[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 {Ftacnik Kharitonov Chekhov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7
6. Bd3 {The main line. After taking a backseat to 6.Qc2 for a while White
players are coming back to this move} dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10.
Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 (12. O-O $5 {Chekhov}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Qa5 {
Chekhov} 13. O-O Bxc5 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Be4 {Hansen,Cu-Gurevich,M/
Taapsrtup/1992/1:0 (70) Inf 54/435/}) (12... Bxc5 {Chekhov} 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14.
Bb5+ Ke7 $5 15. Qd4 Qb6 {Razuvaev,Y-Kaidanov,G/Protvino/1988/ Inf 46/569/}) (
12... Rc8 $5 {Chekhov} 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qd4 O-O $1 $8 18. Qxa7 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd4 Rfc8 $132 {Piket,J-Kaidanov,G/
Can Pisafort/1991/0,5 (25) Inf 53/426/}) 13. Nxc5 (13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 {
was thought to be good for white but Shirov revived the variation with ...} Qa5
15. Nd4 Ba6 $1 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {Hansen-Shirov Biel 1992}) 13... Bxc5 14. O-O (
14. Bb5+ {Kharitonov} Ke7 15. Bg5+ f6 16. exf6+ gxf6 $13) 14... h6 15. Nd2 (15.
Bb5+ {Kharitonov} Ke7 {/\Qb6,Rac8,Rfd8/}) 15... O-O (15... Ne3 $2 {Chekhov} 16.
Bb5+ Kf8 17. fxe3 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 Qd5 19. Nf3 $18) (15... Nf4 {Chekhov} 16. Be4
$14) (15... Nc3 $5 {Chekhov} 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 $1 Nb5
20. Bxb4 Bxe5 {Magerramov,E-Bagirov,V/SSSR/1976/0:1 (55) Inf 21/487/} 21. Bc4
$5 Qc6 (21... Nd4 $1 {Kharitonov} 22. Qd3 (22. Bxd5 Nxc2 23. Bxb7 Nxb4) 22...
Qc6 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Ba3 Bd6 $15 {Miannik-Najvelt/corr/1989/0:1 (51)/}) 22. Qe2
Nd4 23. Qxe5 Qxc4 24. Qxg7 Qxb4 (24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Qxf1+ 27. Kh2
$16) 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qxh6 Ba6 $14 {Bagirov/}) 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bxe5 $5 (
17... Bc6 {is the "theory" but I take it that Bareev had something prepared
against it.}) (17... Bc6 $5 {Chekhov} 18. Qe2 (18. Bh7+ {Kharitonov} Kxh7 19.
Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Ne4 (24. Nc4
$5 Bb5 25. b3 Rf6 $14) 24... Rf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxb4 Kh7 28.
Qc3 Rg6 {Tukmakov,V-Dreev,A/Odessa(ch)/1989/0,5 (28)/}) 18... f5 19. Rd1 Qe7 (
19... Bc5 $5) 20. Ba6 $1 {Korchnoi,V-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen/1:0 (49) Inf 58/487/}
Bb6 (20... Bc5 $6 21. Bd2 Ba4 22. b3 Bd7 23. Bb7 $16 {Korchnoi,V-Gurevich,M/
Antwerpen/1993/1:0 (49) Inf 58/487/}) 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Rac1 Ba8 $14 {Gurevich/}
) 18. Nxb7 Qb6 (18... Qc7 {Kharitonov} 19. Ba6 Qb6 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. Qb5 $18) 19.
Qh5 $1 (19. Qe2 {Kharitonov} Bd4 20. Ba6 Nc7) 19... Bf4 (19... Bd4 {Chekhov}
20. Bxh6 $1 $40) (19... Bc7 {Kharitonov} 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 f5 22. Rac1
Qxb7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 (23... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 24. Ba6 $18) 24. Ba6 Qb6 25. Qxd5 Qxa6
26. Rxc7 $18) (19... Bf6 $5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxh6 Rfc8 21. Be3 $1 (21. Bg5 Bxg5
22. Qxg5 Qxb7 $13) 21... Qxb7 (21... Nxe3 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. fxe3 Qxb7 24. Be4
$16) 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 $16) 20. Nc5 $1 (20. Na5 {Ftacnik} Bxc1 21. Nc4 Qd4
22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. Bh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 $17) 20... Qxc5 (20... Nf6 {Kharitonov
} 21. Qf3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 $18) 21. Bxf4 Qd4 22. Bd6 (22. Bxh6 {Ftacnik} Qxd3 23.
Qg4 Qh7 $13) 22... Qxd3 (22... Rfd8 {Chekhov} 23. Rad1 $18 (23. Rfd1 {
Kharitonov} Nf6 24. Qe2 $18)) 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Black has some compensation but I
don't see many people wanting to repeat this} 24. Qe5 Rc8 (24... Rd8 $5 {
Chekhov}) 25. Rfc1 (25. Rac1 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc4 26. Rfd1 $140 Nf4 $1) 25... Rd8 (
25... Rxc1+ {Ftacnik} 26. Rxc1 Qd2 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. h3 $16) 26. h3 Kh7 27. Re1
(27. Rc6 $5 {Chekhov /\ Rac1}) (27. Rc5 $5 {Kharitonov}) (27. a3 {Ftacnik} bxa3
28. Rxa3 Qd2 $132) 27... Qc4 (27... a5 $5 {Chekhov}) 28. Rac1 (28. Qe4+ {
Chekhov} Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc8 {/\ Rc2}) 28... Qxa2 $2 (28... Qa6 $1 29. Qe4+ Kg8
30. Qc4 Qa5 $16) (28... Qb5 {Kharitonov} 29. Re4 {/\ Rec4}) 29. Ra1 Qb3 (29...
Qc4 {Ftacnik} 30. Rxa7 Kg8 31. Rea1 Qc6 $14) 30. Rxa7 Kg8 31. Qd4 $1 Re8 (31...
Qc2 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxe6 $1) 32. Re2 Rc8 (32... Rf8 $5 33. Rxe6 Nc3 34. Re1 Qxb2
35. Kh2 $16) (32... g5 $5 {Chekhov}) (32... Nf6 {Kharitonov} 33. Re3 Qc2 34.
Qxb4 Nd5 35. Qb5 $18) (32... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 33. Kh2 Kg8 34. f4 $18) 33. Rxe6 Nc3
34. Rae7 $1 (34. Ree7 $2 {Kharitonov} Nb5) (34. Re3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 34... Qxb2
35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Qc4 $1 Qb1+ (38... Kg7 {Chekhov}
39. Qd4+ $18) (38... Qa2 {Ftacnik} 39. Qxb4 $18) 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qd4 (40. Qd4 {
Chekhov} f6 (40... g5 {Ftacnik} 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Rg8+) 41. Qa7+) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Areshchenko/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 (10. Ng5 $5 {(/\f4 und/oder Ng5-e4)} a6 (10... Bb7 11.
f4 h6 12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 $11 {, dennoch 1:0/41, Muhammad -
Kleiman, San Diego 2004}) 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b4 {
1:0/66, Bruzon Bautista - Dominguez, Santa Clara 2005}) 10... Bb7 11. a3 (11.
Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne2 b4 13. e4 Be7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng3 c5 $13 {~~ lt. ECO (D4),
remis/26, Jussupow - Zvaginsev, Essen 2002 und 0:1/69, Gustafsson - Graf,
Dresden 2003}) 11... Re8 $6 ({I} 11... e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Ng5 $1 $14) ({II} 
11... Qe7 $1 12. Qc2 (12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
remis/39, Gelfand - Shirov, Dortmund 2002}) (12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 {remis, Nogueiras - Kramnik, Moskau 1994}) 12... h6 (12... Rfc8 $5)) 12.
Qc2 h6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne2 $6 ({I} 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 $13) ({II} 14. Rac1
a6 15. b4 a5 (15... e5 16. Nh4 Bc7 (16... g6 $4 17. Bxg6) 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. f3
exd4 19. exd4 $13)) 14... Rac8 $1 {Läßt die Qc2 und den Ne2 etwas ungeschickt
dastehen, während die thematischen Hebel e5/c5 noch nicht überzeugen können:} (
{I} 14... e5 $6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3 {/\Bc3}) ({II} 14... c5 $6
15. Bxb5 Reb8 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxd4 18. exd4 Rd8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Rg1 Qh4
21. Rg2 $14) 15. b4 $6 ({I} 15. Ng3 $6 c5) ({II} 15. Bc3 $142 $13) 15... e5 $1
$36 {Gut getimt, da Weiß wegen der Drohung e5-e4 auf unattraktive Weise
reagieren muß.} 16. e4 {Auch die Alternativen zeigen, daß Schwarz die
Initiative ergriffen hat und die Stellung außerordentlich kompliziert geworden
ist.} ({I} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. f4 Qe7 19. Ng3 Bc7
20. Nf5 Qe6 $13) 18. Rac1 $5 (18. Bc3 c5 $1 (18... Bxc3 $6 19. Qxc3 $14) 19.
Bxe5 (19. Bxb5 $2 Bxh2+ $3 20. Kf1 (20. Kxh2 $2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Kg3 Qg5 $19)
21... Qh4 22. Qf5 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Bf3 $19) 20... Ne4 $1 21. Bxe8
Rxe8 $19 {mit durchschlagendem Angriff}) 19... Qxe5 $15 20. Qc3 (20. Bxb5 $2
cxb4 21. Qa4 Ng4 22. Nf4 (22. Ng3 Nxf2 $1 23. Bxe8 Qxe3 24. Kf1 Ng4 $19) (22.
Bxe8 $2 Qxh2+ {nebst Matt in 4}) 22... Nxf2 $1 23. Rf1 (23. Re1 Re7 24. Kxf2 g5
25. Kg1 gxf4 $19) 23... Re7 24. Rae1 Ne4 $17) (20. bxc5 $6 Rxc5) 20... c4 21.
Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc2 $15) 18... c5 $1 19. Bxb5 cxb4 $36) ({II} 16. Bf5 $6 {
mit der Idee eines Bauernopfers nach} e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. dxe5
Bxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Ng3 Rcd8 20. Bc3) 19. Bxc8 Bxc8 20. Bc3 $14 {(20...Bxh2+?)
}) 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bh3 {ist vermutlich unzureichend:} (19. Ng3 c5) 19... Rc7
$1 (19... Rcd8 $6 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bd4) 20. Bc3 Qg5 21. Bd4 c5) 16...
exd4 $6 ({Kein guter Moment für diese Zentrumsaktion, die ja auch eine
Aktivierung des Ne2 nach d4 (und f5) in Kauf nimmt. Das prophylaktische} 16...
Bb8 $1 {(Plan 17...exd4 18.Nexd4 c5 19.Nf5? De6!) wäre stärker gewesen:} 17.
Ng3 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 c5 $1 $15) (17. Bc3 exd4 18. Nfxd4 c5
19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qb2 (20. bxc5 $2 Nxc5 $17) 20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Nxg7 (
22. Neg3 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 Qg4 24. bxc5 Rxc5 $15) 22... Kxg7 23. Rxd7 Qxe2 24.
Bxf6+ Kg6 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 $15) (17. Be3 Ng4 18. Ng3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g6 $15) 17...
exd4 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. N3xd4 c5 $40 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb5 Rxe4 $15) 17. Nexd4 {
Hier wähnte sich der junge Ukrainer in Nachteil und meinte, die Stellung
mittels zweischneidiger Bauernopfer weiter verschärfen und komplizieren zu
müssen. Dabei wäre die konsequente Fortsetzung, nämlich der befreiende Hebel
c5, im Ausgleichssinne spielbar gewesen.} g6 $2 {Verliert eine klare Linie und
sucht sein Heil in Verwicklungen. Alternativen:} ({I} 17... Bb8 $2 18. Nf5 Qf8
(18... Qe6 $2 19. N3d4 Qe5 20. f4 Qc7 21. e5) 19. Qc1 c5 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 21. Bxb5
Bxe4 22. Ng5 gxh6 (22... Bg6 23. Qb2 $1 Be5 24. Bc3 gxh6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Nf3
$1 $16) 23. Bxd7 hxg5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxg5 Ng4 26. Bf4 Qg7 27. Bxb8 Nxf2 28.
Bg3 $16) ({II} 17... Ne5 $2 18. Nf5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Be3 (
21. f4 $4 c5 $1) 21... Nd7 (21... Qe6 22. Qc5 $16) 22. Qb2 $16) ({III} 17... c5
$1 {war jedoch okay für Schwarz:} 18. Nf5 (18. Nxb5 Bb8 $1 $36 19. bxc5 Nxc5
20. Bb4 Nfxe4 $15) 18... Qf8 19. Nxd6 (19. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. e5
Qb6 22. exf6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 $17) 19... Qxd6 20. Bxb5 Bxe4 21. Be3 Nd5 22.
Qe2 cxb4 23. axb4 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc3 26. Qc4 Nxb5 27. Nxe4 Qe5 $11)
18. Bxh6 c5 19. Nxb5 Bb8 $1 {Noch die beste Chance, allerdings sind die
dunklen Felder am Königsflügel nun dummerweise empfindlich geschwächt.} (19...
cxb4 $2 {scheitert an} 20. Nxd6 $1 Rxc2 (20... Qxd6 21. Qb2) 21. Bxc2 $18) 20.
bxc5 $2 ({Jetzt stolpert Weiß, seinen Vorteil solide festgehalten hätte} 20.
Bg5 $1 {, z.B.} a6 (20... cxb4 21. Qb2 (21. Qb1) 21... bxa3 22. Nxa3 $1 (22.
Rxa3 Bxe4) 22... Ne5 (22... Ba8 $2 23. Ba6 $18) 23. Nc4 $5 $16 Nxc4 24. Bxc4
Rxc4 25. Bxf6 Qb4 26. Rdb1 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Ba8 28. Nd2 Rcc8 29. f3) 21. Nc3 cxb4
(21... c4 22. Bf1 $16) 22. axb4 Qxb4 (22... Ne5 $2 23. Bxa6) 23. Rab1 Qxc3 24.
Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxb7 $16) 20... Rxc5 ({Nun ist die Position schon eher nach dem
Geschmack von Areshchenko, der gerne aktiv und dynamisch auftritt. Weniger gut
war} 20... Nxc5 $6 21. Qb2 a6 22. Bg5 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Qxe4 24. Nd6 Qxd3 25. Nxe8
Rxe8 26. Qxb7 (26. Qxf6 $2 Qd6) 26... Ne4 27. Re1 (27. Be3 Bd6 28. Qc6 Rb8 29.
g3 $14) 27... Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Kf1 f6 30. Be3 Bd6 $14) 21. Qd2 $5 {
Keine leichte Wahl, da etwa gleichwertige Alternativen zur Verfügung standen:}
({I} 21. Qb2 Ne5 (21... Rh5 $2 22. Bg5 Ne5 23. h4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Be5 25. Nd4
$16) 22. Be3 (22. Nbd4 Nxe4 $44) 22... Nxe4 $5 (22... Nxf3+ $6 23. gxf3 Rh5 24.
Rab1 a6 25. Nd4 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 $14 {und der König findet ein relativ sicheres
Refugium auf e2}) (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Rxd3 Rh5 24. Rb3 Bxe4 25. Nc3 $1 Be5 26.
Nxe5 Qxe5 27. f4 $16) 23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Rxb5 $13 {/=}) ({II
} 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nbd4 Rh5 $13) 21... Ne5 (21... Nxe4 $6 22. Bxe4
Bxe4 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxb5 (24... Bxf3 $2 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 $16) 25.
Re1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 27. Be3 Bf5 $14) 22. Nbd4 $2 ({Nun beginnt die Partie
zugunsten von Schwarz umzukippen, während} 22. Be3 $1 {mindestens gleiches
Spiel gegeben hätte:} Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxb5 (23... Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3
Rxb5 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 a6 28. Rad1 $14) 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26.
Rac1 (26. Ra2 Bf4 $1 $11) 26... Qxa3 27. Qd5 Rbb8 $11) 22... Bxe4 $1 23. Bxe4 (
23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rd5 $17) 23... Nxe4 24. Qb2 $2 ({Der letzte und
vorentscheidende Fehler, wonach der feindliche Druck übermächtig wird. Allein} 
24. Qb4 $5 {hätte zähen Widerstand geleistet, z.B.} Bd6 $40 25. Be3 (25. Qb3 $2
Rb8) (25. Qb2 $2 Qf6 $1 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Be3 Rb8 {siehe Anmerkung zu 25.Qb4,
Variante I 25.Nxe5}) 25... Nc3 {(Kardinaldrohung Rb8!)} 26. Nxe5 Nxd1 27. Ndc6
Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Qc7 29. Qa5 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Qxa5 (31... Qd6 32. Qb4)
(31... Rxe3 32. Qxa7) 32. Nxa5 Bg3 33. Nc6 a6 34. Nb4 a5 35. Nd5 Re5 36. Rd1
Bf2 {xe3 -/+}) 24... Qf6 $1 {Wirft die vernichtende Mehrfachdrohung 25...Nxf3+
26.gxf3 Qh4 bzw. 25...Qh8 und 25...g5 auf, welche vom Verteidiger nicht
umfassend pariert werden kann.} 25. Qb4 ({I} 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Qe2
Nc3 (27... Bxh2+ $6 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Rh5 30. Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Nc6 Re8 32. Bd4
$17) 28. Qc2 Rd8 $1 29. Ne6 Nxd1 30. Bxc5 Qxe6 31. Rxd1 Rc8 $19 {mit tödlicher
Fesselung}) ({II} 25. Be3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Nc3 27. Rd3 Bxh2+ $40 {-+} 28. Kf1 (
28. Kg2 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Bd6 31. f4 Qh8+ 32. Qh2 Rh5) (28. Kxh2 Qh4+
29. Kg2 Rh5) 28... Be5 29. Qd2 Nd5 30. Re1 Qh4 31. Ke2 Nf4+) ({III} 25. Rab1
Nc3 26. Qb4 Bd6 $19) 25... Ng4 $5 ({Auch nicht von Pappe, indes erscheint die
Ausführung der erwähnten Drohung} 25... Nxf3+ {naheliegender und zwingender:}
26. Nxf3 (26. gxf3 Qh4 27. fxe4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Rxe4 29. Be3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rg5
$19) 26... Rh5 27. Be3 Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Nxh2 Qh4 $19) 28... Qa6+ 29. Ke1 Be5
$19) 26. Qa4 ({Auf} 26. Be3 {wäre} Bxh2+ $1 {die Pointe:} 27. Nxh2 (27. Kh1 Qh8
$19) (27. Kf1 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 Qa6+ 29. Ke1 Bg3#) 27... Nxe3 28. Ndf3 (28. fxe3
Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Ng3#) (28. Nhf3 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Rh5 30. g3 (30. Ne2 Rh1+ 31. Kxh1
Nxf2+ 32. Kg1 Nxd1 $19) 30... Rd5 31. Rd3 Red8 32. Kg2 g5 33. g4 Qf4 $19) 28...
Nxd1 29. Rxd1 a5 30. Qa4 Qc6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 $19 {mit technischer Gewinnstellung}
) 26... Rec8 ({Oder} 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 Rcc8 $19) 27. Re1 Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 Nc3
29. Re8+ (29. Qxa7 Nxh6) 29... Kh7 {Ein letztlich verdienter Sieg des
ukrainischen Meisters, der ziemlich verwegen und kaltblütig aufgetreten ist.}
0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 {This game was played in the last round. Being half a point clear of the
field, I was feeling in an excellent mood. Adding in the fact that I have in
recent times had an excellent score with white against Grischuk, I did not
fear any sort of reverse.} d5 {Really, a Slav? Having spent a whole
pre-tournament training session on the Slav, I had been counting on my
opponent being cunning enough to chosee some other line.} 2. c4 c6 {Yes!} 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 {Given that after 4.Nf3, Sasha plays 4...dxc4, whereas I had
decided on playing a Meran, the text is the most accurate move-order.} e6 5.
Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {Sasha admitted after the game that he had not expected such
treachery. Previously, I have always played 6.Qc2.} dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. O-O b4 {A rare move. The usual choice is 9...a6, but it turned out that
Sasha had showed this to my friend Vova Potkin, something about which he was
now not so happy.} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. a3 {Not having looked at this
line at all, I decided to transpose to the line 9.a3.} bxa3 13. b3 {Given that
the greatest theretician of our galaxy, Kramnik, recently played 13.Nd2 here,
the text must be considered old-fashioned.} Nf6 14. Nd2 Qc7 {This is what
Kramnik played against Topalov at Elista.} ({As I anticipated, an active
player such as my opponent did not go for the line} 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+
16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3) 15. Bf3 {It is always nice to play such an
unhurried move.} Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Bxa3 O-O {During the game,
I was convinced that Kramnik had first taken on a3 and only then castled and
played Qe7. Without thinking too long, I decided to take advantage of my
opponent's originality. Great was my surprise when, some time later, I
discovered that it had been I who had first deviated from theory.} 19. Bc5 {
This excellent move gives Black some problems.} Rfd8 {While my opponent had a
long think, I realised the advantage of not having a pawn on h2 - one does not
need to waste a tempo making luft for the king!} 20. b4 {Here I had a choice:
the simple 20.Qc2 was probably better than the move played in the game, but I
wanted to regain the pawn.} Bxc5 {In this way, Black activates the Bb7. Other
continuations are more passive.} 21. bxc5 a5 22. Re1 ({I did not like} 22. Qc1
{because of the possibility} Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bxc4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxc4 g5 {
with good play for Black.}) 22... Ba6 {The only move. Black faced the threat
of e4, and the establishment of the knight on d6.} 23. Nb6 Rab8 {A strange
move.} ({I considered the correct move to be} 23... Ra7 24. Rxa5 Bb5 25. Rxa7
Qxa7 26. Qa1 {with a slightly worse, but very solid position for Black.}) 24.
Rxa5 Bb5 25. Qa1 Nd5 {This is all very natural of course.} 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7
Qxb7 28. Qa5 {I was pleased with this nice tactic. Now on 28...Nxb6 there is
29.Qxb5.} Qe7 (28... Nxb6 29. Qxb5) 29. Ra1 Qg5 {A trappy, but poor move.
Black threatens the e3-pawn, but this is completely unimportant.} ({A bad
endgame resulted from} 29... Nc7 30. Qa7 e5 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5)
({, but after} 29... g6 {it is not easy for White to break through, since the
ending after} 30. Qa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Nxb6 32. cxb6 Rb8 33. b7 Kg7 {is not
dangerous.}) 30. Nxd5 {The product of laziness. Ideally, I should have brought
the queen back first, and only then thought about exchanges, but I did not
want to have to calculate too many variations.} exd5 31. Qc7 g6 {A decisive
mistake, which I failed to exploit. The only way to continue the fight was by
31...Rf8.} 32. Ra7 {Played mechanically and weakly.} (32. Bg4 {with similar
ideas to the game, wins.}) 32... Qf6 {Mutual blindness.} ({After} 32... Rf8 {
I would have been forced to find more complicated ways to strengthen the
position.}) 33. Bg4 {At last. It is hard to stop Bd7, winning a pawn.} Re8 34.
Kg1 ({Of course not} 34. Bd7 {because} Qxf2 {with perpetual check.}) 34... Kg7
35. Bd7 Re7 ({More stubborn was} 35... Rf8 {, but after} 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. dxe5
{his passivity should prove fatal to Black.}) 36. Qd8 {The rest is easy.} h5 ({
On} 36... Re4 {White of course plays} 37. Qb8 {and then Ra8.}) 37. Ra8 {
The rest does not require any commentary.} Kh6 38. Rc8 Kh7 39. Bxc6 Bxc6 40.
Rxc6 Qxc6 41. Qxe7 Kg7 42. Kh2 (42. Kh2 {On} Kg8 {the simplest is} 43. Qd8+ Kg7
44. Qb6 {and a new queen soon appears.}) 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad TS 80th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 {
Another Meran.} 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 (11... Bd6 12.
a3 bxa3 13. b4 $1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Van Kooten, Luuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
{Not equally popular as 8. Bd3 but still chosen quite frequently.} a6 (8... Be7
9. a3 $1 {and black can not prevent 10.e4} (9. O-O O-O 10. a3 $1)) (8... b4 9.
Na4 Bb7 (9... Qa5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. a3 $14) 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 a5
12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rd1 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. axb4 axb4 17. Bd2 Qxc5
18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Be7 {only move otherwise 20. Nd3 will be nasty.} 20. f3
$14) (8... Bb7 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 $5) (9... a6 10. e4 c5 11.
e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 c4 14. Ng5 Bd5 (14... Be7 15. Bf3) 15.
Bh5 g6 16. Bf3) 13. Ne4 Qc7 (13... Rc8 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Nfd2 $16) (
13... h6 14. Nfd2 Be7 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Ncd6 Bc6 17. Nxc5 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qb8 (
18... Nb8 19. Ne4 a5 20. Re1) (18... a5 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. Rd1 $1) 19. Nxa6 Qxd6
20. Qb3 Bb7 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5) (13... Be7 14. Bg5 O-O (14... Ne3 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 (15... Nxd1 16. Bxd8 Bxe4 17. Rfxd1 $16) 16. Qd3 $1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd5
18. a5 $1 $14 {Shirov}) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6 $16) (13... cxd4 14. Bg5 Qb8 (
14... Qa5 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Bg3 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20.
Nb3 Bb6 21. a5 Ba7 22. Rfc1 Kd7 23. Nc5+ Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rhc8 25. Rcc1 $1) 15.
Qxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Qa7 17. Bg3 $5 {may well be the best} (17. Qd2 Ne3 18. fxe3 (
18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nf5 20. Qxb4 Rb8) 18... Bxe4) (17. Qxa7 Rxa7 18. Bg3 (
18. Rfc1 $2 Nf4 19. Bf1 g5)) (17. Rfd1 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc8 19. Bc4 N7b6 20. Bb3))
14. a5 (14. Re1 h6 15. b3 Be7 (15... Nc3 16. Nxc3 bxc3 17. Ba3) 16. Bb2) 14...
h6 15. Qd3 $1 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ne1 $1 $40) 10. e4 b4 11. e5
bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 (14... Qc8 15. Qb3 Ba6
16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bg5) 15. Bf4 Qxf4 16. Rxb7 Bd6 (16... Nd5 17. g3 Qd6 18. c4
Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bf6 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. Re1 a5 23. c5 Qd5 24. Rc7 Bxe5
25. Qxe5 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Re2 $11) 17. g3 Qf5 18. Qa4 Ne4 19. Rc1 c5 20.
Qc2 Qd5 21. Rb3 Nf6 22. c4 Qc6 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qc7 $1 $11 {Chernin}) 13.
bxc3 O-O (13... c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Ba3 Be7 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. Rab1 Bd5 18. c4 Bc6
19. Qe3 Ba4 20. Nd4 $5 (20. c6 Bxa3 21. Qxa3 Bxc6 22. Rfd1 Be4 23. Rbc1)) 14.
Rb1 Qc8 15. Qd3 $5) 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 $6 (11... Nxf6 12. bxc3
Bd6 13. Nd2 $1 (13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bf3 Ra7
(17... Rab8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Rb6)) 13... O-O 14. Bf3 (14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf3
Qc7 (15... Bb7 16. Rb1) 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 c5 19. Qa3 Rb8 20.
dxc5) 14... Qc7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Ne5 $14) 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ (13... O-O
14. O-O) 14. Nd2 c5 (14... Rb8 15. Qc1 $1 (15. Qc2 c5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. d5 (17.
dxc5 Qxc5) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc1 $14) 15... Rxb2 (15...
Qg5 16. O-O c5 17. Nb3 Qxc1 18. Raxc1) 16. Qxb2 c5 17. Rc1 $16) 15. O-O Bb7 (
15... cxd4 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Rc1 $1 $16) 16. Nb3 $2 (16. Nc4 {The most natural
move.} Qc7 17. Rc1 $16) 16... Qa4 $1 17. Qd2 Rg8 $1 18. f3 c4 19. Na5 Bd5 20.
Rfb1 Nf6 21. Bc3 (21. Bd1 Qd7) 21... Bf8 22. Bd1 Qa3 (22... Qd7 23. Qf4 Be7 24.
Rb8+ Rxb8 (24... Bd8 25. Rab1) 25. Qxb8+ Bd8 (25... Qd8 26. Rb1 $16) 26. Rb1
$14) 23. Rc1 Rc8 (23... Rg6 24. Rc2 Bh6 25. Qe2 (25. Qe1 $13) 25... Rc8 (25...
Nh5 $2 26. Nxc4) 26. Rb1 {transposes to the game.}) 24. Rab1 Rg6 25. Rc2 Bh6
26. Qe2 Nh5 $2 $138 (26... Bf4 $13) 27. Nb7 $2 (27. Qe5 $1 Nf4 28. Rb8 Rxb8 (
28... Kd7 $2 29. Bb4 $1) 29. Qxb8+ Kd7 30. Bb4 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qd3 (31... Qxd4 32.
Qd6+ Kc8 33. Rxc4+ $1 $18) 32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. Rxc4+ Bxc4 34. Qc6+ Kd8 35. Nb7#)
27... Nf4 28. Qe5 Nxg2 $4 (28... Bxb7 29. Rxb7 Nd5 $1 (29... Nxg2 30. Rxg2 Qc1
31. Qe1 $1 $18) 30. Bd2 Bxd2 $1 (30... c3 31. Bxh6 Rxh6 32. Re2 $3 {whites
threats are incredibly strong} Nf6 33. Rxf7 $18) (30... Qd3 31. Qh8+ Bf8 32.
Rcb2 Qa3 33. Rb8 $18) (30... Bg7 $2 31. Rxc4 $1) 31. Rxd2 Rg8 $17) 29. Rxg2
Rxg2+ (29... Qxc3 30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Nxc8+ Kd7 33. Ba4+ Kc7 34. Qe5+
{goes to checkmate.}) (29... Bg7 30. Qe1 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxa2+ 32. Rb2 $18) 30.
Kxg2 Bxb7 (30... Qxa2+ 31. Rb2 Qa3 32. Nd6+ Kd7 33. Nxc8 Qxc3 34. Qd6+ Kxc8 35.
Rb8#) 31. Rxb7 Qxc3 32. Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 38th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2006.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 dxc4 {Draw offer} 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 {Zviag's move.Interesting but I am very skeptical if white
can get any advantage after this.} 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qb8 $6 {A really
artificial looking move.} (10... Rc8 $142) 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c5 13. Qc2 (
13. Ng5 $2 cxd4 14. Nxf7 Bxe4 15. Nxh8 Nf6 16. f3 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Bd5 $17) 13...
c4 14. O-O $6 {This move loses the advantage.} (14. b3 $142 Nb6 15. O-O $16)
14... Nf6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. b3 Rc8 $1 (16... cxb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. Qc6 $14) 17.
bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qb3 Rxc1 (18... Ra4 19. Rc2 O-O 20. Rfc1 $14) (18... Qc6 $2 19.
a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rb1 $16) 19. Rxc1 O-O 20. Bb4 {I was considerin this
to be better for white but things are not clear.} Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. g3
Bxb4 $6 (22... Qc1+ 23. Kg2 Bc7 $11 {looks more to the point.}) 23. Qxb4 a6 24.
Ne5 Qc7 $6 (24... Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qc5 f5 $11) 25. Qa3 a5 26. Qd3 Qb7 (
26... Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qb2 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qa6 h6 (29... Qb8 $2 30. Qxa5 Qe8 31.
Nd3 $18) 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Nxf7 Ng4 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Qxg4 Kxf7 34. d5 exd5 35.
Qxa4 Qd2 $11) 27. Qc3 a4 28. Qa5 g6 29. g4 $1 $40 {After some adventures I
have obtained a pressing position.} h6 30. h4 Kg7 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Nd7 33.
Ng4 Nf8 $2 {This is an unnecessarily passive move.} (33... Qf3 34. Nh6 Nf6 $3
35. Qd8 b4 36. Qb8 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. gxf6+ Kxh6 39. Qxb3 Qxf6 $11) (33...
Qe4 $2 34. Nh6 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 $16 (35. Kh2 Qf1)) 34. Nf6 $1 {I did not fall in
the trap} (34. Qd8 Nh7 (34... Qf3 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Qe7 $18) 35. Nh6 Nxg5 $3 36.
Qxg5 f5 $1 37. Kf1 b4 $11) 34... Nh7 35. Ne8+ (35. Qd8 $2 Nxf6 36. gxf6+ Kh6
$11) 35... Kf8 36. Nd6 (36. Qd8 $2 Qe7) 36... Qb8 $2 {Robert goes really wrong
in a more and less equal position.} (36... Qd7 37. Nxb5 (37. Qb4 Kg8 38. f4 Qc6
$132) 37... Nxg5 38. Qxa4 Qd5 39. Nc3 Qf3 40. Kf1 Qh1+ (40... Nh3 41. Nd1) 41.
Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kd2 Qf1 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Nd1 Nh3 46. f4 Nf2 $11) 37.
Nxb5 $2 {Stupid!I had to play against Nh7 and his weakened kingside.} (37. Qb4
$1 Kg8 $8 (37... Kg7 $2 38. f4 f6 39. Qc5 b4 40. Qc6 $18) 38. f4 f6 39. gxf6 (
39. Qc5 $6 fxg5 40. Qe5 Nf8 41. Nxb5 Qc8 42. Qc7 Qxc7 43. Nxc7 gxf4 44. exf4
$11) 39... Nxf6 40. Nxb5 Nd5 41. Qc4 g5 42. Kf2 gxf4 43. e4 $18) 37... Nxg5 38.
Qxa4 Qb7 $11 39. Nd6 $6 {Wrong direction.} (39. Nc3 $1 Qf3 $1 (39... Nh3+ $6
40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qg2 42. Nd1 $16) 40. Kf1 (40. Nd1 Qe2 $11) 40... Qh1+ 41.
Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kd2 Qf1 44. Qd1 Qxf2+ 45. Qe2 Qf6 46. a4 e5 $11) (39.
Qa5 $2 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Nh2+ 41. Kg1 $11 (41. Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Kd3 Qxf2 $17)) 39... Qf3
40. Qa5 $4 {After burning all my remaining time I have blundered once again.} (
40. Kf1 Qh1+ (40... Nh3 41. Qc2) 41. Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kd2 Qg2 $11 (
43... Qh2 44. Qa8+ Ke7 45. Qe8+ Kxd6 46. Qd8+ Kc6 47. Qe8+ $11)) 40... Nh3+ $19
{Now white is lost.} 41. Kh2 Qxf2+ $4 {After some time Robert decided to give
perpetual instead of converting his advantage.This brought him a 3 way tied
first place.} (41... Nxf2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Ne8+ Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qf4 Qh1+
$1 (45... Qe2 $2 46. Kg3 Nh1+ 47. Kh3 $11) (45... Qxf4+ 46. exf4 Kf8 47. Nc7
Ke7 48. d5 $11) (45... Ng4+ $4 46. Qxg4 $18) (45... Qh3+ $2 46. Kg1 Ng4 47. e4
f5 48. exf5 exf5 49. Nd6 $11) 46. Kg3 Nd3 $1 (46... Qg1+ $2 47. Kf3 Nd3 48. Qh6
Qf2+ 49. Kg4 Qg2+ 50. Kh4 $11) 47. Qe4 (47. Qf3 Qg1+ 48. Kh4 Ne1 49. Qe2 Ng2+
50. Kh3 Nxe3 $19) 47... Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Ne1 50. Nd6 Nf3 $19 {is not
too difficult to find.}) (41... Qxf2+ 42. Kxh3 Qxe3+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kg3 Qe3+
45. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 $5 {Before Zviaginsev picked up this move people believed that the bishop
would have been misplaced on d6.However practice has shown that although the
move does not look harmonious with black's set up in this particular position,
white could not prove significant advantage so far.} 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11.
Ng5 a6 12. Nce4 ({It was possible to introduce a maneuver a la Kozul with} 12.
Qf3 $6 Ba8 $1 13. Nce4 Be7 {and now white does not have} 14. b4 c5 $1 15. bxc5
Nxc5 16. Bb1 Ncxe4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nxe4 Qc6 $1 $17) 12... Be7 13. b4 $1 Nd5
$6 {A risky continuation.I assume Ehlvest lost the control in the game.} (13...
c5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Bd6 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qb1 $14) (13...
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O Bd6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qb1
$14) 14. a3 $2 {I was still in between 16.Nh7 or 16.Nd6 that is why I have
included 14.a3 a5.Alas a3 pawn is a serious weakness what was the point to
give Jaan some targets in an advantegeous position.} (14. Qf3 O-O 15. Nxh7 (15.
Nd6 $2 Bxd6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e4 Bxb4 $1 $19 {is the difference between two
lines.}) 15... Nxb4 (15... f5 16. Nxf8 fxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe6 $2 exf3 18. Nxd8
fxg2 19. Rg1 Nxb4 (19... Rxd8 $2 20. Rb1 $16) 20. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 21. Ke2 Rxd8 22.
Be4 Nf6 23. Bxc6 Bc8 24. Rxg2 Be6 25. Rcg1 Bf8 $17) 17... Nxf8 18. Rb1 $16) 16.
Bb1 Re8 17. Nhg5 $1 Bxg5 18. Nd6 Qf6 19. Qe4 (19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxb4 Be7 21.
O-O Bxd6 22. Bxd6 c5 $132) 19... Nd5 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Nxb7 e5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23.
dxc5 Qh6 24. h4 Qxh7 25. Bxh7 Bf6 26. Be4 $14) 14... a5 (14... h6 15. Nf3 $16 {
and Bb7 is kept locked.}) 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Nxh7 {Here I have decided to force
the game.} (16. Nd6 $5 {leads to a draw.} Bxd6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. e4 $1 Be7 $1 (
18... Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qf6 21. Qe3 Qh6 (21... g6 22. e5 Qe7 (22...
Qg7 23. Qh3 $18) 23. h4 $18) 22. e5 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Be4 Ng4 25. Qh3 Nxf2
26. Qxh6+ gxh6 27. Rf1 hxg5 28. Rxf2 $16) (18... N5f6 $5 19. Qh3 axb4 20. e5
bxa3 21. exd6 Ra8 22. O-O $13 {White can take a draw any time he wants but the
outcome of playing for a win is unclear.}) 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Bf5+ Bh6 21. Bxh6
N7f6 (21... g6 $6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qh3 Rf6 24. Bg5+ Kg8 25. exd5 cxd5 (25...
exd5 $2 26. O-O Qe7 27. Rfe1 $16) 26. O-O axb4 (26... Rc4 27. bxa5 Qf8 28. Bxf6
Qxf6 29. Rfd1 $16) 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. axb4 $13 Qe8 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Rc1 $16)
22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ $11) 16... f5 17. Nxf8 fxe4 18. Nxe6 ({I did not like} 
18. Bxe4 $6 Nxf8 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Ra8 $17 {since b4 is very weak.}) 18...
exf3 19. Nxd8 fxg2 20. Rg1 Rxd8 21. e4 $4 {A very bad move.This against all
the principles in chess.I should have never broken the phalanx.} (21. bxa5 Bxa3
(21... c5 $2 22. Bxb5 $18 cxd4 23. exd4 Bxa3 24. Rb1 $18) 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. Rxg2
Nb4 24. Bf5 Nf6 25. f3 $16) 21... N5b6 $2 {One blunder follows another.} ({
He had to play the natural} 21... Nc7 $1 22. d5 Ne5 23. Be2 Ne8 $1 (23... Na6
$6 24. Bc3 Nc4 25. Rxg2 $40) 24. Rxg2 axb4 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. dxc6 (
27. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 28. axb4 cxd5 29. Rd2 Nd6 30. exd5 Kf7 $17) 27... Bxc6 28. Rxc4
Bb5 29. Rxb4 Bxb4 30. Bxb4 Rd4 $17) (21... N5f6 $6 22. Rxg2 Nf8 23. d5 cxd5 24.
Rc7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 N8xd7 26. exd5 Ne5 27. Bxb5 axb4 28. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 29. axb4 Nxd5
30. Rg3 $11) 22. bxa5 Na4 23. Bc2 {I did not want to give his Nd7 access to b6
square.} (23. a6 Ba8 (23... Bxa6 24. Rxc6 Nac5 25. Ke2 $1 (25. dxc5 Ne5 $19) (
25. Be2 Bb7 26. Rc7 Bd6 27. Rxb7 Nxb7 28. Bxb5 Bxa3 29. Bc6 Nd6 30. Bg5 Nf6 31.
Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxg2+ $11) 25... Bb7 26. Rc7 Bd6 27. Rxb7 Nxb7 28. Bxb5 Bxa3 29.
Rxg2 $44) 24. Bc2 Ndb6 (24... Bxa3 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Ra1 Bb2 27. Rxa4 c5 28. d5
Re8 29. f3 Bxd5 30. Rxg2 $13 Bc6 31. Ra2 Ne5 32. Rg3 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Bb5 34. Ra5
Bc4 35. a7 Ra8 36. f4 Nxf4+ 37. Kd1 Ne2 38. Rg5 Bd4 39. Rgxc5 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Bd3
41. Be3 Nf4 42. Bxf4 Rxa7 $11) 25. Rxg2 Rxd4 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 $13) 23...
c5 (23... Bxa3 24. Rb1 $1 $16 {This move is better than any other one.} ({
Jaan declined to enter this line because he thought that white could win a
piece.} 24. Ra1 $2 Bb2 25. Rb1 Bxd4 26. Bxa4 bxa4 27. Rxb7 Nc5 {But after this
black's a pawn is unstoppable.} 28. Rb4 a3 $19) (24. Bxa4 {was my intention.}
bxa4 25. Ra1 Bb2 26. Rxa4 c5 27. d5 Ba6 (27... Ne5 $2 28. Rxg2 Nd3+ 29. Kd1 $16
) 28. Rxg2 Re8 29. f3 Ne5 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Kg3 Bb5 32. Ra2 Bc4 33. Bf4 Bxa2 34.
Rxa2 Nd3 35. a6 $44)) 24. Rxg2 (24. d5 $2 Ne5 25. Rxg2 Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Nd4+ 27.
Kf1 Ba6 $17) 24... cxd4 25. Bg5 $1 $138 Nf6 $4 $138 {An unforced error in time
trouble.} (25... Bxg5 $1 26. Rxg5 (26. Bb3+ Kf8 27. Rxg5 Nc3 28. f3 Ra8 29. Kd2
Bxe4 30. Rcg1 $40) 26... Nc3 27. f3 Rf8 (27... Ra8 $2 28. Kd2 $40) 28. Bb3+ Kh7
29. Rc2 Rxf3 30. Rcg2 Re3+ 31. Kf1 Rf3+ 32. Ke1 Re3+ $11) (25... Re8 $6 26.
Bb3+ Kf8 (26... Kh7 27. Rc7 $40 {is no different.}) 27. Rc7 Bxe4 28. Bxe7+ Rxe7
29. Rc8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxg7 Nc3 32. Kd2 Ne5 33. a6 $36 {and the a
pawn is very strong.}) 26. f3 $2 {Missing the tactical shot.Actually going
over variations earlier I have seen this motive but I have forgotten about it
when the postion occured over the board.} (26. a6 $1 Ba8 (26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4
Nxe4 28. Bxe7 $18) (26... Bxa6 27. Bxa4 bxa4 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Rc6 Bd3 30. Rxf6
Bxe4 31. f3 $18) 27. Bxa4 bxa4 28. f3 Kf7 29. Rc4 $18) 26... Nc3 27. Bb3+ $2 {
An absolutely idiotic check.I have played the remaining moves in the game
without showing any spark of intelligence.} (27. Kd2 Kf8 28. Rcg1 Rd7 29. h4 $1
{and it is difficult to find a defence for black.} Bc6 (29... Bxa3 $2 30. Bxf6
gxf6 31. a6 Bxa6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. R1g7+ Kd6 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Ra8 $18) (29...
Nh5 $2 30. Bxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rg6 $16) 30. h5 $3 Nxh5 31. Rh1 $18) 27... Kf8 28.
Rd2 Ke8 {Black not only has a great position now but he nicely set up a threat
29...Nfe4.} 29. e5 $4 (29. h4 $8 Bxa3 (29... Nh5 30. Kf2 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Nf4 (
31... Ke7 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd4 Bxe4 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. fxe4 Nxe4+ 36. Kf3 $18)
32. Rh1 $36) (29... Bd6 30. h5) (29... Rd7 30. Be6 Rd6 31. Bf5 $40) 30. Ra1 Bb4
(30... Be7 31. a6 Ra8 32. Rxd4 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Bxa6 34. e5 Nh5 35. Bc2 Bxg5 36.
hxg5 Ke7 37. Rh4 Ng3 38. Rh7 $16) 31. a6 Bxe4 (31... Bxa6 32. e5 $1 $16) 32.
fxe4 Ncxe4 33. Ke2 {and this ending can easily turn out to be bad for black
because of the very strong a passer.} Nxd2 34. Bxd2 Bxd2 35. Kxd2 Ne4+ 36. Ke1
(36. Ke2 Ra8 37. Bc2 Nc5 38. Bd3 b4 39. Ra5 Nxd3 40. Kxd3 b3 $11) 36... Nc3 37.
a7 Ra8 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. Ra6 Kc8 40. Kd3 Kb7 41. Rg6 Kxa7 42. Kxd4 Ne2+ 43. Ke3
Re8+ $11) 29... Nh5 $2 {Forgetting about his threat.} (29... Nfe4 $1 30. Bxe7
Nxd2 31. Kxd2 Kxe7 32. Rg1 Kf8 (32... Bd5 $6 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxg7+ Ke6 35. a6
Kxe5 36. a7 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Kxd4 Nc7 39. Rg6+ Ne6+ 40. Kc3 Rxa7 41. Kb4 $11
) 33. Rg4 $17 {Despite of all these abuse white's position was still resistent.
}) 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Kf2 Nf4 32. h4 Bc8 $1 {Actually I have missed this move
too.Strangely I have thought that black was in a zugzwang.} 33. h5 $4 {It is
not only with the time trouble I believe I have become upset about the turn of
events.} (33. Rxd4 $8 {if you do not play this kind of move you are condemned
to lose.It was obviously only move to stay in the game.} Nd3+ (33... Rxd4 34.
Rxc3 Rd3 (34... Be6 $2 35. Ke3 Bxb3 36. Kxd4 Ne2+ 37. Kd3 Nxc3 38. Kxc3 $18)
35. Rxc8 Rxb3 36. a4 $3 $11) 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Bc2 $44) 33... Bf5 $2 {He
allows it for a second time.} (33... Be6 $1 $19) 34. Rh1 $4 {Missing it for a
second time.Like Turks say grasshopper jumps once and then twice...} (34. Rxd4
Rxd4 35. Rxc3 Rd7 36. a6 Nxh5 37. Rc5 Ra7 38. Rxb5 Rxa6 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. a4 $44
{is still tough.}) 34... Nd3+ 35. Kg3 Nc5 $5 $19 (35... Nxe5 $19 {was good
enough to win.}) 36. Bc2 $2 (36. Ba2 Ra8 $19) 36... d3 37. Bxd3 Bxd3 $1 {
Threatening the fork.Actually 3 pieces are too much for a rook.} 38. Kh4 $4 {
The last nail on my coffin!Even if I was in a very bad time trouble why did I
have to lose my f3 pawn?Blind!} Rd4+ 39. f4 Rxf4+ 40. Kh3 N3e4 41. Rg2 Ne6 42.
Kh2 N6g5 {I had to resign long time ago!} 43. Rb2 Rh4+ 44. Kg2 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Nis op"]
[Site "Nis"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanov, Emil"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 $5 {I decided to go for the Lundin Line.} 9. Na4 {A strange decision,} ({
since the main line is} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O (11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nd2 (
12. O-O Be7) 12... Rc8) 11... Bd6 $13) 9... c5 10. O-O Bb7 ({An objectively
better try is} 10... cxd4 $142 11. Nxd4 Bb7) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 ({There is no need
for} 11... Nxc5 $6 12. Bb5+ Ncd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qd4 Rd8 15. Bd2 Qa5 16. Bc6
Be7 $1 {Kramnik-Topalov, WCH (m/8) 2006.}) 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 {I had
already had this position more than 20 years ago: Karagiannis-Atalik,S,
Ilioupolis 1995.} 14. Bd2 (14. Qe2 Qb6 15. e4 $5 $146) (14. Nd4 Qd5 15. f3 Rhd8
16. Qe1 a5 17. b3 Kf8 18. Bb2 e5 19. Nf5 (19. e4 Qd6) 19... Qe6 $13) 14... a5 (
14... Qb6 $5 15. Qe2 a5) 15. a3 (15. Nd4 Qd5 16. f3) 15... Bxf3 $146 {An over
the board novelty with which the engines agree.} 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 $2 Qxd2 17.
Rac1 Ncd7 18. Rfd1 Qxb2) 16... Qd5 17. Qe2 $6 ({I was more concerned about} 17.
axb4 Nb3 18. Bc6 Qxc6 19. Qxb3 Rhd8 (19... Qxf3 $6 20. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
$16) 20. Bc3 Qxf3 21. bxa5 Ne4 $11) 17... Nb3 18. Rad1 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Rhd8 20.
Bd3 $6 {Draw offer.} (20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Be1 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 (22... Qxb5 23.
Qxb3) 23. Qe2 bxa3 24. bxa3 Nc1 25. Qc4 Qxf3+ 26. Rg2 $11) 20... Qh5 21. Kg2 (
21. Be1 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rac8 $40) 21... Rd5 (21... Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd5 $40) (21...
bxa3 22. bxa3 Rd5 23. Be1) 22. e4 $6 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Rg5+ $2 {It is very strange
that I rejected a double rook ending with a clear pawn up.} (23... Nxe4 $1 24.
fxe4 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxd3 26. axb4 axb4 27. Rc1 $17) 24. Kh1 Rd8 $6 (24... Qh4
25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rb8 29. Rd1 Nh5 $17) 25. Qe3
$1 h6 $2 (25... bxa3 26. bxa3 Rc5) 26. axb4 axb4 27. Be2 Qh3 28. Qa7+ $2 ({
Emil failed to see} 28. Rg1 $1 Ng4 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. Qc5+ Kf6 31. e5+ Kg5 32.
fxg4 Rxd2 33. Qc1 $1 $18 {We both thought in time trouble that ...Ng4? was
actually winning.}) 28... Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qh5 32. Qd4
$1 $11 (32. Qe3 $2 Qe5) 32... Qg5+ 33. Kf1 b3 $5 (33... Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qg5+ $11)
34. Qb4+ Qc5 (34... Nc5 $2 35. f4) 35. Qxb3 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 {Emil decided to call
it a day,} ({but he could have played on:} 36. Bd1 Qd2 (36... Qf4 $6 37. Qa3+
Kf6 38. Qc3+ Ne5 39. b4) 37. Qa3+ (37. Qc2 Qd6) 37... Kf6 38. Qc3+ Qxc3 39.
bxc3 Ke5 40. Ke2 Nc5 41. Ke3 g5 $11 {and there is no way through for White's
king.}) 36... Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Qf4 38. Kg1 Qg5+ 39. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 12th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ptuj"]
[BlackTeam "Maribor Nova KBM Kovinar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 {GM Tukmakov sticks to his Meran.} 5. Nf3
Nbd7 6. Bd3 {Perhaps I have to check more " Eingorn's System".} dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 {This is not the only
move.} (12... h6 13. Re1 a6) 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Be7 $5 {A Tukmakov's
speciality with both colors!} 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 {I have lost my balls or
what?} (16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bb5 Kg7 18. Qxd4 N5b6 $1 $11) 16... Be7 17. Bh6 Bf8 {
I was happy with a draw after my 80 moves game with GM Stevic in the morning.
Anyway i drew a great player.} 18. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flumbort, Andras"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 a6 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qg4
N7b6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Bf6 h5 $2 ({Essential was} 18... Rg8) {
[%tqu "En","Black has been rather careless. How can White highlight this?",
"Exploit a shaky position of the h8-rook.","Play energetically not to allow
Black any time for defence.","g4e6","This terrific blow yields White a
decisive material advantage.",5]} 19. Qxe6+ $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh8][%cal Gd4e6,
Gd3g6,Gf6h8] After this spectacular sacrifice Black is doomed.} fxe6 (19...
Qxe6 20. Nxe6 {loses as well.}) 20. Bxg6+ Qf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxh8 Bc5 23.
Nb3 Be7 24. Bf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 Kxf6 26. Nc5 Bd5 27. Nd3 Rg8 28. Nf4 Kf5 29. Nxd5
Nxd5 30. g3 Nf4 31. Kf1 Nd3 32. Re3 Nc5 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1] RR} 1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 c5 {
This line has not so bad reputation according to the theory,but stangely
enough is a very rare guest in our days. '!?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Ein sehr seltener
Zug.'} ({Die Hauptvariante ist} 12... O-O {Lutz} 13. e5 Nd7) 13. Qa4+ $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty white - sacrifices central pawn (typical idea in
such a kind of positions) and will try to use a bad position of black king. 
Lutz: 'Dieses Schach ist eine Neuerung, die wahrscheinlich den Schwarzspielern
die Lust an 12...c5?! nehmen wird. In den wenigen Vorgängerpartien wurde meist
13.Bb5+ gespielt.'} (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 {
[%cal Gh4f6,Ge5d7]} Qc7 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nc4 Rfd8 $11 {1-0
Olafsson,H-Rodgaard,J/Munkebo 1998/CBM 67/[Hecht] (46)}) (13. e5 $5 Nd5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Qd7 (15... Qc7 $142 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Qh3 h5 $13)
16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qg4 Kf8 18. Bg5 $36 {Gheorghiu,F-Savon,V/Moscow/1971/0,5/44/} (
18. Bg5 {Lutz} h5 19. Qh4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qe7 21. Be4 g6 22. Rad1 Kg7 23. Rd3
Rac8 24. Rf3 Rhf8 25. b3 Rc3 26. Rf6 Nxf6 27. exf6+ Qxf6 28. Bxb7 Rc2 29. Qe4
Rxa2 30. h4 Rb8 31. Bc6 Ra1 32. g3 a5 33. Nf3 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5
36. Ne5 Rc8 37. Ba4 Kf6 38. Nc4 Rc5 39. Ke2 e5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd3 Rd5+ 42. Ke3
Rc5 43. Kd3 e4+ 44. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Savon,V/Moscow 1971/MCL (44)})) (
13. Bb5+ {Lutz} Kf8 14. e5 Nd5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. Bd3 Kg8
19. Ne4 Be7 $13 {0-1 Horvath,C-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny 1996/CBM 55/[Lutz] (40)})
13... Kf8 (13... Nd7 {Lutz} 14. Ne5 {ist sehr unangenehm.}) 14. Re1 {Lutz:
'Weiß ist nun nicht zu e4-e5 gezwungen (im Vergleich zu der Stellung nach 13.
Bb5+ Kf8).'} h6 $2 {I think the decisive mistake, after which black is
hopeless against the white intiative.  Lutz: 'Ein glatter Tempoverlust.'} (
14... cxd4 $142 15. Bg5 $1 $44 (15. Bd2 a5 16. Rac1 Nd7) (15. Bf4 Nd7 $11 {
Lutz: 'hat Schwarz Gegenspiel.'}) 15... Nd7 (15... h6 16. Bh4) (15... Qb6 16.
Rac1 $44) 16. Bxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qb5 Nc5 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Rac1 $36 {[%csl Gf8]}) 15.
Bf4 cxd4 16. Rac1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c7] /\Rc7} Ne8 {[%csl Gc7]} 17. Rc4 $16 {
[%csl Gd4] White wins back the central pawn and black still cannot do anything
against white attack with equal material.  Lutz: 'Nun ist klar, dass das
schwarze Eröffnungsexperiment fehlgeschlagen ist.'} a5 (17... Qb6 18. Be5 $1 {
[%cal Ge5d4]}) 18. Rxd4 Qb6 {[%cal Ge7c5]} 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Ne5 $1 Nf6 (20...
Bc8 21. Rd7) (20... Kg8 {Lutz} 21. Nd7 Qc7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 {, und Weiß
dringt mit dem Turm nach d7 ein.}) 21. Rd7 $1 {'+-!' Lutz.} Bxe3 22. Rxf7+ Kg8
23. Rxe3 Qc5 (23... Rd8 24. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 25. Rg3+ Kf8 (25... Kh7 26. Nd7 $18)
26. Qd7 $3 $18) 24. Rg3 $1 (24. Rxb7 Qxe5 $16 25. Rxb4 $140 Ng4 26. Rg3 Qf4 27.
Rxg4 Qxg4 $16) 24... Nh5 {Lutz: 'Aufgabe: Matt in 11 Zügen !'} 25. Rgxg7+ $3 {
'!' Lutz.} (25. Qd1 $5 {Lutz ist auch nicht schlecht, führt aber nur zu
Damengewinn.} Qxe5 (25... Nxg3 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg4+ {nebst Damengewinn.})
26. Qxh5 Qxh5 27. Rgxg7#) 25... Nxg7 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qd7+ Kf6 28. Ng4+ Kg6 (
28... Kg5 29. Qg7+ Kf4 30. g3+ Kf3 31. Qf6+ Kxg4 32. Qh4+ Kf3 33. Qf4#) 29. e5+
Be4 (29... Kg5 30. Qg7+ Kf4 31. Qf6+ Kxg4 32. h3+ Kh5 33. g4#) 30. Bxe4+ Kg5
31. Qd2+ $1 Kxg4 32. h3+ Kh5 33. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {This move already surprised me, as I had rather expected a Kings
Indian.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O $5 Bd6 ({Of course black has
more alternatives:} 12... Nf6 13. Bd3 axb2 14. Bxb2 $44) (12... axb2 13. Bxb2
Be7 $6 (13... Nf6 $142) 14. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Gh7]} h6 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. d5 exd5
17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Najer,E-Potkin,V/Ubeda 2001/CBM 80 ext (40)}) (
12... Be7 $5 {0-1 Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (53)}) 13. b4 $5
{[%mdl 8] A very interesting try to improve white's play in this line. I would
say, that such a pawn sacrifice is already a typical idea in the Meran with 8..
.Bb7.} ({Some months ago white has tried:} 13. b3 Qe7 14. Qc2 (14. Nd2 $5 {
[%cal Gd2c4]}) 14... O-O 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,
A-Yevseev,D/St Petersburg RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 441 (30)}) 13... Nf6 (
13... Bxb4 $143 14. Qb3 a5 (14... Qb6 $6 15. Bxa3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 $36 {[%csl Ge8]
[%cal Gf1b1]}) 15. Bxa3 Qb6 16. Bxb4 axb4 (16... Qxb4 17. Qc2 {[%cal Gf1b1]})
17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Nd6 Qb6 20. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Gb4]}) 14. Bd3 Nd5 $1 (
14... Bxb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. Bxa3 $44) 15. Bxa3 (15. b5 $143 $2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Nxb5
17. e4 Be7 $1 {[%csl Gd4] and white should fight for equality.}) 15... Nxb4 16.
Bxb4 (16. Ne5 a5 17. Bxb4 axb4 $1) 16... Bxb4 {Now I had to figure out what
was the point of my play.} 17. Ne5 ({Another very interesting alternative was:
} 17. Ba6 $5 {but black holds after correct} Qb6 $1 (17... Bxa6 $143 18. Rxa6 {
[%csl Ga7,Gc6]} O-O 19. Ne5 c5 20. Nc6 {[%csl Gb4]} Qd7 21. Qc2 $16) (17... Qc8
18. Qd3 O-O 19. Rfc1 $1 (19. Rfb1 c5 20. Ng5 (20. dxc5 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Qxc5 $15)
20... g6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. dxc5 a5 23. Ne4 Rfd8 $11) 19... Be7 20. Ne5 c5 21.
dxc5 Bf6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rab1 $1 $16 Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Nd7 Rfc8 26. c6
Rc7 27. Rb7 Rac8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb8a6]}) (17... Rb8 18.
Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne5 O-O 20. Nxc6 Qb6 21. Qa4 Bd6 22. Nxa7 $1 Ra8 23. Qc6 $16) 18.
Qd3 O-O 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 (19... Rab8 $5) 20. Ne5 (20. Ng5 g6 21. Ne4 Bxa6 22. Rxa6
Qb5 $1 {does not promise white any advantage}) 20... c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxb7
Rxb7 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Nc6 Bc3 $1 26. Rxb7 Bxa1 $11) 17... a5 $1 (
17... Bd6 18. Nc4 Bb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Nxa5 $1 Bxa5 21. Qxb7 O-O 22. Qxc6 $16)
18. Qh5 (18. Qc2 Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Ge8g8]} (18... Qc7 19. Be4) (18... Rc8
{[%cal Gc6c5]} 19. Be4 f5 (19... g6 20. Rfb1 $40 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 20. Bf3 O-O
21. Rfc1 $44) 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Nxc6 Rfc8 21. Be4 Ra6 {and black is not worse
for sure}) 18... Qc7 $1 {The last strong move in black's very tough defence.
Black dark-squared bishop is coming back to help his king to make castle.
Probably white has not enough resources to fight for advantage.} ({Much worse
was:} 18... g6 19. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6g7]} (19. Qf3 $143 $6 O-O 20. Be4 Qd6 21. Bxc6
Bxc6 22. Nxc6 a4 $11) 19... Bf8 20. Qf4 (20. Qh3 Bb4) 20... f6 21. Rfb1 $1 {
[%csl Gb7]} Bb4 22. Qh6 $1 $40 {[%csl Ge8] and white has a very dangerous
attack, for example:} fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Qxb7 $16 {[%csl Gc6,Gh7]}) 19. Rfc1
(19. Rfb1 Rb8 20. Ra2 g6 21. Qh6 Bf8 {leads to roughly the same situation as
in the game.}) 19... g6 20. Qh6 Bf8 21. Qg5 (21. Qf4 Bd6) 21... Be7 ({Secretly
hoping for:} 21... Bd6 $2 22. Nxc6 $1 O-O (22... Bxc6 $140 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 $2 24.
Bb5 $18) 23. Nxa5 $16) 22. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Franco,Z} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 (12.
O-O {Ftacnik} axb2 13. Bxb2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Qb1 Rb8 16. Rxa7 Qb6 17. Qa2
O-O 18. Rb1 Ra8 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V (01)/New York PCA 25' (3)/1994/0.5 
(25)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qa4 c5 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rd1 O-O {0.5/Karpov,An-Kramnik,V/Dortmund (02)/1995/}
) 13. O-O (13. Qc2 {Ftacnik} h6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Bb4 O-O 16. Bxd6 (16. Nd2 $5)
16... Qxd6 17. Nd2 (17. O-O f5 18. Bd3 c5) 17... Rab8 18. O-O c5 19. Bxb7 {
0.5/Vyzmanavin,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Leon/1993/} Rxb7 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Nxc5 Rc7 $10) 13... Bd6 14. Bb2 $1 {x "c" x "c"} (14. Rb1 {Ftacnik} O-O 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Bb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxc5 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Qa4 Qc5 23. Nd4 Rfc8 $10 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares (01)/1993/0.5 
(29)}) 14... O-O {[%csl Yg7,Yh7,Rc6] Ftacnik Due to the weakness on c6 white
can even dream about attack against kingside.} 15. Rc1 Nf6 $6 (15... Rac8 $5) (
15... Rfd8 $5) (15... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 16. d5 $1 exd5 (16... Nc5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7
18. Ng5+ Kh6 (18... Kg8 19. Qh5 Rfc8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bxg7+ $18) 19. Qg4 Bxh2+
20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rxc5 Bxb2 22. d6 $1 Qxd6 23. Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qh5#) 17. Bxh7+
Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kh6 19. Qg4 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qh7+
Kxg5 24. f4+ Bxf4 25. exf4+ Qxf4 26. Qg7+ $18) 16. Bd3 (16. Bb1 Ba6 17. Re1
Rab8 $10) 16... Qe7 17. e4 $5 (17. Qa4 $1) 17... Bf4 (17... Bxa3 18. e5 (18.
Bxa3 {Franco,Z} Qxa3 19. e5 (19. Rc5 {Ftacnik} Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qc2 $14)
19... Nd7 (19... Nd5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 $14) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22.
Rb1 $5 {/\ Rb3} (22. Qh5 $2 Qd3) 22... Ba6 23. Rb3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Bxf1 $13)
18... Bxb2 (18... Nd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (19... Kh8 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Be4 $16) 20.
Qd3+ Kg8 21. Bxa3 c5 22. Rxc5 (22. dxc5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxe5 24. Qe4 Ng6 25. Rc3
Rfd8 26. c6 Qc7 $10) (22. Rc3 $1 Rfd8 (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg5 24. Qe4 $16) 23.
Rfc1 $14 Rac8 24. h3) 22... Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qd8 $1 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 19. exf6
gxf6 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Re1 $1 {Akopian} (21. Ne5 f5 $1 (21... fxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kg7
23. Qg4+ Kxh7 (23... Kh8 24. Qh5 f6 25. Bf5+ (25. Bg6+ Kg8 26. Rb3 $18) 25...
Kg8 26. Qg4+ Qg7 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Qh3+ Qh7 29. Qxa3) 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kf6
(25... Kh7 26. Rb3 $18) 26. f4 $1 $18) 22. Qh5 f6 23. Nc4 Bb4) (21. Rb3 f5 22.
Bxf5 exf5 23. Re1 Qf6 $13) 21... Bb4 (21... Bd6 22. Nh4 {/\Qh5}) (21... Rfb8 $1
22. Nh4 (22. d5 $1 c5 (22... Bc8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nd4 Qf8 (24... Rb6 25. Qh5
Kf8 26. Nxc6 Qc5 (26... Qd6 27. Qxh7 Ke8 28. Nxa7 Bd7 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Nc8 Qb4
31. Qg8+ $18) 27. Qxh7 Ke8 28. dxe6 $18) 25. Re3 (25. Qf3 $1 f5 $2 (25... Kh8
$2 26. Bxh7 (26. Qe4 Qg7 27. Nxc6 $44) (26. Nxc6 $1 Rb7 27. Qxf6+ Qg7 28. Qd8+
Qf8 29. Qh4 Qg7 30. Ba6 Qc3 31. Rf1 $18) 26... Kxh7 27. Nxc6 Rb7) (25... Bd6
26. Nxc6 Rb6 27. Qxf6 $16 exd5 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh5 $18) (25... Qg7 26. Nxc6
Rb6 27. Bxh7+ $18) 26. Qg3+) 25... Bd6 $13) 23. Nh4 Bxd5 (23... Qf8 24. Bxh7+ (
24. Qh5 $1 f5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Nxf5 $18) 24... Kxh7 25. Qd3+ f5 26. Qxa3 Bxd5)
24. Qh5 Kf8 25. Qxh7 (25. Rbd1 Bb4 26. Nf5 $18) 25... Ke8) 22... Bc8 (22... Qf8
$2 23. Rb3 Bb4 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qb1+) 23. Nf5 $6 (23. Qh5 Kf8 24. Qxh7 $1 (
24. Nf5 Rxb1 25. Bxb1 exf5 $2 (25... Qb4 $1) 26. Rxe7 Kxe7) 24... Ke8 25. Be4
Bd7 26. Rbd1 $44) 23... Qf8) 22. Nh4 Bxe1 23. Bxh7+ (23. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 24. Nf5
Rg8 25. Qxg8+ Kxg8 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Rxb7 $18) 23... Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Rb3
$2 (25. Qg4+ Kh8 (25... Kh6 26. Rb3 Rg8 27. Nf5+ $18) (25... Kh7 26. Nf5 exf5
27. Qxf5+ Kh6 28. Qh3+ $10 (28. Rb3 Rg8 $19)) 26. Qh5+ $10) 25... Qd6 (25...
Rg8 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Rxg8+ Kd7 $19) 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Rh3 $18) 18.
Rc2 Rac8 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Rad8 20. c6 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $16) 19. Qb1
$1 {x "b", x h7. x "b", x h7.} Rfd8 (19... c5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 $18) 20.
e5 {Purely agressive move in order to expell the defender Nf6.} Nd7 (20... Nd5
21. g3 (21. Rc5 $1 g6 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 $16) (21. Rc5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 21...
Bh6 22. Rc5 g6 23. Bc1 Bf8 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Bxd8 Bxc5) 21. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Yd3h7]
Unusual motive of clearing b1-h7 diagonal for the attack.} Bxc1 22. Bxh7+ $1
Kh8 (22... Kxh7 $1 23. Rcxc1+ Kg8 24. Qxb7 Qxa3 25. Ra1 (25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxc6
Nb6 $44) 25... Qd3 26. Qxa7 c5 27. Rfd1 $14) 23. Rfxc1 (23. Rcxc1 Rb8 24. Bd3
Qxa3) 23... Ba6 (23... Rb8 24. Be4 Qxa3 25. Ra2 $18) 24. Be4 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 (
25... Nxc5 26. Qb4 $18) 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb4 $1 Rc8 (27... Qd7 28. Rxc5 Qd1+
29. Ne1 Qe2 30. h4 Rd1 31. Rc8+ $18) 28. h4 g6 29. Ng5 Kg7 30. Rc3 $1 (30. Bxg6
Kxg6 31. Qg4 Kh6) 30... Rc7 31. Bxg6 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rg7] Ftacnik Black is given
a choice, either e6 square or the K will suffer.} Kxg6 (31... fxg6 32. Rxc5
Rxc5 33. Qxc5 (33. Qxc5 {Ftacnik} Qxc5 34. Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nxc5 $18)) 32. Qg4 (
32. Rg3 Kf5 $1 33. Nf3 Ne4) 32... Kh6 (32... f5 33. exf6 Kxf6 34. Qf4+ Kg6 (
34... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 35. Rg3 Kh8 36. Nf7+ Qxf7 37. Qh6+ Qh7 38. Qf8+) 35. Rg3
$18) 33. Rf3 Be2 (33... f5 34. exf6 Qf8 (34... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 35. Rg3 $18) 35.
f7 $18) 34. Nxf7+ Qxf7 (34... Kh7 {Ftacnik} 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37. h5#)
35. Qg5+ (35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Qe3) (35. Rxf7 Bxg4 36. Rxc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Be7 $5 $146 (13... Rc8 14.
Bg5 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Nfd2 cxd4 17. Nc4 Rxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxe5 19. Rc1 f5 20. Bxd5
$1 Bxd5 21. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 24. Qh6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+
Kxg7 26. Bf6+ Kg8 27. Bxe5 fxe4 28. Bxd4 $1 $18 {Speelman,J-Van De
Oudeweetering,A/NED/1992/1:0 (40) Inf 56/479/}) (13... h6 14. Nfd2 Be7 15. Nc4
O-O 16. Ncd6 Bc6 17. Nxc5 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nb8 $1 19. Ne4 a5 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Bd3
$14 {Khenkin,I-Shabalov,A/Minsk/1990/1:0 (48)/}) (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. Bg5
Qa5 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bh4 (16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 N5xb6 $10 {Speelman,J-Sherbakov,
R/London/1992/0,5 (42) Inf 55/439/}) 16... Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. a5
Qa7 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Bd3 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Sorokin,M/SSSR(ch)/1:0 (32) Inf 53/
423/}) 14... Qb6 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. a5 Qa7 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Rc4 $14 {
Piesina,G-Ruzele,D/LTU(ch)/1993/1:0 (35)/}) 14. Bg5 O-O (14... Bxg5 $6 15. Nd6+
Kf8 16. Nxb7 Qe7 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bf3 $16) 15. Nd6 (15. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 16. Nd6
Rfb8 (16... Bc6 17. Rc1 $14) 17. Rc1 (17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. a5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5
20. Bc4 $14) 17... f6 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bc4 $14) 15... Bxg5 (15... Bc6 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Rc1 $14) 16. Nxb7 Qe7 (16... Qc7 $6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxg5 $16) 17.
Nxc5 $6 (17. Nxg5 $5 Qxg5 18. Bf3 Nf4 (18... cxd4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. f4 $16) 19.
dxc5 (19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rad8 $13) 19... Nxe5 20. Rc1 $14) 17... Nxc5 18.
dxc5 Bh6 $13 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. c6 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. a5 $6 (22. Be4 $5 Qxc6 23.
Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nd4 $10 (25. Rad1 Rc2 26. b3 Rc3 27. Nd4 Re8 28.
Rfe1 Bf8)) 22... Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. g3 (24. Nd4 $5 Rc7 25. Nb3) 24... Rc5
25. Rfe1 (25. Nd4 $5 Ne3 26. Rfe1 Ng4 27. Nf3) 25... b3 $5 26. Ra3 (26. Nd4 Nb4
(26... Rb8 $5) 27. Bf1 Nc2 $2 28. Nxb3 $16) 26... Rb8 27. Nd4 (27. Bxa6 $2 Nb4
28. Bf1 Nc2 $19) (27. Be4 $5 Bc1 28. Re2 $13) 27... Nb4 28. Rxb3 $2 (28. Be4)
28... Rd8 $1 29. Re4 (29. Rxb4 Bd2 $19) 29... Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rcd5 $19 31. f4 Bf8
32. Kg2 Bc5 33. Nb3 $8 Rxd3 34. Nxc5 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Nxa6 Ra8 37. Nc5
Rxa5 38. Rc4 Raa2 39. Ne4 Rxh2+ (39... h5 $6 40. Kh4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg5) 40. Kg4 Kg7
41. Nf6 Ra3 $6 (41... Ra8 $5 42. Rc3 h5+ 43. Kg5 h4 44. g4 h3 $19) 42. Ne8+ Kh6
$8 (42... Kf8 $2 43. Rc8 Rg2 44. Kg5 $18) 43. Rc1 $1 g5 (43... Ra8 44. Nd6 Ra7
45. Rc8 Rd7 46. Ne8 Rhd2 47. Nf6 $44) 44. fxg5+ Kg6 45. Rf1 f5+ $6 (45... Ra4+
46. Rf4 h5+ 47. gxh6 Rxf4+ 48. gxf4 Rxh6 $17) 46. gxf6 (46. exf6 $5) 46... Rg2
47. Ng7 $2 (47. f7 $2 Rgxg3+ 48. Kh4 Rh3+ 49. Kg4 Rag3+ 50. Kf4 Kxf7 $19) 47...
Rgxg3+ $19 48. Kh4 Rh3+ 49. Kg4 Rag3+ 50. Kf4 h5 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd4 Rg4+ 53.
Kc5 Re3 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O (9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O (13. Nd2 O-O
14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Rb1 Ra7 $1 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. O-O c5 19. Ba3 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Rc7 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxd4 Rc7 24. c4 $14 {Hansen,L-Bagirov,
V/Debrecen/1992/1:0 (81) Inf 56/492/}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 (14. c4 c5 15. Ba3 Qa5
16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 {Seirawan,Y-Kramnik,V/Manila(ol)/
1992/0:1 (61) Inf 55/437/}) 14... Qc7 (14... c5 15. Rb1 $5 h6 16. Bh4 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Bd7 18. Ne5 $16 {Jurka,M-Sherbakov,R/Pardubice/1992/}) 15. Bd3 c5 16. Re1
Bb7 17. Ne5 {Gleizerov,E-Nalbandian,T/Voskresensk/1993/1:0 (47)/}) 9... c5 $5 (
9... Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4) 10. d5 $5 $146 (10. e4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. f3 Bc5 13. Be3 O-O $10) 10... exd5 (10... b4 $6 11. dxe6 fxe6
(11... bxc3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. bxc3 $16) 12. Na4 Bb7 13. Ng5 $16) 11. Nxd5 Bb7
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $5 (12... Nxf6 13. a4 b4 (13... Qb6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8
16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Ne5 $18) 14. b3 Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Ne5 $14) 13. a4 b4 (13...
Qb6 14. b3 Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qd3
Bc6 20. Ne5 $16) 14. e4 $1 h6 (14... Bxe4 $6 15. Ng5 Bg6 (15... Bb7 16. Re1 $1
Be7 17. Bc4 $16) 16. Bf3 Ra7 17. Re1+ Be7 18. Qe2 $44) 15. Bc4 Nb6 (15... Rd8
16. Qe2 Be7 17. e5 Qg6 18. Re1) 16. e5 $5 Qg6 (16... Bxf3 17. exf6 Bxd1 18.
Re1+ $1 $18) (16... Qc6 $5 17. Be2 Be7 18. a5 Nd5 (18... Nd7 19. Bc4 Nf8 $13)
19. Bc4 O-O 20. Qe2 Nc7 $5) 17. Bd3 Qe6 $5 (17... Qc6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bg6+ $16)
18. a5 Nd7 (18... Nd5 19. Nd2 $1 Be7 20. Nc4 O-O 21. f4 $36) 19. b3 (19. Re1 $5
Be7 20. Nd2 O-O 21. Nc4 Qd5 22. Bf1 $14) 19... Be7 20. Bc4 Qc6 21. Bb2 (21. e6
fxe6 22. Re1 Nf8 23. Bb2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nh4 h5 $13) 21... Nf8 $1 (21...
O-O $6 22. e6 fxe6 23. Re1 $16) 22. Ne1 (22. e6 $6 Nxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bxg7
$2 Rg8 $19) 22... Ne6 23. f4 Qe4 (23... g6 $5 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Rg8 26. Qe2
Bg5 $13) 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Nxd3 g6 26. Rac1 Rd8 $1 27. Bxe6 fxe6 (27... Rxd3 28.
Bc4 Rd2 29. Rf2 $14) 28. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Rxc5 Rd2 30. Rf2 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rd2 32.
Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 a6 (9... b4 10. Ne4 (10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Na2 O-O 13. Nxb4
cxb4 14. b3 Qb6 15. Bb2 Rfc8 $10 {Granda Zuniga,T-Akopian,V/Biel(izt)/1993/})
10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. axb4 $1 Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 Qb6
$10 {Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Biel(izt)/1993/1:0 (29) Inf 58/483/}) 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nd2
$5 (11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 a5 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Bd2 $14 {Gligoric,
S-Sanguineti,R/Buenos Aires/1959/}) 11... a5 (11... O-O 12. Nb3 e5 13. O-O exd4
14. exd4 $16) 12. Nce4 Be7 $1 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bd2 $14) 13. Nxf6+
Nxf6 14. bxa5 (14. Rb1 $2 axb4 15. axb4 Nd5 $17) 14... O-O (14... Qxa5 15. O-O
O-O 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Qc2 $14) 15. Qc2 (15. O-O c5 16. Bxb5 cxd4 17. Nf3 (17. Nb3
$2 Qd5 $19) (17. exd4 $2 Qd5 $19) 17... Qxa5 $15) 15... c5 $1 16. dxc5 Rc8 17.
Nb3 $8 (17. O-O $2 Rxc5 18. Qb1 Rd5 $19) 17... Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bd5 19. Bb2 $6 (19.
Bd2 $142 $5 $13) 19... Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Rxc5 $15 21. a6 $1 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Qxa6 23.
Bd4 Rd5 $8 {>< b5/} 24. a4 $1 (24. Qb2 e5 $1 25. Bxe5 Rxd3 26. Kxd3 b4+ 27. Kd2
bxa3 $1 28. Qb3 Ne4+ 29. Ke1 g6 $17) 24... Qd6 (24... bxa4 $2 25. Qxd5 $1 Qxd3+
26. Kxd3 $16) (24... e5 $5 25. axb5 Qb7 26. Ra7 Qb8 $13) 25. axb5 Rxd4 $5 (
25... e5 26. Ra6 $1 Qd7 (26... Qb8 $2 27. Rxf6) 27. Ra7 Qd6 28. Ra6 $10) 26.
exd4 Qxd4 (26... Nd5 27. Kf1 Qxh2 28. Be4 $16) 27. Ra4 (27. Qc4 $5 Qe5+ 28. Kf1
Nd5 $13) 27... Qe5+ 28. Kf1 Qxh2 29. Be2 $1 Bd6 (29... Bc5 30. Qg3 $14) 30. b6
Bc5 31. Rg2 Qh1+ 32. Rg1 Qh2 33. Rg2 Qh1+ 34. Rg1 Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow,E"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 {
Dies verteidigungssystem, das von Rubinstein genau ausgearbeitet und im
Meraner Turnier 1924 zuerst angewendet wurde, ist zurzeit sehr beliebt und
wird Meraner Variante genannt.} 8. Be2 {etwas passiv} (8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10.
e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 $1) 8... a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne5 c5
13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne4 {Ein wichtiges psychologisches Moment: Weiß
glaubt etwas besser zu stehen und weicht daher von seiner Abtauschtaktik ab.}
Rad8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qe2 {[#]} cxd4 18. exd4 $2 {Weiß macht sich
unbegründeterweise einen schwachen Bauern.} ({Nötig war} 18. Bxd4 {falls} e5 {
so erzwingt} 19. Bc5 $1 {den sofortigen Ausgleich.}) 18... Rc8 19. g3 {Weiß
will gegen den späteren Zug Nd5-f4 Vorkehrungen treffen, schwächt aber dabei
die Diagonale a8-h1.} Qa8 $1 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1
h6 24. Bb2 Nb6 25. h3 ({Warum nicht} 25. Nc5) 25... Qc8 26. Qd3 Nd5 {
provoziert a3} 27. a3 Nb6 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Nd2 a5 31. Qc3 {Weiß
stand sehr unbequem. Den Partiezug nützt jetzt Dr.Lasker ausgezeichnet aus.}
Bxf3+ $1 (31... Qxc3 32. Bxc3 Bxf3+ 33. Kxf3 $1) 32. Nxf3 (32. Qxf3 Nd5 $1 {
/\Qc2} 33. Qe4 f5 $1 34. Qf3 Qc2 35. Qe2 Kf7 $19) 32... Qxc3 33. Bxc3 {[%mdl
4096] [#]} a4 $1 34. bxa4 (34. b4 Nc4 {Gewinnt den Bauern a3. Diese Wendung
ist nur möglich, weil der Springer nach f3 abgelenkt worden ist.}) 34... bxa4
35. Kf1 {Weiß beeilt sich, den König zur Verteidigung heranzuziehen.} (35. Bb4
Bxb4 36. axb4 a3 37. Nd2 a2 38. Nb3 Kf8 39. Kf1 (39. Kf3 Ke7 {Zieht der König
in die e-Linie, fällt der b-Bauer durch Nb6-d5} 40. Ke4 Nd5) 39... Ke7 40. Ke1
Nd5 41. b5 Nc3 42. b6 Kd6 43. Kd2 Na4 {Schwarz gewinnt leicht.} (43... Nb5))
35... Bxa3 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Nd5 38. Be1 Bd6 39. Kc4 Ke7 40. Ne5 Bxe5 41.
dxe5 Kd7 42. Bd2 h5 43. Bc1 (43. Kb5 a3 44. Bc1 Nc3+ 45. Kc4 a2 46. Bb2 Nd1 $19
) 43... Kc6 44. Ba3 Nb6+ 45. Kd4 Kb5 46. Bf8 Nc4 47. Kc3 g6 48. f4 Ne3 49. Kd3
Nd5 {Droht h5-h4.} 50. Ba3 ({Falls dies durch} 50. h4 {verhindert werden
sollte, so} Nb6 51. Z0 Nc4 {[%csl Yf5] und der Springer kommt schließlich nach
f5.}) 50... h4 51. gxh4 Nxf4+ 52. Ke4 Nh5 ({Natürlich nicht} 52... Nxh3 $4 {
wegen} 53. Kf3 Kc4 54. Kg3 Ng1 55. Kf2 {und der schwarze Springer wird
fortwährend verfolgt.}) 53. Kf3 Kc4 54. Bb2 Kb3 55. Ba1 a3 56. Kg4 Kc2 57. Kg5
Kd3 {Falls der weiße König auf den Bauern f7 losmarschiert, so kommt der
schwarze nach f5 und gewinnt leicht.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxe6 O-O (13... fxe6
14. Qa4+ $16) 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Bc4 a5 16. Rd1 (16. O-O $2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxd2 18.
Rad1 a4 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qc4 Qxb2 $17) 16... Qc7 17. O-O Rad8 18. h3 Ba7 19.
Bc1 Rc8 20. Be2 Bb8 21. Rfe1 (21. g3 $2 Ne4 {/\ Ng3}) 21... Ne4 (21... Be4 22.
Rd4 Bc2 23. Qc4) 22. h4 (22. Rd4 Ng5 23. Rf4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 (25.
Rxf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qh1+ $19) 25... Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kg2
Bxf4 28. exf4 Rfc8 $17) 22... Nf6 23. Qa4 (23. Rd4 $2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Qh2+ 25.
Kf1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qh1+ $19) 23... h6 (23... Rfe8 $5) 24. a3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26.
Qf5 Qc7 27. axb4 axb4 28. Bd2 Be4 29. Qb5 Bc2 30. Rc1 b3 31. Bb4 Rfe8 32. Bd3
Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Be1 Be5 36. Qxb3 Rb8 37. Qd3 Bxb2 38. Kh2
Ng4+ 39. Kh3 h5 40. Qd7 Nf6 (40... Bf6 $1) 41. Qf5 Rd8 42. Ba5 Rh1+ (42... Rd5
43. Qf4 Rxa5 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qxb2) 43. Kg3 Re8 (43... Rd5 $2 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45.
Qc2+) 44. Ng5 Be5+ 45. f4 Bc3 46. e4 (46. Bxc3 Rxe3+ 47. Kf2 Rxc3 $19) 46...
Bxa5 (46... Be1+ 47. Bxe1 Rxe1 48. e5 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Ng4+ 50. Kf1 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 (
51. gxf3 Ne3+ $19) 51... Rf2+ 52. Kd3 Rd8+ 53. Kc3 Rc2+ $3 54. Kb3 Rb8+ 55. Ka3
$10) 47. Qxa5 Rd1 (47... Nxe4+ $4 48. Nxe4 Rxe4 49. Qa8+ $18) (47... Rxe4 $1
48. Nxe4 Nxe4+ $10) 48. Qf5 Rd3+ 49. Kf2 Red8 (49... Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Rd1+ 51. Kh2
Ng4+ 52. Kh3 Rd3+ 53. g3 $1 Nf6 54. e5 $1 $18) 50. Nf3 Ng4+ 51. Kg3 g6 52. Qg5
Kg7 53. f5 Re8 54. Kf4 Re3 55. f6+ (55. e5 $5 Re2 $1 (55... R8xe5 56. Nxe5 Rxe5
57. f6+ Kf8 58. Qxe5 Nxe5 59. Kxe5 Ke8 60. Kd6 Kd8 61. g3 $1 $18)) 55... Kg8
56. e5 Re6 57. Nh2 R6xe5 58. Nxg4 (58. Qxe5 Rxe5 59. Nxg4 Rf5+ $19) 58... R5e4#
0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 $5 (12. O-O {Hauptvariante} cxd4
13. Re1 {13.Nxd4!?}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. O-O
h6 16. Qd4 Rc8 $5 {N} (16... Qb6 {ECO D47/16} 17. Bc4 $1 Rc8 {17...Rd8; 17...
Nd7}) 17. Qg4 $1 $13 {Dautov,R-Oll,L/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/ -> CBM12}) 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Ne4 $6
(19... Nb5 $5 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 $1 {/+/=; Magerramov-Bagirov/Baku/1976/}) 20. Bxb4
Bxe5 21. Rd1 Bd4 22. Qe2 a6 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 e5 25. Qa4+ Rd7 26. Rc1 Qb7
27. Nf3 f5 28. Rc6 $1 Nf6 29. Re6+ Kf7 30. Rxe5 $1 Kg6 31. a3 Rc8 32. Qb3 Qb6
33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Qe6 Qf4 35. g3 Qf3 36. Re3 Qg4 37. Qa6 Rc2 38. Bc3 f4 39. Re6
f3 40. Rxf6+ gxf6 41. Qxf6+ Kh7 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kf5 44. Qe8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 (12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 {ECO D47/
13-15}) 12... Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5
17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Ne4 $6 {N; Dautov,R-Dreev,A/URS-YM Tbilisi/
1989/1-0/44/ -> CBM 12}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. O-O h6 16. Qd4 Rc8 $1 {
N} 17. Qg4 $1 g6 18. h4 $5 h5 (18... Qb6 $5 19. Nd4 Kg7 $14) 19. Qd4 Qb6 20.
Be2 (20. Bc4 Nd7 21. Qd3 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Ba6 $15) 20... Nd7 21. Qd1 $6 (21. Qd3
$1 Nc5 (21... Kg7 22. Bg5 Nc5 23. Qd1 Ne4 24. Bd3 Nxg5 25. Nxg5 $14) 22. Qd1
Ba6 23. Ng5 Nd7 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Re1 {/\ 26.Qf3}) 21... Ba6 22. Bg5 Kg7 23.
Bxa6 Qxa6 24. a3 Qb7 (24... bxa3 25. Rxa3 Qb6 26. Qe2 Rc7 27. Rfa1 Rb8 $10) 25.
axb4 Rc4 26. b5 Ra8 27. Ra5 Qc7 28. Qa1 Qb6 29. b3 Rb4 $2 {>= 29...Rg4!~/=} 30.
Ra6 $1 Qb7 31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Ra3 Ne4 33. Bf6+ $1 Kh7 (33... Nexf6 34. exf6+ Nxf6
35. Qc3 $18) 34. Ra4 Rxa4 35. bxa4 Rc8 36. Nf3 $2 $138 (36. Re1 $1 Nexf6 37.
exf6 Nf4 38. Nf3 $16) 36... Nf4 37. Qe1 Rc4 38. Qe3 Nxf6 $2 (38... Nd5 39. Qa3
Kg8 {/\ 40...Nef6}) 39. exf6 Rxa4 40. Rc1 $18 Nd5 41. Qc5 $1 Nxf6 42. Qf8 g5
43. Ne5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. Rc1 $6 (16. Nf3) 16... Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Re4 h6 (19...
Bxe5 $4 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Rc5 $18) 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Rfc8 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Rcc4
Bxe5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bf2 $13 Bg7 26. Rxf4 Ne5 27. Nb6 b3 $6 (27... Nxc4 28.
Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc4 Rd8) 28. Qxb3 Rcb8 29. Rb4 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Rab8
32. a3 Qg5 33. g3 $2 (33. h4 $1) 33... Ng6 34. h4 Qe7 35. Rfe4 Ne5 36. Qe2 Qc7
$2 (36... Nd3 $1) 0-1

[Event "Chicago North Am 06th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 c5 15.
Rb1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bxe5 18. Rxb7 Qe8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Bh5 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qg4+ {White's clearly better, and after Black's next,
he's winning.} Kf8 (23... Kh8) 24. Qe4 {White picks up a very useful pawn, but
it's not over yet.} Rb8 25. Qxh7 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rb7 27. h4 Qa4 28. Rc1 Qd7 29.
g3 Rb8 30. d5 Be5 31. Re1 Rb2 32. Qh8+ ({White's still winning after the queen
check, but he missed an elegant way to finish the game immediately:} 32. Rxe5
$1 fxe5 33. d6 $3) 32... Ke7 33. Qg8 Qxd5 34. Qxf7+ Kd6 35. Qf8+ (35. Rc1 {
was best, keeping Black's king in the box and getting the rook into the attack
with tempo - 36.Qc7# is the threat.}) 35... Kc7 36. Rd1 Bd4 {Now Black's
pieces look rather menacing, and it's now anyone's game.} 37. Rc1+ Kb6 38. Qb8+
Ka5 39. Qc7+ Ka6 40. Rc6+ $2 {What could be more natural? Unfortunately for
Muhammad, Black's slippery king survives this final attacking flurry, leaving
his own monarch helpless against Robson's beautifully placed pieces.} (40. Rf1
$1 {leaves White with some advantage.}) 40... Bb6 $19 41. Qc8+ Kb5 42. a4+ Kb4
43. Qf8+ Kb3 44. Rxb6+ axb6 45. Bg6 Qf3 {White's attack is over, he's behind
in material, and worst of all, mate is inevitable. A close scrape for the
youngster!} 0-1

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 $5 {Black choses a line very much in fashion nowadays} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2
Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Bg5 $6 {
new move but the current main line is probably better} (16. Ne2 $1 Bxb4 17. Ng3
exd4 (17... g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 Qxc2
23. Bxc2 Bd6 24. Bb3 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ {1-0 Svidler,P (2746)-Karjakin,S (2732)/
Baku AZE 2008 (40)}) 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Re1 Qe6 22. Qb1
(22. Nf5 Ne4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Nxd4 b3 25. Qe2 Nc3 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Najer Evgeniy (RUS)-Galkin,A/Ch Russia (juniors) (under 1/2-1/2 Najer
Evgeniy (RUS)-Galkin,A/Ch Russia (juniors) (under}) 22... Rfe8 23. Qxb4 Ra1 24.
Qb2 Qd5 25. Nf3 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2720)-Gustafsson,J (2634)/
Dresden 2008 (36)}) ({Another try is to exchange immediately on e5} 16. dxe5
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Ne2 Rfd8 (18... Qe6 19. f4 Bc7 20. e5 Ra2
21. Bb2 Nd5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 Qh6 25. Be4 Ne3 26. Qb3 {
1-0 Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/ Moscow RUS 1998 (37)}) 19. Ng3 g6 20.
Bg5 h6 21. Bxh6 Ng4 22. Bc1 Bd4 23. Be2 Nxh2 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc5
Rd7 27. Qg5 Qh7 28. Nh5 {1-0 Pogorelov, R (2462)-Dziuba,M (2535)/Calvia 2006/
CT-2177}) 18. f4 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxb4 20. Ne2 Qc5 21. e5 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Nd5 23. Nd4
Bc5 24. Nf5 Rfd8 25. Rb3 Bc8 26. Rg3 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2681)
-Nielsen,P (2620)/Panormo GRE 2002 (37)}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Ra3) 17. Ne2 h6 18.
Bh4 Ra3 19. Ng3 g6 {black has actually emerged better from this opening and
white is now forced to rethink} 20. Ne2 $1 {firstly for admitting that she had
gone after a wrong idea but secondly because it is the best plan here} Rea8 $15
21. dxe5 $6 {but this gives black's pieces total activity now} Bxe5 $1 22. Nxe5
Nxe5 23. Nc3 (23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Nc1 {and black has big advantage here}) 23...
g5 24. Bg3 Nxd3 (24... Nh5 $5) 25. Qxd3 c5 {forcing. Both sides now play quite
accurately but white was already down to her last few minutes and had to make
something like 17 moves in 7 minutes} 26. bxc5 Bxe4 27. Qe3 Qe6 28. Rxb5 Qc4
29. Be5 Bc6 $15 30. Rb6 $2 {Diagram # a serious error by White which does not
get punished by black here} (30. Bxf6 Bxb5 31. Rc1 Ra1 32. h3 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1
Ra6 $17) 30... Nd5 $6 (30... Ng4 31. Qd4 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 (32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. Rxc6
Rxc3 34. Rxh6 $19) 32... Rxc3 $1 $19 33. Rxc6 Rc1) 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxb6
33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. cxb6 Rb3 35. Bd4 $6 (35. Bc7 $1 $11 {was the best move here}
Ra2 36. h3 Rbb2 37. Rc1 $5) 35... Rd8 36. Be3 Kg7 37. Nh5+ Kg6 38. Ng3 f5 39.
Bc5 Rd5 40. Rc1 Rxc5 $19 {time control reached but too late to get the extra
time on the clock as the position is now lost. Kudos to white for resisting so
much further here} 41. Rxc5 Rb1+ 42. Nf1 Bb5 43. h4 (43. h3 Bxf1 44. Rc6+ Kh5
45. Kh2 Rb2 $1 46. Kg1 Ba6 $19) 43... Bxf1 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. f3 Bd3+ 46. Kf2
Rxb6 {the rest is relatively easy but of course both players still had to
manager their habitual time trouble} 47. Ke3 Rb3 48. Rc7 f4+ 49. Kd2 Bf1 50.
Rg7+ Kf6 51. Rg4 Kf5 52. Ke1 Bxg2 $1 {making it simple} 53. Rxg2 Rb1+ 54. Kf2
Rb2+ 55. Kf1 Rxg2 56. Kxg2 Ke5 57. Kh3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 (8... b4 9. Na4 Qa5 $1 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. a3 Qb5 13. axb4 Bxb4
14. Bd2 a5 15. Nc3 Qb7 16. Ne5 c5 17. dxc5 {Gleizerov,E-Burmakin,V/
St-Peterburg/1994/0,5/17/}) 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 c5 $6 {
N/} (12... Bd6 $5 13. O-O (13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Bg5 Nd5 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. O-O c5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Ne5 Rfc8 $11 {
Ehlvest,J-Lesiege,A/New York/1993/}) 13... O-O 14. c4 c5 15. Ba3 Qa5 $1 16.
Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 {Seirawan,Y-Kramnik,V/Manila(ol)/1992/}
) 13. Ne5 Bb7 (13... Bd6 14. Bf3) 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. d5 $1 (15. O-O Bd6) 15...
Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Bg4 Bc8 17. O-O $40) 16. c4 $1 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Be4 18. Bg5 f6
(18... Be7 19. Rd1 Ra7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxg7 Bg6 (21... Rf8 22. Bh5) 22. Nc6
$18) 19. O-O-O Ra7 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rd1 Qc8 (21... fxg5 22. Rxd7 $18) 22. Bh5+
$1 (22. Nxd7 Bc6) (22. Rxd7 Bc6 $1) 22... g6 (22... Bg6 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Rxd7
$18) 23. Nxd7 Bc6 (23... fxg5 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Ng4+ Kf5 27. Rf7#)
24. Nxf6+ Kf7 25. Qb3 $18 h6 (25... gxh5 26. Qh3 $18) 26. Bxg6+ Kxg6 27. Bh4
Kf7 28. Qg3 h5 29. Rg1 Bh6+ 30. f4 Qc7 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ Qxd7 33. Qf6+ Ke8
34. Qxh8+ Bf8 35. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Vladivostok"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaiatz, Elena"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 (9. Na4 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 (12. O-O $5) 12... Qb6
13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qc7 $132 {Bareev,E-Sveshnikov,E/URS/1992/}) 9... Nxe4 $5 (
9... c5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. a4 a5 14. Bb5 Bb7 $1 {
Dreev,A-Sveshnikov,E/RUS/1992/0:1/29/}) 10. Bxe4 Qb6 11. O-O $5 (11. Qc2 Bb7
12. Bxh7 Rc8 13. Be4 Ba6 (13... Nf6 $1 14. Nd2 Ba6) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bxa6 Qxa6
16. Qe2 $16 {Karasev,V-Sveshnikov,E/URS/1975/}) 11... Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. a3 $1
bxa3 14. bxa3 Be7 (14... c5 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qa4 $36) 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rb1 Qc7
17. Qa4 Bb5 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Bb4 (19. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 c5 21. Qa6 $14) 19...
c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxb5 Bxa3 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bd3 a5 $1 24. g3 (24. Ne5 $5)
24... Ra8 25. Ra1 Rc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bxc1 27. Bc2 h6 28. Ne5 Bd2 (28... a4 $2 29.
Rb1 Bd2 30. Nc4 Bc3 31. Nb6) 29. Rb7 Nd5 (29... a4 30. Nc4 Bc3 31. Nb6) 30.
Nxf7 a4 31. Nd8 Rxd8 32. Bxa4 Rc8 $6 (32... Ba5 $1) 33. Bb3 Nc7 34. Rb6 $1 Re8
35. Rb7 $10 Ba5 36. Ra7 Bb6 37. Rb7 Ba5 38. Ra7 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 (10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Na2 O-O 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. b3
Qb6 15. Bb2 Rfc8 $10 {Granda Zuniga,J-Akopian,V/Biel(izt)/1993/ Inf 58/483/})
10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. axb4 (12. O-O bxa3 13. bxa3 Bd6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2
h6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Bb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxc5 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Qa4 Qc5 $10 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares/1993/ Inf 57/434/}) (12. Qc2
bxa3 13. bxa3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Bb4 O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. O-O c5
19. Bxb7 {Vyzmanavin,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Leon/1993/ Inf 57/434/}) 12... Bxb4+
13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (13... c5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Rc1 $14) 14. Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16.
dxc5 (16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Qxg2 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 $132 {Gelfand})
16... Qxc5 (16... Nxc5 $6 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qa4+ $40) 17. Qxc5 $5 $146 (17. Qa4
Rb8 $1 18. O-O O-O $1 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Bxh7+ {Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Biel(izt)/
1993/1:0 (29) Inf 58/483/} Kf8 $1 21. Qa4 Rxd2 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 $10 {
Gelfand/}) 17... Nxc5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ke2 Nd6 20. Ra5 (20. Ra6 Nb5 21. Rc1
Ke7) 20... O-O (20... Ke7 21. Rc1 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Nc4) 21. Rc1 (21. Rha1
Rab8 22. b3 Nb5) 21... Rab8 22. Rc6 $1 $16 Nb5 (22... Rfd8 $2 23. Rxa7 Rxb2 24.
Rxd6 $18) (22... Rb6 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. Ra6 Rb8 25. b4 $14) 23. Ne4 Rfd8 24. b4
Rb7 25. f4 (25. Nc5 Nc3+ $1 26. Kf3 Rxb4) 25... h6 26. g4 Kf8 27. h4 Ke7 28. f5
(28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 g6) 28... exf5 $8 29. gxf5 Kf8 (29... f6 30. Nc5 Rbb8 (
30... Nc3+ 31. Kf3 Rxb4 32. Rxa7+ $18)) 30. Kf3 Ke7 (30... Rd5 $2 31. Rc5 $1
Rxc5 32. Nxc5 $18) 31. h5 (31. f6+ $6 gxf6 32. Rxf6 Nc3 $1 33. Rxh6 Nxe4 34.
Kxe4 Rxb4+ $10) 31... Rdb8 32. Ra1 $6 (32. f6+ $5 gxf6 33. Nxf6 Rd8 34. Ne4 $16
) 32... Rb6 $1 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Rac1 (34. Rg1 $5 Kf8 35. Rgc1) 34... Nd6 $1 35.
Re5+ Kf8 36. Rd5 (36. Rd1 Re8 $1) 36... Nb7 37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. Rc8 Ke8 39. Rc7
(39. Rc4 Nc6 40. Nd6+ Kd7 41. Nxf7 Rxb4 $132) 39... a6 40. Ra7 Rxb4 (40... Nc6
$4 41. Nd6+) 41. Rxa6 (41. Nd6+ Kf8 42. Rd7 Rb8) 41... f6 42. Ra8 Ke7 43. Nc3
Kd7 44. Nd5 Rb5 45. e4 Rb7 46. Nf4 (46. Kf4 $5) 46... Nf7 47. Ne6 Ng5+ 48. Nxg5
hxg5 $10 (48... hxg5 49. Rg8 Kd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 (9... a6) (9... b4) 10. e4 b4 11. e5 Nd5 (11... bxc3 12. exf6
Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 (14... Qc8 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 $14 {Bareev-Novikov/Lvov zt/1990/}) 15. Bf4
Qxf4 16. Rxb7 Nd5 $146 (16... Bd6 17. g3 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Rfb8 20. Nc4
$14 {Polgar,Zs-Novikov/Pamplona/1990/}) 17. g3 Qd6 18. c4 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20.
Qxe2 Bf6 $10 {Lobron-Gelfand/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) 13. bxc3 O-O (13... c5 14.
dxc5 O-O 15. Ba3 Be7 16. Qd4 Bd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rab1 $16 {Seirawan-Petursson/
New York/1987/}) 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Bxa3
$14 {Stohl-Akopian/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Qc2 h6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. h4 a5 18. Rac1 $16 {Groszpeter-Hougli/
Haifa/1989/}) 12... h6 $5 $146 (12... O-O 13. Qc2 (13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nexg5 h6
15. Ne4 c5 16. dxc5 Nf4 17. Nd6 Nxc5 $10) (13. Bd3 Rc8 $1 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bg5 Qc7 $10) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bb5 Nxc5 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Nxb7 Nxb7 $10 {Schvjorstov-Ivanov,O/
SSSR/1992/}) 13. Bd2 c5 (13... O-O 14. Rc1 c5 (14... Rc8 15. Nc5) 15. dxc5 Rc8
16. Nd6 $16) 14. Bb5 cxd4 (14... O-O 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 $16)
15. Nxd4 Qb6 $5 (15... O-O 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nd6 Bxd6
20. exd6 Qb6 21. Bf4 $14) 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nb3 {/\ Be3, Nec5} Rhc8 18. Qg4 f5
$6 (18... Bf8 19. Rad1 Ke8 $13) 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qd1 $1 (20. Qh5 f5 21. Ng3
Rg8 $13) 20... f5 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Ng3 Bd6 (22... Rg8 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Qd4 $16)
23. Qh5 $16 Nxe3 24. Qf7+ Be7 25. fxe3 Rf8 (25... Bd5 26. Nd4 Qa5 27. Rad1 $16)
26. Qg7 (26. Qxe6+ $5 Kxe6 27. Nd4+ Ke5 28. Nxb5) 26... Rg8 27. Qxh6 $6 (27.
Rad1+ Bd5 28. Qxh6 $16) 27... Qe5 $1 28. Rad1+ Bd5 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. exf4 a5 (
30... Raf8 31. Rfe1 Rg4 32. Nd4 Bc5 $44) 31. Rfe1 Rg4 $2 (31... a4 32. Nc1 (32.
Nd4 Bc5) 32... Bd6 33. Nd3 Rg4 $44) 32. Nxf5 $1 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Rag8 34. Rxd5+ $1
exd5 35. Rxe7+ $18 Kc6 (35... Kc8 36. Nc5 R2g6 37. Ne6 $18) 36. Re6+ Kc7 37.
Re7+ Kc6 38. Nbd4+ Kc5 39. Rc7+ Kb6 40. Rc6+ Ka7 41. Nd6 $1 Rxb2 42. N4b5+ Ka8
43. Ra6+ Kb8 44. Rb6+ Ka8 45. Nc7+ (45. Nc7+ Ka7 46. Rb7#) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 $6 (8... a6 $5) (8... Bb7 $5) 9. Ne4 Nxe4 (9... Be7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. c6 $1 Bxc6 16. Be3 $36) 10. Bxe4 Qb6
11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Nd2 (12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. axb4 cxd4 $6 (18... cxb4 19. e4 $36) 19. b5 $1 $16 {
Podgaets,M-Karasev,V/URS/1979/1|0/30/}) 12... Rc8 13. a3 c5 $5 {N/} (13... bxa3
14. Nc4 (14. b4 $5 Bxb4 15. Bxa3 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. O-O Ke7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Qxa7 $14 {Ogaard,L-Sveshnikov,E/Bucharest/1976/0,5/21/}) 14... Qa6 15. Qb3 Qb5
16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Nxa3 Rxb7 19. Bd2 $14 {Portisch,L-Ree,H/Wijk
aan Zee/1975/1|0/40/}) 14. dxc5 (14. axb4 cxd4 $1 15. exd4 Bxb4 $36) 14... Bxc5
15. axb4 (15. O-O $5 bxa3 16. bxa3 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Bb2 O-O
20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 Nf8 $14) 15... Bxb4 16. O-O Rc7 $1 17. Bxb7 $6 (17. Qxa7
$5 Bxe4 (17... Bxd2 18. Bxb7 $22 Bxc1 19. Qa8+) 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nxe4 Ke7 $44)
17... Qxb7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Rd1 Rb8 $15 20. Bd2 h6 (20... Bxd2 21. Nxd2 $22 Qxb2
22. Rab1 Qf6 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Qe8#) 21. Na5 Qb5 22. h3 Bxd2 23. Qxb5 (23.
Rxd2 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Nc5 $36) 23... Rxb5 24. Rxd2 Nf6 25. Ra4 Nd5 (
25... Kf8 $5) 26. Nc4 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 f6 29. g3 Rbc5 (29... g5 $5) 30.
Na3 Rb7 (30... g5 $5) 31. Rc4 Rbc7 32. Rxc5 (32. Rdc2 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb7 34. Rc2
e5 $15) 32... Rxc5 33. Nc2 a5 (33... e5 34. e4 Nc7 35. Ne3 g6) 34. h4 g5 35.
hxg5 hxg5 36. e4 Nc7 37. Ne3 Nb5 38. Kd1 $6 (38. f4 $5) 38... Nd6 39. Rd4 (39.
f3 Nc4 40. Nxc4 Rxc4 41. Rc2 Rb4 $15) 39... Re5 40. f3 f5 $4 {T/[#]} (40... Nf5
41. Nxf5+ exf5 42. Kd2 fxe4 43. fxe4 $10) 41. Rxd6 $1 $18 fxe4 (41... Kxd6 42.
Nc4+ Kc5 43. Nxe5 fxe4 44. fxe4 Kd4 45. Nf7 $18) 42. fxe4 Rxe4 (42... Kxd6 43.
Nc4+ $18) 43. Rd3 Kf6 44. Kd2 Rb4 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. Nc4+ Ke4 47. Re3+ Kf5 (47...
Kd5 48. Re5+ Kc6 49. Nxa5+ Kd6 50. Rxe6+ Kxe6 51. Kxb4 $18) 48. Nxa5 Rb8 49.
Nc4 Kg4 50. b4 Kh3 51. Nd6 g4 52. Ne4 (52. b5 Rb6 53. Rd3 e5 54. Kc4 $18) 52...
Kg2 53. Kc4 Rc8+ 54. Kd4 Rb8 55. Rb3 Rb5 56. Nc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 (7...
b5 $5) 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 (11. Bg5 $5 Nb6 12. Bd3 h6
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Qe4 g6 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Be4 Qb5 19.
Ne5 Rd8 $13 {Lugovoi,A-Apicella,M/St-Petersburg/1996/0|1/39/}) 11... Nb6 12.
Ne5 $5 (12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bc2 f5
18. Bd2 Bg5 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rad1 $14 {Gostisa,L-Osmanbegovic,S/
Maribor/1994/1|0/27/}) 12... Bd7 13. Qf3 Qb8 14. Qg3 (14. Bg5 $22 Rd8 15. Ne4)
14... Re8 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Re3 $16 Nfd5 (17... Nh5 $6 18. Qh4 Bxg5
19. Qxg5 g6 20. Ne4 $16) 18. Rf3 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qh5 $1 (20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21.
Qh5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qd6 23. Re1 Nf8 $14) 20... Re7 (20... fxe5 21. Bc2 $1 Nf6 (
21... h6 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Nf6 24. Rxf6 $18) 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24.
Bg6 Re7 25. Qh8#) 21. Rh3 h6 (21... g6 $2 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Rh7#)
22. Ng6 Rf7 23. Re1 (23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Re3 $16) 23... Qc7 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25.
