[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 $5 {Tregubov's new toy. This move is also
very popular against the Slav Defense.} Be7 {I have decided to play a Queen's
Indian.} 5. b3 {Now we will have a 4.e3 Queen's Indian. I had some experience
about it when I was a kid.} (5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 Bb7 9. Bd3
Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 $13) 5... O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Nbd2 {White
is loyal to the classical lines.} (9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
Qe2 Nbd7 13. e4 Rfd8 $11) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 {After
this I have to be careful with white's queenside expansion connected with c5
thrust.} Re8 13. Re1 g6 $5 {Strangely this move has been played even before
this encounter. During the game I have thought that this was my brainchild.}
14. c5 $6 {This collaborates with blacks plans.} (14. Nf1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bf8 16.
Ne3 Bg7 $13) 14... a5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative in the game.} 15. Bb5
Nd7 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxc6 (17. axb4 $2 Nxb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe8 Ned3 $19)
17... Bxc6 18. axb4 $15 {After losing the light squared bishop white does not
have much of a plan.} Bf6 $1 {Helping to push central pawns.} (18... Bb5 $6 19.
Nb1 Ra8 20. Nc3 Bc4 21. c6) 19. Ba1 {Misplaces the bishop.} (19. Ne5 Bxe5 20.
dxe5 Qh4 $40) (19. Bc3 $6 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rb8) 19... bxc5 (19... Rb8 $2 20. b5 $1
$18 {would be a scandal.}) 20. dxc5 e5 {Finally the center has got established
now it should be protected before the expansion.} 21. Nb3 d4 22. Na5 Qc7 $6 {
A little bit too timid.} (22... Bd5 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Nd6 Re6 25. c6 (25. Rb1 Qc7
) 25... Rxd6 26. c7 Qf8 27. cxb8=Q Qxb8 28. Rb1 Qb7 $44) 23. Nd2 (23. Nxc6 Qxc6
24. Nd2 {transposes}) 23... Bg5 $1 {Black wants to play against Ba1.} 24. Nxc6
Qxc6 25. Rb1 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd5 27. f4 f6 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Rec1 Rec8 $1 {Now
both sides pawns are stopped.} 30. h3 (30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Qf3 Qc6 $1 32. Qxc6
Rxc6 33. Kf2 Kf7) 30... Rc6 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Qf3 $4 {This looks like a
harakiri.} (32. Rf1 Rf6 $13) 32... Qxf3 33. gxf3 g5 $17 {Whites pawns are
blocked.} 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Rg1 h6 36. Rge1 Rb5 37. Kg3 Kg6 (37... Re6 38. Rb2
Nb8 39. h4 Nc6 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kg4 Kg6 42. Rb3 Rf6 43. Bb2 $15) 38. h4 gxh4+
$2 {There is no need to break h6-g5 phalanx.} (38... Rf6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg4
Rc6 41. Rb2 Nf6+ 42. Kg3 Kf5 $19) 39. Kxh4 Kf5 40. Kg3 $2 $138 {Being low on
time Pasha plays a second rate move.} (40. f4 Kxf4 41. Rb2 Kf5 (41... Kf3 {
was my intention.} 42. Rb3+ Kf2 43. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 44. Bxd4+ Ke2 45. Bxe5 $11 {
was what I have missed.}) 42. Rf2+ Ke6 43. Bxd4 Rxb4 44. Rf4 $11) 40... Nf6 41.
Rh1 h5 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Ke2 Rcb8 44. c6 (44. Kd3 Rxb4 45. Rxb4 Rxb4 46. c6 {
was a better way to do it.}) 44... Rxb4 $2 (44... Rc8 45. Rhc1 Nd5 $19) 45.
Rxb4 Rxb4 46. Kd3 Rb8 (46... Rb6 47. Rc1 Rb8 48. Rc5 Kf4 49. Bb2 Rc8 50. Bc1+
Kxf3 51. Rxe5 Rxc6 52. Rf5+ $11) 47. Kc4 Rh8 $2 {A typical time trouble move.}
(47... Kf4 48. Kc5 (48. Rh3 Rb1) 48... Ra8 49. Kd6 (49. Bb2 Ra2 $19) 49... Ne8+
50. Kd7 Kxf3 51. Ke6 (51. Rxh5 $2 Nf6+) 51... Ra5 52. Ke7 Nc7 53. Kd6 Na8 54.
Bb2 Rb5) 48. Bb2 Ne8 $2 {Carried away} (48... h4 49. Rh3 Ne8 50. Bc1 Nc7 51.
Bd2 Ne6 52. Be1 Rc8 53. Kb5 Ng5 $19) 49. Ba3 Kf4 $4 {Penetration does not
always count as we all know!} (49... h4 50. Rh3 Rh6 51. Kd5 Nc7+ 52. Kc5 Ne6+
53. Kb5 Rh7 $19) 50. Rh3 Ke3 51. Kd5 d3 52. f4+ $11 (52. Bc1+ d2 53. f4+ Ke2
54. Rh2+ Kf3 55. Bxd2 exf4 56. Rh4 $11) 52... Kxf4 53. Bc1+ Kg4 54. Rxd3 h4 55.
Kxe5 h3 56. Rd4+ $1 $11 {Now it is a dead draw!} Kf3 57. Rd3+ Kg4 (57... Ke2 $6
58. Rd2+ Ke1 59. Rh2 {and only white can try!}) 58. Rd4+ Kf3 59. Rd3+ Kg4 60.
Rd4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bc2
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. d5 e5 11. Ba4+ Nfd7 12. b4 O-O 13. Re1 Qc8 14. Qe2 a5 15.
a3 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Nxb5 Nb6 18. Nc3 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. Rb1 Rc8 21. Bb3
Nd7 22. Nd4 exd4 23. Rxe7 dxc3 24. Rxd7 Bxd5 25. Bf4 Be6 26. Rb7 g5 27. Be3 c2
$1 {Certainly the most convincing and elegant way to conclude the game.} 28.
Rc1 (28. Bxc2 {falls short of} Nxe3) 28... Nxe3 $1 {Eliminating a key defender
of the c1-square.} 29. Bxe6 {[%tqu "En","How can Black finish the game
victoriously?","Exploit the weakness of White's back rank and energy of your
advanced pawn!","Try to deflect the c1-rook.","a8a1","This spectacular blow
crowns Black's superb tactical play.",5]} Ra1 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1][%cal Gc8c1] A
terrific blow, dissolving White's last illusions.} (29... Ra1 {White resigned
in view of the line} 30. Rxa1 (30. fxe3 Rxc1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+) 30... c1=Q+ 31.
Rxc1 Rxc1#) 0-1

[Event "Wotulo Memorial"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Rad1 a5 14. d5 e5 15.
Bd3 Ndf6 16. Nh4 g6 17. f3 Ng5 18. f4 Nf7 19. Nf3 axb4 20. axb4 Qe7 21. e4 fxe4
22. Bxe4 Ra2 23. Bd3 Bc8 24. Qb1 Ra4 25. Bc3 Bg4 26. Rde1 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Kg7 28.
Qb2 Nd7 29. Ref1 Rfa8 30. f5 Nh6 31. Rg3 g5 32. Bd2 Nf7 33. h4 g4 34. Rxg4+ Kh8
35. Bg5 Nf6 36. Rf3 Rg8 37. Rfg3 Nh6 38. Bxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rg5 Rf8 40. Be4 Ng8 41.
Qd2 Qe7 42. h5 Nf6 43. Qe3 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Rd1 45. Bd3 Ra8 46. Be2 Rd4 47. h6 Rh4+
48. Rh3 Re4 49. Qd2 Rg8 50. Rxg8+ Nxg8 51. g4 Rf4 52. Qe3 Qf8 53. Qg3 Nf6 54.
g5 Ne4 55. g6 Qxf5 56. g7+ Kg8 57. Qa3 Rf2+ 58. Kh1 (58. Kg1 {is strongly met
by} Qg6+ 59. Rg3 Qxg3+ 60. Qxg3 Nxg3 61. Kxf2 Nf5 {, with a winning ending for
Black.}) {[%tqu "En","Both kings are not safe, but Black can strike first.
How?","White has create a deadly threat 59.Qa8+, so you need to do something
about it...","Sacrifice your knight in order not to lose momentum in the
attack.","e4g3","Very neat. This spectacular sacrifice spells an end for Black.
",6]} 58... Ng3+ $1 59. Rxg3 ({After} 59. Qxg3 Rxe2 {White is defenseless.})
59... Qb1+ {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf2h2,Gb1h1]} 60. Bf1 ({Or} 60. Rg1 Qe4+ 61. Bf3
Qh4#) 60... Rxf1+ 61. Kg2 (61. Kh2 Rh1+ 62. Kg2 Qf1#) 61... Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Qf5+
63. Ke2 Qf1+ 64. Kd2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Miltner, Arndt"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rae1 Qc7 15.
Kh1 Rfd8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Nc5 18. Bb1 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 Nfe4 21. Nf2 a5
22. Nfxe4 dxe4 23. Rf2 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Qg4 Re8 26. f5 $2 ({Better was
Besser war} 26. h4 {, although Black keeps the better chances anyway. After
the text move Black gets a very dangerous initiative. , obwohl Schwarz auch
dann die besseren Chancen behält. Der Textzug überlässt dem Nachziehenden eine
brandgefährliche Initiative.}) 26... Rxe5 27. Rxe5 h5 28. Qh3 Qxe5 29. fxg6
fxg6 30. Qxd3 Qd4 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Qc4+ Kh7 34. Qf1 Qg4 35. h4 $4 ({
After this mistake, White's position is defenseless. Correct was Nach diesem
Fehler bricht die weiße Stellung zusammen. Korrekt war} 35. Bd2) 35... Qh3+ $1
{The most convincing way to the victory. Der überzeugenste Weg zum Sieg.} 36.
Kg1 {[%tqu "En","How can Black use his two powerful bishops and the disharmony
in the placement of White's pieces?","Try to expose the enemy king even
further.","Sacrifice your bishop!","b7g2","A nice conclusion of Black's attack.
",4,"h3g3","is met by",0,"De","Wie kann Schwarz seine zwei machtvollen Läufer
und die Disharmonie in der weißen Figurenstellung ausnutzen?","Versuchen Sie,
den feindlichen König noch mehr zu entblößen.","Opfern Sie Ihren Läufer!",
"b7g2","Ein hübscher Abschluss des schwarzen Angriffs.",4,"h3g3","is met by",0]
} Bxg2 $1 {[%csl Ge8,Rf1,Rf2,Rg1,Gg2,Gg7,Gh3][%cal Gg7d4,Ge8e1]} ({The
decisive blow! Der Entscheidungsschlag! Nach} 36... Qg3 {is met by} 37. Ne2 {
, and Black still needs to overcome some difficulties. dagegen müsste Schwarz
noch einige Schwierigkeiten überwinden.}) 37. Rxg2 (37. Qxg2 {loses to
verliert wegen} Re1+ 38. Rf1 Bd4+) 37... Bd4+ 38. Rf2 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 ({Or Oder} 
39. Qg2 Re1#) 39... Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 (7. Nbd2 $5
Ne4 (7... c5 $5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qe7
$132 {Giacomini,H-Komarov,D/FrTCh, Montpellier FRA 1998 (51)}) 8. O-O Nd7 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 $13 {Volman,H-Shachar,E/
Maccabiah op 1993 (39)}) 7... Bd6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 (9. Qe2 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5
11. Ba6 $6 Qc8 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 a6 $15 {Schiffer,K-Tunik,G/
Groningen op 1995 (36)}) 9... a6 10. Qc2 c5 ({Deserved attention} 10... dxc4 $5
11. bxc4 O-O 12. e4 (12. O-O Bxf3 $5 13. gxf3 c5 $132) 12... e5 13. d5 Nc5 14.
Be2 Nh5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Ng6 $13 {with unclear position.}) 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 $6 (14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bc3
Ne4 17. Bb2 Ndf6 $10) 14... d4 15. Na4 (15. Nd5 $6 h6 $1 16. Bc4 Nxd5 17. exd5
Nf6 18. b4 $8 (18. Qf5 $2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxh2+) 18... cxb4 19.
Nxd4 Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 $6 20. Nf5 $1 $44) 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5 Qb8 $1 $15)
15... Re8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. h3 (17. e5 $6 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxc5 Rc8 20. b4
$15) 17... Rc8 $15 18. Nb2 Nh5 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Re2 (20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. a3 Nf4 22.
Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qd2 Rb8 $1 $15) 20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rce1 Nb8 $6 (22...
Qc7 $1 23. Rd1 Re6 24. Ncd2 Rce8 $15) 23. a3 Nd7 24. g3 Bc7 25. Nh2 Ne5 $1 (
25... Rb8 26. e5 $1 Bd5 27. f4 Be6 28. Ng4 $40) 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf3 (27. f4
$5 Rh5 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Nf3 Re8 $13) 27... Re6 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Qd3 Qf6 30. b4 (
30. Bd5 Rb8 $1 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Rc2 Ba5 33. Rd1 Bc3 $15) 30... cxb4 31. axb4
Bxg3 $1 {Nice tactical blow,causing white serious problems.} 32. fxg3 Rxc4 33.
Qxc4 Qxf3 $36 34. Rf1 (34. Qc7 Bxe4 35. Kh2 d3 36. Rd2 Re6 $17) 34... Qxg3+ 35.
Rg2 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Re7 37. Re2 Qc3 ({Better was} 37... Rc7 $1 38. Qxc7 Qxe2+ 39.
Kg1 Bxe4 40. Qxf7+ Kh7 41. Qf2 d3 42. Qxe2 dxe2 43. Rc1 Bd3 $17 {with good
winning chanses.}) 38. Qxc3 dxc3 $15 {Now white has enough defensive resourses
to hold the game.} 39. Rc1 Rc7 40. Re3 c2 41. Re2 Rc4 42. Rcxc2 Rxb4 43. e5 Bd5
44. Rc5 Be6 45. Re3 Ra4 46. Rcc3 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Rb2 48. Ra3 Rb6 49. Kf2 Kh7 50.
Kg3 Kg6 (50... g5 $5 51. Red3 Kg6 52. Rd6 Rb5 53. Rdxa6 Rxe5 $15) 51. Ra4 Kf5
52. Rf4+ Kg5 53. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 a6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 {Sooner or later White has to release the pressure in the
centre by taking on d5.} (10. Rc1 Re8 11. cxd5 (11. Ne2 dxc4 12. Rxc4 b5 13.
Rc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 g6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Almasi,Z/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (28)}) 11... exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4
13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Qc1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Seirawan,Y/Prague 2002/CBM 89 (21)}) 10... exd5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Ng3 g6 13.
Rc1 Ne4 (13... Rfe8 14. Qc2 Rac8 $6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gupta,A-Alekseev,E/Kochin 2004 (26)}) 14. Re1 {Preparing to double the
rooks on the c-file.} (14. Rc2 f6 15. Qe2 Rf7 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf8 18. Re1
Bb4 19. Rec1 Bd6 20. Re1 Bb4 21. Rec1 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/
Istanbul 2000}) 14... f5 {[%cal Gg6g4,Gf8f6,Gf6h6] In the meantime Black is
starting an attack on the position of the white king.} 15. Re2 g5 $5 16. Rec2
c6 {Otherwise White would just sacrifice an exchange on c7.} 17. Nf1 g4 ({
It was possible to sacrifice a pawn on g5, but I don't think Black can hope
for more than equality in that case.} 17... Rf6 $5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxg5 Rg6
20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Re8 $44) 18. Ne1 Rf6 $6 {I guess this natural move is
inaccuracy because White is just on time to defend everything on the kingside.
Very serious attention deserved} (18... Qg5 $5 {with the idea not to let White
to recapture with the g-pawn after 19.f4 gxf4} 19. f4 gxf3 20. Nxf3 Qh6 $36 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6g4]}) 19. f4 $1 {The beginning of an excellent defensive
regrouping of the pieces.} Rh6 20. g3 $1 {[%cal Gc2g2,Gd3b1,Ge1d3,Gd3e5]} Ndf6
21. Rg2 Rh3 22. Bb1 h5 23. Nd3 {The knight is prepared to come to e5.} Qh7 ({
After} 23... Kg7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Bd3 $14 {Black can do nothing on the kingside,
but at least he keeps an eye on a3!}) 24. Ne5 Rc8 (24... h4 25. gxh4 $1 (25.
Rcc2 $6 {[%csl Rb1]} Rc8) 25... Qxh4 26. Nxc6 Rc8 27. Ne5 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 $14)
25. Bd3 $14 {Black's play on the kingside is in the deadlock, but Karjakin
insists on trying to create something instead of taking precautions against
the possible Bb2-c3 idea.} h4 $5 26. Rcc2 Kg7 27. gxh4 Rxh4 28. Ng3 Kf8 $6 (
28... Nxg3 29. Rxg3 Rh3 30. Rcg2 $14 Rh8 $140 $2 31. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5,
Rg4]}) 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc1 $1 {It turns out that Black is the one who should
worry about his king.} Nh5 $6 {After the move in the game there is no way back,
but also after} (30... Kg8 31. Ba3 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Nh5 33. Rcf2 $16 {it's hard
to believe Black would be able to survive.}) 31. Ba3 $18 Bxa3 (31... Ke7 32.
Nxc6+ Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Qxc6 Bxa3 35. Qc7+ $18) 32. Qxa3+ Kg8 33. Nxh5
Qxh5 34. Qe7 {Black is helpless.} Qh7 35. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Rivera, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 d5 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qc2 c5 $13) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2
Qe7 13. b4 O-O (13... axb4 14. axb4 O-O 15. b5 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8 17. Rc1 $5 $14
) 14. b5 f5 15. g3 Rf6 $132 16. a4 Rh6 17. Rfc1 $6 Rf8 18. Be2 g5 {More in the
sirit of the position was} (18... Ndf6 $1 19. Nh4 $140 Bc8 20. Ndf3 Ng4 21. Rf1
Nxh2 $3 22. Nxh2 (22. Kxh2 Rxh4+ 23. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 24. Kg2 Nxg3) 22... Rxh4 23.
gxh4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 (24. Kg2 Qxh4 25. Qc6 Ng5 $1) 24... Qxh4+ 25. Kg1 Qg5+ 26.
Kh1 Rf6 $19) 19. Re1 Rff6 20. Rec1 $5 (20. Rac1 $5 Rf8 (20... g4 $2 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxc7 Qf5 26. Rf1 Rf7 27. Qb8+
Kg7 28. Rc7 $18) (20... Rfg6 $5 21. Bf1 f4 $6 22. exf4 gxf4 23. Bg2 fxg3 24.
fxg3 Qg7 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Ne5 $14) 21. Red1 g4 22. Nxe4 $8 (22. Ne5 $2 Bxe5
23. dxe5 Nxf2 $3 24. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 25. Kf1 f4 $1 {[%csl Rf1]} 26. exf4 Rxf4+ 27.
Kg1 (27. gxf4 Qh4) (27. Ke1 Rff2) 27... Rxe2 $17) 22... fxe4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24.
dxe5 c5 25. bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qe6 $132) 20... g4 (20... f4 $2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Nxg5 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rfg6 (23... Rxf2 24. Bc4+ Kg7 25. Qxf2 $18) 24. Bc4+ Kf8 25.
Nf7 Bxg3 26. Nxh6 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 $1 $18) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 $8 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxc7 (25. Bxg4 $6 Rf7 $1 26. Ra3 (26. Qc3 $6 Qg5 27. h3
Rhf6 28. Ra2 h5 $36) 26... Rhf6 27. Rf1 Qg5 $132) 25... Qf5 26. Rf1 Rf7 27.
Qb8+ Rf8 $4 (27... Kg7 28. Rac1 Qd7 29. Qe5+ Rhf6 30. Rc2 $14) 28. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Mencinger, Vojko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 (11... Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8
14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 c5 16. Qb3 d5 17. bxc5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc5 19. Ba3 Bd5 20.
Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Adams,M/Open Koge DEN 1997}) 12. Qc1 $5 $146 (12. Qc2
f5 13. Rad1 (13. Ne1 Qg5 14. Bc1 Qg6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nd3 c5 17. Qc3 Nf7 18. Nf2
Rae8 19. Bb2 cxd4 20. exd4 e5 21. d5 Qf6 22. b4 $14 {Chevallier,D-Kosten,A/
FRA-chT 1993/0-1 (55)}) 13... Qe7 $142 (13... Ng5 $6 14. Nd2 f4 $6 (14... Nh3+
15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qh5 $5) 15. e4 Rf6 16. c5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gf6]}
Nf8 17. c6 (17. f3 $142 $16) 17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. e5 Rg6 20. f3 d5 21.
Qd3 Ra8 22. Kf2 $4 Nh3+ {0-1 Munhbayar,L-Enkhbat,T/MGL-ch Erdenet 1994}) (13...
Kh8 $6 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qh4 17. f4 Rae8 18. Bd3 $1 exf4 19. exf4
Nc5 20. Bxf5 Nxb3 21. Rd3 Re1 (21... Rxf5 22. Rh3) 22. Rxb3 $18 {1-0 Browne,
W-Weinstein,N/New York 1984 (26)})) (12. Qd3 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2
Qe7 16. Rac1 e4 17. d5 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Seirawan,Y/
USA-ch 1988 (29)}) 12... f5 13. Ne1 {And now white's idea becomes clear,after
13...Qg5 14 f3 the e3pawn is protected by queen.} Qh4 $6 (13... Qe7 $142 14. f3
Nef6 15. Nd3 e5 16. Nf2 {with complicated play.}) 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nd3 Rae8 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} 16. c5 (16. Qe1 Qh6) (16. b4 e5 17. d5 $5 $14) 16... Ba6 (16...
dxc5 $143 $2 17. dxc5 {[%csl Gb2]} Ba6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Qc7 Rf7 20. Qf4 $1 {
[%csl Gg5]} Qh5 21. h4 Ne4 22. g4 $1 Qxh4 23. fxe4 $18) 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qc7
Rd8 19. d5 $2 (19. Qxd6 $2 Bxd3 (19... Nc5 $143 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxe2 22.
Nxe2 Nxb3 $11) 20. Bxd3 Nc5 21. dxc5 Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nf7 $17) (19. Rac1 $1 Qh6 (
19... Nf7 20. Qa7 Bb5 21. a4 $1 $16) 20. Rf2 Nf7 21. Nf4 $16) 19... Qh6 $1 {
[%csl Ge3]} (19... e5 $2 20. Nxe5 $1 $18 (20. Qxd6 $16)) 20. Rf2 (20. dxe6 $2
Qxe6 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Gd8c8]}) 20... e5 (20... exd5 21. Qc6 $1 $16 (21. Rd1
Rfe8 (21... Bb5 22. Qb7 $1) 22. Nf4 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qc6 $14
) (21. Nf4 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 {[%cal Gf5f4]})) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22.
Bxa6 Nexf3+ $1 23. gxf3 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nxf2 {[%cal Gh6h3]} 25. h4 Ne4 (25... Ra8
26. Rg1 (26. Bc4 f4 27. e4 (27. Kxf2 Qxh4+ 28. Ke2 Qh2+ $19 {[%csl Gb2]}) 27...
Nxe4 28. fxe4 f3+ 29. Kh3 (29. Kf1 Qg6 $19) 29... g5 $1 30. Qg7+ Qxg7 31. Bxg7
Kxg7 $19) (26. Qb7 Rxa6 (26... Qg6+ 27. Kxf2 f4) 27. Qxa6 Qxe3 28. Qb7 Rf7 29.
Qc8+ Rf8 30. Qc7 $11) 26... Ng4 $1) (25... f4 26. exf4) 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rg1
Rde8 $2 (27... Rf2+ 28. Kxf2 (28. Kh3 $2 Rf3+ 29. Rg3 Rdf8 $19) 28... Qxh4+ 29.
Ke2 (29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 29... Qh2+ 30. Kd1 Qxg1+ 31. Kd2 Rf8 32.
Be2 $18) (27... Ra8 $1 28. Rf1 (28. Bb7 Rf7) (28. Bxg7 Qxh4 $1 (28... Qxg7+ 29.
Kh1 Qxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rxa6 31. Qxd6 {[%csl Ge4]} Ra7 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qxe4 Rg7+
34. Kh2 $18) 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 $11 (30. Qc2 Rf6 31. Qc8+ Kg7 $19 {[%cal
Gg7h6]})) 28... Qg6+ (28... Rf3 29. Rxf3 exf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rf8+ 31. Ke2 Qh5+ 32.
Kd2 Rf2+ 33. Kc1 $18) 29. Kh2 Qg4 30. Qe7 Rac8 $1 31. Bxc8 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qxe3+
33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg3 $11) 28. Qd7 (28. Bxg7 $2 Qxh4 (28... Qxg7+ 29. Kh1 $18)
29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rf1 $8 Qg5+ $11) 28... g6 (28... Ra8 {already not enough.}
29. Rf1 Qg6+ (29... Rxa6 $140 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qc8+ $18) 30. Kh2 Qh6 31. Qg4
$18) 29. Rf1 $1 $18 Rxf1 30. Qxe8+ Rf8 31. Qxe4 Qh5 32. Qe6+ Rf7 33. Bf6 Qd1
34. Bf1 (34. Bb5 $2 {[%cal Gb5e8]} Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kf4 Qh1) 34... Qxb3
35. Qxd6 $4 $138 (35. Kg3 $1 {[%cal Ge6e8,Rf1h3,Rh3e6]} Qd1 36. Bh3 Qg1+ 37.
Kf3 Qh1+ (37... Qd1+ 38. Kf4) 38. Ke2 Qh2+ 39. Kd3 $18) 35... Qxe3 $2 (35...
Qc2+ $1 36. Kg3 (36. Kg1 Qf5 37. e4 Rxf6 $1 $19) 36... Qf5 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Bh3
Qxf6 39. Qxf6 Rxf6 40. e4 b5 41. e5 Rb6 $19) 36. Qd8+ Rf8 37. Qe7 Qd2+ 38. Kg3
Rf7 (38... Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Qxd5 40. Qxb6 Qe5+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Qxh4 43. Qxa5
$18) 39. Qe8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Rf7 41. d6 Qc1 42. Qe8+ Rf8 43. d7 Qxa3+ (43... Qc7+
44. Kh3 $18) 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 (11... Re8 $5) 12. Rc1 (12.
Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Rc1 $14 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 (16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc5 $10) 16... g6 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 (17... h5 18. Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 (18...
Kg7 19. Qf4 Rxe4 20. d5+ $1 $18) 19. Qxd7 $1 $16) 18. Qxe4 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Bg7
20. e4 Nf8 21. e5 (21. Rc3 $1 c5 22. Rg3 cxd4 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Qg4 $36 {Najdorf}
) 21... Qd5 22. f4 c5 $1 $15 {0-1 Petrosian,T-Taimanov,M/Zuerich ct 1953 (40)})
(12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qe2 (13. Ne2 Re8 14. Ng3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Rad1
Bf8 $11 {0-1 Vyzmanavin,A-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1993 (41)}) 13... Qe7 14. Ba6 Bxa6
15. Qxa6 Rc7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Rac1 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Langeweg,K-Sosonko,G/Amsterdam
OHRA 1984}) 12... Re8 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 Ba3 $1 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17.
Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Red1 Rac8 20. Ne2 a6 21. Rc2 cxd4 22. Nexd4 $14 {
Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Sanghi Nagar FIDE sf1 1995/CBM 45/[Gelfand]/0-1 (80)}) (
10... Na6 $6 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rc1 Nc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 Ne4 (14... Ne6 15.
Bxf6 $1 $16) 15. Bxe4 (15. Ne5 $1) 15... dxe4 16. Ne5 Bd5 17. Qh5 $2 (17. Nxc5
$18) 17... f6 18. Nc4 Na6 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Nc3 g6 21. Qe2 Nd3 $13 {1/2-1/2
Langeweg,K-Schneider,A/EU-chT Plovdiv 1983 (41)}) 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Re8 (
12... Bd6 13. Ne2 (13. Qe2 $142) 13... Re8 14. Ng3 a6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Qe2 Ne4
17. Rfd1 g6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bg7 20. Rc2 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,
P-Lengyel,L/Budapest FS08 GM 1995/EXT 95 (22)}) (12... a6 13. Bf5 $1 Re8 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 (14... bxc5 $6 15. Na4 $16) 15. Qe2 b5 (15... Bd6 $14) 16. Rfd1 $16 {
Halifman-Gavrikov Deutchland 1995\96}) 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 $142 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Gd3a6]}) 13... Bf8 14. Bf5 {Nowadays this move becomes typical in this
variation.} Ne4 15. dxc5 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Bh3 Rad8
$11) 15... Nxc3 16. Bxc3 bxc5 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]} 17. Qd3 (17. a3 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Gb3b4]} Nf6 (17... a5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Qb5 Bc8 $8 20. Red1 (20. Bh3 Rb8) (
20. Qc6 Nb6) 20... Ne5 $1 21. Nxe5 Bxf5 $11) 18. b4 c4 $13 {[%cal Ga7a5]})
17... h6 (17... g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh8]} 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bb2 $16 {[%cal Gd3c3]
} (19. b4 $143 cxb4 20. Bb2 Re4 $1 21. Nd2 Re6 22. Qd4 f6 $15)) 18. Bh7+ $5 Kh8
19. Qb5 Rb8 (19... Nb6 $2 20. Bb1 $16 {[%cal Gb5d3]}) 20. Bf5 $6 (20. Bb1 $142
$1 {[%cal Gb5d3]} Bd6 (20... d4 21. exd4 Bxf3 22. Qd3 $16) (20... Qe7 21. Red1
$1) 21. Qd3 Nf8 22. Qf5 (22. Red1 Qd7) 22... Qe7 23. Red1 $14) 20... Nf6 (20...
Nb6 $5) 21. Be5 a6 22. Qa4 Ra8 (22... Bd6 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qa5 Bc8
25. Bd3 (25. Bb1 Rb5) 25... Nd7 26. Red1 $14) 23... Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe7 25. Nd3
$16) 23. Qf4 Qb6 (23... Qe7 24. b4 c4 25. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4,Gf3d4]} Qe6 26. Ba4
$16) 24. Bc7 Qa7 25. b4 c4 (25... cxb4 $2 26. Ba5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd4][%cal
Gc1c7]}) 26. a3 Kg8 $1 {[%csl Gf7]} (26... Bc8 27. Bc2 $1 $16 Nh5 $2 28. Qxf7
$18) 27. Nd4 (27. Red1 $142 Bc6 $1 (27... Bc8 28. Be5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 28. Be5
Qe7 29. Bb2 (29. Bc2 a5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 29... a5
30. bxa5 Rxa5 (30... Reb8 31. Be5 Re8 32. Bc3 $16) 31. Bc2 $14) 27... Bc8 28.
Nc6 (28. Red1 $2 Bxf5 (28... Nh5 29. Qg4) 29. Nxf5 Re4 $1) 28... Qb7 29. Na5
Qa7 30. Nc6 Qb7 31. Na5 Qa7 32. Bxc8 (32. Nc6 $11) 32... Raxc8 33. Be5 Ne4 34.
Red1 Qa8 (34... Red8 35. Nxc4 $140 Nxf2 $1 36. Kxf2 dxc4 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxc4
Rd2+ 39. Ke1 Rd3 40. Rc3 Qd7 $44 {[%csl Ge1]}) 35. h4 {[%cal Gf2f3]} (35. f3
$142 Ng5 36. h4 (36. Qd4 Rcd8 $11) 36... Ne6 37. Qg3 (37. Qg4 Nc5 $1) 37... Qa7
38. Rc3 $11) 35... Re6 36. f3 Rce8 37. fxe4 (37. Bd4 Bd6 38. Qg4 Rg6 39. Qh3
Ng3 $15) 37... Rxe5 38. exd5 (38. Rf1 Rxe4 (38... f6 39. exd5 Re4 40. Qf5 R8e5
41. Qg6 Qxd5 42. Rxf6 $1 Rxe3 $13) 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Rcd1 Rxe3 41. Rxd5 c3 $17)
38... Rxd5 39. Nxc4 Re4 40. Qc7 $2 $138 (40. Qf3 $8 Rxd1+ 41. Rxd1 Qe8 42. Rd4
(42. Rc1 Qe6) (42. Nd6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 Rxe3 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 42... Rxd4 43. exd4
Qe1+ 44. Qf1 Qc3 (44... Qxh4 45. Qf2 $11) 45. Kh2 Qxd4 46. g3 $11) 40... Rg4
41. Rxd5 (41. Rf1 $2 Rxg2+ $19) 41... Qxd5 42. g3 Qf3 43. Kh2 Qf2+ (43... Be7
$1 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 44. Rf1 Qe2+ (44... Qxf1 $2 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qxg4 Qf2+ $11)
45. Kg1 (45. Kh3 Qxf1+ 46. Kxg4 h5+ 47. Kxh5 Qf5#) 45... Qxc4 46. Qxe7 Rxg3+
47. Kh2 Rg4 {and black wins easily.}) (43... g5 $143 44. Rc2 $1 (44. h5 $2 Qf2+
45. Kh3 Re4 $19 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 44... gxh4 45. Rg2 Kh7 46. Ne5 hxg3+ 47. Kh3
Rh4+ 48. Kxh4 Qxg2 49. Qxf7+ $11) 44. Kh3 Qf3 $4 (44... h5 $17) (44... Qf5 $2
45. Kg2 $44) (44... g5 45. Nb6 (45. Kxg4 Qe2+ 46. Kf5 Qf3+ $19) 45... Qf5 $1
46. Kh2 gxh4 47. Rg1 Qh5 $19) 45. Nd2 Qe2 (45... Qf5 46. Qc8) 46. Rf1 f6 47.
Qd7 $1 Rg6 48. Qf5 Rxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Qxd2 50. Qe6+ Kh7 51. Qe4+ Kg8 52. Qd4 Bd6+ (
52... Qa2 53. Qd3 $18) 53. Kf3 Qh2 54. Qc4+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ Kh8 56. Rc1 $18 Bc7
57. Qe6 $1 Qg3+ 58. Ke2 Qg2+ 59. Kd3 Qg6+ 60. Qe4 f5 61. Qc6 Bd6 62. h5 Qf6 63.
Qc8+ Bf8 64. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. Nd2 $146 (12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Be2 e5
14. Rc1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nh5 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Nf4 19. Bc4 Qc6
20. Qb3 Re6 (20... Re7 $142) 21. Bxe6 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A-Epishin,V/Tilburg 1994 
(32)}) (12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. Nd2 e5 14. bxc5 exd4 15. exd4 dxc5 16. d5 b5 {and
black O.K. 1/2-1/2 Tibensky,R-Stocek,J/Lazne Bohdanec 1997 (25)}) 12... cxd4
13. Bxd4 (13. exd4 d5 (13... b5 14. c5 Nd5 15. Qc2 {with advantage to White.})
(13... Nd5 14. cxd5 Qxc3 15. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ga1c1]} e5 $8 16. dxe5 (
16. Nxd6 Bxd5 17. Re1 $1 exd4 (17... Qxd4 18. Nf5 $18) 18. Nb5 (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7
19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxd5 Nf6) 18... Qb3 (18... Qc8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21.
Qxd5 $18) 19. Bc2 Qc4 20. Nxd4 Nf6 $11) 16... dxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. Nxd6 (17.
Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 18. Rc1 Qd3 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nxd6 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e2]})
17... Nxd3 18. Nxb7 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3][%cal Gd1f3]} Nf4 19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 $16)
17. Nd6 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qb7 $14) 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 (15.
bxc5 Ne4 $1 (15... e5 $6 16. dxe5 (16. Re1) 16... Ne4 17. Bd4 Ndxc5 18. Rc1 $16
) 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 e5 $11) 15... e5 $13) 13... Rfd8 {Black prepares the
advance of the d-pawn.} 14. Re1 $6 (14. Rc1 $142 Rac8 {with a complicated
position.} (14... a5 15. Qb3 $14) (14... Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 $5)) 14... Ne5 15. Bf1
d5 16. cxd5 (16. Rc1 $6 dxc4 17. Bxc4 (17. Nxc4 $2 Nc6 $1 (17... Neg4 18. f4
Rac8 $15 {[%csl Ge4]}) 18. Ne5 Qxe5 19. Rxc6 Qb8 $19 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 17... Neg4
18. Nf1 e5 19. Be2 $11) 16... Rxd5 (16... Neg4 {was an interesting try.} 17. f4
(17. Nf3 $2 e5 $1 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Bb2 e4 $19) (17. g3 $2 e5 18. Bb2 Rxd5 (18...
Bxd5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Gh6]}) 19. Bg2 Rd7 $17) 17...
Rxd5 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Nf3 $13) 17. f3 Rad8 {[%cal Ge5c6,Rd5d1]} 18. Ra2 {
[%csl Rd2]} (18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 $11) 18... Ng6 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} (18... Nc6 $143 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc1) 19. Qc1 Qd6 (19... Qxc1 $6
20. Rxc1 e5 21. Bc3 $14) 20. Bxf6 $11 (20. Bc4 $2 Rg5 $1 $40 {[%cal Gg6h4]} (
20... Rh5 21. Nf1)) 20... gxf6 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Rc2 R5d7 23. Ng3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 c5 (8... Nbd7 {-the most popular continuation}) (8... Nbd7 $5
{Ftacnik} 9. Nc3 a6) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 {Sokolov,A} 11. Ne2
Re8 $6 (11... Qe7 $142) 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Ng3 cxd4 {Portish-Sokolov,A, Linares
1989} (13... Nb4 14. Bb1 Ba6 15. Re1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 (17... Bxc4
18. a3 Nc6 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nd2 $18 {Sokolov,A}) 18. Qa4 $18 {Sokolov,A}) 14.
Bb5 $5 Nc3 (14... dxe3 15. Bxc6 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e2 17. Qd4 $18) 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16.
Rxc3 Rc8 17. Nd4 $18) 11. Rc1 (11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rad8 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. dxc5
Ndxc5 (14... Nxc3 $5 {[%cal Gb6c5]}) 15. Bb1 a6 16. Nd4 f5 17. g3 $14 {Dizdar,
G-Grosar,A/Solin 1994/1/2-1/2(39)}) 11... Qe7 $6 $146 (11... Re8 12. Bf5 Ne4
13. dxc5 Nxc3 $1 14. Rxc3 bxc5 15. Rc2 Nf6 16. Qd3 $2 g6 17. Bh3 d4 18. exd4 $2
Be4 19. Qd1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 cxd4 $17 {Danner-Sokolov, Ostrava 1994}) 12. Nb5 (12.
Qe2 {Ftacnik} Rad8 13. Rfd1 (13. Ba6 Ba8 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Ba3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qe6
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Rfe8 19. Nc3 Qh6 20. g3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Be5 22. Rh4 Qe6 {
0-1 Mirkovic,S-Ostojic,N/Novi Sad 1992/ (58)}) 13... Ne4 14. Ba6 Ba8 15. Bb5 (
15. dxc5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 bxc5 17. Ba1 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Tibensky,R-Grosar,A/Erevan
olm 1996/}) 15... Ndf6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 f6 19. Nd3 Kh8 20. Nf4
Qf7 21. Qg4 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Polugaevsky,L/URS-ch37 plof-1pl 1969/ (41)}) (12.
Re1 {Ftacnik} Rad8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Bb1 Rfe8 15. Nf4 Nf8 16. Bd3 Ne6 17. Ne2
N6g5 18. Ng3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nf6 20. f4 g6 21. Bb5 Rf8 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. b4 {
1/2-1/2 Tibensky,R-Polak,T/Lazne Bohdanec 1997/ (39)}) (12. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Rfe8
13. Ng3 g6 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19.
Bxd7 Qxd7 20. f4 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Qd3 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Gretarsson,H-Olafsson,H/
Reykjavik-A blind 1997 (45)}) 12... Bb8 13. Bf5 a6 (13... Rd8 $5 14. Qc2 a6 15.
Nc3 $14) 14. Nc3 Bd6 $2 {Ftacnik: Black is not careful enough, the text loses
a pawn without any compensation. Weakness of d5 and b6 has required very
careful manouvering.} (14... Rd8 $142) (14... Rd8 $5 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxd7 Nxd7
16. dxc5 Nxc5 $13) 15. Bxd7 $1 $16 {It's so amazing how Granda Zuniga played
the opening in this game!} Nxd7 (15... Qxd7 16. Na4 Qb5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Nh4 $18 {[%cal Gd1g4,Gh4f5]}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxd5 Qe6 18. Nf4 $1 (
18. Nc3 $6 Qh6 $132) 18... Bxf4 (18... Qh6 $142 19. Nh4 (19. Ng5 Bxg2 $1) 19...
Bxf4 20. exf4 Nf6 $16 (20... Qxh4 21. Qxd7 $18)) (18... Qe7 19. Nh5 $40) 19.
exf4 {[%csl Gb2,Rc5,Rd7]} Rad8 20. Ng5 Qc6 (20... Qf5 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 h6
23. Nh3 $16) 21. Qg4 {Ftacnik: White not only defends his king but hopes to
generate attack himself.} Nf6 (21... f5 {Ftacnik} 22. Qg3 $18) 22. Bxf6 Qxf6
23. Rxc5 Rd4 24. h4 $6 (24. Rc7 $142 Rxf4 25. Nxh7 $1 Qe5 26. Qg3 $1 Qxc7 $140
27. Nf6+ {[%csl Rc7]}) (24. g3 $5 $18) 24... h6 (24... Qxf4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxf4
Rxf4 26. Rc7 Ba8 27. g3 $16) (24... Rxf4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qd7 Ba8 26. Rc8 Rxh4 27.
Qe8 Qd6 28. Qxf7+ $18) 25. Nh3 Rd2 26. f5 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5]} Rd4 (26... Rxa2
{Ftacnik} 27. Nf4 Rd2 28. Nh5 Qd4 29. Rc4 $16) 27. Qg3 $6 (27. Nf4 Qd6 28. Rc4
$18) 27... Rxh4 28. Rfc1 $16 {It looks like black lost on time in this
position. Anyway this game, like many others in this event, wasn't on the
level of a World-ch.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 Bd6 $6 $146 {Lets white too much possibilities in
the center and blocks d-pawn.} (9... Be7 10. Re1 (10. b4 d6 (10... a5 11. b5 (
11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nb3 Ra7 13. Re1 d6 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. Bb4 Bc6 16. Nfd2 Re8 17.
Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Bogdanovski,V/Star Dojran 1991}) 11... d6 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Rfe1 $14 {Petrosian,A-Kosten,A/Belgrade GMA
1988/1-0(53)}) 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qb3 (13. Rc1 $6 {the better place
for this rook is on-d1} Bf8 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Qb3 g6 16. Qe3 Bg7 17. h3 e5 $11 {
Nutu Gajic,D-Prudnikova,S/Manila olw 1992/0-1 (51)}) 13... Bf8 14. a4 a5 15. b5
Qc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rac8 $11 {[%csl Rc4] Ivanov,S-Ilinsky,
V/URS-chT Azov 1991/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 Re8
13. Qc2 (13. b4 $6 {white could push the pawn to-b4 in one move.} Bf8 14. Qb3
g6 15. a4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bc3 Ra7 18. a5 bxa5 19. Qb5 Qa8 20. Rxa5 Rxa5
21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Bxa5 Ra8 $15 {Ivkov,B-Bronstein,D/Sochi 1968/0-1(37)}) 13...
Bf8 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Rac1 g6 16. Qb1 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nhf6 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. Rcd1 Qc7
20. Ned2 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Nisman,B-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade op 1989}) 12... Re8 13. Ng5
$6 Bf8 14. f4 g6 15. Rae1 Bg7 16. Qe3 h6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4
d5 $1 20. Qe2 (20. cxd5 Nf6 $15) 20... dxc4 21. bxc4 Nc5 $1 $15 {Petek,
M-Horvath,T/Zalakaros op 19941/2-1/2(40)}) 10... d6 (10... d5 11. b3 (11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qg5 $15 {Landa,J-Ros,J/Euskadi-ch 1995/1/2-1/2(42)}) 11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Re8 13.
Rc1 Rc8 $6 (13... dxc4 $142) 14. c5 a5 15. Bb5 $14 {Muse,M-Assmann,T/
Badenweiler op 1990/1-0(25)}) 11. Nb1 d5 $1 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 $11 {Tarjan,J-Hecht,H/Luzern olm 19821/2-1/2(28)}) 10. b4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Ne7
12. Re1 Ng6 13. c5 $6 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5] weekens d5-point.Also c5-pawn became a
target,which will be attacked by d6.} (13. Ne5 Be7 {[%cal Gd7d6]} (13... Nf4
14. Bf1)) (13. Ne4 $142 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 {[%cal Gd4d5] and black is
suffering because of the fact the bishop is in missed place on-d6}) 13... Be7
14. Rc1 Rc8 {[%cal Gd7d6] preparing d7-d6 break} 15. Nc4 (15. Ne5 $6 Nf4 (15...
d6) 16. Bf1 d6) 15... d6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. b5 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6] catching some
space on the queenside.} Ra8 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Qb3 {[%cal Ge1c1,
Yb3d1]} Bd5 21. Rec1 e5 $2 (21... Bxf3 $142 $1 {was the typical idea in this
kind of positions.} 22. Qxf3 d5 $15) 22. Qd1 Bxc4 $6 {It is not a good idea to
change the B in this position.After black push his pawns to e4 and d5,this
bishop becomes an importent piece in defence.} (22... e4 $142 23. Ne1 Be6 24.
Ne3 d5 $132) 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 e4 25. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2]} d5 26. Bf1 $14 {
/+/-|^<< <->c} h5 27. Nc2 Bd6 28. h3 Qf8 29. a4 Bb8 30. Ba3 Qd8 31. Ne3 Qc7 32.
g3 h4 (32... Qc3 33. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 (33... Qxd4 34. Bb2 Qc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Bxf6
gxf6 37. Nxd5 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5]}) 34. Rxc1 (34. Bxc1 $6 h4 35. g4 Nf4) 34...
Rxa4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rxb8 Rxa3 37. Rxb6 $14 {/+/- o^b}) 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. g4 Nh7
$2 (34... Ra7 $142 {It was a right time to enter the rook to the game.}) 35.
Qb3 {Now black pawns became vulnerable.} Nf4 36. Nf5 Bc7 $4 (36... Ra7 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f5e7","",10]} 37. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Rc8+ $18)
(36... Ng6 $8 37. Rc6 Ng5 38. Bg2) 37. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rc7] Suddenly black's
position became hopeless.} Ra7 (37... Ne6 38. Be7 Qd7 39. Bxh4 $18) 38. Ne7+
Kh8 39. Nc6 Qg5 40. Nxa7 Ne6 41. Qxc7 {It was not big reason to panic,but
white is still winning} (41. Nc6 Qf4 42. Ne5 Nhg5 43. Bg2 $18) 41... Nxc7 42.
Rxc7 g6 43. Bc1 Qf6 44. Nc6 Kg8 45. a5 Ng5 46. Bxg5 Qxg5 47. axb6 e3 48. b7
exf2+ 49. Kg2 Qe3 50. b8=Q+ Kg7 51. Re7 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2
O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. c4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. Rc1 {-E14} a6 $6 $146 {Strange move
which doesn't help for development and only weelens black's position.} (11...
Rc8 $142 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne5 (13. a3 dxc4 $1 14. bxc4 g6 15. Bb1 Bf8
16. Ba2 Bg7 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $1 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $1 20. cxd5 Ne7 21.
Rxc8 Nxc8 $15 {Torre-Gheorghiu, Wijk aan Zee 1981}) 13... Bf8 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rc7 16. c5 $1 $16 {Karpov-Andersson, Tilburg 1980}) (12. Bb1 Re8 13. Ne5
dxc4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. bxc4 b5 $1 $15 {Hesse-Malich, Leipzig 1977}) (12. a3
dxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Rc3 Rc7 16. Ne5 Qa8 17. d5 $1 $36 {
Fink-Balinas, USA 1991}) 12... Ba6 $146 (12... Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Qe3 (14.
Ne5 $6 dxc4) 14... g6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Nf1 $6 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ba6 18. N1d2 Bg7 $11
{Hoi,C-Maksimenko,A/Copenhagen op 1994/0-1 (33)}) 13. Rfd1 Nh5 $5 (13... Na5
14. Ne5) 14. Qe3 (14. g3 {[%cal Ga8h1]} Nf6 $11) 14... Na5 15. g4 $2 {Playing
with fire , white weakens position of his own king, hoping , that their
activity will compensate it.} (15. Ne5 Bg5 16. Qh3 g6 $15) (15. Rc2 {[%cal
Gd1c1,Yf3e5,Ye3h3] was more accurate, with idea to play 16Rdc1,and maybe
16Ne5andQh3.}) 15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Nd7 $1 {Black at once changes one knight,and
their presure on whit's centre becomes very unpleasant.} 17. Ndf3 $2 (17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. cxd5 $1 {The best chance to hold position.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxc4
19. bxc4 g6 {with idea 20...f6} 20. Bf1 f6 21. Nf3 Qd7 $17 {Taimanov,
M-Romanovich,L/St Petersburg-ch 1997/1/2-1/2(37)}) 12. a3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qd7 $6
(13... Re8 $142 {[%cal Ge7f8,Ga8c8]}) 14. Qe2 $16 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Bb1 {
white prepares attack the black king which usually starts with d4-d5 break} Qf8
$4 {It was a time to think about the defence.} (16... g6 $142 17. Ne4 {[%cal
Rd4d5]}) 17. Ne4 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Na5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. d5 exd5 20.
cxd5 Nb8 (20... Na5 21. Qd4 $18) 21. Qd4 f6 22. Qxb6) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d4d5","",10]} 18. d5 $1 $18 {this idea is not a new one.} exd5 (18... Nd7 19.
dxe6 fxe6 20. Neg5 $18) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Qd3) 20. Nh4 d4 (20...
Nxc4 21. Qh5 h6 22. Nf5 $18) 21. Nf5 Bc5 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Schahin Cury"]
[Site "Americana"]
[Date "1997.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Urday Caceres, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7.
O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 a5 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rb8 (11... c5 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 $14) 12. Qe2 (12. b5 $5) 12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 cxb4
15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nfe5 Qe7 17. Rxa7 Rfc8 18. Bd4 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Hort,V-Larsen,B/
Bugojno 1980/MCD-r8 (35)}) (9... Nbd7 10. c5 $5 (10. Bb2 c5 11. Qb3 Qb8 12.
bxc5 bxc5 13. Rab1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 h6 $11 {
Narciso Dublan,M-Arencibia,W/Anibal op4th 1997/CBM 58/0-1 (62)}) 10... a5 11.
Bb2 axb4 (11... bxc5 $2 12. dxc5 c6 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nbd2 Ba6 16.
Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne8 18. e4 $16 {Kempinski Robert-Hobuss Udo/Biel 1996/1-0 
(47)}) 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa8 14. Rc1 Qxa1 15. Rxa1 Ra8 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17.
Bb5 Kf8 18. Bc3 Nb8 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd7+ {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,
A-Solozhenkin,E/RUS-ch Elista 1994}) (9... c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Ba6 12. Ne5
cxd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Bb2 (14. Rb3) 14... Nbd7 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Rfc1 dxc4 17.
Qh3 cxd3 $1 18. Rxc8 Raxc8 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares 1995
}) 10. b5 (10. Rb1 $6 axb4 11. axb4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Na6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be1 Qd5
15. b5 Nb8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Rxb4 Ra7 $15 {[..59] 0-1 Hummel,
D-Kishnev,S/Neuwied op 1993 (32)}) 10... Nbd7 (10... c5 $6 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12.
Rb1 {[%csl Gb6]} Rb8 (12... Ba6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. Bb2
Qd6 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Qa6 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Schoeneberg,M/
Zinnowitz 1967 (36)}) 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. Bb2 (14. cxd5) 14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bb7
16. Ncd2 Na7 17. Ne5 b5 18. e4 $36 {Danner,G-Lorincz,I/Budapest Elekes 1993/1/
2-1/2 (92)}) 11. Qc2 $146 (11. Bb2 Bd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 {[%csl Gc6]} Ne4 (
13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qg4 $16) 14. Ndf3 f6
$2 (14... Nxe5 $142 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Nd4 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Qg5 $13) 15. Nc6 Qe8
16. Qb3 Qf7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Ba3 (18. Rac1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb2a3]}) 18... Bxa3 19.
Qxa3 Bxc6 20. bxc6 Nb8 21. Rac1 Na6 $11 {Bielicki,C-Reinhardt,E/Mar del Plata
1961/MCD-r6/1-0 (50)}) 11... h6 12. cxd5 exd5 {[#] Baburin: In positions like
this, White usually tries to exchange the dark-squared bishops (White's bishop
is inactive), then puts pressure on the backward c7-pawn. This is exactly what
was tried in this game.} 13. a4 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Bh7+
(16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 $1 $15 18. bxc6 $140 $2 Ba6 $17) 16... Kh8 17. Bf5 Qe8
18. a4 c6 $132) (13. Bf5 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Bd6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rfc1 Ne4 (15...
Qe7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 $1 $16) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17.
Nd2 Nf6 18. Nc4 Bc8 $1 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qb3 Qd7 $11) 13... Rc8 {
[%cal Gc7c5]} 14. Ba3 (14. Ne5 $143 c5 $1 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bf5 c6
$13) 15. bxc6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 $1 $15) (14. Bf5 c6 (14... c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16.
Bb2 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rd5]}) 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb3 Ba6 {[%cal Gd8c7,Ge7b4]}) (
14. Bb2 {[%cal Gf3e5]} c5 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Qb3 Bb4) 14... c5 {If Black leaves
the pawn on c7, it may become very vulnerable later on.} 15. bxc6 (15. dxc5 $5
bxc5 (15... Nxc5 $6 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5]} 16. Bf5 {with advantage.}) 16. Bf5 Qb6 17.
Rfd1 Rc7 18. Rac1 $14) 15... Rxc6 16. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5]} (16. Qb2 Bxa3
17. Rxa3 Qc7) 16... Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qc7 18. Bb5 (18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20.
Bf5) 18... Rc3 19. Rac1 Rc8 (19... Qxh2+ $4 20. Kxh2 Rxa3 21. Rc7 $18) 20. Rxc3
Qxc3 21. Nb3 {[%cal Gf1c1]} (21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rb1 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Bc6
$11) 21... Qc7 (21... Qc2 $2 22. Rc1 Qf5 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nbd2 {[%cal Ga3d6]}
Qe6 25. Qc3 {with clear advantage.}) 22. Rc1 Qb8 (22... Qd8 23. Qd6 Rxc1+ 24.
Nxc1 Qb8 25. Qxb8+ Nxb8 26. Ne5 Ne4) 23. Nbd2 (23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qd6 Qb8 25.
Qxb8+ Nxb8 26. Ne5 Ne4 $11 {[%cal Ge4d6]}) 23... Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd6 25. Qc3 Ne8
(25... Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Nd2 Nf6 $11) 26. Ne5 Ndf6 (26... Nxe5 $143 27.
dxe5 (27. Bxe8 Nc6 $11) 27... Qc7 28. Qd4 Kf8 29. h3 $14) 27. f3 Qc7 28. Qb2 (
28. Nb1 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 Nd6 $11) 28... Nd6 29. Bd3 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 30. Nb1
{[%cal Gb1c3]} (30. g4 Nd7) 30... Bf5 31. Qc3 (31. Bf1 Bxb1 32. Qxb1 Qc3 33.
Qd3 Qe1 $1 {and black is not worse.}) 31... Qb7 {[%cal Gb6b5]} (31... Qxc3 32.
Nxc3 Bxd3 33. Nxd3 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Na3 Nd6 34. Qc6 Qxc6
35. Nxc6 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Kd3 Nfe8 40. g4 g5 $1 41.
Nc6 Kd7 42. Na7 Nc7 43. e4 f6 $11 44. Ke3 (44. Nb1 Ne6 45. Nc3 Nf4+) 44... Ke7
45. Nb1 Nc4+ 46. Kf2 Ne6 47. Nb5 Nf4 48. N1c3 dxe4 49. fxe4 Kd7 {Black
defended very good during all the game ,and now white has no useful moves to
strenghten his position.} 50. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Weida"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d6 (7... d5
8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 (9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 $11) 11. Rac1
Nxc3 $2 (11... a6 $142 12. Nd2 Bd6) 12. Bxc3 c6 13. b4 $16 {Kosyrev
Vladimir-Rapoport Evgeny/ECHB18 Tallinn 1997/1-0 (44)}) 9... Re8 10. Rc1 a6 11.
Qe2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Nd2 f5 $2 (13... Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Qh4 15. h3 c5 $132) 14.
Nf1 Qg5 15. f3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 f4 $2 (16... dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 $2 18. c5 bxc5 19.
Bc4+ Kh8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 $18) 17. e4 $16 {1-0 Eperjesi,L-Roser,K/FSIM
July, Budapest HUN 1997 (23)}) 8. Nc3 c5 (8... Nbd7 9. e4 e5 $6 (9... c5 $142)
10. d5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. a3 Bc8 13. Rb1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Ba4 $16
{1-0 Hoffman,A-Cazorla Tellez,F/Malaga op 1991 (43)}) 9. d5 (9. Bb2 {also
possible}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.
Qxd5 Nd7 14. Rd1 (14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Qf5+ g6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qf4 Qe7 $11) 14...
Bf6 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 11. e4 (11. Bb2 $143 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd5 {see 10..Nd5}) 11... Ng4 12. Bb2 (12. h3 $2
Bf6 13. Bb2 (13. hxg4 $6 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Ne5 $1) 13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc2
(15. Be2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Ng6 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 $17) 15... Ng6 16. f4 Bd4+
17. Kh1 f5 $1 18. exf5 Ne7 {and black is better.}) 12... Bf6 13. Re1 $6 (13.
Nd2 $142 Nge5 (13... Bxc3 $2 14. Bxc3 Qh4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. h3 $16) 14. Bc2 (14.
Be2 Ng6) 14... Ng6 15. Nc4 $14) 13... a6 14. a4 (14. Nd2 Nxf2 $1 (14... Bxc3
15. Bxc3 Qh4 16. Nf3 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 {[%csl Rf2]} Nde5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 (18... Nxe5
19. Re2 Nxd3 20. Qd2 $1 $16) 19. Re2 c4 20. bxc4 Qc5 21. Qg1 $14 {[%csl Gb6]})
15. Kxf2 Bd4+ 16. Ke2 Qh4 17. Qc2 Qg4+ (17... Qxh2 18. Kd1 Qxg2 $44) 18. Kf1
Ne5 $36 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 14... Re8 15. Bf1 Bc8 16. h3 (16. Qd2 Ra7 $1 (16...
Nde5 $5) 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15 {[%cal Gd7f6,Ga7e7]}) 16... Nge5 17. Nd2
(17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Bd4 $15) 17... Ng6 (17... Ra7 18. g3 $1 (18. f4 $2 Ng6
19. g3 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Nf6 $17 {[%cal Gh7h5,Ga7e7,Gh5h4]}) 18... Ng6 19. Bg2 $14)
18. Qc2 $2 (18. g3 Qe7 (18... Bd4 19. Nf3 Nde5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nb1 $16) 19.
Kg2 $1 (19. f4 $6 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 (20. Kg2 Qf6 21. Qf3 (21. Rc1 Nxf4+ 22. gxf4
Qxf4 $44) 21... Bb7 22. Rab1 Re7 23. Nd1 Rae8 $1 {and black is clearly better.}
(23... Nde5 24. fxe5 Qg5 25. Bxd4 Nh4+ 26. Kf2 Nxf3 27. Nxf3 $16) (23... Bxd5
24. Ne3 Bb7 25. Ng4 $16)) 20... Bf2 21. Re2 Bxg3+ 22. Kxg3 Qh4+ 23. Kh2 Qxf4+
24. Kh1 Nde5 $36) (19. Kh2 Bd4 20. f4 Bf2) 19... Bb7 20. f4 {with advantage.})
18... h5 $1 19. Nd1 h4 20. Ne3 Bxb2 (20... Nf4 $143 21. Ndc4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Ne5
(22... Nf6 23. f3 $13) 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Nc4 Rg5 25. Kh1 {and white is O.K.})
21. Qxb2 Nde5 (21... Nf4 22. Ndc4 {see 20...Nf4}) 22. Nec4 (22. Ndc4) 22... Ra7
$1 (22... Nf4 {not so good} 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf3) 23. Qc3 (23. Nxe5 $142 Nxe5
(23... Rxe5 24. Nc4 (24. Nf3 Re8 25. Qd2 Qf6 {[%cal Gc8h3]}) 24... Rg5 (24...
Re8 25. e5) 25. Kh1 {and white is better.}) 24. Nc4 Ng6 (24... Nxc4 25. bxc4
Rae7 26. Bd3) (24... Rae7 25. f3 $11 (25. Qc2)) 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27.
Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Re7 29. Qb8 Rd7 $11) 23... Rae7 24. f3 (24. Nxe5 Rxe5) 24...
Nf4 25. Kh1 $2 (25. Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 26. Nc4 Qg5 $1 (26... Rh5 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Kh1
{[%csl Gb6,Gd6]}) (26... Rg5 27. Kh1 Rg6 {[%cal Gd8g5]} (27... b5 28. axb5 axb5
29. Ne3 b4 30. Qd2) 28. Qd2 Nh5 (28... Qg5 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 29. Qf2 b5 30. axb5
axb5 31. Nb6) 29. Bd3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Rh6 30. b4 $16) 27. Kh1 (27. Nxe5 Nxh3+
$11 (27... Rxe5 28. Kh1 {see 27 Kh1})) 27... Qg3 28. Nxe5 (28. Nxd6 $2 Bxh3 29.
gxh3 Nxh3) 28... Rxe5 {[%cal Ge5g5,Gc8h3]} 29. Qe3 (29. Ra2 Nxd5 30. Qd2 Nb4
$44) 29... Nxd5 30. Qd2 Nb4 $44) 25... Neg6 $1 26. Reb1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} (26. b4
$2 Nxd5 $19) 26... Nh5 (26... a5 27. Ne3) 27. b4 Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Nf4 29. bxc5 bxc5
30. Rb6 Rd7 $6 (30... Bxh3 $1 31. Rxd6 (31. gxh3 Nxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Qd7 33. Qd2
Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qxf3 {with decisive attack}) 31... Rd7 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 $17 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd8g5,Gh4h3]}) 31. Rb8 Qg5 32. Ne3 Nge2 $2 $138 (32... Rdd8 33.
Ng4 (33. Re1 f5 $17) 33... f5 34. exf5 Nxf1+ 35. Nxf1 (35. Rxf1 Ne2 $19 {
[%cal Gg5f4,Ge2g3]}) 35... Nxd5 36. Qc4 Qxf5 37. Kh1 Kh8 38. Rd1 Nf4 39. Nfe3
$44) (32... Rde7 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 33. Ng4 (33. Ndc4 Nxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Ne2 $19 {
[%cal Gg5f4,Ge2g3]}) (33. Re1 f5) 33... Kh7 $1 $17 (33... f5 34. exf5 Nxf1+ 35.
Nxf1 Nxd5 36. Qc4) 34. Bc4 $140 Bxg4 35. Rxe8 Bh5 $3 $19 {[%csl Gg2]}) 33. Bxe2
Nxe2 34. Qd3 $4 $138 (34. Qa3 $8 Rdd8 {[%cal Gc8h3]} (34... Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qf2
36. Nec4 Nf4 37. Rg1 Rdd8 38. Qe3) (34... Rb7 35. Rxb7 Bxb7 36. Ndc4 Nd4 37.
Rb1 Bc8 38. Nf1 $13 {[%cal Ga3e3]}) 35. Ndf1 Bd7 (35... c4 $2 36. Rb2) (35...
Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Bxh3 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. gxh3 Qxf3+ 39. Ng2 Qxe4 40. Qe3 $14) 36.
Rxd8 Rxd8 (36... Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Rxd8 38. Rb1 $11) 37. Qb2 Re8 $15) 34... Qe5+ 35.
f4 Nxf4 36. Qb1 Nxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8.
b3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 $146 (9... d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 (
12. Qd3 f5 13. Nd2 e5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. Rac1 e4 17. d5 exf3 18. Rxf3
Ne5 19. Rf4 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Seirawan,Y/USA-ch 1988 (29)}) 12... f5 13.
Ne1 Qg5 14. Bc1 Qg6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nd3 c5 17. Qc3 Nf7 18. Nf2 Rae8 19. Bb2 cxd4
20. exd4 e5 21. d5 Qf6 $13 {Chevallier,D-Kosten,A/FRA-chT 1993/0-1 (55)}) (
11... c5 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Qc2 bxc5 15. Nd2 Nef6 16. Nb1 Be4 17.
Qc1 Qb6 18. Nc3 Ba8 19. Nb5 d5 20. Qc3 Bc6 21. a4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Franco,
Z-Kurajica,B/San Sebastian op 1994 (28)}) 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 c5 16. Qb3 d5 17. bxc5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc5 19. Ba3 Bd5 20. Qc1 {
1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Adams,M/Open Koge DEN 1997}) 10. Qc2 f5 (10... Ng5 $2 11.
O-O Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 Qf6 14. Qd1 d5 15. cxd5 $16) 11. O-O d6 12. Ne1
{[%cal Gf2f3,Ge1d3]} Nd7 13. f3 Nef6 14. Nd3 c5 $2 {[%csl Gd6]} ({better was} 
14... Qe7 15. Bb2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nf2 $14) 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Rad1 e5 (16...
a4 17. b4 (17. bxa4 $6 Bc6 $132) 17... cxb4 18. Nxb4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 $16 {[%csl
Ga4,Gb6]}) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nf2 {[%csl Gf5]} Qe6 (18... e4 {[%csl Gb2]} 19. f4
Rfd8 20. Rd2 Nf8 21. Rfd1 Ne6 22. g4 $1 $16) 19. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd2d6]}
Nb8 (19... a4 20. Rfd1 axb3 21. Qxb3 $16) 20. Rfd1 Nc6 (20... Ne8 21. Qc3 $1 (
21. e4 f4 $1 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]}) (21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Qb2 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf2d3]
} Nf6 23. Rd6 Qe7 {and black is O.K.}) (21. f4 Qg6 $1 (21... Nc6 22. Bf3 e4 23.
Be2 $16 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gc2c3]}) 22. Bf1 Bf3 (22... e4 23. Be2) 23. Re1 e4 24. Kh1
Bh5 25. h3 $14) 21... Nc6 22. Nd3 $16) 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Qxf5 Ne8 (22... Nd4 23.
exd4 Qxd6 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. Qg5 $1 $18 (25. Bd3 Ne4)) (22... Nd5 23. Qd7 Nxe3
24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Rd7 $18 (25. R1d3 $18)) 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rxc6
Bxc6 26. Ng4 $1 Ke7 27. Nxe5 Rc8 28. e4 Nf6 29. Nxc6+ (29. g4 Rfd8) 29... Rxc6
30. e5 Nh5 (30... Nd7 $142 31. Bd3 (31. Rd5 Re6 32. g3 g5 33. Kf2 $16 {[%cal
Ge2d3,Gd3e4,Gf2e3,Gf3f5,Gf3f4]}) (31. g3 $5) 31... Re6 32. Be4 $1 Nxe5 33. Bd5
Rd8 34. Rb1 $1 $18) 31. g3 g6 32. Bc1 $1 Rf5 (32... Ng7 33. Bg5+ (33. Bh6 Rf7
34. Bg5+ Ke6 35. f4 Rd7) 33... Kf7 34. f4 Ne6 35. Bf3 Rc7 36. Bd5 $18) 33. f4 {
[%cal Ge2g4]} Ng7 34. Bf3 (34. Bg4 Rf7) 34... Rc8 (34... Rc7 35. Rd6 {[%csl
Gb6]} Rf8 36. Rxb6 Nf5 37. Bd5 Nd4 38. Be3 $18 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 35. Bg4 $18 Rd8
36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. b4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3
cxd4 8. exd4 d6 {'?!' Baburin. Baburin: 'This move leads to unfavourable pawn
structure and therefore 8...d5 would have been better.'} 9. d5 (9. Re1 {
another line here.}) 9... e5 {Baburin: 'Here the problem is not only in
Black's pawn formation, but also in the placement of his pieces: the b7-bishop
observes a wall, while the other bishop is locked up inside Black's pawn chain.
Black needs to have his pawn on f5, but this would take a lot of time to
achieve.'} 10. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} ({Another plan - play on the queenside -
was tried in the game Malaniuk-Lisenko, Ekaterinburg 1997 and led to White's
advantage after} 10. Re1 {Baburin} Nbd7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nd2 a6 14.
a4 Ne8 15. Nb3 f5 16. Bf1 Rf7 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Ba8 20. Qa4)
10... Nbd7 $6 {After this move black's position becomes very unpleasant, the
queenside piecies is out of the game and white can gradually to create srong
intiative on the kingside.} (10... O-O 11. f4 exf4 $2 (11... Nbd7) 12. Bxf4
Nbd7 13. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3h3]} Re8 (13... Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nge4 $1 (15. Qh3
h6) 15... Nd7 16. Qh3 g6 17. d6 Bg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Be4 $18) 14. Qh3 Nf8 15.
Rae1 a6 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rxe7+ $1
$18 {Hoi,C-Nielsen,U/Gausdal/1990/}) (10... h6 $142 $5 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 (
12. Nxe4 $142 O-O {Baburin: 'trying to give way to Black's f-pawn.'} 13. Ng3 $1
$14 {[%cal Gg3f5] looks very promising for white.} (13. f4 f5 14. Nc3 e4 15.
Be2 Bf6 {and black is not worse.}) (13. Qh5 f5)) 12... O-O 13. f4 (13. Qg4 Bg5
(13... Kh8 $2 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qf5) (13... Bc8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qc8
16. Qd3 $14) 14. Bxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Gg7g6]} 15. h4 gxh4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6
18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ $11) 13... Nd7 14. f5 Bg5 $1 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Rf3 Nf6
$11 {0-1 Berkell,P-Rashkovsky,N/Stockholm 1988/CBM 11 (40)}) 11. f4 {'!'
Baburin.} Rc8 $6 (11... a6 12. Qe2 (12. b3) 12... Qc7 13. Kh1 h5 $6 14. Bd2 h4
15. Rae1 g6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Rxf5 $16 {[%csl Re8] 1-0 Eingorn,V-Psakhis,L/Riga
1980/MCL 05 (25)}) (11... Nc5 12. fxe5 (12. Bc2 $142) 12... dxe5 13. Bxh7 $1 {
very interesting tactical resourse.} Ba6 (13... Rxh7 14. Nxh7 (14. Rxf6 $16)
14... Nxh7 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qh8+ Bf8 17. Bg5 $16) 14. Bd3 $2 (14. b3 $1 $16)
14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc7 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge5e4]} 16. Qg3 Qxc4 17. Be3 Bd6 $2 (
17... Qg4 $1) 18. Ne6 $1 $40 {1-0 Tal,M-Auer,M/Porz 1991/EXT 91op (31)}) (11...
g6 $2 12. f5 h6 (12... O-O 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Qe1 $40 {[%cal Ge1h4]}) 13. Ne6 $1
fxe6 $2 (13... Qc8 $1 14. Qa4 g5 15. Nb5 fxe6 16. fxe6 Nc5 17. Nxd6+ Kd8 18.
Nf7+ Kc7 19. Qc2 $16) 14. fxe6 Nf8 15. Qa4+ N6d7 16. c5 $1 Bc8 (16... bxc5 17.
exd7+ Qxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. Bxg6#) 18. Bb5) 17. exd7+ {. 1-0 Polgar,Z-Hracek,Z/
Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 17/[Polgar,Zsu] (17)} (17. exd7+ Bxd7 18. c6 Bf5 19. c7+
Qd7 20. Bb5 $18)) (11... O-O $142) 12. b3 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12. Qe2 h6 13. Nf3
O-O 14. Nh4 $6 {[%mdl 8192]} (14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Nxd7
Nxd7 (17... Rxe2 $2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nxe2 $16 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5]}) 18. Ne4
Bd4 $14 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) (14. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 14... Nxd5 $1 15. Nf5 N5f6
{[%csl Gg4]} (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nc5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Bc2 $40 {
[%cal Gf4f5]}) 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6
20. Qh5 $11 Nxd3 21. Ng4+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Lisenko,A/
Vinkovci 1993/EXP 38 (22)}) 12... a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 13. a4 O-O 14. Ra2 $1 {
[%cal Ga2f2] Baburin: 'This is a fine example of a rook lift. This rook had
little to do on the queenside, while shifting it to the opposite wing will
help a lot to build up an attack there.'} (14. f5 $2 Nxd5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 14...
h6 (14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Re8 16. Raf2 Bf8 17. Nge4 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 15. Raf2 $1
(15. Nh3) 15... exf4 (15... hxg5 16. fxg5 {[%mdl 128]} Ne8 (16... Nh7 $143 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 (19... Qe8 20. g6) 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rf3
$18) 17. Qh5 {winning easily} ({Also interesting} 17. Rxf7 $5 Rxf7 18. Rxf7 e4
$1 (18... Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. g6+ Kf6 22. Qh4#) 19. Bxe4 Ne5 20.
Rf1 g6 (20... Bxg5 21. Qh5 Bf6 22. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Nf7 23. g5 {with desicive
attack.}) 21. h4 ({nothing gives} 21. Bxg6 $2 Nxg6 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. g6 Nf6 24.
Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8) 21... Ng7 22. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6]}) 17... g6 (17...
e4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Ng7 21. Rf7 Rxf7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rf3
$18) 18. Bxg6 (18. Qh6 {Baburin} e4 19. Nxe4 Ne5 20. Rf4) 18... fxg6 19. Qxg6+
Ng7 20. Rf7 Rxf7 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Rf3 {[%cal Gf3h3] and white wins}) 16. Nh3
Ne5 (16... g5 17. Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} gxf4 18. Bxf4 {Baburin: 'Black would
not survive, having some of his pieces cut off from his weak king.'} Ne5 (18...
Kg7 19. Bxh6+ Kxh6 20. Qd2+ Kg7 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxf6 $18) 19. Bf5
(19. Bxh6 $2 Nfg4) 19... Rb8 (19... Rc7 {[%cal Gb7c8]} 20. Bxh6 Re8 21. Be3 $1
$16) 20. Bxh6 Re8 21. Qd2 {with very dangerous attack.}) 17. Bb1 {'!' Baburin.
Baburin: 'It's important to keep this bishop, which can be used in the attack
later. Now White threatens to play Nxf4 and then to build up a battery on the
b1-h7 diagonal: playing Qc2 and Nh5, he would launch a devastating attack.'} (
17. Bf5 Nfd7 18. Nxf4 $5 $36) (17. Nxf4) 17... f3 $1 {Baburin: 'Closing one
file for the enemy rooks, Black, alas, opens another one for them!'} (17... g5
$5 18. Qc2 $3 {[%csl Yh7][%cal Gh3f4]} (18. Nxf4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nfg4 20. Re2 (
20. Qc2 f5) 20... Bg5 $17) (18. Bf5 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7c8]} 19. Nxf4 (19. g3 f3)
19... gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kg7 21. Qd2 Rh8 $17) 18... Kg7 (18... b5 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20.
Bxf4 bxc4 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxf6 {and white wins.}) (18... Qd7 19. Nxf4 gxf4
20. Rxf4) 19. Nxf4 (19. Qf5 {[%cal Gh3g5]} Qd7) 19... gxf4 20. Bxf4 Ng6 21. Be3
$16 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) (17... Nfd7 18. Nxf4 $16 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 18. gxf3 Re8 (
18... Qd7 19. Nf4 (19. Kg2 $6 b5 $1 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxd5 $15) 19... Rfe8
20. Nfe2 $16 {[%cal Ge2d4]} Qh3 $140 $2 21. Nd4 g6 22. Rg2 {[%cal Gb1f5]} Kh7
23. Qd2 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4f5]}) 19. Rg2 {[%cal Gc1h6] '!' Baburin.} Kh8 20. f4
$16 Ned7 21. Ng5 $1 Kg8 (21... hxg5 22. fxg5 Nh7 23. Bxh7 Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rg4) 22. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g1] black hopeless against white's
attack.} Bf8 23. Bb2 {Baburin: 'It's interesting that my computer 'assesses'
this position as equal, failing to realise that after a few further moves like
Rfg1, Qc2 and Nh7, Black's position will simply fall apart. White's attack
along the g-file, supported by all his minor pieces and the queen would be
unbearable.'} Re7 {'?!' Baburin.} 24. Nge4 Re8 25. Rfg1 Rc7 (25... Nc5 {Baburin
} 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qc2 g6 28. Nd1 $18) 26. Qd4 $18 {Super domination of
white piecies and no wonder , that one move is enough for white to win this
game.} Kh8 27. Nxd6 $1 {after 27...Bd6 28Rg7 threating 29Rh7 mate black's
position hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
b3 d6 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bd3 d6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. O-O Rf6 {[%cal Gf6g6]} 13.
c5 {[%csl Gd5]} (13. d5 Rg6 14. Nd4 $5) 13... Bd5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rfc1 Rg6
16. Bc4 Bb7 17. d5 e5 $13 {Smyslov,V-Seirawan,Y/Montpellier ct 1985/1/2-1/2 
(58)}) 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Ne4 (10... Qe7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne1 {
[%cal Gf2f3]} c5 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16... dxc5 $142 17.
Rad1 e5 18. Nf2 $14 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gf1d1]}) 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Nf2 Ne8 19. b4 Rf6
20. b5 $16 {Kozul,Z-Hulak,K/CRO-Cup 1995/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 11. Qd3 $146 (11. Qc2
f5 12. Bd3 $6 Qe7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Rhg1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ndc5 16. f3 Nxd3+ 17.
Rxd3 Nc5 18. Rc3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Olafsson,F-Hort,V/Wijk 1983 (54)}) 11... f5 12.
O-O Rf6 (12... Qe7 $142 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e5 $11) 13. d5 Rh6 (13... e5 14.
Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 14. g3 {[%cal Gf3d4]} e5 15. Nh4 $6 (15. Ne1 $14 {[%cal
Gf2f3,Ge1g2] was more accurate}) 15... g6 $2 {[%csl Gh6]} (15... Rxh4 $1 16.
gxh4 Qxh4 17. f3 Ng3 $1 18. Rf2 (18. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Rf8 $19 {[%cal
Gf8f6,Gf6h6]}) 18... Nc5 19. Qd1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 c6 22. b4 Nd7 $44)
16. Ng2 b5 $2 (16... c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Rd6][%cal Gf2f3]
}) (16... Qe7 $142 17. b4 {[%csl Gc5]} Nef6 $14) 17. cxb5 Nb6 18. Rad1 Nxd5 (
18... Bxd5 {[%cal Ge4c5]} 19. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gd1d5,Ge2c4]}) 19. Qc4 Nef6 20. e4
(20. g4 $142 {[%cal Gg4g5]} a6 21. g5 axb5 22. Qd3 Rh3 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxb5
Nb6 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 25. Qb4 {[%csl Gh4]} Qg5 26. f3 Qh5 27. Rxd6 $1 Rxh2 28.
Rxb6 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 cxb6 31. Qxb6 $18) (20. f4 $142 $1 Qe7 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Rxf6 $18) 20... fxe4 21. Bc1 (21. Ne3 Qd7 {[%cal
Gd7h3]} 22. g4 Rh4 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf7 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 26.
Rxd6 $3 e3+ 27. Rc6 $18) 21... Kg7 22. Bxh6+ Kxh6 23. Ne3 (23. f4 $5 Qe7 24. g4
exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 {[%csl Gh6] looks even more stronger, than
continuation in the game.}) 23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 Kg7 (24... d5 $2 {[%csl Ge5]}
25. Qc5 Nd7 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Bg4 $18) 25. Qe6 $1 {Very strong decision-white
decides to transformate position with exchange up to the position with only
one pawn up,but without any real counterplay from black.} Bc8 26. Qxe5 Bh3 27.
Qc3 $1 {[%csl Gc7]} Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Qe7 (28... h5 {[%csl Gg4]} 29. Rc1 Rc8 30.
Qa5 $1 $16) 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Bg4 Re8 31. Bh3 Kh6 32. Qxc7 Qe5 33. Qxa7 {[%cal
Ga7d4]} (33. Qf7 Nd5) 33... Qxb5 34. Qd4 $2 $138 (34. Qf7 $1 Qe5 35. Rc7 Ra8
36. a4 {wins easily}) 34... Qxb3 35. Rc7 Qb1+ $6 (35... Nd5 $2 36. Qg7+ Kg5 37.
Rf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5]} Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 $18) (35... Rf8 36. Rc1 (36. a4 $2 Qb1+ 37.
Kg2 Ne8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb1f1]}) (36. Bf1 Qxa3 37. h3 $6 Nh5 {[%csl Gg3]}) 36...
Qxa3 37. Rf1 Kg7 (37... Qc5 38. Qxc5 dxc5 39. Rc1 Nd5 40. Rxc5 Nxe3 41. Re5 $11
) 38. Rb1 $44) 36. Bf1 Re5 {[%cal Ge5f5]} 37. Qd2 (37. Qxd6 $2 Rf5 38. Qa6 Nd5
$17) 37... Rf5 (37... Qb6) 38. Rc1 Qb6 {[%csl Ge3]} ({More easy} 38... Qb3 39.
Rc3 (39. Qc3 Qa2 40. Rc2 Qb1 41. Rc1 Qa2 $11) 39... Qb1 40. Qc1 Qxc1 41. Rxc1
Ng4 42. Bh3 (42. Bg2 Nxe3 (42... d5 43. Rc3) 43. Bxe4 Ra5 44. Rc3 d5 $11) 42...
Kg5 $11) 39. a4 Nd5 40. Re1 Qa7 $2 $138 (40... Nf6 $142 $11) (40... Qb4 $142
41. Qxb4 Nxb4 42. Rb1 Nc2 43. Rb3 Rc5 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gd5d4] and black must hold
position.}) 41. a5 $16 {[%csl Ga5] Now ,when white managed to advance his
a-pawn till a6 black is in real problem.} Ne7 42. a6 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ge5f3]
Black sacrifices pawn in order to create some counterplay.} (42... d5 43. Qc3
$16 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Ge1a1]}) 43. Qxd6 Ne5 44. Bg2 $1 Nf3+ 45. Bxf3 exf3 46.
Kf2 {Now it's clear,that position is winning for white,but white still need to
make some accurate moves.} Qf7 47. Ra1 Qc4 48. Qd2 {White take control under
second rank and black is not able to create something serious.} Rd5 49. Qa2 Qd3
(49... Qc3 {[%cal Gd5d2]} 50. Qxd5 Qxa1 51. Qd6 $18) 50. a7 Ra5 (50... Rd8 51.
Qb2 (51. g4 $5) 51... Qe4 52. Ra2 $1 Ra8 (52... Re8 53. Qd4 $1) 53. Qb8 {
[%cal Gb8f4]} Qe6 54. Ra4 $18 (54. Rc2 $18)) 51. g4 $1 Re5 (51... Rxa7 52. Qxa7
Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qg2+ 54. Kf4 f2 55. Qa6 $18 (55. Rf1 $2 g5+)) 52. a8=Q Qxe3+ 53.
Kg3 f2+ 54. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
(8. b3) 8... exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 (11. Ne2 {/\ Rc1;Ng3} c5 (
11... Bd6 12. Ng3 Qf6 $6 (12... f5 $1 13. Ne5 Qe7 $13) 13. Rc1 {[%cal Gd3b5]}
a6 14. Qc2 Nxg3 (14... Rfe8 $142 15. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 16. Nd2 {/\ Nc4+/=}) 15. hxg3
$14 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. fxg3 $5 Qh6 17. Bd3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 $13) 15... Qh6 $2 (
15... g6 $6 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $16 {X /^a1-h8}) (15... h6
16. Bf5 Qe7 $14) 16. g4 $1 Rfe8 17. g3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gf1h1] 1-0 Malaniuk,
V-Danielsen,H/Espergarde PC 1992 (21)}) 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Ne4
15. Qg4 $6 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qe6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bb1 a5 $15 {1-0 Zhukova,
N-Tetenkina,I/WchJW-U16 Szeged 1994 (44)}) (11. Rc1 Ndf6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 c5
14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. exd4 g6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Qh6 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20.
Nf5 $1 $40 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1994 (40)}) 11... f5 (11... Ndf6
12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qd1 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8
18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Tukmakov,V/URS-ch51
Lvov 1984}) (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 13. Bxc3 g6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Qxg6 Bf6 $1 {and white hasn't enough compensation.} (15... Qe8 $2 16. Qh6+
Kg8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Qh4+ Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Qxc7 $16) 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bg7) 12... Nf6 13. Rac1 $14) 12. Ne2 {[%csl Ge5,Ge6]} Bd6 13.
Rac1 $146 (13. Ne5 g6 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ndc5 15. Ba3 Nxd3 (15... Rf7 16.
Bxc5 $16) 16. Bxf8 Ndxf2 17. Ba3 (17. Bxg7 Qg5 $1 (17... Kxg7 $2 18. Nd4 Kh8
19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Qe7 21. Qf4 Re8 22. e6 c5 23. Qe5+ Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7
25. Nxf5+ Kf6 26. Rf1 $16) 18. Qxc7 Qxe3 $17) 17... Ng4 18. Rf3 c5 19. h3 Nh6
$44) 14. f3 Nec5 15. dxc5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Nd4
bxc5 20. bxc5 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Nxd4 22. exd4 Qf6 23. Qf2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 {1/2-1/2 De
Greiff,B-Pietzsch,W/Havana Cap mem 1962}) 13... Rc8 (13... c5 14. Ne5 Qe7 (
14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 {[%cal Gf2f3]} g6 16. e6 Ndf6 17. b4 $1 $16) 15. Nxd7 (15.
f3 Nef6 (15... Rac8) 16. Nxd7 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Nxd7 18. Bxf5 Qh6 19. h3 Rf7 $11)
15... Qxd7 16. dxc5 (16. f3 Rac8 (16... Ng5 $5 17. h4 Ne4 $1) 17. Qd1 Ng5 18.
Qd2 $11) 16... bxc5 17. f3 $14) (13... Qe7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 (14... c5 $142 {
see13...c5}) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Qxc7 Rf7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Rfd1 {
gives white a very pleasant ending.}) 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... c5 $1 15. Nxd7 (15.
Qb1 $2 Nd2) 15... Qxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16... Rxc5 17. Qd1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,
Gf5]}) 17. f3 Ng5 18. Ng3 (18. h4 Ne4 $1 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 18...
Bxg3 (18... f4 $2 19. Bf5 $16) 19. hxg3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Qd6 $1 21. Kh2 Qh6+ 22.
Kg1 Qd6 $11) 15. dxe5 Ndc5 16. Nd4 $6 (16. Nf4 $142 Nxd3 (16... Qe8 17. Be2 $1)
17. Qxd3 Qe8 (17... Nc5 18. Qc2 Qe8 19. Ba3 Qxe5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc5 $16 {
[%csl Ga7,Gc7,Gd4,Gd5]}) 18. Rfd1 c6 19. e6 $1 $36) 16... Nxd3 (16... Qe8 17.
Be2 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Qxe5 (17... Ne6 18. Nc6 (18. f3 Nxd4 19. exd4 Ng5 20. Bd3
g6 21. b4 c6 $11 {[%cal Gg5e6]}) 18... Bxc6 (18... a6 19. b4) 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20.
Rxc6 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2]}) 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nc6 $16) 17.
Qxd3 Qe8 $1 (17... Qe7 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. e6 $1 (19. Nxa7 Ra8) 19... Qxe6 20. Nxa7
Ra8 21. Rxc7 Rf7 22. Nb5 $16) 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qc3 Ne6 (19... Qxe5 20. Ba3 Rfe8 (
20... f4 21. Rfe1 (21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Rcd1 $44) 21... Rfe8 22. exf4 Qxf4 23.
Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd2) 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 $44
) 20. Nc6 Nd8 $5 (20... Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Nd8 (22... Rfe8 23. Rd1
Rcd8 (23... Nd8 $2 24. Rc2 c6 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. b4 $16) (22... Kf7 23. Rfc1
$142 (23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 f4) (23. Rd1 Nd8 24. e6+ (24. Rc2 Ke6) 24... Ke8 25.
e7 Kxe7 26. Ba3+ Ke8 27. Bxf8 (27. Rc2 c5 28. Rxd5 Nc6 29. Rcd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+
Nxd8 $11) 27... Nxc6 28. Bxg7 Kf7 29. Bc3 Ke6 $11)) 23. Rc2 c6 (23... Kf7 24.
e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Ke6 26. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Gc2f2,Gg2g4]} (26. Rd2 Nc6 27. exf5+
Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Kxf5 29. Rd7 Rd8 $11) (26. exf5+ Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Kxf5 28. Rf2+ Ke6
29. Rf8 Kd7 $11 {[%cal Gd8e6]}) 26... g5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. exf5+ Kxf5 29. Rf2+
$16) 24. b4 Ne6 25. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5] and white is a little better.}) (
20... Nc5 21. Na5 $1 (21. e6 Nxe6 22. Rfd1 {-game.}) 21... Ba6 (21... Ba8 22.
Ba3) 22. Rfd1 d4 (22... Nd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. e6 Rf6 25. Qxd3 $18) 23. exd4 (
23. Qxd4 $2 Ne6) 23... Nd3 24. Rxd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 bxa5 26. d5 $16) 21. e6 $5 {
[%cal Gb2g7]} (21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. e6 Qe7 $15 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6e6]}) (21. Nxa7 $2
Ra8 22. Qxc7 Rxa7) 21... Nxe6 22. Rfd1 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 d4 $1 (23... Rd8 24. Be5
Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Rfe8 26. Kf2 (26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Rdc1 d4 $1) 26... Re7 27. b4 $44)
24. Ba3 $6 (24. exd4 Nf4 (24... Qxc6 $6 25. Rxc6 $14) 25. Qc4+ (25. Re1 Qxc6
26. Rxc6 Nd3 $11) 25... Kh8 26. Re1 Qg6 27. g3 c6 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf4d5]}) (24.
Bxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Rf7 $11) 24... Rf7 (24... Qxc6 $140 25. Rxc6 Rfe8 26. exd4 {
with advantage.}) 25. exd4 Nf4 26. Qxe8+ (26. Re1 $2 Ne2+ 27. Kf2 Qxc6 28. Rxc6
Nxd4 $17) 26... Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd7 29. g3 (29. Bb2 $2 Nd3 30. Re2
Nxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxd4) 29... Nd5 (29... Nd3 $2 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Re3 Rxd4 32. Re7+
Kf6 33. Rxc7 $16) 30. Re5 (30. Re2) 30... g6 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rh8 (32. Re2)
32... Kg7 33. Ra8 (33. Re8 $2 Nc3) (33. Rc8 $5 Nc3 $140 34. Bd6 $1 {with draw.}
) 33... a5 34. Bb2 $2 {Gives black to improve position of his king,which makes
white's position very difficult.} (34. Rc8 $142 {and white must to hold
position for account of active pieces.}) 34... Kf7 {[%cal Gf7e6,Ge6d6,Gd6c6,
Gc6b5,Gc6b7]} 35. Rh8 (35. Kf2 $2 Nb4 $19) 35... Ke6 36. Re8+ Kd6 37. Kf2 Kc6 {
[%csl Gb3][%cal Gc6b5,Ga5a4]} (37... Nb4 $140 $2 38. Ba3 $11) 38. a4 Re7 {
[%csl Gb3][%cal Ge7e3,Ge3b3]} 39. Rxe7 (39. Rd8 Rd7 $1 (39... Nb4 40. Bc3 Nd3+
41. Kf1 Nc1 42. b4 axb4 (42... Na2 43. b5+ $11) 43. Bxb4 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45.
a5 bxa5 46. Bxa5 $11) (39... Re3 40. Rxd5 Rxb3 41. Rb5 Rxb5 42. axb5+ Kxb5 43.
d5 $1) 40. Re8 Kb7 {[%cal Gc7c6,Gb6b5]} 41. Rh8 (41. Ke2 Re7+ $17) (41. Re5 Nb4
) 41... Re7 (41... c6 42. Re8 b5 43. Re5 {and white hold position.}) 42. Ba3 (
42. Rd8 Nb4 $17) 42... Re3 43. Rxh7 Rxb3 44. Bf8 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Ra2 46. Rg7 Rxa4
47. Rxg6 b5 (47... Rxd4 48. h4 a4 49. h5 c5 {also win.}) 48. Re6 b4 {and black
wins.}) 39... Nxe7 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Bc3 Nc6 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 Nd8 44. h4 Ne6
45. Bb2 Nd8 {1/2 Suddenly , after a good game in winning position Alex offered
a draw.After the game he said, that he couldn't find the winning plan in this
endgame.The plan , of course - to prepare advance c7-c5 at the right moment ,
because now it doesn't work} (45... c5 46. dxc5 Nxc5 {in view of} 47. Bd4 Kc6 (
47... Nxb3 48. Bxb6 Kc4 $2 49. Kf4) 48. Bxc5 Kxc5 49. Kd3 $11) ({The right way
was} 45... c6 46. Bc3 h6 $1 (46... h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Bb2 b5 49. axb5 cxb5
50. Bc3 a4 51. bxa4 bxa4 52. Bb2 {and black cannot win because of weakness on
h5.}) 47. Bb2 (47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Ng7 $19) (47. Kd3 Nf4+) 47... b5 48. Bc3 (
48. b4 axb4 49. a5 Nc7 $19) (48. axb5 cxb5 49. Bc3 a4 {and black wins easily.})
48... b4 49. Bb2 h5 (49... c5 $2 50. dxc5 Nxc5 51. h5 $1 {[%csl Gh6]} gxh5 52.
gxh5 Nxb3 53. Bg7 Nc5 54. Bxh6 Nxa4 55. Bg7 $11) 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Ba1 c5 $19)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 $142 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2
Bf6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. f3 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov Andrei
Y-Mitenkov Alexey/Ch Russia, Elista (Russia) 1995}) (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Nc5 16. Bb5 $1 a6 17. Bxa6 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qa8+ 19. Qf3 Qxa6 20. Nc6 $16 {1-0 Sokolov Andrei-Pikula Dejan/Biel
1996 (41)}) 11. Rc1 (11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 $2 15.
Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c4 17. Qb5 $18 {1-0 Polgar,Z-La Orden,J/Oviedo 1993 (32)})
11... Re8 12. Qc2 $5 $146 (12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bf6
16. Bf5 Rc6 17. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Huebner,R/SKA-Mephisto München
1992 (25)}) (12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 a6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17.
f4 b5 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Bf5 Nb6 20. Nh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Mitenkov,A/
Katowice op 1992 (40)}) (12. Qe2 {[%cal Gd3a6,Gf1d1] also interesting
possibility.}) 12... Bf8 (12... Bd6 $142 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd8e7,Ga8d8]}) 13.
Rfd1 a6 $6 (13... Rc8 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (15. Bxd7 $5 Qxd7 (
15... Nxd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5]}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16...
Rxc5 17. Ba3 $1 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxa3 19. Qxf6 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 $16) (16... Bxc5 17.
Qb1) 17. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 18. e4 {and black has a lot of problems with a1-h8
-diagonal;f.e.} Bh6 19. Ra1 Qe6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3 f6 22. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 23.
Qxf6 {with decisive attack.})) (13... g6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 {also
unpleasant for black.}) (13... Qe7 $142 14. Ne5 $36) 14. Bf5 cxd4 (14... Rc8 {
with idea 15...Rc7.} 15. Ne5 (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 Rc7 17. Nf4 Bd6) 15... g6 (
15... cxd4 16. Nxd7 dxc3 (16... Nxd7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd4 $16) 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. Bxc8 cxb2 19. Bxb7 bxc1=Q 20. Qxc1 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qc3 f6 21. Qxf6 $18) 15. Nxd4 {[%csl
Gd5]} (15. Rxd4 $5) 15... Nc5 (15... Rc8 16. Qb1) 16. Nce2 Bd6 17. Nf3 (17. Bh3
$5 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Nce4 (17... Qc7 $2 18. b4 (18. Ng3) 18... Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 (19.
Kh1 $2 Nce4) 19... Ne6 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. g3 $18) 18. g3 $14 (18. Nf5 $6 Rc8 {
[%csl Gh3][%cal Ge4g5]})) 17... Nce4 18. Ng3 (18. Nf4 $5 Bxf4 (18... Qe7 19.
Nd4) 19. exf4 Bc8 20. Bxf6 (20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qc6 Be6 $11) 20... Nxf6 21. Ne5
Bxf5 22. Qxf5 $14 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6,Gd5]}) 18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 h6 20. Qc3 (20. Nd4
Be5 21. Ne2 Bxb2 (21... Bd6 22. Nf4) 22. Qxb2 Qd6 23. Qd4 {and white has a
solid advantage.}) 20... Qe7 21. Nd4 (21. g4 $6 Rad8 22. g5 $140 hxg5 23. Nxg5
d4 $1 24. exd4 (24. Qxd4 $142 Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Nd5 $15) 24... Nd5
25. Qh3 Qxg5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qxe8 Qxf5
$17) (21. Qd4 b5 (21... Bc5 22. Qh4 Ne4 23. Ne5 Qxh4 24. gxh4 Rad8 25. Bxe4
dxe4 26. Nd7 Be7 27. h5 {with advantage.}) 22. Qh4 (22. e4 dxe4 23. Qxd6 exf3)
22... Ne4 23. Nd4) (21. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Gh2g4]} Qf8 (21... h5 22. Nf3 Rad8 23.
Qd4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gd4h4]}) (21... Be5 $2 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rc7
$16) 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Be5 24. Qd2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5]})
21... Be5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Bd3 (23. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Rad8 (23... Qd6 24. f4
$1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 $16 {[%cal Gc2c7]}) (23... Nd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne2 Rac8 26.
Qd2 $16) 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxc6 Rd6 (26... Ne4 27. Bd7 $16 (27.
Qxb6 Qb2 28. Rf1 Nd2 29. Rfe1 Ne4 $11)) 27. Qc3 $1 Qe7 28. Qc7 Qe5 29. Rc6 $16)
23... Rac8 24. Qe2 b5 25. Nf3 $6 {missing the last opportjnity to get
advantage.} (25. a4 $1 bxa4 26. bxa4 {[%csl Ga6]} Qd6 27. Rb1 $14) 25... Bxb2
26. Qxb2 h5 (26... Ne4) 27. Qd4 Ne4 {[%cal Gb5b4,Ge4c3]} 28. b4 Nd6 {[%csl Gb4]
[%cal Gd6c4]} 29. g4 (29. a3 Nc4 30. Rc3 {[%cal Gd4f4,Gf3d4]} a5 $1 31. bxa5
Ra8 32. Qf4 Rxa5 33. Nd4 Rxa3 34. Nxb5 (34. Rxa3 Qxa3 35. Qc7 (35. Nxb5 $2 Qb3)
35... Ba8 36. Qd7 Rb8 $17) 34... Rxc3 35. Nxc3 Nb2 36. Rd2 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 Qc5
$11) 29... hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rxc1 (30... Nc4 31. Rb1 $14) 31. Rxc1 Nc4 (31... Ne4 {
threating 32...Nf2} 32. Qh4 (32. Qf4 Qxb4 33. Ng5 Re7) 32... Qd6 (32... Qxb4 $2
33. Ng5 $18) 33. a3 $14) 32. Qg5 (32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 (33... Kf8 34.
Ng5 Qc7 $8 35. Rd1 Re7 36. Ne6+ Rxe6 37. Qxe6 $16) 34. Ng5 Rf8 35. Qh6+ (35.
Rd1 Ne5) 35... Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 $11 (36... Qg7 $2 37. Qxg7+ (37. Qe6+ Kh8 38.
Qh3+ $11) 37... Kxg7 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nxf8 Kxf8 40. f3 {and white must win.}))
32... Qxg5 33. Nxg5 a5 $11 34. bxa5 (34. Rb1 axb4 (34... Ra8 {see 35 Rb1}) 35.
Rxb4 Bc6 36. Nf3 Ra8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Nxb5 Rxa2 39. Nc3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Ne5 $11)
34... Ra8 35. Nf3 (35. Rb1 Rxa5 36. a4 Bc6 37. axb5 Rxb5 $11) 35... Rxa5 36.
Rc2 (36. Bb1 b4 37. Nd4 Kf8 $11) 36... Ra3 (36... Kf8 37. Nd4 Ke7 $11) 37. Be2
Bc8 $138 {[%cal Gc8f5]} (37... b4 38. Nd4 (38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxa2 40. Rxb4
Bxf3 41. gxf3 $11) 38... Rc3 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40. Rb2) (37... Kf8 38. Nd4 Ra5 {
was more accurate.}) 38. Nd4 Ra5 (38... Bd7 $142 39. Bf3 Nb6 {also hold
equality.}) 39. Kf1 (39. Nc6 $142 Bf5 (39... Ra8 $2 40. Bf3 {winning d5-pawn.})
40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Nxf5+ gxf5 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. g3 Ra3 $11) (39. Bf3 Bb7 40. Nb3
Ra3 41. Nc5 Bc6) 39... Kf8 40. Ke1 (40. Bf3 Bb7) 40... Bb7 41. Kd1 (41. Bxc4 $1
dxc4 (41... bxc4 42. Rb2 Ba6 43. Kd2 Ra3 44. Ne2 Ke7 45. Nc3 $14) 42. Rb2 Bxg2
43. f3 Bh3 44. Nxb5 $11) 41... Ke7 42. Kc1 (42. Bxc4 dxc4 43. Rb2 {wasn't late
yet.}) 42... Kd6 43. g3 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bd7 45. Re2 Ne5 $1 (45... Ra3 $143 46. Bb1
b4 47. Re1 Ba4 {[%cal Ga3c3]} 48. Ne2) (45... Ra8 $143 46. e4 (46. Bxc4 $2 dxc4
47. Rd2 Kc5 $17) 46... Rh8 47. Kc2 $11) 46. Bb1 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8h8,Gh8h1]} 47.
Rb2 Rb8 {now white has no useful moves.} 48. Rb4 Rc8+ 49. Kd2 Kc5 50. Rb3 Nc4+
51. Ke2 Rh8 $17 52. Nc2 (52. Bc2 Bg4+ $1 (52... Rh1 $140 53. Rb1) 53. Kd3 b4
54. Rb1 Rh2 $17) 52... Bg4+ (52... Rh1) 53. Kd3 Rh1 54. Nd4 b4 55. Bc2 Ra1 56.
Bb1 Bd1 57. f4 Na3 58. Kd2 Nxb1+ 59. Kxd1 Nc3+ 60. Kc2 Rxa2+ 61. Kd3 Ne4 62.
Nc2 Nf2+ 63. Kd2 f5 (63... Ne4+ 64. Kd3 Ra4 {winning the second pawn.}) 64. Rb1
(64. Kc1 Kc4 $1 65. Rxb4+ Kc3 $19) 64... Ne4+ (64... Ng4 65. Kd3) 65. Kd3 Nxg3
(65... Ra4 66. Rc1 (66. Nd4 Ra3+ 67. Nb3+ Kd6 68. Kd4 (68. Kc2 Ra2+ $19) 68...
Nc3 69. Rb2 Rxb3 $1 70. Rxb3 Ne2+ 71. Kd3 Nc1+ $19) 66... b3 67. Nd4+ Rc4 68.
Ra1 (68. Nxb3+ Kb4 69. Rb1 Rc3+ $19) 68... Rc3+ 69. Ke2 Nxg3+ $19) 66. Nxb4
Ra3+ 67. Kc2 (67. Kd2 Ne4+ 68. Kc2 Rc3+ 69. Kd1 Rxe3 $19) 67... Rxe3 $2 (67...
Kc4 $1 68. Nc6 Rxe3 69. Ne5+ Kd4 70. Rb4+ Kc5 71. Ra4 Re4 72. Ra5+ Kd4 73. Nxg6
Nf1 $19) 68. Nd3+ Kc6 69. Ne5+ Kd6 (69... Kc5 70. Nd3+) (69... Kd6 70. Rb6+ (
70. Nxg6 $2 d4 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gd5e4]} 71. Rb8 (71. Ne5 Kd5 72. Nd3 Re2+) (71. Rb5
Ne4 72. Ne5 Rc3+ 73. Kd1 d3 {and black wins.}) 71... Kd5 72. Rd8+ Ke4 73. Re8+
Kf3 74. Rd8 Ne2 $19) (70. Ra1 $5) 70... Kc5 71. Ra6 $1 (71. Rxg6 $2 {gives
black to activate his king.} Kd4 $1 72. Nc6+ Ke4 73. Nb4 d4 74. Re6+ Kxf4 (
74... Kf3) 75. Nd5+ Kf3 {and black wins.}) 71... Ne2 (71... Kd4 72. Ra4+) (
71... d4 72. Ra5+ Kb4 73. Rd5 $11) 72. Nxg6 Re6 73. Rxe6 Nd4+ 74. Kd3 Nxe6 75.
Nh4 $11 {]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. b4 (10. dxc5 $5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 a5 13. Rad1 h6
14. Nd2 Qe7 15. f4 $14 {Dreev-Shipov 1993}) (10. Qe2 $6 Ne4 11. Be1 f5) 10...
Nbd7 11. Bc3 (11. a4 $6 e5 $15 {Peshina-Kharitonov 1984}) 11... Qc7 (11... Re8
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Rc7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. a4 $5 $14 {Khalifman-Romanishin 1996
Ishia}) (11... Qe7 12. Nd2 Rfc8 13. Rc1 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nf8
16. Nf1 Ne8 17. Ng3 Rd7 {Kharitonov-Balashov 1995}) 13... a6 14. Qe2 d5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 cxb4 17. axb4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 $16 {Miles-Sunye Neto 1994}) 12.
Rc1 (12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Be2 e5 14. Rc1 cxd4 $6 15. exd4 Nh5 16. c5 $1 bxc5 17.
bxc5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Nf4 19. Bc4 Qc6 20. Qb3 $16 {Dreev-Epishin Tilburg 1994})
12... Rfe8 (12... Rad8 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Re1 Qb7 $2 16. d5 exd5 17.
b5 $18 {Elvest-Kharitonov 1984}) 13. Nd2 (13. Nh4 $6 Rad8 14. f4 $6 Be4 $15 {
Sherwin-T.Petrosian 1984}) 13... e5 $1 {N} (13... Rac8 14. f3 (14. Qe2 $5)
14... d5 15. Qe2 e5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. cxd5 cxb4 18. Bb2 Qa5 19. Nc4 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-van der Werf 1992}) 14. bxc5 (14. d5 $2 cxb4 $1 15. axb4 a5 $15)
(14. Bf5 exd4 15. exd4 a6 $5 16. d5 b5 $132) (14. Qc2 exd4 (14... a6 $5) 15.
exd4 a6 $13) 14... exd4 $1 (14... dxc5 15. d5 $14) (14... bxc5 15. d5 Rab8 16.
Rb1 $14) 15. exd4 (15. cxd6 $4 Qc6 $19) 15... dxc5 (15... bxc5 16. d5 Re7 $13)
16. d5 b5 17. Bxf6 (17. Nb3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne4 19. Ba1 Rad8 $10) (17. cxb5 Nxd5
18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne5 $15) 17... Nxf6 18. cxb5 (18. Nb3 bxc4 19.
Rxc4 (19. Bxc4 Rad8 $17) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxc5 Qe7 $15) 18... Nxd5 $6 (18... Rad8
$1 19. Qc2 Rxd5 {with good atacking chances for black /^a8-h1;/^b8h2.} 20. Rfd1
Rg5 21. g3 Rge5 $15) 19. Re1 (19. Qc2 $2 Nf4 $17) 19... Nf4 (19... Rxe1+ $6 20.
Qxe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 $14 {with Qe3 idea.}) 20. Bf1 (20. Be4 Rad8 21. Qc2 Bxe4 22.
