qd7+ 113. Qd5 Qa4 114. Qc4 {/\Kc5-b6 (קa6)} Qd7+ 115. Kc3 $6 {I can't even
explain this fearful move.} (115. Ke5 $142 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7,Rg4,Rh7][%cal Gc4e6,
Ye5f6,Gc4a6]}) 115... Qd1 116. Qd3 (116. Qxa6 $5 Qc1+ 117. Kb3 Qd1+ 118. Kb2
Qd2+ (118... Qd4+ 119. Kc2 Qxb4 120. Qe2+) 119. Ka3 Qc1+ 120. Ka4 Qd1+ 121. Kb5
Qd3+ 122. Kb6 Qe3+ 123. Kb7 Qe7+ 124. Ka8 Qf8+ 125. Ka7 $18) 116... Qc1+ 117.
Kb3 Qe1 118. f5 Qa1 119. f6 (119. Kc4 Qc1+ {[%csl Rc4,Rh6][%cal Cc4d5,Cd3a6,
Gc1h6,Yh6a6]}) 119... Qxf6 120. Qxh7 Qe6+ {I nearly did it :) Now it's hard to
get away from black's checks.} 121. Kb2 Qe5+ 122. Kc2 Qe2+ 123. Kc3 Qe5+ 124.
Kc4 Qb5+ 125. Kb3 Qd5+ 126. Ka3 Qf3+ 127. Kb2 Qf6+ 128. Ka2 Qe6+ 129. Ka3 Qe3+
130. Kb2 Qd4+ (130... Qe5+ $143 131. Kb3 Qe6+ 132. Kc3 Qe5+ 133. Kd3 Qd5+ 134.
Ke3) 131. Kb3 Qd5+ 132. Kc3 Qe5+ 133. Kd3 Qd5+ $2 ({After:} 133... Qd6+ $142 {
I have to use the "b1" square to hide from my opponent's checks:} 134. Kc2 $1
Qc6+ (134... Qh2+ 135. Kb3 {[%cal Yb3a4]}) (134... Qxb4 135. Qg6+ Kf4 136. Qf6+
Kg4 137. Qxa6 $18) 135. Kb1 $1 Qh1+ 136. Kb2 Qg2+ 137. Qc2 $18) 134. Ke3 Qf3+
135. Kd4 Qf6+ 136. Kd5 {The rest is easy without comments.} Qd8+ 137. Kc6 Qf6+
138. Kb7 Qf3+ 139. Kxa6 Qe2+ 140. b5 Qe6+ 141. b6 {Thanks to this crazy win,
we won this match with the minimum score of : 3,5:2,5(+1=5-0)} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Pasman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 $6 {[%csl Ya4][%cal Ya4b5] It's
hardly possible to exonerate weakening of field "b4".} ({It's more popular:} 5.
Bd3) (5. Nbd2) ({and} 5. Qc2) 5... e6 {I realized that my opponent is going to
play on next move: "c5" and because of it I wanted to not let it happen:} 6.
Qc2 $146 ({It was checked in the previous games:} 6. Bd3 $5) (6. Nc3) {But,
nevertheless:} 6... c5 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 $143 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5+ {[%csl Rc5]})
7... Bxc5 ({During the game I mostly bewared of:} 7... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Gc6b4]})
8. cxd5 Bb4+ (8... Qxd5 $143 9. Nc3) 9. Bd2 Nxd5 10. e4 ({Pretty dubiously:} 
10. Bxb4 $6 Nxb4 11. Qc3 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]} N8c6 $1 12. Qxg7 $140 $4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2
Rf8 14. Ra2 N6b4 {[%csl Ra2]}) 10... Qc7 $6 ({It was better:} 10... Bxd2+ 11.
Nbxd2 Nf6 {+/=/=} (11... Ne7 $5) (11... Nb4 $2 12. Qc3 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]} N8c6
13. Qxg7 Rf8 (13... Nc2+ 14. Kd1) 14. Rc1 $16)) 11. Na3 $1 {After exchange of
queens,knight from point "c2" will cover weakness "b4".} (11. Bc4 $6 Bxd2+ 12.
Nbxd2 Ne7 $11 13. Bb5+ $140 $6 Nbc6) 11... Qxc2 (11... Bxd2+ $144 12. Nxd2 Qxc2
13. Nxc2) 12. Nxc2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 $14 Ne7 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 13... Nf6 {
/\Ke7}) 14. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4b6,Gc4d6] My knights hold perfect positions.} Kd8 $2
{Black are throwing their king on protection of queen side's weakness.But here
he will on line of fire.} ({It was necessary:} 14... O-O 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Rd1 {
[%csl Gb6,Gd1,Rd7]} e5 17. Bc4 {+/=/+/-}) 15. b4 $1 {I don't let my opponent
to play:} (15. Nb6 $143 Ra7 {[%cal Gb8d7]}) 15... Nd7 16. Be2 Kc7 17. O-O $16 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf1c1]} b6 18. Rfc1 Ra7 (18... Bb7 19. N2e3 $16 Bxe4 $140 $4
20. Ne5+ $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rf7]}) 19. Nd4 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4] I prefer this move
to-19.N2e3} Kb8 20. Nd6 $1 {This move is much better,than:} (20. b5 a5 21. Nc6+
Nxc6 22. bxc6 Nc5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc5b3]}) ({or} 20. a5 b5) 20... Rf8 21. Rc3
({Also it deserves attention:} 21. Rc2 a5 $140 22. N4b5) 21... Nf6 $2 ({
More stubborn resistance after:} 21... a5 22. Rb1 $16) (21... e5 22. Nb3) ({
Also loses:} 21... Rc7 $2 22. Rxc7 Kxc7 23. Nxc8 {[%csl Ra6]} Rxc8 24. Bxa6 $18
) 22. Nc6+ $1 {[%csl Rc8,Ye7][%cal Gc6e7,Ye7c8]} Nxc6 23. Rxc6 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}
Bb7 24. Rxb6 Kc7 $2 $138 (24... Nd7 $142 25. Rxb7+ Rxb7 26. Nxb7 Kxb7 27. Rd1
$18) 25. Rc1+ $1 Kb8 $8 (25... Kxb6 $4 26. a5#) 26. Rd1 $1 {I don't let it
happen 26...Nd7} Rd8 27. f3 Rd7 (27... Nd7 $2 28. Nxf7 {[%csl Gd1,Rd8,Gf7]})
28. a5 Rc7 29. Kf1 {The rest is the matter of technics.} g6 (29... Nd7 $2 30.
Ne8 Nxb6 31. axb6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]}) 30. g4 Rd7 (30... h6 31. h4 g5 32. h5 $22)
31. g5 Nh5 32. b5 axb5 (32... Nf4 $142 33. bxa6 Nxe2 34. axb7 Nc3 35. Rc1 {
[%csl Gb7,Rb8,Gc1]}) 33. Bxb5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gb5d7,Ga5a6]} Rxd6 34. Rdxd6
Rxa5 35. Rd7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 Ra7 {And here my opponent
resigned,without waiting for my next move:39.Bc6 or 39.Rxf7.} 1-0

[Event "Benasque op 25th "]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Kohlweyer, Bernd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 {My opponent surprised me with his
choice of the opening.} 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 Bd6 $5 {
Novelty, from the point of view of my games. Before, this was played against
me:} (8... Bb4 $5) ({and} 8... g6 $5) 9. g4 $140 Bb4 {Black wants to fight for
the "e4" square, even if it means losing a temp. Also, after "g4" White
probably denied him self of castling to either side.} 10. O-O-O $5 {I studied
this position before, and decided that this alternative was better than any I
have seen in practice.} (10. Bd3 $6 e5 $1 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 ({Hardly it
was better:} 12. bxc3 cxd5 {/\e4} 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qg5 Qe7 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Bb5
Qe6 17. Kf2 e4 $15 {Onischuk,A-Vasquez,R/Buenos Aires,2003(0-1)(51)}) 12...
Nxd5 {with excellent game for Black:} 13. Bc4 N7b6 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe4 O-O $1
16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Bd4 Rad8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rc1 b6 20. O-O c5 21. Bc3 Nxc3 22.
bxc3 Qxe5 $11 {Dreev,A-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo,2002(1/2-1/2)(27)}) (10. cxd5 $5
exd5 $140 11. Bd3 {You can see comments to game: Tregubov,P-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee II,2002/Inf 83/360 (1-0)(Tregubov,P)(41)}) 10... a5 $146 (10... Nb6 $5 11.
c5 (11. cxd5 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g5 Ne8 14. e4 b6 $13 {Tregubov,
P-Godena,M/Senat,2003(1/2-1/2)(68)}) 11. Kb1 {The previous unessential black's
move has allowed me to make this useful move and now I create a threat "g5".} (
{At once it was senseless:} 11. g5 $2 {because of:} Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 {[%csl
Rc3,Rg5]}) 11... Bxc3 ({Leads to favourable complications for White:} 11... O-O
$6 12. g5 $1 Bxc3 13. gxf6 Bxd2 14. fxg7 Kxg7 15. Rg1+ Kh8 16. Rxd2 $14) 12.
Bxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 {Perhaps it was better to wait with the development of this
bishop, and start active moves on the kingside:} (13. h4 $5 {/\14.g5 Ne4 15.
Be1 and so on.}) 13... dxc4 {It's right reaction on the previous white's move.}
14. Bxc4 $140 b5 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 $143 Qb6 $13) 15... Nd5 {White has the BB
advatnage, however, it might only be visible in the end game. Now Black begins
an initiative on the queenside, thus I have to prevent my opponent's attacks
first.} 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Ka1 Rac8 {It's hard to make the right decision - which
rook to put on "c8" ?} (17... Rfc8 $5) 18. Bb1 Qa6 $6 {After the game, we
realized that this was much stronger:} (18... Nxc3 $1 19. Rxc3 $140 c5 {/\c4}
20. dxc5 Nxc5 {and Black is equal as minimum.}) 19. g5 b4 20. Bd2 c5 $132 {
Finally - the pieces of opponents begin to work together!} 21. dxc5 (21. e4 $5
N5b6 $13) 21... Nxc5 22. e4 {It's necessary to take about control the point
"b3":} (22. h4 $2 Nb3+ $1 (22... a4 $5 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc5b3]} 23. Rxc5 Rxc5
24. e4 Ne7 25. Bxb4 Rc7 $15) 23. axb3 a4 {עa1} 24. Bxh7+ $8 Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Kh8
$40) 22... Ne7 23. Qe3 ({Leads to a very hard position:} 23. Be3 $4 Nb3+ $1 24.
axb3 a4 25. Ka2 $140 a3 $1 {עa2} 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 axb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qa3+ 29.
Kc2 Rc8 30. Qe3 Qa5 $17) 23... Qb5 {/\a4 or Rfd8} 24. Rc2 {/\Rac1(פc5) I want
to exchange rooks, to avoid a knight sacrifice on "b3".} b3 25. Rc3 bxa2 26.
Bxa2 Rb8 $138 {This is the time control in the tournament: 1,5 hours for 30
moves and 1 hour to finish the game.} (26... Rfd8 $5 27. Rd1 (27. Rhc1 $143 Nd3
28. Rb3 Nb4 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bb1 Nb6 $40) 27... Rd3 28. Qe2 $15) 27. Rb1 Rfc8
28. b3 {I can't allow black's pawn to reach "a4".} Rc6 29. Rbc1 Rbc8 30. Rc4
Nd7 $2 ({It deserves serious attention:} 30... a4 $5 31. bxa4 Nxa4 32. Rb1 Qa6
33. Rxc6 Qxc6 $15) 31. Qd4 $1 {I try to coordinate my pieces.} Rxc4 32. Rxc4
Rxc4 33. bxc4 {It was obvious that exchanging all of the rooks lead to white's
advantage.} Qb7 (33... Qe5 $142 34. Qxe5 Nxe5 35. Bxa5 Nf3 $132 {[%csl Rg5]} (
35... N7c6 $2 36. Bd2 $16)) 34. Bc3 $1 e5 35. Qd6 {In just a bit (/\c5) my
bishops will become very strong.} Kf8 $5 ({Leads to immediate disaster:} 35...
Ng6 $2 36. c5 Qb5 $140 37. c6 Qf1+ 38. Kb2 Qxf2+ 39. Ka3 Qc5+ (39... Qe3 $143
40. cxd7 Qxc3+ 41. Ka4 Qc2+ 42. Kb5 $18) 40. Qxc5 Nxc5 41. Bxa5 {/\Bb4 +-}) 36.
Bxa5 {I spent 20 minutes thinking about this move, but still couldn't find the
strongest continuation:} (36. c5 Ke8 $140 37. Bd5 $1 Qb5 (37... Nxd5 $2 38. c6
$18 Qc7 $8 39. Qxd5 Nb6 40. Qb5 $1 $18) 38. c6 $16) (36. Bxe5 $143 Qxe4 $132 {
ץe5; /\Qe1+}) 36... Ke8 37. Qc7 $1 {I decided to go to another endgame (in
this tournament, every one of my games ended up in an endgame).} (37. f3 $6 Nc6
$44) 37... Qxc7 (37... Qa8 $143 38. c5 $16) 38. Bxc7 {+/=/+/- After the
exchange of queens there is only one question: Can I win this position?} Nc6
39. Bd6 Na5 40. Kb2 {First, I have to get my king to the center.} (40. c5 $2
Nb7 {[%csl Rc5,Yd6][%cal Gb7c5,Gb7d6,Yd6c5]}) 40... Nb7 41. Bb4 $1 {Otherwise,
my bishop will be attacked in my opponent's camp:} (41. Bc7 $6 Nbc5 42. Bb1 Ne6
{[%csl Rc7,Rg5]}) 41... Ndc5 42. Bb1 Kd7 43. Bc2 Kc6 44. Kc3 Nd6 45. f3 Ndb7 $5
{/\Nd8-e6} 46. Ba3 $1 {I have to get my bishop to "e3" and then, when possible,
play "Kb4".} Nd8 47. Bc1 Nde6 48. Be3 f6 $6 49. gxf6 gxf6 50. h4 $16 {[%csl
Yh4,Rh7][%cal Yh4g5,Gc2d1,Gd1e2,Ge2f1,Gf1h3,Gh3f5] Now it will be easier for
me to get to the "h7" pawn.} Nf4 $4 {It's already decisive mistake.} (50... Kd6
$5) 51. Bxf4 $1 exf4 $140 52. e5 fxe5 53. Bxh7 $18 {Now my "c4" and "h4" pawns
decide the game in my favour.} Kd6 (53... Na4+ $144 54. Kc2 {/\h5-h6 and so on.
} Nc5 55. Bf5 Kd6 56. h5 Ke7 57. h6 Kf6 58. h7 Kg7 59. Kc3 $18) 54. Bf5 {
First I restricted my opponent's knight.} Ke7 55. h5 Kf6 56. h6 Nb7 57. h7 Kg7
58. Bc2 {[%cal Yc3b4,Gc4c5]} 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 (7...
Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Qg3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14.
Bb3 c5 15. Bc1 Qb6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 $132 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Berg,K/Vlissingen NED
2006/The Week in Chess 614 (68)}) 8. Bd2 Bb4 (8... Bd6 9. g4 Bb4 10. Bd3 (10.
O-O-O Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Bd3 e5 13. Bc2 e4 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O 16. Rhg1
Qe7 17. g5 Ne8 18. f3 f5 19. gxf6 Nexf6 20. f4 Kh8 21. Rg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Roiz,
M-Hochstrasser,M/Feugen AUT 2006 (122)}) 10... e5 $6 11. cxd5 exd4 12. exd4 O-O
(12... cxd5 13. Qe3+ $5 (13. g5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe7+ $132) 13... Kf8 14. O-O $16)
13. dxc6 Re8+ 14. Kf1 bxc6 15. a3 Ba5 16. Rd1 Nf8 17. g5 Nd5 18. b4 Bb6 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. h4 $36 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Arduman,C/Izmir TUR 2006 (53)}) 9. Bd3 O-O
10. a3 Bd6 11. cxd5 $5 (11. g4 g6 12. h4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Qe2
Qg7 16. Rdg1 $36 {1-0 Dydyshko,V-Grabarczyk,M/Lubniewice 2005/Mega2006 (33)})
11... exd5 $5 {TN} (11... Nxd5 12. O-O Bc7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3
Rfe8 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Bb3 a5 18. e4 e5 19. d5 Nc5 20. Ba2 cxd5 21. Bxd5 $14 {
1-0 Jakobsen,O-Balcerak,P/Las Palmas 2005/CBM 109 ext (38)}) 12. g4 $5 Nb6 13.
g5 Nfd7 14. Rg1 Qe7 (14... Nc4 $5 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rc1 b5 $13) 15.
O-O-O f5 (15... Bxa3 $6 16. bxa3 Qxa3+ 17. Kc2 Nc4 18. Rb1 $16) (15... Nc4 $5)
16. gxf6 (16. h4 $5) 16... Nxf6 17. Qg2 Rf7 (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Nh5
20. e5 Bc7 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Ne4 $36) 18. Kb1 $5 {[/\19.Bc1,20.f3,e3-e4-e5[+]]}
Re8 19. f3 Nfd7 20. e4 dxe4 $6 (20... Qf6 $5 21. e5 Bxe5 $1 (21... Nxe5 22.
dxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 $16) (21... Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. Be2 Rxh3 24. Bg4 $16) 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rde1 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 $44) 21. fxe4 Bf4 22. e5 $1 $16 {[/
\Nc3-e4-d6]} Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Nf8 (23... Ref8 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Nd6 $40) 24. Ne4 Rd8
25. Nd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. Rf2 $1 g6 (27... Re7 28. Qf3 $40) 28. Rgf1 Rxf2
29. Qxf2 Qe7 30. h4 Kg7 31. Bc2 $5 {[/\Bb3]} Nd5 32. Bb3 Nf6 33. Qf4 N8d7 34.
Ka2 c5 35. h5 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 (7...
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 f5
14. gxf6 $6 (14. O-O-O $5) 14... Nexf6 15. Qh3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe6+ Nf7
18. Rg1 Re8 19. Qf5 {1-0 Ilincic,Z-Pap,G/Budapest HUN 2006/The Week in Chess
597 (60)} Rc8 $5 20. h5 Qb6 $17) 8. O-O (8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. g4 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 e5 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Bb4 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Bb3 Nc7 16. h5 (16. g6 $1 hxg6
17. h5 $40) 16... Qxg5 17. Rdg1 Qf6 18. Qh3 Ne6 19. Rg6 $3 fxg6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8
21. Ne4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qe7 23. hxg6 h6 24. Qxh6+ gxh6 25. Rxh6+ Kg7 26. Rh7+
Kxg6 27. Rxe7 Nf6 28. Nd6 $44 {1-0 Ilincic,Z-Pataki,G/Budapest HUN 2006/The
Week in Chess 596 (60)}) (8. g4 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 exd4 12.
exd4 O-O 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. a3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Nbd5 17. Bb1 $36 {
1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Kanep,M/Gothenburg 2005/Mega2006 (41)}) 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Bd2 (10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5
Nfxd5 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005 (15)}) 10... Re8 $5
{/\11...e5} 11. Qd1 {[/\12.c5,13.f4]} (11. Rfd1 e5 $5 12. cxd5 cxd5 $132) 11...
Bc7 $1 {TN [/^b8-h2]} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Bb8 15.
Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be1 a6 18. Bf1 h5 19. g3 h4 20. g4 Nce4 21. Bg2 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Qc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Braun,A/Stockholm 2003/PowerBook2005 
(48)}) (11... e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Rac1 $14) 12. Qc2 (12. c5 $6 e5
$15) 12... a6 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 $14)
13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ne2 (15. Qb3 b5 (15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2
c5 $132) 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $11 19. Ba6 Bh2+ $1 $132) 15... e5
16. Bf5 (16. cxd5 $2 e4 17. Bc4 cxd5 18. Bb3 Bh2+ $17) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 dxc4
18. Qxc4 Rcd8 (18... Qe5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Qb3 $13) 19. Nf3 $6 (19. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 (
19... Qe5 20. f4 Qd5 21. Qxb7 Bxf4 22. Qxc6 $16) 20. Bxb4 Ne5 21. b3 g6 22. Bb1
$14) 19... Ne5 $5 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qe5 22. Bc3 (22. g3 $5 Qxb2 23. Bc3
Rxd1+ (23... Qxa2 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh5 $40) 24. Qxd1 Qb5 25. Bd7 $1 Rd8 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rb1 $36) 22... Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Nd5 $132 24. Be4 $5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qe5
26. Bc2 $1 {[/\27.Bb3<=>xf7]} g6 (26... Rxd1+ $2 27. Rxd1 Qxc3 28. Rd7 $36) (
26... g6 27. Bb3 Qe7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. h3 (9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4
Qe7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Qc3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 a5 19. a3 axb4
20. axb4 b6 21. Nb3 bxc5 22. bxc5 Ra8 23. Ra1 f6 $132 {0-1 Tregubov,
P-Fressinet,L/Belfort FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 476 (63)}) 9... Bf5 10. Qc2
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bb2 (12. e4 $5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 $14 (13. bxc4) 13... Nc5 $6
14. Qc2 Ncxe4 15. Re1 $16) 12... Qe7 13. Rfd1 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Nb1 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Fressinet,L/Belfort FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 477 (15)}) 6.
b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 (7... Qa5 $5 {(/\8...Bxf3;8...Qc3)}) 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bh5
10. O-O Be7 11. Rac1 Bg6 12. e4 (12. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Maksimenko,A-Fontaine,R/Senden 2001/CBM 84 ext 
(26)}) 12... bxc4 $5 {TN} (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Rfd1 Bg5
16. Ra1 Bf6 17. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Campos Moreno,J-Bannink,B/Andorra la Vella
2002/CBM 89 ext (45)}) 13. bxc4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 (14... O-O 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6
16. Ne5 $14) 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Bc3 Rab8 19. Qd2 $5 {
[/\20.d5,20.Ba5]} (19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qd2 Qd6 $11) 19... Rb7 20. d5
$5 Ba3 $2 (20... cxd5 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Qe2 $14) 21.
Rc2 (21. dxe6 $1 Bxc1 22. Qxd7 Bf4 (22... Qxd7 23. exd7 $18) 23. g3 $1 Qxd7 24.
exd7 Bc7 25. Nd4 $1 $16) 21... cxd5 (21... Qd6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Qc3+ $16) 22. cxd5 Qd6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 24. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Nf6 26.
Qxa3 $16 Rfb8 27. h3 Rb1 28. Rxb1 (28. Rcc1 $5 R1b2 29. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 30. Qxb2
$16) 28... Rxb1+ 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Qe3 (30. Re2 Qf5 (30... Qc4 31. Qe3 Qc7+ 32.
g3 $16) 31. Qe3 $16) 30... Qd6+ 31. g3 Qd1 32. Qd4+ Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rd1 34. Nb3
Rd3 35. Kg2 Rd6 $6 (35... Rc3 $5 36. Re2 f5 37. f3 Nc5 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Rc7 Ne4
$14) 36. h4 {[/\Kg2-f3-e3]} (36. Kf3 Ng5+) 36... f5 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ke3 $1 {
[/\39.Nd4]} gxh4 39. gxh4 Kg6 40. f3 $1 (40. Nd4 Nf6 41. Rc4 Ng4+ $16) 40...
Nf6 41. Kf4 $18 Rd8 42. Rc6 a5 43. Ra6 (43. Nxa5 $2 Rd4+ $132) 43... a4 44. Nc5
Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Rd5 (45... Rxh4 46. Nd7 Kf7 47. Rxf6+ Ke7 48. Rxf5 Kxd7 49. Rf4
$18) 46. Nd3 (46. Nd3 Kg7 47. Rxa4 $18) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Labradores Pub Magia"]
[BlackTeam "La Caja de Canarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 (5... Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3
Nd7 (7... Na6 8. Bf4 f6 9. e4 Nb4 10. exf5 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. fxe6 Nxb3 13.
Kc2 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bg3 Ke7 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bd3 Nh6 18. Re1 b5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Zakharevich,I-Vaulin,A/St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 418 
(41)}) 8. b4 a6 9. b5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Rc8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Nh4 {1/2-1/2
Poluljahov,A-Malaniuk,V/Krasnodar RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 421 (12)}) (5...
Qc7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Bxc7 cxb3 8. e4 Bg6 9. a3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Be7 12.
Nxb3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rfc8 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Rd1 f5 16. Bc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,
N-Rausis,I/France 2002/CBM 88 ext (16)}) 6. g3 $5 {TN} (6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. b4 $14 {
1-0 Schneider,S-Landgren,P/Sweden SWE 2003/The Week in Chess 437 (41)}) 6...
Be7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Bf4 (8. Nh4 $5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 $36) 8... Nbd7
9. Rc1 dxc4 $5 10. Qxc4 Nd5 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 O-O $11) (11. O-O
$5 Nxf4 12. gxf4 O-O 13. Ne5 $36) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 $2 (12. Rxc3 Nb6 13. Qb3
Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qd8 15. Nf3 Be4 $132) (12. Bxe7 $1 Nxa2 (12... Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Kxe7
14. d5 $1 {|^(/\15.Nd4)}) 13. Qxa2 Kxe7 14. Qa3+ Ke8 15. Nd2 $1 {(/\Nd2-c4-d6)}
(15. d5 exd5 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Qb4 $44) 15... Nb6 16. e4
Bg6 17. d5 f6 18. dxc6 Kf7 19. e5 $36) 12... Ba3 $1 13. Ra1 (13. Rd1 Bc2 14.
Rd2 Nb6 $19 (14... b5)) 13... Bc2 $1 $17 {[н/\14...b5,14...Nb6,14...Bb2]} (
13... Bb2 $2 14. Qb4 $16) 14. e3 h6 15. Bf4 Bb2 16. Kd2 (16. O-O Bxa1 17. Rxa1
Be4 $17) 16... Nb6 17. Qe2 (17. Qb4 Ba3 $1 18. Qxa3 Nc4+) (17. Qc5 Be4 18. Rab1
Ba3 19. Qh5 Bg6 $19) 17... Be4 18. Rab1 Na4 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 12th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1
Qxb3 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O (11... e6 12. Bd6 Bf8 13. Bh2 Bg7 14.
Ra1 O-O 15. Ra4 a6 16. c5 Rfc8 17. Ke2 $14 {Suba,M-Dienavorian,M Lucerne ol
1982}) 12. Ke2 Rfe8 {[/\13...Nh5 14.Bh2 e5<=>]} 13. g4 $1 $14 e6 14. Rhd1 a6 (
14... h5 15. g5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 (19...
Nxe5 20. Nxe4 $16) 20. Nxe4 $16) 15. Ra1 Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 (16... Kh8 $142 $14 {
(/\17...Kg8)}) 17. Kf1 $1 {[/\18.Ne5,Bd3-e2-f3]} (17. Rc2 cxd4 18. exd4 dxc4
19. bxc4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Nd7 $132) 17... cxd4 18. exd4 Nb8 $5 {
[/\19...Nc6<=>><d4]} 19. Ne5 $1 Nfd7 (19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 (20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxc6 Rxc6 (21... Nxf4 22. Ne7+ $18) 22. Rxc6 bxc6 $13) 20... Rxc6 21. c5 $14 {
(/\b3-b4-b5)}) 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Be2 $1 dxc4 (21... Nb8 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bf3
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Bxd5 Bxb2 26. Rc7 $16) 22. bxc4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rd5
$16 h6 (24... Nc6 25. Be3 $1 {(/\26.b3,27.Rcd1)} (25. Rd7 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Be5 $10)
25... Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Rxb7 $16) 25. b3 Re6 26. Rcd1 Rce8 27. Rd8 a5 28.
Be3 $1 {[/\29.Rxe8,30.Bb6]} Bf8 29. R1d5 $1 (29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bb6 Bb4 31. f4
Nc6 32. Rd7 Re7 $14) 29... Rxd8 $138 30. Rxd8 Nc6 31. Rc8 Kg7 32. Bf3 $1 {
[/\33.Bd5 ><c6,f7]} (32. Bxh6+ Kxh6 33. Rxf8 Kg7 34. Rc8 Nd4 $132) 32... Bb4
33. Bd5 $18 Re7 (33... Rf6 34. Rc7 $18) 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Bd4+ $1 f6 36. Rxc6
Rf7 37. h4 {[/\38.g5]} Rd7 (37... g5 38. h5 $18) 38. Bxf6+ Kf7 39. Be5 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Be7 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Bf8 (42... Rd3 43. Rxh6 Rxb3 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45.
Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 46. h6 $18) 43. Bc3 Rd3 44. Bxa5 Rxb3 45. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Haarlem AKN op 06th"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 (5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Bxc4
Bxc4 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 Henriksen,G-Rausis,I/Gausdal
Eikram mem op (8) 1996 (34)}) (5. Ng5 $4 Qa5+ {0-1 Farago,I-Bliumberg,V
Budapest 1994}) 5... b5 (5... Nf6 6. Ng5 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Bxc4 $14) 6. a4 (6.
Ng5 Bf5 7. e4 Bg6 8. f4 e6 $13) 6... b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8. Ned2 $5 (8. Nxf6+ exf6
$13 9. Qc2 $2 b3 10. Qc3 Na6 11. Bd2 Nb4 $17) 8... c3 9. bxc3 bxc3 10. Nc4 (10.
Nb1 $6 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Ba3 (12. e4 Nb4 $17) 12... Na6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14.
Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd5 $15) 10... Bxc4 (10... g6 $5 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Qxc3 c5
$132) 11. Bxc4 e6 12. a5 $5 (12. Qb3 a5 (12... Qb6 $5 $13) 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14.
Qxa3 Qe7 $13) 12... Nbd7 (12... Bb4 13. Qa4) 13. O-O Be7 (13... Bb4 14. Qa4 Rb8
15. Ba3 $5 $36 Qxa5 $2 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bd6 $16) (13... Rb8 14. Qd3 $5 Bb4 15.
e4 Bxa5 (15... O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ng5 $40) 16. Ba3 $44) 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Qxc3 c5
16. Bb2 (16. Ba3 $5 Rc8 17. Rfc1 $14) 16... Rb8 17. Rfc1 Qc7 18. Qc2 Qb7 (18...
Rfd8 19. Bd3 {(/\20.Ba3)}) 19. Ba3 Rfe8 $6 (19... Rfc8 $5 {(/\20...Bf8,21...
cxd4)} 20. Qd3 $5 (20. Qe2 Rc7 $10) 20... Rc7 21. Rab1 Qa8 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23.
e4 $36) 20. Be2 cxd4 $6 (20... Rec8 21. Rab1 $14) 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 (21... d3 22.
Qxd3 Rxe7 23. Rab1 Qa8 24. Qd6 $14) 22. Nxd4 Ree8 $2 (22... Ne5 23. f4 Ng6 24.
Rab1 Qa8 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Nc6 $18) (22... Nf8 23. Rcb1 $1 (23. Rab1 Rc7 $1
$13) 23... Qc8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Nc6 Rc7 26. Qxh7+ $1 N8xh7 27. Nxb8 $16) 23.
Nc6 $18 Qb2 (23... Rbc8 24. Ne7+ $18) (23... Ra8 24. Rab1 Qc8 25. Ne7+) 24.
Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Rab1 Qe5 26. Qc7 Qd5 27. Bb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O (6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qc7
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Na4 Rd8 16. Kf1 O-O 17. Kg1 f5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 $11 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kotanjian,T/Yerevan 2004/Mega2006 (33)}) 6... e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 $5 (8... Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Qc8 13. g4
Bg6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3 Bc7 17. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Houska,J/
Deizisau 2004/PowerBook2005 (46)}) 9. Rc1 Qb6 $5 (9... Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. cxd5
exd5 12. Bb4 $36) 10. Qxb6 (10. Nc3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bd6 $11) 10... Nxb6 11. c5
Nbd7 12. Nc3 g6 $5 {[/\13...Bg7,e6-e5<=>[+]]} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bg7 15. Re1
$6 (15. b4 e5 16. a4 O-O 17. b5 Ne8 $132) 15... O-O 16. b4 e5 17. Rab1 Ne8 $5
18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rec1 (20. a4 Nc7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Nc4 $36)
20... Nc7 21. a4 f5 22. Nd1 (22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ne6 $132) 22... Ne6 23. b5
axb5 24. axb5 f4 $1 $36 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb6 $6 (26. exf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4
28. Ne3 Rdf8 $15) 26... fxe3 27. fxe3 (27. Nxe3 Nd4 28. Ba6 (28. Bd1 Nd3) 28...
Nd7 $1 $17 (28... Nef3+ 29. gxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxd2 31. Rxc6 $13)) 27... d4 $5
28. Nf2 h5 $1 $17 {[/\29...Bh6;xe3]} (28... Bh6 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. Bxg4 Ng7 31.
Rxc6 $132) 29. Bd1 $5 {[/\30.Bb3<=>]} Bh6 30. Bb3 dxe3 $1 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 $2 (
31... Kg7 32. Ne4 (32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Ne4+ Kxe6 $19) 32... exd2 33. Rb7+ Kh8 34.
Rd1 Be3+ 35. Kh2 h4 $17) 32. Bc3 $1 $132 exf2+ 33. Kf1 Bxc1 34. Bxe5+ Kh7 35.
Rb7+ Kh6 36. Bg7+ Kg5 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Rf7 $1 Re8 39. Bd7 $11 Re5 40. Kxf2
Rxc5 41. g3 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 h4 44. gxh4+ Kxh4 45. Rf6 Rg3+ 46. Kf2
Be3+ 47. Ke2 c5 48. Rf3 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8. b3 (
8. Qb3 Qc7 (8... Ra7 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Rg8 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2
cxd5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Rc3 Ke7 17. Rac1 f6 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 Qc7
20. Re1 Kf7 $11 {1-0 Kalinitschew,S-Saltaev,M/Germany 2005/CBM 106 (34)}) 9.
Bd2 e6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Qa4 Bd6 15. Ne5
Qb5 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Be1 Nc8 19. Rc3 Kd7 20. Rb3 Kc6 21. Rc1+ Kb6
22. a3 Ra4 23. Nb4 Na7 24. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Saltaev,M/Katernberg GER 2005/
The Week in Chess 579 (24)}) 8... e6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 $5 {TN} (9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3
Nbd7 11. Nc2 Rg8 12. Nce1 Nf8 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. f3 Ng5
{1/2-1/2 Sprenger,J-Saltaev,M/Germany 2003/CBM 100 ext (30)} 17. Nc4 $5 $14)
10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Rc1 Rg8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {[/\14...Nh4<=>>>;} (
13... cxd5 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nc5 $14 b6 $140 16. Nd3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. f3 $16
) 14. Na4 $5 (14. Nxd5 exd5 $5 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Kh1 Kf8 $11 {(/\Kf8-g7,Rg8-e8)})
14... Nh4 $1 15. g3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qg5 $5 {[/\17...Qg4;17...0-0-0<=>>>]} 17.
Nc5 O-O-O 18. e4 $5 Nc7 $1 (18... fxe4 19. Qxf7 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rfd1 $14)
(18... Nc7 {Diagram}) 19. Nxb7 $1 (19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Rfd1 f4 $36)
19... Kxb7 20. Qc3 $1 $44 {[XKb7]} Na8 $6 (20... Qe7 $6 21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Qb6+
Kc8 23. Rc6 $18) (20... Nb5 $1 $11 21. Qxc6+ Ka7 22. Qc5+ (22. a4 Nxd4 23. Qc7+
Ka8 24. Rc6 Nxc6 25. Qxc6+ $11) 22... Kb7 23. Qc6+ $11) (20... Rd6 $5 21. Qb4+
Nb5 22. a4 a5 $1 (22... Rxd4 23. Qc5 fxe4 24. Qxc6+ Ka7 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qc7+
$40) 23. Qxa5 (23. Qc5 fxe4 24. axb5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxd4 $132) 23... Nxd4 24.
Rc4 $1 $44) 21. Qxc6+ Ka7 22. Qc5+ Kb8 23. Rc4 $5 (23. f4 $5 {(Xe7)} Qf6 24. e5
Qh4 25. Kh1 $1 Rxg3 $140 $4 (25... Qh3 26. Qb4+ Ka7 27. Qe7+ Kb8 $13) 26. Rc4
$18) (23. Qb4+ Ka7 24. Qc5+ $11) 23... Rd7 $8 24. Qc6 Qe7 (24... Rb7 $1 25.
exf5 (25. Qxa6 fxe4 26. Qd6+ Nc7 $15) 25... Rb6 26. Qd7 Qxf5 27. Rfc1 $44) 25.
Qxa6 $6 (25. exf5 $5 Qd6 (25... Rd6 26. Rb4+ Ka7 27. Qc5+ Nb6 28. Rxb6 $18) (
25... exf5 26. Qxa6 $14) (25... Ka7 26. Re1 $36) 26. Rb4+ $1 Qxb4 27. Qxd7 $36)
25... fxe4 26. Qb5+ Rb7 27. Qe5+ Nc7 28. Qxe4 (28. d5 Qg5 $13) 28... f5 29. Qe5
Rd8 $1 $44 {[XXd5,d4;/\30...Rd5,31...Qd6<=>]} 30. Rfc1 Rd5 31. Qf4 Qd6 32. Qh4
Qd7 33. Qf6 Qd8 34. Qh6 (34. Qg7 Rd7 35. Qe5 Rd5 $11) 34... Qd7 (34... Rxd4 35.
Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qxh7 Qd2 37. Rc4 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ $13) 35. Qf8+ Qd8 36. Qh6 Qd7
37. Qf8+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. b3 b4 (6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Bxd2+ 8. Nfxd2 (8. Nbxd2 c3 9. Ne4 b4 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Qf3 (11. Ng5 O-O 12. Bd3
h6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qc2 Qd5 16. O-O-O Nc5 $17 {Kozul,Z-Sokolov,I/
Kroatien tt/1993/}) 11... O-O (11... a5 12. Bd3 Ra7 13. Nc5 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd5
15. Qh3 g6 16. Qg3 Qc7 17. e4 Nb6 18. f4 $44 {Hodgson,J-Piket,J/Wijk/1993/})
12. Bd3 a5 13. g4 Ba6 14. Bc2 $13 {Arencibia,WR-Remon,A/Capablanca mem-B/1992/}
) (8. Qxd2 cxb3 9. axb5 Ne7 10. Qb4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. bxc6 Bxc6
14. Ba6 $14 {Scheeren,P-Piket,J/Nederland tt/1991/}) 8... a5 (8... e5 9. axb5
exd4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 $16 {Osnos,V-Vorotnikov,V/USSR/1985/})
(8... b4 9. Nxc4 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf3 $14 {Burmakin,V-Varga,Z/Portal Kupa
Szeged op/1993/}) (8... bxa4 9. bxc4 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. c5 $16 {
Soffer,R-Varga,Z/Budapest/1993/}) 9. bxc4 b4 10. c5 Ne7 (10... Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nb3 Nbd7 {Szabolcsi,J-Baburin,A/
Budapest nuovo/1992/}) 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 $14 {Gleizerov,
E-Maljutin,E/Alekhine mem op/1992/}) (6... a5 7. bxc4 b4 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Bb2 Ngf6
10. O-O c5 $13 {Rokhlin,Y-Ericson,A/corr-5 WCH/1965/}) (6... Nf6 7. bxc4 bxc4
8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qc2 $14 {Moller,J-Jacobsen,E/Copenhagen/1923/}) 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 (8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 c5 $10 {Maric,A-Ruban,V/
Hastings B/1991/}) 8... Bb7 (8... Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nd5 12. Ne4
$14 {Horvath,C-Kroeze,F/Leeuwarden op/1993/}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qe2
a6 {/\c6-c5,><b5} (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+) (11... a5 $5) 12. Rfd1
O-O 13. Ne5 (13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 (14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 N7b6 $17) (
14. e5 Nd5 $10) 14... Qc7 $10) 13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. Ndf3 $5 cxd4 (14... Nxe5
$6 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a5 $14) 15. Bxd4 $14) 14... Nxc5 15. Rac1 (15. Ne4 $5 Qc7 (
15... Qa5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Bc6 19. Qg4 $40) (15... Qb8 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd7 $14) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rac1 $14) 15... Qa5 16. Ng4 Ncd7 (
16... Nxg4 $2 17. Qxg4 g6 18. Qd4 $16) 17. Bd3 {/\Nc4} Rfd8 18. Nc4 Qg5 19.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. f4 Qh4 21. g3 (21. Na5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nc5 $1 $8 23. Nxb7 (23.
Bxh7+ Qxh7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxc5 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ $19) (23. Rxc5 Rxd3) 23...
Nxd3 24. Qc2 Nxc1 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxc1 $10) 21... Qh3 22. Na5
Bxb2 23. Nxb7 (23. Qxb2 Bf3 $13) 23... Bxc1 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 (24... Bxe3+ $2 25.
Qxe3 Rxd8 26. Bxa6 $16) 25. Rxc1 a5 26. Be4 $1 (26. Rd1 {/\Bb5} Rc8 27. Ba6 (
27. Bxh7+ Qxh7 28. Rxd7 Qb1+ $17) 27... Rc7 28. Bb5 Nf8 $10) 26... Nf6 27. Qd2
$6 (27. Bg2 $5 Qf5 (27... Qh6 28. Rc5 Qg6 29. e4 $16) (27... Qg4 28. Qd2 Rf8
29. e4 $16 {/\e4-e5}) 28. e4 $14) 27... Rf8 28. Bg2 Qf5 29. Qd4 h5 30. h3 $6 (
30. e4 {/\e4-e5} Qg6 31. Rc5 $5 $16 (31. e5 Nd5 (31... Ng4 32. Be4 $14) 32.
Bxd5 Rd8 $14)) 30... Re8 $1 {/\e6-e5} 31. Rc5 $6 (31. e4 e5 $1 $8 (31... Qg6
32. e5 $16) 32. Qd3 (32. Qxb4 Qxh3 $1 $13) 32... Qe6 $13 {ץg2}) (31. Kh2 e5
$132) 31... Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb3 33. Rxa5 Nd5 $1 $15 34. Rb5 Qxa4 35. Rb7 Qa6 36.
Bxd5 exd5 37. Qxd5 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 Rf8 $1 $17 {עh1,} 39. e4 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 h4 41.
gxh4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Bxb1 (8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 (9. b4 a6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. h3 Bg7 (11... Ne4 12. g4 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Be4 14. Rg1 Bxf3 15. exf3 Bg7 16. Be3 e6 17. Kd2 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. g5
Kf7 20. h4 h5 21. Kc2 Rfd8 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Rge1 Rd7 24. Ra2 {1/2-1/2
Rashkovsky,N-Smyslov,V/Palma GMA-op (8) 1989}) 12. e3 O-O 13. Bh2 Rfe8 14. Be2
Ne4 15. g4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Rg1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e5 19. Kd2 $14 {Horvath,
G-Varga,Z/HUN-ch/1989/}) (9. Nbd2 a6 10. h3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. e3 Rfe8 13. Nb3
Be4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $14 {Matlak,M-Trichkov,V/Prague Bohemians-B/1992/})
9... Bg7 (9... a6 10. h3 Bg7 11. e3 (11. g4 Be4 12. Rg1 Bxf3 13. exf3 O-O 14.
Kd2 Rfe8 15. Re1 h6 16. Na4 Nh7 17. Be3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Ng5 20. Bxg5
hxg5 $17 {Ksieski-Sokolova/Wuerzburg op/1991/}) 11... h6 12. Be2 O-O 13. b4
Rac8 14. O-O Ne8 15. g4 Be6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bh2 f5 18. Nb3 f4 19. exf4 gxf4 20.
Rfe1 Nc7 21. Bf3 h5 22. g5 Bxh3 23. Rxe7 Rf5 24. Kh1 Nf8 25. Rg1 Nfe6 {1/2-1/2
Schulte,O-Franke,H/BL 8889 Sindelfingen-Solingen [3] 1988}) 10. e3 O-O 11. h3
h6 12. g4 Bc2 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 a6 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Bh2 f5 17. O-O f4 18. h4 e5
$17 {Schulte,O-Roeder,F/BL/1986/}) (8... Bg7 9. h3 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nfd7 11.
e3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Oll,L/Rostov 1993}) 9... O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Nc3 Ne4 12.
Na4 Nd7 13. g4 Be6 14. b4 f6 15. Nc3 Bf7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5
$15 {Minscovics,M-Szelenyi,N/HUN-cht/1993/}) (8... Na6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bd2 f6 (
10... Bg7 11. h3 Bc2 12. e3 Nb4 13. Nb5 Bd3 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 Nc2+ 16. Kd1
Bxf1 17. Kxc2 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 19. Rxa7 $16 {Beljavsky,A-Van Wely,L/
Groningen/1994/}) 11. h3 Bc2 12. e3 Bxb3 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Rxa6 Bc4 15. Ra5 Rb8
16. Na4 Rb7 17. b4 $14 {Donaldson-Botsari/Moscow ol/1994/}) 9. Rxb1 Nbd7 (9...
Bg7 10. Ra1 Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. e3 Ne4 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Bd3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Ke2 a6 20. Rhd1 $14 {Miles,A-Rivas
Pastor,M/Linares/1985/}) 10. h3 Bg7 11. e3 O-O 12. b4 Ne4 (12... a6 13. Bd3
Rfe8 14. Bh2 Nf8 15. Nd2 N6d7 16. f4 f6 17. O-O e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. e4 Ne6 20.
exd5 cxd5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 King,D-Barry,C/Irish op/
1993/}) 13. Bd3 Rfe8 {/\e7-e5} 14. O-O e5 15. Bh2 (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 $5 (
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 $10) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19.
Rfd1 $14 {-> -> 9..Bg7 Miles-Rivas}) 15... a6 {><b5} 16. Rfd1 {/\17.Bxe4 dxe4
18.Nxe5+/=} Nxf2 17. Kxf2 e4 18. Bc2 exf3 19. gxf3 {/\e3-e4-e5} f5 20. Ra1 Nf6
21. Ra3 Rad8 22. Bb3 Re6 $15 {קe3} 23. Ba2 Nh5 24. b5 axb5 25. b4 {<=> <->a}
Rde8 26. Bd6 Bf6 {/\27..Bh4+ 28.Ke2 Bg5-/+} (26... f4 $2 27. e4 $16) 27. Rdd3 {
><e3} Kh8 {/^a2-g8 /\28..f4 29.e4 Rxe4!? 30.fxe4 dxe4~/= ->} 28. f4 {/\Be5,Ra7,
Rda3 +/-} g5 $1 29. Be5 Rg8 {<->g} 30. Bb3 gxf4 31. exf4 Bxe5 $1 32. fxe5 Reg6
$17 {|^ עf2, קd4,קb4} 33. Bd1 Rg2+ 34. Ke1 Ng7 {/\Ne6} 35. Rf3 Ne6 36. Rad3
Rb2 $19 37. Rxf5 Rg1+ 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ $4 (38... Nf4 $1 $19 {/\Nxd3#,/\Sg2#} 39.
Rxg1 Nxd3+ 40. Kf1 Rf2#) 39. Kxf1 Rxb4 40. Bg4 Rxd4 41. Re3 Rf4+ 42. Kg2 Nxc5
43. e6 Re4 $1 $19 44. Rxe4 Nxe4 45. e7 Nf6 46. Kf3 (46. Bc8 b4 47. Bxb7 b3 $19)
46... Kg7 47. Bh5 b4 48. Ke3 c5 49. Kd3 c4+ 50. Kc2 b3+ 51. Kb2 b6 52. h4 h6
53. Ka3 b5 54. Kb2 b4 55. e8=Q Nxe8 56. Bxe8 Kf6 57. Bc6 Ke5 58. Be8 Kd4 59.
Bf7 Kc5 60. h5 d4 61. Be6 d3 62. Kc1 Kd4 63. Bf7 Kc3 64. Be6 d2+ 65. Kd1 b2 66.
Bf5 Kb3 67. Kxd2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 22nd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2014.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 (4... Bf5 {is the most popular move.})
5. Bg2 Bf5 ({At the same tournament Smith preferred to play} 5... b5 {against
Hammer.} 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 O-O 12.
e3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 {is suggested by the
computer, but this can seem to be terrible if one can't see} c5 $1 $11) 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. b4 Qd8 21. Ra5 Qf8
{Now, we are at a crossroads; how can White exploit the huge positional
advantage?} 22. Qc3 $5 {The first question: To exchange or not to exchange. I
like White's decision, he wants to keep queens on the board and initiate an
attack against the black king. The rule of two weaknesses can be applied.} (22.
f4 $5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 f5 24. h3 Rc7 25. g4 Rf8 26. gxf5 exf5) 22... Qd6 23. Ra2 (
23. f4 $5 Rc7 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Qe1 Bc8 26. Rc5 Bd7 27. g4 $36) 23... Re8 24.
Rac2 e5 $1 $11 {Hammer-Smith, Malmo SWE 2014}) 6. O-O (6. Nbd2 $5 {is another
possibility.}) 6... Nbd7 $1 {Precise move order. Black doesn't allow White to
regain the pawn by Ne5.} 7. Na3 $5 (7. a4 {is more popular.}) 7... Qa5 $2 (7...
b5 8. b3 c3 (8... cxb3 9. Ne5 $1 $14) 9. Ne5 $1 $14) (7... Nb6 {seems best as
it doesn't weaken the pawn structure and defends the c4-pawn naturally.} 8. Ne5
Be6 9. Qc2 g6 (9... Qxd4 $6 10. Nxc6 $1) 10. Naxc4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Bg7 $13 {
White has some space advantage, but Black's position is flexible.}) 8. Nxc4 Qa6
{This was Black's plan, but the queen is very badly placed on a6.} 9. b3 $1 g6
10. Bb2 (10. Ng5 $5 $36 {/\ e4}) 10... Bg7 11. Nfd2 $1 {This is the strongest
plan. White prepares e4. From this moment, White confidently expoloits his
advantage.} O-O 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qc2 Ne8 (13... Rac8 14. a4 $16 {A possible plan
is Rfc1, Nf1-e3.}) 14. Rfe1 {Very logical. Bf1 is the main threat.} (14. Rfc1
$5) 14... Rc8 15. Bf1 (15. Ne3 $1 Be2 (15... Be6 16. d5 $18) 16. Nd5 $1 $18)
15... b5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. a4 $1 Qb7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Qb1 Nb8 20. d5 Bd7 21. e5
(21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qb2 $16 {was also good.}) 21... e6 22. Bd4 a6 23. dxe6 (23.
Ne4 $5 $16) 23... fxe6 $2 (23... Bxe6 {is more resistant, but still after} 24.
Ne4 $16 {White is much better.}) 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Bc5 Bxe5 27. Bxf8
Bxa1 28. Nc5 Qf7 29. Ng4 Qxf8 30. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 {This is one of the three most
popular moves. 5.Nc3 and 5.h3 are the other lines.} Qb6 6. Nc3 (6. Ne5 {
is the other move, but tournament practice has shown that Black is completely
fine after} Bf5) 6... e6 (6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 e6 {is also possible, not giving
White the chance of playing Nh4.}) 7. Nh4 {After this move White is going to
get the B pair, but Black's solid structure and White's temporarily passive
bishop will compensate for it.} Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 (
11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Na6 $1 {A very typical motif, he wants to play play Nb4
after exchanging the Qs.} 13. Bd2 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Ke2 f6 16. h4 Kf7 17.
Bg2 f5 $11 {And Black seemed to have equalised in the game Morozevich-Kramnik,
Nice 2009, but later on White managed to win.}) (11. Rg1 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13.
O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O 15. Kc2 Nf8 16. Ra1 Kb8 17. f3 Ng6 18. c5 Rd7 19. b4
a6 $11 {Topalov-Steingrimsson, Warsaw 2013}) 11... g5 12. Bd2 (12. c5 Qxb3 13.
axb3 Na6 $1 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Be3 a6 18. Ke2 Rh7 $11 {
and Black equalised in the game Wang-Aronian, Linares 2009.}) (12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Rd1 Rd8 (13... Qc7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 $13 {1-0 (53) Wojtaszek,
R (2713)-Perunovic,M (2617) Yerevan ARM 2014}) 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {
Vitiugov-Tomashevsky, Loo 2014}) 12... Nbd7 13. Qa4 (13. O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3
O-O-O 15. f3 Nf8 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. Bd3 Rh7 $13 {Sargissian-Jakovenko, Yerevan
2014}) 13... Qc7 {A logical move. Black is threatening to play Nb6.} 14. cxd5
Nxd5 $146 (14... exd5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. b3 a5 (16... O-O-O $5 {deserves attention
}) 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 O-O $13 (18... Bd6 19. a4 Qe6 20. f3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4
22. Kf2 (22. e4 $5) 22... Nbd7 $13 (22... Qe7 23. Qc5 Nbd7 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25.
Rc2 Ra5 26. Nc1 $1 {A really strong manoeuvre by Tomashevsky. He posts his N
on d3, where it will be really well placed.} c5 27. Nd3 b6 28. Rhc1 $36 {
Tomashevsky-Sjugirov, Moscow 2009}))) 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rad8 {A logical
move. Black wants to play Qb8, leaving the unpleasant c1 R's file and reaching
a solid setup after Rfe8.} (16... Nxc3 $5 17. Bxc3 (17. bxc3 {If we compare
this position to 17...Nxc3, we can see the difference easily.} b5 $1 18. Qb3
Nb6 {After which Black controls the c4-square.}) 17... a5 $11 {This seems very
solid to me, because after exchanging one pair of Ns, it will be really hard
to make progress for White.}) 17. Qc2 (17. Ne4 e5 $11) (17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rfe1
Rfe8 $11 {and Black has a good position.}) 17... Qb8 $1 {A flexible move.} (
17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 $1 {is the difference in comparison to 16...Nxc3.}) (17...
N7b6 18. Ne4 {seems a bit pointless, because the b6 N gets out of play, but
Black has the interesting idea of} f5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. e4 Nf4 $13)
(17... N7f6 {is also good.}) 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 Nf8 {This was Adams' idea.
He wants to play Ng6, which gives him a perfect position.} 20. a3 (20. e4 Nc7
21. Be3 Rd7 $11) 20... Ng6 21. b4 Nh4 22. Qb3 ({After} 22. Bh1 {Black makes a
useful move, for example} Rd7 $11) 22... e5 $1 (22... Nxg2 {is also good} 23.
Kxg2 e5 $132) 23. Bh1 a6 $6 (23... exd4 $1 24. Nxd4 Qe5 $132 {was a better
possibility.}) 24. a4 $6 {And another pointless move. Of course it's very
logical to continue with the b5 plan, but if we have a deep look at the
position, we can see, that Black's strongest piece is the N on d5, because it
restricts the h1 B. Therefore, if White exchanges the black N with} (24. Nc3 $1
{he makes significant progress} Nxc3 25. Bxc3 exd4 26. Bxd4 $14 {is slightly
better for White, because of his nice B pair.}) 24... exd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Nf4 $1 {
And Adams takes his chance.} 26. exf4 Rxd4 27. fxg5 Red8 {This position had to
be foreseen before 25...Nf4. Black has sacrificed a P, but controls the d-file
and has very unpleasant pressure on g5 and b4.} 28. Be3 {A logical move by
Meier, he prefers to keep his g5 P, because it seems to be more important than
the b4 P.} (28. Be1 Bxg5 (28... Qf4 $5) 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qe5
$132) 28... Rxb4 29. Qc2 Qe5 $1 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rb1 (31. Re1 Bb6 32. Qc1 Re4
$3 $15) 31... a5 (31... Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 Bc7 $36 {was even better.}) 32. Bd2 (32.
Rxb4 $3 axb4 33. Qe4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Bc7+ 35. Bf4 Bxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Qe1 37. Qb8+ Kh7
38. Qf4 {and after} b3 39. Be4+ Ng6 40. h4 Kh8 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qf4 {is draw.})
32... Bc7 33. Kf1 Qh2 34. Ke2 Qe5+ 35. Kf1 Qh2 36. Ke2 Rxb1 (36... Rd4 $3 $40 {
would have been a very strong attacking move, which exploits the position of
White's K.}) 37. Qxb1 Qxh3 38. Qe4 {Despite being a pawn down, White has
decent chances to reach the draw, because Black's pawns are unfortunately
placed on the queenside.} Ng6 39. Qe8+ Nf8 40. Bf3 Qh2 41. Be3 Qe5 42. Qxe5
Bxe5 43. Be4 Ne6 44. g6 Bf4 45. Bb6 Bc7 46. Be3 {After some natural moves, it
can be seen that White has equality, because Kd3-c4 secures him the blockade
of the Ps and the draw.} Kf8 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Kc4 fxg6 49. Bxg6 Kf6 50. Bf5 g6
51. Bxe6 (51. Bc2 $11) 51... Kxe6 52. f4 Bb8 53. Bd2 Bc7 54. Be3 Bd6 55. Bd2
Kf7 56. Be3 Bb4 57. Bc1 Ke6 58. Be3 Kf7 59. Bc1 Ke6 60. Be3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. a4 e6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 b4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7
9. a5 O-O 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rc1
Bd7 16. Be1 e5 17. Nd2 e4 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Bb5 Nd4 20. exd4 Qxb5 21. Qxb5 Bxb5
22. g3 Rfd8 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Rd1 Rac8 25. Rac1 h6 26. h4 Rd7 27. Ne3 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rxd4 29. Rc8 Ne8 30. Nfd5 a6 31. Rb8 Bd6 32. Rd8 Kh7 33. Kh2 Rd3 34. Ra8
Rxb3 35. Nf5 Bc5 36. Rc8 Rf3 37. Rxc5 Rxf5 38. g4 Rf3 39. Nxb4 Nf6 40. g5 Ng4+
41. Kg2 h5 42. Nc6 Ra3 43. Ne5 Be2 44. g6+ fxg6 45. Nf7 g5 46. Nxg5+ Kg6 47.
Rc6+ Nf6 48. Bb4 Ra4 49. Bc3 e3 50. fxe3 Rxh4 51. Ne6 Rg4+ 52. Kh2 Rh4+ 53. Kg3
Rg4+ 54. Kh2 Rc4 55. Nf4+ Kg5 56. Bxf6+ gxf6 57. Rxa6 Bg4 58. Ra7 Rc2+ 59. Kg1
Kh4 60. Rg7 Ra2 61. Rg8 f5 62. a6 Kg3 63. Nxh5+ Kf3 64. Nf6 Bh3 65. Nh5 Bg4 66.
Nf6 Rxa6 67. Nxg4 fxg4 68. Rf8+ Kg3 69. Rf1 Ra2 70. e4 Rg2+ 71. Kh1 Rf2 72. Ra1
Kh3 73. Kg1 Re2 74. Ra3+ g3 75. Ra1 Rxe4 76. Rb1 (76. Kf1 $2 Kh2 $1 $19 77.
Ra2+ Kh1 78. Rb2 Rg4 79. Rg2 Rf4+ $19) 76... Re2 77. Ra1 Rg2+ 78. Kh1 Rh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. b3 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 Be7 8. Ba3
O-O 9. Qc1 Re8 10. Qb2 h6 11. Rd1 Bf5 12. e3 b5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. c5 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Nd2 exd4 18. exd4 Qe6 19. Kg2 Ne4 20. Re1 f5 21. b4 a5 22.
a3 Ndf6 23. Nb3 a4 24. Nc1 Nd7 25. Nd3 Qf6 26. Kh2 Ng5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bg2
Ne6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 f4 32. h4 fxg3+ 33. fxg3 g6 34. Bh3 Ng7
35. Qe2 Kh7 36. Qe3 Qf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kg1 Rf3 {[#] Freibauernrennen mit
verpasstem Gewinn und Remis.} 39. Bd7 Rxa3 40. Bxc6 Rb3 41. Bxd5 Rxb4 42. c6
Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rc1 44. Re1 $2 (44. Ke2 $1 b4 45. Kd2 Rc3 46. Re7 $1 a3 47. Ra7 {
praktisch liegt Zugzwang vor} h5 (47... Rxg3 48. c7 Rc3 49. Be6 $18) (47... g5
48. h5 g4 49. c7 a2 50. Bxa2 $18) 48. c7 Kh6 49. Ra8 $18) 44... Rc2+ (44...
Rxe1 45. Kxe1 Ne8 46. Bf7 Nd6 47. c7 Kg7 48. Bd5 (48. Be6 Kf6 49. c8=Q Nxc8 50.
Bxc8 a3 $19) 48... Kf6 49. Kd2 a3 50. Kc3 Ke7 51. Bc6 b4+ 52. Kb3 Nc8 53. Be4
Kd7 54. Bb1 Kxc7 55. Kxb4 $11) 45. Re2 Rc3 (45... Rxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Ne8 47. Bf7
Nd6 48. c7 Kg7 49. Bd5 Kf6 50. Kd3 Ke7 51. Bc6 a3 52. Kc3 b4+ 53. Kb3 $11 {
wie vorige Variante}) 46. Rb2 Nf5 47. Rxb5 Rc2+ (47... Nxd4 48. Rb7+ Kh8 49. c7
$18) 48. Ke1 a3 (48... Re2+ 49. Kd1 Re7 50. Kd2 Nxd4 51. Rb7 Nxc6 52. Bxc6 Rxb7
53. Bxb7 h5 54. Ke3 $1 (54. Kc3 $2 g5 55. hxg5 Kg6 56. Bg2 Kxg5 57. Bh3 Kf6 58.
Kb4 Ke5 59. Kxa4 Ke4 $11) 54... Kh6 55. Kf4 a3 56. Bd5 Kh7 57. Kg5 Kg7 58. Bb3
Kh7 59. Ba2 Kg7 60. Bb1 Kh8 61. Kh6 $1 $18 (61. Kxg6 $4 a2 62. Bxa2 {patt}))
49. Rb7+ Kh8 50. Ra7 Ne3 51. Be4 Rc3 (51... a2 52. Bxc2 a1=Q+ 53. Rxa1 Nxc2+
54. Kd2 Nxa1 55. c7 $18) 52. Kd2 Rb3 53. c7 Nc4+ 54. Kc2 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Nd6 56.
Rxa3 ({oder auch} 56. Ra8+ Kg7 57. Rd8 $18) 56... Rb4 57. Ra8+ Kg7 58. Rd8 Rc4+
59. Bc2 Rxc7 60. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8. Nc5
Bd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Bxc4 Nxc5 13. Bxb4 Qb6 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O O-O 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. h3 h6 20. Rd4 Rab8
21. Rc4 c5 22. Ne5 Rb4 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 {[#] Schwarz
verliert den wichtigen Bf7,ob er einen weißen Damenflügelbauern schlägt oder
nicht. danach werden alle schwarzen Bauern schwach.} Rxa4 (25... Rb7 26. Rc8+
Kh7 27. Rf8 {[%csl Rf7]}) (25... Rxb2 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 Ra2 28. Rc4 Nd5 29.
Nd8 Nb6 30. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Re6,Rg7]}) 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 Ra1+ 28. Kh2
Ra2 29. Rh8+ Kg6 30. Ne5+ Kf5 31. Nd3 e5 32. Rb8 a6 (32... e4 $142 33. Nc5 g5)
33. Rb6 Ra5 (33... e4 34. g4+ Kg5 35. Nf4 $18) 34. f3 h5 35. e4+ Kg6 36. Kg3
Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Kh4 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rg5g6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 e4 15.
Qf5 g6 16. Qg5 Kg7 17. f4 a6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Qh4 b5 20. g4 Nb6 21. g5 Ng8 22.
Bg4 Rc7 23. Re2 f5 24. gxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qg3 Ne7 26. Rg2 Nc4 27. Be1 Kh8 28. h4 h5
29. Bh3 Qf7 30. Nd1 Rg8 31. Rc1 Nf5 32. Qf2 Qe8 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rg5 Ne5 35.
dxe5 Rxc1 36. Qd2 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Be7 38. Qxd5 Bxg5 39. hxg5 {[#] Anmerkungen
nach SCHACH#7,S.9-10 Für die Qualität hat Weiß mit einem und bald zwei Bauern
sowie der offenen schwarzen Königsstellung vielleicht sogar -symbolischen-
Vorteil.} Rg6 40. Bc3 Qe6 41. Qd1 Kg8 42. Qxh5 Rg7 43. Qd1 Rd7 44. Bd4 Rc7 45.
Kf2 Kg7 46. Bc3 Rc8 ({Ja nicht} 46... Rd7 $2 47. Qxd7+ Qxd7 48. e6+ $18) 47.
Qd4 Kg6 48. Kg3 Rc7 49. Qd1 Rd7 50. Bd4 Qc4 51. Kf2 Qc6 52. Qb3 Rd8 53. e6 $5 {
Weiß spielt auf Sieg!} Re8 54. e7 Qd7 (54... Rxe7 55. Qg8+ Kh5 56. Qh8+ Kg4 57.
Bc3 {[%cal Rf2g2,Rh8h3] war mehr als nur riskant. Man sehe:} Qd7 58. Qh1 $1 Qd3
(58... Rh7 59. Qg2+ Kh4 60. Qg3+ Kh5 61. g6 $18) 59. Qg2+ Kh5 60. Qh3+ Kg6 61.
Qh6+ Kf7 62. g6+ Ke8 63. g7 $18) 55. Bf6 Rc8 56. Ke2 a5 57. Bd4 (57. Qd1 Qxd1+
58. Kxd1 a4 $11) 57... a4 58. Qb4 Re8 59. Bf6 Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qc2+ 61. Ke1 Qb1+
62. Kf2 Qc2+ 63. Kg3 $5 {Das hätte Van Wely nicht tun sollen. Ab sofort spielt
nämlich Schwarz auf Gewinn.} Qe2 $1 64. Bd4 $2 (64. Qc5 $8 Kh5 65. Qxf5 (65.
Qc1 $142) 65... Qxe3+ 66. Kg2 Qf3+ 67. Kh2 Qf2+ 68. Kh3 Qh4+ 69. Kg2 Qg4+ 70.
Qxg4+ Kxg4 {sieht aber auch nach Remis aus, weil Schwarz wohl kaum seinen Turm
wird aktivieren können.} 71. Be5 $8 (71. Kf2 $2 Kxf4 72. Ke2 e3 73. Ke1 Kf3 74.
g6 Rc8 75. Bc3 b4 $3 76. axb4 a3 $1 77. e8=Q Rxe8 78. bxa3 Rc8 $19) 71... Rxe7
72. g6 e3 73. g7 Re8 74. Kg1 Kf3 75. f5 e2 76. Bc3 e1=Q+ 77. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 78. Kh2
$11 {Das ist alles spannend und muss geprüft werden.}) 64... Qf3+ 65. Kh2 Qf2+
66. Kh3 Kh5 $1 67. g6 (67. Qxb5 Qf3+ 68. Kh2 Kg4 69. Kg1 (69. Qxe8 Qf2+ 70. Kh1
Kg3 $19) 69... Rh8 $1 70. Bxh8 Qxe3+ 71. Kh1 Qc1+ 72. Kg2 Qd2+ 73. Kf1 Kf3 $19)
67... Rc8 68. Bc3 Qxe3+ 69. Kg2 Qe2+ 70. Kg1 Kg4 71. Qd4 Kf3 (71... e3 $19 {
gewann sofort}) 72. Qd2 Qxd2 73. Bxd2 e3 74. Bc3 e2 75. g7 Kg3 76. Be1+ Kf3 77.
Kh2 (77. Bc3 Rg8 78. Kh2 Kxf4 $19) 77... Kxf4 78. Kg2 Kg5 79. Kf2 Kf6 80. Bc3+
Kxe7 81. Kxe2 Kf7 82. Kd3 Rg8 (82... Rxc3+ 83. Kxc3 Kxg7 84. Kd3 Kf6 $19) 83.
Kd4 Rxg7 84. Kc5 f4 85. Kxb5 f3 86. Bd4 Rg5+ {Wegen Tg4 darf der König nicht
auf die 4.Reihe.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Danner, Georg"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bf6 12. e5 Be7 13. Be4 N8d7 14. Qg4 Kh8 15.
Bc2 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf6 N7xf6 20. Qf3 Ng8 21. Bd2
Bg5 22. Rad1 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qf6 24. Qe4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Ne4 h6 27. Re1
Rad8 28. h4 Kg7 29. g3 Nh5 30. Bb3 b6 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. Bxe6 Nf5 33. Bxf5 gxf5
34. Nc3 c5 35. Rcd1 c4 36. d5 f4 37. g4 Nf6 38. f3 Re3 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. Rd4 Rf8
41. Re1 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4][%cal Rd5d6] schwarze Bauernschwächen bei
einem weißen Mehrbauern; aktive weiße Figuren.} b5 43. Re4 Nc5 44. Re7+ Kf6 45.
d6 Ne6 (45... Rd8 46. Nd5+ Kg6 47. Nxf4+ Kf6 48. Nh5+ Kg6 49. Rg7#) 46. Rxa7 b4
47. Ne4+ Ke5 48. Re7 Kd5 49. d7 Ra8 (49... Rd8 50. Re8 Rxd7 51. Nf6+ $18) 50.
Re8 Nd8 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. Nce5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 a6 10. a5 cxd4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. exd4 g6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7
15. Nb6 Rd8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Bxe7 Nxb6 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. axb6 Qxb6
21. Rae1 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. b3 Rb4 24. Re3 Bf6 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27.
bxc4 {What follows is in many respect an inaccurately played rook vs bishop
endgame with lots of uncertainty. The way the ending was played invites
attempts to find a different / better way. I will make some suggestions. Es
folgt ein in vielen Punkten inkonsequent geführtes Turm/Läufer-Endspiel mit
vielen unklaren Stellen. Der Endspielverlauf lädt dazu ein, anderes/besseres
zu finden. Ich unternehme einige Versuche.} Bd4 28. Ra3 $1 (28. Re8 {together
with the activation of the king and the idea of not allowing the black king on
to the queenside and the prevention of a5-a4 : this seems more logical. nebst
Königsaktivierung und der Idee, den schwarzen König nicht zum Damenflügel zu
lassen sowie a5-a4 ebenso zu hemmen wie b5 sieht logischer aus.}) 28... Kf6 29.
Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Ra2 Kd6 32. Kd3 Kc5 33. Re2 $6 ({I will stick up for
Ich breche eine Lanze für} 33. Ra5+ $1 b5 (33... Kb4 34. Rd5 (34. Rxa6 $2 bxa6
35. Kxd4 a5 36. c5 a4 37. c6 a3 38. c7 a2 39. c8=Q a1=Q+ $11 {because it
happens with check. weil das mit Schach geschieht.}) 34... Bxf2 35. Rd7 b5 36.
cxb5 axb5 37. Rxf7 Bg1 38. h4 (38. h3 h4 39. Rg7 Bf2 40. Rxg6 Kb3 {allows more
resistance. erlaubt mehr Widerstand}) 38... Ka3 39. Rf6 b4 40. Kc2 $18) (33...
Kb6 34. Rd5 Bxf2 35. Rd7 Bg1 36. h3 h4 37. Rxf7 {which looks better than what
he achieves in the game. was besser aussieht als er im Text erreicht}) 34. cxb5
axb5 35. Rxb5+ Kxb5 36. Kxd4 Kc6 37. Ke5 Kd7 38. Kf6 Ke8 39. f4 $18 {[%cal
Rf4f5]}) 33... b6 34. f4 (34. Re7 $142 Bxf2 35. Rxf7 Bg1) 34... Bg1 35. h3 Kb4
36. Rb2+ (36. Re7 $5 a5 37. Rxf7 a4 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 a3 40. Rf1 Bc5 41. g4
hxg4 42. hxg4 a2) 36... Kc5 37. Rb1 (37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 {looks more natural.
sieht natürlicher aus.}) 37... Bh2 38. Rf1 f5 39. Kc3 h4 40. Kb3 Bg3 41. Rd1
Bxf4 42. Rd5+ Kc6 43. Rd8 {And here we could think up some ideas for Black's
defence, such as b5 along with g5. Und hier könnte man für die schwarze
Verteidigung Ideen entwickeln; z.B. b5 i.V. mit g5.} Be3 44. Re8 f4 45. Re6+
Kc5 46. Rxg6 Bf2 47. Re6 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. Kc3 (49. Re5+ $6 Kd4 50. Rxb5 Kd3
{[%cal Rd3e2]}) 49... Kd5 50. Re8 Kc5 $2 51. Re5+ Kc6 52. Kb4 {[%csl Rb5,Gc5,
Rc6,Ge1][%cal Ge5h5,Ge5a5]} Kd6 53. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. d5 Qc5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxg4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a5 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Qe2 Qf5 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Rac1 Rab8 26. Rxd8
Kxd8 27. Rc2 Kc7 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 g5 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 {[#] Ein
schwieriges Bauernendspiel mit verteilten Bauernmehrheiten, das ich im großen
und ganzen Ihrem analytischen Scharfsinn überlasse. Für mich lauten die
Hauptfragen: 1. Warum spielt Schwarz nicht sofort c5? 2. Warum spielt Weiß
nicht selbst c5? Überzeugende Antworten lassen sich nur nach eingehender
Analyse geben. Ich gebe nur sehr kleine Hilfestellung.} f5 (31... c5 32. g4 $5
f5 33. f3 {[#] scheint die schwarze Mehrheit zu paralysieren. Man beachte das
Reservetempo h3. Schwarze Idee: a4 nebst Kc7-b6-a5. Ein Beispiel:} a4 34. b3 $2
(34. Kd3 $1 Kb6 35. Ke3 Ka5 36. a3 Kb6 37. gxf5 exf5 38. f4 Kc6 39. h4 gxh4 (
39... g4 40. h5 $11) 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. Kxh4 Kg6 44. Kh3
$11) 34... axb3 35. axb3 Kb6 36. Kd3 Ka5 37. Kc3 fxg4 38. fxg4 e5 39. h3 e4 $19
) 32. Kc3 (32. c5 e5 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. Kc4 Ke6 35. b3 {[%cal Ra2a3,Rb3b4,Re5e4,
Re6e5,Rh6h5,Rh5h4] [#] Wer lüftet das Geheimnis dieses komplexen
Bauernendspiels? Ich tippe vorsichtig auf Remis, lasse mich jedoch gerne vom
Gegenteil überzeugen, egal ob +- oder -+}) 32... c5 33. b3 e5 34. f3 h5 35. h3
(35. a3 Kd6 36. b4 cxb4+ 37. axb4 a4 {und die getrennt marschierenden
Freibauern dominieren klar die vebundenen. Das ist auch die Regel.}) 35... Kd6
36. Kd3 h4 37. gxh4 (37. g4 e4+ 38. Ke3 exf3 39. gxf5 Ke5 40. Kxf3 Kxf5 41. a3
Ke5 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. a4 Ke5 $19) 37... gxh4 38. Ke3 a4 39. bxa4 (39.
Kd3 axb3 40. axb3 Kc6 41. Kc3 f4 42. Kd3 (42. b4 cxb4+ 43. Kxb4 e4 44. Kc3 e3
45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Kc3 e2 47. Kd2 Kxc4 48. Kxe2 Kc3 $19) 42... Kd6 43. Kc3 Ke6 44.
Kc2 Kf5 45. Kd3 e4+ 46. fxe4+ Ke5 $19 {Zugzwang}) 39... Kc6 40. Kd3 Kb6 41. Kc3
Ka5 42. Kb3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Kc3 Kxa4 45. Kd2 Ka3 46. Ke3 Kxa2 47. Kxe4 Ka3
48. Kd3 Kb4 49. Kd2 Kxc4 50. Kc2 Kd4 51. Kd2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6+ Ke7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Qd1 Qb6
15. Ba4 Qa6 16. Bc2 Bb4 17. Bxg6 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 hxg6 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Ne4
21. Ba3+ Kd7 22. Rhc1 Rhc8 23. f3 Nxc3+ 24. Kd2 Nb5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bc5 Nd6
27. Rb1 Nc4+ 28. Kd3 Kc7 29. e4 Nb6 30. Bxb6+ axb6 31. Rc1+ Kd7 32. Rxc8 dxe4+
33. fxe4 Kxc8 {[#] Latente Freibauerndrohung mittels d5; schlechtere schwarze
Bauernstruktur wegen des Doppelbauern in der g-Linie. Raum.} 34. Kc4 Kc7 (34...
g5 35. Kb5 Kb7 36. d5 Kc7 37. d6+ Kxd6 38. Kxb6 f5 39. e5+ $1 (39. exf5 e5 40.
Kb5 e4 (40... Kd5 41. a4 e4 42. a5 e3 43. a6 e2 44. a7 e1=Q 45. a8=Q+ Kd4 46.
Qd8+ Ke3 47. Qxg5+ Kd3 48. Qxg7 $18) 41. Kc4 Ke5 42. a4 Kf4 43. a5 Kg3 44. Kd4
$18) 39... Kxe5 40. a4 Kf4 41. a5 Kg3 42. a6 Kxg2 43. a7 Kxh3 44. a8=Q $18) 35.
h4 Kc6 36. g3 Kd6 37. Kb5 Kc7 38. a3 Kb7 39. a4 Kc7 40. Ka6 $2 {[%mdl 20480]} (
40. d5 $1 f5 (40... e5 41. g4 f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. exf5 Kd6 44. f6 gxf6 45. h5
$18) 41. exf5 $18) 40... f5 $1 41. e5 Kc6 42. Ka7 Kc7 43. Ka8 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Gurevich,M} d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 {I can hardly
believe it but this seems to be a novelty!} (5... Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8) 6.
Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 (7. Rc1 {Gurevich,M} Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $10 (8... exd5 $2 9. Nb5
$16)) 7... Be7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Nh4 Be4) 9... h6 10. Rac1 O-O 11. h3 (11.
cxd5 {Gurevich,M} exd5 $5 12. Nb5 Ne8 $10) 11... Nb6 (11... b6) 12. Ne5 (12. c5
$6 Nbd7 {Gurevich,M} 13. Qa4 b5 $1 14. cxb6 axb6 $132) 12... dxc4 (12... Nfd7
$6 {Gurevich,M} 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 (13... Nxd7 $2 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 $16) 14. c5
Nc8 15. Qd1 $14 {/\ b2-b4-b5}) 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 $14 Qd8 15. Bf3 (15. Qb3
{Gurevich,M} Qb6 $132) 15... Bg6 (15... Nd5 $6 {Gurevich,M} 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 $14) 16. Rfd1 (16. e4 {Gurevich,M} Qa5) 16... Nd5 17. Bh2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 (
18. bxc3 $2 Ba3 (18... Ba3 {Gurevich,M} 19. Ra1 Bb2 20. Rab1 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Ba3
22. Rxb7 Bd6 $1 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rac8 $132)) 18... Qa5 19.
a3 Rfd8 20. Rdc1 Rd7 21. b4 Qb6 (21... Qd8 $2 {Gurevich,M} 22. b5 $16) 22. Be2
a6 23. Qb3 Bf8 24. Bg3 Be4 25. f3 Bg6 26. Kh1 Re8 27. Bf1 Kh8 28. Qb2 Kh7 29.
Qb3 (29. Rb3 $6 {Gurevich,M} a5 $5 30. bxa5 (30. b5 c5 $15) 30... Qxa5 $132)
29... Rd5 (29... Qd8 $6 {Gurevich,M} 30. a4 Qg5 31. Bf4 Qh4 32. b5 $16) 30. Bc4
Rd7 31. Bf1 Bf5 32. Qb2 Be7 33. Be5 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nfxd2 cxb3 9. axb5 b2 $5 10. Ra2 Ne7 11. Qb3 $5 {/\ b6} (11. Rxb2 O-O 12. Nc3
Bb7 13. Nce4 Nd7 (13... cxb5 14. Nc5 $13) 14. Nd6 Rb8 15. Nxb7 Rxb7 16. Bd3 c5
$13 {Xu Jun-Sokolov,I/Moscow ol/1994}) 11... Bb7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nc5 Qb6 14.
Qxb2 (14. Rxb2 cxb5 (14... Rc8 $2 15. Qa3) 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Qxb5 Qc7 $1 17.
Be2 Nd7 18. Qc4 $10) 14... Rc8 $1 (14... cxb5 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Qxb5 Qc7 17.
Be2 $14) 15. bxc6 $2 (15. Nc3 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Bc6 17. Qxb6 $1 axb6 18. Rxa8 Bxa8
19. N5a4 $13) 15... Bxc6 $15 {>< g2} 16. Nd2 e5 $1 17. Nc4 Qxb2 18. Rxb2 exd4
19. Nd6 (19. exd4 Nf5 $17) 19... Rd8 20. Ndb7 Rf8 (20... Rd5 21. Bc4 $44) 21.
e4 (21. exd4 Nf5 22. Rd2 Bd5 $17) 21... Nd7 $17 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Kd2 a5 24.
Nc5 Bc6 25. Bc4 a4 26. Ba2 g5 27. h4 a3 28. Rb4 Rfb8 29. Rhb1 Rxb4 30. Rxb4
gxh4 31. Rxd4 Rb8 32. Nd3 Bb5 33. Ke3 Nc6 34. Rd6 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Ne1
Nc6 37. Nc2 Bf1 38. Nxa3 Bxg2 39. f4 h3 40. Kf2 Bxe4 41. Kg3 Nd4 42. Kxh3 Ne2
43. Kg4 Kg7 44. f5 Nd4 45. Kf4 Bxf5 46. Nb5 Nxb5 47. Kxf5 Nd6+ 48. Kg5 f6+ 49.
Kg4 Kg6 50. Bb1+ Kg7 51. Kh5 Nc4 52. Bc2 h6 53. Bd3 Ne3 54. Be4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Donev} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3
8. axb3 Na6 $2 $146 {This game serves as a warning to play Na6 in this type of
position (although black won it in a creative way).} (8... Nbd7 9. b4 Bg7 10.
h3 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 O-O $13 {Lein,A-Smyslov,V/Hastings/1981-82}) (8... Bxb1 9.
Rxb1 Bg7 10. Ra1 Nbd7 $13 {Miles,A-Rivas Pastor,M/Linares/1985}) 9. Nc3 Nh5 $5
(9... Nb4 $2 10. Ra4 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 {>< c2}) 10. Bd2 (10. e4 $2 dxe4 11. Bxa6
bxa6 $19) (10. Bg3 {Donev,I} Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb4 12. Kd2 Bg7 13. e3 $10) 10...
Bg7 11. h3 $1 (11. e4 $6 Nb4 $1 (11... dxe4 {Donev,I} 12. Bxa6 bxa6 (12... exf3
$2 13. Bxb7 fxg2 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. Bxg2 $16) 13. Ne5 $13) 12. Ra4 (12. exf5 $2
Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. b4 Nf6 $17) (12. Nxd5 $2 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1
14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 Bxe4 $19) 12... Nc2+ 13. Kd1 dxe4 14. Kxc2 (14. Ne5 $2
Nxd4 $19) 14... exf3+ 15. Kc1 $44) (11. e3 Nb4 12. Ra4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Bxd3 14.
g4 Nf6 15. Ne5 $13) 11... Bc2 12. e3 Nb4 (12... Nc7 {Donev,I} 13. b4 a6 14. Na4
$10) 13. Nb5 $1 (13. Ra4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. g4 Nf6 16. Ne5 $13) 13... Bd3
$8 (13... cxb5 $2 14. Bxb4 O-O (14... a6 {Donev,I} 15. Bxb5+ $16) 15. Bxb5 Bxb3
16. Nd2 $16) 14. Nc7+ $1 (14. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 cxb5 16. Kxd3 Nf6 17. Ra5 a6
18. c6 bxc6 19. Rha1 $16) (14. Bxb4 $1 {=Donev} Bxb5 15. Bxb5 cxb5 16. Ke2 {
= Donev} O-O 17. c6 $1 $16) 14... Kd7 15. Nxa8 (15. Bxd3 {Donev,I} Nxd3+ 16.
Ke2 Nxf2 (16... Kxc7 17. Kxd3 Nf6 $10) 17. Nxa8 Nxh1 18. Rxa7 N1g3+ 19. Kd3 Rb8
$10) (15. Bxb4 {Donev,I} Bxf1 16. Kxf1 (16. Nxa8 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bxf3 18. Rxa7 Rb8
) 16... Kxc7 17. Ke2 $10 (17. Ng5 h6 $1 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 19. g4 Nf4 $1 $15)) 15...
Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Bxf1 (16... Nxa1 {Donev,I} 17. Bxd3 Nxb3 18. Bc3 Rxa8 19. Kc2 $18)
17. Kxc2 (17. Rxa7 $2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Nxe3+ $1 19. Bxe3 Bxf3+ 20. Kd2 Rb8 21. Nb6+
$13) (17. Rxf1 {Donev,I} Nxa1 18. b4 Rxa8 $17) 17... Bxg2 18. Rhg1 (18. Rxa7 {
Donev,I} Bxh1 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Rf8 21. Nb6+ Ke6 (21... Kc7 22. Ra8 $1 $14)
22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxf2 24. Rxb7 $13) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxa7 Rb8 20. Nb6+ Ke6
21. Rga1 $6 (21. b4 $142 $1 Be2 22. Rga1) 21... Bg2 $132 22. Ra8 (22. h4 Bf6 (
22... Bf6 {Donev,I} 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Rxa8 Bxh4 $44)) 22... Rxa8 23. Rxa8 Bxh3
24. Rb8 Nf6 25. Rxb7 h5 26. Nc8 (26. Rc7 $142 h4 27. Rxc6+ Kf5 28. f3 Bg2 29.
Nxd5 Bxf3 30. Nxe7+ Kg4 $44) 26... Bf8 27. Na7 (27. f3 $1 {/\ Be1} Bg2 28. Na7
Bxf3 29. Nxc6 $16) (27. b4 Bf5+ 28. Kb3 Bd3 $1 $13) (27. Rc7 $5 {Donev,I})
27... h4 28. Nxc6 Bg2 29. Ne5 (29. Nd8+ $5 {Donev,I} Kf5 30. c6) 29... h3 30.
c6 Be4+ 31. Kc3 Kd6 32. c7 (32. Nxf7+ $1 $16 {Donev,I} Kxc6 33. Nd8+ Kd6 34.
Kb4 Ne8 35. Ka4 Nc7 36. Ba5 Kd7 (36... Na6 37. Bb6 h2 38. b4 $1 h1=Q 39. Bc5+
Nxc5+ 40. bxc5#) 37. Bxc7 $18) 32... Bf5 $17 33. Ra7 (33. Kb4 h2 34. Ka5 Bc8
35. Rb6+ Kxc7 36. Rc6+ Kb7 37. Rc1 Ne4 $17) 33... h2 34. Nxf7+ Kc6 35. Ne5+ Kb6
36. Ra1 Ne4+ 37. Kd3 Ng3+ $1 $19 (37... Nxf2+ $2 38. Ke2 h1=Q 39. Rxh1 Nxh1 40.
Nxg6 $1 $10) 38. e4 (38. Kc3 Ne2+ 39. Kb4 Ng1 $19) 38... Bxe4+ 39. Ke3 (39. Kc3
Ne2+ 40. Kb4 e6+ 41. Ka4 Kxc7 42. f3 Ng1 $19) 39... Bh6+ $1 40. f4 Kxc7 41. Nf3
h1=Q 42. Rxh1 Nxh1 43. Be1 Kd7 44. Ng5 Bg2 45. Bh4 Bg7 46. b4 Bf6 47. Be1 Kc6
48. b3 Bf1 49. Bh4 Kb6 50. Be1 Kb5 51. Nh7 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 $5 {TN}
(7. Nc3) 7... Bf5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 c5 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12.
O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 $10) 11. O-O (11. dxc5 $5 Nh5 12. Nd4 Nxf4 13. exf4 Rc8
$13) 11... Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 Qb6 $4 (13... Ne4) 14. e4 $1 $18 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd7 Qxb2 17. Bd1 Bf5 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qh4 c4 20. Bh6 f6 21. Bd2
Bd3 22. Qf4 Bxf1 23. Bc3 Qa3 24. Kxf1 b5 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Bb4 Qd5 27. Ne1 Rcd8
28. Nc2 Qe4 29. Bf3 Qd3+ 30. Be2 Qf5 31. Rd1 h5 32. Bf3 Kh7 33. d5 Qe5 34. Kg1
Bh6 35. Qd4 Bf8 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Qa7+ Kh6 38. Nd4 Ra8 39. Qb7 Rfb8 40. Qf7 Rf8
41. Qe6 Rfe8 42. Qb6 Rac8 43. Nc6 Qd6 44. Qxa6 c3 45. Qa5 b4 46. Qa4 Qc5 47.
Qb3 Kg7 48. g3 Ra8 49. Nxb4 h4 50. g4 Reb8 51. a3 Rxa3 52. Qxa3 Rxb4 53. Bg2 c2
54. Rc1 Qd4 55. Rxc2 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Rb1 57. Rc7+ Kh6 58. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Segal, Alexandru Sorin"]
[Black "Pelikian, Jefferson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
h6 9. Ne1 Be7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 O-O 12. Nf3 {>< e5} Qa6 $1 {/^ f1-a6} 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Bd2 Rfc8 $36 {>< c4, <-> c} 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Be1 Bd6 17. Nd2 Nxd2
18. Bxd2 Rc4 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. a3 Qb5 21. b3 R4c6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 (22... Qxc6 $2
23. Rc1 $18) 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Rc7 25. Rb1 a5 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 Rc3 28.
Ne1 b5 29. Kf1 a4 30. Ke2 Nb6 31. bxa4 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 {->D11} Be7 11. c4 {Beide Seiten haben ein Tempo verloren
(Bc5-e7 und Pd3-d4). Weiß kann versuchen, den Bh5 gegen den Nf3 zu tauschen,
oder e4 durchzusetzen. Schwarz geht üblicherweise am Damenflügel vor.} b5 (
11... a5 12. g4 (12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qc1 a4 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 axb3 16. Qxb3 Ra7
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qd3 Rfa8 $10 {Hug-Vaganian/Luzern/
1989}) (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nc5 $10 {
Andersson-Smyslov/Hastings/1973}) 12... Bg6 13. Nh4 a4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qc2
Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a3 axb3 18. Qxb3 Ba5 19. a4 Rfb8 20. Ba3 $36 {
Donchenko-Cheliandinov/URS/1977}) (11... Qc7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Re3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd7 $10 {Pigusov-Vaisser/Soci/1982})
12. g4 (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. g4 (15. f4 Rc8 16. g4 $2
Bc5+ 17. Kh2 Bxg4 $1 $17 {Todorcevic-Bass/Leon/1991}) 15... Bg6 16. f4 f6 $1
$132 {Kondratiev} (16... f5 $6 17. e3 $14 {Smejkal-Sunye Neto/Rio de Janeiro/
1979})) 12... Bg6 13. Nh4 bxc4 (13... Be4 $6 {verliert nur Zeit, da Weiß nicht
auf e4 tauscht.} 14. f3 Bg6 15. Nxg6 $14) 14. bxc4 Qa5 (14... Be4 15. f3) 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 (15... fxg6 16. Qc1 Rab8 $14) 16. c5 $5 {[%cal Ye2e3,Yf2f4] Ein
interessanter Moment: Weiß will den Gegner im Zentrum durch e3/f4 lahmlegen
und pocht auf sein Raumübergewicht. Die schwarzen Leichtfiguren kommen jetzt
nur schwer zu aktiven Möglichkeiten.} (16. Qc2 Ba3 (16... Bb4) (16... Nb6) 17.
