[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 9th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 $5 (6. b3 {is the
most popular among all variations avoiding the King's Indian Defence.}) 6... a5
7. Nc3 d5 (7... Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. Be3 $5 $36) 8. Re1 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re1 (12. Rh4 $2 h5) 12... Nd7 {I have always thought that
this position is much better for White.} 13. c3 $6 (13. Ra3 $1 e5 14. Rae3 $40
{is the only way to proceed in this opening in my humble opinion.}) (13. Bf4
Nb6 $13) (13. Nh4 Be6 14. c3 (14. d5 $6 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Rc8) 14...
Bc4 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Be3 e5 $13) (13. Bg5 Re8 14. c3 Qb6 $132) 13...
e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd1 (15... Bxe5 $5) 16. Rxd1 Bxe5 17. Be3 Bc7 (
17... Rfe8 $5) 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rc1 Be5 22. b4 (22.
h4) (22. Re1 $5) 22... Rd3 $1 $11 {Black equalises at once thus I could not
have won the tournament but I had made a prize in Paracin after two years.} (
22... axb4 23. cxb4 Bb2 24. Rc4 (24. Rh1 Bc2) 24... Bd3 25. Rc5 Ba3 26. Ra5
Bxb4 27. Ra7 $44) 23. bxa5 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 (24. Re1 Rc4) (24. Rd1 Bd3) 24... Bxc3
25. a6 bxa6 26. Bxc6 Bd3 27. Bc5 f6 28. Kf3 Bd2 29. Be3 Bc3 30. Bc5 Bd2 31. Be3
Bc3 32. Bb6 Bd2 33. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 {A tricky sideline
usually played with idea to avoid main lines of KingsIndian .} Na6 {[%cal
Gc7c5] In my opinion the most logical reaction to White's previous move.Black
is going to play c7-c5 ,also in some lines black's knight might jump to
b4-square.} 7. Nc3 c5 (7... d5 $5 {[%csl Gc3] might be an interesting
alternative.}) 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 ({The alternaitve is} 9. d5 Qc8 {[%csl Gh3]} (
9... Nc7 $143 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Alvarez
Peon,R-Suarez Real,A/Gijon 1999/EXT 2001 (37)}) 10. Bf4 Nc7 (10... Rd8 $142 {
[%cal Ge7e6]}) 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a5 Nb5 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nb6 Rab8 16.
c3 Nd7 17. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Velikov,P-Rashkovsky,N/Frunze 1983/MCD (20)}) ({
Certainly} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nd7 {leads to very comfortable
position for Black.}) 9... Qc8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] In my opinion this logical
reply clearly improves on Black's play.Obviously White was happy to play 10 h3
getting rid of annoying pin along d1-h5 diagonal,so the idea behind my last
move is to prevent it.After the game , i was really surprised to discover,
that this position has been occured in Cramling's game ,where she has Black.
Despite winning this encounter,most probably she faced some problems in the
opening part of the game.} (9... Nd7 $143 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc7 12. Bg2 cxd4
13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Re8 15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nc7 17. a5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19.
Rfc1 Qc5 20. Qe1 Qd4 21. c3 Qf6 22. Qd1 Rac8 23. Ra4 $14 {0-1 Astrom,
R-Cramling,P/Sweden 1999/EXT 2002 (39)}) 10. Qd2 (10. d5 Nb4 11. Re1 e6 $132)
10... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} (10... Nb4 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qc1 $13) 11.
Rfe1 Nb4 12. dxc5 $6 {I don't like this decision,since it significantly eases
Black's play.} ({The natural} 12. d5 {should be a critical continuation.} {
During the game i intented to react with} e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} ({
Natural} 13... Qxe6 {runs into} 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. h3 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 16. Bf4
$1 (16. Nd5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Qf8 $11 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 16... h6 $140 (16... Bc6 17.
Nd5 $1) 17. Nd5 Nbxd5 18. exd5 Qf8 19. Ne6 $1 fxe6 20. dxe6 $16) (13... Bxe6 $5
14. Rad1 d5 15. Bg5 d4 16. Nb5 {[%cal Ch7h6,Ch6g5,Ge4e5]} Rd7 $13) {but after
correct} 14. Bg5 {we get a very complex game.} (14. h3 $143 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 d5))
12... dxc5 13. Qc1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (13. Qe2 {is strongly met by} Nc6 $1 (13...
Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Bg2 Nc6 17. f4 $14) 14. Bxc5 $140 Nd7 15. Be3
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nce5 17. Bd4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 e5 20. Be3 Qxc3 $15 {
[%csl Ga4,Gc2]}) 13... Nc6 $1 14. Bg5 (14. Bxc5 $140 $2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 $19 {
[%csl Gc5,Gf3]}) (14. Nd2 $5) 14... Nd7 (14... Qe6 {didn't appeal to me during
the game in view of} 15. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 16. Nc7 Qf5 {[%csl Gf2,Gf3]} 17. Bf4 Rac8
18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Bxe4 Rxc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 $14) 15. Nd5 Re8 {During the game i
felt ,that i shouldn't play 15..f6 ,since it will close my bishop .} ({
Meanwhile} 15... f6 {was very interesting , allowing Black to seize some
initiative.} 16. Bh6 ({or} 16. Be3 e6 17. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 (17... Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. Bh6 $11) 18. Bxf3 Nde5 19. Bg2 Nd4 $15) 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Ne3 Nde5) 16. Nd2 {[%csl Gg4]} h6 $6 ({I wrongly rejected} 16... Nde5
$142 {because of} 17. f4 (17. f3 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Nc7 Red8 $1 {[%csl Gf3]
[%cal Gd8d2]}) {missing a very strong idea} 17... f6 $1 18. Bh4 Nf7 {[%csl Gh4]
and White's dark-squared bishop is in trouble.}) 17. Be3 g5 {Preparing the
luft for my light-squared bishop.} 18. f3 (18. h3 $142 Bh5 19. f4 {was called
for} e6 20. Nc3 gxf4 21. gxf4 Nd4 22. e5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd2e4]} f6 23. Nde4
Rf8 $1 {with very complicated play.}) 18... Bh5 19. Bf2 $2 {Too passive} ({
Still} 19. f4 $142 {was the best option (only without h3-move)}) 19... e6 20.
Ne3 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Gf4] The arising position is clearly favours Black,he has a
lot of good squares for his piecies , while White piecies are lack of
coordination.} 21. Ra3 Rad8 22. Nec4 b6 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gb6b5] Preparing a6
following by b5 ,driving away White's knight.} 23. Rd3 {[%csl Gd6] Usually
it's a good idea to exchange some piecies, when your opponent has a space
advantage.} Nde5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re3 (25. Be3 $142 a6 26. Rf1 $15) 25... Qd7
$1 $17 {Very strong move,Black not only takes control over d-file,but also
a4-pawn can be a target,after Black's knight will jump to b4.} 26. b3 (26. Nxe5
Nxe5 {[%csl Ga4,Gd2]}) 26... Nb4 27. Bf1 (27. Re1 {would be more stubborn})
27... Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Bd4 29. Re2 $2 $138 {This loses on the spot.} (29. g4 Bxe3
30. Bxe3 Bg6 31. Qb2 Nc6 32. Qf6 Qe7 $1 $19) (29. Re1 $142 Na2 $1 (29... Bxf3
$140 30. c3 Na2 (30... Bxf2+ $140 $2 31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Bxd3 Qxd3 33. Ne5 $18)
31. Qb2 Nxc3 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Re3 $14) 30. Qa3 Nc3 31. g4 Bg6 32. Qc1 $17)
29... Bxf3 $19 {Now it's over White loses material.} 30. Rd2 {[%cal Gc4e5]}
Bxe4 31. Qe1 (31. c3 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nd5 $19) 31... Ba8 (31... Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2
Bd5 $19) 32. Bxd4 (32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qxb4 Qd5 $19 {[%csl Gh1]}) 32... cxd4 33.
Ne5 Qc7 34. Ng4 Qc5 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Gd4d3]} 35. Rf2 Kg7 36. Ne5 f5 37. Bc4
Nxc2 $1 (37... Nxc2 38. Rxc2 d3+ 39. Rf2 d2 40. Qd1 Qxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Kottnauer Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Stohl} Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 c5 (4... O-O {Stohl} 5. Bg2 d5 6.
O-O c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 (8... Re8 $5 9. Na3 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. c4 d4 12.
Nc2 Bf5 13. Re1 Qd7 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] ()[+],Heinzel,O-Buturin,V/Pardubice op/
1996/}) 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Bc3 Be6 14. Na3
Rab8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Qb2 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. c5 Bd5 19. Qb6 Ne6 20. Qxc7 Nxc7
21. Nc4 Ne6 22. e4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rbc8 24. Bh3 b5 $17 {Bakliwal,G-Murugan,K/
Calcutta op/1996/}) (4... d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 (6... Bd7 {Stohl} 7. c4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qc8 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 e6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. e3 Be8
15. g4 Qa5 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Nde2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nb4 20. e4 exd5 21.
a3 Nc6 22. b4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Ba1 dxe4 25. Qe1 Rd3 $44 {Dizdarevic,
E-Horvath,C/Osijek/1993/}) 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 Qb6 11.
Qb3 Nfd7 12. e3 Nc5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nc3 e6 15. Rab1 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Na4 17. Ne4
Nac5 18. Nc3 Na4 19. Ne4 Nac5 $10 {1/2,Carlier,B-Cvitan,O/Cappelle la Grande
op/1996/}) 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 (6. c4 {Stohl} e5 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf5
10. d3 Qd7 11. Ng5 Ne8 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. f4
exf4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rxf4 f6 $10 {Blatny,P-Stohl,I/Prague Kottnauer mem/1996/
}) 6... Qa5+ (6... Ne4 $5 {Stohl} 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. c4
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... Nxd4 $5 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 {[%cal Yc8e6] /
\Be6=}) 12. Nb5 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. h4 a6 17. Nc3
Qe5 18. Qd2 b5 19. Nd5 b4 20. f4 Qg7 21. Qe3 Kf8 22. Nc7 Qb2 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24.
Rxd2 Rdc8 25. Nxa6 Rb6 26. Nc5 $1 $14 {Barczay,L-Kirov,N/Lodz Makarczyk-mem/
1978/}) 7. Qd2 (7. Bc3 Qc7 8. O-O (8. dxc5 $6 Qxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11.
Nbd2 Qh5 12. Re1 Bh3 $36 {Weindl,A-Lau,R/BL 8788 (1987) ;BL 80 1988} (12... Bh3
{Stohl} 13. Bh1 Rfe8 14. Nc4 d5 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Nd4 e5 17. Bf3 Qg5 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qh5 21. e3 Qh3 22. f3 e4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rb1 Bc3
$17 {Weindl,A-Lau,R/BL 8788/1987/})) (8. Nbd2 Nd5 $36) 8... cxd4 $6 (8... O-O
$142 $10) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c4 Nc6 12. Nc2 a6 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Ne3
$14 {Voronova,T-Ionita,M/Bucharest-W ;EXT 91 1991}) (7. Nbd2 $6 {Stohl} Ne4 {
[%cal Re4c3] /\Nc3-/+}) 7... Qxd2+ (7... Qc7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O cxd4
11. Nxd4 e6 12. Rfd1 $14 (12. Rfd1 {Stohl} Rd8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. h3 Nf8 15. Nf3
b6 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Nce4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rac8 19. Bg2 Qe7 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. Qb2 $14
{Volkmann,F-Kustar,S/Budapest ExpFS JulIM-A/1993/})) 8. Nbxd2 Na6 (8... Nfd7 $5
9. e3 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Ne4 b6 (11... cxd4 {Stohl} 12. exd4 d5 $10) 12. c4
Bb7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 a6 16. e4 Rfb8 17. Rhe1 (17. Bf1 $14 {
Stohl}) 17... b5 $132 {Kurajica,B-Kozul,Z/Zagreb zt (05) ;CBM 35 1993} (17...
b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bc8 20. Nc3 c4 21. b4 Rxb4 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Ke3 Nf6
24. h3 Nb7 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ra3 27. Kd4 Nc5 $36 {Kurajica,B-Kozul,Z/
Zagreb zt/1993/})) (8... Nc6 {Stohl} 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Ne4 $5 $36) 9. O-O-O $146
(9. O-O O-O 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rab8 14. Ne3 Rfc8 15.
Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Hartoch,R-Watson,W/Wijk-B ;TD 87\06 1987}) 9... O-O (9... Ng4 {
Stohl} 10. Rhf1 cxd4 11. h3 $14) 10. h3 (10. c4 {Stohl} Bd7 11. d5 b5 $132)
10... Bd7 (10... cxd4 $142 11. Nxd4 d5 $10) 11. e4 (11. c4 {Stohl} Rab8 $10)
11... cxd4 12. e5 $5 {An interesting attempt to complicate a rather sedate
position.} (12. Nxd4 Nc5 (12... Nb4 {Stohl} 13. a3 Nc6 $10)) 12... dxe5 (12...
Nd5 $142 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nab4 (13... dxe5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 $10)
14. Bxd5 dxe5 (14... Nxd5 15. exd6 $14) 15. Bxb7 Rab8 $10) 13... Nab4 14. a3
Nc6 (14... dxe5 $6 15. Nxe5 Na2+ $2 16. Kb2 Nac3 17. Rde1 $18) 15. Bb2 dxe5 16.
Nc4 $14) (12... Ne8 $142 $1 {Stohl} 13. Nxd4 (13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15.
Rhe1 Rfe8 $10) 13... Nc5 $5 (13... Rb8 14. Nc4 (14. exd6 Nxd6 $132) 14... dxe5
15. Nf3 $36) (13... dxe5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxa6 exd4 16. Rhe1 $36 {[%csl Rd4,
Re7] ><d4,e7}) 14. exd6 Nxd6 $10) 13. Nxe5 Nb4 (13... Nc5 {Stohl} 14. Bxd4 Rac8
15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxb7 $16) 14. a3 (14. Bxb7 $2 {Stohl} Rab8 $17
{[%cal Rb4a2,Ra2c3] /\Na2-c3}) 14... Na2+ (14... Nc6 $6 15. Nxc6 (15. Rhe1 $5)
15... Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxd4 $14 {_|_}) 15. Kb1 Nc3+ 16. Bxc3 dxc3 17.
Nxd7 (17. Ndc4 $6 {Stohl} Bc8 $13) 17... Nxd7 18. Nc4 Nc5 (18... Rad8 $5 19.
Bxb7 Bf6 $5 20. Na5 Nb8 $13) (18... Nb6 {Stohl} 19. Na5 $1 $16) 19. b4 Ne6 20.
Bxb7 Rad8 21. Rhf1 $1 (21. Rhe1 Bd4 22. Re2 Bf6 (22... Bxf2 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24.
Rxf2 Nxb7 25. Ka2 $1 $14 {_|_}) 23. Ree1 Bd4 $10) (21. Rhe1 $142 $16 {Stohl})
21... Nd4 $6 (21... Bf6 $5) (21... Rd4 $10) 22. Rfe1 $1 Rd7 (22... Bf6 {/\e6})
23. Bg2 Rfd8 24. f4 (24. Rd3 {Stohl} Rc7 25. Na5 (25. Ne5 f6 {[%cal Ye7e5] /\e5
}) 25... e5 $132) 24... e6 (24... Nf5 $142 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. g4 Nd4 27. Rd1 $14
) 25. Be4 $1 {Helps Black by losing an important tempo.} (25. Rd3 $142 $5 Rc7 (
25... Nb5 $2 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bc6) 26. Ne5 $16) 25... Kf8 (25... Nf5 26. Rxd7
Rxd7 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Ka2 {/\Kb3+/- _|_}) 26. Rd3 $16 f5 27. Bg2 $2 (27. Bh1
$1 $16) 27... Ke7 28. Na5 $2 $138 (28. Bh1 $14) (28. Rde3 $14) (28. Red1 $6 Ne2
$1 $36) (28. Rxc3 $2 Nb5 $40) (28. Ree3 $5 $14 {/\Ne5}) 28... Nxc2 $1 {ץg2}
29. Nc6+ (29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Kxc2 Rd2+ $19) 29... Kf8 $138 (29... Ke8 $142 $5
30. Rxe6+ Kf8 31. Kxc2 Rxd3 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Re2 $10) 30. Nxd8 Nxa3+ (30...
Rxd3 $2 31. Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Kxc2 Rd2+ 33. Kc1 Rxg2 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Re3 $18 {_|_
}) 31. Ka2 Rxd3 32. Nxe6+ Kg8 33. Bf1 $1 (33. Nxg7 $2 c2 $1 (33... Nc2 34. Rc1
Ne3 $17) 34. Nxf5 Rd1 $1 (34... gxf5 35. Rc1) 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rc8 gxf5 (36...
c1=Q $2 37. Bd5+ $1) 37. Kxa3 c1=Q+ 38. Rxc1 Rxc1 $19) (33. Kxa3 $2 c2+ 34. Ka2
Rd1 $19) 33... Nc2 (33... Rxg3 $2 34. Kxa3 c2+ 35. Ka2 Re3 36. Rc1 Rxe6 37. Bc4
$18) 34. Rc1 Rd2 (34... Nxb4+ $5 35. Kb3 a5 $1 (35... Rd6 $2 36. Kxb4 $18) (
35... Re3 36. Kxb4 $18 {/\} Rxe6 37. Bc4 Kf7 38. Re1) 36. Bxd3 (36. Nxg7 Rxg3
37. Ne6 c2+ 38. Ka4 Rg1 39. Nc5 Nd5 40. Nb3 Kg7 $15) 36... Nxd3 37. Rc2 Bf6 $15
) 35. Kb3 Nd4+ $2 $138 (35... Ne3 $1 36. Nxg7 c2 (36... Kxg7 37. Kxc3 Nxf1 (
37... Rh2 38. Bb5 Rxh3 39. Kd4 $1 Ng4 $8 40. Rc3 Nf6 41. Ra3 $132 {o^b}) 38.
Rxf1 $10 (38. Rxf1 Rg2 39. Rf3 $10)) 37. Nxf5 $1 (37. Ne6 $6 Nxf1 (37... Rd1
$17) 38. Kc3 $1 (38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Kxc2 Nxg3 $17) 38... Rd1 $1 39. Rxc2 Re1 $17
) (37. Ne8 Nxf1 38. Rxc2 (38. Rxf1 $2 Rd1) 38... Rxc2 39. Kxc2 Nxg3 $17) 37...
gxf5 38. Bb5 Rg2 (38... Rd1 39. Kb2 $1 {/\Ba4=}) 39. Bd3 Rxg3 40. Bxc2 Rxh3 41.
Ra1 Nd1+ (41... Nxc2+ 42. Kxc2 Rf3 43. Rxa7 Rxf4 44. b5 Rb4 45. Rb7 f4 46. Kd3
$10 {Ph+f, עg8}) 42. Ka2 $1 Rh2 43. Kb3 $10) 36. Kxc3 Nf3+ 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 {
Stohl: The position has turned around again in Black's habitual time-pressure.
White has a strong B and Black has problems with his N. Now Black's active
pieces will end up misplaced.} 38. Ra1 $1 Rd7 39. Bb5 $5 Re7 (39... Rc7+ 40.
Kd3 g5 41. Ke3 g4 42. hxg4 (42. h4 Re7+) 42... fxg4 43. Be2 h5 $1 $16) 40. Bc6
(40. Rd1 $142 $14) 40... Rc7 $2 $138 (40... Re3+ $142 41. Kc4 (41. Kc2 Nd4+ 42.
Kd2 Rxg3 43. Rxa7+ Kf8 44. Bd5 Rxh3 45. Rb7 h6 $10) 41... Nd2+ 42. Kd5 (42. Kb5
Rxg3 (42... Re7 43. Rd1 Ne4 $10) 43. Rxa7+ Kh6 44. Rd7 $10 {o^b}) 42... Re7 43.
Kd6 Kf6 $1 $10) 41. b5 g5 $8 42. Kd3 gxf4 $2 (42... g4 $8 43. hxg4 fxg4 44.
Bxf3 (44. Rf1 $16) 44... gxf3 45. Ke3 Rc3+ (45... Rb7 46. Ra5) 46. Kf2 Rb3 (
46... Kg6 47. g4 $18) 47. Rxa7+ Kg6 48. Rb7 h5 49. Rb8 Kf5 50. Rg8 $1 Ke4 51.
Re8+ Kf5 52. Re5+ Kg6 53. Rc5 $18 {_|_}) 43. Bxf3 fxg3 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. d5
Qc7 9. a4 Bf5 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. e4 Bh3 12. Bh1 e5 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. f3
Bd7 16. f4 f6 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qd8 19. b4 Na6 20. Rb1 Rc8 21. b5 Nb8 22.
b6 a6 23. Na5 Qe7 24. Nd2 Rd8 25. Ndc4 Rf7 26. Bg2 Qf8 27. Rf1 Bh6 28. Qd2 Bxf4
29. Rxf4 Bc8 30. Rbf1 Qe7 31. Qf2 Nd7 32. Bh3 Ne5 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Qe2 Nxc4
35. Nxc4 Rd8 36. Qd3 Rd7 37. g4 Qf8 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. h3 Qh6 40. Qg3 g5 41. Rf5
Rdd7 42. Qe3 Qg6 43. e5 dxe5 44. Qxc5 Qg7 45. d6 (45. Qc8 $18 Rf8 (45... Rfe7
46. d6 Re6 47. Rxf6) 46. Nxe5) 45... Qf8 46. Rd1 Ng7 47. Ne3 Ne8 48. Nc4 Ng7
49. Ne3 Ne8 50. Nc4 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 (8... dxe5 9. e4 {/\ 10.Nc3}) 9. c4 dxe5 {/\ 10... e4} 10. Ne1 Nd4 (10...
f5 11. Bd5+ (11. Bxc6)) 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nd3 f5 13. e3 Ne6 14. Na4 Qe7 (14... e4
$6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Nxe6+ Bxe6 18. Nc5 $36) 15. Qc1 Re8 16. f3 (
16. Ba3 Qf7 {/\ 17... e4}) 16... h5 17. Qe1 Ng5 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 (19...
exd3 $2 20. Bb2 Ne4 21. Rd1) 20. Ndc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Nf7 22. Rd1 b6 23. Na4 Be6
24. Qc3 Rad8 25. Qc2 (25. Qxg7+ $142) 25... g5 $1 26. Rf2 h4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Qb2 Qg6 {/\ 29... gf 30.gf h3} 29. Bf1 gxf4 30. exf4 Nh6 31. Rg2 Kf7 32. gxh4
Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Be2 Bf7 35. Nb2 Rd4 36. h3 Ng8 37. Kf1 (37. Nd1 Rd2)
37... Ne7 38. h5 Rd2 39. Bd1 Rd8 40. Ke1 c5 41. Rd2 Rd4 42. a3 Nc6 43. Rg2 Nd8
44. Kf2 Ne6 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rg3 Rh8 47. Na4 Bxh5 48. Bxh5 Rxh5 49. Nc3 Nxf4 (
49... Rh4 50. Ne2) 50. Nxe4+ (50. Kxf4 $2 Rh4+ 51. Ke3 f4+ $19) 50... fxe4 51.
Kxf4 Rh4+ 52. Ke3 $17 (52. Rg4 Rxh3 53. b4 $15) 52... Kf5 53. b4 a5 54. bxc5
bxc5 55. a4 Rh7 56. Kf2 Rb7 $2 (56... Kf4 $1 57. Rb3 (57. Rg4+ Ke5 58. h4 Kd4
59. Kg3 Kd3 {-/+/-+}) 57... Ke5 {-/+/-+}) 57. h4 Kf4 58. Rh3 Kg4 59. Rh1 Kf4
60. Rh3 $1 (60. h5 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Rb1+ 62. Kg2 Rxh1 63. Kxh1 $19) 60... Ke5 61.
h5 Kd4 62. h6 Rh7 63. Rh1 (63. Ke2 Kxc4 64. Ke3 $10) 63... Kd3 64. Rh5 e3+ 65.
Ke1 Rb7 66. Rd5+ Kxc4 67. Rh5 Rh7 68. Ke2 Kb4 69. Rh4+ c4 70. Kxe3 Kb3 71. Kd2
c3+ 72. Kc1 Rf7 73. Rd4 $1 (73. Rh1 $4 Rf2 74. h7 Ra2 $19) 73... Rf6 74. Rd8
Rf1+ (74... Rxh6 75. Rb8+ Kxa4 76. Kc2 $10) 75. Rd1 Rxd1+ 76. Kxd1 Kb2 77. h7
c2+ 78. Ke2 c1=Q 79. h8=Q+ Kb3 80. Qe8 Qc4+ 81. Kd2 Qd5+ 82. Ke2 Kc2 83. Qc8+
Kb2 84. Qb8+ Kc3 85. Qc8+ Kd4 86. Qh8+ Kc4 87. Qc8+ Kb4 88. Qe8 Qc4+ 89. Kd2
Qd4+ 90. Ke2 Qb2+ 91. Kd3 Qc3+ 92. Ke2 Qc2+ 93. Ke3 Ka3 94. Qb5 Qxa4 95. Qxa4+
Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seville op 41st"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Re1 b5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a3 Qc7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 Qxc4 (15... bxc4 16. Bd4 $16) 16. Bf1 {Diagrama [#]} Qxb4 $6 (16... Qc7
17. Bxb5 $16) 17. Bd4 $18 e5 (17... Nxe4 18. Rb1 (18. Rxe4 Bxd5 19. c3 Qb2 20.
Rb1 Qa2 21. Re1 $16) 18... Qa4 (18... Bxd4) (18... Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc3 20. Qd2
Nxb1 21. Rxb1 $18) 19. Bxb5 $18) 18. c3 $6 {uno de esos casos en que ves una
buena y no buscas otra mejor} (18. dxe6 fxe6 (18... Rxe6 19. c3 Qb2 20. Re2 $18
) 19. c3 Qb2 20. Re2 $18) 18... Qb2 19. Re2 Qxa1 20. Qxa1 exd4 21. Nxd4 $16
Nxe4 22. Nxb5 a6 23. Nc7 Nxc3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qa3 {Diagrama [#]} (25. Qa5
$16) 25... Rd8 $6 (25... Re1 26. Qxd6 Bf8 27. Qb6 Rb1 (27... Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5
29. Qxa6 $16) 28. Qe3 Bg7 29. h4 $16) 26. Qb4 Bc8 27. Qb6 (27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28.
Nxa6 Nxd5 29. Qb7 Nf6 30. Qb6 Re8 31. Qxd6 $16) 27... Bf6 28. Bxa6 Bxa6 29.
Qxa6 h5 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Nb5 Nc3 32. Nc7 Ne4 33. Qa4 Nc3 34. Qc6 Ne2 35. Na6 Nd4
36. Qc7 Nf5 37. Qc6 Be7 38. Nc7 Bf6 39. Qb7 Rd7 40. h3 Re7 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Nb5
Kg7 43. Kf1 Re4 44. Qc6 Be5 45. Qd7 Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Nc7 Rb4 48. Qd7 Rb8
49. Ne6+ Kg8 50. Nd8 Nh6 51. Nc6 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Bf6 53. Qxd6 Kg7 54. Qd7 Rd1 55.
g4 hxg4 56. hxg4 g5 57. f3 Rd2+ 58. Kf1 Bc3 59. d6 Bf6 60. Qc7 Ng8 61. d7 Rc2
62. Qd6 Rc3 63. Kg2 Rc2+ 64. Kg3 {Diagrama [#]} (64. Kg3 Rc1 65. d8=Q Bxd8 66.
Nxd8 Re1 67. Qd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {If you want to be ultra-solid against the
Fianchetto Set-ups, choose the c6 Grunfeld. If you want to be more active than
the immediate d5 is more appropiate.} 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 {
this approach has been around for a few years. It isn't a refutation of this
set-up with c6 and d5 in the fianchetto Grunfeld, but it seems to be less
drawish than taking on d5, which is still the main line.} dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9.
Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 (10. Qb3 {is the main move.}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Nd2 {White's slight pressure on c6 might give him a small, small edge.
One would think that good play by Black will neutralize it.} Bg4 14. Nb3 Bxe2
15. Re1 Bd3 16. c5 $6 (16. Bd4 $1 {Some computer move.} Qc7 (16... Qa6 $1 17.
Rxe7 $14) 17. Be5 Qd7 18. Qc3 {and White's pressure is very real. Once c6
inevitably falls White will have a strong advantage.}) (16. Rxe7 {preserved
some initiative.}) 16... Qa6 17. Rxe7 Rae8 18. Re1 (18. Rc7 Be4 $11) 18... Bc4
19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc4 Ne4 {White's c5 pawn will not survive for
long. He has to cope with some real problems on the h1-a8 diagonal.} 22. Na5 (
22. Bxg7 $2 Ng5 $1 23. f3 $8 Nxf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxh2 $17) 22... Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5
24. Bxg7 Kxg7 {The rest needs no explanation.} 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Nb3 Kf6 27. Kf1
Ke5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5+ Kf6 30. Ra5 Re7 31. g4 g5 32. Ra6+ Kg7 33. Kg2 f6
34. Kg3 Rc7 35. a4 Kg6 36. a5 Rb7 37. f3 Rb3 38. h3 Ra3 39. Rxa7 h5 40. Kf2
Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Ra3 44. a6 hxg4 45. fxg4 Rxh3 46. Rc7
Ra3 47. a7 f5 48. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden ZMD op"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pfreundt, Jakob"]
[Black "Dann, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Dann,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,82,21,21,19,35,54,24,23,12,24,7,45,29,49,24,30,44,40,40,53,53,55,46,
67,48,66,39,55,68,44,41,48,30,53,26,57,47,61,58,73,57,87,77,75,40,59,39,22,32,
16,4,9,4,14,26,62,14,17,-32,-32,-54,3,-76,-90,-78,-79,-103,-88,-99,-86,-94,-86,
-177,-156,-181,-96,-124,-121,-177,-177,-241,-240,-308,-184]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 $5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Rc2c4] Dieser
Zug führt zu interessantem Spiel.} (6... Nc6 7. d5 Na5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc4] Ohne
den Bauern auf c4 hat der schwarze Springer keine Aufgabe.} 8. e4 c5 9. Re1 $14
{1-0 (34) Andersson,U (2510)-Heimerdinger,J (2148) Bad Wiessee 2015}) (6... Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. exf3 $1 (8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 {Dieser Stellung scheint mir in
Ordnung für Schwarz zu sein.}) 8... Nfd7 9. f4 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 {Diese
Stellungen scheinen mir nicht besonders erstrebenswert für Schwarz.}) 7. Re1 {
[#]} c6 $6 {Zu automatisch gespielt. Natürlich schränkt c6 indirekt den Lg2
ein, allerdings verbaut man sich selber die Chance im richtigen Moment ...Sc6
zu spielen.} (7... Bf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5e4,Yc7c6,Gb8d7] nimmtm e4 aus der Stellung
und ist am kämpferischsten.} 8. Nh4 (8. Ne5 c6 9. h3 h5 $5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. b4
Nxe5 12. Bxe5 a5 $6 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Nxb5 Rc8 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qb3
Rc4 18. Na3 a4 19. Qb2 Rc7 20. Kh2 h4 21. g4 Be6 22. f4 f5 23. g5 $14 {0-1 (38)
Savenkov,K (2365)-Belyakov,B (2487) Moscow 2017}) 8... Be6 (8... Bg4 $5 $132 9.
Bg5 (9. Qd3 Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Rad1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nd6 14. Bf4 c6 15.
Kh2 Rc8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb4 20. b3 Bf6 21. c4
Rfd8 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. Ne5 Rcd8 24. Re2 Qc3 $15 {0-1 (41) Aggelis,N (2296)
-Smirin,I (2650) Chalkida 2009}) 9... c6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 c5 $5
13. exd5 cxd4 14. dxe6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rxe6
Nc5 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Re2 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Nd5 22. f4 Rad8 $14 {1/2-1/2 (55)
Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Topalov,V (2725) Monte Carlo 1997}) 9. e4 (9. f3 {war der
Zug, den ich vor allem beachtete.} c5 $5 $132 (9... c6)) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4
Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd5 $1 $132 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung.} (11... c6 12. c3
) 12. c3 $11 {0-1 (45) Alvarez,V-Solana Suarez,E (2275) Tenerife 1989}) (7...
Ne4 {erinnert an Gründfeldindisch} 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 (9. Ng5 Qxd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Ivanchuk,V (2720)-Smirin,I (2658) Ashdod 2015}) 9... c5 $11 10. c3
cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 e5 16. Qb3 {
1/2-1/2 (16) Tkachiev,V (2605)-Apicella,M (2555) Clichy 1995}) 8. e4 $1 dxe4 9.
Nxe4 Nbd7 (9... Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nd7 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {[%csl Re7] Der Bauer e7 ist
unangenehm zu decken, aber} Nf6 $1 {funktioniert taktisch:} (11... e6 $2 {
erlaubt nicht nur} 12. Bg5 $16 {, sondern schließt auch den Lc8 für immer
ein.}) (11... Re8 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. c3 $13) 12. Rxe7 Nd5 13. Re5 f6
$11) 10. Nxf6+ $6 (10. Qe2 $1 $14 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ye2e7] solider Vorteil für
Weiß.} Nb6 11. a4 (11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. c3 Be6 $11) 11... a5 12. Bg5 $14) 10...
Nxf6 11. c3 $6 {Weiß spielt zu lasch.} (11. Qe2 $1 {wäre immer noch
unangenehm.}) (11. c4 $5) 11... a5 12. a4 Nd5 {[%csl Gb4,Gd5][%cal Rc3c4] Der
schwarze Springer hat nun für immer einen Vorposten auf d5 oder b4.} (12...
Bg4 $5 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 15. Bg2 e6 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bxd5
Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. axb5 Rab8 21. Ra1 Rxb5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (41) Romanishin,O 
(2605)-Kotronias,V (2545) Tilburg 1994}) 13. Qe2 (13. Ne5 $5 {würde das in
der Partie gespielte ...Lg4 nicht erlauben.}) (13. Qb3 {ist auch interessant,
aber 13.Se5 gefällt deutlich besser, da es so natürlich ist.}) (13. Bd2 {
[%csl Rb4,Rd5][%cal Gc3c4]} Bf5 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. h3 Qc7 17. g4 Bd7
18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (39) Pert,N (2566)-Palliser,R 
(2421) Reading 2017}) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 {Weiß steht
möglicherweise minimal besser aufgrund des Läuferpaars, allerdings bietet
die Stellung gleichzeitg Möglichkeiten mit Schwarz auf Gewinn zu spielen.} 16.
Ra3 $6 {Mit der Idee Tb3? Oder will Weiß am Damenflügel gegenhalten oder
etwa c4 nebst Td3/Te3.} (16. h4 $5 {Es ist wohl der richtige Plan für Weiß
am Königsflügel aktiv zu werden.} h5 17. Bg5 Bf6 (17... Qd7 18. Bg2 b5 19.
axb5 cxb5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 {Die Engine ist begeistert von der weißen
Stellung.}) 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Qe4 Ne7 (20... b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. g4
$1 hxg4 23. Qxg4 $40) 21. Bg2 Nf5 22. Bc1 Rac8 $14) 16... Qd7 {[%csl Rh3][%cal
Yb7b5] bereitet ...b5 vor und greift in Zukunft vielleicht mal h3 an.} 17. h4
h5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gd5e7,Ge7f5]} (17... h6 $6 {sah nicht richtig aus. Mit 17..
.h5 sichert man sich zudem einen Vorposten auf f5 für den Srpinger.}) 18. Bg5
Rfe8 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Raa1 b5 21. Ra2 (21. b3 $5 b4 (21... Bg7) 22. c4 Nc3 23.
Re5 Bg7 24. Rae1 $5 $13 (24. Rc5 Ra6 $15)) (21. g4 $1 {wäre die beste
Fortsetzung gewesen.} hxg4 22. Bxg4 f5 (22... Bd6 23. h5 Kg7 24. hxg6 f5 $11)
23. Bf3 bxa4 24. Rxa4 $14) 21... Bg7 22. Rea1 (22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rea1 a4 24. b3
Rac8 $1 $132 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. bxa4 b4 27. cxb4 Bxd4 $13) 22... b4 23. Rd1 (23.
c4 Ne7 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge7f5]} (23... b3 24. cxd5 bxa2 25. dxc6)) 23...
bxc3 24. bxc3 Rab8 $36 {Schwarz hat bereits viel erreicht.} 25. Bd2 Rb3 26. Qc4
Qb7 (26... Reb8) 27. Be4 Rc8 28. Bc2 $6 (28. Raa1 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 28... Rb6 (
28... Rb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. Qd3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd1b1]}) 29. Raa1 c5 $1 30.
dxc5 Rbc6 31. Rab1 Qa7 $6 {Konkret verkehrt wegen Le3.} (31... Qe7 $1 {Dame
soll sich tendenziell in der Mitte stehen.} 32. Be4 Rxc5 33. Qd3 Nxc3 34. Rb7
Qe8 $19) 32. Rb5 $6 (32. Be4 $1 Rxc5 33. Qd3 Bxc3 34. Be3 Nxe3 35. Rb7 Qxb7 36.
Bxb7 Nxd1 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 32... Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Qe2 Bxc3 35. Be3 Nxe3
36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qxe3 Qe7 (37... Bf6 38. Rc8) (37... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc3d4]
nebst ...Ld4 sollte einfach gewinnen.}) 38. Qd3 Rc7 39. Bd1 {Endspieltechnisch
auf jeden Fall interessant.} e5 $2 {versaut die Partie eigentlich zum Remis.} (
{Enginevariante} 39... Bf6 $1 40. Rd6 Be5 41. Rd8 Rb7 $1 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Rd6
Rb2 44. Rc6 Qb7 45. Bf3 Qb4 46. Rc4 Qe1 47. Rc2 Rb1 48. Kh3 Rb4 49. Ra2 Bd4 $19
) 40. Bf3 $2 (40. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 41. Rxd6 Bd4 42. Kg2 (42. Kf1 $8 Rc1 43. Ke2 Ra1
44. Bc2 (44. Rc6 $2 Bxf2 $1 $19) 44... Ra2 45. Rc6 f5 $17) 42... Rc1 43. Be2
Rc2 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Rd7 Rxa4 46. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Rf7][%cal Yf3d5,Yd5f7,Yd5a2]
}) 40... Bd4 41. Rb8 Qc5 (41... Qc5 42. Qe2 Qc2 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Rf2]}) 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 (7. Nc3 O-O
8. h3 a6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qc8 13. h4 Ng4 14. Qd2 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ne2 Qb7 17. Qc2 b4 18. Bf4 Rxa2 $1 19. Rxa2 b3 20. Ra7 Qxa7
21. Qxb3 Rb8 22. Qa3 Qb6 23. b4 {0,5/Pigusov-Kengis/Wien op/1991}) 7... a6 (
7... O-O {>=} 8. Bb2 e5 $1 9. d5 (9. dxe5 Ng4) 9... Ne7 $132) 8. Bb2 O-O 9.
Nbd2 $1 (9. Nc3 Rb8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 {-E66}) 9... b5 $2 (9... e5 $1 10. d5
(10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qc2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 $10) 10... Ne7 11. e4 $14 {/\c5}) 10.
Rc1 Rb8 $6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 (12... Ngxe5 $2 13. Nxc6 $16)
13. Bxa8 Qxa8 (13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qxa8 15. cxb5 $16) 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Re1
$16) (10... bxc4 {>=} 11. Nxc4 {/\d5} e6 12. Re1 Ne4 (12... d5 13. Nce5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 $16) 13. Nfd2 (13. d5 $5 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd2 $14)
13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {/\Nd6} d5 15. Na5 Nxa5 16. Qxa5 c6 $14) 11. d5 $16 Na5 (
11... Na7 12. e4 $1 {/\c5,e5} (12. Nd4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 $13)
12... bxc4 13. Nxc4 $16 Nxe4 $2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ $18) 12. Nd4 e5 (12...
bxc4 13. Bc3 $1 (13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6
$16 {><a6,c7}) 13... Nb7 14. Nxc4 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Na5 $1 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 Ne8
18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 $16) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 Nc4 (15... Nb7
16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 $16) 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Rxc4 c5 (17... d5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19.
Rxc6 Rxb4 20. Ba3 $18) 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 cxb4 (19... Rxb4 20. Rxb4 cxb4 21.
Qb3 $18) 20. Qa4 d5 (20... Qb6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Rfc1 $16) 21. Rxb4 Rxb4 22. Qxb4
Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f3 Qg5 (24... Nd6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 (25... Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Kxf6
27. e4 d4 28. f4 $18) 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rd1 Nf7 28. Qxd8 Nxd8 29. Bxe4 $18) 25.
Qb2+ Nf6 (25... e5 26. f4 $18) 26. Qd4 Rc8 (26... e5 27. f4 $1 exf4 28. Rxf4
Rc8 29. Bxd5 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 $18) 27. Bb5 e5 28. Qd3 d4 29. Bc4 Nh5 30. Kf2 Qe3+
31. Kg2 Qg5 32. Qb3 $18 {/\Qb7,a4-a5} Kh6 33. a4 e4 (33... Nf4+ 34. Kh1 Nh5 35.
a5 Nxg3+ 36. hxg3 Qxg3 37. Be6 Rc3 38. Qb8 $18) 34. fxe4 Nf6 35. Be6 Re8 36.
Rf4 Nh5 37. Rf3 Nf6 38. Rf4 Nh5 39. Rh4 Qd2 40. Bg4 Rxe4 41. Qf3 (41. Qf3 Qe3
42. Rxh5+ gxh5 43. Qf6#) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 7. b3 (7. Nbd2 {
Nikolic-Khalifman/Erevan (08)/1996/1-0/ ;CBM 53}) 7... dxc4 $5 8. bxc4 c5 9.
Bb2 (9. e3 $6) (9. Ba3 Ne4) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 (11. Qc1) (11. Qb3
Nbd7) (11. Nb5 a6 12. Bd4 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qb6 $10) 11... Rd8 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. Nc3
Be6 14. Na4 (14. c5 $6 Qb4 15. Ba3 Qc4) 14... Qc7 (14... Qb4 $2 15. Nac5 Bxc4
16. Bc3 Qb5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Bxf6 $16) 15. Nac5 Bf5 16. a3 (16. Qf4 e5 $5 (16...
Rac8 $2 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bxc6 $16) 17. Qe3 Rac8 $15) 16... Qb6 (
16... Rac8 $15) 17. h3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Nxc5 (18... Kxg7 $5 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Nxd7
Rxd7 $15) 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 (19... Kxg7 20. Qe3 Rd4 21. Bxc6 Qxc5 22. Bxb7 $15) 20.
Bb2 Be6 21. Kh2 (21. Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 22. Qc3 f6 $17) (21. Qc3 Nd4 22. Kh2 Qxc4 23.
Bxb7 Rab8 $17) (21. Qh6 Nd4 $17) 21... Qxc4 22. Qh6 Nd4 (22... f6 23. Rac1 Qb3
24. Rb1 $132) 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 (23... Rxd4 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Bf3 $15) 24. Bxb7
Rab8 25. Bf3 Rb5 {[#]} 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Rd4 $17 28. Kg3 Ra4 29. Rfd1 Rb3 (
29... g5 30. fxg5 Rxg5+ 31. Kh2 Bxh3 (31... Rh4 32. Bg2 Rgh5 33. Rd3) 32. Kxh3
Ra6 33. Kh4) (29... Kg7 30. Rd3 Rc5) 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. exd3 Bf5 32. Be2 Kg7 33.
Bf1 Kf6 34. Kf3 h6 (34... e5 35. fxe5+ Kxe5 36. Ke3 Rh4 37. Rb1 Bxh3) 35. Ke3
e5 (35... g5 $5 36. fxg5+ hxg5 37. Bg2 e5 $17) 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Bg2 g5 38.
Bf1 Rh4 (38... h5 39. Bg2 f6 40. Bf1 Rh4) 39. Rb1 Bxh3 40. Rb5+ Kd6 41. Bxh3
Rxh3+ 42. Ke2 g4 43. Ra5 Rh2 $2 (43... h5 $5 44. Rxa7 f5 (44... Rf3 $2 45. Ra6+
(45. Ra5 $2 h4 $19) 45... Ke7 46. Rh6) 45. Rh7 f4 $17) 44. Rxa7 f5 45. Kf1 Rh1+
$2 (45... Ke5 $5 46. a4 Kf4 47. a5 Kf3 $17) 46. Kg2 Rd1 47. Ra6+ $10 Ke5 48.
Rxh6 Rxd3 49. Ra6 Kf4 50. Ra4+ Kg5 51. Ra8 Rd2 52. Ra5 Rb2 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54. Kg2
Rc3 55. Ra8 Rc4 56. Ra5 Kf4 57. Ra8 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dzindzichashvili,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Qa5 $6 (7...
e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Nxe5 10. Nc3 $16) 8. Nbd2 Qh5 9. e4 Bg4 10. e5 $14 dxe5
11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Re1 Na6 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nb4 {[/\ Nxc2]} 15. Ne3 $1 Nxe5
$2 (15... Bxe5 $2 16. c3 $1 Nd3 17. Nxg4 Nxe1 18. Qxe1 $1 Qxg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. Qxe5 $18) (15... Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Ng5 {/\ f4+/-}) 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 (16...
Nxf3+ $2 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Nf6+ $18) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc4 $1 $18 Qb5 (18...
Nd5 19. h3 Ngf6 20. g4) (18... Na6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Re5 Qh6 21. Rxe7) 19. Qxg4
Nxc2 20. Re5 Rd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Ne1 Qd4 23. Qxd4+ Nxd4 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Kf1
Rd6 26. Nf3 Nc2 27. Rxd6 exd6 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. a3 Nc2 30. a4 a5 31. Nd2 d5 32.
Nf3 f6 33. h4 h5 34. Kd2 Nb4 35. Ne1 Kf7 36. f3 f5 37. Nd3 Na6 38. Nf4 Kf6 39.
Bf1 Nb8 40. Kd3 Nd7 41. Kd4 b6 42. Nxd5+ cxd5 43. Kxd5 g5 44. Kc6 (44. f4 g4 {
/\ Nc5-e4+/-}) 44... Ne5+ 45. Kxb6 Nxf3 46. Kxa5 Nd2 47. hxg5+ $4 (47. Bg2 $18)
47... Kxg5 48. Bg2 (48. Kb6 Nxf1 49. a5 Nxg3 50. a6 h4 51. a7 h3 52. a8=Q h2
$11) 48... Kg4 $1 49. Kb6 (49. Bd5 Kxg3 50. Kb6 Ne4 $11) 49... Kxg3 50. a5 Kxg2
51. a6 h4 52. a7 h3 53. a8=Q+ Ne4 $11 54. Qg8+ (54. Qd5 h2 55. Qxf5 Nf2 $11)
54... Ng3 55. Qd5+ Kf2 56. Qd2+ Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Franco"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
a4 a5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Ng5 Nc5 15.
g4 Be7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nge4 Be7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. g5 Rd8 21. Qc3
Bf5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf6 e4 24. Qg3 $2 (24. Qc5 $1 {/\ 25.c3 Ljubojevic} b6
$6 (24... Rxd1+ $2 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qe7 $1 $16) 25. Qe3) 24...
Qxg3 25. fxg3 e3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ra3 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd6 29. Rxe3 Rxf6 30. Rc3
Rd6 31. g4 Bd7 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. g5 Ke7 34. Rb3 Bc8 35. Re3+ Be6 36. h4 Rd4 37.
Re4 Rd2 38. b4 Rxc2 39. bxa5 Kd6 40. Bf3 Rc4 41. e3 Rxe4 42. Bxe4 Bb3 43. Bd3
Kd5 44. Kf4 Bxa4 45. a6 bxa6 46. Bxa6 c5 47. Kf3 Bb3 48. Bb5 Ke5 49. Bf1 Be6
50. Bd3 Bd5+ 51. Ke2 c4 52. Bc2 c3 53. Kd1 Be4 54. Ba4 Bd3 55. Bb3 f6 56. gxf6
Kxf6 57. Bc2 Bf5 58. Kc1 Ke5 59. Bd1 Ke4 60. Kc2 Kxe3+ 61. Kxc3 h5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O dxe5 (9... Re8) 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Nc5 $5 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Bxe5 $1
(13. Nxe5 Nc6 $1 $132) 13... Nxe4 14. Re1 $1 Bxe5 (14... Bf5 $2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Nd4 $16) 15. Rxe4 Nc6 $2 (15... f6 $14) 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc3
Bg4 $1 (18... c6 19. Re1 f6 20. f4 $18) 19. Bxb7 Rd8 20. Re1 (20. Kg2 c6 $1) (
20. f4 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Kf2 Bg4 $1) 20... Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Re3 Bb7
$1 23. f4 $2 (23. Kf1 $1 Rd2 24. Re2 Ba6 25. Ke1 $1 $18) 23... Ba6 $1 24. Rf3
$8 (24. Ne4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 26. Kg2 Rc1 $1) 24... Kg7 25. Rf2 h5 (25...
Kf6 26. Ne4+ Kf5 27. Rd2) 26. Kg2 Bb7+ 27. Kf1 h4 28. Ke1 Kf6 29. Rd2 Rxd2 (
29... Rh8 $5) 30. Kxd2 Kf5 31. Ke3 Kg4 32. gxh4 (32. Nb5 $1) 32... Bc6 33. Ne2
Kxh4 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Nf3+ $1 Kh5 $8 36. c4 (36. Ng5 $1 Be8 37. Ne4 $18) 36...
f6 37. c5 Kg4 38. Nd4 c6 39. b4 a6 40. a4 Kh3 41. Nf3 (41. f5 $5 g5 $1 42. Kf3
Be8 $1) 41... Be6 42. Nd2 $1 Kxh2 43. Ne4 f5 44. Ng5 Bb3 $8 (44... Bd7 45. Kf2
$1) 45. Nf3+ Kg3 46. Ne5 g5 (46... Bxa4 47. Nxg6 Kg4 48. Kd4 Bc2 49. Ke5 Bd3
50. Ne7 Be4 51. Ng8 $1 $18) 47. fxg5 Bxa4 48. g6 f4+ (48... Bb3 49. g7 f4+ 50.
Kd4 Be6 $1 51. Nxc6 $1 f3 52. Ne7 f2 53. Nf5+ Bxf5 $1 54. g8=Q+ Kh2 55. Qc4 $1
Bh3 56. Qxa6 $18) 49. Kd3 $1 Bb3 50. Nc4 Ba2 $8 51. g7 Bb1+ 52. Kd4 Bh7 53. Nd2
$1 Bg8 (53... f3 54. Ke3 f2 55. Ne4+ Bxe4 56. g8=Q+ $18) 54. Ke5 Kf2 (54... f3
55. Kd6 Bd5 56. Kc7 $18) 55. Kxf4 Ke2 56. Nf3 Bd5 57. Ne5 Kd2 58. Nxc6 Kc3 59.
Ne7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nc4 Be6 (7...
