[Event "Brisbane Gipslis Memorial"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "2018.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Qc2 $146 (5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O c5 ({or} 7... e6 8. d4 d5 {are expected.})) 5... Bb7 (5... c5 $142) 6. Nc3
(6. d4 e6 7. Nc3 d5) 6... c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Ne4 $6 $146 (8. Rd1 $1 {
Chekhover-Lisitsin Moscow (Trade Unions Ch) 1936 is the historic game.}) 8...
Nb4 $6 {Black wants to go for opposite coloured bishops to upset the
equilibrium} ({but} 8... O-O $1 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10. a3 (10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 Nb4
12. Qb1 Bxd5) 10... Re8 11. Bd3 d5 {is more logical.}) 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Qb1
Be4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 $2 {White is trying to trap the knight and targets
positions with two minor pieces against rook but his king's safety interferes
as an issue.} ({Things are not simple after} 12. Rd1 $1 a5 $5 (12... Bf6 13. a3
Nc6 (13... d5 $2 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qb1 Nc6 17. e4 Qe6 18. Bxc6
Qxc6 19. e5 Bg7 20. O-O $16)) 13. Qb1 Bg7 14. d4 a4 15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 (16. d5
Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5) 16... cxb4 17. axb4 d5 $13) 12... Bg7 13. a3 f5 $1 {Changes
the picture.} 14. Qf4 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa3 16. Rc1 d6 $6 (16... Bb2 17. d4 a5 {
is the way to react.}) 17. h4 $2 (17. d4 $2 e5) (17. e4 $142 e6 $1 $19 {
is the move Black has to find. Now the knight is safe on the rim.} (17... e5 $2
)) 17... e5 18. Qg3 e4 19. Ng5 Be5 $5 {A finesse, doubtful if it is necessary.}
(19... Bb2 20. h5 (20. Ne6 Qe7) 20... Bxc1 21. hxg6 Qf6 $19) 20. f4 Bb2 21. Rc2
({I was expecting} 21. d4 Qf6 22. Qf2 Bxc1 23. Kxc1 b5 24. cxb5 cxd4 $19) 21...
Nxc2 22. Kxc2 Qf6 $19 23. Be2 Ba3 24. Rb1 Bb4 25. h5 a5 0-1

[Event "Paracin GM"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 $5 b6 $5 {Stupid double holes rather than double
fianchetto according to Rubinstein.} 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6
(7... c5 8. d4 (8. Nc3 d5) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 Qc7 $13) 8. d4 e6 (
8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4) 9. Nc3 c5 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7) 10. Qd2
Qe7 11. Rad1 Na6 $6 $146 (11... d5 $1 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e3 Rd8
$36) 12. Rfe1 $6 (12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. Bxb7 Rad8 $5 15. Qc1 Qxb7 $11)
(12. d5 $1 {is the way to proceed.} exd5 13. cxd5 Nc7 14. e4 Nd7 15. Rfe1 $14)
12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 13th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2003.12.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Argandona Riveiro, Inigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qb2+ f6 12. d4 a4 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15.
Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rad1 axb3 17. axb3 Na6 18. e4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 c5 21.
e5 cxd4 22. Bd5 f5 $2 ({Allows White to develop an irresistible attack.
Essential was} 22... Nc5 23. Qxd4 Qc7) 23. e6 Qc7 24. Rxd4 Kg8 25. Rh4 $1 {
[%csl Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gb2d2,Gd2h6]} Nc5 26. Qd2 Ne4 $2 ({This move allows White
to conclude the game in style. More stubborn was} 26... f4 {, although Black's
position is lost anyway.}) {[%tqu "En","Black's king is in bad shape. How to
finish it off?","Exploit the power of your 'heavy artillery'.","Eliminate the
key defender of the black king.","e1e4","This excellent move wins immediately.
",4]} 27. Rexe4 $1 {[%csl Rg8,Gh6,Rh7][%cal Gd2h6,Gh4h7]} (27. Rexe4 $1 {
This powerful blow eliminating the key defender of the black king, wins on the
spot. Black resigned, as after} fxe4 28. Qh6 {mate is inevitable.}) 1-0

[Event "Paris op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. g3 (5. d3 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Bg2 c6 9. O-O Be6 10. b5 Nh5 (10... Nbd7 $142 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 11. Nd2 f5 12.
Qa4 Qd7 13. Rab1 g5 14. Ba1 f4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qb4 fxg3 17. fxg3 a5 18. Rxf8+
Bxf8 19. Qb7 $16 {1-0 Kalista,K-Kubikova,H/Plzen KB opJ-C 1997 (33)}) (5. d4
Nbd7 6. e3 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nd4 Ndxe5 9. Nc3 (9. h3 Nf6 10. Nc3) 9... Qh4 10.
g3 $2 (10. Qd2) 10... Qf6 11. f4 (11. Qc2 Nf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qxf3 $17) 11... Nxe3
12. fxe5 Qxe5 {[%csl Re1]} 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Ncb5 O-O {0-1 Shabtai,R-Sutovskij,
E/Tel Aviv 1993}) (5. e3 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2
(10. a4 $5) 10... Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra7 (13... Raa8 $5) 14.
a5 e4 $1 15. Nfd4 Ne5 16. Nb5 Nf3+ $5 $40 {0-1 Panchenko,A-Smirin,I/Moscow
Alekhine op 1992 (35)}) 5... e5 6. d3 (6. Bg2 Nc6 (6... e4 $5 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Nxe4 (8. Nc3 Ng4 $1 9. Ngxe4 $140 f5) (8. O-O Re8 $13) 8... Nxe4 9. Bxg7 Nxf2
10. Kxf2 Kxg7 $13 {[%cal Gd8f6]}) 7. b5 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 $6 10. d4 $1
Be6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Kchouk,B/
Siegen olm 1970 (27)}) 6... O-O (6... Nc6 7. b5 Ne7 8. Bg2 h5 $6 9. Nc3 Nf5 {
[%cal Gh5h4]} 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. e4 Nh6 13. d4 $2 (13. Nd5 $1 $14)
13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Ng5 15. Kh2 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Bxd4 $17 {Khudiakov,I-Borocz,I/
Harkany op 1993/0-1 (49)}) 7. Bg2 a5 $146 (7... Nc6 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O h6 10.
Nbd2 Nh7 $2 (10... Be6) 11. d4 $1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nf5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nd4 $16 {
1-0 Bleunven,A-Husson,C/FRA-chT 1996 (40)}) (7... e4 $143 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxg7
Kxg7 10. Nbd2 $14 (10. Qd4+ Qf6 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qxf6+ Nxf6 13. b5 $14)) 8. b5
(8. a3 e4 $1 (8... axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 $14) 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7
11. Qd4+ Qf6 12. b5 Nd7 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7c5] and black is fine.}) 8... Nbd7
(8... e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nd4 $1 Re8 12. Nd2 {and black has real
problems with developing queenside piecies.}) 9. O-O Nc5 10. Nfd2 (10. Nc3 Be6
{[%cal Gd8d7]} (10... e4 $2 11. Nxe4 $1 $16)) 10... Bg4 (10... a4 11. Nc3 $1 a3
12. Bc1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd2b3]}) 11. h3 Be6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 {[%cal
Gd6d5]} 14. Nb3 (14. Na4 e4 $1 15. d4 (15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7
Nxf2 (17... Kxg7 18. Bxe4 Bxh3 19. Rh1 $14) 18. Rxf2 Kxg7 $11) 15... Nxa4 16.
Qxa4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. Qxa5 Nc4 20. Qb4 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxd4 22.
Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qxb5) 14... b6 15. Qc2 (15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Rad1 (
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. dxe4 Qd2 20. Rfc1 Rd4 $132) (17. dxe4 Bxc4 (
17... Qd2 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxb2 20. e5 (20. Rab1 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Ng4+ 22.
hxg4 Bxc3 $11) 20... Rd4 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nd7 23. f4 {and white is
clearly better.}) 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 $11) 17... exd3 18. Rxd3 Qc8 $1 $11 (
18... Qe7 19. Re3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]})) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 d5 17. Rad1 (17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxc7 Qxb5 21. Qc4 Qd7 $11) 17... h5 $2 (
17... d4 $1 18. Nb1 $5 $13 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f3]} (18. Na2 {[%cal Gb3b4]} h5 $5
19. b4 (19. Ba3 $140 Rfe8 $1 20. Bc6 Qc8 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. h4 Bh3 23. Rh1 Ng4+
24. Kg1 Qf5 $17) 19... a4 $1 {Smirin} 20. Qxa4 h4 21. Qc2 Nh7 $1 $44 {[%cal
Gh7g5]}) (18. Na4 h5 (18... Qc8 $5) 19. Ba3 Rfe8 $1)) 18. e3 $1 (18. e4 $6 d4
19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 h4 $1) 18... Rfe8 19. Ne2 Qd6 (19... h4 20. Bxe5 (20.
gxh4 Qd6 21. e4 $1 {also very strong}) 20... Ng4+ 21. hxg4 Bxe5 22. f4 Bg7 23.
g5 Bg4 24. e4 $16) 20. f4 $1 (20. e4 dxe4 (20... d4 21. f4 Bc8 $14 {[%cal
Gf6d7,Gd7c5]}) 21. dxe4 Qc5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 22. Nc3 h4 $132) 20... exf4 21. Nxf4
h4 (21... dxc4 $2 22. dxc4 $1 Qe7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Bd5 $18 {[%csl Gg6]}) 22. gxh4 Bf5 (22... Nh5 $5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ (24.
cxd5 $140 Bxd5 $1 25. Bxd5 Rxe3) 24... Kg8 25. d4 $1 $16) 23. Qf2 dxc4 (23...
Nh5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxd5 Nxf4 26. exf4 $16) 24. e4 $1 (24. bxc4 $143 Nh5 25.
Bxg7 Kxg7 26. e4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 28. Rxf4 Be6 $44 {[%cal Ge6c4]}) 24... Bg4
(24... Bc8 25. e5 $1 Rxe5 26. dxc4 $18) 25. Rde1 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} (25. e5 Rxe5
26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Rde1 Qxb5 (27... Qd6 $6 28. Qg3 Bf5 29. dxc4 $16) 28. bxc4
Qb4 29. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 (29... Qd6+ 30. Kh1 Bf5 31. Ne7+ $18) 30. Bxd5 Bf5 $44) (
25. Bxf6 Bxd1 26. Bxg7 (26. Bxd8 $2 Rxd8 $1 (26... Bxb3 27. Bg5 f6 $5) 27. Rxd1
Be5 28. Kg3 cxb3 $19) 26... Kxg7 27. Rxd1 cxb3 28. d4 a4 29. Qg3 $13) 25... Nh5
(25... cxd3 26. Bxf6 $1 (26. e5 $2 Qb4 $1 {Smirin} 27. exf6 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 d2
29. Rg1 Bf8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf8d6,Gf8c5] Smirin}) 26... Bxf6 27. hxg4 {and white
wins}) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. bxc4 $2 {And here the draw was agreed in view of
variation 27...Nf4 28Qf4-Qf4 29Rf4-Be6 with good compensation.} (27. hxg4 Nxf4
28. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Rxf4 cxb3 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gd8d4]} 30. Ref1 $1 (30. Bf1 $2 Rd4
$1 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4,Ge8e5]}) 30... Re7 (30... a4 31. Rxf7+ Kh8 32. Rxc7 a3 33.
Rc3 $18) (30... Rxd3 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rxc7 a4 33. Ra7) 31. e5 $1 {[%cal Gf4a4,
Gg2c6]} Rxd3 32. R1f2 $16 c5 33. bxc6 b5 34. h5 a4 35. e6 $1 fxe6 36. hxg6 $18)
(27. e5 $2 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 (28. Qb2 f6 $17 (28... c3 $5)) 28... Qxe5 29. hxg4
Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Rxf4 cxb3 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vukic, Milan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 (6. d4 Bg7 7. Qc2 O-O
8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 $16 {Milev-Simagin, Moskau 1959}) 6...
Bg7 7. Re1 d5 8. d4 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Re8 12. e3 a6 13.
Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 $1 $14 {/\16.e4 dxe4 17.Qxf7+/17.Ng6} Re6 (15...
c5 $2 16. Na4 Re6 17. dxc5 $1 Rxe5 18. c6 Bc8 19. c7 {/\Nxb7 +-}) 16. Nd3 (16.
Bh3 $5 Rd6 17. e4 {/\Nxg6/f7, e5}) 16... h5 17. Rc2 Bh6 18. Rec1 Ra7 $2 (18...
Re7 19. Ne5 Kg7 $13 (19... c5 20. Na4 cxd4)) 19. Ne2 Ba8 20. Ne5 Ng4 21. Nf4
Bxf4 22. exf4 Nf6 23. f5 $18 gxf5 24. Qf3 Ng4 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rxc7
Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Bc6 29. Qf4 (29. Nf4 $1 Re1+ (29... Rd6 30. Qa3 Ne8 31. Rc8 Qe7
32. Nxh5 $18) 30. Kh2 Ng4+ (30... Qh6 31. Rxc6 $1) (30... Be8 {/\..Qh6} 31. Qc3
$1 Rd1 32. Bxd5 Qh6 33. Bf3 Ng4+ 34. Kg2 $18) 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Qc3 Qh6+ 33.
Bh3 $18) 29... Qxf4 30. gxf4 $16 (30. Nxf4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Bb5 (31... Be8 32. Rb7
$16) 32. Nxd5 $18) 30... Be8 31. Ne5 Kf8 32. Bf1 a5 33. Ba6 Re7 34. Rc8 Kg7 35.
h4 Ne4 36. f3 Nd6 37. Rd8 Re6 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Rb8 b5 40. Bc8 Re7 41. Bd7 a4 42.
b3 axb3 43. axb3 Kg7 44. Bxe8 Rxe8 45. Rb6 Re6 46. Rc6 f6 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Nd3
Re8 49. Nb4 Ra8 50. Rc6 Ne8 51. Nxd5 Ra2+ 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. Rb6 Rd2 54. Ne7 Kf7
55. Nxf5 Kg6 56. Rxb5 Nc7 57. Ra5 Rd3 58. b4 Ne6 59. Rd5 Nc7 60. Ne7+ Kf7 61.
Rd7 Nb5 62. Nc6+ Ke6 63. Rd8 Nd6 64. Rh8 Nf5+ 65. Kf2 Nxd4 66. Nxd4+ Rxd4 67.
Re8+ Kf5 68. Re4 Rd1 69. Re1 Rd4 70. Re4 Rd2+ 71. Ke3 Rb2 72. Rd4 Rb3+ 73. Ke2
Ke6 74. Kd2 Rxf3 75. Kc2 Rg3 76. b5 Kf5 77. b6 Rg8 78. Kd3 Kg4 79. Ke3 Kxh4 80.
Kf2 Kg4 81. b7 Rb8 82. Rb4 h4 83. Kg1 h3 84. Kf1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1976.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1976.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 (7. d4) 7...
Nbd7 8. O-O Ne8 9. Qb3 Kh8 (9... f5 10. c5+ Kh8 11. Nbd2) 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Rac1
(11. c5 dxc5 12. bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3) 11... b6 12. c5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qa3
Nd7 15. Nc4 c5 16. Nfd2 Qe6 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. Bf3 d5 19. exd4 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Qa6
21. Bxd5 Nc7 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. Ba3 Nf6 (23... Bxd4 24. Nb3 Bf6 25. Nd6 Rb6 26.
Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxf7 $14) 24. Bc6 (24. Bf3 $16) 24... Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. d5
$14 Bh6 27. Re7 a5 28. Ne3 (28. Rd1) 28... a4 $11 29. Ra7 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31.
Rb1 Ng4 32. Nec4 Bg7 $2 (32... b2 33. h3 Bxd2 34. Nxd2 Ne5 35. Ra2 Nd3 36. Ra3
Rb4 37. g4 Nc1 $15) 33. Rxb3 $14 Bd4 34. Rxb8 Bxf2+ (34... Bxa7 35. Ra8 Bxf2+
36. Kf1 Bc5) 35. Kh1 Bxa7 36. Ra8 Bd4 (36... Bc5 37. Ne4 $16) 37. d6 $2 (37.
Bd7 $16) 37... Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Ng4+ 39. Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Ke1 Kg7 41. d7 (41. Ke2)
41... Bxd7 $15 42. Rxf8 Bxc6 43. Rd8 Bg1 44. g3 Ng4 45. Ke2 Bf2 46. Rd6 Bg2 47.
Rd3 h5 48. Rb3 f6 49. Nd6 f5 50. N6c4 Kf6 51. Ra3 Bd5 52. Rd3 (52. Ra6+ Kg7 (
52... Kg5 53. Nf3+ Bxf3+ 54. Kxf3 $11) 53. Ne5 Bxg3 54. Rxg6+ Kh7 $15) 52...
Be6 53. Ra3 g5 54. Kf3 Bd4 55. Ra6 Ne5+ 56. Nxe5 Kxe5 57. Kg2 (57. Ke2) 57...
g4 58. Ra5+ $4 (58. Kh2) 58... Bd5+ 59. Kh2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 (6. d4 {-E60}) 6... e5
7. d3 b6 $5 (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. a4 Bd7 11. a5 a6 12. O-O h5 $1
13. Rfd1 N8h7 14. e4 Bg4 15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng5 18. Be2 Ne6 $10
{Rogers,I-Piket,Je,Groningen 1989}) 8. Nfd2 (8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5
$5 $10) 8... Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc8 $1 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 $10 13.
gxf3 $6 (13. Nxf3 a5 14. b5 Nc5 15. Ke2 $10) 13... Rfc8 $1 {/\c6,d5[+]} 14. Ke2
c6 15. Rhc1 d5 $36 16. Rab1 (16. b5 d4 17. Nce4 (17. bxc6 $2 dxc3 18. cxd7 cxb2
19. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 $19) 17... Ne8 $15) 16... d4 17. Nce4 a5 $1 18. b5 c5 {()} 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 {><f2,f3,h2} 20. Rg1 Re8 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. e4 $6 {><f4} (22. Ng3 f5
$36) 22... Nf8 23. Bc1 Ne6 24. Ng3 h5 {/\Kh7,Bh6><f4} 25. Kd1 Kh7 26. Ne2 Bh6
27. Kc2 Rg8 28. Rg2 Raf8 $17 {/\f5} 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. Re1 Rg7 {/\f5,Rf5,
Rgf7|^<->f} 31. h4 {><h4} (31. Kd2 $142) 31... f5 32. exf5 (32. Reg1 fxe4 (
32... g5 $6 33. Ng3 $132) 33. fxe4 Rf3 {/\Rh3-+} 34. Rh1 Rgf7 35. Rhh2 Nf4 36.
Nxf4 R7xf4 37. Kd2 Rg4 38. Ke2 Rff4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 $17 {/\Kh5,Rf3-h3}) 32...
Rxf5 33. f4 Rgf7 $1 (33... Nxf4 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Re6 $13) (33... exf4 34. Ng1
$1 $15 {/\Nf3}) 34. Reg1 Nf8 {/\ef4} 35. fxe5 Rxf2 $19 {><e5,h4} 36. Kd2 R7f5
37. Rg5 (37. Rxf2 Rxf2 {/\Rh2,Rf5}) 37... Rxg5 38. hxg5+ (38. Rxg5 Ne6 39. Rg1
Nf4 40. Re1 Kg7 $19) 38... Kg7 39. Ke1 Rf5 40. Rf1 Ne6 $1 (40... Rxg5 $2 41.