Nb3 (17. Bc3 Qa6) 17... Qa4 $132) 16... g5 {richtet sich deutlich gegen den
genannten weißen Plan.} (16... Rab8 17. Qc2 {[%cal Yb2c3] Der schwarze Angriff
am Damenflügel läuft ohne Leichtfigurenunterstützung ins Leere.}) 17. e3 Rab8
18. Qc2 Nh7 (18... Rb7 $14) 19. f4 (19. e4 $6 Rfe8 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Yh7f8,
Yf8g6,Yg6f4]}) 19... gxf4 {mit einer kleinen Falle verbunden} (19... f5 $6 {
Das wäre ein Versuch, aktiv dagegenzuhalten; durchaus im Sinne von 16...g5. Es
stand aber zu befürchten, daß der Bg2 langfristig der Nutznießer der Öffnung
der Stellung wird.}) 20. Nb3 $8 (20. exf4 $2 Nxc5 $1 $17 21. dxc5 $2 Qxc5+ $19)
20... Qa4 21. exf4 Nhf6 (21... Rfe8 $5 22. f5) 22. f5 exf5 (22... e5 $2 23.
dxe5 Bxc5+ 24. Kh1 $18) 23. Qxf5 Rb7 24. h4 Ne4 $1 (24... Nh7 25. g5 $40) 25.
Bxe4 dxe4 26. g5 $1 g6 (26... e3) 27. Qg4 (27. Qxe4 Nxc5) 27... e3 28. Qe2 Rb4
$2 (28... Nxc5 $5 29. dxc5 Qxh4 30. Qxe3 Bxc5 (30... Rxb3 31. Qxb3 Bxc5+ 32.
Kg2 Qxg5+ 33. Qg3 (33. Kh1 $2 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kh1 Bd6 $19) 33... Qd2+ 34.
Rf2 Bxf2 35. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rd8 $14) (30... Bxg5 $5) (30... Rb4 $5) 31.
Nxc5 (31. Qxc5 Qg3+ $10) 31... Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Rxb2 33. Rf2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Rxf2 35.
Qxf2 Qxg5+ 36. Kf1 Re8 $15) (28... f5 $2 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. Qxe3 $16) 29. Qxe3
Bxc5 (29... Bd8 30. h5 gxh5 31. g6 $1 Nf6 (31... Kg7 32. Bc1 $18) 32. Qh6 $18)
30. h5 $1 (30. dxc5 $143 Rg4+ 31. Kf2 Nxc5 (31... Rf4+ 32. Kg2 Rg4+ 33. Kf3
Rxh4 34. Rg1 $18) 32. Nxc5 (32. Qxc5 $2 Qe4 $19) 32... Qc2+ 33. Ke1 Qxb2 34.
Rd1 $13) (30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Bc3 Rc4 32. dxc5 Rg4+ $13) (30. Bc3 $5 Rc4 31. dxc5
Rg4+ 32. Kf2 Rf4+ 33. Kg2 Rg4+ 34. Kf3 Rxh4 35. Rg1 $18) 30... Bd6 (30... Rb7
31. hxg6 $1 Ba3 (31... fxg6 32. Qe6+ $18) 32. gxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rf1+
$18) (30... gxh5 31. g6 $1 $18) 31. hxg6 Ne5 32. gxf7+ (32. dxe5 $2 {wäre ein
böser Reinfall:} Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Rh4+ 34. Kg2 Rg4+ 35. Kh2 Rh4+ 36. Kg2 Rg4+ 37.
Kh3 Rh4+ 38. Kg2 $10) 32... Kg7 (32... Rxf7 33. Rxf7 $1 $18) 33. Nc5 $1 {
Ein hübsches Finale.} (33. dxe5 $2 Rg4+) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d4 (
8. d3 {ist die etwas kämpferische Fortsetzung.}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 (
10. Qd2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 a5 $11 {Osnos}) 10... Ne4 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2 a5 $11 13. Bh3 a4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. c5 b5 17. f3
Nh7 18. b4 f5 {Der Übergang in eine Stonewallformation ist hier ganz
unbedenklich, da der Bg6 eine aktive Rolle spielt, und der Damenflügl
mumifiziert ist.} 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Bg2 Nf6 21. Nb1 Rae8 22. Na3 Bd8 23. Nc2 Bc7
24. Ne1 Qe7 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. e4 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nf6 28. e5 Bh5 29. Qe3 Ne4 $1 {
Das ist ganz wesentlich: sonst könnte Weiß versuchen, aus seinem Raumvorteil
was zu machen.} 30. Rc1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 {Momentan stehen die weißen Figuren
etwas unglücklich. Die weiße Stellung ist aber nicht ernsthaft gefährdet.} Bg6
(31... Qg5 32. Qxg5 Nxg5 $11) 32. Nf4 Bf5 33. Kg1 Rf8 34. Rf1 Bd8 35. Bb2 Qe8
36. h3 Bh7 37. Bc1 Bg5 38. Qe1 Bxf4 39. Bxf4 g5 40. Be3 Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 Qf7 42.
Be2 (42. Qe2 $4 Nc3 $1 (42... Nxg3 $19) 43. Qe1 Qf3 44. Qxc3 Qxg3+ 45. Bg2 Be4
$19) 42... Kf8 43. a3 Ke8 44. Kg2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 {Dem Schwarzen hat das Verfahren
gefallen, das I. Sokolov vor zwei Tagen anwandte; er greift auch darauf zurück.
} 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 {Aber hier weicht er ab. Er legt sich mit
diesem Zug darauf fest, einen Kampf mit zwei Springern gegen zwei Läufer zu
führen; auch dies scheint ohne weiteres spielbar zu sein.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Qd1 e5 $6 ({Plausibler erscheint mir für Schwarz die Fortsetzung} 
10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 (11... e5 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {mit etwas
besserer Stellung für Weiß.}) 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Qxb4 dxc3 14. Qxc3 Rc8
{ist befriedigend für Schwarz.}) 13... Qa5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rac8 {mit
ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd4 12. exd4 (12. dxc6 dxc3
13. cxd7 Qxd7 {sieht befriedigend für Schwarz aus.}) 12... cxd5 13. Bf4 {
überläßt dem Weißen einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 12. Qb3 Bxc3 (12... Qa5 13. Bd2 {
ist nicht besser.}) 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. Rab1 e4 17. Be2
Rab8 18. Bc5 Nfd7 (18... Nbd7 {ist nicht wirksamer:} 19. Be7 b5 20. Qa3 Qc6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxa7 {, und Schwarz findet keinen Ersatz für den verlorenen
Bauern.}) 19. Be7 (19. Bg4 $5 {kommt auch in Betracht:} Nxc5 (19... Nc4 20. Qb5
Rd8 21. Be7 (21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 {ist auch nicht
bequem für Schwarz.}) 21... Nf6 22. Bxd8 Qxd8 23. Qa4 {mit Qualitätsgewinn.}) (
19... Rd8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bb6 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 {, und die
Verteidigungsaufgabe des Schwarzen ist nicht beneidenswert.}) 20. dxc5 Nd7 ({
Zu der Fortsetzung} 20... Qxc5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 {entschließt man sich nicht gerne,
obwohl Schwarz sich halten können mag.}) 21. Qa3 Rd8 (21... g6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7
23. Qxa7 Ra8 (23... Qc6 24. Rb6 {kostet ebenfalls einen Bauern.}) 24. Qxb7 Qxb7
25. Rxb7 Rxc5 26. Rc2 {Weiß hat einen Bauern gewonnen; auch wenn die Stellung
vielleicht als remis einzuschätzen ist, hat die Verteidigungsaufgabe des
Schwarzen nichts Verlockendes.}) (21... a6 22. Rd1 {ist keine Verbesserung für
Schwarz.} Rd8 23. Rxd5 Nf6 24. Rd4 {Auch diese Fortsetzung ist für Schwarz
nicht bequem.}) 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxa7 Rc8 24. c4 {, und Weiß behält einen
Mehrbauern.}) 19... Nc4 {Schwarz gibt den Kampf um das Feld c4 auf. Nach} (
19... Qc6 20. Bh4 Ra8 21. Bg3 {hat Schwarz Mühe, die Drohung Le2-b5 nebst
a2-a4 befriedigend zu parieren; er hat ein dauerndes Problem mit der
ausreichenden Verteidigung des Bauern auf b7.} (21. Bb5 Qe6 22. a4 a6 23. Be2
Ra7 {führt nicht zum Ziel.})) 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qb5 b6 ({Auch nach} 21... a6 {
behält Weiß Vorteil:} 22. Qf5 (22. Qd5 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. d5 Rg6 25. a4 {
ist ebenfalls gut.}) 22... b5 23. d5 {usw.}) 22. a4 {Weiß führt die
thematische Öffnung einer Linie am Damenflügel durch. Nicht mehr verspricht
die sofortige Bedrohung des Bauern auf e4, zum Beispiel} (22. Qd5 Qb7) ({oder} 
22. Qf5 Re8) 22... Re8 23. Bh4 Rbc8 24. a5 Qb7 25. axb6 Nxb6 ({Die Fortsetzung
} 25... axb6 26. Rb4 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Ra1 {ist äußerst ungünstig für
Schwarz.}) 26. Ra1 f6 {Auf diese Weise bringt Schwarz seinen Turm auf die
siebente Reihe und baut eine recht gesunde Festung auf. Weiß muß jedenfalls
vermeiden, daß Schwarz seinen Springer auf d5 festsetzen kann, und bringt zu
diesem Zwecke die Türme auf die 5. Reihe.} 27. Rcb1 Re7 28. Ra5 Qd7 29. Qa6 Qb7
30. Qb5 Qd7 31. g4 h6 ({Nach} 31... Qxb5 32. Rbxb5 h6 33. Bg3 {steht Weiß zu
d4-d5-d6 bereit; die Verteidigungsaufgabe des Schwarzen ist mühsam.}) 32. Bg3 (
{Nach} 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Rbb5 Rcd8 {nimmt Schwarz den Punkt d5 in Besitz.})
32... Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Rbb5 Qe6 35. h4 {Weiß will den Königsflügel des
Schwarzen auflockern.} (35. Qf5 $5 {führt zu dem oben besprochenen
Stellungstypus; Schwarz ist in Nöten.}) 35... Rd8 36. g5 {Jetzt ist es schon
wieder zu spät für} (36. Qf5 {Schwarz antwortet} Qxf5 37. gxf5 Red7) 36... fxg5
$2 {Die Aufgabe des Feldes e5 sieht riskant aus.} (36... Nd5 37. gxf6 (37. gxh6
Nxc3 {mit unklaren Folgen.}) 37... Nxf6 38. Qf5 Qf7 (38... Qxf5 39. Rxf5 Red7
40. Rfc5 {ist jetzt unbefriedigend für Schwarz, weil der Bauer auf c4 des
Schutzes entbehrt.}) 39. Be5 {ist unbequem für Schwarz.}) (36... hxg5 37. hxg5
Nd5 38. g6 Red7 39. Ra3 {sieht auch nicht vertrauenerweckend für Schwarz aus.})
(36... Kh7 {dürfte am besten sein:} 37. Bf4 Red7 38. Ra6 (38. gxh6 g6 {ist
nicht besser.}) (38. gxf6 Nd5 {auch nicht.}) 38... Rf8 (38... Rd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5
40. Rxa7 {ist unbefriedigend für Schwarz.}) ({nach} 38... Qh3 39. gxf6 Nd5 40.
f7 Nxf4 41. exf4 e3 42. Qf5+ Qxf5 43. Rxf5 e2 44. Re5 Rxf7 45. Rxe2 {steht
Schwarz ein harter Kampf ums Remis bevor.}) 39. Rba5 Qf7 {usw.}) 37. hxg5 g6 (
37... hxg5 38. Rxg5 {überlebt Schwarz nicht lange.}) 38. Qh4 Qf7 (38... h5 39.
Re5 Qf7 40. Qxe4 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 39. Qxh6 $18 Nd5 40. Ra6 Nb6
41. Rbxb6 axb6 42. Rxb6 Qh7 43. Rxg6+ Rg7 44. Qxh7+ Kxh7 45. Rh6+ Kg8 46. g6
Ra8 47. Be5 Ra3 48. d5 {Eine von Weiß vorzüglich durchgeführte Positionspartie.
} 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. f4 Nc6
15. Ndf3 Ra7 16. Bc2 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Qd3 g6 (18... f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20.
Nd2 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 (23... Kf7 24. Qh5+ $16) 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qb8 Qg5 26. Qc7+ Kf8 27. Qb8+ {führt zum Remis.}) 19. Nd2 Nc3 20.
Rf6 a4 21. h4 a3 22. h5 Qe7 23. Qf1 Kg7 24. Kh2 Bc6 25. Qf4 Ba4 26. Bd3 b3 27.
Kg3 b2 28. Rh1 Rh8 (28... a2 {scheitert an} 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31.
Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qh7#) 29. Qh4 Be8 (29...
a2 30. hxg6 h6 (30... fxg6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rxg6+ Qg7 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7+ 34. Kh2
a1=Q 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Rf1 $18) 31. Rxf7+ Qxf7 32. gxf7 Rxf7 {mit unklarer
Stellung.}) 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 (31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rhf1 Bf7 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34.
Rxf7 Rxf7 $19) 31... Kg8 (31... Bxg6 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rxg6+ Qg7 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7+
35. Kh2 Rg6 36. Qh4 $18) (31... a2 32. Bxh7 {führt zum Matt.}) 32. Bxe8 Qxe8
33. Rhf1 a2 34. Rf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Avrukh,B} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nh4
(7. Qb3 $5 {Avrukh,B} Qb6 (7... Qc8 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4
Bc7 12. Re1 Nxe4 $11 {De Fotis,G-McCambridge,V/Chicago op 1986 (55)}) 8. c5 Qc7
9. Bf4 Qc8 10. Nh4 Be7 11. Nxf5 $14 {Podzielny,K-Velikov,P/Tirnavia 1984 (58)})
7... Bg4 (7... Bg6 {Avrukh,B} 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. cxd5 $6 (9. b3 Be7 10. Bf4 Nh5 $6
11. Be3 g5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bd2 $14 {Maroto,J-Baches,G/Olot op 1994 (27)}) 9...
exd5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 $132 {Raasch,J-Boetzel,B/
NRW-II 1991 (34)}) 8. h3 (8. Qd3 $5 {Avrukh,B} dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 $14 {Moracchini,F-Geenen,M/It, Clichy FRA 1998 (15)}) 8...
Bh5 9. g4 (9. Qb3 $5 {Avrukh,B} Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 $1 h6
13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. O-O Bd6 16. e4 $36 {Kluss,K-Pyda,Z/Lublin-B 1993 
(45)}) 9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 $6 {Die Dame steht hier nicht gut.
Besser war meines Erachtens} (11. cxd5 {gefolgt von 12.Lc1-f4.}) 11... Qc7 12.
Bg5 Nb6 {Avrukh: Forcing white to take on d5.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 $6 {
Auch dies scheint mir zweifelhaft, weil es Weiß zur kurzen Rochade zwingt.} (
14. O-O-O {kam in Betracht.}) 14... Qd6 15. e3 Qb4 16. Qc2 $2 {Weiß sollte die
Damen tauschen; danach hat Schwarz nur einen geringen Vorteil.} (16. Qxb4 {
Avrukh,B} Bxb4 17. Ke2 Bxc3 $5 (17... Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. f3 Kd7 20. Na4 $14)
18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Bf4 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rb1 f6 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 O-O-O $11)
19... Na4 20. c4 Nac3+ 21. Ke1 Nxa2 $13) 16... Bd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O Bc7
19. Nxd5 {Das Endspiel, das nun entsteht, ist für Weiß äußerst schwer zu
spielen; er steht am Rande des Verlustes. Ich muß darauf verzichten, nach
Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten in der Verteidigungsführung des Anziehenden zu
suchen. Es wäre die Stellung des Weißen jedoch auch nach} (19. Rfe1 O-O-O 20.
Ne2 Qd6 21. Ng3 Kb8 {höchst unerfreulich; Schwarz kann seinen Angriff am
Königsflügel in aller Ruhe vorbereiten und durchführen, ohne die geringste
Störung befürchten zu müssen.} (21... Nd7 $36 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Ge6g5] Avrukh,
B})) (19. e4 $5 {Avrukh,B} dxe4 20. Qxe4+ Kf8 21. d5 $1 Qd6 22. f4 Re8 23. Qf3
Nxd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Bb6+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kh1 $2 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxh3+ 28.
Kg2 Rd3 $19) 26... Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Re2+ 28. Kg3 Rxb2 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rxh8 Kxh8
31. Bxf7 Kg7 $15) (19. Ne2 O-O-O 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Nc4 22. b3 Nd6 $11)
19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qd6 21. Bxc6+ Kf8 ({Another promising possibility was} 
21... Kd8 $5 22. f4 {Avrukh:} (22. Rfd1 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxh3+ 25.
Qg2 Qh1+ $1 26. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 27. Ke2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rb8 $19) 22... bxc6 23. Qg2 $1
(23. Qxc6 Qxc6 (23... Rb8 24. Qg2 $1 $13) 24. Rxc6 Rxh3 25. Rfc1 $6 (25. Rxf6
Rb8 26. Rxf7 (26. b3 Rxe3 27. Rxf7 Rb4 28. Rc1 Bb6 $17) 26... Rxb2 27. Re1 Rg3+
28. Kh1 Rxg4 $17) 25... Bb6 26. R1c3 (26. Rxf6 Ke7 $1 27. Rfc6 Rxe3 $19) 26...
Ke7 27. b4 Rg3+ 28. Kf2 Rxg4 29. a4 Rh4 $19 {[%cal Gh4h2,Gh2b2]}) 23... Kd7 24.
Rc4 Bb6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. b4 $15) 22. Qc5 ({Also after} 22. f4 {Avrukh,B} bxc6
23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Bb6 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Rc3 Rd8 27. Rfc1 Ke7 $15 {black
keeps the advantage.}) 22... bxc6 23. Qxd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxc6 Ke7 {In certain
positions three pawns for a piece is quiet sufficient compensation,but in this
concrete position white's problem is the absence of an active counterplay and
from move to move the presence of the bishop becomes more and more
considerable.} 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rd1 f5 {Preventing white from playing e4.} 27.
gxf5 {Opening another file for a black rooks.} (27. Rdc1 $5 {Avrukh,B}) 27...
gxf5 28. Rh1 Rh4 29. Kf3 a4 {Now when the white is quiet concerned about the
kingside and the center black starts to break on the queenside.} 30. Rb6 a3 31.
Rb7+ Ke6 32. Kg2 axb2 33. Rxb2 Ra3 34. Re1 Re4 {Now white can't prevent f4,
which decides the game.} 35. Ree2 f4 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. axb3 Kd5 38. Kf3 fxe3 39.
fxe3 Rh4 40. Rf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koshy, Varugeese"]
[Black "Rahman, Zillur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. cxd5 Bxb1 {Der Zug wird in ECO D11/1, Fußnote
2 empfohlen. Ich habe kein früheres Beispiel für seine Anwendung gefunden.} 5.
Rxb1 Qxd5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Qc2 Ngf6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 {Besser ist 9.Be2 mit leichtem
Vorteil für Weiß.} Qh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4
$2 {Solider ist 14.h3.} Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. h3 (16. g3 $1) 16... Qh4 17. Qe2 (
17. Be2 h5 $17) 17... Qg3 $1 18. Qxg4 Qxd3 19. Qd1 Qxb1 20. Qxd4 O-O 21. Rd1
Qc2 $19 22. e5 Rae8 23. Be3 f6 24. Rd2 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rf1+ 26. Kh2 Qb1 27. Bg1
Qe1 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Re2 Qb1 30. Bxa7 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 Re1 32. Bd4 h6 33. Qc2 Qxc2
34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Bc3 Rf1 36. Rd2 Re6 37. a4 Kf8 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rd2 b6 40. b4
Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Rc1 42. Bd4 c5 43. bxc5 bxc5 44. Bf2 Ra6 45. Rd5 Rc6 46. Be3 Ke6
47. Rd8 Ra1 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 c4 50. Bd4 c3 51. e6+ Kxe6 52. Bxg7 Kf7 53.
Ra7+ Kg6 54. g4 Rf1 55. Bd4 Rff6 56. h4 c2 57. h5+ Kg5 58. Kg3 c1=Q 59. Ra5+
Rc5 60. Rxc5+ Qxc5 61. Bxc5 Re6 62. a5 Re4 63. Kh3 Rxg4 64. Be3+ Kxh5 65. Bxh6
Rd4 66. Bf8 Ra4 67. Bd6 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
Be7 (8... Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Piskov,Y-Simic,R/Belgrade 1995/
CBM 47 ext (10).}) 9. Bb2 Bh5 10. O-O Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4
O-O {Oft ist es in ähnlichen Stellungen günstig, das Schlagen auf g6
zuzulassen; hier aber nicht. Schwarz muß nämlich mit c6-c5 nach Gegenspiel
streben. In den Endspieltypen, die nach d4xc5 entstehen, ist jetzt die
Bauernmehrheit des Schwarzen am Königsflügel entwertet. Entscheidend ist diese
Ungenauigkeit nicht; aber dennoch sollte Weiß im folgenden stets auf g6
zugreifen und Schwarz auf e4.} 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bc3 Rfe8 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. g3 Bf6 $6 {Dies gefällt mir nicht; das Feld f6 sollte für den
Springer frei bleiben. Nach} (18... Nf6 {hat Schwarz nichts Besonderes zu
fürchten; auf Sf3-e5 reagiert er mit Sf6-d7, denn nach Springertausch steht
eher Schwarz besser.}) 19. Re3 Nf8 {Der Springer steht hier völlig wirkungslos.
} 20. Red3 (20. h4 {ist genauer. Weiß sollte den Vorstoß g6-g5 ein für allemal
unterbinden, und Schwarz sollte ihn im folgenden duchführen, wann immer sich
eine Gelegenheit dazu ergibt. Ich führe die Fälle nicht alle im Einzelnen auf.}
) 20... Rd7 21. Bd2 Red8 (21... Qd8 22. Be3 g5) 22. Bf4 Qa5 ({Nach} 22... Qc8
23. h4 {verbleibt Schwarz in einer sehr passiven Stellung.}) 23. c5 ({Jetzt
kann Schwarz nach} 23. h4 {mit} Qh5 {antworten.}) 23... Re8 24. Bd6 Qd8 25. b4
Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 {In derartigen Stellungstypen lautet die Frage stets: Kann
Schwarz die Stellung halten, oder sind die Gewinnaussichten von Weiß
bedeutend? In der vorliegenden Position sind die Gewinnaussichten des Weißen
nicht gering, denn die Verdoppelung des g-Bauern stellt jetzt für Schwarz eine
ärgerliche Schwächung dar. Schwarz muß im allgemeinen vermeiden, daß sein
Läufer gegen den Springer des Weißen abgetauscht wird.} 27. Qc5 Qc7 28. a4 Nd7
29. Qc2 Qd6 30. Rb1 Qd5 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rc8 33. bxc6 Rxc6 (33... bxc6 {
schein mir plausibler zu sein. Wenn Schwarz zu c6-c5 kommt und seinen c-Bauern
ohne weitere Zugeständnisse gegen den d-Bauern des Weißen tauschen kann,
entsteht eine Remisstruktur.}) 34. Qb3 Rb6 35. Qd1 Rxb1 36. Qxb1 b5 37. Qb3 Qf5
38. Rc3 ({Hier war die letzte Gelegenheit zu} 38. h4) 38... g5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40.
Qc2 Qxc2 41. Rxc2 g4 42. Rc7 gxf3 43. Rxd7 Kg6 44. Kf1 {Jetzt ensteht
jedenfalls eine Remisstellung. Zu versuchen ist} (44. d5 exd5 (44... b4 45.
dxe6 fxe6 46. Rd3 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz, denn} Kf5 47. Rxf3+ Ke4 {
scheitert an} 48. Rf4+) (44... Kf5 45. dxe6 fxe6 46. Rd3 {ist ebenfalls
kritisch für Schwarz.}) 45. Rxd5 b4 46. Rd3 Bc3 47. Rxf3 f5 48. Kf1 Kf6 49. Ke2
{mit guten Gewinnaussichten.}) 44... b4 45. Rb7 Bxd4 46. Rxb4 e5 47. Rb3 f5 48.
Rxf3 Kf6 49. Ra3 e4 50. Ra6+ Kg5 51. Kg2 Kg4 $2 ({Nach} 51... g6 {kann Weiß
meines Erachtens nicht gewinnen. Bei der Struktur, in der Weiß Bauern auf f2,
g3, h4 und Schwarz auf f7, g6, h5 hat, kann der Anziehende nur durch äußerst
subtiles Spiel um Haaresbreite den Sieg erzwingen. Hier hindern der Bauer des
Schwarzen auf e4 und die Schwäche des Bauern auf f2 den Weißen an einem
vorbereitenden Königsmarsch ins Zentrum. Spielt er f2-f3, so folgt e4xf3, Kg2
(e2)xf3, und Schwarz kann sich zunächst weiterhin abwartend verhalten. Ich
sehe für den Weißen keine andere Möglichkeit, als h2-h3 nebst g3-g4 zu spielen,
aber meines Erachtens führen alle nach Bauerntausch entstehenden Strukturen zu
Remisstellungen, ob nun g4xf5, g6xf5 geschieht oder f5xg4, h3xg4 oder f5xg4, K
(T)xg4. Der einzige andere Versuch für Weiß, der mir einfällt, besteht darin,
h2-h3 nebst g3-g4 zu spielen. Kann Schwarz nun f5xg4 mit doppeltem
Bauerntausch spielen, entsteht wieder ein Endspiel Turm und Bauer gegen Läufer
und Bauer, das Remis ist. Steht der Turm des Weißen etwa auf a5, so folgt
Kg5-f4, steht er auf e6, so spielt Schwarz (zum Beispiel) Ld4-a7. Ich sehe für
Weiß keine Möglichkeit, die Figuren des Schwayrzen durch Zugzwang oder
geschicktes Manövrieren auf ungünstige Felder zu zwingen, so daß er die
Koordination verliert. Für ein abschließendes Urteil sind natürlich längere
und konkretere Untersuchungen nötig. Nach dem Textzug verliert Schwarz einen
weiteren Bauern, und damit ist die Sache zu Ende.}) 52. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hodgson Kortschnoj} d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5
cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Ne5 {Die
meistgespielten Fortsetzungen sind 11.c5 und 11.Ld3, aber der Textzug scheint
interessant zu sein. Zunächst droht 12.Sf7: (12.Df3 Ta7). /\ 12.N:f7, 13.Qf3+}
Nf6 12. Qa4+ {Hodgson: !Ein sehr kräftiger Zug.} Nfd7 (12... Nbd7 13. Nc6 (13.
c5 {Kortschnoj} O-O 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxb4 $18) 13... Qc7 14. Nxa5 O-O 15. Be2 e5
16. O-O exd4 17. exd4 Qf4 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Nf8 20. Qxb4 $18 {Gonzales,
J-Remon,A, Mexico City 1991, TD 91/09.}) (12... Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. c5 $16)
13. c5 O-O 14. Nec4 Nf6 (14... Bb7 $5 15. Nxa5 (15. Nb3 $2 Bc6) (15. Nd6 $5 {
Hodgson} Bc6 16. Bb5 $1 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bh3 18. N2e4 $44) 15... Nc6 16. Ndb3 Nxa5
(16... e5 17. Nxc6 (17. Nxb7 Rxa4 18. Nxd8 Rxa1+ 19. Nxa1 Rxd8 20. d5 (20. Nb3
exd4 21. exd4 Nf6 $13) 20... Na7 (20... Na5 21. c6 Nf6 22. c7 Rc8 23. d6 {
mit der Absicht 24.La6 +-.}) (20... Ne7 21. d6 (21. c6 Nf6 22. c7 Rxd5) 21...
Nc6 22. Nb3 $16) 21. Nb3 Nf6 (21... Rc8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. d6 Rc6 24. Bb7 $18) 22.
d6 $16) (17. Bb5 Nxa5 18. Nxa5 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bh3 $13) 17... Rxa4 18. Nxd8 Rxa1+
19. Nxa1 Rxd8 20. Bb5 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bd5 $13) 17. Nxa5 e5 18. Bb5 (18. c6 $2 Bxc6
19. Qxc6 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Qxd7 b3+ $19) (18. Qxb4 exd4 19. exd4 (19. c6
Bxc6) (19. Qxb7 Rxa5) 19... Re8+ $13) 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bh3 $13 {Meines
Erachtens sollte Schwarz unbedingt 14...Lb7 versuchen; nach dem Textzug steht
er schlecht.}) (14... e5 {Hodgson} 15. c6 $1 Nb6 (15... exd4 16. cxd7 Bxd7 17.
Qd1 $16) 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. d5 $1 $16) 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Bb5 (
17... a4 18. O-O (18. e4 Nc3 19. Nb6 Nc6 $13) (18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nb6 Ra6 20.
Nxd5 b3 $13) 18... Bb5 19. Rfb1 $18) 18. Nd6 Ba6 (18... Bc6 $142 {Hodgson}) 19.
N2c4 Nc6 20. O-O Qc7 21. Rfc1 Bxc4 {Es drohte 22.Lxd5 exd5 23.Sb6.} (21... Rfb8
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nb6 Rxb6 24. cxb6 Qxd6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 b3 27. b7 Bxb7
28. Rb6 $18) 22. Nxc4 Nce7 23. Qb3 {<-> a,>< a5} Ra7 24. g3 Rb8 25. Kg2 h6 26.
Rc2 Nc3 {Dies kostet einen Bauern, aber ich sehe keine zureichende
Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 27.Tca2 Tba8 28.Sb6; Weiß kann auch seine
Stellung zunächst noch in aller Ruhe verstärken (mit h2-h4, zum Beispiel).
Manchmal mag auch e3-e4 in Betracht kommen.} 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Nxa5 Qxa5 29.
Rxc3 bxc3 30. Qxb8+ Kh7 31. Qb7 $18 f5 32. Qxe7 c2 33. Qxe6 c1=Q 34. Qxf5+ g6
35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Bd5 Qh1+ 38. Kxh1 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Ba3
Bxa3 9. Nxa3 h6 10. b4 {Dies gefällt mir nicht besonders. Weiß hat keinen
anspruchsvollen Eröffnungsaufbau gewählt und sollte daher bescheiden bleiben.}
(10. Nb1 $11) 10... O-O 11. Qb3 a6 12. Nc2 $2 (12. Rac1 $11) 12... dxc4 13.
Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Qd5 15. Qb1 $2 {Hiernach ist Weiß sofort verloren. Viel zäher
ist} (15. Ne3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nbd5 (16... Be4 {ist nicht besser:} 17. Nc4 Nbd5
18. Nd6) 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. e3 Nxb4 19. Ne5 {Weiß hat einen Bauern verloren,
aber Schwarz muß erst noch beweisen, daß sein Materialvorteil zum Sieg
ausreicht.}) 15... Qe4 $19 16. Na3 Qxe2 17. Qc1 Ne4 18. Nh4 Nd5 19. Nc4 Bh7 20.
a3 Nec3 21. Na5 Qb5 22. Qb2 b6 23. Nb3 a5 24. bxa5 Na4 25. Qa2 Ndc3 26. Qd2
Qxb3 27. Bxc6 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nb4 {
Dies ist eine prächtige Idee. Ich fürchte aber, daß sie nicht ganz gesund ist,
wenn Weiß den Mut findet, sich auf die Hauptvariante einzulassen, die in
dieser Partie Anwendung findet. Versucht wurde hier außerdem:} (7... Bxb1 $2 8.
Qxb7 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Rd8 10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. cxb5 {mit entscheidendem
Vorteil für Weiß: Epishin,V-Shabalov,A, Tbilisi 1989, CBM 12.}) (7... Qb6 8.
Nbd2 Nb4 9. Rc1 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 Nb4 12. a3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd5 14.
Be5 $14 {Madsen,D-Grotnes,N, Namses op 1995, EXT 95 op. Es scheint, daß 7...
Db6 gut spielbar ist.}) 8. Qxb4 (8. Na3 {ist natürlich ein ganz
kaninchenhafter Zug, obwohl er in der einzigen Beispielpartie, die mir mit ihm
vorliegt, rasch zum Erfolg führte:} Qa5 9. O-O-O Ne4 10. Bg3 e5 $4 11. Nxe5 Nc3
$4 {Schwarz strebt den Schönheitspreis an; er wird aber grausam enttäuscht.}
12. bxc3 Nxa2+ 13. Kb2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb4 15. Qb3 O-O 16. c5 f6 17. Nec4 {
1-0, Tsorbatzoglou,T-Papachristou,N, Katerini op 1992, EXP 32.}) 8... e5 9.
Qxb7 (9. c5 {wurde mindestens zwei Mal gespielt, mit schlechten Resultaten für
Weiß; die Sache ist aber natürlich keineswegs klar und bedarf sorgfältiger
Analyse:} exf4 10. exf4 b6 11. Ne5 bxc5 12. Qb7 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qxc6 Rc8
15. Qxd5 cxd4 16. Bb5 $6 {ist der einzige Zug, der bis jetzt in der Praxis
erprobt wurde.} Bb4+ $2 17. Kd1 $6 O-O 18. Qxd7 Qh4 19. g3 Qh5+ 20. Be2 Qc5 21.
Nd2 Qc2+ 22. Ke1 Qxd2+ 23. Kf1 Rfd8 24. Qb7 d3 25. Bg4 Rc2 26. Qf3 f5 27. Bh3
Bc5 {Titlianov,Y-Kozlov,O, Kemerovo 1991, TD 91/03. Das Ergebnis ist mit 1-0
angegeben, doch glaube ich eher, daß es 0-1 lautete.}) 9... Rb8 {Auf} (9...
exf4 {(L. Ftacnik in den Anmerkungen zur Partie Epishin,V-Kuprejtchik,V,
Daugavpils 1989, CBM 16) folgt} 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nxc6 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 10.
Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qxf6 (11. Qa6 {(L. Ftacnik, loc. cit.)} exf4 {sieht allzu
riskant für Weiß aus.}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bxe5 Qb6 13. b3 (13. Nbd2 $2 {ist
schwach:} Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxb1+ 15. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. Bd3
Rxh1 19. Bxh8 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 dxc4+ 21. Kxc4 Bd6 $17 {und Schwarz gewann:
Angelov,R-Hector,J, Katerini op 1992, EXP 32.}) 13... Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 (14. Nfd2
$5 O-O 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qa5 18. Ke2 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qxg2 20. Rg1
Qh3 21. Nbd2 Bxd2 22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Kxd2 Bb5 $13 {geschah in der Partie Alterman,
V-Rublevskij,S, Sotschi 1990, TD 90/02. Die Partie endete nach 40 Zügen mit
Remis.}) 14... O-O 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Bd3 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug, der dem
Weißen ohne Komplikationen ein gutes Spiel verschafft. Die Vorgänger nahmen
auf d5; auch dies scheint gut zu sein:} (16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Bc4 (17. h3 $6 Bxd2+
18. Nxd2 Rxb3 $17) 17... Bg4 18. O-O {Da ist die Neuerung! In der Partie
Ionescu,Co-Shabalov,A, Bern op 1992, CBM 28, geschah} (18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Qxa2 20. Ke2 a5 21. d6 Kg7 22. d7 Rd8 23. Bb5 $2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxb3 {und
Schwarz gewann rasch (In dieser Partie waren nach 5.Lf4 die Züge 5...Da5+ 6.
Ld2 Dd8 7.Lf4 eingeschaltet worden, so daß Ta1-d1 in Wirklichkeit der
zwanzigste Zug war.). Der Textzug ist stärker.}) 18... Bxd2 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. a3
$2 {Aber diese Feinheit begreife ich nicht. Nach} (20. Nc6 $142 Qb6 21. Rad1
Bc3 22. Nxb8 Qxb8 23. f3 Qb6 24. Rf2 h5 25. Bd3 {ist die Aufgabe des Schwarzen
nicht beneidenswert.}) 20... Qc3 21. d6 Kg7 (21... Be6 22. Rfd1 Qc2 23. Bd3 Qb2
24. Rab1 Qa2 25. Ra1 $10) 22. Nxf7 $6 (22. Bxf7 $5 Rd8 23. Ra2 $13) 22... Rb6
$2 (22... Bd3 {sollte zum Gewinn führen. Der weißfeldrige Läufer gibt der
Stellung des Anziehenden hauptsächlich Halt (vgl. den 25. Zug von Schwarz).
Der Textzug sieht ganz sinnlos aus.}) 23. e4 $2 (23. Ra2 Rxb3 24. Bxb3 Qxb3 25.
Rxd2 Kxf7 {führt zu einer unklaren Stellung, die sich vielleicht im
Gleichgewicht befindet. Der Textzug gibt dem schwarzfeldrigen Läufer des
Nachziehenden Raum und lockert die Bauernstruktur im Zentrum auf riskante
Weise.}) 23... Bc8 24. Rfd1 Bf4 25. e5 {Damit benimmt Weiß seinem Springer das
wichtigste Rückzugsfeld. Es gibt jedoch keine befriedigende Verteidigung gegen
die Drohung 25...Ld6:} (25. Bd5 Bg4 26. f3 Bxf3 $19) 25... Rxb3 $19 26. Bxb3
Qxb3 27. Nd8 (27. d7 Bxd7 28. Nd6 Qd5 {führt ebenfalls zu einer für Weiß
hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) (27. g3 {scheitert natürlich an} Qf3) 27... Qb6 28.
g3 Qxd8 $2 (28... Bh6 $19 {gewann ohne weiteres.}) 29. gxf4 Qh4 30. f3 $2 (30.
Rd3 Qxf4 31. Re1 {mit unklarer Stellung. Nach dem Textzug fällt die Stellung
des Weißen auseinander; es geht über seine Kräfte, den Punkt f3 zusätzlich zu
verteidigen.}) 30... Qxf4 31. Kf2 Bb7 32. Rd3 Ba6 33. d7 Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 Qh6+ 35.
Ke2 Qh4 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. d5 Ke7 38. e6 Qf2+ 39. Kc3 Qc5+ 40. Kd2 Bxd3 41. Rc1
Qd4 42. Rc8 Bb5+ 43. Kc2 Bxd7 {0-1 Alburt,L-Shabalov,A/USA-ch 1996}) 16... Qa5
17. Ke2 Bg4 18. h3 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 18. Rhd1 Bc3 19. Rac1 Bxf3+ 20. gxf3 {
verschafft dem Weißen ein prächtiges Spiel.}) 18... Bxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bc3 20. Rac1
dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxa2+ 22. Kd3 Ba5 23. b4 $1 ({Die Folge} 23. Rhf1 Rxb3+ 24. Ke4 (
24. Bxb3 Qxb3+ 25. Ke4 (25. Ke2 Qb5+ {wäre ganz fatal für Weiß.}) 25... Qb7+
26. Kd3 {läßt dem Weißen keinerlei Gewinnhoffnungen.}) 24... Kg7 {birgt für
Weiß ein zu großes Risiko.}) 23... Qa3+ 24. Rc3 Qxb4 25. Rb3 Qd6 26. Rhb1 Bb6 (
{Nach} 26... Rxb3+ 27. Rxb3 {mit den Drohungen 28.Tb7 und 28.Se5 hat Schwarz
große Schwierigkeiten. Er hält deshalb die b-Linie geschlossen.}) 27. Ne5 Rb7
28. g4 Kg7 29. g5 f6 30. gxf6+ Qxf6 31. Bd5 Rc7 32. f4 Qf5+ 33. Be4 Qxh3 34.
Nc4 Re7 35. Rb5 (35. Nxb6 Qe6 {ist nicht empfehlenswert für Weiß.}) 35... Bc7
36. f5 Qg4 37. Nd2 a6 38. Rc5 gxf5 39. Bxf5 Qg3 40. Ne4 Qf3 41. Bxh7 Bf4 42.
Rg1+ Kxh7 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. Ng8+ Kh7 45. Nf6+ Kh6 46. Ng8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. Ne5 {Dies ist anscheinend
ein neuer Zug. Üblich ist 6.ab5 cb5 7.b3.} Nf6 7. Nc3 b4 (7... Bb4 $5) (7...
Qb6 $5) 8. Nb1 Nbd7 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. a5 Ba6 13. b3 Qc7
14. Bb2 cxd4 15. exd4 Nd5 16. Nbd2 Rac8 17. Rc1 Nf4 18. Re1 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Nf6
20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Be5 Qh6 24. Bd6 Rh5 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26.
Nxe3 Ra8 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Ne4 29. Bxb4 Rb8 30. Rd1 f5 31. Nc2 Be2 32. Rd7
Rc8 33. Ne1 Rb8 34. Be7 Rxb3 35. f3 Bb5 36. Rxa7 Nc3 37. a6 Rb1 38. Bh4 Ra1 39.
Ra8+ Kf7 40. a7 g5 41. Bf2 Ne2+ 42. Kh1 Nd4 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Qxb3 10. Nxb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be4 12. f3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 $6 (
14. Bd2 {sieht natürlicher aus.}) 14... Nb4 15. Kd2 e5 $6 ({Mit} 15... e6 16.
a3 Na6 17. Kc2 Be7 18. Ng2 c5 {konnte Schwarz ein völlig befriedigendes Spiel
erreichen.}) 16. a3 Na6 17. Kc2 exd4 18. Nxd4 g6 19. b3 O-O-O ({Passiv, aber
solide war die Fortsetzung} 19... Bg7 20. Bb2 O-O) 20. Bb2 Be7 21. Ng2 Nc7 22.
Ne3 Rhe8 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. h4 c5 25. Ne2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxh4 27. Rh1 Bg5 28. f4
Bd8 $2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 28... Rxe4 29. Kd3 Rxf4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. Ng2 ({Nach
} 31. Rxh7 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 c4 {hat Schwarz genügendes Gegenspiel.}) 31... Bg5 32.
Rxh7 f5 {bot gute Remisaussichten.}) 29. e5 g5 $2 (29... Rh8 30. e6 f6 31. f5
gxf5 32. gxf5 Nbd5 {mußte jedenfalls versucht werden.}) 30. Nf5 $18 Rf8 31.
Nd6+ Kd7 32. f5 Nbd5 33. Rxh7 Ne3+ 34. Kd3 Nxg4 35. Nxf7 Kc6 36. e6 Bf6 37.
Bxf6 Nxf6 38. Rh6 Ncd5 39. Nc3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. e3 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15.
Bd2 g6 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be1 Bg7 19. h3 Rad8 20. Rab1 $10 Nc4 (
20... h5 $5) 21. Bf1 Ne4 $6 (21... Ne5 $142 $10) 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bd3 Ree8 24.
Bxc4 dxc4 25. Bc3 f5 26. Kf1 Rd3 $2 (26... Rd5 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. f3
Bh6 $10 {denn} 30. e4 {wird mit} fxe4 31. fxe4 Rf8+ {beantwortet.}) 27. Rxd3
cxd3 28. Ke1 g5 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Rc1 g4 31. Rh1 Rd5 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. e4 Rg5 34.
Kxd3 h6 35. Ke3 h5 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rd1 a5 38. Kf4 Rg6 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40. bxa5
Rf6+ 41. Kg5 Rxf2 42. Rxb7 Re2 43. a6 Rxe4 44. a7 Ra4 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. a8=Q
Rxa8 47. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 {Ein ungebräuchliches Verfahren:
Schwarz gibt seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer gegen den Königsspringer ab, ohne den
Weißen zu irgendwelchen Konzessionen (wie nach 4...Lf5 5.Sc3 e6 6.Sh4 Le4) zu
zwingen. Dies scheint spielbar zu sein; in der Partie hat Weiß zunächst keinen
Vorteil.} 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7
11. b3 Rfe8 (11... a6 {kommt in Betracht.}) 12. Qd1 a6 $2 {Schwarz bereitet
e6-e5 vor, aber dazu hat er die Zeit nicht mehr. Nach} (12... e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
(13... cxd5 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Rc1 {sieht unbequem für Schwarz aus.}) 14. Nxd5
cxd5 {hat er nicht viel zu befürchten.}) 13. c5 Bc7 14. f4 Rad8 15. Qf3 $6 ({
Nach} 15. b4 {hätte Schwarz es schwer gehabt, Gegnspiel zu bekommen:} Ne4 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf3 {ist nicht
zureichend, wie es scheint.}) 15... e5 {Wenn Schwarz nichts unternimmt, wird
er auf beiden Flügeln überrollt; Weiß kann sowohl mit b3-b4, a2-a4 und b4-b5
als auch mit g2-g4 vorgehen, wobei er mit der Aktivität am Damenflügel
einsetzen sollte.} 16. fxe5 Nxe5 $6 (16... Bxe5 {bot vielleicht bessere
Rettungsaussichten:} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxc5 20. Rf4 $16 {usw.
}) 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 $2 ({Nach} 18. Ne2 {sehe ich keine Rettung für Schwarz:
} Ne4 (18... Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Ne4+ 20. Ke1 {, und die Initiative des Schwarzen ist
zu Ende.}) 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe4 Qh2+ (20... dxe4 21. Bc3 $18) 21. Kf2 Rf8 22.
Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 23. Bf3 {Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 18... Ba5 19. Nb1 Bc7 ({Zum
Verlust führt} 19... Qxa1 20. Bxa5 Rd7 21. Bc3 Qxa2 22. Bxf6 $18) (19... Bxd2
20. Nxd2 Qc3 (20... Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Rf3 {sieht hoffnungslos für
Schwarz aus.}) 21. Qe2 Qxc5 22. Rae1 Re6 {kam dagegn auch in Betracht.}) 20.
Nc3 (20. Na3 Rd7 ({Andere Fortsetzungen sind hoffnungslos für Schwarz:} 20...
Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qf2 $18) (20... Qxg3+ 21. Qxg3 Bxg3 22. Nc2
$18) 21. Rad1 (21. Nc2 Ne4 22. Be1 (22. Rad1 {Zu unklarem Spiel führt} Nxg3) ({
oder} 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qf2 Qxc5) 22... Nxc5 {überläßt dem Schwarzen schöne
Kompensation.}) 21... Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qf2 Red8 24. Nc4 Qxg3+ (24... Qxc5
25. Bc3) 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Kg2 Bc7 27. Kf2 {, und Weiß sollte schließlich
gewinnen.}) 20... Ba5 21. Rac1 $2 ({Bessere Aussichten bot} 21. Nb1 Bc7 22. Na3
{, wie oben dargelegt.}) 21... d4 22. Nb1 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 dxe3 24. Nc4 Qxc5 25.
Be2 Qe7 {Es ist eine ungefähr ausgeglichene Stellung entstanden.} 26. Rc3 Nd5
27. Rd3 b5 28. Na5 (28. Nb2 Rd6 {sieht nicht besonders erfreulich für Weiß aus.
}) 28... Qc7 29. Nxc6 {Weiß revanchiert sich für 15...e5.} (29. b4 {dürfte
aber zum Ausgleich genügen.} Nxb4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. a3 Nc2 32. Nxc6 Rd6 33. Rd1
h6 34. Nb4 {usw.}) 29... Qxc6 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Rfd1 Re5 32. h4 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 32. Bf3 e2 33. Bxe2 Rxe2 34. Rxd5 Rde8 35. Rf1 h6 {wird zu einer
für Weiß kaum haltbaren Stellung führen.}) 32... h6 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Qc5 ({
Auch nach} 34... Qd6 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Qg2 {kann Schwarz nur schwer weiterkommen.
}) 35. Qf3 a5 36. Rd4 Qc2 37. g4 (37. Rxd5 Rexd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxe2
40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ {führte sofort zum Remis.}) 37... Qc5 38. Kh1 Qe7 {
Auch mit anderen Zügen sehe ich kein Weiterkommen für Schwarz.} 39. Rxd5 Rexd5
40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Qxd5 Qxh4+ 42. Kg2 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Qxe2 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 (7. Qxb7 {
verdient Untersuchung:} Bxg2 8. Rg1 dxc4 ({Nach} 8... Nbd7 9. Rxg2 Qc8 (9...
dxc4 {führt zur Hauptvariante.}) 10. Qxc8+ Rxc8 11. Bd2 {ist der a-Bauer des
Schwarzen sehr anfällig.}) 9. Rxg2 (9. Qxa8 {ist ungenau, denn nun hat Schwarz
die Möglichkeit} Bd5 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Nc3 Qxh2 12. Rf1 Bg2 13. Qb7 Kd8 14. f4
Bxf1 15. Qxb8+ Kd7 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 9... Nbd7 (9... cxd3 10. Qxa8
Qc7 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Nc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb7 {mit Vorteil
für Weiß.}) 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 g6 13. Bxa6 Rb8 (13... Bg7 {
ist schwächer; nach} 14. Bf4 {kontrolliert Weiß das ganze Brett.}) 14. Qc6 Bg7
{mit unklarer Lage.}) 7... Ra7 {Laut A. Morozevich ("New in Chess 6/2001, S.24)
bietet dieser Zug bessere Kampfesaussichten als 7...Dc7.} (7... Qc7 {sieht
aber solider aus:} 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 $6 (9. f4 $5) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2
c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qd1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Nc6 17. Rg1 g6 $6
(17... Rd8 $5) 18. Bf4 Qxf4 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Qb7+ Kf6 21. Bxc4 Kg7 22. Bd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Prie,E/France 2000/EXT 2001 (32). (32)}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. Qc2 {
Zweck des Zuges ist es, nach 9..dc4: 10.Lc4: b5 die Fortsetzung 11.Ld3 zur
Verfügung zu haben.} (9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {
braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten}) ({Die Fortsetzung} 9. f4 dxc4 {Sonst
spielt Weiß 10.c5.} 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {bringt dem Weißen
noch weniger ein.}) 9... Be7 ({Die Folge} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c5 {
war nicht nach dem Geschmack von Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24).} 12.
dxc5 Rd7 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Rc7 16. Bb2 {führt in der Tat zu einer
Stellung, die recht freundlich für Weiß aussieht.}) 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O $6 {
Mir scheint es geraten, von dem Umstand zu profitieren, daß Schwarz im
Augenblick nicht gut e6-e5 ziehen kann, weil der Bauer auf h7 hängt, um} (11.
c5 {zu spielen. Weiß fährt im nächsten Zug mit f3-f4 fort und hat Aussichten
auf einen langfristigen strategischen Vorteil. Der Textzug gefällt mir
überhaupt nicht: der König rochiert in verhältnismäßig unsicheres Gebiet; er
stünde am Königsflügel sicherer. Auf jeden Fall begibt sich Weiß der
Möglichkeit, am Damenflügel die Initiative zu ergreifen.}) 11... Nbd7 {Zu
bequemem Ausgleich führte} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 ({falls} 13. Bd3 {
,so} c5 14. dxc5 Rd7 {Morozevich}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 (15...
Be7 16. Kb1 Nbd7 $11 {wird von Morozevich in "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24,
angegeben.}) 16. Qxe4 Qe7 {, aber natürlich ist auch der Textzug gut spielbar.}
) 12. cxd5 {Weiß vermeidet die Öffnung der Stellung am Damenflügel, und dies
ist sicherlich die richtige Entscheidung. Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.
24) gibt folgende anderen Möglichkeiten:} (12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5
{Schwarz steht besser.}) (12. e4 dxc4 (12... b5 {ist weniger gut:} 13. c5 (13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Kb1 {führt zur Partiefolge.}) 13... e5
14. exd5 exd4 15. d6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 (16. Qxc3 {ist schwächer; Schwarz antwortet}
Nd5 17. dxe7 Qxe7) 16... Nxc5 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 {(soweit
Morozevich)} Raa8 20. Bc5 Qe6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Kb1 Nd5 23. Rd4 {Hier hat
meines Erachtens nur Weiß Gewinnaussichten.}) 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be3 (
15. e5 cxd4 16. exf6 Bxf6 {ist für Weiß unzuträglich.}) (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3
Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc7 {mit Angiff auf h2 ist ebenfalls
unangenehm für Weiß.}) 15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc7 17. a3 e5 {mit deutlichem
Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 12... cxd5 13. e4 {"Weiß muß aktiv spielen, um nicht in
eine minderwertigen Stellung zu geraten." (Morozevich, loc. cit.) In der Tat
ist die Stellung des Weißen nach} (13. Kb1 b5 14. f4 Nb6 15. f5 Rc7 16. Qb3 Nc4
{freudlos.}) 13... Kh8 (13... g6 {ist eine plausible andere Möglichkeit.
Während der Partie schien es Morozevich, daß dieser Zug dem Weißen einen
gefährlichen Angriff einräumt, und auch andere Spieler verwarfen ihn
gefühlsmäßig (Shipov, siehe "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24; D. Poldauf, "Schach"
9/2001, S.26), aber er ist nicht ohne weiteres zu widerlegen:} 14. Bh6 {
In "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24, gibt Morozevich eine Menge Varianten an, die
zeigen, daß eine sofortige Erstürmung der Königsstellung des Schwarzen nicht
möglich ist:} (14. e5 Nh5 15. Rhg1 b5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Rxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxg6+
Ng7 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Rg1 Rf7) (14. Rhg1 b5 15. exd5 b4 16. dxe6 bxc3 17. Bxc3
Nb6 18. exf7+ (18. f4 {ist nicht stärker:} fxe6 19. Bxg6 Kh8 {usw.}) ({von
Morozevich wird nur} 18. d5 Rc7 {angegeben.}) 18... Rxf7 19. f4 Kh8 20. f5 gxf5
21. d5 (21. Bxf5 Nbd5 {ist freudlos für Weiß.}) 21... Qxd5 22. Kb1 Rc7 23. Bxa6
{mit einigen Überlebensaussichten für Weiß.}) (14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. hxg6
fxg6 17. e5 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rf7 19. Rdg1 Nf8 20. exf6 Bxf6 {mit besserer
Steelung für Schwarz.}) {Ich schlage deshalb den ruhigeren Textzug vor.} 14...
Re8 15. e5 Nh5 16. f4 b5 17. Kb1 (17. f5 {ist unzureichend:} exf5 18. Nxd5 (18.
Bxf5 {scheitert an} Bg5+) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd5 {mit großem Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 17... Rc7 18. Qe2 {Ich glaube nicht, daß Schwarz erheblichen
Vorteil hat; die Möglichkeit f4-f5 muß stets beachtet werden.}) (13... b5 {
ist laut Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.24) nicht besser als der Textzug,
weil nach} 14. e5 {die Fortsetzung} b4 {nichts verspricht:} (14... Nh5 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 {führt zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 15. exf6 Bxf6 (15... Nxf6 16. Na4 Rc7
17. Nc5 e5 18. Bxb4 exd4 19. Kb1 Qa8 20. Rhe1 Bd6 21. Rc1 a5 22. Ba3 Bxc5 23.
Bxc5 Rfc8 24. Bf5 d3 25. Qxd3 Rxc5 26. Bxc8 $18) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Kb1 a5 $2 ({
Viel besser ist der von Morozevich nicht angegebene Zug} 17... Qb6 $11 {
, denn nun wird nach} 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 {der Zug} 19. Qf5 {mit} Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qh4 {
widerlegt. Das ändert nichts an dem Urteil ,daß 13...b5 gegenüber 13...Kh8
keine wesentliche Verbesserung bedeutet.}) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qf5 Bh4 (19... g6
20. Qh3 Bh4 21. Rhg1 Kxh7 22. Bg5 $18) 20. Rhg1 Nf6 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8
23. Bh6 $18 {. Welcher Zug ist nun stärker, 13...Kh8 (bzw. 13...b5) oder 13...
g6? Nach 13...g6 entsteht (meines Erachtens) eine ungefähr ausgeglichene
Stellung. Die Frage muß nun lauten, wie die Lage nach 13...Kh8 zu bewerten ist;
darüber wird in der Folge zu entscheiden sein.}) 14. e5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 14.
Kb1 b5 15. e5 Nh5 16. Ne2 {wird von Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25)
vorgeschlagen und untersucht. Sie führt zu einem etwa ausgeglichenen Kampf:}
Rc7 17. Qb3 (17. Ba5 Rxc2 18. Bxd8 Rxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Bxd8 20. f4 g6 21. Rc1 $13)
17... Qe8 18. f4 f5 19. Ng3 (19. Rc1 Rxc1+ (19... Rc4 $5) 20. Rxc1 Nb6 21. Rc7
Nc4 22. Bc1 $13) (19. Ba5 Rc8 20. Rc1 $13) 19... Nb6 20. Be2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nc4
$13 {Hätte Schwarz 13...b5 an Stelle von 13...Kh8 gespielt, dann hätte Weiß
diese Möglichkeit nicht zur Verfügung gehabt.}) 14... Nh5 15. Bxh7 (15. f4 {
kam laut Morozevich ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25) sehr in Betracht. Nach} b5 ({
Es ist natürlich nicht konsequent nach 13...Kh8 jetzt auch noch} 15... g6 {
zu spielen. Nach} 16. f5 gxf5 17. Rhg1 b5 18. Bxf5 b4 (18... exf5 19. Bh6 Qb6 (
19... Rg8 20. Qxf5 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Qxf5 {
sieht trübe für Schwarz aus, zum Beispiel} Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Nb6 23. Rg4 Ng7 24.
Rdg1 {mit der entscheidenden Drohung 25.Df6.}) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Kb1 $16 {
hat Weiß eine wohl entscheidende Initiative.}) 16. Be2 b4 {Morozevich gibt nur
diesen Zug an, aber} (16... g6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Kb1 f5 {führt meines
Erachtens zu einer befriedigenden Stellung für Schwarz.}) 17. Bxh5 bxc3 18.
Bxc3 Rc7 {(soweit Morozevich)} 19. Kb1 {entsteht eine recht unklare Lage.}) (
15. Kb1 b5 16. Ne2 {führt zu der beim 14. Zuge von Weiß angegebenen
Möglichkeit; auch hier steht Weiß nicht schlechter. Indessen ist auch der
Textzug spielbar.}) 15... b5 16. Kb1 (16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qf5 Nhf6 18. exf6 Nxf6
$19 {Morozevich.}) 16... Rc7 17. Qd3 ({Der Versuch} 17. Bg6 {ist nicht ohne
weiteres von der Hand zu weisen:} fxg6 18. Qxg6 Nf4 19. Qg4 ({Die von
Morozevich angegebene Folge} 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxe6 Nf8 21. Qxa6 b4 {sieht für
Weiß nicht gut aus; seine Bauernstruktur ist ruiniert, und seinen Figuren
mangelt es an Koordination.}) 19... b4 20. Na4 Ne2 21. Rhe1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxf3
23. Qg4 Rf5 24. f4 Qg8 25. Re3 {, und Schwarz dürfte über keinen nennenswerten
Vorteil verfügen:} Qh7 26. Ka1 {usw.}) 17... Bg5 18. f4 (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Ba5
Nf4 {führt zum Vorteil für Schwarz (Morozevich).}) ({Ebenfalls unzureichend ist
} 18. Ne2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Qh4 {(soweit Morozevich)} 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rhc1 Rxc2
22. Rxc2 Rd8 {, und Weiß hat keine Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 23...Sf8.}) (
18. h4 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 f5 {verliert auch.} ({Verfehlt wäre dagegen} 19... g6 {
Weiß setzt mit} 20. Bxg6 Nf4 21. Qe3 fxg6 22. Ne2 {fort, Morozevich, loc. cit.}
)) (18. Be3 {wird von Morozevich als Bestes angegeben; er nennt den Zug "den
realistischsten Versuch, Vorteil zu erzielen" ("New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25).
Nach} Bxe3 (18... Re8 {sieht nicht konsequent aus:} 19. f4 Nxf4 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 19... Bxf4 20. Bg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nhf6 23. exf6 Nxf6
24. h4 {ist äußerst angenehm für Weiß.}) 20. Bxf4 ({oder auch} 20. Qd2 Kxh7 21.
Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 {Morozevich}) 20... Bxf4 21. Qh3 Bh6 22. Bd3 {In beiden
Fällen hat eher Weiß Angriffsaussichten.}) 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. Rhg1 Qh6 21. Bf5 (
21. Bg6 b4 ({Nach} 21... fxg6 22. Rxg6 Qh7 23. Rxe6 {erhält Weiß Vorteil, zum
Beispiel} Qxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Rxf3 25. Rd1 (25. a3 Nf4) 25... Rf2 26. Rxa6 b4 27.
Nxd5 Rcc2 28. b3 {Zunächst muß der Springer von c3 vertrieben werden, so daß
der Bauer auf d5 nicht mehr hängt.}) 22. Ne2 fxg6 23. Rxg6 Qh7 24. f4 {Soweit
gibt Morozevich die Variante an, und es scheint, daß er die Stellung als
günstig für Weiß beurteilt, wenn auch eine ausdrückliche Bewertung unterbleibt;
ich glaube aber, daß Schwarz nach} Rc6 25. Rc1 (25. Rg5 {verspricht nichts:}
Qxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rf5 $17 {oder Gewinn für Schwarz.}) 25... Nb8 {besser steht:
Weiß kann den Turm auf g6 nicht ohne weiteres aus der Fesselung befreien.})
21... Rxc3 ({Morozevich gibt nur} 21... b4 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 Nb6 24. Rg5 Nc4
25. Bg4 {an; danach sieht die Stellung des Schwarzen in der Tat ziemlich
verdächtig aus.}) 22. bxc3 exf5 23. Qxf5 Nb6 {ist die Stellung ist für mich zu
schwer zu beurteilen, doch glaube ich, daß ich lieber Schwarz hätte. Der
Textzug genügt zum Ausgleich.}) 18... Bxf4 19. Bxf4 ({Nach} 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Bc2
Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Rfc8 {hat Schwarz Vorteil, desgleichen nach}) (19. Qh3 Qg5 20.
Bc2 Bxd2 21. Qd3 Qh6 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 f6) 19... Nxf4 20. Qe3 $2 ({Nach} 
20. Qf3 Qh4 21. Bd3 f6 22. Qg3 Qh6 {hat Schwarz Vorteil (Morozevich, loc. cit.)
. Richtig war}) (20. Qg3 Nh5 (20... b4 21. Rdg1 (21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Bd3 Nc3+ 23.
bxc3 g6 {führt zu einer unklaren Lage.}) 21... g6 22. Qxf4 Kxh7 23. Nd1 {
mit besserer Stellung für Weiß.}) (20... Kxh7 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. f4 {
, und auch hier scheint mir eher Weiß die besseren Aussichten zu haben.}) 21.
Bd3 Nxg3 ({Die Folge} 21... g6 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Ne2 {birgt große Gefahren für
Schwarz.}) 22. hxg3+ Kg8 23. Bh7+ {mit remis.}) 20... Qh4 21. Bc2 $2 {weiß
verschenkt noch ein wertvolles Tempo. Richtig war natürlich} (21. Bd3) 21...
Rfc8 22. Bd3 Nb6 ({Verfehlt ist} 22... Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qg3 Qh6 25. Bxb5
{, und Weiß gewinnt (Morozevich, "New in Chess" 6/2001, S.25).}) 23. Ne2 $6 ({
Bessere Aussichten auf Widerstand bot} 23. Qg3 Qh6 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nc4
26. Rhg1) 23... Nxd3 24. Rxd3 ({Jetzt scheitert} 24. Qxd3 {an} Qxf2) (24. Qg3
Qh7 25. Qxd3 Rc2 {ist ebenfalls fatal für Weiß.}) 24... Nc4 25. Qf3 Qe4 26.
Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rh3+ ({Nach} 27. Rc3 b4 28. Rcc1 Nd2+ 29. Ka1 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2
31. Ng3 Kh7 {ist Weiß gelähmt und wird schließlich an seinen Bauernschwächen
zugrunde gehen.}) 27... Kg8 28. Rd1 $2 ({Viel zäher war} 28. Nc3 Rd8 (28...
Nd2+ 29. Kc2 Nf3 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Nxe4 Rxd4 32. Rxf3 Rxe4 33. Ra3 {scheint mir
weniger klar zu sein.}) 29. Rd1 Rcd7 30. Nxe4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Nc5 {
, obwohl Schwarz nach} Rd1+ 33. Kc2 Rd2+ 34. Kc3 Rxf2 35. Nxa6 Nxe5 {
verhältnismäßig leicht gewinnen sollte.}) 28... Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Na6 $10 8.
Bd2 {Weiß verhindert Sa6-b4 und bereitet b3-b4 vor; mit seinem folgenden Zug
setzt sich Schwarz dagegen zur Wehr.} Ne4 9. e3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Nc7 (10... Nb4 $5
) 11. Nc3 f6 12. b4 a6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Na4 Rd8 15. Nb6 g6 16. Bd3 e5 17. f4 e4
18. Be2 f5 19. Rhc1 Be7 20. Ng2 Be6 21. h3 Kf7 22. Rh1 h6 23. h4 h5 24. Ne1 Rb8
25. Nc2 Bd8 26. Rhc1 Kf6 27. b5 axb5 28. Nb4 Rh7 29. Ra7 Re7 30. Rca1 Kf7 31.
Kc3 Ke8 32. R1a3 Bf7 33. Kd2 Be6 34. Bf1 Bf7 35. Be2 Be6 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8. Nc5 (
8. Ned2 c3 9. bxc3 bxc3 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 e6 12. a5 Nbd7 13. O-O Be7 14.
Qd3 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Rausis,I/Haarlem op 1997 (26)}) 8... Bd5 9. Bd2 (9. Qc2
e6 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 $15 {bietet dem Schwarzen keinerlei Probleme.})
9... e6 $1 (9... a5 10. Rc1 e6 11. Bxc4 Bxc5 12. Bxd5 Bxd4 13. Bxe6 {überläßt
dem Weißen das bessere Spiel.}) 10. Bxb4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Bc3 $6 ({Besser
war} 12. Nxd7 Rxb4 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 (13... Rxb2 14. Qc1 Qb6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxc4
$16) 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 c5 {mit etwa gleichen Aussichten für beide Seiten.})
12... Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc4 ({Die Folge} 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Nxc4 ({Nach} 15.
e4 Ng4 {bricht die Stellung des Weißen zusammen.}) 15... Ne4 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 Qg5 {ist nicht angenehmer für Weiß.}) 14... Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qd5 16. Qe2 ({
Nach} 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nd2 Ke7 18. Ke2 {hat Schwarz das bessere Endspiel.
Nach dem Textzug entsteht eine scharfe Stellung, in der Weiß bei richtigem
Spiel nicht ohne Gegenchancen ist.}) 16... Qxg2 17. O-O-O Qg4 ({Auch nach} 
17... Ne4 18. Qd3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 {hat Weiß gutes Gegenspiel.}) 18. f3 $6 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 18. Qd3 Nd5 ({Nach} 18... Qg6 19. Rhg1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Kf8 21.
Ne5 {hat Weiß jedenfalls nichts zu fürchten.}) 19. Rhg1 Qh4 20. Rxg7 {sieht
für Schwarz recht gefährlich aus.}) 18... Qh4 19. Rhg1 {Auf der g-Linie kann
Weiß nichts erreichen; mit dem Textzug fesselt Weiß nur seinen e-Bauern, der
unbedingt nach e4 vorrücken muß, um die Möglichkeit Sf6-d5 zu entkräften. Nach}
(19. e4 {entsteht eine Stellung mit etwa gleichen Aussichten.}) 19... O-O 20.
f4 g6 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 c5 $19 24. Rc4 Rb4 25. Rxc5 Rfb8 26.
Rc2 Rxa4 27. Kb1 Qe7 28. Rgc1 Kg7 29. Rc4 Qa3 30. Rxa4 Qxa4 31. Qc4 Rb4 32. Qc8
Qb3 33. Rc2 Nxe3 34. Rd2 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Qxc4 36. Qd8 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nbd2 Na6 8. a3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 b5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Bd2 Rae8 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nab8 17. Ne1 a6 18. Nd3 Kh8 19. f3 Rg8 20. Be1 Bh6 21. Qe2 f6
22. e4 f4 23. Ra2 Rg6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. b5 axb5 26. Nb4 Nc6 27. Nxd5 Qd8 28.
Qxb5 Ndb8 29. Nb4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Bf2 Qd8 32. Kh1 $6 (32. c6 $5 $16)
32... Reg8 33. Rg1 Bf8 34. Qc4 e5 35. Ra8 Qd2 36. Nd3 e4 37. Qxe4 (37. fxe4 $5
f3 (37... Bxc5 38. Ra2 $18) 38. g3 $16) 37... Bxc5 38. Rxb8 (38. Nxf4 $5 Bxf2 (
38... Qxf2 39. Nxg6+ hxg6 40. Rb1 Bd6 41. Qe6 $18) 39. Nxg6+ hxg6 40. Rb1 Qd6
41. g3 {mit Angriff.}) 38... Bxf2 39. Rxg8+ Rxg8 40. Nxf2 Qxf2 41. Qxf4 Qb2 42.
h4 Rd8 43. Re1 Rg8 44. Rg1 Rd8 45. Kh2 {Nach Damentausch ist die Stellung
remis, aber es ist fraglich, ob Weiß Möglichkeiten besitzt, auf andere Weise
weiterzukommen.} Qb8 46. Qxb8 Rxb8 47. Re1 Kg7 48. Re7+ Kg6 49. g4 h5 50. Re6
Rb3 51. Kg2 Kf7 52. Rd6 hxg4 53. fxg4 Kg7 54. Re6 Ra3 55. Rd6 Rb3 56. Rd5 Ra3
57. Rf5 Rb3 58. Rf3 Rb4 59. Kg3 Rb1 60. Rd3 Rf1 61. Re3 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Rh1 63.
Re7+ Kf8 64. Rh7 Kg8 65. Kg2 Ra1 66. Rd7 Ra3 67. h5 Rb3 68. Kf2 Rh3 69. Kg2 Ra3
70. h6 Ra5 71. Kg3 Rg5 72. Kh4 Kh8 73. h7 Rg7 74. Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qc7 8. Nc3
e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O (11... Nbd7 12. Be2 (12. Qc2 c5 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. Na4 (14. O-O O-O 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Ncd7 18. Be1
Ne5 19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. f4 f5 24. Bf3 b6
25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 a5 27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kg3 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 Qd6 30. Qc6 Qd5+
31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc6 Rb5 33. b3 a4 34. bxa4 Rb4 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Chernin,
A/Warsaw 2002/CBM 092 ext (34).}) 14... Qc6 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qb3 b5 17. Bxe6
Qh5 18. Rc7 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxf3 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Rf1 Rad8 22. e4 Rd3 23. Qd1 Qg2
24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. Bd5 Qh3 26. f3 Rd4 27. Bc3 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qh4+ 29. Rf2 {
1-0 Rogers,J-Pitcher,J/West Bromwich 2004/EXT 2005 (29).}) 12... O-O 13. O-O
Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Be1 Qb8 16. a3 g6 17. Qa2 c5 18. d5 Nf8 19. a4 Qe5 20.
f4 Qf5 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Qh3 25. Bf1 Qg4+ 26.
Bg2 b5 27. Qc2 b4 28. h3 Qh5 29. Nd5 b3 30. Qc1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Qh4 32. Rd6 a5
33. Bc3 c4 34. Be5 Rc8 35. Qc3 Be7 36. Rc6 Rd8 37. Qc1 Bf6 38. Rxc4 Bxe5 39.
fxe5 Qh5 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Qxc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3 Qd1+ 43. Bf1 Qc2 44. Kg2 Qxc3 45.
bxc3 Nc5 46. Bc4 b2 47. Ba2 Nxa4 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM
093 ext (47).}) 12. Bf1 {Dies schaut etwas gekünstelt aus, ist jedoch zum
Ausgleich ausreichend. Die Stellung dürfte ohnehin im Gleichgewicht sein; man
sehe die folgenden Beispiele.} (12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Qc2 (13. O-O Rad8 14. Rfd1 Kh8
15. Ng3 Qb8 16. Bf1 Nd5 17. e4 N5f6 18. f4 c5 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. e5 Ng8 21. Qxb7
Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxa6 Rxb2 24. Bc4 Ba3 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rc8 27. Bb5
Nc5 28. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Agrest,E/France 2004/CBM 098 ext (28).}) 13...
e5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bc3 Bd6 16. Qf5 Nd7 17. Rd1 b5 18. Bb3 Rae8 $11 {1-0
Parker,J-Rasmussen,K/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098 (27). (26)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Bg2 c5
(13... e5 $5 {sieht etwas besser aus.}) 14. f4 Rac8 $6 (14... Rab8 $11) 15. O-O
$6 (15. Qxb7 {war einen Versuch wert:} Qd6 (15... Qxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxa6
Rxb2 18. Bc4 $14) 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {mit bequemerem Spiel für Weiß.}) 15...
b5 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. dxc5 Nc4 18. Bc3 Qxc5 19. Qd1 (19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Bxa6 Qc6 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxb5 {führt zu einer Remisstellung.}) 19... Rfd8 20. Bd4 Qb4 21.
Rc2 Qa5 22. a3 Nd5 23. Qc1 Rb8 {Dieser Zug sieht nicht sehr sinnvoll aus und
wurde möglicherweise nicht gespielt: siehe Anmerkung zum 27. Zuge von Weiß und
Schlußbemerkung. Ich sehe mich aber außerstande, den Schaden zu beheben.} 24.
Rd1 h6 25. Ng3 $11 Nf6 26. Bf1 Qa4 27. Rd3 (27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 {ist nicht
zu verachten.}) 27... Na5 28. Be5 Nb3 29. Rxb3 Qxb3 {Es ist nicht einzusehen,
warum Weiß diese Stellung aufgeben sollte; nach 30.Lb8: dürfte sie starke
Remistendenzen zeigen. Natürlich ist es möglich, daß Weiß die Zeit
überschritten hat; oder das Ergebnis ist falsch eingetragen.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. O-O Nd7 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 Qxc4 14. Rec1 Qb4
15. Qxc6 Rac8 16. Qa6 Qxb2 17. Nd1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb6 19. Qa4 h6 20. Rc6 Qb4 21.
Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Rc7 Bc5 23. h4 e5 {Es wäre schön, wenn man diese Lockerung der
Bauernstellung im Zentum vorläufig vermeiden könnte, um den Läufern keinen
Aktionsraum zu eröffnen. Ich empfehle} (23... Bb6 24. Rc2 Nc5 25. Bd6 (25. Nb2
Nce4 $17) 25... Rc8 26. Nb2 Ne8 27. Bf4 Rd8 {mit einigen Gewinnaussichten.})
24. Bd2 Rb8 $6 (24... Bb6 25. Rc2 e4 $5) 25. e3 $6 (25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd7 Rb1
27. Rxd5 Rxd1+ 28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bg5 Ra1 31. Bd2 Ba3 32. Be3 Rxa2
33. Ra8 $10) 25... Bb6 26. Rc2 d4 27. exd4 exd4 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Nb2 Nc5 30. Nc4
Re1+ 31. Kg2 Nfe4 $6 (31... Nd3 32. Bd2 Ne4 33. Nxb6 axb6 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Bg4
Nxd2 36. Bf5+ g6 37. Bxd3 $10) (31... Ne6 32. Bd2 Ra1 33. Ne5 $13) (31... d3 $5
32. Rb2 Nfd7 33. Nxb6 axb6 34. Bc6 Re2 35. Rd2 Ne5 36. Bd5 Ne6 $17) 32. Nxb6
axb6 33. Rb2 g5 (33... Nd3 34. Rxb6 Nexf2 (34... Ndxf2 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rd8 $10
) 35. Rd6 Ra1 36. Bd5 $13) (33... Ra1 $5 34. Rxb6 Rxa2 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Rb4
Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 $10) 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bc7 d3 (35... Nd3 36. Re2) 36. Bxb6 Na4
37. Rb4 Nxb6 $6 (37... Nac3 38. Rc4 (38. Ba5 d2 39. Rb2 (39. Rc4 Ne2 40. Rc8+
Kg7 41. Rd8 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 d1=Q 43. Rxd1 Rxd1 44. Bxe4 $10) 39... g4 (39... d1=Q
40. Bxd1 Rxd1 41. f3 $14) 40. Bxe4 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 d1=Q 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Bxc3+ f6
44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rb1 $10) 38... d2 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Ba5 $10) 38. Rxb6 $6 (38.
Bxe4 d2 39. Bf3 $16) 38... Nc3 (38... d2 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rd8 $10) 39. Rd6 Nxa2
40. Rxd3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nb4 {
Dies ist eine prächtige Idee. Ich fürchte aber, daß sie nicht ganz gesund ist,
wenn Weiß den Mut findet, sich auf die Hauptvariante einzulassen, die in
dieser Partie Anwendung findet. Versucht wurde hier außerdem:} (7... Bxb1 $2 8.
Qxb7 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Rd8 (9... Ne4 {scheitert an} 10. Qxc6+) 10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. Qb5
(11. Qxd5 {sieht noch stärker aus.}) 11... Qxb5 12. cxb5 {mit entscheidendem
Vorteil für Weiß: Epishin,V-Shabalov,A, Tbilisi 1989, CBM 12.}) (7... Qb6 8.
Nbd2 (8. Nc3 Nb4 (8... Qxb3 $5 9. axb3 Nb4 10. Ra4 e6 {sieht befriedigend für
Schwarz aus.}) 9. c5 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bxd3 12. Kd2 Bf5 13. b4 $14 {
Tjanav,T-Akhundov,R, Voroshilovgrad op 1989, EXT 89 op.}) 8... Nb4 (8... Qxb3 {
kommt auch hier in Betracht.}) 9. Rc1 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 Nb4 12. a3
dxc4 (12... Nd3 $5 13. Bxd3 Bxd3 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc5 Nxf4 16. exf4 Bf5 {
verdient Erwägung.}) 13. Bxc4 Nbd5 14. Be5 $14 {Madsen,D-Grotnes,N, Namses op
1995, EXT 95 op. Es scheint, daß 7...Db6 gut spielbar ist.}) 8. Qxb4 (8. Na3 {
ist natürlich ein ganz kaninchenhafter Zug, obwohl er in der einzigen
Beispielpartie, die mir mit ihm vorliegt, rasch zum Erfolg führte:} Qa5 9.
O-O-O Ne4 10. Bg3 e5 $4 11. Nxe5 Nc3 $4 {Schwarz strebt den Schönheitspreis an;
er wird aber grausam enttäuscht.} 12. bxc3 Nxa2+ 13. Kb2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb4 15.
Qb3 O-O 16. c5 f6 17. Nec4 {1-0, Tsorbatzoglou,T-Papachristou,N, Katerini op
1992, EXP 32.}) 8... e5 9. Qxb7 (9. c5 {wurde mindestens zwei Mal gespielt,
mit schlechten Resultaten für Weiß; die Sache ist aber natürlich keineswegs
klar und bedarf sorgfältiger Analyse:} exf4 10. exf4 (10. Qxb7 fxe3 11. fxe3 {
ist vielleicht weniger absurd als es aussieht; Weiß droht 12.Se5.}) 10... b6
11. Ne5 bxc5 12. Qb7 Bd7 13. Nxd7 (13. Nxc6 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Nxa7 Rb8 16.
a4 (16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Ncb5 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Ne4 $17) 16... c4 $17 {L.Ftacnik, Anm.
zur Partie Epishin,V-Kuprejtschik,V, Daugavpils 1989, CBM 16; vielleicht ist
16...Tb2: noch stärker.}) 13... Nxd7 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qxd5 cxd4 16. Bb5 $6 {
ist der einzige Zug, der bis jetzt in der Praxis erprobt wurde.} (16. Qxd4 Rc1+
17. Ke2 (17. Kd2 Qc7 18. Qe4+ Be7 19. g3 O-O {ist offensichtlich für Weiß
nicht spielbar.}) 17... f6 {Ich kann keine befriedigende Verteidigung gegen
die doppelte Drohung 18.Dh8: und 18.De3+ entdecken.} 18. Qe3+ Qe7 19. Kd2 {
Weiß steht auf Gewinn.}) (16. Nd2 $5 Bb4 17. Qe4+ (17. Qxd4 Qe7+ {ist unbequem
für Weiß.}) (17. Bb5 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Qa5+ 19. Kd1 O-O {ist ebenfalls weniger
empfehlenswert.}) 17... Qe7 (17... Kf8 18. Qxd4 Qe7+ 19. Be2 Nf6 20. a3 {
Schwarz hat keine genügende Kompensation für das geopferte Material.}) 18.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. a3 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Nc5 21. Re1+ Kf6 22. Bc4 {Weiß hat Vorteil;
ob er schon auf Gewinn steht, vermag ich nicht zu beurteilen.}) 16... Bb4+ $2 (
16... Rc1+ 17. Kd2 Rxh1 18. Qe5+ Qe7 19. Qb8+ Qd8 20. Qe5+ {führt zum Remis.})
17. Kd1 $6 (17. Ke2 O-O 18. Rd1 $2 (18. Qxd7 {ist nötig. Ich sehe nicht, wie
Schwarz sich Angriffsaussichten verschaffen kann; dem König des Weißen winkt
ein verhältnismäßig sicherer Zufluchtsort auf f3 (und g3).}) 18... Qh4 19. Kf1
(19. Bxd7 Rc2+ 20. Kd3 Rxf2 (20... Qxf2 {scheitert an} 21. Qf3) 21. Qxd4 Rxf4 {
ist keine Fortsetzung für nervenschwache Gemüter, mußte aber versucht werden.})
(19. Qxd7 Rc2+ 20. Nd2 Qxf4 21. Kf1 Bxd2 {ist natürlich äußerst unerfreulich
für Weiß, aber immer noch besser als die Partiefortsetzung:}) 19... Qxh2 20.
Nd2 Nf6 (20... Nb6 21. Qxd4 (21. Qg5 Bxd2 $19) 21... Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qh5+ {
führte zu Figurengewinn, aber auch die Partiefortsetzung reicht zum Sieg:}) 21.
Qg5 Bxd2 22. Qxf6 Rc2 23. Ke2 Bxf4+ 24. Kd3 Rxf2 25. Bc6 Qg3+ 26. Bf3 Rxf3+ {
0-1, Epishin,V-Kuprejtschik,V, Daugavpils 1989, CBM 16.}) 17... O-O 18. Qxd7
Qh4 19. g3 (19. Ba6 Rfd8 (19... Rc5 20. g3 Qh5+ 21. Be2 {und es fehlt dem
Schwarzen die Möglichkeit zu Dh5-c5; Weiß gewinnt. Nach}) (19... Qxf2 20. Bxc8
Qxb2 21. Bb7 Qxa1 22. Be4 Qxa2 23. Qb5 {ist die Lage nicht deutlich, doch Weiß
dürfte in der Lage sein, sich zu verteidigen.}) 20. Qxc8 (20. Qh3 Qxf2 21. Qd3
(21. Bxc8 d3) (21. Qb3 Qxg2 $19) 21... Qxb2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 $19) 20... Rxc8 21.
Bxc8 Qxf2 {mit Gewinnstellung für Schwarz.}) 19... Qh5+ 20. Be2 Qc5 21. Nd2 (
21. Na3 Bxa3 22. Bd3 Bxb2 {führt auch zu einer für Weiß hoffnungslosen
Stellung.}) 21... Qc2+ 22. Ke1 Qxd2+ 23. Kf1 Rfd8 24. Qb7 d3 25. Bg4 Rc2 26.
Qf3 f5 27. Bh3 Bc5 {Titlianov,Y-Kozlov,O, Kemerovo 1991, TD 91/03. Das
Ergebnis ist mit 1-0 angegeben, doch glaube ich eher, daß es 0-1 lautete.})
9... Rb8 {Auf} (9... exf4 {(L. Ftacnik in den Anmerkungen zur Partie Epishin,
V-Kuprejtchik,V, Daugavpils 1989, CBM 16) folgt} 10. Ne5 (10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qa6
fxe3 {was L. Ftacnik angibt, überläßt dem Schwarzen eine gefährliche
Initiative.}) 10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qxf6 (
11. Qa6 {(L. Ftacnik, loc. cit.)} exf4 {sieht allzu riskant für Weiß aus.})
11... Qxf6 12. Bxe5 Qb6 13. b3 (13. Nbd2 $2 {ist schwach:} Qxb2 14. Rb1 (14.
Rd1 Ba4 15. Bxh8 (15. Be2 dxc4 16. Bxh8 (16. Nxc4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxa2 18. Rc1 O-O
$19) 16... c3 17. Nc4 Qxa2 18. Rc1 Rb1 {sieht verderblich für Weiß aus.}) 15...
Bxd1 16. Kxd1 Qa1+ 17. Ke2 Qxa2 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 14... Qxb1+ 15. Nxb1
Rxb1+ 16. Kd2 (16. Ke2 Rg8 {sieht ebenfalls schlecht für Weiß aus.}) 16... Bb4+
17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Rxh1 19. Bxh8 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 dxc4+ 21. Kxc4 Bd6 $17 {
und Schwarz gewann: Angelov,R-Hector,J, Katerini op 1992, EXP 32.}) 13... Bb4+
14. Nbd2 (14. Nfd2 $5 O-O 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Bd3 (16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Bc4 {sieht
stärker aus. Im Vergleich zur Partiefortsetzung hat Weiß einen zusätzlichen
Bauern auf d5.} Bf5 18. Ke2 {ist ungefährlich für Weiß.}) 16... dxc4 17. Bxc4
Qa5 18. Ke2 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qxg2 20. Rg1 Qh3 21. Nbd2 (21. Bxf7+ $6 Kg7 {und der
Turm des Schwarzen erscheint mit Kraft auf der f-Linie.}) 21... Bxd2 22. Rg3
Qf5 23. Kxd2 Bb5 $13 {geschah in der Partie Alterman,V-Rublevskij,S, Sotschi
1990, TD 90/02. Die Partie endete nach 40 Zügen mit Remis.}) 14... O-O 15. Bxb8
Rxb8 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Bc4 (17. h3 $6 Bxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Rxb3 $17) 17... Bg4 18. O-O
{Da ist die Neuerung! In der Partie Ionescu,Co-Shabalov,A, Bern op 1992, CBM
28, geschah} (18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxa2 20. Ke2 a5 21. d6 Kg7 22. d7 Rd8 23.
Bb5 $2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxb3 {und Schwarz gewann rasch (In dieser Partie waren
nach 5.Lf4 die Züge 5...Da5+ 6.Ld2 Dd8 7.Lf4 eingeschaltet worden, so daß
Ta1-d1 in Wirklichkeit der zwanzigste Zug war.). Der Textzug ist stärker.})
18... Bxd2 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. a3 $2 {Aber diese Feinheit begreife ich nicht. Nach}
(20. Nc6 $142 Qb6 21. Rad1 Bc3 22. Nxb8 Qxb8 23. f3 Qb6 24. Rf2 h5 25. Bd3 {
ist die Aufgabe des Schwarzen nicht beneidenswert.}) 20... Qc3 21. d6 Kg7 (
21... Be6 22. Rfd1 Qc2 (22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Re1 $16) 23.
Bd3 Qb2 24. Rab1 Qa2 25. Ra1 $10) 22. Nxf7 $6 (22. Bxf7 $5 Rd8 23. Ra2 $13)
22... Rb6 $2 (22... Bd3 {sollte zum Gewinn führen. Der weißfeldrige Läufer
gibt der Stellung des Anziehenden hauptsächlich Halt (vgl. den 25. Zug von
Schwarz). Der Textzug sieht ganz sinnlos aus.}) 23. e4 $2 (23. Ra2 Rxb3 24.
Bxb3 Qxb3 25. Rxd2 Kxf7 {führt zu einer unklaren Stellung, die sich vielleicht
im Gleichgewicht befindet. Der Textzug gibt dem schwarzfeldrigen Läufer des
Nachziehenden Raum und lockert die Bauernstruktur im Zentrum auf riskante
Weise.}) 23... Bc8 24. Rfd1 Bf4 25. e5 {Damit benimmt Weiß seinem Springer das
wichtigste Rückzugsfeld. Es gibt jedoch keine befriedigende Verteidigung gegen
die Drohung 25...Ld6:} (25. Bd5 Bg4 26. f3 Bxf3 $19) 25... Rxb3 $19 26. Bxb3
Qxb3 27. Nd8 (27. d7 Bxd7 28. Nd6 Qd5 {führt ebenfalls zu einer für Weiß
hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) (27. g3 {scheitert natürlich an} Qf3) 27... Qb6 28.
g3 Qxd8 $2 (28... Bh6 $19 {gewann ohne weiteres.}) 29. gxf4 Qh4 30. f3 $2 (30.
Rd3 Qxf4 31. Re1 {mit unklarer Stellung. Nach dem Textzug fällt die Stellung
des Weißen auseinander; es geht über seine Kräfte, den Punkt f3 zusätzlich zu
verteidigen.}) 30... Qxf4 31. Kf2 (31. Kg2 Bh3+ $19) (31. Rd3 Bf5 $19) 31...
Bb7 32. Rd3 Ba6 (32... Bxf3 {führte wohl auch zu Gewinn:} 33. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 34.
Re3 Qb2+ (34... Qxa1 35. e6 Qf6+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Kf3 Qb7+ 38. Kf2 $13) 35. Kf3
(35. Re2 Qxa1 36. e6 Qd4+ 37. Ke1 (37. Kf3 Qxd6 38. e7 Qd3+ 39. Kf2 Qxe2+ 40.
Kxe2 Kf7 $19) 37... Kf8 38. Rf2+ Ke8 39. d7+ Ke7 $19) 35... Qxa1 36. e6 Qd1+
37. Re2 Qxd6 38. e7 Qd3+ 39. Kf2 Qxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Kf7 $19 {Der Textzug ist
einfacher.}) 33. d7 (33. Rdd1 Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 g5 $19) 33... Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 Qh6+
35. Ke2 Qh4 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. d5 Ke7 38. e6 Qf2+ 39. Kc3 Qc5+ 40. Kd2 Bxd3 41.
Rc1 Qd4 42. Rc8 Bb5+ 43. Kc2 Bxd7 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 {dieses originelle
Bauernopfer wird selten gespielt; üblich ist natürlich} (5. Qxc4 {Vgl. ECO (2.