Bf5 8. c3 Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1) 8. Ne3 (8. b3 $6 Qc8 $5 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. bxc4
Na5 11. Qd3 c5 $15) 8... Bd7 9. c4 (9. d5 $5 Nb4 10. c4 c6 $13) 9... e5 10. d5
Ne7 11. c5 Ne8 12. Nc4 f5 (12... b5 $5) 13. Qb3 $1 e4 (13... b5 $6 14. Na5) 14.
Ng5 h6 15. c6 $6 (15. Nh3 g5 $13) 15... bxc6 16. dxc6 Rb8 $1 $8 17. Nb6+ $1 (
17. cxd7 Rxb3 18. Ne6 Qxd7 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. axb3 d5 $17) 17... d5 $1 (17...
Kh8 18. cxd7 hxg5 $8 19. dxe8=Q Qxe8 20. Qc2 $1 $13) 18. cxd7 (18. Nxd7 $2 Rxb3
19. Ne6 Qa8 20. axb3 Rf7 $19) 18... Rxb6 (18... hxg5 $6 19. dxe8=Q Rxe8 20.
Bxg5 axb6 21. f3 $1 $132) 19. dxe8=Q Qxe8 (19... Rxe8 $6 20. Qa4) 20. Qc2 (20.
Qa3 $6 hxg5 21. Qxa7 Qc6 22. Qa3 Ra8 $1 23. Qxe7 $2 Bf6 $19) 20... hxg5 (20...
Rc6 $6 21. Qb3) 21. Bxg5 Nc6 22. Rab1 Nd4 23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qd2) 23... Qb5 $1 24.
e3 Ne6 25. Be7 Rf7 (25... Re8 $5) 26. a4 $5 (26. Ba3 Rd7) 26... Qb3 $5 27. Ba3
c5 28. Re1 (28. a5 $5) 28... d4 29. f3 $1 Qxd1 (29... dxe3 $5 30. fxe4 f4 31.
gxf4 Nxf4 $40) 30. Rbxd1 dxe3 31. fxe4 f4 $5 (31... Bd4 32. exf5 $1 gxf5 $17)
32. gxf4 Nxf4 33. Rd8+ (33. Bxc5 $2 Rxb2 34. Bf1 e2 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bg2 Ne6
$19) 33... Kh7 34. a5 $5 Rb3 (34... Rb5 $5) 35. e5 $1 $8 Rf5 $6 (35... Nxg2 36.
Kxg2 Bxe5 (36... Rf2+ 37. Kg1) 37. Rf1 $1 Rxf1 38. Kxf1 c4 $5 39. Bc5 a6 $17)
36. Bd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxe5 38. Rxc5 e2 $2 (38... Bd4 $1 $17) 39. Rc4 Bxb2 40.
Bxb2 Rxb2 41. Rc7+ Kh6 42. Rxa7 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Nc3 e6 9. e4 {White is trying to undermine his opponent's centre as he still
enjoys a slight advantage in development.} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12.
Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 {Objectively speaking White's intiative is very slight and
bBlack is not suffering any special inconvenience. On the other hand the
slight pull may easily turn into something more substantial. The defender has
to play well.} (13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8
18. c3 Bc4 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 $11 {1-0 (36)
Kirov,N (2430)-Alexakis,D (2235) Athens 1981}) 13... e5 (13... Ne5 14. Na5 Rb8
15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bb5 17. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 h6 19. h4 Ba6 20. Nc5 Be2 21.
Rd2 Bb5 22. a4 $16 {1-0 (62) Paunovic,D (2480)-Ristic,N (2415) Niska Banja 1996
}) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rfd1 Kf7 18. a4 Bf8 19.
Kf1 h5 20. a5 h4 21. Ke2 h3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. a6 b6 24. Ra4 Rd7 $11 {1/2 (34)
Lubashov,A (2313)-Rustemov,A (2598) Ekaterinburg 2002}) 14... f5 {It may seem
a bit surprising, but somewhat better chances for equality would have been
promised by the pointed move 14...Bf5!?} (14... Bf5 $5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Rfd1
b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. a4 Rab8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23.
Kd3 $11 {1/2 (33) Gyorkos,L (2450)-Leventic,I (2400) Osijek 1992}) 15. Bg2 (15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bb6 Rb8 21.
Be3 Rxb2 22. Nc4 Rb8 23. a4 Ra8 24. a5 Bf7 25. Nd6 e4 26. a6 $14 {1-0 (44)
Saric,I (2549)-Slingerland,F (2415) Sarajevo 2011}) 15... Bf8 $6 {Jakovenko is
choosing a difficult method to lure White into clarifying the situation. Black
is ready to sacrifice a pawn for the compensation of the bishop pair.} (15...
e4 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bf8 $11) 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Bg5 Re8 (17... Rd7 18. Bxc6
bxc6 19. Rxe5 $14) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe5 Bd5 20. Bf4 {[%mdl 4096] Karjakin
understands perfectly that his advantage is very modest. On the other hand his
chances are quite fair, since Black has limited scope for inaccuracies.} (20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Be3 Rb8 $11) 20... Bg7 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nd2 a5 (22... Bf6 23.
h4 Bf7 $44) 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rb1 {The advances of White are incremental, but in
the meantime he can claim a small yet palpable advantage.} a4 (24... h6 25. h4
Re7 26. b3 $14) 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 h6 27. h4 Re7 28. b4 Bc3 $2 {Good players
are also prone to make mistakes in those positions which require defensive
play. The inaccuracies are much more visible when they meet other heavyweights
able to prove them wrong.} (28... Bd4 $1 29. Nb3 (29. Bxh6 Re2 30. Rf1 Bc3 $11)
(29. b5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Re2 31. Rf1 h5 $11) 29... Bf6 30. Na5 g5 31. Be3 Re4 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 f4 35. Bc5 Ra4 36. Nc6 Bd5 $14) 29. b5 $1 cxb5
30. cxb5 Rb7 (30... Bxd2 31. Bxd2 Ba2 32. Ra1 Bb3 33. b6 Rb7 34. Be3 $16) (
30... Ba2 31. Rc1 Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Rb7 33. Rc5 Be6 34. Ba5 Rd7 35. b6 $16) 31. b6
{The protected passed pawn is a dream of the stronger party in nearly any
endgame position. Black's defensive task has become outright difficult and he
manages to go under in just a few moves.} Ba2 (31... Ba5 32. Be3 Bd5 33. Rb5
Bxd2 34. Bxd2 Bc6 35. Rb1 $16) 32. Rb5 h5 33. Nf3 Kf7 (33... Bf6 34. Bc7 Be6
35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Kf7 37. f3 $18) 34. Be5 $1 {Karjakin has even managed to
avoid the complications of winning with opposite coloured bishops. Black's
position is simply lost.} Bxe5 35. Nxe5+ (35. Nxe5+ Kf6 36. f4 Ke6 37. Kf2 $18)
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[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 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 dxc4 (7... c5
8. cxd5 (8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Ba3 Re8
14. Bc5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. e4 dxe3 17. fxe3 Nxd5 {Manor,I-Brestian,E/Bern
zt (06) ;CBM 17 1990/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rd1
Bg4 12. d5 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 e6 14. Nc3 exd5 15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. exf3 d4 17. Nxc5 {
Vospernik,Z-Zelic,Ml/Bled op ;TD 94\02 1994/1-0 (30)}) 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 (9. e3
Nc6 (9... Qc7 10. Na3 Rd8 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Rb1 Nxc5 15.
Qa3 Bf5 16. Rb2 Nd3 17. Rd2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 a6 19. Nbd4 Be4 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Bh3
h6 22. Qa3 Na5 23. Qb4 e5 24. Ne6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh7 26. Rd7 Bxf3 27. Qe7 {
0-1 Yukovic,D-Schuh,H/Buehl 25' (07) ;GER 04 1992}) 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rac1 b6 18.
Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bg4 Rc5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Re4 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Djubek,
B-Michal,S/SVK-chT2 9495 (14) ;EXT 95ch 1995 (28)}) 9... Qb6 (9... Ne8 10. Qd2
Nd6 11. Na3 Qb6 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Qb2 f6 15. Nd3 Nc6 16. Bc3 e5 17.
Nb5 Qe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {Matlak,M-Tseshkovsky,V/POL-chT Lubniewice
(06) ;EXT 95ch 1995/1-0 (70)}) 10. Qc1 (10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. e3) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 bxc6 $10) 12... bxc6 13.
Nd2 Be6 14. Rb1 Qa6 (14... Qc7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qc2) 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Rb3 Nd7
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rc1 (18. Rd1 Ne5) 18... Nb6 19. Bc5 Qa5 20. Be3 (20. Bb4 Qh5
$13) 20... Red8 21. Rd3 c5 (21... Bf5 22. Ne4) 22. Nb3 Qa4 23. Qd2 $6 (23.
Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 24. Bxc5 Nxc4 25. Bxe7 $16) 23... Qe8 24. Rd1 (24. Bxc5 Nxc4 $10)
24... Rd6 $1 (24... Rxd3 25. exd3 Na4 $13) 25. Bxc5 (25. Rxd6 exd6 26. Qxd6
Nxc4 27. Qf4 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 c4 $15) 25... Nxc4 26. Qb4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 (27. exd3
Nb2 28. Rd2 Bf5 $15) 27... Rb8 28. Qxb8 $5 (28. Qe1 Nb2 29. Re3 a6 $15) 28...
Qxb8 29. Bxe7 Qc7 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Bc5 (32. Re8 h6 33. Bf8+ Kh7
$15) 32... Na5 (32... Nd2 33. Re8 Nxb3 34. Bf8+) 33. Re8 Nxb3 34. Bf8+ Kf6 (
34... Kg8 $4 35. Bh6#) 35. Be7+ Qxe7 $5 (35... Ke5 36. axb3 Qd7 (36... Qc1+ 37.
Bf1 h6 $15) 37. f4+ Kf5 38. Bg5 Qxe8 39. g4+ $1 Kxg4 40. Bf3+ Kh3 41. Bg2+ $10)
36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. axb3 Bxb3 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Ke1 Kc5 40. Kd2 Kb4 41. Bc6 a5 42.
e4 a4 43. e5 (43. Bxa4 Bxa4 $19) 43... a3 44. Kc1 Kc3 45. Kb1 Kd4 46. f4 Be6
47. Be8 (47. Bf3 Ke3 48. Bd1 Kf2 (48... h5 49. f5 gxf5 50. Bxh5 Kf2 51. Bd1 Kg2
52. h4 Kxg3 53. h5 f4 54. h6 Bf5+ 55. Ka2 f3 56. Kxa3 Bd3 57. Bxf3 Kxf3 $19)
49. g4 Ke3 50. f5 Bd5 51. e6 fxe6 52. f6 a2+ 53. Kb2 e5 54. Ba4 Kf4 55. Be8
Kxg4 56. f7 Bxf7 57. Bxf7 Kh3 58. Bxa2 Kxh2 $19) 47... Ke3 48. Ka1 (48. f5 gxf5
$19) 48... h5 49. Bc6 h4 (49... Kf2 50. Bb7 Kg1 51. h3 Bxh3 52. Ka2 Kf2 53.
Kxa3 Kxg3 $19) 50. f5 (50. gxh4 Kxf4 $19) 50... Bxf5 (50... gxf5 51. gxh4 Kf4
52. h5 Kxe5 53. h4 Kf6 $19) 51. gxh4 Be6 52. Ba4 Kf4 53. Bd1 Kxe5 54. h5 (54.
Be2 Kf4 55. Bd1 f5 $19) 54... gxh5 55. Bxh5 f5 56. h4 f4 57. Bd1 Kf6 58. Bf3
Kg6 59. Bd1 Kh6 60. Be2 Bf7 61. Bf3 Bh5 62. Bc6 Bg4 63. Ka2 (63. Be8 Be6 64.
Kb1 f3 $19) 63... Kh5 64. Kxa3 Kxh4 65. Kb2 Kg3 66. Kc3 Bh3 (66... Bf3 67. Ba4
Bg2 68. Bd1) 67. Kd2 Bg2 68. Bb5 f3 69. Ke3 f2 70. Bc4 Bh3 71. Bb5 Kg2 (71...
Kg2 72. Kf4 Kg1 73. Kg3 Bf1 74. Bd7 Bc4 75. Bh3 Bd5 76. Kf4 Bg2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 {Black still has to work for
equality in this line, but Svidler knows what he is doing.} (12. c5 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Qa6 14. Qb2 Rd8 15. e3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Qa3 Ne6 19. Rfd1
Bd7 20. Nd5 Qxc5 21. Qb2 Re8 22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nf6+ exf6 25. Bxc6
{1-0 Dizdar,G-Golubovic,B/Pula 1999/ (32)}) 12... bxc6 13. Nd2 (13. c5 Qc7 14.
Nc3 Rb8 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 $11) 13... Bf5 14. Qb3 (14. e4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Kg8 18. c5 Qc7 $15) 14... Rfd8 15. Bc3 (15. Rfd1
Qc7 16. Nf3 Be4 $11) 15... Ng4 16. Bxg7 (16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxg7 Rxd2 18. Bc3
Rxe2 19. Bxc6 Raxa2 20. Rxa2 Rxa2 21. Ra1 $11) 16... Rxd2 17. Bc3 (17. h3 $2
Kxg7 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qc3+ Qd4 $17) 17... Rxe2 18. h3 Nf6 (18... Nxf2 19. Qxb6
Nxh3+ 20. Bxh3 axb6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Raxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Bd4 $14) 19.
Rae1 Rc2 $6 {Very risky move, since Malakhov will find the way to keep his
dark squared bishop.} (19... Re6 $5 20. Qa3 (20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. Re1 Qa6 22. Qb4
Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxe7 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. a4 $15) 20... Ne4 (20... Re8
21. c5 Qc7 22. Qa4 $11) 21. Ba1 Qc5 22. Qb2 Nf6 23. g4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Be6 $11)
20. Qa3 $1 (20. Bb4 Rb8 21. Bxe7 Nd7 22. g4 Qxb3 23. axb3 Bd3 24. Bxc6 Bxf1 25.
Kxf1 Nf8 26. Re3 Ne6 $11) 20... Nd7 (20... Be6 21. Rb1 Qd8 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23.
Rfd1 Qf8 24. Ba4 Re2 $11) 21. Ba5 (21. Rxe7 $1 Be6 (21... Bd3 22. Be4 $1 Bxe4 (
22... Rxf2 $2 23. Bxd3 (23. Rxf2 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd6 $11)
23... Rxa2+ 24. c5 Rxa3 25. cxb6 Nxb6 26. Bb4 Rb3 (26... Rxd3 27. Rfxf7 Rd7 28.
Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ Kh8 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 $18) 27. Rfxf7 Rxb4
28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Bxg6 $18) 23. Rxe4 $16) 22. Be4 Rxc3 23. Qxc3
Qc5 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rd1 $14) 21... Qc5 (21... Qa6 22. Rxe7 Qxc4 23. Rfe1 Rf8
24. Qe3 Rxa2 25. Rc1 $11) 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxe7 (23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. Bg2 Be6 $17)
23... Rxa2 24. Bb4 Nd3 (24... Ne6 25. Bxc6 Rb8 26. Bc3 Kf8 27. Bf6 Bxh3 $11)
25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Bb7 Rd8 (26... Nxb4 $2 27. Bxc8 Bxc8 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 $18
) 27. Bc3 (27. Rd1 Ra4 28. Bc5 Rxc4 29. Bxa7 Kf8 $11) 27... Kf8 28. Re3 (28.
Bf6 Rd6 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Re3 fxg5 32. Rf3 Rf6 33. g4 Ne5 34. Rxf5
Rxf5 35. gxf5 Nxc4 $15) 28... Rc2 (28... a5 29. Bf6 Rb8 30. Bg2 Nb4 31. Rd1 $14
) 29. Bf6 {White bishops are unpleasant beasts and black still has to work for
his survival.} Re8 30. Rxe8+ (30. Bg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe8 Bxh3 32. Ra1 (32. Bg2 Bxg2
33. Kxg2 Rxc4 $11) 32... Rxc4 33. Ba6 Rd4 $11) 30... Kxe8 31. g4 (31. Bc6+ Kf8
(31... Bd7 $2 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Bg5 $18) 32. Rb1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Nxc1 $14) 31...
Be6 32. Bc6+ Kf8 33. Rb1 Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. Bb5 (35. c5 Nb3 36. Be5 Ke7 37.
Bd6+ Kd8 38. Kg2 $14) 35... Nb3 36. Bb2 Ke7 37. Ba3+ Kd8 38. Bd6 a5 39. c5 $6 {
This mechanical move puts white in danger of losing the game.} (39. Be5 h5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. Kg2 Ke7 $11) 39... Nd4 40. Ba4 (40. Bd3 a4 $15) 40... Bb3 41. Be5
(41. Bxb3 Nxb3 42. c6 Nd4 $17) 41... Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxe5 (42... Nh4+ 43. Kg3 Bxa4
44. Kxh4 $11) 43. Bxb3 f6 44. Bg8 h6 45. f4 Nd3 46. Kf3 g5 $2 {It is not easy
to guess, why Svidler refrained from 46...Nxc5! with good chances of success.}
(46... Nxc5 $1 47. Bf7 (47. h4 Ke7 48. Ke3 a4) 47... g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. Ke3
Ke7 50. Ba2 Ne6 $17) 47. fxg5 hxg5 (47... fxg5 48. Ke4 Nxc5+ 49. Kf5 $11) 48.
Ke4 Nxc5+ 49. Kd5 Nd3 50. Ke6 Nf4+ 51. Kxf6 Nxh3 52. Ke5 Kd7 53. Kd4 Nf2 (53...
Nf4 54. Kc5 $11) 54. Bh7 Kc6 55. Bf5 Kb5 56. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 (6. c4 $142) 6... d5
7. Ne5 c6 8. e4 Be6 $6 (8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bh3 $10) 9. exd5 cxd5
10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. c3 Be4 $2 13. Bh3 Qc7 14. Nfd3 (14. f3 Bf5 15. g4
Bc8 16. g5 Bxh3 17. gxf6 exf6 18. Nxc6 Bxf1 19. Nxd5 Qd7 20. Nce7+ Kh8 21. Qxf1
Rfe8 22. Bf4 Rxe7 (22... Bf8 23. Nxf6) 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1 $16 {Ivkov}) (14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 (14... bxc6 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Nd3)) 14... Bxd3 $1 15. Nxd3
e6 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bg2 (18. Bf1 $142 {/\ Bd3}) 18... Nd7 19. h4 h5
20. Bf3 $2 (20. a4 $142) 20... b5 21. a3 a5 22. Qe2 $2 Rc8 23. Bd6 $2 Qb6 24.
Be5 $2 (24. Bf4 $142) 24... Ndxe5 25. Nxe5 (25. dxe5 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bg2
bxc3 28. bxc3 Na5 $17) 25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 b4 27. axb4 (27. cxb4 axb4 28. a4
Rc5 29. Rec1 Rec8 $17) 27... axb4 $17 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc5
31. Be2 Rec8 32. Ra3 Bf8 33. Rb3 Be7 34. Kg2 (34. c4 dxc4 35. Rbc3 {/\ 36.Re4}
f5 $1 {Ivkov}) 34... Bd8 35. Ba6 Ra8 36. Rf3 $2 Bc7 (36... Rxa6 37. Rb8 Kg7 38.
Rxd8) 37. Rb5 Rc4 38. Bb7 Ra3 39. Re3 Kg7 (39... Rcxc3 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. f4 $17
) 40. Bc8 Raxc3 41. Re1 Rc2 42. Bd7 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1995.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. h3 $5 {Side line} (6. Nc3
Nbd7 7. d5 (7. b3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 Re8 {0-1 Kholmov,R-Fischer,R/Skopje/
1967 (32)}) 7... e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nd4 Nb6 10. a4 e5 11. Nb3 a5 {Kholmov,
R-Mukhin,M/Moscow-3teams (04) ;MCL 06 1973/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 6... Nbd7 7. d5 $5 {
Razuvaevs idea.} Nb6 $2 (7... e5 $142 {normal .}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 exd5 10. exd5
Re8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. a4 Re5 $2 (12... a5 $142 $10) 13. Nf3 $1 Nfxd5 14. Nxe5
Nxc3 15. Nxf7 Nxd1 16. Nxd8 Nxb2 17. a5 $1 Rxd8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 $18 Be6
20. Rxb7 Rc8 21. Re1 Kf7 22. h4 {/\ 23.Rxe6 Kxe6 24.Bh3+} Bf5 23. Bd5+ Kf8 24.
Bg5 h6 25. Be7+ Ke8 26. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan op"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2015.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the crucial last round game. My opponent was leading the pack with
Safarli Eltaj and Gadir Guseinov but there were many people chasing them
including yours truly.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 {One of many ways to avoid
the Grünfeld.} Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 (6... e5 {interesting but
probably not entirely accurate} 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Nc3 {and White has a strong grip on the d5-square.}) 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. c4 dxc4 {I wasn't really sure whether to include the e5-e4 advance
first and then take on c4 or to do it immediately. In the end I decided
against it and probably it was the right decision.} (9... e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4
dxc4 12. Nd2 cxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. Nc4 {with the idea Nb5, White definitely
has full compesation for the pawn if not more.}) 10. Na3 $1 {This was a
shocker to me as I had expected only bxc4 and wanted to transpose into the
mainline after that.} (10. bxc4 Qb6 {This is what I was aiming for.}) 10...
cxb3 11. Qxb3 e5 12. Bxb7 (12. Ndb5 Be6 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Nbd6 Nb6 {Black is
definitely not worse here.}) 12... Bxb7 13. Qxb7 Qd5 (13... exd4 14. Qxa8 Qb6 {
Ideally I would want this to work but White has a strong resource here} 15. Nc4
$1 Qa6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Rab1 $18) 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Ndb5 {Well the
opening had gone quite okay for me but the problem is how to play on in such
kind of situations? To be honest I don't have an answer for that but all I
could do here is keep some pieces and hope for my opponent to blunder :)} a6 (
15... Nc6 {isn't much of an improvement} 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nc4) 16. Nd6 Nc6 17.
Nac4 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Nd4 $6 {As I said earlier I wanted to keep pieces and here
I saw my chance but objectively White should be able to get an edge after this
but then again who cares about objectivity in the final round :)} (18... Nb6
$11) 19. e3 (19. Kg2 $1 {A cool prophylaxis against ...Ne2.}) 19... Ne2+ 20.
Kg2 Nec3 21. Rd2 e4 22. Rc1 f5 23. Ba1 Rfd8 {Here I was begining to get a
little ambitious although White's position is still preferable but I could see
that my opponent was getting bit hesitant.} 24. h3 $1 {A nice waiting move.}
Rd7 $2 (24... Kf8 $8 25. g4 f4 26. exf4 Nxf4+ 27. Kh2 Nfe2 (27... Nd3 28. Rxd3
exd3 29. Bxc3 Bh6 30. Rd1 Bf4+ 31. Kg2 Bxd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Be5 Rbd8 34.
Bxd6+ Rxd6 35. Kf3 Rd4 36. Ke3 Ra4 37. Rd2 Ra3 $11) 28. Rcc2 Ng1 $1 29. Kxg1
Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Rxa1 31. Nxe4 Rxd2 32. Ncxd2 Rxa2) (24... h5 25. Bxc3 Nxc3 26. g4
$1 $14) 25. Bxc3 $2 (25. Nxf5 {I saw this too late and luckily for me my
opponent also missed it} Nxa2 26. Rxa2 gxf5 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rb5 29. Bd4
Rc7 30. Rac2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 a5 $14 {It's not lost but definitely not fun to
defend either.}) 25... Nxc3 26. g4 Rbd8 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rdc2 Rxd6 29. Nxd6
Rxd6 30. Rxc3 Rg6+ $1 (30... Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rg6+ 32. Kh2 {the king is much
better placed on h2 here} Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rf7 Kg5 35. Kg3 {the difference.
}) 31. Kf1 (31. Kh2 Be5+ {simple but still important.}) 31... Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Kg7
33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rf7 Kg5 35. Rxh7 Rd6 $1 (35... Rb6 36. Rd7 Rb2 37. a4 Ra2 38.
Rd4 a5 {this also should be a draw but I wanted to exchange as many pawns as I
could.}) 36. Rg7+ Kh4 37. Rh7+ Kg5 38. Ra7 f4 39. Rg7+ Kf6 40. Rh7 Rd2 41. exf4
Rxa2 42. Rh5 Ra3 43. Kg2 e3 44. fxe3 Rxe3 45. Ra5 Rb3 46. Rg5 Ra3 {Well I knew
how to hold this position even without this a-pawn but then again why make
life so difficult :)} 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 a5 49. h5 Ra1 50. h6 Rh1 51. Rxa5
Rxh6 52. Ra6+ Kf5 $1 (52... Kg7 {Never too late to go wrong!} 53. Rxh6 Kxh6 54.
Ke4) 53. Ra5+ Kf6 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Kf5 Rb6 57. Kg5 Rc6 58. f5 Rb6 {
As both Eltaj and Gadir managed to win their games, my opponent had to content
himself with third place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. d5 {a very
new idea,the idea is not to let black play e5 since white will play dxe,I do
not believe this move but white has evry good results with it} (7. c4 e5 8. Nc3
{E67-E69}) 7... Nb6 (7... e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 a5 11. Be3 $14 {
Razuvaev,Y}) (7... Nc5 8. Nc3 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. e4 Re8 12. Re1
Na4 13. Nxa4 Bxa4 14. Rb1 c5 15. Nb3 Bc6 16. f3 $13 {Grivas,E-Vouldis,A
Karditsa (4) 1996}) 8. Nc3 e6 (8... Bd7 9. e4 c6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12.
Nd4 Bd7 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. c3 Rfd8 16. a4 $1 $14 {Mochalov,
E-Kovalev,A BLR-ch Minsk (5) 1996}) 9. e4 (9. dxe6 fxe6 (9... Bxe6 10. Nd4 $14)
10. e4 e5 11. a4 $14) 9... exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nd4 (11. a4 a5 12. Rb1 $14)
11... Nbd7 (11... Bd7 12. a4 Re5 $2 (12... a5 13. Ndb5 $14) 13. Nf3 (13. Bf4
Nfxd5 14. Bxe5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 dxe5 $44) 13... Nfxd5 (13... Re8 14. a5 $16) 14.
Nxe5 Nxc3 15. Nxf7 $1 Nxd1 16. Nxd8 Nxb2 17. a5 $1 $16 {Razuvaev,Y-Belotti,B
Reggio Emilia 65/54 [Razuvaev,Y] 1995}) 12. a4 $5 Nc5 $2 {maybe I should give
this move ?? Kanstler really a very strong player with big positional
understanding let white play a5 in this position! it is clear that after a5
white's position is very good that's why black had to play 12...a5} 13. a5 $1
a6 14. b4 Ncd7 {well it is not a very strong plan Nd7-Nb6-Nd7-Nc5-Nd7 well!} (
14... Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Ra3 $5) 15. Rb1 Nf8 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Qd3 Re5 18. g4
$1 Qe8 (18... h5) 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 Qd8 23. g5 N6h7
24. h4 Bg4 (24... Bf5 25. Qd2 {and Nd4 attacking the bishop on f5 will come
with a tempi}) 25. Nd4 Nd7 26. f4 Qf8 27. Nd1 $1 {astrong move threating Nf2
or e3} Bxd1 (27... Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Ne3 $16) 28. Qxd1 Re8 29. Bh3 $1 {
move by move white makes black's position more difficult since this very big
space advantage means a lot espically when you have such knight on h7} Re7 30.
Kf2 Nc5 $4 {losing immediately black should have played 30...Qe8 but his
position is very difficult even after simply going to an ending after RxR and
Qe2 after} 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jeremic, Veljko"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 (6... e5 {is the
other main alternative attacking White`s [+].}) 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {
Black loses a tempo, but the [+] is the most important factor here.} 9. c4 dxc4
(9... e5 {- Kurajica-Smirin, Pula zt 2000 CBM 77}) 10. Na3 {White is ready to
sacrifice a P in order to emphasize the pressure on the <<.} (10. bxc4 {
White has some pressure on the diagonals, but his << P structure is rather
weak.} Qb6 {- Taimanov-Solozhenkin, St.Petersburg-ch 1995 CBM 47} ({Pinning
the d4 N by} 10... Ng4 $5 {deserves attention as well.} 11. h3 (11. Qd2 Qb6 12.
h3 Ne5 {- 11.h3}) 11... Qb6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Na3 Nbc6 (13... Rd8 $5 14. Rfd1
Nbc6 $15) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe5 (15. Rfd1 Qc5) 15... Bxe5 16. Rab1 Qc5 $11 {
De Jong-J.Horvath, Leeuwarden op 1995})) 10... cxb3 (10... e5 {allows} 11. Ndb5
$44 (11. Nf3 $6 {Stohl} e4 $15)) 11. Qxb3 Nc6 $1 {This is the clear-cut
solution. Black gives back the P, but finishes the development.} (11... Nbd7
12. Rfc1 Qa5 13. Ndb5 Nb6 14. Bc3 Qa4 15. Qxa4 Nxa4 16. Bd4 {The white ^^
attacks fiercely Black`s <<.} Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Rab1 Be6 20.
Nab5 a5 21. Nd4 Rfd8 22. e3 Bd7 23. Bxb7 {and finally White took back the
sacrificed P with a somewhat better _|_.} e5 24. Nf3 $14 {Klaric-Hebden,
Montpellier 1988}) (11... Na6 12. Nc4 (12. Rac1 $5 {against Nc5 deserves
attention as well.}) 12... Nc5 13. Qa3 Nfd7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rfd1 {White`s
pressure is undeniable, Black has serious problems of development.} Rb8 16. Ne3
Qb6 17. Bc3 e5 {This irreversibily weakens Black`s position.} 18. Nd5 Qd6 19.
Ba5 exd4 20. Bc7 {winning material.} Qe6 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Bxb8 b6 23. Bc7 $16 {
Kurajica-Strikovic, La Coruna 1993}) (11... Nfd7 12. Rfd1 Na6 {The simple
developing move} 13. Rac1 $5 {looks logical asgain.} (13. Nc4 Ndc5 14. Qa3 Qe8
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Nb3 $5 $44 (16. Na5 Ba4 17. Nab3 Rd8 $13 {Strikovic-Glavina
Rossi, Zaragoza 2003}))) (11... Qb6 {Black always had problems with the
development of his Q, so he wants to exchange it as soon as possible.} 12. Nc4
(12. Qxb6 {Vogt} axb6 13. Nc4 Nfd7 14. a4 Na6 $13) 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Nbd7 14.
Rfc1 a6 15. Rc2 (15. b4 Rb8 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Ne8 $13) 15... Rb8 16. Rac1
Re8 17. Ba3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd4 {(Bistric-Vogt, Bugojno 38/(76) 1983)} 19. e3 {
Vogt} Bf6 20. Na5 Nb6 21. Bf3 Be6 22. Rc7 $11) 12. Nxc6 (12. Bxc6 $5 {giving
up the strong fianchettoed B doesn`t look healthy.} bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qd7 (13...
Qe8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Qb7 $10) 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qh3 $13 {Damljanovic})
12... bxc6 13. Bxc6 Be6 14. Qa4 Rc8 {and Black came out of passivity at once.}
15. Rac1 (15. Bf3 Qd2 $1 16. Bd4 a5 (16... Rfd8 17. Bxa7 $1) 17. Rfd1 Qb4 {
this was a nice Q manoeuvre!} 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Nb5 Rc2 {1/2-1/2
Damljanovic-Smirin, Moscow 62/(57) 1994}) 15... Bd5 $11 {This leeds to mass
exchanges after which the draw is inevitable.} 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxa7 Qxa2 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qb7 Qe6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Nd4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 (6... O-O 7. O-O
cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {- Kurajica-Smirin, Pula zt 2000 CBM 77}) 7. Nxd4 d5 8. c4 (8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 {is the theoretical main line.}) 8... e5 {This is the sharp and
consequent continuation. Black wants to build up a strong P [+].} (8... dxc4 9.
O-O O-O 10. bxc4 {may again transpose to the theoretical main line.}) 9. Nc2 d4
10. e3 (10. O-O O-O {is again a transposition.}) 10... d3 {The main question
is whether Black can hold this P or not.} (10... Bg4 {was a good alternative,
for example:} 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. exd4 exd4 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 {(Dizdarevic-Smirin,
Sarajevo 2002 CBM 90)} Bf5 $5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Bxd4 Rad8 18.
Be5 Rfe8 {with very active black pieces for the P.} 19. f4 Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44) 11. Nb4 e4 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxc3+ $6 {
Black has to pay a high price for holding his strong P chain, he has to give
up his strong B. Now White has a pressure on the long /^.} (14... Re8 $5 15.
Qd2 Qa5 16. Rb1 Bxc3 {was the other way to give up the ^^.} 17. Bxc3 Qh5 18. h3
Nc6 {fighting for the light squares.}) 15. Bxc3 Qe7 {Later the Q will go to g5
anyway, so in some caes this is a loss of a tempo.} (15... Re8 16. O-O Qg5 {
loks more to the point, for example:} 17. Qd2 Bf5 {Black has to hold his o^ on
d3 at any cost.} (17... Bg4 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Nc6 21. Qxd3
Rad8 22. Qe2 $16) 18. f3 Nc6 19. Rae1 exf3 20. Bxf3 Rad8 21. Bd5 $14 {and
White's ^^ dominates the board.}) 16. f3 Bf5 (16... exf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. O-O
$16) 17. O-O Qg5 (17... Re8 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rae1 exf3 20. Bxf3 Be4 21. Bxe4
Qxe4 22. Rf4 $16) 18. Qd2 exf3 19. Rxf3 Nc6 20. Rf4 $16 Rad8 21. Raf1 Rd7 22.
R1f2 $6 (22. Bd5 $1 $16 {was simple and strong!}) 22... Be6 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24.
cxd5 $6 {continuing the wrong plan.} (24. Bf6 {was the important intermediate
move!} Qh5 25. Rh4 Qxh4 26. Bxh4 Be4 27. Bf6 $16 {and Black has no sufficient
compensation for the Q.}) 24... Qxd5 25. e4 Qc5 ({or} 25... Qd6 26. Rf6 Qc7 {
with a tense situation.}) 26. b4 (26. Rf5 $1 Qb6 27. Rd5 {deserved attention
trying to eliminate the dangerous o^ on d3.}) 26... Qb5 27. Rh4 f5 (27... f6 $1
{closing the long /^ looks more logical.}) 28. Qh6 Rff7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]
This is a serious tactical blunder!} ({after} 28... Qb6 $1 {White's -> is not
easy to continue!}) 29. Qxg6+ $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 (6. c4 {is certainly
the main continuation, but the text contains also venom. White wants to
transpose to the g3 Pirc, which can be unfamiliar to some King's Indian player.
}) 6... Nc6 (6... d5 {- Svidler-Smirin, Tel Aviv 1999}) (6... Nbd7 {-
Sosonko-Van Wely, Rotterdam 1998}) 7. d5 {[%mdl 32768]} (7. Bf4 {is usually
worthless in these types of position, e5 may come soon.} Nd7 {/\ e5 leads to
complex middlegame positions.} (7... Bg4 8. Qd2 Bxf3 (8... Qe8 {is a bit
sophysticated.} 9. d5 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Bf1 $14 {
^^ and space advantage, Rashkovsky-Voitsekhovsky, Kstovo 1994.}) 9. Bxf3 e5 10.
Bxc6 exf4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 fxg3 13. hxg3 Rxb2 14. Rab1 Rb6 $11 {^-}) 8. Qd2
e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh6 {The exchange of the fianchettoed B is not dangerous
because of the P structure .} Nb6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h3 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 {
with a strong central P formation.} 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 e4 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17.
Nd4 c6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 Ne6 $11 {Andersson-Zapata, Yerevan 1996}) (7. h3 {
is too slow.} Bf5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. c3 e5 $11 {Ree-Zaitsev, Sochi
1976}) (7. Bg5 {Khanov-Gipslis, Sverdlovsk 1957} h6 $1 $11) (7. e4 Bg4 $5 (7...
e5 8. dxe5 (8. h3 $143 {allows Black the equalizing combination} exd4 9. Nxd4
Nxe4 $1 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Nxb7 Nxb2 13. Rb1 {1/2-1/2
Etruk-Boleslavsky, SU 1968}) (8. d5 Ne7 $13 {/\ c6 and White can regret that
he didn't play c2-c4 in time.}) 8... dxe5 (8... Nxe5 {is also good for
equality.} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 9. Bg5 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11.
Rfd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 $11 {^- Gislason-D.Bronstein,
Reykjavik 1996}) 9... Qxd1 10. Raxd1 Bg4 {>< d4} 11. Rd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13.
Kg2 c6 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 b6 19. f3
Bf8 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Bc1 {White has to keep the ^^, otherwise Black can get
pressure on the dark squares.} b5 22. Ne2 Kf8 23. Bd2 Ke7 24. Nc1 Bb6 25. Be2
Nd7 26. Nb3 a6 $11 {Dzuban-Titov, SU-chT Azov 1991}) 8. h3 (8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Ne7
10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Ne1 c6 {blowing up the [+].} 12. f3 cxd5 13. exd5 Bh3 $13 {
Fedulov-Zaitsev, Smolensk 1997}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11.
d5 Ne7 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. Bh6 {Beshukov-Gavrilov, Moscow
II 1990} Bg7 $11 {with a possible repetition of moves.}) 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4
11. Bg2 c6 $11 {Perez-Smyslov, Dortmund 1961}) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Be3)
11. Bg2 Re8 12. Nd5 Nfd7 (12... c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11) 13. Rb1 c6 14. Nf4 Nc5
$11 {Knezevic-Christiansen, Grindavik 1984}) 7... Na5 $1 {It is not easy for
White to make profit from the N on the edge of the board.} (7... Nb8 $143 {
is simply too passive.} 8. e4 $14 {B07} (8. h3 c5 (8... c6 9. e4 $14) 9. e4 Na6
10. Re1 Nc7 11. a4 $1 $14 {Stohl} (11. e5 Nfe8 12. a4 b6 {Kurajica-Quinteros,
Novi Sad 1982} 13. Bf4 $14))) (7... Nb4 $5 {is a provocative idea.} 8. e4 e6 9.
h3 (9. a3 Na6) 9... a5 {securing the retrat to a3 against b4.} 10. Be3 Re8 11.
a3 Na6 12. Re1 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Nd4 Be4 $1 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. c3 Nac5 17.
a4 Re7 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe8 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Bd2 b6 $11 {Boensch-Vogt,
Halle 1981}) 8. h3 (8. Qd4 $6 {Archangelsky-Mauro, Amantea op 1995} c6 $1 $36 {
Stohl}) (8. e4 c6 (8... c5 $143 {leaves White's strong [+] unchallenged.} 9.
Re1 Rb8 (9... e5 10. a4 Ne8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bf1 Qc8 14. Nh4 {White
has a huge space advantage.} Nb7 15. Bd3 a6 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Ng2 Nd8 18. Ne3 Ne8
19. Reb1 a5 20. Bb5 $16 {Spassky-Gufeld, Moscow 1961}) 10. a4 (10. e5 Ne8 11.
exd6 (11. h3 {This move is not necessary at all.} b5 12. Rb1 (12. a4 $143 b4
13. Nb5 a6 14. Na7 Bb7) 12... Nc4 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 Nc7 16. b3 (
16. Nd2 $5) 16... Nb6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 (18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rxb4 a5) 18... a5
19. Rh4 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $132 {Tu Hoang Thong-Saroinsong, Canberra 1995}) 11...
Nxd6 (11... exd6 12. Bg5 $14) 12. Qe2 $14) 10... a6 11. e5 Ne8 12. h3 b5 13.
axb5 axb5 14. exd6 Nxd6 (14... exd6 15. Bg5 $14) 15. Bg5 $14) (8... Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. a4 {/\ R a2, b3 is a similar strategy to the Pirc Defence.
}) 9. Re1 (9. h3 {-8.h3}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Qe2 a6 13. dxc6
{giving up the pressure in the [+] is a relief for Black.} (13. a4 $5 {/\ R a2,
b3}) 13... Nxc6 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 Nd7) 14... Nd7 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc1 Nc4 17.
Nd5 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. Rxb7 e6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rbb1 Qc7 $11 {
Smyslov-Speelman, Subotica izt 1987}) (8. Rb1 $142 Bd7 {preparing for c6.} (
8... c6 $6 {Now this can strongly be met by} 9. b4 Nc4 10. dxc6 d5 (10... bxc6
11. Nd4 {wins the c6 P.} Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Bg2 $16) 11. cxb7
Bxb7 {~~ Beim} 12. Nd2 {Black has some compensation for the P, but perhaps not
a full one.} Qc8 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Nb3 Bc6 15. Nac5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 d4 17. Bxc6
Qxc6 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qb3 $16 {Sherbakov-Karasev, Blagoveshchensk 1988}) 9. e4 (
9. b3 $5 {deserves serious attention, for example:} c6 10. Bb2 $1 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Bxb2 12. Rxb2 cxd5 13. Qxd5 $14 {/\ c4 Beim}) 9... c6 10. b3 (10. Re1 $5 $14 {
Stohl}) (10. a4 $5 {Stohl}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 (11. Nxd5 $2 Nxe4 12. Qe1 e6
13. Qxe4 Bc6 $1 14. c4 exd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 $1 $17) 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 $1 (12. Bd2
b5 $1 (12... Qc7 $6 13. a4 $14) 13. a3 Re8 $1 {This is a very important
prophylactical move.} (13... a6 14. Qe1 $1 Qb6 (14... Nb7 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nc6
$16) 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxa5 Qa7 17. Rd1 Rxc2 18. Nd4 $16) 14. h3 ({Now the
variation of the previous remark is not so dangerous:} 14. Qe1 Nb7 $1 15. Nd4
Qb6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nd8) 14... a6 15. Re1 $142 {Stohl} (15. Nd4 Qb6 16.
Nde2 $1 (16. Nce2 $6 e5 $1 17. dxe6 fxe6 {Romanishin-Beim, Linz 1997} 18. Nf4
$1 Qxd4 $1 19. Bxa5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 $1 g5 21. Ne2 e5 $15 {Romanishin}) 16... e5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Qc7 $15) 15... e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 $5 $13) 12... Qc7
13. Nd4 Rfe8 $13) (8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Nb3 {exchanging the N on the edge of the
board cannot yield anything for White.} c6 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Rb1
cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 $11 {Hartoch-Smyslov, Amsterdam 1994}) 8... c6
9. e4 Bd7 $146 {Black wants to keep the tension for a while.} (9... cxd5 {
is also playable.} 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4
14. a4 Re8 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Bf1 e6 17. Ne4 exd5 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20.
Bxf6 Re6 21. Bd4 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Ra1 {Romanishin-Beim, Groningen op 1990}
Qb2 $1 $11 {Stohl}) 10... Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nd4 a6 $11) 10. Qe2 $6
(10. a4 $11) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 {Now Black has a pressure on the c <->.}
12. Rd1 Re8 (12... Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nd4 (14. Ra2) 14... Rfe8 {- 12...R e8})
13. Nd4 (13. a4 $6 {is met by a counterblow in the [+].} e5 $1 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Qb5 Bc4 16. Qg5 $15 (16. Qb4 $2 d5 $17)) 13... Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Ra2 h5 $15
{It is not easy for White to finish his development.} 16. Qd3 (16. Be3 Nc4)
16... Qc5 17. Be3 (17. Bg5 $5) 17... Qb4 (17... Nc4 $1 {was stronger} 18. Bc1 (
18. Ne6 {is not so frightening because of the counterattacking move} Nxb2 $1
19. Nxc5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 dxc5 21. d6 Bf5 22. Rd1 exd6 23. Bxb7 Rcd8 24. Bxa6 Bxh3
25. Bb5 Rf8 26. a5 $44)) 18. Nce2 Nc4 19. c3 Qb6 20. Bc1 Rc5 21. Nf4 Ne5 22.
Qe2 Qc7 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Nb3 Nxe3 25. Nxc5 Nxd1 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd1 Ne5 {
The position is about equal.} 28. a5 Rb8 29. Bf1 Bh6 30. Nd3 Qc4 31. Nb4 Qc5 (
31... Qe4 $2 32. Bg2 $16) 32. Ra1 Rc8 (32... f5 $2 33. Bxa6 $1) 33. Qe2 f5 $6 {
Black wants to change the drawish course of the game, but only weakens himself
totally.} 34. Kg2 f4 $6 {Following the wrong plan.} 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Qe4 $16 {
and suddenly the black >> is under ->.} Bh6 (36... g5 37. Bd3 $40) (36... Rf8
37. Nd3 $18) 37. f4 Nc4 38. Qxg6+ Bg7 39. Qe6+ $6 Kh8 40. Bxc4 Qxc4 41. Kf3 Rf8
42. Qe4 Qb3 $6 (42... Qc8) 43. Nd3 $18 Qc2 44. Rg1 Qh2 45. Qg6 Qxh3+ 46. Ke2
Rg8 47. Rg5 Qh2+ 48. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 (7. h3 $6 {
This is too slow.} d5 $5 $13 {looks also very healthy, compare to the Neo
Grunfeld.} (7... d6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. cxd4 Nc6 $13) 9... Nc6 {Now White
has problems in the [+].} 10. N2b3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Qxd4 Qc7) (11. Nxd4 {
This is a bit too provocative, Black can create a strong P [+].} e5 $1 12. Nc2
(12. Nb3 d5 13. Be3 Qc7 {and White cannot attack d5 or e5.}) 12... d5 13. a4 {
(Kunte-Hebden, Torquay 2002 CBM 91)} Rd8 $36))) (7. a4 cxd4 (7... d5 8. a5 Qb5
9. c4 $16) (7... Nc6 8. a5 Qb5 9. a6 $13) (7... d6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. e4
cxd4 11. Nxd4 {This P structure reminds me to the g3 Dragon systems, where
Black has good counterchances.} Bg4 12. Qe1 Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Re1
e5 16. Nc2 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Nd3 $15 {Nikolaidis-Atalik,
Ano Liosia 1996}) 8. a5 Qd8 {This is the simple retreat.} (8... Qc7 {The Q can
be more vulnerable here.} 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bg5 {White
has some small space advantage.} e6 13. Qa3 a6 14. Rfc1 (14. Bxf6 {looks a bit
premature.} Bxf6 15. d5 Na7 16. Ne4 (16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Garcia Ilundain-Reinderman, Escaldes 1998}) 16... Be7 17. Rac1 $14) 14... Rac8
15. b4 $5 $14 {is worthy of consideration.} (15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 exd4 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8)) 9. cxd4 (9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. a6 Qb6 $13) 9... d5 10. Ne5 (10.
Nc3 Ne4 $11) 10... Ng4 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. h3 (12. Nc3 Nc6 13. h3 (13. a6 bxa6
14. Bxd5 Rc8) 13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 Bxh3 15. Bxh3 Qxd5 16. Bg2 Qb5) 12... Bd7 13.
Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bg2 $11 (14. a6 Bxh3 15. Nc3 (15. axb7 Qxd5) 15... Qb6 16. axb7
Rad8 17. Qa4 Nxd4 (17... Nb4 18. Bf3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxd4 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. e3 $13
{Psakhis}) 18. Qxa7 (18. Rd1 $2 Rxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxe2+ 20. Kh2 Qxf2+ $19) (18. Be3
$2 Rxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxb7 20. Bxd4 Qxd5 $19) 18... Qxa7 19. Rxa7 Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2
Bxf1 $15 {Sveshnikov-Psakhis, Sochi 1979 28/123})) (7. Na3 d5 $5 {and the N on
a3 is out of play.} (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nac2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Rb8 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. c4 {This _|_ is White's dream here, although the
advantage is still minimal.} a6 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17. e3 $14 {C.
Foisor-Vassallo, Lorca 2001})) (7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 {and in this Neo
Grunfeld structure the N belongs to c3.} 9. Nb3 (9. Qb3 Qa6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Ne5
Bf5 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 $36 {Mason-Hebden, Scarborough 1999}) 9... Nc6
10. e3 Bf5 {Black has finished his development with ease.} 11. Bd2 Rfc8 12. Bc3
Qd8 13. Qe2 Be4 $11 14. Rfc1 e6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd2 {1/2-1/2
Spulber-Moldovan, Baile Tusnad 2001}) 7... d6 (7... e6 8. c4 Qa6 {Black wants
to make profit from his early developed Q.} 9. Na3 $5 (9. Nfd2 exd5 10. cxd5 d6
11. a4 b5 12. Na3 bxa4 13. Nac4 Bd7 14. Re1 Bb5 $1 {just in time!} (14... Ne8
15. e4 Bb5 16. Na3 Nd7 $5 (16... Bd3 $6 {is strongly met by the tactical} 17.
Nac4 $1 Nd7 (17... Bxc4 18. Rxa4 $16) 18. Re3 Bxc4 19. Rxa4 $16 {K.
Arkell-Hillarp Persson, Paignton 2000}) 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Qxa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4
Nb6 20. Ra3 Nc7) 15. Na3 (15. e4 Nbd7 $13) 15... Nbd7 $13) 9... d6 10. Nb5 $36)
8. Re1 (8. c4 e6 9. Nc3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 {In this Benoni type of
position the Q is rather vulnerable on b6.} Ne5 12. h3 Nh5 $5 {/\ f5} (12...
