[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay CA"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 ({During the world cup Erdos later on switched to
} 3... a6 {and drew comfortably with} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bc4
Qe7 8. a4 Nf6 9. Nge2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14.
Bxb5 Qb7 15. Ba4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Nc6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Nge2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Svidler,
P (2751)-Erdos,V (2628) Tbilisi GEO 2017}) 4. cxd5 (4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 {I felt Black had a better version than the usual
Semi-Tarrasch, I think Kramnik would be very happy with Black here due to the
extra move ...Qe7 and the fact that the white queen is on d1!}) 4... exd5 5.
Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 ({In the topical line} 6... Bf5 7. Qf3 {there are now two
major deviations and for each of them there is a specific masterpiece!} Bg6 (
7... Be6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nf4 Nc8 13. f3
h5 14. h4 Bd6 15. Nce2 Bd7 16. Kf2 Ne7 17. Ng3 Bxf4 18. exf4 O-O-O 19. Rhe1
Rde8 20. Re3 Kd8 21. Rae1 a6 22. b4 Nc8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. a4 Bd7 25. a5 Nd6
26. f5 Bc8 27. Re2 Kc7 28. Ke3 b6 29. axb6+ Kxb6 30. Kf4 a5 31. bxa5+ Kxa5 32.
Re7 Rg8 33. Nxh5 Rxg2 34. Nxf6 Rd2 35. Re3 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. h5 Kb4 38. h6
Rh2 39. h7 c3 40. Kg5 c2 41. Re1 Kb3 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. Nh5 f6+ 44. Nxf6 Be8 45.
Nxe8 Rxh7 46. f6 Kb2 47. Rxc2+ Kxc2 48. Kg6 Rh3 49. f4 Rg3+ 50. Kf5 Rg8 51. f7
Rf8 52. Kg6 Kd3 53. Kg7 Rxf7+ 54. Kxf7 {1-0 (54) Giri,A (2762)-Zvjaginsev,V 
(2643) Antalya TUR 2017}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12.
Ne2 $1 Nb6 13. Ng3 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Na4 15. Ngf5 Kd7 16. Rb1 Ke6 17. Bd3 Rhc8 18.
Ke2 Bf8 19. g4 c5 20. Ng2 cxd4 21. exd4 Bd6 22. h4 h5 23. Ng7+ Ke7 24. gxh5
Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Kd7 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Ng4 Rh8 28. Rhe1 Be7 29. Nf5 Bd8 30. h6 Rc8
31. b3 Rc6 32. Nge3 Bc7 33. Rbc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Bf4 35. Rc5 Ke6 36. Ng7+ Kd6 37.
Ng4 Nd7 38. Rc2 f5 39. Nxf5+ Ke6 40. Ng7+ Kd6 41. Re2 Kc6 42. Re8 Rxe8 43. Nxe8
Nf8 44. Ne5+ Bxe5 45. dxe5 Kd7 46. Nf6+ Ke6 47. h5 Kxe5 48. Nd7+ Nxd7 49. h7
Nc5+ 50. Ke2 {1-0 (50) Carlsen,M (2851)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger 2016}) 7.
Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 h6 (8... Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxg5 10. Bd3 {and White will continue with
his plan of the minority attack.}) ({My major source of inspiration was from} 
8... O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qb1 $1 {Kramnik,V (2730)-Timman,J (2590)
Belgrade Investbank 1995 (1) 1-0}) 9. Bh4 {I just wanted to aim for principled
lines.} Nh5 (9... Ne4 10. Bxe4 ({Hence White is better off playing} 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. Qc2 {with a slight pull.}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 $1 Bxh4 12. Nd6+ Kf8 (
12... Ke7 13. Nf5+) 13. Qb3 {was an amazing line found by my opponent and was
the reason why he decided to stick to Nh5.} Qf6 ({The refutation of this line
is} 13... Qe7 14. Nf5 Nc5 $1 {pointed out by the computer}) 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15.
Qxb7 Rd8 (15... Nb6 16. Qxa7 Nd5 17. Qb7) 16. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6] and Black's
pieces are very misplaced and discoordinated especially the h4-bishop.}) 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nhf6 (11... O-O {[%csl Yh5] was more natural, but Erdos
joked that he doesn't like to leave pieces hanging.}) 12. Qb1 {Now I am able
to get in b4 in time, as he has not castled yet.} a5 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 axb4 (
14... Re8 {was maybe better.} 15. Rc1 $5 {I will continue playing without b5
and only play it after careful preparation or after the knight leaves d7.} (15.
b5 c5 {should be fine.} (15... Ne4 16. bxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Qc2 $14) 16. b6 c4 17.
Bf5 (17. Bc2 Ra6) 17... Nxb6 $1)) 15. Qxb4 {This idea of taking back with the
queen was missed by Erdos.} Re8 16. Rfc1 $5 {I decided to wait for one more
move before taking on e7.} ({Another option was} 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Rfc1) (16.
Rfb1 {then the a1-rook might feel misplaced.}) 16... Qxb4 $6 {And it proved to
be a good decision.} (16... b6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. a4 Ba6 19. Bf5 $1 {[%cal
Gf3d2,Ga4a5] with a commanding endgame.} g6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. a5 $16) 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Kf8 19. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb4b5]} ({It is still too early for} 19.
b5 c5) 19... Ke7 20. f3 $1 {Now he always has to worry about e4 which is a
very serious threat.} Nf8 21. Nb3 (21. b5 Ne6 {would lead to the game.}) 21...