Auflage) D23/5.}) 5... b5 6. b3 {'!?' Huzman.} cxb3 7. axb3 g6 {Dies ist
offenbar eine solide Fortsetzung. Andere Züge sind versucht worden:} (7... Bg4
8. Ne5 $6 Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa1 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qxb2 12. Qxb2 Nxc6 $17 {
0-1 Rausis,I-Szabolcsi,J/France 2000/EXT 2001 (59). (59)}) (7... e6 {wurde am
häufigsten gespielt, obwohl es nicht besonders wirksam aussieht:} 8. Bd2 a5 (
8... b4 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxh7 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5
Qc7 $11 {1-0 Korobov,I-Rozkov,N/Murom 2000/EXT 2001 (25). (24)}) 9. Bd3 h6 10.
O-O Be7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Nc3 b4 14. Na4 Qc8 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nc4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb7 $13 {1-0 Ivanov,M-Zierke,O/Berlin 1999/EXT 2000 (50). (49)})
8. Bd3 {Ein Vorgänger:} (8. Bd2 Bb7 9. Ba5 Qc8 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rc1
Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qb1 Qe8 16. Bxb5 dxe4 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Ngxe4
Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf6 20. Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Ionescu,C-Chirila,R/Sovata 1997/EXT 2000 
(20).}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 a5 (11... e5 $5 {Huzman} 12.
dxe5 (12. Nxe5 {Huzman} Qxd4 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. Nef3 Rd8 15. Bd4 Nh5) 12... Nfd7
13. Nb3 (13. Bb2 {Huzman} Qe7 14. Nb3 Na6) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rb1 Na6
16. Bd2 $44) 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Rxa5 Qxa5 14. Nb3 {'©' Huzman.} Qd8 (14... Qc7 {
Huzman} 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qb2 $44) 15. Bd2 (15. Nc5 $6 {Huzman} Bc8
16. Bb2 Nfd7 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Rc1 Be6 $15) (15. Ba3 $5 {(Huzman) If White would
manage to prevent e7-e5 or c6-c5 breakthrough,they`ll have full compensation
for a pawn.}) 15... Nfd7 16. e5 {'?!' Huzman.} (16. Ba5 {Huzman} Qc8 17. Bb4
Re8 $15) 16... c5 {'!' Huzman.} 17. Bxb5 $6 (17. Nxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Be3
(19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Qxc6 Nxe5 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 {ist unerfreulich für Weiß.}) 19...
Nb4 20. Qb1 Nxc5 21. Qxb4 Nxd3 22. Qxb5 {führt zu einer Remisstellung.}) 17...
cxd4 (17... Bxf3 {Huzman} 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. f4 Qb6 20. Qc4 g5 21. e6 Qxe6 (
21... fxe6 {Huzman} 22. Re1 $36) 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. fxg5 Rc8 24. Rc1 $44) 18. e6
({Zum Ausgleich führt} 18. Ba5 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Nbxd4) 18...
Ne5 (18... Nb6 $5 19. exf7+ (19. Nc5 {Huzman} Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qd6 21. exf7+ Rxf7
22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Rb1 N8d7 $17) 19... Rxf7 20. Be2 (20. Qd3 {Huzman} Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qd5 $17) 20... e5 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Rc1 (22. Ng5 {Huzman} Rc7 23. Bg4 Na6
24. Be6+ Kh8 $17) 22... Rc7 23. Qb1 Qd6 (23... N8d7 {Huzman} 24. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 25.
Bxc1 Nxd7 26. Qb5 Nb6 27. Bg5 Qb8 28. Nd2 $44) 24. Ne4 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc6) (
18... Bxf3 {Huzman} 19. exd7 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Qb6 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Bc6 22.
Rb1 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Nc6 24. Nb7 $16) 19. exf7+ ({Nach} 19. Nfxd4 Qd5 20. f3 Rc8 {
ist die Lage des Weißen nicht bequem.}) 19... Rxf7 $6 (19... Nxf7 {bietet
bessere Aussichten, den Vorteil zu verwerten.} 20. Nc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 (21...
Qd5 {Huzman} 22. Bc4 Qxf3 23. Ne6 Rc8 24. Ng5 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 e6 26. f3 Qh5 27.
Qb3 $36) 22. Qb3+ (22. Bc4+ {Huzman} Kh8 23. Ne6 Qc8 24. Nxf8 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1
Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxc4 $17) 22... Kh8 23. f4 Qb6 24. fxe5 Qxc5 25. f4) 20. Nbxd4 $2
({Nach} 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. f4 Bg7 {ist die Aufgabe des Weißen nicht
einfach.}) ({Richtig ist} 20. Nfxd4 Qd5 21. f3 Nxf3+ {Andere Fortsetzungen
bringen nichts ein.} 22. Rxf3 Bxd4+ (22... Rxf3 {scheitert an} 23. Bc4) 23.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qa1+ 25. Rf1 {, und Weiß hält remis.}) 20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxd2 24. Qa2+ Kf8 25. Rd1 Bh6 26. Qe6 Qd6 $4 (26...
Qc7 {(droht 27...Db7+)} 27. Qd5 e6 {sollte mühelos zum Gewinn führen. Der
Textzug führt zum Gegenteil, doch nimmt Schwarz seine Möglichkeiten, ums Remis
zu kämpfen, nicht wahr.}) 27. Qxd6 exd6 28. Rc1 Bf4 $2 ({Nach} 28... Ne4 29.
Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rxb8 Nf6 {konnte sich Schwarz noch berechtigte Remishaoffnungen
machen. Jetzt wird auch sein Springer abgeschnitten, und das besiegelt seine
Niederlage.}) 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rxb8 h6 $2 (30... Ne4 {scheitert an} 31. Kf3) (
30... Nb3 31. Rb7+ Kh6 {bot jedoch noch die Möglichkeit, den Springer in
belebte Gegenden zurückzuführen. Nach dem Textzug ist es endgültig aus.}) (
30... Be5 {Huzman} 31. Rb7+ Kh6 32. Bc6 {[%csl Rd2]}) 31. Bd3 g5 32. h3 h5 (
32... d5 33. Rd8 Ne4 34. Rxd5 Nf6 35. Ra5 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für
Schwarz.}) 33. Rb5 h4 34. f3 Be3 35. Rd5 Bf4 36. Kf2 Kf6 {'??' Huzman.} (36...
Nb3 $14 {Huzman}) 37. Rb5 Ke6 38. Ke2 d5 39. Bh7 d4 40. Rb2 Ke5 41. Rxd2 Bxd2
42. Kxd2 Kf4 43. Ke2 Kg3 44. Bf5 d3+ 45. Bxd3 Kxh3 46. Kf2 Kh2 47. Bf5 Kh1 48.
Bh3 Kh2 49. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krechetov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 {Dies gilt als ungenau; im
allgemeinen wird 5...Lf3: gespielt.} 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 (7. Bb5+ {kommt sehr in
Betracht, weil 7...Sc6 mit 8.Se5 beantwortet werden kann.}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3
e6 9. e4 {Dies ist positionell von zweifelhafter Qualität.} Nc6 10. Be3 Bb4 11.
Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O $6 (12. a3 $142) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Nb4 14. Kd2
Nxd3 15. Qxc8 (15. Kxd3 Qd7 $19) 15... Raxc8 16. Kxd3 Rc6 $17) 13... b5 14. Kd2
Rb8 15. Bg5 Na5 $6 (15... Nh5 $5 16. exd5 Na5 $17 {Der König des Weißen ist zu
exponiert.}) 16. Qa3 (16. Qb4 Nc4+ 17. Ke2 $5) 16... dxe4 17. Bxf6 (17. fxe4
Nxe4+ $19) (17. Qxa5 exd3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qb4 $13) 17... exd3 18. Rhg1 $2 (
18. Qxa5 gxf6 19. Qb4 $13) 18... Nc4+ 19. Kxd3 g6 20. Qc1 e5 $19 21. Qg5 (21.
Qh6 Qf5+ $19) 21... exd4 22. cxd4 Re8 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. d5 Rbc8 25. Rg4 Qa3+ 26.
Rc3 Qxa2 27. Rc2 Qb3+ 28. Bc3 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 a6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Ndf3 O-O 14. Bd2 Ne4
15. Rfc1 Rc7 $2 {Dies stellt einfach einen Bauern ein.} (15... a5 {ist
befriedigend, zum Beispiel} 16. Qd3 Rb7) 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Qxd5 Qc2 $6 {
Danach gewinnt Weiß auf der Stelle.} (17... Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Qc2 19. Qb3 Qxb3 (
19... Qxd2 20. Nf3 Qe2 21. Re1 {kostet die Dame.}) 20. Nxb3 {führt aber
natürlich auch zu einer hoffnungslosen Lage.}) 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rc1 Qxa4 20.
Ne5 $6 {Dies genügt auch zum Gewinn; einfacher ist jedoch} (20. Rc8+ Bf8 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qd8+ Qe8 23. Bxb4+ Re7 24. Bxe7+ Kf7 25. Ne5+) 20... Nd6 21.
Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Qxf5 Bf8 23. h3 Nd7 24. b3 Qa2 25. Bxb4 Qxb3 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27.
Rc8 Qb7 28. Qc5 Nd6 29. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Qb3 Ra7 15.
Qb6 Qa8 16. Nc5 $6 (16. cxd5 $142 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qb3 $14) 17. Rfe1 {
mit etwa gleichem Spiel. Nach dem Textzug kommt die Dame des Weißen in
Schwierigkeiten.}) 16... a4 17. Qb4 (17. Be5 Bd8 18. Qb4 Ba5 19. Qxa4 Bd2 20.
Qd1 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 $15) 17... Nd7 18. Qd2 $4 (18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qd2 {Der
Vorteil des Schwarzen ist nur gering.}) 18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qe3 Nb3
21. Rcd1 Bc2 22. Bxh6 (22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Bxd1 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7
26. Qg5+ Kd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "252"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+
8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 {Dies ist
ein neuer Zug; wegen der Antwort des Schwarzen überzeugt er nicht.} e5 14. Qc2
exd4 {Aber ist sieht riskant aus;} (14... Re8 $5) 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17.
Be4 Ra6 18. Nb3 (18. Rfe1 $5) 18... Qc7 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Nbxd4 Nxe5 21. Rxa4
Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qxc4 24. Ne5 Qc3 25. Nd3 Qd4 (25... Na6 $5) 26.
Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Nxb4 Re8 28. Rc1 Rxe4 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Nc2 Nd7 31. Ne3 Nb6 32.
Rc5 g6 33. g4 {Weiß bohrt Löcher in seine Bauernstrukur; ich hätte 33.g3
vorgezogen.} Kg7 34. Rc7 $6 (34. Kg2 {war besser.}) 34... Rd4 35. Rb7 {
Hiernach erzwingt Schwarz Turmtausch; danach sind die Gewinnaussichten des
Weißen gering. Besser war} (35. Rc5) 35... Nc4 36. Rb4 Ne5 37. Rxd4 Nf3+ 38.
Kg2 Nxd4 {Hecht: [#] 3-2, später 2-1 Bauern am K-Flügel. keine
schwarzeB-Schwäche --> remis} 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. h4 Ne6 41. f4 Nd4 42. Nc4 Kg7 43.
Kf2 Ne6 44. Ke3 Kh6 45. Nd6 f6 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Ke4 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Ne6 49. g5 fxg5
50. hxg5 Nc5 51. Kd4 Ne6+ 52. Ke5 Nc5 53. Nc4 Nd3+ 54. Ke4 Nc5+ 55. Kd4 Ne6+
56. Ke5 Nc5 57. Nb2 Kf7 58. Kd6 Ne4+ 59. Kd5 Nc3+ 60. Ke5 Ne2 61. Nc4 Kg7 62.
Nb6 Kf7 63. Nd5 Ng3 64. Nb6 Ne2 65. Nc4 Kg7 66. Nd6 Kf8 67. Nb5 Kf7 68. Nd4 Ng3
69. Kd5 Ke7 70. Nc6+ Kf7 71. Ne5+ Kg7 72. Ke6 Ne2 73. Nd3 Nd4+ 74. Ke7 Nf5+ 75.
Kd7 Kf7 76. Ne5+ Kg7 77. Nc6 Kf7 78. Nd8+ Kg7 79. Ke8 Nd6+ 80. Ke7 Nf5+ 81. Kd7
Kf8 82. Ke6 Kg7 83. Nc6 Ne3 84. Nd4 Kg8 85. Kf6 Nd5+ 86. Ke5 Ne3 87. Ke4 Nc4
88. Nc6 Kg7 89. Kd5 Ne3+ 90. Ke5 Kf7 91. Ke4 Nf1 92. Ne5+ Kg7 93. Nc4 Ng3+ 94.
Ke5 Ne2 95. Nd6 Kf8 96. Nb5 Kf7 97. Nd4 Ng3 98. Kd5 Ke7 99. Nf3 Kf7 100. Ne5+
Kg7 101. Ke6 Ne2 102. Nd3 Nd4+ 103. Ke7 Nf5+ 104. Kd7 Kf7 105. Ne5+ Kg7 106.
Ng4 Nd4 107. Kd6 Ne2 108. Ke5 Kf7 109. Nf2 Kg7 110. Nd3 Kf7 111. Kd6 Nd4 112.
Ne5+ Kg7 113. Ke7 Nf5+ 114. Kd7 Nd4 115. Nc6 Ne2 116. Nd8 Kg8 (116... Nxf4 {
Hecht} 117. Ne6+ Nxe6 118. Kxe6 Kg8 119. Kf6 Kh7 120. Kf7 Kh8 121. Kxg6 Kg8
122. Kh6 $18) 117. Ne6 Kf7 118. Kd6 Ng3 119. Nd8+ Ke8 120. Nc6 Kf7 121. Ne5+
Kg7 122. Ke7 Nf5+ 123. Kd7 Nd4 124. Kd6 Nf5+ 125. Kd7 Nd4 126. Nd3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. f4 Nbd7
15. Bc2 (15. c5 {sieht energischer aus:} Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Nc4 Qg5 18. Qf3
a4 19. e4 Nc3 20. Nd6 Rab8 21. Rf2 f5 22. Bc4 Bxe4 (22... Nxe4 $142 23. Bxe6+
Kh8 $13) 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qh3 a3 25. Raf1 g6 26. Nf7+ $16 {1-0 Belov,
I-Skomorokhin,R/Ostrava op 1992 (41)}) 15... Qc7 16. Qe1 Rfd8 17. Qh4 Nf8 18.
f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Ng6 20. Qg3 Re8 ({Nach} 20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rd7 (21... Re8 $2
22. Bxh7+ $18) 22. Ra4 {kann Schwarz die Drohung 23.Texa5 nicht befriedigend
parieren; 22...Dd8 scheitert an 23.Sb3.}) 21. Rg5 Qd8 $2 {Hiernach wird die
Lage des Schwarzen äußerst schwierig.} (21... Re6 {mit der Absicht Ta8-e8
sollte versucht werden; Druck gegen e3 soll den Angriff auf den Bauern a5
neutralisieren. Nach} 22. Ba4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 {hat sich Schwarz entlastet.})
22. Ba4 {Der Läufer des Weißen blockiert die schwarzen Freibauern am
Damenflügel dauerhaft.} Rxe5 23. Rxe5 (23. dxe5 Qxd2 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rb5 Be4
$44) 23... Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qb6 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. Qf4 ({Nach} 26. Qxe6 fxe6 {
hätte Schwarz keine Probleme mehr.}) 26... Rd8 (26... Qg4 27. e4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4
$16) 27. h3 Qe7 28. d5 Bxd5 {Das Figurenopfer dürfte die Partie nicht retten
können. Nicht ausreichend ist ebenfalls} (28... Nd7 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 (29... Qxd7
30. Nb3 Qe7 (30... a4 31. Nc5 Qe7 32. d6 {kostet den Schwarzen Material.}) 31.
Nxa5 {ist fatal für Schwarz.}) 30. Ra1 Qd8 31. Nb3 {Auch hier verliert Schwarz
seinen kostbaren a-Bauern. Nach anderen Zügen sieht die Lage jedoch für
Schwarz ebenfalls trostlos aus; Weiß droht zum Beispiel e3-e4-e5.}) 29. cxd5
Nxd5 30. Qf2 Qxe3 31. Bb3 Rd7 32. Re1 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Kf8 34. Nc4 Nf4 35. Re3 $6
({I} 35. Kf3 g5 36. Nxa5 Rd3+ 37. Kg4 Nxg2 $11 {ist nicht gewinnträchtig für
Weiß.}) ({II} 35. Ra1 Nd3+ 36. Kf1 Nc5 37. Nxa5 Ra7 38. Bd5 {sollte jedoch zum
Gewinn genügen.}) 35... Ra7 (35... Rd5 $5 {mit der Absicht, bei Gelegenheit
Sf4-e6(d3)-c5 zu spielen, bot Rettungsaussichten.}) 36. Nd6 Re7 $2 (36... g5 {
mußte versucht werden.}) 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Nc4 $18 f5 39. Nxa5 Kd6 40. Bg8 h6
41. Kf3 Ne6 42. Bxe6 Kxe6 43. Nc6 b3 44. Nd4+ Ke5 45. Nxb3 g5 46. g3 Kd5 47.
Nd2 Kd4 48. Nf1 Kd5 49. Ne3+ Ke5 50. g4 f4 51. Nf5 h5 52. Nh6 hxg4+ 53. hxg4
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Qc7 (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qc2 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nbd5 12. e3 $16 {1-0 Tratar,
M-Zugaj,F/SLO-chJ 1993 (41)}) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rfd1 Ba6 12. Nd2 Rac8
13. e4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 $2 {Nötig war Nötig war} (15... Qe7 {oder
}) (15... Qb8) (15... Qe7 {oder}) (15... Qb8) 16. f4 b5 (16... exd4 17. e5 Qc5
18. Qxd4 Ng4 19. Bh3 f5 (19... h5 20. Ne4 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Rc7 22. Rad1 Nb8 23.
Bxg4 hxg4 24. Nf2 {ist auch nicht günstiger.}) 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Ne4 Qxd4+ 22.
Rxd4 {führt zu einer für Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qe2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 18. dxe5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 bxc4 20. exf6 Rfd8 {verlangt
dem Weißen noch einige technische Sorgfalt ab.}) 18... Nfg4 19. h3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Qc2 b5 6. Ng5 Qc8 7. a4 Bd7 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 e6 10. Ba3 $6 (10. Bd3 $5) 10... b4 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Nd2 c5 13. Rc1
Bc6 14. Bb5 $2 (14. dxc5 Nbd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Nxf6 16. Qxb4 {gibt dem
Schwarzen kaum genügende Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.}) 16. Nge4 {
führte zu befriedigendem Spiel.}) 14... a6 $2 ({Nach} 14... Bxb5 15. axb5 Qb7 {
dürfte Schwarz in Vorteil kommen.}) 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. O-O h6 17. Ngf3 Nbd7 18.
e4 {Weiß setzt scharf fort.} (18. dxc5 Bxc5 ({oder} 18... Nxc5 19. Qxb4 Qxa4
20. Qxa4+ Nxa4 21. Bd4) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxb4 {führte zu ungefähr gleichem
Spiel.}) 18... Be7 19. Rfe1 (19. Qxb4 Qxe4 {überläßt dem Schwarzen bequemes
Spiel. Weiß erstrebt die Durchsetzung des Vorstoßes d4-d5.}) 19... O-O 20. d5
exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Nf5 Bf6 (23... Bg5 24. Bxg7 Bxd2 25. Qg3 Bf4
(25... Kh7 26. Bxf8 $18) 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qxh5 f6 28. Ne7+ {überlebt Schwarz
nicht.}) 24. Ne4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 N7f6 26. Nxf6+ (26. Nxh6+ gxh6 (26... Kh7 27.
Nxc5 Qc8 (27... Qb6 28. Nf5 $16) 28. Nd3 (28. Ne6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 $19) 28...
Qd7 29. Ne5 $16) 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Kh7 (28... Rfe8 29. Qxh6 Rxe1+ 30.
Rxe1 Qd5 31. h3 {überlebt Schwarz nicht.}) 29. Rxc5 Rg8 {Schwarz hält sich.})
26... Nxf6 27. Re3 $2 ({Besser war} 27. Nxh6+ Kh7 28. Nf5 Rfe8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8
30. Rxc5 {und die Verteidigungsaufgabe des Schwarzen ist schwer.}) 27... Rfe8
$2 ({Richtig war} 27... Qd7 28. Nxh6+ (28. Nxg7 Qd4 $17) 28... Kh8 29. Rh3 Nh7
{mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qc2 a5
32. Qxc5 Qxa4 33. Qe5 Qd7 34. Qxa5 $18 Qd2 35. Qc5 g6 36. Qc2 Qd4 37. h3 Kg7
38. Rd1 Qe5 39. Qc4 Qb2 40. Qd4 Qc2 41. Rd2 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc3 43. Qxc3 bxc3 44.
Rd4 g5 45. Rc4 h5 46. g3 Kg6 47. Rxc3 Nd7 48. Kg2 f6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 g4 51.
hxg4+ hxg4 52. Rc7 Ne5 53. Rc5 Ke6 54. Rb5 Kf5 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Ke4 f5+ 57. Kf4
Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Ne5 59. Rb6+ Ke7 60. Kf4 Nd3+ 61. Kxf5 Nxf2 62. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Be7 11. Bg3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 (13. e4 Nf6 14. exd5
exd5 15. Bg2 O-O 16. O-O Bd8 17. Bd6 Re8 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rae1 Bc7
21. Bxe4 Bxd6 22. Bxg6 Rf8 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. cxd6 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S-Skatchkov,P/
RUS-Cup8 1997}) 13... Nd7 14. Be2 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Nb5 e5 {
Die Annahme des Figurenopfers kam auch in Betracht:} (17... cxb5 18. Rc7 Qa6
19. Bxb5 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 (20. Ke2 {dürfte ungenau sein:} Rd8 (20... Ngf6 21. g5 (
21. a3 Bd8 22. Rb7 Ra7 $19) 21... Qxa2 22. gxf6 Qxb3 23. Bxd7+ Kf8 24. fxe7+
Kg8 25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8 $18) 21. Rhc1 Ngf6 {Die Kompensation des Weißen
ist undeutlich; Schwarz droht mit Kraft 22...Th3 und 22...Se4.}) 20... Rd8 21.
Kg2 Ngf6 22. Be5 $44 {Hier ist die Lage des Schwarzen unbequem; er kann sich
nicht aus der Fesselung befreien. Der Textzug ist sicherer.}) 18. Nc3 Bf6 19.
e4 (19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 {führt zu gutem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 19... exd4
(19... Bg5 $5 {kam auch in Betracht:} 20. Rc2 (20. Rd1 exd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22.
Qc2 Ne6 $132) 20... exd4 (20... Ngf6 21. Bxe5 (21. dxe5 Nc5 {mit Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxc6 {und Weiß hat
großen Vorteil.}) 21. Nxd5 Bd8 $13 {mit schwer einzuschätzender Lage.}) 20.
Nxd5 Rc8 (20... cxd5 21. Rc7 {ist natürlich nicht ratsam für Schwarz.}) (20...
Bd8 {war dagegen auch gut spielbar.}) 21. Nxf6+ Ngxf6 22. Bf3 O-O 23. O-O Rfe8
24. Rfd1 Nxe4 25. Rxd4 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6
8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Sokolov would
like to exchange a pair of knights, since taking with pawn on d5 is convicting
his piece from f6 to passivity after the possible g4-g5. The move also opens
an interesting scope of operation for the black queen.'} 11. Bd2 (11. Bg2 g5
12. Bd2 a5 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Rc1 a4 16. Nc3 N7b6 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Qc2
N5f6 19. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Bu Xiangzhi/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (19).}) 11...
N5b6 12. Qc2 (12. Qf3 $5 {Ftacnik} Qh4 13. e4 g5 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Bd3 Be7 16.
Be3 $14) 12... Qh4 13. Be2 Be7 14. Qe4 g5 {Ftacnik: 'The moderate opening of
the position has paradoxally benefit black, white's structure has relatively
poor mobility and bishops no open diagonals.'} 15. Qg2 Nd5 16. O-O-O a5 17. f4
{Dies kommt mir verfrüht vor.} (17. Kb1 $11) 17... N7b6 18. Ne4 gxf4 19. exf4
Bb4 20. Bd3 Qe7 21. Kb1 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qb4 23. Qf2 (23. f5 $11) 23... Na4 {
Ftacnik: 'Alexandrov already has to take care due to the active location of
the dark pieces.'} 24. Rc1 $2 ({Nach} 24. Rd2 {liegt noch kein Grund zur
Verzweiflung vor.}) 24... Nxf4 25. Bc4 (25. Bf1 {Ftacnik} b5 (25... Nd5 26. Rc4
Qxb2+ 27. Qxb2 Nxb2 28. Kxb2 $16) 26. Rh2 Nd5 27. Rxc6 Rb8 $11) 25... O-O-O {
'?!' Ftacnik.} (25... Rxh3 {Ftacnik} 26. a3 Qb6 27. Nc5 $13) 26. Rc2 {'?'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'White is playing without full concentration, too many
mistakes are disturbing the middelgame fight.'} (26. b3 $1 {Ftacnik} Nd5 27.
Qxf7 Rd7 28. Qxe6 Nac3+ 29. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 30. Ka1 Nd5 $14) 26... Rxh3 27. Rd1 $2 (
27. Rhc1 {bietet immer noch Widerstandsmöglichkeiten:} Nd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29.
Qxf7 Kb8 30. Ng5 {usw.}) 27... g5 $2 (27... e5 {führt zum Sieg.}) (27... Nd5 {
ist ebenfalls entscheidend.}) 28. Bf1 Rh1 29. Nxg5 e5 30. a3 $2 (30. Qf3 Rg1
31. Nxf7 Rxd4 32. Rdc1 {ergibt eine unklare Stellung.}) 30... Qb3 (30... Rxd4 {
ist weniger genau. Mit} 31. Rdc1 {kann Weiß noch Widerstand leisten:} (31. axb4
Rxd1+ 32. Ka2 (32. Rc1 {verliert nach} Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nd3+) 32... Rhxf1 33. Qa7
Nd5 34. Qa8+ Kc7 35. Qxa5+ Nab6 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (31. Re1 Qb3 {
ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 31... Qe7 (31... Qb3 32. Nf3) (31... Qd6 32. Qf3)
32. Nf3 Rd5 33. Rxc6+ bxc6 34. Ba6+ Kd7 35. Rxh1 {usw.}) 31. Ne4 $2 ({Nach} 31.
Rdc1 {hätte Schwarz noch genau spielen müssen:} exd4 (31... Rxd4 32. Nf3 {
ist weniger überzeugend.}) 32. Qxf4 Nc3+ 33. Rxc3 dxc3 34. Qf5+ Rd7 {mit
Gewinn:} 35. Qc2 (35. Rc2 cxb2 36. Ne4 Qxa3 37. Rxb2 Qd3+ {, und Schwarz
gewinnt.}) (35. Rxc3 Rxf1+ {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 35... Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Rd2+
37. Kxc3 Rf2 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 31... Nxb2 32. Kc1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 Nf6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxb8
Qxb8 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. g3 Be7 17. O-O Bf6 {Dieselbe Stellung entstand in der
Partie van L.Wely-V.Salov, Donner-Gedenkturnier, Amsterdam 1995, mit dem
Unterschied, daß der f-Bauer des Weißen dort noch auf f2 stand, weil Schwarz
gleich 8...Lg6 gespielt hatte, statt 8...Le4 einzuschalten. Der Unterschied,
obgleich nicht besonders wesentlich, begünstigt Schwarz natürlich.} 18. Rfd1 {
Van Wely setzte mit Ta1-d1 nebst Tf1-e1 fort. Wenn Weiß mit den
Damenflügelbauern vorgehen will, erscheint der Textzug plausibler; der
Damenturm kann zum Beispiel auf der b-Linie zum Einsatz kommen.} a6 19. Bf1 Ke7
{Soweit ich weiß, ist dieser Plan bisher noch nicht angewandt worden: Schwarz
bringt seinen Königsturm ins Spiel und überführt seinen König so schnell wie
möglich zum Königsflügel. Die Idee gefällt mir ausgezeichnet; Schwarz dürfte
auf diese Weise überleben können.} 20. f4 (20. Qa3 Rc8 {bringt dem Weißen
nichts ein.}) (20. Qe3 {nebst b2-b4 scheint mir das angewiesene Verfahren zu
sein.}) 20... Rc8 21. Qe3 Kf8 22. b4 b6 23. Rab1 Qa7 24. g4 $2 {Am
Königsflügel kann Weiß nichts erreichen; er schwächt nur den Punkt f4. Richtig
war meines Erachtens} (24. Rbc1 {um auf} a5 {die Antwort} 25. b5 {parat zu
haben; auch mancher andere Zug kommt in Betracht.}) 24... a5 25. g5 Bd8 26. Qh3
axb4 $2 (26... Kg8 {führt zu einer für Schwarz vollkommen befriedigenden
Stellung; Weiß muß sich anscheinend mit} 27. a3 {bescheiden. Er mag sogar mit
der Anfälligkeit der Punkte d4 und besonders f4 Schwierigkeiten bekommen.}) 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 bxc5 29. f5 gxf5 30. g6 Bb6 $2 {Danach ist Schwarz definitiv
verloren.} (30... Kd6 {bietet ihm bessere Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten:} 31. gxf7
Bh4 (31... Bb6 32. Re1 {ergibt die Partiefortsetzung.}) 32. Rdc1 c4 (32... Qxa2
{scheitert an} 33. f8=Q+ Rxf8 34. dxc5+ Kc6 35. Bb5+ Kxb5 36. Qb7+ {nebst matt.
}) 33. Rxb4 Be7 (33... Rh8 34. Rb7 $18) 34. Rcb1 Kc6 35. Rb7 (35. Rxc4+ dxc4
36. Bg2+ Kd7 37. Rb7+ Qxb7 38. Bxb7 c3 {ist auch nicht klar.}) 35... Qxb7 36.
Rxb7 ({Die Fortsetzung} 36. f8=Q Rxf8 37. Rxb7 Rg8 38. Rxe7 Rxg7+ 39. Rxg7 Rxa2
{ist ebenfalls nicht deutlich.}) 36... Bf8 37. Qe5 Kxb7 38. Qxe6 Rd8 39. Bg2
Ra5 40. Qxf5 {Der Gewinn ist für Weiß noch nicht einfach.}) 31. Re1 $18 Kd6 ({
Jetzt gibt es keine Rettung mehr;} 31... Rf8 32. Bb5 {ist ebenfalls
hoffnungslos für Schwarz:} cxd4 (32... Kd6 33. Qe5+ Ke7 34. gxf7 Kxf7 (34...
Rxf7 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Kh1 (36. Bc6 {dürfte auch genügen:} c4 37. Bxd5 Bxd4+
38. Kh1 Rd8 39. Qxf7+ Qxf7 40. Bxf7 Kxf7 41. Rxb4 c3 42. Rc4 {Weiß steht auf
Gewinn.}) 36... c4 37. Qh6+ Rg7 38. Qh8+ Rg8 (38... Kf7 39. Be8+ $18) 39. Qf6+
Qf7 40. Qd6+ $18) 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Kh1 {und Schwarz wird bald matt.}) 33.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Qf6+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ $18) 32. gxf7 Qe7 (32... Qd7 {
hilft nichts:} 33. Bb5 Qxb5 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. Re1+ Kd6 36. f8=Q+ Rxf8 37. Qe7+
Kc6 38. Re6#) 33. Bb5 cxd4 34. Qe5+ Kc5 35. a4 Bc7 36. Rbc1+ Kb6 37. Qxe6+ Qxe6
38. Rxe6+ Ka5 39. Be8 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. g4 {Überzeugend scheint mir
dies Bauernopfer nicht zu sein.} Nxg4 13. Bf5 Ngf6 14. O-O-O g6 15. Bh3 O-O 16.
Kb1 a5 (16... Nb6 $5) 17. f3 b5 (17... Nb6 $5) 18. Qc2 b4 $6 (18... Qb7 19. e4
dxe4 20. fxe4 Nb6) 19. Na4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Rc1 a4 22. Qxc6 Qa7 23. Qc7
Qa6 24. Bf1 $14 (24. Qxe7 Qd3+ 25. Ka1 Qxd2 26. Rhd1 (26. Qxf6 $2 a3 27. Rb1 b3
$19) 26... Qxh2 27. Rh1 Qd2 $10) 24... Qe6 25. Qe5 Rfc8 26. Bb5 a3 27. Rxc8+
Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qb6 30. Ba4 Bf8 31. Bb3 Kg7 32. h4 Bd6 33. Qg5 h6
34. Qg2 Qb5 35. Bc2 Qb6 36. Qd2 Nh5 37. Qg2 Nf6 38. Qg1 h5 $6 (38... Qc6 $5)
39. Qg5 Be7 40. Bb3 Qa6 41. Qg2 Qb6 42. Bd2 Qc6 43. Be1 Bd6 44. Qe2 Kg8 45. Qd3
Kg7 46. Bc2 Nd7 47. Qb3 Nb6 48. bxa3 bxa3 49. e4 Be7 50. Bd3 Bf6 51. e5 Be7 52.
f4 Nc4 53. f5 Bxh4 (53... gxf5 $142) 54. f6+ Kh7 55. Bc3 Bg5 56. Qb4 Qd7 57.
Qf8 Bh6 58. Qe7 Qa4 59. Bc2 Qb5+ 60. Ka1 Ne3 61. Bb1 Qc6 62. Ba5 Nc2+ 63. Bxc2
Qxc2 64. Qxf7+ Kh8 65. Qe8+ Kh7 66. Qd7+ Kh8 67. Qd8+ Kh7 68. Qc7+ Qxc7 69.
Bxc7 Bg5 70. Bd8 Be3 71. e6 Bxd4+ 72. Kb1 Kg8 73. Be7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Bf5 (8... Bd6 9. Qc2 Qb8 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 e5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Qb2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Kasparovchess.com 2001/CBM 82 ext (57). (57)}) 9.
Qc2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c5 Ne8 ({Zum Ausgleich führt} 12... b6
13. b4 a5 14. a3 (14. b5 bxc5 15. bxc6 c4 $17) 14... Qc7 $11) 13. b4 Nc7 14.
Nb3 Re8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qg6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Rd4
f5 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. a4 Rf7 23. Rg1 h5 24. Bc3 Qh7 25. f4 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5 27.
Be1 Rg7 28. Rf1 Rg6 29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Ng7 31. Nc1 (31. Bh4 {überläßt dem
Weißen etwas Vorteil.}) 31... f4 {Dies ist eine mutige Entscheidung, aber
vielleicht nicht das Stärkste.} (31... Be7 32. Nd3 Rg4 {führt zu etwa gleichem
Spiel.}) 32. exf4 Nf5 33. Rd1 Bxf4 34. Nd3 Bh6 35. Qxh5 (35. Rxh5 {ist nicht
besser:} Ne3 36. Nf4 Nxd1 37. Nxg6 Qxg6 38. Rh3 (38. Qxd1 Rf8 $19) 38... Bg7
39. Qxd1 Rf8 40. Bc3 Qc2 41. Rd3 Qxa4 {usw.}) 35... Ne3 36. Rc1 {Ich würde
mich scheuen, den Turm in der Diagonale des Läufers auf h6 aufzustellen, aber
vielleicht spielt es hier wirklich keine Rolle.} (36. Nf4 {bringt nichts
Besonderes ein.} Rg5 (36... Rf8 37. Rxe3 Rxf4 38. Rf3) 37. Qxg5+ (37. Qxh6 Qxh6
38. Rxh6 Nxd1 39. Rxe6 Rf5 {ist vorteilhaft für Schwarz.}) 37... Bxg5 38. Rxh7
Kxh7 39. Nxe6 Nxd1 40. Nxg5+ Kg6 41. h4 a5 {mit unklarer Lage.}) (36. Rb1 {
ist aber sicherer.}) 36... Rf8 $6 (36... Qg7 {ist wohl stärker:} 37. Bg3 (37.
Bd2 {kann nun befriedigend mit} Ng4 {beantwortet werden.}) (37. Bf2 Ng4 (37...
Nxg2 38. Rg1 {ist ungünstig für Schwarz.}) 38. Rd1 Bf4 (38... Rf8 39. Bd4 {
ist weniger klar.}) 39. Bd4 (39. Bg1 Bxh2 40. Bxh2 Rh6 41. Qxh6 Nxh6 42. Rg3
Ng4 43. Kg1 Rf8) 39... Bxh2 40. Qh4 Rf8 {Schwarz steht sicher nicht schlechter.
}) 37... Rf8 (37... Ng4 {erlaubt dem urm des Weißen, sich der f-Linie zu
bemächtigen:} 38. Rf1 Rg5 39. Qh4 Ne3 40. Qxh6 Qxh6 41. Rxh6 Nxf1 42. Bf4 Rf5
43. Rxe6 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 38. Qe2 Rf5 (38... Nf5 39. Bf4) 39. Rg1 Nc4 {
mit unklarer Lage.}) 37. Bg3 $4 {Offenbar bot Weiß in Zeitnot des remis an.
Seine Lage ist nach 37...Sg4 schwierig:} (37. Bg3 Ng4 38. Re1 (38. Rg1 {
ist nicht stärker:} Qg7 39. Be1 Be3 40. Rxe3 Nxe3 {mit Gewinnstellung für
Schwarz.}) (38. Rb1 Qg7 39. Bh4 (39. b5 Rg5 40. Qh4 Qg6 {und Schwarz gewinnt.})
39... Rf5 40. Bf6 Nxf6 41. exf6 Rxh5 42. fxg7 Rxh3 43. gxh3 Bxg7 {ist noch
günstiger für Schwarz.}) 38... Qg7 39. Bh4 (39. b5 Bd2 {und Schwarz gewinnt.})
39... Rf5 40. Bf6 Nxf6 41. exf6 Rxh5 42. fxg7 Rxh3 43. gxh3 Rf6 {mit besserem
Endspile für Schwarz.}) (37. Bd2 {ist viel stärker als der Textzug:} Rf5 (37...
Rxg2 38. Qxh6 (38. Bxe3 Qe4 {ist dem Weißen nicht zu raten.}) 38... Qxh6 39.
Rxh6 Rxd2 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Nf4 {mit Gewinnstellung für Weiß.}) 38. Qh4 Nxg2 (
38... Ng4 39. Bxh6 (39. Rg1 Qg7 {ist weniger stark.}) 39... Qxh6 40. Qxh6 Nxh6
41. Rf3 {mit vorteilhaftem Endspiel.}) 39. Qxh6 Rxh6 40. Rxh6 Qf7 41. Kxg2 Rh5
(41... Rf3 42. Rc3 Kg7 43. Rh3 (43. Rh4 Qf5 $19) 43... Rxh3 44. Kxh3 Qf3+ 45.
Kh4 {Die Rettungsaussichten des Schwarzen sind wohl gering.}) 42. Rf6 Qh7 43.
Nf2 Rxh2+ 44. Kg1 {Die Lage des Schwarzen ist bedenklich.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Nf6 $6 8.
bxc4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 $6 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 O-O 12. O-O $16)
10. Ne5 O-O (10... Bb7 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. Qa4 $18) 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 (
12... Bb7 13. Rb1) 13. Bd2 Bb7 (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bb7 (14... f6 15. Nd3 {
/\ Nf4, /\ Nc5, /\ Bd2, e4+-}) 15. Bb4 Nxb4 16. Qxb7 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nxa1 18. Rxa1
$18) 14. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Rhb1 $18) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Rhb1 (17. Rhc1 $5 a5 (17... Nd7 18. Nc6 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxa7) (17... f6
18. Nd3) 18. Rc5 Qb6 19. Nd3) 17... Nd7 18. Qxd5 $6 (18. Nc6 $5 Qe8 (18... Qf6
19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Rb7 $18) 19. Qxd5 (19. Rb7 Nf6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 $13 {/\} 21. Nxd5
Ne4+ {/\ Qc6}) 19... Nf6 20. Qc4 (20. Qf3 Ne4+ 21. Kd3 Nxf2+) (20. Qb5 Ne4+ 21.
Ke1 Nc3) 20... Ng4 (20... Qe4 21. f3 Qh4 22. h3) 21. Ke2 Qe4 22. h3 Rac8 23.
Rc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxg2+ 25. Kd3 Qg6+ 26. Kd2 $18) 18... Nxe5 19. Qxe5 a5 20.
Ke2 (20. Ra4 $5) 20... Re8 21. Qf4 (21. Qc5 Rc8 22. Qxa5 (22. Qb6 Rc2+ {/\ Qh4}
) 22... Qxd4 $10) 21... a4 22. Kf1 (22. Ra3 $2 Qe7 23. Rba1 Qb4 $10) 22... a3
23. Rb7 Re7 (23... Qd5 24. Qf3 Qc4+ 25. Qe2 Qc3 26. Qa2 $18) 24. Rb3 (24. Rxe7
$2 Qxe7 $10) 24... Rea7 (24... a2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Rb8 $18) 25. Ra2 g6 (25...
Qc8 26. Qe4 Qc4+ 27. Qd3 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 $16) 26. Qe4 h5 27. g3 Qd6 28. h4 Ra4 29.
Qd3 R8a5 30. Kg1 Ra7 31. Qb5 Kg7 32. Qe8 Ra8 33. Qe4 R8a7 34. Rc3 Qb4 $2 (34...
Rc7) 35. Rc8 Re7 36. Qc2 Rb7 (36... Rea7 37. Qc5 $18) 37. Kg2 (37. Qc5 Qxc5 (
37... Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2 39. Qf8+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ Ke6 (40... Ke7 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42.
Qc6+ Ke7 43. Re8#) 41. Qe5+ Kd7 42. Qe8+ $18) 38. Rxc5 Rb2 39. Ra1 $8 a2 $10) (
37. Kh2 $5) 37... Ra6 38. Qc3 Qe7 39. d5+ $6 (39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. Rxc5 Rb2 41.
Rxb2 axb2 42. Rb5 Ra2 43. Kf3 $18) 39... f6 40. Qc4 Rba7 41. Kh2 Qe5 (41... Qd6
$5) 42. e4 (42. f4 Qd6 (42... Qxe3 $2 43. d6 $18)) 42... g5 $5 (42... Ra4 $2
43. Qc5 Re7 (43... g5 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Re8 $18) 44. Rxa3 Rxa3 45. Qxa3 Qxe4 46.
Qa8 $18) (42... Qd6 43. Qb5 {/\ Qe8+/-} (43. Re8 Qd7 (43... Rc7 44. Qb3) 44.
Qc8 Qxc8 45. Rxc8 Re7 46. Rc4 f5 47. exf5 (47. f3 fxe4 48. fxe4 Kf6 $10) 47...
gxf5 48. Kg2 Rd7 $132)) 43. d6 $6 (43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Qb4 $16 (44. Qc3 Qxc3 45.
Rxc3 g4 (45... Kf6 46. f4 h4 47. fxg5+ Kxg5 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. e5) 46. e5 (46.
Kg2 Kf6 47. f4 gxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Ke5 $10) (46. f4 gxf3 47. Rxf3 Re7 $10) 46... Ra5
47. Rd3 Rd7 48. d6 (48. Raxa3 Rxa3 49. Rxa3 Rxd5 $10) 48... Rxe5 49. Raxa3 Kf6
$10)) 43... Qxd6 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Rd8 Qb4 $2 (45... Qe7 $2 46. hxg5+ fxg5 47.
Qh8+ Qh7 48. Rxa3 Qxh8 49. Rxh8+ Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kh6 (50... Kf6 51. Rf3+) 51.
Rxa6+ Rxa6 52. f4 $18) (45... Qe6 $6 46. hxg5+ fxg5 47. Qh8+ Rh7 48. Qf8+ Rg7 (
48... Kg6 $2 49. Rxa3 Rxa3 50. Rd6 Ra6 51. Qf5+ $18) 49. Rxa3 Rxa3 50. Rd6 (50.
Qxa3 Qxe4 $10) 50... Ra6 51. Rxe6+ Rxe6 52. f4 gxf4 53. gxf4 $16 {/\} Rxe4 $2
54. Qf6+ Rg6 55. Qh8#) (45... Qc5 {><f2} 46. hxg5+ (46. Rad2 gxh4 $13 {/\} (
46... a2 $2 47. Rxa2 Rxa2 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Qg7+ Ke6 51. Re8+ Re7 (
51... Qe7 52. Rxe7+ Rxe7 53. Qg8+ Rf7 54. Qe8+ Re7 55. Qc6+ $18) 52. Qg8+ Kd6 (
52... Ke5 53. Rxe7+ Qxe7 54. Qd5#) 53. Rd8+ Kc6 (53... Rd7 54. Qf8+ Kc6 55.
Rc8+ $18) 54. Qxa2 $18) 47. R8d5 hxg3+ 48. fxg3 Qc7) 46... fxg5 47. Rad2 Rg6 (
47... Rg7 $2 48. Qh8+ Rh7 (48... Kg6 49. f4 $18) 49. R2d6+ Rxd6 50. Qf8+ $18)
48. Qh8+ (48. R2d6 Qxd6 49. Rxd6 Rxd6 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qxd6 a2) 48... Rh7 49.
Qa1 $14) 46. hxg5+ fxg5 47. Rad2 $18 Rg6 (47... a2 48. R2d7) (47... Rg7 48.
Qh8+ Rh7 (48... Kg6 49. R2d7) 49. R2d6+ Rxd6 50. Qf8+ Rg7 51. Rxd6+) (47...
Qxd2 48. Rxd2 a2 49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Qa1) 48. Qh8+ Rh7 49. R2d7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nfxd2 (8. Nbxd2 c3 9. Ne4 b4 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Qf3 O-O (11... a5 12. Bd3 Ra7
13. Nc5 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd5 15. Qh3 g6 16. Qg3 $13 {Hodgson-Piket, Wijk aan Zee
1993}) 12. Bd3 a5 13. g4 Ba6 14. Bc2 Ra7 15. Rg1 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 $6 (16... g6
$142 $13) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qf4 $40 {Arencibia-Remon, Capablanca Memorial 1992}
) 8... cxb3 9. axb5 b2 {Schwarz folgt einer in der ECO unter D 11/2, Fußnote 8
gegebenen Empfehlung.} 10. Ra2 Ne7 11. Rxb2 O-O 12. Bd3 cxb5 13. Rxb5 Nd7 (
13... Ba6 $5) 14. Rg5 Nf6 15. Nc3 Nf5 (15... Bb7 $5) 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Nce4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Qc1+ 19. Qd1 Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rb8 21. g4 f6 22. Rh5 g6 23. Rh3 Nd6 24.
Bc2 e5 25. Rg3 exd4 26. exd4 Rb4 27. Nb3 Bb7 28. Re1 Bd5 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rxf7
Kxf7 31. h3 Nb5 32. Ke1 Ke7 33. Bd1 Kd6 34. h4 h6 35. Re3 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37.
Rg3 Bxb3 38. Bxb3 Nxd4 39. Rg6+ {RBPP<->RNPPP. Die schwarzen Bauernschwächen
ermöglichen Weiß das Remis.} Ke5 40. Bd1 Rb6 41. Rg7 Ra6 42. h5 Ke4 43. Re7+
Kf4 44. Rd7 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 Ra2 46. Rh7 Ra6 47. Kg2 Ng5 48. Rc7 Ne4 49. Bc2 Nd6
50. Rh7 Ra2 51. Rxh6 Nc4 52. Bb1 Rb2 53. Bd3 Ne5 54. Rd6 Ng4 55. Rd4+ Kg5 56.
Ra4 Rxf2+ 57. Kg1 Rd2 58. Bxf5 Kxf5 59. Rxa7 Kg5 60. Kf1 Kxh5 61. Ke1 Rb2 62.
Rd7 Kg5 63. Rd2 Rb3 64. Ke2 Ne5 65. Rd5 Kf5 66. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qc2 $6 (9. b3 {sieht plausibler aus.}) (9. e4 {kommt ebenfalls in
Betracht.}) 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 (10. Nxc4 $5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13.
Rd1 {ist ein Versuch, um Ausgleich zu kämpfen.}) (10. Bxc4 c5 {ist ebenfalls
unbequem für Weiß.}) 10... c5 {Jetzt steht die Dame des Weißen auf c4 sehr
schlecht.} 11. Ne5 $2 {Weiß erweist sich als geschworener Feind aller
Entwicklungsversuche. Mit} (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rd1 {kann er den
Schaden in Grenzen halten.}) 11... b5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 cxd4 16. Qd2 Bc5 17. a4 bxa4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Bc2 O-O 20. Rxa4 Rfd8
21. Rxa6 Qc7 22. Bd3 Bc5 ({Zum Gewinn führt wohl auch} 22... Be5 23. Qe3 (23.
Ra3 Bg6 24. f4 Bd6 {ist sofort fatal für Weiß.}) 23... Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxc1 25.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 g5 28. b4 Bg6 29. Ke2 Be4 30. f3 Bd5 {
doch ist der Textzug klarer.}) 23. Qc2 Qe5 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Ra5 {Es gibt
keine Rettung:} (25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Be2 27. Ra1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rd1+ 29. Ke2
Rg1 $19) (25. Be4 Bd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qb3 Bd1 {ist auf die Dauer ebenfalls
unhaltbar für Weiß, aber sicher noch der zäheste Versuch.}) 25... Be2 $2 (25...
Bd1 {führt unmittelbar zum Gewinn:} 26. Rxc5 (26. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 28.
Bxc2 Qxa5 $19) (26. Qb1 Bxf2+) 26... Rxc5 27. Qb1 g6 28. b4 (28. Bxg6 fxg6 29.
Qxg6 Bc2 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 28... Rc2 29. Be3 Qd5 {usw.}) 26. b4 $2
(26. Be3 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Bd4 28. Rxe5 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Bxe5 30. b3 {bietet
beachtliche Rettungsaussichten.}) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Be2 $2 ({
Richtig ist} 28... Qe1 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. Be3 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qh1+ 32. Kg3 Rg1+ 33.
Kf4 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qxh3+ {mit Gewinn.}) 29. f4 $2 (29. Bb2 Qf4 30. Qxe2 Kxh7 31.
Qh5+ Kg8 32. g3 Qc7 33. Qe5 {bietet auch hier die Möglichkeit zu zäher
Gegenwehr.}) 29... Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Bd1 31. Qb1 Qxc5 32. Be4 f5 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. O-O Bg6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rab1 O-O 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Qd6 19. Ne2 Rc4 20. Ned4 Rac8 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Bc1 Ne4 23. Bb2 Ndf6 24. h3 Bd8 25. Ne2 Bb6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27.
Nfxd4 Qa3 28. Qb3 Qa5 29. Qb2 Nd7 30. f3 Nd6 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. Rc1 $2 (32. Qe2
$11) 32... Ra4 (32... Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Nxb5 (33... Qxa2 34. Qc5 Nc4 {ist
ebenfalls gut.}) 34. Nxb5 Qxb5 {führt ebenfalls auf die Dauer zum Sieg; der
Textzug ist noch aktiver.}) 33. Nb3 Rxa2 $6 (33... Qxb5 $19) 34. Qe5 $2 (34.
Qxf6 gxf6 35. Nxa5 Rxa5 36. b6 {bietet Rettungsaussichten.}) 34... Qa3 $6 (
34... Qxb5 35. Qxd6 Qxb3 36. Rc8+ Kh7 {sieht zwingender aus.}) 35. Rc3 Qb4 $4 (
35... Nc4 {und Schwarz gewinnt:} 36. Qd4 (36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Nxd5 Qb2 38. Qg3 Nh5
39. Qg4 Ne5) 36... Qb2 {und weiß muß aufgeben.}) 36. Nd3 {Jetzt muß Schwarz
die Segel streichen.} Qa3 37. Nbc1 Qa5 38. Nxa2 Nc4 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Ndb4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Rac1 ({Nach} 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 e6 16. Rd2 Qc7 {sollte Schwarz Ausgleich erzielen
können.}) 12... e6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne5 Rac8 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Rac8 {ist wohl ein wenig genauer.}) 16. Bf3 ({In Betracht kommt} 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
(16... Qxd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ba3 $16) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf3 {mit einigem
Stellungsvorteil für Weiß.}) 16... Rfd8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Bc3 $6 {
Weiß spielt diese Partiephase nicht besonders ideenreich.} (19. Qb2 {mutet
natürlicher an.}) 19... d4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Ba5 Re8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. c5 Qc6
$6 (23... Qb5 {ist genauer.}) 24. b4 $6 (24. Nc4 Qxc5 25. Bb6 Qh5 26. Bxd4 {
gibt dem Weißen das etwas bessere Spiel.}) 24... e5 $6 ({Nach} 24... Nd5 {
erhält Schwarz einigen Vorteil.}) 25. Nc4 Re6 (25... Bh6 26. Ra1 Nd5 {sieht
ansprechender aus.}) 26. Nb6 Rce8 27. Qc4 {Nun ist Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten,
weil er den Bauern auf a6 nicht mehr auf befriedigende Weise schützen kann:} e4
$5 (27... Ne4 28. a4 Nc3 29. Rxc3 dxc3 30. b5 {ist kein Honiglecken für
Schwarz.}) 28. Qxd4 $6 ({Mit} 28. Rxd4 e3 29. f3 e2 30. Re1 Bh6 31. f4 {
fährt Weiß wohl besser.}) 28... e3 29. f3 (29. fxe3 {ist zu gefährlich:} Rxe3 (
29... Bh6 30. Nc4 Rxe3 31. Qd6 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 30. Qd6 (30.
Qf4 Re2 31. Qf1 (31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Bh6 33. Rc4 Rxa2 {ist ungünstig für Weß.
}) 31... Bh6 {gibt dem Schwarzen eine gefährliche Initiative in die Hand.})
30... Qe4 31. Rf1 (31. c6 {scheitert an} Ng4) 31... Re2 32. Qg3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1
Ne4 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 29... e2 30. Re1 Bh6 31. Rc3 (31. f4 {ist jetzt
unzuträglich:} Re4 32. Qd3 Bxf4 33. Rc2 Ng4 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 31... Be3+
32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Nc4 R3e6 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Qf4 $6 (35. Qd2 Nd7 36. Ne4 (36.
Rxe2 $2 Nxc5) 36... Rbe8 37. Nd6 {mit Ausgleich, denn} R8e7 {wird mit} 38. Bd8
{widerlegt.}) 35... Rf8 (35... Qd5 {gibt dem Schwarzen Vorteil.}) 36. Qd2 Qd5
37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Qa1+ 40. Qf1 Qxa2 (40... Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Nd5
42. a3 Qc3 {ist ebenfalls gut genug.}) 41. Qxa6 Nd5 42. Qd3 Qa1+ 43. Qf1 Qd4+
44. Qf2 (44. Kh1 {wird mit} Nxb4 {beantwortet.}) 44... Qa1+ 45. Qf1 Qd4+ 46.
Qf2 Ne3 $2 {Dies ist ein Urteilsfehler; Schwarz steht nicht besser.} (46...
Qa1+ $11) 47. Kh1 h5 48. h4 $6 {Dies verursacht Schwächen.} (48. Qg1 {bietet
Gewinnaussichten.}) 48... f5 $6 (48... Qa1+ 49. Qg1 (49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qd4
51. Qe2 Rb8 $11) 49... Nf1 $11) 49. Qe1 f4 $2 {Es muß falsch sein, die
Beobachtung des Bauern auf h4 aufzugeben und dem Springer des Weißen den
prächtigen Stützpunkt e4 einzuräumen.} ({Nach} 49... Rb8 50. Kh2 Kh7 {ist die
Stellung in etwa ausgeglichen.}) (49... Kh7 50. Nb5 {ist weniger genau.}) 50.
Qc1 Qf6 51. Ne4 Qxh4+ 52. Kg1 Nf5 {Die Überführung des Springers nach g3
bietet kein zureichendes Gegenspiel, weil Weiß verhindern kann, daß Schwarz
mit dem f-Bauern auf g3 wiederschlägt. Es gibt allerdings vermutlich keine
zureichende Verteidigung mehr, zum Beispiel:} (52... Re8 53. c6 Ng4 54. fxg4
Rxe4 55. b5 f3 56. Qd2 fxg2 (56... Qxg4 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qd7+ {und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 57. Qd8+ Qxd8 58. Bxd8 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) (52... Ra8 53. c6 Qe7
54. c7 Qe6 55. b5 Nc4 (55... Qc4 56. Qxc4+ Nxc4 57. Bd2 {sieht hoffnungslos
für Schwarz aus.}) 56. Qxf4 Nxa5 57. Qd6 Qf5 58. Qd8+ Qf8 59. Qd5+ Kg7 (59...
Kh8 60. b6 {und Weiß gewinnt:} Nb7 61. Qxb7 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Ra1+ 64.
Ke2 Ra2+ 65. Kd3 Ra3+ 66. Nc3 {und dem Schwarzen werden die Schachs bald
ausgehen.}) 60. Kf2 ({Nach} 60. b6 Qb4 {droht Schwarz Dauerschach.}) 60... h4
61. Qd4+ Kh6 62. Nd6 {und Weiß wird schließlich gewinnen.}) ({Am zähesten ist
die Verteidigung} 52... Qe7 53. b5 Qe6 {doch dürfte nach} 54. Qb1 {auf die
Dauer gegen das Bauernpärchen des Weißen kein Kraut gewachsen sein.}) 53. b5
Ng3 54. Qc4+ Kh7 55. Nxg3 Qxg3 56. Bc3 Qg5 57. c6 h4 58. Qd4 Qe7 59. b6 h3 60.
Qd7 Qxd7 61. cxd7 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Halasz, Tamas"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Qb3 (6. a3 Ngf6 7.
b4 Bd6 8. Bb2 a6 9. h3 h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. O-O dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5
14. a4 Rc8 15. Qb3 e4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ba3 Nf8 19. Nc4 Bb8 20. b5
Qe6 {Krutti,V-Donka,P/HUN-chT 1994/TD 94\03/1-0 (48)}) 6... Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 (
7... Qc7 8. Bd2 (8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Be7 11. Nf5 exf5 12. gxh5 Ngf6 13.
Be2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bd2 O-O 16. O-O-O b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Kb1 Ra7 19.
Bb4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Rxd5 Rb8 {Meduna,E-Rasmussen,K/Manila olm
1992/TD 92\02/0-1 (55)}) 8... Ngf6 9. Rc1 h6 10. Qa4 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Be2 Ne4
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 a6 19.
Qb3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 Bf8 21. h5 Bh7 22. g5 {Chemes,L-Fenoglio,V/ARG-ch Buenos
Aires 1959/MCD-ch/0-1 (35)}) 8. axb3 a6 9. b4 Rb8 10. Nh4 Bc2 11. Kd2 Bg6 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd3 e5 14. f3 Be7 15. Kc2 Bf6 16. dxe5 (16. Ne2 $5) 16... Nxe5
17. Be2 Ne7 (17... g5 $5) 18. Bd2 Rd8 $6 (18... g5 $5) 19. g4 {King: (Piece
versus pawns) If Black isn't careful he could be over-run by White's pawns, so
he makes a practical decision to give up a piece.} g5 $2 (19... Bh4) 20. h4
gxh4 {'!' King.} 21. g5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bf6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 {King: Black has three
pawns for the piece, but the odds must be in White's favour.} 24. e4 $2 (24.
Rag1 {sieht mir stärker aus; meines Erachtens hat Weiß beachtlichen Vorteil.})
({If} 24. Rag1 {King} Nf5 {keeps White busy.}) 24... d4 25. Nd1 Bg3 {King: A
good move. White was hoping to play Nf2-d3 which would strengthen his position
greatly, but Black prevents that and prepares to bring his knight into the
game.} 26. Ra3 ({White gets a bit confused. How about} 26. b3 {King} Ng6 27.
Nb2 Ne5 (27... h3 28. Rag1 Bc7 29. Nd3 h2 30. Rg2) 28. Rag1 {- winning! - for
example?  Not forced, but playing b3 and Nb2 keeps White's forces coordinated.}
) 26... Ng6 27. Rg1 Ne5 28. Rg2 Ke7 29. Nf2 Bxf2 30. Rxf2 f6 31. Bf4 Rdf8 32.
Rg2 g5 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Rxg5 h3 35. Rxe5+ Kd8 36. Rf5 (36. Ra1 h2 37. Rh1 Rf2
38. Kd2 Rh3 {überläßt dem Schwarzen ausreichendes Gegenspiel.}) (36. Rh5 Rxh5 (
36... h2 $2 37. Rah3 $18) 37. Bxh5 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Rf1 {stürzt den Weißen in böse
Perikeln.}) 36... Rxf5 37. exf5 h2 38. Bf3 h1=Q 39. Bxh1 Rxh1 40. Rd3 Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 {Hansen,Cu. Hecht} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Nbd7
7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bh5 11. a3 a5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nd3 Bg6
14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qf3 Rad8
20. Rad1 $6 (20. Bxg6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. Re2 {+/-}) 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Kg2 {=})
20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb6 22. Qf3 (22. Qc2 $5 {kommt in Betracht, denn auf} Qc6 {
kann} 23. Qc3 {geschehen.}) 22... f6 23. Kg2 e5 24. Bc1 (24. Rd5 $5 {sollte
geschehen.}) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 e4 26. Qg4 Qxb3 27. Rd7 Bf8 28. Qh5 Qf3+ 29.
Qxf3 exf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rc8 31. Rxb7 Rxc4 32. Bb2 $6 {Wei� begreift nicht, da�
die Stellung sorgf�ltige Verteidigung erheischt.} ({Nach} 32. Bd2 {ist das
Remis nicht mehr fern:} Ra4 (32... a4 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. axb4 a3 35. Ra7 {=}) 33.
Rb3 Bxa3 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Ra8 {=}) 32... Rc2 33. Bd4 Bxa3 34. g4 h6 35. h4 Rc4
36. Ke3 Bc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. h5 $2 {Danach kann Schwarz eine Gewinnstellung
einnehmen; nach dem folgenden Man�ver wird der Turm des Schwarzen den Bauern
auf g7 decken, so da� sein K�nig zum Damenfl�gel wandern kann. Mit} (38.
Ra7 h5 39. f3 {sollte Wei� die Stellung noch halten k�nnen.}) 38... f5 39.
f3 {'?' Hansen,Cu. Hansen,Cu: 'Timman analyses this endgame in New In Chess
Magazine nr. 8 1999. However there is one point which is unclear to me, and
was unclear even before I read the article of the dutch grandmaster'} (39. Kf4
{Hansen,Cu} fxg4 40. Kxg4 Rg5+ 41. Kh4 Rg1 {and now according to Timman: black
wins because condition 2 has been meet ("The defending party has a clear
weakness, allowing the outside pawn to advance to the seventh or second rank
respectively".) However I have been unable to find a way for black to win:} 42.
Ra7 Ra1 43. Kg3 a4 44. Kg2 {white should not play f2-f3} a3 45. Kh2 Kf8 46. Kg2
a2 (46... Ke8 47. Rxg7 Rb1 48. Ra7 Rb3 49. f4 {=}) 47. Kh2 Ke8 48. Kg2 Kd8 49.
Kh2 Kc8 50. Kg2 Kb8 51. Ra6 Kb7 52. Ra3 Kc6 (52... Kb6 53. Kh2 Kb5 54. Kg2 Kb4
55. Ra7 Kb3 56. Rb7+ {=}) 53. Ra7 Kd5 54. Ra6 Ke5 55. Ra7 $1 {I believe this
is the most exact. The moment the black K crosses the g-linie white will take
on g7 with check} (55. Ra5+ $5 Kf4 56. Ra7) 55... Kf4 (55... Kf6 56. Kh2) 56.
Rf7+ Kg4 57. Rxg7+ {=}) 39... fxg4 40. fxg4 Rg5 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Ra7 Ke8 43. Kf4
Kd8 44. Kf3 Kc8 45. Rf7 Kb8 46. Rf4 Kb7 47. Ke3 Kb6 48. Kd3 Rc5 49. Re4 Kc6 50.
Re7 Rg5 51. Re4 Kd5 52. Rc4 Kd6 53. Rf4 Rd5+ 54. Ke3 Kc6 55. Rf7 Rd7 56. Rf5
Kb6 57. g5 hxg5 58. Rxg5 {Hecht: '# Der horizontal gesperrte wei�e K�nig
hat keine Chance gegen den vom schwarzen K�nig unterst�tzten a-Bauern. Der
schwarze g-Bauer wird zuverl�ssig vom Turm gedeckt. Dazu kommt stets der
m�gliche Schwenk des schwarzen Turms hinter seinen Freibauern. ===> -+ '} a4
59. Rg1 Ka5 {'!' Hecht.} (59... Ra7 $6 {(Hecht) zu fr�h} 60. Kd3 a3 (60...
Kc5 61. Kc2 Kd4 62. Kb2 {=}) 61. Kc2 a2 62. Kb2 a1=Q+ 63. Rxa1 Rxa1 64. Kxa1
Kc5 65. Kb2 Kd4 66. Kc2 Ke3 67. Kd1 Kf4 68. h6 gxh6 69. Ke2 Kg3 70. Kf1 {=})
60. Ra1 Kb4 61. Rb1+ Kc3 62. Rb6 Re7+ 63. Kf4 Ra7 64. Rc6+ Kd2 65. Rd6+ Kc2 66.
Rc6+ Kb3 67. Rb6+ Kc4 68. Kf5 a3 (68... a3 {Hecht} 69. Rc6+ (69. Rb1 a2 70.
Rc1+ Kb3 71. Kg6 Kb2 {-+}) 69... Kb3 70. Rb6+ Kc2 71. Rc6+ Kd2 72. Rd6+ Ke2 73.
Re6+ Kf2 {-+}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. e3
Be7 (8... Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd1 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ne4 14. Qb3
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be4 16. b5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 e5 20. Bg3
exd4 21. exd4 Nf6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Ra7 {Gulko,B-Gurevich,M/Moscow rapid 1992/
EXT 92/1-0 (49)}) 9. Qd1 (9. Be2 h6 (9... Nd7 10. O-O h6 11. Qa4 Ngf6 12. b4 a6
13. Qb3 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. b5 Bf6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Bd6 Re8 19.
Ne5 Bd8 20. a5 f6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bh5 g6 23. Be2 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Ra4 Kh7
26. Rb4 Ra7 27. Rb6 Bf5 28. Rd1 Qc8 29. Rb8 Qd7 30. Bxa6 Bc7 31. Rb7 Rb8 {
1-0 Khenkin,I-Sprotte,N/Nuernberg Weilburg op 1996/EXT 96op2}) 10. Qd1 Nf6 11.
h3 Nbd7 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. a3 a5 15. Bh2 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. Qd2 Rfc8
18. Rfc1 Bh7 19. Qd1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qb4 21. Ba6 Re8 22. Ra4 Qb2 23. Ra2 Qb4 {
Shumiakina,T-Tomescu,V/Bucharest schev 1993/EXT 93/1-0 (44)}) (9. h3 Nf6 10.
Be2 Ne4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qc3 a5 14. b3 O-O 15. a3 Re8 16. b4 Bf6
17. Bd6 Bd8 18. b5 Bc7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qb7 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Reb8 {Khenkin,I-Bagirov,V/Copenhagen op 1993/EXT 93op/1-0 (68)}) 9... Nd7
10. b4 a6 $6 {Dieser Zug scheint mir unnötig passiv zu sein; er läßt eine
Schwäche auf b6 entstehen und benimmt dem Schwarzen die Möglichkeit zu
dynamischen Gegenreaktionen am Damenflügel.} ({Die Fortsetzungen} 10... b6 $5 {
oder}) (10... Ngf6 $5 {gefallen mir besser.}) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 $6 (11... Ngf6 {
sieht natürlicher aus:} 12. g4 Nxe5 13. gxf5 (13. dxe5 Nxg4 14. h3 (14. Rg1 g5)
14... Nh6 15. Rg1 Bg6) 13... Nc4 14. fxe6 Qxe6 15. Rg1 g6 16. Qf3 Nh5 {mit
scharfem Kampf.}) 12. Bxe5 f6 ({Jetzt ist die Fortsetzung} 12... Nf6 {nicht
mehr ganz befriedigend:} 13. Na4 Bd8 (13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 {ist natürlich nicht
im Sinne des Schwarzen.}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be2 {mit besserer Stellung für
Weiß.}) 13. Bf4 Bd8 14. Na4 Ne7 15. Be2 Bc7 16. Nb6 {Dies ist zweischneidig.} (
16. O-O e5 17. Bg3 $14) 16... Bxb6 17. cxb6 Qd7 18. O-O O-O 19. a4 Nc8 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 19... Ng6 {überläßt dem Weißen die Initiative:} 20. Bc7 e5 21.
b5 {usw.}) 20. Bc7 Nd6 21. Qc1 e5 {Auf diese Weise wird die Stellung geöffnet;
das gereicht dem Besitzer des Läuferpaares zum Nutzen. Dennoch glaube ich, daß
der Zug nicht zum Verlust führen sollte.} (21... Ne8 22. Bg3 Nd6 {kam auch in
Betracht.}) 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. b5 cxb5 24. axb5 Nxb5 (24... axb5 25. Ra7 (25.
Qc5 Ne4 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxb5 Nc3 {ist nicht im Sinne des Weißen.}) 25... Rxa7
26. bxa7 Ra8 27. Bb8 Nc8 {sieht für Schwarz zwar äußerst verdächtig aus, ist
aber nicht ohne weiteres zu widerlegen.}) 25. Bxe5 Rac8 26. Qd1 Qe6 (26... Rfe8
27. Bxb5 (27. Bd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Re4 $11) 27... Qxb5 28. Bc7 Bd3 {führte zu
einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 27. Bd4 Nxd4 (27... Nc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Qd4
{kommt ungefähr auf das Gleiche hinaus wie die Partiefortsetzung.}) 28. Qxd4
Rc6 $6 (28... Rc2 $11) 29. Ra5 Qf6 30. Rxd5 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxb6 32. Rc1 Be6 (
32... Rb2 33. Bc4+ Kh8 {kommt in Betracht, denn} 34. Rf4 {kann mit} g5 {
beantwortet werden.}) 33. f4 g6 $2 {Dies gefällt mir überhaupt nicht; den
Türmen des Weißen wird Raum geboten und die schwarzen Felder am Königsflügel
geschwächt.} (33... Rb3 {sollte geschehen:} 34. Kf2 Rb2 {Schwarz braucht
keineswegs zu verlieren. Nach dem Textzug wird seine Lage schwierig.}) 34. Bf3
Kg7 (34... h5 $5) 35. g4 Rf7 36. Kf2 {Jetzt ist es schon sehr schwer, etwas
Wirksames gegen die Drohung 37.Kg3 nebst 38.e4 zu finden.} Rb3 37. Rd6 Re7 38.
e4 Bd7 39. f5 Rf7 40. Rc7 Bc6 41. f6+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ $2 (42. Rd8+ Be8 43. Rcc8
Rxf6 $13) (42. Rcxc6 $142 $1 $18 bxc6 $2 43. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd3 a6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. f4 Na5 (
14... b5 15. g4 Ne8 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. f5 Nd6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. Nf2 $11 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Arkhangelsky,B/Biel 2003/CBM 095 ext (58). 
(57)}) 15. f5 Nc4 16. Be1 b5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bh4 b4
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $6 ({Nach} 21... Rxf6 22. Rxf6 (22. Ne4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxb2 $11)
22... gxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Ne4 dxe4 24. Bxc4 {überläßt dem Weißen Vorteil,
denn auf} Bg5 {folgt} 25. h4 Bh6 26. g4 Qd6 27. Kg2) 23. Nd1 Nd6 {ist die
Verteidigungsaufgabe des Schwarzen nicht schwer.}) 22. Ne4 Nd6 $2 {Schwarz
sollte den Springer des Weißen nicht auf c5 zulassen. Nach} (22... dxe4 23.
Bxc4 Bg5 {hat er Aussichten, sich erfolgreich zu verteidigen.} 24. h4 {ist
hier nicht wirksam; Schwarz antwortet} Rxf1+) 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Qh5
g6 (25... h6 {ist unzureichend:} 26. Qg6 Qd6 27. Kh1 Ne7 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. e4 {
, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 26. Qg4 {Schwarz gibt zu früh auf. Nach 26...Kf7 muß
Weiß den Sieg erst noch erarbeiten.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. c5 {
Weiß beschließt, am Damenflügel raumgreifend vorzugehen.} Bc7 9. b4 Nbd7 10.
Bb2 Ne4 11. a4 Qf6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. g3 Nf6 15. b5 Qh3 16. b6 Bd8 (
16... Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Bd8 {führt ebenfalls zu einer
etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 17. f3 h5 18. Nxe4 $2 ({Nach} 18. Rf2 exf3 19.
Bf1 Qg4 20. Nc4 (20. Qxf3 $11) 20... Ne4 21. Rxf3 {entsteht eine unklare
Stellung, in der Weiß nicht schlechter stehen dürfte.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Rf2 $5 (
19. fxe4 h4 20. g4 (20. Qe1 Nxe4 {bringt keine Erleichterung.}) 20... Qxe3+ 21.
Kg2 Nxe4 {ist nicht aussichtsreicher.}) 19... Ng4 20. Qe1 (20. fxe4 Nxf2 21.
Kxf2 Qxh2+ {ist natürlich ganz hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 20... Nxf2 21. Qxf2 Bg6
22. Bf1 (22. e4 {ist bietet keine besseren Aussichten, zum Beispiel:} e5 23. d5
cxd5 24. exd5 Qd7 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bd6 ({Nach} 26. Bf4 Qxd5 27. Qe3+ Kf8 28. Rd1
Qc6 {konsolidiert sich Schwarz.}) 26... Bxb6 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 22...
Qf5 23. e4 Qg5 24. f4 Qe7 25. f5 Bh7 26. d5 O-O (26... cxd5 {sieht einfacher
aus; die Bauernstruktur des Weißen löst sich auf.} 27. exd5 (27. Bxg7 Rg8 28.
f6 Qd7 29. exd5 Qxd5 {usw.}) 27... Bxf5 {usw.}) 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Be5 Qd7 29.
Bd6 Be7 30. Rd1 Rfd8 $6 (30... exf5 $19) 31. Qf4 Bxd6 (31... exf5 $19) 32. Rxd6
Qe7 (32... Qe8 $5) 33. Rxc6 Rd7 $6 {Es scheint, daß Schwarz sich aus
unbekannten Gründen vorgenommen hat, auf den Zug e6xf5 ein für allemal zu
verzichten.} 34. Bxa6 $5 (34. fxe6 $5 fxe6 35. Bc4 {kommt auch in Betracht.})
34... exf5 {Jetzt schlägt Schwarz doch zu!} 35. Rc7 g5 $2 {Danach kann Schwarz
nicht mehr gewinnen. Es gibt mindestens zwei Möglichkeiten, zum Erfolg zu
gelangen:} (35... Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Qe6 37. Be2 (37. b7 Qxa6 38. bxa8=Q+ Qxa8 39. c6
Rd8 {und Schwarz gewinnt}) 37... Qa2 38. Qf2 Rd2 39. b7 Rf8 40. Rc8 Rb2 41. c6
({Nach} 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Qd4 Rxe2+ 43. Kf1 Rf2+ 44. Qxf2 Qb1+ {sollte
Schwarz mühelos gewinnen.}) 41... f4 42. Qxf4 Bxe4+ 43. Kf1 Rxe2 44. Rxf8+ Kh7
45. Rh8+ Kg6 {mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) (35... Rad8 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. c6 (
37. b7 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Qxb7 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (37. Qb8+ Rd8 38. Qc7 Qg5 {
mit entscheidendem Angriff:} 39. Qf4 Qf6 {usw.}) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kg2 g5 39. Qf3
Rd2+ 40. Kh1 f4 {mit Gewinn.}) 36. b7 Rf8 (36... Re8 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qxg5+
Bg6 39. Qf4 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 Qxa4 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Kh7 {macht keinen
Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qxg5+ Bg6 39. Qf4 Qd4+
40. Kg2 Qb2+ $2 (40... Qxa4 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Kh7 {führt zum Remis. Nach
dem Textzug gibt es keine Rettung mehr.}) 41. Kh3 fxe4 42. c6 Qb3 43. c7 Qe6+
44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Qf2 Qd5 46. b8=Q e3+ 47. Qf3 {Eine Partie wie aus der guten
alten Zeit!} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Welling, Gerard J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Tessenderlo OSK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. g3
Nf6 9. Bg2 Be7 (9... h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfc1 Be7 12. Qd1 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. a4
Ne4 15. Qb3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Qb2
Rfc8 21. Bd4 Rc7 22. Ra3 Qe8 23. Rb3 Rac8 24. e3 {Lobron,E-Eliet,N/Antwerpen
op 1996/EXT 96op2/1-0 (79)}) 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Nh5
14. Be3 a5 15. b5 b6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. a4 Nhf6 18. O-O Ng4 19. Bf4 (19. cxb6 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Nxb6 21. bxc6 Nc4 22. Qd3 Bg5 {ist unzutunlich f�r Wei�.}) 19...
bxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. e4 e5 23. Nxd5 (23. exd5 Qb6 24. Bg5 f6
25. Bh4 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 g5 {ist unvorteilhaft
f�r Wei�.}) 23... Qd6 ({Zu scharfem Spiel mit etwa gleichen Aussichten
f�r beide Seiten f�hrt die Fortsetzung} 23... Rac8 24. Qd1 Qe6 25. Bd2 f5)
24. Bg5 f6 25. Qe2 Nxf2 (25... Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 fxg5 27. Rc6 Qa3 28. Qxg4 Rf7 29.
Rc7 {�berl��t dem Wei�en entscheidenden Druck.}) (25... Nxh2 {kam
jedoch stark in Betracht:} 26. Kxh2 (26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rfd1 Qe6 28. Kxh2 fxg5
29. Bh3 Qb3 (29... g4) 30. Rb1 Qa3 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Rd3 Rxf2+ 33. Bg2 (33. Kh1
Nb6 $19) 33... Qa2 (33... Nb6 34. Rxb6 Qxd3 35. Qxd3 Bxb6 36. Qd6 {mit
Remisstellung}) (33... Kg7 34. Rxd7+ Be7 35. Rb3 (35. Qe6 {scheitert an} Rh8+
36. Kg1 Qe3) 35... Qa2 36. Rxe7+ Kh6 {und Wei� ist in Schwierigkeiten:} 37.
Rbb7 {scheitert an} Rxg2+ 38. Kh3 Rh2+ 39. Kg4 Rh4+) 34. Qxa2 Rxa2 35. Rxd7
Rxa4 36. Rbb7 Bf8 {ist ebenfalls ungem�tlich f�r Wei�.}) 26... fxg5 27.
Qc4 Rf7 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel. Anscheinend kann sich Schwarz jedoch auch
nach dem Textzug halten; die folgende Abwickling ist forciert.}) 26. Be3 Bxe3
27. Nxe3 Nd3 28. Rfd1 N7c5 (28... Nxc1 29. Qc4+ $18) 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxd3
Rfd8 31. h4 Rd4 32. Kh2 (32. Rxd4 Qxd4 (32... exd4 33. Qc4+ Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Rb8
35. e5 $13) 33. Qc4+ Kf8 $13) 32... Rad8 ({Nach} 32... Rxa4 33. Rd7 {bekommt
Wei� eine gef�hrliche Initiative.}) 33. Nd5 $6 ({Wei� mu�te} 33. Rxd4 {
versuchen, wenn er Gewinnaussichten behalten wollte.}) 33... Qc4 34. Bf1 Rxd3
$6 (34... Qxa4 {scheint mir hier keine Bedenken zu haben.}) 35. Qxd3 Qxd3 36.
Bxd3 Kf8 37. Kg2 Rb8 38. Bb5 Rc8 39. Ne3 Rc3 40. Nc4 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kg4
Ke7 43. Nxa5 Ke6 44. Bc4+ Kd6 45. Bf7 f5+ 46. exf5 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Rf3+ 48. Kg6
Rxg3+ 49. Kh7 e4 50. Nc4+ Kc5 51. h5 e3 52. Nxe3 Rxe3 53. Kxg7 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 O-O $6 (11... Bg6 {gefällt mir besser.}) 12.
c5 Be7 13. Ne5 Kh8 (13... Bg6 {scheint mir auch jetzt noch vorzuziehen zu sein,
obwohl Weiß nach} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 {erklecklichen Vorteil hat.}) 14. f4
Nxe5 {Schwarz hat kaum noch eine vernünftige andere Wahl.} 15. fxe5 Nd7 16.
Bxh7 g6 17. g4 f5 $2 ({Mit} 17... Bxg4 18. Bxg6 Bxh3 ({Nach} 18... fxg6 19.
hxg4 {hat Weiß gewaltigen Vorteil.}) 19. Rxf7 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19. Rf3 fxg6
20. Rxh3+ Kg7 {birgt für Schwarz auch keine unmittelbaren Gefahren.}) 19...
Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Bg5 {hätte Schwarz überleben können.}) 18. gxh5 Kxh7 19. hxg6+
Kg7 ({Wahrscheinlich bot} 19... Kxg6 {bessere Aussichten auf Widerstand. Nach}
20. Kh2 Kh6 {Auf andere Züge folgt e3-e4 mit gewaltiger Kraft.} 21. Rg1 Nf6 22.
Qd1 Rg8 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 {hat Weiß einen Plusbauern, aber mehr nicht.}
) 20. Kh2 Nf6 21. Rf4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rg1 Rh8 {Dies verliert sofort,
aber auch nach} (23... Rad8 24. Qf2 Qd7 (24... Rh8 25. Rxe4) 25. Bc3 {ist die
Stellung auf die Dauer nicht zu halten.}) 24. Qc4 Qa5 ({Auf} 24... Qd7 {folgt}
25. Rxf5) 25. Rf2 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Bxb1 $2 8.
Qxb7 {Dies ist, soweit ich sehe, noch nicht vorgekommen:} (8. Rxb1 Qb6 9. Qxb6
axb6 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ra4 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bh2 b5 $11 {1-0
Rakitskaja,M-Razuvajeva,J/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 2000 (75)}) 8... Bf5 9. Qxa8
Qa5+ 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qb7 {Es sieht so aus, als habe Schwarz keine genügende
Kompensation für das geopferte Material.} Ne4 12. Rd1 e5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Na6 15. Qb3 $2 (15. cxd5 Nb4 (15... Nac5 16. b4) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a3 {war
viel einfacher, weil der Turm des Schwarzen nicht ins Spiel kommt.}) 15... Nb4
{Dies ist ein sehr geschicktes Manöver: Schwarz nimmt der Dame des Gegners das
Feld a3. Nach} (15... Rb8 16. Qa3 {müßte Schwarz aufgeben.}) 16. a3 {Diese
natürliche Antwort kann nicht verkehrt sein.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 16. f3 Nc5 17.
Qc3 Na4 18. Qc1 Qb6 {ist nicht angenehmer für Weiß.}) 16... Na6 17. cxd5 {
Auch hier ist es schwer, etwas Besseres anzugeben.} Rb8 18. Qc4 (18. Qa2 {
birgt Gefahren:} Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Nb4 20. Qc4 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 Rxb2 22. e4 Bxe4 23.
Qxe4 Qc3 {, und es gibt keine zureichende Verteidigung gegen die Drohung
Sc2-d4+.}) (18. Qc2 {führt auch zu keinem klaren Gewinn:} Nxf2 19. e4 Nxd1 (
19... Bxe4 20. Qc3 $18) (19... Nxh1 20. exf5 cxd5 21. e6 $18) 20. exf5 Nxb2 (
20... Ne3 21. Qxc6 $18) 21. e6 Qxa3 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. fxg6+ hxg6 24. Be2 Kg7 {
usw.}) 18... Nxd2 19. b4 ({Auch die Fortsetzung} 19. Rxd2 Rxb2 20. Qd4 Rb1+ 21.
Ke2 Nc5 {überläßt dem Schwarzen genügend Gegenspiel zum Erreichen des
Unentschieden.}) 19... Nxc4 20. bxa5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd4 Rb1+ 23. Rd1 Rb3
24. Be2 Rxa3 25. O-O Nb4 26. Rd4 Rc3 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rc8 a6 30.
f4 Nd5 31. Re1 h5 32. g3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Nxe3 34. h3 Bb5 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. g4 hxg4
37. hxg4 g5 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Kf3 gxf4 40. Kxf4 Nxa5 41. Kf5 Be8 42. Kf6 Nc6 43.
e6 fxe6 44. g5 Nb4 45. Rh7 Nd5+ 46. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8
8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 Nf6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb8 Qxb8
14. Bb5+ Kd8 15. g3 Be7 {Bisher war die Zugreihe mit der Partie
Robatsch-Hertneck, Mannschaftsmeisterschaft von Österreich 1994/95 (EXP 1995)
identisch. Dort geschah} (15... Qc7 16. O-O b6 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Re5 Rh5 19. Qf3
Bf6 20. Qxd5+ {1-0. Es erstaunt mich, daß Salov die Stellung des Schwarzen für
befriedigend hielt. Wohl verbessert er die Spielweise des Schwarzen, doch ist
die unsichere Stellung des schwarzen Königs eine Quelle steter Gefahr. Weiß
besitzt einen ebenso einfachen wie wirksamen Spielplan: er rückt seine
Damenflügelbauern vor. Für Schwarz ist kein Gegenspiel ersichtlich; die Frage
ist nur, ob er sich halten kann: eine unerfreuliche und unbefriedigende
Situation.}) 16. O-O Bf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Rfe1 a6 $2 (18... b6 {mußte versucht
werden:} 19. c6 (19. Qa4 bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qd6 (21... Qb6 22. Bc6 Rc8
23. Bxd5 Ke7 24. Bxe6 $18) 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. b5 Rc7 $13) (19. Qa3 bxc5 20. dxc5
Rb8 $13) 19... a6 20. Qa3 Be7 21. Qa4 Qa7 $13) 19. Bf1 Qc6 20. Qc2 {King:
White has an automatic and natural plan of breaking on the queenside with
b4-b5, which is difficult for Black to prevent as he cannot contest the light
squares. Salov attempts a blockade, but it is broken with ease.} b5 21. b4 Ke7
22. Rd2 Rhb8 (22... a5 23. a4 $18) 23. Ra1 g5 24. a4 Kd7 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Rda2
$18 bxa4 27. Rxa4 a5 28. bxa5 {King: Keeping the initiative rather than taking
material with 28 b5 Rxb5 29 Bxb5 Qxb5, when Black has chances to hold.} (28. b5
Rxb5 {gestattet dem Schwarzen längere Gegenwehr, obwohl seine Stellung nach}
29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Rb1 {ebenfalls unhaltbar sein dürfte.}) 28... Rb2 29. a6 Bf6
30. R1a2 Rbb8 31. a7 Rc8 32. Ra6 {King: White's attack is irresistable as he
cannot defend himself on the light squares.} Qb7 33. Rb6 Qc7 34. Qb3 Bxd4 35.
Rb7 Bxc5 36. Qb5+ Kd6 37. Ra6+ Ke5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nc3 h6 {Dies ist ein
neuer, solider Versuch. In der Vorgängerpartie erhielt Weiß einigen Vorteil
nach} (6... Bd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. f3 c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. exd5 dxc3 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. f4 Kh8 16. bxc3 {0-1 Haimovich,
T-Bykhovsky,A/Herzliya 1998/EXT 99 (75)}) 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Bf5 9. Qb3 $6 (9.
f3 $5 {gefällt mir besser.}) 9... Qc7 10. f3 e5 {Damit erreicht Schwarz eine
ausgeglichene Stellung.} 11. dxe5 ({Die Folge} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be6 {
führt zum Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 11... Nc5 12. Qa2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 (13. e4 Nb4 14.
Qb1 Be6 {ist für Weiß natürlich nicht empfehlenswert.}) 13... cxd5 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rd1
Rfd8 21. Bb2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Qxd4+ 26.
Qf2 Qxb4 27. Qxa7 Rd2 28. Kh1 Ra2 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qe5 Rxg2 31. Kxg2 Qd2+ 32.
Kg3 Qxc1 33. Qe4+ g6 34. Qxb7 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 {
Ich zitiere eine Vorgängerpartie, weil sie Aufschluß über die Möglichkeiten
der strukturellen Entwicklung bietet, die in der Stellung beschlossen sind:} (
8. Bd3 c5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O h6 (11... b6 {ist geboten; nun
führt die Fortsetzung} 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. dxc5 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Nxc5 17. Qg4 Bf6 (17... f6 18. Rfe1 {sieht ungesund für Schwarz aus.}) 18.
Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Ne6 {zu einer Stellung, die Schwarz bei genauer Verteidigung
sollte halten können.}) 12. Rad1 ({Die ruhige Fortsetzung} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12...
Nxc5 {scheitert an} 13. Bxf6) 13. Rac1 {überläßt dem Weißen einen dauerhaften
positionellen Vorteil.}) 12... b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. dxc5 (14. e5 Ne8 15. Bf5 {
kommt meines Erachtens mehr in Betracht; nach} Nc7 {ist die Folge} 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Nc4 {unangenehm für Schwarz.} (17. Ne4 {verdient ebenfalls Erwägung.})
) 14... Nxc5 (14... bxc5 15. exd5 {ist positionell unbefriedigend für Schwarz.}
) (14... Rc8 {verdient dagegen Untersuchzung.}) 15. e5 Nfe4 16. Qb1 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Qd7 ({Nach} 18... Bb4 19. Nxe4 (19. N2f3 Re8 {gibt dem Weißen
keinen Vorteil.}) 19... dxe4 20. Qg3 Qg5 {hat Schwarz meines Erachtens keine
Probleme.}) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qg3 Bc5 21. b4 Bxd4 ({Die Folge} 21... Bxb4 22.
Nc2 Qe7 (22... Bd2 {scheitert an} 23. e6) 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Ba3 {ist ungünstig
für Schwarz.}) 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rd6 $16 {1-0 Karpov,A-Mecking,H/Buenos Aires
2001/CBM 085/[Huebner,R] (40). (39)}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 h6 {Es fragt sich, ob
dies nötig ist. Nach} (9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 Rc8 {hat Schwarz eine solide
Stellung.}) 10. O-O {Es sieht verlockend aus, einen Plan zu verfolgen, der
lange Rochade und rasches g2-g4 umfaßt.} c5 11. Rad1 b6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4
Qc7 14. d5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 14. Rfe1 Bb7 {gibt dem Schwarzen eine feste,
solide Stellung.}) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 $6 (15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. cxd5 Bg4 17. Be2
{ist solider und überläßt dem Weißen meines Erachtens einigen Vorteil. Das
Bauernopfer ist unklar, führt aber zu einem raschen Erfolg.}) 15... Nxd5 16.