Rf6 $132) (40... Ne6 41. Rxf5 gxf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Europa-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1942.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rabar, Braslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1942.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. h3 Qc8 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Rc1 Nf8 12. Nh2 Ne8 13. f4 f5 14. Qe2 g6 15. g4
Bf6 16. Bf3 Ng7 17. d4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Nd1 Qd7 21. Qd3 a6 22.
Rc2 b5 23. b3 b4 24. g5 Bd8 25. Bc1 Qf7 26. Ne3 Nd7 27. Bb2 Be7 28. Re1 Bf8 29.
Rce2 Re7 30. h4 $1 a5 31. Nhf1 Ne8 32. Ng3 Bc8 33. Nexf5 $1 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Nb6 (
34... gxf5 35. Bh5) 35. Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 36. gxh6 Bh3 37. Kh2 Bd7 38. f5 $1 Bxf5
39. Nxf5 Qxf5 40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. Re7 a4 42. Bh5 axb3 43. axb3 $1 Kf8 44. Rxh7
1-0

[Event "Match Najdorf-Czerniak +5-1=2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1929.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Czerniak, Moshe"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1929.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {1)Lissowski,T: Young Najdorf.The Chess Player. 2010. p.18-23.} Nf6 2.
c4 d6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Qc8 5. O-O Bh3 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Nc6 9. Nd5
Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. e4 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rc1 Qe6 15. a3 O-O
16. Ng1 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qa4 Raf8 19. Qb5 R5f7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 g5 22.
Bd2 a6 23. Qc4 d5 24. Qb3 Nd4 25. Qxb7 Ne2 26. Rce1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Nxg1 28.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Kxg1 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Qe2 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxc5 Qf1+ 33. Qg1 Qf3+
34. Qg2 Qd1+ 35. Be1 Qxe1+ 36. Qg1 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d3
c5 8. Qa4 $6 (8. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 $44) 8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 $5
10. Qc4 b6 11. Ne5 (11. d4 $6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd5 b5 $17) 11... Nxe5
12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 $10 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. b3 {Baburin: The
position looks very quiet and it seems that after some further exchanges the
players might agree a draw. However, Black seizes the initiative, breaking the
material balance.} Nxd3 $6 (16... Rbc8 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 17. exd3
Bxd3 18. Be4 Bxf1 (18... Bxb1 19. Nxb1 $14) 19. Kxf1 f5 {Baburin: It looks
tempting to push away the bishop from its central position, but I think that
Black should not hurry with this move.} (19... Bh6 $5 {Baburin Black will be
pleased, if the bishops come off, as that would give Black more chances to
employ his rooks (more squares might be available for them).} 20. Ke2 e5 $17)
20. Bc2 e5 $6 (20... Bc3 $5 21. Ke2 e5 $132) 21. Ke2 Bh6 22. f4 $5 (22. Nc4
Bxc1 23. Rxc1 e4 24. f4 exf3+ 25. Kxf3 b5 26. Ne5 Rd2 $13) 22... exf4 23. Nf3
Re8+ 24. Kf1 Rbd8 (24... g5 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Bxf5 $16) 25. gxf4 $16 {Baburin:
White must keep the two bishops. In fact the more pieces there are on the
board the better for him. As White now has an outpost on e5 for his knight,
Black decides to unbalance the position materially even further.} Re4 26. Bxe4
fxe4 27. Ne1 (27. Ne5 $2 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rh1 $15) 27... Rf8 28. Rb2 (28. Ng2 $5 g5
(28... Bxf4 29. Nxf4 g5 30. Rb2 gxf4 31. Rg2+ $16) 29. f5 Rxf5+ 30. Ke2 Rf3 31.
Be3 Rh3 32. Bg1 $16) 28... Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 30. Rf2 Rh4 (30... Rxf2+ $5 31.
Kxf2 Kg7 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. Kxe4 Kg5 $132) 31. Nc2 Rh3 32. Ke2 c4 33. bxc4 Rc3 34.
Kd2 Rd3+ (34... Rxc4 35. Ke3 $16) 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. Nd4 $1 Rxc4 37. Ke3 Ra4 38.
Ne6 (38. Kxe4 $5 $16 Ra5 39. Ne6 h6 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Rf7+ Kh8) 38... h6 39. h4
Ra5 40. Kxe4 Kh8 41. Rg2 Ra4+ (41... g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Nxg5 Kg7 44. Ne6+ Kf6
45. Nd4 Ra4 46. Kd5 $16) 42. Ke5 Rxh4 43. Kf6 Rh1 (43... g5 $2 44. Rd2 $18) 44.
Nf8 (44. Kxg6 $5 Re1 45. Ng7 Kg8 46. Kf6 $16) 44... Kg8 45. Nxg6 Rf1+ 46. Ke6
Re1+ 47. Ne5+ Kh7 48. Rf2 (48. Rc2 $5 Rg1 49. Rc7+ Rg7 50. Nd7) 48... Rg1 49.
Kd6 (49. a4 $5) 49... b5 (49... h5) 50. Ke6 Rg7 51. Rc2 b4 52. Nc6 Rb7 53. Rb2
h5 54. a4 (54. a3 $2 Rb6) (54. Kf5 Kh6) 54... b3 55. Kd5 $10 h4 56. Nd4 Kh6 57.
Kc4 Kg5 58. Nxb3 h3 59. Rd2 Kf4 60. Nc5 Rh7 61. Ne4 h2 62. Kb5 Kf3 63. Nf2 Re7
64. Nh1 Re2 65. Rxe2 Kxe2 66. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 19th final A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Rogoff, Kenneth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Friedel,F"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1972.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[BlackTeam "United States of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Ng1 {The Anti-Rogoff system pioneered by the German
grandmaster but never used again after this milestone game.} Bg7 4. Qa4 O-O 5.
Qxd7 $5 {An incredibly deep sacrifice, the point of which only becomes clear
half a dozen moves later.} Qxd7 6. g4 Qxd2+ $1 {Rogoff sees the danger hidden
in Hübner's ultra-sharp play (we don't). He knows he has to return the
material.} 7. Kxd2 {7...Bxd2 was better:} (7. Bxd2 Nxg4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. h3 Nge5
10. b3 Rd8 11. O-O-O {and White, while still at a disadvantage, has a better
game than after the text move.}) 7... Nxg4 8. b4 {Hübner overlooks the double
threat (...Bxa1 as well as ...Nxf2) to his rooks.} a5 {Strategically sound.
There is no reason to execute one of the threats immediately, since they will
not go away.} 9. a4 {Trying to prepare an escape route for the rook.} Bxa1 10.
Bb2 Nc6 11. Bh8 Bg7 {Trapping the bishop. This unique idea deserves acclaim.}
12. h4 axb4 {and White, one of the world's leading grandmasters at the time,
offered a draw, which the respectful economist Rogoff was glad to accept.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 (4... Bb7 5. e5 $5) 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 $5
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. Nxc6 $5 dxc6 (8... Bxc6 $5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 (10. e6 $2)
10... Bxe4 11. Qd4 Bc6 12. e6 f6 $10) 9. Bg5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nd7 (10... Bg7 $5)
11. Kd2 (11. Be2) (11. g3 $5) (11. h4 $5) 11... f6 (11... O-O-O 12. Kc2 $14)
12. Be3 e5 13. g3 Bc5 14. Ke2 (14. Bh3) 14... Bxe3 15. Kxe3 Nc5 16. Bh3 a5 17.
Rd6 Ke7 18. Rhd1 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. f4 exf4+ $5 (21... Bc8) (
21... Ke7 $5) (21... a4 $5 {/\Ba6}) 22. gxf4 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Chuprov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Be2 Qd6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. d4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nfd5 14. b5 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. O-O Rab8 20. Qc4 Rb6
21. Rac1 Rdb8 22. Qa4 R8b7 23. Bc5 Rb2 24. Bxa7 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxa2 26. Qxc6
Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Rbxa7 28. Bd5 Bf6 29. Bxa2 Rxa2 30. Rcxf6 exf6 31. Rxf6 Kf8 32.
Rf2 Ra1+ 33. Rf1 Ra2 34. Re1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Re2 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Rb2
Ke4 39. Rb7 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Kxe3 41. Rxf7 Kxd4 42. Rxh7 Ke5 43. Rf7 Ra4 44. h4 Rb4
45. Kh3 Ra4 (45... Rf4 46. Rxf4 Kxf4 47. g4 Ke5 48. Kg3 Ke4 49. g5 Kf5 50. Kf3
Ke6 (50... Ke5 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. h5 gxh5+ (52... Kf7 53. h6 $18) 53. Kxh5 Kf7 54.
Kh6 Kg8 55. Kg6 $18) 51. Kf4 (51. Ke4 {Opposition ist hier wertlos} Kd6 52. Kd4
Ke6 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Kg4 Kf7 $10) 51... Kf7 $10 (51... Ke7 52. Ke5
$18) (51... Kd6 52. Kg4 Ke6 53. h5 $18) 52. Kf3 Ke6) 46. g3 Rb4 47. Rf1 Ra4 48.
g4 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra4 51. h5 (51. g5 Ra3+ 52. Rf3 Ra4 53. Rf6 Ra3+
$10) 51... gxh5 52. gxh5 Ra8 53. Kh4 Rh8 54. Kg5 Rg8+ 55. Kh6 Ke6 56. Kh7 Rg2
57. Rf8 Ke7 58. Rg8 Rh2 59. h6 Kf7 60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rg4 Rf2 62. Kh8 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 c5 4. bxc5 Qa5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O Nxc5 8. d4
Nce4 9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. f3 Nd6 12. c5 Nde8 13. e4 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Be3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qd3 Qa7 20. Nc3 Nc7 21. f5 gxf5
22. Rxf5 b5 23. Rh5 Rg6 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Nf4 Nc4 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Rh3 Ne6 28.
Qe2 Rf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Qg4 Bxe5 31. Kh1 Nxh3 32. Qxh3 Bf6 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34.
Qxd5 Ne3 35. Qxb5 Nc2 36. Rd1 Qxa2 37. Qd3 Nb4 38. Qf3 Nc6 39. Qxc6 Qxb3 40.
Qc1 h5 41. Qd2 Qd5 42. h3 Kf7 43. Qd3 Kg7 44. Qf3 Qc4 45. d5 Qb4 46. Qe3 Qa4
47. Re1 Qb4 48. Rc1 Qd6 49. Rd1 Qb4 50. Qd2 Qd6 51. Qd3 Be5 52. Re1 Bf6 53. g3
Qc5 54. h4 Qc8 55. Kg2 Qa8 56. Qe4 Qa2+ 57. Re2 Qa3 58. Qf4 Qc3 59. Kh2 Qc5 60.
Rd2 Qc3 61. d6 exd6 62. Rxd6 Qc2+ 63. Rd2 Qc6 64. Qe3 Kh7 65. Qa7+ Bg7 66. Qf7
Qe4 67. Qd5 Qe3 68. Qd3 Qe6 69. Re2 Qf7 70. Qe4 Qf6 71. Kg2 Qd6 72. Rc2 Qd7 73.
Rc6 Qd2+ 74. Kh3 Qd7+ 75. Re6 Qf7 76. Kg2 Bf6 77. Rb6 Bg7 78. Qe6 Qxe6 79. Rxe6
Bc3 80. Kf3 Kg7 81. Re3 Bd2 $2 (81... Bf6 $10) 82. Rd3 Be1 $4 (82... Bc1 83.
Rb3 g5 84. Ke4 (84. hxg5 Bxg5 85. Ke4 Kg6 86. Rb6+ Kg7 87. Kf5 Bd2 88. Rb2 Be1
$10 89. Rh2) 84... gxh4 85. gxh4 Kg6 86. Rb6+ Kg7 87. Kf5 Bd2 88. Rg6+ Kh7 $10)
83. Kf4 Kf6 (83... Bb4 84. Ke5 Kf7 85. Rd7+ Be7 86. Rb7 Kf8 87. Ke6 $18) 84.
Rd6+ Kf7 85. Kg5 Bxg3 86. Rf6+ Ke7 87. Rxg6 Be1 88. Kxh5 Kf7 89. Rg2 Kf6 90.
Re2 Bg3 91. Re4 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O Nc6
9. b5 Ne7 10. a4 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Ng4 17. Qd3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe7 19. e4 Ng7 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21.
Rfe1 Ne6 22. h3 Qf6 23. Qc1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Rd3 Ng5 27. Nxg5
hxg5 28. Red1 a6 29. Qb2 axb5 30. axb5 Ra4 31. Qe2 b6 32. Rd7 Re7 33. R1d5 Qe6
34. Rd8 Re8 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Qc2 Ra7 37. Qc3 f6 38. Qd3 c5 39. Rd6 Rb7 40. Qd5
Qf7 41. Qc6 Qe7 42. Rxf6 Qxf6 43. Qxb7+ Kh6 44. Qc6 Qd8 45. Qd5 Qe7 46. Qg8 Qf6
47. Kg1 g4 (47... Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Kf1 Kh6 (49... Kh7 50. Ke2 Kh6 51. Ke3
Kg7 52. Kf3 Kh7 53. Kg4 Kh6 54. f3 $18) 50. Ke2 Kh5 51. Kf3 g4+ 52. hxg4+ Kg5 (
52... Kh6 53. Kg2 g5 54. f4 Kg6 55. fxg5 Kf7 56. Kh3 Kg7 57. g6 Kxg6 58. Kh4
Kh6 59. g5+ Kg6 60. Kg4 $18) 53. Kg2 Kxg4 54. f3+ Kg5 55. Kh3 Kh5 56. f4 g5 57.
fxe5 g4+ 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Kf2 Kf7 60. Ke3 $18) 48. hxg4 Kg5 49. Qe8 Qd6 50. Kg2
Qf6 51. Qc6 Qd8 52. Qd5 Qe7 53. f4+ Kf6 54. g5+ Kg7 55. Qxe5+ Qxe5 56. fxe5 {
[#]} Kf7 57. Kf3 Ke7 (57... Ke6 58. Kf4 Ke7 59. e6 Kxe6 60. e5 Ke7 61. Ke4 Ke6
62. g4 Ke7 63. Kd5 Kd7 64. e6+ $18) 58. e6 (58. Kf4 Ke6 59. g4 $2 Ke7 60. e6
Kxe6 61. e5 Ke7 62. Ke3 Kd7 63. Kd3 Ke7 64. Ke4 Ke6 $10) 58... Kd6 (58... Kxe6
59. Kf4 Kd6 60. e5+ Kd7 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. g4 $18) 59. e7 1-0

[Event "Varna-19"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1980.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filipowicz, Andrzej"]
[Black "Hesse, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Hesse,P"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1980.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 9/1980} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7.
c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 h6 9. d4 Re8 10. e3 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 {Kein günstiges
Feld für die Dame im Zusammenhang mit 10.e3} Nc5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. b4 Bf5 15.
Qe2 Nd3 $1 16. Ba3 e4 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Ne5 20. Rac1 h5 ({
Besser war} 20... Qe7 $1 {mit den Drohungen 21...Nxf3 und 21...a5}) 21. b5 Re6
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bc5 Rae8 24. Bd4 Qa5 ({bei gleich} 24... Bh6 {könnte Weiss
mit} 25. Nd5 {noch Verwicklungen schaffen. Einen guten Zug besitzt Weiss
ohnehin nicht.}) 25. c5 Bh6 26. Re1 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3
Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxc5 31. Kf2 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 Ng4 33. Re2 h4 {Um dem weissen König
das Feld g2 zu nehmen.} 34. gxh4 Qf5+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Re3 Qg4+ 37. Kf2 Qxh4+ {
time} (37... Qxh4+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ $1 39. Ke2 Qxh2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Nc4+) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 a5
(8... Re8 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nbd2 a5 11. b5 {1/2-1/2 Csom,I-Petran,P/HUN 1993/}) 9.
b5 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Nc3 g5 (11... Re8 12. Qc2 $14) 12. d4 g4 13. dxe5 gxf3
14. exf6 fxg2 (14... fxe2 15. Nxe2 $18) 15. fxg7 gxf1=Q+ 16. Qxf1 Re8 (16...
Kxg7 17. Nd5+ f6 18. Qg2+ Kh7 19. Kh1 $18) 17. Bf3 $2 (17. Ne4 $142) 17... Ng6
(17... Kxg7 $2 18. Nd5+ Kf8 19. Bf6 $18) 18. Bg2 Nh4 (18... Ne5 $5) 19. Nd5 Re6
20. Nf4 Re5 21. Kh1 (21. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 22. Ne2 $14) 21... Nxg2 22. Qxg2 (22.
Bxe5 $5) 22... Rg5 23. Qe4 c6 24. f3 Bf5 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Rd1 (26. h4 $5 Rg3 27.
Nh5 Rh3+ 28. Kg2 Qe5 29. Nf6+ Kxg7 30. Ng4 Rg3+ 31. Kf2 Bxg4 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33.
Bxe5+ Kg6 34. Kxg3 $16) 26... Re8 27. e4 Bh7 28. a4 Qe5 (28... f5 $142 29. bxc6
bxc6 $15) 29. Nd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Nh3 $142 Rg6 30. Qf2 $14) 29... Qxd4
30. Bxd4 Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bf6 (31. fxe4 Bxe4#) 31... Re6 (31... Re3 $5
32. Bxg5 hxg5 $19) 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Nf2 Kxg7 34. Rd2 Kf6 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. f4
gxf4 37. Kf3 (37. Rb2 $19) 37... Re3+ 38. Kxf4 Rc3 39. Re2+ Kf8 40. Ng4 Rxc4+
41. Kg5 Kg7 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Rd2 (43. Re7 $19) 43... f6+ $1 (43... f6+ 44.
Nxf6 Rc5+ 45. Kh4 Kxf6 46. Rxd6+ Ke5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteClock "1:10:07"]
[BlackClock "0:39:48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 {After my
8th round win against Berg, I could not resist the temptation to repeat the
opening. The game was played in the morning so I assumed my opponent would not
have the time to check all my openings and even less such a "sideline". My
thoughts proved true since David played the opening phase very slowly.} Re8 ({
The aforementioned game went} 7... Nc6 {Marin,M (2580)-Berg,E (2573) Reykjavik
2015 CBM 170 [Marin] (1-0, 60)}) 8. O-O a5 9. a3 c6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 {Black
prepares ...d6-d5 at the cost of slightly delaying the queenside development.}
({Another possible approach examined in my article is} 10... Na6 11. Qc2 Bd7
12. Bc3 b5 {Taimanov,M (2510)-Ruderfer,M (2400) Moscow 1979 MCD [Marin] (½-½,
45)}) 11. b4 $5 ({I remembered quite clearly that in my article I had focused
on} 11. Qc2 {. preparing to occupy the c-file if Black displays ambitions in
the centre, as in Horvath,J (2551)-Popovic,P (2532) Austria 2001 EXT 2002 
[Marin] (1-0, 41). But over the board I was carried away by another thought:
what if, after my entertaining Breyer game Svetushkin,D (2586)-Marin,M (2580)
Reykjavik 2015 CBM 170 [Marin 170] (1/2-1/2, 41) I would use the same setup
with reversed colours?!}) 11... d5 12. e4 {The similarity of my position with
the game against Svetushkin was so obvious that the Romanian captains later
confessed me they had been making jokes during the game about me playing the
Breyer with either colour!} dxe4 {David played this after a long period of
thought.} ({The most ambitious move is} 12... d4 {with a genuine reversed
Breyer structure. The main difference is that the bishop is on g7 instead of
c7.} 13. c5 b6 {The critical move.} ({The Ruy Lopez approach} 13... Nf8 $2 {
is pointless because the knight does not have the g6-square at its disposal
and after} 14. Nc4 {the b6-square is vulnerable.}) 14. cxb6 ({During the game
I considered} 14. Nc4 {as a candidate but after} Ba6 15. Nd6 Re7 {the knight
risks being trapped.}) 14... axb4 $6 ({The exchanges initiated with this move
played in both previous games reaching this position help White activate his
pieces on the queenside. A better move is} 14... Nxb6 15. Qc2 Bf8 $13) 15. axb4
Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb6 (16... Nxb6 17. Rc1 $14) 17. Nc4 Qxb4 {I had reached this
point in my calculation and evaluated that White has overwhelming compensation
for the pawn, without knowing that this had been played before.} 18. Ba3 ({
My other candidate was} 18. Rb1) 18... Qa4 (18... Qb3 19. Nfd2 Qxd3 20. Rc1 Qe2
21. Qb1 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gg2f3]} Qg4 (21... Ng4 22. Rf1 Ba6 23. Bf3 Bxc4 24.
Bxe2 Bxe2 25. Re1) 22. Nd6 $16 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) 19. Bd6 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 {I
stopped my calculating in this position, with the same pleasant evaluation.}
Bf8 21. Ra8 (21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Ra7) 21... c5 22. Ra7 Re6 {Dobrovolsky,L (2390)
-Konopka,M (2425) Ceske Budejovice 1993 (1-0, 29)} 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24. Rc7 (24.