Nxd5 exd5 26. Rhe3 Bc6 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. h4 Rd8 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31.
Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Qg6 Re8 34. Nf5 (34. Nf5 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Bd7 (35... Kg8
36. Nxh6+ $18) 36. Qh7 Bxf5 37. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Na2 O-O $5 (12... a5) 13. Nxb4 cxb4
14. b3 Qb6 15. Bb2 Rfc8 $10 16. Nd2 a5 17. e4 Ba6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 e5 20.
Re1 Rd8 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. f4 exd4 23. e5 Ne8 24. Be4 Nc5 25. Bd5 d3 26. f5 Ra6
27. e6 fxe6 28. fxe6 Qe7 29. Bd4 Nf6 30. Re5 Kh8 31. Kh1 a4 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33.
Qxd3 Ng4 34. Rf5 Rxe6 35. Qf3 Rg6 36. Rf1 Nf6 37. Bf7 Qd4 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Rf4
Qe5 40. c5 Rb8 41. Qg3 Re8 42. c6 Qc5 43. c7 Kh7 44. Qh4+ Nh5 45. Rc4 Qb5 46.
Rd1 Rc8 47. Qg4 Qe8 48. Qxc8 Qxc8 49. Rd8 Qf5 50. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 Nxc3 (12... b4 13. Ne4 $16 {
Christiansen}) 13. bxc3 c4 14. Ng5 $5 Be7 $6 (14... h6 $4 15. Nxe6 $18) (14...
Bd5 $142 15. Bh5 g6 16. Bf3 Nb6 17. Ne4 $13 {Christiansen}) 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 O-O 17. Qg4 $16 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Re1 b4 22.
Re3 bxc3 23. Rh3 g6 24. Qf4 g5 25. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Be2 Be7 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rd8
15. Rd4 (15. Ne5 $142 $16 {Bogoljubow}) 15... Bc6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc7
18. Ne5 Rf8 19. h3 Ncd7 20. Nxc6 Kxc6 21. Bf3+ Kc7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6
24. Ba3 Rd8 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ke2 Ne5 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Bb2 Bf6 29. Bxe5+ Bxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1959.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
(8. Bd3) 8... b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. O-O {(/\ Re1, Ng3, e3-e4)}) 10. O-O
Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 Qe7 (12... Qb8 $5) 13. Bd2 $8 (13. e4 Bxf4 (13... h6 $6
14. e5 hxg5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Ne2 g4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Ng3 {/\ 19.Re1->}) 14.
Bxf4 h6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nh3 (16. Bxd5 hxg5) 16... c5 $17) 13... a5 14. Re1 c5 $1
15. a3 e5 16. Ne2 h6 17. Ng3 g6 $17 (17... hxg5 $4 18. Nf5) 18. Nf3 Kh7 (18...
e4 19. Nh4 Nd5 20. Qg4 N7f6 21. Qh3 Bc8 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qxh6 Bxg3 $1 (23...
Qg7 $6 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxd5) 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 $17) 19. dxc5 Nxc5
20. axb4 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 axb4 $2 (21... Bd5 $36) 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. e4 Bc8 24. h3
Be6 25. Qe3 Ng8 26. Qd3 {(/\ 27.Nf5!)} Kg7 27. Rd1 {(/\ 28.Bxh6+)} Bc7 28. Qc2
Rc8 29. Qa4 Bd6 30. Qa6 Bc5 $2 31. Nxe5 Qc7 (31... Bxh3 32. Nd3 $16) (31...
Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qc5+ 33. Be3 Qxe5 34. Bd4 $18) 32. Bf4 g5 33. Nh5+ Kh7 34. Bg3
Rd8 35. Re1 Qb6 36. Qe2 {(/\ Kh2, f2-f4)} Bd4 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Ne3
Qc5 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 b3 42. Nd4 Kg6 (42... Bc4 43. Re3 $18) 43. Nxe6 fxe6
44. Re3 Nf6 45. f3 $18 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 h5 47. h4 g4 1-0

[Event "Mataro GM 1st"]
[Site "Mataro"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 {Esta es una jugada bastante interesante que no se presenta muy a menudo
en la práctica de torneos de alto nivel, pero que requiere por parte del
blanco, jugar con precisión para luchar por la ventaja.} 9. Qc2 $1 {Este es el
orden correcto.} ({Curiosamente, con la jugada natural} 9. O-O {la posición
del negro es bastante satisfactoria e incluso creo que las blancas están más
cercanas a caer en problemas. Veamos:} O-O (9... Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bc7 $2 (13... Bd4+ $5 14. Kh1 h5 $1 15. e5 Ng4 16. Ne4 Qh4
17. h3 c5 $1 (17... O-O 18. f5 $13) 18. Bxb5+ (18. Nd6+ $2 Kf8 $19) 18... Ke7
19. Qf3 (19. Qe2 $2 Rab8 $1 {/\Bxe4,Qg3}) 19... Rab8 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. Nxg3 Nf2+
22. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 14. e5 Ng4 $2 (14... Nd5 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qc2 g6
18. Be3 $16) 15. Qxg4 $1 Qxd3 16. Rd1 h5 17. Qxg7 Qh7 18. Qxh7 Rxh7 19. Ne4 Kf8
20. Be3 $18 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Reykjavik rapid 2004}) 10. e4 (10. Qc2 {ver D46
}) (10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. a4 b4 (12... bxa4 13. Nxa4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 (
14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc4 Qb4 20.
Qxb4 Bxb4 21. Bxa6 $14) 15. Rc1 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd7 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Qxf3 19. Qd1 $11) 15... Bb4 16. Qe2) 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 c5
16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Maksimenko-Savchenko,Rusia 1998})
10... e5 11. Re1 $6 (11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 a6 {/\Re8,c5} 14. Rc1 Re8
15. Bg3 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 11... exd4 $142 $1 (11... a6 12. h3 c5 13. d5 c4
14. Bc2 Ne8 $1 15. a3 Bc5 $15 16. b4 cxb3 17. Bxb3 Nd6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bg5 f6
20. Be3 Qb6 21. Bxc5 (21. a4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Nc5 24. Nd2 Bd7) 21...
Nxc5 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Qe3 Rab8 24. Bd1 Rec8 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nd7 27. Qxb6
Nxb6 $17 28. Na2 a5 29. Nc1 Rc2 30. Ndb3 Nbc4 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Rb5 33. Na1
Rd2 34. Ncb3 Rb2 35. Rc1 Nd2 (35... Nb6 36. Rxa5 R2xb3 37. Nxb3 Rxb3 38. f3)
36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37. Rc6 Rd1+ $1 38. Kh2 Rd4 $3 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Nc2 (40. Rxd6 d3
41. Nc2 d2 42. Ne3 Rb3 43. Nd1 Rb1 44. Ne3 Re1 $1 $19) 40... d3 41. Ne3 Rb3 $1
42. Rc1 $2 (42. Nf1 $8 Rb1 43. Nd2 Rd1 44. Rxd6 Rxd2 45. Rb6 Rxf2 46. Rb3)
42... Nxe4 $19 43. Kg1 d2 44. Rd1 a4 45. d6 a3 46. d7 Rd3 47. Ra1 Rxd7 48. Nd1
Rc7 {0-1 Cifuentes,R-Sandipan,C/Benasque open 2003}) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 (12... Qc7
13. h3 Rd8 14. Bg5) 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. f3 Bc5 15. Be3 (15. Nce2 Bxf3 $1) 15... Qb6
$1 16. b4 (16. Nce2 Rad8 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Rf1 c5) 16... Bxb4 17. Rb1 Bxc3 18.
Nxb5 Qa5 19. Nxc3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Qxc3 21. fxg4 Nfxg4 22. Rb3 Qa5 $17) 9... Bb7
10. Bd2 ({Despues de} 10. O-O O-O {traspone a la línea principal. (D46)}) 10...
O-O (10... Rc8 11. a3 c5 12. Nxb5 Bb8 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Be2 Ne4 15. O-O Qf6 16.
Nc3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. exd4 Qh6 21. g3 Nd5 22.
Ne4 Ne7 23. Nc3 Nf5 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qa6 Rdc5 27. Rd2 Qf6 28. Rad1
g6 29. Qb7 Kg7 30. Qe4 Re8 31. Bb5 Rec8 32. Ba6 Re8 33. Bb5 Rec8 34. Ba6 {
1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Motwani,P/Edinburgh 2003/CBM 095 ext}) 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5
(12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Ng6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. f3 a5 17. Kb1 a4) 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd4 $6 (14... Bxc3 $1 15. Bxc3 c5 16. e5 (16. O-O-O c4 17.
Bxc4 Qc7 $44) 16... c4 $1 17. Bf5 Re8 18. O-O (18. Rd1 Nd5 19. O-O Qh4 20. Bd2
$13) 18... Qb6+ 19. Qf2 $1 (19. Kh1 Nd5 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bg4 Bc8 $1) 19... Qxf2+
20. Kxf2 Nd5 21. Be4 Nxc3 (21... Rab8 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. a3 $14)
22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 (23. bxc3 Rxb7 24. Rab1 f6 $11) 23... Rec8 24. bxc3 Rxc6
25. Rfd1 f6 $11) 15. e5 Ng4 16. O-O-O (16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 c5 $1 (17... Qh4+
$2 18. g3 Qh5 (18... Qh3 $2 19. O-O-O $1) 19. h3 $1 Bf2+ (19... Nf2 20. Rf1 Qf3
21. Nd1 $1) 20. Ke2 $1 Ne3+ (20... Nh6+ 21. Bg4 $1) 21. g4 Nxf5 (21... Nxc2 22.
gxh5 Nd4+ 23. Kxf2 Nxf5 24. Be3 $16) 22. Qxf5 Qh4 23. Qh5+ $16) (17... Nf2 $2
18. Rf1 Qh4 19. g3 Qxh2 20. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 22. Kd1 Rfd8 23. e6 $1
g6 24. e7 gxf5 25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Qxd4+ $18) 18. Be4 Qe7 19. Bxb7 (19. Rf1 Nxe5
$1 20. fxe5 Bxc3) 19... Qxb7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nd6 Qxg2 22. O-O-O Ne3 23. Bxe3
Bxe3+ 24. Kb1 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Bxf4 26. Rd5 Kg8 27. Rxc5 a6 $11) 16... Qh4 $2 (
16... Nf2 $8 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qd7 $1 (18... Nxh1 19. Rxh1 Qd7 20. Qd3 g6
21. f5 $36) (18... Qb6 19. Rhf1 Nxd1 20. Qxd1 g6 21. Qf3 b4 22. f5 bxc3 23.
bxc3 Bxe5 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qe6+ $18) 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. Ne4 $5 (20.
Rhf1 Nxd1 21. Qxd1 g6 22. Qg4 Kg7 (22... Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. f5 $40 (24. Ne4
Qe6)) 23. Ne4) 20... Nxh1 21. Rxh1 c5 22. Nf6 g6 23. h4 Kg7 24. h5 Rh8 25. Bh3
$13) 17. Be1 $1 Qh6 (17... Be3+ 18. Kb1 Qh6 19. Qe2 $1 Qxf4 20. Bg3 Qg5 21. Ne4
$18) 18. Bxh7+ Qxh7 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rd6 Rac8 23. Nd5
(23. Rg1 $5 Ne3 24. Bf2 Nc4 25. Rd3 b4 26. Bxc5 $1 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Bd5 28. Bxf8
Rxf8 29. b3 Nb6 30. g4 $16) 23... Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 (24... Ne3 25. Rd3 $1 Nxg2
$2 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27. Bd2 $1) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bg3 $2 (26. g3 $1 c4 27. h3 Ne3
28. Bd2 $1 (28. Bf2 Rd3 29. Re1 Nd5 (29... Nf5 30. g4 Nd4 31. f5 $18) 30. Rd1
Nb4 $1 (30... Rf3 31. Rxd5 Rxf2 32. Rxb5 $18) 31. a3 c3 $1 (31... Rxd1+ 32.
Kxd1 Nd3 33. Bd4 $18) 32. bxc3 Rxc3+ 33. Kb2 Rd3 34. Rc1 Nd5 $132) 28... Rd3
29. g4 $16) 26... Ne3 27. Rg1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel 53rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,38,29,-11,25,33,19,32,37,49,56,54,46,38,69,51,45,19,-5,-5,-14,-17,-8,
-23,-29,-33,-8,0,1,-5,6,-33,0,-24,-10,-26,-6,7,40,-3,34]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 $5 {A rare move
compared to 8.Bd3. Even 8.Be2 has been played more often.} b4 9. Ne2 {The
whole idea will be to play Nf4 and Ng5... then guess what!} Be7 {Here 9...Bd6
and 9...Bb7 definitely deserve attention.} ({However} 9... c5 {looks pretty
risky:} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ba4 $1 Rc8 (11... Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qc2 $14) 12. Ne5 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 (14. a3 $5 $14 bxa3 $6
15. b4 $1 $16) 14... Ke7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qb3 (16. a3 $5) 16... Nf6 17. Bg5
Bxe4 18. Nf4 h6 19. Bxf6+ {½-½ Markos,J (2571)-Stocek,J (2566) SVK 2016}) 10.
O-O (10. Nf4 {would allow Black to play} Ba6 {- a good reason for White to
castle first!}) 10... Bb7 11. Nf4 c5 (11... O-O 12. Ng5 Qa5 13. Nfxe6 fxe6 14.
e4 $1 {A brilliant move!} (14. Nxe6 Rf7 $132) 14... Kh8 15. e5 $2 {No longer
brilliant!} (15. Nxe6 $14 {White will just play with tremendous compensation.})
15... Nd5 16. Nxe6 Rf7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Nf8 $15 {1-0 (38) Govciyan,P (2430)
-Crut,A (2350) Aix-les-Bains 2007}) 12. Ng5 O-O $146 (12... Qb6 {was played in
the only existing game, but it seems} 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. Nxe6 Bd5 15. Ng5+
Ke8 16. e4 $1 {would be terrible for Black.}) 13. Ngxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15.
Nxc5+ $5 {Hari prefers to play wth three pawns and to ignore the f8-rook.} (15.
Nxf8+ Kxf8 16. f3 cxd4 17. exd4 $14) 15... Kh8 (15... Bd5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17.
Bxe6+ Kh8 18. f3 $14) 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. f3 a5 $6 {The start of a very bad plan.
Black had to set himself ready to react in the center:} (17... Rfd8 $1 18. e4
Nc5 19. Be3 (19. Bc4 $6 Rac8 20. Be2 Ne6 $15) 19... Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qb5 {and
Black's postion is much easier to handle if White doesn't have a bishop pair.})
18. e4 Nb6 19. Qe2 a4 20. Bc2 Rfc8 21. Bd3 a3 22. b3 Qd7 23. Be3 Rc3 24. Rad1
Rd8 25. Kh1 Qe8 26. Bg1 (26. Bd2 $5 Rcc8 27. Rc1 Rxd4 28. Be3 $18) 26... Bf8
27. Qe1 Nbd7 28. Bb1 {[#] Diagram!! Look at Hari's last three moves, preparing
to push his central pawns.} Nh5 $2 ({was smarter, as Black needs to stay ready
to answer e5 with ...Nd5. Now, for example} 28... Qh5 29. Rc1 Rdc8 30. Rxc3
Rxc3 (30... bxc3 31. Qe2 $16) 31. Be3 {would retain a clear advantage for
White.}) 29. e5 $1 Qe6 $2 {A blunder in a bad position.} (29... g6 30. f4 $18)
30. Qh4 {Double-attack!} Qh6 31. g4 Nf4 32. Qxd8 Qh3 33. Rf2 Rxf3 34. Qa8 Rxf2
35. Bxf2 Qxg4 36. Rg1 Qh5 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 $1 (8... b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 c5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14.
dxc5 Qa5 15. a3 Qxc5 (15... bxa3 16. b4 $1) 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bd2
a5 19. Ne5 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Speelman,J/Roquebrune/1-0/42/ EXP 29}) 9. e4 b4
10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 $1 $146 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 $6 (14. Bg5
$5 c5) 14... c5 $1 15. Ba3 Qa5 $1 (15... cxd4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 {><c5})
16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 19. Rab1 Bd7 20. Qe3 $2 (20. Qb6 $1
) 20... Qxe3 21. fxe3 Ne4 22. Rfc1 Nc5 23. Nd4 Ba4 $1 24. Bd1 (24. Nb3 Bxb3 25.
axb3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 g6 $17) 24... Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rac8 26. Nb3 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Kf8 28. Rd6 (28. Nxc5 Rxc5 $19) 28... Ne4 29. Rxa6 Rxc4 30. Kf1 Rc2 31.
Ra8+ $6 (31. Ra4 $1) 31... Ke7 32. Ra7+ $6 Kf6 33. Ra4 Nd6 34. Nd4 Rc3 35. Kf2
Nc4 36. e4 $6 g5 $1 37. h3 h5 38. Rb4 Ne5 39. Rb1 (39. Rb3 Rc4 40. Ke3 Ra4 41.
Nf3 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 g4 $19) 39... Ra3 40. Ra1 Nd3+ 41. Ke2 Nc5 42. Nb5 Ra4 43. Nd6
Nxe4 $6 44. Nxe4+ Rxe4+ 45. Kd3 Ra4 46. Kc3 Ke5 47. Kb3 Ra7 (47... Ra8 $1) 48.
a4 Kf4 49. Kc4 f5 50. Ra3 e5 51. a5 h4 $1 (51... e4 52. g3+ $1) 52. a6 e4 53.
Kd4 (53. Ra2 $1 g4 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Kb5 $1 Kg3 56. Kb6 Ra8 57. Kb7 Rh8 58. a7
e3 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Kxa8 Kh2 61. Kb7 g3 62. Kc6 h3 63. gxh3+ g2 64. Kd5 Kg3
65. Ra1 Kf2 $19) 53... e3 54. Kd3 (54. Ra2 e2 55. Rxe2 Rxa6 56. Rf2+ Kg3 57.
Rxf5 Rg6 $19) 54... Kg3 55. Kxe3 (55. Ra2 f4 $1) 55... Kxg2 56. Ra2+ (56. Ra5
g4 $1) 56... Kxh3 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. Kf2 g3+ 59. Kf3 f4 60. Ra1 g2 61. Kf2 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13.
O-O {Hansen,Cu-Chernin,A/Taastrup/1992/1/2-1/2/25/ CBM28}) (8... b4 9. Ne4 Be7
10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 c5 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. d5 $16) 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 $1 {Von Hansen
bevorzugt} (12. O-O {Bildet die moderne Hauptvariante.} cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4
Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe5 Qf6 18. Nf3 (18. Qxf6 N5xf6
19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe6 $14 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Bxd7 Rc7 24. Rd6
Ke7 25. Re6+ $10) 18... Bg7 $1 $13 {Aseev,K-Dreev,A/Lvov zt/1990/0-1/38/ 
->CBM 18}) 13... g6 14. Bg5 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Be7 (14... Qa5 $6 $14 {ECO 47/
15 =} 15. Nxd4 a6 16. a3 $1 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bg7 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Bd2 $14 Qd8 20.
Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxa6 Qa8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bb4 $1 {Pinter,J-Kaidanov,G/Budapest/
1989/1-0/53/}) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc5 Qe7 {N;} (18...
Qb5 $16 {ECO D47/14,91}) 19. Qxd4 Rad8 $10 {Kozul,Z-Tukmakov,V/Toronto/1990/1/
2-1/2/44/ -> CBM 20}) 12... Qa5 (12... Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 $5 (14...
Be7 $2 15. Nc5 $1 Bxg5 16. Bxd7+ Kf8 17. Bxe6 $1 $18) 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O
Bc6 (16... h6 17. Bd2 (17. Be3) 17... Bc6 18. b3 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Bc5 20. a3 Rhc8
21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Ne1 Ke8 23. Qg4 Qxa4 24. axb4 Bf8 {Cvitan,O-Kharlov,A/Bern (4)
/1992/1/2-1/2/46/ CBM 28}) 17. b3 $16 {Balashov,Y-Mariotti,S/Leningrad/1977/
1-0/39/  Inf.24/548} Bxa4 18. bxa4 h6 19. Be3 $1 Be7 20. Nd4 Rhc8 21. Qh5 $1 g6
22. Qf3 $16) (12... Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 $5 (14... Kf8 15. O-O h6
16. Qd4 (16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Bc4 Ke7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Rhc8 $13 {Pameswaren,
T-Anand,V/Calcutta/1992/0-1/62/  Express 27} 20. Rfc1 Qa5 21. Nd4) 16... Qb6
17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Qg4 $16 {Ungureanu,E-Omar,I/Albania/1967/1-0/36/ Inf.4/661})
15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Bc4 $5 Nd7 17. Qg4 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Panno,O/Palma de
Mallorca/1972/0-1/48/ Inf.14/557} (17. Qh4+ $14)) 13. O-O Bxc5 (13... Bc6 14.
Bc2 (14. b3) 14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 (16. Ng5 Qc7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3
Bd4 $132) (16. a3) 16... Qb6 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. Ng5 Bd4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3 Qb7
$13) (13... Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Qg4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ba6 $1 18.
Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Rfc1 Qd3 $1 $10 {Hansen,Cu-Mueller,Ka/Hamburg SKA/1991/1/2-1/2/
31/}) 14. a3 (14. Re1 N5b6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. a3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $10 {
Rukavina-Kortschnoj,V/Leningrad izt/1973/0-1/39/} (18. Qxf3 Bd4 $1)) 14... Be7
(14... bxa3 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rxa3 h6 17. Qe2 Qb6 $14 {Timoshchenko,G-Smagin,S/
Moscow GMA-op (6)/1989/1/2-1/2/49/} 18. Bb5) 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Be4 $1 {Shneider,A
} (16. Re1 Rfd8 (16... Qd8 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 $10 {
Radev-Szabo,J/Albena/1970/1/2-1/2/40/ Inf.10/633}) 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Be4 Bc6 19.
axb4 Bxb4 $10 {Uhlmann,W-Larsen,B/Monte Carlo/1968/1/2-1/2/}) 16... f5 $6 {
N; am Brett gespielt. Während Schwarz schon viel Bedenkzeit verbraucht hat,
spielte Weiss bislang schnell.} (16... Rfd8 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nc3 {
Shneider,A-Maksimenko,A/URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson/1-0/64/ CBM 16}) 17. axb4 $1
Qc7 (17... Bxb4 18. Nc3 $16 (18. Nc3 $1 {Kortschnoj} Qc5 19. Nxd5 $1 $16)) 18.
Rc1 Qb8 19. Bb1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 $36 Qd4 22. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 23. bxc5
Rac8 24. Rxe6 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Re5 Qd4 27. Qe1 Qxb2 28. Bxf5 $16 Nf6 29.
Bc3 Qb6 30. Re7 Bd5 (30... Qc6 {Kortschnoj} 31. Qe6+ $1) 31. h3 Qc6 32. Qe3 $1
Rf7 33. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 34. Re5 Ba2 (34... Qd6 $2 35. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 36. Qe8+ Rf8
37. Be6+ $18) 35. Qe2 g6 (35... Bb3 36. Rb5 (36. Re8+ {Kortschnoj} Rf8 37.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 38. Rxf8 Qxf8 39. Qd3+)) 36. Bxg6 $1 {Eine schöne Kombination in
Zeitnot.} hxg6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qxa2 $18 Qd4 39. Qc2 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Re2
Re7 42. Rd2 Qe5+ 43. g3 a5 44. h4 Rc7 45. Qa2 Rf7 46. Qc4 Rc7 47. Qg4 Re7 48.
Kg2 Rc7 49. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 {Der schwarze Freibauer ist gestoppt.} Ra7 51.
Ra4 Kh6 52. g4 Kg7 53. Kg3 Ra8 54. f3 Kf6 55. Kf4 Ra7 56. g5+ Kg7 57. Kg4 Rb7
$6 58. Rxa5 Rb4+ 59. Kg3 Rb1 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Ra6 {Abgabezug} Kg7 62. Ra7+ Kg8
63. Kg4 Rb4+ 64. f4 Rb1 65. h5 $1 Rg1+ 66. Kf3 gxh5 67. Ke4 h4 68. Kf5 Rf1 69.
Ra3 $1 Kg7 70. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 a5 (10... Bd6 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nce4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
bxa5 O-O 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bd5 19. Bb2 Bxb3 20. Qxb3
Rxc5 21. a6 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Qxa6 23. Bd4 Rd5 24. a4 $13 {Petrosjan,T-Torre,E/
Moskva/1981/0.5 (34)}) 11. Rb1 axb4 (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 Qb6 14. Qe1
Rfe8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra2 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Qe4 g6
21. Ng5 Kg7 22. h4 Nc3 23. Qf4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 $16 {Hulse,B-Kotlyan,S/New York
op (6)/1993/1-0 (25)}) 12. axb4 Bd6 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Bd6 (14...
Be7 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. e4 Nc4 17. Re1 Bc8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxh7 Kf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Be6 22. Bd3 Rh4 23. f4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 $16 {Forintos-Barczay/Budapest/
1963/0.5 (62)}) 15. e4 (15. Qc2 h6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Rb3
Re8 20. h3 Nd5 $14 {Gelfand,B-Tukmakov,V/Wijk aan Zee op/1993/}) 15... dxe4 16.
Bxe4 O-O 17. Rb3 g6 18. Bc2 Ra1 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ra2 21. Re1 Bxe5 22. Rxe5
Bc8 23. h3 Qd6 24. Rb2 $13 {Christiansen,L-Tukmakov,V/Reggio/1987/0.5 (30)})
13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. e4 e5 (16... Bxb4 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd5
exd5 19. Bxb4 c5 20. dxc5 Bc6 21. Rfe1 $16) 17. Ne2 exd4 (17... Rfd8 18. Rfd1
$14) 18. Nexd4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 (19. Nf5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qe6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 $13)
19... Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 (20... Qe7 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. f4
Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qh4 26. Be3 $18) 21. Bc3 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qc5 (
24. g4 Qxh3 25. Nxe5 Rfe8 26. Qc3 Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxd3 28. Qc7 Qf3 $132) 24... f6
(24... Rae8 25. Rfd1 f6 26. Bc2 $16) 25. Bc2 Qe8 26. Rfd1 Bc7 (26... Bc8 27.
Nxe5 fxe5 28. Rd6 Rf6 29. Bb3+ Kh8 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qd6 Kg7 32. Rc1 $16) 27.
Nd4 Kh8 (27... Rc8 28. Ne6 $16) 28. Bb3 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 (29... fxe5 30. Ne6
Rf7 31. Nc5 $18) 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. f4 Bc3 32. Nc5 (32. Rbc1 Bxb4 33. Nd8 Re7 34.
Nxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxc6 $16) 32... Re7 33. Be6 $1 g5 34. Rd3 Ra3 (34... Ba1 35. Bd7
Ra7 36. Nxb7 Rxb7 37. Bxc6 $16) 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bf5 Kf7 (36... gxf4 37. Ne6+
$18) 37. Kh1 gxf4 38. Rh8 $1 Ba8 39. Rd1 (39. Rd1 Bxb4 40. Rh7+ Kf8 41. Rd8+
Re8 42. Nd7+) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9596 6th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bd2 Bg7 (14...
a6 15. Be4 Qb8 16. Qc1 Qa7 17. Bh6 $14 {San Segundo/Anand,V/Madrid/1993/}) (
14... Be7 $6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qg4 Bf8 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. h4 $36 {׻/Alterman,B-Spasov,L/Munich op/1991-92/}) 15. Bb5 a6 (
15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Nxd4 a6 $1 (17... Rc7 {Alterman,B-Pinter,J/Beersheva/
1991/} 18. a3 $1 O-O 19. Bd2 $36 {Alterman}) 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nb3 Qb5 20. Nd4
$10) 16. Nc5 (16. Bg5 $6 axb5 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15) (16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nc5 Qc6
18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxd4 $10) 16... axb5 (16... Bc8 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. Bg5 Qb6 $10) 17. Nxb7 Qb6 (17... Qb8 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Ng5 Nxe5
20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Ndxf7 Rg8 22. Nh6 $40) 18. Nd6+ {This knight is so
vulnerable, that the only advantage for white is the threat to the f7 pawn.}
Ke7 (18... Kf8 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. Ndxf7 $1 (20. Rxe5 Bxe5 (20... Qxd6 21. Qf3 $1
Bf6 22. Rxd5 $1 exd5 23. Bxb4 $1 $18) 21. Ndxf7 $16 {׻,->}) 20... Nxf7 21. Qf3
Qb7 22. Rxe6 $18) 19. Bg5+ (19. Ng5 Rhf8 $1 $8 (19... Nxe5 20. Ndxf7 Nxf7 21.
Rxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Qb3 $5 $146 {עe6,P}) (19... Raf8 20. Ngxf7 $1
Rxf7 21. Bg5+ Kf8 22. Rc1 $1 Bxe5 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Bh6+ $3 Kxh6 25. Nxf7+ Kg7
26. Nxh8 $18) 20. Nxh7 $8 Bxe5 $2 (20... Nxe5 $1 21. Ne4 f5 $1 22. Nxf8 fxe4
23. Nxg6+ Nxg6 24. Qg4 Kf7 $15) 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 $6 22. Ne4 Bg7 (22... Kg7 $142 $5
$16) 23. Qb3 Ra4 24. Rac1 $40 {1-0/Stohl,I-Sakaev,K/Dortmund op-A (06)/1992/ 
(35)}) (19. Rc1 h6 $1 $17 {/\} (19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd6 21. Rc6 Qxe5 $1 (21...
Qd8 $2 22. Rxe6+ $16) 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 $13) 20. Nxd4 Bxe5) 19... Kf8 20. Bh4 (20.
Rc1 h6 21. Bh4 Nxe5 $1 (21... Kg8 $2 22. Bg3 Kh7 23. Nxf7 Rhf8 24. Nd6 Nf4 25.
Qd2 Nh5 26. Nxd4 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Bxe5 28. Nxe6 Bxd6 29. Nxf8+ Rxf8 30. Re6 Rf6
31. Rce1 Qc5 32. R1e3 {1-0/Alterman,B-Dreev,A/Manila olm/1992/ (44)}) 22. Nxe5
Qxd6 23. Bg3 $1 (23. Rc6 $2 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe2 Bg7 26. Qxb5 Kg8 $15 {
0-1 Hjartarson,J-Akopian,V/WchT Luzern (ISD-ARM) (04)/ 1993 (40)}) 23... Qe7
24. h4 $1 Kg8 $5 25. h5 Kh7 26. Rc6 $1 Rhe8 $1 27. hxg6+ fxg6 28. Nxg6 Kxg6 29.
Rexe6+ Qxe6 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qf3+ Kg8 33. Qxd5 Rae8 34. Bd6 $14)
(20. Nxd4 Bxe5 21. Bh6+ (21. N6xb5 Kg7 $36) 21... Ke7 22. N6xb5 Rhc8 $15 {[+]})
20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxd6 22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Rc1 Kg8 24. Nc6 (24. Qxd4 h6 (24...
Rxa2 $2 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Nc6 Qf6 (26... Qd7 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qxh8#) 27. Be5
$18)) (24. h4 $5 Rxa2 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Qxd4 $44) 24... Qd7 25. Qf3 Rf8 (25...
Rxa2 $5 26. Ne5 Qe7 27. Rc8+ Bf8 $13) 26. Ne5 Qd8 27. Nc6 Qd7 (27... Qb6 $2 28.
Qxd5 exd5 29. Ne7#) 28. Ne5 Qd8 29. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Be7 17. Bh6 a6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Nf3 g5 20. Be4 g4 21. Nd2
Rg8 22. Nc4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxe5 24. Qe2 $17 {Belov,I-Kaidanov,G/Moscow-B/1987/})
(15... Bg7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qb5 21.
Nac5+ Ke8 22. Rc1 Bc8 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Rc5 $40 {Marjanovic,S-Karaklajic,N/
Jugoslavija (ch)/1977/}) 16. Rc1 (16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bg7 18. Rb1 (18. Bd2 Qd8
19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 {0,5/Vaganian,R-Kramnik,V/
Moscow4/1991/}) 18... Rb8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxa6 Qa8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7
23. Nc3 (23. Bb4 Nxb4 24. axb4 $36 {Pinter,J-Kaidanov,G/Budapest Perenyi/1989/}
) 23... O-O 24. Nf3 $10 {Dorfman,I-Novikov,I/Lvov/1988/}) 16... Bg7 17. Nc6
Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Bc4 h6 (19... N5b6 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+
Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 $10 {Piket,J-Anand,V/Dortmund (9)/1992/}) 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
(20... hxg5 21. Rd6 (21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Bxd7 Bxe5 $13) 21... Rad8
22. Bxe6 Nxe5 23. Bb3 $10) 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bf6 Nxe5 $3 (22... Bxf6 23. exf6
Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rc7 Rd6 28. Rb7 $36) 23. Bxe5
(23. Rxe5 Rfc8 24. Bxg7 Rxc6 25. Bxh6 g5 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Rxd5 Re8 28. h4 fxg5
$13) 23... Rae8 24. f4 f6 25. Nb6 fxe5 26. Nxd5 exf4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxg6 Kh7
29. Rxa6 Re2 $1 30. Kf1 $1 (30. Nxf4 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Rf2+) 30... Rxb2 31. Nxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
$5 a6 (15... Bg7 $2 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb3 $1 $16 (18. Nb3 Qb5 19.
Nd4 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qb5 21. Nac5+ Ke8 22. Rc1 Bc8 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Rc5 Qb8 25. Rxd5
exd5 26. Nf6+ $16 {Marjanovic,S-Karaklajic,N/JUG-ch/1977/1-0 (30)})) (15... Rc8
16. a3 Be7 17. Bh6 a6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Nf3 g5 20. Be4 g4 21. Nd2 Rg8 22. Nc4
Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxe5 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Bd2 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 $17 {Belov-Kaidanov/
Moskva II (3)/1987/0-1 (30)}) 16. a3 $1 (16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O
19. Bc4 h6 (19... N5b6 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5
24. h4 Nd7 25. Bf6 Bf8 26. Rd1 $10 {Piket,J-Anand,V/Dortmund (9)/1992/0.5 (31)}
) 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bf6 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rae8 24. f4 f6 25. Nb6 fxe5
26. Nxd5 $10 {Piket,Je-Kramnik,V/Amstedam VSB (2)/1993/0.5 (31)}) 16... bxa3 (
16... Bg7 $5 17. axb4 $1 (17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bc6 $1 20. axb4 Rfb8
21. Rec1 $2 Nxb4 $1 22. Nd4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxe5 24. Qc2 Qd6 $1 $19 {Sakaev,
K-Galliamova,A/USSR/1989/}) 17... Nxb4 (17... Qxb4 18. Re4 $1) 18. Bc4 $1 $16)
17. bxa3 Bg7 18. Bd2 Qd8 $1 19. Rb1 (19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 {0,5/Vaganian,R-Kramnik,V/Moscow4/1991/}) 19... Rb8 20. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 21.
Bxa6 Qa8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bb4 $1 (23. Nc3 O-O 24. Nf3 Ra8 25. Qa1 N5b6 $1 $10
{Dorfman,I-Novikov,I/Lvov/1988/}) 23... Nxb4 (23... Bxe5 $2 24. Nc5 $1 Bxh2+ (
24... Nxc5 25. Rxe5 Nxb4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Nc6 Qb6 28. Rxc5 $18) 25. Kh1 $1 (
25. Kxh2 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qc7+) 25... Nxc5 26. Bxc5) 24. axb4 Qxb4 $1 (24... O-O
25. Nf3 $1 (25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qc7 27. c6 Bxe5 28. Nf3 $14)) 25. Nc6 Qb7 26.
Qd6 Bf8 27. Nc5 $1 Bxd6 (27... Qc8 28. Ne4 $1 Qa8 29. Qc7 $1 $18) 28. Nxb7 Bc7
(28... Be7 $2 29. Ra1 $1 $18) 29. Nd6+ (29. Rd1 $2 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 $19) (29.
Rc1 $2 Nxe5 30. Nb8 O-O $1 $19) 29... Kf8 $1 (29... Bxd6 $6 30. exd6 O-O 31.
Ra1 Nb8 $1 (31... Nf6 32. Ra7 $18) 32. Na7 Rd8 33. Nb5 Nd7 34. f3 Rb8 35. Nc7
$14 {Pinter,J-Kaidanov,G/Budapest/1989/}) 30. Ra1 (30. Rd1 $5 Bxd6 $1 (30...
Kg7 $2 31. Nxf7 $1 $18) (30... Nc5 31. Ra1 $14) 31. exd6 (31. Rxd6 Nc5) 31...
Kg7 32. Ra1 Rc8 $10) 30... Nxe5 $1 31. Ra8+ (31. Nxe5 Bxd6 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33.
Rxh8 Bxe5 $1 34. Ra8 h5 $1 $10) 31... Kg7 32. Rxh8 Nxc6 (32... Kxh8 $2 33. Nxe5
Bxd6 34. Nxf7+ $18) (32... Bxd6 33. Rd8 Bc7 34. Rc8 Bd6 35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. g4
$10) 33. Rc8 Bxd6 34. Rxc6 Bf4 35. g4 f5 36. h3 fxg4 37. hxg4 Kf6 38. Kg2 h5
39. Kf3 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shirov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5
Qa5 15. Nd4 (15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O h6 (16... Bc6 17. b3 Bxa4 18. bxa4 h6 19.
Be3 Be7 20. Nd4 Rhc8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qf3 Ke8 23. Nb5 Qxa4 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6
$40 {Balashov,Y-Mariotti,S/Leningrad/1977/}) 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. b3 Bxa4 19. bxa4
Bc5 20. a3 Rhc8 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Ne1 Ke8 $13 {Cvitan,O-Kharlov,A/Bern/1992/})
15... Ba6 $5 {N} (15... Be7 16. Rc1 Bxg5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nc5+ Ke7 19. Nxb7
Qb6 20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Qxd5 Bxc1 22. Nd6 Raf8 23. Nxf5+ Ke8 24. Nxg7+ Ke7 25.
Nf5+ Ke8 26. O-O Bxb2 27. Rd1 {1-0/Wells,P-Muir,A/BCF-ch/1989/}) 16. Bc6 (16.
Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nf3 N7b6 $15 (17... h6 {Shirov} 18. Be3 (18. Bd2 g5 $17) 18... g5
19. Bd4 Bg7 $17)) (16. Bxd7+ {Shirov} Kxd7 17. Nb3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8
Kxc8 20. Nd4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. Kd2 $10) 16... Rc8 (16... b3+ $6 {Shirov}
17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Bc3 $1 Qxe5+ 19. Ne2 Qxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxe2 21. Bxa8 Bb5 22. axb3
$13) 17. Rc1 (17. b3 {Shirov} Rxc6 $1 18. Nxc6 Qc7 $17) 17... b3+ $1 18. Nc3 (
18. Bd2 Nb4 $1) 18... bxa2 (18... Nb4 $2 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nxb3+ Nd3+ 21.
Qxd3+ Bxd3 22. Nxa5 $18) 19. Bxd7+ (19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Nb4 $17) 19... Kxd7
20. Nde2 Be7 21. Bxe7 (21. Bd2 Nb4 $19) 21... Kxe7 22. O-O Rhd8 {Ftacnik,L} (
22... Rhd8 23. Qc2 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bd3 $19 (24... Qxe5 {Shirov} 25. Rfe1 Bxe2 26.
Rxe2 Rxc3 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Protvino zt"]
[Site "Protvino"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 13. Qe2 $5 (13.
Bd2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. b3 Bxa4 16. bxa4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Bc4
O-O 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. a5 Na4 23. Qb5 Nb2 24. Rb1 $10 {Olafsson,
H-Dorfman,J/Reykjavik FRA-ISD (3)/1993/}) (13. a3 a6 14. Re1 Rc8 (14... Qc7 15.
Bd2 g5 16. dxc5 bxa3 17. b4 Bg7 18. h3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxa3 Rd8 21. Qh5
$13 {Razuvaev,Y-Shabalov,A/Jurmala/1987/}) 15. axb4 c4 16. Be4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 a5
18. Nc3 N7b6 19. Bc2 O-O 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Rad1 Ng6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24.
exd6 $13 {Piket,J-Oll,L/Manila olm/1992/}) (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bb5+ Kf8 (15... Ke7 $5 {Hansen,LB} 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Bc4 Rhd8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19.
Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 20. Be3 Qb5 21. a4 $1 Nxa4 $2 (21... bxa3 22. bxa3 Nd3 $13) 22.
Nd4 Qd7 23. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 24. Qxb4+ Kg8 25. Qxa4 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxe5 27. Rxa7
Rxa7 28. Bxa7 $14 {Hansen,LB-Rasmussen,K/DK-ch play off(1)/1993}) 16. Qd4 Rc8
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Be2 g6 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. Rac1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Be3 Nd3 23.
Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qd4 $10 {Gelfand,B-Oll,L/Vilnius/1988/}) (13. Re1 Rc8 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nd4 Rc8 {0,5/Mikhalchishin,
A-Reefschlaeger,H/Balatonbereny op (7)/1988/}) (13. Be3 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Bb1
Be7 16. dxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nd2 Nd7 21.
Nc4 Rf8 22. Nd6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd5 24. e4 $13 {Miralles,G-Pinter,J/FRA-chT/1991/
}) 13... Qa5 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 (14... Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17.
Qf3+ N7f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 $40) 15. Bd2 $13) (13... a6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 $13) (13... Bc6 $1 {Hansen,LB} 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5
Bxc5 {White has now won a tempo compared to the well-known variation 12.Nc5,
Nc5.13. dc5,Bc5.14.0-0,h6.15.Qe2,Qb6;however,this tempo seems to be
insignificant.} 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Bc4 $5 O-O $1 19. Ne1 Bd4 20. Nd3
a5 21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Qe4+ Kg8 23. Qg4 Kh7 $10 {Hansen,LB-Rasmussen,K/DK-ch play
off(3)/1993}) 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 $6 (14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Bd2
Qb6 $13) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 (16... Nd7 17. Bd2 N5b6 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bc6
$16) (16... Kf8 {Hansen,LB}) 17. Nd4 Qc7 (17... Rhc8 18. Bd2 $14 (18. Bd2 {
Hansen,LB} Qb6 19. a3 $1 $14 {|^;^^;X Ke7})) 18. Be3 a6 $2 (18... Qxe5 $2 19.
Nc6+ Bxc6 20. Bxc5+ Kf6 21. Qxe5+ Kxe5 22. Bxc6 $18) (18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6
20. Rac1 Rhc8 $14) 19. Rac1 Nxe3 (19... axb5 20. Nxb5 Nf4 21. Qd2 $1 $18) (
19... Qxe5 $4 {Hansen,LB} 20. Nc6+ Bxc6 21. Bxc5+ $18) 20. Qxe3 axb5 (20...
Rhc8 $5 {Hansen,LB} 21. a3 $1 (21. Nc6+ Ke8 $1 (21... Bxc6 $2 22. Qxc5+ $18)
22. Na7+ axb5 23. Nxb5 $5 Qc6 24. Nd6+ Kf8 $1 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 (
26... Rxa2 $6 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qb3 $1 $16) 27. Qxc5+ Kg8 $14) (21. Bc6 Bxc6
22. Rxc5 Qb7) 21... bxa3 (21... axb5 22. axb4 Qb6 (22... Qb8 23. bxc5 $18) 23.
bxc5 Rxc5 $2 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nf5+ $18) 22. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 (22... axb2 23. Rxc5
Qb6 24. Qa3 $1 b1=N (24... b1=Q 25. Rb5+ $18) 25. Rxb1 $1 Qxb1+ 26. Rc1+ $18)
23. Rxc5 Qb6 (23... axb2 24. Rxc6 Qb7 (24... Qa5 25. Rb6 $1) 25. Rb6 $1 $18)
24. Qxa3 Ke8 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qa4 $1 Rac8 27. Rfc1 Kd7 $8 28. b4 $16) 21. Rxc5
$1 Qd7 (21... Qxc5 22. Nf5+ $18) 22. Nxb5 Rhc8 23. Nd6 Rc6 (23... Rxc5 24. Qxc5
Bd5 25. Nc4+ Kd8 26. Nb6 $18) 24. Rfc1 Raa6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Qf3 $1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 (9. Na4) 9... c5 10. Nxf6+ (10. Qa4 $145 Bb7 11. Ne5 c4 $1 12. Ng5 (
12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxc4 Bxg2 $10) 12... cxd3 13.
Ngxf7 Qc7 14. Nxh8 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bd5 16. Bd2 Rc8 $13 {/\} 17. f3 Qb7 {
Prudnikova,S}) 10... gxf6 11. Be4 $5 (11. O-O) 11... Rb8 12. O-O f5 13. Bc6 Qc7
14. d5 $1 (14. Ne5 Bg7 15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O
$5 $44 (18... Rc8 19. Bd2 a5 $10)) 14... Bg7 15. e4 $5 fxe4 16. Re1 $5 (16. Ng5
) 16... exd5 $1 (16... O-O 17. Rxe4 exd5 18. Bxd5 {/\ Bf4+/-}) 17. Qxd5 (17.
Bxd5 Nf6 18. Bxe4 O-O $13) 17... O-O 18. Qxe4 Rb6 $1 19. Ba4 Re6 $1 20. Bf4
Rxe4 21. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 (22... Nb6 $6 23. Bb5 $14 (23. Bc2 Bxb2 24.
Bd6 Rd8 25. Bxc5 Bc3 26. Re7 Bf5 27. Bb3 Be6 28. h3 $14)) 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. Bc7
Rf8 25. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Be7 17. Bh6 a6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Nf3 g5 $132 {
Belov-Kaidanov/Moskva II/1987/}) (15... Bg7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb3
Qb5 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qb5 21. Nac5+ Ke8 22. Rc1 Bc8 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Rc5 Qb8
25. Rxd5 $1 exd5 26. Nf6+ $18 {Marjanovic,S-Karaklajic,N/Jug-ch/1977/}) 16. Rc1
Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Rc5 $18) (18... Bxe5 $2 19.
Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc5 $18) 19. Bc4 N5b6 $1 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 (21... Bxe5
22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxe5 $18) 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 Nd7 (24... a5 25.
h5 a4 26. Bd1 $36) 25. Bf6 Bf8 (25... Nxf6 26. exf6 Bf8 27. Rxe6 Rc1+ 28. Kh2
Qb8+ $1 29. g3 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. f7+ Bg7 32. Qd7 Bf8 33. Qd4+ $10) 26. Rd1
Nxf6 27. exf6 a5 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 h5 (29... Rc5 30. g4) 30. f3 Rc5 31. g4
hxg4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. O-O {Lutz: Der
nachfolgende Plan der Läuferentwicklung ist an dieser Stelle neu. Karpow hatte
gegen Kramnik zweimal 13.Bd2 versucht, allerdings ohne großen Erfolg.} (13. Bd2
Rb8 (13... Qc7 14. Bb4 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Qb5
19. Qxg7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21. Nd4 Nc5) 14. O-O $5 (14. Qa4 c5 (14... Qc7 15.
Rb1 c5 16. Rxb7) 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 (17... Qc8 18. O-O O-O
19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qe4 Rc7 21. Ng5 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. g4 Be7 24. gxh5 Rxc1 25.
hxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rxf2+ $3 27. Kxf2 fxg6+ $19) 18. Rd1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995} (18... O-O 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. O-O Bxe5 22.
Rfd1 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qb8 $14)) (14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Nf6 $10) 14... O-O (14... c5
$6 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Bc3 $1 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rd7
20. Qa8+ Qd8 $14) 16... O-O 17. d5 Qe7 18. e4 f6 $8 19. Qc2 Nb6 $6 20. dxe6
Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. Rad1 $5 (22. a4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rac1 Bd4 $10) 22...
Nxa3 23. Qc1 Nc4 24. Nh4 $1 {Gurevich,M-Novikov,I/Antwerp op/1995/0-1 (93)})
15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qd5
21. Qc3 h6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. h3 Rfb8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Qa4 Qe4 27. Qc2
Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid 1996}) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2)
14... Rb8 15. Qc2 c5 {The only exciting moment in the whole game, black trusts
his counterplay with bishop looking to white's kingside. Der einzige kleine
Höhepunkt der Partie.} (15... f5 $5 16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. d5 (17. Qb3 Rxc6 18. Qxb7
Rb6 $19) 17... exd5 18. Qc3 $1 (18. Nd4 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ $15)
18... Rf7 19. Bxb7 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Nb6 (20... Qc7 21. Bxd5 Qxc3 22. Ng5 Ne5 23.
Rac1 Qxa3 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Ne6 $18) 21. Ba6 $13) 16. Bxb7 (16.
Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 (17. Be4 $2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxb2 $19) (17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 (
18. cxd6 Qg5 19. g3 Qg4 $19) 18... Rxb2 19. Qxb2 Be5 $17) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3
Bxh2+ (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qh4 20. f4 Qg4+ $11) (18... Qh4 $5 {Lutz}) 19. Kxh2
Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 16... Rxb7 17. dxc5 (17. Rab1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb8 $11)
17... Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 (19. Qc3 Nf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Na4 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Bb5 $5 Qa5 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. O-O e5 $1 14. Bf4 $3
Bd6 (14... exf4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd4 $1 Ne7 17. Re1 $40) 15. Bg3 Bc7 (15... O-O
$5 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Nf5 Qxc6 18. Rc1 Qxe4 (18... Bc5 19. Ne7+ $18) 19. Nxd6 Qd5
(19... Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Rfd1 $146) (19... Qa8 $5) 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rfd1
$146) 16. Rc1 O-O 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 $1 Nf6 20. Nc6 Rxd1 21.
Rfxd1 (21. Nxa5 $2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxa5 $19) 21... Qb5 22. Nxb8 Bg4 $1 (22...
Qxb8 23. Bxe5 $1 $18) 23. Rxc7 Bxd1 24. Rc8+ Ne8 25. Nc6 h5 (25... Kf8 26. Nxe5
$146) 26. h4 $6 (26. Rxe8+ Kh7 27. Rd8 Qxc6 28. Rxd1 Qc2 29. Re1 Qxa2 30. Bxe5
Qxb3 $13) 26... Kh7 27. Rxe8 Qxc6 28. Rxe5 f6 $2 (28... Qc2 $1 $132) 29. Re7
Bg4 30. f3 Be6 31. Rxa7 Kg6 32. Kh2 Bf7 33. Rc7 Qb5 34. Nc5 Qe2 35. Nd7 Kh6 36.
Nxf6 $1 gxf6 37. Rxf7 Qxa2 38. Rxf6+ Kg7 39. Rb6 Qxb3 40. Bd6 $138 {Ftacnik,L}
1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 h6 (13... cxd4 14. Bg5 Qa5
15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 $1 (16... Nc5 17. Nfd2 $14) 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. a5 Qa7 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Rc4 Rfc8 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Rg4 Ne3 $5 24. Rg3 Kf8 $13
{Khenkin,I-Scherbakov,V/USSR/1989/}) (13... Rc8) 14. Nfd2 Be7 15. Nc4 O-O 16.
Ncd6 Bc6 17. Nxc5 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nb8 (18... N7f6 19. Nxa6 $16) 19. Ne4 a5 (19...
Nb6 20. Bf3) (19... f5 20. Nd2 Qxd6 21. Nc4 $16) 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Bd3 Qb6 22.
Bc2 Rac8 23. Qd3 N7f6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bf4 b3 (25... Bd5 26. Bb3 $16) 26.
Bxb3 Be4 27. Qb5 Qa7 28. d7 $1 $18 Ra8 29. Bd6 Rfd8 30. Be7 Rxd7 31. Bxf6 Bd5 (
31... Rb7 32. Qe5 gxf6 33. Qxf6 $18) 32. Be5 Rb7 33. Bxd5 Rxb5 34. Bxa8 Rxb2 (
34... Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qxa8 36. Rb5 $18) 35. Bf3 f6 36. Bg3 Qxd4 37. Rad1 Rd2 (
37... Qxa4 38. Rxe6 $40) 38. Rc1 e5 39. Bc6 h5 40. h4 Kh7 41. Kh2 Kh6 42. Be4
Qxa4 43. Rc8 g6 44. Rg8 f5 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Bxe5+ Kf7 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rc1 $1 {
Ftacnik,L} (48. Rc1 Kxh7 49. Rc8 g5 50. Bxf5+ Kh6 51. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 (12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4
Rb8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Be3 c5 $1 $132) 12... O-O 13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 (14... Nd7
15. c6 $1 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Bb5 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. f3 a6 21.
Bc4 Nc5 22. Rfd1 {0.5/Stohl,I-Novikov,V/Ostrava/1994/}) 15. a3 (15. Bf4) 15...
a5 $2 (15... bxa3 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3 Bxc5 19. Bb2 (19. e5 Bxa3
20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qe3 Rc3 $1) 19... Qd8 $10) 16. axb4 axb4 17. Bd2 Bxc5 18. e5
Ng4 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qe4+ f5 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23.
Qxe6#) (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Bb5 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Qe7
24. h4 $16) 19. Be4 (19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh7 Nxe5 $1 $132) 19... Qb6 20. Bxh7+ $1 (
20. Ng5 $6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6
Rfe8 26. Rxf2 (26. Nxg7 Re2 $1) 26... Ne4 $17) (20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h3 Nh6 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 23. Nh2 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ng4 Rg6 $13) 20... Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22.
Qxg4 Rfd8 (22... Qc6 23. Rac1 Qd5 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27.
Bxb4 Rb5 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Ng5 $1 Bg6 30. f4 $16) 23. Qh5 $1 Rxd2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8
25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd8
(30... Ke8 $4 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32. Nxe6+ $18) 31. Rad1 Rxd1 (31... Bxf2+ 32. Kh1
Rcc2 33. Nf7+ Kc7 34. Nd6+ Kb8 35. Qf8+ Ka7 36. Ra1+ Ba6 37. Nc8+ Rxc8 38. Qxc8
$18) 32. Rxd1+ Bd5 33. Qf7 Bd4 34. h4 $1 Rc7 35. Qf8+ $2 (35. Nxe6+ $1 Bxe6 (
35... Qxe6 36. Qxe6 Bxe6 37. Rxd4+ Ke7 38. Rxb4 $18) 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qf4 Ke8 (
37... Rc4 38. b3 $18) 38. Rxd4 $16) 35... Kd7 36. Qf4 Bxb2 37. h5 Qa6 $2 (37...
b3 $1 38. h6 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Bxc1 40. Qf7+ Kc8 41. h7 Bxg5 42. h8=Q+ Bd8 $13) 38.
Qxb4 Bxe5 39. Nf7 Qe2 40. Re1 $4 (40. Nxe5+ Qxe5 41. Qg4 $44) 40... Bh2+ 41.
Kxh2 Qxh5+ 42. Kg1 Qxf7 $19 43. Qb5+ Kc8 44. Qa6+ Kd8 45. Qd6+ Rd7 46. Qb8+ Ke7
47. Qb4+ Ke8 48. Qb8+ Rd8 49. Qg3 Rc8 50. Qg5 Rc2 51. f3 Bxf3 $4 52. Qb5+ $1 (
52. Qb5+ $1 Bc6 53. Qb8+ Ke7 54. Qc7+ Kf8 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qg5+ Qg6 57. Qxg6+
Kxg6 58. Rxe6+ Kf5 59. Rd6 Rxg2+ 60. Kf1 Rc2 61. Ke1 $10) (52. gxf3 $4 Qa7+ 53.
Qe3 Qg7+ $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Nc6 Qc7 16. Qxd5 Bd6 $1 {N} (16... exd5 17. Re1+ Be7 18. Nxe7 Kf8 19. Bg5 f6
20. Bd2 Qa5 21. Bc6 Ne5 22. Bxb7 Kxe7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 Qxa4 $17) 17. Re1
O-O 18. Qc4 (18. Ne7+ Kh8 $1 19. Qd1 Nf6 $17) 18... Rfc8 19. Bg5 Bxc6 20. Rac1
Nb8 (20... Bxb5 $2 21. Qxb5 Nc5 (21... Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. Rcd1 $18) 22. Nxc5
Bxc5 23. Be3 $18) (20... Ne5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxc6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 $16) 21. Qg4
a6 (21... Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Bf6 Bf8 24. Rc5 Qd7 $17) 22. Bf6 Bf8 23. Bd3
Nd7 24. Bd4 Qd6 (24... e5 $5 25. Be3 Qd6 26. Red1 Qe7 $17) 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26.
Rxc5 f5 $6 (26... Bd5 $17) 27. Qe2 Bb5 (27... Qxd4 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6
30. Qxc6 $14) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. g3 Rc4 31. Be5 Qc5 32. Qf3 Rc2
33. Kg2 g5 34. Bf6 g4 35. Qf4 Bh6 36. Bg5 (36. Qxh6 $2 Qxf2+) 36... Bg7 37.
Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qb7+ Kg8 (38... Kg6 $2 39. Rxe6+) 39. Qb8+ Bf8 40. Be3 Qc6+ 41.
Kg1 Rxb2 42. Bd4 Rc2 (42... Rxa2 43. Qe5 $132) 43. Qd8 (43. Qe5 Rc1 44. Qh8+
Kf7 45. Qxh7+ Ke8 $17) 43... Qc7 44. Qf6 Qe7 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Qxh7+ Ke8 47.
Qg6+ Qf7 (47... Kd7 48. Bf6) 48. Rxe6+ Be7 49. Qh6 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Kd7 51. Rxe7+ (
51. Re5 $2 Qc4 52. Rxe7+ Kxe7 53. Qf6+ Ke8 54. Qe5+ Kd8 55. Qd6+ Kc8 56. Qf8+
Kb7 57. Qe7+ Qc7 $19) 51... Qxe7 52. Qxc1 Qe4+ 53. Kg1 Qxd4 54. Qc2 Qd5 55. Qb3
Qe4 (55... Qxb3 56. axb3 Kd6 57. Kf1 Ke5 58. Ke1 Ke4 59. Ke2 Kd4 60. Kd2 $10)
56. a3 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Kg1 bxa3 59. Qxb5+ Qc6 60. Qxf5+ Qe6 61. Qb5+ Qc6
{Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe5 Qf6 18. Nf3 $5 {N} (18. Qxf6 N5xf6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 {Ftacnik,L-Tukmakov,V/Biel/1988/ -> CBM 09} 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22.
Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Bxd7 Rcd8 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Re6+ $10) (18. Qe4 Bg7 $2 (18... Rc7 $1
$17) 19. Nxe6 $3 fxe6 20. Bg5 $16 {Mikhalchishin,A-Lanc,A/Trnava II/1988/})
18... Be7 (18... Bg7 $5) 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Rac1 $40 Kd8 21. Qe2 Nb8 22. h4 a6 23.
Bc4 Re8 24. Red1 Rc7 25. Bg5 Qg7 26. Bxd5 Rxc1 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxc7 Kxc7 28.
Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxd5 $18) (26... exd5 27. Rxc7 Kxc7 28. Bf4+ $18) 27. Bxb7+ Rxd1+
28. Qxd1+ Kc7 29. Be4 Bxg5 30. hxg5 f5 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Ne5 Qd6
34. Qc2+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 (
14... Ke7 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Bc4 (16. Be2 h6 17. O-O (17. Nd2 $2 Nd7 18. Qxb6 axb6
19. Nc4 b3 20. a3 $15 {Razuvaev,Y-Kaidanov,G/Protvino/1988/}) 17... Rad8 18.
Bd2 g5 19. Rfc1 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Rc8 22. Nd2 Qd8 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24.
Rxc5 {Barbero,G-Bryson,D/Dubai ol/1986/}) 16... Nd7 17. Qg4 h6 18. O-O a5 19.
Bd2 Rhc8 20. Rfc1 Kf8 21. Qh5 Ne7 22. Be3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 $13 {
Polugaevsky,L-Panno,O/Palma de Mallorca/1972/}) 15. O-O h6 16. Qd4 (16. Nd4 g6
17. Qg4 Kg7 18. a3 a5 19. Bd2 h5 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Qc4 Qe7 22. axb4 Ne4 23. Nxe6+
fxe6 24. Qxe4 $16 {Cvitan,O-Lisik,V/Budapest Spring op/1992/}) (16. Qe2 Qb6 17.
Bc4 Ke7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Rhc8 20. Rfc1 Qa5 21. Nd4 Nd7 22. b3 Rab8 23. Nc2
Ba8 24. Bd2 $13 {Parameswaran,T-Anand,V/Calcutta (06)/1992/}) 16... Rc8 (16...
Qb6 17. Bc4 $1 Rd8 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Qg4 Kg8 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Nf3 a5
22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Be3 $16 {Ungureanu,E-Omar,I/Albania/1967/})
18... Ke7 19. Qg4 g5 $8 20. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Be3 Qa5 23. h4 Rg8
24. hxg5 $18 {Yakovich,Y-Meister,Y/USSR/1988/}) 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Be2 $5 g6 (
18... Nd7 19. Qg4 Rc2 20. Bd3) 19. Rac1 Kg7 20. Qh4 Qd8 (20... b3 21. a3) (
20... Na4 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bc4 Nxb2 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxb4 $16) 21. Qg4 a5 22.
h4 h5 $8 23. Qd4 Ne7 (23... Nd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. a3 $16) 24. Bg5
$1 Bxf3 (24... Qxd4 25. Bf6+ Kf8 26. Nxd4 Rg8 27. Nb5 $16) 25. Bf6+ Kh7 26.
Qxd8 Rhxd8 27. Bxf3 Rd7 28. Rfd1 Nd5 (28... Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nf5 30. b3 $16) 29.
Bg5 Rcc7 30. Kf1 Na4 (30... Nb6 31. Bd8 $18) 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Bxd5 exd5 33.
Rxd5 Nxb2 34. Rxa5 Nd3 35. Ra8 Rc2 36. f4 $1 Rb2 (36... Nc1 37. Bf6 g5 38. f5
$18) 37. Rd8 (37. Bf6 g5 38. f5 Rf2+) 37... b3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Ke2 (39. Bf6
Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Nxf4+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+) 39... Nc5 40. Bf6 Rb2+ 41. Kd1 (41. Kd1 g5 42.
f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc5 Qe7 {N} (18... Qb5) 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20.
Rac1 (20. Ne4 Ba8 21. Nd6 f6 $13) (20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Ng5 Kg7 22. Ne4 Qb6 $1 $13
) 20... Nb6 $5 21. Qxb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd5 23. f4 Rfd8 (23... Rc8 24. Nd3 Qd8 (
24... Qxb4 25. Nxb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd4 27. Nc6 Rxf4 28. Nxa7 Ra4 29. Nc8 $1 $16)
25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Nc5 Rd4 $132) 24. Qa3 Rd2 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ (26...
Qe7 27. Ne4 Rxb2 28. Nf6+ $40) 27. hxg3 Rxb2 28. a4 Ra2 (28... Rd4 $5) 29. a5
Nd5 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Rec1 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Nb3 Rxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Kf8 35. Kf1
Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd7 (36... h5 $1 {/\ h4=}) 37. Kd3 h5 38. Ne2 Kc6 39. Kc4 Kb7 (
39... a6 40. Nd4+ Kb7 41. Nb3 $16) 40. Nc3 $6 (40. Kc5 $1) 40... Nxc3 41. Kxc3
Kc6 42. Kb4 Kb7 43. Kb5 Kc7 44. Kc5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe5 Qf6 18. Nf3 Bg7 $1 {N} (18... Be7 19. Bh6 Rg8 20.
Rac1 Kd8 21. Qe2 Nb8 22. h4 $40 {Shabalov,A-Sorokin,M/Minsk/1990/ ->CBM 17})
19. Qg3 (19. Qd6 Qe7) 19... Qd8 20. Ne5 (20. Bg5 Qc7) 20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5 O-O
22. Qd4 $6 (22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Bh6 f6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ (
26. Rae1 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Kf7 28. Re1 g5) 26... Rxe8 27. Nc5 Bc6 $15) 22... Qf6 $1
23. Qxa7 Rc7 24. Be3 (24. Bxd7 Ra8 $19) 24... Bc6 25. Qxc7 (25. Qa6 Ra8) 25...
Nxc7 26. Bxc6 Ne5 27. Be4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 (28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxb4 Nd3)
28... exd5 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Nb6 (30. Rxd5 Ng4 31. Rd2 (31. h3 Rxe3 $19) 31...
Qh4 32. h3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Nxe3 $19) 30... Ng4 31. Nxd5 Qxb2 32. Bc5 Re2 33. Rf1
(33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Bd4+ Qxd4) 33... Rd2 34. Rxd2 (34. h3) 34... Qxd2 35. Ne3 $6
(35. Nxb4 Qf4 36. g3 Qc4 37. Bd6 Nxh2 $19) 35... Nxf2 $1 36. Nf5 (36. Rxf2 Qc1+
37. Nf1 Qxc5 $19) (36. Nc4 Qc3) 36... Ng4 $1 37. Ne7+ Kg7 38. Nc6 Ne3 {Ftacnik,
L} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Bg7 20. Bg5 Nc7 21. Qa5 {N
} (21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Bxd8 Rxb7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Nb5 Rc2 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
O-O $10 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Novikov,I/Moscow/1990/ ->TD90_02}) 21... Ra8 22. Bxd8
Rxa5 23. Bxc7 Rxa4 24. Red1 Nf6 (24... O-O 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd7 Bxb2 27. Rb1
Bc3 $10) 25. Be5 (25. Nc6 Nd5 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 O-O $15) 25... O-O 26. a3 (
26. b3 Ra6 27. Nc2 Nd5) 26... Nd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nc2 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Rc4 $15
30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc2 32. b3 Rd8 $1 33. Ra1 (33. Rb1 Rb2 $1 34. Ree1 Rdd2)
33... Ra8 34. Ree1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Rb2 36. h4 Rxb3 37. g3 h6 38. Ra5 Kf6 39. Kg2
Rd3 40. Ra7 Rd6 41. Kf3 e5 42. Ra8 Rd3+ 43. Ke4 Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Ra7 f6 46.
Rh7 h5 47. Rg7 Rg4 48. Rh7 Rb4 49. Kf3 $2 (49. Rf7 $1 $15) 49... e4+ 50. Ke2
Rb2+ 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Kg4 55. Rh6 Kh3 $1 56. Rxg6
Rf3 57. Rh6 Kg2 58. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 59. Ke3 f5 60. Rg5 Kf1 61. g4 Rf3+ 62. Kd4 e3
63. Rxf5 Rxf5 64. Kxe3 Rf8 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen K41"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Kjeldsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 (8... b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qc2 $1 $14) 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5
{Pawn center loses mobility, but white saves a tempo in order to mount more
pressure.} Nd5 12. a4 b4 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 c4 14. Ng5 $1 Be7 15. Bf3 $14)
13. Ne4 Qc7 (13... h6 14. Nfd2 Be7 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Ncd6 Bxd6 (16... Bc6 17.
Nxc5 Bxd6 $8 18. exd6 Nb8 $1 (18... a5 $6 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Bf3 Bc6
22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Ra6 25. Be3 Rxd6 26. Rfc1 Ra8 27. Rc5 Bb3
$15 {Sutter,O-Milov,V/Zuerich op/1993/0-1 (50)}) (18... Qb8 $5 19. Nxa6 Qxd6
20. Qb3 Bb7 $8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 $14 {Alonso,R-Guerra,P/Cuba/1991/})
19. Ne4 $1 a5 $1 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Bd3 $1 Qb6 $1 22. Bc2 Rac8 $2 23. Qd3 N5f6 24.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Bf4 $1 $16 {Henkin,I-Shabalov,A/Minsk/1990/1-0 (48)}) 17. Nxd6
Bc6 18. a5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 f6 20. f4 Qc7 21. Bd2 Qa7 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. Rfc1 Nb8
24. Rc4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bb5 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Rc5 {1-0/Piket,J-Brenninkmeijer,J/
Groningen (1)/1991/}) 14. Re1 (14. a5 h6 15. Bc4 (15. Re1 Be7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17.
Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. Rec1 {0.5/Ryskin,A-Yakovich,
Y/Vladivostok (02)/1994/}) (15. Qd3 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ne1 Bc6
19. Qg3 cxd4 20. Bxh6 Bf8 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. Nf3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxd6 24. Rc4 f6 25.
Nd3 $13 {Hansen,LB-Maksimenko,A/Copenhagen BSF (06)/1995/0.5 (42)}) 15... Be7
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. Be4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Nc6 23. Rfc1 Rd5 24. Be3 $10 {Horvath,C-Sorokin,M/EUCup
Gr5Balatonbereny/1993/0.5 (76)}) 14... h6 15. Bf1 Be7 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Rc1 Qb6
18. Ng3 $6 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qe2 O-O $13) 18... cxd4 19. a5 Qxa5
{In this line black often refrains from castling, as this would provoke Nd4
and Qg4 attack.} 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Bc4 h5 24. Qh3 Kf8 25.
Ne2 (25. Nd4 Na4 $17) 25... Ne4 $1 26. Rf1 Bc5 (26... Nxd2 27. Nxd2 Bg5 28.
Rfd1 Ne3 $17) 27. Qh4 Ne7 (27... Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Ne3 $1 $17) 28. Bg5 $1 Nxg5 29.
Nxg5 Nf5 $2 (29... Bd5 $17) 30. Nxe6+ {[%csl Rf8] Black have not only spoiled
his advantage, but falled under strong attack.} fxe6 $8 (30... Ke8 31. Qxd8+
Qxd8 32. Nxd8 Kxd8 33. Bxf7 $18) 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Rxc5 $1 (33.
Bxf5 gxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kh6) 33... Qxc5 34. Nf4 Ne7 (34... Rhg8 35. Bxf5 Qc6 (35...
gxf5 36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ $18) 36. Be6 $18) 35. Bf7 Rhg8 (35... Qc6 36. Qxe7
Kh6 37. h4 $18) (35... Rhf8 36. Ne6 $18) 36. Bxg8+ Rxg8 (36... Nxg8 $2 37. Qf7+
Kh8 38. Nxg6#) 37. Ne6 Qc6 38. Qxe7+ Kh8 (38... Kh6 39. f3 Qe8 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41.
Qf6 $18) 39. f3 Qe8 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4
e5 16. Ne2 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. e6 $146 fxe6 20. Bg5 Qd6 {Leko has
managed to prepare for the possible repetition of the line played by
Kasimdzhanov in the 5th round in Jermuk.} (20... Qc5 21. Qb3 Nde5 22. Qxe6+ Rf7
23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Qd6 25. Qb3 Bc5 26. Rbd1 Ra3 27. Qc2 Bd4 28. Be3 {
1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Aronian,L (2768)/Jermuk 2009 (41)}) 21. Be2 Rf7 {
[%mdl 4] Black has prepared a very witty combination.} (21... Nde5 22. Nxe5
Nxe5 23. Rfd1 Qc5 24. Qb3 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Rf1 Qd4 27. Qxe6+ Nf7 $11) 22.
Rbd1 Qf8 23. Nd4 (23. Qb3 Nde5 24. Nxe5 (24. Nd4 Ra3 25. Qxa3 Bxa3 26. Nxe6
Nxf2 27. Rd8 Qxd8 28. Nxd8 Bc5 29. Nxf7 Nxf7 $15) 24... Nxe5 25. Qxe6 Re8 26.
Qb3 Bc8 $15) 23... Nxf2 $1 24. Nxe6 $1 {Both players are forced to sing from
exactly the same hymn sheet. Any deviation or any attempts to improve would
most likely favour Black.} (24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Nxe6 Qf7 26. Nd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8
Bc5 28. Kh1 Bf8 $15) (24. Ngf5 exf5 25. Rxf2 fxe4 26. Ne6 Qe8 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28.
Nd8 Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Qe6 $15) 24... Nxd1 $1 {It is nearly sure, that Leko had
analysed the whole idea in advance. Only the sacrificing of the queen is able
to hold the balance for the defender.} (24... Qe8 $2 25. Rxf2 Qxe6 (25... Rxf2
26. Nc7 Qe5 27. Nxa8 Bc5 28. Kh1 Rf7 29. Qa2 $16) 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7
28. Qb3+ Kg7 29. Qxb4 $16) 25. Nxf8 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Nxf1 (27. Bxf1 Nf2+
28. Kg1 Kxf8 29. h4 Ra3 $17) 27... Nf2+ {The repetition of the moves seems
like something out of a fairy tale. Modern chess can be visually very
attractive, even though it is sometimes "played" only in the preparation.} 28.
Kg1 Nh3+ (28... Rxf8 $2 29. Be3 $16) 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 $5 b4 10. Ne4 bxa3 11. bxa3 Be7 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bd6
14. e4 Bc7 15. O-O O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ng5 (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Qd3+
f5 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Nh7+ Kf7 $17) 17... g6 18. Ne4 (18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh5+
Kg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. a4 $1 {Ra3-g3})
18... f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bg5 $16) 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb1 $1 Qc7 (
14... Qc8 15. e4 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bg5 $5 Nc3 18. Qc2 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nxb1 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg8 g6 22. Qd3 Kxg8 23. Qh3 $18) (14... Rb8 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $16
) 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 Qc8 (16... Qxf4 17. Rxb7 Rfe8 (17... c4 18. Bxc4 Bxa3 19.
Qb3 Rfc8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Ne5 $16) 18. e5 (18. Bb5 Reb8 $1 19.
Rxe7 Rxb5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxa7 Rcc8 $132) 18... Nd5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxh7+
Kh8 21. Bc2 Bxa3 $4 22. Qd3 $18) 17. Qe2 (17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg5) 17... c4 (17...
cxd4 $2 18. Rfc1 $18) 18. Bc2 g6 $6 (18... Bxa3 $5 19. e5 Nd5 (19... Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Nd5 21. Bh6 c3 $1 22. Qg4 g6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44) 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bh6 Rd8 22.
Ng5 $40) (18... Rd8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 (20. Bg5 Nc3 21. Qe3 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxb1
23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. Bxb1) 20... g6 21. Bg5 $40) 19. Ne5 Bxa3 20. Bg5
(20. Bh6 $1 Rd8 21. Qf3 Be7 22. g4 $1 $18) 20... Nd7 21. Nxc4 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxc4
23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. Ba6 (24. Bb5 Qb7 25. Rfd1 Be7 26. Bc6 Qxc6 27. Bxe7 Rfc8 $14)
24... Qd7 25. Rfd1 f6 (25... Be7 26. Bb5 Qb7 27. Bc6 Qxc6 28. Bxe7 $16) 26. Bh6
Rf7 27. d5 $1 exd5 28. exd5 Bd6 (28... Nxd5 29. Bc4 Nc3 30. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 31. Kf1
$18) 29. Bb5 Qe7 30. Qf3 f5 31. Bf4 (31. Re1 Qh4 (31... Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qh4+ 33.
Kg1 Qxh6 34. d6 $16)) 31... Rd8 (31... Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Rd8 33. d6 Qf6 34. Rbc1
$16) 32. Re1 Qf8 33. Be3 Bc5 34. Bg5 Be7 (34... Rxd5 35. Re8 $18) 35. Bf4 Bd6 (
35... Rxd5 36. Bc4 $16 (36. Bc6 Rd8 37. Bc7 Rc8 38. Bxb6 axb6 39. Bd5 $16)) 36.
Bc1 $1 Nd7 37. Bb2 Qh6 38. g3 Qd2 39. Bc3 Qg5 40. Re6 (40. Bxd7 Rfxd7 41. Re6
$18) 40... Nc5 41. Ba1 Ne4 (41... Nxe6 42. dxe6 Rg7 43. Bc4 Be7 (43... Qe7 44.
Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Rb7) 44. Qc3 Qh6 45. Rb7 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 Rxa1 47. Rb8+ Bf8 48. e7+
$18) 42. Rd1 Qh5 (42... a5 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Qc3 $18) 43. Qxh5 gxh5 44. Kg2 Bf8
45. Bc4 Nd6 46. Be2 h4 (46... Re7 47. Bxh5 Rxe6 48. dxe6 Be7 49. Be5 $16) 47.
Bf6 Rc8 48. Bxh4 Rc2 49. Bd3 Rc5 50. Bb1 Rd7 51. Bg5 Nf7 52. Be3 Rcxd5 53. Rxd5
Rxd5 54. Ra6 Rb5 55. Ba2 Rb7 56. Bxa7 Bg7 57. Be3 {Ftacnik,L} (57. Be3 Bf8 58.
Ra8 Kg7 59. Bd4+ Kg8 60. Bc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Neuchatel op"]
[Site "Neuchatel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O (9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. fxg7 bxa1=Q 13. gxh8=Q $13 {
Sadler,M-Kaidanov,G/Andorra 52/432 1991/1-0 (34)}) 9... a6 10. e4 (10. e4 c5
11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c4 (12... Qb6 13. a4 Rc8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Ba5
Qc6 {Berube,R-Zamora,J/New York op (4) 1993}) 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. a4 h6 15. Bd2 Rc8
16. axb5 axb5 17. Qb1 Be7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Ng3 Ra8 {Terzic,S-Smagin,S/Zenica
1987/0-1 (37)}) 10... b4 $5 $146 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Bg5 Qb6 $2 14. Nfd2
$1 {xd6} h6 15. Bh4 (15. Nc4 Qc6 16. Ned6+ Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 (
18... hxg5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 $16) 19. Bh4 $14) 15... cxd4 (15... Be7 16.
Nc4 Qc6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Na5 $16) (15... g5 16. Bg3 {xg5}) 16. Nc4 Qc6 17. Rc1
$1 (17. Ncd6+ Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Rc1 (19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxd4 $14) (19. Qxd4
$4 Nf4 20. Bf3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxd4 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 $19) 19... Nc3 20. Nxb7 Nxe2+
21. Qxe2 Qxb7 22. Rfd1 $14) 17... Nc3 $8 (17... Nc5 $2 18. Ncd6+ Bxd6 19. Nxd6+
Kf8 20. Nxb7 $18) 18. bxc3 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qxh4 20. Bxb7 Ra7 (20... dxc3 21. Nb6
$3 (21. Bc6 $6 O-O-O $1 $8 (21... Ra7 22. Nb6 Qd8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qa4 $18)
22. Bxd7+ (22. Qa4 Qxc4 23. Rxc3 $1 Nc5 24. Rxc4 Nxa4 25. Bxa4+ Kb8 26. Rfc1
$44) 22... Kc7 23. Qa4 Rxd7 (23... Qxc4 24. Qa5+ Kxd7 25. Rfd1+ Bd6 26. Rxd6+
Ke7 $13) 24. Qxa6 $40) (21. Bxa8 Qxc4 22. Qa4 Ke7) 21... Rd8 (21... Nxb6 22.
Bc6+ Ke7 23. Qd6#) 22. Bc6 Qe7 23. Qa4 $18) 21. Bc6 Rc7 (21... dxc3 22. Nb6 $18
) (21... bxc3 22. g3 (22. Nb6 Ba3 23. Nxd7 Bxc1 24. g3 Qe7 25. Qxd4 $18) 22...
Qd8 23. Qxd4 Rc7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 (24... Ke7 25. Rxc3 f6 (25... Nxe5 $2 26. Nf5+
exf5 27. Qxe5#) 26. f4 $18) 25. Qxd6 Qc8 26. Rxc3 $18) 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 (22...
Kxd7 23. Qa4+ Kd8 24. cxd4 Be7 25. Na5 $18) 23. Nb6 Qd8 (23... bxc3 24. Nxd7
Kxd7 25. Qa4+ Kd8 26. Rxc3 $18) (23... Rc7 24. Qa4+ Kd8 25. cxd4 $18) 24. Nxd7
Qxd7 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 (25... bxc3 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rfd1+ $18) 26. cxd4 Kd7 27.
Rc4 Be7 28. Rfc1 Rd8 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15.
Nd2 Bxc5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Qh5 g6 (17... Nf4 $4 18. Nf6+ $18) (17... h6 18. Bxh6
gxh6 19. Qxh6 f5 20. exf6 Qd7 21. Rac1 Bd4 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Rxc8 (23. Nd6 Bxf2+
(23... Rxf6 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 Rf4 27. Qg5 Bxc8 28. Bb5 $40)
24. Kh1 Rxf6 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ne4 $16) 23... Bxc8
24. Qh5+) 18. Qh3 Be7 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Rad1 (20. Bb5 Bc6) 20... Qb6 21. Bg5 $1
Bf8 (21... Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h5 23. Qg3 Re7 24. Ne4 $16) 22. Bb5 $1 Bg7 (22... Qxb5
23. Rxd5 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bg7 25. Rd4 Bxe5 26. Rxb4 $18) 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nf6+
Nxf6 25. exf6 Qb5 (25... Bf8 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Rfd1 $16) 26. Qh4 Bf8 27. Bh6 Qc6
28. f3 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bd5 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Rc7 Ra8 (32... a5 33.
Rfc1 $18) 33. Re7 a5 34. a3 bxa3 35. bxa3 a4 36. Rc1 h5 37. Rcc7 Bb3 38. h3 (
38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 $16) 38... Ra5 39. Qb4 Rf5 40. Rxf7 Qxb4 (40...
Qxf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Qe7+) 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bf3 (14. Nc4
Be7 15. Bf3 Nd5 16. Ne5 $1 Qb6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nc4 $14 {Polugajevsky,
L-Arakhamia,K/Aruba/1992/}) 14... Qc7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Bg5 (16. g3 {/\ Bf4})
16... a5 (16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. O-O c5 $1 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Rfe1 Be6 22. Ne5 Rfc8 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Lesiege/New York op/1993/}) 17. Qd2 Nd5
18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Be2 c5 21. O-O Rfd8 22. Rfd1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bxe2
24. Qxe2 Rac8 25. Qe1 Qa7 26. Rab1 h6 (26... Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxa5 $10)
27. h3 Nd5 28. Rb3 Nb4 29. a3 Nc2 30. Nxc2 Rxc2 31. Qe4 Rc7 32. Rb5 Rcd7 33.
Qe5 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qb8+ Qxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kh7 37. Rb5 Rd5 38. Rb7 Kg6 39.
Ra7 h5 40. h4 $2 Rd1+ $1 41. Kh2 Rd4 $1 42. Rxa5 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rc4 44. a4 h4+
45. Kh3 f5 46. Ra8 Kg5 47. a5 Rc2 48. Rg8 g6 49. f4+ Kxf4 50. Rxg6 Rc1 51. Kh2
e5 52. Rh6 Kg5 53. Rh8 e4 54. a6 Ra1 55. Ra8 Kf4 56. a7 e3 57. Rh8 Rxa7 58.
Rxh4+ Kg5 59. Kg3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 $5
(14... Nd7 15. c6 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nd4 $14 {Chekhov,V-Novikov,
I/URS-ch58/1991/}) 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Bxe4 (15... Bxc5 16. Rac1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 $10
) 16. Ba6 Rc7 $13) 15... Rxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+
Kg6 19. Qe4+ f5 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Qxe6#) 16. Rac1 (16. Be3 Rc7 17. Bxa7 Bxe4
18. Bxe4 Rxa7 $10) 16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. Rc7 (18. e5 Nd5 19. Bg5 Qd8 $10)
18... Bd8 19. Rc4 Be7 20. Rc7 Bd8 21. Rc4 a5 (21... Be7 $10) 22. Bd6 Re8 23. e5
Nd5 (23... Bxf3 $2 24. gxf3 Nd5 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rc8 $16) 24. Rg4 f5 (24... Bc6
25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rxg7+ $6 (26. h4 $40) 26... Kxg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh3 f5 29.
exf6 Nxf6 30. Be5 Kg8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qxd7 Qd5 $1) 25. exf6
Nxf6 26. Rf4 Nh5 $2 (26... Bd5 27. Ng5 h6 (27... Bxg2 28. Nxh7 Nxh7 29. Bxh7+
Kxh7 30. Qh5+ $18) 28. Ne4 $14) 27. Qxe6+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+
Nd7) 13... g6 14. Bd2 Bg7 (14... a6 15. Be4 Qb8 16. Qc1 Qa7 17. Bh6 $14 {
San Segundo/Anand,V/Madrid/1993/}) 15. Bb5 a6 16. Nc5 axb5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18.
Nd6+ Ke7 (18... Kf8 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. Ndxf7 $1 Nxf7 21. Qf3 Qb7 22. Rxe6 $18)
19. Bg5+ Kf8 20. Rc1 h6 21. Bh4 Nxe5 $1 (21... Kg8 $2 22. Bg3 $1 $16 {
Alterman-Dreev,A/Manila olm/1992/}) 22. Nxe5 Qxd6 23. Rc6 $2 (23. Bg3 $1 Qe7
24. h4 $1 (24. Qf3 Kg8 $1 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rxe7 d3 $1 $17) (24.
Rc6 Kg8 $1 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Rexe6 Qf7 27. Qb3 (27. Rxg6 Ne7 $1) 27... Kh7 28.
Qxd5 Rhe8 $10) 24... Kg8 $5 25. h5 Kh7 26. Rc6 $1 Rhe8 $1 27. hxg6+ fxg6 28.
Nxg6 Kxg6 29. Rexe6+ Qxe6 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qf3+ Kg8 33. Qxd5 Rae8
34. Bd6 $14) 23... Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe2 Bg7 26. Qxb5 Kg8 $15 {Alterman}
27. Qc4 Kh7 28. h3 Ra7 29. Ra6 Rc7 30. Qb3 $2 (30. Rc6 Rhc8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32.
Qb3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 $15) 30... Rhc8 31. Bg3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rf1 33. Qf3 Rcc1 34. Bd6
Rc2 35. Bg3 Rcc1 36. Bd6 h5 $1 37. Kg3 (37. Qxf7 h4 38. g4 Rc2 39. Kg2 Ne3+ $19
) (37. Ra7 h4 38. g4 Rh1+ 39. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 40. Kxh1 d3 $19) 37... Ne3 $1 38. Qxf7
(38. fxe3 Rxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rf1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 $17) 38... Nf5+ 39. Kf3 d3 40. Ra8 (
40. Bxb4 Rc2 $19) 40... Nh6 (40... Nh6 41. Qf4 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 (
14... Rc8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Bb1 $14 {ECO}) (14... f5 $5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bc2 c5
17. Bb3 Bd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 Rf5 $10 {
Tal-Sveshnikov/Sochi/1986/}) 15. Qc2 (15. Be3 {0,5/Petrosian,A-Lputian,S/URS
ch/1985/}) (15. Bc2 $5 $14 {ECO}) 15... h6 16. Be3 c5 $1 17. Bxb7 (17. dxc5
Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxc5 $10) 17... Rxb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 (19. Bxc5 Qc8 20.
Rac1 Rc7 $10) 19... Qb8 20. Qc4 (20. Bxc5 Rc8 $22 21. Bxa7 Rxc2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8
23. Rd2 Rbc8 $36) 20... Nd7 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Rd2 (22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc7 $10
) 22... Rbc7 23. Rad1 Rc4 24. Rd4 Nb6 (24... Nc5 25. Qg4 $40) 25. Qg4 Kf8 26.
Qe4 Kg8 27. Qg4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Qh5 Qc7 30. h4 (30. Bxh6 $2 Qc1+ $1)
30... Bc5 31. Rd2 $6 (31. Rd3 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Nd5 $15) 31... Bxe3 32. fxe3 Nd5
33. Kf2 (33. e4 Nf4 34. Qg4 Ng6 $15) 33... Qc5 $1 34. Nd4 (34. Re2 Nf6 $1 $19)
34... Nf6 35. Qf3 Qxe5 36. Rd1 Kg8 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Ra1 e5 39. Qf5 Rc4 40. b3 (
40. Nf3 Ng4+ 41. Ke2 Qc5 $19) 40... exd4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (40... exd4 41. Qxd5
Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Nxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 bxa3 $6 (11... a5 12. Bd2 $14) 12. b3 $1 $146
c5 $6 (12... O-O 13. Bxa3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qe7 15. Qc1 $14) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+
(14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (14... Rxd8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxa3 $16) 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxa3
Nd7 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 $16) 14... Ncd7 $8 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qd4 (16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. Bxa3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Ke7 (18... Rd8 19. Qc1 $16) (18... Bc6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20.
Rc1 Nb8 21. b4 $18) 19. Qd4 Rhd8 20. Rfa1 $16) 16... O-O 17. Nxd7 Rfd8 18. Bxa3
$2 (18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxa1 21. Bxa3 Rab8 22. Rxa1 Bxg2 23.
Be2 $16) 18... Bxa3 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qxf6 (20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Rxa3 Rg8 $19)
20... Be7 $1 21. Qc3 (21. Rac1 Qd6 $1) 21... Rac8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bc4 Bd5 24.
Bxd5 $2 (24. Nb2 Bf6 25. Bxd5 $14) 24... Rxd5 25. Rfc1 Rb7 26. Rab1 Rdb5 27. g3
(27. g3 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Rc7 Bb4 30. Rxa7 Ra3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15.
Qb1 Rd8 $1 (15... c4 16. a4 $1) (15... b4 $13) 16. Rd1 (16. Bxb5 Bxf3 17. Bxd7
Rxd7 (17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxd7 19. Bc3 Rd5 $17) 18. gxf3 cxd4 $15) 16... h6 17.
Be1 a4 18. b3 Bd5 19. b4 $6 (19. bxa4 bxa4 $15) 19... c4 20. e4 Bb7 21. Bc3 Nf6
22. Nd2 Ra7 $1 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Re1 Rad7 25. Qb2 Bb7 26. g3 Ne8 27. Bg2 Bf6 28.
Nf3 Qa8 29. Qe2 Nd6 $1 30. Nd2 (30. e5 Ne4 31. exf6 Nxc3 32. Qc2 Bxf3 33. Bxf3
Qxf3 34. Re3 Qxf6 35. Qxc3 Rxd4 $19) 30... Ne8 31. Nf3 Nd6 32. Nd2 Nf5 $1 33.
exf5 Bxg2 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Ne4 $5 Bxd4 $1 (36... Re7 37. Qxe7 $1
Bxe7 38. Kxg2 $15) 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Kxg2 Re8 39. Qf7 Rdxe4 40. Qf3 Rxe1 41.
Qxa8 Rxa8 42. Rxe1 Rc8 43. Re2 Kg8 44. f4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. g4 g6 47. h3 h5
48. Rd2 c3 49. Rc2 Rc4 50. Ke3 h4 $1 51. Ke2 (51. Kd3 Rxf4 52. Rxc3 (52. Kxc3
Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rxc2 54. Kxc2 Ke5 $19) 52... Rf3+ 53. Kd4 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 Ke5 55.
Kd3 Kf4 56. Kd4 Kg3 57. Kc5 Kxh3 58. Kxb5 Kxg4 $19) 51... Ke6 52. Kd1 Rxf4 53.
Rxc3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. Rc5 (55. Rd3 Rh2+ 56. Kd1 Ke5 57. Ke1 Rb2 58. Kd1 Rb3
59. Rxb3 axb3 60. Kc1 Kd4 61. Kd2 g5 62. Kc1 Kc3 63. Kb1 b2 64. a4 bxa4 65. b5
Kb3 66. b6 a3 67. b7 a2#) 55... Rh2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh3+ 57. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 a5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15.
axb4 Bxb4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Bf4 (20. d5 f5 $1
21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nh4 Rd8 23. Bf4 Qa7 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Be5 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxd5
27. Qh4 c4 $17) 20... cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nf8 $1 (22... Nb6 23. Ng5 $1
Bxe4 (23... hxg5 $2 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Bxg5+ f6 28.
Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Bg6#) 24. Nxe4 Nd5 $13) 23. h4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng6 25. h5 Nxf4 26.
Rxf4 Ra7 27. g4 Bf8 28. g5 Rb7 29. Qa6 (29. gxh6 gxh6 $13) 29... Ra7 30. Qe2
Qb6 31. Rd1 Rac7 32. Rd2 Bb4 33. Rdd4 Bc5 (33... Rc2 34. Qe4 Rxb2 35. Rxf7) 34.
Rd2 Qc6 35. Kh2 Bb4 36. Rd3 Qc1 37. Rdd4 (37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Qe4 (38. Qd1 Qxb2 39.
Rxf7) 38... Bc5 39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxb2 41. gxh6 (41. Rxf7 Qxg5+ 42. Qg4
Qxe5+ $10) 41... gxh6 42. Rxf7 $2 Rg8+ 43. Kh3 (43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Kf4 Rxf2+)
43... Rb3+ 44. Rd3 Rxd3+ 45. Qxd3 Qh1#) 37... Rc2 38. Qd3 Rf8 39. g6 fxg6 $1
40. Rxb4 (40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 41. Rd8 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 Rxb2 $17) 40... Rxf4 41. Qd8+ Kh7
42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ hxg5 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Rf8 47. Qxe6+
Kh7 48. Qh3+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ Rc6 50. Qd3+ Rf5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qxf4 16. Rxb7 Nd5 $146 (16... Bd6) 17. g3 (17. Qc2 $5) 17... Qd6 18. c4 Nc3
19. Qc2 (19. c5 $6 Qd5 20. Qc2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Bf6) 19... Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bf6 21.
Ne5 (21. Rd1 Rfb8 $5) 21... Rad8 (21... Qxd4 $2 22. Nd7 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qc3 24.
Kg2 $5 $40) 22. Re1 (22. Rfb1 Qxd4 23. Nxc6 Qd2 $10) 22... h6 (22... Bxe5 23.
dxe5 Qc5 24. Reb1 $14) (22... a5 23. a4 h6 $10) 23. h4 (23. Qh5 $5 Qxd4 24.
Nxf7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Ne5 $14) 23... a5 24. a4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qa3 $1 26.
Qc2 Rd3 (26... Rd4 $10) 27. Reb1 Rfd8 (27... Rc3 $2 28. Qd2 Rxc4 29. Rb8 {/\Qd6
}) 28. Rb8 g6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rb7 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Ra7 Rd4
34. Rxa5 Rxc4 35. f4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kg6 39. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Be3 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rfd1 $146 (18. dxc5) 18... Qc8 (18... Qa8
19. Qe4 $14) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 (19... Bxc5 $2 20. Rxd7 $18) (19... Rc7 20. Qe4 Nxc5
21. Qxb4 $16) 20. Rac1 Rc7 $6 (20... Rd8 $1 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxc5 Rc7 23. Qd2
Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Rxc5 $10) 21. Rd4 $1 (21. Rd6 Rd8 22. Nd4 $140 Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxd6
24. Nb5 Nb3 $1 $19) 21... Rd8 22. Rc4 Rdd7 (22... Rd5 23. Nd4 $14) 23. Nd4 Na6
24. Nc6 Bf8 (24... Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc6 26. Bd6 $16) 25. h4 Qb7 26. h5 (26. Qa4
Rd5 27. Bxa7 $16) (26. Nxa7 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Rc7 28. Qf1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30.
Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Nb5 Qd5 $10) 26... Rd5 27. Qa4 $2 (27. Bxa7 $1 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Qxa7
29. Qa4 Rd2 30. Rf1 Rxb2 (30... Bc5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qe8 $18) 31. Rxa6 Qd4 32.
Ra8 Qxe5 33. Rd1 Qc5 34. Qa7 $16) 27... Nc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30.
Bxf8 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Kxf8 32. Rxb4 a5 $1 (32... Rxe5 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ $16)
33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. f4 f6 36. Kf2 (36. exf6 gxf6 37. Kf2 Rxh5 38. Ke3
Rd5 $10) 36... fxe5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. g4 Re4 39. Kf3 Rc4 40. a3 Rd4 (40... a4
$10) 41. b4 Rd3+ $2 (41... axb4 42. axb4 e5 $10) 42. Ke4 Rxa3 43. b5 a4 44. Ke5
Ra1 (44... Rb3 45. Kxe6 Kg8 46. Kd5 $18) 45. Kxe6 Kg8 46. Kd5 $1 a3 47. Kc4 Kf8
(47... Rg1 $1 48. Ra7 Rxg4+ 49. Kc5 Rg5+ 50. Kc6 Rxh5 51. b6 Rh3 52. b7 Rb3 53.
Ra8+ (53. Rxa3 Rxa3 54. b8=Q+ Kh7 $10) 53... Kf7 54. b8=Q Rxb8 55. Rxb8 Ke6 $1
$10) 48. Kb3 Kg8 (48... a2 49. b6 $18) 49. Ra7 Rb1+ 50. Kc4 Ra1 51. Ra5 (51.
Kc5 Kf8 52. Kb6 Kg8 53. Ra5 Kf8 54. Ka7 $18) 51... Kf7 52. Kb3 Kf6 $2 (52...
Ke6 $1 53. Rxa3 Rg1 54. Ra6+ Kd5 55. Rg6 Kc5 56. Kc3 Kxb5 57. Kd4 Rd1+ 58. Ke5
Rd7 59. Rd6 Rf7 60. Ke6 Rf4 61. g5 hxg5 62. Rd5+ Kc6 63. Rxg5 Re4+ 64. Kf7 Kd6
$10) 53. Rxa3 Rb1+ 54. Kc4 Kg5 55. Rb3 Rc1+ 56. Kd4 Kxg4 57. b6 Rd1+ 58. Ke3
Rd8 59. Rb5 Re8+ 60. Kd4 Rd8+ 61. Rd5 Rc8 62. b7 Rb8 63. Rb5 Kh4 64. Kc4 Kg4
65. Kb4 Rf8 (65... Kh4 66. Ka5 Rxb7 67. Rxb7 Kxh5 68. Rxg7 Kh4 69. Kb4 h5 70.
Kc3 Kh3 71. Kd2 h4 72. Ke2 Kh2 73. Kf2 $18) 66. Ka5 Rg8 67. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ambroz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 (9... a6 {Ambroz} 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4
12. axb4 Bd6 $5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. e4 e5 17. Ne2 $5 $14 {
Vyzmanavin-Illescas Cordoba, Leon 1993}) 10. Ne4 (10. axb4 {Kortschnoj} Bxb4
11. O-O) 10... Nxe4 (10... bxa3 {Ambroz} 11. bxa3 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $1 {Gelfand - Brenninkmeijer, Wijk aan Zee
1992}) (10... a5 {Ambroz} 11. Nxf6+ (11. O-O Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 O-O 14.
Qc2 h6 $10 {Karpov-Anand, Moscow 1992}) 11... Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qe2 bxa3 14.
bxa3 O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. h4 $40 {/\ Ng5, M. Gurevich}) 11. Bxe4 Qc7 (11... Qb6 {
Kortschnoj} 12. Nd2 $140 $1 c5 13. Nc4 $14) 12. axb4 (12. O-O) (12. O-O {Ambroz
} bxa3 13. bxa3 Bd6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Bb4 c5 $10 {
Gelfand-Bareev, Linares 1993}) (12. Qc2 {Ambroz} bxa3 13. bxa3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Bb4 O-O $10 {Vyzmanavin-Morovic, Leon 1993}) 12... Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
13... c5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Rc1 $14) (13... a5 {Ambroz} 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxa8+
Bxa8 16. Qa4 Qb7 17. O-O $14) 14. Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 $1 Qb6 (15... Bxe4 {Ambroz}
16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Nxc5 (17. dxc5 f5) 17... Rfc8 18. b4 (18. Rc1 Nxc5 19. dxc5
Qa5+) 18... a5 19. Qe4 $14) 16. dxc5 (16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Qxg2 18. Qe4 (18.
O-O-O $5 $13) 18... Qxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 $132) 16... Qxc5 (16... Nxc5 $2 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 18. Qa4+ $40) 17. Qa4 (17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $10) 17... Rb8 $1 (
17... Qc7 18. Qa3 $1 (18. O-O Bxe4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Nd6 Nb6) 18...
Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nc4 (20. O-O Qe7 $10) 20... Qxg2 21. Nd6+ Kd7 (21... Kf8
$4 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Qf8+ $18 (25. Qf8+ Rxf8 26. Ne7#)
) 22. O-O-O $1 Nd5 (22... Qc6+ 23. Kb1 Nd5 24. Nxf7 $18) 23. e4 Rhc8+ 24. Kb1 (
24. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 25. Kb1 Qxe4+ $13) 24... Rc6 25. exd5 Qg6+ 26. Ka1 Rxd6 (26...
exd5 27. Nb7 $18) 27. dxe6+ Qxe6 28. Qa4+ Kc7 29. Rxd6 $18 (29. Rxd6 {Ambroz}
Qxd6 30. Rc1+ $18)) (17... Bxe4 {Ambroz} 18. Nxe4 Qc7 (18... Qe7 19. Rd1 Rd8
20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nb7 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxa7 $16) 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qa3 $1
$16) 18. O-O (18. Qxa7 Bxe4 (18... Ra8 $1 $10 {Kortschnoj})) (18. Nb3 Qb6) (18.
Rd1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb4+ $10) 18... O-O $1 (18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4
21. Rxa7 $16) (18... Ke7 {Ambroz} 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Nc4 $18) 19. Qxd7 (19. Rac1
Qd6 20. Nc4 Qe7 $10) (19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd7 Bd5 $1 $10 (20... Bxg2 $2 21.
Kxg2 Rbd8 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qa4) (20... Rfd8 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 22. Ra4 $18) (20...
Qg5 $5 21. Qd3+ $14 (21. g3 Rfd8 22. Qxf7 Qd5 $1) (21. Qd3+ {Kortschnoj} Kg8
22. f3 Rfd8 $44)) (20... Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 Rxb2 $5 23. exd5 Rxd2 24.
dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa7 Rc8 $14)) 19... Rfd8 20. Bxh7+ $1 (20. b4 Qb6 $1 $8 21. Qe7
(21. Nc4 Rxd7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bxb7 Rdxb7 $10) 21... Rxd2 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23.
Rxa7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Rb2 $10) (20. Rac1 Qb4 $1 $8 21. Rc4 $140 Qxc4) 20... Kxh7
$2 (20... Kf8 $142 $1 21. Qa4 Rxd2 $10 22. Be4 (22. Rac1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd4) (22.
Rfc1 $5 $14 {Ambroz} Qd5 23. Qb4+ Ke8 24. e4 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxa7 g6 (
26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. h3 $16 {/\ Rcc7}) 27. h4 $5) (22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23.
Rxa7 g6) 22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 $10) 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 $6 (21... Qd5 $2 22. Nf3 Rf8
23. Qc7 (23. Qxe6 $18) 23... Rxf3 24. Qxb8 Rxe3 25. f3 $18) (21... Bxg2 $142 $1
$8 22. Kxg2 (22. Rxa7 $2 Qg5 $19) (22. Ra4 Qg5) 22... Rxd2 (22... Qg5+ 23. Kh1
Rxd2 24. Rg1 Qd5+ 25. f3 Qe5 26. Rg3 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxb2+ 28. Kh3 Qxa1 29. Kg4
$18) 23. Qxe6 (23. Ra4 $4 Qc6+ $19) (23. Rxa7 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qd5+ 25. f3 $140 Qe5
26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. exf4 Rbxb2 $17) 23... Rb6 (23... Rbxb2 24. Ra4 $1 $40 (24.
Qh3+ {Ambroz} Kg8 25. Ra6 Qg5+ 26. Qg3 Qd5+ 27. Qf3 (27. Kg1 Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2
Rb1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd3+) 27... Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qb5 29. Raa1)) (23... Qg5+
24. Kh1 $40) 24. Qe4+ Rg6+ 25. Kh1 $16) 22. Ra4 $1 Qg5 23. g3 $1 $18 e5 24.
Rh4+ Qxh4 25. gxh4 Rd6 26. h5 Be4 27. Qe7 Rbb6 28. Qxe5 Re6 29. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Ashdod"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ng5
Qc7 15. O-O Qxe5 (15... O-O-O {-87/398}) (15... Rd8 $5 $146 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bb5+
Kf8 18. Qf3 Kg7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rdf8 21. e4 Qxe5 22. Nxf7 Qd4+ 23. Rf2
Ne3 $17 {Lputian,S-Fressinet,L/ICC INT 2004 (70)}) 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 (
17... Qd4 18. Nxh8 Nc3 (18... Qxd3 19. Bg5+ Kf8 20. Qd7) 19. Qa5 Rc8 20. Bg5+
Kf8 21. Ba6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 18. Qd7+ Be7 {Lutz: 'Im Vergleich zu
Lputian,S-Dreev zieht Schwarz seinen aktiven Läufer zurück, um schnell mit dem
König in Sicherheit zu gelangen. Dreevs Zug erscheint mir etwas stärker, aber
auch nach Gelfands Zug sollte Schwarz befriedigend stehen.'} (18... Kf6 $5 19.
Qxb7 Rhd8 20. Be3 Rab8 21. Qa6 Nxe3 22. fxe3+ Ke7 $11 {Lputian,S-Dreev,A/ICC
INT 2004}) 19. Qxb7 Rhc8 $1 $11 (19... Rhb8) 20. Qa6 (20. Rb1 Kg8 21. Bd2 Bc5
$11) 20... Bc5 21. Rb1 (21. Kh1 Bb6 (21... Kg8 22. f4 Qf6 23. f5 $36) 22. f4
Qd4 $11) 21... Bb6 (21... Kg8 22. Bd2 (22. Bc2 Bd6) 22... Bb6) 22. Bd2 Kg8 23.
b3 (23. a3 $11) 23... Qd4 (23... Qd6 24. Rbd1 Rc6 25. Qa4 $11) 24. Rbe1 (24.
Rbd1 Rf8) 24... Rd8 $1 25. Re4 $2 {Lutz: 'Nun erhält Schwarz Vorteil.'} (25.
Be3 $1 Nxe3 (25... Qf6 26. Qc4) 26. Rxe3 Rd6 27. Rh3 h6 28. Qc4 $15) 25... Nc7
$1 26. Rxd4 Nxa6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxa6 Rxd2 $17 29. Bc4 Kf7 30. Kh1 $6 (30.
g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 e5 $17) 30... Bxf2 31. g3 Ke7 32. Ra1 e5 33. a4 e4 34. Rf1 Rc2
$1 (34... g5 35. Kg2 Bd4+ 36. Kh3 h5) 35. Kg2 (35. Bb5 g5) 35... Bd4+ 36. Kh3
Rxc4 $1 37. bxc4 b3 38. Kg4 Kd6 39. Kf4 Kc5 40. Kxe4 Kxc4 41. h4 b2 42. g4 Bb6
0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 (9... a6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Bd6 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. e4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Tukmakov,V/Wijk
aan Zee/1993/ Inf 56/500/}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. e4 e5 17.
Ne2 exd4 18. Nexd4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Bc3 $16 {Vyzmanavin,
A-IlleskasCordoba,M/Leon/1993/1:0 (39) Inf 57/434/}) 10. Ne4 a5 (10... c5 $5
11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. axb4 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4 $5 Bxb4 15. Bd2 $14
) 14... Bxb4 15. Qe2 a5 16. Be3 Bd5 17. Nd2 Qb7 18. f3 f5 19. Nc4 O-O 20. Bh6
Rfc8 21. Rac1 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 $10 {Dreev,A-Illeskas Cordoba,M/
Logrono/1991/ Inf 53/424/}) (10... bxa3 11. bxa3 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O O-O
14. Rb1 Qc7 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $1 Qc8 17. Qe2 c4 18. Bc2 $14 {Gelfand,
B-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk aan Zee/1992/1:0 (57) Inf 53/424/}) 11. O-O (11. Nxf6+
Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qe2 bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18.
h4 c5 $1 $132 {Dokhoian,Y-Gurevich,M/BRD/1992/0:1 (45) Inf 53/425/}) 11... Be7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rd1 $5 $146 (15. axb4 axb4 16. e5 Nd7
17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb8 $1 19. Rd1 c5 $132 {Karpov,A-Anand,V/Moscow/1992/0:1 
(50) Inf 56/500/}) 15... c5 $5 (15... bxa3 16. b3 $5 $14) (15... Rc8 16. e5 Nd7
17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 $14) 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. axb4 axb4 18. Be3 Ng4 $8 19. Bd4 e5
20. c6 $1 (20. h3 exd4 21. hxg4 Qxc5 $13) 20... Bxc6 (20... Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxc6
22. Nxe5) 21. h3 (21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxc6 Rd8 $14)
21... exd4 22. hxg4 Qb6 (22... Rxa1 $5 23. Rxa1 Rc8 24. Nxd4 (24. Ba6 Bd7 $1)
24... Bd7 25. Qe2 Qf4 26. Nf5 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Bf6 $44) 23. Ne5 $1
Rxa1 (23... Rac8 24. Ra6) (23... Bb7 24. Nd7) 24. Rxa1 Be8 $6 (24... Bb5 25.
Qb3 $14) 25. Qc4 $1 $16 Qf6 (25... Bf6 26. Ng6 $1) 26. Ra5 Bd6 27. Nf3 (27.
Qxd4 Bc7 (27... Bd7 28. Rd5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxg4 31. Rb5 Rd8 32.
Bc4 Rd1+ (32... Rd4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Bxf7 Rxe4 35. f3) 33. Kh2 Rd2 34. Rxb4
Rxf2 35. Kg3) 28. Rd5 $16) 27... Qf4 28. e5 Be7 29. Bf5 $6 (29. Qxd4 $5 Qc1+
30. Kh2 Bc6 31. Qc4 $1 $16) 29... g6 $1 (29... h5 $6 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 g6
32. Bc8) 30. Bxg6 Bd7 31. Ra7 (31. Bf5 Rc8 $1) 31... Be6 32. Qc2 Rc8 33. Rc7
Ra8 34. Bd3 Ra1+ 35. Bf1 Bf8 (35... Bf8 36. Qd3 Qxg4 37. Qxd4 Rb1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 {Kramnik/} 13. O-O (13. Nd2
O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 (14... Nd5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 a5 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rb1 Ba6 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qd3 Ra7 21. Rd1 h6 22. c4 Ne7 23. Ba3 Qf4 24. Qe3 $14 {Hansen,
L-Mueller,Mat Groningen 1992/}) 15. Bf3 Bb7 (15... Nd5 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Bd2 f6
18. Nc4 Qc7 19. O-O c5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Rfe1 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Arakhamia,K
Aruba 1992; 15...Bd7!?/}) 16. Rb1 Ra7 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. O-O c5 19. Ba3 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Rc7 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxd4 Rc7 24. c4 $16 {Hansen,L.
Bo-Bagirov,V Debrecen 1992 Inf 55/492/}) 13... O-O 14. Bg5 $5 (14. c4 $6 c5 15.