Bc4 Nb4 $2 {Dieser naheliegende Zug führt sofort zum Verlust. Richtig ist} (
16... Nf4 {Jetzt ist} 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc3 Qg4 {natürlich nicht wirksam; es
ist an Weiß zu zeigen, daß er Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern hat.}) 17.
Rxd7 $18 Qxd7 18. Qc3 Qg4 19. Nfg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxb2 22. Nxf7 b5
23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24. Qxf8 bxc4 25. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Huebner,R} d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4
Qc8 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 Nf6 11. Bd3 {Es ist mir nicht klar, warum
Weiß auf die erprobte Fortsetzung} (11. exd5 {verzichtet. Nach} Nxd5 (11...
exd5 12. O-O-O {sieht nicht befriedigend für Schwarz aus.}) 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13.
Bxb8 Qxb8 14. Bb5+ Kd8 15. g3 Be7 (15... Qc7 16. O-O b6 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Re5
Rh5 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Qxd5+ {1-0: Robatsch-Hertneck, Mannschaftsmeisterschaft
von Österreich 1994/95 (EXP 1995). Es erstaunt mich, daß Salov die Stellung
des Schwarzen für befriedigend hielt. Wohl verbessert er die Spielweise des
Schwarzen, doch ist die unsichere Stellung des schwarzen Königs eine Quelle
steter Gefahr. Weiß besitzt einen ebenso einfachen wie wirksamen Spielplan: er
rückt seine Damenflügelbauern vor. Für Schwarz ist kein Gegenspiel ersichtlich;
die Frage ist nur, ob er sich halten kann: eine unerfreuliche und
unbefriedigende Situation.}) 16. O-O Bf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Rfe1 $16 {ist die
Stellung des Weißen auf jeden Fall bequemer als die des Schwarzen: Van Wely,
L-Salov,V, Amsterdam 1995 (CBM 49).}) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Be7 14.
O-O-O Nd7 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Be5 Bf6 18. Bd6 Be7 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bd6
Be7 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Rc1 f6 25. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 a6 {Ruhige Fortsetzung der Entwicklung genügt zum Ausgleich:} (
9... e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 (10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. a3 Na5 14. Nb5
Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Nb3 16. Rc2 Bb8 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Be1 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Nezar,M/
Budapest 2001/CBM 81 ext (18).}) 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 a6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Chernin,A/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (42). (41)}) 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Bd3
e5 {Das war die Absicht des Schwarzen, als er 9...a6 spielte: er kann sofort
im Zentrum aktiv werden. Auch dieser Aufbau sollte Ausgleich herbeiführen.} 12.
dxe5 ({Nach} 12. Bf5 e4 13. Qd1 Rc7 {ist der Königsläufer des Weißen auf
Abwege geraten.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Bb8 16. Be1 (16.
Bf5 $5 Rc6 17. e4 d4 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {ist ungmütlich für
Schwarz.}) 18. Bg5 {hätte zu einer äußerst scharfen, schwer einzuschätzenden
Stellung geführt.}) 16... Qd6 (16... Nxd3 {führt zu gleichem Spiel:} 17. Qxd3
Qd6 18. Nxd5 Rxc1 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxc1 Qxb2 $11) 17. Bf5 Nc6 18. g3 Rcd8 19.
Qf3 Qe5 20. Ne2 Ne4 (20... Qxb2 {ist nicht zu verantworten:} 21. Rxc6 $1 (21.
Bc3 Ne5 {gibt dem Weißen keinen Vorteil.}) 21... bxc6 22. Bc3 Qxa2 23. Bxf6 {
und Weiß gewinnt, denn} gxf6 {scheitert an} 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh4) 21. Nd4 (21.
Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qf6 {bringt dem Weißen keinen Vorteil.}) 21... Nxd4 (21...
Rd6 {ist schwächer:} 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qe2 $14) 22. exd4 Qe7 23.
Ba5 Rde8 24. Re1 ({Sofortiges} 24. Qb3 {ist nicht besser; bei den allfälligen
taktischen Verwicklungen das Feld e3 mangelhaft geschützt:} Qg5 25. Bxe4 dxe4
26. Bb4 (26. Bd2 Qg6 27. Bb4 e3 28. Qc2 exf2+ 29. Qxf2 Bd6 $15) 26... e3 (26...
Rc8 {ist ebenfalls spielbar.}) 27. Bxf8 Bxg3 28. fxe3 (28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1
Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Re4 $19) 28... Rxe3 (28... Bf4+ 29. Kh1 Rxe3 30. Bd6 Qf5 31. Bxf4
Qxh3+ 32. Bh2 Qf3+ {führt ebenfalls zum Remis.}) 29. Be7 Bf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qg3+ 31.
Kf1 Qxh3+ 32. Kf2 {Schwarz hat nicht mehr als Dauerschach.}) 24... g6 25. Bxe4
dxe4 26. Qb3 Qg5 (26... Bd6 {ergibt eine ausgeglichene Stellung:} 27. Bb6 {
mit der Absicht Lb6-c5.}) 27. Bb4 e3 {Der Textzug genügt zum Remis.} ({Jetzt
behält Weiß nach} 27... Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxe4 Qf5 30. Qe3 {einen gesunden
Mehrbauern.}) 28. Rxe3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 28. Bxf8 Bxg3 29. Rxe3 Bf4+ 30. Kf1
Bxe3 {birgt für den Weißen nur Risiken, weil sein König unsicher steht.}) 28...
Bxg3 (28... Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Re8 31. Kf2 {ist natürlich nicht
erfreulich für Schwarz.}) 29. Rc5 Bxf2+ $11 (29... Rxe3 30. Rxg5 Rxb3 31. axb3
Bf4 32. Rg4 {kostet den Schwarzen Material.}) 30. Kxf2 Qf4+ 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32.
Kd3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Re8+ 34. Re5 Qxh3+ 35. Kd2 Qh2+ 36. Kc1 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Qxe5
38. Qf3 Qb5 39. Bc3 f5 40. Qd1 Kf7 41. Qd8 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gurieli, Nino"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 e6 5. Na3 (5. e4 b5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qe3 Qa5+ 11. Nfd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 cxb3
14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rhb1 Bxg2 19. Rxb3
O-O 20. Rba3 f6 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 fxe5 23. dxe5 Rxf2+ 24. Ke3 Rc2 25. Ne2
Rc5 26. Kf2 Rxe5 27. Nf4 Bd5 28. Re7 Kf8 29. Nxd5 Rf5+ {0-1 Panzalovic,S-Varga,
Z/Altensteig-B 1993/EXP 35}) (5. Qc2 b5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. e4
Be7 10. Nc3 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Bd5 15. Be3 O-O
16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. f3 Bxc5 19. Nxc4 Rac8 20. b3 Qb7 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. Rad1 h6 23. Rf2 Rb8 24. Rd3 Rd5 25. Rfd2 h5 26. Ne3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Lastin,A-Sotnikov,I/RUS-chJ U20 1996/CBM 54}) (5. a5 c5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7.
Qxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Na6 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qd1 Nf6 12. e3 e5 13. Nf3 Bd6
14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Be2 O-O 16. Nbd2 Nce4 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Qb3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nc5
20. Qa3 e4 21. Nd4 Nd5 22. O-O f5 23. Nd2 Kh8 24. c4 Nc7 25. N2b3 N7a6 26. Nxc5
Nxc5 27. Nb3 f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rfd1 Bc6 31. Rd8+ Qxd8 32. Qxc5
a6 33. Rd1 Qe8 34. Qg5 Rf6 35. Bf1 Qf8 36. Qe3 h6 37. g3 Qb4 38. Qb6 Qa4 39.
Qd8+ Kh7 {Prihastomo,I-Tu Hoang Thong/Pools schev 1997/EXP 58/0-1 (49)}) (5. g3
c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12.
Qxc4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Bc7 Qf5 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. a5
{1/2-1/2 Vozka,P-Vavra,P/CZE-chT 9697 1997/EXT 97}) 5... b5 6. axb5 Bxa3 7.
Rxa3 cxb5 8. Bg5 $2 {Meines Erachtens hat der Läufer hier nichts zu suchen;
der Textzug fördert nur die Entwicklung des Gegners.} (8. e3 {mit der Idee, so
bald wie möglich b2-b3 folgen zu lassen und den Damenläufer eventuell auf der
Diagonale a3-f8 zum Einsatz zu bringen, verdiente den Vorzug.}) 8... Ne7 9. e3
Nbc6 (9... a5 10. Ra1 (10. b3 b4 11. Ra1 c3) 10... a4 {verdient Erwägung.}) 10.
Ra1 f6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a5 $2 ({Nach} 12... Qe7 {behält Schwarz einen
soliden Mehrbauern. Das Konzept des Schwarzen ist sehr originell, aber unnötig
scharf.}) 13. b3 a4 14. bxc4 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 (15. Qd2 Ndb4 16. Rc1 a3 17. Be2 a2
18. O-O bxc4 19. Bxc4 Ba6 (19... a1=Q 20. Rxa1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 22. Ne1 {
ist nicht überzeugend.}) 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 {sieht unbequem für Weiß aus.}) 15...
Nc3 16. Qh5+ g6 (16... Kd8 {ist nicht besser:} 17. cxb5 Ne4 18. Qd1 Nb4 19.
Nxe4 $18) 17. Qf3 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nca2 $2 (18... Nba2 {bot bessere Aussichten:} 19.
Bd6 (19. Rc2 b4 ({Auch nach} 19... O-O 20. cxb5 Rf7 21. Bc4 Bb7 22. Qg4 Bd5 {
hat Schwarz keine schlechten Aussichten.}) 20. Bd6 f5 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxc3 a3
{mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) (19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Rc1 {ergibt Zugwiederholung.})
19... Ne4 (19... Nxc1 20. Qxf6 Kd7 21. Qe7+ Kc6 22. g3 (22. Be5 Rd8 {scheint
mir weniger klar.}) 22... Ra7 23. Bg2+ Nd5 24. cxd5+ exd5 25. Qf6 {ist fatal
für Schwarz.}) 20. Rc2 (20. Bb4 Qxb4 21. Qxe4 Nxc1 22. Qxa8 O-O {führt zum
Gewinn für Schwarz.}) 20... Nxd6 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 19. Bd6 f5 {Nach dem
Textzug erreicht Weiß auf einfache Weise Vorteil, aber auch 19...Sc1: dürfte
nicht ausreichend sein:} (19... Nxc1 20. Qxf6 (20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxa8 O-O $19)
20... Nbd3+ 21. Bxd3 (21. Kd1 Nxf2+ 22. Qxf2 (22. Kxc1 Qxd2+ 23. Kb1 {führt
zum Remis.}) 22... Nb3 23. Ne4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß}) 21... Nxd3+ 22. Ke2 Kd7
23. Qxh8 Kxd6 24. Kxd3 {sieht ebenfalls nicht vertrauenerweckend für Schwarz
aus.}) 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. cxb5 Nd5 22. Bc4 Bb7 23. Qg3 O-O 24. Qe5 Rae8 ({Nach} 
24... Rfe8 25. h4 a3 26. h5 g5 27. h6 Re7 28. Rh5 {dringt der Angriff des
Weißen durch.}) 25. h4 Nf6 26. h5 g5 $2 (26... Bd5 {leistete besseren
Widerstand.}) 27. Qxf5 $18 Ne4 (27... Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Ne4+ 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. f3
{ist natürlich hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Rf6 30. Rc2
Rexe6 (30... Qb4 31. d5 (31. O-O Rexe6 32. Qb8+ Rf8 {ist nicht überzeugend.})
31... Bxd5 32. O-O {führt zu einem mühelosen Sieg für Weiß.}) 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32.
h6+ Kg6 33. Qxb7 Rf7 34. Qd5 Rff6 35. f4 Nd6 36. Qxg5+ Kf7 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. O-O
Rf7 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Mencinger, Vojko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 (7. c4 Be7
8. d4 O-O 9. Nc3 Qa5 (9... Rb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qd3 a6
14. Rfc1 Qb6 15. Rc2 Rbc8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. e3 Nb6 18. Kg2 Bd6 19. h4 h6 20. Ne2
{1/2-1/2 Martinovic,S-Todorovic,G/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59}) 10. a3 (10. h3 Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Bc1 e5
18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg2 Ned7 20. Bd2 Qb5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4
24. Qxe4 a5 {Csom,I-Petran,P/HUN-ch 1973/MCD-ch/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 10... Qa6 11.
Nd2 Ne8 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Rd8 16. Qe2 Ndf6 17. Rfd1
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rd3 Bg7 22. Rad1 Nd6 23. Bg2 b5
24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Rc3 b4 26. axb4 Qb6 27. Rc5 Qxb4 28. Bc3 Qb8 29. Ba5 Rd7 30.
d5 e5 31. Rc7 Rfd8 32. Rc1 Bf8 33. Qc6 Qb5 34. Rc5 Qxc6 35. dxc6 Rxc7 36. Bxc7
Re8 37. Rd5 Re6 38. Bb8 e4 39. c7 Re8 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxd6 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Rc1
43. Rd8 {1-0 Vukic,M-Komljenovic,D/Biel op 1989/EXT 89op}) 7... Bc5 8. d4 Be7
9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Nf6 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. a3 Rad8 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Qb2 Rd7 21. Rfe1 Rdd8
22. Re2 Bd3 23. Re3 Bh7 24. Rae1 Qd6 25. a4 Bf5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Ne5 c5 {
Schwarz wird überraschend aktiv, aber das erfordert Aufmerksamkeit Er sollte
deshalb vielleicht lieber sein ideenloses Hin- und Herziehen mit} (27... Nd7 {
fortsetzen.}) 28. Nf3 b6 $2 ({Schwarz mußte der Drohung 29.d5 mit dem Zuge} 
28... Bf8 {begegnen:} 29. d5 (29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qxf6 (31. R3e2
Qxg3 $17) 31... Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Kh7 {braucht Schwarz auch nicht zu fürchten.})
29... exd5 30. Bxf6 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 gxf6 32. cxd5 (32. Qxf6 d4 {mit Vorteil für
Schwarz.}) 32... Rxd5 33. Qxf6 Qd6 {Schwarz hat nichts zu befürchten.}) 29. d5
exd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. cxd5 Bc8 32. Qe2 Kf8 33. Nd2 f5 34. Nc4 Ba6 35. Qb2 Kg8
36. d6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Qc2 (38. Qe5 {beendete die Partie sofort. Jetzt
kommt Schwarz noch zur Überführung seines Damenläufers nach e6.}) 38... Bc8 39.
Bf1 Be6 40. Bc4 Bf6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Qc4 Kf7 44. Rf3 Qc6 45. Rd1
a5 46. Rdd3 Rc8 47. g4 Rg8 48. Kf1 fxg4 49. hxg4 Rg5 50. Qf4 e5 51. Qc4+ Kg7
52. Qd5 Qxd5 53. Rxd5 Rxg4 54. Rd7+ Kg6 55. Rd6 Rf4 56. Rxf4 exf4 57. Kg2 Kf5
58. Rxb6 Bc3 59. Kf3 Ke5 60. Rxh6 Bb4 61. Rh3 c4 62. bxc4 Kd4 63. Kxf4 Bd6+ 64.
Kf3 Kxc4 65. Ke2 Bb4 66. f4 Be7 67. f5 Kb4 68. Re3 1-0

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Rosandic, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 dxc4 $2 5. Bxc4 Bf5 $4 {Die
Eröffnungsbehandlung des Schwarzen ist nicht nachahmenswert.} 6. Qb3 $18 e6 7.
Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qxc6 Rc8 11. Qa6 Bc2 12. Bb3 Nb8 13. Qa4
Bd3 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Bb4
20. Nd4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne7 22. Rd7 Ng6 23. Qb4 Qf6 24. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 a6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bg4 (5... g6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 b5
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Be2 (9. a4 $5) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qd1 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Revil,B-Berglund,J/Troms 1994/EXT 99 (33). (32)}) (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bf5 7.
Nbd2 e6 8. Rc1 $14 {Y. Pelletier, "Schachwoche" 6/2003, S.21.}) 6. Ne5 Bh5 (
6... e6 {ist solider, aber Weiß behält natürlich einen dauerhaften Vorteil.})
7. Qb3 Ra7 $2 (7... b5 {ist aktiver und bietet ausreichendes Gegenspiel:} 8.
cxb5 (8. cxd5 Qxd5 $13) 8... axb5 9. Qh3 Ra4 10. g4 (10. e3 e6 {und nun folgt
nach} 11. g4 {die Überrumpelung} Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Rxa2 13. Rxa2 Qxa2 14. Nd2 Bb4 {
usw.}) 10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. e3 {Anders ist der Bauer auf d4 nicht gut
zu decken.} Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Rb4 (13... Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 {
ist ungemütlich für Schwarz.}) 14. Rc1 (14. Bxb8 Rxb2 15. Rc1 Rb1 16. Rxb1
Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Ne4 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 14... Rxb2 15. Bd3 b4 {Schwarz hat
eine gefährliche Initiative.}) 8. Qh3 $1 (8. g4 Bg6 $13 {Y. Pelletier} (8...
Nxg4 $2 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Qg3 $18 {Y. Pelletier})) 8... dxc4 9. Nc3 (9. g4 Bg6
10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Nd2 b5 $13 {Y. Pelletier, "Schachwoche" 6/2003, S.22.}) 9...
b5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 Nd5 (11... b4 {ist nicht besser:} 12. Nxc6 (12. Nxg6 fxg6
13. Bxb8 Qxb8 14. Bxc6+ Kd8 15. Na4 {ist auch gut für Weiß.}) 12... Nxc6 13.
Bxc6+ Rd7 14. Nd1 Be4 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. f3 Bc6 17. e3 Nxg4 18. Rg1 $16 {
Schwarz hat keine genügende Kompensation für das geopferte Material.}) 12. Nxd5
cxd5 13. g5 e6 (13... Bc2 {verheißt keine Rettung:} 14. Rc1 f6 15. Rxc2 fxe5
16. dxe5 g6 17. Rd2 $18) 14. Nxg6 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 fxg6 16. Qxe6+ Re7 17. Qxd5 $18
Rd7 18. Qe4+ Re7 19. Qa8 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. h4 Rf8 22. Rh3 Rf5 23. a4 b4 24.
Rd1 Kf8 25. Be4 Rf4 26. Bd5 Re8 27. e3 Qd7 28. Rg3 Rf5 29. Be4 Qxa4 30. Rc1 c3
31. bxc3 b3 32. Bxf5 Qb5+ 33. c4 b2 34. Rb1 Qxc4+ 35. Kg2 Nc6 36. Rf3 gxf5 37.
Rxf5+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Kd6 39. Rc5 Qa4 40. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Be2 (12. Qa4+ Nfd7 (12... Bd7 13.
Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. c5 O-O 15. Bb5 e5 16. Nf3 exd4 17. exd4 Qe7+ 18. Kf1 Nxc5 19.
dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. h3 a4 23. Qb1 b3 24. Ne1 Qb4 25. Qb2
Nd5 26. g3 Ra8 27. Qa3 b2 {0-1 Kuemin,S-Khenkin,I/Wangs Pizol op 1996/EXT 96op2
}) 13. c5 O-O 14. Nec4 Nf6 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Bb5 18. Nd6 Ba6 19.
N2c4 Nc6 20. O-O Qc7 21. Rfc1 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nce7 23. Qb3 Ra7 24. g3 Rb8 25. Kg2
h6 26. Rc2 Nc3 {Miles,A-Hodgson,J/Hastings9596 1996/CBM 51/[Huebner,R]/1-0 (38)
}) 12... O-O (12... Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qa4+ Nfd7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O O-O 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nb3 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. h3 Rfd8 21. e4 h6 22. d5 Ne7 23. Qb5 a4
24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Qxc4 26. d6 Nc8 27. Rd4 Qc3 28. d7 Nb6 29. Qxb4 Qxb4 30.
Rxb4 Nxd7 31. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Zysk,R-Stangl,M/BL9495 1995/BL 90}) 13. Bf3 Ra6 (
13... Ra7 $5 {Ich traue dieser Variante überhaupt nicht; es scheint mir ein
Wunder, daß Schwarz nicht gleich weggefegt wird.}) 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qa4 Nbd7 16.
Nd3 e5 17. Qb5 exd4 18. exd4 Ra7 (18... Ne8 {war die richtige Fortsetzung:} 19.
Rfc1 (19. Nxb4 $2 Rh6) (19. c5 $2 Rh6) 19... Nd6 20. Qg5 h6 (20... Qd8 21. Qf4)
21. Qg3 Qb8 {Die Lage des Schwarzen bleibt sehr unbequem.}) 19. c5 Rd8 20. Nb3
Nf8 21. Ne5 Be6 (21... Ne6 22. Qb6 {kostet Schwarz den a-Bauern und ist
deshalb ebenfalls hoffnungslos; auf} Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Nc6 Rh4 {folgt} 25.
g3 {mit Gewinn.}) 22. Nxa5 $18 Rb8 23. Qc6 Qd8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. cxd6 Rb6 26.
Nac6 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 b3 28. d5 b2 29. Rb1 Ra6 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. dxe6 g5 32. Nxf7+
Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Be2 Ra1 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Nc3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 {Es ist erstaunlich,
daß es für diesen naheliegenden Zug keinen Vorgänger zu geben scheint.} Nf6 (
6... Nd7 {zur Vorbereitung der Vorstöße e7-e5 oder c6-c5 kommt in Betracht;
der Damenspringer des Weißen steht augenblicklich auf e4 gar nicht so wirksam.}
) 7. Ng3 e6 8. e4 Ba6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 c5 $2 {
Die Öffnung der Stellung ist nicht angebracht. Nach} (12... Nb6 13. Ne5 Rc8 {
entsteht eine zweischneidige Stellung mit Aussichten für beide Seiten.}) 13. d5
exd5 14. e5 Ng8 ({Nach} 14... d4 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh4 d3 17. Nf5 {gewinnt
Weiß mühelos.}) 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qc6+ Kf8 17. Nf5 $18 {Die Initiative des
Weißen hat entscheidende Kraft; die am Damenflügel zusammengeballten Figuren
des Schwarzen können dem König nicht zu Hilfe eilen.} Rc8 18. Qe4 ({Die
Fortsetzung} 18. Rfd1 {hat Meriten; aber der Textzug ist einfach und gut.})
18... Rc7 {Schwarz entfernt prophylaktisch den Turm von c8. Nach} (18... h6 19.
Bxe7+ Nxe7 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. e6 f6 22. Rfd1 {wird seine Stellung rasch
zusammenbrechen. Aber auch der Textzug hilft nichts; die achte Reihe wird
tödlich schwach.}) 19. Rfd1 g6 $2 {Dies führt zum sofortigen Zusammenbruch.
Aber auch nach} (19... f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qe5 Nc8 22. N3d4 {wird der Kampf
nicht mehr lange dauern.}) 20. Nxe7 ({Ebensogut ist} 20. Bxe7+ Rxe7 21. Rd8+
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Qc6+ Nd7 24. Qa8+ Qd8 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.
Nxf7+ {mit Gewinn.}) 20... Rxe7 21. Rd8+ Re8 (21... Kg7 22. Bf6+ Nxf6 23. exf6+
Kxf6 24. Qh4+ {ist ebenfalls nicht vorteilhaft für Schwarz.}) 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8
23. Qc6+ Kf8 24. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. a4 Bb4 (10... Re8 $5) 11. Ne1 Re8 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Nf3 h6 14.
Nfe5 Bf5 15. f3 Bh7 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 (17... Qxd7 $13) 18. e4 dxe4 19.
fxe4 e5 20. d5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {Wenn Weiß noch nicht Sb1-c3 gespielt
hat, scheint mir dieser Zug nicht so plausiblel zu sein. Schwarz darf nicht
ohne weiteres b7-b5 spielen, weil dies das Feld c5 schwächt; Weiß kann mit
Sb1-d2-b3 fortfahren. Verderblich ist der Zug für den Schwarzen natürlich
nicht.} 5. Qc2 e6 (5... g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 {ist natürlich auch spielbar.}) 6. Nbd2
Nbd7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bd3 c5 {Die frühzeitige Öffnung der Stellung gefällt mir
nicht; ich hätte sie gerne mit} (8... b6 {nebst Lc8-b7 usw. vorbereitet.} 9. e4
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 {sieht nicht sonderlich gefährlich für Schwarz aus, obwohl
die Einschaltung von a7-a6 mich mit Unbehagen erfüllt.}) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5
exd5 11. O-O h6 $6 {Dies erscheint mir überflüssig. Zudem schwächt es den
Königsflügel. In vielen Fällen ist der Zug g7-g6 trotz der Schwächung der
Diagonale b2-h8 zur Deckung von h7 und f5 wünschenswert; diese Fortsetzung ist
nun beinahe stets ausgeschlossen.} (11... b6 {ist geboten; nun führt die
Fortsetzung} 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. dxc5 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxc5
17. Qg4 Bf6 (17... f6 18. Rfe1 {sieht ungesund für Schwarz aus.}) 18. Rad1 Qe7
19. Rfe1 Ne6 {zu einer Stellung, die Schwarz bei genauer Verteidigung sollte
halten können.}) 12. Rad1 {Weiß möchte die Stellung öffnen, weil er besser
entwickelt ist.} ({Die ruhige Fortsetzung} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 {
scheitert an} 13. Bxf6) 13. Rac1 {überläßt dem Weißen einen dauerhaften
positionellen Vorteil.}) 12... b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. dxc5 $6 (14. e5 Ne8 15. Bf5 {
kommt meines Erachtens mehr in Betracht; nach} Nc7 {ist die Folge} 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Nc4 {unangenehm für Schwarz.} (17. Ne4 {verdient ebenfalls Erwägung.})
) 14... Nxc5 (14... bxc5 15. exd5 {ist positionell unbefriedigend für Schwarz.}
) (14... Rc8 {verdient dagegen Untersuchzung.}) 15. e5 Nfe4 16. Qb1 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Qd7 $6 ({Nach} 18... Bb4 19. Nxe4 (19. N2f3 Re8 {gibt dem
Weißen keinen Vorteil.}) 19... dxe4 20. Qg3 Qg5 {hat Schwarz meines Erachtens
keine Probleme.}) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qg3 Bc5 21. b4 Bxd4 ({Die Folge} 21... Bxb4
22. Nc2 Qe7 (22... Bd2 {scheitert an} 23. e6) 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Ba3 {ist
ungünstig für Schwarz.}) 22. Rxd4 {Die Stellung ist nur scheinbar ausgelichen.
Weiß hat beträchtlichen Vorteil, weil er Druck auf g7 hat und weil der Bauer
auf b6 schwach ist; stünde der a-Bauer des Schwarzen auf a7, hätte er wohl
keine großen Probleme (aber dies soll nichts zur Bewertung des Zuges 4...a6!
aussagen!).} Qe7 23. Rd6 Rc6 24. h4 $6 {Weiß will das Manöver 24...Td6: 25.ed6:
Dg5 verhindern und gleichzeitig ein Luftloch für seinen König schaffen, aber} (
24. Bd4 {war wirksamer.}) 24... e3 $5 25. Bd4 ({Nach} 25. fxe3 Rc2 26. Rf2 Rxf2
27. Qxf2 b5 {hat Schwarz Entlastung erreicht.}) 25... e2 $2 (25... exf2+ 26.
Rxf2 Re8 {gewährte Schwarz gute Überlebensaussichten:} 27. Rdf6 (27. e6 {
wird einfach mit} fxe6 {abgewehrt.}) 27... Rxf6 ({Unklar ist die Folge} 27...
Re6 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Bxb6 Bd5 31. Bc7) 28. exf6 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 g6
{usw.}) 26. Re1 g6 27. Bxb6 $18 Rxd6 28. exd6 Qe6 29. f3 Bc6 30. Qf4 Kh7 31.
Kf2 (31. Be3 {war noch einfacher.}) 31... Bb5 32. Be3 Kg8 33. Qxh6 Qe5 34. a4
Bc4 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 f5 37. Bb6 Rf7 38. Rc1 Bb3 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Bd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3
Bh5 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. h3 Bg6 12. e4 {Wenn Weiß der Meinung ist, daß
es für ihn günstiger ist, wenn die Bauernstruktur des Schwarzen am
Königsflügel f7, g7, g6 lautet, als wenn sie aus f7, g7, h7 besteht, kann er
hier sofort auf g6 tauschen, bevor er e4 spielt. Wahrscheinlich ist der
Unterschied gering; ich würde mit Weiß vorziehen, auf g6 zu tauschen.} dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O {In einigen Partien vermied Schwarz es nun, sich den
Läufer auf g6 abtauschen zu lassen:} (14... Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Rad1 (16.
Rfe1 Nf6 17. Qc2 Be7 18. Re3 Qc7 19. Rae1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Huzman,A/
Ashdod 2003/CBM 096 ext (34). (33)}) 16... Re8 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 e5 19. Nh4
g6 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg5 Ne4 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Votava,J-Savchenko,
S/Germany 2005/CBM 106 (23).}) 15. Bxg6 (15. Rad1 a5 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8
18. Bc3 Be7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd2 b6 21. Re2 Nf6 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Qb2 $14 {
1-0 Malaniuk,V-Berry,N/Krakow 2003/EXT 2006 (43). (42)}) 15... hxg6 16. Rad1
Nf6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. a4 b5 20. Qd2 Bf4 21. Qe2 bxa4 22. bxa4 c5
23. g3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 $6 (24... Bd6 $11 {führt meines Erachtens zu
Ausgleich. Jetzt dringt der c-Bauer des Weißen vor.}) 25. Bxd4 Bd6 26. c5 Bf8
27. Qc4 (27. Rb1 Qc6 28. a5 Qc7 29. Rb6 Bxc5 $11) 27... Nd5 28. Ne5 $6 {
Weiß sollte dem Schwarzen nicht die Kontrolle über die b-Linie gestatten.
Bessere Gewinnaussichten bot} (28. Rb1) 28... Rb8 29. Qxa6 Bxc5 30. Rc1 (30.
Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd7 Qb4 {führt zu nichts.}) 30... Qd6 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. a5 Ra8
33. Nc4 Bb4 34. Rb1 f6 $2 {Wenn Schwarz die Drohung 35.Sb6 mit} (34... Ra6 {
abwehrt, ist es für Weiß keineswegs einfach, Fortschritte zu machen:} 35. Bb6
g5 36. Kg2 f6 {usw. Jetzt gewinnt Weiß ohne Schwierigkeiten.}) 35. Nb6 Nxb6 36.
axb6 Bd6 37. b7 Re8 38. Rc1 Bb8 39. Rc8 Kf7 40. Bb6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Nh5 (8... Nb4 9. c5 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bxd3 12. Kd2 Bf5 13. b4 Bg7 $6
(13... Ne4+ $11) 14. b5 Ne4+ 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. bxc6 $14 {1-0 Tjanav,T-Akhundov,
R/Voroshilovgrad 1989/EXT 97 (60). (60)}) 9. cxd5 Nxf4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. exf4
Nb4 12. dxc6 Nc2+ $2 (12... bxc6 13. Rd1 Bg7 {führt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. cxb7 Rb8 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+
Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Kc7 ({Die Fortsetzung} 17... Ke8 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Rc1 Bxe5 20.
fxe5 Kf8 21. Rc7 {ist ebenfalls völlig hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 18. Nxf7 Rg8
$6 ({Immerhin sollte Schwarz} 18... Nb3+ {versuchen.}) 19. Rxa1 $18 Bg7 20. Ng5
Kd7 21. Kd3 h6 22. Nf3 Rgf8 23. g3 Rxb7 24. h4 Rf5 25. Re1 e6 26. a4 Rc7 27.
Nb5 Rc8 28. Na3 Ke7 29. Nc4 b5 30. Ne3 Rff8 31. axb5 Rfd8 32. Nc4 Rc5 33. Nfe5
Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Kf6 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. b6 Rb7 37. Ra7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 8. Nc3
e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. f4 {Dies ist ein plausibler Zug: Weiß unterbindet e6-e5.
Eine Vorgängerpartie verlief wie folgt:} (10. Bd2 e5 11. Qc2 g6 12. f4 ({Still,
} 12. O-O-O {would be preferrable as White is not obliged to play f3-f4 in
some variations:} b6 (12... Bh6 $6 {(hoping after 13.f4 to transpose to the
position we had in the game)} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Na4 Bg7 16. Bc3 Qe7
17. h4 $16 {and the difference between this position and the one that happened
in the game is obvious here}) (12... Bg7 13. f4) 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Kb1 {
and White is slightly better}) 12... exd4 13. exd4 Bh6 ({I was only counting on
} 13... Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f5 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Kb1 Nh5 19.
Be3 {with some advantage for White}) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f5 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nh5 (
16... b6 {was the other option although it involved more risk:} 17. cxb6 Qxb6
18. Qh6 Rb8 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rg1 Nf8 {with the unclear position} (20... cxd4 21.
fxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 24. Rg7+ Ke6 25. Re2+ Ne5 (25... Kd6 26.
Qf4+ Kc5 27. Na4+) 26. f4 {winning})) 17. Rhg1 ({or} 17. h4 Qf6 18. Ne2 Raa8
19. Rdg1 Kh8 {and it`s also doubtful whether White can reach anything on the
Kingside}) 17... Qh4 (17... Qf6 {defending the g6-pawn was better:} 18. Rg4 Ng7
19. Rdg1 Nxf5 20. Rf4 Kh8 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Rxf5
Qh6+ 25. Kc2 Ra8 $1 {Finally bringing the rook into play Black manages to hold
the balance.}) 18. Kb1 $13 {1-0 Milov,V-Luther,T/Merida 2003/CBM 097 ext/
[Milov,V] (29). (28)}) 10... Nh5 (10... b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 {kommt in Betracht.})
(10... g6 {sollte ebenfalls spielbar sein.}) 11. Be2 (11. Bd2 Qh4 12. Ne2 {
nebst Se2-g3 mag dem Weißen eine leichte Initiative geben.}) 11... g6 ({
Ich dachte,} 11... Qh4 $5 {sei die Idee.}) 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qd1 Qh4 14. h3 Rg8
15. Bd2 f5 16. Qf3 b6 17. cxb6 (17. b4 a5 18. b5 (18. cxb6 Nxb6 {überläßt dem
Springer des Schwarzen das schöne Feld c4.}) 18... Rc7 {braucht Schwarz nicht
zu fürchten.}) 17... Nxb6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Ne2 a5 $11 20. Rg1 Rg6 21. Rxg6 hxg6
22. Qg2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 22. Rc2 Nc4 23. Nc1 g5 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Nd3 Bd6 {
führt zu etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 22... Qf6 $6 {Die Deckung des Bauern auf g6
ist überflüssig; Schwarz sollte seine Dame nicht von ihrem aktiven Standort
entfernen. Nach} (22... Nc4 23. b3 (23. Rc2 Bb4 24. Nc3 (24. Bxb4 {scheitert an
} Nxe3) 24... a4 {überläßt dem Schwarzen eine völlig befriedigende Stellung.})
23... Nxd2 24. Kxd2 a4 {ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) 23. Rc2 Nc4 24. Nc1 a4
$2 {Danach werden die schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen dem Schwarzen zum Verhängnis.
Zu versuchen war} (24... Bb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. b3 Na3 27. Rc5 Nb5 28. Nd3 Rxa2
29. Nxb4 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Nxd4 (30... Na7 31. Nd3 {sieht übel für Schwarz aus.})
31. exd4 Qxd4+ 32. Nd3 Rb1 33. Kc2 Rb2+ 34. Nxb2 Qxc5+ 35. Kb1 Qb4 {, und die
technische Aufgabe des Weißen ist äußerst schwierig.}) 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb4
Bxb4+ (26... a3 27. b3 Nb2 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. fxe5 {führt auch zu nichts Gutem
für Schwarz.}) 27. Nxb4 {Jetzt gibt es keine zureichende Verteidigung gegen
die Drohungen 28.Sc6: und 28.Tc4:.} Rc7 (27... Na5 28. Nd3 Kd6 29. Ne5 Rg7 30.
Qf1 {ist ebenso hoffnungslos wie}) (27... Qf8 28. a3) 28. Na6 $18 Ra7 29. Nb8+
Kc8 (29... Kc7 30. Nxc6 Kxc6 31. Rxc4+ Kd7 32. Rb4 {führt ebenfalls zu einer
für Schwarz hoffnungslosen Stellung.}) 30. Nxc6 Rc7 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7
33. fxe5 Qe7 34. Qxg6 Qb4+ 35. Kf1 Qxb2 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 Nf6 11. exd5 (11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Be7
14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Be5 Bf6 18. Bd6 Be7 19. Be5 Bf6 20.
Bd6 Be7 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Rc1 f6 25. f4 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Short,N/Dos Hermanas 1997}) 11... Nxd5 (11... exd5 12. O-O-O {
sieht nicht befriedigend für Schwarz aus.}) 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ {Dies ist
ein neuer Versuch.} (13. Bxb8 Qxb8 14. Bb5+ Kd8 15. g3 {wurde in früheren
Partien gespielt:} Be7 (15... Qc7 16. O-O b6 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Re5 Rh5 19. Qf3
Bf6 20. Qxd5+ {1-0 Robatsch,K-Hertneck,G/AUT-chT9495 1995}) 16. O-O Bf6 17.
Rad1 Qc7 18. Rfe1 b6 {mußte versucht werden:} (18... a6 $2 {, was in der unten
zitierten Partie gespielt wurde, ist fehlerhaft; die schwarzen Felder am
Damenflügel werden geschwächt, und Schwarz kann keine wirksame Blockade mehr
aufbauen.} 19. Bf1 Qc6 20. Qc2 b5 21. b4 Ke7 22. Rd2 Rhb8 (22... a5 23. a4 $18)
23. Ra1 g5 24. a4 Kd7 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Rda2 $18 bxa4 27. Rxa4 a5 28. bxa5 (28.
b5 Rxb5 {gestattet dem Schwarzen längere Gegenwehr, obwohl seine Stellung nach}
29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Rb1 {ebenfalls unhaltbar sein dürfte.}) 28... Rb2 29. a6 Bf6
30. R1a2 Rbb8 31. a7 Rc8 32. Ra6 Qb7 33. Rb6 Qc7 34. Qb3 Bxd4 35. Rb7 Bxc5 36.
Qb5+ Kd6 37. Ra6+ Ke5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Salov,V/Donner mem 1995})
19. c6 (19. Qa4 bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qd6 (21... Qb6 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Bxd5
Ke7 24. Bxe6 $18) 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. b5 Rc7 $13) (19. Qa3 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rb8 $13)
19... a6 20. Qa3 Be7 21. Qa4 Qa7 $13 {Es scheint, daß sowohl Kramnik wie
Gelfand die Stellung des Schwarzen in Abspielen dieser Art als befriedigend
eingeschätzt haben.}) 13... Nc6 14. O-O-O {Der Plan des Weißen ist hier völlig
anderer Art als nach 13.Lb8:; er will mit h2-h4-h5 die Initiative am
Königsflügel ergreifen. Die Hauptschwierigkeit für Schwarz liegt darin, daß er
nach keiner Seite rochieren kann, so daß er nicht zur Verbindung der Türme
kommt. Seine Stellung ist unbequem; es ist schwierig für ihn, einen sinnvollen
Aufbau zu finden.} Be7 15. h4 Kf8 16. Kb1 a6 {Nachdem Weiß lang rochiert hat,
eignet dem Zug nicht dieselben fatalen Konsequenzen wie in der oben
angeführten Partie van Wely-Salov. Jedoch führt die von Schwarz mit diesem
Zuge eingeleitete Offensive nur zu einer für Weiß günstigen Öffnung der
Stellung.} (16... Kg8) ({oder} 16... Qd8 {scheint mir solider zu sein.}) 17.
Ba4 (17. Be2 {kam in Betracht.}) 17... Na5 18. Qf3 b6 $6 (18... Kg8 {war
besser.}) 19. cxb6 Qb7 20. Rc1 $2 (20. h5 g5 21. h6 {wird in der "Schachwoche"
4/1998, S.6, vorgeschlagen. Dieser Angriffsversuch ist in der Tat sehr
gefährlich. Die meisten der folgenden Varianten stammen aus der oben genannten
Quelle.} Qxb6 {, was in der "Schachwoche" nicht angegeben wird, dürfte die
zähesten Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten gewähren. Nach} (21... gxf4 22. hxg7+ Kxg7
23. Qg4+ Kf6 24. Qxf4+ Kg6 (24... Kg7 25. Qg3+ Kf6 26. Qe5+ Kg6 27. Rxh8 {
und Weiß gewinnt.}) 25. Qg3+ Bg5 26. f4 Qe7 27. fxg5 {mit entscheidendem
Angriff für Weiß.}) (21... g6 22. Bc7 Rh7 (22... Nc4 23. Bc2 Kg8 24. h7+ Kg7
25. Qh3 {führt sofort zum Verlust}) 23. Bd7 Kg8 24. Rc1 {und Schwarz kann sich
nicht mehr rühren:} Nc4 {scheitert an} 25. Rxc4 g4 26. Bc6) (21... Rxh6 22.
Rxh6 gxh6 23. Qh3 Bf6 (23... Kg7 24. Be5+ f6 25. Bc7 f5 26. Re1 (26. Rh1 Rh8
27. Bd7 Nc6 28. Qc3 {ist ebenfalls gut genug.}) 26... Qc8 27. Rh1 {mit raschem
Sieg.}) 24. Qxh6+ Bg7 25. Bd6+ (25. Qxg5 Qxb6 {ist weniger klar.}) 25... Kg8
26. Qxg5 Nc4 27. Be7 Qxb6 28. Bb3 Nd6 29. Bf6 Ne8 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 31. Qg4 {
mit entscheidendem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 22. Be5 f6 23. Rh5 Nc4 24. Bb3 Nxe5 25.
dxe5 Rd8 (25... Qc7 {wird mit} 26. Rxd5 {beantwortet}) 26. Rdh1 Qd4 {bleibt
die Stellung des Schwarzen unbequem, jedoch ist sie nicht hoffnungslos. Nach
dem Textzug bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel.}) 20... Qxb6 21. Rc7 Rb8 $2 {Schwarz
sollte alles daran setzen, seinen Springer nach c4 zu überführen. Zwei
Versuche standen ihm zur Verfügung:} (21... Rd8 {wird in der "Schachwoche" 4/
1998, S.6, vorgeschlagen. Nach} 22. Qc3 ({Mit} 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. Qa3+ Rd6 {
kann Weiß keinen Vorteil erzielen.}) 22... Nc4 23. Rc6 Qb7 {ist die Lage nicht
klar.}) (21... Qb4 {ist viel schärfer. Nach} 22. Rhc1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 (23. Bg5 f6
{führt zu nichts.}) 23... Qxe7 24. Rc7 Qf6 25. Qa3+ Kg8 26. Bg5 Qf5+ 27. Bc2
Qxf2 {entsteht eine höchst verwickelte Stellung:} 28. Qxa5 (28. Bxd8 Qe1+ 29.
Bd1 Nb7 {mit Rückgewinn der Figur.}) (28. Bxg6 Nc4 {ist ungünstig für Weiß.})
28... Qg1+ $13 29. Bc1 Rf8 {gefolgt von 30...Th4:, und Schwarz hat eine höchst
gefährliche Initiative.}) (21... Qxd4 $2 {scheitert natürlich an} 22. Bd6 $18)
22. Qc3 Nc4 {Andere Züge sind nicht besser:} (22... Bf6 23. Rc5 (23. Rc8+ Rxc8
24. Qxc8+ Qd8 (24... Bd8 25. Qd7 Kg8 26. h5 Nc4 27. Bb3 {überlebt Schwarz
nicht.}) 25. Qxa6 Bxd4 {ist nicht überzeugend:} 26. Bc7 Qxc7 27. Qa8+ Ke7 28.
Qxh8 Nc4 {mit kräftigem Gegenspiel für Schwarz.}) 23... Qxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Rxb2+
25. Kxb2 Bxd4+ 26. Rc3 $18 {führt dagegen leicht zum Gewinn.}) (22... Bd8 23.
Rd7 Ra8 24. Rd6 Qb7 (24... Qc7 25. Rxe6) 25. Rxd8+ {usw.}) 23. Rc6 Qxb2+ ({Nach
} 23... Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Qxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 26. Ka1 Bxh4 27. Rxc4 Rxf2 (27...
Rxa2+ 28. Kxa2 dxc4 29. g3 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. g3
{befindet sich der König des Schwarzen in einer Art Mattnetz.}) 24. Qxb2 Rxb2+
25. Ka1 Kg8 26. Rxc4 $18 Rxf2 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. g3 Ba3 30. Rd1
Kg8 31. Rd3 Be7 32. Bc7 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5 34. Kb1 Be7 35. Bc2 g5 36. a4 f5 37.
a5 Bf6 38. Bb6 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Weiss, Christian"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qb3 Rac8 {Dies ist eine listige Falle.} 11. Rd1 $2 dxc4
$19 12. Qa4 (12. Qxc4 Bc2 13. Rd2 b5) 12... b5 13. Qa6 Nd5 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qa5
Bg4 16. f3 Nc2 17. Rb1 Bh5 18. d5 a6 19. Kh1 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
{Meist wurde hier 8.Sfd2: oder 8.Sbd2: gespielt. Nach dem Textzug kann Schwarz
die Aktivierung des Springers auf b1 erschweren.} cxb3 $6 {Dieser Zug überläßt
dem Anziehenden ohne weiteres einen bedeutenden Vorteil. Man erwartet} (8... a5
9. axb5 (9. Na3 $4 c3 $17) (9. bxc4 b4 $10) 9... cxb5 10. Na3 (10. bxc4 b4 11.
c5 (11. Bd3 $5 $10) 11... Nf6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Nd5 15. O-O
Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc3 $15 {Olafsson,H-Sokolov,I, Akureyri 1994, CBM 40.}) 10... Ba6
11. bxc4 b4 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Nf6 $13) 9. axb5 Ne7 10. Qb4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bb7
12. Qxb3 (12. Nxb3 $5 {Der Springer findet Betätigung auf c5 oder a5.}) 12...
Nd7 13. Be2 cxb5 (13... c5 $5) 14. Qxb5 Bc6 15. Qa5 Nb6 16. O-O $16 Ng6 {
Das Feld e5 muß gedeckt werden.} 17. Rfc1 Bd5 18. Rc5 (18. Bb5 $5 {mit der
Absicht , Lb5-c6 zu spielen, kommt in Betracht. Auf} Qd6 {folgt} 19. Qa3 {
; Damentausch ist günstig für Weiß. Schwarz kann aber nichts unternehmen, und
nach einigen Zügen kommt es doch zu einem derartigen Stellungstyp.}) 18... Re8
19. Rac1 Re7 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Qa3 Rd7 22. Ba6 Bd5 23. h3 Rb8 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Bc6
Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Reb7 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Nc5 (28. Nd6 $6 Rb1 29. Rxb1 $2 (29. g3
Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Qe7 $10) 29... Rxb1+ 30. Kh2 Nge7 31. Rc4 (31. Ra6 $2 Nb4) 31...
Rb4) (28. g3 $5) 28... Rb6 29. Na6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rb6 32. Rc1 Nge7
$6 {Schwarz sollte das Feld e5 nicht freigeben.} (32... h6 $5) 33. Ne5 h6 34.
Nc5 Qa8 35. Ra1 a6 36. Nxa6 f6 37. Nd7 (37. Nd3 $16) 37... Rb7 38. Ndc5 $6 (38.
Nac5 Qxa3 39. Rxa3 Rc7 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Rf8+ Kg6 42. Rb8 Kf7 43. Rb7 $18 {
Wenn es dem Weißen gelingt, Damentausch zu erzwingen, ohne dabei andere
Nachteile einzuhandeln, erreicht er meines Erachtens eine Gewinnstellung.})
38... Rb6 39. e4 $6 (39. Nd7 {gefolgt von 40.Sac5 kam noch stets in Betracht.
Der Textzug lockert die Bauernstruktur im Zentrum unnötigerweise.}) 39... Nf4
40. Qe3 $2 {Hiernach wird es schwer sein, den Springer auf a6 wieder ins Spiel
zu bringen. Die Fortsetzung} (40. Nc7 Qd8 41. Qa8 Nc8 (41... Rb8 42. Qxb8 Qxb8
43. Ra8 Qxa8 44. Nxa8 Kf7 45. Nc7 $18) 42. Rc1 Kh7 (42... Qxc7 43. Nd3 Qd6 44.
Rxc8+ $18) 43. N5xe6 Nxe6 44. Nxe6 Rxe6 45. Rxc8 Qxd4 46. Rh8+ Kg6 {entbehrt
der Klarheit, aber}) (40. g3 Nfg6 (40... Ne2 41. Qe3 $16) 41. Nc7 Qc8 (41...
Qxa3 42. Rxa3 Kf7 43. f4 $18) 42. Qa8 Rb8 43. Qxb8 Qxb8 44. Ra8 Qxa8 45. Nxa8
Kf7 46. Nc7 Nf8 47. Kg2 {scheint mir zum Gewinn zu führen.}) 40... Nfg6 41. Qg3
e5 42. d5 f5 43. Rd1 (43. f3 $5) 43... Rd6 44. f3 Nf4 45. Rd2 $2 {Ich sehe
nicht, was gegen} (45. Nb4 {spricht. Mit dem Textzug dürfte Weiß den Gewinn
endgültig aus der Hand geben.}) 45... fxe4 46. fxe4 Rxa6 47. Nxa6 Qxa6 48. d6
Nc6 49. Qb3+ Kh7 50. Qf7 Qa5 51. Qf5+ Ng6 52. Rd3 Qd8 53. g3 Qg5 54. Qxg5 hxg5
55. Rc3 Nb8 56. Rc7 Nf8 57. Re7 Nbd7 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Ke3 Nc5 61.
Re8 Nfd7 62. Kf3 Ne6 63. Kg4 Ndc5 64. Kf3 Nd4+ 65. Ke3 Nb5 66. Rc8 Nd7 67. Rd8
Ke6 68. Re8+ Kxd6 69. Rg8 Nd4 70. Rxg7 Ne6 71. Rf7 Nef8 72. Rg7 Ne6 73. Rf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nbd2 b5 6. a4 Qa5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
Na6 9. e4 (9. Ne5 {ist vielleicht besser:} Rc8 10. e4 Nb4 11. Ra3 Qb6 12. axb5
cxb5 13. d5 Bd7 14. Ndf3 Nxe4 15. Be3 Qd6 16. Rxa7 Bf5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qa4+
Nc6 19. Nxc6 Nf6 20. Nxe7+ Bd7 21. Nxc8 {1-0 Kruppa,Y-Desbonnes,S/Paris 1999/
EXT 2000 (21).}) 9... Nb4 {Dies ist eine plausible Neuerung.} (9... Bg4 10. Ne5
Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qb6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Ndxc4 {führte in der Vorgängerpartie zu
einer raschen Niederlage des Schwarzen.} Qb7 14. Na5 Qb6 15. Be3 e6 16. Rfc1
Nb4 17. d5 Qb8 18. Nac6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Nxa7 Nxe4 22. dxe6
Nd6 23. Bc5 Nc4 24. e7 {1-0 Neiman,E-Desbonnes,S/Paris 1999/EXT 2000 (24).})
10. Ng5 Bd7 11. e5 h6 ({Untersuchung verdient auch die Fortsetzung} 11... Nfd5
12. e6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3 {mit unklarer Lage.}) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. exf6
exf6 14. Ne4 Bf5 $6 {Danach erhält Weiß einen gefährlichen Angriff. Andere
Möglichkeiten sind:} (14... Nd5 15. Bd2 Qc7 (15... Qb6 {ist schwächer:} 16.
axb5 cxb5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qh5+ {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 16. Bf3 Be6 17. axb5
cxb5 18. Ra6 {überläßt dem Weißen die Initiative.}) (14... Be7 15. Bf4 Qd8 16.
axb5 cxb5 17. Nd6+ {gibt dem Weißen ebenfalls gutes Spiel.}) (14... Qc7 15. b3
Bf5 16. f3 (16. Ng3 {ist ungesund wegen der Antwort} Bc2) 16... cxb3 17. Qxb3+
Be6 18. Qb2 bxa4 {sieht am solidesten aus; die Figuren des Weißen entfalten
keine gefährliche Wirkung.}) 15. axb5 $1 Qxa1 16. Bxc4+ Kg6 {Dies ist das
beste. Nach} (16... Ke8 17. Qf3 g6 (17... Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Kd8 19. Ng8 {ist
hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 18. g4 {gewinnt der Angriff des Weißen
entscheidende Kraft.}) 17. Ng3 Bb1 $2 ({Richtig ist} 17... Qb1 18. Qh5+ Kh7 19.
Bxh6 g6 20. Qh4 Bxh6 21. Rxb1 Bxb1 22. Qxf6 cxb5 {Weiß dürfte nicht mehr als
unentschieden erreichen können.}) 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Bxh6 ({Ebenfalls zum Gewinn
führt:} 19. Ne4 Nd5 (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4+ g6 21. Bf7 {mit leichtem Sieg.}) 20.
Qf5+ g6 21. Qd7+ Bg7 22. Bxh6 {und der Angriff des Weißen entscheidet.}) 19...
gxh6 (19... g6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Qh3+ Kg7 22. Qd7+ Ne7 23. Bd6 (23. Re1 Rh4 24.
Rxe7+ Kh8 25. Re1 Bf5 {ist weniger klar.}) 23... Qxb2 24. Bxe7 Bxe7 25. Qxe7+
Kh6 26. Qxf6 {wird Schwarz auch nicht lange überleben.}) 20. Nh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 dxc4 (7...
Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 {sieht plausibler aus.} 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. b4 Rc8 {
braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten.}) 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Qc2 Be7 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3
Be7 {verdient Erwägung.}) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. O-O Bh5 13. a3 a5 14.
Rac1 Bg6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Bg3 a4 17. e4 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. Ba2 Rac8 20. f3 {
Weiß hat das bequemere Spiel; er kontrolliert das Zentrum, und Schwarz kann
nichts unternehmen. Es ist aber keineswegs einfach, den Vorteil auszubauen.} b5
{Dies schafft Schwächen.} (20... Bf8 {mit der Idee, gegebenenfalls e6-e5 oder
f7-f6 nebst Lg6-f7 zu spielen, gefällt mir besser.}) 21. Be1 b4 $6 (21... Bd6 {
kommt in Betracht, desgleichen}) (21... Qa7 {oder ähnliche verhaltene Züge.})
22. Nb1 $6 (22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Ra1 {verschafft dem Weißen einigen Vorteil.})
22... c5 $1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 22... Qb6 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Rc4
Qa5 26. Qc2 Nb6 27. Rc5 {ist höchst unerfreulich für Schwarz und zeigt die
Schattenseiten des Schwarzen Vorgehens deutlich auf.}) 23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kh1
Ne5 {Dies ist durchaus befriedigend für Schwarz, denn der scharfe
Widerlegungsversuch des eißen sollte bei richtigem Spiel nicht zum Ziele
führen. Ich bespreche die übrigen Springerzüge:} (24... Nb6 {sieht zwar
verdächtig aus, weil Schwarz nun die Fesselung des Bauern auf b4 nicht mehr
aufheben kann, aber die Figuren des Weißen stehen passiv, und er kann seine
Stellung nicht verbessern;} 25. Qd2 {wird mit} Qa6 {pariert.}) (24... Nf8 25.
Rc4 {ist nicht ratsam für Schwarz.}) (24... Nb8 {ist dagegen auch spielbar;}
25. Rc4 Nc6 (25... Na6 26. Rdc1 Rb8 {dürfte auch gehen.}) 26. Rdc1 Qa6 {
ist für Schwarz in Ordnung.}) (24... Nf6 25. Qc4 Qa8 26. Qb5 {ist ebenfalls
riskant für Schwarz, denn} Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxc5 {schlägt nicht durch.})
25. f4 Nc6 26. f5 exf5 27. Rd5 Rxe4 $2 (27... Qa8 28. Rdxc5 b3 {führt zu
befriedigendem Spiel für Schwarz.}) (27... Qb6 28. Rdxc5 b3 {ist ähnlich.}) (
27... Nd4 {ist dagegen auch nicht zureichend:} 28. Qc4 Qa7 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30.
Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bf8 32. Rdd8 Qe7 33. Re8 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 28. Qf1 Qa8
(28... Qb6 29. Rdxc5 b3 30. Nd2 bxa2 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Qc4 {kommt auf das
Gleiche hinaus.}) 29. Rdxc5 b3 30. Nd2 bxa2 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Qc4 e3 (32... h6
33. Qxa2 Ne7 {ist natürlich zäher, aber Schwarz steht auf Verlust.}) 33. Qxa2
Be4 34. Qc4 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wolski, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nd7 $2 {
Besser ist meines Erachtens} (7... Na6 {,denn Schwarz sollte den Vorstoß
b3-b4-b5 zu verhindern suchen:} 8. Ra4 (8. e4 $145 $1 Nb4 9. exf5 (9. Ra4 Nc2+
10. Kd2 dxe4 11. Nh4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bxc5 13. Rc4 Bxf2 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Ke2 {
1-0 Shumiakina,T-Nutu Gajic,D/Timisoara-W 1994/EXT 94 (29)}) 9... Nc2+ 10. Kd1
Nxa1 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Nb3 14. a6 {1-0 Shirov,A-Svidler,P/
Arnold Cup 1991/TD 91\06 (30)}) 8... Bc2 {bringt dem Weißen nichts ein.}) 8. b4
f6 (8... Be7 9. b5 Bd8 {gefolgt von Sg8-e7 scheint mir bessere
Verteidigungsaussichten zu gewähren.}) 9. b5 Ne7 10. e3 (10. bxc6 Nxc6 11. e3
Nb4 12. Kd2 Be7 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb5 f5 16. Nc7+ $18 {Kaposztas,
M-Palla,G/Salgotarjan 1979/1-0 (45)}) 10... e5 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 {Die
Stellung des Schwarzen ist strategisch als verloren zu betrachten.} Kd8 (12...
e4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. b5 {ist auch nicht erfreulich für Schwarz.}) 13. b5 cxb5 14.
Bxb5 e4 15. Nd2 Nb8 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bd7 18. Bd3 Nbc6 19. e4 {Die Öffnung
der Stellung ist tödlich für Schwarz, weil sein König in der Mitte
steckengeblieben ist; die verbundenen Freibauern des Weißen werden das Brett
beherrschen.} Nb4 20. Bb1 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nexc6 23. Ke2 Kc8 (23...
Kd7 24. Rd1 Re8+ 25. Kf2 {nebst d4-d5 ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.})
24. Rd1 a5 25. d5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Ne4 Nc2 28. Ra2 Nd4+ 29. Kd3 Be7 30.
Be3 Rd8 31. Kc4 Nc6 32. Rb1 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "251"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Na6 6. cxd5 (6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Qa5
8. Qd2 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 Rac8 12. Be2 Qb6 $14 {Epishin,
V-Tukmakov,V/Bern op 1991/1-0 (44)}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. a3 Bg4 (8... f5 $5
) 9. Ne5 Be6 10. e3 c5 $2 {Dieses Bauernopfer dürfte kaum korrekt sein.
Richtig war} (10... Nac7 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel; auch}) (10... Qb6 {kam in
Betracht.}) 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. e4 $4 {Danach kommt Weiß in
Nachteil; der Zug ist hier noch viel schlechter als in der Grundstellung. Nach}
(13. Qxc5 $16 {hat Schwarz keinen Ersatz für den aufgegebenen Bauern.}) 13...
cxd4 14. exd5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 14. Nc6 Qd6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nb4 Bxg2 17. Rg1
Qe6+ {ist ganz fatal für Weiß.}) 14... Qxd5 $2 (14... Bf5 15. Nd3 Qxd5 16. O-O
Qb5 {führte zum sofortigen Gewinn.}) 15. Nf3 Rc8 (15... Bf5 16. Qd1 Bd3 17. Bg5
Qe4+ 18. Kd2 Bb5 19. a4 {gibt dem Schwarzen nicht mehr als unentschieden.}) 16.
Qd1 (16. Qd3 Qb7 {ist nicht besser für Weiß.}) 16... Qe4+ $2 (16... Qb7 {
war auch hier sehr stark:} 17. Bb4 Bb3 18. Qxb3 Rc1+ 19. Kd2 Bh6+ 20. Kd3 Qb5+
21. Kxd4 Qd7+ 22. Qd5 Bg7+ 23. Ne5 Bxe5+ 24. Kxe5 Qf5+ 25. Kd4 Rxh1 26. Qxf5
gxf5 27. g3 Rg8 {Weiß verliert den Springer auf b1 und die Partie.}) 17. Kf1
Qd3+ $2 {Schwarz verbessert die Königsstellung des Gegners. Nach} (17... Qc2
18. Nc3 Qxb2 19. Ne4 Bd5 20. Ng3 h5 {hat Weiß noch immer gewaltige
Schwierigkeiten.}) 18. Kg1 Qc2 19. Nc3 dxc3 (19... Qxb2 20. Ne4 (20. Na4 Qb3
21. Qxb3 Bxb3 22. Nb2 d3 23. Rc1 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 20... Bd5 21.
Rc1 {erlaubt dem Weißen jetzt Gegenspiel.}) 20. Qxc2 cxb2 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22.
Rd1 Bf5 23. Bc1 bxc1=Q 24. Rxc1 Bb2 25. Rc7 Bxa3 26. Rxa7 Kg7 27. Rxa6 {
Es ist eine klare Remisstellung entstanden.} Rb8 {Selbst dieser Zug genügt
nicht zum Verlust.} 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Rxa3 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Bh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rxh1 32.
Re3 e6 33. Ra3 Kf6 34. Ra7 h6 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. h3 Rd5 37. Nh2 h5 38. Nf3 g5 39.
h4 gxh4 40. Nxh4 Rd4 41. Kg3 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rf4 43. Ra2 Kg5 44. Ng2 Rf3+ 45. Kh2
e5 46. Re2 f5 47. Ne1 Rf4 48. Ng2 Rf3 49. Ne1 Rf4 50. Rxe5 Rxf2+ {
Weiterspielen ist nicht besonders sinnvoll; die Verteidigung ist gar zu
einfach für die materiell schwächere Partei.} 51. Kg3 Ra2 52. Nf3+ Kf6 53. Rd5
Ke6 54. Rb5 Ra4 55. Rb6+ Kd5 56. Rh6 Rg4+ 57. Kf2 Ra4 58. Rxh5 Ke4 59. Nd2+ Kd3
60. Nf1 Rf4+ 61. Kg2 Ke4 62. Nh2 Ke3 63. Nf1+ Ke4 64. Ng3+ Ke5 65. Rg5 Kf6 66.
Rg8 Rg4 67. Rf8+ Ke6 68. Kf3 Rg5 69. Ne2 Rg4 70. Nf4+ Ke5 71. Re8+ Kd4 72. Ne2+
Kd5 73. Ng3 Rg5 74. Nf1 Kd4 75. Kf4 Rg4+ 76. Kxf5 {Wenn Schwarz sorgfältig
spielt, dürfte Weiß den gegnerischen König nicht einmal an den Rand treiben
können.} Rg2 77. Rd8+ Kc5 78. Ne3 Re2 79. Ke4 Kc6 80. Rh8 Kc5 81. Rh6 Rf2 82.
Rh5+ Kc6 83. Nc4 Rg2 84. Ne5+ Kd6 85. Rh6+ Kc5 86. Rc6+ Kb5 87. Rc1 Re2+ 88.
Kd4 Rd2+ 89. Nd3 Kb6 90. Rc3 Rd1 91. Kd5 Rd2 92. Kd6 Kb5 93. Kc7 Rh2 94. Rc5+
Ka4 95. Rc6 Kb5 96. Rc1 Rh6 97. Ne5 Kb4 98. Nc6+ Kb5 99. Rb1+ Kc5 100. Rc1+ Kb5
101. Na7+ Kb4 102. Nc8 Rh7+ 103. Kc6 Rh6+ 104. Nd6 Rg6 105. Kd5 Rh6 106. Ne4
Kb3 107. Kd4 Rh4 108. Rc8 Kb2 109. Rg8 Kb3 110. Rg1 Kc2 111. Rg3 Kb2 112. Re3
Rh2 113. Kc4 Rc2+ 114. Nc3 Rh2 115. Nb5 Rc2+ 116. Nc3 Rh2 117. Ne2 Kc2 118.
Nd4+ Kb2 119. Rg3 Rh4 120. Rg2+ Kc1 121. Rf2 Kd1 122. Kd3 Ke1 123. Rf3 Rh1 124.
Nc2+ Kd1 125. Re3 Kc1 126. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 a4 {Dieser Zug begeistert mich
nicht. Der Bauer bleibt auf diesem Felde anfällig. Zudem sehe ich die Funktion
des Vorstoßes nicht.} 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bf1 Bh7 16. e3 Re8 17. Rc1
e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Re4 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Red1
Rae8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Be4 26. Be2 Qh3 27. f3 Bg6 28. Bf1 Qf5 29. Kf2 Qd7
$2 (29... Qe6 $14) 30. e4 Rd8 31. Rd1 {Jetzt kann sich Schwarz nicht mehr ohne
größere Konzessionen aus der Fesselung befreien.} Qe7 32. Bc4 Re8 33. exd5 cxd5
34. Bb5 Rd8 35. Re1 Qg5 36. Bxa4 Ra8 37. b5 Qh5 38. h4 (38. Kg2 {war sicherer.}
) 38... Bf5 (38... Qf5 {leistete mehr Widerstand; es droht 39...Dh3.}) 39. Re5
Qg6 40. Rxd5 Qe6 41. Qe5 Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Bd3 43. b6 Rxa4 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. c6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Qb3 (7. Bd3 e6
8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O Bg6 13. b3 Be7 14.
Bb2 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20.
Rd3 Rd7 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. h3 g6 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. a4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. Kf1 bxc4 29. bxc4 h5 30. Ke2 Kh7 31. g3 Kg6 32. h4 Bg7 33.
R3d2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2002/CBM 90 (33).}) 7... Ra7 {
Natürlicher sieht 7...Dc7 aus. Mit diesem Zug gibt es eine berühmte
Vorgängerpartie:} (7... Qc7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bd2 Bd6 (10... Nbd7 11.
Rc1 Qb8 12. f4 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Bd3 $14 {0-1 Kraeussling,A-Wachinger,G/Bad
Neustadt 1992/EXT 99 (43). (43)}) 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Na4 (12. f4 {kommt in
Betracht.}) 12... O-O (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 {ist eine solide Fortsetzung.})
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb6 Qe7 15. Bd3 (15. Bxa6 Ne4 {überläßt dem Schwarzen eine
gefährliche Initiative.}) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. f3 Ne4 18. fxe4 Qh4+ 19.
g3 ({Nach} 19. Kd1 {hat Schwarz wohl nicht mehr als Unentschieden:} Qg4+ 20.
Kc2 Qxe4+ 21. Kd1 Rab8 22. Qxc6 (22. Qxa6 {ist schwächer; Schwarz gewinnt mit}
Ra8 {den Springer auf a4, denn} 23. Qxc6 Qg4+ 24. Ke1 Qxg2 {ist fatal für Weiß.
}) (22. Qa5 {ist jedoch spielbar.}) 22... Qg4+ 23. Ke1 Qxg2 24. Qxd6 Qxh1+ 25.
Ke2 Qf3+ 26. Kd3 Qe4+ 27. Ke2 $11 (27. Kc3 {sieht riskanter aus:} e5 28. b3
exd4+ 29. exd4 Rbe8 {usw.})) 19... Qxe4 20. Ke2 Qg2+ 21. Kd3 Rf2 22. Qa5 Rb8
23. a3 Bc7 24. Qxc7 Rxd2+ 25. Kc3 Rdxb2 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kasparov,G/
Crete 2003/CBM 098/[Huebner,R] (25).}) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 {Dies ist ein neuer
Zug. Gespielt wurde} (9. Bd2 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd7 (
13. f4 {sieht etwas energischer aus.}) 13... Nxd7 (13... Qxd7 14. a4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 $11) 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. e4 $14 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Nakamura, H, Pamplona 2003. Der Unterschied scheint mir nicht
wesentlich zu sein.}) 9... e6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. f4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Nxe5
{Dies ist eine interessante Fortsetzung. Schwarz versucht, den Druck des
Weißen mit einfachsten Mitteln zu neutralisieren: er tauscht, was er kann.} 14.
fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne2 Bg6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 15... Bxe2 16. Bxe2 f5 17. g4 {ist
unbequem für Schwarz.}) 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rac1 {Auf der c-Linie hat der Turm
meines Erachtens nichts zu suchen; Turmverdoppelung auf der f-Linie ist der
plausibelste Plan, eingeleitet durch} (17. Nf4) 17... Nb8 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Qd1
Bg5 20. Qg4 Bh6 21. h4 a5 {Schwarz möchte offenbar die Möglichkeit zu Sc6-e7
haben, ohne durch Ld2-b4 gestört zu werden; aber Sc6-e7 ist ohnehin nicht Teil
des richtigen Verteidigungsplanes.} (21... g5 {wird mit} 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 (23... Kxf8 24. Qxe6 Ne7 25. Bb4 {ist ganz hoffnungslos für Schwarz.
}) 24. hxg5 {widerlegt.}) (21... Ra8 {ist angewiesen; der Vorteil des Weißen
dürfte nicht allzu bedeutend sein.}) 22. h5 Bxf4 $2 {Hiernach dürfte der
Angriff des Weißen entscheidende Kraft gewinnen. Meines Erachtens muß sich
Schwarz seinen Läufer zu nächst unbedingt erhalten.} ({Nach} 22... gxh5 23.
Qxh5 (23. Nxh5 {wird mit} Qg5 {befriedigend pariert.}) 23... Qe8 24. Rf3 (24.
Qg4 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 {führt zu einer für Schwarz befriedigenden Stellung.})
24... Ra8 25. Rcf1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 f5 {behält Schwarz gute Rettungsaussichten.})
23. Rxf4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Qd7 25. Rcf1 Raa8 (25... Qb5 {bringt ebensowenig Rettung:}
26. Rh3 Qd3 27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. Qh5 Re8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rg3 Ke7 31. Qxg7 Nh8 32.
Be1 Kd7 33. Rh3 {, und Schwarz wird nicht mehr lange leben.}) 26. Rh3 Nf5 $6 {
Schwarz beschleunigt sein Ende, aber die Stellung ist ohnehin verloren, zum
Beispiel} (26... b6 27. Qg5 Qd8 ({Auf} 27... Rac8 {folgt} 28. h6 {, und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qh4 {, und Schwarz kann
Figurenverlust nicht mehr vermeiden.}) 27. hxg6 Qe8 28. Rxf5 exf5 29. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 Bg4 (4... b5 5. b3 (5. axb5 cxb5 6. e3 Qb6
7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 b4 9. Qd5 Bb7 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Ne5 Bxb5 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13.
Qxf8+ Kc7 14. Qxg7 Qf6 15. Qg3 Kb7 16. Nd2 {1-0 Acebal,A-Gil Reguera,J/ESP-ch
1989/EXT 89ch}) 5... cxb3 6. axb5 Nf6 7. e3 e6 8. Qxb3 cxb5 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10.
Ne5 Bd6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxd7 Nbxd7 13. Qxa3 Qe7 14. O-O Qxa3 15. Rxa3 a5 16.
Nd2 Ke7 17. Rfa1 Rhb8 18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nd5 20. g3 Rc8 21. Ra7 Rc7 22.
Rxc7 Nxc7 23. Bd3 h6 24. Nc4 Nd5 25. Kf1 N5b6 26. Nxb6 Nxb6 27. Bc2 Kd6 28. Bb3
f6 29. Ke2 Na8 30. Kf3 f5 31. g4 fxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Ke7 33. e4 Nc7 34. Bc4 g6 35.
h4 Ne8 36. e5 Kf7 37. f4 Ng7 38. Bd3 Nh5 39. d5 exd5 40. Bxg6+ Kxg6 41. f5+ {
1-0 Ilic,D-Hein,J/Badenweiler op 1988/GER 04}) (4... e6 5. Qc2 (5. a5 c5 6.
Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Na6 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qd1 Nf6 12. e3 e5
13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Be2 O-O 16. Nbd2 Nce4 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Qb3 Bxc3+ 19.
bxc3 Nc5 {Prihastomo,I-Tu Hoang Thong/Pools 2nd 1997/EXP 58/0-1 (49)}) 5... b5
6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. e4 Be7 10. Nc3 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6
13. Qxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Bd5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. f3 Bxc5 19.
Nxc4 Rac8 20. b3 Qb7 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rad1 h6 23. Rf2 Rb8 24. Rd3 Rd5 25. Rfd2
h5 26. Ne3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Lastin,A-Sotnikov,I/RUS-chJ U20 1996/CBM
54}) (4... Bf5 5. Na3 Qd5 6. e3 Bd3 7. Bxd3 cxd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10.
Nc4 e6 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. b4 O-O 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. Qe2
g5 17. h3 Nb6 18. Nb2 Kg7 19. a5 Nd7 20. Na4 Rh8 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. a6 b6 23. Nxd7
Qxd7 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Nxc6 Ra8 26. b5 h5 27. f3 Nd6 28. e4 Qd7 {1-0 Konopka,
M-Drtina,M/Trnava op 1990/EXT 90op}) 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Nd3 Bg6 {Dies scheint mir zur Zeit unnötig zu sein. Es ist wichtig,
rechtzeitig a7-a5 zu spielen.} 10. g3 Ngf6 11. Bg2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 $2 (12... a5
{scheint mir stärker zu sein. Der Königsläufer steht im allgemeinen auf e7
besser als auf d6.}) 13. a5 Rc8 (13... O-O 14. a6 {ist natürlich ungünstig für
Schwarz.}) (13... a6 14. Bf4 Qc7 (14... Qe7 15. Ne5 {ist noch weniger
erstrebenswert für Schwarz.}) 15. b4 Bxd3 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd3 {überläßt dem
Weißen positionellen Vorteil. Dennoch gefällt mir 13...a6 besser als 13...Tc8,
weil es zumindest den Punkt c6 dauerhaft befestigt.}) 14. Bf4 Qe7 (14... Qc7
15. a6 b6 16. Rc1 {sieht auch nicht angenehm für Schwarz aus.}) 15. Bxd6 $6 (
15. Ne5 {gefällt mir besser.}) 15... Qxd6 16. Nf4 Qb4 17. e4 $2 {Dies scheint
mir strategisch verdächtig zu sein. Weiß wird den Läufer auf g6 doch mit dem
Springer nehmen wollen; der Textzug schwächt nur den Punkt d4 und schließt 
(wenigstens augenblicklich) die Diagonale des Läufers auf g2. Der Bauer gehört
nach e3.} O-O 18. Ra4 Qxb2 (18... Qe7 {führte zu sorgenfreiem Spiel für
Schwarz. Der Textzug ist indessen nicht schlecht.}) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qd3 b5 {
Nur so kann Schwarz seine Dame retten.} 21. Rb1 ({Die Fortsetzung} 21. axb6
Qxb6 {verspricht dem Weißen natürlich keine Gewinnaussichten, war aber im
Ausgleichssinne sicherer.}) 21... Qxb1+ 22. Qxb1 bxa4 23. Nxa4 c5 $6 (23... e5
{lohnte meines Erachtens einen Versuch. Die Stellung erhält einen sehr offenen
Charakter; Schwarz hat gute Aussichten, seine Türme zu aktivieren und
gefährliches Spiel gegen den König des Weißen zu erhalten, zum Beispiel} 24.
dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nc5 Rb8 {usw.}) 24. e5 {Jetzt dringt die Dame des Weißen mit
guter Wirkung in die Stellung des Gegners ein.} Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qb7 Rfd8
27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qc7 cxd4 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30. axb6 Rac8 31. Qe7 Re8 32. Qd7 d3 33.
Kf1 Red8 34. Qe7 Re8 35. Qd7 Red8 36. Qe7 Re8 37. Qd7 Red8 38. Qe7 Re8 39. Qd7
Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3
Bg6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e4 {Der Aufbau des Weißen mutet gekünstelt an;
der Springer auf d2 sorgt für eine unharmonische Figurenaufstellung. Zum
Ausgleich genügt es.} O-O 11. e5 Nfd7 (11... Bxd3 {ist ebenfalls gut genug:}
12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd5 14. Bg5 Bb4 15. Rec1 Re8 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.})
12. Bxg6 hxg6 ({Die Antwort} 12... fxg6 {ist nach strategischen
Gesichtspunkten nicht ohne weiteres von der Hand zu weisen.}) 13. Nf1 Re8 14.
Bg5 Bf8 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Given the central pawn structure, the Black
bishop is the better one. Additionally, an exchange on g5 would afford White
dangerous attacking chances with Nf3-g5 and Qb3-h3.'} 15. Ne3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 c5
17. Ng4 {Es ist nicht nötig, die Beobachtung des Punktes d5 aufzugeben.} ({Nach
} 17. b4 b6 ({Die Folge} 17... b5 18. Qc3 c4 19. d5 {führt zu deutlichem
Vorteil für Weiß.}) 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Red1 Rec8 {dürfte die
Stellung ungefähr ausgeglichen sein.}) 17... b5 18. Qe2 c4 19. Rac1 Nc6 {
McShane: 'Now the queenside majority gives Black a positional advantage,
though Bareev's next move must be a mistake.'} 20. b3 $6 {Es ist unnötig, dem
Schwarzen einen unangenehmen Freibauern auf der c-Linie zu schenken. Nach '?'
McShane.} (20. Ne3 {ist die Stellung des Weißen befriedigend.}) 20... c3 {
'!' McShane.} 21. Qe3 (21. Rxc3 Bb4 {wins the exchange.}) 21... Rac8 22. Rxc3 {
Das Qualitätsopfer bietet die besten Aussichten; Schwarz droht mit Sc6-b4-d5
eine strategische Gewinnstellung zu erreichen. McShane: 'By now Bareev is
forced to burn bridges, as otherwise the pawn would be too strong. But
Morozevich defends extremely calmly.'} Bb4 23. Bf6 $2 {Dieser Angriffsversuch
schlägt nicht durch.} ({Nach} 23. Rc2 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 Nb6 25. Qd2 Nd5 26. Ne3 {
ist der Vorteil des Schwarzen noch nicht entscheidend.}) 23... gxf6 (23... Nxf6
{ist weniger überzeugend:} 24. exf6 Bxc3 25. fxg7 (25. Ng5 {ist unzureichend:}
Bxd4 26. Qh3 gxf6 {, und der Angriff des Weißen kommt zum Stillstand.}) 25...
Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxe1 27. Qh6 f5 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7 30. Nxg6+ Kf7 (30...
Kd6 {führt zum Verlust:} 31. g8=Q Rxg8 32. Qe5+ Kd7 33. Qxe6+ Kd8 34. Nc6+ Qxc6
35. Qe7#) (30... Kd7 31. Nf8+ Rxf8 32. gxf8=N+ (32. gxf8=Q Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf4+
34. Nf3 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Ne1 Qf4+ {ergibt Unentschieden.}) 32... Kd6 (
32... Rxf8 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qxc7+ Kxc7 35. Nxe6+ {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 33. Qh6
Rxf8 34. Qxf8+ Kd5 35. Nf3 {, und Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 31. Ne5+ {mit remis
durch Dauerschach.}) 24. exf6 (24. Qh6 Bf8 {ist offensichtlich unzureichend.})
24... Qd8 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Attacking the f6 pawn prevents Qe3-h6.'} 25.
Qg5 (25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Nxf7 ({Nach} 26. Ng5 {folgt} Nxf6 27. Nhxf7 Qd5 {, und
Schwarz gewinnt.}) 26... Qxf6 (26... Kxf7 {führt zum Verlust:} 27. Ng5+ Kf8 (
27... Kg8 28. f7+ Kg7 29. fxe8=Q Qxe8 30. Nxe6+ Kg8 31. Qh6 Bf8 32. Qf4 {
Weiß steht auf Gewinn.}) 28. Nxe6+ Kg8 (28... Kf7 29. Qh6 {ist nicht besser
für Schwarz.}) 29. f7+ Kxf7 30. Nxd8+ Rcxd8 31. Qf4+ Nf6 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Re3
{, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 27. N7e5 Ndxe5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 {reicht für
Weiß auch nicht aus.}) (25. Qf4 Bxc3 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qd6+ Ne7 {also gets
White nowhere.}) 25... Bxc3 26. Nh4 Bxd4 {McShane: 'Obviously Nh4xg6 must be
dealt with, so the bishop returns to guard the king.'} (26... Bd2 27. f4 (27.
Nh6+ Kf8 28. Qxg6 Qxf6 {mit leichtem Gewinn.}) (27. Qxd2 Nxf6 {, und Schwarz
siegt ohne jede Mühe.}) 27... Bc3 28. Nxg6 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Bxf6 {genügt auch zum
Sieg.}) (26... Bxe1 $2 27. Nxg6 Nxf6 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6 {führt nur zum
Remis.}) 27. Nh6+ (27. Nxg6 {hätte dem Schwarzen mehr Probleme bereitet, ist
aber schließlich auch hoffnungslos:} Bxf6 28. Ne7+ (28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {and Black
wins easily again.}) (28. Nh6+ Kg7) 28... Kf8 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Nxc8 Nd5 31.
Qh6+ Kg8 32. Re4 Nf4 33. h4 Ng6 34. h5 Nge5 35. Na7 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qg4 {usw.})
27... Kf8 (27... Kh7 {ist auch nicht schlecht.}) 28. Qxg6 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf6
30. Qg8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 (7...
Bg4 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa1 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qxb2 12. Qxb2 Nxc6 13. O-O e6
14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Rc4 Ne7 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Rc7 Nc8 19. Nb5 a6 20.
Qd4 Ncb6 21. Na7 e5 22. Qd3 Bc5 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. g3 h5 25. b4 Bf8 26. Qc3 Bd6
27. Rb7 Rh6 $17 {0-1 Rausis,I-Szabolcsi,J/FRA t-ch 2000 (59)}) 8. Bd2 Bb7 9.
Bd3 (9. Ba5 Qc8 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. b4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Re8 15.
Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qb2 Qf4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. h3 Qb8 19. e5 Nh7 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Qe4 $44
{0-1 Karner,C-Haznedaroglu,K/Patras GRE 1999 (40)}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O $2 (
10... Nbd7 11. e5 (11. Nc3 a6 (11... b4 12. Na4 $44) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nb4 $13
) 11... Nd5 12. Bxh7 (12. Ba5 Qc8 13. Bxh7 c5 $132) 12... c5 13. Bd3 a6 $36)
11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 $16 Nd7 14. Nc3 a6 (14... N7b6 15. Bxd5 $5
Nxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Nxb5 $16) 16. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge4c5,Ge4g5]}) 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 g6 (16... Rc8 17. Qd1 $40 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 17. Ba5 Qe8 18. Qd2
Kg7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Bb4 $1 Nb8 21. Rxc8 $1 Bxc8 22. Rc1 Nc6 (22... Bd7 $142
23. h4 Nc6) 23. h4 (23. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 24. Qg5 Nc6 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. h4 $40) 23...
Bd7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf4 Nb4 26. Bb1 Rc8 27. Re1 $1 Rc3 (27... Rh8) 28. h5
gxh5 29. Qg3+ Kf8 (29... Kh8 30. Qh2) 30. Bh7 Ke8 31. Qg7 Nc6 (31... Qf8 $142
32. Qf6 Qe7 33. Qh8+ Qf8 34. Bg8 Rxf3 (34... Kd8 $5) 35. gxf3 Nc6 36. Kh1 $13)
32. Ng5 Nxd4 $2 (32... Qf8 33. Qf6 Qe7 $11) 33. Bg8 (33. Nxf7) 33... Kd8 34.
Bxf7 Kc7 35. Qg8 h4 36. Rd1 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nf4 $2 (37... Rc6 $142) 38. Rd4 Ne2
39. Rxh4 {[%cal Gh4h7]} Rc1 40. Bxe6 $18 Qc5 (40... Qc5 41. Qf7 Rh1+ 42. Kxh1
Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Qxg2+ 46. Kh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 (7...
Bg4 8. Nbd2 (8. Ne5 $6 Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa1 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qxb2 12. Qxb2
Nxc6 13. O-O e6 $17 {0-1 Rausis,I-Szabolcsi,J/France 2000/CBM 90/[Konikowski] 
(59)}) 8... e6 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O a5
14. Rfc1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,D-Dresen,U/GER-ch Hoeckendorf 2004/(24)}) 8. Bd2
a5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... Na6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bxa5 Nb4 12. Bxd8 Nxc2 13. Rxa8 Bxa8
14. Bxf6 Nb4 15. Nc3 gxf6 16. Ra1 Bb7 17. Ra7 Bc8 18. Be2 $16 {Arsovic,
Z-Pajkovic,V/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/ (26)}) (9... h6 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Be7 11.
Nc3 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Nc3 (12. Qe2 Nbd7 $6 13. Nc3 b4 14. Na4 Qc8 15. Nd2 Ba6
16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb7 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Bd3 $44 {1-0 Ivanov,M-Zierke,O/
Berlin 1999/CBM 90/[Konikowski] (50)}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 Nfd7 15.
Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc7 20. Rd6 $44 {
1-0 Manolache,M-Itkis,B/Tusnad ROM 2005/The Week in Chess 552 (22)}) (11. Re1
Bb7 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Qc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Qd1 c5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. Bxb4 cxb4
18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qe2 $11 {0-1 Bischoff,D-Gisbrecht,E/Saarbruecken 2002/CBM 93 
(31)}) 11... b4 12. Na4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Re4 Nd7
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rg4+ Kh8 19. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Richter,M-Gisbrecht,E/Germany 2002/
CBM 88 ext (24)}) 11. Qc1 (11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15.
Be3 Nhf6 16. Ne5 Qc7 (16... Nxe5 $142) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Qd2 $44 {
1-0 Rausis,I-Varga,P/Basel 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Rausis,I-Kiss,P/Bern 1998/}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bc3 (11. Nc3 Na6 (11... b4
12. e5 (12. Na4 h6 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. g3 Qb8 17. Qe2 c5
18. Bf4 Qa8 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. e6 $40 {1-0 Thorfinnsson,
B-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik ISL 2004/(36)}) 12... bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxc3 Nd7
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Rxa5 Bxd4 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Qc5 Nd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Martin Vazquez,J-Escobar Dominguez,D/Seville ESP 2004/(60)}) 12.
Ne2 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. Nf4 g6 15. h4 Nd7 16. e5 Be7 17. Be4 Bxh4 18. g3 $2 (
18. Nxh4 $1 Qxh4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21. Ne2 (21. d5 $5) 21... Qd8 22.
Nc3 Rc8 23. Qf3 Qb6 24. Ne4 O-O 25. Rfd1 $44) (18. Nd3 $5) 18... Be7 19. Kg2
Qb6 20. Nd3 Rc8 $17 {Van der Werf,M-Gurevich,M/Amsterdam NED 2002/ (31)}) 11...
h6 (11... Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. Ra2 c5 14. Rfa1 $14) 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Ra2 O-O
14. Rfa1 b4 15. Bb2 c5 16. Nc4 a4 17. Rxa4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 $5 {
All this was played before with good results for Black.It is not clear why
White choose this line.} (19... Nc5 $1 20. Bxc5 (20. Rxb4 Bc6 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22.
Nfe5 Bxe4 23. Rb5 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Bd4 $15) 20... Bxc5 21. h3 Qc7 $15 {0-1 Ivanov,
M-Lazic,M/Cutro ITA 2005/(29)}) 20. Ncd2 (20. Na5 Bxd4 21. Nxb7 Qb6 22. Nxd4
Qxd4 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxe4 25. Rxb4 Rb8 $17) (20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Na5 Ba8
$15) 20... Bxd4 (20... Qe7 $5 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra7 Rd8 23. Bb5 Nfxe4
$17) 21... Nxf6 22. h3 Rc8 23. Nc4 Nh5 $15) 21. Nxd4 Qb6 22. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (22. N4f3 Nc5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Ncd2 Rd8 25. Bf1 Nfxe4 26. Rxb4 Nxd2 27.
Nxd2 Qd6 $15) 22... Nc5 $2 (22... e5 $1 23. Rxb4 (23. Nf5 Ng4 $19) 23... Qxd4
24. Rxb7 Nc5 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. e5 (26. Rb4 Nxd3 27. Rxd4 Nf4 $17) 26... Nxb7
27. exf6 Nc5 $19) 23. Rxb4 Qa5 24. Bf1 Ncxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (
26... Bd5 $2 27. Qc5 $16) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 $11 Qd2 30. Qe2
Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Rb8 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. f4 Rd2 34. f5 h5 35. h4 Kh7 36. Kh2 g6 37. f6
(37. fxg6+ $11) 37... Rf2 38. f7 Kg7 39. Kg3 Rf6 40. Kh3 Rf4 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 {-D11/(37)} (5...
Bf5 {-D11/07}) (5... Na6) (5... Qa5+ {D11/(37)}) 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e3 $146 (7. Nc3
{-ECO D96/01}) (7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 c5 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 $10 {Hertneck CBM}) 11. O-O (11. dxc5 Nh5 12. Nd4
Nxf4 13. exf4 Rc8 $13 {Hertneck CBM}) 11... Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 Qb6 $2 (
13... Ne4 {Hertneck CBM}) (13... cxd4 14. exd4 {Konikowski, Schulenberg} (14.
Nxd4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 e5)) 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd7 $16 {Bareev,
E-Kamsky,G/Dortmund/1992/}) (7. Nc3 {Hertneck} O-O 8. e4 b5 9. Qb3 Qa5 $13 {
Miles-Kasparov, Basel 1986}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Be6 (8... Bf5 9. Nc3 $5) 9. Qc1
Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Nc3 Nd5 (11... Rc8 $5 12. Qd2 (12. Rd1 Nd5 (12... cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qb6 $15)) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc4 $10) 12. Rd1 Rc8 (12... Nxf4 13. exf4
cxd4 (13... Qa5 {Hertneck} 14. d5 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 $14) 14. Nxd4 $14)
13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 (14... Rxc5 15. Qd2 $14) 15. Bc4 Nd3 $1 (15... e6
16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 $14) 16. Rxd3 Rxc4 17. Qd2 (17. Qd1 Bxf3 $15) 17... e6
18. Be5 Qc8 (18... Qe7 $5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) (18... Rg4 $2 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20.