Nfxe5 Ra6 $5 $14) 24... Bd7 25. Nfxe5 Ra6 26. Bf1 Ra1 27. Kg2 $16) 13. dxe4 {
[%cal Gc4c5,Gd2c4]} c5 {This was David's idea. After blocking the queenside,
both sides will have to prepare an invasion of the central d4/d5 squares.} 14.
b5 $146 {An involuntary novelty, as I had been on my own ever since 11.b4. The
position is almost symmetrical but White's queenside space advantage and
slightly better development make his position more pleasant.} (14. Bc3 $6 axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 cxb4 17. Bxb4 {[%csl Gc5]} Qc7 18. Qc1 b6 19. Ne1 Nc5
$17 {Gryncharov,G-Donchev,D (2440) Elenite 1987 (0-1, 41)}) 14... Qc7 {[%csl
Ge5][%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6]} 15. Ne1 {I played this without hesitation as I wanted
to bring my knight as soon as possible to d5 and clear the path for my f-pawn
along the way. But there were several other possibilities, some of them based
on manoeuvring with the other knight, which actually needs fewer tempi to
reach d5.} ({At a later stage of the game I regretted that I did not leave the
knight on f3 for a bit longer, so as to force Black into over-protecting e5.
And since I played a3-a4 and Ra3 anyway, I thought it might have been wiser to
start with these moves.} 15. a4 Nf8 16. Ra3 N6d7 17. Ne1 Ne6 18. Nc2 Nd4 19.
Ne3 Nb6 20. Nd5) (15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Rad1 N6d7 17. Nb1 Ne6 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Nd5 Qd8
20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. a4 Nxd5 23. cxd5 b6 24. f4 f6 $11 {This is
similar to the final stage of game.}) (15. Re1 $5 {I find this to be the main
candidate for my plan.} Nf8 16. a4 Bg4 (16... N6d7 17. Nf1 Ne6 18. Ne3 Nd4 19.
Nd5 Qd8 20. Ba3 $14) 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne6 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Qc3 Nd4 21. Ne3
b6 22. h4 {[%cal Gg2h3] The engines give this as completely equal but I
believe that the bishop pair offers White some sort of long term (even though
symbolic) advantage.}) 15... Nf8 16. Nc2 Ne6 ({During the game I assumed that
after} 16... Bh6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 {I would inevitably get the upper hand
by transferring the other knight to d5, while Black would be deprived of the
same plan. This is correct, but I failed to notice that this actually implied
a promising pawn sacrifice:} Bg4 (18... N6d7 19. Nb1 Nb6 20. Nc3 Nxc4 21. Nd5
Qd8 22. Qc2 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 $36) 19. Qc2 N6d7 20. Nb1 Be6 21. Nc3 Bxc4 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. e4 Nb6 25. a4 Nfd7 26. Bh3 {Despite his extra pawn Black
is quite passive, but it remains an open question whether White can really
break his position.}) 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. a4 Qd8 19. Ra3 {I thought this would be
the best way to activate the rook, hoping to transfer it to the kingside along
the third rank. But in the game this did not happen...} h5 20. Nd5 Bh6 21. Nb3
{I later found out that at this moment my team mates shared my confidence that
White has the initiative.} Nxd5 $1 {The most accurate answer, forcing me to
display my intentions in the centre.} (21... b6 22. Nxd4 cxd4 (22... exd4 23.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. e5) 23. f4 Nxd5 24. cxd5 f6 25. f5 $36) (21... Qd6 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Nxc5 Bf8 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Nd3 Bg4 27. e5 $44 {[%csl Gd3]
/+/=}) (21... Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd5 23. cxd5 $14 {[%cal Gb3c4,Gf2f4,Ga3f3]}) 22.
cxd5 (22. exd5 Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 $15) 22... b6 23. Nxd4 $6 ({I rightly discarded} 
23. Nd2 {because of} f5 24. f4 (24. Nc4 f4 25. Bc1 Ra7 26. gxf4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Kh1 g5 $13) (24. exf5 Bxf5 $132) 24... fxe4 (24... exf4 25. Bxd4 cxd4
26. e5 Rxe5 27. Nc4 $36 Rxd5 $2 28. Nxb6 $18) 25. Nxe4 Bg4 26. Qd2 Ra7 $13 {
[%cal Ga7f7]}) (23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. f4 Bg4 25. Qd3 Rc8 $15) (23. Qd3 $1 h4 24. f4
$14) 23... exd4 (23... cxd4 $2 24. f4) 24. f4 f6 $1 {I completely
underestimated this move, which slows down my central pawns.} 25. Re1 ({
I did not find anything encouraging after the thematic} 25. f5 gxf5 ({David
also suggested} 25... Ra7 26. fxg6 Re5) 26. Qxh5 Bg7 27. Qg6 Ra7 {[%csl Gb2]})
25... Qd6 26. Qc2 Ra7 27. Raa1 {By now I had resigned myself to the idea of a
draw, even though my opponent's severe time trouble gave me some hope.} Rae7
28. Bc1 Bf5 {In principle this is a blunder, but... a lucky one as Black has
one saving trick in the critical line below.} 29. Bd2 Bd7 ({David had
initially planned} 29... Qxd5 {overlooking} 30. exf5) 30. h4 ({It really hurt
that} 30. e5 {does not win:} fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 ({After his carelessness,
David also considered} 31... d3 {but this seems insufficient:} 32. Qxd3 Rxe5
33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxg6+ $16) 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxh6 g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4]
Quite a nasty move, trapping the extra bishop. My last move actually renews
the threat but such a strong opponent could not blunder for the second time in
a row in the same way.}) 30... Kh7 31. Qd3 Bg4 32. Rf1 Qd7 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. Rf2
Qd7 35. Raf1 Qd6 36. Bc1 Rg8 37. Bd2 Rge8 38. Re1 Qc7 39. Ref1 Qd6 {And one
move before the official limit we agreed to a draw by repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 {During the evening preparation, I
noticeipd that my opponent has a very stable repertoire. I also got the notice
from my team mates that he works a lot on the concrete lines he intends to
play. I felt that my trademark hedgehog may offer him a comfortable target for
preparation and decided to get him out of book at an early stage, the same
thing I had successfully done in the previous two rounds (see my games with
Smeets and Halkias).} e5 $5 {I remembered a recent game by Kortschnoj in which
he completely solved the opening problems ith this experimental move against
his historic rival Anatoly Karpov. When I said to our captain that I very much
felt like playing this line, he checked the database and immediately gave me
his blessing: there were several Kortschnoj games over the years, and even
Alekhine played like this once!} 5. O-O $1 {The best reply. White should not
take preventive measures against ...e4, because this would help Black develop
his king's bishop.} (5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 (8... Re8 9.
Nc3 c6 10. Rac1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 $14 {Hort,V (2605)
-Kortschnoj,V (2670)/Moscow 1971/MCL (1-0, 40)}) 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e4 Nc5 11. Nh4
(11. Ne1 $5 {Matanovic}) 11... Ne6 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Nf5 g6 14. Ne3 Qg5 15. Rad1
f5 $36 {Lein,A (2535)-Kortschnoj,V (2695)/Johannesburg 1979/EXT 99 (0-1, 40)})
(5. Nc3 Bb4 {This leads to some sort of English with ...Bb4, in which Black
has managed to neutralise White's pressure along the long diagonal.} 6. Qc2 (6.
O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. d4 e4 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Ne4 12. Qd3 Re8
13. d5 Nc5 14. Qd4 Nbd7 15. Bh5 Ne5 $15 {Kevitz,A-Alekhine,A/New York 1924/EXT
2001 (0-1, 48)}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 Re8 $15 {
Pachman,L-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1967/MCL/[Dolmatov] (1-0, 37)}) 8. d3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3
d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nc6 (11... c5 $5 $15) 12. a3 a5 13. e3 a4 $11 {
Karpov,A (2674)-Kortschnoj,V (2617)/Mainz (rapid) 2005/CBM 107 ext (1/2, 42)})
5... Bd6 $5 {The second daring experimental step, and actually the real
deviation from the theoretical paths.} ({I felt that} 5... e4 {would offer
White an easy target:} 6. Nh4 (6. Ne1 {may be somewhat weaker, but actually
was the main reason why I gave up the idea of ...e5-e4: my hero got a slightly
worse position against a much lower rated player...} Bc6 7. Nc2 Bd6 8. Ne3 O-O
9. Nc3 Be5 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 Re8 15.
Bb2 f6 16. d3 $14 {Lingnau,C (2380)-Kortschnoj,V (2635)/Muenster 1996/CBM 055
ext (1/2, 40)}) 6... d5 (6... b5 7. d3 bxc4 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. e5 $16 {
Chuchelov,V (2534)-Douven,R (2406)/Netherlands 2006/EXT 2007 (1-0, 24)}) 7. d3
dxc4 8. Nc3 cxd3 9. exd3 Nbd7 10. dxe4 $16 {Chuchelov,V (2591)-Cekro,E (2432)/
France 2003/EXT 2004 (1-0, 30)}) (5... Qe7 {is the kind of move that only a
player like Ljubojevic can play, and probably not more than once!} 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qe6 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13.
Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxf4 O-O-O 15. e3 Rhg8 16. Rad1 Rg4 {Andersson,U (2535)
-Ljubojevic,L (2550)/Hilversum 1973/MCD (1/2, 29)}) 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nb5 $1 $146 {
Of course, the only dangerous continuation. I had prepared two exchange
sacrifices against it, but my opponent did not let himself get caught in my
theoretical traps.} (7. d3 Re8 8. e4 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. Be3 d6 12. h3
Qd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Kh2 Bg7 {1/2 Jensen,E-Heilemann,M/Grossenbrode 1971/EXT
2002/}) (7. d4 exd4 (7... e4 8. Ng5) 8. Nb5 (8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Be5 $138)
8... Be7 9. Bf4 (9. Nfxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 a6 11. Nc3 d5 $132) 9... c5 10. Nc7 Nc6
11. Nxa8 Qxa8 $44) 7... Re8 8. Nxd6 cxd6 9. b3 $5 {Probably the most
unpleasant move. White chooses a flexible system of development, hoping that
the bishop pair would offer him the better chances in the long run.} ({I
mainly considered} 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 d5 {fighting for the light squares.} 11.
Nf5 (11. b3 dxc4 12. bxc4 d5 $11 {reveals the force of the doubled pawns.})
11... dxc4 12. Nd6 Bd5 13. Nxe8 Qxe8 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. Bxf6 (15. Qb1 Ne8 {
/\...h6, ...Nc6}) 15... Qxf6 16. e3 Nc6 $44) 9... d5 10. Bb2 d6 (10... d4 11.
e3 $36) (10... Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nf6 13. Re1 $14 {/\d4}) 11. Rc1 (11.
cxd5 Bxd5 12. d3 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. e4 Bb7 16. Nh4 g6 17. f4
Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rc8 $132) 11... Na6 (11... dxc4 $5 12. Rxc4 (12. bxc4 Qc7 {
avoids Nxe5} 13. d4 Nbd7 $11) 12... Na6 13. d3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8
16. e4 Nc5 {with an extra tempo over the game.}) 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. d3 Qd7 14.
Qd2 Rac8 $6 (14... Bb7 15. e4 Nc5 $132) 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 (15... Qxc8 $5 16. e4 Be6
$14) 16. e4 $1 {Suddenly, I understood that something had gone wrong. In fact,
the position may still be OK, but Black needs to resort to extreme tactics.}
Bb7 (16... Be6 {does not work because of the unfavourable placement of the
major pieces:} 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 $2 19. Bh3 $18) 17. Nh4 $36 Nc5 18. Nf5 (
18. f4 Ba6 (18... Ne8 19. b4) 19. fxe5 (19. Rf3 d5 $1) 19... dxe5 20. Nf5 Ncxe4
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Qxe5 f6 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Ke8
27. Qh8+ Kxe7 28. Qf6+ $11) 18... Ne8 ({Of course, I had no idea that} 18...
Bxe4 $5 {was a legal move. It may be Black's best chance for survival.} 19.
dxe4 Ncxe4 20. Nh6+ gxh6 21. Qxh6 $13 Rc2 22. f3 (22. Ba1 Qf5 $40) 22... Rxb2
23. fxe4 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe4 $44) 19. Re1 (19. f3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 19...
d5 20. Bh3 (20. Bxe5 dxe4 21. Bh3 $36) 20... Kh8 21. Bxe5 (21. b4 $1 $16) 21...
f6 22. Bd4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qb4 {He played this surprising move with
just one minute left on the clock. Despite an early loss by Vajda on the third
board, the match looked quite OK for us, and I started wondering whether to
play for more than a draw. This eventually caused some confusion and I got
into a bad ending.} (24. Qe3 Ng5 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nc7 $36) (24. Qf4 Ng5
25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ $17 27. f3 Rc2+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 Qb5+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+)
28... Qxf3+ $1 29. Qxf3 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Nxf3+ $19) 24... Nc7 (24... Nc5 25. Nd6
$1 (25. f3 $5) 25... Qxh3 26. Nxb7 $16) 25. Qe7 Qxe7 26. Nxe7 Rd8 $1 (26... Re8
27. Nf5 Ng5 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Bg2 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 $14) 27. Be3 Re8 28. Nf5 Ng5
29. Bg2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Rc1 Ne6 $2 {Not suspecting anything.} (31... Nd5
$1 $11 32. Nd6 Ra8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Nxc8 a6 (34... Nb4 35. Nxa7 Nxa2 36. Bd2
$1 $16) 35. Nxb6 (35. Bxb6 $2 Bg4 $19) 35... Nxb6 36. Bxb6 $11) 32. Nd6 Rd8 33.
Rc8 Rxc8 34. Nxc8 $16 a6 35. Nxb6 Kg8 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Kd2 Kd6 39.
Kc3 Nd8 40. b4 Kc6 41. Nc4 Nb7 42. Bf4 Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke4 44. Bc7 Bh5 45. Nc4 Kf3
46. Bb6 Be8 47. Be3 g5 48. Nd2+ Kg4 49. Kd4 Bc6 50. Ne4 Kf5 51. Nc3 Ke6 52. a4
Bg2 53. b5 axb5 54. Nxb5 h5 55. Bd2 Nd6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nd5 Ke6 58. Nb6 Bb7
59. a5 Ba6 60. Na4 Nb7 61. Bb4 Bf1 62. Nc3 Nd8 63. Kc5 Nf7 64. Nb5 Ne5 65. Nd4+
(65. a6 $1 Bg2 (65... Nd3+ 66. Kb6 Nxb4 67. a7 Bg2 68. f3 $1 $18) 66. a7 Kd7
67. Bc3 $16) 65... Kd7 66. Kb6 Nd3 67. Bc3 Nxf2 68. a6 Ng4 69. a7 Bg2 70. h4
gxh4 71. gxh4 Ne3 72. Kc5 Kc7 73. Bd2 Ng4 74. Bf4+ Ne5 75. Nf5 Kb7 76. Bxe5 (
76. Bxe5 fxe5 77. Kd6 e4 78. Ke5 Kxa7 79. Kf4 Kb6 80. Ng3 Bf3 81. Nxe4 Bxe4 82.
Kxe4 Kc7 83. Kf5 Kd8 84. Kg5 Ke7 85. Kxh5 Kf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00] Mihail,Marin} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} ({Rauf usually meets the fianchetto with the
symmetrical Grünfeld and I wanted to play the b2-b3 system but avoid the move
order} 6. d4 d5 7. b3 c5) 6... d6 {[%emt 0:00:24] This came as a small shock.}
({I was expecting} 6... Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2) 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} e5 {
[%emt 0:00:04];Marin,M (2589)-Howell,D (2693) EU-chT 20th Reykjavik 2015 (9.2)
1/2 We have now transposed to the system I had examined in CBM 169. That was
fine in principle but I started regretting I had not looked a bit at the lines,
especially at my game} {.} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:43] But now
we had already transposed to my article from CBM 170, only with a tempo less
for Black!} ({The only notable game where Black made this slight concession is
the following:} 8... Re8 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. e3 h6 13. Nd2 Qd7
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb8 16. f3 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. f4 $16 {
Petrosian,T-Larsen,B Zagreb 1965 MCL [Bulletin] (1-0, 40)}) 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09] So what should White do with his extra tempo? I
decided to play the generally useful} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:01:49] Which may be not
the most accurate, though. The point is that depending on Black's ulterior
play, White could use the e3-square for his king's knight.} (10. Qd2 {Rossetto,
H (2410)-Panno,O (2550) Buenos Aires CC Argentino 1977 (2) 1/2 is more
flexible, in the spirit of} {examined in my article.} Bf5 (10... h6 {[%cal
Gc8e6]} 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5) 11. Ng5) (10. a3 {would also make sense, see a
later comment.}) 10... Bf5 $146 {[%emt 0:06:57] A novelty over an almost 80
year old game in a rarely seen position.} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. g4 (12. Ng5
$5) 12... Be6 13. d4 cxd4 (13... exd4 $1 14. exd4 d5 $132) 14. exd4 exd4 15.
Nb5 $14 {Baratz,A-Orbach,W Paris 1938 (1-0, 37)}) 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:03:46]
Starting the fight for the d5-square. With the pawn on e2 still (for instance
after the aforementioned 10.a3) White could play 11.Nd2 followed by Nd5. We
will soon see that the d2-square is optimal in the event of an exchange on d5.}
Ne8 {[%emt 0:09:37]} 12. Nge4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:02] Not giving
White the time to enjoy the knight's stability on e4.} (12... Nc7 13. Qd2 Be6
14. f4 $14) 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:10] So far we had both played relatively
quickly but now Rauf took 15 minutes and I thought for 17 before answering.}
Ne7 {[%emt 0:15:17]} 14. Nec3 {[%emt 0:17:04]} (14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd2 {
is an interesting alternative:} f5 (15... d5 16. Nc3 $1) 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. f4) ({
But my favourite now is} 14. Nd2 $5 {which I did not consider during the game.