Nxe4 Nd3 $2 (22... Qb7 $1 $15 {with idea 23...f5}) 23. Nf6+) 20... Qd6 (20...
Red8 $6 21. Qc2 $14 {with next Ne4}) 21. Rc3 (21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nb3 Qg6 23.
Qd7 Rb8 24. Qc7 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ $10) (21. Qc2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ne6
$10) 21... Red8 (21... Rad8 {it looks,like after this move black's pressure is
very unpleasant.But...} 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re3 Rd8 (23... Rxe3 24. fxe3 $10)
24. Qe1 $1 Ne6 $10) 22. Qc2 (22. Qc1 $142 $1 {White misplaced his Queen,
because on c1 Q defend rook on e1, and at the same time after Ne6-d4 Q will
place on the right field.} Rac8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nd5 25. Rc2 $14) 22... h6
$2 (22... Qxd2 $2 23. Re8+ $18) (22... Re8 $1 23. Rxe8+ (23. Rc1 $2 Ne2+ $17) (
23. Ree3 $10) 23... Rxe8 24. Nc4 (24. Re3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Nd5 $10) 24... Qd4 (
24... Qe7 25. Re3 Ne6 26. a4 $14) 25. Re3 Be4 {With idea 26..Qe3} (25... Rd8
26. Re7 (26. Na5 $1 Bd5 (26... Ba8 $2 27. Nb3 $16) 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. bxc6 Qd6
29. Qe4 Ne6 30. Bc4 $14) 26... Bxg2 $3 27. Bxg2 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+
$10) 26. Qa4 Nd5 27. Re1 Nc3 28. Qxa7 Nxb5 29. Qb6 Nc3 30. Nd6 Rf8 $10) 23. Ne4
(23. Nb3 $142 {And theris no clear way to defend pawn on c5, for example} Qd5
24. Rxc5 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxb3 27. Bc4 $18) (23. Rxc5 $2 Ne6 $17)
23... Qe7 $2 (23... Bxe4 $142 24. Qxe4 $14) 24. Qb1 $2 (24. Rxc5 Ne6 25. Rc3
Nd4 26. Qb1 $16) (24. Qc1 $1 {Black cannot to defend on c5 ,after this,
white's position is winning.}) 24... Rac8 25. Qc1 (25. Nxc5 Qg5 $8 26. Qa1 $1 {
A fantastic move, which very difficult to see during the game.} (26. Nxb7 Rxc3
27. Nxd8 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nxf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ $10) (26. Qb2 $2 Rd2) 26... Rxc5 27.
Rg3 Kf8 (27... Bxg2 28. h4 (28. Bxg2 $2 Ne2+ $3 $19) 28... Qxg3 29. fxg3 Bxf1
30. Rxf1 $16) 28. Rxg5 Nh3+ $1 29. Kh1 (29. gxh3 Rxg5+ 30. Bg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1
Rxh2 $36) 29... Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. gxh3 Rxg5+ 32. Kf2 Rf5+ 33. Kg3 Rg5+ 34.
Kf4 $16) 25... Ne6 26. Bc4 (26. Bc4 Bd5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 $5 {A.Mikhalevski}) 8. b3 (8. Qc2 c5 $1) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 c5 (
9... a6 {another theoretical move.}) (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 {Mikhalevski,A.}
11. Qe2 $14) (9... Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14.
b4 $5 Ne4 15. Be1 c6 16. Qb2 a6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a4 $14 {Averbah-Furman 1955.}
) 10. cxd5 exd5 {the best capture.} 11. Qe2 (11. Rc1) 11... a6 (11... Re8 12.
Rfd1 $1 (12. Ba6 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 $14)) 12. Rfd1 (12.
Bf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5c8]}) 12... Qe7 (12... b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Bc2
Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Qe1 $1 b4 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd1
$14 {Ivanchuk-Gelfand 1996}) (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 $1 (13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
bxc5 15. Qb2 $2 d4 $1 $40) 13... dxe4 14. Nd2 $1 (14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4 (15.
Nxd7 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxd7 17. Bb4 $10) 15... Nf6 $10) 14... Qe7 (14... cxd4 15.
Ncxe4 $36 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 (17. Kf1 $5) 17... Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxe4 19.
Rxd4 $36) 15. Nc4 {with advantage.}) (12... Re8 13. Rac1 (13. Bf5 $142) 13...
Ne4 14. h3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 b5 19. Bxe4
dxe4 $11 {0-1 Pushkov,N-Moizhess,I/RUS-ch Orel 1992 (33)}) 13. Rac1 (13. Bf5
$142) 13... Rfe8 $2 (13... Ne4 $1 14. dxc5 (14. Na4 c4 $1 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 b5 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb6 Qd3 $1) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 bxc5 $10)
14. Bf5 $1 cxd4 (14... Rad8 15. Rc2 {And very difficult to find move for black,
except 15..cd.} (15. Bxd7 Nxd7 (15... Qxd7 $2 16. Na4 $18) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 $14) (
15. Na4 $6 c4 $1) (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxd7 (16. Na4 d4 $13) 16... Qxd7 17. Na4
Ne4 $15)) 15. Nxd4 $16 Qe5 (15... Nc5 $142) (15... Rad8 16. Bh3 {[%cal Gd4f5]})
16. g3 Nc5 17. Bh3 $1 {threating 24Nh6} Bf8 18. Nf5 d4 (18... Qb8 19. Bg2 Rd8 (
19... Nce4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Qg4 Qe5 23. Rc7 $16) 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Na4 $1) 19. Nxd4 Rad8 20. Bg2 Qb8 21. Nf5 (21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qf3 $2 Rxd4 $1 $19
) (21. Nc6 $2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa8) (21. Qf1 b5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qg2 Nce4 (23...
Qb6 $16) 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. f3 $5 $16) (21. Na4 $5 Nxa4 (21... Nce4 22. f3 (22.
Nxb6 $16 Nxf2) 22... b5 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd5 25. Bd2 $16) 22. bxa4 $16) (
21. b4 Nce4 (21... Ncd7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 (22... Qa8 23. Na4 $18) 23. Bxc6 Bxb4 24.
Qxa6 $16) 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. f3 (23. a3 b5 $1) 23... Nf6 24. a3 $16 {[Avrukh,B]}
) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 (23. Qf3 $2 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nd3 $1) 23... b5
$1 24. Rxd8 (24. b4 Ncd7 25. a3 Ne5 $132) (24. f3 $5) 24... Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+
(25... Rc8 26. f3 (26. Nb1 $16) 26... b4 27. Nb1 $16) 26. Qxd1 (26. Nxd1 {
with idea 27 f3.}) 26... b4 27. Ne2 Qe4 (27... Qf3 $6 28. Nh4 $1 Qe4 29. Bxf6
gxf6 30. Nd4 $18) 28. Nh4 $2 $138 (28. Nfd4 Ng4 $36 {[%cal Ge4h1]}) (28. Bxf6
Qxf5 29. Bd4 Ne4 30. Nf4 (30. Qe1 Ng5 $1) 30... Nc3 $1 $44) (28. Nh6+ $1 gxh6
29. Bxf6 Qf3 30. Bb2 Ne4 31. Qf1 Bc5 (31... Nd2 32. Qe1 Qd5 33. Nd4 Nf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Qxf3 35. Qd2 $1) 32. Nf4 $1 Kf8 (32... Nxf2 33. Bd4 $18) 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34.
Nxe2 $18) 28... Ng4 $1 29. Qd4 $2 (29. Bd4 Qh1+ 30. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg2 Nxd1 32.
Kf3 $1 $11) 29... Qb1+ 30. Kg2 $2 (30. Bc1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Kg2 Qc2 33.
Kf3 Nxc1 34. Nxc1 Qxc1 35. Qd3 $11) 30... Nxf2 $6 $138 (30... Ne4 $1 31. Bc1 (
31. f3 Qe1 $17) (31. Nf5 Qe1 (31... Nexf2 32. Nh6+ Nxh6 33. Kxf2 Qxa2 $17) 32.
Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qd8 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Ng5+ 35. Kxg4 Qxe2+ 36. Kxg5 Qxe3+ 37. Kf5 Qxe7
$17) 31... Ngxf2 32. Qb2 Qd3 $1) 31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Kg2 Nxb2 33. Nf5 $1 Qxf5 $2
(33... g6 $1 34. Nd6 Bxd6 (34... Qxa2 35. Ne8 Qxb3 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qd8 Kg7 38.
Ne8+ Kh8 39. Nf6 $10) 35. Qxd6 Qe4+ 36. Kh3 Nd3 (36... Qxe3 37. Nf4 $1) 37.
Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kh6 $1 39. Qxe4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Nxe4 41. Kf3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl
Ra2][%cal Ge4c3]}) (33... Qxa2 34. Qd8 g6 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ f6 37. Nd5 Qxb3
38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ $11) 34. Qxb2 Qe4+ 35. Kf2 Qh1 36. h4 Qh2+ 37. Kf3 Qh1+
38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Romanovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 {Avrukh,B} Re8 13. Ne5
Bf8 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rc7 16. c5 bxc5 17. Bb5 $1 $16 {Karpov,A-Andersson,
U/Tilburg 1980/1-0 (81)}) 12... Ba6 $146 ({More popular is 12...Re8; f.e.} 
12... Re8 13. Rfd1 (13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Ne5 g6 15. Qe3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 dxc4 17. Nxc4
Bc5 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bf1 Re7 20. Re4 Rec7 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. Rd3 Bf8 23. Rh4 Bg7
24. a4 h5 25. Bc1 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Wesseln,K-Borik,O/Delmenhorst 1986 (38)}) 13...
Bf8 14. Nf1 (14. Qe3 g6 15. h3 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qd6 17. N1h2 Bg7 18. Ne5 dxc4 19.
bxc4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5 21. Bd4 Qc6 22. Bf1 Red8 23. Ng4 Rd7 24. Rd2 Rcd8 25.
Rcd1 Qe4 $11 {Keres,P-Taimanov,M/Tallinn 1975/1-0 (54)}) 14... g6 15. Ne3 Bg7
16. Bb1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Re7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Na5 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qd3 Ne8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h4 Qd6 24. Qc3+ $16 {1-0 From,S-Nielsen,H/cr 1983}) (12...
Bd6 {Avrukh,B} 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. f3 Nf6
18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Ba3 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Rc2 dxc4 22. bxc4 Qb4 {Lagha,
K-Radulov,I/Lugano ol 1968/0-1 (71) And black has no problems.[Avrukh,B]}) (
12... Qc7 {Avrukh,B} 13. a3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qf4 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ne3
Na5 18. d5 Nb3 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Be5 Qh6 21. Bc2 Ncd7 22. Bb2 Bc5 23. Nd4 Re8 24.
Ba4 exd5 25. cxd5 Qg6 26. Qf3 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 $16 {1-0 Pachman,L-Darga,K/EU-chT
Wien\Baden 1957 (36) [Avrukh,B]}) 13. Rfd1 Nh5 $5 (13... Na5 14. Ne5 {[Avrukh,
B]}) 14. Qe3 (14. g3 {[%cal Ga8h1]} Nf6 $11) 14... Na5 15. g4 $2 {Playing with
fire , white weakens position of his own king, hoping , that their activity
will compensate it.[Avrukh,B]} (15. Ne5 Bg5 16. Qh3 g6 $15) (15. Rc2 {was more
accurate, with idea to play 16Rdc1,and maybe 16Ne5andQh3.[Avrukh,B]}) 15... Nf6
16. Ne5 Nd7 $1 {Black at once changes one knight,and their presure on whit's
centre becomes very unpleasant.[Avrukh,B]} 17. Ndf3 $2 (17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3
$2 dxc4 19. Ne5 Qd5 $19) (17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. cxd5 $1 {The best chance to hold
position.} Bxd3 (18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxd3 20. dxe6 {the same.}) 19. dxe6 Qxe6 (
19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qb5 (20... Qxe6 21. Qxd3 Qxg4+ 22. Qg3 $14) 21. a4 Qa6 22.
Rc7 $40) 20. Qxd3 Qxg4+ 21. Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. hxg3 $11) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxc4
19. bxc4 g6 {with idea 20...f6} 20. Bf1 f6 21. Nf3 Qd7 $17 22. Nd2 (22. c5 {
Avrukh,B} Bxf1 23. Rxf1 (23. Kxf1 Qd5 (23... bxc5 24. dxc5 Qb5+ 25. Kg2 (25.
Qe2 Rxc5 $17 (25... Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Rxc5)) 25... e5 26. Ba1 (26. Bc3 $142) 26...
Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Qe4 {And white has some contrchances.[Avrukh,B]}) 24.
Re1 Rc6 {And black has big positional advantage.[Avrukh,B]}) 23... bxc5 24.
dxc5 e5 $1 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 25. h3 Qb5 $17 {[Avrukh,B]}) 22... Bb4 23. c5 Bxd2
24. Qxd2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 (25. Kxf1 $2 {Avrukh,B} Qd5 $17 {[%cal Gd5h1,Gd5a2]})
25... Qd5 26. Bc3 Nc6 (26... Nc4 {Avrukh,B} 27. Qe2 bxc5 28. dxc5 Rxc5 $2 29.
Rfd1 (29. Bb4) 29... Qc6 30. Bd4 $18 {[Avrukh,B]}) 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Qe2 f5 (
28... Ra8 29. Rc2 (29. Rfe1 e5 30. dxe5 (30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Ra4 $1 $17)
30... Rxa2) 29... Ra4 $1 $17 {[Avrukh,B]}) 29. Rb1 Rce8 30. Rxb6 fxg4 (30... e5
31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qc2 fxg4 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+
$11 {[Avrukh,B]}) (30... Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxe6 Qxg4+ $11) 31. Rb5 (31.
Qxg4 $6 Rf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5g5]} 32. h4 Ref8 {with attacking chances for white.
[Avrukh,B]}) 31... Nxd4 (31... Qf3 32. Qe3 $5 {[Avrukh,B]} (32. Qxf3 Rxf3 (
32... gxf3 33. Re1 $13) 33. Rc5 Ne7 34. Re1 Nd5 35. Rxd5 Rxc3 $11)) 32. Bxd4
Qxd4 33. Re5 Rb8 34. Re4 $1 $11 (34. Rd1 Qa4 35. Rxe6 Rb2 36. Rd2 Rb1+ 37. Kg2
Qa3 (37... Qa8+ 38. Qe4 $11) 38. Qxg4 Qc1 39. Rxg6+ $11 {[Avrukh,B]}) 34... Rb2
35. Qxg4 Qd5 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 (11... Bd6 $2 12. Nb5) (11... Bf8 $143
12. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gd3b5]} Bd6 (12... a6 $143) 13. Bb5 {[%csl Gc6]} a6 14.
Bc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Re6 16. Qc1 $16 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Mitenkov,A/Moscow5 1995 
(39)}) 12. Ne2 (12. Qc2 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Bf8 (12... Bd6 $142) 13. Ne2 {[%csl Gc7]
} c5 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nf4 Bg7 16. Rfd1 cxd4 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. e6 fxe6
19. Bxg6 Bxb2 20. Bxe8 Bxc1 21. Bxd7 (21. Bf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qg6+ Ke7
24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ $11) 21... Qxd7 22. Qxc1 $13) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxd4 (
18. Qc7 $5 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Nc5 20. exd4 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Rab8 $14 {[%cal Ge8c8]})
18... Bxd4 19. exd4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qe7 $11 {Hodgson,J-Van der Wiel,J/Groningen
1994/1-0 (124)}) (12. Ne5 $5) 12... Bd6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qc2 {[%csl Gc7][%cal
Gf3e5]} c5 $6 {Dubious decision,now black will be always in danger,that white
in some moment could take on c5 and open a1-h8 diagonal,which is weakenning by
g6 move.} (14... Rc8 $142 15. Qe2 {[%csl Ga6]} Ra8 16. Rc2 (16. Qc2 $11) 16...
Qe7 (16... Ne4 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. N3d2 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Sokolov,I-Almasi,
Z/Groningen 1994 (44)}) 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 Re8 20. Ndf1 Nf8 $15 {
Malaniuk,V-Yemelin,V/Novgorod op 1995/1-0 (53)}) 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfd1 {looks
more logical}) 15... Qe7 16. a4 (16. dxc5 bxc5 {is too early for white.}) (16.
Qb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1a1]}) 16... Rac8 17. Qb1 {Now white idea is clear to play Qa1
and a5 with idea to take control under d4-square.} Ne4 18. dxc5 (18. Qa1 $5)
18... bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 32]} (18... Ndxc5 19. Bd4 $14 (19. Bc2 $143 Nxg3 20. hxg3
Ne4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gd6b4] and black is ok})) 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 $16 {
[%csl Ga6,Gc5,Ge4]} Be5 (20... Qe6 21. Red1 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 21. Nc4 $2 (21.
Bxe5 $142 $1 Qxe5 22. Red1 {[%csl Rd6,Gd7][%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4]} Rc7 23. Nc4 Qe6 (
23... Qe7 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Nxb7 Rcxb7 26. Qxe4 $18) 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. Rcd1 $16)
21... Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Ne5 $6 (22... Bd5 $1 23. Red1 (23. Ne2 $140 {[%cal Ge2f4]}
Bxc4 24. Rxc4 $2 (24. bxc4 $142) 24... Ne5 25. Rxe4 f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge5d3]})
23... Bxc4 24. Rxc4 f5 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 25. b4 $11) 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5
25. Red1 a5 (25... Rd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. b4 c4 28. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) 26.
Rd6 Rc6 (26... Bd5 {[%csl Gb3]} 27. Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Nf1
Rb6 29. Nd2 Ba6 30. h3 Bd3 $2 (30... f5 $142 31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Rc7 Rd5 33. Nc4
Bxc4 34. bxc4 Rd2 35. Rxc5 Rbb2 36. Rf1 Rdc2 {and black makes draw easily.})
31. Rc8 (31. f4 $1 Ree6 (31... Rh5 32. Kh2 {[%cal Gg2g4]} c4 $8 33. Nxc4 Rxb3
34. Nd6 $1 Rb2 35. Rc7 {[%csl Gf7]} Bf1 36. Kg1 $1 Rb1 37. Kf2 $18) 32. Rxc5
Rec6 33. Rdd5 $18) 31... c4 32. R1xc4 $1 (32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb2 $1 {
[%cal Ge5f5]} 34. c5 Rf5 35. Rf1 Rc2 36. c6 Rfc5 37. Ra8 Rxc6 38. Rxa5 Ra2 $11)
32... Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Ree6 34. Nxb6 Rxb6 35. Rc5 Rxb3 36. Kh2 $1 {[%mdl 4096]
Very important move,white activate his king and it becones clear,that black
cannot to hold this rookending.} (36. Rxa5 $143 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} (36... Rb2
37. g4 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gg2g3]}) 37. h4 Rb2 {and black has good chances to escape.}
) 36... Ra3 37. Rxa5 h5 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. h4 Kf6 40. Ra7 Ke6 41. a5 Ra3 (41...
Kf6 42. a6 Kg7 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. f3 $1 f5 (44... exf3 45. gxf3 $18) 45. fxe4 fxe4
46. Kf4 Ra4 47. Ke5 Kg7 48. Kd5 Kh7 49. Kc6 $18) 42. a6 Kf6 43. Ra8 Kf5 44. Ra7
Kf6 45. Kf4 Ra2 46. Kxe4 Rxf2 47. g3 g5 (47... Ra2 48. Kd5 Ra3 49. e4 Rd3+ 50.
Kc6 Rxg3 51. Rc7 Ra3 52. a7 $18) 48. Rc7 gxh4 49. a7 Ra2 50. gxh4 {[%cal Ge4d5]
} Ke6 51. Kd4 {[%cal Gd4c5,Gc5b6]} Kd6 52. Rxf7 Ra4+ 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. e4 Ra3+
55. Kb2 Ra6 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Rd7 Kc6 58. Rh7 Ra5 59. Kc4 Ra4+ 60. Kc3 Ra3+ 61.
Kb4 {61...Ra162Rh5-Ra763Rh6 with next Rh7.} 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 $5 {An interesting
continuation,which is not so rare quest in tournament practice.} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
e4 (8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nb5 $5 {For white side i offer to pay
attention for this game} (10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e4 Qe7 {
[%cal Ge7e6]} 14. Bf4 Rh5 $5 15. Qd2 O-O-O {[%cal Gd7d5]} 16. Rfe1 {[%cal
Ge1e7]} Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. h3 Bc7 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rac1 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Poluljahov,A/Cappelle 1995/EXT 95op2 (34)}) 10... O-O 11.
Nd6 Bc6 12. e4 Nc7 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 $40 {1-0 Safin,S-Janssen,R/Dieren 1997/
EXT 97 (22)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O (9... d6 {Was played in previous game in
this variation of the same opponents.} 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a6 13.
Kh1 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Bd3 $14 {1-0
Malaniuk,V-Hracek,Z/Brno 1993/CBM 37 (46)}) 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 d6 11. Qd2 a6 12.
Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. b3 Rfd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Plaskett,J-Emms,J/
Hastings 1998/CBM 69_07 (18)}) (10. Re1 d6 11. Bf1 a6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Re8
14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Grivas,E-Razuvaev,Y/Cappelle 1995/EXT 95op2 (15)}
) 10... Nc6 $146 {Interesting novelty black tryies(sucsessfully in this game)
to provoke d7-d5 in one step.} (10... d6 11. f3 a6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8
14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. a3 Qb8 18. b4 Be7 19. Nb3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Poluljahov,A/Kropotkin 1995/CBM 47/[Hecht] (61)}) 11. Nxc6 (
11. f4 {- most critical move} d6 $142 {with complicated play} (11... d5 12.
cxd5 (12. Nxc6 $143 Bxc6 13. e5 d4 $1) 12... exd5 (12... Nxd5 $2 13. exd5 Nxd4
14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bxd4 exd5 16. f5 $40) 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne4 15. Qe2 $14) (
11... Ng4 12. Qxg4 (12. Nxc6 $2 dxc6 $1 (12... Qh4 $5) 13. Qxg4 Qxd3 $17 {
[%csl Gc3,Gc4]}) 12... Nxd4 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 13. e5 (13. f5 Nc6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gc6e5]} 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qf4 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 13... Nf5 {[%cal Gd7d6]} 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. Qd1 $14)) 11... Bxc6 12. Rc1 (12. f4 $143 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 d4)
12... Qb8 $6 ({Here black missed opportunity to provoke d7-d5,for example} 
12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 d4 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rae8 18.
Bc6 Re6 $11) 13. Qe2 $6 (13. f4 $1 d6 (13... d5 $140 $2 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e5
$16) (13... Qb7 14. e5 (14. Bd4 $2 Bxe4 $1 15. Bxf6 Bxd3 $17) 14... Ne8 15. Qe2
d6 16. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Qe7 17. b5 Bb7 18. Bf2 {[%csl Ge8,Gg7] with advantage
for white}) 14. b4 (14. f5 $5) 14... Qb7 15. Qf3 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gf4f5] and black
position is not so comfortable,without one pair of knights.}) 13... d5 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 $143 16. Rxc6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3 Bxb2 18.
f4 $14) 17... Qe5 18. Bc4 $36 {[%csl Rf7]}) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Be4 Qe5 $11 18.
Bxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Ga2] The position is absouletely equal and no wonder, that
opponents agreed with draw in a few moves.} 19. b3 Rac8 20. h3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rd8 22. Qa6 {[%csl Ga7]} Be5 {[%cal Gd5d1]} 23. g3 Qd7 {[%csl Gh3]} 24. Kg2
Qd5+ 25. Kg1 Qd7 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7.
Nc3 d5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 (12... g6 13.
Qe3 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Ba3 {[%cal Gc3b5]} e5 (16... a6) 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nxd4 $2 (18... Qxd5 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22.
Qf4 {[%csl Gf7] and white still has some pressure.}) 19. Nxd4 Rxc1 $4 (19...
exd4 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. d6 $16) 20. Bxc1 {1-0 Antoshin,
V-Bobotsov,M/Sochi 1966/MCD-r6 (20)}) 13. Rfd1 Bd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6f4][%mdl 8]
New and interesting move in this well-known position.The idea 14...Bf4 very
unpleasant for white,and white didn't find something in order to neutralize
black's idea.} (13... Bf8 14. h3 (14. Bb1 $143 g6 15. Ne5 Bh6 $1 (15... Bg7 16.
h3 Na5 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Ermenkov,E-Fedorowicz,J/Lone Pine 1980/
MCD-op (44)}) 16. Nxc6 (16. Rc2 Nb4) 16... Bxc6 17. Rc2 Qd7 $15 {and white has
real problems with the coordination of their piecies. 1/2-1/2 Tokaji,N-Vegh,E/
Budapest 1982/EXT 97 (26)}) 14... g6 15. Qe3 (15. Bb1 $2 Bh6 16. Nd2 dxc4 17.
bxc4 Nxd4 18. Qe1 e5 $19 {0-1 Polgar,Z-Hansen,L/Aabenraa 1989/EXT 89 (35)})
15... Bg7 16. Be2 (16. Bf1 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} (16... Qd6 17. Ne5 Red8 18. cxd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 (19... Qxd5 $143 20. Bc4 Qd6 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. d5 Bxb2
23. dxe6+ Ke7 24. Rxd6 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Rxd6 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27. Qf6 $36) 20. f4 $6 {
[%csl Ge4]} Re8 21. Qf2 f6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd3 Bh6 $15 {0-1 Silva Sanchez,
C-Tolnai,T/Novi Sad 1990/TD 90\06 (50)}) 17. g4 $5 dxc4 (17... h5 18. Ne5) (
17... Ne4 $5) 18. bxc4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc6 20. Nb5 $1 (20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Ne5
22. Qf4 Nfd7 $13) 20... a6 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 (22... Bxf6 23. Rxd5
Ne5 24. Qg2 axb5 25. Rxd8 Rexd8 {with good chances for black to save this
position.}) 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd6 $16 {1-0 Franco,Z-Adla,D/ARG 1992/EXT 92ch 
(36)}) 16... Ne7 17. g4 Ne4 18. Ne5 (18. Nxe4 $140 dxe4 19. Ng5 Bh6 $1) 18...
f6 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Votruba,P-Boensch,U/Budapest 1982/EXT 97 (20)})
14. Nb5 $2 {A terrible move white simply losses two tempo, and no wonder that
black gets advantage in so early part of the game.} (14. Ne5 dxc4 15. bxc4 (15.
Bxc4 Nb4 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Rxd4 Qg5 {[%csl Gg2]}
18. Ne4 Bxe4 (18... Qxe5 $5 19. f4 Qxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bxf4 $44) 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20.
Re3 Qh5 $1 $11) 14... Bf4 15. Ra1 (15. Rc3 a6 16. Na3 Nb4 (16... e5 $143 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd5 $15 {[%csl Ra3]}) 17. Bb1
Ne4 $17 {[%csl Ra2]}) 15... a6 16. Na3 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (16. Nc3 Qc7 $1 (16...
dxc4 17. bxc4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. a3) 17. Re1 $140 (17. Bc1) 17... dxc4 18.
bxc4 Nb4 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 16... Nb4 17. Bb1 dxc4 18. bxc4 (18. Nxc4 b5 19.
Nce5 Nbd5 {[%cal Gd5c3] with strategically winning position for black.}) 18...
b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 32] This very powerful move forces white to open the play and
with so bad piecies on the queenside they has no chances to survive.} 19. cxb5
Qd5 20. bxa6 (20. Qe1 Qh5 21. Qxb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 20... Bxa6 {[%csl
Ra1,Ra3,Rb1,Rb2]} 21. Qe1 Qh5 (21... Rb8 $143 22. Bc1) 22. h3 (22. Qxb4 $2
Bxh2+ 23. Nxh2 Qxd1+ $19) 22... Bb7 23. Ne5 (23. Qxb4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rb8 $1 $19)
23... Red8 (23... Qg5 $143 24. g3 {[%cal Gh3h4]}) 24. Nd3 (24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25.
Qxb4 Bxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 Bxe5 $40 {[%csl Rg2]}) (24. Nac4 Rxc4 $1 25. Nxc4 Qd5 26.
Qf1 Ba6 27. Nb6 Qc6 $19) 24... Bd6 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Qf1 (26. Bxh7+ Qxh7 (26...
Kxh7 27. Qxb4 Rb8 28. Qd2 Qg6 $17) 27. Qxb4 Rb8 (27... Qe4 $143 28. f3 Qe3+ 29.
Kh1 Bxf3 30. Qe1 $1 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bd5 $15) 28. d5 Bxd5 29. Nb5 (29. Qc3 Qg6
30. f3 Rdc8 31. Qe5 Bxf3 $17) 29... Qg6 30. g4 Qh7 31. Kh2 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Nxg4+
33. Kg3 g5 $19 {[%cal Gh7h4]}) 26... Bc3 $1 $19 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Nb5 Rxh3 (
28... Bxg2 {this nice move also win easily f.e:} 29. Kxg2 (29. Qxg2 Qxd1+ $19)
29... Qxh3+ (29... Rxh3 $19) 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh2 Rd5 $19 {[%cal Gd5h5]}) 29.
gxh3 Qg5+ {After 30Kh2 black finish the game with nice 30...Ng431hg-Qh4+ with
mate.} 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Siegel, Georg"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2240]} 1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5
exd5 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Bd6 8. Nc3 (8. b4 {Dautov} O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. b5 a6 11.
Nc3 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nbd7 13. a4 {-E52} c5 14. Ba3 Ba6 $11 {Siegel,G-Lingnau,C/
Budapest 1997}) 8... O-O (8... a6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne2
Ne4 13. Qc2 c5 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Qe2 {[%csl Ga6]} b5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 {[%csl Rd4]}
17. Nf5 (17. Bb1 b4 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gb7a6]} 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rfd1 $14) 17... Nxd3
18. Qxd3 Bf8 19. Qd4 f6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 
(72)}) 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Bf5 $6 Rad8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rfd1
Rfe8 15. Qf1 Bb8 {with nice play for black 0-1 Piskov,Y-Grosar,A/Formia 1995/
EXT 95op (26)}) (7... Be7 8. b4 $5 O-O 9. Qb3 c6 10. a4 a5 11. bxa5 (11. b5 c5
12. Qc2 $5) 11... Rxa5 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bxa3 14. Qxa3 Ra7 15. Bc2 Re8 16.
Rfb1 g6 17. Rb2 Qc7 18. Rba2 Rea8 19. Qc3 c5 $132 {1-0 Hellsten,J-Linauskas,D/
Polanica Zdroj 1995/EXT 95op (60)}) 8. b3 Bd6 9. Ba3 $6 {Not the best place
for white's bishop.} (9. Nc3 $142) 9... c5 {'!' Dautov.} (9... Bxa3 {Dautov}
10. Nxa3 c5 11. Nb5 $14) (9... O-O {Dautov} 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 $14) 10. Nc3
O-O {'=' Dautov.} 11. Rc1 Qe7 (11... Re8 12. Rc2 $2 (12. Qe2) 12... Ne4 13.
dxc5 Ndxc5 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Be2 a6 16. Nbd4 Nxb3 $1 17. Bxf8 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxf8
$17 {1/2-1/2 Dymerski,H-Siekanski,J/Naleczow 1989/EXT 89op2 (35)}) 12. Qe2 {
[%cal Gd3a6] Dautov: '/\Ba6'} (12. Nb5 {Dautov} Bb8 13. Qc2 a6 (13... Ne4 $5
14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nc3 f5 $132) 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Rac8 $11) 12...
Rad8 {'!' Dautov.} (12... Rac8 {Dautov} 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 $14) (12... a6 {
Dautov} 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. dxc5 Nxc3 (14... bxc5 $2 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qd2 exf3
17. Qxd6 $16) 15. Rxc3 bxc5 $11) 13. Rfd1 (13. Bf5 $5 {Dautov}) 13... Ne4 14.
Ba6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (14. Nb5 Bb8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 $13 {
[%csl Gb7,Gb8,Rc5][%cal Gd2f1]}) 14... Ba8 {[%csl Ra6,Ga8,Gd6,Ge4]} 15. dxc5 {
'?!' Dautov.} (15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Nd2 f5 $1 $36 {'=/+' Dautov. Dautov: 'ץa6'}) (
15. Bb2 $11 {Dautov}) 15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 bxc5 $15 17. Rdc1 $2 {Dautov: '/\Bb5'
} (17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Qc2 $15) 17... Rfe8 {[%cal Gd5d4] Dautov: '/\d4'} 18. R3c2
d4 {Just in time. '!' Dautov.} 19. Bb5 {'!' Dautov.} (19. exd4 Qf6 $1 (19...
Bxf3 $2 20. Qxe7 (20. Qxf3 $2 c4 $3 $19 {[%cal Ge7e1,Gd6a3]}) 20... Bxe7 (20...
Rxe7 $2 21. gxf3 $16) 21. gxf3 cxd4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rc7 $14) 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Ra8g2,Re5h2] with decisive attack}) 19... a6 $1 (19... dxe3
$143 20. fxe3 (20. Bxd7 $2 Rxd7 21. fxe3 Rc7 $5 $15 {[%csl Ga8,Gd6]} (21...
Qxe3+ $2 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd8 25. Rc8 Rde8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Rc7 a6 28. Ra7 $16)) 20... Qxe3+ $2 (20... a6 $1 {As was in the game.}) 21.
Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxd7 (22. Kf2 $4 Re7 23. Bxd7 Rexd7 24. Bxc5 Bxf3 25. Kxf3 Bxh2
$17) 22... Rxd7 23. Bxc5 $16) (19... Qf6 $5 {Dautov} 20. Rd2 Qh6 21. h3 $15)
20. Bxa6 (20. Bxd7 $140 Rxd7 21. Bxc5 $2 d3 $19 {[%cal Gd6h2]}) (20. Ba4 {
Dautov} Qf6 $5 (20... Nb6 21. Bxe8 d3 22. Qxd3 (22. Qf1 $2 dxc2 $19) 22...
Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxd3 24. Bxc5 Qc7+ 25. Kg1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qd8 27. Bd4 Rxd4 28.
exd4 Qxe8 29. Rc6 $11) 21. Rd2 Qh6 $17) 20... Bxf3 (20... Ne5 {Dautov} 21. Ne1
$1) 21. Qxf3 Ra8 {[%csl Ra3] '!' Dautov.} (21... d3 {Dautov} 22. Bxd3 (22. Rd2
$2 Ra8 23. Qc6 Ne5 24. Qa4 Qe6 $19) 22... Ne5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Rd1 $1 $15 (25. Bxc5 $2 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 g6 $1 (26... Nd3 $2 27. Rc7) 27. Qe2 Nd3
$19)) 22. Qe2 {'[]' Dautov.} (22. Qc6 Ne5 23. Qb6 (23. Qa4 {Dautov} dxe3 24.
fxe3 Nd3 $19) 23... dxe3 $40 {[%cal Ge5g4]}) (22. Qb7 {Dautov} Reb8 $19) 22...
dxe3 (22... Qe6 {Dautov} 23. g3 $8 $13) 23. fxe3 Qh4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] '?'
Dautov.} (23... Nb8 $1 24. Bb5 Rxa3 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 $17 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6e5]} (
25... Qxe8 {Dautov} 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. g3 Nc6 28. Rcd2 Be7 $17)) 24. g3 (24. h3 $2
{Dautov} Qg3 $19) 24... Bxg3 25. Bb5 {'!' Dautov.} (25. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2
Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ (27... Rxa6 {Dautov} 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5
h6 $17) 28. Kxf2 Rxa6 $19) 25... Bf4 $2 {'(+)?' Dautov.} (25... Rxa3 26. Bxd7
Rd8 (26... Re7 $2 27. Rxc5 Rxd7 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. hxg3 $16) 27.
Rxc5 Bd6 28. Rc8 Ra8 $44 {[%csl Rg1]} (28... Bf8 $44 {Dautov})) 26. Bxd7 $2 {
'??' Dautov.} (26. Bxc5 $3 $16 Rad8 $8 (26... Nxc5 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 (27... Qg5+
28. Kh1 Qd5+ (28... Bxe3 29. Bc6 {[%cal Gc6g2] Defense!  '+-' Dautov.}) 29. Qg2
$18) 28. Rxc5 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 $18) (26... Qg5+ {Dautov} 27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Bxd7
Bxc1 (28... Qd5+ 29. Qg2 Qxd7 30. Bxe3 $18) 29. Bxe8 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Qg5+ 31. Kf1
Qf5+ 32. Bf2 $18) 27. Qf3 $1 {'+/-' Dautov.} (27. Rc3 Re5 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Kh1
Bxh2 30. Qxh2 Qe4+ 31. Qg2 (31. Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Qg2 Rd1+ $19) 31... Qh4+ $11)
27... Bh6 28. Rf1 Ne5 29. Qg3) 26... Rxe3 {'?' Dautov.} (26... Bxe3+ $142 27.
Kh1 Re7 $1 (27... Bxc1 $2 28. Bxe8 Bxa3 29. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 $13 (29... Kxf7 $2 30.
Qf3+ $18 {[%cal Rf3a8]})) 28. Bxc5 (28. Qg4 {Dautov} Qxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxa3 $17)
28... Bxc5 29. Qg4 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 Qe3+ 33. Qg3 Qh6+
34. Qh4 $8 (34. Kg2 $2 Bd6 $19 {[%cal Gh6g6,Rg6c2,Rh6h2]}) 34... Qg6 35. Rd2 (
35. Rxc5 Qd3+ 36. Qg3 Qxd7+ $40) 35... Qb1 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rh3][%cal Gb1f1]
White king is not so safety.Black's attack is very unpleasant.}) 27. Qc4 (27.
Qf2 {Dautov} Qg5+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Rxg2 Rxa3 30. Rxc5 g5 $11) 27... Re4 (27...
Rxa3 28. Qxc5 (28. Rf1 $1 {Dautov} Re4 (28... g5 29. Qxc5 $13) 29. Qxc5 Ra8 30.
Qc8+ Re8 31. Qc4 $11) 28... Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qf3+ {
'-/+' Dautov.} (31... g6 $17) 32. Qf2 Qd3+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ (33... Qxd7 34. Qxf4
Ra8 $13) 34. Kf1 {[%cal Gd7c6]} Qh1+ 35. Qg1 Qf3+ 36. Qf2 $11) 28. Qxe4 Bxh2+
29. Rxh2 Qxe4 30. Bxc5 $13 {[%csl Rg1][%mdl 1024] In case if white's king were
safed better -white would has winning position.But there is no safe place for
him on all the board!} Qd5 31. Bg4 {'[]' Dautov.} Qg5 32. Rc4 g6 (32... Qg6
$142 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 33. Kh1 (33. Rg2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Rxa2 35. Bf2 h6 $13) (33.
Rg2 {Dautov}) 33... Qc6+ 34. Rg2 h5 (34... Rxa2 $2 35. Bf2 $18 {[%cal Gc4c8]})
35. Bxh5 Rxa2 36. Bf2 Qd5 $13) (32... f5 $2 33. Rh5 $16) 33. Rg2 Qe5 34. Bd4 {
'=' Dautov.} Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 36. Bh3 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 (37. Kg1 Qh4 $13) 37...
Qf1+ (37... Rd8 {Dautov} 38. Bc3 Rd1+ 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 f5
$11) 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Re8 (39... Qf1+ $11 {Dautov}) 40. Bc3 Qf1+ 41. Kh2
Qd3 42. a4 $2 {[%csl Rb3]} (42. Rd2 Re2+ (42... Qe3 {Dautov} 43. a4 $13) 43.
Rxe2 Qxe2+ 44. Bg2 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ 46. Kf2 Qf5+ $11) 42... Qd6+ (42... Qd1 $5
$15 {[%csl Rb3]}) 43. Rg3 (43. Kh1 $2 {Dautov} Qd1+ $17) 43... h5 44. Bg2 (44.
Rd4 Qa3 (44... Re2+ 45. Bg2 Qc7 46. Rc4 (46. a5 f5 $132) 46... Qd8 47. a5 $16)
45. Bb4 Qb2+ 46. Rd2 Re2+ 47. Rxe2 Qxe2+ $13) 44... Kh7 45. Rd4 {People are
not computers!In this very difficult game it was another possibility for
Siegel to play ahead.But he decided to repeat the moves.} Qc7 {[%cal Ge8e3]}
46. Rc4 (46. Bd2 $5 $13 {[%cal Gd2f4]}) 46... Qd6 47. Rd4 (47. a5 $2 $19 Re3)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 a6 10. Qe2 (10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Bb1 Rac8 14.
Nf4 f6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Nf3 Rf6 $2 17. Ne5 Rh6 18. f3 $18 {1-0 Bukic,E-Jelen,I/
Ljubljana 1981 (26)}) 10... Ne4 11. Rad1 (11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. Qe2 Qe7
14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 {and black has no problems. 1-0 Nei,I-Averbakh,Y/
Erevan 1965 (42)}) (11. Rfd1 Qf6 12. Nd2 Qh6 13. Nf1 f5 14. f3 Ng5 15. a4 Kh8
16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 f4 18. e4 c5 19. Bb1 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21. Qf2 Ne5 $17 {
0-1 Garcia Martinez,S-Gulko,B/Cienfuegos 1976 (26)}) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 $146 (
12. Bb1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 b5
18. Ne5 c5 19. Qc2 f5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. g3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Furman,S/
Tallinn 1971 (58)}) 12... f5 (12... Nxc3 $5 13. Bxc3 (13. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 14. Bxc3
f5 $1 (14... g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. c5 Rxf3 $1 17. cxd6 (17. gxf3 Bxh2+ $1 18.
Kg2 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Kg7 $19) 17... Qg5 18. dxc7 Rc8 19. Bb4 $1 $44 {[%cal Gb4d6]})
15. Bg6 Qf6 (15... dxc4 16. Qe2 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge2h5]}) 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxg6
18. cxd6 cxd6 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 13... Nf6 (13... h6 14. e4 $14) (13... f5 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 $13 (15. e4 $2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gh2][%cal
Ge7h4]})) 14. Ne5 (14. c5 $140 $2 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh7+
Kg7 18. Bd3 f5 $17) 14... c5 $11) 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Qc1 $5 (14. Ne5 $142 {
[%cal Gf2f3]} Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ndc5 16. Ba3 $1) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Nd4
f4 17. f3 Ng5 ({not enough} 17... Ng3 18. hxg3 fxg3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rfe1 Qh4
21. Nxe6 {and white wins.}) 18. h4 (18. cxd5 Bxd5) 18... dxc4 19. bxc4 Nf7 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 $13) 14... dxc4 (14... c5 15. Ne5 (15. Qa1 $5) 15... Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Bc7 17. f3 Ng5 {with complicated position , where black's chances is no
worse.}) 15. bxc4 e5 (15... Ng5 16. Nxg5 (16. Nd2 e5 $36) 16... Qxg5 17. Ng3 (
17. f3 e5 $15) 17... c5 $15) (15... c5 16. Ng3 e5 {also good.}) 16. c5 $5 (16.
Qa1 exd4 (16... Rde8 $5) 17. exd4 Ndf6 18. d5 (18. Ne5 c5 19. f3 cxd4 20. Bxd4
Bc5 $1 $17) 18... c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Ned4 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) 16... bxc5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf4 $44 Rd6 $1 22.
f3 Nf6 (22... Nc3 23. Rde1 {[%cal Gf4e6]} (23. Rd3 Qxf4 24. Qxc3 $11)) 23. h4
$6 (23. Nd3 $142 Qe7 24. Rde1 Nd7 25. Qc3 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Gc5,Gc7]}) 23... Re8 (
23... Rfd8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Nxd3 Qe7 26. Nf4 $44 {[%cal Gf4e6]}) (23... Nd7 $1
{[%cal Ge5e7,Gd7e5,Gd7b6]} 24. Ne6 Rxe6 25. Rxd7 Re7 26. Rd3 (26. Rfd1 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Bc6 28. Rd3 Qg3 $17) 26... Qf6 27. g3 Rfe8 28. Rb3 Ba8 $15) 24. Kf2 Qe7 (
24... Nd5 $5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxc5 Bxa2 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Rd1 d5
30. Rd4 {[%cal Gf4d3,Gd3b4]} g6 (30... Bc4 31. Nxd5 (31. h5 $5) 31... Bxd5 32.
f4 $11) 31. Nd3 Re6 32. Nb4 $11) 25. Rh1 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gf4g6]} g6 $2 ({After
the right} 25... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 26. Rxd6 (26. h5 Ne5 27. Be2 c4 $17) 26...
cxd6 27. Be6 Ne5 (27... Rf8 28. Qb1) 28. Bxf5 d5 29. h5 {A sharp position with
chances on both dides would have arisen.}) 26. Qc3 Qe5 (26... Red8 27. Rxd6
cxd6 28. h5 Qe5 (28... gxh5 29. Nxh5 Rf8 30. Nf4 Qg7 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gf6g4,
Gf6e4]} 31. Qd2 $16) (28... g5 29. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 30. hxg6+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ $18) 29.
Qb3 $16) 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxd6 (28. Nd3 Re7 29. Nxc5 Rc6) 28... cxd6 29. Rb1
d5 30. Be2 Re7 (30... Bc8 $2 31. Nd3) 31. Rb6 Ne8 $2 (31... Nh5 32. Ne6 (32.
Nxh5 gxh5 33. Rf6 (33. Bxa6 Bxa6 34. Rxa6 d4 $11)) (32. Nd3 f4) 32... c4 33.
Nc5 Bc8 34. Rb8 (34. Rd6 Rc7 35. Rxd5 c3) 34... Re8 (34... Rc7 $2 35. Nxa6 Rc6
36. Nb4 Rc5 37. Nxd5 c3 (37... Kg7 38. Nc3 $16) 38. Nxc3 Rxc3 39. Ba6 Rc2+ 40.
Kg1 Rxa2 41. Bxc8 $16) 35. Nxa6 Bd7 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Nc5 Kg7 38. a4 Kf6 39.
a5 Ke7 $132) 32. Bxa6 Bxa6 33. Rxa6 Nc7 (33... d4 34. exd4 cxd4 35. Re6 $1 $18)
34. Rc6 (34. Rxg6 Rxe3 35. Rc6 Re7 36. Rxc5 $18) 34... d4 (34... c4 35. Rxg6 (
35. a4) 35... Rxe3 36. Kxe3 hxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kg7 38. Nf4 Kf6 39. Kd4 $18) 35.
exd4 cxd4 36. Rxg6 $1 Nb5 (36... Rd7 37. Rc6 (37. Rb6 {[%cal Gf2e2,Ge2d3,Gb6b7]
} d3 38. Ke1 Nd5 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Nxd3 Nc3 41. Kd2 Nxa2 42. Rb3 $16 {[%csl Ga2]
} (42. Rb2 Nc1 $11)) (37. Rf6 d3 38. Ke1 Nd5 39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. Kd2 Ra5 41. Kxd3
Kg7 $11 (41... Rxa2 42. Rf8+ $1 Kg7 43. Rxf5 $18)) 37... Nd5 (37... d3 38. Nxd3
Rxd3 39. Rxc7 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2 41. Rf7 Ra5 42. Kf4 {and white wins.}) 38. Ne6
(38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Nxd4 Nb6 41. Rb8 Rxd4 42. Rxb6 Rd2+ {with
theoretical draw.}) 38... Ne7 39. Rc4 $1 (39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. Nxc7 Nc6 41. Ke2 Kg7
42. a4 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 $132) 39... d3 40. Rd4 {and white wins easily.}) 37. Rb6
{black resigned in view of 37...Nc3 38Ne6-Kg8 39Nd4-Na2 40Nf5, or 37...Re5
38Nh5!-Nc7 39Rb4 and black losing d4-pawn.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 d6
{too passive set-up,i think the main reason of black's troubles in middlegame.}
(8... cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. d5 e5 13. Nd2 b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Bxb5 Nb6 16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qc7 18. a4 Qxc6 19. Nb5 Nfd5 20. Rc1
Qd7 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nec3 Nf4 $13 {0-1 Saacke,B-Fritz,R/BL2-S 1989 (48)}) (8...
O-O 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Ne5 Bb4 14. a3 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qh5 Re7 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd6 Rxd6
21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qg4 Qf8 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Bb4 Qe8 26. Bc3 Qf8 {
1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Fernandez Garcia,J/Yurmala 1983 (27)}) 9. Bb2 O-O (9... Nbd7
10. Qe2 (10. a4 $6 cxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. d5 e5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nh3 Nh5 15. f4
Nxf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Bc2 Bc8 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rf1
a5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Hoi,C-Tangborn,E/Reykjavik op 1990 (32)}) 10... O-O 11. Rad1
Re8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf8 14. f4 N6d7 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. Qh5 Bf6
18. Qh3 Qc5 19. Nc2 Qc7 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Ng4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 f6 23. Qg3 $16 {
1-0 Hartston,W-Vilela,J/Tallinn 1979 (30) .}) 10. d5 ({Another plan -} 10. Qe2
Nbd7 (10... Nc6 11. Rad1) 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {with complicated struggle.})
10... exd5 (10... e5 11. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Nbd7 12. f4 $36 Re8 13. Qf3 $36)
11. cxd5 b5 (11... Nbd7 12. a4) (11... Nxd5 $2 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qxd5 $16) 12. e4 Nbd7 13. a4 $1 b4 {[%csl Gc4]} 14. Ne2 Ne8 15. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2c4,Gf2f4]} Ne5 16. Bxe5 (16. Nc4 Bf6 (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6
19. f4 {and black's position is very passive.}) 17. f4 (17. Bxe5 Bxe5 (17...
dxe5 18. a5 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Rb6,Gc5]}) 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. f4 g6) 17... Nxc4 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. bxc4 Re8 20. Ng3 {and white has good attacking chances.}) 16... dxe5
17. Ng3 {[%cal Gd1e2]} (17. Nc4 Nd6 $1 {and white cannot take} 18. Nxe5 {
because of} Bf6 19. f4 Re8) 17... Nd6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Bg5 20. Rc2 g6 21.
Rfc1 (21. Bxa6 $2 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 c4 24. bxc4 Ra8 25. Qc6 Rc8 $11)
21... Qb6 22. Ngf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3c4]} f5 23. Ne3 $2 (23. exf5 $1 e4 (23...
Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ng3 Rf7 26. Nge4 $16) 24. Bxe4 Rce8 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4
Rce8 26. Qd3 Rxf5 27. Nc4 Qd8 28. Nce3 $16) 25. fxg6 Nxe4 (25... hxg6 26. Rd1
$18) 26. gxh7+ Kxh7 (26... Kh8 27. Nxe4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1) 27. Nxe4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1
Qg6 29. f3 Bxd5 30. Nfd2 $16) {Now black is successful to simplify position.}
23... fxe4 24. Bxe4 (24. Nxe4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 (25. fxe3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Qd6 $11)
25... Nf5 26. Qg5 Bxd5 (26... Nd4 $2 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 (27... Nxb3 28. Rxc8 Bxc8
29. d6 $1 {with decisive attack.}) 28. Nxc5 $18) 27. Nxc5 Rcd8) 24... Nxe4 25.
Nxe4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxd5 27. Nxc5 (27. Rxc5 Rcd8 (27... Rxc5 28. Nxc5 $14) 28.
Rxd5 $140 $5 Qxe3 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. fxe3 Kxf6 31. Ra5 Rd3 32. Rxa6+ Kg5 {
and black's counterplay enough for draw.}) 27... Rfe8 $11 28. h4 {Too risky
for white,better was 28 h3, with equality,} ({or} 28. Qd3 Rcd8 29. Qxa6 Qxa6
30. Nxa6 Bxb3 $11) 28... a5 29. Qg5 {[%cal Gh4h5]} (29. Nd7 Qxe3 30. Rxc8 Qxc1+
(30... Qd4 $5) 31. Rxc1 Kg7 32. Rc5 $11) (29. Qd3 Bf7) 29... Qd8 30. Qg3 Qe7
31. h5 Rc6 32. h6 Rec8 33. Qe3 $8 g5 34. f3 Rxh6 35. Ne4 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Bxe4 (
36... Rc6 37. Rxc6 Bxc6 38. Nxg5 {maybe white is a little better.}) 37. Qxe4
$44 {White's compensation is quite enough for draw , but no more . After hard
defence black loses this game in timetrouble.} Qa7+ 38. Kf1 Qa6+ (38... Qd7
$142 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Rc5 {with equality.}) 39. Kf2 Qa7+ 40. Kg3 Qe7 $2 (40...
Re6 41. Qd5 Qf7 42. Rc4 h6 43. Qxa5 $140 e4 $132) 41. Qa8+ $18 Kg7 42. Qxa5 ({
after} 42. Qc8 Qf8 43. Qb7+ Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kh8 46. Qxe5+ Kg8 47.
Qd5+ Kh8 48. Qd4+ Rf6 (48... Kg8 49. Qc4+ $18 {[%cal Gc7c8]}) 49. Rc8 Qxc8 50.
Qxf6+ Kg8 51. Qxg5+ Kf7 52. Qxa5 {white has some tehnical difficulties.}) 42...
Kg6 43. Qd5 Rh4 44. Rc6+ Kf5 45. Kf2 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Rd4 46. g4+ Kf4 47. Rc4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Allahverdiyev, Anar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 c5 (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bb2 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 14.
Ne1 Qg5 (14... exd5 15. f3) 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19.
Bf3 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sarno,S-Smyslov,V/Roma op 1990 (42)}) 11. Bb2 Qc7 $146 {
More common place for black's queen on e7,f.e.} (11... Qe7 12. Rfd1 (12. dxc5
bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 15. Nd4 Kh8 16. f3 Rg8 17. Rab1 Rg5 18. Rf2
Rd8 19. Bf1 Ba8 $13 {Nepomnishay,M-Loginov,V/St.Petersburg-ch 1996/0-1 (64)})
12... Rfd8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ba1 Nf8 15. a4 Ng6 16. a5 Ne4 17. Qb2 cxb4 18.
Qxb4 d5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bd3 Ba6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f5 24.
Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Kholmov,R/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988}) 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 (
13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne4 16. Rd3 Nf8 $11) 13... Rac8 14. Qc2 h6
15. h3 Be4 16. Qc3 Ba8 17. d5 cxb4 (17... e5 $6 18. b5 {[%csl Ga8,Gc7,Gc8]
[%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5,Gf2f4,Gg2g4] and black's position is very passive, without
any counterchances.} (18. Nh4 cxb4 19. axb4 a5 {gives black counterplay on the
queenside.})) 18. axb4 exd5 $2 (18... e5 $142 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3]} 19. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2b3]} (19. Qa3 Bb7 (19... a5 $2 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Bc3 $14) 20. Nh4 (20.
Ra1 Ra8 {[%cal Ga7a5]}) 20... g6 (20... a5 21. Nf5 axb4 22. Qxb4 Nc5 23. f4 $36
)) (19. b5 $6 Bb7 20. Ra1 Ra8 $11 {[%cal Ga7a6]}) (19. Nh4 g6 20. f4 a5 21.
bxa5 bxa5 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qc2 f5) 19... a5 20. f4 (20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Ra1 Bxd5
$1 $11) 20... axb4 21. Qxb4 $14) 19. Qb3 Qb7 20. cxd5 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 (21. Rxc1
Nxd5) 21... b5 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Bc4 N7f6 23. e4 $1 {with decisive advantage.}
) 22. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f5]} Nb6 (22... Nxd5 23. Bf3 N7b6 24. Bb2) 23. Bb2 Qe7 (
23... Nfxd5 24. Bf3) 24. Nf5 Qe4 25. Nxh6+ $1 $18 Kf8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bf3 Qg6
28. Ng4 {White has pawn up , with good attacking chances; so black's position
is completely losing.} f5 29. Nh2 Rc8 30. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1g3,Gg3e2,Ge2f4,Ge2d4]}
Nc4 31. Ng3 (31. Qa2 $142 Rc7 32. Qa6 Ne5 33. Be2 $18 {[%csl Gb5]}) 31... Re8 {
[%csl Gg3][%cal Gc4e3]} 32. Ne2 Ne5 33. Nd4 Rc8 34. Be2 a6 35. Bf1 Bb7 36. Ne2
$6 (36. Qb1 $142 $1 Bxd5 37. Nxf5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 {and white wins.}) 36... Qf6 37.
Qb1 {[%csl Gf5]} Ng6 38. g3 Ne7 39. Bg2 Rc4 40. Nd4 Qe5 41. Qd3 {[%cal Gd4c6]}
Rxb4 (41... Bxd5 $142 42. f4 Qf6 43. Bxd5 Nxd5 44. Nxf5 Nxb4 45. Qxd6+ Qxd6 46.
Rxd6 (46. Nxd6 Rc2) 46... Kg8 (46... Ke8 47. h4 $18) 47. Rd7 $18) 42. Nc6 Bxc6
43. dxc6 Nc8 (43... Rc4 44. Qxd6 (44. Qa3 $18) 44... Qxd6 45. Rxd6 b4 46. h4 b3
47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rb8 $18) 44. Rc1 Ke7 45. c7 Qb2 46. Rd1 Qe5 47. Bb7 Kd7 48.
Rc1 Ra4 49. Qb3 Qe6 50. Bd5 Qe5 51. Bc6+ Ke7 52. Bb7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. dxc5 bxc5 {In this particular
pawn formation, which often occurs in the Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian, White
usually tries to advance his pawns on the <<. Thus, White's next move seems
dubious to me, as the whole idea behind it is very doubtful:} 13. bxc5 $6 Nxc5
14. Bxf6 {This is the point - White compromises Black's pawn formation on the
>>. The trouble is that in order to cause this doubtful damage, White has
given up his position on the << (the c5-square), while the black K remains
safe. In fact Black might gain some advantage from having the semi-open g-file.
Overall, White does not get any advantage by playing 13 bxc5 & 14 Bxf6.} gxf6
15. Nd4 Kh8 16. f3 Rg8 17. Rab1 Rg5 18. Rf2 Rd8 19. Bf1 Ba8 20. e4 Nd7 (20...
Bxe4 $5 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 Rc8 $13) 21. Nb5 Nc5 22. Nc3 Bc6
23. Re2 a6 24. f4 Rg4 25. g3 Rgg8 26. Bg2 Rb8 27. Rd1 ({Here White could try
to break through in the centre by} 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. e5 Bxg2 29. exd6 Qd8 30.
Rxg2 Rb6 $13) 27... Rgd8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 e5 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Bh3 Rg8 32.
Rf1 Qh4 33. Bf5 Nb3 $1 34. Qe3 Nd4 35. Rg2 $2 Nxf5 $19 36. Rxf5 Rb1+ 37. Rf1
Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 39. Re2 Qxd5 40. Qh6 Rg6 41. Qf8+ Rg8 42. Qh6 Rb8 43. Qf6+
Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Ke8 46. Qxh7 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kg2
Qd5+ 50. Kh3 Rxa3 51. Qc2 Qe6+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kh3 Qe6+ 54. Kg2 Kf8 55. Qc7
Qd5+ 56. Kh3 Qe6+ 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. Qd8 Qd5+ 59. Kh3 Qe6+ 60. Kg2 Rc3 61. Rd2 Rc6
62. Qa8 Qc4 63. Qd8 Qe4+ 64. Kh3 d5 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxc5 14. Qe2
Qd3 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rab1 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Na4 19. Kf1 Rac8 20. Rc2 {
[#] Black has a better ending due to the pressure upon the White's Queen side;
all his pieces work at a maximum capacity, however White may relise somehow
after the eventual b2-b3. Thus Black must take some actions without delay,
this corresponds with one of the Steinitz' roles: "The side, which has an
advantage, must attack in order to maintain this advantage". Here Black gives
a good example of that how this principle should be followed.} Nxb2 $1 21.
Rcxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Rxc4 23. Ne5 Rc3 24. Bd2 Rc5 25. f4 Rdc8 26. a3 Rc2 27.
Rxc2 Rxc2 {This is the position Black probably aimed for, when he played 20 ..
Nxb2, Black has a decisive advantage here. Let us examine this position
closely. First of all, here we have an endgame, the phase of a game, when a
rook and just one pawn is often superior than two minor pieces, which are
usually more useful in a middlegame, particularly if they can be employed for
an attack upon the king. Here Black has a rook and two pawns. Secondly, White
has no counterplay - no passed pawns, no objects to attack, while Black can
attack the weak a3-pawn and simply create a passed pawn on the Queen side and
one in the centre, if necessary. Therefor we can evaluate the position as
winning for Black; the active position of his rook and bad placement of the
white king just make the Black's task easier.} 28. Bb4 f6 $1 29. Nf3 Kf7 30.
Nd4 Rc4 31. Ne2 a5 32. Bd2 Rc2 33. Bc1 b5 34. Kf2 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Ke3 b3
37. Kd3 Rxc1 38. Nxc1 b2 39. Kc2 bxc1=Q+ 40. Kxc1 Kg6 41. Kd2 Kf5 42. Ke3 Kg4
43. Ke4 h5 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 (6. O-O Bd6 (6... dxc4
7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. b3 c5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. Bb2 $14 {Petrosian,T-Veingold,A/Tallin/1983/1:0 (23) Inf 35/616/}) 7.
b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 $10) 6... Bb4+ (6... Bd6) 7. Nbd2 O-O
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 $5 (9... c5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 $16 {/\ f4/}) (9... Qe7
10. Qc2 Bd6 11. e4 $16) (9... Ne4 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qc2 f5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5
Qe7 14. f4 c5 $10) 10. a3 Bf8 11. Qe2 c5 $10 12. Rfd1 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12...
exd5 13. Rfd1) 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Qg5 $10) 12... cxd4 13. exd4
(13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bc2 dxc4 $10) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. a4 (15. Ne5 $6 Nxe5
16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Nc5 $15) 15... a5 16. Nf1 (16. Rac1 $5 Rad8 17. Ne4 $10)
16... Rad8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Re1 Bg7 19. Rac1 Bxf3 $1 20. Qxf3 e5 $15 21. dxe5 (
21. d5 $6 Nc5 22. Be2 Nfd7 $17 {/\ f5/}) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5
24. Ne4 $1 Qd4 (24... Nh5 25. g3 f5 26. Nc3 $13) 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rd1 Qb2 (
26... Re8 $5 27. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 28. Rxd4 Re1# $19) 27. g3 (27. Be4 $6 Rxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 Bd4 29. Qc2 Qa1+ $17) 27... Kg7 (27... Re8 28. Be4 $10 {/\ Bd5/}) 28. Be4
$1 $10 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Bd4 30. Qc2 (30. Qf3 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa4 32. Bd5 Qd7 $17)
30... Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qe1 {/\ Bf2/} 32. Bf3 h5 33. h4 Kf6 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Bxe2
Ke5 36. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 (8... d6 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 $5) 9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng5 h6 12. f4 Bf8
13. Ngf3 g6 14. Rad1 Bg7 $10 {Yusupov,A-Sokolov,A/Bugojno/1986/0.5 (36) Inf 41/
617/}) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 $10) 9... d5
10. Qe2 (10. Ne5 $5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Qd6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qe2 Qf4 15.
g3 Qh6 16. f4 $14 {Bellon Lopez,J-Beliavsky/Haifa/1989/1:0 (42) Inf 48/676/})
10... Nc6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rac1 Bf8 13. h3 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 $5 (14... g6 15.
Qe3 (15. a3 Bg7 16. c5 Nh5 17. Bb5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 Re7 $10 {Rodriguez,O-Browne,W/
Surakarta_Denpasar/1982/0:1 (40) Inf 33/636/}) 15... Bg7 (15... Nh5 16. Nf1 Qd6
17. N1h2 Bg7 18. Ne5 $14 {Keres,P-Taimanov,M/Tallin/1975/1:0 (54) Inf19/543/})
(15... Ne7 $5 $10) 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne7 18. Ndf3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qa3
Bh6 $10 {Smyslov,V-Ribli,Z/London(m/1)/1983/1:0 (65) Inf 36/618/}) 15. Qe3 g6
16. cxd5 (16. Ne5 $5 Ndxe5 (16... Ncxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bb1 $14) 17. dxe5 d4
18. Qg3 Nb4 19. Be4 $13) 16... exd5 17. Qf4 Qf6 $10 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Nb8
$1 (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Nf3 $14) 20. Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. e3 $5 Bb7 (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 (4... g6 $5 5. d4 Bg7 6.
Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 $13) 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 e5 9. e4 Nbd7 10.
Ne1 Ne8 11. g3 $14 {Ravi,L-Eingorn,V Manila 1992 Inf 55/506/}) 4. d4 cxd4 5.
exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 (7. a3 d5 (7... d6 $5) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qf3
$1 (10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 f6 12. Ng4 Bg7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Qd7 15. Qh3 $14 {
Ermolinskij,A-Oll,L SSSR 1986 Inf 42/683/}) 10... Qe7 (10... Qc7 11. Qg3 $16) (
10... Qc7 11. Bb5+ $1 $16) 11. Ne4 Qc7 {Rohde,M-Gurevich,D Philadelphia 1990
Inf 50/541/} 12. Ng5 $1 Nb4 13. Qxf7+ Qxf7 14. Nexf7 $1 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16.
Nxh8 Nc6 17. Be3 $16) 7... d6 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qh4 (12. Qg3 Kh8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Qh3 Ng8 15. Qh5 $16 {
Dizdar,G-Hansen,L Berlin 1988 Inf 46/708/}) 12... Nbd7 (12... Nc6 13. Bg5 g6
14. Ba6 $1 $18) 13. Rd1 Re8 $14 (13... Ne4 $6 14. Qh3 Ndf6 15. d5 $1 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Bxd5 17. Bg5 g6 18. Qh4 $1 h6 19. Bxg6 $1 $16 {Polgar,Zs-Christiansen,L
San Francisco 1991 51/511/})) 9. d5 $1 Na6 10. Bf4 $1 d6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg3
Nc5 13. Nd4 $14 {Malaniuk,V-Tiviakov,S Moscow 1992 Inf 56/594/}) 8. O-O Nbd7 (
8... Be7 9. Re1 (9. d5 $5 e5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. f4 exf4 $6 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. Qf3
Re8 14. Qh3 Nf8 15. Rae1 $16 {Hoi,C-Nielsen,P Gausdal 1989/}) 9... O-O 10. a3
Nbd7 11. b4 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 g6 15. a4 $14 {Polgar,Zs Arnason,
J Budapest 1989/}) 9. d5 $5 e5 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb5
Bb7 (12... Be6 13. Nd4 $44) 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nd4 $44) 10. Ng5 $5 h6 $146 (10...
Be7 11. f4 g6 $2 (11... O-O $5 12. f5 $14) 12. f5 h6 13. Ne6 $1 fxe6 $6 (13...
Qc8 $5 14. Qa4 $16) 14. fxe6 Nf8 15. Qa4+ N6d7 16. c5 $1 Bc8 17. exd7+ {
1:0 Polgar,Zs-Hracek,Z Stara Zagora 1990/}) 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 g6 (12...
Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. f5 $14) 13. f4 f5 14. Nc3 Nf6 $6 (14... Bg7 $5 15. Bxf5 $6 (
15. Nb5 Nf6 16. Re1 O-O $5 $13) 15... gxf5 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qxf5 Qg8 $1 $17)
15. Re1 Kf7 16. h3 (16. fxe5 $6 dxe5 17. Rxe5 $2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 $17) 16...
Bc8 $5 17. Rb1 $1 (17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Qf3 Qd6 $44)
17... exf4 (17... e4 $6 18. Bf1 Bg7 19. Be3 $16) 18. Bxf4 Nh5 (18... Bg7 19.
Nb5) 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Qf3 {>=20.Nb5 /\21.Nd4+/-/} Be5 $1 21. Nb5 (21. g4 Ng7)
21... Qf6 22. b4 Bd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxb5 (25... a6 $6 26.
Nc7 $1 Bxc7 27. Rb7 Rac8 28. d6 $16) 26. Rxb5 Bd4+ 27. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 (28.
Kh2 $5 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Bc4 $16) (28. Kh2 $5) 28... Rhe8 29.
Re6 Rac8 30. Rb7+ $6 (30. Kh2 $5 Rxe6 (30... Qf4+ 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 32. Rb7+ Kf8
33. Bb5 $14) (30... Rc1 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Qe2+ $18) 31. dxe6+
Kxe6 32. Bxf5+ $18) 30... Kf8 31. Kh2 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qxe6 34. Rxa7
Rb8 35. Bc2 Rb2 $1 36. Qd3 (36. Qa3+ Kg8 37. Ra8+ (37. Qxb2 Qe2+) 37... Kh7 38.
Rh8+ Kxh8 39. Qxb2+ Kh7 40. Bb3 Qe5 $10) 36... Qb6 $2 (36... Nf6 37. Qd8+ (37.
Qd2 g5 $13) 37... Ne8) 37. Ra8+ $18 Ke7 38. Qe2+ Kd6 (38... Kf6 39. Rf8+) (
38... Kd7 39. Qe8+ Kc7 40. Qc8+ $18) 39. Ra6 Nf6 40. Rxb6+ Rxb6 41. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 (3... d5 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O c4 7. Be2
b5 8. c3 Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 O-O $10 {Muse,M-Farago,I/Vinkovci/
1993/ 0,5 (22)/}) 4. Bd3 (4. c3 $5 Be7 (4... d5 $5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7.
O-O O-O $10) 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. a4 O-O (7... Nc6 $5) 8. a5 bxa5 9. Bd3
Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 $14 {Kovacevic,V-Lisenko,A/Vinkovci/1993/
1:0 (33)/}) 4... Nc6 (4... b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 $1 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d6 (
8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 $14) 9. d5 e5 10. Ng5 $1 Nbd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Qe2
h6 13. Nf3 $14 {Dizdar,G-Lisenko,A/Vinkovci/1993/ 0,5 (22)/}) 5. O-O b6 $6 (
5... Be7 $5 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Qe2 O-O $10) (5... d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Qb6 10. Qc1 Nb4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 $14 {
Dizdar,G-Sax,G/Vinkovci/1993 1:0 (63)/}) 6. c4 $1 Bb7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 (
8... Be7 9. d5 exd5 (9... Nb4 10. a3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 $16) 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bc4
Rc8 12. Bb3 $16) 9. Ne5 $5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5 Nxc3 (10... Be7 $6 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Qa4 Qc7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Re1 $16) 11. bxc3 a6 (11... Be7 $2 12. Ne5 Rc8
13. Qf3 $18) 12. Bd3 $14) 9... dxc4 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Re1 $16) (9... Nxd4 $2 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. cxd5 $18) (9... Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (
10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxd5 12. Bb5+ $16) 11. Bb5 Rc8 12. Qa4 $16) 10. Bxc4 Bd6 (
10... Nxe5 $6 11. dxe5 Nd7 (11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rd8 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 16. Rd1 Bxg5 17. Rxd7 $18) 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qg4 $16) (10... Qxd4 $5
11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Nb5 Nxb5 (12... Nc2 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8 Nxa1 $13) 13. Bxb5+
Ke7 14. b3 Ne4 (14... Nd5 15. Ba3+ Kf6 16. Bxf8 Rhxf8 17. Nd7+ $16) 15. Ba3+ (
15. Nc6+ Kd7 $1 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Rac1 Kf6 (16... Rc8 17. b4 $16) 17. Ng4+ $44
) 11. Qa4 $16 Rc8 (11... Bxe5 $5 12. dxe5 Nd7) 12. Bb5 Qc7 (12... Bxe5 $5) 13.
Nxc6 (13. Qxa7 $5 O-O 14. Bxc6 (14. Nxc6 $2 Ra8 $19) 14... Bxc6 15. Qxc7 Rxc7
16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Be3 Bb4 18. Nb5 $16) 13... Bxc6 14. d5 $1 Nxd5 $6 (14... exd5
$5 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bg5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Rac1 $44) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Re1+
Kf8 (16... Be7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rac1 $18) 17. Bd2 $1 a5 $6 (17... Bxb5 18. Qxb5
Qb7 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4+ Rc5 (20... Kg8 21. Re7 Qc6 22. Rxa7 Qc1+ 23. Qe1 $16
) 21. Rac1 Qc7 22. Rc3 $16) 18. Rac1 Bc5 19. a3 f6 (19... Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qb7 21.
Rxc5 $1 $18) 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qg4 $5 (21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Kf7
24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Be3 Rhc8 $16) 21... h5 22. Qf5 $18 a4 23. Re6 Qb7 (23... Qd7
24. Rxf6+ $18) 24. Rxb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1986.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 cxd4 $1 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qe2 $2 (12. Rc1 $142) 12... Nb4 13.
Bb1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bxf6 gxf6 $15)
17... Qxe7 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. Rg1 Kf8 20. Bxh7 Nxh7 21. Rxg7 Nf6 22. Rag1 Nd3 23.
Bc3 e5 24. Bd2 Qe6 25. Bh6 Ke8 26. Bg5 Rd4 27. Qe3 Rcxc4 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Rg8+
Ke7 30. Ra8 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Ne4 $6 6. Nc3 (6. O-O f5 7. Nfd2
$1 Be7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e4 c5 11. exf5 exf5 12. d5 $16 {
Simagin-Goldenov, USSR-ch 1952}) 6... f5 7. Bxe4 fxe4 8. Nd2 Bb4 (8... Qg5 9.
O-O $16) 9. Qh5+ (9. Qg4) 9... g6 10. Qg4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf6 12. Nxe4 Qf5 13. f3
Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. fxe4 e5 {/\..c5, ..d6, ..Nc6} 16. a4 {/\a5} Nc6 17. Ba3
(17. Ke2 Na5 18. Kd3 c5) 17... Na5 18. c5 bxc5 19. Ke2 $5 (19. Bxc5 Nb3 20. Rb1
Nxc5 21. dxc5 Ke7 $13) 19... Nc4 20. Rhb1 (20. Bxc5 d6 21. Kd3 Nb2+ 22. Kc2 Nc4
) 20... Nd6 $1 21. dxe5 Nxe4 22. Kd3 Nf2+ 23. Ke2 Ne4 24. Kd3 Nf2+ 25. Kc2 (25.
Kc4 Ng4) 25... Ne4 26. Rb7 Rf8 27. Kd3 (27. Rxc7 Rf2+ 28. Kd3 Ng5 $1) 27...
Nf2+ 28. Kc4 Ng4 29. e6 (29. Bxc5 Rf2 30. Rxc7 Nxe5+ 31. Kd5 Nc6) 29... Nxe3+
30. Kd3 Nxg2 31. exd7+ Kxd7 32. Bxc5 Rf3+ 33. Kc4 Kc6 (33... a6 34. Rg1) 34.
Rxa7 Rf4+ 35. Kd3 Re8 36. Bd4 Rf3+ 37. Kd2 Nf4 38. Kc2 Re2+ 39. Kb3 Ne6 40. Bg1
Rf8 41. Ra6+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. Nb3 (9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. a3 $16 {
Petrosian-Platonov, USSR-ch 1969}) 9... d6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. b4 Qc7
13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Bc3 a6 16. Qe2 h6 17. Rfd1 Be4 18. Nd2 Bb7 19.
Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
d5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. e4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nc4 Qc7
15. Bg5 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Qf4 18. g3 Qb8 19. e5 f5 20. Qd2 Bf8 21.
Qg5+ Bg7 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. g4 $1 h6 26. Qf4 fxg4 27.
Qxg4 Nc5 28. Rc4 $1 a4 29. Qh5 Rf8 30. Rg4 f5 31. Rg6 Kh8 32. Ng5 Nd3 33. Rxh6+
$1 Bxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Nxe6 Rf7 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qh4+ Kg8 (
38... Qh7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qf8#) 39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bukic, Enver"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O (7...
cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. b3 Ne4 $10) 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. e4 Na6 (10... a6 11.
a4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. Qf3 $1 Rb8 15. b3 g6 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. Rae1
Bg7 18. Nc4 $16 {Moiseyev-Ilvitsky, USSR-ch 1952}) 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Rb1 Re8 13.
a3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qd2 $16 a6 16. a4 Nf8 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Bf6 19. Ne2
Na8 20. Reb1 Rc7 21. R4b3 $1 {/\Qb4} Qd7 22. Qb4 Rc5 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Qa3 Bc8
25. h3 g6 26. Ned4 Bb7 27. a5 bxa5 (27... b5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 {/\Bxe8,
Rxb7}) 28. Qxa5 Bc8 29. Qa3 Rb7 30. Bf4 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Be5 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Nc6
f6 34. Bxa6 $18 Bxa6 35. Qxa6 Nc7 36. Qc4 Ra8 37. Rb7 Qd6 38. Ne7+ Qxe7 39.
Rxc7 Qd6 40. Rc6 $18 {(Abgabezug) 0-1 Zeit! Erläuterung siehe DOC-Datei.} (40.
Rc6 Qd8 (40... Qe7 41. Kh2 {/\42d6+ Qe6 43.Qxe6+ Nxe6 44.d7}) 41. d6+ Kh8 42.
Qf7 {/\Rc7}) 0-1

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Definitely not Humpy's best game. Her weak plan of a rook-lift was swiftly
punished by Zhao Xue. White had a winning position by move 16 and by move 24
it was all over.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O d6 11. b4 Rf6 $6 {The start of a
bad plan. Black doesn't have the development to support this kind of sortie.}
12. d5 Rg6 13. Nd4 $1 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nxf5 $18 {White is
simply winning. Her piece coordination and pair of bishops gives her an
overwhelming position.} Nd7 17. Bc4 (17. e4 $1 $18) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Nf7
19. f4 Qf6 $2 {Blundering an exchange.} 20. Qe4 Rd8 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Nxg6+ hxg6
23. Ra2 Nh6 24. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Bangkok op 12th"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 b5
15. Be2 c4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qe7 18. f4 f6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Bd4 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 {Sacrificing a pawn.} Bxc5 22. Bg4 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 {[#]Until this point the
18-year-old Chinese GM is doing fine, and she surely had thoughts of victory.
But now things go astray.} f5 $2 ({Black probably considered} 23... Rcd8 24.
Be6+ Kh8 25. Rf3 Bc5 26. Rh3 {(as proposed by Fritz) too dangerous.}) 24. Bxf5
{Did Hou plan and then abandon an exchange sacrifice?} Rcd8 25. e5 Kh8 (25...
g6 26. Bxg6 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. e6 Qf6 (28... hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 (29... Kh8
30. Rg1 {and mate in six}) 30. e7 {wins quickly for White.}) 29. Bxh7+ {
is winning for White (Fritz).}) 26. Qe4 Qc5 $2 27. Bxh7 c3 {This pawn is not
going anywhere - Black is basically lost.} 28. Bg6 c2 29. Qg2 {Very nice.} Bxf4
({If} 29... cxd1=Q 30. Qh3+ {leads to a quick mate.}) 30. Bxc2 {and Black has
nothing left to show.} Qe7 31. d6 Qe6 32. Rde1 (32. d7 {would have been
quicker.}) 32... g5 33. Rf3 g4 34. Rf2 Qh6 35. Qxg4 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxf2 37. Rh5
Rxd6 38. Rxh6+ Rxh6 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qc7+ Rf7 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. h4 Rhf6 43. Bb3
Rf1+ 44. Kg2 R7f6 45. h5 {Quite a traumatic defeat for the brightest talent in
women's chess.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ {Having little success with the Bluemendfeld
Gambit Nisipeanu finally switches to a more classical opening.} 4. Nbd2 b6 5.
a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12.
Bb2 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 14. Rad1 e5 15. Bd3 c6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5
Nf6 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Ne1 $4 ({After} 21. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxe5 {
all three results are possible}) 21... Ba6 22. f3 Bc4 $1 {It turns out that
White loses a whole rook.} 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{So the eighth game of the match; now we all know how the story goes, but I
think many people already had the feeling that this game would go down as a
big one, before it happened. After seven draws and several missed chances,
Carlsen was eager to make his move in the match. The last time a World
Championship happened in New York, in 1995, the match also started with a
string of draws. In the eighth game, the champion then, Garry Kasparov, chose
a Scotch and was neutralized with accurate opening play in long theoretical
lines by his challenger, Vishy Anand. Fast forward 21 years and the current
World Champion chose an entirely different opening strategy to try to win.} 1.
d4 {This was definitely not unexpected, and even the move I predicted before
the game. Carlsen had had enough of trying to break down Karjakin's e4 e5 and
decided to venture into the thick complex of closed systems. It was natural to
assume he might try something involving an early Bf4 or Bg5, but instead
something unexpected, or at least unexpected to me, happened:} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
e3 $5 {After this surprise it became clear that we were unlikely to see any
big theory or novel ideas in the opening. Magnus often plays slightly unusual
but strategically based variations where his opponent has a wide choice of
options and where there is a good chance of getting a playable position with
chances to outplay the opposing side.} e6 {.} 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7.
Bb2 b6 8. dxc5 {While the last few moves have all been pretty standard, this
strikes me as unusual. The normal tried and tested plan is to post a knight on
e5 and continue with moves like f4, Qf3, aiming to gain space and start an
attack on the kingside. Carlsen's choice is certainly not bad, however, and
leads to play where he can count on a slight, perhaps very slight, edge.} (8.
Nbd2 Bb7 9. Ne5 {is what I would normlly expect, to be followed up by f4 or
perhaps Qf3 and then Qh3. This also doesn't guarantee an advantage, but would
lead to a totally different type of position than what occurred in the game.})
8... Bxc5 (8... bxc5 9. c4 {would play into White's hands, most likely
eventually leading to a hanging pawns position after White captures on d5 and
Black recaptures with the e-pawn. Karjakin's choice is more circumspect.}) 9.
Nbd2 Bb7 {Black continues with standard development. Karjakin took his
decisions in the opening stage of the game with speed and ease, while Carlsen
seemed less sure of his position.} 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c4 {One of the two
plausible pawn breaks. The other one, e4, I saw was recommended for White, but
it seems completely harmless to me, and would likely end in complete equality
in a few moves.} (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 {The position remains very
complicated here, but I believe in the inherent soundness of Black's structure
and position.} (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 {is safe and probably
enough for equality.}) 13. Rad1 (13. Neg5 {looks threatening, but after} Nc5
14. Rad1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qc7 {White's play appears to go nowhere.}) 13... Qc7 (
13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc7 {bails out but is also enough for rough
equality.}) 14. Neg5 {, and here it looks scary, but Black can bite the bullet
and come out ahead:} Nc5 $1 15. Be5 Qc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 17. Bxh7+ Kg7 18. Be4
Nxe4 19. Nd4 fxg5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 $17) (11. a3 $5 {is a flexible move, but it
also gives Black a lot of flexibility in his piece placement. Even the unusual
looking} Re8 $5 {, planning ...e5 next, makes sense.}) 11... dxc4 {I think
this an example of good judgement. If Karjakin had allowed cxd5, he might have
had to deal with a knight coming to e4. It's hard to prove that dxc4 is the
correct move, but I suspect the knight is only superficially good-looking on
c4 and would rather be more flexibly placed on d2.} ({For example:} 11... Qe7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 a5 14. Ne4 N5f6 15. Nfd2 {, and White can perhaps count
on some slight pressure.}) 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. a3 a5 {Obviously the only move, as
White shouldn't be allowed to win the bishop pair with b4. Now Magnus had to
come up with a plan, but I don't think he successfully dealt with his task.
His next few moves suggest he wasn't sure how to approach the position, and
instead he mixed up inconsistent plans and ended up only putting himself at
risk.} 14. Nd4 (14. e4 {is of course a very direct way of playing it, aiming
to attack with e5 and Ne4, but after} Rfd8 15. e5 Nd5 16. g3 Nf8 {the black
king looks very safe with a knight on f8.}) 14... Rfd8 {I like this move, and
the plan associated with it - to maneuver the knight from the awkward
d7-square to the comfy g6-square, where it also disturbs White with schemes of
attacking his bare king.} 15. Rfd1 Rac8 (15... Nf8 {immediately would run into}
16. Ne5 {, and that is understandably not what Black is looking for.}) 16. Rac1
{This strikes me as a lazy move, after which Black obtains a completely
comfortable position. The rook might look well-placed on c1, but it does
nothing to bother Black and loosens the defense of the a3-pawn. In general
this decision demonstrates to me that Carlsen is far from being at his best in
this match so far.} (16. Nb5 Nf8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nxb6 {grants
White a very temporary initiative, which will be neutralized after a couple of
accurate moves.}) (16. Nc2 $5 {feels like the right move to me, even if not
objectively, then at least practically; it makes it difficult for Black to
complete his plan of ...Nf8-g6, and anything which cuts across the opponent's
plan must be seriously considered. I'm surprised Magnus didn't choose to play
this way.} e5 (16... Nf8 $2 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 {would hand White a serious
initiative.}) 17. e4 {, and because of the constant threat of b4 White can
perhaps count on a slight pull here.}) 16... Nf8 17. Qe1 {This idea, to bring
the bishop to f1, is I think an admission things have not gone according to
plan. White regroups in order to defend an underprotected king, but clearly he
cannot hope for an advantage in this way,} Ng6 18. Bf1 Ng4 $1 {An excellent
move, and already White seems slightly on the back foot.} 19. Nb5 $6 {And this
careless move allows Black to develop a strong initiative.} ({However, even
after} 19. h3 N4e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 {I would already slightly prefer to play
Black. The bishop on b7 is mighty and unopposed, the knight on e5 is itching
to jump places and a3 is under attack.}) 19... Bc6 $2 {Just strange - a
completely useless move, putting the bishop on a bad square. It's like
Karjakin, who has played excellently thus far, can't believe he has outplayed
Magnus and is already just better.} (19... Qg5 $1 {is crying out to be played.
Just attack! Let White worry about how to hold his shaky kingside together. He
would probably have to settle for the sad} 20. h3 (20. Nbd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 {
is met by many strong moves, for example} N4e5 {, and ...Nf3 is difficult to
prevent.}) 20... N4e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 (22. Kh1 $2 Nd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Rxd3
24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Rb3 $1 26. bxc5 Rxb5 {wins an exchange and most likely
the game as well.}) 22... Qxe5 {It might not be so awful for White, but he is
definitely worse and will have to defend for a long time.}) 20. a4 Bd5 {
Correcting his mistake on the previous move is a good idea. Black still has a
decent position, but no longer a better one.} (20... Qg5 {just doesn't work
now because of} 21. h3 N4e5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Na7 {, and we can
see why the bishop is horribly misplaced on c6.}) 21. Bd4 {Logical. Trading
dark-squared bishops leaves b6 unprotected.} Bxc4 (21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 (22.
Nxd4 Qc7 {and h2 is awkward to defend.}) 22... N6e5 {might have been an even
more accurate way of equalizing, because} 23. Nxb6 $4 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qh4 {
is basically mate and game over.}) 22. Rxc4 Bxd4 23. Rdxd4 ({In the press
conference Judit mentioned} 23. exd4 $5 {as an option. Anti-positional as it
looks, I started to appreciate the benefits of the move - taking control of
the e5-square - and even thought it might offer White an edge. However, after}
Nf6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Bg2 Ne7 {Black is way too solid to be worse.}) 23... Rxc4
24. bxc4 $6 {This move reminds me of Magnus' play in the fifth game of the
match. The position is equal, but he refuses to accept the fact and starts
playing risky, anti-positional moves to try to keep the game going. Why does
he need to play this way? The match is equal and there's no need to overpress
for a win. In this game his stubborn refusal to accept a draw finally
backfired.} (24. Rxc4 {might not offer much, or nothing at all, but White
doesn't risk losing and can perhaps press on for a little bit. I can't imagine
Magnus opting out of this, and instead going for a strategically risky
position, if he was in his usual frame of mind.}) 24... Nf6 (24... N4e5 {
was my suggeston during the game, with the idea of playing ...Nc6 and trading
rooks. Black should also be fine here, but Karjakin's way also worked out and
led to far, far more interesting play.}) 25. Qd2 (25. c5 $2 {is "almost" a
trick:} bxc5 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {, and the a5-pawn is protected.}) 25... Rb8 (25...
Rd7 $2 26. c5 $1 {would be very bad for Black, so he had to surrender the
d-file, but White has a hard time making use of his control of the d-file.})
26. g3 Ne5 {The knight is heading for c5 via d7. The a4-pawn is a serious
weakness and White will have to compensate for that with piece activity.} 27.
Bg2 h6 28. f4 Ned7 29. Na7 Qa3 {If it weren't for the weakness of e3, Black
would actually be in serious trouble. But that was the cost for White of
playing f4 to get the knight to c6.} 30. Nc6 Rf8 31. h3 $6 {Again, Magnus
refuses to accept a safe position and keeps pushing his luck, even though it
is obviously very risky to play this way, especially with approaching time
trouble.} (31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 {, and most
likely the position will end in a draw due to White's exposed king, but he
risks absolutely nothing and perhaps can hope for some initiative in mutual
time trouble.}) 31... Nc5 32. Kh2 Nxa4 {The next few moves could easily be
criticized, but the position is massively complex and very difficult to
understand and play, especially in time trouble.} (32... g6 $5 {could be
considered and might even transpose to the game after} 33. Rd8 Nxa4) 33. Rd8 (
33. e4 {makes a lot of sense to me. The knight on f6 is going to have to move
to a very awkward square after the upcoming e5.} Nc5 34. e5 Nh5 ({The machine
suggests the astonishing} 34... Nfe4 $5 {, which would never happen in a real,
human game.}) 35. Qf2 {This position is irrational and very difficult to
assess. Black has the extra passed a-pawn and a dominant c5-knight and active
queen. The knight on h5 is trapped on the edge of the board, but it also
serves a purpose in creating counterplay against White's king. What would have
happened in a game from this position is impossible to predict - the game
could have gone either side's way.}) 33... g6 34. Qd4 Kg7 35. c5 $2 {
Objectively a losing move, but I find it difficult to criticize the players
for making mistakes in such a complex position, with so many options and
limited time. White's situation was already difficult and this move
practically worked out for Magnus.} (35. Rd7 {keeping the rooks on the board,
was probably the best option for White.}) 35... Rxd8 (35... bxc5 $4 36. Qd6
Rxd8 37. Nxd8 {with the unstoppable threat of Qe7 and Qxf7, was Carlsen's
ingenious point.}) 36. Nxd8 Nxc5 37. Qd6 Qd3 $2 {Obviously Karjakin didn't
miss White's next move, but in time trouble he probably didn't anticipate
White's 41st.} (37... Qa4 $1 {was the way to go, as many pointed out. It's
natural Karjakin didn't want to give up b6 so easily, but after} 38. Qxb6 Ncd7
{the main point is the passed a-pawn. That will be enough for victory.}) 38.
Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxf6 a4 {This pawn is a monster, but White creates
quick counterplay against Black's king:} 41. e4 {At this point I started to
believe Magnus might win! Black's king quickly becomes very vulnerable.} Qd7 $1
{But this important defensive move made me realize Karjakin wasn't risking
much.} (41... a3 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. f5 {would only be risky for Black, because
his king is just so weak, and the threats of fxe6 and f6 are extremely
dangerous.}) 42. Qxg6+ Qg7 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qc6 (44. Qg6+ {doesn't necessarily
lead to a draw, because Black can try} Kh8 {, and White still has to prove he
is okay, which might not be so simple over the board.}) 44... Qd8 45. f5 {
White absolutely has to create counterplay, as otherwise the a-pawn will
decide the game. I think special attention should be given to the beautiful
knight on c5, which holds together Black's entire position: e6 and a4, as well
as controlling the crucial e4-square in many lines.} a3 46. fxe6 Kg7 (46... Kh7
{would force White to find a tough sequence of moves to draw:} 47. e5 $1 a2 48.
Be4+ $1 Nxe4 49. Qxe4+ Kg7 (49... Kh8 50. e7 Qxe7 51. Qa8+ Kg7 52. Qxa2 {
is drawn.}) 50. Qb7+ Kg8 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qf4 {, and next Qxh6 leads to
perpetual check.}) 47. e7 Qxe7 48. Qxb6 Nd3 49. Qa5 $2 {I think this is
practically the decisive mistake from Magnus.} ({As Alejandro Ramirez and I
discussed during the game,} 49. e5 $1 {should give White a relatively easy
draw. The pawn is worthless - more important is for White to free the bishop
on g2 from its cage.} Nxe5 (49... a2 50. Qd4 $1 Nxe5 51. Bd5 {wins the pawn.})
50. Bd5 {, and with the bishop actively controlling a2 I can't see how Black
can ever win this position.}) 49... Qc5 50. Qa6 Ne5 {This position looks
horribly difficult for White to defend. It might even be objectively lost, but
I don't think it matters over the board if there is a miracle draw somewhere.
Practically, White's defensive task is impossible and I wasn't surprised to
see the game end soon.} 51. Qe6 h5 {Now it's mathematically dead lost, and
Carlsen's next move just sped up his inevitable demise.} 52. h4 a2 {A huge win
for Karjakin, to pull ahead in the match with Black and so close to the finish
line. Carlsen's unimpressive play throughout the match might give added
confidence to Karjakin, but as we've seen time and again, Carlsen has the
unique ability to pull himelf together and bring tournaments and matches back
in the eleventh hour, even when the odds are stacked against him. Perhaps this
painful loss and the rest day before the ninth game will be enough of a
wake-up call for Carlsen to get his play together for the last four games.} (
52... a2 53. Qxa2 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qg1 55. Qb2+ Kg6 $1 {and the checks run out.
White is mated or loses the queen after} 56. Bf3 Nf2+) 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 a6 $5 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 Rc8 13. a3 {
Petrosian,T-Tal,M/URS/1976/} Bf8 $5 $13) (10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Qe3 g6 13.
Ne5 $14) 11. Re1 (11. Qe2 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rac1 dxc4 (13... Rc8
$5 14. cxd5 $140 $2 Nxd5 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ra8) 14. bxc4 b5 15. c5 (15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Rxa2) 15... Bd5 16. a4 $5 (16. Nb3 $5 Qc7 17. Bc3 {/\Ra1,
Reb1,a4/}) 16... bxa4 17. Nc4 (17. Bxa6 $6 a3 $1 18. Bc3 (18. Bxa3 Qa5) 18...
a2 $13) 17... Rb8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Ba5 Qa7 $6 (19... Qf4 $5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Ne4 22. Nce5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 {/\c6 /}) 20. Ra1 Bc6 21. Bc2 h6 22. Bxa4 Bxa4
23. Rxa4 Nd5 24. Qa2 $16 Ra8 25. Bd2 Nc7 26. Rc1 $5 (26. Ra1 $5 Bf6 $5 27. Bf4
Nb5) 26... Nb5 27. Ra1 Bf6 28. Ne3 h5 (28... e5 $6 29. c6 $1 Nb6 30. Rxa6 Qxa6
31. Qxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 exd4 33. Rxb6 dxe3 34. Bxe3 $16) 29. Qc2 Qc7 30. Qc4 Nb8
31. Nc2 Qb7 32. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 33. Nxg5 Qd5 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Nb4 $5 (35. Nf3 Nc6
$1 (35... Nc6 $1 36. Rxa6 $140 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Nbxd4 $1) 36. Kf1 a5) (35. Ne3 $5)
35... Nxd4 36. Nxd5 Nbc6 $2 (36... Nb5 37. Nf3 Nc6 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Ncd4
40. Kf1 $16) 37. Nc7 $18 Re5 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Nxa8 a5 40. Rc4 Nb3 41. Rd1 Ke7
42. Nb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qe1 Rfc8
14. Nd2 Nef6 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. Bf1 $14 {Yakovich,Y-Ulibin,M/Elista
(RUS-ch)/1994/0,5/53/}) 10. b3 Ne4 (10... Nbd7 $5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13.
Qc3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc4 c6 16. Nd2 c5 $1 $10 {Lutz,C-Lobron,E/Munich/1994/
0|1/70/}) 11. Qd3 (11. Qc2 f5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 Nxd2
16. Rxd2 Qh4 17. f4 Rae8 $132 {Browne,W-Weinstein,N/New York/1984/1|0/27/})
11... f5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rad1 (13. Nd2 $6 e5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. Rac1
e4 17. d5 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ne5 $132 {Miles,A-Seirawan,Y-USA/1988/0,5/30/}) 13...
Rf6 $6 (13... Qe7 $5) 14. d5 Rh6 (14... e5 15. Qc2 Rh6 16. b4 $14) 15. g3 (15.
dxe6 $6 Ndc5 16. Qc2 Nxe6 $13) 15... e5 16. Ne1 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. Ng2 $16 Rh3
19. Qc2 h5 (19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rxg3 (20... Qxg3 21. Rf3 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 $16) 21.
Rf2 Rxe3 22. Bh5 $1 $18) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bd3 Rf8 (21... Nxg3 22. Bxf5 $6 (22.
Rxf5 $1 e4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qf4 Rhxe3 26. Rg5 $18) 22... Nxf5 23.
Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rdf1 Re7 26. Rg5 c6 $132) 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rxf8+
Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Qf2 h4 (25... Nf6 26. Qf5 $18) 26. Qf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 hxg3
28. hxg3 g6 $6 (28... Rxg3 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf7 (30... Rg4 31. Re7 $18)
31. Rxe4 $18) 29. Rg5 Rh5 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rg4 $18 Nf6 32. Rh4 Rg5 (32... Rxh4
33. gxh4 Ng4 34. a4 $18) 33. Rh8 Ne8 (33... Rxg3 34. Rb8 Ba6 35. Bxe5 $18) 34.
Kh2 Rf5 35. Kg1 Ke7 36. Nh4 Rg5 37. Bxe5 $1 Kd7 (37... Rxe5 38. Ng6+ $18) 38.
Bf4 Rg7 39. Nf5 Rf7 40. Nd4 Nf6 41. Ne6 Ne8 42. Nf8+ Ke7 43. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 (6... O-O 7. O-O
d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bc3 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qc2
$14 {Yusupov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1991/0,5 (63) Inf 51/511/}) 7. dxc5 (7. a3
Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 d6 9. Bc3 O-O 10. dxc5 $5 bxc5 11. Qc2 $14 {Yusupov,A-Salov,V/
Linares/1992/0,5 (40)}) 7... Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 d5 (9... a5 $5 10. b3 Qe7
11. Bb2 Nc6 $13) 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qb1 (12. Qb3 Ne4 $5) (12. Qe2 $5
$14) 12... h6 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qa2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qb8
18. Qa1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. cxd5 (13. Ne5 $6) 13...
exd5 14. Ne5 g6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nc5 Qc6 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qf2 Qc8
$10 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. Qd2 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme op"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. b3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Re1 (11. Rc1) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Nf1
Bf8 14. Ng3 dxc4 15. bxc4 g6 16. Qe2 (16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Ne4 (18.
Be4 Nc5 19. Bxb7 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nxb7 21. Ne4 Red8 $11) 18... Bxe4 (18... Nc5 $2
19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nxe8 Nxd3 21. Nd6 $18) 19. Bxe4 Rc8 $11) 16... Bg7 (16... Qc7
{Malaniuk,V}) 17. Ne5 $1 {/\ f4} Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 (
20... Nxe5 $6 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ e5 $8 24. f4 Qc7 (24... f6
25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. fxe5+ $18) 25. Nd6 Re6 26. fxe5 $16) (20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Nxe5 22. Rad1 {/\ Nd6}) 21. f4 Nc5 (21... Red8 22. a4 {/\ Ba3}) 22. Nf6+ $5
Bxf6 23. exf6 Qf8 24. h3 Red8 25. Red1 (25. Rad1 h6 26. Be5 $16) 25... h6 26.
Kh2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Be5 Kh7 29. Qf3 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qa8 31. Qd4 g5 32. fxg5
hxg5 33. Qg4 Kg6 34. Bf4 Ne4 35. h4 Kxf6 36. Bxg5+ Kg6 37. Bf4+ Kh7 38. Qh5+
Kg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Be5 f6 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Bxf6 Qb8+ 43. g3 Qb7 44. Qh6+ Ke8
45. Qh8+ Kd7 46. Qh7+ Kc8 47. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Be7 (8... Bd6) 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 Rc8 14.
Rac1 c5 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Ndf6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Qd3
Rec8 $10 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Nc5 24. Qd1 Nfe4 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26.
Qxd3 Qf5 27. Qc2 h5 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. f4 Qe8 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Qd1 Nd6 32. Qxd5
Nxf5 33. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Qf2 35. Be5 Qxa2 36. b4 Qc4 37. Qd7 a6 38. Qb7 Qxb4
39. Qxa6 b5 40. Qc8 Qc5 41. Qf5 Qd5 42. Qc8 b4 43. Qe8 Qc5 44. Qd7 Qb6 45. Qd5
h4 46. Qd2 b3 47. Qc3 Qb4 48. Qc1 Qc5 49. Qd1 Qb4 50. Qc1 f6 51. Bb2 Bd6 52.
Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ g6 0-1

[Event "Match Najdorf-Czerniak +5-1=2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1929.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Czerniak, Moshe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. b3
Rc8 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 c5 12. Rac1 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5
15. Ne5 Qh4 16. Ndf3 Qh5 17. Bb5 a6 18. b4 axb5 19. bxc5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 bxc5 21.
Qxb5 Bc6 22. Qa6 g5 23. Bd4 f4 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 g4 26. Rxc6 Ra8 27. Qb5
Rab8 28. Rb6 Rxb6 29. Qxb6 gxf3 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 fxg2 33.
Kxg2 fxe3 34. fxe3 Ra8 35. Rd2 $16 {... (52).} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 a6 (9... c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13.
Rfd1 Ne4 14. Ba6 Ba8 15. Bb5 Ndf6 $10 {Petrosian,T-Polugaevsky,L/URS-ch/1970/})
10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Na4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne4 13. Qe2 f5 $10 {Portisch,L-Nikolic,Pr/
Tunis izt/1985/}) 9... Qe7 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 $14) 10. Rc1 Rad8 11.
Qc2 (11. Qe2 Ne4 $13) 11... c5 12. cxd5 (12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8) (12. Ne5
$5) 12... exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 {/\d5-d4} 14. Qc3 Rfe8 $13 15. Rfd1 (15. Rfe1 c4
$5 16. bxc4 Bb4 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxd2 $17)
15... d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qa5 $6 (17. Qxd4 Nc5 $17) (17. Nxd4 $1 Qe5 (17...
Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 (19. Kg1 Qh4 20. N4f3 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Re5 $1 22. Bf5
Ne3 $19) 19... Qe5+ 20. f4 (20. Kxg4 $2 Nf6+ 21. Kh3 Qh5+ 22. Kg3 Qg4+ 23. Kh2
Qxg2#) 20... Qe3+ 21. N4f3 Ndf6 $13 22. Bxh7+ $5) 18. N4f3 Qh5 $44) 17... Ne5
18. Nxe5 (18. Re1 Bxf3 (18... Nxd3 $5)) 18... Bxe5 19. Nc4 (19. Nf1 $5 Nd5 20.
Ng3 Nf4 21. Bf1 h5 $40) (19. Ba3 $1 Qe6 20. Nf1 $13) (19. Re1) 19... Rd5 20.
Qd2 (20. Ba3 Qe6 $1 21. Qxa7 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rh5+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kxh1 Qh3+ 25.
Kg1 Qxg2#) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rh5+ $1 (21... Ng4+ 22. Kg3 $14) 22. Kg1 (22.
Kg3 Ne4+ 23. Bxe4 Qh4+ 24. Kf3 Qxe4+ 25. Kg3 Qh4#) 22... Ng4 (22... Ng4 23. Re1
Rh1+ 24. Kxh1 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 (7...
d5 8. cxd5 $14) 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 (9. b3 $14) 9... Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bc4 (
11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Ne5 b5 $1) 11... O-O {>=} (11...
Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5) 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bxd5 $6 (14. Nxd5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rac1 $14) (14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Nf6 $13) 14... exd5 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxd5 16. Qg4) 15.
Ng4 Nf6 16. Bf4 (16. Bg5 $142) 16... Ne4 $1 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. h3 f6
20. Ne3 Rfe8 21. Qh5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Rxc3 $142 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Nf5 Bf8
25. Qg4) 22... Ba3 23. Rc2 Qf7 24. Qf3 (24. Qxf7+ $142 Kxf7 25. c4) 24... Qg6
25. Rdd2 Qe4 26. Qg3 Red8 27. Qg4 {[#]} g5 $1 (27... g6 28. Re2) (27... h5 28.
Qg3) 28. Bg3 Qxg4 29. hxg4 (29. Nxg4 Kf7 30. f4 h5 31. Ne3 Re8) 29... Bc6 30.
Rd3 Ba4 31. Re2 Bf8 (31... Bb5 32. c4 Rxc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Rxa3 Bxe2 35. Rxa7
$10) (31... Re8 $142) 32. Rb2 Kf7 (32... Ba3 $142 33. Re2 Re8) 33. Nf5 Ba3 34.
Rbd2 Rc6 35. f4 $1 Rdc8 (35... gxf4 36. Bxf4 {/\ 37.Rh3}) 36. fxg5 Rxc3 (36...
fxg5 37. Rf3) 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. Bh4+ Kg6 $2 (38... Ke6 39. Re2+ Kd7) 39. Ne7+
Bxe7 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Bxe7 Bd7 $17 42. g5 Kh5 $1 (42... Bf5 43. Rf2 Be4 44. g4
$1 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rxg4 46. Rf6+ Kxg5 47. Rxb6+ Kf4 48. Ra6 $13) 43. Kf2 Kg4 44.
Re2 Bf5 45. Bd6 Be4 46. Be5 {[>= 46...b5 /\ ...a5]} Kxg5 47. g3 Ra3 48. Bd6
Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Kg4 50. a4 Rb3 51. a5 b5 (51... bxa5 $142 52. Ra2 Rb6 53. Bc7 Rc6
54. Be5 Ra6 {>= ...a4}) 52. Rf2 Bf3 $2 $10 (52... Rb1+ 53. Kd2 Bf3 $17) 53. Rc2
$1 b4 54. Rc7 Rb2 55. Rxa7 b3 56. Rb7 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Re6 58. Be5 Ra6 59. Rxb3
Rxa5 60. Rb7 Ra1+ 61. Kf2 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 Re2+ 63. Kd3 h5 64. Rf7 Ra2 65. Ke3 Bd1
66. Rd7 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 {[Keres]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 17th final"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1985.01.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1985.01.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithunia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 g6
15. Bh3 Ra8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. e6 {[#]} Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Rf1 Bd6 24. Qc3 Qf7 25. Be6 Qxe6 26. Qg7+
Ke8 27. Qxb7 Be7 28. Qxa7 Qc6 29. Qa6 Rd2 30. Be5 Qd5 31. Bc3 Rd3 {[#]} 32.
Qb5+ Qd7 33. Qc4 b5 34. Qg8+ Bf8 35. Qh8 b4 36. Bb2 Rd1 37. Qe5+ Be7 38. Qb8+
Bd8 39. Qe5+ Be7 40. Qh8+ Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch37 plof Petrosian-Polugaevsky+2-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1970.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1970.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Ba6 Ba8
15. Bb5 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 f6 {[#]} 19. Nd3 (19. Nf3) 19...
Kh8 (19... Rf7 20. Nf4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bb7 22. g3 Be5 23. Bd3 g6 $11) 20. Nf4 $14
Qf7 21. Qg4 f5 22. Qe2 Bb7 23. Bd3 Bxf4 24. exf4 Rfe8 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. dxc5 Rxc5
27. Qb1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Nc5 29. Be5 Rc8 30. Qb2 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc6 32. h3 h6 33.
Re3 Rg6 34. Bd4 Kh7 35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Kh2 Bc8 37. Rc3 Ba6 38. Rc7 Qe6 39. g4 Bf1
40. Qxf5 Qxf5 41. gxf5 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Qf6 (11... Qe7) 12. Ng3 Qh6 13. cxd5 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 exd5 15. g4 f6 16. g3 g6 17. Kg2 $14 Rfe8 18. Be2 Qg7 19. a4 Qe7 20. Rh1
Nf8 21. Bd3 Bc8 22. Nd2 Bb7 23. Re1 Ne6 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Rc2 Bb7 26. Rc1 Bc8 27.