Qa6 13. Qb3 Nh5 $5 {/\ f5 deserves attention again.} (13... Rb8 14. a4 Ne8 15.
f4 $1 (15. Ra3 {is too slow.} f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. e4 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Re1 fxe4
20. Nxe4 Nc7 21. Bd2 Bf5 22. Nc3 Re8 $11 {Benko-Fischer, Curacao ct 1962})
15... Nd7 16. Nc4 $14)) 13. Qb3 Qd8) (8. Nfd2 e5 {/\ Ne8, f5 with attacking
chances on the >>.} 9. a4 Ne8 10. Na3 f5 11. Nac4 Qc7 12. b4 Nd7 $13 {
Ellers-Uhlmann, Schwerin 1999}) 8... e6 9. e4 (9. c4 {is less consistant.} exd5
10. cxd5 {leading to a Benoni.}) 9... exd5 10. exd5 {Now White can make profit
from the vacant c4 square putting a N there.} Bg4 $6 {The exchange of this B
is not very useful from strategical point of view.} (10... Na6 11. a4 Nc7 (
11... Bf5 12. Na3 Nc7 $11) 12. c4 Bf5 $11 {with a healthy Benoni type of
position for Black.}) 11. Na3 (11. c4 Nfd7 $1 {is the flexible move with a
double threat.} (11... Nbd7 {allows White to consolidate his position after}
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfe8 14. Rxe8+ Rxe8 15. Nc3 $14 {leading to a King's
Indian Averbakh type of position where White's ^^ has a bright future in the
_|_.})) (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Na6 (12... Nbd7 13. Na3) 13. Na3 $14) (11. a4
Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $132) 11... Nbd7 12. Qb3 $1 {Suddenly >< d6
becomes vulnerable.} (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfe8 14. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11) 12... Qxb3
(12... Rfe8 {looks more persistant.} 13. Bf4 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bxf3 (14... Nxd5 15.
Bxd6 $16) 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nb5 e4 18. Bg2 $14) 13. axb3 Nxd5 $6 {
This opens up the position for the strong fianchettoed B.} (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Bg2 Nd3) 15... Rfe8 {keeping the position closed against the
enemy's ^^ was the better strategy.} (15... Nxd5 16. Nb5 $14)) 14. Nb5 $1 {
Now surprisingly enough Black is already in a big trouble!} Rfd8 (14... h6 15.
Nxd6 Rfb8 16. Ng5 $18) (14... N5b6 15. Nxd6 Be6 16. Ng5 Bxb3 17. Bxb7 $16) 15.
Nxd6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Rxe5 $1 {This liquidation leads to an easy winning
_|_ for White.} Bxe5 18. Nxb7 Rd7 19. Nxc5 Rdd8 20. c4 $18 {and the further
material losses are inevitable.} Nb4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra4 Nc6 23. b4 Rd8 24.
b5 Nd4 25. Kg2 Nc2 26. Rxa7 Bd4 27. Rd7 Rc8 28. Nb3 Rxc4 29. Bh6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 {This
quiet system is not without poison. Many strong Rumanian player prefer it and
not without success.} Nfd7 {This is the complicated way, Black wants to avoid
the exchange of Q and take back with the P on e5.} 8. Nc3 (8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O (
9. Nc3 Ndxe5 $5 {is also playable now.} (9... dxe5 {- 8.Nc3})) 9... Ndxe5 (9...
Re8 10. Rd1 Ndxe5 (10... dxe5 {- 9...dxe5}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. c4 {/\ Nc3-d5}
Rb8 13. Nc3 b6 14. Nd5 $14 {and White has achieved, what he wanted,
Miles-Marjanovic, Manila 1974.}) (9... dxe5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 f6 $5 (11... Nc5
$5 {This leads to the opening of the position, which usually helps for the
better developed party.} 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Bxe5 $1 Nxe4 14. Re1 $1 Bxe5 15.
Rxe4 $14 {Miles-Nen.Ristic, Belgrade 1988 46/85})) 10. c4 $5 {/\ Nc3 >< d5} (
10. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Ne5 13. Bg2 $14 {/\ Nc3
with a somewhat better P structure and a mighty fianchettoed B.}) 8... dxe5 9.
Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0 suddenly changing the course of the game.} Nc6 (9... a5 10. h4 {
/\ h5 is the main idea with a sharp play.} Nc5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. h5 a4 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Rh4 axb3 15. axb3 c6 16. Rdh1 Qf6 17. Qe3 $36 {Dizdarevic-Mainka,
Moscow 1994}) (9... c6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. h4 (11. e4 a5 12. Qd6 {The _|_ cannot
be dangerous for Black now.} Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Nc5 14. a4 Nba6 15. Re1 Re8 {
/\ Bf8 firmly controlling the dark squares.} 16. Bf1 Be6 17. Kb1 f6 $11 {
Radjabov-A.Toth, Budapest 1999}) 11... Nf6 12. e4 a5 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ng4
{The _|_ is again harmless.} 15. Nd1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Co.Ionescu-G.Szabo,
Bucharest 2001}) (9... Na6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. h4 h6 (11... h5 $5 {comes into
consideration.}) 12. h5 g5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxg5 $1 {Now White gets a strong
positional compensation for the sacrificed N.} c6 (14... hxg5 15. h6 (15. Qxg5
Qh6) 15... Bf6 16. h7+ Kg7 17. f4 $40) 15. Qd3 hxg5 16. h6 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. h7+ Kh8 19. Qe3 {There are nasty threats on the long /^.} Qg7 20. f4 f6 21.
fxg5 fxg5 22. Rxd7 $18 Bxd7 23. Qxe5 $1 {1-0 Sulava-Mazi, Velden 1996 A nice
game!}) (9... Re8 10. O-O-O (10. e3 {is simply too passive. White is defending
against e4-e3.} Nc6 11. O-O-O e4 12. Ng1 Qf6 (12... f5 $5 {and White's pieces
are rather passive.}) 13. Nge2 Nc5 $5 $13 (13... Nb6 {The N is out of play
here.} 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 {>< e4} Bf5 16. Rhe1 $14 {Badea-Ciampi, Nice 2001}
)) 10... a5 {Both want to open lines against the enemy K.} (10... e4 11. Ne1 (
11. Nd4 e3 12. fxe3 {White's P structure is corrupted, but his pieces are
rather active now.} c6 13. e4 Na6 14. g4 Qh4 15. h3 Nac5 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Qf4
Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rhf1 $16 {L.Hansen-Joecks, Germany 1997}) 11... Qf6 12.
Qe3 Nb6 13. Nd3 $1 Qe7 14. Nf4 $16 {Sulava-Armanda, Pula 1999}) 11. h4 a4 12.
h5 axb3 13. axb3 e4 14. Ng5 e3 15. Qd5 Qf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. f4 c6 18. Qd3 Nf8
19. Nge4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra2 21. Qd8 $13 {Dizdar-Fercec, Nova Gorica 1997}) 10.
O-O-O (10. h4 h6 11. e4 Nd4 {centralizing the strong N.} 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxd4
exd4 14. Nf4 c5 15. c3 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic-Kolev, Moscow olm 1994}) 10...
a5 11. h4 (11. a4 {is perhaps too caotious.} Nb4 12. Nb5 (12. h4 Qe7 13. e4 c6
14. h5 Nc5 15. Qd6 {and the _|_ is again not dangerous for Black at all.} Qxd6
16. Rxd6 Be6 17. Bh3 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11 {Schebler-Ad.Horvath,
Koszeg 1999}) 12... Qe7 13. Nxc7 Nc5 14. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Badea-D.Popovic,
Subotica 2001}) 11... a4 $6 {Why to allow h4-h5?} (11... h6 12. g4 (12. h5 {
is certainly met by} g5) 12... a4 13. g5 h5 {Black wants to avoid the opening
of lines on the >>.} 14. e3 axb3 15. axb3 Nb4 16. Bh3 e4 17. Bxd7 exf3 18. Bxc8
Qxc8 19. Nd5 $11 {Dizdar-Spasov, Yerevan 1996}) (11... h5 {weakens >< g5.} 12.
Ng5 Ra6 13. Kb1 Nd4 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nb5 a4 17. Bh3 f5 18. e4 axb3
19. axb3 Rb6 20. Qe2 $14 {Co.Ionescu-Gallagher, Istanbul olm 2000}) 12. h5 (12.
Nxa4 $5 {taking bravely the P was interesting:} Qe7 13. h5 Rxa4 14. bxa4 Nb6
15. hxg6 fxg6 (15... hxg6 16. Qg5 $18) 16. Qc3 {and Black hasn't enough
compensation for the sacrificed material.}) 12... axb3 13. axb3 Qe7 $6 {
The Q is only more vulnerable here than anywhere else.} (13... Nb6 {trying to
simplificate the position was more to the point.} 14. Qxd8 (14. Qe3 Qe7) 14...
Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8) 14. hxg6 hxg6 (14... fxg6 {is already met by the
devastating} 15. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 (16... Kh8 17. Rh1+ $18) 17. Bd5+
$18) 15. Nd5 Qd6 $6 {Consistant, but inferior.} (15... Qd8 16. Qc3 $16) 16. Qg5
$1 {Now material losses are inevitable.} Re8 (16... Ra5 17. Qh4 Re8 18. Nb6 $18
) 17. Nb6 $1 $18 {and Black has no adequate compensation for the Q.} Qxd1+ 18.
Rxd1 Nxb6 19. Qh4 Bf5 20. Ng5 Ra5 21. g4 Bc8 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. e3 Re6 24. Ng5 Rd6
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Cobb, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. dxc5 {This move contains
more venom than it looks at first sight.} (6. c4 {may lead to the main lines
after} d6 (6... Nc6 $5) 7. Nc3 Nc6) 6... Na6 (6... Qa5 {is the other way to
gain back the P.} 7. Be3 (7. Qd4 Na6 8. Nc3 Qxc5 9. Qh4 d6 10. Ng5 {It is hard
to believe that White has real attacking chances on the >>.} h5 11. Nge4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. c3 Bg4 $11 (13... Re8 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ng5 f6 17.
Nf3 Bg4 $5 (17... e5 18. Qa4 $14 {Kazhgaleyev-Sergeev, Pardubice 1996}))) 7...
Ng4 8. Bd4 Nc6 (8... e5 {weakens only Black's P structure.} 9. Bc3 Qxc5 10. h3
Nh6 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bd2 {/\ Qc1 and Nc3} f6 13. Nc3 {>< d5} Nf7 14. Nd5 $14 {
Romanishin-Sergeev, Ordzhonikidze 2001}) 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. a3 Qxc5
12. b4 Qc4 13. Nbd2 Qc3 {and White cannot chase away the annoying Q.} 14. e4 d6
$11 {Romanishin-Granero Roca, Zaragoza 1998}) 7. Be3 (7. c4 Nxc5 8. Nc3 d6 9.
Nd4 {White inserts pressure on the long /^.} Qb6 (9... Rb8 10. b4 $1 Ne6 11.
Nc2 $14 {avoiding the exchanges with space advantage, Gallego-Moimeaux, Paris
1993.}) (9... Ng4 10. h3 Ne5 11. b3 {The black knights are running back and
forth, but White's space advantage will soon dominate.} a5 12. Rb1 (12. Be3 a4
13. Qd2 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Nc6 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Qa2 Ne6 {
(Bogdan-Moraru, Bucharest 1998)} 18. Ndb5 $14 {and both black knights are
badly placed.}) 12... a4 13. f4 Nc6 14. Ndb5 {avoiding the exchanges, as usual.
} axb3 15. axb3 $14) (9... a6 10. h3 {/\ Be3} Rb8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Ne6 13.
Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. e4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qc6 Rb6 22. Qc3 $14 {Smyslov-Gipslis, Moscow 1959}) 10.
b3 (10. Nc2 {This allows Black the better development.} Be6 11. b3 Rfc8 12. h3
{/\ Be3} Rab8 13. Be3 (13. Nd4 $5) 13... Qd8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Kh2 Qa5
$11 {Bogdan-Gy.Horvath, Pecs 1998}) 10... Ne6 (10... Bd7 $5) 11. Nc2 Bd7 12.
Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Nd5 $14 {Aronin-Moiseev, Moscow 1949}) 7... Qc7 (7...
Ne4 8. Bd4 Nexc5 $5 (8... Bh6 {is a bit sophysticated:} 9. Ne5 Nexc5 10. Ng4
Bg7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ f6 13. Nc3 d6 14. Qf4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 $14 {
Geller-Cuellar, Stockholm (izt) 1962}) 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. b4 Ne6 11. a3 Nac7 12.
c4 d5 13. Nbd2 b6 $5 {/\ Bb7 immediately looks more to the point.} (13... f6 {
is not so important for the moment.} 14. Qc2 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Nb3 Qe8 17.
Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. d6 Nb5 21. Qa4 Nxd6 22. Qxe8 Rcxe8 23.
Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Nb5 $14 {with a slight _|_ advantage for White similar to some
Queen's Indian positions, Zahariev-Hadzimanolis, Chania 2000.}) 14. Qc2 Bb7) 8.
Nc3 (8. c4 Nxc5 9. Nc3 b6 {This radically solves the problem of the c8 B.} 10.
Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd4 Rac8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qd6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd4 Qe5 16.
Rc3 f5 17. Re3 Qf6 18. Nb5 a5 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Nd4 e5 $11 {Romanishin-Gelfand,
Palma de Mallorca 1989}) 8... Ng4 $6 {Now White clearly gets the upper hand.} (
8... Nxc5 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. a4 {looks best nowadays.} (10. c4 a5 {Black wants to
secure the stronghold on c5.} (10... Ng4 11. Bd4 d6 (11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 d5 13.
b4 Na6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. h3 Nf6 16. a3 {and in the _|_ the a6 N is out of play.
} Bd7 17. Nc3 dxc4 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bxb7 {White has now a much better P
structure, the o^ on c4 is blockaded, and he can create a remote o^.} Ra7 20.
Bg2 $14 {Todorcevic-Outerelo Ucha, Cordoba 1991}) 12. b4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Na4 14.
Qxb6 (14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qxb4 {now White's P structure is also
weakened.} 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Rxb7 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Rxb7 20. Rxb7 Nf6 $13 {San
Segundo Carrillo-Degraeve, Zaragoza 1998}) 14... Nxb6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. c5 dxc5
17. bxc5 $14 {with a strong pressure on the <<.}) 11. a3 (11. h3 d6 12. Nfd4
Bd7 13. Rb1 Rfc8 14. Nc3 Qb4 {It is Black, who has now some pressure on the <<!
} 15. Ncb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 a4 17. a3 Qa5 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Rab8
$11 {Romanishin-Vokac, Dortmund 1991}) (11. Ne1 d6 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Nc3 {
(Todorcevic-Petronic, Ulcinj 1997)} Bc6 $5 $13) 11... d5 $5 $13 (11... a4 {
may lead to favourable complications for White after} 12. Nc3 Qxb2 13. Bxc5
Qxc3 14. Rc1 Qb3 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bb4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rxe2 18. Nd4 Rb2 19. Nb5
Rxb4 20. axb4 $18 {Rashkovsky-Berg, Espergarde 1992})) 10... Ng4 11. Bd4 d6 (
11... e5 {again leads to weaknesses on the semi-opened d <->:} 12. Bxc5 Qxc5
13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 $14 {Szymanski-Szymanowska,
Koszalin 1999}) 12. b4 (12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b4 Ne6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nd2 d5 16. c4
a6 17. a5 Qd8 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. cxd5 Ncxd5 20. Nxd5 $14 {Groszpeter-Szalanczy,
Hungary 1989}) 12... Bxd4 13. Nfxd4 Nxa4 14. Rxa4 e5 15. c4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4
17. Nxd4 {>< d6 remains a structural weakness.} a6 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Ra5 Nf6 20.
b5 Re8 $14 {Garcia Gonzales-Zapata, Granma 1987}) 9. Bd4 Nxc5 (9... e5 10. Nd5
$16) 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Nf6 (12... f6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qxg4 Qxd5
15. c4 $16) 13. c4 (13. Nxf6 {is not so impressive, although only White has
chances after} Qxd4 14. Nh5+ gxh5 15. Nxd4 d6 16. h4 $14 {fixing the
weaknesses of h5.}) 13... Ne6 14. Qc3 Nc7 15. e4 (15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6+ Kxf6
17. c5 Ne6 18. Rac1 $14 {is also a promising _|_ where Black has difficulties
with his development.}) 15... Ncxd5 16. cxd5 (16. exd5 {was also tempting with
an assymetrical P structure.} b6 17. Nd2 Kg8 18. Rfe1 $16) 16... Qb6 17. d6 (
17. Nd2 {allows} d6) 17... exd6 18. Rac1 (18. g4 $6 {is useless because of} Qc5
) (18. Nd2 {was an alternative, for example:} Qc5 19. Rfc1 (19. Nc4 d5 20. exd5
b5) 19... Qxc3 20. Rxc3 $16) 18... d5 {Otherwise Black cannot accomplish his
development.} 19. exd5 d6 20. Ng5 Qd8 21. h3 (21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rc7 {is not so decisive because of} Rab8) 21... Bd7 {Now White
gets a better _|_.} (21... Kg8 $1) 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Qd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bf5 25.
Nc3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Nb5 {Black's pawns on the << are very weak.} Rd8 (
27... Be4 28. Rc7 (28. Bxe4 Nxe4) (28. Nxd6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rd8) 28... Bxg2 (
28... Bxd5 29. Nxd6 Bxa2 30. Rxb7 $16) 29. Kxg2 Nxd5 30. Rxb7 $16 {leads to
similar positions as in the game.}) 28. Rc7 Bd3 29. Na7 Ra8 30. Rxb7 Bc4 31. a3
Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Nb5 {[%mdl 4096] The white pieces dominate the board,
Black has to defend passively his weak pawns. White has a chance to create a
remote "a" o^.} Rd8 34. Kf1 {/\ Ke2-d3-d4 centralizing the K in the _|_.} Kf8 (
34... Kf6 {looks more active, but it doesn't change the matter.} 35. Ke2 Ke6 (
35... Rc8 36. Kd3 ({or certainly} 36. Rxf7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 Rc2+ 38. Kd3)) 36.
Nd4+ Kf6 37. Kd3 $18) 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Kd3 Rd7 37. Rb8+ {White certainly avoids
the exhange of his very active R.} Ke7 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. b4 h5 40. h4 f6 41. Ke4
{Black is slowly running out of moves.} f5+ 42. Kd4 f4 {This is a desperate
attempt to show some activity.} 43. Re8+ Ne7 (43... Kf7 44. Re4 $18) 44. gxf4
Kf6 {/\ Nf5 >< h4} 45. Rf8+ Ke6 46. Kd3 Nf5 47. a4 (47. Rb8 {was perhaps even
simpler.} Nxh4 48. Nd4+ Kf6 49. Rxb6 $18) 47... Kd5 48. Nc3+ Kc6 49. b5+ Kb7 {
Now the black K defends the weak pawn, but White's domination is still intact.}
50. Nd5 Nxh4 51. Rf6 Ka7 {Black can only sit and wait.} 52. Ke2 (52. Re6 Kb7
53. Ke4 {was the other plan.} Ka7 54. Ne7 (54. f5 gxf5+ 55. Kf4) 54... Kb7 55.
Kd5) 52... Rg7 $2 (52... Kb7 53. Kf1 {attacking the h4 N.}) 53. Rxd6 $18 {
Black's hopes connected with his o^ on h5 cannot be realized, the K will
successfully blockade it.} Nf5 54. Rxb6 h4 55. Kf1 h3 56. Kg1 Rd7 57. Ra6+ Kb7
58. Ne3 Nd4 59. Kh2 Rh7 60. Rxg6 Nf3+ 61. Kh1 Rc7 62. Rc6 Rg7 63. Rc1 Kb6 64.
Nc4+ Kb7 65. Ne5 Nd4 66. Rd1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Krakops, Maris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6 {This plan
followed by Qa5-h5 is not among the best. Even if Black can exchange the B
after Bh3 he usually loses the [+], because the Q manoeuvre costs time.} (6...
Nbd7 {or}) (6... e5 {are the main continuations here.}) 7. O-O Qa5 ({Still it
was not late to play} 7... Nbd7 {/\ e5.}) 8. Re1 {/\ e4} (8. Nbd2 Qh5 9. e4 (9.
c4 {is not so usual here.} Bh3 10. e4 Ng4 (10... Nfd7 $5 {looks more flexible.}
) 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {Now Black's |^ on the >> is over.} c5 13. h3 Nf6 14.
e5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vadasz-Videki, Budapest 1997}) (9. Re1 Bh3 (9... Bg4 10. e4 {- 8.Re1}) 10. e4 (
10. Bh1 {is also possible.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nh4 {This is the well-known
defensive move leading to a better _|_ for White.} Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Rfe8 14. f4 {White has an enormous pressure in the [+].} d5 15. e5 Ng4 16. h3
Nh6 17. g4 $16 {Taimanov-Kulaots, Stockholm 1993}) 9... Bg4 (9... Bh3 10. Bxh3
(10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {White has a
space advantage and better centralized pieces.} Rfd8 15. Ndc4 Rac8 16. Ba3 Nd5
17. Rd3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Kf8 19. f4 Nb6 20. Nb2 Rxd3 21. Nxd3 $14 {
Shchekachev-Makarjev, Orel 1992}) 10... Qxh3 11. Ng5 Qc8 12. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vadasz-Karatorossian, Budapest 1998, but White's chances are preferable
because of the better developed pieces and advantage in the [+].}) 10. e5 (10.
Qe2 {is a bit slow.} Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. c4 Nc7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Qf1 c5 15. d5
Nc7 16. exd6 Bxb2 17. Rab1 exd6 18. Rxb2 Rfe8 $11 {Carlier-Banikas, Cappelle
la Grande 1998}) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Re1 Na6 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nb4
15. Ne3 $1 $16 {Dzindzichashvili-Kavalek, Buenos Aires (ol) 1978}) (8. Qd2 Qh5
(8... Qa6 $6 {drives the Q away from the [+].} 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3
$14 {Panchenko-J.Gabriel, Schwaebisch Gmuend 1999}) 9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Nxg5 {
This _|_ is however not so frightening for Black.} d5 ({or first} 10... a5 11.
a4 {and then} d5 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Ngf3 Ne4 16. c4 e6
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {L.Hansen-Hoi, Copenhagen 1997}) 11. c4 Rd8 12.
Nf3 a5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. e3 Nb4 {Black
has a good pressure on the <<.} 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 a4 $11 {Taimanov-Epishin,
St Petersburg 1996}) (8. h3 Qh5 {provoking} 9. g4 Qa5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. e4 Re8
12. Re1 h5 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. e5 hxg4 15. Ng5 Nh7 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. hxg4 dxe5 18.
dxe5 Nb6 19. Ne3 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bh6 21. Rd4 Be6 22. f4 c5 23. Re4 Bd7 24. g5
Bg7 25. Nf1 Bc6 26. R4e2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Red8 28. c4 $14 {
Kasimdzhanov-Zulfugarli, Zagan 1997}) (8. c4 {is again not so important here,
White has to play for e4.} Qh5 9. Nc3 Bh3 10. Qd2 Bh6 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Bxg2
13. Kxg2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qxf3+
19. Nxf3 e4 20. Nd4 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Espig-Hazai, Halle 1981}) 8... Qh5 9. e4
Bg4 {This pin is not so effective, as it looks like at first sight.} 10. Qd3 {
The Q can be attacked here.} ({Attacking the [+] immediately by} 10. e5 {
deserves serious attention, for example:} Nd5 11. c4 Nb4 12. a3 N4a6 13. exd6
exd6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nbd2 Nc7 16. Qb3 d5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rfe8 19. cxd5
cxd5 20. Rac1 $14 {Ribli-Hazai, Budapest 1977}) (10. Nbd2 Nbd7 (10... Bh6 $6 {
is too aggressive.} 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 $2 {this loses outright.} (12...
dxe5 13. Ncxe5 $16) 13. exd6 exd6 14. Nxd6 $18 {Gufeld-Hazai, Tallinn 1981}) (
10... Nfd7 {is an interesting plan with many options for Black in the [+].} 11.
Qe2 c5 {This is the new possibility.} 12. c3 (12. Qf1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc5 14. c3
Nc6 $11 {Gedevanishvili-Pickles, Sydney 1992}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Qf1
Rac8 15. a3 {(Pomar Salamanca-Torre, Malaga 1973)} (15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nb4)
15... Qa5 $13) 11. Qe2 (11. Nf1 d5 {This is an interesting positional P
sacrifice,} (11... Bh6 $5 {however was safer.}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nb4 14. a3
Na6 15. Rxe7 $14 {Kristensen-Hebden, Hastings 1989}) (11. a4 {is not a
necessary move in this position.} Rfe8 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re4 f5 15.
Re1 f4 16. Qe2 Rf8 17. Rf1 Rae8 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Nce5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nc7 21. Qe4
Ne6 $13 {Kosic-Poluljahov, Podgorica 1993}) 11... e5 12. Qf1 $1 {White leaves
the pin threatening h3.} exd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 $2 c5 {/\ Ne4}) 13... Rfe8 $6
(13... Ne5 14. Bxe5 $1 (14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 g4 $1 $13) (14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Be3 Bh6 $1 $13) 14... dxe5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nd7 17. Rad1 $14) 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qa5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Rad1 $1 $14 {with a strong [+] for White,
and the >< d6 may also become weak, Damljanovic-Malisauskas, Moscow (ol) 1994.}
) 10... Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 e5 {was the other plan.}) 11. a3 (11. Nbd2 {
is met by the freeing manoeuvre} Nb4 (11... d5 12. Ne5) 12. Qc3 c5 $1) 11...
Bh3 (11... Nc7 {or}) (11... Nd7 12. Nbd2 e5 {comes into consideration.}) 12.
Nbd2 Nc7 ({It was time to take the B.} 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd7 (13... Nc7)) 13.
Qf1 $1 Bxg2 14. Qxg2 {This is the difference!} Qg4 (14... d5 $2 15. exd5) (
14... Nd7 15. Nc4 $14) 15. c4 Rad8 16. d5 Qc8 17. Re2 (17. Rad1 $14) 17... Na6
$6 {The N is outposted here.} (17... cxd5 18. exd5 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 {or} (19...
fxe6 {were more active.})) (17... e5 {however is answered by} 18. dxc6 bxc6 19.
c5 {and Black's P structure is corrupted.} Qa6 20. Ree1 dxc5 21. Bxe5 Ne6 22.
Nc4 Rd3 23. Nfd2 Rfd8 24. Qf1 $14) 18. b4 $16 {White has a huge space
advantage now.} Nb8 (18... e5 19. dxe6 Qxe6 (19... fxe6 20. e5 Ng4 21. Qh3 $16)
20. Rae1 $16) 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. h3 Nbd7 21. Nb3 e6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 (22... bxc6 23.
e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 $16) 23. Na5 (23. Nfd4 $5) 23... Qa6 (23... Qc7
24. e5 dxe5 25. Nxe5 $16) 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 {White has a
strong majority of pawns on the <<.} Rd7 $2 (26... Re7 27. Qf3 $16) 27. Qf3 $1
{The N has no retreat now.} Nh5 28. g4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ng7 {Here the N is
completely out of play.} 30. c5 Rc8 (30... Red8 31. Re3 $16) 31. Ree1 Rd5 32.
Nc4 Ne8 33. Ne5 Rc7 $2 {This gives up the important d <->.} ({However} 33... f6
34. Nc4 Rcd8 35. Qe2 e5 36. Qa2 Qe6 37. Ne3 R5d6 38. Qxe6+ Rxe6 39. Red1 $16 {
still gets the d <-> at the end.}) 34. Rcd1 $18 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Kg7 36. Rd8 Re7
$2 37. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Richter, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 {/\ e4 with Pirc
type of positions.} (6. c4 {is certainly the main line.}) 6... Nc6 {/\ e5} (
6... Nbd7 {- Negulescu-Istratescu, Iasi 1999 CBM 75}) 7. d5 (7. e4 e5 8. c3 (8.
d5 Ne7 9. c4 {This is a similar position to E62 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.
e4, but Re1 is not necessary.} Nd7 $5 (9... Ne8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nh4 (11. b4 f5)
11... g5 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Be3 Nf6 $13 {Kunte-Harikrishna, New
Delhi 2001}) 10. Nc3 a5) 8... Bg4 {puts a strong pressure on >< d4.} (8... a6 {
doesn't look very urgent here.} 9. h3 $14 (9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 Nd7 11. Nc3 h6 {
/\ f5}) (9. Na3 exd4 10. Nxd4 (10. cxd4 {is met by the central push} d5 11. e5
Ne4) 10... Bd7 $11 {Kuporosov-Slavina, St.Petersburg 2002})) 9. d5 (9. h3 $6
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 exd4 $1 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 {and the N is very
impressive in the [+].} 14. dxc6 bxc6 $11 {Panno-Quinteros, Manila (izt) 1976
22/110}) 9... Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 $1 $13 {Black has to keep his strong B in a
closed King's Indian position.}) (7. Nc3 {is again met by} e5 (7... Bg4 {
is another plan attacking >< d4.} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5
Ndxe5 12. Bg2 {White has the ^^ and a strong B on the long /^, but his other B
is rather passive and he has some problems with his development.} Re8 13. Qe2 (
13. Nd5 $5 Nc4 14. Rb1 {/\ b3}) 13... Nd7 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. c4 a5 16. Rb1 Nb4 17.
b3 Nbd3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Andersson-Krasenkov, Pula 1997}) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. h3 Qe7 {
In this structure Black has nothing to fear.} 10. Bg5 Rd8 11. Qc1 Qf8 12. e4
Be6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Nc4 Qg7 18. Ne3 Nf5
19. c3 Nd6 $13 {Andersson-Milov, Groningen 1997}) 7... Na5 $5 {At first sight
the N is outplaced on the edge of the board, but in this type of King's Indian
this may transpose to the main lines, where the Re1 move is unnecessary.} (7...
Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. c4 {/\ Nc3, c5[+]}) (7... Nb8 8. c4 (8. h3 {is a bit slow}
c5 (8... e5 $5) 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 (10. dxe6 {gives up White's advantage in the 
[+].} Bxe6 11. e4 Nc6 {Black has enough control over the dark squares to
compensate the weakness of d6.} 12. Be3 Re8 $11 {Speelman-Zaichik, Yerevan 1996
}) 10... Na6 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. a4 $14 {securing >< c4 for the N.}) 8... c6 9. Nc3
cxd5 10. cxd5 Na6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Negulescu-Fedorowicz, New York 1999}) (7... Nb4
8. e4 $1 (8. c4 {allows} Bf5 $1 {and Black has threats on the /^ b1-h7.} 9. Na3
(9. e4 $2 {founders on} Bxe4 10. Rxe4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nc2 $17) (9. Nd4 Bxb1 ({or} 
9... Be4 $5 10. Nc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 $13) 10. Rxb1 Nxa2 {This is a brave idea,
but Black cannot be punished for that.} 11. Bd2 a5 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 axb4
14. Qxb4 Nd7 $10) 9... c6 10. Nd4 (10. e4 $2 {is again a mistake because of}
Bxe4 11. Rxe4 Nxe4 12. Qe1 Nd3 13. Qxe4 Nxc1 $19) 10... Bd7 11. Bd2 {(Garcia
Palermo-Stohl, Bad Woerishofen 1993 57/68)} Qb6 $1 12. dxc6 (12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13.
dxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rac8 $17 {/\ Qb2}) 14... Bxc6 15.
Nxc6 Qb7 $1 16. Qa4 Ne4 $1 $44) 12... Nxc6 13. Bc3 Rfc8 $132 {Stohl}) 8... e6 (
8... c6 $2 9. a3 Na6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. e5 $16 {><c6}) (8... e5 9. a3 Na6 10. b4
c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. c4 Be6 13. Qd3 Nc7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Nbd2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 $14 {
with a more flexible P structure for White, Mateuta-Miljanic, Bucharest 1999.})
(8... Bg4 {The exchange of the B doesn't solve Black's problems, he still
suffers from the lack of space.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. c3 Na6 12. Be3 c6
13. Bg2 $14 {Pezerovic-Mortensen, Germany 2000}) 9. c4 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11.
Nc3 Na6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. b4 Ncd7 {(Mateuta-Vujovic, Genova 1999)} 14. Rb1 $1 $14
{with a huge space advantage for White.}) 8. e4 (8. Nfd2 c5 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3
Rb8 $13 {because now we have reached the main lines with a stupid Re1 for
White, Tot-Bogdanovic, Sombor 1957.}) (8. Na3 e6 9. e4 c5 10. c3 exd5 11. exd5
b6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Be3 Qd7 $11 {Milos-Marin, Szirak 1987}) 8... c6
9. a4 {/\ Ra2, b3 keeping the a5 N on the edge of the board.} (9. Na3 Bd7 10.
Rb1 {White wants to take all the squares of the a5 N.} cxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12.
Nd4 Re8 13. h3 a6 14. c3 Rc7 15. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Speelman-Nunn, London 1982}) (9.
h3 Bd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Ra2 (11. Nc3 {- 9.a4}) 11... cxd5 12. exd5 Rc5 13. Ng5 h6
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Qc8 16. Be3 Rc4 17. Rxe7 Bxh3 18. b3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc7
20. Rxc7 Qxc7 {1/2-1/2 Speelman-Rashkovsky, Baku 1983}) 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Rc8
11. h3 Re8 {This is a bit passive.} (11... Nc4 $1 {improving the N's position
deserved attention.} 12. Ra2 (12. b3 Nxd5 $1) 12... Qa5 $13) 12. Ra2 {/\ b3} a6
13. Nd4 {This allows Black to change the P structure with a tempo.} (13. b3 $1
{was the consequent follow-up.} cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 $14 {The position
is a bit similar to the g3 Dragon Variation. White has some pressure on the e
<->, and space advantage. Black has to prepare for b5, in case of e7-e5 >< d6
may become weak.}) 13... Qb6 ({It was time to grab the |^ by} 13... c5 $1 14.
Nf3 e5 $13) 14. Nde2 cxd5 15. exd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. dxe6 (17. Be3
Qb4 18. b3 e4) 17... fxe6 $13) 15... Qb4 $6 {The Q remains vulnerable here.} (
15... Qc7 16. b3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 {/\ Nb7 was the logical plan.}) 16. b3 Nh5 {
Black wants to exchange some pieces.} 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be3 (19.
Bd2 Qb6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. c4 $14) 19... Bf5 20. Rf1 $6 {From now on it is not
easy to find a clear-cut positional plan in both players play.} h5 21. Kh2 Kg7
22. Bf3 Rh8 23. Bd2 Qc5 24. c4 Qc7 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Qd3 Rbc8 28. Rc1
b6 29. h4 Nb7 30. b4 {At first sight soon or later a6-a5 will come and the
passive N will control >< c5.} Ra8 (30... a5 {immediately is met by} 31. Nb5
$16) 31. Kg2 Rhc8 32. Bd1 a5 33. b5 Nc5 34. Qb1 {Surprisingly enough even this
position looks a bit better for White. Black has to play e5 at some moment,
which may create weaknesses in his camp.} Qd8 35. Re2 Qh8 {This sophysticated
manoeuvre cannot be good. Black has to prepare the freeing move e5.} 36. Bc2 {
The "bad" B is better than the "good" N on c5?!} Re8 37. Rce1 Bg4 38. f3 Bd7
39. Qd1 Rac8 40. Nc6 {Black has lost a lot of tempi, meanwhile White has
strenthened his position. The N on c6 looks even stronger than his colleague
on c5.} Kf8 41. Bf4 Nb7 {This is a sad necessity in order to prepare e5.} 42.
Re3 {White wants to triple his heavy artillery on the e <->.} Qg7 43. R1e2 Ra8
44. Qd2 Qh7 45. Qe1 e5 {Black had to play this, but it is too late. White is
well-prepared for the opening of the position.} 46. dxe6 Rxe6 47. Qd2 $16 {
>< d6, d5.} Rae8 48. Be4 $1 (48. Rxe6 {wins a P, but exchanges Black's passive
pieces.} Rxe6 49. Rxe6 Bxe6 50. Bxd6+ Nxd6 51. Qxd6+ Kg7) 48... Qh8 49. Bd5 Bc3
50. Qc1 Bb2 51. Qg1 Rxe3 52. Rxe3 Ba3 53. Rxe8+ Bxe8 54. Qe3 Qb2+ 55. Kh3 Bd7+
56. g4 hxg4+ 57. Kg3 $18 Bxc6 (57... Be6 58. Bh6+ Kg8 59. Ne7+ Kh7 60. Bf8 $18)
58. bxc6 Bc5 59. cxb7 Bxe3 60. b8=Q+ Kg7 61. Bxe3 Qe5+ 62. Kf2 g3+ 63. Kg2 Qxe3
64. Qc7 Qd2+ 65. Kh3 Qf4 66. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Bijeljina Dvorovi"]
[Site "Bijeljina Dvorovi"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Orlov, Pavle"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d5 {This "Anti-Grunfeld"
plan secures for White some space advantage, but opens the long /^ for the B
and allows a counterplay on the <<.} c6 {This is the logical way attacking
White's [+].} (6... e5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. c4 {is a better P structure for White.}
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qd2 $14 {Benkovic-D.Popovic, Subotica
2001}) (6... c5 7. Nc3 {A43} (7. c4 b5 $5 {may transpose to the Benko Gambit.}
(7... a6 8. a4 e6 9. Nc3 exd5 10. cxd5 {and the Benoni with g3 arises.}))) 7.
c4 (7. dxc6 $143 {simply helps Black to finish his development and gives up
the [+].} Nxc6 $11) 7... cxd5 (7... e5 8. Nc3 (8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Na3 {The N is
rather badly placed here.} Na6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. h3 Re8 {This is a very good
version of the g3 Kings'Indian, because White cannot conquer the [+] by e4.}
12. e3 Nc5 $132 {P.Orlov-M.Markovic, Ulcinj 1997})) (7... Bd7 8. Nc3 cxd5 9.
cxd5 Qa5 {/\ Rc8 and Black inserts pressure on the <<.} 10. Nd4 (10. a3 {
/\ b4 after some preparation.} Rc8 11. Be3 Na6 12. b4 (12. Bd4 Nc7 13. e4 Nb5
$1 {Now Black has equalized easily.} 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 $11 {Whiteley-Balinas, Nice
ol 1974}) 12... Qd8 13. Rc1 Nc7 {/\ Nb5 among others.} 14. a4 Na6 {Black
immediately attacks >< b4.} 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5
$132 {Sygulski-Nowak, Gdynia 1985}) 10... Rc8 11. h3 Na6 12. Nb3 {White chases
back the Q, but the N on b3 is passive.} Qd8 13. Be3 Be8 {/\ Nd7 playing with
all of his pieces on the <<.} 14. Bd4 (14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nd4 Nb6 16. b3 Rc5 {
/\ Rac8} 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nc7 19. Ndb5 {This leads only to mass exchanges,
the result is complete equality.} Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxb5 22. axb5
Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qd7 24. Qa3 Qxb5 25. Qxa7 Nd7 $11 {Panno-Cuellar, Caracas 1970})
14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ {White can use the d4 square by all of his
pieces, but his g2 B remains passive for long.} Kg8 17. Rfc1 Qb6 18. e3 Ndc5
19. Nd2 Na4 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 {The _|_ is drawish again.} 21. Bf1 Rc7 22. Bxa6 bxa6
$132 {P.Orlov-Arsovic, Ulcinj 1997}) 8. cxd5 Na6 (8... Bf5 $143 {will only
lose a tempo soon.} 9. Nc3 (9. Nfd2 Qc8 {/\ Bh3} 10. Nc3 Bh3 11. Nf3 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Na6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rc1 Rfc8 $11 {Turzo-A.Gara, Budapest 1999}) 9... Na6 (
9... Qc8 $5 {/\ Bh3 wants to exchange White's passive B, but it is at least
consquent.}) 10. Nd4 Bd7 {Black can easily get this position with his move!}
11. h3 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Bd4 Be8 16. e4 $14 {
Marovic-Rukavina, Umag 1972}) 9. Nc3 {E60} Bd7 (9... Qb6 10. Rb1 Bf5 {Black
now wins a tempo, but after Nd4 he has to give it back.} 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1
Ne4 (12... Rfc8 $5) 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. a3 Na4 17. b4 Qd8
18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 {with some pressure on the c <->, Black has
missed Rfc8.} Nb6 21. h4 $14 {Doroshkievich-Bagirov, Riga 1970}) (9... Nc5 10.
Nd4 a5 {is another plan to secure the N on c5.} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 a4 {/\ Qa5
Rfc8 gaining space on the <<.} (12... Rc8 {The other R belongs to c8.} 13. Qd2
Re8 14. Rab1 Rb8 {Black has made a lot of useless moves with his rooks.} 15.
Rfc1 Qb6 16. b3 Qa6 17. a3 e5 {Black cannot sit and wait passively, but this
move creates weaknesses in the [+].} 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. b4 $14 {
Chiburdanidze-Paasikangas, Elista ol 1998}) 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 $13 {
and Black has gained a lot of space on the <<, Djuric-Vujacic, Cetinje 1991.})
10. Be3 Qa5 (10... Nc5 11. Bd4 a5 {is the same plan mentioned before.}) 11. Bd4
Rfc8 12. Re1 {/\ e4, Bf1 activating the passive light-squared B.} (12. a3 $11 {
- 7...Bd7}) 12... Rc4 $6 {This runs into motifs like Bf1.} (12... Nc5 $11) 13.
a3 (13. e3 Rac8 14. Nd2 Rb4 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. a3 $14 {and R is really awkward!})
13... Ng4 (13... Rac8 14. e3 $14 {/\ Bf1}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h3 Nf6 16. e4 Qb6
17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 $14 {White has executed the breakthrough in the [+]
improving his advantage in the [+].} Rc7 19. Qe2 Be8 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Kh2 {
This is not a very useful preparatory move.} (21. g4 $5 {deserved attention
grabbing the |^ also on the >>.} h6 22. h4 {/\ g5}) 21... Nc5 22. Nc4 (22. Rd4
$1 {was crisper.}) 22... Qa6 23. Qe5 Rcc8 $2 {Black believes to his opponent,
which is a mistake in many cases.} (23... Rdc8 $1 24. Bf1 Ncd7 $1 25. Qxe7 Rxc4
26. b3 Qa5 27. Bxc4 Qxc3 {and Black has won material.}) 24. Bf1 b5 25. Ne3 Qd6
26. Qg5 (26. Qxd6 {transposing to a better _|_ was also promising:} exd6 27.
Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Rb8 29. Nxa7 Rxb2 30. Nc6 $14) 26... Kh8 27. Ng4 a6 28. Re3
(28. Nxf6 exf6 29. Qe3 $14 {White has a strong o^, while Black cannot create
the same because of his doubled pawns.}) 28... Nxg4+ 29. hxg4 Qf6 30. Qxf6+
exf6 31. b4 Nb7 32. Ne4 $18 {The _|_ is now winning for White, but see what
happens...} Kg7 33. Rf3 h5 34. Rxf6 hxg4 35. Rxa6 {White is a healthy P up,
and Black has still doubled pawns...} Bd7 36. Bg2 $6 (36. Rb6 $18) 36... Bf5
37. Rb6 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nd6 {Black has achieved already something, he has an
excellent blockading N on d6.} 39. Bg2 $6 {The B is rather passive now.} (39.
Bd3 {was much better.}) 39... Rc3 40. Ra1 Rc2 41. Kg1 Rb2 {Black has seriously
activated his pieces.} 42. Rc6 (42. Bf1) 42... Rd2 43. Rc3 Re8 44. Re3 Rc8 45.
a4 $2 {Now the situation will be changed rapidly.} (45. Be4) 45... bxa4 46.
Rea3 Rcc2 {It is already Black, who plays for a win, the absolut power of the
two rooks on the 2-nd rank decides the battle.} 47. Rf1 (47. Rxa4 Rxf2 $17)
47... Ra2 $19 48. Rxa2 Rxa2 49. Rb1 a3 50. Bf1 Rb2 51. Ra1 a2 52. Kg2 Kf6 53.
b5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 {Avoiding 6.c4 White
is preparing against the standard push e7-e5. He wants to exchange on e5, and
keep the c4 square available for the N. The B may occupy the a3-f8 /^.} (6. Re1
{- Negulescu-Istratescu, Iasi 1999 CBM 75}) 6... a5 {Black wants to fight on
the dark squares avoiding a4-a5.} 7. Re1 {/\ e4 keeping the options of
developing the N open.} (7. Nc3 {/\ e4 may transpose to Pirc type of positions.
}) (7. b3 {is the other popular option, but we don't examine them because of
space reasons.}) (7. Nbd2 {As it was mentioned before, in case of e7-e5 dxe5
dxe5 the N is very well placed on c4.} Nc6 (7... d5 {At first sight this looks
paradoxal, but the N on d2 is not very active, so Black can survive even with
two tempi down.} 8. b3 (8. Re1 c6 9. e4 dxe4 (9... e6 $143 {is very passive
giving White an enormous space advantage.} 10. c3 (10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nb3 $14 {
deserves serious attention.}) 10... Na6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nb3 h6 13. Be3 $16 {
and Black is doomed to passivity, Badea-L.Vajda, Bucharest 1997.}) 10. Nxe4 {
In this P structure White can hardly play in the [+] by c4 because of the
weakness of >< b4.} Nbd7 (10... Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nd7 12. Re1 Nf6 {- 10...Nbd7} (
12... e5 $5)) 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. c3 Bg4 {Black wants to get rid of his B in
order to continue with e7-e6 and build up a slightly passive, but very tough
defensive setup.} 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 15. Bg2 e6 16. Bd2 Nd5 {The N is
excellent on d5, here we see the the importance of inserting a4-a5. White
cannot drive away the N from the [+] because of the weakness of >< b4.} 17.
Rad1 b5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. axb5 Rab8 21. Ra1 Rxb5 22. Bc1 Rc8 $15
{Romanishin-Kotronias, Tilburg 1994}) (8. c3 c6 {- 7.c3}) 8... c6 (8... Nc6 {
looks a bit extravagant, and Philidor wouldn't be very happy seeing it.} 9. Bb2
e6 10. e3 b6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. c4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Nd3 c5 {Black has
organized an active counterplay in the [+].} 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e4
dxe4 18. Rab1 Rad8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf6 23.
Re2 $11 {Nikolaidis-Atalik, Ano Liosia 1995}) 9. Bb2 Bf5 {White has some extra
tempi, but he cannot change the P structure without serious weakening of his
own position. The B on f5 looks more active than his colleague on b2.} 10. Re1
Nbd7 11. Ra2 $13 {Bezgodov-Martinenko, Kemerovo 1991}) (7... Nbd7 8. e4 (8. c3
{- 7.c3}) 8... e5 9. c3 {- 7.c3} (9. dxe5 Nxe5 (9... dxe5 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nc4
Ba6 {This pin is the main idea of Black's setup.} 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Qe7 14.
Rfe1 Qe6 15. Bf1 Bf8 $13 {and in this symmetrical P structure Black can hold
his own, Luecke-Movsesian, Germany chT 1994.}) 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. b3
Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Bb2 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Ne8 {/\ Nd6 bringing the N into action.}
16. Bf1 Nd6 $132 {Schmaltz-Reschke, Germany chT 1995})) 8. e4 (8. c3 e5 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. e4 {- 8.e4}) 8... Nd7 {/\ e5} (8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 (10. c3 b6
{/\ Ba6} 11. Re1 Ba6 $11 {Karner-Tal, Tallinn 1981}) 10... Qe7 11. c3 b6 {
This is the standard way of developing the B in this P structure.} 12. Qc2 Ba6
$11 {Nikolaidis-Anagnostopoulos, Athens 1996}) 9. Nc4 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 $11 {
Karner-Gufeld, SU 1968}) (7. c3 {This looks more flexible than 7.Nbd2, but the
idea is very similar.} Nbd7 (7... Nc6 {is again a bit against the principles.}
8. Na3 d5 (8... e5 {is certainly answered by} 9. dxe5) 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Nb5 Rc8
11. Qc1 {/\ Bh6 The exchange of the dark-squared bishops favours White.} Qd7
12. Rd1 {against Bh3} Nh5 13. Bh6 Be4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. c4 e6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 {The N on h5 is in a big danger.} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $16 {Garcia
Ilundain-Baron Rodriguez, Zaragoza 1998}) (7... c6 8. Na3 (8. Nbd2 {is again
met by} d5 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14.
Bg2 Nf6 $11 {and White must not overestimate his chances, Bezgodov-Rashkovsky,
St.Petersburg op 1994.}) 8... d5 {The N on a3 doesn't look very frightening.}
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Nce1 {The N can hardly find
his right place.} e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Bd4 Nf6 $11 {
/\ Re8 with pressure on the e <->, Garcia Ilundain-Baches Garcia, Zaragoza
1998.}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 e5 9. e4 Re8 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb8 {White has a
nice [+], but his N on d2 is badly placed He belongs to c3.} 12. h3 Nc6 {
heading towards >< b4.} 13. Ra3 Nb4 14. Nh2 c6 15. Nb1 {Both knights need to
improve their positions by this way.} Be6 16. Nc3 Bc4 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qb6
19. Kg2 Qa6 20. Re2 Qc4 $13 {Eingorn-Kuzmin, Swidnica 1997}) (8. Na3 e5 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. Nc4 {- 8.Nbd2}) 8... e5 ({Changing radically the P structure by} 8...
d5 {is again worthy of attention.} 9. Re1 (9. b3) 9... Re8 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4
dxe4 12. Rxe4 c6 {This position is not that dangerous for Black again.} 13. Qb3
Qb6 14. Qa3 Bf8 $1 15. Qa2 Nf6 16. Ng5 e6 17. Re2 c5 {Black has to find a /^
for his light-squared B.} 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qh4 h5 22.
Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rae1 e5 $13 {Bauer-Movsesian, Germany chT 1998}) 9. dxe5 {
This is White's main idea in this variation. He cannot hold the tension in the
[+] for long.} (9. e4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. b3 ({It was the last
chance for White to close the [+] by} 12. d5 $5) 12... d5 $1 $11 {After this
breakthrough in the [+] Black opens up the long diagonals for his fianchettoed
bishops.} 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxe5
{After the mass exchanges in the [+] the tension has completely vanished.} 18.
Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Efimov-G.Mohr, Portoroz 1998}) 9... dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5
11. Nc4 Qe7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Qe8 14. Qc2 e4 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Bc5
Bc6 18. Bd4 $14 {with some pressure on the dark squares, Needleman-Sorin,
Buenos Aires 2000.}) 10. Nc4 e4 (10... Qe7 11. b3 Re8 (11... Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8
13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Rad1 {Now we see the bright sides of White's setup. Black has
serious problems with his development, while White's pieces are ideally posted.