The point is that sooner or later Black will have to take on d5 and then the
reserve knight would be ready to go to c4.} Qd7 15. Qc2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bh3 17.
a4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. f3 b6 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. e4 f4 22. Bc3 (22. g4 {allows
Black to block the position completely:} h6 23. Bc3 a5 {with an inevitable
draw.}) 22... fxg3 23. hxg3 h5 24. Rh1 $14) 14... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 15.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:00] This pawn ensures White some space advantage. The
structure is the same as in Petrosian-Larsen above but the knight is better
placed on e8 than on b8 which makes a difference.} ({I did not see any special
for joy after} 15. Nxd5 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Rad8 {
threatening ...d6-d5. I did not notice that White can keep the control in
centre with} 19. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7] but actually Black does not have any
problem after for instance} Qd7 20. Qd2 Bh3 $11) 15... Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 16.
a4 {[%emt 0:00:42] Dreaming of transferring the knight to c4, but this would
take a lot of time.} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:03:05] Frankly
speaking I was confident and this feeling was consolidated when my opponent
took another quarter of an hour before playing:} Nf6 {[%emt 0:15:29]} ({
I thought} 17... exf4 {was a concession but apparently things are not that
simple:} 18. gxf4 Nf6 19. Qd2 Qe7 (19... Qb6 20. Rfb1 $5) 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. e4
(21. Kh1 $5) 21... Ng4 22. Nd1 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Qf6 24. Nc4 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26.
h3 (26. e5 dxe5 27. h3 exf4 28. hxg4 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 fxg4 $1 $13 {leads to
unclear consequences.}) 26... Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Nf6 (27... Nh6 28. e5) 28. exf5 Nh5
{with excellent black counterplay. Of course, Black could exchange on f4 one
or two moves later, too, transposing.}) 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:
08:48]} 19. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} e4 $5 {[%emt 0:01:25] If Black had decided
not to take on f4, this is the best way of dealing with the central tension.} (
19... Rae8 20. fxe5 Qxe5 (20... dxe5 21. Nb5 $14) 21. d4 Qe7 22. dxc5 dxc5 23.
d6 Qe6 24. e4 $36) 20. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} (20... Nxe4
21. Nxe4 fxe4 (21... Bxb2 22. Nxd6) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c4,
Gd2c2]} b6 24. Rc4 Bf5 25. b4 $5) 21. Nd1 $1 {[%emt 0:03:58][%cal Gd1f2,Gb2f6]
Regrouping in such a way as to put maximum pressure on e4.} b5 {[%emt 0:07:41]
Black needs to find queenside counterplay as resisting on the kingside is
impossible:} (21... Bf5 22. h3 h5 23. Nf2 Rae8 24. g4 hxg4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
hxg4 Bd7 27. g5 Bg7 28. Bxe4 $16) 22. Nf2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} 23. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (23... Rab8 24. Rb1 {
practically transposes to the game, but without allowing White's improvement
suggested below.} (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxe4 Bg7 26. Ng5 Rb2 $132)) 24. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Nxe4 $14 {[%emt 0:00:11] From the
structural point of view White is better, but the force of the c-pawn should
not be neglected.} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (25... Bg7 $2 26. Nxc5 $1 $16 dxc5 27.
d6 Qd8 28. Bxa8 Qxa8 29. Qa2+ $18) 26. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:20] Missing the chance
of taking advantage of Black's inaccurate move order.} (26. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 27.
Rf2 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4,Ge4e5]}) 26... Bb5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} ({We both thought} 
26... Bg7 $1 27. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6,Ge3e4] dangerous for Black, but actually the
c-pawn ensures at least enough counterplay.} c4 28. Ne6 c3 29. Qa2 (29. Qe2 c2
$36) 29... Bb5 30. Nxf8 Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bd4+ 33. Kf3 c2 34. Rbc1
Bxf1 35. Bxf1 Rb3+ 36. Ke4 Bc5 37. Bd3 Kxf8 $15) 27. Rfc1 $1 {[%emt 0:03:09]
Taking measures against the enemy number one.} a6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Nxf6+ {
[%emt 0:00:51]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:45] I played this
after less than one minute since it was part of my initial plan. Keeping
queens on the board could lead to interesting play.} (29. e4 g5 $5 30. e5 $5 (
30. fxg5 Qe5 $44) 30... Qf5 (30... dxe5 31. fxg5) 31. Rb3 gxf4 32. exd6 Qe5 33.
Rxc5 Bc4 $1 34. Rxb8 Qa1+ 35. Kf2 fxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Qe5+ {with a draw by
perpetual.}) 29... Qxc3 {[%emt 0:06:59]} 30. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05] The endgame
looks unpleasant for Black but as long as he can keep the queenside files
closed he should be able to resist in the centre.} g5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (
30... Bd7 31. Rcb3 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Bb5 33. e4 Re8 (33... g5 34. fxg5) 34. Kf2 Kf7
35. Ke3 Kf6 36. h4 $14 {[%cal Gg2h3]}) 31. Rcb3 {[%emt 0:13:11] Planning to
put the maximum pressure on the enemy bishop.} (31. fxg5 {would abandon the
hopes for a massive pawn break in the centre, clearing the f-file for the
black rook at the same time. My doubled pawns would not become threatening
very soon.} Be2 32. Rxb8 (32. Re1 Rb2) 32... Rxb8 33. e4 c4 34. Kf2 Rb3 35. Rc1
Bd3 36. Bf1 Bxe4 37. Bxc4 Rf3+ 38. Kg1 Ra3) 31... gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32.
gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb7 $5 {[%emt 0:02:15] A wise way to avoid the pin.} 33.
Bf1 {[%emt 0:10:48]} c4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (34. Bxc4
$2 Rg7+) 34... Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (35. Bh3 {is more
restrictive.}) 35... Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} (35... Rxd5 $2 36. Bxc4 $18) (35...
Re7 36. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 36. Bh3 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37.
Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. h3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rg7 {
[%emt 0:02:30] Despite his strategic problems and time trouble, Rauf finds the
only way to activate his rooks and put up resistance.} 39. Kf3 {[%emt 0:08:32]}
Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rhg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
00] The best chance.} 43. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} ({Happily, I noticed in time that} 44. Rd1 $2 {loses:} Ba4 45.
Re1 Rd2+ 46. Kxc4 Re4#) 44... Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Due to the
reduced number of pawns, this is close to a draw, but apparently White can
still keep up the pressure for a long time.} 47. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (47. Kd4
$1 Rh7 48. Rg1 Kf7 49. f5 $16) 47... Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:
26]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (48... d5 49. Kd4 $1) (48... Bxe4 49. Bxe4 d5 50. Kd4
$1) 49. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:03:54]
Practically agreeing to a draw.} Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 53.
Bxa6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} ({I considered} 54... Rf3 {a small trap but I missed something
simple:} 55. Rxd6 Rxf4+ 56. Ke5 Re4+ 57. Kf5 {I thought this would lead to a R
+ B vs R ending without noticing} Ba8 58. Rd8+ Re8 $1) 55. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Ra4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 {Marin,M 
(2603)-Yuffa,D (2469) EU-ch 16th Jerusalem 2015 (7) 1/2 I had analysed this
variation in my then still unpublished article for CBM 169. In fact I had used
it in a published game already, but I imagined that my opponent would not take
it as more than a one game experiment. Judging from the speed of his play up
to a certain point I came to understand that he had dedicated at least some
attention to it during his preparation.} Nc6 ({In the next and last round I
faced the more flexible} 7... Re8 {(1/2-1/2, 39) Marin,M (2589)-Howell,D (2693)
Reykjavik 2015 CBM 170 [Marin]}) 8. O-O Nh5 9. Nc3 f5 10. e3 f4 {The most
straightforward continuation. While working for my article I tended to
underestimate it but my trainer Valentin Stoica told me he thought the last
move to be the most natural, so I changed my mind. But even so, during the
game I could not remember exactly what I had recommended. After some 10
minutes spent in vain I decided to have a fresh look at the position and
understand all its details. After almost half an hour I came up with:} 11. exf4
{After playing it I became confident that this is what I had examined in the
article, too.} exf4 12. Qd2 {White keeps developing calmly, connecting the
rooks and creating the positional threat Nd5. Black's kingside pressure looks
a bit annoying but the h5-knight is awfully placed.} Bg4 {I had also
considered other ways of putting pressure on the f3-knight.} (12... g5 13. Ne1
{I managed to remember one of the main ideas behind this move: Bxc6 followed
by the exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} Nd4 ({This was one of my main
worries during the game and I discovered that I had not analysed it in the
article! My comments went:} 13... Be6 14. Bf3 g4 15. Bxc6 $1 {Aronian,L (2518)
-Nevednichy,V (2537) EU-chT (Men) 12th 1999 (3.4) 1-0 Only this unusual
decision offers White a slight advantage. Black's weaknesses on both wings are
more relevant than the absence of the white light-squared bishop. I first came
across with a similar plan when whitnessing from close up a game by a very
young Levon Aronian:} bxc6 16. Ng2 Bf5 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Nh4 $14) (13... g4 14.
Bd5+ Kh8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng2 $14 {/\ Rae1}) 14. Bd5+ {Trying to keep the
bishop alive against the threat ...f4-f3.} Kh8 (14... Be6 15. Bxb7 $5) 15. Nf3
c6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 (16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 $16) 17. Bh1 {The position is a bit
unusual. White is better coordinated and the black king is exposed. But what
about the threat ...f4-f3? Would I simply be a piece down for practical
purpose? During the game I was not sure if my dynamic potential would
over-compensate for this problem, but it seems that White is at least a bit
better. For instance:} f3 18. Ne4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2+ Ng7 20. Qd4 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rfe1 Kg8 24. Re3 g4 25. h3 h5 26. hxg4 Bxg4 (26... hxg4 $2 27.
Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qxg4+ Kf7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Bxf3 $18) 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Nxd5 $14 {
Black has lost a pawn and his kingside pawns need permanent care. It is not
clear why the g4-bishop should be better than its rival, since it is stuck to
defending the f3-pawn.}) ({I also considered} 12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 {but
after} 14. Qe2 $14 {White defends against ...f4-f3 and can enjoy his better
development and control over the light squares. The h5-knight cannot return
into play easily, as this would leave the e5-pawn hanging.}) 13. Rae1 Qd7 {
My opponent was clearly surprised by my reaction, since on both this and the
next move he spent almost 20 minutes.} ({Against} 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 {
I planned} 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Nb5 $16 {with better dveelopment and almost
absolute control on light squares.}) 14. Nd5 {This is where my line ended with
the entirely justified evaluation +/=. Being a tempo behind in development,
having a problem his knight on h5 and a vulnerable king as well as the f4- and
c7-pawns hanging, Black has a tough choice. He can combine moves such as ...
fxg3, ...Bxb2 and ...Rae8 as he wishes, but it is hard to understand which
recipe is best. Actually, there is already no optimal solution available, only
at best the lesser evil.} fxg3 (14... Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Rae8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Ng5
{[%csl Gf6][%cal Gg5e4]} Ne5 $8 18. d4 (18. Nxf4 $5 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Nxd3 20. Bd5+
Be6 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Nxb2 23. Nxc7 Re2 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxf4+ 26. Kf3
g5 27. h4 $36) (18. Qd2 {[%csl Gd3,Gf4]} h6 19. gxf4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 hxg5 21.
fxg5 $14) 18... f3 $5 19. dxe5 $5 fxg2 20. Re1 c6 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23.
Qxf6 Bf5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qxd6 $14 {[%csl Gg2]}) (14... Rae8 15. Bxg7 Qxg7
16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxf4 $14 {/+/-} Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Nd4 20. Kg2 Rf8
21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Qg4 $16) 15. fxg3 Rae8 ({In the absence of the f-pawns} 15...
Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {is simply bad due to} 18. Ng5 $18 {[%cal
Gf1f7,Gg5e4]}) 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 {Black has completed his development but his
coordination remains far from optimal. But White needs to act accurately in
order to keep his initiative as the symmetrical character of the structure
yields strong drawish tendencies. Given these circumstances I am outraged to
find out that I played my next move after less than two minutes.} 17. b4 $6 {
Not a bad move but by far not the best. Clearing the path for the g2-bishop
with b4-b5 is a typical plan in the English opening, but dynamically the last
move does not bring in much.} (17. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 (17... Kxg7 18. Ng5 $18 {
[%cal Gf1f7,Gh2h3,Gd2b2,Gg5e4]} Rf8 19. Rxf8 Kxf8 20. h3 Be6 21. g4 Ng7 22.
Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Qh6 $18) 18. Qg5 $1 $16 {The key move, highlughting Black's poor
coordination.} Bxf3 (18... Be6 19. g4 {[%csl Gh5]} h6 20. Qh4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 $18
) 19. Bxf3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gf3h5]} Re5 20. Qh4 {[%cal Gf3e4,Gg3g4]} Rf5 21.
Bxh5 $5 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qf7+ 23. Kg2 gxh5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxh5 $16) 17... Nd8
18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Re1 $6 {A new inaccuracy, played after half a minute and
throwing away what was left of White's advantage.} (19. Qg5 {was still strong,
but since I did not see the idea earlier it is understandable that I missed it
now, too.}) ({The natural and logical move was} 19. b5 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nb4
$14) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nf6 21. Nd4 c6 22. Ne3 Bd7 {White's position still
looks more harmonious but little by little his space advantage is threatening
to become more of a weakness on the dark squares.} 23. Nb3 Qe7 24. Qf2 b6 25.
a4 {The natural plan based on b4-b5 will leave White's pawns blocked on light
squares, which could be dangerous in the case of mass simplifications. But
during the game I saw no better idea and to tell the truth I do not see one
now, either.} Nf7 {.} 26. b5 c5 27. Nd2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd2e4] Starting the
fight for the d5-square, the pride of White's position.} Kg7 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29.
Bxe4 {By now we were starting to experience serious time problems so the next
11 moves were played mainly by intuition.} Qe5 (29... Ng5 30. Bg2 Nh3+ 31. Bxh3
Bxh3 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. Qe4 $11 {Black cannot force the queen exchange, which
would make the ending promising for him. With queens on the board the black
king is not safe enough to allow him to hope for more than a draw.}) 30. h4 {
[%csl Gg5]} (30. Kg2 Ng5 $17) 30... Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa4 {At first I was annoyed
athaving have lost the pawn, but managed to pull myself together and find a
plan to take advantage of the temporary absence of the queen from the kingside.
} 32. Bd5 Ne5 33. g4 $1 {Threatening g5 followed by Qf6 mate. I suddenly felt
very confident that my opponent would not manage to keep his balance facing
the real and imaginary threats with seconds on his clock. His answer justified
my optimism, even though for reasons which remained unclear to me during the
game.} h6 $2 {A natural move and... the decisive mistake. Black unnecessarily
weakens his kingside. But in order to understand it:} ({I had spotted in a
flash the line} 33... Nxg4 34. Nxg4 Bxg4 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kh5 37. Qg5#) (
33... Z0 {But actually I was not aware of which was my real threat:} 34. g5 Bf5
35. Be6 $1 (35. Nxf5+ $2 gxf5 36. Qxf5 Qc2+ {If the king retreats Black gives
a perpetual while after} 37. Kg3 Qxd3+ 38. Qxd3 Nxd3 39. Kg4 Nb4 {the king's
and bishop's superior activity are only compensating for the pawn, not more.
Black threatens to simplify with ...a7-a6 while afetr} 40. Bb7 Nc2 $11 {
the king cannot go to f5 due to ...Ne3+.}) 35... Bxe6 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+
Nf7 (37... Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. h5) 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40.
Nf5+ Kg6 41. Ne7+) ({There were several queen moves which parried the threat,
for instance:} 33... Qb4 34. g5 Bf5 35. Be6 Bxe6 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38.
Qe7+ Kg8 39. h5 Qd2+) ({Or} 33... Qb3 34. g5 Bf5 35. Be6 Qxd3 $11 {
centralising the queen.}) 34. g5 hxg5 ({After the game my opponent complained
that he should not have opened the h-file, but after} 34... Bf5 35. gxh6+ Kxh6
36. Qf4+ Kh7 37. Qg5 $18 {White's attack is decisive anyway.}) 35. hxg5 Bf5 36.
Qh4 ({With the clock ticking the elegant} 36. d4 $3 {did not cross my mind.
The idea is to clear the b1-f5 diagonal, preventing a later ...Qc2.} cxd4 37.
Nxf5+ gxf5 38. Qxf5 Qa2+ 39. Kg3 Qb3+ 40. Kh4 $1 {We can see now that the
winning idea based on d3-d4 was not available in the lines above with the pawn
on h4 still, as the king could not have escaped the perpetual.} Ng6+ 41. Kh5)
36... Kf8 (36... Nf7 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39. Qg8+ Ke5 40. Qh8+ Kf4 41.
Nd5+ Kxg5 42. Kg3 $18) 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Nxf5+ gxf5 39. Qf6+ Kd7 40. Qxf5+ ({
I wanted to play} 40. Be6+ {but panicked on seeing} Ke8 {In fact, the simple}
41. Bxf5 $18 {reaches the optimal regrouping with gain of time with respect to
the game. But my move is winning, too, even though it requires a bit more of
an effort. as regards technique}) 40... Kc7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 42. Qg8+ Kc7 43. Qg7+
Nd7 (43... Kd8 44. Qf6+ Kd7 45. Qe6+ Kc7 46. Qe7+ Nd7 47. Be6 Qc2+ 48. Kg3
Qxd3+ 49. Kh4 $18) 44. Be4 (44. Qe7 Qc2+ 45. Kh3 Qxd3+ 46. Kh4 $18) 44... Qd1
45. Qe7 $1 {A strong centralising move. In many lines after Be4-f5, the
control over the e-file is vital, preventing the enemy queen from switching
from one wing to the other during the king chase.} ({My initial plan was} 45.
Bf5 {followed by the king's march to h5, but then noticed that after} Qe2+ 46.
Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kg4 Qe2+ 48. Kh4 {Black has} Qf2+ $1 {forcing the king to return
to g4.}) 45... Qg4+ (45... Kc8 46. Bf5) 46. Kf2 Qf4+ 47. Ke2 Qh2+ $6 ({My main
line went} 47... Qg4+ 48. Bf3 Qf4 49. Bc6 Qg4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Kd1 Qf1+ 52.
Kc2 Qf2+ 53. Kb3 Qf5 54. Kc3 $18 {when Black has nothing better than
exchanging queens with ...Qe5+ with a similar ending to that in the game. In
the evening, the captain of the Romanian women's team Ciprian Nanu suggested}
a5 {but the a-pawn is not strong enough to save the game after} 55. g6 Qf6+ 56.
Qxf6 Nxf6 57. g7 Kd8 58. Bd5 Ke7 59. g8=Q Nxg8 60. Bxg8 Kf6 61. d4 Kf5 62. Bh7+
Kf4 63. dxc5 dxc5 64. Kd2 $18) 48. Kf3 Qe5 (48... Qh5+ 49. Kg3) ({Against} 
48... Qh3+ 49. Kf4 Kc8 {I planned the small "joke"} 50. Qxd7+ {even though
this is not the only move.}) 49. Qxe5 Nxe5+ 50. Kf4 {Capablanca,J-Corzo y
Prinzipe,J Havana m 1901 (9) 1-0 The game is over as the bishop is stronger
than the knight and the g-pawn very dangerous. Soon after the game, my friend
John Dragomir (a Romanian amateur living in England) told me that I won in
similar way to a 11-year old boy mentioning a game I confess I did not know:}
Kd7 51. Kf5 Ke7 52. g6 Nd7 53. Bd5 Kf8 54. Ke6 Ne5 55. Be4 Ng4 56. Kxd6 Nf2 57.