Rc2 Nf8 28. Nh2 Bb7 29. Kg1 Ne6 30. Nf3 Nf8 31. Bc3 Bc8 32. Nh2 Ne6 33. e4 Bb7
34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Qf7 37. Rce2 a5 38. Qb3 Ng7 39. Nf1 Rxe2
40. Rxe2 Re8 41. Rxe8+ Nxe8 42. Qb5 h6 43. c5 bxc5 44. dxc5 Bf8 45. Ne3 Qe6 46.
Bxa5 c6 47. Qd3 f5 48. Bb6 Nf6 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Qxf5 Qxf5 51. Nxf5 Nd7 52. a5
Nb8 53. Bc7 Na6 54. Bd6 h5 55. Nd4 Bxd6 56. cxd6 Kf7 57. Nxc6 Ke6 58. Ne5 Kxd6
59. f4 Nc5 60. Kg2 Nb3 61. a6 Kc7 62. f5 Nc5 63. f6 Kb6 64. f7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 (5... Be7 $5) 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 (11... Re8 $142) 12. Nh4
Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Rc1 $14 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 (16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 (
17. Nb5 {/\ Nc7, Nd6}) 17... Bxd5 (17... Nc5 $2 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Nf6+) 18.
Qxd5 Nc5 $10) 16... g6 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 (17... h5) 18. Qxe4 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Bg7 20.
e4 Nf8 21. e5 (21. Rc3 $1 c5 (21... Qxd4 22. Ba1 $1 Bc8 23. Qf3 $36 {Najdorf})
22. Rg3 cxd4 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Qg4) 21... Qd5 22. f4 c5 $1 $15 23. Qh3 cxd4 24.
Rcd1 Qe4 25. Rde1 Qd5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rxd4 Qa5 {(/\ ...Rc2)} 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29.
bxc4 Qc5+ 30. Rf2 Qxc4 31. Qb3 Qe4 32. Qc2 Ne6 33. f5 Nc5 34. Qd2 Qb1+ 35. Rf1
Qd3 36. Qe1 Qd5 37. Qg3 Ne4 38. Qh4 Nc3 39. Qg4 h5 $19 40. Qh3 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 (
41. Kh1 Nf4 42. Qf3 Nxg2 43. Kxg2) 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:25]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Be7 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 6. b3 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:13:09]
} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
16:30]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:09:00]} (11... a6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxc7 Re7 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Rfd1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rec7 23. Ne2 a5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd6 27.
h3 Ba6 28. Nd4 h5 29. Qc2 Bd3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qe8 Kg7 32. h4 Qc7 33. a4 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qc7+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. g3 Qd6 38. Kg2 Qc7 39. Nc6 Qd6 40.
Nd4 Qc7 41. Nc6 {Arutinian,D (2586)-Almasi,Z (2668) Mainz 2008 1/2-1/2}) 12.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:16:06]} (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Nb5 d4 $13) 12... c6 {
[%emt 0:11:29]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Bd6 $146 {[%emt 0:25:52]} (13... g6
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kh1 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20.
Qg4 Nc5 21. Bb1 Qb4 22. Nh5 a5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qh4 Rh8 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Qh6+
Kg8 27. Bf5 {1-0 (27) Janssen,R (2469)-Van der Wiel,J (2509) Leeuwarden 2002})
14. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:04:45][%cal Gc6c5]} 16. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 17.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Bf8 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08] Ivanchuk obtained nothing from his
Zukertort set-up and in an equal the game players basically agreed to repeat
moves and draw. This entirely circumvents the Sophia rules under which the
tournament is being played. Strong grandmasters can see when a move being
played is an offer for a repetition. It seems crazy to force the players to
play on in what they consider to be an equal position - after all you can't
demand them not to play what they consider to be the "strongest" move, however
it is obvious that this is a giant loophole in the Sophia rules} Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt 10th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 $1 {Dieses Feld ist der beste
Platz für die weiße Dame. Die unangenehme Drohung, durch Ba6 die weißfeldrige
Läufer abzutauschen, zwingt Schwarz zur Schwächung des Damenflügels durch
a7-a6.} a6 (11... Qe7 12. Ba6 $1 Bc6 (12... Bxa6 13. Qxa6 $14 {><d5}) 13. Nb5
$1 (13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 13... Bb8 14. Rac1 $14) 12. Rfd1 (12. Bf5
Re8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Nfe4 18. Nf4 g6
19. Bh3 f5 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Bd4 Ba3 22. Rc2 Rc8 $11 {San Segundo,P-Spraggett,K/
Ponferrada 1997}) 12... Qe7 (12... b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Bc2 Rc8
16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Qe1 $1 b4 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd1 $14 {
Ivanchuk-Gelfand 1996}) (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 14. Nd2 $1 Qe7 (14... cxd4
15. Ncxe4 $36 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxe4 19. Rxd4 $36) 15.
Nc4 $14 {Avrukh}) 13. Rac1 ({Etwas mehr verspricht Weiß} 13. Bf5 $5 {/\} Ne4 $2
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. dxc5 $18) 13... Ne4 (13... Rfe8 $2 14. Bf5 $1 Rad8 (14...
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qe5 16. g3 Nc5 17. Bh3 $16 {Avrukh,B-Mikhalevski,A/Beersheba 1997
}) 15. Rc2 $1 {Avrukh} (15. Bxd7 Nxd7 (15... Qxd7 $2 16. Na4 $18) 16. dxc5 Nxc5
$14 {Avrukh})) 14. dxc5 bxc5 $2 {Ein schlimmer Fehler. Nach wenigen Zügen wird
Schwarz in einem unangenehmen Endspiel landen. Zum ungefähren Ausgleich führte
das richtige 14...Nxc3.} (14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 bxc5 16. Qc2 h6 $11) 15. Bxe4 $1
dxe4 16. Qd2 $1 exf3 17. Qxd6 Qg5 (17... Qxd6 $2 18. Rxd6 Nf6 19. Na4 $16) 18.
Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rfd8 $2 {Ein Fehler kommt selten allein. Schwarz gibt die
falsche Antwort auf die häufige Frage "Mit welchem Turm?" Der Rf8 war auf den
Linien "e" und "f" sehr nützlich.} (19... Rad8 $1 20. e4 fxg2 21. Nd5 (21. Kxg2
f5 22. f3 Ne5 $132) 21... Rfe8 22. f3 f5 $1 (22... Nf8 $2 23. Rxc5 Ne6 24. Rc3
f5 25. Kxg2 fxe4 26. fxe4 Ng5 27. Rc7 Bxd5 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. exd5 Re2+ 30. Kf1
Rxb2 31. Rxg5 $16) 23. Nc7 (23. exf5 Nf8 $36) 23... Re7 $132) 20. e4 $16 fxg2
21. Nd5 $1 (21. Kxg2 Nf8 (21... Nb6 $2 22. Ba3 $1 c4 23. Bc5 $18) 22. Nd5 Ne6
23. f3 $16) 21... Nf8 22. Ne7+ (22. Rxc5 Rd7 (22... Ne6 23. Rcc1 Ng5 24. Rc7
$18) 23. Kxg2 Ne6 24. Rc3 Rad8 25. Rcd3 Kh8 $1 26. f3 f5 $132) 22... Kh8 23.
Nf5 Ne6 (23... Rxd1+ $2 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Nxg7 Kg8 26. Nh5 $16) 24. f3 {/\Nd6}
Kg8 25. Kxg2 a5 26. Nd6 $1 (26. a4 Ba6 $132) 26... Rd7 27. Ba3 ({Maja forciert
das Spiel. Weniger konkret, aber nicht weniger stark war} 27. Nc4 $5 Rxd1 (
27... Rad8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bc3 $16) 28. Rxd1 Ba6 (28... a4 $2 29. Nb6 $16)
29. Nd6 $1 (29. Nxa5 Be2 $14) 29... Rd8 30. Rd2 $16 {/\Bc3,><a5 , und der
weiße Springer dominiert das Brett.}) 27... Rad8 28. Nxb7 Rxd1 29. Nxd8 Rxd8
30. Rc2 $5 ({Vor schweren Verteidigungsproblemen stand Schwarz nach} 30. Bxc5
Rd2+ 31. Bf2 {Ich beabsichtigte} h5 (31... Rxa2 $2 32. Rc8+ Nf8 33. Kf1 $1 {
/\Bc5} Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Rc2 Rxc2+ (37... Ra1 38.
Bd4 Rf1 39. Ke2 Rb1 40. Rc8 $18) (37... Ra3 38. Bc5 $1 Rxb3 39. Bd6 Rb6 40. e5
$18 {/\Rc8}) 38. Kxc2 $16 {mit einer gewinnträchtigen Stellung für Weiß.}) 32.
a4 Rb2 (32... g5 $5) 33. Rc3 g5 $16 {zu spielen}) 30... g6 31. Kf2 a4 $2 {
Ein Verlustzug. Schwarz sollte im jeden Fall seinen König ins Spiel bringen.} (
31... f5 $1 32. Ke3 (32. exf5 gxf5 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Re5 Rd2+ $132) 32... Kf7 33.
Rc4 {/\Bxc5} Rd1 34. Bxc5 Ra1 35. a4 Rb1 {mit guten Remischancen.}) 32. bxa4
Rd4 (32... Ra8 33. Rc4 $18) 33. a5 Ra4 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxa2+ {Hecht: '
[#] Der weiße Turm deckt den recht weit vorgerückten Freibauern von der Seite,
was einen besseren Königseinsatz ermöglicht.  Schwarzes Gegenspiel mittels
h7-h5-h4'} 36. Ke3 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 $2 {Bisher spielte Maja technisch tadellos,
aber in der Zeitnot unterläuft ihr ein Fehler, der sie um die Früchte der
gesamten vorherigen Arbeit bringt. Der König sollte zu seinem Freibauern eilen.
} (37. Kd4 $1 h5 (37... Rxf3 38. Rc3 Rf1 39. Ra3 $18) 38. Kc4 Rxf3 39. a6 Ra3
40. Kb5 Rxg3 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. a7 Ra3 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8 Kf6 45. Kc4 {
mit leichtem Gewinn.}) 37... Kg7 (37... h5 $1 $11) 38. g4 h6 $11 {Nun ist die
Stellung remislich.} 39. e5 (39. Rb5 g5+ 40. Ke5 Rxf3 41. Kd6 Ra3 42. Kc6 Ra4
43. Kb6 Rxe4 44. a6 Re6+ 45. Ka5 Re7 46. Rc5 Kg6 $11) 39... Ra4+ 40. Ke3 h5 41.
gxh5 {Hecht: 'Erlaubt dem schwarzen König die erwünschten Freiheiten. Nach 41.
g5 ergeben sich diese Gewinnchancen:'} (41. g5 $1 {Hecht} h4 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43.
Kg1 h3 44. f4 Rg2+ (44... Kf8 45. Rc8+ Ke7 (45... Kg7 46. Ra8 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rf2
48. a6 Rxf4 (48... Ra2 49. a7 Kh7 50. f5 gxf5 51. g6+ $18) 49. e6 fxe6 50. Rb8
Ra4 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. a7 $18) 46. Ra8 Ra4 47. a6 Rxf4 48. a7 Ra4 49. e6 $1 fxe6
50. Rh8 $18) (44... Ra4 45. Rc7 Rxf4 (45... Rxa5 46. e6 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Ra3 48.
Rxf7+ Kg8 49. f5 gxf5 50. g6 Ra6 51. e7 Ra8 52. Kxh3 $18) 46. e6 {[%cal Rc7f7,
Re6e7]} Rg4+ 47. Kh2 Kf8 48. Rxf7+ Ke8 49. a6 Rxg5 50. a7 Ra5 51. Rb7 $18) 45.
Kh1 Ra2 46. Rc7 Kf8 (46... Rxa5 47. e6 Rf5 48. e7 $18) 47. Ra7 Rf2 48. a6 Rxf4
49. Rb7 Ra4 50. a7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kg7 51. e6 $18 {Bin ich zu optimistisch und
wo liegen die Remishaare in der Suppe? Vielleicht ist schon 41...h4 falsch und
besser durch 41...Ta2 42.Kf4 zu ersetzen?!}) 41... gxh5 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Kg3 h4+
44. Kh3 Kf5 45. Rc7 Rxa5 46. Rxf7+ Ke6 47. Rf8 Rxe5 48. Kxh4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Na4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne4 (12... Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3
14. Nc3 Qd6 15. e4 e5 16. Nd5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Qd8 $14 {
Remis/Portisch-Stohl/Budapest zt-B/1993}) (12... e5 $6 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc5 $14) (12... c5 $5) 13. c5 $1 {N} (13.
Qe2 f5 14. Rfd1 (14. Nc3 Rf6 $132 {/\Rh6}) 14... Ng5 $1 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4
Qe7 $10 {Remis/Polgar-Dautov/Brno/1991}) 13... bxc5 14. Ne5 $1 Rfd8 (14... cxd4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd4 f5 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 $16)
(14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Nxc5 Ndxc5 18. Rxc5 $16) (14... Nb6 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 $16) (14... f5 $2 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. dxc5 $16) 15. Nxd7 (15. f3 $6 Nef6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5
Bxc5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 20. Qe2 Qg5 $15) 15... Rxd7 16. dxc5 (16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17.
Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 f6 $10) 16... Nxc5 (16... Bxh2+
$6 17. Kxh2 Bc6 (17... Rad8 18. Qb3 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rd5 (19... Rxd3 20. Qxb7 Rd2
21. Rc4 $18) 20. Be2 $18) 18. Qc2 (18. Rc4 Rad8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 $13)
18... Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Rxd3 21. Rc4 f5 22. Qc6 (22. f3 $2 Rd2) 22...
Rf8 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 $16) 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxc5 (20.
Rxc5 f6 (20... Rd5 $5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 (21... exd5 $2 22. Rc1 c5 23. Qg4 f6 24.
Ba3 $16) 22. e4 Bc4 $1 (22... Bxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe5+ $16 {עg7}) (22...
Bxa2 $2 23. Qa5 Bc4 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Qc1 $1 $18) 23. Rc1 Rb8 $132) 21. Rfc1 Rad8
22. h3 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxc5 $10) 20... Qxc5 21. Rxc5 f6 (21...
Rad8 22. Bc3) (21... Bd5 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bb3 (23... f6 $142) 24. Rg5 f5 25.
Rb1 $14 {><g7}) 22. f3 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bd5 24. a4 $1 Bb3 25. Rb1 Rb7 $1 {/\Rd5,/
\Rd1} (25... Rd1+ $2 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. a5 $16 {/\Rc7,/\Rc6}) 26. e4 (26. Kf2
Rd5 27. Rc6 Bxa4 $10) 26... Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. a5 Be2 $2 (28... Ba4 $1 {
Portisch} 29. g4 Rb1+ 30. Kf2 c6 31. h4 Rc1 $10) 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. g4 c6 31. g5
Kf7 $2 (31... fxg5 32. Rxg5 Kh7 33. h4 g6 $14) 32. h4 Rd7 (32... e5 33. gxf6
gxf6 34. f4 exf4 35. Rf5 $16) 33. h5 {/\h6} fxg5 34. Rxg5 Kf8 $16 35. Kg3 (35.
Rg6 $1 Bc4 36. Be5 Rf7 (36... c5 37. Kg3 Bb3 38. f4 Ba2 39. Kh4 Bc4 40. Kg5 Bb3
41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Bc4 43. Rc6 $16) 37. Ke3 {/\Kd4-c5} Rd7 38. Bd4 Bb3 39. f4
Bc4 (39... Rf7 40. Kd2 Rxf4 41. Bxg7+ Kf7 42. Bc3 $16) 40. Rg5 Rb7 41. Rc5 Bb5
42. f5 exf5 43. Rxf5+ Rf7 44. Rg5 $16 {/\Rg6,e5-e6}) 35... Rf7 36. Bd4 Be2 37.
f4 Rd7 38. Bc5+ $6 (38. Be5 $16) 38... Kg8 $1 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. h6 $6 (40. Bb4
Kh7 41. Bc3 Kh6 $14 {/\Kh7-h6}) 40... Kh7 41. hxg7 Rxg7 (41... Rxg7 42. Rh5+
Kg8 $10 {/\Rh7}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 {Als eine gute Antwort auf den
anspruchslosen weißen Aufbau gilt 4...c5.} (4... c5 5. Nc3 Nc6) 5. Nc3 O-O 6.
Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 (7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 $11) 7... exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10.
O-O Nc6 $11 {Schwarz hat mühelos ausgeglichen.} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13.
b3 Bd6 14. h3 Re8 15. Bb5 $6 (15. Bb2 $11) 15... Rc8 {Noch energischer war 15..
.Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Be5.} (15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Be5 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 a6 19. Nc3
d4 20. Na4 dxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 $15) 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne2 Be5 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19.
Qxb2 Qb6 $2 {Die Dame zieht in die falsche Richtung! Bei einem schwarzen Turm
auf der 6. Reihe bot sich die Aktivität auf dem Königsflügel an -20...Ne4
nebst Rc6-g6.} (19... Ne4 $1 20. Nc3 (20. Rad1 Qg5 $36) 20... Qg5 21. Nxe4 Rxe4
22. Rac1 Rg6 23. g3 h5 24. Rxc5 h4 $40) 20. Rfd1 h6 $11 {Es entstand eine
ausgeglichene Stellung mit hängenden Bauern.} 21. Rac1 Rd8 ({In Frage kam} 
21... c4 {, und der aktive Freibauer kompensiert die Schwächung des Punktes d4.
} 22. Nd4 (22. Nf4 Rc5 $11) 22... Rc7 $11) 22. Qa3 a5 23. Qa4 Rcd6 24. Qa3 Rc6
25. Rc2 Qb4 $2 {Der erste ernsthafte Fehler von Neverov. Das von ihm
angestrebte Endspiel ist in der gegebenen Version unangenehm für Schwarz.
Stattdessen war ruhiges Abwarten angezeigt.} (25... Rc7 26. Rdc1 (26. Nc3 Qb4
$11) 26... Rdc8 $11) (25... Ne4 26. Nf4 Nf6 $11) 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Rdc1 Ra8 (
27... Rdc8 28. Nd4 R6c7 $2 29. Nb5 $16) (27... Nd7 28. Nf4 Rd6 29. Rd1 $14) ({
Am genauesten war} 27... Ra6 $1 28. Rxc5 Rxa2 29. R5c2 (29. Nd4 Ne4 $132) 29...
Rda8 30. f3 $14) 28. Nd4 Rca6 29. Rxc5 Rxa2 30. Rc8+ Kh7 (30... Rxc8 31. Rxc8+
Kh7 32. f3 $14) 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Kg8 34. Rb7 Rf1 $2 {
Vermutlich in Zeitnot gespielt. Es war höchste Zeit, mit 34...Ne4! den
Springer zu aktivieren.} (34... Ne4 $1 35. f3 Nd2 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Kf4 Nf1 38.
Nf5 Rxg2 39. Rxb4 $14) 35. f3 Re1 36. Nf5 $16 {Nun verliert Schwarz einen
Bauern, und es bleibt nicht dabei.} Kh7 $2 (36... h5 37. Kg3 Re2 $16) 37. g4
Rb1 38. Rxb4 g6 39. Nd6 $18 Nd7 40. Rb7 Ne5 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Qf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qc2
Nxg3 $6 (14... Rfe8 $142) 15. hxg3 Qh6 16. g4 Rfe8 17. g3 Nf8 $2 (17... f6 18.
Kg2 g6 $14) 18. Kg2 Qe6 19. Ng5 $18 {Malanjuk,V-Danielsen,H Espergarde PC 1992}
) 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 (11. Na4 dxc4
12. bxc4 Ne4 13. Qe2 f5 14. Rfd1 Ng5 $1 $10) 11... exd5 12. Ne2 (12. Re1 $6 Ne4
13. Bf1 f5 14. g3 Rae8 15. Rc2 g5 16. Qc1 Rf7 17. Bg2 h6 $15 {Malich,B-Dautov,
R BL9192 Empor Berlin-Buna Halle}) 12... Ne4 13. Ng3 (13. Qc2 $5 {/\Ne5}) 13...
f5 14. Qc2 Rf7 $1 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Nf1 g5 $1 17. Qe2 g4 18. N3d2 Qh4 $1 $15 (
18... Nf8 $6 19. f3 gxf3 20. gxf3 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 $14 {/\f4,Nf3-e5}) 19. Rc2 Nf8
20. f4 gxf3 21. Nxf3 Qh6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne6 24. Ng3 (24. Nd2 c5 25. Nf3
Rg7 $15) 24... Nxg3 (24... c5 $2 25. Nh5 $36) 25. hxg3 c5 26. Qf1 (26. g4 fxg4
27. Qxg4+ Rg7 28. Qd1 Rf8 $17) (26. Rf1 Qg5 $17) 26... Qg5 27. Rf2 Raf8 28.
Bxa6 (28. Kh2 b5 $17) 28... Qxg3 29. Rf3 (29. Bd3 f4 30. e4 Ng5 $17) 29... Qg4
30. Qf2 (30. Bxb7 $142 Rxb7 31. Qd3 (31. Rd1 $2 Ng5 $17) 31... Rg7 32. Rf2 d4
33. Qc4 Rg6 34. exd4 cxd4 $15) 30... Bxa6 $1 31. Rg3 Rg7 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33. Qd2
Bb7 $17 34. Kh2 (34. Re2 d4 35. exd4 Nf4 $19) 34... f4 35. Rf1 (35. exf4 d4 $1
36. g3 Rf5 $19) 35... fxe3 (35... d4 $5 36. exd4 cxd4 37. Rf2 Rf5 $17) 36.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qxe3 Rxg2+ $1 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kh4 d4 $2 (39... Rxb2 40. Qg1+ (
40. Qf3 Rh2+ 41. Kg3 Rh3+ $19) (40. Qg3+ Kh8 41. Qg4 Bc8 $19) 40... Kh8 41. Qf1
Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rh6 43. Qf7 Bc6 $19) 40. Qh3 Rg6 (40... Nf8 41. Qf5 $1 (41. Bc1
Ng6+ 42. Kh5 Bf3+ 43. Qxf3 Rh2+ 44. Kg5 h6+ $19) 41... Rxb2 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. e6
Ng6+ 44. Kg3 $132) (40... Bd5 $1 41. Bc1 Rg1 42. Qf5 Rxc1 43. Qf6+ Kg8 $19) 41.
Bc1 Be4 42. Qf1 d3 $5 43. Qe1 $5 Bf5 (43... Bf3 $142 $1 44. Be3 (44. Qf1 Rg4+
45. Kh3 Bg2+ 46. Qxg2 Rxg2 47. Kxg2 h5 $19) (44. Qf2 Nd4 $19) 44... Kg8 $15)
44. Qf2 Be4 45. Qe1 Bf5 46. Qf2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. b4 (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 a5 13. Rad1 h6 14.
Nd2 Qc7 15. f4 $14 {Dreev,A-Shipov,S/St.Petersburg op 1993}) (10. Qe2 Ne4 11.
Be1 f5) 10... Nbd7 11. Bc3 Re8 {N} (11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Rad8 (12... Rfe8 13. Nh4
Rad8 14. f4 $2 Be4 $15 {Sherwin,J-Petrosian,T/Lone Pine 1976}) 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14.
Bb1 Bc6 15. Re1 Qb7 $2 16. d5 exd5 17. b5 $16 {Ehlvest-Kharitonov /Sverdlovsk
1984}) (11... Qe7 12. Nd2 (12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 $10 {Frias,
V-Kosten,A/London WFW 1990}) 12... Rfc8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nf8
16. Nf1 Ne8 17. Ng3 Rd7 18. b5 Rad8 19. a4 a5 20. Rd2 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,
A-Balashov,Y/RUS-ch Elista (05) ;CBM 50 1995}) 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Rc7 14. Re1
Nf8 (14... Qa8 15. f3 (15. Bf1 $14) 15... d5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 $14) 15. a4
$14 Ng6 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. f3 cxb4 (17... e5 18. d5 $14 {ץb7}) 18. Bxb4 e5 19. d5
$1 {><d6,Bb7} (19. Qb3 exd4 20. exd4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 d5 22. c5 $14) 19... Qc7 20.
Rb1 Rb8 (20... Nf8 21. a5 bxa5 $2 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxb7 $16) (20... Nd7 21.
Ne4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 (22. Nc3 $14) 22... bxc5 23. Bc3 $14 {<->b}) 21. a5 Nf8 (21...
bxa5 22. Ba3 Nf8 23. Qa4 N8d7 24. Rb5 $16) 22. Qa4 Red8 $2 (22... N8d7 {>=} 23.
Qa3 (23. axb6 axb6 24. Qb5 Ra8 $14) 23... Nc5 24. Rb2 $14) 23. Qa3 $16 Ne8 24.
Rbc1 (24. Ne4 $16) 24... h5 $2 (24... Nd7 25. Ne4 Nc5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nxc5
dxc5 28. Bc3 $16) 25. Nb1 Bc8 26. Nc3 Qe7 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nc3 bxa5 29. Qxa5 Bf5
(29... Nd7 30. Na4 $16 {/\c5}) 30. e4 Bg6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Bxc5 Qc7 33. Qa3 Nd7
34. Bf2 Nd6 $4 35. Nb1 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7.
e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qd3 (11. Qc2) 11... f5 12. Bb2 Rf6
(12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. f3 Ng5 15. a4 Qg6 16. Qc2 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Kh1
Qh6 19. a5 Nf6 20. dxc5 Nh5 21. Kg1 dxc5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Bf3 $16 {Gelfand,
B-Ionov,S/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988}) (12... a5 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 $14 (14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. Bc3 axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. f3 b5 19. Ra5 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd7
21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qh4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qe1 Qg4 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Qe2 {
1-0 Kishnev,S-Lukov,V/Cappelle op (05)/1993/ (45)})) (12... Qe7 13. Nd2 (13.
Rad1 Ndf6 (13... Rf6 $6 14. d5 e5 15. Nh4 $1 g6 16. f3 Ng5 17. f4 Nf7 (17...
Ne4 18. g4 $1 Rf7 19. gxf5 Qxh4 20. fxg6) 18. e4 $1 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Bd3
Qd8 21. f5 g5 22. Ng6 $1 Nh6 23. Bc1 hxg6 24. Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Zlochevskij,A/Philadelphia/1991/ (40)}) 14. Nd2 Rae8 (14... Rae8 15. f3 Ng5
16. Rde1 h5 17. Bd1 h4 18. e4 h3 19. g3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nfh7 21. Qe3 Rxf1+ 22.
Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rf4 e5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Rohde,M/USA-op (08)/1987/ (38)})) 13... e5 (13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rf6 (14... e5
$10) 15. f3 Rh6 16. Rf2 Qh4 (16... Rf8 17. a4 e5 18. a5 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Qh4 22. h3 Bc8 23. Rxc7 Qg3 24. c5 Rxh3 {0-1 Yakovich,
Y-Izeta,F/Sevilla op (05)/1994/ (31)}) 17. g3 Qe7 18. Rc1 a5 19. c5 Bd5 20.
cxb6 cxb6 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Bd3 Rf6 24. Rcf1 Qb6 25. e4 Bb3 {
Petrosian,A-Reshevsky,S/Palma de Mallorca GMA (05)/1989/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 14. d5
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 (15. Qxd2 {Ftacnik} f4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rff8 18. Bg4 Kh8
19. f4 c6 20. Rae1 cxd5 21. cxd5 a5 22. Rf2 axb4 23. axb4 Rae8 24. Rfe2 Nf6 25.
Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Larsen,B/Naestved (03)/1985/ (33)})) (12... Ng5 {Ftacnik}
13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. d5 Rae8 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bh5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19.
e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf7 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. f5 Qf7 25.
Rf4 {1/2-1/2 Haritakis,T-Tzoumbas,A/GRE-ch94 Glyfada (08)/1995/ (42)}) 13. d5
Rg6 $1 (13... e5 $2 14. Nh4 $1 {/\Nxf5} g6 15. f3 Ng5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nf3 Qe7
18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rf7 20. e4 $1 fxe4 (20... exf4 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bg4 $18)
21. Bg4 Nf8 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 dxe5 24. Qe3 $6 $16 {Miles,A-Mascarinas,R/
Lugano 1986} (24. Re1 $1 Bc8 25. Bd1 $1 Bf5 26. g4 {/\ Re4 +-})) 14. dxe6 (14.
Rad1 {Ftacnik} e5 15. Nd2 Qh4) (14. Ne1 $5 {Ftacnik} Qh4 15. f4 $13) (14. Nd4 {
Ftacnik} Ne5 (14... exd5 15. Nxf5 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ d5 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. Bg4 $1 Qxg4
19. Ne7+ Kf7 20. Nxg6 (20. f3 Qxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Kxe7 23. fxe4 dxe4)
20... Qxg6 21. Qxc7 Bc6 22. Rfc1 Ba4 23. Qb7 $14) (14... Qg5 15. g3 exd5 16.
cxd5 Ne5 17. Qc2 Bxd5 18. f4 Qf6 19. fxe5 Nxg3 20. Bf3 $1 (20. exf6 Nh1+ 21.
Bg4 Rxg4+ 22. Qg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kxh1 Rxb2+ $17) 20... Qxe5 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. hxg3
Rxg3+ 23. Kh2 $16) (14... Qf6 15. Rac1 (15. dxe6 $2 Rxg2+) (15. g3 $5) 15... e5
16. Ne6 Qh4 $13) 15. Qc2 exd5 (15... Qg5 16. g3 exd5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Nxf5 Qh3
19. fxe5 Nxg3 20. Ne7+ $16) 16. Nxf5 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ (17. Bxe5 Rxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2
Qg5+ 19. Bg3 Nxg3+ 20. Kh3 $13) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4+ d5 19. Qc2 Qg5 20. Ng3
Nxg3 21. hxg3 c6 $10) 14... Nf8 15. c5 $1 {N} (15. Ne1 Nxe6 (15... Qh4 16. f3
Rh6 17. fxe4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf2 fxe4 (18... Bxe4 19. Qc3 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 $10) (18...
Qh4+ 19. Kg1 fxe4 20. Qb3 Nxe6 21. Rf5 $1 $8 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ $10) 19. Qb3
Nxe6 20. Bd1 $1 $8 Rf8+ 21. Ke2 Rf3 $5) 16. f3 Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qh4 18. Qc2 Rh6
19. Nf3 Qh5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Rad1 g5 22. h3 g4 23. Nh2 Qh4 $19 {Twardon,
M-Nikolenko,O/Katowice op 1993} (23... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Rg6
26. f5 Rxg4 27. fxe6 Qg3 28. Rde1 Nd2 {0-1 Twardon,M-Nikolenko,O/Katowice op/
1993/})) 15... Nxe6 16. cxd6 cxd6 (16... Nxd6 {Ftacnik}) 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1
N6g5 (17... Kh8 $5) 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Ne5 (19. Nxg5 Nxg5 $40) (19. Kf1 Nxf3 20.
Bxf3 Qh4 $40) 19... dxe5 $1 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Nd2 22. e4 f4 $40 23. h4 $2
f3 24. Bc4 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Rdd6 $19) (17. a4 {Ftacnik} a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rfc1
f4 $40) 17... Kh8 18. Ne1 $4 (18. Nd4 $4 Rxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qg5+ $19 (19... N4c5+
$19)) (18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Ne1 $2 Qh4 20. Kg1 N6g5 $19) (18. Qb5 $1 f4 $1 $132 (
18... N4g5 19. Nxg5 Nxg5 (19... Rxg5 20. f3 $14) (19... Qxg5 20. g3 Qh6 (20...
Rh6 21. f4 $16) (20... f4 21. Qd7 $16) 21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qh5 Ng5 23. Qxh6 Rxh6
24. h4 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Nxf2 26. Rc1 $16) 20. Qxf5 Be4 21. Qg4 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxg4
23. Bxg4 $14)) 18... N6g5 $19 {/\Nh3} (18... Qh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 $1) 19.
Kh1 Nh3 $1 (19... Nh3 20. gxh3 Nxf2#) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch53 First League"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1985.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Bb7 10. d5 (10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 $14) (10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12.
Rad1 Rc8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Qb8 15. d5 $1 $14 {Lechtynsky,J-Mokry,K/CSSR/1985/
Inf 40/660/}) 10... e5 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. b4 Nd7
16. Qe2 {/\ Bc2-a4} Ba6 (16... f5 $2 17. Nd4 $1 $16) 17. Rbc1 Rc8 18. Na4 Re8
19. bxa5 bxa5 20. c5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nxc5 (21... dxc5 $5 22. Nxe5 (22. d6 $6 Bf6)
22... Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. g3 $14) 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 dxc5
24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxe5 Bf6 (25... Qd6 26. Qe3 $5 (26. Qe4 Kf8) 26... Kf8 $2 27.
Qh6+ Kg8 28. Ng5 $18) (25... Bd6 $6 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Qxa5 Qe4 29.
Qd2 Qb1+ 30. Qe1 Qa2 $16) 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qc4 Qe7 28. g3 h5 29. h4 Qd6 30.
Kf1 Kg8 31. Nd2 Bb2 32. Ne4 Qe5 33. d6 Kf8 34. d7 Ke7 35. Nxc5 Bd4 (35... Bxa3
36. d8=Q+ Kxd8 37. Qd3+ $18) 36. Nb7 (36. Nd3 Qd6 (36... Qe4 $2 37. Qc7 Qxd3+ (
37... Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kd2 $18) 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 $18) 37. Nf4 Be5)
36... Kxd7 37. Nxa5 Qf6 38. Qb5+ Ke6 39. Qc6+ Ke7 40. Qxf6+ Bxf6 41. Nc4 Ke6
42. f4 Be7 (42... Kd5 43. Ne5 Bxe5 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. Ke2 $18) 43. a4 f6 (43...
Kd5 44. Ne5 $18) 44. a5 Bc5 (44... Kd5 45. Ne3+ Kd4 46. f5 $18) 45. a6 Kd7 46.
Ke2 Kc6 47. Nd2 Kb6 48. Ne4 Be7 49. Kd3 f5 (49... Kxa6 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Kd5 $18)
50. Nd2 Bc5 51. Nf3 (51. Kc4 $2 Bf2 52. Nf1 Kc6 $10) 51... Kxa6 52. Kc4 Bf2 53.
Ne5 Kb6 54. Kd5 Bxg3 55. Nxg6 Be1 56. Ke6 $18 Kc5 57. Kxf5 Kd5 58. Kf6 Bd2 59.
f5 Kd6 60. Kf7 Bc3 61. f6 Bd4 62. Ne7 Bc3 63. Kg6 Kd7 64. Nd5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 First League"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1984.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1984.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 (6. Bxd2 Bb7 7.
Bg5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 $13 {Hjartarson,
J-Korchnoi,V/Reykjavik/1987/ Inf 43/622/}) 6... Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 $6 (
8... d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Rac1 Rac8 $10 {
Oll,L-Holmov,R/Klajpeda/1988/}) (8... Ne4 9. Qd3 d5 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12.
Rc1 Ba6 13. Qc2 axb3 14. Qxb3 Nc6 $10 {Jusupov,A-Nikolic,P/Barcelona/1989/ Inf
47/631/}) 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 (12. bxc5 $6 bxc5 13. Bb2
Nb6 $10) 12... Qe7 13. Qe2 Rac8 {/\ 14...cb 15.ab Qb4 16.Ba3 Qc4} 14. Nd2 (14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nxc4 (16... Na4 17. Qc2 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Rfd8 19. a4
$14) 17. Nxc4 Rfd8 18. a4 Rd5 $14) 14... cxd4 (14... Rfd8 $5 15. Rfd1 $5 $14 (
15. dxc5 $6 bxc5 16. b5 Nb6 17. a4 $2 Rxd2 $17)) 15. Bxd4 Rfe8 (15... Rfd8 $5)
16. Bb2 Nf8 17. Rfc1 Ng6 18. f3 Rc7 19. Nf1 Rec8 20. Bb5 Nd5 (20... a5 $2 21.
bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 $16) 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Qd2 Bc6
23. Be2 $14 Rd7 24. Qd4 f6 (24... Qf8 $5 25. Qc4 Bb7 26. Qb3 Qc8 27. Rd1 Rc7
$14) 25. Qc4 Bb7 26. Qb3 Nf8 27. Rd1 Nc7 (27... Qd8 $2 28. Bb5 Rd6 29. Qd3 $16)
28. Rc1 Ba6 $6 (28... Qd8 $5) 29. b5 Bc8 $2 (29... Bb7 30. a4 Qd8 31. Ba3 Nd5
$14) 30. a4 Bb7 31. Ba3 Qd8 32. Ng3 Bd5 33. Qb4 Ng6 (33... e5 $6 34. Nf5 Nfe6
35. Ne7+ $16) 34. h4 $1 $16 e5 35. h5 Ne7 36. Rd1 Kf7 (36... Ne6 $2 37. e4 Bb7
38. Rxd7 $18) 37. Ne4 g6 (37... Bxe4 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qxe4 g6 40. Qb7 $18) 38.
Nd6+ Kg7 39. f4 $1 exf4 40. Qxf4 Ng8 41. Bg4 $18 Be6 42. Bf3 Qb8 43. Bc6 Rd8
44. Qd4 Rf8 45. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Rf6 11. Rd1 $6 (11. Nd2 $5 Rh6 12. f3 Nd6 13. Rf2 Qh4
14. Nf1 Nc6 15. b4 Nf7 16. c5 $14 {Novikov,I-Vilela,J/Manzanillo/1987/}) 11...
d6 12. Nd2 $6 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rg6 14. d5 Nd7 15. e4 Ne5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bxf5
Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Nd4 19. Qd3 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 (20. Qxf5 Rf6 (20... Qh4 $6 21. f4 $14)
21. Qe4 Rxf2 22. Bc3 Qf8 23. Re1 Rd8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giertz, Niklaus"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Ba3 {
Weiß möchte den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer tauschen, weil er meint, daß der weiße
Läufer auf b2 schlechter steht als der schwarze Läufer auf e7 (Siehe
Bauerstruktur f7, e6, d5, und f2, e3, d4).} Nbd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 {[%csl Ra3,
Rb2,Rb4,Rc3] Die Hauptprobleme des Nachziehenden im Damengambit sind 1.
Entwicklung des weißfeldrigen Läufers c8 (der meistens vom Bauern e6
eingesperrt ist) 2. Die Dame auf d8 hat oft kein günstiges Feld und stört die
Harmonie der Türme.  In der Diagrammstellung hat der Nachziehende das Problem
mit dem weißfeldrigen Läufer durch Damenfianchetto gelöst, und nach dem
zweifelhaften Abtausch Ba3 gegen Be7 hat die Dame ein gutes Feld bekommen.
Dazu kommt, daß Schwarz leichten Entwicklungsvorsprung hat - Nb1 und Qd1 sind
noch nicht entwickelt, und die schwarzen Felder des weißen Damenflügels sind
abgeschwächt. Schlußfolgerung: Schwarz hat angenehmes Spiel.} 10. Nc3 Rfd8 {
[%cal Yd8d1] Der schwarze Turm hat die Dd1 unter Röntgenangriff genommen, der
Nachziehende bereitet c5 vor.} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 {Es ist wichtig, den
Fianchettoläufer nicht einzusperren, da dieser auf die große Diagonale drückt.}
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qc1 {Die weiße Dame räumt das Feld d1 für den Turm.} c5 14.
dxc5 (14. Qa3 Kf8 $15) 14... Nxc5 15. Rd1 {In dieser Mittelspielstellung habe
ich mehr als 30 Minuten überlegt. Welches ist der richtige Plan des
Nachziehenden? Der logische Zug scheint zu sein Ra8 auf c8 mit der Drohung des
Springerabzuges, aber leider kann Weiß durch Qa3 nebst Rac1 bequemes Spiel
bekommen. Die taktische Idee wäre das Opfer 15... Bb3, aber nach 16.ab Nb3 mit
Doppelangriff hat Weiß den Zwischenzug Qa3!. Nach diesem Zwischenzug hat Weiß
Materialvorteil (Figur für 2 Bauern)} a5 $3 {Der richtige Plan für Schwarz ist
das Spiel am Damenflügel. Er kann die Initiative erringen durch das Manöver
a7-a5-a4. Die Wirkung des Läufers auf d5 und des Turmes a8 wird dadurch
verstärkt. Außerdem wird die weiße Bauernstruktur noch mehr abgeschwächt.} 16.
Qb2 a4 17. b4 a3 $1 {Wichtiger Zwischenzug - dadurch wird der weiße Bauer a2
fixiert und Bauer b4 abgeschnitten. Sonst würde Weiß nach einem Springerzug a3
ziehen.} 18. Qc3 Ne4 19. Qe1 Rdc8 $1 {Es droht Nc3 mit der Doppeldrohung Rd1,
Pa2 und die Dame e1 deckt nicht mehr den Bauern b4.} (19... Rac8 {Dieser Zug
ist nicht besser wegen 20. Rd3, Schwarz bekommt dadurch Probleme mit dem
Bauern a3.}) 20. b5 Nc3 {[%cal Rc3a2,Rc3e2,Rc3d1,Rc3b5] [#]} 21. Rd2 Nxe2+ (
21... Qb7 22. Rc2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. Qc6 $15)
(21... Rc5 $5 {/\Rac8}) 22. Qxe2 Bc4 23. Qd1 Bxb5 {Schwarz hat schon
Materialvorteil, und der Läufer ist besser als der Springer.} 24. Rc1 Bc6 {
Ich wollte den Läufer auf d5 spielen, wo er den schwachen Bauern auf a2
angreift.} (24... h6 $142 {Dieser Zug ist früher oder später nützlich, weil er
die Mattdrohungen auf der achten Reihe neutralisiert.}) 25. Rdc2 Rd8 26. Qe2
Bd5 27. Ne5 Qd6 (27... Bxg2 28. Rc7 Qg5 29. Nxf7 Qg6 30. Ne5 Bf3+ 31. Nxg6 Bxe2
32. Nf4 $14) 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8
33. Kf1 $6 (33. g3 $142) 33... Kf8 34. Rc6 Ra5 $1 {Es kommt oft vor in
Turmendspielen, daß man für die Aktivität des Turmes einen (oder mehrere)
Bauern opfert.} (34... Rb8 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Rb3 Ra6 {Der weiße Turm steht klar
besser als der schwarze, dadurch hat Weiß gute Remischancen.}) (34... Ra6 $6
35. Ke2 $10) 35. Rxb6 Rc5 {Die Stellung ist symmetrisch. Ohne die Türme hat
Weiß eine gewonnene Endspielstellung, egal wer am Zug ist - mit dem einfachen
Plan: König f1 holt den Bauern a3 ab. Durch den aktiven Turm auf c5 hat
Schwarz Vorteil. Es droht Rc1+ und auch Rc2 mit Bauernverlust. Der Bauer a3
spielt hier eine sehr wichtige Rolle, er verhindert den weißen Turmrückzug auf
die zweite Reihe.} 36. g3 {Folgende Variante ist sehr lehrreich:} (36. Rb1 Rc2
37. Ra1 {Der schwarze Turm auf der zweiten Reihe ist ein Riese im Vergleich zu
seinem Kollegen auf a1, der keinen Zug hat. Die Erweiterung des schwarzen
Vorteils ist: Raumvorteil durch Bauernmarsch am Königsflügel nebst
Königswanderung zum Bauern a2 im günstigsten Moment.} Ke7 $17 (37... g5 38. g3
g4 $17)) 36... Rc2 37. Ra6 $1 Rxa2 {Weiß hat den Bauern geopfert und hat dafür
den aktiveren Turm bekommen.} 38. h4 h5 39. Ra7 g6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Ra5 Kf6 42.
Kf3 Ra1 {Hier habe ich lange überlegt, was besser ist: Ra1 und Pa2 oder Ra2
und Pa3?} (42... Ke7 $142) 43. Ra7 Ra2 {Die richtige Idee, wenn ich den Bauern
auf a2 gezogen hätte, wäre die Stellung Remis:} (43... a2 $2 44. Kf4 Kg7 45.
Ke5 $1 $10) 44. Ra5 Ke7 {/\Kd6} 45. Ra7+ Ke8 (45... Kd6 46. Rxf7 Rb2 47. Ra7 a2
48. Kf4 Rxf2+ 49. Kg5 Rg2 50. Kf6 $10) 46. Ra8+ Kd7 $3 {[#]Durch dieses feine
Manöver gewinnt Schwarz später das entscheidende Tempo.} (46... Ke7 47. Ra7+
Kd6 48. Rxf7 Rb2 49. Ra7 a2 50. Kf4 Rxf2+ 51. Kg5 $13) 47. Ra7+ Kc6 $1 48. Rxf7
{Jetzt versteht man, warum Schwarz die Bauern nach h5 und g6 gezogen hat,
damit der weiße Turm nicht weiterschlagen kann.} Rb2 49. Ra7 a2 50. Kf4 {
[%cal Yb2f2,Yf2f3,Yf3f5,Yf5a5] [#]} (50. Kg2 e5 $17) 50... Rxf2+ 51. Kg5 (51.
Ke5 Kb6 52. Ra3 Rf5+ 53. Kxe6 Ra5 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Kf6 Rg2 $19) (51. Ke4 Kc5
52. Ke5 (52. Ra4 Kb5 53. Ra8 Kb4 54. Kd3 Kb3 55. Rb8+ Ka3 56. Ra8+ Kb2 57. Rb8+
Kc1 58. Rc8+ Kb1 59. Rb8+ Rb2 $19) 52... Kb6 53. Ra3 Rf5+ 54. Kxe6 Ra5 55. Rxa2
Rxa2 $19) 51... Kb6 $1 {Es ist wichtig, daß der König auf b6 ist, damit er das
Tempo für den Brückenbau gewinnt.} 52. Ra3 Rf5+ $1 53. Kxg6 Ra5 $1 $19 54. Rxa2
Rxa2 55. Kxh5 {In dieser Stellung ist der schwarze Turm aktiv und stärker als
beide Freibauern.} Re2 56. g4 Rxe3 57. Kg6 Rh3 58. h5 Kc5 59. h6 e5 60. Kf5
Rxh6 61. Kxe5 Rh1 62. g5 Rg1 63. Kf6 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Match Eliskases-Bogoljubow +6-3=11"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1939.02.05"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Eliskases,E"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1939.01.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1939, S.65 Bericht, S.68-69.Partiekommentar [Eliskases]} Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. e4 Bxd2 9. Nxd2 d6
10. a3 e5 11. d5 a5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bc8 15. b3 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. b4 Nb7 23. Qe2 Qg6
24. Qd3 Ra7 25. Kg2 Rea8 26. Qc3 f6 27. g4 Qe8 28. Bb3 axb4 29. axb4 Ba4 30.
Bxa4 Rxa4 31. Nc2 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Ra4 33. Rb1 Ra2 34. Na3 Qa4 35. Nb5 Ne8 36. Rb3
Nd8 37. Ra3 Rxa3 38. Nxa3 Nf7 39. Nb5 Nh8 40. Qa3 Qxa3 41. Nxa3 Ng6 42. Be3 Kf7
43. Nb5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Ke2 Ng7 46. Nc3 Kc8 47. Na4 Kb7 48. Bf2 Ka6 49. Nc3
h5 $2 {Eliskases} 50. Be3 hxg4 $2 {Eliskases} (50... h4 $142 $11 {Eliskases})
51. fxg4 Ne8 52. Kd3 Ng7 53. Ne2 Ne8 54. Ng3 Nh4 (54... Ng7 55. Nf5 Nxf5 56.
exf5 Nh8 57. Bf2 Nf7 58. h4 Kb7 59. hxg5 Nxg5 60. Be3 Nf7 61. Bd2 {Eliskases:
Ich schätzte diese Stellung als verloren für Schwarz ein}) 55. Nf5 Ng2 (55...
Ng6 56. Bf2 {/\h2-h4}) 56. Bd2 b5 (56... Kb7 57. b5 Kc8 58. Ke2 Kd8 59. Kf3 Nf4
60. Bxf4 gxf4 61. h4 $18) 57. c5 dxc5 58. bxc5 Kb7 59. Kc3 c6 60. Ne7 cxd5 61.
exd5 Kc7 62. Kd3 Nh4 63. Bb4 Kd7 64. d6 Ke6 65. Ke4 f5+ (65... Ng2 66. Ng6 {
/\Ng6-f8+}) 66. gxf5+ Nxf5 67. Nxf5 Nf6+ 68. Kd3 Kxf5 69. c6 Ke6 70. d7 Nxd7
71. cxd7 Kxd7 72. Ke4 Ke6 73. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
(8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 $5) 8... O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 a6
(11... Bd6 12. Nb5) 12. Ne2 $6 (12. Re1 $5 Bd6 13. Bf5) (12. Ne5 $142 $1 {/\f4}
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 $5 (14. f4 $5)) 12... Bd6 $1 13. Ng3 $6 {/\Nf5} g6 14.
Qc2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. N3d2 Ne6 20. Qg4 (
20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bc4 b5 $17) 20... N6g5 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qh4 Ng5 23. Kh1 f5
24. f3 $6 Rc8 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. Qf2 Qf6 27. Re2 Re7 28. Nd2 Rce8 29. f4 {/\Nf3-e5
} g5 $1 30. fxg5 (30. g3 g4 {/\h7-h5-h4}) 30... Nxg5 31. Bxf5 (31. Qxf5 $142
Qxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 $15) 31... Qh6 32. g3 $2 (32. Qg1 $142) 32...
Rf7 $17 33. g4 Bc8 34. Qg2 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. e4 $2 dxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 $1
38. Rxe4 Bxh2 $1 39. Bc1 (39. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Nxe4) (39. Rg4 $2 Bf4+ 40.
Kg1 Be3+ $19) 39... Bg3+ 40. Kg1 Bh2+ $138 41. Kh1 (41. Qxh2 Nf3+ $19) 41...
Bg3+ 42. Kg1 Qh5 $1 43. Re8+ (43. Qxg3 Qxd1+ 44. Re1 Qxe1+ 45. Qxe1 Nf3+ $19)
43... Qxe8 (43... Kf7 $1) 44. Qxg3 Qe2 (44... Qe2 45. Re1 Qxe1+ 46. Qxe1 Nf3+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O (6. b3 $5 dxc4 7. bxc4)
6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 (7... c5 $5) 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qc8 $6 (9... Nbd7 $5 10.
Nc3 c5) 10. Nc3 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 a6 14. Bd3 Nb4 $10 15. Bg5
Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Rd8 $2 (16... Qc7 $142 17. Rc1 (17. e5 Nd5 $10) 17... Rac8 18.
Na4 Qxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Nxe4 22. Nxb6 (22. Qd7 $2 Rd8
$19) 22... Rd8 23. Qa4 Bc5 24. Nd7 Bxf2+ $10) 17. e5 (17. e5 Bxf3 (17... Nd5 $2
18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxb6 $18) 18. Rxf3 (18. Qxf3 $2 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Bxg5 21. Nxb6 Qd8 22. Nd7 $16) 18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxg5 20. Nxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ravi, Thandalam Shanmugam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 {In this type of positions the order of
moves is not of such a greate importance, and what is really matters is a
correct plan and understanding of fact what pieces should stay on the board!} (
11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qe6 15. Rfe1 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Simagin,V-Polugaevsky,L/Moscow 1960/MCD (30)}) (11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ng3
Qf6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 $5 Nf8 $13 {Zhukova,N-Chiburdanidze,M/Belgrade 1998/
CBM 63 ext (33)}) 11... Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 (13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ng3 f5 15.
Qe2 Ra8 16. Rc2 Rf7 17. Rfc1 c5 18. Re1 a5 19. Bb5 $14 {Sokolov,I-Kindermann,S/
Austria 1995/CBM 45 ext (45)}) 13... g6 14. Rc2 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 b5 16.
Qe2 Nb6 17. Rc2 Rae8 18. Rfc1 f5 19. a4 Qd7 $15 {Tsiganova,M-Maric,A/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) (14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Qe2 b5 16. a4 c6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Nf1
Qf8 $132 {Nikolac,J-Farago,I/Split 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) 14... f6 15. Be2 (15.
Qe2 Rf7 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf8 18. Re1 Bb4 19. Rec1 Bd6 20. Re1 Bb4 21. Rec1
Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 15... Nxg3 (
15... f5 16. Qa1 c5 17. Rd1 Rae8) 16. hxg3 Rf7 $6 {Rook has nothing to do on
f7.} (16... Rae8 $5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bf3 {[%cal Gd2c4]} c6 19. Qa1 Nf6 20. Rfc1
Rc8 $132 {[%cal Gg6g4,Gh7h4,Gg8g7,Gf8h8]}) 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Bf3 Qd8
(19... f5 20. Nc4 $5 Nf6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qd3 Ne4 23. Rec1 $14) 20. Qc1 $1 $14
{[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb2a3] Black bishop is much more active than the white one
and it also a ''central defender'' in blacks camp.} (20. e4 $2 Rfe7 $17 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ge7e1]}) 20... Qb8 21. Nb1 f5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Ba3 Qd8 24. Na4
Bxa3 (24... Ne4 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 (25... cxd6 {[%csl Ge5]} 26. Qa3 Ree7 27. Rec1
Rc7 28. Qb4 b5 29. Nc3 $14) 26. Nb2 $14 {[%cal Gb2d3,Gd3e5]}) 25. Qxa3 Qe7 $6
26. Qxe7 Rexe7 27. Nb2 Ne8 (27... Ne4 $5) 28. Nd3 Rf6 29. Rec1 Rd6 30. b4 Kf6
31. a4 Rg7 32. Ne5 $16 Ke7 $6 (32... h5 $1) 33. g4 Kd8 $6 (33... fxg4 34. Bxg4
Kd8 35. Kf1 Nf6 36. Bf3 Bc8 $16) 34. g5 $1 {[%csl Re8,Rh7]} Re7 35. g3 Ng7 36.
Be2 Ne6 37. f4 Ng7 (37... Nf8) 38. Kf2 Rde6 39. g4 fxg4 (39... Rd6 40. gxf5
Nxf5 41. Bg4 Ng7) 40. Bxg4 Rd6 41. Nc6+ $5 (41. Kf3 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc2h2,
Gc1h1]}) 41... Bxc6 42. Rxc6 Ne8 43. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} b5 44. Rb6 $1 $18 (44.
R1c5 $18) 44... Rf7 (44... cxb6 45. Rc8#) 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. Ra8 {[%cal Gg4c8]}
Kf8 47. Bc8 Rd8 48. Bb7 Rxa8 49. Bxa8 c6 50. Rxc6 Ra7 51. Rc8 Ke7 52. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
O-O (8... Ne4 9. Nd2 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ba6 $6 (10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. a4
O-O 13. Ba3 Qe7 14. Qb2 c5 $11 {Gasparian,N-Nikoladze,S/Tbilisi 1999/EXT 2001 
(52)}) 10... Qc8 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Rc2 f5 15. g3 Rae8
$15 {0-1 Nogueiras,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (26)}) 9...
Nxd2 10. Bxd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 a6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Nd1 Kh8 $13
{Skatchkov,P-Rashkovsky,N/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (29)}) 9. e4 (9. cxd5 exd5
10. Ba6 Qc8 11. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Tibensky,R-Franzen,J/Trnava 1984/EXT 98 (11)}) (
9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Be4 16. Bd3 $14 {Velikov,P-Schneider,A/Frunze 1983/MCD (75)}) 9... dxc4
10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 $6 {After this move black easily reachs equality,while
after correct} (11. d5 $5 c6 $6 (11... Re8 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bg5 $14) 12. dxc6
Bxc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nh4 g6 15. Bg5 $14 {white is clearly better.}) 11... Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qe7 $11 14. f3 ({In case of} 14. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 15. Bxd5
Bxd5 16. Rxd5 c6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 $15 {black even has a symbolical advantage.})
14... Rad8 15. Be3 (15. Bg5 $5) 15... c6 {[%csl Gd5]} 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Ne2 $5 {
[%cal Ge2d4,Gd4f5]} Bb8 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bf2 (19. a3 $5 Ne5 20. Ba2 c5 21. Nb5
Qh4 22. Nc3 Nc6 $13) 19... Ne5 20. Be2 h5 $5 21. g3 (21. f4 Ng4 (21... c5 22.
Nb5 Nc6 23. e5 a6 24. Nc3 Nd4 $13) 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. e5 c5 24. Nb5 Qe6 $13)
21... h4 22. f4 c5 $1 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Bf3 Rfe8 {[%csl Re4]} 25. Nc3 Nd4 26.
Bxd4 Rxd4 ({Black could try} 26... cxd4 {,but the position remains equal in
any case.} 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qe3+ 29. Qf2 {[%csl Rd4]} (29. Kg2 $4 h3+ $19)
29... hxg3 30. hxg3 Bd6 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Kf1 $11) 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Nd5 Bxd5
29. exd5 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 hxg3 31. hxg3 g5 $5 32. Qxe3 $1 (32. fxg5 Qxg5 33. Kg2 d3
34. Rd1 Re3 $15) 32... Rxe3 33. Kf2 gxf4 34. gxf4 Bxf4 35. Rd1 Re7 $6 (35...
Be5 $5) 36. Kg2 Be3 $6 37. Bg4 Rc7 38. d6 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc6 40. d7 Rd6 41. Kf3
Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Supatashvili, Khvicha"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 O-O {Black is ready to give up his strong bishop in order to
complete the development as quick as possible.} (9... a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4
O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qd1 (13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Bxd6 Qg5+ 16. Bg3 f5
17. Qc6 f4 18. Qxd7 $16 {Chatalbashev,B-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio 2000})
13... b5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Be3 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. d5 $14 {Zagorskis,D-Stohl,I/
Bratislava 1994/EXT 99}) (9... c5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bf5
Bb8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne2 d4 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 $132 {Avrukh,B-Grooten,
H/Groningen 1996/EXT 98}) (9... Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Ne2
Bd6 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Ng3 c5 16. Nf5 $14 {Dizdar,G-Sax,G/Pula 1997/EXT 2000})
10. Nb5 Qe7 $5 (10... Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bd2 Ndf6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qa4 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 a6 16. Qb4 $14 {Pedersen,E-Fries Nielsen,J/Naestved 1985/MCD}) (10...
a6 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 b5 14. f3 Qb6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Bc6 17.
Qa3 $14 {Adler,J-Podlesnik,B/Bled 1992/CBM 29}) 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. b3 (12. b4 a5
13. b5 Rfc8 14. Bb2 c6 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rac1 Rac8 $132 {Lukacs,
P-Petran,P/Budapest 1992/EXT 97}) 12... Rac8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Bb2 c5 15. Rac1
Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qh6 $6 {Black queen has nothing to do on h6 so better was} (16...
Qe6 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Rc7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qd3 Ndf6 $132 {with unclear
position.}) 17. Rc2 (17. Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} Bxa6 (17... Qc6 18. Bb5 Qe6 19.
Ne5 Nef6 (19... Nxe5 20. Bxe8 Ng4 21. f3 Rxe8 22. fxg4 $16) 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21.
Qf3 $14) 18. Qxa6 Qe6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qd3 Nb6 $13) 17... Nd6 18. Ba6 (18.
Rdc1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb2a3]} Rc7 19. Ba3 Rec8) 18... Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qe6 20.
dxc5 {I guess at this stage white had in mind his 22d move.} (20. Qxa7 $4 Ra8
21. Qc7 Rec8 $19) 20... bxc5 21. Qd3 $5 Nb6 22. Rxc5 $14 {White doesn't win a
pawn with this spectacular move, but definitly gets some initiative.} Rxc5 23.
Qd4 Qf6 $8 24. Qxc5 Qxb2 25. Qxd6 Qxa2 26. Nd4 h6 27. h3 (27. g3 $5) 27... Rc8
28. Nf5 (28. Qe5 Qb2 29. Qe7 Qa2 30. Nf5) 28... Qxb3 29. Qe5 Qc3 (29... Qxd1+
30. Kh2 f6 31. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 30. Rd4 Qc1+ 31. Rd1 (31. Kh2 $2 Qc7 $15 {
[%cal Gc7h2]}) 31... Qc3 32. Ne7+ $5 (32. Rd4 $11) 32... Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Qd6
Nc4 34. Qd7 Nb6 35. Qxa7 Qb3 36. Rd4 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 33. Qf4 Qc2 {[%csl Gg6]}
(33... Rf8 $2 34. Ng6+ $18) 34. Ra1 Rf8 35. Rxa7 Nc4 {Preparing the exchange
of queens on b8!} 36. Ra6 (36. Qf5 $5 Qxf5 37. Nxf5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga7d7]} h5
38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Rd6 Rb8 40. Ne7 $14) (36. Qd4 $5 Nd2 $132 {[%cal Gc2d1]}) 36...
Kh7 37. Nf5 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qb8 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. Ra7 Rb2 (40... Rf8 41. Rd7 Nb6
42. Rd6 Rb8 43. h4 $14) 41. Rxf7 (41. Kg3 Nd2 42. f3 Nf1+ 43. Kf4 Rxg2 44. Rxf7
$14 {[%csl Rf1]}) 41... Rxf2 42. Kg1 Re2 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Re7 h5 45. Kf1 Ra2
46. Rd7 Nd2+ $1 47. Ke1 (47. Kg1 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ne4+ $11) 47... Ne4 48. Rd8+ (48.
Rxd5 Rxg2 $14) 48... Kh7 49. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 (7...
Bb4) 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 $6 {Bad idea.
This move was tried by Karpov back in 1994, but white didn't find best
continuation and achieved nothing out of the opening.} (12... Nd7 13. Qh3 (13.
Rd1 Nf6 14. Qh3 Be4 15. Ba6 Qc7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Bd2
Bd6 $13 {Legky,N-Spiridonov,N/Cannes 1999}) (13. Bh6 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1
(15. f4 Kh8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rc1 $18 {Hoi,C-Agopov,M/
Gausdal 2002}) 15... Rfd8 16. c4 Nf8 17. h4 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bg5 $14 {
Claesen,P-Vanderstricht,G/Gent 2000}) 13... f5 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. c4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Bf6 17. Qe3 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 $11 {Polgar,Z-Horvath,J/Debrecen 1990}) 13. Ba3
$1 {Very strong reply forcing black to retreat with the bishop back to e7.} (
13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bh6 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qh3 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Nf8 18. Qh5 Rd5 19.
Re3 g6 20. Qd1 Bg7 $132 {Polgar,Z-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1994}) 13... Bxe5 $6 {
Mistake after which black is in troubles.} (13... Re8 $2 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qh5+
g6 16. Qxh7+ Bg7 17. Bxg6+ Kf6 18. Bh5 $18) (13... Be7 $5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4
Nd7 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. f5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Rxe6 Qa3 $14) 14. Qh3 h6 15. dxe5
$1 {White isn't satisfied with minimal advantage after winning an exchange and
opts for attack.} (15. Bxf8 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Kxf8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nf6 $14)
15... Re8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Rad1 $16 Rc8 (17... a6 18. Re3 Rc8 19. Bd6 f5 20.
Rg3 Kh8 21. Qh5 $40 {[%cal Gg3g6]}) 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Ba6 Rb8 (19... Ra8) 20. Bd6
Ra8 21. Bc4 Qc8 22. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd4g4] Time to bring the rook to
kingside.} Nf8 23. Rg4 Ng6 24. Qg3 Bd5 25. Bd3 Rd8 (25... Qxc3 26. Bb4 Qb2 27.
Rb1 Qxe5 (27... Qxa2 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 $18) 28. Rxg6 Qxg3 29. Rxg3 Bxa2
$16) 26. c4 Bc6 27. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 28. Qxg6 $18 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qe8 30. Qh7+ Kf8
31. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Solin 9th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2001.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 (7. Qe2 Bg7
8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qf5 17. Qd6 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Be5 Rhb8 20.
b3 Bf8 21. Qd2 d6 22. Bf4 Rd8 $15 {Djuric,S-Nisipeanu,L/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72})
(7. d5 b5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 Bg7 10. Qe2 d5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4
Qc7 14. Bg5 Rae8 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Golod,
V-Greenfeld,A/Givatayim 1997/CBM 58 ext (25)}) 7... Bg7 8. d5 $5 {The most
ambitious approuch!} (8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 (9... O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. f4 Re8 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Qd2 a6 18. a4 Qc7
19. Bc2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ryan,J-Emms,J/Port Erin 1999/CBM 74 no vc (36)}) 10.
Be3 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Rc3 Nd5 21. Rd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Jussupow,A-Hracek,Z/Germany 1999/GER-chT (42)}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Rd1 {Main line starts with 13.e4, but a
move in the game also has a right to exist.} (13. e4 Qe7 (13... Rh5 14. Qd3 (
14. Bg5 $6 $146 Qc7 (14... Bf6 15. h4 Qe7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ng5
Rf8 19. Rad1 $14 {Gausel,E-Andersson,U/Sweden 1999}) 15. Rad1 Kf8 {[%cal Gf7f6]
} 16. g4 Rh8 $13 {Gausel,E-Hansen,S/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79}) 14... Qf6 15. Rb1
Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Novkovic,M-Stocek,J/Presov 2000/CBM 79 (15)}) (13... Qf6 14. Ng5
Rd8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Nd4 17. Kh1 Qc6 $11 {Muse,M-Adams,M/Germany 2000}) 14.
Bg5 (14. Rb1 O-O 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Qb7 Nb5
20. Rbd1 Qxe4 21. Qxd7 Nd4 $2 22. Bxd4 Red8 23. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25.
Nxe4 $16 {Zhukova,N-Zatonskih,A/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000}) (14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Ng5
Qxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 $11) 14... Qe6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Ne1 Nc4 17. Qe2 $13 {Dizdar,
G-Psakhis,L/Belgrade 1988/CBM 10}) (13. Ng5 Qe7 14. f4 Rh5 15. Qc4 Bf6 16. Ne4
O-O-O $13 {Hansen,S-Motwani,P/Gausdal 1992}) 13... Qe7 (13... Rh5 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. a3 d5 17. b4 d4 18. Qe2 Rhd5 $15 {Poettinger,H-Zeller,F/
Hohenems 1999/EXT 2000}) 14. e4 Rh5 $5 {Typical reply for this kind of
positions.} 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 ({Not so bad was also} 16... dxe6 $5 17.
Rd2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11 {and black is doing fine.}) 17. Rd2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxg5
$6 {[%csl Rg5] After this move black has to be careful to keep the balance.} (
18... Bxd4 19. h4 Rh7 20. g4 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Kg2 Kd7 $132) 19. Nf3 Rg4 (
19... Rh5 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. g4 Rh8 22. e5 Rf8 23. Kg2 $14) 20. Re1 O-O-O 21. g3
{[%cal Gh2h3] Threatening to win a rook with h3.} d5 $8 22. exd5 exd5 23. Re7
Rd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Rxd5+ Kc6 26. Rd2 c4 $14 {Strong bishop and possibility
to create a passed pawn on the queenside make black's drawing chanses extremly
high.} 27. Re2 (27. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]} Re4 28. Nh4 Re6 29. Ng2
b5 30. Ne3 Rd6 31. Rc2 $14) 27... Kd5 $1 28. Kf1 Re4 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Rb4
$1 {It's easier for black to create counterplay when the rooks are on the
board.} (30... Rxe2 31. Kxe2 b5 32. Kd3 a5 33. Nh4 g5 34. Nf5 Bf6 35. Ne3+ Kc5
$14) 31. Re3 a5 32. Ne1 b5 33. Nc2 Re4 34. Ke2 a4 35. Kd3 (35. Rxe4 Kxe4 36.
bxa4 bxa4 37. f3+ Kd5 38. Kd3 g5 $14) 35... Rxe3+ 36. Nxe3+ Ke5 37. f4+ Ke6 38.
bxa4 bxa4 39. Kc4 Bf8 40. h3 a3 41. Kb3 Bd6 $5 {White can't make progress
while his king is stuck on b3.} 42. Ng2 Be7 43. g4 Kd5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Ne3+ Ke5
46. Nxf5 Bf8 47. Nh4 Bd6 48. Nf3+ Kf4 49. Nd4 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 (7. d5 b5 8.
dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 Bg7 10. Qe2 d5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bg5
Rae8 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44 {Golod,V-Greenfeld,A/Givatayim
1997/}) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 $6 {If white intends to play d5 putting a rook on e1
is just a waste of time.} (8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e4 Qe7 (13... Rh5 14. Qd3 (14. Bg5 $6 Qc7 (14... Bf6 15. h4
Qe7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Rad1 $14 {Gausel,E-Andersson,U/
Sweden 1999}) 15. Rad1 Kf8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 16. g4 Rh8 $13 {Gausel,E-Hansen,S/
Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79}) 14... Qf6 15. Rb1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Novkovic,M-Stocek,J/
Presov 2000/CBM 79 (15)}) (13... Qf6 14. Ng5 Rd8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Nd4 17.
Kh1 Qc6 $11 {Muse,M-Adams,M/Germany 2000}) 14. Bg5 (14. Rb1 O-O 15. a3 Rfe8 16.
Ng5 Nd4 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Qb7 Nb5 20. Rbd1 Qxe4 21. Qxd7 Nd4 $2 22.
Bxd4 Red8 23. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Nxe4 $16 {Zhukova,N-Zatonskih,A/
Alushta 1999/EXT 2000}) 14... Qe6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Ne1 Nc4 17. Qe2 $13 {Dizdar,
G-Psakhis,L/Belgrade 1988/CBM 10}) (8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 a6
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 d5 $11 {Jussupov,A - Hracek,Z, 1999}) 8...
O-O 9. d5 (9. e4 cxd4 10. Nb5 (10. Nxd4 d6 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rc8
14. b3 Qc7 15. Bh6 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Eperjesi,L-Korpics,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 093 ext
(15)}) 10... d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Nfxd4 Nh5 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Rxe8+
Qxe8 $13 {Oostheim,P-Bahr,P/Bargteheide 1988}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Bxd5 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. e4 Qe7 $11 {Black has no opening problems.}
15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. a3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Qb3 $11)
15... Qe6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Bh6 (17. Rad1 Qxa2 18. Qxd7 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20.
Re2 Qe6 $15) 17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Be3 {White is very consistent in his
play for a draw.} Qxe4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Red1 $2 (22. Kf1 $1 Kg7
23. Rad1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Re4 26. f3 Rh4 27. Kg1 d5 28. g3 Rh5 29.
Rxd4 Kf6 30. Ra4 $11) 22... Re2 $1 23. Rxd4 Rae8 $1 24. h4 Rxb2 25. a4 (25.
Rxd7 Ree2 26. Rf1 Rxa2 $19) 25... Ree2 26. Rf4 d5 27. Rd1 (27. g3 Ra2 (27...
Rbd2 28. a5 b5 29. a6 Ra2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Rb4 Rxa6 32. Rxb5 Rd6 33. Kf1 $15 {
[%cal Gf1d3]}) 28. Rd1 Re5 29. Rfd4 Kg7 30. Kg2 $140 Re4 $19) 27... Rbd2 28.
Rb1 Ra2 29. Rd1 Re5 (29... Re4 $6 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Rd4 f5 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33.
Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 $15) 30. g3 Kg7 31. Rd3 Re1+ $1 32. Kg2 Re4 33. Rff3 (33.
Rxe4 dxe4 34. Rd4 e3 $19) 33... d4 34. h5 (34. Ra3 Ree2 35. Rad3 Rxa4 36. Rf4
a5 $19) 34... gxh5 35. Rf5 Rxa4 36. Rdf3 Re7 37. Rxh5 Rc4 38. Rf4 Rd7 39. Rg4+
Kf8 40. Re4 Rc5 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Reh4 d3 43. R8h7+ Kf8 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Re4+
Kd6 46. Rh1 d2 47. Rd1 Kc6 48. Re2 Rcd5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O
Bd6 (7... Be7 8. b4 O-O 9. Qb3 c6 10. a4 a5 11. bxa5 (11. b5 c5 12. Qc2 $13)
11... Rxa5 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bxa3 14. Qxa3 Ra7 15. Bc2 Re8 $13) (7... Nbd7
8. b3 Bd6) 8. b3 $5 {Intending to develop the bishop to a3.} (8. Nc3 O-O (8...
a6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qc2 c5 14. Ng3 Rc8 15.
Qe2 $14) 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Bf5 Rad8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rfd1
Rfe8 15. Qf1 Bb8 $13) (8. b4 O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. b5 a6 11. Nc3 axb5 12. Nxb5
Nbd7 13. a4 c5 14. Ba3 Ba6 $11) 8... O-O (8... Qe7 $5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bb2 Nbd7
11. Rc1 O-O 12. Rc2 Ne4 13. Re1 f5 14. g3 g5 $36) 9. Ba3 c5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11.
Rc1 Re8 (11... Qe7 12. Qe2 {[%cal Gd3a6]} Rad8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Ba6 $2 Ba8 15.
dxc5 (15. Bb2) 15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 bxc5 $13) 12. Qe2 $5 (12. Rc2 Ne4 13. dxc5
Ndxc5 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Be2 a6 16. Nbd4 Nxb3 $15 {Dymerski,H-Siekanski,J/
Naleczow 1989/EXT 97}) 12... Ne4 13. Ba6 {[%csl Rd5] White has to get rid of
this "bad' bishop in order to ut some pressure on d5.} Qc8 (13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qf6 16. Rfc1 $14) 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Bb2 ({Deserved attention} 15.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 (15... Ndxc5 16. Bb2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Bc5 19. Rd3 $14)
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 $14 {with better chanses.}) 15... Ndf6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 (
16... Rad8 17. dxc5 bxc5 $13) 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 (18... dxe4 19. Nh4
Qe7 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Nd4 Qe7 22. Qa6 $14) 19. Rd3 Qa6 20. Rcd1 Bb4 21. h4 $2 {
Blundering an exchange.} f6 $2 {Refusingg to take a generous gift!} (21... Nc5
$1 22. Ng5 (22. a3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 (23. axb4 Nxb4 $19) 23... Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Be7
25. Rxd5 Rc2 $17) 22... f6 (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Qh5 Nxb2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf5
Kg8 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. Nf7#) 23. Qh5
fxg5 24. Qxg5 Ne6 $19) 22. Nd4 $2 Nc5 $19 {[%cal Ga6e2] Black decides to win
an exchange after all.} 23. Nf5 Nxd3 24. Qg4 Rc7 $5 (24... g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26.
Nf5+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+) 27. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Re5 28. Rxd3
Rxf5 29. Qxb4+ Kg8 $17) 25. Bxf6 Ne5 $2 {[%csl Rb4]} ({After simple} 25... Bf8
$19 {black would remain with a rook up with no real compensation for white.})
26. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxb4 {[%csl Rf8] Now it's a new game!} Re8
$15 29. Qf4 Rce7 30. Nf5 Rf7 31. Rxd5 $2 {Giving up very important a-pawn is
serious mistake.} (31. a4) 31... Qxa2 32. Qe5 Ref8 33. e4 (33. b4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2
Rxf5 $19) 33... Qxb3 34. h5 h6 35. Rd6 Rxf5 $1 {The simplest way to win the
game.} 36. exf5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf5 38. Rxh6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ (39. Qxf5 Rxf5 40. Rd6
Rxh5+ 41. Kg3 Ra5 $19) 39... Qxe6 40. Rxe6 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Gb6b1,Ga7a1]} 41. Kg3
b5 42. Ra6 {'?' Hecht. Hecht: 'sehr schlechte Turmstellung!'} (42. Kf3 b4 43.
Ke3 a5 44. Kd3 a4 45. Kc2 b3+ 46. Kb1 a3 $19) (42. Re7 $1 {Hecht: kontrolliert
die Bauern viel besser und dazu den schwarzen König.} b4 43. Rb7 a5 44. Kf4 (
44. Rb5 $5 {Hecht} Kf7 45. Kf4 Ke6 $13 {erlaubt die Königsaktivierung mit
unbestimmtem Ausgang}) 44... Rc8 45. g4 Rc4+ 46. Kf5 a4 47. g5 Rc5+ (47... b3
$2 {Hecht} 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. g6+ Ke7 50. h6 $18) 48. Kg6 Rc6+ 49. Kf5 Rc5+ $11)
42... b4 43. Kf3 (43. Ra5 {Hecht} a6 $1) 43... b3 44. Ra1 a5 45. Ke3 a4 46. Kd3
b2 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 g6 $5 {Interesting
line leading to complicated struggle with mutual chances.} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e4 (13. Ng5 $6
Qe7 14. f4 Rh5 15. Qc4 Bf6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Qxe4 18. Qxf6 Rdh8 $40 {
Hansen,S-Motwani,P/Gausdal 1992}) 13... Qe7 (13... Qf6 14. Re1 (14. Ng5 Rd8 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Nd4 17. Kh1 Qc6 18. Qxc6 dxc6 19. f4 Bh6 20. Nh3 Rfe8 21. e5
Rd5 22. g3 $14 {Muse,M-Adams,M/Germany 2000}) 14... Rh5 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Re2 Rc8
17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. h3 Rc6 20. Be3 Rd6 21. Qc2 Bd4 $13 {Doettling,
F-Gruenberg,H/Germany 1999}) (13... Rh5 14. Bg5 Bf6 (14... Qc7 15. Rad1 Kf8 16.
g4 $6 Rh8 17. Kg2 Re8 18. h3 Bxb2 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. Re2 Bd4 21. Rc1 f6 22. Bd2
Be5 $17 {Gausel,E-Hansen,S/Reykjavik 2000}) 15. h4 Qe7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Rad1 $14 {Gausel,E-Andersson,U/Sweden 1999}) 14. Bf4 {
Bringing the bishop to d6.} (14. Bg5 Qe6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qxb2
18. Qd5 O-O 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. e5 Qe6 22. Qb7 $44 {Danner,G-Stohl,I/
Leon 2001}) 14... Bxb2 $146 {This move appears to be a novelty, however it's
not so easy assess it because black makes serious mistake just on the next move
} (14... Qe6 15. Ng5 Qf6 (15... Qxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Rae1 d6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19.
f4 Rd8 20. fxe5 Rxd5 21. Nxf7 Rf8 $11 {Jussupow,A-Adams,M/Dortmund 1998}) 16.
Bd6 Rh5 17. f4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 O-O-O 19. Rad1 Rdh8 20. h3 Qxd5 21. exd5 Nd8 $13 {
Lukacs,P-Cao Sang/Budapest 1996}) (14... O-O-O 15. Rad1 Rh5 16. Qc4 Kb7 17. Rd3
g5 18. Qd5 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 dxe6 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. g4 $16 {Akselrod,
V-Logunov,M/Tomsk 2002}) 15. Rad1 Rd8 $6 {[%csl Re8] After this move black
king is too vulnerable on e8.} (15... Qe6 $5 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5
O-O 19. Qxd7 Nd4 20. Qxe6 fxe6 $13) 16. Bd6 $1 Qf6 (16... Qe6 $6 17. Ng5 Qxd5
$2 (17... Qf6 18. f4 $36) 18. exd5 Ne5 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 fxg5 21. Rf6 $18 {
[%csl Re8]}) 17. e5 Qf5 (17... Qe6 18. Qd2 Bd4 19. Rfe1 $40 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gg5e4,
Ge4f6]}) 18. Rfe1 Bc3 19. Re3 Bd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. h3 $1 {Black has no chance
to get his king out of the center that's why white's chances are clearly
better.} Qe6 (21... Nc2 22. Rf3 Qe6 23. Qe4 Nd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 $44) 22.
Rxd4 $5 cxd4 23. Qxd4 g5 $2 {Hpoing to bring the rook into play via h4, but it
proves to be impossible after white's next move.} (23... Rc8 $5) 24. Rg3 Qf5 (
24... Rh4 $2 25. Qxh4 $18) (24... f6 25. exf6 Kf7 26. Re3 Qxf6 27. Be5 Qh6 28.
Rf3+ Kg8 29. Bxh8 Qxh8 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31. Qxg5 $18) (24... Rg8 $8 25. Qh4 Qg6 26.
Qa4 $16) 25. e6 $1 f6 26. Rf3 Rh4 27. Qd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Qg6 (27... Qxe6
28. Re3 Re4 29. Qh5+ Qf7 30. Rxe4#) 28. Qd5 Qe4 (28... Re4 29. exd7+ Rxd7 30.
Rxf6 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qg7 32. Qa8+ Rd8 33. Qc6+ Rd7 34. Rf8+) 29. Rxf6 $1 Qxd5 30.
Rf8# 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4 Ne4 13. Qh3 (13. Qg4 Nf6 14.
Qh4 Ne4 15. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Sosonko,G/Bad Lauterberg 1977/EXT 2002 (15)}
) (13. Qf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qe3 Bd5 18. Rfe1 Qb7
$15 {Franco Ocampos,Z-Adla,D/Zaragoza 1995}) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxf7 {This
spectacular move leads to a draw almost by force. If white intends to play for
a win he's got to take risk and play 14.Bf4 with very unclear consequances.} (
14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Ne2 (15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qg4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 $15 {Lukacs,P-Postny,E/
Budapest 2000}) 15... Qa4 (15... Qd8 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Bg5 g6 18. Bh6 Nbd7 19.
Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Nc3 $14 {Prusikin,M-Naumkin,I/Germany 2000}) 16. b3
(16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Be5 Nbd7 20. b3 Qb4 21. a3 Qc5 22. b4
Qd5 23. Nf4 $36 {Chatalbashev,B-Kristjansson,S/Plovdiv 2003}) 16... Qe8 17. Bg5
Ne4 18. Bf4 f5 19. Bc4 Bc5 20. b4 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Lobron,E/
Groningen 1993/CBM 039 (20)}) 14... Rxf7 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qg4 {White wins
back a piece, but he can't escape a trade of the queens.} Nc6 (16... Nd7 17.
Be3 Nf6 18. Bxd4 Nxg4 19. Nxe4 Rf4 20. Rfe1 e5 21. Bc3 $14 {Claesen,P-Van de
Berkmortel,T/Belgium 2000}) 17. Qxe4 (17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3
20. b3 (20. Rd1 $2 Nxf2 21. Nxf2 Bc5 $19) 20... Rc8 21. Be3 Rf5 $11) 17... Qxe4
18. Nxe4 Nb4 {Strangely enough the knight is heading for c5 and not for d5!} (
18... Rc8 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Rfc1 Rff8 21. a4 Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Gausel,E-Womacka,M/
Gausdal 2003/EXT 2004 (21)}) 19. Bd2 (19. b3 Rc8 20. Bd2 Nd3 21. Rad1 Rc2 22.
Be3 Nc5 $11) 19... Nd3 $1 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Rae1 (21. Ng3 Na4 22. Be5 Bf6 23.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 21... Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 (23. Rxe6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rc7 25.
Rc1 Rac8 26. Re3 b5 $11 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 23... Rxf6 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26.
Ke2 Ke7 27. Rg4 (27. Rc7+ Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rh4 h6 30. Ke3 Rf5 $11) 27...
g6 28. Rh4 h5 29. Rc7+ Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Rd4+ Ke7 32. Rc4 Kd7 33. Rd4+ Ke7
34. Rc4 Kd7 35. Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 {This variation has
become extremly popular during the last couple of years.} O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. c4
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb4 $5 {Immedeatly attacking
white's center} (12... Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Bb1 (15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Bf1
Ne7 17. g4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $14 {Franco Ocampos,Z-Adla,D/ARG 1992/
EXT 97}) 15... Bh6 16. Nd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nxd4 18. Qe1 e5 $17 {Polgar,Z-Hansen,
L/Aabenraa 1989/EXT 97}) 13. Bb1 dxc4 (13... Re8 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. Rfd1 g6 16.
Qe3 Nc6 17. h3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Na5 19. Bd3 $14 {Gerber,R-Goldin,A/Geneve 1999/
CBM 68}) 14. bxc4 Bxf3 {[%csl Rc4]} (14... Ba6 15. Ne4 Nbd5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.
Ne5 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Rc3 Bf8 20. Bc2 $14 {Langeweg,K-Bobotsov,M/Beverwijk
1966/MCD}) 15. Qxf3 $2 {After this move white's compensation is hardly enough
to keep the balance,so better was} (15. gxf3 Bd6 (15... Re8 16. Ne4 Nc6 17.
Rfd1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bd6 21. Qg4 Ne5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23.
Qxc8 Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 Filip,M-Golombek,H/Helsinki 1952/MCD (23)}) (15... Qc7 16.
Ne4 Qf4 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rg1 Nc6 $13 {Galic,Z-Jovancic,M/Caorle 1989/EXT 2000})
(15... Qxd4 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd2 $40 {
Mikenas,V-Rovner,D/Lvov 1951/EXT 99}) 16. Kh1 (16. Ne4 Bf4 17. a3 Nxe4 18. fxe4
Qh4 19. f3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc6 21. Kh1 e5 $1 $17 {Gil Capape,J-Milos,G/
Copenhagen 1982/EXT 2000}) 16... Nh5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44 {Gretarsson,
H-Salmensuu,O/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79}) 15... Rxc4 16. d5 $5 {Opening diagonal
a1-h8 for the bishop.} (16. a3 Nbd5 17. Ba2 Rc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20.
Qc6 Nd5 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. g3 $44 {Lehto,A-Issakainen,A/FIN 1996/EXT 99}) 16...
Nbxd5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 $17 (17... Rc5 $5 18. Rd4 Qc7 19. Ne2 Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1 Rc8 21.
Ne2 Bd6 $17 {Aguera Naredo,J-Toledo Lopez,F/Spain 1999/EXT 2001}) 18. Ne4 Rxc1
19. Rxc1 Qd7 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Re1 Qb5 ({May be even better was} 21... Qc7 $5 22.
Be5 Qc1 23. Kf1 Qh6 $19 {taking care of g7.}) 22. Qe5 Qd7 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. h3
Nxe4 $6 {There was no need to give back a pawn, even at cost of exchange of
queens. White's initiative is not dangerous at all, so black had nothing to
worry about.} 25. Qxe4 f5 ({Nothing changes} 25... g6 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6
28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Re4 $17 {and white has some drawing chanses.}) 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6
27. Rxe6 g6 28. g3 Nb4 ({After} 28... Kf7 29. Re2 Bg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Re5 Rc5
$17 {it's hard to believe that white would hold this endgame.}) 29. Bb5 Rc2 $6
30. Re2 Rxe2 $4 {[%csl Rg8]} (30... Bg7 $5 $17) 31. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. e3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 f5 11. Qe2 Nc6 {The position is very solid for
black, but white has small advantage and activity on the queenside.} (11... Qf6
12. b4 Nc6 13. f4 a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Rac1 d6 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5
Bxf3 19. Rxf3 d5 20. Bb1 Rfb8 21. a4 {1-0 Meister,T-Oravecz,I/Bayern 1997/ (42)
}) 12. Rac1 Qf6 (12... a5 13. b3 Qf6 14. c5 $14) 13. c5 Rae8 (13... a5 14. cxb6
cxb6 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. d5 $14) 14. b4 Kh8 (14... bxc5 15. Rxc5 Rc8 16. Rfc1 $16)
15. f4 g5 (15... Rc8 16. Nf3 bxc5 17. Rxc5 $14) 16. b5 $1 Na5 {Kasimdzhanov
was surely dreaming about better future for this knight, but at least black is
not losing a pawn.} (16... Ne7 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Rc7 Bd5 19. Rxd7 gxf4 20. Rxf4
$16) 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qg7 (18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 bxc5 20. Rxc5 $16) 19. cxb6
cxb6 20. Rc7 Rc8 21. Rfc1 (21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb2 Nc4 $14) 21... Rxc7 22. Rxc7
Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. e4 $1 Bb7 (24... fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Qc2
$16) 25. h3 (25. exf5 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. Qd3 exf5
30. Qxd7+ Kg6 31. Qe6+ $14) 25... d6 26. Qc2 (26. exf5 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 28.
Kh1 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 Qb2+ $14) 26... Qf6 27. Kf2 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29.
Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Topalov was very carefully avoiding endgames, that were
better but may be not sufficiently so. Black is suffering due to his
misserable knight on a5.} Kg7 (29... Qe7 30. g4 $14) 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Ke2 h6 (
31... e5 32. dxe5 dxe5 33. Qd3 Nc4 34. Ng5 Qh5+ 35. g4 Qxg5 36. Qxc4 $14) 32.
a4 Qb7 33. g4 (33. Ke1 Qe7 34. Qc3 Nb7 35. g4 $14) 33... Qf7 34. Qc3 Kh7 (34...
Qb7 35. h4 Qf7 (35... Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qxg4 37. Qc7+ Kg6 38. Qxd6) 36. g5 $16) 35.
h4 Kg7 36. h5 (36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Qb7 38. Ke3 Qf7 39. Qd3 $14) 36... Kg8 37.
Qc1 e5 $6 {The defender is opting for the desperate trick in a difficult
position.} (37... Kh7 38. g5 Qxh5 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. gxh6 Kxh6 41. Qxd6 $16) 38.
Qxh6 (38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Nxe5 Qa2+ 40. Ke3 Qb3+ 41. Kf2 $18) 38... e4 39. Ng5 $2
{Topalov is missing a chance to keep the lid on a5 knight a winning with his
strong g and h pawns.} (39. Nd2 $1 d5 40. Ke1 Qe7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. g5 $18)
39... Qa2+ 40. Ke3 (40. Kf1 Qc4+ 41. Kf2 Qxd4+ 42. Kg3 Qe3+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ $11)
40... Nc4+ 41. Kxe4 (41. Kf4 Qf2+ 42. Kxe4 Qg2+) 41... Qg2+ 42. Kf4 (42. Kd3
Nb2+ 43. Kc3 Nd1+ 44. Kb4 Qd2+ 45. Kc4 Qa2+ $11) (42. Nf3 $5 Qxg4+ (42... Qe2+
43. Kd5 Ne3+ 44. Kxd6 Qxf3 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. g5 $16) 43. Kd5 Qxf3+
44. Kxc4 d5+ 45. Kb4 Qg4 $14) 42... Qf2+ 43. Ke4 (43. Nf3 $4 Qe3+ $19) 43...
Qg2+ 44. Kf4 Qf2+ 45. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. b3 b6 8.
e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne1 Qg5 (13... Rae8
14. f3 Ng5 15. Nd3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nf2 Ne6 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Rad1 Rf7 20.
Qd2 Qg5 21. Nh3 Qg6 22. Qc3 f4 23. exf4 Nd4 24. Qe3 Rfe7 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Cebalo,M/
Portoroz 1994/ (73)}) (13... c5 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1
e5 (17... Nb6 18. Nf2 Ne8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng3 {1-0 Ortega,L-Drasko,
M/Arco 2001/ (37)}) 18. Nf2 Ne8 19. b4 Rf6 20. b5 Nf8 21. f4 Ng6 22. g3 Ba8 23.
Bf1 Nh4 24. Rd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ng6 26. Bh3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Hulak,K/Pula
1995/ (54)}) (13... Rf6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nd3 Rff8 16. Nf2 Rad8 17. Rae1 Nf7 18.
Bd3 c5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nfe5 22. Be2 {1-0 Sirigos,N-Angelis,
M/Chania 1995/ (40)}) 14. Qc1 (14. Bc1 Rae8 (14... Qh4 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bd1 Rf6
17. Qf2 Qh5 18. h4 Ne4 19. fxe4 Qxd1 20. Bb2 Qxb3 21. d5 e5 22. exf5 Nc5 {
0-1 Likavsky,T-Galianina Ryjanova,J/Zvolen 2000/ (33)}) 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nd3 e5
17. d5 c5 18. Nf2 Qg6 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. Bd3 Bc8 21. g4 e4 22. fxe4 fxg4 23. e5
Qg5 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qg6 {1-0 Mah,K-Paz Ladron de Guevara,D/Guarapuava 1995/ 
(30)}) 14... Rf6 15. f3 Qh5 16. fxe4 {The threat of Rh6 was critical for white,
so he clears the situation in the center and closes Bb7.} (16. g4 fxg4 17. fxe4
Rh6 $1 18. Rf2 Rf8 19. Nd3 (19. Rg2 Bxe4 20. Bxg4 Qf7 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3
Qxf3 23. Qd2 Rhf6 $17) 19... Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Kf1 g3 22. Bf3 Bxe4 $19)
16... Qxe2 17. d5 (17. exf5 Raf8 18. d5 Rxf5 19. Nf3 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $17)
17... e5 18. exf5 (18. Rf2 Qh5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qd1 Nc5 21. b4 Ne4 22. Rxf5
Qxf5 23. Nf3 Rf8 $15) 18... Nc5 (18... Raf8 19. Nf3 Qd3 $1 (19... Rxf5 20. Qd2
$11) 20. Qc3 Qxf5 21. Nd2 Qg4 $15) 19. Rf2 Qg4 (19... Qh5 20. Qc2 Raf8 21. b4
$14) 20. Qc2 (20. Qd1 Qg5 21. b4 Ne4 22. Rf3 Bc8 (22... Rxf5 23. Qd3 Rxf3 24.
Nxf3 Qg6) 23. Qe2 Bxf5 $17) 20... Raf8 21. h3 (21. b4 Ne4 22. h3 Qh4 23. Rf1
Ng3 (23... Rxf5 24. Nf3) 24. Qf2 Rxf5 25. Nf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxh3 27. Qg2 Qxg2+
28. Kxg2 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 c5 $15) 21... Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Strategically excellent
solution, good pieces are much more important than a poor extra pawn.} (21...
Qg5 22. b4 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Bc1 Qf6 25. Nf3 $14) 22. b4 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Ne4
(23... Nb3 24. Rb1 Rxf5 25. Nd3 $14) 24. g4 g6 $1 25. Rg2 (25. fxg6 Rf1+ 26.
Kh2 R8f2+ 27. Ng2 hxg6 28. Rxf1 Rxc2 29. Ba1 Rxc4 $19) 25... gxf5 26. gxf5+ Kf7
27. Rg4 (27. Nd3 Rxf5 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bc8 $17) 27... Rg8 28. Ng2 Rxg4 (
28... Ng5 29. Rxg5 $1 Rxg5 30. e4 c6 31. Rc1 a6 32. Kf2 $13) 29. hxg4 h5 30.
Rc1 {All white pieces are dislocated, so he has hard time just to find a way
to fight for equality.} (30. gxh5 Rxf5 31. a4 (31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Nd2+ 33.
Kf2 Nxc4 34. Bc1 Bxd5 $19) (31. h6 Rf2 32. Bc3 Kg6 $17) 31... Rxh5 32. a5 b5
33. a6 Ba8 34. Rc1 Ke8 35. cxb5 Kd7 36. Rd1 Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxd1 39.
Bc1 Bxd5 $19) 30... hxg4 31. c5 (31. Nh4 Rh6 32. Ng6 Rh3 $19) 31... Bxd5 32.
cxd6 cxd6 33. Rc7+ Ke8 34. Nf4 (34. Rg7 Rxf5 35. Rxg4 Nd2 $19) (34. Rxa7 Rxf5
35. Rg7 g3 $19) 34... exf4 (34... Bb3 35. Nh5 (35. Rxa7 Rxf5 36. Ng6 Ng5 $19)
35... Rxf5 36. Ng7+ Kd8 37. Rc3 Nxc3 38. Nxf5 Ne4 $19) 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. exf4 (
36. Rxa7 f3 37. Rg7 Kf8 38. Rg6 Ne4 39. Rxg4 f2+ 40. Kg2 Nf6+ $19) 36... g3 {
Black g pawn will quickly decide the battle, white must be happy not to lose
right away.} 37. Rxa7 Nh5 38. a4 Nxf4 39. Rg7 (39. a5 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 g2+ $19)
39... g2 40. Kh2 Ne2 41. Rxg2 (41. a5 g1=Q+ 42. Rxg1 Nxg1 43. Kxg1 bxa5 44.
bxa5 Be4 45. f6 Kf7 $19) 41... Bxg2 42. Kxg2 Nd4 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Nxf5 (
44... Nxf5 45. a6 Ne3+ 46. Kf3 Nd5 47. a7 Nc7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O
d5 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 (9. b4 {Belov} Nbd7 (9... c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Ba6 12.
Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 $10 {Dreev,A-Karpov,A/Linares/1995/0,5/21/})
10. Bb2 c6 11. Bc3 (11. c5 $14) 11... c5 $1 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qc2
$14 {Yusupov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1991/0,5/63/}) 9... exd5 10. b4 c5 (10...
Nbd7 {Belov} 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Qc2 f6 15. Nc6 $14 {
Khalifman,A-Rozentalis,E/Rakvere/1993/0,5/43/}) (10... c6 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. Bb2
Re8 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Nh4 Ne4 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. f3 $14 {Li
Zunian-Hernandez,Rom/Luzern olm/1982/1:0/50}) 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Rb1 Qc7 (12...
Qc8 13. dxc5 Ba6 14. Nb3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 Bc4 16. Nfd4 Bxc5 17. Nf5 Qa6 18. Nxc5
Nxc5 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qd6 Nfe4 21. Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Bxg7 {Cramling,P-Sjoberg,M/
Stockholm op/1992/1-0 (36)}) 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. Nb3 (14. Bb2 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Rac8 (
15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 18. Nd4 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bd8 20. Rfd1 h5 21.
Nb3 Rc8 22. Nbd4 Ne4 23. Rbc1 {1-0 Ruban,V-Shestoperov,A/Smolensk ;CBM 24 1991
(63)}) 16. Bf5 Ne6 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Be5 Rd7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc8 21. Bxd7
Bxd7 22. Rb7 Rd8 23. Rxa7 Ne8 24. Rc1 {1-0/Kasparov,G-Short,N/Brussels blitz/
1987/}) 14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 {The bishop's pair covers excellent
diagonals towards the black K, their colleagues on b7 and c5 are not blessed
with the same fate.} Ne4 (16... Be7 17. Be5 (17. Nd4 g6 18. Qe2 $14) 17... Qd7
18. Qb3 $16) 17. Nd4 Bxd4 $6 {Breaking the general rule, that in open
positions bishops should be cherrished and not given up. Unpleasant Nd4 could
have been partly tamed at a lesser prize.} (17... Bd6 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qh4 $16)
(17... g6 18. Qe2 Bd6 (18... Rfc8 {Belov} 19. Rbc1 Qe7 $14) 19. h3 $14) 18.
Bxd4 Bc6 (18... Rfc8 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qh4 $16) (18... Qd7 {Belov} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Bxe4 $18) (18... Qe7 {Belov} 19. Qg4 f6 20. f3 Ng5 21. h4 $16) 19. Qc2 Qd7
(19... Rac8 20. f3 Ng5 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 $18) (19... h6 {Belov}
20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Ba6 $18) 20. f3 Ng5 (20... Ba4 21. Qb2 Nd6 22. Bxg7 $18) (
20... Nd6 {Belov} 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 $16) 21. Bf5 Ba4 (21... Qc7 {Belov} 22.
Rfc1 g6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Ba6 $18) (21... Qd6 {Belov} 22. Bc5 $18) (21... Ne6 {
Belov} 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 $18) 22. Qd3 (22. Bxd7 Bxc2 23. Rb2 Bd3 24. Rd1
Bc4 25. Bc6 Rac8 (25... Rab8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bxa7 $18) 26. Bb7 Rc7 27. Bxa7
$16) 22... Qd6 23. f4 Ne6 (23... Ne4 24. Bxg7 (24. Bxe4 {Belov} dxe4 25. Qxe4
$16) 24... Bc2 (24... Kxg7 25. Bxe4 $16) (24... Nc5 25. Qd4 Ne6 26. Qf6 $18)
25. Bxf8 (25. Qxc2 Kxg7 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 $16) 25... Bxd3 26. Bxd6 Bxb1
27. Be5 Bd3 28. Rc1 $18) 24. Be5 Qe7 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf5 {[%cal Yf5h3] White
bishops have done a good job and the position is clearly lost for the shaky B
and N duo.} Qh4 (26... Qxa3 27. Qh3 Rfc8 28. Rb7 $18) (26... f6 {Belov} 27. Qh5
fxe5 28. Bg6+ Kg8 29. Qh7#) 27. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Yf3h3]} Qxh7 28. Rh3 Qxh3 29.
Qxh3+ Kg8 30. f5 $1 (30. Qg3 f6) 30... Ng5 (30... f6 31. fxe6 fxe5 32. e7 Rfe8
33. Qe6+ $18) 31. Qg4 f6 (31... Bc2 32. Qxg5 f6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 34. Rb7 Rf7 35.
Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Qc6 $18) 32. Rb7 Rae8 (32... fxe5 33. Qxg5 Rf7 34.
Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qg6+ $18 (35. Qg6+ {Belov} Kf8 36. Qd6+ $18)) 33. Rxg7+ $1 (33.
Rxg7+ {Belov} Kxg7 34. Qxg5+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Bxf6+ Rxf6 37. Qxf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. b3 (3. d4 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4) 3... Bb7 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qe2 (11. Ne2 $5 c5 12.
Ng3 $13) 11... c5 12. cxd5 (12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 $13) 12...
exd5 13. Rfd1 (13. Bf5 $5) 13... g6 (13... Bd6 14. Qf1 Qe7 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b4 c4 20. Bc2 Bxb4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rb1
Qe7 23. Nd4 {Steinbacher,M-Conquest,S/BL 8889/1989/0-1 (41)}) 14. Ne5 (14. Qc2
Rc8 15. Qb1 $10) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Nh5 $1 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qf3 (17. Na4 $2
Bg5 $19) 17... b5 {Black have succeeded in preventing all active ideas of his
enemy ,but his own pieces have decent prospects.} 18. a4 Bc6 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Ra1 Nf6 21. Qe2 (21. Ne2 Ne4 $17) 21... Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bd6 23. Qf1 b4 24. Na4 $2
(24. Ne2) 24... Qc7 25. g3 (25. h3 Ne4 $17) 25... Ne4 26. Qc1 (26. Rc1 Nd2 27.
Qd1 Re1+ $1 28. Qxe1 Nf3+ $17) 26... h5 $1 {Who exactly is helping to defend
white's K?} 27. Qc2 h4 28. Rc1 hxg3 29. Qxc6 (29. hxg3 Bxg3 30. Qxc6 (30. Bxe4
Rxe4 31. Kg2 $8 (31. Qxc6 Bxf2+ $19) 31... Bxa4 (31... Qe7 $1 32. Qxc6 Bxf2 33.
Qxd5 Be1 $19 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Bc1 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 Qh4) 32. Qxc7 Bxc7
33. Rxc7 Bxb3 34. Rb7 Re2 35. Bc1 Rc2 36. Bg5 Rc4 37. Bf6) 30... Bxf2+ 31. Kh1
Qd8 32. Qc7 Qg5 $1 $19 {(/\ Be3, Bg3)}) 29... gxh2+ 30. Kg2 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxf2
$1 (31... Nxf2 $1 32. Rc1 Nxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 (7. b3) 7...
cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. d5 $6 (9. b3 $142) 9... exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bf6 (
11... Bxd5 12. Bxh7+) 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Bf4 g6 {/\14... Ld5 15.Lg6 La2} 14. Bc2
Na6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 $17 (16... Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxc2 18. b4 {/\19.Db5,
20.Td7}) 17. Ng5 (17. Be3 $142) 17... Ba6 18. Re1 (18. Be3 $2 Rxe3 {19... Lg5})
18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxb2 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxb2 Nd3 22. Qa3 Bc4 (22... Nxe1 $2
23. Qh3 $18) (22... Rc2 $142) (22... Bb5 $142 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Nf3 (
25. Ne4 Qd4) 25... Rxd2 $19) 23. Bd2 Nxe1 24. Qh3 Bxd5 $2 (24... Qf6 25. Qh7+
Kf8 26. Ne4 (26. Bb4+ Rc5 $19) 26... Qe5 (26... Nf3+ $1 $13) 27. Bh6+ $1 $40 {
+-} (27. Bb4+ Rc5 $19)) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qe5+ Be6 (27... Kf8 28.
Nh7+ Kg8 29. Bh6 $18) 28. Ne4 (28. Nxe6 d6 29. Bg5+ Kd7 30. Qb5+ Kxe6 31. Qe2+
$18) 28... d5 29. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qe2 {/\ 10..Nbd7 11.Nc3/ 10...Nc6 11.Nbd2} Nc6 11. Nbd2 Re8 {
/\ Bf8, g6} 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Bb1 $2 (13. Rfe1 $142 {/\ 14.Qe3}) (13. Qe3 $142 {
/\ 14.Ne5}) 13... Rc8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Nxc6 (15. bxc4 Nxd4 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5
Nd7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 $15) 16. Qe3 Nf5 17. Qh3 $40 {Portisch}) 15...
Bxc6 16. bxc4 g6 17. Bd3 $15 {/\ Nf3, Ne5} Bg7 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Rfe1 (19. Ne5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 $15 {xc4}) 19... Bb7 (19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Bf5 $1 {Najdorf}) 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Bf1 $10 Red8 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. h3 (23. Be2
$5) 23... Ne8 $1 {/\ Nd6-f5} 24. Qb3 h6 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Nd6 27. Qb3 Nf5 (
27... Nxc4 $142 28. Rc1 $16 {Najdorf} b5 29. Qxb5 Rb8 30. Qxc4 (30. Rxc4 Rxb5
31. Rxc7 Rxb2) 30... Qxc4 31. Bxc4 Rxb2 $17 {Portisch}) 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 (
29. cxd5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qf4 $132) 29... Rxd5 30. cxd5 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Qd6 32. Ba6
Rd8 (32... Rb8 {/\ b5, Qd5} 33. Qc3 $1 (33. Qb5) 33... Qxd5 34. Qc7 Qd6 35.
Qxa7 b5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Bc4 $16 {Najdorf}) 33. Bc4 Rb8 {/\ b5, a5-/+} 34. a4
Qf4 35. Bb5 Rd8 36. Bc6 Nd4 37. Qc3 Rc8 38. a5 bxa5 39. Qxa5 Rb8 40. Qa2 (40.
Qxa7 Rb2 {Portisch proposed a draw.}) 40... Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {It is unusual, that the position after Black's 10th
move appears in practice with a spare tempo. The culprit lies in the fact,
that the knight b1 can be exchanged on the square c3 and for that the white
queen needs to invest one more move - Qc2.} (3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O (11. b4 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 c5 13. O-O cxb4 14. axb4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. e4 Qg6 17. Re1 Rfc8 18. Qe2
Bxe4 19. f3 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Hage,P-Kiprov,A/Munich 1936 (26)}) 11... c5 (11... Rc8
12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 Rf6 14. c5 c6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rh6 17. g3 bxc5 18. dxc5
Nxc5 19. Qd4 Qe7 $17 {0-1 Tikovsky,A (2140)-Farsakh,C (2070)/Bayern 1996 (47)})
12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qxc5 16. b4 Qc6 17. Qe2 Rac8
18. Bd3 e5 19. Bb2 $16 {1-0 Adair,J (2167)-Mackenzie,C (2120)/England 2010 (48)
}) 3... Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 d5
{The plan black is choosing is a modest surprise, better results have been
achieved with the advance ...f7-f5. What is more, Black is playing a tempo
down compared to the 3.Nc3 line and that must be beneficial for White.} (9...
f5 10. O-O a5 (10... Rf6 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Rg6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qg5 15. g3
c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Rad1 $11 {0-1 Pashikian,A (2652)
-Zelcic,R (2547)/Rijeka 2010 (46)}) 11. b3 d6 12. d5 e5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2
c6 15. f4 Nd7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxf5 Qh4 19. Raf1 Be4 20. Rxf8+
Rxf8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qd1 $16 {1-0 Fressinet,L (2664)-Jussupow,A (2576)/
France 2009 (43)}) 10. O-O Nd7 11. b4 (11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 $14) 11... c5 12. Bb2
dxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxc4 cxb4 15. axb4 Qe7 $11) 13... Ng5 $6 {
[%mdl 32] Savchenko is complicating his own task with a nervous strategical
decision. The exchanges in the centre would set the white bishop pair free,
but the position would remain practically equal.} (13... cxd4 $1 14. Bxd4 Rc8
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd5 $11) 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qg4 $2 {The active queen
move has no positional excuse and is a serious mistake. Only the modest
retreat to e7 could have mollified the consequences of the knight move.} (15...