Ba3 Qa5 $1 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 {Seirawan,J-Kramnik,V
Manila 1992 Inf 55/437/}) 14... Qc7 $5 $146 (14... c5 $6 15. Rb1 $1 h6 16. Bh4
cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Rfc1 $16 {Jurka,M-Sherbakov,R
Pardubice 1992/}) 15. Bd3 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. h3 Bb7 17. Nd2 $6 c5 18. Bf3 cxd4
19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Rb1 Bc6 $1 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Bb5 $17 {Tunik,G-Nalbandian,
T Voskresensk A 1993/}) 15... c5 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (17... Rfe8 $6 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qh5 $16) (17... Nd5 $5 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19.
Qh5 f5 $13) 18. dxe5 $16 Qc6 (18... Nd7 19. Qh5 h6 (19... g6 20. Qh6) 20. Be7
Rfe8 21. Bd6 $16) (18... Nd5 19. Qg4 $1 (19. c4 Nb4 20. Bb1 h6 $10) 19... Rfe8
20. c4 Nb4 21. Bf6 g6 22. Bb1 $16) 19. f3 Nd5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Bb1 h6 (21... Qc7
22. a3 Nc6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bf6 $18) 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Qb6 24. a3 Nc6 25. Be4
$1 {/\ 25...Nd4 26.Rb1+-/} Na5 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Bc2 $1 Nc6 (27... Rec8 28. Qd3
g6 29. Qd2 $18) 28. Qd3 $1 g6 29. Ba4 $1 $18 Kg7 30. Qe3 Nd4 (30... Rec8 31.
Bxc5 Qb8 32. Bd6 Qa7 33. Qxa7 Rxa7 34. Bc5 $18) 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Red1 Rd8 33.
Bc7 Nf5 34. Rxd8 $1 Nxe3 35. Bb6 Be4 36. Bxa7 Bxb1 37. Bxc5 Nxc4 38. Bf8+ Kh7
39. Be7 g5 40. Bf6 Nxa3 41. g4 Nb5 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45.
Rxg5+ Kh7 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. h4 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
c6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 {TN} (16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. g3 Rc8 19. Bf4 e5 20. Rxc8+
Bxc8 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Chekhov,V-Bagirov,V/Moscow 1991/URS-ch (46)})
16... Bb7 17. Bb5 Nc5 $5 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Bf4 $13) 18. Nc6 (18.
Rd1 Qb6 19. e5 Rfd8 $132) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rc8 20. Bb5 (20. Rd1 Qa5 $1 21.
Bb5 Nb3 $15) 20... Qd4 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Rab1 {idea 24.b3, 25.Rbd1}
Nd3 (23... a5 24. b3 e5 $13) 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Kf1 (25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. b3 Rcd8
$15) 25... b3 (25... g5 $5) 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Be3 a5 29. Rec1 Ra8
30. Ra1 $1 $11 Rb5 (30... Bxb2 31. Rxa5 Rbb8 $11) 31. Ra2 h6 32. Rc5 Rxb2 33.
Raxa5 Rd8 $5 34. Rc1 Rb4 35. f3 Rb3 36. Bf4 Rb2 37. Rac5 g5 $1 38. Be3 Rd3 39.
Re1 Ra2 40. Rc8+ $2 $138 (40. Re2 Ra1+ 41. Rc1 $11 Rxe3 $2 42. Rxa1 Rxe2 43.
Ra8+ $18) 40... Kg7 41. Re2 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 (42. Rc1 $2 Rxe3 $1 $19) 42... Be5 $15
43. g3 $6 (43. h3 Bh2 $15) 43... Raa3 $1 $17 {weaknesses e3,f3, with idea 44...
Rxe3} 44. Rc4 Kg6 (44... Bb8 45. Rd4 $1 Rdb3 46. Rd7 $15) 45. Rb4 h5 46. Rc4
Rdb3 $1 {with idea 47...Bb8, 48...Rxe3} 47. Re1 Bb8 $1 48. Rc5 f6 49. Rc2 (49.
Rc8 Rxe3 50. Rxb8 Rxf3+ 51. Kg2 Rfe3 $19) (49. Rc2 {Diagram}) 49... Rxe3 $1 50.
Rxe3 Ba7 51. Rce2 g4 $1 $19 52. Re1 Bd4 53. R1e2 Rd3 54. Re1 Kf7 $1 {idea
Kf7-c3, Rxe3, Kd2} 55. R1e2 Ke7 56. Re1 Kd7 57. R1e2 Kc6 58. Re1 Kb5 59. R1e2
Kc4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT 9900"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
c6 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rfc1 Qa5 $1 {[TN; /\18...Rfc8]} (17... Qb8 18. g3 Rc8
19. Bf4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qd8 21. Bc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Pelletier,Y/1998-9
French Team Ch FRA 1999 (39)}) 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Ba6 (20. Bb1 a5 21.
Nc5 (21. Qb5 Qb8 22. Nxa5 Ng4 23. g3 Bxe4 24. Qxb8 Rfxb8 25. Bxe4 Rxa5 $11)
21... Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qg5 $132) 20... Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ng4 $1 $132 22. Bf4 (22. Qe2
Nxe3 23. Qxe3 a5 $132 (23... Bg5 $5 24. f4 Bh6 $132)) 22... Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 {
[/\ 24...Qf4]} 24. Qd6 $1 e5 $2 (24... Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Rc7 a5 27. Rac1
$14) (24... a5 $1 25. Qg3 a4 26. Nc5 Rfc8 27. Nd3 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qd2 $11) 25.
h3 Nf6 26. Qxb4 Nh5 {[/\27...Kf4/\->>>]} 27. Qc3 $1 $14 Rab8 28. Qf3 Nf4 29.
Kh2 f5 30. Rc4 Rb6 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Nd3 34. f3 Rc8 35. Re2
$1 $16 Rc7 36. Rd1 Nb4 37. Rxe5 Nxa2 38. Re3 $6 $138 (38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rc5 Rxc5
40. Nxc5 Rxb2 41. Rd7+ $16) 38... Nb4 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Nd4 Nc6 41. Nxc6 (41.
Rc3 $5 $14) 41... Rbxc6 42. Red3 Rb6 $11 43. R8d7+ Rxd7 44. Rxd7+ Kf6 45. Rd2
a5 {[/\Rb6-b3,a5-a4-a3 ]} 46. g4 a4 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. h4 h6 49. h5 a3 50. bxa3
Rxa3 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Kf4 Rb3 53. Ke4 Rb4+ 54. Ke5 Rb5+ 55. Rd5 Rb7 56. f4 Re7+
57. Kf5 Ra7 58. Rb5 Re7 59. Rc5 Ra7 60. Rd5 Rb7 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Re5+ Kf7 63. g5
Rb4+ 64. Kf5 hxg5 65. fxg5 g6+ 66. hxg6+ Kg7 67. Re7+ Kg8 68. g7 Rb6 69. Ra7
Rc6 70. Kg4 Rb6 71. Kh5 Rc6 72. g6 Rc7 73. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Neuchatel op"]
[Site "Neuchatel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 h6 $5 {
TN[/\15...Qb8,16...c5]} (14... Qb8 $6 15. Bg5 $40) (14... Rb8 15. Qc2 h6 16.
Be3 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rfd1 (18. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Qc4 Nd7 $1 21.
Qe4 Rc8 22. Rd2 Rbc7 $132 {Beliavsky,A-Anand,V Reggio Emilia 1991 Informator
53/428}) 18... Qc8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc4 Nd3 $132 {
San Segundo,P-Antunes,A Linares-z op 1995}) 15. Be3 Qb8 16. Rc1 Rc8 (16... c5
$2 17. dxc5 Bxe4 18. Qxd7 $16) 17. Re1 (17. Qa4 $5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 a5 $13) 17...
c5 18. d5 $5 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 $10) 18... exd5 (18... Nxe5 $6 19.
Bxh6 $1 $36 (19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 e5 21. Bxe5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 $13) 19...
Nxf3+ (19... gxh6 20. Nxe5 $40 Qxe5 $2 21. Bh7+ $18) 20. Qxf3 $16 f5 (20...
gxh6 21. dxe6 Bxe4 22. Qxf7+ $40) 21. Bxf5 exf5 (21... Bxd5 22. Qg4 $16) 22.
Rxe7 $18) (18... Nb6 $2 19. d6 Bxe4 20. dxe7 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxe5 22. Bxc5 $16
Qxb2 23. Bxb6 Qxc1 (23... axb6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qc6 $18) 24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25.
Rxc1 $18) 19. Bf5 $6 (19. Bxd5 $142 Nb6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 {(/\21...c4)} 21. b3 c4
22. Bxb6 (22. Nd4 $5 {(/\23.Qg4->>>)}) 22... axb6 23. Rxc4 Rxa2 $14) 19... Nf8
$1 (19... Qc7 20. e6 fxe6 (20... Nf6 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxc8 $14 (22. Be6+ $5
Kf8 23. Nh4 $40))) 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Nd2 $5 {[/\22.Nb3]} (21. Nd4 {(/\22.Nb3)}
Qd7 $1 22. Nb3 d4 $132 23. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne6 $1 (24... dxe3 $6 25. Qxd7
Nxd7 26. Rc7 Nxe5 27. f4 (27. Rxb7 exf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ 29. Kf1 Nxe1 30. Kxe1
$10) (27. Rxe3 Rd8 28. h3 Rd7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxe5 $10) 27... Nd3 28. Rxe3
Ba6 $13) 25. Rc1 (25. Ra5 Qc6 $17) 25... Qd5 $17) 21... Ne6 22. Qg4 $6 {
[/\23.Bxh6,23.f4->>>]} (22. f4 $2 d4 $17) (22. Nb3 $5 Qc7 (22... a5 $6 23. Bxc5
$1 Nxc5 24. Qd4 $16) (22... Qf8 23. Na5 $14) 23. Qg4 $13) (22. Qg4 {[#]}) 22...
h5 $1 23. Qg3 $8 (23. Qxh5 d4 $17) 23... d4 24. Bf4 (24. Bh6 Kf8 25. Bf4 g5)
24... h4 $1 (24... g5 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. h4 $16) 25. Qg4 g5 (25... Nxf4 $1 26.
Qxf4 g5 $19 {[#]}) 26. Bxg5 (26. g3 Ng7 $1 27. e6 f5 $19) 26... Nxg5 (26...
Bxg5 27. f4) 27. e6 $1 f5 $1 (27... fxe6 28. Re5 $40) (27... Kf8 28. Qh5 $36)
28. Qf4 (28. Qxf5 Qf8 $17 29. Rxc5 $2 (29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re5 Rc8 31. f4 Nh7
32. Nb3 d3 $17) 29... Bxc5 30. Qxg5+ Qg7 $19) 28... Qf8 (28... Qc6 $5 29. f3
Rf8 $17) 29. f3 (29. Re5 $2 Qg7 {(/\30...Nh3)} 30. Kf1 Bd6 $19) 29... Rd8 (
29... Qg7 $142 30. Kh1 (30. Kf2 Qf6 $17) (30. Qxf5 $2 Bxf3 $1 31. Nxf3 Rf8 $19)
30... Rf8 $17 {(/\31...Bd5,32...Nxe6)}) 30. Kh1 {[/\31.h3]} (30. Rxc5 $2 Nh3+
$1 31. gxh3 Bxc5 $19) (30. Nb3 d3 $17) 30... h3 $5 31. gxh3 Qf6 (31... Nxh3 32.
Qg3+ (32. Rg1+ Kh7 $17) 32... Ng5 33. h4 Qh6 34. Kg2 $16) 32. Rg1 Kf8 (32...
Kh8 33. Rxc5 (33. Qh4+ Nh7 34. Qxf6+ Nxf6 35. Rg5 $17) 33... Nxh3 $19) 33. Qg3
Ke8 34. Rce1 Nxe6 $138 35. Re5 {[/\36.Rge1]} Rd5 36. Qg8+ Kd7 37. Ree1 {
[/\38.Qb8,38.Rg6]} Nd8 $1 {[/\38...Kc8,39...Rd7]} 38. Nc4 (38. Rg6 Re5 $1 (
38... Qh4 $2 39. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 (39... Qxe7 40. Rg7 $36) 40. Rg7+ Kd6 (40... Kf6
41. Qf8+ Ke5 42. Nc4+ Kf4 43. Rg4+ Kxf3 44. Rxh4 Re5 45. Rf4+ $1 Kxf4+ 46. Kg1
$16) 41. Nc4+ Kc6 42. Qe8+) 39. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 40. Kg2 Bxf6 $19) 38... Kc8 $1 $19
39. Qe8 Rd7 40. Ne5 Rc7 41. Rg8 d3 (41... d3 42. Nxd3 Bxf3+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44.
Nf2 Bh4 $19 {(/\45...Rg7)}) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc7 14. Qe2 Be7 15.
Rd1 O-O 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg3 $14 N7b6 (17... Qa5 18. Nb3 Qxa4 19. Bb5 Ba6 20.
Bxa6 $16) (17... a6 {/\ Qa5} 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qh5 g6 (19... h6 20. Qg6) 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rd4 $40) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Nb5 $1 Ba6
20. Qe4 $1 g6 (20... f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 $16) 21. Nd6 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxd6
23. exd6 $16 Rac8 24. Re1 Qb5 25. Rd4 Qd7 26. h4 Rfe8 {/\ f6} 27. h5 $1 Nf6 28.
Qh4 Nxh5 29. Be5 Rc6 (29... Rc5 30. Rxb4 $16) 30. g4 f6 $8 31. gxh5 fxe5 32.
Rg4 Rxd6 (32... Qd8 33. Rg5 $1 $40) 33. hxg6 h5 34. Qxh5 Qg7 (34... Rd1 35.
Qh7+ $18) 35. Rxb4 Rf8 36. Rb3 (36. Rxe5 $18) 36... Rd2 37. Re2 $1 Rxe2 38.
Qxe2 Qf6 39. Re3 Rc8 (39... Kg7 $142) 40. Qh5 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 (41. Kg2 Qh8 $8 42.
Qxh8+ Kxh8 43. Rxe5 Rc6 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Rh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ostend op"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Nc6 Qc7 16. Qxd5 exd5 (16... Bd6 $5 {Christiansen,L-Bareev,E Biel 1991}) 17.
Re1+ Be7 18. Nxe7 Kd8 (18... Kf8 $2 19. Bd2 f6 (19... a5 20. Rac1 Qxc1 (20...
Qd8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Nb6 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Nxa8 Bxa8 25. Rc5 $14) 21.
Bxc1 Re8 22. Bf4 $18) 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Bxb4 Kf7 22. Nf5 $16) 19. Bd2 (19. Bg5
f6 20. Rac1 fxg5 21. Rxc7 Kxc7 22. Bxd7 Kxd7 23. Nc5+ Kc7 24. Ne6+ Kb6 $15)
19... Qa5 (19... Qd6 20. Nf5 Qf6 (20... Qf8 21. a3 bxa3 22. bxa3 {/\23.Bb4})
21. Bxd7 Kxd7 22. Nc5+ Kc6 23. Rac1 $40) 20. Bc6 Re8 (20... Qa6 $2 21. Bxd7 $18
) 21. Bxb7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. Bxa8 (23. Re1+ Kf6 (23... Kf8 24. Bxa8 Qxa4
25. Bxd5 Qb5 26. Bc6 $1 Qxc6 27. Bxb4+ Nc5 28. Rc1 $13) 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. a3 bxc3
26. Bxc3+ Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rd8 $17 {/\Rd8-d7-c7}) 23... Qxa4 24. Bxd5 Qb5 25. Re1+
Kf6 26. Be4 Nc5 27. Bf3 (27. Bxh7 $2 g6 28. Bh6 Nd3 $19 {/\29...Qh5}) 27... a5
28. Be2 $6 (28. Be3 $1 Ne6 29. b3 Qe5 30. g3 Qb2 31. Re2 $10) 28... Qa4 $15 29.
Be3 Ne6 30. Bc4 Qc2 31. Bxe6 $6 {[#]} (31. Bb3 Qxb2 32. g3 $15) 31... Kxe6 $1
$17 (31... fxe6 32. Bd4+ Kf7 33. Be5 Qc4 34. a3 $10) 32. a3 (32. Bd4+ Kf5 33.
Bxg7 f6 $17) (32. Bb6+ Kd7 33. Bxa5 Qxb2 $17 {/\34...Qa3}) 32... Kd5 33. axb4
axb4 34. Bc1 Kc4 35. h4 Kb3 36. g3 Qc6 {/\37...Kc2,Qc6-a6-a1-c1} 37. h5 $6 h6
38. Bf4 Qd5 $1 (38... Kxb2 $6 39. Be5+ Kc2 40. Bxg7 b3 41. Re2+ $13 Kd3 42. Rb2
) 39. Bc1 Kc2 40. Bf4 Qxh5 (40... f6 41. Re7 $132) 41. Re4 Qb5 42. b3 Kxb3 43.
Bd6 f5 $1 $19 44. Re3+ Kc4 (44... Kc2 $2 45. Bf8 b3 46. Bxg7 b2 47. Bxb2 Kxb2
48. Rf3 $15) 45. Bf8 Qd7 $1 {46.Re7 Qd8 47.Rf7 Qd1 48.Kh2 Qh5} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Na2 a5 13. Nxb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. dxc5 O-O 16. Be2 (16. Bd2 Nxc5 17. Bxb4 Nxd3 18. Bxf8 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20.
Kg2 Qxf8 $15 {0-1 Karpeshov,O-Galkin,A/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 61 ext (40)})
16... Nxc5 17. Qd4 Nb3 $5 {TN} (17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Qc4 Ne4
21. Bxb4 Rc8 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Shirov,A/
Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (24)}) 18. Qxb4 Bd5 19. e4 (19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Qc3 (20. Qe7
Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxb2 $15) 20... Ne4 21. Qc2 Nexd2 22. Nxd2 Rc8 $17) (19. Rd1 Rb8
$44) 19... Nxc1 (19... Nxe4 20. Bf4 Qa2 21. Be5 $13) 20. Rxc1 Bxe4 21. Qa3 Qb7
(21... h6 $5 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. b4 Ra2 $132) 22. b4 Ra8 23. Qb3 Bd5 (23... Nd5
24. b5 Nf4 25. Qe3 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 $11) 24. Qb1 h6 25. b5 Qb6 {
[/\27...Ne4<=>>>]} 26. Qd3 Ne4 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Ra2 $132 29. f3 (29. b6
Rb2 $15) 29... Nd6 30. Bf1 (30. Rc2 $142 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Rb1 $13) 30... Rb2 31.
Rc7 g6 $5 32. Rc5 (32. Rd7 Nf5 33. Nxf5 gxf5 $15 {(/\Kg8-f6, h6-h5-h4)}) 32...
Kg7 33. Nc2 $6 {[/\34.Ne3]} Rb3 $138 (33... Bc4 $5 34. Na3 (34. Bxc4 Rxc2 35.
b6 Kf6 $1 $17) 34... Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Rb3 36. Rc6 Nxb5 37. Nxb5 Rxb5 $15) 34. Nd4
Rb2 35. Nc2 Rb3 36. Nd4 Rb1 $5 37. Kf2 Kf6 {[/\g6-g5, h6-h5-h4 |^>>]} 38. Be2
h5 (38... g5 $5) 39. Bd3 (39. h4 $1 Rb4 40. Ke3 Nf5+ 41. Nxf5 gxf5 42. g3 $11)
39... Rb2+ 40. Ne2 h4 41. h3 $2 (41. g3 g5 $15) 41... g5 42. Ke3 Ke5 $15 43.
Rc2 (43. f4+ gxf4+ 44. Nxf4 Rb3 $17) 43... Rxc2 44. Bxc2 Nxb5 $17 45. Nc1 Bc4
$1 46. Bb3 (46. Nd3+ Bxd3 47. Bxd3 Nc3 $19) 46... Nd6 47. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 48. Kd3
Nb6 $1 {[/\Nb6-d5-f4]} 49. Ke2 Nd5 50. Nb3 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 Kd5 {[/\f7-f5,
e6-e5-e4]} 52. g3 $2 (52. Na1 $17) 52... Nh5 $1 (52... Nxh3+ $2 53. Kg2 $11)
53. gxh4 gxh4 $19 54. Nd2 f5 55. Ke3 e5 56. Nb1 Nf4 57. Nc3+ Ke6 58. Na4 Nxh3
59. Nc5+ Kd5 60. Nd7 Kd6 61. Nf8 Nf4 62. Kf2 Ke7 (62... Ke7 63. Nh7 Kf7 64. Kf1
Kg7 65. Ng5 Kg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M/Winants"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 (9. O-O b4 (9... a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5) 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.
e4 O-O 13. Qe2 (13. e5)) 9... b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1
N5b6 14. Nxd4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 (15. Nxe6 Qb6 (15... fxe6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Nf6
18. exf6+ gxf6 19. Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. Qe5+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kf7 (22...
Kf6 23. Re6+ Kf7 24. Bg6+) 23. Bc4+ Bd5 24. Qf5+ Kg7 25. Bxd5) 16. Nxf8 Ndc5
17. Nd7 (17. Nxh7 Qc6) 17... Qc6 18. Nf6+) 15... Bc5 16. Bb5 (16. Nb3 O-O 17.
Qb5) (16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1) 16... O-O (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7
19. Rd1) 17. Nc6 (17. Bxd7 Bxd4 18. Bc6 Bxf2+ (18... Qb6)) (17. Nc6) 17...
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 (19. Ke2 a6 20. Ne7+ (20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Nxb4 Nxe5)
20... Qxe7 21. Bxd7 Qh4 22. Be3 (22. Bc6 Qc4+) (22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qxh2) (22.
Bd2 Qg4+ 23. Kd3 Rfd8 24. Bxb4 (24. Kc2 Be4+ 25. Kb3 Bd5+ 26. Kc2 Ra7 27. Bc6
Rc7) 24... Qg6+ 25. Kd2 Rac8) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kd3 (23. Kd2 Qxg2+ 24. Re2 Qd5+
25. Kc2 Rac8+) 23... Qe4+ 24. Kd2 Rfd8) 19... f6 20. Re2 (20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Bxd7
fxe5+ 22. Ke2 Rf2+ 23. Kd3 Qd4#) (20. Be3 Qxh2) 20... Qxh2 (20... fxe5+ 21. Kg1
) 21. Rf2 (21. Qxb4 fxe5+ 22. Ke1 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rad8) 21... fxe5 22. Be3 (22.
Ne7+ Kh8 23. Bxd7 Qxg2+) 22... Rxf2+ 23. Bxf2 (23. Kxf2 Rf8+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2+ 25.
Kd3 e4+ (25... Qxb2) 26. Kc4 (26. Kd4 Qxb2+) 26... Qe2+ 27. Kxb4 Qxb2+) 23...
Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxa1 25. Qxb4 (25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Qxb4 (26. Bxd7 Qxb2+ 27. Kf1 Kxe7
28. Bc5+ Kd8) 26... Nf6) 25... Bxc6 (25... Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rb8 27. Bb7 Qxa2) 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,99,20,27,20,6,30,24,28,11,21,45,35,52,55,51,69,71,73,53,53,47,66,20,
37,18,53,40,69,52,52,42,35,21,27,23,30,22,40,3,23,18,93,98,100,105,98,66,81,72,
90,82,104,105,112,86,112,93,114,106,120,101,192,101,111,117,111,82,105,63,110,
102,120,120,113,128,128,133,148,169,169,175,175,240,240,248,217,178,179,161,
158,187,125,158,143,146,191,151,420,438,473,492]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7
{Eine theoretisch wichtige Variante.} 11. Nd2 $5 ({Wojtaczek hat für diese
Partie eine Idee aus seinem Sekundanten-Koffer ausgegraben. In der Partie
Riazantsev-Duda, FRA chT 2018, folgte} 11. O-O Rc8 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Nf6 14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Qe2 c5 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Qb6 {remis.}) 11... Qc7 12. b3 c5 13.
Bb2 $5 ({Wenig versprach} 13. Qf3 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. O-O c4 16. bxc4 Qxc4
$11 {Eljanov-Ponomariov, Lvov 2014}) 13... Bxe4 ({Natürlicher erscheint} 13...
Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O Rac8 {, doch nach} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 (16... Ba6 17. Nc4 $14
) 17. Qg4 f6 18. Rfd1 Rf7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bd4 Qa6 21. Rc2 Rff8 22. h4 $14 {
behält Weiß mehr vom Spiel}) 14. Nxe4 c4 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd2 ({Auf} 16. Qe2
{käme} Qd5 17. f3 a5 18. O-O Be7 $15) 16... Qb5 $5 ({Auch} 16... Qd5 17. O-O
Be7 18. e4 Qb5 {kommt in Betracht, doch nach} 19. d5 O-O 20. Nf3 $5 (20. dxe6
fxe6 21. Qg4 Rf7 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxb4
Rb8 $11) 20... exd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Nf5+ Kh8 24. Nxe7 dxe4 25.
Qd4+ f6 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Nd5 Rae8 28. Qxe4 $14 {gefällt die weiße Stellung
etwas besser.}) 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ $6 ({Die kritische Erwiderung ist} 17... a6 $5 {
, doch ohne Vorbereitung ist dafür sich schwer zu entscheiden.} 18. a4 $5 (18.
a3 Be7 19. axb4 O-O (19... Qxb4 20. Ra2 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nb6 22. O-O Qb5 $11) 20.
Qxb5 axb5 21. Ke2 Bxb4 $11) 18... Qb7 (18... Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bd6 20. Rhc1 Ke7
21. Rc6 Rhc8 22. Rac1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 $14) 19. O-O Be7 20. d5 $5 (20. e4 O-O 21.
Nb3 Rfc8 $11) 20... Qxd5 21. e4 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Rfc1 (23. Rac1 O-O 24. Rc7
Bd6 $5 25. Rxd7 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ $11) 23... Nf6 24. Rc7 Bd6 25.
Qc2 (25. Rc2 Be7 $11) 25... O-O (25... Bxc7 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Qxc7+ Kf8 28. Rd1
h6 29. Qc6 Re8 30. Be5 $14) 26. Rc4 Be7 27. h3 Rfd8 28. Ne5 a5 29. Nc6 Rd7 $11)
18. Kxe2 Nb6 19. a3 Kd7 20. Rhb1 $5 ({Nach} 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Rhc1 a5 22. Ba3
Rhb8 23. e4 Bxd2 24. Kxd2 Nc8 $11 {kann Schwarz sich behaupten.}) 20... bxa3 $2
({Dies ist bereits eine große Zugeständnis. Hartnäckiger wäre} 20... a5 21.
axb4 Bxb4 22. Ba3 Nd5 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Kd3 $14) 21. Bxa3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rhb8
23. g4 ({Logischer erscheint} 23. Rba1 Nc8 24. Ne4 $16) 23... Nc8 24. Nb3 Rb6
25. Rc1 (25. Nc5+ Kd8 26. Rba1 $16) 25... Rab8 26. Nc5+ Kd8 27. Nd3 R8b7 28. h4
h6 29. Nc5 Rb8 30. g5 Rc6 $2 ({Hartnäckiger wäre} 30... hxg5 31. hxg5 Rb1 32.
Rxb1 Rxb1 33. g6 $16) 31. Ra2 $2 ({Weiß verpasst} 31. Nb7+ Kd7 32. Rxc6 Kxc6
33. Nd8+ Kd7 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Nxf7 $18 {mit Gewinn.}) 31... Ke7 ({Mehr
Widerstand leistete} 31... hxg5 32. hxg5 Ke7 33. f4 Rb5 34. Kf3 Rc7 $14) 32. f4
h5 33. Rac2 ({Stark war das sofortige} 33. g6 $5 f5 34. Rg1 Rcb6 35. Rg5 Rb2+
36. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. Rxh5 Kf6 39. Rh8 $16 {doch Woitaszek will etwas
Zeit gewinnen.}) 33... Nd6 34. Ra2 Rc7 35. Rca1 Ra8 36. g6 fxg6 37. Ra6 Nf5 38.
Kd3 Nxh4 39. Nxe6 Rb7 40. Nc5 Rc7 41. Rh1 Nf5 42. Rxg6 Kf7 43. Ra6 g6 44. e4
Ne7 45. e5 ({Auch} 45. Ne6 Rd7 46. Ng5+ Kg7 47. Rha1 $18 {gewinnt.}) 45... Nc6
46. Ke4 Rb8 47. Rc1 Ne7 48. Rca1 (48. Rf6+ Kg8 49. e6 $18) 48... Rb4 49. Rf6+
Kg8 50. Na6 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 (9... b4 10. Na4 Be7) 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4
13. Ne4 h6 (13... cxd4 14. Bg5 Qa5 (14... Qb8 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Qa7 17. Qxa7
Rxa7 18. Bg3 $14 {Seirawan-Cabrilo 1990}) 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bd2 (16. Bh4 Qb6 17.
Qd2 Nc5 $13 {Khenkin-Sherbakov 1989\Vyzmanavin-Sorokin 1991} (17... Nc5 {
Ftacnik} 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. a5 $14 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Sorokin,M/URS-ch58/1991/
->CBM 27})) 16... Rc8 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 O-O 20. Qg4 $14 {
Soffer-Flear Biel 1991}) 14. Nfd2 Be7 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Ncd6 Bxd6 (16... Bc6 17.
Nxc5 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nb8 19. Ne4 a5 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Bd3 $14 {Khenkin-Shabalov
1990}) 17. Nxd6 Bc6 18. a5 $14 cxd4 (18... Qh4 $5) (18... f6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qc2
(19. f4) 19... fxe5 20. dxc5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bc4 $16) 19. Qxd4 f6 20. f4
$1 Qc7 21. Bd2 Qa7 (21... Rfb8 {Ftacnik} 22. Rfc1 $16) 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. Rfc1
$18 Nb8 (23... Ba8 24. Nc8 $18) 24. Rc4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bb5 (25... Rd8 {Ftacnik}
26. Rac1 $16) 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Rc5 {Hansen,C} 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch playoff"]
[Site "Tonder"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 $6 13. Qe2 $5 Bc6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Rc8 $1 (17... Ke7 {Dorfman,I-Horvath,C/})
18. Bc4 $5 (18. Rc2 Ke7 19. Rfc1 Bb7) 18... O-O $1 19. Ne1 Bd4 20. Nd3 a5 21.
Qg4 Kh7 22. Qe4+ Kg8 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. a3 $5 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ne7 $1 26. Bxa5 $4 (
26. Ba2 {/\ Bb1}) 26... Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxa5 28. Rcf1 Nf5 $1 29. Rxf5 exf5 30.
Qxf5+ g6 31. Qg4 Bd5 $1 $19 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qe2 Rc3 34. Nf2 Qc5 35. Kh1 Qc4
36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. h3 Kg7 38. Ng4 Re8 39. Re1 Rc5 40. Ra1 h5 41. Nf6 Rec8 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Nd2 $1 $146 (13. O-O O-O
14. c4 c5 15. Ba3 Qa5 $1 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 {Seirawan,
Y-Kramnik,V/Manila olm/1992/}) 13... O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 (14... Nd5 $5 15. Nxd6
Qxd6 16. Qd2 a5 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qd3 Ra7 21. Rd1 h6
22. c4 Ne7 23. Ba3 Qf4 24. Qe3 $14 {Hansen,LB-Mueller,M/Groningen op/1992/})
15. Bf3 Nd5 (15... Bb7 $5 $146 16. Rb1 Ra7 $1 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. O-O c5 19. Ba3
Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rc7 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxd4 $1 Rc7 24. c4 $14 {
Hansen,LB-Bagirov,V/Debrecen EU-chT /1992/}) 16. Ne5 $1 Qb6 (16... Nxc3 $2 17.
Qb3 Qxd4 18. Nxc6 $18) 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. O-O c5 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Rfe1
$14 {X e6} Re8 22. g3 Qd7 23. Rac1 Bf8 24. Be4 $1 {X /^b1-h7} Bb7 25. Na5 Ba8
26. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 27. Nb3 Ba3 28. Rcd1 Qa4 29. c4 $16 Nb6 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Be3
Rab8 32. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 33. c5 Rc6 $6 {X Qa4;Ba3} 34. Rd4 Qb5 35. Rc4 Rcc8 36.
Nd4 Qd7 37. Nb3 Qb5 38. Qc2 $1 e5 39. Rb1 a5 $2 (39... Qc6 40. Qc3 {/\Qa5+-
XBa3}) 40. Nd4 Qd7 41. Nb5 $18 Bb4 42. Nd6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[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 "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
Bf3 Bb7 (15... Bd7) 16. Rb1 (16. O-O Nd5 {/\ c5=}) (16. Ne5 Qc7 $10) 16... Ra7
17. Ne5 (17. Bg5 $6 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd2 c5 20. O-O $10 (20. Na5 $6 cxd4
$1 21. Qxd4 Ba8 $15)) 17... Qc8 (17... Qc7 18. Bf4 $1 Bd6 (18... Nd5 $2 19.
Bxd5 cxd5 (19... exd5 20. Ng6 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Re8+ 22. Ne7+) 20. Ng6 Qxc3+ 21. Bd2
$16) (18... Qc8 19. O-O c5 20. dxc5 $1 $14) 19. Bg3 c5 20. O-O $14 {צa7}) 18.
O-O c5 19. Ba3 Bxf3 (19... cxd4 $2 20. Qxd4 $18) 20. Qxf3 Rc7 (20... cxd4 21.
Nc6 Bxa3 22. Nxa7 Qxc3 23. Nc6 {/\ Nd4} Bd6 (23... Bc5 $2 24. Rfc1 Qxf3 25.
gxf3 $16) (23... Qxf3 24. gxf3 $14) 24. Rbd1 $5 (24. Rfd1 Nd5 $5 25. Nxd4 Qxf3
26. Nxf3 Nc3 27. Rxd6 Nxb1 28. Rxa6 $14 {o^a}) 24... Qxf3 25. gxf3 e5 26. f4
$14) 21. Rfd1 cxd4 (21... Rd8 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxc5 24. c4 $1 $14) 22.
Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxd4 Rc7 24. c4 Rc5 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. f4 h6 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Rbd1
Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qa5 30. h3 Rc8 31. Kh2 Qc3 32. Qd1 Qa5 (32... Qe3 $6 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Qxd3 36. Nxd3 $16 {o^c, עh7}) 33. Qe2 Qc3 34. Qd1
Qa5 35. Qb3 (35. Qd3 $6 Qxa2 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 Qf2 $1 $13)
35... Qc7 (35... Qc5 36. Qd3 Qb6 $14) 36. Qa3 a5 37. Qd3 (37. Rd6 $1 Qe7 38.
Qd3 $16) 37... Qb6 38. Qd2 g6 39. Qd3 (39. Rd6 $1 Ne4 40. Rxb6 Nxd2 41. Rb7 $1
$36 {_|_}) 39... Kg7 40. Qd2 Rb8 41. Rd6 Qc5 (41... Qb4) 42. Rd7 Nxd7 43. Nxd7
Qb4 (43... Qc7 44. Qc3+ $1 (44. Qd4+ $2 e5 $1) (44. Nxb8 $6 Qxb8 45. Qd4+ f6 $1
$14) 44... Kg8 $8 45. Nxb8 Qxb8 (45... Qxf4+ $2 46. Qg3) 46. Qe5 $16) 44. Qd4+
Kg8 45. Nxb8 Qxb8 46. c5 (46. Qe5) 46... Qc7 47. Qe5 Qc6 48. Qb8+ Kg7 (48...
Kh7 $2 49. Qa7 $18) 49. Qb6 Qa4 50. Qd6 (50. Qb2+ Kf8 $5 (50... Kh7 51. Qc1 $16
)) 50... Qxa2 51. Qd4+ e5 (51... Kh7 52. c6 Qc2 $8 53. Qd7 Qf5 $1 $8 54. Qd6 (
54. c7 Qxf4+ $10) 54... Qc2 $8 55. c7 Qc4 $1 $8 {=}) 52. Qxe5+ (52. fxe5 $6 Qe6
53. Qd6 $4 Qxd6 54. exd6 Kf8 55. c6 Ke8 56. d7+ Ke7 $19) 52... Kh7 53. Qc3 (53.
Qe4 $5 Qb3 54. f5 $1 $16) 53... Qa4 54. Kg3 g5 (54... Qb4 $1 55. Qc1 (55. Qc2
$2 a4 56. c6 Qb3+ $10) 55... Qb3+ $1 56. Kh2 Qb7 57. c6 Qc7 58. Qc4 Kg8 59. Kg3
$16) 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. Kh2 Qf4+ (56... Qb4 57. Qc2+ Kg7 58. c6 Qf4+ 59. g3 Qc7
$18 {- 56... Qf4}) 57. Kg1 Qb4 58. Qc2+ Kg7 59. c6 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 61. g3 Qc7
62. Kg2 f5 63. h4 gxh4 64. gxh4 Kg6 65. Kf3 Kf6 66. Qc3+ Kg6 67. Qc4 (67. Qc1
$1) 67... Kf6 68. Kg2 Qg7+ 69. Kf3 Qc7 70. Qc3+ Kg6 71. Qc1 Kh7 (71... Kf6 $2
72. Qh6+ $18) 72. Qc4 Kg7 (72... Kg6 73. Qe6+ $18) 73. h5 a4 (73... Kf6 74. h6
Kg6 75. h7 $1 Qxh7 (75... Kxh7 76. Qh4+ Kg6 77. Qg3+ $18) 76. c7 Qh3+ 77. Ke2
Qg2+ 78. Kd1 Qh1+ 79. Kc2 Qg2+ $8 {/\ 80. Kb3 Qb7} 80. Kc3 $1 Qf3+ $8 81. Kd4
$18) 74. Qxa4 Qh2 75. Qd4+ Kf7 76. Qc4+ Kf6 77. Qd4+ Ke6 78. Qc4+ Kf6 79. c7
Qh1+ (79... Qxh5+ 80. Kg2 Qg5+ 81. Kf1 $18) 80. Kf2 Qh2+ 81. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Espergarde PC"]
[Site "Espergarde"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 $6 (12... c5 $1 13. Nxc5 Nxc5
14. dxc5 Qc7 15. a3 a5 $1 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bd2 Qxc5 {Hansen,
LB-Hector,J/Espergarde PC/1992/1/2-1/2/}) 13. a3 $1 a5 $1 (13... bxa3 $6 14.
Nc5 $1 $16) 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nc5 $1 $14 (15. Bd2 $6 c5 $1 16. dxc5 (16. Nxc5
Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 $10) 16... Be4 $1 {X Qc2}) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qe7 17. Bd2
Bxc5 (17... Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxa5 $14 {_|_}) 18. Bxa5 Bd6 19. e4 $1 Ng4
$1 (19... e5 $6 20. Nd2 $16) 20. Bc3 Bb8 $2 (20... Bc5 $1 21. Be1 (21. Bd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rc4 f5 $1 {<=>}) 21... Bd6 22. h3 Ne5 23. Bc3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3
$14) 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (22... Qxf6 23. Rd7 Rc7 $8 24. e5 $1 (24. Rxc7
Bxc7 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Qxc6 Rb8 $8 28. Qxc7 Qxb2 $14) 24... Qg6 25.
Bd3 (25. Qxg6 $5 hxg6 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Ba6 Bxa6 29. Rxc7 Rxb2 30.
Ng5 $1 $36) 25... Rxd7 $8 26. Bxg6 hxg6 $16) 23. Ba6 $16 {X Bb8;Kg8} Bxa6 24.
Rxa6 Rfd8 $1 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Ra3 $6 (26. Ra4 $1 $16) 26... c5 $6 (26... Bd6
$1 {/\ Be7+/=}) 27. Rc3 Qb6 28. Rc4 $1 Bd6 29. e5 $1 Bxe5 (29... fxe5 $2 30.
Rg4+ $40) 30. Rg4+ Kf8 $8 (30... Kh8 31. Rh4 $18) 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Qxh7 Ke7
33. Qh4+ Kd6 34. b4 $1 $18 {X Kd6;Freibauer} cxb4 35. Rxb4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7 37.
Rb5 $1 Rc4 38. Qg3 Rc5 $6 (38... f6 39. Qa3+ Kd7 40. Qa8 e4+ 41. g3 $18) 39.
Qa3 Kd5 40. Rxc5+ Qxc5 41. Qxc5+ (41. Qf3+ e4 42. Qxf7 $18) 41... Kxc5 42. Kg3
f5 43. Kh4 $1 Kd4 44. Kg5 Kd3 45. h4 Ke2 46. h5 Kxf2 47. h6 e4 48. h7 e3 49.
h8=Q e2 50. Qd4+ Kxg2 51. Qe3 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch playoff"]
[Site "Tonder"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 $6 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $13) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 (15... Kf8) 16. Qd4
Qb6 17. Bc4 Rhd8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 20. Be3 Qb5 21. a4 $1 (21. Nd4
Qd7) 21... Nxa4 $2 (21... bxa3 22. bxa3 Nd3 $1 {xe5}) 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nxe6+ $1
fxe6 $6 (23... Qxe6 24. Qxb4+ Qe7 $1 (24... Kg8 $2 25. Qxb7) 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Rxa4 $16) 24. Qxb4+ Kg8 25. Qxa4 Qxa4 (25... Qf7 26. Qg4 $1) 26. Rxa4 Rxe5 (
26... a6 $5) 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7 Re2 29. b4 Rb2 30. Bc5 Be4 31. Rd1 Bd5 (
31... Rb1 $5 32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. b5 Be4 34. b6 $16) 32. h4 Kf7 33. Rd4 g5 $5 34.
h5 (34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rg4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Kf6 37. Be3 Rb3 $1 $16) 34... Rc2 35.
Kh2 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke5 37. Rd3 Kf5 38. f3 Rc4 39. Rd4 Rc3 40. Bf8 Rc8 41. Bd6 (41.
Bxh6 Rh8) 41... Rd8 42. Bc5 Rb8 43. Rd1 Bc6 $6 (43... Ra8 $1 44. b5 $2 Ra5 45.
Rb1 Bc6 $1) 44. Rd6 Be8 45. Kf2 $1 Kf6 (45... g4 $2 46. fxg4+ Kxg4 47. Rxe6
Kxh5 (47... Bxh5 48. Rxh6) 48. Kf3 $1 {/\ g4+}) 46. g4 Bb5 $6 47. Rb6 $1 Rxb6
48. Bxb6 Bc6 49. Bc5 Kf7 50. Bd4 Bd7 51. Kg3 Bb5 52. Ba1 Kg8 53. Bb2 Kh7 54. f4
$1 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 Be2 56. Be5 Bb5 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. Kh4 Be2 59. Bb2 Bd3 60. Bc3
Be2 61. Be5 (61. Be5 Bd3 62. g5 Be2 63. Bf4 $1 hxg5+ 64. Kxg5) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O (12. dxc5 {Chekhov} Qa5
13. O-O Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qh5 Ng6 $132
{Pinter,J-Chernin,A Magyarorszag 1992 Inf 56/501/}) (12. Ng5 {Chekhov} cxd4 $1
13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 Qxe5+ 15. Be2 Kxf8 16. O-O Re8 17. Bc4 g5 $5 $132) 12...
cxd4 (12... h6 $5 13. Nxc5 (13. Qe2 $5 Bc6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2
Qb6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Bc4 $5 O-O $1 19. Ne1 Bd4 20. Nd3 a5 21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Qe4+
Kg8 23. Qg4 Kh7 $10 {Hansen,LB-Rasmussen,K/Ry/m-3/1993/}) (13. a3 {Chekhov} a6
14. Re1 Rc8 15. axb4 c4 16. Be4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Nc3 N7b6 19. Bc2 O-O 20.
Qe2 Ne7 $13 {Piket,J-Oll,L Manila 1992 Inf 55/441/}) 13... Bxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bb5+ Ke7 $5 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Bc4 Rhd8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Be3 Qb5
21. a4 $1 Nxa4 $2 (21... bxa3 22. bxa3 Nd3 $13) 22. Nd4 Qd7 $8 23. Nxe6+ $1
fxe6 24. Qxb4+ Kg8 25. Qxa4 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxe5 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7 $14 {
Hansen,LB-Rasmussen,K/Ry/m-1/1993/}) 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4 {Chekhov} Nxe5 14. Bb5+
Nd7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 (17. Qe5 Qf6 18. Qe4 Rc7 19. Qg4 Be7 20. Bh6
a6 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rad1 Kc8 $1 $17 {Wells,P-Kaidanov,G Dublin 1991 Inf 51/
435/}) 17... a6 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Bg7 $1 20. Bg5 Nc7 $8 21. Qa5 Ra8 22.
Bxd8 Rxa5 23. Bxc7 Rxa4 24. Red1 Nf6 25. Be5 O-O $15 {Sokolov,I-Chernin,A Wijk
aan Zee 1991 Inf 51/434/}) 13... g6 (13... a6 {Chekhov} 14. Nxd4 Qb8 15. Qh5 g6
16. Qh3 Nxe5 17. Be4 Qd6 18. a3 Bg7 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nc2 Qe7 21. b3 O-O 22.
Ba3 Qc7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Gurevich,M-Kramnik,V BRD 1993 Inf 57/435/}) (13...
Be7 {Chekhov} 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a3 N5b6 17. Bb5 Nxa4 18. Bxb4 $1 $16
{Kaidanov,G-Shabalov,A New York 1993/}) 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 $5 (15. Nxd4 a6 16.
Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Bc4 h6 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22.
Bf6 Nxe5 $3 23. Bxe5 $8 Rae8 24. f4 f6 25. Nb6 fxe5 26. Nxd5 exf4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Rxg6 Kh7 29. Rxa6 Re2 30. Kf1 Rxb2 31. Nxf4 {1/2;Piket,J-Kramnik,V/
Amsterdam/1993/}) 15... Ba6 (15... Rc8 $5 {Chekhov} 16. Nc4 Rxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7
$44 {Chekhov,V-Sveshnikov,E SSSR 1980/}) 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Qxd4 $1
$8 Qxa4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21. Qd6 (21. Qc5 $6 {Chekhov} Bf8 22. Qe3 {
Gligoric,S-Ljubojevic,L Jug 1976 Inf 22/633/} Qd7 $1 $17) 21... Qd7 $8 22. Qxb4
(22. Rad1 $6 Qxd6 23. exd6+ Kd7 $8 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. Rc7+ Kb5 26. Rxf7 Bxb2 27.
d7 Rhd8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxh7 a5 $1 $17) 22... Bf8 $1 (22... Nd5 $6 23. Qe4 h6
24. Bf6 O-O 25. Rad1 (25. Bxg7 $1 {Chekhov} Kxg7 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Rd4 $1 $16)
25... Bxf6 $8 26. Rxd5 Qb7 27. exf6 Qxb2 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi/
1979/}) 23. Qc3 Qc8 $1 (23... Rc8 $2 {Chekhov} 24. e6 $18) (23... Qe6 {Chekhov}
24. Rad1 Be7 25. Rd6 $16) 24. Qf3 Bg7 (24... Qe6 25. Bf6 Rg8 26. Rad1 $44) 25.
e6 $5 $146 (25. Qa3 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bg7 $10 {ECO}) 25... O-O $8 (25... fxe6 {
Chekhov} 26. Rac1 Qd7 27. Rcd1 Qf7 $2 28. Qxa8+ $18) 26. Be7 fxe6 $1 (26...
Bxb2 $2 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 (27... Bxa1 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. e7 $18) 28. Rab1 Bd4 (28...
Ba3 29. exf7+ Kg7 $8 30. Re8 $1 Qxf7 31. Rxa8 Qxf3 32. Rxa7+ Qf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7
34. Rxb6 $18) 29. Rxb6 $1 axb6 30. e7 Bxf2+ $5 (30... Qe8 31. Qxa8 $1 $18) 31.
Kxf2 Rxa2+ 32. Kg1 Qe8 33. Qd5 $18) 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Qb3 $1 Qf7 29. Rxe6 Bxb2
$1 30. Rd1 $1 (30. Rae1 Bd4 $1) 30... Rb8 $1 $10 (30... Bg7 $6 31. Rd3 $14) (
30... Rf8 {Chekhov} 31. Re7 Qxb3 32. axb3 Rf7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.
Rb8 $16) 31. Re7 (31. Qe3 Bf6 $10) 31... Qxb3 32. axb3 a5 33. Ra7 Bc3 34. h4 $1
Bb4 35. h5 gxh5 (35... Re8 $5 {Chekhov}) 36. Rd3 h4 $4 (36... Kh8 $1 37. Rh3
Nc8 $1 38. Rd7 Ne7 39. Rxh5 Kg7 $10 {Ribli}) 37. Rd4 $1 $16 Re8 38. Rg4+ Kh8
39. Rgg7 Nc8 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Rag7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rg4 Nd6
45. Rff4 Kh7 46. Rxh4+ Kg6 47. Rhg4+ Kh5 48. Rh4+ Kg6 49. Rhg4+ Kh5 50. Kh2 Bd2
51. Rh4+ Kg5 52. Rhg4+ Kh5 53. Rh4+ Kg5 54. Rfg4+ Kf5 55. Rd4 Bc3 $6 (55... Bb4
$142 $16) 56. Rd3 $1 $18 Be5+ (56... Bb4 57. Rxb4 axb4 58. Rxd6 $18) 57. g3 {
X a5} Nf7 58. Rd5 Rb8 59. Rxa5 Rxb3 60. f4 Rb2+ 61. Kh3 Kg6 62. Rg4+ (62. fxe5
$4 Ng5+ 63. Kg4 Rb4#) 62... Kh6 (62... Kh5 63. Rxe5+ Nxe5 64. Rg5+ $18) 63. Ra7
$1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Von Gleich} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 {The Lundin-variation.} 9. Ne4 c5 10. O-O (10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11.
Be4 Rb8 12. O-O f5 13. Bc6 Qc7 14. d5 Bg7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Re1 exd5 17. Qxd5 O-O
18. Qxe4 Rb6 19. Ba4 Re6 20. Bf4 Rxe4 21. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 23. Bd6 Rd8
24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 {1/2-1/2/Ivanchuk,I-Oll,L/Biel izt/1993/}) (10. Qa4 Bb7 (
10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. O-O Rg8 14. e4 f5 $13 {Fine,
R-Feigin,M/Kemeri/1937/}) 11. Nxf6+ (11. Ne5 $5 a6 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. Ngxf7 Bxg2
14. Rg1 Bc6 $1 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc6 Kxf7 17. f4 g6 18. Ne5+ Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5
20. Rf1+ Ke8 21. Bd2 $14 {Bagirov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Leningrad/1977/}) 11... gxf6
12. Bd2 Rg8 13. Ke2 Qc7 $13 {Aleksandrov,A-Akhundov,R/Ashkhabad/1990/}) 10...
Qb6 (10... Bb7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Qb6 14. a3 Ke7 15. axb4 Bxb4
16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Be3 {1/2-1/2/Djurhuus,
R-Sveshnikov,E/Gausdal/1992/}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. b3 $5 cxd4 (12... Bb7 {
Von Gleich} 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Rc1 Ke7 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. e4 $14) 13.
exd4 (13. Nxd4 Bg7 {/\ 0-0,f5=}) 13... Bb7 14. Re1 (14. Bf4 {Von Gleich} Bd6
15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Bd5 17. Qd2 Qb7 $13) 14... Bd6 $10 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4
Qb7 $1 17. Nd2 $6 {>< Bc1} (17. d5 $2 Nb6 $17) (17. Re1 Nb6 $10 (17... Qd5 {
Von Gleich} 18. g3 O-O 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Ng2 $14 {Idee, Ne3 nebst Bc1-b2 und
d4-d5}) (17... Nb6 18. Nd2 Rg8 (18... Rd8 19. Qh5 (19. Nc4 Be7 20. Ne3 Nd5 $13)
19... Qd5) 19. g3)) (17. Qe2 {Von Gleich} Qd5 18. Nd2 f5) 17... Nb6 {In the
Lundin-variation d5 is often the key square!} 18. Qf3 Be7 $1 (18... f5 $4 19.
Rxe6+ $18) 19. Qd3 Rg8 (19... Rd8 {Von Gleich} 20. Nc4 f5 21. Re2 Nxc4 (21...
Bf6 22. Qxf5 $1 $16) 22. bxc4 Bf6 23. Bb2 $14) 20. g3 f5 21. Re1 Rc8 {Stopt Nc4
} (21... h5 {Von Gleich} 22. Nc4 h4 23. Qxf5 $1 hxg3 (23... Nxc4 24. Qh7) 24.
Qb5+) 22. a3 $5 (22. Nc4 $6 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qa6 $1 $17) (22. Bb2 Nd5 23. Rac1
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nf4 25. Qf1 $8 h5 $17) 22... Rc3 $1 23. Qb5+ Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7
25. axb4 {In dieser hochkomplizierten Stellung hatte Piket nur noch 2 min,
Barejew jedoch etwa 25 min. Völlig klar, daß sich das Blatt nun wendet....}
Rgc8 $1 $15 26. b5 $1 (26. Rxa7+ Ke8 27. Ba3 {Bareev, Short: Are you joking?
No, I am winning.} Rd3 28. Nc4 (28. Nf1 Rxb3 $15 {Minimum Ausgleich für
Schwarz, der die schwächlichen weißen Landwirte einsammelt.}) 28... Nxc4 29.
bxc4 Rxc4 $15) 26... R8c7 27. Kg2 Bf6 {Der einzige Zug. Bareev schüttelte
ungläubig den Kopf, daß Piket mit knapp einer Minute auf der Uhr, diesen Zug
finden konnte.} 28. Rd1 $6 {Nun waren sowohl 28.Nf3 als auch Ba3 eher geeignet,
den weißen Nachteil in Grenzen zu halten.} (28. Nf3 $142 Nd5 $5 (28... Rxb3 29.
Bf4 Rb7 30. Be5 $10) 29. Ba3 $1 Rxb3 30. Bc5 Rxb5 31. Bxa7 (31. Rxa7 $4 Rbxc5
$1 $19) 31... Rb2 $15) (28. Ba3 {Von Gleich}) 28... Nd5 (28... Rd3 {Von Gleich}
29. Ba3 Nd5 30. Nf3 Rxb3 31. Bc5 Rxb5 32. Bxa7 Rb2 33. Kg1 Rcc2 $17) 29. Ba3
Rc2 30. Nc4 (30. Nf1 $6 Nc3 {/\ Nb5;Ne4-/+}) 30... R7xc4 $5 (30... Nc3 $5) 31.
bxc4 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 $1 (32. Kf3 $2 Ng4 $1) 32... Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxc4 34. Bc5 Ra4
35. d5 $5 e5 36. Rd3 e4 37. Rb3 (37. Ra3 {Von Gleich} Rxa3 38. Bxa3 Be7 39.
Bxe7 (39. Bb2 Bc5 $1) 39... Kxe7 {Das hier entstandene Bauernendspiel war
Gegenstand einer lang anhaltigen Polemik zwischen Bareev auf der einen, Short
und Piket auf der anderen Seite, bei der der uneingeweihte nicht um den
Eindruck hinwegkam, daß hier nicht die allerbesten Freunde analysierten...Die
folgenden Züge wurden im 1minBlitztempo serviert, so daß eine Wiedergabe nicht
unbedingt sinnvoll erscheint.} 40. Kh4 Kd6 41. Kh5 Kxd5 42. Kh6 Kc5 43. Kxh7
Kxb5 44. h4 a5 45. h5 a4 46. h6 a3 47. Kg8 a2 48. h7 a1=Q 49. h8=Q {Das
nunmehr neu entstandene Bauernendspiel ist wie das Damenendspiel objektiv klar,
was die Streithähne jedoch nicht davon abhielt, weiter aufeinander einzuhacken.
}) 37... Bd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Ra3 $10 Rxd5 40. Rxa7+ Ke6 41. b6 Rb5 42. b7 Rb2
43. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
b4 9. Na4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 (11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 c5 $1 (12... Rc8 $6 13.
a3 a5 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qe7 17. Bd2 Bxc5 18. Bxa5 $14 {
Hansen,LB-Kristensen,B/Espergærde/1992/}) 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. a3 $1
a5 $1 (15... Qxc5 $6 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Ne5 h5 $6 20.
Bxb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. f3 $16 {X b4;Polugaevsky,L-Speelman,J/Roquebrune/
1992/}) 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bd2 Qxc5 {1/2;Hansen,LB-Hector,J/
Espergærde/1992/}) (11. b3) 11... a5 $1 (11... bxa3 $6 12. b3 $1 c5 $6 (12...
O-O 13. Bxa3 $14) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Ncd7 $8 15. Ne5 $16 {Oll,L-Wolff,P/
Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 $14 {Oll}) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 c5 $1 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bd2 Be4 $5 19. Qc4 Qxc5
20. Qxc5 Bxc5 $10 {Black`s potentially weak b-pawn is compensated by his more
active pieces.} 21. Rc1 Bf8 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Be1 Rc8 24. b3 Nd7 $1 25. Nd2 Bb7
26. Ra1 Ne5 27. f3 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 (28. bxc4 $6 Ra8 $17 {^^}) 28... f6 (28... Bd5
$2 29. Nb6) 29. Kf1 $1 e5 30. e4 Bc6 31. Ra5 $1 Be8 $1 32. Ke2 Bf7 33. Kd3 Rd8+
34. Kc2 Rc8 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 c5 $5 11. Nxc5 (11. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. axb4 Qxd3 15. bxc5 Rhc8 16. Bd2 (16. Qd4 Qb5 $13) 16...
a5 $1 {/\ Ba6 >< /^ f1-a6} 17. Rd1 Ba6 18. Nd4 Rd8 $1 {/\ Rd4-+} 19. Bb4 $1 $8
Qc4 20. b3 $1 Qxb4+ 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Nc6+ Ke8 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 $15 24. Rd4 $1 $8
(24. Rxd8+ $2 Kxd8 $17 {>< c5}) 24... Nd5 25. e4 Nf4 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Kd2 Nd3
$1 28. Ke3 Kc7 29. Rd1 $1 Ne5 $5 (29... Nxc5 30. Rd4 Nxb3 31. Rxb4 $10) 30. f4
Nc6 31. Ra1 Bb7 32. Kd3 e5 33. g3 Bc8 34. f5 (34. Kc4 $5 Be6+ 35. Kb5 Bxb3 36.
Ra6 $13) 34... Nd4 35. Kc4 Bb7 36. Ra2 $1 Bxe4 37. Kxb4 Nc6+ 38. Kc3 Bxf5 39.
b4 $132 Be6 40. Rb2 Nd4 41. b5 Bd7 42. b6+ (42. c6 $6 Nxc6 $5 43. bxc6 Bxc6 $15
) 42... Kb8 43. g4 $5 h6 (43... Bxg4 44. Rg2 $132) 44. h3 Kb7 45. Ra2 Nc6 46.
Rd2 Be6 47. Rd1 g6 48. Re1 Bd5 49. Ra1 Be6 50. Re1 h5 $5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Rg1
$1 $132 (52. h4 $6 $15 {>< Re1}) 52... Bxh3 53. Rg7 Be6 54. Rh7 Nb8 55. Rxh5
Nd7 56. Kb4 Kc6 57. Rh1 $1 e4 58. Ra1 $1 Ne5 59. Kc3 e3 60. Ra7 $10 e2 61. Rc7+
Kb5 62. Kd2 Nc4+ (62... Nc4+ 63. Kxe2 Nxb6 64. cxb6 Kxb6 $10) (62... Bc4 $2 63.
b7 Nf3+ 64. Kc2 $1 e1=Q 65. b8=Q+ $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz (deutsche Kommentare)} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7
6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 {The old Lundin variation.} (8... Bb7 {Lutz}
9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 (14...
Rc8)) 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qe2 $5 {Rarely played. Normal
is 12.0-0. Im Vergleich zur Variante nach 8....Bb7 haben beide Seiten noch
nicht rochiert. Daraus ergeben sich neue Möglichkeiten für beide Seiten.} c5 $5
(12... O-O $6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe4 $1 g6 (14... f5 $5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8
) 15. h4 $16) (12... Nd7 {Lutz} 13. O-O (13. e5 $5 c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. O-O Nxc5
16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Bf4 Na4 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rc1 h6 22.
h3 Nb6 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. Rc2 a5 26. Qc4 Bf8 27. Qg4 Ne7 28. Be3 Qb5
29. Rc5 Qe2 30. Rxa5 Nf5 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. Be3 Ra1 34. Nd4 Qf1 35.
Nxf5 exf5 36. Bxf7+ Kh8 {0-1 Lautier,J-Piket,J/Leiden m 1995/EXT 97}) 13... O-O
14. Rd1 c5 15. d5 $5) 13. Bb5+ {Dies ist der Nachteil. Schwarz verliert nun
das Rochaderecht. Allerdings muß Weiß nun den e-Bauern ziehen, was den
schwarzen Leichtfiguren Felder gibt.} Kf8 14. e5 Nd5 (14... Nd7 $5) 15. O-O h6
{A typical scenario in the Meran: It is not easy for White to exploit the
uncastled Black K. Black simplay intends to finish his development by g6 and
Kg7.} 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Bc4 {This seems very slow, but it is not easy to get at
the Black position.} Rc8 18. a3 (18. a4 $5) 18... g6 (18... bxa3 {Lutz} 19.
Rxa3 cxd4 20. Rb3 {/\ Nd4, Rf3}) 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. b3 Kg7 $11 22.
Bb2 $5 {The B is not particularly placed here (>< f4; just hits its own e-pawn)
, but Yermolinsky has an idea.} Rhd8 23. Rd6 $5 {Ohne diese Möglichkeit stände
Schwarz bereits besser.} (23. Rxd8 $2 {Lutz} Rxd8 $15) 23... Qc7 $8 (23... Bxd6
$2 {Lutz} 24. exd6+ Kh7 25. Qe5 {gibt Weiß mehr als genug Kompensation.}) 24.
Nd4 (24. Rad1 $11) 24... Qe7 25. g3 $4 {A horrible move, which opens the long
h1-a8 diagonal. Almost anything else was better. Weiß möchte ...Qg5 entkräften,
aber die Diagonale a8-h1 ist nun entscheidend geschwächt.} (25. Bxe6 $142 {
Ubilava} Bxd4 (25... fxe6 26. Nxe6+ Kh7 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7
30. e6 $16) 26. Bxc8 Rxd6 $1 (26... Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Bxc8 28. e6+ Kh7 29. Rxd8
Qxd8 30. exf7 Be6 $11) 27. Bxb7 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Re6 29. Be4 Qc5 $11) (25. Qd2 {
Lutz hält das Gleichgewicht.} Kh7 26. Nb5 a6 (26... Bxd6 27. Nxd6) 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Nd6 $13) 25... Kh7 26. Nb5 Ba8 $1 {/\ Qe7-b7 /\ Qb7-+} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Nd6 $2 {Loses immediately, but it is not easy to find e good defence
against Qb7.} Rxd6 $1 ({[%tqu "En","If you find the correct move, White will
resign","You really would like to double up on the long diagonal!","How about
eliminating the knight on d6, to be able to play Qb7","d8d6","WHITE RESIGNED
because",10]} 28... Rxd6 $1 {WHITE resigned here because} 29. exd6 Qb7 {
leads to a forced mate}) (28... Bxd6 29. exd6 Qb7 30. f3 $13) 0-1

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (12... Qa5 13.
O-O Bxc5 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Be4 Rfd8 (16... f5 $6 17. axb4 Qc7 18. Rc1
Qb8 19. Bb1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 $16 {^^;
Hansen,C-Gurevich,M/TÅstrup/1992/}) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nc3 Qc7 20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. Ra1 Qb5 23. Bd3 Qb6 $10 {Shneider,A-Maksimenko,A/
Kherson/1989/}) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O (15... Qc7 16. Ne4 (16.
Nc4 O-O-O $5 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Na5 Qd7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22.
Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxb4 {1/2;Staniszewski,P-Matlak,M/Bielsko Biala/1988/}) 16... Be7
17. Re1 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. a3 O-O $1 22. Qe4 g6 23.
Bxh6 Bxb2 {1/2;Aleksandrov,A-Skudnov,S/Podolsk/1990/}) (15... Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5
17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 (19... Ne4 $6 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 21. Rd1 Bd4 22.
Qe2 a6 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 e5 25. Qa4+ Rd7 26. Rc1 $16 {Dautov,R-Dreev,A/
Tbilisi/1989/}) 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 (20... Bb6 $6 21. Qc4 Nd4 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd6
Nf5 24. Bc4 Rd4 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Ba3 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Mecking,H/Manila/1975/}
) 21. Rc1 (21. Bc4 Nd4 $5 22. Bxd5 Nxc2 23. Bxb7 Nxb4 $10 {Taylor,G-O`Donnell,
T/Windsor/1989/}) (21. Rd1 a6 22. Bxb5+ Qxb5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nd3 Qd5 25. f3
Bd4+ 26. Kh1 $16 {X Kd8;Giulian,P-Bryson,D/Edinburgh/1988/}) 21... a6 22. Qa4
Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 $10 {Mageramov,E-Bagirov,V/Baku/1976/ECO}) 16. Ne4 (16. Nc4
$6 Ne7 $1 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nd5 19. Be4 $15 {1/2;Tukmakov,V-Ribli,Z/Reggio/
1987/}) 16... Bd4 (16... Be7 $6 17. Qg4 $16) 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Qe2 $5 $146 (18.
Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 $1 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Rad8
24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxb4 Kh7 $1 28. Qc3 Rg6 {1/2;
Tukmakov,V-Dreev,A/Odessa/1989/} 29. f3 Bxf3 $1 30. Qxf3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qxb4 $10)
18... f5 (18... Ne7 $6 19. Bxh6 $1 $16) 19. Rd1 Qe7 (19... Qb6 20. Bc4 $16 {
X e6}) (19... Qh4 $1 {Kortschnoj} 20. a3 a5 21. Bb5 $10) 20. Ba6 Bc5 21. Bd2 $1
Ba4 (21... Bxd6 22. exd6 Qd7 (22... Qxd6 $2 23. Bxb4 $1 $16) 23. Rac1 Rad8 24.
Qe5 $16) 22. b3 Bd7 23. Bb7 Rab8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 $1 $16 Be6 $8 (25...
Qxe5 $2 26. Bf4 Qe6 (26... Qc3 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28. Rac1 $18) 27. Re1 $18) 26.
Rac1 Bb6 (26... Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bf4 $18) 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 $1 a5 29.
Rd4 (29. Rd2 {Kortschnoj} Ra8 30. Rdc2 $16) 29... Kh7 30. h4 Ra8 31. Qf2 $5 (
31. Qg3 {/\Rd2-c2}) 31... Ra7 32. Qc2 g6 33. Qc5 Qg7 34. Rd3 Bg8 $6 (34... g5
35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kf2 $1 $16 f4 $140 37. e4) (34... Re7 35. Qxa5 Qxe5 36. Qxb4
$16) 35. Nc8 $1 Ra8 36. Nb6 Rad8 37. Qxa5 Qxe5 38. Qxb4 Rfe8 $6 (38... f4 $142
39. Qd4 $1 (39. Nd7 Rxd7 40. Qxf8 Rf7 {/\f3;fe3<=>} (40... fxe3 {Kortschnoj}
41. Rc8 Rg7 42. Re8 $18)) 39... Qb8 (39... Qd6 40. Nc4 $1 {/\Ne5+-}) 40. Rdc3
$18) 39. a4 $18 d4 $6 40. exd4 Qe4 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Qc3 (42. Qd2 $1 {Kortschnoj
} Qxh4 43. Rh3 $18) 42... Bd5 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Rc8 f4 45. Rf3 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5
47. Rh3+ Kg8 48. Qd3 $1 Kf7 (48... Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Rxc8 50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Ke7
52. Rh7+ Kd8 53. Qf6+ Ke8 54. Qh8#) 49. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 {Lundin} 9. Na4 (9. Ne4) 9... c5 10. dxc5 (10. e4 cxd4 11. Bb5 $5 Qa5 12.
Bc6 Rb8 13. O-O e5 14. Bf4 $1 Bd6 $1 15. Bg3 $13 {Wells,P-Conquest,S/London
WFW/1991/}) (10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 (11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Qe2 a6 {
1/2;Hort,V-Ciric,D/Athens/1968/}) 11... Bd6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nc5 Bd5 $10 {
Capablanca,JR-Lundin,E/Margate/1936/}) 10... Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bb7 (
12... O-O 13. e4 Bb7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. e5 Nd7 $14 {
Reshevsky,S-Mecking,H/Buenos Aires/1970/}) 13. Qe2 Qb6 (13... O-O 14. e4 h6)
14. e4 h6 (14... Rd8 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Bf4 Bd4 $14 {Bisguier,A-Pomar,A/Malaga/
1971/}) 15. Nd2 $1 $14 O-O-O $6 16. Nb3 Kb8 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Be3 Qa5 19. f3
$16 {^^;X b4;Kb8} Nd7 20. Qe1 $1 {/\a3;Qg3} Ne5 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Qg3+ e5 23.
Qxg7 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Bd3 h5 26. Qg3+ Ka8 27. Rfc1 h4 28. Qf4 (28. Qc7 $6
Qg5 $132) 28... h3 29. g4 f6 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Kg3 $5 (31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rc1
Qxa2 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Qc1 $1 $16 {/\Kg3}) 31... Rcg8 32. Rc7 b3 $5 33. Bc4
Rd8 $1 (33... bxa2 $2 34. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 35. Bd5+ $18) 34. Bxb3 d3 35. Rd1 Qb6
36. Rf7 Rd6 37. Qf5 $1 Qe3 38. Qf4 (38. Rh7 $1 Rxh7 39. Qxh7 a6 40. Qh8+ $1 Ka7
41. Qxh3 $1 Bxe4 42. Qf1 $18 {/\Qf2}) 38... Qd4 $6 (38... Qb6 39. Qf5 Qe3 40.
Rh7 $1 $18) 39. Bd5 $1 $18 Rxd5 $8 40. exd5 Qxb2 41. Rd2 Qb6 (41... Qc1 42. Qe3
$18) 42. Qxf6 $1 Qg1+ 43. Kf4 Re8 44. Re7 Rc8 45. Qe5 $1 Qb6 46. Rxd3 Rf8+ 47.
Kg3 Qg1+ 48. Kh4 Qf2+ 49. Kh5 Bc8 50. Qc3 Bxg4+ 51. fxg4 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qc7 $5 14. a5 h6 15. Qd3
$5 $146 (15. Bc4 Be7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20.
Bd2 Ne7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nc6 23. Rfc1 Rd5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qd7 $15 {
X a5,e5/b4; Horvath,C-Sorokin,M/EUCup Balatonbereny/1993/}) (15. Re1 Be7 16.
dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. Rec1 {1/2-1/2/
Ryskin,A-Yakovich,Y/Vladivostok/1994/}) 15... Be7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 (
17... Rfd8 $5) (17... Bc6 $5) 18. Ne1 $1 {->} Bc6 19. Qg3 cxd4 20. Bxh6 $1 Bf8
$8 (20... Qxe5 $2 21. f4 Bh4 $5 (21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxe4 23. Bf3 $18) 22. Qg4
$1 f5 (22... N7f6 $4 23. Qxg7#) (22... Ne3 23. Qxh4 Qxe4 24. Bd3 $1 Qd5 25. Qg3
$40) 23. Qxh4 $1 Qxe4 24. Qg5 $18) 21. Nd6 $16 Rd8 22. Nf3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxd6
24. Rc4 (24. Bh5 $1 g6 $8 25. Bxg6 $1 Bxh6 $8 (25... fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 (26...
Kh8 27. Nf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf7 Bxh6 29. Rc4 $16) 27. Nxc6 $18) 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 $8 (
26... Kh8 27. Qg6 $1 Bf4 (27... Bxc1 28. Rxc1 $18) 28. g3 $1 $18) 27. Qg8+ Ke7
28. Qh7 $1 $40) 24... f6 $1 25. Nd3 $2 (25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. Bd2 $13 {^ Rc1;X a6}) 25... Qa7 $1 $17 26. Rac1 Bb5 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28.
Rxc8 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Bd2 e5 $5 31. Bg4 Bd7 32. Nxb4 $5 $138 Bxb4 33. Qb3
Qc5 $2 (33... Qb7 $1 34. Bf3 (34. Bxd7 Qxd7 35. Bxb4 Qb5 36. Qa2 Kh8 37. Be1
Qe2 38. Qb1 Nf4 $19) 34... Be6 35. Bxd5 $8 (35. Bxb4 $2 Qxb4 $19 36. Bxd5 $2
Qe1#) 35... Bxd5 36. Qxb4 Bxg2 $1 37. Qxb7 Bxb7 $17) 34. Bxb4 Qc1+ 35. Bd1 Be6
36. Be1 e4 37. Qc2 $10 Qxc2 38. Bxc2 f5 39. Bd2 d3 40. Bb3 Nc7 41. Ba4 Bd5 42.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[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 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a5 h6 15. Qd3 Be7
16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ne1 Qd8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5
22. Rc4 Bf8 23. Rd4 Bc6 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Nd3 Rab8 26. h3 Ne7 27. Bg4 Nd5 28. Kh2
Qa7 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nc3 33. Rxb4 Ne4 34. Rxe4
Bxe4 35. Bc3 Rbc8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Be2 Qc6 38. f3 Bd3 39. Qh4 Rd7 40. Bd1 Qc5
41. Ba4 Bb5 42. Bc2 Qe3 43. Qe4 Qxe4 44. Bxe4 Rd1 45. Kg3 Rf1 46. Bc2 Kg8 47.
Be4 Kf8 48. h4 Ke8 49. Bb4 Rh1 50. Bd6 Re1 51. b4 Re2 52. Kh2 h5 53. Kg1 Rd2
54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Be3 Rb2 56. Bc5 Rd2 57. Be3 Rd1+ 58. Kh2 Bd3 59. Ba8 Rb1 60.
Bc5 Rb2 61. Kg1 g6 62. Bb7 Kc7 63. Ba8 Rc2 64. Kh2 Re2 65. Bd4 Rd2 66. Bb6+ Kd7
67. Bb7 Rb2 68. Bc5 Rc2 69. Bb6 Ra2 70. Kg1 Re2 71. Bd4 Rc2 72. Bc5 Kc7 73. Ba8
Rc4 74. g3 Rc3 75. Bd6+ Kc8 76. g4 Bb5 77. gxh5 gxh5 78. Kf2 Bc6 79. Bxc6 Rxc6
{Blockierte Stellung mit Bauernschwächen; Technik + Taktik} 80. Bc5 Kb7 81. Kg3
Rc8 82. Kf4 Rg8 83. Be7 Kc6 84. Bc5 Kd5 85. Be7 Rg2 86. Bc5 $2 (86. Bf8 $142
Re2 87. Bg7 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rf4g5]} Rc2 88. Kg5 Rg2+ 89. Kf6 Rf2 90. Kxf7
Rxf3+ 91. Kg6 $13) 86... Re2 87. Bd6 f6 $1 $19 88. Be7 Rxe5 89. Kg3 Rf5 90. Bc5
Kc4 91. Be7 Kd3 92. Bc5 e5 93. Bd6 Ke3 94. Bc5+ Ke2 95. Kg2 Rxf3 96. b5 axb5
97. a6 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nilssen, John Arni"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Nc4 Be7 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Ne5 c5 19. Qa4 Ba8 20. Bd3 Bd6 21. Qc2
Bxe5 22. dxe5 h6 23. Rfe1 c4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qxe5 27. Qc1
Qf6 28. Qa3 Qe7 29. Qa6 Qc5 30. Qa4 Rd8 31. Qc2 Qd6 32. Bc1 Qe5 33. Bd2 Nb4 34.
cxb4 Bxe4 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 {[#] Lavieren mit Bauernreduzierung} Bc6 37.
Rc1 Rd3 38. f3 f6 39. Kf2 e5 40. Be1 Ra3 41. Rxc4 Rxa2+ 42. Kg1 Bb5 43. Rc5 a6
44. h4 h5 45. Bc3 Kg8 46. Be1 Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Re7 Rc2 49. Bf2 Rc1+ 50. Kh2
Bf1 51. Kg1 Bd3+ 52. Kh2 Rc4 53. Be1 Kh7 54. Rd7 e4 55. fxe4 Bxe4 56. Kg1 Rc1
57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Bd2 Kg6 59. g3 Ra2 60. Ke3 Bc6 61. Rd4 Ra3+ 62. Rd3 Ra1 63.
Rc3 Bb5 64. Rc1 Ra2 65. Rc5 Rb2 66. Rc7 Rb3+ 67. Kf2 Rb1 68. Rc5 Rf1+ 69. Ke3
Rh1 70. Kd4 Rg1 71. Bf4 Rd1+ 72. Kc3 Rd3+ 73. Kc2 Rf3 74. Kb2 Ba4 75. Rc3 Rf2+
76. Ka3 Be8 {Nach guter Verteidigung übersieht Weiß die tödliche Mattfalle} 77.
Rc5 $4 {[%mdl 12288]} (77. Re3 Bf7 78. Ka4 Ra2+ 79. Ra3 Re2 (79... Rxa3+ 80.
Kxa3 Kf5 81. Kb2 Kg4 82. Bb8 g5 83. hxg5 fxg5 84. Bc7 h4 85. gxh4 gxh4 86. Bd8
h3 87. Bc7 Kf3 88. Kc3 Kg2 89. Kb2 h2 90. Bxh2 Kxh2 91. Ka1 $11) 80. Ka5 Bc4
81. Rc3 Bb5 82. Rc7 $15) 77... Bf7 $1 78. b5 a5 $1 0-1

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Rodgaard, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Qb6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nc4 Rfd8 21. Na5
Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxe4 23. Qa6 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd5 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Nc6
Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Nd5 29. Re1 h5 30. h3 g6 31. Be5 Nb6 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Rd7 Nxe5 34.
Rxe7 Nxc6 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Rc7 Bd4 37. Rxc6 e5 38. b3 Kg5 39. Rc4 Bc3 40. Rc7
Bd4 41. Rc4 Bc3 42. a3 $1 a5 43. a4 {[%csl Ra5]} Kf5 44. Kf1 {Verhindert den
Königsmarsch nach c2, ehe der Ba5 erobert wird.Wir sehen dennoch nach, was
passiert, wenn Weiß den Ba5 und danach alsbald den Läufer gewinnt:} (44. Rc5
Ke4 45. Rb5 Kd3 46. Rxa5 Kc2 47. Rb5 Kxb3 48. a5 Bd4 49. a6 Kc3 50. Rb7 b3 51.
a7 Bxa7 52. Rxa7 b2 53. Rb7 Kc2 54. Kf1 b1=Q+ 55. Rxb1 Kxb1 56. Ke2 Kc2 57. Ke3
Kd1 58. f4 $1 exf4+ 59. Kxf4 Ke2 60. Kg5 (60. g4 h4 (60... hxg4 61. hxg4 Kf2
62. g5 {[%cal Rf4e5,Re5f6,Rf6g6]}) 61. Kg5 Kf3 62. Kxg6 (62. Kxh4 Kf4 63. g5
Kf3 {patt}) 62... Kg3 63. Kf5 Kxh3 64. g5 Kg2 65. g6 h3 66. g7 h2 67. g8=Q+ Kf2
68. Qd5 Kg1 69. Qd4+ Kg2 70. Qg4+ Kf2 71. Qh3 Kg1 72. Qg3+ Kh1 73. Qe1+ Kg2 74.
Qe2+ Kg1 75. Kg4 h1=Q 76. Kg3 $18) 60... Kf2 61. Kxg6 Kxg2 62. h4 Kg3 63. Kxh5
Kf4 64. Kg6 $18 {Das ist alles sehr knapp; deshalb ist der Textzug
selbstverständlich besser und klarer.}) 44... Bd4 45. Rc6 Ke4 46. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th final"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {TN} 11. a3 (11. e4 c5 12. d5 $6 (12. O-O cxd4
13. Nxd4 a6 $1 $10 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bc2) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. O-O Qb6
15. Re1+ Be6 16. a3 b3 $1 $15 {Lerner,K-Kharlov,A, Sympheropol, 1992}) (11. O-O
$5 c5 (11... Bg7 $6 12. a3 bxa3 13. b4 $1 $16) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 Rg8 14. e4
$14) 11... c5 (11... Rg8 $5 12. O-O bxa3 13. bxa3 c5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. e4 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Nf3 $14) 12. O-O (12. axb4 $2 cxd4 $1 $15) 12... bxa3 13. bxa3
Bg7 14. Rb1 Bxf3 $5 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 O-O 17. Bf4 (17. Qg3 f5 18. d5 Ne5
$1 19. Bh6 Qf6 $10) (17. a4 $1 Kh8 (17... f5 $2 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bb5 $16) 18.
Ba3 Rg8 19. Qh3 f5 20. d5 Ne5 21. Rfd1 $14) 17... Nb6 18. Qg3 Kh8 (18... f5 $2
19. Bd6 Re8 20. Bb5 $16) 19. Bc7 $5 (19. Rfd1 Nd5 $10) 19... Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Qc3
$1 21. Rdc1 Qd2 $1 (21... Qxa3 $6 22. Bd6 Qa4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ra1 $16) (21...
Qd4 $2 22. Rb4 $1 Qd5 23. Rg4 Rg8 24. Qh3 f5 25. Rh4 $18) 22. Bf4 (22. Rc2 $2
Qg5 $15) 22... Qa2 $8 23. Bxh7 $8 Kxh7 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qg3 Kh7 $8 26. Qh4+ Kg8
27. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 $5 {A useful waiting move, with the aim of preventing
c6-c5. Immediate advance in the center seems to be premature and has not
caused Black any problmes of late.} (10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc8 $1 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Qc4 Qa5 $1 (
18... Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Bc7 20. Rb7 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Rb8 24.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 25. Na5 Ne7 26. c4 $1 $14 (26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. g3 Kd7 29.
Nb7 e5 $10 {Bareev,E-Novikov,I/Lvov zt ;CBM 18 1990/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 26... Bd6 $6
(26... Kf8 $142) 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Nb7 $1 $16 Bc7 29. Bb4 Bb6 30. Bd6 $1 Bxd4 31.
Na5 Bf6 32. Nxc6 a6 33. Nb8 $18 {Ryskin,A-Bashkov,V/Pardubice op (03) ;EXT
94op 1994/1-0 (62)}) 19. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Thorhallsson,T/Kopavogur ;EXP 41
1994} (19. Qxc6 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $10) (19. Nxc6 $6 Qh5 20. h3 Rfc8 $44))
10... a5 {This may seem to be strategically dubious, since the vital advance
c6-c5 is hampered by the lack of protection of Pb5. This fact however, is
normally of little importance, since Black can often safely do this after the
preliminary b5-b4. If White is able to prevent c6-c5, as in this game, Black s
position may become strategically lost, due to the incarceration of Bb7.} (
10... O-O $2 11. b4 a5 12. Rb1 $16) 11. Bd2 (11. e4 $6 b4 $10 12. axb4 axb4 13.
Rxa8 Qxa8 14. e5 bxc3 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,
I-Kramnik,V/Chalkidiki (01) ;CBM 32 1992}) (11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb8 $1 $10 13.
Ne4 $6 (13. Rfc1 $5) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Qb1 Rd8 $1 16. Rd1 h6 17. Be1
a4 $1 18. b3 Bd5 $15 {Speelman,J-Bareev,E/Hastings (06) ;CBM 33 1992/0-1 (57)})
11... O-O 12. Qb3 $5 Qb8 $6 {Black may well have derived this idea from Bareev
s game above, but here it fails, since the White Q is not exposed along the
c-line. Stereotyped play is often dangerous, because ideas in chess, even the
good ones s must always be applied in the right context.} (12... Bd6 13. Ng5 $5
(13. Rfd1 $14) 13... Qe7 14. f4 Nd5 $2 (14... b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Na4 c5 $13)
15. Nce4 Bc7 16. Rac1 $16 {Soffer,R-Grabliauskas,V/Berliner Sommer (04) ;EXP
47 1995/1-0 (51)}) (12... b4 {This is critical.}) 13. Rfc1 $14 Rd8 $6 (13... b4
14. axb4 axb4 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Be1 $14) (13... Rc8 $5) 14. Be1 {The advance
c6-c5 is now effectively prevented and Black is left without a constructive
plan.} h6 15. h3 Ra7 $6 16. Nd2 $1 a4 17. Qc2 e5 {White s careful manoeuvering
has left his pieces slightly passive for the time being, but this is not
harmful, because Black is unable to generate effective counterplay in order to
take advantage of this, due to the unfortunate placement of his pieces on the
Q-side.} 18. Nf3 exd4 $5 19. Nxd4 $16 {xBb7} Nc5 20. Rd1 Ra8 21. Bf3 Qc7 22.
Rac1 Rac8 23. Nce2 {The regrouping of the White forces has been remarakbly
swift.} Nd5 24. Nf5 Nb3 $2 (24... Bf8 25. Neg3 $16) 25. Rxd5 $1 $18 {Typically,
the fruits of successful strategic play is often enjoied by tactical means.} (
25. Bxd5 $2 Rxd5 $1 26. Rxd5 Nxc1 $132) 25... Nxc1 (25... Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Nxc1
27. Nxh6+ $1 Kf8 $8 (27... gxh6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Bc3+ f6 30. Qxh6#) 28. Qh7
Nxe2+ 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Bxf7+ Kd7 31. Be6+ $1 Kd6 (31... Kxe6 32. Qf5+ Kd6 33.
Nf7#) 32. Bxc8 Bxc8 33. Qxg7 Nc1 34. Qd4+ Ke6 35. Qg4+ Kd5 36. Qd1+ Ke6 37.
Qxc1 $18) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Qxc1 c5 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Qxc5 Rd1
31. Kf1 Qb8 32. Nd4 Rb1 33. Nc6 Qe8 34. Qc2 Ra1 35. Ke2 Qe6 36. Bb4 g6 37. Nd4
Qd5 38. Qc5 Qxc5 39. Bxc5 Ra2 40. Bb4 Rxb2+ 41. Kf3 f5 42. Nxb5 Kf7 43. Nc3 Ke6
44. Nxa4 Rc2 45. Nc5+ Kd5 46. Nd3 g5 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (12... Rc8 13. O-O Nxc5
(13... Bxc5 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Qg4 $4 Rxc1 {0-1/Timoshchenko,G-Kaidanov/Wien/1989}
) 14. Bb5+ (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. h4 $13 {Kaidanov} (16. Nxh7 g6 (16...
Bc6 $2 17. Qg4 $16 {Nedobora-Ruis/Ibercaja/1994}) 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Rxc6
19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Rc4 $44)) 14... Nd7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Qxa7 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd4 Rfc8 $44 {Piket-Kaidanov/
Ca'n Picafort/1991/-53/(426)}) (12... Qa5 13. O-O Bxc5 (13... Bc6 14. Bc2 Nxc5
(14... h6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Qh5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Re1 Nd7 20.
Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Be4 N7f6 22. axb4 $16 {Hort-Herbrechtsmeier/Bl/1985}) 15. Nxc5
Bxc5 16. Bd2 (16. Nd4 $16 {ECO}) 16... Qb6 $2 17. Ng5 Bd4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3
$16 {Sardinha-Silva/Portugal/ch/1974/-19/530/ECO}) (13... Nc7 14. Bc2 Rd8 (
14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ba4+ Kf8 17. Be3 (17. Ng5 h6) 17... Bxe3 18. fxe3
$36) 15. Bg5 $13 {1/2-1/2/Stohl-Khenkin/Khalhidiki/1992} f6) (13... Nxc5 14.
Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Qg4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Rfc1 Qd3 20.
a3 O-O 21. axb4 Qg6 22. h3 h6 23. Bd2 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rfb8 $10 {Hansen,C-Mueller/
Hamburg/1991}) 14. a3 (14. Re1 N5b6 (14... Be7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Qg4 Rfd8 17. Bh6
Bf8 18. Bg5 Re8 (18... Qxa4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qh4) 19. Bb5 $16 {
Thorsteins-Roos/Saint John/1988}) 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. a3 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 $15 {Rukavina-Korchnoi/Leningrad/izt/1973/-15/505/ECO}) (14. Nxc5 {
-13.Nc5 Bc5 14.dc Qa5} Nxc5 15. Bc2 Rd8 (15... Ba6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18.
Qd4 Nb6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qh4 Bd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Re2 $16 {Aseev-Dokhoian/
Klaipeda/1988/-46/573}) (15... O-O-O $5 {Chernin}) 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Be3 O-O 18.
Qh5 Ng6 19. f4 $13 {Pinter-Chernin/Hungary/1992/-56/501}) 14... Be7 (14... bxa3
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 (15... Qxc5 16. Rxa3 h6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bxb5 20.
Nxb5 $14 {Timoshchenko,G-Smagin/Moscow/1989}) 16. Rxa3 Qb6 17. Ng5 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 Ne7 19. Be3 Qc6 20. f3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Nc6 $10 {
Delchev-Ninov/Bulgaria/30'/ch/1995}) 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Be4 $5 (16. Re1 Rfd8 (
16... Qd8 17. h4 (17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 {(Radev-Szabo/Albena/
1970/-10/633)} 20. Nd4 $14 {ECO}) 17... Bxh4 18. axb4 Be7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5
Qd7 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Bc6 23. Qg4 $16 {Cvitan-Bryson/Debrecen/EM/1992}) 17.
Qb3 Rab8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nc3 Qc5 $10 {Uhlmann-Larsen/Monte Carlo/
1968/-5/534/ECO}) 16... Rfd8 (16... f5 $6 17. axb4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bb1 Nxe5
20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Nc5 $16 {Hansen,C-Gurevich/Taastrup/1992/-54/435}
) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rc1 Qa5 $10 {
Shneider-Maksimenko/Kherson/1989}) 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 {King: Kramnik
correctly decides to delay castling, or indeed, not to castle at all, on
positional grounds.} (14... Be7 $2 {+/=/ECO} 15. Nc5 $16) 15. Bxd7+ (15. Nd4
Ba6 $1 (15... Be7 16. Rc1 Bxg5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nc5+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 Qb6 20.
Nf5+ exf5 (20... Kf8) 21. Qxd5 Bxc1 22. Nd6 Raf8 (22... Rhc8 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24.
Nb7+ $18) 23. Nxf5+ Ke8 24. Nxg7+ Ke7 25. Nf5+ Ke8 26. O-O $18 Bxb2 27. Rd1 {
1-0/Wells-Muir/Great Britain/ch/1989}) 16. Bc6 Rc8 17. Rc1 b3+ $17 {Hansen,
C-Shirov/Biel/1992}) 15... Kxd7 16. O-O Be7 $5 $146 {King: Kramnik understands
exactly what he has got himself involved  in. The rock solid outpost on d5
ensures that Black's king will not come to any harm, and that is borne out by
the game continuation.} (16... h6 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. b3 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Bc5 20. a3
Rhc8 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Ne1 $36 {Cvitan-Kharlov/Bern/op/1992}) (16... Bc6 17. b3
Bxa4 18. bxa4 h6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Nd4 Rhc8 21. Qh5 $36 g6 22. Qf3 Ke8 23. Nb5
Qxa4 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Qd7 26. Bxh6 Qxd6 27. Rfe1 (27. Rad1 Rc3 28. Qe4
Kd7 29. Bd2 (29. Qd4 $5) 29... Rac8 $44 {Cvitan-Shabalov/Biel/op/1992}) 27...
Rc3 28. Qe4 Rac8 29. Rad1 Kd7 30. Qd4 $36 {Balashov-Mariotti/Leningrad/1977/
-24/548}) 17. b3 (17. a3 Rhd8 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 Qg4 (19... Qc4 20. Rc1 Qa6
21. Ng5 Ke8 $13) 20. Qb3 Nb6 $13 (20... Rab8 $5)) 17... h6 $1 18. Bxe7 (18. Bd2
Rhc8 $132) 18... Kxe7 19. Nd2 $6 (19. Nb2 Qc7 20. Nc4 Nc3 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3
$15) (19. Qd4 $142 Rhd8 20. Qe4 $5 Rab8 21. Qh7 Rh8 $10) 19... Nf4 $1 20. Nc4
Qd5 21. Qxd5 (21. f3 Rhd8 $17) 21... Bxd5 22. Ne3 $15 Rhc8 $6 (22... Rhd8 $5
23. Nb2 Rac8 $15 (23... a5) (23... Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nc3 $15)) 23. Rfe1 $1 Be4 (
23... Bc6 24. Nb2 Bb5 25. Nec4 $10) 24. f3 Bg6 (24... Bc2) 25. Nc4 $1 Nd3 26.
Red1 $10 Rd8 $10 (26... f6 $1 $10) (26... Rxc4 27. bxc4 Nxe5 $44) 27. a3 $1
bxa3 (27... Rab8 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Nab2 Nxb2 30. Rxa7+ Ke8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.
Nxb2 Rxb3 (32... Rb5 33. Nc4) 33. Nc4 Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kf8 $10 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36.
Re8+ Kd7 37. Rg8 Ke7 $10) (27... bxa3 28. Rxa3 f6 $1 $10 (28... a6 $2 29. Nab6
Ra7 30. Rda1 $16) (28... Rab8 29. Nab2 Nxb2 $10 (29... Rd7))) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[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 {Petursson Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 (12. Bg5 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. a5 O-O $13 {Zilberman,
J-Bykhovsky,Av/ISR/1996/0,5/40/}) 12... b4 13. Ne4 Qc7 (13... h6 14. Nfd2 $1
Be7 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Ncd6 Bc6 17. Nxc5 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nb8 19. Ne4 $14 {Khenkin,
I-Shabalov,A/URS/1989/1:0/48/}) (13... Be7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Nd6 Bxg5 16. Nxb7
Qe7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bh6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. c6 Qc7 $15 {Sokolov,I-Shirov,A/
Groningen(izt)/1993/0:1/53/}) (13... cxd4 {Lutz}) 14. Re1 (14. a5 {Lutz}) 14...
h6 15. b3 {Lutz: Der folgende weiße Plan wurde in dieser Variante noch nicht
gespielt, verdient aber dennoch Beachtung: Weiß entwickelt sich mit b3, Bb2,
Rc1 und läßt dann Nfd2-c4 folgen.} Be7 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nfd2 $1 {
/\Nc4,Nd6/} Nf4 19. Bf1 Qb8 20. Nc4 Qa8 21. f3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd5 23. Kh1 Rfd8
24. Nd6 Rc6 (24... Bxd6 $6 25. exd6 N7f6 26. dxc5 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Nc3 28. Bxc3
bxc3 29. Rxc3 $16) 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Re1 Bg5 $6 (26... Bxd6 $5 27. exd6 Nd7 (
27... Rdxd6 $6 28. Qd4 Nf6 29. Qxb4 $14) 28. Qd4 N7f6 $13) 27. Rc4 $1 {Sets up
a refined trap. Black falls for it:} Ne3 $2 (27... Nd7 $32 28. Qc2 $16) 28.
Rxe3 Bxe3 29. Qe2 $1 Bg5 30. Qc2 $1 Be3 $8 (30... Qa7 31. Bd4 $18) 31. f4 $1
Rcxd6 32. exd6 Nd7 (32... Rxd6 $2 33. Qe2 $18) 33. Qd3 Bc5 $2 (33... Bb6 34.
Rxb4 $16) 34. Rxc5 $1 Nxc5 35. Qd4 e5 36. Qxe5 $1 Ne6 37. f5 1-0

[Event "Dresden Eisenbahner Schachturnier"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1985.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1985.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 (8... a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 (11... cxb2 12. fxg7 bxa1=Q 13.
gxh8=Q $13) (11... Bb4 12. O-O Nxf6 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Ba3 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 $40 {
Bondarevsky,I-Kotov,A/URS-ch/1948/0:1/38/}) 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 (
14. Bg5 c5 $10) 14... c5 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Bxc5 $6 (16. Bb2 $5 $10) 16... Bxc5
17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 {Seirawan,Y-Kramnik,V/Manila olm/1992/0:1/61/})
9. O-O b4 (9... a6 10. e4 b4 11. e5 $16) (9... a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4
b4 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qd2 $14 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Sorokin,M/URS-ch/1991/1:0/32/}) 10. Na4 Rc8 (10... Be7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5
(12... Nxd2 13. Nxd2 $16) 13. Nxc5 Nexc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb5 $16 {
Bondarevsky,I-Zagorovsky,V/Leningrad/1949/1:0/24/}) 11. b3 (11. a3 a5 12. axb4
axb4 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Qb3 $14) (11. Bd2 Ne4 (11... c5 $2 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5
Bxc5 14. Qa4+ Bc6 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rfc1 $16) 12.
Rc1 a5 $13) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 $16 c5 14. Ne5 $6 (14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 $16) 14... cxd4 $6 (14... Nxe5 $5
15. dxe5 Nd5 $13) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 (15... Nxd7 $2 16. Qxd4 Bf6 17. Qxa7 $18) 16.
Qxd4 Rxc1 (16... Bd5 17. f3 $14) (16... Qxd4 17. Bxd4 a6 (17... a5 18. Bb6 $16)
18. Nc5 $16) 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ (18. Qxa7 $2 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Qc6 $19) 18...
Bxc8 19. f3 $14 Qc7 (19... Qxd4 20. Bxd4 a5 21. e4 (21. Bb6 Nd5 $1) 21... Bd8
22. Kf2 $14) 20. e4 Bd7 (20... Qc2 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Nd7 23. Bd4 a6 24. Kf2
$14) 21. Qc4 Qxc4 (21... Qb8 $6 22. Nc5 Be8 23. Na6) (21... Bd6 22. Qxc7 Bxc7
23. Bd4 a5 (23... Bxa4 24. bxa4 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. e5 Nd5 27. Bc4 Nc3 28.
Bb3 $16) 24. Bb6 Ne8 25. Bxc7 Nxc7 26. Nb6 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Nxb5 28. Nc4 Nc3 29.
Nxa5 Nxa2 30. Kf2 $14) 22. Bxc4 Bxa4 $2 (22... Bd8 23. Bd4 a5 24. Kf2 Kf8 25.
Ke3 Ke8 $14) 23. bxa4 Nd7 24. Kf1 Nb6 (24... Nc5 25. a5 {P d4+/-/}) 25. Bb5 a5
26. Bd4 Bd8 (26... Nc8 27. Ba6 Nd6 28. Bb6 $18) 27. Ke2 f6 (27... Kf8 28. Bc5+)
28. Kd3 Kf7 29. Kc2 Bc7 (29... Ke7 30. Bc5+) 30. Kb3 $18 h5 (30... e5 31. Bc5
Ke6 32. a3 bxa3 33. Kxa3) 31. h3 $22 e5 32. Be3 h4 33. Bd2 Nc8 (33... Ke6 34.
a3 bxa3 35. Bxa5 $18) 34. Kc4 Bb6 35. Ba6 Nd6+ 36. Kd5 Ke7 37. Kc6 Bd4 38. Bd3
g5 39. Bc1 $22 Bf2 (39... Ke6 40. Bc2 {P b3,a3+-/}) 40. Bb2 Be1 (40... Bg1 41.
a3 b3 42. Bc3 $18) 41. Kb6 Nc8+ 42. Kxa5 b3+ 43. Ka6 bxa2 44. Bc4 Kd7 45. Bxa2
Ne7 46. Bc4 Nc8 47. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 {Ftacnik}) 8... b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc2
(12. a3 $5) 12... a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 c5 $1 15. dxc5 Be4 16. Bd3 $6 (16.
Qc4 Rc8 17. Qb5 $6 Bc6 $1 18. Qc4 Nxc5 $15 {Boensch-Smagin/Berlin/1988}) (16.
Qc1 {Ftacnik} Rc8 $10) 16... Bxf3 $1 17. gxf3 Nxc5 $15 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 (18... Rc8
19. Nxe6 $5 Qd5 $13) 19. Bc3 (19. Qxc5 Qxd3 20. Bxa5 (20. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Nd5 $17
) 20... Rfc8 $17) 19... Rc8 (19... Bd6 $1) 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Be2 (21. Bd3 Bd6 $1)
21... Bd6 $1 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Qb2 Rb8 24. Qd2 (24. Bxf6 Rxb2 (24... gxf6 $15 {
Ftacnik}) 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 $17) 24... Nd5 $1 25. Bxa5 (25. Qd4 $5 {Ftacnik}) 25...
Qh4 26. f4 Nxf4 $1 27. Qxd6 Nxe2 $17 28. Qd2 $2 (28. Qe5 $6 Qh3 $1 29. Qe4 $6 (
29. f3 f6 $19) 29... Ng3+ $3 30. fxg3 Rb2 $19 {Mueller}) (28. Qc6 Rfc8 29. Qf3
Rb5 30. Bc7 Qc4 $1 {-/+/-+}) (28. Bd2 {Ftacnik} Rb5 $40) 28... Qh5 $19 29. f3
Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Rb5 32. Bb4 Rd5 33. Qe2 Rfd8 34. Kh1 h6 35. e4 Rd3
36. Qg2 Rd1 37. Bc3 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qc5 39. Qa1 Qf2 40. Qg1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 $6 Be7 $8 18. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 $8 (18... a6 19. Bxa6
Bxa6 20. Rxa6 {/\ Nc6+/-}) (18... O-O 19. Re1 (19. Bxd7 Rxc1+ $1 20. Rxc1 Nf4
$15) 19... N7f6 20. Bh6 a6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Bf1 $16) 19. Nxe6 Qa5 20. Bxd7+ (
20. Ng7+ Kf8 21. Bh6 (21. Bxd7 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Kxg7) 21... Qxb5 22. Re1 (22. Qe6
Qc6) 22... Qc6 $17) 20... Kxd7 21. Nec5+ (21. Bh6 Kd6 $3 22. b3 Rc3 $17) 21...
Ke8 22. Qd7+ Kf7 23. Nxb7 (23. Qxb7 Rxc5) (23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Bf4 Nxf4 25. Qxe7+
Kh6) 23... Rc7 $3 $17 24. Nd6+ (24. Qxe7+ Rxe7 25. Nxa5 Re1#) 24... Kg7 25. Qe6
(25. Ne8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8 Nf6 27. Qb8 Rd7 $19) 25... Rf8 (25... Bf6 $17) 26. Bd2
Nf6 (26... Bxd6 27. Qxd6 Rf6 28. Qe5 Qxa4 29. Qxd5 Rd7 30. Qg5 Qc2 31. Qh6+ Kg8
32. Re1 $13) 27. b3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Nc4 Bf6 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Be1 Rdd7 32.
Rc1 Nf4 33. Kf1 (33. Rb1 {>=}) 33... Nd3 34. Rd1 Nxe1 35. Rxe1 Rd5 36. g3 Re7
37. Rc1 Red7 38. Rc2 g5 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. h3 h5 41. Nab2 Rd8 (41... Bxb2 $6 $15)
42. Re2 R5d7 {/\ R e7, R de8} 43. Rc2 Rc7 $1 44. Re2 Re7 45. Ne3 (45. Rc2 Re1
$19) 45... a5 46. Nbc4 Ra7 47. Nc2 Ra6 $19 48. Re3 Rd1 49. a3 Rc1 50. Re2 a4 $1
0-1

[Event "Monaco m2"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.11.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 {The alternate is
13.e5, but at least in this game the queen move works excellent. Die
Alternative ist 13.e5, aber der Textzug bewährt sich zumindest in dieser
Partie hervorragend.} c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Bd2 $1 {Stattdessen wurden ohne
Erfolg 15.Bf4 und 15.a3 gespielt und 15.Rd1 vorgeschlagen.} Bxc5 16. e5 $14
Bxf3 (16... Nd7 17. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 $1 19. Qd3+ f5 20. Nxe6 Qe7 21.
Nxf8+ Rxf8 $14) (16... Nd5 $2 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 (18... Kg8 19. Qh5
$18) 19. Qe4+ f5 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Qxe6#) (16... Ng4 $6 17. Be4 Qb6 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 $14) 17. Qxf3 Nd5 $5 {I wonder this was an
oversight or Piket had a suspicion about what would happen. Ich frage mich, ob
das ein Übersehen war oder Piket geahnt hat, wie die Partie laufen würde.} (
17... Nd7 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Bb5 $16) (17... Ng4 18. Qh3 (18. Qxg4 Qxd3
19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 $13) 18... g6 19. Qxg4 Qxd3 20. Bg5 $14) 18. Qe4 g6 19.
Bh6 Re8 20. Bb5 Re7 $1 {Schwarz muß die Qualität geben, aber dafür den
schwarzfeldrigen B erobern.} 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%csl Yb2,Ye5,Yf2]
Qualität für nichts, also +-? Weiß hat große technische Probleme, weil der Bb5
so schwach ist wie der Bc5 stark ist.} 23. Bd7 $1 (23. Be2 Bd4 24. Rab1 Nc6 $44
) (23. Ba4 Bd4 24. Qe2 Rc5 $44) 23... Rd8 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. Ba4 $6 (25. g4 $1
Nd6 26. Qc6 Nc4 27. Rc1 Nd2 $5 (27... Nxe5 28. Qxc5 Nxd7 (28... Qxc5 $2 29.
Rxc5 Nxd7 30. Rb5 $18) 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Rfd1 {+/-/+/=}) 28. Qxc5 (28. Rxc5
Nxf1 29. Bxe6 (29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Rc7 Nd2 31. Kg2 g5 32. f3 $14) 29... Qxc6 30.
Rxc6 Nxh2 31. Kxh2 (31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kxh2) 31... fxe6 $16) 28... Qxc5 29.
Rxc5 Nxf1 30. Rc7 Nd2 31. Kg2 $16) 25... Rxd1 26. Bxd1 (26. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1)
26... Bd4 27. b3 Qc5 28. Bg4 Ne7 $1 29. Bf3 Nd5 30. Qh4 Nc3 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32.
Qf6+ (32. Qd6 Qxe5 33. Qxb4 Nxa2 $11) 32... Kg8 33. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O $6 (15... Qc7) (15... Nc3 {are probably better alternatives.}) 16. Ne4
Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ $1 Kg8 22.
Qxe5 Qd7 {This old line was examined by GM Ch.Lutz in CBM 96 (annotations to
Radjabov-Shirov and V.Milov - Nielsen). The overall verdict (White keeps an
opening advantage) remains untouched.} 23. Rac1 $1 (23. Rfe1 $143 Rad8 24. Ne4
(24. Nc4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxd2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 axb6 $11 {
0-1 Radjabov,T (2644)-Shirov,A (2735)/Sarajevo 2003/CBM 096/[Lutz] (51)}) (24.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc7 (25... Nf4 $44) 26. Rg6 Kh7 27. Rg4 Rxd6 28. Bxb4 Rfd8
29. Bxd6 Rxd6 $132 {Kasimdzhanov,R}) 24... Rf5 25. Qg3 (25. Qd4 $6 Nf4 $1 26.
Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Nc5 (28. Ng3 Rd2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Nxe2 Re4 31. Ng3
Rc4 $17 {0-1 Le Quang,K (2315)-Werner,D (2315)/Budapest 2006/CBM 113 ext (76)})
(28. f3 $142 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Rd4 31. Rc1) 28... Rd2 29. f3 Rc4 30.
Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bd5 $17 {0-1 Milov,V (2574)-Nielsen,P (2625)/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 096/[Lutz] (37)}) 25... Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxb4 Kh7 28. Qc3 Rg6 {
1/2 Tukmakov,V (2565)-Dreev,A (2570)/Odessa 1989/URS-ch}) (23. b3 Rad8 24. Nc4
Rf5 25. Qe1 Bb5 26. f4 Nb6 27. Bxb4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {1/2 Mikhalchishin,
A (2538)-Maksimenko,A (2517)/Murska Sobota 2006/EXT 2008 (34)}) 23... Rad8 24.
Nc4 Rf5 $2 $146 {This "new" move just loses a pawn.} (24... Nb6 $6 25. Bxb4
Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Rc3 Rf7 29. a3 $16 {1-0 Bruzon Bautista,L 
(2602)-Dominguez,L (2612)/Havana 2004/CBM 100 ext (61)}) (24... Ba8 25. Qg3 Rf6
26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Rc4 a5 28. Rg4 Qf8 29. Qh4 $1 (29. Rd4 Nf4 30. Rxf4 Rxd2 31.
Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. h4 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Qf4 Qe4 $11 {
1-0 Vaganian,R (2623)-Johannessen,L (2495)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (53)}) 29...
Ne7 30. Bxh6 Nf5 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 (31... Nxh4 32. Bxf6+ Ng6 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rc1
$1 $18 {1-0 Quezada,Y (2502)-Fernandez,E (2219)/Manicaragua 2005/Inf 93/
[Quezada,Y] (38)}) 32. Ng6 Rxg6 33. Rxg6 $18 {Camacho,G (2322)-Corrales,F 
(2501)/Cuba (rapid) 2005/Inf 93}) (24... Bb5 {is the relatively best:} 25. b3
a5 (25... Rf6 $5 $14) 26. Rfe1 Rf6 27. Qg3 Ne7 28. Bf4 Rg6 29. Qh3 Nd5 30. Be5
$14 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2653)-Klimov,S (2507)/Togliatti 2003/CBM 094 ext (58)})
25. Qg3 {[%cal Rc4e5,Rd2h6]} Nf6 26. Bxh6 Ne4 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg6 Qe7 (28...
Rh5 $142) 29. Bg5 (29. Ne3 Be8 (29... Rh5 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxc6
) 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Qg5 Kf8 (31... Kh7 32. Qe3) 32. Rfe1 gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Qg7 34.
Qh4 {leads to a completely winning position but White prefers a simpler course.
}) 29... Be8 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 (30... Rxf6 31. Qg5 $18) 31. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096]
The endgame with an extra pawn is technically winning for White.} 32. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rc5 34. b3 Bb5 35. Ne3 f5 36. f4 Kf7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rd8 $2 {
Allowing strong counterplay. It was better to start advancing the kingside
pawns:} (38. h4 {or}) (38. h3 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 38... Rc1 39. Rb8 ({According to
GM Boris Gelfand, he had missed} 39. Ra8 a4 $1 40. bxa4 (40. Rb8 Bc6 41. Rxb4
Ra1 $1) 40... Ra1 41. axb5 b3 $1 {and White's win is under doubt.}) 39... Bd3
$6 (39... Be8 $1 {[%cal Rc1a1] created serious (perhaps too serious to
overcome) technical problems for White. If} 40. Nc4 {then} Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Ke7 (
41... Rxa2 $5 {is possible, too:} 42. Nd6+ Ke7 43. Nxe8 Rb2 44. Nc7 Rxb3+ 45.
Kh4 Rb2 46. Kh3 Kd6 $1 47. Na6 (47. Nb5+ Kc5) 47... Kc6 $1 {and Black's strong
queenside pawns compensate for White's poorly placed knight.}) 42. Nxa5 (42.