Kc7 Nd1 58. Kb7 Nb2 59. Kxa7 Na4 60. Bf3 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O (4... c5 $5 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Ne4 7. Nfd2
Qa5 $1 8. Bg2 Nxd2 9. Bc3 Nxb3 $5 10. Bxa5 Nxa5 11. Qa4+ Nac6 12. Nd2 O-O 13.
Rb1 cxd4 14. O-O Nd7 $44 {Psakhis,L-Magerramov,E/URS/1978/0:1 (40) Inf 26/55/})
5. g3 d6 6. d4 b6 $6 (6... Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 $1 {N 9.Ne1-37/639/}
e3 10. f4 h6 $6 (10... Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. b4 $14 {Gurevich,V}) 11. Nf3 Re8 12.
Nc3 (12. f5 $5) 12... c6 $6 13. f5 $1 $16 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Gurevich,V/Werfen/
1990/ Inf 51/571/}) (6... c5 $5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 (9. Qc2 $2 Bf5
10. Qd1 (10. g4 Nb4 $19) 10... Bg4 11. e3 Ng5 $1 $17 {Carlhammar,M-Smirin,I/
Gausdal/1990/0:1/ (18)}) 9... Bf5 10. Nxe4 (10. e3 Qa5 $1 $10) 10... Bxe4 11.
Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 $10) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 (8... e6 $5 9. Nc3 c5) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nf6 12. d5 c6
13. e4 cxd5 14. exd5 $16 Rc8 $6 (14... b5 $142 15. cxb5 Bxd5) 15. Qd3 b5 16.
Bh3 $1 (16. cxb5 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxd5 $10) 16... bxc4 17. bxc4 Ra8 18. Rfe1 Re8
19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. Nc6 {/\ 22.Bc3-a5} Nxd5 $8 22. Qxd5 e6 (22... Bxc3
23. Rxe7 $1 $18) 23. Ba5 $1 (23. Bxe6 $2 Bxc3) 23... Qd7 24. Nb4 Qa4 25. Bxe6 (
25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc4 27. a3 $18) 25... fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8
28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Bc7 $1 (29. Nxa6 $6 Qxa2 30. Rf1 Rf5 31. Qxd6 Qxa5 $44) 29...
Rc8 30. Nxa6 Qxa6 31. Qb7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 $18 Bd4 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. f4 Re8 35. Rb8
Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 h5 39. Kd5 Ke7 40. h3 Kd7 41. g4 hxg4 42.
hxg4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 57 Championnat"]
[Site "Schiltigheim"]
[Date "1982.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manouck, Thierry"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1982.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Thierry MANOUCK a obtenu sa 1ère norme de MI, 1 mois plus tard а la
mitroca cup organisée en France} Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 {Conformément а
son style et а son répertoire, T.MANOUCK choisit une variante permettant de
manoeuvrer} Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. d3 $146 {un peu passif} (7. O-O e5 8.
d3 {Petrosian,T-Larsen,B Zagreb (7) 1-0}) (7. d4) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 {
[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. Nbd2 a6 $6 {L.ROOS va ensuite utiiliser un plan peu logique.
Il semble commencer а préparer la poussée b7b5 en jouant a6, puis Rb8 et
ensuite, il change de plan avec b6.} (9... e5 {Plus logique après avoir joué
Re8}) (9... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 10. a3 (10. Qc2 $6 a4 $132) 10... Qb6 (10...
c5 {[%csl Rb4]} 11. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3b5]}) (10... Nc5) 11. Qc2 e5 12. e4 {
[%csl Rd4]} Nc5 13. Rfd1 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb6f2]}) 10. Qc2 Rb8 $6 11. b4
e5 12. e4 c5 {[%csl Rd4]} 13. a3 b6 14. Bc3 $1 h6 15. a4 Qc7 (15... cxb4 $1 16.
Bxb4 Qc7 (16... Nc5)) 16. Rfc1 cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 $5 {[%csl Rb5]} (17... Nc5 18.
a5 bxa5 19. Bxa5) 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3b5]} Bd7 20. Nc3 Bc6
21. Bh3 $14 {[%csl Rc8]} Nh7 22. Rcb1 $1 {[%csl Rb6]} f5 23. Nd5 Qf7 (23...
Bxd5 24. cxd5 {[%csl Rc6]}) 24. Bxc5 $1 {le Nc5 était une des rares pièces
noires actives} bxc5 25. exf5 $1 Bxd5 (25... gxf5 26. Nh4 {[%csl Rf5]}) (25...
e4 26. dxe4 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 $44 Bxd5 28. exd5) 26. fxg6 $1 {[%cal Gg6h7]} Qxf3 (
26... Qxg6 27. cxd5) 27. gxh7+ Kxh7 28. cxd5 e4 29. dxe4 $1 {il va manquer un
tempo aux noirs pour prendre le Pe4 а cause de l'enfilade Bf5} Bxa1 30. Rxa1
Kg7 (30... Rxe4 31. Bg2) (30... Qxe4 31. Bf5+) 31. Re1 $44 {[%csl Ge6,Gf5]
[%cal Gh3e6,Ge1e3,Gh3f5]} Rb4 32. Re3 (32. Bf5 Reb8 {[%cal Gb4b2]}) 32... Qf6
33. Bf5 Reb8 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Qd1 Qg5 36. Qf3 {[%csl Rg7]} Ra2 37. h4 $1 Qf6 38.
Qh5 {[%cal Ge3f3]} Rbb2 39. Rf3 $40 {[%cal Gf5e6]} c4 $6 40. e5 $1 dxe5 41.
Qg4+ Kh8 42. Bc2 $1 Qe7 43. Qc8+ {Avec mat en 11!} Kg7 44. d6 Qxd6 45. Qf5 Rxc2
46. Qf7+ Kh8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Rf7+ {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nh5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. O-O f5 10. a3 {N/} (10. e3 g5 11. Nd5 f4 12. Nd2 g4 13. Be4 Rf7 14. b4
Qg5 $36 {Ubilava,E-Kupreichik,V/Rostov/1976/0:1/29/}) (10. Nd2 Be6 11. a3 a5
12. Nd5 Qd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bh6 16. e3 $14 {Damljanovic,
B-Carruez,B/Ponferrada/1992/1:0/41/}) 10... a5 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. Nd5 (12. e3 $5)
12... Nd4 $1 13. e3 Ne6 14. Nf3 (14. f4 $6 c6 15. Nc3 Qb6 $1 16. Re1 exf4 17.
Na4 Qa7 18. gxf4 Nhxf4 $17) (14. Bf3 $5 Nf6 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Bg2 $13) 14... c6
15. Nc3 g5 16. Nd2 (16. Nxe5 g4 $5 (16... dxe5 17. Qxh5 Qxd3 18. Rac1 Qd2 19.
Rb1 e4 $13) 17. Nxg4 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rb8 $15) 17... fxg4 (17... Qg5 $2
18. f4 $1 Nhxf4 19. exf4 Qxg4 20. Re1 $18) 18. Qxg4 Nf6 (18... Nef4 19. Qd1
Nxg2 20. Qxh5) 19. Qd1 Qe8 $132) 16... g4 17. b4 Ng5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 (19.
exf4 Bd4+ (19... Ne6 $5 $15) 20. Kh1 Nxg3+ $6 (20... Qe8 $5 21. Qe1) 21. hxg3
Qe8 22. Rf2 $1 Qh5+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 26. Rh2 $18)
19... Ne6 20. b5 Qb6 21. d4 Bd7 22. a4 Nxd4 $1 23. exd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 (24. Rf2
Nxf4 25. Nb3 Qxc4) 24... Rae8 25. Rb1 (25. Ndb1 $5 Qc5) 25... Qe3 $5 26. Qc2 (
26. Na2 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Rf6 $1 (27... Re6 28. Rb3 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Rh6+ 30. Bh3
Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 $10) 28. Rb3 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Rh6+ 30. Bh3 Rxh3+ 31.
Kg2 Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 35. Rf2 Rh2+ $1 36. Kxh2
Rxf2+ $19) (26. Re1 Qf2 27. Rf1 Qh4 28. Nf3 (28. Ne2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxe2 30.
Qxe2 Ng3+ $19) 28... gxf3 29. Rxf3 Nxf4 30. Qxd6 Nxg2 31. Qxd7 Ne1 $1 32. Rf1
Rd8 33. Qe6 Rfe8 34. Qxf5 (34. Qf7 Be5) 34... Rd2 35. Ne2 (35. Qf4 Qxf4 36.
Rxf4 Nd3) 35... Rxb2 36. Rfxe1 Be5 37. h3 Qxc4 $19) 26... Ng3+ $4 (26... Re6 $1
27. Nf3 (27. Nd1 Ng3+ $1 28. hxg3 Rh6+) 27... gxf3 28. Rxf3 Qc5 $19) 27. hxg3
Rf6 28. Bf3 $1 $18 (28. Nf3 $2 Rh6+ 29. Nh2 Qxg3) 28... gxf3 29. Nxf3 (29. Rxf3
$5) 29... Qc5 30. Ne2 Rfe6 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Ned4 Re3 33. bxc6 (33. Rfd1 $5
$18) 33... Bxc6 34. Nxc6 $5 (34. Nxf5+ Kg8 35. Nxe3 Rxe3 36. Rb5 $1 Rxf3 37.
Rxf3 Bxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Qb2 $18) 34... Qxc6 (34... bxc6 35. Rfe1 $1) 35.
Qb2+ (35. Qxf5 $1 $18 Rxf3 $2 36. Qg4+) 35... Kg8 36. Qxb7 Qxc4 37. Ng5 (37.
Rfc1 $5 Qe4 38. Rc8 $1) 37... R8e7 38. Qb8+ Re8 39. Qb5 (39. Qxd6 Rd3 (39...
Rxg3 40. Qd7) 40. Rbc1 $1 $18) 39... Qxb5 40. Rxb5 Rxg3 41. Rxf5 h6 42. Nf3 $6
(42. Nf7 $18) 42... Re4 43. Rg1 (43. Kh2 $5 Rg4 44. Rxa5 Rexf4 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46.
a5 $18) 43... Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Rxa4 45. Kg2 Rc4 46. Kg3 Rc5 $1 47. Rf6 a4 48.
Rxd6 Ra5 49. Rd2 (49. Rxh6 a3 50. Rh1 a2 51. Ra1 Kf7 52. Nd4 Kf6 53. Kg4 Ra4
54. Ne2 Ra3 55. Nc1 Rc3 56. Nxa2 Ra3 $10) 49... a3 50. Ra2 h5 51. Nd2 Ra4 $1
52. Kf3 (52. Nb1 h4+ 53. Kg4 h3) 52... h4 53. Nb3 (53. Nb1 h3 54. Rxa3 h2) (53.
Ne4 $5 h3 54. Ng3) 53... Kg7 54. Kg4 h3 55. Kxh3 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Bg2 e6 12. f4 d5 13. Rd1 Rc8 (13... Ne7 {
came into consideration here. kam hier in Betracht.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O d4
{Activity at any cost - otherwise the pawn on d5 will just fall. Aktivität um
jeden Preis - ansonsten fällt einfach der Bauer d5.} 16. Nb5 Nd5 17. Ba3 a6 $2
{Now it will be two exchanges! Jetzt werden es zwei Qualitäten sein!} (17...
Nc3 $5 18. Bxf8 (18. Bxc6 Nxd1 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. Rxd1 (21. Nb5
Rxc6 22. Rxd1 Bg7) 21... Rxa7 $16) 18... Qxf8 19. Nxc3 dxc3 {and due to his
strong pawn on c3, Black still has some hope. und aufgrund seines starken
Bauern auf c3 hat Schwarz noch Hoffnung.}) 18. Nd6 Nc3 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. Rc1 b5 22. Rxc3 $1 {Who needs two exchanges, anyway? Wer braucht
schon zwei Mehrqualitäten?} dxc3 23. Qd6+ Ne7 24. Re1 Qe8 {[%tqu "En","Of
course White is winning here with his plus exchange, but what is the fastest
win for him?","White can make use of Black's weak back rank. To this end, he
first of all must win Black's knight.","Deflect the black queen from the
defence of the knight e7.","g2c6","Correct, but have you already seen the
point two moves afterwards? White is winning by force!",10,"De","Natürlich
steht Weiß mit seiner Mehrqualität auf Gewinn, doch wie lautet hier der
schnellste Gewinnweg?","Weiß kann die schwache gegnerische Grundreihe
ausnutzen. Zu diesem Zweck muss er zunächst den schwarzen Springer abholen.",
"Lenken Sie die schwarze Dame von der Deckung des Springers e7 ab.","g2c6",
"Korrekt, aber haben Sie auch schon die Pointe zwei Züge später
vorhergesehen?",10]} 25. Bc6 $1 {Could have been the prelude to a mating
attack - the point follows two moves later. Hätte tatsächlich die Einleitung
zu einer Mattkombination sein können - die Pointe folgt zwei Züge später.} Qxc6
26. Qxe7+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","And now comes the real point of the liquidation
started on move 25. White can win immediately here. How?","White can start a
mating attack here.","Make use of the weak black back rank.","e7e8","Taking
the long way home.",0,"e1d1","Congratulations. You have seen that White can go
for more here than just a won endgame.",20,"De","Und jetzt kommt die wirkliche
Pointe der im 25. Zug eingeleiteten Abtauschaktion. Weiß kann hier sofort
gewinnen. Wie?","Weiß kann hier einen Mattangriff einleiten.","Schlagen Sie
Kapital aus der schwachen schwarzen Grundreihe.","e7e8","Taking the long way
home.",0,"e1d1","Glückwunsch. Sie haben gesehen, dass Weiß hier mehr anstreben
kann als 'nur' ein gewonnenes Endspiel.",20]} 27. Qe8+ $6 {Taking the long way
home. Danach muss Weiß noch ein Endspiel gewinnen.} (27. Rd1 $1 {was winning
immediately: gewann auf der Stelle:} h5 28. Rd6 $1 (28. Rd7 $2 Qf6) 28... Qf3 (
28... Qc8 29. Rd8+) 29. Rd7 {and Black gets mated. und Schwarz wird matt.})
27... Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bf8 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Ra8 Bc5 32. Rc8 Bd4 33. Kd3
Bxf2 34. Rxc3 Bg1 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Ke2 a5 37. Kf1 Bd4 38. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. O-O (
8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. a4 Bd7 {Rogers,I-Piket,Je Groningen 1989 CBM/16})
8... Re8 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bc3 Nf8 13. a4 g5 14. Nf1 Ng6
$13 15. b5 c5 16. a5 Qe7 17. Ng3 Be6 18. h3 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Re1 f5 21. Bf1
Rf8 22. Nh2 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 h5 24. Qd1 f4 (24... h4 $5) 25. Ne4 Bg4 26. Be2 Qh4+
27. Kg1 Rad8 28. g3 $1 fxg3 29. fxg3 Qh3 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Ra2 $1 Qh5 32. Rh2
Qf5 33. Rf1 Qd7 34. Rhf2 Rxf2 35. Nxf2 e4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nxg4 exd3 38. Qa1+
Ne5 39. Nxe5 dxe5 40. Qxe5+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Varazdin GM"]
[Site "Varazdin"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Topalovic, Zlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 {Dieser Bauernzug ist etwas sonderbar, aber in der
sehr gut bekannten Partie Reti, R - Capablanca, J, New York 1924, war Weiß mit
dieser Fortsetzung erfolgreich. Mit dem Textzug möchte Weiß am Damenflügel
Raum gewinnen.} Bg7 (3... a5 4. b5 Bg7) 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 {Die andere
Möglichkeit für Weiß wäre 5.g3.} b6 {Schwarz möchte seinen anderen Läufer auch
auf die große Diagonale entwickeln. Gewöhnlich spielt Schwarz jedoch 5...d6,
was gute Ausgleichschancen ergibt.} (5... d6 6. d3 (6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nc3
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 $11)) 6. d4 (6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. a3 {1/2-1/2 Espig,
L-Mikhalchishin,A/Dortmund 1991/CBM 23 (8)}) 6... Bb7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 (7. bxc5
bxc5 8. d5 Na6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. Bc3 Ne4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14.
Na3 Nc3 15. Qd2 d6 16. Rfc1 Na4 17. Nb5 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Gasimov,R-Gouliev,N/Baku
2000/EXT 2002 (41)}) 7... bxc5 8. b5 a6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qd5 Qa5+
12. Ke2 Bb7 13. Qxb7 Nc6 14. Nfd2 Ra7 15. bxc6 Rxb7 16. cxb7 Qb4 {0-1 Smyslov,
V-Gufeld,E/URS 1967/MCD (35)}) 7. Be2 c5 8. Qb3 $6 {Weiß bringt die Dame ins
Spiel, aber der Textzug gefällt mir nicht.} (8. a3) (8. dxc5 bxc5 9. b5 $14)
8... cxb4 9. Qxb4 d5 $36 {[%csl Rb4,Gb7,Gg7] Schwarz hat eine gute Entwicklung
und eine bequeme Stellung. Seine zwei Läufer stehen besonders gut auf den
großen Diagonalen, während die b4Q unglücklich steht.} 10. Nbd2 (10. c5 $6 Nc6
$15) 10... Nc6 11. Qa3 (11. Qb3 Na5 $15) 11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 Rc8 13. Nce5 (13.
O-O b5 14. Nce5 a6 $11) 13... a5 $1 {[%cal Gc6b4] Mit dieser Fortsetzung
mobilisiert Schwarz seine Bauern am Damenflügel und bereitet 14...Nb4 vor.} 14.
Nxc6 (14. O-O Nb4 $15) (14. Nd3 $11) 14... Bxc6 {Wir haben jetzt eine Stellung,
die typisch für die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung ist: Weiß hat Raumvorteil
im Zentrum, aber Schwarz kontrolliert indirekt die wichtigsten Zentrumsfelder
durch seine Figuren. Allerdings hat Schwarz hier bereits deutlich
Entwicklungsvorsprung.} 15. Rc1 b5 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Ga5,Gb5,Gc6,Yd5,Ye4][%cal
Gb5b4,Gc6h1] Der c6B steht ausgezeichnet und in folgendem Schwarz kann b5-b4
spielen, mit weiterem Raumgewinn am Damenflügel.} 16. O-O (16. Rxc6 Rxc6 17.
Bxb5 Rc8 18. O-O Qd5 $15) 16... b4 17. Qd3 (17. Qb3 Qd6 $11) 17... Qd5 18. Qa6
Bb7 $1 (18... Qxa2 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxb2 21. Bc4 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} (
21... e6 22. Ne5 $132) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd5+ e6 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kh8
26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Nf6 28. Qa7 $132) 19. Qb5 (19. Qb6) 19... Qxa2 20. Qxb7
Rxc1 21. Bxc1 (21. Rxc1 $2 Qxb2 {[%cal Rb2e2,Rb2c1]} 22. Re1 a4 $19) 21... Qxe2
22. Qxe7 Qb5 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4] Die Stellung ist zwar materiell gleich, aber
Schwarz hat ein entscheidendes positionelles Übergewicht - seine verbundenen
Freibauern am Damenflügel sind sehr stark.} 23. Bd2 b3 (23... Re8 $17) 24. Rb1
a4 25. h4 Re8 26. Qa7 Ne4 (26... Nd5 $17) 27. Be1 Bf8 {[%cal Ga4a3] Auf diese
Weise bereitet Schwarz 28...a3 vor.} 28. h5 gxh5 29. Ne5 Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Schwarz opfert die Qualität und vernichtet auf diese Weise die einzige aktive
weiße Figur.} (29... Be7 $17) 30. dxe5 Qd3 31. Rc1 (31. Ra1 a3 (31... b2 32.