Qe7 16. Bb5 Rac8 (16... cxb4 $2 17. Qc7 $18) 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19.
bxc5 Qd5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Rad1 Qe4 $14) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bb5 $1 cxb4 $2 {
A surprising solution in a difficult position. Black prefers to dream about
tactical counterchances rather than to defend the grim position a pawn down.} (
17... Rad8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. bxc5 $16) 18. Bxd7 b3
19. Qf2 (19. Qd2 $2 Rad8 20. Rf2 Bc8 $15) 19... Rfd8 20. Rad1 (20. Ba4 Bd5 21.
Rac1 $18) 20... Ba6 {Realistically speaking Black has no chance of creating
sufficient threats. Moiseenko enjoys the privilege of having several pleasant
choices of refutation.} (20... Bc8 21. h3 Qh5 22. Qg3 Qg6 (22... g6 23. f5 $18)
23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bc6 $18) 21. Rfe1 Bb5 (21... Bc8 22. h3 Qh5 23. Qg3 $18) 22.
h3 {A very elegant impression was made by the centralisation of the rook via
d5, but the first player only has eyes for the kingside attack.} (22. Rd5 $5
Rxd7 (22... Bxd7 23. Rg5 $18) 23. Rxb5 $18) 22... Qh5 23. Qg3 (23. g4 Qxh3 24.
Bxb5 Qxg4+ 25. Qg2 $18) 23... g6 24. f5 $1 {The open diagonal a1-h8 will turn
into a main motif and the hero of the position. Black is without any hope.}
Qxf5 (24... Rxd7 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxf6 Rf8 (26... Qxd1 27. fxe6 $18) 27. Qh8+ Kf7
28. Rxd7+ Bxd7 29. fxe6+ $18) 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Qh4 {The catastrophe along the
dark squares can no longer be avoided.} Rxd1 (26... Qb6 27. Qf6 e5 28. Qxe5 $18
) 27. Rxd1 e5 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qe7 Qc4 31. Bxe5+ Kh6 32. Qf6 (
32. Bf6 b2 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. g4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxd2 (8... Be7) 9. Bxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nfe4 $1 15. f3 (15. Be1 Rac8 16. f3 Nd6 $36) 15... Nxd2 16. Rxd2
a6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. e4 Rc3 $1 21. Ne2 $2 Rxf3 $1 22.
Qxb6 (22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Ng3 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Nxf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 $19) 22... Qg5 (
22... Nc4 $17) 23. Qxb7 Rh3 $3 (23... Qxd2 24. gxf3 $16) 24. Qa7 (24. Rdd1 Qe3+
25. Kh1 Rxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. Kh1 Qh6+ 28. Kg1 Qh2#) (24. Kh1 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2
Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Ng4 27. Qc7 e5) (24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. g3 (25. Ng3 Rxh2 $19) 25...
Rxh2+ (25... Qf6+ 26. Kg2 Ng4 $1 27. Kxh3 Ne3 {/\ Qh6}) 26. Bg2 Ng4+ 27. Kf3
Qf6+ 28. Nf4 (28. Kxg4 h5#) 28... Qc3+ 29. Kxg4 f5+ 30. exf5 exf5+ 31. Kg5 Qf6#
) 24... Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 (25... Nxd2 26. gxh3 Nxe4+ 27. Kf3 Nd2+ 28. Kf2 Qf6+)
0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Open-02 (Politiken Cup-01)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1980.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fuller, Maxwell L"]
[Black "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Fuller,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1980.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 $146 (
7... c5 $5) 8. a3 Be7 9. b3 (9. b4 $5) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rc8 (10... c5 $5) 11.
Qe2 Ne4 (11... c5) 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Rac1 c6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Bb1
Qe8 17. b4 Na6 $2 18. Bd3 $1 Nc7 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rb8 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Nd4
Bd7 (22... Nb5 $5) 23. a4 f4 24. exf4 Rxf4 25. g3 Rf7 26. Ba3 Rf8 27. Rb1 Qf7
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Qf8 31. Qc2 g6 32. Qd2 Kg7 33. Qc3 Qb8 34.
h4 Qb7 35. Qa5 Bd8 36. Bc1 $1 Qb8 37. Qd2 Ne8 38. Nf3 $1 Kg8 39. h5 Qb3 40.
hxg6 hxg6 41. Bxg6 $1 Qxf3 42. Qh6 Bf6 43. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {After I lost a
game to Illescas earlier this year some people thought that this line is not
playable for White anymore. However I keep on playing it} Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
a5 9. b3 d5 $5 {N. A new approach to this position. Normally Black plays d6,
Nbd7 etc...} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 {now Black's idea is clear, due to a
weakness on b3 White cannot clear the centre} 12. Rfd1 (12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. b4
Ne4 14. Qe1 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Qa8) 12... Qe7 13. Ne5 {I decided to
exchange a pair of Knights} (13. a4 Rfd8 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Qb2) 13... Rfd8 (13...
Ne4 14. Qe1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. Bf1 Qh5 (16... Qg6 17. Bd3) 17. f3 Ng5 18.
Qg3 {is in White's favor} (18. h4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 dxc4 $44)) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 (
14... Rxd7 15. Qe1 $14) 15. Rac1 {This allow Black to simplify the position.} (
15. a4 $5 Rac8 16. Rac1 (16. Ba3 $5)) 15... a4 $1 {This is the exact move
order. Bad is} (15... cxd4 16. exd4 a4 $2 17. c5 $1 bxc5 $140 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Qd4) 16. bxa4 dxc4 (16... Rxa4 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bb5) 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Be2 {
definitely not} (18. Bf1 $4 Nf3+ $1 $19) 18... Qg5 $6 {This leads to a better
ending for White.} (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 (19. exd4 Ng6 $44 {With the idea Nh4})
19... Nc6 20. Qb2 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 (22. exd4 Qd6) 22... Qxa3 23. Rd1
(23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Bd1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Rb1 Ra6) 23... Bc6 $10) 19. e4 $1
Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxe4 21. Rcd1 Nc6 (21... cxd4 22. Bxd4 $16) 22. dxc5 Rxd2 (22...
bxc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. a5 $16) 23. Rxd2 bxc5 24. Bb5 {This
ending is definitely in White's favor because of a-passed pawns the fact that
they are doubled didn't bother me to much} Na5 25. Rd7 h5 (25... h6 $142 $14)
26. h4 (26. h3 $5) 26... Bd5 27. Rc7 Nc4 (27... Nb3 28. f3 $14 {Black are very
passive here and White are improving by putting their king on e3 followed by
g4 etc...}) 28. Bc1 {I could transfer to different color bishop ending
exploiting the weakness on the king side} (28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc5 Rxa4 (29...
Bd5 30. a5 $14) 30. Rg5 g6 31. Rc5 Kf8 32. Bf6 Ke8 33. Rc7 e5 34. Re7+ Kf8 35.
Rd7 Ra8 36. Bxe5 $16) 28... Nd6 (28... Nb6 29. Rxc5 Nxa4 30. Rc7 $16) 29. Rxc5
Nf5 30. Bd2 {I'm not sure if it's the right move as White have other nice
options like} (30. Bd3 Nxh4 31. f3 (31. a5 Bxg2) 31... Ng6 32. a5 Bb7 33. Rxh5)
(30. Bc4 $5) 30... Nxh4 31. a5 f6 $2 (31... Nf5 32. a6 (32. Bf1 Nd6 33. f3 Nb7)
(32. Rc7 Nd4) 32... Nd4 (32... Nd6 33. Bd3 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Bxe4 35. Ra5 $16) 33.
Bf1 Nb3 34. Rc2 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 f6 36. Rc2 Ra7 $14) 32. Bf1 $18 Nf5 33. a6 Ra7
34. Ba5 Nd6 35. Bb6 Ra8 36. Rc7 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Nxc8 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. a7 Ne7 40.
Be2 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+
c6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Rc1 $146 (12. Qc2 Rc8 13.
Ne2 Re8 14. Ng3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Bxd7
Nxd7 20. h4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. e4 d4 23. f4 Re8 24. e5 $13 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Karpov,An (4)/Tilburg (3) 20'/1993/0-1 (41)}) (12. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Re8 13. Ng3
g6 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Nd2 f5 16. Ngf1 $1 Qh4 17. Re2 Qh6 18. f3 Nef6 19. Qc2 Re6
20. Rae1 Rae8 21. e4 Nh5 $1 22. g3 Qf8 $5 23. e5 Bb4 $14 {Malaniuk,
V-Vyzmanavin,A/Pardubice/1993/}) (12. Re1 {Ftacnik} Re8 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 (
14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bf5 Rc7 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Ne5 c5
20. Qd3 Re7 21. Re1 g6 22. Bh3 Nd5 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Qd2 $17 {Polugaevsky,
L-Karpov,An/Roquebrune 30' (04)/1992/0-1 (59)}) 14... c5 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Ba6
Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Ndf6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Qd3 $10 {Portisch,L-Huebner,R/
Manila izt/1990/}) 12... Re8 13. Ne2 Qe7 (13... Ne4 $5) 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 (15.
Qc2 $5) 15... Ba3 (15... a6 16. Qc2 c5 $14) 16. Rfe1 (16. Qc2 $5) 16... Qd6 (
16... a5 $5 {/\a4}) 17. Qc2 (17. Bxa3 {Ftacnik} Qxa3 18. Qc2 Rac8 $10) 17...
Bxb2 (17... a5 $5) 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Red1 (19. Qa3 {Ftacnik} Ne4 $5) 19... Rac8
20. Ne2 (20. Bb5 {Ftacnik} a6 21. dxc5 bxc5 $10) 20... a6 21. Rc2 (21. h3 $5)
21... cxd4 22. Nexd4 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Ne4 (24... Qc5 25. Ne2) 25. Bd3
Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qc5 27. Qd1 b5 28. Ne2 b4 29. Qa1 (29. Bxe4 {Ftacnik} dxe4 30.
Qxd7 exf3 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Qxd4 33. Nxd4 fxg2 34. f3 $10) 29... Qd6 30.
Qd4 Qc5 31. Qa1 (31. Qxc5 {Ftacnik} Ndxc5 32. Bc2 Kf8 $10) 31... Qd6 32. h3
Ndc5 33. Bc2 Qf6 34. Qe5 (34. Qxf6 {Ftacnik} Nxf6 35. Nfd4 Kf8 $13) 34... Qxe5
35. Nxe5 f6 36. Nf3 Ne6 (36... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 37. Nfd4) 37. Ne1 Kf7 38. f3 N4c5
(38... Nc3 {Ftacnik} 39. Nxc3 bxc3 40. Kf2 $14 {><c3}) 39. g4 a5 40. Kf2 Ba6
41. h4 (41. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 42. exd4 Ne6 43. Ke3 $10) 41... h6 (41... Bxe2
42. Kxe2 d4 43. Nd3 $16) 42. h5 (42. Ng3 d4) 42... gxh5 (42... g5 {Ftacnik} 43.
Ng3 Ng7 44. f4 $10) 43. gxh5 Ke7 44. Ng3 Ng7 45. Bg6 Kd6 46. Kg2 (46. f4 $5 Bb7
(46... a4 47. bxa4 Nxa4 48. Nc2 Kc5 49. Nd4 Nc3 50. Ngf5 Nxf5 51. Nxf5 Nxa2 52.
Nxh6) (46... Ne4+ 47. Bxe4 dxe4 48. Nxe4+) 47. Nf3 Ne4+ 48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. Nd4
$16) (46. Nc2 {Ftacnik} Nce6) 46... Bb5 47. Nc2 Nce6 48. f4 Bd7 $10 49. Kf2 (
49. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 50. exd4 Bg4 $15) 49... Nc7 50. Nd4 Nb5 51. Nxb5+ Bxb5
52. Ke1 Bd7 53. Bd3 Bg4 54. Be2 Nf5 (54... Bd7 $15 {Ftacnik}) 55. Nxf5+ $2 (55.
Bxg4 $10) (55. Bxg4 {Ftacnik} Nxg3 56. Kd2 Ne4+ 57. Kc2 d4 58. Bf3 Nc3 $17)
55... Bxf5 56. Kd2 Kc5 57. Bd3 Bd7 58. Bc2 Be8 59. Bg6 Bc6 60. Bc2 Bd7 {adj}
61. Bd1 {-see analysis of adjorment} Bh3 (61... d4 62. e4 Be8 63. Kd3 Bb5+ 64.
Kd2 d3 65. Ke3 d2 66. Bc2 (66. Kxd2 $6 Kd4 67. e5 fxe5 68. fxe5 Kxe5) 66... Be8
67. Bd1 Bf7 68. Kd3 Be6 69. Ke3 a4 70. Kd3 a3 71. Ke3 $10) (61... Bf5 62. Bf3 (
62. Bc2 $6 Bg4 63. Bg6 (63. Bd1 f5) 63... f5 (63... Bf3 $5 64. Kd3 Bd1 65. Kd2
(65. Be8 f5 66. Bg6 Bg4) 65... Bg4 66. Kd3 (66. Kc2 Bd7) 66... f5) 64. Kd3 $22
Kc6 $1 (64... Bf3 65. Bxf5 Bxh5 66. e4 dxe4+ (66... Bf3 67. e5 h5 68. Bh3) 67.
Kxe4 Kd6 (67... Bf7 68. Ke5 h5 69. Be6) 68. Bh3 (68. Bc8 Bf7 69. Kf5 a4 70.
bxa4 Bxa2 71. Kf6 (71. Kg6 $6 Bb1+ 72. Kxh6 b3 73. f5 Ke5 $1 (73... b2 74. f6
Bg6 75. Bf5 $1 $10) 74. Kg5 b2 75. Be6 (75. f6 Bg6 76. Bf5 Bxf5 77. f7 b1=Q 78.
f8=Q Qg1+ $19) 75... Be4 76. Ba2 Bxf5 77. a5 Bd3 78. Kg4 Ke4 79. Kg5 Ke3 80.
Kf6 Kd4 81. Ke7 Kc5 $19)) 68... Bf7 69. f5 h5 (69... a4 70. bxa4 Bxa2 71. Kd4
Bf7 72. a5) 70. f6 Be6 (70... h4 71. Kf4 a4 72. bxa4 Bxa2 73. Kg5) (70... a4
71. bxa4 Bxa2 72. a5 Bd5+ 73. Kd4 b3 74. a6 (74. Kc3 Ke5) 74... Be4 (74... b2
75. Bf5) 75. f7 Ke7 76. Be6 b2 77. Ba2 Ba8 78. Ke5 h4 79. Kf4 $10) 71. Bf5 h4 (
71... Kd7 72. Ke5 Bxf5 73. Kxf5 h4 74. Kg6) 72. Kf4 Bxf5 (72... h3 73. f7) 73.
Kxf5 h3 74. Kg6 h2 75. f7 $10) 65. Kd4 (65. Kc2 Kd6 66. Kd2 Bf3) 65... Kd6 66.
Kd3 Kc5 $22 67. Kd2 Bf3 68. Bxf5 Bxh5 69. Kd3 Kd6 70. e4 (70. Kd4 Bf3) 70...
dxe4+ 71. Kxe4 Bd1 $1 72. Kd4 h5 $17) 62... Bb1 63. Kc1 Bd3 64. Kd2 Bf5) 62.
Bf3 (62. Be2 f5 $6 63. Ke1 $1 (63. Ba6 Bg4 64. Bc8 Bxh5 65. Bxf5 $17) (63. Kd3
Bg4 64. Bxg4 fxg4 65. Ke2 Kd6 66. Kf2 Ke6 67. Kg3 Kf5 68. Kh4 d4 $19 (68... Ke4
69. Kxg4 Kxe3 70. f5 d4 71. f6 d3 72. f7 d2 73. f8=Q d1=Q+ 74. Kg3 Qxh5 $17)) (
63. Bf3 Bg4 64. Ke2 d4 65. exd4+ Kxd4 66. Bxg4 fxg4 67. Kf2 Ke4 68. Kg3 Kf5 $19
) 63... d4 (63... Bg4 64. Bxg4 fxg4 65. Kf2) 64. Kf2 $10) (62. Bc2 $5 {Ftacnik}
Bd7 63. Bd1 Be8 64. Kd3 $15) 62... Bf5 (62... f5 $6 63. Ke2 (63. Kd3 Bg4 64.
Be2 Kc6 65. Kd2 Kd6 66. Kd3 Kc5 $22 67. Kd2 d4 68. Bd3 (68. Kd3 dxe3) 68... Kd5
$22 69. Bc4+ (69. Bc2 dxe3+ 70. Kxe3 Ke6) 69... Ke4 70. Bd3+ Kf3 71. Be2+ Kf2
$19) 63... d4 64. Kf2 d3 65. Bb7 Bg4 66. Ke1 Bxh5 67. Kd2 Bf7 68. Bc8 a4 69.
bxa4 Bxa2 70. Bxf5 Bc4 (70... b3 71. Be6 Kb4 72. f5 Ka3 73. f6 b2 74. f7 Bxe6
75. f8=Q+ Ka2 76. Qxh6 $10) 71. Bxd3 Bxd3 72. Kxd3 h5 73. a5 h4 74. a6 Kb6 75.
f5 h3 76. f6 h2 77. f7 h1=Q 78. f8=Q $10) 63. Kc1 (63. Be2 Be4 (63... d4 64.
Bd3 Bg4 65. Bg6) (63... Bb1 64. Bd3 (64. Kc1 Be4 65. Kd2 {-63...Be4}) 64...
Bxa2 65. Kc2 d4 (65... a4 66. bxa4 Bc4 67. Bxc4 dxc4 68. e4 Kd4 69. e5 fxe5 70.
f5 $1 b3+ 71. Kb2 c3+ 72. Kxb3 Kd3 73. f6 c2 74. f7 c1=Q 75. f8=Q $15) 66. e4 (
66. exd4+ Kxd4 67. Bg6 Ke3 68. f5 a4 69. bxa4 Bc4) 66... a4 67. bxa4 Bf7 68.
Be2 Bc4) 64. Bd3 (64. Bf1 d4 65. Bd3 Bf3 (65... f5 $2 66. Ke2 $22) 66. Bg6 f5 {
-64.Bd3}) 64... f5 65. Ke2 (65. Bxe4 fxe4 66. Ke2 d4 67. exd4+ (67. Kd2 d3 {
/\Kd5-...g4}) 67... Kxd4 $19) 65... d4 66. Kd2 Bf3 67. Bxf5 Bxh5 (67... dxe3+
68. Kxe3 Bxh5 {-61...Bf5}) 68. e4 $5 (68. Kd3 {-61...Bf5}) 68... Bf3 69. e5 (
69. Kd3 h5 70. e5 (70. Bh3 Bg4 71. Bg2 h4 72. f5 h3 73. Bh1 h2 74. f6 Bh5 75.
e5 Bf7)) 69... h5 70. Kd3 (70. Bc8 Bg4 71. f5 Kd5 72. f6 Be6 $1) 70... Bg2 (
70... Bg4 71. Bxg4 hxg4 72. f5) 71. Bc8 Bf1+ (71... h4 72. f5 Bf1+ 73. Ke4 $1 (
73. Kd2 Kd5 74. f6) 73... h3 74. Kf4) 72. Ke4 Bg2+ $10 (72... d3 73. Ke3 h4 74.
Bb7 h3 75. f5 Bg2 76. f6)) (63. Bd1 {Ftacnik} d4 $17) 63... Bd7 (63... d4 {
Ftacnik} 64. e4 Bd7 65. Kd2) 64. Kd2 (64. Bd1 d4 65. Kd2 (65. e4 d3 66. Kd2 Kd4
) 65... dxe3+ (65... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 66. Bf3 dxe3+ 67. Kxe3 Bb1 68. Kd2 Kd4 $17)
66. Kxe3 Bf5 67. Kd2 Kd4 $19) 64... a4 65. bxa4 (65. Bd1 a3 66. Be2 (66. Bc2 {
Ftacnik} Bg4 67. Bd1 f5 $1 68. Bc2 (68. Be2 d4 69. Bd3 dxe3+ 70. Kxe3 Bxh5 71.
Bxf5 Bd1 72. Bb1 h5 $19) 68... d4 69. Kd3 dxe3 70. Kxe3 Kd5 71. Bd3 Bd1 72. Bb1
Bxh5 73. Bxf5 Bd1 74. Bh7 Kc5 75. Bb1 h5 76. f5 h4 77. f6 Kd6 78. Kf4 Ke6 $19)
66... Bf5 (66... d4 67. e4 $10) 67. Bd3 Bh3 68. Bc2 (68. Be2 Bg2 69. Bd3 d4 70.
Bg6 (70. e4 Bf3) 70... Bd5 71. Bc2 Bf3 72. Bg6 dxe3+ 73. Kxe3 Bd1 74. Bf7 Bc2
75. Kd2 Bb1 76. Bg6 f5 (76... Bxa2 77. Bc2 Kd4 78. f5) 77. Kc1 Be4 78. Kd2 Kd4
79. Bh7 Bb1 80. Kc1 Bxa2 81. Kc2 Ke4 $19) 68... Bg2 (68... f5 69. Bd1 Bg4 70.
Be2 d4 71. Kd3 dxe3 72. Bxg4 fxg4 73. Kxe3 Kd5 74. Kf2 Ke4 75. Kg3 Kf5 76. Kh4
$1 Kxf4 $22) 69. Ke2 (69. Bg6 Bf3) 69... d4 $1 70. e4 d3+ $3 71. Bxd3 (71. Kxd3
Bf3) 71... Kd4 72. e5 fxe5 73. fxe5 Bd5 $19) 65... Bxa4 66. Be2 (66. Bd1 $2
Bxd1 $1 67. Kxd1 Kb5 $1 (67... f5 68. Kd2 d4 69. exd4+ Kxd4 70. Kc2 Ke4 71. Kb3
Kxf4 72. Kxb4 Kg4 73. a4 f4 74. a5 f3 75. a6 f2 76. a7 f1=Q 77. a8=Q $10) 68.
Kc2 Ka4 69. Kb2 f5 $19) (66. e4 {Ftacnik} Bb5 67. Kc2 (67. exd5 Bc4 $19) 67...
Bc4 68. Kb2 dxe4 69. Bxe4 Kd4 70. Bg6 Ke3 71. f5 Kf4 $19) 66... Bc6 67. Bf3 (
67. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Bd7 68. Bg6 d4 69. e4 Be6 $19) 67... Be8 (67... Bb5 68. Bd1 (
68. Be2 $2 Bc4) 68... Be8 69. Be2 (69. Kd3 f5 70. Kd2 d4 71. Kd3 dxe3 72. Kxe3
Bf7 73. Bc2 Bxh5 74. Bxf5 Bf7 $17) 69... d4 70. Kd3 Bb5+ (70... dxe3 71. Kxe3
Bf7 {-see below}) 71. Kd2 Bd7 $1 (71... dxe3+ 72. Kxe3 Bxe2 73. Kxe2 Kd4 74.
Kd2 $10) (71... Bc6 72. Bd1 (72. Bd3 $2 Bd5 73. Bb1 Bf7) 72... dxe3+ (72... Be8
$1) (72... Bd5 73. Bb3 Bf3 74. Bf7) 73. Kxe3 Kc4 74. Bb3+ Kc3 75. Be6 $1 (75.
Bf7 Bb5 $1 (75... f5 $6 76. Be6 Be4 77. Bf7 Bc2 78. Bd5 $1 (78. Be6 Bb1 $22 79.
Bd7 (79. Bf7 Kb2 80. Kd4 (80. Be6 Bxa2 81. Bxf5 Kc3) 80... Bxa2) 79... Bxa2 80.
Bxf5 Bg8) 78... Bb1 79. Be6 Kb2 80. Kd4 Bxa2 81. Bxf5 Kc1 82. Kc5 b3 83. Be6
$10) 76. Bb3 (76. Ke4 Bd3+) (76. Bg6 Bc4 77. Bb1 Be6) 76... Bd3 $19) 75... Ba4
76. Ke4 Bc2+ 77. Kd5 Bb1 78. Kd6 Kd4 79. Ke7 Ke4 80. Kxf6 Kxf4 81. Bf7 Kg4 82.
Ke5 $10) 72. Bd1 (72. Kd3 Bf5+ 73. e4 Be6) 72... Be8 $22 {-67...Be8}) 68. Bd1
d4 (68... Bb5 69. Bb3 Bf1 (69... Bc4 70. Kd1) 70. Ke1 Bc4 71. Kd2 Kd6 72. Bxc4
$1 dxc4 73. e4 Kc6 74. Ke2 Kc5 75. Ke3 b3 (75... Kb5 76. Kd2 Ka4 77. e5 fxe5
78. f5) 76. axb3 cxb3 77. Kd2 Kd4 78. e5 $10) (68... Bd7 69. Bc2 (69. Be2 Bf5
70. Bd1 (70. Bd3 Be4 71. Bc2 (71. Bxe4 dxe4) (71. Ke2 Bg2 72. Bg6 (72. Kd2 d4)
72... Kc4 73. Kd2 Be4) 71... Bf3 72. Bg6 Be4) 70... Bb1 71. Bb3 Be4 72. Bd1 Bf5
73. Bc2 (73. Kc1 d4 74. Kd2 dxe3+ 75. Kxe3 Kc4) 73... Bg4 74. Bg6 {-69.BC2})
69... Bg4 70. Bg6 Bf3 (70... d4 71. Bf7) (70... f5 71. Bf7 Bf3 72. Be8 Kc4 73.
Bg6 Be4 74. Bh7 Bb1 75. Bg6 Kc5 76. Bh7 Bxa2 77. Bxf5 Bc4 78. Bg6 d4 79. exd4+
Kxd4 80. f5 $10) 71. Kd3 Bg2 72. Kd2 (72. Kc2 Kb5 73. Kb3 (73. Bd3+ Ka4 74. Kb2
Bf3 75. Bg6 Kb5 76. Kc2 Kc4 77. Bd3+ (77. Kd2 Be4) (77. Bf7 Be4+) 77... Kc5 78.
Bg6 d4 $1 79. e4 Be2 80. Bf7 d3+ 81. Kd2 Kd4 82. Bg6 Bf3 83. e5 fxe5 84. fxe5
Bd5 $19) 73... Bf3 74. Be8+ (74. a3 bxa3 75. Kxa3 d4) 74... Kc5 75. Bg6 Bd1+
76. Kb2 d4 77. e4 d3 78. Kc1 Bf3 79. e5 fxe5 80. fxe5 Kd4 81. e6 Kc3) 72... Be4
73. Kc1 (73. Bxe4 dxe4 74. Kc2 (74. f5 Kd5 75. Kc2 Ke5 76. Kb3 Kxf5 77. Kxb4
Kg4 78. a4 f5 79. a5 f4 80. a6 fxe3 81. a7 e2 82. a8=Q e1=Q+ $19) 74... Kb5 75.
Kb3 f5 76. Kc2 Kc4 77. Kd2 b3 $1 78. a3 b2 79. Kc2 b1=Q+ $1 80. Kxb1 Kd3 81. a4
Kxe3 82. a5 Kf2 83. a6 e3 84. a7 e2 85. a8=Q e1=Q+ $19) 73... Kc4 74. Kd2 Kb5
75. Kc1 Kc5 76. Kd1 $3 (76. Kd2 Kc4 $22 77. Bf7 Bb1 78. Kc1 Bxa2 79. Kb2 Bb3
80. e4 Bd1 $19) 76... Kc4 77. Kd2 f5 78. Bh7 $10) 69. Kd3 (69. exd4+ {Ftacnik}
Kxd4 $19) (69. e4 {Ftacnik} Bf7 70. Bb3 Bxh5 $19) 69... Bb5+ 70. Ke4 $2 (70.
Kd2 Bd7 $1 (70... Be8 71. Kd3 dxe3 72. Kxe3 Bf7 73. Ke4 Kd6 (73... Bxa2 74. Kf5
$10) 74. Kf5 Ke7 75. Be2 Bxa2 76. Kg6 b3 77. Bc4 (77. Kxh6 b2 78. Bd3 Kf7)
77... Bb1+ 78. Kxh6 b2 79. Kg7 $3 (79. Bb3 Bf5 $1 (79... Kf8 80. f5 Ke7 $1 $19
(80... Bxf5 $2 81. Bc2 $1 b1=Q 82. Bxb1 Bxb1 $10)) 80. Ba2 Kf8 $19) 79... Bg6
80. Ba2 (80. hxg6 b1=Q 81. Bf7 f5 $19) 80... Bxh5 (80... b1=Q 81. Bxb1 Bxb1 82.
h6 $10) 81. f5 $10 Be8 82. Bb1 Bf7 83. Kh6 Kd6 84. Kg7 $10) 71. Kd3 (71. Bc2
Bg4 72. Bg6 Be6) (71. Bb3 Be8 72. Bd1 Bf7) 71... Bf5+ $1 72. Kd2 (72. e4 Bd7 {
/\Be8-f7}) 72... dxe3+ 73. Kxe3 Kc4 74. Bb3+ (74. Kd2 Kd4) 74... Kc3 75. Bf7 (
75. Bg8 Bb1 76. Bf7 Kb2 77. Kd4 Bxa2 78. Bg6 Be6 $19) 75... Bb1 76. Be6 Kb2 77.
Kd4 Bxa2 78. f5 Ka3 79. Kc5 b3 80. Bxb3 Bxb3 81. Kd6 Bf7 82. Ke7 Bxh5 83. Kxf6
Be8 84. Ke7 Bb5 85. Kf6 h5 $19) (70. Kd2 $1 $17 {Ftacnik}) 70... d3 71. Kf5 (
71. Bg4 d2 72. Bd1 Bc4) 71... Bc4 72. Ke4 (72. Kxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxa2 73. e4 b3
$19) 72... d2 73. f5 Bxa2 74. Kd3 Bb1+ 75. Kxd2 Bxf5 76. Be2 Be4 77. Kc1 Kd6
78. Kb2 Bd5 79. Bd3 Bf7 80. Be2 Ke5 (80... Ke5 {Ftacnik} 81. Bf3 Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nd2 $146 (12. Bb2 $5 {/\ND2})
12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 $5) 13... Qg5 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Rd1 d5 $1 {Black
is correctly getting counterplay until White develops all his pieces} 16. Qb2
$1 (16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bb2 Nb6 $5 19. f4 (19. bxc5 Nc4) 19... Qe7
20. bxc5 Nc4 $44 (20... Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Qb4 $14 {Anand,V})) (16. bxc5 bxc5
17. Rb1 Bc6 (17... Ba6 18. cxd5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxd5 20. e4 Qc6)) 16... cxb4 (
16... dxc4 17. bxc5 Ba6 18. e4 Qe7 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Qc2 $14) 17. Qxb4 $6 (17.
axb4 dxc4 18. e4 Qh5 $1 {V.Anand} (18... Qb5 19. Qc3 Rdc8 $13) 19. Bxc4 $140
Bxe4) (17. e4 $1 {I underestimated this tempting pawn sac.White could get full
compensation and easy game} Qe7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 {Anand} bxa3 (19... f6 20.
f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 (21. dxe5 bxa3 22. Rxa3 $13) 21... bxa3 22. Qb3 $14) 20. Qb3
Nf8 21. Bxa3 $44) 17... Ba6 18. e4 Qg6 19. Qa4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 (21.
Bf4 Rac8 22. Rac1 f5 (22... c3 $5 23. Qxa7 f5) 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 fxe4 25.
Qc7 Rf8) 21... Nf8 22. Be3 (22. Bf4 f5 $10) 22... f5 23. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 (5... Bd6 {-D37}) (5... a6 {
-D37}) 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 a6 (9... Ne4 {-D37}) 10. Rc1 (10.
Qe2 {-E14}) 10... Ne4 (10... c5) (10... Bd6) 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5
Bxe5 $2 (13... Rc8 $5 $14 {Grooten}) 14. dxe5 Ndc5 15. cxd5 $5 (15. Nf4 $5)
15... Nxd3 (15... exd5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ba3 $1 $18) (15... Bxd5 16. Nf4 $16)
16. Qxd3 Bxd5 (16... exd5 17. Nf4 $16) 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Qc3 (18. Qc2 $5 Be4 19.
Qc3) 18... Rf7 (18... a5 19. Ba3 $18) 19. Ba3 Ne4 (19... Nb7 20. Rfd1 $16) 20.
Qc2 Rd7 21. f3 Ng5 22. Nxd5 (22. h4 Nf7 23. e4 Bb7 $1 24. Nxe6 Qxh4 $132) 22...
Rxd5 23. Qxc7 Nf7 (23... h6 24. Bd6 Nf7 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bc7 R8d7 27. f4 $18)
24. f4 g5 25. Be7 Qe8 (25... Qxc7 26. Rxc7 $18) 26. Bf6 Rd2 27. fxg5 Qb5 28.
Qc6 Rf8 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Rc6 Rxa2 31. Rfc1 Re2 32. Rxe6 Ra8 33. Re7 Kf8 34. e6
Nd8 35. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 {'!?'
Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Frankly speaking, I would expect something more solid,
since the draw would promise Gelfand an advance into the next round, but his
opening choise proves to be perfect! '} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 (9...
O-O $5 10. Bg5 (10. Re1 {Finkel,A} d6 11. Bf1 a6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Re8 14.
Qc2 Qc7 15. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Grivas,E-Razuvaev,Y/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 
(15)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 a6 14. f4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16.
Nc2) 10. Bc2 $5 $146 (10. f4 {Finkel,A} O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Kh1 Qc7
14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Bd3 $14 {Malaniuk,
V-Hracek,Z/Brno 1993/CBM 37}) (10. Be3 {Finkel,A} O-O 11. f3 a6 12. Qd2 (12.
Re1 {Finkel,A} Nbd7 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. b3 $14 {Malaniuk,
V-Merino Garcia,R/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext}) 12... Re8 (12... Nbd7 {Finkel,A}
13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. a3 Qb8 18. b4 Be7 19. Nb3
$14 {Portisch,L-Poluljahov,A/Kropotkin 1995/CBM 47}) 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 (13... Qc7 {
Finkel,A} 14. Bf1 Nbd7 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Bg5 $13 {
Norris,A-Ward,C/St Helier 1999/EXT 2000}) 14. Bf1 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Rac1 Bb7 $11 {Jussupow,A-Hracek,Z/Germany
1999/GER-chT}) 10... a6 (10... O-O 11. Ndb5 Ne8 (11... d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. cxd5)
12. Bf4 $16) 11. Nf3 {Finkel,A: 'White decides to start an actions immedeatly,
which proves to be insufficient for the advantage.'} (11. Ba4+ Nbd7 (11... Nfd7
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd6 Kf7 14. Rd1 b5 15. cxb5 Qb6 16. Qf4+ $40) 12. Nxe6 $140
fxe6 13. Qxd6 Kf7 14. e5 b5 $1 15. cxb5 (15. exf6 Bf8 $1 16. Qd4 bxa4) 15...
Ne8 $17) (11. f4 {Finkel,A} O-O 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 $14) 11...
O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 (12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Re1 (15. Ne2 {Finkel,A}
Nd7 $13) (15. Nxe4 {Finkel,A} dxe4 16. Ng5 Qe7 $14) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 $14)
13. e5 $5 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: ' The idea behind 12th move of white.'} (
13. Qd2 Qc7 $132) (13. Qe2 {Finkel,A} Qc7 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Qe3 $14) 13... Qc7 (
13... Nc6 $5 {Finkel,A} 14. exd6 e5 15. Be3 Nxd6 16. c5 Nc4 $13) 14. exd6 Qxc4
15. Bg5 $6 (15. Be4 $5 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Qd4 (16... Qb4 17. Ncxe4 f5 18. a3 Qd4 19.
Be3 Qd5 $13) 17. Ndxe4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Nd7 19. Rac1 h6 $13) (15. Qd2 Bxf3 (15...
Nd7) 16. gxf3 Nd7) (15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 15... Nf6 16. Ne5 (16. Rc1
Nbd7) 16... Qc5 17. Re1 Nfd7 {'=/+!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Taking advantage of
the fact that the black coloured bishop on g5 is unprotected.'} 18. Nf3 (18.
Nxd7 Qxg5 19. Be4 Nxd7 20. Bxb7 Ra7 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ra7) (20... Rad8 {
Finkel,A} 21. Bxa6 Nc5 $11) 21. Bf3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc5 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Nc6 20. Ne4 $2 {Finkel,A: 'This move is losing by force, but also after the
correct 20,Be3 white may hardly hope to win the game.'} (20. Be4 Qxg5 (20...
Rac8 $1 {Finkel,A} 21. Bxc6 (21. Rad1 $2 {Finkel,A} Qxg5 22. Bxc6 Ne5 $17 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 21... Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rad1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 21. Bxc6
Rad8 $15 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. Qe4 $13) (20. Be3 $5 {Finkel,A} Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22.
Bf4 Nde5 23. Qg3 Rad8 $13) 20... Qxc2 21. Rac1 Qa4 22. Rxc6 (22. b3 Qa5 (22...
Qb5 {Finkel,A})) 22... Ne5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Nxc6 25. Bh6 Qd4 $19 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 11th Group4"]
[Site "Tyniste"]
[Date "1995.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1995.07.15"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Rishon-Lezion Hapoel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 {Kosashvili} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 c5 13. bxc5
$146 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Kf8 16. Rad1 Ke7 17. Ng5 $1 {
Browne-Tangborn,90}) 13... dxc5 (13... bxc5 $5 14. Qa5 Rdb8 $5 15. Rac1 $14 (
15. Rd2 Ne4 16. Rc2 Nb6)) 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qc2 (15. a5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 $10) 15... cxd4 (15... Nb8 $5 16. Ne5 (16. a5 $5) 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6
18. f3 $14) 16. exd4 Qb4 (16... Nd5 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. d5 $5 {Kosashvili} exd5 19.
Nd4 $40) (16... Nh5 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Ba3 Qb8 19. Qe3 $14) 17. Nd2 Qd6 (17... Qa5
18. f4 $14) (17... Ne4 $5 18. Nf1 (18. Nb3 Bd5 19. Rdc1 (19. Ba3 Qc3) (19. Rac1
Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd6) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd6 21. Nd2 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. axb5
Nb6 $10) 18... Qa5 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qb3 Qg5 21. a5 $14) 18. Qb3 Qc6 $6 (18... Ba8
19. a5 $14) (18... Ne4 $5 $14) 19. Bf1 (19. Qg3 $5 Qc7 $14 (19... Nf8 20. d5
exd5 21. cxd5 $18) (19... a5 $14 {/+/-} 20. d5 $6 exd5 21. cxd5 Qc2)) 19... Nf8
(19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qh3 $1 Nf6 22. d5 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. dxe6 fxe6
25. a5 $14) 20. a5 Ng6 21. Nb1 $1 (21. Nf3 Nf4 (21... Qc7 $5) 22. Ne1 Qc7 $14)
21... Nf4 (21... Nh4 22. Qh3 (22. f3 Nf5 $14) 22... Ng6 (22... Nf5 23. d5) 23.
Nc3 Nf4 $140 24. Qg3 N6h5 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qh4 g5 (26... Nxg2 27. Qxh5 Nf4 28. d5
exd5 29. Qf3) 27. Qxg5+ Kf7 28. Qh4 (28. d5 Nh3+ 29. gxh3 Rg8 30. Qg2 $13)
28... Rg8 29. d5 $18) 22. f3 $16 (22. axb6 $2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Ng4 $19 {Kosashvili}
) 22... Nd7 23. a6 (23. Na3 Ba6) 23... Ba8 24. Na3 Nf8 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Qe3 N4g6
27. Ba3 Ne7 28. Nd6 $2 (28. d5 $1 Nf5 29. dxe6 $3 {Kosashvili} (29. Qe5 f6 $1 (
29... Ng6 30. dxe6 Qxd1 31. exf7+ Kh8 32. Rxd1 $18)) 29... Qxd1 (29... Nxe3 30.
exd7 Rxd7 (30... Nxd7 31. Be7) 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Nxa7 $18) 30. Rxd1 Nxe3 31.
Rxd8 Rxd8 32. e7 Re8 33. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxa7 $18) 28... Rc6 29.
c5 Nd5 30. Qd2 (30. Qb3 $5) 30... Rc7 31. Rab1 (31. Rdc1 $1 Bc6 (31... Ng6 32.
Nb7 $1 Rdc8 33. Rab1 $16) 32. Nc4 b5 33. Ne5 Qe8 34. Rab1 Rb8 35. Qa5) 31...
Ng6 32. Bd3 (32. Bc4 $5) 32... Nge7 33. Be4 (33. Nc4 $5) 33... Bc6 34. Rdc1 Rb8
35. h4 $2 (35. Nc4 $5) 35... b5 36. Bd3 Nc8 37. Qa5 Qe7 (37... Nxd6 38. cxd6
Rcc8 39. Bxb5 $18) 38. Nxb5 Qxh4 (38... Bxb5 $5 39. Rxb5 (39. Bxb5 $5 Qxh4 40.
Qd2 $16) 39... Qxh4 $1 40. Be4 $14) 39. Qe1 (39. Be4 $5 Rd7 (39... Bxb5 40.
Rxb5) 40. Nxa7 $5 Rxb1 41. Nxc6 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 $44) 39... Qxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Bxb5
41. Rxb5 Rxb5 42. Bxb5 $16 Nce7 43. Bc4 Kf8 (43... Rc8 44. Rb1 Nc6 45. Rb7) 44.
Rb1 (44. c6 Kg8 (44... Ke8 45. Bd6 Rc8) 45. Bb5 (45. Rb1 Nxc6) 45... Nc8 $13)
44... Ke8 45. Rb8+ Rc8 (45... Kd7 46. Rf8 $5) 46. Bb5+ $2 (46. Rb7 Nc6 (46...
Rc7 47. Bb4 $3 $18) 47. Bb5 Kf8 (47... Nc3 48. Bxc6+ Rxc6 49. Rxa7 Nb5 50. Ra8+
Ke7 51. Bb4 (51. a7 Ra6) 51... Nc7 52. Ra7 Kf6 (52... Ke8 53. Kf2 Nxa6 54. Ba5
$16) 53. Rb7 Nxa6 54. Bc3 Kg6 55. Rb6 Rxb6 56. cxb6 f6 57. Be1 $18) 48. Bb2 $16
(48. Bxc6 Rxc6 49. Rxa7 Nc7 50. Rb7 Rxa6 (50... Nxa6) 51. Bb4 Nd5 52. c6+ $18
Nxb4 53. c7 Rc6 54. Rb8+ Ke7 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxc8 Nd5 $14)) 46... Kd8 47. Rb7
Rc7 48. c6 Nc8 $1 $10 49. Bf8 $2 (49. g4 $5 f6 $10 {/\g5,Nde7}) 49... g5 $1 50.
Ba3 (50. Bc5 $10) 50... h6 51. Kh2 f6 52. Bc5 (52. g4 $5) 52... h5 $2 (52...
Nde7 53. g4 Nxc6 54. Bxc6 Rxc6 55. Bxa7 Rxa6 56. Bc5 $10) 53. Ba4 $2 (53. Rb8
$1 Nc3 54. Bd3 Rxc6 55. Bxa7 $16) 53... h4 54. Bb3 Rxc6 55. Bxa7 Rxa6 56. Bc5
Nd6 (56... Nce7 57. Bc4 Rc6 58. Bb5 Rc7 59. Rb8+ $15) 57. Bxd5 exd5 58. Bxd6
Rxd6 59. Kh3 Rd7 60. Rb5 Ke7 61. f4 $1 gxf4 (61... Rd6 62. Kg4 gxf4 63. Kxf4
$10) 62. Kxh4 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rg7+ 64. Kxf4 Rxg2 65. Rb6+ Kf7 66. Rb7+ Kg6 67. Rd7
$10 Rg5 68. Kf3 Rh5 69. Kf4 Rf5+ 70. Kg4 Rh5 71. Kg3 Kh6 72. Kg4 Rg5+ 73. Kf4
Kg6 74. Kf3 Rh5 75. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:20] - 3:10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Qd3 d5 10. b3 c5 $5 $146 (10... a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Qc2
axb3 14. Qxb3 Nc6 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Bb4 Nxb4 17. axb4 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 Bb7
$10 {Yusupov=Nikolic,1989,47/631}) 11. O-O (11. Bb2 dxc4 (11... cxd4 12. Qxd4
$5) 12. bxc4 Nd7) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nd7 13. a4 (13. Bf4 $5) 13... Re8 14. Bf4
(14. Ba3 $5) 14... Nf8 (14... Qf6 15. Qe3 Nc3 $6 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxf3 18.
Bg5 $18) 15. h3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Rc8 (16... Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qe3) 17. Rfc1 dxc4
18. bxc4 Nd6 19. Bf1 (19. a5 Be4 20. Qe3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nf5 22. d5 Nd4) 19...
Be4 20. Qe3 Bc6 (20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nf5 22. d5 Nd4 23. Qd3 $14) (20... Bb7 $5
21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. c5 $5 $14 {Adams}) 21. Ne5 (21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. c5 Qd7) 21...
Bb7 (21... Nf5 22. Nxc6 Nxe3 (22... Rxc6 23. Qe4) 23. Nxd8 Nxf1 24. Nxf7 $5 (
24. Nb7 Nd2 25. Nd6 Nb3 26. Nxe8 Rxe8) 24... Kxf7 25. Kxf1 Red8 $14) 22. Rd1
Nf5 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Re7 $2 (24... f6 $5 25. Bh2 Re7 26. d5 e5 $13) (24...
Ne7 $5 {/\Nc6-a5}) 25. Bf4 $2 (25. d5 $1 f6 (25... exd5 26. Qf4 f6 27. Bxf6 (
27. Bb2 $5) 27... gxf6 28. Qxf5 $14) 26. Bb2 exd5 27. cxd5 $16) 25... Rd7 26.
Be3 Qf6 (26... Nxd4 27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bxb6 Rxd2 29. Bxd8 Rcxd8 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31.
Rb1 Rd7 32. c5 Kf8 $10) 27. a5 Qg6 (27... Nh4 $5 28. f4 Qg6 29. Kh2 b5 $5) 28.
axb6 axb6 29. Qd3 (29. Qe2 $5 h5 (29... Rcd8 30. Rab1) 30. Qd3) 29... Rcd8 30.
Rab1 Nxd4 31. Qxg6 (31. Bxd4 $4 Be4 $19) 31... hxg6 32. Rxd4 (32. Rxb6 Nf3+ $1
33. gxf3 Rxd1 34. Rxb7 Re1 35. c5 Rdd1 36. c6 Rxf1+ 37. Kg2 $10) (32. Rdc1 Be4
33. Rxb6 Nf5 $132) (32. Kh1 Be4 33. Rxb6 Nf5 $132) (32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4
34. Rxb6 $10 (34. c5 Be4 35. Rxb6 Rd1)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bb2 Rc8 $146 (12... Qe7) 13. Rad1
(13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 d5 {-13.Rad1}) 13... d5 $1 (13... Qe7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Nd2) (13... f5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Bf3 Ndf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6
19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nb3 $16) (13... cxb4 14. axb4 d5 15. c5 (15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Nd2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 b5 19. Qxe4 Rxc4) 15... a5 16. bxa5 $1 (16. Qb3 axb4
17. Qxb4 bxc5) 16... bxc5 17. a6 Ba8 18. dxc5 Ndxc5 19. Rc1 $16) 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bd3 (15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. bxc5 Ndxc5 17. Bd4 $14) 16. b5 (16. Ba6
Rc7) 16... c4 17. Nd4 (17. Rd4 c3 18. Ba1 f5) 17... Qg5 (17... c3 18. Bc1) 18.
Bf3 Ndc5 19. a4 Nd3 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Nc6 $140 Bxc6 (21... Nd2 22. Bxd5 Nxf1 23.
Bxc4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kf1 Qf4+ 26. Ke2) (21... a6 $2 22. Ne7+ $18) 22.
bxc6 Qd5 23. c7 Rxc7 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. Bxe4 d2) 15... f5 $1 (
15... Qe7 16. b5 f5 (16... h6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 $14 (18. Nd2 f5 19. Nb3 $5
(19. a4 e5 20. a5 a6) 19... Rcd8 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Rd2)) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5
Nd6 19. f3 $14) 16. b5 (16. cxd5 cxb4 17. Qb1 (17. dxe6 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Nec5 (
18... Ng5 19. Rxd7 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 $18) 19. exd7 (19. axb4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxe6)
19... b3 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. axb4 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Bxf3 (19... Rxc3 $11) 20. gxf3
Rxc3 $11) (16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 cxb4 18. axb4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxc2
21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxf5 Rc4 $13) 16... Nd6 17. Ne5 Nb6 18. f3 $6 (
18. a4 $142 Qg5 (18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nbxc4 20. Nxc4 Be4 21. Qe2 Bd5 22. Nxd6
Qxd6 23. f3 $14) (18... Qh4 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Rfd8 $14) 19. cxd5 (19. f4
Qe7) 19... c4 20. Be2 Bxd5 21. Bf3 $14 (21. Nf3 Qg6 22. Ba3 Rfd8) 21... c3 22.
Ba3 Rfd8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nc6 $16) 18... Qg5 (18... Qh4 $1 19. g3 Qh6 $132)
19. Rde1 dxc4 (19... Rfd8 20. Rf2 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Ndxc4 (21... Nbxc4 22. Bxc4 Bd5
23. Bf1 c4 24. a4 $14) 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 $14) 20. Bxc4 (20. Nxc4 Ndxc4 21.
Bxc4 Bd5 $11) 20... Nbxc4 $6 (20... Bd5 $5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Be2 c4 23. a4 Be4 (
23... Ne4 24. Ra1 Rfd8 25. Ba3 Qb7) 24. Qd1 c3 25. Ba3 Rfd8 26. a5 Nd5 $13) 21.
Nxc4 Nxb5 (21... Nxc4 22. Qxc4 $14) 22. a4 Nc7 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Ba3 (24. Be5 $5
Ba6 25. Rf2 (25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. Bxb8 Na3 27. Qb3 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 c4 $13) 25... Nd5
(25... c4 26. Nb5) 26. Qxc5 Qe7 (26... Nb4 27. Nf7 $1 (27. Qxa7 Nd3 28. Nf7 (
28. Qxa6 Nxe1 29. Qc4 Qg6 30. Qe2 Rb1 31. Rf1 Nxg2 32. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rxf1
34. Kxf1 Ra8 $11) 28... Qh4 $13) 27... Rxf7 (27... Qh4 28. g3 Qh5 29. Bxb8 Nd3
30. Qxa7 $16) 28. Bxb8 Nd3 29. Qc6 Nxe1 30. Bd6 $1 $16) (26... Rb3 27. Qxa7 $16
) 27. Rd2 $14) 24... Ba6 (24... Na6 $5 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. Nxb7 (26. Rd1 Kh8) 26...
Qxb7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. e4 $14) 25. Rf2 Ne8 (25... Nd5 26. Qxc5 Rfd8 27. Rd2 $16
) 26. Qxc5 Nxd6 27. Qxd6 Bc4 28. Qd4 (28. Rb2 $5 Ra8 $1 $14 (28... Rbd8 29. Qc5
Bd5 30. e4 $16) (28... Rbc8 29. Rb7 Bd5 30. Rxa7 Bxf3 31. Qg3 $18)) 28... Rfc8
29. Bc5 (29. Rc1 $5 Bd5 (29... Rb3 30. Bd6 (30. Bb2 $5 $16) 30... Qxe3 $140 31.
Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rfc2 Rd3 33. Bf4 $16) 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxa7 $16) (29. Qxa7 Ra8
30. Qd7 Rd8 31. Qe7 Qxe7 (31... Qxe3 $132) 32. Bxe7 Rd7 $11) 29... Bd5 30. Bxa7
Ra8 31. e4 $2 $138 (31. a5 $16 Rc4 $140 32. Qb2) 31... fxe4 32. fxe4 Rc4 (32...
Bc6 $5 33. Ref1 Qg6) 33. Qb6 (33. Qd3 Qg6 (33... Qe5)) 33... Rc1 $4 $138 (33...
Qe5 $11) (33... Rc6 34. Qb7 $18) (33... Bc6 34. Qc7 (34. Bb8 h6) (34. Qb3 Qa5
$1 35. Ref1 Rxe4 $13) 34... h6 35. Qf7+ Kh7 36. Qxe6 $16) 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35.
Rf1 Qc6 36. exd5 Qd7 37. Bb8 Qxd5 38. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shushpanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Qe2 {
this move, with the idea of an immediate push e4, does not offer white
anything real. The practice shows that black is doing very well.} (8. b3 {
is the more dangerous approach}) 8... Nbd7 ({the other alternative is:} 8... c5
) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 c5 13. Rd1 Nf6 14.
Qe2 Qc7 15. Bg5 (15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Naumkin,I/Moscow 1991/
URS-ch (16)}) 15... Rfd8 16. b3 h6 17. Bh4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Nf3 Rac8 20.
h3 Qf5 $11 {is equal 0-1 Papaioannou,I-Dervishi,E/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (42).
(42)}) 11. dxc5 {Allows black to get a very pleasant game. Only black can be
better here.} (11. Rd1 $142 {I believe this move poses more problems than the
game.} Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 {with the idea of mass exchanges in the center.} 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Rd2 h6 15. Bh4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rad8 {
1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Karpov,A/Riga 1975/MCD (18)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4
Nxc5 14. Qe2 Qd3 $1 {in the endgame black's initiative is much easier to
develop.} 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Be3 $6 {too passive, the way to go would be:} (16.
Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 {and draw is obvious}) 16... Bf6 17. Rab1 $6 {Allows black
to get a real advantage, although this too, is not enough for a win} (17. Bg5 {
would still have been better} Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qf5 19. Nf3 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Grivas,
E-Van der Wiel,J/Katerini 1992/CBM 32 ext (19)}) 17... Na4 18. h3 {black was
threatening: 18...Qxe2 19.Rxe2 Nxb2 winning a pawn due to a mate on first rank}
(18. b3 $4 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Nc3 $19) 18... Rac8 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. b3 Nc3 21. Rb2 {
black has the more active pieces, but white's position still has no weaknesses.
} Rcd8 22. Rc2 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Ra1 {while celebrating the fact that
I was able to squeeze a real weakening of white's queen side structure, come
my oponent's reaply:} 25. c5 $1 {and the draw became the only possible result:}
(25. c5 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Nxa2 28. Bxa7 Kf8 $11) 25... bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a5 {[%mdl 4] The main move here is Nbd7, however, this rare
continuation is very logical. Black prevents white from expanding his pressure
on the queen side} 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 (11... Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 c5
14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd2 Rdb8 16. Bc3 h6 17. h3 e5 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. a4 $14 {
[%csl Ra5,Rd6] 1-0 Akesson,R-Andersson,U/Skelleftea 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) 12.
Qc2 f5 13. Ne1 $6 {I belive White should strive to use the extra tempo he has
compared to normal variations (where black doesn't waste time on a5) - and
strike in the center with d5, or Rd1 & d5} (13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Qf7 18. Qxc7 Rfc8 19. Qb7 Rab8 20. Qa6 Nd2 21. Rfd1
Nxb3 22. Rab1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qa2 24. Qf1 Rc2 25. Rxd6 Nc5 26. Be5 {1-0 Franco
Ocampos,Z-Oms Pallise,J/Palencia 1999/CBM 71 ext (40)}) (13. Rfd1) 13... Qg5 $1
{[%csl Re3] Here, the extra tempo is of little use to white - he'd rather
still have his bishop on 'c1', keeping the c1-g5 diagonal under control, and
making black's last move impossible} 14. Qc1 {If such moves are called to
execute one's plan - something has gone wrong. Now black places his Q on a
good spot (e7) whereas white's will need to spent another move in order to
restore coordination} Qe7 15. Nd3 e5 16. Qc2 Nef6 {A bit too passive, allowing
white to regain the initiative} (16... Ng5 17. c5 $1 bxc5 (17... Nh3+ 18. Kh1)
(17... e4 18. c6 $16) 18. dxe5 Ne6 19. Rfd1 $14) (16... Qg5 {[%cal Ge4d2]} 17.
f4 exf4 18. exf4 Qh6 $13) 17. dxe5 (17. c5 bxc5 18. dxe5 dxe5 {- see the game})
17... dxe5 18. c5 $1 {Of course! White must play on the queen side.} bxc5 19.
Rac1 (19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Bf1 {was worth considering}) 19... Ba6 20. Rfe1 c4 $1 {
Of course, black cannot allow white to capture on c5. In such a case black
would be stuck with a weakness on 'c7'.} 21. bxc4 c5 22. f4 $1 {A key move,
breaking apart black's center, and getting an important square for own knight
on e5. Black, on his part, gets a very pleasant square on e4 for himself.} exf4
23. exf4 Ne4 (23... Qe3+ $2 {is just a shot in the air} 24. Kh1 {[%cal Ge2f3]})
24. Bf3 {Now White's bishop pair gives his better chances in the forthcoming
battle.} Bb7 25. Nf2 (25. Ne5 {would have been too banal} Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rfd8)
25... Ndf6 (25... Rae8 26. Rcd1 Bc6 27. Re3 {[%csl Re4] Eventually, White's
pressure on e4 will become too much for Black to handle}) 26. Bxf6 {One of the
advantages of a bishop pair is that you can exchange one (or both) of them at
a convenient moment. Now White wins a pawn, however, black active pieces
assure him sufficient compesation. It'd be better for white to wait one move
move.} (26. Rb1 $1 {Is an important preparing move, before the forced sequence
of exchanges. White must take care of the 'b' file first.} Bc6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6
28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 26... Qxf6 27. Nxe4 fxe4
28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 {White is now a pawn up, but a somewhat weakened 2nd
rank gives black some counterchances.} Rab8 $1 {White has no good way of
denying Black from entering the second rank} 30. Rce1 (30. Qf2 $6 Rb2 31. Rc2
Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qxa3 $17) (30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Qxb1 Qc3 32. a4 Qd2 {
Black is not really under any risk of losing here, with such a strong queen})
30... Qb2 31. Qd3 {By avoiding entering a rook ending, white agreed to a
double edged game. The extra pawn is barely felt now, whereas Black's active
pieces are.} (31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. g3 Ra2 33. Re7 Rxa3 34. Rc7 Rd8 {looks like a
draw more than anything else.}) 31... Rbd8 32. Qe3 (32. Qf3 a4 {it's hard to
see how can white improve his position}) 32... Rd2 33. Qf3 h6 {It's time to
take care of own king's safety} 34. h3 {same here} Kh7 35. Kh2 (35. R1e2 Rxe2
36. Rxe2 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ {is very similar to the game}) (35. f5 $142 {
[%cal Ge4g4] and the position remains dynamically equal.}) 35... Rf2 36. Qg4 $6
{After this mistake it is definitely white who has to play accurately} ({
correct was} 36. Qg3 $1 Rf6 $140 37. R4e2 $1 Rxe2 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Rxe2 Qd4 40.
Qxd4 cxd4 41. Kg3 $18 Rc6 42. Rc2 d3 43. Rd2 Rxc4 44. Rxd3 {and white has some
winning chances}) 36... Rf6 37. R4e2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 (38. Rxe2 Qxa3 {[%csl Ra5]
the 'a' passer is extremely dangerous}) 38... Qxe2 39. Rxe2 Rxf4 $17 {All of a
sudden white is no more a pawn up, and he is in big trouble} 40. Rc2 Kg6 41. a4
Kf5 42. Rb2 {White must seek counterplay} (42. Kg3 g5 {[%csl Gf5,Rg3] The
difference of kings decides the game here.}) 42... Ke5 $1 (42... Rxc4 $2 43.
Rb5 Rxa4 44. Rxc5+ Kf4 45. Rc7 g5 46. Ra7 {is drawish}) 43. Rb5 Kd4 44. Rxa5
Rf7 $1 {Another GM move. The rook is much better placed on the 7th rank,
whereas the 'c4' pawn is not going anywhere. Black's advantage is already
decisive.} 45. Ra8 Kxc4 46. Kg3 Kb4 47. a5 Kb5 48. a6 (48. Rc8 c4 49. a6 (49.
Kg4 Rf6 $19 {[%cal Gf6c6]}) 49... Ra7 50. Rb8+ Kxa6 51. Kf3 Rb7 52. Rc8 Kb5 $19
) 48... Kb6 49. Kg4 (49. Rc8 Rc7) 49... Ra7 50. Rb8+ Kxa6 51. Kf4 Re7 $1 {
Last finesse. The king is kept cut off the queen side, and white cannot
prevent black's pawn advance} 52. Rb1 Ka5 (52... c4) 53. Ra1+ Kb5 54. Rb1+ Kc6
{[%cal Gc5c4]} 55. Rc1 Re2 {After the white rook was forced to a passive
position, it's time to activate own rook.} 56. g4 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 (57. Kg3 Rf7 58.
h4 g5 {[%cal Gf7f4,Yc5c4]}) 57... Rh2 58. Rc3 Kb5 59. Rf3 (59. Kd5 Rd2+ 60. Ke4
c4 $19) 59... Kb4 60. Rf7 g5 61. Kd5 Rd2+ 62. Ke5 Rd3 {precission till the
very last move} (62... c4 {although still totally winning, would have allowing
white some unnecessary dreams of survival} 63. Rf6 c3 64. Rxh6 c2 65. Rc6 Kb3
66. Kf5 Rd5+ $19) 63. Rb7+ Kc4 64. h4 Rd5+ 65. Ke4 gxh4 66. Rb6 h5 {And white
decided he's had enough for today.} 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 $2 {After this move, it's hard
to find any improvement for white.} (12. Qh3 Nc6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15.
Nxc6 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge5f7]} Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. Bf4 f6 20.
Ng4 h5 21. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Gurevich,D/Geneve 1999/CBM 68 ext (45)})
12... Nc6 13. Bh6 Nxd4 14. Qe4 $146 {This is a novelty, however, It's hard to
believe Vaganian would opt for this dubious line in his home preparation. From
now on, black's activity is developing fast and smoothly} (14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 {[%csl Re5] Black has enough compensation for the exchange}
17. Qe3 Qg7 18. Rfe1 Bc5 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Be4 Rd8 $11 {0-1 Hartung
Nielsen,J-Petersen,S/Denmark 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 14... Bc5 15. Bxf8 f5 $1 {
a key move. Black is not wasting time for taking the bishop - he has much more
serious stuff to offer} 16. Qe1 {the only place for a queen!} Nf4 {[%cal Gd8g5]
} 17. Bh6 ({of course not:} 17. Bxc5 Qg5 $19) 17... Nxg2 {Now it's all over.
White is a whole rook up, but is totally hopeless against black's threats} 18.
Qc1 Qc7 19. Nb5 (19. Nc4 Nf3+ 20. Kxg2 Qxh2#) (19. Bf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxe5 $1
21. Qxe5 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxe5+ $19) (19. Re1 Nxe1 20. Qxe1 Qxe5 $19) 19... Qxe5
20. Nxd4 Bxd4 {[%cal Gg2h4]} 21. Ba6 {This is just a blunder, that simply make
white's suffering shorter.} (21. Rd1 Nh4 22. Qf4 Qd5 23. Be4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4
$19) 21... Bxa6 22. Qc6 Qd5 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 {
After the survey in CBM104 this variation has gained a lot of popularity. Only
for this issue we witnessed three new games: Moiseenko trying to defend the
black's side against Gelfand and Ivanchuk (he succeeded, although with some
luck), and now this game.} d6 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Qe7 ({nowadays a
bit more popular is:} 10... Ne4) 11. O-O e5 {Usually black postpones this move,
in favor of Ne4 or c5.} 12. Qc2 {[%cal Gf3d2] freeing the square d2 for a
knight, in case black wants to play e4.} c5 $6 {The centre is closed, and
white will enjoy some spacial advantage and will build up his play on the
queen's side, whereas black... well, that's the problem. Without white's pawn
on e4, he does not have the typical KID game (f5, f4 etc) and is pretty much
left playless. And one more thing... the pawn on e3 allows white another
possibility: f2-f4... I suppose that's the reason why Black usually waits with
...e5.} (12... Be4 {only helps white} {to play} 13. Qc3 {[%csl Re5]}) (12...
Rfe8 $5 {keeping the options open}) 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. d5 $1 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3,
Gb3a5,Yf2f4,Gb2g7,Ga5c6]} Nb6 $6 (14... e4 $5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb2g7,Gd7e5]
although it looks scary for Black it was worth considering, since he gets
space:} 15. Nh4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yf5g7,Yf5e7,Yf5d6,Gh4f5]} g6 {[%csl Rh4]} 16.
Qc3 Ne5 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 {[%cal Gf1f6,Gc3f6]} (18. gxf3 Ba6 19. f4 Ne4 {
[%csl Rc3,Rh4]} 20. Qc2 Qxh4 {and Black is more than ok.}) 18... Ne4 19. Qc2 f5
(19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rae8 {also needs to be checked.}) 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bd3
Nd6 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. Qa5 a6 {with a hard-to-assess position.} 24. Qxc5 $6 Rac8
25. Qb4 Nxc4 $1 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. d6 Rd7 29. Bxe5 Kf7 $11 {
[%cal Gc4c2,Gf7e6]}) 15. Nd2 Bc8 {The bishop, of course, has no future on b7.}
16. Bd3 Rb8 (16... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4h5,Gh5g6] intending Bh5-g6, thus reducing
white's pressure on the kingside.} 17. Rae1 Rfe8) 17. Rae1 $1 {White is
completely ignoring black's movements on the queenside. That part of the board
is traditionally white's, and that is for a reason: White has a significant
space advantage there, and all Black can hope for is to hold the position
there.  On the kingside, however, it's a matter of who's first to seize the
initiative - and White makes sure he is.} Re8 18. h3 $6 {[%csl Rc8] A bit too
"smart".} (18. f4 {was much more in the spirit on the position.}) 18... Ba6 {
[%cal Ga6c4,Gb6c4,Ye7d7,Yd7a4] Now black's in time to create counterplay.} 19.
Ba1 (19. f4 $2 {falls into a trap:} Nbxd5 $1 20. cxd5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxb2 $17)
19... Qd7 20. f4 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. fxe5 dxe5 {White is slightly better.
Both sides have obvious weaknesses, and they are attacked. What makes the
position better for White is the protected passed pawn on d5, which also
ensures his spatial advantage. However, it ain't going to be an easy task!} (
22... Nxd5 23. exd6 Nxe3 24. Rf3 {and the knight is caught in the middle of
the board.}) 23. Be2 Nb6 {Now both sides are trying to improve their positions.
} 24. Kf2 Nc8 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8d6,Yd6c4] The knight goes to its ideal
place: the d6 square. From there it both blockades white's passed pawn, and
attacks the weakness.} 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nd6 {White won the battle for the
b-file, but there's nothing to do on it for now...} 27. Ke1 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,
Gd7e5,Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Rc2 {Although it looks safe for Black, he
has no good plan in the position, whereas white can constantly improve.} f6 30.
a4 $1 {the knight on b6 is unbearable.} Rb8 31. Kf2 h6 $6 {The first step to
the defeat. Black shouldn't have touched his kingside pawns - there is no need
to weaken the flank.} 32. a5 Nbc8 33. Bb2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb2a3,Ya3c5]} Nb7
34. Bc3 Ncd6 35. Rb2 Rc8 {All the light pieces, black and white are tied to
defending own pawns/pieces.} 36. g4 $1 {[%cal Gh3h5] Correct - white must
stabilize the position on a flank where black has material advantage.} g5 {
[%csl Rf5]} 37. Ke1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge1d1,Gd1c2,Gc2c3] Now, once the
situation on the kingside has stabilized, the white king goes to c3 to free up
one on the pieces.} Kg7 38. Kd1 Kg8 39. Kc2 Nd8 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Bd3 {[%cal
Gd3f5]} N8f7 42. Bb2 Nd8 43. Kc3 {Now, it's not really clear what White does
next, but Black's nerves give up - it's not easy for a young player to stay on
one spot all the time.} N8b7 44. Ra1 Rh8 45. Be2 h5 $2 {that's a suicide.
Black should have contuinued waiting.} 46. gxh5 Nf5 47. e4 Ng3 48. Bg4 Nxh5 {
Black won the pawn back but at what a cost! look where his knight is now!!} 49.
Ba3 Nf4 50. Nb3 {oops!} Nxh3 51. Nxc5 Nxc5 52. Bxc5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gc5f2,
Gc4c8] Now there is no force to stop white pawns.} Rh4 53. Bf5 Nf4 54. d6 Ne2+
55. Kb4 Rh8 56. Bxa7 Ng3 57. d7 Nxf5 58. exf5 Kf7 59. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4 g6 (12... Nbd7 13. Rd1 Ne4 14.
Qh3 Ndf6 15. d5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qc7 20.
Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qh4+ {1-0 Jussupow,A-Beliavsky,A/Austria 1999/EXT 2000}) ({
The main continuation here is:} 12... Ne4 13. Qh3 Qxd4 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Ne2 ({
after the more passive:} 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qg4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8
19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 {0-1 Lukacs,P-Postny,E/
Budapest 2000/CBM 78 ext (63) black stood better.}) 15... Qa4 16. Rac1 Ba6 17.
Nc4 Rd8 18. Bc7 $44 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Kristjansson,S/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 (70)
White has a very decent compensation for the pawn to my taste.}) 13. Bg5 Nc6 $4
{A rare blunder for a GM, especially since the motiff is quite known...} {
[%tqu "En","Can you find the thematic win for white?","","","d3a6","Well done!
White doesn't attack the knight, but it's defender!",10]} 14. Ba6 $1 {It's
time to go home, folks, game's over.} h6 $8 {Black finds the only move to keep
fighting .} ({After} 14... Qxd4 15. Nxc6 Qxh4 16. Nxe7+ Kg7 17. Bxh4 Bxa6 {
Black is still a piece down.}) (14... Nxe5 15. Bxb7 {is also hardly
comfortable.}) (14... Bxa6 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxf6 {Kinda like
checkers, don't you think? :)}) 15. Bxh6 {Black gave up a pawn to save a piece,
but WHAT a pawn!} Nd5 ({White is still winning after:} 15... Bxa6 16. Nxc6 $18
{[%csl Rf6,Rf8][%cal Gc6e7,Gh6g5,Rg5f6,Gh6f8]}) 16. Qh3 Nxc3 (16... Bxa6 17.
Nxc6 Qd6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxf8 {(Slightly) different position
- same story.}) 17. bxc3 Bxa6 18. Nxc6 Qd6 19. Nxe7+ {The last and the
forthcoming few moves could as well be spared.} Qxe7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rfe1 Bc4
22. Qh6 {And now there's also a mate threat to deal with - no fun here, so
Dmitry decided to call it a day.} 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 ({Black can also play without forcing action in the center.} 
9... d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Ng5 Bf8 13. d5 e5 $13 {0-1 Scekic,M-Genov,
P/Subotica 2002/CBM 87 ext (64). (63)}) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Nb4 {
The N will eventually have to go back, but only after white weakens his Q side
pawns with a2-a3} (12... Na5 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nd7 $2 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5
Bf6 $6 (16... Nxc4 17. dxe6 Qc6 $1 18. Be4 Nxb2 19. Qh5 g6 20. exf7+ Kg7 21.
Bxc6 gxh5 22. Bxb7 $16) 17. dxe6 Qd4 18. Ba3 Bh4 19. Bxh7+ {1-0 Giertz,N-Kritz,
L/Biel SUI 2003/The Week in Chess 456 (19)}) 13. Bf1 Re8 {Black decides to
keep the tension in the center, thus not allowing white to develop his forces
with ease.} 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. a3 Nc6 16. cxd5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 {is bad due to:}
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc4 Qd8 (18... Qd6 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. d5 Na5 (20... exd5 $2
21. Bxd5+ Kg6 22. Qg4+ Kh6 23. Bf7 $1 {mating}) 21. dxe6+ Kg8 (21... Ke7 22.
Qg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gc1d1]}) 22. e7+ Nxc4 23. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 24. Rxc4 $16)
19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bf5 $1 h6 (
23... g6 24. Bxg6 Rc7 25. d5+ $18) 24. d5 $18) 17. g3 $2 {The idea is good,
but missing a cute tactical shot on black's part} (17. Rc2 $142 $11) 17... Nxe5
18. dxe5 d4 $1 19. exf6 (19. Nb5 Qd5 20. f3 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 $8 (21. Qxc1 $4 Qxf3
22. exf6 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qxh2+) 21... Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 $17) 19... Rxe1 20. Qxe1
dxc3 21. Rxc3 $8 (21. Bxc3 $4 Qd5 22. f3 Bc5+ $19) 21... Qd5 22. f3 Qd4+ (22...
Rxc3 $143 23. Qxc3 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 25. Bg2 $11) 23. Kg2 Qxf6 $17 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gb7f3,Yf6b2] Black has a big advantage due to the weakness of white's
monarch.} 24. Be2 (24. Qe3 Bc5 $17) 24... Re8 25. Qd2 Qe5 26. Rc2 Qf5 27. Rc1 (
27. b4 {runs into} Rxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Bxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxc2+ $19) (27. Rc3 $142)
27... Bc5 28. Rd1 $4 (28. Rc3 h5 $36) 28... Qe6 29. Bd3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. c4 Rc8 11. Rac1 Rc7 (11... Ne4 {[%cal Gf7f5] is a bit more
to the point here.}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb1 {[%cal
Gb2g7,Gb1h7] White is somewhat better here, due to better positions of his
pieces, but it should only be a symbolic plus..} Bf6 {Correctly trying to
neutralize white's attacking pieces.} 16. Nc4 Rd7 17. Qg4 g6 18. h4 (18. e4 Nc3
19. Bxc3 Bxd4 20. Ne5 Rd6 {looks like equal}) 18... h5 19. Qe2 Nf4 $6 {Pseudo
activity. Black was ok without the tactics.} ({What was wrong with} 19... Qe7 {
again?}) 20. exf4 Bxd4 21. Ne5 Rd5 (21... Bxe5 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. fxe5 Qxh4 24.
Qe3 (24. Rc7 $143 Nc5 {[%cal Gh4d8]}) 24... Qg4 25. f3 Qg3 26. Rc7 Rd8 {
[%cal Gd7c5] with an approximate equality.}) 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. b4 Na4 $4 {
After this there's no way back!} (23... Ne4 {was necessary, but white is
slighly better anyhow.} 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc4 $5 (26. Rd1) 26...
Qa1+ 27. Qf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bb1 29. Rc7 Bxa2 30. Rxa7 Bd5 31. f3 {and white's
totally dominating the board.}) 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Nxg6 $1 {Yes! The move was,
of course, screaming to be played.} fxg6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxg6 $2 {Instead of
winning on the spot, Robert makes his life much more difficult.} ({Fritzie
instantly suggests:} 27. Rc7 $3 {and is laughing all the way to the victory.
The point is in white having two annoying threats: Rh7 (followed by Qh6-h7
mate and Qe7 and the mate's inevitable)... well, 3 threats, actually, if you
count the attacked bishop on b7.} Qf6 28. Qd7 Rf7 29. Qxf7 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 {
is no fun for black.}) 27... Qg7 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. g3 Qh8 30. Qb5 Qb2 31. Rd1
Bf3 32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bremer SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 a6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Rfd1 f5 13. a4 $6 {A new move.
White's idea is to undermine black's Q side with a4-a5, thus creating
additional targets. However, this move has one serious drawback: it does not
prevent black from executing his own.} ({The two games that reached this
position, saw:} 13. Na4 c5 (13... f4 14. Rc2 Rf7 15. exf4 Bxf4 16. Bc1 Bxc1 17.
Rdxc1 Raf8 18. cxd5 Ng5 $5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qe3 Qxd5 $13 {1-0 Kacheishvili,
G-Sokolov,A/Plovdiv BUL 2003/The Week in Chess 467 (34)}) 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5
dxc4 16. bxc4 Bc6 17. Bc2 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Nb6 20. Rd6 Rfc8 21. cxb5
axb5 22. e4 $1 g6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Kosyrev,V-Gagarin,V/Moscow
2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 13... Rf6 $1 {This move would be impossible had white
played 13.Na4, and black is trying to exploit it.} 14. a5 Rh6 {[%cal Ge4g5]}
15. g3 Ndf6 (15... dxc4 $5 16. bxc4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qg6 19. axb6 cxb6
$132) 16. axb6 cxb6 17. cxd5 exd5 {Black is deliberately closing his B, after
white has weakened the h1-a8 diagonal, however, he gets a very strong hold of
the center, and a pressure along the 'e' file.} (17... Nxc3 $5 18. Bxc3 Bxd5 {
with an unclear position.}) 18. Ne5 $1 {A very deep pawn sacrifice. White had
to calculate very carefully that black's attack will be parried.} Bxe5 19. dxe5
Ng4 {[%csl Re5,Rh2]} 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qc4+ {Leaving the king alone, but just
in time to create a very strong counterplay in the center.} Kh8 (21... Qe6 22.
Qc7 $16) 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Re8 $2 {After this move black is lost, as hard
as it is to believe.} (23... Rg8 $142 24. h4 Re6 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Qxc6 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxb6 {with a draw}) 24. h3 $1 {Forcing the rook away from the
6th rank.} Rxh3 25. Qd7 $1 {Forcing Q exchange} Qxd7 (25... h6 26. e6 {[%cal
Gc1c8]} Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Rh2+ 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Rc8 $18) 26. Rxd7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Ge5e6] e5-e6 is an extremely vicious threat.} Nxf2 $6 {Black could still try a
more stubborn defence:} (26... Rh2 $142 27. Rcd1 (27. Rcc7 Rxf2 28. Rxg7 Rxb2
29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rcg7+ $11) (27. e6 $140 {the most natural continuation is
met by a brilliant idea:} Rxf2 28. Re7 Rg8 29. Bxg7+ Rxg7 30. Re8+ Rg8 31.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. e7 Rd2 $3 34. e8=Q Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Nh2+
37. Ke1 Nf3+ $11) 27... h6 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. e6 Rxf2 31. e7 Rxb2
32. e8=Q Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rb2+ 34. Kf1 Nxe3+ 35. Ke1 Ng2+ 36. Kd1 Ne3+ 37. Kc1 $18)
27. e6 Ng4 (27... Rh1+ 28. Kxf2 Rh2+ 29. Kf1 Rxb2 30. Rcd1 $18) 28. Rxg7 Rxg3+
29. Kf1 Rf3+ (29... Nxe3+ 30. Ke2 Rxg7 31. Rc7 Nd1 32. Kxd1 Kg8 (32... Reg8 33.
Rxg7 Rxg7 34. e7 $18) 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rf6 $18) (29... Nh2+ 30.
Ke2 Rxg7 31. Rc7 Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rxh7 Nf3 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Bf6+ Kxe6 36.
Rxe8+ Kxf6 37. Ra8 $18) 30. Ke1 Rxe3+ 31. Kd1 Nf2+ (31... Rxb3 32. Ba1 Rd3+ 33.
Kc2 Ne3+ 34. Kb1 Rb3+ 35. Ka2 $18) 32. Kd2 Rxb3 33. Ba1 {The checks are over,
and with it the game.} Ra3 34. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. d5 (12. Bb2 {seems to be more
accurate.}) 12... exd5 13. Nd4 Qf6 {If White would have played 12.Bb2 this
move were not possible.} 14. Bb2 c5 15. Nc6 d4 16. b5 ({the tempting:} 16. exd4
{is in fact bad:} Bxc6 {and now, if:} 17. d5 $2 (17. b5 cxd4 (17... Bb7 18.
dxc5 Ne5 19. c6 $11) 18. bxc6 Ndc5 {only black can claim for an advantage here.
}) 17... Ba4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf6b2,Yb2f6,Gc2a4,Ya4c2]}) 16... Bxc6 17. bxc6 {
Now, compared to the line16.exd4 cxd4 17.b5 Black doesn't have the square c5
for his knight.} Ne5 18. exd4 Nxc6 $6 (18... cxd4 {looks much better from
Black's standpoint.} {After} 19. Bxd4 Rac8 {Black is better}) 19. dxc5 Nd4 20.
Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Bf3 $1 {And that's the difference: White's able to get rid of
his white-squared idiot!} Qxc5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rae8 24. Qg4 (24. Qd3
$142 Rf6 (24... Rf4 25. Rad1 Rxc4 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc3 28. a4 Ra3 (28...
Rc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. Ra6 $11) 29. Rd4 Re2 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Re7 32. Rd4 {
with a draw}) 25. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Gb1b5]}) 24... h5 $2 {There is no need to
weaken own king.} (24... Rf6 $142 25. Rad1 (25. h3 Rfe6 {[%cal Ge6e4]}) (25.
Qd7 Ref8 $17) 25... Qxa3 26. Rfe1 (26. Ra1 $2 Qc5 27. Rxa7 $4 Qxf2+ $1 {mating}
) 26... Qa4 $17) 25. Qg3 Re4 26. Rad1 {now it's a draw.} Rxc4 27. Rxd6 h4 28.
Qb3 Kh8 29. Rd3 Rc1 30. Qb2 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qc4 32. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 Bd6 {Sometimes, this position arises with
black to play (when he is able to play Bd6 in one move).} 12. Bf5 $6 {I don't
like white's idea of giving away the bishop. This way he gets control over the
'e5' square, but the B will be missed on the K-side later on.} ({the natural} 
12. Ne2 {is better}) 12... Re8 13. Bxd7 $2 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2f4,Yf4h5,Yf4d5]} Rac8 {Protecting c7 (in case black decides to take on c5
at some point), and preparing c7-c5 in an appropriate moment.} 16. Nf4 Qe7 17.
Nh5 {without the light squared bishop White's strategy has no chances to
succeed.} (17. Nfd3 {makes more sene to me, but white is already fighting for
equality}) 17... Nxh5 18. Qxh5 c5 $17 {Black has a very simple plan: b5-c4 etc.
while white has to look for artificial ways on achieving counterplay.} 19. f4 {
[%csl Re3] it works in some lines, but here black forces are too well
coordinated, so this "active" move will backfire at white.} f6 20. Ng4 Qf7 $1 {
A very strong move, underlining all the misery of white's position. The
endgame is, of course, hopless for him.} 21. Qh3 (21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $17 {[%csl
Re3][%cal Gh7h5,Gc5c4,Gb6b5]}) 21... c4 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3] white pieces are
completely irrelevant to the battle.} 22. Rfd1 b5 23. bxc4 {Of course, white
understands that this move opens up the bishop on 'b7', but it was the only
way to stop black from playing b4-c3} (23. Qg3 Kh8) (23. Qf3 b4 24. Ba1 c3 25.
a3 a5 $19) 23... dxc4 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 24. d5 h5 $1 (24... b4 {was also possible,
but white give white unecessary chances?} 25. Bxf6 h5 26. Ne5 Qxf6 27. Nxc4 Bc5
$19) 25. Nf2 b4 26. Bd4 Bxd5 {Now it's a winning position AND a pawn} 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Qg3+ Qg7 (28... Kf8 {was the stronger option} 29. e4 Qc7 30. e5 {
is completely winning for black but, perhaps a bit too messy}) 29. Rxd5 Qxg3
30. hxg3 Bc5 31. e4 (31. Rxc4 Bxe3 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Kf1 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Rc2+ 35.
Kf3 Rxa2 {[%cal Ga6a3,Gb4b2] white has no chance of survival here}) 31... a5 (
31... Rxe4 $4 {of course not} 32. Rxc5) 32. Kf1 a4 33. Nd3 {trying to create
any disbalance} (33. Rxc4 Bxf2 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Kxf2 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 {
the quantity of pawn is equal, which cannot be said about theirs quality}) (33.
Rxh5 b3 (33... Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Rxe4 $19) 34. Ng4 b2 35. Rb1 c3 $19) 33... cxd3
34. Rcxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxe4 36. Rd5 Re2 {A good example how a wrong opening
strategy can lead to a defeat with white, without even comitting hard mistakes.
} (36... Re2 37. Rxd3 Rxa2) 0-1

[Event "Pulvermuehle 2nd"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Bxf3 {A rare move. The
usual continuations here are:} (6... d6) (6... Be7) 7. Qxf3 Nc6 {Black gave up
on two BB, but put a pressure on the center, forcing white to take on c5, or
close the position with d4-d5.} 8. dxc5 (8. d5 Ne5 9. Qe2 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 exd5
11. cxd5 d6 12. e4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O {and black is ok.}) 8... bxc5 9. Nc3 {
In the next phase both players will try to develop their pieces on best
positions. Black's position is solid, although the spatial advantage promises
white a long term small advantage.} g6 $6 {There was no need to leave white a
bishop pair. Especially, considering the fact that black has less space, and
any exchange is good for him.} (9... Ne5 $5 10. Qe2 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. e4 d6
13. Rd1 O-O 14. b3 $14) 10. Rd1 Rb8 (10... Ne5 {doesn't have the same effect
as before, since with the bishop on g7, black's d6 square will be too weak.})
11. Bf1 Bg7 12. b3 O-O ({but not} 12... Ne4 $4 13. Nxe4 Bxa1 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15.
Qxf7#) 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rd2 {[%csl Rd7]} Rfd8 15. Rad1 Ne8 16. g3 $14 {[%cal
Gh2h5,Yf1g2] /+/- Black has no plan for improving his position, while white
can continue to slowly increase the pressure.} f5 {gaining some space, but in
the same time giving white additional target for attack.} (16... Rb6 $5) 17.
Qe2 Ne5 18. f4 $1 Nf7 (18... Ng4 $143 19. Bg2 Ngf6 $14) 19. Bg2 Nf6 20. Ba3 $1
{Before the 'e3-e4' advance white is removing the B from the long diagonal, to
avoid the exchange of dark squared bishops, and forcing black to weaken the
'e6' square by playing d7-d6.} d6 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 $16 {
[%csl Re6,Rg6,Rh7] The opening phase was played flawlessly by white.} Qc7 24.
Kg2 {moving away from potential checks along the g1-a7 diagonal.} Rd7 25. h4 $1
{[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Ge4h7,Gh4h5]} Re8 26. Rd3 $2 {too slow.} ({It was time to
start the assault.} 26. h5 g5 (26... gxh5 $2 27. Qxh5 h6 28. Bxc5 {[%csl Rd7]})
27. Qg4 gxf4 28. Bb2 $1 {a very important intermediate move.} e5 29. gxf4 {
with a decisive attack.}) 26... Rde7 27. Qc2 Bd4 28. h5 gxh5 $2 {Missing a
great opportunity to take the initiative.} (28... e5 $1 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. R3d2
(30. Bxg6 exf4 {[%cal Ge7e2]} 31. Bh5 Qb7+ $17 {all of a sudden it's white who
is being attacked here.}) 30... exf4 31. Bd5 Kg7 $15) 29. Bxh7+ $1 {Destroying
black's king position.} Kxh7 $6 {Allowing white to get rid of the 'd4' B is
not a good idea.} (29... Kh8 30. Be4 e5 31. f5 Ng5 32. Qe2 Rh7 {and there is
still a lot of fight ahead}) 30. Rxd4+ Kh6 31. Re4 Qc6 (31... e5 32. f5 $40)
32. Qe2 {[%cal Gd1h1]} Kg7 (32... e5 33. Rd5 {[%cal Ga3b2]}) 33. Bb2+ e5 (33...
Kf8 $142 {Is the lesser evil, but it is only a matter of how many moves will
black hold.} 34. Kg1) 34. Rd5 $18 {The black king is doomed now.} Kf8 (34...
Kg6 35. f5+ Kg5 36. Qxh5+ $1 Kxh5 37. Bc1 $1 {and the mate is inevitable.}) 35.
Qxh5 exf4 36. Rxf4 {[%cal Gh5h8] Now it's all over... there are a few
desparate checks left.} Re2+ 37. Kh3 Qd7+ 38. Rdf5 Rxb2 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qf6+ {
not letting the king escape, of course.} (40. Qxb2 $6 Ne5) 40... Kf8 41. Qxb2
Re5 42. g4 Re3+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 $6 f5 (10... Nd7 11. b4 c5 {is what I recommended
for black in my survey in CBM104, and, suprprisingly, I still hold this
opinion.}) 11. b4 Rf6 {In the aforementioned survey I concluded that if White
chooses to place his Q on c2 black'd better refrain from Rf6:} 12. d5 (12. Bb2
Nd7 {this was the exact position in question, and now after:} 13. d5 Rg6 14.
Nd4 {white gets an edge. This game nothing but enforces the overall assessment.
}) 12... exd5 13. Bb2 Rg6 14. cxd5 Nd7 ({After} 14... Bxd5 15. Rfd1 $16 {
the white pieces control the whole board.}) 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 a6 $6 {
A somewhat mysterious move. Black should better take care of his centre first:}
(16... c5 {doesn't work due to:} 17. dxc6 Rxc6 (17... Bxc6 18. Ba6 $18) 18.
Qb3+ Kf8 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. g3 {[%cal Gf3d4] with a big advantage} ({but not} 
20. Nd4 $4 Rxg2+ $1 21. Kxg2 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 (22. Bg4 Nd2+ 23. Nxc6 Qxg4+ $19)
22... Qh4 {and there is no defence against mate.})) (16... Qe7 17. Qa4 a5 18.
bxa5 Ndc5 {and Black's in the game.}) 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Nd4 {[%csl Re4,Rf5][%cal
Gc2f5,Gd4f5,Yf2f3] Rather then just attacking the knight, Ivanchuk is
targeting the basis - Pf5. All of a sudden, Black's position is very difficult.
} Bxd5 19. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 (19... Qf7 20. Nxf5 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 $18) 20.
Qxc4+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7] Black has absolutely nothing to put
against white's active pieces, esp. the B} Qe8 (21... Qg5 22. Qxe4 {[%cal
Ge4f5,Ge4g2]}) 22. Qxa6 {Having such an overwhelming position, why not grab a
pawn? Just in case.} Rg5 $1 {To Alex's creding I must say he's defending very
resourcefully. As we'll see soon - it pays off on many occasions, even when
playing against Ivanchuk.} 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rxg3 $1 {That is the point of
black's 22nd move. It doesn't really save the day, but keeps white in tension.}
25. Rxd6 $1 (25. fxg3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qh6+ {is a draw, of course}) 25... Ra8 26.
Re6 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ge8e6,Ye6e8,Yf2g3,Ya6a8] A picturesque position! Two queens
and two (or even three, depends how you look at it) rooks are hanging
simultaneously!} Qg8 27. Qb7 Rg5 (27... Rb8 28. Qxc7 Qxe6 29. Qxg3 $18) 28.
Rxc7 $6 {Perhaps a first step to letting the win slip away. There was no
necessity whatsoever to continue an complicate the matters. Now the first rank
is weakened} ({a simple:} 28. Re7 Rb8 29. Qxc7 Nf6 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Bxf6 {
would do just fine.}) 28... Rb8 29. Qe4 Qd8 $1 {a vicious move - playing the
last card.} 30. Rb7 $4 {And this, already is a huge blunder. A rare slip for a
player of Ivanchuk's caliber.} (30. Qc2 $18 {Would have taken care of both -
the hanging rook and the first rook keeping the numerous threats: Rd6, Rec6,
Rh6! to which black is helpless.}) 30... Nf8 $1 {Now it's not at all simple
anymore.} 31. Rh6 {still not recovered from the shock, white allows an
immediate draw.} (31. Bd4 {would have still offered White some chances after:}
Nxe6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qxe6 {and White has a shot at still winning this game.})
(31. Rxb8 {now allows a perpetual:} Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ ({or} 32... Rh5+ 33. Kg3
Rg5+ 34. Kh2 $11) 33. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 31... Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rh5+ 34.
Rxh5 (34. Kg3 Rg5+ $11) 34... Qxh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+ 36. Kf3 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 {
There are three possible plans in this position, one is that chosen by
Kortschnoi where black takes on c4 and tries to push e5, another possible plan
is to put the B on e7 and play against the isolated pawn.Also deserves of a
serious attention is the plan where black postpones any kind of action in the
center.} (6... Bd6) 7. Bxc4 a6 (7... Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11.
Qe2 a6 12. a4 $6 (12. dxc5 {I prefer this move over the text, since then in
the arising position of an isolated pawn white has a badly misplaced bishop.})
12... cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Nxd4 Ne5 $15) 13... Bb4 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16.
Bxc3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nf8 18. Qe5 Ng6 19. Qg3 Nde7 20. Qh3 Qd6 21. Re1 Nd5 22. Ng5
h6 23. Ne4 Qe7 $15 {0-1 Cosma,I-Brodsky,M/ROM-chT 1994/EXT 97 (37)}) 8. Qe2 (8.
b3 Nbd7 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Ke7 13. Rac1
Rac8 14. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Ribli,Z/Szeged 1997/CBM 62 (14)}) 9. Bb2 Be7 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. a4 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nc4
Bd5 17. Nfe5 Qb7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. e4 Bc6 21. Qg4+ Kh7 22. Bc2
Rg8 23. Qf4 Rg6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 e5 26. Qh4 Qc7 $17 {0-1 Prakash,G-Short,
N/Calcutta 1998/CBM 62 ext (31)}) (8. a4 c5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. Qe2 Nb4 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. Nd3 Nxd3
18. Rxd3 Nd6 $17 {0-1 Sasata,R-Tukmakov,V/Winnipeg 1994/EXT 98 (40)}) 8... Nbd7
(8... c5 9. Rd1 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bd3 Ba3
14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nd4 g6 18. Qb2 e5 19. Ne2 b5 20.
Na5 Ba8 21. b4 Nb6 22. a3 h5 23. Nc3 h4 24. h3 Nfd5 25. Rfe1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rc8
27. Qa1 Qg5 $15 {0-1 Chiburdanidze,M-Akopian,V/Las Vegas USA 1999 (46)}) 9...
Nbd7 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Bc4 $1
Qxa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Nxf7 Bd5 18. Nxh8 Bd6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Onischuk,A/
Budapest 1993/CBM 37 ext (29)}) 9. a4 Bd6 {Of course, black cannot choose
another setup anymore, after putting his knight on d7} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 e5
12. Bg5 exd4 ({another possibility would've been :} 12... Qe8 {which is
handing white too much of freedom in the center.} 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. f4 Qc5+ (15... Qd4+ $6 16. Kh1 Nxe4 $2 17. Rad1 $18) 16. Kh1 $18 {[%cal
Ge4e5,Ge5e6,Gc4d3]}) 13. Nxd4 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Qe5 (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qe5+ 16.
f4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. e5 $40) 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bxf6 $1 {Giving black a tough
choice between a pawn down, and a passive, strategically lost position.} Nxf6
17. e5 Rae8 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3 Bxe5) 18... Rae8 19. f4 $16 {
Black has to move his pieces now, after which white's initiative wil become
very dangerous.}) 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. exd6 Bb7 20. dxc7 Rc8 21. Re7 $2 (21. Qd6 $1
Ne8 (21... Qg5 22. Bf1 {[%csl Gb6]}) (21... Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Re7 Ne8 24.
Bd5 $1 $18) (21... b5 22. axb5 Qxc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. bxa6 Rxc4 25. axb7 Rb4
26. Re7 $18) 22. Rxe8 $1 Rcxe8 (22... Rfxe8 23. Bd5 Qc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Bxb7
Rxc7 26. Bxa6 $18) 23. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb2b4] The queen got caught!!!!}) (21.
Qg3 $2 Qc5 22. Ba2 Qxc7 $11) 21... b5 $8 {[%csl Ga1] The drawback of white's
last move is the unprotected rook on a1} 22. Bd5 Nxd5 (22... Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7
24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 $16) 23. Nxd5 bxa4 24. Rd1 {Even after
the mistake white has a strong domination, and it takes all Victor Lvovich's
skills to save the game.} h6 25. Qc3 $1 Qb5 (25... Qxc3 26. Nxc3 {[%cal Gc3a4]}
Bc6 27. Rd6 Bb5 28. Nd5 $18) 26. Ne3 (26. Re5 Bxd5 $8 27. Rexd5 Qb6 28. Rd7 $16
) 26... a5 27. Rd5 $5 Qb3 (27... Bxd5 $4 28. Nf5 $18) (27... Qb4 28. Qxb4 axb4
29. Rb5 Bc6 30. Rxb4 $18) 28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Rb5 (29. Rxa5 Ra8 30. Nc4 Bd5 31.
Rd7 $1) 29... Bc6 30. Rxa5 $2 {Giving black unnecessery counterchances} (30.
Rxb3 $142 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Gb3c3,Ge3c4,Gc4d6,Ge3f5,Gf5d6]} Rfe8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8
32. Rb8 $18) 30... Ra8 31. Nc4 Bb5 $1 {This is probably what white had missed}
32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Na3 Kf8 34. Re5 Bd7 {The position is, of course, still
winning, but there are technical difficulties, due to the far advanced black
'b' pawn} 35. h4 Be6 36. f4 Ke7 37. Nb5 $2 (37. f5 Kd6 38. fxe6 Kxe5 39. exf7
Kd6 (39... Ke6 40. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5a7]} Kd7 {-see 39...Kd6}) 40. Nb5+ Kd7 41. Kf2
$1 Rf8 42. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3b3,Gb3c4,Yb2b7] and black is helpless against white's
simple threat} Rxf7 43. c8=Q+ Kxc8 44. Nd6+ $18) 37... Kd7 38. Rc5 Ke7 {
[%cal Ge6d7]} 39. f5 $2 {the final mistake} (39. Kf2 $142 Ra2 (39... Bd7 40.
Re5+) 40. c8=Q Rxb2+ 41. Kf3 Bxc8 42. Rxc8 Rc2 43. Rb8 $18) 39... Bd7 40. Nd4 (
40. Nc3) 40... Kd6 $1 {Black finds a way to transform the position into a
drawn rook ending.} 41. Nxb3 Rc8 42. Kf2 Ba4 $1 43. Rc3 Bxb3 44. Rxb3 Rxc7 {
[%csl Gf5,Gh4][%cal Gd6e5]} 45. Re3 Rc4 46. g3 Rc2+ $1 47. Re2 Rc5 $1 48. g4 {
[%csl Ge2,Gg4,Gh4]} Rb5 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf4 Rb4+ {White's R is too passive
and the pawns are too weak for white to make any progress.} 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52.
Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Nd2 Kh8 {This move is new. Black
is opting for a more solid play in the center, rather then trying to create
counterplay on the king side. Other attempts were:} (12... Rf6 13. f3 Ng5 14.
Bb2 (14. d5 Rg6 15. f4 Nf7 16. Bb2 b5 17. Bf3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Qxd5 Qe8 21. Rae1 Nf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R-Moiseenko,A/Bled 2002/EXT
2003 (41)}) 14... Rg6 15. Kh1 Nf7 16. g3 Qg5 17. Rg1 Nf6 18. Rg2 Re8 19. Rf1 e5
20. d5 b5 $1 $36 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Leitao,R/Cappelle la Grande 2000/CBM 74 ext 
(26)}) (12... Qh4 13. f3 Ng5 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. d5 Rae8 17. Bxf6 Rxf6
18. f4 Nf7 19. Bf3 Rh6 20. Rf2 e5 21. Qc2 Re7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Hansen,
T/Fredrikstad 2003/CBM 95 ext (41)}) 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Qe7 15. Qc2 (15. e4 {
doesn't work well here:} f4 16. Bc3 e5 {In such a closed position and without
the dark squared bishop, there is no reason why black shouldn't be happy here.}
) (15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 15... Rac8 16. a4 c5 17. a5 (17.
dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 d5 $132) 17... cxd4 18. exd4 b5 {Black is just on time
creating counterplay.} 19. a6 (19. c5 {is leff effective due to:} a6) 19... Bc6
20. c5 e5 {White's seemingly strong center is easily undermined.} 21. Bc3 (21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {with dynamic equality.}) 21... dxc5 (21... exd4
$143 22. Bxd4 dxc5 23. bxc5 {[%csl Gc5] I prefer white here.}) 22. bxc5 (22.
dxc5 Nxc5 $1 {The point of black's last move.} 23. bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b4 $19)
22... Nf6 {By keeping the pressure in the center, black doesn't allow white to
consolidate his pieces.} 23. Qb2 (23. Rfe1 e4 {[%cal Gf6d5] After blocking the
pawns only black can be better.}) 23... b4 $1 {Now we can witness the force
hidden inside black pieces.} (23... e4 $2 24. Bxb5 Rb8 25. Bxc6 Rxb2 26. Bxb2
$16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4]}) 24. Bxb4 Nd5 {[%cal Gc8b8]} 25. Bc4 (25. Bc3 Rb8 26. Qd2
Nxc3 27. Qxc3 exd4 $17) 25... Ne3 26. Rfc1 exd4 27. Qxd4 Bxf3 $1 {the point}
28. Bf1 (28. gxf3 {accepting the sacrifice is extremely dangerous:} Qg5+ 29.
Kf2 f4 (29... Qg2+ 30. Kxe3 Rfe8+ 31. Kd3 Rcd8 32. Qd6 Qxf3+ {looks scary for
white, but fritzie keeps his usual cool-temper:} 33. Kc2 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Rc8 35.
Kb2 Rb8 36. Bb5 {and white wins}) 30. Bf1 Rcd8 31. Qe4 Rfe8 $40) (28. Re1 Qg5
$19) 28... Bc6 29. Bd2 Nxf1 $2 (29... f4 {[%csl Rg1] was much stronger, and
black would have a very promising attack.} 30. Re1 Rce8) 30. Rxf1 Rcd8 31. Qe3
Qf7 {Altough, if to choose, I would take black here, white is by no means in
danger.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 {
a rare move which, however, has its logic: black doesn't allow white to
conquer space on the queen side, but pays a tempo for it. I think that the
tempo is of more value here.} (7... O-O {is the most principled continuation
here:} 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nd4 Qf6 14.
Bb2 c5 15. Nc6 d4 16. b5 Bxc6 17. bxc6 Ne5 18. exd4 Nxc6 19. dxc5 Nd4 20. Bxd4
Qxd4 21. Bf3 Qxc5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Moiseenko,A/Sochi
RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 546 (31) with an equality}) (7... d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9.
b4 a5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 Ndf6
16. f3 Ng5 17. Bc3 a4 18. Rf1 b5 19. e4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 f4 21. b5 $16 {1-0
Topalov,V-Bagheri,A/Bastia FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 522 (44)}) 8. b3 d6 ({
an attempt to close up the center with} 8... O-O 9. Be2 d5 {didn't work out
too well for black:} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 a4 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Nd6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qe2 Be4 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Ne5 {1-0 Belov,V-Kuzubov,Y/St
Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (33) black has a bad weakness on c6 (and c7) and
white used it nicely.}) 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qc2 (12. Rfd1 {
allowing} Ne4 {also comes into consideration:} 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2
Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bc8 17. f3 Qg5 18. Qc3 Nc5 19. Re1 a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. f4 $1 Qe7
22. Rdd1 e4 23. Kh1 {1-0 Johannessen,L-Korchnoi,V/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week
in Chess 561 (36) with a one-sided game.}) 12... c5 $146 {Black's idea here is
to put a wall in the center and on the queen side, trusting his free of
weakness position. He is, however, a bit too passive, which ensures white's
long term advantage.} ({after} 12... Ne4 13. Nd2 $6 (13. Rfd1) 13... Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 f5 15. Bc3 (15. b4) 15... e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Qb2 Ne4 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. b4
axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Ra5 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rfb8 {black managed to get an equality.
White's play, however, could and should be improved. 1/2-1/2 Husari,S-Werner,D/
Budapest 2003/CBM 94 ext}) 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Ba1 {White is
planning to build a strong battery along the a1-h8 diagonal (after Qb2), after
which all kinds of possible tactics in the center will be in the air. This
forces black to act, but he's happy to do so anyway.} (15. Qb1 {makes more
sense to me - by nature I don't like my queens standing in opposition with
opponents' rooks.}) 15... b5 ({for example, after} 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17.
Qb2 {the white forces are much better placed for the upcomming battle.}) 16. d5
{"on a flank attack one should answer with a break in the center"... well,
it's not exactly a typical case for that, but it still worked in this game 
(not without the opponent's aid).} (16. cxb5 cxd4 17. Qb2 dxe3 18. fxe3 Nc5 {
is not satisfactory for white: black has a very strong outpost on e4 for his
knights.}) 16... exd5 $2 {and this is already a mistake, after which white
gets a well felt advantage.} (16... b4 {must have been played, sealing the
queen side, and aiming to do the same in the center (with e5). That pretty
much forces white to play} 17. dxe6 (17. e4 e5 18. a4 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f8,
Gc8e8,Gb7c8] the position is solid enough for black.}) 17... fxe6 18. a4 {
and although black has a weakness on d6 - it's not something that would scare
a Nimzo Indian player. black is fine here. The weakness on g6 and the light
squares in general is easily covered by Nf8.}) 17. cxd5 Bxd5 ({now} 17... b4 {
is already not the same, as white will always have the option of advancing his
'e' pawn.}) (17... c4 {however, is quite an interesting option:} 18. Nd4 (18.
bxc4 Bxd5) 18... cxb3 19. Qxb3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxd5 21. Qxb5 Nc5 22. Rd1 {
alghout here too white has an advantage.}) 18. Bxb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {although
black managed to ruin white structure on the kingside, he's left witout
bishops to opposes white's, and the open 'g' will be against him rather than
for him.} Ne5 $6 {a superficial move.} ({better was} 19... Qe6 $16 {[%cal
Ge6b3,Ge6h3] not allowing white dominate the position, and creating an
illusion of counterplay.}) 20. Qf5 $1 {paralizing all black pieces.} Rcb8 (
20... g6 21. Qh3 {followed by f3-f4 is a suicide for black.}) 21. a4 {to go
along with the strong bishop pair (and the diagonal they usually move on),
white has a juicy weakness on d6 to play against.} Rb6 22. Kh1 {...here it
comes. Black's position is already very difficult.} g6 23. Qh3 Kh7 24. Qg2 $1 {
an unexpected and very strong move. White wants to play f4, winning material,
and white black is forced to react, white protects the f2 pawn, which will
become vulnerable after f4.} Nc6 25. f4 Rc8 26. f3 (26. f5 {was also
interesting, but Ivan is in no hurry, and takes away any possible counterplay
of black's..} g5 27. Rg1 $16 {[%cal Gg2h3]}) 26... Nb4 (26... Na7 27. Bd3 (27.
Qb2 Nh5 28. Rd5 Qxe3 (28... Nxb5 29. Rxh5 f5 30. Qg2 Nd4 31. Rg1 d5 32. exd4
gxh5 33. dxc5 {and black is doomed}) 29. Rxh5 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 27...
Rxb3 28. Qc2 c4 (28... Rcb8 29. Rg1 {and black is helpless}) 29. Bxc4 Rb4 30.
Qd3 $16) 27. Qh3 {the queen's mission on g2 is done, and it goes back, again
with tempo.} Rg8 28. Qh4 Nfd5 (28... Qxe3 29. Qxf6 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 {
game over.}) (28... d5 29. Be5 {is hopeless for black.}) 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. e4 {
[%csl Rb4,Rc5,Rd6,Rf7][%cal Ga1h8] In this endgame black's position consists
of weaknesses only, and no counterplay.} Rc8 31. Bc4 Kg8 32. Rd2 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gc1d1,Gd2d6]} Kf8 33. Rcd1 Rd8 34. Be5 {the simplest.} (34. Bf6 $2 d5 {
with some hopes for black.}) 34... Nc8 35. Bf6 Re8 36. e5 $1 d5 (36... dxe5 37.
fxe5 {followed by invasion through d7 or d8.}) 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 {now
it's time to pick up the weaknesses} Ne7 (38... Rxb3 39. Rd8 Ne7 40. Bg7+ $18)
39. Rxc5 Ng8 (39... Rxb3 40. Rd7 Ng8 41. Rcc7 {is nasty}) 40. Bh4 Rxb3 41. Rxa5
Rxf3 42. Bg3 {looks quite ugly for white, but it's temporary only. Black
cannot save his 7th and 8th ranks.} Ra3 (42... Rb3 43. Ra7 Rbb8 44. Bf2 Ra8 45.