} N7b6 15. Ncxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. c4 {playing for the pin on the d <->.}
Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 $1 (18... Nb4 $2 {loses without any fight.} 19. Bxb4 axb4 20.
exf5 $18 {Comas Fabrego-Hebden, Escaldes 1998}) 19. cxd5 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 $44 {
White has a nice compensation for the sacrificed exchange. He has a strong [+]
and a ^^ and the long /^ is already weakened.} f6 $6 {closes the long /^, but
creates another weakness on e6.} 21. Bh3 Re8 $2 {Giving back the exchange
doesn't help for Black.} 22. Be6+ Rxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxc7 $18 {Garcia
Ilundain-Del Rey, Zaragoza 1998}) 12. Ba3 Qe6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rad1 Ra7 {If
Black can only finish his development this way, he is in a big trouble.} 15. h3
b6 16. Ncxe5 $1 {This is the tactical refutation!} Bb7 (16... Nxe5 17. Nd4 Qd7
18. Nb5 $18) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nd4 $16 {Izeta-Markowski, Batumi 1999}) 11. Nd4
Nc5 {looks very active restricting the sphere of the g2 B.} 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b3
Re8 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Ba3 Ne6 16. Nb5 Ng5 $132 {and Black has suddenly chances
for an -> on the >>, Garcia Ilundain-Moreno Ruiz, Torrevieja 1997.}) 7... Nc6 (
7... Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. Nc3 {- 7.Nc3} (9. c3 {- 7.c3})) (7... d5 {is again a
logical reaction, because this P structure is rather safe.} 8. Bf4 (8. Nbd2 c6
{- 7.Nbd2}) 8... c6 9. Qc1 Bf5 10. c3 Nbd7 $11 {Hellsten-Hoi, Skaenninge 1998})
8. d5 (8. e4 e5 $13) 8... Nb4 9. e4 (9. Nc3 c6 {Black has to attack White's [+]
immediately.} 10. e4 cxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Ndb5 Rc8 {
White's pressure on the e <-> is countered by the pressure on the c <->.} 15.
Be3 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd7 17. Re2 Nb6 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rc4 20. Qd2 Qc7 21.
Kh1 Rc5 22. f4 Nc4 {Black has a nasty pressure on the <<.} 23. Qc1 Nxb2 24. b6
Qc8 25. Qxb2 Rxc3 26. Rxa5 Qc4 $15 {Bates-Hebden, Torquay 1998}) 9... e5 (9...
c6 {looks also logical.} 10. Nc3 {- 9.Nc3} (10. c3 Na6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Nd5
13. Nd4 Bb7 14. exd6 (14. e6 Qb6 $13) 14... Qxd6 15. Na3 Nc5 16. Nc4 Qc7 $13))
10. dxe6 (10. c3 Na6 11. Nbd2 Nc5 $11 {and White cannot continue his standard
<< expansion.}) (10. Nc3 c6 $13) 10... Bxe6 (10... fxe6 {is worthy of
consideration as well.} 11. Nc3 (11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Na3 e4 14. Ng5
Bd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxa4 17. Bxb7 Rab8 $11 {and Black is very active.})
11... e5 $13) 11. Nd4 (11. Nc3 {allows the equalizing} d5 $11) 11... Bg4 12. f3
Bd7 13. Be3 (13. Nc3 Re8 $13 {The N on b4 is rather annoying.}) 13... Re8 14.
Bf2 (14. Nc3 {is again met by the freeing move} d5 $132) 14... h5 {This is not
so consequent.} (14... Nc6 15. Nc3 Ne5 16. b3 $14) (14... c6 $1 {/\ Qc7 and d5
looks OK .} 15. Nc3 (15. c3 Na6 $13) 15... Qc7 16. Qd2 d5 $11) 15. Nc3 c6 16.
Qd2 Qc7 {This is the correct plan here to fight back in the [+].} 17. Re2 (17.
Rad1 {is also met by the standard} d5 $11) 17... d5 18. exd5 Rxe2 19. Ndxe2
Nfxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 {Now Black has solved all of his problems.} 21. Rd1 Re8
22. c3 (22. c4 Nf6 $1 $11 (22... Nb4 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxe2 25. b3 {
is less clear.})) 22... h4 (22... b6) 23. Re1 (23. gxh4 Be5 24. Bg3 Bf5 $44)
23... Kh7 24. Nd4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qd6 26. Qe4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nf6 28. Qe2 Qd5 29.
b3 Qd6 {In this symmetrical position it is hard to create something special.}
30. Kh2 Nd5 31. Qd3 f5 32. Ne2 Qe7 33. c4 Nb4 34. Qd2 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. axb5
Bxb5 37. Nd4 Be8 38. Ne2 Bf7 39. Nc1 g5 40. f4 gxf4 41. Qxf4 Qf6 42. Bh3 Be6
43. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 Nc6 {Black ignores
the "threat" of a4-a5.} (6... a5 {- Badea-Iordachescu, Bucharest 2001 CBM 82})
7. a5 {This is the consistant move.} (7. d5 {is met by} Nb4 {and Black will
immediately attack >< d5.} 8. Nc3 c6 9. e4 cxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg4 12.
Qd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfe8 $13 {Simagin-Boleslavsky, SU 1966}) (7. Nc3 $5 {
Mikhalchishin} a5 $5 {deserves attention.} (7... Bg4 {is usually not so
logical here.} 8. d5 Nb4 9. Nd4 Nd7 10. Be3 $14) (7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5
h6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Rd1 Be6 13. a5 a6 14. Ne1 Rab8 15. Nd3 Nd7 16.
Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nd4 18. Re1 e4 19. Nf4 c6 20. Ba2 Ne5 21. c3 {1/2-1/2
Smyslov-Sax, Graz 1984})) (7. Na3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. c3 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Lopez Martinez-Herraiz Lopez, Cala Galdana 1999}) 7... d5 {Black
changes the P structure, but loses some tempi. The N on c6 is not effective
here.} ({The "automatic" reply} 7... a6 $143 $6 {allows White to gain control
over the <<.} 8. d5 $1 (8. Nc3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 {- 7...e5}) 8... Nb8 (8... Nb4
$2 {now loses in view of} 9. c3 $1 Nbxd5 10. e4 $18) (8... Na7 9. c4 {Now the
N is inferior on the edge of the board.} (9. Nd4 {runs into the freeing move}
e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. c4 e5 $132 {Kengis-Sieglen, Bonn 1993}) 9... c5 10. Nc3
Nd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Qc2 $14 {Garcia Ilundain-Fernandez Ramos,
Leon 1998}) 9. c4 (9. Nc3 e5 10. Na4 {/\ c4 advancing on the <<.} Nbd7 11. c4
b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nc3 Bb7 {The B has no perspectives here at all.} 14. b3
Qc7 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. b4 Nd7 18. e4 $16 {Torre-Datu, Manila 1997})
9... e6 (9... c6 {is the other try to attack White's [+].} 10. Nc3 e6 11. e4
exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. exd5 {The d5 P secures the big space
advantage.} Qc7 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. Nc4 {targeting >< b6 and d6.} Nbd7 17. Bf4 $16
{Rubinetti-Garcia Toledo, Sao Paulo 1993}) 10. Nc3 exd5 (10... Re8 11. Nd4 e5
12. Nc2 e4 {Black has to find some counterplay on the >>, otherwise his
position remains utterly passive.} 13. Ne3 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Bd2 h5 16. Rac1
h4 17. b4 {White is quietly preparing the breakthrough on the << without
fearing an -> on the other flank.} hxg3 18. hxg3 Qe5 19. Rfe1 {/\ Nf1
activating the dark-squared B.} Bf8 20. Nf1 Qf5 21. Be3 Bg7 22. Red1 Ne5 23.
Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qh5 25. f3 $16 {Grivas-Iordachescu, Yerevan 1996}) (10... c6
{- 9...c6}) 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qc1 {securing the pin on the h4-d8 /
^.} Nc5 14. Ra3 Bd7 15. Nd2 {/\ b4} b6 16. b4 Nb7 {The N is awful here.} 17.
Nce4 $16 {Makarov-Loskutov, Tomsk 1998}) (7... Bf5 8. a6 $5 {White has to
continue his plan pushing the a P as far as possible.} ({Chasing the B doesn't
lead to any advantage after} 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bd5 10. Nc3 Bc4 $13) (8. Nc3 Nb4
9. Ne1 $5 {/\ e4} d5 $13) 8... bxa6 {Now Black's P structure is shattered on
the <<.} (8... b6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Nd4 $16) 9. Nh4 $1 (9. c3 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Rb8 11.
d5 Na5 12. Nd4 c5 13. dxc6 e5 14. Nc2 d5 15. Nb4 Rb5 16. Bg5 e4 17. Qd4 Nb3 18.
Qxa7 a5 19. Nc2 $14 {Arsovic-Ilincic, Ulcinj 1997}) 9... Be4 10. f3 (10. Bxe4
Nxe4 11. c3 a5 12. Qa4 $5 {/\ d5}) 10... Bd5 11. Rxa6 Nb4 12. Ra4 Qb8 (12... a5
$2 13. c3 Nc6 14. e4 $18) 13. e4 (13. c3 {is met by the unusual} Na2 $5 14. c4
Nxc1 15. cxd5 Qb3 $1 16. Nc3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nb3 $13) 13... Bc6 14. Ra3 Bb5 15.
Rf2 Nd7 (15... c5 $5) 16. Nc3 c5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. c3 Nc6 20. d5
Ncb8 21. Ng2 $16 {Mikhalchishin-Weindl, Bern 1996 67/(80)}) (7... e6 $5 {
Mikhalchishin}) (7... Rb8 {looks a bit sophysticated.} 8. d5 (8. c3 e6 {
This plan is "too" flexible.} (8... e5 $5) 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. e4 d5 11. Qe2 b6 {
(C.Foisor-Zielinska, Ostrava 1999)} 12. e5 $14) 8... Nb4 9. c4 (9. c3 Na6 (9...
Nbxd5 $4 10. e4 $18) 10. Be3 Ra8 {This setup is hard to believe...} 11. Na3 Bd7
12. Nd4 Qc8 13. Re1 (13. b4 Bh3 14. Qb3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nf3
Nd5 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. Rab1 Rab8 $13 {Kengis-Neidhardt, BL 1993}) 13... c6 14.
dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 e5 16. Ndc2 d5 17. c4 d4 18. Bg5 Bh3 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e3 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Rd8 22. exd4 exd4 23. Qf3 Kg7 $13 {Hergott-Levtchouk, Montreal 1996})
9... c5 10. Nc3 e5 $5 $13 {Black has to play finally on the >> in the King's
Indian.} (10... b6 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. e4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Rac1 e6
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Rfe8 18. Bh3 e5 19. Be3 $14 {Gelashvili-Zulfugaryi,
Batumi 1999})) ({attacking the [+] by the standard way with} 7... e5 {seems to
be more logical.} 8. dxe5 (8. d5 Nb4) (8. a6 e4 9. axb7 Bxb7 10. Ng5 d5 $132)
8... dxe5 9. Nc3 $5 (9. Nfd2 Qe7 10. a6 e4 11. axb7 Bxb7 12. Nb3 Rad8 13. Qe1
Nd5 14. Na3 Ba6 $36 {Rubinetti-Sorin, Buenos Aires 1999}) (9. a6 e4 10. Ng5 Qe7
11. axb7 Bxb7 {Black's P structure is a little bit weakened, but his pieces
are rather active.} 12. c3 h6 13. Nh3 {(Kengis-Raimbert, Yerevan 1996)} Rfd8
$13) 9... Qe7 $5 (9... a6 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8
$11 {Asanov-Kupreichik, Katowice 1991})) 8. Nbd2 {This looks a bit slow.} (8.
Bf4 Bf5 9. Ne5 {Now the B will be excellent on e5, but exchanging the bad N on
c6...} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd7 11. Re1 {preserving the good B looks better.} (11. Nc3
c6 12. Na4 Qc8 13. Ra3 Bh3 $11 {and after exchanging his strategically "bad" B
Black can successfully defend his position, Armbruster-Van der Weide, Senden
2000.}) 11... Bh3 12. Bh1 c6 13. Nd2) 8... Bf5 (8... Ne4 {trying to grab the
|^ in the [+] was worthy of consideration.} 9. Nb3 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Bxe5 {Now grabbing the P has it's consequences:} 12. f3 Nf6 13. f4 Bd6 14. Bxd5
Bh3 (14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5) 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Bxb7 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 Rb8 18. a6 Re8 $40
) 9. Nb3 Qc8 (9... Nb4 10. Ne1 (10. c3 Bc2 11. Qe1 Bxb3 12. cxb4 Ne4 {looks
better than in the game, see later!}) 10... Qc8 11. c3 Na6 {and the N is not
so active on e1.}) 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. c3 Na6 (11... Bc2 {is now not so effective,
as before:} 12. Qd2 (12. Qe1 Bxb3 13. cxb4 Nd7 14. Qc3 {- 12.Qd2}) 12... Bxb3
13. cxb4 Nd7 14. Qc3 Nxe5 15. Qxb3 Nc6 16. e3 e6 17. b5 $14 {White has the ^^
and the |^ on the <<.}) 12. Re1 Rd8 {This is an unnecessary preparation.} (
12... c5 $5 {immediately looks crisper.}) 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nd3 (14. f3 Nd6)
14... c6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bf2 (16. Bf4 {allows the counterattack in the [+] after
} Nc4 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. Qc1 e5 $1 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Qe6 $11) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. exd3 $1 {securing White's dominance in
the [+] looks more to the point, although Black's position remains a tough nut
to crack.} e6 18. f4 Nc7 19. Nd2 $14) 17... e5 {Now Black can solve his
problems in the [+].} 18. dxe5 Bxe5 (18... Nc4 $6 {is useless because of} 19.
f4 Nxb2 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. e4 $14) 19. f4 Bg7 20. e4 {This looks premature.} (20.
Bd4 Re8 (20... Qf5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Qxd3 23. exd3 Re8 (23... Nc5 24. a6 $1
) 24. b4 $14) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) (20. Nd2 $5 {/\ e4 preserving the ^^ looks a
bit better.} Re8 (20... Nf5 21. Bh3 $14) 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 $14
{^^}) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qe6 $6 ({missing the aggressive} 21... c5 $1 22. Qf3
Nxe4 23. Qxe4 c4 $1 {/\ Nc5 >< d3 activating the N on the edge of the board.}
24. Nd4 Nc5) 22. Qc2 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf5 24. Rae1 {White has some pressure on
the e <->, and >< a7 is also weak.} h5 (24... Nc7 {allows} 25. Nc5 Rab8 26. Qe2
b6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nd3 $14) 25. Qe2 (25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Qf6) 25... Qd5
26. Nd4 $6 {Now the situation will be changed.} (26. c4 Qd6 27. f5 $14 {
grabbing the |^ on the >> was preferable.} (27. Re7 Qb4)) 26... Nc5 27. Re3 (
27. Re7 Bf6 28. Rc7 {looks rather dangerous in a practical game.} Qd6) 27...
Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ne6 {Suddenly White's P structure is ruined, and faces the
prospects of a strong N versus weak B _|_.} 29. Re4 (29. Re5 Nxd4 $1) 29... Rd6
(29... Qxa5 $2 {allows White to attack the K immediately.} 30. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 31.
Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 {and Black is happy with the draw by perpetual.}) 30.
Qc2 Rad8 (30... Qxa5 $2 {is again met by} 31. Rxe6 $1) 31. Re5 {Forcing Black
to liquidate to an equal _|_.} Nxd4 32. Rxd5 Nxc2 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Re7 Rd5 35.
Rxb7 Rxa5 36. Bxa7 (36. Rxa7 Rb5 (36... Rxa7 37. Bxa7) 37. Rc7 $11) 36... Kg7 (
36... Rd5 $11) 37. Kf2 (37. Bb8 $5) 37... Kf6 (37... Rd5 $11) 38. Ke2 c5 $2 (
38... Ke6 39. Kd3 Ne1+ 40. Kc4) ({This was the last chance for} 38... Rd5 {
cutting off the white K from the <<.}) 39. Kd3 Nd4 40. Bxc5 $6 {Liquidating to
a R _|_ is usually not the best way converting an advantage.} (40. b4 $1 Ra3+
41. Kc4 {was required!}) 40... Rxc5 41. Kxd4 Rc2 {This _|_ is theoretically
drawish.} 42. h4 Rg2 43. Rb3 Kf5 44. Rb5+ Ke6 45. f5+ (45. Rb3 Kf5) 45... gxf5
46. Rb6+ Ke7 47. Ke5 Rxg3 48. Rb7+ Kd8 49. Rb4 f4 50. Rd4+ Ke7 51. Rxf4 Rb3 52.
Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. c4 Ne4 {/\ Qa5 Black wants
to exploit the /^ e1-a5, since White hasn't castled yet.} 7. Bg2 (7. Nfd2 Qa5
8. Bg2 {- 7.Bg2} (8. e3 {- 7.e3})) (7. Qc1 {allows Black to liquidate for a
comfortable _|_.} Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nc6 {Black has an
enormous pressure on >< d4.} 11. e3 Bg4 {This is the consistant reply
maximizing the pressure on >< d4.} (11... O-O 12. Ke1 e5 13. d5 Ne7 {gives the
game a closed character with chances for both sides.} 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nc8
16. Be2 h6 17. g4 Kh7 18. Rg1 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Ne7 $13 {
D'Amore-Epishin, New York 1990}) 12. Be2 (12. Bg2 O-O 13. Kc1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
cxd4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. exd4 d5 $11 {>< d4, Blatny-Shaked, Hawaii 1997}) 12...
Rb8 13. Kc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 h5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 bxc6 18. Kc3 c5
$11 {with a fully equalized position, Kortschnoi-Kasparov, Paris 1990.}) (7. e3
{is very passive.} Qa5+ 8. Nfd2 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 cxd4
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxd4 e5 $15 {^^, and chances for a march in the [+],
Kapelan-P.Popovic, Vrsac 1981.}) 7... Qa5+ 8. Nfd2 {White wants to liquidate
the impertinent N on e4.} (8. Nbd2 {allows Black to insert more pressure on ><
d4.} Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 (10. O-O Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxd2 12. Nxd2 cxd4 13. Bxc6
dxe3 $1 {This intermediate move wins simply a P.} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bf3 exd2
16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Rxd2 Be6 $19 {Lechtynsky-Knaak, Trnava 1983}) 10... Nxd2 11.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bg4 $1 {All the black pieces attack >< d4.} (12... Na5 13.
Kc3 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. b4 {1/2-1/2 Z.Polgar-Chiburdanidze, Bilbao 1987}) 13.
Kc1 Na5 14. Nd2 Rab8 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h3 Be6 18. a4 Rfd8 $15 {
and already White has to defend himself very carefully, Smyslov-Chiburdanidze,
Vienna 1993.}) 8... Nxd2 9. Bc3 Qb6 {This seems to be the best reply here
leading to wild complications.} (9... Nxc4 $2 {sacrifices the Q for two pieces
and a P, but this cannot be enough.} 10. Bxa5 Nxa5 11. Nc3 Nac6 (11... O-O 12.
Nd5 Nbc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Rxc5 e6 16. Ne7+ Kf8 17. Qxd8+ Nxd8 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nxc8 $18 {Dizdarevic-Blees, Strasbourg 1994}) 12. e3 O-O 13. Nb5
a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Bg4 17. Qxg4 Bxa1 18. O-O Bg7 19. Nb6 $16
{Kurajica-Fernandez Garcia, Zaragoza 1994}) (9... Nf3+ $2 10. Bxf3 Qb6 11. dxc5
Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 {and suddenly White has the lead of development.} Qxc5 13. Nd5
Na6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Qc3 Rg8 16. b4 Qc8 17. O-O $16 {Dizdarevic-Lanka, Portoroz
1993}) (9... Nxb3 $6 {is a similar Q sacrifice to 9...Nxc4, but the evaluation
is the same.} 10. Bxa5 Nxa5 11. Qa4+ Nac6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. O-O Nd7
15. Qa3 {(Psakhis-Magerramov, SU 1978)} Nc5 $1 $44 {Geller} 16. Nb3 $1 $14) 10.
dxc5 Nxb1 $1 {This is the point!} 11. Bxg7 (11. cxb6 $2 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Bxa1 13.
Qxb1 Bg7 $17) 11... Qb4+ 12. Kf1 Nd2+ 13. Kg1 Rg8 {This is the critical
position of this whole variation.} 14. Bd4 (14. Bh6 {is another sharp
alternative.} Nxc4 (14... g5 15. h4 Bf5 $1 {Black has to activate his pieces
as quickly as possible.} (15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 Qxc5 17. hxg5 {Now materially it
is equal again.} Nc6 18. Rb1 a6 (18... Qxc4 19. Bd5) 19. Qa4 Kd8 20. g6 hxg6
21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxb7 $18 {Sulava-C.Foisor, Saint Affrique 1998})
16. Bxg5 Ne4 17. Qd3 h6 (17... Nd7 $2 18. Bxe4 Nxc5 {founders on} 19. Bc6+ $1)
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 hxg5 20. cxd6 Nc6 21. dxe7 gxh4 22. Rxh4 Qxe7 $13 {
and although White has three pawns for the piece, they are not very dangerous.}
) 15. bxc4 Qxc5 16. Be3 {White has sacrificed a P, but he has a strong ^^ and
some lead of development. However his R on h1 is rather bad, and he has
additional structural weaknesses on the <<.} Qc7 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 Bc6 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Bd5 {(Dizdarevic-Jacimovic, Struga 1995)} e6 $1 21. Bxc6+ Nxc6 $15)
14... Bf5 {Now it seems Black has solved his opening problems.} (14... Nc6 {
1/2:1/2 Bistric-Stohl, Pula 1998} 15. a3 Qxb3 16. Qxd2 Qxc4 17. Be3 dxc5 18.
Rc1 $44 {and the ^^ on the opened diagonals compensates the material loss.}) (
14... dxc5 15. Be3 Nxc4 16. bxc4) 15. a3 Qxb3 16. Qxd2 dxc5 17. Bxc5 (17. Qe3
Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc6 19. Bxc5 Rc8 $11 {>< c4, a3}) 17... Na6 18. Be3 (18. Qe3 Nxc5
19. Qxc5 Rd8 $11) 18... Rd8 19. Qe1 b6 20. h3 {This is a bit slow.} (20. Bd5 $5
) 20... f6 (20... Qxc4 21. Rc1 Bc2 22. Kh2 $44) 21. Bb7 Bc8 22. Bd5 e6 23. Bf3
Rg7 {Now Black has finished his development, and White's << pawns are still
weak.} 24. Rb1 Qxa3 ({or perhaps} 24... Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qb3) 25. Kh2 Rc7 26. Bc1
Qe7 27. Qc3 {White has no real compensation for the P.} Kf7 ({Both} 27... Bb7
$17) ({and} 27... e5 $17 {were rather annoying for White.}) 28. Qe3 (28. Ba3
Nc5) 28... Qc5 (28... Bb7 29. Ba3 $1) (28... Nc5 $5 {blockading >< c5.} 29. Ba3
Kg8 $17 {and White has to show something for the sacrificed P.}) 29. Qh6 Kg8 (
29... Qxf2+ $6 {opens up the f <-> against his own K.} 30. Bg2 Kg8 31. Rf1 Qxe2
32. Rxf6 Bb7 33. Rb2 $40) 30. Be3 Qf8 31. Qh4 Bb7 (31... g5 32. Qh5) 32. Bxb7
Rxb7 33. Rb5 Rc7 $2 {Now Black's pieces will lose their harmony.} (33... Rbd7
34. Ra1 Nc7 35. Rb3 Ne8 $17 {was still clearly better for Black.}) 34. Ra1 Nb8
35. c5 $1 bxc5 36. Qc4 Qf7 37. Rxc5 Rdc8 $6 {Now White wins back the P.} (37...
Rxc5 38. Bxc5 a6 {was the last try fighting for an advantage.}) 38. Rxa7 $1 {
Now Black has to fight for the draw.} Rxc5 39. Bxc5 Qe8 (39... Qxa7 $2 40.
Qxe6+ $18) 40. Qd4 {This allows Black to come out of passivity.} (40. Qh4 Nd7
41. Bd6 {was worth trying.}) 40... Nc6 $1 $11 41. Qxf6 Nxa7 42. Bd4 {White has
no more than perpetual checks.} e5 43. Bxe5 Qf8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46.
Qe6+ Qe7 47. Qg8+ Qf8 48. Qe6+ Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 Qa5+ {Now it is not
easy for White to decide.} (6... cxd4) 7. c3 $6 {This is simply out of
question. This passive move blocks the /^ of the B.} (7. Qd2 {is more to the
point steering towards a slightly better _|_ due to the fianchettoed bishops.}
Qxd2+ (7... Nc6 $6 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 {and the N is out of play.} 9. dxc5 {Now both
long diagonals are opened for the bishops.} dxc5 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 {is also
worthy of consideration.} O-O (10... Nd5 $2 {simply loses material after} 11.
Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Bc3+ 15. Kf1 Rxa8 16. Ng5 $18) 11.
O-O-O $14) 10... O-O 11. h3 {avoiding the simplifications after Ng4.} (11.
O-O-O Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rhf1 $14) 11... Nd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Ne4 c4 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Nfd2 cxb3 17. cxb3 $14 {L.B.Hansen-Adams, Koge op 1997})
(7... Qc7 {is rather passive.} 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 e6 12.
Rfd1 $14 {with a favourable hedgehog position for White, Volkmann-Kustar,
Budapest 1993.}) (7... Qa6 {leaves the Q offside.} 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nh5 16.
Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nf6 18. Bf3 $14 {with a strong B on the long /^, Teske-Piven,
Donau op 1996.}) 8. Nbxd2 Na6 $1 (8... O-O 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h3
Rd8 12. Ne5 Nd4 13. e3 Ne6 14. Ndc4 $14 {and Black has problems with his <<
development, Cvitan-Jenni, Biel MTO 1999.}) (8... Nfd7 $5 {Black himself wants
to play for the pin on the long /^.} 9. e3 (9. O-O-O $5) 9... Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O
11. Ne4 cxd4 (11... b6 $6 {(Kurajica-Kozul, Zagreb zt 1993)} 12. d5 $1 Bxb2+
13. Kxb2 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Rde1 Bf5 17. Nd2 $14 {threatening
e4 with a huge space advantage for White.}) 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 $143 d5 {
with a passive dark-squared B.}) 12... d5 $11) 9. O-O-O (9. O-O O-O 10. c4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Nf1 {The N cannot find his right place.} Rab8 14.
Ne3 Rfc8 $11 {Hartoch-Watson, Wijk aan Zee 1987}) 9... Bd7 (9... O-O {-
Blatny-Smejkal, Kottnauer mem 1996 CBM 54}) 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. Rdf1
Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. h3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Nc5 $11 {and White cannot build up a strong
Maroczy bind, P.Blatny-Saidy, Saitek US Masters 1998.}) (7. Nbd2 $6 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 cxd4 {This is the simplest way.} (9... O-O $6 {allows White to
gain space advantage in the [+].} 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. d5 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne3
Nd7 14. g4 h6 15. f4 c4 16. Qd4+ $16 {Rublevsky-Shchekachev, URS-ch U20 Sochi
1990}) 10. Nc4 (10. e3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. Re1 Bh3 $11) 10... Qc5 11. e3 Nc6
12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Ba6 O-O $1 $132) (7. Bc3 {is a
successful provocation for Black, the B is vulnerable here.} Qc7 8. O-O (8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 {So White had to give back the tempo.} Nc6 11.
Nbd2 Qh5 12. Re1 Bh3 $11 {and Black has finished his development easily,
Weindl-Lau, BL 1988.}) 8... Ne4 (8... O-O) 9. Bb2 O-O $11) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. O-O Qh5 {The Q is ideally posted here.} (9... d5 {looks also promising
fighting for the [+].} 10. c4 $5 {White has to react immediately.} ({In case
of the quiet} 10. Nd2 e5 11. N4f3 Nc6 {suddenly Black has conquered the [+].})
10... dxc4 (10... e5 11. Nb5 dxc4 12. bxc4 {with some pressure on the <<.}) 11.
bxc4 Rd8 (11... Nbd7) 12. Qb3 Nbd7 $13 {threatening Nc5 successfully
blockading the weak c P.}) 10. e4 (10. c4 Nc6 $1 11. e4 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3
(12. Bxc6 $4 {loses to} Ng4) 12... Bh3 {exchanging the important B.}) 11... Bg4
$1 {provoking more weaknesses.} (11... Ng4 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Nf6 (14... Ne5 15. f4) 15. g4 $14) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh3 14. Nc3
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {and the Maroczy bind is at least ready.}) 12. f3 Bh3 $11 {
and White is behind with his development.}) 10... Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 (11... Bh3 12.
c4 Nc6 $1 $11 (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nbd7 14. Nc3 $14)) 12. Re1 (12. f4 {weakens
only the position.} Bg4 13. Qd2 Nc6) 12... Qc5 $5 (12... Nc6 {was good and
simple!}) 13. Kh1 (13. c4 $4 e5) 13... Nc6 14. Na3 (14. Nd2 Rac8 $132) 14... a6
15. Nac2 h5 $5 {Black wants to create some play on the >>.} (15... b5 $11 {
was the simplest soluion.}) 16. c4 Ne5 $5 (16... Rfe8 17. Qd2 b5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6
$13) 17. Qd2 h4 18. g4 (18. gxh4 {wins the P, but ruins the P stucture on the
>>.} b5 19. f4 Bh6 20. cxb5 axb5 $13) 18... b5 $6 (18... e6 $6 {weakens only
the central squares.} 19. g5 Nh5 (19... Ne8 20. f4 $36) 20. Ba3 (20. f4 Ng4 (
20... Nxf4 $6 {is inferior because of} 21. Ba3 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qxg5 23. Bxd6
Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 $16) 21. Ba3 Qc7 {- 20.Ba3 transposing to the
main line.}) 20... Qc7 21. f4 Ng4 (21... Nc6 22. Ne2 $1 {White has to avoid
exchanges with a space advantage like that. The point is that >< d6 is also
hanging.}) 22. Bf3 e5 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Ne3 Qd7 (24... exd4 25. Nxg4 $16) 25.
f5 $1 $16) (18... Rac8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Ba3 (20. f4 $2 Nxf4 $1) 20... Qc7 21. f4
Nc6 {was still playable.}) 19. cxb5 axb5 $2 {continuing the wrong plan.} (19...
Bxb5 {seems to be better to get rid of the passive B.} 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nd4
$14) 20. Nb4 e6 $6 (20... Rfc8 21. g5 h3 22. Bf1 Nh5 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Rec1 Qa7
25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. f4 $16) 21. Rac1 Qb6 (21... Qa7 22. g5 $1 {chasing away the
knights from the [+].} Nh5 23. f4 Ng4 24. Bf3 e5 25. Nbc6 $18 (25. f5 Nxh2 26.
Bxh5 exd4 27. f6 Bh8 28. Qxh2 $18)) 22. h3 $5 ({Again the straightforward} 22.
g5 $1 {was required.} Ne8 (22... Nh5 $2 23. f4 Ng4 24. Bf3 e5 25. Nd5 {The N
invades the [+] with a tempo.} Qa5 (25... Qa7 26. Rc7 $18) 26. b4 Qxa2 27. Nb6
$18) (22... Nh7 23. f4 Ng4 24. h3 {Soon or later the N will be trapped.} e5 25.
Nd5 Qa5 26. Bc3 Qa7 27. Nc2 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 exf4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nd4 Nxg5 31.
Qxf2 $18) 23. f4 Ng4 24. h3 e5 25. Ndc6 $18) 22... d5 (22... Rfc8 23. f4 Nexg4
24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Bf3 $16) 23. f4 (23. g5 {was again crisper:} Nh5 24. exd5
Ng3+ 25. Kh2 exd5 (25... Qd6 26. f4 $18) 26. f4 $18) 23... Nexg4 $8 {Here at
least Black can try to fish in troubled waters.} 24. hxg4 (24. e5 $5) 24...
dxe4 25. Ndc6 Nxg4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ne5 (27. Qxd7 {was winning as well.} Nf2+
(27... Qf2 28. Qd4+) 28. Kh2 Ng4+ 29. Kh3 Nf2+ 30. Kxh4 $18 {and the K escapes.
}) 27... Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Rad8 29. Rc2 f6 (29... Nd3 30. Rxe4 $18) 30. Qxf2 $2 {
Only this is the real mistake!} (30. Nxd7 $1 e3 (30... Ng4+ 31. Kh1 Qa7 32. Qe2
) 31. Qd5 $1 {This is the point, but finding it is not so easy.} Ng4+ 32. Kh3
Nf2+ 33. Kxh4 $18) 30... Qxf2 31. Rxf2 fxe5 {Now at least Black has some pawns
for the piece in the _|_.} 32. Rxe4 exf4 33. Rfxf4 g5 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Rd4 Bc8
36. Nd3 $14 e5 37. Nxe5 Rf2 38. Kg1 Rxa2 39. Nf3 $2 {This is a serious error
in time-trouble.} ({White had to forget about his dreams of winning the game
and continue by} 39. Ng4 Be6 40. b4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra2 42. Kh3 Ra3+ 43. Kh2 Ra2
$11) 39... h3 40. Bxh3 (40. Bf1 g4) 40... Bxh3 {Now the situation has been
changed completely, it is White who has to fight for the draw!} 41. Rd5 g4 42.
Ng5 Bg2 (42... b4 43. Nxh3 gxh3 44. Rd4 $11) 43. Rd4 (43. Rxb5 Kf6) 43... g3
44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Rxg3 Bd5 46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Ke1 Bxb3 48. Ne4+ Ke5 49. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 11th"]
[Site "Solin/Spilt"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Armanda, Ivica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 {
Black wants to keep the tension in the [+] and take back with the P on e5.} 8.
Nc3 {White is still waiting with the development of the B, it may go to a3 or
even on e3 in some cases.} (8. Bb2 {is the popular main line.} dxe5 (8... Nc6 {
- Schlosser-McShane, Lippstadt 2000 CBM 78}) 9. e4 (9. Nfd2 {opening the long /
^ and heading for c4.} Na6 {The N is more sophysticated here.} (9... Re8 {
is always a serious alternative.}) (9... Nc6 {The N is not very bright here.}
10. Nc3 Nb6 (10... Re8 11. Qc1 {/\ Rd1} Nf8 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nde4 Qc8 14. Nc5
Bh3 15. Bxc6 $1 {destroying Black's P structure on the <<. The weakening of
the light squares on the >> is not so relevant, the black pieces are not ready
to join the ->.} bxc6 16. N3a4 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf4 $14 {E.Cosma-Grabics,
Ostrava 1999}) 11. a4 a5 12. Nb5 f5 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Bxc4 Bd7 $14
(15... Nd4 $2 {This loses outright!} 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bf7 $18 {E.Cosma-Grabics,
Batumi 1999})) 10. Nc3 (10. c4 $6 {weakens only the squares on the << and
deprives the N from the excellent c4 square.} Nac5 11. Nc3 f5 {/\ e4 opening
the /^ for his B and closing the opponent's one.} 12. Bd5+ Kh8 13. b4 Na6 14.
a3 c6 15. Bg2 Nf6 {Black has a strong P [+].} 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 $11 {
Sebenik-A.Toth, Bled 1998}) 10... f5 11. Nc4 e4 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Ndc5 $13 (
13... Nb6 $11)) (9. Nc3 {- 8.Nc3}) (9. Qc1 {/\ Rd1} Na6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Na3 {
/\ Nc4} Qe7 12. Nc4 f6 {"killing" the b2 B and the knights.} 13. a4 Ndc5 14.
Ba3 Qf7 15. Qe3 Bf8 16. Nfd2 c6 $1 $13 {and Black has equalized.} (16... Be6 {
(Forster-Babula, Portoroz 1998)} 17. b4 $1 $36)) (9. c4 {again looks a bit
anti-positional, White's main plan is to put a N on c4 and the other one on c3.
} Nc6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4
16. Bxd4 exd4 {^-} 17. Rad1 a5 18. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky-Stein, Moscow 1969}
) 9... Re8 (9... Qe7 {Black is waiting with the development of his N.} 10. Nc3
(10. Ba3 Nc5 11. Nc3 Nba6 12. Nd5 Qd8 {/\ c6 and White cannot exploit the pin
on the a3-f8 /^.}) 10... c6 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Rad1 Re8 13. h3 Ndc5 14. Rfe1 Be6
15. Nb1 {This is a clear sign of the fact that the white setup lacks of
harmony.} f6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Nfxd2 b5 $13
{Gyorkos-Hazai, Hungary chT 1997}) (9... Nc6 {is again a bit premature.}) (9...
a5 10. a4 Re8 (10... Na6 11. Nbd2 Nac5 12. Nc4 (12. Qe2 b6 {/\ Ba6} 13. Rfd1
Ba6 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Bh3 Bb7 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Nfd2 Ne6 18. Nf3 f6 {Black's
position is rock-solid again.} 19. Ba3 Qe8 $11 {Dizdarevic-Kozul, Zagreb 1993})
12... Qe7 13. Qd5 Re8 (13... Nb6 $5 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17.
Rxd6 $14 {>< b6}) 14. Ba3 Qe6 15. Rad1 Qxd5 16. exd5 $14 {Vadasz-Arnold,
Budapest 1998}) 11. Na3 (11. Nbd2 $5) 11... Qe7 12. Nc4 b6 {This is the
flexible setup, Black can still develop his N on a6 or c6.} 13. Nfd2 Ba6 14.
Re1 Nc6 {/\ Nd4} 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ba3 Bf8 {The exchange of the
dark-squared B is good for Black from strategical point of view.} 18. Bxf8 Kxf8
$11 {Fridman-Panchenko, Essen 2000}) 10. Nc3 c6 {weakening the d6 square, but
it is not easy for White to make profit from it.} (10... Nc6) 11. Qe2 (11. Ne2
{This N cannot find his place.} Qc7 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 $11 {
Planinc-Tringov, Skopje 1971}) 11... Qe7 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. Qe3 Nba6 15.
Ne1 b6 16. Nd3 Bf8 $13 {and Black still holds the vital c5 square,
Danielsen-Timoshenko, Guichen 1993 58/85.}) (8. Bg5 {is not a usual plan here.}
Qe8 9. Nc3 h6 (9... dxe5 10. Nd5 Na6 (10... e4 11. Nd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 $40) 11.
Be7 (11. Ne7+ Kh8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8) 11... e4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 14. Ne3 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f5) 10. Nd5 hxg5 11. Nxc7 Qd8 12. Nxa8 Nxe5 $44 {Nen.
Ristic-Marjanovic, Smederevska Palanka 1980 29/111}) 8... dxe5 9. e4 (9. Bb2 e4
$5 10. Nd4 Re8 $13) 9... h6 $6 {This move is not particularly useful.} ({Both} 
9... Nc6) ({and} 9... Re8 {look more logical.}) 10. Qd2 (10. Be3 $5 {In
general this is the best place for the B in this P structure.} Nc6 11. Qd2 Kh7
12. Rad1 Re8 ({but not} 12... f5 $6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 $16 {and Black's [+]
is on the verge of collapse.})) 10... Nc6 (10... Re8 11. Ba3 Nc6 {- 10...Nc6})
11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rad1 a5 (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb5 c5 15. Nd6 {White now
gets the important ^^.} Re6 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. c4 Ra6 18. Bc1 $14) 13. Nd5 a4 (
13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 c6 16. Nf4 c5 17. c3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 $16 {
and Black has serious problems with his development.}) 14. b4 Nb6 15. Qc1 (15.
Nxb6 cxb6 16. b5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Na5 {and White has also many weaknesses in his
camp.}) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb6 cxb6 {White's P structure is
favourable because of his mobile >> P majority.} 18. Bb2 (18. c3 {was the
other alternative.} Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. cxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qf6 22. f4 Rac8 23.
Qb1 $14) 18... a3 (18... Bg4 19. f3 a3 20. Bxa3 Be6 {- 18...a3}) 19. Bxa3 Be6 (
19... Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. f4 {- 19...Be6}) 20. Rfe1 (20. f4 {/\ e5 opening up
the long /^ was the other plan.} Qc7 21. e5 f6 22. Bb2 Rxa2 23. Bxd4 Rxc2 24.
Qe3 $14 {and White has a P majority on the >>.}) 20... Qc7 (20... Bxa2 21. Bb2)
21. Bb2 Rxa2 (21... Red8 22. a3) 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxc2 24. Qe3 {White is
better in the _|_ because of his virtual P majority.} Rb2 (24... b5 25. Bf1 Bc4
26. Rc1 Qb2 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rdxc4 $16) 25. Bf1 Rc8 26. Red1 Kh7 (26... Rxb4
27. Qxh6 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qc3 {is a try to mobilize the o^ on the <<.} (28... b5
29. e5)) 27. R4d2 Qa4 28. Qd4 Rxd2 (28... Rxb4 $2 29. Qf6 Rg8 30. Rd8 $18 {
with a mating ->.}) 29. Qxd2 Rc2 30. Qd4 Qb3 (30... Rb2 31. Qxb2 Qxd1 32. Qe2
Qd4 33. b5 Kg7 {was the other persistant defence.}) 31. b5 Qb2 $6 (31... Qf3
32. Bg2 Qe2 {gave more practical problems for White.}) 32. Qxb2 Rxb2 33. Rd6
Rb1 $6 (33... Rb4 $1 {was the best defence, for example:} 34. Rxb6 (34. f3 Rb1
35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 Rb3+) (34. Bd3 Bh3) 34... Rxe4 35. f3 (35. Rxb7 Re1) 35...
Re3 36. Kf2 Rb3 37. Rxb7 Bd5) 34. Kg2 Bh3+ $2 (34... Rb4 35. Bd3) 35. Kxh3 $18
{The R _|_ is an easy win theoretically, but it can always be tricky, as we
know.} Rxf1 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Kf3 Rc1 38. Rd7 (38. Rxb6 Rc7 39. e5 $18) 38... Kg7
39. Rxb7 Rc3+ 40. Kg2 Rc4 41. Kf3 (41. f3 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 $18) 41... Rc3+ 42. Ke2
Kf6 43. Rxb6+ (43. f4 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rxh2 45. Rxb6+ Ke7 46. Kd4 Rg2 47. Ke5 Rxg3
48. Rb7+ $18) 43... Ke5 44. Rb7 Rb3 (44... Kxe4 45. Re7+ Kd5 46. Rxf7 $18) 45.
f3 Rb2+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kd1 {- 46.Ke3}) (46. Kd3 Rb3+ 47. Kc4 Rxf3 48. Rd7 Rf2 49.
b6 Rb2 50. b7 Ke6 51. Rc7 $18) 46... Rb3+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Kd1 f5 (48... Rxh2
49. Rxf7 $18) 49. exf5 gxf5 50. h4 (50. Kc1 Rxh2 51. b6 $18) 50... Rg2 51. Rc7
$6 {White had already several easy wins before, but here things are not so
clear anymore.} (51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Rf7 $18) 51... Rxg3 52. Ke2 Rg2+ 53. Ke3 Rb2
(53... f4+ $1 {was the last practical chance, for example:} 54. Kd3 Rf2 55.
Rc5+ Kd6 56. Rc6+ Kd5) 54. Rc5+ Ke6 55. Rc6+ (55. h5 {- 55.Rc6}) 55... Ke5 56.
Rc5+ Ke6 57. h5 Rb3+ 58. Kd4 Rb4+ (58... Rxf3 59. Rc6+ Kd7 60. Rxh6 f4 {
gave again more practical chances.}) 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. f4 Rc1+ 61. Kb4 Rb1+ 62.
Ka5 Ra1+ 63. Kb6 Ra4 64. Kc7 {The checks were very useful...for the white K!}
Rxf4 65. Rc6+ Kf7 66. b6 Rb4 67. b7 f4 68. Rb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 {/\ e4 transposing
to the g3 Pirc.} Bf5 {against e4.} 7. Nbd2 (7. Nh4 Be4 8. Bf1 {avoiding the
exchange of the fianchettoed B.} e5 9. e3 b6 {securing the retreat for the B.}
10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. c4 exd4 13. exd4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. Bf1 Bxb1 16. Rxb1
Ne4 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qa4 Ne7 19. Rbc1 {1/2-1/2 Speelman-Kochyev, Leningrad 1984}
) (7. c4 Nc6 (7... c6 8. Nh4 (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Be4 {Black wants
to exchange the pieces on the e4 square.} 11. Be3 c5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rad1 Nc6
$11 {with a maximum pressure against >< d4, Vera-Barlov, Mesa 1992.}) 8... Be6
9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 {The N is awful on h4.} 11. Nc3 Na6 12. h3 b5 $13 {
Bell-W.Watson, Blackpool 1988}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 {is again the typical reaction.} 9.
Nh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 {White's P structure is corrupted, but he can control
the [+].} 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 e6 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Rf1 c5 $132 {Kunin-Ginsburg,
Griesheim 2004}) (7. b3 {is not very consistent.} d5 8. Bb2 c6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10.
c4 {1/2-1/2 Speelman-McShane, Esbjerg 2001}) (7. Nc3 {runs into} Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. c3 {is really caoutious!} Nd7 10. Bh3 {/\ Nd2 avoiding the exchanges}
Nb6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. e4 e5 {equalizing without any problem.} 14.
dxe5 dxe5 $11 {Koneru-Nijboer, Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 7... d5 {Black loses a
tempo but gains control over the light sdquares.} (7... Ne4 8. Nh4 $1) (7...
Qc8 8. e4 Bg4 9. e5 (9. c3 Nc6 10. Qc2 e5 $13 {and again White's passive setup
backfires.} (10... Bh3 {is not so effective.} 11. Nc4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e6 13. Bg5
b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. a4 $14 {Andersson-Topalov, Monte Carlo rapid
1997})) 9... dxe5 (9... Nd5 $143 10. c3 dxe5 11. Qb3 c6 12. Nxe5 {and Black's
setup is not very healthy.} Be6 13. c4 Nb6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bh3 16. Bxh3
Qxh3 17. Ndf3 $14 {Gislason-F.Olafsson, Reykjavik 2001}) 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. c3
Nb6 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Qf1 Rd8 $13 {and White still struggles with the
development, Guerra Bastida-Damljanovic, La Coruna 1996.}) 8. c3 Nc6 {The N is
usually badly placed here, now Black has only e7-e5 to attack the [+].} (8...
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 (10. f4 c5 $13) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c6) 9.
Nh4 Bd7 (9... Bc8 10. f4 $5 (10. e4 {leads to unnecessary exchanges, Black
will free himself by e7-e5!} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bxe5 $13 {^^})) 10. e4 (10. f4 $5 {fighting against e5
deserves attention.}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 e5 13. dxe5 {The [+]
has vanished completely, White's advantage is only minimal.} (13. d5 Ne7 $13)
13... Bxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Bf4 $14 {>< c7}) 14. Bh6 (14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Bf4 {
>< c7 is again interesting.}) 14... Re8 (14... Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb3 Qc8
17. Rae1 $14) 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Re1 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bd6 (17... Bf6 18. Bf4 Rxe1+
19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Nd2 {/\ Nb3 and White's active ^^ inserts some pressure on
the <<.}) 18. Ng5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bf8 (19... Ne7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $14 {
The ^^ is of high importance in this type of position.}) 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 {
[%mdl 4096]} 21. Bd5 (21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re7 {looks promising, but Black can
always organize some counterplay, for example:} h6 23. Nf3 (23. Ne4 Rd8 $132)
23... Rb8 24. b4 (24. b3 Bb1 25. Rxc7 Bxa2 26. b4 a5 $1 27. bxa5 Bd5 28. Nd2
Rb2 $44) 24... c5 $1 25. a3 (25. bxc5 Bh3 $132) 25... cxb4 26. axb4 a5 $1 {
Passive defence leads nowhere.} 27. bxa5 Rb5 28. a6 (28. Re5 c5 29. a6 Ra5 $44)
28... Ra5 29. Nd4 Bh3 30. f4 Rxa6 31. Rxc7 Ra2 $44) 21... Kg7 22. f3 (22. Bxc6
{is again not enough because of} bxc6 23. Nf3 c5 (23... Rd8 24. Nd4 $14) 24.