Qxa4 bxa1=Q 33. Qxa1 Qe2 $19) 32. Rxa3 Bxa3 33. Qxa3 Qd1 $19) 31... b2 32. Rc8
b1=Q 33. Qe7 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re7f8,Rc8g8]} Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Qh1+ $8 {[%mdl 64]
Interessanterweise ist das die einzige Möglichkeit für Schwarz zu gewinnen -
er gibt seine neue Dame für ein Tempo!} 35. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kh2 Ng4+
$19) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kh2 (37. Kxf2 Qf5+ $19 {[%cal Rf5f2,Rf5c8]}) 37... Ng4+ 38.
Kg3 (38. Kh3 Qh1+ 39. Kg3 Qh2+ $19 {Auf diese Weise erreichen wir die
Partiefortsetzung.}) 38... Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ (39... Qxe3+ 40. g3 Qh6 $19) 40.
Kg3 Qh2+ 41. Kf3 Nxe5+ 42. Ke4 Ng6 $19 {Endlich ist alles verteidigt in der
schwarzen Stellung und er behält deutlichen Materialvorteil.} 43. Qg5 h6 0-1

[Event "Valby K41"]
[Site "Valby"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 a5 7. b5 cxb5 8. cxb5
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... a4 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. d3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Rab1
Nc7 15. Rfc1 e5 16. d4 Bf5 $13 {Smyslov,V-Fernandez Garcia,J Buenos Aires 1990
EXP/19}) 10. d3 Nb6 11. Nbd2 (11. a4 Nbd5) 11... a4 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rb1 e5 14.
Nc4 Bxb5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rxb5 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qe7 18. c5 (18. Nxe5 Ne4 $1 $44)
18... Rfc8 19. Qb1 Rxc5 20. Rxb7 Rc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Bc4 Ne8 24.
Rd1 Rc8 25. Nd2 Bf8 (25... Qxa3 26. Qb7 Rc7 27. Qb8 $146) 26. Qc2 Ra8 27. Bd5
Rd8 28. Nc4 Nc7 29. Bc6 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Ne6 31. Qxa4 Nc5 32. Qc2 Qc7 33. Bd5 Nd7
34. e4 Nb6 35. a4 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Bc5 37. g3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qa5 39. Bb3 Qb4 40. Qd3
Qd4 41. Qf3 f6 42. Qe2 Bb6 43. Qc2 Qc5 44. Bc4 Qd4 45. Bd5 Kh6 46. Qa2 Qc3 47.
Be6 Qb4 48. Qc2 Qd4 49. Bd5 Kg7 50. Qa2 Qb4 51. h3 Qe1 52. h4 h5 53. Qb2 Bd4
54. Qc2 Qc3 55. Qa2 Qa5 56. Qa3 Qa7 57. Qc1 Bc5 58. Qc2 Qb6 59. Bb3 Qb4 60. Ba2
Qd4 61. a5 g5 62. a6 gxh4 63. gxh4 f5 64. Bd5 fxe4 65. Bxe4 Kf6 66. Bf3 Ke7 67.
Qh7+ Kd8 68. Qg8+ Kc7 69. Qf7+ Kb6 70. Qf6+ Bd6 71. Bxh5 Kxa6 72. Bf3 Ka5 73.
h5 Bc5 74. Be2 e4 75. Qxd4 Bxd4 76. Bg4 Kb6 77. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 (2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. Bg2 (6. cxd5 $5)
6... dxc4 7. Na3 Nd5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Qc2 Kg8 10. Qxc4 Be6 (10... c6 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qh4 e5 13. Ng5 N7f6 14. b5 {1-0 Hort,V-Krisko,M/Trinec 1972/MCD (26)}) 11.
Qh4 Nf6 12. e4 $6 (12. Ng5 $5 Bd5 13. e4) 12... Qd3 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nd4 Qxa3 15.
Bxb7 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe7 Nxe5 {0-1 Castro,S-Rodriguez
Costa,M/Lalin 2000/EXT 2001 (29)}) 2... g6 3. g3 (3. b4 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde
in der klassischen Partie Reti,R - Capablanca, J.-R. New York 1924 gespielt .}
Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nf8 10. Qc2 Ne6
11. e3 {1-0 Kosten,A-Jones,R/Telford ENG 2003/(27)}) 3... Bg7 4. b4 $6 {
Dieser Zug wäre viel besser in 3. Zug - jetzt erhält Schwarz die Initiative.}
d5 $5 {[%cal Gg7a1]} 5. Bb2 {Mit diesem Zug Weiss opfert einen Bauern fuer die
Initiative.} (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nxb4 $17) (5. e3 $15) 5... dxc4 $15 {[%csl
Gc4] Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger und er hat keine ausreichende Kompensation.}
6. Na3 Qd6 {[%csl Rb4]} (6... Be6 7. Rc1 Qd6 $15) 7. Rb1 (7. Qa4+ Bd7 (7... Nc6
8. Bc3 a6 9. b5 $13) 8. b5 Qd5 9. Bg2 a6 $15) 7... O-O {7...Qxb4?? waere ganz
schlecht wegen 8.Bxf6.} 8. Nxc4 Qxb4 9. Nfe5 (9. Bxf6 Qxc4 10. Bxe7 Re8 11. Bg5
Qxa2 $17) 9... Bf5 10. a3 (10. Rc1 Nbd7 $17) 10... Qc5 11. d3 Nc6 {Schwarz hat
nicht nur Materialvorteil, seine Entwicklung ist auch besser.} (11... Nbd7) 12.
Bg2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qa5+ $1 (13... c6 $15) 14. Qd2 (14. Kf1 c6 $17) 14... Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 c6 {Weiß hat aktives Figurenspiel und einigen positionellen Druck am
Damenflügel, aber er hat keine Drohungen und Schwarz kann seine Stellung
stufenweise verbessern.} 16. Ba1 Rab8 17. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4a5,Ga1e5,Ge5b8] Jetzt
droht 18.Be5 und auch 18.Na5.} Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rb2 (19. a4 Be6 20. Rhc1
Bd5 $15) 19... Be6 20. Na5 {[%csl Ga5] Der Springer steht aktiv auf a5.} (20.
Rhb1 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Nc5 $19) 20... Nb6 21. Rhb1 Rfc8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Der zweite
Turm kommt auch ins Spiel.} 22. a4 Rc7 23. Rb4 (23. Nxb7 $2 Rcxb7 24. a5 Nc4+
$19) (23. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 24. a5 Nc4+ 25. dxc4 Rxb2+ 26. Rxb2 Bxc4 27. Kc3 $15)
23... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 24. Kc1 $6 (24. Rc1 Bd5 $15) 24... c5 {[%cal Gc5c4,
Gc7c1]} 25. R4b2 c4 (25... Nxa4 26. Rxb7 $132) 26. Rc2 {[#]} cxd3 $1 $17 {
Mit diesem schönen Zug kann Schwarz die Stellung vereinfachen.} 27. exd3 (27.
Rxc7 dxe2 {[%csl Ge2]} 28. Kb2 Rd1 $19) 27... Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Rd4 {[%csl Ra4]} (
28... Bf5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rd4 31. Nxb7 Rxa4 $17) 29. Nxb7 Rxa4 {[%csl
Ga7] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und sein entfernter a7-Freibauer ist
besonders stark.} 30. Rb2 Bf5 31. Kd2 Ra3 (31... Rd4 32. Nc5 Nd7 33. Ne4 Bxe4
34. Bxe4 f5 35. Bg2 Nc5 36. Kc3 Rd7 $17 (36... Rxd3+ $2 37. Kc4 $16)) 32. Nc5
Na4 (32... e5 $17) (32... Kf6 $17) 33. Nxa4 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat
einen Bauern mehr und bessere Bauernstruktur.} 34. Ke3 Be6 (34... Ra3 $17) 35.
Rb7 Kf6 36. h4 Ra1 {Mit diesem Zug bereitet Schwarz den Vormarsch des a-Bauern
vor.} 37. Bc6 h5 38. f4 Bf5 (38... a5 $17) 39. Be4 Be6 (39... Bxe4 $2 40. dxe4
$15) 40. Bc6 Ra3 41. Be4 Ra2 42. Bc6 Ra1 43. Kd4 $6 {Weiß verliert die Geduld
und lässt den g3-Bauern ohne Verteidigung.} (43. Be4 a5 $17) 43... Rg1 {
[%csl Rg3]} 44. Rxa7 Rxg3 {[%csl Rd3,Rf4,Rh4] Weiß hat eine katastrophale
Bauernstruktur - alle seine Bauern sind schwach.} 45. Ra6 Rh3 (45... Rg4 $17)
46. Bd7 Kf5 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Gf5] Endlich kommt der schwarze König sehr stark ins
Spiel. Der weiße König ist von seinen Bauern abgeschnitten.} (46... Rxh4 47.
Bxe6 fxe6 48. Ke3 Rh1 $17) 47. Bxe6+ fxe6 48. Ra8 e5+ (48... Kxf4 $19) 49. fxe5
Rxh4+ 50. Ke3 Kxe5 $19 {Mit zwei Bauern mehr steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.} 51.
Ra5+ Kf6 52. d4 Rh1 53. Ra6+ Kf5 (53... e6 54. d5 Kf5 55. dxe6 Re1+ $19) 54.
Ra5+ Kg4 55. Kf2 Rh2+ 56. Ke3 Rh3+ 57. Ke2 Rb3 58. Re5 (58. Ra7 e6 $19) 58...
Rb7 59. Ke3 h4 60. Re4+ Kh5 61. Kf4 g5+ {[%csl Gg5,Gh4] Mit zwei verbundenen
Freibauern gewinnt Schwarz leicht.} 62. Kf3 Rb3+ 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Ke3 h3 65.
Rxe7 h2 66. Rh7+ Kg4 67. d5 Kg3 68. d6 Rb6 69. Rh5 (69. d7 Rd6 $19) 69... g4 (
69... Rxd6 70. Rxg5+ Kh4 71. Rg8 Rd5 $19) 70. d7 Re6+ 71. Kd4 h1=Q {Dieser Zug
ist weniger logisch als die Alternative 71...Rd6+, was viel einfacher ist.} 72.
Rxh1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 {Dieser Zug ist nur scheinbar
aktiv, denn in Wirklichkeit steht die Dame nicht besonders gut auf b3. Ribli.}
(5. Qa4+ c6 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qb5 Be6 9. Qxb7 Nd4 10. Rb1 Bc5
11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Qa6 Nc2+ 13. Kf1 O-O 14. Qa4 Bf5 15. d3 Nb4 16. Ra1 Qe7 17. Qd1
Rfe8 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bb2 a5 21. Rc1 {Ivacic,V-Skok,J/Ljubljana op
1993/1-0 (42)}) 6. Qd4 f6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc4 Be6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nc3
Nab4 12. Qb1 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Schaller,S-Roeber,B/GER-ch 1995 (39)}) (5. Nc3 $5
{Ich empfehle für Weiß diesen Zug.}) 5... c6 $5 (5... Nb6 6. Qc3 f6 7. e3 (7.
d4 Bg7 8. h4 Nc6 9. e3 Be6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Bc4 12. Re1 e5 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rxe2 exd4 16. exd4 Qd7 17. Nf3 Nd5 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. b3 Bf8 20.
Bd2 a5 21. Rae1 Kg7 22. Kg2 Bb4 23. h5 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Nf4+ {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,
V-Turov,M/RUS-Cup06 1998}) (7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. e3
Qxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. O-O N8d7 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Bh3 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 {Kalaitzidis,P-Tsiamis,K/ch-GRE (team), Poros GRE
1998/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 Qd7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12.
Nbc3 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc2 Nac4 15. a4 a5 16. b3 Nd6 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Rac1 Qd8
19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Niesel,M-Behl,T/Porz op27 1991 (30)}) (5... Nf6 6. Bxb7 Bxb7
7. Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nb6 11. Qc6 Nfd5 12. Nbd2 Qd6 13. Qc2
{1-0 Mednis,E-London,D/New York Marshall/Enhance 1994 (30)}) 6. e4 $6 {Dieses
Vorgehen ist zu direkt und schwächt das Feld d4.} (6. d4 $5 $14) 6... Nc7 7.
Ne2 e5 $5 {[%csl Yd4]} (7... Bg7 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bh6 $44 {[%csl
Re8] Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber er ist stark auf den schwarzen
Feldern.}) 8. O-O Bg7 {[%cal Gg7d4]} 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 b6 {[%csl Rb3] Schwarz
plant 11...c5 zu ziehen, damit der weiße d3-Bauer eine dauerhafte Schwäche
bleibt.} 11. Rd1 c5 {Rechtzeitig. Sonst kann Weiß d3-d4 mit Vorteil ziehen.}
12. a3 $6 {Weiss möchte das Feld c2 für die Dame sichern, aber der Textzug
schwächt den Damenflügel.} Nc6 13. Qc2 a5 {Schwarz dominiert das Brett. Die
Partiefortsetzung verhindert die eventuelle Möglichkeit b2-b4 und mit späterem
...a5-a4 kann Schwarz mehr Raum gewinnen.} 14. Nbc3 Be6 {[%csl Yb3,Rd3,Yd4]}
15. Rac1 Rc8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 16. b3 $6 (16. Na4 Nb5 $15 {[%cal Gb5d4,Gc6d4]}
) (16. Qb1 Bb3 $15 {[%csl Gb3,Rd1,Rd3]}) 16... Nd4 {[%csl Rb3,Rc2,Gd4,Ge6]} 17.
Bxd4 $8 cxd4 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 18. Na4 Na6 {Weiß hat große Schwerigkeiten am
Damenflügel. Die Bauern auf a3 und b3 sind schwach, das Feld c3 ist ein
positionelles Loch. Zudem steht auch noch die Dame schlecht.} 19. Qb1 Qd6 $1 {
[%csl Ra3,Rb3][%cal Rd6a3]} 20. b4 {Dieses "Bauernopfer" ist erzwungen.} (20.
Qa2 b5 21. Nb2 a4 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3,Ge6][%cal Re6a2]}) (20. Qb2 b5 $19 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 $17 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, das
Läuferpaar und Raumvorteil am Damenflügel. Es ist nicht leicht für Weiß, etwas
Gegenspiel zu organisieren.} 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb2 {[%csl Rb2] Der Springer
steht schrecklich auf b2, aber jetzt oder später muß Weiß wegen ...b6-b5 so
spielen.} b5 24. Bf3 Na2 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Ga2c3] Der Springer strebt nach c3.}
25. Rf1 Nc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 26. Qa1 {[%csl Ra1] Die Alternative 26.Qe1 war auch
nicht schön.} (26. Nxc3 dxc3 $19 {[%csl Gc3]}) 26... Bf8 {[%cal Gf8a3] In der
langen Diagonalen bewirkt der Läufer nichts, während er von f8 am Damenflügel
helfen kann.} 27. Nd1 Qa3 28. Ndxc3 dxc3 {[%csl Gb5,Gc3,Ge6,Rf3,Gf8] Schwarz
verfügt wegen der beiden verbundenen Freibauern, die vom Läuferpaar
unterstützt werden, ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen.} 29. d4 {Der erste und
zugleich letzte aktive Zug des Weißen in dieser Partie.} exd4 30. Nxd4 Bc4 {
[%csl Gb5,Gc3][%cal Rc4f1] Die Partie ist praktisch entschieden. Früher oder
später geht´s vorwärts mit den schwarzen Damenflügelbauern.} 31. Qxa3 (31. Re1
Qxa1 32. Rxa1 Bc5 $19) 31... Bxa3 32. Re1 Bc5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc3,Gc4,Gc5]} 33. Nc2
Bb3 34. Rc1 (34. Na1 Ba4 $19 {[%csl Ra1]}) (34. Bd1 Rd8 $19 {[%csl Rc2][%cal
Rd8d1]}) 34... Bxc2 35. Rxc2 b4 $19 {Die Freibauern sind nicht zu halten.} 36.
Bd1 b3 {[%cal Rb3b2,Rb2b1,Rc3c2,Rc2c1]} 37. Re2 c2 38. Bxc2 Bxf2+ $1 {und Weiß
gab auf.} (38... bxc2 39. Rxc2 Kf8 $19) (38... Bxf2+ 39. Kxf2 (39. Rxf2 bxc2
$19 {[%cal Rc2c1]} (39... Rxc2 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2,Rb2b1]})) 39... Rxc2 $19 {
[%csl Gb3]}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d3 $5 e6 4. e4 d6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O (7...
c5 $5 8. Ne1 Nc6) 8. Ne1 Nfd7 (8... c5 $2 9. e5 $1 Bxg2 10. exf6 Bxf1 11. fxe7
Qxe7 12. Kxf1 $16) (8... Qc8 $5 {/\ c5}) 9. d4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 b5 12.
cxb5 a6 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Nc2 Nb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Ne2 Ra5 18. Bd2
Nxd5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Qb3 Rfa8 21. Rac1 Rb5 22. a4 Rba5 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Be1 Nf6
25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Bxb4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 (27. Bxa5 Bf3 $1) 27... Rxa4 28. Bxd6 Ra2
29. Rb1 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. Rb6 g6 32. Rb4 Re8 33. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 34. Nc3 Raa4
35. Kf3 $1 Reb4 36. Nxa4 Rxa4 37. b4 Kf8 38. b5 Ke7 39. b6 Ra8 40. b7 Rb8 41.
Kf4 Ke6 42. Kg5 h5 43. Rb6+ Ke7 44. h4 Kd7 45. Kf6 Ke8 46. Rb1 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 a5 $5 4. b5 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. g3 (6. e3 O-O 7. d3 Nbd7
8. Nc3 e5 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nd2 a4 $5 12. Ba3 e4 13. d4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
exd3 15. Qxd3 Bf5 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. O-O Bxd4 18. Rac1 Bg7 $10 {Hecht,H-Geller,E,
Moscow 1977}) 6... c5 $5 (6... b6 $5) (6... O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. d3 Nh5 9. Qc2 f5
10. Nbd2 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. e3 g5 $13 {Hecht,H-Vaganian,R,
Budapest 1973}) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. d3 (9. e3 $6 Bf5 10. d4 e4 11. Nfd2
Nbd7 $15) 9... Ra7 $1 {/\b6,Re7} 10. Nc3 b6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. e4 (12. Nd5 f5 13.
f4 Be6 $13) 12... Nd7 (12... Be6 $5 $10) 13. Re1 $6 (13. Bc1 $142) 13... Ndf6
14. Nd5 Re8 (14... Nxd5 $5 15. cxd5 f5 $13 {/\} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. g4 $2 Nf4 18.
gxf5 Qg5 19. Qf3 Nxg2 $19) 15. a4 Bh6 $13 16. Rf1 Nxd5 $5 17. cxd5 f5 18. exf5
(18. Nc4 f4 $40) 18... Bxf5 (18... Bxd2 $2 19. Qxd2 Bxf5 20. f4 $1 exf4 21.
gxf4 $40) 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Qb3 Rf7 21. Rae1 Ref8 22. h3 Bc8 $1 {/\Nh5-g7-f5} 23.