Rdd7 Rxa7 46. Bc5+ Kg7 47. Rxa7 {[%csl Rg8] and the pawn will queen easily.})
43. Ra7 Re7 44. Rd8+ Re8 45. Rxe8+ Kxe8 46. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 (
8. a4 Be7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Nh5
15. g4 Ng7 16. Nf3 f5 17. g5 Re8 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. Ng3 b5 20. a5 Qe7 21. Re1 $16
{1-0 Nikcevic,N-Romanishin,O/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (33)}) (8. a3 Be7 9. b4
a6 10. Qb3 Rc8 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 Nh5 16.
Qd1 Nf4 17. Bb1 f5 18. g3 Ng6 19. Qh5 e4 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxf5
Rce8 23. Qh3 $16 {1-0 Czebe,A-Palkovi,J/Budapest 1997/CBM 58 ext (61)}) 8... g6
$146 {An interesting novelty. In most variations the bishop on b2 becomes very
important in white's play, therefore, the idea to put his own bishop on g7
shouldn't be bad for black} (8... a6 9. a4 (9. Bb2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. d5 e5
12. e4 g6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Bc1 b4 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qc1 Nh5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Kh1 Nf6
19. Rg1 Bc8 20. h3 a5 21. Ng3 $36 {1-0 Lobron,E-Vanderwaeren,S/Antwerp 1996/
EXT 99 (48)}) 9... g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
Qe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Ne1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ Kg8 20.
Rac1 Qe7 21. Be2 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rad8 24. Qc2 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Garcia,
R-Sunye Neto,J/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (46)}) (8... Be7 9. Bb2 cxd4 (9...
O-O 10. d5 e5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 Bf6 14. Nf3 Nc7 15. Qc2 h6 16.
g4 Re8 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Kf2 $16 {
1-0 Dizdar,G-Kogan,A/Kranevo 1996/CBM 55 ext (60)}) 10. exd4 O-O 11. Re1 Re8
12. h3 Bf8 13. Re3 g6 14. Re1 a6 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Pigusov,E/Las Palmas
1996/EXT 99 (14)}) 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Bc2 (10. Nb5 Qb8 11. dxc5 dxc5 $11) 10... O-O
11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 $6 ({In order to fight for an advantage I like
this move more since after the text black gets to do everything too easily} 13.
Bb1 $142 Rac8 14. d5 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 {Now a bHadghog
position is reached while white pieces are a bit strangely placed (Bc2, Rad1)
plus she has lost a tempi on the e3-e4 advance.All these allow black to even
the position} Rfe8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 15. Qd2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb1 (19. Nb5 axb5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qxd5 Nf6 22. Qd3 Rxa2 $17) (
19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11) 19... Rad8 20. Nf5 (20. Nb5 $2 axb5 21. Bxg7
Bxg2 $19) 20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qe5 $11 {With a but weakenned king black'd
better change the Q's.} (21... Ne5 $143 22. f4 $40) 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Ne3 Bc6
24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danner, Georg"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7.
Nc3 d5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bf1 (13.
Bb1 Re8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Na4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Rc7 18. c5 Nd5 19. Bb5 Qa8
$11 {1-0 Czebe,A-Kiss,A/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (34)}) 13... Ne4 (13... g6 14. Ne5
Nc6 15. Nf3 Na5 16. Ne5 a6 17. Na4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nc6 19. c5 Nd5 20. cxb6 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 $16 {1-0 Danner,G-Tolnai,T/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (43)}) (
13... Re8 14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 Qh5 18. d5 Red8 19.
dxc6 Rxd1 20. Rexd1 Bxc6 21. Ba6 Rc7 22. Be2 Qg6 23. Ne1 f6 24. Rd2 Rd7 {
0-1 Roemer,U-Farago,I/Seefeld 1996/EXT 2000 (24)}) (13... Qd6 14. Ne5 Qb8 15.
a3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rd8 20. g3 {1/2-1/2
Polgar,Z-Adorjan,A/Polanica Zdroj 1991/CBM 26 (20)}) 14. a3 (14. Ne5 Bg5 15.
Ra1 Bh4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a3 Na6 18. b4 Nb8 19. Qa4 f6 20. Ng4 h5 21. Ne3 f5
22. g3 Bg5 23. d5 f4 24. Ng2 fxg3 25. hxg3 exd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 $19 {0-1 Zeller,
F-Slobodjan,R/Dudweiler 1996/CBM 55 ext (37)}) 14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Nc6 16. Qc2
$6 $146 {White's idea is to make the usual advance d4-d5 when there is a rook
placed on d1, however, that means a waste of two tempis which allows black to
get ready for it. Plus, after this move white's rook looks a bit silly on c3.}
(16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc4 (17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6
21. Rd3 Rfd8 22. Ba1 Kg8 23. Rdd1 Rd5 24. Nf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Rc3 $17 {0-1 Van der Werf,M-Van den Doel,E/NLD-sf 1994/EXT 97 (47)})
17... Qh5 (17... Qd6 18. d5 Na5 19. Rd3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rfd8 21. Nd2 exd5 22.
cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nf1 Bf8 24. Ne3 Rc5 25. Qd2 Qh6 26. Rd1 Bd6 27. g3 Be4 28. Ng4
Qh3 29. f3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd5 {0-1 Lukacs,P-Atalik,S/Budapest 1991/CBM 23 ext 
(30)}) 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Rc2 Rfd8 22. Bxf6 Rxd5 23.
Bb2 Rcd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Chernyshov,K/Djakovo 1994/EXT 97 (49)})
16... Bf6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf6a1]} 17. Rd1 Qd6 18. cxd5 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Bxe5 20. Rh3 h6 $17) (18. Re3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Na5 {and black pieces are much
better placed.}) 18... Qxd5 19. Bc4 Qh5 20. d5 Na5 $1 {[%cal Gf6b2,Gb7g2]} (
20... exd5 $6 21. Rxd5 Ne5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 22. Nxe5 (22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23.
Nxe5 Qxe5 {[%csl Re1]} 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Bxe5 Rfd8 $19) 22...
Bxd5 23. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Rxc4 $8 24. Nxc4 (24. bxc4 Be4 $1 $17) 24... Qg6
$11) 21. dxe6 Nxc4 ({of course not} 21... Bxc3 $4 22. Qxc3 {[%csl Rg7]} Qg6 23.
exf7+ Kh8 24. Rd6 $18) 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. bxc4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxf3
26. gxf3 Qxf3 {White is left with a completely ruined posiiton.} 27. Rd4 (27.
Qd4 Qxa3) 27... h6 {[%cal Gf8f5,Gf5g5]} 28. a4 Rf6 (28... Rf5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30.
Qc2) (28... Re8 29. Qb1 Re5 $2 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kf8 (31... Ke8 32. Rxg7)
32. Qb4+ Kg8 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qb1+ Rf5 35. Qc2) 29. Qc2 (29. Rd8+ Kh7 $19 {
[%cal Gf6g6]}) 29... Re6 30. Qd2 (30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kf8 (31... Ke8 32. Rd1)
32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rd1 Re2 $19) 30... Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 Re6+ 33. Kd1 Qf1+
34. Kc2 Re2 35. Rd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5120]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7.
Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qe2 a6 $2 {A very rare move ( according to my
database has been played only twice before this game.) The idea of this move
is to prevent white from swapping the light colored bishops.However,black
loses a tempo and somewhat weakens his Q side.} (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12.
Rfe1 (12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,M-Sakaev,K/Vrnjacka
Banja 1996/EXT 2000 (14)}) 12... Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. g3 Bb4 16. a3
Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rc7 18. c5 Ne4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b4 e5 21. dxe5 bxc5 22. bxc5
Rxc5 23. Bd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $14 {0-1 Siegel,N-Goldin,A/Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99
(29)}) (10... Rc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 (12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Bf5
Qb8 15. Ne5 Qa8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20.
Qg4 Bf8 21. Qxd7 $18 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Vshivkov,K/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (46)})
13. Ba6 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Bc5 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nde2 Rc7 18. Qb5 Rd7 19.
Rac1 h6 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Nf4 Rd6 22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rcd2 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Merino Garcia,R-Batsanin,D/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (83)}) (10... Ne4 $5
11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ba3 (13... Rc8 14. Rac1 Bd6 (14... Re8 15.
Bd2 Bf6 16. Bf4 g6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bg5 19. Rc2 Bh6 20. c5 f6 21. Bg3 e5
22. Bb5 Re6 23. b4 Qe7 24. dxe5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bd7 $16 {1-0 Tulchinsky,
M-Akhmedzhanov,M/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (31)}) 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Be7 18.
Ne5 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. Bb1 Nf6 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bc6 24. b4
$16 {1-0 Alterman,V-Kraidman,Y/ISR-ch 1986/CBM 01 (39)}) 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Bf4 h6
16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Bg3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bd6 19. a4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rfd8 21. a5 Qd6 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,A-Burmakin,V/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (31)
}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 (12... Rc8 13. Bf5 {[%cal Gf5c8] with an
unpleasant pin}) 13. Bf5 b5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Rac1
Qe7 $14 {[%cal Gc5a3]}) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe1 {[%csl Rd5,Ge2][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2f4]
Freeing a square for the knight.} ({An attempt to exploit the pin on the 'd'
file by:} 15. e4 $5 {fails to} g6 (15... Bf8 16. e5 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. bxa4
Qa5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Bc8 $8 22. Bxf6 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Bxe6 23.
Nxe6 Qb6 24. Re1 gxf6 25. Qg4 $16) (15... Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd6 18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ $16) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. exd5 Bf8 (17... gxf5
18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxf5 $44) (17... Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 18.
Qc2 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Bc8 20. Qh5 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Ne4 21. Re1 $44) 17. exd5 gxf5 18.
Qe5 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Nce4 19. Qxf5 Qd7 $19) 15... Qb6 16. Rac1 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18.
Bd4 $1 g6 {[%csl Gc8]} (18... Nfe4 19. Nf4 Rad8 20. Ne5 Qh6 21. f3 Nc3 22. Bxc3
bxc3 23. Qxc3 $16) 19. Bb1 (19. Bh3 Nfe4 $132) 19... Rac8 (19... Rad8 {[%csl
Gd5]} 20. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf3e5,Ge5d3]}) 20. Nf4 Qa6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc3 24. Qf1 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 $16 {Now it's a matter of
technique, although not simple at all.However, Victor Lvovich is one of the
best in business..} a4 (25... h5 $142) 26. bxa4 Nxa4 27. g4 $1 {Preventing
black from playing h5} Kg7 28. Kg2 Red8 {Black correctly assesses that he will
have better chances without the rooks} 29. Rcd1 Bf6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8
32. Bc2 Nc3 33. Bb3 Be7 34. Ne5 f6 35. Nc6 Bd6 36. h3 {White's plan consists
of the following steps: 1.make the K side pawn unreachable for black (he
already achieved the best setup for that) 2.bring the king to the Q side
keeping an eye on black's counterchances 3.win the b4 pawn. Black on his turn
tries to bring his king as well, but....} Kf8 37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Ke1 Ke8 39. Be6
$1 {"Where do you think you are going?"} Ne4 40. h4 Nc3 (40... Bd6 41. f3 Nc3
42. Kd2 $18) 41. Kd2 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 Bd6 43. f3 Nc5 44. Bc4 Nd7 (44... Na4 $142
45. Kd2 Kd7 46. Nd4 {[%cal Gc4b5]} Nc3 47. Bg8 h6 48. Bf7 g5 49. h5 $18 {
[%csl Rb4,Rf6,Rh6]}) 45. Bb5 $22 {[%cal Gb5e8]} Kf8 (45... Bc5 46. Nb8) 46.
Nxb4 Bxb4 47. Bxd7 Ke7 {Although opposite colored bishop endings are known fir
their drawinsh tendencies this isn't the case here.While the bishop and the
king are drawn to the Q side to stop the pawn white will have enough time to
take the weak h pawn and win the game.} 48. Bc8 h6 49. a4 Kd6 50. Kd3 Ke5 (
50... Kc5 51. Ke4 Bd2 52. Bd7 Kb4 53. Be8 g5 54. h5 $18 {[%cal Ge4g6]}) 51. Bd7
g5 52. h5 Ba5 53. Bc8 Bb6 54. Bf5 Ba5 55. Kc4 Bd2 56. Kc5 Bxe3+ 57. Kc6 {
[%cal Ga4a6,Gc6b7]} Bd2 58. Kd7 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6]} Kf4 59. Ke6 Kxf3 60. Kf7 {
the pawns are unstoppable} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Rc2 Rf7 15.
Re1 $146 {This novelty doesn't change the general assessment of this position,
that black is more than OK here.} (15. Qa1 $2 {Too careless - white is moving
all his pieces away from the kingside, leaving the king to survive on his own}
Re8 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Re1 g6 18. Ree2 h5 19. Nf1 h4 20. Ne1 Rh7 21. f3 Ng3 $1 $19
22. hxg3 hxg3 23. f4 Qh4 24. Nxg3 Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. Nf1 Ng4+ 27. Kf3 Qg1 28.
Rf2 Qxf1 29. e4 dxe4+ {0-1 Adler,J-Jenni,F/Switzerland 2003/EXT 2004}) (15. Qe2
g6 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Ne1 a5 18. Nf1 Re8 19. f4 g5 20. g3 Rg7 21. Kh1 Qf7 22. Ng2
Ndf6 23. Nd2 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Nxg3+ $1 25. hxg3 Bxf4 26. Nf1 (26. gxf4 Rxe3 $19)
26... Bxg3 $19 27. Bxf5 Ne4 28. Qf3 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Bxf2 30. Qxf2 Bc8 31. Ng3
Bxf5 32. Rxc6 (32. Nxf5 Qh5+ 33. Nh4 Re4) 32... Be4+ {0-1 Mamedjarova,
Z-Chiburdanidze,M/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520}) 15... g5 {Whereas
white doesn't have any clear line of play, black's game is straightforward.
However, black's last move is, perhaps, a bit too straightforward.} (15... g6
$5 {[%cal Gh7h4] was worth considering. Now black will find it hard to develop
his attack on the kingside.}) 16. Nd2 Raf8 17. Qe2 g4 ({Black had an
interesting option to continue his attack:} 17... h5 $5 18. Qxh5 (18. Nxh5 Rh7
19. Nf1 Rh8 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge7h7]}) 18... Bxg3 19. fxg3 (19. hxg3 Rh7 20. Qg6+ (
20. Qe2 Qd6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 $40) 20... Rg7 (20... Kh8 {[%cal Gf8f6]} 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Rxc7 $18) 21. Qh5 Ndf6 (21... Qf6 22. Rxc7 Rh7 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24.
Rxd7+ Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nf3 $16) 22. Qf3 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Ne4 24. Rc2 (24.
Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qe2 Rh7 $17) 24... Rh7 25. Rec1 Qd6 {[%cal Gd6h6,Gf5f4]} 26. Kf1
f4 27. exf4 gxf4 $40) 19... Rh7 20. Qe2 (20. Qg6+ Rg7 21. Qh5 Ndf6 22. Qe2 Rh7)
20... Ndf6 {[%cal Gh7h2,Yf6g4]} 21. Nxe4 (21. Bxa6 Rxh2 $1 22. Kxh2 Qh7+ 23.
Kg1 Nxg3 $19) 21... fxe4 22. Bxa6 Rxh2 $1 23. Kxh2 (23. Bxb7 Qh7 $19) 23...
Bxa6 24. Qd1 (24. Qxa6 Qh7+ 25. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 24... Qh7+ 25. Kg1 Bc8 26. Ba3 (
26. Rf2 Ng4 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2#)) 18. Bxe4 $1 {after
this precise move, black hardly has winning chances anymore.} fxe4 (18... dxe4
19. Nc4 $14) 19. Qxg4+ Kh8 20. f4 Bc8 (20... exf3 21. Nxf3 Rg7 22. Qh4 ({
of course not} 22. Nf5 $4 Rxg4 23. Nxe7 Rxf3 $19 (23... Bxe7 24. Rxc7)) 22...
Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Bxg3 24. hxg3 {[%csl Rc7]} c6 25. Ba3 Rff7 26. e4 $1 $16) 21. Qg5
{Now the game will quickly reach a dead drawn position} Qxg5 22. fxg5 Rg7 23.
Rec1 Kg8 24. Nb1 (24. Ndxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bb7 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Ba3 Rxg5 28.
Bxd6 Rf7 $15) 24... b5 25. Nc3 Nb6 26. Nce2 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 {This idea was introduced to prectice by GM E.Geller,
back in 53. White allows black to capture on f3, hoping that his strong center
will compensate for some kingside weakness. However, black proved to have
enought counterplay against white's king, and the variation is rarely played
in today's GM practice.} ({the more common move nowadays is:} 10. Qe2) 10...
dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 (12... e5 {led to a forced draw after:} 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qh4 15. Bxa8 e4 16. f4 {in: Peters,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York
1980/MCD (16)}) 13. f4 $5 {Krivoshey comes up with an interesting pawn
sacrifice.} (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Geller,
E-Averbakh,Y/Garga 1953/MCL (16).}) (13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qe7 16.
Kh1 e5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Rg1 Rfe8 19. Rg2 Rad8 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,
A-Timman,J/NED 2001/EXT 2002 (29)}) 13... cxd4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rc8 16.
Rad1 {not in a hurry to recapture the pawn. White puts his hopes on his bishop
pair in an open position. However, his own king is rather vulnerable.} (16.
Bxh7+ $143 Kh8 17. Bxd4 b5 (17... e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 $16) (17... Qh4 18.
Be4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 $16 {[%cal Gf1f3]}) 18. Bd3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qh4 {
with good compensation for the pawn}) 16... Nf6 17. Rxd4 Qc7 (17... Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {would be good enough for equality as well}) 18. Bf3
Bc5 19. Rd3 Be7 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Rc1 Nd7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gd7c5]} 21. Qb1 Nc5 (
21... Bf6 $5 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb7 Rcd8 25. Bxa6 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Ra8
$15) 22. Be5 Qa7 23. Rd2 Rfd8 {After the rooks are gone, the game soon ends in
a draw.} 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 f6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd6 (27. Bd6 Qd7 28. Bxc5
bxc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund m"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb2 (9. Nc3 c5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Na4 Nd7 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne6 16. Bf5 $16 {1-0 Janssen,R-Werle,J/Dieren NED 2003/The
Week in Chess 456 (26)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... c5 10. Nbd2 $6 (10. dxc5 $142 bxc5 11.
Nc3 {makes more sense}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 f5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 a6 17. a4 f4 $1 $13 {0-1 Pecorelli Garcia,
H-Gongora,M/Havana CUB 2003/The Week in Chess 445 (38). (38)}) 10. Nc3 c5 11.
Ne5 cxd4 ({In the next game of the match black failed to improve with} 11...
Nxe5 $6 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Rc7 15. Nf4 Qc8 16. Qc2 {and white
still had an endge; 1-0 Belikov,V-Baramidze,D/Dortmund GER 2003/The Week in
Chess 457 (37)}) 12. exd4 {A symetrical position has arised, where white has
the slightly more active pieces, but black can force favorable echanges which
lead to equality.} Ne4 13. Qe2 Ndf6 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
dxe5 Qd4 16. Rad1 Qxe5 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. Qxe4 $11) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 d4 16. Bb2
Qd5 $11) 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Rc8 16. Bd2 $14 Ne4 $1 {A nice shot, which,
however, does not change the essence of the position} (16... Re8 17. Bb5 Rf8
18. Qd3 $14) 17. Bf4 (17. fxe4 $2 dxe4 18. Be3 (18. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxe4 $17
) 18... exd3 19. Qxd3 Qd5 $17) 17... Nd6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bg5 $6 {
Usually, black would like to exhange the light squared B's, and keep the dark
one. However, white pieces are very active, and every exchange works for black
to reduce the pressure.} 20. Qd2 Bxf4 (20... Bf6 21. Qc2 Bg5 (21... g6 22. Qc7
$16) 22. Bxg5 (22. Qd2 $11) 22... Qxg5 23. Re1 (23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bd3 Qe3+ 25.
Kf1 Qxd4 26. Re1 $11) 23... h6 $11) 21. Qxf4 Re8 22. h3 Qe7 $2 {Hard to
believe, but after this natural move black finds himself in trouble} (22... a6
$142 $11) 23. Nc6 $1 Qe3+ $2 {This loses on the spot. The rook gets trapped on
e3, leaving the own camp to white's disposal.} (23... Qd7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nb5
$1 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Rc7 Rf8 28. Rxb7 $18) 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Ne5 {[%csl
Re3][%cal Gg1f2]} f5 26. Kf2 f4 27. Rc7 {a picturesque position: white has a
simple threat: Rd7, black to move, and can do nothing to defend.} (27. Rc7 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd6]} Bc8 28. Rc6 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6]} Bf5 29. Bxf5 Rxe5 $8 (29... Nxf5
30. Rc8#) 30. dxe5 Nxf5 31. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 $146 {It's quite surprising that such a natural
move has never been tested before.} (10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Qe7 12. Nd2 (12. Nb5
Bb8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. a4 Rfd8 18. a5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Marciano,D/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (33)}) 12... cxd4 13.
exd4 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Nb3 Ba6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. f4 Qb4 18. Nd1 Rfe8 19.
Nf2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Brenninkmeijer,J-Shneider,A/Groningen 1994/CBM 45 ext (44)})
11. exd4 Bf4 {Disturbing white's convenient development. If white wants to
drive the bishop away from f4, he would have to considerably weaken his king 
(after g2-g3)} 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 14. g3 e5 $1 {Timely
exploiting an unfortunate placing of white forces.} ({after} 14... Bd6 15. Ne5
Qc7 16. f4 {white gets an unpleasant space advantage.}) 15. dxe5 (15. gxf4 exd4
16. Qc2 (16. Ne5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc7) 16... dxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc5 $17) 15... Bxe5 16.
Nxe5 Rxe5 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 (17... Nxd3 $4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (18...
gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kf8 (19... Kh8 20. Rxd3 $18) 20. Ba3+ $18) 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Bxf6 $18) 18. Bxe5 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 17. Qf3 {Leading to simplifications,
and a quick draw.} (17. Qf1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qc7 (18... Qe7 $11)) 17... dxc4 18.
Qxb7 cxd3 19. Rxd3 Qe8 20. Rad1 (20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Qxa8 Qxa8 22. Rd8+ Qxd8 23.
Rxd8+ Re8 24. Rd6 Re6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 {Preventing Ne5, which would have
given white a pleasant space advantage.} (11... a6 12. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Gf3e5,Ge5c6,Ye2g3,Yg3f5]} Bd6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Qe2 {[%csl Ra6]} Ra8
16. Rc2 Qe7 17. Rfc1 $16 {with a very precise play white obtained an advantage
in: 1-0 Malaniuk,V-Yemelin,V/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (53)}) 12. Ne2 c6 $6 (12...
Bd6 {makes more sense although after:.} 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Re6
16. Qc1 Ne4 17. Nf4 Rh6 18. Ne5 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Mitenkov,A/Moscow 1995/CBM
49 (39). (39) white is better.}) 13. Ng3 g6 14. Ne5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 {White is ready to begin an assault on black's king, whereas
black's fallling behind with his counterplay} Bc5 $2 {severely weakening the
king} (16... Bg7 17. b4 (17. e4 Nc5 18. exd5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 {
and black is OK}) 17... a5 18. a3 $14) 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kh1 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3
20. Qg4 $18 {all black pieces are on the Q side, leaving the king alone. Black
main problem is the absence of a dark bishop to protect the king.} Nc5 {
[%cal Gc5e6]} 21. Bb1 Qb4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gb4g4] preventing f5} (21... Ne6 22.
f5 {is hopeless.}) 22. Nh5 {[%csl Re8,Rg8][%cal Gh5f6]} a5 {black is willing
to get away with an exchange loss, but, of course, white is after the king,
not an exchange.} 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qh4 Rh8 (24... h5 25. Nxh5+ gxh5 26. Qg5+
Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 (27... Ke7 28. Qd6#) 28. Bh7+ {mating}) 25. Ng4 {[%cal Gh4h6,
Yg4f6]} Nd7 (25... Kf8 {runs into the cute:} 26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 27. Qf6+) 26.
Qh6+ Kg8 27. Bf5 $1 {a nice finish.} (27. Bf5 gxf5 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. exf6 Qf8
30. Qg5+ Qg7 31. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 {This position can arise from several openings.This setup concideres
to be not a dangerous for black,but in fact white has has vicious ideas here,
if black snoozes.} Na6 {Black has a few ways of placing his knights.} (9... Ne4
10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 Malaniuk,V-Sergeev,V/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76 (59)}) (9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5
11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Ne5 a6 15. Bf5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17.
Nc3 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Agopov,M/Jyvaskyla 2001/
EXT 2002 (25)}) (9... c5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. a3 Nc7 14. Ng3
Ne6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 Qb2 $16 {1-0 Zhukova,N-Olarasu,G/Tusnad 1997/EXT 99 (53)}) 10. Bb2 c6 $6 {
Too slow,now white is able to reach a flexible setup for his pieces.} (10... c5
$5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxe4 Nxe5
17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Ng3 $14 {[%cal Gg3f5] White is slightly better.  1-0
Malaniuk,V-Sjodahl,P/Bozen 1992/TD (60)}) 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. Ne2 {The point of
white's setup: the N is heading to g3, and all white pieces are extremely well
coordinated.} (12. f4 $5 c5 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Rac1 {
[%cal Ge5c6,Gf3h3]} Nd2 $6 17. Qh3 g6 18. Rfd1 (18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. f5 {With a
complicated position.}) 18... Ne4 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Qd7 21. Rcc1 $11) 12...
Ne6 13. Rc1 $14 Rc8 14. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} Re8 15. Qe2 (15. Rc2 $5 Rc7 16. Qa1
$14 {[%cal Gf1c1,Ga2a3,Gb3b4,Ga1g7]}) 15... Rc7 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Rfc1 Qa8 {
Both players play logical moves.} 18. a4 $6 {weakens the Q side, in case of
black's c5.} a5 $14 19. h4 $5 c5 20. Nh5 $6 {Provoking g6, but allows black an
important tempo to play Bg7, and cover the long diagonal} (20. Bb5 $142 $5 Rec8
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Ng4 $14 {[%cal Gb2g7] With some initiative.}) 20... Nxh5 21.
Qxh5 g6 22. Qg4 Bg7 23. Bb5 $6 (23. h5 $5) 23... Ree7 (23... Rec8 $6 24. Bd7 {
[%cal Gd7c8,Gd7e6]}) 24. Nd3 $6 {Now black is out of danger.} (24. h5 $5 cxd4
25. exd4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 {[%csl Gc6]} Nxd4 $140 $2 27. Bxd4 Bxe5 28. hxg6 fxg6
29. Re2 $18 Bd6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qe5) 24... Qc8 25. dxc5 (25. h5
$2 cxd4 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. hxg6 hxg6 $17 {[%cal Gc7c2]}) 25...
Bxb2 26. Rxb2 (26. Nxb2 bxc5 $11) 26... bxc5 27. Qg3 (27. h5 $5 d4 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. exd4 cxd4 (29... Nxd4 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31. Rxc5 $16) 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31.
Bc4 {[%cal Gc4e6,Gg4d4,Gb2e2] With a dynamically equal position.}) 27... d4 $1
{Just in time!} 28. Bc4 dxe3 29. fxe3 Ng7 $1 {[%cal Gg7f5,Gf5h4,Gf5g3,Gf5e3,
Ge7e3]} 30. Ne5 $5 (30. Rf2 $5 Nf5 31. Qg5 Nxe3 (31... Rxe3 32. Rxf5 $18 {
[%cal Gg5e3]}) 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxe3 {[%cal Gd3e5]} Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g2]} 34. Qg5
$1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Kh8 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Qe5+ Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Rf2 39. Rxc5 Rxg2 40.
Rc8+ Bxc8 41. Kxg2 $11) 30... Ba6 (30... Nh5 $5 31. Qg5 Kg7 32. Nxf7 $36 Rxf7
33. Bxf7 Rxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Rf2+ Kg8 35. Rcf1) 34. Rxc5 Qd7 $15) 31. Bd5 Bb7
32. Bc4 (32. e4 $1) 32... Nh5 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Ng4 (34. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 35. Bxf7
Rxf7 36. Rxc5 Qd7 37. Qe5+ Nf6 38. Qd4 $14 {[%cal Gb2f2]}) 34... f6 35. Qh6+
Kh8 36. Rd2 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc1d1]} Re8 {[%cal Gc8g4]} (36... Rcd7 $2 37. Rxd7
Rxd7 (37... Qxd7 38. Qf8#) 38. Be6) (36... Qxg4 37. Qf8#) 37. Bb5 (37. Nf2 $5 {
[%cal Gc1d1] With interesting complications.} Ng7 {[%cal Gg7f5]} (37... Ng3 38.
Qf4 Nh5 39. Qh6 $11) 38. Rcd1 Nf5 39. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge3e4]}) 37...
Rg8 $1 (37... Bc6 $6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. Rcd1 {[%cal Gd2d7,Gd7h7]} Qxg4 $2 (39...
Rc7 40. Nf2 $14 {[%cal Gf2e4]}) 40. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 38. Bc4 (38. Nf2 $5)
38... Re8 39. Bb5 Rg8 40. Bc4 Re8 41. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Breder, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5
9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Qe2 {Other moves do not yield white anything real
} (11. Re1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Qe3 dxc4
17. bxc4 Qc7 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bf1 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Portisch,L/La
Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (31). (30)}) (11. Ne5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. f4 Rc8 14.
Rae1 Rc7 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qe3 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Lobron,E-Karpov,A/Frankfurt 1997/CBM
58 ext (30)}) 11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bf6 (12... Nc6 $143 {the knight is misplaced
on c6} 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Ba3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne7 18. d5 $1
exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 22. Qd4 Re8 23. Bb2 $16 {1-0
Akobian,V-Casella,M/Los Angeles USA 2002/The Week in Chess 422 (35)}) 13. Nf3
Nd7 {black's idea is to place his pieces flexibly with Rc8, Qc7-b8 and Rfd8
before initiating exchanes in the centre.} 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Ne5
dxc4 ({black can't improve his position anymore:} 16... Rfd8 $4 17. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Bxh7 $18 {[%cal Ge6g8]}) 17. Bxc4 (17. bxc4 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Rfd8 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 {The pawn structure is determined.
White has a slight edge due to more space for manoeuvering, but black's
position is still solid and the two open files allow his to neutralize white's
activity by forcing exchanges.} 19. Qg4 $1 {the only way to pary Rfd8} Rfd8 20.
Rd6 $1 {the point of white's last move .Now after Bxd6 g7 is attacked.} b5 $1 {
black finds a very good couterchance} (20... Bxd6 21. exd6 f5 22. dxc7 fxg4 23.
cxd8=Q+ {winning a piece and the game}) 21. Bd3 (21. Bxb5 Qa5 {[%csl Rb5,Re1]
[%cal Ga5e1,Ga5b5]}) 21... Qa5 {[%csl Ra2,Re1]} 22. Ra1 {the rook on d6 is
still untouchable} Bf8 {[%cal Gg7g6,Yf8g7]} (22... Bxd6 23. exd6 g6 (23... e5
24. Bxe5 g6 25. Qf4 {winning}) 24. Qd4) 23. h3 (23. h4 $5 {was a sharper
alternative to the text, targeting black's plan} g6 24. h5 Qd2 25. hxg6 hxg6
26. Qd4 Bxd6 (26... Qg5 27. Bf1 Bxd6 28. exd6 Qh6 29. Qxa7 Rd7 30. Qd4 $44) 27.
exd6 Qh6 28. d7 $44) 23... g6 24. Qg5 b4 {[%cal Ga5g5]} 25. Qf4 {[%csl Rb4]}
Bg7 26. Rxd8+ {Finally, black forces white to give up the possesion of the 'd'
file, after which the position becomes roughtly equal} Rxd8 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Bf1
Rc8 29. a3 bxa3 30. Rxa3 Qc7 31. b4 {preparing Bd4} (31. Bd4 a5 32. b4 axb4 33.
Ra7 Bb7) 31... Bf8 32. Bd4 Qc1 $1 {right on time} 33. Qg3 $6 (33. Qxc1 Rxc1 34.
Rc3 $11) 33... Qd1 $1 {[%cal Gc8c1] it is white now, who has to be careful} (
33... Bxb4 34. Rxa7 Bc4 35. Ra1 Qd2 36. Be3 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 34. Rd3 Qe1 35.
Bc3 Qb1 36. Rxd5 $2 {trying to complicate matters in time trouble, however,
the sacrifice is refuted easily.} (36. Qg4 $1 Bc4 37. Rd1 Qb3 $15) 36... exd5
37. e6 Qf5 38. exf7+ Qxf7 $17 39. Bd4 Bg7 40. Bc5 Bf8 (40... a5 $1 {would have
given black good winning chances}) 41. Bd4 Rc1 (41... Bxb4 $2 42. Qe5 Kf8 43.
Qh8+ Qg8 44. Qf6+ $11) 42. Qe3 Rc7 (42... Rb1 $5 43. Qe5 Bg7 44. Qb8+ Qf8 45.
Qb7 Rxb4 46. Qxd5+ Qf7 47. Qd8+ Bf8 $17) 43. g3 Bg7 44. Bc5 Bf6 45. Bb5 Be7 {
failing to improve his position, black offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O g6 7. d5 {'!?' An
extremely interesting plan. White makes use of the fact that Black's falling
behind in development and opens up the center, in a small cost of a pawn. In
both games that featured this move so far, White scored a hundred percent.}
exd5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 {'?' And this is a suicide. Black doesn't have the luxury of
spending two precious tempi to capture a pawn.} (8... Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6
11. Bf4 {White achived a very favorable Benoni setup, with Black developing
his B to an unfortunate square (b7).} Na6 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Be2 f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bxh5 f4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Gelashvili,
T-Iordachescu,V/Dubai UAE 2004/The Week in Chess 494 (48)}) 9. e4 Bc6 (9...
Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qd5 $18) (9... Nxe4 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Bxe4 fxe4
13. Nxe4 $18) 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Nc7 (11... Bg7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 {White's
compensation is much stronger than the material sacrificed for it.}) 12. b4 {
'?' White wants to get another key square (d4) for his pieces, but in fact
he's just wasting important time, allowing Black to minimize the damages of
the opening.} (12. Ne4 {Was a simple and strong continuation}) 12... d6 {
'!' Hard to believe, but this move, opening the 'e' file with a king in the
center, is dynamically justified. White cannot exploit the open line, whereas
black gets to evacuate the king, and get rid of white's pawn on e5} (12... cxb4
13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bh6 {it's just a matter of time before Black's position
collapses}) (12... d5 {would have been even more convincing}) 13. exd6 (13. Bb2
d5 14. e6 f6) 13... Bxd6 14. Bb2 (14. Re1+ Be7 (14... Ne6 15. b5 Bd5 16. Bc4
Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc7 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qc3 {[%cal Ge1e6]} Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 $1 $18) 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bh6 $16) 14... O-O 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ne5
Ne6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 (18... Bd5 {Covering the a2-g8 diagonal, thus
preparing to meet Ng4 with f6.} 19. Ng4 f6 (19... Nd4 20. Nxc5 Nbc6 21. Bb5 $1
$18) 20. Nc3 $1 {This rather unobvious move, ends the game on the spot, as
black cannot cover all his weaknesses anymore.}) 19. Qc2 {I believe the
remaining moves are unavailable, since there is no reason for Black to give up
yet. He is worse, of course, but can still keep fighting with 19...Nd7.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e4 Rh5 14. e5
$146 {The strength of this novelty is rather psychological, than objective.
Unless black is tempted to take the pawn, this move isn't improving white's
position much.} (14. Bg5 Bf6 (14... Qc7 15. Rad1 Kf8 16. g4 Rh8 17. Kg2 Re8 18.
h3 Bxb2 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. Re2 Bd4 $15 {0-1 Gausel,E-Hansen,S/Reykjavik 2000/CBM
79/[Gershon] (47)}) 15. h4 Qe7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Rad1
Qd8 20. e5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gausel,E-Andersson,U/Sweden 1999/EXT 2002 (37)}) (14.
Qd3 Qf6 15. Rb1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Novkovic,M-Stocek,J/Presov 2000/CBM 79}) 14...
Bxe5 $2 {Honestly, I have a hard time explaining this move. Not only that it
looks dangerous, but black is also facing a novelty - and this would naturally
be the first line for one to analyse. And furthermore, what could have black
missed while capturing the pawn? Looks like a total blackout.} (14... Qe7 {
[%cal Ge7e6] and Black is perfectly OK!}) 15. Re1 {Now white's play unfolds
virtually by itself!} f6 ({on} 15... Qe7 {a typical line would look like:} 16.
Bf4 f6 17. g4 $1 Rh3 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Rxe5 $1 {it wasn't my idea - I swear!}
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rc8 21. Re1 $18 {(special credits to his majesty Fritz the 8th!)}
) 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. f4 $18) (16... fxe5) 17. Bf4 Ne7 18. Rxe5 {
The most precise.} (18. Qd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kf7 {is less convincing.}) 18...
fxe5 19. Qxe5 d6 20. Qf6 {Of course, white is not tempted by the pawn, when
there's king on the stake.} Nc8 21. Qxg6+ {The amazing part is that white
plays this position being a pawn up!} (21. Re1+ {is, perhaps, more precise,
but white wants to carry on with the attack being a pawn up - a reasonable
decision.} Kd7 22. Qf7+ Kc6 23. Rd1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gf7d5]} Rb8 (23... d5 24.
Qe6+ $18) 24. b4 $1 Qd7 25. Qd5+ Kc7 26. bxc5 {is kinda one sided.}) 21... Kd7
22. Rd1 Qe7 23. h4 {That's a nasty move! Underlining the hoplessness of
black's position.} Qe6 24. Qh7+ Kc6 25. h5 {Black could've resigned here as
well.} Rb8 26. f3 (26. b4 {is more to my taste.}) 26... Qxa2 $1 {and this move
shows some sense of humor.} (26... Rb7 27. Qe4+ Qxe4 28. fxe4 Rh7 29. h6 {
[%cal Gg2g7] is trivial.}) 27. Qe4+ Kd7 28. h6 Qb3 29. Rd3 Qxb2 {Black's a
pawn up now - hurray!} 30. h7 Kc7 31. Be5 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qd3 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Rf6 (12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Rae8 14.
f3 Ng5 15. a4 Qg6 16. Qc2 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Kh1 Qh6 19. a5 Nf6 20. dxc5 Nh5
21. Kg1 dxc5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Ionov,S/Klaipeda 1988/CBM
11 (40)}) 13. d5 Rg6 14. Rad1 e5 $6 {Black shouldn't hurry relieving the
pressure off the center. After the text, white hands are untied, as he doesn't
have to worry about his 'd5' pawn anymore, and can slowly prepare f2-f4.} (
14... Qe7 {is more in the spirit of the position} 15. Ne1 a5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nc2
exd5 18. cxd5 Ba6 $1 {gaining an important square for a knight.} 19. b5 Nc5 20.
Qd2 Bb7 21. Nd4 Rf8 {With an unclear position in: Kempinski-Aronian/1999}) 15.
Qc2 Rh6 {The rook has nothing to do on g6 anymore. However, if that was
black's idea, why not play 13...e5 and Rh6 in one try?} 16. g3 (16. Nd2 {
is strongly met with:} Qh4 17. h3 Ng5 $40) 16... g5 17. Nd2 Ndf6 ({an attempt
to create an attack on the king fails after:} 17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 g4 {[%cal
Gd8g5,Gg5h5]} 19. e4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf5,Rg4,Rh6]}) 18. f4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 gxf4 20.
exf4 e4 21. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Gb2h8] White has a big advantage here. Black has
nothing to put up against white's dark bishop, whereas black bishop is very
limited by own pawns} Qe7 22. Rfe1 Qg7 23. c5 Rf8 (23... Bxd5 {loses a piece:}
24. Qxd5+ Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxd5) 24. Rd2 Rg6 25. Bc4 {Slowly improving
the position: defending the king, protecting crucial squares, before the
decisive assault.} h5 {the only way for black to get counterplay. If black
plays passively, white will play c6 and invade along the 'a' file} 26. Kh1 Kh7
27. c6 Bc8 28. Rg1 Rg8 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 29. Rdd1 {[%csl Rg1]} Qh6 (29... h4 30.
gxh4) 30. Be2 h4 $6 {Black opens up the 'g' file, however, it's much more in
white's favor than black's. Black should have waited with this move, untill
white begins an active play on the queen side.} (30... R8g7) 31. gxh4 Qxh4 32.
Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Rg1 Rh6 (33... Rxg1+ 34. Qxg1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg1g7,Yb2g7] And
it's white who benefits from the open 'g' file}) 34. Rg2 Qxf4 35. Qg1 {black
is a pawn up now, but his position is very difficult, since the differnce
between the light pieces is too big} Ng4 {preventing the mate threat but after:
} (35... e3 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rg8+ Kh7 38. Qg7#) 36. Bxg4 fxg4 37. Rf2 ({
of course not:} 37. Qd4 $2 Qf1+ 38. Rg1 $4 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qh3#) 37... Qg5 38.
Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rxc7 $4 {white is greedy! This move throws the game away. The
simple:} (39. Rg7+ $142 Qxg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. Qxe4 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc7,Rc8][%cal Ge4e8] would yield white a well deserved win.(although not
without difficulty.)}) ({the tempting:} 39. Qf2 $2 {leads only to a draw after:
} Rxh2+ $1 40. Kxh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Qxf7 42. Qh4 {with a perpetual}) 39... Qf5 40.
Qg2 (40. Rg7+ Kf8 {and white has trouble finding a useful move!}) (40. Rxc8+
Qxc8 41. Qd4 Qf8 {and black wins}) 40... e3 $19 41. Bc1 Rh3 {within two moves
the position becase -+ instead of +-} 42. Kg1 Rf3 $2 {Returning the favor. The
text allows white to protect from all the threats.} (42... Ba6 $1 $19 {was
essential - white has no defence from Rf3-f1}) 43. Qe2 Qf8 44. Bb2 $2 (44. Bxe3
$1 {Missing an excellent opportunity to regain the lost advantage:} Qe8 45. Qb2
$1 Qxe3+ 46. Kg2 {[%csl Rc8,Rg7] black cannot defend both threats
simultaneously.} Qg5 47. Rxc8+ {and it's white who's winning again}) 44... Qe8
45. Qd3 $2 {Misevaluating the position arising after black's 46th move} (45.
Bc3 {and the position is still unclear}) 45... Bf5 46. Qc3 Qe5 $1 47. Qc1 $2 {
the final blunder!} ({after} 47. Qxe5 dxe5 48. d6 e2 49. Bc3 $1 Rxc3 50. Kf2
Re3 51. Ke1 {black would have to find:} g3 $3 {freeing the 'g4' square for the
bishop. Now black wins} 52. d7 Rd3 53. hxg3 (53. Rc8+ Kh7 54. d8=Q Rxd8 55.
Rxd8 gxh2 $19) 53... Bg4 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. d8=Q Rd1+ $19) 47... Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 5th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Rc8 ({In a much
earlier game black tried to sac a pawn:} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 15. Bxd6 Qg5+
{but after} 16. Bg3 f5 17. Qc6 f4 18. Qxd7 fxg3 19. hxg3 Nf4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Qg4 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio 2000/EXT 2001 (36) White
refuted the attack and converted the material into a full point.}) 14. Qb3 Nb8
$2 {Only this is new, and not very fortunate. There is a point to this move,
of course: black wants to transfer a poorly placed knight. However, c6 is
hardly the best place for a knight here. Black should strive to occupying the
'd5' square with a knight.} (14... Ne8 $142 15. Bf5 Rc6 16. Rfe1 Ndf6 17. Re2
Bc8 18. Bd3 Nc7 19. Rae1 $14 {0-1 Chatalbashev,B-Nagy,E/Balatonlelle 2002/EXT
2004 (39) did not look too convincing for white}) 15. Bf5 $1 {Disharmonizing
black forces.} Bd5 16. Qa3 Rc6 {[%csl Rb8] The N on b8 looks quite silly now.}
17. Bg5 $1 $16 h6 18. Bh4 a5 {It's really hard to offer an improvement for
black.} (18... Re8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 {[%cal Gh4f6]} g5 $140 21. Nxg5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 $18 {[%cal Ga3g3,Ga3h3]}) 19. Rfe1 Na6 20. Qe3 (20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Ne4
Bxe4 (21... g5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Kg7 24. Qg3 $18) 22. Bxe4 d5 23. Bf5 $16)
20... Nc7 21. Nd2 Ne6 (21... Re8 $4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxe8+) 22. Ne4 g5 {
Black, of course, saw white's next move, but he put hopes on his 24th move.
However, Black king is way too weak in the line for him to survive.} (22...
Bxe4 $142 23. Bxe4 d5 24. Bd3 {keeping a very unpleasant pressure} ({weaker is
} 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxd5 Rc2 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Re2 $16)) 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5
{[%cal Gg5h6,Ye3g3]} Ng4 (24... Re8 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qg4 Qxg5 27. Rxe6 Qxg4 28.
Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Bxg4 Nf6 30. Re3 Nxg4 31. Rg3 $18) 25. Qh3 Nxg5 26. Qxg4 {
[%cal Gh2h4]} Kh8 27. Re3 {White's play unfolds very naturaly, and black's
extra piece is not felt.} Rg8 $8 (27... Qf6 28. Rh3+ $1 Kg8 (28... Nxh3+ 29.
Qxh3+ Kg7 30. Qh7#) 29. Rh5 $18) 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Rg3 Kf6 (29... f6 30. f4 Rh8
31. Qg6+ $18) 30. Bd3 (30. f4 {would have been even more convincing.} Kxf5 31.
fxg5 Ke6 32. Qh3+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Rg7 35. Rge3 $18) 30... Qc8 31. Rf1
Rc1 32. h4 {Now it's all over.} Nh3+ (32... Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1) 33. gxh3 Qxh3 34.
Qg5+ {nice} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund m"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb2 (9. Nc3 c5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Na4 Nd7 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne6 16. Bf5 $16 {1-0 Janssen,R-Werle,J/Dieren NED 2003/The
Week in Chess 456 (26)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... c5 10. Nbd2 $6 (10. dxc5 $142 bxc5 11.
Nc3 {makes more sense}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 f5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 a6 17. a4 f4 $1 $13 {0-1 Pecorelli Garcia,
H-Gongora,M/Havana CUB 2003/The Week in Chess 445 (38). (38)}) 10. Nc3 c5 11.
Ne5 Nxe5 $6 {Giving white a pawn majority on the K side, hoping to compensate
it with a strong center. However, the pawns are not mobile, and will become
targets for white pieces.} (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Qe2 Ndf6 (13... Nxe5
14. dxe5 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5 Qd4 16. Rad1 Qxe5 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. Qxe4 $11)
14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 d4 16. Bb2 Qd5 $11) 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Ne4 (
16... Re8 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Bf4 $14 {Belikov,V (2499)-Baramidze,D 
(2470) Dortmund m 2003 (4) 1-0}) 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Ge2f4]} Rc8 $2 {Careless. Black should have worried about the position of his
N.} (13... Ng5 $142 14. Qc2 h6 $14) 14. Rc1 Rc7 (14... c4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
bxc4 $16) (14... Bg5 $142 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. exf4 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2f3]})
15. Nf4 Qc8 $6 (15... Re8 16. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) (15... h6 16. e6 Qd6 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg4 $16) 16. Qc2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf4d5] Suddenly black has to
give up a pawn.} c4 (16... Qa8 17. f3 Ng5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxh7+
$18) 17. bxc4 h6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qe2 $16 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bc5 21. Bb5 $2 {Losing a
tempo and improving black's position.} (21. Kh1 $142 {is always a useful move.}
) 21... a6 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Kh1 Qf5 25. Bc2 Qc8 26. Bb3 Qf5 27. Bc2
Qc8 28. Bb1 {[%cal Gh2h4,Ge2c2]} Ne6 29. Nh5 $6 {there will be no attack on
the K, therefore, it'd be better to fight for the open files.} (29. Rfd1 $142
$16) 29... Bb4 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Bc3 ({it would have been
stronger to get some space} 32... Qc4 $14) 33. Bxc3 Qxc3 34. Nf4 Qxe3 $4 {
losing on the spot} (34... Nf8 35. Nd3 $16) 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+
(37. Qc7+ Kf8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qxb7+ Ke8 40. Bg6+ Kd8 41. Qb8+ Kd7 42. Qd6+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. e3 b6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Bb2 Rf6 (12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Qg6 (
13... Rae8 14. f3 Ng5 15. a4 Qg6 16. Qc2 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Kh1 Qh6 19. a5
Nf6 20. dxc5 Nh5 21. Kg1 dxc5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Ionov,S/
Klaipeda 1988/CBM 11 (40)}) 14. f3 Nef6 15. Rae1 a5 16. Bd1 axb4 17. axb4 e5
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc3 e4 20. f4 c5 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. Rf2 Qf7 23. Rd2 Qe7 24. bxc5
Nxc5 25. Qb4 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Rogers,I/Germany 1998/GER-chT (43)}) (12... a5
13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 $14) (12... Qe7 13. Nd2 (13. Rad1 Ndf6 (13... Rf6 $6 14. d5
e5 15. Nh4 $1 g6 16. f3 Ng5 17. f4 Nf7 (17... Ne4 18. g4 $1 Rf7 19. gxf5 Qxh4
20. fxg6) 18. e4 $1 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. f5 g5 22. Ng6 $1 Nh6 23.
Bc1 hxg6 24. Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Zlochevskij,A/Philadelphia/1991/ (40)}) 14.
Nd2 Rae8 (14... Rae8 15. f3 Ng5 16. Rde1 h5 17. Bd1 h4 18. e4 h3 19. g3 fxe4
20. fxe4 Nfh7 21. Qe3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rf4 e5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rxf8+
Nxf8 26. Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Rohde,M/USA-op (08)/1987/ (38)})) 13... e5 (
13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rf6 (14... e5 $10) 15. f3 Rh6 16. Rf2 Qh4 (16... Rf8 17. a4
e5 18. a5 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Qh4 22. h3 Bc8 23. Rxc7 Qg3
24. c5 Rxh3 {0-1 Yakovich,Y-Izeta,F/Sevilla op (05)/1994/ (31)}) 17. g3 Qe7 18.
Rc1 a5 19. c5 Bd5 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Bd3 Rf6 24. Rcf1
Qb6 25. e4 Bb3 {Petrosian,A-Reshevsky,S/Palma de Mallorca GMA (05)/1989/1/2-1/
2 (65)}) 14. d5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 f4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rff8 18. Bg4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Larsen,B/Naestved (03)/1985/ (33)}) (12... Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5
14. d5 Rae8 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bh5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. e4 fxe4 20.
Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf7 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. f5 Qf7 25. Rf4 {1/2-1/2
Haritakis,T-Tzoumbas,A/GRE-ch94 Glyfada (08)/1995/ (42)}) 13. d5 Rh6 $146 {
Black is trying to improve over his game against Kempinski.} (13... Rg6 14.
Rad1 (14. dxe6 $6 Nf8 15. c5 (15. Ne1 Nxe6 16. f3 Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qh4 18. Qc2 Rh6
19. Nf3 Qh5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Rad1 g5 22. h3 g4 23. Nh2 Qh4 $19 {Twardon,
M-Nikolenko,O/Katowice op 1993}) 15... Nxe6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Ne1
$4 (18. Qb5 $1 f4 $1 $132) 18... N6g5 $19 {/\Nh3} 19. Kh1 Nh3 $1 {0-1 Gelfand,
B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid 1996/CBM 53/[Dautov] (19)}) (14. Ne1 $5 Qh4 15. f4
$13) 14... Qe7 15. Ne1 a5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nc2 exd5 18. cxd5 Ba6 $1 19. b5 Nc5
20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Nd4 Rf8 22. Bc4 Rh6 23. Rde1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R-Aronian,
L/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (45)}) (13... e5 $2 14. Nh4 $1 {/\Nxf5} g6 15. f3 Ng5 16.
f4 Ne4 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rf7 20. e4 $1 fxe4 (20... exf4 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Bg4 $18) 21. Bg4 Nf8 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 dxe5 24. Re1 $1 (24.
Qe3 $6 $16 {Miles,A-Mascarinas,R/Lugano 1986}) 24... Bc8 25. Bd1 $1 Bf5 26. g4
{/\ Re4 +-}) 14. dxe6 $1 {The point is that with the R on h6 black has no
pressure on g2, which allows white to move his N realtively safely, this
explains his last move: now the 'f5' pawn is weakened and becomes a clear
target for the N.} Nf8 (14... Rxe6 15. Nd4 $16) 15. Nd4 Qh4 16. h3 Qg5 $2 {
Unbelievably this natural move is a bad mistake! However, it's difficult to
play a move such as 16...g6 cutting the R off the game} (16... g6 $142 17. Bf3
Re8 18. c5 $1 dxc5 (18... Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Qd4 $16) 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc3
$40 Na4 $140 21. Qxc7 Re7 22. Qb8 {and the absense of the R on h6 is felt}) (
16... Rg6 17. Nxf5 Rxg2+ (17... Qxh3 $4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxg6+ $18) (17... Nc5
18. Nxh4 Nxd3 19. Nxg6 $18) 18. Kxg2 Nxf2+ 19. Bf3 Bxf3+ (19... Qxh3+ 20. Kxf2
Qxf3+ 21. Ke1 $18) 20. Kxf3 Nxd3 21. Nxh4 Nxb2 22. e7 $18) 17. f4 $1 {This 
(and mainly the next move) is what black has probably missed in his home
preparation.} Qg6 18. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. e7 {Simply recapturing the
N, and keeping an extra pawn. However, black has some counterplay based on the
'b7' B} Rh4 21. f5 Qg5 22. f6 $1 ({trying to keep the extra pawn would be
dangerous} 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 $44 {/\ h7-h5 xg2}) 22... gxf6 $6 ({I was mainly
calculating:} 22... Nxf6 {leading to an endgame after a fantastic variation}
23. Rf5 Qg6 24. Raf1 $1 N8d7 (24... Rxg4 25. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27.
R5f2 {and the extra exchange will decide}) 25. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 (25... Qxd3 26.
Be6+ Kh8 27. Rf8+ $18) (25... gxf6 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bxd7 $18) 26.
Be6+ Kh8 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. Bxf6+ Kh7 30. Bxh4 Kg7 $8 {White
was threatenning Bf6 cutting the K off the game} 31. Bg5 {/\ g2-g4, h3-h4-h5
with big advantage. However this was the best choice of black's}) 23. exf8=Q+
Rxf8 24. Rf4 {forcing the N away from e4 thus considerably weakenning the
a1-h8 /^} Ng3 (24... h5 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Rxh4 (26. Bd5 $5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rxf4
28. exf4 Qxf4 29. Rf1 Qd2 $8 (29... Qh4 30. Qe3 $1 $18) 30. Qxe4 Qxb2 31. Qg6
$18 {/\ Rf5}) 26... Qxh4 27. Rf1 $16) 25. Kh2 $2 {could have led to serious
difficulties to realize the advantage.} (25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 {with huge
advantage for white.}) 25... Nh5 26. Be6+ Kg7 27. Rg4 Rxg4 28. Bxg4 Re8 $2 (
28... Qh4 $142 $1 29. Qe2 (29. e4 Qf2 $1 $132) 29... Kg6 30. e4 (30. Qe1 Qxe1
31. Rxe1 Be4 $1 $11) 30... Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 $16) 29. Qf1
$1 {A very precise move, underlining all the problems of black's position 
(weakness of the K, the cut-off N, white's strong bishops.)} Ng3 $2 {a bluder
in a lost position} (29... Rf8 {was the only move that would still allow black
to hold} 30. Qe2 Kg6 31. Rf1 $16 {/+-}) 30. Kxg3 h5 31. Qf5 h4+ 32. Kf2 (32.
Kh2 Qxf5 33. Bxf5 Rxe3 34. Rc1 Re2 35. Rc2 $18) 32... Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Qe7 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 (34... Kf8 35. Qxf6+ $18 (35. Bxf6 $18)) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 a5 {
black is willing to give up a tempo for this restraining move. However,
practice shows that a tempo is more significant here.} 8. b3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10.
Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 ({Sokolov won a nice game against Macieja with} 
12. Qc2 {- you can find the game annotated as well in this magazine (CBM109).})
12... Ne4 $6 {this plan is inefficient here: black simply has no time to
develop initiative on the kingside} (12... Rfd8 {is more in the spirit of the
position} 13. b4 (13. Rac1 c5 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qe1 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. f3 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Hracek,Z/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (43)}) 13... axb4 14.
axb4 Qe8 15. Qc2 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Ra8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Bc3 Qc8 19. Qb2 h6 {with a
slight edge for white. 1-0 Yakovich,Y-Makarov,M/Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Rabinovich,
Al] (53)}) 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 {and there's the big difference between main
lines (without a5 and Qe7) and this position: Here white was able to play d5
opening the bishop before black placed his rook on the 6th rank, and he soon
finds himself in an inferior position.} e5 {having the center closed white can
start slowly preparing c5 or f4 or both.} 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bc8 17. f3 {
no hurry. White has a spatial advantage and can slowly build up his play.} Qg5
(17... f4 18. Bd3 g6 19. exf4 Rxf4 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 $16) 18.
Qc3 Nc5 (18... f4) 19. Re1 a4 $2 {a miscalculation.} ({better was} 19... Qg6
20. Bd1 Bd7 21. Bc2 $14) 20. b4 Nb3 21. f4 $1 {a strong intermediate move:
After this black's position is strategically lost!} ({after} 21. Rdd1 f4 {
black is fine.}) 21... Qe7 (21... exf4 {is, of course, a suicide.} 22. exf4 Qg6
(22... Qf6 23. Qh3 Qe7 24. Rd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3g3,Yd3e3]}) 23. Bh5 Qh6 24. Re7
$18) 22. Rdd1 e4 {now it's all plain and simple: black is a piece down in play
(Nb3 is a decoration), and white should open the position on the kingside, and
use his extra piece to win the game.} 23. Kh1 Rf6 24. Rg1 Qf7 (24... Rg6 25.
Bh5 Rh6 26. g4 $18) 25. g4 {what can be simpler than that.} fxg4 26. Bxg4 {
black's position is already critical, and nothig can be done.} Bxg4 27. Rxg4
Rg6 28. Rdg1 Re8 29. Qe1 $2 {too deep, and losing a big part of the advantage.}
(29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Rg5 {followed by f5 would force an immediate resignation.})
29... Rxg4 30. Rxg4 g6 31. Rg5 Kf8 32. h4 h6 $2 {unnecessarily creating
another weakness.} (32... Ke7 $142 33. h5 Kd8 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Qe2 $16 {
[%cal Ge2g2]}) 33. Rg2 Ke7 34. Qg3 Rg8 35. Qg4 {the king wasn't able to escape
the kingside, black is in zugzwang!} g5 {desparation} (35... Kd8 36. f5 g5 37.
Qxe4) 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 (7. Qe2 Bg7
8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qf5 17. Qd6 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Be5 Rhb8 20.
b3 Bf8 21. Qd2 d6 22. Bf4 Rd8 $15 {0-1 Djuric,S-Nisipeanu,L/Las Vegas 1999/CBM
72 (40)}) (7. d5 b5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 Bg7 10. Qe2 d5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Nc3
O-O 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rae8 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Greenfeld,A/Givatayim 1997/CBM 58 ext (25)}) 7... Bg7 8. d5 (8.
e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 (9... O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d6
14. f4 Re8 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Qd2 a6 18. a4 Qc7 19. Bc2 Bb7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ryan,J-Emms,J/Port Erin 1999/CBM 74 no vc (36)}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 a6
12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5
18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Rc3 Nd5 21. Rd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Hracek,Z/
Germany 1999/GER-chT (42)}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e4 Rh5 (13... Qe7 14. Rb1 (14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qxd5 16. exd5
Ne5 17. Rae1 d6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. f4 Rd8 20. fxe5 Rxd5 21. Nxf7 Rf8 22. Nd6+
Ke7 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Ne8 Bxe5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rf2
Rd1+ {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Adams,M/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66 (28)}) 14... O-O 15. a3
Rfe8 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Qb7 Nb5 20. Rbd1 Qxe4 21. Qxd7 Nd4
$2 22. Bxd4 Red8 23. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Nxe4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Zhukova,
N-Zatonskih,A/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) 14. Bg5 $6 $146 {Pinning his own B
and weakenning the b2 pawn. Doesn't look like there is any reason for black to
panic.} (14. Qd3 Qf6 15. Rb1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Novkovic,M-Stocek,J/Presov SVK 2000/
The Week in Chess 302 (15)}) 14... Qc7 15. Rad1 Kf8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 16. g4 (16.
Qxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Bxb2 {[%cal Gc5c1] the passed c pawn is very dangerous})
16... Rh8 17. Kg2 $2 (17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rh3 19. Kg2 Rxf3 20. Rd5 Nd4 21.
Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Kxf3 Bxb2 $15) 17... Re8 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 18. h3 Bxb2 19. Rfe1 (19.
Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Rxe4 $19) 19... Kg7 20. Re2 $2 (20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 c4
$17 {Although black is clearly better here white,at least, sould've eqaulized
the material}) 20... Bd4 21. Rc1 f6 22. Bd2 Be5 {Now black simply has an extra
pawn with no compensation at all.} 23. a4 d6 24. Bc3 g5 {[%csl Gf4,Rh3][%cal
Gc6e7,Ge7g6,Gg6f4] A beatiful dark squared strategy!} 25. Qd3 (25. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3f5]} Ne7 26. Qd3 Ng6 $19) 25... Ne7 26. Bd2 Qc8 (26... Ng6
$19) 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Qc3 Qa6 {The rest is simple technque...
black has virtually two pawns more} 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Nc6 32. Rb2 Rd7 33.
Rc1 Kf7 34. Ra1 Na5 35. Rc1 Rd6 36. Bxc5 {Trying to complicate the matters a
bit. The position is, however, still lost} bxc5 37. Rxc5 Nc6 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39.
Rc7 Nd4 40. Rxa7 Ne2 41. Kh2 Nf4 42. Rc3 Rhd8 43. Rh7 R8d7 44. Rh8 Rd2 45. Rc6+
Kf7 46. Rh7+ Kg6 47. Rxd7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
(8. b3 {is another possibility here}) 8... exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6 {[%cal
Ge7d6] Preparing Bd6.Black will later try to get a hold on e4.} (10... c5 11.
Rc1 a6 (11... Ne4 12. Ne2 cxd4 13. Nfxd4 Bf6 14. Nf4 Ndc5 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. b4 a6
17. Be2 Nd7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bg4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zhukova,N-Peptan,C/Vrnjacka
Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (26)}) 12. Bf5 (12. Qe2 b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
Nd4 Rfe8 16. Bb1 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 g6 19. Qf3 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Gausel,
E-Ostenstad,B/Gausdal 1999/CBM 71 ext (30)}) 12... Re8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 b5
15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Qb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 h6 $6 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rg6,Rh7] 1-0 Khalifman,A-Gavrikov,V/Germany 1996/
GER-chT (67)}) (10... Ne4 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. a4 (12. Ng3 Qf6 13. Rc1 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Qh6 15. g4 g6 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Qc2 Re7 18. Rb1 a6 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. Bc1 Qg7 21.
g3 Bc8 22. Nh2 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Rd4] 0-1 Zhukova,N-Murashko,V/Alushta 1999/CBM
70 ext (33)}) 12... Qe7 13. a5 a6 14. Bc2 Bb4 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Nf4 Rfc8 17.
Nd3 Bd6 18. Nfe5 Rc7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Golod,
V-Jagodzinski,A/Berlin 1997/CBM 59 ext (33)}) (10... Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Qc2 a6
13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 c5 15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Na4 g6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19.
Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 gxf5 21. Rc7 Bc8 22. Nxf7 $44 {1-0 Budde,V-Gross,D/
Gelsenkirchen 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Ne2 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Ge2g3,
Gc1c7] White brings a piece to the king's side, in order to stop black's play
on this side of the board, and play on the Q's side.} Re8 13. Rc2 Ne4 14. Qc1
Rc8 15. Ng3 Ndf6 16. Rd1 g6 (16... c5 $2 {Black cannot let white's dark
squared B get free.} 17. dxc5 {[%cal Gb2g7,Gg3f5]} Bxg3 (17... bxc5 18. Nf5 Bf8
19. Qa1 $36) 18. hxg3 bxc5 19. Qa1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qb6 (19... g6 20. Ng5 Qe7 (
20... Qb6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bh8 $16 d4 $140 $2 23. exd4 Kxh8 24. Bxe4 $18 {
[%cal Gd4c5]}) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Ba3 $16 {Black has no compensation for the
hanging pair of pawns.} (22. Bh8 d4 $19)) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Qg6 {[%csl
Rc2]} 22. Bb2 Nxg3 23. Rdc1 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 17. Ne5 Nxg3 {A bit premature to
my taste.} (17... Qe7 $5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bc4 Nd5 $13 (19... Bxe5 $2 20. dxe5
Ng4 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Rcd2 $40 {[%cal Gc1c3,Gd2d7] with a deadly attack})) 18.
hxg3 Re6 19. Be2 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge2f3,Ye5g4]} (19. Ba3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5
21. Bb2 Re6 $44 {Although white has compensation for the pawn black has many
things that speak in his favor}) 19... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 20. Bf3 Qe8 $2 (20...
Qf8 $142 {[%csl Ga3]}) (20... Ne4 $5 $132) 21. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Rc7] After this
black is clearly worse.} Qf8 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxc7 $16 {[%cal
Ga3b2,Gb2h8]}) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qb2 {[%cal Gd1c1]} Nd7 (23... c5 24. Nd3 cxd4
25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qxd4 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd3f4]}) 24. Nd3 Re7 25. Rdc1 Nf6
26. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc7][%cal Ga2a5,Ga2a4,Yb4b5] There are no visible
weaknesses in black's camp but the main one is a very big one: lack of
counetrplay} c6 27. a4 Rce8 28. b5 (28. a5 b5 {would clearly give white an
advantage, but not so clear how to win the position.}) 28... cxb5 29. axb5 axb5
30. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gc2c6]} (30. Qxb5 Ra8 {[%cal Gb7a6,Ga8a3]} 31. Ne5 {[%cal
Gc2c6]} (31. Rc6 $4 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Qd7 $17) 31... Re6 32. Rc7 $16) 30... Nd7 31.
Nc6 Re6 (31... Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Qb8 33. Bxd5 {Is hopeless for black}) 32. Na7 {
[%csl Rb5,Rb6,Rd5][%cal Ga7b5,Gb5c7]} Qb8 33. Nxb5 Rd8 34. g4 $1 {opening up
another diagonal} hxg4 35. Bxg4 Rf6 (35... f5 36. Bf3 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 36. Qb4
Kg7 $2 {A blunder in a difficult position.} (36... Nf8 37. Qe7 Nh7 38. Rc7 Ba6
39. Bd7 $18) 37. Qe7 Rh8 (37... Rh8 38. Rc7 $18 (38. Bxd7 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40.
Ke2 Qxg2 41. Rf1 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 (10. b4 {is a more common move, White plays it
anyway, after 2 moves, so why not now? Here are a few examples of how the game
may continue:} c5 (10... Qe7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qd3 (12. Qc2 c5 13. Nd2 Nef6 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b5 e5 17. Nf1 {with a small plus for White 1/2-1/2
Huzman,A-Yemelin,V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 72 (43)} h5 18. f3 Nf8 19. Ng3 g6 20.
Bd3 h4 21. Ne4 h3 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Be4 Qe7 24. Rd2 $14) 12... f5 13. Nd2 e5
14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qh4 17. Bf1 {with a small plus for White 1/
2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 092 (57)} Re7 18. a4 exd4 19.
exd4 Rfe8 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. a5 Nf6 22. d5 Bc8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 Rf8 25. Bd4
Qd8 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Qg5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM
92 (56)}) 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 (12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf6 {White
can double the black pawns, but it doesn't lead to any advantage.} gxf6 15. Nd4
Kh8 16. f3 Rg8 17. Rab1 Rg5 {Nepomnishay,M-Loginov,V/St.Petersburg-ch 1996/0-1
(64) with counterplay for Black.}) 12... Rfd8 13. bxc5 (13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ba1
Nf8 15. a4 Ng6 16. a5 Ne4 17. Qb2 cxb4 18. Qxb4 d5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. axb6 axb6
{is equal 1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Kholmov,R/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988}) 13... dxc5 14. Qc3
Rac8 15. Qb3 cxd4 $1 {Gershon} (15... Nf8 16. a4 Ng6 17. a5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc5
19. Qb5 {and White got a stable plus 0-1 Gelfand,B-Balashov,Y/Tallinn 2005/CBM
105/(38)}) 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qb4 e5 18. Nb5 Bc6 $13) 10... Qe7 11. Bb2 c5 {
Black can also put the knight on e4 at once, and support it with f7-f5.} (11...
Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 {with counterplay 1-0 Sargissian,
G-Bagheri,A/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 097 (51)}) 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. b4 {Now White got
the same position as he could have get, had he played 10.b4 (see the above
mentioned Gelfand-Balashov or Oll-Kholmov, for example) but with a loss of a
tempo (now it's Black to move). Black thinks that it's a good moment to open
the centre.} d5 {Another plan was to establish the knight on e4, or to
transfer the knight from d7 to g6.} (13... Ne4 14. Qc2 f5) (13... Nf8 14. Rac1
Ng6) 14. Qe1 (14. dxc5 {was a more ambitious move} bxc5 15. Qc2 Rac8 (15... e5
16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. b5 {is also a little bit better for White.}) (15... cxb4 16.
axb4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 e5 18. b5 {[%cal Gb2a3] and White seizes the initiative.})
16. b5 {and White is slightly more comfortable.}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne4 {
Black plays solidly, it is clear that he has equalised the game.} (15... Bxf3
16. gxf3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bb2 e4 19. f4 {and though White's pawn structure
is somewhat corrupted, his bishop pair fully compensates for it.}) 16. Bf1 (16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 Nb6 18. Bf1 Na4 {is harmless for Black.}) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4
Nd6 (17... Rac8 {is also fine}) 18. Rac1 (18. Nb5 {exchanging knights doesn't
put problems in front of Black.} Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Qg5 20. Bf1 Ne5 {with a good
position for Black.}) 18... Ne5 $6 {inaccurate} (18... Rac8 19. b5 Nc5 {
was stronger, taking the square on c6 under control}) 19. b5 $1 {A strong move,
White frees the square on b4 for the queen, and assures a strong outpost on c6
for the knight.} (19. f4 {was interesting, it seems that White can penetrate
to c6 and get advantage.} Ng4 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Nf5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. e4
Nd4 24. Rc4 {and White seizes the initiative.}) 19... Rac8 20. Qb4 f6 21. Rxc8
Nxc8 22. Rc1 $6 {White should have played with more energy:} (22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23.
Be2 {defending the rook and attacking the pawn on e6} Kf7 (23... Rd6 24. Rc1 {
taking over the c-file}) 24. f4 $1 Nd7 25. f5 $1 {A nice tactical shot.} Nc5 (
25... exf5 26. Bc4+ Kg6 27. Ne6 {and White wins.}) (25... Nxf5 26. Nc6 {
winning material}) 26. fxe6+ Ke8 {and White's advantage is indisputable.})
22... Qd7 23. Qc3 Ne7 {now Black consolidates.} 24. Qb3 (24. Qc7 Kf7 {
defending e6}) 24... Bd5 25. Qa4 Rc8 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Ba1 Nd6 {Black has fully
equalised, his pieces are well placed and he covers all his weaknesses, White
has already to be careful not to end up in a worse position.} 28. Qb4 $6 (28.
Nf3 {was stronger, making it harder fpr Black to play e6-e5, keeping an equal
position.}) 28... e5 29. Nf3 Rc5 30. Ne1 (30. e4 Be6 $11) 30... Qe6 {Black's
composition in the centre is quite impressive.} 31. f3 Nec8 (31... e4 {led to
unclear results, as White gets central squares for his pieces as well.} 32.
fxe4 Nxe4 33. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f4,Ga1d4]}) 32. a4 $6 {Here the pawn is weak and
can get under attack of the opponent's bishop.} (32. e4 {was better, and Black
still doesn't have a way to increase his advantage.} Bc4 33. a4 Bxf1 (33... Bb3
34. Rd3) 34. Kxf1 Qc4+ 35. Nd3 {and White holds the position.}) 32... Bb3 33.
Rb1 {Here the opponents agreed to a draw, though it seems that Black is
already clearly better and could have continued the game.} (33. Rb1 Ba2 34. Rd1
(34. Rb2 Rc1) 34... Qb3 $1 {targeting the white pawn on a4.} 35. Qd2 Qxa4 36.
Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Ra1 Qb3 {and Black has some winning chances.}) (33. Rd3 Bc4 34.
Rd1 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Qa2 {and Black is better.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba 20th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2001.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {I prepared for different variants of Slavic defence ,and already by
first course Avigdor has spoiled all my preparation.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3
{I also would like to surprise with something the contender.} Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 (
5... d5 $5 {/\Bd6}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 {I do not apply to receive the
large advantage in opening.} (8. cxd5 $5) (8. Qe2 $143 c5 $11) 8... c5 9. dxc5
{From my point of view,this move better,than:} (9. Bb2) ({or} 9. cxd5) 9...
dxc4 ({More essentially:} 9... bxc5 $5 10. Bb2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 $11)
10... Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Rac8 14. Bc3 Qd8 15. Bf5 Ne4 16.
Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Lautier,J/
Mulhouse,2001(19)}) 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 ({It deserves attention:} 11...
Nc6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 (13. Ba6 $5) 13... Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Kastner,W-Zebedin,W/AUT,1994(15)}) 12. Qe2 {[%cal Gc4a6]} (12. a3
$143 {[%cal Gb3b4]} a5 $6 (12... Bxf3 $5) 13. Na4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Re1 Re8
16. Bb5 $14 {Isaeva,I-Kalininskaya,N/Serpukhov,2000(1-0)(33)}) 12... Qe7 $6
$146 {After this discrepancy I have a minimal positional advantage.} ({Can be
recommended:} 12... Bxf3 $5 13. gxf3 (13. Qxf3 $143 Ne5) 13... Qe7 $11 {
[%cal Gc5a3]}) ({or} 12... a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Na4 Ba3 15. Bxa3
Qxa3 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. Be2 b5 18. Nc3 $11 {Goehring,K-Hort,V/Germany,1983 (0-1)
(25)}) 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 {+/=/=} Bb4 {(1/2?)} 15. Rfd1 {The fast drawn
game was not included into my plans.} Nc5 (15... Rfd8 $142) 16. Qb5 {[%csl Rb4]
} Bxc3 17. Bxc3 $14 Nd5 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Qc4 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Rc8,
Rg8][%cal Gb3b4]} Qf8 {[%csl Rc8,Yd8,Yf8][%cal Yd8c8]} 21. h3 {Safety measures
never will damage.} a5 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Qh4 $1 {The queen with effect is thrown
in king side.} Nf6 24. Rxd8 $5 ({Leads to minimal advantage of white:} 24. Bb2
Nce4 25. Ng5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxg5 27. Qxg5 Rd5 (27... Qe7 $6 28. Rc6 {[%csl Rb6]}
(28. Rc7 $4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxc7+ $19)) 28. Qg3 e5 $14) 24... Qxd8 25. Bxc5 Rxc5
26. Rxc5 Qd1+ $6 ({It was better right away:} 26... bxc5) 27. Kh2 bxc5 28. Qf4
$6 (28. Qc4 $142 {+/=/+/-}) 28... Qd8 $6 {Black do not use my oversight.} ({
It was necessary:} 28... h6 $5 29. Qb8+ (29. Ne5 $2 Qc2 30. g4 Qxa2 31. h4 h5
$1 32. g5 $140 Ng4+ $17) 29... Kh7 30. Qc7 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rf7]} Qc2 31. Qxf7
Qxf2 32. Qxe6 Qxa2 33. e4 $14 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4e5]}) 29. Ne5 h6 30. Nc4 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc5]} Nd5 31. Qe5 $16 Nb4 $138 32. Qxc5 Nxa2 33. Nxa5 {At me already
pawn up.} ({Leads to drawn game:} 33. Qxa5 $2 Qb8+ 34. g3 Qxb3 $11) 33... Qb8+
34. Kg1 {I would not like to weaken my king side.} Nb4 35. e4 {[%csl Ye4][%cal
Ye4d5]} Qf4 $1 36. Qe3 (36. Qxb4 $4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+
$11) (36. Nc4 $143 Nd3 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. fxe3 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,Re4]} 39. Nd2 $8
Nd3 {[%csl Gd3] +/=/+/-}) 36... Qxe3 37. fxe3 $16 {[%mdl 4096]} e5 38. Kf2 Kf8
39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Nc4 ({Probably it was better:} 40. Kd2 $5 Na6 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ga6c5]} 41. Nc4 Nc5 (41... f6 42. Kc3 Nc5 43. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Yd2][%cal Gb3b4]})
42. b4 Nxe4+ 43. Kd3 Nf2+ 44. Ke2 Ne4 45. Nxe5 $16) 40... Ke6 41. Kd2 f5 $1 {
Differently black will stay without counterplay.} 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Nd6+ Ke6
44. Ne4 Kd5 45. Nc3+ Kd6 46. Ke2 g6 47. g4 $6 {I am not sure in correctness of
the plan, which begins with this move.} (47. e4 $5 {/\Nd5+/-}) 47... Ke6 48. h4
{Now my pawns in the king side can become object of an attack.} Kd6 49. Ne4+
Ke6 50. Ng3 Kd5 51. h5 {[%csl Rh6]} gxh5 $8 52. Nxh5 Ke6 53. Kf3 Nd3 {[%csl
Yd3]} 54. Ng3 Kf6 55. Ne4+ Ke6 $1 {Only so it is possible to hold a position.}
({Loses:} 55... Kg6 $2 {because of:} 56. Nf2 Nb4 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Nd3 {[%csl
Rb4,Re5]} Nc6 59. b4 $18) 56. Kg3 Kf7 57. Nf2 Nb4 58. Kh4 Kg6 59. e4 Kg7 60.
Kh5 Kh7 61. Nd1 ({Leads to drawn game:} 61. g5 $2 hxg5 62. Ng4 (62. Kxg5 $144
Kg7 63. Kf5 Nc6 $11 {[%csl Rb3,Rf5][%cal Gc6d4]}) 62... Nc6 63. Kxg5 Kg7 $11 {
[%csl Rb3,Yc6]}) 61... Nd3 $14 62. Nc3 Kg7 63. Nd5 ({Nothing gives:} 63. g5 $6
hxg5 64. Kxg5 Kf7 65. Kf5 Ke7 $11 {[%csl Rb3,Yd3]} 66. Nd5+ Kd6 67. b4 Kc6 68.
Ke6 Kb5 69. Kd6 Kc4 70. Kc6 Nxb4+ $1 71. Nxb4 $140 Kd4 $11 {[%csl Re4]}) 63...
Nc5 64. b4 {Only so it is possible to save chance of a win:} Nxe4 65. b5 Nc5
66. b6 e4 67. Ne3 Nb7 68. Nc4 Kh7 $8 ({Loses right away:} 68... Nc5 $4 {
in view of:} 69. Nd6 e3 (69... Kh7 70. Nxe4 $18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 70. Nf5+ {
[%csl Re3,Rg7]}) 69. Ne3 Nc5 70. Nf5 Nb7 71. Nxh6 $1 {Even notwithstanding
what passes this tactical impact a the game is faster than all will be
finished in a draw.} (71. g5 $2 hxg5 72. Kxg5 Kg8 73. Kf6 Kf8 74. Ke6 e3 75.
Nxe3 Ke8 76. Nc4 Kd8 $11) 71... e3 72. Nf7 e2 73. Ng5+ Kg7 74. Nf3 Nd6 75. Kg5
$138 {At this moment at each of us remained less than 5 minutes up to the end
of a game.} (75. Kh4 $143 {[%cal Gh4g3,Gg3f2]} Kf6 76. Kg3 Ke7 77. Kf2 Kd7 78.
Kxe2 Kc6 79. g5 Kxb6 80. g6 Ne8 81. Ke3 Kc6 82. Ke4 Kd6 83. Kf5 Ke7 $11) 75...
Kf7 $138 76. Kf4 Ke7 77. g5 (77. Kg3 $143 Kd7 (77... Ne4+ $5) 78. Kf2 (78. Ne5+
Kc8 79. Kf2 Kb7 $11) 78... Kc6 79. Kxe2 Kxb6 $11) 77... Kd7 (77... Kf7 $2 78.
Kg3 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gg3f2]}) 78. g6 (78. Kg4 $2 Nf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7g5,Gd7c6]}
79. g6 $140 e1=Q $1 80. Nxe1 Ne5+ 81. Kf5 Nxg6 82. Kxg6 Kc6 $11) 78... Ke7 (
78... Ne8 $5 {[%csl Ye8]} 79. Ke3 Kc6 80. Kxe2 Kxb6 81. Ke3 Kc6 82. Kf4 Kd6 83.
Kf5 Ke7 $11) 79. Kg5 Kf8 80. Kf6 Nb7 $11 81. Ne1 Kg8 82. Nc2 Nc5 83. Kg5 {
I have undertaken the king and was going to go at first:} (83. Ke5 {but then
has noticed:} Nd7+ {[%csl Rb6,Re5]}) 83... Kg7 84. Kf5 Nb7 85. Ke4 Kxg6 86. Ke3
Kf5 87. Kxe2 Ke4 88. Ne3 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Greenfeld,A"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O (6. Nc3 $142 d6 $140 7.
d5) 6... d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Re1 (8. a3 $5 {/\ b4}) (8. b3) 8... Be7 9. b3 a6 10.
Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. d5 e5) 11... g6 12. Rc2 Re8 13. Rd2 Qc7 $10 14. d5 e5 (
14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Bf6) 17. Bxg6 Bxf3 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7
19. Qxf3 f6 20. Qh5+ $10) 15. e4 Nh5 16. g3 $6 (16. Bc1 $142 $10) 16... Rf8 (
16... Ndf6 $5 {/\ Bc8-g4}) 17. Rc2 Rae8 18. Bc1 Bc8 19. Bh6 Ng7 {/\ f5-f4|^>>}
20. g4 $5 Nf6 21. h3 Kh8 22. Ne2 (22. Kf1 $5 Ng8 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ke2 $15)
22... Ng8 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ng3 h6 (24... Nf6 {/\ Rh8,h5|^}) 25. Kg2 $6 (25.
Kf1 $5) 25... Nf6 26. a3 Rh8 (26... h5 $1 27. g5 $140 (27. gxh5 Rh8) 27... Nh7
{|_ f6}) 27. Kh2 Nh7 $6 (27... h5 $17) 28. b4 Ng5 $2 (28... h5 $1 29. gxh5 Nf6)
29. Ng1 $1 Bd8 30. Rb2 $132 Qe7 31. bxc5 (31. Qe2 $142) 31... bxc5 32. Qd2 $4 (
32. Qe2) 32... Qf6 $4 (32... h5 $1 33. gxh5 Bxh3 $19) 33. Kg2 $13 Bc7 34. f3
Qd8 35. Reb1 Nh7 36. Rb3 Nf6 37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Bc2 Ref8 $6 (38... Nd7) (38... h5
$5) 39. f4 $1 $36 exf4 40. Qxf4 Nd7 41. Nf3 Qf6 $6 (41... f6 $6 42. h4 {/\ h5})
(41... Re8 {/\ Rhf8,Ne5}) 42. Qxf6+ Nxf6 (42... Kxf6 43. e5+ $1 dxe5 44. Nd4+ {
/\ Nc6|^}) 43. e5 $1 dxe5 44. Nd2 $44 {><c5,o^d} Nd7 45. Nde4 a5 {/\ Ba6} (
45... Rd8) 46. Bd3 $6 (46. Nc3 {/\ Nb5}) (46. Rbf3 $5 {/\ Ba4}) 46... Ba6 47.
d6 Bd8 $6 (47... Rb8 $142 $5 48. Rxb8 Bxb8) 48. Rfb1 Bh4 49. Rb6 $1 Ra8 (49...
Nxb6 50. Rxb6 Bc8 51. Nxc5 Bxg3 52. Kxg3 Rd8 53. Nb3 $36) 50. Rc6 Rhd8 $6 (
50... Rhc8 51. Rc7 Rxc7 52. dxc7 Be7 $8 53. Nc3 Rc8 (53... Bd6 54. Be4 {/\ Rd1}
) 54. Nge4 $1 (54. Nd5 Bd6) 54... f5 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Ng3 $16) 51. Rc7 Bc8 52.
Ne2 Nf6 53. Nxf6 $1 Bxf6 54. Be4 Ra6 55. Bd5 Raxd6 (55... Bd7 56. Nc3 Rxd6 57.
Ne4 Ra6 58. Nxc5) 56. Rxf7+ Kh8 57. Nc3 Bg7 58. Rb8 (58. Ne4 $18) 58... Rf6 59.
Ra7 Rff8 60. Ne4 Bf5 $8 61. Rxd8 (61. Rbb7 $1 Bxe4+ (61... Rxd5 62. gxf5) 62.
Bxe4 Rd2+ 63. Kg3 Rf4 64. Bxg6 Bf8 65. Bf5 $18) 61... Bxe4+ 62. Bxe4 Rxd8 63.
Bxg6 $18 {><a5,c5,Kh8,Bg7,o^a} Bf6 64. Rxa5 Rd4 65. Rxc5 e4 66. Kf1 e3 67. Ke2
Bg5 68. Bd3 Rd8 69. a4 Kg7 70. Rf5 Rb8 71. Rb5 Rf8 72. Bf5 Rd8 73. Rb2 Rd4 74.
Rc2 Rf4 75. Kd3 Rf1 76. c5 Rd1+ 77. Ke2 Rh1 78. c6 Rh2+ 79. Kf3 e2 80. Rxe2
Rxh3+ 1-0

[Event "Espergarde PC"]
[Site "Espergarde"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 (5... c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4
Be7 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 $1 $36) 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 $5 (8. b3) 8... exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Ne2 $1 {/\ Rc1;Ng3} Bd6
12. Ng3 Qf6 $6 (12... f5 $5 13. Ne5 (13. Rc1 Qe7 $132) 13... Qe7 $13) 13. Rc1 {
/\ Bb5} a6 14. Qc2 Nxg3 (14... Rfe8 15. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 16. Nd2 {/\ Nc4+/=}) 15.
hxg3 $14 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. fxg3 $5 (16. hxg3 $2 g6 $19) 16... Qh6 17. Bd3
Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 $13) 15... Qh6 $2 (15... g6 $6 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 $16 {X /^a1-h8}) (15... h6 16. Bf5 Qe7 $14) 16. g4 $1 Rfe8 17. g3 $1 $16 {
/\ Kg2;Rh1->} Nf8 18. Kg2 Qe6 $6 (18... g6 $8 19. Rh1 Qg7 $16) 19. Ng5 Qxg4 20.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rxc7 $1 (22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Ba3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Matnadze, Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nxd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Qe7 10. b4 d6 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bf3 O-O
15. c5 a5 16. Rac1 Nxb4 17. c6 Nxc2 18. cxd7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4
21. Rxc7 b3 22. axb3 Rfd8 23. Rfc1 Kf7 24. R1c6 Ke7 25. Rxb6 g5 26. Kg2 h5 27.
Rbb7 Ra2 28. Rc8 f4 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. e4 Rd2 31. Rb5 Rxd4 32. Rxg5 Kxd7 33.
Rg7+ Kc6 34. Rf7 e5 35. Rh7 Rb4 36. h4 Rxb3 37. Rxh5 {[#] 4-3 Bauern auf einer
Seite bei einem weißen Freibauern. Besondere Merkmale: der schwarze Turm kann
den h-Bauern nicht von hinten kontrollieren, der weiße König hat aber sehr
wohl Vorwärtsdrang.} Kd7 38. Rg5 Ke7 39. h5 Rb8 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rg6+ Kf7 (
41... Ke7 42. Kh3 Rb1 43. h6 Rh1+ 44. Kg4 Rh2 45. Kg5 Rg2+ 46. Kf5 Rxf2 47. h7
Rh2 48. Rg7+ $18) 42. Rxd6 Rg8+ 43. Kh3 Rg5 44. h6 Rg1 45. Rd7+ Kg8 (45... Kf6
46. h7 Rh1+ 47. Kg2 Rh5 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Ke2 Rh3 50. Kd3 Rxf3+ 51. Kc4 Rh3 52.
Kd5 Kf6 53. f3 Rh1 54. Rd6+ Kg5 55. Kxe5 Rxh7 56. Rd8 Re7+ 57. Kd6 Ra7 58. Rg8+
Kf6 59. Rf8+ Kg5 60. Rf5+ $18) 46. Re7 {[%csl Re5,Rf4]} Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc3 d5 14. cxd5
Bxd5 15. Bc4 c6 16. Nd2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. e4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Nd6 Qxc3
21. Bxc3 Nc5 22. Bxa5 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb7 24. Rb6 Nxa5 25. Rxb5 Nxe4 26. Rc1 h6
27. Rc2 Nd6 28. Rb6 Nf5 29. g3 Nd4 30. Rb2 Rc8 31. Kg2 Rc3 32. b4 Nc4 33. Rb8+
Kh7 34. Ra2 Nxa3 35. Rd2 Nab5 36. Rd8 Rc4 37. Rb2 e5 38. Rd5 f6 39. Rc5 Rxc5
40. bxc5 Na7 41. Rb7 Nac6 42. h4 h5 43. Rd7 Kg6 44. f3 Nb8 45. Rd6 (45. Rb7 Na6
$19) 45... Kf5 46. f4 Nbc6 47. fxe5 Kxe5 48. Kh3 f5 49. Kg2 (49. Rg6 Ne6 50.
Kg2 Ne7 $19) 49... Nb4 50. Rd8 Nd5 51. Rd7 g6 52. Kh1 (52. Rd6 Ne6 53. Kf3 Nf6
$19) (52. Rd6 Ne6 53. Rc6 Ne7 $19) 52... Nc6 53. Rd6 Nce7 54. Kh2 Kd4 55. Re6
Kxc5 56. Kh1 Kd4 57. Kh2 Kd3 58. Kg1 Kd4 59. Kh2 Kc4 60. Kh1 Kc3 61. Kg1 Kd3
62. Kh1 Ng8 63. Rxg6 Ngf6 64. Rh6 Ke3 65. Kg2 Ke2 66. Rh8 Ne3+ 67. Kh3 Kf3 68.
Rf8 Ne4 69. Rf7 Nxg3 70. Rg7 Ne4 (70... Ne4 71. Rh7 Ng4 72. Rxh5 Nef2#) 0-1

[Event "Kropotkin"]
[Site "Kropotkin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. f3 a6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Re8 15.
Rac1 Bf8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. a3 Qb8 18. b4 Be7 19. Nb3 Rc6 20. Bg1 Ba8 21. Na4 h5
22. Qe3 Bd8 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Nb2 Bb7 25. Qd2 Be7 26. Nd3 Ba8 27. Bd4 h4 28. Nf2
Nh5 29. Nh3 Ne5 30. Bb2 Rc7 31. c5 Rd8 32. cxd6 Rxd6 33. Qh6 Bf8 34. Qe3 Rxd1
35. Rxd1 Nc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Qg5 Rc8 38. Be5 Qb7 39. Qxh4 Be7 40. Qf2 a5 41.
Bb2 axb4 42. axb4 Qa6 43. Qd2 Qb5 44. Nf2 Qxb4 45. Qxb4 Bxb4 46. g4 Nf4 47. Be5
Ne2 48. g5 Bc6 49. Ra1 Ra8 50. Rb1 Ra3 51. Nd4 Nxd4 52. Bxd4 Bc5 53. Bxc5 bxc5
54. Rb6 Rxf3 55. Kg2 Rxf2+ 56. Kxf2 Bxe4 {R<->B Motive: 2-2 B am K-Flügel,
Festung, einfach} 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. Rc8 Bd5 59. Ke3 Bb3 (59... c4 60. Kd4 c3 61.
Rxc3 Ba2 62. Ke5 Bd5 63. Rc7 Bb3 $10) 60. Rxc5 e5 61. Ke4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danner, Georg"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Nc3 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bf5 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 bxc5
15. Rc2 Nf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh3 d4 18. exd4 Be4 19. Qd1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 cxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. Bxf6 Kf7 25. Bg5 Bd8 26. Be3 Bb6 27.
Re1 Rac8 28. g3 Rc2 29. a4 Rc3 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Rb1 Rec8 32. Bf1 Rc1 33. Rxc1
Rxc1 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. Bc4 Kf6 36. h4 h6 37. Kf1 e5 38. Ke2 e4 39. Bg8 Ke5 40.
Bf7 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. b4 (42. Bg8 Kd4 43. Kd2 Rf3 44. Ke2 g4 45. Be6 e3 $19)
(42. Bc4 Kd4 43. Be6 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rb2 45. Ke1 Kc3 46. Kf1 Rxb3 47. Bxb3 Kxb3
48. Ke2 Kxa4 49. Ke3 b5 $19) 42... Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. b5 Rb4 45. f4+ exf3 46.
Kxf3 Rxa4 47. Be8 g4+ 48. Ke3 Ra2 49. Bc6 (49. Bd7 Rg2 50. Bxg4 Rxg3+ 51. Bf3
Kd6 52. Kf4 Rxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Kc5 $19) 49... Rb2 50. Bd7 Rg2 51. Bxg4 Rxg3+ 52.
Bf3 Kd6 53. Kf2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Golombek Memorial"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. a3 Re8 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15.
Rc1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Qh5 17. h3 Rc7 18. e4 Rec8 19. Bb1 e5 20. Nf1 g6 21. b4 Qh6
22. N3d2 Nh5 23. g3 Ng7 24. Kh2 Ne6 25. Ne3 Ng5 26. h4 Ne6 27. Nf3 Nf6 28. Nd5
Bxd5 29. exd5 Ng7 30. Ng5 Qh5 31. Bd3 h6 32. Qxh5 Ngxh5 33. Nh3 Ng4+ 34. Kg2 f5
35. c5 b5 36. a4 dxc5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Bxb5 cxb4 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. d6 Rc8 41.
d7 Rd8 42. Rc1 Nhf6 43. Rc8 Rxd7 44. Bxd7 Nxd7 45. Ng1 Nc5 46. Bc1 Nd3 47. f3
Nxc1 48. Rxc1 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Nd5 50. Ne2 Kf7 51. Rc8 b3 52. Nc3 Nxc3 53. Rxc3 b2
54. Rb3 Bc5+ 55. Ke2 Bd4 56. Kd3 h5 57. f4 Ke6 58. fxe5 Bxe5 59. Kc2 Bd4 (59...
Kd5 $5 60. Rb6 Bxg3 61. Rxg6 (61. Kxb2 Bxh4 62. Rxg6 Be7 63. Kc3 h4 64. Kd3 Ke5
65. Ke2 $11) 61... f4 (61... Be5 62. Rh6 f4 63. Rxh5 f3 64. Rg5 Ke4 65. Rg1 f2
66. Rb1 Kf3 67. Kd2 Bf4+ $19 {[%cal Rf4c1]})) 60. Ra3 f4 61. gxf4 Kf5 62. Ra5+
Kxf4 63. Rg5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 Nc6 8. a3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Re1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. c4 d5 14. Bb1 g6 15.
Nf1 Bg7 16. Ne3 a6 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Qd1 dxc4 19. bxc4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rc5
b4 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Rb5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. g3 Nf6 27. Nc4 Rc8
28. Qb3 Nc6 29. Qa4 Nd5 30. Qa1 Ncb4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Nc2 33. Bxc2 Rxc2
34. Ba3 h5 35. Qd1 Ra2 36. Bc5 Qa8 37. Qf3 Qa6 38. Ra3 Ra1+ 39. Rxa1 Qxa1+ {[#]
} 40. Kg2 Bxd4 41. Be7 Qa2 42. h3 e5 43. g4 e4 44. Qf4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Qb2 {
Attack in the endgame with reduced forces, directed against a king on the side
of the board, rooted in the important concept of transitioning into a pawn
ending. This deserves a Medal. Angriff im Endspiel mit geringen Kräften gegen
den Randkönig, gewürzt mit wichtigen Gedanken zum Übergang ins Bauernendspiel.
Das ist eine Medaille wert.} 46. Qxe4 $8 (46. Kf1 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 (47. Ke2 Qd3+
48. Ke1 Bc3+) 47... Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7e7,Re4e3]} 48. Bh4 e3+ 49. Qf3 Qxf3+ 50.
Kxf3 exf2 51. Bxf2 Bxf2 52. Kxf2 {[#] Variation diagram. The pawn ending is
not won in all variations. Distant opposition could be a drawing weapon if
Black hasn't a reserve tempo up his sleeve. For this reason, 52...Kg7? would
be a typical error.  [#] Variantendiagramm. Das Bauernendspiel ist nicht in
allen Abspielen gewonnen. Eine Rremiswaffe könnte die Fernopposition sein,
wenn Schwarz keinen Reservebauernzug in petto hat. Deshalb wäre ein typischer
Fehler Kg7?} Kg7 $2 (52... g5 $1 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Ke4 Kf6 55. Kd5 Ke7 56. Ke5
f6+ 57. Kd5 Kd7 58. Kd4 Kd6 59. Ke4 Ke6 60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Ke3 Ke5 62. Kf3 Kd4 $19
) (52... f6 $1 53. Ke3 Kf7 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Ke4 g5 56. Kf3 (56. Kd4 f5 $19)
56... Kd5 $19) (52... Kf8 $2 53. g5 Ke7 54. Ke3 $11 {Fernopposition!}) 53. g5
$1 f5 (53... Kf8 54. Kf3 Ke7 55. Ke3 $1 Kd7 56. Kd3 $1 $11) 54. gxf6+ Kxf6 55.
Kg2 Ke5 56. Kg3 $11) 46... Qxf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Qg2 $8 Qd3+ 49. Qg3 (49. Kh2
Be5+ 50. Kg1 (50. Kh1 Qb1+ 51. Qg1 Qb7+ $19) 50... Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Bd4+ 52. Kg3
Qe1+ $19) (49. Kh4 Be5 {Der eingeklemmte weiße König hat angesichts der
Möglichkeiten f6 nebst evtl g5 keine Überlebenschancen.}) 49... Qe4 50. Bd6 f6
51. Qb3+ Kg7 {[#] [#]} 52. Qd1 $2 (52. Qa3 $5 Bf2 {[%cal Re4h1]} 53. Bh2 Qe2 {
[%cal Ge2e7,Gf2a7,Re2f1]} 54. Bd6 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qg1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Bh2 Qf1#)
(52. Bg3 $2 Qh1+ 53. Bh2 Be5 54. Qc2 Qxh2+ 55. Qxh2 Bxh2 56. Kxh2 Kf7 57. Kg3
Ke6 58. Kf4 Kd5 59. Kf3 Ke5 60. Ke3 g5 $19) (52. Bh2 $1 Qh1 {[%cal Rh1f1,Rd4e5]
Who can find a win for Black? Wer findet einen schwarzen Gewinn?} 53. Qd3 Be5
54. Qd7+ Kh6 55. Qd2+ g5 56. Qg2 Qe1 57. Bg3 {After a general exchange the
pawn ending is drawn, because Black's king stands as poorly as possible and
has no reserve tempo. Nach Generaltausch ist das Bauernendspiel remis, weil
Schwarz mit dem König maximal schlecht sthet und kein Reservertempo hat.
Beispiel:} Bxg3 58. Qxg3 Qh1+ 59. Qh2 Qxh2+ 60. Kxh2 Kg7 61. Kg3 Kf7 62. Kf3
Ke7 63. Ke3 $1 $11) 52... Qe3+ 53. Bg3 (53. Kg2 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 Be5 55. Bxe5 fxe5
56. Qd7+ Kh6 $17) 53... Be5 54. Qe1 Qf3 (54... Qxg3+ 55. Qxg3 Bxg3 56. Kxg3 Kf7
57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Ke4 g5 $19) 55. Qf2 Qh1+ 56. Qh2 Qxh2+ 57. Kxh2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 (5... cxd4 $5) 6. d5 exd5 7.
cxd5 g6 (7... Bd6 $5) 8. e4 Bg7 (8... d6 9. Bb5+ $5) 9. Be2 (9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4
O-O 11. Bc4 {Vaganian-Shamkovich/URS/1971/} d6 12. exd6 (12. e6 Ba6 $13) 12...
Re8+ $13) (9. Bd3 $5) 9... O-O 10. O-O d6 (10... Re8 11. e5 Ng4 12. e6 dxe6 (
12... fxe6 13. dxe6 d5 (13... dxe6 14. Qxd8) 14. Bb5 $16) 13. dxe6 fxe6 (13...
Qxd1 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd1 {/\ Bc4, Ng5+/-}) 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ng5 $16) 11.
Nd2 $2 (11. Bg5 $142 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 {/\ Bg4+/-
}) (11. Bf4 $142 Nh5 12. Bg5) 11... Qe7 (11... Re8 $5) 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Ne8
(13... Nxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Nxd6 Qxd5 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Bf3 $18) (13...
Ne5 $5 14. Ne3 $140 Ned7) 14. Bf4 Ba6 (14... Bxc3 $2 15. bxc3 Qxe4 16. Bxd6
Nxd6 (16... Bxd5 17. Bf1 $18) 17. Nxd6 Qxd5 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bf3 $18) (14...
Ne5 15. Ne3 {/\ Bg3, f4}) 15. Nd2 (15. Bg3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. a4 Bd4 (17...
Nc7 $2 18. e5 $18) 18. Kh1 Nc7 {/\ Rab8}) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc7 17. Nc4 Ne5
18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 (19... dxe5 20. a4 $14) 20. Qe3 (20. Qd2 Rfe8 21.
Rad1 (21. f4 Qd4+ $13) 21... f6 22. f4 Qh5 {/\ Re7, Rae8}) 20... Rae8 (20... g5
$6 21. Ne2 {/\ Ng3, xf5}) (20... f6 21. f4 Qh5 (21... Qd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Ne2
$16) 22. a4 {/\ Nb5, Qg3+/=}) 21. f4 $6 (21. Rad1 $142 f6 22. f4 Qh5 23. a4 {
/\ Nb5} a6 24. Qd3 $14) 21... Qd4 22. Rad1 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 f6 24. a4 Re7 25. b3
(25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. axb5 c4 27. Rd4 Rc8 {/\ Rc5} 28. Rc3 Rec7 {/\ Rc5}) (25. Rb1
Rfe8 26. b4 Na6 27. b5 (27. Nb5 Rd7 28. bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rb4 f5 {xd5}) 27... Nb4
$13) 25... Rfe8 26. Rde1 a6 27. Kf2 (27. Rb1 b5 28. axb5 (28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4
a5 {/\ b4}) 28... Nxb5 $15) 27... Kf8 (27... b5 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rd8 (29...
Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 (30... dxe5 31. d6 $16) 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Ke3 $16) 30. exd6
Rf7+ (30... Rxe3 31. dxc7) 31. Kg3 Rxd6 32. Re5 $16) 28. Kf3 b5 (28... Rf7 29.
Rb1 b5 30. axb5 Nxb5 (30... axb5 31. b4 $16) 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Ra1 $16) 29. e5
fxe5 30. fxe5 Rd8 (30... dxe5 $2 31. d6 Rf7+ 32. Kg3 b4 33. dxc7 bxc3 34. Rxe5
Rc8 35. Re8+ $18) (30... Rxe5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 (31... Rxe5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Ke4
$16) 32. Ke4 $16) 31. exd6 Rf7+ (31... Rxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Rxd6 33. Re5 {/\ Ke4} b4
34. Ne4 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. Nxc5 Nc7 (36... a5 37. Nb7 $18) 37. Ke4 Ke7 38.
Ke5 $18) 32. Kg3 Rxd6 $6 (32... Ne8 $142 33. axb5 (33. d7 Nd6 34. Re8+ $2 Nxe8
$19) 33... Nxd6 {/\ Nf5} 34. Re6 axb5 $10) 33. Re5 Rd8 $138 (33... b4 34. Ne4
Rxd5 35. Nxc5 $16) (33... Rfd7 34. Ne4 Rxd5 35. Nxc5 $16) 34. Rd1 {/\d6, Ne4}
Re7 $6 (34... Rfd7 $142 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Ne4 (36. Ke4 b4 37. Nb1 Ne8) 36... Rxd5
37. Rexd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. Nxc5 bxa4 40. bxa4 a5 41. Ke4 Nb6 $10) 35. Kf4
Rf7+ $2 (35... Red7 $142) 36. Kg5 Re7 (36... Kg7 37. d6 Rf5+ 38. Rxf5 Ne6+ 39.
Kg4 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 Nd4+ 41. Ke5 $18) (36... Rfd7 37. Kh6 $18) (36... Rf2 $5 37.
g4 Rxh2 38. d6 Ne8 39. Ne4 $16) 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Kh6 b4 $6 (38... Kf6 $142 39.
Ne4+ (39. Kxh7 Ke5 $13) 39... Ke5 40. Nxc5 Rxd5) 39. Ne4 Nxd5 40. Nxc5 a5 41.
Nb7 $18 Rd7 42. Nxa5 Ke6 43. Nc4 Rc7 44. Re1+ Kf6 45. g4 Ne7 (45... Ra7 46. g5+
Kf7 (46... Kf5 47. Re5+) 47. Nd6+ Kg8 48. Re8#) 46. Rf1+ Ke6 47. Kxh7 Nf5+ 48.
Kxg6 Rg7+ 49. Kh5 Nd4 50. g5 (50. Kh4 $5) 50... Rh7+ 51. Kg6 Rxh2 52. Re1+ Kd5
53. Ne3+ (53. Re5+ $5 Kc6 54. Na5+ Kd6 (54... Kb6 55. Rd5) 55. Re4 Kd5 56. Rg4)
53... Kc6 54. Rc1+ Kb7 55. Nf5 $6 (55. Rc4 $142 Nc6 56. Kf6 $18) 55... Nxb3 56.
Rc4 Ka6 57. Rxb4 Nc5 58. Rc4 Kb6 (58... Nd7 59. Rd4 Nc5 60. Kf6 Re2 61. g6 Ne4+
62. Ke5 Ng5+ 63. Kd5 $18) 59. a5+ Kc6 (59... Kb5 60. Nd6+ Kc6 61. Ne4 $18) 60.
Kf6 Kd5 61. Ne3+ (61. Rd4+ Kc6 62. g6 Nd7+ 63. Ke7 Re2+ 64. Kd8 Ne5 65. Rd6+
Kc5 66. g7 (66. Re6 Rd2+ 67. Kc8 $18) 66... Nf7+ 67. Kd7 Nxd6 68. g8=Q Nxf5 69.
Qf8+ Ne7 (69... Re7+ 70. Kd8 $18) 70. Qf3 Re5 71. Qc3+ Kd5 72. a6 $18) 61...