Rxd8 Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 Rxh2 22. Rxf8+ Kxg7 23. Qd4+ $18) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne1 $1
$10 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Valerenga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 {An appropriate reply to 4.Qb3. Both in
case of transposition to the Catalan Opening (5.g3) and in the normal Queen's
Gambit setup (Bc1-g5, e2-e3 etc.) White's queen is not placed perfectly on b3.}
5. Bg5 h6 {A bit inaccurate here.} (5... Nbd7 {is the simplest course.}) 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 {A popular hybrid of Catalan and Bg5, however, rarely seen in
this particular position.} (7. Nbd2 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Ye2e4,Yg2g3]}) ({and} 7.
Nc3 {are the main continuations.}) 7... dxc4 (7... a5 $5 8. a3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 a4 (
9... g5 {1-0 (43) Werle,J (2529)-Aghayev,M (2424) Castione della Presolana ITA
2018} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 $36) 10. Qc3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O $11
14. e4 $6 dxe4 15. Nxe4 {1-0 (57) Khismatullin,D (2584)-Kornev,A (2544)
Dagomys 2008} e5 $15) (7... Nd7 8. Nbd2 $5 {leads to a position seen in a
number of games when White started with 7.Nbd2:} Qd8 (8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 c5 10.
Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. O-O a6 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nb3 $14
{1-0 (58) Ibragimov,I (2550)-Burmakin,V (2575) Graz 1999}) 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. e4 dxc4 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. a3 $14 {
1/2 (15) Horvath,C (2518)-Duong,T (2434) Budapest 2009}) 12. Nxc4 b6 (12... b5
13. Nce5 Bb7 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Nd3 a5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. e5 $14 {1-0 (60) Horvath,
J (2519)-Erdos,V (2551) Budapest 2007}) 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Nfe5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Nxe5
16. dxe5 c5 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {1/2 (20)
Endzelins,L-Unzicker,W Augsburg 1946}) 8. Qxc4 Nd7 (8... a5 9. a3 Qd8 10. Bg2
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Nc3 $14 {1/2 (101) Markowski,T 
(2611)-Malakhatko,V (2548) Warsaw 2011}) 9. Bh3 $5 {An interesting idea. Black
has prepared ...e6-e5 but White prevents that. However, if Black finds another
plan, this bishop will be misplaced.} g6 (9... g5 $5 {[%cal Yh6h5] looks more
principled. Of course, no conclusions can be made without analysis and
practical tests as the position is complicated.}) 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rfd1 Qe7 {As Black can't play ...e6-e5, he must prepare ...c6-c5.} 13. Ne4 a5 (
13... f5 {is a weakening move but maybe it is appropriate. After} 14. Nc3 Kh7 {
Black can play ...e6-e5 after all and probably equalize.}) 14. Rd2 $5 a4 (14...
f5 15. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 $140 16. dxc5 {[%cal Gd2d8]}) 15. a3 (15. Rc1 $5) 15... Ra5
(15... f5 $5 16. Nc5 (16. Nc3 Nb6) 16... Nxc5 17. dxc5 Ra5 18. Rc1 Kh7 {
[%cal Ye6e5] Black is OK here as White's pieces are tied to his c5 pawn.}) 16.
Qb4 $5 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rb5 (17... Ra8 18. Nc5 $14) 18. Rxa4 Nb6 19. Ra2 Rxb4 20.
Nc5 Nd7 (20... Rd8 $5 21. Nd3 Ra4 {, and Black should equalize. After the text
move his "active" b5 rook gets into trouble.}) 21. Nd3 Rb5 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. e3
Nb8 $6 (23... e5 $1 {was the right decision. Black temporarily sacrifices a
pawn but White can't keep his material advantage:} 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Nfxe5 Bf5
$1 26. Rc3 Be6 27. Ra1 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxb2 $11) 24. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} Na6 25.
Ra4 Bf8 26. Nde5 Nb4 27. Rc1 Rb6 28. Nd2 Nd5 29. Ra2 Nb4 $6 {Nothing was
threatening at the moment so it was better to wait:} (29... g5) 30. Ra7 Be7 $6
(30... Nd5 $142) 31. Rca1 (31. Ndc4 {was already possible:} Ra6 (31... Rb5 32.
Ra8 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Nd5 33. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Bxb5 Nb6 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Bd3 $18) 32. Rxa6 Nxa6 33. Nb6 Nb4 34. Ra1 Nd5 35. Nec4 $16) 31... c5
$2 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical mistake in a poor position - an unsuccessful
attempt to break loose.} ({After} 31... Kg7 32. Ndc4 Rb5 33. Na5 Rb6 {White
has no decisive blow yet.}) 32. Ndc4 $1 Ra6 (32... Rb5 33. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 34.
Ne5+ $18) 33. R1xa6 Nxa6 34. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Ra7a8,Rb6c8,Rf1a6] Black can't
avoid huge material losses.} cxd4 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Bxa6 dxe3 37. Rxb7 Bf6 38.
Nxf7 exf2+ 39. Kxf2 Bg7 40. Bd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Be7 $2 {Erste Ungenauigkeit. Der Läufer gehört in solchen Stellungen nach d6.}
(8... Bd6 $1 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. Rb1 {analog zur Partie} Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. e4
Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Bxh2+ $1 14. Nxh2 Qh4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 $17 {- das beste Beispiel
um zu sehen, wo der schwarzfeldrige Läufer stehen muss.}) 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. Rb1
$146 {Eine neue Idee von P.Tregubov, die jedoch nach 3 Zügen in die alten
Varianten mündet.} (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bg6 13. Bb2 (13. Bxg6
hxg6 14. Bb2 Qc7 $11) 13... Bxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O $11) (10. Bb2 Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O $11) 10... Bg6 11. b4 (11. Bxg6 $5 hxg6
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O $14) 11... Bxd3 {Es ist sinnvoll für
Schwarz, die Läufer so zu tauschen, dass die Bauern am Königsflügel
ungeschadet bleiben. Der Doppelbauer kann sich im langen strategischen Kampf
als eine Schwäche erweisen.} 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. e4 $6 {Das führt zu einer
typischen Stellung, die symbolisch besser für Weiß ist, aber die Remischancen
von Schwarz sind dabei sehr hoch. Logische Fortsetzung der Idee Rb1 scheint
mir der Zug} (13. c5 $5 {denn jetzt ist es nicht so leicht für Schwarz, den
Vorstoß e5 durchzuführen.} Qc7 14. Bb2 Ne8 15. a4 Bf6 16. e4 $1 dxe4 (16... e5
17. exd5 cxd5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxd5 $16) 17. Nxe4 $14) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5
$1 {Sichert sich Schwarz das Feld d5, so hat er wenig zu befürchten.} 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 $2 {Es steckt keine Logik in den beiden letzten Zügen von Schwarz. Man
musste natürlich mit dem Springer schlagen.} (15... Nxf6 16. Ne5 (16. cxb5 $2
cxb5 $15) (16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. a4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rfd8 $11) 16... Qc7 17.
Bf4 Qb7 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. c5 Nd5 20. Bd2 f6 $5 21. Nd3 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. Re2
Qf7 24. Rbe1 Rcd8 25. Qh3 Nc7 $11 {Schwarz steht hinten dicht und es ist nicht
klar, wie Weiß gewinnen will.}) 16. c5 $1 {Stark! Weiß fixiert die Schwäche c6
und will demnächst mittels Qe4-Bf4-a4-Ra1 eine starke Initiative ergreifen.} (
16. cxb5 $2 axb5 (16... cxb5 $5) 17. a3 Nb6 $15) (16. Qe4 Nb6 17. cxb5 (17. c5
Nd5 $11 {Der Springer auf d5 dient als Garant für die Stellung von Schwarz.}))
16... a5 $2 {Schwarz hat den Pfaden verloren.} (16... Qc7 17. Qe4 (17. a4 bxa4
$1 18. Ra1 a5 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxc5 $1 21. Ba3 Nb3 22. Bxf8 Nxa1 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Rxa1 Rb8 25. Qxa4 Rb4 $15) 17... Be7 $1 {man muss den Fehler
wiedergutmachen und den Springer auf d5 postieren} 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Ne5 (19.
Rfd1 Nf6 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. Bg3 a5 $132) 19... Nxe5 (19... Rac8 $5) 20. dxe5 Rfd8
21. Rfd1 Rd5 $11) 17. Qe4 $1 {Jetzt kommen die Schwierigkeiten.} axb4 (17...
Qc7 18. a4 $1 axb4 (18... bxa4 19. b5 cxb5 20. Rxb5 e5 21. c6 Nb8 22. d5 $16) (
18... Rfb8 $2 19. Bf4 $16) (18... e5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. d5 axb4 21. c6 Nc5 22.
Qxb4 $16) 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rxb4 Ra4 21. Rxb5 (21. Rxa4 bxa4 22. Bf4 $14) (21.
Bd2 Rxb4 22. Bxb4 Nb8 $13) 21... Nxc5 22. Qc2 $18) (17... Nb8 18. a4 bxa4 19.
b5 $16) (17... Ra6 18. a4 (18. bxa5 $2 Qxa5 $132) 18... bxa4 19. b5 cxb5 20.
Rxb5 Qa8 21. Qc2 Qd5 22. Qxa4 $14) 18. Qxc6 e5 19. dxe5 (19. d5 Rc8 20. Qxb5
Rxc5 21. Qxb4 Rxd5 $11) (19. Qxb5 e4 $1 (19... exd4 20. Bf4 $1 (20. Rxb4 Ra5
21. Qe2 Nxc5 $15) (20. Qxb4 $4 Rb8 $19) (20. c6 Rb8 21. Qc4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5
23. Rxb4 Bxh2+ $1 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ $17) 20... Rxa2 21. c6 Ra5 22. Qxb4 Ne5 23.
Nxd4 $16) 20. Nd2 Bxd4 21. Nxe4 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Ra5 23. Qxb4 Bxc5 $14) (19. Rxb4
exd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Qxb5 Ra5 21. Qe2 Nxc5 $15) (20. Rxb5 Rxa2 21. Rb7 Ne5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $132) 20... Rxa2 21. Nxb5 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxb4 (21.
Qxb5 Qc7 (21... Rxa2 22. Qxb4 Qc7 23. h3 Rc8 24. Be3 $16) 22. h3 Bc3 $1 $15)
21... Rxa2 22. Be3 (22. Qxb5 Qc7 23. h3 Ra5 $11) 22... Qb8 23. g3 Ra5 24. Rfb1
Rc8 25. Rxb5 (25. Qb6 Bc7 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 $14) 25... Rxb5 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Rxb5
{Dieses Endspiel ist sehr kompliziert. Das Ergebnis hängt davon ab, ob es
Schwarz gelingt, den Bauern mit dem König auf c6 zu blockieren. Wird das der
Fall sein, so wird es Weiß sehr schwer haben, die schwarze Festung zu
durchbrechen.} Kf8 28. Kf1 (28. Kg2 $5 Ke7 29. f4 (29. Kf3 f5 $1 (29... Kd7 30.
Ke4 Bc7 31. Kd5 $18) 30. Ke2 (30. h3 Kd7 31. g4 (31. c6+ Kd6 $11) 31... fxg4+
32. hxg4 Kc6 33. Rb6+ Kd5 $14) 30... Kd7 31. f4 Bc7 (31... Bf6 $2 32. Rb6 (32.
Rb7+ Rc7 33. Rb8 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Kd3 Kc7 36. Kc4 Kc6 37. Bd4 Be7 38. Bxg7
Bxc5 $11) 32... Rc6 33. Kd3 Rxb6 34. cxb6 Kc6 35. Kc4 g6 36. b7 Kxb7 37. Kd5
Kc7 38. Ke6 Bc3 39. Kf7 $18) 32. c6+ (32. Kd3 Kc6 33. Kc4 Re8 $11) 32... Kxc6
33. Rxf5 Re8 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Rf7+ Re7 $14) 29... Bc7 30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Ke4 Kc6
32. Rb3 Re8+ 33. Kf5 Re6 $14 {Überall, wo die Stellungsbewertung "+/=" lautet,
heißt es, dass Schwarz sehr gute Chancen auf Remis hat, der Vorteil von Weiß
ist eher symbolisch zu nennen.}) 28... Ke7 29. Rb6 (29. Ke2 Ke6 $1 (29... Kd7
30. c6+ $1 Kd6 31. c7 $3 f6 (31... Rxc7 32. Rxe5 Kxe5 (32... Rc2+ 33. Kd3 $18)
33. Bf4+ $18) 32. f4 Bc3 33. Bb6 Kc6 34. Rb3 $16) 30. Kd3 (30. Rb6+ Kd5 31. Rb7
Rc7 $11) 30... Kd5 31. c6+ Ke6 32. Rc5 Bd6 33. Rc2 Kd5 $11) 29... Rb8 30. Ke2 (
30. Rxb8 Bxb8 31. Ke2 (31. Bf4 $2 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd5 34. Ke3 Kxc5
35. Ke4 Kd6 $11) (31. c6 Bc7 32. Bc5+ Ke6 $11) 31... Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 33. Kc3 (
33. Bd4 g6 34. Kc3 Bc7 35. Be3 Ba5+ 36. Kb3 Kc6 37. Kc4 Bd8 38. h4 Be7 $11)
33... Be5+ 34. Kb4 Kc6 35. Kc4 g6 36. Bd4 Bc7 37. Bc3 Bd8 38. Be5 Be7 $11)
30... Rxb6 (30... Bc7 $2 31. Rxb8 Bxb8 32. Kd3 Ke6 (32... Kd7 33. Bf4 $1 Ba7 (
33... Bxf4 34. gxf4 Kc6 35. Kc4 $18) 34. Kc4 Kc6 35. Bd6 g6 36. Kb4 h5 37. Kc4
$18) 33. Kc4 Kd7 34. Kb5 $18) 31. cxb6 Kd7 (31... g6 $4 32. b7 Kd7 (32... Bb8
33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. gxf4 $18) 33. Ba7 $18) 32. h4 $2 {Das lässt den Gewinn, falls
es überhaupt einen gibt, aus. Wenn Schwarz g6-f5 spielt und den König nach c6
bringt, entsteht eine Festung, wie in der Partie.} (32. Kd3 $1 Kc6 33. f4 (33.
Bd4 Bxd4 34. Kxd4 Kxb6 35. Kd5 Kc7 $11) (33. Ke4 Bf6 34. f4 Bd8 35. Bd4 Bxb6
36. Bxg7 Bg1 37. h3 Kd7 38. Kf5 Bh2 39. g4 Ke8 40. Bh6 Bg1 41. Kf6 Bd4+ 42. Kg5
Be3 43. Bg7 Bd2 44. Be5 Kf8 45. Kh6 Kg8 $11) (33. Kc4 Bd6 $1 (33... Bf6 34. Kb4
Be7+ 35. Ka5 Kb7 36. Kb5 Bd8 37. Kc5 $1 Bxb6+ 38. Kd6 Bxe3 39. fxe3 $18) 34.
Bd4 g6 35. Kd3 f5 $11) 33... Bf6 34. g4 (34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Kxd4 Kxb6 36. Ke5 Kc6
37. f5 Kd7 38. f6 g6 39. g4 h6 40. Kd5 Kc7 41. h4 Kd7 $11) 34... Bd8 $1 (34...
g6 35. Bd4 Bd8 36. Ke4 $18) 35. Bd4 Bxb6 36. Bxg7 Kd5 $11 {Es scheint, als ob
Schwarz sich überall retten würde.}) 32... Kc6 33. h5 {Weiß hat die Idee von
Schwarz nicht durchschaut und hilft ihm dabei, die Festung aufzubauen.} g6 34.
g4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 $11 {Es entsteht eine nahezu theoretische Remisstellung.
Weiß schafft es nicht, mit dem König durchzukommen, Schwarz muss nur richtig
mit dem Läufer spielen. Die restlichen 30 Züge sind eigentlich ein ziemlich
planloses hin und her Laufen .} 36. Kd3 Bf6 37. Kc4 Be7 (37... Be5 38. Kb4 Bd6+
39. Ka5 Kb7 40. Kb5 Be7 {würde auch noch gehen.}) 38. Bd4 Bd8 39. Kd3 Bg5 40.
Ke2 Bf4 41. Kf3 Bd6 42. Be3 Be5 43. Bf4 Bf6 44. Bc7 Bg5 45. Kg3 Kb7 46. f3 Kc6
47. Bf4 Bf6 48. Be3 Be5+ 49. Kh3 Bf6 50. h6 Kb7 51. Kg3 Be5+ 52. Kh4 Bf6+ 53.
Bg5 Bd4 54. Bd8 Be3 55. Kh5 Bf4 56. Bg5 Bd6 57. Be3 Be7 58. Bd4 Bd8 59. Bf2 Kc6
60. f4 Kb7 61. Bh4 Bxb6 62. Bf6 Kc6 63. Kg5 Kd7 64. Kxf5 Be3 65. Bg5 Ke8 66.
Ke6 Bxf4 67. Bxf4 Kf8 68. Kf6 {Diese Stellung ist bekanntlich absolut Remis,
da der schwarze König nicht aus der Ecke h8-g8 vertrieben werden kann. Daher:}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 {Dieser Zug wird gemacht,
wenn man langen Varianten aus dem Weg gehen möchte und eine Stellung mit
beiderseitigen Chancen anstrebt.} (5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 {ist die
Hauptfortsetzung. Weiß besitzt zwar das Läuferpaar, doch die schwarze Stellung
ist sehr solide und weist keine Schwächen auf. Auch der Läufer c1 hat keine
großartigen Perspektiven in naher Zukunft, so dass man diese Stellung auf
lange Sicht als ausgeglichen einschätzt.}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 ({Wenig verspricht
Weiß} 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 {und die schwarze Stellung ist in Ordnung:} 9. g4
(9. Nd3 Bg6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Be2 dxc4
15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bb3 e5 $11 {Azmaiparashvili - Movsesian (Moscow, 2001). Der
Vorteil des Läuferpaars ist durch die schwarze Überlegenheit im Zentrum und
durch die fixierte Bauernstruktur ausgeglichen.}) 9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5
Ng8 12. c5 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. b4 {Wäre jetzt Weiß am Zug, so hätte er mit 15.
b5 großen strategischen Vorteil erreicht, doch da er dazu nicht kommt, ist die
Stellung ausgeglichen.} Rc8 $11 {Fridman - Krivoshey (Internet blitz 2005)}) ({
Viel zu passiv ist} 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 f5 $11 {Andreikin - Najer (Plovdiv, 2008). und Schwarz
hat keinerlei Schwierigkeiten.}) 7... Bg6 8. Ne5 ({Nicht zur Zugumstellung
führt} 8. Nh4 {weil Schwarz} Be4 {spielen kann.} {Nach} 9. f3 Nfd7 $1 10. fxe4
(10. Ng2 Bg6 11. h4 h6 (11... h5 12. Nf4 hxg4 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15.
fxg4 $14) 12. Nf4 Bh7 13. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 10... Qxh4+ 11. Kd2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6
13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd3 Nd7 $13 {entsteht eine Stellung, die Dank dem schwachen
weißen König unklar ist.}) 8... Nbd7 (8... Nfd7 {Der Unterschied zwischen
diesem und dem Partiezug ist, dass Schwarz mit dem Nehmen auf e5 droht, wonach
Weiß kein Tempo mit dem Angriff auf den Nf6 gewinnt. So kann Weiß nicht mehr 9.
h4 spielen.} 9. Nxg6 (9. h4 $2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 h5 11. g5 Nd7 $15) 9... hxg6 10.
Bd2 (10. Qe2 Na6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Nc7 14. b3 a6 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nc5 $14 {Bacrot - Kasimdzhanov (Mainz, 2007). Der Springer c7 ist
schlecht.}) 10... Nb6 (10... f5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Qd8 13. O-O-O $14 {
Giorgadze - Gurevich (Torrelavega, 2007)}) 11. c5 N6d7 12. b4 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O
14. O-O a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qc7 18. Qa5 Qc8 19. Ra1 $14 {
Sargissian - L'Ami (Katernberg, 2007)}) 9. h4 ({Keine Schwierigkeiten hat
Schwarz nach} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 $11) 9... dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 ({
Öfters gespielt wurde bislang} 11. Bxc4 Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nd5
14. g5 N7b6 15. Bf1 Nxc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Rh3 Ne4 18. Bg2 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Qc3 20.
Qxc3 Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ncd5 $15 {Golod - Kharitonov (Cappelle la Grande, 2007)})
12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 {Ribli - Kuczynski (Erfurt, 2005)} (13. Bxc3 Nd5 $132)
13... Ne4 $132 {Weil der h4-Bauer hängt, hat Schwarz genug Zeit, um gutes
Spiel zu bekommen.}) 11... Nh7 $5 $146 ({Bis jetzt wurde nur} 11... Nd5 {
ausprobiert, was ebenfalls zu interessanten Stellungen führt, die für beide
Seiten gut spielbar sind.} 12. Bxc4 N7b6 (12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Be2 O-O-O
15. Qc2 Kb8 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. a4 e5 $132 {Milov - Najer 
(Baku, 2008)}) 13. Bf1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Rh3 e5 16. Qg4 Be7 17. Bd2 $132 {
Kachiani - Sebag (Gothenburg, 2005)}) 12. Bg2 ({Weiß kann nicht mehr} 12. Bxc4
{spielen, weil er nach} Nxg5 $17 {den Bauer verliert. Das ist die Idee des
Zuges 11....Nh7}) 12... Bb4 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bd2 Nf8 $1 $11 {Der
Springer hat seine Pflicht getan - Schwarz konnte den Mehrbauern erstmal
behalten - jetzt kommt er zurück ins Spiel und öffnet wieder die h-Linie für
den schwarzen Turm. Schwarz hat eine sehr solide Stellung aufgebaut, die kaum
zu knacken ist.} 16. Ne4 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qe7 18. Qb4 Qxb4+ 19. axb4 Kd7 20. b5
Kc7 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd2 Nfd7 23. Ra5 a6 24. Bf1 Rhb8 25. Rh3 Kd6 26. h5 gxh5
27. Rxh5 Ke7 28. Rh7 g6 29. Kd1 Ra7 30. Kc1 Rc7 31. Ne4 Rcb7 32. Nd2 Rc7 33.
Ne4 Rcb7 34. Rxa6 Nd5 35. Bxc4 Rxb2 36. Nd2 R2b6 37. Rxb6 N5xb6 38. Bd3 Nf8 39.
Rh4 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Givataim int"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1998.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grinshpun, Eduard"]
[Black "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Kundin/Alterman"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7.
O-O Be7 $6 {This is an inaccuracy. The bishop's place is not defined yet and
probably it will be on d6 rather than e7, whereas it is clear that the knight
should go to d7. Moreover, Nbd7 removes white's game with Qb3 and forces white
to play b3. It is those inaccuracies that decide the game's final result.} (
7... Nbd7 8. b3 (8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. b4 Rd8 $11) (8. cxd5
exd5 $11) 8... Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O {/\Qe7=}) 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 $8 (
10... a6 $2 11. b4 Nbd7 12. b5 $16) 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ra4 (12. Rxa6 $5 {This sac
is never to be underestimated.} bxa6 13. Ne5 Rfc8 14. Ra1 $44) {[%tqu "En",
"Can you find a strong strategic move?","","","g7g5","A typical move in this
pawn structure. Black drives the active white bishop away and gaines space on
the kingside.",20]} 12... g5 $1 {[%mdl 32] A typical move in this pawn
structure. Black drives the active white bishop away and gaines space on the
kingside.} 13. Be3 Bc2 $6 (13... Nc7 {The most important motive in this pawn
structure is to build a wall by playing a7-a6. After that, black can only be
better.} 14. Rfa1 a6 $15 {Now white's game on the queen side has come to an
end and its stative weaknessess will play a role.}) 14. Nd2 Nd7 $2 {Black
doesn't realize the potential danger of the knight standing on a6.} (14... Nc7
$1 15. Rc1 Bg6 16. b4 a6) 15. Rc1 Bg6 16. Rca1 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ya1a8] Now
it is too late. The soon coming sacrifice on a6 is inevitable.} e5 17. b4 Bf6
18. Nf3 Bc2 $2 {This move only worsens black's position after the sacrifice.
However, there were few other options - black's position is already
strategically lost.} (18... e4 19. Nd2 $16 {/\ b5, Ra6}) 19. Rxa6 $1 bxa6 {
[%tqu "En","Can you find a winning move for white?","","","g2h3","",30]} 20.
Bh3 $1 {Now black's position is falling apart completely.} Be4 $5 (20... Rfd8
21. Rxa6 exd4 22. Bxd4 $18) 21. Bxd7 Bxf3 {[%tqu "En","","","","a1d1","",30]}
22. Rd1 $1 {Removes any counter play and winns the game immediately.} (22. exf3
exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxc6 $16) 22... Be4 (22... exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4
$18) 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. f3 Bc2 25. Rd2 Bb3 (25... exd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4
$18) 26. Bxd5 Rxb4 27. Bxb3 Rxb3 (27... exd4 28. Nd5 dxe3 29. Rd3 $18) 28. d5
$18 e4 29. Nxe4 Bxb2 30. Bd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 f5 33. Nc3 Rc1 34. Rd3
Kf7 35. d6 $138 Ke6 $138 36. Re3+ Kd7 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Na4 Rc4 39. Rxa7 Rf6 40.
Ra8+ Kd7 41. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wijk aan Zee started well for me this year with a win in the very first round.
In a 4.e3-Slav I dusted off an old line leading to an interesting endgame/
queenless middlegame.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 {Not a surprise,
Anton always goes for this bishop move.} 5. Qb3 Qb6 (5... Qc7 6. Ne5 {is known
to be worse for Black as} Bf5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 {
gives White annoying pressure.}) 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. cxd5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nxd5 ({And not
} 8... Bxb1 9. dxc6 $1 Be4 10. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 11. c7 $1 {with a glorious
promotion to queen on the next move.}) 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 {This endgame used
to be considered uninspiring but perhaps that verdict is up for reappraisal.}
Na6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ke2 Be7 ({An important point to make is that} 12... Nab4 {
is met with} 13. Ne1 $1 {with the idea that} c5 14. e4 Nc7 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. f4
$1 {followed by Nf3, Nbd2, Kd3 is clearly better for White. If not for 13...c5,
Black will have a hard time freeing his position.}) ({A few days after my game,
Esipenko-Basso, Gibraltar 2020 continued} 12... Ndb4 13. Nxb4 (13. Ne1 c5 $1)
13... Nxb4 ({it is desireable to exchange bishops with} 13... Bxb4 $2 {but it
has a tactical flaw in} 14. Rxa6 $1 Bxd2 15. Ra4 b5 16. Ra6 {and Black has to
start shedding pawns.}) 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc4 f6 16. g4 Be7 17. h4 {and White had
a serious advantage, and indeed went on to win.}) 13. Na3 O-O ({Here} 13...
Nab4 14. e4 $1 {is something to avoid for Black, as} Nxd3 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Bxb4
Bxb4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 {is very pretty for White.}) 14. Nc4 c5 {The desire
to free his position is understandable but here this move is not possible.
Both knight jumps to b4 are met with Nc5 and so Black maybe just had to sit
and wait, meaning the position is already quite unpleasant.} 15. Rxa6 {For the
exchange White will get a pawn and total domination. An easy decision to make!}
bxa6 16. dxc5 Rfc8 17. b4 f6 18. e4 Nc7 19. Bc3 Nb5 20. Ra1 Rc6 21. e5 {
Securing the d6-square.} Bd8 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. f4 (23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Ke3 {
was an alternative way that the computer prefers, but it's hard to give up the
d6-knight!}) 23... h5 24. g3 Nc7 25. Ke3 f5 26. Bd2 Kf8 27. Kd4 g6 28. Ne1 $5 {
The knight gets rerouted to d4!} Nb5+ 29. Nxb5 axb5 (29... Rxb5 30. Nc2 {
followed by Kc4 and Nd4 also causes a collapse.}) 30. Rxa7 Rcc8 31. Nc2 Ra8 32.
Rd7 Be7 33. Ke3 Ke8 34. Rd6 ({Impossible to resist, but probably also best.
During an evening walk with Lucas van Foreest we discovered that} 34. Rb7 Rcb8
35. Rc7 Ra6 36. Nd4 (36. c6 $1 Bd8 37. Rg7 Rxc6 38. Nd4 {may still be winning.}
) 36... Kd8 37. Rc6 Rxc6 $1 38. Nxc6+ Kd7 $1 39. Nxb8+ Kc7 40. Na6+ Kb7 $1 {
actually leads to a very pretty draw.}) 34... Bxd6 35. exd6 {Black's rooks are
no match for White's light pieces and passed pawns.} Kd7 36. Nd4 (36. Na3 Kc6
37. Kd4 {was proposed to me after the game by Yasser Seirawan as a cleaner
solution but in fact} g5 $1 38. fxg5 e5+ $1 39. Kxe5 Re8+ 40. Kxf5 Rf8+ 41. Kg6
Rf2 {gives Black serious counterchances.}) 36... Ra2 (36... Rcb8 37. Nf3 Kc6
38. Kd4 {followed by Ne5+ is crushing.}) 37. Bc3 Ra1 38. Nxb5 ({Now} 38. Nf3
Rd1 39. Ne5+ Ke8 {still gives Black some fighting chances, so I decided to
snatch another pawn.}) 38... Rh1 39. h4 ({Lazy, but fine nonetheless. I saw} 
39. Nd4 Rxh2 40. Nf3 Rh3 {and with little time on the clock assessed it as an
avoidable complication. In fact} 41. Ne5+ Kd8 42. b5 $1 Rxg3+ (42... Rxc5 43.
Ba5+ $1) 43. Kd4 Rxc3 44. bxc3 h4 45. c6 {just wins.}) 39... Rg1 40. Kf2 Rd1
41. Nd4 Ra8 ({At first it looks like} 41... Rxd4 42. Bxd4 Kc6 43. Ke3 Rb8 {
gives Black some chances to set up a fortress. In reality} 44. Bc3 Kd5 45. Kd3
Rb7 46. Bf6 $1 {places Black in zugzwang. Following} Rd7 47. Kc3 Rb7 48. Bd8 {
the blockade is broken.}) 42. Ke2 Rg1 43. b5 {The finishing touch. The pawns
start rolling!} Rxg3 44. Bb4 Rg2+ 45. Kd3 Rxb2 46. c6+ Kc8 47. Nxe6 {Black
resigned, the pawns are unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hopman, Pieter"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5
9. Nf3 h6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. c5 Qc7 14. Ne5 Bh7 15. Bd2
Nbd7 16. Be2 Rg7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qa4 e5 19. b4 f6 20. O-O-O b6 21. Kb2 bxc5
22. bxc5 a5 23. Ka1 Rb8 24. Qa3 Bc2 25. Rc1 Rh7 26. Rhf1 Bg6 27. Na4 Rh4 28.
Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 e4 30. Qe2 Bg7 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 $6 (32... Nxb8 33.
Rb1 Bf8 $14) 33. Rb1 Qc7 $2 (33... Qa7 34. f3 f5 $16) 34. Qa6 $18 Kg6 35. Bxa5
Qh2 36. Qxc6 Nf8 37. Qxd5 Rxg4 38. c6 Rg1 39. Nc3 Rxb1+ 40. Nxb1 Qxf2 41. c7
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nfxd2 cxb3 9. axb5 b2 10. Ra2 Ne7 11. Rxb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Nde4 Nd7 14. Bd3
cxb5 15. Rxb5 Bc6 16. Rb3 Nd5 17. O-O a5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ra3 Qh4 20. f3 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Ra7 22. Bc6 Nb6 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. Be4 Rbc8 26. g3 Qh3 27.
Raa1 Nc4 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rd1 Nd6 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qd3 Rc3 33. Qe2
a4 34. Ra2 a3 35. Re1 Rb8 36. d5 exd5 37. Qd2 Rcb3 38. Qxd5 Rxe3 39. Rf1 h6 40.
Qd6 Reb3 41. Rc2 $2 (41. Rc1 f4 42. Rg2 $19) {[%tqu "En","","","","a3a2","",10]
} 41... a2 $1 $19 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Rae1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. g4 e4 14. Qg2 b5 15.
Bb3 b4 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 Rc8 19. Rc1 $6 (19. g5 Nd5 20. f3 $18
) 19... h6 20. Rc2 a5 21. Rfc1 c5 22. Qf4 Rcd8 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Nh7 25.
Re5 Qh4 26. Rh5 Qe7 27. Re5 Qh4 28. Qxe4 Ng5 29. Qg2 Rfe8 30. Rxa5 Nxh3+ 31.
Kf1 Ng5 32. Bxb4 Rc8 33. Bc3 Ne4 34. Ra7 Re7 {[%tqu "En","","","","b3f7","",10]
} 35. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Bg6 Nxc3 38. bxc3 Qe6 39. Bf5 Qa6+ 40. Kg1
Rxc3 41. Qd5 Qc4 42. Qa8+ Qg8 43. Qa6 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. a4 Qe8 46. a5 Ra2
47. Kg3 Qb8+ 48. Kf3 Qe8 49. e4 h5 50. g5 h4 51. g6 h3 $6 (51... Qd8 52. Qb6
Qxb6 $18) 52. Qd6 Rxa5 53. Kg3 Rb5 54. Kxh3 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Qb8 56. Qe7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. g4 Nb4 11. Ke2 g5 12. gxh5 gxh4 13. Bg2 Nxh5 14. Ra4 Na6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxa6 Kb7 19. Ra5 f5 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Rha1 Ka8 22. Na4 Rb7 23. Ra6 Rxb3 24. Nb6+ Kb8 25. Nd7+ Kc7 26. Rxa7+ Rb7 {
[%tqu "En","","","","g5d8","",10]} 27. Bd8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {In lines like 4...Bf5 and 4...Bg4 White
obtains the pair of bishops usually, therefore the game move is sensible.} 5.
Bd2 {Stopping Black from playing b7-b5 just now.} ({The main line is} 5. Nc3 b5
{which forces White to show his plans in the centre.}) 5... e6 (5... b5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5][%cal Rb5b4,Gd2b4]}) 6. a4 $6 {Black can play
c6-c5 after the much more useful move 6.Nc3...} c5 $1 7. cxd5 exd5 {In an
isolani setup a move like a6 is expedient. Moves like a4 and Bd2 are not!} 8.
Bc3 {The only way to justify the move Bd2 now.} Nc6 9. Be2 Be6 (9... Ne4 $5)
10. a5 $6 {[%csl Ra5] Weakening his aP and neglecting development.} Ne4 $1 $15
11. O-O Be7 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Bd4 Nxc5 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Nd2 $6 {Another strange
move...} Bd6 16. Qb1 Re8 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Ndxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Bf5
21. Ra4 $2 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ga4e4,Gb1e4] Suddenly a few white pieces are attacking
e4, but if Black keeps cool...} Qg5 $2 {A fatal mistake in a winning position.}
(21... Qd7 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Rb1,Rg1,Rh2][%cal Gd7f5,Ge4e3,Yc8c3,Yd7a4,Yf5b1]
^^}) 22. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bxe4 $6 (24... Rxe4 $1 $11) 25. Bf3
f5 (25... Bxb1 26. Rxh4 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bf5 $16 {[%csl Yd5,Yf3][%cal Yf3b7,Yd5d6]})
26. d6 $1 $16 Rcd8 27. Qa2+ {After an "uncommon" opening White took his chance
and played like a machine...} Kh8 28. d7 Re7 29. Rad4 Qf6 $6 (29... Qg5 30. Qb3
h6 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qxb7 $6 e3 $1 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ $132) 30. Qb3 $18 {[%csl Rb7,
Yd7]} h6 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qxb7 e3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Qb6 $1 Qe7 35. Qxa6 Re2
36. Qd3 Rxb2 37. Re4 Qc5+ 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Rbb8 40. a6 Kh7 41. Rc3 Ra8
42. Rc7 Kg6 43. a7 Kf6 44. Re1 Kf7 45. Rb7 h5 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Franco Alonso, Alejandro"]
[Black "Van Dongen, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 (4... e6) (4... Bf5) 5. Qb3 {1h30} (5.
h3) (5. Nc3) 5... Qb6 {1h31} (5... Qc7 $5 {Peut-être meilleur car après avoir
joué e3, les blancs n'ont plus le thème tactique Bf4 pour répondre а Qc7} 6.
Ne5 $14 {[%cal Ge5g4]}) (5... Bxf3 6. gxf3) 6. Nc3 $5 (6. Ne5 {Plus courant
mais les noirs ont des bons résultats après Bf5} Bf5 $11 {Milov,V (2676)
-Predojevic,B (2609) World op 35th 2007 (9) 1/2}) 6... e6 (6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 {
[%cal Gh1g1]} e6 8. e4 $1 Nbd7 {Bu Xiangzhi (2714)-Sebag,M (2533) Cap d'Agde
CCAS Gp-A rapid 2008 (7) 1-0} (8... Qxb3 $5)) 7. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh2h3] La
dernière mode qui a notamment été popularisé par le chinois WANG YUE et cette
idée de TOPALOV qui date seulement de septembre 2008 a connu un succès
foudroyant chez les GMI, CARLSEN étant le dernier a avoir adopté cette ligne} (
7. c5 $143 Qc7 $11) 7... Be7 {1h28 Les noirs sont bien préparés et ils jouent
rapidement le début.} (7... Bh5 8. h3 Be7 (8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 $5 Ng8
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 (12. Bg2) 12... Ne7 13. Bd2 $146 (13. c5) 13... Nf5 14.
cxd5 $1 cxd5 (14... exd5) 15. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Gc7] c'est l'intérêt d'avoir
retardé Bg2, car le Bf1 protège le Nb5} Bd6 {[%csl Gc7]} 16. Qa4 $14 {[%cal
Ga4a7,Gb5a7,Ga4e8];Carlsen,M (2776)-Movsesian,S (2751) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2009
(3) 1/2} (16. Nxd6+ $143 Nxd6 {[%cal Gd6c4,Gd6e4]})) 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2][%cal Ge3e4];Wang Yue (2739)-Aronian,L (2750)
Linares 26th 2009 (5) 1/2}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 $1 {Le thème de la variante pour
gagner la paire de B} Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {1h28} 11. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]} (
11. Rg1 $5 $146 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Ke2 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Bg2
exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. b3 a5 21. g5 Nh5 22. c5 Nd7
23. Ne4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf4 25. Nd6 Reb8 {Topalov,V (2796)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice
2009/Mega2009 Update 12/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11... Na6 $5 $146 {[%csl Gb4][%cal
Ga6b4,Ga6c7] Une nouveauté intéressante car la partie CARLSEN-MOVSESSIAN jouée
en janvier 2009 avait montré que la case c7 pouvait devenir faible pour les
noirs après cd5 et Nb5.  1h19 La nouveauté a peut-être été trouvée sur
l'échiquier ou les noirs voulaient vérifier les analyses en "situation réelle"
car ils ont dépensé 10 mns sur ce coup.} ({RR} 11... g5 {[%csl Gh4]} 12. c5 ({
RR} 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O a5 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. c5 Nc8 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
dxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 b6 21. Rd3 Kf7 22. Rf1 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rd8
24. Bd6 Ke8 25. Rfd1 f5 26. gxf5 exf5 {Tomashevsky,E (2664)-Zhou Jianchao 
(2612)/Moscow 2009/CBM 129/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nc7
15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Be3 a6 18. Ke2 Rh7 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. Raf1 Rdh8 21.
Kd3 Bd8 22. Be1 Kd7 23. b4 Kc8 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Be1 Kc8 26. Bd2 {Wang Yue (2739)
-Aronian,L (2750)/Linares 2009/CBM 129/1/2-1/2}) ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 O-O-O
13. O-O-O Kb8 14. Kb1 Ka8 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rhd1 Rhd8 17. Qa4 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Bxb4
19. a3 Bd6 20. Ne2 e5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Ba5 b6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bc3 Bc7 25.
Nf4 Kb8 26. Bxd5 {Zhao Xue (2518)-Dolzhikova,K (2351)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126
Extra/1-0 (38)}) (11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 (12. g5 Ng8 13. e4 $14)) 12. Bd2 {Un coup
modeste mais thématique dans ce genre de position et les blancs gardent
l'option du ooo} Nb4 $6 {45 mns joué après une longue réflexion mais mais le N
n'est pas forcément bien placé} (12... dxc4 $142 $5 {[%csl Rb2]} 13. Qxc4 O-O-O
14. O-O g5 $1 $132 {[%csl Gf4,Gh4]}) (12... g5 $5 {[%csl Gf4,Gh4]} 13. O-O dxc4
$1 (13... Qxb3 $143 14. axb3 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4]} 15. Ra4 a6 16. e4 $1 {[%cal
Gd2g5]}) 14. Qxc4 Nc7 (14... O-O-O 15. Rfc1 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7d5]} 16. Na4 Qa6 17.
Qc2 Ncd5) (14... Nd5 15. Rfc1 Nac7 (15... Qxb2 $5 16. Ne4 Nb6 (16... f5 $2 17.
gxf5 exf5 18. Rab1)) (15... Nxc3 $6 16. bxc3 $14 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 16. Na4 Qb5)
15. Na4 Qb5 (15... Qa6) 16. Qxb5 Nxb5 17. Rfc1 O-O-O 18. Nc5 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]})
13. O-O (13. a3 $4 Nd3+) 13... Na6 {40mns Le signe que les noirs n'étaient pas
satisfaits par le coup précédent.} (13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 O-O-O 15. Rfc1 Nbd5 16.
Rab1 g5 17. b4 $40 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb4b5,Gc4c8]}) 14. Rfc1 {[%cal Gb3d1]
Logique mais les blancs vont ensuite changer de plan et la Rfc1 ne sera pas
forcément trés bien placée.} (14. g5 $5 Nd7 15. c5 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 $1
Qxb3 17. axb3 dxe4 18. Rfe1 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c2,Gc2a1,Gc2e1]} 19. Bxe4 $13) (15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e4 $1 {[%csl Gd2,Gg2]} dxe4 18. Rfe1 O-O-O 19. Rxe4
Bd6 20. Rae1 $14)) 14... O-O (14... g5 $142) 15. Qd1 {40mns} Qd8 $6 {22mns Le
retard des noirs devenait préoccupant} 16. Qe2 (16. cxd5) (16. g5 Nd7 17. f4
Nb6) (16. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Nc7 17. c5 (17. b4) 17... e5 $1 18. b4 exd4 (18...
a5) 19. exd4 Re8 20. Be3) 16... Nc7 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. g5 Nh7 $6 {20mns} (18...
Nh5) 19. f4 f5 20. h4 $16 Kf7 21. h5 $36 Rh8 22. hxg6+ Kxg6 23. Kf2 {[%cal
Gd1h1]} Kf7 24. Rh1 Rag8 25. Rh3 g6 $2 {[%csl Rf6,Rh7,Rh8]} 26. Rah1 $40 Kg7
27. c5 (27. Rh6) 27... Nf8 28. Qf3 Qe8 29. Rh6 Rxh6 30. Rxh6 Rh8 {8} 31. Qh3
Rxh6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Ne2 b6 34. b4 b5 35. Nc1 Qf7 36. Nb3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Gb3a5]} Nd7 37. Na5 $36 Nb8 38. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 a6 5. Bd3 (5. Qc2 e6 6. Nc3 c5 $5 7. cxd5
exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12.
O-O Bg4 {Gustafsson,J (2646)-Handke,F (2494) Bundesliga 1011 2010 (3.6) 1/2} (
12... Nc6 $1 $132 {[%cal Gf8e8,Gd5d4,Gc8e6]})) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Be6
12. Qd2 h6 {Koneru,H (2593)-Stefanova,A (2551) EU-Cup (Women) 15th 2010 (7.1)
1/2})) 5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e6 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. O-O (10. h3 Bh5
11. O-O (11. g4)) 10... O-O {86} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 {87} 14.
f4 (14. e4 $5 {Semble plus logique pour profiter de la position du Ng5}) (14.
Rad1) 14... c5 $1 {70 Fin de la préparation des Noirs} 15. Ndf3 cxd4 16. Bxd4
Qc7 $146 {66} ({RR} 16... Rc8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qxg6 Re8 20. Nh7
Be7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. g4 Nf8 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. g5 Qe8 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Qg6 Ne8
27. Rad1 Qf5 28. Qb6 Nd6 29. Be5 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Nf7 31. Qxb7 {Gemy Vargas,J 
(2301)-Candela Perez,J (2399)/Madrid 2011/0-1 (34)}) 17. Qf2 (17. Rac1 Ba3)
17... dxc4 {33} 18. Qh4 $6 {Prématuré} (18. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 18... Bc5 $1 {
[%csl Re3]} 19. Rac1 Bxd4 $1 20. exd4 b5 (20... c3 $36 {[%csl Gc3]}) 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Ne5 c3 23. Kh2 Nb6 24. Ng4 Nbd5 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rf3 c2 {[%csl Gc2]
Le coup douteux 18. Qh4 a laisse du temps aux Noirs pour prendre l'initiative
а l'aile-roi et même si le P"c2" risque de tomber rapidement, il sert de
diversion et les Noirs vont pouvoir terminer le développement.} 27. Rf2 Rac8
$17 28. Qg3 Qd6 29. Rfxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Qxd4 31. Qf2 Qa4 32. Rc7 Ne4 33. Qc2
Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Nxg5 35. fxg5 {[%csl Ge6]} Rd8 36. Rc6 Rd5 $1 37. Rxa6 (37. h4
Ra5) 37... Rxg5 $15 {[%csl Ra6] La finale est un peu meilleure pour les Noirs
car la R Blanche est mal placée devant le P} 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. a4 Rd5 40. h4 $2
g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gh7g6] Les Noirs se débarassent d'une faiblesse tout en
donnant l'accès а la case "g6" pour le K} 41. hxg5 Rxg5 42. a5 Kg6 43. a6 Ra5
$1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gg6f6,Ge6e5]} 44. a7 Ra3 {[%csl Rh2]} 45. Kg1 Kf6 $19 {
La position est techniquement gagnée pour les Noirs} 46. Kf2 g6 47. Ke2 Kf5 48.
Kd2 Kf4 $1 49. Kc2 e5 50. Kb2 Ra6 51. Kb3 e4 52. Kb4 e3 53. Kb5 Ra1 54. Kb6 Kg3
55. Re8 Kf2 56. Re4 e2 57. Rf4+ Kxg2 58. Re4 Kf2 59. Rf4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 {Une suite solide mais pas trés ambitieuse
} Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Qb3 $1 Qc7 (6... Qb6 $2 {Le piège de la variante} 7. Qh3 $1
{[%cal Gh3c8,Gh3h8]} Nbd7 8. Nxg6 $16) 7. Nxg6 (7. Qh3 {[%cal Gh4g6,Gh3h8]} Bh5
$5) 7... hxg6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2] Avec la paire de B et le
centre, les Blancs gardent un léger avantage d'ouverture} Be7 ({RR} 9... Nbd7
10. O-O Rd8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Rxd4 15. Be3 Bc5 16.
Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. Qa4 a5 19. a3 O-O 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Be7 22. Rb1
Nd7 23. b5 Nb6 24. Qc2 {Stella,A (2346)-D'Amore,C (2489)/Sarre 2009/CBM 133
Extra/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 10. O-O O-O (10... Nbd7 {Cua,S (2143)-Johansson,V (2179)
WMSG Rapid Team 1st (Women) 2008 (7) 1-0}) 11. Qc2 (11. e4 $5 $14) 11... Rd8
12. cxd5 $1 exd5 13. Nb3 (13. e4 $5 {Tentant pour essayer de profiter de
l'avance de développement.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxd4 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd1 $32 {[%csl Rd8,Rg8]} Qxa2 19. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5a2,Gc2g6]
Spectaculaire mais les Blancs n'ont probablement pas plus que la nulle} cxd5 (
19... Qa5 20. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 21. Qb3+) 20. Qc8+ Kh7 21. Qxb7 (21. Qh3+ Kg8 22.
Qc8+) 21... Nc6 22. Qxa8 Qb3 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Re8 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qf3+) 13... Nbd7
14. f3 Nf8 15. Be3 (15. e4 $6 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ne6 17. Qf2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5)
15... Re8 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bf2 Qe7 $36 {[%csl Re2]} 18. Rae1 Bb4 19. Nd2 Rad8
20. a3 Ba5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Nb3 Ne6 23. Qc3 Bc7 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Ng5 26. Nd2
Bb6 27. e5 Nd5 28. Qb2 Qd7 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Bg1 a6 31. a4 Ne6 32. Rd1 Re7 33.
Qb3 Qe8 34. Na3 Red7 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Ne7 37. b6 Bb8 38. Nc4 Nf5 39. d5
cxd5 40. Na5 Ne7 41. Rfe1 Nc6 42. Nxc6 bxc6 43. Rc1 Rb7 44. Qa4 Rc8 45. Rc2 Qd7
46. Rd1 Bxe5 47. Bxd5 Nd8 48. Bf3 Qe7 49. Qa6 Rcb8 50. Kg2 Kh7 51. Re2 f6 52.
Rd4 Qf7 53. Rh4+ Kg8 54. Qd3 Ne6 55. Qa6 c5 56. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 57. Qxb7 Rxb7 58.
Rc4 Rxb6 59. Bxc5 Rc6 60. Rec2 Rxc5 61. Rxc5 Nxc5 62. Rxc5 Kh7 63. Kf3 Bb2 64.
Rb5 Bc3 65. Ke4 Ba1 66. g4 Bc3 67. Kd5 Ba1 68. Ke6 Bc3 69. Kf7 Kh6 70. g5+ fxg5
71. Rb3 Be1 72. Rb6 Bc3 73. Rxg6+ Kh5 74. Rc6 Be5 75. Rc2 Kg4 76. Rg2+ Kh3 77.
Rxg5 {La saisie de la FFE s'arrête içi mais en fait, la partie a continué
jusqu'au 101ème coup} Bxh2 78. Kg6 Bf4 79. Ra5 Kg4 80. Kxg7 Kf3 81. Kf6 Kg2 82.
Kf5 Bc7 83. Ra2+ Kf3 84. Ra3+ Kg2 85. Kg4 $1 {[%csl Rg2,Gg4] La finale reste
difficile а gagner mais le K noir est assez mal placé près du bord et les
Noirs ne peuvent plus jouer Bg3} Bd6 86. Ra2+ Kg1 {Les Blancs ont progressé en
contraignant le K noir а descendre en première rangée} 87. Kf3 $1 {[%csl Gf3,
Rg1]} Bc7 88. Rg2+ $1 {Limite davantage la mobilité du K noir qui ne peut
venir en f1} Kh1 89. Rg7 {Après avoir bloqué, le K noir а la bande, il faut
maintenant passer а la seconde phase du plan de gain en essayant de mettre le
B en zugzwang.} Bd6 90. Kf2 Bc5+ 91. Kg3 Bd6+ 92. Kh3 (92. Kf3) 92... Bc5 93.
Rc7 Bd4 94. Rc2 Ba7 95. Rh2+ Kg1 96. Ra2 Bc5 97. Rc2 Ba7 98. Rg2+ Kh1 (98...
Kf1 99. Kg3) 99. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2a1,Ga2a7]} Bc5 100. Ra1+ Bg1 101. Kg3 {[%mdl
4096]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 (8... Bd6 {is an important alternative. The bishop will get on to the
h2-b8 diagonal anyway, but after some loss of time.}) 9. Bd2 {White would play
this sooner or later anyway, so that the last move cannot be considered a real
concession.} O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O {White's position does not look too
threatening, but his long term advantage is not easy to question. In order to
get some counterplay, Black will have to open the centre at some point (either
...e5 or, more likely, ...dxc4 followed by ...e5). This will increase the
force of the bishop pair and make White hope for gradual simplification of the
position.} Re8 12. Qd1 $5 {A typical manoeuvre, removing the queen from f3 in
order to reduce the impact of the thematic ...e6-e5.} Bc7 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bf1 e5 17. Be1 $146 ({After the previously played} 17.
dxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 {, Black's counterattack developed more effectively than in
the present game:} h5 19. h4 ({Maintaining the structural flexibility with} 19.
Bg2 {is not effective now because of} h4 20. g4 Nc4 $11 21. Be1 $2 Qh2+ 22. Kf1
Rxe3 $1) 19... g5 20. hxg5 Qxg5 21. e4 Qg4 $132 {1/2 Navara,D (2708)-Le Quang,
L (2664)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (58)}) 17... Rad8 (17... e4 $5 {seriously
comes into consideration. Since the blockade on d5 is impossible to prevent,
White should hurry with his minority attack. A possible continuation is} 18. b4
a6 19. a4 h5 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 {White may be
just microscopically better.}) 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. g3 h5 20. Bg2 $1 {With the
bishop safely retreated to e1, it is possible to ignore the threat ...h4.} h4
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 {It appears that the check on h2 only misplaces the queen.
} Nbd5 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Qf5 {Logically playing for simplifications.} Qh2+ (24...
Qxf5 25. gxf5 $14) 25. Kf1 Re6 $6 ({Black should have prepared the queen's
return to the centre with} 25... g6 $1 {After} 26. Qf3 Qe5 {it would not be
easy for White to find a way of exchanging queens and starting the technical
phase of converting the advantage of two bishops.}) 26. g5 $36 {White takes
over the initiative and will win the h4-pawn soon.} g6 27. Qf3 Nxc3 28. Bxc3
Nd5 29. Bd4 Be5 30. Qg4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qe5 32. Qxh4 Qf5 33. Be4 Qe5 34. Kg2 Re8
35. Qg3 Qe6 36. Bf3 Ne7 37. Re4 Qf5 38. h4 Qc5 39. Qc7 Kf8 40. Qxb7 Qd6 41.
Qxa7 Rc8 42. Qd4 Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Nf5 44. Rc4 Rb8 45. b4 Ra8 46. Bxc6 Rxa3 47. Kf3
Rb3 48. Be4 Nd6 49. Rd4 Ke7 50. Bd3 Rb2 51. Kg3 Rb3 52. Kg4 Rb2 53. f4 Rg2+ 54.
Kf3 Rh2 55. Kg3 Rb2 56. e4 Rb3 57. Kg4 Ne8 58. f5 Nc7 59. h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 f6
61. Kg6 fxg5 62. f6+ Ke8 63. Bc4 Rf3 64. b5 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. e4 Bf4 15.
Ndf3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qe2 b4 18. g3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. a3
bxa3 22. Bxa3 Rfc8 23. Bb4 e5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 Ned7 27. Bd6
Re8 28. Rc1 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxc6 Ne5 31. Rb6 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nd4 33. b4 Kh7
34. Bc5 Ne6 35. Rxb5 Re5 36. Ra5 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 {Several favourable factors
make White's win quite linear. The passed pawn is on the optimal file and it
will be defended laterally after reaching the fifth rank. Black's structure is
not too flexible and makes a further king side counterplay rather problematic.
Finally, the black king is on the worse possible square (it would be optimally
placed on e6, in order to interfere with White's plan of centralising his own
king). Mehrere Faktoren gestalten den weißen Gewinn ziemlich linear. Der
Freibauer befindet sich auf der optimalen Linie und wird, nachdem er die
fünfte Reihe erreicht hat, seitlich verteidigt. Die schwarze Struktur ist
nicht besonders flexibel, was ein weiteres Gegenspiel am Königsflügel recht
problematisch macht. Schließlich steht der schwarze König auf dem denkbar
schlechtesten Feld (optimal platziert wäre er auf e6, um Weiß daran zu hindern,
seinen eigenen König zu zentralisieren).} Re1 ({It is suggestive that,
although Black could have played better in several moments, he could have
hardly changed the evaluation of the position. For instance, here he could
have won a tempo with Es scheint, dass Schwarz, obwohl an mehreren Stellen
Verbesserungen möglich waren, die Stellungsbewertung kaum hätte ändern können.
Hier zum Beispiel hätte er ein Tempo gewinnen können mit} 37... Re2 38. b5 Rb2
39. Kf3 f6 40. Ke3 g5 {but after , doch nach} 41. Kd4 {he would have lost
anyway: hätte er trotzdem verloren:} Rxf2 42. Kd5 Rf3 43. b6 Rxg3 44. b7 Rd3+
45. Kc6 Rd8 46. Rb5 Kg6 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxb8 Kf5 49. Kd5 Kf4 50. Rg8 Kg3 51.
Rxg7 Kxh3 52. Ke4 g4 53. Kf4 $18) 38. b5 Rb1 39. Kf3 f6 40. Ke3 ({White
doesn't bother about the typical Weiß kümmert sich nicht um das typische} 40.
h4 {since the activation of the king is the highest priority. , da die
Aktivierung des Königs oberste Priorität besitzt.}) 40... g5 ({Again Wieder
sieht} 40... Rb2 {looks better, but without any significant influence over the
further course of the game: besser aus, ohne allerdings irgendwelchen
bedeutsamen Einfluss auf den weiteren Partieverlauf zu haben:} 41. Kd4 Rxf2 42.
Kd5 Rf3 43. b6 Rxg3 44. Rb5 Rd3+ 45. Kc6 Rd8 ({After Nach} 45... Rc3+ 46. Kd7
Rd3+ 47. Ke7 Re3+ 48. Kf7 {the rook will not be in time to block the pawn any
more. kommt der Turm nicht mehr rechtzeitig, um den Bauern zu blockieren.}) 46.
b7 g5 (46... Rb8 47. Kc7 Rf8 48. b8=Q Rxb8 49. Rxb8 {would only lose one tempo
for Black. würde nur ein Tempo für Schwarz verlieren.}) 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxb8
Kg6 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Rg8 g6 51. Kd4 $18 {and Black has no chances for a
counterplay. und Schwarz hat keine Chancen auf Gegenspiel.}) 41. Kd3 Rb2 (41...
Kg6 42. Kd4 Rb2 43. Kd5 Rxf2 44. b6 Rb2 45. Kc6 f5 46. b7 {[%cal Yc5b5]} Rxb7
$8 47. Kxb7 f4 48. g4 {is very much as in the game. verläuft ganz ähnlich wie
in der Partie.}) 42. Kc3 Rxf2 43. b6 Rf1 ({The rook has problems returning to
its defensive jobs as can be seen from the following variation: Der Turm hat
Probleme, zu seinen Defensivaufgaben zurückzukehren, wie die folgende Variante
verdeutlicht:} 43... Re2 44. b7 Re8 45. Rc8 $18 {[%cal Yb7b8]}) 44. Rb5 Rc1+
45. Kd4 Rc8 46. b7 Rb8 47. Kd5 f5 48. Kc6 (48. Kc6 Kg6 49. Kc7 Rf8 50. b8=Q
Rxb8 51. Kxb8 f4 52. g4 {and Black's counterplay comes to an end before it
actually started. und das schwarze Gegenspiel kommt zu einem Ende, noch bevor
es überhaupt begonnen hat.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 $5 dxc4 {Picking up the gauntlet.} ({
In principle, the positions with ...Bf5 arising via the Reti move order in
which White plays a later d2-d4 are supposed to be quite OK for Black. The
concrete position arising after} 4... Bf5 {may offer White some additional
possibilities:} 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 ({With some more developing moves
inserted, Black usually answers c4-c5 with ...Qa6, but here} 6... Qa6 $2 {
loses a piece to} 7. e4 $18) 7. axb3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 h6 9. b4 Ne4 10. b5 Nxc3 11.
bxc6 bxc6 12. bxc3 $14) 5. Bg2 Nbd7 (5... b5 {would transpose to some sort of
Catalan gambit line:} 6. a4 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. Ne5 a6 9. Nc3 $44) 6. Qc2 {
In principle, White would prefer to retrieve the pawn without moving the queen
so early, but this is not simple to achieve.} (6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 g6 (7... Be6
$1 {would transpose to the game since} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Bxa8 Qxa8
{looks good for Black.}) 8. e4 (8. Naxc4 Nxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Qd3 Bg7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Rd1 {offers better chances of stabilising the position than the line
from the main game.}) 8... Be6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 O-O {Stefanova,A (2503)
-Macek,V (2216) Rabac 2003 (1/2, 47). White has some compensation for the pawn,
but Black does not seem to be in danger.}) (6. O-O Nb6 {Possibly premature.} (
6... g6 7. Na3 Nb6 {would transpose above.}) 7. a4 $1 a5 8. Na3 g6 9. Ne5 Be6
10. e4 Bg7 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 Rc8
16. Qd2 $14 {Fominykh,M (2313)-Yefimov,M (2050) Pardubice 2010 (1-0, 51)}) 6...
Nb6 7. Nbd2 g6 {Very wisely played. Black does not stick to his extra pawn and
transposes to a comfortable Grünfeld structure.} (7... Be6 8. Ng5 $44) 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nxc4 Bf5 10. Qc3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Rd1 ({With his development
incomplete, White should not embark on such radical operations as:} 12. b4 Be4
13. a4 Qd5 14. Qc5 Nd7 {[%csl Gc4]}) 12... a5 $11 {Having exchanged one knight,
Black does not suffer from lack of space. besides, White's centre is not easy
to put into motion.} 13. Qb3 {White clears the c4-square for his knight, but
this does not contribute to his development.} ({A possible alternative would be
} 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qc1 Rfd8 15. Be5 {followed by the knight's transfer to c4 or
d4 at a later stage. Although Black does not seem to be under pressure yet,
with time White may establish some domination with chances for a kingside
attack.}) 13... Qd6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qb4 16. Ne3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Be6 {White
is underdeveloped and has some concrete queenside problems. He needs to make
use of his main trump: the advantage in the centre. This will be enough only
for equality, though.} 18. d5 (18. Rd3 Rfd8 {[%cal Gd7b6]}) 18... cxd5 19. Nxd5
Nc5 20. Ra3 (20. Nxe7+ Kh8 {dooms the b3-pawn.}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 {
Black's superior activity, typical for the Grünfeld, prevents White from
getting any profit from his bishop pair.} 22. Bg5 (22. Be3 b6 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24.
Rxc5 bxc5 25. Rxa5 e6 $5 26. Rxc5 Rb8 $11) 22... e6 23. Rd6 Bxb2 24. Rxa5 Bc1
$5 {The most accurate move order.} ({In principle, Black should avoid lines in
which White retains some domination even after eliminating all the queenside
pawns:} 24... Nxb3 25. Rb5 Bc1 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. Rd7 Nd2 28. Bxb7 Rc2 {True,
there is no real danger here, but somehow there is some slight discomfort in
Black's position, creating some risk of blundering.}) 25. Bf6 (25. Bxc1 Nxb3
26. Bd2 Nxa5 27. Bxa5 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. Bd2 Rd1 30. Kg2 h5 (30... Raa1 31.
e3 Rxf1 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Bc3+ Kh6 34. Bxa1 Rxa1 35. Rd7 $11) 31. e3 Ra2 32. Bb4
Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Rb2 $13 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (25. Be7 Rfe8 $11 {[%csl Gd7] This is
the point behind delaying the knight move.}) 25... Nxb3 26. Rb5 Nd2 {Well,
there is not much to analyse in the next phase of the game. The players
extended the spirit of the Sofia rule beyond mere necessity.} 27. Rd3 b6 28. e3
Nc4 29. Bf1 Ba3 30. Rd1 Rfe8 31. Rd7 Bf8 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxb6 Bg7 34. Be7
Rcc8 35. Kg2 Rb8 36. Rc6 Rbc8 37. Rb6 Rb8 38. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Prior to this game, Leko has played the Slav only
occasionally. However, Bareev's match against Judit proved that he feels very
much at home against the Queen's Indian, which entirely justifies the
Hungarian GM's decision to deviate from his main repertoire.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
Bg4 ({Not really the main theoretical stream. We had a lot of the main
continuation} 4... Bf5 {during the Kramnik-Topalov match.}) 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 ({Instinctively, I did not like this move when I
first saw it, although the practical material presented below suggests that it
is entirely viable. I have always thought that White should play} 8. Bd3 {
, then get castled and regroup with Rd1 and Bf1, in order to prevent Black's
thematical break ...e5. The development of the queenside could wait for the
time being.} Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 ({Bareev probably refrained
from this setup because of his previous experience with it:} 11. e4 {This is
premature.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 {1/2-1/2
Bareev,E (2675)-Gelfand,B (2717)/Khanty Mansyisk 2005/CBM 111}) 11... Rfe8 12.
Bf1 {Jussupow,A (2622)-Dautov,R (2617)/Germany 2002/CBM 093/[Dautov] (1/2-1/2,
36). It is far from clear whether White has an advantage here (according to
dautov, he has not), but there is a lot of play in this position.}) 8... Bb4 ({
Bareev might have hoped for} 8... Bd6 {when White has the aggresive} 9. g4 {
at his disposal. It is curious that one of Black's main answers here is} Bb4 {
with loss of time, so we can understand that after Leko's 8...Bb4 White should
forget about his attacking plans and switch to something of more positional
nature.} 10. O-O-O Qe7 $6 $146 {Roiz,M (2593)-Krivoshey,S (2500)/Benasque 2005/
CBM 108/[Roiz,M] (1-0, 65)} (10... a5 $146 {Golod,V (2586)-Kohlweyer,B (2423)/
Benasque 2005/CBM 108/[Golod,V] (1-0, 58)})) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 {
White wins space on the queenside, but weakens the c4-square and drives the
enemy bishop on a better square.} (11. O-O Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 $6 (12... cxd5 $1)
13. b4 Bc7 14. b5 Qe7 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfc1 $14 {Muse,M (2434)-Sulava,N (2493)
/Sibenik 2005/CBM 108 ext (1-0, 40)}) 11... Bc7 12. cxd5 ({The necessity of
releasing the tension in the centre so soon speaks against White's strategy in
the rpevious phase of the game. It appears that the bishops are hanging after} 
12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5 $5 {although the position is not entirely clear after
} 14. dxe5 Qxd2 15. exf6 Qxc3 16. fxg7 {However, 13...e5 is simple and good.})
(12. Rd1 {looks a bit unaesthetical, by leaving too much empty space on the
queenside. Besides, it only parries one of Black's main threats, allowing} dxc4
13. Bxc4 e5 {It would be interesting to compare this position with that
arising by replacing Bd2 and Rad1 with 0-0 and Rfd1. Here, the generally
desirable} 14. d5 $6 {does not work because of} Nb6 {and the d2-bishop clearly
stands in the way.}) 12... cxd5 ({After} 12... exd5 $6 13. b5 {White's pieces
are well placed for the minority's attack.}) 13. O-O Re8 {Black calmly
prepares the opening of the centre with ...e5.} (13... Rc8 14. a4 Bd6 15. Nb5
Bb8 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Qd1 a6 18. Na3 e5 $132 {Polak,T (2481)-Grabarczyk,M (2499)
/Germany 2001/EXT 2003 (0-1, 58). Black takes advantage of the departure of
the enemy knight from the centre and starts a powerful counter-attack.}) 14.
Rfc1 $146 ({By placing this rook on the c-file, Bareev probably wanted to
avoid the line} 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nxd5 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxc7 Nxd2 {when the
f1-rook would be hanging.}) (14. e4 $5 e5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 exd4
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 (19... Bxg3 $2 20. fxg3 $1 $40) 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 (20...
Rxe5 {[%csl Yf5]}) 21. Rfc1 {Kharlov,A (2581)-Al Sayed,M (2455)/Dubai 2003/CBM
093 ext (1-0, 28). and the weakness of the enemy kingside offers White the
better chances.}) 14... Bd6 15. e4 ({After} 15. e4 e5 {White seems to be able
to retain the initiative in a complicated position, but it mainly depends on
the player's mood whether to play on or call it a day. In this game, they
chose the latter, much to the spectators' excitement.} 16. Bg5 $5 h6 17. Bh4)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {The fianchetto system, almost non-existent
in the old opening monographs, has enjoyed some popularity lately, thanks to
the efforts of players like Grischuk, Mamedyarov and Radjabov. But actually
g2-g3 is not enough yet to speak about the fianchetto. We should wait until
White plays Bf1-g2... which will not happen in this game.} Bf5 {A sound
developing move.} ({But the first thing White needs to know is how to meet the
critical pawn grabbing} 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 (5... Bf5 {Fressinet,L (2711)
-Blomqvist,E (2492) Malmo 2014 CBM 161 [Havasi,G] (1-0, 30)}) 6. Qc2 Nb6 7.
Nbd2 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Aronian,L (2809) London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/
2, 38)}) 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 $5 {This manoeuvre, aimed at exchanging the active
Slav bishop is frequently seen in the 4.e3 system. Little wonder that after a
few moves we will notice a marked similarity between the two variations.} dxc4
(6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {Mamedyarov,S (2760)-Nakamura,H (2772) Shamkir 2014 CBM
160 [Negi,P] (0-1, 47)}) (6... Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O
Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e4 $14 {Grischuk,A (2789)-Seliverstov,V (2432) Moscow 2014
(1/2-1/2, 64)}) 7. Nxf5 {It is best to take the bishop while possible.} (7. Bg2
Nbd7 8. O-O Bg4 $5 {[%csl Rh4]} 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. a3 b5
13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nb6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bg5 $15 {Ragger,M (2632)-Nguyen,
N (2621) Dubai 2014 (0-1, 41)}) 7... exf5 8. e3 {White uses the fact that he
has delayed the bishop's development. Under the given circumstances, it is
best to change the initial plan based on Bg2.} Nbd7 {I find this to be the
most flexible move. Before deciding what to do with his bishop, Black should
activate his knights, preventing White from taking over the queenside
initiative.} (8... g6 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. b5 c5 13. Ba3 Rc8
14. O-O Rc7 15. Rac1 $16 {Jirka,J (2415)-Huzman,A (2601) Israel 2011 (1-0, 34)}
) (8... Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bd2 {Jirka,J 
(2415)-Cerveny,M (2347) Czechia 2012 (1-0, 35)}) ({So far, nobody has been
curious enough to defend the pawn with} 8... b5 {. In the absence of the
light-squared bishop, the weakness of the light squares may become unpleasant.}
) 9. Bxc4 {Theoretically, this position could also occur via 4.e3 move order.
True, in that case White might have delayed g2-g3, but in principle this is a
useful move, restricting the enemy bishop without fearing the relative
weakness of the light squares due to the absence of the respective bishop.} Nb6
10. Bb3 {In order to keep the bishop on an active diagonal White has been
forced to block his b-pawn.} h5 $146 {A multi-purpose move. First of all, it
makes White's castling short unappealing. Secondly, it aims to weaken the
g3-square, taking preventive measures against the thematic plan f2-f3 and
e3-e4.} ({White did not prove anything concrete against} 10... Be7 11. Qf3 ({
Maybe he should have applied the same plan as Mamedyarov, something like} 11.
Qd3 Qd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gf2f3,Ge3e4]}) 11... Qd7 12. Bd2 O-O
13. Rd1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Bc2 g6 16. Bc1 Nfd5 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nc3
Nfd5 20. Ne2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Brunello,S (2497)-Vernay,C (2460) Arvier 2010}) 11.
Qd3 Qd7 12. Bd2 h4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. f3 $1 {In the absence of the minority
attack (b4-b5) gaining space in the centre is the only constructive plan
available.} Bd6 15. Rhg1 ({Black is well prepared against the hurried} 15. Bc2
g6 16. e4 hxg3 17. hxg3 (17. e5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. exf6 Nc4
21. hxg3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Nxd2 23. Rd1 Rxc3+ 24. bxc3 Nxf3 $13) 17... Rxh1 18.
Rxh1 Nh5 (18... Bxg3 19. Bg5 $16) 19. Ne2 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 Bxg3 21. exf5 $11)
15... hxg3 16. hxg3 Bc7 17. Kb1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd2c1,Ge3e4]} (17. g4 f4 18.
exf4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxf7 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 $11) 17... Kb8 18. Bc1 Rhe8
$6 {This natural centralising move throws away the benefits of the advance of
the h-pawn. The rook belongs on the h-file, otherwise ...h5-h4 becomes some
sort of waste of time.} (18... Rh2 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Rgf1 f6 $132) (
18... Rh3 $5) (18... Nbd5 $5) 19. e4 $1 $14 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 (20... Ng4 21.
Qf3 f6 22. Bf4 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gh1h4,Yg3f4]}) (20... c5 21. e5 Ng8 (21... Ng4 22.
Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rg4][%cal Ge5e6,Gd4c5]}) 22. Ne4 Qxd4 (22... cxd4 23. Nd6
Bxd6 24. exd6 $16) 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxc5 $36) 21. Bf4 Re7 (21...
Bxf4 22. gxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf7 Re7 24. Bg6 $16) 22. Rgf1 {White has consolidated
his centre and is entitled to count on a long term advantage. The permanent
threats e4-e5 and d4-d5 invite Black to display prudence. But White should be
careful, too, since his centre can easily become a target.} Qg6 23. Bc2 Red7
24. Qe3 Qg4 {For the last few moves White has mainly parried one-move threats.
This is typical when playing with hanging pawns. As long as they are defended
and keep their position next to each other, White's advantage is ensured.
Black's last move is the first in a relatively long sequence which does not
threaten anything. Ironically, precisely this move will provoke White's only
mistake in this game.} 25. a4 $2 {White fails to notice that the last move
actually created some sort of slow threat. Black intends regrouping with ...
Qe6 in order to sustain the knights in their invasion through c4 and g4! Had
he anticipated the danger, he would surely have taken either square under
control.} (25. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Gc4]}) (25. Bxc7+ Rxc7 26. Rf4 Qe6 27. Qf3
$14) 25... Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nc4 27. Qf2 Qe6 $132 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gg4e3,Gc4e3]} 28.
Qg1 (28. Rfe1 Qd6 29. Bb3 Qb4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4) 28... Qe7 {[%cal Ge7b4] We can
notice that a2-a4 also had a strategic drawback - weakening the b4-square!} (
28... c5 29. d5 Qb6 $132) 29. Bb3 Na5 30. Bc2 {[%csl Re4]} Nc4 31. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.03.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Be7 11. Bg3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nf6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ne4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. O-O-O a5 18. h4 Na6 19. Bc4 a4 20. Qe3 Nb4 21. f4
Qd7 22. Kb1 Nd5 23. Qf3 b5 24. cxb6 Nxb6 25. Bd3 O-O (25... Qxd4 $5 26. Qxc6+
Kf8 {might have offered better chances, though with the king on f8 Black must
stand worse.}) 26. g5 Bxd4 27. h5 {White's attack will hit home first.} Rfb8
28. hxg6 Nd5 29. gxf7+ Kf8 (29... Qxf7 30. Bh7+ Kf8 31. Rxd4 {wins easily.})
30. Rh8+ Ke7 ({After} 30... Kxf7 {the cleanest win is} 31. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 32. f5+
$1 Kf7 (32... exf5 33. Qh5#) (32... Kxg5 33. Bh4#) 33. fxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qe4+ Kf7
35. g6+ Kf6 36. Bh4#) 31. Re8+ $1 {This deflection destroys Black's
coordination for a key move.} Rxe8 32. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 33. Be4 Ba7 34. f5 {
Now Black should be blown away, but there was still one twist left...} Qf7 35.
Qa3+ Ke8 36. Qxa4 Qb7 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 $2 {Anything else would win
immediately, but this almost throws the win away.} Bd4 $1 {This startling move
prevents check on both e4 and e5. Sadly, White is probably still winning.} 39.
Qxd4 cxd5 40. Qe5+ Kf8 (40... Qe7 41. Qxd5 Rd8 42. Qe5 {ought to win for White
again, but after the move played we see a beautiful concept.}) 41. Qe6 $1 {
Threatening 42.Bd6+} Qf7 42. Bd6+ Kg8 43. g6 $1 (43. g6 Qxe6 44. fxe6 {and
Black's pieces are totally dominated. After e6-e7, the black rook is
restricted to the back rank and White can advance on the queenside at leisure.
If} Rc8 45. e7 d4 46. Bc7 $1 d3 47. Bd8 {leads to mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 (4... Bf5) 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3
Bd6 {88} (7... Bb4+) 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 $1 {[%csl Rd7]} cxd5 {84} (9... exd5 {
Plus naturel après avoir joué Nbd7} 10. g4 $5 (10. Bd2)) 10. O-O O-O {
56  Joué après une longue réflexion alors que la position est pourtant
toujours théorique} (10... Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rc7 14. Qg4
Kf8 15. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3,Rf8] ;Caruana,F (2662)-Sulskis,S (2568) EU-chT 
(Men) 17th 2009 (6) 1/2-1/2}) 11. e4 (11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Bb4 {Kuzubov,Y 
(2578)-Zhang,P (2643) ESP-chT Honor Gp1 2008 (4) 1/2-1/2}) 11... e5 $5 $146 {
[%eval 0,0] 54  Le fruit de la longue réflexion du coup précédent du
français et il n'agit probablement pas d'une préparation maison mais c'est
un peu risqué d'ouvrir le centre face à la paire de B} (11... dxe4 {La
grande ligne} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qxb7 Bc7 15. Rd1 {Aronian,L (2754)
-Fressinet,L (2664) FRA-ARM m Paris rapid 2009 (4) 1-0}) 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5
exd4 14. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4d4,Ge4h7]} Nf6 15. Qxd4 Re8 16. Rd1 (16. Bg5 {[%csl Gd3,
Gg5,Rh7][%cal Gd4h4]} Be5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qxd5 20. Qg5+
Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. f4 $36) 16... Re5 17. Qc4 Qb6 (17... Nxd5
18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Ne3 $13) 18. Bf4 Rxd5 $1 {Provoque des simplifications qui
vont conduire à une nulle rapide} 19. Bxh7+ $5 {Gagne un P mais les Noirs
sont OK} Kxh7 20. Rxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxf4 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Qxf4 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Memorial op 16th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {Not a long time ago people
were laughing at such moves but now it became very popular and it seems that
hardly anyone knows how to get an advantage in the lines 4.Nc3 a6, 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.
e3 a6 or the one that happened in our game.} 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 ({and after} 6.
Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 {there is no clear path for White to get an advantage, e.g.
} 8. b3 Bd6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 {was about equal
in Gurevich,M-Fressinet,L/Belfort 2003}) 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 {This move
doesn`t look very attractive and indeed more often Black prefers more natural
7...Qc7. Justification of 7...Ra7, which is in my opinion not bad at all, is
that rook can come into play along the 7th rank after b7-b5 or, as the
position remains closed it wouldn`t be a big problem for Black to lose time
playing Ra7-a8 some day. I think in this moment none of us could imagine that
this rook would stay on a7 for the rest of the game!} ({The above mentioned} 
7... Qc7 {occurred in several games. In Van Wely-Bareev, Amber, 2003, after} 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 (10. c5 $5) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O {
Black achieved a satisfactory position}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. c5 (9. Bd2 {would allow}
dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 {followed by 11...c5}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd2 ({if White would try
to close the center by} 10. f4 {then} b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4
Qd7 {and Black is ready to play c6-c5}) 10... e5 ({now} 10... b6 {is more
problematic for Black:} 11. cxb6 Nxb6 (11... Qxb6 $142 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Ne2
$14) 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Qd7 14. b4 $16) 11. Qc2 {So what is the White`s
plan here? I want to castle long and thanks to the open "g"-file try to create
some threats against the black king.} g6 12. f4 $6 {I didn`t see the
difference between this move and 12.0-0-0, that I was going to play next.} ({
Still,} 12. O-O-O {would be preferrable as White is not obliged to play f3-f4
in some variations:} b6 (12... Bh6 $6 {(hoping after 13.f4 to transpose to the
position we had in the game)} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Na4 Bg7 16. Bc3 Qe7
17. h4 $16 {and the difference between this position and the one that happened
in the game is obvious here}) (12... Bg7 13. f4) 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Kb1 {
and White is slightly better}) 12... exd4 13. exd4 Bh6 $1 {This is the reason
why I should have preferred to castle on move 12. After the dark-squared
bishops are exchanged White will lack an important piece in the attack.} ({
I was only counting on} 13... Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f5 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Na4
Qc7 18. Kb1 Nh5 19. Be3 {with some advantage for White}) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f5
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nh5 {Due to control over the dark squares Black has a
satisfactory position.} (16... b6 {was the other option although it involved
more risk:} 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Qh6 Rb8 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rg1 Nf8 {with the unclear
position} (20... cxd4 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 24. Rg7+ Ke6
25. Re2+ Ne5 (25... Kd6 26. Qf4+ Kc5 27. Na4+) 26. f4 {winning})) 17. Rhg1 ({or
} 17. h4 Qf6 18. Ne2 Raa8 19. Rdg1 Kh8 {and it`s also doubtful whether White
can reach anything on the Kingside}) 17... Qh4 $6 {It seems that Thomas
overestimates his position.} (17... Qf6 {defending the g6-pawn was better:} 18.
Rg4 Ng7 19. Rdg1 Nxf5 20. Rf4 Kh8 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24.
Rxf5 Qh6+ 25. Kc2 Ra8 $1 {Finally bringing the rook into play Black manages to
hold the balance.}) 18. Kb1 {aimed against 18...Qd4 which is now refuted by 19.
fg fg 20.Bg6 and White wins.} Ndf6 $2 {Black is bringing the knight to the
defence and black position seems indeed very solid but now surprisingly Black
gets under smashing attack.} ({or} 18... Nf4 19. Bc2 Nf6 (19... Raa8 20. f3 Nf6
21. Rg4 $18) 20. f3 g5 21. Qe1 $16) (18... Qf6 {was still the best defence.})
19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bxg6 $1 {there is no sense to sit and wait until Black plays
Ra7-a8 and consolidates all his pieces.} hxg6 21. Qh6 {Black has many pieces
around his king but some of them are so ackwardly placed, especially the
pinned knight on h5 and the queen on h4 that the black king is forced to leave
his safe heaven and tries to save himself in the middle of the board.} Kf7 (
21... Nh7 22. Rxg6+ Kh8 23. Rg7 $18) (21... Qf4 22. Rxg6+ (22. Qxg6+ $2 Kh8 23.
Rg5 Qc7) 22... Kf7 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Rg5 Rf7 (25... Re8 26. Ree5 $3
{preparing 27.Rh5 Nh5 28.Qd6} Qxh2 27. Rxh5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qxf2+ 29. Kb3 Rxe5 30.
Rxe5 Nd7 31. Rg5 $18) 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Rge5 {and Black is helpless against the
numerous threats, for example:} Ng7 (27... Qxh2 28. Na4) 28. Re7+ Nd7 29. Qg8
Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Qxd4 31. Qxg7 Qxg7 32. Rxg7 $18) 22. Qxg6+ (22. Rxg6 {would have
been a mistake in a view of} Qxf2) 22... Ke7 23. Rde1+ Kd8 (23... Kd7 {is not
better:} 24. Qf5+ Kd8 25. Qe6 Ne8 (25... Nd7 26. Rg8 Qxf2 (26... Ra8 27. Nxd5
$1 cxd5 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Qb6+ Kc8 30. c6 $18) 27. Qe8+ $1 Kc7 28. Rxf8 Qxf8
29. Qxh5 $18) 26. Qe5 Ra8 27. Nxd5 $3 cxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kc8 (28... Kc7 29. Rg5 {
/\30.Re7}) 29. c6 Kb8 (29... bxc6 30. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 (30... Kc7 31. Qe5+ Kb7 32.
Re7+) (30... Kb7 31. Qd7+ Kb6 32. Re3) 31. Qxc6+ Kb8 32. Qb6+ Kc8 33. Rc1+ Kd7
34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Qd6#) 30. cxb7 Ra7 31. Qc5 Rxb7 32. Qxf8 Rxb2+ 33. Ka1 $1 Nhf6
34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Qxe8+ {winning}) 24. Qh6 {White has to hurry before Black
manages to bring his a7-rook into play.} Rf7 $2 {This so obvious move loses by
force.} (24... Re8 {is not sufficient:} 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rg8 $18) (24... Nd7
{was the toughest defence after which it`s very difficult for White to keep
the initiative.} {The computer now likes} 25. Qh7 $1 {creating threats along
the 7th rank and it looks like Black has to give up his knight on h5.} ({worse
} 25. Na4 Qxd4 26. Nb6 Nhf6 {and White has no compensation for a piece}) (25.
Rg3 Ra8 26. Rge3 Qg4 27. Na4 Nhf6 28. Nb6 Rf7 {is unclear as well}) 25... Qxf2
{probably the best defence} (25... Kc7 {loses to} 26. Rg7 Rd8 27. Ree7 Qh3 28.
Kc2 $1 {preventing Qf1+} b5 (28... b6 29. Na4) 29. Rgf7 Kc8 30. Ne2 Qg4 31. h3
Qxh3 32. Rf5 Nf8 (32... Qg2 33. Qxh5 Nf6 34. Qf7) 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxa7 Qf5+
35. Kd2 $18) (25... Ra8 26. Na4 Kc7 27. Nb6 Rad8 28. Rg7 Qh3 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30.
Nxd7 Qf5+ 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Re7 Kd8 33. Rh7 Rxf2 34. Ne5 $18) (25... Qh3 26.
Rg5 Nf4 27. Qe7+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Na4 $18) (25... Qxd4 26. Qxh5 Qxf2 (26...
Nxc5 27. Rd1 Qh8 (27... Qf6 28. Nxd5) (27... Qf4 28. Nxd5 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 cxd5 30.
Rge1 Qc4 31. Rxd5+ Nd7 32. Qg5+ $18) 28. Qg5+ Kc8 (28... Qf6 29. Nxd5) 29. Qe7
Nd7 30. Rg7 Qh3 31. Na4 Qf5+ 32. Ka1 Rd8 33. Nb6+ $18) 27. Na4 Kc7 28. Qg5 Qf4
(28... Qxh2 29. Qe7) 29. Qxf4+ Rxf4 30. Rg7 Rxa4 (30... Kd8 31. Nb6 Nxc5 32.
Ree7 $18) 31. Ree7 Rh4 32. Rxd7+ Kc8 33. Rdf7 Rh8 34. h4 $18) 26. Qxh5 Qxd4 {
here White has a choice of 2 approximately equal options:} 27. Qg6 (27. Qg5+
Kc8 28. h4 (28. Re7 Qxc5 29. Rc1 d4 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Rg7 a5 32. h4 Ra6 33. h5
Kb8) 28... Qxc5 (28... Nxc5 29. h5) 29. h5 d4 (29... b5 30. Ne2 Qf2 (30... Qd6
31. Nd4) 31. h6 Qf6 32. Qg7 Qxg7 33. Rxg7 Rb7 34. Nd4 c5 35. Nc6 $18) 30. Ne4
Qxg5 31. Rxg5 b5 (31... Kc7 32. Rg7) 32. Rd1 Nb6 33. Rxd4 Nd5 34. Rg6 Rc7 35.
Nc5 a5 36. Rd1 {with a big advantage}) 27... Qxc5 (27... Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29.
Rg8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Na4 Ra8 32. Nb6 Rb8 33. h4 Nd7 34. Rg1 Nxc5 35.
Rg8+ Kc7 36. Na8+ $18) (27... Nxc5 28. Qd6+ Nd7 29. Qe7+ Kc8 30. Rg7 Rd8 31. h4
b5 32. h5 Rc7 (32... b4 33. Na4 Rh8 34. h6) 33. h6 Rh8 34. h7 Kb7 35. Ka1 a5
36. Rf7 a4 37. Qd6 $16) 28. Qe6 Qd4 {and now} {or} 29. Rg6 (29. Rg8 Rxg8 30.
Qxg8+ Kc7 31. Qg3+ Kd8 32. Ne2 (32. h4 Qf6) 32... Qf6 33. Nf4 b5 34. Ka1 $1 {
this modest move means the beginning of the decisive attack!} (34. Ne6+ Kc8 35.
Qd6 Nb8) 34... Kc8 (34... a5 35. a3 b4 36. Re6 Qd4 37. Rxc6 $18) 35. Re6 Qd8
36. Rxc6+ Rc7 37. Rxc7+ Qxc7 38. Qg8+ Kb7 39. Qxd5+) 29... Qd3+ (29... Ra8 30.
Qe7+ Kc8 (30... Kc7 31. Rd6 Rad8 32. Rxd7+) 31. Rd6 Rd8 32. Nxd5) (29... Kc7
30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. h4 Qc5 (31... Rd8 32. Qg3) (31... Qxh4 32. Rge6 Rd8 33. Nxd5
cxd5 34. Rc1+) 32. Qg3 b5 33. h5 (33. Ne2 $5) 33... Rc7 (33... Nf6 34. Re6 Raf7
35. Qe5) 34. h6 Kb7 (34... Nf6 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. h7 Rxh7 37. Qg8+) 35. h7 Rh8
36. Rg7 b4 37. Na4 Qd4 38. Ka1 c5 39. Rf7) 30. Ka1 Kc8 31. Rg8 Rxg8 32. Qxg8+
Kc7 33. Rc1 d4 (33... Nc5 34. b4 Nd7 35. Nxd5+ Kd6 36. Qg1 (36. Nc3 Kc7 37. h4
$16) 36... cxd5 (36... Ra8 37. Nb6) 37. Qxa7 Qd2 38. Qg1 $16) 34. Nd5+ Kd6 35.
Nf4 Qf5 36. Rf1 c5 37. h4 b6 (37... d3 38. Rf3) 38. h5 Kc6 39. Qg2+ Kb5 40. b3
a5 41. Qe2+ Kc6 42. Nd3 Qd5 43. h6 a4 44. b4 c4 45. b5+ Kb7 (45... Qxb5 46. h7)
46. Nb4 d3 47. Nxd5 dxe2 48. Re1 Ra8 49. Rxe2 Rh8 50. Re7 Kc8 51. h7 $18 {
and White wins. Probably the above seen lines don`t show all defensive
possibilities but from them we can see how dangerous White`s initiative is.})
25. Rg8+ $1 {appearance of this rook on the 8th rank means even more trouble
to the black king, moreover it means that the rook on a7 probably will never
come into play...} Kc7 (25... Nxg8 26. Qd6+ {with mate}) 26. Rf8 {putting the
rook in a more "comfortable" place and keeping to chase the black rook.} ({
when analysing the game I discovered another nice possibility for White:} 26.
Qh8 $5 Qh3 (26... Nxg8 27. Qe5+ Kc8 28. Na4 b5 29. Qe6+ Rfd7 30. Nb6+ Kb8 31.
Nxd7+) 27. Rb8 Qd7 28. Na4 {winning}) 26... Rh7 {allowing the beautiful final,
but there was no defence anyway.} (26... Rd7 27. Qh8 $18) (26... Rg7 27. Na4
Qxd4 28. Qh8 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Qe4 30. Rc8+ Kd7 31. Nb6+) 27. Na4 $3 {Comes
completely unexpectedly. The knight suddenly is joining the mating attack.} ({
There was another winning option:} 27. Qg6 Rd7 28. Ree8 Nxe8 29. Qxe8 Rd8 30.