Re2 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Ng7 25. Nd2 Bxd2 $5 26. Rxd2 Nf5 $15 27. Qc4 (27. f4 $2 exf4
28. gxf4 Nd4 $19) 27... h5 $6 {׻} (27... Nd4 $1 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Rde2 g5 $1
$15 {><f2,h3}) 28. Rde2 Kh7 (28... Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qc1 $132) 29. Qc1 Ng7
(29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. h4 $10) 30. Qd2 Bb7 31. Bc1 Kg8 32. Qh6 Bc8 $1 33.
Bg5 Qc7 34. f4 $6 (34. Qxg6 $5 Bf5 35. Qh6 Bxd3 36. Rd2 Bh7 37. Be4 $13) 34...
Nf5 $1 35. Qxg6+ Rg7 36. Qxh5 Nxg3 $17 37. Qh4 Nxe2+ 38. Rxe2 exf4 39. Bxf4 Bf5
$2 (39... Qf7 $1 40. Rf2 (40. Bxd6 $4 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe2) 40... Qg6 $17) 40. Bh6
Bxd3 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. Re3 $1 (42. Re7 Qd4+ 43. Qxd4 cxd4 44. Rb7 Bc2 $17)
42... Bg6 43. Re6 $132 Bf5 44. Rxd6 c4 45. Rc6 c3 46. d6 c2 47. d7 $1 (47. Kh2
Qe5+ 48. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Rc8 $19) 47... Qxd7 (47... Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49.
Kh1 $10 Bxd7 $2 50. Rxc2) 48. Bd5+ $1 Qxd5 $8 49. Qg5+ Kh8 $8 (49... Kf7 50.
Rc7+ $18) 50. Qh6+ $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Qe3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rfe8 12. Nh4 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5
14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb4 $1 $17) 12... Bh7 13. Qc3 Bf8 14. e4 Qb6 15. Rfe1
exd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 g5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 a6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 a5 23. f6 $1 a4 24. b4 a3 25. h4 $1 gxh4 26. Rxh4 Ne5 27. Bc3 Nd3
28. Rd4 Nb2 29. Bf3 Rc8 30. Bd2 Re8 31. Bh5 $1 Re6 32. Rg4+ Kh7 33. Bxf7 Rxf6
34. Bg8+ Kh8 35. Bc3 Bg7 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Be6 Bc3 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rb8 Kg6 40.
Rxb7 Kf6 41. Bg8 Nd3 42. b5 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Turnov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Nedela, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 {Eine bekannte Idee seit der Partie Reti-Capablanca,
New York 1924.} Bg7 4. Bb2 c6 (4... d6 $5) 5. d3 (5. e3 a5 6. b5 cxb5 7. cxb5
d6 8. d4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qb3 $14 {Vladimirov,
E-Fernandez,JL/Logrono/1991/}) 5... d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3 Qd6 $6 {Schwarz hat
viele Möglichkeiten: 7...Bg4 mit der Idee Nbd7,Re8 und e5, wenn Weiss h3
spielt, dann Bxf3 und der weiße Läufer ist nicht so gefährlich wegen der
c6-und -d5 Bauern. Die andere Möglichkeit ist das sofortige Nbd7 und Re8,
nebst e5. In der Partie steht die Dame auf d6 nicht gut.} 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 e5
10. O-O Re8 11. e4 dxe4 (11... d4 12. c5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Nfd2 $16) 12. dxe4
b6 13. Qc2 c5 $6 {13...Bb7 sieht natuerlicher aus.} 14. Rfe1 Bb7 {Beide
Spieler haben ihre Entwicklung beendet, wegen seines Raumvorteils steht Weiss
nur ein wenig besser.} (14... cxb4 $2 15. axb4 Qxb4 $4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Bd6 {
Gewinnt die Dame.}) 15. b5 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Nb1 {Der schwarze Springer
zielt nach d4. sein weißer Kollege nach d5. Die Frage ist: Wer ist schneller,
aber nach Ne6 haengt der Bauer auf e5.} Rab8 (17... N6d7 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. exd5 (20. cxd5 $1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 $1 $16) 20... Nd4 21.
Nxd4 cxd4 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 $132) 18. Nc3 Re7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 $16
Ne8 {Typisches Verteidigungsmanöver, der schwarze Plan ist klar: Nd6, Rbe8 und
möglicherweise f5.} 21. d6 {Weiss opfert seinen starken d-Bauern um die
Stellung zu öffnen.} Nxd6 22. Nxe5 Rbe8 23. f4 f6 24. Rxd6 $5 fxe5 $2 (24...
Qxd6 25. Bd5+ Ne6 (25... Kh8 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxe8 Re7 28. Ra8) 26. Nc6 {
und f4-f5 ist stark.}) 25. Rc6 Qd7 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. fxe5 Qg4 {27.-,Bxe5 geht
nicht wegen 28.Rxe5.} 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Nd7 {29...Ne6 ist besser, aber
Weiss hat schon gewonnen.} 30. e6 Bxb2 31. exd7 Rxe2 32. Rc8 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nc3 $6 (7. d3 $5
) 7... e4 8. Nd4 c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 (11... Nc6 12. f3 exf3
(12... Bf5 $5) 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bg4 16. Qc2 Rac8 $13 {
Dimitrijevic-Jansa Kragujevac 1974}) 12. f3 Bf5 $5 13. g4 (13. fxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qc1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nc6 $13) 13... exf3 14. gxf5 fxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc6
16. Rad1 Rac8 17. d3 Ne5 18. e4 a6 $1 19. Kh1 b5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Re8 22.
Bxe5 (22. f6 $2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Re1 Qf3+ $19) (22. Rde1 $5 {/\ f6})
22... Bxe5 23. Qf2 {/\ Sd2-e4} Bc3 $1 24. Rc1 b4 25. Rc2 Qc7 26. Re2 Rxe2 27.
Qxe2 a5 28. Nd2 Bxd2 $1 29. Qxd2 Re8 30. f6 Qd6 $1 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qh6 Qf8 33.
Qf4 Re2 34. Qxd4 Qd6 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qe5 37. Qd2 Qxf6 38. Kg2 Qc3 $1 39.
Qe2 Qd4 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qa4 Qxc4 42. Qxa5 h5 43. Qa8 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 h4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 (7. Nc3 a5
8. b5 Re8 9. Be2 e4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Kxg7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14.
Rhe1 Qe7 15. Qc3+ f6 16. e4 c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. d4 c5 19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5
21. Kg1 $14 {Panchenko,A-Rogozenko,D/Calimanesti/1993/INF60,15/}) 7... Re8 8.
Be2 Nh5 9. Ng1 Nf6 10. Ngf3 Nbd7 {Schwarz will kaempfen.} 11. O-O (11. Qb3 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfc1 c5 14. a3 Qe7 $13 {Sion Castro,M-Romero,A/Leon/1993/CBM36/
}) 11... h6 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. c5 g5 $5 {Das ist offenbar eine Neuerung.} (13...
Nd5 14. a3 f5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Bf7 $13 {Benko,P-Cioceltea,V/
Lugano/1968/INF06,13/}) 14. Rfc1 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a3 (16. Qc7 Qxc7 17.
Rxc7 Nd5 18. Rc4 b5 19. Rc6 Nxb4 20. Rxd6 g4 21. Ne1 Bf8 22. Rf6 Kg7 $17) 16...
Re7 {Schwarz vermeidet den Damentausch (Qc7), weil er sie fuer den
Koenigsangriff braucht.} 17. Bf1 $6 {Sieht ein bisschen passiv aus. Ich
empfehle 17.Ne4!?} g4 18. Ne1 d5 {Schwarz will jetzt Ne4 nicht lassen.} 19. Nb3
h5 20. b5 Bh6 21. d4 {[#]} g3 $5 {Der Nachziehende will mit diesem typischen 
(Sizilianisch) Bauernopfer seinen Angriff beschleunigen. Jetzt kriegt Schwarz
ein sehr schoenes Figurenspiel.} (21... e4 22. g3 $15) 22. hxg3 e4 23. Be2 {
Jetzt sehen wir sehr genau, warum 17.Bf1 ein schlechter Zug war.} Ng4 24. Nd2
h4 25. Bxg4 (25. Nf1 hxg3 26. Nxg3 Nxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Re6 $44)
25... Bxg4 26. Nf1 f5 $1 {Schwarz wird jetzt seine Schwerfiguren in Angriff
einsetzten.} 27. a4 (27. f3 hxg3 $1 28. fxg4 Rf7 $40) 27... Rh7 28. Ra3 Qg5 29.
Rc3 Nf8 30. Ba3 (30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8 hxg3 32. fxg3 {[#]} Qxe3+ $1 33. Nxe3
Bxe3+ 34. Kf1 Rh1# {Schoen}) (30. Qb3 $5) 30... Qh5 31. f4 {Sonst gibt der
Nachziehende in einige Zuege auf die h-Linie Matt.} exf3 32. Nxf3 Bxf3 33. gxf3
hxg3 {Droht /\ Bxe3+ folgt Qh1 Matt.} 34. Qg2 f4 35. Bd6 Re8 36. Rc8 (36. Bxf4
Bxf4 37. exf4 Re2 38. Qxg3+ (38. Qxe2 Qh1#) 38... Rg7 $19) 36... Ne6 37. Rxe8+
Qxe8 38. Be5 (38. Bxf4 Bxf4 39. exf4 Nxf4 40. Qxg3+ Rg7 $19) 38... Bg7 39. Bxg7
(39. exf4 Nxf4 40. Bxf4 Bxd4+ $19) 39... Rxg7 40. Rc3 Qh5 {Droht /\ fxe3 nebst
Nf4.} 41. Qe2 g2 {Ribli} (41... g2 42. Nh2 Qxh2+ 43. Kxh2 g1=Q+ 44. Kh3 Rh7#)
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d3 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt, ist
aber die Lieblingsvariante des Weißspielers. Er möchte 5.e4 ziehen und die
Diagonale des b7-Läufers schließen.} c5 5. e4 g6 {Schwarz möchte den anderen
Läufer nach g7 entwickeln; 5...d6!? mit der Idee 6...e6 und 7...Be7 führt zu
einem Igel, wo Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung hat.} (5... d6 $5 6. Be2 (6. g3 {
-> A 30}) 6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf1 Nbd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 {
1/2-1/2 Vajda,A-Ionescu,C/Bucharest 2001/EXT 2002 (11)}) 6. e5 {Nach diesem
Zug bekommen wir eine originelle Stellung, aber Weiß muss so spielen, sonst er
hat keine Hoffnungen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} (6. Be2 Bg7 $11) 6... Ng4 7. h3
Nh6 8. d4 (8. Bf4 Nf5 (8... Nc6 9. d4 $14) (8... Bg7) 9. d4 Bxf3 (9... cxd4 10.
Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qe3 $14) 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Ncd4 12. Qe4 $14) 8...
cxd4 (8... Bxf3 $5 9. Qxf3 Nc6 $11) 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Bf4 $14 {Dank seinem
starkem e5-Bauern hat Weiß Raumvorteil im Zentrum.} Bg7 11. Nf3 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6
(11... dxc6 12. Qf3 $14) 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bd3 $14) 11... O-O 12. Be2 (12. Bd3
$14) 12... Nf5 13. g4 $1 (13. O-O d6 $11) 13... Nfd4 (13... Nh6 $2 14. Qd2 $18)
14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels - er opfert
zeitweilig eine Qualität.} Bxh1 16. f3 {[%csl Rh1] Weiß schließt die h1-a8
Diagonale und droht 17.Kf2 oder 17.Qg1 mit Läufergewinn.} f6 {Schwarz muss das
Spiel komplizieren, sonst gewinnt den h1-Läufer und Schwarz bleibt ohne
Gegenspiel.} (16... Bg2 17. Qf2 Bxh3 18. Qg3 $16) 17. Kf2 {[%cal Ra1h1]} fxe5
18. Bxe5 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8h2,Gg7d4]} (18... Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 $16) 19.
Bxg7 (19. Bxb8 $4 Bxd4+ $19) 19... Qh2+ 20. Ke1 $6 {Man spielt gewöhnlich
nicht gern den Königszug 20.Ke3, wenn noch Damen auf dem Brett sind, aber auf
e1 steht der König viel schlechter.} (20. Ke3 $1 Rf7 (20... e5 21. Bxe5 Rae8
22. Kd3 Rxe5 23. Rxh1 Qxh1 24. Qxe5 $18) 21. Qe5 Qxh3 22. Ne4 $16) 20... Rf7
$13 {[%csl Re1] Weiß hat Materialvorteil, aber sein König steht angreifbar in
der Mitte.} 21. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5,Gg5f7][%mdl 2048]} Bxf3 (21... Rxg7 $5 22.
Qd5+ Rf7 23. Qxa8+ Kg7 $132 {[%csl Re1]}) 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Bh6 Rf7 $6 (23...
Qh1+ 24. Ke2 (24. Kd2 Qg2+ $19) 24... Qg2+ 25. Nf2 Rf7 $13) 24. Qd5 $6 (24. Ng5
$1 Qg3+ 25. Ke2 Qg2+ 26. Kd3 Rf6 27. Rg1 Qc6 28. Qd5+ $16) 24... Rd8 (24...
Raf8 $5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 $36) 25. Rd1 (25. Ng5 Qf2+ 26. Kd1 e6 27. Qe5 Re7 $13)
25... Qxb2 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern und Turm gegen zwei Leichtfiguren. Aber
was interessant ist - beide Königsstellungen sind schwach.} 26. a4 Qh2 27. Rd3
e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rb8 $13) {[#]} 28. Qxe6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Re6g8]} Qg1+ (28... dxe6 29. Rxd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8#) 29. Kd2 Qf1 30. Qd5 Kh8 31.
Kc2 Re8 32. Nd2 Qf2 33. Re3 $18 (33. Be3 Rxe3 34. Qd4+ $18 {[%cal Rd4f2,Rd4h8]}
) 33... Rc8 (33... Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Qxe3 35. Qxf7 $18) 34. Kb3 a5 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36.
Qe8+ $1 Rf8 (36... Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. Bxf8 $18) 37. Qxd7 Qf7
38. Re7 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1999.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2112]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 {Dieser Zug wurde in der sehr gut
bekannten Partie Reti,R-Capablanca,J-R/New York 1924 gespielt - mit späterem
weißen Gewinn. Nach meiner persöhnlichen Meinung ist dieser Zug nicht besser
als die Alternative 3.b3. Die weiße Hauptidee der Partiefortsetzung besteht
darin, Raum zu gewinnen am Damenflügel, aber anderseits ist der weiße
Damenflügel angreifbar.} Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 (5... d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nh5 (
7... a5 8. b5 e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nc3 a4
14. f4 Nb6 15. f5 f6 16. Bd5 Qe8 17. Qc2 Qe3+ {0-1 Conquest,S-Mikhalevski,V/
Albufeira Algarve POR 1999 (17)}) 8. Nc3 f5 9. O-O Nc6 10. b5 Ne7 11. e4 c5 12.
bxc6 bxc6 13. c5 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 e4 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18.
Qxb2 dxe4 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Nxe4 Rb8 {0-1 Akopian,V-Khalifman,A/Las Vegas 1999/
CBM 72 (57)}) 6. Bg2 a5 {Das ist typisch - Schwarz strebt sofortiges
Gegenspiel an und benutzt die geschwächte weiße Bauernstellung am Damenflügel.}
7. bxa5 (7. b5 d5 (7... cxb5 8. cxb5 Qb6 (8... a4 9. O-O d5 10. Na3 Nbd7 11.
Rc1 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc2 e5 14. Qb2 f6 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 {
1-0 Schneider,L-Agdestein,S/Esbjerg 1983/MCD (73)}) 9. a4 Ne4 10. d4 d5 11. O-O
Nc6 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nc4 Qe6 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Bh6
18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Bxa5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qb3 $44 {0-1 Szabo,L-Ligterink,G/Amsterdam
1976/MCL (38)}) 8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Be6
13. Qd2 f6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. e4 Ndb4 16. a3 Na6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19.
Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Mrdja,M/Asti 1996/EXT 98 (51)}) 7... Qxa5 8. O-O d6 {
Schwarz hat eine feste Stellung und keine Eröffnungsprobleme.} 9. d3 (9. Qb3
Na6 10. d4 Qh5 11. Nbd2 c5 12. d5 Bd7 13. e4 Nb4 14. a4 Bh3 15. Bc3 Ra6 16. a5
Rfa8 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Kostic,V/AUT-chT9596 1996/
CBM 52 ext (23)}) 9... Qh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gc8h3,Gh3f1] Mit diesem Zug
bereitet Schwarz den Zug Bh3 vor, wonach er den weißfarbigen Läufer tauschen
möchte.} (9... Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. a4 Nxa4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ra2 b5 14. Rfa1
Rfc8 15. d4 Qd8 16. Bc1 Nb6 {0-1 Jongsma,A-Marovic,D/Amsterdam 1968/MCL (34)})
10. Nbd2 Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6c5,Gc5a4] Der schwarze Springer strebt nach c5, aber
der natürliche Läuferentwicklungszug kommt auch in Betracht.} (10... Bh3 11.
Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qa5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Ba3 b6 16. Nb3 Rfb8 17. a5
bxa5 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Gligoric,S/Lvov 1962/MCL (17)}) 11. d4 {Weiss
verbessert seine Stellung im Zentrum und verhindert Nc5.} Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5]}
12. a4 (12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5]}) 12... e5 13. dxe5 (13. e3 e4 14.
Ne1 Bg4 $17) 13... dxe5 14. e4 Bg4 $15 {[%csl Yd4] Schwarz hat gutes
Figurenspiel, das Feld d4 ist ein positionelles Loch in der weißen Stellung.}
15. Ba3 Rad8 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2,Gd8][%cal Gd8d1] Droht 16...Rxd2 17.Qxd2 Bxf3 mit
sofortigem Gewinn.} 16. Qb3 {Weiss muss aus der Fesselung raus.} Rd7 {Schwarz
verteidigt den b7P und bereitet die eventuelle Turmverdoppelung vor.} 17. Rfe1
Bf8 $1 {Eine gute positionelle Fortsetzung. Schwarz möchte die traditionell
"schlechte Figur" tauschen, wonach er fühlbaren Druck auf den dunkelfarbigen
Punkten bekommt.} 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ga6c5,Gc5e6,Ge6d4]} 19. Qb6
Rfd8 {[%csl Rd2,Gd7,Gd8,Rf3][%cal Rd8d2] Schwarz hat freie Hand, weil die
weißen Springer gefesselt stehen.} 20. Ra2 Kg7 {Schwarz muss nicht eilen -
zuerst verbessert er seine Königsstellung und gleichzeitig verteidigt er den
f6N.} (20... Rd3 $2 21. Qxb7 Nc5 22. Qxc6 {[%cal Rc6c5,Rc6f6]}) 21. c5 Rd3 {
[%csl Gd3]} 22. Qxb7 Nxc5 23. Qb6 (23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qb6 Bxf3 $19) {[#]} 23...
Ncxe4 $1 {Auf diese Weise gewinnt Schwarz einen (wichtigen) Bauern.} 24. Nxe4
Nxe4 $17 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und überlegenen Angriff am
Königsflügel.} 25. Rxe4 Bxf3 26. Re1 (26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Re1 Rd1 $19 {Mit
Zugumstellung haben wir die Partiefortsetzung.}) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qf3+ 28.