Kd6 62. g6 $6 (62. Rd4+ $142 Kc6 63. g6 Rf2+ (63... Nd7+ 64. Rxd7 Kxd7 65. g7
$18) 64. Nf5 Nd7+ 65. Ke7 $18) 62... Nd7+ 63. Kg5 Nf8 64. Rc8 Nxg6 (64... Ne6+
65. Kf6 Rf2+ 66. Nf5+ $18) 65. Kxg6 Kd7 $1 (65... Ra2 66. Nc4+ Kd7 67. Rc5 $18)
66. Rc5 Kd6 67. Rc2 Rh1 68. Kf5 Rh4 (68... Ra1 69. Ke4 Ra4+ (69... Kd7 70. Rc5
Kd6 71. Rh5 $18) 70. Kd3 Ra3+ 71. Kd4 $18) 69. Ra2 Kc6 70. Ke5 Rh8 (70... Kb5
71. a6 Rh8 72. Nd5 Kc6 73. Ra5 $18) 71. Kd4 Kb5 72. a6 Kb6 (72... Ra8 73. Nd5
Ra7 74. Ra1 $18) 73. Nd5+ Ka7 74. Nb4 Rh6 75. Rg2 Rh5 76. Rg7+ Ka8 77. Nd5 (77.
Nd5 Rh6 78. Kc5 Rh5 79. Rc7 Kb8 80. Kb6 Rh6+ 81. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d6 (8... d5 $142) 9. b3 $5 $146 {Perhaps 9.d5 is better, but I didn't want to
disclose my plans so early.} (9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. h3 Re8 13.
Bf4 $14 {Adler-Genov,Pe/Antwerpen/1992}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Qe2 Re8 11.
Ng5 Bf8 12. Nce4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qg3 g6 $10 {Muse,M-Sax,G/
Bundesliga 92/93 1993}) (10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. h3 a6 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14.
Nge4 Qb8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qb3 Qd8 $10 {Kopsa,P-Sturua,Z/Helsinki op1992}) (
10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 (11. Bf4 a6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg3 $6 g6 15. Rc2 Rc8
16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Bh2 Ng7 $1 $132 {Suba,M-Larsen,B/London WFW 1991}) 11... Re8
12. Bb2 Bf8 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 g6 15. a4 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Arnason/EU-Cup/
Budapest/1989/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Qb8 15.
d5 $14 {Lechtynsky-Mokry/Trencianske Teplice/1985}) (9. d5 $5 e5 (9... exd5 10.
cxd5 (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 O-O) 10... O-O 11. Nd4 (11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. h3 $14)
11... Nbd7 (11... g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bb5 $18 {Yakovich}) 12. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 13.
dxc6 Nb8 (13... Ne5 14. Ba6 $1 $18) 14. Qa4 $1 $16 {Yakovich,Y-Arkell,K/
Hastings op 1994} (14. Qf3 d5 $1 15. c7 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 $16 {Yakovich})) 10. Ng5
(10. Nh4 O-O (10... Nxd5 11. Nf5 Nxc3 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Qg4 $18) (10... g6 11.
Bh6 $16 {Yakovich}) 11. Nf5 Re8 $140 12. Qf3 Bf8 $2 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne4 $16 {
Dautov}) (10. Ne1 Nbd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nfd7 14. Qe2 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 O-O $13 {Gausel-Ward/Gausdal/1993}) 10... h6 (10... O-O 11. f4 exf4 12.
Bxf4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 $1 (13. Nb5 h6 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Nc7
$132 18. Nbd4 $6 b5 $1 {Piskov,Y-Rajkovic,D/BL 9091 1990}) 13... Ne5 (13... Re8
14. Qh3 Nf8 15. Rae1 a6 16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 20. Rxe7+ $1 {Hoi,C-Nielsen,U/Gausdal/1990/}) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Rae1 $40 {
Dautov}) (10... Nbd7 11. f4 g6 $2 (11... O-O $142 {Dautov}) (11... Nc5 $2 12.
fxe5 dxe5 13. Bxh7 Ba6 (13... Rxh7 14. Rxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxh7 $16) 14. Bd3 $16 {
Tal,M-Auer,M/Porz op 1992}) (11... a6 12. b3 Qc7 13. a4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qd4 15.
Qc2 Nc5 16. Be2 e4 17. Rd1 Nd3 (17... Qf2 $2 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Bh5+) 18.
Bxd3 exd3 19. Rxd3 $16 {Kharkova,E-Litinskaya,M/Lubniewice POL-chT (09) 1994})
12. f5 h6 13. Ne6 $1 $16 {Polgar,Zsu-Hracek/Stara Zagora/1990}) 11. Nge4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 O-O 13. f4 $6 (13. Qg4 $5) 13... Nd7 14. f5 Bg5 $132 {
Berkell,P-Rashkovsky,N/Rilton Cup 1988}) 12... g6 (12... O-O 13. Qh5 Nd7 14.
Bxh6 $1 $40 {Berg-Ward/London Lloyds/1989}) 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Ng3 Bc8
16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. Rxf5 Kc7 20. Rxe5 $40 {Danner,
G-Siegel,G/SWZ-chT 1993}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 {+/= ECO} Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. h3 {
[%csl Ye1,Ye2,Ye3] This innocent looking move is a beginning of a very
dangerous plan. White's disposition is more tipical for a Catalan Opening. He
wants to triple on a semi-open file and to create an unpleasant pressure.} Ra7
$2 {Black overlooks a danger. He starts a very slow play on Queen's side, and
White can just ignore it.} (12... Re8 $142 {/\ Bf8 or Nf8}) 13. Re3 Qa8 14. Qe2
b5 15. Re1 {[%cal Re3e6] Of course, White shouldn't play Benko Gambit and open
files on Queen's side.} bxc4 16. bxc4 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Yf3g5]} Re8 $2 {Zu spät.
Schwarz mußte unbedingt mit B:f3 den Nf3 vernichten, auch wenn man so einen
Zug nicht gern macht.} 17. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]} Bf8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxe6
Rb8 $2 (19... g6 $142 20. d5 {[%cal Yc3e4,Rb2f6] /\Ne4->}) 20. Rxf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O Rfd8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. bxc5
dxc5 15. a4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb4 17. Ba3 $5 {N/} (17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Qb3 Qc6 $6 (
18... Ne4 $5 $14 {Gelfand,B-Kosashvili,Y/YUG/1995/0,5/75/Inf 64/468/})) 17...
Qa5 18. Qb3 Qf5 19. a5 Nh5 $6 (19... Be4 $5) 20. Nh4 $1 Qg5 21. g3 Nf4 22. Bf3
Bxf3 23. Nxf3 $5 (23. Qxf3 Ng6 $10) 23... Qg4 24. Be7 Re8 25. Bd6 Nh3+ 26. Kg2
Nf6 $6 (26... Rc6 $1 27. axb6 axb6 (27... Rxd6 $2 28. bxa7 $18) 28. c5 bxc5 29.
dxc5 Nxc5 30. Qb5 Rcc8 31. Bxc5 Nf4+ 32. Kf1 Qxf3 33. gxf4 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 e5 35.
f5 $14) 27. axb6 axb6 28. Re1 Nh5 29. Qe3 Red8 (29... Rxc4 $2 30. Ne5 $16) 30.
c5 Nf6 31. Ne5 Qf5 32. g4 $2 (32. Qf3 $1 $16) 32... Nxg4 (32... Nf4+ $4 33. Kf3
$18) 33. Qxh3 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxe1+ $1 35. Rxe1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nxh3 37. Kxh3 f6 38.
Nc4 bxc5 39. dxc5 Rxd6 $1 40. Nxd6 Rxc5 $10 41. Rxe6 h5 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Kf4 Rc6
44. Kf5 Rc5+ 45. Kf4 Rc6 46. Kf5 Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 a6 11. Qg4 {Black's position is already fairly
horrible: it is not easy to see how he will complete his development.} Nd7 12.
Nxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O h5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rb1 Bd8 $2 {Black is taking too many
liberties. 15...b5 was better.} 16. c4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Be4 Qc8 19. Ba3
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 {Black has had enough and plunges the knife in himself.} 21.
Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 22. Qh4+ Kc7 23. Qd4 b5 24. cxb5 Qd7 25. b6+ Kd8 26. Be7+ $1 Ke8
27. Qxg7 Qd3 28. Qxh8+ Kxe7 29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Qd3 d5 10. b3 a5 (10... c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nd7 13. a4 Re8 14.
Bf4 Nf8 15. h3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Rc8 17. Rfc1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nd6 19. Bf1 Be4 20. Qe3
Bc6 21. Ne5 Bb7 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Re7 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Be3 Qf6
27. a5 Qg6 $11 {Gelfand,B-Adams,M/Dos Hermanas 1995/}) (10... Nd7 11. Bb2 a5
12. O-O f5 13. Rac1 c6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 c5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Bd3
Rfd8 19. Rcd1 h6 20. Bc3 Rd7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb5 Rdd8 23. Rd2 Nf7 24. Rfd1
Qb7 25. Bb2 Rac8 $11 {Peng,Z-Prudnikova,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1996/}) 11. O-O a4 12.
b4 Nd6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12... Nd7 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. f3 Nef6 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Qc3
Qh6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nf1 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Rdb8 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qd2
Nc5 23. Rad1 Nb3 24. Qd3 Na5 25. Qd4 Bb3 26. Rd2 Nd5 $11 {Petrosian,A-Kuzmin,G/
Moscow 1992/}) 13. c5 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc4 16. e4 Nc6 17. e5 f5 18.
Bf4 h6 19. h4 Qe8 20. Rfd1 Qh5 21. Ra2 Ne7 22. g3 Ng6 23. Bc1 f4 24. Rd3 bxc5
25. dxc5 $2 (25. bxc5 $142 fxg3 26. fxg3 Rab8 $15) 25... fxg3 26. fxg3 Ngxe5
27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Re3 Nf3+ (29... Rf5 $5 30. Kg2 Raf8 $17) 30.
Kg2 Nd4 31. Bb2 Nb3 32. Be5 Rf7 33. Rc2 d4 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Rf2 Re7 36. Kf3 (36.
Rf4 $142 $5) 36... Rf8+ $17 37. Kg2 Rf5 38. Rxf5 exf5 39. Bf4 Kf7 40. b5 g5 41.
hxg5 hxg5 (41... Nxc5 $2 42. Rxd4 hxg5 43. Rc4 (43. Bxg5 $2 Ne6 44. Bxe7 Nxd4
$19) 43... gxf4 44. Rxc5 fxg3 45. Rxf5+ Kg6 46. Rf4 Re2+ 47. Kh3 $11) 42. Bxg5
Re5 43. b6 Rxc5 44. bxc7 Rxc7 45. Rd1 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Ra2 47. Re1 d3 (47... Nc5 $5
48. Rd1 Ne4 49. Kf4 Rf2+ 50. Ke5 Nxg5 $19) 48. Rd1 d2 49. g4 Kg6 50. Be3 Rxa3
51. gxf5+ Kxf5 52. Ke2 Ra2 53. Kd3 a3 54. Bh6 Nc5+ 55. Kc4 (55. Ke2 Ne4 56. Bg7
Rc2 $19) 55... Rc2+ 56. Kb4 a2 57. Ka3 (57. Bxd2 Rxd2 58. Rf1+ Ke4 59. Kxc5
Rc2+ 60. Kd6 (60. Kb4 Rb2+ 61. Ka3 Rb1 $19) 60... Kd3 $19) 57... Rc1 $1 58.
Kxa2 Rxd1 59. Kb2 Ne4 (59... Rb1+ $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Bb4+ {This move is hardly to be recommended,
4...Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 or c5 is an approved continuation.} 5. Bd2 Be7 {Exchange of
pieces on d2 would lead to some white`s advantage in development.} 6. Nc3 Bb7
7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4+ {After 9.b4!? white has had an advantage as
well.} c6 10. Ne5 ({During the game I was more afraid of} 10. g4 {, but now at
the close look variations like} Nxg4 11. Rg1 Qd7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Rxg7 Qxh3 14.
Ne5 (14. Ke2 Bc8) 14... Qh1+ 15. Bf1 Ba6 {do not look too convincing for white.
}) 10... O-O 11. b4 Bd6 {Black has in mind a counter-action. The first threat
is Qe7, attacking e5 and b4.} 12. f4 b5 $1 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa5 (14. Ne2 Na6 $1
15. bxa5 b4 {would move eventually to the moves transposition.}) 14... b4 15.
Ne2 ({Or} 15. Na4 Qxa5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Na6 {- black has a good game.})
15... Na6 16. Rc1 $2 {After this, rather naive move the white king will be
never let in peace.} ({The right move was, of course,} 16. O-O {Then} c5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxb4 Qe7 {leads to a position, where the activity of the black
pieces compensates his material losses.}) 16... c5 $1 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Nc6 (
18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 {- black has a winning attack.}) 18... Qd7 19. dxc5
Bxe2 {The only move - it prevents an intention of white to consolidate his
position by Nc6-d4!} 20. Kxe2 (20. cxd6 Qg4 $1) 20... Bxf4 21. Qxb4 $6 {
More solid was to come back with the knight into the centre in order to
organize a defence of the white king.} Qxc6 22. Qxf4 {After 22.ef Rfe8 or
d5-d4-both are very strong.} d4 $19 23. exd4 (23. Qf3 {was more stubborn.})
23... Qxg2+ 24. Kd3 Qg6+ 25. Kc4 Ne4 (25... Nd5 {was also tempting. At the
board I saw} 26. Qd6 {as a refuting move, but} Qg2 $1 {was still winning!}) 26.
Bb4 ({The last attempt to complicate the matters was} 26. d5 $5 {Black at that
case had to act energetically:} Nxc5 $1 27. Kxc5 Qd3 {, creating then a mating
net around the too much advanced white monarch.}) 26... Qa6+ 27. Kb3 Qd3+ 28.
Kb2 Rfb8 29. Rhd1 (29. a3 Qxd4+ 30. Kc2 (30. Kb3 Nxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Qxf4) 30...
Rxb4 31. axb4 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Rd8+ {and so on.}) 29... Rxb4+ 30. Ka1 Qe2 31. Rb1
Nc3 {Bad move - 31...Qa2+ was more convincing. Anyway, white resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Gershon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O
d5 {Greats specialists of the variation 3...Bb4 like Ulf Andersson prefer 7...
c5.} 8. a3 Bd6 {I believe the bishop is located better on e7, but most of the
players put it onto this more exposed square.} 9. b4 ({a 'normal'} 9. Qc2 {
Gershon: doesn't promise much} Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Rb1 Ba6 13.
cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Bd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 $11 {0-1 Cramling,
P-Chiburdanidze,M/Kalev 1997/EXT 98 (59)}) 9... c5 10. bxc5 (10. dxc5 {Gershon}
bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Ba7
17. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V-Cebalo,M/Kastav 2000/EXT 2002 (34). (34)}) 10...
bxc5 11. cxd5 {'!' Gershon. The alternative is 11Rb1+/= Gershon: 'A very
interesting idea by white.'} (11. Rb1 {Gershon} Qe7 12. Bb2 $6 Nbd7 13. Ne5
cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Ndxc4 Nb6 16. Bc1 h6 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bd5 {and
black got the better game in: Pitterson,J-Gallegos,C/Valencia 2000/EXT 2001 
(55)}) 11... cxd4 ({Or} 11... cxd4 {always with some advantage to white.}) (
11... Nxd5 $2 {(Gershon) doesn't work} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 {[%csl Rc5,Rh7]
[%cal Yc2c5,Yd3h7] the point. Black cannot play normally, and has to enter a
long forced line.}) 12. dxe6 {The famous machine, Fritz-7, suggests here 12.e4
with an edge to white. I share its point of view.} dxe3 13. Nc4 {This move was
more or less forced - black had the threat Bxh2+.} (13. exf7+ {(Gershon) is bad
} Rxf7 14. fxe3 Bxh2+ $1 $17) 13... exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bc5 ({of course} 14... fxe6
$4 {(Gershon) loses on the spot} 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxh7+ $18) 15. exf7+ Kh8 {
Gershon: 'only move'} ({the pawn is untouchable:} 15... Rxf7 {Gershon} 16.
Bxh7+ $18) (15... Kxf7 {Gershon} 16. Be3 {the K is badly misplaced.}) 16. Be3
Bxf3 $5 {Due to poor development of black pieces white stads somewhat better.
The last move of black is not short of originality - black eliminated the
important knight which could create strong threats to the black king. A
tactical justification of the move: 17.Qxf3 Qxd3 and black is OK.} 17. Rxf3 (
17. Qxf3 {Gershon} Qxd3 18. Bxc5 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxf7 20. Re1 $14) 17... Nbd7 18.
Kh1 {'?!' Gershon. Gershon: 'Missing an opportunity to enter favorable
complications.'} ({white has an amazing resource} 18. Bxh7 $5 {(Gershon) which
leads to very interesting lines} Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Nxh7 20. Qd5 $1 {and now:} (20.
Qh5 {Gershon} Qg5 {and black is ok}) 20... Ng5 (20... Ndf6 $2 {(Gershon) is
met with a beautiful} 21. Ne5 $1 g5 (21... Qxd5 {Gershon} 22. Ng6#) 22. Qa2 Qd4
23. Rae1 Nd5 24. Nf3 Qc5 $8 25. Qb2+ Nhf6 26. Nxg5 {with an unclear position})
21. Nd6 {with strong compensation for the piece}) 18... Rxf7 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20.
Ne5 {Gershon: 'White has a very small edge now'} Rc7 21. Ng6+ $5 {Black was on
the way to fully equalize the game.} ({After} 21. Bc4 {white's advantage would
gradually evaporate. That's why white sacrifices a piece - practical, but far
from convincing decision.} Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h6) 21... hxg6 22. Rh3+ Kg8 (22...
Nh5 $4 {(Gershon) Is losing on the spot after:} 23. Rxh5+ gxh5 24. Qxh5+ Kg8
25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. Rf1+ $18) 23. Bc4+ Rf7 {'[]' Gershon.} 24. Qc2 Nce4 25. Qa2 {
Gershon: 'white has a pressure for now, but the two knights in the center of
the board really control the position. '} ({If} 25. Re3 {then} Qd4 26. Rae1
Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nd5 28. Qxg6 Raf8 $19) 25... Ng5 {The machine estimates now the
position as -/+. But a human being, having a task to protect his king, will
still confront serious problems.} (25... Qe7 {(Gershon) is a blunder:} 26.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rh8+ $18) 26. Rg3 Nfe4 27. Bxf7+ Nxf7 28. Rxg6 {Gershon: 'A
very curious position. A queen and two knights is a very powerful combination,
but white K is much safer than his collegue. Another thing speaking in white's
favor is that the endgames R vs 2N will traditionally be good for white .'} Qd3
{Gershon: 'Not allowing white R to f1.'} (28... Qd4 {(Gershon) placing the Q
on a central square was worth considering,} 29. Rf1 Rf8) 29. Re6 Rd8 30. h3 (
30. Re1 Qe3 $1 31. Rf1 {was stronger.} Rd5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qb1 Nfd6) 30... Rd5
{'?!' Gershon. Gershon: 'A dubious move, tying a Q to R's protection . Black
is ought to get an initiative for only then will his piece tell. For this
purpose, black should have untied his knight' Up to now black has played the
exemplary way, but here he slows down his initiative. He had to continue} (
30... Qd4 31. Re1 Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. g3 (33. Kg1 Nxh3+ 34. gxh3 Rd2 $19)
33... Qf5 {compromising protection of the white king.}) (30... Kf8 $142 {
Gershon} 31. Re1 Nfd6 {and black's chances look preferable}) 31. Re1 Ng3+ 32.
Kg1 Rf5 33. Qb2 Rf1+ {'?' Gershon. Gershon: 'a wrong approch by black. He had
to keep the R's on the board, which would give him another mobile piece. Now ,
the N's begin to look clumsy'} (33... Kh7 $13 {Gershon}) 34. Kh2 (34. Rxf1 {
Gershon} Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 Nf5 $11) 34... Rxe1 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Rxe1 Nf5 37. Qf4 {
'+/=' Gershon.} N7d6 ({black could attempt to go into an endgame:} 37... Qd6 {
Gershon} 38. Qxd6 N7xd6 {although after} 39. g4 $1 Nh6 (39... Nd4 {Gershon} 40.
Rd1 N6b5 41. a4 Nf3+ 42. Kg3 Nc3 43. Rd7 Ne5 44. Rxa7 $16) 40. a4 $14 {white
has a small edge}) 38. a4 {Gershon: 'black's position is very solid, but not
an easy one to play! Here, the best try was to swap the ladies'} Nc4 {Gershon:
'missing white's strong reaction:' After 38...Qc4 black would force an endgame
with a slight advantage. In time trouble he puts his pieces to unstable
positions.} (38... Qc4 {(Gershon) and draw seems to be the most likely result})
39. Re6 {'!' Gershon.} Nce3 $2 {Gershon: 'after this active looking move,
black is lost!' After 39...Qd5 black was still in no danger.} 40. Qg5 Ng3 $4 {
The machine points out the only defence:} (40... Nf1+ 41. Kg1 Nh6 42. Qb5 $1 {
black is hardly able to save the game.} Qxb5 43. axb5 Nd2 44. Re7 $16 {and
white still has to overcome many technical difficulties}) 41. Kxg3 Nf1+ 42. Kf2
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 {This old theoretical line seems to be
promising for White in general, plus Topalov was not very familiar with it.} f5
{The safest choice.} (11... Nf6 {is more principled but dangerous at the same
time:} 12. Qh4 {/\ Bg5} Ne4 13. Qh3 Qxd4 14. Bf4 {with complicated sharp play
ahead.}) 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bc4 {It is clear that White has managed to get a nice
initiative out of the opening although Black's position is solid.} Re8 (13...
Nd7 $2 14. Nc6 $1) 14. Rd1 Nd7 (14... Nc6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. f4 $1 Qd6 17. Bb3 {
with a clear positional advantage.}) 15. Bb5 (15. Bd2 {was possible, with some
advantage, but I decided to choose a more ambitious move.}) 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5
Qe7 {The only reasonable move.} (16... a6 17. Nxd5 axb5 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxa6)
18. Nb4 $1 Qe7 19. Rd6 $16) 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qh5 $1 {The point.} g6 {
Weakening, but there is no other way to defend against Bg5.} (18... h6 19. Bxh6
$1 gxh6 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Qxh6+ Kf7 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qxf5+ Qf7 25.
Bxd7 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxe5 27. Bd3 Rae8 28. Kf1 {and White is clearly better in
this endgame.}) (18... Nxe5 {was a try although White is better, being an
exchange up even if Black has chances for a draw} 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8)
19. Qh6 Rec8 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Bxd7 (21. Bf4 {was another, more positional
approach, keeping some pressure} a6 22. Bf1 b5 23. b3 {with some advantage.})
21... Qxd7 22. Bf6 {White has good attacking potential in this position and
even if Black might hold with precise defence it is not easy to demonstrate
over the board.} Qf7 {He has to lose a tempo with this move because Rxd5 was
coming otherwise.} (22... Rc2 23. Rxd5 $1 exd5 24. e6 Qc7 25. e7) ({or} 22...
Rc4 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. e6) 23. b3 {It is important to prevent the ...Rc4, ...
Rg4 resource.} (23. Rd3 {is very direct approach but Black seems to have
enough defensive resourses:} Rc2 (23... Rc4 24. b3) 24. Rg3 Rac8 25. h4 R8c4 $1
26. h5 Rg4 27. Rxg4 fxg4 28. Qg5 h6 29. Qxg4 g5 {/\ ...Qh7.}) 23... Qf8 24. Qf4
(24. Qg5 {was tempting, but Black is just in time again to defend his king:}
Rc2 25. h4 Rac8 26. h5 Qb4 $1 {that is why Qf4 was chosen instead of Qg5 in
the game} 27. hxg6 Qg4 28. Qxg4 fxg4 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rd4 g3 $1 31. Rh4+ Kg6
32. Rg4+ Kf5 33. Rxg3 Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 {with a draw.}) 24... Rc2
$2 {The only mistake in the game but quite a serious one. Before starting
counterplay Black should have improved his king position.} (24... h6 $1 25. h4
Rc5 $1 {followed by ...Kh7 next and Black's position is passive but difficult
to break.} (25... Rc2 26. Rxd5 $1 exd5 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. h5 {and mate is near}))
25. h4 Rac8 26. h5 {Now seemingly active rooks and control of the c-file
doesn't help Black to defend against the threats on the kingside.} Qe8 (26...
Qf7 {was slightly more logical but does not change much.}) 27. Rd3 {/\ hxg6.}
R2c3 28. Rad1 gxh5 {Topalov presumably pinned his hopes on this idea but
underestimated the exchange sacrifice; in any case, there was no longer
anything else to do here.} 29. Rxd5 $1 {Strong and logical.} exd5 30. e6 {
More forcing and leads to a forced win in all lines, so I have chosen it.} (30.
Rxd5 $18 {was good enough.}) 30... R3c7 (30... Qg6 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Qb8+ Kg7
33. e7 {game over}) (30... R3c6 31. Rd3 Rxe6 32. Rg3+ Kf7 33. Qh6 $1 {once I
noticed this move in my calculations I understood that my attack is decisive}
Rxf6 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Re3+ $18) 31. Rxd5 Qxe6 (31... Qg6 32. Qxc7 $1) (31...
Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qg6 33. Qxc1 $1) 32. Qg5+ Kf8 ({or} 32... Kf7 33. Rxf5 Rc5 34.
Qxh5+ Kf8 35. Be5+ Ke7 36. Qxh7+ Ke8 37. Rg5 (37. f4) 37... Rxe5 38. Qh5+) 33.
Rxf5 Rf7 (33... Rc5 {does not change anything even if is more resistant} 34.
Be7+ Ke8 35. Bxc5 {was my intention} (35. Rf8+ Kd7 36. Bxc5 {wins on the spot
according to computers}) 35... Rxc5 36. Qxh5+ Kd7 37. Rxc5 bxc5 38. Qxc5 {
with an easy technical win.}) 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Re5 Rc6 {Trying to use some
pinning motifs.} 36. Qxh5 {White is counterpinning with devastating effect, so
Topalov resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
{Another harmless system "just for play".} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2
Re8 (11... Bd6 {(preventing Nf3-e5) is played more often. Here are some
classic examples:} 12. Ne2 (12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 Ba3 16.
Rfe1 Qd6 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 $11 {0-1 (80) Gelfand,B (2700)-Karpov,A 
(2780) Sanghi Nagar 1995 CBM 045 [Gelfand,B]}) 12... Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rc1 a5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ba3 $6 (16... Ne4 $5 $11 {M.Marin}) (16... Qf8 $5 {
Ivanchuk}) 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. h4 $36 Qd6 19. h5 Nf8 20. e4 $14 {0-1 (50)
Fressinet,L (2708)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [Marin,M]}) 12. Ne5
(12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 f5 17. Re2 Qe7 18.
Nd2 Ba3 19. Ngf1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qd6 $11 {1/2 (37) Berescu,A (2461)-Malakhatko,V
(2559) Abu Dhabi 2013}) (12. Ne2 Bf8 (12... Bd6 {- see above}) 13. Ng3 Rc8 14.
Qe2 g6 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Qc8 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Rc2 Bg7 20. Rfc1
Qb7 21. Qe2 f5 $132 {0-1 (38) Malaniuk,V (2504)-Gavrilov,A (2498) Krakow 2012})
12... Bd6 {This move is unnecessary as White is planning to continue f2-f4
anyway.} (12... Bb4 13. f4 a6 14. Bf5 Nf8 15. Rc1 b5 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Ng3 Bd6
18. Qc2 a5 19. Rf3 a4 20. Bd3 axb3 21. axb3 Ng6 22. Nf5 $36 {1-0 (40) Lukacs,P
(2480)-Votava,J (2440) Budapest 1995}) (12... a6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Rc1
g6 16. Rc2 Bg7 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 Rc7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 d4 $1
$132 22. e4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qd3 Re8 {1/2 (50)
Gaprindashvili,V (2476)-Anastasian,A (2591) Batumi 2002}) (12... c5 13. f4 a6
14. Qf3 b5 15. Kh1 Ra7 16. Qh3 Ba8 17. Bf5 Nf8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne2 Qb6 20.
Nd4 Rc7 21. Rac1 Bb7 22. Rc2 Bd6 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Ng4 Bd8 {1/2 (33) Lukacs,P 
(2455)-Lau,R (2520) Budapest 1992}) 13. f4 {A double-edged move in such a
structure: White supports his e5-knight and develops his kingside initiative
but weakens the e4-square.} c5 14. Qf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Bb4 {Black is fighting
for the e4-square.} 16. Ne2 {This knight is not so valuable, it was better to
allow Black to take it.} (16. Rac1 $5) 16... Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rad1 a6 (18...
Ndf6 19. Bb5 Re7 {was quite possible, with a good position for Black.}) 19. a4
Rc8 ({Here, too,} 19... Ndf6 {was more accurate, preventing White's next move.}
) 20. Qh5 {White provokes ...g7-g6, weakening the position of Black's king.} g6
21. Qh3 Ndf6 $6 {Now this move is hardly appropriate.} (21... f5 {was quite
possible. If} 22. g4 {then} fxg4 23. Qxg4 Ndf6 24. Qg2 Rc7 {[%cal Yc7g7]}) 22.
f5 $1 $36 g5 $6 {Another weakening.} (22... Rc7 $5 {protecting the 7th rank})
23. Ng3 b5 $1 {Black must urgently activate his queen.} 24. axb5 Qb6 25. Kh1 (
25. bxa6 $5 Bxa6 26. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 (26... dxe4 27. Bxa6 Qxa6 28. Qg3 h6 29. h4)
27. Nd7 $1 Qd6 28. Bxa6 Qxa6 29. f6 $40) 25... axb5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. d5 $1 {
[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2h8]} e3 $1 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 h6 30. Ne4 Rc2 $1 {[%mdl
512] Black defends very well. He sacrifices a queen for a rook and a knight
but creates strong counterplay.} 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Bxf6 e2 33. Bxg5 Bxd5 $4 {
An absolutely crazy move!} (33... exf1=Q+ 34. Rxf1 hxg5 35. Qxg5+ Kh7 36. f6
Ree2 $1 {, and White has hardly anything better than perpetual.}) 34. Bxh6+ $6
{White is clearly bewildered.} (34. Bf6+ $142 Kh7 35. Rg1 Re4 36. Qf3 exd1=Q
37. Qxd1 {, and White should win.}) 34... Kh7 35. Bxf8 (35. Rg1 $1 Bxh6 36.
Rde1 {was still possible but now White's victory is less certain after, say,}
Re3) 35... exf1=Q+ 36. Rxf1 Rxg2 37. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096]
Finally the players have reached a rook ending. Levon Aronian proves that
White's extra pawn can't be converted.} 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Ke4 Rh8 41. Kd4 Rc8 (
41... Rh4+ $5 42. Kc5 b4) 42. Rf4 Kf6 43. h4 Re8 44. Kc5 Re5+ 45. Kd6 Re3 46.
Rb4 Kxf5 47. Rxb5+ Kg4 48. h5 f5 49. h6 Rh3 50. Ke5 Rxh6 51. Rb4+ Kf3 52. Kxf5
Ke3 53. Ke5 Kd3 54. Rb8 Kc3 55. b4 Kc4 56. Rb7 Rh5+ 57. Kd6 Rh6+ 58. Kd7 Rh7+
59. Kc6 Rxb7 60. Kxb7 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. b3 {
White plays a kind of "Anti-Meran 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3" with reversed colours. Of
course, it is not too dangerous for Black.} O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bd6 {
A strange idea. This loss of a tempo was not forced at all.} (10... Qc7 {
[%cal Ye6e5]} 11. c4 Rad8 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 {(now timely)} 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qf1 h6 19. h3 Bb8 $11 {1/2 (33)
Kaszowski,D (2283)-Barglowski,F (2335) Ustron 2004}) (10... Ne4 11. Rfd1 f5 (
11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Rc8 $11) 12. c4 a6 13. Nf1 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bh4
15. Ng3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qg6 $13 {1-0 (43) Eliskases,E-Engels,L Bad
Oeynhausen 1938}) 11. c4 {This position arose in a number of games in which
White's c4-pawn and Black's d6-bishop reached their positions in one go.} cxd4
(11... Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Ndf6 (14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 Ndc5
16. Qe2 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rac1 Ba3 22.
Qc2 $14 {1/2 (60) Doettling,F (2360)-Vatter,H (2385) Karlsbad Auerbach 1998})
15. h3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Rd2 Bd6 {
1/2 (24) Koneru,H (2575)-Ushenina,A (2458) Hancheng 2016} 21. g3 $5) 12. exd4
Qe7 13. Ne5 (13. a3 Bf4 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. a4 Bd6 $5 {[%csl Rb4]} 16. a5 Bb4 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qd8 21. Qd1 Qa8 22. Bf1 h6 23.
Qc1 {1/2 (22) Bruno,F (2436)-Godena,M (2495) Boscotrecase 2014}) 13... Ba3 {
The exchange of bishops is desirable for Black: it weakens White's d4-pawn and
generally, simplifications are favourable for the side fighting against
hanging pawns.} 14. Bxa3 (14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Bb2 Ba3 {1/2 Minev,N-Tolush,A Warsaw
1961}) 14... Qxa3 15. f4 Qb2 $1 16. Nef3 (16. Qe3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 $1 18. Qf4
Qc3 $132) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxf3 {Too straightforward.} (17... Rad8 $5 18. a4
Nb8 19. a5 Nc6) 18. Nxf3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rac8 20. a4 Rc7 $6 {Just a loss of an
important tempo.} (20... Nb8 $142 $1 21. a5 Nc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Rfd8 24.
Rd1 Ne4 {[%cal Re4c3]} 25. Bf1 Rb8 $11) 21. a5 Rd8 22. axb6 Nxb6 (22... axb6
23. Ra6 {- Black has no time to transfer his passive d7-knight to c6 anymore.})
23. Rfc1 (23. Ra3 $142 $1 {[%cal Yf1a1]} Nxc4 $4 24. Rc3) 23... Nc8 {This
knight finds some good squares now.} 24. g3 Ne7 25. Ra4 Nc6 (25... Kf8 $142 26.
c5 Nfd5) 26. c5 {[%cal Ye2b5]} Nd5 27. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The exchange of
knights is favourable for White, whose knight is less active.} Nde7 (27... Nxe5
28. fxe5 $14) 28. Rcc4 (28. Rd1 {was quite possible. If} Nb8 {then} 29. Bf3 f6
30. Nc4) 28... Nxe5 (28... Nb8 $5 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 29. Rc1 f6 30. Nf3 Nbc6) 29.
fxe5 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Bf3 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 {[%csl Re5] Black has got
another weakness in his camp, and White has a chance to outmanoeuvre him.} 33.
c6 Nf5 (33... Rdc8 34. Ra5 $1 Nxc6 $2 35. Rac5) 34. Ra5 Re8 35. Rcc5 Nd4 36.
Be4 Kf7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Ra2 Ke6 $6 {Black´s king will now be in danger, too.}
(38... Rec8 $142) 39. Rca5 Ree7 (39... Rec8 40. Rxa7 Nxc6 41. R7a6 Ke7 42. Rf2
$18 {[%cal Re4h7]} Ke8 43. h4 $22) (39... Ra8 $5) 40. Rf2 Rg7 (40... Nxc6 41.
Ra6 Kd7 42. Bxc6+ Rxc6 43. Rd2+ Kc7 44. Rxa7+ $18) (40... Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42.
Rd8 Rg7 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Rff8 $18) 41. h4 h5 42. Kh2 $22 a6 (42... Rce7 43.
Bd5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Ne6 45. c7 $18) (42... Rge7 43. Bd5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Ne6 45. g4
hxg4 46. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]}) 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Rxa6 Kd6 45. Bg2 $1 {
White has won a pawn, the rest should be a matter of technique.} (45. Be4 $143
Rg4 $1) 45... Rge7 (45... Rg6 46. Rf8) 46. Ra5 (46. Be4 $1 {was now
appropriate, e.g.} Re6 47. Rf8 Nxc6 48. Rf2 $1 Rh6 49. Rc2 Kd7 {Black is
totally tied up and loses after} 50. g4 $1 hxg4 51. Kg3 {etc.}) 46... Nxc6 47.
Rf6+ Re6 48. Rd5+ Ke7 49. Rf5 e4 $6 {Desperation.} (49... Rh6 {was more
stubborn although after} 50. Be4 {Black's position remained poor.}) 50. Rxh5 e3
51. Rh7+ Ke8 (51... Kf8 52. Rxc7 e2 53. Rf5+ Ke8 54. Bxc6+ Kd8 55. Ra7 $18) 52.
Rxc7 e2 53. Bf3 $1 {The refutation of Black's idea.} e1=Q 54. Bh5+ Kf8 55. Rf5+
Kg8 56. Bf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] White played this move without thinking, missing
a simple mate:} (56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rf7+ Kh6 58. Rh8#) 56... Kh8 $1 57. Rh5+ Kg7
58. Bxe6+ Kf6 {Suddenly it is not easy for White to consolidate his pieces.}
59. Rh6+ $2 (59. Bc4 $1 {was the right way but it was not easy to calculate
the following variations:} Ne5 60. Rh6+ $1 Kf5 61. Bd3+ $1 Nxd3 (61... Kg4 62.
Rg7+ Kf3 63. Rf6+ Ke3 64. Bf1 Nf3+ 65. Rxf3+ Kxf3 66. Bg2+ Kf2 67. Rf7+ $18)
62. Rf7+ Kg4 (62... Ke4 63. Re6+ Ne5 64. Rxe5+ Kxe5 65. Re7+ $18) 63. Rg7+ Kf3
(63... Kf5 64. Rg5+ Ke4 65. Re6+) 64. Rf6+ Ke4 65. Re6+ Ne5 66. Rxe5+ Kxe5 67.
Re7+ $18) 59... Ke5 60. Bh3 (60. Rh5+ $142 Kd6 (60... Kf6 61. Bc4 $1) 61. Rxc6+
Kxc6 62. Bd5+ Kd6 63. Rf5 {cutting off Black's king.}) 60... Qd2+ 61. Bg2 Qxh6
62. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] This endgame is theoretically drawn.} Qh7 $6 (62... Qe3
$142) 63. Rc4 {White misses another chance to cut off Black's king and keep
more winning chances:} (63. Bh3 {[%cal Yc6e6]}) 63... Kf6 64. Rg4 $6 {This
cut-off is insufficient.} (64. Rc6+ Ke5 65. Bh3) 64... Qd7 {, and Black
successfully held his ground:} 65. Rg5 Qc7 66. Rb5 Qc2 67. Rb6+ Kg7 68. Re6 Qa2
69. Re7+ Kf6 70. Re4 Kg7 71. Kh3 Qf7 72. Re2 Qf5+ 73. Kh2 Qf6 74. Be4 Qf1 75.
Rc2 Qe1 76. Bf3 Qf1 77. Bg2 Qe1 78. Rc7+ Kh8 79. Rc4 Qe2 80. Re4 Qd2 81. Re6
Qa2 82. Re8+ Kg7 83. Re7+ Kh8 84. Re3 Qd2 85. Rf3 Qd7 86. Rb3 Qe6 87. Rb2 Qe5
88. Rf2 Qe6 89. Bf3 Qe5 90. Kg2 Qf6 91. Re2 Qd8 92. Ra2 Qf6 93. Rc2 Qe7 94. Rc6
Qd8 95. Rc2 Qe7 96. Rc8+ Kg7 97. Rc6 Kh8 98. Rh6+ Kg7 99. Rh5 Qe1 100. Rd5 Qe7
101. Rb5 Qe1 102. Rb7+ Kh8 103. Rd7 Qe8 104. Rd1 Qc8 105. Re1 Qc3 106. Rf1 Qd2+
107. Kh3 Qd7+ 108. g4 {White finally starts moving his kingside pawns but
exposes his king.} Qd3 109. Kg2 Qd2+ 110. Rf2 Qe1 111. h5 Kg7 112. Re2 Qa5 113.
Re4 Kf6 114. Rf4+ Kg5 115. Rf5+ Qxf5 116. gxf5 Kxf5 117. Kg3 Kg5 118. Bg4 Kh6
119. Kh4 Kg7 120. Kg5 Kh8 121. h6 Kh7 122. Be6 Kh8 123. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
b4 d5 $6 {Quite illogical. Black opens up the position against White's bishop
pair...} (8... d6 {is common.}) 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Qe2 Qe7 (13... Rc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Qe7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nd2 e4 18.
Nf1 (18. Nb3 $5) 18... Ne5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rd2 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Nf1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Huss,A-Karlsson,P/Graz 1972/MCD (42)}) 14. Rfc1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16.
Ba6 {[%mdl 32] Trading one of the bishops but weakening light squares in
Black's camp.} Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nb8 19. Qc4 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gc1c8]
} Rd8 20. h3 Ne8 21. b5 Rd5 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Nd6 26.
a4 e5 $6 {Black can't stand the pressure and tries to break through. As often
happens, it leads to new weaknesses.} 27. Nf5 (27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. bxc6 Ne8 29.
Qe4 f6 30. f4 $1 $16 {is another attractive option.}) 27... Nxf5 28. Qxf5 f6
29. Qe4 {Black can't defend all his weaknesses, from the a7 pawn to his weak
kingside. White needn't hurry, his only concern is to prevent Black's b8
knight entering the game.} Qf7 30. Ba3 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Bd6 $1 Qd7 33. Bc7
Rf8 34. Rc2 (34. Qb7 $5) (34. Qa8 $5) 34... Re8 35. Rc4 (35. Qa8 $18) 35... Qf7
36. Bd6 Rd8 $6 (36... Qd7 $8 $16) 37. Rc7 Nd7 38. Qc6 Qe6 39. Rxa7 Kf7 40. Qxb6
{An instructive game!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "291"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 {Of course, this system is quite harmless.}
Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1
Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 {Simple play: both sides develop their pieces.} 13. a3 Bf8 {
A typical plan here: Black is ready to transfer his bishop to g7.} (13... dxc4
{is the main alternative:} 14. bxc4 Bf8 (14... Qd6 $5 {was played in only one
but classic game:} 15. Nb3 Red8 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Rce2 g6 $13 18. Ng5 $5 Bg7 19.
h3 Rc7 20. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Qf8 22. d5 Nb8 23. Bc3 Na6 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25.
cxd5 Rxc3 $19 {0-1 (28) Petrosian,T (2635)-Tal,M (2615) Moscow 1976}) 15. Nf1 (
15. Bb1 g6 16. Ba2 Bg7 17. d5 $6 exd5 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. cxd5 Ne7
$17 {[%csl Rd5] 0-1 (86) Torre,E (2550)-Gheorghiu,F (2545) Wijk aan Zee 1981})
(15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 g6 17. d5 Na5 18. Qd2 {1-0 (38) Fridman,R (2378)-Fleck,
J (2408) Essen 2002} f6 $1 $13) 15... g6 16. Ne3 (16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Qe2 Qd6 18.
Rcd1 Red8 19. Qe3 Qf8 20. Qf4 Na5 $15 {1-0 (57) Rotstein,A (2528)-Beliavsky,A 
(2631) Austria 2006}) 16... Bg7 $13 17. Rc2 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Ne5
Nc6 {1/2 (20) Franco Ocampos,Z (2490)-Korneev,O (2591) Roquetas de Mar 2015}) (
13... g6 $5 {deserves further research; so far Black is doing well:} 14. b4 (
14. c5 $6 a5 $1 15. Bb5 Nd7 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. axb4 Bf6 $1 $15 {
1/2 (60) Tregubov,P (2632)-Atalik,S (2568) Istanbul 2003 CBM 096 [Atalik,S]})
14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 a6 16. Qb3 b5 17. Ne3 Bf8 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Rec1 Qd6 $15 {
0-1 (26) Johnston,A (2182)-Bucinskas,V ICCF WS 2006}) 14. c5 {The same
aggressive continuation as in Tregubov-Atalik but now Black has no manoeuvre ..
.Nf6-d7 and ...Be7-f6.} (14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 (15. c5 {is less appropriate now:}
a5 $1 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. Ne3 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Qc1 Re7 21. Ng4 f5
22. Bxc6 fxg4 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. c6 Rbc7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc5 $17 {1/2 (45)
Rombaldoni,A (2502)-Gustafsson,J (2640) Porto Mannu 2015}) 15... Bg7 16. c5
bxc5 $6 (16... a5 $5 17. Bb5) 17. dxc5 a5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Ne5 Rec7 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. b4 $16 {1/2 (46) Khairullin,I (2647)-Bukavshin,I (2657)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 14... a5 $1 {Still, this is Black's principled reply,
preventing b3-b4.} 15. Bc3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This new move provokes the
advance of Black's central pawns, which will be subsequently blockaded.} (15.
Bb5 {is the continuation seen in practice:} Nd7 16. b4 (16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. b4
Qc7 18. Qe2 bxc5 19. dxc5 Rb8 20. Bc3 e5 $17 {0-1 (48) Butti,E (2071)-Delgado
Ramirez,N (2604) Asuncion 2014}) 16... axb4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. axb4 Bb5 (18...
g6 {1-0 (54) Tolonen,L (2330)-Sorsa,N (2270) Turku 1997} 19. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1e3]}
) (18... Qc7 $5) 19. Nb1 Qc7 20. Nc3 Bc4 21. Nd2 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bd3 $13 (22...
Ne5 $2 23. Nce4 $1 Nd3 24. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Qe2 Nxe1
28. Rxe1 Qf4 29. g3 Qf5 30. Qxc4 $18 {1-0 (47) Franco Ocampos,Z (2490)
-Svetushkin,D (2581) Lorca 2014})) 15... bxc5 16. dxc5 d4 (16... e5 $5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxc5 {[%csl Ra3]} 19. Ra1 $5 $13) 17. Bb2 e5 18. Ng5 Rc7 19. Bc4
$6 {The bishop has nothing to do here, it just obstructs the c1 rook.} (19.
Nde4 $142 $5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 $36) 19... h6 20. Nge4 Bc8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. b4 {
This leads to simplifications and equality.} (22. Ne4 $5 Qg6 23. f4 $13) 22...
axb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Bxd4 Bb7 25. Qg4 Kh8 (25... h5 $5 26. Qg3 (26. Qxh5 $6
Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6g2,Re5d4]} 27. Nf3 exd4 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Ng5 Be4) 26... h4
27. Qg4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxb4 $11) 26. Ne4 Qf4 27. Qxf4
exf4 28. Nd2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rd7 30. Nb3 (30. Re8 $142 Rxd4 (30... Kg8 31. Bc3)
31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 {with a probable draw.}) (30. Bc3 Bxc5 31. Nb3 {should
be enough, too.}) 30... Nc2 $1 31. Re8 Kg8 32. Bb5 $8 Rxd4 (32... Rd5 $5 {
gives Black more chances, e.g.} 33. Bc4 (33. Rb8 Nxd4 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxb7
Rd1+ 36. Bf1 Bxc5 37. Rb2 g5 $17) 33... Rg5 {, and White must probably play}
34. h4 $1 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Bf3 {[%cal Rg2h2]} 36. Be2 $1 Bc6 37. Rc8 Rg6 $15) 33.
Nxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Black has obtained a material advantage, however, it
proves rather impossible to convert it.} 34. Rb8 Be4 35. Bd7 g5 36. Rc8 f3 37.
g3 Bb7 38. Rb8 Bd5 39. Rd8 Kg7 40. Bb5 Nxb5 41. Rxd5 Nc3 42. Rd3 Ne2+ 43. Kf1
Bxc5 44. Rxf3 Nd4 45. Rc3 Bd6 46. Kg2 h5 47. Rc4 Nf5 48. Ra4 f6 49. Ra5 Kg6 50.
Ra6 Be5 51. Ra5 Nd4 52. Ra4 Kf5 53. Ra8 g4 54. h3 Nf3 55. hxg4+ hxg4 56. Rg8
Bd4 57. Rd8 Ke4 58. Re8+ Be5 59. Rg8 Ng5 60. Ra8 Kf5 61. Ra4 Ne4 62. Ra5 Nd2
63. Ra4 Nf3 64. Ra8 Bd4 65. Rd8 Ke4 66. Re8+ Ne5 67. Re6 Kf5 68. Rd6 Ba7 69.
Rd8 Bb6 70. Rb8 Bd4 71. Rd8 Ke4 72. Re8 Bc5 73. Rg8 Kd3 74. Rc8 Bd4 75. Rd8 Nf3
76. Rg8 Ng5 77. Rd8 Ke4 78. Re8+ Kf5 79. Rd8 Ne6 80. Ra8 Bb6 81. Rb8 Bc5 82.
Rc8 Bd4 83. Ra8 Be5 84. Rc8 Bd6 85. Rc6 Ke5 86. Rc4 Nd4 87. Rc8 Ke4 88. Rg8 f5
89. Re8+ Be5 90. Re7 Nc2 91. Re8 Ne1+ 92. Kf1 Nd3 93. Kg2 Nb4 94. Re7 Nd5 95.
Re8 Nf6 96. Ra8 Bd4 97. Rd8 Ke5 98. f3 Bb6 99. Rb8 Nd5 100. fxg4 fxg4 101. Rg8
Kf5 102. Re8 Bd4 103. Rf8+ Ke4 104. Rg8 Ne3+ 105. Kf2 Kd3 106. Rg6 Nc4+ 107.
Kg2 Ne5 108. Rg5 Ke4 109. Rg8 Bc5 110. Rg7 Kf5 111. Rg8 Nd7 112. Rc8 Be3 113.
Re8 Bb6 114. Rc8 Nf6 115. Rb8 Bd4 116. Rb7 Be5 117. Rb5 Ke4 118. Rb4+ Kd3 119.
Rb3+ Ke4 120. Rb4+ Bd4 121. Rb8 Kd3 122. Rd8 Ke3 123. Ra8 Bc3 124. Rc8 Kd3 125.
Rc7 Bd4 126. Rg7 Be5 127. Rg6 Ke4 128. Rg5 Bd6 129. Kf2 Bc7 130. Kg2 Be5 131.
Kf2 Kd5 132. Kg2 Ke6 133. Kh2 Bc3 134. Kg2 Bd2 135. Rg7 Kf5 136. Rf7 Bb4 137.
Rb7 Bd6 138. Rb5+ Kg6 139. Ra5 Ne4 140. Ra4 Kf5 141. Ra5+ Ke6 142. Ra4 Kd5 143.
Ra8 Ke5 144. Ra5+ Kd4 145. Ra8 Ke3 146. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 {In my opinion, this move hardly makes sense here. Black
should rather immediately start counterplay on the kingside:} (9... O-O 10. Bb2
Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O Rf6 ({or} 12... Qe7)) 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O f5
13. d5 $1 {[%mdl 32] A typical advance in the centre. White is threatening
Nf3-d4, and in case of ...e6-e5 Black's b7 bishop will be out of play.} (13.
Rad1 {[%cal Yf3e1,Yf2f3] is another possible plan, however, less energetic:}
Qe7 (13... axb4 14. axb4 Ng5 15. Ne1 f4 {0-1 (47) Zhao,X (2579)-Danielian,E 
(2470) Tashkent 2013} 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. Nd3 $16 Nh3+ $6 18. Kh1) (13... Kh8 14.
Ne1 Qg5 15. d5 axb4 16. axb4 e5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Nf3 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Ra1 h6
21. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (40) Van Wely,L (2657)-Werle,J (2567) Amsterdam 2016}) (13...
Ng5 14. Ne1 Rf6 15. d5 Rh6 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nf3 $14 {1/2 (28) Potkin,V (2613)
-Galopoulos,N (2262) Kallithea 2008}) 14. d5 (14. Ne1 $5 axb4 15. axb4 Bc6 $6
16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Bb7 18. Nd3 Nef6 19. f3 $14 {1/2 (43) Erdos,V (2621)
-Bokros,A (2484) Hungary 2015}) 14... e5 15. Bd3 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. c5 Bxd5
18. Bxb5 $14 {1-0 (49) Wang,Y (2736)-Wu,W (2442) China 2008}) 13... e5 (13...
exd5 $6 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. f3 Nef6 17. Nxf5 Qd8 18. Rac1 $16 {
1-0 (35) Wedda,D (2079)-Baselmans,L (1838) Assen 2017}) 14. Nd2 (14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. g3 $6 c6 16. Nh4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rfc8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rac1 Nef6 20. Qb3 axb4
21. axb4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rc8 {[%csl Rd5]} 23. Bb2 Qf7 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxb5 Nb6 $15
{0-1 (40) Naumkin,I (2497)-Drasko,M (2543) Cutro 2007}) (14. Bd3 c6 (14... b5
$5) 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qh4 18. f4 Rf6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
dxe5 21. Bxf5 Qxc4 22. Rac1 $14 {1/2 (49) Farid,F (2401)-Chernyshov,K (2508)
Pardubice 2014}) (14. Rad1 $5 {(to anticipate ...c7-c6)} Ndf6 15. Nh4 (15. Ne1
$142 $14) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Bc8 (16... Nxd5 $1 17. cxd5 Qxh4 18. Qxc7 Ra2
$132) 17. f3 Ng5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxd5 20. Qd3 Nxb4 21. Qb3 Nc6 22. c5+
Nf7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Bb5 Na5 25. Qe6 $14 {1/2 (112) Steingrimsson,H (2550)
-Zude,A (2470) Germany 2011}) 14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {White plans f2-f4 to open
up the long diagonal for his bishop.} Qh4 (15... f4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. g3 {
, then preparing f2-f4 anyway}) (15... axb4 16. axb4 Nf6 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bd3
g6 19. f4 Qe7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qc3 Re8 22. Ra1 $16 {1-0 (59) Li,S (2557)
-Toufighi,H (2478) Subic Bay 2009}) (15... Qe7 16. f4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Bd3 e4 21. Bc2 Bb7 22. Bd4 b5 23. cxb5 Nb6 24. Bb3
Qf7 25. Qa2 h6 26. Qa7 Bxd5 27. Bd1 $14 {1-0 (73) Khenkin,I (2609)-Quesada
Perez,Y (2567) Havana 2008}) 16. f4 exf4 (16... Rae8 17. Bd3 Qh5 18. Rae1 Nf6
19. h3 Bc8 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Qxa5 $16 {1-0 (33) Assaubayeva,B (2381)-Hoolt,S 
(2405) Riyadh KSA 2017}) 17. Rxf4 (17. exf4 {[%cal Ye2d3] was good, too, but
White prefers a more dynamic pawn structure.}) 17... Qe7 18. Raf1 axb4 19. axb4
Rae8 20. Bd4 g6 21. Qe1 b5 {This move activates Black's bishop but opens up
the position, which is a good news for White's bishop pair.} 22. cxb5 Bxd5 23.
Qg3 Be6 24. h4 Ne5 25. R4f2 (25. h5 $5 g5 26. R4f2 Qg7 $140 27. Bd3) 25... Ng4
26. Bxg4 fxg4 {White has given up one of his bishops but Black's king is now
extremely vulnerable as opposite-coloured bishops are on the board.} 27. b6 $1
{Of course, White takes an occasion to create a passed pawn, which will be a
"second weakness" in Black's camp.} cxb6 28. Bxb6 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 $16 Rb8 (29...
Bd7 30. Bd4 $16) 30. Bc5 Rd8 31. Bd4 Rb8 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. Bd4 Rb8 34. Rb2 $6 (
34. Bf6 $142 {[%cal Yg3f4] White's rook is more active on f2 than on b2.})
34... Rb5 (34... Rc8 $142 $132) 35. e4 g5 $6 {An unnecessary weakening move.} (
35... Bd7 $142 {[%cal Yd7c6]} 36. Qd3 $140 g3 $1 $132 {[%cal Re7h4]}) 36. h5 $1
Bd7 37. Qd3 (37. Qe3 $142 Bc6 38. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 $140 39. Bc5) 37... Qe6 (37...
g3 $1 {[%cal Yg5g4,Yb5h5] still made sense.} 38. Bc3 g4 39. Be1 Rxh5 40. Bxg3
Qf6 {keeping counter-chances.}) 38. Bc3 g3 39. Re2 (39. Rb1 $1 g4 40. Qxg3 Rxh5
(40... Qxe4 41. Re1) 41. Qf4 $16) 39... Qb3 $2 {This loses quickly.} (39... g4
$1 40. e5 dxe5 41. Qxg3 Rd5 {with good drawing chances.}) 40. Qxg3 h6 (40...
Qe6 41. Rf2) 41. Rf2 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 g4 {Too late!} 43. Qxd6 Rxh5+ 44. Kg3 Rh3+
45. gxh3 Qg1+ 46. Rg2 Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qxc3 49. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be2 Ne4
15. Qa3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Qa5 Rab8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rb1 e5 23. Rb3 f5 24. g3 Bd6 25. f3 f4 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. Ra3
Be7 28. Ra6 Rc7 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ra5 Ba8 31. Bd1 g5 32. Ke2 h5 33. h3 g4 34.
hxg4 hxg4 35. fxg4 f3+ 36. Ke1 e4 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ra6 Bc6 40. Bf4
Bxf4 41. gxf4 Kd7 42. g5 Kc8 43. f5 Kb7 {[%tqu "En","","","","a6c6","",10]} 44.
Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 45. Bc2 Rg7 46. Bxe4+ $2 (46. f6 Rxg5 47. f7 $18) 46... Kd6 $11
47. g6 Ke5 48. Kxf3 Rd7 49. Ke3 Rd1 50. Bc2 Ra1 51. a4 a5 52. Bd3 Rc1 53. Kd2
Rg1 54. Bc2 Rg2+ 55. Kc1 Kf6 56. Be4 Rg3 57. Kb2 Ke5 58. Bc2 Rf3 59. Kb3 Re3
60. Kb2 Rg3 61. Kb3 Rg4 62. Bd3 Rg3 63. Bc2 Kf6 64. Be4 Rg1 65. Bc2 Rg3 66. Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 $5 7. cxd5 {
Auf diese Art kann Weiß den schwarzen Aufbau nicht ernsthaft in Frage stellen.
Nachhaltiger ist 7.Bd3 nebst 0-0 und b3, Bb2.} exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10.
e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Ne5 {Die weißen Springer im Zentrum sehen
beeindruckend aus, aber Schwarz kann sofort alles auflösen.} c5 (12... Qc7 13.
Bf4 Nh5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be3 g6 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. d5
Rad8 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. a4 Qd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Komnenic,B-Szuhanek,R/Kragujevac
1995/EXT 2004 (63)}) (12... Rc8 $5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16.
Bxd6 Nf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Bf1 Kg8 20. Rd3 Rce7 $11 {0-1
Alexandrova,O-Yagupov,I/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (80)}) 13. Nxd7 (13. Ng5 g6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Qxg6+ Rg7 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Rd1 Nf8 20.
Qh3+ Rh7 $17 {0-1 Nascimento,A-Pedersen,S/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (31)})
(13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 (14... Qd5 $6 15. c6 Rac8 16. Qe2 Bxc6 17.
Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxe7 Re8 20. Qxa7 Re2 21. Qa3 $16 {1-0 Skembris,
S-Racioppo,P/Torino 2000/CBM 79 ext (49)})) 13... Qxd7 $1 {Der präziseste Zug.}
(13... Nxd7 $6 14. dxc5 bxc5 $6 (14... Ne5 $5) (14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16.
Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf6 $14 {Ftacnik}) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rad1 g6 17.
Bc4 $16 {1-0 Xu Jun-Sasikiran,K/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (28)}) 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. dxc5 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 (16. Bf5 Qd5 17. Bh3 Qxd4 $11) 16... Bxe4
17. Qxe4 Qxd4 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Qf3+ {Mit Remisschluss.
Alles schon bekannt ...} (17... Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,O-Velcheva,M/Kragujevac 2000/CBM 79 ext (20)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 $5 {
Ein etwas selteneres System neben der Hauptfortsetzung 6...Bd6.} 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Ne5 c5 (12... Rc8 $5 13.
Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Nf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19.
Bf1 Kg8 20. Rd3 Rce7 $11 {0-1 Alexandrova,O-Yagupov,I/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 
(80)}) 13. Nxd7 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. dxc5 Qd5 $6 (14... Bxc5 $5) 15. c6 Rac8 16.
Qe2 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxe7 Re8 20. Qxa7 Re2 21. Qa3 $16 {
1-0 Skembris,S-Racioppo,P/Torino 2000/CBM 79 ext (49)}) 13... Nxd7 $6 (13...
Qxd7 {scheint die schwarzen Eröffnungsprobleme unmittelbar zu lösen.} 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. dxc5 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 (16. Bf5 Qd5 17. Bh3 Qxd4 $11) 16... Bxe4
17. Qxe4 Qxd4 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1
Qf3+ 20. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,O-Velcheva,M/Kragujevac 2000/CBM 79 ext (20)}
) 14. dxc5 bxc5 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Only with this move is black consenting to very
dangerous position. Xu Jun will gain excellent squares for his pieces and
Sasikiran will be left with no counterplay.'} (14... Ne5 $5 15. Nd6 (15. Be2
Qd5 16. f3 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxe4 $11) (15. Bb5 {Ftacnik} a6 16. Bf4 axb5 17. Bxe5
Qd5 $15) 15... Nxd3 (15... Bxd6 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. cxd6 g6 18. Qc3
Qxd6 19. Bf4 $16) 16. Nxb7 Qd5 17. Rd1 bxc5 18. Rxd3 Qxb7 19. Be3 $14) (14...
Nxc5 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf6 $14) 15.
Bf4 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8,Re7,Rh7][%cal Yf4b8,Yc2h7,Ya1d1,Yd1d8,Yf1e1,Ye1e8] Jetzt
hat Weiß einigen Vorteil, denn neben der besseren Bauernstruktur hat er noch
Druckspiel entlang der Diagonalen c2-h7 und f4-b8 und den Zentrallinien.} Qb6
16. Rad1 g6 {Schwächt auch noch den Königsflügel.} (16... Rad8 17. Nd6 Nf6 18.
Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Rfe1 $16) 17. Bc4 Rad8 $6 (17... Nf6 18. Nd6 Rad8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7
20. Rfe1 $16) 18. Bh6 Rfe8 (18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 $18 {und die
Fesselung entlang der e-Linie ist fatal, z.B.} Nf6 (20... Qf6 21. Bb5 Bf8 22.
Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8 $18) 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Qe6#) 19. Qc3 $18 {
Weiß steht bereits auf Gewinn, da Materialverlust nicht mehr zu vermeiden ist.}
Bf6 (19... Nf6 20. Ng5 $18) 20. Bxf7+ $1 {Ftacnik: 'A charming tactical
solution, original combination will enable white's queen to assault the enemy
king from the square g7.' Jetzt kommt es knüppeldick.} Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Bxg5 {
Königszüge verlieren ebenfalls rasch:} (21... Ke7 22. Rfe1+ Ne5 23. Rxe5+ Bxe5
24. Qxe5+ $18) (21... Kg8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Bg7+ $1 (23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nxd8+ $18)
23... Kxg7 (23... Bxg7 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27. Nf7#) 24.
Qf7+ Kh6 25. Qxh7+ Kxg5 26. f4+ Kf5 27. Qh3+ Ke4 28. Qd3#) 22. Qg7+ Ke6 23.
Bxg5 {Die weiße Drohung ist u.a. Bxd8 nebst Rfe1+ und Rxd7.} Rg8 (23... Qc6 24.
f3) (23... Bc6 24. h4 {nebst Rfe1+ und Qf7+}) 24. Qe7+ Kf5 25. f3 {Es droht 26.
g4#.} Nf6 (25... h5 26. g4+ hxg4 27. fxg4+ Kxg4 28. Rf4+ Kh5 29. Rh4#) 26. Bxf6
c4+ 27. Kh1 Qb5 28. Bc3 (28. Bh4 $5 {setzt noch etwas schneller matt.}) 1-0

[Event "Maalot Tarshiha"]
[Site "Maalot Tarshiha"]
[Date "2008.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I consider that both Alex and I are rather solid players, however all
previous games between us had been decided. There is no reason to complain of
a lack of fight in this game either.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6
5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. d5 $1 exd5 $6 ({9 years earlier I reacted as Black with} 12... e5 $14 {
and I still consider that answer to be correct.}) 13. Nd4 Qf6 14. cxd5 (14. Bb2
$2 {was played by Boris Gelfand in 2005, but after} c5 15. Nc6 d4 16. exd4 Bxc6
{Black (Moiseenko) was already better as} 17. d5 $4 {is met with} Ba4 $1 $19)
14... Bxd5 15. f3 Ng5 (15... c5 $2 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Qa2+ $18) 16. Bb2 $1 {
White doesn't need to take care for a while about the pawn, as numerous
threats make Black's life very difficult.} Qg6 (16... c5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Nc7
Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 $16) (16... Ne6 17. Rad1 Nxd4 (17... Qg5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4
Rae8 20. e4 $18) 18. Rxd4 Bf7 19. Qxc7 $16) 17. Bd3 $5 {The most interesting
and the strongest, but also simple} (17. Qxc7 {leads to advantage for White.}
Ne5 18. Rac1 f4 (18... Rf7 19. Qc3 $16) 19. e4 Bxe4 20. h4 $1 (20. fxe4 f3 $11)
20... Nh3+ 21. Kh1 Bd3 (21... Qg3 22. fxe4 $16) 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. gxh3 Nxc1 (
23... Nxb2 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Ne6 g6 (25... Rf7 26. Qc8+ $1 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Rf8 28.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Rc1 $18) 26. Ng5 Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Ne6+ $18)
(23... Qg3 24. Qc4+ (24. Rc2 $4 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rac8 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Rc2 Qxh3+
26. Kg1 Rf6 (26... Qg3+ 27. Rg2 Nxb2 28. Qe2 Qxh4 29. Qxb2 $16) 27. Qxd3 Rg6+
28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rg2 $16) 24. Rg1 Rfc8 25. Qe7 $1 Re8 (25... Qf7 26. Qg5 $1
$18) 26. Qb7 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxc1 $16) 17... Ne5 18. Nxf5 $1 ({To take
an exchange with} 18. Bxf5 Nexf3+ (18... Ngxf3+ $5 19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxf5
21. Rxf5 Be6 $14) 19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 $14 {would be a sin.}) 18... Ngxf3+ {
The biggest weakness of Black's position is the unprotected Ra8. And it is not
a joke at all.} (18... Nexf3+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. gxf3 Bxf3+ (20... Nxf3 21. Ne7+
Kh8 22. Nxd5 $18) 21. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 22. Qg2 $16 Rxf5 $140 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxa8+
$18) 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Bxe5 ({Obviously now} 20. gxf3 $4 {cannot be played, as
after} Bxf3+ {White's Bd3 is hanging.}) 20... dxe5 21. gxf3 Bxf3+ 22. Kg1 $1
$146 {A winning novelty, but even after} (22. Rxf3 {, played in 1984,} Qxf3+
23. Kg1 {White is slightly better. I recommend} (23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rad8
$132) 23... Qh3 $1 $14 {N} (23... Rxf5 $2 24. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 $18) (23...
Qg4+ $6 {N} 24. Ng3 h5 $140 25. Qxc7 h4 26. Qc4+)) 22... Qg5+ 23. Ng3 Qxe3+ 24.
Rf2 h5 $6 {Natural, but objectively better was} (24... g6 25. Raf1 $16) 25.
Raf1 ({I could have won instantly after} 25. Qc3 $1 Kh8 26. Re1 $18) 25... Rf4
(25... h4 $2 26. Qc4+ $18) (25... Rad8 26. Bf5 $1 Rd4 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Qg6 $18)
26. Qd2 $2 {There were at least 2 easy ways to finish the game:} (26. Bh7+ Kh8
27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Raf8 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Nxe4
$18) (26. Qc3 $1 Kh8 27. Re1 $18) 26... Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Raf8 28. Be2 $2 {Very
weak. Still Black's position could have been very difficult after} (28. Rdf2 $1
g5 (28... h4 29. Be4 $16) 29. h4 $3 $16) 28... h4 $11 {Now Black holds easily.}
29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Ne4 Rxa3 32. Rd7 (32. Ng5 g6 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34.
Ne6+ Kf6 35. Nxc7 Kf5 $132) 32... Ra4 $1 33. Ng5 g6 34. Ne4 $1 {Correct
decision. After} (34. Rxc7 Rxb4 {White has to fight for a draw because of the
threat ...Rg4+.}) 34... Rxb4 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nh7+
Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Black "Franco Alonso, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 e6) 2... e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 (
6... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf8g7];Michna,M (2376)-Kalinitschew,S (2491) Legnica 2000 (7)
0-1}) 7. b3 (7. c3 {L'alternative dans ce système COLLE mais les titrés
préfèrent souvent jouer l'autre variante ZUKERTORT (b3) qui est plus souple})
7... d6 $1 {[%csl Ge5] La formation hérisson est très frustrante pour un
joueur de système COLLE car les blancs sont privés de la case forte "e5" et
l'attaque blanche а l'aile-roi est retardée.} (7... O-O {la grande ligne} 8.
Bb2 d5 {[%csl Re5] Populaire mais l'affaiblissement de la case "e5" peut
donner aux blancs une forte attaque} 9. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} Nbd7 10. f4 (10. Qf3
$1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf3h3,Gd3h7,Gb2g7] Les deux B blancs sont braqués vers
l'aile-roi adverse et la moindre faute des noirs peut conduire а une défaite
rapide.} Rc8 11. Qh3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Rad1 Ng5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16.
c4 f5 17. f4 Ne4 18. cxd5 exd5 $2 (18... Bxd5 $142) 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 $1
c4 (20... dxe4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rd7 Qxd7 23. e6+ {[%cal Ge6d7,Gb2h8]})) 10...
Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne4) 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. c4 {transpose vers une Ouest-Indienne} O-O 10.
Qc2 (10. Qe2 $142 {Meilleur car dans la partie après Rc8, les blancs doivent
perdre un tempo avec Qb1} Qc7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. Bb1 Bf8 {Tal,M (2600)-Ionescu,
C (2495) Sochi Chigorin Memorial 1986 (2) 1/2}) 10... h6 ({RR} 10... Rc8 11.
Rad1 Qc7 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. a3 Qb8 15. b4 Qa8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e4
cxb4 18. axb4 a5 19. bxa5 Rb8 20. Qa1 Nc5 21. Bc2 e5 22. Re3 Bc6 23. Rde1 Rd7
24. Bc3 Ra7 25. Nh4 {Mateuta,G (2460)-Rogozenco,D (2532)/Timisoara 2006/CBM
111 ext/0-1 (38)}) 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qb1 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gd8a8] La Qb1 empêche
également Nb1c3b5} 13. a3 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfe1 Qa8 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16.
f3 Rd8 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. g3 Nc6 19. Qa1 Qa7 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc6 22. a4 a5
23. Bg2 Ne8 24. Nf1 Rcd7 25. Ne3 Qb7 26. Rd3 Bf8 27. Qb2 Nc7 {Astl,P (2263)
-Burschowsky,M (2208)/Austria 2008/EXT 2009/0-1 (42)}) 13... Qa8 $1 $11 {
[%cal Gb7g2] jouant les thèmes du hérisson et les noirs ont facilement égalisé}
14. Rfe1 a6 (14... Re8 {[%cal Ge7f8,Gg7g6]}) 15. Qa1 Re8 16. Bf1 {[%csl Rg2]
Le signe que l'ouverture des blancs est un échec car le B d'attaque est
contraint de venir défendre la case "g2"} Rcc8 $6 (16... cxd4 $142 {il est
plus logique d'ouvrir le centre pour profiter de l'activité des pièces noires.}
17. Nxd4 (17. exd4 d5 18. Ne5 dxc4 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. Ndxc4 b5 20. Ne3 Nd5 $15 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 17... Bf8 (17... Rec8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 18. f3 g6 {[%csl Gf5][%cal
Ge6e5]} (18... d5 {[%csl Re3]} 19. Qb1 dxc4 20. Nxc4 b5 21. Na5 Nd5 {[%csl Re3]
} 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Gc7][%cal Gc7c2]}))) 17. Qa2 {les blancs n'ont
pas de plan et ils attendent une faute adverse en jouant des coups neutres.} (
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nce4 $15) 17... d5 $5 {[%csl Ra2] Comme les blancs ne
font rien, les noirs se décident а attaquer le centre mais le français est
content de récupérer le contrôle de la case "e5"} 18. Ne5 (18. cxd5 Bxd5 $15 {
[%csl Rb3]}) 18... Nxe5 $6 (18... cxd4 $142 $1 19. exd4 (19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. exd4
dxc4 21. bxc4 b5 $1 22. cxb5 Bd5 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Gd5] et la Q doit а nouveau
rejouer!}) 19... dxc4 20. Ndxc4 (20. bxc4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 $17 {[%cal Gd7c5]})
20... b5 21. Ne3) 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1c3]} (20. cxd5 $142 exd5)
20... Rcd8 21. Ba1 dxc4 $1 {La finale devient critique pour les blancs qui
doivent éviter d'y rentrer} 22. bxc4 {[%csl Rc4,Re5]} Qb8 23. f4 {[%csl Re3]}
Qc7 $15 24. Bd3 Nf8 25. Qe2 Rd7 {[%cal Ge8d8]} 26. Nc3 Red8 27. Bb2 Bc6 (27...
Ng6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg6h4]} 28. g3 h5 $1 (28... Qc6 29. Be4) 29. e4 {[%csl
Rd3,Rd4]} h4 $36) 28. a4 Qb7 (28... Ng6) 29. Bc2 Rxd1 {Les noirs choisissent
logiquement d'échanger les pièces lourdes pour essayer de profiter de la
milleure structure noire} 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Ng6 32. Bc2 Nh4 33. e4 {
[%csl Rc2,Rf4]} Qd7 (33... Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 34. g3 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Ng6 36. Bd3
{[%cal Gb2d4,Gc3d5]} Qd7 $8 37. Bc2 Qd4 {répète les coups en zeitnot} 38. Bd3
Qd7 39. Bc2 Bd8 {refuse la nulle par répétition} 40. Qd1 Ne7 41. Qxd7 {le trés
léger avantage noir parait insuffisant pour donner des chances de gains mais
l'espagnol va tenter sa chance dans une finale de pièces légères.} Bxd7 42. Bd3
Nc6 43. Kf2 g5 $5 (43... Nd4 $142 $1 44. Ke3 g5 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 44. Bc1 gxf4
45. gxf4 Bh4+ 46. Kf1 Kg7 47. Bc2 Na5 {[%csl Rc4] les noirs devaient regretter
а ce moment d'avoir joué a6 qui empêche Ba6 avec forte pression sur "c4"} 48.
Bd3 Be8 49. Be3 f6 {Les noirs peuvent difficilement progresser sans faire
jouer le B de cases blanches même au détriment du fait que les blancs vont
échanger un P doublé} 50. exf6+ Bxf6 {[%cal Gf6c3,Ge8a4]} 51. e5 Bd8 (51... Bh4
{[%csl Ge1]} 52. Ke2 Bh5+ 53. Kf1 Bf3) 52. Ke2 Bh4 53. Bd2 Nb3 54. Be3 Bh5+ 55.
Kf1 {[%csl Rf1]} Na5 {il est également difficile de jouer les finales en phase
ko} 56. Bd2 Bg4 57. Nb1 Nb3 58. Be3 Na5 (58... Bh3+ 59. Ke2 Nd4+ 60. Bxd4 Bg4+
$1 {un coup intermédiaire important} 61. Ke3 (61. Kf1 $142) 61... cxd4+ 62.
Kxd4 Bf2+ 63. Kc3 Be3 $15 {[%csl Rf4]}) 59. Bd2 Nb3 60. Be3 h5 61. Bc2 Na5 62.
Nd2 Kf8 63. Bf2 Bd8 64. Ke1 Nc6 65. Be4 Na5 66. Bd3 Be7 67. Be2 Bxe2 {[%mdl
4096]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto Mannu op 10th"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 {After the Romanian championship last round game
with Jianu, analysed in this same issue, I was inspired to play this system as
my exclusive weapon in the Sardinia tournament, starting ten days later. My
result was entirely satisfactory: 3 out of 3! I was not put off by the fact
that a few years ago I had lost to Vladik with this same opening.} d5 4. Bd3
Nbd7 5. O-O b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 {My knowledge
about this tabiya was greatly based on the games of Lajos Portisch, as in some
other lines of the 4.e3 Queen's Indian.} Qe7 ({Despite the pleasant memories,
Vladik deviates from our previous game:} 10... Ne4 11. Ne2 Qe7 ({During that
game I mixed up this move with} 11... Qf6 {when, indeed,} 12. Ng3 {is what I
had looked at, mainly based on the following game:} Qh6 13. Ne5 Ndf6 14. Qe2
Qh4 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. g3 Qh3 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nc6
Rfe8 21. e4 $16 {Portisch,L (2630)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2505) Mar del Plata 1982 
(1-0, 45)}) 12. cxd5 $6 ({In this specific position I had analysed} 12. Ne5
Rfd8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Nf8 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Rc2 Re8 18. Qf3
Bxg3 19. hxg3 Re6 20. Qg4 $16 {Portisch,L (2625)-Csom,I (2505) Budapest 1984 
(1-0, 31)}) 12... exd5 13. Ng3 f5 {This is the difference! With the queen on
e7 and not on f6, Black can consolidate his knight.} 14. Rc2 Rf6 15. Qe2 c6 16.
Nh4 g6 {Here I understood I was going to lose ground and planned a positional
piece sacrifice.} 17. f4 Re6 18. Bxe4 Qxh4 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Qf6 {Marin,M
(2603)-Nevednichy,V (2559) Calimanesti 2015 (0-1, 34). White's initiative
should compensate for the piece (but not more than that). However, I didn't
play optimally and lost.}) 11. Na4 {Abstractly a logical move. The knight's
presence on c3 has induced ...a7-a6 and the time has come to put some pressure
on the slightly weakened b6-square. Besides, the threat c4-c5 is in the air.}
dxc4 ({A good move and anyway better than} 11... Ne4 {when} 12. Ne5 $1 {
causes some problems. Just two days earlier I had faced} Bxe5 ({An older game
of mine went} 12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rac8 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Ba3 Nd5
17. Qd2 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. e4 $14 {
Marin,M (2548)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2502) Benasque 2011 (1-0, 46) and the bishop
pair eventually told.}) 13. dxe5 Nec5 14. Nxc5 ({During my long thought at
this moment I also considered} 14. Ba3 $16 {As we will see, White needs to
refraining from the intermediate exchange on c5, as he needs his knight to
sustain the bishop's return to b2 in the critical line.} dxc4 15. Rxc4 Qg5 16.
Rg4 Qxe5 $2 17. Bb2 $18) 14... Nxc5 15. Bb1 a5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd4 Na6 18.
Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Rfd8 20. e4 $1 {An effective switch to a massive kingside
attack.} Bxb3 21. Be3 Ba4 22. Bg5 Qf8 23. Qh4 Rd4 (23... Rd7 {would defend e7,
but after} 24. Rc3 {White's attack would be very strong anyway. The idea is to
provoke ...h7-h5 with Rh3 and then break with g2-g4. The game move was
intended against this plan.}) 24. Rc3 Nc5 25. Be7 ({The point is that after} 
25. Rh3 h5 26. g4 {Black has} Nxe4 $1) 25... Qg7 26. Bf6 Qf8 27. Be7 Qg7 28.
Bf6 Qf8 29. Rh3 h5 30. Qg5 Bd1 ({During the game I had calculated} 30... Nd7
31. Rxh5 Nxf6 32. exf6 Rad8 33. Qh4 gxh5 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. e5 Rd3
37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Bxd3 Rxd3 39. Qxa4 $18 {but there are several good
alternatives on move 33.}) 31. f3 $1 Nd7 32. Rxh5 Nxf6 33. exf6 e5 34. Rh3 Qc5
35. Rh8+ $1 {1-0 Marin,M (2544)-Haug,J (2401) Porto Mannu 2018}) 12. bxc4 c5 {
A principled continuation. Black blocks the c4-pawn without fearing the
relative weakness on b6. Here are two examples in which White actually
executed the threat c4-c5.} (12... Ne4 13. c5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5
{Portisch,L (2605)-Dautov,R (2625) Ter Apel 1994 CBM 040 [Dautov,R] (½-½, 41)
led to a minimally better ending for White, who later missed some chances.}) (
12... e5 $6 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 exd3 16. Nxd3 Rac8 17. f3 $14 {
Marin,M (2550)-Grecescu,G (2423) Brasov 2011 (1-0, 40) and White's centre
prevailed over Black's temporary activity.}) 13. Ne5 Rfd8 {A natural
centralising move, creating some threats along the d-file.} (13... cxd4 {
may be premature.} 14. exd4 Bxe5 (14... b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 {needs
testing. Black surely has some compensation for the pawn in view of his
control of d5. In the game, my opponent carried out a similar operation under
less favourable circumstances.}) 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Qe2 Nec5 {Schneider Zinner,H
(2318)-Miniboeck,G (2377) Austria 1999 (0-1, 35)} 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 $14 {
The knight' stands nicely on c5, but is restricted by the c2-bishop. At the
same time the kingside is under constant pressure and in the endgame the
bishop pair may count.}) 14. Qe2 ({Avoiding the trap} 14. f4 $6 cxd4 15. exd4
b5 16. cxb5 $2 ({A better move is} 16. c5 bxa4 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxa4 $11)
16... axb5 17. Bxb5 $2 Nxe5 $1) 14... cxd4 ({If Black intends playing ...Ba3,
preparing it with} 14... Rab8 $5 {looks like a beter idea.} 15. f4 cxd4 16.
exd4 Ba3 17. Nxd7 ({White should probably abstain from forcing play with, say,
} 17. Bb1 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 {maintaining some pressure.}) 17... Rxd7 (17... Qxd7 $2
18. Nxb6 Qc6 19. Bxa3 $18) 18. Nxb6 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bc6 20. c5 Qd8 21. Rfd1 Nd5
22. Be4 {Stefanova,A (2491)-Hou,Y (2606) Beijing 2012 (½-½, 46)} Ba4 23. Bxd5
Bxd1 24. Qd2 Rxb6 25. cxb6 exd5 26. Qxd1 Qxb6 $11) (14... Rac8 15. f4 Bc7 $6 {
as in Mons,L (2483)-Oparin,G (2609) Barcelona 2017 (½-½, 46) is a bit
passive.} 16. Nc3 $14) 15. exd4 Ba3 16. Nxd7 {Good, but only second best.} ({
For some reasons, the logical} 16. c5 $1 {did not come to my mind.} Bxb2 17.
Qxb2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. c6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Nb4 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Rd6 Nd5 (
22... Rxd6 23. Qxb4 Rd7 24. Qe4+ $1 $18) 23. Nxb6 $16) 16... Qxd7 (16... Nxd7 {
allows} 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Bxa3 Qg5 20. Qh3 b5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22.
Bxc5 $14) 17. Bxa3 ({I spent a long time on making my choices in this phase,
but underestimated White's resources after} 17. Nxb6 $5 Qc6 18. d5 exd5 19.
Bxf6 $1 ({I overlooked this one, evaluating mainly} 19. cxd5 Qxb6 20. Bxa3 Bxd5
{I was probably right when assuming that Black's activity balances White's
bishop pair.}) 19... dxc4 (19... Bxc1 20. Bxd8 $16 dxc4 21. Be4 $1 Qxe4 22.
Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxa8 $18) 20. Be4 Qxf6 21. Nxa8 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6
24. g3 Qb8 25. Rxc4 Qxa8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. a4 $14 {True, the endgame should
end in a draw if Black gives up his pawn and places his rook behind the white
a-pawn.}) 17... Qxa4 18. Bb2 Qc6 19. f3 $14 {The complications are over and
White retains a small but stable plus, due to his mobile centre sustained by
the bishops.} b5 $2 {A thematic but concretely over optimistic pawn sacrifice.}
({Black should have just waited passively.} 19... Rac8 20. Qe3 h6 21. Rfe1 $14)
20. cxb5 Qb6 21. a4 $16 {Black has little or no compensation for the strong
b-pawn.} axb5 22. axb5 Nd5 23. Qd2 h6 24. Ra1 (24. Rfd1 $5) 24... Rab8 (24...
e5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ra1 exd4 27. Qf2 Nc7 (27... Ne3 28. Ra4) 28. Bc3 Qc5 29.
Ba5 Rc8 30. Qg3 Ne6 31. Bd2 $16) 25. Rfc1 e5 $6 {This only makes things a bit
worse for Black. When playing my previous move I had found an antidote against
the central break.} 26. Bf1 $1 Nf6 (26... Nf4 27. Qe3 $16) (26... Nc7 27. Qa5
Qxa5 28. Rxa5 $18) (26... Ne7 27. Re1 Ng6 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 exd4 30. Rd1
$18) 27. Qa5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 e4 {Trying to prevent the radical b2-bishop
activation.} (28... exd4 29. Rd1 (29. Kf2 $5 Nd5 30. Bxd4 $18) 29... Nd5 30.
Rxd4 Ne3 31. Be2 $18) 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Ra7 Nd5 31. Re1 Bf5 32. Ba3 Nc3 33. Re5
Be6 34. Bb4 Nd5 35. Bc5 {White has activated his pieces, but still needs a
concrete plan to make progress.} g5 {This fails to activate the king, as the
seventh rank is denied it due to Rxe6!} 36. g3 Nb6 37. Ra6 Nd5 38. Ra7 Nb6 39.
Re1 Nd5 40. Kf2 Nb6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Nd5 43. Re5 Kh8 44. Kf3 Kg8 45. Bc4
Kh8 46. b6 $1 (46. Bxd5 Bxd5+ {leaves the b5-pawn hanging more or less forcing}
47. Rxd5 Rxd5 48. Ke4 Rdd8 49. b6 $16) 46... Kg8 ({Against} 46... Nxb6 {
I had designed} 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Rxe6 Nd5 49. Rxh6+ Kg8 50. Rg6+ Kh8 51. Bd6
$18) 47. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 48. Kf4 {The rest is relatively simple, as the far
advanced pawns are too strong.} Bb3 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Re3 Bc2+ 51. Ke5 Re8+ 52.
Kf4 Rxe3 53. Kxe3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Bb3 55. Rd7 Kg6 (55... Ke6 56. Rd6+ Ke7 57. Rxh6+
) 56. d5 f6 57. b7 Bxd5 58. h5+ $1 (58. h5+ Kxh5 59. Rxd5+ Kg6 60. Rd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 {I have played these lines of the 4.e3
Queen's Indian quite a lot over the past years. I can assure you that the
resulting positions are not as dull as they might look. Most likely, one of
the players will get hanging pawns, which is almost a guarantee for a tense
and uncompromising fight.} Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 ({If Black delays this move, in order
to avoid the check on b5,} 5... Be7 6. Bd3 d5 {White could also switch with} 7.
b3 {keeping the tension in the centre.}) 6. cxd5 (6. b3 {does not make sense
before Black has moved with his bishop, because it allows} Bb4 {without the
loss of a tempo.}) ({And if} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 {Black gets some sort of
Queen's Gambit Accepted, in which White has lost a tempo with his bishop. True,
Black may have to lose a tempo with ...b6-b5 (after ...a6, of course) as
happened in Franco Ocampos,Z (2480)-Korneev,O (2565)/Elgoibar 1997/CBM 063/
[Huzman] (0-1, 43)}) 6... exd5 7. Bb5+ {More or less forcing the next move.} ({
If} 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Bd6 {Against this black setup it would be useful to have
kept the c4-pawn, in order to create the potential threat c4-c5. The way it is,
Black has comfortable play.}) 7... c6 8. Bd3 {It is interesting to mention
that in the first round Ivanchuk had White in a similar position against
Dominguez. Ivanchuk played Bf1-d3 but, curiously, Black played ...c7-c6 at a
later time, practically agreeing to be a tempo down!} Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 ({
The effects of ..c7-c6 can be seen after the seemingly active} 9... Bd6 {
which can be met with:} 10. e4 {In fact, Fressinet had a recent game like this:
} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 (12... O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1
Qd6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bf3 $14 {Izoria,Z (2546)-Grigoriants,S (2525) Hoogeveen
2003 (1-0, 53)}) 13. Bg5 Be7 $6 (13... O-O 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 {is quite
dangerous for Black,} 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 c5 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Rfe1 $44 {
Gaprindashvili,V (2471)-Mchedlishvili,M (2550) Kocaeli 2002 (1-0, 32) and
Kharitonov,A (2505)-Podgaets,M (2450) Moscow 1992 (1-0, 56)}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Qc2 {Black will not be able to castle without giving up the h7-pawn.} Qd6 16.
Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Qa4 $16 {Fressinet,L (2693)-Jurcik,M (2467)/Plovdiv
2012/CBM 148 (1-0, 36)}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd6 {Even at the cost of a tempo,
Black places the bishop on the most active square.} 12. Ne2 (12. Rc1 {is more
common, but it would most likely transpose, since the manoeuvre Ne2-g3 is
useful anyway. White needs to consolidate his kingside before Black gets an
attack with ...Ne4, ...f5, etc. Besides, the permanent threat Ng3-f5 usually
induces the weakening ...g7-g6.}) 12... Re8 ({Now or later, Black could
transpose to some other type of position with} 12... c5 {. It would be as if
White had played Bf1-d3 and Black would have got his pawn on c5 in one move.
By refraining from central activity, Ivanchuk hopes to take over the kingside
initiative, but the limitations induced by the move ...c7-c6 will lead exactly
to the opposite.}) 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rc1 a5 $146 {Strictly speaking, the novelty
happened a bit earlier. However, given the numerous possible transpositions I
find that this is the right moment to place the comment "N".} (14... Qe7 15.
Qe2 Ba3 {would have transposed to Gelfand,B (2700)-Karpov,A (2780)/Sanghi
Nagar 1995/CBM 045/[Gelfand,B] (0-1, 80)}) ({Another possible transposition
would be} 14... c5 15. Bb5 {/\dxc5, Bxf6} Re7 16. Re1 a6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Ne2
Bf8 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Rc2 Bg7 21. Qa1 Ne4 22. Rd1 $13 {Malaniuk,V (2555)-Tishin,
D (2372)/Alushta 2004/CBM 103 (1/2, 41)}) ({Maybe Black should have moved with
the knight to e4, now or slightly later:} 14... Ne4 $5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2
Nf6 (16... f5 17. Nc4 {weakens the long diagonal too much.}) 17. Nc4 Bc7 {
with unclear play.}) 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ba3 $6 {Ivanchuk was dissatisfied
with this move. As pointed out by Alina L'Ami during the conference, he had
played ...Qe7 and ...Ba3 against the other French player, Bacrot, only two
days earlier. On that occasion the opening was different but the structure
bore some similarities to this one and it all ended in a draw. Ivanchuk
concluded that although the manoeuvre is not always good, it seems to be a
lucky one for him!} ({Once again} 16... Ne4 {deserves attention.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Nd2 Nf6 (18... f5 {certainly looks risky, but there is nothing decisive
for White:} 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Qc3 Qb4) 19. Nc4 Bc7) (16... Qf8 $5 {Ivanchuk}) 17.
Bxa3 Qxa3 18. h4 $36 {White has very pleasant play now.} Qd6 19. h5 Nf8 20. e4
Qf4 (20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rac8 23. Re3 $14) 21. e5 Ng4 {This
knight will not contribute to the fight for the light squares in any way and
will be exposed at a later moment. However, the alternatives are not rosy
either.} (21... Nxh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Re3 c5 24. g3 Qh6 25. Nh4 $16) (21...
N6d7 22. Re3 c5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ne2 Qh6 25. Nh2 $16 {[%cal Ge3h3,Gh2g4] In
this line we understand that the black knight on g4 mainly prevents White's
immediate activation of his forces.}) 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ne2 Qh6 24. g3 c5 25.
Kg2 Rac8 26. Qb2 $1 {A strong move keeping things under control in the centre.}
Qg7 (26... cxd4 $2 27. Qxd4 $18) 27. Nf4 Ne6 (27... cxd4 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qxd4
$18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 {The rook is a bad blocking piece, but what
could Black do? His other knight is too far from the e6-square.} 29. Qd2 (29.
Rh1 $40) 29... Qh6 30. Qxh6 $6 (30. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh6][%cal Ge1h1,Gh1h4]}
cxd4 31. Rh1 {would more or less win based on some tactical subtleties.} Qg7 (
31... Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6,Gg4]} (33. Nxd4 Nxe5 34.
Nxe6 $2 d4+ $1 $19)) 32. Nxd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6,Gg4]} (32. Rxc8+ $2 Bxc8 33.
Nxd4 $2 Rxe5 {[%cal Gc8g4]})) 30... Nxh6 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Rh4 {
Even after the missed possibilities, White has a very strong position.} cxd4
34. Rch1 Rh8 35. f4 Rc7 (35... Bc8 {fails to stabilise the position:} 36. Nf3
Rc7 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Nxd4 Kg6 40. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gd4f5]} Rh7 41.
Kf4 f6 42. e6 $18) 36. e6 $1 $16 f6 37. Nf3 Rc3 38. e7 Bc6 39. Nxd4 Bd7 (39...
Rxd3 40. Nxc6 Re3 41. Rxh6 Rxh6 42. Rxh6 Kxh6 43. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge7e8]})
40. Bb5 Bxb5 41. Nxb5 Re3 {Ivanchuk has managed to keep the position tense so
far. Fressinet failed to understand that he was facing a critical choice and
played his next move after only three minutes.} 42. Nc7 $6 ({The natural and
thematic} 42. f5 $1 {would put Black on the verge of defeat. However, the
tactical nuances are not easy to foresee.} Re2+ $8 {It is important to force
the king on to an unfavourable square.} (42... gxf5 43. Rxh6 Rxh6 44. Rxh6 Kxh6
45. Nd6 Rxe7 46. Nxf5+ {This is one typical moment in which we see why f4-f5
was important. White needs the f5-square for his knight.}) (42... g5 43. Rh5
Rxe7 44. Nd4 Nf7 45. Rxh8 Nxh8 46. Ne6+ Kg8 47. Rh6 Rf7 48. Kf3 $18 {[%csl Gf7,
Gg8,Gh8] Black is almost stalemated.}) (42... Rxe7 43. Nd4 Nf7 44. fxg6 Rxh4
45. Nf5+ $1 $18 Kxg6 46. Nxe7+) 43. Kf3 (43. Kf1 {takes the king too far from
the centre, offering Black chances of survival after} Rxe7 44. Nd4 g5 45. R4h2
Nf7 46. Rxh8 Nxh8 47. Ne6+ Kg8 48. Rh6 Rh7 49. Rxf6 Rf7 50. Rxf7 Nxf7 $14 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 43... Rxe7 44. Nd4 Nf7 45. fxg6 Ng5+ $1 {Only possible with the
king in the knight's range.} 46. Kf2 Rhe8 47. Nf5+ Kxg6 48. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $14 {
/+/- White will still have to work hard in order to win.}) 42... Rxe7 $15 43.
Nxd5 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rxa2 45. Nc7 $6 {The second knight move on to this square is
once again a mistake, finally throwing the game away.} (45. Rc1 {wouldd still
have offered excellent drawing chances:} Rd8 46. Nc7 Rd3+ 47. Ke4 Rxb3 48. Ne6+
Kf7 49. Nd4 {[%cal Gc1c7]} f5+ 50. Kd5 Rd3 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rxh6 Rad2 53. Rc4
b5 54. Rc6+ Kf7 55. Rc7+ Kf6 $11) 45... Rb2 $17 46. Rd1 Rxb3+ 47. Kf2 Nf7 48.
Ne6+ Kg8 49. Rg4 Rh6 50. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedjarova, Zeinab"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Ng6 17. Bd2 d5 18. Re3 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bf6 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Rd3
Nd5 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rd3 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qc8 26. Qb5 Rd8 27. Ng4 Be7
28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Rc3 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Kf1 Kf8
34. Nc4 Nd5 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Bc7 37. g3 Kd7 38. Be1 Kc6 39. Bd2 f6 40. Be1
a4 41. Ne3 Bd6 42. a3 b5 43. Ke2 h5 44. Bd2 Nb6 45. Kd3 f5 46. Ba5 Nd5 47. Be1
Nxe3 48. fxe3 Kd5 {Here, the big number of pawns placed on dark squares, as
well as the numerous weaknesses (the g3- and b2-pawns and the e4- and
c4-squares) make White's defensive task impossible. Hier machen die große Zahl
der Bauern, die auf dunklen Feldern stehen, sowie die vielen Schwächen (Bauern
g3 und b2 sowie die Felder e4 und c4) die weiße Verteidigungsaufgabe unmöglich.
} 49. h4 (49. Bf2 g5 50. Be1 g4 {makes no big difference macht keinen großen
Unterschied.}) 49... Bc7 $22 50. Bf2 (50. Kc3 Ba5+ {[%csl Re1]}) (50. Kc2 Ke4
$19) 50... Ba5 $22 51. Bg1 Be1 52. Bh2 g6 $22 53. Ke2 Ba5 {Now, White cannot
return with both his pieces into play (Bg1-f2 and Kd3) at the same time. Nun
kann Weiß nicht mehr gleichzeitig seine beiden Figuren ins Spiel zurückbringen
(Bg1-f2 und Kd3).} 54. Kd3 Bc7 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} 55. Kc3 Bd6 {[%csl Rb4]} (55...
Ke4 56. Kb4 $132) 56. Kd3 e5 {A thematic break that convinced White about the
total inutility of further resistance. Ein thematischer Durchbruch, der Weiß
von der totalen Nutzlosigkeit weiteren Widerstands überzeugte.} ({However,
Black seems to have been able to win by pure zugzwang as well: Allerdings
hätte Schwarz offenbar auch durch reinen Zugzwang gewinnen können:} 56... Bb8
57. Kc3 Bc7 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Kc3 Bd6 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Kc3 Ke4 $19) (56... e5 57.
Kc3 (57. dxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Rb2]} 58. Kc2 Ke4 $19) 57... exd4+ 58. exd4 Ke4 $22
$19) 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {01h30} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 (4... c6 {Transpose vers une
semi-slave}) 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 $1 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 {80} Nbd7 9. O-O Bb4
$5 {la préparation des Noirs} (9... Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13.
Ng3 g6 14. Rc1 a5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. h4 Qd6 19. h5 Nf8
20. e4 Qf4 21. e5 Ng4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ne2 Qh6 24. g3 c5 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. Qb2
Qg7 27. Nf4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Qd2 Qh6 30. Qxh6 Nxh6 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rh1 Kg7
33. Rh4 cxd4 34. Rch1 Rh8 35. f4 Rc7 36. e6 f6 37. Nf3 Rc3 38. e7 Bc6 39. Nxd4
{Fressinet,L (2708)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Elancourt 2013 0-1}) 10. a3 {76} Bd6 (
10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gd3]}) 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 {65} O-O 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17.
Ne5 $1 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rad8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. Nc4 Qb8
22. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b5 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
g6 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 c5 {This handling of the Anti-Meran systems was introduced by the
great Akiba Rubinstein and then used by Vassily Smyslov and Artur Yusupov. We
can get this position from the Queen's Indian and from the Meran (with a tempo
down - which is clearly favourable for White).} 10. Rc1 ({White has tried a
few other ways here:} 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rac1 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd5 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 f6 19.
Ba5 Rd5 {The position is balanced, Rustemov,A (2573)-Najer,E (2615)/Sochi 2005}
) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Bd6 16. Rc2 Qe7
17. Qb5 Qe6 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Rc6 Qh6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 Re6 {
Black is defending successfully here, Taimanov,M (2505)-Winants,L (2495)/
Nettetal 1994}) (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nc4 Rc7 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. Bb1 Rfc8
15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. e4 N5f6 17. Rcd1 Ba6 18. Bd3 R5c7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 g6 {
White's attack does not look too realistic, Rustemov,A (2564)-Pelletier,Y 
(2583)/Germany 2005.}) 10... Re8 $6 ({The correct strategy here was
demonstrated in this game:} 10... Rc8 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. Ne5 cxd4 14.
exd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 g6 16. Ndf3 Bh6 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Re1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd7 20.
Ng4 Bg7 {with equality, Danielian,E (2507)-Kosintseva,N (2546)/Porto Carras
2011}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 ({White will obtain a small advantage after another
capture:} 11... exd5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Ba6 $1 {as the pawn on d5 will be weak.})
12. a3 {Not obligatory.} ({A possible move was} 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Ba6 14. Nc4
) 12... cxd4 $6 (12... a6 {was better:} 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8)
13. Nxd4 $1 {This makes the difference!} Bf8 14. Bb5 $1 {Now Black starts to
face problems with the weakness on c6.} a6 (14... Rc8 {was more complicated:}
15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Nc4 f6
21. e4 b5 $5) 15. Bc6 Ra7 ({Black could not really fight for the c-file after} 
15... Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qg5 17. Qe2 Rec8 18. b4 Rc7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Rc2) 16. Qe2
Ba8 ({Black's position would be too exposed after the central counterstrike} 
16... e5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nc6 Qa8 19. Qf3 N5f6 20. Nc4 e4 21. Qg3 Rc8 22. Nd6
Nh5 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nxc8 Nxg3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Bxg7+ Kxe7 28.
hxg3 Rc7 29. Bd4) 17. N2f3 ({The central option} 17. Rfd1 {was very good})
17... Ne7 18. Rfd1 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Qa8 21. Rc4 $1 {A very clever
idea to control the c-file, avoiding different tactics with ...Nc5.} b5 22. Rc2
Nf6 ({A better chance was to try to create a stronghold on d3 after} 22... e5 {
intending to go forward.}) 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Rdc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qe8 $2 ({Here it
was necessary to try to exchange rooks after} 25... Nd5 26. Qe4 Rc7 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. Qxa8 Nxa8 29. Nc6 Nb6 {with a slight advantage for White.}) 26. Qc8 $1
Ra8 27. Qb7 Nd5 28. g3 f6 29. Nd7 ({Not worse was} 29. Nc6 {was not worse:} Ne7
30. Nd4 e5 31. Ne6) 29... b4 ({Black's problems would not disappear after} 
29... Be7 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5) 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. e4 Ne7 32. Rc7 Ng6 33. Rxg7+
$1 {Small tactics in Capablanca's style!} Qxg7 34. Qxa8+ Nf8 35. axb4 Qd7 36.
b5 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3
Ne4 $5 (8... Bd6) 9. O-O (9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O Bd6 $13) 9... Bd6 10. Ne2 $6 (10.
Qe2 O-O 11. Rac1 f5 {/\Rf6}) 10... O-O $11 11. Rc1 dxc4 $5 (11... c5 12. cxd5
exd5 13. dxc5 $14) (11... Qe7) 12. bxc4 f5 13. Ng3 (13. Qb3 Ng5 14. Nd2 (14.
Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Ng3 Nf6 $13) 14... c5 $13 (14... Nf6 15. c5 Bd5 16. Qa3 Be7 17.
Nf4 $14)) 13... Ndf6 14. Qe2 (14. Ne5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Ne4 $15) (14. Qb3 Ng4 $5
$15 15. c5 $140 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 b5 18. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 14... Qe8 (
14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Ne4 (15... Ng4 $2 16. c5 (16. e4 $5) 16... Be7 17. c6 Bc8
18. e4 $16) 16. Bxe4 fxe4 (16... Bxe4 $5 17. c5 Be7 18. Ne5 $11) 17. Ne5 Bxe5
18. dxe5 Qg5 19. c5 $11) (14... Bxg3 15. fxg3 $5 $13 (15. hxg3 Ng4 $36) 15...
Ng4 $140 16. Nd2) 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 $15 {׻} 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 (17... fxe4
18. c5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 $11) 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Rfd1 $142 Rf6 $140 19. c5) 18... b5
$1 (18... Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rf6 (19... Bb4 20. Bc3) 20. Nd2 $11) 19. Ng5 $2 (19. c5
Be7 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Bc3 Bf6 $15) 19... Qg6 (19... Bb7 $2 20. c5 Be7 21. Nxe6
Qc6 22. Nf4 $16 g5 $2 23. d5) 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Rf5 $1 (
22... Rfb8 $2 23. Qc6 Rxa2 24. Bc3 $11) 23. Qb7 (23. Qc6 Raf8) (23. Qb3 Rh5 $17
) 23... Raf8 $1 $40 (23... Rxa2 $2 24. Ra1 $11) 24. Qxe4 $4 (24. a4 Rh5 25. f4
exf3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Rf5 $19) (24. Bc3 $8 Rh5 (24... Qf6 $5 25. Be1 Bxg3
26. f4 exf3 27. Bxg3 (27. Rxf3 Qh6 $1 $19) 27... f2+ 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29. Qb5 $1 (
29. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxe3 31. Qxc7 Qxd4 $17) 29... h5 $1 30. d5 $13) 25. Bd2
$8 {><e3} (25. Bb4 Qh6 26. f4 exf3 27. Rxf3 Rh1+ $19) (25. f4 exf3 26. Rxf3
Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Rf5 $19) 25... Rh6 $1 (25... Qh6 26. f4 exf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 (27...
Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Bxg3+ 29. Ke2 $16) (27... Rhf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.
Kxf1 $16) 28. Qxf3 Rf5 29. Qg4 $8 $13) 26. f4 (26. Qb5 Rf5 27. Qb8+ Bf8 $19)
26... exf3 27. Rxf3 Qh5 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Kf2 (29. a4 Qe2 $1 30. Qb2 Rf6 $19)
29... Rf6+ 30. Ke1 Qg6 31. Ke2 Qg4+ 32. Kd3 Rf2 33. Rc2 c5 $1 34. dxc5 Bxc5 $44
35. Qe4 $140 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Qa6) 24... Bxg3 $19 25. Qxf5 (25. f4 Qh6 (25... Bh2+
$5 26. Kh1 Qh6 $19) 26. Rfd1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Bxf4 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Rh1 Qg3 30.
Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) (25. Ba3 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Qh6 $19) 25... Rxf5 26. fxg3 Qxg3 27. Rc3
Rh5 28. Rf2 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qb1 31. Bc1 Qxa2+ 32. Bd2 Qa6+ 33. Rd3 h6
34. e4 e5 35. Bc3 exd4 36. Bxd4 Rh4 37. Ke3 Qg6 38. e5 Rg4 (38... Qg3+ $142 39.
Ke2 (39. Kd2 Rxd4) 39... Re4+) 39. Kd2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barbot, Pierre"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 4. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:
50]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 9. exd4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 11.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 12. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bf8 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:11:49]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:
07:03]} (14. g3 g6 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bg7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Ba4 Qc7 19. f4 Ba8
20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Ncxe5 22. fxe5 Qb7 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe5
26. Bc6 Qb8 27. Ne6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Nc5 29. Bxe5 Rxe6 30. Bxb8 Rxe2 31. Bxa7 Ne6
32. Bxb6 Rxa2 33. c7 Nxc7 34. Rxc7 Ra4 35. Be3 h5 36. h4 {1-0 (36) Fedoseev,V 
(2641)-Bacrot,E (2739) Yerevan 2014}) 14... Ba6 {[%emt 0:16:07]} 15. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:09:27]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 16. Ndxc4 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:
01:25]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:13:31]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 18. Qd2 $146 {[%emt 0:05:
26]} (18. Bb1 g6 19. g3 Bh6 20. Ncd2 Nf6 21. Rc3 Bg7 22. Rcc1 Qd5 23. Bd3 Na5
24. b4 Nb3 25. Nxb3 Qxb3 26. Ne5 Qd5 27. f3 Qd6 28. Bb5 Red8 29. Ba6 Rxc1 30.
Rxc1 Ba8 31. Bc4 Rc8 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Bxe6+ Qxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. Rxc8 Bxf3
36. Rc7 Bf8 37. Rxa7 Nd7 38. Bc3 Bd6 39. b5 Bb8 40. Ra4 Be2 41. Rb4 Bd6 42. Rb2
Bd1 43. d5+ Ke7 44. Rb1 Bc5+ 45. Kg2 Bc2 46. Rb2 Be4+ 47. Kh3 Bxd5 {Popovic,N 
(2268)-Ostojic,N (2414) Belgrade 2007 1/2-1/2}) 18... Re7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 19.
b4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Rec7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 20. b5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Nce7 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 21. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:
03:37]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 24.