Qe5+ Kc8 31. Rf7 Rd7 32. Qf5 Qd8 33. Na4 $18 {but I like 27.Na4!! a lot more.})
27... Rxh6 (27... Qh3 28. Nb6 Rxh6 29. Re7+ {followed by 30.Rc8 mate.}) (27...
Qxf2 28. Qxh7+ Nxh7 29. Re7#) 28. Nb6 ({Here it was not too late for White to
make a mistake:} 28. Re7+ $2 Nd7 29. Nb6 {and it seems that there is no
defence against 30.Rc8 but...} Qe4+ $3 {still, White could make a draw after}
30. Kc1 Qe1+ 31. Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Kc1 Qc4+ 33. Kb1 Qf1+ {with a perpetual}) 28...
Qe4+ (28... Qh3 29. Re7+ {except the king and some pawns White used all his
pieces to deliver mate to the Black king.}) 29. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Shirov's (relatively) best game of 2015.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 (5... Bxf3 {is a common alternative.}) 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 {An
interesting move order which gained popularity in recent years. The idea is to
keep the option of Nd2 in hand alongwith the possibility of going into the
main lines with Nc3.} Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 e6 (9... dxc4 10. Nd2 Nb6 {
is another option when White usually plays} 11. Qc2 {, recollects the pawn and
pushes with a slight advantage thanks to the double Bishops.}) 10. Nd2 Bd6 ({
The other way to play is to secure the f6-square for the Knight with} 10... g5)
11. O-O O-O {Shirov's novelty, and a provocative one.} 12. f4 c5 $5 {At first
s ight this typical breakthrough seems suicidal as it loses a pawn after g5,
but Shirov has seen much deeper.} 13. g5 Nh5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 cxd4 16.
Ne4 (16. exd4 $2 Nxf4 $17) (16. Nc4 Nb6 $1 $132 17. Nxd6 $143 $6 Nxd5 $17)
16... Nc5 $1 {This counter is an important part of Black's whole concept.} 17.
Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Rd1 (19. Bf3 Qb6 $132 {Black has more than enough
compensation for the pawn.}) 19... Ne6 {Upto this moment, it has almost been a
forced sequence from move 13.} 20. Qa4 $2 {This is actually the decisive
mistake. White takes the queen too far away from the action.} (20. Qe4 $142
Rac8 $44) 20... Nhxf4 $1 21. exf4 Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 {Black has
won back the pawn and White has overextended on the Kingside, making his own
King vulnerable. It is hard to suggest anything for White now, other than
developing the remaining pieces, but...} 24. Be3 Nxg5 $1 {There is no respite.}
25. Qb3 (25. fxg5 $2 Qe5+ 26. Qf4 (26. Bf4 Qxb2+ $19) 26... Qxb2+ $19) 25...
Nf3+ 26. Kg3 Qe4 27. Rf1 $2 {Pushing away the Knight that has infiltrated deep
into White's territory seems like another natural thing to do, but again...} (
27. Rd1 {was relatively best.}) 27... Nh4 $1 {Black just doesn't allow White
to breathe.} 28. Kxh4 (28. Rf2 Nf5+ $19) (28. Rg1 Nf5+ 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Re1 Nh4
$19 {White cannot cover both the squares.}) 28... Rd8 29. Bc1 (29. Rd1 Rxd1 30.
Qxd1 Qxe3 31. Qf1 (31. Qg4 Qf2+ 32. Qg3 Qxb2 $19) 31... Kh7 $19 {and White is
almost in zugzwang. He can just watch as the Black King closes in.}) 29... g5+
$1 30. Kh5 (30. Kxg5 Rd3 31. Qb5 {would end up similar to the game after Qg2+})
30... Rd3 31. Qb5 Qe2+ 32. Kxg5 Qg2+ {White resigns before getting checkmated.
A powerful game from Shirov.} (32... Qg2+ 33. Kf5 (33. Kh4 Rxh3#) 33... Qg6+
34. Ke5 Qe6#) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 {The Chinese team has been like a machine in this event. In round four
they dismantled the young and talented Italian team 3-1.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 {} 3.
c4 c6 4. e3 {} Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 (5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 {used to be considered the
safest continuation but recent results in 2015 and 2016 favors white. That may
have been the reason behind the Italian GM's opening choice or he may have
considered other matters which are unknown to your commentator!} 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bb4 (8... Bd6 9. cxd5 {Otherwise Black would easily equalise by taking on
c4 and playing e5.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6
14. Bb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 {1/2-1/2 (15) Bareev,E (2675)-Gelfand,B (2717)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 9... exd5 10. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gh3h5,Ge1b1]} Nf8 {
[%cal Gf6d7,Gf8e6,Gd8e7,Ge8c8]} (10... h6 11. h4 Qe7 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 {
is too risky for Black.}) 11. h4 Ne6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15.
Qg4 g6 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gf7f6]} 16. f4 f5 17. Qf3 Kb8 (17... h5 $11) 18. h5 Nb6 19.
Kb1 a6 20. Bc1 Rc8 21. hxg6 (21. Rh3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 21... hxg6 22. Rxh8
Rxh8 23. Rh1 Qe8 24. Rh3 Ka7 25. a3 Rg8 26. Qh1 Bf8 27. Rh8 Bg7 28. Rxg8 Qxg8
29. Bf1 Nc8 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. Bf1 Bf8 32. Be2 Be7 33. Bd3 Nf8 34. Qh2 Nd7 35. Ne2
c5 36. dxc5 Nxc5 37. Bc2 Nce4 38. Ng3 Nxg3 39. Qxg3 Qe6 40. Qe1 Nc4 41. Qc3 Bc5
42. Bd3 Bb6 43. Qf6 Qe8 44. Bxc4 dxc4 45. Bd2 Bxe3 46. Bxe3+ Qxe3 47. Qxg6 Qe4+
48. Ka1 Qh1+ 49. Ka2 Qd5 50. Ka1 Qd1+ 51. Ka2 Qb3+ 52. Ka1 c3 53. bxc3 Qxa3+
54. Kb1 Qb3+ 55. Kc1 Qxc3+ 56. Kd1 Qf3+ 57. Kc2 Qxf4 58. Qf6 Qe4+ 59. Kd2 f4
60. g6 Qe3+ 61. Kc2 Qe2+ 62. Kc3 Qe1+ 63. Kc2 Qf2+ 64. Kd3 Qe3+ 65. Kc2 f3 66.
g7 Qg1 67. Qf8 Qg2+ 68. Kd3 f2 69. Qc5+ Kb8 70. Qe5+ Kc8 71. Qe6+ Kc7 72. Qe7+
Kc6 73. Qe6+ Kc5 74. Qe5+ Kb4 75. Qd4+ Kb5 76. Qe5+ Kc6 77. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2 (77)
Lupulescu,C (2618)-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku 2016}) 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3
Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rfc1 Re6 15. Be1 a6 16. b4 b5 17. Qe2 Rc8 18.
a4 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nc4 21. Rca1 g6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf3 Qg5 24. Ra7 Rf6
25. Qe2 Kg7 26. f4 Qf5 27. Bh4 Rd6 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qe6 30. Re7 Nc3 31. Qf3
Nd2 32. Qg2 Rh8 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. f5 {1-0 (34) Radjabov,T (2738)-Navara,D 
(2734) Berlin 2015}) 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 {Wang Yue is a
very classical player. I have always liked his positional understanding... in
this field he is one of the best player of my generation. The way he handles
Dvirnyy's opening choice is no exception to his style: I get two bishops and I
start grinding!} Nbd7 10. Qd3 {Not the most common continuation.} (10. Nd2 g5
11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Ne5 (14. b3 Qc7 (14... Ng6 15. Ne5 $1
$14) 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 O-O-O $13) 14... f6 15. Nd3
Ng6 16. f3 Ng3 17. Re1 f5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qf2 Bd6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 f4 22.
d5 Bc7 23. Qc2 O-O 24. Nc5 Bb6 25. Kh2 f3 26. e5 Nh4 27. Kxg3 fxg2 28. d6 Rf3+
29. Kh2 Rf1 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Be3 Qf8 32. Rxf1 gxf1=Q 33. Rxf1 Qe8 34. e6 Qg6
35. d7 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Bd6 37. Qd4 Be7 38. Rf7 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41.
Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qc4+ 43. Qd3 Qxa2 44. Rxe7 Qxb2+ 45. Bd2 Qe5+ 46. Ne4 Rf8 47.
Re8 Qh2+ 48. Kd1 {1-0 (48) Nakamura,H (2787) -Giri,A (2782) Leuven 2016}) (10.
Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 e5 {0-1 (60) Westerberg,J (2488)-Lintchevski,D 
(2561) Stockholm 2016. This is risky for White to say the least.}) 10... g5 11.
Nc3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf8 15. cxd5 exd5 {The position is
closed and White needs to do something before his pair of bishop becomes
useless.} 16. Qf5 Ne4 $6 {This move is not a blunder or even a positional
mistake but this changes the game from a tough complicated battle into a
technical calm position which is Wang Yue's area of expertise. In that sense,
the Italian GM puts himself into an unfavourable situation by entering into
his opponent's area of expertise.} 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4+ dxe4 {} 19. d5 {}
cxd5 {} 20. Rd1 {} O-O-O $2 {But this almost throws away the game.} (20...
Ne6 21. Rxd5 f6 {looks very drawish to me.}) 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bf6 Rd7 {} 23.
f4 $1 {This is exactly what I was talking about, Wang Yue's great
understanding of technical positions.} exf3 (23... gxf4 24. exf4 Ne6 25. Kf2 b6
(25... Nxf4 26. Rc1+ {loses the knight!}) 26. Ke3 {with a close to decisive
advantage.}) 24. Rf1 ({I prefer} 24. O-O Nh7 25. Bd4 b6 26. Rxf3) 24... Ne6 25.
Rxf3 Kc7 26. Rf5 {} Kc6 27. Rc1+ Kb6 28. Ke2 {} Rg6 29. Rcf1 Rh6 30. R1f3 Kc6
$2 {Played so fast and lost a pawn on the spot! I cannot say more but that
blundering a pawn was a contagious epidemic in the fourth round of the Baku
Olympiad!} (30... Rg6 31. Be5 Nd8 {is very bad but the game is not over!}) 31.
Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 d4 33. e4 d3+ {} 34. Kd2 {} Re6 {} 35. e5 {} Rd5 {} 36.
Rxf7 {An easy victory for Wang Yue. Dvirnyy had the draw in his pocket but he
made way too many mistakes!} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.03.03"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {The beginning of the most important game in Anna Muzychuk's and Tan
Zhongyi's career. The winner of this game will be named 'Women's World
Champion'!} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {Anna Muzychuk remains faithful to her
choice of the Slav.} 4. g3 $5 {Followed by Qb3 this could transpose to a game
similar to the final round of classical games. However, it is obvious that
Tan Zhongyi is up for anything but a fast draw in this game! After the last
round's somewhat lucky save, she wants to make the most out of her white
pieces.} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 {A safe choice by Muzychuk. Obviosuly, she does not
want to take so much risk.} 6. Nh4 dxc4 {Muzychuk chooses a very solid
structure. The other bishop moves are solid too but they could lead to 'easy
to play' positions for White.} 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 $6 {
Not a very strong novelty in my opinion and in fact it really does not impress
me at all. However, at least it gets Muzychuk out of her auto-pilot mode. Now,
She has to deal with this equal, and comfortable position over the board by
herself.} (10. Bb3 h5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Bd2 h4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. f3 Bd6 15.
Rhg1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bc7 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Bc1 Rhe8 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 21.
Bf4 Re7 22. Rgf1 Qg6 23. Bc2 Red7 24. Qe3 Qg4 25. a4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nc4 27. Qf2
Qe6 28. Qg1 Qe7 29. Bb3 Na5 30. Bc2 Nc4 31. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (31) Mamedyarov,S 
(2764)-Tomashevsky,E (2701) Baku 2014}) 10... Bd6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13.
Qc2 Qd7 14. b3 Re7 15. Na4 $5 {This is an interesting exchange offer. Most
players would not opt for ...Nxa4.} Rae8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bd2 Nbd5 (17... h5 {
is an interesting move and practically worth trying.}) 18. Rac1 Ne4 $6 {
Anna plays it too safe.} (18... h5 $5 19. b4 a6 (19... Bxc5 20. Qxc5 a6) 20. a4
{looks a bit double-edged.}) (18... Bxc5 $5 19. Qxc5 (19. dxc5 Ne4) 19... Ne4
20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxa7 Qh3 {with more than enough compensation for the
sacrificed material.}) 19. Bg2 g6 (19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qe6 {with the idea of
h5-h4 would have given Black excellent chances in a rapid game.}) 20. b4 Qc7 $2
{A serious waste of time. A mistake that Caissa does not forgive!} (20... Bxc5
21. bxc5 h5 22. Rb1 h4 23. Rb3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Kg7 25. Rfb1 g5 $132 {Black is
very much alive and in the game.}) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. b5 Ba3 23. Rb1 cxb5 24.
Qb3 Qd6 25. Qxb5 Rc8 26. Qb3 Kg7 $2 {After managing to equalise matters, Anna
lost objectivity once again; it was essential to prepare for White's central
response.} (26... Rc6 27. f3 Rb6 {would have maintained the balance.}) 27. Bc1
$2 {Tan Zhongyi returns the favour.} ({Komodo believes that after} 27. f3 exf3
28. Rxf3 {e4-e5 is unstoppable and White has a nearly winning position.}) 27...
Bxc1 28. Rbxc1 Rc6 $6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qa3 Qb6 31. Rc1 Qb4 $6 {a pawn sac?}
32. Qxa7 Nc3 $6 {Anna is losing objectivity and control over the game.} 33. Rf1
$6 {Tan Zhongyi does not try much either.} Qc4 $2 (33... b5 {would have
retained the balance.}) 34. Qa3 $1 Re6 35. Re1 Ra6 36. Qe7 Rxa2 (36... b5 {
seems to keep the dynamic balance, but with a little time left on the clock,
the remaining moves are just tragic, unfortunately, this time for Anna
Muzychuk.}) 37. Bxe4 b5 38. Bf3 b4 $2 {Allows a very dangerous check.} (38...
Qe6 $1 39. Qb4 Qf6 40. Qxc3 Qxf3 41. Rf1 Qd5 {with decent drawing chances.})
39. Qe5+ Kh6 $4 {A tragedy for Anna.} (39... Kg8 {and a long fight is still
ahead.}) 40. g4 $1 {Mate is inevitable now. Caissa has Tan Zhongyi crowned!} f6
41. Qxf6 Ra5 42. h4 {Tan Zhongyi's nerves of steel paid off. She waited until
Anna Muzychuk collapsed in time pressure.} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.03.01"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It seems that the dramatic end to Topalov-Anand's match, in which Anand won
with Black against Topalov to win the title had a very strong effect on White
players who are playing the last game of an even match. After the 2016 World
Championship in which Carlsen made a draw without trying anything at all
against Karjakin, we see that Tan Zhongyi adopts the same strategy against
Anna Muzychuk, and aims straight for the tiebreaks. The only difference here
is: Carlsen was considered a favorite over Karjakin in terms of rapid chess
while Anna Muzychuk is the Women World Rapid champion! I am sure Tan Zhongyi
has a very different opinion and appproach! Let us wait and see!} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 {Tan Zhongyi deviates again. It is interesting to see
that despite her previous successes with the same openings, it is Tan Zhongyi
who deviates from previous games and not Anna Muzychuk!} e6 5. g3 {This
transposes into a harmless version of the Closed Catalan.} (5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
b5 7. Qd3 {could have transposed to the second game!}) 5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 b6 $5 {
An odd move which has only been played once before by none other than Anna's
quarter-final opponent Stefanova!} 7. Nc3 (7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Be7
10. Bf4 Bc4 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Rfc1 a5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. e4 Bb4 15. a3 b5 16. Qd1
Bxc3 17. Rxc3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bb7 Nd5 21. Rf3 Nxf4 22. Bxc8
Be2 23. Qd2 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Bxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Qd5+ 26. Ke3 Rxc8 27. f4 f5 28. Qd1 {
0-1 (28) Kadimova, I (2310)-Stefanova,A (2502) Kusadasi 2006}) 7... Ba6 $1 {
This is the idea of b6. Black forces White to exchange pawns and gets a
somewhat fixed pawn structure. Obviously, this all works for Black because of
White's queen on b3.} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5 a6 {I am not a fan of
this move but Anna had already won the opening battle and it really does not
change the overall assessment of the resulting position.} (10... Bd6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rc8 {with equality.} 15. Nb3 Nf6 16. Qa6
Qd7 17. e3 h5 18. h4 g6 19. Bf1 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Bg2 Rc5 23. b4
Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. exd4 Qe7 26. Qd3 Qxb4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Rd8 29.
Rc7 a5 30. Rb7 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxb6 Rd2 33. a4 Rd4 34. Ra6 Rxa4 35. Kg2
Ra3 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ra7 Kg7 38. Ra6 a4 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Ke3 a3 41. Kf4 Ra2 42.
Kf3 Ra1 43. Kf4 Kh6 44. Ra7 a2 {1/2-1/2 (44) Krasenkow,M (2660)-Georgiev,V 
(2567) Port Erin 2007}) 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 {eh...Remis?!} Qb8 14.
Rfc1 Ne4 15. Rc2 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Ra7 20.
Qd3 a5 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 (24. Qxe4 Rc7 25. Rxc7
Qxc7 26. Qc6 {leads to a forced drawn opposite coloured bishop ending.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. a4 {A logical
approach. White knight is still on b1, so he can get to b3 without losing time}
b4 8. a5 e6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. O-O Bb7 {Black wants to wait with the development
of the b8 knight and takes e4 square under control first} 11. Ne5 ({Another
try is} 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfc1 g6 15. Be1 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+
Bxc8 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Rc2 e5 $11 {Baburin-Agdestein, Calvia (ol) 2004}) 11...
O-O 12. f4 Nc6 $5 {Now the knight can go to e7, where looks better, then just
passively standing on d7} 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nc4 Ne7 $5 ({I didn't
like} 15... Be7 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. b3 $14) 16. Bd2 Nd5 {Black is ready to
sacrifice the e4 pawn, as the b7 bishop will become very powerful} 17. Nxd6
Qxd6 18. Nc5 Rfb8 19. Qe1 ({During the game I was worried about} 19. f5 {
but black has} e5 $1 20. Nxe4 Qc6 21. Qa4 Nxe3 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxe3 Bxe4 24.
dxe5 Rb5 $11) 19... Bc6 20. Nxe4 Qd8 21. Nc5 Nf6 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 {
An extra pawn doesn't play any important role in this position. Black's
chances are not worst, as e4 bishop is stronger then his opponent on d2} 24.
Rfc1 Rb5 25. Rc4 Rxa5 26. Rac1 Rb5 27. Bxb4 h6 28. Ba3 Rb3 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Qe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 (5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 (6. cxd5 Qxb3
7. axb3 Nxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Na3 f6 10. Nd3 Nd7 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Bxd3 e5 $11 {
Sokolov,I-Dreev, Shanghai 2001}) 6... Be6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Kxd7
10. b3 Bf5 11. f3 e6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bb2 h5 $13 {Banikas-Kasparov,Patras (m)
blitz 2001}) (5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. O-O-O
O-O-O 17. Kb1 Bb4 18. Rc1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Ra3 $1 $40 {
Dreev-Grabarczyk,M, Panormo (ECup) 2001} (21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Ne8
$1 $11 {Dreev-Movsesian, Sarajevo 2001})) 5... e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5
$6 Nbd7 9. Nd3 Bg6 $1 10. Qxb6 (10. Nf4 $2 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bc2) 10... axb6 11.
Nf4 Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Be2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bb3 (16. Bd3 e5)
16... e5 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 Bb4 (18... Nb6 $5) 19. Ne4 $8 Nxe4 (19... Bxd2
20. Nxd2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Nb6 22. Nf3 $11) 20. Bxb4 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Nb6 22. Re3 Nf6
23. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Parmentier, Xavier"]
[Black "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Sautron"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 e6 14. Qa4+ Bd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ke2 a5 19. a3 Ke7 20. Rhc1 Rhd8
21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bd6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc6 Nd7 25. f4 Ra2 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 f5 28. Kd3 Nf6 29. Kc4 Kd7 30. Kb5 Kc7 31. Bb3 Nd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Bc3
Bf8 34. Ka6 g6 35. b5 Bc5 36. Bd4 Kd6 37. h3 g5 38. g3 g4 39. hxg4 $4 (39. h4
$18 {as Black will inevitably fall into zugzwang. denn Schwarz wird
unweigerlich in Zugzwang geraten.}) 39... fxg4 40. f5 {Is the result 0-1
correct? Was the game not drawn? Stimmt das Ergebnis 0-1? Ist die Partie nicht
remis ausgegangen?} (40. f5 h5 41. Bxc5+ Kxc5 42. f6 Kd6 43. f7 Ke7 44. Kxb6 h4
45. f8=Q+ Kxf8 46. Kc6 hxg3 47. b6 g2 48. b7 g1=Q 49. b8=Q+ $11) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Sautron"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nbd7 10. b4 a6 11. Ra1 Bg7 12. Rg1 Nh5 13. Bd2 e5 14. g4 e4 15.
gxh5 exf3 16. e3 O-O 17. Rg3 Nf6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Rxf3 Ng4 20. Be2 Rxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nxh2 22. Bg2 Rf8 23. Ke2 Ng4 24. f3 Nh6 25. Be1 Nf5 26. Bf2 Re8 27. Kd3
Bf6 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. Bh3 Bh4 30. Bg1 Bg5 31. Rh2 Nh4 32. Ke2 h5 33. Bf2 Kh6 34.
Rh1 Nf5 35. Kd3 Nh4 36. e4 Nxf3 37. exd5 cxd5 38. Bg2 Nd2 39. Bxd5 Re7 40. Rd1
Rd7 41. Be6 Re7 42. d5 Nf3 43. Bg3 Bf6 44. Rf1 Ne5+ 45. Kc2 Kg7 46. Re1 Nf3 47.
Rd1 Nd4+ 48. Rxd4 Bxd4 49. Bc8 g5 50. d6 Rf7 51. Bxb7 Rxb7 52. c6 Rb6 53. c7
Rc6+ 54. Kd3 Bb6 55. Ke4 Bxc7 $2 (55... Kf7 $142 $1 56. d7 Rxc7 57. d8=N+ (57.
d8=Q Rc4+ $19) 57... Ke7 58. Bxc7 Bxc7 $19) 56. dxc7 h4 $2 (56... Kf7 $142) 57.
Be5+ $18 Kg6 58. Kd5 Rxc7 59. Bxc7 Kf5 60. Kd4 Kg4 61. Ke4 Kh3 (61... Kh5 62.
Kf5 g4 63. Kf4 h3 (63... g3 64. Kf3 Kg5 65. Bd8+ Kh5 66. Be7 $18) 64. Kg3 Kg5
65. Bb8 Kf5 66. Kh4 Ke4 67. Kxg4 Kd3 68. Kxh3 Kc4 69. Be5 Kxb4 70. Bd6+ Kb3 71.
Ba3 $18) 62. Kf3 g4+ 63. Kf2 g3+ 64. Kf3 Kh2 65. Kg4 Kh1 (65... Kg1 66. Kxh4 g2
67. Kg3 Kf1 68. Bb6 $18) 66. Bxg3 hxg3 67. Kxg3 Kg1 68. Kf3 Kf1 69. Ke3 Ke1 70.
b5 (70. b5 axb5 71. b4 Kd1 72. Kd4 Kc2 73. Kc5 Kb3 74. Kxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Adler, Joel Arturo Manuel"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Bd5 8.
Bd3 e6 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. e4 Bc6 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd5 14. Rd1 Nc5
15. Bf1 Nb4 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qg3 Qb8 19. Rac1 f5 20. Be2 Kf7 21. Bf3
N5b6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. a5 Nd7 24. Bf4 Be7 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. a6 Nb6 27. Rxd8 Qxd8
28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Bc6 Qd8 32. b5 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qb6 34.
Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Kf1 $2 {Zu langsam. Das direkte} (35. Rd1 {hätte relativ leicht
gewonnen, z.B.} Kg6 36. Rd7 Bc5 37. Kf1 Rb8 38. Rc7 Bb6 39. Re7 Bc5 40. Rxe6+
Kf7 41. Bd5 Kf8 42. Bb7 Rd8 43. Rc6 Bd4 44. b6 $18) 35... Rb8 36. Ke2 Bd8 37.
Rd1 Bb6 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rd6 $2 {Lässt Turmtausch zu. Nach} (39. h4 {hätte
Weiß gute Gewinnchancen behalten.}) 39... Rd8 40. Rxe6 Kf7 41. Rd6 Rxd6 42.
exd6 Ke6 43. d7 Ke5 44. Kd3 Bd8 45. h4 g6 46. g3 Bb6 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. f4 Kd6 49.
Bd5 Kxd7 50. Bg8 h6 51. Bh7 Bf2 52. Bxg6 Kc7 53. Kd5 Bxg3 54. Ke5 Bxh4 55. Kxf5
Bg3 56. Kg4 Bf2 57. Kh5 Be3 58. f5 Kd6 59. Bf7 (59. b6 Bxb6 60. Kxh6 Ke7 $11 {
even selbst} (60... Kc7 61. f6 Bc5 62. f7 Kb8 63. Kg7 Bd6 64. f8=Q+ Bxf8+ 65.
Kxf8 $11 {draws. ist spielbar.})) 59... Ke7 60. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {Evgeny plays many different lines in the
Slav. Except the main move 4.Nc3 he also uses 4.e3. After this move the
arising positions seem to be more quiet. White's idea is to get a slight but
stable advantage.} Bg4 {To be sure, there are also other options for Black but
lately I have preferred 4...Bg4.} 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 {is another possible
move, but this leads to a slightly different type of position.}) 6. Qxf3 e6 7.
Bd3 Bb4+ {Maybe it is more accurate to start with 7...Nbd7, after which there
is still the possibility to move the bishop to d6.} 8. Nc3 (8. Nd2 {or 8.Bd2
is also interesting for White but generally 8.Nc3 is the main move.}) 8... Nbd7
9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 ({I have to admit that castling with} 10. O-O {is not good
because of a nice tactical trick:} Nc5 $1 {and Black immediately equalises the
game} 11. dxc5 dxc4 12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Ba5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. b4
Bc7 17. a3 Rad8 18. g3 g6 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 Qxd3
23. Bxd3 Be5 24. a4 Bc3 25. b5 Bb4 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Be4 Bxc5 28. Bxc6 {
1/2 Khismatullin,D (2643) -Jakovenko,D (2736)/Moscow 2009/CBM 134}) 10... Bxc3
$5 {A rare move but in my opinion the idea of ...Bxc3 and then Re8-e5 is quite
interesting.} (10... Ba5 {is by far a more popular move. My sister tried it in
a slightly different version but by transposition we can come to the same
position:} 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 (12. Qd1 $5) 12... Bc7 13. cxd5 exd5 $1 ({
here Anna played 13...cxd5 and later on got a slightly worse position. I
believe 13...exd5 tried by Kramnik is a better option for Black and gives him
more dynamic play.} 13... cxd5 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. e4 $1 $14 e5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4
g5 18. Bg3 exd4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Qf6 22. Bb5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1
Rd8 24. Rc7 Ne5 25. Rxb7 Rxd5 26. Bd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc6 28. Rxa7 Qc1+ 29. Qf1
Qf4 30. Qd3 Qc1+ 31. Qf1 Qf4 32. Qd3 Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qf4 {1/2 Dzagnidze,N (2545)
-Muzychuk,A (2585)/Geneve 2013/CBM 154 Extra}) 14. b5 Nf8 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd1
Ne6 17. Qa4 c5 18. Nb5 Bb6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2 Nfe4 21. Bb4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qd7
23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Nxe4 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2737)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Nice 2008/CBM 123
Extra}) 11. Bxc3 Re8 12. O-O e5 {Black must create some counterplay, otherwise
there is no compensation for the advantage of the bishop pair.} 13. dxe5 {
I think this is the best choice. Otherwise Black plays ...e4, followed by dxc4
and ...Nb6, closing the diagonals and gaining a very strong square on d5 for
the knights.} ({For example:} 13. Qg3 {(or 13.Qd1)} e4 14. Be2 dxc4 15. Bxc4
Nb6 {and then Nbd5 with a good position for Black.}) (13. Qe2 e4 14. Bc2 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nbd5 ({or} 16... a5 $5)) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {This is the
novelty according to my database. In the only previous game White tried 14.Qe2.
This does not change the character of position but has some differences.} (14.
Qe2 Nxd3 (14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 {transposes to 14...Nd3}) (14...
Qe7 $5) 15. Qxd3 dxc4 (15... Ne4 {does not equalise completely} 16. cxd5 Qxd5 (
16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxd5 18. Rfd1 $14 {White is first to take control of the
d-file.}) 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bd4 b6 20. Rfd1 {most probably Black
will manage to hold but for the moment White has a clear little advantage.})
16. Qxc4 Qd5 $5 (16... Nd5 $5 {was played in the above mentioned game. The
position of Black looked quite ok.} 17. Rad1 Qg5 18. Rd4 h5 {1/2 Klimov,A 
(2451)-Ma,Q (2241)/Vung Tau 2008/EXT 2009 (45)}) 17. Qb4 (17. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11)
17... c5 18. Qa4 Ne4 (18... Qe6 $5 19. Rfd1 a6 $11) (18... Qf5 $5) 19. Rad1
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qe4 21. Qb5 b6 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rfd1 g6 $11) 14... Rxe5 15. Rfd1
Qe7 ({During the game I also thought about} 15... Qb6 {but in general did not
like this position of the queen} 16. Qf4 (16. b4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 a5 $11) 16...
Rae8 17. b4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 a5 19. Rab1 $14) 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Bc4 (17. e4 {
is quite unpositional as it weakens the black squares} Rd7) 17... Rxd1+ 18.
Rxd1 Rd8 (18... Qe5 {it was also possible to keep the rooks. White doesn't
have real threats on the d-file while the presence of the rooks stops White
from attacking with the pawns on the kingside.} 19. Rd4 g6 {[%cal Ya8e8,Ye8e7,
Yg8g7]}) 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Now we came to the endgame. This kind of material
remained till the end of the game. I would estimate this position as being
slightly better for White but with correct play Black can make a draw.} 20. g4
h6 21. Kg2 (21. Qf4 $5 a6 22. Qe5 {but still after} Kf8 {followed by ...Qe7
White cannot keep the queen in the centre.}) 21... g5 ({The less ambitious} 
21... g6 {was also good.}) 22. Qf5 Kg7 23. Qe5 (23. h4 {did not promise any
improvement} gxh4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kf8 26. Qxh4 Ke7 $11) 23... Qe8 (23...
Qd2 $1 {was better. Now it is the right time for counterplay} 24. Qe7 Nd5 {
and there is nothing better than to exchange the bishop for the knight or
repeat the position with Qe5 Nf6.}) 24. Qc3 c5 $6 {I did not want to stay
passive but such moves are a bit antipositional. Now the bishop becomes much
stronger as Black's white squares are weaker.} (24... Qe7 $5) 25. Bd5 Qe7 26.
Bf3 b6 27. b4 cxb4 (27... Qd6 $5) 28. axb4 a6 {Otherwise White plays b5.} 29.
Be2 (29. Qd4 {could create more problems for Black:} Qc7 (29... a5 30. b5 Qa7
31. Bc6 $1 {to prevent ...Nd7} (31. e4 Qc7 32. e5 Nd7 33. e6+ Ne5 $11) 31... a4
32. e4 a3 33. e5 Ng8 34. Bd5 (34. e6+ Nf6 $11) 34... a2 35. Qa1 Ne7 36. Qxa2
Qd7 $1 (36... Qxa2 37. Bxa2 Ng6 38. Kf3 {probably already winning}) 37. Bxf7
Qxb5 $11) 30. e4 a5 31. e5 Nd7 $11 {but not so easy to find these moves.})
29... Qa7 (29... Qd8 $5) 30. Qe5 (30. Qd4 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. e4 Qc5 33. Qb2
Kg6 34. Bd3 Nd7 35. e5+ Kg7 36. e6+ Ne5 $11) 30... a5 31. f4 ({After} 31. h4 {
there is the only defence} Qa8+ $8 32. Bf3 Qe8 $8 {but now it is a draw.})
31... Qa8+ 32. Bf3 Qe8 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Qc5 gxf4 (34... Nh7 $5 {is a good
defensive move but difficult to play.}) 35. exf4 (35. g5 Ng8 36. exf4 a4 $11)
35... Qd8 36. Qe5 Kg8 37. h4 Qd2+ (37... a4 $5 38. g5 hxg5 39. fxg5 Qd2+ 40.
Kg3 Nd7 $11) 38. Kg3 Nd7 39. Qe7 a4 40. g5 hxg5 (40... Nf8 41. h5 a3 42. gxh6
Qc3 $11) 41. Qxg5+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ (42. h5 Qe1+ (42... Qd4 43. h6 Nf6 $11) 43. Kg2
(43. Kh2 Qe7 44. h6 (44. Qh6+ Kg8) 44... Qxg5 45. fxg5 Ne5 46. Bd5 f6 $11)
43... Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qe3 $11) 42... Kg7 43. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 $5 {For a long time this was considered to
be harmless. It seems like White gives Black a lot of options - bring out the
bishop, or get an improved Catalan with dxc4, or even g6...but at the same
time White usually avoids the well trodden paths of theory. This fits in with
the latest trend of most players to try and seek advantage in non-forcing
variations - thereby reducing the effect of computers, and keeping more
creative options for the game.} (4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 {closely resembles the 4. g3
line, but now after dxc4, Black usually is doing quite well. By keeping the
knight on b1, White creates extra options for himself... although he gives
Black additional options as well.}) 4... Bf5 ({In my opinion, the most
critical move is} 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 {Playing in the same style as Catalan c6
variations, Black tries to hold on to the pawn for the maximum amount of time.
Nc3 at any point would probably transpose either into some sort of Catalan or
4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 into the Slav... but I don't think White needs to go there:} ({
Black can also aim at a more solid setup with} 5... Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 $5 ({
is less flexible. White will eventually have to take Nxc4 before anything else,
and Black could get easy play as in:} 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nxc4 Bf5 10. Qc3
Nxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Rd1 a5 13. Qb3 Qd6 {/\Qb4 Grischuk,A (2764)-Aronian,L 
(2809) London 2013.}) 7... a5 8. Na3 g6 {Trying to play like Aronian, but now
White can go for} 9. e4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 {keeping a very tense position.
In general, White seems to have more options here, and this was shown in the
following game:} Nfd7 12. Bf4 Qe8 13. Be3 $1 Ra6 {Bacrot,E (2725)-Edouard,R 
(2666) Geneve 2013. Black's positon is rather awkward.}) 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O e6
8. b3 $5 (8. a4 a6 9. Nc3 Be7 {would lead to a very different line - and Black
has usually been doing ok here:} 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 (12. Bf4
Nd5 13. Qa1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8 15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. Nb6 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. Na8
Qc8 19. Nb6 $11 Qc7 20. Na8 Qc8 21. Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)
-Shirov,A (2714) Biel 2011}) 12... cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. f4 Bd6 16.
e3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nc6 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. h4 Ncb4 $15 {Nyzhnyk,I (2585)-Giri,A 
(2717) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Krasenkow,M]}) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 {An advantage of
not having played a4 earlier. We have an interesting position with a lot of
game left to explore:} Be7 10. Nc3 (10. Ba3 $5 b4 11. Bb2 {/\ Nd2...Ndc4 etc
would also give White decent compensation, although this doesn't seem the most
natural way.}) 10... a6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Qf4 (15. Ne4 $5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 c5 (16... Qxe5 17. Nd6 $44) 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Qe3 $14 {White still has some pressure.}) 15... Bg5 16. Qg4 Ra7 $6 (
16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 f5 $1 {preventing Ne4, would be ok for Black.}) 17. e3 Bc8
18. Rac1 $36 {Lysyj,I (2662)-Shirov,A (2702) Kishinev 2014.}) (4... Bg4 $5 {
avoids the various problems Bf5 faced due to Nh4, but Grischuk got an edge
with rather stylish play here:} 5. Ne5 (5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 $11) 5... Bf5 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f3 $5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. e4 $1 e6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Be3
Bb4 13. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (57) Grischuk,A (2777)-Tomashevsky,E (2697) Loo 2014}) 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 $5 {The key idea. This is very similar to the 4.e3 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6
7.Nh4 variation in the closed Slav... and it's possible that in some cases g3
can be quite a useful move in comparison. White has the extra option of
bringing out the bishop sometimes, or even planning f3...e4 often... at the
same time, Black's position remains solid, and there is a lot of area to
explore here.} (6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 {would be a rather harmless setup from
White.}) 6... Be4 {Provoking some weakenesses, so White can't just take the
bishop and have an easy life.} (6... Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3 $1 {White just
got a rather pleasant version of the e3 Slav here:} Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. Rd1 Qa5 12. b3 Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be7 17.
Rdc1 Qb8 18. b4 $14 {1-0 (67) Giri,A (2749)-Buhmann,R (2582) Germany 2013}) (
6... Bg4 {seems too sophisticated.} 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nfd7 (8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6
10. g5 Nh5 11. Qb3 $14) 9. Qb3 $1 b6 10. Ng2 Bg6 11. Nf4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13.
Qb3 b4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Ne4 $14 {1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2779)-Zvjaginsev,V 
(2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 {Choosing how to defend the
b7-pawn is always a slightly annoying decision.} (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 {is no
longer as nice as the Giri game, as Black can just continue} Bd6 {and get
counterplay.}) 8... Qb6 (8... Qc8 $6 {has won both the games for Black, but it
had little to do with the position:} 9. e4 $1 dxe4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. fxe4 e5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e6 fxe6 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nbd7 16. O-O-O Be7 17. h4 $16 {
Tkachiev,V (2649)-Najer,E (2633) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) ({The bizarre} 8... b5
{might actually deserve some attention, although I wouldn't claim it's
objectively the best move.} 9. cxb5 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. Bg2 {is assessed
quite optimistically for White by the computer, but it seems a rather unusual
position.}) 9... c5 {will lead to a typical piece sacrifice which is hard to
assess, but certainly offers Black some compensation.}) (8... Qd7 {holds
everything together, but I am not sure how Black plans to continue developing
after} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c5 Qc7 (10... Qxb3
11. axb3 $14 {/\ b4...b5 - which is impossible to prevent.}) 11. e4 Be7 $146
12. Bf4 Qc8 {At first glance, White seems to just have a great position... but
it's not so easy to actually maintain the burgeoning centre.} 13. exd5 $6 {
Now Black gets an ideal position.} (13. Bd6 $1 {looks very tempting.} {Perhaps
Black planned} b6 $5 (13... Bxd6 14. cxd6 O-O 15. e5 $14) (13... Nbd7 14. e5
Ng8 {/\Nh6...Nf5, but the bishop on d6 is untouchable so I would prefer White.}
15. Qa3 $14) 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qa3 b5 16. exd5 (16. Bg2 a5 17. Ne2 Nbd7 $11)
16... exd5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. c6+ {leads to quite a bit of insanity, but I'd be
worried as Black.}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 {Suddenly, it's White who doesn't
seem to be too well developed.} 15. O-O-O (15. Be2 Nc6 16. Rd1 O-O 17. O-O {
it's Black who is aiming for an advantage.}) 15... Nc6 16. Kb1 g5 17. Be3 f5 $1
{Mamedyarov was probably aiming to target the black king - clearly it won't be
feeling safe on the kingside... but instead Nakamura aggressively finds a new
square for his king.} 18. g4 {Its hard to say if this is a good move, but
White did not have an easy choice.} f4 19. Bf2 Kf7 $1 {The idea behind f5. It
is very hard to get to the king here.} 20. Re1 {Already White is completely
losing his way... it's amazing how completely the position managed to change
in the last few moves.} b6 $1 {There's no way to prevent Black's initiative.}
21. Qa4 $5 {Trying some desperate tricks? Actually, practically there is still
some kind of mess here...} bxc5 22. Ba6 Qc7 23. Bb5 Rab8 {Very stylish... but
not the cleanest way.} (23... Nxd4 {Naka was possibly worried about the
initiative in the opposite coloured positions... at least practically it
doesn't seem as easy as the computer points out.}) (23... Rhc8 24. dxc5 a6 {
would be the simplest suggestion - Black simply has an advantage.}) 24. Rxe6 $5
(24. Bxc6 Rb4 $1 25. Qc2 Qxc6 $17) 24... Kxe6 {Naka decides to go for the
material, but he could have also chosen to play safely:} (24... Rxb5 $1 25.
Rxe7+ Nxe7 26. Qxb5 c4 $17 {Even though the material is equal, White's
horrible bishop and Black's excellent structure leave no doubt about this
position.}) 25. Bxc6 Rhd8 $1 {An important move. White seems to have good
compensation, but actually the king's retreat to safety can't be stopped, and
Black stays ahead.} 26. dxc5 Bf6 27. Bd4 (27. b3 Kf7 $15) 27... Kf7 28. Rd1 $6
{This doesn't really create any play. Now Black's life is easy:} (28. Bxf6 gxf6
29. h4 $1 {would give White better chances.}) 28... Kf8 {Now Black is ready to
come back.} 29. a3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe5 31. Rd2 Qe1+ 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. b4 Qxf3 34.
Kb2 Qxg4 {The rest of the game is inconsequential.} 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Ba4 Kg8 37.
Bb3 Kh8 38. c6 Rd6 39. Rc1 f3 40. Qc5 Qf6+ 41. Ka2 f2 42. c7 Rc8 43. Rf1 d4 44.
h4 Qf3 45. Bc4 Rc6 46. Qxd4 R6xc7 47. Rxf2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{3 rounds to go, and not much positive could be said of the World Champion's
experiences in the Grand Chess Tour as of yet. But when, despite a total minus
score, you still have a chance in the overall standings it's hard not to be
motivated, especially when facing the leader, Nakamura.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 $5 {
An interesting surprise by Nakamura, who has recently, at least result-wise,
done quite well with 2...e6 against Magnus. But having suffered in the opening
in St. Louis, as well as trying to be the first to surprise in this crucial
game, Hikaru goes back to the Slav.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {Magnus' preferred line,
giving Naka his chance to spring his surprise:} Bg4 $5 {Against Magnus, Naka
has played only 4...a6.} 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 $5 {Played after prolonged thought.
It's a rare move at the top level these days, but serves the purpose of not
having to face Nakamuras preparation in the main lines.} cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 $1 {Due to the exchange of c-pawns the c6-square is available
for the b8-knight, and like this then Black gets a very harmonious position.}
10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. e4 $5 {An interesting way to change the
structure, as Black was completely fine after} (12. O-O f5 {in Tregubov- Anand
from Corsica 2014. Maybe 11...f5!? would be Black's most exact move-order, but
as Black is fine in the game, it is of minor importance.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4
Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. O-O O-O (15... Nxd4 {was interesting, as} 16. Bxb7 Rxh3 {
would give Black an overwhelming attack, should White take the exchange.
However by playing less materialistically with} 17. Bg2 Rh8 18. Bf4 {White
keeps decent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. But Nakamura seems
reluctant to play his normal aggressive style in this game, bearing in mind
that a draw would keep his tournament lead, and effectively eliminate Magnus
from the fight for overall 1st place.}) 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. Nc3 Bd4
19. Qf3 Qf6 $6 {Again, sticking to his drawing strategy.} 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4
Rad8 22. Rad1 {After a not too impressive opening, White has gained some
advantage, with basically a free pair of bishops. Even so in a symmetrical
structure without queens Black's position should be drawable, even if
unpleasant. But now Nakamura plays more according to his instincts and
unbalances the position instead of the more obvious rook-swaps in the d-file.}
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. c4 Nc3 25. Rd2 $1 {A small, but important move. Like
this White keeps opposing in the d-file, while simultaneously covering the
e2-square.} Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Ne2+ {As the bishop has vacated f4, this check is no
longer dangerous, but} (26... Nxa2 27. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 28. Ra1 {would just trap
the knight, so Black has no choice.}) 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Be3 Nc3 29. a3 Rd3 30.
Rc1 Nd1 31. Be4 Rd7 32. Bc5 Nb2 33. Rc2 Na4 34. Be3 {The position has
stabilised, White keeps his pair of bishops, and Black had to withdraw his
knight.} Nb6 35. c5 $5 {To some extent limiting the black-squared bishop, but
even if} (35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Rb2 {also is promising, the risk is that some sort
drawn rook-ending a pawn up, could easily end up being the result of White's
effort. So Magnus wisely retains the tension.}) 35... Nd5 36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rxd7
$5 {It would seem to me, there was logic in keeping the rooks, having more
pieces to try and complicate matters, but Magnus believed the black fortress
was in no way impregnable.} Nxd7 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. f4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Ke7 {The
time-control has been reached, without too much having happened in the game so
far. White does of course have the bishop pair, but Black's position is solid,
without obvious weaknesses, and White's structure is somewhat shattered, and
the knights have strongholds on c6 and f6. It is easy to understand if
Nakamura felt reasonably confident he woud draw this position without too much
trouble. For a start it's hard to see how White can improve his position, and
the next move in many ways looks like worsening it!} 41. f5 $1 gxf5 42. gxf5 {
What has White achieved by this exchange? For a start all his pawns are now
isolated, as well as the f6-stronghold having become even more solid. Even so
there has been considerable progress for White. His king can proceed further
up the board, combined with pushing the h-pawn, and one advantage of the
bishops over the knights, is that it is the bishop who at any moment can
choose to exchange itself. Right now Bxc6 followed by Bg5 is not a threat, as
after ...Kf8 Bxf6 gxf6 the pawn ending is drawn as the black king is in time
with counterplay on the h-file while the white kings walks to a5, but Black
constantly has to be on his guard.} Kd7 43. Kf4 Ne8 {.} 44. Kg5 $1 {As so
often, the king becomes a powerful piece in the endgame, and is here
excellently placed on g5. After 44...Nf6 45.Bxc6+ followed by 46.Bd4 comes
close to forcing a winning pawn ending, but Black seems to draw by a tempo,
meaning just 45.h4! being the right response keeping the tension and further
improving the white position. And after the tempting 44...f6+ White just plays
45.Kh5! when Bxc6+ followed by Kg6 becomes a decisive threat so Black has no
choice, but just has to keep biding his time.} Ke7 (44... Nf6 45. h4 $1) (44...
f6+ 45. Kh5 $1) 45. Bf4 a6 46. h4 Kf8 47. Bg3 Nf6 48. Bd6+ Ke8 49. Kf4 Nd7 50.
Bg2 Kd8 51. Kg5 Ke8 52. h5 Nf6 53. h6 $1 {After patiently making slight
improvements to his position, White now plays the very essential swap of pawns
on the kingside. It does reduce the material left on the board, but much more
importantly undermines the f6-square and as well manages to break through even
further with the king.} Nh7+ 54. Kh5 Nf6+ 55. Kg5 Nh7+ 56. Kh4 $1 {Stepping
out of the reach of the black knights, leaving Black no choice but to take and
allow the white king in.} gxh6 {.} 57. Kh5 Nf6+ 58. Kxh6 Ng4+ 59. Kg7 $1 {
White has made huge progress, and almost made it look like the position after
move 40 was a forced win. But Black's resistance is in no way broken, as the
downside of the white king having reached g7, is that the f5-pawn is much
harder to defend and Nakamura instantly tries to maximise his counterplay
against it.} Nd4 60. Be4 Nf2 61. Bb1 $1 {The chessboard is just big enough for
the bishop to hide from the black knights while keeping f5 protected.} Ng4 {.}
62. Bf4 f6 {Fixing the f-pawn and basing his counterplay on attacking it.} ({
Harassing the bishops will not really work, e.g.} 62... Ne2 63. Bc7 Nc3 64. Bc2
Ne3 65. Bd3 {illustrates that Black would just be making 1-move threats with
no purpose.}) 63. Be4 Nf2 64. Bb1 Ng4 65. Be4 Nf2 {Black's counterplay makes a
lot of sense. In order to proceed, White has to give up the f-pawn further
reducing material.} 66. Bxb7 Nd3 {The first 40 moves indeed were nothing
special, while the next 25 constitute a very instructive ending, where White
breaks through a very solid looking fortress. But the brilliancy and tactical
complications are here very unusually kept for the last stage of the game,
happening after even 6 hours of play.} 67. Kxf6 $3 {A stunning piece sacrifice,
and the only way to win!} ({It looks like} 67. Bd6 $2 Nxf5+ 68. Kxf6 Nxd6 69.
Bc6+ $1 Kd8 70. cxd6 {would lead to an easily winning ending for White, but
surprisingly this position is a draw! White simply has no way to get to the
queenside with his king, without allowing the knight to harass the white pawns:
} Nb2 71. Ke6 Nc4 72. a4 a5 73. Kd5 Ne3+ 74. Kc5 Ng4 {being the principal line.
After} 75. Kb6 Ne5 76. Bb5 Nf7 {Black is just in time, as} 77. d7 Ne5 78. Kxa5
Nxd7 {is a draw, as Black's king reaches the crucial c8-square in the pawn
ending.}) 67... Nxf4 68. Ke5 $1 {This is the point. The king attacks both
knights, which are forced into a purposeless existence, simply defending each
other.} Nfe2 ({After} 68... Nde2 69. Bxa6 {the knights are completely stuck,})
({and} 68... Nxf5 69. Kxf5 Nd3 70. c6 Kd8 71. Bxa6 {leaves White two pawns up,
with no fortress in sight, so Nakamuras plays his best chance.}) 69. f6 $2 {
A mistake that could have ruined an otherwise great game and tournament
comeback.} (69. c6 $1 {would have crowned his efforts, as Black has no other
choice than to give up a knight straightaway, as 69...Kd8 70 f6! will lead to
the promotion of a white pawn, but after} Nxc6+ 70. Bxc6+ Kf8 71. Bd5 $1 {
it makes a huge difference compared to the game, that the white pawns are
still on a3 as well as on f5. The difference is clearly seen after} Nc3 72. Bc4
a5 {as White now doesn't have to defend the a4-pawn and can just simply play}
73. Kd4 Nd1 74. a4 Ke7 (74... Nb2 {would have been relevant were the white
pawn on f6, but here after} 75. Bb3 Ke7 76. Kc3 Nxa4+ 77. Bxa4 Kf6 {the bishop
can defend the pawn, due to it still being on a white square.}) 75. Bb3 Nf2 76.
Kc5 Kf6 77. Be6 {and again it helps that the pawn is on f5 and White wins by
just collecting a5 and then queening the advancing a-pawn while his pawn and
bishop securely defend each other.}) 69... a5 70. a4 {Looks winning, as it
puts Black in a kind of zugzwang, and, as 70.c6 Nb5 leads nowhere, the logical
continuation.} Kf7 71. Bd5+ Kf8 $4 {looks like the solid and obvious move,
keeping the promotion square under control, however it leaves the f6-pawn
unattacked, which proves fatal.} (71... Kg6 $1 {would have seen Black just
escape, as after} 72. c6 Nxc6+ 73. Bxc6 Kf7 74. Bd5+ Kf8 {it makes a deciding
difference that the white pawns are now on a4 and f6, and thus much easier to
attack. After} 75. Bc4 Nc3 76. Bb3 {Black just bides his time with} Ke8 {and}
77. Kd4 Ne2+ {almost by magic draws. The crucial point is} 78. Kc4 ({and as
well} 78. Kc5 Nc3 $1 {threatening to take on a4, and after the bishop takes
back, then ...Kf7 clearing off the last pawn. It still feels very
counter-intuitive to me, that this, as well as the ending analysed above both
are drawn for Black, but the computer does verify that there is no way, White
can exploit his seemingly big superiority.}) 78... Nc1 $1 {attacking the
bishop, and then having ...Kf7 next winning the f6-pawn,}) {Even so, the drama
was not over, as in the commentary room, the computers indicated that White
had only one way to exploit the favour, and Magnus took almost all of his
remaining 2 minutes on the clock, before calmly retreating his king.} 72. Ke4
$1 {The point is that is the king reaches e3, the knihts are doomed, as the
king attacks both, and Bc4 next will just pick one up for free, so Nakamura
tries:} Nc2 73. c6 Nc3+ 74. Ke5 $1 {The king has done its job and now returns
to its more natural place, helping the passd pawns. The threat, is c7 queening,
so taking on a4 is forced, but fails as...} Nxa4 75. Bb3 {...is a simple fork,
picking up one of the knights, while still keeping the 2 passed pawns, leaving
Black in a hopeless position.} Nb6 76. Bxc2 a4 77. c7 Kf7 78. Bxa4 ({And
seeing that} 78. Bxa4 Nc4+ 79. Kd5 Nb6+ 80. Kc5 $1 {is hopeless and that after}
Nc8 (80... Nxa4+ 81. Kc6 $1) 81. Bd7 Na7 82. Kb6 {White soon queens, Nakamura
resigned. A lot was still to come, before Magnus had pulled of a spectacular
last minute comeback, to take both the tournament and the tour, but without
this win, the possibility would not have been there.}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg4 (8... Ne7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 b6 (11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bxf5
gxf5 14. Ne2 Nf6 $6 (14... b6 $1 15. Bd6 bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne5 $5 {Tukmakov/}) 15.
f3 Nh5 (15... O-O) 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. e4 $1 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Baburin,A-Helsinki/
1992/1:0/25/}) 12. Qa4 a5 (12... bxc5 13. Ba6 Qd8 14. Bb7 cxd4 15. exd4 $16)
13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Qb3 Qb7 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. O-O $16 {Lputian,S-Ye,J/Beijung/
1991/1:0/51/}) (8... Nf6 9. f3 $1 Be7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. e4 $1 fxe4 12. fxe4
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 O-O 15. O-O $44 {Shneider,A-Sokolov,I/YUG/1993/0,5/
49/}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 (10... Be7 $32 11. Bg3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nf6
14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. f3 $14 {Ionov,S-Rausis,
I/Oviedo/1993/0:1/40/}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4 Nf6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Bg2 N7f6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qc4 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfe8 (19... b5 $5 20.
Qd3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 $14 {/\Bd8-c7/}) 20. Be5 Bd8 21. Qd3 $1 Rc8 22. Qg3 g5 (
22... Be7 23. h4 {/\Bf3,h5/}) 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4 Nh7 (24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 Nd5
26. Qg3 f6 27. Bd6 b5 28. cxb6 Nxb6 29. g5 $1 $16) 25. Qg3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 f6 27.
Bd6 Bc7 28. Rb1 (28. c4 $5) 28... b5 (28... Bxd6 29. cxd6 b6 30. c4 c5 31. Rbd1
$16) 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 $2 (29... Rxc7) 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Ra1 Nf8 34. Ra6 Rec8 35. f4 Kf7 36. Be4 $1 Nd7 37. Rea1 e5 (37... Ke7 38. Ra7
Kd8 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Bg6 f5 42. g5 $18) 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Ra7 Ke7
40. Kf2 b4 (40... Kd8 41. g5 exd4 42. cxd4 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 Rc7 44. Ra8+ Ke7 45.
Ra6 Nb8 46. Rb6 Rc8 47. Rb7+ $18) 41. cxb4 exd4 42. Bf5 Kd8 43. g5 g6 44. Bh3
$1 Ke7 45. Ke2 Ke8 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Kxd4 Kd8 48. Kc3 Ke7 (48... Ke7 49. Re1+ Kd8
50. Rxc7 Rxc7 51. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich op-A 32nd"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be2 {In meiner kurzen
Vorbereitung auf diese Begegnung stieß ich auf eine gewisse Partie Wang
Yue-Zhang Pengxian (2007), in welcher Weiß überzeugend gewann.} Nf6 7. O-O b4
$6 ({In der erwänhnten chinesischen Partie geschah} 7... g6 8. Ng5 Bc8 9. b3 h6
10. Nge4 b4 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nc5 c3 14. a3 Bxc5 15. dxc5 {mit
weißer Initiative. Obwohl mein Gegner als Spezialist des Systems mit 4...Be6
gilt, überlegte er an dieser Stelle lange. Er wurde wohl von 6.Be2 überrascht,
und reagierte nicht sehr gut.}) 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 ({Nach} 9. Bd2 a5 {ist
Schwarz bereit, sich mittels 10...Bd5 und 11...e6 natürlich weiter zu
entwickeln.}) 9... Bd5 ({Nun kann Weiß dieser Idee gut begegnen. Die
Alternativen waren aber kaum besser, z.B.:} 9... Qa5 10. Nd2 $36 Bf5 $140 11.
e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxa4 14. Bxc4 Nf6 15. Qe5 Nd5 16. b3 Qa5 17. a3
e6 18. Bd2 $16) ({oder} 9... Rc8 10. e4 $5 (10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 e6 12. a3
$14)) 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. e4 Be6 13. Nxc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 {Diese
Bauernstruktur entsteht aus dem Meraner System, wenn bei Schwarz etwas
schiefgelaufen ist. Als einzige Kompensation für seine Schwächen besitzt der
Nachziehende hier eine gewisse Kontrolle über den schwarzen Zentralfeldern.}
Be7 (14... Qd4 $2 15. Ba6 $1 $18) 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. f3 $6 ({Mein Plan bestand in
den Aufbau Be3-Bf1-Rac1. Leider entging mir die Opferidee Neg4, die man später
unter verschiedenen Formen finden wird. Als richtige Spielweise erwies sich} 
16. Be2 Ng6 (16... O-O 17. f4 Ng6 18. e5 $16 {, da} Nd5 $4 {wegen} 19. Rxd5 {
nicht geht}) 17. Be3 ({der Computer schlägt das ehrgeizige} 17. f4 Rc8 18. g3
h5 19. e5 Nd5 20. h4 $5 $16 {vor}) 17... O-O 18. Rac1 $16) 16... O-O (16...
Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd6 $140 $2 18. f4) 17. Bf1 ({Ich erkannte rechtzeitig, dass} 17.
Be3 $2 {an} Neg4 18. fxg4 Nxg4 {scheitert, wonach sich Weiß mit der
Punkteteilung begnügen muss:} 19. Qe2 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Bg1 h5 22. Rd3
Nh2+ 23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. Kf1 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Bd2 ({Jetzt verliert sogar} 18.
Be3 $2 Neg4 {, aber}) (18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Be3 $14 {war eine bessere
Fortsetzung}) 18... c5 $1 {Ein unerwarteter Befreiungszug, der Schwarz
Aussichten auf Gegenspiel verspricht.} 19. b3 $6 (19. Bxb4 $2 {scheiter wieder
an} Neg4 $1 20. fxg4 Nxg4 $19 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gc7h2]}) ({Richtig war aber} 19.
Rac1 {, wonach Weiß weiterhin Druck ausüben könnte.}) 19... Nc6 $2 $138 ({
Bereits in Zeitnot findet Varga die beste Zugfolge nicht. Nach} 19... Bd6 $1 {
ist die Stellung einfach unklar, z.B.} 20. Be1 (20. Be3 $6 Neg4 $1 21. fxg4
Nxg4 22. e5 (22. Qe2 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 $19) 22... Bxe5 23. Qxc5 (23. Qe4 f5 $1
$19) 23... Bxa1 $1 24. Qxc7 Rxd1 25. Bf2 Be5 26. Qc4 Nxh2 {Am Ende dieses
ungewöhnlichen taktischen Feuerwerks verbleibt Schwarz mit Materialvorteil!}) (
{Die Fortsetzungen} 20. Kh1 Nc6 21. Be3 Bxh2 22. Qxc5 Bf4 $13) ({und} 20. Rac1
Nc6 $13 {geben Schwarz ausreichend aktives Spiel}) ({Schließlich steht der
Nachziehende im Fall von} 20. f4 Neg4 21. g3 (21. e5 $2 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23.
g3 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Ne4 $19) 21... c4 $1 {[%cal Gd6c5]} 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4
{sicher nicht schlechter}) 20... Nc6 21. g3 Nd4 22. Qg2 $13 {Weiß plant Rac1
und Bf2. Trotzdem kompensiert die gegnerische Aktivität die strukturellen
Schwächen.}) 20. Be3 Bd6 21. g3 Be5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 (22... Qxd8 23. Rd1 Bd4 24.
Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c6,Ga4c5]} Bxe3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd3 Ne5 27. Nb2 $16) 23. Rc1
{Nun ist c5 verurteilt.} Bd4 (23... Nd4 24. Qf2 $16) 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qf2 Qe7
(25... Qd6 26. Nxc5 $16) 26. Nxc5 h5 (26... g5 27. Rc4 $18) ({Zäher war} 26...
a5 27. Rc4 Nb5 28. Na4 $16) 27. Rc4 Nb5 (27... Nc6 28. Nd3) 28. Rxb4 Nc3 29.
Rc4 ({Die Alternativen sind auch gut, aber der Textzug erschien mir sicherer.} 
29. Rd4 Nd1 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Nb7 Qb8 32. Qd2 $16) (29. Rb7 Qd6 30. Nd3 $18 {
[%cal Gf2a7]}) 29... Nd1 30. Qe2 {[%csl Rd1]} Qc7 (30... a5 31. Kg2 $18) 31.
Kg2 (31. e5 Nd5 32. Na4 $1 $18) 31... Qb6 32. Rc1 $138 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 ({The complications that
arise after} 5... Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {usually favour White.}) 6.
Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 ({White can also choose a more challenging setup:} 7. Nc3 Nbd7
8. Bd2 {followed by queenside castling.}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O {
White has a pair of bishops, but Black's position has no weaknesses.
Objectively, the position is very close to equal.} 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 {
The white queen can achieve nothing on f3, where it might be attacked by
e6-e5-e4, and it is transfered to either c2 or b3, according to circumstances.}
dxc4 (11... Bc7 12. Qc2 (12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Be2 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16.
Rad1 Qe7 $11) 12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 e5 15. cxd5 e4 16. Bf1 cxd5 17.
Qb3 Nb6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2713)-Movsesian,
S (2677)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 688}) 12. Bxc4 Qe7 $146 {
Levon improves on his own play. Black prepares the e6-e5 advance which was
impossible right away in view of Qd1-b3. The move 12...a6, previously played
by him, seems to me to be less useful.} (12... a6 13. Qc2 (13. a4 $6 {This
move weakens the b4-square.} c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1
Rc7 18. Be1 Rec8 19. Be2 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Aronian,L (2763)/
Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 706 (26)}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rc8
16. Be1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be2 Rec8 19. Qb1 h6 20. Bf3 g6 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. Nf4
$14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2781)-Aronian,L (2737)/Sochi RUS 2008/The Week in Chess
717 (44)}) 13. Qc2 ({Black doesn't experience any difficulties after} 13. Qb3
Nb6 14. Be2 e5 {as well.}) 13... e5 14. Rae1 $6 {I don't like this move. I
think that White should develop his rooks to d1 and e1 respectively. The move
in the text could be justified only in the event that White manages to open
the f-file but, this can happen only with Black's assistance.} (14. Rfe1 Rad8
15. Rad1 Bb8 (15... Nb6 16. Bb3 e4 17. a4 Nbd5 {is equal but, White is not
worse here compared to the game.}) 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nb6 18. Bb3 exd4 19.
Qxe7 Rxe7 20. exd4 {and White is very slightly better thanks to his great
light-squared bishop.}) 14... Rad8 (14... e4 $2 {would play into White's hands.
} 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 $36) 15. Bb3 (15. f4 $6 {creates weaknesses only for
White.} exd4 16. exd4 Qf8 17. Bb3 Bc7 $1 18. Na4 (18. d5 Qc5+ 19. Kh2 Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 cxd5 $15) 18... b5 19. Nc5 Qd6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 15... Bb8
16. Ne2 (16. Ne4 exd4 17. Nxf6+ (17. Ng5 $2 {[%csl Rf7]} d3 $1 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19.
Qc3 h6 $19) 17... Qxf6 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Bc3 Qd6 20. g3 {with sufficient
compensation for the pawn at best.}) 16... Qd6 17. g3 Nb6 18. Qf5 $6 {This
queen move is suspicious.} (18. dxe5 $2 Qxd2 19. Qxd2 Rxd2 20. exf6 gxf6 $17 {
[%csl Rb2]}) (18. a3 e4 (18... c5 $6 19. dxc5 Qxd2 20. cxb6 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 Rd2
22. Ba4 Rf8 23. bxa7 Bxa7 24. Nc3 Rxb2 25. Rb1 $14) 19. Rc1 Nbd5 {is obviously
fine for Black, but his kingside offensive is far from being dangerous. For
instance, an attempt at transfering the queen to f3 does not work:} 20. Nc3 Qd7
21. Kg2 Qf5 $6 22. f4) 18... Nbd5 19. Qf3 e4 20. Qg2 h5 21. Nf4 g6 {Protecting
the Ph5 and preparing the transfer of the Nf6 to better pastures.} (21... h4 $6
22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. gxh4 Re6 24. Bd1 Nh7 25. h5 Ng5 26. f4 exf3 27. Bxf3 {
and it won't be easy for Black to justify the pawn sacrifice.}) 22. Rc1 Nh7 23.
Ba5 {Trying to provoke a concession on the queenside.} (23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. h4
$11 {would have been safer.}) 23... b6 24. Bd2 Ng5 25. Bd1 h4 26. gxh4 {
This looks nervous but, actually, this move is not bad, the decisive mistake
came a bit later...} (26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. gxh4 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Qg4 Qd6 30.
Qg3 Qf6 31. Qg4 Kg7 $17 {[%cal Ge8h8]}) ({It was possible to play a "waiting"
move} 26. Kh1 $5 {even though White's position looks somewhat cramped.}) 26...
Nxf4 27. exf4 Ne6 28. h5 $2 {Wrong push.} (28. f5 {could keep the tension in
the game. Here is how the game could continue:} Nxd4 29. fxg6 fxg6 (29... f5 $2
30. Bg5 Rd7 31. h5 f4 32. h4 f3 33. Qh3 $16) 30. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3g3]} Kh7 (
30... Nb5 31. Rc1 Qxd2 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf6+ {
with a perpetual check.}) 31. Bg5 Rd7 32. h5 gxh5 33. Bxh5 Rg8 34. h4 $13)
28... Nxd4 29. Be3 c5 30. Bxd4 ({Now even the exchange of queens would not
make White's life much easier.} 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. Qxg6+ fxg6 $17 {[%csl Rf4]
[%cal Ge8f8]}) 30... cxd4 31. Ba4 Re7 32. Rc6 (32. f5 {Now it's too late.} g5
$1 33. h4 (33. Qxg5+ Kh7 $19 {[%cal Gd8g8,Gd6h2]}) 33... g4 34. Rc6 Qf4 35. Bd1
Kh8 $1 {is lost for White. His doubled pawns on the kingside look terrible
compared to Black's proud central pawns.}) 32... Qxf4 33. hxg6 f5 {Black's
monarch feels quite safe behind the white pawn.} 34. Rfc1 d3 35. Rc8 {The
exchange of rooks makes Black's task easier but, White's position is lost
anyway.} Kg7 $1 36. R1c4 Rxc8 37. Rxc8 Rc7 38. Rxc7+ Bxc7 39. Bd7 a6 40. h4 b5
41. Qh3 d2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 {This move is slightly
provocative. Now in order to fight for an advantage White has to weaken his
kingside. The alternative 5...Bxf3 is very solid, but often leads to a
slightly worse position for Black.} 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6
hxg6 10. Bd2 {White has got the bishop pair, but Black's position is out of
weaknesses. Standard stuff in the Slav.} g5 (10... Bb4 {has appeared in
numerous grandmaster games as well.}) 11. Bd3 (11. cxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 {
is also possible which leads to the same structure as in the current game.})
12. Bd3 Bb4 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. f3 Bd6 15. Ne2 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb6 17. Kf2 a6 18. Kg2
Be7 19. b4 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Salgado Lopez,I (2626)-Inarkiev,E (2679)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (101)}) (11. Qf3 Bb4 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 O-O-O
14. c5 e5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rh6 17. Ka1 Re8 $11 {1-0 Golod,V (2584)-Postny,
E (2674)/Israel 2009/EXT 2010 (56)}) 11... Qc7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 ({Perhaps
a better try to fight for an advantage is:} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qf3 Be7 15. O-O-O
{and then White can play Qf3-g2 followed by f2-f4 or f2-f3 and e3-e4 according
to circumstances.}) 13... Be7 14. Rc1 {Threatening 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qxd5.} N7f6
15. a3 $6 (15. Kf1 {is always an option, followed by Kg2.}) ({An interesting
idea is} 15. h4 $5 Nxc3 (15... gxh4 $6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 $16) (
15... Rxh4 $6 16. Rxh4 gxh4 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. g6 (19. Qxd5 $6 Qh2
$13) 19... Nf6 20. Ke2 $36) 16. hxg5 $1 Rxh1+ 17. Qxh1 Nxa2 18. Qh8+ (18. Ra1
Nd5 (18... Nxg4 $6 19. Qh8+ Bf8 20. Rxa2 Qh2 21. Qxh2 Nxh2 22. Ke2 $16 {
[%csl Rh2]}) 19. Rxa2 g6 20. Qh8+ Bf8 21. e4 Nb6 22. Ke2 {with a complicated
position where both sides have chances.}) 18... Kd7 19. Qxa8 Nxc1 20. Bxc1 Nxg4
21. Bd2 Bxg5 22. Qf8 Qh2 23. Qxf7+ Be7 24. Bg6 Qh4 25. Ke2 Nf6 26. Qxg7 Qg4+
27. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) 15... Nxc3 $1 {Now recapturing with the pawn would lose the
Pa3 - this is the main drawback of White's last move.} 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rc2 Rd8
18. Ke2 Rh6 $5 {An unusual way to activate the rook. Now we can say for sure
that neither side will castle in this game!} 19. b4 $6 (19. Kf1 $11) 19... a6
$6 (19... e5 $1 {could already cause troubles for White.} 20. Kf1 (20. dxe5
Qxe5 21. Qe4 Qd6 $17 {Practically the same position arose in the game later on.
}) 20... exd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Rc4 Rf6 23. Qe2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17) 20. Qg2
$2 {Boris doesn't sense the danger.} ({Again} 20. Kf1 {,transferring the king
to the safer square g2, would keep the position approximately balanced.}) 20...
e5 {Suddenly White is in trouble. The king is not safe at all. Black's rook on
h6 may join the attack quickly along the sixth rank.} 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qe4 Qd6
23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qd4 {Sad necessity.} (24. Qf3 $2 b5 {and the check on d3 will
be fatal.}) 24... Qxd4 25. exd4 Nxg4 26. Rg1 Nf6 27. Rxg5 Kf8 {This is the
human move, protecting the Pg7. Meanwhile White has weaknesses all around.} (
27... Rxh3 $5 28. Rxg7 Rxa3 29. Rxf7 Rxd4 $17) 28. Rg3 Rh4 29. Be3 Nd5 30. Kf3
Bf6 31. Bxd5 $2 {This nervous decisionis one I can't approve of. It's true
that White's position is much worse, but he should keep his light-squared
bishop.} (31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. d5 cxd5 34. Bb3 {The presence of
opposite coloured bishops always promises some drawish chances.}) 31... Rxd5 {
Now White seems to be lost. He is losing the Pd4 pawn without any compensation.
} 32. Rc5 Bxd4 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Bg5 (34. Bxd4 Rxd4 {Not all rooks endings are
drawish. White can't save this as he is a pawn down and has also got an
inferior structure.}) 34... Re4 35. Rg1 Bb2 36. Bc1 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Rc4 38. Rd1
Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rxa3 40. Rxd5 Ra4 41. Rd4 (41. b5 Ra5 $19) 41... g6 (41... a5 $2 {
would be very inaccurate. After} 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Ra8 Rxb4 44. Rxa5 {White
gets chances to save the game. Every pawn exchange is in favour of the
defending side.}) 42. Re4 b6 43. Rc4 Kg7 {[%cal Ga6a5] White is losing another
pawn, so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 (5... Bxf3 {is a bit of a
concession, even though after} 6. Qxf3 e6 {Black's position is very solid.}) 6.
Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {Now, in order to hunt the light-squared bishop, White
has to weaken his kingside a bit.} Nbd7 9. h4 (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 (10. a3 g5
11. c5 Be7 12. b4 e5 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. O-O Nf8 $13 {½-½ (58) Spoelman,W (2583)
-Giri,A (2798) Amstelveen 2015}) 10... Ng8 11. h4 Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Qg4 Be7 {
[%cal Ge7g5]} 14. Rh3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qc7 16. h5 $6 ({White should play it
slowly:} 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Bb3 {hoping to make use of his pair
of bishops in the long term.}) 16... gxh5 17. Rxh5 O-O-O 18. O-O-O g6 $11 {
0-1 (41) Nyback,T (2594)-Navara,D (2730) Reykjavik 2015}) 9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 {
Again it is more principled to grab the bishop.} (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12.
Bxc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qf3 (14. Qb3 N7b6 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a3 Ba5 17. O-O-O
e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Caruana,F 
(2796)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Tromsoe 2013}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bb3 Kb8 16. e4
$6 {Too early for this push.} (16. O-O-O {is preferable.}) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3
Ba5 $11 {0-1 (47) Wang,H (2739)-Jakovenko,D (2736) St Petersburg 2012}) ({
White can't trap the bishop:} 10. h5 $2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 $2 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 (12.
Kxd1 Nxg4 $17) 12... Be4 $17) 10... h5 (10... h6 {is also possible.}) 11. g5
Nd5 {I believe that Black has already solved his opening problems. His
light-squared bishop is safe. White has got some superiority in space, but at
the same time some weak spots as well.} 12. Bg2 N5b6 13. b3 $146 (13. Na5 Qc7
$6 (13... Bb4 $1 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qf3 Nd5 $11) 14.
Bd2 Be7 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (49) Ortmann,D (2321)-Keusch,H (1882) Berlin 2007})
13... Bb4 14. Bd2 e5 $1 15. a3 (15. Ne4 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nxc4 17. bxc4 O-O $11) (
{Interesting complications could arise after} 15. O-O O-O (15... Nxc4 $6 16.
bxc4 O-O 17. Qb3 Ba5 18. Rad1 $14) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. a3 $1 Bxa3
19. f4 Rad8 20. f5 Bb2 21. Ne4 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxd2 $1 23. Nxd2 Qd7 {[%csl Rd2,
Rf5]} 24. fxg6 Qxd2 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11) ({Or:} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qe7 17. a3 $1 (17. f4 $2 {is too greedy in view of} O-O-O $17) 17... Bxa3
18. O-O Rd8 19. Ne2 O-O (19... Bb4 20. Nd4 $1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 c5 22. Rxa7 cxd4
23. Rxb7 Nd7 24. Qxd4 O-O 25. Bh3 Nxe5 26. Rxe7 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. exd4 Rxd4
$11) 20. Nf4 Bb2 21. Rxa7 Bxe5 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qc2 Bb8 $1 24. Ra2 Kh7 {
In this double edged position I would prefer Black, as his king is actually
safer.}) 15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 Ba5 17. O-O O-O 18. c5 $5 {An interesting
decision, but also a committal one. The d4-pawn can now become vulnerable.} (
18. Ne4 {would be a safe option with approximately equal chances.}) 18... Re8
19. Ra2 $6 {The b1-square is not available for the rook, so in order to get to
the b-file, the rook has to make this awkward manoeuvre. However, it would be
more natural just to put the rook on c1.} (19. Rc1 exd4 (19... Nf8 $6 20. d5
$14) (19... Qc7 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. f4 $13) 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Bf4 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Be4
$11) 19... Qc7 20. Rb2 $6 {Logically continuing the wrong manoeuvre.} (20. Ne2
exd4 21. exd4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf8 (22... Rad8 $6 23. f4 $13) 23. Qf4 (23. f4 $6
Qd7 24. Ng3 Qg4 $17) 23... Qd7 $15) 20... b6 $6 ({After the simple} 20... Rad8
{I don't see how White can hold his centre. For instance:} 21. Qa4 (21. Ne2
exd4 22. exd4 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd7c5]}) 21... exd4 22.
Nd5 (22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Qxa5 b6 $17) (22. exd4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qf4 $17 {[%csl Rh4]}
) 22... cxd5 23. Bxa5 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 $17) 21. cxb6 $6 (21. Ne2 Bxd2 (21...
bxc5 $2 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Bxc6) 22. Rxd2 bxc5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5]
White is, probably, worse, but has some play.}) 21... axb6 $6 (21... Bxb6 $1
22. d5 e4 {was more challenging. The bishop has not much to do on a5 anyway.})
22. d5 e4 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 cxd5 24. Bb4 e4 25. Qxd5 Ne5 26. Bd6 Qd7 27.
Rxb6 Rad8 28. Qxe5 $1 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 {Black is pressing, but when White puts
his bishop on g3, this looks to me like a fortress.}) 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Nb5 $2
(24. Ne2 {was more flexible, as from e2 the knight can go both to d4 and the
f4-square.} Ne5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nf4 Rxa3 27. Rc2 Qb5 28. Rc7 {with decent
compensation for the pawn.}) 24... Ne5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nd4 Qd6 27. Ne2 {
Loek eventually came to the right manoeuvre, but too late.} Nd3 {Black's
knight is already there.} 28. Nf4 Rxa3 29. Rb5 (29. Rd2 b5 30. Nxh5 b4 31. Ng3
Qe6 32. h5 Bf5 33. f3 {was, perhaps, a better practical chance to muddy the
waters.}) 29... Qc6 30. Qb1 Nxf4 31. exf4 Qd7 $1 32. Rxb6 Qg4 $19 ({A computer
like win is as follows:} 32... e3 33. Qb2 Rd3 $1 34. fxe3 Rd2 35. Qb5 Rxg2+ $1
36. Kxg2 Qd2+ 37. Rf2 Be4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Qf1 Qxe3 40. Rbb2 Qg3+ 41. Rg2 Bxg2
42. Rxg2 Qxh4 $19) 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qe5 Rf3 36. f5 Bxf5 37. Re1
Rf4 38. Re3 Bg6 39. Qd6 Qxh4 {White's pawns are falling one after another.} 40.
Rg3 Rg4 41. Qe5 Rxg3 42. fxg3 Qg4 43. Kf2 Bf5 44. Qe7 Kg6 45. Qe5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:06"]
[BlackClock "0:16:25"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (
4. Qc2) 4... e6 {[%emt 0:10:02]} (4... dxc4 {L'alternative} 5. Qxc4 Bf5 (5...
Bg4) 6. g3 (6. Nc3)) 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} (5. g3 {Transpose sur une Catalane
}) 5... h6 $5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 a5
8. e4 $32) 6... Qa5+ {[%emt 0:07:28]} (6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nbd2
Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. a4 b4 12. Nb3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Ke7
16. O-O a6 17. Be2 Qa5 18. Nd2 Nce4 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Rac1 Nxc4 22.
Bf2 Qg5 23. h4 Nxe3 24. Qc7+ Rxc7 25. Rxc7+ Kd6 26. hxg5 Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Kd7 28.
gxf6 Nd5 29. fxg7 Rg8 30. Bd4 f6 31. Kf2 Rxg7 32. Rd1 e5 33. Be3 Ke6 34. Bxh6
Rc7 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 {Jumabayev,R (2606)-Ragger,M (2698) Berlin 2015 1-0 
(76)}) (6... a5 $5 7. a3 a4 8. Qc2 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4d2,Ge4g3]} 12. Be5 f6 $13 {Semcesen,D (2402)-Hillarp Persson,T (2543)
Rilton Cup 38th 2008 (2) 0-1}) 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 8.
e3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:09]} (8... Bb4 $5 {Plus actif} 9. Rc1 Nd7
10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 g5 (11... O-O 12. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 12. Bg3 h5 13.
Nd2 $14 {Colom Casasayas,O-Bordell Rosell,R (2260) St Cugat op 1994 (6) 1-0})
9. cxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:42] Les Noirs n'ont plus l'option cd5 suivi de Nc6} exd5
{[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxc3 $146 {[%emt 0:05:28]} (10... g5
11. Bg3 h5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rh6 15. h4 g4 16. O-O Qd8 17. g3
f5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. a3 O-O-O 21. b4 Qa6 22. Qb2 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6
24. Ne2 Qc4 25. Rac1 Qf7 26. Rc5 Kb8 27. Rdc1 Qf6 28. Nf4 Be8 29. Re5 b6 30. a4
Bf7 31. a5 R6d7 32. Ra1 Rc7 33. axb6 axb6 34. Qa3 Rb7 35. b5 c5 36. Qa8+ Kc7
37. Qa6 Rd6 38. dxc5 Qxe5 39. cxd6+ Qxd6 40. Rc1+ {Goreacinic,D (2301)
-Stefanova,A (2481) Differdange 2007 1-0}) 11. bxc3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} (12... Nf8 $5 {
[%cal Gf8e6,Gc8g4]}) 13. a4 {[%emt 0:09:56]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 14. Bg3 $5 {
[%emt 0:05:05][%csl Rc8] Après l'échange, les Noirs garderont un mauvais B} (
14. Nd2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Be6) 14... Bxg3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 15. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 16. Rfb1 $1 {[%emt 0:15:41][%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rb7] les
pièces Noires sont assez mal placées} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:
12:19][%cal Gc3c4]} (17. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 18. cxb4 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 17... Nf6 {
[%emt 0:01:50]} 18. Qa3 $5 {[%emt 0:01:30][%csl Rb7]} (18. Qc2 {[%cal Gc3c4]})
18... Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. a5
$16 {[%emt 0:01:24][%csl Rb7] Les Noirs vont souffrir à défendre la
faiblesse "b7"} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:45] Liant les R avant de ramener le B en
défense mais les Noirs manquent de contre-jeu} 21. Qc5 {[%emt 0:08:46]} a6 {
[%emt 0:10:58]} 22. Rb2 {[%emt 0:08:50][%csl Rb7][%cal Ga1b1]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 24. Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:01]}
Qxb6 {[%emt 0:05:54] Malgré l'échange des Q, les Noirs n'ont toujours pas
égalisé} 25. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:21][%csl Gd5][%cal
Gg4f6,Gf6d5]} 26. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Rb2 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Re7 (27... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 28. Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
01:47]} 29. Nb3 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:00:20][%cal Gb3c5]} Ne8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04]
[%cal Ge8d6,Gd6b7]} 30. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Be2 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:30][%csl Ge4] Un coup affaiblissant mais il
faut éviter la poussée centrale e4e5 pour stabiliser le Nd6} 32. Nd3 {
[%emt 0:01:13][%cal Gd3e5]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 33. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:26][%cal
Gc1c5,Gc5e5] Joué à tempo mais ce coup de R est un peu mystérieux} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} Nf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40] Tentant d'éliminer la meilleure pièce des
Blancs} 36. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (37... Rde8 38. Rc3) 38. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rd5 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} 39. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:00] Un coup d'attente
pour passer le contrôle de temps} 40. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 41. Rb1 {[%emt 0:06:34]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 42. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:02:26]} (42... Rde8 43. Re1) 43. Re5 $1 {[%emt 0:10:39][%csl Ge5]} Rdd7
{[%emt 0:01:37]} (43... Kf6) 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Bd5 $5 {[%emt 0:04:27]
Les Noirs continuent de souffrir mais la pression Blanche s'affaiblit un peu.
Le risque des échanges est néanmoins de pouvoir laisser le K Blanc
pénétrer à l'aile-dame via les cases Noires} 45. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxe7
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 47. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:22][%cal Ge1e3]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 48. e4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (48.
Kc3 {[%cal Gc3b4,Gb4c5]} h4 49. gxh4+ Kxh4 {[%cal Gh4g3]}) 48... fxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} 49. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 50. Kc3 {[%emt 0:03:25]}
Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 51. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:57][%csl Ge4,Rg3] La finale est moins
claire} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 52. Bc4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
53. Kxc4 $16 {[%emt 0:00:04][%cal Gc4c5,Gd4d5]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 54. Rf3 $1
{[%emt 0:04:20][%csl Rd7,Gf3]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 55. Kc5 $40 {[%emt 0:00:22]
La différence d'activité donne des trés bonnes chances de gain pour le GMI}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 56. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 57. d5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 58. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Rg6][%cal
Gb3b6,Gb6e6]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 59. d6 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:47][%cal Gb3e3]}
Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 60. Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 61. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:12] Les Noirs sont en zugzwang} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 62. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 63. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 $5 {Le fianchetto est devenu assez
populaire récemment contre la Slave ou la semi-slave} Bf5 (4... e6 {Aurait
transposé dans une Catalane}) (4... dxc4 5. Bg2 (5. a4 b5 (5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nd5) 6. Bg2 e6 (6... Bf5 $6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nc3 $36)) (5. Nc3
Bf5 (5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7) 6. Bg2 e6 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nxc4 $14) 5... b5
{A nouveau, une ligne critique et les Blancs ont des compensations
raisonnables pour le P sacrifié mais ils doivent obtenir quelque chose de
concret avant que les Noirs n'aient le temps de terminer le développement.} (
5... g6 6. Ne5 (6. Nc3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 a5 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. h3
Ne8 12. Be3 (12. Rd1 Nc7 (12... Nd6)) 12... Nd6 13. Rfd1 {Mudrak,J (2362)
-Vitak,P (2185) Tabor op 2011 (4) 1-0}) 6... Be6 7. Na3 (7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qb6)
7... Bd5 8. f3 b5 9. e4 $13 (9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 Be6 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 a6 $13)
9... Be6 10. f4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc2 Qc8 13. a4 Bh3 $15 {Eljanov,P (2706)
-Malakhov,V (2707) World Cup ACP rapid 2013 (1.2) 0-1}) 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 e6 {
Transpose dans la variante ouverte dc4 suivi de b7b5 de la Catalane} 8. Ne5 a6
9. b3 (9. Nc3 Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. f4 Be7 13. Ng4 O-O 14. Ne3 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} c5 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 $1 Re8 17. Nxd5 $44 {Williams,S (2487)
-Haslinger,S (2450) BCF-chT 0607 (4NCL) 2006 (10.1) 1/2}) 9... cxb3 10. Bb2 {
Kaidanov,G (2629)-Galkin,A (2568) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2003 (6) 1/2}) (4... Bg4
5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 $14
{Romanishin,O (2580)-Dorfman,J (2540) URS-ch FL48 Tashkent 1980 1/2}) 5. Nc3 e6
6. Nh4 {La variante à la mode, les Blancs retardent la sortie du Bg2 et la
position ressemble à la ligne 4.e3 Bf5 Dans certains cas, le Bf1 sera
développé sur la diagonale a6f1} (6. Qb3) (6. Bg2 h6 {C'est l'inconvénient
de jouer le coup naturel Bg2 qui laisse un temps de répit aux Noirs pour
sauver la paire de B}) 6... Be4 $1 {provoquant un petit affaiblissement} (6...
Bg6 7. Nxg6 (7. Qb3 Qb6) 7... hxg6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 {
Giri,A (2749)-Buhmann,R (2582) Bundesliga 1314 2013 (2.1) 1-0}) (6... Bg4 7. f3
{Wagner (2340)-Bailet (2345) Vandoeuvre op 11th 2014 (6) 1-0}) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qd7 (8... Qb6 {La grande ligne} 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 $14 {Laznicka,V (2676)
-Perunovic,M (2602) Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (4.2) 1-0}) 9. Nxg6 (9. c5 Be7 (
9... b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Bf4 $14 {Brunello,S (2586)-Godena,M (2512) Bergamo
op 11th 2012 (5) 1/2})) (9. Bg2) (9. Be3) 9... hxg6 10. Be3 {[%cal Ge3f2,Ge2e4]
} (10. Bg5) 10... Be7 11. Bf2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} O-O 12. O-O-O $5 (12. Bg2 Na6 13.
O-O $14 {[%csl Gf2,Gg2][%cal Ge2e4] Avec le centre et la paire de B, les
Blancs gardent un petit avantage d'ouverture.}) 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 a5 14. Qb3
b5 15. a4 {[%csl Rc1] Un coup risqué} Na6 $5 16. axb5 a4 $1 17. bxc6 $2 {
Perdant le sens du danger} (17. Qxa4 $8 Nb4 18. Qb3 $13) 17... Qxc6 18. Qxa4
Qc7 {[%csl Ra4,Rc1]} 19. e4 Nb4 $40 {[%csl Ra4,Rc1]} 20. Qb3 Na2+ $2 (20...
Rfb8 {[%cal Gb8b3,Gb4a2]} 21. Kb1 Qa7 $19 (21... Na2 22. Nb5)) 21. Kd2 Rfb8 {
Trop tard!} 22. Nb5 Qa5+ 23. Ke3 $13 Nb4 24. Be1 Rxb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb4 (
26. Kf2 $142 {[%cal Gf2g2]}) 26... Bxb4 27. Rd3 Rb8 $17 28. Qc2 e5 29. dxe5
Qxe5 30. Rc1 Ba5 {[%csl Rb2]} 31. Rb3 Bb6+ 32. Ke2 {D'où l'intérêt de jouer
26.Kf2, suivi de Kg2} Qd4 {[%cal Gd4f2]} 33. Rf1 g5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 34. Qd3
Qc5 35. Qc3 Qe7 36. Qc6 Qa7 37. Rd1 Bc7 38. Rxb8+ Qxb8 39. Rc1 $132 {En ayant
joué passivement les derniers coups probablement à cause du zeitnot, les
Noirs ont laissé les Blancs revenir dans la partie.} Bd8 40. Rc2 Kh7 {La
différence de sécurité entre les deux K est un facteur important et celui
des Blancs reste exposé.} (40... g4 $5 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gf6e4]}) 41. Qc8 Qb5+
42. Qc4 Qe8 43. Qc6 Qe7 44. Qc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5e7,Gc5g5]} Qb7 45. Qxg5 {La
partie a basculé} g6 46. Qc5 Kg7 47. Qc6 Qb3 48. Qc4 Qb6 49. Kf1 Be7 50. Kg2
$1 {Le K Blanc est maintenant en sécurité et la position Blanche est
quasiment gagnée.} Bb4 51. e5 (51. Qc6) 51... Nd7 52. Qd5 Nf8 53. Qc6 (53. Rc6
Qa7 54. Qd8 {[%cal Gd8f6]} Qa2 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Rc7 Qxb2+ 57. Kh3 Qb3 $13 {
[%cal Gb3f7]}) 53... Qd4 54. Qc4 Qb6 55. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f6]} Ne6 $1 {Le N
centralisé est un bon défenseur et les Blancs n'ont plus d'attaque sur le K
Noir malgré l'affaiblissement de la case "f6"} 56. Rc4 (56. Qf6+) 56... Bf8
57. b4 (57. Qf6+ Kg8 $15) 57... Qe3 58. Rc2 Qxe5 59. Qc4 Nd4 60. Rd2 Nf5 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf5e3]} 61. Qb3 Qe1 62. Rd7 $2 {Ultime rebondissement dans
cette partie, le tournoi se jouait à la cadence de 1h30 KO avec deux rondes
par rondes, ce qui explique les erreurs réciproques.} Ne3+ 63. Kh3 Qf1+ 64.