Re5 Rb8 $132) 22... Rd8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Re2 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 h6
27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Kf6 $11 {and the P _|_ is draw.} 29. b4 Ke5 30. Ke3 f5
31. exf5 Kxf5 32. h3 Ke5 33. a4 c5 34. b5 c4 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Kf3
Kf5 38. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 {/\ e4} Nbd7 {
Nowadays the Nbd7, e5 plans are regarded a bit passive.} (6... Nc6 {-
Kalinichev-Richter, BL 2002 CBM 94}) 7. e4 e5 8. c3 {This quiet positional
setup cannot yield White a real advantage.} (8. Nc3 {transposing to B07
requires the knowledge of the Pirc Defence.}) (8. dxe5 {- Negulescu-Istratescu,
Iasi 1999 CBM 75}) (8. h3 Re8 9. c4 {transposing to the main lines of the g3
King's Indian is another problem for Black, because White has avoided all the
other plans.} c6 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Nc3 {E69}) 10. Nc3 {E69}) (8. c4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nc3 {leads again to the g3 King's Indian main lines.})
8... Re8 (8... c5 {doesn't look very tempting.} 9. d5 Ne8 10. a4 (10. c4 {
/\ Nc3}) 10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Ndf6 13. Na3 Nc7 $13 (13... f4 {
weakens the light squares even more.} 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {
Mateuta-Dragomirescu, Baile Tusnad 1999})) (8... b6 {/\ Bb7 in order to put
pressure on >< e4, but Black has to reckon with d5 followed by c4.} 9. Nbd2 (9.
b3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 ({The closing of the [+] by} 10. d5 $2 {leads to serious
consequences:} Nc5 11. Qc2 c6 12. c4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 $36) 10... exd4 {
Black attacks White's [+] making profit from the weakened a1-h8 /^.} 11. cxd4
Re8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bb2 {because 13.d5 loses.} cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 {Black's
pieces are very active.} 15. Qb2 Nc5 $36 {Wohl-Nijboer, Zwolle 2001}) (9. a4 a6
(9... a5 {is the other question weakening a bit the light squares but holding
the <<.}) 10. Na3 Bb7 11. d5 {White can hold his [+], but he has committed his
position by a4, so c3-c4 weakens the dark squares.} Nc5 12. Nh4 {The N looks
rather ugly on the edge of the board.} Qd7 13. Nc4 a5 14. b3 Ba6 $5 $13 (14...
b5 {The opening of the << usually helps for White.} 15. axb5 Qxb5 16. Nxa5 Rxa5
(16... Nfxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. c4 Qb6 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qd2 $16) 17. Rxa5 Qxa5
18. b4 Qb5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qc2 Ra8 21. Be3 Qc4 22. Rb1 $14 {
Speelman-Markowski, Elista 1998})) 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 (10. b4 Re8 11. d5 Qe7 {
/\ c6} (11... a5 12. Nc4 $14) 12. Bb2 c6 13. dxc6 ({Holding the [+] by} 13. c4
$5 {leads to a very complex middlegame}) 13... Bxc6 14. c4 {The P structure is
a bit favourable for White, but Black has reasonable counterchances on the
dark squares.} Red8 15. Bf1 Nf8 16. a3 Qb7 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Bc3 b5
$13 {Mateuta-Nevednichy, Bucharest 1997}) 10... Qe7 (10... a5 11. a4 Re8 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 axb4 (13... Bf8 $5 14. Ba3) 14. cxb4 {Now White has achieved
something on the <<.} Bf8 15. Ba3 Ra7 {/\ Qa8 holding the P structure looks
more reasonable.} (15... c5 $6 16. b5 {helps only for White.} Bd6 17. Nc4 {
The N is excellent here.} Bc7 18. Bb2 $14 {Mateuta-Voicu, Bucharest 2002})) 11.
a4 $5 {looks more flexible.} (11. b3 Rfe8 12. Ba3 {without a4 White's position
is not so harmonious.} a5 13. Nc4 exd4 14. e5 dxc3 15. exd6 (15. exf6 Qxf6 $44
{and Black has a lot of pawns for the piece.}) 15... Qd8 16. dxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd6
Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bd5 $13 {Ye Rongguang-McNab, Manila 1992})) 9. Nbd2 (9. Nh4 $6 {
looks really ugly.} c6 10. h3 d5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {
Stahlberg-Boleslavsky, Stockholm 1963}) 9... b6 10. dxe5 {There is no need to
give up the tension in the [+] so early.} (10. Qc2 Bb7 (10... c6 $6 {is not
consistant at all.} 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. c4 {Black's
passive setup gave White free hand conquering the [+].} c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Bh3 Ra8 17. Nb1 $1 {/\ Nc3-d5} Nb8 {/\ Nc6-d4} 18. Nc3 Nc6 19. Nd5 {White
comes first!} Qd8 $14 (19... Nxd5 $6 20. cxd5 Nb4 21. Qb1 Bc8 $4 22. d6 {
1-0 Burmakin-Zimmerman, Nagykanizsa 1993})) 11. b3 ({White is well-developed
for gaining space in the [+] by} 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 Rc8 14. b3 b5
15. Ba3 d5 $132 {Mateuta-Zetocha, Sovata 1998}) 11... d5 $1 {and Black
equalizes easily} 12. exd5 exd4 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 $11 {
Koneru-Rajlich, Budapest 2002} (14... Bxd5 15. Bb2 Nc5 $11 {A.Maric-Kachiani
Gersinska, Groningen 1997})) (10. a4 {/\ a5} a6 (10... Bb7 {Black ignores the
advance of the a P.} 11. a5 a6 12. axb6 (12. d5 b5 13. b4 c6 14. c4 Qc7 $13 {
and it is not easy for White to hold his [+], Valdes-Gongora, Cuba 2000.})
12... cxb6 13. d5 {deserves attention.}) (10... a5)) (10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 exd4
12. Nxd4 {White has no time for c4.} Nc5 13. Qc2 d5 14. e5 Nfe4 $13 {
Miralles-Chomet, FRA 1993}) 10... dxe5 11. b4 (11. Qc2 Bb7 (11... Nc5 12. Bf1 {
/\ b4}) 12. b4 {- 11.b4}) 11... Bb7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a4 {/\ Ba3} a6 (13... a5
14. Ba3 {and the Q is in a sort of trouble.} Qe6 15. Ng5 Qg4 16. h4) 14. Bf1 (
14. a5 b5 15. Ba3 Qe6 16. c4 $14 {gave White some space advantage.}) (14. Ba3
h6 15. Bh3 Red8 {vacating the e8 square for the Q.}) 14... Red8 15. Ba3 Ne8 {
/\ Nd6 and also clearing the square for the Q.} 16. a5 (16. b5 Qf6) 16... b5 (
16... Nd6 17. c4 (17. axb6 cxb6 18. c4 Rac8 $132) 17... Qe6 {looked more
flexible.}) 17. c4 $14 c6 {Now Black has real space problems.} ({However the
alternatives} 17... Bc6 18. Rad1 $14) ({and} 17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd6 19. b5
axb5 20. Bxb5 $14 {look also preferable for White.}) 18. Nb3 (18. c5 Nf8 {
/\ Bc8}) 18... Nc7 19. Bh3 Ne6 20. Rad1 Ndf8 21. Nc5 {This leads at the end
only to unnecessary exchanges, which help for Black.} (21. c5 {gave at least
reasonable space advantage for White.}) 21... Bc8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nxe6 (23.
Nd3 {can be met by the witty} Nc5 $1 (23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 (24... Bxh3 25.
Nxc6 $16) 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Bb2 $16) 24. Nxc5 Bxh3 $13) 23...
Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Bb2 Qe7 26. c5 Rd8 $11 {and Black has evened out
completely.} 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 f6 29. h4 h5 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Kf1 Ke8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial-B"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 $6 (
7... Nfd7 $142 {looks better if Black wants to take back with the P on e5.}) 8.
Qc1 $5 {This is a bit sophisticated. White defends his B and vacates the d1
square for his R.} (8. h3 $1 {forces Black to take the P.} Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 (
9... Bxe5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd2 {with a mighty B on the long /^.}
a5 (12... Nd7 13. O-O-O Re8 14. Ne4 {/\ Rxd7} Kg7 15. g4 h6 16. Rd3 Nf6 17.
Nxf6 Kxf6 18. Rhd1 c6 19. Rf3+ Kg7 20. Re3 $16 {Polugaevsky-Tal, URS-ch39
Leningrad 1971}) (12... c6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Nc4 $1 {fighting for the d <->.}
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 16. f4 (16. Na5 Rb8 17. Kb2 (17. c4 h5 {This is not
necessary.} (17... Kf8 {- 17.Kb2}) 18. Kb2 Kf8 19. Kc3 Ke8 20. b4 $16 {with
long-lasting pressure on the <<, Dizdarevic-Pasic, BIH-chT Bihac 1999.}) 17...
Kf8 18. c4 Ke8 19. b4 Kf8 {changing his mind?} 20. Kc3 Nb6 21. a3 Na4+ 22. Kc2
Nb6 23. c5 Nd5 24. e4 Nc7 25. a4 Ke7 26. Kc3 f6 $14 {and a breakthrough is not
in the near future, Psakhis-Krasenkov, URS Cup rapid 1988.}) 16... exf4 17.
gxf4 Nb6 18. Na5 $1 {This is the right place for the N attacking b7 and c6.} (
18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Rd4 b6 20. Kd2 Rd8 21. Ne4 Rc8 22. c4 $14 {Tal-Rashkovsky,
Sochi 1977}) 18... Rb8 19. e4 $16) (12... Nc6 $5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Ne4 $14) 13.
O-O-O a4 14. Nc4 $1 $16 {attacking >< e5.} (14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Nf6+ Kf8 16. Kb2 h6
17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Nd5 $14 {Timman-Gheorghiu, Helsinki zt 1972}))
10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nd2 $1 {threatening both Nc4 and Ne4.} Nd7 (11... Nc6 12.
O-O-O $1 ({Giving up the ^^ for doubled pawns is a dubious decision.} 12. Bxc6
bxc6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. g4 f6 15. Bc3 a5 16. a4 Kf7 17. f3 Bh6 18. Kb2 Be3 19.
Ne4 Rd5 $13 {Chernikov-Piza, Ceske Budejovice op 1996}) 12... Be6 (12... Bd7
13. e3 Be8 14. g4 Rab8 15. Ne4 h6 16. h4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rg1 $1 {
White needs a R for penetrations in the future.} Ne7 19. Ba3 Nc8 20. g5 $16 {
blockading the >> White secures his N's position on e4, L.B.Hansen-Vogel, BL2
Germany 1996.}) 13. g4 f6 14. Ne4 $16 {Timman-Bachmann, Stockholm 1972/73}) (
11... c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc4 $1 {threatening the squares e5 d6 and a5.} Rxd1+
14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. a4 ({or} 15. Na5 Rb8 16. Ba3 $14) 15... f6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. a5
a6 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. Kb2 Be7 20. g4 Bd8 21. b4 $14 {advancing the << pawns,
Miles-Piket, Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1989.}) 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na5
$1 {The N has found his real place.} Rb8 15. Rd2 {White wants to double his
rooks on the only opened d <->.} c6 16. Rhd1 f6 17. Rd8 Kf7 18. Rxe8 Kxe8 19.
Ba3 {activating the last passive piece.} Nd5 20. Bd6 Ra8 21. c4 $16 {
Smyslov-Polugaevsky, Palma de Mallorca Interzononal 1970}) 8... Nxe5 9. O-O (9.
Nbd2 {is too passive.} Nbc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. e3 f5 {/\ e4 closing
the /^ of the g2 B.} 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Rd1 e4 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Qb2 Be6 17. Qxg7+
Kxg7 $11 {P.Blatny-Hernandez, Najdorf op Buenos Aires 1998}) (9. Nxe5 dxe5 10.
O-O c6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Nc4 Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 Be6 15. Qd6 Na6 16. Qxc7
Nxc7 {(Thinus-Schroll, BL 1997)} 17. Nxe5 $1 (17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nb5 19. c4
Nc3 20. Kf1 Rd8 21. Nf3) 17... Rd8 18. Kf1 Rd2 19. Be4 $16) 9... Re8 (9... Nbc6
10. Rd1 (10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. c4 (11. f4 Nc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qb2+ Qf6 14. Qxf6+
Kxf6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. e4 Kg7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. h3 f6
$11 {and Black can hold his position, Sobel-R.Fischer, East Orenge 1957.})
11... Rb8 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Nc3 {Black has no pawns in the [+] and the pressure
on the h1-a8 /^ is annoying.} Nd7 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. b4
$14 {Dunnington-Thomson, BCF-chTB 1998}) 10... Qe7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nc3 f6 13.
Nd5 Qd8 14. c4 c6 {otherwise the N remains strong in the [+].} 15. Nc3 {
Now the d6 P becomes vulnerable.} Qe7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. f4 Ng4 18. h3 $16 {
Taimanov-Sjodell, Peer Gynt Gausdal 1992}) (9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxb2 11. Qxb2
Nd7 12. c4 a5 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. a3 {/\ b4} c6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1
Nd7 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. c5 $1 $16 {Taimanov-Koskinen, Rilton Cup 1996}) (9... c6
10. c4 {>< d6} Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bh3 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc3+ f6 15.
Rfd1 Na6 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Qd4 $16 {Taimanov-Hanke, Wch Seniors Bad Liebenzell
1996}) 10. Rd1 Nbc6 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Nc6 13. c4 (13. Nc3 Qf6
{and the N is pinned.}) 13... Ne5 14. Bg2 Qf6 15. Qd4 $1 $14 {preparing Nc3} (
15. Nc3 {immediately is met by} Ng4 $1 16. Rf1 (16. Bf3 Ne5) 16... Qe5)) 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 (11... Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nc3 $14) 12. h3 (12. c4 Bg4 (12... Qf6
13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Rf1 Qe5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. e3 $14 {and the N on f5
cannot find his place.}) 13. Nc3 Qc8 (13... Nc6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Re1) 14. Qd2
Bh3 15. Bh1 $14 {White has to keep his excellent B.}) 12... h5 (12... c6 13. c4
{>< d6} Qe7 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Nc3 (15. e4 $4 Bxh3 $1 $19) 15... Rad8 16. f4 $16)
(12... Qf6 $5 13. Nc3 (13. c4 $4 Nf3+) 13... c6 (13... Nc6 14. Rb1 Nd4 15. Rxd4
$1 Qxd4 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Ba3 $14 {and the Q is in trouble.} (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Qb2+ Kh6 $1)) 14. Ne4 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 d5 $1 18. Nd6
Re6 19. Nxc8 Bg7 20. e4 $1 Rxc8 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Re2 23. c4 b6 24. a4 $14
{and despite of the ^- White has practical chances because of the rooks.}) 13.
c4 h4 14. g4 f5 15. f4 (15. gxf5 $5 Bxf5 $1 {Black has to activate his pieces.}
(15... gxf5 16. Nc3 $16) 16. Bxb7 (16. c5 $6 Qc8 17. cxd6 Bxh3 $1) 16... Bxh3
$1 17. Bxa8 $1 (17. Bd5+ Kh7 18. Bxa8 (18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Bxa8 Bxe2 $1 {and the
white K is in a delicate position.}) 18... Qxa8 19. Rd5 Bh6 $1 20. Qc3 Be6 21.
Rd4 Qd8 $44 (21... h3 $2 22. Qg3)) 17... Qxa8 18. Rd5 $1 (18. f3 Nxf3+ $1 $19)
18... Be6 19. Bxe5 $1 (19. Rd4 h3 20. Qf1 Nd3 $1 21. exd3 c5 $17) 19... dxe5 (
19... Bxe5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qg5 Qe4 22. Nc3 Qg4+ 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. f3 $16) 20.
Rd1 e4 $1 (20... Qe4 21. Qg5 Qxe2 22. Nd2 Qg4+ 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. Re1) 21. Nc3
e3 $1 22. Qxe3 (22. fxe3 $2 h3 23. e4 Bf5 24. Qg5 Bxe4 25. Rac1 Be5) 22... h3 (
22... Bf5 23. Qd2) 23. f3 Bf5 24. Qd2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe2 26. Re1 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 (
27. Kf1 $4 Rc2 $19) 27... Bg4 $1 28. Re7 $1 Qf8 29. Qe5 $1 Re2 (29... Rd2 30.
Re8 Bxf3+ 31. Kg1 h2+ 32. Qxh2 $1) 30. Qd5+ Re6 31. fxg4 Qxe7 32. Re1 $18)
15... fxg4 $5 {Black is looking for counterplay at any rate.} (15... Nf7 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g5 $1 Rxe2 18. Nc3 Re6 19. Nd5 $44) (15... Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
g5 $1 Rxe2 18. Nc3 Re6 19. Nd5 $44) 16. fxe5 $6 ({More to the point is} 16.
Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 (16... gxh3 $6 17. Bd5+ Kh7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kh7 20. Qf3 {
and Black has nothing for the sacrificed piece.}) 17. fxe5 gxh3 (17... Rxe5 18.
hxg4) 18. Bd5+ Kh7 19. Rf1 $1 Rf8 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 21. Qe3 $1 (21. Nc3 dxe5 22.
Qg5 Qf4) 21... Qg7 $1 (21... Qe7 22. e6 $1 c6 23. Nc3 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxe6 25.
Qxe6 Bxe6 26. Nc7 Rf8 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. Ng5+ $18) 22. Nc3 c6 23. e6 $1 {killing
the c8 B.} cxd5 24. cxd5 Qf6 25. Qf3 $1 $16 (25. Rf1 $4 h2+ $1 26. Kg2 Qxf1+
$19)) 16... gxh3 17. Bf3 $5 (17. Bd5+ Kh7 (17... Be6 $2 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bc6
$18) 18. exd6 Bh6 $132 (18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2)) 17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd5
$6 (19. Qh6 $1 {was the best reply now.} Qg5+ (19... Qf6 20. Nc3 Rg5+ 21. Kh1 {
and the K escapes.}) (19... Qe8 20. Nc3 g5 21. Nd5 $16) 20. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 21. Kh2
Re5 22. Nc3 $14 {and although Black has 3 pawns for the piece, his position
lacks harmony.}) 19... Qf6 $44 {From now on things are far from clear, Black's
P phalanx on the >> is impressive.} (19... g5 {was also exciting.} 20. Rxe5
dxe5 21. Nc3 g4 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Qe3 c6 24. Qxe5+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Be4 g3
{The pawns look rather frightening.} 27. Rf1+ Ke5 28. e3 (28. Rf8 Kd4) 28...
Be6 $44) 20. Nc3 Bf5 (20... c6) 21. Kh1 c6 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Rd1
Kh7 25. Qd4 g5 26. Qxe5 (26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Re6 28. Rf1 $14) 26... Rxe5 $1 (
26... dxe5 27. Ne4 $1 $16) 27. e4 Be6 28. Rg1 (28. Rxd6 Kg7 $1 $44 (28... g4 $6
{runs into the liquidation:} 29. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 30. Bxg4 Rd6 31. e5 Rd2 32. Bxh3
$16)) 28... Kh6 29. Kh2 b5 30. cxb5 Rc5 (30... cxb5 31. b4 $1) 31. Nd1 (31. Ne2
cxb5 $11) 31... Rc2+ 32. Kh1 cxb5 33. Ne3 Rxa2 34. Rd1 $1 (34. Nf5+ Bxf5 35.
exf5 Rb2 36. Bd5 Rf2 $17) 34... Ra3 $1 (34... Bxb3 35. Rxd6+ Kh7 36. Bh5 $1)
35. Rxd6 Rxb3 {White is running out of pawns.} 36. Rxe6+ Kh7 37. Bg4 Rxe3 38.
Bf5+ Kg7 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rxg5 b4 41. Bh7 b3 42. Kh2 a6 43. Ra5 Re1 (43... Kg7
44. Bf5 b2 45. e5 Rf3 46. Rxa6 Rxf5 47. Rb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 {This quiet
positional system is not without venom, but certainly 6.c4 is more promising...
} e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 {Black doesn't want to complicate matters, his aim is a safe
equalization.} (7... Nfd7 {- Dizdarevich-Armanda, Solin/Split 2003 CBM 99}) 8.
Ba3 $1 Qxd1 (8... Re8 $5 {deserves attention as well.} 9. Nc3 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10.
Nc3 Nc6 (10... Re8 11. Rad1 c6 12. Ng5 {/\ Nge4 >< d6} Bf5 13. Nge4 (13. e4 {
restricts only the white pieces.} Bg4 14. Rd3 h6 15. Nf3 Na6 16. h3 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {A.Martin-W.Watson, Walsall 1992}) 13... Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 {White has the ^^, the d <-> and the better developed
pieces.} Na6 16. Rd7 $14) 11. Rad1 Bf5 $11 {quickly finishing the development,
Koneru-McNab, Hampstead 2001.}) 9... Nc6 10. Ng5 {The d6 square is not weak
this time!} Bf5 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nd4 $11 {
Ekstrom-Gallagher, Swiss chT 1994}) 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. Nc3 (10. Bb2 $143 {allows
Black to finish his development without any problems.} e4 (10... Nc6 11. Na3 e4
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nc2 Rad8 $11 {Rodgaard-Hazai,
Copenhagen 1987}) 11. Ne5 Ng4 {is more active!} (11... Nbd7 12. Nc4 Nc5 13.
Nba3 Be6 14. Bd4 b6 $11 {Navarovszky-Lilienthal, Balatonfured 1960})) 10... e4
(10... Bd7 $2 {founders on the tactical blow} 11. Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 12. Bxb7 Bc6 13.
Bxa8 Bxa8 14. Rd8+ Re8 15. Rad1 $16 {Kholmov-Khasin, Moscow 1957}) (10... Na6
11. Nd2 e4 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bb2 b6 14. Nb5 $5 (14. Nd5 {leads only to
unnecessary exchanges.} Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd4 f5 18. Ne3 Rbd8
19. Rad1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb8 $11 {Cigan-Groszpeter, Austria 1995})) 11. Nd4 $6 (
11. Ne1 $2 {The N is really outplaced here.} c6 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14.
Bxc8 Raxc8 $15 {Barcza-Szabo, Budapest 1961}) (11. Nd2 Nc6 $5 (11... e3 {
corrupts White's P structure, but the lack of development can be fatal.} 12.
fxe3 Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 (14. Nxc7 $5) 14... Rxe3 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Kf2
Bxa1 17. Kxe3 $14 {Komljenovic-Grigore, Benasque 1999}) (11... Na6 {- 10...Na6}
)) 11... e3 (11... c6 {depriving the knights from their penetration squares.}
12. e3 (12. f3 Nbd7 (12... Na6 $5 {looks more active.}) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4
c5 {Black wins the exchange, but loses the fight for the development.} 15. Nb5
Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rb8 17. Rd1 b6 18. Bb2 $44 {Alvarez Ibarra-Grigore, Benasque 1999
}) 12... Nbd7 13. h3 (13. Rd2 Nb6 {is probably an easier way for development.}
(13... Nf8 14. Rad1 h5 15. h3 N8h7 16. Kh2 Ng5 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19.
Bxc5 $14 {Pomar Salamanca-Keene, Caorle 1972}) 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rad8) (13.
g4 h6 14. h3 Nf8 (14... Nb6 $5 {is again the alternative.}) 15. Rd2 N8h7 16.
Rad1 Ng5 $13 {Danielsen-Schandorff, Tonder 1993}) 13... Nf8 (13... Nb6 {
/\ Bd7, Rad8 neutralizing the pressure on the d <->.}) 14. Rd2 h5 $5 {/\
N8h7-g5} (14... h6 15. Rad1 N8h7 16. Nce2 (16. Na4 $5 Ng5 17. Kh2) 16... Ng5
17. Nf4 h5 18. c4 Nd7 19. h4 Nh7 20. Nde2 Nhf8 21. Bd6 Nf6 22. Bh3 Ng4 23. Bg2
Nf6 24. Bh3 Ng4 25. Bg2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 E.Cosma-Sziva, Istanbul 2000})) (11... a6
{Black doesn't want to weaken the d6 square.} 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 (13. Na4 b5
14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Nd7 $17 {I.Cosma-Navrotescu, Baile Tusnad 2001}) 13... b6
14. a4 Bb7 15. Rd2 (15. b4 {weakening >< c4.} Ne5 $36 {Pomar
Salamanca-Unzicker, Haifa 1976}) 15... Ne5 16. Rad1 Rad8 $13) 12. fxe3 $6 (12.
f4 $5 c6 $13) 12... c6 {Now White's P structure is vulnerable, and he cannot
find a real target for his better developed pieces.} 13. Rd3 Ng4 (13... Nbd7)
14. Nd1 Nd7 15. c3 (15. h3 Nge5 16. Rd2 Nf6) 15... Nde5 16. Rd2 Bh6 17. Nc2 {
White's pieces become extremely passive defending the weak e3 P.} Bf5 18. h3
Bxc2 19. Rxc2 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Bxe3+ {Black has won back the P with a better
position, the ^^ has no future, but the structural weaknesses remain.} 21. Kh2
Rad8 22. c4 h5 (22... f5 {immediately looks more flexible.}) 23. Rf1 f5 (23...
Kg7 24. Bb2 Bd4 25. Bc1 {avoiding the good N versus bad B _|_.} f6 26. Rd1) 24.
Bb2 Rd7 (24... Bd4 25. Bc1 Nf7 $15 {with an annoying pressure against >< e2.})
25. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] White has still problems in the _|_ R+^-, this type
is far from drawish!} 26. b4 Rd2 {Black has no interest in exchanging his
active R for White's passive one.} (26... Kg7) 27. Rfc1 f4 (27... h4 {looked
more dangerous.} 28. b5 (28. gxh4 $2 Bf4+ 29. Kh1 Rexe2) 28... cxb5 29. cxb5
Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxb5 31. Rc7 (31. Rc8+ {activates the black K.} Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6
33. Rxb7 Ra5 34. Rb2 Bd4 35. Rd2 Be5 $19) 31... Rb2 $17) 28. Bf3 fxg3+ 29. Kg2
(29. Kxg3 {was not the end of the world?!} Rg5+ 30. Kh2 Bf4+ 31. Kh1) 29...
Rxc2 (29... Rd7 {keeping the active rooks was logical.} 30. Rb1 h4 31. b5 cxb5
32. cxb5 Kg7 $17) 30. Rxc2 h4 31. Rc3 Bd2 (31... Kf7) 32. Rb3 b6 (32... a6 {
allows the exchanges after} 33. b5 axb5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Rd3 Be3 36. Rd8+ Kg7
37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxb7) 33. Rb2 Bc3 34. Rb3 Bd4 35. Rd3 c5 36. bxc5 Bxc5 (36...
bxc5 37. Rb3) 37. Rd8+ {winning the P, but activating the K.} (37. Rd7) 37...
Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Re3 40. Rh7 Kg5 (40... g5 41. Rd7) 41. Rf7 Rc3 42.
Be4 Rc1 (42... Rxc4 43. Bd3 Ra4 44. Bb1) 43. Rf1 Rxc4 44. Bd3 Ra4 45. Bb1 Bf2 (
45... b5 $1 {and the g6 P can be defended from the sixth rank.} 46. Bd3 b4 47.
Rc1 Ra5 48. Rc4 Kh5) 46. Rd1 {/\ Rd6 >< g6} Rb4 (46... Kf4 47. Rd6 g5 48. Rf6+)
(46... Bc5 {was still possible.}) 47. Bd3 Kf6 $2 (47... Ra4 {repeating moves
was still possible.}) 48. Rc1 $1 {Now suddenly the black R cannot avoid the
exchange, after which the _|_ becomes dead draw!} Bc5 (48... g5 49. Rc4 Rb2 50.
Rc2 {with perpetual harrassing!}) 49. Rc4 {and the R cannot escape.} g5 50.
Rxb4 Bxb4 51. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 c5 {This idea helps
only for White at first sight to use the opened long /^ by a4-a5-a6. However
things are not so easy...} (6... a5 7. Re1 Nc6 {- Badea-Iordachescu, Bucharest
2001 CBM 82} (7... Nbd7 {- Bartel-Blehm, Warsaw 2002 CBM 89})) (6... Nc6 {
- Romanishin-Jobava, Leon 2001 CBM 86}) 7. dxc5 (7. a5 Na6 8. Nc3 (8. c4 Bf5 9.
Nc3 Qd7 10. d5 Ne4 $11 {with mass exchanges on e4, Romanishin-Gasanov, Alushta
2002.}) 8... Bd7 (8... Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. axb6 axb6 11. e4 {may lead to a batter
g3 Dragon for White.} Nd7 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd2 $14 {Gutman-Santl,
Bad Woerishofen 2001}) 9. h3 Qc8 10. Kh2 Rb8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 b5 13. axb6
axb6 14. e4 {This structure is again preferable for White.} Bc6 15. d5 Bd7 16.
Rfe1 $14 {Gutman-Schwarze, Bad Zwischenahn 2002}) (7. d5 {is less logical, it
can only work if White can hold a strong N on c4.} e6 (7... Na6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9.
Ne1 (9. e4 e6) (9. Nd2 e6) 9... e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nb5 d5 $13 {and suddenly
Black grabs the |^ in the [+], Bauer-Bologan, Bastia 1999.}) 8. Nc3 exd5 9.
Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 {The Q is not a good blockading piece...} Nc6 11. Bg5 Be6
12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bh6 Bxb2 $13 {Sherbakov-Adamski, Warsaw 1991}) (7. Nc3 Na6 8.
h3 (8. a5 {- 7.a5}) 8... Bd7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {is a bit better version of
the g3 Dragon for White.} Nc5 11. a5 Qc8 12. Kh2 Rd8 13. Nd5 $14 {
Rukavina-Minic, Zagreb 1977}) 7... dxc5 8. a5 (8. Nc3 Nc6 9. a5 (9. Be3 Qb6 10.
Qc1 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. a5 Nxa5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nxc5 Bd5 $11 {and the black
pieces are active enough in an opened position, Zilberstein-Savon, Barnaul
1969.}) 9... a6 (9... Nd7 $5) 10. Qxd8 (10. Be3 Nd7) 10... Rxd8 11. Na4 {
The _|_ with the weak b6 and c5 squares can only be better for White.} Bf5 (
11... Nd7 12. Rd1 $36) 12. Nb6 (12. Nxc5 Bxc2 13. Nxb7 {wins the P.}) 12...
Bxc2 (12... Rab8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nxe5 Nd4 15. Bf3) 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Bd2 Be4 16. Bc3 $16 {Gutman-Kaeser, Altenkirchen 1999}) 8... Bf5 (8... Nc6 9.
Qxd8 (9. Nc3 {- 8.Nc3}) 9... Rxd8 10. c3 {looks too passive.} Nd5 (10... Bf5
$13) 11. e4 Nf6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 $13 {Markov-Volokitin, Ekaterinburg 2002}) (8...
a6 9. c3 (9. Nc3) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bxc5 Nxa5 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Nc6
14. Ba3 $14 {and Black has to show something real for the sacrificed P,
Grivas-Stoumbou, Korinthos 2002.}) 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nfd2 Nc6 11. a6 {White
consequently follows his plan.} Nd4 $1 {Black has to find some active
counterplay at any rate.} 12. axb7 $6 {Now the black pieces will become
extremely active.} (12. e4 $1 {was required, for example:} Nxc2 (12... Bd7 13.
axb7 Rab8 14. Rxa7 Bc6 (14... Bb5 15. c4 Bc6 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. f4
Nc6 19. Ra3 Rxb7 20. Ne4 $16) 15. e5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. f4) 13. axb7 Rab8
14. Rxa7 Be6 15. Nc3 $14 {and although Black has some activity for the lost
material, White can consolidate his position.}) (12. Nc3 b5 13. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44)
12... Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 Rab8 14. Rxa7 Bxc2 15. h3 (15. Na3 Bd3 $36) 15... Bh6 16.
Na3 Bd3 17. Nb3 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxc1 19. Nxc1 Be4 {White had to sacrifice the
exchange in order to avoid the quick collapse, but even so his chances for a
survival are minimal.} 20. Nb3 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. Nc4 Rd7 23. Nba5 Nd6 24.
Nb6 Rdxb7 {Black sacrifices back the exchange in order to liquidate to a N _|_
with a healthy extra P.} 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Nxb7 {In many theoretical
books even without the pawns on the << the position is regarded as a win for
Black.} 27. Kf3 {[%mdl 4096]} f5 $2 {This allows the white K to penetrate into
Black's position.} (27... f6 {was simple and strong.} 28. Ke4 e6 29. Kd3 Kf7
$17) 28. Kf4 Kf7 29. Ke5 {The K cannot be chased away from here anymore.} e6
30. Na4 Ke7 31. h4 h6 32. f3 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Kf7 36. Nc3
Ke7 37. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 (6... O-O 7. O-O
cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {- Kurajica-Smirin, Pula zt 2000 CBM 77}) 7. Nxd4 d5 {Black
loses a tempo, but the [+] is the most important factor here.} 8. c4 (8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 {is the theoretical main line.}) 8... e5 {This is the sharp and
consequent continuation. Black wants to build up a strong P [+].} (8... dxc4 9.
O-O O-O 10. bxc4 {may again transpose to the theoretical main line.}) 9. Nc2 d4
{If Black can keep this stronghold, he can even be better.} 10. e3 (10. b4) (
10. Ba3 {White wants to make profit from the fact, that Black hasn't castled
yet.} Bf8 (10... Nc6 $5) 11. O-O (11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. f4 {blowing up the central
pawns was also interesting.}) 11... Bxa3 12. Nbxa3 Nc6 13. f4 e4 14. Nb5 d3 15.
exd3 exd3 {The main question is whether this o^ is weak or strong?} 16. Ne3 a6
17. Nc3 Qd4 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Kh1 $14 {Mainka-Poldauf, Dortmund 1999}) (10. O-O
O-O {is again a transposition.}) 10... Bg4 (10... d3 11. Nb4 e4 {looks rather
frightening for White, if Black can hold his P chain.}) 11. Qd2 Nc6 (11... d3
$2 {is already weak because of} 12. Bxb7 dxc2 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Na3 $18) 12.
exd4 exd4 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 {White will gain material, but how can Black get
sufficient counterplay for it?} d3 (14... Bf5 $5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+
17. Bxd4 Rad8 18. Be5 Rfe8 {with very active black pieces for the P.} 19. f4
Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44) 15. Ne3 (15. Ne1 {wins the o^, but Black
gets a nasty pressure for it.} Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Nxd3 Rad8 $44) 15... Qb6 (
15... Be6) 16. Nc3 (16. fxg4 $6 {founders on the double pin after} Bh6 $1)
16... Rfe8 17. Rae1 Bh6 $2 {Black pushes it too hard, and overestimates his
tactical chances based on the pinned N on e3.} (17... Be6 18. Qxd3 Rad8 {
was still not so terrible.}) 18. Ncd1 $1 Nd4 (18... Ne4 19. fxe4 Bxd1 20. Qf2
$18) (18... Rxe3 19. Nxe3 Re8 20. Bxf6 Bxe3+ (20... Rxe3 21. Kh1 $18) 21. Kh1
$18) 19. fxg4 $18 {Black simply has no adequate compensation for the piece.}
Nxg4 20. Kh1 Nxe3 (20... Nf5 21. c5 $1 Qxc5 22. Nxg4 $1 {simplifying for a
winning _|_.} Bxd2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nf6+ $18) 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Nxe3 Nf5 23.
Qc3 Bg7 {[#]} 24. Nd5 $1 {This is the brilliant reply! The rest is silence.}
Bxc3 (24... Qe6 25. Qc1 $18) 25. Nxb6 Bxb2 (25... axb6 26. Bxc3 $18) 26. Nxa8
Ne3 27. Rf2 Bc3 28. Bf3 Be1 29. Rb2 g5 30. Nc7 g4 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 (5... O-O 6. Bg2 e5 {is the
other try to fight for the [+].}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {Black
loses a tempo, but the [+] is the most important factor here.} 9. c4 e5 {
This is the sharp and consequent continuation. Black wants to build up a
strong P [+].} (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 {White has some pressure on the diagonals,
but his << P structure is rather weak.} Qb6 {- Taimanov-Solozhenkin, St.
Petersburg-ch 1995 CBM 47} ({Pinning the d4 N by} 10... Ng4 $5 {deserves
attention as well.} 11. h3 (11. Qd2 Qb6 12. h3 Ne5 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Qd2 Ne5
13. Na3 Nbc6 (13... Rd8 $5 14. Rfd1 Nbc6 $15) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe5 (15. Rfd1
Qc5) 15... Bxe5 16. Rab1 Qc5 $11 {De Jong-J.Horvath, Leeuwarden op 1995})) 10.
Nc2 (10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 (11. Nfd2 $5) 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 $5 (12... b6 13.
Nc3 Bb7 {is also possible defending the strong central P on e4.}) 13. Nxc6 (13.
e3 Re8 (13... Qb6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Qxb6 axb6 {Now Black's P
structure is also corrupted.} 17. Nxe4 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bc3 $14 {
with a virtual P majority on the >>, Espig-Ghitescu, DSV-Turnier Berlin Ost
1982.}) 14. Nd2 Bg4 $11 {and the light squares may become weakness in White's
camp.}) 13... bxc6 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rb8 18. Na4
Rxb3 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc5 Rb2 21. Nxe4 Kg7 22. e3 Bg4 $11 {Ree-Cifuentes,
NLD-ch 1993}) 10... d4 {If Black can keep this stronghold, he can even be
better.} (10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 {is similar to the previous structure with
isolated pawns on the <<.} 12. Nc3 Be6 {Black can finish his development with
ease and his pieces are harmoniously placed.} 13. Ne3 (13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nce3 Ng4
15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Be6 17. Qa4 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qa5 $11 {Zysk-Sznapik, Dortmund
1984}) 13... Rc8 14. Qa4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Nd4 16. Rab1 a6 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Rxb6 Qxb6
19. Ned5 (19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ned5 Qb2 21. e3 Ne2+ 22. Nxe2 Qxe2 23. Bf1 {
1/2:1/2 Sturua-Pavlovic, Biel op MTO 1996}) 19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Bxf8
Bxf8 22. e3 Nf5 $11) 11. b4 (11. f4 {blows up the [+], but many weaknesses
remain in White's camp.} Nc6 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 (13... Ne3 $2 {is met by
} 14. Nxc6 $1 $16) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qd2 Rd8 $44 {with nasty pins}) (11. Kh1
Nc6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ng4 $132) 11... Nc6 12. Nd2 (12. b5 Na5 13. Nd2 Be6 $1
14. c5 Nd5 $13 {and Black has secured his advantage in the [+].}) (12. f4 exf4
13. Rxf4 Nh5 14. Rf3 $8 (14. Rf2 $2 d3 $19) 14... Bf5 $13) 12... Bg4 13. h3 (
13. f3 {is a successful provocation after} Bf5) (13. Ne4 {runs into} Bxe2 $1
14. Qxe2 d3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 dxc2) 13... Be6 {This is the safest
continuation.} (13... d3 $5 14. hxg4 dxc2 15. Qxc2 Nxb4 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. g5 Nd7
18. Ne4 {with ^^ and the N is excellent in the [+].}) (13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 d3
15. Qe3 $1 {White wants to keep the b P supposing that the c2 P will fall soon
or later.} (15. Qd1 dxc2 16. Qxc2 Nxb4 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Qxb7 (18. Rad1 Rb8)
18... Qxd2 19. Rfd1 Qe2 20. Re1 Qxc4 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Rac1 e4
$11) 15... dxc2 16. b5 Nd4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 $14 {and the connected passed
pawns are dangerous.}) 14. e3 $6 {Now Black's o^ d3 becomes a real pest.} (14.
b5 Na5 {>< c4}) (14. Kh2 Qc7 $13) 14... d3 $1 15. Na3 Nxb4 16. Bxe5 {This was
not a very successful exhange of pawns.} Nc6 17. Bc3 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 Qd7
$15) 17... a6 (17... Qe7 $5 {/\ Rfd8 defending the o^ comes into consideration.
} 18. Qb3 (18. Nb5 Rfd8 $15) 18... Rfd8 $15) 18. Qb3 (18. Rb1 $5 Qd7) 18... Qe7
19. Qb2 (19. Rab1 Rfd8 $15) 19... Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rd7 (20... Rac8 $15) 21. Nb3
Ne8 (21... Bf8 $5 {would be an unusual reply!} 22. c5 (22. Bxf6 Qxa3) (22. Nb1
Ne8) 22... Bxb3 23. axb3 (23. Bxf6 Qxc5 $17) 23... Ne4 24. b4 a5 {blowing up
White's P chain on the <<.} (24... Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Bg7 $15 {was also possible.}))
22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb3 (25. Bd5 {is strongly met by}
Rxd5 $1 {eliminating the defender piece.} 26. cxd5 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Qxd5 $17 {
with nasty threats on the long /^.}) 25... Rad8 ({or} 25... Rc8 26. Kh2 Nf5)
26. Rd2 Qf5 (26... Nf5 $5 {was again interesting}) 27. e4 (27. f4 Nc6 28. Rfd1
Ne6 29. e4 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Ncd4 $17 {with an annoying pressure in the [+].}) 27...
Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 $17 {Black still firmly keeps his strong o^ on d3 dividing
White's position on two separate parts.} 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Re3 Ng5 $6 (30... Nd4
$1 {was the logical blow.} 31. Qxd3 Qh5 32. Kg2 (32. g4 Qa5 33. Kg2 Nf5 $1)
32... Nf5 $17) 31. Nb1 $1 {Now White has some defensive resources.} Nxh3+ 32.
Kh2 Qg4 (32... Qh5 33. g4 $1 Qxg4 34. Rxh3 Qxe4 $44) 33. Nc3 Ng5 34. Kg2 {
White has lost a P, he has consolidated his K's position.} Rd4 (34... Qh3+ 35.
Kg1) 35. Qxb7 (35. f4 Ne6 36. Nd5 R4xd5 $1 {This strong centralized N has to
be eliminated.} 37. exd5 Nxf4+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Qg5 40. Kf2 Nxg3 41. Rdxd3
Nf5 $44 {and White K is not safe at all.}) 35... Rxc4 36. Rdxd3 Rdc8 (36...
Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Nxe4 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Nf6 41. Rd6 Qf5 42. Qxf5
gxf5 43. Ne2 $15 {because Black's P advantage is not very useful.}) 37. Qe7 h6
38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Qf6 $11 {Now Black has completely lost his
advantage.} Rb4 (40... Rc6 41. Qd4 $11) 41. Rd3 Rb8 42. Qf4 Qc4 43. Re3 $6 (43.
Qxb8 $1 Qxd3 44. Qe5 $11 {was drawish.}) 43... Rb2 {Now Black's pieces are
dominating the board again.} 44. Qd6 Qc8 45. Qd3 Qe6 46. Re2 Rb4 47. Re3 a5 $1
{pushing the P ahead is a good strategy in this type of position.} 48. Qe2 a4
49. f4 (49. a3 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Rb3 $19) 49... a3 $1 $19 {This is the point!} 50.
Qe1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Rb2 52. Ne2 Ne6 53. Qc3 Nd4 $1 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"]
[Black "Valerga, Diego"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5 {/\ a4 but central
strategies are preferable.} (6... e5 $5 {is the main line.}) 7. O-O (7. a4 {
hindering a5-a4 but it also weakens >< b4.} Nc6 {/\ e5 in case.} (7... Na6 8.
O-O d5 {Black has lost a tempo, but he controls the important e4 square and
the b2 B remains passive.} 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Ne5 Qc8 $5 {looks more to the point.
} (10... Rc8 {/\ c5} 11. f3 c5 12. e4 dxe4 (12... Be6 $5 {keeping the tension
in the [+] deserved attention.}) 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Qb1 cxd4 15. Rxf6 exf6 16.
Nxg4 $14 {I.Cosma-Inarkiev, Istanbul 2000}) 11. Re1 Nb4) (7... d5 {restricting
both white bishops' sphere of action.} 8. O-O c6 (8... Bf5 9. Nbd2 $5 (9. c4 c6
10. Nc3 Na6 {>< b4 is vulnerable.} 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. e3
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 Reshko-Geller, Kiev 1957})) 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. Ne5 Bf5
11. c3 {The b2 B has to be activated via a3.} (11. h3 {against Qc8, Bh3.} Qc8 (
11... Nd7 $5 12. f4) 12. Kh2 Nd7 13. f4 Be6 14. e4 $5 (14. g4 {looks a bit odd.
} Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 D'Amore-Efimenko, Plovdiv 2003})) 11... Qc8 12.
Ba3 Re8 13. Re1 $5 (13. b4 {can also be self-destructing on the <<.} Nc7 14.
Nb3 axb4 15. Bxb4 Bh3 16. Nc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b6 $132 {Bogza-M.Markovic, Sozina
2004})) (7... c6 {/\ Na6, Bf5} 8. O-O Na6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. h3 d5 11. Nh4 {/\ f4}
Be6 12. f4 Qc7 {>< g3} 13. e3 c5 $13 {Horn-Gallagher, Zuerich 1999}) (7... Bf5
8. O-O Qc8 9. Re1 $5 {avoiding the exchange of the light-squared B looks
logical.} (9. Nbd2 {allows Black to exchange the fianchettoed B.} Bh3 10. e4
Bxg2 (10... Qg4 {The exchange of queens usually gives a slight edge in the _|_
for White.} 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nc6 13. Qxg4 (13. d5 {This weakens White's 
[+].} Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nb4 15. Ne1 e6 16. c3 Na6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {
Makarov-Geller, Kiev 1958}) 13... Nxg4 14. c3 $14) 11. Kxg2 Na6)) 8. O-O Bf5 (
8... e5 9. dxe5 Nd7 (9... Ng4 10. Na3 $1 {The N is more flexible here.} (10.
Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Here the insertion of a4-a5 helps for Black, he
cannot play for c4 anymore.} 12. Qd2 Nb4 $11 {Arencibia-Almeida, Santa Clara
2000}) 10... Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Kh1 {against Nf3} Re8 13. Nb5 {Now the
white light pieces are well-posted.} Qe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e4 $14 {
Reshevsky-Feuerstein, New York 1957}) 10. Na3 (10. Qc1 dxe5 $5 {creates more
space for a complicated struggle.} (10... Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rd1 f5 13.
Na3 c6 {White's main problem is that c2-c4 is not so nice as in the Dutch
Leningrad.} 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. c4 Be6 16. h3 Rad8 17. Nc2 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2
Mikhalchishin-Krstic, Ptuj 1998})) 10... dxe5 $5 (10... Ndxe5 {- 9...Ng4})) 9.
Nbd2 Qc8 10. Re1 (10. Nc4 {again allows the simplifying} Bh3 11. Re1 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Qf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 I.Cosma-Itkis, Tusnad 1997}) 10... d5 (10... Bh3 {
Why not} 11. Bh1 $5 (11. e4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nd7 13. Nc4 e5 14. dxe5 (14. d5 Ne7
$13 {with a typical King's Indian position, where the standard c4-c5 is not
easy to execute.}) 14... Ndxe5 15. Ncxe5 dxe5 16. Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leroy-G.
Kuzmin, Paris 2001})) 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Nb1 {This looks too passive...} Ne4 $13 {
L.Lengyel-F.Olafsson, Tallinn 1975}) 7... a4 8. c4 (8. Re1 {/\ e4} Ne4 9. e3 {
White's play is too caotious.} Qe8 10. c4 {1/2-1/2 Szekely-Del Rio Angelis,
Varadero 2000}) (8. Nc3 a3 $5 (8... Bd7 9. Nxa4 Bxa4 10. bxa4 {and White has
got the strong ^^.} Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rxa4 12. c4 Ra7 13. Qb3 $14 {P.Schmidt-Howell,
Bled 1995}) 9. Bc1 c5 {is the critical question here.}) (8. b4 {weakens the
light squares.} d5 $5 (8... Nfd7 {is not the best strategy here.} 9. c4 c5 10.
a3 Nc6 11. Bc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nce5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Rc1 Bh6 15. Ba1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2
Nexc4 17. Rxc4 Nxc4 18. Qc3 Ne5 19. f4 Qb6 20. e3 Bg4 (20... Ng4 21. Nc6 e5 22.
Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nd5 $40) 21. fxe5 Rac8 22. Qd3 dxe5 23. Qe4 exd4 24. Qxg4 $36 {
Sulava-Kozul, Vinkovci 1993})) 8... c6 (8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 $14 {with a slightly better
Maroczy type of position, Antoshin-Simagin, Moscow 1952.}) (8... c5 9. Na3 (9.
dxc5 dxc5) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 (10. d5 Nb4) 10... Ne4 11. e3 {White has maximally
strengthened the vital central square d4.} axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 (13.
Qxa1 $5) 13... Qa5 14. Ne1 $14 {Ribli-Bologan, Germany 1995}) (8... axb3 9.
axb3 {looks logical.} (9. Qxb3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 e5 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e3 h6 $13 {
Skembris-Anagnostopoulos, Athens 1998}) 9... Rxa1 10. Bxa1 c6 (10... Bf5 11.
Nbd2 Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 $1 $14 (13. e4 {again allows Black to get rid of
the light-squared B.} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e6 {Here playing on e7-e5 is out of
question.} 15. Bc3 Nfd7 16. Qa1 c5 17. b4 (17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc5 $11)
17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bh6 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Badea-Nevednichy,
Bucharest 1998})) (10... e5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qd2 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nc3 {
Black still has problems with the development of his <<.} c6 15. Ne4 Nc5 16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qxc4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe6 20. Nd3 $14 {Keene-O.Jakobsen,
Barcelona 1975}) 11. Nbd2 d5 (11... Na6 12. e4 $5 {with a strong white [+].} (
12. Bc3 Qb6 13. Qa1 Bf5 {/\ Ne4} 14. Qb2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Vukic-Volke,
Ljubljana 1995})) 12. Bc3 Bf5 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 $5 (14. Ne1 e5
15. Nc2 (15. Bxe4 $6 {is out of question:} Bh3 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 exd4 $36 {
Jovanic-Biti, Rabac 2003})) 14... f5 15. Qa1 {looks more to the point.}) 13.
Nh4 $14) 9. bxa4 (9. b4 {is again dubious because of the weakening of the
light squares.} Be6 10. Nfd2 d5 11. c5 Nbd7 12. a3 b6 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Nc3 Qd7
15. Rc1 Bh3 $11 {Kristensen-Y.Gruenfeld, Saint John 1988}) 9... Qa5 10. Nc3
Nbd7 {/\ Nb6 taking back the P.} 11. Nd2 {/\ Nb3} Nb6 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. a5 (13.
c5 Nxa4 14. Nxa4 Qxa4 15. Qd3 d5 $13) 13... Nxc4 14. a3 Nxb2 15. axb4 Nxd1 {
The good old question, which R will take back?} 16. Raxd1 (16. Rfxd1 $1 Be6 17.
Nd2 {looks logical. White has a better P structure, but the black ^^ cannot be
underestimated.}) 16... Bf5 {provoking e4 which closes the long /^.} (16... Be6
{deserved attention, because changing the P structure by} 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
cxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfc8 $132 {leads nowhere.}) 17. Rc1 {So there is
something wrong with the rooks.} (17. e4 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
{is still not a big threat because it opens the position for the ^^.} Bg4 $132)
17... Be6 (17... Rfc8) 18. Rb1 {The R finally has found his place...} Nd7 (
18... Rfc8) 19. e3 (19. Rfd1) 19... Bc4 (19... Rfc8 20. Rfc1) 20. Rfc1 d5 21.
f4 $1 {White has to keep the position closed fighting against e5, which would
revitalize the fianchettoed B.} b6 $2 {This could have been punished by
tactical means.} (21... e6) 22. axb6 ({missing} 22. b5 $1 cxb5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5
24. Bxd5 bxa5 (24... Ra7 25. Bc6 $16) 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc7 $14) 22... Nxb6 23.
Na5 Bd3 (23... Rfc8 24. Bf1 $14 {exchanging the strong B, after which >< c6
becomes more vulnerable.}) 24. Nxc6 $6 {This looks nice and effective, White
gets two or even three pawns for the exchange. However Black has a strong
tactical counterblow.} (24. Rb3 {was simple and strong.} Bc4 25. Ra3 e6 26.
Rca1 $16) 24... Bxb1 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Rxb1 Nc4 $1 {The only target is >< e3.}
27. Nexd5 {[#]} (27. Ncxd5 Ra3 $1 28. Nc6 (28. Re1 Nxe3 $1 {This is the point,.
White gets into an ethernal pin activating the g7 B.} 29. Nxe3 Bxd4 30. N7d5
Re8 31. Kf2 {- 27.Nexd5}) 28... Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. b5 Rd3 (30... Rfe8) 31.
Rb4 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ {with some counterplay.}) 27... Nxe3 $1 {The bold from
the blue!} 28. Nxe3 Ra3 $1 (28... Bxd4 $2 29. Bxa8 Bxe3+ 30. Kg2 Rxa8 31. Nd5
$16 {leads to a bad _|_.}) 29. Ncd1 (29. Ncd5 Bxd4 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Re1 Rb3 $44
{is no escape from trouble, White can hardly improve his position..}) 29...