Re1 {[%emt 0:10:21]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 25. Nh3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:
07:27]} 26. bxa6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 28. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 29. Nhf4
{[%emt 0:00:50]} N7f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 31. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Qd1 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 34. Rxc7 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 35. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:
39]} 36. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 37. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5
{[%emt 0:03:19]} 38. Nc1 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 39. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 40. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Bb2 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 42. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Nc7
{[%emt 0:06:45]} 43. Nd1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 44. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 45. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:
04]} 46. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 47. Qb2 {[%emt 0:09:06]}
Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 48. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 49. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:03:43]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:02:
31]} 51. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7
{[%emt 0:01:19]} 53. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 54. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:03:23]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 55. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:06:
08]} 56. Qxa3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Bxa3 b4 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 58. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 59. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exd5
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 60. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 61. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 62. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:21]
} 63. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kb1
{[%emt 0:02:17]} 65. f3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} {[%tqu "En","How
would you evaluate this position with White to move?","It is a pawn move.","",
"g3g4","White wins.",3,"De","Wie ist die Lage mit Weiß am Zug zu bewerten?",
"Es ist ein Bauernzug.","","g3g4","Weiß gewinnt",3] A king which is out of the
game In the endgame the king is an important piece which should be activated: 
Ein König im Abseits Der König ist im Endspiel eine wichtige Figur, die aktiv
genutzt werden sollte:} 66. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] The black king is out of the
game. Der schwarze König steht im Abseits.} Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (66... f5 67.
gxh5 gxh5 68. f4 Kb1 69. Kd3 Kc1 70. Kd4 Kd2 71. Kxd5 Ke3 72. Ke5 $18) (66...
f6 67. gxh5 gxh5 68. f4 f5 69. Kd3 Kc1 70. Kd4 Kd2 71. Kxd5 Ke3 72. Ke5 $18) (
66... hxg4 67. fxg4 f5 68. gxf5 gxf5 69. h5 $18) (66... Kb3 67. Kd3 Kb4 68. Kd4
$18) 67. g5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 68. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb1 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 69. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Kd4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 71. Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72.
Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (72. Kd6 Kxf4 73. Ke7 Kg4 74. Kxf7 Kxh4 75. Kxg6 Kg4 76.
Kf6 $18) 72... Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 73. Kf6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (73. f5 $2 gxf5
74. Kf6 f4 75. Kxf7 Ke4 $11) 73... Kg4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} (73... Kxf4 74. Kxf7
Kf5 75. Kg7 Kg4 76. Kxg6 Kxh4 77. Kf5 $18) 74. Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxh4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 75. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kg4 (75... Kg4 76. Kf6 h4 77. g6 h3
78. g7 h2 79. g8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Szolnok Mezogep op"]
[Site "Szolnok"]
[Date "1987.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karner, Hillar"]
[Black "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Neukirch,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1987.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 10/1987 Seite 18} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7
6. Bd3 Bxd2+ $6 (6... O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 $11) (6... c5 7. a3 $1
Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 O-O 9. Bc3 $1 $146 (9. O-O Ne4 10. Be1 $14) 9... Ne4 $6 10. Bxe4
$1 Bxe4 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 $1 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Tarjan,J/Lone Pine 1979 -27/
567}) 7. Nxd2 $1 d6 $6 (7... Bxg2 8. Rg1 Bb7 9. Rxg7 $14) (7... d5 8. O-O O-O
9. b3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bb2 $14 {Hamann,S-Pomar Salamanca,A/Skopje olm 1972}
) 8. b3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Rc1
dxc4 15. bxc4 Na5 16. Re1 Rc7 17. Ne5 Qa8 18. Re3 $1 b5 ({Schwarz hatte keine
Zeit zu} 18... Bxg2 {da nach} 19. Rg3 Bb7 20. d5 $1 {der weiße Angriff schnell
durchdringt. Auch mit dem Textzug kommt die Junioren-Weltmeisterin des Jahres
1984 zu spät.}) 19. d5 $1 bxc4 {[#]} 20. Nd7 $1 {Dieser starke Zug
zerschmettert die schwarze Stellung.} Rxd7 ({Falls} 20... Nxd7 {so folgt nach
klassischem Muster} 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxg7 $1 ({Fritz13:} 23.
Rh3 $1 f6 24. dxe6 Bxg2 25. Qh8#)) 21. Bxf6 cxd3 22. Rg3 $1 ({Ungenau wäre} 22.
Qg4 g6 23. Qg5 Rc8 $1 {,und Schwarz könnte sich verteidigen.}) 22... Rc8 ({Auf
} 22... g6 {geschieht jetzt} 23. Qh5 $1 {/\ Qxh7+ nebst Rh3+ und #}) 23. Rxg7+
Kf8 24. Rg8+ $1 (24. Rxh7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Dvalishvili, Pavel S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bc3 d5 (10... O-O $2 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Qb6 14. Qe7 Nc6 15. Qf6 $1 e5 16. Rg1 g6 17. O-O-O $18 {Piskov,Y-Savon,V/
Simferopol/1992/1:0/30/}) (10... f6 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. h4 h5 $8 14.
Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Nd6 $14 {Petrosian,A-Chernin,A/Palma de
Mallorca/1989/0,5/26/}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd2 Bxg2 (12... Bg6 13. Bxg7 $16) (
12... O-O 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4) (12... Bf5 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... Qxd5 $2 14. e4
$18) 14. Qf3 $16) 13. Qa4+ $1 (13. Rg1 d4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Bb4 a5 $13) 13...
Kf8 (13... Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rg1 $16) 14. Rg1 (14. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg7 15. Rg1
Qg5 {/\Rg8,Kh8/}) 14... d4 15. exd4 Bc6 (15... cxd4 $4 16. Bb4+ $18) 16. Qd1 $1
cxd4 17. Bb4+ Kg8 $2 (17... Ke8 18. Qg4 $1 Qf6 19. O-O-O $16) 18. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
19. Qg4+ Kf6 (19... Kh6 20. Ne4 {/\Bd2/}) 20. Qh4+ Kf5 (20... Kg7 21. Be7 $18
Qa5 22. O-O-O) 21. Be7 $1 (21. Be7 Qg8 22. Qh5+ Kf4 23. Bd6+ e5 24. Bxe5#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 8208]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Nbd7 7.
O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 c5 (9... a6 {another theoretical move.}) (9... dxc4
10. bxc4 c5 11. Qe2 $14) (9... Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13.
Rfd1 Qe7 14. b4 $5 Ne4 15. Be1 c6 16. Qb2 a6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a4 $14 {
Averbah-Furman 1955.}) 10. cxd5 exd5 {the best capture.} 11. Rc1 (11. Qe2 $5 {
Best place for the queen,controling f1-a6 diagonal with possible exchange of
lightsquare bishops and leaving "c" and "d" files for the rooks.} a6 (11... Re8
12. Ba6 (12. Rfd1 $5) 12... Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 $14 {
[%csl Rd5]}) (11... Qe7 12. Ba6 $5 (12. Rfd1 Rad8 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 (
14... Nxc3 $5 $13 {[%cal Gb6c5]}) 15. Bb1 a6 16. Nd4 f5 17. g3 $14 {Dizdar,
G-Grosar,A/Solin 1994/1/2-1/2(39)}) 12... Bc6 (12... Bxa6 13. Qxa6 $14 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 13. Nb5 $1 Bb8 14. Rac1 $14) 12. Rfd1 (12. Bf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5c8]}
Re8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Nfe4 18. Nf4 g6
19. Bh3 f5 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Bd4 Ba3 22. Rc2 Rc8 $11 {San Segundo,P-Spraggett,K/
Ponferrada 1997}) 12... Re8 (12... b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Bc2 Rc8
16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Qe1 $1 b4 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd1 $14 {
Ivanchuk-Gelfand 1996}) (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 14. Nd2 $1 Qe7 15. Nc4 $14)
13. Rac1 (13. Bf5 $142) 13... Ne4 14. h3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nxc3 17.
Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 b5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 $11 {0-1 Pushkov,N-Moizhess,I/RUS-ch Orel
1992 (33)}) 11... Re8 (11... Qe7 $6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Bf5 a6 (13... Rd8 $5 14.
Qc2 a6 15. Nc3 $14) 14. Nc3 Bd6 $2 (14... Rd8 $142) 15. Bxd7 $1 $16 Nxd7 (15...
Qxd7 16. Na4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxd5 Qe6 18. Nf4 $1 $16 {
Zapata-Granda Zuniga}) 12. Bf5 Qe7 (12... Ne4 $5 {Danner,G-Sokolov,A/Ostrava
1994}) 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 {inaccuracy.After this move white gets
very comfortable position by force} ({normal was} 14... Ndf6 {with about equal
chances}) 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. b4 $1 Na6 $8 17. a3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Gc5]} Nc7 18.
Nd4 g6 19. Nxe4 {in my opinion after simple} (19. Bh3 Be5 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. Ne2
$14) 19... dxe4 20. g3 Nd5 ({losihg} 20... gxf5 21. Nxf5 Qe6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23.
Qxc7 $18) 21. Bh3 Be5 22. b5 {[%csl Gc6]} Qg5 23. Qb3 $6 (23. Nc6 $142 Bxc6 24.
bxc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc6c7]} Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nc7 26. Rd7 $16) 23... Nf6 24. Qa4
Qh5 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Bg2 Bd5 26. Rd2 $1 $14 {[%cal Ga4d1,Gc1d1]} (26. Qxa7 $4
Ra8 27. Qxb6 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rb6] and queen is trapped!})) 25... Bc8 $6 ({
after simple} 25... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gg5g4] even my friend Fritz7 couldn't
find any good defense for white!} 26. Qxa7 Bd5) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 Qg5 $2 {
Savely Tartakover told,that "loses one,who makes a blunder last!"} (27... Rc5
$142 $1 {with unclear position}) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nc6 $18 {now white wins
exchange.Rest of the game is matter of technique.} Bxb2 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nxc8
Qf5 32. Nd6 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Be5 34. Qc2 h5 ({doesn't work} 34... Bxg3 35. fxg3
Qxg3+ 36. Qg2 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 $18 {[%cal Gd6f5]}) 35. h4 Qg4 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1
Qg4 38. Qb3 $18 {[%csl Rf7]} Bxg3 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 34th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Sochacki, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Payen,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 c5 8.
dxc5 (8. e4 d6 9. d5 e5 10. O-O Bc8 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. a3
Nf8 15. b4 Ng6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 h6 18. Bf1 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Nh7 21. Bg2
f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Rab1 Nf8 {1/2-1/2 (24) Kurajica,B (2555)
-Romanishin,O (2542) Solin 2006}) 8... bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 d6 $146 {
[%csl Ge5]} (10... Nc6 11. Bb1 d6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Ng3
Rad8 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. h3 Qh4 19. hxg4 Qxg3 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Qf2 Qg6
22. Bd3 Rde8 23. Rfe1 Rf6 24. Rc3 Rfe6 25. Bc2 Qh6 26. Bd1 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Rg6
28. Bf3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rb8 30. Rc2 g5 31. fxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Kf2 Kh8 33. Rg1 Qh4+
34. Ke2 Re8 35. Bd5 Rxe3+ 36. Kd1 Rg3 37. Rh1 Rh3 38. Re1 Rd3+ 39. Rd2 Rxd2+
40. Kxd2 {Hendrikse,A (1795)-Kollen,Z (2128) Haarlem 2012 0-1}) 11. Ng5 Nc6 12.
Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. Be2 g5 16. Rc3 Qe7 17. f4 Ba8 18. b3 Rb6
(18... Kh8 {La suite idiote sauvegardée par le platreau dgt et donnée par
TWIC} 19. Qa1 Bb7 20. Rf2 a5 21. a4 Kg7 22. Bf3 g4 23. h3 Kf6 24. Re2 Kf7 25.
Rb2 d5 {1-0 (25) Payen,A (2360)-Sochacki,C (2465) Cappelle-la-Grande 2018}) 19.
e4 g4 20. Re3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Qg7 22. exf5 exf5 {[#]} 23. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Bf3
(24... Rxf5 25. Re8+ Rf8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qd5+) 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qa1 {En
sécurité.} (26. gxf3 gxf3+ 27. Kf2 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Rxf4 29. Qd2 (29. Qa1+ Rd4)
29... f2+ 30. Ke2 Rd4 31. Qc2 $18) 26... Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Bb7 28. Rf1 Ra6 29. Rf2
Re8 30. Rfe2 Ra3 31. Bxg4 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Bc6 33. Re2 a5 34. Kf2 a4 35. Rb2 Kg7
36. Bf3 Bd7 37. g4 h5 38. h3 h4 39. Be4 Kf6 40. g5+ Ke6 41. Re2 Kf7 42. f5 axb3
43. axb3 Rxb3 44. Re3 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. Kg4 Rf2 47. Rf3 Re2 48. Rf4 Rd2 49.
Bd5 Rd4 50. Rxd4 cxd4 51. Be4 d5 52. Bd3 dxc4 53. Bxc4 Ke7 54. Bd3 Kd6 55. Kxh4
Kc5 56. g6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Biel"]
[BlackTeam "Wollishofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 {Schwarz beeilt sich nicht mit cxd4, um dem Bc1 den Weg nicht
aufzumachen.} 10. Rd1 cxd4 (10... Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd2 Qe7
14. Bc3 Rfe8 15. Ba6 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qc2 $14 {Szabo-Donner, Amsterdam
1973}) 11. Nxd5 (11. exd4 Bb7 12. Nxd5 (12. Qe4) (12. Ne4 Nf6) 12... exd5 $11)
11... Qxd5 (11... exd5 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Nxd4 $14) 12. exd4 Bb7 13.
Be4 Qd6 ({Auch nach 13...Qd7 oder sogar 13...Qh5 gleicht Schwarz bei
sorgfältigem Spiel aus, z.B:} 13... Qd7 14. Bf4 (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 (15. Rxd5
Qe6) 15... Nd4 16. Rxd4 Bxd5 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Rd1 $11) 14... Rfd8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bc5 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8
21. h4 $11) ({oder} 13... Qh5 14. Bf4 (14. d5 Ne5 15. d6 (15. dxe6 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 f5) (15. Bf4 f5 $1) 15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. Bf4 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 $44)) 14... Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8
(15... Nxd4 $2 16. Rxd4) 16. h3 $13) 14. d5 Nb4 $6 ({Mihailo übersah meine
Antwort, sonst hätte er die Alternative} 14... exd5 15. Bxd5 Nd4 $1 {
gründlicher untersucht. Nach} 16. Rxd4 Bxd5 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Qc5
20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Bc7 Bxf3 22. Bxd8 Qg5 23. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7
{gibt es nicht viel mehr zu kommentieren.}) 15. Bg5 Rfe8 (15... Rae8 16. Bxe7
Rxe7 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qg6 (18... Qf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qg4 $36) 19. Bxg6
Rxe2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 $14) 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxh7+ (18. Ng5
Qf6 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 $36) 18... Kf8 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf5 $6 ({Schwarz hat "nur"
den Bauern h7 verloren. Seine aktiven Figuren versprechen ihm aber genug
Remischancen. Der Textzug ist ungenau. Besser war} 20. a3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nc6 (
21... g6 22. axb4 Kg7 23. Rd7 Rf6 (23... a5 24. Ra4 $1) 24. Bxg6 Rxg6+ 25. Kf1
Rh6 26. Raxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rxh2 28. Rb7 Rh6 29. Ke2 $16) 22. Bf5 Rf6 23. Be4
Re8 24. Rac1 Ne5 25. Kg2 g5 {[%csl Gf4]} 26. Rc7 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Ng6
29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. Rdd7 Rf6 31. Rd5 Rg6 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. Kf3 $14 {, auch wenn
Schwarz hier nicht verlieren sollte.}) 20... Re2 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Re5 22.
Be4 {[%csl Rb4]}) 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rd2 Nf4 $2 (22... Rae8 $142 $44) 23. Rd4 $1
Bxf3 24. Rxf4 Bd5 25. b4 {Ohne Springer ist der weiße Vorteil deutlich.} Rae8
26. h4 R8e5 27. Rc1 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Ke7 30. Rd4 Kd6 31. Rd3 Ke5 32.
Bg4 (32. f4+ $5 Kxf5 33. Rxd5+ Ke6 34. Rd3 $16) 32... Ra1 33. Bf3 Bc4 34. Re3+
Kd4 35. h5 Be6 $138 (35... Bd3 36. Re7) 36. g4 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. g5 Ra2 39.
Kg3 Rb2 40. h6 $138 (40. Re4+ $142 $18) 40... gxh6 41. gxh6 Bf5 42. Re7 Bg6 43.
Rd7+ (43. Re8 Rb3) 43... Ke5 ({Eine hübsche Variante:} 43... Kc3 44. Rd5 a4 45.
Ra5 Kb3 $140 46. Bd1+ Kxa3 $2 47. Rxa4#) (43... Kc4 44. Bd5+) 44. Rd5+ Kf6 45.
Rxa5 Bd3 46. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Match Najdorf-Tartakower +2-1=2"]
[Site "Torun"]
[Date "1935.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1935.07.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Lissowski: Young Najdorf. p.51 2)WSZ 1935, S.228-229.} Nf6 2. Nf3 b6
3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 cxd4 ({Black also had other
possibilities to come to equal play:} 7... Nc6 $11) (7... O-O $11) 8. exd4 O-O
9. b3 Nc6 ({Black also could have played flexible} 9... d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7) ({or} 
9... d5 {in both cases, with good play for Black.}) 10. c4 d5 11. Bb2 Rc8 ({
Out of opening, Black has got an equal play. Also interesting was} 11... Nb4
12. Bb1 Rc8 {with an equal play.}) 12. Rc1 Bb4 (12... Bd6 {was an interesting
move with equal prospects.}) 13. a3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxd2 $6 ({This move leads
Black in a hard position. Black underestimated the importance of white bishop
pair. Better was} 14... Bd6 $11) 15. Qxd2 $14 Na5 ({Better was} 15... Ne7 $14)
16. Qe3 $16 {White has excellent chances for the attack on the kingside.} Nd7
$2 ({Black should have prevented White's attack by} 16... h6 {though after} 17.
Ne5 {White stands clearly better.}) 17. Ne5 $6 ({Tartakower could have launced
a winning attack by} 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 (
20... Kf8 21. Bc3 $18) 21. Qxf7 Nf6 22. Re7 $18) 17... Re8 $6 ({The exchange
of pieces does not help} 17... Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Re3 $18) ({
Najdorf should have played} 17... f5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 g6 {
White has an extra pawn and he only needs a good technique to win the game.})
18. d5 $2 ({At the first sight, energetic move. In fact, White loses a large
part of his advantage. White had a forced win:} 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qh3 h6 20. d5
{White bishops show tremendous power, they are dominant on the board. Black is
lost.}) 18... Nf8 $2 ({Black missed his chance: after} 18... exd5 {Black has
good chances to defend. Possible variation:} 19. Qh3 Nf8 20. Rcd1 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxc4 23. Qe3 $14 {White has a small advantage.}) 19. Qg3 $1 $18
f6 ({Neither helps} 19... Qd6 20. f4 {Also in this variation, we can see the
dominance of the bishops. Black is lost.}) 20. Ng4 Kh8 21. Bxf6 $1 ({Black
resigned because of} 21. Bxf6 Qc7 (21... gxf6 22. Nh6 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal
Rh6f7,Rg3g8]}) 22. d6 Qf7 23. Bc3 {with lost position.}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd3
b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qf4 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Qf2
Nh5 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Be4 Ba6 23. g3 Nd5 24. cxd5 Rxc3 {[%tqu "En","Can you find
a winning move for White?","Can you find a way to win material by forking two
Black heavy pieces?","Give him a check with your bishop to make room for the
knight on e4!","e4h7","",20]} 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Ne4 Qxd5 27. Nxc3 Qb3 28.
Ne4 Bb7 29. Qe3 Qd5 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qe4+ Kg7 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34.
Rc1 $18 a5 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Rec1 b5 37. Rc5 b4 38. Rxa5 b3 39. Rb2 f5 40. Kf2 f4
41. gxf4 Kf6 42. Ke3 Rc8 43. Rc5 Ra8 44. Rxd5 exd5 45. Rxb3 Kf5 46. h4 Re8+ 47.
Kf2 Ra8 48. h5 f6 49. Ke3 Re8+ 50. Kd2 Rh8 51. Kc3 Kxf4 52. Kb2 Rxh5 53. a4 Rh8
54. Ka3 Ra8 55. Rd3 Kf5 56. Kb4 Ke6 57. a5 Kd6 58. Rc3 f5 59. f4 Re8 60. a6
Rb8+ 61. Ka5 Rb1 62. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 (7...
O-O $2 8. d5 $1 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 $16) 8.
exd4 d6 (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qg3 $36 {
Dizdar-Hansen,LB/Berlin op/1988/ -> TD 1988/4 Inf 46/708/}) 9. d5 (9. Re1 O-O
10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 g6 15. a4 $14 {Polgar,
Zsu-Arnason/EU-Cup/Budapest/1989/}) 9... e5 10. Ng5 {[]h4!?} Nbd7 (10... O-O
11. f4 exf4 $2 {11...[]bd7} 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Qh3 Nf8 15. Rae1 a6
16. Bd2 Qc8 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rxe7+ $1 {Hoi,
C-Nielsen,U/Gausdal/1990/}) 11. f4 g6 $2 {11...0-0} 12. f5 h6 (12... O-O 13.
fxg6 hxg6 14. Qe1 { 1/4e1-h4 >>}) 13. Ne6 $1 fxe6 $2 (13... Qc8 $1 14. Qa4 {
 15.fxg6 +-} g5 15. Nb5 fxe6 16. fxe6 Nc5 17. Nxd6+ Kd8 (17... Kf8 18. Nxc8
Nxa4 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. b4 Na6 (21... Nce4 $2 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rf7+
$18) (21... Nxe6 22. dxe6 Kxe6 23. Bb2 $16) 22. a3 Rac8 23. Bb3 { 24.>>b2})
18. Nf7+ Kc7 19. Qc2 {~/>>}) 14. fxe6 Nf8 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6+ Kf8 16. b4 Na6
17. Ne4 $18 {+- <=>}) 15. Qa4+ N6d7 16. c5 $1 Bc8 (16... bxc5 17. exd7+ Qxd7 (
17... Nxd7 18. Bxg6#) 18. Bb5) 17. exd7+ (17. exd7+ Bxd7 18. c6 Bf5 19. c7+ Qd7
20. Bb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Ne4 (10... Qe7) 11. Ne2 (11. Na4) 11... f5 $6 (11... Qf6
12. Ng3 Qh6 (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxc4 14. Rxc4 h6 15. Bb1 Rac8 16. Qc2 g6 17.
e4 e5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd4 $16 {
Franco-Huss,Luzern 1989.}) 13. Ne5 (13. cxd5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 exd5 15. g4 f6 16.
g3 $14 {Portisch-Chandler,Manila (izt)1990.}) 13... Ndf6 14. Qe2 Qh4 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. g3 Qh3 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nc6 Rfe8 21. e4 Nd7
22. f4 f5 23. e5 Bf8 24. a4 b5 25. a5 $16 {Portisch-Franco,1982.}) (11... Qe7
12. Ne5 $1 (12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Ng3 f5 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rc2 c6 {Draw in Petrosian,A.
-Aseev,K. Daugavpils 1989.}) 12... Rfd8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Nb8
16. Rc2 c5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 $16 {Gligoric-Nikolic,P 1985.}) (11... Re8 12.
Qc2 f5 13. Rfd1 Ndf6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 {Draw in Petrosian,A.
-Aseev Daugavpils 1989.}) 12. Ne5 $1 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 $14) (12. Qc2 dxc4
13. bxc4 Ng5 $10 {Polgar,Zsu.-Farago,I. Hungary (ch) 1986.}) 12... Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Ndc5 (13... c5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd5 $16) 14.
Nf4 Qe8 (14... g5 15. Nh5) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 17. b4 Rd8 18. Bd4 g5
$6 (18... Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rxc7 $16) (18... Nd3 $16) 19. bxc5 (19. Nh5 $2
Ne6 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. exf6 c5) 19... gxf4 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Rc7 Rf7 (21... Bd5
$2 22. e6 $1 $18) 22. Qb3 b5 {23.Rb7 +-} (22... Bd5 23. Qxb6 $16) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Genzling, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 {Un carrefour important pour les blancs
qui ont plusieurs alternatives dans cette défense Bogo} (4. Bd2 c5 {Fressinet,
L (2689)-Kogan,A (2525) FRA T TOP 16 2010 (8.4) 1/2}) (4. Nc3) 4... b6 {
Transposant dans une Ouest-Indienne} (4... O-O) 5. a3 (5. e3) (5. g3) 5...
Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 (6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 (7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 d6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O a5
11. b3 (11. b4 $5 {Plus actif selon le MI Taulbut}) 11... Nbd7 {Miles,A (2585)
-Andersson,U (2640) Niksic 1983 (9) 0-1})) 6... Bb7 7. e3 {Cette position se
jouait le même jour dans un match voisin} d6 (7... O-O {Delchev,A (2625)
-Sokolov,A (2585) FRA T TOP 16 2010 (8.5) 1/2}) 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 {
[%cal Gc1b2,Gd2c3]} Ne4 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (10... Qe7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 13.
dxc5 $14 {[%csl Gb2];Shamkovich,L (2535)-Kholmov,R (2550) URS-ch40 Baku 1972 
(11) 1-0}) 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bb2 Rf6 {Cette idée de Smyslov est peut-être un peu
optimiste} (12... a5 $142 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 {Khenkin,I (2609)
-Quezada Perez,Y (2567) Capablanca Memorial Elite 43rd 2008 (2) 1-0}) (12...
Qe7 $142 $5 {Plus solide} 13. d5 exd5 14. Rad1 c5 {Sokolov,I (2670)-Adams,M 
(2685) EU-ch Rapid-30' 1996 1/2}) 13. d5 {[%csl Rb7]} (13. c5 $5) 13... e5 $2 {
Une faute théorique} (13... Rg6 $142 14. Rad1 e5 15. Bd3 c6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17.
Qxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nf6 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Ne1 Ba6 22. f3 Bc4 {0-1
Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122}) (13... Rh6
$142 {Dreev,A (2705)-Nisipeanu,L (2670) EU-ch 6th Warsaw 2005 (8) 1/2}) 14. Nh4
$1 g6 15. f3 Ng5 16. f4 Nf7 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7,Rf6,Rf7] Les pièces noires sont mal
placées et face а un GMI aussi expérimenté, le lorrain va souffrir.} 17. Nf3
$146 {[%csl Re5,Gg5]} (17. Rae1 b5 {[%cal Rb7d5];Lysyj,I (2598)-Severiukhina,Z
(2318) RUS-ch Students 2009 (3) 1-0}) 17... Qe7 18. Rae1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Re8
19. Nd2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Nh6 {[%cal Gh6g4]} 20. Qc3 {[%cal Gc3h8]} (20. Bd3 e4
21. Bxf6 exd3 22. Bxe7 dxc2 23. Bh4 Ng4 24. Rc1 (24. h3 Nxe3) 24... Rxe3 25.
Rxc2 Rxa3 26. Re1 $40 {[%csl Ra3,Ge1][%cal Gh2h3,Ge1e7] les R blanches vont
dominer le centre}) (20. e4 $5 fxe4 {[%cal Gh6f5]} 21. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf6]} Rxf4
22. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1h6]} (22. Rxf4 exf4 23. Qc3 Ne5) 22... Rxe4 23. Qxe4 (23.
Bxh6 Qh4) 23... Nf5 24. g4 Nd4 25. Bd3 Qh4 26. Be3 {[%cal Ge3d4,Ge3f2]} c5 27.
Bf2 Qg5 28. Be3 Qh4 29. g5 $1 Qxe4 30. Bxe4 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7,Ge1,Gf1]}) 20...
Qg7 21. Bd1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd1a4]} Re7 (21... c6 $142) 22. Ba4 $1 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gd2f3,Ga4d7,Gf3e5,Gc3e5] Menace le défenseur du P"e5"} b5 $5 23. Bxb5 Nb6
{[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga7a6]} 24. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gb3g8]} (24. c5 $1 {[%cal
Gb5c4]} Nxd5 25. Qb3 (25. Bc4)) 24... Nf7 25. Nf3 (25. e4 $1 a6 26. Bc6 Bxc6
27. dxc6 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Gd7][%cal Gc4c5]}) 25... g5 26. a4 Rg6 27. a5 $18 Nd7
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. c5 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Nf8 30. Rd1 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Kh8 31. Qc3 Rf6
32. Bc4 g4 33. Nh4 Qg5 34. g3 {Une grosse domination positionnelle du GMI} 1-0

[Event "BL2-Ost 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Forchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne4 9. c4 Nd7 10. Qc2 f5 11. cxd5 $1 exd5 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. f4 Ndf6 14. Ndf3 $5
$146 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rf3 Rac8 16. Rh3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 c5 18. Qe2 g6 19. Bxe4
fxe4 20. Rf1 $36 {Najdorf-Petersson (1976)}) 14... c5 $6 {Der Hebel ist
günstig für Weiß, weil Weiß von jetzt an den Zeitpunkt für die Öffnung des
Zentrums bestimmen kann. Außerdem wird der Bb2 zum Leben erweckt.} (14... a5 $1
{mit den Ideen Bb7-a6 und a5-a4 gab Schwarz bequemes Spiel.}) 15. Qe2 $14 Rac8
16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Rc2 Qe6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 {Diagramm [#]} 19. Qe1 $1 {Ein schöner
Zug, die Dame "schielt" von hier aus zu beiden den Flügeln.} Qe7 20. h3 $1 {
zwingt Schwarz, sich mit der eventuellen Drohung g2-g4 auseinander zu setzten}
Qe6 $6 21. dxc5 $1 bxc5 22. b4 $5 (22. Qh4 $5 {mit der Idee g2-g2 kam
ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 22... Qe7 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Bd4 g6 26.
Qa5 $16 {Weiß verfügt nun über offensichtlichen positionellen Vorteil, aber
die Partie nahm hier ein abruptes Ende: ohne jegliche Regung überschritt hier
mein Gegner die Zeit. Als ich ihn auf diese Tatsache aufmerksam machte, zeigte
er sich leicht überrascht. Offensichtlich war er im Glauben, über eine weitere
Stunde zu verfügen! (Gespielt wurde damals noch mit den schlechten alten
Garde-Uhren).} 1-0

[Event "Zug Young Masters"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "1999.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Peptan, Corina Isabela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4 Nbd7 13. Qh3 {Diagramm [#]} h6
$2 {Eine absolut unnötige Schwächung des Königsflügels. 5 Jahre später glich
hier C. Balogh gegen mich mit 13...Te8 aus.} (13... Re8 14. Re1 (14. Rd1 $5 a6
$1 15. Bg5 $14) 14... Rc8 15. Bg5 Nf8 16. Bb5 N6d7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7
19. d5 Nf8 $11) 14. Re1 $1 {ein schöner Prophylaxezug, der sich gegen Tf8-e8
richtet:} Nxe5 {was sonst?} (14... Re8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Bg6 $18)
15. dxe5 Nh7 {Diagramm [#]} 16. Bxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qxh6 f5 19.
exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rd7+ Kg6 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Re2 Rf5
25. g3 Raf8 26. Ne4 a5 27. b3 e5 28. Rc2 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Avangard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ (5... g6 $5 {Un bon système
face а la variante e3 de l'Ouest-Indienne car le B est plus actif en "g7"
qu'en "e7" et la perte de temps "e6" est négligeable.}) 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5
8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rfe1 Qe8 14. Nce5
Ndf6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qh5 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Rac1 Rf6 20. Rf1 Rh6
21. h3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rg6 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Bc4 Rd7 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qf2 Rh6 27.
Rcd1 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Rh4 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 g5 31. Kg1 f4 32. Rc2 Kf7 33. h4
gxh4 34. Bc1 h3 35. gxh3 Bxf3 36. Rf2 Be4 37. Rxf4+ Bf5 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. h4 Rd5
40. Be3 Kd7 41. Rf3 Kc6 42. Rg3 Rd7 43. h5 Rf7 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Rg8 Ke4 46. Rg3
c6 47. Bf2 a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. h6 Rb7 50. Re3+ Kf4 51. Rf3+ Kg5 52. Rc3 Be4
53. Be3+ Kg4 54. Bd2 Bd5 55. Rc1 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 (4. Bd2 {La ligne principale}) (4. Nc3)
(4. Nfd2 $6) 4... b6 (4... d6 {[%cal Ge6e5] L'autre plan est de jouer sur
cases noires mais b6 est la ligne principale} 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2
8. Bxd2 e5) (4... O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2) 5. a3 (5. g3 Ba6 (5... Bb7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O d5 (7... c5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Bb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4f8,Gf3d4]}
Re8 11. Bd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6];Karpov,A (2660)-Andersson,U (2555) Madrid 1973 (3)
1-0})) 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 {[%cal Ge4c2]}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 (6. Bxd2 {
[%cal Gd1c2]} Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 (7... h6) 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 (10...
g5 11. Bg3 Ne4) 11. Rd1 a5 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 $13) 12. b3) 6... Bb7 7. e3 {
[%cal Gb2b4,Gc1b2]} (7. Qc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 {[%cal Gd8e7,
Gb8d7]}) 7... d6 8. b4 $5 {[%cal Gc1b2]} (8. Be2) 8... a5 (8... Nbd7) 9. Bb2
axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 14.
Bb2 ({RR} 14. Qc2 Ra8 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. Bc3 Ng6 17. f4 Ra3 18. Qb2 Ra7 19. Bf3
Bxf3 20. Rxf3 d5 21. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Dlugy,M (2545)-Hort,V (2570)/Amsterdam 1987/
TD}) 14... Ra8 {tout est toujours théorique} 15. Ra1 {Une idée récente de
Sakaev, les parties précédentes avaient continué avec Qc2} (15. Qc2) 15... Qd8
$146 (15... Qf8 {Sakaev,K (2665)-Riazantsev,A (2556) RUS-ch qual 57th 2004 (3)
1-0}) 16. Qd1 Ne4 $11 17. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f3]} f5 $132 18. f3 $1 {Pour valoriser
la paire de B, il est important de chasser les N des cases centrales.} Nef6 19.
Nd3 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]} Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qa8 21. Qxa8+ Bxa8 22. b5 $14 {[%csl Gb2,
Rc7,Ge2] La paire de B donne une bonne finale aux blancs} Kf7 23. Kf2 Bb7 24.
Bd1 {[%cal Gd1b3]} Ke7 25. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3e7]} Kf7 26. Bb2 {"ne pas se presser
en finale"} Ke7 27. h3 h5 28. h4 {[%csl Gg5]} Kf7 29. Bb3 Ke7 30. Bc3 Bc8 31.
Ke2 Bb7 32. Bb4 Kf7 33. Be1 Ke7 34. Bg3 {Le GMI cherche visiblement а passer
le contrôle de temps du 40ème coup pour décider un plan de gain} c5 $2 {
[%csl Rb6] Une petite imprécision qui permet d'ouvrir le jeu а la paire de B}
35. bxc6 {[%csl Rb6]} Bxc6 36. Kd2 $1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gd2b4,Gb3a4,Ga4c6,Gb4b5]
} Nf8 37. Kc3 {[%csl Rb6]} Ng6 38. Kb4 Kd7 39. Bc2 (39. Ba4 $143 Bxa4 40. Kxa4
Kc6) 39... Ke7 40. Nb2 {[%cal Gb2a4,Ga4b6]} Bd7 41. Bf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2b6,Gg2g4]}
Ne8 $6 42. Na4 Bxa4 43. Kxa4 Nc7 44. g4 $1 hxg4 45. fxg4 (45. h5 Nh8 46. fxg4
fxg4 47. Bd1) 45... Kf6 46. gxf5 exf5 47. Bg3 {[%csl Rd6] la paire de B est
trop forte dans cette position ouverte} Ke6 48. d5+ {[%csl Rd6]} Ke7 49. Bxf5
Ne5 50. Kb4 b5 $2 51. Bxe5 dxe5 52. Kc5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg5 {White
chose a quiet line,which doesn't promise too many problems for black to
equalize.} Be7 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bf4
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd3 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Psakhis,L/Dortmund 1982/MCL 
(45)}) 8... h6 (8... O-O 9. h4 Ne8 10. d5 Na6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Rd1 $5 $36 {
1-0 Speelman,J-Kudrin,S/Hastings 1983/MCD (21)}) 9. Bh4 d6 (9... g5 $6 10. Bg3
g4 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. d6 Bf8 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Qe2 (15. Ng6 $5) 15... Bg7
16. Nf5 $16) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rc1 (12. a3 Re8 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bf1
d5 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Nxc4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Polugaevsky,L/Biel 1990/CBM 19 
(16)}) 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 $11 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4]} 14. Bg3 $6 (14. Rcd1 Nd5
$4 (14... Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe3 Nhf6 $11) 15. cxd5 $1 (15. Bxe7 $6 Nxc3 16.
Bxd8 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Rexd8 $11) 15... Bxh4 16. Nb5 $18) 14... Nh5 15. b4 a6 16.
a3 Ndf6 17. Nd2 Bf8 (17... Nxg3 $5 18. hxg3 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7b8,Gb8a8,Ga8g2]} 19.
Nde4 $6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 $15) 18. Nce4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Re7 $6 (21... d5 $1 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 exd5 24. Qd3 a5 25. b5 Qe7 $15
{And black is clearly better.}) 22. Qd3 Rec7 23. d5 $5 {Good decision from
white. White makes black a weakness on d6 what gives him some counterplay.}
exd5 (23... e5 {Can't be good for black,since closing the position will be
convinient for white's N.}) 24. Qxd5 $132 Qg5 (24... b5 $142 25. Re4 Qd7 {
[%cal Gb5c4,Gd7a4] Would leave black some chances for advantage.}) 25. Qxg5
hxg5 26. Rcd1 g4 27. Ne4 (27. Re4 f5 28. Rd4 g6 {[%cal Gg8f7]}) 27... Re7 28.
Nd2 Rec7 29. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d4,Ge1d1] Black is forced to enter
R-ending,which is completly drawn.} Rxc4 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 R8c6 32. Rxc6
Rxc6 $11 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 b5 35. Kf1 Re6 36. f3 f5 (36... Kg6 $5 {Wouldn't
change much.}) 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. fxg4 fxg4 39. Rd8 Kf5 40. Rd5+ Re5 (40... Ke4 $5
) 41. Rd6 Re6 42. Rd5+ Re5 43. Rd6 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santo Antonio 4th"]
[Site "Santo Antonio"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 6400]} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} d5 7. O-O Bb7 (7... Ba6 8. a3 Bxd2 (8... Bd6 $5 9. b4 $14) 9.
Nxd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. b5 Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 15. a4 $14
{[%csl Gb2,Gd3] 1-0 Dreev,A-Piket,J/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 53 (67)}) 8. b3 (8. a3
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 $5) 10. Qc2 g6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. e4 N5f6 13. b4 a5
14. bxa5 b5 15. Nce5 Rxa5 16. Nc6 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rc7,Rg7,Rh6] 1-0 Khalifman,
A-Teske,H/Germany 1992/GER-chT (61)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 {Black must choose what
to do with the B on b4: 1.To exchange it on the N on d2,what will lead to
slightly better position for white thanks to pare of bishops and a better
control over the center 2.To return the B to d6 or e7 and to loose a tempi and
to let white enter comfortably to e5. Black chooses the second way,which finds
to be not a pleasant one.....} Be7 (9... c5 $6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 Bxd2 12.
Qxd2 N5f6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nf5 Qe6 17.
e4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Rc7 19. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb5c4] 1-0 Nenashev,A-Xu Jun/
Singapore 1995/CBM 50 ext (75)}) (9... a6 $5) 10. cxd5 {Black could have
reached this position with a tempi more,if he had played instead of 3...Bb4+,
3... Be7.In compare with this position black could have played already c5 and
could get probably an equal position.Now white manages to place the N on e5
before black playes c5 and gets much better game.} exd5 11. Ne5 $14 a5 (11...
c5 12. Qf3 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gf1d1,Gf3h3,Gf2f4]}) (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13.
Nxe4 (13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 13... dxe4 14. Bc4
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfd8 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kf8 $14 {[%csl Re4] White might be
just slightly better,but probably it should be drawn position with some
precise defence.}) 12. Qc2 {[%csl Rc6] Now white gains some initiative on the
Q-side.} Bd6 (12... c5 $6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxh7+
Kh8 17. Bf5 Qe7 18. Rac1 $16) 13. Rac1 $6 {Really not needed move.The R will
be better placed on e1 to support pushing e4.} (13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Qe7 15.
Rae1 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 13... Qe7 14. Nc6 Bxc6 {Black can't leave the N on c6
too long and he chooses to exchange it.} 15. Qxc6 {[%cal Gc1e1,Gf2f3,Ge3e4]}
Qe6 {Now white can't play Rce1 due to B:h2+ and winning the Q.} 16. Qc2 {
[%cal Gc1e1,Ge3e4]} c5 {Probably an only chance to get some counterplay.} (
16... Rae8 17. Bf5 Qe7 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Bd3 Ne4 $8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc4 Bb4 22.
Red1 $16 {[%cal Ga2a3]} Qg5 $2 (22... f5 23. a3 Bd6 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Qc4+ Rf7
26. Rc2 $16 {[%cal Gd1c1]}) 23. a3 Be7 24. Nd2 $18) 17. dxc5 (17. Bf5 $1 Qe7
18. e4 cxd4 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 $16) 19. exd5 g6 20. Rfe1 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qd6+
22. Kg1 gxf5 23. Bxd4 Qxd5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc4b6,
Ge1e5]}) 17... Bxc5 (17... bxc5 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. e4 $16) 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. e4 Rac8
(19... d4 20. Nf3 g6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rcd1 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20. Qd3 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 (21. Qh3 $6 {[%cal Gd2e4]} h6 (21... g6 $1 22. Bxf6 (22. Bxd7 Nxd7 {
[%csl Rf2]} 23. Rcd1 e3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Nc5
{With good chances for a win.}) 22... Qxf6 23. Bxd7 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 (24. Rxf2
Rxc1+ 25. Nf1 Qd4 $19 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 e3 26. Nf3 Qb2 $19)
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxc8 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8c8,Gd8d2]} 24. Nc4 Qxc8 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26.
Nxb6 $18) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 $1 {Very good choise.Black gives up the pawn,
but getting good escaping chances in opposite coloured bishops ending.} (22...
g6 $143 {[%cal Gb2g7,Ge4d5,Gd5f7,Gf1e1,Gc1d1] Very dangerous for black.}) 23.
Bxf6 (23. Bf5 $5 {[%cal Gd3h3] Could give white better chances for initiative.}
) 23... Qxf6 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 $14 Rcd8 26. Qh3+ {White can't escape the q
exchange,other ways black will enter with the R to the second rank and will
get some initiative putting some pressure on the f2 square.} (26. Qc2 Rd5 27.
Be4 Re5 $132 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 26... Qh6 27. Qxh6+ gxh6 28. Rfd1 Rfe8 29. Kf1
Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Re5 {Black setup is very solid. It is difficult for white to
break it.} 31. g4 Kg7 32. Rd7 Bb4 $1 {[%cal Ge5e1,Gf1g2,Gb4c5,Ge1e2,Ge2f2]} (
32... Re7 33. Rd5 Kf6 $14) 33. Bd3 Re7 $14 (33... h5 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Re7
36. Rd8 Re6 {[%cal Ge6d6]} 37. Rc8 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc8c7,Gd3c4]} Re1+ 38. Kg2
Rd1 39. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gc8c7]}) 34. Rd5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 $11 {Black plan is
easy:1.To play Bc5,Rd2 and to put pressure on f2. 2.If white exchanges the
rooks,the B-ending is complitely drawn.} 36. g5 Rd2 {[%cal Gd2a2,Gd2f2]} 37.
gxh6+ Kxh6 38. Kg3 Bc5 (38... Rxa2 $11) 39. f3 Ba3 (39... Rxa2 $11 40. Rd7 Rd2
(40... f6 $4 41. Rh7+ Kg5 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gh2h4]} 42. h4#)) 40. h4 Kg7 41. Rg5+
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 (4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2
O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. e4 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,
L-Pira,D/Montpellier FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (25)}) 4... b6 5. a3 {
Important to play this move now,otherways black can play Bb7 and to return the
dark-square B to e7.} Bxd2+ (5... Be7 6. e4 $14) 6. Qxd2 (6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6
8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 a5 10. b4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc1 h5 14. h3 Qf6 15.
b5 O-O-O 16. Ra2 h4 $36 {0-1 Zaja,I-Baklan,V/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in
Chess 317 (37)}) 6... Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]} 9. b3 d6
10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 c5 16. Qb3 d5 17. bxc5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc5 19. Ba3 Bd5 20. Qc1 {1/2-1/2
Yakovich,Y-Adams,M/Koge 1997/EXT 2000 (20)}) 12... Rfd8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4
$14 Qe8 (14... Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Ra8 16. Rc1 h6 17. Qc2 c5 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Nd2 cxd4
20. exd4 Qd8 21. Nb1 Qb8 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Rd1 (24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Nb5
Qb8 26. Qg3 Ne4 27. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2][%cal Gf2f3]}) 24... Ba6 25. Bf1 Rc7
26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Qc2 Ra8 $14 {0-1 Shulman,Y-Bogdanovski,V/Moscow 1994/CBM 44
ext (76)}) 15. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 2084] With this move white begins a very strong
plan: 1.White will transfer the N from f3 to b3. 2.Will play f3 to take
control over e4 square. 3.To put the B on f2 or g3 and pressure the black pawn
stucture.} Rxa1 16. Bxa1 $1 {White doesn't want to fight for a-file.He
concentrates on his plan.} Ra8 17. Nd2 {[%cal Ge3e4] White's threat is to play
e4,so black avoids it by playing c5.As we will see soon,it might have been
better for black not to change his pawn structure.} c5 (17... Ra7 $5 {[%cal
Ge8a8,Ga8g2,Ga8a3]}) 18. Bc3 Qc8 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 Ra3 20. Bb2 Ra2 21. Nb1
$14 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc3b5]}) 19. Qb2 $14 h6 (19... Qc6 20. d5 $1 (20. Bf3 $6 Qa4
$1) 20... exd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 (21... Qc7 22. e4 $36) 22. b5 Qc7 23. Bxg7 $16)
20. f3 cxd4 (20... Qc7 21. Nb3 e5 {Could give black some counterplay.}) 21.
exd4 Qc7 22. Nb3 Rc8 (22... e5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3][%cal
Gb2e2]}) 23. Be1 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Ge1,Ge2][%cal Ge1g3,Ge1f2]} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6,
Gg6f4]} 24. Bf1 $1 {Another good profylactic move.It is really a joy to watch
white playing.He gives no counterplay and at the same time follows his plan!}
Ng6 25. Bf2 Ra8 26. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b1,Gb1c3,Gc3b5] Another transfer,now the N.}
Bc6 (26... d5 27. c5 $16) 27. Nb1 e5 28. Nc3 exd4 29. Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]
[%cal Gd4b6,Gd4f6,Gb2f2] Now both white bishops are in the game.Black position
become dangerous.} Ne5 30. Qf2 (30. f4 Ned7 31. Qd2 $16) 30... Rb8 31. Re1 Ned7
32. Qg3 {[%cal Ge1e7,Ge7d7]} Re8 33. Ra1 $1 {White doen's want to exchange the
rooks yet.There is a rool,which says if your opponenet suffers from lack of
space don't change the pieces.Black R can't do anything on e-file.} Nh5 34. Qf2
Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 35. Be3 $6 {White misses this opportunity.} (35. Bxg7 $1
Nh3+ 36. gxh3 Kxg7 37. Qd4+ Nf6 38. Ra6 $18) 35... Ne6 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. cxd5
Ng5 38. Bb5 $18 Rf8 39. Rc1 Qd8 40. Bd4 $4 {Unbelieveble blunder.} (40. h4 Nh7
41. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Ge3h6,Gg3d6,Gc1c6]}) 40... Ne5 $4 (40... Nh3+ $1 41. gxh3
Qg5+ 42. Qg2 Qxc1+ 43. Qf1 Qg5+ 44. Qg2 (44. Kh1 Qxd5 $19) 44... Ne5 $19) 41.
Kh1 Qa8 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. d6 $18 (43. h4 $1 {White anyway will need some air
for his K,so why not now?!} Nh7 (43... Qxd5 44. Bc6 $18) 44. d6 Nf6 45. Qxb6
$18) 43... Qa3 44. Qd2 Ne6 45. d7 g5 46. h3 Kg7 47. Rc8 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 e4 (48...
Qd4 49. Qxd4 exd4 50. Re8 $22 {[%cal Gh2g1,Gg1d3] Black has no good moves.....
White will just bring his K to the game and collect some pawns.}) 49. Rxf8 {
The rest is simple and requiers no explanation.} Kxf8 50. d8=Q+ Nxd8 51. Qxd8+
Kg7 52. Qe7 exf3 53. Bc4 Kh8 54. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 8192]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {Good alternative for the
main line 4.g3.White just develops his pieces,not trying to fight in the
opening for the center. The idea behind this quiet move is to put the dark
square B on b2 aiming to enter the e5 square with the N and at the same time
to play on the c-file which will be opened after black will play d5...} Bb7 5.
Bd3 d5 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11.
Rc1 Ndf6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 c5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. exd4 g6 17. Qd2 Ne6
18. Qh6 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1994/
CBM 44 (41)} Qd8 $4 21. Qg7+ $3 $18) 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 (8... Nbd7
9. Nc3 c5 (9... a6 10. Qc2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bf5 Re8 13. Rfd1 c4 $5 14. bxc4
dxc4 15. e4 g6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Re1 b5 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Gb5,Gb7,Gc4,Gd4,Gd6,Ge4]
1-0 Kosic,D-Drasko,M/55th ch-YUG, Subotica YUG 2000 (62)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. dxc5 bxc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,
M-Dautov,R/Lippstadt GER 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (48)}) 9. Nc3 {White wants
to exchange on d5 and to play Nb5 exchanging one of the black B.,so black will
have to play a6 some time.} Nbd7 10. Rc1 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gc3b5,Gb5d6,Gb5c7,Gc1c7]}
a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 {[%csl Gb2,Ge5][%cal Gc1c7,Ge2g3,Gg3f5] White N goes
to the K-side where it will be placed better,at the same time opens up the
c-file for the rook and the bishop on b2 looking forward the e5-square.On the
other hand black put his pieces very well,no real weaknesses,e4 square for the
N and coming initiative on the K-side.} Qe7 $11 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qc2 Rac8 (14...
Ne4 15. Ne5 $1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 c5 18. f4 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Gd3][%cal
Gd3e2,Ge2f3,Gf1d1,Gf3d5]}) 15. Qe2 Ra8 $6 (15... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]}
16. Bxa6 $6 (16. a4 Ra8 $15 {[%csl Rb4]}) 16... Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Ra8 {With better
position for black.}) 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5] White placed his
pieces bestly and now wants to play Ne5 and after all the takes on e5,to take
on c7 with clearly better position. Black is forced to pay some attantion to
white's plan.....} Rec8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 (18... f5 $5 19. Ndf1 $13 {[%cal Gf2f3]})
19. Qxd2 f5 20. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Gg3e2,Ge2f4,Gf4d3,Gd3e5]} Nf6 (20... Qh4 $1 {
[%cal Gf5f4,Gd7f6,Gf6g4] Very interesting move. Now white N can't move dute to
the mate and black Q placed pretty good on this square.}) 21. Ne2 Rf8 (21...
Ne4 22. Qe1 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5 24. Bg2 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d3,Gd3e5]}) 22. Nf4 Rae8
23. Nd3 Bxh2+ $2 {Illusions.....Black has nothing more then few checks. With
correct defence white should step out of this with a piece more.} (23... Ne4 $5
24. Qd1 Rf6 $1 25. Ne5 {With very complicated position.}) 24. Kxh2 Ng4+ 25. Kg3
{[%cal Gg3f3,Gf3e2]} Qg5 26. Nf4 $6 (26. f4 $1 Qh5 27. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Re8]} Qh2+
28. Kf3 {And it seems like black initiative comes to the end.}) 26... Re4 $4 {
This move looses by force.} (26... Nxe3+ $8 27. Kh2 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 Rf7 29. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd3e5] White is bringing the N to e5,after what black's initiative
disappears,but anyway it is much better for black then the move in the text.})
27. Nh3 $1 Qf6 28. Bd3 $18 {The simpliest.} Qd6+ 29. Kf3 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf3g2]}
Re7 30. g3 $1 g5 31. Kg2 $1 {Black is a piece down and no compensation for it,
the game finishes in couple of moves.....} Bc8 32. Nxg5 (32. Rc6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gb2a3,Ga3f8,Gh3g5]}) 32... Qh6 33. Nf3 f4 34. exf4 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10372]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 (7. g3 d5 8. c5 a5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13.
Bg2 O-O 14. O-O a4 15. b4 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Tyomkin,D-Bluvshtein,M/Oakham ENG 2001/
The Week in Chess 334 (49)}) 7... d6 {The variation,which black played is
quiet solid one,but at the same time it doesn't promise him a total
equalization.White has a strong center and a pare of bishops.With correct
development white should reach better chances.On the other hand black should
place one of the pieces on e4 and depends on white setup to play e5 or may be
to start some play on the K-side.} (7... O-O 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qd3 d5 10.
b3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. b4 Nd6 13. c5 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc4 16. e4 Nc6 $15
{0-1 Gershon,A-Macieja,B/Paget Parish BER 2001/The Week in Chess 325 (59)})
8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. b4 d5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O a5 14. bxa5
$14 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Macieja,B/Portoroz SLO 2001/The Week in Chess 348 (35)}) 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. b4 (9. O-O h6 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. b5 $5 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Dgebuadze,A/Charleroi BEL 2001/The Week in
Chess 349 (40)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Ne4 (10... Qe7 $5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qd3 f5 13.
Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 $14 {0-1 Kempinski,R-Ostrowski,L/Suwalki 1999/EXT 2000 (23)})
11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 f5 12. O-O Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski,R-Aronian,L/
Batumi GEO 1999 (45)}) 11... f5 12. O-O {The position rised,is quiet popular
in this variation.Black usually tries to develop some counterplay on the Kside,
while white can play in the center or pushing f3 and e4.} Rf6 13. d5 e5 $2 {
This move looses almost by force at least pawn.} (13... Rg6 $142 $5 14. dxe6
Nf8 {Was clearly better than continuation in the game.}) 14. Nh4 $1 g6 15. f3
Ng5 16. f4 Ne4 $6 (16... Nf7 $6 17. Nf3 Qe7 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7,Rf6,Rf7]} 18. h3 Re8
19. Rae1 c6 {Black position is very passive and it is unclear how black will
get rid of all this pins,but the material is equal and black can hope for
holding it.}) 17. Nf3 $1 $16 Rf8 (17... Qe7 18. Bd3 $16) 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5
dxe5 20. Bd3 $1 {Against the rule that opposit coloured bishops is the sign
for a draw,in currient situation another rulel is active: attack with opposit
coloured bishops is always very strong due to the fact that defensive side has
no answer for the attacking bishop.} (20. Bxe5 $5 Qe7 21. Bb2 a5 22. b5 {
Also was good for white.}) 20... Qg5 21. Rae1 c6 {Black position is already
bad.This move trying to make some weakness on d5 to attack only opens the
position more and it is in white favour.} 22. c5 $1 {[%cal Gd5d6] Briliant
decition.Giving a pawn,white gains a very strong one on c6 and in addition to
weak black monstr,black position ruins.} bxc5 23. bxc5 cxd5 {Forced.} 24. c6
Bc8 (24... Rac8 $2 25. Bxe4 fxe4 (25... dxe4 26. Qb3+ $18) 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
cxb7 $18) 25. Bxe4 dxe4 (25... fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qc5+ Qe7 28. Qxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc6,Re4,Re5,Rf8]}) 26. Qc4+ Rf7 27. c7 $6 {Makes the game a bit
longer.} (27. Qd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7,Gd5e5,Ge5h8] Was winning immideatly.})
27... Bd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Bxe5 $18 Rc8 (29... Be6 30. Qa6 $18 {[%cal Gd1d2,
Gf1d1,Gd2d8]}) 30. Bd6 {Bishop was placed on a very good square,it was no
reason to move it.} (30. Rd6 $142 $1 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 30... Qe6 31. Qc5 h6 32.
Rb1 {Black has absolutly no counte play,so white can make few not the best
moves and the character of the position won't change.} Kh7 33. Rb8 g5 {Some
space for the K in case of attack.} 34. Be5 Qa6 35. h3 (35. Rc1 $142) 35... Qd3
36. Bd4 {[%cal Gc5e5,Ge5h8]} (36. Qxa7 $5 {Proving the helpless of the black
position.}) 36... Qa6 $8 37. Qe5 Qe6 38. Rd1 $1 $18 {Very good move.Using the
fact that black can't exchange the queens,white brings the last piece to the
game and the reasult of the game is just a matter of time.} f4 {Loosing by
force,but what black could do? His position is difficult and without any
counterplay.} 39. Rxc8 Bxc8 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. exf4 gxf4 42. Qg8+ Kh5 (42... Kf5
43. Qg4#) 43. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c5] Decides immideatly.} Rxc7 44. Qg4+ {Black
resigned,he is loosing a R.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2001.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 288]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7
7. e3 O-O (7... d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Nd2 Rf6 13.
f3 Ng5 14. Bb2 Rg6 $132 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Leitao,R/Cappelle La Grande FRA 2000 
(26)}) 8. Bd3 {Kozul's favorite! Take a look at his repertuare in this line,
when his opponents chose different continuations:} (8. Be2 $5 {An interesting
alternative.} a5 9. b3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. b4 axb4
14. axb4 Qe8 15. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3,Gf2f3] 1-0 Yakovich,Y-Makarov,M/
Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (54)}) 8... c5 $6 {Rare move with bad
reputetion. 8...c5 really is unlogical move,white has a pare of bishops,so
it's seems not helpfull to open up  the position.} (8... Qe7 9. Qc2 d6 10. O-O
e5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nxh7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Nd7 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. f3 $14 {
[%csl Gd2,Gf5][%cal Gd2c3] 1-0 Kozul,Z-Pezerovic,E/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) (
8... Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O d6 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. d5 (12. f3 Ng5 13. d5 $14 {
1-0 Kozul,Z-Cebalo,M/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (32)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14.
f3 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3]} Ne5 15. Bc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qg5 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,
Z-Cebalo,M/Pula 1994/EXT 97 (17)}) (8... d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Ne4
12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 Rae8 14. b4 Ndf6 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. Ne1 Qg6 17. f3 $1 $14 {
[%csl Gb2,Gd3] 1-0 Kozul,Z-Kutuzovic,B/Pula 1995/EXT 97 (44)}) 9. dxc5 $1 {
[%mdl 8]} (9. b4 d6 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Bb2 e5 13. dxe5
$16 {1-0 Franco Ocampo,Z-Granda Zuniga,J/Las Palmas 1991/EXT 97 (40)}) 10. Bb2
Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 e5 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bc2 $1 $16 {1-0
Portisch,L-Timman,J/Montpellier 1985/Candidates (42)}) 9... bxc5 10. b4 $1 {
The best reply.I believe black knew this position and this move and prepared
something......} d5 $5 {I could guess that was black's surprise.} (10... d6 11.
Bb2 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Gd3]}) 11. Bb2 Nbd7 (11... dxc4 $5 12. Bxc4 cxb4 13. Qxb4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 {[%csl Gb2,Gc4][%cal Gh1g1,Ga1d1] Looks very dangerous for black,
but may be here black could have found some couterplay...} Nbd7 15. Rg1 Rb8 16.
Qc3 Qc7 17. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Rfd8 18. Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Qxf6+
Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ $11 (22. Bf6+ $4 Kd6 23. Be5+ Kc5 $19)) 12. cxd5 Bxd5
13. O-O $14 a5 (13... Bxf3 $6 14. gxf3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. bxa5 c4 $5 15. Be2
Nc5 $6 (15... Qxa5 $142 $132 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 16. Qc2 {[%csl Rc4]} Nce4 (16...
Nb3 17. Rad1 $16) 17. Rfc1 $1 {Now black is in trouble,he can't return the P
without loosing c4P or giving white a very strong initiative.} Rc8 $2 (17...
Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. Bxc4 Ngxf2 (18... Rc8 19. Qe2 $16) 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Ne5
$16 {[%csl Re4,Rf2][%cal Ge5c6,Gc1f1,Gc6a5,Gc6e7]}) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 (18... Nxf6
$142 19. a6 $16 {[%cal Gf3d2,Ge2c4,Gd2c4,Gc2c4,Gc1c4,Gc2c3,Gc2a4]}) 19. Rab1
$16 {Black has some compensation for the P.} g5 $5 (19... Rfd8 $142) 20. Bf1 $1
{Very solid move,prevents black's threat g4.} g4 $5 21. Nd4 Rc5 $1 22. Rb5 $8
Rxb5 (22... Rfc8 23. Rcb1 $16) 23. Nxb5 Ra8 $1 24. a4 $5 {White plays very
accurately.Black can't take on a5,since he is loosing his c4P.} h5 25. Rb1 $5 (
25. Bxc4 $2 Rc8 26. Na3 Nd6 27. a6 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 $19) 25... Rxa5 26. Bxc4
{White is forced to play this move,but it leads too complicated position.} Bxc4
27. Qxe4 Rxa4 28. Nd6 Bb3 $2 {After this move black is gonna suffer again.} (
28... Bb5 $1 $44 {[%csl Rg1] White's major problem is his K,which has no
escape and black had to play against that fact.}) 29. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} Ra3
30. Ne4 $40 {[%csl Ra3,Rb3,Rg8]} Qf5 31. Rc1 (31. f3 $5 gxf3 32. gxf3 {[%csl
Rg8]} Qxf3 $5 33. Qd8+ (33. Rf1 $2 Bd5 $1 $17) 33... Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qc5+
Kg7 36. Qxa3 $6 (36. Qg5+ $11) 36... Qxe3+ 37. Nf2 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Bc4+ 39. Nd3
Qd2 $1 $15) (31. Qd4 $6 {[%cal Ge4f6]} e5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd3 $11) 31... Ra8
$1 {Finally R comes back and black can be happy with the results,white has
still some adge but it's very small.} 32. Qd4 Ra4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible
mistake,it is a pitty that after such a beautifull defence black makes such a
blunder and looses the game.} (32... e5 $1 $132) 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35.
Rg8+ (35. Rg8+ Kh7 (35... Kh6 36. Qg7#) 36. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 4128]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 (
6... O-O $5 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5
Rxa5 13. Ne5 Ra7 14. Bb2 g6 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qa8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Kengis,E/Godesberger GER 2001/The Week in Chess 322 (40)}) 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bc3 f6 (10... O-O $6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Qb6 14. Qe7 Nc6 15. Qf6 $3 e5 16. Rg1 g6 17. O-O-O $18 {1-0 Piskov,
Y-Savon,V/Alushta 1992/EXT 97 (30)}) (10... d5 $6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd2 $1 Bxg2
(12... Bf5 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... Qxd5 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Qa4+ $18 {[%cal Ga4e8,
Ga4e4]}) 14. Qf3 $16) (12... Bg6 13. Bxg7 $16) 13. Qa4+ Kf8 (13... Qd7 14.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rg1 $16) 14. Rg1 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd2 Bg6 13.
h4 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Gh6][%cal Gh4h5]} (13. b4 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rc1 d6 16. Qg4
Bf5 17. Qg3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Timman,J/Rotterdam 1989/CBM 13 (58)})
13... h5 $8 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6]} Qe7 16. Rd1 $14 {White has
reached a very convinient position.The weakness on d6 will force black to
exchange on e4 very soon.The pawn structure on the black K-side is not too
solid?! Black has to play very cautiously not to get into trouble in early
stage of the game.} Bxe4 (16... O-O 17. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Gc3,Gd1,Gd6,Gf3,Gh1]
[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3g3,Gg3g7]}) 17. Qxe4 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 18. Qf3 (18. Qg6+ Qf7 (
18... Kf8 19. Rh3 $14) 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. b4 $14 {[%cal Ge1e2] Before black
played a5!}) 18... Qf7 {[%cal Ge7f7,Gf7g6,Gg6g4,Gg4f3,Gg4c4]} (18... Ne5 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rh3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Re5,Rg7,Rh5][%cal Gf3e4,Ge4g6,Ge4b7]}) 19.
Rd6 Qg6 {Since the position is not open black can afford himself to loose a
few tempos for this Q-trip to g4.Without the queens on the board black will be
safe.} 20. O-O Qg4 21. Rfd1 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ga5a4]} 22. R1d2 (22.
Qxg4 $6 hxg4 23. g3 a4 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. R1d2 Rhf8 26. Ke1 Rf7 27. Kd1 Ke8 28.
Kc2 Rb8 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rb2,Rf2,Rg3,Gg4][%cal Gb7b3]}) 22... Ke7 {Black
defendes the best way. He still has to bring the second rook into the game,but
already now seems like white can't find the right plan and just makes some
logical moves,although the position is still slightly better for white it is
only due to his advantage in development.As soon as it dissapears,white can
reach even worse position.} 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a4 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rb2,Rc4]}
25. f3 (25. f4 $142 {Some active resources.White had to play more activly and
to try to use the fact that black K is in the center and black pieces yet in
the game.} Rhf8 26. e4 Rf7) 25... Rhf8 26. Kf2 (26. f4 $5) 26... Rf7 $11 {
Black is regrouping his pieces.The best setup for black is :Rb7,Ra6,Ke7 and N
can be on d6 or better square in the future.On the other hand white can't
really improve the placement of his pieces,but he can organyze some
counterplay on the K-side by moving the g-h pawns.} 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Kd3 Rb8 29.
Kc2 Rb7 30. R6d2 {White is choosing the waiting strategy,what in this position
is still possible,but later white will have to find active plan on the K-side
otherways black will be better.} Ke7 31. Rd3 Rf8 32. R3d2 Rfb8 33. Rd3 Ra8 34.
R1d2 {White is waiting,but he should be aware of black's: d5 and c4!} Ra6 {
Black placed bestly his rooks,now it is time for the N,he can be on d6 or f5.
White position is a bit passive,so white's best plan is g4 followed by g5 or
h5.} 35. Rd6 Ra8 (35... Nd4+ $6 36. Bxd4 Kxd6 37. Bxf6+ Kc6 38. Bxg7 d5 39. Be5
$14) 36. R6d3 Nd8 37. Rd1 Nf7 38. Bd2 $4 {This move is loosing a pawn and
white gets no real compensation for it.} (38. R3d2 $5 Ra6 39. g4 $5 hxg4 40.
fxg4 Nd6 41. Kd3 $132 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gd2g2,Gd1h1,Gh4h5]}) 38... Ne5 39. Rc3 Rab8
40. Bc1 Rb3 $19 41. Rxb3 (41. f4 Rxc3+ 42. Kxc3 Rb3+ 43. Kc2 Nxc4 $19) 41...
Rxb3 42. e4 Nxc4 {Black has an extra pawn and better placed pieces,from now on
it is just the matter of technic.} 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Kxd3 d5 {White chose not
check black technic and resigned.And indeed black position is completly
winning in addition to extra pawn white B very passive and black shouldn't
have problems with winning this ending.} 0-1

[Event "Cutro 07th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 {I think this line is quiet promising
one for white.White gains already in the begginning a small,but a long range
advantage.In addition to solid center,white enjoys in the near future of pare
of bishops and easy game.In my opinion 3...b6 gives black better chances for
equalization.} b6 5. a3 {Logical continuation.If white plays 5.e3 and then a3,
black keeps an option after 5...Bb7 to keep the dark-square B.The important
difference is that now black forced to exchange the B,since 5...Be7 will be
followed by 6.e4!} (5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5
10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2][%cal Gc1b2] 1-0 Nikolic,P-Allen,A/
Surfers Paradise AUS 2000/The Week in Chess 292 (29)}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 {
[%csl Ge4] e4 square,may be the most important square in this line.The one
will take control on this square will get good game.} 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 (8. Bd3
$5 {Interesting move,which in my opinion deserves more attantion.In my
database white scored close to 90% in this line,I guess this line should be
checked more.} a5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]} 9. b3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4
12. Qc2 f5 $13 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6]}) 8... d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 axb4
(11... Qe7 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 a4 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Bf3
Bxf3 18. Nxf3 e5 19. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gf2f4] 1-0 Kozul,Z-Hulak,K/
Slavonski Brod 1995/CBM 48 (41)}) 12. axb4 Qe7 {[%cal Gc7c5,Ge6e5]} 13. Qc2 c5
(13... e5 14. d5 b5 $6 (14... c6 15. e4 (15. dxc6 Bxc6 $14) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5
$16 {Black has no space for his pieces.}) 15. e4 $1 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb5
$16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7]}) 14. Qb3 $14 {Now we can clearly say that white is
slightly better.Black should be very carefull,since white can always open up
the position and white bishops can be strong.} (14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 e5 16. Qf5
Be4 17. Qg5 h6 $11) 14... Rfb8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 (15... Bxa8 16. Ra1 $14 {[%cal
Ga1a7]}) 16. Rd1 (16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 Rxb2 19. Bd3 $11) 16...
Qf8 $6 (16... d5 $5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Ne5 Ne4 $132 {[%cal Ge4d6,
Gd6c4,Gb6c4,Gd5c4] Black has enough counterplay .White pare of bishops is not
felt as an influance of black knights on the white center.}) 17. dxc5 bxc5 (
17... dxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb4 (19. Qxb6 $4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rb8 $19) 19... Nfd7
20. Ne5 $14 {And again white keeps some adge only thanks to pare of bishops.})
18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. bxc5 Bxf3 (19... Rb8 $5) 20. Bxf3 Rb8 21. Qa3 dxc5 {White
has good B agains worse N.The weakness on c5 forces black to be cautious.} 22.
Qa7 {[%mdl 4128]} h6 23. g3 {[%csl Rf6]} Qc8 $2 {Black has no counerplay and
this is what kills him at the end.} (23... e5 24. Bd5 {[%cal Gd5f7]} Rc8 25. e4
$16 {[%cal Gd1b1,Gb1b7]}) 24. h4 $1 Qf8 25. Rd2 $16 e5 {Finally black is
trying something.} (25... Rb1+ 26. Kg2 Rb4 27. Qc7 Ne8) 26. Bd5 (26. e4 Rc8 27.
Rb2 Qd6 28. Rb7 Qe6 {And black is holding.}) 26... Rb1+ 27. Kg2 e4 28. Qc7 Qe8
29. h5 $2 {This move is not needed.After such a nice game white gives black
surviving chances.} (29. Qxc5 $18) 29... Nxd5 $2 {This move is loosing by
force.} (29... Rb3 $142 $1 30. Qxc5 Qd7 $44 {[%cal Gd7g4,Gg4f3]}) 30. Rxd5 $18
Qe6 31. Rxc5 Qf6 (31... Qg4 32. Qc8+ Qxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. g4 $18) 32. Qc8+ $1
{The quickest way to win.} Kh7 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. Rxf5 {[%csl Re4]} Rc1 (34...
Kg8 35. Re5) 35. Rxf7 Rxc4 36. g4 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gg3f4]} Rc6 37. Kg3 Re6 38. Kf4
Kg8 39. Rf5 Re8 40. Re5 Rf8+ 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 (3... d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6
8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qe2 {We could reach the same position also from the
text moves.} a6 $2 (10... Ne4 $5 {With unclear game.Black must gain some
counterplay.}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf5 b5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe1 $16
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2f4,Ge2d4] 1-0 Korchnoi,V-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee NED
2000/The Week in Chess 273 (60)}) 4. e3 {The alternative for the main 4.g3
line. Black mostly succedes to gain good piece development and good pawn
structure.The struggle is taking place usually in the center,when black plays
d5 and afterwards c5.If white manages to prevent one of them he gets better
game, if black attackes white center with c5 and d5 white can take on c5 and
on d5 and play position with hanging pawns with all advantages and
disadvantages of it.White major problem is the dark square B.The only good
place is on b2,from he usually helps white N to enter the e5 square.From the
other hand if black exchanges this B on b2 by playing in the future Ba3,he can
enjoy of black squares weaknesses on the queenside.} Bb7 (4... d5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6.
Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bb2 c5 13.
e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Rxf8+ Nxf8 16. Nxe4 $14 {1-0 Doettling,F-Gavrikov,V/
Bad Wiessee GER 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (47)}) 5. Bd3 d5 (5... g6 $5 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. e4 O-O 9. Re1 {Strange King's Indian,white is better. The
development of the light pieces is almost finished,center is built and black
didn't start attacking it yet.I think if black so passioned to play Indians
structures,he would rather do it immideatly.} Nbd7 10. Bf1 a6 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2
Nh7 13. d5 e5 14. g3 $14 f5 $2 15. Nh4 $40 Qf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd3 e4 {
[%tqu "En","White played his previous move in addition to play this move,what
was on his mind?","","","c3e4","Very nice.White pieces placed too comfortable
for this sacrafise.White ruins the black defence and begins a powerfull attack.
",10]} 18. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Ng5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Bh7+ Kf7 22. Re6 $18 {
1-0 Kacheishvili,G-Sakaev,K/Anibal Open ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 323 (29)})
6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. b3 {Another plan for white is 9.Qc2 and
push e4,which doesn't look too promising.But black should be carefull,white
threates now Nb5 what forces black to play a6,Timman agains Portisch ttried to
fight for the center immideatly by playing c5,but the expirement wasn't
succesfull.} (9. Qc2 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gc3b5,Gb5d6,Gb5c7]} c5 $6 10. e4 c4 11. e5
cxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.
Ne5+ Ke8 18. Nb5 Kf8 19. f3 Bb4 20. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Timman,J/Hilversum
1984/MCD (50)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 a6 {[%csl Gb5]} 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Ne2 {Opening
c-file,dark square B and removing the N to the K side.} (12. Qc2 Ne4 $132 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 12... Ne4 13. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} g6 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf7f5]} 14.
Rc2 Rfc8 $6 {This move is not needed.Better was to look for counter play in
the center and on the kingside.} (14... f5 15. Qe2 $14 (15. Re1 g5 16. Nf1 g4
17. N3d2 Qh4 $36 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6g6,Gf6h6,Ga8f8] Black has good chances for
the attack.}) 15... g5 $6 (15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 c6 $14 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb6,Rb7,Rc6] The bigest black problem: lack of space is not solved yet,that's
why white has better chances for the future.}) 16. Rfc1 g4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
Ne5 Qe6 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Bxe5+ Qxe5 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23.
Rxc7 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re4,Rf5,Rg4]}) 19. Nh5 $16 {[%cal Gh5f4]}) 15. Qe2 f5 16.
Rfc1 $14 c6 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 c5 18. Qd2 $14) 17. Nf1 {[%cal Gf3e1,Gf2f3]}
a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 18. a4 {[%csl Rb4]} Bb4 $6 {Tempting,but wrong. B does
nothing there and the next move it goes back.} 19. Ne1 Bd6 20. Qd1 $1 {[%cal
Gf2f3] Important move.White won't be able after playing f3 to take on e4
without this profylactic move.} Rf8 $6 {Where are you going?Black is preparing
f4? Or may be was preparing against f3,e4? Anyway this is not the best way to
play.Black suffers from lack of space,it seems like B on b7 is an audience,the
only idea which might help both is-c5.O.k it does look dangerous,but in order
to win you have to risk.It must give more chances for fight than the move in
the text.} (20... c5 21. Nf3 $14 {White is still better,but at least black has
some ideas now,chances for counterplay.}) 21. f3 Ng5 (21... Nef6 $142) 22. f4 (
22. Re2 $14 {[%cal Gd1c2,Gf1d2,Ge3e4]}) 22... Ne4 23. Nf3 $36 {[%cal Gf3e5]
The difference between the knights on e4 and e5 will be felt.The one on e5
will attack the c6 square,which will very hard to defend,while the one on e4
won't be doing much.} Nb8 (23... c5 {Was the only chance to stay in the
busness.Now white gains a serious initiative.} 24. Ne5 Ndf6 $14) 24. Ne5 $16
Bxe5 $6 25. dxe5 {[%cal Gd3e4,Ge5e6,Gd1d4,Gd4h8]} Qe6 $8 26. Bxe4 $1 {Very
good decition.N was the only black piece which played somehow.Now the
difference between the bishops will be felt very well.Q is stopping the e-pawn
to promote and to open the B on b2,but we all know that Q as a blockade piece
is not so good.....} fxe4 27. g4 {[%cal Gc2g2,Gf4f5]} Nd7 28. Ng3 {[%cal Gf4f5,
Ge5e6]} Qe7 $4 {Loosing by force.} (28... Nc5 $5 29. f5 Qe7 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31.
e6 gxf5 32. gxf5 Qg5 33. Kh1 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Ge6,Gf5][%cal Gd1d2,Gd2c3,Gc1g1]
White has very powerfull attack.}) {[%tqu "En","Black queen is removed from
blocking e6 square.How white can finish his plan?","","","c2c6","Correct.Black
king finds himself totally naked....",10]} 29. Rxc6 $18 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 {[%csl
Rd5,Re4,Rg8]} Rad8 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 (31... Qf7 32. e6 $18) 32. Rd6 {[%cal Gd6d7,
Ge5e6]} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 g6 {Black transfers the game to
King's Indian positions.If we compare it to normal King's Indian black didn't
loose time,because white will play e4 after he played e3 and black also will
play e5 after he played e6,but the difference is actually quiet big: 1.The B
on b7 is placed bad in case of plaing e5 or c5.2.Black begins to fight for the
center too late,white already finishing the development.3.When black will play
e5,white will be able to close the game with d5,what will take black's light
square B out of the game for a while.Black will have to play Bc8,remove the N
from d7 in order to bring him back to the game and it will give white time to
start some action in the center or on the sides.} 6. Nc3 Bg7 (6... d5 7. O-O
Bg7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Qc1 c5 13. e5 Qd7 14.
Qf4 $11 {0-1 Galliamova,A-Epishin,V/Vienna 1996/CBM 53 ext (30)}) 7. O-O d6 (
7... d5 $5) 8. e4 O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf1 a6 (10... c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 $14
{[%cal Ga2a4,Gf3d2,Gd2c4]}) 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 (12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bh2 e5 14. d5
$14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 12... Nh7 $6 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gf7f5] Black is preparing e5 and
afterwards f5.} (12... c5 $5 13. d5 e5 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Qd2 Kh7 $14 {Position
is slightly better for white,but black has some counter chances.He should play
Bc8 and prepare slowly f5.}) 13. d5 {Like forcing black to do what he wanted,
but actually preparing very nice combination.} e5 (13... exd5 14. exd5 $14 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc1e3,Ge3d4]}) 14. g3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h4] Very good move.White
planned his attack and waiting for f5.Black already have bad position.If he
doesn't play now f5,after Nh4 is not clear how he will be able to play it
later.May be the best plan for black was to bring the B on b7 to c8,by playing
Ndf6,Bc8,Ne8 and then f5.In that time white will play b4 and c5 what surely
will give him advantage.} f5 $2 {It is always dangerous to play f5 when light
square B is not supporting it,but now it's a decisive mistake.White pieces
placed very well for beginning attack.} 15. Nh4 $16 Qf6 {Black doesn't feel
any danger....} 16. exf5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7] Correct, to open position.} gxf5
17. Bd3 $40 e4 {Now black is loosing,but his position is already bad.As you
will see,the B on b7 won't move until the end of the game.The light square
weaknesses are felt too much and white uses it the best way.} {[%tqu "En",
"White played his previous move in order to play.......","","","c3e4","Nice.
Now white is winning easily.",10]} 18. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 {[%csl Re6,Rf5,
Rg6]} Ng5 20. Bxg5 {Getting rid of the last piece,who defended light squares.}
hxg5 (20... Qxg5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ Kxh7 23. Nxf8+ Kg8 24. Nxd7 Rd8 25. Qe4
Bc8 26. h4 Qh5 27. Qe7 Rxd7 28. Qe8+ Qxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Rxc8 $18) 21. Bh7+
Kf7 $6 (21... Kh8 22. Ng6+ (22. Re6 $4 Qxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 gxh4) 22...
Kxh7 23. Nxf8+ Kg8 24. Nxd7 Qf7 25. Re6 Qxd7 26. Qg6 Rf8 27. Qxg5 Qf7 {[%cal
Gb7c8,Gf7f2] Black is probably lost,but could have some counter chances.A pare
of bishops can make some troubles.After the move in the text black is hopeless.
}) 22. Re6 $1 $18 {White uses all the weak spots.} gxh4 23. Rxf6+ Bxf6 $8 (
23... Nxf6 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ $18) 24. Re1 {[%cal Gc2g6]} Ne5 $8 25. Qf5
hxg3 $6 {Black doesn't see white's idea.} (25... Bc8 $142 26. Qh5+ Ke7 (26...
Kg7 27. f4 (27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh5 (29. Bg8 $4 Bf5 $19) 29... Kg7
30. Qg6+ Kh8) 27... Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Kxh7 29. g4 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gf3h5,Ge1e7]})
27. f4 $18) 26. Qh5+ Kg7 (26... Ke7 27. f4 $18) {[%tqu "En","How would you
finish white's attack?","","","e1e5","Correct.Black gets mated.",10]} 27. Rxe5
$1 Bxe5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Bg8 {[%cal Gg6h7,Gf8g8,Gg6h6]} 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 (5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Bg7
8. b3 (8. e4 $5) 8... O-O 9. Bb2 d6 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 d5 $1) 10. Qe2 a6 11.
Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Iordachescu,V/Porto San Giorgio ITA
2000/The Week in Chess 303 (79) Black finished the developing and his position
looks promising.}) 5... d5 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3
Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15.
Rfd1 Rc7 16. Rc2 Qe7 17. Rdc1 Rfc8 18. Ba3 $14 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Sergeev,V/St
Petersburg RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (59)}) 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Ne2
Re8 13. Rc2 Ne4 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Ng3 Ndf6 16. Rd1 g6 17. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc6]
1-0 Ehlvest,J-Gunawan,R/Bali INA 2000/The Week in Chess 286 (37)}) 6. O-O Bd6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qe2 {All this idea behind 4.e3 move is not to play e4 and to
releaze white's black square bishop.White tries to promote e4,after what black
has defenetly no problems.} Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 a6
12. a4 Nh5 13. g3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rc2 Kh8 17. Ne1 Nhf6 18. Bg5
Qf8 19. Ng2 Qg7 20. Qd2 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 Djuric,S-Giorgadze,G/Panormo 1998/CBM 67
ext (20)}) 10. Nxe4 e5 {Black chooses to fight,although his position wiil be
slightly worse.} (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 c5 {0-1 Berger,J-Alapin,S/
Vienna 1908/HCL (74) With equal position.It is funny,already in 1908 it was
known:White has nothing here. May be in the game white would be satisfied with
draw?!}) 11. Bg5 exd4 (11... Re8 $2 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh6 e4 14. Nh4 $16) 12.
Nxd6 Bxf3 (12... cxd6 13. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Rd6,Gg5]}) 13. Qxf3 Ne5 (13...
cxd6 14. Rad1 $16) 14. Qf5 Qxd6 (14... Nxd3 15. Nb7 Qc8 16. Qxd3 Qxb7 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Qxd4 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg8]}) 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 $44 (16. Rae1 g6
17. Bxe5 gxf5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Bxf5 {Leads almost to the same position as in
the game.}) 16... g6 $8 17. Bxe5 gxf5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Bxf5 d5 (19... Re5 20.
g4 Rae8 21. Red1 Re2 22. Rxd4 Rxb2 (22... Ne4 $5) 23. Rxd6 Ree2 24. Rxf6 Kg7 (
24... Rxf2 25. Bxh7+ $18) 25. g5 Rxf2 26. Be4 $18) 20. cxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rd8
22. Kf1 Rxd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. a3 Nc6 $14) 23. Bd3 Kf8 $14 24. Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1c7]} Rc5 25. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4d4]} Rd5 (25... Rxc4 26. Bxc4 $16 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d3]}) 26. Rc7 a5 {White's position is defenetly
better.The plan is 1.Bring the king to the center.2 .To prevent black knight
to get to good post,which can be c5 square. 3.Win one of pawns: b6,d4,h7.} 27.
Ke2 Rd6 28. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]} Nd7 $8 29. f4 {Control over e5.} Kg7 {[%cal Gg7f6,
Gf6f5,Gf5g4]} 30. b3 $6 $14 (30. g4 $1 {Looks much stronger. The B will take
control over white squares,while pawns f4.g5 and h4 will take control over
black.Anyway white will have to push his pawns in order to get chances for win.
}) 30... h5 $1 31. a3 Kf6 32. g3 Kf5 33. b4 (33. Bb5 Ke6 $2 (33... Nc5 34.
Rxf7+ Kg4 (34... Kg6 35. Re7 d3+ 36. Kd1 Nxb3 37. h3 Nc5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4
Rd4 40. Be8+ Kf6 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. f5+ Kd5 $44 {[%cal Gd5c4,Gc4c3]}) 35. b4 axb4
(35... Ne4 36. Bd7+ $18) 36. axb4 d3+ 37. Kf2 d2 38. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Gh2h3,
Gb5e2]}) 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Bxd7+ Kxd7 36. Kd3 $18) (33. Bxf7 d3+ 34. Kd2 Nf6
$132) 33... axb4 34. axb4 Kg4 (34... f6 35. Bb5 $1 Nf8 36. Re7 {[%csl Rf8]} Kg6
37. Bd3+ Kh6 38. Kf3 Ng6 39. Rc7 Re6 40. Be4 Ne7 (40... Rd6 41. b5 $18 {
[%csl Rg6,Rh6][%cal Gc7c6]}) 41. Rd7 f5 42. Bc2 $16) 35. Bxf7 d3+ 36. Kd2 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 37. Bg6 (37. b5 $1 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 d2 39. Bb3 $16 {[%cal Gb3d1,
Gd1g4]} d1=Q 40. Bxd1+ Rxd1 41. Kxe4 Rb1 42. Rg7+ Kh3 43. Rg5 Kxh2 44. Kf5
Rxb5+ 45. Kg6 Rb3 46. f5 $18 Rxg3) 37... h4 38. gxh4 (38. Bxd3 hxg3 39. hxg3
Kxg3 40. f5 Nd5 41. Rg7+ Kf4 42. Rg6 Ke5 43. Rxd6 Kxd6 44. b5 Ke5 $11 {[%cal
Gd5c7,Gc7b5]}) 38... Nd5 39. Rg7 Nxf4 40. Bxd3+ Kxh4 41. Rg3 Nd5 42. b5 Nc7 43.
Kc3 Rd5 44. Kb4 Rg5 {Easier was 44.Rd4+ with probably quick draw.} (44... Rd4+
45. Kc3 (45. Bc4 Rd2 46. Rg6 Rxh2 47. Rxb6 Nxb5 $11) 45... Rd5 46. Kb4) 45. Rf3
Nd5+ 46. Kc4 Nc7 47. Bf5 Rg2 48. Rh3+ Kg5 49. Bd3 Rg4+ 50. Kb3 Rh4 51. Rg3+ (
51. Rxh4 Kxh4 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 52. Bf1 Nxb5 $11) 51... Kf4 52. Bc4 Rxh2 {The
rest is clear.} 53. Rg6 Rh3+ 54. Kb4 Rh5 55. Rc6 (55. Rxb6 Rxb5+ 56. Bxb5 Nd5+)
55... Rc5 56. Rxb6 Rxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mario Covas 1st"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2001.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Limp, Eduardo Thelio"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2001.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 (7. a4 $5 {
[%cal Ga4a5]}) 7... Bb7 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12.
exd4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4] The positions with hanging pawns are always full of life.
Let see the plans of both sides.White: 1.To place the Q on very comfortable
square-b3,from where she will control important square d5 and will be helpfull
also on the queenside. 2.To bring the rooks to the center.Here important to
choose between c1,d1 and e1.I think the best set up for the roks is d1+e1. 3.
To push the d-pawn as far as possible.It will gain white more space and will
open the dark square B.Black's plan: 1.To improve some pieces,the N on d7 is
placed bad-c6 is better square for him,from there to a5 attacking c4 pawn.2.To
bring the rooks to the game.The best set up is c8+d8 3.To control white breaks
in the center.} Re8 $6 13. Qb3 Nb8 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. d5 $14 Na5 16. Qa4 exd5 (
16... Bd6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd4 Re5 19. Ndb5 Ne8 20. c5 $2 (20.
Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gf1][%cal Gd1d8]}) 20... Qg5) 17. cxd5 {
[%cal Ga4h4] White is much better,in addition to that white can bring the Q to
Kside and to start an attack at black K.} a6 18. d6 $6 {It was really
unnessasary.White enjoys from big space advantage.It was better just to keep
the pressure in the center.} (18. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c6]} Bd6 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6
Qc7 21. Qh4 Bf4 22. Rc2 Nxc6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2,Gh4][%cal
Gb2g7,Gc2c6,Gg2g3,Gd5d7,Gd5h5,Ge2d3] With very pleasant position.}) 18... Bxd6
19. Ba3 b5 (19... Ne4 $5 {Only computer machine can find this move.} 20. Bxd6 (
20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Qc2 Qe8 22. Bxd6 Rxe2 23. Qd3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rd8 {And white
has to fight for a draw!}) (20. Rxd6 Nxd6 21. Rd1 Qf6 $19) 20... Nxc3 21. Rxc3
Rxe2 22. Qf4 (22. Bc7 Qe7 {[%cal Gb7f3]} 23. Bxb6 (23. Qh4 Bxf3 24. Qxe7 Rxe7
25. gxf3 Re6 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Rd3 Nc4 $17) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Re1+ $19) 22...
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qe8 $15) 20. Qh4 Bxa3 (20... Nd5 $5 21. Bxd6 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxe2
$17 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 $17 {[%csl Ga3,Gb7]} 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ (22...
Rc8 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Re2]} 23. Nb1 Rxe2 24. Nxa3 Rxa2 $17 {With big winning
chances for black.}) 23. Bxd1 Rc8 24. Ne2 $13 Rd8 25. Nfd4 Bd5 (25... Be4 $1 {
[%cal Ga5c4,Ga3c5]}) 26. Bc2 {White is trying to get some attack on black K.
The position is not clear-Black has enough material compensation for the Q,but
he should be carefful,since white attack can be strong.} Re8 27. h3 {Nessasary
move.} Bxa2 28. Ng3 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gg3h5]} Bd6 29. Ndf5 Be5 30. Nxg7 (30. Qg5 g6
31. Ne4 $36 Nxe4 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Qxe5+ Nf6 34. Nf5+ gxf5 35. Qg3+ Kh8 36. Qc3
Re6 37. Qxa5 Bc4 38. Bxf5 Rc6 $15) 30... Kxg7 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Nh5 Nxh5 33.
Qxh5 Kg7 34. Qg5+ (34. Qg4+ Kf8 (34... Kh8 35. Qd7 $1 Re6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qg5+
Kf8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 $11 (38... Re8 39. Qxa5 Bc4 40. Qxa6 {White can hold this
ending ,mostly because of the weak black K.})) 35. Qb4+ Kg8 36. Qxa5 Bc4 37.
Qxa6 {With good chances for a draw.}) 34... Kh8 35. Qf5 (35. Qh6 f5 36. Bxf5
Bg8 37. Qxa6 Nc4 38. Qxb5 Rd8 $15) 35... Kg8 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Bg7 38.
Qxa6 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. g3 Bd5 $17 41. Qc8+ $8 Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kf6 43. Qh4+ Ke6
44. Qg4+ f5 {The only chance to play for full point.} 45. Bxf5+ Kf6 46. f3 {
Forced.} Re2+ 47. Kg1 Nc4 48. Qg6+ $132 Ke7 49. Be4 Bxe4 50. fxe4 Nd6 $1 $15
51. Qh7+ Nf7 52. g4 Bd4+ (52... b4 53. g5 $44) 53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 b4 55. e5
$3 {Very important for white to get some counter chances!This move allows
white to bring the Q(if nessasary) to stop the b-P and also to push g5-g6 or
e6 with good surviving chances.} Rf4 $6 {After this move,black has to fight
for a draw.Probably he overevaluated his position.The right move was 55...b3} (
55... b3 56. Qd3 Nxe5 (56... b2 57. Qxd4 b1=Q+ 58. Kxf2) 57. Qxb3 Nf3+ 58. Kd1
$11) 56. g5 Bxe5 (56... Ke6 57. g6 Ng5 58. Qg8+ Kxe5 59. g7 $18) 57. g6 Bc3+
58. Ke2 b3 59. g7 (59. gxf7 b2 60. f8=Q+ Kxf8 61. Qh6+ Ke7 62. Qxf4 b1=Q 63.
Qc7+ Ke6 64. Qxc3 Qe4+ $11) 59... Bxg7 60. Qxg7 Rf6 61. Qg3 Re6+ 62. Kd2 Kf6 {
Black is not able to save the bP.} 63. Qxb3 Kg6 $4 {I guess it's just a
writing error.} 64. Qg3+ (64. Qxe6+) 64... Kh7 65. Kd3 Rg6 {Luckily for black
white can't break this castle.} 66. Qc7 {White tries to win,but after few
moves finds it "too hard" and the game after a very interesting struggle ends
as a draw.} Kg7 67. Qc3+ Rf6 68. Kd4 Kg6 69. Qg3+ Kh7 70. h4 Rd6+ 71. Ke4 Rg6
72. Qc7 Kg7 73. Qc3+ Rf6 74. h5 Ng5+ 75. Kd5 Nf7 76. Qb2 Nh6 77. Qd4 Nf7 78.
Qa1 Nh6 79. Qg1+ Kh7 80. Qa7+ Nf7 81. Qe7 Kg7 82. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {In my opinion this move doesn't promise
white much.Black can place all his pieces very comfortable and fight for the
center by playing c5.} Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 (6... Bd6 7. cxd5 $6 exd5 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 g6 {0-1
Neelotpal,D-Neverov,V/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (38) And black got
an easy game.}) 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%csl Gb5] In several games white
exchanged on d5,what in my opinion is quiet bad for them.Black can bring the R
to e8 and to control defenetly the most important squares in this setup: e4
and e5.} (9. cxd5 $6 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 $11 {[%cal Gf6e4,Ge8e4]}) 9...
a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Nd2 $146 {Preventing from black N to enter e4 square.} (11.
Na4 $5 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne4 13. c5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Bxe4 Bxe4
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 f6 21. Bc3 Rb8 22. Ba5 Rb5
23. Bxc7 Rxc5 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rd7+ Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Khalifman,A/
Germany 1994/GER-chT (25)}) 11... c5 (11... Ne4 12. Ncxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxh2+
14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Rfd8 19. Rc4 Qc6
20. Qg4 $14) 12. Qe2 {Forcing black to leave the R on a8 to protect the a6
pawn.} (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Rfe8 $11) 12... Rfd8 13. Rfe1 (13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Bf5 cxd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Rfe1 $11) 13... cxd4 (13... e5 $5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bb7 17. d5 b5 18. a4 c4 19. bxc4 bxa4 $132 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 14. exd4 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]} 15. cxd5 (15. Na4 dxc4 16.
bxc4 Qc7 17. h3 Qc6 18. Qf3 Bb4 $1 19. Red1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qxf3 21. gxf3 b5 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Bxf3 $15 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4,Gg6h4,Gf6d5]}) 15... Nxd5 {
[%cal Gd5f4]} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc4 Qg5 18. g3 Bb4 19. Red1 (19. Nxb6 Bxe1 20.
Nxa8 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Rxa8 22. Rc7 Qh5 $11) (19. f4 Qe7 20. Red1 Qb7 $15) 19...
b5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nxd5 (21. f4 $5 Qf6 22. a3 Bd6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc6 $14)
21... exd5 22. Qe3 {Both players play very carrefully and do not take any
risks. And after few moves in equal position they agree for a draw.} (22. a3 $5
) 22... Qf6 $11 23. Qe5 Qb6 24. a3 Be7 (24... Bd6 $5 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf6 Ne6 $15
{[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd6f8,Gf8g7]}) 25. Bf1 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gf1g2,Gg2d5]} Bf6 26. Qe3
(26. Qf5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc1c5,Gf1g2]} g6 27. Qf3 Bg7 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4]})
26... Rc7 27. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 40]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {The alternative is 4.g3} Bb7 5.
Bd3 d5 (5... c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 (7... O-O 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9...
d6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. h3 $14 {[%cal Gc1f4,Gf3d2,Gd2c4]}) 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxh7+
Kxh7 12. Qxd5 $14) 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nxc3 12. bxc3
O-O 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Ne5 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Rc8 $4 (15... Qc7 $14) 16.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxf7+ Kh7 19. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Izeta Txabarri,
F-Yudasin,L/Las Palmas 1993/CBM 40 (72)}) 6. O-O Bd6 7. cxd5 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21.
Qd1 Re7 22. Nfd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Novgorod 1996/CBM 54 (80)})
7... exd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 Re8 $146 {Usually black prefers to place the Q on
e7 to support the e4 square and to leave the rooks on c8 and d8. In this game
the R defends the N on e4 and the Q stays on d8. My opinion is that the setup
with Q on e7 promises black more,since the Q can influance also the Qside and
can help promoting c5.} 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 {[%cal Gc3b5]} a6 {Nessasary to
defend b5 square.} 12. Ne2 {Probably the best plan for white.} Ne4 13. Ng3 g6
14. Qc2 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Rc8 (14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qe7 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc7c5]} 16.
Ne5 $14) 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rc2 (16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Nc4 Bf8 $15 {
[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]}) 16... h5 17. Rfc1 {White makes simple position moves,
while black gains some initiative on Kside.This game shows us the harmeless of
this line.Clearly white should look for advantage in 4.g3 line.} h4 18. Nf1 {
[%cal Gd3b5,Gf3e5]} c6 19. h3 {[%cal Gf1h2,Gh2g4,Gg4e5]} Rc7 20. N1h2 f5 $15 {
I can take a risk and say that black chances are already better.White faces
the difficalties in finding solid plan and just plays accuratly.Black N on e4
is very strong and in the near future white will have to exchange it.} 21. a3
Re6 $1 {[%cal Gg6g5,Ge6g6,Gd7f8,Gd7f6,Gc7g7]} 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Nf6 24. Nf3
Ne4 {White only got rid of privious N and already the second one enters the e4
square.} 25. Qe1 (25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Ne5 Qg5 27. Kh1 {Probably was the best
white try.As long as the N is on e5 white position is o.k.If black wants to
play for full point he has to play c5 some time what will give white good
counterplay.}) 25... Qe7 {[%csl Ra3]} 26. Ne5 $2 {Loosing a pawn. After simple
27.a4 the position would stay complicated.} (26. a4 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gf3e5]} g5
$36 {[%cal Ge6g6,Gg5g4]}) 26... Bxa3 27. Bxa3 Qxa3 28. Bb5 $2 {The best try
was to exchange the N on e4 and to play against the black K.} (28. Bxe4 fxe4
29. f4 Qe7 (29... exf3 30. Qxh4 $44 {[%cal Gh4d8]}) 30. g3 $44 {[%cal Gc2g2]})
28... Qxb3 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Nxc6 Qa4 $19 31. Nd8 Rxc2 32. Nxe6 Rxc1 33. Qxc1
Qc4 34. Qb2 Qb4 35. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6,Ga6c8]} (35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Nf4 b3 37. Nd3
Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} 38. Nb2 Nc4 39. Nd1 b2 $19) (35. Qc2 Qe1+ (35... Nc3 $1 36.
Nf4 a4 $19) 36. Kh2 Nxf2 $4 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Ng5+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qh7+
Kxg5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qxh4+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ $11) 35... b5 {Now white is hopless.}
36. Nf4 Qc4 37. Qf3 Kf7 38. Ne2 a4 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.04.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {This quiet move came lately in fashion.It
seems that white is closing his dark-square B without any reason,but it is not
as simple as it looks: B will take place on b2 from where it will take control
over e5 square,more than that in every case of opening the center and
disappearing the d4P,the B on b2 will become a very strong piece. The very big
difference between this setup and the one with g3 and Bg2 is that here white
can gain initiative on the Kside,while in the other setup the B on g2 is
almost never joins the attack on black K.} Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 {The most logical
move.} (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. d5
e5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rae1 a6 14. a4 $14 {[%csl Rb7] 1-0 Kosyrev,V-Staniszewski,
P/Swidnica 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 {
Black can choose here between few continuations,but the move in the text seems
to be the best one.Taking care of b5 square and preparing c5......} a6 (9... c5
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Bc2 Rc8 16.
Bf5 Rc7 17. Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd1 Re7 22. Nfd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Novgorod 1996/CBM 54 (80)}) (9... dxc4 $5 10.
bxc4 e5 11. Bf5 {[%cal Gc3b5]} a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Rb1 exd4 14. exd4 Nf8 15. Re1
Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nf3 $11 {Abschätzung. 1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Huebner,R/Germany 1981/GER-chT (90)}) (9... Ne4 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Ng3 Rfe8 12.
Qc2 Qg6 13. b4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rec8 16. Qc2 f5 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re6]
[%cal Gc2a4,Gd3a6] 1-0 Malaniuk,V-Nikolenko,O/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (41)}) 10. Rc1
(10. Qe2 $6 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 Rf6 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rh6
16. f3 Qh4 17. h3 Ng5 18. Nf4 Qg3 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 Nxd3 (21...
Bxf3 $1 22. Rxf3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Rd8 25. Nf4 (25. Rd1 Rxh3+ 26. Kg2
Rh4 27. f4 g5 $19) 25... Rd2 $19) 22. Nxd3 Rd8 23. Nf4 Nf7 24. Kg1 g5 25. Ne2
c5 26. Ng3 Rh4 27. Rc1 Bc6 28. Nf1 Kf8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Ke7 31. Kf2 {
1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Fries Nielsen,J/Gausdal 1992/TD/[Alex] (31)}) 10... Qe7 $11
11. Bb1 Rad8 12. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 13. Qc2 (13. Nh4 g6 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Gf6e4]} 14. Nf3 Ne4 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 13... Rfe8 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2
f5 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Nf6 $15 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qg5
Ne4 (15... b5 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb5b4,Gf6e4] Fighting for e4 square and
after playing b4 closing totally the B on b2!}) 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18.
Rxc3 f6 {Securing e5 square.} (18... Nf6 19. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c6]} c5 20. Rcc1
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4 22. b4 Rc8 (22... cxb4 23. Bd4 Nxe5 24. Bxb6 Rde8 25. Bc5 Rc7
26. Bxb4 $14) 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Ba3 Rec7 25. Bb2 $11) 19. Bd3 Nf8 {The
position is equal.} 20. Bf1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf1g2,Gg2d5]} Ne6 21. g3 Kf7 22. Rc2 {
Profylactic move.} Red7 23. Bg2 Bf8 24. h4 h5 25. Ne1 {It is really hard to
break for one of the sides.Each player improves the placement of his pieces.
Black is capble of playing c5,but it is probably won't change too much the
character of the position.White can exchange the dark-square bishops and can
try to play against c7P and to try to bring the N to b4 and then to c6.} Bd6
26. Nd3 Re7 27. Nc1 Red7 28. Ne2 Re8 29. Nc3 Bf8 30. Nb1 Red8 {Last 6 black
moves show that he is just waiting for white plan.....} 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Nxa3
c5 33. dxc5 (33. Bh3 $1 cxd4 (33... f5 $6 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6,Gh3,Rh5]}) 34. Bxe6+
Kxe6 35. Rxd4 Rc8 36. Kf1 Rxc2 37. Nxc2 Rc7 38. Rd2 $14 {Even here,when black
has a weakness on d5 and bad bishop it's really hard for white to win it.})
33... bxc5 34. Rcd2 Ke7 35. Nb1 $6 {[%cal Gb1c3] White succeded to get some
small advantage,but the next move gives it all away.} (35. Nc2 {[%csl Gd4]} a5
36. Bf3 Bc6 37. Kg2 $14) 35... d4 $1 {After this simple move almost all pieces
exchange and the endgame is equal.} 36. Na3 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 dxe3 38. Rxd7+ Rxd7
39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. fxe3 Nc7 41. Nc4 Ke6 42. Kf3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 79th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen "]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 7. d5 {An
entertaining pawn sacrifice. Ein unternehmungslustiges Bauernopfer.} exd5 8.
cxd5 Bxd5 (8... Nxd5 {is the alternative (9.Be4 Nxe3) ist die Alternative (9.
Be4 Nxe3).}) 9. e4 Bc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Nc7 12. Nc4 $146 Ne6 13. Re1 Bxf3 $6
({Worth trying was Einen Versuch wert war} 13... b5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 O-O)
14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. Bh6 $1 {Now White has a splendid initiative. Nun hat Weiß
eine prächtige Initiative.} Ncd4 (15... Bxh6 16. Nd6+) 16. Qh3 b5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6
18. exd6 Qf6 19. f4 Nf5 (19... O-O-O) 20. Bxf5 gxf5 ({No better was Nicht
besser war} 20... Qxf5 21. Qc3 $1 Rg8 (21... f6 22. Qf3 {followed by 23. g4
and 24.f5. nebst 23. g4 und 24.f5.}) 22. Re5 $1 Qf6 (22... Qg4 23. h3 Qh4 24.
Bg5 Qh5 25. g4 {is another way of saying goodbye. ist eine andere Möglichkeit,
sich zu verabschieden.}) {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","The black
queen is unprotected.","","e5e6","Clearing with tempo the diagonal c3-f6 and
winning the queen after 23...Qxe6 (fxe6 24.Qxf6) 24.Re1.",10,"De","Wie soll
Weiß fortsetzen?","Die schwarze Dame ist ungedeckt.","","e5e6","Räumt mit
Tempo die Diagonale c3-f6 und gewinnt die mit Dame nach 23...Qxe6 (fxe6 24.
Qxf6) 24.Re1.",10]} 23. Rxe6+ $1 {winning the queen after 23...Qxe6 24.Re1.
mit Damengewinn nach 23...Qxe6 24.Re1.}) 21. Re5 Rg8 22. Rae1 Rc8 ({This was
the last chance to bring the king into (relative) safety: Dies war die letzte
Chance, den König in (relative) Sicherheit zu bringen:} 22... O-O-O $5) 23. Bg5
Qg6 24. Rxf5 c4 25. Rf6 Qd3 {[%tqu "En","White's queen is attacked - what do
you suggest?","There is one point all three white major pieces are aiming at.",
"Find a way to the black king!","e1e6","Storming the last bastion in front of
the black king.",10,"f6e6","Just as good as the game.",10,"De","Die weiße Dame
ist angegriffen - was schlagen Sie vor?","Es gibt einen Punkt, auf den alle
drei weißen Schwerfiguren zielen.","Bahnen Sie sich einen Weg zum schwarzen
König!","e1e6","Erstürmt die letzte Bastion vor dem schwarzen König.",10,
"f6e6","Genauso gut wie die Partie.",10]} 26. Rexe6+ $1 {Storming the last
bastion in front of the black king. Erstürmt die letzte Bastion vor dem
schwarzen König.} fxe6 (26... dxe6 27. Rxe6+ {is even worse since the black
king cannot hide on f8 anymore: ist sogar noch schlechter, da sich der
schwarze König nicht mehr auf f8 verstecken kann:} Kf8 (27... Kd7 28. Re3+) 28.
Be7+ Kg7 (28... Ke8 29. Bf6+) 29. Qh6+ Kh8 30. Bf6+ {and checkmate. und matt.})
{[%tqu "En","What now?","Don't stop half way.","","f6e6","Of course!  This
second rook is taboo, so the black king is forced onto the f-file where it
will be attacked by all white pieces.",10,"De","Was nun?","Bleiben Sie nicht
auf halbem Wege stehen.","","f6e6","Na klar!  Dieser zweite Turm ist tabu,
daher wird der schwarze König in die f-Linie gezwungen, wo die weißen Figuren
über hin herfallen.",10]} 27. Rxe6+ $1 {Completing the task of exposing the
black king! Damit ist der schwarze König vollends entblößt.} (27. Qh5+ Rg6 28.