Kh4 Be7+ $1 65. Rxe7 Nf5+ 66. Kg4 Nxe7 67. Qc3+ f6 68. Qc5 Kf7 69. b5 Qe2 70.
Qb6 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 (6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 c5 8.
Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 O-O 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Re3 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Rg3 f6 19. c5 Rfe8 20. Rge3
Re7 21. b4 Rde8 22. a4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Bxe5 fxe5
27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. h3 h6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Kg8 32. Qd5+ Kf8
33. Kh2 Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Kg8 {Bu,X (2691)-Erenburg,S (2601) Las Vegas
2014 1/2-1/2}) 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 (7. Qxb7 Bxg2 8. Rg1 dxc4 9. Qxa8 cxd3 10.
Rxg2 Qc7 $44 {[%csl Ra8];Sorokin,M (2560)-Alavkin,A (2485) RUS-Cup 300 years
2003 (3) 1/2}) 7... Ra7 (7... Qc7 {Plus naturel} 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bd2) 8. Nc3 e6 9.
c5 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6,Rb7]} Nbd7 10. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} g6 $5 $146 {Proposé par
HUEBNER mais sans donner de suite} (10... Nh5 11. Be2 g6 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qd1
Qh4 14. h3 Rg8 15. Bd2 f5 16. Qf3 b6 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Ne2 a5 20.
Rg1 Rg6 21. Rxg6 hxg6 22. Qg2 Qf6 23. Rc2 Nc4 24. Nc1 a4 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb4
Bxb4+ 27. Nxb4 Rc7 28. Na6 Ra7 29. Nb8+ Kc8 30. Nxc6 Rc7 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Rxc7+
Kxc7 33. fxe5 Qe7 34. Qxg6 Qb4+ 35. Kf1 Qxb2 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qf8+ {1-0 (37)
Khenkin,I (2604)-Braun,A (2463) Altenkirchen 2005}) 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. O-O-O $32 {
[%csl Ra7]} Ng4 13. Be1 f5 14. h3 Ngf6 15. f3 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3]} 16. Na4 O-O 17.
Kb1 Bf6 18. Rc1 a5 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Rh2 Rb8 21. Rhc2 {Un plan original} Qe8 22.
Bf2 Bd8 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. Bf1 Kf7 25. Rc3 Raa8 26. Rb3 {[%csl Rb6] Les Blancs
ont plus d'espace pour manoeuvrer mais l'avantage est minime} h6 27. Ka1 Qf6
28. Qd2 Bc7 29. Be1 Qe7 30. Qf2 Qf6 31. Bd2 Qe7 32. Qe1 Qd8 33. Rbc3 Qf6 34.
R3c2 {Visiblement, les deux camps attendent de passer le contrôle de temps
avant de tenter quelque chose} Ra7 35. Nc3 a4 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} 36. Nb1 $6 {
[%csl Rb1]} g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Bc3 Raa8 39. Rg2 f4 40. e4 Ng3 41. Bd3 Rh8 42.
e5 Qg7 43. Rh2 Rh4 {[%csl Rh3]} 44. Qg1 Qh6 (44... Rah8) 45. Qg2 Rh8 46. Qc2
Ra8 47. Qg2 Rh8 48. Qc2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 (5... b5) 6. Qb3 (6. Nbd2 e6
7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. O-O Bg6 12. f4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
Bb4 14. Bc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. c5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. e4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6
20. e5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Qg3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qf7+ 24. Ke2 Qf5 25. Qh4 g5
26. Qh5 Nf8 27. g4 Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Nxg6 29. b4 Nh8 30. Nf3 Nf7 31. Kd3 Kf8 32.
Kc3 Ke7 33. Kb3 a5 34. bxa5 Kd7 35. Ne1 Nh8 {Krasenkow,M (2635)-Postny,E (2641)
Saint Quentin 2014 1/2-1/2}) 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 (7... Qc7 8. Nc3) 8. Nc3 e6
9. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} (9. c5 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6]} Nbd7 10. f4) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5
11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O $146 (13. Bd2 Rc7 14. Bf3 O-O 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16.
O-O Qb8 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Qd3 h6 20. b4 Bf8 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1
Qb8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Kf1 Nb6 25. Qd4 Nc4 26. Be1 Qc7 27. Bc3 Bd6 28. Qd3 Bf8
29. Kg2 Be7 30. Ng3 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Qd4 Qd7 34. e4 Qe6 35.
Qxd5 Qg6+ 36. Ng3 Qg4 37. Qa8 Qxf4 38. Bxg7 Qd6 39. Bxf8 Qxf8 40. Qxa6 Qxb4 41.
Qxh6 Qb1 42. Qg5+ Kh7 {Kuzubov,Y (2634)-Bromann,T (2434) Reykjavik 2010 1-0})
13... O-O 14. Rd1 Rd7 15. a3 Qe7 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 16. Bd2 {Les Blancs ont du mal
à activer la paire de B} e5 $1 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc2 Bb6 19. Kg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1
Qh4 21. Qf5 Bc7 $36 22. h3 Nc6 23. Be1 Ne7 24. Qf3 Rfd8 {Les pièces Noires
sont nettement plus actives} 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qg2 Ned5 $2 {Provoque une
simplification qui va soulager les Blancs et permettre enfin l'activation de
la paire de B} (26... g6 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Kg7 $11) 27. Nxd5 (27. a4 $5 {
[%cal Ga1a8]} b4 28. f4 {[%cal Ge1h4]} Qh6 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bg4 $16) 27...
Nxd5 28. Bg4 Rd8 (28... Rd6 {[%cal Gd6g6]}) 29. Rc1 Qe7 (29... Be5 $4 30. Ba5)
30. Bf3 Nf6 31. Bb4 Bd6 32. Ba5 Re8 33. Rc6 Be5 34. Rxa6 Bxb2 35. Bb4 Qc7 {
[%csl Rh1]} 36. Qg5 $6 Qc8 $1 $40 {[%cal Gc8a6,Gc8h3]} 37. Qxb5 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1
Qxf3 39. Rxf6 $8 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 $13 Rc8 41. Rc6 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 (42. Ke1 Qh1+) 42...
Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Syre Memorial op 33th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Black "Sorbe, Stephane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 (5. Qb3 {la dernière mode} Qb6 {
Franco Alonso,A (2479)-Van Dongen,P (2329) Malakoff op 09th 2009 (6) 1/2}) 5...
Bxf3 (5... Bh5) 6. Qxf3 e6 {En contrepartie de la paire de B, le centre noir
est trés solide et il n'est pas facile d'ouvrir le jeu} 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O (8.
Nc3 {Plus souple pour garder l'option du OOO} Bd6 9. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Ge1g1,
Ge1c1]}) 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 11. Rad1 (11. Qd1 $142
$5 {Un coup sophistiqué qui est trés populaire chez les top GMI. Les blancs
anticipent la poussée e5 qui menacent e5e4 et ils vont recycler la Q sur la
diagonale b1h7 ou elle fera pression sur les cases blanches. Au surplus, les
blancs ont l'option f2f4 fixant la case "e5"} dxc4 12. Bxc4 $14 {Sasikiran,K 
(2711)-L'Ami,E (2603) Corus-B Wijk aan Zee 2009 (1) 1/2}) (11. Rfd1 Qe7 $132 {
Delchev,A (2637)-Movsesian,S (2637) ESP-chT Honor Gp1 2006 (3) 0-1}) (11. Rae1
dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bb3 $14 {[%csl Gb3,Rf7]}) 11... Qe7 $11 12. Rfe1 $146 (12.
cxd5 {Elissalt Cardenas,H (2317)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2570) Collado
Villalba op-A 26th 2009 (4) 0-1}) (12. e4 e5 $132) 12... e5 13. Qe2 (13. Qf5 e4
) 13... exd4 14. exd4 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 dxc4 $1 {les noirs vont obtenir une forte
case "d5" bloquant le P isolé et les blancs peuvent difficilement exploiter la
paire de B.} 16. Bxc4 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gb6d5]} 17. Bb3 h6 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8 20. Kg2 Rd8 21. Kf3 Bc7 {Début d'une finale complexe où la paire de B
donne un léger avantage en contrepartie de la meilleure structure noire.} (
21... Kf8) 22. Be1 (22. Ne4 Nxe4 (22... Rxd4 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bxh6) 23. Kxe4
Nd5 24. Re1 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 f5 $11 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gg8f7]}) 22...
g6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Ba2 Nbd5 $11 25. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} Ne7 26. Bc3 $6 b6 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc3]} 27. b4 {Le Bc3 commence а devenir assez mauvais} Nfd5 28. Ba1
Ra8 29. Nc3 a6 30. Rc1 Ra7 31. Bb2 Kf8 32. Bb3 Rb7 33. Rc2 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 b5 35.
Ke4 Bb6 36. Rf3 Nd5 37. Kd3 (37. Bxd5 Re7+ 38. Kd3 cxd5 39. Rf6 Re6 40. Rxe6
fxe6 $15 {[%csl Rb2]}) 37... Re7 38. g4 Kg7 39. Bc1 Re1 $1 40. Bb2 Rb1 $36 41.
Kc2 Rf1 42. Kd2 Bd8 43. Ba2 $6 (43. Bc2 Bg5+ 44. Ke2 $11) 43... Bg5+ {les
pièces noires commencent а être très actives.} 44. Ke2 Rh1 45. Bxd5 cxd5 46.
Rc3 Rb1 47. Rc2 Bf4 48. Kf3 g5 $17 49. h4 f6 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kg2 Kf7 52. Kf3
Ke7 53. Ke2 Kd7 54. Bc3 Rb3 55. Be1 Bd6 56. Rc3 Rb1 57. Bd2 {suite illisible
et gain noir au 72ème coup} 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:33:46"]
[BlackClock "0:00:58"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bg4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (5. Nc3) (5. h3) 5... Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:
23]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:36] La
ligne critique} Be7 {[%emt 0:11:12]} (7... Bh5 {Plus courant mais c'est
probablement une simple transposition} 8. h3) 8. h3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bh5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. g4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (9. Bd2 $5 Nfd7 10. g4 Bxh4 11. gxh5 Be7
{Perez Ponsa,F (2497)-Peralta,F (2609) ARG-ch 88th Resistance/Saenz Pena 2013 
(6) 1/2}) 9... Nfd7 {[%emt 0:07:57][%cal Re7h4] Après réflexion, les Noirs
choisissent cette ligne secondaire au lieu de Bg6} (9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11.
Bg2 g5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nf8 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 Nf4 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6+ bxc6 22. Bxe4 Rh6 23. Kf1
a5 24. Rac1 Ra6 25. h4 Re6 26. Bf5 Rh6 27. Bc8 Ra8 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Bxc6+ Kf8
30. h5 Rxb2 31. Bb5 Rxb5 32. Rc8+ Bd8 33. a4 Re5 34. Rdxd8+ Ke7 35. Re8+ {
1-0 (35) Wang,H (2712)-Balogh,C (2657) Mamaia 2015}) 10. Nf5 {[%emt 0:09:17]} (
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nf5 $14 {Hoang,T (2470)-Ovod,E (2384) Wch World Cup (Women)
2012 (1.2) 1-0}) 10... exf5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 11. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:10:41]} 12. Bxc4 $146 {[%emt 0:05:22]} (12. Qc2 g6 13. Bxc4 Nf6 14. h6
Nbd7 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. O-O-O Bxh6 17. h4 O-O-O 18. Bxf7 Rhf8 19. Bb3 Qc7 20. Na4
Ng4 21. Rdf1 Nh2 22. Rd1 Ng4 23. Rdf1 Nh2 24. Rd1 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 (24) Bedouin,X 
(2402)-Uwira,O (2248) Pula 2012}) 12... Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 13. axb3 $5 {
[%emt 0:02:21]} (13. Bxb3 {Plus naturel mais les Blancs espèrent que la paire
de B sera très active avec une position ouverte mais la structure Blanche est
trés affaiblie sur les deux ailes}) 13... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 14. Be2 {
[%emt 0:06:31]} (14. h6 $5 {[%cal Gc4d3]} g6 {[%cal Ge7f8]} (14... gxh6 15. Bd3
) 15. f3 Nbd7 16. e4 $14) 14... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:11]}
a6 {[%emt 0:13:04]} 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 17. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:19:09]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 18. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (18. Nf4 {
[%cal Gf4d3,Gd3c5,Gd3e5]}) 18... g6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 19. O-O-O $32 {[%emt 0:15:
53]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:03]} 20. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 21.
h4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rde8 $11 {[%emt 0:17:37]} 22. hxg6 {[%emt 0:05:29]} hxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (23. h5 $5 {Il est peut-être plus
précis de le jouer rapidement pour ne pas laisser l'occasion aux Noirs de
doubler les R sur la colonne "h"}) 23... Rh7 $1 {[%emt 0:06:00][%csl Rh4][%cal
Ge8h8]} 24. h5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} (24... Nxh5 {[%cal Ge8h8]
}) 25. Rg5 $36 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 26. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 27. Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 28. Rgh3 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Reh8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (29. Be1 h4 30.
Be2 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 29... Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 30. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxh5
{[%emt 0:00:31]} 31. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Bxf7 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 34. Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 35. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} N2g4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (36... N2e4)
37. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 38. e4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} fxe4+ {
[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ngf6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolosowski, Mateusz"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prokonex"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 (5. Nc3) (5. h3) 5... Qb6 6. Nc3
(6. Ne5) (6. c5) 6... e6 7. Nh4 $1 Nbd7 (7... Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 Rg8 10. Ne5
Nfd7 11. Nd3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Be2 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Na4
Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ke7 18. h4 h6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. g4 Ne4+ 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. f3 Bg6
23. b4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 h5 25. hxg5 hxg4 26. fxg4 Be4 27. Rh5 Bg6 28. Rh6 Be4 29.
Ra5 b5 30. Be2 Rxg5 31. Rh5 Kf6 32. Ra1 Rxh5 33. gxh5 Rg8 34. Rxa7 Rg2 35. Ke1
Rh2 36. Ra3 Kg5 37. Ra7 {Artemiev,V (2671)-Dubov,D (2659) Sochi 2015 1/2-1/2})
8. Bd2 Ne4 (8... Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rg1 a6
14. f4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Nb6 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rac1 Rag8
20. h4 f5 21. Nf2 Bd6 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. Kf3 b6 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rgc1 Ne7 26. a3 Ra8
27. Ba4 Rhc8 28. Be1 Rc7 29. Rd1 Rcc8 30. Nc5+ bxc5 31. dxc5 Nd5 32. cxd6 Kxd6
33. Bc3 Ra6 34. Be5+ Kd7 35. Rc5 Ke7 36. Rdc1 Kd7 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Rd3 {
Batchuluun,T (2503)-Gan Od,S (2253) Arvaikheer 2012 1/2-1/2}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10.
h3 Bh5 11. g4 Be7 $132 12. Ng2 Bg6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. O-O-O Qxb3 16.
axb3 Bf6 17. Bc3 exd4 18. exd4 O-O-O 19. Bg2 {[%csl Gg2]} Bg5+ (19... Rde8) 20.
Kc2 f5 21. d5 $14 {[%csl Gc3]} Bf6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Ba5 {[%csl Ga5,Rc6]} (23.
f3 Bxc3 $1) 23... Nb6 24. Rxd8+ (24. f3 $1 exf3 25. Bxf3 $16 {[%csl Gf3] La
paire de B commence à s'activer}) 24... Rxd8 25. f3 exf3 26. Bxf3 c5 {[%csl
Rb3]} 27. Ra1 $36 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga5b6,Ga1a8]} Rd7 (27... Rh8 28. Bg2 fxg4
29. Bxb6 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rh8][%cal Ga1a8]} (29. hxg4 $2 Rh2)) 28. Be1 {[%cal
Ge1f2,Gf2c5]} Bd4 29. Bh4 Be3 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Kd7 32. Bg3 f4 33. Be1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge1c3,Gc3g7]} Bd4 34. h4 (34. Bc3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 g5 $132 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 34... Bxb2 35. Be4 g5 36. hxg5 Kd6 37. Bf5 (37. Kc2) 37... Nd7 38.
Bxd7 Kxd7 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Kf3 Bc1 41. Ke4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 (5... e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3
Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bd2 Be7
14. Rg1 Rh5 15. Qc2 Rxg5 16. Rxg5 Bxg5 17. Qxe4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Bf6 19. f4 g5
20. f5 e5 21. c5 Rh8 22. Kb1 Rh4 23. Qc2 exd4 24. Be1 d3 25. Rxd3 Rh8 26. e4 a6
27. Bg3 Ne5 28. Rd6 Rd8 29. Qd1 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Qb6 31. Qe2 Qd4 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33.
d7+ Kd8 34. a3 b5 35. Ka2 {Bologan,V (2661)-Vitiugov,N (2742) Dubai 2014 0-1})
6. Qc2 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. b3 e5 (8... a6) 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 $146 (10. Nxe5
Bxe5 11. Bb2 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 O-O 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Qd7 15. h3 Rfe8 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Rhd1 Rad8 18. Kf1 c5 19. Qc2 Rxe3 20. Qxc5 Rd3 21. Nc4 b6 22. Qa3 Nf4
23. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 24. Kg1 Qg6 25. g3 Nxh3+ 26. Kf1 Qd3+ 27. Kg2 Nxf2 28. Rf1 Ne4
29. Qe7 Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ {0-1 (30) Denger,P (2088)-Pert,N (2565) Bunratty
2015}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Be5 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Bxf3 14. Qe5+ Qe7 15.
Nxf3 Qxe5 (15... dxc4 16. bxc4 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 O-O $11) 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. O-O-O Rfe8 19. Nc4 Rad8 $11 20. a3 f5 21. Rd3 Re6 22. Kb2 (22. Rhd1)
22... f4 23. g3 fxe3 24. Nxe3 Rf8 25. Nxd5 Rxf2+ 26. Kc3 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Re3+ 28.
Rd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 h5 (29... Kf7) 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 Kh6 32. b4 a6 33. Kd4 g6
34. h4 Rf3 35. Rg1 g5 36. Re1 gxh4 37. gxh4 Rf6 38. Re7 Rg6 39. Rxb7 Rg4+ 40.
Kc5 Rxh4 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rxa6 Rh1 43. Rd6 h4 44. Kb6 h3 45. Rd2 Rf1 46. a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 (4... Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5]
}) (4... e6) 5. h3 $5 (5. Nc3 e6 6. h3) (5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Bf5) 5... Bxf3 (5...
Bh5 6. cxd5 $1 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd3 e6 10. Bd2 $1 Bd6 11. O-O (
11. g4 $5) 11... O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gf1]}) 6. Qxf3 e6 7.
Nc3 Nbd7 (7... Bb4 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 $1 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. Bb2 $14)
8. cxd5 $5 {Une ligne secondaire} ({RR} 8. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Ge1c1] Un coup trés
souple, la paire de B donne l'inittiative aux blancs qui ont le choix d'un
plan tranquille avec Bd3 suivi du oo ou encore l'alternative plus agressive g4,
avec ooo} Bb4 (8... Bd6 9. g4 $1 $36 Bb4 10. O-O-O $14 (10. Bd3 $143 e5)) 9.
Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 e4 15. Qf5 g6
16. Qg5 Kg7 17. f4 a6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Qh4 b5 20. g4 Nb6 21. g5 Ng8 22. Bg4 Rc7
{Van Wely,L (2675)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2678)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Hecht]/0-1 
(86)}) (8. Bd3) 8... cxd5 (8... exd5) 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. O-O
Re8 13. Qd1 $146 (13. Rfd1 {Iljushin,A (2528)-Colovic,A (2477) EU-Cup 23rd
Kemer (6) 1/2}) (13. Rac1 {Quleques semaines plus а la coupe du Monde, Etienne
BACROT n'a pas trop insisté avec les blancs avec Rac1 et il a fait nulle
quelques coups plus tard.} e5 14. Bc2 (14. Qf5 g6 15. Qg5 exd4 16. exd4 Qb6 {
[%cal Gb6b2,Gb6d4]})) 13... a6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Bb4 $5 Ne4 (15... Bxb4 16. axb4
{[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge2c3,Gc3a4,Ga4c5]}) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nc3 f5 18. Qb3 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3g8,Gb3b7]} Nf6 19. Rfc1 Bb6 20. Na4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22.
Bd6 Ba7 23. Nc5 Rc6 $1 24. Be5 Rec8 $132 25. Nb3 Bb6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rc1
Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 {Une nulle assez facile pour le français qui lui permet de
garder la 1ère place après cette 5ème ronde.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. b4 Bg6 14. Rb1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 O-O 16. a3 b5 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. Bb2 Qc7 21. Rfc1
Qa7 22. Bc3 Rfd8 23. h3 h6 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. Rc2 Qd5 26. Qg4 Qf5 27. Rbc1 Rd7 28.
Ba1 Rdc7 29. Qg3 Qg5 30. Qf3 Qf5 31. Qe2 Bd6 32. Qf1 Be7 33. Qe2 Bd6 34. h4 Be7
35. g3 Qd5 36. e4 Qd7 37. Qe3 f5 38. d5 cxd5 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41.
exf5 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qxa1 43. Qxb6 Qxa3 44. Qxe6+ Kf8 45. Nf3 Bf6 46. Qd6+ Ke8 47.
g4 $6 (47. Ne5 Bxe5 48. Qxe5+ $18) 47... Bc3 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. g5 Qxb4 50. f6
gxf6 51. g6 Qe7 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qxc3 $6 (53. h5 b4 54. Kh3 $16) 53... Kxg6 54.
Nd2 Qe6 55. Qc2+ Kh5 56. f3 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 Qe6+ 58. Kg2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Rau, Hannes"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. h3 Bf5 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Rfd1 N7f6 19. Rac1 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Nfxe5 Re8 22. Ng4 Nf4 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rd2 Re6 25. h4 Qe8 26. Ne3 Rc6 27. Qd1
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Rc8 29. Qb2 Qe6 30. g3 Nh5 31. Qd4 f5 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. Qd6 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Nxd1 f4 38. Qd2 fxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qf3
40. Qd6 Nxg3 $5 41. Qxg3 Qxd1 42. Qf2 Qd6+ 43. Kh3 Qe6+ 44. Kg3 a6 45. Qd4 Qe1+
46. Kf3 Qb1 47. Qd7 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 $6 (50. Kg4 Qe4+ $17
) 50... Qe4+ $19 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Qd2 Qe5+ 53. Kh3 b5 54. b4 f5 55. a3 f4 56.
Qd7+ Kh6 57. Kg4 $2 (57. Qg4 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 $17) 57... Qe3 $19 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15.
Qa4 Qd8 16. Rfd1 exd4 17. exd4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Be1 Nb6 20. Qb3 Qf6 21.
Rac1 Re7 22. a4 Qxd4 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Qf6 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bh4
h6 28. Rg4 Rc7 29. f4 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Nxe6 31. f5 Nf8 32. Bf6 g6 33. Bc3 Re8 34.
Rd6 h5 35. Rgd4 gxf5 36. R4d5 Ng6 37. Rxf5 h4 38. Kf1 Rce7 39. Rd4 a6 40. Rb4
Rd7 41. Rd4 Rde7 42. Rf6 Re4 43. Rd7 R4e7 44. Rxe7 Rxe7 45. Rd6 Kh7 46. Kf2 Nf4
47. Kf3 Ng6 48. Rd5 Kh6 49. Rd8 Ne5+ 50. Kf4 Ng6+ 51. Kf5 Re2 52. Rd2 Re1 53.
Rf2 Re6 54. Rc2 Ne7+ 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. Rd2 Nf5 57. Kf4 Rc6 58. Rd8 Rc4+ 59. Kf3
f6 $6 (59... Rc5 60. Rg8+ Kh5 $16) 60. Rd7 $18 Kg5 61. Rxb7 Rf4+ 62. Ke2 Ng3+
63. Kd3 Ne4 64. Bd4 Nf2+ 65. Kc4 Rf5 66. b4 Ne4 67. Rb6 Kf4 68. Rxa6 Rg5 69.
Bxf6 Rxg2 70. Bxh4 Rc2+ 71. Kb3 Rc3+ 72. Ka4 Rxh3 73. Bf6 Kf5 74. Bg7 Rg3 75.
Ra7 Ke6 76. a6 Rg2 77. Bd4 Kd5 78. Bb6 Kc6 79. Ba5 Nc3+ 80. Kb3 Nb5 81. Rb7
Rg3+ 82. Kb2 Rg2+ 83. Kc1 Nd4 84. Rb6+ Kd5 85. a7 Ne2+ 86. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 (4... dxc4 {Curieusement, ce coup
naturel est moins populaire que Bf5} 5. Bg2 (5. a4) (5. Nc3) 5... b5 6. O-O e6)
5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 (6... Be4 {Semble un plus précis} 7. f3 Bg6 {Cornette,
M-Wirig,A Vandoeuvre op 11th 2014 (4) 0-1}) 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 (
9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. g4 (11. b4) 11... Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. b4 e5 14.
e3 $14 {Delorme,A (2494)-Patuzzo,F (2368) Cannes op 26th 2014 (3) 1-0}) 10. Bf4
{87} Qc8 11. g4 {59 Il ne s'agissait probablement pas d'une préparation} Bg6
12. e4 $1 {43} (12. Nxg6) 12... dxe4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. fxe4 $1 $146 (14. Nxe4
Nxe4 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 15. fxe4 Nd7 16.
Bc4 Nf6 17. O-O-O $32 {Jirka,J (2406)-Lipka,J (2389) CZE-chT 0405 2004 (3.6)
1-0}) 14... Nxg4 15. Be2 $44 Nf6 {Les Noirs ont accepté le gambit mais au
prix d'un gros retard de développement et la paire de B des Blancs est très
forte.} 16. O-O-O $32 Be7 17. Bd6 $1 {41} Bxd6 18. cxd6 Nbd7 19. e5 $36 {
[%csl Gd6]} Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5+ 21. Kb1 O-O 22. h4 {34} (22. Rc1) 22... f6 23.
Qg3 $1 {14} fxe5 24. dxe5 {15} Rf5 25. Bd3 Rxe5 26. Rhg1 (26. Qxg6) 26... g5
27. hxg5 g6 28. Rh1 Qf8 29. Rh6 Qxd6 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 a6 14. Nd2 Nf6 15.
Rfc1 Re8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
a4 Rae8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 h5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ra6 R4e6 26. h4 Rg6 27. Kg2
Re4 28. Rc1 Reg4 29. Qe1 Rxh4 $1 (29... Kh7 $2) 30. Raxc6 Qd7 31. Rxg6 Qh3+ 32.
Kf3 fxg6 33. Ke2 Qg4+ 34. Kd2 Rh2 35. Qg1 Qh3 36. Kc3 Kh7 37. Qf1 Qc8+ 38. Kd2
Qf5 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd3 Qf5+ 41. Kc3 Rxf2 42. Qa6 Rf3 43. Qd3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 (5. Nc3) (5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6
7. Nc3 c5 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 5... Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 (6... Qc7 7. Nh4 $1 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 $14) 7. Bd3 e6 (7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O $32 {Jakovenko,D (2662)
-Mozharov,M (2313) Moscow-ch qual KO 2006 (1.2) 1-0}) 8. Bxf5 $146 (8. O-O b5
9. Bxf5 exf5 10. cxb5 cxb5 {Popov,V (2545)-Kashtanov,R (2412) St Petersburg-ch
2001 (3) 1-0} (10... axb5)) 8... exf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Ndf3 Ne4 $11 13. Bd2 Nxd2 $6 (13... Nc6 {Plus simple et le Bd2 n'était pas
très bon} 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 c5) 14. Nxd2 Qa5 15. Nb1 $1 Qb4 (15... Nc6 16.
Nc3 (16. Nxc6 bxc6) 16... Rd8) 16. Nc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rd8 18. Ra5 $16 {[%csl
Rd5]} f6 19. Nd3 b5 20. Nxb5 (20. Rfa1 {[%cal Gc3b5]}) 20... Rb7 21. Nc3 Rxb3
22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 Bd6 24. Rd1 {Les Noirs n'ont aucune compensation pour
le P perdu et le gain technique ne doit pas être trop dur à réaliser pur
les Blancs} Kf7 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Nc3 Kd7 27. Ke2 Kc6 28. Kd2 Nd7 29. Ra1 $18 Kb7
30. h3 h5 31. Ra5 g6 32. Nd5 Kc6 33. Nc3 Kb6 34. Ra4 Kb7 35. Kc2 Rb6 36. Rc4
Ka7 37. Nd5 Rb5 38. N5f4 Nf8 39. Kc3 h4 40. Rc6 Rb6 41. Rxb6 Kxb6 42. Kc4 Kc6
43. Nd5 Nd7 44. N3b4+ Kb7 45. Nd3 Kc6 46. N5b4+ Bxb4 47. Nxb4+ Kd6 48. Nxa6 g5
49. Nb4 Nb6+ 50. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 (4... e6 5. g3) (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 (5.
e4 $1 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Bd2 {[%csl Rb4]} Bb7 9. Bd3 (9. Ba5 {[%csl
Rd8]} Qc8) 9... a5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 $44)) (4... Bg4 5. Ne5) 5. cxd5 (5. Bf4
{la ligne principale} Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6) 5... cxd5 6. Bg5 $5 {Une idée
nouvelle du MI dominicain Mateo} (6. Nc3) 6... Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5]} 7. Bh4 $146 (
7. Bf4 {Mateo,R (2448)-Martinez Martin,D (2403) Madrid FMA Masters 2007 (2) 1-0
}) 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 {[%cal
Gg6g5,Gh4g3,Gf5f4]} 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bg3 Nxd4 $3 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf5f4]} 15.
exd4 f4 16. Qxe4 Qxd4 17. Qe2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bg4 $36 19. Nf3 Qf6 (19... Rac8 $17
{[%cal Gc8c4,Gd4c4]}) 20. Bd5 Rad8 21. Be4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rb1 e5 24. Rh5
Qe6 (24... e4 25. Nh4 Qe6 $40 {[%csl Re1,Rf5][%cal Gh4f5,Gh5f5,Gf8f5]}) 25. b3
e4 26. Nh4 Kg8 27. Kf1 Rd5 {Rd5 va mener а des échanges qui vont favoriser la
défense du GMI. Il semblait meilleur de continuer l'attaque avec f5f4} (27...
f4 $5 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. g3 {[%cal Gf1g2]} Rf7 {[%cal Gf7d7,Gd8f8]} 30. Ng2 {
[%cal Gf2e3]} (30. Kg2 $2 Rdf8)) 28. Rd1 Rfd8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Kg1 b5 31. Kh2
a6 32. Qc2 Qd7 33. a4 Kh7 34. Rxf5 Rd3 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qe2 Qe8 37. Rf3 Rd5
38. Rf4 Re5 39. Nf5 $16 {[%cal Gf5e3] l'attaque des noirs s'est essouflée et
le GMI a réussi а coordonner ses pièces et а mettre son K а l'abri.} Bf6 40.
Qc2 Kh8 41. Ne3 Bg5 42. Rf5 Rxf5 43. Nxf5 Qe5 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Nd6
Qd5 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Nxb5 e3 49. Nc7 exf2 50. Nxd5 f1=Q 51. Qe5+ Kf7 52. Nf4 {
[%mdl 520]} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:21:27"]
[BlackClock "0:22:33"]

{An even game from start to finish. This variation of the Slav promises White
a slight edge with the pair of bishops, but little more. Here White was able
to obtain an extra pawn, but with the crippled pawn structure it was difficult
to use. The players fought down to a position in which the only pieces
remaining were two kings and two bishops for either side.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10.
g4 Nb4 11. Ra4 g5 12. gxh5 gxh4 13. c5 a5 14. Bd2 Kd7 15. Na2 Nxa2 16. Rxa2 Be7
17. Bd3 Nxh5 18. Ke2 b6 19. cxb6 Rhb8 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxa5 Bd8 22. Rg1 (22.
Bxh7 $6 f5 {looks inhuman.}) 22... Bxb6 23. Bc3 Bd8 24. Bc2 f5 25. Rg8 Nf6 26.
Rg7+ Be7 27. f3 Ke8 28. Rg1 Ra8 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Bd3 h6 31. Kc2 Nh7 32. e4 Ng5
33. exf5 Nxh3 34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rg6+ Bf6 36. Rxh6 Ng1 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. Rxh8
Bxh8 39. Kd3 Nxf3 40. Bh3+ Ke7 41. Ke3 Ng5 42. Bf1 h3 43. Kf2 h2 44. Kg2 Nf3
45. Be2 Nxd4 46. Bxd4 Bxd4 47. Kxh2 Kd6 48. Bh5 Bxb2 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Be8 c5 51.
Kf3 Kd4 52. Bf7 c4 53. bxc4 dxc4 54. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Ne5 Bh5 (11... Nxe5 $5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. f4 b5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be2 f6 $132) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nb3 a5
14. a4 Bg6 15. f3 Nd5 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Rd1 b6 $11 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2709)
-Drozdovskij,Y (2558)/Odessa 2007 (rapid)/ (56)}) 11... h6 12. h3 Bh5 $11 13.
e5 $6 {White starts doubtful complications.} Nd5 14. g4 Nb4 (14... Bg6 15. Bxg6
fxg6 16. Qxg6 Nf4 17. Qe4 Nxh3+ 18. Kh2 Nf4 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Kg2 $13 {[%cal
Gf1h1,Gg4g5]}) 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qb1 f5 $1 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. gxh5 (18. Bg6 Bxg6
19. Qxg6 Nfd5 $17) 18... Nxh7 19. Ne5 Kg8 (19... Bd6 {was an attractive
alternative:} 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Nxf8 Qg5+ $1 (21... Qxf8 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Ne5 $16
) 22. Kh1 Rxf8 $44 23. Ne4 $140 $2 Qxh5 $19) 20. Qg6 Rf6 21. Qg4 Ng5 22. Ndc4 (
22. h4 $2 Rf4 $1 23. Qg3 (23. Qxf4 Nh3+ $19) 23... Rxh4 $19) 22... Nd5 23. h4 (
23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 $2 Rf5 $17) 23... Nf7 24. Kh1 Bf8 25. Be3 Ne7 $4 {
Missing White's reply.} (25... Qe8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ga8d8,Gf6f5]}) 26.
Nb6 $1 {A nice and unexpected blow.} Ra7 (26... Qxb6 27. Nd7 $16) 27. Ned7 Rf5
28. Rg1 Nd5 29. Nxd5 (29. Nxf8 {wins quicker:} Qxf8 (29... Kxf8 30. Qxg7+ Ke7
31. Bxh6 $1 Nxb6 (31... Qxb6 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Rg7 $18) 32. Bg5+ Rxg5 33. hxg5
$18) 30. Nd7 $18) 29... Rxd5 (29... cxd5 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Rac1 Ra8 32. Rc7 $18
) 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Rg3 Ra8 32. Rag1 Kh8 33. Qxe6 $1 (33. Qxg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7
Rf8 35. Kh2 Rxh5 36. Kh3 $16) 33... Rxh5 34. Qg4 g6 (34... Rd5 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7
36. Rxg7 $18) 35. d5 $2 {Throwing it all away.} (35. Qxg6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 {
[%cal Gg6f6]} Nd6 37. d5 cxd5 38. Bc5 Rd8 39. Kf1 $18) 35... Ne5 36. Bd4 Qf6 $1
{[%csl Rh4]} 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. Rd1 Rg8 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41. Rxd4 g5
42. Rc3 Rf8 43. Kg1 ({After} 43. Rxc6 Rxf2 44. Rxa6 {a safe method to make a
draw is the following:} Rxh4+ ({but not} 44... Rxb2 $4 45. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 46. Rd7+
Kg8 47. Ra8+ {and mate}) 45. Rxh4 gxh4 46. Rxh6+ (46. b4 Rb2 47. a3 Kg7 $11)
46... Kg7 47. Rb6 Kf7 48. a4 Ke7 49. a5 Kd7 50. a6 Kc7 51. Rb7+ (51. a7 Rf1+
52. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 51... Kc8 52. b4 Ra2 53. b5 h3 54. Rh7 Kb8 55. Rxh3 {with a
theoretical draw. For instance:} Ka7 56. Rh7+ (56. Kg1 Kb6) 56... Ka8 57. Kg1
Rb2 58. Rh5 Ka7 59. Kf1 Kb6 $11) 43... Rf6 44. hxg5 Rxg5+ 45. Kf1 Kg7 $11 46.
Rdc4 Ra5 47. a3 Rb5 48. Rc2 Rd6 49. a4 Rb6 50. b4 a5 51. bxa5 Ra6 52. Rg4+ Kf7
53. Rc5 Rd5 54. Rgc4 Rxa5 55. Rxc6 Rd1+ 56. Ke2 Ra1 57. Rf4+ Ke7 58. Rcc4 h5
59. Rb4 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Ke6 62. Rbe4+ Kd6 63. f3 Ra2+ 64. Kh3 Ra1 65.
Rd4+ Ke6 66. Rb4 Rg5 67. Rfe4+ Kf6 68. Rf4+ Ke6 69. Rb6+ Ke7 70. Rb2 Rh1+ 71.
Rh2 Ra1 72. Kh4 Rg8 73. Rd4 Kf6 74. Rf4+ Ke5 75. Rb4 Kf5 76. Kh3 Ra3 77. Rf2
Ra8 78. Rb5+ Kf4 79. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit "]
[BlackTeam "Thessaloniki ES"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g4 {Usually White makes this advance after 10.cxd5 exd5.}
dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. g5 exd4 $1 $146 {This logical follow-up of the previous
move is actually new, although it has been recommended by GM Z. Ilincic.} (
12... Ne8 13. h4 Bb4 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Bb3 Nc7 16. h5 $40 {1-0 Ilincic,Z (2545)
-Pataki,G (2375)/Budapest 2006 (60)}) 13. exd4 ({The more ambitious move} 13.
gxf6 {offers White good compensation for the pawn in the following variations:}
Ne5 14. Qg2 g6 (14... Qxf6 $2 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Be2 $16) 15. Be2
dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxf6 17. f4 (17. O-O-O Qe7 $13 18. h4 $140 Bb4) 17... Qh4+ 18.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nd7 20. Rad1 (20. Bf3 Be7 $17) 20... Nc5 21. Kf3 Be7 22. h4
h5 23. f5 $44 {although it is not clear if it's enough for advantage.}) 13...
Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfd5 (14... Re8+ 15. Kf1 Nfd5 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
cxd5 19. Qxd5 Re2 $44) 15. Ne4 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Re8+ 18.
Kf1 Be5 $1 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Ba5 Rxd4 21. Re1 Rd5 22. Bc3 Re6 $15) 15... a5 $1
16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 Qc7 {The better pawn formation secures Black at least equal
chances.} 18. h4 Bf4 19. O-O-O Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qf4 ({Slightly more precise is} 
20... Rfe8 {and only after} 21. h5 {exchange queens with} Qf4 {then} 22. Qxf4
Nxf4 23. Nd6 Re7 $15 {and besides controlling the e-file Black doesn't need to
make a move like Rab8.}) 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Nd6 Rab8 23. h5 Nbd5 24. h6 Rfd8 25.
Ne4 (25. Nf5 g6 26. Ne3 Rd7 27. Nxd5 (27. Kc2 Re8 $15) 27... Nxd5 28. Re1 Kf8
$15 {/=}) 25... g6 26. Re1 $11 Kf8 (26... Re8 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rde2 $11) 27.
Bxd5 ({Although it doesn't change the evaluation of the position as equal, it
made sense to start immediately with} 27. Nc5 {and if} b6 {then} 28. Nxa4 Ra8
29. Bb3) 27... Nxd5 28. Nc5 b6 $1 ({After} 28... b5 29. Rde2 {White has some
pressure.}) 29. Nd3 (29. Nxa4 Ra8 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Rxa3 32. Kb2 Rda8 33.
Rde2 $11) 29... Re8 30. Ne5 Rbd8 31. Rde2 Re6 32. Re4 Ne7 33. Ng4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4
f5 $2 {This was not necessary (yet).} (34... Nd5 35. Ne5 b5 36. Kd2 Rd6 {
followed by 37...f6 or 37...f5 is equal.}) 35. gxf6 Nf5 36. Ne5 ({Eljanov
prepares a piece sac and misses the simple} 36. d5 $1 Rxd5 (36... cxd5 37. Rxa4
) 37. Rxa4 $16) 36... Nxd4 37. Kb1 c5 38. Nxg6+ Kf7 $1 {This must have been
overlooked by the Ukrainian GM, since now White is struggling to escape.} ({
White's idea was} 38... hxg6 $2 39. Re7 $1 ({but not} 39. h7 Kf7 $2 40. Rh4 Rh8
$19) {although after} 39... Ne6 {(the only defence)} (39... Nc6 40. h7 Rd1+ 41.
Kc2 Rh1 42. Rg7 $18) (39... Nf5 40. h7 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rh1 42. Ra7 Nd6 43. Rg7 $18
) (39... Rd5 40. h7 Rh5 41. Ra7 Rh1+ 42. Ka2 Nb3 43. h8=Q+ Rxh8 44. Ra8+ $18)
40. Rxe6 (40. h7 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rh1 42. Ra7 Ke8 43. Ra8+ (43. Rg7 $2 Nf8 $19)
43... Nd8 44. f7+ Kxf7 45. Rxd8 Rxh7 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Rd6 $11) 40... Rd1+ 41.
Kc2 Rh1 42. Rxb6 Rxh6 {Black still keeps chances to draw.}) 39. Ne5+ Kxf6 40.
Nc4 b5 41. Ne3 Nb3 (41... Rg8 $17) 42. Kc2 Rd2+ 43. Kb1 Rxf2 44. Rxa4 $1 bxa4
45. Ng4+ Kg5 46. Nxf2 {The knight endgame looks hopeless for White, but it's
quite tricky.} Kxh6 47. Kc2 Kg5 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc4 h5 50. Kb5 h4 51. Kxa4 Nd2
$2 ({Black wins either after} 51... Kf3 52. Nh3 (52. Nh1 Kg2 53. Kxb3 Kxh1 54.
a4 h3 55. a5 h2 56. a6 Kg1 57. a7 h1=Q $19) (52. Nd3 h3 53. Ne5+ Kg3 $19) 52...
Nd4 53. b4 c4 $19) ({or} 51... Nd4 $19) 52. b4 $1 cxb4 (52... c4 53. b5 c3 54.
b6 c2 55. b7 Ke3 56. b8=Q c1=Q $11) 53. Kxb4 {Now White escapes.} Kg3 ({Or} 
53... Ne4 54. Nh1) 54. Nh1+ Kg2 55. a4 Ne4 56. a5 Nd6 57. a6 Nc8 58. Kc5 Kxh1
59. Kc6 h3 60. Kc7 Na7 61. Kb6 Nc8+ 62. Kc7 Kg1 63. Kxc8 h2 64. a7 h1=Q 65. Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3
Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 (12. Be3 exd4 13.
Bxd4 Ne5 (13... Qe7 $11) 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8 $11) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 $146
{An interesting novelty: after the exchange of pawns on d5 the bishop will be
well placed on the diagonal b1-h7.  Marin: 'Apparently, Ivanchuk considers
that the bishop is more useful on the b1-h7 diagonal, while the d5-pawn does
not need the bishop's defence.'} ({Previously White achieved nothing by
retreating the bishop to b3:} 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Be3 a6 (15... Rc8
16. Rac1 {Marin: 'is similar to the main game. Black could provoke a
transposition with 16...Nc4, but preferred the prophylactic'} a6 {1/2-1/2
Koneru,H (2612)-Movsesian,S (2677)/Wijk aan Zee 2008 Marin: 'with an immediate
draw agreement.'}) 16. Rac1 Nbd7 17. a3 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Koneru,H (2473)-Lalic,B 
(2540)/Torquay 2002}) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 {The only drawback of the Bd3 is
that the Pd5 can be temporarily weak. If Black won't use this factor, White
will regroup the pieces and achieve advantage.} h6 ({Marin: It is dangerous to
go for the d5-pawn:} 14... Bb4 $5 15. Rd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nbxd5 17. c4 e4 18.
Bxe4 Nxe4 19. cxd5 $14 (19. Qxe4 Nc3 20. Rxd8 Nxe4 21. Rd4 ({or} 21. Rd7 Nc5
$11) 21... Rfe8 22. Be3 b6 $14 {/=}) 19... Nd6 20. Ba3 Re8 $14 {/=}) 15. Be3
Rc8 ({Again} 15... Bb4 {was a critical alternative.}) 16. Rac1 {Following the
saying "the threat is stronger than its execution" Ivanchuk leaves the move
Bd3-f5 as a threat Black must deal with.} Nc4 {And Gelfand loses the patience!}
({Preferable was} 16... Qe7 $14) (16... a6 {Marin may reveal a hidden aspect
of Ivanchuk's novelty after} 17. Bf5 $5 $14) 17. Bxc4 $1 ({After} 17. Nb5 {
Black has the choice either to play a slightly worse position, or sacrifice a
pawn and get some compensation. In both cases White is only marginally better.}
e4 $5 (17... Nxe3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Nxd6 Qd7 20. Qxe3 Qxd6 21. Qxa7 Qxd5 22.
Bc2 $1 $14) 18. Bxe4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 ({Weaker is} 19. Rxc8 Bh2+ $1 20. Kh1 Qxc8
21. Qxe3 Bb8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Nc3 Re8 $44) 19... Bb8 {with some compensation
for the pawn.}) 17... Rxc4 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Bxa7 $14 {This unexpected and
strong move is the logical follow-up of 17.Bxc4. Usually taking such pawns is
highly dangerous, but here Ivanchuk rightly appreciated that the bishop will
be safe on a8. It can be protected by the knight and besides, the pawn b6 will
require always protection too. Now Black faces an unpleasant task: everywhere
he is slightly worse and it is very difficult to choose the continuation that
offers best practical chances to escape. Marin: 'This bishop is not easy to
trap.'} b6 ({In case of} 19... Qa5 20. Be3 ({Less convincing is} 20. Nb5 Qa6
21. a4 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Nf4) {White often has the tactical motiv
Bxh6:} 20... Bb4 (20... Nxd5 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Nxd5 Rxc1 (22... Qxd5 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qg4+ $18) 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh8 25. Rxc1 $16 {/+-}) 21. Rfd1
Bxc3 ({Even after} 21... Rfd8 {White can take on h6:} 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (22...
Bxc3 23. Bg5 $1) 23. Ne4 Nxe4 (23... Kg7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a3 $1 Bf8 26. Nxf6
Kxf6 27. Qf3+ Ke7 28. d6+ $18) 24. Qg4+ Kh7 (24... Kf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+
Ke7 27. Qxb7+ $18) (24... Kh8 25. Rxc8 $18) 25. Qxe4+ Kh8 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd4 $18) 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
25. Qxe5 Rd8 26. c4 $18) 24. Qb5 $36) 20. Nb5 (20. Rfd1 $5) 20... Rc5 $1 (20...
Bc5 21. d6 $1 (21. a3 $2 Nxd5 22. Rfd1 $140 Nf4) 21... Qd7 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Rc7
$16) (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Qe4 $18) 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Nxd6 (
{A good alternative was} 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 (22... bxc5 $2 23. Nxd6 $16) 23. a4 {
with the idea of the further advance of the a-pawn. For instance:} Ra8 24. a5
Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Qxa7 26. a6 $16 {[%cal Gd5d6,Ge2b5] and the two passed pawns
secure White clearly better chances.}) 22... Qxd6 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd6 {
regains the pawn, since White cannot hold Pd5. Nevertheless keeps the
advantage after} 24. Qb5 (24. Rd1 $2 Ra8 25. Qa6 Qd7 $19) (24. Rc6 Qxd5 $14 {
[%csl Ra2] /=}) 24... Qxd5 ({Deserves attention also} 24... Nxd5 $5 25. Rc6 Qd7
26. Bxb6 Nf4 {hoping for counterplay with the white pieces stuck on the
queenside.}) 25. Qxb6 Qxa2 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. b4 $14) 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe3 Qc2
25. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 26. axb3 $16 {The fact that such a strong technical player
like Gelfand didn't succeed to hold a draw here proves that the endgame is
more difficult for Black than it may seem.} Rd8 (26... Nd7 27. Rc1 $16) 27. d6
b5 28. f3 Ra8 (28... Kf8 29. Bb6 $5 (29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Rxe5+ Kd7 32.
Rxb5 Rd2+ $132) 29... Rd7 30. Bc5 $16 (30. Re1 Nd5 31. Bc5 f6)) 29. Be3 Nd7 30.
Rd5 Rb8 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 f6 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Rc8 $2 {
After this mistake Black cannot save the game.} (35... g5 {would have kept
good chances for a draw:} 36. Bh2 (36. Bg3 f5 $132 {/=}) 36... Rc8 37. Kd4 Rc1
38. Re2+ Ne5 39. Bxe5 Rd1+ $1 40. Kc5 fxe5 {and the passed e-pawn leaves hope
for counterplay.}) 36. Kd4 g5 37. Re2+ $1 Ne5 (37... Kf5 38. Be3 $1 (38. Bh2 h5
39. Kd5 $140 Rc5+) 38... Re8 (38... h5 39. Kd5 Re8 40. Rf2+ Kg6 41. Bd4 $18)
39. g4+ Kg6 40. Kd5 Kf7 41. Kc6 Ne5+ 42. Kc7 $18) 38. Bxe5 fxe5+ 39. Rxe5+ Kxd6
40. Rxb5 Rc2 41. g4 Rxb2 (41... Kc6 42. Rf5 $18) 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kc3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Bb4 $6 {A very doubtful idea to give up the
dark-squared bishop.} (10... Be7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4
O-O {leads to a normal position with a slight edge for White.}) 11. e4 Bxd2 12.
Nxd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {Now White is clearly better thanks to his very strong
bishop.} Nxe4 (13... O-O 14. Ba3 $14 {/+/-}) 14. Qxe4 O-O 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Bd6
$1 Rfd8 (16... Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Qf4 $16) 17. Qf4 $14 {/+/-} Nf8 $5 {
An interesting practical decision to sacrifice the exchange and thus try to
change the unfavourable course of events.} (17... Re8 18. Rfe1 {[%cal Ga1d1,
Ge1e3] is an easy game for White.}) 18. Bc7 Qxd4 19. Qg3 $1 {Or perhaps Black
simply missed this move, which creates a new threat 20.Be5.} Ng6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8
21. Qc7 $16 Nf4 (21... Rd7 22. Qc8+ Nf8 23. h3 $16) 22. g3 $2 (22. Qxb7 $6 Qe4
23. f3 Qc2 24. Rf2 Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 (25. Kf1 $4 Rd1+) 25... Qxe2 26. Qxc6 (26. h3
$6 Qb2 $17) 26... Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qg5+ $11) (22. Rfe1
$2 Nd3 $36 {[%csl Ra1,Rf2]}) ({Correct was} 22. Rae1 $1 $16 {and White must
win:} Nd3 23. Re4 $18) 22... Nd3 23. Rad1 h5 $1 24. Qxb7 (24. h4 Rd7 25. Qc8+
Kh7 26. Rd2 e5 $44) 24... Qe4 25. Qe7 Rd4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qxf7 {White must
have thought he is completely winning, but things are not so simple. In fact
Black has decent compensation.} (27. Rd2 $2 Qf3 $17 {[%cal Gd3e1]}) 27... Qe2
28. Qa7 Re4 $1 {The dominating black pieces together with weaknesses around
the white king make White's position very dangerous. The best would have been
to eliminate the knight at once, trying to convert the extra pawn after that.}
29. f3 $4 {[%mdl 64] Allowing a beautiful combination.} (29. Qxa6 $2 Nxf2 $40)
(29. Qb6 Nf4 30. Qxc6 (30. gxf4 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ $11 (32... Rxf4
$2 33. Rfe1)) 30... Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. gxf4 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) (29. Rxd3
Qxd3 30. Qf7 Re5 $14) 29... Rh4 $3 $19 {A very nice and completely unexpected
reply. Now it is Black who wins.} 30. gxh4 Nf4 31. Qf2 (31. Rf2 Qxd1+ 32. Rf1
Qc2 33. Rf2 Qg6+ 34. Kh1 Qb1+ $19) 31... Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Nxf2 33. Rde1 (33. Rxf2
Qxd1 $19) 33... Qd2 {Things turn out to be extremely simple for Black.} 34. Kg3
Nd3 35. Rxe6 Qxa2 36. c5 a5 37. Re3 Qxb3 38. f4 Qc4 39. Rff3 Nxc5 40. Kh3 Ne4
0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 {
A rare system. Both opponents are extremely creative players and the game will
soon enter new territory.} (7... e6 {is the main move}) 8. Nxc4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 c5
10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 b5 (11... Rc8 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Qb3 e6 14. Bb2 Be7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. f4 Nd5 19. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Malaniuk,V (2511)
-Drozdovskij,Y (2552)/Ajaccio (rapid) 2006 (41)}) 12. b4 $5 $146 (12. Ne5 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P (2560)-Buhmann,R (2546)/Austria 2006}) 12... Na4 13. Nb2
Rc8 14. Qb3 {The position is very unusual and tricky. White is apparently
under some pressure, but with a very good feeling for dynamics Bologan is
provoking his opponent into active operations and it will soon turn out that
Black has overestimated his position.} Nc3 ({After} 14... Rc3 15. Qd1 $1 Qxd1+
16. Kxd1 {Black is in deep troubles: his queenside will soon collapse.}) 15.
Bd2 $5 ({More natural looks to be} 15. Nd3 {[%cal Gc1b2] but Bologan wants to
bring his queen's rook as quickly as possibly to d1.}) 15... Nxe2 16. Kxe2 e6
17. Rhg1 $1 {White is correctly trying to prevent Black from finishing
development. A careful look at the position will reveal the following factors:
White's king is in fact very safe on e2. The apparently broken pawn structure
is not a problem for White, since it practically does not contain weaknesses.
Moreover, he can actively use the open g-file. On the queenside White can
decide when to start active operations with a2-a4. But Black has a healthy
position and shouldn't be worse. It is just important to realize that it is
White who has some initiative and Black must think about defensive tasks
before showing becoming ambitious about more.} Nd5 $6 {This move will bring
only troubles.} (17... Qd6 18. Rac1 Rd8 (18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Be7 20. Rc8+ Bd8
21. Qd3 $14) 19. Nd3 $14) (17... Bd6 18. Rxg7 Bxh2 19. Rd1 $14 (19. f4 Ne4 20.
Be1 Qh4 $132 {[%cal Gh4h5]})) ({Black must think first of all about completing
development and the safety of his king, therefore in my opinion the best is} 
17... g6 {after which the position remains double-edged, with approximately
equal chances}) 18. Rad1 Qb6 {Other moves also don't fully neutralize White's
increasing initiative.} (18... Qf6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 (19... Rd8 20. e4 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4
Qxf4 22. Nd3 $16) 20. Rxc1 Be7 21. e4 Nf4+ 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rc8+ Bd8 24. Qd3
$1 (24. Qe3 Qd6 $1 (24... Qxh2 25. Qb6 Qh4 26. Qc6+ $18) (24... Qxe3+ 25. fxe3
Kd7 26. Ra8 $16) 25. Qc5 (25. Qd3 Qe7 $11) 25... Qxc5 26. bxc5 Kd7 27. Ra8 a5
28. Rb8 Kc6 29. Nd3 $14) 24... Qf6 {[%csl Rb2]} 25. Qa3 O-O (25... e5 26. Nd3)
26. Nd3 e5 27. Nc5 $16) (18... Qd6 19. Nd3 Nb6 (19... Qxh2 $6 20. e4 $16) 20.
Bc3 $36) 19. e4 Nxb4 $2 {Difficult to tell what went wrong in Tkachiev's
calculations. Probably he just wrongly evaluated the resulting position. It
seems that Black wanted to exploit somehow the fact that his opponent's king
is on e2, which as mentioned above is very safe there and therefore the entire
idea is wrong. White is better prepared for concrete play.} (19... Nf6 20. Nd3
$16) 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qxb4 Rc2+ 22. Rd2 a5 {This was Black's idea. However,
as it often happens the side with the better development can emerge with the
advantage out of such tactical complications.} 23. Rxc2 $1 (23. Qb3 $2 Rxd2+
24. Kxd2 Qxf2+ $19) 23... axb4 24. Rc8+ {After all it turns out that Black's
king is more exposed...} Ke7 25. Rxh8 {It may appear that for the moment White
lacks coordination between pieces and Black could exploit this factor, but
this is again a wrong understanding of the position of the kings. White's king
was safe on e2 before, it will be safe now. Black has no counterplay at all,
while for White it is just a matter of time when to launch the decisive attack.
In fact White wins rather easily.} Qa6 26. Rd1 Qxa2 27. Rd2 {Black's queenside
pawns are worthless and will inevitably be lost soon.} Kf6 (27... h6 28. Rc8 ({
more convincing than} 28. e5 f6 29. f4 Kf7) 28... Qa5 (28... Kf6 29. Nd3 Qa6
30. Rc5 b3 31. Rb2 Qa4 32. Rc3 $18) 29. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Gd2b2]}) 28. Rxh7 Qa8
29. Rh5 g5 30. h4 g4 31. Nd3 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Qa4 33. Rg5 b3 34. e5+ Ke7 35. Rg4
Qa8+ 36. Ke2 {A subtle game and a great achievement for Bologan.} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Qxb3 $5 {A principled way to handle this fashionable theoretical position. Now
Black gets a safe square on b4 for the knight.} ({Black has a wide choice of
solid alternatives here:} 8... g5) (8... Be7) (8... Nbd7) (8... Bg6) 9. axb3
Na6 10. g4 Nb4 11. Ke2 {Keeping the king in the centre makes much sense in the
endgame.} (11. gxh5 $2 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxa1 $19) ({Black didn't experience any
difficulties after} 11. Ra4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 (13. c5 a5 14. Be2 Be7 (
14... Nd7 15. Na2 b5 16. Nxb4 bxa4 17. Nxc6 axb3 18. Bb5 f6 19. Bd2 $44) 15.
Bd2 e5 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne4 18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxa5 exd4 20. exd4 Bf6 21.
Bc3 Kd7 $11) 13... a5 14. Kf2 b6 15. Kg2 Be7 16. Be2 Kd7 17. Bd2 Kc7 18. Raa1
Kb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lupulescu,C (2648)-Jianu,V (2508)/Sarata
Monteoru 2012/CBM 147 Extra (23)}) 11... g5 $1 {The most principled response -
Black prefers to change the pawn structure.} ({A quiet alternative} 11... Bg6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Be7 14. Bd2 $14 {was played in a couple of games and it
gives White a small, but stable advantage.} a5 (14... Nd7 15. f4 f5 16. g5 Kf7
17. Rhc1 Rhc8 18. h4 Rh8 19. Be1 a5 20. Nb1 Ra6 21. Nd2 Rha8 22. Nf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gnusarev,P (2381)-Ponkratov,P (2589)/Pavlodar KAZ 2012 (29)}) 15. Rhc1
(15. c5 $5) 15... b6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bf1 Bd6 19. Kf3 Ke7 20. Kg2
Rhb8 21. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2628)-Smeets,J (2662)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM
141 (27)}) 12. gxh5 gxh4 13. Bg2 ({GM Alexei Dreev is a real expert in this
line, but he was unable to pose any problems after} 13. Kf3 Rg8 14. Bd2 Rg5 15.
c5 e5 {<=>1-0 Dreev,A (2698)-Ernst,S (2578)/Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Nxh5 {Black's
extra pawn does not have much value here, but the open g-file is a more
important factor.} 14. Bf3 ({Black should be also OK after} 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Ra4
Kd7 16. c5 a5 17. Rha1 Nc2 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Na2 Nxa2 (19... b5 20. Ra3 Nxa2 21.
Rxa2 Bd8 22. Rca1 Rg8 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rg1 27.
Ra7+ Ke8 28. Rc7 Rb1 $11) 20. Rxa2 Bd8 21. b4 Rg8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. bxa5 Ne4 24.
Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 14... Nf6 15. Bd2 Be7 $146 {GM Mamedyarov comes up with a
logical novelty. It general, the following game is quite important for theory
and offers Black easy equality.} ({Instead, the inaccurate} 15... Nd7 16. Ra5
Nb6 $6 (16... b6 $142 17. Raa1 a5) 17. c5 {is too slow and gives White time to
extend the q-side initiative:} Nc8 18. Rha1 Na6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20. Rxa6 Kd7 21.
b4 $36 {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Popov,I (2644)/Zurich SUI 2013}) 16. Rhc1 {
White has no many effective ideas here - the e3-e4 advance shouldn't be
delayed for a long time, since the dark-squared bishop has no job.} ({A
natural alternatives would be} 16. Ra4 Kd7 17. c5 a5 18. Rha1 Nc2 19. Rc1 Nb4
$11 20. Na2 (20. Rca1 Nc2 21. R1a2 Nb4 {is just a draw.}) 20... Nxa2 21. Rxa2
b6 22. cxb6 Rhb8 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxa5 Bd8 $11) 16... Kd7 {Black's king is
quite safe in the centre.} 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 {does not promise
anything either:} Nxe4 19. Bxe4 a5 20. Bc3 f5 21. Bf3 Rhg8 $11) 18... Nxe4 {
Shakhriyar prefers to exchange one of White's bishops.} ({Nor was there
anything wrong with} 18... Rhg8 19. Bf3 a5 20. Na2 Kc7 $11) 19. Nxe4 Na6 {
This move looks like a concession, but the knight will find another good
square soon.} (19... b6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 a5 22. Bxh4 Rhg8 $11) 20. Ra5 {
Fabiano is trying to keep some pressure on the board.} (20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
Nb4 22. Bxh4 Rhg8 23. Ra4 a5 $11) 20... f5 {Restricting rook activity along
the 5th rank.} 21. Ng5 Bd8 22. Raa1 Bf6 {Reminding White about his weaknesses
as well.} 23. Nf3 c5 $1 {A correct decision.} ({The inaccurate} 23... Rhg8 $6
24. b4 Nc7 25. Bf4 {would lead to a passive position.}) 24. Bc3 cxd4 ({After} 
24... Ke7 25. Rd1 Rhd8 26. dxc5 Rxd1 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxd1 Nxc5 29. b4 Na4
30. Rd7 Nxb2 31. Rxb7 Nxc4 32. Rxh7 $11 {a draw becomes unavoidable.}) 25. Nxd4
Nc5 {Black is still a pawn up, so White cannot push too hard.} 26. Rd1 Ke7 27.
Bb4 ({Another way to simplify the position was} 27. Nc6+ bxc6 28. Bb4 Rhb8 29.
Bxc5+ Ke8 30. Rd6 Rxb3 31. Rxe6+ Kf7 32. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 33. Kf1 Rxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Bxa1
35. Ra6 $11) 27... Rhc8 28. Nb5 a5 ({Avoiding the unnecessary complications
after} 28... Bxb2 29. Ra2 (29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxa7 Rc7 31. Nb5 Rc6 $11) 29...
Bf6 30. Nxa7 Kf7 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Rxb7 Re5+ $44) 29. Rxa5 Rxa5
30. Bxa5 Bxb2 31. Bb4 Be5 {Now White has no reasons to avoid a draw.} (31... b6
32. Rd6 Kf6 33. Rxb6 Nxb3 34. c5 Nd4+ 35. Kd3 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 $11) 32. Na7 Rc7
33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Na7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 25th "]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 ({The alternative here is-->
} 5... Bh5 6. Nc3 ({or} 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 cxd5) 6... e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5) 6.
Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 {That move is oftenly connected with a queen-side
castle,followed by g2-g4-g5.} ({Another popular position may arise after:} 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O {As the modern practice shows,black usually successfully
solves his opening problems in this line.}) 8... Bd6 {Provoking white's next
move. I don't like that waste of time,so i would prefer an immediate 8...Bb4.}
(8... Bb4 9. cxd5 (9. Bd3 Nb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. O-O Rc8
14. Rfc1 Bb8 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dinstuhl,V-Hodgson,J/
Germany 2003/CBM 93 (37)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Qe7 13.
Rfe1 Nb6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. Re2 Re6 18. Qg4 Rae8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Berkes,F/Paks HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 500 (32)}) 9. g4
Bb4 {So,black is ready to meet 10.g5 with 10...Bxc3,followed by 11...Ne4.} 10.
O-O-O Qe7 $6 $146 {A pointless move-black shouldn't waste an important time,
since white's bishops may become powerful.} ({In the following game black's
play was much more logical:} 10... Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g5 Ne8 14.
e4 b6 15. exd5 exd5 16. a3 (16. cxb6 $5 axb6 17. Bd3) 16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 bxc5
18. dxc5 Nc7 19. Be3 Ne6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Godena,M/Senat 2003/CBM 94
ext (68)}) 11. Kb1 $1 {An important profilactic move. White has already
created an unpleasant threat of 12.g5,since 12...Bxc3 is not possible in view
of 13.gxf6.} Bxc3 ({In my opinion,black could provoke c4-c5 even at cost of
time,although after} 11... Nb6 12. c5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nbd7 14. Bd3 $14 {white's
chances are slighty better.}) 12. Bxc3 Ne4 (12... O-O 13. Bd3 {[%cal Gg4g5]} e5
(13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 15. Bd2 $14) 14. dxe5 (14. Bc2 $6 e4 15. Qf4 Nb6 $132)
14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 $14) 13. Be1 O-O 14. Bd3 f5 $2 {
A serious strategical mistake-that weakens the dark squares in black's camp
and helps white to develop his initiative.} ({Much better would be:} 14... Nd6
15. cxd5 (15. c5 Ne8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nef6 18. Bc2 Nd5 $132) 15... exd5 16.
Bb4 Rad8 $14 {with a somewhat passive,but quite solid position.}) 15. Qe2 {
freeing a way for the ''f'' pawn. Black's main problem is a deficit of any
counterplay.} ({Good enough was also:} 15. gxf5 $5 exf5 16. Qf4 $36 {[%cal
Gf2f3]}) 15... a5 $6 {Black takes control of ''b4'' spot,but that additional
loss of time makes his position critical.} ({I can recommend:} 15... dxc4 $142
16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. f3 Nd6 {and black holds on. However,white's
advantage is obvious here.}) 16. gxf5 exf5 17. f3 Nd6 ({Hardly better would be:
} 17... dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Rg1 Rae8 21. Qg2 $40 {and white has
a strong attack for free.}) 18. c5 Nc8 {[%cal Gb7b6] The knight is placed ugly
there,but at least black wants to free himself by b7-b6.} ({The alternative
was:} 18... Ne8 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Bg3 $16) 19. Rc1 {Sergei was short on time,so
i didn't want to simplify the position. My intention was to prevent black from
playing b7-b6 as long as it possible.} ({At the same time,tempting was also:} 
19. Qc2 $5 Qxe3 ({after} 19... g6 20. e4 {black is also in troubles}) 20. Bxf5
Nf6 (20... Qxf3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rg1 $16) 21. Bh4 $16 {and white's bishops
are very powerful.}) 19... Qe6 20. Rg1 ({Another possibility was:} 20. Bg3 $5
b6 21. cxb6 (21. e4 $5) 21... Ncxb6 22. Rc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gh1c1] with a
stable advantage.}) 20... f4 {Black is trying to make the position more
complicated.} ({Now} 20... b6 {could be strongly met by:} 21. e4 $1 bxc5 (21...
Ne7 22. exd5 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Nxd5 24. cxb6 N7xb6 25. Rxc6 $18) 22. exd5 Qxe2 23.
Bxe2 cxd5 24. dxc5 $18 {with a decisive advantage in the endgame.}) ({Black's
position is also bad after} 20... Ne7 21. Bg3 $16) 21. e4 ({Deserved attention
also:} 21. Qg2 $5 Rf7 22. exf4 $16 {with a direct attack.}) 21... Ne7 ({After} 
21... Qxh3 $2 22. Bd2 Qe6 23. Qh2 $18 {white's attack is obviously decisive.})
22. Bd2 Kh8 ({Hopeless would be:} 22... dxe4 23. fxe4 f3 24. Qf2 Qxh3 25. Rg3
Qh5 26. Rcg1 Ng6 27. e5 $18) 23. Qg2 Rf7 24. Bxf4 $6 {There was no reason to
hurry!} ({After the simple} 24. Rce1 {i don't see any useful moves for black.
For instance,} b6 $140 25. cxb6 Nxb6 26. Bxf4 $18) 24... Qf6 $1 {I have
completely overlooked that resourse. Now white cannot keep his extra pawn.} 25.
Bd6 Qxf3 $2 {Black takes the wrong pawn!} ({After the correct} 25... Qxd4 $142
26. Rgd1 Qf6 27. f4 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Nf5 $16 {black could hold on. For instance,}
29. Bc4 $140 Nxd6 30. Rxd6 Re7 $1) 26. Qc2 $2 {Missing an easy win!} (26. Qxf3
$142 Rxf3 27. Be2 Rf7 $8 28. Bg4 $1 Nf8 $8 29. Rcf1 Rxf1+ (29... Kg8 30. Rxf7
Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Ke8 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Re1 Nfg6 34. h4 $18) 30. Rxf1 Nfg6 31. Bxe7
Nxe7 32. Rf7 $18) 26... dxe4 {Black must prevent white from advancing his Pe4.}
(26... Qe3 $2 27. e5 Rf2 28. Qc3 $18) 27. Bxe4 Qh5 28. Qb3 $1 Nf6 $2 {That
makes white's task much easier.} ({The best chance was:} 28... Nd5 29. Qxb7 (
29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxb7 Rg8 $16) 29... Re8 {while white has to play very
accurately in order to convert his material advantage into a full point:} 30.
Bc2 $1 {that ''shy'' move is probably the strongest} (30. Rce1 $2 Nb4 $132 {
[%cal Gd7f6]}) ({The most natural} 30. Qxc6 {gives black some tactical
resourses:} Nb4 $1 (30... Rxe4 $2 31. Qc8+ Nf8 32. Bxf8 $18) 31. Qc7 Qh4 $1 (
31... Nf6 $2 32. Qxa5 $18) 32. Bf5 Ne5 $1 33. Qb6 Rxf5 34. Bxe5 Rfxe5 35. dxe5
Qe4+ 36. Ka1 Qd5 37. Qxa5 Ra8 38. Rgd1 Rxa5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5 40. c6 Nc7 {and the
endgame is not that clear.}) {and after} 30... Ne5 (30... Nxc5 31. Qxc6 $18)
31. Qa6 Nb4 (31... Nf3 32. Qxc6 $18) 32. Qxa5 Ned3 (32... Nxc2 33. Bxe5 $18)
33. Bxd3 Nxd3 34. Rcd1 $18 {white's advantage is decisive.}) 29. Bg6 $1 {
Now black doesn't get any compensation for the exchange.} Nxg6 30. Qxf7 Rg8 31.
Qxb7 $18 {White has a huge material advantage,so he should only prevent
black's counterplay.} Qd5 ({After} 31... Qxh3 32. Qxc6 {white's passed pawns
will decide the game very soon.}) 32. Ka1 ({Maybe stronger would be:} 32. Qa6
Ne4 33. Ka1 $18) 32... a4 {[%cal Ga4a3] Black is trying to disturb the Ka1.}
33. Qa6 Qxd4 34. Qc4 Qe3 {Black cannot keep his Pa4,as the endgame is totally
lost.} 35. Qxa4 Rc8 36. h4 {Creating an idea of h4-h5.} Qe8 37. Rge1 ({Even
stronger would be:} 37. Rce1 {keeping the rook on the ''g'' gile.} Qd7 38. Qd1
Ra8 39. h5 Qf7 40. b3 $18) 37... Qd7 38. a3 h5 ({Or} 38... Qb7 39. Re3 Ra8 40.
Rb3 Qc8 41. Qb4 $18 {[%cal Gb4b8]}) 39. Rg1 Ne7 {That allows white to simplify
the position.} (39... Ng4 {fails to:} 40. Qc2 Qe6 41. Rce1 Qf6 42. Qe4 $1 $18 {
with a full domination.} Nxh4 $140 43. Be7 {[%csl Rf6,Rh4]} Qf2 44. Rh1) 40.
Bxe7 Qxe7 41. Rg5 {Doubling the rooks will decide the game.} Rc7 42. Qd4 {
Centralizing the queen.} ({More effective would be:} 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Rcg1 Qe6
44. Qf8 $18) 42... Rd7 43. Qe5 Qf7 44. Re1 Rd5 45. Qb8+ {Exchanging black's
rook. The rest is simple.} Kh7 46. Rxd5 Qxd5 47. Qe5 Qf3 48. Rg1 Qd3 49. Qc7
Ng4 50. Qxc6 Ne3 51. Qe6 {Taking control of important diagonal a2-g8.} Qd4 52.
Qg6+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qxh5+ Kg8 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qg6+ Kh8 57. c6 Nc4 58.
Qxg7+ {That is the best decision from practical point of view-black couldn't
stop white's pawns.} Qxg7 59. Rxg7 Kxg7 60. Ka2 Kg6 61. c7 Nb6 62. a4 Kh5 63.
a5 Nc8 64. b4 Kxh4 65. b5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {This position is quite topical for the Slav with 4.e3.} 10.
Bd2 (10. g5 {is somewhat more agressive, but Black is doing OK after both} Ne4
({Or} 10... Ng8)) 10... g5 11. cxd5 {Boris decides to clarify the situation in
the centre. In that case White may consider delaying castling.} exd5 (11...
Nxd5 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 $14) (11... cxd5 $5) 12. Bd3 Bb4 {A
standard way to fight for the key e4-square.} (12... Bd6 $5 {also deserves
attention:} 13. h4 (13. Qf3 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Rde8 $132) 13... Nb6
14. Qf3 gxh4 15. g5 Nfd7 $132 {with a complicated strategic battle.}) (12...
Be7 {looks rather passive:} 13. Qf3 Nf8 14. O-O-O g6 15. Kb1 Ne6 16. Qg2 $14 {
1-0 Dubov,D (2614)-Raznikov,D (2479)/Caleta ENG 2014 (42)}) 13. a3 $146 {
A natural novelty. This decision is double-edged: it can be useful for a
minority attack on the q-side by means of b2-b4-b5, but it can also be a
target in the event of q-side castling.} ({It looks like after} 13. Qb3 $5 {
White can also fight for some advantage:} Qb6 (13... a5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3
$14) 14. f3 Bd6 15. Ne2 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb6 17. Kf2 a6 18. Kg2 (18. e4 $14) 18...
Be7 19. b4 O-O-O 20. b3 Kb8 21. Raf1 Ne8 22. Bc2 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Salgado
Lopez,I (2626)-Inarkiev,E (2679)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (101)}) 13...
Bxc3 $6 {A dubious decision. The dark-squared bishop is extremelty important,
especially when Black doesn't manage to get control over the e4-spot.} (13...
Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 (14... Bb6 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Kf1 g6 17. b5 $14) 15. b5 c5 16. Qf3
Bb6 $1 17. Nxd5 cxd4 $132) 14. Bxc3 $14 a5 {A loss of time. Now White can
restrict Black's active possibilities and secure a stable advantage.} ({
The lesser evil was} 14... Ne4 $1 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. d5 {and here Black should
go for a pawn sac:} Nc5 $1 17. dxc6 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 bxc6 (18... O-O 19. cxb7 Rb8
20. h4 Rxb7 21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. Qe2 $14) 19. Qa4 Qd5 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Bf6 Rh6 22.
Qd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 c5 $14 {White is better, but Black has reasonable drawish
chances due to a monster on d3.}) 15. f3 $1 Qc7 {The queen has nothing much it
can achieve there.} ({I would prefer} 15... Kf8 $142 16. Qe2 Ne8 $14) 16. Kf2 (
16. Qe2 $5 O-O-O 17. O-O-O $36) 16... g6 $6 {I guess Ivan didn't like his
position, since there is no way to develop any reasonable counterplay. However,
it is only after this weakening move that Black's position starts becoming
very difficult.} (16... Nb6 17. Kg2 Nfd7 $14) 17. Qg1 {At this moment Boris
had to choose between a couple of good-looking plans. Now White may seriously
consider a trade of queens.} (17. Qd2 $5 {also deserved serious attention:} Nf8
18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Ne6 20. a4 $16) 17... Nf8 {The knight is heading to e6 in
order to decrease the effect of an e3-e4 push.} ({After} 17... Kf8 {White can
switch to an attacking setup:} 18. Kg2 (18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kxg3 Kg7 $14 {
is more or less acceptable for Black.}) 18... Kg7 19. Qf2 $36 {[%cal Gh3h4]})
18. b4 $1 {Black has delayed castling, so this thematic advance is unpleasant.}
(18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kxg3 Ne6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Kd7 $14) 18... axb4 19. axb4 (
19. Bxb4 $5 Ne6 20. Qe1 Nd7 21. Kg2 $16) 19... Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Ne6 (20... N8d7 {
was hardly any better:} 21. b5 O-O 22. h4 $1 gxh4 23. Rxh4 $16) 21. Qa8+ Nd8 {
White has a clear positional advantage, but Black's position is still solid.}
22. Kg2 {This gives Black time for consolidating.} ({A more energetic try was} 
22. b5 $142 O-O 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Qa3 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Nc6 26. Bd6 Qd7 27. Bg3 $16)
22... O-O 23. Ra1 ({Deviating again from the most natural} 23. b5 $5 Re8 24.
Re1 cxb5 (24... c5 25. dxc5 Ne6 26. Qa4 Nxc5 27. Qd4 Re6 28. Ra1 $16) 25. Qa3
Re6 26. Bxb5 Nc6 $14) 23... Re8 24. Bd2 Nd7 $1 {Now Ivan is ready to meet 25.
b5 with c6-c5, so White's task is more difficult.} (24... Ne6 25. Qa5 Qe7 26.
Qb6 Rb8 27. Ra7 $16) 25. Qa7 (25. b5 $6 c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 $132) 25... Ne6 (25...
Qd6 $5 26. Re1 (26. b5 c5 $132) 26... Kg7 $14) 26. Be1 Qb6 {Black could hardly
keep the queens on the board, since there is no good square for the Qc7.} 27.
Qa5 Nc7 28. Bg3 Qxa5 {Ivan had to calculate quite a lot before making this
move.} ({A waiting strategy was also possible:} 28... Ra8 $5 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30.
Ra5 Ne6 $14) 29. bxa5 Rxe3 30. Bxc7 (30. Bf1 Ne6 31. Rb1 Nf4+ 32. Kf2 Ra3 33.
Rxb7 Nf8 34. a6 N8e6 35. a7 Kg7 $132) 30... Rxd3 31. Rb1 {White is a pawn down,
but the passed Pa5 is extremely dangerous.} Rxd4 32. Rxb7 Rd2+ $6 ({Ivan had
to find a tough resource in order to play} 32... Ra4 $5 33. Bd6 Nf6 34. Ra7 d4
35. Be5 {and here:} Ne8 $1 36. Ra8 f6 {with good chances to save a half point:}
37. Bxf6 (37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxe8+ Kf7 39. Rc8 Ra4 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rxc6 Rxa5
42. Rxf6+ Kg7 {is just an easy draw.}) 37... Kf7 38. Bxg5 Nd6 $14) 33. Kf1 Nc5
({In this version,} 33... Ra2 $2 {fails to:} 34. Bd6 Nf6 35. Ra7 d4 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. Be5 d3 38. f4 Re2 39. Rd8 gxf4 40. Bc3 $1 $18) 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Be5+ f6
36. Bd6 {Black has to give up a piece now.} Ne6 $2 {Finally Ivan makes a
decisive mistake.} ({After the correct} 36... Rc2 $1 37. Rb6 d4 38. a6 Nxa6 39.
Rxa6 Kf7 40. Ra5 Rc3 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Bb4 Rb3 $16 {Black would have definite
drawish chances due to a limited material balance.}) 37. a6 (37. Rb7+ Kh6 38.
Re7 Nf4 39. Rf7 Ne6 40. Rxf6 Nd4 41. Rf7 $18) 37... Ra2 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. a7 $18
{Now the Pa7 will decide the game, especially when the king is almost mated on
h6.} d4 (39... c5 40. Re7 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Nf4 43. Rf7 Ne6 44. Rxf6
$18) 40. Re7 Nf4 (40... d3 41. Rxe6 Rxa7 42. Bf8+ Kh7 43. Re7+ Rxe7 44. Bxe7
$18) 41. Rf7 Ne6 42. Rxf6 Nf4 43. Rf7 Ne6 44. Be5 {Black has no useful moves.}
d3 (44... c5 {also offered no hope:} 45. Re7 Nf4 46. Bg7+ Kh7 47. Bxd4+ $18)
45. Ke1 c5 (45... Nf4 46. Bg7+ Kh7 47. Bd4+ Kh6 48. Rf8 $18) 46. Rd7 Re2+ (
46... c4 47. Re7 Nf4 48. Bg7+ Kh7 49. Bd4+ Kh6 50. Re8 $18) (46... Nf4 47. Bg7+
Kh7 48. Bf8+ Kg8 49. Bxc5 $18) 47. Kd1 Ra2 48. Rb7 d2 (48... c4 49. Re7 Nf4 50.
Bg7+ Kh7 51. Bd4+ Kh6 52. Re8 $18) (48... Ra6 49. Kd2 c4 50. Re7 Nf4 51. Bg7+
Kh7 52. Bd4+ Kh6 53. Re8 $18) 49. Rd7 $22 {One more zugzwang.} c4 50. Re7 c3
51. Bxc3 Nd4 {The last trick.} 52. Re8 $1 ({Correctly avoiding} 52. Bxd4 $2
Ra1+ 53. Kxd2 Rd1+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kd3 Rd1+ 56. Kc3 Rd3+ $11) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. f3 {Control over the central e4-square is
extremely important in this line, but the text move looks rather risky, as
Black gets some development advantage and may disturb White's king.} ({There
is a recent example where a young Russian GM was able to claim something of an
edge:} 11. cxd5 $5 exd5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Qb3 Nxg4 (13... a5 $5) 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bxb4 Qh4 16. Qc2 Nxe3 17. Qc7 Qf4 18. Rc1 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 $14 {1-0 Dubov,D 
(2614)-Ragger,M (2632)/Dubai UAE 2014 (32)}) 11... dxc4 {Topalov prefers to
keep a dynamic situation in the centre.} (11... Qc7 $5 {deserves serious
attention too:} 12. Kf2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O-O $132) 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 (13. e4
N5b6 14. Bb3 c5 15. a3 Ba5 $132) 13... a5 (13... Qh4+ 14. Ke2 a5 15. a3 a4 16.
Qc2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 $132) 14. Kf2 $6 $146 {An unsuccessful innovation by
Ivanchuk. The king cannot be safe when Black can attack the centre by means of
c6-c5 or e6-e5.} ({In the preceding games Black didn't experience problems
either:} 14. a3 a4 15. Qc2 Ba5 16. Kf2 Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Bc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,
D (2652)-Balogh,C (2662)/Germany 2011/CBM 146 (65)}) (14. O-O-O $6 a4 15. Qc2
a3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A (2506)-Hansen,S (2603)/Reykjavik 2011/CBM 141 Extra 
(25)}) 14... N7b6 $1 15. Bd3 (15. a3 a4 16. Qa2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd6 $15) 15... e5
$36 {White's position is already quite unpleasant.} (15... a4 $5 16. Qc2 a3 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Ne7 $15) 16. Nxd5 {Exchanging one pair of
bishops is in Black's favour, but White could hardly avoid it.} ({The
alternatives were not attractive:} 16. h4 exd4 17. exd4 a4 18. Qc2 Be7 19. Nxd5
Bxh4+ 20. Kg2 Nxd5 $15) (16. a3 a4 17. Qc2 exd4 18. exd4 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 Bd6 20.
Rae1+ Kf8 $15) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxb4 Qh4+ $1 {An important intermediate check.} (
{After} 17... axb4 18. Bc4 exd4 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 dxe3+ 21. Kxe3 cxd5 22.
Kd4 {White should be OK in this rook ending.}) 18. Ke2 axb4 {White has to
release the tension in the centre before Black castles.} 19. Bc4 (19. Be4 Nf6
20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 O-O 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Bxb7 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rc7 $36) 19...
O-O-O 20. dxe5 ({The following simplifications didn't help much:} 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. e4 Rxd4 22. Qxf7 Qg5 23. Rad1 Rhd8 $36) 20... Qg3 21. Rag1 Qxe5 {The king
is still under attack.} 22. Kf2 $6 {A critical loss of tempo.} ({Vassily had
to simplify the position at any cost:} 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Qd6+
25. Kc2 Rd8 $15) 22... Nb6 $1 {Now Black's attacking potential is threatening
- there are a couple of dangerous threats.} 23. Bd3 $6 {This should be a
decisive mistake, but...} ({White's position was already very difficult, but
after} 23. Re1 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Rd2+ 25. Re2 Rxb2 (25... Qxb2 26. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 27.
Kg3 Qd6+ $17) 26. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 27. Kg3 Qe5+ $17) ({Or} 23. f4 Rd2+ 24. Kf3 Qe7
25. Bxf7 Nd5 26. Bxg6 (26. Bxd5 cxd5 $19 {[%cal Ge7e4]}) 26... Rxb2 27. Qd3
Rxa2 $17 {it was possible to fight for a draw.}) 23... Rhe8 $6 {Surprisingly
enough, Veselin misses a golden opportunity to win a pawn.} (23... Na4 $142 $1
24. f4 (24. Qxa4 Rxd3 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qxh8 Rd2+ 27. Kf1 Qb5+ 28. Ke1 Qe2#)
24... Qxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Nxb2 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Kf3 Kc7 $19) 24. Re1 {Now White is
not losing on the spot.} Qd6 $6 {One more step in the wrong direction - The
queen was well placed in the centre.} (24... f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. f4 Qf6 $17)
25. Be4 $6 ({Better was} 25. Bc4 $1 {was better:} Nxc4 26. Qxc4 f6 27. Re2 $15)
25... Nd7 26. Qc4 Nf6 (26... Ne5 $5 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. b3 Nd7 $36) 27. Bc2 Qe7 28.
Re2 Rd2 $1 {Finally Black has made some progress.} (28... Nd5 29. Be4 $15) 29.
Qb3 Red8 {Obviously, White is under srong pressure, and Vassily errs again.} (
29... Qd6 $5 30. Qc4 Qe5 31. Qb3 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Nd5 33. Be4 Nc7 $17 {[%cal
Gf7f5]}) 30. Rhe1 $2 (30. a3 $142 bxa3 31. Qxa3 Qe5 $17) 30... Nh7 $2 {Once
again, Topalov fails to find a concrete way to win the pawn!} (30... Rxe2+ 31.
Rxe2 Nd5 32. Kf1 Qh4 33. Rh2 Qg3 $19) 31. Kg3 Ng5 ({Of course, it's not easy
to go back from a psychological point of view:} 31... Nf6 32. f4 g5 $15) 32.
Qc4 Ne6 33. f4 {Now the king is more or less protected.} Nc5 (33... Kb8 $5) 34.
Bb1 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Ne4+ {White's task is becoming easier after the exchange of
minor pieces.} (35... Kc7 $5 36. b3 g5 $15) 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Kf2 $15 {It
looks like White should be able to hold this position with precise play.} g5
38. fxg5 Qe5 {Black is better now due to a preferable pawn structure and the
activity of his major pieces.} 39. Kg2 Qxg5 40. b3 Qe5 $6 ({It was possible to
pose more problems after} 40... f5 41. Rf1 fxg4 42. hxg4 (42. Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 43.
hxg4 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rxa2 45. Ke4 Rb2 $17) 42... Qe7 $15) 41. Qf3 {White manages
to improve his position little by little.} f6 (41... Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43.
Qxe2 $11) 42. Re2 Qc3 (42... g5 43. Rf2 Rd6 44. Qf5+ Qxf5 45. Rxf5 $11) 43.
Qf5+ Kb8 44. Qc2 $6 {A strange passive move.} ({It was the right moment to
exchange some kingside pawns:} 44. g5 $1 Rd5 45. Qf4+ Ka7 46. gxf6 gxf6 47. Qc4
$11) 44... Kc7 ({White would regret his passive move in the event of} 44... Rd3
$1 45. Qxc3 bxc3 46. Kf3 b5 47. b4 c5 48. a3 c4 $15) 45. Qg6 Rd7 46. g5 Kb6 $6
{One more inaccuracy.} ({After} 46... fxg5 47. Qxg5 Kb6 48. h4 Rd3 $15 {
White is still experiencing some problems with his king.}) 47. gxf6 gxf6 48. h4
$1 $11 {Now the passed h-pawn is an important factor.} Rd1 49. Qe4 Ka7 50. Qf4
c5 51. Qf5 Qc1 {A disappointing result for Veselin!} ({White has finally
equalised:} 51... Qc1 52. Qf2 Qb1 53. e4 Rc1 54. Qe3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the last round before the half-way mark in the tournament. Caruana
was leading the tournament wth 4.0/4. Nakamura on the other hand was on just 1.