Bxd4 $11 30. b5 Bxe3+ 31. Nxe3 Rxe3 32. b6 Rb8 33. b7 Re7 34. Kf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Hecht} g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 $6 {
This is too slow.} (7. a4 {/\ a5 is not a frightening plan for Black.} cxd4 (
7... d6 8. a5 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 {This P structure reminds
me to the g3 Dragon systems, where Black has good counterchances.} Bg4 12. Qe1
Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Re1 e5 $13 {Nikolaidis-Atalik, Ano Liosia 1996}
) 8. a5 Qd8 {This is the simple retreat.} (8... Qc7 {The Q can be more
vulnerable here.} 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bg5 {White has some
small space advantage.} e6 13. Qa3 a6 14. Rfc1 (14. Bxf6 {looks a bit
premature.} Bxf6 15. d5 Na7 16. Ne4 (16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Garcia Ilundain-Reinderman, Escaldes 1998}) 16... Be7 17. Rac1 $14) 14... Rac8
15. b4 $5 $14 {is worthy of consideration.} (15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 exd4 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8)) 9. Nxd4 (9. cxd4 d5 {and extra tempi a4-a5 don't look very
necessary.} 10. Ne5 Ng4 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bxd5 Nc6 $11 {
Sveshnikov-Psakhis, Sochi 1979 28/123}) 9... Nc6 10. a6 Qb6 $13) (7. Na3 d5 $5
{and the N on a3 is out of play.} (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nac2
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Rb8 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. c4 {This _|_ is White's dream here,
although the advantage is still minimal.} a6 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17. e3
$14 {C.Foisor-Vassallo, Lorca 2001})) (7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 {and in this
Neo Grunfeld structure the N belongs to c3.} 9. Nb3 (9. Qb3 Qa6 10. e3 Nc6 11.
Ne5 Bf5 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 $36 {Mason-Hebden, Scarborough 1999}) 9...
Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 {Black has finished his development with ease.} 11. Bd2 Rfc8 12.
Bc3 Qd8 13. Qe2 Be4 $11 14. Rfc1 e6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd2 {1/2-1/2
Spulber-Moldovan, Baile Tusnad 2001}) (7. d5 $1 {This is the logical try
transposing to a g3 Benoni, with a Q on b6.} d6 (7... e6 8. c4 Qa6 {Black
wants to make profit from his early developed Q.} 9. Na3 $5 (9. Nfd2 exd5 10.
cxd5 d6 11. a4 b5 12. Na3 bxa4 13. Nac4 Bd7 14. Re1 Bb5 $1 {just in time!} (
14... Ne8 15. e4 Bb5 16. Na3 Nd7 $5 (16... Bd3 $6 {is strongly met by the
tactical} 17. Nac4 $1 Nd7 (17... Bxc4 18. Rxa4 $16) 18. Re3 Bxc4 19. Rxa4 $16 {
K.Arkell-Hillarp Persson, Paignton 2000}) 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Qxa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4
Nb6 20. Ra3 Nc7) 15. Na3 (15. e4 Nbd7 $13) 15... Nbd7 $13) 9... d6 10. Nb5 $36)
8. c4 (8. Nfd2 e5 {/\ Ne8, f5 with attacking chances on the >>.} 9. a4 Ne8 10.
Na3 f5 11. Nac4 Qc7 12. b4 Nd7 $13 {Ellers-Uhlmann, Schwerin 1999}) 8... e6 9.
Nc3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 {The Q is rather vulnerable on b6.} Ne5 12. h3
Qa6 (12... Nh5 $5 {/\ f5} 13. Qb3 Qd8) 13. Qb3 Rb8 (13... Nh5 $5 {/\ f5
deserves attention again.}) 14. a4 Ne8 15. f4 (15. Ra3 {is too slow.} f5 16. f4
Nf7 17. e4 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Re1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc7 21. Bd2 Bf5 22. Nc3 Re8
$11 {Benko-Fischer, Curacao ct 1962}) 15... Nd7 16. Nc4 $14) 7... d6 (7... d5
$5 $13 {looks also very healthy, compare to the Neo Grunfeld.}) 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 (9. cxd4 Nc6 $13) 9... Nc6 {Now White has problems in the [+].} 10. N2b3
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 {This is a bit too provocative, Black can create a strong P [+].}
(11. Qxd4 Qc7) (11. cxd4) 11... e5 $1 12. Nc2 (12. Nb3 d5 13. Be3 Qc7 {and
White cannot attack d5 or e5.}) 12... d5 13. a4 Be6 (13... Rd8 $36 {looks
crisper.}) 14. a5 Qb5 (14... Qc7 15. Nb4 Rad8 $15 {Black finishes his
development and his [+] is well-protected.}) 15. Kh2 Rfd8 (15... Rad8 $15) 16.
Qd3 Qd7 17. Bg5 Bf5 (17... h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 $13) 18. Qd1 Rac8 (18... h6 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 $13) 19. Nb4 $1 {Now finally White has a serious counterplay against
>< d5.} d4 (19... Be6) 20. Qa4 dxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Rd7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Nd5 Bd8 25. c4 Kg7 {The _|_ is still better for Black because of the
shattered P formation on the <<.} 26. e4 Be6 27. Rb1 a6 28. Bf1 Rc5 {Now both
weaknesses are fixed.} 29. Rba1 f5 30. Bd3 Rf7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. R4a2 Rd7 33.
Be2 Bxd5 {One of the advantage of the ^^ is that You can make favourable
exchanges with it!} 34. cxd5 {In the _|_ with ^- Black has clearly the better
chances.} Rcxd5 (34... e4 $17) 35. g4 Rd2 36. gxf5 Bxa5 37. Bg4 Bc3 38. f6+
Kxf6 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 {This exchange sacrifice was not necessary at all, but
still the position is a bit better for Black...} 40. Rc1 Bd4 (40... Bb4) 41.
Kg2 Ke6 42. Rc8 Rg7+ 43. Kf1 Rf7 44. Rcc2 Kd6 45. Kg2 Rf8 46. Ra3 Ra8 (46... e4
) (46... Kd5) 47. Rca2 Kc6 48. Kf3 Rf8+ 49. Kg2 Kb6 50. Rb3+ Ka7 51. Rf3 Rg8+
52. Rg3 Rxg3+ (52... Rc8 53. Rg7 $11) 53. Kxg3 {The exchange of the rooks is
usually favourable for White. Hecht: '[#] Wenn in dieser Position ein Gewinn
möglich ist, dann für die Läuferpartei mit den verbundenen Freibauern.'} b5 54.
Kf3 b4 {Black is pushing the _|_ too hard.} (54... Kb6) 55. Ke4 Bc3 $2 {
Now White can blockade the connected passed pawns on the light squares and the
roles have been changed.} (55... b3 {was the natural plan.} 56. Rd2 b2 57. Rd1
a5 58. Kd3 Bxf2 59. Kc2 Bd4 60. Rf1 Kb6 61. Rf7 h5 62. Rh7 a4 63. Rxh5 a3 64.
Kb1 Kc5) 56. Kd3 Kb6 57. Kc4 a5 58. f3 h5 $6 (58... Ka6) 59. Rg2 {/\ Rg6
pushing back the black K.} a4 (59... h4 $5 {Hecht und den a-Bauern auf a5
lassen}) 60. Rg6+ Kc7 61. Ra6 a3 {'?' Hecht.} (61... Kd7 $1 {Hecht} 62. Rxa4 (
62. Rh6 {Hecht} Bd2 $1 63. Rxh5 $140 b3 $19) 62... Ke6 $11 {[%csl Ge5,Rf3,Rh3,
Gh5][%cal Ge6f5]}) 62. Kb3 {Hecht: '[#] Die Freibauern sind kontrolliert und
der h-Bauer schwach.'} h4 63. Rg6 Be1 (63... Kd7 $142 {Hecht} 64. Rg4 Ke6 (
64... Be1 {Hecht} 65. Re4) 65. Rxh4 Kf5 66. Rg4 Bd2 67. h4 Bf4 68. Rg2 {
[%csl Rb4][%cal Rh4h5,Gg2a2]} e4 69. fxe4+ Kxe4 70. h5 $18) 64. Rg1 Bg3 {
'?' Hecht.} ({Zu versuchen war:} 64... Bc3 {Hecht} 65. Rg4 Kd6 (65... Be1 {
Hecht} 66. Re4) 66. Rxh4 Ke6 67. Rg4 Kf5 68. h4 $18) 65. Rd1 {Now further
material losses are inevitable.} Bf2 (65... e4 66. fxe4 Bd6 67. Rd5) 66. Kxb4
Bd4 67. Kxa3 $18 Kd6 68. Kb3 Ke6 69. Re1 Kf5 70. Re4 Bf2 71. Kc4 Bg3 72. Rg4
Bf2 73. Kd3 Be1 74. Ke3 Bg3 75. Rg8 Bf4+ 76. Kd3 1-0

[Event "GRE-GEO"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2003.09.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 Na6 {/\ c5} (6... c5 {
- Sturua-Mamedyarov, Istanbul 2003 CBM 96}) (6... a5 7. Re1 Nc6 {-
Badea-Iordachescu, Bucharest 2001 CBM 82} (7... Nbd7 {- Bartel-Blehm, Warsaw
2002 CBM 89})) (6... Nc6 {- Romanishin-Jobava, Leon 2001 CBM 86}) 7. a5 (7. b3
{doesn't look very healthy.} c5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Bh3 12. Bh1 Nc5 13. b4 {This weakens >< c4.} Ncd7 {/\ Ne5 >< c4} 14. a5 Ne5 15.
Ra3 d5 $13 {Sorokin-Shirov, SU (ch) 1991 53/(74)}) (7. Nc3 d5 {This is the
logical plan. Although Black has lost a tempo, in this P structure the N on c3
is against the Philidor rule.} (7... c5 8. a5 {White continues his plan
putting more pressure on the <<.} (8. h3 {fighting against the annoying Bg4
and securing Be3.} cxd4 (8... Bd7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $14 {is a good version
of the g3 Sicilian Dragon, Grivas-Kotronias, Greece (ch) 1996 67/(80).}) 9.
Nxd4 Nc5 10. e4 $5 {deserves serious attention according to Gelfand, because
in comparision to the g3 Sicilian Dragon there is no pressure against >< d4.} (
10. Be3 {White doesn't want to close the long /^, but he has no real pressure
in the [+].} Bd7 11. a5 (11. b4 $6 {creates weaknesses on the c <->.} Ne6 12.
Nb3 (12. Bxb7 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxh3 $17) 12... Bc6 $15) 11... Qc8 12. Kh2 d5 $5
$11 {and it is time to regret the absence of e4, Salov-Gelfand, Linares 1993
57/70.})) (8. e4 cxd4 (8... Bg4 {provokes} 9. d5 {but here the B on g4 is not
so important.} Nc7 (9... Qc8 {Grivas} 10. Re1 $1 $16 {/\ Bf4, e5 and avoiding
Bh3.}) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {In this Benoni structure the exchange of the
light-squared B is good for White.} Nd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rfb1 $1 $14 {preparing
for << counteraction, Grivas-Nikolaidis, Greece (ch) 1996 67/80.}) 9. Nxd4 Bg4
$1 {Here we see the idea of h3.} 10. f3 {closes the long /^.} Bd7 11. Be3 Nb4
12. Rf2 $6 {This is rather slow.} Nc6 {Black has lost some tempi in
comparision to the g3 Sicilian Dragon, but moves like f3, Rf2 do not help much
either.} 13. Rd2 Qa5 14. Nce2 Ne5 15. b3 d5 {White's main idea in the g3
Sicilian Dragon is the total control over >< d5...} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bf2 Nf6
$1 $11 {Rashkovsky-Kantsler, SU (ch) 1991 53/(71)}) (8. d5 $5 {creates a
Benoni structure.}) 8... Bg4 (8... Bd7 9. e4 (9. h3 Rb8 (9... Qc8 10. Kh2 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nc5 {is the typical stup here.}) 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 b5
13. axb6 (13. e5 $5) 13... Qxb6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Na4 $132 {
Minzer-Oratovsky, Valencia 2002}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. h3 Rxc3 {This
positional exchange sacrifice looks a bit premature.} 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Re1 $14
{Mikhalchishin-Damaso, Bled 2002}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rfd1
Bh3 (12... cxd4 $5 {deserves attention.} 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Bh3 14. Bh1 Ng4 $11
) 13... Nc5) 13. Bxh3 (13. Bh1) 13... Qxh3 14. dxc5 $14 {Rashkovsky-Jacimovic,
Skopje 1991 53/(74)}) 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. Nh4 (9. Be5 Nb4 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. e3 Nb4 $11 {Panno-Van Wely, Buenos Aires 1995}) 9... Be6 10. Qd2 c5 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rfd1 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. c3 Ra6 17.
Nf3 Nc5 $132 {Rashkovsky-Loskutov, St Petersburg 1999}) 7... c6 (7... c5 {
- 6...c5}) 8. c3 (8. Nc3 {is again met by the "paradox"} d5 9. Bf4 Bf5 {
White takes control over e5, and Black has to put pressure on e4.} 10. Be5 Qd7
11. Na4 Bh6 {Black wants to avoid the exchange of the dark-squared B.} 12. Bxf6
exf6 {The exchange of the P structure is not bad for Black.} 13. e3 Rfe8 14.
Qe2 Bf8 {The position has some similarities to the Trompovsky.} 15. c3 Bg4 16.
Qd3 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. Qd3 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Grivas-Delchev, Papanastasio 1996})
8... Bf5 (8... Qc7 {doesn't look very accurate, but White's setup is rather
passive anyway.} 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 (10... e5 $5) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5
13. dxe5 (13. Re1 d5 $1) 13... Rxe5 14. Qd3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Rae8 $13 {Del Rey-V.
Georgiev, Porto 1999}) 9. Nbd2 Qc8 {/\ Bh3} 10. Re1 {/\ e4} d5 {This P
structure gives roughly equal chances.} 11. Nh4 $6 {This is an unnecessary
move.} ({The centralization of the N by} 11. Ne5 {was more to the point.} Nc7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Nd5 $11 {all the white pawns
are on the colour of the B.}) 11... Bg4 (11... Bh3 {was certainly also
possible leading to mass exchanges after} 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Re8 $11) 12. Nhf3 (12. Qb3 c5) 12... c5 {Black already wants to
grab the |^.} 13. Ne5 Bh3 14. Qb3 $6 {allowing the exchange of the B weakens
the light squares.} (14. Bh1 {keeping the fianchettoed B was the best strategy.
} cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Ra3 Qe6 $11) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rd8 16. Nf1 Ne4 $15 {
and White's pieces are disorganized.} 17. Bf4 Nc7 (17... g5 {grabbing the |^
on all fronts was more active.} 18. Be3 f6 19. Nf3 c4 20. Qc2 Qf5 $15) 18. f3
c4 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Ng4 b5 21. Nf2 (21. axb6 axb6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxa8 Qxa8
24. e4 {at least cannot be awkward for White.}) 21... b4 22. e4 {Black's <<
play is strongly countered by White in the [+].} Rb8 23. Ne3 e6 24. Neg4 {
Slowly but surely White gets some counterchances on the >>.} bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb3
26. Bg5 Ndb5 27. Nd1 ({Accepting the exchange sac by} 27. Bxd8 {leads to
unclear consequences after} Rxc3 28. Qd2 Qxd8 29. e5 h5 30. Ne3 $13) 27... Rd6
28. Nf6+ (28. e5 Ra6 29. Qd2 Ne8) 28... Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Ne8 30. Be5 Rd8 31. h4 {
White's attacking chances on the >> are not too real.} Qb7 32. Ra2 (32. h5 $6 {
is strongly met by} Nxc3 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Nf2 Qb4 $17) 32... f6 33. Bf4 Ng7
34. Qc1 Nh5 35. Rae2 Re8 36. g4 {[#]} (36. a6 $5) 36... Rb1 $1 $15 {
liquidating for a bit better _|_ for Black.} 37. Qxb1 Nxf4+ 38. Kf1 Nxe2 39.
Rxe2 dxe4 40. fxe4 a6 41. Qb4 Qc7 42. Kg2 h5 {opening up the g <->.} (42... Rb8
43. Rb2) 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Re3 Kf7 45. Rg3 Qf4 46. Nf2 Rc8 47. Qa4 Qxh4 48. Qd1
Rg8 49. Rxg8 Kxg8 50. Qf3 Qg5+ 51. Kf1 $2 (51. Kh3 {was the persistant defence.
}) 51... e5 52. dxe5 Qxe5 {Black has an extra P, but the realization of the
material advantage is not easy.} 53. Qh3 Kg7 54. Qc8 Nc7 55. Qd7+ Kg6 56. Qc8
Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kf8 58. Qc6 Ke7 59. Qxc4 Qxa5 60. Qd4 Qe5 61. Qb4+ Qd6 62. Qa5 Qe5
63. Qb4+ Kf7 64. c4 Ne6 (64... a5 $19 {with passed pawns on both flanks.}) 65.
Qb7+ Kg6 $6 {following the risky plan.} (65... Nc7 {defending the important o^
was better.}) 66. Qxa6 {White finally gets back the P, but the black pieces
are still very active.} Nf4 67. Qa8 (67. Qa3 $1 {gave very good defending
chances.}) 67... Qd4 68. Qa4 Qc3 69. Qd1 Kg5 $1 {The penetration of the enemy
K decides the battle.} 70. c5 Kh4 71. Qe1 Qf3 72. Qd1 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt 10th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 {Black wants to
attack the [+] by e5.} (6... e5 {may lead to the game continuation after} 7.
dxe5 Nfd7 8. Bb2 Nc6 {- 6...Nc6}) (6... c5 $5 {involves completely different
central strategy.}) 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Nd7 {Black wants to avoid the exchange
of queens and will later decide how to take back on e5.} 9. Nc3 (9. Nbd2 {
is a flexible option. The N will be strong on c4 if Black takes back with the
P.} Ndxe5 $5 {Now this looks logical, because in this structure the setup c4,
Nc3 is more convenient for White.} (9... dxe5 10. Nc4 {><e5} f6 {/\ Nb6} (10...
e4 {gives up the vital d4 square.} 11. Nd4 $14 {@}) (10... Re8 $5 {Skembris})
11. a4 {gaining space on the <<.} Qe8 {/\ Rf7, Nf8} (11... Nb6 12. Nfd2 $5 $14
{Miladinovic}) 12. a5 a6 13. Ne3 $5 $14 {/\ Nd5 ><c7, b6} Rf7 14. Nd5 {The N
is annoying on d5, this is a problem with the Nc6 setup.} Nc5 $5 (14... Nf8 $14
) 15. b4 Ne6 16. c4 (16. Nd2 $5 $14) 16... e4 $1 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19.
b5 $5 axb5 (19... Ne5 20. b6 $36) 20. cxb5 Rxa5 $1 21. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 $1 22. bxc6
Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qxc6 24. Bxe4 $14 {Skembris-Kotronias, Greece (ch) 1996}) 10. Qc1
(10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc1 (11. Kh1 d5 $1 {This solves Black's problems in the [+].
} 12. Nf3 Nxf3 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Qd4+ Qf6 $11 {
Marszalek-Shchekachev, Moscow 1991}) 11... d5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].}
({The quiet positional} 11... a5 {is also playable:} 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. e3 a4 $11 {Smyslov-Balashov, SU-ch 1969}) 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 c6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Black has fully equalized.} 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 $11
{Gormally-McShane, Hove 1997}) 10... Rb8 (10... d5 $5 {comes into
consideration again!}) 11. c4 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Qd2 Bh3 {(Vadasz-A.Gara, Visegrad 1998)} 18. Bh1 $1
$14 {keeping the important B on the long /^.}) (9. Qc1 dxe5 (9... Ndxe5 10.
Nxe5 (10. Nbd2 {- 9.Nbd2}) (10. c4 $5) 10... dxe5 {looks interesting, because
the Q is not nice on c1.} (10... Nxe5 11. c4 {/\ Nc3 with pressure on d5.} Rb8
12. Nc3 (12. f4 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qb2+ Qf6 15. Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. Nc3 Ke7 17.
Rfd1 Be6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Kf2 Kf8 20. Rd2 h6 21. h4 Ne7 22. Bf3 h5 23. e4 $14
{with some space advantage, Dizdarevic-Nurkic, Sarajevo 1998.}) 12... Be6 13.
Rd1 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Vadasz-T.Gara, Budapest 1999} 14. Nd5 $14 {This is the
slightly better position White is aiming for.}) 11. Nc3 f5 {/\ e4} 12. Rd1 Qe8
13. Nd5 Rf7 14. Qe3 Be6 15. Qc5 Qf8 16. Qxf8+ Raxf8 17. c4 Rd8 $11 {
Barczay-Sax, Budapest 1976}) (9... Ncxe5 10. c4 {/\ Nc3 and it is not easy for
Black to change his slightly worse P structure.} Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Bg2 Bg4
13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Qd2 a6 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nd5 $14 {and the N is again strong on
d5, E.Cosma-Lakos, Pula 1999.}) 10. Nc3 (10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 a6 12. a4 b6 13.
Nc3 {threatening Nd5, but Black comes first.} Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 {
Now the P structure has been changed for Black's favour.} 16. c3 Bb7 17. cxd4
Bxe4 18. Nf4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qf6 $13 {Maherramzade-Iordachescu, Ubeda 2000})
10... Re8 11. Nd2 f5 (11... Nb6 $5 {at least finishes development.}) 12. Nc4 e4
13. Rd1 {Black has problems with his development.} Nd4 14. e3 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3
exf3 16. Nd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 c6 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. h4 Ne4 21. Nd2 Nxd2
22. Rxd2 Kf7 23. Rad1 $16 {I.Cosma-Bogdan, Sovata 1998}) (9. Qd2 $5 {The Q is
more active here than on c1.} Ndxe5 (9... Re8 10. Rd1 Ndxe5 (10... dxe5 {
- 9...dxe5}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. c4 Rb8 13. Nc3 b6 14. Nd5 $14 {and White has
achieved, what he wanted, Miles-Marjanovic, Manila 1974.}) (9... dxe5 10. Rd1
Re8 11. e4 Nc5 $5 {This leads to the opening of the position, which usually
helps for the better developed party.} 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Bxe5 $1 Nxe4 14. Re1
$1 Bxe5 15. Rxe4 $14 {Miles-Nen.Ristic, Belgrade 1988}) 10. c4 $5 (10. Nxe5
dxe5 $13) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Ne5 13. Bg2 $14 {/\ Nc3}) (9. e4 {
closes the long /^ too early.} dxe5 10. Qe2 (10. Nbd2 b6 11. Qe2 {
(Polugaevsky-Medina, Palma de Mallorca 1972)} a5 $11 {/\ Ba6,Nc5}) (10. Nc3 {
- 9.Nc3}) 10... Nb6 11. Rd1 Qf6 12. Na3 a6 13. h3 Be6 14. c4 Rfd8 15. c5 Nd7
$11 {Ribli-Whiteley, Bath 1973}) (9. c4 {is not so flexible.} dxe5 $1 (9...
Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 (10. Qd2 $5 {- 9.Qd2}) 10... dxe5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {
Black has nothing to fear in this _|_.} 13. Bd5 Rab8 14. Rfd1 Nd4 15. e3 c6 $11
{Barcza-Ghitescu, Lugano (ol) 1968}) 10. Ne1 {This is too sophysticated.} (10.
Nc3 {alows Black to grab the |^ in the [+] :} e4 $1 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nc2 Nde5 13.
Ba3 Re8 14. Nd5 Be6 15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 Qd7 17. f4 Ng4 $11 {London-Zuckerman,
New York 1984}) 10... Nd4 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nd3 f5 13. e3 Ne6 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Qc1
Re8 $11 {with a strong P [+] for Black, Barcza-Fischer, Zurich 1959.}) 9...
dxe5 10. e4 (10. Nd2 {is a slow plan:} Nd4 11. a4 f5 12. e3 Ne6 13. f4 e4 {
with space advantage in the [+].} 14. Qc1 Nb6 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Rb1 Qf7 17. Nf1
a5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 $11 {Andersson-Unzicker, Milan 1975}) 10... Nd4 (
10... b6 {is also worthy of consideration:} 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfe1
Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 $11 {occupying the dark squares,
Polugaevsky-Stein, SU (ch) 1969.}) 11. Nd5 c6 12. Ne3 Nc5 (12... Nb6 {The N is
rather passive here, but Black can quickly finish his development.} 13. c3
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 $11 {Pirc-Unzicker, Maribor 1967}) 13. Ba3 Qe7 (13... Nxe4
$5 {sacrificing the exchange for a central P and active piece play is also
tempting.} 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxf8 Nc3 15. Qe1 Qxf8 $44) 14... exd4 15. Bxf8 Nc3 (
15... Qxf8 16. Bxe4 dxe3 17. Rb1 Qe7) 16. Qd2 Qxf8 $44) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nc4
b6 $6 {This allows the central push.} (15... Be6 16. f4 Rfd8 {was still
playable.}) 16. e5 $1 $16 {opening up the long /^ and closing the opponent's /
^.} Ba6 17. Qxd4 Rad8 18. Qc3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxe5 20. Rad1 {Black has got back
the P, but White's ^^ is very strong threatening >< c6.} Qh5 $6 {This throws
away the P without getting any serious activity for that.} (20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rc8 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. Rd7 a5 {leads at least to an ^- _|_.}) 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxc6 $18 {White is a healthy P up, and his ^^ is effective as
well.} Rd4 (22... Rd2 23. Bc1 Rd4 24. Qb5 $18) 23. Qb5 Rd2 24. b4 a6 $6 {
This leads to further material losses.} (24... Ne6 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Be4) 25.
Qxb6 Ne6 26. Bc1 Rxc2 27. Ba4 Rc8 28. Be3 Be5 29. Bb3 Rb8 30. Qxa6 Nc7 31. Qc4
Qf3 32. Bf4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muse, Mladen"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 $6 (
7... Nfd7 {avoiding the worse endgames look more practical.}) 8. h3 $1 {
White wants to liquidate for a slightly better _|_.} Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 (9...
dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nd2 $1 {threatening both Nc4 and Ne4.} Nd7 (11... Nc6
12. O-O-O $1 ({Giving up the ^^ for doubled pawns is a dubious decision.} 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. g4 f6 15. Bc3 a5 16. a4 Kf7 17. f3 Bh6 18. Kb2 Be3
19. Ne4 Rd5 $13 {Chernikov-Piza, Ceske Budejovice op 1996}) 12... Be6 (12...
Bd7 13. e3 Be8 14. g4 Rab8 15. Ne4 h6 16. h4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rg1 $1 {
White needs a R for penetrations in the future.} Ne7 19. Ba3 Nc8 20. g5 $16 {
blockading the >> White secures his N's position on e4, L.B.Hansen-Vogel, BL2
Germany 1996.}) 13. g4 f6 14. Ne4 $16 {Timman-Bachmann, Stockholm 1972/73}) (
11... c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc4 $1 {threatening the squares e5 d6 and a5.} Rxd1+
14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. a4 ({or} 15. Na5 Rb8 16. Ba3 $14) 15... f6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. a5
a6 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. Kb2 Be7 20. g4 Bd8 21. b4 $14 {advancing the << pawns,
Miles-Piket, Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1989.}) 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na5
$1 {The N has found his real place.} Rb8 15. Rd2 {White wants to double his
rooks on the only opened d <->.} c6 (15... Bf8 16. a3 c6 17. Rhd1 $14 {
Smyslov-Denker, Lone Pine 1976}) 16. Rhd1 f6 17. Rd8 Kf7 18. Rxe8 Kxe8 19. Ba3
{activating the last passive piece.} Nd5 20. Bd6 Ra8 21. c4 $16 {
Smyslov-Polugaevsky, Palma de Mallorca izt 1970 10/87}) 10. Bxe5 (10. Nc3 $5 {
is a completely different idea with a sharp play with opposite castled kings.}
c6 11. Qd2 d5 12. O-O-O $1 $14 Qe7 13. h4 $36 {Keene-Pares Vives, Torremolinos
19/10 1975}) 10... dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd2 {with a mighty B on the long /^.}
(12. Nc3 c6 $11) 12... Nc6 (12... a5 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nc4 $1 $16 {attacking ><
e5.} (14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Nf6+ Kf8 16. Kb2 h6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Nd5
$14 {Timman-Gheorghiu, Helsinki zt 1972})) (12... Nd7 13. O-O-O Re8 14. Ne4 {
/\ Rxd7} Kg7 15. g4 {/\ g5} h6 16. Rd3 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Kxf6 18. Rhd1 c6 19. Rf3+
Kg7 20. Re3 $16 {Polugaevsky-Tal, SU-ch Leningrad 1971 13/89}) (12... c6 13.
O-O-O Be6 14. Nc4 $1 {fighting for the d <->.} (14. Ne4 Na6 15. g4 h6 16. h4
Kg7 17. g5 Nb4 18. Kb2 Nd5 19. e3 $14 {Z.Polgar-S.Polgar, Leon 1989}) 14...
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 16. f4 (16. Na5 Rb8 17. Kb2 (17. c4 h5 {This is not
necessary.} (17... Kf8 {- 17.Kb2}) 18. Kb2 Kf8 19. Kc3 Ke8 20. b4 $16 {with
long-lasting pressure on the <<, Dizdarevic-Pasic, BIH-chT Bihac 1999.}) 17...
Kf8 18. c4 Ke8 19. b4 Kf8 {changing his mind?} 20. Kc3 Nb6 21. a3 Na4+ 22. Kc2
Nb6 23. c5 Nd5 24. e4 Nc7 25. a4 Ke7 26. Kc3 f6 $14 {and a breakthrough is not
in the near future, Psakhis-Krasenkov, URS Cup rapid 1988.}) 16... exf4 17.
gxf4 Nb6 18. Na5 $1 {This is the right place for the N attacking b7 and c6.} (
18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Rd4 b6 20. Kd2 Rd8 21. Ne4 Rc8 22. c4 $14 {Tal-Rashkovsky,
Sochi 1977}) 18... Rb8 19. e4 $16) (12... Na6 13. O-O-O c6 (13... Rb8 14. Nc4
Re8 15. a3 f6 16. b4 Kf8 17. Na5 Ke7 18. Rd3 c6 19. Rhd1 Bf5 20. Rd6 Nc7 21. c4
Rec8 22. Kb2 $14 {Dizdar-Lautier, Reykjavik 1988}) 14. Nc4 $14) 13. O-O-O (13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O-O c5 15. h4 Bb7 16. Rhe1 f6 17. c4 Kf7 18. Nb1 Rd6 19. Nc3
Bc6 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Red1 Ke6 22. Kc2 $14 {and the black position remains a
tough nut to crack, Panchenko-Strukov, Voronezh 1999.}) 13... Be6 (13... Nd4
14. e3 Ne6 15. Nc4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 f6 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Kf8 19. a4 {Black
has still serious problems with the development of the <<.} Rb8 20. Ne3 h5 21.
f5 $1 $16 {Lurie-Langheinrich, Mureck 1998}) 14. Ne4 $16 Rxd1+ (14... Nd4 15.
e3 Nf5 16. Nc5 $16 {>< b7}) 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Nf6+ (16. Nc5 Nd4 17. Kb2 b6 {
is the lesser evil.}) 16... Kh8 (16... Kg7 $2 {loses a P after} 17. Rxd8 Nxd8
18. Ne8+ $18) 17. Bxc6 {liquidating to a theoretically important _|_ with good
winning chances.} Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 bxc6 {Black's P structure is corrupted on the
<< and a Nc5-Bc8 configuration leaves White with an excellent N versus bad B
_|_.} 19. h4 {[%mdl 4096]} Kg7 20. Ne4 (20. Ne8+ $2 Kf8 21. Nxc7 Bc8 {and the
N is more or less trapped.}) 20... f5 21. Nc5 Bc8 {Soon or later Black has to
retreat with his B.} (21... Kf6 22. Kd2 Bc8 {- 21...Bc8} (22... Bf7 $2 23. Nd7+
Ke6 24. Nf8+ $18) (22... Bg8 23. Na6 Be6 (23... Ke7 24. Nxc7 Kd6 25. Na6 c5 26.
a3) 24. Kc3)) 22. Kd2 Kf6 23. Ke3 h6 (23... g5 24. hxg5+ Kxg5 25. Nd3 Kf6 ({
The P sac by} 25... f4+ 26. gxf4+ exf4+ 27. Nxf4 h5 {creates a o^, but White's
connected passed pawns overweight the strength of it.} 28. f3 h4 29. Nd3 h3 30.
Kf2 $18) 26. f4 {White has to control the dark squares.} exf4+ 27. Kxf4 $16)
24. f4 g5 (24... exf4+ 25. gxf4 g5 26. hxg5+ hxg5 27. fxg5+ (27. Kd4 g4 {
and although White can blockade it, but Black has a defended o^.} (27... gxf4
28. Nd3 $16) 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4+ Kf5 30. Ke3 Kg6 31. Ng3 Bf5 {activating
Black's pieces.}) (27. Kf3 g4+ 28. Kg3 Ke7) 27... Kxg5 28. Nd3 $16 {fighting
for the vital dark squares.}) 25. hxg5+ hxg5 26. Nd3 exf4+ 27. gxf4 gxf4+ (
27... g4 $1 {creating a o^ looks more persistant.}) 28. Nxf4 (28. Kxf4 Ke6)
28... Ke5 {Now the K loses the dark squares and Black gradually gets into
zugzwang.} (28... Kg5 $1) 29. Nd3+ Kd6 30. Kd4 Bb7 31. c4 Ba6 32. Nc5 Bc8 33.
e3 $22 $18 {Zugzwang! Black has to give up more territories.} Ke7 34. Ke5 Kf7
35. Nd3 Ke7 36. Nb4 Bd7 37. Na6 Kd8 38. Kf6 Bc8 39. Nc5 Ke8 40. Ne6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Nc4 Nc6 9. c3 Be6 10. Qa4 Qe8 11. Nfd2 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. e4 Be6
15. Qc2 Bh3 16. Re1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Nc4 Qe6 21.
Ne3 Na5 22. c4 Rd4 23. e5 Nxc4 24. b3 Nxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Rd3 27. Rad1
Rd8 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qc4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 {[#] Anfällige weiße
Bauern, Taktik (Läuferspieß)} 32. Rb1 f6 33. b4 (33. exf6 Bxf6 34. b4 c4 35.
Bxb6 Rb3 36. Rc1 Rxb4 37. a5 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 c3 39. h4 Kd7 $19) 33... fxe5 34.
fxe5 c4 35. Rc1 {[%mdl 12288]} Rxe3 $1 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O a5 8. c4 a4
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b4 a3 12. Bc3 b5 13. Rfc1 Nb6 14. c5 Na4 15. e4
dxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rd8 18. Re1 Ra4 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. Qe3
Rd7 22. Rd2 Bxb3 23. axb3 Ra6 24. b4 Qd8 25. Ra1 Nc7 26. Bh3 e6 27. Qc3 Kf8 28.
Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxa3 Bxd4 30. e5 Rd5 31. Bg2 Bxe5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34.
Bxc6 Nd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 {[#]} 36. Qc1 $1 {This combines attack (c6) with the
defence of White's own king and in the process stops the approach of Black's
king due to Qe3, after which the pawn ending is won for White due to the
protected passed pawn. Verbindet Angriff (c6) mit der Verteidigung des eigenen
Königs und verhindert so nebenbei die Annäherung des schwarzen Königs wegen
De3, wonach das Bauernendspiel aufgrund des gedeckten Freibauern für Weiß
gewonnen ist.} Qc7 (36... Ke7 37. Qe3 f6 38. Qxe5+ fxe5 {[#]} 39. f4 e4 40. Kf2
d4 41. g4 Ke6 42. Ke2 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. h4 Kd5 45. f5 $18 {White wins
according to the Motto: "Divided they advance - united they win". The white
rabbit runs in zigzags across the board: Weiß gewinnt nach dem Motto "Getrennt
marschieren - vereint schlagen" Die weißen Hasen rennen im Zickzack über das
Brett:} Ke5 (45... Kc4 46. c6 Kc3 47. c7) 46. c6 Kd6 47. f6 Ke6 48. c7 Kd7 49.
f7) (36... d4 37. c6 {doesn't change things much. ändert nicht viel.}) 37. c6
Ke7 38. Qc5+ Ke6 (38... Qd6 39. Qxb5 d4 40. Qb7+ Kd8 41. Qd7+ Qxd7 42. cxd7
Kxd7 {[#] [#]} 43. Kf1 Kc6 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. Kd3 Kxb4 46. Kxd4 $18 {A typical
case of the outside passed pawn. Typische Folge des entfernten Freibauern.})
39. Qxb5 Qe5 {[%cal Re5e1] Black's defence depends upon the idea of perpetual
check. Die schwarze Verteidigung beruht auf der Dauerschachidee.} 40. Qc5 Qe1+
41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qd3+ 43. Ke1 Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Qa2+ 45. Kd1 {I believe that
White could have played somewhat simpler here. But in principle, he's not
doing anything wrong. Ich denke, daß Weiß hier etwas einfacher hätte spielen
können. Prinzipiell macht er aber nichts falsch.} (45. Qc2 Qa7 46. Ke2 Qc7 (
46... Kd6 47. c7 $18) (46... Qa6+ 47. Kf3 Kd6 48. c7 Qc8 49. Qc5+ $18) 47. b5
Kd6 48. Qc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3b4]}) 45... Qb1+ 46. Kd2 Qb2+ 47. Kd3 Qa3+ 48. Qc3
Qa6+ 49. Kd2 Qa2+ 50. Ke1 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qa2+ 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. b5 (53. c7 Qa7+ 54.
Qc5+ Qxc5+ 55. bxc5+ Kxc7 56. Kd3 Kd7 $11 {because whoever first advances on
the enemy passed pawn will lose due to Zugzwang! denn wer an den gegnerischen
Freibauern zuerst herangeht, verliert wegen Zugzwang!}) 53... Qa7+ 54. Qd4 Qa3+
55. Kf4 Qc1+ 56. Kf3 Qb1 57. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stamenkov, Vanco"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. h3 Qb6 10. e3 Rd8 11. Nd2 e5 12. N4f3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15.
Qe2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. a3 a5 18. Bf1 Qc5 19. Rac1 h5 20. Qb5 Qe7 21. Nc4 f4
22. gxf4 Qh4 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qc4+
Kh7 28. Qxe4 Qg4+ 29. Qg2 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kh2 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qxc2 33.
Qxb7+ Kh6 {[#] Verwandlung des e-Freibauern mit Hilfe einer starken
Damenstellung. Der weiße König hilft sich selbst!} 34. Qf7 h4 (34... Qc5 35.
Qf4+ Kh7 36. e6 $18) 35. e6 g5 36. e7 Qc7+ 37. f4 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 g4+ (38... Qc8+
39. f5 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 39. Kxg4 Qd1+ 40. Kf5 Qc2+ 41. e4 Qc5+ 42. e5 Qc2+ 43.
Kf6 Qc6+ 44. Qe6 Qg2 (44... Qe8 45. Qg4 Qh8+ 46. Kf7 Qh7+ 47. Ke6 $18) 45. e8=Q
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e4 Qc7 8. a4 e5
9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Na6 11. Be3 Nb4 (11... h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. g4 Nf6
15. Nh2 g5 16. Nf1 Nd7 17. d5 c5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. h4 Nb6 20. Qe2 Nxa4 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bd7 23. Rd3 f6 24. Bc1 Rh8 25. g5 Kg6 26. Rg3 Kf7 27. gxf6 Bxf6
28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Rxg5 Bxb5 30. Qf3+ Ke8 31. Rg7 Qc7 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Qf6 Rg8
34. Qxd6 Rc8 35. Ng3 {1-0 Landa,K-Gretarsson,A/Cappelle op 1996/EXP 51}) 12. a5
Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Nb1 c5 18. Qc3 Rad8
19. Na3 Ng8 20. Bf1 f6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rf8 23. Qb3 a6 24. Bc4 Ne7 25. c3
Nbc6 26. Qa3 Na7 27. Rad1 Nac8 28. Be6 Qc6 29. Qb3 Nd6 30. c4 Qc7 31. Qa3 Rfe8
32. Bd5 g5 33. Qc3 Ng6 34. b4 h5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Rb1 h4 37. Qe3 Qc8 38. g4
Nf4 39. Nd2 Re7 40. Rb6 Rc7 41. Reb1 Kg6 42. Qa3 Rc5 43. Kh2 Qc7 44. R1b4 Rc8
45. Kh1 {(f7) This game is notable for two reasons: the way in which Black
made room for his king on the third rank after his second rank had been
weakened; and for Black's next move:} Nb5 {Black is playing with an eagle eye
and spots a weakness in White's position.} 46. cxb5 $4 (46. Qa1 {was still
okay for White.}) 46... Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc5 {[%cal Rc5f2]} 48. Qe3 Qxe3 49. Bf7+ (
49. fxe3 R8c2) 49... Kxf7 50. Rxb7+ (50. fxe3 R8c2 51. Rd6 Ke7) 50... Ke8 51.
fxe3 R8c2 52. Rb8+ Kd7 {Second rank collapse.} 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. e4 e5 11. Re1 Ba6 12. b4 $6 Rfe8 13. c4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15.
a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 a6 17. Qa1 {In principle, I like this move, but White's
earlier play (12 b4 and 13 c4) was just too loose, and his centre deservedly
collapses.} c5 18. Nc2 Bh6 19. Bc3 cxb4 20. Nxb4 Nc5 21. Ra3 Ng4 22. Nf1 Nxf2
23. Kxf2 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qxb4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Nxe4+ 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Ne3 f5
29. Ra1 Rec8 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Rb3 Re8 32. Rb4 Bf8 33. Rba4 Ra8 34. g4 Be7 35.
gxf5 gxf5 36. Nd5 Bd8 37. Rb5 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Nc3 (9. Qc1 {Smyslov-Xie Jun/Prague/1995/ ;CBM 48}) 9... dxe5 (9...
Ndxe5) (9... Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qd2 c6 12. Rad1 d5 13. e4 d4 14. Na4 $16)
10. e4 Nh6 (10... f5 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Re1 $14) 11. a4 $146 (11. Qd2 f6 12. a4
Nf7 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qe3 {Begun-Gavrilov/
URS-chT/1988/TD 1988/08}) 11... a5 $6 (11... f5 $14) 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Qe3 Ng4
14. Qe2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nb5 $16 f6 17. Bh3 h5 18. Nh4 c6 19. Nd6 Kh7 20.
Ba3 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qa7 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Rd6 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 (24. Bxe6 $142 $1 Nxe4+
25. Kg2 Nxd6 26. Nxd6 Nxe6 27. Nxg6 $1 $16 Kxg6 (27... Bh6 28. Qe4 Kg7 29. Ne7
$16) 28. Qe4+ Kh6 29. Nf7#) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bxh3 26. Rad1 $2 (26. Nf3 $140
$1 Ne6 27. Ng1 Bg4 28. h3 $18) 26... Ne6 27. Nb6 Rf8 28. Nd7 Rf7 29. Nf3 Bg4
30. R1d3 Ng5 31. Nxg5+ fxg5+ 32. Ke1 Bh3 33. Rd2 h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. R6d3 Rf1+
$8 (35... Bf1 $6 36. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 37. Rd7 $18) 36. Ke2 Bg2 37. Nc5 b6 38. Ne6
Rf6 39. Rd6 Bh6 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rd8+ $2 (41. R2d6 Bxe4 42. Re7 $1 {+/= / +/-})
41... Kf7 42. R2d7+ Kxe6 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. R8d7+ Ke8 45. Rxf6 Kxd7 46. Rxg6 Bxe4
47. Rxh6 Bxc2 48. Rxh4 Bxb3 {+/=/=} 49. Rg4 Ke6 50. h4 Kf5 51. Rg3 Bf7 52. Rf3+
Ke6 53. Rb3 b5 54. axb5 cxb5 55. Rxb5 a4 56. Ra5 Be8 57. Kf3 Bh5+ {(64)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 {An quite interesting
sideline, trying to avoid the mass of theory after 6.c4.} e5 (6... c5 {is
another principled move, but things are not easy for Black here either, as I
managed to show in a rapid game against Fabiano:} 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. h3
Bf5 10. e3 Nf6 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qa5
16. a3 Rfe8 17. b4 Qc7 18. Nb3 Qb8 19. c5 Be6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Bb3 22. Re1
e5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Be6 26. Bg2 dxc5 27. Be5 Qa7 28. bxc5
Rxc5 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Red1 h5 32. Bd5 b5 33. Qe3 {1-0 Kramnik,V 
(2783)-Caruana,F (2811)/Zurich SUI 2015}) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Re8
10. c4 {Actually I had forgotten during this game the following blitz
encounter played a year previously. I just remembered that 10.c4 is the most
principled option.} (10. Nc3 a6 {Too slow, probably there are better moves} 11.
e4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 e4 14. dxc6 Bxa1 15. Ng5 Bg7 16. Bxe4 bxc6 17.
Bxc6 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne4 a5 21. Be7 a4 22. bxa4 Be6 23. a5
Bxa2 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Bb1 27. Bxc7 Bxc2 28. Bb6 Be5 29. a6
Bb8 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2777)-Vovk,Y (2617)/Berlin GER 2015})
10... e4 (10... Nc6 {this is very logical, but White can still try to fight
for an advantage after} 11. Nc3 e4 12. Ne1 Bf5 13. Rac1 e3 14. f3 {and at some
point the pawn on e3 might become a target.}) 11. Nd4 c6 $6 {Too "solid".
Black should try something active like 11...Ng4 12.Nc3 e3 because if White
manages to consolidate his position he will have a pleasant advantage due to
his more active pieces and rather "sensitive" e4-pawn.} (11... Ng4 $142 12. Nc3
$140 e3) 12. Nc3 Na6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Rd2 Rad8 15. h3 Bc8 (15... c5 {doesn not
work because of} 16. hxg4 cxd4 17. Rad1 $1 Nxg4 (17... d3 18. g5) 18. Nxe4) 16.
Rad1 h5 17. Be7 $1 {A nice tactical trick. Once I saw it I could not resist
playing it even if simply pushing the b-pawn would give White considerable
pressure.} (17. b4 Nc7 18. b5 {is actually good enough and gives White a nice
advantage.}) 17... Rxd4 $8 (17... Rxe7 {is just losing because of} 18. Nxc6
Rxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Nxc8) (17... Rd7 {leaves Black without the e4-pawn
after Bxf6 and Nxe4.}) 18. Rxd4 Rxe7 19. Rd8+ Ne8 $8 (19... Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8
21. Rd8 Kf8 22. Nxe4 Be6 23. Nd6 Ke7 24. Nxb7 {taking on c6 next.}) 20. Nxe4
Be6 (20... Bxh3 {this was my main concern when playing 17.Be7 but I saw that
it should not work:} 21. Nd6 Bd7 (21... Bxg2 22. Nxe8 Bf3 23. Nf6#) 22. Nxb7
Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. e4 Be6 25. Na5 Kh7 26. Nxc6 Rc7 27. Nd4 {with a technically
winning position.}) 21. Ra8 {The point of this combination, Black has problems
defending his queenside pawns.} Be5 22. Rdd8 Kf8 23. Rxa7 {Here in my
calculations before move 17 I was thinking that White has a serious advantage.
In fact the computer shows that things are less simple than I thought after
the best defence 23...Bf5! which I had not seen, frankly.} Bc7 (23... Bf5 $1
24. Ng5 Bc7 $1 25. Rda8 Bb6 26. Rxa6 $1 bxa6 27. Rxa6 Bd8 28. Bxc6 Rc7 29. h4
Bc8 30. Rb6 Ke7 31. Nf3 {and although White still retains an advantage Black
has some drawing chances here.}) 24. Rda8 $1 Bb6 $8 25. Rxa6 bxa6 26. Nf6 $1 {
Possibly missed by Black in his earlier calculations.} Bd7 {Sad but it seems
to be the only defence} (26... c5 27. Bc6 {just collecting the piece back.})
27. b4 $1 {The most energetic.} (27. Nxd7+ Rxd7 28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Rxa6 {is also
very good.}) 27... c5 (27... Bc7 28. c5 $1 Be5 29. Nxd7+ Rxd7 30. Bxc6 Re7 31.
a4 {and nothing can prevent White from queening his pawns.}) 28. Nd5 $1 Bc6 (
28... Re6 {loses because of} 29. Rb8 Ba7 30. Rb7) 29. Rxa6 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Bd8
31. b5 {Now I just push my pawns and there is not much Black can do trying to
stop them because of his badly situated pieces and very strong white bishop
supporting his pawns.} Rd7 (31... Nc7 32. Rd6 Nxd5 $140 33. Rxd8+ Re8 34. Rxd5)
32. b6 Ke7 33. b7 ({or} 33. a4 Nf6 34. b7 Bc7 35. Rc6) 33... Bc7 34. Ra8 Nf6 (
34... Rd8 35. a4 Nd6 36. a5 Nxb7 37. Ra7 Bxa5 38. Rxb7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.
Bxf7 h4 41. gxh4 Bd8 42. Bxg6 {should be enough extra pawns to win even in the
opposite-coloured bishop endgame}) 35. Rc8 Bd6 36. Bc6 Rd8 37. a4 {Nice to
play without being forced to use your brain, simply pushing the pawns!} Nd7 38.
a5 Bb8 (38... Nb8 39. Bb5) 39. a6 Ne5 (39... Ba7 40. Bxd7 Kxd7 41. Ra8 Bb8 42.