Rb7+ Kf6 43. Ra7 a4) 42... Rxa2 43. Ra8 (43. Nc4 Bc6) 43... Kf7 {[%cal Ye8b5]
and White can't win.}) 40. Rb7+ Kf6 $6 {The black king now comes under attack.}
(40... Kg6 41. Rd7 $1 Bb1 (41... Be4 42. Ra7 Rb1 $140 43. Nc4) 42. Rd2 {
[%cal Re3c4]}) (40... Ke8 $142 $1 {probably forcing} 41. Ra7 Rb1 42. Rxa5 Rb2+
43. Kg3 Be4 44. h3 Re2 45. Nc4 Rxg2+ 46. Kh4 Kd7 {and it is still difficult
for White to win.}) 41. Ra7 Rb1 42. g4 $1 {[%mdl 192]} (42. Rxa5 $2 Rb2+ 43.
Kg3 Be4 $132 {[%cal Rb2e2]}) 42... fxg4 (42... Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 (43... fxg4
44. Nxg4+ Kf5 45. Rxa5+ $18) 44. g5+ Kg6 45. Ng2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg2h4] B.Gelfand
}) 43. Nxg4+ Kf5 44. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Rf5] A curious example of domination!}
Ke4 (44... Bc2 45. Ke3 {[%cal Ra7f7]} Re1+ 46. Kd2 $18) (44... Bf1 45. Kf3 $18)
(44... Bb5 45. Rxa5 $18) 45. Nxd3 Kxd3 46. Rxa5 Ke4 47. Re5+ Kxf4 48. Rxe6 Rh1
49. Kg2 Rc1 50. Re2 Rc3 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Rd2 Ke4 53. Kg3 Rc8 54. h4 Ke5 55. Re2+
Kf5 56. Rf2+ Kg6 57. Rf4 Rc2 58. Rxb4 Rxa2 59. Rb5 Rd2 60. h5+ Kf6 61. h6 Rd7
62. Rh5 Rh7 63. Kf4 Kg6 64. Rh3 Kf6 65. Ke4 Ke6 66. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4
e5 16. Ne2 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 {This line was
examined in CBM 124 (annotations to Svidler - Karjakin).} (20. Bf4 Rfe8) 20...
fxe6 (20... Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 $1 Qxc2 $2 (22... Ng4 23. e5 Nxf6 24.
exf6 fxe6 25. Qb3 $16 {1/2 Thejkumar,M (2439)-Shreyansh,D (2287)/Mumbai 2010/
CBM 136 Extra (70)}) (22... Nxd3 $142 23. Qxd3 fxe6 24. e5 Qc3 25. Qe4 $5 $44)
23. Bxc2 Bd6 24. Bb3 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Nf7 26. f4 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2746)
-Karjakin,S (2732)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Krasenkow] (40)}) 21. Qb3 Nde5 22. Qxe6+
Rf7 $1 (22... Kg7 $2 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxb4 Nxd3 25. Be7) 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be2
(24. Be3 Qd6) 24... Bc8 25. Qb3 Bc3 $6 {The pieces are in the wrong positions.}
(25... Ba5 $142 26. Be3 Qe7 $1 27. f4 $140 Be6 28. Qc2 Nc4) (25... Ra4 $5) 26.
Be3 {1/2 Levin,E (2500)-Yevseev,D (2520)/St Petersburg 2010/CBM 137 GM
Alexander Morozevich proves that it is too early to agree a draw here!} Qa3 (
26... Bd4 $5 27. Rbc1 Qa7 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Kh1 $36 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 27. f4 $1
Ng4 28. Qxa3 Rxa3 29. Bc5 Ra4 30. Rbd1 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yd1d6] White has a
lot of positional factors in his favour: he controls the crucial d-file (and
the a-file is unimportant); his passed pawns are more mobile than Black's 
(moreover, Black's c6-pawn is rather weak); the black king is exposed; finally,
White's pieces are generally better co-ordinated (look at Black's hanging
g4-knight!). All that guarantees him a big advantage. In fact, White wins at
least a pawn.} Ba5 (30... Bf6 $142 31. Rd6 Be7 32. Rxc6 Bd7 33. Rc7 Bxc5+ 34.
Rxc5 $16) 31. Rd6 Nf6 32. Bd1 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Rd1b3]} Nxe4 33. Nxe4
Rxe4 34. Bb3 Rc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Ra1 Bc7 37. Ra8 Bxd6 38. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 {This old theoretical line was examined by GM C.Lutz in CBM 73 
(annotations to Bacrot-Fressinet). However, he didn't pay enough attention to
Black's most serious option.} Nc3 $1 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 $1 19.
Bd2 Nb5 (19... Ne4 $143 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 21. Rd1 Bd4 (21... Ng5 22. a4 Nh3+ 23.
Kh1 a6 24. Bxa6 Qxd1 25. Bb5+ $18 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Bergez,L/Belgium 2002/EXT
2004 (30)}) 22. Qe2 a6 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 e5 25. Qa4+ Rd7 26. Rc1 $18 {
1-0 Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 012/[Bulletin] (43)}) 20. Nf3 $146 {
An unsuccessful novelty.} (20. Bxb4 {is crucial, denying Black's right to
castle. Still, Black has no problems:} Bxe5 (20... Bb6 21. Qc4 Nd4 22. Qxd5
Rxd5 23. Bd6 Nf5 24. Bc4 Rd4 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Ba3 Rd5 27. Bc4 Rxe5 28. Nd3 Re4
29. Rfd1 Kc7 30. Rac1 Kb8 31. Nc5 $16 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Mecking,H/Manila 1975/
Inf 20 (57)}) (20... Qxe5 $5 21. Nf3 $6 (21. Rd1 $142) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd6
23. Qc6+ Ke7 24. Rae1 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. Re4 $2 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Qxd3 28. Qc7+
Ke8 29. Qc6+ Kf8 30. Bxd6+ Kg8 $19 {0-1 Morais,V-Sandstroem,B/ICCF 1997/ICCF
Telechess CBM 112 (44)}) 21. Rc1 (21. Rd1 $5 a6 (21... Nd4 $142 22. Qc5 Nc6 $1
$11) 22. Bxb5+ Qxb5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nd3 Qd5 25. f3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qc6 27. Qd2
$16 {[%csl Rd8] 1-0 Giulian,P-Bryson,D/Edinburgh 1988/TD (35)}) (21. Bc4 Nd4
22. Bxd5 Nxc2 23. Bxb7 Nxb4 24. a3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 Rxd3 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Bxb2 28. Bc6+ Ke7 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxa7 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Taylor,G-O'Donnell,T/
Canada 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) 21... a6 (21... Bd6 $5 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxb5+ Qxb5
24. Qc7 Qb6 25. Nf3 O-O $11 {1-0 Nigametzianov,M-Kmet,A/Dagomys 2004/EXT 2005 
(35)}) 22. Qa4 Bd6 (22... Qd7 23. b3 Nd4 24. Qa3 Bf6 25. Bc5 Nb5 26. Qb4 Bb2
27. Rd1 Nc3 28. Rd2 Nd5 29. Qc4 Bc3 30. Rc2 Bf6 31. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Sander,I-Kahl,
F/ICCF Email 2001}) 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qb4 (24. Rc4 f5 $6 (24... Qe5 $11) 25.
Be2 Rc6 26. b3 Qd7 27. Nd3 O-O 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. Bf3 Rxc4 31. bxc4
Nc3 32. Qa5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Ceteras,M/Gyor 1991/EXT 97 (69)}) 24... O-O (
24... Rd7 25. Rc5 Qd4 26. Rc4 Qd6 27. Be4 Qxb4 {1/2-1/2 Shalimov,V-Sumets,A/
Kharkov 1999/EXT 2000}) 25. Rc5 Qd4 26. Rc4 Qb6 27. a4 Na7 28. a5 Qxb4 29. Rxb4
Nb5 $11 30. Bxb5 $6 axb5 31. Rb3 Ra8 $17 {0-1 Magerramov,E-Bagirov,V/USSR 1976/
Inf 21 (55)}) 20... Bb6 $1 (20... Bxe5 21. Bxb5+ Qxb5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qa4+
Kf8 (23... Rd7 24. Bxb4 {[%csl Re8]}) 24. Rad1 $14) 21. Bc4 Qc5 (21... Qc6 $143
22. Bxb4 Nd4 23. Qc3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rd4 (24... Bd4 25. Qb3 Bxe5 26. Rfd1) 25.
Be2 {and Black has problems due to his uncastled king (V.Emelin).}) 22. Be3 Qc6
23. Qe2 Nc7 24. Rac1 Bxe3 25. fxe3 $6 {Too optimistic.} (25. Qxe3 $142 Qb6 26.
Qxb6 axb6 27. Bb3 Nd5 $11) 25... O-O 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Nd2 Ba6 (27... Nd5 $5 28.
Nc4 Qc5 {was an attempt to play for a win.}) 28. Bxa6 (28. Bxa6 Qxa6 29. Qxa6
Nxa6 30. Nb3 {and the activity of White's pieces compensates his destroyed
pawn structure.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. h3 {A prophylactic move anticipating 11...e5.} (
11. Qc2 {- see Svidler-Karjakin in this issue (Baku section).}) 11... e5 (11...
Qe7 12. Ng5 e5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nge4 Bb8 15. Bd2 a5 16. Rfe1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6
18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Nc5 Ba7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxa5 Bxe3+
24. Rxe3 Rxa5 25. Rc1 b4 26. axb4 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Stokke,K/Hamar 2007/CBM
119 ext}) (11... Re8 $5 12. e4 (12. Qc2 e5 {- game}) 12... e5 13. Bg5 a6 (13...
h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Qd2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rad1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Braun,
A-Ribli,Z/Germany 2007/CBM 118}) 14. Re1 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bc2 Qb6 17. Be3
Rad8 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Nb6 21. Bb3 h6 $11 {0-1 Tomic,
I-Pekarik,B/Croatia 2005/EXT 2007 (54)}) 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Ng5 $146 (
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,
S-Trifunovic,P/Bled 1961/MCL}) 14... h6 15. Nge4 Bc7 16. Rfe1 Bb6 17. Ng3 Rad8
18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Nce2 {[%mdl 32] Typical lengthy manoeuvring in a roughly
equal but complex position.} a6 (19... a5 $5) 20. b4 h5 $6 {This pawn will
eventually be weak.} (20... Nd5 {looks more solid.}) 21. Bc3 h4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23.
Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. Bb2 Bc8 $6 (25... Nf6 $5 {in order to make White's
access to the h4-pawn more difficult.}) 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 $14
{The weakness of Black's h4-pawn is now obvious.} Qe7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Kg8
31. Qe4 Qe6 {Giving up the pawn at once for activity.} (31... Qf6 32. Qg4 Qe7
33. e4 {[%cal Rc3d2,Rd2g5]} Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Be1 {[%cal
Yf2f3]}) 32. Qxh4 ({Paradoxically,} 32. Rxd8 {, giving up the open file, was
probably more accurate:} Rxd8 (32... Bxd8 33. Rd1 Be7 $14 {is probably better})
33. Qxh4 f6 (33... Qb3 $2 34. Bxe5) (33... Rd3 34. Rc1 Qb3 35. Qe7 Qxa3 36. Rb1
$1 Qxc3 37. Qxc7 $16) 34. Qe4 Qb3 35. Ba1 Rd5 36. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5c8]} Rd8 37.
Rf1 Kf7 (37... Qxa3 $2 38. Qe6+) 38. h4 Qxa3 $140 39. Qf3 Rd5 40. Qh5+ Ke7 41.
Qh8 Kf7 42. Qc8 $16) 32... Qb3 $1 33. Rc1 (33. Rxd8 $4 Bxd8 $19) 33... Qxa3 $2
({After} 33... Rd3 $1 {White has nothing better than a lucky perpetual after}
34. Qe4 (34. Ba1 Qxa3 35. Qe4 Rd5) 34... Rxc3 35. Qxc6 Re7 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37.
Qe4+ Kg8 $1) 34. Qe4 {[%cal Re4c6,Re4c2] With an unexpected double threat: to
win the crucial c6 pawn and to trap the black queen.} a5 (34... Rd5 $2 35. Qc2
Qa4 36. Qb2 $18 {[%cal Rc1a1]}) 35. Qxc6 axb4 36. Bxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxc7 {The
white c-pawn is stronger than the black b-pawn.} Rc8 38. Qa7 Re6 39. Red1 Qe4 (
39... Rec6 40. Qe7 R6c7 41. Qxe5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Qxc5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd5 $18)
40. Qd7 Rec6 41. Qb7 b4 42. Rd7 {White combines the threat of the pawn advance
with the attack on Black's b-pawn and his weakened king.} Qf5 43. Rd5 Rg6 44.
Kf1 b3 45. Qxb3 $18 {Two extra pawns are quite enough to win.} Qg5 46. g3 Qf5
47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Rd2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Rd6 $5 50. Qa2 (50. Rxd6 $5 Qxf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+
52. Kg1 Qxg3+ 53. Kf1 $18) 50... Rxd2 51. Qxd2 Rc6 52. Kg1 Rh6 53. Qd1 Qc6 54.
h4 Rf6 55. Qg4 g6 56. h5 Kg7 57. e4 Kh6 58. hxg6 fxg6 59. Kg2 Kg7 60. Qe2 Rf7
61. Rc4 g5 62. Qh5 Qf6 63. Rc2 Qd8 64. c6 Qd3 65. Qxg5+ Kf8 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67.
Rd2 Qxe4+ 68. Kh2 Rf8 69. c7 Qf5 70. f3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15.
Qd4 {An old, well-forgotten line. Black's king is uncastled but he has a
strongly centralised position.} Qb6 (15... Rc8 $6 16. O-O Qb6 17. Bc4 Nd7 18.
Qh4+ f6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rfe1 h5 21. b3 Kf7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Re4 $16 {1-0
Piesina,G-Kaidanov,G/Norilsk 1987/EXT 1997 (98)}) 16. Bc4 (16. Qh4+ Kf8 (16...
f6 17. Bc4 Ba6 18. O-O Bxc4 19. Qxc4 f5 {1/2 Araya,R (2275)-Donoso Velasco,P 
(2370)/Santiago de Chile 1991/EXT 2003 (23)} 20. Nd4 $36) 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Qf4
Ng6 19. Qe3 {1-0 Titov,G (2380)-Dautov,R (2380)/Minsk 1986/EXT 2003 (40)} Rd8
$132) (16. Be2 $5 h6 $1 17. O-O (17. Nd2 $2 Nd7 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc4 b3 20. a3
Ra4 21. Bd2 Ba6 $17 {1/2 Razuvaev,Y (2535)-Kaidanov,G (2535)/Moscow 1988/CBM
009 (25)}) 17... Rad8 (17... Rhd8 $5 {Barbero}) 18. Bd2 g5 $5 19. Rfc1 (19. Qg4
$5) 19... Nc3 $2 (19... Nf4 20. Qxc5+ Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Bxf3 23. Bxb4
$1 Bh5 $1 24. g4 $1 Bxg4 25. Rc4+ Ke8 26. Rxg4 Nf4 {Barbero} 27. Rc1 $14) 20.
Bxc3 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Rc8 22. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Barbero,G (2305)-Bryson,D (2295)/Dubai
1986/TD (51)}) 16... Rac8 (16... Nd7 $6 17. Qh4+ $1 $16 {Ivkov} (17. Qg4 $143
h6 $1 18. O-O a5 19. Bd2 Rhc8 {0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Panno,O/Palma de Mallorca
1972/EXT 1998 (48)} 20. Rac1 $14)) (16... h6 $5 17. Bxd5 $5 (17. O-O Rhd8 18.
Bd2 a5 19. Qh4+ Kf8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Be3 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2605)-Mueller,K 
(2558)/Germany 1999/GER-chT (32)} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qc7 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Be3
Rhc8 $1 (18... Rac8 19. Rc1 Na6 20. O-O Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {1/2 Baikov,V (2412)
-Shabanov,Y (2477)/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 19. O-O (19. Rc1 Nd7 $17) 19...
Kf8 $11) 17. Bg5+ (17. O-O h6 $1) 17... Ke8 (17... f6 18. Bd2 $14 {- the black
king is now more exposed.}) 18. O-O Ne7 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 h6 21. Be3 Nf5
22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd7 $11 24. Qxb6 $6 {Black's king is uncastled so this
decision is illogical. In the endgame White must fight for a draw due to his
poor pawn structure.} (24. Qe2 $142 Ke7 25. f4 Rhd8 26. Rd6 Qc5 27. Bb3 Nb6 28.
f5 $13) 24... Nxb6 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Rac1 (26. Rxd8+ $142 Kxd8 27. Rc1 $132)
26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096]} Ke7 28. Rd4 Nd5 29. Bb7 $2 (29. f4 $142 f6
30. Bc4 {and White should not lose.}) 29... a5 $1 30. Bxd5 $6 {The rook
endgame is clearly favorable for Black.} (30. f4 $142 {although the bishop is
not placed well on b7.}) 30... Rd8 $1 31. Rc4 (31. f4 exd5 {[%cal Re7e6]} 32.
f5 g6 $1 $17) 31... Rxd5 (31... exd5 $143 32. Rc5 $132 d4 $140 33. Kf1) 32.
Rc7+ Ke8 33. f4 g5 $1 (33... Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Ra7
g6 $17 {is less convincing. Such rook endings (3 vs 3 or 4 vs 4 and an outside
extra pawn, with the defender's rook behind it) have considerable drawish
tendencies.}) 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rxe5 {Black has won a pawn
and now consequently converts his advantage using a standard plan: his rook
protects all his pawns (e.g. from f5), and his king goes forward.} 37. Kg2 Rd5
38. h3 Kf8 39. Rc4 Ke7 40. h4 {This only helps Black.} gxh4 41. Rxh4 Kd6 42.
Kf1 Kc5 43. Ke2 Rd4 44. Rh7 Re4+ 45. Kd3 Rf4 46. Ke3 e5 47. Rh8 Kb5 48. Rc8 f6
49. Rc3 Rc4 50. Rb3+ Kc5 51. Kd2 Rd4+ 52. Ke2 f5 53. Rb8 Ra4 54. Rc8+ Kd5 55.
Rc3 Re4+ 56. Kd2 Rc4 57. Rh3 Rf4 58. Ke2 Kc4 59. Rg3 a4 60. f3 Kb3 61. Rg8 Kxa3
62. Ke3 Rb4 63. Re8 e4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 {About this line - see CBM
115, annotations to Topalov-Kramnik by GM M.Marin (as well as Avrukh -
Al-Modiahki in CBM 95).} 13. Nd2 {A rare move (not a formal novelty, though)
paving a new way, which may gain popularity after this game.} (13. b3 {and}) (
13. b4 $5 {are main options.}) 13... Qc7 (13... O-O 14. b3 (14. Nc4 $5) 14...
Ba6 $5 (14... Qb8 15. h3 Bb4 16. Bxa3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 f5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Qe2 cxd4
20. exd4 Re8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc4 $14 {1/2 Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2542)-Abreu
Delgado,A (2480)/Santa Clara 2002/CBM 088 ext (33)}) 15. Re1 Bb5 16. Bf3 a6 17.
Nc4 Bb4 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Qc1 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 e5 21. Qa5 exd4 22. exd4 Qd8 23. Qxa3
$14 {1-0 Mikhalevski,V (2592)-Miton,K (2580)/Lubbock USA 2008/The Week in
Chess 724 (32)}) 14. Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] That's the point: White gives up an
unimportant (second!) pawn to obtain pressure.} Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Nb6 (15... Bd6
16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. b3 $1 {and Black can't castle.}) (15... axb2 $6 16. Bxb2)
16. Nxb6 axb6 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 (18... a2 $5 19. b3) 19. Qh5 Ra5 $6 {
This adventure doesn't pay off but after} (19... g6 20. Qh2 Qxh2+ 21. Kxh2 f5
22. Bf3 axb2 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Bxb2 {, despite four pawns for a piece,
Black's position is inferior due to the weakness of dark squares.}) 20. Qxf7+
Kd8 21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 axb2 24. Bxb2 $16 {Now Black has only
three pawns for the missing bishop, and his b7 bishop resembles a big pawn.
White's bishop pair gradually tear down Black's position.} Rf8 25. Be4 Rf6 26.
Rxf6 gxf6 27. Kh2 Kc7 28. Bc3 {[%cal Yc3e1,Ye1g3]} e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Rf1 Kd6
31. Rf7 Bc8 32. Rxh7 Be6 33. Rh6 c5 34. Bd3 Kd7 35. Bb5+ Ke7 36. e4 Rg4 37. Bc6
Rg5 38. Be1 Rg4 39. Bg3 Bc4 40. Bxe5 Bd3 41. Bd6+ Kf7 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Re6 c4
44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Be5+ Kf8 46. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 bxa3 12. bxa3 O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 Qc8 (16... Qxf4 {Lutz} 17. Rxb7 $16 {(B.Gelfand; A.
Huzman)}) 17. Bg5 $5 $146 (17. Qe2 {Lutz} c4 18. Bc2 Bxa3 $5 (18... g6 $6 19.
Ne5 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk aan Zee 1992 (56)}) 19. e5 (19.
Rxb7 Qxb7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 $19) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5 21. Bh6 c3
$1 22. Qg4 g6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 {(B.Gelfand; A.Huzman)}) 17... h6 $6 (17...
cxd4 $5 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qe8 20. Nxd4 Ba4 21. Qb2 $10) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
dxc5 $16 Rd8 20. Qc2 $6 (20. Qe2 $142 $16) 20... Qc7 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Bb5 Bc6
23. g3 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Qc6 25. Rb4 Rc7 26. Qb1 Qa6 27. a4 Qe2 $6 (27... Rdc8 28.
Rbc4 Rb7 29. Qa2 Qc6 30. Rb1 Rd7 $16) 28. Kg2 Qa6 {#} 29. Rb8 $1 Qxa4 30. e5
Be7 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Qb8 Qd7 33. c6 Qc8 34. Qb5 Re7 35. Nd2 Bb6 36. Nc4 Qd8
37. Nd6 (37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Rb1 Rc7) 37... Rc7 38. Qc4 Qe7 39. Rc3 Qg5 40. Nb5
Rc8 41. Qe2 Qd8 42. Nd6 Rc7 43. Qe4 Qg5 44. Rc2 Qe7 45. h4 Qf8 $2 (45... Qd8
46. Rd2 {/\Rd3,Nb7+-}) 46. Rd2 $2 (46. Nb5 Rc8 47. c7 a6 48. Qb7 axb5 49. Qxb6
{/\Rd2-d8} Qe7 50. Qxb5 $18) 46... Re7 47. Nb7 f6 $6 (47... Qc8 $142) 48. exf6
Qxf6 49. Nd6 e5 50. Nb5 Qe6 (50... Rf7 51. Rc2 $18) 51. Rc2 Re8 52. c7 Rc8 53.
Qb7 Qd7 54. Rd2 Bd4 (54... Qe6 55. Rd6 Qf5 56. Rxb6 axb6 57. Nd6 $18) 55. f4 $1
a6 56. Qxa6 Rxc7 57. Nxc7 Qxc7 58. Qa8+ Kf7 59. Qd5+ Kf8 (59... Ke7 60. fxe5
Bxe5 61. Re2 Kf6 62. Rf2+) 60. Ra2 Qc1 61. Qd8+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 {One of White's popular and promising replies to the 8..
.Bd6 system.} Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 $1 a5 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 {The resulting pawn structure, with Black's backward c6-pawn, is rather
favorable for White; however, Black has active pieces... except his b7-bishop!}
16. Qe2 (16. Be3 $6 Re8 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 (25) Chatterjee,D 
(2335)-Andriasian,Z (2619) Visakhapatnam 2011}) 16... Re8 17. Rfd1 (17. f3 $6
Qd6 18. f4 Bd4+ (18... Rcd8 19. fxe5 Qxd3 20. exf6 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 Rxd2 22. Ng3
Rxb2 23. fxg7 $13 {1-0 (58) Mamedyarov,S (2726)-Inarkiev,E (2707) Konya 2012})
19. Kh1 b4 20. e5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Rxe2 24. Bxd6 Rd2
25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 c5 $17 {1/2 (56) Makhmutov,R (2410)-Gonzalez de la
Torre,S (2450) Bilbao 2014}) 17... Qe7 (17... Qd6 {is probably more accurate:}
18. g3 Rcd8 $5 (18... Qe7 19. f3 h5 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. Bb1 Bc8 22. Bb6 Rxd1+ 23.
Nxd1 h4 24. f4 Bb8 25. Nf2 $16 {1-0 (33) Khismatullin,D (2656)-Maletin,P (2575)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) (18... Qe6 19. f3 h5 20. Be3 (20. Bg5 {0-1 (84)
Timofeev,A (2534)-Hovhannisyan,R (2599) Kazan 2015} Rcd8 {[%cal Yb7c8]}) 20...
h4 (20... g6 21. Qf2 Rcd8 22. Bf1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 $14 {1/2 (70)
Smirnov,P (2641)-Goryachkina,A (2438) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 21. g4 Nh7 22. g5
$14 {1/2 (22) Brodsky,M (2558)-Kharitonov,A (2542) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012})
19. Bb1 Qe7 (19... Qe6 20. f3 Bd4+ 21. Be3 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bc8 23. Ba2 Qe7 24.
Ne2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Nd4 $16 {1/2 (57) Shariyazdanov,A 
(2568)-Yagupov,I (2414) Kazan 2014}) 20. f3 Bc8 $1 21. Be3 Be6 {(Black has
activated his light-squared bishop, which was his main headache!)} 22. Kg2 h5
23. Qf2 Bb3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bb6 Ra8 $11 {0-1 (50) Makhmutov,R (2448)-Ter
Sahakyan,S (2580) Jerusalem 2015}) 18. f3 Nd7 $6 {[%mdl 32] This move is
rather passive. White easily obtains a clear advantage.} (18... h6 19. Be3 Nh5
20. g3 $14 (20. Qf2 $143 Nf4 {1-0 (58) Nakhbayeva,G (2336)-Sebag,M (2480)
Tromso 2014})) (18... h5 19. Be3 Qd6 20. g3 Qe6 21. Qf2 ({or} 21. Bb1 Ba6 (
21... h4 22. g4 Nh7 23. g5 Nf8 24. f4 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 $16 {1-0 (31) Bukavshin,I 
(2522)-Potkin,V (2665) Moscow 2013}) 22. Ba2 $1 (22. Bc5 b4 23. Qxa6 bxc3 24.
bxc3 h4 25. Bf2 hxg3 26. hxg3 Nh5 $40 {0-1 (36) Khmelniker,I (2518)-Erdos,V 
(2608) Trieste 2011}) 22... Qh3 23. Bd4 $14) 21... Rcd8 22. Bf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 (
23. Nxd1 Rd8 24. Nc3 Nd7 25. Rc2 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Ne2 $14 {1/2 (87) Harika,
D (2528)-Sebag,M (2488) Cap d'Agde 2016}) 23... h4 24. Rd2 hxg3 25. hxg3 $14
Nh5 26. Ne2 f5 $6 27. Bh3 g6 28. f4 Bc7 29. e5 $16 {1/2 (116) Sjugirov,S (2624)
-Jakovenko,D (2741) Novosibirsk 2012}) (18... Rcd8 19. Be3 Rd7 (19... Bc8 $5
20. Bb6 Rd6) 20. Rc2 h6 21. Qf2 Ba6 22. Bc5 Qe6 23. Ne2 $14 (23. Rcd2 $143 Rxd3
$1 24. Rxd3 b4 25. Rd6 Qb3 26. Nb1 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Qc4 28. Rd1 Nd7 29. axb4 {
1/2 (29) Fressinet,L (2715)-Gozzoli,Y (2551) Belfort 2012})) 19. f4 $1 Bd4+ (
19... Bb8 20. e5 f6 21. Bf5 $1 fxe5 22. Ne4 exf4 23. Bb4 $1 Qf7 (23... Qe5 $2
24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh4 $1 Rcd8 {1-0 (39) Wojtaszek,R (2683)-Pashikian,A (2616)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011} 26. Bxd7 Qxe4 27. Bc5 $18) 24. Bxd7 axb4 25. Qd3 $16) 20.
Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 f6 (21... Qc5 {1-0 (49) Bukavshin,I (2476)-Hovhannisyan,R 
(2612) St Petersburg 2012} 22. Qf2 $16) 22. e5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Qc5 (22... fxe5
$2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Rxd7 $18) 23. Nd5 $1 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 {
[%cal Rd3h7,Rd3f5]} Nf8 25. Nf5 $1 Rb8 26. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Re7 27. Bb1 $18 {
White's d6-knight dominates the board. The rest is quite easy.} h5 28. Ba2+ Kh7
29. exf6 gxf6 30. Rc5 Bc8 31. Rxh5+ Kg6 32. Rh8 Bg4 33. Rg8+ Rg7 34. Bb1+ f5
35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxf5+ Bxf5 37. Bxf5 c5 38. Rd5 c4 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. g4 Ke7 41.
Kf2 Kd6 42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Bxc8 Ng6 44. Ke3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Bf5 Ne7 47. Be4
Kc5 48. f5 Nc8 49. f6 Kd6 50. g5 Nb6 51. g6 Nd7 52. f7 Ke7 53. Bd5 Nb6 54. Be6
Kf8 55. h4 c3 56. bxc3 bxc3 57. h5 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Qg4 Re8 16. Bb5 (16. Bh6 {is another option.}) 16... Kh8 17. Bd2 (17. Nc6 $143
Qc7 $1 (17... Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rc8 19. Bb7 (19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Bf4 Red8 21. Ba6 Rb8
22. b3 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Kg8 24. Re3 Nc5 25. Nxc5 {1/2 Sriram,J (2458)-Pataki,G 
(2367)/Paks 2003/CBM 097 ext}) (19. Bxd5 $5 exd5 20. b3) 19... Rc7 (19... Rc2
$5) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bf4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Red1 Bb6 24. Bg3 d4 $11 {
1/2 Cvitan,O (2527)-L'Ami,E (2565)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (31)}) 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 19.
Qc4 Qa5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nc5 Rc7 22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Qe4 Qxb7 $15 {/=1/2
Greenfeld,A (2575)-Coelho,L (2392)/Sao Paulo 2008/CBM 123 Extra (40)}) (17. Qf3
Rf8 18. Qh3 Rc8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Qg4 {1/2 Gonzalez Garcia,J (2447)
-Perez Candelario,M (2474)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104}) 17... a6 (17... Rc8 $5 18.
a3 a6 19. Bd3 Nc5 (19... bxa3 20. bxa3 Qc7 21. Qg3 Red8 22. Rab1 Nf8 23. Rb3
Qd7 24. Nb2 Ng6 25. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6 Kg8 28. Rh3 $16 {
1-0 Szabo,V-McDonald,G/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125 (47)}) 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qh3
(21. Nb3 $5) 21... g6 22. Re4 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 $132 {0-1 Smirnov,A (2454)
-Yevseev,D (2529)/St . Petersburg 2009/CBM 130 Extra (34)}) 18. Bc6 Qc7 $146 {
[%mdl 8] GM Alexey Shirov improves on his own play against Kramnik.} (18...
Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Nxe7 Rxe7 22. b3 a5 23. Nb2 N7b6 24. Nc4
Nxc4 25. bxc4 f5 26. Qh4 Nb6 27. Re3 $14 {1/2 Kramnik,V (2772)-Shirov,A (2726)/
Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (44)}) 19. Rac1 Nxe5 $5 {To avoid pressure like in
Kramnik-Shirov, Black must go for tactical complications, probably analysed at
home.} 20. Bxb7 $1 (20. Rxe5 $143 Qxe5 21. Bxb7 f5 22. Qe2 Qxd4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8
24. Rc4 Qf6 25. Rc6 Rd8 $1 $11) 20... Nxg4 (20... Qxc1 21. Qe2 Qc4 22. Qxe5 Bf6
23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nb3 $16 {_|_S.Zagrebelny}) 21.
Rxc7 Nxc7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nc6 Nd5 $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} (23... Bf8 $142
24. Bxb4 Nd5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 {keeping a symmetrical distribution of material,
although White's queenside pawn advantage gives him something of an edge.}) 24.
Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxb4 {[%mdl 4096] '1/2 Jones,P (2139)-Hassim,U (2193)/LSS 2008/
Telechess CBM 131' - definitely too early!} Nd5 26. Bd2 $16 {The bishop is
stronger than the knight in positions with a passed pawn or potential passed
pawn. Black's strong d5 knight gives him only partial compensation.} Rc8 27.
Rc1 (27. f3 $5 Ngf6 28. Rc1 {preventing Black's counterplay (S.Zagrebelny).})
27... Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Ne5 $6 (28... Nb4 29. Bd2 $1 (29. a3 Nd3) 29... Nxa2 30.
Nc5 Ne5 31. b3 a5 32. Bxa5 Nc6 33. Bd2 Nab4 {(S.Zagrebelny) was probably
better than the text. It is useful for Black to avoid the exchange of knights
as two knight can give him more counterplay.}) 29. Nc5 Nb4 30. b3 $1 Nxa2 31.
Bb2 $1 Nc6 32. Nxa6 {Black's a2 knight is now doomed to an exchange.} Kg8 33.
Kf1 f6 34. Ke2 Nab4 {Otherwise it can be trapped!} (34... Kf7 35. Kd3 {[%csl
Ra2][%cal Rb2a3]}) 35. Nxb4 Nxb4 36. Ke3 {White's plan is quite traditional:
to move the b-pawn forward, deflecting the black king, and then invade Black's
defenseless kingside.} Kf7 (36... e5 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. Bc3 Nc6 39. Kd5) 37. Kd4
Nc2+ $6 {This plan (to capture the g2 pawn and give up the knight for White's
b-pawn) fails as the resulting endgame is winning for White. However, Black's
position is difficult in any case.} (37... Ke8 38. Kc4 Nd5 39. b4 Kd7 40. Bd4
$16 {[%cal Yb4b5,Yc4c5]}) 38. Kc5 Ne1 39. Kc6 Nxg2 40. b4 Nf4 41. b5 Nd5 42.
Kd6 (42. Bd4 $5 {[%cal Yb5b6] was simpler, according to GM S.Zagrebelny.})
42... Kg6 (42... Ke8 43. Bd4 Kd8 44. b6 Kc8 45. Kxe6 $18 {S.Zagrebelny} {e.g.}
Nf4+ 46. Kf7 Nh5 47. Kg8) 43. Bd4 Kg5 44. b6 Nxb6 45. Bxb6 e5 46. Ke6 {[%cal
Re6f7]} e4 (46... Kg4 47. Kf7 Kh3 48. Kxg7 f5 49. Kf6 $18) 47. Kf7 f5 48. Kxg7
h5 49. Kf7 f4 50. Ke6 Kg4 51. Ke5 Kf3 52. h4 $1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2
{This line was examined by GM Christopher Lutz in several CBM issues, most
recently in CBM 111, annotations to Dreev-Harikrishna.} Rc8 (15... Ba6 {
is the classical main line. However, White sacrifices a piece by means of} 16.
Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Qxd4 $1 Qxa4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 {, and this
position is quite dangerous for Black. Here are some recent examples:} Nb6 21.
Qd6 Qd7 22. Qxb4 Bf8 23. Qh4 $1 Bg7 (23... Be7 24. Bf6 h6 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rad1
Nd5 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qe4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Muir,A-Bryson,D/Cumbernauld SCO 2007/
The Week in Chess 622 (35)}) 24. Rad1 Qa4 25. Rd4 Qxa2 26. Be7 $1 Qe6 27. Bb4
Bf8 (27... a5 28. Red1 f6 29. Bc5 Rb8 30. Rd6 Qxe5 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Qa4+ Kf7
33. Qd7+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rd8+ {1-0 Radziewicz,I-Muir,A/
Budapest 2006/CBM 110 ext}) 28. Qf6 Rg8 29. Rd6 $1 Qf5 30. Rxb6 Qxf6 31. exf6+
Kd7 32. Ra1 $1 Kc7 33. Rb5 Kc6 34. Raa5 Rd8 35. Be1 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,
A-Harikrishna,P/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Lutz] (61)}) 16. Nc4 (16. Ne4
$143 h6 $1 (16... Nxe5 $143 17. Bf1 Be7 $6 (17... Nd7 18. Qxd4 $44) 18. Qxd4
Bxg5 19. Nd6+ $1 (19. Bb5+ $2 Bc6 20. Qxe5 O-O 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qxg5 Qxa4 $17
{0-1 Kryschilovskij,A-Yevseev,D/St Petersburg 2005/CBM 106 ext (49)}) 19... Kd7
20. Qxe5 Bf4 21. Nxb7 Qxa4 22. Qxh8 $1 $18 {Quezada,Y}) 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nf4
19. b3 Nxe5 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd5 $17 {Quezada,Y-Fernandez,A/
Cuba 2006/Inf 97/[Quezada,Y]}) 16... Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] This exchange
sacrifice is the the idea of 15...Rc8.} 17. Bxc4 Bg7 {[%csl Re5]} 18. Rc1 Nxe5
$1 (18... O-O $143 $2 19. Bb3 $1 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Qxd4 Nc6
23. Qh4 $40 f6 24. Bh6 g5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qe1 Rd8 27. Nb7 Bxb7 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29.
Bxd5 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Kosteniuk,A/Moscow 2006/CBM 112}) 19. Bf1 $146 {An
attempt at improvement on the previous games, which were hardly satisfactory
for White as far as the outcome of the opening was concerned:} (19. Rxe5 $6
Bxe5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Bh6 Bd6 22. Bb3 Qf5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nd5
26. g4 Nf4 27. gxf5 Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 $19 {0-1 Carlsen,M-Karjakin,S/Bilbao ESP
2007/The Week in Chess 676 (42)}) (19. Nc5 Qxc5 20. Ba6 Nc3 $4 (20... Qb6 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Nd7 23. Qb5 N5b6 24. Qxb4 Bf6 $1 {parrying White's attack})
21. Bxb7 {1-0 Hansen,L-Palac,M/Crete GRE 2007/The Week in Chess 678}) (19. Bb3
Nd7 20. Bd2 O-O 21. a3 Rb8 22. Qe2 Ba6 23. Qd1 Bb7 24. Qe2 Nc3 $5 25. bxc3 bxc3
26. Bf4 Rd8 27. Bd6 Nb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rainer Zufall,R-Klosterfrau/playchess.com
INT 2006/EXT 2007 (43)}) 19... Nd7 20. a3 O-O 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Qb3 Ba8 23. Rc4
Ne5 24. Rc5 Qd8 25. axb4 {White has eventually won this pawn but Black has no
problems due to his strong centralization.} d3 $1 26. Qd1 Nd7 {Black starts
repeating moves. Instead, he could have continued fighting for a win by means
of} (26... Qh4) 27. Rc4 Ne5 28. Rc5 {Accepting the silent draw offer.} (28.
Rce4 $6 Qd6 29. Nc5 Rd8 {[%csl Re4] is too risky.}) 28... Nd7 29. Rc4 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 {White tries to exploit Black's unusual
move order (with an early ...b4 and exchange on e4).} (11. O-O {leads to the
common line.}) 11... Rc8 {I don't like this move as it is not clear yet
whether Black's rook should be on c8 or b8.} (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O (12... Qc7
13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 f5 15. Bf3 e5 16. Nc4 $1 e4 17. Be2 c5 18. Rc1 (18. d5 Bd6 {
!}) 18... Rad8 19. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,V (2575)-Mikhalchishin,A (2480)/
Frunze 1979/MCL (34)}) 13. b3 (13. Nc4 Qc7 14. b3 c5 {1/2 Atalik,S (2598)
-Sveshnikov,E (2541)/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000}) (13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 g6 15.
a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rb1 Qc8 19. dxc5 {1/2 Savon,V (2570)-Ree,
H (2430)/Wijk aan Zee 1972/MCD}) 13... Nf6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bb2 (15. Ne4 f5 16.
Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nc3 $11) 15... c5 16. dxc5 (16. Ne4 Ba6 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 17.
Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 f5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Rac1 e5 22. Bb2 Rac8 $11 {
1/2 Jussupow,A (2605)-Romanov,E (2520)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (59)}) 16... Bxc5
17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 Polugaevsky,L (2625)-Sveshnikov,
E/Moscow 1973/URS-ch (36)}) (11... Qc7 $5 12. a3 (12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 Ba6 14.
Re1 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. axb4 Bb5 $11 {1/2 Savina,A (2407)-Girya,O (2365)/
Dagomys 2010/CBM 136 Extra (35)}) 12... c5 13. Qf3 {1/2 Gutov,A (2412)
-Gordievsky,D (2397)/Sochi 2012/CBM 148 (44)} Rb8 $11) 12. a3 (12. O-O Qc7 13.
Nc4 Be7 14. a3 bxa3 15. b3 Nf6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Bxa3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {
1-0 Rogoff,K (2445)-Commons,K (2420)/Chicago 1974/MCD (42)}) 12... bxa3 13. O-O
(13. b3 {is more typical and logical. If} Qa5 {then} 14. O-O {[%cal Yd2c4]})
13... Ba6 14. Re1 Bd6 (14... Bb4 $142 15. bxa3 Ba5 $11 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 15. b3
Qe7 16. Nc4 $1 $14 {White has got the kind of position indicated in
annotations to move 13.} Bxc4 17. bxc4 O-O (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1
Qxe4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Bxa3 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bf3 e5 {The right
plan. Black creates kingside counterplay.} (19... c5 20. Bxa3 $14) 20. c5 Bb8
21. Bxa3 $6 {[%csl Ra3]} (21. Qd1 $142 $1 {[%cal Ya1a3] The c1-bishop will
control the f4-square preventing ...f5-f4; additionally, White prevents ...
h7-h5:} e4 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Rxa3 $14) 21... e4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Be2 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc6]} Nf6 (23... f4 $5 $132) 24. Rab1 (24. Bc1 $1 h5 $132) 24... h5 (24... f4
$1) 25. Qb7 (25. g3 $5 h4 26. Rb2 Ng4 27. Reb1 $13) 25... Qe8 26. Rb3 (26. g3
h4 $40) 26... f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Finally!} 27. Reb1 $2 (27. exf4 {was a must
although Black has a good position after} Bxf4 {[%cal Ye4e3] Then} 28. Rh3 e3
29. f3 {needs checking.}) 27... f3 $1 28. Bf1 (28. gxf3 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 exf3 30.
Bxf3 Ne4 $19) 28... Bc7 (28... fxg2 $5 29. Bxg2 Ng4 30. h3 Nxf2 31. Qxb8 $1
Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Qf7 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Rf1 Nxh3+ 35. Bxh3 Qb8 $17 {[%cal Rb8g3]})
29. Qa6 ({After} 29. g3 Qe6 {[%cal Yh5h4] White will not be able to protect
his king in the long run.}) 29... Qg6 $2 (29... fxg2 30. Bxg2 Ng4 {was even
stronger now, e.g.} 31. h3 Nxf2 32. Rf1 Nxh3+ 33. Bxh3 Qg6+ 34. Bg2 Qg3 $19)
30. h3 Nh7 {Of course, Black's attack continues but White has more defensive
resources now.} 31. d5 $1 Ng5 32. Kh1 Be5 33. Bb2 $1 Bxb2 34. R3xb2 Qf5 35. d6
Qxc5 36. Rd1 $2 (36. h4 $1 fxg2+ 37. Bxg2 Nf7 $1 (37... Nf3 38. Bxf3 exf3 39.
Rg1 Qxd6 40. Rg5 $132) 38. d7 Rcd8 39. Bxe4 Qe7 40. f3 Ne5 41. Rf1 Rxd7 42. Rg2
{White has consolidated his position and keeps drawing chances.}) 36... Rcd8 $2
(36... fxg2+ 37. Bxg2 Rcd8) 37. d7 $2 (37. g3 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Rb5 $1 Qf6
40. Rc5 $132) 37... Qe5 38. Rbd2 fxg2+ {Finally. The rest is easy.} 39. Bxg2
Nf3 40. Bxf3 Rxf3 41. Qf1 Qf5 42. Qg2 Rxh3+ 43. Kg1 Rh4 44. Kf1 a5 45. Rd4 a4
0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 {The Zviagintsev system has attained some popularity. It is still unclear
how White can obtain an advantage.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 {Transfering the knight
to the kingside. White has a lot of other options:} (10. a3) (10. a4) (10. b3)
(10. Bd2 {(the most popular)}) (10. Qe2) (10. e4) (10. Ne4) (10. Ng5) (10. h3)
10... a6 {[%cal Yc6c5]} (10... Bb7 11. Ng3 a6 12. e4 e5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bc2
exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Ndf5 Be5 18. Qf3 h6 19. Be3 c5 20. Bxc5 Qc7
21. b4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $44 {1-0 Vitiugov,N-Sedlak,N/Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 641 (34)}) (10... Re8 11. Ng3 g6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bb7 14. e4 Be7 15.
Bd2 c5 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Qb5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rfa1
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 a6 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Rdd1 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bb4 27. Bxb4
{1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H-Ehlvest,J/Santo Domingo 2003/CBM 097 ext}) 11. e4 $6 {
This is apparently premature.} (11. a4 $142 Rb8 (11... Bb7 $5 12. Ng3) 12. axb5
(12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 (13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 $5) 13... c5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ng3 $6
cxd4 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. N3h4 Ne6 18. Bd2 g6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 b4 $17 {0-1
Tonoian,A-Grachev,B/Moscow 2006/CBM 110 ext (32)}) 12... axb5 13. e4 e5 14. Ng3
(14. b4 $5) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19.
Bf4 Re8 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Na5 Bd7 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Nxe4 25.
Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. f4 Nxg3 28. Bd3+ Rf5 29. hxg3 g6 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31.
Rd8 b4 32. b3 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Grachev,B/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext}) 11... e5 {
[%mdl 32]} 12. Bg5 (12. Ng3 exd4 13. Nf5 {doesn't bring White enough of an
attack for the sacrificed pawn:} Ne5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qc7 17.
f5 Re8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bg3 f6 21. Qh5 Bb7 22. Rae1 c5 23. Re4 fxe5
24. Bxe5 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Bxe4 $19 {0-1 Housieaux,D-Brunner,N/Marseille 2006/CBM
113 ext (31)}) (12. Be3 c5 $1 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxc5 Bxh2+ 16.
Kxh2 Qc7+ 17. Kg1 Qxc5 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 c5 $1 14. d5 c4 {
In this structure the white knight has nothing to do on e2.} 15. Bc2 Nc5 16.
Nd2 {[%cal Yb3b2]} g5 {This looks too bold but White has no pieces on the
kingside to make use of this weakening.} (16... Bd7 $5 {was a good alternative
keeping the ...g7-g5 option for the future:} 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Qe7 {[%cal
Yf8c8,Ya6a5,Ya5a4]}) 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. b3 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Bg4 $5 {Black wants to
provoke f2-f3. In that case (apart from the general weakening of White's
position) after ...Nh5xg3 Ne2xg3 White will have no possibility of Qd1-h5.} 20.
Qd2 (20. Nxc5 Nxg3) (20. h3 $5 Nxg3 $5 21. fxg3 Bd7 {and then White can try to
make use of the f-file for counterplay.}) 20... Rc8 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. f3 $2 {
Meeting Black's expectations.} ({Again} 22. h3 $1 {is more appropriate.}) 22...
Nxg3 $1 23. Nxg3 Bd7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Kg7 $17 {Black's queenside pawn
advantage is the determining factor in this position; besides, his blockading
bishop is more active than White's. White is completely passive and has no
counterplay whatsoever.} 26. Be4 Qb6 27. Kh1 b4 28. Qd1 Rfc8 29. Qa4 Kf6 30.
Rab1 Ra5 31. Qd7 (31. Qb3 {looks too gloomy.}) 31... Qc7 $1 (31... Rd8 $143 32.
Qc6 Qxc6 33. dxc6 Rxa2 34. Rfd1 $132) 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] The
endgame is completely hopeless for White despite the opposite-coloured bishops.
} 33. Rf2 Ra3 34. g4 Rcc3 35. Rfb2 a5 36. Rb3 a4 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Kg2 Bc5 39.
Kf1 b3 40. axb3 a3 41. Ra1 Rxb3 42. Ra2 Rc3 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kd1 Bd4 45. Kd2 f6
46. Bd3 Kd6 47. Be4 Kc5 48. h3 Kd6 49. Kd1 Bc5 50. Rc2 Rb3 51. Ra2 Bb4 52. Kc2
Re3 53. Kb1 Re1+ 54. Kc2 Re3 55. Kb1 Kc5 56. Rc2+ Bc3 57. Ka2 Kb4 58. Rc1 Re2+
59. Bc2 Rd2 60. Rb1+ Kc4 61. Rc1 Kb4 62. Rb1+ Bb2 63. Be4 Ka4 64. Rd1 Rf2 65.
Kb1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 {In my opinion, after this move,
"killing" the b7 bishop, White should get the better chances.} a5 13. Rb1 axb4
14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Ne2 (16. dxe5 {is played more frequently.}) 16...
Bxb4 (16... Rfe8 17. Bd2 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 exd4 20. Nexd4 c5 21. Nf5
Qf8 22. Bxb5 Bxe4 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Bxf3 (24... Rb8 $5) 25. gxf3 $14 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Nikcevic,N/Niksic 1997/CBM 059 ext (55)}) (16... Ra4 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nc3 Ra6 20. Be2 $14 {1-0 Najer,E-Hachatrian,V/St
Petersburg 2000/CBM 076 (74)}) 17. Ng3 (17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qc5 19. e6 fxe6
20. Nf4 (20. Qb3 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bxb5 Bd6 24. Bc4 Nxc4 25.
Qxc4 Ba6 26. Qc2 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Silva,M-Johansson,S/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF
tele 9/2002 (38)}) 20... Nde5 21. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qe5 23. fxg4 Qxe6 24. h3
c5 25. Bxb5 Qe5 26. f4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Bc4+ Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Einarsson,
T-Karacsony,Z/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (53)}) 17... g6 $6 (17...
exd4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 $5 20. f4 (20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Re1 Qe6 22. Nf5 Ne4
23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Nxd4 b3 25. Qe2 Nc3 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Najer,
E-Galkin,A/Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 1999} Ra2 $17) 20... c4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Nd5 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Qc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Flores
Gutierrez,C-Dothan,Y/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (33)}) 18. dxe5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} (18. Bg5 Ra4 (18... Bd6 $5) 19. d5 Rc8 20. Qe2
Qd6 21. Nh4 Bc5 22. Nhf5 $5 $13 {1-0 Grachev,B-Poliakov,A/Pardubice 2007/CBM
119 ext (52)}) 18... Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 $6 (20... fxe6 {needs testing,
i.e.} 21. Qb3 Nde5 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 {etc.}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 $1
Qxc2 $6 (22... Nxd3 $142 23. Qxd3 fxe6 (23... Qd6 24. Qf3) 24. e5 $44 Qc3 25.
Qe4 $5) 23. Bxc2 Bd6 (23... Ng4 24. e5 $1) 24. Bb3 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Nf7 26. f4
$14 {White's central pawns are more dangerous than Black's queenside pawns.}
Bc8 27. Bb3 Re8 28. f5 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rxe4 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (29... gxf5
$1 {was necessary, e.g.} 30. exf5 c5 31. Bd5 Ra6 {with a defensible position.})
30. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 {[%cal Ra1a7,Ra1a8] The decisive invasion along the
a-file is inevitable.} Kf8 $6 (31... gxf5 {was more stubborn but after} 32. Ra7
Be6 33. Bxe6 Rxe6 34. Ra8+ Nd8 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 36. Bg5 {White should convert his
extra piece.}) 32. Ra7 Ne5 33. Rxh7 Nc4 34. fxg6 Be6 35. Bc2 Re2 36. Bd3 Re3
37. Bf5 Bd5 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Bd7 Nd6 40. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 {A harmless continuation.} Bb7 11. Bb2 b4 {Black wants
to immediately push ...c6-c5.} (11... a6 {is another option.}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 (14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 (16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qe7
18. Bxf6 {1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2598)-Grachev,B (2610)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (36)}
gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 Bxe3 21. Qe2 Bxe4 22. Qxe3 Bg6 $11) 16... Qe7 17.
Rac1 Rac8 18. Bxf6 (18. Ba6 Ne4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc4 Be7 21. Rfc1 Bf6 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Nd4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. h3 f5 $11 {1/2 Moiseenko,A (2677)-Potkin,V 
(2611)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (29)}) 18... Qxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Ba6 Bb6 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Li Shilong (2557)-Zhou Weiqi (2563)/Xinghua Jiangsu 2009/
CBM 131 (60)}) 19. Ba6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rc6 22. Bb7 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Bb6
24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Rd4 Ba5 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Rc4 g6 $11 {1/2 Grigoriants,S (2564)
-Belov,V (2625)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (33)}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1
17. Rfxd1 Be7 $6 (17... Rfd8 $2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 fxg5 21.
Bxb7 Rab8 22. Ba6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb6 24. Bd3 Rd6 25. Kf1 $16 {1-0 Brodsky,M 
(2563)-Debashis,D (2454)/St Petersburg RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 939 (69)}) (
17... Kh8 $1 {(the idea from the famous Carlsen - Anand game, Morelia -
Linares 2007, where a similar position arose) was probably the most
appropriate, e.g.} 18. Bxf6 (18. Rac1 Rac8) 18... gxf6 19. Rd7 (19. Nxh7 $2 Rg8
20. g3 Kg7 {[%csl Rh7]}) 19... fxg5 20. Rxb7 Bb6 $11) 18. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 19. Rd7
(19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rd7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bh4 {1/2 Lupulescu,C (2616)-Inarkiev,E 
(2695)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (47) is less dangerous for Black}) 19... Bf6 ({
Of course, the rook endgame after} 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc1 {can be difficult for Black.}) 20. Bxf6 Bc8 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7
22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} a5 {Black's plan is simple: to get rid of
all the queenside pawns, after which the game should end in a draw.} 24. f3 e5
{[%cal Yc8e6,Ya5a4]} 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Be7 Ra7 27. Bd6 f6 28. Rc6 Bd5 ({The
asymmetric structure after} 28... a4 29. Bxe5 $1 axb3 (29... Bd7 30. Bd4 Bxc6
31. Bxa7 {is also questionable}) 30. axb3 Bxb3 {was something Black wanted to
avoid.}) 29. Rb6 a4 $5 30. Rxb4 axb3 31. axb3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rh4+ ({
It was probably better to try} 33. e4 Bxb3 34. Rb7 {. After the text move
White keeps his b-pawn but his rook finds itself in an extremely awkward
position.}) 33... Kg8 34. b4 g5 $1 35. Rg4 (35. Rh3 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 $6 Kg7 $11 ({
but not} 36... Be6 $2 37. Rh6 Kg7 38. Bxe5 $3)) 35... Be6 36. Rg3 {[%csl Rg3]}
Bc4 37. e4 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Kf7 {Despite two extra pawns,
White can't make any progress.} 41. Bc5 Be6 (41... Ra2 $5 42. Kd1 Bf1) 42. h3 (
42. Kd1 $5 Bc4 43. Kc1 Ra2 44. Kb1 Re2 {changes nothing.}) 42... Bc4 43. h4
gxh4 44. Rg4 Bb5 45. Rxh4 Re2+ 46. Kd1 Rxg2 47. f4 Kg6 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Rh8
Rg4 50. Rg8+ Kh5 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh5 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch62"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One of the crucial games of the championship, Daniel was leading me by a
point therefore a win would bring me back into the battle for first place.} 1.
d4 d5 {A small surprise, for some reason I was expecting him to go for his
first love - the King's Indian. Daniel decides to continue the discussion he
started against me in this year's Bundesliga.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5.
Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12.
Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 $5 ({Our previous game continued} 
15. Ng5 Be7 16. Nxh7 g6 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Rxc6 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Nf6+ Nxf6
21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qxb4 Rh4 23. Qb8+ Rc8 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Be3 {and White was
clearly better, although I failed to turn the advantage into a win. (1/2-1/2
l'Ami-Stellwagen, Bundesliga 2006) As I was pretty sure Daniel had done his
homework I decided to try another set-up.}) 15... h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Ke7 {
Preparing Rhd8 and Kf8 when Black would have an excellent position, White has
to act fast now.} 18. Qe4 $5 {The opening has worked out well for Black. With
my last move I give him the option of either making a draw with 18...Rhd8 19.
Qh7 Rh8 (I don't see anything better then repeating moves, as 19.Qg4 Kf8 looks
fine for Black) or to set the board on fire...} Ne3 {I didn't expect anything
else, the next few moves are forced.} 19. Qh4+ g5 20. Nxg5 Nxg2 ({Instead} 
20... hxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kd7 22. fxe3 $1 Rcg8 23. Rxf7+ Kc8 24. Qe7 $1 Rxg2+ 25.
Kf1 {just wins for White.}) 21. Qh5 Rcf8 {The position I had been aiming for,
now I figured my next move to be more or less forced.} 22. Rxc5 ({This doesn't
spoil the win but the computer immediately points out} 22. Ne4 Rhg8 23. Kh1 $1
Rd8 24. Bxh6 $1 {and White wins in the attack:} Rxd3 25. Bg5+ Rxg5 ({neither} 
25... Ke8 26. Nf6+ Kd8 27. Nxg8+ Kc8 28. f3) ({nor} 25... Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27.
Nf6+ Kd8 28. Nxg8+ Kc7 29. Qf8 Nf4+ 30. f3 {offer Black a good defence either.}
) 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Qxg2 Bd4 28. f3 $16) 22... Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qb6 ({The b-pawn
is in need of protection, Black gets mated after} 23... Qxe5 24. Bxb4+ Ke8 25.
Qd1 $1 hxg5 26. Bb5+ Qxb5 27. Qd6 $18) 24. Be4 $2 ({Based on a miscalculation,
much better is} 24. Qg4 $1 a5 ({not} 24... hxg5 25. Qxb4+ $1 Qxb4 (25... Kd8
26. Qa3 $1) 26. Bxb4+ Kd8 27. Ba5+ Kd7 28. Bb5+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ {which looks a
bit uncomfortable for Black.}) 25. Be4 {(only now!)} hxg5 26. Bxg5+ Ke8 27.
Qxg2 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 {and Black is on the verge of defeat.}) 24... hxg5 25. Bxg5+
Ke8 {In the previous line White could just take on g2 with the queen in this
position. Now things are pretty different.} 26. Qd1 ({Now White threatens 27.
Rc8+ Bxc8 28.Bc6+ Qxc6 29.Qd8 mate.} 26. Qf3 f6 27. Bxb7 fxg5 28. Qxg2 Kd7 $1 {
would be OK for Black.}) 26... Rfg8 $2 ({Now it's Black turn to go wrong,
White is in big trouble after} 26... f6 27. Qa4+ Ke7 28. Rd1 Bd5 $1 {a
continuation which we had both missed. After the text move I considered the
position to be winning but this assumption turned out to be wrong.}) 27. Rc8+
$1 {Anyway.} Bxc8 28. Bc6+ Kf8 29. Be7+ $1 {Being two rooks down it's always
nice to make such a move, unfortunately it's not enough for a win.} Kg7 {
Taking would allow mate in 1 of course.} 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Bf8+ $1 ({The
'kamikaze-bishop' does an excellent job! It would not be funny to lose the
game with} 31. Qh3+ Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Ba6+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 Qd1#)
31... Rxf8 32. Qh3+ {And the perpetual check is secured.} Kg5 33. Qxg2+ Kf5 34.
Qe4+ Kg5 35. Qg2+ Kf5 {an interesting struggle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 {As Jan and I have run into each other before once or twice, I decided to
suprise him with this line.} Qc7 ({Since there are problems in the line with
15...0-0 Black has been searching for alternatives of late. Personally I
believe} 15... Nc3 {(an old idea, first employed by Mecking) offers Black a
good game. The latest game confirms this verdict.} 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18.
Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Nf3 (20. Bxb4 $5) 20... Bb6 21. Bc4 Qc5 22. Be3 Qc6 23.
Qe2 Nc7 24. Rac1 Bxe3 25. fxe3 O-O 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Nd2 Ba6 28. Bxa6 {1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Gelfand, Moscow 2006}) 16. Re1 Rd8 ({Black's next two moves are Rd8
and Ne7 but the immediate} 16... Ne7 {gives White the extra option (besides 17.
Qg4 Rd8 transposing to the game) of} 17. Ne4 $5 {when} Qxe5 18. Be3 Bxe3 ({
after} 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxc5 Qc6 21. Bxb4 Nd5 22. Ba3 {the king is
stuck on e8.}) 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Nxb7 Qd5 21. Rxe3 {(1/2-1/2
Sundararajan-Fridman, Pardubice 2005)} Qxb7 22. Be4 Nd5 23. Qf3 {should be
slightly better for White. After White restores the material balance by Rd1
and taking on d5 he still keeps some initiative thanks to his active pieces
and the position of the black king.}) 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Qg3 $5 ({A novelty, the
previous game saw Black equalising quite comfortably} 18. Be4 Qb6 19. Qf3 Bd5
20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. b3 O-O 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf5 25. Qe2 Rfd8 $11
{/=/+ Kuzmin-Dreev, St Petersburg 2004}) 18... Kf8 ({Interesting are the
complications after} 18... O-O 19. Nb3 Kh8 (19... Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. Bxh6 $1) 20. Bg5 $1 {and now:} Bb6 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qb6+ 22. Be3
(22. Kf1 $4 Rxd3 $1 23. Qxd3 Ba6) 22... Rxd3 23. Bxb6 Rxg3 24. Kxg3 axb6 25.
Rac1 {with a clear edge for White.}) (20... Rxd3 $2 21. Qxd3 hxg5 22. Rac1 {
simply doesn't work.}) 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Nc5 $1 (22. Bb5 Qxb5 23. Bxe7 Rd3 $1 {
gives Black the opportunity to take over.}) 22... Bxc5 23. Rxc5 a6 (23... Rc8
24. Bb5 $1) 24. Rcc1 {and because both bishops are immune White has the
advantage.}) ({Smeets later tried to improve here by playing} 18... a5 {
which worked out well after} 19. Nc4 Rd4 20. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 21. Bb5+ Bc6 22. exd6
Qxd6 23. Be3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 {and Black was slightly better in De Jong-Smeets,
Hilversum 2007. Instead 20.b3 looks more reasonable, 20...h5 and only now 21.
Nd6+! Bxd6 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.Bb5+ Bc6 24.Bb2 and White wins back the pawn with a
slightly better position.}) 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Bd2 Qd7 ({The alternative was} 
20... a5 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Be3 $1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 {with a big advantage for White.
}) 21. Bc2 Qb5 22. Rad1 {Black lacks coordination due to the position of his
king and is therefore in serious trouble.} Bd5 23. Be3 Nc6 24. Bd3 $1 Qa4 25.
Bxb6 axb6 26. Bb1 {Now White is preparing Nd4 and b2-b3 highlighting the
weakness on b4.} Rg8 27. Nd4 Ne7 28. b3 Qa5 29. Qf4 {Threatening both Nxe6 and
Nc2xb4. White is winning.} Rc8 30. Nc2 Nc6 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. Rd4 Rc5 33. Red1 Nc6
34. R4d2 Ne7 35. Nc4 Qa7 36. Nd6 Nc6 37. Bg6 Nd8 38. Be4 {Eliminating Black's
strongest piece.} Nc6 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. e6 f6 41. Nf5 Ne7 42. Ne3 Qc7 43. Qxb4
Ke8 44. Qg4 Qc6 45. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 46. Qg6+ Kd8 47. Qf7 Re8 48. Rxd5+ ({Because
of} 48. Rxd5+ Rxd5 49. Rxd5+ Qxd5 50. e7+ {Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O Rc8 {This move is not new but
hasn't been played that much. More common is 12...cxd4.} 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Nxh7 $1 {I couldn't hold back now!} g6 ({The attempt to
trap the Black knight with} 16... Bc6 {doesn't work in view of} 17. Qg4 g6 18.
Ng5 Nf4 19. Qxf4 (19. Ba6 $5) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxd3 21. Be3 {with a clear
advantage,}) ({Better is} 16... a6 17. Qh5 (17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Bd2
Rxh7 $1 20. Bxh7 g6 {and Black is better.}) (17. Qg4 {isn't possible here
because of} g6 18. Ng5 Rxc1 $1) 17... g6 18. Qh6 Nc3 $1 (18... Bf8 19. Nf6+
Qxf6 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bf4 {is slightly better for White.}) 19.
Qg7 (19. Bxg6 $6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Rg8 $1) 19... Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Qxd3 21. bxc3 Qf5 $1
{(threatening Bxg2)} 22. f3 bxc3 {and Black has reasonable compensation for
the exchange.}) 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Rxc6 19. Qa4 Qd7 ({Because} 19... Qc7 {
allows} 20. Ng5 {and White is just a pawn up.}) 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22.
Qxb4 {Here I felt quite happy, White is a pawn up and the only questions
remaining is wether Black can make a draw.} Rh4 23. Qb8+ Rc8 24. Qg3 Qc7 25.
Be3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 ({Instead} 26. fxg3 $5 Re4 27. Rxf6 Rxe3 28. Raf1 Rc7 {
is also a bit uncomfortable for Black but he should be able to hold.}) 26...
Ra4 $1 (26... Rb4 {looks more logical but runs into} 27. Rac1 $1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1
Rxb2 29. Rc8+ Kd7 30. Rf8 Be7 31. Rxf7 Ke8 32. Rg7 Rxa2 33. Rxg6 {with a big
advantage,}) 27. b3 Bxa1 28. bxa4 Be5 29. Bxa7 $6 ({This allows Black to make
a draw without much difficulty, better chances were offered by} 29. Rb1 {
for example:} Rc4 30. a5 Ra4 31. Rb5 Bd4 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Rb7+ Kf6 34. Bxd4+
Rxd4 35. Rxa7) 29... Ra8 30. Bc5 Rxa4 31. a3 Rc4 32. Bb4 Bd4 $1 {The White
bishop had to move from the g1-a7 diagonal and immideately his Black colleague
takes his place.} 33. Rd1 e5 34. g4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6
38. Rd2 Rc1 $6 39. Ra2 $6 ({The way to profit from Black's inaccuracy was} 39.
f4 $1 {exchanging 1 pair of pawns in order to stabilize the kingside.}) 39...
Kd5 40. g3 Rh1 41. Bd2 $5 ({The last try, as} 41. Be1 Ke4 42. a4 f4 43. gxf4
exf4 44. Ra3 {allows a draw with} f3+ 45. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 46. Kxe1 Kxf3 {I decided
to lure the Black rook to h2.}) 41... Ke4 42. a4 Rh2 43. Be1 f4 44. gxf4 exf4
45. Ra3 Be3 $1 46. a5 f3+ 47. Kd1 Bxf2 $1 {When calculating 41.Bd2 I though
this move wasn't possible but Black seems to make a draw by force.} 48. Bxf2
Rxf2 49. a6 Rf1+ 50. Kd2 f2 51. Ke2 Rh1 52. Kxf2 Rh8 53. a7 Ra8 54. Ra5 Kd4 55.
Kf3 Kc4 56. Ke4 Kb4 57. Ra1 Kc5 58. Ke5 Kb6 59. Kd6 Rxa7 60. Rb1+ Ka5 61. Ra1+
Kb6 62. Rxa7 Kxa7 {a fighting draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 a6 (13... Be7
{Ftacnik}) (13... g6 {Ftacnik}) 14. Re4 $2 (14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qg4 $6 Qa5 $1 (
15... Bg7 $2 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Nxe6 $18) 16. b3 Bg7 $15) (14. Bg5 Qb8 $1 $13 (
14... Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 (15... Nxe7 $2 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qa5 18. Rxd4 Nxe5
19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nb6 $18) 16. Nxd4 $14)) 14... g6 15. Bg5 (15. Rxd4 Bg7 16.
Qe2 Qb8 $17) 15... Qa5 16. Nd2 (16. Nxd4 Bg7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Rc1 Rac8 $17)
16... Bc6 $1 (16... N5b6 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Re2 $13) 17. Nc4 (17. Bc2
Bg7 $1 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Nd6+ Kf8 $17) (17. b3 {Ftacnik} Bxa4 18. bxa4 Nc3 $17)
17... Qxa4 (17... Bxa4 $2 18. Nxa5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bg7 20. Nc4 O-O 21. Bf1 $10)
18. b3 Nc3 $1 19. Qe1 (19. bxa4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc8
$19) 19... Qb5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. exd6 $2 (22. Rxd4 Bc5 (22...
Bxe5 $2 23. Rxd7) 23. Rh4 (23. Rd3 {Ftacnik} O-O $17) 23... O-O 24. Qd2 (24. a3
Nd5 $1 25. axb4 Bxb4 $19) 24... Rfc8 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. exf6 Bf8 $17) 22... Bxe4
$19 23. Bh6 f6 24. f3 Bd5 25. Qh4 Kf7 26. Re1 Rxa2 27. Kh1 (27. Qxd4 {Ftacnik}
Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qa7 Rd8 30. Qc7 Ke8 31. Bg7 Ra8 $19) 27... Ne2 $1 (27...
e5 28. Qxd4 $1 Ra1 (28... exd4 $4 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Re7+ $10) 29.
Qd2) 28. h3 Ne5 29. Rf1 g5 (29... Rha8 $2 30. Be3 $1) 30. Qe1 (30. Qh5+ Ng6 31.
Qg4 Nef4 (31... Rc8 $19 {Ftacnik}) 32. Rg1 Ne5 33. Qg3 Ne2 $19) 30... Nd3 31.
Qb1 Rd2 32. Kh2 Nc3 $1 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 {'!?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Dieser
Zug ist eine seltene Alternative zu den scharfen Varianten nach 12...cxd4.
Schwarz nimmt das Feld g5 unter Kontrolle, fällt aber weiter in der
Entwicklung zurück.'} 13. Bd2 {Lutz: 'Weiß strebt sofortiges Spiel auf der
c-Linie an.'} a6 {'!?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Ein weiterer Bauernzug...'} (13... Rc8 $5 {
(Lutz) erscheint natürlicher, die schwarzen Ergebnisse waren danach zumindest
befriedigend.} 14. Rc1 (14. Qe2 Bc6 15. b3 Bxa4 16. bxa4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18.
Nb3 Be7 19. Bc4 O-O 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. a5 Na4 23. Qb5 Nb2 24. Rb1
Nc4 25. Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Dorfman,J/Reykjavik 1993/CBM 35 (25)}) 14...
Be7 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Qa5 17. Re1 a6 18. Bd2 g5 19. Qc2 Nf4
20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bc5 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nf3 Ke7 24. Rxf4 Rc8 25. Rc4 Bxf2+
26. Kxf2 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxa4 28. Kg3 Qa5 29. h3 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (29)}) 15. Qe2 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17.
Qe2 g6 {1/2-1/2 Petran,P-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1990/EXT 97 (17)}) 15... Qa5 (15...
g5 16. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Ribli,Z/Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (16)}) 16. dxc5
Bc6 17. b3 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qg4 g5 21. a4 Nc3 22. Nc2 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Komarov,D-Giorgadze,G/Vendrell 1996/EXT 98 (22)}) 14. Rc1 cxd4 $6 $146
{'?!' Lutz. Lutz: 'Nachdem Schwarz ...h7-h6 und ...a7-a6 gespielt hat, nimmt
er nun doch auf d4. Das erscheint mir weder konsequent noch gut zu sein.'} (
14... Rc8 {Lutz: 'ist besser.'} 15. dxc5 {Lutz} Nxc5 (15... Qa5 16. Rc4 Nxc5
17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. a3 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Be7 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Bc3 Qb6 22. Qd4 Bc5
23. Qg4 O-O 24. Bd2 Kh8 25. Qh5 Be4 26. h4 Nd3 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28. b4 Bxf1 29.
Bxh6 gxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Lau,R/Antwerp
1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa6 O-O 20.
Qe2 Qa4 21. Rc4 Qxa2 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rg3 g6 24. Bc1 Rc7 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Qc4
27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Qxe6+ Be7 32. Qg6+
Kd8 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Qxg5+ Kc8 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Anand,V/Oviedo 1993/
CBM 38 ext (34)}) 15. Re1 $1 {'+/-' Lutz. Lutz: 'Jetzt wird es bereits
ungemütlich für Schwarz. Wie Joel Lautier in SCHACH 8/2003 schreibt, versank
Akopian hier in langes Nachdenken, ohne jedoch eine Lösung finden zu können.'}
(15. Qe2 $2 Qa5 $1) 15... Rc8 (15... Be7 $6 16. Nxd4 Qa5 (16... O-O {'?' Lutz.}
17. Qg4 Nxe5 (17... Kh8 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qf3 $18 {Lutz: '(Lautier) verdeutlicht
das schwarze Problem, sein König !'}) 18. Rxe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Nc5 $16) 17.
a3 (17. b3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bb5+ axb5 20. Rxc5 $16) 17... O-O 18. Qg4 $16)
(15... g5 {'!?' Lutz.} 16. Nxd4 Bg7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Bb1 {Lutz:
'ist gemäß Lautier ebenfalls keine Lösung.'} (19. h4 Nf4) 19... Qb6 20. Qc2
Rfc8 21. Nb3 $14) 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Qa4+
Kd8 20. Nb3 Qc6 (20... Qb6 21. Na5 $16) 21. Qa5+ (21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxa6 $16)
21... Qb6 22. Rc1 $16 {'|^' Lutz.}) 19. Qg4 Bxd4 (19... g6 $2 20. Rc1 $18) (
19... Bf8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Nb3 $16) 20. Qxd4 O-O (20... Qd7 21. Qg4 g6 22. Bf1 (
22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Qxb4 Qxd3 24. Qxb7 O-O $14) (22. a3 $5 bxa3 23. bxa3 $16)
22... Qe7 23. a3 $16) 21. Qe4 $1 {Lutz: 'Offensichtlich ist etwas schief
gelaufen bei Schwarz, dem König wird zugesetzt.'} (21. Qg4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 $14
) (21. Bxb4 Nxb4 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Bd6 $18) 22. Qxb4 Rd8 23. Bf1 Qc7 $16) 21...
f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 (22... Nxf6 $2 23. Qg6 Qe8 24. Bxb4 $18) 23. Qh7+ Kf7 (23...
Kf8 $2 24. Bg6 Ne7 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Bxb4+ $18) 24. Be2 $1 {Lutz: 'Ein starke
Umgruppierung, der Läufer kann nun über g4 und h5 eingreifen.'} Qf8 (24... Rf5
25. Bxh6 Qg8 26. Qxg8+ Kxg8 27. Bd2 $18) 25. Bg4 $1 a5 (25... Ke7 26. Qe4 Qc8
27. Rc1 Qd7 (27... Qd8 28. Bxb4+ $18) 28. Qh7 $18) 26. a3 $1 $18 {Lutz: 'Weiß
öffnet alle Linien.'} (26. Bxe6+ $2 Rxe6 27. Qf5+ Rf6 28. Qd7+ Kg6 29. Qxb7 Qc5
$14) 26... Ke7 27. h3 (27. axb4 axb4 28. Qe4 Qc8 29. Bh5 $1 $18 {'!' Lutz.
Lutz: 'nebst Bxb4 (Lautier)'}) 27... Rxf2 (27... Qf7 28. axb4 axb4 29. Qe4 $18)
28. Rxe6+ (28. Bxe6 $4 Ne3 $1 $19) (28. Qe4 Kd8 29. Rd1 Rf6 30. axb4 axb4 31.
Bxb4 Qf7 32. Bc3 $18) 28... Kd8 29. Qd3 Rf6 (29... Kc7 $2 30. Qg3+) 30. Qb5 {
Lutz: 'Der einfachste Weg. Weiß erobert Material.'} Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Qd6 32. Qxb7
Qxe6 33. Qxg7 h5 34. Qg5+ Kc7 35. Qxh5 Qe4 (35... Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Qd4 37. Be1 $18)
36. Qh8 (36. Qf3 Qd4+ 37. Qf2 $18) 36... Qd3 37. Bg5 bxa3 38. bxa3 Qxa3 $2 $138
39. Qd8+ Kc6 40. Qa8+ {Lutz: 'Ein hübsches geometrisches Motiv zum Abschluss
einer energisch geführten Partie. Nach 40...Kc5 oder 40..Kd6 gewinnt 41.Qf8+
die schwraze Dame, ansonsten verliert Schwarz den Springer.'} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qb8 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. h3 h6 14. Qc2 a6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qa7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qa8 20. Bb1 Be7 21. Ne1 c5
22. dxc5 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qc2 Qc8 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. e4 Qd8 30. Qc1 Qd4 $1 31. Qf4 Bb6 32. Bc2 Qc3 33. Kf1 e5
34. Qf3 Qa1 35. a4 Bc6 36. Qd1 Qb2 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qd2 Bc5 39. Ke2 Qa1 40.
Nd3 Bd4 41. Nb4 Qa8 42. Nxc6+ Qxc6 43. Bd3 Qc5 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. g3 Kg7 46. Kg2
Qa3 47. Bc2 Qb2 48. h4 Qc3 49. Qe2 b4 50. Bd1 Kf8 51. h5 Qc1 52. Qf3 Kg7 53.
Be2 Qg5 54. Bc4 Kf8 55. Qd1 Kg7 56. f4 $1 Qh6 57. Qg4+ Kf8 58. Kf3 Ke7 59. Bb5
Qh8 60. Qd7+ Kf8 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Qg4+ Kf8 63. Ke2 Ke7 $4 (63... Qh7 64. Kf3
exf4 $16) 64. Qd7+ $18 Kf8 65. Qc8+ $4 (65. g4 Qh7 66. Kd3 $18) 65... Kg7 $14
66. Qg4+ Kh6 67. Qf5 Qg7 68. Kf3 exf4 69. Qxf4+ Qg5 70. Bc4 Qxf4+ 71. Kxf4 Kxh5
72. Kf5 Kh6 73. Bxf7 Kg7 74. Bc4 Bc3 75. g4 Bd2 76. Bd5 Bc1 77. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3
Qf6 16. Qe2 Qh6 17. a5 c5 18. Rfc1 cxd4 19. exd4 Rf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rg6
22. f3 Bb8 23. Kh1 Ba7 24. Rc4 Bd5 25. Bc1 Qh5 26. Rxb4 $2 (26. Rf4 Rh6 27. h3
$11) 26... Bxf3 $1 $19 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
(15. Nd2 $5 {Jussupow,A-Dominguez,L/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (32)}) 15... a6
16. a3 (16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Bc4 h6 (19... N5b6 20. Nxb6
Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 $10 {Piket,J-Anand,V/
Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/[Ftacnik] (31)}) 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bf6 Nxe5
$3 23. Bxe5 (23. Rxe5 {Ftacnik} Rfc8 24. Bxg7 Rxc6 25. Bxh6 g5 26. Bxg5 f6 27.
Rxd5 Re8 28. h4 fxg5 $13) 23... Rae8 24. f4 f6 25. Nb6 fxe5 26. Nxd5 exf4 27.
Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxg6 Kh7 29. Rxa6 Re2 $1 30. Kf1 $1 Rxb2 31. Nxf4 {1/2-1/2 Piket,
J-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam 1993/CBM 35/[Ftacnik] (31)}) 16... bxa3 17. bxa3 Bg7 18.
Rb1 (18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2
Vaganian,R-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1991/TD (22)}) 18... Rb8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rxb7 {
Dieses Opfer ist nicht so offensichtlich, ist aber bereits als "Theorie"
bekannt.} Rxb7 21. Bxa6 Qa8 (21... Rc7 22. Ba5) 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 {Bislang dachte
man, dass Schwarz trotz des Minusbauern gut steht, da die weißen Figuren
unkoordiniert sind und die Bauern auf a3 und e5 Schwächen darstellen.} 23. Nf3
(23. Bb4 Nxb4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Qd6 Bf8 27. Nc5 Bxd6 28. Nxb7 Bc7
29. Nd6+ Kf8 $1 (29... Bxd6 30. exd6 O-O 31. Ra1 Nb8 32. Na7 Rd8 33. Nb5 $36 {
1-0 Pinter,J-Kaidanov,G/Budapest 1989/TD (53)}) 30. Ra1 Nxe5 $1 31. Ra8+ Kg7
32. Rxh8 Nxc6 33. Rc8 Bxd6 34. Rxc6 Bf4 35. g4 f5 36. h3 fxg4 37. hxg4 Kf6 38.
Kg2 h5 39. Kf3 Bb8 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V/Madrid 1993/CBM 36/
[Ftacnik] (39)}) 23... O-O 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. Qc1 $146 {Erst dieser Zug stellt
eine Neuerung dar.} (25. Qa1 N5b6 26. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Novikov,I/Lvov
1988/CBM 07 (26)}) 25... Bf8 (25... N5b6 $5) 26. Nxd5 Bxa3 (26... Qxd5 27. Bb4)
27. Qc7 Qxd5 28. Ra1 $14 {Schwarz hat zwar den Bauern zurückgewonnen, aber
seine Figuren haben sich verknotet. Daher muss er noch gewisse Probleme
überwinden.} Kg7 {Mit der Idee ...Bd6.} 29. Be1 (29. h3 Bd6 30. Bh6+ $5 Kxh6
31. Qc1+ Kg7 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. exd6 $14 {ist etwas besser für Weiß, würde aber
auch die Spannung lösen.}) 29... h6 30. h3 Nf8 $6 {Dieser Zug erscheint mir
falsch. Schwarz öffnet die 7.Reihe und stellt seinen Springer passiv.} (30...
Ra4 $5 {erscheint mir besser, z.B.} 31. Bd2 Bd6 32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Qc1 Rxa1 34.
Qxa1 Nxe5 $11) 31. Bd2 Bb2 (31... Ra4 {wird elegant widerlegt durch} 32. Rxa3
$1 Rxa3 33. Bxh6+ Kg8 (33... Kxh6 34. Qc1+ $16) 34. Qe7 Ra8 (34... Ra1+ 35. Kh2
Nd7 36. Ng5 Qxe5+ 37. g3 $18) 35. Qf6 $18) (31... Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Bc1
Bxc1 34. Rxa8 $18) 32. Rb1 Qa2 33. Re1 Nh7 (33... Qd5 $5) 34. h4 Ba3 35. Be3
Bf8 36. Rd1 Qa5 $5 {Lässt einen Opfereinschlag zu, den die schwarze Stellung
aber eigentlich aushalten sollte.} (36... Kg8 $5 37. Rd7 (37. Kh2 Qa5) 37...
Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Rd4 g5 $14) 37. Bxh6+ $5 Kxh6 (37... Kg8 38. Qxa5 Rxa5 39.
Rd8 $18 {/\ Ng5}) 38. Qxf7 Rd8 $2 (38... Ra7 {ist der einzige Weg, um die
Besetzung der 7.Reihe durch den weißen Turm zu verhindern.} 39. Qxe6 $13 {
Die Stellung ist ziemlich unklar.}) 39. Rb1 $18 {Jetzt gibt es keine
Verteidigung gegen Rb7.} Bc5 40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Mondariz GEMA m"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2001.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.12.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Be3 $5 $146 {Eine interessante
Neuerung. Weiß schiebt zunächts einmal die kurze Rochade auf, ähnlich zu 12.
Qe2.} (12. O-O {würde zu den Normalvarianten führen.}) (12. Qe2 $5 Nd7 {
Schwarz streut erst einmal einen prophylaktischen Zug ein.} (12... O-O $6 {
ist zu gefährlich:} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe4 $1 g6 15. h4 $1 Re8 16. h5 Nf8 17. hxg6
fxg6 18. Bh6 Qd7 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxf8 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. O-O-O
$1 $18 {1-0 Lautier,J-Gurevich,M/Dordrecht 2001/CBM 82/[McShane] (34)}) 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rd1 (14. Be3 $5 c5 $5 (14... Rc8 $5) 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Gurevich,M/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (70)}) 14... Rc8 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Rac1 (16. Ba6 Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rac1 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. e5
Na4 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {0-1 Levin,F-Antunes,A/Sevilla 1994/TD (49)})
16... Qb8 17. Ba6 (17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 h6 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rd8 22. f3 Bd6 23. g3 Be5 24. Bf2 Bf6 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Nc5 g5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Gabriel,C-Hansen,C/Germany 1998/GER-chT (39)}) 17... Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Gurevich,M/Cannes 2001/CBM 82/[Lutz] (34)}) 12...
O-O (12... Nd7 $5 {liegt auf der Hand. Weiß muss dann nicht unbedingt seine
Dame nach e2 stellen, aber andererseits sehe ich auch kein besseres Feld für
die Dame.}) 13. e5 Nd5 $6 {Natürlich ist es verlockend, mit Tempo den Springer
nach d5 zu spielen. Allerdings hat der Springer auf d5 (im Vergleich zu d7)
auch Nachteile: Die Diagonale des Bb7 wird versperrt und Schwarz hat keinen
Druck gegen den Pe5, so dass Weiß freie Hand hat.} (13... Nd7 $5 {sieht besser
aus.} 14. Qc2 h6 $1 $13 (14... g6 $2 15. h4 $40)) 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qe2 {Ähnlich
zur Partie Lautier-Gurevich (s.o.) strebt Weiß einen direkten Angriff am
Königsflügel an.} c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. h4 $1 $40 Nb6 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Rc7 $1 {
Mit diesem Zug leitet Weiß eine glänzende Kombination vor.} Bd8 20. Ng5 $1 {
Mit der Doppeldrohung 21.Bxh7+ und 21.Be4.} Qxg2 (20... h6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4
Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxc7 $16) 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qh5 {Beide Türme hängen, aber Matt
geht vor!} Qxh1+ 23. Ke2 Bxg5 (23... Ba6+ 24. Bd3+ $1) 24. Be4+ $1 (24. Bxg5 $2
Qf3+ $19) 24... Bh6 25. Bxh1 Bxh1 26. Bxh6 Nd5 (26... gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28.
Rc1 Be4 29. Rg1+ Bg6 30. h5 $18) 27. Rc4 $6 {Danach zieht sich das Ende der
Partie noch etwas hin.} (27. Qg5 $1 {gewinnt schneller:} gxh6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29.
Rc1 Be4 30. Rg1+ Bg6 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qxe6+ $18)
27... Rfc8 28. Bg5+ Kg8 29. Qg4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 a5 31. f3 a4 32. Kf2 a3 33. b3
Ra7 (33... Nc3 $5 34. Qxb4 Nxa2 35. Qb7 (35. Qe1 $2 Nb4 $1) 35... Re8 36. Qa6
$18) 34. Qc1 Rc7 35. Qxh1 f6 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Bh6 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Nc3 39. h5 Rxa2
40. Kh4 Ne2 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 $5 bxa3 16. b4 $5 {Milovs Idee. Gestützt auf ein mögliches Läuferopfer auf
h7 will Weiß das befreiende ...c6-c5 unterbinden.} h6 $5 {Dieser Zug ist
spielbar, aber die spannendere Frage ist: Was hatte Kaidanov gegen 16...f5!
vorbereitet ? Nach 16...f5! ist nämlich ein weißer Vorteil bislang nicht
nachgewiesen worden.} (16... a5 $2 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3 $1 (18. Bxh7+ $2 {
Milov,V} Kxh7 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 20. Ng5+ Kh6 $19) 18... Bxa3 $2 (18... Qd8 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/CBM 77/[Milov,V] (50)})
19. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Lesiege,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] 
(24)}) (16... f5 $1 $11 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 Nxf6 {und nun hängt der Pb4 wirklich.
}) 17... Nb6 {Durch ...f7-f5 sind die weißen Angriffsaussichten am
Königsflügel zunichte gemacht worden und der Zugang zum Feld e4 bleibt
verwehrt. Zwar kommt Schwarz nicht zu ...c6-c5, aber die weißen Bauern b4 und
d4 sind schwach und das Feld d5 ist fest in schwarzer Hand.} 18. Bxa3 Nd5 19.
Bc4 Qd7 (19... Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Rb3 Kh8 23. Rab1 Nc7 24. h3 Nd5
25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Kg1 Rb6 28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Bc1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (29)}) 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 Ba8 $11 {0-1
Tkachiev,V-Fressinet,L/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (43)}) (16... Bxb4
$2 17. Bxh7+ $1) 17. Bd2 $146 (17. Bb1 $5 Bxb4 (17... Re8 $2 18. Qd3 Nf8 19.
Bxa3 $16 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Vera,R/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (40)}) 18. Qd3 (18.
Qc2 f5) 18... f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 $13) (17. Bxa3 c5 $1 18. Bxb7 cxb4 $1 19. Bxb4
Rxb7 $13) 17... c5 $5 {Schwarz bringt ein interessantes Figurenopfer. Als
Ausgleich für den Läufer erhält er drei Freibauern am Damenflügel.} (17... f5
$5) 18. Bxb7 cxb4 {Weiß kann nicht darauf hoffen, die schwarzen Bauern am
Damenflügel irgendwie erobern zu können. Er muss daher schnell versuchen, am
Königsflügel einen Angriff zu initiieren.} 19. Be4 (19. Ba6 b3 20. Bc4 b2 21.
Rb1 Nb6 22. Ba2 Nd5) 19... b3 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. h4 Qd7 22. Bd3 {Weiß bereitet
Qe4 vor, Schwarz muss diese Umgruppierung verhindern.} Qd5 {Andererseits kommt
Weiß auch nicht anders weiter, daher erscheint die folgende Zugwiederholung
und der Remisschluss zwangsläufig.} 23. Be4 Qd7 24. Bd3 Qd5 25. Be4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Re1 {war in der
letzten Zeit beliebter.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Re1 {Weiss hat in dieser
Variante zwar alle möglichen Opferideen, aber vom theoretischen Standpunkt hat
Schwarz nichts zu befürchten.} Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bc4 $5 $146 (18.
Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Bg7 20. Bg5 Nc7 21. Qa5 (21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Bxd8 Rxb7 23. Bxc7
Rxc7 24. Nb5 Rc2 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 O-O $10 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Novikov,I/
Moscow/1990/ ->TD90_02}) 21... Ra8 22. Bxd8 Rxa5 23. Bxc7 Rxa4 24. Red1 Nf6 25.
Be5 (25. Nc6 {Ftacnik} Nd5 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 O-O $15) 25... O-O $15 {
0-1 Sokolov,I-Chernin,A/Wijk aan Zee 1991/CBM 22/[Ftacnik] (64)}) (18. Nxe6 $6
fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Qc7 22. Bg5 Qc6 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Rac1
Ne5 25. Qh3 Nc3 26. Rxe5 Bxg5 27. Rce1 Bf6 28. Rc5 Rce8 29. Rc1 Qxa4 30. bxc3
bxc3 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rb1 Qe4 {0-1 Yevseev,D-Dreev,A/Novgorod
1999/CBM 69 ext (33)}) 18... Rxc4 {Mit dem Qualitätsopfer eliminiert Schwarz
radikal alle Opferdrohungen. Für die Qualität erhält er einen Bauern, hat
einen festen Halt im Zentrum und der Na4 spielt nicht mit.} (18... Bg7 $2 19.
Nxe6) (18... Be7 19. Bh6 $5) 19. Qxc4 Qh4 20. b3 Bd6 21. Nf3 Qxc4 22. bxc4 N5f6
{Auch ohne Damen hat Schwarz genügend Spiel.} 23. Nd4 Ke7 24. Bb2 Rc8 25. Rac1
Ne4 (25... Ne4 26. Nb3 Bf4 27. Rc2 Bc6 28. c5 Bd5 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-B"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 Qc7 {Dieser Zug ist Dreevs bevorzugte Fortsetzung. Schwarz hat zwei
wesentliche Alternativen:} (15... O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 $13 {mit
unklarem Spiel.}) (15... Nc3 $6 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 $1 {ist gut
für Weiß.}) 16. Re1 (16. Nc4 O-O (16... O-O-O 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Na5
Qd7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 Staniszewski,
P-Matlak,M/Bielsko Biala 1988/EXT 97 (23)}) 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Rac1
Nc3 20. bxc3 Rxd3 21. cxb4 Rd4 22. Qg3 Ba6 23. Nd6 Bxf1 24. Rxc5 Qd7 25. Qf3
Rb8 26. Be3 Rdxb4 27. Kxf1 Rb1+ 28. Bc1 Kg8 29. g3 f6 30. Kg2 fxe5 31. Ne4 Rf8
32. Qg4 Kh7 33. Be3 Rf5 34. Ra5 a6 35. Qe2 Qb7 36. Ra4 a5 37. Qc4 Qd5 38. Qxd5
exd5 39. Nc3 Rb2 40. Nxd5 e4 41. Nc3 Rb4 42. Ra3 h5 43. h3 Rc4 44. g4 hxg4 45.
hxg4 Rf8 46. Nd5 {1-0 Shneider,A-Pulkkinen,K/Jyvaskyla 1994/EXT 97 (46)}) (16.
Ne4 Be7 17. Re1 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. a3 O-O 22. Qe4
g6 23. Bxh6 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Skudnov,S/Podolsk 1990/TD (23)}) 16...
Rd8 17. Qg4 $5 {Das schwarze Problem in derartigen Strukturen ist der Ke8 und
der Rh8. Der Pe5 schnürt den Königsflügel spürbar ein. Andererseits sind die
übrigen Figuren sehr aktiv. Bacrots Zug ist sehr geschickt. Zunächst bringt
der seine Dame in Angriffsposition. Der Nd2 legt sich noch nicht fest, ob er
nach e4, c4 oder b3 gehen wird. Allerdings schläft der weiße Damenflügel noch,
dies hätte Schwarz ausnutzen sollen.} (17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bd2 Kf8 20.
Qe2 Kg7 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Red1 (22. Bc4 Qd4 23. Bb3 h5 24. Red1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2
Epishin,V-Dreev,A/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (24)}) 22... a5 23. h3 a4 24. Bb5 Bg5 25.
Bxa4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rc4 Bxg3 28. Rg4 Qa5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bb5 Qxb5 31.
Qxb5 Rd1+ 32. Qf1 Bh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rxf1 34. Rxb4 Bd5 {0-1 Sashikiran,K-Dreev,A/
Linares 1999/CBM 68 ext (34)}) 17... Kf8 18. Qg3 g6 19. h4 Ne7 $2 {Nach diesem
passiven Rückzug kann Weiß sich voll entfalten.} (19... Kg7 20. h5 g5 21. Ne4
Be7 22. f4 $40) (19... Nf4 $1 {wirft einen Schatten auf den weißen Aufbau.} 20.
Qxf4 (20. Bf1 Nh5) 20... Rxd3 21. Nb3 (21. Qf6 Kg8 {nebst ...Be7}) 21... Be7)
20. Nb3 Bb6 21. Bd2 a5 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Red1 Bd5 (23... Qxd3 $2 24. Bxh6+) 24.
Nc5 Qa7 25. Be3 {Weiß ist voll entwickelt, während Schwarz immer noch Probleme
mit seinem König hat.} Kg7 26. Qf4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 (27... exf5 28. e6 Qe7 29.
h5 $40) 28. g4 $1 $16 Qe7 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Kh2 Rh7 31. Bd4 Be4 32. Nxe4 Bxd4
33. Rxd4 $1 {Eine elegante Gewinnkombination.} (33. Ng3 $2 Bxe5 34. Nxf5+ Kf6
35. Rc6+ Qe6 36. Rxe6+ fxe6 37. Qxe5+ Kxe5 38. Rxd8 Kxf5) 33... Rxd4 34. Rg1+
Kf8 (34... Kh8 35. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 36. Qxd4 Qe7 37. e6+ f6 38. Rg6 $18) 35. Nf6 $1
Qxf6 (35... Rxf4 36. Rg8#) 36. Qxd4 Qe7 37. Rc1 {Das Eingreifen des weißen
Turms entscheidet. Nach dem Fehler 19...Ne7? spielte Bacrot sehr kraftvoll.} (
37. Rc1 Qe8 (37... Qe6 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qf6 Rg7 40. Qxf5 Qe6 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42.
Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. h5 $18) 38. Qd6+ Kg8 39. Qf6 Qd7 (
39... Rg7 40. Qxf5) 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41. e6 Qd6+ 42. Rg3 {und Schwarz hat keine
Verteidigung gegen 43.e7+ und 44.Rg8+.}) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 O-O (11... c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. dxc5
Rc8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a3 a5 16. Qb1 h6 17. Qe1 Bc6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qg4 Kg7 20.
axb4 Nxb4 21. Bb1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxc5 23. Rd1 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Qc7 25. Be4 Rfd8 26.
Raa1 {Nenashev,A-Gurevich,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 62 ext/1-0 (78)}) 12. Qc2 h6 13.
Be3 $146 (13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bc4 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qg6 Nd5 18. Bxh6
{1-0 Manninen,M-Andolo,H/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (18)}) 13... Qa5 14. Rfc1 $14 (
14. a3 $5 bxa3 15. Nc5 {ist vielleicht schon hier möglich, mit Varianten
analog zur Partie.}) 14... Rfc8 15. a3 bxa3 16. Nc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Rxa3)
17. dxc5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Rxa3 Qb7 20. Bf4 $14 {Weiß hat einen spürbaren
Vorteil, da es den schwarzen Figuren an Raum mangelt.} Ne8 21. Rb3 Qa6 22. h3
Rd8 23. Rb4 Nf8 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nf3 {Ein Abtausch der Springer nutzt nur dem
Schwarzen.} Nf8 26. Nd4 Ng6 27. Be3 Ne7 28. Qb3 e5 $2 (28... Qc8 $142 $5 $14)
29. Ra4 $2 (29. Nf3 {gewinnt den Pe5:} Rd3 (29... Ng6 30. Rb7 $18) 30. Rc3 Rxc3
31. bxc3 $16) 29... Qc8 30. Nf3 Ng6 31. Rca1 Rd7 32. Ra6 Nf6 33. Qa4 (33. Qc2
$5 {/\ Nd2-c4-d6}) 33... Rc7 34. Nd2 Qe6 35. Qc2 Nh5 {Da die weißen
Schwerfiguren sich am Damenflügel tummeln, können die schwarzen Springer am
Königsflügel etwas Unruhe stiften.} 36. Nc4 Ngf4 37. f3 Rd8 38. Nd6 (38. Rxa7
Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Nxh3+ 40. gxh3 Qxh3 $40) 38... Rdd7 39. Kh2 Qg6 40. g4 Nf6 41.
Bxf4 (41. Qc3 $5 Qg5 (41... Re7 42. Nf5 Red7 43. Qxe5) 42. Nf5) 41... exf4 42.
h4 {Verhindert ...Qg5-h4, aber jetzt steht der weiße König arg luftig.} Nh7 43.
Qc3 Qe6 44. b4 Nf6 45. b5 $5 {Sehr optimistisch.Weiß sollte die Stellung
geschlossen halten.} cxb5 46. Nxb5 Nxg4+ {[%mdl 64]} 47. fxg4 $2 {Jetzt steht
Weiß hart am Abgrund.} (47. Kg1 $5 Rc6 48. Nd4 Rxd4 49. Rxc6 Qe5 50. Rf1 Ne3
51. Re1 Nc4 $13) 47... Qxg4 48. Nxc7 Qe2+ 49. Kh1 Rd3 50. Qxd3 Qxd3 51. c6
Qxe4+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+ 53. Kh1 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ (54... f3 $5 55. Kg3 f5 $17) 55.
Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kg1 Qg3+ 57. Kf1 f3 {/\ ...Qg2} 58. R1a2 Qxc7 {Hecht: '[#] Der
c-Freibauer bindet die Dame, aber auch die Türme sind an ihn gebunden. Deshalb
plant Weiß die Annäherung mit seinem König, was den Remisschluß bewirkt.'} 59.
Kf2 Qf4 60. R2a4 Qf5 61. Ra3 Qe4 62. Rxf3 Qxh4+ 63. Kg2 Qg4+ 64. Kf2 Qc4 65.
Rfa3 g6 (65... g5 $5 $17) 66. Ke3 Kg7 67. R3a4 Qc5+ 68. Kd3 Qb5+ 69. Kd4 h5 70.
R4a5 Qb8 71. Kc5 Qe5+ 72. Kc4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup 3.pl"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB (english notes)} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7
6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 {A solid alternative to 9.-, a6.}
10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 (13. e5 {Hansen,LB} Nd7 $1 {
Much better than 13.-, Nd5. After c6-c5 the N attacks the e5-pawn.} 14. Be4 Rb8
15. Be3 c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rc7 19. e6 Nb6 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee/1998/}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 (
14... Nd7 {Hansen,LB is a common alternative.}) 15. a3 {Dier Zug erscheint mir
zu lasch, um Schwarz ernsthaft zu gefährden.} (15. Rd1 $5 {ist interessanter.}
Qc7 16. c6 (16. a3 {Hansen,LB} bxa3 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa3 Bxc5 20.
Bb2 Qc7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bxb7 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxb7 $11 {Van der
Sterren,P-Novikov,I/Antwerpen/1997/}) 16... Bxc6 17. Nd4 {1-0 Sadler,
M-Ioseliani,N/WchT 4th 1997/CBM 62/[Lutz] (41)}) 15... bxa3 16. Rxa3 $5 $146 (
16. b4 a5 17. Bxa3 axb4 18. Bxb4 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Gurieli,N-Novikov,I/
WchT 4th 1997/CBM 62}) 16... Bxc5 17. Rc3 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yd3h7,Yc3h3] In der
Folge entwickelt dieser Turm einige Drohung gegen den schwarzen König, aber
letztlich reicht es nur zum Dauerschach.} Qb6 (17... Nd7 $5 {war ein
prophylaktischer Zug, mit der Idee} 18. e5 $6 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Bd4 23. Rxc8 Bxe5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15) 18. e5 Bxf3 (18...
Nd5 $2 {Hansen,LB} 19. Bxh7+ $1 (19. Ng5) 19... Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $18) 19. Qxf3 Nd5
20. Rc4 (20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rh3 f6 {führt zu nichts.}) (20. Rb3 $5
Qc7 (20... Qxb3 $2 21. Bxh7+) (20... Nb4 $2 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rh3
Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxc8 $18) 21. Qe4 g6 {/\ ...
Rfd8}) 20... Nb4 21. Rg4 (21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rh4 Bxf2+ $19) (21.
Be4 {Hansen,LB} Bd4 $11) 21... Bxf2+ (21... Nxd3 $2 22. Qf6 g6 23. Bh6 $18) 22.
Kh1 {/\ Bh6;Rg7->} Rxc1 (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Qf6 $18) 23. Rxg7+ {The safest.
Weiß sieht ein, daß sein Angriff nur zum Dauerschach reicht.} (23. Rxc1 Nxd3
24. Qxd3 Qxb2 {ist ungefährlich für Schwarz.}) 23... Kxg7 24. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 $5 {Schwarz hat eine unübliche Variante im Sinn.} ({Gewöhnlich
leitet Schwarz mit} 9... Be7 10. O-O Bb7 {zu den Hauptvarianten über.}) 10.
Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 $5 {In diesem Stellungstyp steht der Läufer häufiger auf
e7. Mit dem Läufer auf d6 ergeben sich neue Nuancen:} 12. Nd2 {Einerseits kann
nun Nd2-c4 mit Tempo geschehen, ...} (12. Qc2 $6 Rc8 13. Qd1 f5 14. Bd3 c5 15.
Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Be5 Nd5 21.
Rac1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qa5 24. Bc4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Vovsha,E-Blatny,P/
Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (64)}) (12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Be7
16. Be1 Nf6 17. Bb1 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Nb3 Qb6 22.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f3 Bd5 24. Bf2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Be7 26. Bd3 Bc5 27. Bc4 Ne8 28. Kf1
Nd6 29. Bd3 g6 30. Qd2 f5 31. Bc4 Kf7 32. Bg3 Qc6 33. Qd3 a5 34. Ke2 Ke7 35.
Bh4+ Kf7 36. Bg3 Ke7 37. Bf4 Bb6 38. Bxd6+ Qxd6 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6 40. Bb5 Bd8 41.
f4 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1958/MainBase (41)}) 12... Qc7 {
... andererseits gewinnt Schwarz durch den Angriff gegen h2 ein Tempo.} 13. h3
c5 {Mit der Durchsetzung von ...c6-c5 hat Schwarz schon eine wichtige Etappe
in Richtung Ausgleich geschafft. Er muss nur noch die Felderschwächen auf der
c-Linie beachten.} 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. dxc5 O-O 17. b3 Bf6 18. c6 $5
{Ein typischer Desperadozug: Da Weiß den c-Bauern sowieso nicht behalten kann,
versucht er wenigstens noch die gegnerischen Figuren schlechter zu stellen.}
Qxc6 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qa6 21. Qc2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nf6 $11 {Schwarz hat die
Probleme der Stellung gelöst, er hat ausgeglichen.} 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8
25. Rc1 h6 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qd4 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. g3 Nd5 30. Nc4 Qb7 31.
Ne5 Qc7 32. Nc4 Qb7 33. Ne5 Qc7 34. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 {Innerhalb des als harmlos geltenden Systems mit 8.Be2
ist dieser Zug auch eher anspruchslos. Interessanter ist die Hauptfortsetzung
10.e4.} (10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 $13) 10... a5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc2 {
Das weiße Spiel richtet sich gegen den rückständigen Pc6.} (12. Qb3 Rb8 13.
Rfd1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19.
Ne5 Bd6 20. Nc4 Bd5 21. f3 Nh5 22. Be1 Bc5 23. Bf2 Rfd8 24. g4 Nf6 25. e4 Bxf2+
26. Kxf2 Ba8 27. Qe3 h6 28. Ne5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qc7 30. Qd4 Rf8 31. h4 Kh7 32.
Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Bocharov,D-Asrian,K/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (32)}) 12... Qb8 {
Auf b8 steht die Dame gut, da so der Rf8 schnell nach c8 gelangt und außerdem
die Diagonale b8-h2 kontrolliert wird.} ({Harakrishna hatte diese Stellung
schon einmal selbst mit den weißen Steinen gespielt:} 12... Qb6 $6 {Hier steht
die schwarze Dame nicht so gut, da nach ...b5-b4 immer Na4 mit Tempogewinn
geschehen kann.} 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Qd1 Qd8 15. Qe1 Bd6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nge4 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxe4 21. Bxa5 Qg6 22. Bc3 c5 23. f3 cxd4
24. Bxd4 e5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bc3 e4 27. f4 Nc5 28. Qh4 Nd3 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30.
Bxg4 Ra8 31. Rd1 Bd5 32. Be2 Bb3 33. Rd2 Rd8 34. g4 f6 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Bg2 Bd5
37. Kh2 h5 38. Ba5 Rd7 39. gxh5 g6 40. Bh3 Ra7 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. Rg2+ Kf7 43.
Bc3 Be6 44. f5 Bd7 45. Rg6 Nf2 46. Rxf6+ Ke7 47. Rg6 Nxh3 48. Rg7+ Ke8 49. f6
Nf2 50. f7+ {1-0 Harikrishna,P-Smeets,J/Kochin 2004/CBM 103 ext (50)}) 13. Rab1
(13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Na4 bxa3 16. bxa3 Qa7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7
19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Qe1 Ba6 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bb2 Qc7 $15 23. f4 Qc6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25.
Qe2 Rda8 26. Rc4 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Rxb6 28. Rac1 Rab8 29. R1c2 Rb3 30. h3 g6 31. Kh2
Qd5 32. Bc1 Rd3 33. e4 Qd7 34. a4 Bh4 35. Be3 Rb4 36. Rxc5 Rxe4 37. Qg4 Bd8 38.
Bf2 h5 39. Qh4 Bxh4 40. Bxh4 Rxf4 {0-1 Volkov,S-Goloshchapov,A/Ekaterinburg
1999/CBM 75 (40)}) (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Qb1 Rd8 $1 (15... c4 {Ftacnik}
16. a4 $1) (15... b4 $13 {Ftacnik}) 16. Rd1 (16. Bxb5 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 17. Bxd7
Rxd7 18. gxf3 cxd4 $15) 16... h6 17. Be1 a4 18. b3 Bd5 $15 {0-1 Speelman,
J-Bareev,E/Hastings 1992/CBM 33/[Ftacnik] (57)}) 13... b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nxc5
Bxc5 $1 {Schwarz gibt den Läufer ab, erhält dafür aber zentrale Felder für
seine Springer und kann seine Bauern am Damenflügel vorrücken.} (15... Nxc5 16.
dxc5 Rc8 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qb3 Rxc5 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. Qb3 Ng4 21. Rfc1 Bxf3 22.
Bxf3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Rd8 $13 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Be1 Rf8 27. Qb7 Qh1+
28. Ke2 Qh4 29. Rc1 Nxf3 30. Rxc5 Nxe1 31. Kxe1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qb1 33. Rc8 h6 34.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36. Qc3 f6 37. b4 Qa2+ 38. Kf3 Qd5+ 39. e4 Qh5+ 40. Ke3
Qg5+ 41. Ke2 Qxg2 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Qc6+ Ke7 44. b5 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Qg5+ 46. Kd3
Qe5 47. Qb7+ Kd6 48. Qa6+ Kd7 49. Qc6+ Ke7 50. Qb7+ Kd6 51. Qc6+ {1/2-1/2
Yuneev,A-Crouch,C/Yerevan 1996/CBM 52 ext (51)}) 16. dxc5 Be4 17. Bd3 b3 18.
Qc3 Nxc5 19. Bxe4 Ncxe4 20. Qc4 a4 21. Bb4 Rc8 22. Qd4 Qc7 $15 23. Rfc1 $6 {
Schwarz hatte zwar ohnehin schon eine leichte Initative, dieser Zug ist jedoch
zu radikal.} Qxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {Schwarz hat zwei Türme für die Dame und die
schwache Grundreihe wird Weiß weitere Kopfschmerzen bereiten.} 25. Ne1 e5 $1
26. Qd3 (26. Qxe5 Nxf2) 26... Ng5 $6 (26... Nc5 $5 $17 27. Qd2 Rb1 {/\} 28.
Bxc5 $2 Ne4) 27. Qb5 h6 28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. Qa5 Rdd1 30. h4 Nge4 31. f3 Nd5 32.
Qxa4 $2 (32. fxe4 $5 {sieht besser aus, vielleicht ist dann für Weiß noch ein
Unentschieden möglich:} Nxb4 33. axb4 (33. Qxb4 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1)
33... Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Ra1 35. e5 $15 {mit Aussichten auf Dauerschach.}) 32...
Nef6 $19 33. Ba5 Nxe3 34. Qxb3 (34. Kh2 Nc2 35. Nxc2 bxc2 $19) 34... Nc2 35.