Kg1 (28. Kh3 R8d4 {[%csl Rh3] Droht 29...Rh4+ 30.Kxh4 Qh5 Matt.} 29. Rxe5 h5
30. Rg5 Qh1 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) 28... Rd1 $19 {Weiss gab auf da er (weiteres)
Material verliert.} (28... Rd1 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32.
Kg2 Qxa4 $19 {Mit zwei Bauern mehr steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.}) 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Jakovljevic, Vlado"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Banja Luka"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 (3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 b5 8.
b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Ne8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Bxg2
15. Nxe6 $14 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Butunoi,A/2. Bundesliga Mitte 2003/04 2004 (52)})
3... c6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Qa5+ $5 {Eine interessante Idee. Nach 5...Bg7 6. 0-0
0-0 7.Nc3 Qa5 bekämen wir eine bekannte Variante der Königsindischen
Verteidigung. Mit dem Textzug möchte Schwarz so ähnlich spielen, aber Weiß
muss nach 6.Nc3 auch mit 6...Ne4 rechnen.} 6. Bd2 Qa6 7. Qc1 (7. b3 $142 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 $14) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 $11 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gf6e4]
Mit dem Textzug verliert Schwarz eigentlich ein Tempo, aber er sichert seine
Kontrolle über das e4-Feld. Die Stellung ist gleich.} 10. Bh6 Bg4 $1 {Schwarz
folgt einer einfachen und guten Strategie - er möchte den Läufer mit Bxf3
tauschen und Nbd7 ziehen, wonach er eine feste Stellung aufbauen kann.} 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nbd2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. Nxf3 Nbd7 $11) 13... Nbd7 14. Qb2 Rfe8
15. Bg2 Qb6 16. e4 {Weiß möchte die Stellung öffnen, aber die Alternative 16.
e3 scheint mir sicherer.} (16. c5 Qc7 $11 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) (16. e3 $5 $11) 16...
dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bg2 Rad8 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gd8d4] Der d4P
ist der Zielpunkt des schwarzen Spiels, Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung.} 20.
Rad1 Rd7 21. Rd2 Kg8 22. Qc3 (22. Rfd1 $11) 22... e5 23. d5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Mit dem Textzug gewinnt Weiß Raum, aber das hat keine Bedeutung, während er
auf diese Weise auch die Diagonale des g2-Läufers schließt.} (23. dxe5 Rxd2 24.
Qxd2 Rxe5 $11) 23... c5 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} (23... cxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5
26. cxd5 Qd6 27. Rd1 $11) 24. Re2 Rde7 25. Rfe1 Qd6 {Die Dame blockiert den
d-Bauern.} 26. Bh3 h5 27. Qe3 Kg7 28. Kf1 b6 29. f4 $6 {Dieser Zug führt zu
einem für Schwarz vorteilhaften Endspiel.} (29. Kg1) 29... exf4 30. Qxf4 (30.
Qxe7 $2 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 fxg3 $19) 30... Rxe2 31. Rxe2 (31. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 32. Kg2
R8e2+ 33. Kf3 g5 $19) 31... Qxf4+ 32. gxf4 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Ne4 $15 {[%csl Yd6,
Ge4][%cal Ge4d6][%mdl 4096] Der Springer zielt auf das d6-Schlüsselfeld; von
da kann er den d-Bauern blockieren.} 34. Ke3 Nd6 35. Bd7 h4 $1 {Schwarz
gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel.} 36. Kf3 f5 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Reserven
am Königsflügel. Er hat eigentlich einen Bauern mehr, denn der weiße
d-Freibauer ist blockiert.} 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ne4 {Schwarz könnte sofort mit
38...g5 die Aktion beginnen, aber zuerst macht er einige Wartezüge.} (38... g5)
39. Be8 Nd6 40. Bd7 Ke7 41. Bc6 Ne4 42. Ke3 Nc3 $1 {Schwarz provoziert die
Schwächung der weißen Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel.} 43. a3 Ne4 44. Bb5 Kf6
45. Ba4 Nd6 46. Bc6 g5 47. fxg5+ (47. Bd7 g4 $17) 47... Kxg5 $17 48. Kf3 {
Weiß muss das Eindringen des schwarzen Königs verhindern.} a5 49. Bd7 (49. a4
Nf7 $17) 49... Nf7 50. Bc8 $2 (50. Be8 Ne5+ 51. Kf2 f4 $17) 50... a4 $1 51.
bxa4 Ne5+ {[%cal Re5c4,Re5f3]} 52. Ke3 Nxc4+ $19 53. Kf3 Nd6 $1 (53... Nxa3)
54. Bd7 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e5]} 55. Kf4 c4 56. a5 (56. Be6 c3 57. Ke3 f4+ $19) 56...
bxa5 57. a4 c3 58. Ke3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 (5... c6 6. Be2 a5 7. b5 cxb5
8. cxb5 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. d3 Nb6 11. Nbd2 a4 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rb1 e5 $13 {
Danielsen,H-Uhlmann,W Valby K41 1991 CBM/27}) 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 b6 8. O-O Nbd7 9.
Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 $1 (10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra7 14. a5 e4
$13 {Panchenko,AN-Smirin,I Moscow Alekhine op 1992 CBM/33}) 10... a6 (10... a5
$5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a5 e4 $13) 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfc1 Rb8 13. Rab1
c5 14. Bc3 {/\ a5} d5 15. bxc5 d4 16. c6 $1 (16. exd4 $2 exd4 17. Nxd4 bxc5 $19
) 16... dxc3 (16... Bxc6 17. exd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 $18) 17. cxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 $1 (
18. Qxc3 e4 19. Nd4 Nc5 $44) 18... Bxe4 19. dxe4 $14 Nc5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Rd5
Qc6 22. Ra1 a5 23. h4 $1 Na6 24. Qxc3 Nb4 25. Qb3 $1 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qc5 27. Ba6
Bf8 28. Bb5 Re7 29. h5 $36 Qd6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qc3 Kg7 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. g3 $1
$16 f6 34. Nh4 $1 {>< g6} Rc7 35. Qd3 Be7 36. Kg2 Qb4 37. Rb1 $1 Qc5 38. Qe2 f5
39. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 40. Rh1 Bf6 (40... Rg8 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qxf5+ $18
) 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Qxf5 $1 Rf7 43. Be2 $1 {/\ Th7+,Txf7+,Lh5+ +-} Qc8 44. Rh7+
Kg8 45. Qg6+ Rg7 (45... Bg7 46. Bg4 Qxg4 47. Qxg4 Kxh7 48. Qh4+ $18) 46. Rxg7+
Bxg7 47. Bg4 Rd6 48. Qxd6 Qxg4 49. f3 Qc8 50. Qc6 Qa6 51. Kh3 Qe2 52. Qe8+ Kh7
53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. d6 Qf1+ 55. Kg4 Qc4 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. d7 Bf6 58. Kf5 Bd8 59.
Qxd8 Qf7+ 60. Kxe5 Qh5+ 61. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 (10. a4 $5) 10... Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra7
(13... Raa8 $5) 14. a5 e4 $1 15. Nfd4 Ne5 16. Nb5 Nf3+ $5 17. gxf3 (17. Bxf3
exf3 18. Nxa7 Qd7 $19 {/\ Dg4}) 17... exf3 18. Rfb1 (18. Nxa7 Qd7 $19) 18...
Ng4 19. h3 (19. Bxg7 Qh4 $19) (19. Bf1 Qg5 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. h3 Nxf2+ 22. Kh2
Ng4+ $19) 19... Nxe3 $1 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kf1 fxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxh3+ 23. Ke1 Bh6
24. Nd2 (24. Nxa7 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Qg1+ 27. Qf1 Re8+ $19) 24... Qh1+
25. Qf1 Qh2 26. Bc3 Bg2 27. Ne4 $1 Re8 $1 (27... Bxf1 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Ng4+ $18
) 28. Qf2 $2 (28. Rb2 $1 Qh4+ 29. Qf2 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxa1 31. Qxg2 Bg7 $17) 28...
Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qh5+ 30. Ke1 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Rxe4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Qf3+ 34. Qf2
Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c6 (5... b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O c5
8. a3 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 e6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. d3 d5 14. cxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Espig,L-Gruenberg,H/ DDR-ch Zittau 1989 (14)}) (5... d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3
Nbd7 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. a4 Bd7 11. a5 a6 12. O-O h5 13. Rfd1 N8h7 14. e4
Bg4 15. Bc1 Nd7 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng5 18. Be2 Ne6 $14 {Rogers,I-Piket,J/
Groningen 1989/ 1-0 (56)}) 6. Be2 (6. d3 a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Qb6
10. Bc3 Na6 11. Qa4 d5 12. Nbd2 dxc4 13. dxc4 c5 14. b5 Nc7 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qa1
Ra8 17. Qb2 {Csom,I-Lautier,J/ Cannes 1989/ 1/2-1/2 (55)}) 6... d5 7. Qc1 $5 (
7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. d4 Ne8 12. Nd2 Nd6 $11 {
Filip,M-Hartston,W/ Praia de Rocha zt 1969/ 1-0 (42)}) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Re8 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qc3 Nb6 14. e4 dxc4 15. dxc4 a5
16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. bxa5 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Rab1 Qa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 c5 7. a3 Bb7 8. O-O d6
9. d4 {9.Nc3, Nbd7 Espig,L-Gruenberg,H DDR-ch Zittau 1989 CBM/12} Nbd7 10. d5 {
10.Nbd2!?} cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. Nbd2 bxc4 {12...Nb6!?} 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bd4 Qd7
15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxc4 Ne8 18. Bd3 b5 19. Nb3 Bc3 20. Nbd4 Bxb4
21. Bxb5 Qc8 {21...Qc7? 22.Bxe8, Rxe8 23.Qa4 +/-} 22. Qb1 Qc5 $2 {22...Bc5 22..
.Bc3} 23. Rc1 Bc3 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxb7 {+/-} Qa3 26. Rf1 Kf8 27. Nc6 Bf6 28.
h3 Kg7 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Ncxe5 h5 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Nd7 Bb2 34. Qc7 Ra8
35. Qc2 Kg8 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Nc4 Qc5 38. Rb1 Rb4 39. Rxb2 Rxc4 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41.
Qb2 f6 42. Ng5+ Kh6 43. Ne6 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Qd6+ 45. f4 Kh7 46. Rd8 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blodstein, Arkady"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 $5 {This looks a bit strange, but I tried to get
an original type of positions. In fact, the position is closed, so White
cannot exploit the drawbacks of Black's setup.} 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O O-O $11 {Black has successfully solved his opening problems. White's
extra tempo has no importance in this symetrical position.} 8. d3 {In my
opinion,white is playing too passively.} ({I would prefer:} 8. d4 $5 {fighting
for the space advantage.}) 8... c5 (8... d6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1
Rab8 12. Rad1 e5 $11 {0-1 Monticelli,M-Sacconi,A/Venice 1925/EXT 2002 (66)}) 9.
Nbd2 Nc6 {In my opinion,the knight is better placed at c6 than at d7, because
it puts more pressure on the central squares.} ({Also possible was:} 9... d5 $5
) 10. a3 $146 {White intents to reach some play on the queen-side by b3-b4.} (
10. Rb1 Qc7 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Rad8 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. e3 e5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16.
dxe4 Ra8 17. Bc3 Nd8 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Nd2 Nb7 $11 {0-1 Ivanov,I-Vaganian,R/New
York 1990/CBM 16 ext (57)}) 10... Re8 {A flexible move - Black is not hurrying
with an advancement of his Pd7 and makes a useful prophylactic move.} ({
The alternatives were:} 10... a5 $5) ({and} 10... Qe7 $5 {Of course,the
position looks equal anyway.}) 11. Qb1 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gf1d1] A typical manoevre.
White leaves a good square for the Rf1 and prepares b3-b4.} (11. Rb1 a5 $11 (
11... d5 12. b4 dxc4 13. dxc4 cxb4 14. axb4 $14)) 11... a5 {The weakness of
the square b5 is not significant here. At the same time, Black should prevent
White from playing b3-b4.} 12. Rd1 (12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11
) 12... Qe7 13. d4 {Finally, this natural advancement comes.} ({An equal
position would arise after} 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 13...
Rab8 (13... d6 $5 {also deserved attention} {in order to meet} 14. e4 $140 {
with} e5 $132) 14. e4 d5 $1 {Black should play energetically in order to avoid
an inferior position.} ({Worse was:} 14... cxd4 $6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5
17. exd5 exd5 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Qb2 $14 {with some pressure by White.}) 15. exd5
(15. e5 $6 Nd7 $15) (15. dxc5 $6 dxe4 $1 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxe4
bxc5 $15) 15... exd5 16. Re1 $1 {White should take control over the open
e-file.} ({The following variations are in Black's favour:} 16. cxd5 $143 $6
Nxd5 17. dxc5 Nc3 $1 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Ra2 bxc5 $15) (16. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 17. cxd5
Re2 18. Rf1 Qxd5 19. Qd1 $1 Rbe8 20. Nc4 $1 $11 (20. Nd4 $2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2
Nxd4+ 22. Kh3 R8e5 $1 23. Qxe2 (23. g4 $2 h5 $19) 23... Rxe2 24. Bxd4 Rxd2 $17)
) 16... Qf8 17. Qc2 {Connecting the rooks is the most logical decision.} (17.
cxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nxd5 $15) (17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nc4 Qc5 $15)
17... cxd4 (17... dxc4 18. Nxc4 b5 19. Nce5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Qd6 23. Nf3 $11) 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. h3 $6 {This is a
first inaccuracy which allows Black to reach some advantage.} ({The correct
continuation was:} 20. Qc3 $142 $1 {(Blodstein,A)} Nh5 (20... Rbd8 21. Qd4 $11)
21. Qc2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 $11 {with an equality.})
20... b5 $6 $138 {That energetical breakthrough looks tempting, but actually I
should play more accurately in order to keep some advantage.} ({The right move
was:} 20... Rbc8 $142 21. Qc3 (21. Rac1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 b5 $15 23. b4 $140 axb4
24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. cxd5 Bd7 $36) 21... Nh5 22. Qc2 dxc4 23. Bxg7
$1 (23. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 c3 $17) (23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. b4 (24. Bxg7 $2 Re2 $19
) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Qxb4 $1 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxc6 Re2) 23... Bxg2 (23...
Nxg7 24. Qxc4 $11) 24. Bb2 Bxh3 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qxc4+ $15 {although White has
excellent chances to draw in the arisen endgame.}) 21. b4 $1 {An excellent
resource which was underestimated by me.} axb4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Rxe8+ $1 {
The correct intermediate exchange.} ({Wrong would be:} 23. cxd5 $2 Bxd5 24.
Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxd5 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qd4 27. Qa2 Re2 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 $19) 23... Rxe8
24. cxd5 $2 {Missing a great chance to equalize !} ({There was a nice
possibility:} 24. Ra6 $142 $3 {[%csl Ga6,Rc6,Rf6][%cal Ga6c6,Ga6f6] after that
powerful move black is unable to hold his extra pawn:} Re1+ (24... Re2 25. Rxc6
Rxd2 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. Bc3 Rxc2 28. Bxb4 Nd7 29. Bxd5 bxc4 $11) 25. Nf1 (25. Kh2
Re2 26. Rxc6 Rxd2 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. Bc3 Rxc2 29. Bxb4 Nd7 30. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1
Rb2 $15) 25... Qc5 $8 26. Ba3 b4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxc6 dxc4 $11) 24... Bxd5
$17 {Now White has no tactical resources, so Black remains with a heavy extra
pawn.} 25. Bxd5 (25. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 26. Rb1 Qd4 $19) 25... Nxd5 26. Qc6 ({
Nothing changes also} 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rb1 Qc3 $17) 26... Rd8 27. Ra8 (27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nf3 Qc3 29. Qxc3+ Nxc3 30. Ne5 (30. Ra3 b4 31. Rb3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2
Rb1 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 $19) 30... Kf6 31. f4 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Nxd1 $19) 27... Rxa8 28.
Qxa8+ Bf8 {That is the only, but quite sufficient move.} (28... Qf8 $2 29. Qxd5
Bxb2 30. Qxb5 $11) 29. Qxd5 Qxb2 30. Nb3 ({Or} 30. Kf1 b4 31. h4 h5 32. Nb3 $17
) 30... Qe2 31. Nd4 $2 {A decisive mistake in a very hard position.} ({It was
necessary to keep the knight at b3 at any cost:} 31. Kg2 $142 Qc4 32. Qd1 $17)
31... Qd3 $19 {Now white cannot stop black's passed pawn.} 32. Qd8 b4 33. Qb6 (
{Hopeless was also:} 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 Qb7 35. Nb3 Qf3 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rf2]
[%cal Gf3f2,Gf3b3]}) 33... h5 34. h4 Qc4 35. Kh2 Qd5 ({White resigns in view
of:} 35... Qd5 36. Kg1 (36. Ne2 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Bxc5 38. Kg2 b3 39. Nc3 b2 40. Kf3
Kg7 $19) 36... Bc5 37. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) 0-1

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 16th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 {I like this move when I see it. It gains space on
the queenside, but I am always unsure how to meet it when Black plays ...a5.}
Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 {Naiditsch goes for a Grünfeld type play.} 6. Bg2 d5 7.
cxd5 (7. Na3 {is something to think about.} a5 8. b5 dxc4 9. bxc6 Nxc6 10. Nxc4
Be6 $11 {Nothing special, but White is not worse.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9.
a3 (9. Qb3 Qb6 10. a3 a5 $15) 9... a5 {I have the feeling that Black should
already be very happy with what he has achieved out of the opening.} 10. Nc3 (
10. bxa5 {would have been the lesser evil, but then no one likes to play with
an isolated pawn like a3.}) 10... Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 axb4 13. axb4 {
The rook on a8 gets activated without having to move!} Ra3 14. Rc1 Na6 15. O-O
Rd8 {The bishop comes to e6, the knight will go from c7 to b5. All in all, all
the black forces co-ordinates with each other.} 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Ra1 (17. b5
cxb5 18. Bxb7 Nc5 $17) 17... Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nc7 {There is no time for 19.Ra7
because the back rank is weak.} 19. h4 Nb5 {And now Ra7 is not possible.} 20.
c4 Nc3 21. b5 (21. Kf1 f6 {and the c4-pawn falls.}) 21... cxb5 22. cxb5 f6 23.
Nf3 Nxe2+ 24. Kh2 Nc3 {Black is a pawn up and the other one on b5 is also weak.
} 25. Ra7 Bd5 26. Nd4 Kf7 27. Nc2 (27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 $19) 27... Nxb5 28. Bxd5+
Rxd5 29. Rxb7 Rd2 30. Kg1 Nd6 31. Rc7 Ne4 {Through tactical means Naiditsch
ensures that he is not just one, but two pawns up.} 32. Nb4 Nxf2 33. Nc6 Ke6 $1
{This is good technique. To find the best moves in any given position.} 34.
Nxe7 (34. Rxe7+ Kd6 $19) 34... Ng4 35. Nc8 h5 36. Nb6 Ne3 37. Kh1 Rd3 38. Na4
Kf5 39. Nb2 Rb3 40. Nc4 Nxc4 (40... Nxc4 {White resigned.} 41. Rxc4 Rxg3 42.
Kh2 Re3 $19) 0-1