Rxb8 Rxb8 43. a7 Kc7 44. a8=Q) 40. Rxb8 {Time to promote.} Rxb8 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,28,12,25,-15,24,23,23,15,23,23,37,-12,22,7,3,-2,12,11,20,29,29,26,
24,15,17,19,45,-2,15,-31,-20,-24,-14,-40,-30,-41,1,-2,14,-40,0,-44,-44,-62,-62,
-19,-49,-49,-43,-44,-44,-60,-64,-115,-100,-101,-101,-93,-36,-34,-41,-144]} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 b5 {A very rare but
logical move: Black gains space on the queenside and prepares to bother
White's c4 pawn in case of c2-c4 b5xc4 b3xc4.} 7. Bb2 (7. Ne1 $5 c6 8. c4 bxc4
9. bxc4 Be6 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. e4 Bg4 12. Nef3 Na6 13. Rb1 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5
Nd7 (15... Ne8 $5) 16. e6 $14 Ne5 17. exf7+ Rxf7 $2 18. h3 $1 $16 {1-0 (24)
Bai,J (2568)-Yanayt,E (2122) Las Vegas 2018}) (7. c4 $5 {was a normal
continuation after all.}) 7... Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 bxc4 10. Nxc4 (10. bxc4
$142 {capturing towards the centre.}) 10... a5 $1 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
b4 Nce4 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Na5 Bh6 15. Rc2 Bd5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Bxd5
Nxd5 19. Ndc6 $14 {0-1 (34) Bistric,F (2325)-Tosic,M (2345) Medulin 1983}) 11.
Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 13. Bd4 Ncd7 14. a4 $6 {[%mdl 32] White wants to fix
Black's a5 pawn as a potential weakness but it survives, and White's queenside
pawns become motionless.} (14. Qd2 $11) 14... Ra6 15. Na3 Qa8 16. Nb5 Rc6 17.
Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Rc8 20. Na7 $6 (20. f3 $5) 20... Rd8 21. Qc2 e5
22. Be3 d5 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Bd2 Ne4 25. Nxa5 {White has finally won the pawn
but his pieces are disorganized.} Rc8 26. Qa2 Ndf6 {[%csl Ra5]} 27. Be1 (27. b4
d4 $17) 27... Nc3 $1 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. b4 Bf8 (29... d4 $5 $17) 30. Qb2 d4 31.
e3 (31. Ne3 $142 $5 Ne4 $1 32. Nec4 d3 $1 33. exd3 Ng5 34. f3 Rxd3 35. Nxe5
Nxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Qxf3 38. Qb3 {keeping drawing chances.}) 31... Ne4
$1 32. exd4 exd4 33. Nb3 d3 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qxa4 36. Qc4 Nc5 $5 {
Nice but} (36... d2 {was winning, too:} 37. Ne3 Qd7 38. Qd4 (38. Nd1 Qg4) 38...
Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Nc3 $19) 37. Nd2 Qa1+ (37... Bh6 $1 38. Nf1 (38. Qxc5 Qa1+ 39.
Nf1 d2) 38... d2 39. Nxd2 Bxd2 40. Qxc5 Qa1+ $19) 38. Nf1 d2 39. Nge3 Ne6 40.
Qb3 Qe1 41. Kg2 Bxb4 {It is still difficult for Black to convert his extra
pawn.} 42. Qb2 h5 43. h4 Ba5 44. Qb8+ Nf8 45. Qa8 Bc3 46. Qc6 Qc1 47. Qd5 Ne6
48. Qc4 Ba5 49. Qd5 Bb4 50. Qb5 Qc3 51. Qd5 Qc1 52. Qb5 Bc3 53. Qa4 Bd4 54. Nd1
Kg7 55. Kf3 Bf6 56. Ke2 $2 (56. Nfe3 {, and White can tenaciously defend.})
56... Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Qb1+ $1 58. Kxd2 (58. Ke3 $142 $5 {but after} Qf5 59. Nxd2
Be5 $1 {White's king in the centre can hardly survive.}) 58... Qe4 $1 {[%cal
Rd4f3]} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 $1 9. Bb2 (9. e3 {is more principled}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 {This line
was examined in a survey by GM L.Ftacnik in Lexicon07. Black doesn't face any
problems.} 11. Qb3 Na6 (11... Nfd7 {is played more often but the text move is
probably more logical.}) 12. Qxb6 $6 {Opening up the a-file for Black's rook
is hardly a good decision; Black's double b-pawns don't compensate for that.} (
12. Nd2 Rd8 (12... Nc5 13. Qa3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. N4b3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rfd8
17. Bc3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nf3 {0-1 (72) Malich,B (2405)-Seul,G (2440)
Germany 1995} Qe6 $11) 13. Rab1 Ng4 14. N4f3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nb4 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17.
Rxb2 b6 18. h3 Bb7 19. Nfd2 Ne5 20. Nf6+ exf6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bg2 f5 $11 {
1/2 (31) Taimanov,M (2505)-Kochyev,A (2455) St Petersburg 1995}) 12... axb6 13.
Nb5 (13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Rfc1 Nfd7 15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Nd1 Ra4 17. Nc3 Ra8 18. Nd1 Bg4
19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Kf2 Ra3 $15 {/= 1/2 
(58) Espig,L (2420)-Knaak,R (2525) Dresden 1985}) 13... Nc5 14. Nd2 (14. Rd1
Be6 15. Nd2 Rfc8 $15) 14... Bg4 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. Nb3 (16. Bd4 $5 $15) 16...
Ra4 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. e3 $6 {Losing a pawn. White could have maintained the
material balance after} (18. Bxb7 Rcxc4 19. Rad1 $1 h5 $1 $15 (19... Rxa2 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bd5) (19... Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bd5 Rc5 22. Bb3 $11)) 18...
Rcxc4 19. Bd4 Rc2 20. Bxb6 Bd7 21. Nd4 Rcxa2 22. Rab1 Ng4 $6 (22... e5 $5 23.
Nb5 Bf5 24. Rbd1 Nd7 25. Bd8 e4 $15) 23. Rf1 Bh6 24. Nb5 Rc2 25. h3 Ne5 26. Nd4
Rca2 27. Nb5 (27. Bd8 $1 Bf8 28. Rxb7 $11) 27... Rd2 28. Nc3 Rc4 29. Bd4 Nc6
30. Ne4 Rdc2 31. Bb6 Bf8 32. g4 Bc8 33. Ra1 (33. Rfd1 $5) 33... Rb4 34. Rfb1
Rxb1+ 35. Rxb1 Bg7 {Black has big technical difficulties converting his extra
pawn but finally, opening up a second front on the kingside, he succeeds.} 36.
Rd1 (36. Nc5 $5 {[%cal Yg2e4]}) 36... Bb2 37. Rd3 h5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 38. gxh5
gxh5 39. Rd5 h4 40. Ng5 Kg7 41. Be4 Rc4 42. Bg2 Ne5 43. Nf3 $6 {White
unnecessarily gives up his h3 pawn, and Black's h4 pawn will now be strong.} (
43. Ne4 $142 Bxh3 $140 44. Bxh3 Rxe4 45. Rb5 {soon recapturing the b7 pawn,
and without a light-squared bishop it will be hard for Black to make progress.}
) 43... Nxf3+ 44. Bxf3 Bxh3 45. Rb5 Bf6 46. Bxb7 Bd7 47. Rb1 Bf5 48. Rb5 Bd3
49. Rb3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Bf1+ 51. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (51. Kh2 $8 Rc2 52. Kg1 {
still firmly defending.}) 51... Bh3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Gh4] Cutting White's
king off from Black's h4-pawn and securing its advance.} 52. Rb4 Rg1 {[%cal
Rh3g2]} 53. Ke2 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 h3 55. Bc7 e5 56. f4 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 ({The first time I saw the original queen manoeuvre from this game was
on my first participation in an Interzonal, a quarter of a century ago:} 1. c4
c5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 $5 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nh3
$6 Na5 $1 9. Qf4 $5 d6 $15 {Ljubojevic,L (2625)-Adorjan,A (2540) Szirak 1987
CBM 003 [Ftacnik,L] (1/2, 49). I remember that until the end of the tournament
Adorjan was trying to convince Ljubojevic that Black had had an advantage...})
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 $5 {
This way of capturing on d4 is typical for the 2...d6 Sicilians. In that case,
...Nb8-c6 can be met with Bb5, gaining time for the development. Here, White
does not have this resource, but the idea looks playable anyway.} (7. Nxd4 {
is played almost automatically.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qh4 Qa5 (8... d6 9. O-O Bg4 10.
Bh6 Bxf3 11. exf3 {is somewhat too simplistic to equalise completely.} Qb6 12.
b3 Qd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Rab8 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Rfe1 $14 {
Shengelia,D (2547)-Miroshnichenko,E (2667) Austria 2008 (1/2, 20)}) 9. O-O Qh5
(9... Ne5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. d6 exd6 14. Rd1 $14 {
Van Wely,L (2585)-Giardelli,S (2445) Buenos Aires 1995 CBM 049 [Ribli] (1-0,
24)}) 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 $14 {This is a typical English Maroczy position, with the
important detail that the queens are missing. Logically, this allows both
sides to advance the kingside pawns somewhat more freely than with the queens
on the board. However, the essence of the position is the same: White has a
space advantage and the better chances! Black needs some effort to build up
his counterplay, but at the same time his position is quite solid and hard to
break.} 11. Bd2 $146 (11. Nd5 {Tobisch,J-Matthews,S Kingston 1997 (0-1, 50)})
11... d6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Ne1 $1 {The start of an
effective regrouping. From d3, the knight will control several important
squares.} Bd7 16. Nd3 b6 17. h3 {The start of a gradual gaining of space.} Rab8
18. f4 Be8 19. e3 a6 ({Giri criticised this move and suggested} 19... Nd7 {
However, after} 20. b4 {it is not obvious how Black should continue.}) 20. g4
h6 ({Giri's point was that with the pawn on a6} 20... Nd7 $2 {runs into} 21.
Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nb4 $16 {winning a pawn.}) 21. Rc2 {Preparing to double rooks on
the c-file, in anticipation of the thematic break ...b6-b5.} g5 $5 {An
interesting approach. There is not much to be done in the centre yet, so
Bacrot decides to undermine the white domination with the help of his knight
pawns. Between them, he must have considered the advance of the g-pawn as less
committal. This plan will gradually reduce White's advantage and would even
offer him the chance to go wrong...} (21... b5 {would offer White a clear plan
of reacting:} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rdc1 e6 24. Ne2 Ne7 (24... d5 25. f5 $5 $36)
25. Nb4 (25. Bb4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Ned5 27. Bxd6 Nxe3) 25... d5 26. Bc3 $14 {
Black has not improved his position too much. White is well regrouped and
controls all the important squares. In the long run, Black has to reckon with
a dangerous white passed a-pawn.}) 22. Ne2 {Another nice regrouping move.} e6 {
Creating the additional potential threat ...d6-d5.} 23. Bc3 b5 {The tension
has reached its highest point and White has to take a decision.} 24. Nb2 ({
Both players agreed that} 24. c5 {would have been best. Giri feared that it
would be too little. Indeed, Black gets some counterplay after} d5 25. b4 a5
26. a3 {it would be not easy to break Black's fortress.} gxf4 27. exf4 Ra8 {
but this would have been the way to play.}) 24... d5 $1 {Another black pawn
reaches the fifth rank. After four minutes of thinking, Giri thought that he
had found a tactical flaw in Black's play.} 25. fxg5 (25. cxd5 $2 {runs into}
Nxd5 ({Even better than} 25... Nb4 {as analysed during the press conference.})
26. Bxd5 (26. Bxg7 Nxe3 $1 $17) 26... Nb4 $1 27. Rcd2 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 $17) (
25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. cxd5 Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 $132) (25. c5 $1 {would still have
been best, but White's position would be less stable than in the similar line
above after} b4 26. Be1) 25... hxg5 26. Rf1 $2 (26. c5 $11 {would still be OK.}
) 26... bxc4 $1 {White is allowed to win a piece, but this would cause him to
lose coordination completely. At the same time, all Black's pieces are very
active and in full harmony with each other.} 27. Bxf6 ({Or if} 27. bxc4 Nb4 $1
28. Rd2 dxc4 29. Bxf6 (29. Rxf6 Nxa2) 29... Bxf6 30. Rxf6 c3 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32.
Nd1 Ra3 33. Rff2 {as analysed during the press conferecnce,} Rc8 $17 {looks
the clearest way to paralyse White.}) 27... Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Nb4 29. Rd2 ({Or if} 
29. Rc1 Nxa2 30. Ra1 cxb3 {and the black pawns are unstoppable.}) 29... c3 30.
Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Nd1 Rc1 $17 {/-+ The material is equal, but Black has the better
structure and higher activity. Both white minor pieces are very passive.
Ironically, the knights that had made some very elegant moves in the first
phase of the queenless middlegame became sort of a major problem once the
position got opened!} 32. Kh2 (32. Rf1 Bb5 33. Re1 Nc2 $19) 32... Nxa2 33. Nf2
Nc3 {The rest is not too difficult.} 34. h4 gxh4 35. g5 Rxb3 36. g6 Kg7 37.
gxf7 Bxf7 38. Rf4 Bg6 39. e4 h3 40. Nxh3 Nxe4 41. Ra2 Bf5 42. Ng1 Rb8 43. Rh4
Ng5 44. Ra3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 (6... e5 7. dxe5
Nfd7 $13) 7. d5 (7. O-O) 7... e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. O-O a5 10. c4 a4 11. b4 Qe7
12. a3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Ne1 c6 15. Rc1 Be6 $6 (15... d5 $142) 16. c5 dxc5
17. Rxc5 Nbd7 18. Rc1 Bh6 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Qc3 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Nd5 22. Qc2 e4 $6
23. Nxe4 $1 $36 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rae8 25. f3 Ne5 26. Qxa4 (26. Bd4 $5) 26... Rxf3
27. Bxe5 Rf5 28. Nd6 Rxe5 29. Nxe8 Rxe2 30. Qa8 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Black "Terrieux, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nbd2 {Une ligne
secondaire solide mais pas très ambitieuse} Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5 (8. c3 Re8
9. Re1 b6 $11) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} (11.
b3 Rd8 12. Qe2 b6 13. Ba3 Qe6 14. Nb2 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Qc4
Qe7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qd6 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. f3
Qd2 24. Nf1 Qd6 25. Ne3 Qd2 26. Nf1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Huebner,R (2603)
-Kotronias,V (2607) Penne 2004}) 11... b6 12. Re1 $146 (12. Ne3 Bb7 13. f3 Rfd8
14. Re1 a5 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. Bc3 Bf8 17. Qc4 Qe7 18. Bf1 c6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Rad1
Bc5 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. Qb3 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Bb4 24. Nf2 Nd7 25. Nd3 c5 26. Nf2 Nb8
27. Bxb4 axb4 28. c3 Nc6 29. Bb5 Na5 30. Qc2 b3 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Rd1 Bc8 33.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Nd1 Be6 35. Ne3 h5 36. h4 Qd6 37. Kf2 c4 38. Ke1 Qc5 39. Qf2 Qc8
40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 Qd8 {Karpov,A (2760)-Kotronias,V (2590) Athens 1997 1/
2-1/2}) (12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Bd2 Rd7 16. Bc3 Qc5 17. Rxd7
Nxd7 18. Rd1 (18. Kh1)) 12... Bb7 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Rad1 (15. a4)
15... Nc5 16. f3 f6 17. a4 a5 18. Rxd8+ {Le début d'une simplification pour
jouer le minimum des 25 coups et annuler cette dernière partie.} Rxd8 19. Rd1
Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. Ne3 Bc5 25. Bc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lublin"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 (7. Nbd2)
7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 (10... Qb6 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Qxb6
axb6 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Ra4 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. e3
Rcxc4 19. Bd4 Rc2 20. Bxb6 Bd7 21. Nd4 Rcxa2 22. Rab1 Ng4 23. Rf1 Bh6 24. Nb5
Rc2 25. h3 Ne5 26. Nd4 Rca2 27. Nb5 Rd2 28. Nc3 Rc4 29. Bd4 Nc6 30. Ne4 Rdc2
31. Bb6 Bf8 32. g4 Bc8 33. Ra1 Rb4 34. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 35. Rxb1 Bg7 36. Rd1 Bb2 37.
Rd3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rd5 h4 40. Ng5 {Tkachiev,V (2650)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2713) Caleta 2013 0-1}) 11. a4 $146 (11. Nb3 Qc7 {Barbero,G (2495)-Vogt,L 
(2510) Lenk op 1991 (7) 0-1}) 11... Nc5 {[%csl Rc4,Gc5]} 12. a5 {[%csl Rb7]} a6
13. Nc3 e6 (13... e5 14. Nc2 Nb3 $36) 14. Na4 Nfd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 15. Bc3 (
15. Nb3 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 $11 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15... Qc7 16. Nb3 Bxc3 (16... e5 $143
17. Naxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 {[%cal Gc3b4,Gb4f8]}) 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2
b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $11 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4]} 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qc5 (
22... Bb7 23. Rfd1 Rc8) 23. Qc3 Rb4 24. Rfc1 Rd8 25. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rf8 (
25... Re8) 26. Rdc1 a5 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 a4 29. Bc6 Ba6 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31.
Bxa4 Rc8 $44 {[%csl Re2,Re3]} 32. Bb3 Rb8 33. Rc3 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. c5 Kd7
36. h4 Rb4 37. Bc2 Bb7 38. Rd3+ Kc6 $6 (38... Kc7 {[%csl Rc5] Semble plus
simple car le P"c5" est trés faible}) 39. Rd6+ Kxc5 40. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7]} f5
41. Rxh7 Be4 (41... Bc6 42. Rg7 Rg4 $44) 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Rh6 $6 (43. Rg7 $142
{Plus actif} Rg4 44. Kf3 Kd6 (44... e5 45. e4 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} Kd6 46. exf5 gxf5
47. Rxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 $18 {[%csl Gh4]}) 45. e4 Ke5 46. exf5 exf5 47. Ra7 {
[%csl Re5] C'est probablement nulle mais les Blancs peuvent torturer les Noirs
très longtemps}) 43... Rg4 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. e4 $1 Ke7 46. exf5 exf5 47. e4 Kf7
48. exf5 gxf5 49. Ra6 Kg7 50. Ra1 Kg6 51. Rf1 Kg7 52. Kg2 Kg6 53. Kh3 Kf6 54.
Kg2 Kg6 55. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ider, Borya"]
[Black "Arnaudov, Petar G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Nbd7 (6... a5) 7. a5
a6 8. Nc3 ({Pertinent:} 8. c4 e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 c5 12. Nc2 Nc6
13. Ra4 Nxa5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Be6 16. Na4 Nxc4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 Qc7 19.
Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Nc3 Ne5 23. Bb2 Qb6 24. e3 Nc4 25. Ba1
Ne5 26. Qa2 a5 27. Rb1 Qc5 28. Nb3 Qc4 29. Nxa5 Qd3 30. Qb3 Bg4 31. Nd5 Nxd5
32. Bxd5 Qxb3 33. Nxb3 Bf5 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Nxc1 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 Bxa1 37. Kg2
Be5 {Vidit,S (2492)-Mamedov,R (2660) Pardubice 2010 1/2-1/2}) 8... c5 9. h3
$146 (9. e4 {Transpose dans une structure sicilienne} cxd4 {Sosonko,G (2430)
-Browne,W (2530) Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1974 (11) 1/2}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7
11. f4 e6 12. Be3 d5 13. Kh2 b6 14. Nb3 b5 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Qd3 e5 17. Bb6 $6
Nxb6 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. fxe5 (19. Na5 $2 e4 $40) 19... Nd7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Ra7 22. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 23. e6 Nf6 (23... Bxb2) 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Qa8+ Rf8
26. Qxa6 Qe3 27. Qxb5 Ng4+ $2 28. hxg4 Be5 29. Qd3 $2 (29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Qd3
Rf2+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kh3 Qh6#) 31... Qxd3 32. cxd3 Rxe2) 29... Bxg3+ 30. Kh3 Qh6+
31. Kxg3 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ider, Borya"]
[Black "Lejarre, Ludovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:31:54"]
[BlackClock "0:24:25"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} 3. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} (6... Nbd7) 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Nfd7 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} (7... Ng4 $143 8. h3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nd2 c6
12. O-O-O $32) 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:16][%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e5]} (8. O-O) (8. Nc3)
8... Nc6 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 9. Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} (9. O-O dxe5 10. Nc4 Re8 11.
e3 Qe7 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Nfd2 Nb6 15. Qe2 f5 16. a4 e4 17. Nxb6 axb6
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bf1 Qb4 22. Kg2 Kf6 23. h4 h6 24.
Na3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc1 Ne5 27. Nb5 c6 28. Nd4 Qc3 29. Ne2 Qd2 30. Qb2 g5
31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Nc3 Qd6 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Ne2 Qd6 36. Nd4 Kg6
37. Be2 Bd7 38. Qc3 c5 {Skripchenko,A (2449)-Videnova,I (2315) Plovdiv 2014 1/
2-1/2 (91)}) 9... Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 10. Nfxe5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:01:48]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:16:40]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 12. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} (12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Kf8 $11)
12... Qf6 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:02:07]} (12... Re8 13. c3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. e3 c6
16. h3 Bf5 17. O-O d5 18. Rac1 Be4 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. Ba1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qf5 22.
Qd3 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rc2 Rd8 25. c4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 dxc4 27. bxc4 Rd3 28.
Rb1 b6 29. Kf3 Re5 30. Ke2 Ra3 31. h4 Rea5 32. Rbb2 R5a4 33. Kd2 Kf8 34. Kc1
Ke7 35. Kb1 Kd6 36. Rb3 Kc5 37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. Kb2 Rd3 39. a3 h5 40. Ka2 f6 41.
Kb2 a6 42. Ka2 {Bauza,A (2300)-Crosa Coll,M (2215) Montevideo 2000 0-1}) 13. c3
$11 {[%emt 0:00:23] Sans surprise le début peu ambitieux des Blancs n'a non
seulement donné aucun avantage mais les Blancs doivent maintenant lutter pour
garder l'égalité.} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:05:08]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (15. Qd2) 15... Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:06]}
16. c4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 17. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Kxg7 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 19. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:13:48]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:46]
} 21. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 22. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Red8 {
[%emt 0:04:12]} 23. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 25. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:45]}
26. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05][%csl Rc7]}
Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 28. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 29. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:12:57]} 30. Rc4 {[%emt 0:07:34]} (30. Rec3 Qd8 31.
Qb2 {[%cal Gc3c7,Gb2g7]} Kg8) 30... Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 31. Qb4 {[%emt 0:19:
48]} Re7 {[%emt 0:06:01] Plus que 04 mns pour passer le contrôle de temps} 32.
Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qa1+ {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 35. Rfc3 {
[%emt 0:00:06] Les Noirs n'ont qu'une seule faiblesse relativement facile à
protéger} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
37. f4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qa1 $6 {[%emt 0:00:30] Joué quasiment à tempo mais
les Noirs n'avaient plus qu'une minute à la pendule} (37... Qf6) 38. e5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:02][%cal Gb4e7]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. e6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (39.
exd6 Re2+) 39... Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Le contrôle de temps est passé ùais la position Noire est difficile
à cause du P passé} 41. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:01:50]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 42. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 43. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 44. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ra8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 45. Qd2 {[%emt 0:13:56]}
Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} 46. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 47. Rxc7 {
[%emt 0:11:44]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 48. Qb2 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:
41]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:26]}
Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 {Das ist
offenbar eine interessante Neuerung.} (7. Nxd4 Nc6 {-> A39}) 7... Nc6 8. Qh4
Qa5 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bh6 $40) 9. O-O Ne5 (9... d6 10. Nd5 $5 Be6 (10...
Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 $4 12. Ng5 $18) 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 $40) (9... Qh5) 10. Nd5
$5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ (11... Qxd5 $4 12. Ng5 $18) 12. Bxf3 Re8 {[#]} (12...
Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Re8 15. Rfc1 d6 16. Rc4 {Droht /\ Rh4,Qh6}) 13. d6 $1
{Ein sehr starkes positionelles Bauernopfer.} exd6 14. Rd1 d5 $5 {Schwarz will
/\ d6 und dann Be6 spielen.} 15. Bh6 $1 Bxb2 $6 (15... d6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
Qd4+ Kg8 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxa2
23. Bxb7 (23. Rd7 $5) 23... Rb8 24. Rd7 Be6 25. Rc7 a5 $14) 16. Rab1 Bg7 17.
Bxd5 d6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Der Nachziehende braucht noch einen Zug ( Be6 ) und
dann steht er nur unbede- utend schlechter.} 19. Bxf7 $1 {[#]} Rxe2 (19... Kxf7
20. Qxh7+ Kf6 (20... Kf8 21. Rxd6 $18) (20... Ke6 21. Qxg6+ $18) 21. Rxd6+ Be6
(21... Re6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Rxe6+ Kxe6 24. Rb3 $18) 22. Rxb7 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Qxe2
24. Qf7+ $1 Kg5 (24... Ke5 25. Qf4#) 25. Qf4+ Kh5 26. Rh7#) 20. Bd5 Qc5 21. Qf4
Re7 22. Rbc1 Qb6 23. Re1 $1 Qd8 (23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd8 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Re7
$18) 24. Qd4+ {Ribli} (24. Qd4+ Kh6 25. Qh4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bg2
Nxe5 9. Nc3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bh3 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bh1 {13.Bxb7?, Rb8
14.Bd5, c6 15.Bh1, Nxc4 =/+} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 {I didn't mind deviating from the main lines of the
Grünfeld.} Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 {Black chooses a King's Indian setup.} 6.
d4 e5 ({Most probably,} 6... c5 7. c4 d5 (7... Qa5+ $5 {has been seen in a
couple of games and deserves serious attention as well.}) 8. O-O {transposing
to a known theoretical position of the Grünfeld is a safer choice here.}) 7.
dxe5 Nfd7 {At this point we both were out of preparation.} ({Before the game,
I had briefly looked at} 7... Ng4 8. Qc1 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 (9... Bxe5 10. Bxe5
dxe5 11. O-O $14) 10. O-O {with a pleasant edge due to strong pressure along
the h1-a8 diagonal.}) 8. O-O {This was played after long meditation. I had a
few alternatives at my disposal, so the decision wasn't easy.} ({There are
different ways of development, but sooner or later the Bb2 had to be protected.
For instance, I considered:} 8. Qd2 Nxe5 (8... dxe5 9. Nc3 $14 {leaves Black
with an inferior position in view of an awkward placement of the knight.}) 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nd2 {with a slight edge. In my opinion, Black
should be able to equalise here.}) ({At the same time,} 8. Nc3 $5 {possible
may pose Black more problems. For instance, after} Nxe5 (8... dxe5 9. Qd2 $14 {
leads to a position from a previous note.}) 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O
$14 {White gets good attacking prospects. Black has to deal with an advance of
the h-pawn.}) 8... Nc6 {This natural developing move definitely makes sense -
Black is not obliged to clarify the pawn structure yet.} ({I intended to meet} 
8... dxe5 {with} 9. Nfd2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Nd5 $14) ({In the following game Black didn't fully solve the
problems either:} 8... Re8 9. Qc1 dxe5 10. e4 a5 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Qe3 c6 13. a4
Qc7 14. Na3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic,E (2527)-Smirin,I (2671)/Solin 1999/CBM
075 (61)}) 9. Qd2 ({I rejected} 9. Nc3 {in view of} Ndxe5 (9... dxe5 10. Qc1
$14) 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. e3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2
Bxd5 16. Bxd5 {since White's edge looks rather symbolic in that case: Black
has no weaknesses.}) 9... Ndxe5 ({An attempt to delay this move would suit me:
} 9... Re8 10. Rd1 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. c4 $14) 10. Nxe5 (10. c4 $5 Bg4 11.
Nc3 (11. Nd4 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 $14) 11... Nxf3+ 12. exf3 Be6 13. f4 $14
) 10... dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. c4 Re8 12. Nc3 $14) 11. Rd1 Bf5 $146 {WGM
Swaminathan comes up with a logical novelty. The bishop casts an eye on the
Pc2 and may support the e5-e4 advance at some point.} (11... Be6 12. Nc3 $14) (
{The preceding game saw} 11... Bg4 12. Nc3 Qxd2 13. Rxd2 Rad8 14. Rxd8 Rxd8 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. f3 Bf5 17. e4 Bc8 18. Rd1 $14 {and White kept a clear positional
advantage in 1-0 Dizdar,G (2495)-Werner,D (2390)/Bad Mergentheim 1989/EXT 1997
(30).}) 12. Bxc6 {This move is a bit risky, since White's king is getting
exposed without such an important defender. However, White gets a clear target
on the opposite side.} (12. Nc3 Qxd2 13. Rxd2 Rad8 14. Nd5 Rd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 {
didn't promise much.}) 12... bxc6 13. Na3 Qe7 $6 {Avoiding the endgame looks
like a logical decision from a human point of view.} ({At the same time, the
correct} 13... Qxd2 $1 14. Rxd2 Be6 15. Rad1 Rfb8 16. Nb1 Bh6 $1 17. e3 f6 {
would promise Black excellent chances for equality - White's knight is far
away from the key squares, so Black may get rid of her weak a-pawn soon.}) 14.
Qc3 {I was glad to discover, that I may attack the opponent's pawns during the
next few moves.} (14. Nc4 Rfd8 15. Qc3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.
Ne3 $14) 14... Qe6 15. Nc4 ({For some reasons, I didn't like winning a pawn
after} 15. Qa5 f6 (15... Rfc8 16. Nc4 Bxc2 17. Rd2 Be4 18. Bxe5 $16) 16. Qxc7
Rf7 17. Qa5 Bf8 $14) 15... Rfe8 (15... Rfd8 16. Ne3 (16. f3 Bh3 17. e4 Rd7 18.
Rxd7 Qxd7 19. g4 $16) 16... Bh3 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qa5 $16) 16. Na5 {Finally,
one of Black's pawns falls. However, the vulnerablity of White's king gives
her definite counter-chances.} h5 (16... c5 $5 17. Qxc5 f6 18. Qc3 Qa6 19. Nc4
Be6 $14) 17. Qxc6 $2 {That inaccurate move was played rapidly.} ({Instead, the
accurate} 17. f3 $142 $1 Bh3 18. e4 $16 {would allow me to secure my king and
fix a clear advantage.}) 17... Qe7 $2 {Black loses too much time and fails to
develop any counterplay.} ({We both missed the following nice idea:} 17... Qxc6
18. Nxc6 a5 $1 {The restricted placement of White's knight offers Black decent
compensation:} (18... Bxc2 19. Rd7 Bf8 20. Rxc7 $16) 19. Bc3 a4 20. Rd2 f6 $44)
18. Nc4 {Now White is firmly in control. However, the game is not over yet.}
Rad8 (18... h4 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Nd5 $18) (18... Bh3 19. Ba3 Qe6 20. Qxc7 e4 21.
Rd6 Qg4 22. Re1 $18) 19. Ne3 ({There was nothing wrong with collecting the
pawns:} 19. Ba3 $1 Qe6 (19... Qg5 20. Qxc7 h4 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23.
Rc1 $18) 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa7 $18) 19... Be6 (19... Bh3 20. Nd5 Qg5 21. f4 $1
exf4 22. Bf6 $18) 20. Nd5 {Being under time pressure, I decided to simplify
matters.} ({A much stronger move was} 20. c4 $1 {preparing the knight's move}
h4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 $18 {with a winning position.}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 {White is a sound pawn up, but Black has some drawing
chances now due to the activity of her major pieces.} 23. Qc4 $6 ({Strangely
enough, I did not consider the most logical} 23. Qa5 {attacking the pawn and
getting an important tempo for consolidating:} c6 24. e4 h4 25. Bc3 $16) 23...
Rd2 ({Also in the event of} 23... e4 $5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rf1 (25. Qc3+ Qf6 26.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Kf1 Kg5 $132) 25... c5 $14 {it would be not easy for me to make
progress.}) 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. e4 ({I didn't like} 25. Bc1 Rd4 26. Qa6 h4 27. Qxa7
(27. Be3 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qxc2 $14) 27... Rd1 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qg2 h3
30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Qf1 Qxc2 32. Qxh3+ Kg8 $14 {and the presence of Black's
queen in White's camp is annoying.}) 25... h4 26. Bc1 Rd4 27. Qe2 {I've
managed to parry the immediate threats, but it's difficult to make further
progress.} Qc6 $1 ({Correctly deviating from} 27... h3 28. Be3 $1 Rxe4 29. Rd1
Qc6 30. Qf1 $16 {and Black's king is in trouble due to an awkward placement of
Re4.}) 28. Re1 Bf8 $2 {Luckily for me, WGM Swaminathan blunders the second
pawn.} ({At the same time} 28... h3 $1 29. c4 (29. Bb2 Rd6 30. c4 Qd7 $14)
29... Qd7 30. Be3 Rd3 $14 {would offer Black excellent drawing chances.}) 29.
Bb2 Rd8 30. Bxe5 Re8 $6 ({Much more stubborn was} 30... h3 31. Ba1 Bg7 32. Bxg7
Kxg7 {and White still has to work hard in order to convert their material
advantage into a full point.}) 31. Bd4 $18 {Now White is completely winning.
All I had to do is to pass the time control without blunders.} hxg3 ({Or} 31...
f5 32. e5 h3 33. f3 $18) 32. hxg3 f5 33. Qd2 ({Also good enough was the move} 
33. e5 Kf7 34. Qd2 $18) 33... Rxe4 ({After} 33... fxe4 34. Bxa7 Ra8 35. Bd4
Rxa2 36. Qf4 {the vulnerablity of Black's king makes White's task easy.}) 34.
Rxe4 Qxe4 35. Bxa7 Bd6 36. Be3 Kf7 37. Qd3 {The rest was quite easy.} Qf3 38.
Bf4 Qa8 39. Bxd6 cxd6 40. a4 Ke7 41. c4 Qa5 42. Qd4 Qb4 43. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is a typical modern day Kramnik game. Relatively fresh opening position,
new ideas found by the World Champion, incessant pressure thanks to one
powerful move after the other, and finally accurate conversion of the
advantage. His 2645 opponent is completely outplayed.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3.
b3 {The double fianchetto is getting quite mainstream these days with theory
developing around it.} Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 (5... d5 {is a completely
different setup, not one that KID players would go for.}) 6. d4 Nbd7 (6... c5 {
might be a much more interesting choice. There are possilibities of ...Qa5+
and in general Black has a fine position here.}) 7. O-O Re8 {Black is not
playing very actively, ...Re8 already doesn't seem so good.} (7... e5 {is
mainly played} 8. dxe5 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e5] I have never really liked this move
as White gets a small but stable edge by normal means.} (8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxe5 $14) 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 $14 {I feel that such
positions are always slightly better for White and very pleasant to play.}) 8.
a4 $5 {This move came as a surprise to me. I was expecting something like c4.
Kramnik's explanation can be that Black has done nothing in the centre, so
instead of revealing my cards, I would like to take more space on the
queenside with a4-a5 and so on.} Rb8 $6 {[%cal Gh1a8] Black wants to get away
from ideas like a5-a6 and issues on the long diagonal. However, all these
moves ...Re8 and ...Rb8 seem quite artificial.} (8... e5 {would have been a
normal continuation to Black's last move ...Re8.} 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qd2 (10. c4 {
Now this move doesn't make much sense as} a5 $1 {cements Black's superiority
on the dark squares.}) (10. a5 $5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Ra2 {a4 becomes
useful in a weird way!}) 10... Ngxe5 11. Nc3 $11) 9. c4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 (10...
dxe5 $5 {A very interesting idea.} 11. Nxe5 Nc5 $1 {The pawn on b3 is quite
weak.} (11... Ng4 12. Nxd7 Bxb2 13. Ra2 $1 $16 {The rook on b8 is not exactly
very happy at this point.}) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4 Na6 14. b5 (14. Bc3 Ng4 15.
Nxg4 Bxg4 16. b5 Bxe2 17. Re1 Nc5 $1 18. Rxe2 $2 Rd1+ 19. Bf1 Bxc3 $19) 14...
Nc5 15. Nf3 Nfe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44 {I would rate this as very decent
compensation for Black. His knights are perched on great squares staring at
the weaknesses in White's position.}) 11. a5 {Kramnik gains more space on
queenside.} dxe5 12. h3 Nh6 (12... e4 {was interesting but White will gain the
advantage after} 13. Bxg7 exf3 14. exf3 Nxf2 15. Qd4 $1 Nd3 16. Nc3 (16. Bh6
$16) 16... N3c5 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Ra3 $16) 13. e4 {Kramnik sees
that the weakness of the d4-square is not going to be quite relevant here and
goes for e4, limiting the knight on h6.} f6 {[%cal Gh6f7]} 14. b4 Nf8 15. Nc3
Be6 (15... Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Be6 17. Nd5 Rbc8 (17... c6 18. Nc7 $16) 18. c5 $14)
16. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1] When you have more space, in general you should avoid
exchanges! Soon Black is going to struggle to find good squares for his pieces.
} Qc8 17. Kh2 Nf7 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1e3,Ge3a7] The bishop will
stand well on e3. This is the speciality of these great players: they know
when and where to shift their pieces. The bishop on b2 was not doing much, so
Vlad gets it to e3.} ({If I was White I would have gone for} 19. Rac1 Bh6 20.
Rc2 Rd8 {Black seems to be doing alright here.}) 19... f5 {Understandably
Black tries to create some play on the kingside.} 20. Be3 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22.
Rac1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c8] Once again a little counter-intuitive. The rook was
already on an open file, so why bring it to c1? Well, the reason is that it
defends the knight against threats like ...f4 and also prepares Nd5 which,
surprisingly, is not easy to stop.} Qc7 (22... Qb7 23. b5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} cxb5
{[%cal Gg2b7]} (23... c5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nxe5 $18) 24. exf5 Bxc4 25. Qb2 e4
26. Nd4 $16) 23. Nd5 $1 (23. b5 $5 $14 {was also interesting here.}) 23... cxd5
24. cxd5 Qe7 25. dxe6 Nxe6 {In such positions the margin of error is not very
huge. White has to play accurately, or else Black consolidates. For Kramnik,
these are just the kind of positions he likes.} 26. exf5 $1 {When you have the
bishop pair, you must open the position.} gxf5 27. Qb5 $1 {Kramnik is very
good at such positions. He calculates the tactics accurately and does not let
his initiative go.} f4 (27... e4 28. Nh4 f4 29. Nf5 Qg5 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Bxe4
$1 Rxe4 32. Rg1 $18) 28. gxf4 exf4 29. Rd7 {White's play just flows!} Qf6 30.
Bd2 {There are just three pawns on the board and materially White isn't ahead,
but there is just so much pressure. It's just impossible to dispute the
quality of White's pieces.} Rbc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxb6 {Winning a pawn. Now
this position might seem wild, but if you look carefully, there is absolutely
nothing that Black can do. White's pieces are perfectly posted and the exposed
nature of Black's king gives Kramnik a winning advantage.} Rc2 33. Qb7 Bf8 34.
Qe4 Qg6 35. Qd5 {[%cal Gd5g8]} Qf6 36. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3e6] Bringing the
last piece into the game with great effect. The bishop on h3 will break
Black's final resistance.} Bg7 37. Bh3 Nf8 38. Rb7 h6 39. Bg4 {[%cal Gg4h5]}
Rb2 40. Bh5 Ng6 41. Bxg6 Qxg6 42. Rb8+ Bf8 (42... Kh7 43. h5 Qf6 44. Qe4+ Qg6
45. Qxg6#) 43. Ne5 Rxd2 (43... Qg7 44. Nd7 $18) 44. Rxf8+ {Powerful play by
Kramnik. Demchenko was so dazed by this performance that in the next game when
he had the white pieces, he agreed to a draw in just 10 moves and was duly
eliminated from the World Cup 2017.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 $5 {It is surprising that the same line
was employed by Ding Liren against Fabiano Caruana in the A group of the Tata
Steel. Fabiano beat Ding with the black pieces and Shankland failed to get any
concrete advantage here. So maybe this move isn't so good.} (11. Qb3 Nfd7 12.
e3 Nc6 13. Nc3 {was considered as the main line.}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nc6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Bf5 {was Ding-Caruana.}) 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. c5 Qa6 (13... Qc7
14. Nb5 Qc8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20.
Rfc1 Qa5 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rc4 b5 {0-1 (24)
Dizdarevic,E (2520)-Svidler,P (2690) Bled 2002}) 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Rfc8 16.
Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfc1 (17. Rfd1 {was also possible.}) 17... Ne8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. Rb4 (22. c6 b6 23. Rc3 Rbc8 24. Rbc1
Nd6 $11 {gives White nothing.}) 22... Nf6 $6 (22... Rbc8 23. Nd3 b6 $6 (23...
Nf6 $14) 24. cxb6 Rxc1 25. bxa7 $1 {Not an easy move to foresee.} (25. b7 Nd6
26. Nxc1 Rb8 $11) 25... R1c7 26. Rb8 Rxa7 27. Rxc8 Kf8 28. Nc5 $16) (22... f6
23. Nd3 Kf7 {was the best way for Black to play.}) 23. Nd3 (23. c6 $5 b6 24. a4
(24. Rd4 Rbc8 25. g4 Ne8 26. Rd7 Kf8 $11) 24... Rbc8 25. Rf4 Rd8 26. e3 {
black is under some pressure}) 23... Nd7 24. Rcb1 b6 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. a4 Kf8
27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. Nb2 Nc5 30. Rxb6 Nxa4 {Nothing much happened in
the game between the two favourites of the group B.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {This solid way of playing the Grünfeld Defence
against the kingside fianchetto by White.} 4. Bg2 d5 {Black's structure is a
hybrid of the Slav and the Grünfeld. You could also call it the Schlechter
setup. The point to note is that in the Schlechter Variation of the Slav,
White does best to put his bishop on e2 or d3. On g2 it isn't so effective.} 5.
Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 (7. Qb3 {Two months after this game in a match
between India and China, Ding Liren tried out this move against B Adhiban and
won the game.} Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Na4 $5) (7. cxd5 cxd5 {is the main line of
the Symmetrical Variation. In this position White has two options which are
equally played:} 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5)) 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 (10.
Qb3 {was the main move in this position.} Ne4 {is currently Black's most
fashionable response.} 11. e3 Nc6 $13) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 {I have often
wondered, "What does White get for his isolated c-pawn in such positions?" It
seems as if in addition to a compact pawn structure, Black also has good
development and a great outpost for his knight on c5. However, things are not
so simple. First thing that must be noticed is the monstrous bishop on g2
bearing down the black queenside. Additionally the knight on d4 and c4 pawn
can team up to cause a lot of immediate worries for Black with a move like
c4-c5 and Nd4-b5. Not to forget that after a move like Nd2, White can make use
of the semi-open b-file. So, for the time being Black has to play very
carefully. If he can do that and weather the initial storm, he will have an
excellent game.} Nc6 {Caruana makes the most prudent move. He spoils his pawn
structure by letting White take on c6 but in return he diminishes the dynamism
of White's position. Ding had tried this same idea with 10.Qc1 just a few
months ago in his game with Gelfand and hence it is quite possible that
Fabiano came to the game well prepared.} (11... Na6 {with the idea to put the
knight on c5 looks interesting.} 12. Nd2 (12. Bc3 $5 Nc5 $6 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4
Bxd4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nc5 $11) 13. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 12... Rd8 (
12... Nc5 $6 13. Rb1 $1 Qa6 14. N2b3 $14) 13. N2b3 Nc5 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. e3 $14)
12. Nxc6 (12. e3 Rd8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. c5 Qc7 15. N2b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 $13 {
leads to a position with quite a complicated middlegame to look forward to.})
12... bxc6 13. Nd2 Bf5 (13... Bg4 14. Nb3 Bxe2 15. Re1 Bd3 16. c5 Qa6 17. Rxe7
Rae8 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc4 Ne4 22. Na5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5
Nxc5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Nb3 Kf6 27. Kf1 Ke5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5+
Kf6 30. Ra5 Re7 31. g4 g5 32. Ra6+ Kg7 33. Kg2 f6 34. Kg3 Rc7 35. a4 Kg6 36. a5
Rb7 37. f3 Rb3 38. h3 Ra3 39. Rxa7 h5 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+
43. Kd5 Ra3 44. a6 hxg4 45. fxg4 Rxh3 46. Rc7 Ra3 47. a7 f5 48. Rc6+ {1/2-1/2 
(48) Ding,L (2730)-Gelfand,B (2759) Moscow 2014}) 14. Nb3 Rac8 (14... Rfd8 {
was much more precise and would have avoided White's space gaining move that
occurred in the game.} 15. e4 $2 Bxe4 16. Bxf6 Bxg2 17. Bxg7 Bxf1 $17 {and
there is no rook to take on f8.}) 15. e4 $1 {Ding is alert to the tactical
possibilities and gains space in the centre.} Be6 (15... Nxe4 {The refutation
to this move is not at all difficult but a little unusual.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
g4 $1 $16) (15... Bxe4 $2 16. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (16... Bxg2 17. Bxg7 Bxf1 18. Bxf8
$18) 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bf3 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 $16) 16. e5 {This move made by the
Chinese player is natural and any human would have made it. However, it was
better to overprotect the b2-bishop with Rb1.} (16. Nd4 $2 {gets refuted due to
} Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe6 Bxb2 18. Qc2 fxe6 19. Rab1 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Nxf2 21.
Qxb2 (21. Rxb2 Nh3+ $1) 21... Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Nd3 $15) 17... Bxd4 $17) (16. Rb1
$1 {Defending b2 so that Nd4 becomes possible.} Rfd8 17. Ba3 $1 Qa6 18. Bxe7
Re8 19. Nc5 Qxc4 20. Rb7 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxa2 22. Rxa7 $14) 16... Nd7 17. Re1 (
17. c5 Qa6 18. f4 {was a better choice than what happened in the game.}) 17...
c5 $1 {With this move Black fixes the weakness on c4. The initiative is in the
hands of the Caruana now. Watch how little by little he improves his position.}
18. Nd2 (18. f4 Qa6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4,Ga6c4,Ge6c4]}) 18... Qa6 19.
Re3 Rb8 20. Ra3 Qb6 21. Rb3 Qc7 22. f4 Nb6 {There is nothing much to choose
between both the sides in this position. The thing which tilts the balance
slightly in Black's favour is the fact that it is easier for him to attack the
c4-pawn than it is for White to get to the c5-pawn.} 23. Rb1 Rbd8 24. Bc3 Qd7 (
24... Nxc4 $6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Ba5 $36) 25. Bf1 Bf5 {Caruana is
an expert in slowly improving his position. If youlook, over the last few
moves Black has been slowly getting his pieces to better squares while White
hasn't done anything substantial.} 26. Ra1 f6 $1 {A well timed break
activating the g7 bishop and nullifying White's space advantage.} 27. exf6 exf6
$15 {[%csl Ra1,Rb3][%cal Gf8e8,Ge8e1,Gd8d1] The two key open files will be
dominated by the black pieces. White's major pieces are stuck in the corner
doing nothing.} 28. Rb5 Na4 {The strong bishop on c3 is lost and that would
render the one on g7 very powerful.} 29. Nb3 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Be4 $1 {An
excellent move! The tactical point after Nxc5 is very nice.} 31. f5 $6 (31.
Nxc5 Qc6 $1 (31... f5 $6 32. Nxd7 Bxc3 33. Rd1 $13 (33. Nxf8 Bd4# {would be a
very pretty mate.})) 32. Nxe4 (32. f5 a6 $1 $17 33. Nxe4 axb5) 32... f5 $17)
31... Qxf5 {White has given up the pawn for almost nothing. In fact it has
activated his opponent's queen.} 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Rxc5 (33. Nxc5 Bc6 34. Rxe8+
Rxe8 35. Ra5 Bh6 $19) 33... Qd7 {Once the dark squared bishop is activated
with f6-f5, it will be curtains for White.} 34. Qc1 f5 35. Qf4 Re7 $1 {Such
moves which prevent the opponent's ideas and put the ball back into his court
are surprisingly strong. White is once again pressed to find an idea in the
position.} (35... Bd4+ 36. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 37. Qf2 $15) 36. h4 a5 $1 {A strong move
which aims to dislodge the knight from b3 and gain access to the all important
d4-square.} 37. Rxa5 Bc3 $19 {[%cal Gc3e1,Gc3a5]} 38. Rd5 Qa7+ (38... Bxd5 39.
Rxe7 Qxe7 40. cxd5 Qe1 {is also winning but not as clearly as in the game.})
39. Kh2 Rxd5 40. cxd5 Bxe1 {Black wins a rook and Ding gives up. A very nice
and smooth win for Caruana. But it is extremely difficult is to emulate
Fabiano's middlegame play where little by little he improved his position to
such an extent that it became unbearable for the Chinese player.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 {If You are looking
for important novelties, don`t look at the games of Ulf Andersson. 6. Re1 can
be met by 6. - d6 or 6. - c5 as in this game. The opening is not so
interesting, bu the endgame is nicely conducted by Ulf.} c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. c3 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Bc6 12. e5 Bxg2 13. exf6 exf6 14. Kxg2
fxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Be3 b6 17. Na3 Nc6 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. a4 Ne7 20. Bh6 Nf5 21.
Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Re6 Kf7 23. Rc6 Rd7 24. Re1 Ne7 25. Rce6 Nd5 26. a5 Rb8 27. axb6
axb6 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. c4 Nc7 30. Rxf6+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Re7 32. Rf3 b5 33. b3 bxc4
34. bxc4 Rb4 35. Rc3 Ne8 36. Ree3 Rc7 37. Ng5 Rc8 38. h4 h6 39. Ne6+ Kf6 40.
Nf4 Kf7 41. Rf3 Rb7 42. Rce3 Nd6 43. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shvidler, Eliahu"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Re1
{In this variation black easily gets equality by exact play.} Ne4 $5 (7... Bf5
8. Nh4 Be6 (8... Bg4 $6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 c5 13. exd5
cxd4 14. dxe6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Rab1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1997/EXP 57 (55)}) 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 c6
12. c3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Sutovskij,E/It, Villa Martelli ARG 1997 (12)}) (
7... c6 8. e4 Bg4 $5 (8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Re8 11. c3 Be6 $2 12.
Rxe6 $1 fxe6 13. Qb3 $16 h6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe6+ Kh7 16. Qf7+ Kh8 (16... Bg7
17. Be4 $18) 17. Qxg6 e6 18. Be4 Qe7 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bxh6 Nf8 21. Qh5 Kg8 22.
Qg4+ {1-0 Popov,V-Tirard,H/St.Petersburg-Paris 1996 (22)}) 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nb6 15. b3 a5 16. h4 a4 $132 {
1-0 Tkachiev,V-Kalantarian,N/Cannes 1995 (40)}) (7... Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4
Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nf6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. c3 c6 13. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kazhgaleyev,
M-Iskusnyh,S/Orel2 ,EXT 1994 (42)}) (7... Bg4 $6 8. Ne5 Be6 9. e4 c6 10. exd5
cxd5 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Karlik,V-Babula,V/CZE 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) 8.