Qb8+ (35. Kh2 Nxe1 36. Bc3 $5 {Schwarz sollte auch dann gewinnen, muss aber
vorher noch seine Figuren entwirren.}) 35... Kh7 36. Qf4 Nxe1 37. Kh2 Nxf3+ $1
{Setzt den Schlusspunkt.} 38. Qxf3 (38. gxf3 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Nh5+ $19
) 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rcf1 40. Qe2 g6 {Gegen ...Nh5+ nebst ...f7-f5 gibt es
keine Verteidigung mehr.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 $5 {Milovs Idee, die trotz ihrer Genialität wahrscheinlich doch nicht so
gefährlich ist, vergleiche die Anmerkung zum 16.Zug von Schwarz.} bxa3 (15...
a5 $6 16. axb4 axb4 17. Qc2 $5 (17. Be3 {Milov,V} c5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. d5 exd5
20. Qxd5 Qb6 21. Nd2 $16) 17... h6 18. Be3 c5 $2 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Bxc5 Qc8 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Ra5 Rd8 24. Ne1 Rd5 25. Nd3 $2 (25. Qa4 $1 $18 {
Lutz}) 25... Qd8 $1 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Grabarczyk,M/Stockholm 2000/CBM 79/
[Lutz] (30)}) 16. b4 $1 {Das ist die Pointe des vorhergehenden Zuges.} a5 $2 (
16... f5 $1 {Die Einschaltung von ...f7-f5 ist wünschenswert für Schwarz, da
dann jegliche weiße Angriffsideen am Königsflügel ausgeschaltet werden und
außerdem das Feld e4 kontrolliert wird. Es scheint mir, als ob 16...f5! die
geniale weiße Idee weitestgehend entkräftet.} 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 Nxf6 {nebst ...
Bxb4}) 17... Nb6 18. Bxa3 Nd5 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Rb3 Kh8
23. Rab1 Nc7 24. h3 Nd5 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Kg1 Rb6 28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Bc1
{1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (29)}) (16... h6 $5 {
1-0 Avrukh,B-Vera,R/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (40)}) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3
Bxa3 $2 (18... Qd8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen
2000/CBM 77/[Milov,V] (50)}) 19. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {Das typische Läuferopfer auf h7,
hier in einer etwas ungewöhnlicheren Form.} Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qd3+ f5 (
21... Kxg5 22. f4+ Kh6 23. Qh3+ Kg6 24. f5+ exf5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Rxf5 Rh8 27.
Qg4+ Kf7 28. e6+ $18 {Milov,V}) 22. Nxe6 Ra8 $6 (22... Rfe8 23. Rxa3 Qb4 24.
Nf4+ Kh7 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Ra7 Nxe5 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30.
h4 $18) 23. Rfb1 Bc8 24. Rb3 {Schwere Materialverluste sind nicht zu vermeiden.
} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 Be7 $5 {Bislang gab
man meist 13...g6 den Vorzug, da nach dem Textzug Weiß scheinbar zu einem
Angriff am Königsflügel kommt. Aber mit etwas Umsicht ist die Sache nicht so
klar.} (13... g6 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Dominguez,L/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (32)})
14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Qg4 (15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Nxe5 $1 17. Rxe5 Nf6 $1 18. Qf4 Bd6
19. Qg3 (19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Ndb3 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Speelman,J/Tilburg 1992/CBM
32 (20)} Bxb3 21. axb3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxd3 $17) 19... Nd7 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Be4
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Qf5 $15 {0-1 Dyachkov,
S-Dreev,A/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz] (80)}) 15... Re8 (15... Kh8 16. Qh3 g6
17. Bh6 Rg8 (17... Re8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qf3 Kg8 20. Qg4 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Nxe5 23. Qe4 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc1+ 28.
Bf1 Ba6 29. Ne2 Nf4 30. Nxc1 {1-0 Dorfman,J-Bednarski,J/Polanica Zdroj 1978/
MCD (30)}) 18. Rac1 N5b6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nf3 Rgc8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Kg8 24. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Vaganian,R/Vilnius 1975/MCL (24)}) 16.
Bh6 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. h4 Bxg5 (18... Rc8 19. a3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 bxa3 $6 (20...
a6 $5) 21. Rxa3 a6 $2 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 Kf8 25. Rf3 f5 26.
Qh8+ Kf7 27. g6+ {1-0 Scheeren,P-Cuijpers,F/Hilversum 1984/MCD (27)}) 19. hxg5
a6 20. Rad1 (20. a3 $5 bxa3 (20... Rc8) 21. Rxa3 Rc8 $2 {- 16...Rc8}) 20... Qa5
21. b3 Nc3 22. Nxc3 bxc3 23. b4 Qb6 {In der Schlussstellung hat Schwarz
genügend Gegenspiel. Am Damenflügel sind viele Linien offen, am Königsflügel
kommt Weiß nicht weiter.} (23... Qb6 24. Re3 Nf8 {/\ ...Red8, /\ ...Rac8})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 {Diese Variante gilt trotz des unrochierten Königs auf d7 als OK
für Schwarz. Der mächtige Nd5 einerseits und der im Abseits stehende Na4 geben
Schwarz gute Gegenchancen, er muss aber die Kontrolle über die schwachen
Felder auf der c-Linie (c4 und c5) behalten. In der vorliegenden Partie
beachtet Schwarz diesen Aspekt nicht und gerät prompt in Schwierigkeiten.} 16.
O-O Bc6 $6 (16... Be7 {ist sicherer:} 17. a3 (17. b3 h6 $1 18. Bxe7 (18. Bd2 {
Jussupow} Rhc8 $132) 18... Kxe7 19. Nd2 $6 (19. Nb2 {Jussupow} Qc7 20. Nc4 Nc3
21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 $15) (19. Qd4 $142 {Jussupow} Rhd8 20. Qe4 $5 Rab8 21.
Qh7 Rh8 $10) 19... Nf4 $1 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 (21. f3 {Jussupow} Rhd8 $17)
21... Bxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Kramnik,V/Horgen 1995/CBM 50/[Jussupow] (27)
}) 17... Rhc8 $1 (17... Rhd8 {Jussupow} 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 Qg4 20. Qb3 Nb6
$13) 18. axb4 (18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Ng5 Nf4 $1 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Nxh7 Ng6 22. axb4
Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 Sundararajan,K-Pelletier,Y/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext/
[Pelletier] (56)}) (18. Bd2 {Pelletier} Ke8 19. axb4 Nxb4 $132) 18... Qxb4 19.
Bd2 Qc4 20. Nc3 Ke8 $15 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Galkin,A/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext/
[Pelletier] (47)}) 17. b3 Be7 $6 {Dies hätte einen Zug früher geschehen müssen.
} (17... h6 18. Bd2 Bb5 (18... Bxa4 19. bxa4 Bc5 20. a3 Rhc8 21. Rb1 Rab8 22.
Ne1 $36 {Cvitan,O-Kharlov,A/Bern 1992/CBM 28/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 19. Re1 Bxa4 20.
bxa4 Bc5 21. a3 Qb6 $2 (21... Rab8 $132) (21... Rhc8 $132) 22. a5 $1 Qb7 (22...
Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Qc5 24. axb4 $18) (22... Qxa5 23. axb4 $18) 23. axb4 Be7 (23...
Bxb4 24. Rb1 $18) 24. Nd4 $18 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Bacrot,E/Lausanne 1999/CBM 71/
[Lutz] (85)}) (17... Bxa4 18. bxa4 h6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Nd4 Rhc8 21. Qh5 $36 g6
22. Qf3 Ke8 23. Nb5 Qxa4 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Qd7 26. Bxh6 Qxd6 27. Rad1 (27.
Rfe1 Rc3 28. Qe4 Rac8 29. Rad1 Kd7 30. Qd4 $36 {Balashov-Mariotti/Leningrad/
1977/-24/548}) 27... Rc3 28. Qe4 Kd7 29. Bd2 (29. Qd4 $5) 29... Rac8 $44 {
Cvitan-Shabalov/Biel/op/1992}) 18. Nb2 $40 h6 $2 (18... Rhc8 19. Nc4 Qa6 20.
Qd4 Bb5 21. Bxe7 (21. Rfc1 Bc5) 21... Kxe7 22. Qh4+ Kf8 23. Qxh7 Bxc4 24. bxc4
Qxc4 $132 {/\} 25. Qh8+ $2 Ke7 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Qh6 Rxg2+ $17) 19. Nc4 Qa6 20.
Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qd4 Bb5 22. a4 $1 $18 Bxc4 (22... bxa3 23. Rxa3 $18) 23. bxc4 Nc7
24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. Rfd1+ Kc8 26. Rd6 Qb7 27. Nd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 (8... Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O) 9. Ne4 Be7 10.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qe2 $1 {Dieser Zug ist der Nachteil von sofortigem 8.
..b4 (gegenüber der Zufolge 8...Lb7 9.0-0 b4, siehe Variante nach 8...Bb7): Da
Weiß noch nicht kurz rochiert hat, kann er im Falle einer kurzen schwarzen
Rochade direkt den gegnerischen König angreifen.} (12. O-O O-O) 12... Nd7 {
Aus den besagten Gründen schiebt Schwarz erst einmal diesen Zug ein.} (12...
O-O $6 {ist zu gefährlich:} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe4 $1 g6 15. h4 $1 Re8 16. h5 Nf8
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh6 Qd7 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxf8 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf8 22. dxc5 Bxc5
23. O-O-O $1 $18 {1-0 Lautier,J-Gurevich,M/Dordrecht 2001/CBM 82/[McShane] (34)
}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 $5 $146 (14. Rd1 {wurde häufiger gespielt.} Rc8 (14...
c5 15. Bb5 Qc7 (15... Nf6 $6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bh6 $40 {
1-0 Bouaziz,S-Van der Werf,M/Cannes 1997/CBM 57 ext (40)}) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sultanov,A-Frolov,D/Samara
2000/CBM 78 (32)}) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rac1 (16. Ba6 Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rac1 c5
19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 Na4 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {0-1 Levin,F-Antunes,A/
Sevilla 1994/TD (49)}) 16... Qb8 17. Ba6 (17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 h6
20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. f3 Bd6 23. g3 Be5 24. Bf2 Bf6 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Nc5
g5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C-Hansen,C/Germany 1998/GER-chT (39)}) 17... Rfd8 18.
h3 h6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Gurevich,M/Cannes 2001/CBM 82/
[Lutz] (34)}) 14... c5 $5 {Vielleicht ist dieser Zug hier verfrüht.} (14... Rc8
$5) 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {Wie üblich in dieser Struktur hat Schwarz
Schwierigkeiten auf der c-Linie. Einen klaren Weg zum Ausgleich sehe ich nicht.
} Nc5 (16... Ne5 17. Bb5) 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Rac1 a6 (18... Rfc8 19. Nb3 Qb6 20.
Bd7 Rc7 21. Qc4 $16) 19. Nb3 axb5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rfc8 22. Qe1 $2 (22.
Qxb5 Bxe4 23. Qxb4 Bd5 24. a3 $16 {mit einem Mehrbauern für Weiß. Die schwarze
Kompensation dafür ist ungenügend.}) 22... Bc6 23. Nd3 (23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Rdc1 (
24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxb4 Rxa2 $1) 24... Rd4) 23... Qb7 {Wegen der Schwäche der
Bauern a2 und e4 hält Schwarz das Gleichgewicht.} 24. Qxb4 Rxa2 25. Qd6 Raa8
26. Nc5 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Rcxb8 28. f3 Be8 29. Kf2 Kf8 $11 {Schwarz hat die
Stellung ausgeglichen.} 30. Nd7+ Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rc8 32. Rdc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Ra2
34. Rc2 Ke7 35. e5 f6 36. exf6+ gxf6 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Rd2+ Kc6 39. g4 Ra4 40. h4
Rb4 41. h5 h6 42. Rd8 f5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. Rf8 Kd5 45. Rxf5+ Ke6 46. Rc5 Rxb2
47. Kf4 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kg2 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rb1 51. Rc6+ Kg5 52. Kg3 Kxh5 53.
Rc5+ Kg6 54. Rc6+ Kg7 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Rh7 Rh1 57. f4 b4 58. Kg2 Kg8 59. Rb7
Rb1 60. f5 b3 61. Kh2 Kf8 62. Kg2 Ke8 63. Rb6 h5 64. Rb7 Kd8 65. Kh2 Kc8 66.
Rb5 Kd7 67. Rd5+ Kc6 68. Rd3 Kc5 69. f6 Kc4 70. Rf3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 {Nachdem der
Variante 13.e5 vorerst der Zahn gezogen wurde, versucht es Kasimdzhanov wieder
mit diesem Zug.} (13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15. a3 bxa3 16. b4 f5 $1) 13... c5 14.
dxc5 Nd7 15. c6 $1 {Weiß lockt den schwarzen Läufer auf ein schlechteres Feld.}
Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rfc1 {In dieser Variante kann Weiß wegen der schwarzen
Schwächen entlang der c-Linie auf eine leichte Initiative hoffen.} (17. Rac1 $5
Qa5 18. Bb5 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. f3 a6 21. Bc4 Nc5 22. Rfd1 $14 {Stohl,
I-Novikov,I (Ostrava 1994)}) 17... Bd6 $5 {Ein seltener Zug, bislang wurde
meist 17...Qa5 gespielt.} (17... Qa5 18. Bb5 (18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Ba6
Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ng4 $1 $132 22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,
J-Gurevich,M/France 2000/CBM 75/[Gurevich,M] (73)}) 18... Nf6 19. Nd4 Bxe4 20.
Bc6 Bd6 21. Bxa8 Bxa8 22. Qb5 Qd8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Ng4 25. g3 Nxe3 26.
fxe3 Be7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Gurevich,M/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (42)}) (17...
a6 $5 {Kacheishvili,G-Vallejo Pons,F/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (65)}) 18. h3 (18. Bd4
Qb8 19. a3 a5 20. g3 Rd8 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. b3 Rc8 24. Ra1 Qb8 25.
Bc4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd1 g6 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Rd3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qa8 31.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. f3 Qd6 33. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Vaganian,R/Riga 1970/URS-ch (33)
}) 18... Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bc5 Bd6 21. Qe3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 $14 Qb6 23. Rac1
Rfd8 24. Be2 h6 25. Qf4 Qd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf3 Rd4 28. R1c4 Rad8 29. Rc7
Rxc4 30. Rxc4 a5 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. b3 g6 33. Rc5 $6 {Die folgenden Turmzüge
helfen Weiß nicht weiter.} (33. Kh2 $5 $14 {mit der Idee Kg3-f4-e5, und
Schwarz muss noch leiden.}) 33... Ra8 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. Rb6 Ba6 36. Rd6 Kf8 37.
e5 Ke7 38. Bc6 g5 39. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
Bg5 O-O 16. Bf3 Nd5 (16... a5 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Be2 c5
21. O-O Rfd8 22. Rfd1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rac8 25. Qe1 Qa7 26. Rab1 h6
27. h3 Nd5 28. Rb3 Nb4 29. a3 Nc2 30. Nxc2 Rxc2 31. Qe4 {Benjamin,J-Gurevich,D/
USA-ch 1993/CBM 39/[Ftacnik]/0-1 (59)}) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 c5 $2 {[%tqu
"De","Wie kann Weiß in Vorteil kommen ?","","","f3d5","",0,"c4a5","",10]} 19.
Bxd5 $2 {Weiß geht an einer besseren Möglichkeit vorbei.} (19. Na5 $1 {Dieser
überraschende Zug gewinnt Material. Wegen der Springergabel auf c6 kann der
Ra8 nicht ziehen, aber andererseits droht c3-c4.} c4 (19... cxd4 20. c4 $18) (
19... Rb8 20. Nc6 $18) (19... Ra7 20. Nc6 $18) (19... Bb7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. c4
$18) (19... Bd7 20. c4 Rae8 21. cxd5 exd5+ 22. Kf1 $18) (19... Qc7 20. c4 Nb4
21. Bxa8 Qxa5 22. O-O $18) 20. Nxc4 a5 21. O-O Ba6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rfe1 $16 {
nebst Ne3}) 19... exd5+ 20. Ne3 cxd4 21. cxd4 f5 22. O-O $2 {Weiß mußte den
f-Bauern unbedingt stoppen.} (22. f4 Re8 23. Kf2 Qd6 (23... g5 24. Rhe1) 24. g3
Re4 $13 {Der "schlechte" Läufer c8 ist nicht so schlecht hier. Schwarz erhält
Gegenspiel gegen d4.} (24... g5 25. Ng2)) 22... f4 $1 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Nc3 f3
25. Rfe1 $2 {Weiß darf den Pf3 nicht leben lassen.} (25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Ng3 fxg2
$17 {Schwarz steht besser, aber die Partie ist noch nicht vorbei.} (26... h5
27. Qa5 $5 {/\ Qd5})) 25... Qg6 26. g3 Qf5 27. Nd1 Qh3 28. Ne3 Rf6 $2 (28...
Rf5 {ist genauer.} 29. Qd1 (29. Qb4 Rh5 $19) 29... Bb7 30. g4 Re8 {/\ ...Re3})
{[%tqu "De","Wie kann Weiß sich gegen die Mattdrohung wehren ?","","","d2d1",
"",0,"d2a5","",10]} 29. Qd1 $2 (29. Qa5 Be6 (29... Rh6 30. Qd5+) 30. Qe5 {
und Weiß hat noch die Möglichkeit g3-g4. Ich sehe keinen Gewinn für Schwarz.})
29... Bg4 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Qd5 Re8 {Es gibt keine Verteidigung gegen ...Rh6
bzw. ...Rxe3.} 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Psakhis} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 c5 $5 {Eine seltene
Alternative zu 12...0-0:} (12... O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 h6 $5 $146 {Milov,
V-Gurevich,M/Neuchatel (05) ; CBM 53 1996} (14... Rb8 {Psakhis} 15. Qc2 h6 16.
Be3 c5 $10 {Greenfeld,A-Thorstein,K/ISL-ISR Reykjavik/1996/0,5/19/})) 13. Bb5+
(13. e5 $5 {Psakhis} Nd5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qg4 Kf8 18.
Bg5 $36 {Gheorghiu,F-Savon,V/Moscow/1971/0,5/44/}) 13... Kf8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 {[%csl Gb7,Gc5,Gd5][%cal Yb7g2,Yc5g1] Als Ausgleich für den
Rochadeverlust hat Schwarz aktiv postierte Leichtfiguren. Die Frage ist nun,
ob Weiß seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung ausnutzen kann. Es existieren kaum
Beispiel aus der Praxis.} 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 {Möglicherweise ist dieser
Ausfall nur scheinaktiv, da die weißen Figuren wieder zurückgeschlagen werden.}
(17. Ne4 $5 Be7 18. a3 Qb6 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rd1 g6 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8
23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Bxd5 exd5 $2 (24... Bxd5 {Psakhis} 25. Nf6) 25. Be3 Qc6 26. Rc1
Qe6 27. Nc5 Bxc5 (27... Qxe5 28. Nd7 Qd6 29. Bd4+ $40) 28. Bxc5 d4 29. Bxb4 Qd5
30. f3 Rb8 31. Bd2 Qb5 32. Qe1 Re8 33. Qh4 g5 34. Qxd4 Re6 35. Rc8 {1-0
Maksimenko,A-Abbink,M/Pardubice op (08) ;EXT 94op 1994}) 17... Qc7 {N/} (17...
g6 $5 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Qxg6 Qe7 20. Bxh6+ Rxh6 21. Qxh6+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7
$13 {Marin,M-Lanc,A/Dresden ;CBM 10 1988} 23. Rac1 $16 {Psakhis}) 18. Bd3 Kg8 (
18... g6 $5 19. Nxe6+ (19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nxe6+ Kf7 21. Nxc7 gxh5 22. Nxa8 Bxa8)
19... fxe6 20. Bxh6+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ Kd7 22. Rac1 $44) 19. Ne4 Be7 (19... Bd4 20.
Nd6) 20. f4 {Einen derartigen Zug spielt man nicht gern, da der Bc1
eingesperrt wird und Diagonalen für Schwarz geöffnet werden. Andererseits war
der Pe5 nicht gut zu decken.} Qb6+ (20... g6) 21. Kh1 Ba6 (21... Qd4 22. Qf3
Rd8 23. Rd1) 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Bd2 g6 (23... Qd3 $5 {Psakhis} 24. Rae1 g6) 24.
Qf3 Rc8 25. a3 bxa3 26. bxa3 Kg7 27. Bb4 (27. Rfc1 {Psakhis} Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rb8
$15) 27... Nxb4 28. axb4 Qb6 29. b5 Rc7 (29... Rhd8 {Psakhis} 30. Ra6 Qxb5 31.
Rxa7 Qb4 32. Raa1 Rc2 $15) 30. g4 $2 {Sieht stark aus, trifft jedoch auf eine
genau kalkulierte Riposte.} (30. Qe2 $15) 30... h5 $1 (30... Qxb5 {Psakhis} 31.
f5 Bh4 $1 32. fxg6 (32. Nd6 Qxe5) 32... Qxe5 (32... fxg6 33. Rac1 Re7 (33...
Qxe5 $2 34. Rc5 $3) 34. g5 $5 $13) 33. Rac1 (33. gxf7 Rf8) 33... Rf8 (33... f6
34. Rxc7+ Qxc7 35. Nxf6) (33... Re7 34. Rc5 Qd4 35. Rh5 f5 $8 36. gxf5 exf5 37.
Ng3 $132) 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Nf6 $1 $13) 31. f5 (31. g5 Qxb5) (31. gxh5 Rxh5 $17
) 31... hxg4 32. f6+ Kg8 (32... Kh7 33. Qxg4 Bf8) 33. fxe7 (33. Qxg4 Rc2 $17 (
33... Rc2 $5 {Psakhis} 34. h4 (34. h3 Qe3) 34... Bf8 $19)) (33. Qg2 Bf8 $17)
33... gxf3 34. e8=Q+ Kg7 $19 {Die Pointe von 30...h5!: die weiße Dame ist
gefangen.} 35. Nd6 (35. Nf6 {Psakhis} Rc2 $1) 35... Qd4 $1 36. Ra2 Qxe5 37. Rd2
(37. Nxf7 {Psakhis} Rxf7 38. Qc6 f2 39. Rfxf2 (39. Qg2 Rxh2+ $1 40. Qxh2 Qd5+
41. Qg2 Qxa2 $19) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Qxf2+ $19)
37... Qf4 38. b6 Qxd2 39. Nf5+ gxf5 (39... Kh7 {Psakhis}) 40. Rg1+ Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 {Für nähere Erläuternungen dieser
Variante siehe Vaganian,R-Gurevich,M/Wch Moscow 2001 in dieser Ausgabe.} 12.
Nd2 Qc7 13. h3 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. b3 (16. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Gurevich,M/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (34)}) 16... O-O 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qg4
cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nf6 21. Nd6 Qe7 22. e4 (22. Qxb4 $2 Rad8 {/\ ...Ne8
}) 22... Rad8 23. e5 Nd5 24. Rfe1 f6 {Schwarz entwurzelt den Nd6 und erhält
Gegenspiel entlang der f-Linie. Der isolierte Pe6 ist nicht so wesentlich.} 25.
Nc4 fxe5 26. Qxe5 Nf4 27. Rad1 Qh4 28. Rxd8 Nxh3+ $11 {Wickelt ins Dauerschach
ab.} 29. gxh3 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 c5 $6 {Diser Zug genießt zu Recht keinen guten Ruf.} (9... Bb7) (9...
Be7) 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 (10... Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4
Rb8 15. Ba4 Ke7 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qxd7+ {1-0 Gligoric,S-Reilly,B/
Madrid 1960/MCD-r6 (18)}) 11. O-O (11. Be4 Rb8 12. O-O f5 13. Bc6 Qc7 14. d5
Bg7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Re1 exd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Qxe4 Rb6 19. Ba4 Re6 20. Bf4 Rxe4
21. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Oll,L/Biel izt 1993/CBM 37/[Ftacnik]}) (11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 Qb6
14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Ba4 Rd8 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxc5 f5 19. exf5 Qxc5 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 21. Nxe6 Qe5 22. Nxf8 Rd8 23. Nd7 {1-0 Akesson,R-Ingbrandt,J/Rilton
Cup96/97 1996/EXP 57}) 11... Bb7 12. e4 $146 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Qb6 14. a3
Ke7 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Djurhuus,R-Sveshnikov,E/Gausdal Int 1992/TD 92\08}) 12... Qb6 $2 (12...
cxd4 {ist strategisch erzwungen.}) 13. d5 {Da haben wir den Salat. In einer
derartigen Struktur ist der Zug d4-d5 das schlimmste, was Schwarz passieren
kann. Selbst wenn Schwarz den Pd5 erobern sollte, wird er nicht mehr froh,
denn seine weißen Felder, besonders c4 und f5 sind unheilbar geschwächt. Eine
besonders instruktive Partie zu dieser Thematik ist A.Karpov-B.Gelfand 
(Linares 1993, ECO-Code D43).} O-O-O (13... exd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Re1+ Be7 16.
Bf4 {Neben seinen Felderschwächen hat Schwarz auch noch einen unrochierten
König.}) 14. a3 b3 15. Bc4 exd5 16. exd5 Rg8 17. Bxb3 Bd6 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Nxe5
fxe5 20. Bc4 f5 21. b4 $18 {Die weiße Stellung spielt sich von selbst.} f4 22.
Bxc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Qb3 Ka8 26. Rfd1 Qd6 27. Bb5 Rg7 28.
Bc6 e4 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Qc3 Re7 31. Rxb7 Rbxb7 32. Rb1 e3 (32... e3 33. fxe3
fxe3 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Qh8+ Qb8 36. Qxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4 Nxe5 {
führt zu scharfen Varianten, die jedoch bei genauem Spiel ungefährlich für
Schwarz sind.}) 13... g6 (13... Be7 $5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Khenkin,I/
Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (23)}) 14. Bg5 (14. Bd2 $5 {ist ebenfalls zu
beachten.}) 14... Qa5 15. Nd2 $5 {Dieser Zug leitet ein überraschendes
Figurenopfer ein. Auch wenn dieses Opfer schon seit langem bekannt ist, ist es
doch in Praxis sehr gefährlich für Schwarz. Ich stütze mich im folgenden auf
Artur Jussupows umfangreiche Analysen unter www.chessgate.de.} (15. Nxd4 {
Lautier,J-Pelletier,Y/Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (40)}) 15... Ba6 (15... Bc6 $2
16. Nc4 Qxa4 $2 17. b3 Qb5 18. Nd6+ $18 {(Jussupow)}) 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7
18. Qxd4 {"Dieses Figurenopfer war noch keine Überraschung für meinen Gegner.
Allerdings konnte er sich nicht mehr an die Theorie erinnern und musste sie
wieder erfinden. Das kostete ziemlich viel Zeit und Kraft." (Jussupow)} Qxa4 (
18... O-O 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Borovikov,V/Bled 2000/CBM
75 ext (62)}) (18... h6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Be3 $14 {Hansen,LB})
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 {Für die Figur hat Weiß momentan nur einen Bauern, aber
der schwarze König ist in der Mitte steckengeblieben.} Nb6 (20... O-O $2 21. b3
$16) 21. Qd6 Qd7 22. Qxb4 (22. Rad1 $2 Qxd6 23. exd6+ Kd7 $8 24. Re7+ Kc6 {
Hansen,LB}) 22... Bf8 (22... Nd5 $6 23. Qe4 h6 24. Bf6 O-O 25. Rad1 Bxf6 26.
Rxd5 Qb7 27. exf6 Qxb2 28. Qf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi
1979/EXT 99 (32)}) 23. Qc3 Qe6 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler bleibt der König des
Schwarzen in der Mitte stecken, er muss nun ohne den Rh8 spielen.} ({Schwarz
muss zunächst seine Dame von d7 wegbewegen (Drohung e5-e6), er sollte dann
ungefähr das Gleichgewicht wahren können:} 23... Qc8 $1 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. e6 $5 (
25. Qa3 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bg7 $11 {ECO}) 25... O-O $8 26. Be7 fxe6 $1 27. Bxf8 Qxf8
28. Qb3 $1 Qf7 29. Rxe6 Bxb2 $1 30. Rd1 $1 Rb8 $1 31. Re7 Qxb3 32. axb3 a5 33.
Ra7 Bc3 $11 {mit einer ungefähr gleichen Stellung (Hansen,L-Ribli,Z/Polanica
Zdroj 1993/CBM 37/[Hansen,LB]). Jussupow wollte sich nach eigenen Angaben auf
dieses Endspiel einlassen.}) (23... Rc8 $2 24. e6 $18 {Chekhov,V}) 24. Bf6 {
Diesen Läufer wird Schwarz nicht mehr los. Wegen der Fesselung auf der e-Linie
ist auch ...Nd5xf6 nie eine Idee für Schwarz.} Rg8 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd6 $1 {
Vertreibt die schwarze Dame.} Qc8 (26... Qc4 27. Qf3 $18 {/\ 28.Be7 Ke7 29.
Qf6+ und 30.e6 (Jussupow)}) (26... Bxd6 27. exd6 $18) 27. Rc6 Qd8 28. Rc7 $5 {
Hier gewannen schon mehrere Züge.} (28. Bxe7 $5 Kxe7 (28... Qxe7 29. e6 f5 30.
Rxb6 $18) 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. e6 $18 {Jussupow}) 28... Nd5 29. Qc6+ Kf8 30. Rd7
Qe8 31. Qxd5 Bxf6 32. Rxf7+ $1 {Weiß erreicht nun ein Schwerfigurenendspiel
mit mindestens zwei Mehrbauern.} (32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxa8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 $5 {Mit diesem Zug umgeht Schwarz die ausanalsierten Varianten nach 8...a6
oder 8...Bb7. Allerdings hat er wegen der Schwächen auf der c-Linie immer noch
einen kleinen Nachteil.} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qc2 (12. Nd2
$5 Qc7 13. h3 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. b3 (16. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Gurevich,M/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (34)}) 16... O-O 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qg4
cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nf6 21. Nd6 Qe7 22. e4 Rad8 23. e5 Nd5 24. Rfe1 f6
25. Nc4 fxe5 26. Qxe5 Nf4 27. Rad1 Qh4 28. Rxd8 Nxh3+ $11 29. gxh3 Qxf2+ 30.
Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Dominguez,L/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (30)}) 12... Rc8
13. Rd1 (13. a3 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Asrian,K/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Lutz] (70)})
13... Nf6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qa4+ $146 (15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qe2 Ne4 $6 (16... O-O 17.
e4 Qb8 18. Be3 Rcc8 $11) 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qb8 19. Ra4 f5 20. Nd4 Ke7 21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. b4 Rc7 23. Qa2 Qc8 24. Rxa7 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Potkin,V/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 96 (91)}) (15. Qe2 $5 cxd4 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qa5 19. Qe2
Rhd8 20. Bg5 Rb8 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Qf3+ Ke7 23. Bc4 Rbc8 24. b3 Qf5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Pelletier,Y/Port Barcares 2005/CBM 107 (44)}) 15... Bc6 16.
Bb5 Bxb5 {Genauer erscheint mir 16...Qd7.} (16... Qd7 $5 {mit der Idee} 17.
Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6+ Rxc6 $11) 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. a3 b3 (19...
bxa3 20. Rxa3 {und Schwarz verliert den Pa7.}) 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Bd2 Ne4 $2 (
21... a5 {war richtig, z.B.} 22. Bc3 Rhc8 23. Be5 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 {, und
Schwarz hat genug Gegenspiel.}) 22. Bb4 Rd5 23. Nd4 $16 {Jetzt bekommt Schwarz
wegen der Schwäche des Pb3 enorme Probleme.} Be5 (23... a5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25.
Nxb3 Rb8 (25... Rb5 26. Nd2 $16) 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Nc5+ Kc6 28. b4 axb4 29. Na6
$16) 24. Nxb3 Bxb2 25. Rxd5+ exd5 26. Rd1 Nf6 {Der einzige Weg, um den Pd5 zu
decken, aber nun ist der Bb2 in Gefahr.} (26... Kc6 27. Na5+ $16) (26... Ke6
27. f3 {nebst Nc5+}) 27. Nc5+ Kc6 28. Nd3 a5 29. Nxb2 axb4 30. axb4 Rb8 31. Nd3
d4 32. Ne5+ Kd5 33. Nf3 Rxb4 34. Nxd4 {Das Endspiel mit "4 gegen 3 an einem
Flügel" ist bei dieser Materialkonstellation langfristig gewonnen für Weiß 
(bzw. in der Praxis extrem schwer zu verteidigen.} Ke4 35. h3 Rb7 36. g4 $5 {
Weiß geht sehr zügig vor, was zu taktischen Komplikationen führt.} (36. g3 {
nebst Kg2 war der "systematische" Weg.}) 36... h5 {Schwarz nutzt den letzten
weißen Zug sofort zum Gegenspiel aus.} 37. Nf5 Kf3 38. g5 Nh7 39. Kf1 g6 (39...
Nxg5 40. Nh4+ Ke4 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42. f4+ $18) (39... f6 40. g6 Nf8 41. Nh4+ Ke4
42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. f4+ Ke6 44. Rd8 Ke7 45. Rd5 $18) 40. Nh4+ Ke4 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42.
f4+ Ke6 43. Kf2 Nf8 44. Nf3 Ke7 45. Ne5 Rc7 (45... f6 46. Nc6+) 46. Kf3 Ne6 (
46... f6 $5 47. gxf6+ Kxf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7) 47. Rb4 Kd6 48. Rb6+ Kd5 $2 (48... Ke7
$18) 49. Nxf7 (49. Nxf7 Rxf7 50. e4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O (13. Nd2) 13... Qc7
$5 (13... O-O 14. Bg5 (14. c4 $6 c5 $1 15. Ba3 Qa5 $1 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5
Rd8 18. Qb3 Qxc5 $15 {Seirawan,Y-Kramnik,V/Manila olm ;CBM 30 1992}) 14... c5 (
14... Qc7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Re1 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Re1 $5 {Tisdall}) 16... Nd5 $5
17. Rc1 Bb7 $132 {Giddins,S-Gausel,E/Gausdal AC (01) ;CBM 43 1994}) 15. Rb1 h6
16. Bh4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Rfc1 $14 {Jurka,
M-Sherbakov,R/Pardubice op (02) ;TD 92\11 1992}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1
Nd7 17. Be4 O-O $10 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rb1 Qc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rfb8 22.
Be7 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Rb8 24. Qc1 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qc7 26. Rxc5 Qxe7 27. Rc4 g6 28. h3
Qd6 29. Rb4 Rc8 30. Qe3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qc2 32. a4 a5 33. Rd4 h5 34. Rd6 Qxc3 35.
Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qa7 Qf8 38. Qxa5 Qd6+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. Nd2 {Dieser Zug wurde
zwar hier meistens gespielt, aber Aleksandrovs 13.c4 ist stärker.} (13. c4 $1
O-O (13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 $16) (13... c5
14. dxc5 Qa5+ (14... Bxc5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne5 $16) 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Rb1 O-O
17. Bf3 Ra7 18. c6 Qxa2 19. Rb3 Qa5 20. O-O Qc7 21. g3 Rd8 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rb5
$36 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Fleck,J/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (59)}) 14. c5 Bc7 15.
O-O a5 16. Bg5 Qd5 $6 (16... Ba6 $14) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qb1 $5 $40 {0-1
Aleksandrov,A-Bareev,E/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 81/[Lutz] (34)} (18. Qa4 Ba6
19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rab1 $40 {Bareev})) 13... O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Bg5
Rb8 $2 {Das ist ein sehr unglücklicher Zug.} (16... Nd5 {ergibt Ausgleich.} 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Rb8 $1 {Erst jetzt ist dieser Zug richtig.} (18... c5 $2 19.
Bxd5 $2 (19. Na5 $1 $16 {/\ c4}) 19... exd5+ 20. Ne3 cxd4 21. cxd4 f5 $13 {
0-1 Stohl,I-Pavasovic,D/Baden 1999/CBM 71/[Lutz] (31)}) 19. O-O c5 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. Nd3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rc4 $132 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26.
Rxb1 h6 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Nxc4 Qxb8 30. Qd3+ g6 31. Ne5 Qb2 32. h4
Qxa2 33. h5 Bf5 34. hxg6+ Bxg6 35. Qe3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. f3 a5 38. Ng4 h5
39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Ne3 Qf6 41. Nxd5 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxd4+ 43. Ne3 a4 {0-1 Ehlvest,
J-Lesiege,A/New York 1993/TD (43)}) (16... a5 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne3
Ba6 20. Be2 c5 $11 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Gurevich,D/Bloomington 1993/CBM 39/[Ftacnik]
(59)}) 17. Bh4 $1 {Weiß betont die Schwäche der Diagonalen h2-b8.} Ne8 {
Schwarz muß schon diesen Verlegenheitszug machen.} (17... Nd5 18. Bg3 Nf4 19.
Ne5 $16) 18. Bg3 Nd6 19. O-O $16 Rd8 20. Ne5 Bd7 21. Qa4 Rb5 {Um den Druck
gegen die Bauern c6 und a6 zu parieren, muß Schwarz den Turm auf a5 ins
Abseits stellen.} 22. c4 Ra5 23. Qc2 c5 24. d5 Ba4 (24... Bf6 25. a4 $16 {
, und der Ra5 kann nicht mehr ziehen.}) 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Rab1 Re8
28. Ng4 $18 Bd4 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Bxd6 {30.Rb7 gewann sofort, aber auch der
Textzug ist gut genug.} (30. Rb7 Qxb7 31. Bxb7 Nxb7 32. Bc7 $18) 30... Rxd6 31.
Rb7 Qd8 32. Rfb1 Bd7 33. Rb8 Bc8 34. Bb7 Bc3 35. Qe2 Rxa2 36. Qf1 Bxb7 37.
R1xb7 Bd4 38. g3 h5 39. Ne3 a5 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8 41. Qh3 a4 42. Qxh5 a3 43. Ng4
Rb2 44. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. Nd2 $5 $146 {
Interessanterweise ist dieser Zug eine Neuerung. Zuvor wurde (ohne großen
Erfolg) 13.Bd2 bzw. 13.0-0 probiert.} (13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Qa4 (14. O-O $5 c5 $6
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Bc3 $1 O-O 17. d5 Qe7 18. e4 f6 $8 19. Qc2 Nb6 $6 20. dxe6
Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. Rad1 $5 Nxa3 23. Qc1 Nc4 24. Nh4 $1 Re8 25. f4 Bf8 26.
Nf3 $13 {0-1 Gurevich,M-Novikov,I/Antwerp 1995/CBM 50/[Novikov] (93)}) 14... c5
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rd1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,
V/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48/[Von Gleich] (18)}) (13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qc2 c5
16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Anand,V/
Lausanne 1998/CBM 63/[Ftacnik] (19)}) 13... Qc7 14. Nc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rb1
Nf6 17. Bf3 Ba6 (17... Rfb8 $5 18. Bb2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxc5 {sollte
ungefähr ausgleichen.}) 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. e4 Nd7 20. Be2 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5
Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. Rb3 Bf6 25. Be3 Be5 26. g3 Rcd8 $2 (26... Rfe8 $11 {
und Schwarz steht befriedigend.}) 27. Bd3 $1 {Greift zwei Bauern auf c5 und h7
an.} c4 {Darauf hat sich Schwarz wohl verlassen, aber Beliavsky hat weiter
gesehen.} (27... g6 28. Bxc5) (27... Rfe8 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 $16) 28. Bxh7+
Kh8 29. Rxb6 $1 (29. Rb4 $2 g6) 29... axb6 30. Qf5 $1 {Das ist das Problem,
Weiß bringt seine Dame auf die h-Linie.} g5 (30... g6 31. Qh3 Qd7 32. Qh4 Kg7 (
32... Bf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxh7 34. Bd4 Rg8 35. Qh4#) 33. Qh6+ Kf6 34. Bg5+ Kf5 35.
Qh5 $1 $18) (30... Rxd5 31. Qh5 Rfd8 32. Bxb6 $1 (32. Re1 $16) 32... Qxb6 33.
Bg6+ Kg8 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Qf3+ $18) 31. Qh3 Kg7 32. Bxg5 Rd6 33.
Be4 $18 {Weiß hat für die Qualität zwei Bauern und Angriff auf den
gegnerischen König, er steht auf Gewinn.} Rh8 34. Qf5 Rd7 35. Re1 c3 36. Bc2
Rxd5 37. Bf6+ (37. Bb3 Qd7 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 39. Rxe5 f6 $132) 37... Bxf6 38. Qxd5
Qd8 39. Qe4 Qd7 40. h4 Rh5 41. Rd1 Qh3 42. Rd6 $1 {Sehr stark gespielt.
Beliavsky hat eine weitere ungewöhnliche Kombination im Auge.} Re5 43. Qh7+ Kf8
44. Qh6+ Ke8 {Nach anderen Zügen wird der schwarze König direkt matt.} 45. Rd8+
$1 {Die Pointe, die durch die eingeklemmte Qh3 begründet wird. Schwarz gab auf,
da er ersatzlos den Pc3 verliert.} (45. Rd8+ $1 Bxd8 (45... Kxd8 46. Qxf6+ Re7
47. Bf5 $1 {Fängt die schwarze Dame.} c2 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qb8#) 46. Qh8+ Ke7 (
46... Kd7 47. Qxe5 {, und einmal mehr fällt die schwarze Dame dem Lc2 zum Opfer
}) 47. Qxe5+ Qe6 48. Qxc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp1"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 $5 {Dieser Zug führt zu etwas interessanterem Spiel als 9...b4.}
(9... b4 {führt zu sehr mikroskopischem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 10. O-O (10. b4 $5
{Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung. Weiß legt den Pc6 fest, allerdings wird der
Pb4 selbst zur Schwäche.} a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bc2 $14
{1-0 Krasenkow,M-Dreev,A/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85/[Lutz] (41)}) 10... O-O 11. Bd2
Qe7 (11... e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Ng5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Shirov,A/Monte
Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (32)}) 12. Ng5 (12. Qc2 h6 13. Ne2 Rfc8 14. b4 a5 15.
e4 e5 16. Qb2 Re8 17. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Novikov,I/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 
(17)}) (12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Kramnik,V/
Moscow 1994/CBM 45 (14)}) 12... h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
Schwarz musste das Läuferpaar aufgeben, durch seine zentralisierten Figuren
hat er jedoch keine Probleme.} 16. Be2 (16. Bxb5 cxd4 17. Qa4 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Qd5
19. f3 Nb6 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qc1 Qg5 20. e4 Bxe4
21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bxb5 Bd3 23. Bc6 Bxf1 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Kxf1 Rc8 26. Bd2 Rc2
{Wegen seines aktiven Turmes steht Schwarz nun etwas besser, aber natürlich
hat er nichts Wesentliches.} 27. Bxg5 Rxb2 28. Be3 a5 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bc5 f6
31. g3 Kf7 32. Rc4 g5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rxh4 Kg6 35. Ra4 Rb5 36. Rc4 Kf5 37. Ke2
e5 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Rc2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch KO"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2005.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mueller,Karsten} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng5 $5 {Dieser Zug hat zwei Ideen: er
soll ggf. f2-f4 vorbereiten und Sg5-e4 mit Kontrolle über c5 ermöglichen.} a6 {
Es scheint mir, dass dieser Zug zu langsam ist, da Weiss nun zu b2-b4 kommt.
Besser ist vielleicht sofort 10...Bb7 oder 10...[#]Qc7.} (10... Qc7 11. f4 h6
12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. e4 Be7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. Nexd4 Nc5 18. f5
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 exf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qb6 22. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Graf,A/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Lutz] (36)}) (10... Bb7 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 $11 {1-0 Muhammad,S-Kleiman,J/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 (41)})
11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b4 {Da nun ...c6-c5 verhindert ist,
hat Weiss einen dauerhaften Vorteil.} e5 (14... f5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc5
17. Qb3 $36) 15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 h6 17. a3 Nb6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20.
Qc1 $1 {Weiss gruppiert Dame und Läufer um.} Rfe8 21. Bb1 Bf8 22. Qc2 Rad8 23.
h4 $16 {Weiss baut lehrbuchartig seinen Vorteil aus.} Re6 24. Ng3 Rxe1+ 25.
Rxe1 g6 26. h5 Rd6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Nc5 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bxc5 31.
Qxg6+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. dxc5 $18 Bc8 34. Bd2 h5 35. f3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Bf5 37.
Bxf5 Kxf5 38. Ke2 Nc7 39. Kd3 Ne6 40. g4+ hxg4 41. fxg4+ Ke5 (41... Kxg4 {
Mueller,Karsten} 42. Ke4 a5 43. Ke5 axb4 44. axb4 Nd8 45. Kd6 $18) 42. Ke3 {
Mueller,Karsten: 'Schwarz wird im Folgenden wie üblich durch Zugzwang immer
weiter an die Wand gedrängt:'} Nf8 43. Bc3+ Ke6 44. Ke4 Ng6 45. Bb2 {'(.)'
Mueller,Karsten.} Ne7 46. Kf4 Ng6+ 47. Kg5 Ne7 48. Bc1 Kf7 49. Bd2 Ke6 50. Kh6
Kf7 51. Bf4 (51. g5 $4 {Mueller,Karsten} Ng6 {gibt Schwarz eine uneinnehmbare
Festung.}) 51... Ng6 52. Bd6 Nh4 53. Kg5 Ng6 54. Kh5 Kg7 55. Bg3 Kf7 56. Kg5
Ne7 57. Bh2 Kg7 58. Bd6 Ng6 59. Kf5 Kf7 60. Bg3 {'(.)' Mueller,Karsten.} Nf8
61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Bh4+ {Mueller,Karsten: 'Nun dringt der König entscheidend ein:'
} Kd7 63. Kf6 Ke8 64. g5 Nh7+ 65. Ke6 Nf8+ 66. Kd6 Ng6 67. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 {Alexandrov hatte
diese Stellung schon einige Male in seiner Praxis.} O-O 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. Ng5 (
15. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Akopian,V/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Lutz] (27)})
15... Be7 (15... Rd8 {0-1 Aleksandrov,A-Sakaev,K/Kishinev 1998/CBM 64/[Lutz] 
(37)}) 16. Qd3 $146 (16. Bf3 {Aleksandrov,A-Galkin,A/Sochi 1997/CBM 62/[Lutz]/
1/2-1/2 (101)}) 16... Nf6 17. Bf4 h6 18. Ne4 $14 Nxe4 (18... c5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
20. dxc5 $16) 19. Qxe4 Ba6 20. c4 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 (22. Qxe7 Re8) 22...
Rd8 23. Qh5 g6 {Schwarz gibt einen Bauern, aber es droht unangenehm 24.Bg4.} (
23... Rd4 $5 24. Be5 Rh4 25. Qf3 {/\} Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rb7 $36) 24. Qxh6
$16 Qf5 25. Rb3 Bf8 26. Qh4 Rd4 27. Rh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 $18 Re8 29. Bf3 Bxc4 30.
Rc1 Bxa2 31. Qg3 Rd3 32. Be3 Bd5 33. Be2 Rb3 34. Qg5 Be6 35. Bc4 Rb4 36. Bxe6
Rxe6 37. Qd8 Rbe4 38. Qa8 Re8 39. Qxa7 R4e5 40. Kg2 R5e7 41. Qa4 Re5 42. Rc4
R8e6 43. Bf4 Re2 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Qa8 Rf6 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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"]

{Die folgende Partie wurde in der 3. Runde der FIDE-WM gespielt. Bareev hatte
die erste Begegenung gegen Alexandrov gewonnen, ihm reichte also ein
Unentschieden zum Weiterkommen. Im folgenden stütze ich mich auf die Komentare
von Bareev im NIC-Magazine 1/2000.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5.
Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 $6 (8... b4 {oder}) (8... Bb7 {
sind m.E. verlässlicher.}) 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13.
c4 $1 {Ein neuer Zug, und kein schlechter.} (13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bg5
O-O 16. Bf3 a5 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Be2 c5 21. O-O Rfd8
22. Rfd1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rac8 25. Qe1 Qa7 26. Rab1 h6 27. h3 Nd5
28. Rb3 Nb4 29. a3 Nc2 30. Nxc2 Rxc2 31. Qe4 {Benjamin,J-Gurevich,D/USA-ch
1993/CBM 39/[Ftacnik]/0-1 (59)}) (13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Rb6 20. O-O Nd5 21. Rfd1 Bd6 22.
Bxd6 Rxd6 23. c4 Nc3 24. Rdc1 Rd3 25. Rc2 Rb8 26. Kf1 Na4 27. c5 Rd4 28. Re1
Kc7 29. g3 Rb5 30. Re5 Rb2 31. Ree2 Rbb4 32. Kg2 Rbc4 33. c6 Nc5 34. Rb2 Rc1
35. Rec2 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Nd3 37. Kf1 Nb4 38. Rb2 Rc4 39. Be2 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 a5 41.
a3 Nxc6 42. Ba6 Kd6 43. Rb7 Ne5 44. Bb5 Rc7 45. Rb8 h5 46. a4 Rc2 47. h3 Rc5
48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. Ra8 Nc4 50. h4 Nd6 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. Rxa5 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,
A-Yagupov,I/Spasskoe 1996/EXT 99 (52)}) 13... O-O {Bareev gibt an, dass
Schwarz auch nach anderen Zügen Probleme hat:} (13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15.
Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 $16) (13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 (14... Qa5+ 15. Bd2
Qxc5 16. O-O O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. c5) 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne5 $16) 14. c5 Bc7 15.
O-O {Weiß hat Vorteil, da er über mehr Raum verfügt und der Bc8 eingesperrt
ist.} a5 16. Bg5 Qd5 $6 (16... Ba6 $14 {(Bareev) würde wenigstens das Problem
des Bc8 lösen.}) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qb1 $5 {Ein interessanter Zug, der sich
gegen ...Ba6 richtet.} (18. Qa4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rab1 {"mit starkem
Druck" (Bareev)}) 18... Qd7 (18... e5 $5 {(Bareev) führt zu Kompliaktionen, z.
B.} 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 21. Be4 Qh5) (18... Ba6 $2 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb7
$18) (18... Rb8 19. Qc2 {, und wieder kann Schwarz nicht ...Ba6 spielen.}) 19.
Bd3 Kh8 (19... Kg7 20. Re1 Ba6 21. Bc2 Bc4 22. Bxh7 f5 23. Qc1 Bd5 24. Bxf5
exf5 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Re7 {(Bareev schreibt hier 26.Re5, aber das ist
wahrscheinlich ein Druckfehler) mit starkem Angriff.}) 20. Re1 Ba6 21. Bc2 {
Weiß weicht dem Läufertausch aus. Aus taktischen Gründen kann Schwarz vorerst
nicht den Läufer mittels ...Bc4-d5 aktivieren.} Rab8 (21... Bc4 22. Bxh7 f5 23.
Qc1 $1 Bd5 24. Qh6 $18 {Bareev}) 22. Qc1 Rg8 23. Qh6 f5 24. Bxf5 $1 (24. Qf6+
Rg7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 $16 {Bareev}) 24... exf5 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Re7 Qd8 27.
Rae1 $2 {Danach ist für Schwarz wieder alles im Lot.} ({Laut Bareev fand
Ehlvest hier einen starken Zug:} 27. d5 $1 Bf4 ({Nach} 27... cxd5 {ist die
Diagonale a2-g8 geschlossen, was Weiß direkt ausnutzen kann:} 28. Ng5 $1 Qf8 (
28... Kg8 29. Ne6 $1 $18) 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Rf7 $18) 28. d6 Bd3 {
der zäheste Zug} (28... Be2 {wird von Bareev/Ehlvest angegeben, mit weißem
Gewinn nach} 29. Nd4 Bg5 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Ne6+ {mit Gewinn}) 29. Nd4 Bg5 (
29... Qg8 30. Nxc6 Bg5 31. Qc3 {und die weißen Freibauern entscheiden}) 30.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Ne6+ Kg6 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Ra7 {mit weißem Vorteil}) 27... Bc4
$1 {Der Läufer kann nun ins Spiel eingreifen.} 28. g3 {Bareev gibt an, dass
Schwarz auch nach anderen weißen Zügen nichts zu fürchten hat.} (28. Re8+ Qxe8
29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxc6 Rb8) (28. Qxc6 Bd5 29. Re8+ Rg8 $1) (28. a4 Bd5 29. Nh4
Kg8 30. g3 f4) (28. h4 Bd5 29. h5 Bf4) (28. Qxf5 Bd5 29. Qf6 Bxf3 $1 ({Bareev
gibt hier} 29... a4 {an, was auch nicht schlecht ist, aber 29...Bxf3 gewinnt
sofort.}) 30. Qxf3 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Rb1+ $19) 28... Bxa2 $5 {Die Idee dieses
Zuges besteht nicht darin, einen Bauern zu gewinnen, sondern dartin, ...Rb1
vorzubereiten.} (28... Bd5 $5 {"nebst ...Kg8, und Schwarz steht besser" 
(Bareev)}) 29. Qxf5 $2 {Und hier vergibt Weiß das Unentschieden (was
Alexandrov ohnehin nichts genutzt hätte, da er die erste Matchpartie verloren
hatte).} (29. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qxc6 Rc8 32. d5 Rgg8 $1 33. Qf6+
Rg7 34. Qc6 {mit Zugwiederholung. Wenn Weiß dieser ausweicht, hat Schwarz
Aussicht auf Vorteil.}) (29. d5 Bxd5 30. Nd4 Kg8 31. Nxc6 Rg6 {Bareev}) (29.
Nh4 Rb1 30. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. f3 Qxf5 $19 {Bareev}) 29... Rb1 $19 30.
Qf6 (30. Rxb1 Qxe7 31. Rb7 f6 32. Qc8+ Bg8 $19 {Bareev}) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1
Kg8 32. Ng2 Kf8 33. Ne3 Qxe7 34. Qxc6 Rg6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. e4 Nd7 15.
c6 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rfc1 a6 $5 $146 (17... Bd6 $5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,
R-Akopian,V/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (39)}) (17... Qa5) 18. a3 a5 19. a4 $14
{Mir erscheint der Einschub der Züge a2-a4 und ...a7-a5 in dieser Struktur
eher günstig für Weiß, da Schwarz nicht mehr das Feld a5 für die Dame hat und
außerdem die Felder b5 und b6 nun dauerhaft schwach sind. Allerdings hat Weiß
nun nicht mehr die Option des Läufertausches mittels Ba6.} Bd6 20. Nd2 $6 {
Weiß strebt direkt danach, am Damenflügel die Bauern abzuholen, gibt Schwarz
dadurch aber Angrffschancen am Königsflügel.} (20. h3 $5 {analog zu
Kasimdzhanov-Akopian erscheint besser, z.B.} Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc5 Bd6 23.
Qe3 $14) 20... Ne5 21. Bb5 Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. f4 Ng4 {Jetzt wird es völlig
undurchsichtig.} 24. Bb6 Rfc8 25. Nc4 Bf8 26. Nxa5 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1
Rcb8 (28... Rxc1+ $2 29. Rxc1 Rxa5 30. Rc8 $1 {ist gut für Weiß.}) 29. Bg1 Qh3+
30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxa5 $13 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern gewonnen, aber die
Stellung ist angesichts des starken weißen Läuferpaares völlig unklar.} 32. Bd4
g6 33. Kf3 h5 34. Rd1 Bg7 35. Rac1 e5 36. fxe5 Nxe5+ 37. Ke2 Rb7 38. Rc8+ Kh7
39. b3 Ng4 40. Bc5 Bc3 41. Rd6 Raxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. Kd3 Ra5 44. Bd4 Bxd4 45.
Rxd4 Ra2 46. Rc7 Kh6 47. Rxb4 f5 48. Rc3 Nf2+ 49. Kd4 Ne4 50. Rd3 Rg2 51. Rb8
Nxg3 52. b4 h4 53. b5 Rb2 54. Kc3 Re2 55. b6 Ne4+ 56. Kb4 Kg5 57. Rc8 Nf2 58.
Rb3 Re7 59. Rc7 Re8 60. Ka5 h3 61. Rh7 Kg4 62. b7 g5 63. Kb6 f4 64. Rb5 f3 65.
Kc7 Rg8 $5 {.....} 0-1

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nd2 O-O (15... Qc7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bd2 Kf8 20. Rc1 Qb6
21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Bc4 Qd4 23. Bb3 h5 24. Red1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Dreev,A/
Tilburg (03) ;CBM 44 1994}) 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 (17... Bxe5 $6 18. Nxb7 Qb6
19. Qh5 Bf4 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf4 Qd4 22. Bd6 Qxd3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qe5 $16 {
Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Linares (03) ; CBM 40 1994}) 18. Qe2 (18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4
f6 20. a3 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 
(08) ;CBM 48 1995}) 18... f5 19. Rd1 Qh4 $1 {Kortschnojs
Verbesserungsvorschlag gegenüber 13...Qe7?!} (19... Qe7 $6 20. Ba6 Bc5 21. Bd2
Ba4 22. b3 Bd7 23. Bb7 Rab8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Gurevich,M/
Antwerpen (09) ; CBM 37 1993}) 20. Bc4 $2 {Weiß sollte den Abtausch des Bc6
anstreben, da dieser bald übermächtig wird.} (20. a3 a5 21. Bb5 $10 {Kortschnoj
}) 20... Bb6 21. Bd2 $6 (21. Bb5 $5) 21... f4 22. Qf3 Ne7 (22... Kh8 23. Bb5
Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rf5 25. Nd6 $13) 23. Ne4 Kh8 $6 (23... Ng6 $1 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 $17)
24. Bxb4 Ng6 25. Bc3 Rf5 26. Rd6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Raf8 29. Bxe6 Rg5
30. h3 f3 31. Bg4 fxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nf4+ 33. Kf1 Nxh3 34. Bf3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 $5 {Milovs Idee. Siehe die Partie Kasimdzhanov,R-Lesiege,A (Istanbul ol
2000) in dieser Ausgabe für weitere Details.} bxa3 16. b4 h6 $5 (16... f5 $1) (
16... a5 $2 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 $2 19. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,
R-Lesiege,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (24)}) 17. Bb1 $5 (17. Bxa3 c5 $1 18.
Bxb7 cxb4 $1 19. Bxb4 Rxb7 $13) 17... Re8 $2 {Danach geht die weiße Konzeption
auf.} (17... Bxb4 {erscheint mir besser. Nach} 18. Qd3 (18. Qc2 f5) 18... f5
19. exf6 Nxf6 $13 {ist zwar ...h7-h6 eine deutliche Schwächung des
Königsflügels, aber die Stellung ist noch nicht so klar, denn momentan hat
Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr und droht ggf. ...c6-c5 zu spielen.}) 18. Qd3 Nf8 19.
Bxa3 $16 {Der Lb7 wird in dieser Partie nicht mehr glücklich werden.} Qb6 20.
Qc3 Ba8 21. Be4 Bxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Rxa7 {Die Abtäusche haben
die Hilflosigkeit des Ba8 nur noch betont.} Rc8 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Kf1 g5 27. Ke1
Ra8 (27... g4 28. Nd2 {/\} Rd8 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxd4 31. Nd6 Nd7 32. Rxb7
Nxe5 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Ng8+ $18 {mit einer
technischen Gewinnstellung.}) 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. h3 Nd7 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Ra7 Kf8
32. Kd2 Ke7 33. Kc3 Rb6 34. Nd2 $18 {Das Eindringen des Springers nach d6 wird
dem unglücklichen schwarzen Läufer den Garaus bereiten.} Bc8 35. Nc4 Rb8 36.
Nd6 f6 37. Bxc6 fxe5 38. Nxc8+ Rxc8 39. Rxd7+ Kf6 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[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 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 {Zvjaginsevs Spezialvariante, vielleicht eine interessante Alternative zu
den ausgetretenen Pfaden nach 8...a6 und 8...Bb7 ? Im Vergleich zum Abspiel in
der Karpov-Variante 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.0-0 b5 hat Weiß seine
Dame noch auf d1 stehen, allerdings steht dafür der Läufer auf d3. In der
Karpov-Variante hat Weiß die Wahl zwischen 10.Bd3 und 10.Be2.} (8... a6) (8...
Bb7) 9. O-O (9. e4) 9... O-O 10. Bd2 (10. b3) (10. e4) (10. Ne4) 10... Bb7 11.
Rc1 Rc8 $146 (11... h6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Lotz,K-Sohn,H/Wallertheim 1994/GER (20)})
12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 {/\ ...c6-c5}) 12... b4 (12... a6 13. b4 $14
) 13. e4 c5 14. e5 $5 Bxf3 15. exd6 (15. gxf3 $6 {führt zu interessanten
Komplikationen, die jedoch günstig für Schwarz sind..} Bxe5 16. Ba6 (16. dxe5
Nxe5 $17) 16... Rc6 17. Qa4 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb7 Rd6 $17) 17... Qa8 $5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be3 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Nd2 $17) 15... Bd5 16. Ba6 $2 {Dieser Zug
scheint ein glatter Fehler zu sein.} (16. dxc5 {Jetzt muß sich Schwarz um den
Ausgleich bemühen.} Nxc5 (16... Qa5 17. a3 $16) 17. Bxb4 Qxd6 $5 {Sieht
angesichts der Fesselung verdächtig aus, ist aber möglicherweise spielbar.} (
17... Qb6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 {/\ Na4}) 18. Qc2 Nfd7 (18... Bxg2 19. Bxc5 Rxc5
20. Qxc5 Qxd3 21. Nf4 $18) 19. Nc3 (19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Nc3 g6 21. Na4 Qf4 22.
Bxc5 Kxh7 23. b3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 19... Bxg2 $5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Kxg2
Qd4 22. Bxc5 Qg4+ $11) 16... Rb8 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Bd3 (18. Bc4 Qxc5 19. Bxd5
Qxd5) 18... Nxc5 {Der Pd6 ist eine Schwäche.} 19. Bc4 Nce4 20. a3 (20. Bf4 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 e5 $17) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qd8 $17 {Schwarz verbleibt mit einem
soliden Mehrbauern.} 22. Bxd5 Qxd6 23. Qd4 Nxd5 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26.
Rxc5 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28. Rfc1 g6 29. Nc3 Nf4 30. Rc7 e5 31. Re1 Rfa8 32. g3
Ra1 33. Kf1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Ne6 36. Rb7 g5 37. Ne4 Ra4 38. Nc3 Ra1
39. Ne4 Ra4 40. Nc3 Ra6 41. Rb5 Nd4 42. Rd5 g4 43. Ke3 Re6 44. Nb5 Nf5+ 45. Ke4
Ne7 46. Rd7 f5+ 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Nd6+ Kg6 49. Kd3 Ng8 50. Rd8 Nf6 51. Ke3 Re7
52. Rf8 Rd7 53. Nc4 f4+ 54. Ke2 f3+ 55. Ke3 Kg7 56. Ra8 Rd4 57. Ra7+ Kh6 58.
Nb6 Rb4 59. Ra6 Kg5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4 Nxe5 $13)
13... g6 (13... Be7 $5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Khenkin,I/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/
[Lutz] (23) ist eine Möglichkeit, den nun folgenden scharfen Varianten
auszuweichen.}) 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 $5 (15. Nxd4) 15... Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Bg7 18. Qxd4 {Dieses Figurenopfer Figurenopfer ist schon seit einger Zeit
bekannt. Akopian demonstriert in der Folge, dass er mit der Theorie vertraut
ist.} Qxa4 (18... O-O 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Borovikov,V/
Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (62)}) (18... h6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Be3 $14 {
Hansen,LB}) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 {Für die Figur hat Weiß momentan nur einen
Bauern, aber der schwarze König ist in der Mitte steckengeblieben.} Nb6 (20...
O-O $2 21. b3 $16) 21. Qd6 Qd7 22. Qxb4 (22. Rad1 $2 Qxd6 23. exd6+ Kd7 $8 24.
Re7+ Kc6 {Hansen,LB}) 22... Bf8 (22... Nd5 $6 23. Qe4 h6 24. Bf6 O-O 25. Rad1
Bxf6 26. Rxd5 Qb7 27. exf6 Qxb2 28. Qf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Sveshnikov,E/
Sochi 1979/EXT 99 (32)}) 23. Qc3 Qc8 (23... Qe6 $2 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. Rad1 Be7 26.
Rd6 $1 Qc8 27. Rc6 Qd8 28. Rc7 $5 Nd5 29. Qc6+ Kf8 30. Rd7 Qe8 31. Qxd5 Bxf6
32. Rxf7+ $1 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Dominguez,L/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (32)}) (
23... Rc8 $2 24. e6 $18 {Chekhov,V}) 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. e6 (25. Qa3 Bf8 26. Qf3
Bg7 $11 {ECO}) 25... O-O $8 26. Be7 fxe6 $1 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Qb3 Qf7 29. Rxe6
Bxb2 $1 30. Rd1 Bg7 $146 {Erst dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung.} (30... Rb8 $5 31.
Re7 Qxb3 32. axb3 a5 33. Ra7 Bc3 $11 {Hansen,L-Ribli,Z/Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM
37/[Hansen,LB]}) 31. h3 (31. Rd3 Rc8) 31... Rb8 32. Re7 (32. Re7 Qxb3 33. axb3
a5 $11 {mit einem ausgeglichenem Endspiel.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 bxa3 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. bxa3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. e4 c5 16. Qc2 $146 (16. Bf4 Qc8 (16... Qxf4 17. Rxb7 $16 {(B.Gelfand; A.
Huzman)}) 17. Bg5 h6 $6 (17... cxd4 $5 {Krasenkow} 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qe8 20.
Nxd4 Ba4 21. Qb2 $10) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Novikov,I/
EUCup f 1997/CBM 63/[Krasenkow] (61)}) 16... Rac8 $5 {Schwarz gibt den Ph7, um
sich im Zentrum zu entlasten.} (16... h6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. dxc5 $16) 17. e5 Nd5
18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 cxd4 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Nxd4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Kg8 {[%csl Ra3,
Re5][%cal Yf8d8,Yd8d1,Yc8c1,Yb6c4,Yc7e5,Ye7a3] Als Kompensation für den Bauern
hat Schwarz Spiel auf der c- und d-Line sowie Angriffsmöglichkeiten gegen die
Bauern a3 und e5. Wahrscheinlich sollte Schwarz in der Lage sein, ein
remisiges Endspiel mit 4 gg.3 Bauern an einem Flügel herbeizuführen. Besonders
attraktiv sieht die schwarze Stellung trotzdem nicht aus.} 23. Qg4 $6 {Gibt
den Mehrbauern direkt wieder zurück.} (23. Rd1 Rfd8 $44) (23. Nb5 $5 {sieht
besser aus. Weiß nimmt den Pa7 aufs Korn. Ich sehe keinen schwarzen Ausgleich.}
Qc4 {Ansonsten kann Weiß mit 24.Be3 den Druck gegen den Schwarzen Damenflügel
verstärken.} 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Rb7 Bxa3 27. Bxa3 Nxa3 28. Rc1 {
und Schwarz muß den Weg zum Remis noch demonstrieren.}) 23... Qxe5 24. Rb5 Nd5
25. Nf3 Qe2 26. Bb2 Bf6 27. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. a3 {Eine seltenere Alternative zu
12.e4.} (12. e4) 12... bxa3 $5 {Schwarz löst so das Problem seines Pb4,
allerdings kann Weiß nun die b-Linie nutzen. Die Alternativen 12...a5 und 12...
0-0 erscheinen sicherer.} (12... a5 13. e4 O-O 14. Qc2 (14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8
Bxa8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bd2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxd3 21. Bxb4 Rb8
22. Bc3 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Slipak,S-Sorokin,M/Villa Gesell 1996/CBM 52 (61)})
14... h6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Qb8 18. Be3 c5 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. Rxd4
Rc8 21. Qd2 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. axb4 axb4 24. Qc1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qc1 Rc8
27. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Lautier,J/Breda 2000/CBM 76 ext (27)}) (12... O-O 13.
axb4 Bxb4 14. e4 h6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7
20. Qg4 c5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxf3
26. gxf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Re7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM
52 ext (38)}) 13. bxa3 O-O 14. Rb1 $14 {Weiß hat die für derartige Strukturen
typische leichte Initiative.} Qc8 (14... Rb8 15. e4 Ba8 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. e5
Nd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 c5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Qb7 22. f3 Qd5 23. Kh1 Qxd4 24.
Bb5 f5 25. Be3 Qd5 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxc5 Rc8 28. Bd6 Qg7 29. Qe3 h6 30. Rc1
Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Kh7 32. h3 Bd5 33. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Prakash,G/Dhaka 2001/
CBM 82 (33)}) 15. e4 c5 (15... h6 16. Qe2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. Rfc1
Rac8 20. Ne5 Qe7 21. Nc4 Ba8 22. e5 Qb7 23. Qf1 Ne4 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5
26. Re1 Ng5 27. Re3 Qc6 28. h4 Nh7 29. Nd6 $36 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M-Prasad,D/
Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (46)}) 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd5 18. Qg4 {Weiß hat das
Läuferpaar und Angriffsaussichten am Königsflügel.} g6 (18... Rd8 $5 19. Bh6 g6
20. Rfc1 $36) (18... f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 cxd4 21. Re1 $36) 19. h4 h5 20.
Qg3 Nc3 $6 (20... Kg7 $142 $14) 21. Rb2 Kg7 22. Bxg6 $1 {Weiß nutzt die
Gelegenheit zu einem taktischen Schlag.} fxg6 23. Qxc3 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxa3 25.
Qe3 $5 {Durch das Qualitätsopfer behält Weiß den Angriff gegen den schwarzen
König.} Bxb2 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Qxg6+ Rf7 29. Bxb2 $16 Qc4 30. Qxh5
Rd8 31. Ba3 Rd3 $2 (31... Qd3 $142 $5 32. Bd6 Qf5 $16) 32. Bd6 Qf4 33. Qh8+ Kd7
34. Qb8 $18 Rc3 35. Qxa7+ Kc6 36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Qb7+ Kd8 38. Qb6+ Ke8 39. Bb4
Rc4 40. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[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 "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 $5 {Dieses System umgeht die theoretischen Hauptvarianten und gibt Weiß nur
einen leichten Vorteil.} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Qa4 {Die weissen
Hoffnungen auf einen Eröffnungsvorteil zielen auf den rückständigen schwarzen
c-Bauern und die entsprechenden Felderschwächen auf der c-Linie.} Qb6 12. a3 $6
$146 {Vielleicht verdient 12.0-0 oder 12.Nd2 den Vorzug. Der Einschub von
a2-a3 und a7-a5 erscheint mir eher nützlich für Schwarz, da dann Weiß nicht
mehr das Feld a5 (nach Nd2-c4) zur Verfügung hat.} (12. Nd2 Rc8 (12... a5 $5) (
12... Be7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Na5 $16) 13. a3 (13. O-O Be7 14. a3 bxa3 15. b3 Qa6
16. Bxa3 Qxa4 17. bxa4 Ba6 18. Rfc1 c5 19. Nb3 cxd4 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nxd4 Nb8
22. Nb5 Bxa3 23. Nxa7 Bc5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nxc8 Kd8 26. Bc6 Kxc8 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7
28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. g3 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Pelletier,Y/Bundesliga 0203 (52)})
13... bxa3 (13... c5 $5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. O-O Rc7 $1 17. Bxb7 $6
Qxb7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Rd1 Rb8 $15 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Sveshnikov,E/Yerevan 1996/CBM
52 ext/[Chekhov] (56)}) 14. Nc4 (14. b4 $5 Bxb4 15. Bxa3 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17.
O-O Ke7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxa7 $14 {Ogaard,L-Sveshnikov,E/Bucharest/1976/0,5/
21/}) 14... Qa6 15. Qb3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Nxa3 Rxb7 19. Bd2
$14 {Portisch,L-Ree,H/Wijk aan Zee/1975/1|0/40/}) (12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Ba6 14.
Re1 Bb5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. axb4 cxd4 $6 (18... cxb4 {
Chekhov} 19. e4 $36) 19. b5 $1 $16 {Podgaets,M-Karasev,V/URS/1979/1|0/30/})
12... a5 13. O-O Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Qc2 (15. Nc4 $5 Qc7) 15... h6 16. b3 c5
17. axb4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxb4 $11 {Schwarz hat seine Eröffnungsprobleme gelöst.}
19. Rd1 Rfb8 20. Ba3 Qb5 21. Rab1 Bf8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nf3 Ra7
25. Nd4 $6 (25. Rdc1 $5 $11 {Weiss sollte auf das schwache Feld c6 zielen.})
25... Rc7 $15 {Nun bekommt Schwarz die Oberhand, da der Pb3 schwächer ist als
der Pa5 und der Nd4 zwar momentan gut steht, aber durch den Bf8 weggetauscht
werden kann.} 26. g3 Be7 27. Ra1 Bf6 28. Ra4 Qc3 29. Kg2 Rc5 30. Ra2 Qb4 31.
Ra4 Qb6 32. Rda1 Rd5 33. R1a2 Bxd4 34. exd4 Rbd8 $17 {In der Folge erobert
Schwarz den Pd4.} 35. Qe3 Rf5 36. Qe4 Rb5 37. h4 h5 38. R2a3 g6 39. Qe3 Rdd5
40. Rc4 Kg7 41. Qc3 Kh7 42. Kg1 Rf5 43. Qe3 Qb7 44. Rc3 Rb4 45. Ra1 Rfb5 46.
Qf3 Qd7 47. Rd1 Rf5 48. Qe3 Rd5 49. Rdc1 Rbxd4 50. Rc7 Qe8 51. R1c3 Rd1+ 52.
Kg2 Rf5 53. R3c6 Qd8 54. Rc5 Qa8+ 55. R5c6 Qd8 56. Rc5 Qa8+ 57. R5c6 Rd6 58.
Qc3 Rxc6 59. Qxc6 Qd8 60. Qb7 Kg7 61. Rd7 Qf6 62. Qb6 Qe5 63. Rd2 Qe4+ 64. Kh2
Kh7 65. Ra2 Qe1 66. Qa7 Qb4 67. Qe3 Rd5 68. Rc2 Qb5 69. Rc4 Re5 70. Qf3 Rf5 71.
Rf4 Kg7 72. Rxf5 Qxf5 73. Qc3+ Qf6 74. Qe3 Kh7 75. Kg1 Qd8 76. Qf3 Kg8 77. Qc3
Qd1+ 78. Kg2 Qd5+ 79. Kg1 Qb5 80. Qc8+ Kh7 81. Qc7 Kg7 82. Qc3+ Kf8 83. Qc8+
Ke7 84. Qc7+ Kf6 85. Qc3+ Qe5 86. Qf3+ Kg7 87. Qd3 Qc5 88. Qf3 Qc1+ 89. Kh2 Qd2
90. Kg1 Qd4 91. Qe2 e5 92. Qb5 Qc3 93. Qd5 Qc7 94. Kg2 Kf6 95. Kg1 Qb6 96. Kg2
Qc7 97. Qb5 Qc3 98. Qd5 Qb4 99. Qc6+ Kg7 100. Qd5 Qc3 101. Kg1 Qa1+ 102. Kg2
Qe1 103. Qc5 Qe4+ 104. Kg1 Qb1+ 105. Kg2 Qa1 106. Qd5 Qc3 107. Kg1 Kg8 108.
Qd8+ Kh7 109. Qd5 Qc1+ 110. Kg2 Qc7 111. Qb5 Qa7 112. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4 {ist
schärfer, verspricht Weiß aber auch nichts.}) 13... g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4 a6
16. Rc1 (16. a3 {ist die Alternative.}) 16... Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19.
Bc4 N5b6 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 a5 $11 {
Schwarz hat keine Probleme. Das weiße Läuferpaar und der Angriff am
Königsflügel wird durch die schwarze Initiative am Damenflügel kompensiert.} (
24... Nd7 25. Bf6 Bf8 26. Rd1 Nxf6 27. exf6 a5 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 h5 30. f3
Rc5 31. g4 hxg4 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Anand,V/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/[Ftacnik]}) 25.
h5 a4 26. Bd1 Nc4 27. Bf6 Qc5 28. Qh4 Nxb2 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Bg4
Re8 32. Be2 Qe7 33. Qf4 Rc8 34. h6 a3 35. Bb5 Qf8 36. g3 Rb8 37. Bf1 Na4 38.
Bc4 Nc3 39. Bb3 Qe7 40. Kg2 Rd8 41. Kh3 Rd3 42. Rc1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 {Dieses Abspiel
ist sehr scharf, aber nach dem bisherigen Stand der Theorie steht Schwarz
befriedigend. Schwarz schnappt sich den Pe5, muss dafür aber alle taktischen
Tricks beachten, insbesondere einen Einschlag auf e6.} 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Qh5 $5
(15. Re1 Rc8 {und erst jetzt} 16. Qh5 {ist die Hauptvariante, z.B.} g6 17. Qe2
a6 18. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 {Yevseev,D-Dreev,A/
Novgorod 1999/} Nb8 $142 $1 22. Qe2 O-O $17 {Dreev,A}) (15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Qxd5 $5
{ist ebenfalls möglich, wenngleich auch nicht besonders gut für Weiß.}) 15...
g6 (15... N5f6 $5 16. Qe2 Rc8 (16... a6 $5) 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe6
Qe7 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Rac1 Nb8 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxc6+ Rd7 25.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Nac5+ Kc6 27. Qe4+ Kb5 28. a4+ bxa3 29. Qa4+ Kb6 30. Qa6# {
1-0 Hoi,C-Muir,A/Gausdal 1989/EXT 97 (30)}) 16. Qe2 (16. Qe5 Qf6 17. Nf3 a6 18.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nb6+ Ke8 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxa8 Bxa8 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. b3 Ne4 24.
Bb2 Rg8 25. Rac1 Nd6 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Rc7 Kd8 28. Rfc1 Rf8 29. Nf6 Bc4 30. Rd7+
{1-0 Christensen,N-Skjoldager,F/Hedehusene 1991/EXT 97 (30)}) 16... a6 $2 {
Bereits der Verlustzug. Vermutlich hat Pelletier die Varianten verwechselt.
Ohne den Einschub von Re1/...Rc8 (vgl. oben) hat der weiße Na4 das Feld c5.} (
16... Qe7 {ist besser, obwohl Schwarz auch dann in einen Angriff gerät.} 17.
Bg5 $5 Qxg5 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 (18... Kxd7 19. Qb5+ $40) 19. Bc6 (19. Qb5 Rb8 20.
Bc6 a6 21. Qc4 Rc8 $13) 19... Nf4 (19... Bxc6 20. Nxc6+ Kf6 21. f4 $40) 20. Qf3
Rd8 $13) 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 (18... Be7 {ist auch nicht besser, z.B.
} 19. Nc5 $1 axb5 20. Nxb7 Qb8 21. Qxd5 Ra7 22. Re1 Qxb7 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24.
Bg5+ Kf8 25. Qd6+ Kf7 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Bh6 $18) 19. Nc5 $18 {Mit Kraft greift
der Randspringer ein. Mit dem unrochierten König steht Schwarz glatt auf
Verlust.} axb5 20. Nxb7 Qb6 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22. Be3 Qa6 23. Rad1 Rg8 24. Rfe1 g5
25. Qf7 Rg6 26. Ne4 (26. Ne4 Kc7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Nc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 {
Zwei Runden später im gleichen Turnier wählte Novikov hier 14...Qb6, aber der
Textzug ist vollkommen in Ordnung und die beste schwarze Möglichkeit hier.} 15.
a3 bxa3 16. b4 $5 {Die Idee von V. Milov, die diesem Abspiel kurzeitig neue
Impulse aus weißer Sicht gegeben hatte, bis die richtige Entgegnung für
Schwarz gefunden wurde. Weiß will den Bauern c6 festlegen, die taktische
Rechtfertigung ist das in einigen Varianten mögliche Läuferopfer auf h7.} a5 $2
(16... Bxb4 17. Bxh7+ $1) (16... f5 $1 {ist der Zug, der die Variante wieder
in Ordnung gebracht hat für Schwarz.} 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 Nxf6 {nebst ...Bxb4})
17... Nb6 18. Bxa3 Nd5 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Rb3 Kh8 23.
Rab1 Nc7 24. h3 Nd5 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Kg1 Rb6 28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Bc1 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (29)}) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3
Bxa3 $2 (18... Qd8 {verliert nicht sofort, ist aber trotzdem klar besser für
Weiß.} 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/CBM 77/
[Milov,V] (50)}) 19. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {Es ist überraschend, dass ein solcher
Kenner der Semi-Slawischen Verteidigung wie GM Igor Novikov mit dieser Wendung
nicht vertraut zu sein scheint.} Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qd3+ f5 (21... Kxg5 22.
f4+ Kh6 23. Qh3+ Kg6 24. f5+ exf5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Rxf5 Rh8 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. e6+
$18 {Milov,V}) 22. Nxe6 Ra8 (22... Rfe8 23. Rxa3 Qb4 24. Nf4+ Kh7 25. Rb1 Qe7
26. Ra7 Nxe5 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. h4 $18) 23. Rfb1
Rfb8 {Erst dieser Zug ist neu, aber als eine gelungene Neuerung kann man das
wohl nicht bezeichnen ... Ein rabenschwarzer Tag für Novikov, aber so etwas
kommt schon mal vor.} (23... Bc8 24. Rb3 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Lesiege,A/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (24)}) 24. Nf4+ Kf7 25. Qxf5+ Ke7 26. Qe6+ Kd8
27. Qg8+ Nf8 (27... Kc7 28. Ne6#) 28. Ne6+ Kc8 29. Nxf8 Qd8 30. Rxa3 (30. Rxa3
Rxa3 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Qf7+ Kc8 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Ne6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Qb6 {
Geschockt durch seine Niederlage zwei Runden zuvor weicht Novikov nun ab, aber
14...Rb8 ist völlig in Ordnung für Schwarz.} (14... Rb8 {1-0 Moiseenko,
A-Novikov,I/Montreal 2004/CBM 103/[Lutz] (30)}) 15. Bg5 Rfe8 (15... Bxg5 $2 {
ist gefährlich:} 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 17. Nxg5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qg3 c5 (19...
Rh8 20. Nxe6+ Kf7 21. Qb3 Ke7 22. Nxg7 (22. Ng5 $5 $16) 22... Rag8 23. Nxf5+
Kd8 24. Nd6 Kc7 25. Rac1 Kb8 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Qf3 (27. Qe6 $5) 27... Rg6 28.
Rfe1 Nb6 29. e6 Qc7 30. g3 Rc8 31. e7 Qd7 32. Re5 Nd5 $2 (32... Re8) 33. Qxd5 {
1-0 Grigorian,K-Dobosz,H/Yerevan 1980/MCD (33)}) 20. dxc5 Qc6 21. Nxe6+ Kf7 22.
Nd4 Qxc5 23. Nxf5 Nxe5 24. Rac1 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qb6 26. Rc7+ (26. Qxg7+ $18)
26... Kf6 27. Qxg7+ Kxf5 28. Qg4+ Kf6 29. Qg7+ (29. Rg7 $18) 29... Kf5 30. Qg4+
Kf6 31. Qg7+ $2 {1/2-1/2 Williams,A-Cooper,J/Wales 1982/EXT 2003 (31)} (31. Rg7
$18)) 16. Bxe7 (16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Re1 h6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Re3 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {0-1 Pedersen,N-Gurevich,M/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (75)}) 16...
Rxe7 17. Rc1 (17. Qc2 h6 18. a3 b3 19. Qc3 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5 Rc8 22.
Qb4 Nxc5 23. Rac1 Qc6 24. Rc3 Rec7 25. Rfc1 Qd5 26. Qb5 Ne4 27. Rxc7 Qxb5 28.
Rxc8+ Kh7 29. R8c4 Ng5 30. Nxg5+ hxg5 31. Re4 Qd3 32. Rce1 Qd2 33. R4e2 Qd4 34.
h3 a5 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. f3 Kg6 38. Rf2 Kh7 39. Re4 Qd5 40. Re3 Kg6 41.
Rfe2 Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Mednis,E/Riga 1979/IZT (41)}) 17... Rc8 18. Qd2
$14 {Schwarz hat immer noch kleine Probleme bis zum Ausgleich, da ...c6-c5
nicht so leicht durchzusetzen ist.} Ba6 (18... c5 $2 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5
Nxc5 21. Rxc5 $18) 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rc4 c5 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, da er
sich von der Aktivität seiner Figuren und dem Spiel gegen den Pe5 Kompensation
verspricht.} 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxb4 Qc7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rc2 25. Qg5 Nf8
26. Rg4 Ng6 27. h4 Rc5 28. b4 (28. h5 h6 29. Qe3 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxh6
Qxb2 $11) 28... h6 29. Qe3 Rc3 30. Qe4 Rd7 31. h5 Ne7 32. a4 Rd5 33. Re1 Rc1
$11 {Da Weiß sich nun um seine Grundreihe kümmern muss, hat Schwarz
ausgeglichen.} 34. b5 Rdd1 35. Qe2 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Nd5 37. Rd4 Qc3 38. Rd1 Rxd1
39. Qxd1 Qxe5 40. Nf3 Qc7 41. Qd4 Nc3 42. Qb4 Nd5 43. Qd4 Nc3 44. Qb4 Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 {ist die
gebräuchlicher Alternative.}) 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Bxa6
Qxa6 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Bxa3 Rfb8 19. Bd6 {Die lästige Stellung des Bd6 gibt dem
Weißen Hoffnung auf einen kleinen Vorteil.} Rb6 20. g4 $5 (20. Rb3 $14 {
"mit leichtem weißen Vorteil" gemäß Stohl.} Ra6 21. a3 Nb6 22. Nd2 Ra5 23. Rfb1
h6 24. g3 e5 25. Ne4 Rd5 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Bc5 Nd7 28. c4 Nxc5 29. Rb8+ Rd8
30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. dxc5 Rd8 32. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Akopian,V/Chalkidiki 1992})
20... h6 21. h4 Rc8 {/\ ...c5} 22. Rfd1 $1 {Ein prophylaktischer Zug gegen ...
c5} Bd8 (22... c5 $2 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bd8 25. dxc5) 23. c4 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ne4
25. c5 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Bxh4 27. Rb2 f5 {Gerade als die Partieam interessantesten
ist, folgt der Remis-Schluß. Einige unverbindliche Varianten :} (27... f6 $2
28. Ng6 $18) (27... f5 28. f3 Nxd6 (28... Nc3 29. Rb7 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31.
Rxa7 {gefällt mir trotz Minusbauern besser für Weiß, da der a-Bauer gefährlich
ist und der Rd8 außer Spiel bleibt.}) 29. cxd6 Rd8 (29... fxg4 30. d7 Rd8 31.
Rb7 {/\ Nc6}) 30. gxf5 exf5 (30... Rxd6 31. Rb8+ Rd8 (31... Bd8 32. fxe6 {
/\ Nf7}) (31... Kh7 32. Nf7 $18) 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. fxe6 $16) 31. d7 Bf6 32.
Rb7 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Kf7 34. Rxa7 Ke6 35. a4 (35. f4 $5) 35... Kxe5 36. a5 Kd6 37.
a6 c5 {/\} 38. Rb7 Kc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 (9... a6 {Hansen,LB}) 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 (13. e5 {Hansen,LB}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 (14... Nd7 {
Hansen,LB} 15. c6 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bb1 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rd1 {Yermolinsky,A-Akopian,V/Luzern/1997/}) 15. Rd1 $5 {In
Verbindung mit dem folgenden weißen Plan ist dieser Zug nicht ungiftig.} Qc7
16. c6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Ba8 {Mit dem Läufer auf a8 hat Schwarz die gelegentliche
Idee ...Qb7, allerdings ist das Feld a6 geschwächt. 17...Bb7 erscheint mir
natürlicher.} (17... Bb7 18. Nb3 $6 (18. e5 Nd7 19. Bf4 {kommt auch hier stark
in Betracht.}) 18... Bd6 19. g3 Nd7 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Bb1 Rxc1 23.
Rxc1 Rc8 24. f4 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Nd7 26. e5 Bc7 27. Be4 Bb6+ 28. Kg2 Nxe5 29. Kh3
Ng6 30. Bd2 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 a5 32. a3 {Jelen,I-Novikov,I/Bled op 1996/EXP 51/0-1
(46)}) 18. e5 $1 Nd7 19. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd4b5,Yb5d6] Eigentlich ist
alles ganz einfach : Weiß droht nun Nb5-d6.} Nc5 20. Bc2 a6 {Nun ist Nd4-b5
verhindert, aber ...} 21. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7][%cal Yc2h7,Yf4h6,Ye2g4,Yg4g7,
Yh4h5,Yh5h6] der schwarze Königsflügel ist schwach. Schwarz hätte nun seinen
Springer lieber auf f8 als auf c5.} Rfd8 (21... Bxh4 22. Qh5 $18) 22. h5 Qb7 (
22... h6 $2 {Hansen,LB} 23. Qg4 Kh8 (23... Kf8 24. Bh7 $1 $16 {/\ Bh6}) 24. Nf5
$1 exf5 (24... Bf8 25. Nd6 $16) 25. Qxf5 $18) (22... Rd7 $5 {Hansen,LB} 23. Qg4
Qd8 24. Bh6 Qf8 $5 $13) 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Nf3 (24. h6 $6 gxh6 {nebst ...Rg8 wäre
voreilig.}) 24... Ne4 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd1 $16 {Weiß hat großen
Vorteil. Sollte Schwarz angesichts des Sadlerschen Konzepts zu 14...Nd7
greifen ?} Bb6 (27... Be7 $2 {Hansen,LB} 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Ng5 $16 {/\} Bxg5
30. Qxg5 $18) (27... Qe7 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qh4 {>< f6,d8} Qf5
30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Bd5 32. Rxb4 Kg8 (32... Bxa2 {Hansen,LB} 33. Ra4 Bc4 $2
34. Rxc4 $1 $18) 33. Kh2 Rf8 34. f3 Rc8 (34... f6 {Hansen,LB}) 35. a3 f6 36.
Qxf6 Qxf6 37. exf6 Kf7 38. Bg5 e5 39. Rb6 Rc2 40. Kg3 e4 41. Rd6 Bc6 42. fxe4
1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 {Besser sind vermutlich die Alternativen 8...Bb7 und 8...b4.} (8... Bb7 9.
O-O (9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 (12... Be7 {- 9.0-0}))
9... Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. bxc3 $11) (8... b4) 9. e4 b4
10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Be7 $2 {Das sieht wie ein glatter Fehler
aus, Schwarz kommt nun in große Schwierigkeiten.} (12... Bd6 {ist der
Normalzug, um das Feld e5 zu kontrollieren. Aber auch dann hat Weiß leichten
Vorteil:} 13. c4 $1 (13. Nd2) (13. Qa4) 13... O-O (13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15.
Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 $16 {Bareev,E}) (13... c5 14. dxc5 Qa5+ (14...
Bxc5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne5 $16 {Bareev,E}) 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Bf3 Ra7
18. c6 Qxa2 19. Rb3 $36 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Fleck,J/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (59)
}) 14. c5 Bc7 15. O-O $14 {Aleksandrov,A-Bareev,E/FIDE-Wch New Delhi 2000/
[Lutz]}) 13. Ne5 $16 {Schwarz bekommt nun Probleme mit dem Pc6.} Bb7 14. Rb1
Ra7 15. Bf3 O-O {Schwarz will im Trüben fischen, aber das Opfer ist nicht
korrekt.} (15... Nd5 16. Bd2 $16 {nebst c3-c4 ist aber auch schon nicht mehr
erfreulich.}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qd5 18. Nxa7 Qxg2 19. Rf1 Qa8 $2 (19...
Ra8 $5 $16 20. Qe2 (20. Qb3 Rxa7 {mit der Idee} 21. Qb8+ Bf8 22. Qxa7 $2 Qe4+)
20... Rxa7 21. f3 Qh3 {und Schwarz hat wenigstens noch etwas Gegenspiel.}) 20.
Qb3 $1 $18 Qe4+ (20... Qxa7 21. Qb7) 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Kd2 f5 23. Kc1 Bd6 24. Bd2
Nf4 25. Be3 (25. f3 Qd3 26. Re1 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Qxe2 28. Nc6 $18) 25... Ra8 26.
Qc2 Ba3+ 27. Kd2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qe4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kc2 Rxa7 31. Qe2 Qd6 32.
Rb3 h6 33. Rfb1 Re7 34. Qf3 Re8 35. c4 Qxd4 36. Rxa3 Qxc4+ 37. Kb2 Qd4+ 38. Rc3
Rd8 39. Rbc1 Qd2+ 40. Kb1 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
a6 $6 (7... b5) 8. a4 b5 9. axb5 Nb6 10. Bd3 cxb5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13.
O-O h6 14. Bf4 $14 Rc8 15. h3 g5 $6 16. Bg3 Rg8 17. Rfd1 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19.
Bxf4 gxf4 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Bxb5+ Kf8 22. Qh5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25.
Rd6 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Rb4 28. Ne2 Rxe5 29. Nxf4 Reb5 30. Nd3 Ke7 31.
Nxb4 Kxd6 32. Nd3 a5 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Rd2 a4 36. h4 a3 37. bxa3 Rb3
38. Nc5 Rxa3 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40. Ra7 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Bc4 42. Rxa2 Bxa2 {Hecht: [#]
4-3 B am K-Flügel, guter wS bei fixierten schwaren Bauern Plan: 1) Festlegen
der sB, 2) Umgehung mit wK, 3) FB-Bildung} 43. e5 Bd5 44. Nd7+ Kg7 45. Nf6 Bc6
46. Kf4 Kg6 47. g4 Kg7 48. Ke3 Ba4 49. Kd4 Bd1 50. f4 Bc2 51. Kc5 Kf8 52. Kd6
Bd3 53. h5 Bc2 54. g5 hxg5 55. fxg5 Bd3 56. h6 Bc2 57. Nd7+ Kg8 58. Ke7 Bg6 59.
Kf6 Bh5 60. Nb6 Kh7 61. Nc8 Kg8 62. Nd6 Bg6 63. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 {Ein Nachteil von 8.Bb3 ist, daß die Diagonale f1-a6 ungeschützt
ist. Schwarz gleicht am einfachsten mit 8...b4 9.Na4 Ba6! aus, vgl. Ilincin,
Z-Blagojevic,D/JUg-ch PodgaricA (13) ; CBM 53 1996.} (8... b4 $1 9. Na4 Ba6 $10
) 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 c5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Rb4,Rb5,
Rc6] >< b4, b5, c6} Rc8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. f3 Rc8 18.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Qa5 (19. Bxb4 $2 Ba6 20. Qa5 Qc1+) 19... a6 (19... Ba6 20. Nc2)
20. Bxb4 Bc7 21. Qg5 Qb8 22. Qh4 Ne5 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Ng6 25. Qh3 e5 26. Ne6
Bd8 27. Nec5 Bc8 28. g4 Qd6 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Qf1 Nh4 31. Kf2 Nf6 32. Qc4 Nxe4+
33. Qxe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 Bxg4 35. Nc5 Nf3 36. Bc3 Bh4+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Bd5 Bh3+
39. Kh1 Nf3 40. Nd3 Bf6 41. Bb7 Bg5 42. Nxe5 Nxe5 43. Bxe5 Bf1 44. Bd4 Be7 45.
Kg1 Bc4 46. b3 Bd3 47. Bc3 Bd8 48. a4 Kf8 49. Kf2 Bc7 50. b4 f6 51. h4 Ke7 52.
Bd4 Kd7 53. Kf3 Bd6 54. Bc3 Kc7 55. Bd5 Bc2 56. b5 axb5 57. Ba5+ Kb8 58. axb5
Bd1+ 59. Kf2 Bg4 60. Bc3 Bd7 61. b6 Bg4 62. Bd4 h5 63. Kg2 Kc8 64. Bc3 Bc5 65.
b7+ Kb8 66. Be1 Bd6 67. Bg3 Be5 68. Kf2 Bd7 69. Bxe5+ fxe5 {Hecht: [#]
blockierter weißer Doppelmehrbauer ab Zug 77, Gewinn durch Zugzwang} 70. Ke1
Bb5 71. Kd2 Ba6 72. Kc3 Bxb7 73. Kc4 Ba6+ 74. Kc5 Kc7 75. Ba8 Kd7 (75... g5 {
Hecht} 76. hxg5 h4 (76... Bc8 77. Bd5 h4 78. g6 h3 79. g7 h2 80. g8=Q h1=Q 81.
Qg7+ Bd7 82. Qxe5+ Kc8 83. Kd6 Qh6+ 84. Be6 Qf8+ 85. Kd5 $18) (76... Kd7 77.
Kd5 h4 78. g6 Ke7 79. Kxe5 h3 80. Kf5 Bf1 (80... Bd3 81. Kg5 h2 82. e5 Ke6 $44)
81. Bd5 Bg2 82. g7 h2 83. g8=Q h1=Q $16 {Gewinn?-Analyse!}) 77. g6 h3 78. g7 h2
79. g8=Q h1=Q 80. Qg7+ Kb8 81. Bd5 $18 Qc1+ 82. Kb6) 76. Kd5 Ke7 77. Kxe5 Bc8
78. Kf4 Bg4 79. e5 Ke6 80. Bb7 Be2 81. Bc8+ Kf7 82. Bf5 Ke7 83. Kg5 Bf3 84. Bg6
Ke6 85. Bxh5 Be4 86. Kf4 Bc2 87. Bg4+ Ke7 88. Bf5 Ba4 89. Kg5 Be8 {[#]} 90. Bc8
Kf8 91. h5 Ke7 92. Bf5 Bc6 93. Bh7 Be8 94. Bg6 Bb5 95. Bh7 Bc6 96. Bg8 (96. Kg6
{Hecht} Be8+) 96... Be4 97. e6 Bd3 98. Bf7 Be4 99. Bg6 Bc6 100. Bf5 Bb5 101.
Bg4 Bd3 (101... Be8 {Hecht} 102. e4 Kf8 103. h6 gxh6+ 104. Kf6 h5 105. e7+ Kg8
106. Be6+ Kh7 107. Bf7 $18) 102. Kf4 Bb5 103. Kf5 Be8 104. e4 {Zugzwang!} Kd6
105. h6 gxh6 106. Kf6 h5 107. e5+ Kd5 108. Bf3+ Kd4 109. e7 h4 110. Bg2 Ke3
111. Bh3 Kf4 112. Be6 Bc6 113. Bd5 (113. Bf7 {Hecht} h3 (113... Ke4 114. e8=Q
Bxe8 115. Bxe8 Kd5 116. e6 h3 117. e7 h2 118. Bc6+ $18) 114. e8=Q Bxe8 115.
Bxe8 $18) 113... Bd7 114. e6 Be8 115. Bg2 Kg3 116. Bf1 Kf4 117. Bh3 Ke4 (117...
Kg3 {Hecht} 118. Bf5 h3 119. Bxh3 Kxh3 120. Kg7 Kg4 121. Kf8 $18) 118. Bf5+ Kf4
119. Bg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O $6 {Dieser Zug erlaubt es Schwarz, sofort auszugleichen.} ({
Aussichtsreicher ist} 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 {mit Chancen
auf einen leichten Vorteil.}) 9... c5 10. e4 (10. d5) 10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5
12. Qd3 Qc7 13. e5 $1 {Ein (fast erzwungenes) Bauernopfer im Kampf um die
Initiative. Würde Weiß nicht diesen Zug spielen, könnte er nach ...0-0 und ...
Bb7 schon bald schlechter stehen.} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf3 Nd5 $6 {Dieser
Zug bringt Schwarz in Nachteil, da er wegen der offenen Diagonalen f3-a8
Probleme mit dem Ra8 bekommt.} (15... Bd6 $5 {führt zu unklarem Spiel:} 16. g3
Rb8 17. Qc6+ (17. Bf4 Qc5) 17... Ke7 18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Qb6 Nd7) 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 (
16... exd5 17. Bf4 {/\} Qe6 18. Bxb5+ $1 axb5 19. Rfe1 $16) 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Qg3
Bd6 (18... O-O 19. Bf3 Bd6 (19... Ra7 20. Be3 $18) 20. Be3 Qxe3 21. Qxd6 Qa7
22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Rac1 $16) 19. Be3 Bxg3 20. Bxd4 Bd6 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Ba7 Rb7
23. Bxb7 Bxb7 $14 {Das Endspiel erscheint mir durchaus haltbar. In der Phase
um den 40.Zug konnte Schwarz vermutlich sein Spiel verbessern.} 24. Rac1 Kd7
25. Bc5 Be5 26. Rfd1+ Bd5 27. Bd4 Bd6 28. a3 Rg8 29. Rc3 h5 30. Rh3 g6 31. Bf6
Rb8 32. Re3 Rg8 33. Be5 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rc8 35. Kf1 a5 36. f3 Kd6 37. Re3 Rc2 38.
Re2 Rc4 39. h3 Kc5 40. Kf2 b4 41. axb4+ Kxb4 42. Ke3 f6 43. Rd4 Rxd4 44. Kxd4
Bc4 45. Rc2 e5+ 46. Ke4 h4 47. f4 Be6 48. Rc6 Bf5+ 49. Ke3 a4 50. Rxf6 exf4+
51. Kxf4 Kb3 52. Rb6+ Ka2 53. Ke3 Bc2 54. Kd2 Be4 55. Kc3 Bxg2 56. Ra6 g5 57.
Rxa4+ Kb1 58. Rg4 Bxh3 59. Rxg5 Bd7 60. Rg7 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 (
14... Rc8) 15. c6 $1 Bxc6 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qa5 (17... Qb8 18. Bb5 Nf6 (
18... Ne5 19. Nd4) 19. Nd4 $16 {Chekhov}) 18. Rfd1 {Etwas zu routinemäßig.
Kritischer ist 18.Bb5, um das geschwächte Feld c6 anzusteuern.} (18. Bb5 Rad8 (
18... Nf6 19. Nd4 Rac8 (19... Bxe4 20. Bc6 $18) (19... Nxe4 20. Nc6 $18) 20.
Nc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 $5 24. e5 Ne8 $8 (24... Nd5
25. Ba4 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 $18) 25. Bxa7 $16 {(Varianten gemäß Stohl)}) 19. Nd4 Bf6
(19... Bxe4 20. Bc6 {Stohl}) 20. f3 a6 21. Bc4 Nc5 22. Rfd1 $14 {mit
Remisschluß in Stohl,I-Novikov,I (Ostrava 1994). Laut Stohl steht Weiß
angesichts des schwachen Bb7 etwas besser.}) 18... Rac8 (18... Nc5 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 g6 22. Bc4 Rad8 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. Qe2 Rd4 25. g3 Rfd8
26. Bb3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bd4 29. b3 Qc5 30. h4 Bxe5 31. Kg2 Bd4
32. Bc2 Kg7 33. Bd3 {Ruzele,D-Novikov,I/EU-chT 1992/EU-chT/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 19.
Bb1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 $5 {Eine seltene Idee, die auf den
Ideen Nx6 und/oder Qh5(+) basiert.} cxd4 ({Aus Respekt vor der Drohung Nxe6
wurde häufiger} 12... Be7 {gespielt:} 13. Qh5 Bxg5 (13... g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15.
Nxe6 Bxh6 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxh6 cxd4 18. Rc1 (18. Bb5 Ne7 19. O-O Bc6 20. Bxc6
Nxc6 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bg7 Rg8 24. Bxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ippolito,
D-Neelotpal,D/Calicut 1998/CBM 67 ext (75)}) 18... Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. e6
fxe6 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stempin,P-Matlak,M/Suwalki 1999/EXT
2000 (47)}) 14. Bxg5 Qa5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qe2 Qxe2+
19. Kxe2 Kd7 20. Rhc1 Kc6 21. Bd2 a5 22. Rc4 (22. a4 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rhb8 24. Rc2
Rb5 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rg3 g5 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rg4 Rab8 29. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,
G-Lautier,J/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (29)}) 22... Kb5 23. Rg4 g6 24. Rg3 h5
25. Rf3 Ra7 26. a3 Rd7 27. Be3 bxa3 28. Rxa3 Nb4 29. Bd2 Rhd8 30. Bc3 Nc6 31.
Rf4 Kxc5 32. Bxa5 Nxa5 33. Rxa5+ Kb6 34. Ra3 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Rxf7 Rd5 37.
Kf3 Rxe5 38. Re3 Rbb5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Kf4 Rd5 41. Rf6 g5+ 42. Ke4 Kc5 43.
Rxe6 Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Rh4 45. h3 Kd5 46. Rg6 Re4+ 47. Kd3 Re5 48. Ra6 Rf5 49. Ra5+
Ke6 50. Rxf5 Kxf5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. g4 h4 53. f3 Kf6 54. Kd4 {1-0 Avrukh,
B-Gurevich,M/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (54)}) 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 Qxe5+ 15. Be2
Kxf8 {Jetzt kann Schwarz nicht mehr rochieren, aber hat immerhin einen
Mehrbauern und zentral postierte Figuren. Es sieht nicht so aus, als hätte er
ernsthafte Probleme hier.} (15... Rxf8 $5 16. O-O O-O-O 17. a3 Kb8 {1/2-1/2
Volzhin,A-Horvath,C/Gyula 2000/CBM 76 (17)}) 16. O-O Re8 17. Bc4 (17. Bb5 N5f6
{1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Chernin,A/HUN-ch 1992/CBM 34 (17)}) 17... Nf4 $5 $146 (
17... Re6 $2 18. f4 $1 Qd6 19. Qxd4 N5b6 20. Qxd6+ Rxd6 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. Bb3
Ke7 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Be3 Rhd8 25. Bc5 R6d7 26. g4 h5 27. Be7+ Rxe7 28. g5+ Kf5
29. Rxe7 Bd5 30. Rd1 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Haimovich,T/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 (30)}) (
17... h5 $5 {mit der Idee ...g6, ...Kg7} 18. Bd2 Qd6 $13) 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Bb5
Re7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qc2 Rc7 25. Qb3 Rd7
26. Re4 g5 27. h4 h6 28. Qd1 Ne7 29. Bd2 a5 30. Qg4 Rd5 31. Rae1 Ng6 32. h5 Ne5
33. Qg3 $15 {Mit Remisschluss, obwohl mir die schwarze Stellung besser gefällt.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng5 Qc7 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. e4 Be7 15. e5
Nd5 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. Nexd4 Nc5 18. f5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 exf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5
Qb6 22. Qe4 Rad8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nf5 Rfe8 25. Bxh6 Bf8 26. Bf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4
Qe6 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Rad1 Bc5 30. e6 Rf8 31. b3 Qd5 32. e7 Bxe7 33. Nf5 Qb7 34.
Qf3 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 {[%tqu "De","Die schwarze Dame muss den Le7 decken, ist aber
selbst angegriffen. Was soll Schwarz spielen ?","Untersuchen Sie alle
Kandidatenzuege und ueberlegen Sie dann, was Weiss antworten koennte !","",
"b7c7","Das geschah in der Partie, ist aber falsch.",0,"f8b8","Das waere der
richtige Zug gewesen.",10]} Qc7 $4 (35... Rb8 {ist der richtige Zug. Graf
befürchtete dann} 36. Rd7 Qxd7 37. Qg4 {, aber nach} Qxf5 38. Qxf5 Rb6 39. Qd7
Re6 40. g3 a6 $11 {erreicht Schwarz das Unentschieden dank einer Festung.}) 36.
Qg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+
Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Ne4 (24. Nc4 $5 {0-1 Radjabov,T-Shirov,A/
Sarajevo 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (51)}) 24... Rf5 25. Qd4 $6 (25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+
Rxf6 27. Bxb4 Kh7 28. Qc3 Rg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Dreev,A/Odessa 1989/
URS-ch (28)}) 25... Nf4 $1 $15 {Die Akitvität der Figuren machen die Schwächen
in der schwarzen Bauernstruktur mehr als wett.} 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28.
Nc5 (28. f3 $142 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Rd4 31. Rc1) 28... Rd2 29. f3 Rc4
30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bd5 $17 32. a3 b3 33. Na4 Rc2 34. Rb1 Bc6 35. Nc3 Be8
36. h4 Bg6 37. Rd1 $2 (37. Ne4 $17) 37... Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O
15. Rb1 Qc8 $5 {Dieser Zug stellt eine Neuerung dar, liegt aber eigentlich
nicht fern. Häufiger wurde die schwarze Dame nach c7 gestellt, aber dann kann
Weiß mit einem eventuellem Bf4 ein Tempo gewinnen. Außerdem kann Schwarz bei
Gelegenheit jetzt ...Ba6 spielen.} (15... Qc7 {würde über Zugumstellung zu
einer älteren Partie von Tkachiev führen.} 16. e4 c5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Qe2 c4 19.
Bc2 Bxa3 20. e5 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Novikov,I/Isle of Man 1996/EXT 97 (19)})
16. e4 c5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bd5 21. dxc5 $6 (21. Rfc1
$5) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxh6 f5 {Schwarz hat die weiße Initative abgeschlagen,
jetzt muss Weiß bereits nach einer Notbremse suchen.} 23. Qg5 Qc7 24. c6 (24.
Qg3 $5 f4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 $11) 24... Bxc6
25. Qg3 (25. Rfc1 Rf6 $17) 25... f4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Bxf3
29. gxf3 Rb8 30. Bc4 (30. Bc4 Rxb1 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Rxb1 Qd6 33. Re1 Qxa3 34.
Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 {Der mit 13.Re1
beginnende Variantenkomplex ist äußerst verwickelt, aber Schwarz braucht die
Komplikationen nicht zu fürchten. Hier hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahren
wenig getan.} g6 14. Bd2 Bg7 15. Bb5 a6 16. Nc5 axb5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Nd6+ Ke7
19. Bg5+ Kf8 20. Nxd4 (20. Rc1 h6 21. Bh4 Nxe5 $1 22. Nxe5 Qxd6 23. Rc6 Qxe5
24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe2 Bg7 26. Qxb5 Kg8 $15 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Akopian,V/WchT
Luzern 1993/CBM 38/[Ftacnik] (40)}) (20. Bh4 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxd6 22. Bg3 Qe7 23.
Rc1 Kg8 24. Nc6 Qd7 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Ne5 Qd8 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Ne5 Qd8 29. Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Slobodjan,R/Pamplona 1996/CBM 52/[Ftacnik]}) 20... Nxe5 (
20... Bxe5 $5 21. Bh6+ (21. N6xb5 Kg7 $36 {Ftacnik}) 21... Ke7 22. N6xb5 Rhc8
$15 {Ftacnik}) 21. N4xb5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. a3 (16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Bc4 h6 (19... N5b6 20.
Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 Nd7 25. Bf6 Bf8 26.
Rd1 $10 {Piket,J-Anand,V/Dortmund (9)/1992/0.5 (31)}) 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Bf6 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rae8 24. f4 f6 25. Nb6 fxe5 26. Nxd5 $10 {Piket,
Je-Kramnik,V/Amstedam VSB (2)/1993/0.5 (31)}) 16... bxa3 (16... Bg7 $5 17. axb4
$1 Nxb4 (17... Qxb4 18. Re4 $1) 18. Bc4 $1 $16 {Ftacnik}) 17. bxa3 Bg7 18. Rb1
(18. Bd2 Qd8 $1 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2
Vaganian,R-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1991/TD (22)}) 18... Rb8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rxb7 $5 {
Alles noch 'Theorie' bis hier. Weiß gibt opfert für einen Moment die Qualität,
um sie mit einem Mehrbauern zurück zu gewinnen.} Rxb7 21. Bxa6 Rc7 $5 {Dies
ist ungewöhnlich, häufiger wurde 20...Qa8 gespielt.} (21... Qa8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 {
Man dachte für geraume Zeit, dass Schwarz trotz des Minusbauern gut steht, da
die weißen Figuren unkoordiniert sind und die Bauern auf a3 und e5 Schwächen
darstellen. Allerdings zeigte die Partie Lautier-Pelletier, dass Weiß wohl
doch etwas besser steht.} 23. Nc3 (23. Bb4 $5 Nxb4 24. axb4 Qxb4 $1 25. Nc6 Qb7
26. Qd6 Bf8 27. Nc5 $1 Bxd6 28. Nxb7 Bc7 29. Nd6+ Kf8 $1 (29... Bxd6 $6 30.
exd6 O-O 31. Ra1 Nb8 $1 32. Na7 Rd8 33. Nb5 $36 {Pinter,J-Kaidanov,G/Budapest/
1989/ (34)}) 30. Ra1 Nxe5 $1 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Rxh8 Nxc6 33. Rc8 Bxd6 34. Rxc6
Bf4 35. g4 f5 36. h3 fxg4 37. hxg4 Kf6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kf3 Bb8 {1/2-1/2
Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V/Madrid 1993/CBM 36/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 23... O-O 24.
Nf3 Ra8 25. Qc1 (25. Qa1 N5b6 $1 $10 {Dorfman,I-Novikov,I/Lvov/1988/}) 25...
Bf8 (25... N5b6 $5 {Lutz}) 26. Nxd5 Bxa3 (26... Qxd5 {Lutz} 27. Bb4) 27. Qc7
Qxd5 28. Ra1 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Pelletier,Y/Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (40)
Schwarz hat zwar den Bauern zurückgewonnen, aber seine Figuren haben sich
verknotet. Daher muss er noch gewisse Probleme überwinden.}) 22. Nb5 $6 (22.
Ba5 O-O 23. Nf3 $5 {erscheint mir wie eine Verbesserung, zumindest kann Weiß
seinen Mehrbauern erst einmal halten.} (23. Nc6 Qa8 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Bxc7 Nd5
26. Bf1 Nxc7 27. Qxd7 Qa5 {/\ ...Be5}) (23. Nb5 Bxe5 24. Nxc7 (24. Rxe5 Rc1 $1
25. Qxc1 Qxa5 $15) 24... Bxc7 $15 25. Bb4 Nxb4 26. axb4 Qh4 $1 27. g3 (27. Qxd7
Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Qc6 Rd2 $19) 27... Qxb4 $17 28. Re3 Nf6 29. Qc2 Bb8 30.
Rc3 Ba7 31. Rc4 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kg7 35. Qc2 Bxf2 {
0-1 Gustafsson,J-Ribli,Z/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 23... Rc1 (23... Qa8 24.
Bxc7 Qxa6 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Nb2 Rc3) 24. Bxd8 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd8 26. Bc4 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Nb6 $14) 22... O-O 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc1 Qa7 25. Bb5 Nxe5 $15 {
Schwarz hat den Bauern zurückgewonnen und hat Vorteil, da der Pa3 schwach ist
und die schwarzen Figuren gut koordiniert sind.} 26. Qc5 Qb8 27. Rc1 Ng4 28. g3
h5 29. Be2 Qa8 30. Qc4 Ne5 31. Qe4 Rb8 32. Bd1 Nd7 {Weiß klebt am Na4.} 33. Rb1
Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Bd4 35. Qb3 Qa7 36. Be1 Ne5 37. Nb2 {Dieser Springer hat seit
dem 10.Zug nicht merh gezogen! Nun kehrt er zurück und Weiß verliert gleich
einen Bauern.} Bxb2 38. Qxb2 Nd3 39. Qe2 Nxe1 40. a4 Qa5 41. Kf1 Nc3 42. Qxe1
Qd5 43. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Qxa4 $17 45. h4 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 e5 47. Qc7 Kg7 48. Qe7
Qd4 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qf5 51. Qc7 Qe6 52. Qc3 Qd5 53. Qc7 Kf6 54. Qc8 Qe6
55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qc7 Qf6 57. Qc5 g5 58. hxg5 Qxg5 59. Qc4 Qg4 60. Qc5 Qd1+ 61.
Kg2 Qd4 62. Qe7 Qg4 63. Qe8 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qxe5
(21. Qe4+ {0-1 Radjabov,T-Shirov,A/Sarajevo 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (51)}) 21... Qd7
(21... Qf6 $2 {Mein Eindruck ist, dass Damentausch dem Weißen in die Hände
spielt, da dann die Schwächen in der schwarzen Struktur offenkundig werden.}
22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. Rfe1 Raf8 (24... Rb8 25. f3 Rb6 26. Ne4 Rf8 27.
Nc5 Bc8 28. Re4 $16 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ippolito,D/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (50)})
25. f3 g5 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Nd3 $16 {1-0 Milov,V-Smirnov,P/Panormo
2002/CBM 90 ext (48)}) 22. Nc4 (22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Ne4 (23. Qxe6 $2 Qxd6 $1)
23... Rf5 24. Qd4 Nf4 {Jetzt bietet Schwarz selbst Damentausch an, da nun
seine Figuren sehr aktiv stehen.} 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. f3 Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Kg6 $15 {0-1 Lesiege,A-Akopian,V/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (43)}) (
22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Nc4 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxd2 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Ne5 Bb5
$132 {0-1 Thorhallsson,T-Dreev,A/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18 ext (47)}) 22... Rad8
23. Rfe1 $6 (23. Rac1 $5 {- 22.Rac1 Rad8 23.Nc4}) 23... Nb6 $1 {Damit hat
Schwarz seine Probleme endgültig gelöst (wenn er denn welche hatte) und fängt
an, auf Vorteil zu spielen..} 24. Nd6 Nc8 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6
Rxd6 28. Bxb4 Rfd8 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 $15 30. Red1 Nd5 31. b4 Kg6 32. Rac1 Kf6 33.
a3 Ke7 34. f3 Bd7 35. Rc5 Rb6 36. Kf2 g5 37. Ra5 a6 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Rd4 Bb5 40.
h4 Rf8 41. Rc1 Kd6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rg4 Rf5 44. Rc8 Re5 45. Re4 Rxe4 46. fxe4
Nb6 47. Rc5 e5 48. Kf3 Nd7 49. Rc8 Bc6 50. Rd8 Kc7 51. Rg8 Bxe4+ 52. Kf2 Kd6
53. Rxg5 Nf6 54. Rg7 Nd5 55. Ke2 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Bd3 57. Ke3 Bf1 58. Rh7 Nd5+ 59.
Kf2 Bd3 60. Rh8 e4 61. Re8 Kd7 62. Re5 Kd6 63. Re8 Kd7 64. Re5 Nf6 65. Rg5 Ke6
66. Ke3 Nd5+ 67. Kd4 Ne7 68. g4 Nc6+ 69. Ke3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 c5 $6 {Diese Variante genießt zu Recht keinen guten Ruf.}
(10... Be7 $142) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qe2 (12. e4 $5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be3
Qb6 15. Bb5 Rd8 (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Bxd7+ $18) 16. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Bxd7+ Ke7 {
Saglchik,G-Zamora,J (USA 1995)} 18. Bxc5+ $1 Qxc5 19. Qg4 Qe5 20. Qg7+ Kd6 21.
Rfd1+ Kc7 22. Be8+ $1 $18 {Shamkovich; Sloan}) 12... Rg8 (12... Qb6 $5 {
1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Prie,E/Clichy 1993 (57)}) 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bd6
16. Rd1 Qc7 17. g3 Ne5 18. Be3 $16 {Die Scheinaktivität der scharzen Figuren
kann nicht die Bauernschwächen an beiden Flügeln kompensieren.} Nxd3 $6 (18...
Rd8 19. Rac1 Qb8 $16 {ist zäher.}) 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Qb5+ Ke7 22.
Bc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5+ (23. Nxc5 $5 Ba8 24. Rd7+ Rxd7 25. Qxd7+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6
27. Rc8+ {(Fritz) war auch nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 23... Rd6 24. Rxd6
Qxd6 25. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 Be7 $5 {Es ist
beachtenswert, dass Semi-Slawisch-Experte Dreev von der Hauptvariante 13...g6
abweicht. Nach 13...Le7 waren die schwarzen Ergebnisse bislang weniger
erfreulich.} 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Qh5 (15. Qg4 $5 Re8 (15... Kh8 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bh6
Re8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qf3 Kg8 20. Qg4 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxe5 23. Qe4 Bg5
24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Ba6 29. Ne2 Nf4
30. Nxc1 {1-0 Dorfman,J-Bednarski,J/Polanica Zdroj 1978/MCD (30)}) 16. Bh6 Bf8
17. Bg5 Be7 18. h4 Rc8 19. a3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 bxa3 21. Rxa3 a6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 Kf8 25. Rf3 f5 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. g6+ {1-0 Scheeren,P-Cuijpers,
F/Hilversum 1984/MCD (27)}) 15... g6 16. Qh6 Nxe5 $1 {Nach diesem
vorübergehenden Opfer geht der Vorteil an Schwarz über.} 17. Rxe5 Nf6 $1 18.
Qf4 (18. Be3 Ng4 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qc5 (21. Qf4 e5 $19) 21... e5
$19) 18... Bd6 19. Qg3 (19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Ndb3 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Speelman,J/
Tilburg 1992/CBM 32 (20)} Bxb3 21. axb3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxd3 $17) 19... Nd7 20.
Bf4 Qf6 21. Be4 (21. Rae1 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 (23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5
Rfd8 $19) 23... Rfd8 24. Qe3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Qe3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxe5 $19)
21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Qf5 $15 {[%csl
Ra4] Die Stellung hat sich geklärt. Schwarz hat Turm und Bauer gegen zwei
Leichtfiguren. Aber der Na4 steht abseits, was Schwarz zum Vorteil gereicht.}
26. Qb3 Rd4 27. Bf3 Rc8 28. Qe3 e5 29. h3 Rc7 30. Re1 f6 31. Qb3+ Kg7 32. Bg4
Qc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Be6 h5 35. Bb3 Rc7 36. Kf1 h4 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 e4
39. Ke2 f5 40. Kd2 Kf6 41. b3 {Endlich kommt der weiße Springer wieder ins
Spiel, aber in der Zwischenzeit hat Schwarz seinen König zentralisiert und die
Bauern am Königsflügel vorgerückt.} Rd7+ 42. Ke1 Rd6 43. Be2 Ke5 44. Nb2 Kd4
$17 45. Kd2 g5 46. Nd1 f4 47. Nb2 Rc6 48. Nd1 Rc5 49. Nb2 e3+ 50. fxe3+ fxe3+
51. Kd1 Ra5 52. Na4 Rf5 53. Nb2 Rf2 54. Nd3 Rxg2 55. Ne1 Rg3 56. Bg4 Kc3 57.
Ke2 a5 58. Nf3 Kb2 59. Kxe3 Kxa2 60. Be6 Ka3 61. Kf2 Kb2 62. Ke3 Rg2 63. Nd2
Kc2 64. Nf3 Kc3 65. Nd4 Kb2 66. Nf3 Ka3 67. Nd2 Rg3+ 68. Ke2 Rc3 69. Nb1+ Kb2
70. Nd2 Rc6 71. Bf5 Kc3 72. Ke3 Ra6 73. Ne4+ Kb2 74. Nd2 Ra7 75. Kd3 Ra8 76.
Ke3 Re8+ 77. Kd3 Rd8+ 78. Ke3 Kc3 79. Ne4+ Kxb3 80. Nxg5 a4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Cifuentes} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. e4 ({Gewöhnlich wird} 9. O-O {gespielt, z.B.} Be7 (9...
a6 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. bxc3 Bd6) 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12.
exf6 Nxf6 (12... Bxf6) 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qxf4 16. Rxb7) 9... b4
10. e5 bxc3 (10... Nd5 {Cifuentes} 11. Ne4 h6 12. Nfd2 N5b6 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb5+ Ncd7 17. Nb3 a6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bc6 Ra7 20. Qg4 Kf8
21. Qxb4 Qe7 22. Be3 Rc7 $16 {Garcia Padron-Lezkano, Fuerteventura 1992}) 11.
exf6 Nxf6 (11... cxb2 {Cifuentes} 12. fxg7 Bxg7 $5 (12... bxa1=Q $6 13. gxh8=Q
Qa5+ 14. Nd2 (14. Bd2 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Qf5 16. O-O O-O-O 17. d5 Bd6 18. Qd4 c5
19. Qa4 Qxd5 20. Be2 Rg8 21. Rd1 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Ng5 Bd5 24. f3 f5 25.
Nxh7 Be7 $17 {Pliester-Dreev, New York 1989. D47 (25)}) 14... Qf5 (14... c5 15.
O-O Qxd4 16. Qxh7 (16. Nb3 Qxh8 17. Nxa5 Bd5 $8 18. Bf3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. Nc6+ $11 {Catalbashev-Sveshnikov, Anapa 1991}) 16...
Qxa2 (16... Qc7 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 O-O-O 21. Bg5 Be7
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qh6 Kb8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Qg7 e5 26. Bg4 f5 $1 $17 {
Lukov-Conquest, Tbilisi 1988}) 17. Bc4 Qaa1 18. Bxe6 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Bd6 20. Nc4
Bc7 21. Bd5 Ba6 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bb2 Qd3 24. Qe6 $18 {Sadler-Payen, Hastings
1990}) 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qb3 Nc5 (16... Bd6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Qg7 Nc5 19. Qb4 Bh4
20. Be3 $18 {Koziak-Vidoniak, USSR 1991}) 17. Qb4 (17. Qa3 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4
19. Nc4 Qc2 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Be3 c5 22. Qxf7 Qxe2 23. Bxd4 Qe4 24. Qxf8+ $18 {
Capape-San Segundo, Ibercaja 1992}) 17... Qc2 (17... Nd7 18. Qb3 $11 {
Sadler-Neverov, Hastings 1991}) 18. Qf6 Qcc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Qxf7
c5 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Bxd6+ Nxd6 25. Qe7 Qa5 26. dxc5 Nc8 27. Qe5+
$18 {Sadler-Kaidanov,Andorra 1991}) 13. Bxb2 O-O 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16.
Rb1 Bf6 17. Rxb7 $11 {Garcia D-Illescas, Spanish 1991}) 12. bxc3 Be7 $6 (12...
Bd6 $11 {nebst ...0-0, ...Qc7, ...c6-c5 gleicht ohne Probleme aus.}) (12... Bd6
$142 $1 {Cifuentes} 13. O-O (13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Qe7 16. Qa5 O-O
17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Rfc8 19. Rab1 Ne4 20. c6 Rxc6 21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. Bf3 Nc5 23.
Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Qb4 Nc5 25. Nb3 g6 26. Rfd1 Rab8 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qe3 Na4 29. Rbc1
Nb2 30. Rd5 Nc4 31. Qd3 Qa3 32. Rc2 a5 33. h4 a4 34. Nd2 Nxd2 {1/2-1/2
Sherbakov,R-Sakaev,K/Helsinki 1992/CBM 32 (34)}) (13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rb1 Rb8 15.
O-O Ba8 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. c4 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Qxb8 21.
c5 Bf8 22. Qc2 Qb4 23. h3 Bb7 24. Qe4 Qb2 25. Bd3 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qh6 27. Qg4+ Kh8
28. Qg3 e5 29. dxe5 Bxc5 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 Qxd3
34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Ne5+ Ke6 36. Nxd3 Bb6 37. Kf1 c5 38. Ke2 c4 39. Nb4 Ke5 40.
Nc2 Ke4 41. g3 Bc5 42. f3+ Ke5 43. g4 Kf4 44. h4 Kg3 45. h5 Kf4 46. Ne1 Kg3 47.
Nc2 Kf4 48. a3 a5 49. a4 h6 50. Ne1 Kg3 51. g5 hxg5 52. Nc2 Kf4 53. h6 Bf8 54.
Ne3 Bxh6 55. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Yuneev,A-Vera,R/Leningrad 1989/CBM 14 (55)}) 13...
O-O (13... Qc7 14. c4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 O-O 17. Bc4 Rad8 $15 {Von
Alvensleben,W-Kiss,P/Dortmund 1991/TD (40)}) 14. Bg5 (14. c4 c5 15. Bb2 Rb8 16.
dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc2 Be4 18. Qc1 Rb7 19. h3 Bg6 20. Ba3 Qa5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd2
Qe5 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qa3 27. Rec1 Rfc8 28. Be2 h6
29. h4 Nc5 30. h5 Bf5 31. g4 Bh7 32. Rd1 Bc2 33. Rdc1 Bxb3 34. Bd1 Qb2 35. Rcb1
Qf6 36. axb3 Rd8 37. Be2 e5 38. Ra5 Rd4 39. b4 Ne4 40. f3 Ng3 41. Rxe5 Nxe2+
42. Qxe2 Rcxc4 43. Rc5 Qb6 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qxf7 Rxc5 46. Qg6+ Qxg6 47. hxg6+
Kxg6 48. bxc5 Kf6 49. c6 Rc4 50. Ra1 Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Kharlov,A/Aalborg
1993/EXT 99 (50)}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bf4
19. Bh4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bf4 22. Re4 Bh6 23. Be7 Ne5 24. dxe5 Qxe7
25. Qh3 Rad8 26. Rg4 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 Kh8 29. Bb1 Qc5 30. f4 Qb5 31.
Kg1 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 e5 33. Rh4 exf4 34. Qf3 Qb4 35. Rh3 Re6 36. Qg4 Qe7 37. Qf5
Rg6 38. Qa5 Rg5 39. Re1 Qd6 {0-1 Potapov,A-Galkin,A/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67
(39)}) 13. Rb1 Qc7 {'?!' Cifuentes.} (13... Qc8 $8 {Cifuentes} 14. Ne5 O-O 15.
Bf3 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. O-O (17. a4 c5) 17... c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {
Gefenas-Grabliauskas, Vilnus 1990}) 14. Bf4 {'!' Cifuentes.} Qxf4 15. Rxb7 {
Wir erreichen die gleiche Stellung wie in der Variante nach 8.0-0 Be7,
allerdings ohne beidseitige Rochade.} Qd6 (15... Nd5 $5) 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Bf3 c5
18. O-O {Jetzt hat Weiß einigen Vorteil, da seine Figuren auf gute Felder
gelangen.} cxd4 19. Qxd4 {'?!' Cifuentes.} (19. cxd4 $1 {Cifuentes}) 19... Qa3
20. Nc6 Bc5 21. Qc4 Bb6 22. g3 {'+/=' Cifuentes.} Rae8 23. Kg2 Nd5 {'!'
Cifuentes.} (23... e5 {Cifuentes} 24. Bd1 $1 (24. Re1 e4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4
Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxc3 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nd5 Qc6 (29... Qd4 30. Qf3 $14) 30. Re7 h6)
24... e4 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Qc5 28. Qc4 $14) 24. Bxd5 exd5 25.
Qxd5 Re2 26. Qf3 (26. Ne5 {Cifuentes} Qxa2) (26. Nd4 {Cifuentes} Qxa2) 26...
Qxa2 27. Nb4 {'!' Cifuentes.} Qc4 28. Nd5 {Der weiße Springer ist stärker als
der gegnerische Läufer.} Rc2 (28... Rd2 {Cifuentes} 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Rxb6 Rd3
31. Rc6 $1) 29. h4 {Es droht h4-h5-h6.} h6 $2 {Ein Einsteller.} 30. Ne7+ Kh8 (
30... Kh7 31. Qf5+ $18) 31. Ng6+ $18 fxg6 {'??' Cifuentes.} (31... Kg8 $5 32.
Nxf8 Rxc3 33. Rxf7 (33. Qf5 Qc6+ 34. Kh2 Qxb7 35. Qh7+ Kxf8 36. Re1 Be3 {
'[]' Cifuentes.} 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qf3 {'=' Cifuentes. ist lediglich
Dauerschach.}) (33. Qxf7+ {Cifuentes} Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Nd7 Bc7 36. Re1 a5
$15) (33. Rb8 {Cifuentes} Rxf3 34. Nd7+ $11) 33... Rxf3 34. Rxf3 {mit einer
technischen Gewinnstellung, da der schwarze König schnell unter Beschuß gerät,
z.B.} a5 35. Ng6 Qe4 ({RR} 35... Qg4 $1 36. Ne7+ Kh7 $13) 36. h5 a4 37. Rc1 Qe8
38. Rc8 $18) 32. Qxf8+ Qg8 33. Rb8 Qxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kh7 35. Re1 g5 36. h5 Bc5 37.
Rc8 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Bf8 39. Ree8 Kg8 40. c4 a5 41. c5 a4 42. c6 a3 43. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
{Aleksandrovs Spezialvariante. M.E. hat Schwarz keine besonderen Probleme.} Bb7
9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. Ng5
$146 (15. Qb3 {führt zu einem ungefähr ausgeglichenem Endspiel.} Ba6 16. Bxa6
Qxa6 17. Qa3 (17. Qb7 Qxa2 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Ra1 Qc4 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Rfb1 Qxc3
22. Bc7 Nd5 23. Bb8 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Raxb8 25. Qxa7 h6 26. g3 Rb3 27. Kg2 Rb2 28.
Qd7 Reb8 29. h3 c5 30. dxc5 R2b7 31. Qa4 Bxa1 {Lputian,S-Akopian,V/ARM-ch 1996/
EXT 97/0-1 (52)}) 17... Qxa3 18. Bxa3 Rfb8 19. Bd6 Rb6 20. Rb3 (20. g4 h6 21.
h4 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Bd8 23. c4 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ne4 25. c5 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Bxh4 27. Rb2 f5
{1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Akopian,V/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/[Lutz]}) 20... Ra6 21. a3
Nb6 22. Nd2 Ra5 23. Rfb1 h6 24. g3 e5 25. Ne4 Rd5 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Bc5 Nd7
28. c4 Nxc5 29. Rb8+ Rd8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. dxc5 Rd8 32. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,
I-Akopian,V/Chalkidiki 1992/CBM 32}) 15... Be7 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Re1 Bc4 18. Qc2
Nf6 19. Bf4 Qa6 {/\ ...Bd3} 20. Rbc1 Rac8 21. Be5 Qxa2 22. Qxa2 Bxa2 23. Ra1
Bd5 24. Rxa7 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Rfe8 26. h3 c5 $11 27. Rb1 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bc5 29.
Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rbb7 Rf8 31. c4 Rxc4 32. Ne5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc5 34. Nxf7 Rd5 35. f4
Rd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Ng5 Nc5 38. Rc7 Na6 39. Rc4 Re8 40. Rc6 Nb4 41. Rd6 Nd5
42. Nxe6 Nf6 43. f5 g6 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Ra6 Nd5 46. h4 Kf7 47. Ng5+ Kg7 48.
Rd6 Nf6 49. Ra6 Nh5 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Rf7+ Ke5 52. g4 Nf6 53. Kg3 Nd5 54. Rg7
Kf6 55. Rd7 Ke5 56. Ra7 Rb8 57. Nf3+ Kd6 58. Rg7 Ne7 59. Nd4 Rf8 60. Nb5+ Ke6
61. Rh7 Rc8 62. Nd4+ Kd6 63. Rf7 Nd5 64. Ra7 Rc3+ 65. Nf3 Rb3 66. Ra6+ Rb6 67.
Ra3 Ke6 68. Rd3 Ra6 69. Ng5+ Ke5 70. Nf7+ Ke4 71. Rb3 Rc6 72. Nh8 Ke5 73. Rf3
Ra6 74. g5 Rb6 75. Ra3 Ke4 76. Nf7 Ne7 77. Nh6 Rb1 78. Ra6 Rb3+ 79. Kg4 Kd5 80.
Ra5+ Ke6 81. Ra6+ Kd5 82. Ra2 Nc6 83. Nf7 Ke6 84. Rf2 Rb4+ 85. Kg3 Ne7 86. Nh6
Rb3+ 87. Kg2 Rb4 88. Rf6+ Kd5 89. Kg3 Rb3+ 90. Kg4 Rb4+ 91. Rf4 Rxf4+ 92. Kxf4
Ke6 93. Ke4 Nd5 94. Ng8 Nc3+ 95. Kf3 Nd5 96. Nh6 Ne7 97. Ke4 Nd5 98. Ng4 Nc3+
99. Kd4 Nb5+ 100. Ke4 Nd6+ 101. Kf4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Be4 Rb8 15. a3 bxa3 (15... a5 $6 16. axb4 axb4 17. Qc2 $5 (17. Be3 {Ftacnik} c5
18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Qb6 21. Nd2 $16) 17... h6 18. Be3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Grabarczyk,M/Stockholm 2000/CBM 79/[Lutz] (30)}) (15... c5 {
Ftacnik} 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 $14) 16. b4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This
spirited move has given new lease of life to the well known variation, white
prevents the freeing thrust c6-c5. ' Dieser Zug ist die Idee von Vadim Milov.
Gestützt auf das potentielle Läuferopfer auf h7 will Weiß das befreiende ...
c6-c5 unterbinden. Jedoch spielt Schwarz die stärkste Antwort.} f5 $1 $11 (
16... Bxb4 $2 17. Bxh7+ $1) (16... a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3 $1 (18. Bxh7+ $2 {
Milov,V} Kxh7 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 20. Ng5+ Kh6 $19) 18... Qd8 (18... Bxa3 19. Bxh7+
$1 $18) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/CBM 77/
[Milov,V] (50)}) (16... h6 $5 17. Bb1 $5 (17. Bxa3 c5 $1 18. Bxb7 cxb4 $1 19.
Bxb4 Rxb7 $13) 17... Re8 $2 (17... Bxb4 18. Qd3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 18. Qd3
Nf8 19. Bxa3 $16 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Vera,R/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (40)}) 17.
Bd3 (17. exf6 Nxf6 {und nun hängt der Pb4 wirklich.}) 17... Nb6 {Durch ...
f7-f5 sind die weißen Angriffsaussichten am Königsflügel zunichte gemacht
worden und der Zugang zum Feld e4 bleibt verwehrt. Zwar kommt Schwarz nicht zu
...c6-c5, aber die weißen Bauern b4 und d4 sind schwach und das Feld d5 ist
fest in schwarzer Hand.} 18. Bxa3 Nd5 19. Bc4 Qd7 (19... Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21.
Rfb1 h6 22. Rb3 Kh8 23. Rab1 Nc7 24. h3 Nd5 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Kg1 Rb6
28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Bc1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (29)})
20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 Ba8 {Schwarz richtet sein Augenmerk auf den Pb4.} 22. Rb3
Nb6 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Rab1 Rb6 25. Ne1 Nc7 26. Nc2 $2 (26. Nf3 Rdb8 27. Bc4 Nd5
28. Qa2 {und Weiß verteidigt indirekt den Pb4, da er gegen den Pe6 drückt.})
26... c5 $1 $17 {'!!' Ftacnik. Dank dieses Tricks kommt Schwarz materiell in
Vorteil.} 27. bxc5 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Two mistakes in a row have released
horrible monster from a bottle, white will be left without exchange for no
compensation.'} (27. Qc3 {Ftacnik} Nd5 28. Qg3 cxb4 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. Bxb4 Nxb4
31. Rxb4 Qxd4 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Rc1 $15) (27. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Rdb8 28. Bc4 cxb4
29. Bxb4 Qc6 30. Bf1 Qb7 $17) 27... Qd5 {Mit Angriff gegen b3 und g2.} 28. c6 (
28. Bf3 Rxb3 29. Bxd5 Rxb1+ $19 30. Bc1 Rxd5 $19) (28. Ne3 {Ftacnik} Rxb3 29.
Nxd5 Rxb1+ 30. Bc1 Nxd5 $19) 28... Bxc6 29. Bf1 Rxb3 (29... Bxa3 $2 {Ftacnik}
30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Nxa3 $11) 30. Rxb3 Qxb3 31. Bxe7 Rd7 32. Bc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5
Qxb5 $19 34. Qc1 Nd5 35. Na3 Qb3 36. h4 Nc3 37. Kh2 Ne2 38. Qa1 {Ftacnik:
'With white queen forced into the corner and defend own pieces the prospects
for resistance are minimal. '} a6 39. Bd6 Rb7 40. Qe1 Nxd4 41. Qc1 h5 42. Qd2
Nb5 43. Qg5 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O $5 {Nach 12.bxa3 hat Weiß
keinen Vorteil. Der Textzug stammt von Ivanchuk und setzt auf schnelle
Entwicklung.} Bd6 (12... Be7 $5 {ist eine einfache Lösung des Stellungproblems
und gibt Schwarz Ausgleich.} 13. Qc2 (13. b3 $5) 13... Qc7 14. bxa3 c5 15. Rb1
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O $11 {0-1 Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (53)})
(12... axb2 $5 {nimmt das weiße Bauernopfer und ist auch spielbar.} 13. Bxb2
Nf6 (13... Be7 $6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qb3 d4
19. Rxa7 Bd5 20. Qb6 Qd6 21. Qxd4 Bf6 22. Qa4+ Bc6 23. Ba3 Bxa4 24. Bxd6 $16 {
1-0 Najer,E-Potkin,V/Ubeda 2001/CBM 80 ext (40)}) 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Qb1 Rb8 16.
Rxa7 Qb6 17. Qa2 O-O 18. Rb1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc4 Ba6 21. Qc2 Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 Qb5 23. Ne5 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Nc4 c5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/
New York 1994/CBM 41 ext (25)}) 13. b3 Qe7 {Schwarz spielt sehr prinzipiell
und verteidigt den Pa3, gibt dafür aber den Ph7. Dieser Plan erscheint mir
sehr riskant.} (13... O-O 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nf6 16. Qc2 $5) 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 (16. Be4 f5) 16... c5 17. Qe2 (17. Be4 $5 $40) 17... cxd4
18. Ne5 Qh4 (18... Nxe5 $4 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qh7#) 19. exd4 Kg8 20. f4 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Bc5+ 22. Be3 (22. Kh1 $5 Qh3 23. Bc4 $5 {/\ Ba3}) 22... Be7 23. f5 Be4 24.
f6 (24. Rf4 $5 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh7 $132) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rfd8 26. Qe2 Bf8 27.
fxg7 Bxg7 28. Rxa3 $2 (28. Bf4 $5 $40 {sollte Weiß noch immer Vorteil geben.})
28... Bxe5 29. g3 Qe4 30. Qf2 (30. Qf2 f5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Milov,V} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 $5 (12. Nxc5 {und}) (12.
O-O {sind beliebter}) 12... Qa5 (12... Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 {ist
ebenfalls befriedigend für Schwarz}) 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Nxc5 (14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2
O-O 16. Be4 $1 f5 $6 17. axb4 $1 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bb1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Re1 $36 Qd4 22. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rac8 24. Rxe6 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Re5
Qd4 27. Qe1 Qxb2 28. Bxf5 $16 Nf6 29. Bc3 Qb6 30. Re7 Bd5 31. h3 Qc6 32. Qe3 $1
Rf7 33. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 34. Re5 Ba2 35. Qe2 g6 36. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38.
Qxa2 $18 {1-0 Hansen,C-Gurevich,M/Tastrup 1992/[Ernst] (69)}) 14... Nxc5 15.
Bc2 O-O-O $2 {'N' Milov,V. Dieser Zug ist doch sehr optimistisch. Der schwarze
König wird am Damenflügel keine Ruhe finden. Vielleicht hatte der Schwarze den
Eindruck, dass seine imposanten Springer auf c5 und d5 genügend Aktivität
entfalten, aber Milov kann durch feines Spiel Schwarz nach und nach
zurückdrängen.} 16. Qd4 $1 {Sehr stark gespielt. Weiß bringt seine Dame heraus.
Bei Bedarf kann sie nach g4 schwenken.} (16. Nd4 $5 {Milov,V}) 16... Kb8 17.
Bd2 Qb6 18. Rfc1 {'+/=' Milov,V. Die Schwächen am Damenflügel machen sich
bemerkbar ...} (18. Qg4 {Milov,V} f5 $1 $132) 18... h6 (18... Rc8 19. Qg4 $5 (
19. Ng5 $16 {Milov,V})) 19. a3 Nc3 (19... b3 {Milov,V} 20. Bd1 $16) 20. Qe3 Nd5
(20... Bxf3 {Milov,V} 21. gxf3 (21. bxc3 b3 $1 22. gxf3 bxc2 23. Rxc2 Kc8 $44)
21... Nd5 22. Qe1 $16 {><Kb8}) 21. Qe1 $16 a5 {'?!' Milov,V.} (21... b3 {
Milov,V} 22. Bb1 (22. Ba5 $6 Qa6 23. Bxd8 bxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb3 25. Bh4 Nxa1 26.
Qxa1 Nf4 27. Qd1 g5 28. Bg3 Nxg2 29. Rd2 Rc8 $11) 22... Rc8 23. a4 $14 {
/\Ra3, ><b3}) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nd4 {'+/-!' Milov,V.} (23. Be3 {Milov,V} Nxe3
24. Qxe3 Rd7 25. Nd2 Na4 26. Qe2 $1 Nxb2 27. Ne4 $36) 23... Rc8 (23... Rd7 {
Milov,V} 24. Nb3 Rc8 (24... Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Rc8 26. Bxd5) 25. Na5 b3 26. Bb1 Ba6
27. Ra3 $16) 24. Nb3 $1 {Weiß tauscht nach und nach alle Verteidiger des
schwarzen Königs ab.} Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 {'?' Milov,V.} (26. Rxc1 {
Milov,V} Qd4 (26... Rc8 27. Bc4 $1 $16 {/\b3} (27. Rxc8+ $2 Kxc8 $14)) 27. Rd1
$1 (27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. f3 Rc8 $14) (27. Bc4 Rd8 28. b3 Nf4 29. Bxf4 (29. Bxb4
Nxg2) 29... Qxf4 30. Bf1 Rd5 31. Rc4 Qxe5 32. Qxb4 Qd6 $11) 27... Qc5 (27...
Qd3 28. Ba2 $16) 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Qg4 $16) 26... Rc8 {'?' Milov,V.} (26... Qd4 {
Milov,V} 27. Bxd5 (27. Bd2 Nf4 28. Bxb4 Nxg2 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Nh4 $11)
27... Qxd5 28. f3 Rc8 29. Be3 Rc4 $13) 27. Bxd5 $1 {In Stellungen mit
ungleichfarbigen Läufern hat diejenige Seite einen deutlichen Vorteil, die den
gegnerischen Köng angreifen kann. Der verteidigende Läufer kann nämlich nicht
die Felder decken, die der angreifende Läufer attackiert.} Bxd5 28. Be3 Qb5 29.
Qd1 {'!' Milov,V.} Rc4 (29... Rc7 {Milov,V} 30. Qg4 g5 31. Qh5 $16) 30. h3 {
Weiß hat Zeit genug für dieses Luftloch.} Qc6 {'?' Milov,V.} (30... f5 {Milov,V
} 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Qh5 $16) (30... b3 $142 {Milov,V} 31. Ra7 Rc7 32. Qa1 Qd7 (
32... Bb7 33. Qa3 Qxe5 34. Ra5) 33. Ra5 $16) 31. b3 Re4 (31... Rc2 {Milov,V}
32. Qg4 Qc3 33. Ra4 $18) 32. Rc1 Qa6 33. Qc2 Qb7 34. Qc5 {Matt ist nur noch
durch große Materialverluste zu verhindern.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 33rd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 (16... Be7 $6 17. Qg4 $40) 17. Nd6 Bc6 (17... Bxe5 $6 18.
Nxb7 Qb6 (18... Qb6) 19. Qh5 Bf4 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf4 Qd4 22. Bd6 Qxd3 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qe5 $14 {1-0 Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Linares 1994/CBM 40/[Anand] (40)
führt zu einer Stellung, in der die Frage nur lauten kann: Gewinnt Weiß oder
hält Schwarz remis ?}) 18. Bh7+ (18. Qe2 f5 (18... Qh4 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Bxf4
Qxf4 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Bc4 $36 {1-0 Gagarin,V-Stripunsky,A/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 
(39)}) 19. Rd1 Qh4 $1 {Kortschnojs Verbesserungsvorschlag gegenüber 13...Qe7?!}
(19... Qe7 $6 20. Ba6 Bc5 21. Bd2 Ba4 22. b3 Bd7 23. Bb7 Rab8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25.
Qf3 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen (09) ; CBM 37 1993}) 20. a3 (20. Bc4
$2 Bb6 21. Bd2 $6 f4 22. Qf3 Ne7 $40 {0-1 Volzhin,A-Rasmussen,K/Gistrup 1996/
CBM 55/[Lutz] (34)}) 20... a5 21. Bb5 $10 {Kortschnoj}) 18... Kxh7 19. Qxd4 {
Der Stolz der weißen Stellung ist der Nd6. Daher versucht Schwarz schnellstens,
diesen mit ...f7-f6 zu entwurzeln. M.E. kann Weiß in dieser Stellung nicht
wirklich mit Vorteil rechnen.} f6 (19... Qb6 $5 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Be3 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bb5 24. Qxb5 Rxd6 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Rd7 Ra6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Milov,V-Huzman,A/Panormo 2002/CBM 90 ext (67)}) 20. Bd2 (20. a3 fxe5 21. Qe4+
Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48 (22)}) 20...
fxe5 {Schwarz hat zwar nun einen isolierten Pe6, aber dank seiner aktiven
Figuren hat er genügend Gegenspiel.} 21. Qe4+ {Mit diesem Zwischenschach soll
der schwarze König nach g8 gelockt werden, damit dann später der Pe6 mit
Schach hängt.} (21. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Smirnov,P/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz]
(69)}) 21... Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 {Vielleicht ist dieser Zug nicht der
richtige. Es sieht zwar natürlich aus, den Pe6 anzugreifen, aber auch der Pf2
ist schwach.} (23. Rac1 $5 Rad8 24. Nc4 Bb5 25. b3 a5 26. Rfe1 Rf6 27. Qg3 Ne7
28. Bf4 Rg6 29. Qh3 Nd5 30. Be5 Rg5 31. Bg3 Rf5 32. Nd6 Nc3 33. Nxf5 exf5 34.
Kh1 Ne2 35. Ra1 f4 36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. a4 Ba6 38. Bh4 g5 39. Rad1 Rd4 40. Rxd4
Nxd4 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 Be2 43. Rxa5 Ke6 44. Ra8 gxh4 45. a5 h3 46. Rh8 f3
47. Rxh6+ Kf5 48. g4+ Kxg4 49. Kg1 Nxb3 50. a6 Bxa6 51. Rxa6 Nc1 52. Rc6 Ne2+
53. Kf1 b3 54. Ke1 Kf5 55. Kd2 Ke4 56. Rc4+ Kf5 57. Rb4 Nf4 58. Rxb3 Ng2 {
1-0 Vaganian,R-Klimov,S/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext (58)}) 23... Rad8 24. Nc4 (
24. Ne4 $5 {0-1 Milov,V-Nielsen,P/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (37)}) (24. Qxe6+
Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc7 (25... Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. f3 Bd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Nxe8
Rc4 $44 {Kasimdzhanov,R}) 26. Rg6 (26. Re7 Na6 $1) 26... Kh7 27. Rg4 Rxd6 28.
Bxb4 Rfd8 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 $132 {Kasimdzhanov,R}) 24... Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxd2 26.
Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 axb6 29. b3 $6 (29. h3 $1 Qxb2 30. Qxb6 Rd2
31. Rab1 $11 {Kasimdzhanov,R}) 29... Rd2 30. Re8 $2 (30. Rg1 $1 {Wie Rustam
Kasimdzhanov in SCHACH 7/2003 ausführt, hält dieser Zug trotz der schwarzen
Aktivität immer noch das Gleichgewicht.}) 30... Rxa2 31. Rc1 Re2 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8
33. Qxb6 Qf4 $36 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Qe4 36. Qxe4+ Rxe4 37. h3 $2 {Danach
wird das Turmendspiel sehr schwierig für Weiß, da das Feld g3 geschwächt wird.}
(37. Kg1 Re3 38. Rc6 Rxb3 39. Rb6 $15 {Kasimdzhanov,R}) 37... Re3 38. Rc6 Rxb3
39. Rb6 g5 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rxh6 Rd3 45.
Rb6 b3 46. Rb4 Kd5 47. Kg1 Kc5 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Kf2 Kc3 50. Ke2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rd4
0-1

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Novikov} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2
c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 {Die andere Variante ist 14...Nd7 :} (14... Nd7 15. c6 $1 Bxc6
16. Be3 $14) 15. Rd1 {Dieser Zug ist harmlos.} (15. Bd2 $1 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,
J-Piket,J/Monaco m 1996 (32) scheint der kritische Zug zu sein.}) (15. Bf4 {
ist nicht zu fürchten.}) (15. a3 {auch nicht.}) 15... Qc7 16. a3 {Nun
verflacht die Partie.} (16. c6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. g3 Nd7 $11 {
Jelen,I-Novikov,I/Bled op 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (46) war auch problemlos für Schwarz.
}) (16. Be3 $5 Bxc5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. e5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5 21. Qe4
g6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 16... bxa3 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa3 Bxc5 20. Bb2
(20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. e5 $2 Bxf3) 20... Qc7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {Die Stellung ist
ausgeglichen, die Schwächung des schwarzen Königsflügels spielt keine Rolle.}
22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bxb7 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxb7 25. g3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Qb3 27. Ng1 Qc3 28.
Ra4 $2 {Ein taktischer Einsteller.} (28. Rd1 $11) 28... Bxf2 $1 29. Rc4 (29.
Qxf2 Rd2 30. Ne2 Qc2 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Kf3 f5 $1 {und der Ra8 hängt in der Luft.
}) 29... Qe1 30. Qxe1 Bxe1 31. Nf3 Ba5 $17 32. g4 Rd7 33. Ra4 Bb6 34. Rb4 Be3
35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rb3 Bc5 37. Rc3 Ba7 38. Rb3 Rc7 39. h4 (39. Rb2 {Novikov /\
Re2=}) 39... Rc4 40. e5 fxe5 41. Nxe5 Rc7 42. g5 h5 {>< Ph5} 43. Nd3 Bd4 44.
Kf3 {/\ Nf4} Rc4 45. Rb4 (45. Nf4 $2 {Novikov} Be5 46. Nxh5+ Kg6 47. Ng3 Rxh4)
45... Rxb4 46. Nxb4 {[#] Hecht: Black fails because his bishop is of the wrong
color to control the promotion square of the h-pawn. [#] Hecht: Schwarz
scheitert an der falschen Läuferfarbe in Bezug auf das Umwandlungsfeld seines
h-Bauern.} Bc5 47. Nd3 Bd6 48. Ne1 Kf8 (48... Kg6 {Novikov} 49. Ke4 Bg3 50. Ng2
e5 51. Kf3 Bxh4 52. Nxh4+ Kxg5 53. Ng2 f5) 49. Ng2 Ke7 50. Ke4 Bh2 51. Kf3 Kd6
52. Ke4 Be5 53. Ne3 Bc3 54. Ng2 Be5 55. Ne3 Bg3 56. Nf5+ {Funny! White forces
the draw. Witzig! Weiß forciert das Remis.} exf5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh4 (57... Ke7 {
Hecht} 58. g6 f6 59. g7 Kf7 60. g8=Q+ Kxg8 61. Kxf6 Bxh4+ 62. Kg6 $11) 58. g6
Bf6 59. gxf7 Ke7 60. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Haimovich, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 a6 $6 {Der folgende weiße Zug ist eigentlich der Grund, warum
Schwarz hier in der Regel 9...b4 spielt.} (9... b4 $11) 10. b4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,
Rc6] Nun ist der Pc6 rückständig und der Bb7 eingesperrt.} a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12.
axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 {Als Kompensation für den schwachen Bauen auf c6 hat
Schwarz auch einige Vorteile: Der Pb4 muss gedeckt werden, dem Nd7 winkt das
Feld c4 und der Bc1 ist hinter der Bauernkette eingesperrt. Dennoch hat Weiß
einen leichten Vorteil.} 14. O-O Nf6 ({Nachfolgend eine Partie, die die
schwarzen Probleme verdeutlicht.} 14... Be7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ne5 Ra6 17. Bd2 O-O
18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qb6 20. Bf5 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qa2 Bb7 23. f3 g6 24.
Bh3 Kg7 25. Nd3 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Bxa6 27. Be1 Bb7 28. Bg3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Nc5
Bxc5 31. dxc5 Ng8 32. Bd6 Kd8 33. g4 Bc8 34. Bf1 f6 35. h4 Ke8 36. Bd3 Kf7 37.
Kg3 Nh6 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Be7 Nf7 40. g5 fxg5+ 41. hxg5 h6 42. Bf6+ Kh7 43. e4
Be6 44. gxh6 dxe4 45. Bxe4 Bd7 46. Bg5 Be8 47. Bc2 Bd7 48. Bb3 Be8 49. Be6 Kg8
50. Kg3 Kh7 51. f4 Kh8 52. Kg4 Kh7 53. f5 {1-0 Lerner,K-Rogers,I/Germany 1998/
GER-chT (53)}) 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Rfc1 ({Vielleicht
sollte Weiß analog zur Partie von Lerner erst einmal diue Türme tauschen:} 18.
Ra1 $5 $14) 18... Qb6 19. Bf5 Ra6 20. Nd3 Bc8 21. Nc5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 {Der
Tausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer ist in einer derartigen Struktur immer eine
wichtige Entschidung: Einerseits wird Schwarz seinen "schlechten" Läufer los,
andererseit fehlt dem Pc6 nun ein Verteidiger. In der vorliegenden Situation
nützt der Läufertausch m.E. eher dem Schwarzen.} Ra7 23. Rc2 Qc7 24. g3 Qc8 25.
Qf3 Re8 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. Rbc1 Rc7 28. Ra1 Nb6 29. Bc3 Nc4 30. Rca2 Rce7 31. Nc5
h6 32. Be1 Qh3 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8+ Kh7 35. Bc3 Kg6 36. Nb3 Qe6 37. Ra6 Qc8
38. g4 Kh7 39. Qf5+ Qxf5 40. gxf5 Rc7 41. Na5 {Jetzt spitzt sich das Geschehen
noch einmal zu.} Nxa5 42. bxa5 Ba3 $1 (42... b4 $2 43. Bb2) 43. Ra8 b4 44. Bxb4
Bxb4 45. a6 {So hat sich Weiß das gedacht: Jetzt noch 46.a7 und dann 47.Rh8+!
nebst 48.a8Q. Aber Schwarz ist auf der Höhe.} g5 $1 46. a7 Bf8 $1 47. Rxf8 {
Was sonst ?} Rxa7 48. Rd8 Kg7 49. Rd6 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Rc1 51. Kg3 Rc2 52. h3 h5
53. f4 gxf4+ 54. Kxf4 f6 {Der weiße Vorteil erweist sich nun als zu gering.}
55. Kf3 Rc1 56. h4 Kf7 57. Rd7+ Ke8 58. Rh7 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rxf5 60. Rc7 Kd8 61.
Rxc6 Kd7 62. Ra6 Ke7 63. Ra5 Ke6 64. Rb5 Ke7 65. Rb7+ Ke6 66. Rg7 Kd6 67. Rg2
Ke6 68. Rg3 Kf7 69. Rf3 Rxf3 70. Kxf3 f5 71. Kg3 Ke6 $1 {Da Schwarz auch die
letzte Klippe erfolgreich umschifft hat, gab Weiß sich mit dem halben Punkt
zufrieden.} (71... Kf6 $4 72. Kf4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ng5 $5 Qc7
15. O-O Rd8 $5 {Zu den Alternativen, insbesondere dem sofortigen Schlagen auf
e5, siehe die Anmerkungen zu Lputian,S-Dreev,A aus dem gleichen Turnier.} (
15... Qxe5 {0-1 Lputian,S-Dreev,A/ICC INT 2004/CBM 105/[Lutz] (42)}) 16. Qh5 g6
17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qf3 (18. Qh6+ $5 Kg8 19. Ne4) 18... Kg7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Rdf8 21. e4 Qxe5 {Nun wird's taktisch.} 22. Nxf7 Qd4+ 23. Rf2 $2 {Ein
folgenschwerer Irrtum. Der weiße Turm begibt sich in eine Fesselung, aus der
er nicht mehr heraus kommt.} (23. Kh1 {ist besser. Schwarz muss dann genau
spielen, um das Gleichgewicht zu halten.} Qe3 (23... Ne3 24. Qf2) 24. Qg4 Rxf7
25. exd5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bxd5 27. Qxb4 Qe4) 23... Ne3 24. Ng5 {Offenbar hatte
Weiß sich auf diesen Zug verlassen, jedoch ...} Bc8 $1 {... und der Springer
muss wieder zurück.} 25. Nf7 Ng4 26. Qxg4 Rxf7 27. Qe2 Rhf8 $17 28. Raf1 {
Weiß steckt jetzt in der Zwangsjacke, wegen des gefesselten Rf2 kann er sich
kaum noch rühren.} a6 29. Ba4 Bb7 30. e5 a5 31. Bb5 Rf5 32. Qd2 Qc5 33. Bd3
R5f7 34. h3 Bd5 35. b3 Rf4 36. Qc2 Qe3 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Bb5 R4f5 39. Qd2 Qb6 40.
Bd3 Rf4 41. Qe2 Qd4 42. Bb5 Kg8 43. Qd2 Qb6 44. Bd3 Qc5 45. Qe2 Qd4 46. Bb5
R8f5 47. Qd2 Qb6 48. Bd3 Rf7 49. Qe2 Kf8 50. Qd2 Ke7 51. Qe2 Kd8 52. Qc2 Rf8
53. Qe2 Kc7 54. Qd2 Kb8 55. Qe2 Ka7 56. Qc2 R8f7 57. Qd2 Qc5 58. Qc2 Qd4 59.
Bb5 Kb6 60. Bd3 Rxf2 {Schließlich entscheidet der Übergang ins Läuferendspiel.}
61. Rxf2 Rxf2 62. Qxf2 Kc5 63. g4 Qxf2+ 64. Kxf2 Kd4 65. Ke2 Bg2 66. Bc4 Bxh3
67. Kf3 h5 68. Bxe6 Bxg4+ 69. Bxg4 hxg4+ 70. Kf4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ng5 $5 {
Dies ist eine seltenere Alternative zum Hauptzug 14.0-0. Nach den Ergebnissen
zu urteilen, scheint dieser Zug jedoch nicht sonderlich gefährlich zu sein.
Die Hauptidee besteht im Ausfall Qd1-h5 oder in der Umgruppierung Ng5-e4,
jedoch ist der Pe5 schwach.} (14. O-O h6 15. Nd2) 14... Qc7 {Nimmt den weißen
Schwachpunkt ins Visier.} (14... h6 $5 15. Ne4 (15. Qh5 g6 16. Bxg6 (16. Qh3 $5
) 16... fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Qxe6+ Kc7 $13) 15... Be7 16. O-O {gibt Weiß den
Vorteil, da er (im Vergleich zur Variante 14.0-0 h6 15.Sd2 0-0 16.Se4 Ld4!
über Angriffsmöglichkeiten am Königsflügel verfügt, ohne dass Schwarz direkt
den Pe5 angreifen kann.} (16. Qg4 Nc3 $5)) 15. O-O (15. Qe2 $6 {ist zu passiv
und nicht im Sinne von 14.Ng5.} h6 16. Nf3 {Der weiße Springer hat jetzt nur
Zeit verloren.} O-O-O $5 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Ba6 $2 Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Qb6
21. Qa4 Be3 22. Be1 Rc8 23. a3 b3 24. Rd1 Rc2 {0-1 Buehler,B-Plato,R/Germany
1988/EXT 2003 (24)}) 15... Qxe5 {Leitet eine taktische Folge ein, die zu einer
akzeptablen Stellung für Schwarz führt.} (15... Rd8 $5 {0-1 Lputian,
S-Fressinet,L/ICC INT 2004/CBM 105/[Lutz] (70)}) (15... O-O-O $5 {ist
ebenfalls eine interessante Idee. Der schwarze Koenig steht auch am
Damenfluegel natuerlich nicht sicher, aber dafuer sind die schwarzen Figuren
sehr schuen zentralisiert.} 16. Qc2 Kb8 17. Re1 (17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Qb3 h6 19. Ne4
Qxe5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rfe1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Novikov,I/Saint Vincent 2002/
CBM 86 ext (21)}) 17... Rc8 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rc7 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. a4 bxa3 22.
Rxa3 Bxe5 23. Nd2 Bd4 24. Rb3 Nf4 25. Qg4 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qc6 27. Nc4 Nd5 28.
Qxg7 Rhc8 29. Bd2 Bxe1 30. Bxe1 Ka8 31. Qg3 Qd7 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nb5 Rc5 34.
Nxa7 Qc7 35. Ra3 Kb8 36. Nb5 Rxb5 37. Bxb5 Nf4 38. Bf1 e5 39. Qe3 Rd4 40. Kg1
f6 41. Bf2 Rd1 42. Rc3 Bxg2 43. Be1 Qb7 44. Qc5 Nh3+ 45. Rxh3 Bxh3 46. Bxh3
Rxe1+ 47. Kf2 Ra1 48. Qd6+ Ka7 {0-1 Arencibia,W-Morovic Fernandez,I/Havana
2003/CBM 96 (48)}) (15... h6 $5 16. Qh5 Kf8 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Rac1
$40 {Weiß steht besser, da er seine Entwicklung vollenden kann, waehrend
Schwarz an seinem eingeschlossenen Rh8 leidet.} Kg8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Bb6
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qg4 a5 24. h4 Qd7 25. h5 Kf8 26. Bf1 Qb5 27. Re1 Qc5 28. Qg3
Qb5 29. Qg4 Qc5 30. Qg3 Qb5 31. Nh2 Qc5 32. Rc1 Qd4 33. Rc2 b3 34. axb3 Nb4 35.
Bxb4+ axb4 36. Rc1 Qxb2 37. Rd1 Bd5 38. Bd3 Qxb3 39. Rb1 Qc3 40. Nf1 Bd4 41.
Qh4 f6 42. Bg6 Bxe5 43. Rc1 Qd4 44. Qxd4 Bxd4 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Rxh8 f5 47. Ne3
Ba2 48. Rb8 b3 49. Nc4 Kd7 50. g4 Kc7 51. Rb5 Kc6 52. Be8+ {1-0 Krivoshey,
S-Sumets,A/Alushta 2003/CBM 96 ext (52)}) 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 (17... Qd4
$2 18. Qb5 $2 (18. Nxh8 $1 {scheint einfach möglich zu sein und gewinnt die
Qualität für Weiß.} Qxd3 (18... Rxh8 19. Bg5+ Nf6 20. Be3 $18) 19. Bg5+ Kf8 (
19... Kd6 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21. Rac1 $18) (19... Nf6 20. Rad1 $18 Qe4 21. Qd7+ Kf8
22. Qf7#) 20. Qd7 Kg8 21. Qxb7) 18... Kxf7 (18... Nb6 $5) 19. Qxb7+ Be7 20. Rd1
Qc5 21. Be4 Rhb8 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kg6 25. Bf4 $16 Bf6 26.
Rb1 Kf5 27. g3 a5 28. f3 Re8 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Be3 h5 32. Ke2 g4 33.
Rc1 gxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Bxb2 35. Rc5+ Kf6 36. Bd2 Be5 37. Ke4 Re8 38. Kd3 h4 39.
gxh4 Bxh2 40. Rxa5 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Rd4 42. Rb5 Bd6 43. Be3 Rg4 44. h5 Rg2+ 45. Kd3
Rxa2 46. h6 Be5 47. Rxb4 Rh2 48. Rg4 Kf5 49. Rg5+ Ke6 50. Rg8 Rh3 51. Rf8 Ke7
52. Rf1 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Baumbach,F/Goerlitz 1972/EXT 2002 (52)}) 18.
Qd7+ Kf6 (18... Be7 {0-1 Kaidanov,G-Gelfand,B/Ashdod 2004/CBM 105/[Lutz] (42)})
19. Qxb7 Rhd8 {Weiß das Läuferpaar, die bessere Bauernstellung und den
besseren König. Jedoch ist Schwarz besser entwickelt und hat zentralisierte
Figuren. Daher hat Schwarz hier keinerlei Probleme. Im Gegenteil, bald hat
Weiß die schlechteren Karten.} 20. Be3 $5 {Eine radikale Lösung, um die weiße
Entwicklung zu vollenden.} (20. Bxh7 $2 {ist zu gierig:} Rdb8 21. Qc6 Rc8 22.
Qb5 g6 {und der Läufer gerät in die Enge.}) 20... Rab8 21. Qa6 Nxe3 22. fxe3+
Ke7 23. Rf3 ({Vielleicht ist} 23. Kh1 $5 {besser, um sich nicht in die
Passivität drängen zu lassen.}) 23... Rf8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Bc4 Bd6
{Provoziert eine Schwächung des weißen Königsflügels.} 27. g3 Bc5 $15 {Bei
ungleichfarbigen Läufern hat Schwarz die aktiveren Figuren, die ehemaligen
weißen Vorteile (Läuferpaar, bessere Bauernstruktur) existieren nicht mehr.
Lediglich der schwarze König steht noch nicht optimal.} 28. Qb7+ Rd7 29. Qg2 g6
30. Qe2 {Ich habe den Eindruck, dass Weiß mit dem passiven Rückzug seiner Dame
seine Stellung verschlechtert hat.} Kf6 31. Qf3+ Kg7 $17 32. Qf4 Qxb2 33. Bxe6
Qc3 34. Bxd7 Qxe1+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Qxd7 37. Qe5+ Kf7 38. Qxc5 Qf5+ $1 $19
{Der Übergang ins Bauernendspiel gewinnt.} 39. Qxf5+ gxf5 40. Ke2 (40. e4 a5
41. exf5 a4 $19) 40... Ke6 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. h3 h5 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 $5 {Dieser Zug gilt als weniger kritisch.} (10. Ne4 {
ist die Hauptfortsetzung.}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 {
Schwarz hat zwar die Rochade und das Läuferpaar verloren, hat dafür aber eine
gute Kontrolle über die Zentralfelder und eine schnelle Enwicklung. Der Lc1
kommt momentan nicht gut ins Spiel. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse in dieser
Variante sind zufriedenstellend für Schwarz.} 14. Bd2 a5 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3
Qb6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. Be1 Rab8 19. Bc4 Nfd7 20. f4 e5 21. f5 e4 22.
Rd5 Nf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sellos,D-Bacrot,E/Cannes 1994/EXT 97 (55)})
15. Nd4 (15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rhd8 17. Be1 Kf8 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. a3 Bd5 20. axb4
axb4 21. Bc4 Kg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Anand,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 15...
Qd5 (15... Qb6 16. a3 b3 17. Rc1 Rhd8 18. Qe2 e5 19. Nf5+ Kf8 20. Bc3 Nce4 21.
Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (21)}) 16. f3 Rhd8 17. Be1
e5 18. Nf5+ Kf8 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. e4 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 $11 23. Bf2
{Weiß hat den Läufer ins Spiel gebracht, aber die Stellung hat sich bereits zu
sehr vereinfacht.} Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Be3 Rad6 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. g3 Rc8 28.
Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Rc1+ Kd7 30. f4 f6 31. f5 Nd8 32. Rc5 Nb7 33. Rc2 Rc6 34. Rd2+
Rd6 35. Rc2 Rc6 36. Rd2+ Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. d4 {Gelfand} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 Nxe4 {11... bxa3 12.Sxf6+ führt zur
gleichen Stellung, aber mit einem Zug weniger.} (11... bxa3 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.
bxa3 (13. b3 {würde in die Hauptpartie überleiten.}) 13... O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15.
e4 c5 16. Bf4 (16. Qc2 Rac8 $5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 cxd4 20. Qd3
Nb6 21. Nxd4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Kg8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Novikov,I/New York 1998/
CBM 64/[Lutz] (27)}) 16... Qc8 17. Bg5 (17. Qe2 c4 18. Bc2 Bxa3 19. e5 {
1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Novikov,I/Isle of Man 1996/EXT 97 (19)}) 17... h6 $6 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Novikov,I/EUCup f 1997/CBM 63/
[Krasenkow] (61)}) 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 bxa3 14. b3 $146 {?!' Gelfand.
Seltsamerweise ist dieser Zug eine Neuerung. Zwar bekommt Weiß jetzt nicht die
b-Linie, aber er kommt zum Abtauch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer und der Pa7 ist
schwächer als der Pb3.} (14. bxa3 {(siehe auch die Anmerkungen zu 11... Nxe4)}
O-O 15. Rb1 Qc8 $5 (15... Qc7 {siehe oben}) 16. e4 c5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Ng5 h6 19.
Qh5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Piket,J/Cannes 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz]
(30)}) (14. bxa3 $14 {Gelfand}) 14... Qb6 {'!' Gelfand.} 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bxa3
cxd4 (16... Rc8 {ist nachteilig für Schwarz} 17. Rfc1 Nd7 (17... cxd4 18. Qxc8+
Bxc8 19. Rxc8+ Bd8 20. Nxd4 $40) 18. Qd1 cxd4 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21.
Nxd4 $36) 17. Nxd4 {Weiß lässt auf a3 tauschen, da er so seinen Turm besser
entwickeln kann.} (17. Bxe7 {verdirbt zwar dem Schwarzen die Rochade, bringt
aber sonst nicht viel ein.} Kxe7 18. Nxd4 Rhc8 $132) 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 (18.
Bb5+ $2 {(Gelfand)} Kf8 19. Rxa3 e5 $19) 18... O-O 19. Rfa1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 e5 $6
{Das Problem mit diesem Zug besteht darin, dass der e-Bauer schwach wird,
sollte Schwarz nicht unmittelbar aus dem Raumgewinn Profit schlagen können.
Zwar wird der weiße Springer nach g3 zurückgedrängt, aber dies wirkt sich 
(zumindest in der Partie) nicht nachteilig aus.} (20... a6 $5 $11 {sieht
besser aus. Ich glaube nicht, dass Weiß etwas Ernsthaftes hat.}) (20... Ne4 {
Gelfand} 21. Qa5 $14) 21. Nf5 Rd8 22. Qc3 g6 (22... Qe6 $5 {ist interessant:}
23. Rxa7 {(andere Züge stellen keine Probleme)} Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Be4 (24... Qxf5
25. Rxb7 {und die schwache schwarze Grundreihe wirkt sich aus.}) (24... e4 25.
Bf1 Qxf5 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Be2 $16 {und obwohl der weiße Springer
gefährdet erscheint, kann Schwarz dies nicht ausnutzen.}) 23. Ng3 Qc6 $6 {
Der Damentausch löst die schwarzen Probleme nicht.} (23... a6 24. Bf1 Qd6 $14)
(23... Nd5 $1 {Gelfand} 24. Qxe5 (24. Qa5 {Gelfand} Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Nxe3) 24...
Nxe3 25. Ne4 (25. Qxe3 {(Gelfand)} Qxe3 26. fxe3 Rxd3 27. Rxa7 Rb8 $15 (27...
Rxa7 {Gelfand} 28. Rxa7 Rxb3 $15)) (25. Bxg6 {Gelfand} Ng4) 25... Ng4 $11) 24.
Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Bf1 {'!' Gelfand. Das wesentliche Problem ist, dass Schwarz zwei
Schwächen hat (a7 und e5), während Weiß nur eine (b3) hat.} (25. Bc4 {Gelfand}
Bd5) 25... Rdb8 (25... Bd5 26. b4) (25... Rab8 {Gelfand} 26. Bc4 (26. Ra6 {
Gelfand} Rb6 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Rxa7 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rb2 $14)) 26. Bc4 (26. Ra6 Rb6
27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb1+ 31. Nf1 Ne4 $132) 26...
Bd5 (26... Rb7 $5 {Gelfand} 27. Ra5 Nd7 $14) 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Ne4 {Der
Springer betritt wieder die Szene.} Rb4 29. Nd2 {'!?' Gelfand.} (29. Nc5 {
Gelfand} Rb5 30. Ra5 $14) 29... Rb7 30. Ra5 Rd8 31. Ne4 Nc7 (31... Kg7 32. Nc5
Rc7 33. Rd1 Rcc8 34. h4 {/\ e4}) 32. Rxe5 Rxb3 33. g4 $16 {Zwar herrscht
materieller Gleichstand, aber Weiß ist weiterhin am Drücker, da der a-Bauer
momentan eine Schwäche ist und Weiß am Königsflügel Raum gewinnt.} (33. Re7 {
Gelfand} Ra3 34. Rb1 Nd5) 33... a6 34. Rc5 Rb7 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. f4 {'?!'
Gelfand.} (36. Raa5 $16 {(Gelfand) /\Rc6}) 36... Kg7 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Rc6 $1 {
Weiß lässt beide Turmppare auf dem Brett, muss aber dafür den a-Bauer
vorrücken lassen.} (38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. Ra5 Nb4 40. Nc5 {war Gelfand zu wenig.})
38... a5 39. Nf6 Rd8 40. Ra4 Ne8 (40... Ne6 {Gelfand} 41. g5 h6 42. h4 $14) 41.
g5 h6 42. h4 Nxf6 (42... hxg5 43. hxg5 $16) 43. gxf6+ Kh7 44. Ke2 (44. e4 {
Gelfand} Rd3+ 45. Ke2 (45. Kf2 {Gelfand} Rb7) 45... Rh3) 44... Rd5 45. e4 Rh5
46. Rac4 $1 (46. e5 {Gelfand} Rf5 $5) (46. Rd4 {Gelfand} Rxh4 47. Rd8 Rxf4 48.
Rcc8 g5) 46... Rxh4 47. e5 $18 {'!' Gelfand. So wie es aussieht, erweisen sich
die weißen Bauern in der Mitte als stärker als die schwarzen Freibauern.
Genaue Berechnung ist allerdings erforderlich.} (47. Rc7 {Gelfand} Rxc7 48.
Rxc7 Rxf4 49. Rxf7+ Kg8) 47... g5 {'?' Gelfand.} (47... a4 $1 {(Gelfand)} 48.
Rc7 Rxc7 49. Rxc7 Rxf4 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Ke3 g5 53. Rh7 a3 54. Ra7
h5 55. Rxa3 Kf7 $1 56. Ra7+ Ke6 $11 57. Re7+ $140 (57. Rg7 {Gelfand} Rf5) 57...
Kd5 58. f7 h4 59. e6 h3 60. Re8 h2) 48. f5 Rxc4 (48... a4 49. e6) 49. Rxc4 a4
50. e6 fxe6 (50... a3 51. e7 a2 52. Rc1 $1 (52. e8=Q $2 a1=Q $19) 52... Ra8 53.
Ra1 h5 54. Kf1 h4 55. Rxa2 $18) 51. fxe6 Kg6 52. e7 Ra8 53. Rxa4 Rb8 (53... Re8
54. Ra6 h5 55. Kf3 h4 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Rd6 $18) 54. Ra6 h5 55. Rd6 Rb2+ {
und Schwarz gab sich geschlagen. Eine saubere technische Leistung von Gelfand.}
1-0

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 bxa3 16. b4 $5 {Die Idee von V. Milov.} h6 (16... f5 $1 {ist der kritische
Zug, der die schwarzen Probleme löst. Nach 17.exf6 Nxf6 hängt der Pb4 wirklich,
während nach Rückzug des Be4 der schwarze Pf5 weiße Aktivitäten am
Königsflügel verhindert. Schwarz hat Ausgleich, z.B.} 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Bxa3 Nd5
19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Rb3 Nb6 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Rab1 Rb6 25.
Ne1 Nc7 26. Nc2 $2 c5 $1 $17 27. bxc5 Qd5 28. c6 Bxc6 29. Bf1 Rxb3 30. Rxb3
Qxb3 31. Bxe7 Rd7 32. Bc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 Qxb5 34. Qc1 Nd5 35. Na3 Qb3 36. h4 Nc3
37. Kh2 Ne2 38. Qa1 a6 39. Bd6 Rb7 40. Qe1 Nxd4 41. Qc1 h5 42. Qd2 Nb5 43. Qg5
Nxd6 {0-1 Tkachiev,V-Fressinet,L/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (43)}) (
16... Bxb4 $2 17. Bxh7+ $1) (16... a5 $2 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Bxh7+
$1) 17. Bb1 (17. Bd2 c5 $5 (17... f5 $5) 18. Bxb7 cxb4 19. Be4 (19. Ba6 b3 20.
Bc4 b2 21. Rb1 Nb6 22. Ba2 Nd5) 19... b3 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. h4 Qd7 22. Bd3 Qd5 23.
Be4 Qd7 24. Bd3 Qd5 25. Be4 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Vasquez,R/Buenos Aires
2003/CBM 97/[Lutz] (25)}) 17... Bxb4 {Dieser Zug wurde von mir in den
Kommentaren zu Avrukh,B/Vera,R als Verbesserung gegenüber 17...Re8 bewertet,
aber anscheinend ist Schwarz auch hier Problemen ausgesetzt.} (17... Re8 18.
Qd3 Nf8 19. Bxa3 $16 Qb6 20. Qc3 Ba8 21. Be4 Bxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4
24. Rxa7 Rc8 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Kf1 g5 27. Ke1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. h3 Nd7 30.
Ra1 Bb7 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Kd2 Ke7 33. Kc3 Rb6 34. Nd2 $18 Bc8 35. Nc4 Rb8 36. Nd6
f6 37. Bxc6 fxe5 38. Nxc8+ Rxc8 39. Rxd7+ Kf6 40. Rd6 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Vera,R/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (40)}) 18. Qd3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bxh6 $5 {
Dieser Zug betont die Schwächung des schwarzen Königsflügels. In den nächsten
Zügen ist Weiß immer in der komfortablen Situation, Dauerschach zu geben oder
aber weiter auf Gewinn zu spielen.} gxh6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+
Kh8 ({Der schwarze König kann nicht herauslaufen:} 23... Kf7 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25.
Qg7+ Kd6 26. Nc4+ Kd5 27. Qg5+ Kxd4 28. Qe5+ Kxc4 29. Ba2+ Kd3 30. Qe3+ Kc2 31.
Bb3+ Kb2 32. Rfb1#) 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Ne5 $5 {Bringt den Springer
heran.} Bd6 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Nf4+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8
32. Ba2 $5 {... und jetzt wird der Läufer auf eine andere Diagonale gebracht.
Schwarz muss weiterhin die einzigen Züge spielen.} Nd5 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qh5+
Kg8 35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Nxf8+ {Damit entschließt sich
Weiß, das sichere Dauerschach fahren zu lassen und stattdessen weiter das
Glück im Angriff zu versuchen.} Kxf8 39. Qe6 Bc8 (39... Kg7 $5 $11) (39... Qe7
40. Qh6+ Kf7 $5 $11) 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Rfe1 Rb7 43. Rac1 Bb4 $6 {
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht so richtig.} (43... Rg7 $5) 44. Re3 Rg7 45. Qh5
Bg4 46. Qh8+ Rg8 47. Qh6+ Rg7 48. h3 (48. Rxc6 $5 a2 49. Ra6 (49. Qh8+ Kf7 50.
Rf6+ Kxf6 51. Qxd8+ Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kh7 $13) 49... Kg8 $13) 48... Bf5 $2 {Schwarz
bricht unter dem anhaltenden Angriff zusammen.} (48... Bd2 {ist die beste
Verteidigung.} 49. hxg4 Bxc1 50. Qh8+ Rg8 51. Rf3+ Ke7 52. Qe5+ Kd7 53. Rf6 $40
{mit Angriff.}) 49. Rg3 $18 1-0

[Event "ISL-ISR"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 {Möglicherweise biete dieses
System dem Weißen Aussichten auf einen kleinen Vorteil. Es ist jedenfalls ein
Fingerzeig, daß Kramnik anstelle von 9...a6 9...b4 bevorzugt, was jedoch den
Übergang zur Reynolds-Variante 10.e4 c5 11.d5 erlaubt. Man vergleiche auch das
Survey von L.Costa in CBM 46!} O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Be3 c5
17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. dxc5 (18. Qe4 Qb8 19. Rfd1 $14 {Anand,V}) 18... Nxc5 $10 {
Anand,V} 19. Rac1 (19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Qc4 (20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Bxa7 (21. Rd6 Bxd6
22. exd6 Rb5 $19 {Anand,V}) 21... Rxc2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Rab1 Ra8 24. Nd4 Rc5
25. Ra1 g5 $44 {Anand,V}) 20... Nd7 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Rd2 Rbc7 23. Rad1 Rc4 24.
Rd4 Nb6 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. Qe4 Kg8 27. Qg4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Qh5 Qc7 30. h4
Bc5 31. Rd2 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Nd5 33. Kf2 Qc5 34. Nd4 Nf6 35. Qf3 Qxe5 36. Rd1 Kg8
37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Ra1 e5 39. Qf5 Rc4 40. b3 exd4 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Anand,V/Reggio
Emilia (09) ;CBM 27 1992}) (19. Bxc5 Qc8 20. Rac1 Rc7 $10 {Ftacnik,L}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Be7 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug ist
neu, normalerweise wird 12... Bd6 oder 12... Qc7 gespielt.} (12... Bd6 13. O-O
(13. Bd2 Rb8 (13... Qc7 14. Bb4 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5
18. Qd4 Qb5 19. Qxg7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21. Nd4 Nc5) 14. O-O $5 (14. Qa4 c5 15.
Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rd1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/
Dortmund 1995/CBM 48/[Von Gleich] (18)}) 14... O-O (14... c5 $6 15. Bxb7 Rxb7
16. Bc3 $1 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rd7 20. Qa8+ Qd8 $14
) 16... O-O 17. d5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Novikov,I/Antwerp op/1995/0-1 (93)}) 15. Bb4
c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid 1996 (27)}) (13. Nd2 $5 $146 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Bf3 $11 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Galkin,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/
CBM 81/[Lutz] (45)}) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Anand,V/Lausanne 1998/CBM 63/
[Ftacnik] (19)}) (12... Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bb2 $1 (14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2 h6 16.
Bd2 Rab8 17. Bb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxc5 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22.
Qa4 Qc5 23. Nd4 Rfc8 $10 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares (01)/1993/0.5 (29)}) 14...
O-O 15. Rc1 Nf6 $6 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. e4 $5 Bf4 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Qb1 $1 $14 {
1-0 Bareev,E-Akopian,V/Leon 1995/CBM 48/[Bareev] (35)}) 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. O-O Nf6 16. Bd3 c5 17. e4 $5 {Weiß kämpft um die Initiative, das Geschehen
spitzt sich zu.} c4 18. Bf4 Qxf4 (18... Qd7 $6 {sieht verlockend aus,
funktioniert aber nicht:} 19. Ne5 $1 cxd3 20. Qb2 Qc7 21. Qb5+ $1 Bc6 22. Nxc6
Qxc6 (22... a6 23. Qxd3 $1 Qxc6 (23... Qxf4 24. Qxa6 Qc7 25. Nxe7 $18 {/\} Kxe7
26. Rb7) 24. Rfc1 Qa8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rb8) 23. Rfc1 Bc5 24. Rxc5 Qxb5 25.
Rxc8+ Ke7 26. Rc7+ Qd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 (27... Nxd7 28. Rd1 $16) 28. f3 $16 {
, und der Pd3 wird fallen.}) 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. Bxc4 Bxa3 21. e5 Nd5 22. Qb3 Nb6
23. Bxe6 {Das ist die Pointe, Weiß gewinnt zwei Bauern.} fxe6 24. Qxa3 Nd5 25.
Qxa7 Qg4 {Trotz der zwei Mehrbauern ist die technische Aufgabe für Weiß nicht
einfach, da Schwarz amKönigsflügel angreifen kann und die Qa7 und Rb7 weit vom
Geschehen entfernt sind.} 26. h3 Qg6 27. Kh2 Kh8 $1 {Ein nützliche
prophylaktische Massnahme. Jetzt hängt der Pg7 nicht mehr mit Schach, falls
sich die Qg6 entfernt.} 28. Rfb1 $5 (28. Qa3 $5 Nf4 29. Rg1 {erschien
Krasenkow wohl als zu passiv.}) 28... Nf4 29. Nh4 Qh6 30. g3 Nd3 31. Rf7 (31.
Rb8 $5 {ist beachtenswert, führt aber auch nicht zum Vorteil.} Rxf2+ 32. Kh1
Rcf8 (32... Rff8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qa6 Rc1+ 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2+ 37. Ng2
h6 38. Qxe6 Ne1 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qb7 Nxg2 41. Qxg2 Qxd4 42. Qe2 $16) 33. Rxf8+
(33. Qa3 g5 34. Qxd3 gxh4 35. g4 Qf4 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $132) 33... Rxf8 34. Rb8 g5
35. Qa8 Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kg7 $14) 31... g5 32. Ng2 Nxf2 {Damit hat Schwarz das
Unentschieden gesichert.} 33. h4 Ng4+ 34. Kh3 (34. Kg1 $2 gxh4 {ist nur für
Schwarz günstig.}) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco m"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 c5 {Die schärfere Alternative zu 10...Ne4 11.Be4.
Allerdings scheint Weiß besser zu stehen.} (10... Nxe4) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O
cxd4 $5 {Bislang wurde 12...Qb6 versucht. Es erscheint logisch, direkt auf d4
zu nehmen und erst dann die Position der schwarzen Dame zu bestimmen. Schwarz
kommt dennoch in Probleme.} (12... Qb6 13. axb4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxb4 15. Bd2 Rg8
16. f3 Rg5 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rf2 Rc5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. b4 Rc7 21. Nb5 Rcc8 22.
Bf1 Ke7 23. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Dreev,A/Alushta4 (01) ;CBM 42 1994 
(41)}) 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 bxa3 14. bxa3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Horvath,C/
AUT-chT9495 ;EXP 45 1995 Schwarz hat keine Probleme hier.}) 13... Rg8 14. f3
Bd6 15. Qe1 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rf6,Rh2][%cal Ye1h4,Yh4h2,Yh4b4,Yh4f6] Ein
hervorragender Zug.Von h4 deckt die weiße Dame h2 und greift gleichzeitig b4
und f6 an.} Qb8 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Bd2 {Die schwarze Initiative am
Königsflügel ist ins Stocken geraten. Nun kommen die weißen Aktivposten 
(schlechter Ke7, schwacher Damenflügel) zur Geltung.} bxa3 19. bxa3 a6 20. Rab1
Qa7 21. Kh1 Bxa3 22. Ba5 Rac8 23. Rfd1 Rg5 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Ra1 Bc5 26. Nb3 Bxe3
$2 27. Qb4+ Ke8 28. Qd6 Qb8 (28... Bd5 29. Bb4 Bc5 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Bb5+ $18)
(28... Bc6 29. Bb4) 29. Qxd7+ Kf8 30. Qd3 (30. Qd6+ $18) 30... Rh5 31. Bb4+ Kg7
32. Bd6 Qa7 33. Nd4 Bf2 34. Ra4 Rd5 35. Bg3 Bxg3 36. hxg3 Rh5+ 37. Kg1 e5 38.
f4 Rh6 39. Rb4 Rc7 40. f5 a5 41. Qe3 Bxg2 42. Ne6+ fxe6 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Qxa7
Rxa7 45. Kxg2 exf5 46. Rc4 Rg6 47. Bh5 Rg5 48. Be2 f4 49. g4 f5 50. Rc8+ Kg7
51. Kh3 fxg4+ 52. Kh4 Kh6 53. Bxg4 a4 54. Re8 a3 55. Re6+ Rg6 56. Rxe5 a2 57.
Ra1 Ra4 58. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Sakaev,K} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O
14. Rb1 Qc8 15. Ng5 $5 (15. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Akopian,V/EU-chTM 1997/
EXP 57/[Lutz] (27)}) 15... Rd8 $6 {Möglicherweise ist 15...Be7 besser, um auf
16.Qc2 die Antwort 16...Nf6 zu haben.} (15... Be7 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,
A-Galkin,A/Russian Cup f 1997/CBM 62/[Lutz] (101)}) (15... c5 {Sakaev,K} 16.
Qd3 $14) 16. Qc2 (16. Bd3 {Sakaev,K} Nf8 (16... h6 $5 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18. Ne4 Be7
$13) 17. Qh5 (17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qf3 Ba6 $11) 17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Be3 c5
20. Qxc5 $140 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Kxg2 Rd7 24. Rfd1 Rc7 $11)
16... g6 (16... Nf8 {Sakaev,K} 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Ba6 20. c4
$1 e5 21. Bb2 f6 22. f4 $1 $16) 17. Ne4 (17. Qe4 {Sakaev,K} Bg7 $1 $11) 17...
Be7 18. Bf3 e5 {'[]' Sakaev,K.} (18... Ba6 {Sakaev,K} 19. c4 $1 (19. Re1 Bc4
$11) 19... Nb6 20. Be2 $16 Rxd4 $140 21. Bb2 c5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. c5 $18) (
18... Qc7 {Sakaev,K} 19. Bf4 Qxf4 20. Rxb7 $16) 19. Re1 (19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5
Ba6 21. Qb3 Rf8) 19... Ba6 20. Bh6 $2 {Mit diesem und den nächsten Zügen
verliert Weiß den Faden. Mir scheint, daß er seinen Entwicklungsvorsapurng
energischer aushutzen sollte. Dazu bietet sich 20.Bg5! an :} (20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (
20... Re8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. c4 $5 {/\ c5, Nd6} exd4 $2 (22... Qc7 23. Qa4) 23.
Nf6+ $18) 21. Nxg5 Qc7 (21... exd4 22. cxd4 $16) (21... h6 $1 {Sakaev,K} 22.
Ne4 (22. Ne6 Re8 23. d5 (23. Bg4 Nf6 (23... Nf8 24. Nxf8 Qxg4 25. h3 Qf4 (25...
Qg5 26. Nd7 $16) 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qxc6 $13) 24. Bh3 Rxe6 $15)
23... Nf6 24. Rxe5 cxd5 25. Rbe1 Bc4 $11) 22... Qc7 $11) 22. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rc6,
Re5,Rh7][%cal Ye4c6,Ye4h4,Yh4h7,Yd4e5] /\ de5, /\ Qc6, /\ Qh4} h6 $2 23. Ne6
fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Re4 $18) 20... Qc7 21. g3 Bc4 22. h4 Rac8
23. Bg2 Qa5 $132 {'!' Sakaev,K. Nun hat Schwarz sich einigermaßen entwickelt.}
24. Nd2 {Mit dem folgenden Manöver erobert Weiß das Läuferpaar, ohne
allerdings etwas zu erreichen.} Be6 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. dxe5 {'?!' Sakaev,K.} (26.
Qe2 {Sakaev,K} Bf6 (26... Bd6 27. c4 c5 28. d5 Bf5 29. Rbd1 $16) 27. Bg5 Bxg5
28. hxg5 $14) 26... Nxe5 27. Nd4 (27. Bf4 {Sakaev,K} Bd6 28. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 29.
Bxe5 $11) 27... Bd5 28. Bf4 Bd6 29. Nb5 {'?' Sakaev,K.} (29. Bxd5 {Sakaev,K}
cxd5 30. Nb5 (30. Bxe5 $6 Bxe5 31. Nb5 Qb8 32. Nxa7 (32. Nd4 Qd6) 32... Qxa7
33. Rxe5 d4 $17) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qc6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Bxd6
Qxd6 (34... d4+ 35. Qe4) 35. Qd3 $11) (29. Bxe5 {Sakaev,K} Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bg7 31.
c4 Be6 32. Ng5 $15) 29... cxb5 30. Bxd5 Nc4 {'-/+' Sakaev,K. Mit der Drohung ..
.Na3. Weiß muß sich nun um den Ausgleich bemühen.} 31. Bg5 {'?' Sakaev,K.} (31.
Bxc4 Bxf4 (31... Qxc4 {Sakaev,K} 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 $17) 32. Bxb5 Rd2 $40) (31. Bxd6
Nxd6 32. a4 a6 $15) 31... Na3 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Qe4 $2 {Diese Zug sieht
natürlich aus, aber nun gerät Weiß auf die Verliererstraße.} (33. Qd3 $5 Nxb1
34. Rxb1 Bc5 35. Rb2 $1 {Deckt f2.} Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1
Qxc3 $36 39. Rd2 $15) 33... Nxb1 34. Rxb1 Bc5 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf2,Rg3][%cal
Yc7g3,Yc5f2,Yc7c5] '-+' Sakaev,K. /\ ...Bf2, /\ ...Qg3} 35. Kg2 (35. Qf3 Rxd5
36. Qxd5 Qxg3+ 37. Qg2 Bxf2+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ $19) 35... Bxf2 36. Qf3 (36. Kxf2
Qc5+) 36... Rxd5 37. Kxf2 $6 (37. Qxf2 Qxc3 $19) 37... Rf5 0-1

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 $1 {Diese Idee von V.Milov bereitet Schwarz einiges Kopfzerbrechen.
Gestützt auf einen taktischen Trick verhindert Weiß den Befreiungszug ...c6-c5
bzw. schwächt den schwarzen Damenflügel. Andere Züge bringen dem Weißen nichts
ein;} (15. Be3 c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rc7 19. e6 Nb6 20. exf7+
Rxf7 21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rac1 Rf5 23. Nd2 Na4 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Rb1 Rd5 26. Kf1
Rdd7 27. Nc4 Rb7 28. Nd2 Rbc7 29. Nc4 Rb7 30. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/
Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (30)}) (15. Qc2 h6 16. Be3 c5 $1 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18.
dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 (19. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} Qc8 20. Rac1 Rc7 $10) 19... Qb8 20. Qc4
(20. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 $22 21. Bxa7 Rxc2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Rd2 Rbc8 $36) 20...
Nd7 21. Qe4 Rc8 $11 {Ftacnik,L. 0-1 Beliavsky,A-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1992/CBM
27/[Ftacnik] (40)}) 15... a5 $6 ({Die weiße Pointe zeigt sich nach} 15... bxa3
{:} 16. b4 $3 a5 (16... Bxb4 {Milov,V} 17. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3
$1 Qd8 (18... Bxa3 {Milov,V} 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (19... Kh8 20. Ng5) 20. Ng5+ Kg6
(20... Kh6 21. Qd3) 21. Qd3+ Kxg5 22. f4+ Kh6 23. Qh3+ Kg6 24. f5+ exf5 25. Rf3
$1 f6 26. Rxf5 Rh8 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. e6+ $18) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/CBM 77/[Milov,V] (50)}) (15... c5 $142 {
Milov,V} 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 $14 (17. axb4 cxb4 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Nc5)) 16.
axb4 axb4 17. Qc2 $5 (17. Be3 {Milov,V} c5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5
Qb6 21. Nd2 $16) 17... h6 18. Be3 c5 $2 {Im Vergleich zu Beliavsky,A-Anand,V 
(siehe oben) ist wegen der geöffneten a-Linie dieser Zug nicht möglich.} 19.
Bxb7 Rxb7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Qc8 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Ra5 Rd8 24. Ne1 Rd5 25.
Nd3 $2 {Weiß geht an der Möglichkeit vorbei, eine Gewinnstellung zu erhalten.
Allerdings war dies schwer zu sehen.} (25. Qa4 $1 {(droht Ra8)} Kh7 (25... Bxc5
26. Rcxc5 Rdxc5 27. Ra8 $18) (25... Rd8 26. Qxb4 Rd5 27. Qa4 Rd8 28. b4 $18)
26. Ra8 Qd7 (26... Qb7 27. Be3 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 $18) 27. Qc2+ $1 (27. Qxd7 Rdxd7
28. Ra5 Rd5 29. Bxe7 Rxc1 30. Bxb4 Rb1 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Kf1 Rxb2 33. Bc3 $16 {
ist weniger überzeugend}) 27... g6 28. Bxe7 $1 Rxc2 29. Bf6 {(die Pointe)} g5
30. Rxc2 Rd1 31. Re2 {, und der weiße Materialvorteil wird sich durchsetzen,
da der schwarze König sich in einem Beinahe-Mattnetz befindet, z.B.} Qd3 (31...
g4 32. h3 gxh3 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rg8+ Kf5 35. g4+ Kf4 36. Bh4 $18) 32. Re3 Qd2
33. Kf1 Qxb2 34. g4 $18) 25... Qd8 $1 26. Qa4 $6 (26. Rca1 $5 b3 27. Qxb3 Rxd3
28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Qa4 $14) (26. Bxe7 $2 Rxc2 27. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Rd1#)
26... Rxd3 27. Ra8 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Be3 Qd8 30. h3 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bg7 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxa6 Rc7
{Diese gesamte Variante ist theoretisch gut bekannt, scheint aber nach den
jüngsten Erkenntnissen nichts für Weiß zu versprechen. Zwar gewinnt Weiß nach
Qualitätsopfer und anschließendem Rückgewinn der Qualität einen Bauern, aber
seine Bauern auf a3 und e5 sind schwach und seine Figuren (insbesondere der
Na4) stehen schlecht.} 22. Ba5 (22. Nb5 $6 O-O 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc1 Qa7 25.
Bb5 Nxe5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Luther,T/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (63)})
22... O-O 23. Nf3 $146 {Diesen Zug hatte ich in meinen Anmerkungen zu Sokolov,
I-Luther,T/Istanbul 2003 bereits erwähnt. Weiß kann (zumindest für eine Zeit)
seinen Mehrbauern behalten, aber Vorteil erlangt er nicht.} (23. Nc6 Qa8 24.
Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Bxc7 Nd5 26. Bf1 Nxc7 27. Qxd7 Qa5 {/\ ...Be5}) (23. Nb5 Bxe5 24.
Nxc7 (24. Rxe5 Rc1 $1 25. Qxc1 Qxa5 $15) 24... Bxc7 $15 {0-1 Gustafsson,
J-Ribli,Z/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 23... Qb8 $1 (23... Rc1 24. Bxd8 Rxd1
25. Rxd1 Rxd8 26. Bc4 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Nb6 $14) (23... Qa8 24. Bxc7 Qxa6
25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Nb2 Rc3 $14) 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qe2 Rb8 $1 {Schwarz spielt
konsequent gegen die weißen Figuren.} 26. Bc4 Qa5 27. Bxd5 (27. Qd1 Rd8 28.
Bxd5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxd5 31. Nd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxa4 $11) 27...
Qxa4 28. Be4 Qxa3 29. Qd3 Qa7 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 $15 {Wegen der
Schwäche des Pe5 steht Schwarz jetzt sogar etwas besser, aber die Partie soll
natürlich mit einem Unentschieden enden.} 32. g3 h6 33. h4 Rb4 34. Bc2 Rc4 35.
Re2 Nd7 36. Bd3 Rc5 37. Rc2 Rd5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Be4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Nxe5 41. Bc2
Rd6 42. h5 Nd3 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Kg8 46. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Festival (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 (11... Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 $11) 12. fxg7
Bxg7 (12... bxa1=Q 13. gxh8=Q {ist die wahrscheinlich einzige plausible
Eröffnungsvariante überhaupt, in der vier Damen auf das Brett kommen. Nach}
Qa5+ 14. Nd2 {ist die Stellung unklar.}) 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 {Es scheint mir,
als hätte Weiß in dieser Stellung einen minimalen Vorteil aufgrund seiner
besseren Bauernstruktur. Daher erscheint 11...Nxf6 12.bxc3 Bd6 im
Ausgleichssinne einfacher.} c5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Nb3 (16. Nc4 $1 {ist
gefährlicher.} Qd5 17. Bf3 Qxc4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Ba3 $1 Qc7 (19... Rxb7 20. Rc1
{/\ Rc8#}) 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Be4 Bf8 23. Qh5 Rb5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25.
Bc6 Nxc6 26. Qxb5 Nd8 27. Qb8 Qb7 28. Qxb7 Nxb7 {1-0 Polgar,Z-Iclicki,W/
Brussels 1985/EXT 99 (28)}) 16... Qg5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 O-O 19. Bxd4 Ne5
20. Qe4 Qg4 21. f4 Ng6 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. h3 Qh4 24. Rc1 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Qf6 26.
Nc6 Rd2 27. Rcf1 Rxa2 28. Rg3 Kh8 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Qd6 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32.
Rxe5 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qd1 34. Rgg5 Qg1+ 35. Kg3 Ra3+ 36. Kh4 f6 37. Rgf5 Rg8 38.
Rxf6 Qd1 39. Rd5 Qc1 40. Rh5 Qc7 41. Qe5 Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Rxg2 43. Re7 Rgg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Dieser Aufbau macht eien zweifelhaften Eindruck
auf mich.} 11. e4 (11. a3 c5 12. O-O bxa3 13. bxa3 Bg7 14. Rb1 Bxf3 $5 15. Qxf3
cxd4 16. exd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Kharlov,A/EUCup f Bayern-Cheliabinsk
1992 (26)}) 11... c5 12. Be3 (12. d5 $5 exd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Re1+
Be6 16. a3 b3 17. Bf4 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Kb8 21. Bc4 Qb6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qc4 $36 {0-1 Lerner,K-Kharlov,A/Simferopol/Alushta 1992 (52)}
) 12... Qb6 13. Rc1 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. Qe2 Rg8 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Bf4+ Bd6 18.
Bxd6+ Qxd6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb1 Qf4 21. Rxc5 fxe4 22. Ne1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 e3 24.
Qe2 Qd4 25. Qxe3 Qxb2 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 $5 {Ein seltener Zug, der Weiß wohl kaum etwas
einbringen kann. h2-h3 kann ein nützlicher Zug sein, wenn Schwarz ...e6-e5
anstrebt. Nach Lekos Fortsetzung kann Sokolovs Zug jedoch wenig beeindrucken.}
b4 (10... a6 $6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Qc2 Re8
16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Ne2 Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 {1-0 Mensch,E-Lassabe,N/France 2002/EXT
2003 (18)}) 11. Na4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 Be7 14. e4 Qa5 15. a3 $2 {Damit
fangen die weißen Probleme an. Weiß kann es sich nicht leisten, dass der
Damenflügel geschwächt wird, da der weiße e-Bauer ebenfalls des Schutzes
bedarf.} (15. b3 $11 {ist die solidere Alternative.}) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. axb4 Rfc8 18. Qb1 Qb7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Rxc5 {Nun ist es
offensichtlich, dass etwas für Weiß schiefgelaufen ist.} 22. Bd2 Rb8 23. Ra2
Rc7 24. Rc1 h6 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Bxb4 Nxb4 28. Ra3 Nd5 29. Qa1 Qc2
$17 30. b3 Nf4 31. Rxa7 Rxb3 {Schwarz kommt dem Sieg sehr nahe, aber Sokolov
schafft es noch, sich zu verteidigen.} ({Vielleicht ist} 31... Nxh3+ {ein Weg
zu schwarzem Vorteil:} 32. Kh2 (32. gxh3 Rxb3 33. Ra2 (33. Ne1 Rb1 34. Qa5 Qe2)
33... Qg6+ 34. Kh2 Rxf3 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxf3 Qf5
$17) 32... Nxf2 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Qxa8+ Kh7 $17) 32. Qa4 Nxh3+ 33. Kh2 Nxf2 34.
Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Qg6 36. Qxg6+ Kxg6 37. Re7 Rb6 38. Nd4 {Somit entsteht
forciert ein Springerendspiel, das nicht mehr zu gewinnen ist.} Ng4+ 39. Kh3
Nxe5 40. Rxe6+ Rxe6 41. Nxe6 Kf6 42. Nd4 h5 43. Kh4 g6 44. Ne2 Kg7 45. Kg5 Nf7+
46. Kh4 Kh6 47. g4 g5+ 48. Kh3 h4 49. Nd4 Nd6 50. Nf3 Ne4 51. Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 $5 9. Bd2 $5 {Ein interessantes Konzept. Weiß will unmittelbar am
Damenflügel spielen, um die Schwäche des Pc6 zu betonen. Nachteilig ist aber,
dass er noch nicht rochiert hat.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bb7 (10... a6 {ist zu
langsam:} 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. b4 Qe7 15. Qb3 {Dies ist
die gleiche Stellung wie in Sokolov,I-Anand,V, jedoch mit dem für Weiß
vorteilhaften Einschub von 0-0 und ...a7-a6. Da Schwarz das notwendige Tempo
zum Gegenspiel fehlt, hat er einfach strategischen Nachteil.} e5 16. Qb1 Nf6
17. Bf5 e4 18. Ng5 Rce8 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rxf3 g6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23.
Qxg6 Qg7 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxe8+ {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Utnasunov,A/St Petersburg
2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 {/\ ...
c6-c5}) 12... b4 (12... a6 13. b4 $14) 13. e4 Be7 (13... c5 14. e5 $5 Bxf3 15.
exd6 Bd5 $13 {0-1 Lautier,J-Zvjaginsev,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99/[Lutz] (59)}) 14.
e5 Nd5 15. Ng3 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 (16... N5b6 17. Be4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4
cxd4 20. Qd3 h6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qxd4 Qb6 24. Qc4 Qb8 25. Qd4 Qb6
26. Qc4 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Zvjaginsev,V/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (26)}) 17. Qe4
g6 18. Qg4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Re1 N5b6 21. Be4 Nc4 22. Bxb7 Nxd2 23. Nxd2
Qxb7 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Qc4 Qd5 27. Qxb4 Qxa2 28. Ne4 Qa4 29. Qxa4
Nxa4 30. b3 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc1 Bb6 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. Rb1 Rc3 35. Rb2 a5
36. Ke2 Bc5 37. Nd2 Bb4 38. Ra2 Kg7 39. Nc4 Rxb3 40. Nxa5 Rc3 41. Nb7 g5 42.
Rb2 Ba3 43. Rb5 g4 44. Kd2 Rc7 45. Nd6 Kg6 46. Rb8 h5 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Rh8+ Kg5
49. Rf8 Bxd6 50. exd6 Rd7 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh7 53. Rg5 Kh6 54. Rg8 Rxd6 55.
Kf4 Rd3 56. Ra8 Rb3 57. Ra5 Rb2 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Re5 Rd2 60. Ra5 f5 61. h3 h4+
62. Kxh4 Rxf2 63. Kg3 Rb2 64. hxg4 Rb3+ 65. Kf4 Rb4+ 66. Ke5 Re4+ 67. Kd6 fxg4
68. Re5 Rd4+ 69. Kxe6 Rd2 {0-1 Gustafsson,J-Graf,A/Dresden 2003/EXT 2004 (69)})
9... O-O (9... Bb7 10. a3 a5 11. Ng5 b4 12. Nce4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nf3 c5
15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Harikrishna,P/Catalan Bay 2004/CBM 98 ext
(16)}) 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb3 {Der Pc6 ist
festgelegt und Weiß hätte einigen Vorteil, könnte Schwarz nicht im Zentrum
aktiv werden.} e5 $1 15. dxe5 (15. Qb1 $5 h6 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. dxe5
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc3 Rg5 23. e4 c5 24. f3 Rg6
25. bxc5 Ra6 26. Re2 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Utnasunov,A/Elista 2000/CBM 79 (26)})
15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb1 g6 18. O-O Qd6 $15 {Schwarz gewinnt einen
wichtigen Bauern am Königsflügel. Andererseits ist der Bb7 nach wie vor
eingeschlossen, so dass Weiß Kompensation hat.} 19. Bc3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qb2 Rd7 28. Kg1 Rd2 29. Qc3 Qd6 {Schwarz versucht methodisch seinen Bauern zu
verwerten, aber angesichts seines Läufers gestaltet sich das schwierig.} (29...
Rxa2 $5 {ist ein prinzipieller Versuch seitens des Schwarzen.} 30. Rd1 {
wird wahrscheinlich Anands Befürchtung gewesen sein.} (30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qxc6
a6 $17 {gewinnt zwar einen der weißen Minusbauern zurück, aber durch den
Abtausch des Bb7 ist Schwarz auch seine wesentliche Schwäche losgeworden, so
dass er sich nun eines mehr oder weniger gesunden Mehrbauern erfreuen kann.})
30... Qe7 31. Qd4 {mit der Idee Qd7 sieht zumindest in einer praktischen
Partie riskant für Schwarz aus. Aber vielleicht hat Schwarz dennoch Vorteil:}
Ra4 32. Qd7 Kf8 33. Qd4 f6 $17) 30. a3 Rd3 31. Qa1 h5 32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5
34. Qa7 $11 {Mit dem Eindringen seiner Dame kann Weiß das Gleichgewicht wahren.
} Qd7 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qb8 Rd6 38. Ra1 Qe7 39. Ra7 Rd7 40. g3 Bc8
41. Ra1 Rc7 42. Rc1 Bb7 43. Rc5 Qd6 44. Bd5 Bc8 45. Qb6 Bb7 46. Rxb5 Rd7 47.
Rc5 cxd5 48. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 $5 {
Nachdem der Milov-Idee 16.b4 der Zahn gezogen wurde (siehe Variante), versucht
Beliavsky eine andere Fortsetzung, die aber bislang keine großen Erfolge für
Weiß erzielen konnte.} (14. Be4 Rb8 15. a3 bxa3 16. b4 {Milovs Idee, die
jedoch durch} f5 $1 {entkräftet wurde.}) 14... h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qb6 17.
Be3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 (18... Bxc5 $6 {ist etwas weniger genau.} 19. Rad1 Bxe3 (
19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 21. Rd6 Qa5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qc4 $14) 20. Rxd7 Rac8
21. Rxb7 Rxc2 22. Rxb6 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Bxb6 24. Kf1 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 $14 {1-0
Kortschnoj,V-Polugaevsky,L/Evian 1977/Candidates (63)}) 19. Bxc5 (19. Bxb7 {
Dieser Tausch führt zu ähnlichen Stellungen wie nach 19.Lxc5, allerdings kann
die schwarze Dame nun die lange Diagonale a8-h1 besetzen. Daher ist 19.Lxc5
genauer.} Qxb7 20. Rac1 (20. Bxc5 Rfc8) 20... Rac8 21. Qe2 a5 22. Bxc5 (22. Rc4
Na4 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nb6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Nd5 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qc1
Qa6 29. Bd4 Qd3 30. h3 Kh7 31. Kh2 a4 $17 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Piket,J/
Antwerp 1996/EXT 97 (37)}) 22... Bxc5 23. Rc4 Bb6 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. g3 Qc5 28. b3 Kg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Belozerov,A-Kobalija,M/
Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 99 (43)}) 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc5 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Rc4 $5
$146 {Beliavsky hat ein neues Konzept im Sinn.} ({Was passieren kann, wenn
Weiß planlos spielt, zeigt die nachfolgende Partie:} 22. g3 $6 Rd5 23. b3 Rfd8
24. Kg2 Kg8 25. Rc2 $6 (25. Rc4) 25... Bd4 26. Nxd4 $6 Rxd4 27. Qc6 Qa5 28. Re1
g5 29. Ree2 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5 R8xd5 31. h3 h5 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7
35. Re4 a5 $17 {0-1 Grivas,E-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Athens 1997/EXT 99 (48)})
22... Rd5 23. g4 $5 {Beliavsky geht aktiv zu Werke. Zwar kann Schwarz die
d-Linie besetzen, aber das nutzt ihm nicht so viel, da er dort nicht
eindringen kann. Im Gegenzug knn Weiß die c-Linie besetzen. Im Licht dieser
Partie erscheint die weiße Stellung als etwas besser, da er der Einzige ist,
der Aktivität entwickeln kann. Ob dies jedoch zu etwas Greifbarem führt, steht
auf einem anderen Blatt.} Be7 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Rfc1 g6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. h4 R8d7
28. h5 g5 {Schwarz muss den Königsflügel geschlossen halten.} (28... gxh5 $6
29. gxh5 {ist schlecht, da die weißen Schwerfiguren direkt zum schwarzen König
schwenken können.}) 29. Rc6 Qb7 30. Rxe6 $5 {Wenn Weiß diesen Zug nicht spielt,
ist es schwierig, andere Ideen fortzusetzen. Auch nach diesem Opfer kann Weiß
nicht mehr als ein Unentschieden erreichen.} fxe6 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ Ke8
33. Qxe6 $5 {Weiß ziert sich noch, das Dauerschach zu geben...} (33. Qg6+ Kf8
34. h6 $6 (34. Qh6+ $11) 34... Bd8) 33... Rd3 {... aber jetzt muss er es doch.}
34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qg6+ (36. h6+ $6 {ist kein Versuch, um auf
Gewinn zu spielen.} Kh8 (36... Kxh6 $2 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Qf7#) 37.
Qf7 (37. e6 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd6 $17) 37... Qxf3+ $5 (37... Bd8 38.
Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ $11) 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Kxf3 Kh7 40. Ke4 Kxh6 41. Kf5 Kg7 $13)
36... Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Valerga, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qxf4 16. Rxb7 Nd5 (16... Bd6 17. g3 Qf5 18. Qa4 Ne4 19. Rc1 c5
20. Qc2 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Chernin,A/Reggio Emilia 1986}) 17. Qc2 (17. g3
Qd6 18. c4 Nc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bf6 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. Re1 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lobron,E-Gelfand,B/Wijk op 1993 (38)}) 17... Bf6 $6 (17... Rfb8 $5) 18. g3 Qf5
19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Rc1 $14 Rfe8 21. Bc4 Re7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Rb1
Rc8 25. Rb7 Bf8 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nd7 f4 28. Rxa7 f3 29. h4 Bd6 30. Ra6 Be7 31.
Nb6 Rxc3 32. Nxd5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Bf8 34. g4 Rd1 35. Kg3 Rxd4 36. Ne3 Kf7 37. a4
Bc5 38. Rc6 Bd6+ 39. Kxf3 Be5 40. a5 h5 41. gxh5 Rxh4 42. a6 Ra4 43. Nc4 Bd4
44. Nd6+ Kg8 45. Nb5 Kh7 46. Nxd4 Rxd4 {[#] Hecht In Kürze 1-1 am Königsflügel
bei von der Seite gedecktem a-Freibauer auf der 7.Reihe. Dadurch frei
beweglicher weißer König, da de f-Bauer nicht gedeckt werden muß und
beweglicher weißer Turm (für Angriff auf den schwarzen f-Bauern, sobald der
König bei dem a-Bauern ist. Zu langer Weg des schwarzen Königs zum weißen
f-Bauer.} 47. a7 Ra4 (47... Rd8 {Hecht} 48. Ra6 Ra8 49. Ke4 Kh6 50. Ra5 g6 51.
hxg6 Kxg6 52. Kd5 Kf5 53. Kc6+ Kf4 54. Kb7 $18) 48. Rc7 Kh6 49. Ke3 f5 (49...
g5 {Hecht} 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. Kc3 Kf4 (52... Ra1 53. Kb4 Kg4 54. Kb5
f5 55. Kb6 Kf3 56. Rf7 f4 57. Kb7 Ra4 58. Rf8 (58. Kb8 Kxf2 59. Rxf4+ Rxf4 60.
a8=Q Rf8+ $11) 58... Kxf2 59. Rxf4+ Rxf4 60. a8=Q $18) 53. Rc4+ $18) 50. Kd3
Kxh5 51. Rxg7 Kh6 52. Rc7 Kg5 53. Kc3 Ra1 54. Kb4 Kg4 55. Rg7+ Kf4 (55... Kf3 {
Hecht} 56. Rg3+ Kxf2 57. Ra3 $18) 56. Rf7 Ke4 57. Kc5 f4 58. Kb6 Kf3 59. Rf5
Ra2 60. Ra5 Rxa5 61. Kxa5 Kxf2 62. a8=Q f3 63. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 {Dieser Zug stellt eine bislang wenig beachtete Alternative zu 8.
..a6 und 8...Bb7 dar, die von Vadim Zvjaginsev und Alexander Graf einige Male
angewandt wurde.} 9. Ng5 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Kozul is fond of this active move, the
main idea is to transfer the white queen to the kingside with chances for an
attack. ' Das sieht ein bisschen wie ein Hurra-Angriff aus, aber neben der
Idee Qd1-f3 beabsichtigt Weiß auch Nge4, um gegen das geschwächte Feld c5 zu
spielen.} (9. O-O O-O (9... Bb7 $2 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4
Bc7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qxg4 Qxd3 16. Rd1 h5 17. Qxg7 Qh7 18. Qxh7 Rxh7 19. Ne4 $18
{1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Reykjavik 2004/CBM 100 (53)}) 10. Bd2 (10. e4 e5
11. Ne2 Re8 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 c5 17.
e5 c4 18. Bf5 g6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bh3 Ne4 21. Qe2 f5 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Rfd1 Qc6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Graf,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (44)}) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1
Rc8 12. Ne2 b4 13. e4 Be7 (13... c5 14. e5 $5 Bxf3 15. exd6 Bd5 $13 {0-1
Lautier,J-Zvjaginsev,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99/[Lutz] (59)}) 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng3 c5
16. Qe2 N5b6 17. Be4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 cxd4 20. Qd3 h6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8
22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qxd4 Qb6 24. Qc4 Qb8 25. Qd4 Qb6 26. Qc4 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,
A-Zvjaginsev,V/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (26)}) 9... Bb7 10. Qf3 Qb6 (10... Rb8 11. O-O
h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Qg3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5
Bxc5 18. e4 Qb6 19. Bf4 Rbc8 $13 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Godena,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 
(35)}) (10... a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qh3 h6 13. e4 e5 14. Nf3 Bc8 15. Qh4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bg1 21. e5 Bxf2 {
0-1 Mchedlishvili,M-Sandipan,C/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 97 (21)}) 11. Qh3 Be7 (11...
b4 {Ftacnik} 12. Nge4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 c5 $11) 12. O-O b4
13. Ne2 (13. Na4 {Ftacnik} Qa5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rd8 16. e4 Qxc5 $17) 13...
c5 14. Re1 h6 (14... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 15. exd4 h6 16. Nf3 O-O $11) 15. Nf3 O-O {
Es sieht so aus, als hätten sich die weißen Aktionen nicht so richtig
ausgezahlt. Aber dank der Dame auf h3 gibt es immer noch latente Bedrohung am
Königsflügel und Weiß hat außerdem das Feld c4 für seine Figuren.} 16. b3 Rfd8
(16... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 17. Nexd4 Rfd8 18. Bb2 $11) 17. Bb2 a5 18. Nd2 a4 19. Nc4
Qc6 (19... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 20. Rac1 $11) 20. Rad1 axb3 21. axb3 Ne4 22. Nf4 {
Weiß hat nach wie vor einige Drohungen.} (22. f3 {Ftacnik} Nd6 23. Qg3 Nf6 $13)
22... Bg5 23. Bxe4 (23. d5 $5 {Ftacnik} exd5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rd6 Qc7 (25...