Qxh7 {would have given away the victory due to hätte den Sieg verschenkt wegen}
Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qxb2+ 30. Kf3 Qc3+ {with perpetual check, since mit Dauerschach,
denn} 31. Kg4 {fails to scheitert ja} Qxf6) 27... Kf8 ({This second rook was
untouchable: Dieser zweite Turm war unantastbar:} 27... dxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29.
Qe7#) 28. Bh6+ Rg7 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33.
Qe5+ Kg8 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Qxd7+ Kg6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kf7
39. h3 {After having brought in rich harvest (with 12 checks in succession!),
White finally finds time to prepare a safe place for his own king. Nachdem er
reiche Ernte eingefahren hat (mit 12 Schachs in Folge!), findet Weiß
schließlich die Zeit, dem eigenen König ein sicheres Plätzlichen zu bereiten.}
Qb1+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Karkanaque, Ilir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ricardi,P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 (7...
O-O 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... d6 10. e4 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 $14) 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 $14) 8. exd4 d5 (8... d6 $145 9. d5 $1 e5 10. Ng5
Nbd7 11. f4 g6 $2 12. f5 h6 13. Ne6 $1 $16 {Polgar,Zsu.-Hracek, Stara Zagora
zt 1990}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 $1 (11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 Nd7 $13)
11... Nf6 (11... Nd7 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. Qe4 $16) 12. Qh4 (12. Qg3 $145 $36 Kh8 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Qh3 Ng8 $8 15. Qh5 $1 $16 {Dizdar-Hansen,L.B., Berlin 1988}) 12...
Ne4 (12... Nbd7 13. Bf4 $14) 13. Qh3 Qxd4 $6 14. Bf4 $1 $146 Nf6 (14... f5 15.
Nb5) (14... g6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rad1 Bxg2 17. Qg3 $18) 15. Ne2 Qd8 (15... Qxb2
16. Ng4 g6 $2 17. Be5 $18) 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Bg5 g6 (17... h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19.
Qxh6 $40) 18. Qh4 Re8 {[#]} 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Bxf6 Kg8 $2 (20... Bxf6 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Nf4 Bg7 23. Nxg6+ Kf7 24. Bb5 {P d4-f4} Rg8 25. Rd4 $18) 21. Bxg6
$1 1-0

[Event "Noumea op"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qc3 f6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 {
A draw could safely have been agreed here but Solozhenkin hopes to make
something of his bishop pair.} Qd6 21. Bc2 e5 22. f3 Bc6 23. Qe1 Be8 24. Be4
Bf7 25. Bd5 Qd7 26. Qd2 cxb4 27. axb4 b5 $1 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. c5 Qc4 30. h3 $6
{Beginning an erroneous plan; White's king will be needed in the centre, not
tucked away in the corner.} Kf7 31. Kh2 $6 Ng6 32. Qd7+ Ne7 33. Qxa7 $2 Qxb4
34. Qa2+ ({Solozhenkin had intended} 34. Ba3 {forgetting about the reply} Qa4
$1 {. Now Solozhenkin must enter a losing knight v bishop endgame.}) 34... Qc4
35. Qxc4+ bxc4 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Ke2 Kc6 $1 39. Kd2 Nf5 40. f4 exf4
41. exf4 Kxc5 42. g4 Nd4 43. Ba3+ Kd5 44. f5 Nb3+ 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. Bb4 Nd7 47.
Ba3 Ne5 48. Bb4 Nd7 49. Ba3 Nc5 50. Bb4 Ne4 51. Bf8 c3 52. Kd3 g6 53. fxg6 hxg6
54. h4 Nf2+ 55. Kxc3 Nxg4 56. Kd3 Ke5 57. Ke2 Ke4 58. Be7 Kf4 59. Bd6+ Ke4 60.
Be7 f5 61. Bd6 f4 62. Be7 {(...) The rest of the game was unrecorded - Black
manoeuvred his king to g4 and captured the h pawn with an easy win.} 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O
d5 $6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Ne4 $2 {
With natural developing moves White has already built up a promising attacking
position, leading Black to make an unwise break for freedom.} 14. Qh3 Ndf6 15.
d5 $3 {A terrific idea. Black cannot capture on d5 immediately with out losing
the knight on e4.} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Bg5 $1 ({Not, however,} 17. c4 Be4 $1
) 17... g6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Bxg6 $3 ({Christiansen was hoping for} 19. Bxh6 Nd7 {
with some confusion but Polgar has a surprise in store.}) (19. Qxh6 $2 Ng4 $1)
19... fxg6 (19... hxg5 20. Qxg5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Rd3 {leads to immediate
disaster.}) 20. Qxh6 Nh7 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. c4 $1 {The final
point - due to the threat of Rd7 Black must return the piece and remain down
in material with an exposed king.} Qh4 24. cxd5 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Qe4 exd5
27. Qxd5 Rg8 28. h3 Rf5 29. Rf1 {An excellent pragmatic decision - a queen is
almost always superior to two rooks in a time scramble and Christiansen was
already seriously short of time. The rest of the game is an excellent display
of winning technique by White.} Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Rg7 32. Qd4 Rf6
33. h4 $1 Kg8 34. g4 $1 Nf8 35. g5 Re6 36. Ng4 Rge7 37. h5 Nd7 38. g6 Ne5 39.
Nh6+ Kf8 40. Qf4+ Ke8 41. Nf5 Nxg6 42. hxg6 Rxg6 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45.
Qxa7+ Kd8 46. a4 Kc8 47. Kh3 Rc6 48. Kg3 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rb3 50. Ke5 {"Perhaps
the best attacking game I have ever played," said Polgar afterwards. The
tournament jury agreed and awarded her the brilliancy prize for this game.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {That line was a dangerous weapon of Giorgi
in this tournament.} Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 a6 {
[%csl Rb5][%cal Ya6b5] A typical necessary move-black stabilizes the placement
of Bd6,preventing Nc3-b5.} 10. Qe2 (10. Rc1 Re8 (10... dxc4 $5 11. bxc4 e5 12.
c5 bxc5 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. f4 Nh4 $15 {0-1 Peralta,
F-Tiviakov,S/Copenhagen 2002/CBM 89 ext (39)}) 11. cxd5 (11. Ne2 dxc4 12. Rxc4
b5 13. Rc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 g6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Almasi,Z/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (28)}) 11... exd5 12.
Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Qc1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Seirawan,Y/Prague 2002/CBM 89 (21)}) 10... Ne4 11. Rac1 (11. Na4 Qe7 12. Rac1
Rfc8 $5 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 c6 17. Bd3 Rxa4 18.
Bxe4 Rxa2 19. Bb1 Raa8 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5] 1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G-Sturua,Z/Batumi
2002/CBM 90 (46)}) 11... Qe7 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Na4 (13. Rc2 Rf6 14. Na4 $6 Rh6
15. Ne5 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 $40 {0-1 Sale,S-Shariyazdanov,A/
Mravinci 1995/EXT 98 (26)}) 13... f4 $6 $146 {That move is very risky from
strategical point of view: now the Ne4 is more vulnerable and if white could
change it,black's position will be hard due to weaknesses on e6 and e5.On the
other hand,white's knight has left the centre on previous move,and black wants
to use it.} ({more solid looks:} 13... c5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 dxc4 16. bxc4
Bc6 17. Bc2 $13 {1-0 Kosyrev,V-Gagarin,V/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 14. Rc2 $1
{[%cal Gb2c1] Protecting on f2 and freeing a spot for the bishop.} (14. exf4 $6
Rxf4 $1 15. Nc3 Raf8 $132) 14... Rf7 {Black has no time to double the rooks.} (
14... fxe3 $5 15. Qxe3 c5 $1 16. dxc5 Bf4 (16... Ndxc5 17. Nxb6 Bf4 18. Qe1
Nxd3 19. Rxd3 $16) 17. Qe2 bxc5 $14 {in that complicated position white's
chanses seems to be better,but black has some counterplay.}) 15. exf4 Bxf4 $2 {
That natural tackle is a serious mistake.} (15... Rxf4 $142 16. Bc1 Rf5 (16...
Rf7 {-see 15...Bxf4.}) 17. Nc3 Ndf6 $14) 16. Bc1 $1 {Suddenly black is forced
to change his main defender of black squares-the black squared bishop.} Bxc1 ({
after the natural} 16... Bd6 {white has a powerful} 17. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5]
} Bxb4 $140 $2 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxc7 Rb8 20. Nxb6 $18) 17. Rdxc1 Raf8 $2 {
After that move white wins a pawn.} (17... c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxb6 $1 {
(Maybe this strong blow was overlooked by Andrei Sokolov)} Nxb6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 (
20... Nc8 21. c6 $18) 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxc5 $18) ({the only way to fight was:
} 17... Ng5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Re8 $16 {with a great advantage of white.})
18. cxd5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc2c7]} Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qe3 $1 {The most
simple.} ({possibly was also:} 20. Qxe6 Bxd5 21. Qh3 {[%cal Ga4c3]}) 20... Qxd5
21. f3 {[%csl Rc7,Re6][%cal Gd3c4,Gd3e4,Gc2c7] Now black has no defence
against a lot of threats.} Qd6 (21... Rxf3 22. gxf3 Rxf3 23. Bc4 $1 Rxe3 24.
Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxc7 Nf8 26. Nxb6 $18) 22. Rxc7 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6] Black has no
any compensation for a pawn.More than that,it is very hard to avoid additional
loss of material.} Bd5 (22... Nf6 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Qe5 $18) 23. R7c2 e5 {
A desperation.} 24. Nc3 $1 Bxf3 (24... b5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Be4 Qd6 27. Rc6 $18
) 25. Bc4 $1 Bb7 (25... Qxd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. gxf3 dxc3 28. Rxc3 $18) 26. Ne4
Qg6 27. Ng5 {Now white wins a lot of material.The rest is an agony.} exd4 28.
Qg3 ({White has many ways for a win,but stronger was:} 28. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd7,Rf7]}) 28... Be4 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rc7 Re7 31. Rc8+ Nf8 32. Qf4 Qf5 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rc8+ (34. Rc8+ Re8 35. Qd6+ Kg8 36. Rxe8+) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 4]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 ({In my opinion,
the most solid is:} 5... d5 6. O-O Bd6) 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3
Ne4 {That typical move is more effective wtih the Bd6.} (9... Re8 10. Bb2 Ne4
11. Rc1 a6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Nbd7 16. Nc6 $14 {
0-1 Mozetic,D-Stevanovic,V/Belgrade SCG 2003/The Week in Chess 466 (54)}) ({
The most popular and natural move here is:} 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 a6
12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ne5 g6 15. f3 Nef6 16. Ng3 Qe7 17. f4 Rac8 18. Qe2
$14 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Istratescu,A/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 89 ext (29)}) 10. Bb2
Nxc3 {That is usually not bad for black to change the knights,but now he has
always to think about the positional threat of b3-b4.} (10... Nd7 11. Rc1 (11.
Qc2 f5 (11... Ndf6 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qd1
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,
L-Tukmakov,V/URS-ch51 Lvov 1984}) (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 13.
Bxc3 g6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Bf6 $1 {and white hasn't enough compensation.} (
15... Qe8 $2 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Qh4+ Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kh8
21. Qxc7 $16) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bg7) 12... Nf6 13. Rac1 $14) 12. Ne2 {
[%csl Ge5,Ge6]} Bd6 13. Rac1 $146 (13. Ne5 g6 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ndc5 15. Ba3
Nxd3 (15... Rf7 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. Bxf8 Ndxf2 17. Ba3 (17. Bxg7 {} Qg5 $1 (
17... Kxg7 $2 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Qe7 21. Qf4 Re8 22. e6 c5 23.
Qe5+ Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxf5+ Kf6 26. Rf1 $16) 18. Qxc7 Qxe3 $17) 17... Ng4
18. Rf3 c5 19. h3 Nh6 $44) 14. f3 Nec5 15. dxc5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 Qe7
18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Nd4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Nxd4 22. exd4 Qf6 23. Qf2 Ba6
24. Bxa6 {1/2-1/2 De Greiff,B-Pietzsch,W/Havana Cap mem 1962}) 13... Rc8 (13...
Qe7 {} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 (14... c5 $142 {(Avrukh,B) see13...c5}) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16.
b4 Bxb4 17. Qxc7 Rf7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Rfd1 {gives white a very pleasant
ending.}) 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... c5 $1 15. Nxd7 (15. Qb1 $2 Nd2) 15... Qxd7 16.
dxc5 bxc5 (16... Rxc5 17. Qd1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Gf5]}) 17. f3 Ng5 18. Ng3 (18.
h4 Ne4 $1 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 18... Bxg3 (18... f4 $2 19. Bf5 $16)
19. hxg3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Qd6 $1 21. Kh2 Qh6+ 22. Kg1 Qd6 $11) 15. dxe5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Krayz,A/Tel Aviv 1997/CBM 59/[Avrukh,B] (45)}) (11. Ne2 {
/\ Rc1;Ng3} c5 (11... Bd6 12. Ng3 Qf6 $6 (12... f5 $1 13. Ne5 Qe7 $13) 13. Rc1
{[%cal Gd3b5]} a6 14. Qc2 Nxg3 (14... Rfe8 $142 15. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 16. Nd2 {
/\ Nc4+/=}) 15. hxg3 $14 (15. Bxh7+ {} Kh8 16. fxg3 $5 Qh6 17. Bd3 Qxe3+ 18.
Kh1 $13) 15... Qh6 $2 (15... g6 $6 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $16 {
X /^a1-h8}) (15... h6 16. Bf5 Qe7 $14) 16. g4 $1 Rfe8 17. g3 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gg1g2,Gf1h1] 1-0 Malaniuk,V-Danielsen,H/Espergarde PC 1992 (21)}) 12. Ng3 Nxg3
13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Qg4 $6 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qe6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bb1 a5 $15
{1-0 Zhukova,N-Tetenkina,I/WchJW-U16 Szeged 1994 (44)}) 11... c5 (11... Ndf6
12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ne5 c5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. exd4 g6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Qh6
Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nf5 $1 $40 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1994 (40)})
12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Rc2 Qe7 17. Rdc1 Rfc8 18.
Ba3 $14 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Sergeev,V/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76 (59)}) 11. Bxc3 Ba6
$6 $146 {[%mdl 16384] That allows white to reach a stable advantage,since he
will fix the weakness on c6 by b4-b5.} (11... Nd7 $142 12. Rc1 (12. Qc2 Nf6 13.
Rac1 Bd6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Spraggett,K-McDonald,J/CAN 1994/EXT
97 (55)}) (12. b4 $5) 12... a5 13. Bb2 h6 14. Bb1 g6 15. Qc2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Foisor,O-Bardel,S/Grenoble 2002/CBM 88 ext (30)}) 12. b4 $1 {Without the Bb7
this move is very powerful.} Bxd3 ({after} 12... c6 13. a4 {there is nothing
better than 13...Bxd3.}) 13. Qxd3 a6 {I am not sure that this move is useful
for black,since that allows white to seice the ''a'' file in future.} (13... c6
$5 14. b5 (14. a4 Nd7 15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 $14) 14... cxb5 (14... c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Qb3 Nc6 $14) 14. a4 Bd6 {
[%csl Rc7,Gd6][%cal Gd6c7] White is going to fix black's pawn on c7,so black
has protected that pawn.} (14... Qd6 {[%cal Gb8d7]} 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Nd7
17. Ra6 $16) 15. b5 Qe7 ({after} 15... axb5 16. axb5 Nd7 17. Ra6 $1 {[%cal
Gf1a1] black's position is very unpleasant.}) 16. Rfb1 $1 {Now Black has
difficulties with development of Nb8,since axb5 is not good.} Nd7 (16... axb5
17. Rxb5 $1 Rd8 18. Kf1 {[%csl Rd5]} Qe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 $16 {[%cal
Gd2c4]}) 17. bxa6 c6 {It's the only way to win the pawn back.But now there are
a clear targets for white: Pc6 and Pb6 are vulnerable.} (17... Ra7 18. a5 Rfa8
19. axb6 Nxb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 20. Nd2 $16) 18. Bb2 $6 {[%cal Gb2a3] White wants
to change black's best defender-the Bd6,but now black gets an excellent square
for his knight.} ({after} 18. Rc1 Nb8 19. Bd2 $1 Rc8 20. a5 Rxa6 (20... b5 $2
21. Qxb5) 21. axb6 Rxb6 $16 {[%csl Rc6] white could get a typical solid
advantage.}) 18... Nb8 $1 19. Rc1 $6 {As it usually happens,one mistake can
lead to another one!} ({white could keep some advantage after:} 19. Ba3 Rxa6
20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ra2 $14) 19... Nxa6 $1 {Thats the point! Now it is not east
to see any advantage of white.} 20. Qb3 (20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nb4 22. Qd2 c5
$11) 20... Qb7 $6 {There was no reason for that passive move.} ({possibly was:
} 20... Rfc8 $1 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nb4 $11) 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rfc8 23.
Raa1 (23. a5 $5 b5 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nd3 $14) 23... Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6] Transfering
the knight to e6-the most comfortable place.} 24. Rab1 {Missing a great
opportunity of a4-a5.} ({after} 24. a5 Nb5 (24... b5 25. Ne5 Ne6 26. Nd3 $16 {
[%csl Ga5,Rc6][%cal Gd3b4]}) 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ne5 {white has a
clear advantage.}) 24... Ra6 25. Rc3 $6 {That is an additional inaccuracy,
after which black gets a comfortable position.} ({White's chanses are
preferable after:} 25. a5 b5 26. Ra1 Ne6 27. Qb4 $14 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3]})
25... Ne6 $11 {Black's pieces are at the ideal places now.} 26. Rbc1 (26. Ne5
c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Qb5 Qa8 $11 {[%csl Ra4]}) 26... Qa8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] That
is a serious blunder,since white's central pawns will be much stronger than
Pb6 and c6.} ({there are no problems for black after the simple} 26... Rc7 27.
Ne5 c5 $132) 27. Qxd5 $1 Rxa4 28. Qf5 $16 {Now the position is already very
hard for black:his passed pawn b6 has no power,on the other hand his pawn on
c6 is very vulnerable and d4-d5 is always a real threat.} Qa5 ({more accurate
seems to be:} 28... Ra1 29. h3 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 {although white has a great
chanses for a win here.}) 29. g4 $1 {An excellent decision.The position of Qf5
is very unpleasant for black,so he must change the queen-that allows white to
seize more space.} (29. Qxa5 $143 Rxa5 30. Kf1 c5 $14) 29... Qxf5 30. gxf5 Nd8
31. Ne5 c5 ({white should win after} 31... b5 32. Nxc6 (32. d5 b4 33. Rc4 Ra5
34. Nxc6 Nxc6 35. dxc6 $16) 32... Nxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Kf8 35. Rc7) 32.
Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Gd7b6] That move is quite strongest.} (32. dxc5
$143 bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Kf8 $16) 32... Rb4 $2 {That is a decisive
mistake.} ({The only way to fight was:} 32... Ra6 33. Rb1 $1 (33. dxc5 $6 bxc5
34. Rxc5 Rac6) 33... Rca8 $1 {but after the correct:} 34. Nxb6 cxd4 35. exd4
Rb8 36. Re1 {[%csl Rg8] white has an excellent chanses for a win.}) 33. dxc5
bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 {[%cal Gc5c8]} Rb7 (35... f6 36. Rc8 Kf7 37. Rxd8
Ke7 38. Rh8 Kxd7 39. Rxh7 $18) 36. Re5 {That's the point! Black cannot avoid
an additional loss of material.} f6 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Rxd8 $18 {
The endgame is completely hopeless for black,so the rest is just an agony.} Kh6
40. Rg8 Rb5 41. e4 Rb4 42. Rg4 Kh5 43. h3 h6 44. Kg2 {There is no stalemate!}
Rb6 45. Rg6 Ra6 46. Kg3 Rb6 47. f3 Ra6 48. Rg8 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg8e8,Ge8e6]}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 48]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O ({
another common line is:} 6... c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5
O-O) 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2g3] That is probably not the most principal continuation.} (12. Qc2 $5 Bf8 (
12... Bd6 $142 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd8e7,Ga8d8] Avrukh,B}) 13. Rfd1 a6 $6 (13...
Rc8 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (15. Bxd7 $5 Qxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Qb1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5]}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16... Rxc5 17. Ba3 $1 Rxc3
18. Qxc3 Bxa3 19. Qxf6 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 $16) (16... Bxc5 17. Qb1) 17. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5
18. e4 {and black has a lot of problems with a1-h8 -diagonal;f.e.} Bh6 19. Ra1
Qe6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3 f6 22. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 23. Qxf6 {with decisive attack.})
) (13... g6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 {also unpleasant for black.}) (13... Qe7 $142
14. Ne5 $36) 14. Bf5 cxd4 (14... Rc8 15. Ne5 (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 Rc7 17. Nf4
Bd6) 15... g6 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd7 dxc3 (16... Nxd7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd4 $16)
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxc8 cxb2 19. Bxb7 bxc1=Q 20. Qxc1 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 16.
Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qc3 f6 21. Qxf6 $18)
15. Nxd4 {[%csl Gd5]} (15. Rxd4 $5) 15... Nc5 (15... Rc8 16. Qb1) 16. Nce2 Bd6
17. Nf3 (17. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Nce4 (17... Qc7 $2 18. b4 (18. Ng3) 18...
Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kh1 $2 Nce4) 19... Ne6 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. g3 $18) 18. g3 $14
(18. Nf5 $6 Rc8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Ge4g5]})) 17... Nce4 18. Ng3 (18. Nf4 $5 Bxf4
(18... Qe7 19. Nd4) 19. exf4 Bc8 20. Bxf6 (20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qc6 Be6 $11) 20...
Nxf6 21. Ne5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 $14 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6,Gd5]}) 18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 $14) (
12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 a6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. f4 b5 18.
Qf3 Qd8 19. Bf5 Nb6 20. Nh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Mitenkov,A/Katowice op
1992 (40)}) (12. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gd3a6]} a6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qf1 Qe7
16. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Tibensky,R-Korbela,L/Martin 1996/EXT 99 (27)}) 12... Rc8 {
Now that move is not bad at all,since white cannot change the bishops by Ba6.}
(12... Ne4 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bf6 16. Bf5 Rc6 17. Rfd1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Huebner,R/SKA-Mephisto München 1992 (25)}) 13. Ng3 {In my
opinion,this typical knight's transfer is not effective now,since black can
just play g7-g6 and place his bishop on f8 and later on g7,neutralizing the
pressure of Bb2.} (13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. f4 Nf8 16. Rf3 Ng6 17. Qe1 Ne4
$11 {1-0 Jendryssek,J-Artz,F/Waldshut 1991/GER (85)}) 13... g6 14. Ne5 (14. Qe2
Ne4 15. Rfd1 Bf8 $11) 14... Bf8 15. f4 {That is a very risky continuation from
strategical point of view: white is hoping only for attack,because he has a
clear weaknesses on e3 and e4.} (15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18.
Qxb2 bxc5 19. Rfd1 $11) 15... Bg7 {That is a typical placement for the bishop,
that neutralizes white's pressure on the long diagonal.The position is very
complicated,but black's chanses are not worse,since his pawn structure is more
solid.} 16. Qf3 {The queen is very vulnerable on the long diagonal(as you can
see in future!)} ({white could keep a balanced position after:} 16. Qe2 Qe7 17.
Rfd1) 16... Rc7 {A good move.Black has protected on Bb7 and prepared c5-c4.} (
16... Qe7 $5) 17. Rb1 $6 {That is another strange move,that allows black to
seize the initiative.} ({better was:} 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Rfd1 {although after}
Rec8 {black's position is already slighty preferable.}) 17... c4 $6 {Black has
seized a lot of space on the queen side white's bishops are really passive now.
On the other hand,i am not sure about that,because now the centre has
stabilized and that allows white to start some active operations,using his
strong Ne5.} ({after} 17... Qe7 $142 $1 {it is very hard to see some useful
move for white.}) 18. Bc2 b5 $1 {It is clear that black shouldn't allow white
to activate his dark squared bishop,but there is no time for that.} ({after} 
18... Qe7 $6 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. e4 $132 {white could reach a very strong
central pawns.}) 19. Ba3 $1 Re6 $1 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Ge6a6,Ga7a5] An excellent
rook's transfer.It goes to a6,there it will attack white'a pawns and protect
on Nf6(in view of f4-f5).Black has also took control on d6,and planning to
push a7-a5 and b5-b4,so white's next move is practically forced.} 20. Bb4 Ra6
21. Ra1 {Another strange move.I cannot understand the reason for that passive
move.} ({much more natural looks} 21. a3 Qe8 (21... Bf8 22. bxc4 bxc4 (22...
dxc4 23. e4 $13) 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. f5 $132) 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rf2
{and white has a defensible position,since black has always to worry about his
king.}) 21... Bf8 {Changing the dark squared bishops,black wants to break
white's blockade on the queen-side.On the other hand,white gets an excellent
opportunity of counterplay by f4-f5.} 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Nxd7 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
That is already a serious strategical mistake.White's knight on e5 is the
strongest piece,so white shouldn't change without any reason!} ({after} 23. f5
g5 (23... Qe7 $2 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qg5 $40 {[%csl Rg6]}) 24. Nh5
Qh6 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qg3 $132 {white could get good counterchanses.}) 23...
Rxd7 24. f5 {Now that move is much less powerful.} Qb4 $6 {Too optimistic.The
queen should be placed close to Kg8.} (24... g5 $5 25. Nh5 Qh6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
$15) 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. bxc4 $4 {That is a desicive mistake.The Bb7 could only
dream about opening the long diagonal!} ({The only way to fight was:} 26. Qf4
Qc3 27. Rac1 Qd2 28. Rfd1 Qa5 29. bxc4 bxc4 (29... dxc4 30. e4 $132) 30. Bb1 (
30. Rf1 $5) 30... Re6 31. Rf1 {and white's counterplay should be estimated.})
26... dxc4 27. Qf4 Qc3 $1 {That strong move was probably overlooked by white.}
28. Be4 (28. Rac1 Qd2 {[%csl Rg2,Gh2][%cal Gd2g2]} 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Ng4
31. Re2 Rxa2 $19) 28... Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Re6 $19 {[%csl Re3] Now
the game is over!} 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. d5 Rxe3 33. Qc6 Qd4 34. Kh1 Rxd5 35. h3 {
That allows an elegant final blow,but white is completely lost anyway.} Rxh3+
36. gxh3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 {. Rabinovich,Al} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5
{In my opinion,that is the right moment for that move.} (6... O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 ({now after} 9... Ne4 {white can save his bishop by} 10. Be1
) 10. b4 (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 a5 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. f4
$14 {Dreev,A-Shipov,S/St.Petersburg op 1993}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bc3 Re8 {N} (11...
Qc7 12. Rc1 Rad8 (12... Rfe8 13. Nh4 Rad8 14. f4 $2 Be4 $15 {Sherwin,
J-Petrosian,T/Lone Pine 1976}) 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Re1 Qb7 $2 16. d5
exd5 17. b5 $16 {Ehlvest-Kharitonov /Sverdlovsk 1984}) (11... Qe7 12. Nd2 (12.
Re1 {} Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 $10 {Frias,V-Kosten,A/London WFW 1990})
12... Rfc8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Nf1 Ne8 17. Ng3 Rd7 18.
b5 Rad8 19. a4 a5 20. Rd2 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Balashov,Y/RUS-ch Elista 
(05) ;CBM 50 1995}) 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Rc7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. a4 $14 {1-0
Khalifman,A-Romanishin,O/Ischia 1996/CBM 54/[Dautov] (35)}) 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2
Ne4 {Black doesn't allows white to play with a pair of bishops.} (8... d6 9.
dxc5 (9. Bc3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. f3 d5
15. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Van der Werf,M/Groningen 1992/EXT 97 (58)})
9... bxc5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qb6 12. O-O a5 13. Rfd1 Ne7 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. f3
O-O 16. Nf1 Nd7 17. Be2 Nde5 18. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Cramling,P-Wallace,J/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97 (39)}) 9. Bxe4 {That move is practically forced.} (9. O-O Nxd2 10.
Nxd2 (10. Qxd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qg5+ 12. Kh1 cxd4 13. Be4 Nc6 $15) 10... cxd4 11.
exd4 Qf6 $11) 9... Bxe4 10. Bc3 f6 $8 (10... O-O $2 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Qb6 14. Qe7 Nc6 15. Qf6 $3 e5 16. Rg1 g6 17. O-O-O $18 {1-0 Piskov,
Y-Savon,V/Alushta 1992/EXT 97 (30)}) (10... d5 $2 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd2 Bxg2
13. Qa4+ Kf8 (13... Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rg1 $16) 14. Rg1 d4 15. exd4 Bc6 16.
Qd1 $2 cxd4 17. Bb4+ Kg8 (17... Ke8 18. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge1c1]}) 18.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qg4+ Kf6 20. Qh4+ Kg7 21. Be7 $18) 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. h4 $5 $146 {
[%cal Gh4h5] A new attempt to fight for advantage in this line.White wants to
force black to take on d4-that pawn structure is favourable for white,since
that would allow him to seize the space,pushing his pawns(b2-b4 and e3-e4).On
the other hand,that game shows that white can reach only a minimal advantage.}
(12. dxc5 bxc5 13. h4 h5 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne4 (15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qg3 Bc2 17. Rc1
Bf5 18. e4 Bh7 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. O-O e5 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4] 0-1 Stoeber,
M-Arkell,K/Hastings 1995/CBM 50 ext (34)}) 15... Qe7 16. Rd1 O-O (16... Bxe4
17. Qxe4 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 18. Qf3 (18. Qg6+ Qf7 (18... Kf8 19. Rh3 $14) 19.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. b4 $14 {[%cal Ge1e2] Before black played a5!}) 18... Qf7 {
[%cal Ge7f7,Gf7g6,Gg6g4,Gg4f3,Gg4c4]} (18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rh3 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Re5,Rg7,Rh5][%cal Gf3e4,Ge4g6,Ge4b7]}) 19. Rd6 Qg6 {Since the
position is not open black can afford himself to loose a few tempos for this
Q-trip to g4.Without the queens on the board black will be safe.} 20. O-O Qg4
21. Rfd1 a5 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2][%cal Ga5a4] 0-1 Kacheishvili,G-Graf,A/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84/[Rabinovich,Al] (44)}) 17. Nd6 Rab8 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. O-O a6 20. Rd2
Rb3 21. Rfd1 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A-Chernin,A/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD 
(26)}) 12... cxd4 {Black must prevent h5-h6,but firstly he has to take on d4.}
({after} 12... h5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 $14 {the pawn on h5 is a good target
for white,and that allows him to start an immediate attack:} O-O $6 15. g4 $40)
13. Bxd4 h5 {That is a necessary move.} (13... h6 14. Qg4 $1 $16) 14. Bc3 Nc6
15. Qf3 Qc7 {Black is waiting for white's castle.} (15... O-O $5 16. g4 $1 Ne5
17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qg2 Qf6 $13) 16. O-O Rc8 {The most reasonable spot for Ra8.}
({another possibility was:} 16... O-O 17. Rac1 Rad8 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 18. e4
$14 f5 $140 19. e5 $1 f4 20. Rfe1 Rf5 21. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gd2f3]}) 17. Rfd1 Bf5
18. Qe2 Bg4 $6 {A loss of time.White is planning to play f2-f3 and e3-e4
anyway-there is just no other plan.} (18... Bg6 $142 19. Rac1 O-O {and black
is close to equality.}) 19. f3 Bf5 20. Nf1 $1 {That is a typical knight's
transfer-the most comfortable place for it is on e3.} Bg6 21. e4 $14 {White
has got a typical space advantage.Actually,that is probably an ideal position
that he could only reach,since black has no counterplay at all.On the other
hand,black has only one visible weakness on d7,and it is very hard to break
his position.} Bf7 {The bishop has nothing to on g6 anymore.On the other hand,
here it may be useful,since sometimes black can play e6-e5,attacking white's
pawn on c4.} 22. Rac1 O-O 23. b4 {Without that move there is no other plan for
white.Now he can sometimes push c4-c5 or a3-a4-a5.That deserves an accurate
play from black.} ({white could also build up another pawns chain:} 23. Ne3
Rfd8 24. b3 d6 25. a4 {but it is very hard to realize a4-a5 without b3-b4.})
23... d6 24. Ne3 Nd8 $1 {An excellent knight's transfer! It will prevent some
breaks like c4-c5 or a3-a4-a5 and protect on d6.} 25. Be1 {In my opinion,white
cannot make progress on the queen side,so he should try to start some
operations on the king-side.Thats why better was to keep the bishop on the
long diagonal.} ({more to the point was:} 25. Bb2 Nb7 26. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1g1,
Gg2g4] trying to break black's position on the king-side.That will practically
force black to play:} e5 {and after} 27. Rg1 $14 {[%cal Gg2g4,Ge3f5] white has
more chanses for success than in the game.}) 25... Nb7 26. Qb2 {Protecting on
Rc1 in view of the possible b6-b5.On the other hand,now white's pieces are not
ready for some active play on the king side.} ({after} 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Rdc1
Qe7 {i don't see how white can make progress.}) 26... Rfd8 27. Bf2 Rb8 {
Black cannot improve the placement of his pieces,so he has just to wait.} 28.
Rd2 Rbc8 29. Rcd1 {All white pieces are at the ideal positions,but there is
the known rule:''one weakness in opponent's position is not enouth for a win!''
} e5 {That wasn't necessary,but probably the best.Now white hasn't time to
prepare g2-g4 because of black's pressure on c4.} 30. Rc2 Be6 31. Rdc1 {
White has perepared Ne3-d5,but black can do with it.} Kh8 32. Rc3 Qf7 33. Qd2
Rd7 34. Nd5 Kh7 35. R1c2 Rg8 $1 {Black shows that now he can also play g7-g5,
creating counterplay on the king side.Now white's pressure on d6 is not so
powerful,and c4-c5 is not dangerous at all.} 36. Be3 {Preventing g7-g5.} Rc8
$11 {Now it is clear that white cannot make any progress,and i can even say
that the position is about equal.} 37. Qd1 Nd8 38. Bf2 Nc6 {[%mdl 288] White
can never put pressure on d6-in that way he must remove his knight from d5,and
that not possible-white has a weakness on c4 also! In my opinion,that game is
a nice example of how defending side has to play with less space.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 (9. Bg5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nbd5 14.
Rd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 (15... Ne4 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Bb3 Rc8 $6 (17... Ba6 $142 18.
c4 Rc8) 18. Rh3 Be4 19. Ba3 Bg6 20. g4 Rc7 21. f4 $36 {1-0 Savon,V-Tal,M/
Moscow 1969/URS-ch (33)}) 16. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Podlesnik,B/Ljubljana
1996/CBM 53 ext (26)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bb5+ {In that system white's chances of
advantage are usually connected with an attack against black's monarch. That's
why white's last move seems to be not very dangerous for black, as the
exchanges are favourable for him.} ({The most ambitious continuation here is:} 
10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4) ({another interesting possibility is:} 10. Re1
Nd7 (10... O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Bf8 17. Bg5 $14 {Arsovic,Z-Zafirovski,M/JUG-ch op 1996}) 11. Ne4 O-O 12.
a3 N5f6 13. Ng3 {-see comments to 1-0 Sokolov,I-Kudrin,S/ FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 
[Tyomkin]}) 10... Bc6 11. Qb3 {That move is a very rare guest in practice.} ({
The most popular lines are:} 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5) ({and} 
11. Bc4 O-O (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. a4 Re8 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Ng5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rac8 $132 {0-1 Kovacevic,V-Skembris,S/Kavala 1990/CBM 21 (41)})
12. Re1 (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Rfd1
Re8 18. Qf1 Na5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Yudasin,L/Kiev 1986/URS-ch (41)}) (12.
Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. Qg4 Qc8 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Bh6 Bf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,
G-Mokry,K/Trencianske Teplice 1985/MCL (31)}) 12... Bb7 13. Bb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Ba4 Bf6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Tal,M-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1986/EXT 2000 (26)}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O $5
$146 {An interesting attempt to improve on black's play. The point is that
white's queen cannot be transfered to the kside so quickly, so black can
complete his development more comfortably.} (12... Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. a4 (
14. Qh5 $142 $1) 14... Nc6 15. Ne5 $6 (15. c4 $142 Bf6 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Be3 Rfd8
18. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Ba3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Yuferov,
S-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1991/TD (52)}) 13. c4 {The best. Now black has always to
watch out for a possible strategical threat of d4-d5.} ({White's pawn
structure is worse, so he has to play very energetically - otherwise black may
complete his development and fix white's weaknesses. For example:} 13. Ne5 $6
Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Qc7 15. Bb2 Bd6 $15 {and black's chances are better,because he
has a clear plan of attacking white's weak pawns.}) 13... a6 {That move is a
serious strategical mistake in such a positions, since Pb6 turns very weak.
But here it can be explained, as it's not easy for black to complete the
development of his queenside.} ({Deserved attention also:} 13... Bb7 $5 14. Rd1
a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. cxb5 Bd5 17. Qd3 ({after} 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bd6 $44 {
black has a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 17... axb5 18. Bxb5 Rxa2 19.
Rxa2 Bxa2 $11) 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 {That is an ideal placement for black's knight,
as it can attack both white's central pawns.} 15. Be3 {The most logical
continuation. Now after d4-d5 the bishop may put a strong pressure on black's
pawn b6.} (15. Bb2 Na5 (15... Rc8 $143 16. Bc3 $1 Bf6 17. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Ga1b1]}) 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. d5 Nxc4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 Bf6
21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11) 15... Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re5,
Gf6][%cal Ge5d4,Yf6d4,Yf6e5] The most accurate move. An important ''e5'' spot
is under control now, no black may consider an opportunity of 16...Na5.} (15...
Qc7 16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. c5 $1 $14) 16. Rab1 (16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Qd3 Qc7
18. Rac1 Rac8) 16... Rb8 $11 {[%cal Gb6b5] Now b6-b5 is a strategical threat,
so white has no time to improve his position.} (16... b5 $6 17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Qxb5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rbd1 e5 21. Nxe5 Ra5 22. Qd7 Rd5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.
Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Nc6 $16) 17. Qa4 {That leads to an equal endgame, but probably
white had no better alternatives.} (17. Rfd1 b5 18. c5 Qd5 $1 (18... Ne7 $6 19.
Bf4 Rb7 20. Bd6 $14) 19. Qxd5 exd5 $11) (17. d5 Na5 18. Qd3 exd5 (18... b5 $2
19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Rxb5 exd5 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Qxd5 $16) 19. cxd5 b5
$11 20. d6 Nc4 21. d7 $6 (21. Bf4 Qd7) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qe7 $15) 17... Nxd4
18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rbd1 ({After} 19. Rfd1 $6 e5 20. Nxe5 Qh4 21. Nd7 (21. g3
Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxh2+ $17) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bg3 23. h3 Bc7 {black has a draw
at least.}) 19... e5 20. Nxe5 Qc7 $8 21. Rxd4 {White's heavy pieces are
slighty more active, so he is trying to avoid an exchanges.} (21. Nd7 b5 22.
cxb5 Qxd7 23. Rxd4 Qxb5 $11) (21. Nc6 b5 22. cxb5 (22. Qxa6 Rb6 23. Qa7 Rxc6
24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxd4 bxc4 $11) 22... axb5 23. Qxd4 Qxc6 $11) 21... Qxe5 22.
Rd5 {After this move black doesn't faces any difficulties at all, as white
couldn't prevent b6-b5.} ({After} 22. Rfd1 {black has to play accurately in
order to equalize:} Ra8 $1 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 23. h3 (23. Qb4 b5 24. c5 Rac8 25.
Rd5 Qe2 $11) 23... b5 24. Qb3 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rfc8 26. Qd3 g6 $11) 22... Qe6 23.
Qxa6 {Now black's rook becomes very avtive.} (23. Rfd1 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qb3
Rfe8 $11) 23... Ra8 24. Qb5 (24. Qb7 Rxa2 25. Rb5 Qxc4 26. Rxb6 $11) 24... Rxa2
{Now the position is absolutely equal.} 25. Qb3 (25. h3 g6 26. Rfd1 Qf6 $11)
25... Re2 26. h3 g6 {It's very important to notice that white cannot activate
the Rf1. That fact would allow black to exchange the queenside pawns.} 27. Qb4
Rc8 28. Rd6 Rb2 {The most simple way.} ({Possibly was also:} 28... Qf5 29. Rxb6
Qf4 30. Rd6 Rc2 $11) 29. Qa3 $6 {It's very hard to explain that white is
trying to play for a win in this position! Black's heavy pieces are already
more active, so there was no reason to avoid an exchanges.} (29. Qxb2 $142 Qxd6
30. Re1 Qf4 31. Qxb6 Qxc4 32. Qf6 Qc6 $11) 29... Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rc4] Now the
difference between white's and black's heaqvy pieces is obvious. 30...b6-b5 is
a serious threat.} 30. Rd4 $2 {That is already a serious mistake, which allows
black to advance his ''b'' pawn and exploit white's passivity.} ({It was
necessary to take care of Kg1:} 30. g3 $142 $1 h5 31. h4 Ra2 32. Qb3 Rxc4 33.
Qxb6 $11) 30... b5 $1 31. c5 (31. cxb5 $2 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rc1+ 33. Rd1 Rxd1#)
31... Rc2 $17 {Suddenly white is in troubles, as he unable to avoid a loss of
pawn.} 32. Rd5 Qe4 $1 {Black should to keep the queens on the board in order
to combine advancing of his passed pawn with some attacking possibilities.} ({
After} 32... Qe7 $143 33. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 34. fxe3 R2xc5 (34... R8xc5 35. Rd7) 35.
Rd7 {white's chanses of draw cannot be understated.}) 33. Rfd1 Qf4 34. Rf1 ({
After} 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Qa1+ Kh6 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc2c1]} 37.
Qe1 Rxc5 {white's position is also very hard.}) 34... b4 35. Qa5 $2 (35. Qb3 {
was probably more resistant:} R2xc5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Qb2 {[%cal Gf1b1]} Qe4
38. Rd1 $17 {Here a good technic is deserved from black, as his monarch is not
very safe.}) 35... b3 36. Rd8+ (36. g3 Qc4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 $19)
36... Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 $19 {Now white's position is completely lost - he has
no counterplay, so black's ''b'' pawn will decide the game very soon.} 38. Qb6
(38. Qd3 Qb4 39. Qe3 (39. Rb1 Qxc5 $19 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc5f2]}) 39... Rxc5 $19
{was also hopeless.}) 38... b2 39. c6 Qf6 {Taking the long diagonal under
control and preventing c6-c7.} 40. Re1 Qxc6 (40... Qc3 41. Rf1 Rc1 $19) 41.
Qd4+ Qf6 42. Qe3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {That solid and quiet system gains a
popularity nowdays.} Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 ({white's last move avoids a popular
system which can arise after} 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6) 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 {That move is usually connected with 10.Ne5, while the long
diagon is not closed. White is trying to exploit his extra tempo for occupying
an important spot on e5 and starting some active operation on the kside(f2-f4
and Rf1-f3 later).} ({The most ambitious continuation here is:} 9. Nc3 a6 10.
Qe2 {-see my comments to 1-0 Kacheishvili,G-Sokolov,A/ EU-chT (Men) [Roiz]})
9... Qe7 {That move is standard in that type of positions - now e6-e5 may be
an equalizing method by the way.} (9... Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qh4 12. h3 c5
13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 $11 {1-0
Harikrishna,P-Bakre,T/Calicut IND 2003 (88)}) ({another possible continuation
is} 9... c5 {which leads to a symetrical position with an extra tempo for
white. That fact is not so important, since the position is closed.} 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Ba6 13. Rc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ageichenko,G-Kalinin,A/Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (46)}) 10. Ne5 c5 {Quite
the best reaction on white's last move.} 11. Nxd7 {That continuation is less
risky than 11.f4, but hardly can promise much, as the exchanges are favourable
for black.} (11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e5 Bc7 15. f4 cxd4 16.
Qc2 Rac8 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13 {0-1 Bykhovsky,A-Har Zvi,R/Tel Aviv 1996/CBM 53 (27)
}) (11. Qe2 Rad8 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Bc2 Nf8 $11 14. e4 $2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb4 16.
exd5 exd5 $17 {0-1 Ortega Ruiz,J-Franco Alonso,A/La Algaba 2001/EXT 2002 (30)})
({The most logical seems to be} 11. f4 Rad8 $6 (11... Ne4 $142) (11... cxd4
$142 12. exd4 Ne4) 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rae1 Rfe8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Bxe5 16. fxe5
cxd4 17. Bxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Littlewood,P-Smith,A/Southport 1983/EXT 99 (28)})
11... Nxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 {That pawn structure is typical and can arise from
different opening lines. White has a clear objects for pressure: he can always
take on c5 and to ask black:''what kind of position do you choose?''. In case
of Bxc5 white would probably reach a stable advantage, since it's not easy for
black to get a real compensation for his isolated pawn. But black's pieces are
comfortably developed, and that allows his to take with a pawn. In that case
his knight could be placed on f6 and even on e4. As well, he could advance his
''a'' pawn. On the other side, white's bishops are at the attacking positions,
but they are not so useful for putting pressure on black's centre. That's why
black shouldn't worry too much about the pawn structure.} 13. Nf3 (13. Qg4 Qe6
$1 14. Bf5 $140 Qh6 $11) 13... Nf6 $146 {In my opinion, it was beeter to wait
with that move in order to keep control on e5.} (13... Rfd8 14. Qe2 a5 15. a4
Nb8 $6 (15... Nf8 $142 16. Rac1 Ne6 $11) 16. Qc2 h6 17. Qc3 Qf6 18. Bb1 g6 19.
Qd2 Qe7 20. Re1 $36 {0-1 Safin,S-Barsov,A/Tashkent 1992/EXT 97 (36)}) 14. Qe2 {
[%cal Gd3a6]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black's Bb7 looks passively, but actually
it's very important, as Pd5 will be very vulnerable after the exchange of Bb7.
As well,white shouldn't understate black's possible counterplay with a5-a4.}
15. Nh4 $5 {provoking g7-g6, which would seriously compromise the position of
black's monarch.} ({After} 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. dxc5 bxc5 {black has a good
position.}) 15... g6 16. a4 ({I don't see how can white exploit the wekaness
of the long diagonal after} 16. Nf3 a4 17. dxc5 bxc5 $11) 16... Ne4 {This move
is more or less necessary, since white can open the long diagonal at any
moment.} 17. Nf3 f5 $11 {Black has reached a normal position due to activity
of his pieces.} 18. Rac1 Rf7 {That move is slighty inaccurate,as the rook is
vulnerable here.} ({It was better to make a profilcatic moves:} 18... h6 19.
Ba1 (19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng5 $132) 19... Kh7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng5 $132 {
[%cal Gg5e6] with a solid position.}) 19. Ba1 {[%cal Ge2b2]} h6 20. dxc5 Bxc5
$5 {An interesting original decision! It looks like white should be better in
view of weakness of black isolated pawn d5 and some weak squares around it,
but actually that is not very significant, as black has a very reasonable
counterchanses which connected with f5-f4 and a strong pressure on f2.} ({After
} 20... bxc5 21. Qb2 Kh7 22. Ne5 Rff8 23. f4 $14 {and black has an acceptable
position,but white's chanses should be prefered.}) 21. Qb2 Kh7 {[%cal Gc5a3]}
22. Rc2 ({It's important to notice,that there was no time to regroup the
pieces:} 22. Ne5 Rff8 23. Bb5 $2 {in view of} Ba3 $17) 22... Qe6 $6 {A solid,
but slighty passive continuation, which allows white to regroup his pieces.} ({
Besides, there was a nice opportunity of:} 22... f4 $5 23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Bxe4
dxe4 25. exf4 (25. Rd2 $2 fxe3 26. Rd7 exf2+ 27. Kh1 Rxe5 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 $19)
25... e3 $1 (25... Rxf4 $2 26. Rd2 $40) 26. Rxc5 $1 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 bxc5 28. Qc2
Rd8 $132 {with a counterchanses for black.}) 23. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Re8][%cal
Yb5e8,Gf3e5,Ge5d3] Taking an important squares under control. Black's position
is already quite unpleasant - he has a lot of weaknesses, while white is not
in a hurry. White is intending to transfer the knight to d3 in order to
exchange black's best piece Bc5 or to get a full control on ''c'' file.} Re7
24. Ne1 $6 {White's idea is correct, but that move is too passive!} ({More
accurate was:} 24. Ne5 $142 Rf8 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Nf4 $36) 24... Ba6 $4 {A
terrible blunder! It's funny enough, that several moves ago black has already
prevented a possible threats over the long diagonal.} ({Black should play
energetically in order to open a diagonals for his bishops. After:} 24... f4 $1
25. exf4 d4 26. Nd3 Nc3 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc3 dxc3 29. Qxc3 Bd5 $1 30. Qxc5
Rc8 31. Qd4 Bxb3 {the most probable result of the game is a draw.}) 25. Bxa6 (
25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Hamdani, Rudin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 a6
{That standard move is practically necessary if black puts his dark-squared
bishop on d6. The main idea of this move is to prevent white from swapping the
light colored bishops by Bd3-a6. But in my opinion, it was better to do
without at this moment, as black somewhat weakens his queen-side.} ({In my
opinion,if black is planning to play c7-c5,he should do it immediately:} 8...
c5 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Ng3 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 Rc8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bf5 Rc7 $11 {0-1 Ioseliani,N-Onischuk,A/Luzern 1997/
CBM 62 (75)}) 9... bxc5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Rac8 14.
Bc3 Qd8 15. Bf5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bc3 {1/2-1/2
Khenkin,I-Lautier,J/ FRA-chT France 2001}) 9. Bb2 c5 {That is quite not the
best moment for c7-c5, as black's dark-squared bishop should be on d6.} ({
I would prefer:} 9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 {with a long strategical struggle.}) 10.
cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1,Ga1c1] That move is connected with a plan of
putting pressure on black's queenside. White takes on control black's pawn a6
and prepares to put both his rooks on the central files.} ({Another plan is
transfering the knight to g3 in order to provoke g7-g6:} 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3
Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 $6 (13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 bxc5 15. Qc2 h6 $11) 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qh4 $2 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nf5+ Kg6 20. Nxh4+
$16 {1-0 Najdoski,T-El Ghazali,Y/Internet ICC 2002/EXT 2003 (76)}) 11... Re8 ({
After} 11... Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf5 b5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe1 Qb6 16. Rac1 b4
17. Ne2 a5 18. Bd4 {white has got a clear advantage in 1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Piket,
J/ Corus Wijk aan Zee 2000 [Gershon]}) 12. Rac1 $146 (12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Rac1
Nbd7 14. Bb1 $6 (14. Qf1 Qe7 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 $11 {
Steinbacher,M-Conquest,S/BL 8889/1989/0-1 (41)}) (14. Bf5 $142 $14) 14... Rc8
15. h3 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. e4 Bf4 18. Nd2 b5 $15 {0-1 Hassan,A-Gwaze,R/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (64)}) 12... Bd6 13. Na4 $2 {That allows black to reach a strong
pawn's chain on the queen-side. Anyway, there was no reason to remove the
knight from the centre, as black is controlling his central pawns.} (13. dxc5
bxc5 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Bf5 Qe7 $132) ({After the simple:} 13. Rfd1 $142 Nbd7 14.
Bf5 $14 {white could reach a stable advantage.}) 13... c4 ({An alternative was:
} 13... Nbd7 14. Bf5 Qe7 (14... c4 $5 15. bxc4 dxc4) 15. Rfd1 Rad8 {with black
has a good positions, as it's not easy to see how white is going to improve
his position.}) 14. Bb1 Nbd7 $15 {Now white's Na4 has no perspectives at all.
But the main problem is that white has no any real plan, and he is only hoping
for destroying black's chain of pawns by tactical operations which connected
with a sucrifices. On the other hand, black has a clear positional advantage
due to his better pawn structure and good development of his pieces.} 15. Rfd1
Qe7 (15... b5 $2 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20.
Rxd8 Raxd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bc2 c3 23. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg8]}) ({
deserved attention also:} 15... Bc6 $5 16. Nc3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 (17... dxc4 $5
18. d5 Bb7 $15) 18. Bf5 Rb8 $15 {with a clear advantage for black.}) 16. Ne5 {
A good decision from psychological point of view! But doesn't gets a sufficien
compensation for a pawn, but now black has to play accurately, as white's
pieces become very active.} b5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nc5 (18. Qc2 $6 Qh4 19. g3 Qh6
20. Qf5 Nf6 21. Nc5 Bc8 $1 22. Qc2 Qh3 $40) 18... Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qg4 {
White must play very actively-otherwise black's majority of qside pawns may
easily decide the game.} g6 21. h4 (21. Qf4 Bd6 22. Qh6 Be5 $17) 21... Rad8 $6
{That is already a first inaccuracy! Black doesn't pay any attention to what
white is doing!} (21... Ba3 $142 $1 {It's clear, that black should swap the
dark-squared bishops in order to decrease white's attacking potential.} 22.
Bxa3 Qxa3 23. h5 Re6 $17 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ya3c1] and white can hardly create
any serious threats.}) (21... h5 $142 22. Qf4 Bd6 23. Qh6 Be5 $17) 22. h5 {
[%csl Rg6] This pawn is an important resource for an attack! The most
important fact is that now black's queen has to defend on Kg8, and that
doesn't allows black to swap the dark-squared bishops.} Bc8 23. Qf4 {The queen
is placed ideally, as it can controls all the important squares around black's
monarch.} Qe6 (23... Bd6 $2 24. Qd4 Be5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 $14) (23... g5 $6 24. Qf3 $44 (24. Qf6 $2 Qxf6 25.
Bxf6 Bg4 $1 26. Rd2 Rd6 27. Bxg5 Bxh5 28. Bf4 Rdd8 29. Bg5 Bb4 30. Rd4 Rc8 $17)
) 24. Rd2 {That move shows,that white is still unable to create any serious
threats. But....} (24. hxg6 fxg6 $17) 24... Qg4 $4 {A terrible blunder!} ({
After} 24... Rd7 $1 25. Rcd1 Bd6 26. Qd4 (26. Qh4 Be5 $17) 26... Be5 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. bxc4 bxc4 $17 {black could consolidate.}) 25. Qf6 {
Suddenly the game is over!} d4 (25... Kf8 26. Qg7+ Ke7 27. Bf6+ Ke6 28. Bxd8
Rxd8 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qxh7 $18) 26. h6 $18 Bf8 (26... Kf8 27. Qg7+ Ke7 28.
Qe5+ $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge5c5]}) 27. Rxd4 {A great dream of white's
dark-squared bishop has realized!} 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Salem, Ghuloom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 $5 {An
interesting approach to playing a well-known system with 4.e3. The point is
that sometimes white can do without b2-b3 at all, concentrating mainly on
e3-e4.} ({The most popular line is:} 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6) 7... dxc4
{In my opinion, it is better to wait with that move, as it allows white to
push e3-e4 comfortably.} (7... O-O 8. Qc2 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6
11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 $11 {
1-0 Javakhishvili,L-Lahno,K/Antalya 2002/CBM 90 ext (55)}) (8. Qe2 c5 (8... Ne4
9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. a3 Ndf6 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Be1 c5 14. Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Balashov,Y-Vyzmanavin,A/St Petersburg 1993/CBM 34 (31)}) 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Ba6 Qc8 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qb5
Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Huebner,R/Leipzig 2002/CBM 89 (42)}) 8... dxc4 9.
Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. Rxd4 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 $11 {
1-0 Epishin,V-Oll,L/Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000 (43)}) 8. Bxc4 O-O (8... Nbd7) 9. Qe2
Nbd7 10. e4 c5 (10... e5 11. dxe5 $6 {After this move black easily reachs
equality, while after the correct} (11. d5 $5 c6 $6 (11... Re8 12. h3 Qe7 13.
Bg5 $14) (11... a6 12. a4 Nh5 13. g3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Djuric,S-Giorgadze,G/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (20)}) 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Rd1 Qe7
14. Nh4 g6 15. Bg5 $14 {white is clearly better.}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
Rd1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Doettling,F-Mikhalevski,A/Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 82/[Finkel,A]
(41)}) 11. dxc5 ({Nothing gives} 11. e5 cxd4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. fxg7 Kxg7 {
and black is fine.}) 11... Bxc5 {This position can arise from different
openings, and it was checked by top players in the past.} 12. Bf4 {That move
was played only once according to my database - it looks quite logical, as
white takes control on important diagonal. At the same time, it's not
energetically enough and allows black to get a reasonable counerplay against
Pe4.} ({Besides, white has a following alternatives:} 12. Bg5 Qb8 (12... Qc7
13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe5 fxe5 $2 (15... Qxe5 $11) 16. Qh5 Kh8 17.
Rac1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qxe5+ $16 {1-0 Tal,M-Portisch,L/Varna
1958/EXT 2001 (33)}) (12... h6 13. Bh4 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Bg3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Qc8 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Sliwa,B/Bucharest 1953/MCL (42)
}) 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Bilek,I/
Dortmund 1961/EXT 2000 (43)}) (12. e5 $5 Bxf3 (12... Ng4 13. Bf4 $14) 13. gxf3
Nh5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. f4 g6 16. f5 exf5 17. e6 Ndf6 18. exf7+ Kg7 19. Qxe7 Bxe7
20. Nb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Karpov,A/Moscow 1973/URS-ch (65)}) 12... Bb4 $1
$146 {An important improvement of black's play, which forces white to worry
about Pe4 and shows a drawback of white's last move.} (12... a6 13. h3 b5 14.
Bd3 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Be7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Furman,S-Antoshin,
V/Moscow 1957/URS-ch (36)}) (12... Nh5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2 $14) 13. Nd2 {
It's clear, that white cannot get much after this passive move.} ({Dubiously
is:} 13. Rad1 $6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge4c3] and white has no
sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) (13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 (14... Qc7 $5)
15. Bd2 Qc7 $11) 13... a6 $5 {A standard idea: black will seize a space on the
qside or provoke a favourable a2-a4.} ({A good alternative was:} 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 e5 15. Bg5 Qc7 $11 {and white's pair of the bishops compensates the
weakness on c3, but not more than that.}) 14. Rac1 b5 {The main drawback of
black's last moves is some weakness of black squares,which will be even more
significant if black would exchange his dark-squared bishop.} ({more accurate
was:} 14... Rc8 $1 15. a3 (15. Bxa6 $2 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Nc5 17. Qb5 Nd3 $17) (15.
a4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Re4]}) 15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Bd3 Rxc3
18. bxc3 e5 $11) 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Bb1 {Finally, the bishop has found a safe
place.} e5 $11 {That move is more or less necessary, since white can already
think about e4-e5 in order to seize a space on the kside and develop a
dangerous initiative.} (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 (17... Qe7 $5) 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19.
e5 Nd5 20. Qd3 f5 21. Nb3 Qa4 22. Nd4 $36) 17. Be3 Qe7 18. f3 {White's pawn
chain is very useful against Bb7. At the same time, black has no problems
anyway.} Rfd8 (18... Bc5 19. Rfd1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rfd8 $11) 19. Rfd1 Nc5 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc5e6] Transfering the knight to e6, there it will control an
important dark squares d4 and f4.} (19... Bc5 20. Nf1 Nb6 $11) 20. Nf1 (20. a3
$6 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Na4 $36 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4b2]}) 20... Ne6 21. Qf2 {White
has to play accurately, as all black pieces are very active, so he is prepared
well for any tactical operations.} (21. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. exd5 Nd4
24. Bxd4 exd4 $15) 21... Bxc3 (21... Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Bc5 24. Be3
$11) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] I cannot explain that move. Black just
allows white to avoid a weakness.} ({After the natural} 22... Qxd8 23. Rxc3
Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. Qb2 $11 {the draw is the most probable result.}) 23. Rxc3
$14 {Now white has a small, but stable advantage due to pair of the bishops.
It's also important to notice that only Ne6 is placed well - another black's
knight has no perspectives at all.} Nd4 $6 {An additional inaccuracy which
leads to a loss of time.} (23... g6 $142) 24. Rd3 Ne6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd2 $1
{The endgame will be very difficult for black.} Nd4 $6 ({After} 26... Qc7 27.
Ng3 Bc8 $16 {black's chances of survival cannot be underestimated.}) 27. Ng3 h5
$2 {That is already a decisive mistake - after this move black couldn't avoid
a loss of a pawn.} ({Better was} 27... Ne6 $142 28. Qxd8+ Nxd8 29. Nf5 $16 {
although black's position is very hard.}) 28. Bxd4 $18 {The position is
already winning for white, but some technical job is required. That's why the
resignation seems to be an early decision.} (28. Bxd4 Qxd4+ (28... exd4 29. Nf5
$18 {[%cal Gd2d4,Gd2g5]}) 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Nf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bremer SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 (4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1
Re8 15. Na4 Bd6 $132 {0-1 Kononenko,T-Galliamova,A/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (33)}
) 4... Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 {
Both sides have completed a comfortable development, and the typical
complicated position has arised. Usually white is trying to put a strong
pressure on black's central pawns by Rc1,Qe2 and Rfd1. Another common plan is
transfering the knight to g3 via e2 in order to provoke g7-g6 and to use a
power of Bb2. For example,see my comments to Palliser,R-Zhigalko,S/ EUCup 19th
Rethymnon 2003 [Roiz].} 11. dxc5 {Quite a rare move, which was played only
twice according to my database.} ({In my opinion, other possibilities are more
ambitious:} 11. Ne5 cxd4 ({In the next game of the match black failed to
improve with} 11... Nxe5 $6 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rc1 Rc7 15. Nf4 Qc8 (
15... Re8 16. Qc2 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) (15... h6 16. e6 Qd6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
Qg4 $16) 16. Qc2 {and white still had an endge; 1-0 Belikov,V-Baramidze,D/
Dortmund GER 2003/The Week in Chess 457 (37)} c4 (16... Qa8 17. f3 Ng5 18. h4
Ne6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxh7+ $18) 17. bxc4 h6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qe2 $16) 12. exd4 {
A symetrical position has arised, where white has the slightly more active
pieces, but black can force a favorable echanges which lead to equality.} Ne4
13. Qe2 Ndf6 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5 Qd4 16. Rad1 Qxe5
17. Nd5 Qg5 18. Qxe4 $11) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxc3 d4 16. Bb2 Qd5 $11) 14. f3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Rc8 16. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Belikov,V-Baramidze,D/ Dortmund m 2003 [Gershon]}
) (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bf5 Qb8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Na4 Bd6
17. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Tibensky,R-Jirovsky,P/Komarno 1997/EXT 98 (60)}) (11. Qe2 Re8
12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. Rac1 Ne6 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 bxc5
18. Qb5 $14 {1-0 Hoi,C-Carlsen,M/Gausdal 2002/CBM 86 ext (55)}) 11... Nxc5 $5
$146 {Black is trying to prove that his activity will compensate a weakness of
Pd5. A standard plan of black in this type of positions is occupying the
central square e4 by Nf6 in order to play Be7-f6 and reaching an ideal
position for his minor pieces. Actually,it's not easy for white to prevent it.}
({Another reasonable continuation is:} 11... bxc5 12. Qe2 {[%cal Gd3a6]} Re8 (
12... a6 $5 {-see a mentioned game Kononenko,T-Galliamova,A/ Warsaw 2001}) 13.
Ba6 Qb6 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qb5 Nb6 {with a long strategical struggle.}) 12. Ne2
{It is necessary to free a long diagonal. The knight is well placed on
e2-later it can be placed either on f4 or g3. White's second knight will
occupy a key ''d4'' spot.} (12. Bf5 Nfe4 13. Nd4 g6 14. Bh3 Bf6 $11) 12... Nfe4
13. Nf4 Ne6 $2 {A serious mistake-now white gets a clear objects for an attack.
} ({After the simple} 13... a5 $142 14. Nd4 g6 15. Rc1 Bf6 $11 {black is not
worse.}) 14. Nxe6 (14. Nh5 g6 15. Ng3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 14... fxe6 15. Nd4
{[%csl Gb2,Re6] Now black has an obvious weaknesses,which can be easily
attacked by white.} Rf6 $8 {It is clear that such an uncomfortable defence of
Pe6 is not a good sign!} (15... Qd6 $2 16. Nb5 $1 Qd8 (16... Qd7 17. Bxe4 Qxb5
18. Qh5 $18) 17. Qg4 Rf7 18. Qxe6 $18) (15... Qd7 $2 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nf5 $1
Rfd8 18. Nxg7 $18) 16. Rc1 (16. f4 $5 Bc5 $140 17. b4 $1 Bxb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
Qb3 $36) 16... Bd6 (16... Nc5 17. Bb1 Qe8 18. Qg4 $36) 17. f4 $1 {Neutralizing
the pressure of Bd6 over the diagonal b8-h2.Now black's position is quite
unpleasant, since he has no counterplay.} e5 $2 {Such a ''drastic'' decisions
can lead for a disaster-white prepared much better for it.} (17... Rh6 $142 18.
Nf3 (18. Qg4 Rg6) 18... Qe7 $14) 18. Bxe4 $2 {That leads to a lot of
simplifications,which are favourable for black.} ({Besides, white had a simple
opportunity of winning a material:} 18. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (18... Qe8 19. Nxe5 $18)
19. Rxc6 Kh8 (19... Bc5 20. Rxf6 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Nxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh8
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. fxe5 $18) 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. Qf3 Bc5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 $18
) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qc2 $1 (21. fxe5 $143 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qf8+ 23. Kg1 Bc5 24.
Bd4 Rd8 $16) 21... Qf8 22. Qxe4 $18) 18... dxe4 19. Nc2 {White is trying to
exchange the bishop and to reach a slight advantage.} (19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6
Bc5 21. Rxf6 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 gxf6 23. fxe5 Bxe3+ 24. Kf1 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Kf7 26.
Ke2 Bc5 $11) ({after} 19. Nb5 Bc5 20. Rxc5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 bxc5 22. Bxe5 Rb6 $13
{white has no more than a sufficient compensation.}) 19... exf4 $6 {It's clear
that black is trying to activate his bishops, but this sucrifice is not
correct.} ({There was nothing wrong with:} 19... Qe7 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qxe5 23. Nd4 Rf8 24. Qc4+ Bd5 $11 {and white has no time for
penetration due to weakness of Kg1-that's why his advantage is only symbolic.})
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. exf4 (21. Qd4 $6 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 fxe3 $36) 21... Bxf4 $2 {
This move could be a decisive mistake!} ({The only way of play was:} 21... Rf8
$1 22. Qe2 Bxf4 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Ne3 $14 {[%cal Ge2c4] and white's chanses are
better, as he has already consolidated his position.}) 22. Qd7 $1 (22. g3 $2
Qc6 23. Rxf4 e3 24. Nxe3 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Qd7 Qh1+ (27...
Ba6+ 28. Rcc4 Bxc4+ 29. bxc4 $18) 28. Ke2 Rxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Qxc1+ 30. Qd2 Qg1+ 31.
Kd3 (31. Qf2 Qc1+ 32. Kd3 Ba6+ 33. Ke4 Qc6+ $11) 31... Qxg3+ 32. Kc2 h5 $13)
22... Bc6 $8 (22... Qh6 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qb8 25. Rf7 $18) 23. Qg4 Rf8 24.
Rcd1 $2 {Missing a clear winning opportunity!} (24. g3 $1 Bxc1 25. Rxf6 Rxf6
26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Nb4 $1 Be3+ 28. Kg2 Bb5 (28... Rf2+ 29. Kh3 Be8 30. Nd5 Bc5
31. Nc7 $18) 29. Qb7+ Kf8 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qd5+ $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd5b5]})
24... Bb5 $1 {Winning the material back.} 25. g3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qc6 {Now the
draw is completely unavoidable. A very interesting and complicated game!} (
26... Qc6 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxc2 29. Qb8+ Kf7 30. Qxa7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedjarova, Zeinab"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O a6 $5 {An interesting
alternative to the main lines with 6...Bd6 or 6...Be7. Black wants to get a
Queen's Gambit Accepted type of positions, which is not bad at all, as white
has already spent a tempo for developing his bishop. On the other hand, a7-a6
is always a useful move in that system anyway - it prevents a possible
exchange of Bb7 by Bd3-a6 and takes an important square b5 under control.} 7.
Qe2 (7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {leads to one of the most popular lines
of E14.}) 7... Nbd7 ({Here black had an opportunity of getting a common line
by:} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {with a very complicated play.} ({or} 8... c5 $5))
8. b3 {That move leads finally to one of the main lines.} Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10.
Ne5 {This move is probably not dangerous - the exchanges are favourable for
black.} (10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Rad1 (11. Rfd1 f5 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Qe8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f3 b5 $11 {1-0 Holm,S-Kavalek,L/Germany 1980/EXT 97-B 
(55)}) 11... Qe7 12. Nb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. exd4 Ng5 16. Nxg5
Qxg5 $11 {0-1 Huebner,R-Dzindzichashvili,R/Wijk aan Zee 1979/MCD (57)}) (10.
Nc3 {seems to be the most energetical and quite the best.}) 10... c5 {A
standard reaction on white's last move. Now it's not easy for white to
stabilize the placement of Ne5.} (10... Qe7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ne2 h6 18. Rd2 $14 {1-0
Doettling,F-Kabatianski,A/Germany 1998/EXT 99 (51)}) 11. Nxd7 $146 {After that
move black doesn't faces any difficulties, as white has actually spent 2 moves
for an exchange, which is favourable for black.} (11. f4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 f5 14. Rac1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. h3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Matanovic,A/Belgrade 1978/EXT 99 (40)}) 11... Nxd7 $11 12.
cxd5 ({Another possibility was:} 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Nf3 $11) 12...
exd5 13. dxc5 $2 {That is already a clear strategical mistake. The pawn
structure is stable,and white can always play dxc5 in order to put pressure on
black's central pawns. On the other hand,now black gets an excellent attacking
possibilities, as white hasn't completed development yet.} (13. Nd2 $142 Re8
14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nf3 $11) 13... bxc5 {[%csl Gb7,Gd6][%cal Gd5d4]} 14. Bf5 (14.
Nd2 Re8 15. Qh5 (15. Nf3 d4 16. Rad1 Qf6 $36) 15... g6 16. Qh6 Be5 (16... Ne5
$5 17. Be2 Bf8 18. Qf4 Bg7 $15) 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc2 d4 $36) 14... Re8 {
All black's pieces are into the game, so d5-d4 seems to be very strong.} 15.
Rd1 {White is playing with a fire! His monarch is in a great danger, as there
is no defenders at all. That's why it was necessary to bring Nb1 to defend on
Kg1.} ({Black is ahead in the development,so any combinations like} 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Bxd7 Rg8 18. Qh3 Be5 $17 {are dangerous only for white.})
({but after} 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qg5 (16... d4 $6 17. Be4) (16... Qh4 17. g3
Qg5 18. Bh3 $15 {[%cal Gh3g2]}) 17. Bc2 $15 {white has chanses for a
successful defence.}) 15... d4 16. Na3 $2 {Now the knight is too far from the
kingside.} ({There was a last chance for 16.Nd2:} 16. Nd2 Qh4 (16... Ne5 $6 17.
Ne4 $1 $132) 17. g3 Qe7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg4 g6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Qh4
$15 {and white has a defensible position.}) 16... Ne5 17. Bh3 $2 {Missing a
last opportunity of decreasing black's attacking potential.} ({The only way of
play was:} 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Qe7 $17 {although black's advantage is very
serious.}) 17... Qh4 $19 {Black's attack is already decisive.} 18. Nc4 (18. Qf1
Re6 $19 {[%cal Ge6g6]}) 18... Nf3+ 19. Kh1 ({After} 19. Kf1 Bc7 $19 {white is
also completely hopeless.}) 19... Bxh2 20. Nd2 Ng1 $1 {An elegant final blow.}
21. Qg4 (21. Rxg1 Qxh3 22. e4 Qh6 $19) 21... Qxh3 22. Qxh3 Nxh3 23. Kxh2 Nxf2
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 g6
$5 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 Qe7 16. Ne1 f5 17. Bf3 f4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qd2 fxe3 20. Qxe3 e5 21.
Nd3 Rf5 22. f4 Raf8 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Rfe1 exf4 25. Qe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rg5 27.
Rxd6 Bxg2 28. h4 Rg3 29. Kf2 Bb7 30. Re1 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxa2 32. Re7 Bg2+ 33. Kg1
Bh3 34. Rc6 f3 35. Nf2 Bf5 36. Rcc7 g5 37. hxg5 a5 38. Rxc5 a4 39. bxa4 Rxa4
40. Rcc7 Kh8 41. Kh2 Bg6 42. Re6 Ra2 43. Kg3 Rf5 44. Rf6 Rxg5+ 45. Kf4 Rf5+ 46.
Rxf5 Bxf5 47. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2
Bg6 15. a4 Rab8 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Rec1 e5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. d5 Rb7 20. e4 Rcb8
21. Qe3 f6 22. a5 a6 23. Qd3 Qf8 24. g4 Qc8 25. Rab1 Nf8 26. h3 Be8 27. Rxb7
Rxb7 28. Rb1 Ng6 29. Rb6 Nf4 30. Qf1 h5 31. f3 Qb8 32. Qb1 Rxb6 33. Qxb6 Qc8
34. Kh2 Qd7 35. Qb3 Qe7 36. Nf1 f5 37. Be1 hxg4 38. fxg4 fxg4 39. hxg4 Qg5 40.
Qf3 Bg6 41. Bd2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Nh3+ 43. Kg2 Nf2 $1 44. Bg5 Qxg4+ 45. Qxg4 Nxg4
46. Be7 Bxe4+ 47. Kh3 Bf5 48. Kg3 {48.Kh4} Nf6 49. Kf3 Ne8 50. Ke3 Kf7 51. Bd8
Nf6 52. Nd2 Ke8 53. Bc7 Kd7 54. Bb6 Kc8 55. Nf3 Ne4 56. Ba7 g5 57. Nh2 Nf6 58.
Nf3 g4 59. Nxe5 dxe5 60. Bxc5 g3 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3
dxc4 {It`s usually better to make this exchange at a later stage. White now
has an easier job developing his pieces correctly.} 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11.
exd4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qc7 16. a3 Nc6 17. d5
Na5 18. Ne4 Nxc4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qe4 Rfd8 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23.
Be4 f5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29.
Qf6+ Kg8 30. Kh1 Ne5 31. Qxe6+ Nf7 32. Qxf5 Qe5 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Rg1 Ke7 35.
Rae1 Rc4 36. f4 Rxe4 37. fxe5 Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Rd5 39. e6 Ne5 40. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 (11... f5 $6 12. Bc4 $1 $16) (11... g6
$5 12. Qh3 Nxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Ng4 $1 $14 {|^}) 12. Qh4 Nbd7 13. Rd1 (13.
Bg5 $6 h6 $1 14. Nxd7 (14. Bxh6 Nxe5 $1 15. dxe5 (15. Bxg7 Ng6 $1 {/\ Kg7})
15... Qxd3 16. Bg5 Qg6 $17) 14... Qxd7 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qxd4 17. Qg5+ $10
) 13... Re8 $5 (13... Rc8 $2 14. Bg5 $16 {->}) (13... g6 $5) 14. Bf4 $6 (14.
Bb5 $142 $1 a6 (14... Rf8 15. Bg5) 15. Nc6 Bxc6 (15... Qc8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.
Bd3 $40 {>>}) 16. Bxc6 Ra7 17. Bf3 $14 {Yudasin,L}) 14... a6 $1 15. Nxd7 (15.
Bc2 $5 {Khalifman,A}) 15... Qxd7 16. Bg5 h6 $8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Qd8 $1 {
/\ Bf8} 19. Qg5+ $8 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-GP"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 d5
9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Qd6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bb1 Qf4 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. g3 Qg4 17. Ne5 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 $10 g6 19. Nf4 Ne8 20. h4 Ng7 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Bd3 Bb7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 {The main alternative is the passive but solid 8. - d6 - see CBM 24/game
534.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O {Otherwise 11.Bb5+ will follow.} 11. Qg4 Nf6 12.
Qh4 {12.Qh3!? (Plaskett).} Nc6 $2 {12. - Nbd7! =} 13. Bg5 g6 (13... h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Nxc6 Qc7 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Be4 f5 19. Ne7+ $18) 14. Ba6 $1
$18 h6 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxa6 16. exf6 $22 {17.Qh6 + -}) (14... Bxa6 15.
Nxc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ $18) 15. Bxh6 Nd5 16. Qh3 Nxc3 (16... Bxa6 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18.
Nxd5 exd5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxf8 $18) 17. Bxb7 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Ncxd4 19. Bxf8
Bxf8 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Qe3 Qd5 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. f4 g5 24. Rxe2 {24. - gxf4 25.
Qxf4 + -} 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 {
More crucial than 7.dxc5 a5! 8.g3 a4, as in Hertneck,G-Christiansen,L, Munich
1991 (CBM 23, game 323). White just keeps the B-pair and a small but lasting
advantage.} b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b3 Rd8 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Bb2 Na5 13. Qc2
Rac8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. b4 $14 d6 17. b5 Nb8 18. a4 Nbd7 19. a5 Ne4
20. a6 Ba8 21. Ba5 Rf8 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 Ng5 24. Nf1 Rf6 25. Ng3 Nf7 26. Bd2
Rg6 27. e4 fxe4 28. Nxe4 d5 29. Ng3 Nde5 30. Re1 Qh4 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Nf5 Qd8
33. Bf4 Kh8 34. Bg3 d4 35. Rad1 Re6 36. Bc4 Re8 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8
39. Qc4 Qd7 40. Ne3 Ng5 41. Ng4 Bd5 42. Qd3 Nf7 43. Ne5 Nxe5 44. Bxe5 Re8 45.
f4 Re6 46. Qf5 Kg8 47. h4 $2 Bxg2 48. Kh2 g6 49. Qc2 Bf3 50. Rf1 d3 51. Qd2 Be2
52. Rc1 Qxb5 $19 53. Qa2 Qxa6 54. Qd5 Qc6 55. Qa2 Qd7 56. Rb1 d2 57. Rb8+ Kf7
58. Rh8 d1=Q 59. Rxh7+ Ke8 60. Rh8+ Ke7 61. Rh7+ Kd8 62. Qa5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxe4 $10 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxc5 14.
Qe2 Qd3 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qg6 19. Nf3 Nd3 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc2 22. Rac1 Qa4 23. Qc3 Rac8 24. a3 Rc7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2
Rd4 27. Rec1 b5 28. c5 b4 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7
33. Ra4 Kd7 34. Ra6 Kc8 35. c6 Kd8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kd4 g5 39. g4 f6
40. a4 Rxc6 41. Rxa7 Rc2 42. Ra6+ Kd7 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Ra6+ Kd7 45. Ra7+ Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bc3 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qc2 h6 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba1 N5b6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21.
Qb3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qa8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Kg8 $10 26. h3 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Ndc4 Nfd7 29. g3 Qc7 30. Nxd7 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. a4 Nb2
33. a5 Nc4 34. a6 f5 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nc5 Kd6 38. Nb7+ Kd5 39. f3 e5
40. g4 g6 41. Nd8 Nd6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 Kc5 44. e4 fxe4 45. fxe4 Kb6 {
45. - Nxe4 46.Nf7 =} 46. Kd3 Kb5 47. h5 Kb6 48. Ne6 Kxa6 49. Nc5+ Kb5 50. Nd7
Nf7 51. Kc3 Kc6 52. Nf6 Kc5 53. Nd7+ Kb5 54. Nf6 a6 55. Nd7 Kc6 56. Nf6 Kc5 57.
Nd7+ Kb5 58. Nf6 Ng5 59. Ng4 Nxe4+ 60. Kc2 Ng3 61. Nxh6 e4 62. Nf7 Nxh5 63.
Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Denver op"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "2002.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O c5 {The point of this
move order is to exchange on d4 early, before white "woke up", eventually
planning to play against hanging pawns.} 7. cxd5 {In the light of previous
comment,this move is the most exact reaction for white.} (7. b3 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne7 15.
Ne5 Ng6 16. f3 $11 {0-1 Ambarcumjan,A-Shabalov,A/Seattle USA 2002/(62)}) 7...
exd5 8. Nc3 {Again, a little bit more precise than} (8. b3 Be7 9. Ba3 O-O 10.
Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. exd4 Qb4 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bb5 Re6 16.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 a5 18. h3 h6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. Bf5 Re8 22. Qf4 g5
23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qb2 Ne7 25. a3 Qd6 26. Nb5 Qf4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Ne5 e3 {
0-1 Gausel,E-Short,N/Ohrid MKD 2001/ (53). (53)}) 8... Bd6 $5 {This is a sheer
provokation.} (8... Be7 {led to a normal position.}) 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb5+ {
Another direct attempt to punish black doesn't work either.} (10. e4 dxe4 11.
Bb5+ Nc6 (11... Kf8 $2 12. Bf4 $1) 12. Qa4 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Qxe4
(14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Re8 16. Re1 Qf6) 14... Na5 15. Qg4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxh2+
17. Kxh2 Qb8+) 12... O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa6 exf3 16. Rd1 Ne4
$15) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 d4 12. b4 {This is already a dogfight for equality.} ({
Nothing gives} 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxe5 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Bg5 h6) 12... O-O $1
13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd4 Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 $1 {This move starts the series of only
moves that allows white to hold.} (15. Bb2 Ng5 16. Ne5 a6 17. Ba4 Qb8 18. Nd1
Ne6 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qe1 Nc5 21. Bc2 Re8 $17) 15... Bxe4 16. Bb2 Rb8 {Black is
deliberately plays for more than a pawn in variation} (16... Qb8 17. Qa4 Bxf3
18. Bxf6 Bh5 19. Bg5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 $17) {.The decision he is soon going to
regret.} 17. a4 a6 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Bc4 Rb4 {This is a pin black was playing
for and he is winning the material indeed. The resulting position however is
far from winning.} 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Bc3 Rxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bxc4 24.
Qh4 $1 {Excellent defensive move completely missed by black. He is lucky he
could still force a draw.} Bd6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rac1 Bf4 27. Rd4 Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Solozhenkin,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 ({If White
want to chose plan with exchange in the center they ought to play} 7. cxd5 {
straight away}) 7... Be7 ({The line} 7... Bd6 {takes place more often.}) 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nc3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 $5) 9... c5 10. Qe2 ({Position after} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (
10... exd5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 $14) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {should be equal.}) 10...
cxd4 (10... Rc8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Qc6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. f5 $36 {
Franco-Verat,1991}) ({White scored very good in the line} 10... Ne4 11. cxd5)
11. exd4 Re8 12. Ne5 {There were not too many games on this item. Black did a
new move:} a6 13. Rad1 Nf8 (13... Qc7 {looks logical in connection with 12...
a6, but after} 14. f4 {there is feeling that position of the queen is far from
the king. Less stronger for White} (14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Bxh7+ $18)
15. Rc1 Qd6 {with equal chances.})) ({Attention deserved} 13... Bd6 $5 14. f4
Qe7 15. g4 Nf8 16. g5 N6d7 {White has space advantage but he weakened the
position of the king. Both sides have their chances.}) 14. Kh1 Bb4 15. f4 Bxc3
16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng4 $1 {The venue of the knigh on e3 with
blockade of e4-pawn underlines that Black's strategy was not perfect.} f6 (
18... b5 {do not really create an object of attack and only aggraves the
position after} 19. Ne3) 19. Ne3 $16 Qc7 20. g4 $1 {A courageous decision and
a strong one at the same time.} Rad8 21. f5 Rd7 ({If} 21... h6 {than} 22. Qf2 {
following by 23.h4. Actually it is difficult to recommend better defence plan
for Black.}) 22. g5 $1 fxg5 (22... exf5 23. gxf6 g6 (23... f4 24. Ng4 e3+ 25.
d5 Bxd5+ 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. fxg7 Rd6 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Qg2 h6 30. Nf6+ Kf7
31. Nd5 $18) 24. d5 Rf7 25. Qg2 Kh8 26. h4 f4 27. Qh2 $16) 23. Qh5 Rf7 24. f6 (
24. fxe6 {seems to be stonger:} Nxe6 25. d5 Nf4 26. Qxg5 Nd3 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28.
Rf1 $16) 24... gxf6 $2 (24... Ng6 $8 25. Qxg5 (25. fxg7 Rf3 26. Qxg5 Qxg7 27.
Rde1 Qe7 $14) (25. d5 exd5 26. fxg7 Nf4 27. Nf5 Re6 28. Qxg5 Nd3) 25... Qd8 26.
d5 e5 27. Nf5 Bc8 28. Ne7+ (28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. h4 Qd7 30. Qg2 Rf7 31. h5 Qh3+
32. Qxh3 Bxh3 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rfe1 Bg4 35. Rd2 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf6) 28... Nxe7
29. fxe7 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Kg2 {with better chances in the
endgame.}) 25. d5 $1 exd5 (25... e5 26. Ng4 $18) 26. Bxf6 d4 27. Ng4 e3+ 28.
Kg1 $18 Ng6 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Nxf7 Qc6 (30... Nf4 31. Qh6+ Kxf7 32. Bxg5 $18)
31. Qh6+ Kxf7 32. Bxd4+ Ke7 33. Qxg5+ Kd7 34. Bxb6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 a6 6. d5 exd5 7. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 {[#]} Ra7 $4 (8... Bb7 $5 9. Qxb7 Nc6 10. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 11. Qd5 $16) (8...
Nc6 9. Bd2 $16) 9. Qe5+ Be7 10. Qxb8 $18 Rb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Bc3
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Qe5 Qg6 16. Rd1 f6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bd3 Qxg2 19. Rg1 Qh3
20. Qd6 Re8 21. Be4 Qh5 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Elsness, Frode"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 {I think I played} (4... d5 {against
Frode in Ostlandsserien earlier this year, but my memory fails me.}) 5. a3
Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {The most ambitious move, intending to put the L on b2.} Bb7 7.
e3 O-O 8. b4 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 {is Gelfand's pet,
but he lost horribly with it recently against Illescas after} f5 12. Bb2 Rf6 $5
13. d5 Rg6 $1) 11... f5 12. Ne1 {I think Elsness plays the opening quite
accurately, the Lc1 waits to go to b2 until he has kicked out the black knight,
since the e3 square needs protection.} Qe7 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 c5 {This risks a
very simplified position, but since white plans c5 himself, I saw no sensible
alternative.} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nf4 (16. bxc5 dxc5 17. f4 Ne4 18. Bb2 {was
possible, with a solid position.}) 16... Nb6 (16... Rac8 {looks more accurate.}
) 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. b5 Rf6 $1 {Now black has a strong initiative, and found a
very efficient, though double edged plan. Black wishes to attack, without
allowing white to play Sd5, blocking the diagonal of the Lb7. My next eight
moves execute this idea.} 19. a4 Rh6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Qd2 Nf7 22. Qe1 {[#]} Kh8
$1 {Bringing the final phase of the plan into effect, and using all pieces in
attack. Naturally, there will be some danger on the a1-h8 diagonal, but the
Sf7 is a tremendous defensive piece.} 23. Bb2 Rg8 24. Rd2 $1 {White finds the
only way to create tactical chances against black's center.} Nf6 25. Rad1 g5
26. Nd3 e5 27. Bf1 {The g2 pawn must be guarded before the position opens up.}
Rhg6 $1 28. Nf2 $5 (28. f4 $5 {was the critical line. I calculated} gxf4 29.
exf4 Ne4 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Rd7 {[#]} Qf6 33. Bxe5 (33. R1d6 Nf3+
34. Kh1 Qxb2) 33... Qxe5 34. Rxb7 (34. Qh4 R6g7) 34... Qb2 $1 35. g3 (35. Qe2
Qxe2 36. Bxe2 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rf2+ {mates. .}) 35... Nxg3 36. hxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Qxg3
Rxg3+ 38. Kh1 Qf6 {and black wins.}) 28... g4 29. fxg4 $2 (29. f4 g3 30. hxg3
Rxg3 31. Nh1 $5 {would have led to tremendous complications.}) 29... Nxg4 (
29... h5 $5 {was an interesting alternative, but I did not want to lose
control.}) 30. Nxg4 Rxg4 31. Kh1 h5 32. Qf2 Qe6 33. h3 Rg3 34. Kh2 h4 35. Qf4
Qf6 36. Rf2 $6 {This doesn't work, but white was on the verge of being forced
back on the defensive.} R8g6 $1 {Now the white queen is suddenly trapped.} 37.
Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Qxf5 Rg7 39. a6 Ba8 40. Qc8+ Rg8 41. Qf5 R3g7 $1 {The sealed
move, and the best. It was still possible to go wrong:} (41... Qg6 $2 42. Qxg6
R8xg6 43. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 44. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 45. Kh1 Rg7+ (45... Rxb2+ 46. Kg1 {and
white's queenside pawns are too dangerous.}) 46. Rb7 $1 Bxb7+ 47. axb7 Rxb7 48.
Bxe5+ Kg8 49. Bd6 {and white has no worries.}) 42. Kh1 Re8 $1 {Once the e5
pawn is firmly protected, there are no tactical tricks.} 43. Rf4 $5 Kg8 (43...
exf4 44. Qxf7 {is unnecessarily messy.}) 44. Rxh4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Black "Fyllingen, Roy Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7.
e3 d6 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 {A simple and respected plan that should give white a
slight advantage.} Qe7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 {12.Qd3 is often played
to protect e3. The importance of keeping e3 guarded will become clearer later.}
f5 13. Ne1 {White prepares to eject the Ne4 with f3.} Qg5 $1 {Black highlights
the subtle inaccuracy in white's play. By playing Bb2 early, and then Qc2,
white cannot play f3 since the e3 pawn is weak.} 14. d5 {White prevents ...Rf6.
} Rae8 $1 15. Nf3 $1 {White rightly gives up on playing f3, and plays to open
lines in the center.} Qg6 16. Nd4 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. f3 {Now this is
correct, since white must blunt the pressure against g2.} (18. Qxc7 $2 Rc8 $1
19. Qxa7 (19. Qxd7 Nf6 {threatens the queen and mate on g2.}) 19... Ra8 20. Qc7
Rfc8 21. Qxd7 Nf6 {and black wins.}) 18... Ng5 19. Qxc7 Ne5 $1 20. Rac1 $1 (20.
f4 $4 Nh3+ {and mate on g2.}) (20. Qxa7 {looks frivolous while black is
massing all of his forces around the white king .} Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rfe1
Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nd3 {is one way of playing that is clearly dangerous
for white.}) 20... Rf7 21. Qc2 Rf6 22. Qd1 Ba8 23. Rc7 Qh5 {Introducing the
threat of ...Rh6.} 24. e4 $6 {Probably played on general principles, to block
the long diagonal.} (24. f4 $5 {looks wrong since it allows the powerful Ba8
to participate in the attack, but I can see no refutation to this
straightforward move.} Nh3+ (24... Qh3 25. Nf3 Ngxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 {
wins:} Bxf3 28. Qb3+) 25. Kh1 (25. gxh3 $4 Rg6+ 26. Bg4 {murders white.} (26.
Kf2 Qh4#) 26... Qxh3 $1) 25... Rg6 (25... Ng4 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rxa7 $5 (27.
Nc6 $5 {look better for white.})) (25... Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Qh4 {
is tricky, but doubtful. For example, even} 28. Nxf5 Nf2+ (28... Qf2 29. Rxg7+
Rxg7 30. Nxg7 {wins.}) 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. fxe5 {
is clearly good for white.}) 26. Nc6 $1 {seems to break the attack.} Qh4 27.
fxe5 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Qf1 {and white is a bit better.}) 24... fxe4 25. f4
Ngf3+ $1 26. Bxf3 (26. gxf3 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf2 e3+ 28. Kxe3 (28. Ke1 Qh4+)
28... Nc4+) 27... exf3 28. Nxf3 Nxf3 29. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3
Re1+ {and mate in one move.}) (26. Nxf3 exf3 27. fxe5 $1 (27. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Rg6+ {mates as before.}) 27... fxe2 28. Qb3+ (28. exf6 exd1=Q {wins since}
29. f7+ {is met by} Qxf7 $1) 28... Kh8 29. Re1 (29. exf6 exf1=Q+ 30. Kxf1 Qe2+
31. Kg1 Qe1# {matt.}) 29... Rg6 30. g3 {looks critical for White, but was
certainly his last chance. After} Rf8 $1 {black has dangerous threats} 31. Rc2
$2 {fails nicely to} (31. Qf7 $1 {gives white chances to fight:} Rxg3+ 32. hxg3
Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Rxf7+ 34. Rxf7 Qg2+ 35. Ke3 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 {and black has at least
a draw.}) 31... Qxh2+ $3 32. Kxh2 Rh6+ 33. Kg1 Rh1# {but}) 26... exf3 27. fxe5
(27. g3 f2+) 27... f2+ $1 (27... f2+ 28. Kh1 Qxd1 29. Rc1 (29. Rxd1 f1=Q+ 30.
Rxf1 Rxf1#) 29... Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qe4+ {mates.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rac1 N7f6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bf8 $132 {Ioseliani,N-Rodriguez,A/WchT 4th 1997})
10... Nd7 (10... O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Bf8 17. Bg5 $14 {Arsovic,Z-Zafirovski,M/JUG-ch op 1996}) 11. Ne4 $146
(11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re3 g6 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Rc3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Qd7 17.
Be5 Nd5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Ivanov,T/Open 1999
}) (11. a3 O-O (11... Rc8 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ba6 Ra8 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rc1 Nf6 16.
Bc7 Qe8 $13 {Hernandez,R-Gurevich,D/WchT Luzern 1989}) 12. Bc2 Rc8 (12... N7f6
13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Bg5 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ba4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rc8 $13 {
Tibensky,R-Held,M/Mipap Cup 1999}) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Ne4 N5f6 16. Nc3
Qc7 17. h3 Nd5 $132 {Djurhuus,R-King,D/Gausdal MI9394}) (11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3
Rc8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bb1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rcd1 Nf6 $11 {Kosyrev,V-Eliseev,
A/RUS-chJ 1998}) 11... O-O 12. a3 N5f6 $2 (12... N7f6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Ne5 h6 (
14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 15. Qf3 Qc7
16. Bd2 $14) 13. Ng3 $1 {White has an isolated pawn,but the situation on the
board is very convenient for white:black pieces are not good placed,especially
after his last move.White is going to finish development,and starting to
prepare an attack against black king.} Rc8 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bd2 N7f6
17. Rad1 Nc7 (17... Bd6 $5 18. Ne5 Re7 19. f4 $5 (19. Nh5)) 18. Bf4 Ncd5 $6 (
18... Nfd5 $142 19. Qe4 (19. Be5) 19... f5 $5 (19... g6 20. Bh6 {[%cal Gf3e5]})
20. Bxc7 fxe4 21. Bxd8 exf3 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. gxf3 Nf4 $44) 19. Bg5 Nc7 (19...
h6 {was weakening the kingside.} 20. Bd2 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 20. Ne5 $16 g6 (20...
Qd5 21. f4 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qa4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.
Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rd3 $1 (27. Rc1 Bxg2+ $1 28. Kxg2 Nd5 $132) 27...
Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qxd3 31. Rh5+ Qh7 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33.
Nh5 $18) 21. h4 Nfd5 22. Qg4 Nf6 (22... f6 23. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (23... fxg5 24. Qh5
Nf6 25. Bxh7+ $1) (23... fxe5 24. Qh5 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nh5 $18) 24. Bh6
$1 $18) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. h5 {[%mdl 128] Breaking the kingside via g6-point.
White has already 4 pieces taking part in attack,on other hand black pieces
are far from the defense.} Re7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nh5 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8][%cal
Ge1e3,Ge3h3]} Bg7 (26... Bh8 27. Bxg6 (27. Re3 $16) 27... fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8
29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Re3 Rg7 (30... Bg7 31. Rg3 $18) (30... Qf8 31. Rg3+ Bg7 32.
Nf6+) 31. Nxg7 Bxg7 32. Rg3 Qe7 33. Rdd3 $18 {[%cal Rg3g7,Yd3g3]}) 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Re3 Nd5 29. Rh3 $18 Qe8 (29... Nf6 30. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Rg5h6,Rd3g6]})
30. Qg5 f5 (30... Rec7 31. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 32. Qh6+ Kf6 33. Rf3+ $18) 31. Rh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qe2
(8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 $6 b4 11. Ne2 Nbd7 $15 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nfxd4 e5 $1
14. Nf5 g6 15. Nfg3 h5 $1 16. f3 Bc5 17. Kh1 Qe7 $17 {Yusupov,A-Ivanchuk,V
Linares 1992}) (8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. a4 Qb8 13.
Rfd1 Rd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Prakash,G-Short,N/Calcutta Goodricke op 1998}) 8...
c5 (8... b5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb3 c5 {QGA}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nc3
Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rac1 $36 {Portisch,L-Anand,V/
Brussels SWIFT rapid 1992}) 9. dxc5 (9. Rd1 Nbd7 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11.
Nc3 b5 12. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qb6 14. Nf4 Bc5 15. b3 O-O $19 {Balogh,
B-Sziraki,T/HUN-chT1 1995}) 10. a4 (10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Ne5
Qb6 14. Na4 Qb5 $13 {Lukacs,P-Onischuk,A/Budapest FS07 GM 1993}) 10... Bd6 11.
Nc3 cxd4 $6 $146 (11... Qc7 $5 $13) 12. exd4 (12. Rxd4 $6 Qc7) 12... O-O 13.
Bg5 Qc7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Biriukov,O/
RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997}) 9... Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7
$11 13. Bd3 (13. a4 $5 {preventing following exchange.}) 13... Ba3 $1 14. Bxa3
Qxa3 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nd4 g6 {[%cal Ge6e5,Yd4f5] intending e6-e5
and Black take control over f5-point at first.} 18. Qb2 e5 19. Ne2 b5 20. Na5
Ba8 21. b4 Nb6 22. a3 h5 $1 $15 {Power of bishop-a8 forces black to play on
the kingside.Black has better position because of better places of his pieces.}
23. Nc3 h4 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 24. h3 Nfd5 {[%csl Ga8,Rg2][%cal Ge7g5] Setting free
the way to the queen to-g5.} 25. Rfe1 {[%cal Gd3f1]} (25. Ne4 Na4 $15 {[%cal
Yf7f5]}) 25... Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Qa1 Qg5 28. Bf1 Nd5 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Rxc8
Rxc8 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Nb3 Ne4 {By exact and accurate play white equalized.But
in this moment Maja probably had some time-pressure and overlooked(or
understimated?!)following blacks threat.} 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Qb2 $11) {[%tqu "En",
"How black can destroy whites positin,using last unaccuracy of white?","","",
"e4f2","",10]} 33... Nxf2 $1 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Rf2h3][%mdl 64] With this
sacrifice black crashes white on the kingside.} 34. Kxf2 Qg3+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kg1
Qxe3+ $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) 35... Bxg2 36. Bxg2 (36. Nd2 Rd8 37. Qc3 Qxh3 {[%cal
Rh3g4]} 38. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 39. Ke1 h3 $19) 36... Qxg2+ $17 37. Ke1 $2 (37. Kd3 Qf2
(37... a5 $5 {That is not my offer! It is Fritz5.32!}) (37... Qxh3 38. Nc5 Qf3
$17 {[%cal Ge8d8]} (38... Qg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4c4]}))) 37... Qxh3 {Black has 3
pawns for a light piece,but another preferences like weakness of white king,
passivity of queen on-a1 and paseed pawn-h,makes blacks advantage decisive.}
38. Qc3 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 h3 $19 {Passed
pawn-h decides this game.} 43. Qd2 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 h2 45. Qd7 Qg2+ 46. Kd3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "CAN-ch op"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Hergott, Deen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The following game was very important step on my way win the Canadian Open
Championship.} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. d5 $1 {White gains the space in the center.Otherwise black would
play d6-d5.The same idea is shown in Petrosian variation:1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.
Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7?(the right way is 5...d5!)6.d5!with big advantage
for white.} exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 {Otherwise after 10.e4 black has two "dead"
bishops on b7 and e7.} 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e4 $1 $146
{The most logical move in this position.White has tried different
continuations,but none of them caused black any serious problems.Let's see a
few examples:} (13. Bd2 Bf6 (13... f5 $5) 14. Bc3 Kg8 15. Qh5 Re8 16. Rad1 $14
{Dizdar,G-Plachetka,J/SVK-CRO 1996/1-0(27)}) (13. b3 g6 $2 (13... Bf6) 14. Bb2
Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd7 $16 {Legky,N-Polaczek,R/Antwerpen op 1996/1-0(39)})
(13. Rd1 Bf6 14. Qf5+ (14. Qxd7 Qxd7 15. Rxd7 Rad8 {with clear compensation
for black in this ending.}) 14... Kg8 (14... g6 15. Qh3+) 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 $1 16.
Qxd7 Rad8 17. Ne5 $3 Rxd7 18. Nxd7 Rd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Kf1 Rd1+ 21. Ke2 Rh1
22. b3 $1 $14) 13... Qe8 {[%cal Ge7f6] This move looks very strange,but may be
that's the best what black has in this position!Now white has to prevent Bf6
which is black's idea.} (13... Bf6 $6 14. e5) (13... Nb4 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bg5
g6 16. Qh4 Re8 17. e5 $1 $16) 14. Bf4 {[%cal Yf4b8]} (14. Bg5 $5) (14. Re1 $5)
14... f5 (14... Nb4 15. Qd2 f5 {transfers to the game.}) 15. exf5 Nb4 (15...
Qf7 {was a better try,but even in this case black is in deep troubles:} 16.
Qxd7 Qxf5 17. Qxc6 (17. Qxf5+ Rxf5 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Rab1 Rd8 $44) 17... Qxf4 18.
Rfe1 Bf6 19. Re2 $16 {[%csl Rh7]}) 16. Qd2 Rxf5 17. Rae1 Rd5 (17... Qf8 18.
Qxd7 Rxf4 19. Rxe7 Qf6 20. Rf7 $1 Qh6 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 22. a3 {winning the knight}
) 18. Qe3 Nd3 {[#]} {[%tqu "En","","","","f3g5","",10]} 19. Ng5+ $1 Bxg5 (19...
Kg8 20. Qe4 Rxg5 21. Bxg5 $18) 20. Qh3+ Bh6 (20... Kg6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxg5
Kxg5 23. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3f7]} Ree5 24. Qf7 Kh6 25. g4 $1 g5 (25... Rg5 26. h3
{f2-f4}) 26. h4 {[%cal Gf2f4] f2-f4} Rd4 (26... Nf4 27. h5 {Qg8-h8} (27. Qf6+
Kh7 28. hxg5 $18)) 27. f4 $1 Nxf4 (27... Rxf4 28. hxg5+ Kxg5 29. Qg7+ $18) 28.
Rxf4 $1 Rxf4 29. hxg5+ Kxg5 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. Qh6+) 21. Rxe8 Nxf4 (21... Rxe8
22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qf3 Ree5 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. f4 Rf5 26. Qg6 $18) 22. Qe3 Nh3+
23. Qxh3 Rxe8 {[#]} {[%tqu "En","Find immediate win for white","Use the pin of
Bh6","","f2f4","wins immediatly.Black has no defence from g4-g5. Playing 19.
Ng5 I finished to calculate when I found this move.",10]} 24. f4 $1 {[%csl Rh6,
Rh7][%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5] wins immediatly.Black has no defence from g4-g5.
Playing 19.Ng5 I finished to calculate when I found this move.} Re4 25. g4 g5
26. Qh5 Kg7 27. h4 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Qb2 a6 15. a3
Nc6 16. Rfd1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qd6 18. c5 $1 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qb8 20. Qb1 h6 21. b4 e5
$6 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5] It is easy to see how such an error arises. The strategic
battle is a rather well-defined contest between white's 3-1 queenside majority
with passed c-pawn, and black's 2-0 preponderance in the centre with his
passed d-pawn. White was threatening to further advance his rather mobile
little fellows and black felt a distinct sense of urgency. However, more
preparation was required, and perhaps the very importance of black's d-pawn as
the very lynchpin of his potential counterplay should have encouraged a more
cautious approach. In fact, since a6 is dropping, the only real objection to
this example might be that white's next move hardly involves a material
sacrifice at all!} 22. Rxd5 $1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd5 (23... exd4 24. Rxd4 Bf6 25.
Qf5 Rc6 26. Bd3 g6 27. Qg4 {also affords white too much direct attack.}) 24.
Nf5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re7,Rg7][%cal Gf3d4,Gd4f5] White is set to win a second
pawn for the exchange, his knight is transformed into a great piece (and he
next exchanges the light squared bishops which removes its only real
challenger. Note too that not for the last time, a well posted knight very
directly hassles pieces which find themselves on the surrounding squares of
opposite colour.} Rfe8 25. Bxa6 Rc6 26. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bg5 28. Qe4 Ra6
29. h4 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qa8 31. Rg4 {[%csl Rg7]} Rg6 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. h5 Rxg4 34.
Qxg4 Rg8 35. Nd6 {[%csl Rf7]} g6 36. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Qxf3 37. gxf3 gxh5+
38. Kh2 Rd8 39. b5 Kg6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 $5 Nb4 14. Bb1
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc6 {White has two bishops and advantage in the centre, but
Black can attack the white kingside} (15... Qxd4 16. Ne4 $1 (16. Nd5 $2 Qc5 $17
) 16... Qd8 17. Rfd1 (17. Nxf6+ $2 Bxf6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 $19) 17... Qc7 18. Nxf6+
gxf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Qe4) 19. Qe4 f5 20. Kh1 $1 $16 (20. Qd4 f6)) 16. d5 {
[%csl Re6,Rg7,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Yb2g7,Yb1h7]} Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,
Rg1,Rg2,Rh2][%cal Yf5h4,Yf6h5,Yh5f4,Ye7c5,Ye7d6,Yd8g5,Yg5h4]} (17... e5 18. f4
$18) (17... Bc5 18. Nb5 $16) 18. Rfe1 $1 Nh5 $1 19. Qe4 $5 (19. dxe6 fxe6 20.
Rxe6 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Bg5 $15) 19... Nf6 $5 (19... g6 $5 20. dxe6 Nd6 21. exf7+ (
21. Qg4 Rxc4 (21... f5 22. Qd4 Rxc4 23. Qe5 Bf6 $2 24. e7 $18) 22. exf7+ Rxf7
23. Ne4 (23. Be4 $13) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $13) 21... Rxf7 22. Qe6 $2 (22. Qg4
Rxc4 23. Ne4 $13 (23. Be4 $13)) 22... Nf4 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg3 Bh4 $19) 20. Qe2 (
20. Qd3 $11) 20... Bc5 (20... Nd4 $2 21. Qd3 $16) 21. dxe6 (21. Nb5 $2 Nh5 $17
{[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rg1,Rg2,Rh2][%cal Rh5f4,Rd8g5,Rd8h4,Rf5h4]}) (21. Ne4 $6 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Qd3 e5 $17 {[%csl Rb1]}) 23... Bxd4 24. e5 $6 exd5
25. Qd3 (25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. Qxd4 dxc4 $17) (25. Rcd1 Rxc4) (25.
cxd5 Qg5+) 25... Qh4) (21. Rcd1 $6 Nh5 $36) 21... Nd4 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Qd3 g6
{/\Nh5} 24. Ne2 $1 Rd7 $1 $11 {><d4} 25. Kh1 (25. Rcd1 $2 Nxf3+ $19) 25... Rc6
26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kh6 30. Qxa7 $6 $138 (30. Qxd8
Rxd8 $11) 30... Rcxc4 $138 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Qa3 Nh5 33. Qe3+ Nf4 34. Be4 Qf6
35. Rb1 Rd4 36. Rg1 $15 1/2-1/2