Ng5 $146 {letting black to destroy white's pawn structure.Other moves lead to
equal play.} (8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 (9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. d5 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 e5 16. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Apicella,M/
Clichy FRA 1995 (16)}) 9... Qxd4 (9... f5 10. c3 e6 11. f3) 10. Qxd4 Bxd4 $11)
(8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Nb5 a6 $1 10. Na3 (10. Nxc7 $6 Ra7 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Re7e5,Rg6g5]
}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qe3 Re8
16. Rad1 d4 17. Qf4 Ng5 18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd6 b5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Romanishin,O-Magerramov,E/Helsinki 1992/Inf 55 (20)}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 $1 {
[%mdl 16] That is the typical way of play against double pawns.} 10. Rb1 Nc6 (
10... Qa5 $5) 11. e4 $1 {White has a pawn up in the center,so he tries to use
that preference.} (11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. Bd2 Bg7 $15) 11... dxe4 12. d5 Ne5 13.
Nxe4 b6 14. Bg5 (14. d6 $2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6) (14. Bf4) 14... h6 15. Bf4 Nc4 {
[%csl Yd6]} 16. Qd3 (16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Qe7 Qxe7 $1 (18... Bxc3 19.
Bxd6) 19. Rxe7 Rd8 $15) 16... Nd6 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. c4 Qf6 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4]
Better pawn structure gives black better perspectives.} 19. Bc1 (19. h4 $142 {
[%csl Gf4,Yg5] strengthening Bf4,and covering g5-square.}) 19... Bf5 20. Be4
Rfe8 21. Bb2 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. a4 Re4 26. Rd1
h5 $6 (26... Qe5 $142 $17) (26... Kh7 $5 {aimed against 27.f3.}) 27. f3 $1 Rd4
28. Qc3 Qf6 29. Re1 $2 (29. Rxd4 cxd4 $15 {but this queen's ending is very
close to draw.} (29... Qxd4+ 30. Qxd4+ cxd4 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke2 Ke5 33. Kd3 a5
(33... g5 34. a5 $1 f5 (34... bxa5 $4 35. f4+ gxf4 36. gxf4+ Kxf4 37. c5 Ke5
38. c6 $18) 35. axb6 axb6 36. h4 $8 f4 (36... gxh4 37. f4+) 37. hxg5 fxg3 38.
Ke2 h4 39. f4+ $11) 34. c3 dxc3 35. Kxc3 f5 36. Kd3 f4 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 g5
39. h3 f3 40. Ke3 f2 41. Kxf2 Kd4 42. Kf3 Kxc4 43. h4 gxh4 44. g5 Kxd5 45. Kg4
$11)) 29... g5 $1 {Using active positions of pieces,black starts an action on
the kingside.} 30. Kg2 g4 31. Re4 $2 (31. Re3 $17) {[%tqu "En","","","","d4d2",
"",10]} 31... Rd2+ $1 {Forthcoming queen's ending is winning for black.} 32.
Qxd2 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qxe4 34. Qg5+ Qg6 $19 35. Qe7 Qf6 36. Qxa7 Qd4+ {Black
destroys all week white pawns,some of them with checks to white king.} 37. Kg2
Qxc4 38. Qxb6 Qxd5+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qxc2+ 42. Ke3 d5 43. a5
d4+ 44. Kf4 d3 45. Kg5 d2 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd7 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Nijboer} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 (5... d5 6. c4 {
-D7}) 6. Nc3 (6. c4 {-E6}) 6... Nbd7 (6... c6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Re1 e5
10. h3 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nh4
b4 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 h6 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rab8 21. f4 Bc8 22. Re2 Rb4 $132 {
Lupu,S-Istratescu,A/ROM-ch/1992/}) 7. a4 $5 (7. d5 Nc5 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. e4 Qc8 10.
Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 Ng4 12. Nce2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f3 Nxe4 $5 15. fxe4 Nf2 $44 {
Pfleger,H-Olafsson,F/Munich 1979/}) (7. e4 e5 {-B06}) 7... a6 $146 (7... a5 8.
e4 e5 9. Re1 (9. h3 Re8 (9... b6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4
Nc5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Ne3 f5
20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. Bb2 h5 22. Qc4 Bd6 23. Qd4 Be5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 $44 {
Rashkovsky,N-Frolov,A/URS-ch58/1991/}) 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. d5
Rf8 14. Nh2 Ne8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. g4 Qe7 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20.
Kh1 c6 21. c4 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rec8 23. g5 Nfd7 24. gxh6 Bh8 25. Nf3 $40 {Kengis,
E-David,Al/Prague/1993/}) 9... c6 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Rb8 13. Re2
Qc7 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qa7+
20. Kh2 Bg7 21. c3 Ne7 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. Nb3 a4 24. Nd4 Qc5 $132 {Lobron,
E-Gelfand,B/Biel izt/1993/}) (7... c6 8. e4 Qc7 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 e5 11. Re1 Re8
12. d5 Nb6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Qe2 cxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18.
Qxb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 Nxd5 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Nb6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Ba6 Bxb2
24. Ra2 Be5 25. Nb3 a4 26. Na5 Re7 $15 {Smyslov,V-Mortensen,E/Copenhagen/1985/}
) 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a5 $1 $14 {[%csl Ga5] ()<<} b5 $5 {An active and
radical solution, which however weakens the d5-square.} (10... Qe7 11. b3 Rd8
12. Ba3 $36) 11. axb6 cxb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd5 $1 (14.
Nd2 {[%cal Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Ye3d5] /\Nf1-e3-d5 costs too much time-} b5 15. Nf1 Rfc8
16. Ne3 Nb6 $13) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Rfe8 16. Ng5 (16. c4 Rac8 17. Nd2 (17. b3
e4 18. Nd4 Nc5 $36 {[%cal Rg7d4,Rc5d3] /\ Bd4,Nd3}) 17... e4 $5 $132 {[%cal
Yd7c5,Yb6b5] /\Nc5,b5}) 16... h6 17. Ne4 f5 18. d6 {A double-edged, but more
or less forced advance. The passed pawn cramps Black's position and generates
various unpleasant threats (Nc7,Ne7), but so far is firmly blockaded and can
also become weak later on (as in the game).} (18. Nc3 $6 Qd6 $1 $15) 18... Qc8
19. Nc3 e4 $5 (19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ (20... e4 21. Nd5 $16) (20... Qb7+ 21.
Kg1 {[%cal Re2c4,Rc3d5] /\Qc4,Nd5}) 21. Kg1 (21. f3 $6 e4 $36) 21... b5 (21...
e4 22. Rxa6 Ne5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb5 $16) 22. Be3 {[%cal Rc3d5,Ye2d2,Yd2d5] /
\Qd2-d5,Nd5!} f4 23. Bc1 $36) 20. Nd5 $2 (20. g4 $5 Nf6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Bf4
$14 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6,Rh7] ׻}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {White exchanged his strong
Nc3 for the passive Bb7 and with the h1-a8 diagonal closed and the d6-pawn
vulnerable he will be worse despite the ^^.} Qc6 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} 22. Rd1 (22.
Qd1 $5 Nf6 23. Rd4 $13) 22... Re6 23. c3 b5 $5 (23... Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25.
Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Qd1+ 27. Qf1 Qc2 28. f3 $132) 24. Be3 (24. Bf4 $5 g5 25. Be3
Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. g4 $132 {/\} f4 28. Bxe4 Re8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Bc6 $10)
24... Rxd6 $138 (24... Ne5 $142 $1 $17) (24... Kh7 {Nijboer}) 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26.
Rd1 Qe6 27. Qd2 Ne5 28. Bxh6 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7,Rh7] ׻} Nc4 29. Qg5 (29. Qc1 {
Nijboer} Nxb2 30. Bxg7 Nxd1 31. Bd4 $1 e3 $1 32. fxe3 Rd8 33. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 34.
Bxe3 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 $10) 29... Bxh6 (29... Nxb2 $5 {Nijboer} 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31.
Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Bf1 $1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 exd3 35. h4 $1 (35. Qxd3 $2
Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 fxe4 $19)) 30. Qxh6 {With the passive Bg2 it looks
hopeless for White, but Black's weakened K-side and the active white Qh6
enable Andersson to open the position and get tactical counterchances.} Nxb2
31. Rd4 Nc4 32. g4 $1 $132 (32. f3 {Nijboer} e3 $1 33. Rh4 Kf7 $1 $19) 32...
Rf8 (32... Re8 $5 $15) 33. gxf5 Qxf5 34. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf6 $2 (35... Qf5
$8 {/\ 36...Qh5=/+} 36. h3 {/\Re7,Rh4} (36. Rf4 $2 Qb1+) 36... Qh5 37. Qxh5
gxh5 38. Re6 a5 39. Bd5 Kg7 40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Ra6 Rf5 (41... Rf3 42. Rxa5 Kg6
43. Kg2 Rxc3 44. h4 $10) 42. Kg2 $44) 36. Rf4 $1 $18 Qxf4 (36... Qg7 37. Bd5+)
37. Bd5+ Qf7 (37... Rf7 38. Qxf4) 38. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 (6... d5 $6 {
Giving 2 tempi can't be a very good idea, even though Nc3 is not placed
ideally.} 7. Re1 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 c5 13.
exd5 cxd4 14. dxe6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rxe6 Nc5
19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Re2 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Nd5 22. f4 Rad8 23. c4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Bxc3 25.
Bxb7 $18 {Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Monaco blind/1997/}) (6... Nbd7 7. d5 $5 (7. e4
e5 {leads to a position from a g3 Pirc (B07). White's move is more ambitious.})
7... e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nd4 Qe7 10. Nb3 e5 11. a4 a5 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qd3 Be6 14.
Nd2 Qd7 15. b3 Bh3 16. Nc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. f3 Qf7 20. Qxf7
Rxf7 21. Be3 Rd7 22. Rad1 $14 {Sosonko,G-Ipavec,P/Bled opA/1997/}) 7. d5 (7. e4
e5 (7... Bg4 $5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bg5
Kh8 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rae1 a6 17. Be3 Qg8 18. Nd1 b6 19. Qc3 Rc8 20.
b4 f4 21. Bc1 h5 22. Qd3 g5 23. Kh1 g4 $1 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ng6 $44 {
Beshukov,S-Gavrilov,A/Moscow II/1990/}) 8. dxe5 (8. d5 Ne7 $13 {[%cal Rc7c6] /
\c6<=>}) 8... dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Raxd1 Bg4 11. Rd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Kg2
c6 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 b6 19. f3 Bf8
20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Bc1 b5 22. Ne2 Kf8 23. Bd2 Ke7 24. Nc1 Bb6 25. Be2 Nd7 26. Nb3
a6 $11 {Dzuban,O-Titov,G/URS-chT Azov/1991/}) 7... Na5 $5 {An unbelievable
idea, which is surprisingly the most common N retreat. In the King's Indian 
(E66) the Na5 at least attacks c4, here it makes less sense. But anyway it's
not easy to get anything tangible out of the opening for White. This game is a
continuation of a theoretical duel between the players, which started nearly 7
years ago.} ({Interesting is also} 7... Nb4 $5 8. e4 e6 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 Re8
11. a3 Na6 12. Re1 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Nd4 Be4 $1 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. c3 Nac5
17. a4 Re7 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe8 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Bd2 b6 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 23.
Re1 Qd3 24. Bf4 Kf8 $11 {1/2,Boensch,U-Vogt,L/Halle2/1981/}) ({Rather passive
is} 7... Nb8 8. h3 c5 9. e4 Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. e5 (11. a4 $142 $14) 11... Nfe8
12. a4 b6 13. Na2 Bb7 14. c4 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd6 16. b3 e6 17. Nc3 exd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. cxd5 Re8 20. Bb2 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Rad1 f5 23. f4 $13 {1/2,
Kurajica,B-Quinteros,M/Novi Sad/1982/}) 8. Rb1 (8. Qd4 $6 Ng4 (8... c6 $142 $36
) 9. Qf4 c5 10. h3 Bh6 11. Ng5 f6 12. hxg4 Bxg5 13. Qe4 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15.
Qa4 b5 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qa6 Bxc1 18. Rfxc1 Rxb2 19. e4 Bc8 20. Qxa7 Rb7 21. Qa8
Qc7 22. Rab1 Rb4 23. a3 Bb7 24. Qa7 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Ra8 26. Qb6 $16 {
Archangelsky,M-Mauro,A/Amantea op/1995/}) (8. e4 c6 (8... c5 9. Re1 Rb8 10. e5
Ne8 11. h3 b5 12. Rb1 Nc4 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 Nc7 16. b3 Nb6 17.
b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 a5 19. Rh4 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ne4 Nbxd5 22. Nxd6 f5 23. N4xf5
Rxf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rc4 Bc3 26. Bg5 Qxg5 27. Bxd5+ Nxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29.
Rxc3 {1-0,Tu Hoang Thong-Saroinsong,H/Canberra/1995/}) (8... Bg4 $5 $13) 9. Re1
(9. h3 $5 {-8.h3}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Qe2 a6 13. dxc6 Nxc6
14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc1 Nc4 17. Nd5 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bg7 20.
Rxb7 e6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rbb1 Qc7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. h5 Qa5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. c4
$11 {Smyslov-Speelman/Subotica izt/1987/}) ({Perhaps the best is} 8. h3 $5 c6
9. e4 cxd5 10. Nxd5 (10. exd5 $5 {is more ambitious.}) 10... Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8
12. c3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. a4 Re8 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Bf1 e6 17. Ne4 exd5 18. Bg5
Qb6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Re6 21. Bd4 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qb3 (23... Qb2
$5 $11) 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. Reb1 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rc2 27. Rxb3 Rxd2 28. Rxb7 Bc6 29.
Rxa7 $36 {[%csl Ga4] o^a,Romanishin,O-Beim,V/Groningen op/1990/}) (8. Nd4 Bd7
9. Nb3 c6 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. Bb3 d5 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 a5 19. c3 a4 20. Bc2 a3 21. b3 e5 $15
{Hartoch,R-Smyslov,V/Donner mem-B/1994/}) 8... Bd7 $146 {A logical novelty.
Beim understands the position well and plays a strategically model game.} (8...
c6 $6 9. b4 Nc4 10. dxc6 d5 (10... bxc6 11. Nd4 $16) 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Nd2 Qc8
13. Na4 Nd7 14. Nb3 Bc6 15. Nac5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 d4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qd3 Ne5 19.
Qb3 h5 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Bd2 Qg4 24. Re1 h4 25. c3 $16
{Sherbakov,V-Karasev,V/Blagoveshchensk/1988/}) 9. e4 c6 10. b3 {Limits the N,
but also weakens the <<.} (10. Re1 $5 $14) (10. a4 $5) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 {
[%cal Rc1e3,Re3d4] /\Be3-d4|^} Rc8 12. Bd2 (12. Bb2 $143 Qc7 $36 {[%csl Rc2]
[%cal Gc7c2] <->c|^><c2}) 12... b5 $1 (12... Qc7 13. a4 $5 {[%csl Ra5] פa5
cuts off the Knight.}) 13. a3 Re8 14. h3 a6 15. Nd4 $2 {A natural move, which
however White will regret deeply. It gives Black an important tempo and from
now on the game will be incredibly one-sided.} (15. Re1 $142 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6
17. Ng5 $5 $13) 15... Qb6 16. Nce2 (16. Nde2 $142 $5 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Be3
Qc7 $15) 16... e5 $1 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qe1 (18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rc1 e5 20. Nf3 Bf5
$17) 18... Nb7 19. Rc1 e5 20. Nf3 d5 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5][%cal Gc8c3,Gf8f3] [+],
<->e,f,()} 21. Nh2 {Look where the N landed after it's unfortunate sally on
move 15!} (21. Bg5 Ne4 $40) 21... d4 22. Bg5 Nd6 {[%cal Rf6e4] /\Nfe4} 23. Bxf6
Bxf6 24. Qd2 (24. c3 $4 d3 $19) 24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 (25. c3 Bxg2 (25... Ne4 $5
$40) 26. Kxg2 Ne4 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd1 d3 $40) 25... Qxc6 {[%cal Rd6e4,Re4g5] /
\Ne4-g5->} 26. h4 (26. f3 Nf5 27. Ng4 Bg7) 26... Ne4 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Qd2 Qe6 {
[%cal Rd4d3] /\d3} 29. b4 $6 {Black's position plays itself easily and it's
difficult to offer any suggestion for White, but this weakening seems
unnecessary.} (29. Rfe1 d3 $1 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Nxd3 e4 32. Qf4 exd3 33. Qxf6 d2
$19) (29. Rce1 Qd5 $17) 29... Ne4 30. Qd3 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32. Qe4 Qf5 $1 33.
Qd5+ (33. Ng4 Bg7 34. Rfe1 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 h5 36. Nh2 Bh6 $19) (33. Qxf5 gxf5 $19
{[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Gd4,Ge5,Gf5] _|_ק[+]}) (33. Rfe1 Qxe4 34. Rxe4 d3 $19) 33...
Kh8 34. Rfe1 e4 35. Qf7 Qe6 $1 {The most professional way. In the endgame
White can't defend all his weak pawns.} 36. Qxe6 {Avoiding the exchange gives
Black a raging attack-} (36. Qb7 e3 $40 (36... g5 $5 $19)) 36... Rxe6 $19 37.
Nf1 Rxa3 38. Nd2 e3 39. Nb3 (39. fxe3 dxe3 40. Nb3 Bc3 $19) 39... d3 40. Rxe3 (
40. fxe3 $142 dxc2 41. Nc5 Rexe3 42. Rxe3 Rxe3 43. Rxc2 (43. Kf2 Rc3 44. Ne4
Bd4+) 43... Rxg3+ 44. Kf2 Rg4 $19) 40... Rxe3 41. fxe3 dxc2 42. Nd4 (42. Nc5
Ra1 $19) 42... Rxe3 (42... Rxe3 43. Nxc2 Rxg3+ 44. Kf2 Rc3 45. Ke2 Bxh4 46. Kd2
Bg5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 (6. c4 {-E6}) (6. a4
$5 a5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 (7... Na6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 c6 11. Qc1 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Kh7 13. Kg2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. f3 $14 {
Doroshkievich,V-Ryskin,A/Sochi/1993/}) 8. e4 e5 {-B07} 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 b6 11.
Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. d5 Rf8 14. Nh2 Ne8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. g4 Qe7 17. Ne2 Nc5
18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Ng3 $13 {Kengis,E-David,Al/Prague/1993/}) (6. Re1 Nc6 7. d5 $5
Nb4 8. c4 Bf5 9. Na3 c6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Bd2 c5 12. Bxb4 cxb4 13. Nac2 Qb6 14.
Qd2 a5 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. b3 b5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nd7 $10 {Garcia Palermo,
C-Stohl,I/Mitropa-Cup/1993/}) 6... c6 (6... c5 $5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4
e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Re8
16. Rad1 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rb8 18. Na4 Rxb3 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc5 Rb2 21. Nxe4 Kg7
22. e3 Bg4 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Rd6+ Re6 $44 {Ree,H-Cifuentes Parada,R/NL-ch/1993/
}) 7. Bb2 b5 $5 $146 (7... Qa5 8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 Qh5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11.
Nf1 d5 $5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. Rxe7 Rad8 16. Re1 Ne5 $1 17.
Re3 Nc5 18. N1d2 Ned3 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. Qe2 $14 {Kristiansen,B-Hebden,M/
Hastings II/1989/}) 8... Qh5 9. Re1 $142 (9. e4 Bg4 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Rfe8
12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re4 f5 15. Re1 f4 16. Qe2 Rf8 17. Rf1 Rae8 18.
Rae1 Kh8 $36 {Kosic,D-Poluliakhov,A/Podgorica/1993/}) 9... Bh3 10. Bh1 $13) (
7... a5 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Nh4 b5 13. Nxf5 gxf5
14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Nc3 d5 17. Qd3 Rab8 18. Rc2 e6 $132 {Walti,R-Hug,
M/SWZ-tt/1993/}) (7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. e4 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nf8 15. Qe2 Red8 16. h4 e6 17. h5 $36 {Dizdar,
G-Rasmussen,L/Lugano op/1989/}) (7... Bf5 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Nh4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bc8
11. c4 d5 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Nf3 f6 15. h4 Na6 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. Kh2
Rfd8 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 $10 {Darius,H-Maiwald,J/BL 9192/1992/}) 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. e4 Rb8 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Qe2 (11. e5 $142 Nfd5 12. c4 (12. Ne4 b4 $5 13.
a3 a5 $13) 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Nb4 14. Bc3 $14 {()}) 11... a5 12. h3 (12. c4 $6
bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ba6 $36 14. Nfd2 a4) 12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Qa7 14. a3 b4 $1 $13 15.
c4 $6 (15. Ra1 Ba6 16. Qe3 $10) 15... bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bh6 $1 {/\Ba6|^} 17. Bf1 d5
$1 18. exd5 (18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Nd5 $15) 18...
Nbxd5 $36 {><b3,d4,Bc3} 19. Ba1 Rb6 20. Rc5 (20. Ne5 $5 $15) 20... Nd7 21. Rc2
Ba6 22. Qe4 N7f6 23. Qe5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Qd7 25. Kg2 Nh5 $1 $17 {->׻,/\Nhf4} 26.
Rh1 $8 f6 (26... Ng7 $5 {/\Ne6,Rd8,Bg7 ><d4}) 27. Qe4 f5 28. Qe5 (28. Ne5 $142
$5) 28... Rf6 29. Re1 $2 (29. Qe1 {[]} Bxd2 30. Nxd2 Re6 $17) 29... Bf4 $1 30.
gxf4 (30. Qe2 Bxg3 $1 31. fxg3 Nhf4+ $19) 30... Nhxf4+ 31. Kg3 Re6 32. Qxf4
Nxf4 33. Kxf4 Rxe1 34. Nxe1 Qd6+ 35. Kf3 Qxa3 $19 36. Bc3 Rxb3 $2 (36... a4 $1
37. bxa4 Rb2 $3 38. Rxb2 Qxc3+ $19) 37. Nxb3 Qxb3 38. Ke2 a4 39. Kd2 $17 a3 40.
Nd3 g5 (40... a2 41. Ba1 Qb1 42. Rc1 $15) 41. Ne5 a2 42. Nxc6 e6 $2 (42...
Qxc3+ $8 43. Rxc3 a1=Q 44. Nxe7+ Kf7 45. Nxf5 Ke6 $15) 43. Rc1 Kg7 44. Nb4 $1
$14 {/\Ra1-a2} Kg6 45. Ra1 Kh5 46. Rxa2 Kh4 47. Ra7 h5 48. Rg7 f4 (48... g4 $5
49. hxg4 hxg4 $14) 49. f3 Qb1 50. Nd3 Qf1 51. Kc2 $1 Qg2+ (51... Qxf3 52. Be1+
Kxh3 53. Rxg5 $16 {/\Rh5,Bd2}) 52. Bd2 Qe2 53. Rg8 $1 Qxf3 (53... Qg2 $2 54.
Nxf4 $18) (53... Qh2 54. Kc3 {/\Be1}) 54. Be1+ Kxh3 55. Rxg5 h4 56. Nf2+ $6 (
56. Rh5 $1 $16) (56. Bd2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 (4... c5 5. c4 d6 {/\e5} 6. d4 Ne4 $1
7. Bg2 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 (8. Nfd2 $142 $5 Nxd2 9. Bc3) 8... Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3
Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bg4 13. Kc1 Na5 14. Nd2 Rab8 15. dxc5 dxc5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h3 Be6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rb1 a6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. g4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 b5
23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rd1 $10 {Smyslov,V-Chiburdanidze,M/Wien/1993/}) 5. d4 (5. Bg2
e5 $13) 5... c5 $5 (5... O-O 6. Bg2 {-E6}) 6. Bg2 (6. dxc5 Qa5+ (6... dxc5 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ne5 $14) 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 {/\Ng4-+} 8. a3 $5 (8. Bd4 Qh5 9. Bg2 Bh3
10. O-O Nc6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. c4 Rad8 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. e4 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Re1 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 $40 {Stummer,A-Horvath,Jo/Budapest Nuovo/1992/}) 8... O-O
(8... Ng4 $2 9. Ne4 $18) 9. b4 (9. Bg2 $2 Ng4 10. Ne4 Nxf2 $1 11. Nxc5 Nxd1 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 9... Qc7 10. Bg2 b6 $10) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 $1 {[+]} 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 (9. Nd2 e5 10. N4f3 e4 11. Nd4 e3 $1 12. fxe3 Ng4 $36) 9... dxc4 10.
bxc4 (10. Na3 e5 11. Nf3 e4 $15 {/\cb3}) 10... Qb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7 $5 (11... Na6
12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Rab1 Ng4 14. N4f3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nb4 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 b6
18. h3 Bb7 19. Nfd2 Ne5 20. Nf6+ exf6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bg2 f5 23. Ra1 Rd7 24.
Nf1 Rbd8 25. Ne3 Nec6 $10 {Taimanov,M-Kochyev,A/St.Petersburg-ch/1995/}) 12.
Rd1 Na6 13. Na3 Nac5 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 (14... axb6 15. Nab5 Na4 16. Ba3 $14) 15.
Rac1 Nba4 16. Ba1 a6 (16... Bd7 $5 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Nab5 $132) 17. Nac2 (17.
Nb3 $6 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Be6 $15) 17... Bd7 $10 18. Nb4 Rfd8 19. Nb3 (19. Nd5 e6
20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Ba4 $15) 19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Be6 21. Nxc5 Rxd1+ (21...
Nxc5 $5 22. Nd5 $1 $132 {/\Nb6,Nc7} (22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. exd3 Rab8 $15)) 22. Rxd1
Nxc5 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Nc7 (24. Nb6 Rb8 {/\Ke8,Rd8=/+,׫}) 24... Rb8 (24... Rc8
25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rb1 $10) 25. Nxe6+ Nxe6 26. f4 Nc5 (26... b6 27. Kf2 Rc8 28.
Bb7 Rxc4 29. Bxa6 Ra4 30. Bb5 Rxa2 31. Bc4 $44) 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Ke3 e6 29. g4
Ke7 30. g5 Rc7 (30... b6 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Kd4 $10) 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. h4 Kf8 33.
Bf3 Kg7 34. h5 Kf8 (34... h6 $142 $10) 35. Rb2 (35. h6 $5) 35... Ke7 36. Rb1
Kd8 37. Rb2 Kc7 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Kd6 40. Ke3 b6 41. Kd4 Nd7 42. e3 Nc5 (
42... e5+ 43. Kc3 {><f7}) (42... Nc5 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Bg2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 $5 (4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c4 e6
8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 {-A6}) 4... Nf6 (4... cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O
$10 {-D79}) 5. Bg2 (5. dxc5 $5 a5 6. Be3 $13) 5... O-O 6. O-O Na6 $5 7. b3 $6
$146 (7. d5 Nc7 8. c4 b5 $5 $15) (7. Na3 d5 8. Bf4 $10) (7. Nbd2 d5 (7... cxd4
8. cxd4 d6 9. h3 Rb8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a3 Qc8 12. Kh2 d5 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Nd3 Bxd3
15. exd3 e6 16. Nf3 b5 17. Bf4 Rb6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Rc5 $5 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 $44 {Pilz,D-Frosch,E/OST-chT9394/1994/}) 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4
Qb6 11. Ndf3 Rac8 12. b4 Nc7 13. Bg5 Nb5 14. e3 Nc3 15. Qe1 h6 16. Bxf6 exf6
17. g4 Be6 18. Nd3 Bxg4 19. Nc5 Nb5 $17 {Wohlfahrt,H-Beck,H/OST-chT9394/1994/})
(7. Re1 d5 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Na3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13.
axb3 Nb4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. e3 Nb6 16. b4 a6 17. Rec1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. b5 axb5
20. Bxb5 $10 {Petran,Pa-Holzke,F/Budapest Elekes/1992/}) 7... d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9.
Nbd2 Rc8 10. Rc1 (10. c4 $5 $10) 10... Qa5 11. a3 Ne4 $15 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4
(13. cxb4 Qb5 {|^<->c}) 13... Qb5 {ץb2} 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 (15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Nhxf3 Nd6 $15) 15... Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Be6 17. f4 (17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc4 19.
Rfe1 Nc7 $15) 17... f5 18. Ra1 Qb6 {/\Nc7-e8} 19. Ra5 (19. Nf3 $142 $15) 19...
Nc7 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Bb5 22. Qe3 a6 (22... e6 $142 $5 {/\Ne8}) 23. g4 e6 24.
Bf3 (24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Bh3 $15 {<=>}) 24... Ne8 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Bg4 Rf6 27.
Qh3 Qd6 28. Bc1 $2 (28. Re1 {/\e4<=>} Nc7 29. e4 Rcf8 $15) 28... h5 $1 29. Bf3
Rxc3 $19 {/\Qb4,Be2} 30. Bd2 Qxb4 $1 31. Bxc3 Qxc3 32. Raa1 (32. Rxb5 Qxd4+ 33.
Kh1 axb5 $19) 32... Bxe2 $1 (32... Bxe2 33. Rfe1 Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 Bxf3+ 35. Nxf3
Qxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qa5 ({Black has higher ambitions than} 4...
cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 $11 {-D79}) 5. e3 $5 {White's main goal in the opening is to
contain any active play by Black. Thus he avoids positions, resembling the
Sicilian after} (5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Bg2 Nf6 $13 {or}) (5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 $13
(6... Nf6 $11)) ({The most usual move is} 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 (6. Nb3 Qb6 7.
cxd4 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 (10. d5 Na6 11. Nfd4 Bd7 12. Bd2 Nc5 13.
Ba5 Qa6 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Nb3 Rc4 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Ng4 19.
Nd3 Rc8 20. h3 Ne5 $15 {Bareev,E-Morozevich,A/Dortmund/2002/}) 10... Bf5 11.
Nh4 Be4 12. f3 Bc6 13. e4 Ba4 14. Be3 Na6 15. Bh3 $13 {1/2,Rashkovsky,
N-Khalifman,A/RUS-chT Maikop/1998/}) 6... Nc6 7. e3 d5 8. Bg2 Qa6 9. Qe2 Qxe2+
10. Kxe2 b6 11. a3 a5 12. b3 e6 13. Bb2 Ba6+ 14. Ke1 Nge7 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1
{1/2,Akobian,V-Minasian,A/Los Angeles/2003/}) ({More ambitious is} 5. d5 d6 6.
Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4 e6 10. Re1 exd5 11. exd5 b5 (11... Nbd7
12. c4 b5 $132) 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nb3 a6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17.
Na5 axb5 (17... Be4 $5) 18. Nxb7 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qxb7 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Nxb5 $36 {
Yegiazarian,A-Minasian,A/ARM-ch Yerevan/2003/}) 5... Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6
8. Re1 $146 (8. a3 $143 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qh5 11. Nc4 Bh3 12. Ng5 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5 15. Ne3 d5 16. Nf3 e6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19.
f3 Nc5 20. f4 Rfc8 21. Nc2 f6 $15 {Konopka,M-Chatalbashev,B/Pardubice/1997/})
8... Qc7 (8... Bf5 $5 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 (10. Nxd4 Bc8 $132) 10... Nc6 $11)
9. e4 e5 (9... Nc6 10. d5 $14) 10. Na3 $1 a6 (10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Qd6 $14) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qb3 b5 $5 {[%mdl 512] To avoid
dreary defence in a passive position after} (13... Nbd7 14. a4 $36 {Black is
more or less forced to enter the sacrificial path. Although White still
retains an edge, the position quickly becomes very wild.}) 14. Ncxe5 c4 (14...
Nh5 15. g4 {-14...c4} (15. Rd1 Re8 $5 $13 (15... Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Bb7 17. g4 (17.
Nd3 Bxe4 $11) 17... Nf6 18. Bf4 $36))) 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. g4 (16. Bf4 $2 Nxf4 17.
gxf4 f6 $19 {[%csl Re5] פe5}) (16. Rd1 $5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bb7 18. g4 Nf6 19.
Bf4 Qe7 20. Ng5 $14) 16... Bxe5 17. gxh5 (17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. gxh5 Qxh5 19. Bf4
Bg4 $13) 17... Nc6 (17... Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rad1 $16) 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. hxg6
(19. Re3 $5 $14) 19... Bg4 $1 {Black sacrifices more material to increase the
tension and get more concrete <=>.} (19... hxg6 20. Re3 (20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Bg4 $132) 20... Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Bg4 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. f4 Nd3 24. e5 $36 {/+/=}) (
19... fxg6 20. Re3 $16) 20. Nxe5 (20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 f6 $5 22. Rxd3 (22. Bh6
Rad8 $5 $44 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd8d1] <->d,ץh6}) 22... cxd3 23. Qb3+ Kg7 $13) (
20. gxh7+ Kxh7 {probably transposes into the game, as White can't play} 21. Re3
$2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rg8 $19) 20... Nxe5 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. f4 f6 $5 {Continues in
the spirit of the 13-th & 19-th move.} (22... Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 (23... Rxf3
24. e5+ Rd3 25. Qf2 $16) 24. Qf2 $40) ({Black wanted to avoid an _|_, but he
retains good tactical chances even after} 22... Qb6+ 23. Qf2 (23. Kh1 Nf3 $13)
23... Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Rg8 $132 (25... Rd3+ $5 26. Kh4 Bf3 27. fxe5
Bxg2 $14)) 23. Bxf6 (23. fxe5 $5 fxg5 24. Rf1 Qxe5 $14) 23... Nf3+ (23... Qb6+
24. Kh1 Qxf6 (24... Nf3 25. e5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 $18 {->}) 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf2
$16) 24. Bxf3 $8 Bxf3 25. Bg5 (25. Qf2 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Qxf4 27. Qh4+ Qxh4 28. Bxh4
Rd2 $40) 25... Rg8 {[%cal Rc7f4] /\Qf4} (25... Qc6 26. Qf2 Bxe4 27. Re2 $16 (
27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Bf6 Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kxf6 30. Qe5+ $16)) 26. e5 $2 {An error, but
even otherwise it's difficult to contain Black's activity.} (26. Kf1 $5 Bg4 27.
Kg1 (27. Re2 $2 Bh3+ 28. Ke1 (28. Rg2 Rxg5 29. fxg5 Qxh2 $19) 28... Rxg5 29.
fxg5 Qf4 $19) 27... Bf3 {only repeats moves.} (27... Bh3 $2 28. Qf2 $18)) 26...
Ba8 $2 ({The winning continuation was} 26... Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f4] /\Qf4-+} 27.
h4 (27. Kf1 Rxg5 28. fxg5 Bd1+ 29. Qf2 Rf3 $19) 27... Qxf4 28. Qg2 (28. Qf2
Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Rxg5 30. hxg5 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 Be2+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ $19) 28... Bd5 $1 $19
{/\} 29. Bxf4 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rh3) 27. Qf2 (27. Re2 Qf7 $44) 27... Qc6 28. Re4 (
28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Re4 Qb6+ (29... Qxe4 $4 30. Qh6+ Kf7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qe7#) (
29... Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Bxe4 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ $11)
30. Rd4 $8 Qc6 (30... Rxd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Qe4 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Qg1 Qf3+
35. Qf2 $11 (35. Ke1 c3 $132)) 31. Re4 $11) 28... Qh6 {Black is still very
ambitious, although objectively it was better to take the draw by repetition.}
(28... Rxg5+ 29. fxg5 Qxe4 30. Qf7+ $11) (28... Qxe4 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Qh6+ Kf5
31. Qf6+ Kg4 32. Qe6+ $11 Qf5 $2 (32... Kf3 $4 33. Qh3+ Ke2 34. Qf1+ Kd2 35.
Qc1+ Ke2 36. Qe1+ Kf3 37. Qg3+ Ke2 38. Qf2#) 33. Qxg8 $16) 29. Qa7+ $2 {
The Q should stay close to the defence.} (29. Rae1 $142 $36) (29. Qe2 $142 $5
$14) 29... Kh8 (29... Rg7 30. Qxa8 Rd2 31. Re2 $8 Rxe2 32. Qf3 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1
$13) 30. Qxa8 $2 $138 {This should have lost immediately, but White is in
trouble anyway:} (30. Re2 Qh3 $40 {/\} (30... Rxg5+ 31. fxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Kf1 $18)
31. Qb6 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Qf2 Qh1+ 34. Qg1 Rf3+ 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qf3+
37. Ke1 Qxf4 38. Bf6+ Kh7 39. Qa7+ Kh6 $19) 30... Qh3 $2 $138 {A comedy of
errors.} (30... Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Rxa8 $19) 31. Qa7 $2 {The final blunder loses.} (
31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. Re2 $14 {/+/- Black's attack is over and he has to fight
hard for at least a draw.}) 31... Qg4+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kf2 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 $19)
32... Rxg5 $1 33. fxg5 (33. Qa8+ Rg8 $19) 33... Rf3+ (33... Rf3+ 34. Qf2 (34.
Ke2 Qxe4+ 35. Kd2 Qd3+ 36. Ke1 Rf1#) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxe4 36. Re1 Qh4+ $19
) 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O (4... d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O {
-A11}) 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 (6. O-O c5 7. c4 e5 $5 $10 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6,Ge5] [+]})
6... Nbd7 (6... c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. Qd2 Qh5 9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Nxg5 a5 11. c4 a4 12.
b4 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Nbd2 a3 15. Bc3 Nbd7 16. e4 Nb6 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bf5
19. Bd4 Na4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Rc4][%cal Gf5b1] ><b4,c4,/^b1-h7,
Volkmann,F-Stanec,N/AUT-chT 9495/1995/}) 7. O-O e5 (7... c6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4
e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 $14 {[%cal Yd1d6,Gb2e5] |^/^a1-h8,/\Qd6}) 8. dxe5 Ng4
(8... dxe5 $2 9. Nxe5 Ng4 10. Nd3 Bxb2 11. Nxb2 Qf6 12. Qc1 $16) 9. Qc1 (9.
Nbd2 dxe5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Nc4 f6 {[%cal Yh6f7] /\Nf7=}) (9. Nc3 Ngxe5 (9...
Ndxe5 10. Nd4 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Kh8 14. e3 Nf7 15. Bc3 Ng5
16. f4 Qe7 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Bxg7+ Qxg7 21. Qd4 Rf7 22.
c4 a6 23. Nc3 Be6 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. e4 Rd8 26. Rad1 $14 {Nikolac,J-Wolf,V/BL
8687/1987/}) 10. Qd2 Nxf3+ 11. exf3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rab1 a6 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15.
Rxb2 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qf6 17. Rbb1 Qc3 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. Qd2 Qc5 20. f4 $10 {
1/2-1/2,Adamski,J-From,S/Kobenhavn op/1990/}) (9. Qd2 $5 dxe5 (9... Ngxe5 10.
c4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Ne5 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Rad1 f5 16. Rd4
Be6 17. Rfd1 Nf7 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. e4 Rae8 20. h3 Bc8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Re5
23. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5,Rf7,Rf8,Rg7,Rg8,Rh7,Rh8] ><d6,f5,h7,>>,Ribli,Z-Graf,
J/BL 8990/1990/}) 10. h3 Nh6 11. e4 f6 12. a4 Nf7 13. Rd1 c6 14. Na3 Qc7 15.
Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. h4 Nc8 18. h5 Ncd6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nh4 Rfd8 21. Qe2
Kh7 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e5 $36 {Dizdarevic,E-Gallagher,J/
Mendrisio op/1989/}) 9... Ngxe5 (9... dxe5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Na3 (11. e4 Re8 12.
Rd1 c6 13. Na3 f6 14. Nc4 Nf7 15. Qe3 Bf8 16. a4 Qc7 17. a5 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6
19. Nd2 Bc5 20. Qd3 Kg7 21. Nc4 Nf8 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7 $10
{Taimanov,M-Apicella,M/Wildbad/1990/}) 11... Nf5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. e3 Nd6 14. c4
e4 15. Ne1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qe7 17. Rd2 h5 18. Rc1 Nf5 19. Nb5 Qc5 20. Rcd1 a6 21.
Nc3 Nf6 22. Rd8 Be6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Re4] ><e4,Stangl,
M-Gallagher,J/Kecskemet/1990/}) 10. Nxe5 (10. c4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Bg2 Bg4
13. Nc3 Qc8 14. Nd5 Re8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e4 Be6 18. Ne3 f6 19. f5
Bf7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Ng4 Rh8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. e5 $1 $36 {Taimanov,M-Von Bahr,O/
Stockholm Rilton Cup/1995/}) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gg2b7,
Gb2g7,Gd1d7] /^a1-h8,h1-a8,<->d}) 11. f4 $5 $146 (11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 $14 {
[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Ye4,Rd6] [+](),><d6}) 11... Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h3 Nf6 14. e4
$14 Re8 15. Nc3 (15. Re1 Bd7 16. c4 Bc6 17. Nc3 $14) 15... Bd7 16. Qd2 Bc6 17.
Rae1 Kg8 (17... Qd7 $6 18. Qd4 $36 {[%cal Rg3g5] /\g4-g5}) 18. Kh2 a5 19. a3
Nd7 (19... Re7 $5 $132 {[%cal Rd8f8,Rf8g7,Ra8e8] /\Qf8-g7,Rae8}) 20. Re3 Nc5
21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Nd1 $1 {White has a space advantage, so he avoids
exchanges} Nb6 24. Qd4 Qb8 $6 {Loses time, Black needs his Q on the Kside.} (
24... Qe7 $142 $14) 25. Nf2 h5 26. f5 $6 (26. g4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf6,Rf8,Rg7,Rh6,
Rh8] gives White a strong attack, the black squares on the Kside are very weak.
}) 26... Qd8 (26... Nd7 $2 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. b5 $1 Bxb5 29. Qd5+ $18) 27. Nd3
Qe7 28. fxg6 (28. Rf2 $142 $5 {[%cal Yc2c4] /\c4()}) (28. c4 Ra2 $132) 28...
fxg6 29. Rf6 (29. e5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qg7 $10) 29... Kh7 30. Nf4 {[%csl Rf6] צf6}
Qg7 $1 31. c3 $2 (31. Nxg6 Nd7 $17) (31. Rd3 $8 {[%cal Rf6g6] /\Rg6} Rf8 (31...
Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxf6 34. Qxb7 $36) 32. Rxf8 (32. Rxg6 $2 Qxd4 33.
Rxd4 Rxf4 $19) 32... Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxf8 34. c4 h4 $132 {=}) 31... Nc4 $1 32.
Qxc4 (32. Re2 Ne5 33. Re6 h4 $1 34. Rxe8 (34. gxh4 $2 Qf7 35. Rxe8 Qxf4+ $19)
34... hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rxe8 $17 {[%csl Re4,Rg2,Rg3] ץg2,Kg3,Pe4 Smyslov rather
gives an exchange, than suffer in such an unpleasant position.}) 32... Qxf6 33.
b5 Bd7 34. Nd5 Qg7 35. Qxc7 (35. Nxc7 Rec8 $17) 35... Rf8 36. Qxd6 Bxb5 37. e5
Rf2 $1 $40 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Kg1 Rb2 (39... Raa2 $4 40. Qd8+ $18) 40. Re1 Bc6
41. Bf1 $8 (41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Qxc6 Qa7+ $19 {[%cal Ra7f2] /\Qf2-+}) 41... Qf7
42. c4 (42. Qd4 Kg7 {[%cal Ra8a2] /\Raa2->}) 42... Raa2 43. Qd4 Rh2 $19 {
[%cal Rh2h1] /\Rh1#} 44. Re4 (44. Nd5 Rh1+ $1 45. Kxh1 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qxg3+ $19)
(44. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 45. Rxe4 (45. e6+ Kh7 46. exf7 Rh1#) 45... Rh1+ 46. Kxh1 Qxf1+
47. Qg1 Qxh3+ $19) 44... Bxe4 45. Qxe4 Rhf2 46. Qd4 Kg7 47. Qe4 b5 $1 48. c5 (
48. cxb5 Qa7 $40) 48... Rxf6 49. exf6+ Qxf6 50. Be2 b4 51. c6 b3 (51... b3 52.
c7 Qb6+ 53. Kg2 Qxc7 $19) 0-1

[Event "ESP-ch Gp B"]
[Site "Cala Mendia"]
[Date "2001.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2001.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Re1 c6 8. Nh4
Be4 9. Bh3 $5 {Avoiding an exchange with a view to embarrassing the enemy
bishop on e4. This seems to me to presage a serious tussle with space and
squares for the minor pieces a priority.} ({On} 9. f3 {black's idea must be to
exchange on b1, and then try to show that the knight on h4 is a bit stuck out
on a limb. Probably after} Bxb1 {black intended} 10. Rxb1 d5 $5 $13 {[%csl Rh4]
with reasonable play.}) 9... c5 {[%cal Ge4c6]} 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12.
Nd2 Bc6 13. e4 Nfd7 ({I guess black didn't like} 13... Nbd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. e6 {
As played, black is looking to hev knights on d7 and c6,both eyeing e5 and d3
in turn.}) 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. f4 {Typical space-gaining. White takes
squares from the black knights and tries to take a grip on the centre.} Bxc4
17. Bxc4 e6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. e5 {Fine in principle, as
possessor of the only light-squared bishop white would like to assert
authority on these squares. However, later in the game black is able to
arganise play with ...g5 without which he would really suffer in terms of
space, but with which he can hold the balance.} Nd5 22. Bf2 Nb6 23. b3 Nd5 24.
Rc1 Rac8 25. Nf3 Be7 26. Red1 h6 27. h4 g5 {Otherwise there would be little to
pit against white's fairly consistently implemented strategy of building space
by taking squares from black's knights.} 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. c4 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gd5b6,Gb6d7,Yf4g5]} (29. fxg5 $5) 29... Nb6 30. fxg5 Nd7 31. Bg2 b6 32. g6 $6 {
False activity. After this it is rather the black pieces which come into their
own.} Ndxe5 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nxe5+ Nxe5 35. Be3 Ng4 36. Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rce1 Bf6
$132 {[%csl Rg1]} 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. Bc1 Rf8 41. Re1 Rce8 42. Bh3
Nf2 43. Bf1 e5 44. Bb2 Ng4 45. Be2 Nf6 46. Bf3 Kg6 47. Rxe5 Rxe5 48. Bxe5 Rf7
49. Bf4 Re7 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Be3 Ne4+ 52. Ke2 Nxg3+ 53. Kd3 Ne4 54. b4 Rd7+ 55.
Kc2 cxb4 56. Bxe4+ Kxe4 57. Bxb6 Rd3 58. Ba5 Kd4 59. Bxb4 Kxc4 60. Bd2 Rg3 61.
Bf4 Rg2+ 62. Kb1 a5 63. Be5 a4 64. Bf6 Rf2 65. Be5 Kd3 66. a3 Kc4 67. Bd6 Kb3
68. Kc1 Rf6 69. Bb4 Rc6+ 70. Kb1 Rc2 71. Be7 Rb2+ 72. Kc1 Ka2 73. Bf8 Rb8 74.
Be7 Rc8+ 75. Kd2 Kb2 76. Bb4 Rd8+ 77. Ke2 Kb3 78. Bc5 Rd5 79. Bb4 Kc2 80. Bd6
Kc3 81. Bb4+ Kc2 82. Ke3 Rd8 83. Ke4 Kb3 84. Bc5 Rb8 85. Bd6 Rb5 86. Ke3 Kc3
87. Ke4 Rb3 88. Be5+ Kc2 89. Bd6 Kb2 90. Kd4 Kc2 91. Kc4 Rb7 92. Bf8 Kb2 93.
Bb4 Ka2 94. Bd6 Rb6 95. Bc5 Rb7 96. Ba7 Rxa7 97. Kb5 Ra8 98. Kb4 Ra7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 $6 {[%emt 0:09:34]} ({I think} 6... c5 {represents Black's
best option here.}) 7. e4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} ({Probably} 
7... Bg4 {has to be played, but parting with the bishop is a concession,
particularly here where, unlike in the KID, the white c-pawn can give
protection to the d4-pawn.}) 8. e5 {[%emt 0:06:58] A novelty, but the reason
it had not been played before is because good players never had a crack at
this position.} dxe5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
53]} 10. Qe2 $14 {[%emt 0:01:45] Sometimes White goes from an early e4-e5 in
various variations of the Pirc, but here with the fianchettoed light-squared
bishop he has the perfect version of it.} b5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} (10... Bg4 11. c4
Nb6 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nc3 c5) 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:11:34]} a5 {[%emt 0:13:23]} 12.
c4 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 13. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Rd8 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:15] I have to give credit to Gawain Jones for his spirited defence.}
14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 15. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} bxc4 {
[%emt 0:05:53]} 16. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:05:38]} Bg4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:12] Black's
counterplay isn't so easy to contain.} 17. Qf1 $5 {[%emt 0:11:47] Watch
Kramnik's solution to the problem.} (17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Be4 Be6 19. Nxa5 Rxb4 20.
Bd2 Rd4 {is a bit confusing.}) ({And the same goes for} 17. f3 Be6 18. b3 a4
19. f4 axb3 $1 20. Rxa8 Rxc4) 17... Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 18. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:
02:23] There's nothing Vladimir values more in chess than an opportunity to
take away the opponent's counterplay, even at the cost of a small material
concession. We have seen many of his games with exchange sacrifices, and now
Kramnik is happy to part with his queen.} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 19. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:
30]} 21. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 22. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} a4
{[%emt 0:00:46]} 23. b5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 24. Rec1 {
[%emt 0:10:25]} h5 $16 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 25. b6 $6 {[%emt 0:09:07] Perhaps that
pawn spoke too soon.} ({Further preparation, beginning with} 25. Bg2 {was in
order.}) 25... Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 26. Na5 {[%emt 0:04:41]} (26. Bg2 Qb5)
26... Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 27. Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 28.
Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:02:15] Jones was happy to get rid of that
pawn no matter the cost.} 29. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30.
Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bxe5 $5 {
[%emt 0:02:35] Now Gawain shows his ambitions.} (31... Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Bxe5 33.
Rc4 Qe2 34. Rcxa4 Bxb2 {would be enough for a draw.}) 32. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:03:03]}
Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. h3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:43] Being short of time Kramnik
decides to eliminate the a-pawn.} (33. Rab1 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 a3 35. Nd5 Qd4 36.
Ne3 {would be safe for him anyway, but I'm not sure White would have been able
to generate winning chances from there.}) 33... Qxh3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 34. Bf1 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bxa1 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 36. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 37. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:06]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 38. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Nd3 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} gxf2+ {[%emt 0:05:15]} 40. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:
00:22]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:08:45]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:04:00]} 1/2-1/2