5/4.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 $5 {A very surprising and
unambitious move by Hikaru. Checking in the Mega-database you will find that
this is the first time that he has played this with White. Maybe he just
wanted to avoid all theoretical continuations and play a normal game of chess.}
Bf5 {A natural move by Caruana, developing his B on an active square.} 5. Nh4
Be4 6. f3 (6. Nxe4 $6 {gives White the advantage of the bishop pair but he
starts to lag behind in development because of his N on h4.} Nxe4 7. Nf3 e5 $1
{threatening Bb4+} 8. a3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 exd4 $15)
6... Bg6 7. e3 e6 8. g3 (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd3 {could have been the most normal
way to continue} Bd6 10. f4 c5 $36 {Black has a good initiative.}) 8... Be7 9.
a3 {Nakamura's play is quite confusing. What is the point of the move a3? I am
not really sure.} Nbd7 {On the other hand Fabiano plays natural and good
developing moves.} 10. cxd5 {You will notice that Nakamura took on d5 only
after the black N had developed to d7. If he were to take on d5 with the N
still on b8, then it would have given Black the opportunity to develop his N
to c6.} cxd5 {Caruana figures that later he could break in the centre with ...
e5 and hence takes back with c-pawn.} (10... exd5 {usually creates more
imbalance in the pawn structure. In this position White can aim for an
eventual e4 and gaining space in the centre.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 {with an
interesting position.}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 $5 {Caruana makes use of his
lead in development to open the position.} 13. O-O O-O (13... exd4 $6 14. exd4
Qb6 15. Nb3 $14 {is a clear advantage to White.}) 14. Qb3 Qc8 $6 (14... Qb6 $6
{Usually Qb3 is met with Qb6 in the Slav. But here it is not so good as after}
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nb1 $1 {A theme that you will see in the game also. The N is
more useful on c3 and hence is re-routed over there.}) (14... a5 $5 {can be an
improvement.} 15. Qxb7 a4 $44 {White's pieces are clumsily placed and Black
has sufficient compensation.}) 15. Nb1 $1 {This is the reason why Hikaru
Nakamura is one of the best players in the world. The American grandmaster
senses that the N will be excellently placed on c3 and is not hesitant about
"undeveloping" it.} exd4 16. exd4 Nb8 $1 {With the same logic as Nakamura,
Caruana too brings his N to a more active square on c6. But, in this
symmetrical position, White has slightly better chances thanks to his B pair.}
17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Be3 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd4 $1 (19... Rd8 $6 20. Qa2 Nxd4
21. Bxg6 $14) 20. Kg2 (20. Bxg6 $2 Qc5 $1 $19) 20... Rd8 21. Qa2 g5 $11) 18...
Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 (19... Rfe8 {looked more natural to me and then putting the
other R on c8. But Caruana has quite a nice regrouping plan in mind.}) 20. Rfe1
Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gc7e6,Ge8c7,Ge6d4,Gf6d4,Gc6d4] Caruana regroups his pieces
in such a way that his N could go from f6-e8-c7-e6 and B could go to f6 and
all would attack the pawn on d4.} 21. Bf2 (21. Bb1 $5 {With the same logic as
Caruana, White too could have placed his B on a2 in order to pressurise the
d5-pawn.} Nc7 22. Ba2 Bf6 23. Qc2 $13) 21... Nc7 22. Bf1 $1 {Nakamura is
waiting for the N to come to e6 so that he could pin it with Bh3.} (22. Qxb7
Rdb8 $1 $19 (22... Rab8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Qxa7)) 22... Bf6 (22... Ne6 $2 23.
Bh3 $16) 23. Qa2 $6 {The Q makes way for the b-pawn to go b4-b5.} (23. f4 $5 {
with the idea of Bg2 is definitely an improvement over the game move.}) 23...
g5 $1 {Gaining space on the kingside and at the right moment he can also play
g4. Another idea behind this move is to play g6 followed by Kg7 which Caruana
does play in the game. You can see how one move has multiple purposes.} 24. b4
g6 25. Qd2 (25. b5 Na5 $132) 25... Kg7 {Caruana is waiting and slowly
improving his position. He knows that Nakamura does not have the same amount
of patience and will lash out pretty soon.} 26. b5 $6 {Unnecessary. This move
creates too many weaknesses in White's camp.} Ne7 {The N will go to f5 now.} (
26... Na5 {With the idea of ... Nc4 was also a good idea.} 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28.
Qxa5 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3]}) 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Bh3 Nf5 {Black's pieces picked
a target (the d4-pawn) and built up the pressure on it.} 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. f4 {
Why would Nakamura put another pawn on a square of the same colour as his B?
The point is that Black having the option of playing ...f5-f4 at an
appropriate moment was too much for Nakamura to calculate on every move and
hence he decided to clarify the situation.} (30. Ne2 Qxb5 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. Qxf5
Nf4 33. Qc2 (33. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rxd7 $15) 33... Rac8 34. Qd2 Nxe2+ 35.
Rxe2 Qf5 $15) (30. a4 Rac8 $15) 30... g4 $15 {Black has a small but stable
advantage thanks to a better B and also an outpost on the c4 square for his R.}
31. Qd3 Rac8 32. Rc1 Rc4 $1 {Caruana sees that his pawn on f5 is not hanging
and tries to maximize his position on the c-file and also attack the d4-pawn.}
33. Ne2 (33. Qxf5 $2 Nxd4 34. Qxd7 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Rxd7 $19 {[%cal Rf3e1,Rf6c3,
Rc4c3]}) 33... Nc7 $1 {The computer like precision with which Caruana is
playing is mind boggling.} (33... Qxb5 $6 34. Qxf5 $14 {and with the g4-pawn
falling, this has to be better for White.}) 34. Nc3 (34. a4 Rxa4 $17) (34. Rxc4
dxc4 35. Qxc4 Nxb5 $17) 34... Rc8 $1 {The threat is stronger than its
execution. Rather than doing something concrete, Black keeps improving his
pieces before the final blow. The R was passive on d8 and hence he has
activated it along the c-file.} 35. h3 {In desperation Nakamura tries to find
some counterplay. But he just loses a pawn.} gxh3 36. Kh2 Nxb5 $19 {And there
goes another one.} 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Kxh3 (38. Qxf5 $2 Qb2+ 39. Kxh3 Rxc1 $19)
(38. Rxc4 dxc4 $19 {defends the f5-pawn.}) 38... Qd7 $1 {Cool play by Caruana.
He is a pawn up and has a completely winning position. There is no need to
rush. He brings back the Q in order to defend f5 and also to unpin his c4-R.}
39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1 a6 {no hurry. Just slowly improving the position.} 41. Rbc1
Qe6 {Threatening a Q exchange with ...Qe4+. Nakamura tries his last chance to
disturb the material balance.} 42. Bf2 (42. Bd2 Rxd4 $19) 42... Rxc1 (42...
Qe4+ $1 {would have been a clean finish.} 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Qd1 Rxc1 45. Qg4+
Kf8 {Black has a better pawn structure than in the game and will win easily.})
43. Rxe6 fxe6 {The material balance has bee disrupted but Black has a
completely winning position. However sometimes it works in the favour of the
defender to change the material balance as it is difficult for the winning
side to adjust to the new situation quickly.} 44. g4 $2 {Nakamura plays as
actively as he can. He knows that if Black consolidates then he is lost. But
here he misses a very strong tactic for the black side.} fxg4 $6 {Thats a
human move. But considering the form Caruana was in he should have found the
extremely strong} (44... Bh4 $3 {What a fantastic move. For a few minutes you
might be wondering what exactly is the point of this move. It's a Q trap!!} 45.
Bxh4 (45. gxf5 R8c2 $19) 45... R8c3 $1 $19 {The Q is trapped as it cannot go
to the second rank. What domination!}) 45. Qe2 Kf7 46. Qd3 $5 {Nakamura keeps
finding resources to make Black's technical task as difficult as possible. He
is now threatening Q infiltration to h7.} (46. Qxg4 Rg8 $19) 46... R1c2 47.
Qh7+ Ke8 48. f5 $2 {The fatal mistake.} (48. Kf1 $1 {How should Black win this
crazy position?} R8c6 {trying to keep everything defended.} 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. f5
$1 exf5 51. Qxf5 $15 {pawns keep getting exchanged and Black's task keeps
getting tougher.}) 48... Bxd4 $1 {White's Q checks will soon end and then he
will be a piece down.} 49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Qxe6 (50. Qg8+ Kc7 51. Qf7+ Kb8 $19)
50... Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Kc7 55. Qe7+ (55.
Qxd5 Rc4 $19) 55... Kb6 56. Qd8+ Rc7 57. Qxd5 Bc5 {Everything has been
consolidated and the game is over.} 58. Qd8 Kb7 59. f6 Bxa3 60. Qd5+ Kb6 61.
Qd8 Bc5 62. Qb8+ Rb7 63. Qd8+ Ka7 64. Qd5 Bb6 65. Kg5 Rc7 66. Kg6 b4 67. Qe6
Bd4 {There were a lot of interesting ideas and tactics in the game but what I
particularly liked was the way in which Caruana outplayed Nakamura in the
equal middlegame. Sometimes just being there, and not doing anything can force
the opponent to make a mistake!} 0-1

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 (9. h4 $5 {wurde hier auch oft gespielt, z.B.:} dxc4 10. Nxc4 h5
11. g5 Nd5 12. Bg2 N5b6 13. b3 Bb4 14. Bd2 e5 15. a3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Ba5 17. O-O
O-O 18. c5 Re8 19. Ra2 Qc7 20. Rb2 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 22. d5 e4 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24.
Nb5 Ne5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nd4 Qd6 27. Ne2 Nd3 28. Nf4 Rxa3 29. Rb5 Qc6 30. Qb1
Nxf4 31. exf4 Qd7 32. Rxb6 Qg4 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qe5 Rf3 36. f5
Bxf5 37. Re1 Rf4 38. Re3 Bg6 39. Qd6 Qxh4 40. Rg3 Rg4 41. Qe5 Rxg3 42. fxg3 Qg4
43. Kf2 Bf5 44. Qe7 Kg6 45. Qe5 Qxg5 {0-1 (45) Van Wely,L (2640)-Giri,A (2798)
Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 9... hxg6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O a5 (
13... Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 18. Ba5 b6 19.
Bc3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc6 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kc2 Nd3 25.
Kc3 Nf4 26. Be4 Ne2+ 27. Kb4 a5+ 28. Kb5 Kc7 29. Bd5 Nd4+ 30. Ka4 Re8 31. b4
Re2 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Rb1 axb4 34. Kxb4 Rxf2 35. b3 Nc5 36. Kb5 f5 37. gxf5 Rxf5
38. Ra1 Nxb3 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. Kxb6 Nc5 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Bxf7 Nd7+ 43. Kb5 Nc5
44. Bg6 Ne6 45. Kb6 Nc5 46. Bf5 Nb3 47. Bg4 Nc5 48. Kb5 Ne4 49. Kb4 Nc5 50. Kc3
Ke5 51. Bc8 Ne4+ 52. Kb4 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 (52) Jumabayev,R (2607)-Adhiban,B (2663)
Abu Dhabi 2016}) 14. Qc2 $6 {Weiß weicht ihrem Naturell entsprechend dem
Damentausch aus und gibt den Bauern c4.} (14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. c5 Nbd7 $11) 14...
dxc4 15. e4 e5 ({Die Engines hätten auf d4 auch noch weggenommen:} 15... Qxd4
16. Bxg5 Qa7 $17) 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Bxg5 a4 18. f4 $6 {Schneidet den Lg5
vorübergehend vom Rest der Mannschaft ab.} (18. Be3) 18... exd4 19. Rxd4 a3
20. b3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. e5 Ne6 ({Der Abzug} 23... Nb3+ {
ist zwingender.} 24. Qxb3 Qxd4 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Re1 fxg5 $19) 24. Rc4 Nxg4 $2
(24... Nd4 $1 25. Rxd4 (25. Qd2 O-O-O $19) (25. Qf2 Nb3+ $19) 25... Qxd4 26.
exf6 gxf6 $19) 25. hxg4 $2 ({Nach} 25. Bxe7 Ne3 26. Rb4 {ist die Angelegenheit
nicht so klar:} Qxb4 27. Bxb4 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 c5 29. Bxb7 Ra7 30. Bc6+ Kf8 31.
Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Ba4) 25... Rxh1+ 26. Bxh1 Nxg5 $19 {Weiß kann nun nicht gut auf
g5 nehmen.} 27. Nd1 (27. fxg5 Rd8 $19) 27... Rd8 28. Qh2 Ne6 29. Be4 Bb4 30.
Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ g5 32. fxg5 Bd2+ 33. Kc2 Bxg5 34. Qh1 Rd2+ 35. Kc3 Qa5+ 36.
Kb3 b5 37. Rb4 c5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 ({Before this game V. Ivanchuk
had played only h3 and he had had good results.} 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. f3 $6 {A dubious novelty.
Popular options are 11.cxd5, 11.Qb3 and 11.Bd3.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 a5
$15 {1/2-1/2 (51) Ivanchuk,V (2744)-Topalov,V (2772) Tromso NOR 2014 1/2-1/2 
(51)}) 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4
12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qc2 (13. a4 c5 14. dxc5 (14. d5 $5 Nb6 15. dxe6 $1 fxe6 (15...
Nxc4 $2 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3 $16) 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Qe2 $14) 14... Nxc5 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be1 Rec8 19. Be2 h6 20. Bf3 Ncd7 21. Qb3 Ne5
22. Be2 Bb4 23. Rc2 Nc6 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Be2 Nc6 26. Bf3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Aronian,L (2763) Sofia 2008}) 13... c5 (13... b5 14. Be2 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Qb1 $14) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rc8
16. Be1 Qe7 {Aronian has build up a very solid position, but it seems next to
impossible to achieve full equality.} (16... Qc7 17. Rac1 Red8 18. Be2 Nce4 19.
g3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Qb3 $14) (16... b5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. a3 Red8 19. Rac1
Nce4 20. g3 $14) 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be2 Rec8 19. Qb1 (19. Bf3 b5 20. Qb1 b4 21.
Ne2 a5 22. Nd4 $14) 19... h6 20. Bf3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2781)-Aronian,L (2737)
Sochi 2008 1-0 (44) CBM 126 [Ftacnik,L]}) 5... cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bb5+ ({
A much more popular continuation is} 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. Bd2 (9. e4 Nc6
10. Be3 Rd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. e5 Nh5 $6 13. Bh3 $6 (13. f4 $1 f5 (13... g6 $2
14. f5 $16 gxf5 15. Be2 Ng7 16. Bh6 $18) 14. Be2 g6 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Rhg1 Kd7
$1 17. Rg7 Kc8 $14) 13... g6 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7
18. Bh6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Belikov,V (2499)-Sumets,A (2473) Alushta 2003}) 9... Nc6
10. Rc1 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qc4 exd4 16.
Be4 Rd6 $11 {Popov,V (2548)-Shirov,A (2696) St Petersburg 2013 0-1 (31)}) 7...
Nbd7 (7... Nc6 8. Ne5 e6 {Black doesn't need to play 8...Bd7} 9. Bd2 (9. Qa4 $6
Bd6 $1 10. Nxc6 O-O 11. Nc3 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rab8 13. Bb5 Bf5 14. Be2 Rb4 15. Qd1
Rfb8 $44) 9... Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1
$44) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa3 c5 14. Nd2 (14. Nc3 $5 Bf5 (14... Qb8
$6 15. Nc6 Qb7 16. Qxc5 Kh8 17. Qb5 $16) 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Rfc8 17. Na4 (
17. b4 $2 a5 18. Na4 axb4 19. Nb6 b3 $17) 17... Bc2 18. b3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Nxc5 20.
Rxc2 Nd3+ 21. Nxd3 Rxc2 22. O-O $14) 14... Qb8 15. f3 Bf5 16. g4 cxd4 17. exd4
Bg6 18. h4 h6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Kf2 Qb6 21. Ke3 Bc2 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nd7 Qd6 24.
Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Jussupow, A (2587)-Godena,M (2533) Switzerland 2013}) 8. Nc3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 a6 $146 (9... e6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (11) Grabarczyk, M 
(2476)-Lampert,J (2437) Lueneburg GER 2014. I think White should have
continued the game.}) 10. Bxd7+ {Probably that day Vassily was trying to play
solidly. He could have tried to keep his bishop.} (10. Bd3 $5 e6 11. e4 (11.
Bd2) 11... Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. f4 f5 {with a complicated position.}) 10... Qxd7
11. Na4 Qb5 (11... Rb8 {looks playable, for example} 12. Nc5 (12. Nb6 Qb5 13.
Qxb5+ axb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 e6 16. Ke2 Nd7 $11) 12... Qc6 13. Bd2 e6 14.
Rc1 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd7 $11) 12. Qxb5+ axb5 13. Nc5 e5 $1 (13... Nd7 $5 14. Nxb7
(14. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 14... e5 $1 (14... Ra7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 g6 $44 17. a3
{The only move to keep the extra pawn.} (17. Ke2 e6 18. Bd2 Bg7 $1 (18... Bxc5
$2 19. Rhc1 $16) 19. a3 Bxb2 {Black regains the pawn} 20. Rab1 Bxa3 21. Rxb5
Kd7 $11) 17... e6 18. b4 Bg7 19. Rb1 Kd7 20. Ke2 {Black has some compensation
for the pawn but White has the upper hand.}) 15. Bd2 (15. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 16. f4
$8 Nc4 $1 17. b3 Na3 $17) 15... exd4 16. exd4 Be7 17. Ke2 Nf8 $1 18. Kd3 Ne6
$44) 14. Nxb7 $6 {After this move Black has more than enough for the
sacrificed pawn. Probably White had to accept the equality after} (14. dxe5
Bxc5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bd2 Rg8 17. Ke2 b4 18. Rhd1 Ke7 $11 {Due to the
activity of the black pieces we can assess the position as equal.}) 14... exd4
15. exd4 Kd7 $44 16. Rg1 {Probably Vassily's idea was to meet ...Nh5, ...Ng7
with Bh6} g6 (16... Kc6 {might be worth trying:} 17. Nc5 $8 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rhe8+
19. Kf1 g6 20. Be3 Ra4 21. b3 Ra6 $44 {Here I would prefer Black. He will
double rooks on the a-file and put the knight on e6. White needs to play very
precisely.}) 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Kd2 $6 {After this move White has some problems.
He should have preferred a3.} (18. a3 f6 19. Bd2 Ng7 $44 20. Ke2 (20. Bh6 Nf5
21. Bxf8 Rhxf8 {and Black regains the pawn.} 22. O-O-O Kc6 23. Nc5 Nxd4 24.
Rxd4 Kxc5 25. Rgd1 Rfd8 $11) 20... Ne6 21. Kd3 Ra7 22. Na5 Bd6 23. h4 Rha8 $11)
18... Ra7 $1 {Shakhriyar had other options.} (18... f6 19. Be3 Ng7 20. Bh6 Ne6
21. Bxf8 Rhxf8 {Black will regain his pawn soon. The position can be assessed
as equal.} 22. Nc5+ Nxc5 23. dxc5 Ra4 24. Rg4 Kc6 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. b4 axb3 27.
axb3 Kxc5 $11) (18... Kc6 $2 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rgc1 $16) (18... Ra4 19. Kd3 f6
20. Bd2 Ng7 21. a3 Ne6 22. b4 Bd6 $44) 19. Nc5+ Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rha8 21. a3 Kc6
22. Rg4 Ng7 23. Rd1 $6 ({Probably Vassily should have preferred} 23. Rc1 Ne6
24. Bf6 Ra4 25. Rb4 {It seems to me that Black can't improve his position.} Re8
(25... d4 26. Kc2 Rxb4 27. axb4 Kd5 28. Kd2 Ra2 29. c6 Ra8 $8 30. c7 Rc8 31.
Bd8 $11) (25... Rxb4 $6 26. axb4 Ra4 27. Kc3 $14) 26. h4 Nf4 27. Bg5 Ne6 (27...
Re2+ $2 28. Kd1) 28. Bf6 $11) 23... Ne6 24. Be3 Ra4 25. Kc3 $4 {A blunder.
However White's position was unpleasant.} (25. Kc2 Rc4+ 26. Rxc4 bxc4 $15 27.
b4 $5 Nc7 $1 (27... cxb3+ $2 28. Kxb3 Rb8+ 29. Kc3 Nxc5 30. Ra1 $11) 28. Kb2
Nb5 29. Ra1 Ra4 $17 (29... d4 $2 30. a4 $16)) 25... d4+ {White's position is
hopeless due to the following line:} (25... d4+ 26. Rgxd4 (26. Bxd4 Rd8) 26...
Nxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Bxd4 Rc4+ 28. Kd3 Rxd4+ 29. Kxd4 Rd8+ $19) 27... Rxd4 28.
Bxd4 (28. Kxd4 Ra4+ 29. Ke5 Rh4 $19) 28... Ra4 {/\ ...Kd5}) 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5
9. Nf3 h6 10. c5 {A rare line. Up to the moment, we have only 1 GM game.
However, as we can see, this move isn't harmless.} (10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qa6 {should be enough to get an equal game:} 14. Qxa6
Nxa6 15. Ke2 c5 $6 {probably a bit premature} 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Ndb5
Ke7 19. Na4 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Muzychuk,A (2566) Wijk aan Zee NED 2014 1/
2-1/2 (51)}) ({In the previous game Fabiano played} 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Bg6 (
11... Na6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. h4 Bg7 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Be2 Bg6 17.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bd2 Bg7 $11 {Werle,J (2511)-Petrov,N (2418) Riga LAT 2014 1/2-1/
2 (24)}) 12. h4 (12. Bd2 Na6 13. Be2 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. h4 Rg8
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. f3 f6 19. c5 Kf7 20. Ra4 a5 $11 {Abasov,N (2528)-Harsha,B 
(2296) Pune IND 2014 1/2-1/2 (31)}) 12... Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bd2 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qa6 16. Nc1 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Be2 N8d7 19. e4 Be7 $11 {Caruana,F 
(2783)-Mamedyarov,S (2760) Shamkir AZE 2014 1-0 (56)}) (10. Bd3 {You can see
my annotations to the game Radjabov,T (2713)-Nakamura,H (2772) Shamkir AZE
2014 1/2-1/2 (67)}) 10... Qc7 (10... Qxb3 {would be in White's favour:} 11.
axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 $14 {with a comfortable edge.}) 11.
Bd3 Rg8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Be7 $6 {I don't like this move.} ({I consider as a
stronger continuation} 13... Bg6 14. Bxg6 Rxg6 15. Bb2 ({What might be
recommended as an improvement is} 15. Rb1 h5 16. e4 (16. h4 $5 g4 $6 (16...
gxh4 17. Kf1 Rg4 18. Nxh4 b6 19. Nf3 a5 20. a3 $14) 17. Ng5 {threatening Nxe6!}
e5 18. Qf5 Be7 19. Ne2 $16) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nxg5 Be7 19. h4 $14 {
I would estimate this position in White's favour.}) 15... h5 16. Ne2 g4 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. hxg4 Rxg4 20. Nf4 Nxe5 21. Rxh5 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2761)
-Sandipan,C (2641) Plovdiv 2010} Nc4 22. Bf6 Rxf4 $5 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Qc3 a5
$44) 14. Bb2 g4 $6 {This leads to an unnecessary weakening of the kingside.} (
14... Bg6 15. Bxg6 Rxg6 16. Ne2 h5 17. h4 g4 18. Ng5 Rg8 19. O-O Nf8 20. Nf4
$14) 15. hxg4 Rxg4 16. Kf1 $1 $16 (16. Nh4 $2 Ne4 $1 17. Bxe4 Rxh4 18. Rxh4
Bxh4 19. Bd3 Qh2 20. g3 Be7 $36) 16... O-O-O 17. Ne2 {This is a stronger than}
(17. b5 Rdg8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne1 Bg6 20. Rxh6 e5 {with some complications.})
17... Rdg8 18. Nf4 Rxf4 $8 ({I don't think that Shakhriyar considered as an
option} 18... Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 $18) 19. exf4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf4 21.
Ke2 $1 Rg2 $6 (21... h5 22. Rag1 Rh8 23. Qc3 $1 h4 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. Rg7 $16) 22.
Qc1 $1 Qg3 23. Qf1 $18 {Threatenning to take on g2.} Ng4 $5 ({A completely
hopeless position could have occurred after} 23... Qg7 24. Qxg2 $1 Qxg2 25.
Rag1 $18) 24. fxg4 Qxg4+ (24... Ne5 {doesn't work:} 25. dxe5 Qxg4+ 26. Kd2
Qxb4+ 27. Bc3 Qf4+ 28. Ke1 $18) 25. Kd2 Qf4+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Ke1 Ne5 $1 {
The last try to complicate the game.} 28. Be2 (28. dxe5 $4 {leads to a draw}
Qxb4+ 29. Kd1 Qxb2 30. Rb1 Qd4 $44 {Black has enough compensation for the
sacrificed rook.} 31. Rb4 Qxb4 32. Qxg2 Bg5 33. f3 Qc3 34. Qc2 Qxe5 35. Rf1
Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Ke1 Qe5+ 39. Be2 Qd4 40. Bd3 Qe5+ $11) 28...
Qe4 29. Kd1 Bg5 $5 {Trying to get to the white king Black sacrifices too much.
Other options were hopeless as well.} (29... Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Qe2 Qf4 32.
Rf1 Bg5 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rxc4 Qf5 35. Bc1 $18) (29... Ng4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Qe2
Qf4 32. Rf1 h5 33. Kc2 h4 34. Qd3 $18) 30. dxe5 Qxb4 31. Kc2 Qxc5+ (31... Qd2+
32. Kb1) 32. Kb1 Rxf2 33. Qd1 Qe3 34. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 ({Levon has played} 5... Bxf3
{several times.}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 (10...
Bd6 11. Bd2 a6 (11... Qe7 12. Qf3 g5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bd3 {1/2 (14) Roiz,M 
(2669)-Rublevsky,S (2684) Valjevo 2011} (14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 Bc7 16. Rc2 g6 17.
Bg2 a6 ({The computer recommends} 17... Nb6 $5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bc1 e5 20. b3 Na5
$13 {It is not easy to evaluate correctly the ensuing position. Black's knight
on a5 is out of play, however it seems to me that White can't take advantage
of that fact.}) 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. c5 Nc8 20. f4 gxf4 21. exf4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2764) -Potkin,V (2642) Havana 2012 1/2 (42)}) 14... Kb8 15. Kb1 Nf8 16. e4
dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. Ba5 $6 (19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. h4 $1 $16) 19...
Re8 $14 {Levin,E (2512)-Zhurikhin,A (2308) St Petersburg 2013 1/2 (66)}) 12.
Bd3 b5 $6 13. c5 Bc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. Qf3 g5 16. O-O-O (16. fxg5 $5 Qxg5 17.
O-O-O Qf6 18. Qg2 $16) 16... gxf4 17. exf4 Qh4 18. Ne2 $16 {Ponomariov,R (2756)
-Morozevich, A (2739) Riga 2013 1-0 (47)}) 11. Bd2 g6 $146 {Acording to my
computer, this move is not worse than 11...Be7 and 11...Bd6, that were played
before.} (11... Be7 12. Qf3 Kf8 13. Rd1 Kg8 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd7 (15... Nc4
$5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O (17. e4 e5 $132) 17... b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. e4 Qxd4
20. Bxg5 Qe5 $11) 16. Qg3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxc5 18. Bf5 Nfd7 19. b4 Ne6 (19... Nb3
$1 20. e6 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Nb6 22. exf7+ Kxf7 $15) 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. O-O Nc4 $132 {
Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Eljanov,P (2683) Saratov 2011 1-0 (39)}) (11... Bd6 12.
Qf3 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 {White has many options.} 15. e4 (15. Qg2
Bc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nc8 19. f4 gxf4 20. exf4 Nd6 $11 {
Cheparinov,I (2678)-Potkin,V (2647) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1-0 (45)}) 15... dxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Be3 Bf4 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2688)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2757) Sochi 2014 1/2 (47)}) 12. Qf3 a6 ({Black could have tried to put his
bishop on g7. In that case, after a possible move ...Nb6 White should think
twice if he wants to play c5 and b4, because it's obvious that after ...e5
Black will get a strong pressure on the d4-pawn.} 12... Bg7 13. cxd5 (13. O-O-O
Nb6 $1 14. c5 $6 Nbd7 15. Bg2 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 $40) (13. Bd3 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7
15. Qg3 Qe7 (15... Qb8 $5) 16. O-O e5 17. Rae1 O-O $13) 13... exd5 14. Bd3 Nf8
15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Qg2 Qe7 17. Kb1 O-O-O $13) 13. Bd3 (13. O-O-O {seems to be a
risky alternative} b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 $132 17. e5 (17.
Bxg5 $4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Qf4 Rc8 $19) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4
Rb8 $44 {with excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 13... dxc4 $6 {This is a
risky plan. After ...b5 and ...c5 Black can't keep his king on the queenside;
short castling is quite dangerous as well.} (13... Be7 14. O-O dxc4 15. Bxc4
Qc7 16. Rfd1 (16. e4 $2 c5 {and White needs good advice.} 17. e5 Nxg4 18. Qxg4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rh4 $19) 16... Rh7 17. Rac1 O-O-O 18. b4 Rdh8 19. Bf1 $14) 14.
Bxc4 b5 $6 15. Bf1 $5 {It looks more natural to put the bishop on g2 but it
costs White a tempo.} (15. Be2 $5 c5 16. O-O Be7 17. b4 $1 cxd4 (17... cxb4 18.
axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxb5 $16) 18. exd4 Nb6 19. Bxg5 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 {with some
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 15... c5 16. Bg2 Ra7 17. O-O Qb8 18.
Rfd1 Be7 19. b4 $1 {Dmitry's move is stronger than a routine continuation such
as} (19. Ne2 O-O 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Be1 Rc8 22. Rac1 $14) 19... cxb4 ({Probably
Levon should have preferred} 19... cxd4 $5 20. exd4 Nb6 21. Bxg5 Nfd5 {with
very little compensation.}) 20. axb4 {Black's position is very dangerous.} Nb6
(20... Bxb4 21. e4 {Black is in trouble, for example} O-O (21... Be7 22. Bxg5
$16) (21... Nh7 $6 22. Nxb5 $1 Qxb5 (22... Bxd2 23. Nxa7 $18) 23. Rdb1 $18) 22.
Bxg5 a5 23. Ne2 ({of course White will not grab the pawn:} 23. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 24.
Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 a4 $44) 23... Nh7 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. e5 Be7 26. Rac1 $16) 21.
e4 Nfd7 22. e5 Nc4 23. Bc1 O-O ({Black can't take on b4 due to} 23... Bxb4 24.
Bxg5 a5 25. Ne4 Kf8 26. d5 $1 {and Black's position is hopeless} Ncxe5 (26...
Ndxe5 27. Qf6 Kg8 28. dxe6 $18) 27. Qf4 $18) 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. h4 $1 ({White is
much better after} 25. Bf1 Ndb6 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Rd7 28. Bxg5 Rxd4 {
and here let's say} 29. Be2 $16) 25... gxh4 26. Bh6 Re8 ({I think Levon should
have tried} 26... g5 $1 27. Qe2 $1 {White shouldn't take an exchange} (27. Bxf8
Nxf8 28. d5 Qb6 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Qe4 Ng6 $44) 27... Kh7 {Now White must take
on f8} (27... Kh8 28. f4 gxf4 29. g5 Rg8 30. Qh5 Rg6 31. Nf6) 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29.
d5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Nc3 Bxb4 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Nd5 $16) 27. Qh3 ({Dmitry
could have got a winning position after} 27. Qf4 $1 {White wants to play g5
and Nf6+} Bf8 (27... Ncb6 28. g5 h3 29. Bxh3 Nd5 30. Qh4 $18) (27... f5 28.
gxf5 gxf5 (28... exf5 29. Ng5 Ndb6 30. Bc6 $18) 29. d5 $18) (27... f6 28. g5
fxg5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Bxg5 Qc8 31. Qxh4 Nf8 32. Bf6 Rh7 33. Qg3 {with a
winning position}) 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qh6 $18) 27... f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nc5 $6
({White still could have got a winning position after} 29. Nc3 $1 {threatening
Nxb5} Qb8 (29... Bf8 30. Bxf8 Nxf8 31. Nxb5 Rd7 32. Rxa6 Nxe5 33. Qb3+ Kg7 (
33... Nf7 34. Ra8 Qe7 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Bc6) 34. Ra8 $18) 30. Bc6 Ncb6 31. Qg2
Kh7 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Nb6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qe6 Rg8 37. d5 $18)
29... Bg5 $6 (29... Nxc5 $5 30. bxc5 $1 (30. dxc5 Rd7 31. Qb3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1
Qc7 33. Bf1 Kh7 34. Bf4 $14) 30... Bg5 $1 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qh2 $1
$16) 30. Bd5+ Kh7 31. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Qg2 $1 {Despite his extra pawn, the
endgame which has arisen is very bad for Black.} (32. Kh1 {is not so clear.
For example} Nf8 33. Qf3 Nd2 34. Qc3 Rd8 35. Bg2 Nc4 36. d5 Qf4 $13) 32...
Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Ndb6 34. Bc6 $1 Rd8 35. Ne6 $1 ({Of course White shouldn't take
on b5:} 35. Bxb5 $2 Nxe5 $1 36. dxe5 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 axb5 38. e6 Kh6 $11) 35...
Rc8 36. Bxb5 Re7 37. Bxa6 $1 {The resulting endgame should be winning for
White.} (37. Bxc4 $2 Rxc4 38. Nf4 Rxb4 39. Rxa6 g5 40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41. Nd5 Rbe6
42. Nxe7 Rxe7 43. f4 gxf4 (43... g4 $4 44. d5 $18) 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Kxf4 Re8 46.
d5 h3 47. d6 Rh8 48. e6 Kf6 49. e7 Ke6 $11) 37... Rxe6 38. Bxc8 Nxc8 39. Rdc1
N8b6 40. Ra7+ Kh6 41. Rc7 Na3 $6 {After this move Dmitry easily won the
endgame.} ({Levon should have tried} 41... Nb2 $1 42. R7c6 Rxc6 43. Rxc6 Nd5
44. b5 Na4 45. Rd6 Nab6 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. f4 Kh6 48. Kh3 Nxf4+ (48... Kh5 49. e6
Nxf4+ 50. Kh2 Nbd5 51. b6 Nxb6 52. Rxb6 $18) 49. Kxh4 Nfd5 50. Rc6 f4 51. Rd6
Kg7 52. Kg4 Kh7 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Rxd5 Nxd5 56. Kxd5 f3 57. b6 f2 58.
b7 f1=Q 59. b8=Q {White should win the queen endgame.}) 42. R7c5 $1 Kh5 43. Rc6
$1 $18 {After trading rooks White will easily promote his pawns.} Rxc6 44. Rxc6
Nd5 (44... Nac4 45. e6) 45. Rc5 Nf4+ 46. Kh1 g5 47. b5 Nxb5 48. Rxb5 g4 49. d5
h3 50. e6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {This line is getting more and more popular
nowadays.} dxc4 (4... g6 {leads to the Grünfeld Defence.} 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O
O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Na6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Nb4
13. Red1 Rfd8 $1 (13... Be6 14. Ne1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Rfd8 17. h3 Kf8 18.
a3 Nc6 19. Nd3 $14 {Pantsulaia,L (2598)-Margvelashvili,G (2527) 1/2 (41)
Tbilisi 2010}) 14. Ne1 h6 15. Bf4 Rd7 (15... g5 $5 16. Bc7 (16. Be5 $142 Nc6
17. e3 e6 18. Nd3 Ne4 $11) 16... Rdc8 17. Bxb6 Nd7 18. Bxd5 (18. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5
19. Bxd5 Ra4 $1 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 Nxb6 22. Bxa4 Nxa4 $17 {Despite the
material advantage, White needs good advice.}) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Kf8 20. Bc7
Be6 21. Nb6 Rxc7 22. Nxa8 Rc8 $15) 16. b3 Ne4 17. Na4 Ra6 18. f3 Nd6 $11 {
Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Stefanova,A (2517) 1-0 (60)Doha QAT 2014}) (4... Bf5 {
See the games Mamedyarov,S-Nakamura,H 2014 Shamkir 2014, annotated by Negi and
Mamedyarov,S-Tomashevsky,E Baku 2014, annotated by Marin.}) (4... e6 5. Bg2 {
Black can take 5...dxc4 or continue to develop pieces with 5...Be7 or 5...Nbd7}
Be7 (5... Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5
12. exd5 exd5 13. Qf5 (13. Rad1 Re8 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qh3 Rc7 $6 16. Ng5 (16. Rfe1
$5 h5 $6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 $16) 16... h5 17. Rfe1 Nf8 $2 (17... cxd4 {
It looks dangerous, but it seems to me that White can't take on f7.} 18. Nxf7
$6 (18. Qh4 Ng4 19. Bxd4 $13) (18. Bxd4 Bb4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bf1 Ng4 $15)
18... Kxf7 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Qe6+ Kf8 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. Bxd4 Bc8 $15) 18. dxc5
Bc8 19. Qh4 Bg4 20. Ndf3 $16 {Damljanovic,B (2582)-Miladinovic,I (2555) 0-1 
(44)Vrnjacka Banja 2012}) 13... g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Rfe1 Rc7 $6 (15... dxc4 16.
Nxc4 Ng4 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 $132) 16. Qh4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qf4 $16
{Gharamian,T (2609)-Miladinovic,I (2559) 1-0 (25) Cannes 2010}) 6. O-O O-O 7.
Qc2 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Ne5 Bb4 14.
exd5 exd5 15. a3 Bd6 16. Qf5 $14 {Vidit,S (2651)-Karthikeyan,P (2441) 1-0 (36)
Thiruvarur IND 2015}) 5. Bg2 b5 6. b3 {This is almost a novelty.} (6. O-O Bb7
7. a4 e6 8. Ne5 a6 9. Nc3 {leads to the main line.}) (6. a4 {Sooner or later
Black plays ...e6 and the game will transpose to the Catalan.} Bb7 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 {White regains the pawn
and generally this line might be evaluated as 'equal'.} (12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Qa1
Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8 15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. Nb6 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. Na8 Qc8 19. Nb6
Qc7 20. Na8 Qc8 21. Nb6 {1/2 (21) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Shirov, A (2714)
Biel 2011}) 12... cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Bd6 (14... Nd5 {- Nyzhnyk,I-Giri,A
EU-ch Plovdiv 2012}) 15. f4 Qb6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Kh1 Nd5 18. Bg1 Bxe5 $6 19.
dxe5 Qa5 20. Qd4 $14 {Bachmann,A (2628)-Cubas,J (2459) 1/2 (70) Asuncion PAR
2014}) 6... cxb3 7. axb3 $146 {It is amazing that this standard idea is a
novelty! 7.Qb3, which was played in a game of low-rated players, is pointless.
Soon the game was transposed to another offbeat line.} e6 8. Ne5 Qb6 (8... Bb7
9. O-O Be7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. b4 Qd6 15. e3
Nbd7 16. Nd3 $6 (16. Qb2 $1 {with good chances to get an advantage}) 16... e5
$1 17. Qb2 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nd5 20. Nd2 $44 {Ragger,M (2632)
-Morozevich,A (2731) 0-1 (46) Dubai 2014}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Rd8
12. Bxc6 (12. d5 c5 13. Nc6 ({White can get a very complicated position after} 
13. Nc4 $5 bxc4 14. bxc4 exd5 15. Rb1 Qa6 (15... Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Nb5 Rc8
18. Bf4 {leads to the same position}) 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Bf4 Be7 18. cxd5 O-O (
18... c4 $5 19. Nc7+ Rxc7 20. Bxc7 Bc5 $13) 19. Nc7 Rxc7 20. Bxc7 Bd8 21. Ra1
Qb5 22. Rb1 Qa6 $11) 13... Bxc6 14. dxc6 Nb8 15. Nxb5 Rxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bd6 $4 (
16... Be7 $1 17. Rxa7 O-O 18. Rb7 Qa6 19. c7 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rb8 Nd5 22.
c8=Q (22. Rxd5 $5 exd5 23. Bf4 c4 24. bxc4 Bc5 25. cxd5 Qd7 26. d6 g5 27. Be5
Qf5 28. Bd4 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 22... Qxc8 (22... Rxc8 23. Na7 Rxb8 24. Nxc6
Re8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxc5 $16) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd3 c4 $11) 17. Nxd6+ Ke7
18. Nc4 Qb4 19. Rxa7+ Nbd7 20. cxd7 Rd8 21. Rb7 {1-0 Marin, M (2589)-Rodgaard,
J (2350) Reykjavik ISL 2015}) 12... Bxc6 13. d5 Bc5 (13... Nc5 $2 {leads to a
difficult position} 14. Nxc6 Nxd5 15. Nxd8 Nxc3 16. Qd2 b4 17. Rfd1 $1 {
(or 17.Rad1!)} Nxd1 18. Rxd1 {White is a pawn down and his knight on d8 is in
danger, but the position which has arisen is in his favour.} Be7 19. Bxc5 Qxd8
$8 (19... Qxc5 20. Qd7+ Kf8 21. Rd3 h5 22. Rf3 $18) 20. Qc1 Qc7 21. Bxb4 Qxc1
22. Rxc1 Kd7 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24. Bd2 a6 25. Be3 f6 26. Ra1 Kf7 27. Rxa6 Rb8 28.
Rb6 $16) 14. Nxc6 Bxe3 15. Nxd8 Kxd8 16. dxe6 (16. Nxb5 $5 Qxb5 (16... Ng4 17.
Nxa7 Nxf2 18. Qc2) 17. dxe6 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 fxe6) 16... fxe6 17. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 $2
{Despite the fact that Black's position is still better, Loek has missed his
chance.} (17... Ng4 $1 {leads to a winning position:} 18. Qe1 ({The point is
that because of 16.dxe6 fxe6 White can't play} 18. Nxa7 {due to} Bxf2+ 19. Kh1
Qb7+) 18... Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Qxb5 $17) 18. fxe3 Ke7 {Loek wants to
finish his development.} (18... a6 {is a possible continuation. After} 19. Qd6
{Black's pieces are misplaced and he needs to go for the following variation:}
Qxe2 20. Rxa6 Qxe3+ 21. Kg2 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 (22. Kh3 Qg4+ $11) 22... Qe3+ $11) 19.
Rxa7 Rb8 $15 {Black is still slightly better, but it is very difficult to win
it. It would be great for Black if he managed to trade queens or rooks and
gain the b3-pawn.} 20. Qd4 Qd5 21. Rb1 ({White can solve all his problems after
} 21. Qxd5 exd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Rd1 Rxb3 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. e4 $11) 22. Rb1 Rb4
23. h3 h5 $15) 21... Rxb3 22. Rxd7+ $5 (22. Rxb3 Qxb3 {should be drawish but
is a little bit unpleasant for White.}) 22... Nxd7 $8 23. Qxg7+ Kd6 24. Qxh7
Rxe3 25. Qc2 Qd4 ({Probably Black should have traded rooks instead of queens:} 
25... Re4 $5 26. Rd1 Rd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kg2 {White has very good drawing
chances.}) 26. Kf1 Rc3 (26... Ra3 $5 27. Rd1 Ra1 $15) 27. Rd1 Rxc2 28. Rxd4+
Ke7 {This position is rather drawish, but I'm not sure about the right
evaluation of this endgame. As far as I know, endgames of this sort are not
well explored. Sakhriyar has managed to find a reliable setup. So, my opinion
is based on the result of the game and on the computer's evaluation.} 29. Kf2
Ne5 30. h4 Rc4 31. Rf4 Rc2 (31... Rxf4+ $6 32. gxf4 Ng4+ 33. Kf3 Nf6 34. e4 Kf7
35. Ke3 Nh5 36. Kf3 $11) 32. Ke3 Rc1 33. Re4 Nc4+ 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Rf4 Nf5 36.
h5 {Shakhriyar could wait with pawns on h4 and g3.} Nh6 37. g4 Nf7 38. Kg3 Rg1+
39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Kg3 Re1 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Kg3 Rb2 43. Rf2 $2 (43. e3 Rb3 44. Kf2
Ng5 45. Ra4 Kf6 46. Ra8 Ke5 47. Ra5+ Kf6 48. Ra8 {and Black can't improve his
position.}) 43... Rb4 $2 (43... Ng5 $1 44. Rh2 Kf6 {and White is in danger,
probably the position which has arisen is lost for White.} 45. Rf2+ Ke5 46. Rh2
Ne4+ 47. Kh4 (47. Kf3 Rb3+ 48. Kg2 Kf4 49. h6 Rb8 $19) 47... Rb1 48. h6 Kf6 $19
) 44. e3 Re4 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. Kg3 Re4 47. Kf3 Ng5+ 48. Kg3 Nh7 49. Kf3 Ra4 50.
Kg3 Ra1 51. Rf4 ({Probably 51.Kh4 is more reliable. For example:} 51. Kh4 Rh1+
52. Kg3 Ng5 53. Rf4 Rh3+ 54. Kf2 Kd6 55. Rb4 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rf7 57. Rb5 Ne4 58.
Rb4 $11) 51... Rb1 52. Ra4 Kf6 53. Ra8 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh4
Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Ng5 58. Kg2 Rh4 59. Ra4 Rh3 60. Ra3 Rh4 61. Ra4 e5 62. Ra6+ Kf7
63. Ra7+ Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kd5 65. Ra4 Kc6 66. Kg3 ({It seems to be easier to play
Ra6, Rg6:} 66. Ra6+ Kb5 67. Rg6 Rxg4+ 68. Kf1 $11) 66... Rh3+ 67. Kf2 Kb5 68.
Ra8 Ne4+ 69. Ke2 Kc4 (69... Nf6 70. g5 Nxh5 71. Re8 {winning his opponent's
last pawn.}) 70. Ra5 Nc5 71. Kf2 Nd3+ 72. Kg2 Rxe3 73. h6 Nf4+ 74. Kf2 Rb3 75.
h7 Rh3 76. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 (7...
Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Qa4 dxc4 (
13... Qc7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Nb6 (15... O-O-O $5 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Kb1 Nf8
18. e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Ng6 $11) 16. b3 a5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bd6
19. a4 Qe6 20. f3 Bb4 (20... Ba3 $5 21. Rd1 Bb4) 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Kf2 $14 {
Tomashevsky,E (2708)-Sjugirov,S (2612) Moscow 2009 1-0 (77)}) 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15.
O-O-O Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf6 17. e4 Rd8 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Kb1 Rd7 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Be3
Qa5 22. Rhd1 c5 $11 {Grachev,B (2668)-Potkin,V (2626) Irkutsk 2010 0-1 (80)})
8. h3 g5 (8... Be7 {see 7...Be7}) (8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Bd6 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rc1 Ke7 18.
Nxd6 Nxd6 $11 {Carlsen,M (2776)-Movsesian,S (2751) Wijk aan Zee 2009 1/2 (39)})
9. Nf3 (9. g4 gxh4 10. gxh5 Na6 (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. c5 Nc7 13. b4 a6
$11) 11. Bd2 Rg8 12. O-O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 Bb4 $11 {
Postny,E (2595)-Sandipan,C (2641) Germany 2010 0-1 (42)}) 9... h6 (9... Bxf3
10. gxf3 h6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 a6 15. e4 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 (16. h4 $1 gxh4 17. Bxc4 $16) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Bb3
exd5 20. exd5 $14 {Grachev,B (2680)-Tischbierek,R (2436) Biel 2011 1-0 (39)})
10. Bd3 (10. c5 {An interesting side line. Maybe it will soon be the
fashionable line.} Qc7 (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. b4 $14) 11. Bd3 Rg8 12. Qc2
Nbd7 13. b4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 Rxg6 15. Bb2 (15. a4 $5 h5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. Qxe4 $14) 15... h5 16. Ne2 $6 (16. h4 $5 g4 17. Ng5) 16... g4 17. Ne5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Nd7 19. hxg4 Rxg4 20. Nf4 Nxe5 21. Rxh5 {1/2 (21) Eljanov,P (2761)
-Sandipan,C (2641) Plovdiv 2010. It seems to me that Black could continue
playing:} Nc4 22. Bf6 Rxf4 $1 23. exf4 Qxf4 $44) ({Once Alexander Morozevich
played} 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rg8 (12... Na6 $5 13. c5 (13. hxg5 Nb4
14. Ra4 Nxg4 15. c5) 13... Nb4 14. Ra4 a5 $13) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. c5 Nxg4 15. b4
$5 (15. Nxg5 Bc2 16. f4 Bxb3 17. Ra3 Bc2 18. e4 $44) 15... f6 16. b5 cxb5 17.
Rg1 Nh6 18. Nxb5 Kd7 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Nxa7 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {Morozevich,
A (2771)-Smeets,J (2601) Wijk aan Zee 2009 1-0 (49)}) ({Another popular line is
} 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Na6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg6 15. Bd2 Nc7 16.
g3 a5 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne6 21. O-O-O
$14) (16... O-O-O $5 17. Bg2 Kb8 18. Na4 Qa6 $11) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8
19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 {Giri,A (2717)-Zontakh,A 
(2556) Sochi 2012 1-0 (31)}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 (11. Qc2 {threatening g4} Rg8
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bf5 Bd6 16. h4 Nxg4 17. hxg5 hxg5 18.
Nxg5 Qd8 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bxg6 (20. Nge4 $5 dxe4 21. Bxg4 Bxf4 $1 22. O-O-O $44)
20... Rxg6 21. Rf1 (21. O-O-O $1 Nf2 22. Rh7 Nxd1 23. Rxf7 Nxc3 24. Rxf6 Nxa2+
25. Kb1 Rxf6 26. Kxa2 $14) 21... Nh2 $11 {Stefanova,A (2557)-Cramling,P (2548)
Istanbul 2009 0-1 (70)}) 11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ke2 Bg7 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Be1 $146 (16. Rag1 {the straightforward approach} Ne4 17. Be1 e5 $5
18. cxd5 Nxc3+ $6 (18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rae8 21. Nb5 Ne5 {
threatening ...Nf3} 22. Nd4 Nd7 $11) 19. Bxc3 e4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 cxd5 22.
Rd1 $14 {Cmilyte,V (2511)-Muzychuk,A (2593) Dilijan 2013 0-1 (68)}) 16... a6
17. h4 gxh4 $8 ({Black can't play} 17... Nxg4 $2 {due to the simple line} 18.
hxg5 h5 (18... hxg5 19. Nxg5) 19. Nh4 Kf7 20. f3 $18) 18. g5 (18. Rxh4 $2 g5
19. Rh1 Nxg4 $17) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfe8 $1 (19... Rae8 {looks more natural
but after} 20. Rxh4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rd1 {Black can't
protect his pawn} Nf7 24. Nh3 (24. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxb2 $11
) 24... Rc8 25. Rb4 b5 26. Nf4 $16) 20. Rxh4 e5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rd1 Rad8 ({
Black can't close the centre with} 22... e4 $2 {because of the following lines:
} 23. Bd2 Rac8 (23... b5 24. Rg1 b4 25. Na4 a5 26. Nh3 Kf7 27. Nf4 Nf8 28. Nc5
$16) (23... Nf8 24. Rg1 Red8 25. Nh3 Kf7 26. Nf4 Rac8 27. b4 $16) 24. Rg1 Rc6
25. Nh3 Nf8 26. Nf4 $16) 23. Nf3 $5 {Teimour still wants to provoke e4.} (23.
dxe5 Nxe5 24. Na4 Rc8 25. Bc3 {It seems that due to the isolated pawn White
gets something of an edge, however if we continue this line, we'll see that
after} Ned7 {Black threatens b5 and White has nothing better than an equal
game after} 26. Bd4 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Ne4+ 29. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 23...
exd4 {Hikaru insists on playing with the isolated pawn on d5.} ({I don't see
anything bad for Black after} 23... e4 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6
27. Na4 Rc6 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. Rg1 Kf7 $11 {with a very solid position.}) 24.
Rhxd4 Nb6 25. Rb4 Rd6 26. Na4 $1 {Of course he improves his pawn structure if
he can do it.} Nxa4 27. bxa4 Re7 28. Bc3 $2 {I think that after 28.Bc3 White
lost most of all his advantage.} (28. Rc4 $1 Rd8 29. Ba5 Rde8 30. Rc2 Rd7 31.
Rcd2 $14 {Black has to do some unpleasant work to save the game.}) 28... Ne4
29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nd2 Rc6 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rdd4 (32. Rd2 {Probably Radjabov
shouldn't have traded rooks, but even in this case I don't think that he would
get good chances to win.} Rc1 33. Rb6 Kf7 34. Rd4 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Rdb4
Rcc7 (36... Rf7 37. Rxb7 Rcxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rh2 39. R4b6 a5 $11)) 32... Rc2+ 33.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 {White has some chances to win, but objectively the
position is completely drawish. White can't win the pawn on e4 because he has
his own weakness on f2. Nevertheless Black has to play precisely.} Kf6 35. Rb6+
Kf5 36. Ke2 Rc7 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Kg2 Rf7 (38... g5 $1 {I think that this is the
most reliable setup for Black is connected with the pawn on g5.} 39. Kg3 Re7
40. b4 Rc7 41. a5 (41. b5 a5) 41... Re7 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5+ Re5 $11) 39. b4
Kg5 40. a5 Re7 41. Kg3 Rf7 42. Re6 Kf5 43. Rd6 Re7 {Hikaru Nakamura calculated
the pawn endgame till the end. Let's check it.} 44. Rb6 (44. Rd5+ Re5 (44...
Ke6 $2 45. Rg5 Kf6 46. Kf4) 45. Rxe5+ Kxe5 46. Kg4 Kd5 47. Kg5 (47. Kf4 Kc4 48.
Kxe4 Kxb4 49. Kd5 Kxa5 50. e4 b5 51. e5 b4 52. Kc4 Kb6 (52... Ka4 $2 53. e6 b3
54. e7 b2 55. e8=Q+ $18) 53. Kxb4 Kc6 54. f4 Kd5 55. Ka5 g5 $11) 47... Kc4 48.
Kxg6 Kxb4 49. Kf5 Kxa5 50. Kxe4 b5 51. f4 Kb6 52. f5 Kc6 $11) 44... Rf7 45. b5
axb5 46. Rxb5+ Ke6 47. Kg4 Rxf2 48. Rxb7 Rf5 49. a6 Ra5 50. Rb6+ Kf7 (50... Ke5
{seems to me a less difficult way to save the game than 50...Kf7.} 51. Rxg6 Ra1
52. Rc6 Rg1+ 53. Kh5 Ra1 54. Kg6 Ra3 $11) 51. Kf4 g5+ {Black is forced to give
up the e4-pawn. Any avarice could be punished.} (51... Ra4 $2 52. Ke5 Kg7 53.
Kd5 g5 54. Kc6 g4 55. Kb7 g3 56. Rb2 Ra1 57. Rg2 Rb1+ 58. Ka8) 52. Kxe4 g4 53.
Kf4 Ra4+ 54. Kg3 Re4 (54... Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Ra7 Ra3 57. Kxg4 Rxe3 58. Kf4
Ra3) 55. Rb8 Rxe3+ 56. Kxg4 Ra3 57. Ra8 {Black has to play precisely.} Ra5 $1 {
Of course Nakamura knows such rook endings.} 58. Kf4 Kg7 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Ra7+
$1 {A little trap.} Kg6 $8 (60... Kf6 $4 61. Kd4 Rb6 62. Rh7 $1 Kg6 63. a7 Ra6
64. Rb7 Ra5 65. Kc4 Kf6 66. Kb4 $18) (60... Kh6 $4 61. Rc7 Ra5 62. a7 Kg6 63.
Kd4 Kf6 64. Kc4 Ke6 65. Kb4 Ra1 66. Kb5 $18) 61. Kd4 (61. Rb7 Ra5 62. a7 Kf6
63. Kd4 Ke6 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. Kb4 Kc6 $11) 61... Rb6 $11 62. Ke5 Rc6 63. Ra8 Kg7
64. Ra7+ Kg6 65. Re7 Rxa6 66. Re6+ Rxe6+ 67. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 dxc4 $6 (4... e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7
6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 (7... a6 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 c5 $11 (9... Be7 10. e4 O-O
11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 $14 {0-1 Efimov,I-Antunes,A/Andorra op 1993/TD 93\07 (86)}))
(7... b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 (10... Be7 11. Nbd2 $5 $132 (11. Qe2
bxa4 12. Nc3 c5 $132 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Onischuk,A/Cap d'Agde op 1994/EXT 94op 
(40)})) (10... h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nbd2 Be7 (13... e5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. e6 fxe6 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qh5+ Nf7 19. Nf3 $14) 14. Nb3 b4
15. Nfd2 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Sion,M/Sevilla
op 1993 (24)}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Kruppa,Y-Solovjov,
S/White Nights, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (30)}) 8. Nc3 a6 $132 (8... cxd4 9. exd4
Nb6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Re1 Nbd5 13. Qf3 a5 $6 14. Bg5 $16 {1-0
Zilberstein,D-Wolski,T/Linklater Int., San Francisco USA 1998 (21)})) (4...
Nbd7 $5 5. Nc3 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Bd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sterk,K-Rethy,P/Budapest 1934 (76)}) 7... Bd6 8. O-O O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Grünfeld,E-Havasi,K/Budapest 1934 (21)}) 5... e6 {-Theory}) 5. Bxc4 e6 $14 (
5... Nbd7 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 $5 $14 (9. e4 b5 10. Bd3 (10.
Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Qxc6 Rb8 (12... Qb6 13. Qxa8 Bb7 14. Qxf8+ Bxf8 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Ne2 $44) 13. a3 (13. Ng5 Rb6 14. Qa8 h6 $17) 13... Rb6 14. Qa8 Rb7
$1 $19 {[%csl Ra8]}) 10... e5 11. Be3 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 (12... Qxd3
13. Nd5 $1 Qxb3 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. axb3 Nxe4 16. Nxc6 $16) 13. Bf4 (13. Be2 Nxe5
14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 (15. Qc2 Ng4 $132) 15... Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxf4 $132) 13... Be6
$1 (13... Qxd3 14. Nd5 $1 Qxf1+ (14... Qxb3 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. axb3 $16) 15.
Rxf1 cxd5 16. exd5 $16) 14. Qc2 Qb8 15. Bg3 Nxe5 $132) 11... Ng4 $132)) 6. O-O
Nbd7 7. Qe2 (7. a4 $6 Qa5 8. Bd2 Bb4 9. Nc3 c5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Bxb4
Qxb4 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nc7 Rb8 $11) 11... Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 b6 (13...
cxd4 $11) 14. Nb3 a6 15. Nd6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 (16... Ne8 $4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18.
Bxa6 $18 {1-0 Feist,R-Heckel,W/GER Mittelfranken-ch 1995/EXT 95ch (25)}) 17.
Nc6 Bd7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 $11) 7... Be7 $6 $16 (7... c5 $1 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 $32 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gd1d8] +/=}) 8. e4 (8. Rd1 $5 O-O 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Nc3
Nb6 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Joge,F-Golles,H/Zalakaros '92 1992 (30)}) 8...
a6 9. Nc3 (9. a4 O-O 10. Nc3 $14) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 (11. Bh4 b5 12.
Bd3 b4 13. Na4 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rac1 $16) 11... Re8
12. Rac1 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Qe4 $16) 12... Nf8 (12... b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5
15. Qe4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb3c2,Ge4g4]}) 13. Bd3 (13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 $16
(14. Ne4 $5 $16 {[%csl Rc8]})) 13... Bd7 14. a3 c5 15. e5 (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. e5
N6h7 17. Rfd1 $16 (17. Be4 $16 {This Game})) 15... N6h7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be4
$5 (17. Rfd1 $16) 17... Qb8 (17... Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $16) 18. Rfd1 Rd8
(18... Be7 19. Be3 $16) 19. b4 Bb6 20. Be3 Bc7 (20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 $16) 21.
Bc5 (21. Qc4 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Bb5 $1 24. Bxe5 Bxc4 25. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 26.
Rxd1 (26. Nxd1 Rd8 27. Ne3 $14) 26... Ra7 27. Bc6 $16) 21... Bc6 $2 $18 (21...
f5 $1 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Bc2 (23. Be7 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bb5 $1 25. Qa2 Re8 26. Bxf8
Rxf8 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 $16) 23... Bf4 24. Be3 $16) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nd4 (23. Qe4
Ng6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd1 (25. Qxc6 $2 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd1 Qc8 $11)
25... Qe8 26. Bd6 $16) 23... Ng6 (23... Bxe5 24. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd1+ 26.
Rxd1 Qc7 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qf3 $1 $18 (28. g3 $4 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Rd3 Qh4+
31. Kg2 $132)) 24. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 (25. Qxd1 Qe8 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27. Qxd6 Ng5
28. f3 $18) 25... Qe8 26. Bd4 (26. Bd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qd7 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Qd3
Nf4 30. Qxa6 Qxd6 31. Ne3 $18) 26... Qd7 27. Ne3 Ng5 28. g3 (28. Rc2 Bd8 29. h3
$18) 28... Ne7 (28... Rc8 29. Qxa6 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Nxe5 32. Nb5 $18)
29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. h4 Nh7 31. Rc6 (31. Qc4 $1 Qd7 (31... Bd8 32. Qc6 Rb8 33.
Bc5 Qc7 34. Qe8+ $18) 32. Qxc7 Qxd4 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Nc4 g5 35. h5 (35. Qxa6
gxh4 36. Qd6 Qe4 37. Nd2 Qe2 38. Rc3 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 h3+ 40. Kxh3 Qxf2 $132) 35...
g4 36. Qxa6 Ng5 37. Qb6 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Rc8 (38... Qxb6 39. Nxb6 Nxe5 40. a4 $18)
39. Qxd4 Nxd4 40. a4 $18) 31... Qd7 32. Qc4 Bd8 33. a4 $2 $16 (33. Bb6 $1 Be7 (
33... Bxb6 34. Rxb6 $18) 34. Rc7 Qe8 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 Nf8 37. Bc5 $18)
33... Nf8 34. a5 (34. Bb2 $16) 34... Ng6 (34... Qb7 35. f4 Ng6 $16) 35. h5 (35.
Rd6 Qb7 36. Qc6 $16) 35... Ne7 36. Rd6 Qb7 37. Bb6 Bxb6 38. Rxb6 Qf3 (38... Qa7
39. Qd3 Kh8 40. Qd6 Kg8 41. g4 $22 $16) 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40. Nxg4 Nd5 41. Rb7 Rc8
$2 $18 (41... Nc3 42. Ne3 Nb5 $16) 42. Ne3 $1 (42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5 Ra8 (43...
Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Ra8 g6 $16) 44. Rc5 Kf8 45. Kg2 Ke7 46. Kf3
Kd7 47. Ne3 Nb4 $16) 42... Nxe3 (42... Nc3 43. Rb6 Ra8 44. f4 $18) 43. fxe3 Rc2
44. Rb6 Rb2 45. Kf1 $2 $16 {Very Bad...} (45. Rxa6 $1 Rxb4 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. a6
Ra4 48. Kf2 g6 49. g4 $18) 45... Kh7 46. Ke1 $2 $11 {Two Tempos is too much...}
(46. Rxa6 Rxb4 47. Ra7 (47. Ra8 Rb5 48. a6 Rxe5 49. a7 Ra5 50. Ke2 g6 51. hxg6+
fxg6 52. Kd3 h5 53. Kc4 g5 54. Kb4 Ra1 $11) 47... Rb5 48. a6 Rxe5 49. Rxf7 Rxh5
50. Re7 Ra5 51. Rxe6 Ra2 $16) 46... g6 47. g4 Kg7 48. Kd1 (48. hxg6 Kxg6 49.
Rxa6 Rxb4 50. Ra8 Kg7 51. a6 Rxg4 $11) 48... Rg2 49. Rxa6 (49. hxg6 Rxg4 50.
gxf7 Kxf7 51. Ke2 h5 52. Kf3 Rc4 53. Kg3 (53. Rxa6 Rxb4 54. Ra8 Ra4 55. a6 Kg7
56. a7 Ra5 57. Kg3 Ra4 58. e4 Ra5 59. Kh4 Kh7 60. Kg3 Kg7 61. Kf4 Kh7 $11)
53... Rg4+ 54. Kf3 (54. Kh3 Re4 $11) 54... Rc4 $11) 49... Rxg4 50. b5 (50. Rb6
gxh5 51. a6 h4 52. b5 h3 53. a7 Rg1+ 54. Ke2 h2 (54... Ra1 55. Ra6 $18) 55.
a8=Q h1=Q 56. Qxh1 Rxh1 $11) 50... gxh5 51. Ke2 (51. b6 h4 (51... Rb4 52. Ke2
$1 h4 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Ra7 Rb2 55. Kg4 $1 $18) 52. b7 h3 53. b8=Q h2 54. Qb7
Rg1+ 55. Ke2 h1=Q 56. Qxh1 Rxh1 57. Ra7 Rh5 58. a6 Rxe5 59. Rd7 Ra5 60. a7 Kg6
$11) 51... h4 52. Rc6 h3 53. Rc1 h2 54. Kf2 (54. Rh1 Rb4 55. b6 Rb5 56. Rxh2
Rxa5 $17) 54... Rc4 55. Rh1 Rc5 56. Kg2 Rxb5 57. Ra1 Rb2+ (57... Rb7 58. a6 Ra7
59. Kxh2 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. Ra5 Ke4 62. Kg4 Kxe3 63. Ra4 Kd3 64. Kh5 Kc3 65.
Kxh6 Kb3 66. Ra1 Kc4 67. Kg5 Kb5 68. Kf6 Kc5 69. Ra5+ Kb6 70. Ra1 Kb5 $11) 58.
Kh1 Kg6 $4 $18 {Ununderstandable!This move was done by famous endgames
specialist...} (58... Rb7 $11) 59. a6 Rb8 60. Kxh2 Kf5 61. a7 Ra8 62. Ra5 Kg4 (
62... Ke4 63. Kg3 Kxe3 64. Ra4 Kd3 65. Kh4 Kc3 66. Kh5 Kb3 67. Ra1 Kb2 (67...
Kc4 68. Kxh6 Kd5 69. Ra5+ $18) 68. Ra6 $18) 63. Kg2 h5 64. Kf2 h4 65. Kg2 Kf5
66. Kf3 Kg5 67. Ra4 Kf5 68. Ra5 Kg5 69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Kh2 Kf5 (70... h3 71. Ra3
Kf5 72. Kxh3 Kxe5 73. Ra4 (73. Kg4 Ke4 74. Kg5 f5 75. Kf6 Kd5 76. Ra4 $18)
73... Kd6 74. Kg4 Kc7 75. Kg5 Kb6 76. Kf6 $18) 71. Kh3 Kg5 72. Ra4 Kf5 73. Kxh4
Kxe5 74. Kg5 f5 75. Kg6 Kd6 76. Ra5 Ke7 77. Kg7 Kd6 78. Kf6 Rf8+ 79. Kg5 Rg8+
80. Kf4 Ra8 81. Ra1 Kd5 82. Ra4 Kd6 83. Ra5 {Both sides showed "Great Endgame
Play"!} (83. Ra5 Kd7 84. Ke5 Ke7 85. Ra1 Kd7 86. Ra6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Normally Mark Tseitlin plays e2-e4 on his first move,but I think he just was
afraid my home preperation and theoretical knowledge.And expereanced GM made a
right choice.My congratulations to Mark Tseitlin he made his last GM-norm last
December in Groningen open,and he's waiting for close FIDE congress to get it
formally. I met A.Khalifman in Linares this year and he told me whan he was
young boy he saw Mark winning Leningrad championships where played many GM's
and he told me "Mark played geniously,and it is pity he made GM only now when
he is 54 years old and not before 20 years when he played his great games".
This tournament he played too agrassive and finished with 3wins,6 loses,and
just 2draws that is not usually happenes to other players in close tournaments
cat.12} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Ne5
Nxe5 $146 (7... Bf5 {Tyomkin,D} 8. Nc3 Bd6 (8... Be7 $5) 9. Bf4 Qb8 10. Nxd7
Nxd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 (12... Bxf4 13. exd5 $1 (13. exf5 Bd6 14. Re1+
Kf8 $13) 13... Bd6 14. Qe2+ Kf8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Nf6 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bxa8
Qxa8 19. Qa6 $16) 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxe4 Qg6 16. d5 O-O $11 17.
Re1 Rad8 18. d6 f5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Qxd6 22. Rad1 Nd3 23. Re2
b5 24. Qh4 Qc5 $17 {Romanishin,O-Farago,I/EU-chT Skara 1980[Tyomkin,D] (40)/1/
2-1/2}) 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 10. h3 (10. f4 Bc5+ $1 11. Kh1 h5
$1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gh5h4]}) 10... Bf5 11. f4 g5 12. fxg5 Bg6 (12... Bxb1) (
12... Nxe5 $6 13. Rxf5) (12... h6 $5) 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. e4 d4 15. Nb5 a6 16.
Nxd4 Bc5 17. Be3 Nc6 (17... Nc4 18. Bf2 Qxg5 19. e5 $3 $16) 18. Nc2 Bxe3+ 19.
Nxe3 Qxg5 20. Ng4 O-O 21. h4 Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Qd4 23. Qc1 $1 $36) 10. h3 Bf5 11. f4
Nc5 $6 (11... Qb6+ {[%cal Rb6g1]} 12. Kh2 Be4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nc3 $14) (11...
f6 12. Nc3 $1 (12. g4 Bxb1) (12. e4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nc3 (14. e6 Nc5))
12... fxe5 13. e4 Bc5+ 14. Kh2 dxe4 15. g4) (11... Bxb1 12. Rxb1 f5) 12. Be3 {
[%cal Ge3b6]} (12. Nc3 d4 $1 13. e4 Bxh3 14. Bxh3 dxc3 $17) (12. g4 Be4) 12...
h5 13. Nc3 Qd7 (13... Ne4 $6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 a6 18. Bb6 Be7 19. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2e3,Gh3h4]}) 14. Kh2 Rd8 (
14... h4 $2 15. g4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4 17. Rf3 $18) (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
Qc2 (16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rad1+ Ke6) 16... Be7 17. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) 15. Bd4
Be7 16. Rc1 b6 $2 (16... O-O 17. Bxc5 (17. Nxd5 Ne6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. e3 c5
20. Qxh5 Bg6 21. Qg4 cxd4 22. f5 Bxf5) 17... Bxc5 18. Nxd5 Bxh3 19. Nf6+ (19.
Rxc5 Bxg2 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Kxg2) 19... gxf6 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21.
Rxc5 Rfe8 22. exf6 Bg4 $132) 17. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qa4 $1 {[%csl
Rc6][%cal Gg2c6]} (19. Nxe4 $6 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd2+ $36) 19... b5 20. Qb3 O-O
$138 {Black desided opening problems too long and left just 5 minutes on his
clock} (20... h4 21. Nxe4 $1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd2+ 23. Kh1 hxg3 24. Qxg3 Bb6 25.
Rc2) (20... Be6 21. Qc2 h4 22. g4 Bc4 23. Nxe4 $16) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 {^-}
Bb6 $2 $138 (22... Qd2+ 23. Kh1 Qe3 24. Qxe3 Bxe3 25. Rxc6 $16) 23. Rfd1 Qe7
24. Rxc6 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qb4 26. Qe2 Rd8 27. Rc2 Qd4 $2 (27... h4 $142 {[%csl
Rh2][%cal Gb4d4,Gd4g1]} 28. gxh4 Qd4 29. Qe1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc2g2]}) 28.
h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh2h3]} g6 {[%csl Rb5,Rg8][%cal Ge5e6] In positions with
opposite bishops always the most importent thing-which king safer.In this
position white is stoping any activity of Black and easely finishing a game by
attacking Black king.} 29. Bg2 Qd7 30. Bc6 Qd4 31. e6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33.
Qe7+ Kh6 34. Re2 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qc5 36. Qg5+ Qxg5 37. hxg5+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kg8 39.
Re6 Kf7 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. Be4 Bd4 42. Rxg6+ Kf7 43. Rc6 Bxb2 44. f5 Be5 45. Rc5
Bd6 46. Rxb5 Rb8 47. Bd5+ Kg7 48. Ra5 Kh8 49. Rxa7 h4 50. g6 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.01.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Peker, Oleg"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah Tikva Hapoel"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 {I found this move as a logical reply
on Qc2. The idea is to develop the bishop to f5, geining a tempo.} 5. Bf4 Bf5
6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nbd2 {Whites idea is to develop the bishop to g2, but white has
to defend the pawn c4 at first.} ({Another alternative for white is} 7. e3 {
but black has a strong reply on this move} Na6 $1 {[%cal Ga6b4]}) 7... dxc4 $1
{[%mdl 4] It forces the ending, which is even slightly better for black. In
both cases, 8.Nxc4 and 8.Qxb6, black gets better pawn structure on the
queenside.} (7... Bg7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Ne4 12. b4 Rfe8
13. Nb3 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Strauss,D/USA 1990/EXT 97 (24)}) 8. Nxc4 (8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 {[%csl Ya8][%cal Gf8g7,Ya8a2] Black has a pleasant
spawn structure on the queenside, and open a-file for the rook. Blacks chances
are even better in this ending.}) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 {White pawns d4, b3 and b2
are potential weaknesses.} Nbd7 (9... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4] was very unpleasant
for black. But I decided to take control over e5-square, which is not bed too.
Black is playing for advantage in this ending.}) 10. g3 $146 (10. Na5 Nd5 11.
Bd2 Rb8 12. Nh4 e6 13. f3 Be7 14. g3 Nb4 15. Kf2 Bc2 16. Rc1 g5 17. Ng2 Bg6 18.
h4 f6 19. Rc4 Na6 20. e4 c5 21. Be3 Bd8 22. Ra4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nac5 24. Ra3 Bxa5
25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxa5 Nxb3 27. Rxa7 Ke7 28. Bc4 Nd4 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Ra3 Rhd8
31. Rad3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Rd8 33. Ke3 Ne5 34. Rd2 Bh5 35. hxg5 Rxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3
37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kxd3 Bxf3 39. Ne3 e5 40. Nc4 Bg2 41. Ne3 Bf3 42. Nc4 b5 43.
Nd6 Bg2 44. Ke3 b4 45. Nc4 h5 46. Na5 Kg5 47. Nc6 Kg4 48. Kf2 Bxe4 49. Nxe5+
Kf5 50. Nc4 Bd3 51. Nd2 Ke5 52. Ke3 Bg6 53. Nf3+ Kd5 54. Nd2 Ke5 55. Nf3+ {
1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Wiedenkeller,M/Banja Luka 1987/EXT 97 (55)}) 10... Bg7 11.
Bg2 (11. Na5 c5 $1 12. dxc5 (12. Nxb7 cxd4 {[%cal Gf5e4,Yf6d5]}) 12... Nxc5 13.
Bg2 Be4 $15) 11... Be4 $1 {e4 is a key square in this position, and black is
hurrying up to take control over that point.} 12. Ncd2 Bd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5
(14. Rfe1 {[%cal Ye2e4] /\e4} Ne4 $15) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfd8 $15 16. Ndc4
Nxe5 (16... c5 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nxe5 $11) ({It was neccesary to open the
bishop g7, creating a pressure on big diagonal.} 16... Nd5 $142 17. Bd2 (17.
Nxd7 Rxd7 (17... Nxf4+ $2 18. gxf4 Rxd7 19. Nb6) 18. e3 $140 $2 f6 {/\g5}) (17.
Rfd1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Nxe5 c5 $17) 18... Nc7 $15
{[%csl Ya7,Rb2,Rb3,Yb7,Yc6,Re5] Black got pawns advantage on the queenside.
Pawn on e5 is much more vulnerable than on d4.}) 17. Bxe5 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11
{With trade of light pieces, black had missed his advantage. Now black can not
create a pressure on whites weaknesses.} 19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. e3 f6 21. Rdc1 Kf7 (
21... Rd5 {[%cal Gd5b5]} 22. Ra5 {All trades are profitable for white.}) 22.
Ra5 Nb5 23. Na3 Nxa3 24. bxa3 Ke6 25. Kf3 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Kxd5 27. Rc5+ Kd6 28.
Rc2 a5 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6]} 29. e4 Ra6 30. Ke3 Rb6 31. Rc3 {The only weakness
of white is b3-pawn. Black can not create additianal weaknesses in whites
position, and that is why the ending is drawn.} Rb5 32. f3 e5 33. dxe5+ Rxe5
34. Rd3+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 $5 {Very much a phenomenen of the last
few years, this rather inelegant move is proving surprisingly difficult to
refute. Igor Rausis is its regular champion, with Sadler, Huebner and Lalic
helping to give it the stamp of respectability. Black defends c4, and can
still play ...b5, ...c5 or simply develop the king-side with ...g6 and ...Bg7
according to circumstance.} 5. a4 {I decided that the solid plan of preventing
...b5 and capturing on c4 was the best route to a risk free edge. I have to
say that in the post-mortem Bykhovsky seemed quite impressed, but I think
black has enough resources. Others:} (5. Ng5 $4 Qa5+ {Farago,I (2515)
-Bliumberg,V (2360) Budapest FS06 GM 1994 (4) 0-1 is apparently not the way!})
(5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 (6. Ng5 $5) 6... b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 $1 8. Ned2 c3 9. bxc3 bxc3 10.
Nc4 {Gurevich,M (2585)-Rausis,I (2470) Haarlem op 1997 (4) 1-0} g6 $5 11. Qc2
Bg7 12. Qxc3 c5 $132 {M.Gurevich, looks to me quite promising for black.}) (5.
Qc2 $5) (5. Nbd2 b5 6. a4 Qa5 $5 7. Ng5 Bd7 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. e4 Bg4 10. Qf4 (10.
Qg3 $5 Bh5 11. e5 $5 $132 Nd5 $140 12. Qh3 {Wells}) 10... Bh5 11. Be2 h6 12.
Ngf3 Nbd7 13. O-O g5 14. Qg3 Bg6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. b3
Bg7 19. bxc4 O-O $15 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yg7a1,Yg6e4] 0-1 Buckley,G-Stefanova,A/
Benasque op 1997/EXT 98/. The whole thing was of course a huge mess, but looks
to me rather loose for white.}) 5... Nf6 6. Na3 c5 {The most popular move, but
I think black should seriously consider} (6... Bf5 $5 7. Nxc4 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. a5 (10. b3 $5) 10... c5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Ra4 Rfd8 15. Qa1 Qe7 16. Nce5 Nb4 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4
Nc2 21. Qb2 Nxd4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxd4 Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Irzhanov,R-Sadler,M/
Lucerne 1997/CBM 62 (23)}) (6... g6 $5) 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. Nce5 $1 {White has to
play actively, otherwise black would have simple enough development with
either ...Bd5 and ...e6 etc., or simply with ...g6 and ...Bg7.} Nxe5 $6 {
Played after a long thought. In conjunction with his next move black wants to
solve his problems on the a4-e8 diagonal, but this proves to be far from
simple.} (8... cxd4 $6 {was played in the early games with the line, but also
fails to impress.} 9. Bb5 $1 dxe3 10. Qxd8+ $1 {[%csl Ra7] To drag black's
rook from the defence of a7.} Rxd8 11. Bxe3 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rc1 e6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rxc6 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Rc4 $1 Rxa7 19. Rxb4 Nf6
20. Rc1 $16 {Flear,G - Rausis,I/ FRA ch-T, 1998. 1/2-1/2 [52] In the
post-mortem, we became convinced that}) (8... Bd5 $1 {is the best move. This
passed a practical test viz:}) (8... Bd5 9. Bd3 (9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 (10. Be2
$5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 $1 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Rg1 Be4 14. Ne6 $1 fxe6 15. Qh5+ g6
16. Qe5 a6 $1 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qxh8 Rd8 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Rxd4 $132)
10... cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. exd4 e6 {looks about equal.}) 9...
cxd4 10. exd4 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd5b3,Yd5f3]} 13.
Ne5 O-O 14. Be3 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]} 15. Qc2 Rab8 16. a5 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18.
Qe2 $5 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Ba6 Rd8 (20... Rc7 $6 21. Rab1 {[%csl Rc7]}) 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Nd5 $15 {in Nilssen,J-Lalic,B/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext.}) 9.
Nxe5 a6 10. a5 $1 {[%cal Ya4e8]} cxd4 11. exd4 Qd5 (11... Bd5 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13.
Bc4 $5 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yc4b6]} Rc8 15. O-O $32 e6 $140 16. d5 $1
$16) (11... g6 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Bc4 $5 $16) 12. Be2 $1 Qb3 13. O-O Qxd1 14.
Bxd1 Bd5 15. Ba4+ $16 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ya4e8,Yc1c7]} Kd8 {[%csl Rd8] White's
position is virtually winning. Black has a vulnerable king, and huge problems
with development since the threat to f7 rules out the simple ...e7-e6.} 16. Be3
{For some reason I started to see imaginary difficulties here. For instance I
rejected} (16. Bf4 $1 g5 {but after} 17. Be3 {black has simply one more
weakness to worry about.}) 16... Ne8 $1 {The only way to both further
development and hold up a c-file disaster.} 17. Rac1 (17. Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7b6]}
) 17... Nd6 18. Rc5 $6 {This however is definitely innacurate. White starts to
endanger a large part of his advantage. Much stronger was} (18. Nd7 $1 Nc4 (
18... Rc8 19. Nb6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Be6 21. d5 Bf5 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 $16 {
[%cal Ye3b6]}) 19. b3 $5 (19. Bf4 Rc8 20. b3 Nd6 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23.
Nb6 Be6 24. d5 Bf5 $14) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Be6 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. d5 $16) 18...
e6 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Nd7 Nb5 $2 {Not an unknown phenomenen. Just as black as
allowed back into the game he blunders. Much stronger was} (20... Nf5 $1 21.
Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Kf1 $14 (22. Rc7 $2 Bc6 $17 {is what I had missed on move 18 -
already sadly feeling the need to speed up the rather lamentable tempo!}) (22.
Bf4 Nxd4 $13)) 21. Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Yd7b6][%mdl 64] Bravo - I suddenly
woke up!} exd5 22. Nb6 Rb8 (22... Ra7 23. Rc8+ Ke7 24. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rh8]
[%cal Yf4b8] was no improvement.}) 23. Bxb5 Bd6 (23... axb5 24. Bf4 $18) 24.
Ba4 Rf8 25. Bb3 $138 (25. Nd7 $1 {Yes, I know, 'zeitnot' is a feeble excuse
for this one!}) 25... Rf7 26. Bxd5 Rc7 27. Nc4 $1 Rbc8 28. Be6 Ra8 29. d5 Bc5
30. Nb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Boskovic Memorial"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Na6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nb4 11. Ra4 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 13. Kd2 Bb5 14. Nxb5
cxb5 15. Ra5 a6 16. Rc1 {[%csl Ra6,Gb2,Gb3,Rb7][%cal Yc5c6] I am not sure how
bad black's position really is, but there is an elegant contrast to be drawn
between the two sets of doubled pawns: 1) White's are safe, and to some degree
flexible. This capture towards the centre leaves about as few weaknesses as
any pawn capture can do! 2) Black's capture away from the centre on the other
hand has left a weakness on c6, and the possibility of this advance means that
the health of the a6 pawn also requires constant vigilance. White has a second
possible plan too - to play b3-b4 and to manouevre his knight around to a5, at
which point black will be seriously tied up.} Ne4+ 17. Ke2 Kd7 18. h3 Rhc8 19.
Raa1 f6 20. Bh2 e6 21. b4 Kc6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. Nd2 e5 25. Nb3 Ne6
26. Rd1 exd4 27. Na5+ Kd7 28. Nxb7 f5 29. Na5 Ke7 30. exd4 f4 31. Nb3 Rg8 32.
Kf1 Bf6 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxf4 Kf5 36. Bd6 Rg4 37. g3 h5 38. f3 Rg6
39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Rh1 Rh8 41. Bf4 Kd7 42. Be5 h4 43. g4 h3 44. Bxf6 Rxf6 45. Nc1
Rhf8 46. Rxh3 Rf4 47. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Haarlem AKN op 06th"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 {Un coup inhabituel mais très intéressant.
Pour le comprendre, il faut réaliser que le gambit slave accepté (3...dxc4)
entraîne non seulement des complications sur le flanc-Dame, mais aussi au
centre de l'échiquier.} ({Ainsi après} 4. e4 {, la suite généralement
recommandée dans les ouvrages théoriques, les Noirs auraient le choix entre
deux possibilités:} {soit} b5 {pour consolider le pion gagné ou déstabiliser
le Cc3 via ...b4,} ({soit} 4... e5 {pour profiter de la colonne -d- et
attaquer le pion d4.})) 4... b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 $2 {Une décision étonnante
de la part du grand-maître russe, car conformément aux principes qui régissent
les ouvertures, la sortie de la Dame est ici prématurée.} ({Il valait donc
mieux poursuivre le développement avec} 6... Nf6) 7. Neg5 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Ge5,
Rf7][%cal Ye2e4] La réplique adéquate. Les Blancs menacent а la fois 8.Ne5 et
8.e4 suivi de 9.Bxc4} f6 {Le moindre mal. Supposons:} ({a)} 7... h6 8. e4 Qd6
9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Ne5+ Ke8 11. Bxc4 {suivi de 12.Nf7 ou 12.Qh5 avec une attaque
décisive.}) ({b)} 7... Bf5 8. Ne5 Nh6 9. e4 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 {et les Blancs
gagnent.}) 8. e4 Qa5 {[#]} 9. Bxc4 $3 {Une conception remarquable dont l'idée
apparaîtra bientôt.} fxg5 10. Nxg5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Les Blancs n'ont obtenu
qu'un seul pion en échange de la pièce sacrifiée, mais ils disposent aussi de
nombreux atouts stratégiques. D'abord, ils dominent le centre. Ensuite, leur
développement est harmonieux et finalement, les pions noirs sont dispersés. Ce
dernier facteur ne doit pas être pris а la légère. On constate par exemple,
que les Noirs ne parviendront jamais а barricader les diagonales c4-g8 et
f4-b8. Ainsi les Blancs ne sont même pas obligés de se dépêcher car les points
faibles dans le camp ennemi seront encore là dans une demi-douzaine de coups.}
Nh6 ({Une variante instructive serait:} 10... e6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13.
Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 15. Nxe6+ Kf7 16. Nxc7 {gagnant encore une Tour.})
11. O-O Ba6 {[#] Espérant provoquer l'échange du Bc4. Mais en vain...} 12. Be6
$3 {Un coup splendide. Bosboom refuse encore de se laisser guider par des
considérations matérielles et poursuit l'attaque des cases blanches.
Maintenant le Bé6 occupe devant le Pé7 un avant-poste idéal. La plupart des
pièces noires sont bloquées sur la huitième rangée et le Ké8 est encerclé.}
Bxf1 13. Qxf1 {[%csl Ra8,Rh8]} Qa6 ({Une variante parmi d'autres:} 13... Nd7
14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Bf4 {menaçant 16.Bc7!! suivi de Bf7 et de Né6} O-O-O (15... Kd8
16. Bh3) 16. d5 {remarquez l'impuissance de la Rh8} c5 17. a5 Qb7 18. Qxc5+ {
et le mat suit.}) 14. Qd1 Nd7 ({Ou encore:} 14... Qb7 15. Bf4 Na6 16. Qh5+ g6
17. Qh3 Bg7 {sinon 18.Bé5} 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 {le Ch6 est perdu} Nc5 20. Bc4
{etc.}) 15. Bf4 g6 ({Le grand roque n'aurait pas arrangé grand-chose:} 15...
O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb7 17. Bc4 Qa5 18. Ne6 Rc8 19. d5 Nb6 (19... c5 20. Bb5) (19...
Nf6 20. dxc6+ Ka8 21. Nc7+ Kb8 22. Be6) 20. Ba6+ $1 Kxa6 21. dxc6 {menaçant 22.
Qd3} Nxa4 22. Qd7 {et gagne}) 16. Rc1 Bg7 {Précipite les événements, mais les
Noirs étaient de toutes façons condamnés.} 17. Bc4 {[%cal Yg5e6]} Qa5 18. Ne6
Kf7 19. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7] le coup de grâce} Qh5 (19... Nf6 20. Bc7 Qh5 21. Nf4+)
(19... Kg8 20. Ng5+ Kf8 21. Bc7+) 20. Bxh6+ Qxf3 21. Nxg7+ e6 22. Bxe6+ Ke7 23.
gxf3 {Les dés sont jetés. Il suivit encore:} Rac8 24. e5 Rc7 25. Bb3 Nb6 26.
Bg5+ Kd7 (26... Kf8 27. Ne6+) 27. Be6# {mat.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shabalov is the lowest seed in the field, but he earned the right to be there
by virtue of winning yet another U.S. Open in 2016. King of the Opens he
certainly is, Shabba is turning 50 this year, and it's getting harder and
harder for him to compete with the young stars of today. The recipe for
success remains the same - ultra-sharp attacking play. Question is, how to get
it?} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 {This means Shabba won't get to play the
Botvinnik Variation tonight.} Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 {A rare move, but often
it leads to the same thing as} (5... Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 {I'm not expert
enough to discern the difference.}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6
hxg6 10. g5 $5 {The most resolute.} ({The other popular move,} 10. a3 {allows
Black to play his pawn forward,} g5 {which maintains his knight on f6. The
recent game Andreikin-Aronian, Tata Steel 2017, went in White's favour after}
11. Bd2 g6 12. Qf3 a6 13. Bd3 dxc4 {I'd blame this surrendering of the centre
for all the bad things that happened to Levon in that game.} (13... Bg7 14.
O-O-O Nb6 {looks more reliable.}) 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bf1 c5 16. Bg2 Ra7 17. O-O
Qb8 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. b4 $5 cxb4 20. axb4 Nb6 21. e4 {etc.}) 10... Ng8 11. h4
Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 {OK, the knight has circled around to a nice square, and e3-e4
is now discouraged by the underprotected d4-pawn.} 13. Qg4 a6 ({I like} 13...
Nb6 14. c5 Nd7 15. b4 b6 {White is not developed enough to contest the newly
opening files on the queenside, and, besides, his queen is AWOL.}) 14. O-O-O
dxc4 {Once again, this plan. In many ways I understand why Shabalov chose it:
true to his style he sought active play. The problem is, this typical Meran
plan is supposed to liberate Bc8, which happened not to be there anymore.} ({
The Chebanenko inspired} 14... b5 15. c5 {leaves Black really short of elbow
room, as} e5 {accomplishes nothing but inviting White to play} 16. h5) 15. Bxc4
c5 (15... b5 16. Be2 c5 17. d5 {Black's light squares seem totally abandoned.})
16. dxc5 {One of Wesley's great assets is his lack of fear of simplifications.
He's confident he can overcome his opponents resistance in symmetrical
structures, and he always does!} (16. d5 Ne5 17. Qe4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qe4
Nd6 20. Qc2 Qd7 {is tenable.}) 16... Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Kb1 Qc7 {seems more
harmonious, but, still, what's next?} 18. Be2 O-O-O 19. e4 Nd4 {gets busted by}
20. Nd5 $1) 17. Be2 Be7 18. Kb1 Qb6 $6 {This only helps White to unroll.} ({
On the other hand,} 18... O-O 19. h5 {is suicidal.}) 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd6
21. Ba5 $1 Ne5 22. Qe4 Nc6 23. Rhd1 {Forceful and strong. White couldn't care
less about the h4-pawn.} Rxh4 24. f4 Qb8 (24... Nxa5 {was worth trying if only
because of the cute trap} 25. Rxd6 Nxd6 26. Qd4 Nc6 27. Qxg7 $2 ({White should
win after} 27. Qb6) 27... Ne4 {and the queen is very short of squares.}) 25.
Nb6 {This is it.} Nd6 26. Qa4 Ra7 27. Bf3 Nb5 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Rd7 {Judging by
this smooth effort Wesley So is not planning to slow down any time soon.} 1-0