Qb5 26. Nh5 Nf8 27. Bxg7 $14) 26. Qg3 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Bxg7 $13) 23...
Qxe4 24. Nd6 Qc6 25. dxc5 (25. d5 $5 {Ftacnik} exd5 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Nxd5 Nb6
$11) 25... Nxc5 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Nh5 {Jetzt wird es noch einmal scharf.} Nd3
28. Bxg7 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd2 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The ambition to occupy the
the second rank is laudable, but the tactics is favouring white. After the
correct 29...Qb5 it would have been Kozul who would have had to play very
carefully.' Schwarz muss schnell handeln, sonst passiert am Königsflügel ein
Unglück.} (29... Qb5 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. f4 (30. Qg3 Qe2 $1 $19) 30... Be7 31.
Bxh6 Qf5 $15) 30. Qg3 Kh7 (30... Raa2 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. Bxh6 Qb5 32. Nf6+ Kh8
33. Bxg5 $18) 31. h4 Raa2 {Es scheint, als ob dieser Gegenangriff die Balance
hält.} 32. hxg5 (32. Rf1 $2 Qb5 33. hxg5 $2 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rd1#) 32... Rxf2 33.
Nf4 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'White is chickening out of the chance to play for
win with three pieces for a queen and settles for a draw.' Kozul wählt die
sichere Variante.} (33. Qxf2 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Qb5 $5 {und die
Stellung ist völlig unklar. Schwarz droht, den Pb3 abzuholen und es ist
fraglich, ob Weiß so seine Figuren koordinieren kann, dass er Drohungen gegen
den schwarzen König aufstellen kann.} (34... hxg5 {Ftacnik} 35. Bd4 Qc8 36.
Nf6+ Kg6 37. Ng4 $16)) 33... Kxg7 34. gxh6+ Kxh6 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37.
Qh4+ {mit Remisvereinbarung, da Weiß Dauerschach gibt.} (37. Rd1 $5 Rxf4 (37...
Qe4 $2 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ $18) (37... Qc6 38. Rd8 $5) 38. exf4 Qb6+ 39. Kh2
Ra5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 $5 {Führt zu vollerem Spiel als 9...b4.} (9... b4 {führt zu sehr
mikroskopischem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 10. b4 {Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.
Weiß legt den Pc6 fest, allerdings wird der Pb4 selbst zur Schwäche.} (10. O-O
O-O 11. Bd2 e5 (11... Qe7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Ne2 Rfc8 14. b4 a5 15. e4 e5 16. Qb2
Re8 17. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Novikov,I/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (17)}) 12. Qc2
Qe7 13. Ng5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] 
(32)}) 10... a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 (12... O-O 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Ra4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Qd3 Bc6 22. Ne5 Bd7 23. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Koniushkov,I-Mukhametov,E/St Petersburg
1994/CBM 41 (54)}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e4 {Der typische Vorstoß in derartigen
Strukturen.} dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 (15... Bxb4+ $5 16. Rxb4 Qe7 17. Rb3 f5 $13) 16.
Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bc2 g6 $6 {Der Isolani d4
gibt Weiß das schöne Springerfeld e5 und der Lb7 steht schlecht. Aber momentan
steht Weiß höchstens leicht besser, erst durch das langsame Spiel des
Schwarzen gelangt Weiß zu ernsthaftem Druckspiel. Es scheint mir, dass Schwarz
nach dem Abtausch der Türme streben soll, da dann auch die Schwäche des Pb4
zur Geltung kommt.} (20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qe7 22. Qc3 Re8 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Rxe8
Qxe8 25. Ne5 Qe7 26. Bb3 $14) (20... Kf8 $5 21. Qd2 (21. Qd3 Rxe1+) 21... Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qe3+ Kd8 {/\ ...Kc7}) 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Qc3 $14 {
Auf c3 steht die Dame ideal: Sie deckt die Bauern b4 und d4 und wirkt entlang
der langen Diagonalen nach e5 und g7.} Rac8 23. Ne5 $1 {Jetzt bekommt Schwarz
langsam Probleme. Unter dem Schutzt des Springers kann Weiß seine Türme
aufmarschieren lassen. Ausserdem wird durch den Druck gegen c6 der Bb7 zur
Passivität verurteilt.} Re7 (23... Qg5 24. g3) 24. Re3 Rce8 25. Rbe1 {Die
Türme auf der e-Linie entfalten unterschiedliche Wirkung: Während Weiß seine
Türme aktiv einsetzen kann (es hängt immer dier Drohung Re3-f3 in der Luft)
müssen die schwarzen Türme passiv bleiben.} Qg5 {Will der Drohung Rf3
vorbeugen, aber jetzt hängt auch einmal der Abzug d4-d5 in der Luft.} (25... h5
$142) 26. g3 $1 {Nimmt der schwarzen Dame das Feld f4 und droht h2-h4.} Re6 $2
{Dieser Fehler kostet einen Bauern.} (26... Bc7 27. h4 Qf6 (27... Qh5 28. Nxg6
{/\} Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 fxg6 31. Qe7+ $18) 28. Ng4 Rxe3 (28... Qd6 29.
d5+ $18) 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qe6 31. Qxh6+ $16) (26... f5 27. Bd3 {/\ Bf1-g2
}) (26... h5 $5 27. h4 Qf6 {stellt eine teuflische Falle:} (27... Qh6 28. Bb3)
28. Rf3 $2 (28. Bb3 $16) 28... Bxb4 $1 29. Qxb4 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 (30. Rxf6 Rxe1+ {
/\ ...c5+}) 30... Qxf3 {/\} 31. Rxe8 c5 $1 $19) 27. Bb3 R6e7 28. Nxf7 Rxe3 29.
fxe3 Qe7 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. d5+ Rf6 33. e4 cxd5 34. exd5 Qb6+ 35.
Kg2 Qd8 36. Qd4 Kf7 37. Re1 Rf5 (37... Rd6 $142) 38. Kg1 $18 Qd6 39. Qa7 (39.
Re6 Qd7 40. d6 $18) 39... Qd7 40. d6+ Kf8 41. Qd4 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Na4 Ba6 $1 {Der einfachste Weg zum Ausgleich.} 10. Bd2 c5 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 (11... Bxc5 {Ftacnik} 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Ba4+ Nfd7 14. Bxb4 O-O 15.
Bc2 (15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bd3 $44)
15... Qb6 16. Qd4 $5 Rfc8 17. Bc3 f6 18. O-O-O Rab8 19. Rd2 e5 20. Qd6 $2 (20.
Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rhd1 e4 22. Ne1 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 $13) 20... e4 $1 $17 {Vulfson,
V-Lepeshkin,V/USSR/1988/}) 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Ba4+ (13. Bxe6 O-O (13... fxe6 14.
Qa4+ $16 {Bagirov,V}) 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Bc4 a5 16. Rd1 (16. O-O $2 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Qxd2 18. Rad1 a4 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qc4 Qxb2 $17 {Bagirov,V}) 16... Qc7 17. O-O
Rad8 18. h3 Ba7 19. Bc1 Rc8 20. Be2 Bb8 $44 {0-1 Costa,J-Bagirov,V/EU-chT
Debrecen (04) LAT-SWZ ;EU-chT 1992 (58)} (20... Bb8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rfe1 Ne4 22.
h4 Nf6 {Costa,J-Bagirov,V/Debrecen/1992/0-1 (58)})) (13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bc4 Bb7
15. Qa4+ Bc6 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Nd4 (19. O-O {Ftacnik}
Rhc8 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. f3 Bb7 23. h3 a5 24. a3 g6 25. Rfe1 Bc5 26.
Rxc5 Qxc5 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qxb4 Qxb4 29. Bxb4+ Kf6 {Ruzele,D-Kaidanov,G/
URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk/1988/0-1 (69)}) 19... Rhc8 20. Ke2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. f3 Bd5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g3 Be5 26. Nb3 Rc2 {0-1 Costa,
J-Kramnik,V/EU-chT Debrecen (01) SWZ-RUS ;EU-chT 1992}) 13... Kf8 {[%csl Ra4,
Rd2] Der Rochadeverlust ist unbedeutend, schwerer wiegt die schlechte Stellung
der weißen Läufer. Mir gefällt die schwarze Stellung bereits besser.} 14. Rc1
Qb6 15. Ne5 (15. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Ne4 (15... Rc8 16. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 17. Bxb4) 16.
Ne5 Qd6 $13) 15... Rc8 16. Qb3 g6 17. Nc4 (17. Rxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxb4 Kg7 19. Bxc5
Qxc5 20. Qc3 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. Bc6 Rb8 $15) 17... Qb8 18. O-O Kg7 (18...
Ng4 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. g3 Kg7) 19. Rfd1 (19. h3 $1 {Ftacnik} Rhd8 20. Rfd1) 19...
Ng4 $17 20. g3 (20. f4 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxf4) 20... Qb7 21. Rf1 (21. h3 {Ftacnik}
Qf3 22. hxg4 Bb7 23. Bc3+ bxc3 24. Qxc3+ (24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Bf3+ 26. Kd3
Rhd8+ $19) 24... Kg8 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Bf3+ 27. Kd3 Rd8+ $19) 21... Rhd8 22.
h3 (22. Be1 {Ftacnik} Qd5 23. h3 Bb7 $19) 22... Ne5 23. Nxe5 (23. Bc3 {Ftacnik}
bxc3 24. Qxb7 Bxb7 25. Nxe5 Bd6 $19) 23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 (24. Bc3 $2 {Ftacnik}
Qg2#) 24... Rxd2 25. Nc4 Rdd8 26. a3 Qd5 27. axb4 Bxb4 28. Rc1 (28. Qxb4 {
Ftacnik} Rxc4 $19) 28... a5 29. Qa2 Qf5 30. h4 Rd2 31. Rf1 (31. Nxd2 Rxc1+ 32.
Nf1 Qd3 $19) 31... Re2 32. Bd1 Re1 33. b3 (33. Rxe1 Bxe1 34. b3 Rd8 $19) 33...
Rd8 34. Be2 Qf6 35. Kg2 (35. Rxe1 Bxe1 36. Bg4 Bb4 $19) 35... Rd2 (35... Rd2 $1
36. Nxd2 Rxe2 37. Ne4 Rxa2 38. Nxf6 Kxf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bg7 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rxb7 {Dieses
Scheinopfer ist theoretisch bestens bekannt. Weiß bekommt die Qualität
umgehend zurück und kann sogar noch einen Mehrbauern dabei einstreichen. Wegen
der schlechten Stellung des Na4 und der Schwäche des Pe5 hat er jedoch nicht
viel davon. Dominguez hatte übrigens diese Variante schon zweimal zuvor mit
Scharz gespielt.} Rxb7 21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Ba5 (22. Nb5 $6 O-O 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24.
Qc1 Qa7 25. Bb5 Nxe5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Luther,T/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/
[Lutz] (63)}) 22... O-O 23. Nc6 (23. Nf3 Qb8 $1 (23... Rc1 24. Bxd8 Rxd1 25.
Rxd1 Rxd8 26. Bc4 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Nb6 $14) (23... Qa8 24. Bxc7 Qxa6 25.
Bd6 Rc8 26. Nb2 Rc3 $14) 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qe2 Rb8 $1 26. Bc4 Qa5 27. Bxd5 (27.
Qd1 Rd8 28. Bxd5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxd5 31. Nd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxa4
$11) 27... Qxa4 28. Be4 Qxa3 29. Qd3 Qa7 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Vasquez,R-Dominguez,L/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 097/[Lutz] (46)}) (23. Nb5
Bxe5 24. Nxc7 (24. Rxe5 Rc1 $1 25. Qxc1 Qxa5 $15) 24... Bxc7 $15 {0-1
Gustafsson,J-Ribli,Z/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) (23. Bc4 $5 {verdient nähere
Beachtung, aber auch hier kann Schwarz mit genauem Spiel ausgleichen.} Nxe5 (
23... Nf4 24. Qf3 (24. Nf3 $5 $14) 24... Nxe5 25. Qxf4 Nxc4 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27.
Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Qf3 Rcc8 29. h3 Bf8 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bxa3 32. Qd7 Rb8 33.
Qd3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Pap,G-Banusz,T/Budapest 2004/EXT 2005 (33)}) (23... Qa8 24.
Bxc7 Nxc7 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Qxd7 Rd8 27. Qb5 Rb8 28. Nb6) 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nb5
Rc1 26. Bxd8 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd8 28. Nac3 Nc4 29. Nxd5 Kf8 $2 (29... Ra8 30.
Ndc7 Ra5 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. g4 Nxa3 33. Nd4 Re5 $11) 30. Ne3 Rb8 31. Nxc4 Rxb5
32. Kf1 $16 Rb3 33. Rc1 Ke8 34. Ke2 Bf8 35. a4 Rb4 36. Ne3 Kd7 37. Rc4 Rb2+ 38.
Kf3 Ra2 39. h4 Be7 40. g3 h5 41. Nc2 Bd8 42. Ke2 Bb6 43. f3 Rb2 44. g4 hxg4 45.
fxg4 Bd8 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Rb1 48. Rd4+ Ke8 49. Ne3 Bb6 50. Re4+ Kd7 51. Nf5
Bd8 52. Rd4+ Ke6 53. Ng7+ Ke7 54. h6 Rh1 55. Rd5 f5 56. Nxf5+ Ke6 57. Rxd8 Kxf5
58. Rd6 Ke4 59. a5 Rh2+ 60. Kd1 {1-0 Mecking,H-Dominguez,L/Rio de Janeiro 2003/
CBM 097 ext (60)}) 23... Qa8 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Bxc7 Nd5 26. Bf1 Nxc7 27. Qxd7
Qa5 $11 {Angesichts seiner verstreuten Figuren kann Weiß seinen Mehrbauern
nicht halten.} 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. Nc5 Qxa3 30. Rc2 Bxe5 31. Nxe6 Nf6 32. Qc6 Re8
33. Ng5 Qd6 34. Nf3 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Kg7 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. g3 Nd7 38. Rc7 Nf8 39.
Bc4 Ne6 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. h4 h5 42. Bxe6 Rxe6 43. Kg2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bd2 (11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 {ist die kritische
Variante.}) 11... O-O (11... c5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qe2 f5 14. Rfd1 Rg8 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Bb5 Bd5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Be1 Ke7 19. Nh4 Ne5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxb4
Qb6 22. Rc1 Rgc8 23. a4 Kf6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd2 Ke7 27. b4 Qc7
28. Nxf5+ Kf6 29. Ng3 Qb7 30. Qd4 {1-0 Bets,A-Gilbert,C/Bucharest1 1993}) 12.
Rc1 c5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. dxc5 $2 (14. Qb1) 14... Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxc5 $17 16. Bxh7+
Nxh7 17. Bxb4 Qb6 18. Ba3 Qb7 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Nce4 21. Qa4 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 a6
23. Ne5 Qb5 24. Nd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Nc5 Qe2 27. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 c5 15.
Rb1 $14 {Wegen der Fesselung des Nf6 und der Felderkontrolle am Damenflügel
kann Weiß auf eine kleine Initiative hoffen.} Rb8 16. Rxb8 Bxb8 17. Qb3 Bd6 18.
Rb1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bc4 Qc7 22. g3 a5 23. Nd2 Bb4 24. Ne4
Qe7 25. Qe3 Bb7 26. a3 $1 {Sehr schön gespielt. In der entstehenden Stellung
mit ungleichen Läufern ist der schwarze Mehrbauer auf der a-Linie unwichtig.
Viel schwerer wiegen die Schwächen am Königsflügel. Weiß hat im Angriff quasi
eine Mehrfigur, da der schwarze Läufer nicht die Felder decken kann, die der
weiße Läufer angreift. Allerdings hätte Schwarz sich in der Folge besser
verteidigen können.} Bxe4 27. Qxe4 f5 28. Qf3 Bxa3 29. Rb7 Qd6 30. d5 exd5 31.
Bxd5 Bb4 $2 ({Schwarz sollte den Schaden reduzieren:} 31... f4 32. Qg4+ (32.
gxf4 {ist strategisch nicht wünschenswert}) (32. g4 {ist auch nicht
wünschenswert, da Weiß den Pf4 nicht so leicht erobern kann.}) 32... Kh8 33.
Rxf7 (33. Bxf7 fxg3 34. hxg3 Qf6 35. Qe6 Qxe6 36. Bxe6 Bc5) 33... Rxf7 34. Bxf7
Qf8 35. Bb3 (35. Qxf4 Kg7 {und Weiß kommt nicht um den Damentausch herum.})
35... fxg3 36. hxg3 Bc5 {und Schwarz verteidigt sich.}) 32. Bc4 $2 {Ein
unangebrachtes Manöver. Weiß sollte den Pf5 sofort nehmen.} (32. Qxf5 $16 {
Schwarz hat es schwer, sich zu verteidigen.}) 32... Qe5 $2 ({Schwarz konnte
auch hier 32...f4 spielen, mit ähnlichen Varianten:} 32... f4 33. Qg4+ (33.
gxf4 Kh8 $5 34. Bxf7 $2 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qg6+) 33... Kh8 34. Rxf7 (34. Bxf7 fxg3
35. hxg3 Qf6 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. Bxe6 Bc5 $11) 34... Rxf7 35. Bxf7 Qf8 36. Bb3 (
36. Qxf4 Kg7) 36... fxg3 37. hxg3 Bc5 {und Schwarz kann sich halten.}) 33. Bd3
Kh8 (33... f4 34. Rb5 $5) 34. Bxf5 $16 {Es ist fraglich, ob Schwarz sich
halten kann.} Qg7 35. Bc2 Kg8 36. Kg2 Kh8 37. Bb3 Kg8 38. h4 h6 39. Qd5 Bc3 40.
Rb6 Kh8 41. Qh5 Bf6 42. Ra6 a4 43. Bxa4 Rb8 44. Bc2 Kg8 45. Bd3 Bd4 46. Bc4 Kf8
47. Qd5 Re8 $6 (47... Kg8 $142 $16) 48. Rxh6 Qxh6 49. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 (13... Be7 $5 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Khenkin,I/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (23) ist eine
Möglichkeit, den nun folgenden scharfen Varianten auszuweichen.}) 14. Bg5 Qa5
15. Nd2 (15. Nxd4) 15... Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Qxd4 {Dieses
Figurenopfer ist schon seit einiger Zeit bekannt. Nach der gängigen Theorie
hatte Schwarz bislang nichts zu befürchten. Dreev wartet jedoch mit einer
neuen Idee auf.} Qxa4 (18... O-O 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,
Z-Borovikov,V/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (62)}) (18... h6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5
21. Be3 $14 {Hansen,LB}) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 {Für die Figur hat Weiß
momentan nur einen Bauern, aber der schwarze König ist in der Mitte
steckengeblieben.} Nb6 (20... O-O $2 21. b3 $16) 21. Qd6 Qd7 22. Qxb4 (22. Rad1
$2 Qxd6 23. exd6+ Kd7 $8 24. Re7+ Kc6 {Hansen,LB}) 22... Bf8 (22... Nd5 $6 23.
Qe4 h6 24. Bf6 O-O 25. Rad1 Bxf6 26. Rxd5 Qb7 27. exf6 Qxb2 28. Qf4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi 1979/EXT 99 (32)}) 23. Qh4 $5 $146 {
Das ist die neue Idee. Bislang wurde nur 23.Qc3 gespielt, was zu einem
ausgeglichenem Endspiel führt. Mit dem Textzug baut Weiß darauf, dass er den
steckengebliebenen schwarzen König ausnutzen kann.} (23. Qc3 {Wegen der
Gegenüberstellung Qc3-Rh8 muss Schwarz genau spielen.} Qc8 (23... Qe6 $2 24.
Bf6 Rg8 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd6 $1 Qc8 27. Rc6 Qd8 28. Rc7 $5 Nd5 29. Qc6+ Kf8 30.
Rd7 Qe8 31. Qxd5 Bxf6 32. Rxf7+ $1 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Dominguez,L/Yerevan 2001/
CBM 86/[Lutz] (32)}) (23... Rc8 $2 24. e6 $18 {Chekhov,V}) 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. e6 (
25. Qa3 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bg7 $11 {ECO}) 25... O-O $8 26. Be7 fxe6 $1 27. Bxf8 Qxf8
28. Qb3 Qf7 29. Rxe6 Bxb2 $1 30. Rd1 Bg7 (30... Rb8 $5 31. Re7 Qxb3 32. axb3 a5
33. Ra7 Bc3 $11 {Hansen,L-Ribli,Z/Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 37/[Hansen,LB]}) 31.
h3 (31. Rd3 Rc8) 31... Rb8 32. Re7 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Akopian,V/Rethymnon 2003/
CBM 098/[Lutz] (32)} (32. Re7 Qxb3 33. axb3 a5 $11 {mit einem ausgeglichenem
Endspiel.})) 23... Bg7 (23... Be7 24. Bf6 $5) 24. Rad1 Qa4 25. Rd4 Qxa2 26. Be7
Qe6 27. Bb4 Bf8 (27... a5 28. Ba3 {, und nach Rd6 ist der Nb6 ungedeckt.}) 28.
Qf6 Rg8 29. Rd6 $1 Qf5 30. Rxb6 $16 {Weiß gewinnt die Figur zurück und behält
einen Mehrbauern. Da seine Figuren aber etwas ungeschickt platziert sind,
gestaltet sich dessen Verwertung schwierig.} Qxf6 31. exf6+ Kd7 32. Ra1 $1 {
Nur so kann Weiß seine hängenden Figuren verteidigen.} (32. Rb5 $2 Kc6 33. Ree5
a6) (32. Rb7+ $2 Kc6) 32... Kc7 33. Rb5 (33. Raa6 Re8 34. Rc6+ Kb7 35. Bc3 Bc5
{mit der Idee ...Bb6.}) 33... Kc6 34. Raa5 Rd8 35. Be1 $1 (35. Kf1 a6 36. Be7
Bxe7 37. fxe7 axb5 38. exd8=Q Rxd8 $11) 35... Rd1 36. Kf1 Bd6 37. Ke2 Rc1 38.
Bc3 {Weiß hat nun die Lage konsolidiert. Der Mehrbauer ist verteidigt, aber
wie geht es weiter ?} Re8+ 39. Kf3 Rc2 40. Rg5 Kb7 41. Rgb5+ Kc6 42. g3 Re6 43.
h4 h5 $1 {Schwarz verteidigt sich präzise.} 44. Rg5 Kb7 45. Rgd5 Kc6 46. Rdb5
a6 47. Rg5 Kb7 48. Ra4 $6 Bc7 $14 {Wegen der Idee ...Bd8 gewinnt Schwarz den
Pf6 zurück, und das Geschehen nivelliert sich. Es bleibt aber die Frage, wie
Weiß besser hätte spielen können.} 49. Rb4+ Bb6 50. Bd4 Kc7 51. Rxb6 Rxb6 52.
Bxb6+ Kxb6 53. Re5 Rc6 54. Ke3 Rxf6 55. f3 Kc7 56. Re7+ Kd6 57. Ra7 Ke5 58. Rb7
Rd6 59. Rxf7 Rb6 60. Re7+ Kf5 61. Rf7+ Ke5 62. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 {Mit diesem Zug strebt Weiß eine ruhige Stellung an, jedoch kann er
bestenfalls nur auf einen mikroskopischen Vorteil hoffen.} b4 10. axb4 {
Nach den Resultaten zu urteilen ist dieser Zug noch etwas harmloser als 10.Ne4.
} ({Die Hauptalternative ist} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 (12. O-O $5 {
wurde zuletzt probiert, um anschließend b2-b3 nebst Bxa3 zu spielen.}) 12...
Bd6 $11 {mit Ausgleich}) 10... Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 (12. Na2 $5 a5 13. Nxb4
axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Be2 (16. Bd2 Nxc5 17. Bxb4 Nxd3 18. Bxf8
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Kg2 Qxf8 $15 {0-1 Karpeshov,O-Galkin,A/St.Petersburg
1997/CBM 61 ext (40)}) 16... Nxc5 17. Qd4 Nb3 $5 (17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19.
Bd2 Rd8 20. Qc4 Ne4 21. Bxb4 Rc8 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qd4 {1/2-1/2
Savchenko,S-Shirov,A/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (24)}) 18. Qxb4 Bd5 19. e4 Nxc1 20.
Rxc1 Bxe4 $11 {0-1 Pinter,J-Gurevich,M/Gonfreville 1999/CBM 70/[Gurevich,M] 
(62)}) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 a5 $146 {Shirov weicht als erster von einer Partie ab,
die seinem Gegner Kozul einen Sieg beschert hatte. Mit dem Texzug wird
verhindert, dass Weiß mit La6 die Läufer abtauscht und den schwarzen a-Bauern
auf a7 festlegt..} (13... Qe7 14. Ba6 Nb6 15. Na2 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. Nxb4
Qxb4 18. Rxd4 Qb3 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. Bc3 $13 Nfd5 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. e4
Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qd1 Qb7 $4 (25... Qxd1+ 26. Raxd1 f6) 26. Ne5 Rc7 27.
Rb1 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Miroshnichenko,E/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (27)}) 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 $11 {Offensichtlich hat Schwarz keinerlei Probleme mehr.} 16. Qh5 $6
{Kozul wird überoptimistisch. Zwar wird so der Pe6 rückständig, aber Schwarz
kann sich schnell entwickeln.} f5 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rae8 19. Bb5 Re7 20.
Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Rc8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Na2 Bd6 24. Bd3 Be4 25. Bf1 {Ich muss
ehrlich sagen, dass ich nicht verstehe, was in den nächsten Zügen vor sich
geht.} Ng4 26. Be2 (26. g3 Rc2 $5) 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 Bc2 28. Re1 Bb8 (28...
Bd6 $5 29. Nc3 Bb4 $17) 29. Nc3 Ba7 30. Nb5 Bb6 31. Bg5 Rd7 32. Rec1 h6 33. Bd2
Rdd8 34. Bxa5 Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Bb3 36. Rc3 Nf6 37. f3 Bd5 38. Nc7 Rb8 39. Rb5 f4
40. Ke1 Kf7 41. Bd3 g5 42. Rcc5 Ke7 43. b4 Rxb5 44. Bxb5 Bb7 45. Bc4 $2 {
Es ist mir nicht klar, was Kozul hier übersehen hat.} (45. Bc6 $5 Bxc6 46. Rxc6
$11) 45... Rxd4 46. Nxe6 Rxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxe6 $17 48. Rc7 Bd5 49. Rg7 g4 50. b5
gxf3 51. gxf3 Bxf3 52. b6 Nd7 53. Rh7 Be4 54. Rxh6+ Ke5 55. Kd2 Bd5 56. Ke2 Ke4
57. Rd6 Nc5 58. Rd8 f3+ 59. Kf1 Bb7 60. Kf2 Nd3+ 61. Kg3 f2 $1 {Hat Shirov
hier schon den Gewinn im Endspiel Dame+Springer gegen Dame vorausgesehen?} 62.
Re8+ (62. Rf8 Ke3) 62... Kd4 63. Rd8+ Bd5 64. Rxd5+ Kxd5 65. b7 f1=Q 66. b8=Q {
Normalerweise wäre diese Materialkonstellation ein Remis, aber Schwarz kann
hier durch eine forcierte Folge den weißen König mattsetzen bzw. die Dame
gewinnen.} Qf2+ 67. Kh3 Nf4+ 68. Kg4 Qg2+ 69. Kf5 Qh3+ 70. Kf6 Qh4+ 71. Kf5
Qh5+ 72. Kf6 Qg6+ 73. Ke7 Qg7+ 74. Kd8 Ne6+ 75. Kc8 Qc3+ 76. Kb7 Qc6+ 77. Ka7
Qa4+ 78. Kb6 Qb4+ 79. Ka7 Qa5+ 80. Kb7 Nc5+ 81. Kc8 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 (8... b4 9. Na4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nd2
Rfc8 15. Bf3 Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rab8 18. c5 e5 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rxa3 exd4
21. exd4 Nf8 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Nb2 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rc7 26. Nc4 $14 {
1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Svirin,O/Smolensk 1997/CBM 58 ext (47)}) 9. O-O b4 {Dieser
Aufbau stellt eine sehr solide Möglichkeit für Schwarz dar. Es ist für Weiß
schwierig, die leichten schwarzen Schwächen auf der c-Linie auszunutzen.} 10.
Na4 Be7 11. b3 {Dieser Aufbau ist ziemlich schlaff. Wenn Weiß überhaupt etwas
erreichen will, muss er zu a2-a3 greifen, um Schwarz ggf. einen schwachen
b-Bauern zu verpassen.} (11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rd1 c5 (13... Qc7 14. axb4
axb4 15. Bd2 Ra5 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. b3 Ba8 18. e4 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Lautier,J/Monaco 2000/CBM 75/[Lutz] (111)}) 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. axb4 axb4 16.
Bd2 Be4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22.
Kf1 Be7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rb4] 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Chernin,A/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (88)}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. Qb5
Qxb5 16. Bxb5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 a6 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bb2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. f3 Nc5 25. Nb6 Bb7 26. Nc4 e5 27. Bc1 Bd8
28. e4 Kf8 29. Be3 Be7 30. Na5 Ba8 31. Bd2 Nb7 32. Nc4 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Nd8 34. Na5
Nb7 35. Nc4 Nd8 36. Na5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 a5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qe2 Qb6 $5 (13... c5 $6
14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 $14 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Linares/1994/}) (13... bxa3
14. bxa3 O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bh6 $40 {Dokhojan,Ju-Gurevich,M/BL9293/}
) 14. O-O c5 15. axb4 $1 (15. Bb5+ $6 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $132 17. d5 $2 (17.
dxc5 $10) 17... exd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 $15 19. Ne5 (19. Rd1 O-O $1 20. Rxd5 $2 Qxd5
21. Qxe7 Rae8 $19) 19... Qb7 $17) 15... cxb4 (15... axb4 16. Bb5+ $16) 16. d5
exd5 17. Be3 $1 (17. Bb5+ Bc6 $1) 17... Bc5 (17... Qd6 $4 18. e5 $18) (17...
Qe6 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Rac1 $18 {xf5,b5}) (17... Qd8 18. Bb5+ Kf8 (18... Nd7 19.
Ne5 $18) 19. e5 $16) 18. Bxc5 (18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Bxc5+ Qxc5 20. Rac1 Qb6 {
-18.Bc5}) 18... Qxc5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bb5+ $1 (20. exd5+ $2 Kf8 $13 {xd5, /\g6,
Kg7}) 20... Kf8 21. e5 $1 (21. exd5 Bxd5 $132) 21... Ne8 (21... Ne4 $5 22. Rfd1
g6 23. Nd4 Kg7 24. f3 Nc5 25. Qe3 $1 Rhc8 26. e6 $1 $16 fxe6 $2 (26... Nxe6 $2
27. Nf5+ $18) 27. Rxc5 $1 $18) 22. Rfe1 $1 Nc7 23. e6 $3 (23. Bd3 $2 Ne6 $132)
23... Nxe6 $8 (23... fxe6 24. Ng5 Nxb5 25. Qf3+ Ke7 26. Qf7+ Kd8 (26... Kd6 27.
Qxe6#) 27. Nxe6+ $18) (23... Nxb5 24. Ng5 $1 Nd4 (24... f6 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh6+
Kg8 27. e7 Nd6 28. Ne6 Nf5 29. Qf8+ Rxf8 30. exf8=Q#) (24... Ba6 25. Qh5 Ra7
26. e7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Qxf7+ Kd8 29. Ne6+ $18) 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh6+ $18)
24. Ne5 $1 Kg8 (24... Qd6 25. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 (25... Nd4 26. Qh5 $18 Qc7 27. Bxd5
$1) 26. Rxc6 Qe7 27. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 28. Rxe6 $18) 25. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 26. Rc6 Qd8 (
26... Bxc6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. Qe8#) 27.
Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Rd6 (28. Rd6 Qf6 29. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 {A specialty of Gelfand.} b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Nf6 (
{A new move in Kramnik's games. Against Topalov in Elista, he played Una
jugada nueva para las partidas de Kramnik. Contra Topalov en Elista jugó} 12...
Bd6 {and only after y solo después de} 13. b3 {he attacked the enemy bishop
with atacó el alfil enemigo con} Nf6 {. Topalov came up with the novelty .
Topalov produjo la novedad} 14. Nd2 $5 {Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/
Elista 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 54). , highlighting the drawbacks of
the bishop's early development to d6. subrayando las desventajas del
desarrollo temprano del alfil a d6.}) (12... Be7 $5 {Schwarz gibt den
schwarzen Peter an Weiß zurück und weigert sich einfach, auf b2 zu nehmen.} 13.
b3 (13. Qc2 {Gelfand,B (2710)-Bareev,E (2726)/Moscow 2002/CBM 091/[Lutz] (0-1,
53)}) 13... Nf6 14. Bd3 Qa5 (14... Qb6 15. Bxa3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5
18. b4 Qb6 19. Qa4+ Bc6 20. Qa5 O-O 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Rfa1 $14 {Moiseenko,A 
(2657)-Yevseev,D (2557)/Cappelle la Grande 2006/CBM 110 ext (1-0, 45). The
structure is almost symmetrical, but White has the more active piece placement.
}) 15. b4 $5 Bxb4 16. Bxa3 Bxa3 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rxa3 Qc7 {Black has managed to
castle and preserve his extra-pawn, but the b7-bishop is passive and his
structure is weak.} 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfa1 a5 21. Rc3 g6 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7
Qxd7 24. Rc5 {The a5-pawn cannot be saved anymore now and White will maintain
the better structure anyway.} Ba6 {Exchanging the bad bishop, but weakening
the c6-pawn.} 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Raxa5 Rb6 27. g3 Rcb8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Qe4 R8b5
30. Rxc6 {Gelfand,B (2709)-Vallejo Pons,F (2663)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0,
41). and White converted his material advantage.}) 13. Bd3 axb2 (13... Be7 {
would transpose above.}) 14. Bxb2 a5 $146 ({A new idea in this position.
Kramnik delays the development of the f8-bishop, preparing the advanced
b4-square for it. Una idea nueva en esta posición. Kramnik retrasa el
desarrollo del alfil, preparandole la casilla de b4.} 14... Be7 {would
transpose to an older game by Kramnik. transpondría a una partida antigua de
Kramnik, contra Ivanchuk en Nueva York 1994.} 15. Qb1 Rb8 16. Rxa7 Qb6 17. Qa2
O-O {and Black managed to hold:} 18. Rb1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc4 Ba6 21. Qc2
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qb5 23. Ne5 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Nc4 c5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V 
(2695)-Kramnik,V (2725)/New York 1994/CBM 041 ext}) (14... Bb4 15. Ba6 $6 (15.
Qa4 $1 {would most likely transpose to our main game. If Black wants to spare
the move ...a5, he could get into trouble:} Qe7 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qxa3 18.
Rxa3 Ke7 19. Rb1 $16) 15... Qb6 16. Qa4 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 O-O 18. Ne5 c5 19. Nd3
Rfb8 20. Qc4 Qb5 21. Rfc1 cxd4 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Nxb4 Rxb4 24. Rxa7 Rbb8 25.
Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2593)-Smeets,J (2525)/Hoogeveen NED 2006/
TWIC 625}) 15. Qa4 Bb4 16. Ba3 {This exchange is essential in order to
question Black's queenside stability.} (16. Ne5 O-O $1 17. Nxc6 Qd5 18. Rfc1 (
18. Qxb4 $2 {[%csl Ge7]} Qxc6 $1 $19) 18... Rfc8 19. Bb5 {and White's position
looks a bit hanging.}) 16... Nd5 ({Black should not release the tension with} 
16... Bxa3 {, because this would cause him problems with his devlopment:} 17.
Qxa3 Qe7 18. Rfb1 Ra7 19. Ne5 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Ke7 (20... O-O 21. Rba1 Rfa8 22.
Nc4 a4 23. Nb6 $16) 21. Ba6 $1 Ba8 22. Rxa5 $14) 17. e4 ({White had an
important alternative here.} 17. Be4 $5 {Undermining Black's control over the
b4-square without weakening his own structure.} O-O (17... Bxa3 18. Bxd5 Qxd5
19. Qxa3 c5 20. Rfc1 $14 c4 21. e4 $5 $16 Qxe4 $140 22. Rxc4 {[%csl Ge8]}) 18.
Bxd5 Bxa3 (18... cxd5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Ba6 21. Rfc1 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5,
Gf3] Black is in no immediate danger, but in the long run the knight might
prove to be stronger than the bishop, while White's major pieces are more
active than Black's already.}) 19. Bxc6 ({If White is not convinced about the
merits of his position in the main line, he could try the intermediate} 19.
Bxe6 $5) 19... Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Bb4 21. Ne5 $14 {Optically, White stands better,
because of his stronc centre and the control over the c6-s}) 17... Nb6 18. Qb3
Qe7 19. Rab1 (19. Rfb1 {looks more natural, but would lead to mass
simplifications after} Nd7 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4
Ke7 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5] and the freeing move ...c5, with absolute equality,
cannot be prevented.}) 19... Bxa3 ({Now,} 19... Nd7 {does not work out so well:
} 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Ra7 23. Rfb1 $36) 20. Qxb6 Bb4 21. Ne1 {
This looks too slow.} ({Gelfand could have complicated the game with} 21. d5 $5
exd5 (21... cxd5 $2 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Bb5+ $18) 22. exd5 O-O 23. dxc6 {,
although after} Bc8 {the pair of bishops and the potentially dangerous a-pawn
would compensate for White's far advanced pawn.}) 21... O-O 22. Nc2 Rfd8 23.
Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Ba6 26. Bxa6 {White's advantage is purely
symbolic. La ventaja de las blancas es puramente simbolica.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Nd2 $5 {This had been played only once before.} Bb7 10. Nce4 $146 (10.
O-O {Volkov,S (2633)-Romanov,E (2547)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (0-1, 46)}) 10...
Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nb3 {White seems to have established some
control over the c5-square, but is underdeveloped, justifying Black's next
move.} c5 $1 14. dxc5 Qd5 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Qe5 17. Qe1 Bd5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19.
bxc3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21. b4 Nxc3 22. Kf2 a5 {Black has retrieved the pawn
and even has some initiative.} 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Bxc5 25. Bb2 Nxe2 26.
Kxe2 Bb4 27. Ra1 $1 {An elegant way to stay out of troubles.} Rd2+ 28. Kf1 Rxb2
29. a6 Bc5 30. Rc1 g6 31. Rxc5 Ra2 32. Rxb5 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 $5 {This interesting move was introduced in practice by Zviaginsev in the
early '90s, but has never been in the centre of the theoretical disputes.
Adopting it for this specific game must have been an over-the-board decision
of Anand, possibly based on the fact that Carlsen had never played the the
Meran variation (6.Bd3) before.} 9. O-O ({The only game where Anand had played
this line before went} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4
{. White has delayed his castle, for the sake of rapid queenside developemnt,
aimed to prevent the typical counterplay based on ...c5.} Qe7 14. Qb3 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb1 g6 {. It might seem that White's strategy has
been dubious, because castling is connected with a loss of pawn now. However,
after} 18. O-O $5 Qd6 19. Bc3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rfd1 {White had excellent
compensation in view of the passive b7-bishop and the imobility of the black
queenside, Sokolov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2005.}) 9... O-O 10. b3 ({Carlsen opts
for a quiet way of developing. Several other moves have been tried here, with
no definitive conclusion yet. It should be said that the most principled line} 
10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 {has yielded Black excelent
results in practice.}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 ({
Curiously, this natural move is a novelty, which is quite suggestive for the
unsettled character of theory in the Zviagintsev line.} 13... f5 {has been
occasionally played before, but it is hard to understand why would Black
weaken the a1-h8 diagonal so easily.}) 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {The position
is almost symmetrical. By having adopted the modest method of development
based on b3 (compared to Black's ...b5 and ...a6), White has spared a tempo,
which offers him some chances of taking over the initiative. However, in the
long run the light-squared bishop will face difficulties achieving stability,
precisely because the b3-square is not available.} 16. Ng5 ({This knight jump
might be premature. I would prefer continuing the development with} 16. Qe2 {
followed by Rfd1 and Ng5 and/or a4.}) 16... Qxd1 17. Raxd1 $6 ({Quite
illogical. The queen's rook is "designed" to occupy the c-file, eventually
after provoking a weakening of the enemy queenside by means of a4.} 17. Rfxd1
Kh8 18. a4 {looks like a better continuation. Yet, this general aspects might
seem irrelevant, since Black faces problems defending his kingside.}) 17... Kh8
$1 ({This elegant defence solves Black's problems.} 17... h6 $6 {would have
lost apawn after} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 ({or} 18... hxg5 19. Bxg5 {with the same
result.}) 19. Nh7 Rfd8 20. Be4 $5 Bxe4 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nxe4 {without any
compensation for Black.}) 18. g3 ({It is hard to comment on this move. White
spends a valuable tempo on... weakening the f3-square. Probably, Carlsen
wanted to make the threat of winning a pawn with Bxf6, which would not work
now. If} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxh7 $2 {then} Rg8 20. g3 Kg7 {trapping the knight.
Instead of 19.Nxh7, White has several ways of reaching a drawn opposite
coloured bishop ending: 19.Ne4, 19.Be4 or 19.Rd7. Curiously, the engines like
18.g3, too, in fierce competition with... 18.g4.}) 18... h6 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20.
Bb2 ({Another drawback of 18.g3 can be seen in theline} 20. Bxg5 $2 f6 {
, trapping the bishop.}) 20... Rac8 21. Rc1 {Practically admitting the
inaccuracy of his 17th move.} Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {White's
temporary initiative has been extinguished completely and now he has to endure
the consequences of his superficial strategy. The f3-bishop is dominating the
board, while his white colleague occupies a passive position on c2. In the
long run, the massive advance of the kingside pawns is likely to increase
Black's advantage. And yet, in symmetrical positions the drawish zone is quite
wide and White should not be in too big danger of losing yet.} 24. a3 b4 {
Of course! The c2-bishop will not be allowed to get to b3.} 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1
f4 ({This active move will be crowned by success after Black's mistaken answer.
In case of the more static} 26... g4 {White would have activated his play with}
27. Ke1 Bd6 28. Bd1 Bb7 29. a5 {followed by Be2. Black's advantage after} Kg8
30. Be2 Kf7 31. Bc4 g5 {would be more of symbolic nature.}) 27. Be4 $2 ({
Instead of panicking, White should have put the enemy king under pressure, too,
with} 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rd2 29. Bg6 {when in view of the weaknes of the
8th rank Black seems to have nothing better than a perpetual.}) 27... Bxe4 28.
Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 30. Bc1 f3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb3 {How much different is this
rook and opposite coloured bishops ending from that from Carlsen's first round
game against Morozevich... White has little hope of surviving.} 32. Rc4 Bd3 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. e4 Rb1 35. Kd2 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. Be3
Re2 40. Rc1 Ba2 0-1

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Topalov +3-3=6"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kramnik seems to gradually be stabilising the situation in the match. In
spite of Topalov's efforts to unbalance the position in the fourth game 
(including two early pawn sacrifices, of which only the second one was
accepted), he never managed to confront Black with serious problems. The game
was drawn in the best tradition of the Sofia rule, by the almost complete
exhaustion of material.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 {After four games,
we can notice a certain pattern in the players' match strategy. Kramnik sticks
to the openings that enabled him take up the lead (the Catalan with the black
pieces and the Slav with Black), while Topalov deviates at a very early stage.
Their attitude must have some psychological implications, because logically it
is only Topalov who can be content about the outcome of the opening in the
first two games.} e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 ({
In the main lines starting with} 9. O-O) ({or} 9. e4 {White has generally
faced problems proving an advantage. By choosing a relatively unexplored line,
Topalov shows that he does not intend to question Kramnik's famously accurate
preparation and that he prefers to move the the fight to the middle game. This
might be a reason why in the second game he refrained from his habitual 6.Ne5.}
) 9... b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 ({Another point behind
Topalov's choice is that Kramnik had previously played} 12... axb2 13. Bxb2 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2695)-Kramnik,V (2725)/New York 1994/CBM 041 ext (25).
Although the game ended in a draw, accepting the pawn sacrifice at the cost of
improving White's development looks quite risky and Topalov probably found an
improvement somewhere. However, Kramnik does not seem to be that easy to trap:
what is an acceptable choice for a rapid game does not necessarily suit a
World Championship match.}) 13. b3 ({Much more ambitious than the immediate
capture on a3. White intends to develop his bishop on the a3-f8 diagonal in
order to control the important c5-square. Another interesting move here is} 13.
b4 {as played in a couple of games.}) 13... Nf6 14. Nd2 {Typical for modern
chess: even in rare lines, novelties occur at a relatively advanced stage of
the game... Topalov rightly estimates that he does not need to retreat with
the bishop, since the capture on e4 would lead Black with problems completing
his development.} Qc7 ({For instance, if} 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2
Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxe4 {then} 18. f3 {followed by Bxa3 and Black cannot castle
short any more.}) 15. Bf3 $5 ({Having failed to convince his opponent to win a
pawn on the queenside, White repeats the invitation on the opposite wing. The
main alternatives are} 15. Bxa3) ({and} 15. h3 {. By retreating the bishop to
f3 (instead of d3 one move earlier) Topalov intends to keep the enemy queen
side under pressure, in order to cause problems with carrying out the freeing
move ...c5.}) 15... Bxh2+ ({As GM Lupulescu remarked, rejecting the pawn
sacrifice with} 15... O-O {would have led to the same position as after
White's 21st move in the game, with the significant difference that... there
would be a pawn on h2 after} 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Bxa3 Rfd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ra5 {
The evaluation "+-" would not be entirely out of place, I would add.}) 16. Kh1
Bd6 17. Nc4 Be7 {Kramnik's moving around with the bishop bears some similarity
with the early queen excursions from his games with White. Black's position is
quite solid and the extra pawn offers compensation for the slight delay in
development.} 18. Bxa3 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {Black's extra-pawn does not make
itself felt yet and White's supremacy in the centre certainly offers him
adequate play.} 20. Ra5 {In the previous games of the match, Topalov's play
had generally focused towards the enemy king's castled position. It happened
in equal, in better and in worse positions and it proved quite effective up to
a certain point. In the present game, the regroupment of the minor pieces
suggested that he will mainly play on the queenside, but the last move is a
clear hint that opposite wings communicate and that the queenside diversion
could be just a prelude to a kingside attack.} Rfd8 21. Kg1 {The abstract idea
behind this move is clear: before starting concrete action, White removes the
king from a relatively exposed square. It is also some sort of way of proving
that White is confident in his positional domination and that he does not need
to rush into things in spite of being a pawn down. In his peak years, Kasparov
won a couple of attacking games where the prophylactic king move to h2
deprived Black from counterplay along the back rank. Here, the main danger
consists of the open h-file, of course.} ({A more concrete illustration of the
necessity of improving the king's position is revaled by the variation} 21. Qc2
Rd5 $5 {(Topalov must not have had problems finding this resource, being such
an outstanding exchange sacrifice specialist.)} 22. Bxd5 Ng4 $1 23. g3 cxd5 24.
Nd2 (24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 d4+ 26. e4 f5 27. exf6 Qxf6 $44) 24... e5 $1 $44 (
24... Qf6 $2 25. Qc7 $1 Qh6+ 26. Kg2 $18) 25. Qf5 $140 $2 Bc8 $1 $40) 21... c5
$5 {Kramnik probably had enough of being submitted to long term pressure by
his opponent in the first games of the match and uses the first given
opportunity to free his position by returning the extra pawn.} (21... h6 22.
Qc2 $44) 22. Rxc5 {We can see here another point behind leaving the queen on
d1 for one more tempo (instead of the natural 21.Qc2). The bishop is protected
and White does not need to capture on b7 himself. The structure resulting from
the mutual pawn sacrifices is rather unusual. I do not remember any similar
case in World Championship matches; at least. White's superiority in the
centre is likely to leave him the upper hand in the long run, while the
absence of the h-pawn is not too relevant yet.} Ne4 {For Black, it is not easy
to deal with the tension created by the opposition of the bishops along the
long diagonal. We can see a similar situation in certain lines of the
fianchetto Queen's Indian, where the higher stability of the bishop (which is
defended by the K) ensures White chances for an advantage. Kramnik decided to
maintain his bishop in order to avoid problems connected with the weakness of
the c6-square, but he will achieve that only partly, because even after the
following exchange his bishop will not enjoy stability on the long diagonal
either.} (22... Bd5 {does not solve Black'sproblems because of} 23. Qe2 $14 {
[%cal Ye3e4] /\e4}) (22... Be4 23. Qe2 Rac8 (23... Qb7 24. Na5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3
Qxf3 26. gxf3 $16) (23... Rab8 24. Na5 $14 {[%csl Yc6]}) 24. Ra5 $5 $14 (24. b4
Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gb4]})) 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qg4 Bd3 ({It would seem more logical
to block the d4-pawn and place the bishop on a less vulnerable square with} 
24... Bd5 {but Kramnik might have disliked} 25. e4 $5 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rac8 (26...
Rab8 27. Qf3 $14) 27. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) 25. Ra1 Rac8 (25... Rab8 26. Ne5
{[%csl Yc6,Yd3]} Bb5 $8 27. Rac1 Rb7 28. R1c3 $14) 26. Raa5 (26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
d5 {looks tempting.} {During the press conference, Topalov declared that he
refrained from this line because of} h5 {and he seems to be right.} ({The
counterplay initiated by} 27... f5 $6 {is of a temporary character only:} 28.
Qd4 (28. d6 fxg4 29. dxe7 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Kf7 $11) 28... Be4 29. dxe6 Qg5 30. f3
Bxf3 31. Ra2 $16 {[%csl Yg2,Yg7] and the weakness of the g7-square is more
relevant than that of the g2-square, mainly because of White's strong
centralization.}) 28. Qxh5 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qe5 Qc7 31. d6 Qd7 {[%csl
Gd6][%cal Yc4c8,Yc8d8,Ya7a5,Ya5a4,Ya4a3] , as given by Innarkiev, leaves White
with a rather symbolic advantage. By advancing the a-pawn, Black will soon
provoke its exchange for the d6-pawn.}) 26... Rb8 {Now that the first rank has
been weakened, Kramnik changes plans. This slightly speculative approach will
eventually work out well because White's domination has not a very stable
character yet} (26... Rxc5 27. Rxc5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Yc4a5,Ya5c6] /\Na5-c6, /
\ץd3} Bxc4 $6 28. bxc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4]}) 27. Qd1 {Topalov declares his
intentions to outplay his opponent in a long battle, refraining from forcing
the issue now. I believe that this position is quite characteristic of the
first part of the match. Topalov has managed to outplay his opponent from the
opening and seems to be so close to achieving something concrete. And yet,
this has generally proven to be an illusion (with the exception of the missed
mate in three from the second game, of course). In spite of evidence, Black is
holding his own by balancing on a very narrow edge. Here are the possible
consequences of a more direct approach on White's part:} (27. Ne5 {[%csl Yd3]
[%cal Ge5c6]} Rxb3 (27... Bf5 28. Qf4 Rxb3 29. Nc6 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf6 {[%csl Gh2]
[%cal Yg7g5,Yf6h6,Yh6h4] /\g5, Qh6} 31. Rxf5 $1 exf5 32. Nxd8 {+/- Lupulescu}
Qxd8 33. Rxf5 $16 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Yd4d5,Ye3e4]}) 28. Nc6 Qd6 ({This is
probably more accurate than} 28... Rb1+ {, which is in fact playable, too.} 29.
Kh2 Qd6+ 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 {Lupulescu evaluates this position as "+/-",
mentioning that Black cannot prevent White from doubling rooks on the seventh
rank. In fact, he can do that with} Ra8 32. Ne5 Bg6 33. Rxa7 Rbb8 $1 {when
White's advantage is more of an optical nature.}) 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Qf3 Qf8 31.
Ne5 {(+/- Lupulescu)} Bg6 {and Black is out of any danger.}) (27. Qg3 {[%cal
Yc5c7]} {The simple} Rb7 {keeps Black in the game.} (27... Rxb3 $2 {is too
risky.} 28. Rc7 Qb4 (28... Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Gf7] Lupulescu}
Bg6 $140 $2 31. Ng4 $18) (28... Rd7 $2 29. Raxa7 Rxc7 30. Ra8+ $1 $18) 29. Rxf7
Kxf7 30. Rxa7+ Ke8 31. Qc7 Bg6 32. d5 $3 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Yd5d6]} exd5 33. Qe5+
$1 $18 {[%cal Ye5g7,Yg7g8]}) 28. Ne5 Be4 {[%csl Gc6]} 29. f3 (29. Qf4 Bd5 30.
e4 Qf6 $1 $11) 29... Bd5 30. e4 $36 {[%csl Yc6,Gd5]} Bxb3 31. Nc6 Qd6 $1 {
[%csl Gg3]} (31... Qd7 32. Nxd8 Qxd4+ 33. Kh2 Qxd8 34. Rcb5 $36 {[%csl Gb3]})
32. e5 {[%csl Gd5]} Qd7 33. Nxd8 Qxd4+ 34. Kh2 Qxd8 $44 {[%cal Yb3d5]}) 27...
Be4 28. Qa1 Rb7 29. Nd2 Bg6 30. Qc3 h6 31. Ra6 Kh7 32. Nc4 Be4 33. f3 Bd5 34.
Nd2 Rdb8 35. Qd3+ f5 {Finally, White has managed to induce a small weakness in
the enemy structure, but this is a price Black is ready to pay for the
stability of his centralized bishop.} 36. Rc3 {White will now try to occupy
the centre with e4, which would offer him an advantage, but Black will defend
very accurately.} (36. e4 Rxb3 (36... fxe4 37. fxe4 Bxb3 38. Qg3 $44) 37. Nxb3
Rxb3 38. Rc3 (38. Qc2 {[%csl Ge4]} Qh4 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Yh4e1,Ye1h4]} 39. Ra1
Ra3 $1 $11) 38... fxe4 39. fxe4 Rxc3 40. Qxc3 Bxe4 $44 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ye4d5]}
) 36... Qh4 37. Ra1 Qg3 38. Qc2 Rf7 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Qd3 Qg3 41. Rfc1 Rfb7 42.
Qc2 Qg5 43. Ra1 ({One of the hidden lines from this phase is} 43. e4 $2 Bxb3 $1
{when the c1-rook would be hanging.}) 43... Qf6 44. Qd3 Rd7 45. Ra4 Rbd8 46.
Rc5 Kg8 47. Nc4 Bxc4 $6 {Finally, Kramnik loses patience.} (47... Qh4) 48.
Raxc4 $6 (48. Qxc4 $1 {[%cal Gc5e5,Ga4a6]} f4 49. Re5 $1 $14 {would have most
probably led to a double rook ending with a passed extra pawn on the b- or
c-file.}) 48... f4 {White cannot avoid complete the complete simplification of
the position now.} 49. Rc6 fxe3 50. Qxe3 Rxd4 51. Rxe6 Qh4 52. Rxd4 Qxd4 53.
Re8+ Kh7 54. Qxd4 {Even according to the Sofia rule the position should be
considered a dead draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Topalov +3-3=6"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kramnik's solid play with Black has been quite impressive over the past three
games, but today he offered a rather feeble resistence when finally getting
the white pieces. Confroned with an unexpected opening, a rare sub-variation
and a relatively early novelty, Kramnik soon landed in an unpleasant ending.
By carelessly advancing his kingside pawns, he only made things worse for
himself, by providing Topalov with targets for attack. The game ended four
moves away from mate.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Apparently, during the last three
games Kramnik has managed to convince his opponent that the Slav is not such a
bad opening after all.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {But this must have been the real
surprise for Kramnik! Topalov usually employs the ...a6 systems and has only
occasionally played the Semi-Slav throughout his carrier. If his intention was
to confront Kramnik with the unpleasant psychological situation of fighting
against his own weapons, we can safely state that the experiment has been
crowned with success.} 5. e3 Nbd7 ({Even here, Topalov preferred} 5... a6 {
in his game against Ponomariov, played at Sofia 2006.}) 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Be2 {Kramnik is consequent with his policy of avoiding sharp opening lines.
The modest bishop retreat to e2 is supposed to offer White little chances for
a palpable advantage, but even less danger of getting into trouble.} Bb7 9. O-O
b4 {Topalov's desire to take his oppponent out of the well-known paths as soon
as possible becomes obvious. Black usually plays 9...Be7 here or, even more
frequently, 8...a6.} 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ {This move and the
whole sequence that follows looks hard to resist, but shows some slight
illogicality. The natural question is whether White should aim for sharp play
once he has chosen a basically quiet variation in the first line. Further
practice is needed to give a definitive answer, but the following 2 games seem
to be more in the spirit of the 8.Be2 system, by aiming for a tiny advantage
in a symmetrical position.} (12. Bd2 Ncd7 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Qe1 a6
16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. a3 bxa3 19. Ba5 Qa7 20. Bb4 $1 Nd5 $6 (20... axb2
21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Bxe7+ Kg8 $8 23. Rb1 $36 {[%csl Yg8]}) 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rxa3
$16 {1-0 Lputian,S (2607)-Grabarczyk,M (2506)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (41)}) (12. a3
Ncd7 13. Qd4 bxa3 14. b4 Be7 15. Bxa3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Nc5 $14 {1-0
Aleksandrov,A (2535)-Filippov,V (2530)/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (80)}) 12... Ncd7
13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qd4 Rd8 15. Bd2 {Looking at this position, I have the feeling
as if players had changed roles with each other. It is Kramnik who has a
slight advance in development, while Topalov mainly relies on the solid
character of his position. Quite the opposite to what we have seen during the
last few days.} Qa5 $146 {And now, Topalov moves for the second time with his
already developed queen, something that Kramnik did frequently in the first
part of the match. The move is a novelty, which is quite curious because it is
the computer's first suggestion. We can suppose that Kramnik had looked at it
at home (even though not especially for this game or match) and the time spent
on the next moves was destined to let him remember the old analysis.} (15... a6
$2 {is an obvious loss of time, weakening the b6-square at the same time.} 16.
Rfc1 Qa5 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qxa4 19. Nxd8 Kxd8 20. a3 $16 {1/2-1/2
Cvetkovic,S-Bagirov,V/Vrnjacka Banja 1974/EXT 99 (42)}) 16. Bc6 Be7 (16... Bxc6
17. Nxc6 Qxa4 18. Nxd8 Kxd8 {is too risky for Black, although White can easily
go astray, too.} 19. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Ya4][%cal Ya1c1,Yf1d1,Yc4c8]} (19. Rfc1 $6
Qb5 $1) (19. a3 Qa5 20. axb4 Qb6 $13) 19... Ne5 (19... Qa5 20. Rfc1 Bc5 21. a3
$1 $16) (19... Bc5 20. a3 $16) 20. Qf4 (20. Qd4+ Ned7 $11) 20... Qb5 21. Rfd1
Kc8 22. Rac1+ Kb7 23. a3 $36) 17. Rfc1 {This looks like the more logical way
of maintaining the advance in development.} (17. Bxb7 $2 Nxe5 $19) ({Knowing
the further course of the game it is easy to recommend} 17. b3 O-O 18. Bxd7
Nxd7 19. Nxd7 Bc6 $11 {and White cannot save all his pieces placed along the
d-file.}) 17... Bxc6 {Without fearing any ghosts, Topalov embarks the sharp
forced line.} 18. Nxc6 Qxa4 19. Nxd8 (19. b3 Qb5 (19... Qa6 20. Bxb4 $44 {
Korotylev}) 20. Qxa7 {Korotylev} Qb6 $1 21. Qa4 Nd5 22. Nxd8 Qxd8 23. e4 Nc3
$15 {Svidler}) 19... Bxd8 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Bxb4 Nd5 22. Bd6 {At first glance
it might look that White is doing just great. His material deficit is almost
insignificant, while his rooks are ready to invade the enemy queen side.
However, there is a certain detail that favours Black: the centralized
position of his king. Since the white king would need a considerable amount of
time to get into play, we can state that for practical purposes Black is a
whole... king up! From this point of view, Kramnik's 20th move is slightly
questionable. In order to prove 17.Rfc1 to be playable, White needs to
exchange queens only after Black gets castled. The only open question remains
whether this can be achieved in practice.} f5 23. Rc8 N5b6 24. Rc6 Be7 25. Rd1
Kf7 26. Rc7 Ra8 27. Rb7 Ke8 {Black's last three moves can be considered some
sort of artificial (but huge) castling.} (27... g5 {Svidler: "trying to gain
some space on the K-side, also made sense - but by allowing White to play
h2-h4 Black succeeded in opening the h-file for his rook, so perhaps it was a
conscious decision on Veselin's part."}) 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rc1 a5 (29... Nd5
30. Rc6 a5 {is a more accurate move order, according to Svidler.}) 30. Rc6 (30.
Rcc7 $1 {Svidler}) 30... Nd5 {Both sides have completed the first phase of
piece mobilisation. The placement of the white rooks creates a strong optical
impression, but they fail to create any serious threats. With the e6-pawn and
the d7-knight safely defended by the king, Black has no problems keeping
things under control. At the same time, the transfer of the white king to the
queen side is highly problematic, because of the numerous possible forks. We
can safely state that Black is better, although it is not entirely clear yet
how much better precisely. One important element of his general plan of
converting his minimal advantage is to avoid the exchange of one pair of rooks,
which would make his coordination more difficult.} 31. h4 $6 {"Do not move
pawns on the wing where you are weaker" they say. It is remarkable how much
quicker Black will make progress on this wing after White's unnecesary pawn
move.} ({Here is a variation illustrating White's difficulties in obtaining
counterplay:} 31. Kf1 g5 32. Ke2 g4 33. a3 {(Necessary, in order to enable the
further advance of the king without fearing the fork on b4.)} a4 34. Kd3 h5 35.
Kc4 h4 36. Kb5 N5f6 {[%cal Yf6e4] Black's advantage of space on both wings
leaves him with the better chances in case of the pawn race that is likely to
arise after} 37. Ra6 Rxa6 38. Kxa6 Ne4) 31... h6 ({Black could have also played
} 31... g6 {, but this does not seem to be necessary as can be seen from the
next comment.}) 32. a4 (32. h5 {[%csl Yh5]} a4 (32... N5f6 $6 33. Rcc7 {
[%csl Gd7][%cal Yb7a7]}) 33. Kf1 Ra5 34. Ke2 N5f6 35. Rcc7 Kd6 36. Ra7 Rb5 37.
Rc2 (37. Rcb7 Nb6 $17) 37... Rb4 38. Rd2+ Nd5 $17 {In order to avoid the loss
of the h5-pawn, White has been forced to allow the radical activation of
Black's forces.}) 32... g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf1 g4 {Now, White has to
permanently count with the enemy rook's penetration through the h-file or the
pawn break ...g3.} 35. Ke2 N5f6 {The start of a highly original manoeuvre.} 36.
b3 ({Korotylev gives a long analysis intended to prove that White would have
held a draw with} 36. Rcc7 {. In my opinion, Black retains his advantage with}
Kd6 {(Not considered by Korotylev)} 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. Rc2 (38. Rcb7 {does not
work because after} Rxb7 39. Rxb7 Nc5 {White loses a pawn:} 40. Ra7 Nxa4 41. b3
Nc5 $17 {It is early to talk about Black's win yet here, but it is even more
out of place to claim equality for White.}) 38... g3 $1 39. fxg3 Rb3 40. Rxa5
Nd5 {and Black's activity has taken dangerous forms.}) 36... Ne8 $1 ({Black
intends to drive the enemy rook away from the b-file by means of ...Nd6. The
seemingly more active} 36... Ne4 {, bearing the same idea, would have been
less accurate in view of} 37. Rcc7) 37. f3 $6 {Even though this move is bad,
it is hard to apply to it the same kind of criticism as to White's 31st move.
Kramnik must have felt that he is rapidly losing ground and aimed to exchange
as many pawns as possible.} g3 $1 {Rejected.} 38. Rc1 Nef6 {Now that White has
weakened his king side, the knight changes plans.} 39. f4 {But this looks like
suicide already. White weakens his structure even more, in order to get the
possibility to attack the g3-pawn, without noticing that it is posioned.} Kd6
40. Kf3 Nd5 41. Kxg3 $2 {White offers to his opponent the only thing that he
was missing yet: an open file for the attack.} Nc5 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. Ra7 Rg8+ 44.
Kf3 Ne4 {Black has a decisive attack already.} 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Rxa5 Rg3+ 47.
Ke2 Rxe3+ 48. Kf1 Rxb3 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra8 Nxf4 51. Ra1 Rb2 52. a5 ({Allowing
mate in 5. However,} 52. Rg8 {would have failed to safely defend the g2-square
because of} Kf7) 52... Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Matlakov,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 {Another of Aleksey's favorite lines is 8...Bd6. The move in the game is
quite forcing and concrete, and practice shows that it's not easy to pose
problems to Black.} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 ({The main tabia comes
about after} 11. O-O Bd6 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 (13. Nd2 O-O 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bxa3
Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 $44 {1/2 (43) Oparin,G (2543)-Dreev,A 
(2649) Moscow 2014}) 13... Nf6 14. Nd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.
Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3 Qg6 19. Bxa3 h5 $13 {1/2 (28) Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)
Miskolc 2009 CBM 130 Extra [Meszaros/Berkes]}) 11... Rc8 $1 {The most exact
move order, but it cost Aleksey 15 minutes to remember his analyses. I've
never played this Meran line before, so perhaps the effect of surprise worked
well. Black has a huge choice of continuations, but everywhere White is able
to maintain the initiative:} (11... Bd6 12. Nc4 $14) (11... Be7 12. b3 O-O 13.
O-O Qc7 (13... Nf6 $5 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bb2 c5 16. Ne4 {with initiative.}) 14.
Bb2 c5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qf3 $36) (11... Qc7 $5 12. b3 c5 13. O-O $1 {Very
principal and critical.} ({less exact is} 13. Bb2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 c4 $1 15. bxc4
Qxc4 $11 {1-0 (50) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Vaibhav,S (2597) Douglas 2018}) 13...
cxd4 $5 ({not good here is} 13... Bxe4 $6 14. Nxe4 c4 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bb2 $16
{and compared with Vaibhav's game above, White managed to castle.}) 14. Bb2 $1
Be7 (14... dxe3 $2 15. fxe3 $16) (14... Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rd8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. f4 $1
dxe3 18. Qe2 $36 {with a strong attack}) 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc4 O-O
(17... dxe3 $6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22.
Qxb4 $16) 18. Na5 $1 Qd5 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 {with a pleasant endgame.}) 12.
b3 ({Nothing is yielded by the natural} 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Be7 14. a3 Bb5 $1
15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa7 O-O {Next c5 - Black is completely fine.}) 12... Ba6 13.
Nc4 c5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Be7 (16... Qxd4 $5 17. Bb2 Qd5 18. Qe2
$44) 17. a3 bxa3 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 $6 {The first step
to difficulties. I analysed this position before the game and, surprisingly,
despite it seems harmless, Black still needs to make a few precise moves.} ({
For instance, the first Stockfish line} 20... O-O $1 {from a human point is
far from obvious:} 21. Rxa7 Qd6 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Ra6 Qb7 {and it
looks like White has a healthy extra pawn, but due to his good coordination of
pieces, Black position is not even worse. The move in the game seems natural
and to be leading to equality at once, but...}) 21. Qa1 Rc7 22. d5 $1 {That's
the point! Now the position becomes very sharp and White gets a strong clear
initiative.} exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 $1 {The best.} ({Losing is} 23... Kf8 $2 24. Bd3
h5 25. Qd4 Rh6 (25... Kg8 26. Rea1 $18) 26. Qb4+ $1 Kg8 27. Rxa7 $18) 24. Rd1
Re8 25. Ra5 $1 ({Unfortunately,} 25. Bxd5 $2 {doesn't work due to} Nxd5 26. Ra5
Nc3 $1 $11) 25... Re6 26. h3 Rd6 27. Bf1 $6 {The wrong decision. At that
moment I spent a lot of time. I understood that I had a strong initiative and
needed to find the exact solution to maintain it, but couldn't find a concrete
way - by transferring the rook to d6 Black has consolidated and defended
against direct threats.} ({For instance, nothing is yielded by} 27. Bb5 Qe7 28.
Re1 Re6 $11) ({or} 27. Qd4 Qe7 28. Bxd5 Rcd7 29. Qb4 Rb6 30. Qd4 Rbd6 $11) ({
Of course I saw the right idea} 27. Bd3 $1 {with a strong threat - the idea g4
followed by Bf5! It required accurate calculation, but with bishop on d3 I was
bothered by different sacrifices with ...Nxg4, however, a brief analysis shows
that it is an illusion and White gets a huge advantage. After the logical} h6 (
27... Rb6 28. g4 $1 {and now} Nxg4 $2 {is not working due to} 29. Bf5 $1 Qxf5
30. Raxd5+ $18) (27... Qe7 28. Bf5 $1 $16 {taking the key e6 square}) 28. g4
Rb6 ({the nice looking} 28... Nxg4 {loses to} 29. Re1 $3 {- a superhuman
refutation!} Nf6 30. Bb5 Qxh3 31. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6 32. Re8#) 29. Bf5 Qd6 30. Rxa7
$16 {and White breaks the blockade.}) 27... h6 $5 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. f3 $5 {
The key moment of the game} Re6 $2 {A big blunder. Aleksey defended well and
there was only one move left to reach comfortable equality, but in this moment
time trouble made itself felt.} ({The easiest way to equalize was} 29... Ke8 $1
{transferring the king to the safe zone on the kingside. After} 30. b4 Kf8 31.
Rda1 Rb6 32. b5 Kg8 $11 {White still has compensation, but nothing more.}) 30.
Rxd5+ $1 Rd7 ({Losing immediately is} 30... Nxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rd7 32. Qa8+) 31.
Rxd7+ (31. Qxa7 $2 {looks tempting, but does not work:} Rxd5 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33.
Bb5+ Rc6 {and somehow Black holds.} 34. Qb7+ Kd8 35. Rxd5+ Nxd5 36. Qxc6 Qe1+
37. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 31... Qxd7 32. Qa1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Qxa7 {This position
should be technically winning. Further, Aleksey defended persistently and
stubbornly, but step by step I managed to convert the advantage} Nd7 35. Qe3
Nb6 ({Another plan was} 35... g5 {, controlling black squares and with the
idea to put the knight on e5.}) 36. Qe4 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Bb5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2
Qd6+ 40. f4 Nd5 41. g3 Qc5 42. Bc4 Ne3 $5 43. Bxf7 $1 Qc1 44. Qd3+ Kc7 45. Qe2
Kb6 46. b4 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Be8 Kc7 49. Bg6 Kd6 50. Bd3 Ke5 51. b5 Kd6 52.
Qf3 Qb2+ 53. Be2 Nf5 54. Kg1 Qe5 55. Kf2 Qc5+ 56. Kg2 Ke5 57. Qc6 Qa3 58. Qc7+
Kf6 59. Qd8+ Ke6 60. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:08"]
[BlackClock "0:00:17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a6 12. b4 {With this move White starts
the plan to stop the thematic ...c7-c5, but Black starts a fierce attack on
this blocking pawn.} a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Ne2 (16. dxe5 {
almost disappeared from practice after the blindfold game Gelfand-Anand, Nice
2008 which went as follows:} Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Qe6 (18... Rfd8 19. Ng3
$146 (19. f4 Bc7 20. e5 Bb6+ 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. h3 Qh4 24. Bf5 Nf2+
25. Kh2 g6 26. Be4 Ng4+ $11) 19... g6 (19... Qe6 20. Rb3 Ng4 $5) 20. Bg5 h6 $5
(20... Qe6 21. Rb3 $14) 21. Bxh6 Ng4 {Black has real compensation for the pawn,
1-0 Pogorelov,R (2462)-Dziuba,M (2535)/Calvia 2006}) (18... Bc7 $5 19. Ng3 Rfe8
(19... g6) 20. f4 Ng4 (20... g6 $142 $15) 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Bb2 Ra2 23. h3 Nf6
24. Rf3 Bb6+ (24... Nh5 $1) 25. Kh2 g6 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qc3 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Rd8
29. Qe2 Kg7 30. e5 Kxh6 31. f5 Qd5 32. exf6 Qd6+ 33. g3 c5 34. Qe3+ g5 35. h4 {
with some unpleasant threats,1/2 Pogorelov,R (2421)-Korneev,O (2587),Barcelona
2004}) 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qd1 Ba1 $3 $146 (20... Bc7 21. Nc3 $14) 21. e5 $2 c5 $1
22. exf6 (22. Rxa1 Rxa1 23. exf6 Qd5 $1 24. Rf3 c4 $17) 22... Bd4+ 23. Rf2 $8 (
23. Kh1 Qh3 $1 24. Rg1 Bxg1 25. Qxg1 Qxd3 $19) 23... Bxf2+ (23... Qg4 24. Qf1
Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 c4 26. h3 Qh5 27. Qg3 g6 $17) 24. Kxf2 Qd5 {and Black has a
clear advantage, 0-1 Gelfand,B (2737)-Anand,V (2799)/Nice (blindfold) 2008}) ({
Dubious is new try} 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Ne2 h6 18. Bh4 Ra3 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne2 Rea8
21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Nc3 g5 24. Bg3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c5 26. bxc5 Bxe4
27. Qe3 Qe6 28. Rxb5 Qc4 {0-1 Dzagnidze,N (2535)-Sebag,M (2519)/Nanjing 2009.
White here came under an unpleasant pin.}) 16... Bxb4 {The principal capture,
as other timid moves can't be recommended:} (16... Rfe8 17. Bd2 (17. Ng3 exd4 (
17... g6 {is still correct}) 18. Nxd4 Bxb4 19. Ndf5 Qc5 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Bg5
Ned7 22. Be3 Qf8 23. Nxg7 Qxg7 24. Rxb4 Ne5 25. Bb1 Rad8 26. Nf5 Qf8 27. Rb3
Ng6 28. Qb2 Ng4 29. Bc5 Ne7 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rg3 {1-0 Dubov,D (2489)
-Beinoras,M (2356)/Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 856})) (16... Ra4
17. dxe5 (17. Bd2 Rfa8) 17... Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bc7 20. e5
Bb6+ 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5) 18. Ned4 $5) ({But another try was
interesting:} 16... g6) 17. Ng3 ({Capture is not better} 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bg5
Qc5 19. e6 (19. Qb3 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 $17) 19... fxe6 20. Qb3 Nde5 ({a)} 
20... Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nxf2 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 (23. Rxf2 Qxg5+ 24. Rg2 Bc5+
25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 $44) 23... Nxd3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Qxg5+ 26. Ng3
Nd3 (26... Rd8 27. Qxb7 Nd3 28. Rfd1) 27. Qxd3 (27. Qxb7 $2 Ra2+ 28. Kh1 Rxh2+)
27... Rd8 $44) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 (21... Qxe5 22. Bf4 Rxf4 23. Nxf4 Bd6 24. Be2 $1)
22. Bxb5 (22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bxb5 Bd6 24. Bd3 Bc8 25. Qc2 Ra3 26. Rb3 Ng4 $17))
17... exd4 {'!?' Svidler,P.} ({A very serious option which is frequently tried
is} 17... g6 18. dxe5 $146 (18. Bg5 Bd6 19. Nh4 (19. Kh1 exd4 20. e5 Bxe5 21.
Ne4 c5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxc5 Rfc8 26. Qb4 Bc6 27.
f3 Rab8 28. Rfd1 Bd5 29. Kg1 Bc4 {is close to winning for Black, 0-1 Sjugirov,
S (2626)-Jakovenko,D (2718)/Moscow 2011}) 19... exd4 20. f4 (20. Ngf5 gxf5 21.
Nxf5 Qe6) 20... Qe6 ({a)} 20... h6 21. Bxh6 Ng4 22. Nhf5 (22. Bg5 Qe8 $17)
22... gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qe2 Nh6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. e5 $44) 21.
e5 Ra2 22. Qb3 (22. Qd1 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5) 22... Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Ng4 24. exd6 f6
$17) 18... Ng4 19. Bg5 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Be2 Rf7 22. e5 Ngxe5 23.
Ne4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qf8 25. Bg4 Re8 {play is very unclear,1-0 Shabalov,A (2578)
-Mulyar,M (2405)/Toronto 2010}) 19... Qc5 20. e6 (20. Bf4 Rfe8) 20... Nde5 $1
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 $5 (22. Be3 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 c5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxb5 Ba6
26. Rxc5 Bxf1 27. Nxf1 Rfc8 $11) 22... Qxc2 $2 (22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 fxe6 24. e5
Qc3 $1 25. Qxc3 $5 (25. Qd7 Rf7 $1 26. Qxe6 Bc8 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Bf8 29.
Ne4 Be6 $15) (25. Qe4 Ba3 26. Qg4 Rfe8 27. Rbd1 Bf8 28. Rd7 Bc8 29. Rxh7 Kxh7
30. Qh4+ Bh6 31. Ne4 {1-0 L'Ami,E (2623)-Brunner,N (2478)/Aix-les-Bains FRA
2011}) 25... Bxc3 26. Rfd1 b4 (26... Bc8 27. Ne4 Ba5 28. Ra1 $44) 27. Ne4 Ba6
28. Nxc3 bxc3 29. Rbc1 Bc4 30. Rxc3 Bd5 $11) 23. Bxc2 Bd6 {White keeps the
initiative,1-0 Svidler,P (2746)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Baku 2008}) ({He had to try
the more thoroughly risky} 17... Ba3 18. Nf5 Qe8 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qc3 exd4 21.
N3xd4 Qe5 22. Qd2 Bc5 23. Be2 Ndf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qg5 Nd7 26. Nb3 (26. Nxb5
$5 cxb5 (26... Bc8 $1 $13) 27. Rxb5 Bxe4 28. Rxc5) 26... Ba3 27. Rfd1 Qf6 28.
Qg3 Ne5 29. f4 Ng6 30. Bg4 Ne7 31. Nxe7+ Bxe7 32. e5 Qh4 33. Qxh4 Bxh4 34. Nc5
Bc8 {White is fighting for a draw.}) 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 {'<=>' evaluated
by Svidler,P. But my impression is that it is very dangerous to play for a win
with White. It is safer to sacrifice the piece back for these dangerous pawns.
The black pawns completely control the centre and threaten to go forward,
limiting the activity of White's pieces.} 20. Bf4 (20. f4 c4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Qxc4 Nd5 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Qc2 27. Qf3 Ra1 28.
Nd3 Re8 29. f5 f6 30. Qg3 Qe2 {with good chances for Black.}) (20. Qe2 Rfe8 21.
Ng4 Ne4 22. Qf3 Ra6 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bh6 gxh6 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qg4+ Ng5 27.
Nxh6+ Rxh6 28. Qxd7 Bc6 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Rxb4 Rg8 31. Rbb1 Ne6 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8
33. Bxb5 Nf4 {and even here the white side is fighting for a draw. Kasimdzanov
R,-Negi,P,Asian Ind. 2011}) 20... c4 21. Bf5 $6 ({It was not in Danielian's
style to try to go for a draw here} 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bc3 (22... Ba6 23.
Qxb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Bxd3 25. Rc1 {with a draw}) 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qc5 {with
serious activity for the pawn.}) ({But a much better try was the activation of
the knight:} 21. Nf5 Qc5 22. Qb2 Nh5 23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Nxf4 25. Bxc4 bxc4
26. Rxb7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 c3 28. g3 c2 29. Rc7 c1=Q 30. Rcxc1 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 {
Black must hold, but it will be White, who will make some attempts at winning.}
) 21... d3 ({The immediate} 21... g6 {was very strong}) 22. Qd1 $6 ({Once more
it was possible to return the piece and to head for a draw:} 22. Nxd3 cxd3 23.
Qxd3 Rfd8 24. Qxb5 Nd5 25. Bg5) 22... Nd5 ({The activation of the rook was
very logical:} 22... Rfd8) 23. Qg4 ({Now it was too late to think about
returning the piece and destroying the opponent's pawn chain:} 23. Nxd3 cxd3
24. Bd2 Rfd8 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Bxd3 Ra2) 23... Nxf4 24. Qxf4 g6 ({This tempting
pin would allow White to sacrifice the exchange for drawing chances} 24... Bd6
25. Rxb5 Rfe8 26. Qxc4 Bxe5 27. Qxd3 Ba6 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Be4) 25. Nd7 ({
Some chances for a draw would still be retained after} 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4
Ba6 27. Qxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 gxf5 29. f3 Rfe8 30. Rd1) 25... Rfd8 26. Qd4 $2 ({
Now it was necessary to act actively} 26. Rxb4 $1 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Qxb4 ({or} 
27... Qxd7 28. Nh5 Qc6 29. Qg5) 28. Qc7 Ba6 29. Qe5 {threatening to attack the
king with Ng3-e4. This would force Black to repeat moves after ...Bb7.}) 26...
Ra6 $1 {With this move Black protects the most vulnerable square in the
position - f6.} 27. Rxb4 Qxb4 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qc7 ({A very
interesting situation would appear after the best chance} 30. Be4 Qd6 $1 31.
Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Bxb7 f5 $1 {cutting off the bishop} 33. f3 (33. Bf3 c3 34. Bd1 c2
35. Bxc2 dxc2 36. Ne2 b4 37. Nc1 Rd1 38. Nb3 Rb1)) 30... Bc6 31. Be4 Qd6 $1 {
This is the decisive move, which stops all white activity and prepares the
advancie of Black's powerful pawns.} 32. Qa5 Qe5 ({The active flank move} 32...
h5 {was not so bad}) 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Re1 Ra6 35. Qb4 Ra1 {The simplest
solution is to exchange pieces, as at the end just one knight will not be able
to fight the pawn mass.} 36. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 37. Nf1 Qe5 38. Qd2 ({Or} 38. g4 c3 39.
f4 Qf6 40. g5 Qb6+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Kf2 c2 43. Qd4+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Qe8 45. Qd6+
Kg7 46. Qc5 Qe2+) 38... Qd4 ({The direct advance of the pawns with} 38... b4 {
would be simpler}) 39. Qb4 Qe5 40. Qd2 h5 41. f4 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Qf6 ({A slightly
better place for the queen is on d6:} 42... Qd6) 43. Qd2 b4 $1 {Time to run!}
44. Qxb4 c3 45. Nd2 c2 46. Qa3 Qd4+ (46... Qxf4 {was possible}) 47. Kh1 Qe3 48.
Qc3+ Kh7 49. Nb3 Qe2 50. h4 d2 51. Kh2 ({Or} 51. Nxd2 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 c1=Q) 51...
d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2008.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[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. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 (8... a6 {is the main alternative, which will become extremely popular
after the Kramnik-Anand match.}) 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 bxa3 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4
Bd6 13. Nd2 {I was following Kramnik's recent game against Shirov in the Tal
Memorial, Moscow 2008.} ({A popular alternative} 13. b3 $5 {was played by
Topalov in the Topalov-Kramnik match(4) Elista, 2006/ CBM 115 [Marin].}) ({
White also tested} 13. b4 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B (2557)-Al Modiahki,M (2574)/Biel
2003/CBM 095 ext/[Avrukh,B] (22)}) 13... O-O {This way Black avoids Shirov's
13...Qc7. See below.} ({In the following game White obtained a clear advantage
after} 13... Qc7 14. Nc4 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3
Qxg3 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 axb2 24. Bxb2
$16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2788)-Shirov,A (2741)/Moscow RUS 2008 (46)}) 14. b3 $1 {
A typical idea in this line. White wants to recapture on a3 with a help of a
piece.} (14. Nc4 $6 {doesn't work in view of} Bxh2+ $1 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1
Qxe4 17. Nd6 $140 Qd5 18. Nxb7 Rfb8 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rb7][%cal Ga3b2]}) 14... Ba6
$5 $146 {[%cal Ga6b5] In fact only this move turns out to be a novelty. Black
transfers his bishop to b5.} ({The only preceding game saw} 14... Qb8 15. h3
Bb4 16. Bxa3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 f5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. exd4 Re8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2542)-Abreu Delgado,A (2480)/
Santa Clara 2002/CBM 088 ext (33)}) 15. Re1 (15. Nc4 $2 {would be met by} Bxh2+
$1 {again.} 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ {[%csl Re4,Rh2]} 17. Kg1 Qxe4 $11 {and Black is fine.
}) ({I also didn't like} 15. Bxc6 $6 {in view of} Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qc7+ $11 {
[%csl Rc6,Rh2]}) 15... Bb5 16. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4] I decided to win a
tempo with the knight before exchanging the dark-squared bishops. Moreover I
can exploit a pin along the a8-h1 diagonal, attacking the light-squared bishop
with the knight.} ({The immediate} 16. Bxa3 {deserved serious attention.}) ({
While} 16. Nc4 {would be met by means of} Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxe4 19.
Bxa3 Rfb8 {and White's compensation for a pawn is enough for equality.}) 16...
a6 $6 {This looks a little bit passive.} ({Black could have attacked the
centre by means of} 16... e5 {Now after} 17. Nc4 (17. Bxa3 $5) 17... Bb4 18.
Bd2 a5 19. Nxa3 e4 $1 20. Be2 (20. Bxe4 $2 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Ra3,
Re4]}) 20... Bxe2 21. Qxe2 c5 $11 {with good chances to equalize.}) 17. Nc4 $1
Bb4 18. Bd2 ({I also considered the following exchange sacrifice, but
underestimated White's chances in the resulting position.} 18. Bxa3 $5 Bxe1 (
18... Qe7 19. Qc2 $14) 19. Qxe1 Bxc4 (19... Re8 20. Nd6 $16) 20. bxc4 Re8 21.
Bxc6 Rc8 22. d5 $44 {and White seems to obtain a promising position.}) 18...
Qe7 ({Black would have more chances for equality after} 18... a5 $5 19. Nxa3
Ne5 $1 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 $1 (21. Qxe2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 c5 $11) 21... Qe7 $1
22. Nc2 $14 {However White retains a slight edge.}) 19. Qc1 $1 {In the event
of an exchange on b4, Black's queen would occupy a nice position on b4.} Bxd2 (
19... Rad8 $5) 20. Qxd2 e5 21. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc6][%cal Gc4a3]} ({Also} 21.
Nxa3 e4 22. Be2 Nf6 $14 {is better for White, but the text looks more flexible.
}) 21... exd4 $6 {This looks like an inaccuracy. After this exchange White's
light-squared bishop will be extremely strong and the pressure along the a8-h1
diagonal and the a-file will be annoying.} ({Black should have preferred} 21...
e4 22. Bg4 (22. Be2 $5) 22... Nf6 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Qxa3 $14) 22. exd4 Qd8 $6 {
A passive move again. Morever Black should have left this square for the
queen's rook.} (22... Qf6 23. Nxa3 Rad8 $14 {was a better defence.}) 23. Qxa3
Nf6 $6 (23... Qf6 $5 {should have been played even with a loss of a tempo.})
24. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc6][%cal Gd6b5]} Ra7 (24... Rb8 $5 {was worth a try.}) (
24... Qb6 {would be strongly met by means of} 25. Qc5 $1 $16) 25. Qc5 Qb8 $6 {
This was definitely not Kamil's day.} (25... Rd7 {was the lesser evil.} 26.
Nxb5 (26. Nf5 $5 g6 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rxd4 30. Rxa6 $14)
26... cxb5 27. Rxa6 Rxd4 28. Qxb5 $16 {and White is up a healthy extra pawn.})
26. Nf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf5e7] Now White has an extra piece in play.
Moreover the black c6-pawn is weak and the king is becoming vulnerable.} Nd7 {
Black is trying to keep material balance, but his king gets in trouble.} (26...
Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Qxd5 $16 {is not satisfying for Black either.}) 27. Qc1
$1 {[%csl Rc6,Rg8][%cal Gc1g5] Suddenly the queen comes into attack and
discoordinated pieces of Black can hardly provide any help to his king.
Moreover the c6-pawn is hanging.} Rc7 {Black protects the c6-pawn.} (27... Kh8
28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Qxb3 30. Re7 Qb7 31. d5 $1 $18 {is also hopeless.}) 28.
Qg5 g6 29. Re7 $1 {White's initiative has been developing by itself.} Qd8 ({
Other moves don't help either.} 29... Bd3 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Ng4 {[%cal Gg5h6,
Ge7d7]} h5 32. Ne5 $1 $18 ({or} 32. Rxd7 hxg4 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qxc7 Qxc7 35.
Rxc7 gxf3 36. gxf3 $18)) (29... Nf6 30. Qxf6 gxf5 31. Re3 $18) 30. Rae1 $1 {
[%cal Gf5h6] The threat of Nh6 forces Black to play} Kh8 31. Nd6 {[%cal Gd6f7]}
Kg8 (31... Kg7 {loses to} 32. Nxf7 $1 $18) 32. Ne8 (32. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gd6f7]
would be even more precise, but the text doesn't miss the win. Moreover Black
decided to stop suffering and resigned.} Nc5 (32... Nb6 33. Re8 Qd7 34. Rxf8+
Kxf8 35. Qh6+) 33. Rxc7 Nd3 34. Nxf7 $1 $18) (32. Ne8 Rc8 33. Qe3 $1 ({In the
event of} 33. Qh6 $6 {Black sacrifices the queen and makes White's task much
more difficult.} Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 33... a5 34. Bg4 $1 $18 (
34. Nd6 $5 Rc7 35. Qf4 $1 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 $1 $146 bxa3 (15... c5 $142 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 $14 (17. axb4 cxb4 18. d5
exd5 19. Qxd5 Nc5)) (15... a5 16. axb4 axb4 17. Be3 c5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. d5
exd5 20. Qxd5 Qb6 21. Nd2 $16) 16. b4 $3 (16. bxa3 c5) 16... a5 (16... Bxb4 17.
Bxh7+ $1 $18) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxa3 $1 (18. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 20.
Ng5+ Kh6 $19) 18... Qd8 (18... Bxa3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (19... Kh8 20. Ng5) 20. Ng5+
Kg6 (20... Kh6 21. Qd3 (21. Qg4 Nf6)) 21. Qd3+ Kxg5 22. f4+ Kh6 23. Qh3+ Kg6
24. f5+ exf5 25. Rf3 $1 (25. Rxf5 Nf6) 25... f6 26. Rxf5 Rh8 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28.
e6+ $18) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 h6 21. h3 (21. Qa4 $142) (21. Qc2 $142)
21... Qd8 22. Qa4 Nb6 23. Qa3 Nd5 24. Rb1 Ba8 25. Ra1 (25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Nd2
Nc7 27. Qc5 $16) 25... Nc7 26. Qc5 Nb5 27. R7a4 Rc8 28. Nd2 Bb7 29. Nb3 Rc7 (
29... Qc7 30. Na5 Ba8 31. Rc1) 30. Na5 Ba8 31. Nb3 (31. Nxc6 $2 Bxc6 32. Bxc6
Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxc6 $11) 31... Bb7 32. Qc4 Qh4 $2 (32... Rd7 33. Rd1) (32... Qe7
33. Nc5 (33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Qe3 $16 {/\Rc4}) 33... Bc8 34. Bc2 Rd8 35. Qd3 $16)
33. d5 $18 f5 $8 34. dxe6 (34. d6 fxe4 35. dxc7 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 e3 (36... Nxc7
37. Nc5) 37. R4a2 $18) 34... Kh8 (34... Qxe4 35. e7+) (34... Qe7 35. Bc2 $18)
35. Bf3 Qe7 36. Rd1 (36. Bh5 Bc8 37. Bf7 Rd8 38. Ra8) 36... Bc8 37. Nc5 Kh7 38.
Bh5 (38. Ra5 $5 Re8 39. Nd7 $1 Na7 40. Qf4 Qxe6 41. Rd6 $18) 38... g6 39. Bf3 (
39. Be2 Re8 40. Ra8 $18) 39... Re8 40. Ra8 $4 (40. Rd7 Bxd7 41. exd7 $18) (40.
Nd7 Kg7 41. Nf6 $18) 40... Bxe6 $11 41. Nxe6 (41. Rxe8 Bxc4 42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 43.
Nd7 c5 $11) 41... Qxe6 42. Qxe6 Rxe6 43. Rdd8 Rxe5 44. Bxc6 h5 45. f4 Rc5 46.
Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rag8+ Kf6 48. Be8 Rg7 49. Rf8+ Ke7 50. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 $6 (12... Nxc5) 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Bb5+ Kf8 (14... Ke7 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Bc4 h6 17. O-O $14) 15. O-O Qb6 (15...
h6 16. a3 bxa3 (16... Qb6 17. Bc4 g6 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. b3 Kg7 20. Bd2 Qb6 21.
Ba5 Qc6 22. Nd4 $16) 17. Rxa3 a6 18. Be2 Qb6 (18... g6 19. Nd2 $1 $16) 19. Qd4
$14) 16. Bc4 h6 17. Nd4 (17. h4 $5 Rc8 18. a3 $14) 17... Rd8 18. Qg4 g5 $6 (
18... Nd7 {(V)}) (18... g6 19. Be3 $14) 19. Be3 $1 $16 Nd7 (19... Nf4 $2 20.
Nb3 Rc8 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rfc1 $18) (19... h5 $2 20. Qxg5 Rg8 21. Nxe6+ $1 $18)
(19... Qc7 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 (20... Bxd5 $2 21. Rac1) 21. Rac1 Qe7 (21... Qxe5 22.
Nf3 Qd6 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qxb4 $18) 22. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 23. Qxb4 Nd3 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7
25. Rxc6 Nxe5 26. Rc7+ Rd7 27. Bc5+ Kf6 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd4 $18)
20. Bxd5 (20. Qg3 $5 Qc7 (20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 Kg7 22. h4) 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. f4
Rg8 (22... gxf4 23. Qxf4 $1 (23. Bxf4 $16) 23... Nxe5 (23... f5 24. Nxf5 exf5
25. Qxf5+ Kg7 (25... Ke7 26. Bg5+ $18) 26. e6 Ne5 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qxh6+ Kg8
29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Rf6 Qg7 31. Rh6+ $18) 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. Qf6 (25. Bxa7 Rg8 $1 26.
Qxb4+ Ke8 $13) 25... Rh7 (25... Kg8 26. Bd4 $18) (25... Rg8 26. Bc5+) 26. Bxa7
Ng4 27. Bxb8 Nxf6 28. Bd6+ $18) 23. f5 Qxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. fxe6) (23... Kg7
24. fxe6 fxe6 (24... Bxe6 25. Bxg5) 25. Bxg5 Kh8 26. Qh4 $18) 24. fxe6 Qxg3 25.
hxg3 Ne5 26. Rf5 Ng4 (26... f6 27. Rxf6+ Kg7 28. Rf5 Nc4 29. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 30.
e7 $18) 27. Rxf7+ Ke8 28. Re1 Bxe6 29. Rxa7 $18) 20... Bxd5 21. f4 Qb8 $1 (
21... Rg8 22. f5 $1 Nxe5 (22... exf5 23. Nxf5) 23. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 (23... Qxe6
24. Qxb4+) 24. Bxb6 Nxg4 25. Bxd8 Ne3 26. Rf2 exf5 27. Ba5 $16) (21... h5 22.
Qxg5 Rg8 23. Nxe6+ $1 $18) (21... Rh7 22. f5 (22. fxg5 $5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 Qb8 (
23... Ng6 24. Qf6 $16) 24. gxh6 Nc4 25. Qf2 $16) 22... Kg8 23. fxe6 (23. Qg3
Qb8 $13) 23... Bxe6 (23... Nxe5 24. Qh5 (24. Qg3 Nc4 $13) 24... Bxe6 (24...
fxe6 25. Nf5 $18) (24... Rf8 25. Rae1 $16) (24... Re8 25. Rae1 $16) 25. Nf5 Qa5
26. Nxh6+ $16) 24. Qh5 Qc5 (24... Kh8 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Nxh6 Qxe5 27. Bxg5 $16)
25. Rae1 Bc4 (25... Qd5 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Bxg5 $16) 26. Ne6 Qxe5 (26... Qe7 27.
Nxd8 Bxf1 28. Nc6) 27. Nxd8 Bxf1 28. Bf2 Qxb2 29. Rxf1 (29. Re8+ Nf8 30. Nc6
Bd3 $13) 29... Qxa2 30. Qd1 $18 {->}) 22. Qh5 (22. fxg5 $2 Qxe5) (22. Rf2 Rh7 (
22... Nc5 23. fxg5 Qxe5 24. g6 Qxe3 25. g7+ Kg8 26. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 27. Nc2 $16) (
22... gxf4 23. Qxf4 (23. Bxf4 $5) 23... Nxe5 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Nxe6+ (25. Bxh6+
Kg8 26. Bf4 (26. Bg5 Rc8 $13) 26... Ng4 27. Qg5+ Rg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bxb8
Nxf2 30. Bxa7 (30. Be5+ $2 f6 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Kxf2 Bxg2 $11) 30... Nd3 $14)
25... Bxe6 26. Qxe6 Kg8 27. Qf5 $16) 23. Raf1 Rg7 (23... Kg8 24. Qh5 Nc5 25.
Nf5 exf5 26. Bxc5 gxf4 (26... Rc8 27. Bd4 Rc4 28. Rd1 $16) 27. Qxf5 (27. Rxf4
Rg7 $13) 27... f3 28. gxf3 Rg7+ 29. Rg2 $16) 24. fxg5 (24. Qh5 $5) 24... Qxe5 (
24... Nxe5 25. Qh5 $40) 25. Bf4 Qe4 26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. gxh6 $16)
22... Rh7 $8 23. fxg5 $2 (23. Rf2 $16) 23... Qxe5 24. Qh3 Rg7 (24... Kg8 $2 25.
gxh6 $16) 25. Rae1 hxg5 $4 (25... Kg8 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 hxg5 $8 (27... Qxb2
28. Re2 Qc3 29. gxh6 $18) 28. Bxa7 $5 (28. Bb6 Qxe1 29. Rxe1 Nxb6 $14) 28...
Qxb2 (28... Qc7 29. Bd4 Rh7 30. h3 $16) 29. Qd1 (29. Rd1 f6 30. Qc6 Qxa2 $13)
29... Qxa2 30. Bb6 Qa8 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Rb1 $14) 26. Nf5 $18 Qb8 (
26... Bxg2 27. Qh8+ Rg8 28. Qxe5 (28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Bd4 Qd5 30. Qh7 $18) 28...
Nxe5 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. Kxg2 Nd3 (30... Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Nd3 32. Nd6+ Kd7 33. Ne4)
31. Nd6+ Kd7 32. Rd1 Nxc5 33. Nxf7+ $18) 27. Bxg5 $1 Qb6+ 28. Rf2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qe2 (12. O-O) 12... c5 (12... O-O
13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe4 g6 15. h4 $40) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 (14... O-O 15. e5
Nd7 (15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Bb5 $16) 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7
17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. h4 $1 (18. Qd3+ f5 19. Nxe6 Qe7 $17) 18... Rh8 19. Qd3+ (19.
h5+ $2 Rxh5 20. Qd3+ f5 21. Nxe6 Qh4 22. Nf4+ Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Rah8 24. Qg3+ Kf7
25. e6+ Kg8 26. Qh2 Rxh2 27. Bxh2 Nf8 28. Rfe1 Be4 $17) 19... f5 (19... Kh5 20.
g4+ $1 Kxg4 21. Nxf7 Qxh4 22. Qg6+ Kh3 (22... Kf3 23. Qg2+ Ke2 24. Re1+) 23.
Ng5+ Kg4 24. Ne4+ Kf3 25. Qg2+ Ke2 26. Re1+ $1 Kd3 (26... Kxe1 27. Qf1#) 27.
Rd1+ $18) 20. Nxe6 Qe7 (20... Qxh4 21. Nf4+ Kh7 22. Qxf5+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Kh7 24.
Qxd7 $18) (20... Qc8 21. h5+ $3 (21. Qg3+ Kf7 $13) 21... Kf7 (21... Rxh5 22.
Nf4+) 22. Qb3 $1 Ke8 (22... Ke7 23. Bg5+) 23. Nxg7+ Kf8 24. Ne6+ Ke8 25. Qg3
Nf8 26. Ng7+ Kd8 (26... Kd7 27. Rd1+ Kc6 28. Be3 $18) (26... Kf7 27. e6+ Nxe6
28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Nxf5+ $18) 27. Bg5+ Kc7 28. Rac1 $18) (20... Qe8 21. Nf4+ Kh7
22. e6) 21. Nf4+ Kh7 22. Qxf5+ Kg8 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8
26. Re1 Ke6 27. Bg5 $16) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Kf8 (17... Ke7 $5 18.
Qe4 Rhd8 $13) (17... g6 18. h4 $5 {/\19.h5 g5 20.Nh2, Kg1-h1, f2-f4}) 18. h4 (
18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 g6 $13) 18... Ke7 (18... g6 19. h5 g5 20. Nh2 $36 {
/\21.Kh1}) 19. h5 Rhd8 20. Nh2 (20. Rc2 Rac8 $13) 20... Kf8 21. Ng4 Be7 $6 (
21... Rac8 22. Rfd1 $13) 22. Rfd1 $2 {/\23.Nh6} (22. Nxh6 $1 Qd4 (22... f5 23.
exf6 (23. Bxf5 gxh6 (23... exf5 24. Nxf5 $13) 24. Bxh6+ Ke8 25. Bg6+ Kd7 $13)
23... Nxf6 24. Rfe1 gxh6 25. Bxh6+ Kg8 26. Rc7 $3 (26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxd3
28. Rxe7 Bd5 29. Rg7+ Kh8 $13) 26... Qxc7 (26... Bf8 27. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 (27...
Nxh7 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Bg7+ $18) 28. Qe5 Qd4 (28... Qxc7 29. Qxc7 Bxh6 (29...
Rd7 30. Qe5 $18) 30. Qxb7 Nxh7 31. Rxe6 $18) 29. Bf4 $3 (29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxf8
Rxf8 31. Rxb7 Nxh7 32. Rxe6 Nf6 $13) 29... Bg7 30. Rxb7 Kxh7 31. h6 Nd7 32.
Qxg7+ $18) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Rg8 29. Rxe7 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rxf2+ $8 31. Kxf2
Qh2+ (31... Ng4+ 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Kd2) 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kc1 (34.
Re2 $4 Ne4+) 34... Rc8+ 35. Rc7 Qg1+ 36. Kc2 Qh2+ (36... Qg2+ 37. Kb1) 37. Kb1
Qg1+ 38. Rc1 $18) (22... gxh6 23. Bxh6+ Ke8 24. Bb5+ Rd7 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Qg8
Ke7 27. Bg5+ Ke8 28. h6 $18) 23. Qf3 (23. Ng4 Nc3 $1 24. Bxc3 (24. bxc3 Qxd3
25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Rc2 Rad8 $36) 24... Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Be1 a5 $44 27. f3
$140 Bd5 28. b3 a4 $15) (23. Rfd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rc7 $8 (25. Ng4 Rxd3 $1
$19) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qxh6 $11) 23... Nf4 (23... gxh6 24. Bxh6+ Ke8 25. Bb5+
Rd7 26. Qg3 $18) 24. Qxb7 (24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxd3 26. Ng4 Bd5 27. b3 a5
$44) 24... Nxd3 25. Bg5 $3 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rc7 Rab8 28. Qf3 $16) 22... a6
$2 (22... Qd4 23. Rc4 $1 (23. Nxh6 {-22...Nh6}) 23... Qxb2 24. Qe4 (24. Nxh6
Nc3) 24... Nc3 25. Qh7 Ke8 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Qg8+ Bf8 28. Rc7 $18) (22... Rac8
23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe4 $40) (22... Bc5 $142 $13 23. Qe4 $140 $2 Nc3) 23. Nxh6 $1
gxh6 24. Bxh6+ Ke8 25. Qg4 Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxf7 $16 {o^h}
Qd8 (28... Qc6 29. Be4) 29. Bg7 Qe8 $8 (29... Qg8 30. Qxg8 Rxg8 31. h6 $18) 30.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bg6 Rc8 32. h6 Bf8 $8 33. Bh7 (33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. h7 Ke7 35. Rd4
(35. Rd3 Nf4) 35... Rh8 36. f4 Kf8 $13) (33. Rd3 $5 {/\34.Rf3} Bxg7 34. hxg7
Rg8 35. Rg3 Rxg7 36. Be8+ Kxe8 37. Rxg7 $16) 33... Ke8 (33... Ke7 34. Rd4 $16)
34. Bg8 $1 (34. Rd4) 34... Rc6 (34... Bxg7 35. Bxe6 (35. hxg7 Ke7 36. Bh7 $16)
35... Bxh6 36. Bxc8 Bxc8 37. Rxd5 $18) 35. Rd4 $18 Bxg7 36. hxg7 Ne7 37. Bh7
Rc1+ (37... Kf7 38. Rd7) 38. Kh2 a5 (38... Bd5 39. Rf4 $18) 39. Bg6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Moskalenko,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 c5 $5 $146 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. axb4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 $1 Bxb4 15. Bd2 (15. Qa4 $5) 15... Rg8 16. f3 Rg5 $1 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rf2
Rc5 19. Qd2 (19. Qb3 $5) (19. Rd2 $5) 19... Qb6 20. b4 (20. Rff1 $5 {/\ Ra3,
Rfa1}) 20... Rc7 21. Nb5 Rcc8 22. Bf1 Ke7 23. Qd4 $1 a6 24. Rd2 Bd5 $1 25. Qxb6
$2 (25. Na3 $14) 25... Nxb6 26. Nd4 Bc4 $1 27. Kf2 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Nd5 29. b5
axb5 30. Nxb5 f5 31. Nd4 Rc5 32. Rfd1 Kf6 33. g3 h5 34. Ne2 Ra3 35. Rd3 Ra2 36.
R1d2 Ra1 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Rc2 39. Rd3 Kg5 40. h4+ Kf6 41. Ke1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Ne2 a6 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ng3 g6 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Ng4 19. Be2 h5 20. Bc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
c5 22. bxc5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rc8 24. Bxg4 Rxc5 25. Qd4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rc4 27. Qe2
Qc7 28. Qb2 Rc2 29. Qd4 Rc1 30. h4 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qc4 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qe7 Bc8
34. h5 Be6 35. Qd8 Qc3 36. Ne4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Ng3 gxh5 39. f4 Qd5 40.
Qe7 Bg4 41. f5 Qc6 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. f6 Qe6 44. Qf4 Ke8 45. Ne4 {[%tqu "De",
"Wie kann der weiße Angriff abgeschlagen werden?","","","e6d5","",4]} Qd5 $1 {
[%mdl 256] und der König versteckt sich im Folgenden einfach auf g6:} 46. Qb8+
Kd7 47. Qa7+ Ke6 48. Qxa6+ Kf5 49. Nd6+ $6 Kg6 50. Nxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50.
Qb6 $15) 50... Be2 51. a4 $2 Bf1 52. Kg3 Qg5+ 53. Kf3 Qg4+ (53... Qg4+ 54. Kf2
Qxg2+ 55. Ke1 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Qe7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Rac1 f5 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Nf3
c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rd2 Rec7 25. Be5 Bd6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. h4 Bxe5
28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Nxe5+ Ke7 30. Rb8 Bd5 31. Rb5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Rxa5 Rxf2
34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Nc4+ Bxc4 36. bxc4 h6 37. a3 b3 38. Rb7 b2 39. a4 Rc2 40. a5
Rxc4 41. Kh3 Rc3 42. Rxb2 Rxe3+ 43. Kh2 Ra3 44. Rb7 g5 45. h5 Rxa5 46. Rh7 Ke5
47. Rxh6 f4 48. Rh8 g4 $1 {Gegen die aktiven schwarzen Kräfte hat Weiß keine
Chance:} 49. h6 Ke4 50. h7 Rh5+ (50... Ra7 $5 {ist noch einfacher.}) 51. Kg1 e5
52. Rg8 Rxh7 53. Rxg4 Ke3 54. Rg5 e4 55. Ra5 Rd7 56. Re5 (56. Ra3+ Rd3 57. Ra1
f3 58. gxf3 Kxf3 59. Rf1+ Kg3 60. Ra1 e3 61. Kf1 Kf3 62. Ke1 Rb3 63. Kd1 Rb2
$19) 56... Rd4 57. Re8 Ke2 58. Ra8 e3 59. Ra2+ (59. Rf8 Rd1+ 60. Kh2 Rf1 61.
Ra8 Kf2 62. Ra4 e2 63. Rxf4+ Ke3 $19) 59... Rd2 60. Ra4 Rd1+ 61. Kh2 f3 62.
gxf3 Kf2 63. f4 e2 64. Ra2 Rd4 65. Ra1 Rxf4 66. Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Qxd4
h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Bg3 (17. Qd2 Nc5 (17... b3 18. a5 Qb4 19. Nc3 g5 20. Bg3 $6
(20. Ra4 $1 Nxc3 21. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bxb4 23. Bg3 $14 {Belov}) 20... Nxc3
21. bxc3 Qe4 $13 {Belov,I-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS/1992/0,5/36/}) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. a5
Qa7 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. Rc4 Rfc8 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Rg4 Kf8 $6 (23... Ne3 $5 24. Rg3
Kf8 $8 {Khenkin,I-Sherbakov,R/URS/1989/}) 24. Re1 $5 Qc7 $6 25. Bh7 $18 {
Vyzmanavin,A-Sorokin,M/URS(ch)/1991/1:0/32/}) 17... Qxd4 (17... Nc5 18. a5 Qa7
19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 O-O 21. Bc4 $14) 18. Nxd4 h5 $6 (18... Nc5 19. Nxc5 (19.
Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Ne4 $1) 19... Bxc5 20. Nb3 Bb6 21. Rfc1 Kd7 22. Nc5+ $14) (
18... Ne3 $5 19. fxe3 Bxe4 20. Rfc1 Bc5 21. Kf2 O-O 22. Nb3 Rfc8 $10) 19. h4
Ne3 20. fxe3 Bxe4 21. Rfc1 Be7 (21... Bc5 22. Kf2 Bd5 23. Rc2 $14) 22. Bf3 Nc5
23. Rc4 Bd5 (23... O-O 24. Rxc5 $6 (24. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4
Rac8 $15) (24. Bxh5 Rfc8 25. Be2 (25. Rac1 $6 Bd3 26. Rxb4 Ne4) 25... Nd3 $146)
(24. Rxb4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ne4 26. Rb7 Nxg3 27. Rxe7 Nf5 28. Nxf5 exf5 $132) (24.
Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nc6 Nxg3 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. Rd1 $5 $14) (24. Rac1 $1 Bxf3 25. gxf3
Nd3 (25... Nxa4 26. Nc6 Bd8 27. Rxb4 Nb6 28. Nxd8 Nd5 29. Nc6 $18)) 24... Bxf3
25. Rc7 Bd8 26. Rc4 Bd5 27. Rxb4 Ba5 $17) 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rc2 b3 (25... Kd7
26. Nf5 Ne6 (26... Rhc8 27. Nxe7 {/\ Rac1+-}) 27. Rd1 $16) (25... Ne4 $5 26.
Kh2 Nxg3 (26... Kd7 27. e6+ fxe6 28. Rc7+ Ke8 29. Be5 $16) 27. Kxg3 Kd7 28. Rd1
$16) 26. Rcc1 g6 (26... Kd7 27. Nf5 Rac8 28. Rc3 $5 (28. Nxg7 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nxb2
30. Rxd5+ Kc6 $13) 28... Ne4 29. Rxb3 Nxg3 30. Nxg3 $14) 27. Kh2 $1 Ne4 28. Rc7
$16 Bd8 29. Rc6 g5 30. hxg5 Nxg3 (30... Bxg5 31. Bf4 $16) 31. Kxg3 Rg8 32. g6
$1 Rxg6+ 33. Rxg6 fxg6 34. Rc1 Rb8 35. Rc6 Bb6 (35... Rb6 36. Rxb6 Bxb6 37. Kf4
{/\ Nb3+-}) 36. Kf4 $1 (36. Rxg6 Bxd4 37. Rg8+ Kf7 38. Rxb8 Bxe5+) 36... Kf7 (
36... Bxd4 37. exd4 Rb4 38. e6 $1 Rxd4+ 39. Ke5 Rc4 (39... Rxa4 40. Rc8+ Ke7
41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Kd6 Rc4 43. Rh7 $18) 40. Rxa6) 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Kg5 $6 (38.
Ne6+ Kh6 39. Nf8 Kg7 40. Nd7 $18) 38... Bxd4 39. exd4 Rb4 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41.
Rxa6 Rxd4 42. Kf5 Rd2 43. e6+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kf8 $6 (44... Kd6 45. e7 Re2 46. Kf6
d4 47. Kf7 Rf2+ 48. Ke8 Rxb2 49. Kd8 Re2 50. e8=Q Rxe8+ 51. Kxe8 Ke5 (51... Kc6
52. Ra8 Kc7 53. Ra5 d3 54. Rc5+ {/\Rc3+-/})) 45. Ke5 $1 Rxb2 46. Kd6 Re2 47.
Rb7 b2 48. a5 1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Novikov,I"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. O-O $5 {N/
} c5 $6 (14... O-O $5 {/\ Nf6,c5}) 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Bc3 $1 (16. d5 exd5 17.
Bc3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rd7 20. Qa8+ Qd8 $14) 16... O-O (16... Nf6 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rab1 $16) 17. d5 Qe7 18. e4 f6 $8 19. Qc2 Nb6 $6 (
19... exd5 $5 20. exd5 Nb6 {/\ Rd7,Rfd8,Qf7,Bf8 ><d5}) 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1
Nc4 22. Rad1 $5 (22. a4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rac1 Bd4 $10) 22... Nxa3 23. Qc1
(23. Qd3 $6 Rb3 $1) 23... Nc4 24. Nh4 $1 $146 Re8 25. f4 Bf8 26. Nf3 {/\ 27.
e5|^} Qf7 $6 (26... h6 $5 {>< g5}) 27. e5 fxe5 28. fxe5 (28. Ng5 Qf5) 28... h6
29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Nh4 Nb6 31. Ba1 Rf7 32. Ng6 Nd5 33. Qe4 Nb4 34. Nf4 Qf5 35. e6
Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rfe7 $6 (36... Rb7 $5) 37. Rf1 $1 {/\ 38.Ng6 Rb7 39.Rf7! Rf7 40.
ef7 Kf7 41.Nh8+-} Kh7 38. Nh5 $2 {()} (38. h4 $1 {/\ h5,Ng6+-} h5 $8 (38... g5
39. Nh5 $1 Kg6 40. Nf6 {/\ h5+-}) (38... g6 39. h5 $18) 39. Nxh5 (39. Re5 g6
40. Nxg6 Kxg6 41. Rg5+ Kh7 42. Rxh5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kh7 44. Rf6 Bg7 (44... Bh6
45. Rh5 $18) (44... Nc2 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rh8#) (
44... Rxe6 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rh8+ Kxh8 47. Rxe6+ $18) (44... Rg7 45. Rxf8 Rxg5
46. Rxe8 Rg8 $8 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Rxa7 $16) 45. Rh5+ (45. Rf7 $2 Rxf7 46. exf7
Re1+ $19) 45... Kg8 46. Rg6 Nc2 47. Bf6 Nd4 48. Bxe7 Rxe7 49. Rxc5 $13) 39...
Nc2 (39... c4 40. Rxc4 (40. Nf4 $6 Nd3 $1 41. Nd5 Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Bc5+ $1) 40...
Rxe6 41. Rc7 R6e7 (41... Nd5 42. Rxg7+ $1 Bxg7 43. Nxg7 $16) 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43.
Nxg7 $16) (39... Nd3 40. Rf3 c4 41. Rxc4 Rxe6 42. Bxg7 $1 (42. Nxg7 Re1+ 43.
Kh2 Bd6+ 44. g3 (44. Kh3 R8e3 $1 {/\ Nf2#}) 44... R8e2+ 45. Kh3 Nf2+ 46. Rxf2
Rxf2) 42... Re1+ 43. Kh2 Bd6+ 44. Kh3 (44. g3 R8e2+ 45. Kh3 Nf2+ 46. Rxf2 Rxf2
$13) 44... R8e3 45. Kg4 $8 Re4+ (45... Be5 46. Rxe3 Rxe3 47. Bf8 $16) 46. Rxe4
Rxe4+ 47. Kg5 (47. Kh3 Re3 $1) (47. Kf5 Rxh4) 47... Be7+ 48. Bf6 Ne5 49. Kf5 $1
$16) 40. Bc3 (40. Nf4 Nxa1 41. Rxa1 Rb7 $13 {/\ Rb4}) 40... Nd4 41. Nf4 Rb7 $13
{/\ Bd6}) 38... Nc2 $15 39. Bc3 Nd4 40. Bxd4 cxd4 41. Ref4 Kg8 42. Rg4 Rxe6 $1
$17 43. Nf6+ Rxf6 44. Rxf6 d3 45. Rxf8+ $8 Kxf8 46. Rd4 a5 47. Rxd3 Ra8 48. Kf2
a4 49. Ra3 Ke7 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Kd4 Ra5 52. Kc4 Rg5 (52... Ke5 53. Re3+ Kf4 54.
Rf3+ Ke4 55. Kb4 Rg5 56. Rf2 Ke3 $17) 53. Ra2 Rh5 54. h3 Re5 55. Rb2 Ra5 56.
Rd2+ Ke6 57. Kb4 Rd5 58. Rf2 Rd4+ 59. Kc3 Re4 60. Rf8 a3 61. Ra8 Re3+ 62. Kd4
Rg3 63. Ke4 h5 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Kd5 Kc7 66. Kc5 Kb7 67. Ra4 g5 68. Ra5 h4 69.
Kd4 $2 (69. Kc4) 69... Kc6 $2 (69... g4 $1 70. hxg4 Rxg4+ 71. Kc3 Rxg2 $19) 70.
Kc4 Kb6 (70... g4 71. hxg4 Rxg4+ 72. Kb3 $10) 71. Ra8 Rxg2 72. Rxa3 Rg3 73. Rd3
$1 Kc6 (73... Rxd3 74. Kxd3 g4 75. Ke3 $1 g3 76. Kf3 $10) 74. Rd5 (74. Kd4 g4
75. hxg4 (75. Rxg3 hxg3 76. Ke3 gxh3 $19) (75. Re3 Rxh3 $19) 75... Rxd3+ 76.
Kxd3 h3 $19) 74... g4 (74... Rc3+ 75. Kxc3 Kxd5 76. Kd3 g4 77. Ke3 $1 g3 78.
Kf3 $10) 75. Rd4 (75. Rg5 gxh3 76. Rh5 (76. Rc5+ Kd6 77. Rd5+ Ke6 78. Rd2 Rg2
79. Rd3 h2 80. Rh3 Kf5 $19) 76... Rg4+ 77. Kd3 h2 $19) 75... Ra3 $3 (75... Rxh3
76. Rxg4 Rh1 77. Rg6+ Kd7 78. Rh6 h3 (78... Ke7 79. Kd3 h3 80. Ke2 h2 81. Kf2
$10) 79. Kc3 Ke7 80. Kb2 Kf7 81. Ra6 $1 $10 (81. Rc6 $4 $19)) 76. Kb4 (76. Re4
g3 77. Re6+ (77. Re1 g2 78. Rg1 Rg3 79. Kd4 Kb5 {/\ Kb5-b4-b3-c2-d2-e2-f2 -+})
77... Kd7 78. Rg6 Ra1 79. Kd5 Rd1+ 80. Ke4 Rh1 81. Kd5 (81. Kf3 Rxh3 82. Kg2
Rh2+ 83. Kg1 Ke7 $19 {R 4/b - ECE/498}) 81... Rxh3 82. Rg7+ Ke8 83. Ke6 Kf8 84.
Rg4 Rh1 $19) 76... Rxh3 77. Rxg4 Kd5 78. Rg5+ Ke4 79. Rh5 Rh1 80. Kc3 h3 81.
Rh8 Kf4 82. Kc2 Kg3 83. Rg8+ Kh2 84. Kd2 Rg1 $19 {R 3/g ECE/369} 85. Rf8 Kg2
86. Rg8+ Kh1 87. Rh8 h2 88. Ke3 Kg2 89. Rg8+ Kf1 90. Rf8+ Ke1 91. Rb8 (91. Ra8
Kd1 $2 (91... Rg3+ $1 $19) 92. Ra1+ Kc2 93. Ra2+ $10) 91... Rg3+ (91... Kd1 $19
) 92. Kf4 Rf3+ 93. Kg4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.22"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Boris Alterman now lives in Beersheva after emigrating to Israel just
over a year ago. His most notable achievement was victory in Europe's largest
open tournament, the Berlin Summer Open, in August 1991} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 {Dreev, a former Wch-quarter finalist plays the sharp
Meran Defence where Black often grabs material and hopes to withstand the
White attack.} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5
12. O-O cxd4 (12... h6 $5 {Oll,L} 13. a3 $6 a6 14. Re1 Rc8 $1 15. axb4 c4 $1
16. Be4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Nc3 N7b6 19. Bc2 O-O 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Rad1 Ng6 22.
Ne4 Nd5 $15 {Piket,J-Oll,L/Manila olm (13)/1992/0-1/62/}) 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4
Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Qe7 $5 {Dreev} (17... a6 {
main line}) 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Nxe6 Qxg2+ $1 20. Kxg2 Nf4+ 21. Kf1 Nxe2 22. Rad1
fxe6 23. Bxd7+ Kf7 24. Bxc8 Bxc8 25. Kxe2 Ba6+ 26. Ke3 $44) 13... g6 14. Bd2 $5
Bg7 (14... a6 15. Be4 {><b4}) 15. Bb5 $1 {A brilliant move, if 15..0-0 then 16.
Bg5, and Black must play the horrible 16..f6 to save his Nd7. Now the threat
is Nc5.} a6 $6 (15... Rc8 $1) 16. Nc5 $1 {Now Black loses the right to castle
and his king never reaches safety} axb5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Nd6+ Ke7 {If 18..Kf8
19.Ng5 now 19.Ng5 can be met by 19..Raf8} 19. Bg5+ Kf8 20. Rc1 $1 {White
siezes the c file and now all his peices are working. 20..Rxa2 21.Rc8+ wins.}
h6 21. Bh4 Kg8 {Black hurries to activate his Rh8 before White can organise
Nxd4 and Nxe6+} 22. Bg3 {By defending e5 again White finally prepares Nxd4 and
Rc6} Kh7 {Black gives back a pawn} 23. Nxf7 Rhf8 24. Nd6 Nf4 25. Qd2 Nh5 26.
Nxd4 {Attacking the new weakness} Nxg3 27. hxg3 Bxe5 28. Nxe6 {^D Threats are
Rc7 and Nxf8+, Black cannot deal with both.} Bxd6 29. Nxf8+ Rxf8 30. Re6 {
Winning material, Black wriggles but the hanging pieces on d6 & d7 can never
move without being lost.} Rf6 31. Rce1 Qc5 32. R1e3 h5 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Re1 Kf7
35. Qe2 {Creating the winning threat of Rxd6, Qe8+ and Re7+, Black gives up
material but reaches a lost endgame.} Ne5 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Qxe5 Qxe5 38. Rxe5
Rd2 39. b3 $1 {The key move, after 39..Rxa2 40.Rxb5 the b4 pawn falls as well.}
Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 41. f3 Rxa2 42. Rxb5 Ra1 43. Rxb4 g5 44. Rb8 {The winning
plan is well known, the b-pawn goes to b7, after which the threat is Rh8, ..
Rxb7 Rh7+ winning a rook. So the Black king must stay on g7/h7 to guard h8.
Then f4-f5-f6 forces the king out, so Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 $6 {Die Dame steht
auf der c-Linie exponiert, deshalb sollte dieser Zug erst nach dem Abtausch
auf d5 folgen.} (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2) (6. b3) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7
9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gb5b4]} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 Qc7 {
Auf b6 steht die schwarze Dame normalerweise besser, aber ich wollte den
zweifellhaften 6. Zug meines Gegners bestrafen...} 13. Bd2 (13. h3 $6 Ba7 $40)
13... Ng4 $6 {Weiterhin ganz optimistisch gespielt.} (13... O-O {sollte
geschehen, denn nun reagiert Weiss ganz geschickt!}) 14. Ne4 $1 (14. g3 $2 Qc6
$17) (14. h3 Bxf3 15. hxg4 (15. Bxf3 Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Nge5 $40) 15... Bxe2 16. Nxe2
Nf6 17. b4 Nxg4 $5 (17... Bb6 $11) 18. bxc5 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ng1 Nh2+ 21.
Ke2 Qxg2 $44) 14... f5 15. Nxc5 (15. Neg5 $2 Bxf3 (15... Qb6 $5 $36) 16. Nxf3
Nxf2 (16... Bxe3 17. Qxc7 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Rxc7 19. h3 Bb6 (19... Ne3+ 20. Kxf2
Nxd1+ 21. Rxd1 $14) 20. hxg4 fxg4 21. Ng5 O-O+ 22. Ke1 Bf2+ 23. Kf1 $11) 17.
Qb3 Nxd1 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Rxd1 Nc5 20. Qxf5 g6 $15 {/\ 0-0}) 15... Bxf3 $2 {
Wer A sagt, ... Aber eben, im Schach braucht man das Alphabeth nicht zu kennen
...} ({Genug zum Ausgleich war} 15... Nxc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 $11) 16.
Bxf3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Rxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Bb4 $1 $16) 18. Qb3 {[%csl Re8][%cal
Gd2b4] Obwohl Schwarz gerade auf h2 mit seiner Dame geschlagen hat, gerät
nicht der weisse sondern der andere König in Bedrängnis.} Rc4 19. Rac1 Nde5 (
19... Nge5 20. Rxc4 bxc4 $140 21. Qb7 O-O 22. Qxa6 $16) (19... O-O 20. Rxc4
bxc4 21. Qxc4 $16) (19... Qc7 20. Be2 $1 $16) 20. Rxc4 Nxc4 ({Ich konnte keine
Alternative finden, die meine Probleme lösen bzw. mindern würde. Auch im Fall
von} 20... bxc4 21. Qb8+ Kf7 22. Qb7+ $1 (22. Qxh8 Nxf3 23. Be1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2
Ng1+ 25. Kd2 Qxg2 26. Kc1 Nf6 {kann fast als unklar bezeichnet werden}) 22...
Kg6 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 (23... fxg4 24. Bc3 $18) 24. Bc3 {verbleibt Weiss im Vorteil.
}) 21. Bb4 (21. a4 $6 {ist zu langsam. Schwarz braucht in der Tat nur ein
kleines Tempo, um wieder die Initiative zu ergreifen:} O-O 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Qxb5 Nxd2+ $1 (23... Nce5 $13) 24. Rxd2 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qg1 $1 26. Bxg4 fxg4 $40)
21... Nge5 (21... Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qh4 23. g3 $16) 22. Qc3 a5 ({Nach} 22... Kf7 {
kommt genau das gleiche Mannöver:} 23. Qd4 $1 (23. b3 a5 24. bxc4 $140 axb4 25.
Qxb4 bxc4 $17) 23... Kg6 24. b3 $1 (24. Bc3 $5 $40) 24... Nxf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 26.
Bc3 $1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxf3+ 28. Kd2 Qxf2+ 29. Kc1 $16) 23. Bc5 $2 ({Während der
Partie hielt ich} 23. Bxa5 $2 {für der stärkste Zug, aber eigentlich kann sich
Schwarz mittels} O-O 24. Bc7 Rc8 25. Bxe5 (25. Rd7 $4 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Nxd7) 25...
Qxe5 26. Rd4 $5 (26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Be2 Rc2 $11) 26... Qc7 {retten.}) ({Erst in
der gemeinsamen Analyse fanden wir das schwierige Mannöver} 23. Qd4 $1 Kf7 ({
oder} 23... axb4 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qxh8 Nxb2 26. Rd8 Qh1+ (26... Nbd3 $2 27.
Bh5+ $18) 27. Ke2 bxa3 (27... Nbd3 28. Qg8+ $18) 28. Qg8+ Kf6 29. Rd6 $18) 24.
Bc3 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Re5][%cal Gc3g7] Die schwarzen Springer sind nun total
gelähmt, wobei einfach 25.b3 droht. Der Sieg wäre nur noch Frage der Zeit:} b4
(24... a4 25. Qa7+ Kf6 (25... Kg6 26. Qe7 $18) 26. Qc7 g5 27. Rd7 g4 28. Bd5 $1
$18) 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bxb4 Kg6 27. Bc3 Rb8 28. Qa7 Rb6 29. Qe7 $1 {(/\Rd7)}
Ra6 30. e4 $1 $18) 23... Kf7 24. b3 Rc8 {Dank dieses Schusses auf den Bc5 kann
Schwarz atmen.} 25. b4 $2 ({Richtig war} 25. Qd4 {, auch wenn ich in der
Partie das Endspiel nach} Nb2 $1 26. Rd2 Nbd3 27. Rxd3 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Qh1+ 29.
Ke2 Qe1+ $1 30. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 31. Kd2 Nxc5 {falsch einschätzte. Schwarz muss nun
sehr genau spielen:} 32. Kc3 Na6 $1 33. Bb7 (33. b4 axb4+ 34. axb4 Ke7) (33. a4
bxa4 34. bxa4 Nc5) 33... b4+ 34. axb4 Nxb4 {Die Remischancen des Anziehenden
bleiben intakt.}) (25. Bd4 $6 Nxf3 26. gxf3 Nb6 $1 27. Qxa5 Rc2 28. Rd2 (28.
Qa7+ Ke8 $19) 28... Rc1+ 29. Ke2 Qg1 30. Qa7+ Kg8 31. e4 f4 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33.
Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd6 Nc8 35. Rxe6 Rc2+ 36. Ke1 Rc3 $19) 25... axb4 (25... Nxf3 $4
26. Rd7+ Ke8 27. Qxg7 $18) 26. axb4 Rc7 {Der schwarze Monarch riskiert nun
kaum mehr was.} 27. Rd8 (27. Ke2 $142 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Qh4 $17) 27... Qh4 $1 28.
Rf8+ Kg6 29. g3 Qh2 30. Bg2 Rd7 31. Bd4 Qh5 $1 32. Qc2 Nf3 33. Bxf3 Qxf3 {
(/\ Nxe3)} 34. Ke1 e5 35. Bc3 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O Be7 17. a3 {Zu meinem Glück hatte der indische Spieler
''vergessen'', ein Blick ins Bulletin zu werfen. Er kannte also meine Partie
der vorgehenden Runde gegen Galkin nicht.} Rhc8 $1 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Ng5 Nf4 $1
{Dies war Galkins Vorschlag während unserer post-mortem Analyse. Seine Idee
ist in der Tat sehr originell.} 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Nxh7 Ng6 {Die Drohungen
werden abgewehrt und der Bauer e5 angegriffen. Ziel Nummer eins für Schwarz
lautett aber Damentausch.} 22. axb4 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 {Die Stellung liegt im
Bereich des Gleichgewichts, aber wieder ist es Weiss, der darum bemüht ist,
den richtigen Weg zu finden.} 24. Nc5 (24. Ng5 Rc4) 24... Bd5 (24... Rxc5 25.
bxc5 f6 26. Rfe1 {ist vermutlich mit weissem Vorteil verbunden.}) 25. Ng5 Nc6 (
25... Rcb8 $6 26. Na6 Rb7 27. Rfc1) 26. Nge4 Ke7 27. Ra4 Rcb8 28. Nc3 Rxb4 29.
Nxd5+ exd5 $15 {Dank des Freibauern und des aktiveren Königs hat Schwarz die
besseren Karten.} 30. Ra6 Kd6 31. Nd3 Rb6 (31... Rb3 $6 32. Ne5 $1) (31... Rc4
32. b3 Rc3 33. Nb4) 32. Rxb6 $6 (32. Rfa1 Re8 33. Kf1 {sollte besser sein.})
32... axb6 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Kf1 Rc8 35. Rc1 ({Da ein Turm auf c2 nicht viel
schadet, war} 35. Rd1 {vorzuziehen.}) 35... Rc4 36. Ke1 Nb3 37. Rc3 $6 ({
Weiss sollte die Türme behalten, da das kommende Endspiel sehr kompromittiert
ist.} 37. Rd1 {erscheint wieder geeignet.}) 37... Rxc3 38. bxc3 d4 39. cxd4 Kd5
40. h4 (40. Ne5 f6 41. Nd7 b5 42. Nf8 b4) 40... Kxd4 {Dank des entfernten
Freibauern stehen die schwarzen Aktien sehr hoch.} 41. Ke2 Nc5 $1 42. Nxc5 $2 (
{Da das Bauernendspiel gewonnen ist, sollte Weiss die Springer behalten} 42.
Nb4 b5 $17) 42... bxc5 $1 ({Nach} 42... Kxc5 $2 {ist der Freibauer noch
entfernter, aber Weiss remisiert dank aktives Spiels am Königsflügel:} 43. g4
Kd4 44. h5 f6 (44... Ke5 $2 {verliert sogar wegen} 45. g5 Kf5 46. f4 $1 f6 47.
g6 $1) 45. f4 Ke4 46. g5 fxg5 47. fxg5 Kf5 48. h6 $11) 43. Kd2 f5 $2 {Kurz
nachdem ich den Zug gespielt hatte, verstand ich, dass er falsch war.} ({
Es gewann} 43... f6 $1 44. Kc2 f5 45. h5 ({oder} 45. Kd2 c4) 45... c4 46. Kd2
c3+ 47. Kc2 Kc4 48. g3 (48. f3 f4) 48... Kd4 49. f3 Ke3 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4
Kf4 52. Kxc3 Kxg4 {usw.}) 44. h5 $1 c4 45. Kc2 c3 46. Kc1 $2 {Ein
unglaublicher Fehler. Mein Gegner schätzte seine Lage sowieso als hoffnungslos
und suchte nicht mehr nach einer Rettung.} (46. g3 $1 {Das ist eine Stellung
beiderseitiges Zugzwangs. Wer ziehen muss verfehlt sein Ziel (siehe Varianten
bei 43...f6)} Ke4 (46... Kc4 47. f3 Kd4 48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 Ke4 50. g5 Kf5 51.
h6 $11) 47. Kxc3 Kf3 48. Kd4 Kxf2 49. Ke5 Kxg3 50. Kxf5 Kh4 51. Kg6 $11) 46...
Kd3 47. Kd1 c2+ 48. Kc1 Kc3 49. g3 (49. f3 f4) (49. f4 Kd3 50. g3 Kc3) 49...
Kd3 50. f3 Ke3 51. g4 fxg4 52. fxg4 Kf4 53. Kxc2 Kxg4 54. h6 gxh6 55. Kd2 Kf3
56. Ke1 Kg2 {Wie so oft scheitert man um ein Tempo!} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zaehringen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $5 13. Bb5+ Nd7
14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {[%csl Gd5,Rd7] ist eine von Schwarz oft
unterschätzte Alternative.}) 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 (14... Ke7 {ist kaum
besser. Weiss kann mit} 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qe2 h6 17. Be3 $5 {oder 15.Qd4 Qb6 16.
Bc4 weiterfahren.}) 15. O-O Qb6 (15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. a3 {gibt Weiss
die Initiative.}) ({In der einzigen Partie, wo ich diese Stellung als
Schwarzer spielte (Schnellpartie gegen Bacrot in Lausanne 1999) versuchte ich} 
15... Rc8 {musste aber einsehen, dass Weiss nach} 16. a3 $1 a5 17. axb4 axb4
18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc4 h6 20. Rc1 {besser steht.}) 16. Bc4 h6 17. h4 (17. Bd2) ({
und} 17. Nd4 {sind brauchbare Alternativen. Der Textzug soll den Königsflügel
leicht unter Druck setzen.}) 17... Rc8 (17... Rd8 18. Qe2 (18. Qd4 Ne7 19. Qg4
h5) 18... g6 19. a3 $14) 18. a3 $1 {Wie früher schon gesehen, ist dieser Zug,
wenn am richtigen Moment gespielt, sehr lästig, da der schwarze Damenflügel
auch schwach werden kann.} a5 (18... b3 $5 {[%csl Ra1] mit dem Ziel, den
Damenflügel geschlossen zu halten, war interessant.} 19. Bd2 (19. a4 Ba6 $1)
19... Ba6 $5 {wäre dann unklar.}) 19. axb4 axb4 (19... Qxb4 20. b3 $14 {
[%cal Yc1a3]}) 20. Qe2 g6 $6 (20... Ne7 $5 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Ye7f5,Yb7h1] ist
eine logische Umgruppierung, die Schwarz zur Verfügung hat. Es ist aber
verständlich, den Rh8 ins Spiel bringen zu wollen.}) 21. Rd1 Kg7 (21... Ne7 22.
Nd4 Kg7 23. Be3) 22. h5 (22. Rd4 Ne7 $1) 22... g5 23. Rd4 Ra8 $2 {verpasst den
gegnerischen Schlag auf die Königsstellung.} ({Notwendig war} 23... Ne7 {
, obwohl Weiss nach} 24. Rg4 Nf5 25. Bd2 {[%csl Rb4,Yg4,Rg5][%cal Yg4g7,Yg4b4]
die leicht besseren Perspektiven behält.} (25. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Kf8 {
ist hingegen etwas optimistisch.})) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 640]} 25. Nxg5 $1 {
[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh5h8] Die wahre Stärke des weissen Angriffs besteht in dem
Umstand, dass der schwarze König kaum zum anderen Flügel flüchten kann, ohne
dem h-Bauern freie Bahn zu lassen.} Ra1 $2 {Man musste das Opfer sofort
annehmen:} (25... hxg5 26. Bxg5 (26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Qxg5+ (27. Bxg5 Kh7) 27... Kf8
28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 $1 Qc6 31. Qh7 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 33. f3
Qxe5 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc6 36. Qf4 Qxh5 37. Qxb4 {ist zwar besser, aber
schwer zu gewinnen.}) 26... Rg8 (26... Nd7 27. Rg4 Kh8 28. Qd2 $1 $16) 27. Rg4
Kh7 28. Qf3 {, wonach der weisse Angriff sicher gefährlich aber nicht
entscheidend ist.}) 26. Qd2 hxg5 (26... Nb3 {scheitert an} 27. Nxe6+ Qxe6 28.
Bxb3) ({, während} 26... Nd7 27. Nf3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Nxe5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qe3
Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 {auch bald Schluss bedeuten sollte.}) 27. Qxg5+ (27. h6+ $1 Kf8
28. h7 {war viel kräftiger.}) 27... Kf8 28. h6 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Nb3 30. Qg5 Qxd4
({oder} 30... Nxd4 31. h7) 31. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O Be7 17. a3 ({Eine vorbereitete Neuerung gegenüber der
Partie Yusupov-Kramnik, Horgen 1995, die mit} 17. b3 $11 {weitergegangen war.
Mir war aber klar, dass Weiss bei richtiger schwarzer Spielweise auch in
diesem Fall auf keinen Vorteil rechnen darf. Nach etwa 40-minütiger Denkzeit
fand Alexander Galkin die stärkste Antwort.}) 17... Rhc8 $1 {Eine gute
Kontrolle von c4 ist der Schlüssel.} 18. axb4 ({Für} 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Ng5 {
, siehe meine Partie der nächsten Runde!}) (18. Bd2 Ke8 19. axb4 Nxb4 {
bereitet dem Nachziehenden keine Schwierigkeiten.}) 18... Qxb4 19. Bd2 (19.
Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qd3 Qc4 $5 21. Qxh7 $140 $2 (21. Qa3+ Ke8 $5) 21... Rh8 22. Qb1
$8 Qg4 23. Qc2 Nf4 $19) 19... Qc4 20. Nc3 Ke8 {Es ist schon der Anziehende,
der hier um Ausgleich kämpfen muss. Bei Schwarz ist der König ausser Gefahr,
während die Figuren klar aktiver sind.} 21. Ra4 Qd3 (21... Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxf3
23. Rxc4 Bxd1 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxd1 $11) 22. Rg4 (22. Rd4 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxd1
24. Rfxd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 $15) (22. Ne4 Qc2) 22... Nxc3 23. bxc3 ({Logischer war
} 23. Bxc3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 g6 $15 {/=}) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 (24.
gxf3 Rd8) 24... Qxf3 ({Natürlich nicht} 24... Qxd2 $2 25. Rxg7 $18) 25. gxf3 g6
26. Ra4 {Ich schätzte diese Stellung als leicht haltbar ein, aber das sollte
etwas optimistisch sein. Weiss muss noch aufpassen.} Bc5 27. c4 $2 ({Erlaubt
die Aktivierung der schwarzen Kräfte. Solche musste mittels} 27. Rb1 {
verhindert werden, da nun} Rab8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Be3 {zum Ausgleich führt.
Und falls Schwarz von 27...Rab8 Abstand nimmt, setzt Weiss mit c4 und Be3 fort.
}) 27... Rab8 $1 28. Be3 Rb3 29. Re1 $6 ({Obwohl das Doppelturmendspiel nach} 
29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxa7 Rxf3 31. Rb1 Kf8 {unerfreulich ist, sollte ich trotzdem
meine Chance dort versuchen.}) 29... Bb4 $1 30. Rc1 a5 31. Bb6 Rc3 $1 32. Rxc3
Bxc3 33. c5 Kd7 {Der schwarze König greift ins Geschehen mit entscheidendem
Effekt ein.} 34. Rf4 Kc6 $1 35. Rxf7 Ra8 (35... a4 36. Ra7 Kb5 $17) 36. Bxa5 {
Der Läufer muss sich opfern, da der schwarze Freibauer später nicht zu stoppen
ist.} ({Die Version} 36. Rc7+ Kb5 37. Bxa5 Kxa5 38. Rxh7 (38. f4 Rh8) 38...
Bxe5 39. c6 Kb6 40. Re7 Rh8 41. Rxe6 Bxh2+ 42. Kg2 g5 {rettet auch nicht.})
36... Rxa5 37. Rxh7 Bxe5 38. Rh6 Ra7 $5 39. Rxg6 (39. f4 Bxf4 40. Rxg6 Kd5)
39... Rg7 40. Rg4 Kxc5 41. Kg2 Kd5 42. h4 Rxg4+ 43. fxg4 Ke4 44. f3+ Ke3 45. g5
Kf4 46. Kf2 Bh8 47. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 {Das führt zu ruhigeren Stellungen als nach 9...a6 10.e4 c5 11.
d5. Es gibt auch (deshalb) weniger forcierte Varianten zu kennen.} 10. Ne4 Be7
11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 ({Die Einschaltung von} 12. a3 a5 {kann für Weiss in
einigen Varianten nützlich sein.}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 {Dieser Zug wird in den
letzten Jahren am meisten angewendet, wahrscheinlich aus der Erkenntnis heraus,
dass die Alternativen nicht viel einbringen:} (13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 ({oder} 14.
Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qb6 17. Be3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 {
Van der Sterren-Piket, Antwerpen 1996}) 14... Rb8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Be3 c5 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 Rd8 $1 $11 {Karpov-Antunes,
Tilburg 1994}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 ({Auf} 14... Rc8 {ist (aus meiner Sicht
komischerweise) 15.a3 die meist angewandte Replik; nach 15...bxa3 16.b4 a5
verflacht aber das Spiel sofort.} {Viel gefährlicher sind} 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. c6
$1 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Ba8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6] wie in Sadler-Ioseliani,
TWch-Luzern 1997 oder 15.Bd2 Bxc5 16.e5, Lautier-Piket, Monaco m/7 1996. Ich
möchte nicht behaupten, dass der Textzug 14...Nd7 für Schwarz ausgleicht, doch
die weisse Initiative erscheint mir weniger gefährlich.}) 15. c6 Bxc6 16. Be3
Bb7 17. Rfc1 $5 {Ich glaube auch, dass Weiss diesen Turm auf c1 stellen sollte,
und nicht den anderen.} (17. Rac1 {ermöglicht nämlich} Qa5 $1 (17... Qb8 18.
Bb5 $1 Nf6 19. Nd4 $16) 18. Bb5 Nf6 $5 {mit der bis jetzt noch unentdeckten
taktischen Ressource} 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Nc6 Rxc6 $1 (20... Bxc6 21. Bxc6 $14)
21. Bxc6 Ba6 22. Qd1 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Bd6 {, die etwa gleiche Chancen ergibt.})
17... Qb8 {Sollte man diesen Zug tadeln? Die Tatsache ist, dass Weiss dann die
Möglichkeit hat, in Vorteil zu kommen. Doch ist die Stellung nach 17.Rfc1
nicht schon vorzuziehen?} ({Ich konnte mich an eine alte Partie Vaganians
erinnern, die mit} 17... Bd6 {weitergegangen war. Während der Partie
befürchtete ich aber} 18. Rd1 $5 (18. Bd4 Qb8 19. a3 a5 20. g3 Rd8 21. axb4
axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. b3 Rc8 24. Ra1 Qb8 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd1 g6
28. Qe3 Rd8 $11 {Savon-Vaganian, URS-ch Riga 1970}) 18... Qb8 19. Rac1 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. h3 Rd8 22. Rc2 {Obwohl Weiss hier etwas besser steht, würde ich
in einer nächsten Partie 17...Bd6 bevorzugen.}) 18. g3 $6 {Die Idee Bf4 ist zu
einfach und erlaubt es dem Nachziehenden, dank eines Turmtausches seine
Stellung zu erleichtern.} ({Im Falle von} 18. Nd4 Bd6 (18... Nc5 19. Nc6 Bxc6
20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qd6 22. Rac1 $36) (18... Ne5 19. Bb5 $14) 19. Bb5 $1 {
[%csl Rc6]}) ({oder noch besser} 18. Bb5 $5 Nf6 (18... Ne5 19. Nd4) 19. Nd4 {
würde Weiss über die besseren Aussichten verfügen.}) 18... Rc8 (18... a6 $5)
19. Bf4 (19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qd8) 19... Rxc1+ (19... e5 $6 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8
21. Be3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bc4 {kam kaum in Betracht.}) 20. Rxc1 Qd8 21. Bc7
(21. Rc7 $2 Nc5) 21... Qf8 22. Ba6 Qc8 $5 {Die Dame gehört zum Damenflügel,
den sie nur kurz verlassen musste; sie soll eigentlich den Bb7 ersetzen.} (
22... Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Nc5 24. Qc4 $14) 23. Bf4 Nc5 24. Bxb7 (24. Bd3 Qd8 25. Bb1
Rc8 $11) 24... Qxb7 25. Rc4 Rd8 ({Nach der Partie überzeugten wir uns von der
Tatsache, dass Schwarz b2-b3 nicht erlauben durfte. So schlimm ist die
schwarze Stellung nach dem Textzug sicher nicht, aber} 25... b3 {wäre
einfacher gewesen:} 26. axb3 (26. a3 Rd8 $13) 26... Qxb3 27. Be3 Qd3 28. Qxd3
Nxd3 29. b3 a5 {mit fast ausgeglichener Stellung.}) 26. b3 h6 (26... Nd3 27.
Be3 e5 28. Bd4 $1 $14) 27. Be5 $6 ({Mit diesem Zug büsst Weiss seinen Vorteil
ein. Während der Partie befürchtete ich} 27. Ne5 $1 {sehr, sah aber, dass ich
mich dank} a5 28. Qc2 (28. Qg4 Nxe4 $1 29. Nc6 Rd5 30. Bxh6 Ng5 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7
$11) 28... Bf8 $1 {noch vor Materialverlust retten konnte. Die Stellung nach}
29. Be3 (29. Rxc5 $2 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe4+ {mit Initiative.}) 29...
Nd7 30. Nc6 (30. Rc7 $6 Qb5 31. Nc6 Ne5 $1) 30... Ra8 {erweckt aber kein
Vertrauen.}) 27... f6 28. Bb2 a5 29. Qc2 $6 {Es war nicht leicht vorauzusehen,
dass Schwarz in ein paar Zügen einen starken Angriff wird entwickeln können.} (
{Nach} 29. Nd4 {würde} Qxe4 $2 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Nc6 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 {nicht
funktionnieren, auch im Fall eines Opfers auf f2. Deshalb hätte ich
wahrscheinlich 29...Bf8 den Vorzug gegeben.}) 29... Nd3 30. Bc1 (30. Ba1 Bc5 $1
{macht keinen grossen Unterschied, während}) (30. Bd4 Qxe4 31. Bb6 Qxf3 32.
Bxd8 Bc5 $1 {rasch zum Sieg führt.}) 30... Bc5 $1 31. Rxc5 Qxe4 $5 {Eine
überraschende Ressource, die schwieriger zu bekämpfen ist, als} (31... Nxc5 32.
Qxc5 Qxe4 33. Kg2 $1 Rd3 34. Be3 g5 35. h3 h5 36. Qe7 {mit folgendem
Dauerschach.}) 32. Qd1 (32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Be3 Qxf3 35. Qxe6 Ne1
36. Kf1 Nc2 {gäbe Schwarz immer noch etwas Angriff.}) 32... Qa8 {Zwar
effektvoll, aber auch erzwungen.} 33. Rc4 $2 {Falsch.} ({Weiss musste
unbedingt Chancen gegen den gegnerischen König suchen, nämlich durch} 33. Rc7
$1 Nf4 $1 ({und nicht} 33... Nxc1 $2 34. Qxc1 Qxf3 35. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 36. Qc7+
Kg6 37. Qxd8 Qe2 38. Qxa5 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh3 {mit einigen Chancen für
Weiss.}) 34. Bd2 (34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc1 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 $15)
34... Nd5 35. Rc1 (35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nd4 Rd6 37. Qg4+ Kf7 $15) 35... Nc3 36.
Qe1 Qxf3 37. Bxc3 bxc3 38. Rxc3 Rd1 39. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 40. Kg2 {mit Ausgleich.})
33... Nxc1 $6 ({Die Zeit fing an, ein bisschen zu fehlen, und ich begnügte
mich mit der Berechnung der Folge} 33... Ne5 34. Nd2 Nxc4 35. bxc4 {, ohne den
starken Zentralisierungszug} Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rd1,Rd2][%cal Yd8d1] zu sehen,
der die schwarze Dominanz gesichert hätte.}) 34. Rd4 (34. Qxc1 Qxf3 35. Rc8 Qd5
$17) 34... Rxd4 (34... Rc8 $5 35. Rd2 Qe4 {war ebenfalls vorteilhaft.}) 35.
Nxd4 Qd5 $2 ({Ich verzichtete auf} 35... Nxa2 36. Nxe6 Qe8 $1 37. Qg4 Qd7 {
wegen} 38. Qc4 {, aber am nächsten Tag erklärten mir mein Gegner und sein
Landsmann Gabor Kallai, dass ich mit} Nc3 $1 {immer noch im Vorteil war.}) 36.
Qxc1 Qxd4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 (37... Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qxa5) 38. Qxe6 Qa1+ 39. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng5 {Der Lieblingszug Kozuls im Meraner mit 8...Bd6. Zum
zweiten Mal spielt er ihn in dieser Stellung, und bereits zweimal bevorzugte
er ihn im 9. Zug. Weiß beabsichtigt, beide thematische Vorstöße des
Nachziehenden zu verhindern. c6-c5 soll nach Ne4 erschwert, e6-e5 mittels
f2-f4 gar verboten werden.} Bb7 (10... Qc7 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 {geschah in
Kozul-Graf, Calvia Olympiade 2006}) ({Nach} 10... a6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Nce4 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b4 e5 15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 {besaß Weiß ebenfalls Vorteil in
Bruzon-Dominguez, Santa Clara 2005}) 11. a3 $5 ({Vorbereitet hatte ich mich
nur auf} 11. f4 {, wobei ich die schwarzen Chancen keineswegs für nachteiliger
hielt. Der Textzug ist flexibler.}) 11... Qb8 {Nach ca 30 Minuten gespielt.} (
11... e5 {gefiel mir nicht wegen} 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. h3 a5 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 {, aber möglicherweise ist Fritz' Vorschlag 12.Qf3 aktiver}) ({
Vielleicht besser war einfach} 11... a5 {. Der Einschub von a3-a5 passte im
Vergleich zu meinen Analysen nach 11.f4 nicht gut, weshalb ich diesen Zug
frühzeitig verwarf. Trotzdem scheint Schwarz nach} 12. f4 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Be7 {eine akzeptable Stellung zu haben.}) 12. f4 h6 ({Die Kompensation
nach} 12... c5 13. Nxb5 {ist wohl etwas dünn.}) 13. Nf3 (13. Nge4 {wollte ich
mit} Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 {begegnen. Schwarz scheint nach} 15. Nxd6 (15. dxc5 Bxc5)
15... Qxd6 16. Bxb5 $1 ({oder} 16. dxc5 Qd5 (16... Qxc5 $6 17. Qe2 {/\ b4}) 17.
Qe2 Nxc5 18. Bxb5 Rfd8 (18... Rac8 $5) 19. b4 Nd3 $44) 16... Rfd8 17. b3 (17.
b4 cxb4 18. Bxd7 (18. axb4 Bxg2 $1) 18... Rxd7 19. axb4 Qxb4 $13) 17... Qb6 (
17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. b4 $14) 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 Rxd1 (
19... Qc6 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Ra2) 20. cxb6 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 axb6 {gute
Remischancen zu haben. Etwas Kämpfen muss er aber schon noch!}) 13... b4 14.
axb4 Bxb4 15. e4 (15. Ne5 c5 16. Na2 a5 $13) 15... c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bb1 $1
cxd4 (17... Rc8 18. Qd3 Nf8 {war vermutlich vorzuziehen. Aber ich befürchtete
ein gelegentliches f4-f5 und überschätzte meine in der Partie vorkommende
Stellung.}) 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nxd4 (19. exf6 $6 N7xf6 (19... N5xf6 20. Nxd4 $36)
20. Nxd4 Qd6 (20... Bc5 21. Kh1 $40) 21. Nxd5 (21. Ne4 Qb6 $13) 21... Bxd5 $13)
19... Nc5 20. Qg3 {Hier war ich ziemlich zuversichtlich, dass meine Stellung
gut war. Die Leichtfiguren sind zentral und sehr aktiv, nur brauche es noch,
die Schwerfiguren zu koordinieren.} Qc7 {Um nach b6 zu kommen, und auf 21.Ba2
die Antwort Rad8 zu haben.} 21. Rd1 Qb6 (21... Rad8 {sieht logischer aus, aber
ich befürchtete} 22. Rxa7 Qb6 23. Rxb7 {Nach} Nxb7 {steht aber Schwarz
überlegen. Richtig wäre also 22.Kh1 mit verteilten Chancen.}) 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23.
Be3 Qb7 24. Qg6 $1 a5 (24... Qf7 $2 {scheitert an} 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxf5 Bb3
27. Rd4) 25. g4 $5 {Dies sieht äußerst riskant aus, ist aber die logische
Konsequenz des letzten Zuges. Meine Antwort war übrigens ebenfalls vor 24...a5
geplant.} Ra6 26. Nc2 $5 ({Dies fand mich völlig überrascht, wobei ich meinen
nächsten Zug praktisch für entscheidend hielt... In Tat und Wahrheit steht
aber dann Weiß besser! Nach dem von mir erwarteten} 26. gxf5 $6 exf5 27. e6 {
nimmt Schwarz mittels} Bxe6 $1 (27... Nxe6 $2 28. Nxf5 Rf6 (28... Ng5 $2 29.
Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Qxg5 Rxh6 31. Rxd5) 29. Qe8+ Rf8 (29... Nf8 30. Rxd5 $1) 30.
Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Rxd5 $1 $18) (27... Rf6 28. Qe8+
Rf8 29. Qg6 (29. Qh5 Nxe6 $1)) 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Ba2 Kh8 $1 {steht Schwarz
klar besser.}) 26... Bh1 $2 ({Verlockend aber falsch. Nach} 26... Kh8 {steht
Schwarz befriedigend, aber nicht unbedingt im Fall von}) (26... Bf3 27. gxf5
Bxd1 28. f6 Bh5 $5 29. Qxh5 gxf6 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Rxa6 $1 Qg7+ 32. Kf2 Nxa6
33. f5 $36) 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Rd6 $2 $138 ({Weiß konnte dank dem Zwischenschach
} 28. Ba2+ Kh8 29. Rd6 {klaren Vorteil im Endspiel erhalten! Man sehe:} Qe4 (
29... Rxd6 30. exd6 Nd7 31. Bd4 $18) (29... Be4 30. Bd4 $1 Bxc2 31. e6 $18) 30.
Bd4 Qxc2 31. e6 Qg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxg2 33. Rxa6 Nxa6 34. Kxg2 $16 {Das Läuferpaar
und der Freibauer garantieren die weiße Überlegenheit.}) 28... Rxd6 29. exd6 (
29. Ba2+ {nützt jetzt nichts wegen} Re6 $1 30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 $19 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 {
und das Matt ist unabwendbar.}) 29... Rf6 30. Ba2+ Kf8 31. Qg3 Ne4 32. d7 Qxd7
33. Qh4 Rg6+ {Nach 34.Kxh1 Nf2! setzt Schwarz matt auf der langen Diagonale.}
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guingamp"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon Olympique"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 {Une partie importante pour le maintien des deux équipes} d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 (6. Qc2) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 (
8... a6 {L'ancienne ligne}) 9. e4 (9. O-O {la grande ligne}) 9... b4 10. Na4 {
[%csl Gc5]} (10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. fxg7 bxa1=Q 13. gxh8=Q $13) 10... c5
11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 (12. O-O) (12. dxc5 {Gelfand,B (2758)-Aronian,L (2786)
Moscow Tal Memorial 4th 2009 (6) 1-0}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Bxc5 {L'alternative
n'a pas trés bonne réputation théorique}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 (14... Qb6)
15. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6,Ge4c5]} (15. Qa4+ Ke7 $11) (15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Bd2 Rc8
$11) 15... Nc3 {[%cal Gd8d3] L'ukrainien continue а suivre une vieille partie
qu'il avait jouée en 1999} (15... O-O $143 16. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Ge4c5,Ge4d6]} Bd4
17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd7 22. Rac1 Rad8
23. Nc4 $14) (15... Qc7) 16. Qc2 Qd5 {[%cal Gd5g2,Ga8d8]} 17. Nf3 Rd8 $11 18.
Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Ge1g2]} Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Rc1 $6 $146 (20. Bxb4 Bxe5 21. Rc1
Bd6 22. Qa4 {Shalimov,V-Sumets,A (2434) Kharkov 1999 (6) 1/2}) 20... b3 $5 (
20... O-O 21. Bxb4 Rc8 $11) 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Ba5 Rd7 24. Bxb5 axb5
25. Nd3 O-O 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ (28. b4 $5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Rd5 {
[%cal Gd5c5,Gd5e5]} 30. Rc1 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Bc6 (30... Rxe5 31. f4 Rd5 32. c6)
31. Bc7 $14 {[%cal Gc7d6]}) 28... Bxc8 29. Rc1 Bb7 30. f3 Rd3 31. Bc3 Bd5 (
31... b4 $143 32. Bxb4 Rxb3 33. Bc3 $14 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc1d1,Gd1d7]}) 32. b4
Bb3 $1 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gd3d1] En cas d'échange des R, la nulle serait
inévitable} 33. Be1 (33. Kf2 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Bxd1 $11) 33... Re3 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35.
Bc3 Rd3 36. Kf2 g5 37. Ke2 Rd5 38. Ke3 Bc4 39. Bd4 h5 40. g3 Kg7 41. f4 gxf4+
42. gxf4 Kh7 43. Rc7 Kg6 44. Ra7 Rd8 45. Ra1 Kh7 46. Rc1 h4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gh4h3]} 47. Rc3 Kg6 48. Bc5 Rd1 (48... h3 49. b3 Bd5) 49. Be7 h3 $1 {[%csl Gg2,
Rh2] Les noirs ont progressé en fixant la faiblesse "h2" et en créant une case
forte "g2"} 50. b3 $1 (50. Bf6 Rh1 51. b3 Bd5 52. Rc8 Rxh2 53. Rg8+ Kh5 (53...
Kf5 54. Rg5#) 54. Rh8+ Kg4 55. Rg8+ {[%csl Rg4] forçant la nulle par
répétition de coups}) 50... Bd5 51. Ke2 Rb1 52. Rxh3 Rb2+ 53. Ke1 {[%csl Ge1]}
Kf5 54. Bg5 (54. Rh7 Kxf4 55. Rxf7+ Ke4 56. h4) 54... Bxb3 55. Rg3 (55. Rh7 Ke4
(55... Kg6 56. Rh6+) 56. Rxf7 Rxh2) 55... Bc4 56. h4 Rxb4 {[%csl Gb5][%cal
Gb5b1]} 57. h5 {[%cal Gg3h3,Gh5h8]} (57. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Gh4h8]} Rb2 $1 (57...
Rb1+ 58. Kd2 b4 59. h5 {[%csl Gh3,Gh5]}) 58. h5 b4 59. h6 b3 60. h7 Re2+ {
[%csl Re1]}) (57. Kd2) 57... Rb1+ {[%cal Gb1h1]} 58. Kd2 Rh1 (58... Rb2+ 59.
Ke3 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Rxg3 61. Kxg3 b4 62. Be7 {[%cal Ge7a3]} b3 63. Ba3 Be2 64. h6
Kg6 {[%csl Gb3] Toutes les finales de B opposées ne sont pas nulles!}) 59. h6
b4 60. Rg2 Ke4 61. Kc2 Bd5 62. Kb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gg2] Le K noir est plus actif
que celui des blancs mais il est difficile pour les noirs de progresser si le
breton laisse son K en b2 pour bloquer le P passé et sa R en 02ème rangée.} Kd3
(62... Kf3 63. Rd2) 63. Rf2 Kc4 64. Rc2+ Kb5 65. Re2 Bf3 66. Re3 $6 (66. Rf2 $2
Be4 {[%cal Gh1b1]}) (66. Rd2 $8 Be4 67. Rd4 Rb1+ 68. Ka2 {[%cal Gd4e4,Ga2b1]}
b3+ 69. Ka3 Bc2 70. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Gd4h4,Gf4f5,Gh6h8]} Rh1 71. f5 $1 {[%cal
Gh6h8]} Bxf5 72. Kxb3 $11 Kc5 73. Bf2 {[%cal Gf2c5]} (73. Rc4+ Kd5 74. Bg5 Kxe5
75. Rh4 Rxh4 76. Bxh4 Bg6) 73... Rb1+ 74. Kc3) 66... Rh2+ $1 67. Kb1 $2 (67.
Kc1 Bd5 $17) 67... Bg4 68. f5 Bxf5+ 69. Kc1 Kc4 70. Bf4 Rc2+ 71. Kd1 Rf2 72.
Bg3 Rf1+ 73. Be1 Rh1 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 (6. Qc2 {
l'alternative pour essayer de ne pas perdre un tempo avec le B} Bd6 7. Be2 (7.
b3) (7. g4 $5 {La variante Shirov qui est devenue trés populaire contre la
Semi-Slave ces dernières années} dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. g5)) 6... dxc4 $1 {[%cal
Gb7b5] Retombe sur une trés solide variante Meran} 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 {la
variante principale} (8. Be2 {Considéré comme inférieur par la théorie par
rapport а Bd3 mais Kramnik a relancé cette ligne en l'utilisant contre Topalov}
Bb7 9. O-O (9. e4) 9... Be7 (9... a6) 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 (
12... Nxf6 13. bxc3) 13. bxc3 c5 (13... O-O) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {Kramnik,V (2743)
-Topalov,V (2813) World Championship playoff rapid 2006 (4) 1-0}) (8. Bb3) 8...
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. b3 ({RR} 13. Nd2 $143
Rc8 14. Nc4 Bb8 15. b3 Ba6 16. Bf3 c5 17. Bd2 Bxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. d5 Qh4 20.
g3 Qxc4 21. e4 Ne5 22. Bg2 exd5 23. exd5 Qa6 24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc1
Qd6 27. f4 Rfc8 {Balhar,J (2266)-Arzumanian,G (2431)/Pardubice 2006/CBM 113
ext/0-1 (50)}) 13... Nf6 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 15... Bxc5 16. Bb2
Be7 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Bc4 Nc3
23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Ng4 g6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. f3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qe5 28. Rd4 Bd5
29. f4 Qf5 {0-1 Hecht,H (2388)-Tkachiev,V (2625)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110})
16. gxf3 Be5 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Ra2 Qc7 $44 {Il est difficile de valoriser le P
de plus des blancs} 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Rc4 Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 {[%csl Rg2]} Be5 21.
Rxb4 Qxc5 22. Rc4 Qd5 {Il est difficile d'exploiter la position du K blanc} 23.
Be2 Qb7 24. Qc2 Rd5 25. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Qe4 $11 {[%cal Ge4b7,
Ge4e5]} Bf6 28. b4 a6 29. Bd2 Be7 30. Rd4 g6 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Bc5 33. Rd3
h5 34. Bc3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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 "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 (8... Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. axb4 (10. Ne4) 10... Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Na2 a5 13.
Nxb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Be2 {Gelfand,B (2585)-Shirov,A (2380) URS-ch FL56
Klaipeda 1988 1/2} (15. Bd2 O-O 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxb4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qxf3 $11 {Shirov})) 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. a3 (12. Bd2)
12... a5 (12... bxa3 13. Nd2 axb2 14. Bxb2 O-O 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Nc4 Bb4 17. Qb3
a5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nxa5 Qd5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5
Nxc5 24. Nc4 g6 25. g3 Rfd8 26. Ne5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Ra4 Nf6
30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Nxd4 h5 33. h3 Ne4 34. Kf3 Ng5+ 35. Kg2 Ne4 36.
Kf3 Ng5+ 37. Kg2 Ne4 38. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 (38) Wojtaszek,R (2713)-Motylev,A (2656)
Yerevan 2014}) 13. Qc2 $1 {Force un affaiblissement} f5 14. Bxc6 $146 (14. Bd3
c5 15. e4 O-O 16. Ng5 cxd4 17. Nxe6 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Ng5 Qh5 20. Be2 Qg6 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Nf7+ Qxf7 25. Bxf7 Ne5 26. Bh5 Nf3+
27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Bd2 Rb8 29. Rfe1 Kg8 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Ra7 d3
33. Rd7 Be2 34. Rc1 h5 35. f4 Re8 36. Rcc7 Kh8 37. Kf2 Bg4 38. Rxd3 Re2+ 39.
Kf1 Rxb2 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rb8 b3 42. Rbb7 Kg6 43. Rxg7+ Kf5 {Riazantsev,A 
(2634)-Sveshnikov,E (2535) Moscow 2009 1-0}) 14... Rc8 15. d5 (15. Bxd7+ Qxd7
16. Qe2 Qc6 $132 (16... O-O)) 15... exd5 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qd3 O-O 18. axb4
axb4 19. Bd2 {[%cal Ga1a7,Gd3d5]} g6 20. Rfc1 (20. Ra7 Bc5 $132) 20... Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Ra8 22. h3 Ra2 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Ne1 Be5 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb2 27.
Nd3 Rb3 28. Nxe5 Rxb4 29. Rc7 (29. Nd3 Rb3 30. Nc5 Rb6 31. Ra1 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Ga1a7]} d4 $5 32. exd4 Rb4 33. Ra7 Bd5 $44) 29... d4 $1 30. exd4 Bd5 $44
31. Nd7 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd7f6]} Kg7 32. Ne5+ Kh6 33. Rd7 Rxd4 34. Kh2 $13 Rd1
35. h4 Bb3 36. Re7 Bd5 37. f3 g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxh7 Kf6 40. Nd7+ Kg5 41.
Nc5 (41. Kg3 f4+ {[%csl Rg3]}) 41... Kf4 42. Rh4+ Ke3 43. Ra4 Bxf3 $3 44. Ra3+
(44. gxf3 Kxf3 {[%csl Gf5]}) 44... Kd4 45. Nb3+ Ke4 46. Ra4+ Ke3 47. gxf3 Kxf3
48. Nd4+ Ke4 49. Ne6+ Ke3 50. Nf4 Rd4 51. Ng2+ Ke4 52. Ra8 Kf3 53. Rf8 f4 54.
Kh3 Ra4 55. Nh4+ Kf2 $1 56. Rb8 Re4 57. Rb2+ Ke3 58. Kg2 Ra4 59. Nf3 Ra3 60.
Ng5 Rd3 61. Kh3 Rd2 62. Rb3+ Rd3 63. Rb8 f3 64. Kg3 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O (14.
Bb5+ Kf8 {has been considered acceptable for Black for quite some time now.})
14... Be7 $5 {A new move in a well-known position. 14...h6 is very popular and
has been played by Aronian himself as black.} 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4
Rd8 18. Qf3 {It is logical to add pressure on the kingside as it is the only
place where White can hope to start an initiative.} Ba6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Qg3 Kh8
(20... Bxd3 $2 21. Bxh6 $18) 21. Qh3 Kg8 $2 (21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Kh7 23. Rg3 {
looks scary for Black, but is probably nothing} Qd4 $1 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxh6+
Kg6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qg4+ $11) 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ {And the worst mistake of all: agree to a draw!}
(27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Ng3 $1 {Black has to deal with a couple of
threats. The most immediate of them is Ng5, which checkmates Black.} Bc5 $8 (
29... Rd7 30. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 31. Bxa6 Qxa6 32. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Nh5
$18 {Any time that Black defends on g8 with a rook he allows Qh6 checkmate.})
30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Nh5 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qc7 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bxa6 {
and with two extra pawns White has some real winning chances. It's still a
long way to go as Black is rather active, but it is clear that Aronian would
prefer this position than drawing. It is unclear what he missed.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O {A well known position in which White has basically tried
everything under the sun.} 10. Ne2 {This move hasn't been played in a while,
but it is still valid.} a6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 $6 {It's not clear to me why
White releases the pressure on the queenside and allows Black to take on b5
with the c-pawn, liberating the bishop on b7.} cxb5 13. Ng3 {White is prepared
against e5. Black could first play 13...g6 to defend f5, but Navara evaluates
that as unnecessary.} e5 (13... g6 14. Bd2 $15) 14. Bb1 (14. Nf5 Bb8 (14... Bc7
$5) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {and Black has a more comfortable position.}) 14... Re8 15.
Ba2 {White targets the soft f7 pawn. However with Black's superior development
(compare the power of Black's two bishops and White's two bishops, not just
the one on a2), it is clear that Black is to be prefered.} h6 $6 {This move
looks natural, to stop Ng5, but it was perhaps a good time to bring some other
pieces into the game.} (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 {and the knight lands on e5
immediately, unlike the long route it takes in the game to achieve some
activity.}) 16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Nhf5 Ne6 19. dxe5 (19. Bc3 $1) 19...
Bxe5 20. f4 $2 {A very ambitious pawn sacrifice (?) but it is completely
unclear what Rapport actually gets for his pawn.} Bxb2 (20... Bc7 21. Bc3 $16 {
is not even an option.}) 21. Rb1 Ba3 22. Bc3 Qxd1 23. Rbxd1 {There is plenty
of pressure on the kingside, but Navara has a good way of beating back the
attack.} Ne4 24. Bxg7 $2 (24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 {White is just
down a pawn, but at least he has some fighting chance.}) 24... Nxg3 25. hxg3
Be4 {White isn't losing a piece, but he is losing the game.} 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27.
Nd6 Bc6 28. f5 Ng5 29. Nxe8 Bxe8 {The smoke has basically cleared. Black has a
completely won position: two pieces for a rook with two passed pawns on the
queenside that are very dangerous. Navara mops up nicely.} 30. Rd6 Kh7 31. f6
Be5 32. Rd5 Bxg3 33. Rfd1 Kg6 34. Rf1 Kh7 35. Rfd1 Bc7 36. Bb1+ Kg8 37. Kf2 Nh7
38. Rc5 Bb6 39. Rcd5 Nxf6 40. Rd6 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 {The Meran Variation.} 9. a3 (9. O-O {and}) (9. e4 {are the main moves,
but 9.a3 is also currently fashionable at the highest level. For instance,
among many other top GMs it was successfully played by Carlsen and Kramnik.
Even Topalov used it on the White side before.}) 9... Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2
a5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne4 c5 {As a rule of
thumb, if Black succeeds in playing c6-c5 in the Meran he is doing fine. The
present game is no exception.} 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {One can only admire
Topalov's fighting spirit.} ({Black could easily keep equal prospects with} 
17... Bxf6 18. dxc5 Bxb2 {which actually has been played before. In that case
the position is very drawish. For instance} 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qxb2 Kxh7 21. Rac1
Bc6 22. f3 Qc7 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxa5 {
and both games in GM practice which achieved this position ended in a draw
soon.}) 18. Rae1 $5 {Vassily Ivanchuk chooses the most ambitious continuation
for White. This creative rook move has several ideas. First of all, the e-file
is very likely to open soon and then the rook will be active on e1. Secondly,
White is ready to place the queen on d1 (on its way to h5) without breaking
the connection between the rooks. True, the rook on f1 is out of play for the
moment, but apparently the Ukrainian GM considered this not such an important
factor.} ({After} 18. Bxb5 cxd4 19. Qb3 f5 20. exd4 {White can hope to remain
with an extra pawn, but in any case Black will have sufficient activity.
Instead, Ivanchuk fights for the initiative himself.}) ({In the event of the
immediate} 18. Qd1 f5 19. Qh5 cxd4 {White is missing the rook on e4 to support
the e3-e4 advance.}) 18... f5 ({The main idea behind 18.Rae1 can be seen in
the following variation:} 18... cxd4 19. Qd1 dxe3 $2 20. Rxe3 {and White
builds a strong attack.}) 19. Qd1 Bg5 20. e4 Qxd4 (20... c4 {might have been
more unpleasant for White, since after} 21. Bc2 Qxd4 22. Bxg5 Qxd1 23. Rxd1
hxg5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Rc5 {Black can try to play for a win without any
risk. His queenside pawn majority is obviously more valuable than his
opponent's majority on the kingside.}) 21. Bc3 $1 ({Ivanchuk avoids the line
from the previous variation, which would have happened after} 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22.
exf5 c4 23. Bc2 Qxd1 24. Rxd1) 21... Qd8 {The queen goes to d8 in order to be
able to support the bishop's retreat to f6, if necessary.} 22. Bxb5 (22. f4 Bf6
) 22... Bxe4 (22... fxe4 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc4 {looks dangerous for
Black from the practical point of view.}) 23. Qh5 Bd2 ({Again} 23... Kh7 24.
Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc4 {is something Topalov wanted to avoid.}) 24. f3 (24. Rd1 Qg5
25. Qxg5+ Bxg5 26. Bxa5 Bf6 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $11) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bd3
26. Bxd3 (26. Rd1 c4 27. Qxh6 Qe7 28. Rfe1 Rfd8 {and the position is equal too,
since the black queen comes to f8 to protect the king.}) 26... Qxd3 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Serper,G"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 a5 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 $146 O-O
15. e4 c5 16. dxc5 Nd7 $1 (16... Bxc5 $6 17. e5 Bxf3 (17... Nd5 $2 18. Bxh7+
$18) (17... Nd7 18. Ng5 $5 $36 (18. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20. Qc2+ f5 21.
exf6+ Kxf6 $13)) 18. Qxf3 $14 {^^}) 17. c6 $5 Bxc6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Rfc1 Qb8 (
19... Bd6 $5 20. axb4 $140 axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 $15) 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
(21... Qxa8 $2 22. Rc7) 22. Qc2 Rd8 (22... Bd6 $5 23. e5 $140 $6 Nxe5 24. Bxh7+
Kh8 $17) 23. h3 $1 (23. Qc7 $2 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Nf6 $1 25. Rxe7 (25. Be2 Bd6)
25... Rxd3 {/\ Be4}) 23... h6 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Bd6 (25... Nf6 26. Rxe7
Rxd3 27. e5 Bxf3 28. exf6 $10) 26. Rc4 Ne5 (26... Bb7 $5) (26... Ne5 27. Nxe5
Bxe5 28. Be2 Bxb2 29. Rxb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxd4
Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Qxd5 Bd6 17. Re1 {Christiansen,L-Bareev,E,
Biel 1991-CBM 25} Kf8 $1 $17 {Bareev}) 13... g6 (13... a6 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qg4
$5 $36 {><e6}) 14. Bd2 $5 (14. Bg5 {Ernst} Qa5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Bg7 18. Qxd4 Qxa4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21. Qd6 Qd7 22. Qxb4 $10 {
Raskovsky - Svesnikov, Sochi 1979. 22.-Lf8= Svesnikov.}) 14... Bg7 (14... Be7
$6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. h4 $36 {׻,Alterman,B-Spasov,L,Munich op 1991/92}) (14... a6 $5 $13) 15.
Bb5 a6 $1 {N} (15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Nxd4 a6 $1 (17... Rc7 {Alterman,
B-Pinter,J,Beersheva 1991-CBM 25} 18. a3 $1 O-O 19. Bd2 $36 {Alterman}) 18.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nb3 Qb5 20. Nd4 $10) 16. Nc5 $6 (16. Bg5 $6 axb5 17. Bxd8 Rxd8
$15) (16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxd4 $10) 16... axb5 $8 (
16... Bc8 17. Bc6 $16 (17. Bc6 {Ernst} Rb8 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bg5
Qb6 $10)) 17. Nxb7 Qb6 (17... Qb8 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21.
Ndxf7 Rg8 22. Nh6 $40) 18. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 $8 (18... Kf8 $2 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5
Bxe5 (20... Qxd6 21. Qf3 $1 Bf6 22. Rxd5 $1 exd5 23. Bxb4 $1 $18) 21. Ndxf7 $16
{׻,->}) 19. Ng5 (19. Rc1 h6 $1 $17 {/\} (19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd6 21. Rc6 Qxe5
$1 (21... Qd8 $2 22. Rxe6+ $16) 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 $13) 20. Nxd4 Bxe5) (19. Bg5+ Kf8
20. Nxd4 Bxe5 21. Bh6+ (21. N6xb5 Kg7 $36) 21... Ke7 22. N6xb5 Rhc8 $15 {[+]})
19... Rhf8 $1 $8 (19... Nxe5 20. Ndxf7 Nxf7 21. Rxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23.
Qb3 $5 $146 {עe6,P}) (19... Raf8 20. Ngxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Bg5+ Kf8 (21... Bf6 22.
Nxf7 $16) 22. Rc1 $1 Bxe5 (22... Nc5 23. Qxd4 Qxd6 24. Rxc5 Qd7 25. Rec1 $146 {
/\} Rf5 26. Rc8+ Kf7 27. R8c7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7+ Nxc7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qxc7 $16) (
22... Nc7 23. Bd8 $18) 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Bh6+ $3 Kxh6 25. Nxf7+ Kg7 26. Nxh8 $18
) 20. Nxh7 $8 (20. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 21. Bg5+ Bf6 $1 22. exf6+ Kxd6 23. Qg4 Rae8 $19
) (20. f4 h6 21. Nge4 Rfb8 $17 {/\Kf8-g8}) 20... Bxe5 $2 (20... Nxe5 $1 21. Ne4
(21. Nxf8 $2 Qxd6 22. Nh7 Rh8 23. Ng5 Nd3 $17) 21... f5 $1 (21... Rfc8 22. Bg5+
Kd7 (22... f6 23. Nexf6 $1 $16) 23. Nef6+ Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Nc6 26.
Qg4 $146 {עd7,><d4}) (21... Rh8 22. Bg5+ f6 23. Nexf6 Nxf6 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25.
Rxe5 $36 {ק,K}) 22. Nxf8 (22. Neg5 Rfd8 23. f4 Ne3 $17) 22... fxe4 23. Nxg6+
Nxg6 24. Qg4 Kf7 $15) 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 $6 (21... Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxd6+ 23. Kg1 Rxf8
24. Qg4 $36) 22. Ne4 Bg7 (22... Kg7 $142 $5 $16) 23. Qb3 Ra4 24. Rac1 $40 Qb8 (
24... Qa6 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 {/\} Rxa2 27. Bxb4 $16) 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5
$18 {/\Rec1,Rc8,Qh3->+-} Be5 27. Rec1 $1 (27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Bf6 $1 $8 29.
Bxb4+ Kg7 $16) 27... Bxh2+ (27... Qd6 28. Rc8+ Ke7 (28... Kg7 29. Qh3 $18) 29.
Bg5+ $18) 28. Kh1 Qe5 29. Qh3 $1 (29. g3 Qe2 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Kxh2 (31. R5c2 $2
Qh5 $13) 31... Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Ne3 $132) 29... Bf4 $8 30. Rxd5 $1 exd5 (30...
Qxd5 31. Bxf4 $18 {->Rc8,Qh8}) 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Qe8+
Kc7 35. Re7+ {[Stohl]} (35. Re7+ Kb6 36. Qd8+ Ka6 (36... Kc6 37. Qc8+ Kb6 38.
Rb7+ $18) 37. Qa8+ Kb6 38. Rb7+ Kc5 39. Qc8+ Kd6 40. Qc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[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. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {This second main continuation
has lately been somewhat neglected in the light of all the excitement after} (
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 ({In Foros 2008, Carlsen was twice successful with} 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. e3 {, but his wins had little to do with the opening battle.}) 6...
dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {After his loss to Anand in Morelia 2008 (see CBM 123),
Carlsen has avoided this sacrificial line with White (the exception being one
rapid game against Van Wely).}) 5... Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9.
a3 {Currently a topical sideline.} ({The main moves are 9.e4 and especially} 9.
O-O {and now:} {The older} a6 {still seems a safer choice:} (9... b4 10. Ne4
Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Bf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6
17. Nc4 Be7 18. Bxa3 O-O 19. Bc5 $5 $146 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra5 Rfd8 21. Kg1 c5
$1 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qg4 Bd3 25. Ra1 Rac8 26. Raa5 Rb8 27. Qd1 Be4
28. Qa1 Rb7 $11 {/+/=, Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/WCh Elista/2006/})
19... Rfd8 (19... Bxc5 $142 20. dxc5 Rfd8 {/\} 21. Nd6 Nd7 $132) 20. b4 Bxc5
21. bxc5 a5 22. Re1 Ba6 23. Nb6 Rab8 24. Rxa5 Bb5 25. Qa1 Nd5 (25... Bd3 $5 $14
) 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Qa5 {Aronian,L (2737)-Grischuk,A (2728)/Sochi/
2008/} Rb8 $1 $14 (28... Nxb6 29. Qxb5 $16)) 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7
13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf5 (16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ng5 O-O $1 $44 {
Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)-Kasparov,G (2804) Linares 22nd 2005 (9) 0-1 is one of
Kasparov's last contributions to opening theory - see}) {Another option is}
16... g6 $5 (16... Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 $5 Nf6 19. Qh3 g6 20. Bg5 gxf5
21. Bxf6 Rg8 22. Rfe1 $1 Rxg2+ (22... Qc6 23. Rxe5+ Kf7 24. Be4 Qxf6 25. Rxf5
Bxe4 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh4+ Kf5 28. Qxh7+ Rg6 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Qh5+ Rg5 31.
Qf7+ {1-0, Akopian,V (2700)-Ippolito,D (2397)/Gibraltar op/2007/}) 23. Kf1
Rxf2+ $1 (23... Rg6 $2 24. Rxe5+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ {1-0, Grigoryan,A (2509)
-Soozankar,A (2253)/Urmia/2008/}) 24. Kxf2 Qb6+ 25. Ke2 Qxf6 26. Bxf5 $13 {
is risky, but probably playable for Black.}) 17. Nh6 (17. Bg5 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bf6 gxf5 21. Bxh8 Bd6 $44 {|^}) 17... Bg7 18. Qf3 Ne6
19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Qh4 (20. Qg3 $142) 20... Qe7 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23.
Nd5 Bb7 24. Ng4 Nd4 25. Bd1 Nxd5 26. exd5 O-O-O 27. Bg5 Rxd5 $17 {Morozevich,A
(2758)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) 9... b4 (9... Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Qc2 h6 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 a6 16. Be3 c5 17. Bxc5 Re8
18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxb2 21. d6 Qc6 22. f3 Rec8 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24.
Be4 Qxc5+ 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. Rfe1 Be5 28. d7 $16 {[%csl Gd7] o^d7,
Topalov,V (2777)-Ivanchuk,V (2781)/Bilbao/2008/}) (9... a6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1
axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O ({or even} 14. e4 $5) 14... Bd6 15. Qc2
$14 {is somewhat better for White, therefore the text move is the most usual
reaction, considered to be the main line.} (15. e4 $14)) 10. Ne4 {This
continuation brought new life into the whole line.} (10. axb4 Bxb4 11. O-O c5
12. Na2 a5 13. Nxb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. dxc5 O-O $11 {is equal and sterile.}
) 10... Nxe4 ({The text move is a more solid alternative, than} 10... c5 11.
Nxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. axb4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxb4 15. Qa4 $5 (15. Bd2 Rg8 16.
f3 Rg5 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rf2 Rc5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. b4 Rc7 21. Nb5 Rcc8 22. Bf1
Ke7 23. Qd4 a6 24. Rd2 Bd5 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Nd4 Bc4 $11 {Moskalenko,V (2520)
-Dreev,A (2650)/Alushta/1994/}) 15... a5 16. Bb5 O-O-O 17. Bc6 Nc5 18. Bxb7+
Kxb7 19. Qc2 e5 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Rhg8 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qf5 Rg6 24. Rfc1 a4
25. Rc3 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Rxg4 27. Rac1 $14 {Mammen,H-Stuart,A/corr/1996/}) 11. Bxe4
bxa3 {Now Black hardly plays anything else.} ({The popularity of 10.Ne4
started with the following game:} 11... Qc7 12. axb4 $1 Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qa4 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 $2 (20... Kf8 $1 21. Qa4 Rxd2 $44) 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 22. Ra4 Qg5 23. g3
e5 24. Rh4+ Qxh4 25. gxh4 Rd6 26. h5 Be4 27. Qe7 Rbb6 28. Qxe5 Re6 29. Qf4 {
1-0, Gelfand,B (2670)-Anand,V (2725)/Biel izt/1993/}) 12. O-O {This P
sacrifice in the interests of development replaced the former alternative} (12.
bxa3 Bd6 {Even the attempt to breathe life into the position with} 13. Nd2 $5 {
is hardly sufficient after} (13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7
17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 {1/2, Karpov,A (2735)-Anand,V (2770)/WCh
Lausanne/1998/CBM 063}) (13. Bd2 Rb8 14. O-O (14. Qa4 c5 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rd1 O-O {1/2, Karpov,A (2775)-Kramnik,V (2730)/Dortmund/
1995/}) 14... O-O 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bxc5
Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qd5 21. Qc3 h6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. h3 Rfb8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qd5
26. Qa4 Qe4 27. Qc2 Qd5 {1/2, Karpov,A (2770)-Kramnik,V (2775)/Monte Carlo rpd/
1996/}) 13... Qc7 14. Nc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rb1 Rab8 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Bf3
Ba6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. e4 Nd7 20. Be2 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6
24. Rb3 Bf6 25. Be3 Be5 26. g3 $14 {Beliavsky,A (2654)-Galkin,A (2587)/FIDE
WCh New Delhi/2000/}) 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qa5 Ba8 19. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {Beliavsky})
12... Nf6 (12... Bd6 13. b3 (13. b4 Nf6 14. Bd3 a5 $5 15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. Ne5 O-O
17. Nc4 Qc3 18. Bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Rb3 Qxc4 21. Rxa3 Qd5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6
23. Bxa6 c5 24. dxc5 {1/2, Tomashevsky,E (2646)-Jakovenko,D (2710)/RUS-ch
Moscow/2007/}) 13... Nf6 {transposes into the 9.0-0 b4 line above.} (13... Qe7
14. Qc2 $14)) (12... axb2 13. Bxb2 Nf6 (13... Be7 $143 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxc6 Rc8
16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qb3 d4 19. Rxa7 Bd5 20. Qb6 $16 {Najer,E (2616)
-Potkin,V (2470)/Ubeda/2001/}) 14. Bd3 {-12...Nf6.}) 13. Bd3 axb2 14. Bxb2 a5 {
Introduced into practice by Kramnik, the alternatives were:} (14... Be7 15. Qb1
Rb8 (15... O-O 16. Ba3 $44) 16. Rxa7 Qb6 17. Qa2 O-O 18. Rb1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Qc4 Ba6 21. Qc2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qb5 23. Ne5 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Nc4 c5 {
1/2, Ivanchuk,V (2695)-Kramnik,V (2725)/New York rpd/1994/ Black gradually
overcame his problems and fully equalized, nevertheless in Mexico 2007 he
sought a safer alternative.}) (14... Bb4 15. Qb3 $1 a5 16. Ba3 Qb6 (16... Qe7
17. Rfb1 $14) 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rfd8 21. Ne5 g6
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc1 Nd5 24. Qb2 Ra4 25. h3 Rb4 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. Be4 Rb3 28.
Qd6 Qc7 29. Qc5 $16 {1-0 Moiseenko,A (2632)-Huzman,A (2589)/Montreal/2008/})
15. d5 $5 $146 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga1h8][%mdl 640] A stunning novelty, White
sacrifices another P to open the /^ a1-h8 and create more space for a direct
-> against the K in the [+]. A blow against a heavily protected point is
usually very effective - if not otherwise, than at the very least
psychologically. In the following course of the game Aronian initially defends
quite well, but later practically inexplicably falls to pieces.} (15. Qa4 Bb4
16. Ba3 Nd5 17. e4 (17. Be4 $5 {Marin}) 17... Nb6 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rab1 Bxa3 20.
Qxb6 Bb4 21. Ne1 O-O 22. Nc2 Rfd8 {is too tame - White regains the P, but his
|^ evaporates.} 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Ba6 26. Bxa6 $11 {1/2,
Gelfand,B (2733)-Kramnik,V (2769)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) ({Interesting, but
not quite clear is} 15. e4 $5 Bb4 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 (17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxg7
Rg8 19. Bd4 Rc8 $132) 17... Rc8 18. Qb1 O-O 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Nf6 $2 (20...
Bxd5 $1 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13) 21. dxe6 Qe7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6
25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. exf7 Qxf7 27. Be4 $18 {Moiseenko,A (2632)-Illescas Cordoba,
M (2603)/ESP-chT Cala Mayor/2008/ This game was played only a few days earlier,
than ours.}) ({As yet untested, but plausible altrnatives are} 15. Qb3 $5 Rb8 (
15... Bb4 16. Ba3 {transposes into Moiseenko-Huzman above.}) 16. Bc3 Ba6 17.
Qd1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $32) ({or} 15. Ne5 $44) 15... Nxd5 {Black must take the P.} (
15... cxd5 $143 $2 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. Rc1 (18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3 $18)
18... Bd6 19. Rxc8 $18) (15... Qxd5 16. Qc2 (16. Qb1 $44) (16. Ne5 $44) 16...
Qc5 17. Qe2 Be7 (17... Qh5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qb2 $36) 18. Bd4 Qd5 19. Rfd1 $32)
(15... exd5 16. Nd4 $5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yd4f5,Yd1a4] /\Nf5,Qa4,><c6} Bb4 (16...
Be7 17. Nf5 {/\} O-O $2 18. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Bxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qf5
$18) 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nh6 $44) 16. Ne5 Nf6 {Aronian prevents a Q sortie to h5,
but invests another tempo.} (16... Bb4 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 $44 (18. Nf3 $5 Bc3
19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Qc5 Nd5 21. Rfb1 $44)) (16... Nb4 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 $44) (
16... Qc7 $5 $13) 17. Qa4 $32 Bb4 (17... Bd6 $5 {is an attempt to stabilize
the position by returning both extra Ps:} 18. Ng4 $5 $13 (18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nxa5
(19. Bb5 O-O 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11) 19... Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd5 (20... Ke7 21. Bxf6+
Kxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rb1 Bd5 23. e4 Bc7 24. exd5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxa5 26. Rb7+
$36) 22. Nxb7 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxa4 $14 {/=}) {/\} 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. e4 Bc6 $11))
18. Nxc6 Bxc6 $8 (18... Qxd3 $2 19. Ne5+ $18) (18... Qd7 $2 19. Bb5 Ba6 20.
Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Nxb4 $18) 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Rfd1 {White has regained one P and
Black's K has remained in the [+]. However, Black's R are finally connected
and this should suffice to gradually contain White's |^.} Rc8 21. Qf3 (21. Qa6
Qd6 22. Qb7+ (22. Qxd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxa5 Ra8 $11) 22... Qc7 {[%cal Yh8d8] /\Rhd8=
only helps Black.}) 21... Qb6 (21... Qc7 22. Ba6 Rcd8 23. Rdc1 Qb8 24. Rc6 $36)
22. Bd4 Qb8 (22... Qc6 $5 23. Qg3 Rhd8 {/\Kf8=} 24. Qxg7 $2 Rxd4 $1 25. exd4
Rg8 $19) 23. Ba6 Rcd8 24. Bb7 $5 {Carlsen wants to keep maximum tension in the
position and spurns immediately simplifying alternatives. However, objectively
even his choice doesn't promise that much.} (24. Rdc1 e5 25. Bc5+ Bxc5 26. Rxc5
Rhe8 27. Rcxa5 Kf8 $11) (24. Rab1 Rd6 $5 {/\} 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rb7+ Nd7 27.
Rxb8 Rxb8 $11) 24... h5 {[%csl Gb7,Gd4,Re7,Gg1] Black starts to crack up.
Perhaps Aronian cherished higher ambitions with his extra P, but White has
suffcient long-term compensation with his ^^ and safer K.} ({Definitely safer
was} 24... e5 $142 $5 25. Bb6 (25. Bb2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11)
25... Rd6 $1 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxa5 Bxa5 (27... Rb8 $11) 28. Rxa5 Qb4 29. Rxe5+
$8 (29. Ra1 $2 e4 $17) 29... Kd6 30. Rd5+ Nxd5 31. Qxd5+ Ke7 (31... Kc7 32. Ba6
$11) 32. Qe5+ Kf8 33. Qb8+ Ke7 34. Qe5+ $11) 25. h3 ({The luft is useful, but
more forceful was} 25. Rab1 $5 Ng4 26. g3 f6 27. h3 Ne5 28. Qg2 $44 {/+/=})
25... h4 $6 {Pointless, as the R still can't be activated via h5. Black still
had} (25... e5 $142 $11 {This is similar to 24...e5 and although h3 is more
useful than h5, he should be able to hold the balance.}) 26. Rab1 $36 e5 (26...
Rd6 27. Rdc1 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5] /\Be5+/-}) 27. Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Time has come
for tactical solutions.} axb4 $2 {This loses by force.} (27... exd4 28. Rbxd4
$16 {or}) (27... Rxd4 28. Rbxd4 exd4 29. exd4 $16 {[%csl Re7] ע leads to a
difficult position due to Black's exposed K, but it was definitely more
resilient.}) 28. Bc5+ Ke6 $8 (28... Ke8 29. Bc6+ Rd7 (29... Nd7 30. Qf5 Qc7 31.
Qg5 $18) 30. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 31. Qf5 Qc7 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qxg7 $18) 29. Ra1 $1 $18
Rd6 (29... Rd2 30. Ra6+ (30. Ra8 $18) 30... Kd7 31. Bxb4 $1 {/\} e4 32. Qf5+
Kd8 (32... Ke8 33. Re6+ $1) 33. Qa5+ Ke8 34. Qb5+ Rd7 35. Bc6 $18) 30. Bxd6
Kxd6 (30... Qxd6 31. Ra6 $18) 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Ra8 {This nets White a decisive
material advantage.} Qd6 33. Qxd6+ (33. Rxh8 $18) 33... Kxd6 34. Rxh8 b3 35.
Ba6 Nd7 (35... e4 36. Rb8) 36. Rxh4 Nc5 (36... Nc5 37. Bc4 $18 (37. Be2 $18))
1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Administrator} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Re8
14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. g3 h6 {[#]} 17. Be3 $1 Nxe4 $6 18. Nf5 Ndf6 (18...
Bf8 $2 19. Bf4 $18) (18... Nxc3 19. Qxd6 Nd5 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Nd6 Reb8 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 23. Re7 $16) 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qg4 $1 Ng5 21. h4 Re4 22. Bf4 $18 Rxf4
(22... Rxe1 23. Bxd6 $18) 23. gxf4 Ne6 24. Nxh6+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Bxf4 26. Bg2 g6
27. Ng3 Rg8 28. Rad1 Bh6 29. Qe4 Ba8 30. Qd3 Bg7 31. b4 Nf4 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33.
Rxd7 Nxg2 34. Kxg2 c5+ 35. f3 c4 36. Rxf7 c3 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rh1 Rd8 39. Rxh5+
Kg8 40. Rc7 Bf6 41. Rf5 Bh8 42. Nh5 Rd5 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Nf6+ Bxf6 45. Rxf6
Rd2+ 46. Kg3 c2 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 Qa5 (11... c5 12. e5 (12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. e5 (14. Qa4+ $1 Kf8 (14... Nd7 15. Ne5 a6 16. Rd1 Bd6 17. Bf4 $18
) (14... Ke7 15. Be3 $1 Qb6 (15... Bxe3 16. Qxb4+ Ke8 17. Bb5+ Nd7 18. fxe3 $18
) 16. Bxc5+ Qxc5 17. Rac1 $16) 15. Be3 $1 Qxd3 16. Bxc5+ Kg8 17. Rfd1 Qxe4 18.
Rd4 Qe2 19. Qxa7 $1 Qb5 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bxb4 $16) 14... Nd5
15. Nd2 (15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Rad1 $14) 15... Be7 16. Qg4 Kf8 17. Ne4
$14 {0-1 Lisenko,A-Machulsky,A/Sverdlovsk 1989 (30)}) 12... Nd5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5
14. dxc5 Rc8 (14... Qd7 15. Nd4 Nc7 16. c6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Be3 Nd5 19.
Qe2 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qa4 21. Bb5 Qa5 22. Bd2 Rac8 23. Bc4 Qb6 24. Qe4 Bc5 25. Be1
Rcd8 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. h4 Bd4 28. Rd2 Nf5 29. Bb3 Bc5 30. Rad1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 h5
32. Rd7 a5 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. Kf1 Bd4 35. g3 Bxb2 36. Qe2 Qd4 37. Rc7 Bc3 38. Rc4
Qxe5 39. Bxc3 Qxe2+ 40. Kxe2 bxc3 41. Rxc3 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Kd2 Rd8+ 44.
Rd3 Nd6 45. Ke2 g6 46. Rc3 Rd7 47. Rc6 Nf5 48. Ra6 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 Nxb3 50. axb3
Rd5 51. b4 Re5+ 52. Kf3 Rf5+ 53. Ke3 Re5+ 54. Kf3 axb4 55. Rb6 Kg7 56. Rxb4 Kf6
57. Rb7 Ra5 58. Rc7 e5 59. Rb7 Ke6 60. Rc7 f6 61. Rb7 Kf5 62. Rg7 Ra3+ 63. Kg2
e4 64. Rg8 e3 65. fxe3 g5 66. hxg5 fxg5 67. Kh3 Rxe3 68. Rf8+ Kg6 69. Kg2 Re6
70. Rf2 Re7 71. Ra2 Kf5 72. Kf3 Re5 73. Ra8 g4+ 74. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Bertok,
M-Browne,W/Rovinj/Zagreb 1970}) 15. Nd2 Bxc5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Be7
19. Bh6 Re8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. Bb5 Bg7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nf6+ Nxf6
25. exf6 Qb5 26. Qh4 {Sadler,M-Prie,E/Budapest FS10 GM 1993/CBM 38/[Ftacnik]/
1-0 (42)}) (11... Rc8 12. Be3 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 (14... Bxc5
15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qe2 $14) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Rd1 $14) 12... O-O
13. Rc1 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 $2 (16. c6 $1 Rxc6 (16... Bxc6
17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxe4 $16) 17. Bxe4 Rxc1 18. Qxd8 (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxc1
Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qd3 $17) 18... Rxd8 (18... Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Rxd8 20. Bxb7 $14) 19.
Bxb7 Rc2 20. Bd4 $14) 16... Bxe4 17. Rc4 Bd5 (17... Qd5 $15) 18. Rxb4 Bxc5 19.
Bxc5 Rxc5 20. b3 Qf6 $15 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Ivanov,O/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992 (45)}
) (11... h6 12. Qc2 (12. Be3 $5) 12... Qa5 13. Nd2 $5 (13. a3 c5 14. axb4 cxb4
15. Bf4 $14) 13... c5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Re1 $4 (17.
e5 Nd5 18. Bd2 $14) 17... Ng4 $19 {0-1 Finjord,I-Ferkingstad,G/Arnold mem,
Gausdal NOR 1997 (25)}) (11... O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rc1 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 (18... Kg6 19. Qc2+ f5 20. exf6+
Kxf6 21. Ne4+ Kf7 22. Nxc5 $18) 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. exf6 Qd3 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22.
Nxe6+ $18 {1-0 Fuerlinger,H-Kranewitter,N/AUT2W9697 1997 (35)}) 12. a3 (12. e5
Nd5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Rc8 $2 17. Nd2
Bd5 (17... Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qxc1 19. Qxc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 $14) 18. a3 O-O 19. Qg4 (
19. Nb3 $16) 19... bxa3 20. b4 Qa4 $132 {Giertz,N-Laengl,J/Weihnachts Open
1996/EXP 56/0-1 (41)}) 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Ng5 h6 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Antoshin,V/
Leningrad 1957/MCD-r5}) (12. Re1 Rc8 13. b3 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. Qe2
Nf8 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Nd7 19. Red1 e5 20. dxe5 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qh5
g5 23. Bf1 Ng6 24. Qxh6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qh5 c5 27. e5 Kg7 28. Bd3 Bc6 29.
e6 c4 30. Bxc4 f5 31. f4 gxf4 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Bf2 f3 34. gxf3 Qd1+ 35. Bf1
Bb5 36. Qh3 Nf4 37. Qg3+ Kf8 38. Be1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1
Nd3 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Bg3 Qxf3+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 f4 46. Qc7 Qxe6 47. Bh4
Qh3+ 48. Ke2 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qf3+ 50. Kd2 Qe3+ 51. Kd1 Qf3+ 52. Kd2 {1/2-1/2
Pingitzer,H-Reschun,S/Staatsliga A-Aufstiegsturnier 1997}) 12... bxa3 13. bxa3
c5 14. e5 $4 (14. Bd2 $1 Qc7 (14... Qd8 15. e5 (15. Qb1 Rb8) 15... Nd5 16. Nxc5
Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Nd4 $16) 15. Qc2 $14) 14...
Bxf3 $1 $17 15. Qxf3 Nd5 16. Nb2 (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qxc5 20. Bb2 O-O $17) (16. Bc2 cxd4 17. Qg4 Nxe5 18. Qxd4 Bf6 19. Bd2 Qc7
20. Qc5 Rc8 $17) (16. Qd1 cxd4 17. Be4 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Bxd4 Nf6 $17) 16...
Qc3 17. Rd1 $8 cxd4 (17... Rb8 18. Rb1 cxd4 $17) 18. Qg3 g6 19. h4 (19. Rb1 Rb8
20. a4 O-O $17) 19... Rb8 20. h5 $2 (20. Rb1) 20... Rxb2 $19 21. Bxb2 Qxb2 22.
Rab1 Qxa3 23. Rb7 Nc3 24. Re1 Qc5 (24... gxh5 25. Qg7 Rf8 26. Qxh7 (26. Bxh7
Qa6 27. Rb2 d3 28. Rd2 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc5 30. Qh6 Qc4 31. Qxh5 Nb3 32. Rxd3 Nf4
33. Qg4 Bb4 34. Red1 Nd2+ $19) 26... Kd8 $19 (26... h4 $19)) 25. Qh3 g5 26. f4
Qd5 (26... gxf4 $19) 27. Rxa7 Bc5 28. Ra5 gxf4 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Qxf4 Rg8 31. g3
h6 32. Rea1 Ke7 33. Ra7 Bxa7 34. Rxa7 Ke8 35. Rc7 Rg5 36. Rc8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alvarez Marquez, Johan"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
{In this position I usually play 8...Bb7 9.0-0 a6...., but in that line black
has to fight hard for equality. So, I decided to try something new, and
thinking for I while at this point, I had realized that after 8...b4, white
has to choose between Na4, giving black the possibility to prevent white's
castle for a while by Ba6, and Ne2, moving the knight out of the center.} b4 9.
Ne2 {The following link directs you to the article of Hansen, where he shows
how black can easily equalize after 9.Na4:} (9. Na4 {CBM 53-8.Bb3 b4 9.Na4/
Opening 1996/CBM 53/[Hansen,Cu]}) 9... Bb7 (9... Be7 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Lautier,J/
Monaco 2000/CBM 75/[Lutz] (50)}) 10. O-O Be7 $146 {The only dangerous plan of
white after Ne2 is Nf4 and Ng5, attacking e6-point. For this matter black has
to place his bishop to d6 and black getsa good play there:} (10... Bd6 $5 11.
Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 Bxf4 13. exf4 c5 14. Re1 (14. Be3 h6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Bd2 a5 17.
h3 Ngf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Zheliandinov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Bled SLO 1999 (24)}) 14... h6
15. Nh3 Rc8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Yevseev,D/Novgorod
RUS 1999 (17)}) 11. Ng3 $146 {Wrong place for the knight. Now black leads
c6-c5 and gets better play.} (11. Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gf3g5]} O-O (11... Nd5 12. e4
$1) (11... Qb6 12. Ng5 c5 13. Re1 O-O 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2
Stempin,P-Kuczynski,R/Gdynia 1984 (16)} (16. Nh5 g6 17. Ng3 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6
19. Nf3 Raf8 20. Bh6 R8f7 21. Ne4 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Ne5 23. Nd2 $15 {1-0 Annakov,
B-Nevostrujev,V/Moscow RUS 1995 (37)})) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $13) 11... c5 12.
Ne5 O-O $15 13. f4 (13. a3 a5 $15) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 {Black has clear
advantage: he is much better developed, and white has several weaknesses
around, like d4-pawn, b6-g1 diagonal etc.} 15. Rf2 (15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nd5
$15) (15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. f5 Nc5 $17) 15... Rad8 16. Qe2 Nd5 {[%cal
Gb6d4]} (16... Qxd4 $143 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bxa7 Nd5 $15 {[%cal Rd5f4,Gd7c5]}) 17.
Qd3 Ba6 (17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. Bc2 $13) 18. Qd1 (18. Nc4 Qc7 $17 {[%cal
Gd8c8,Ya6d3]}) 18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 f5 $6 $17 {[%csl Rc1] Black increases an
advantage with this move, but it was another way to play even better:} (19...
f6 $142 20. Qg4 (20. exf6 Bxf6 {[%csl Rd4]}) (20. Kh1 fxe5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.
dxe5 Qf2 $1 $17) 20... f5 {winning a tempo comparing with the game.}) 20. Nh5
$6 (20. exf6 Bxf6 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20... g6 21. Bxd5 $2 (21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4
Bg5 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) (21. Ng3 $142 $17) 21... Rxd5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Rxd4
$19 24. Qf3 Rd3 (24... Bb7 25. Qb3 (25. Qe2 Re4 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Bd2 Red4 $19 {
[%cal Gb6d6]}) 25... f4 26. h3 Bd5 $19 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 25. Qe2 Rxf6 26. Bh6 {
White is two pawns down, but finally he is developed! Of course, black is
winning here.} Rf7 {[%csl Yg7][%cal Gf7d7]} 27. Re1 Rfd7 28. h4 $1 {Best
defensive chance. I was in some time-trouble, and i was completely confused by
this move!} R3d6 $2 {I simply missed the following move for me:} (28... Rh3 29.
Qe5 Rxh4 30. Be3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Bxa7 Kf7 $19 {and, with two pawns up
here, black has to win quite easily.}) 29. Qe5 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6
32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc2 Rd7 $2 {Again black is not on top. In time pressure, I
decided to give up one of my extra pawns.} (33... Rd4 34. Kh3 $1 (34. Rc6 Rxh4+
35. Kg1 Bb7 36. Rc7 Bxg2 $1 $19) 34... Rg4 $1 35. Be3 {White still has some
chances here, but in general black has winning position.} (35. Rc7 $140 Bf1 $1)
) 34. Rc6 Bb7 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Re2 Bd5 37. a3 b3 38. Rd2 Ke6 39. Bf4 {White
covers all entries for black rook.} a5 40. Kg1 Rb7 41. Kf2 Rb5 {[%cal Gb5c5]}
42. Rd1 Be4 43. g3 Rc5 44. Rc1 Rc2+ {Unfortunately, white has a draw in this
opposite bishops ending. I've got the punishment for careless play in
completely winning position.} 45. Rxc2 bxc2 46. Ke1 {The most important thing
is that the bishop f4 controls c2-pawn and all breaks on the kingside as well.
The point is that to break the kingside black needs to move the king there,
than to trade h-pawns by leading g5, and than white may trade the bishop and
g3-pawn for both black pawns on the kinside, while all queenside pawns goona
be traded at that time.} Kd5 $2 {Black missed the last chance to try to win
this game, although white has a way to make a draw also there:} (46... a4 47.
Kd2 Kd5 48. Kc3 Kc5 49. b4+ $1 axb3 50. Kxb3 Kd4 51. a4 Kd3 52. a5 $11) 47. b3
$1 {covering the c4 entry of black king.} a4 {Only way to get in with the king,
but without a-pawn, there is nothing to look for...} 48. bxa4 Kc4 49. Kd2 Kb3
50. Kc1 Kxa4 51. Kb2 Kb5 52. Kc3 {It was no matter to continue, so I had to
offer the draw, and to forget about what was happened in this game a.s.a.p...}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 11th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sharif, Mershad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Volzhin,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15.
a3 $5 bxa3 16. b4 $1 {This astonishing idea introduced by GM Vadim Milov last
year is currently White's main weapons.} f5 {Very likely the only playable
possibility. The alternatives seems to be insufficient:} (16... a5 17. bxa5
Qxa5 18. Bxa3 $1 Qd8 (18... Bxa3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qd3+ f5 (21...
Kxg5 22. f4+ Kh6 23. Qh3+ Kg6 24. f5+ exf5 25. Rf3 $1 f6 26. Rxf5 Rh8 27. Qg4+
Kf7 28. e6+ $18) 22. Nxe6 Ra8 23. Rfb1 Bc8 24. Rb3 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Lesiege,
A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {and Black is
compelled to a very unpleasant defence, Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/CBM 77.
Unfortunately White's blunder in the end of the game has spoiled a little this
brilliat novelty and the game ended draw..}) ({Obviously} 16... Bxb4 {fails to}
17. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {(similar to Kasymdzhanov-Lesiege)}) 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Bd2 $5 {
A new idea which I discovered just after the game Khalifman-Bareev where White
has failed to get anything:} (18. Bxa3 Nd5 19. Bc4 Qb6 (19... Qd7 {is not bad
either:} 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Rb3 Nb6 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Rab1 Rb6 25. Ne1
Nc7 26. Nc2 $2 c5 $1 $17 {Tkachiev -Fressinet, Enghien 2001}) 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21.
Rfb1 h6 22. Rb3 Kh8 23. Rab1 Nc7 {and the bishop on a3 is clearly misplaced,
Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78}) 18... Nd5 19. Bc4 {The critical
position for the evaluation of White's idea.} Qb6 ({In the game
Lesiege-Khassanov/Quebec 2001 which was played the same time as the mine (to
be precise, this game was played several days earlier) Black prefered} 19...
Ba8 {but after} 20. Rxa3 Bxb4 21. Rxa7 c5 22. Ng5 $1 {White has firmly seized
the initiative:} Qe8 23. Ra6 Bc6 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 26. Be3 $1 Rb6
27. Bxc5 Rxa6 28. Bxa6 Nf4 29. Bxf8 Qg6 30. Qb3+ Kxf8 31. Qa3+ Ke8 32. Qg3 Nxg2
33. Rc1 Qh6 34. Qc3 Bd7 35. Bc8 {1-0}) 20. Qa4 Bc8 21. Rfb1 a5 $6 {Black hopes
for his passed a-pawn but this counterplay is easily refused.} ({Black should
accept the sacrifice:} 21... Nxb4 22. Rxa3 a6 {and although White definitely
has ample compensation I doubt if the merits of White's position are
sufficient for real advantage.}) 22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. bxa5 Ra8 24. Ne1 $1 Ba6 25.
Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Nd3 $1 (26. Nc2 {is pointless:} c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Nxa3 Bd4 {
and Black is OK.}) 26... Rd8 27. Rb7 $1 $18 Kf8 28. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 29. Bg5+ Nf6
30. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. Bd2 Rb8 (13... Qc7 14.
Bb4 (14. Qa4 O-O 15. Ba5 Nb6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Nd2 (17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
dxc5 Rfc8 {nebst Nd7 und Ausgleich}) 17... Rfc8 (17... e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rc1
$14) (17... Qe7 $1 {visiert die weiße Schwäche a3 an und sichert dadurch
ausreichendes Gegenspiel} 18. O-O Bxa3 (18... Rac8 $2 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4
Qxb4 $2 21. Rxa7 $18)) 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. Rb1 $16) 14... c5 (14... Bxb4+ 15. axb4
a5 16. bxa5 (16. O-O axb4 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Qc2 Nf6) 16... Rxa5 17. O-O Rxa1
18. Qxa1 O-O 19. Rc1 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5 Rc8 22. Qa5 Qd5 (22... Qc7 23.
Qxc7 Rxc7 24. c6 $16) 23. e4 Qxe4 (23... Qh5 24. h3 h6 {und Schwarz kann sich
halten}) 24. c6 h6 25. h3 Nf6 26. Qa6) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5
Nxc5 18. Qd4 Qb5 (18... Qb2 $1 19. O-O Qxd4 20. Nxd4) 19. Qxg7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2
O-O-O 21. Nd4 Nc5) 14. Qa4 (14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O (15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bd3 c5 $1 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Qxc5 Qd3 $132) 15... Nf6 $10) 14... c5 (14... Qc7
15. Rb1 c5 16. Rxb7 (16. Ba5 Bxe4 (16... Qc8 17. Bxb7 (17. dxc5 Bxe4) (17. Rxb7
Rxb7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bd6 (19... f6 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. O-O O-O 22. Rc1 $16)
20. Nxd7 (20. Nc4 Be7 (20... Bb4+ 21. Bxb4 Qxc4 22. Bxb7 Qc1+ 23. Qd1 $18))
20... Rxd7 21. O-O (21. Bc6 Ke7 22. O-O Rc7 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. g3
Rc8 26. Qh4+ Kf8 27. Qxh7 Bxa3 28. Rc4 $14) 21... O-O 22. Rd1 f5 23. Bf3 Rff7)
17... Rxb7 18. Rxb7 Qxb7 19. O-O) 17. Bxc7 Rxb1+ 18. Kd2 Bxc7 19. Rxb1 Bxb1 20.
Qxa7 $16 Bb6)) 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 (17... Qc8 18. O-O O-O
19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qe4 Rc7 21. Ng5 g6 22. Qh4 (22. Bc3 Bxa3 (22... Nd5 23. Bb2)
23. Nxh7 (23. Qh4 f5 (23... f6 $1 24. Bxf6 Bxc1 $19) 24. Bg7 $3 Kxg7 (24...
Rxg7 25. Rxc8) 25. Rxc7+ Qxc7 26. Nxe6+ $18) 23... f5 24. Qe5 Rxh7 $19) 22...
h5 23. g4 {Der abenteuerlichste Versuch, der zwar objektiv schlecht ist, aber
sehr zur Erheiterung der kiebitzenden Laien - wie Ihrem Berichterstatter-
beitrug.} Be7 24. gxh5 Rxc1 25. hxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rxf2+ $3 (26... Qc6+ $2 27.
e4) 27. Kxf2 fxg6+ $19) 18. Rd1 O-O (18... O-O 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bd6 (20...
Rb1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 {Diese Stellung wurden von den beiden Kontrahenten über eine
Stunde kontrovers diskutiert, wobei Karpow an die weißen Angriffschancen und
Kramnik an die Verteidigungsfähigkeit glaubte. Einige der rasant vorgeführten
Varianten seien kurz angeführt.} 22. Qc6 (22. Bc3 Qc8 23. Qg4 h5 (23... g6 24.
Nxg6 $3 hxg6 (24... Qxd7 25. Ne7#) 25. Qh4 Qa6+ 26. Kf3 Qc6+ 27. e4 $18) 24.
Qxh5 (24. Qg5 Be7 $3 $17) 24... Be7 (24... Bd6 25. Rxf7 Qxc3 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (
26... Kxf8 27. Qf7#) 27. Qf7+ {Weiß hat Minimum Dauerschach, aber Karpow
probierte weiter...} Kh7 28. Qg6+ Kh8 (28... Kg8 $2 29. Qxe6+) 29. Qxe6 $5 Qc2+
30. Kf3 Qd1+ 31. Ke4 {Karpow, und wenn auch hier Dauerschach das
wahrscheinlichste Ergebnis ist, so wurde doch herzhaft weiter gezockt, wobei
die inzwischen vom A-Open herüberkommenden GM s lebhaft mit herum zockten.})
25. Rxe7 Qxc3 26. Kf3 Qc2 27. Kg3 Rf1 28. Ng4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Ne5 $13) (
22. Nxf7) 22... Rc1 23. Bd2) 21. O-O Bxe5 22. Rfd1 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qb8 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 Bxf4 13. exf4 h6 14.
Nf3 c5 15. Be3 Ba6 16. dxc5 (16. Re1 c4 17. Bc2 Nb6 {would be seriously
detrimental to white's hopes of generating piece play.}) 16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 {
[%csl Yb3,Yc5] A passed pawn and a preponderance on the light squares provide
full compensation.} Qa5 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. Nh4 $1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh4f5,Yd4g7,Gg7g6] I like the fact that white's superiority on
the light squares survives the exchange of dark squared bishops. In fact, it
is worth noting how play on one set of squares supports that on another. It is
the big bishop on d4, by effectively banning ...g6 which secures access to the
f5 square. Still, black's next move is excellent too.} Rxc5 $1 22. Bxc5 Nxc5
23. Nf5 Re8 {and a pragmatic approach to material has reduced in turn much of
white's initiative.} 24. g3 Ne4 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Qd4 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28. Kf1
Re6 29. Rc2 Ne4 30. f3 Nd6 31. Nd4 Re3 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. Nc6 b3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35.
Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxd5 a5 37. g4 h5 38. h3 f6 39. f5 Kh6 40. Nf4 hxg4 41. hxg4 a4
42. Rd2 Nf7 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Ng6 Kg8 45. Rd4 Rxb2 46. Rxa4 Rb8 {Hecht: '[#] 3-2
Bauern auf einem Flügel bei passiven schwarzen Figuren und weißem Raumvorteil.'
} 47. Ra7 Re8 48. Ne7+ Kf8 49. Nd5 Kg8 50. Nc7 Re7 (50... Rd8 $142 {Hecht}) 51.
Ra8+ Kh7 52. Ne6 g5 (52... Rb7 {Hecht} 53. f4 Rb3+ 54. Kh4 Rb7 55. g5 fxg5+ 56.
fxg5 g6 57. Nf8+ Kg7 58. f6+ $18) (52... Ne5 {Hecht} 53. Nf8+ Kh6 54. f4 Nf7
55. Ne6 g6 56. fxg6 Kxg6 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Rg7+ Kh8 59. f5 Rxe6 60. Rxf7 Ra6 61.
Kh4 Kg8 62. Rb7 Kf8 63. Kh5 Ra4 64. g5 fxg5 65. Kg6 g4 66. f6 Ra8 67. Rh7 Kg8
68. f7+ $18) 53. fxg6+ Kxg6 54. Nf4+ Kh6 55. Ra6 Kg5 56. Nd5 1-0