Ne6 22. b5 Kd8 23. Kf2 {Do not hurry!} Re7 24. Ra7 cxb5 (24... Rc7 25. b6 Re7
26. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6,Rc3a4,Rb3c5] followed by penetration on the c5-square.}
) 25. Nxb5 b6 26. Ra3 $1 {The best place at the moment as it helps me to
completely control the c-file.} Nc7 27. Nc3 (27. Nd6 Bd7 {doesn't achieve
anything.}) 27... Bb7 28. Nc1 $1 {The knight will go to b4 where it will
occupy a commanding post restricting Black's pieces.} g6 29. N1a2 Re6 30. g4 $5
{The principle of creating two weaknesses!} Kc8 31. Nb4 Kb8 32. h3 {I decided
to keep the option of preparing e4 and hence protected g4 for that reason.} Rd6
33. h4 {To hell with that plan :), let's continue gaining space on the
kingside.} (33. Ra4 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gb6b5] is a funny way to prepare e4 but
doesn't work due to the counter-blow with b5.}) 33... Ng8 34. g5 $1 {Fixing
the pawn structure favourably.} hxg5 (34... h5 {might be possible but then
Black's pawn structure on the kingside is seriously compromised.} 35. Nc2 $5 {
[%cal Ge3e4] followed by e4.} ({Another option would be} 35. Nb5 Nxb5 36. Bxb5
Ne7 {[%cal Re7f5]} 37. Rc3 {[%cal Rb5e8,Gb4d3,Gd3e5]} (37. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5]}))
) 35. hxg5 Ne7 36. Ra1 Nc6 37. Nca2 $5 {Maintaining the control.} Ne6 38. f4
Ned8 39. Rh1 Nxb4 40. Nxb4 Nc6 41. Rh8+ $1 {It is good to provoke the king
into the open as then it would give rise to various tactical ideas.} (41. Na2
Bc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8e6] It is very important that I don't allow him to achieve
Bc8-e6 which might just hold the position together.}) 41... Kc7 (41... Ka7 $5
42. Na2 {[%cal Ga2c3]} (42. Nxc6+ Bxc6 43. Rh7 Rd7 44. f5 gxf5 45. Bxf5 Rb7 {
is barely holding.}) 42... Ba6 {was maybe a better try.}) 42. Na2 $1 {[%cal
Ga2c3]} Kd7 (42... Rd8 43. Rh7 Rd7 44. Nc3 Na7 45. f5 gxf5 46. Bxf5 Re7 47. g6
{wins.}) (42... Bc8 43. Nc3 {is hopeless.}) 43. Bb5 (43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Bb5 {
was my original intention, but I noticed that Black can escape with} Rd8 $1 (
44... Rd7 45. e4 $1) 45. Rxd8 Nxd8 {[%cal Gb7d5]} 46. Na4 {should also win
eventually.}) 43... Ke7 $6 {It was already very difficult, but this hastens
the end...} (43... Kc7 44. Rf8 Nd8 (44... Rd7 45. Nb4 $1) 45. Be8 {winning the
f7-pawn.}) 44. Nb4 $1 Ke6 (44... Rd8 45. Nxc6+ Bxc6 46. Rxd8 {winning.}) 45. e4
$1 {The strongest!} ({Also strong was} 45. Re8+ Ne7 46. f5+ gxf5 {Here I only
considered} 47. Nd3 ({But} 47. Kf3 {wins on the spot as Black is in zugzwang!})
47... Bc6 $1) 45... dxe4 (45... Nxb4 46. Re8#) 46. d5+ Rxd5 47. Nxc6 $1 {
Once again the strongest! Black is almost in zugzwang.} (47. Nxd5 Kxd5) (47.
Bxc6 Bxc6 48. Nxc6 f6 49. gxf6 g5 $5 {was the idea of Erdos, trying to
liquidate the pawns but the computer is not impressed but shows that White can
win after} 50. Rf8 gxf4 51. f7 {winning the rook or queening.}) 47... Kd6 48.
Rd8+ Kc5 49. Rxd5+ Kxd5 50. Nd8 Bc8 51. Ke3 {Leaving him no hope!} (51. Nxf7
Kd4 52. Nd6 Be6 53. Be8) 51... Kc5 (51... Bf5 52. Nxf7) 52. Nxf7 $1 Be6 (52...
Bf5 53. Be8 b5 54. Bxb5 $1 {Of course!}) (52... Kxb5 53. Nd6+ Kc5 54. Nxc8 b5
55. f5 Kd5 (55... b4 56. f6) 56. fxg6 Ke6 57. Kxe4 b4 58. Nb6) 53. Be8 b5 54.
Ne5 b4 55. Bxg6 {One of my best positional grinds in recent times in the style
of Iron Tigran!} 1-0

[Event "Zaragoza Casablanca op 5th"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramiro Ovejero, Juan Luis"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Adla Martin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 {Un orden inexacto. Si se quiere jugar la
variante del cambio es imprescindible sacar el C a c3 en la tercera jugada
como hizo Kiril Georgiev en la ronda anterior contra Fabrizio Belli. El
problema de este orden es que las negras solucionarán fácilmente el desarrollo
del Ac8 como se verá en la partida.} exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 {Esta pequeña
jugada es importante en el plan de las negras, como veremos a continuación.} 7.
Bh4 Bf5 $1 {La clave.} 8. e3 ({Las blancas pueden intentar desestabilizar el
flanco de dama negro con:} 8. Qb3 {pero el negro preparó con su jugada 6 el
astuto contrajuego} g5 $1 {con dos posibles variantes:} (8... Qb6 9. Bxf6 {
empeora mucho la estructura de peones de las negras en el flanco de rey.}) 9.
Bg3 (9. Qxb7 {La más táctica, sin embargo pese a la ganacia de material esta
línea aún no ha atraído a los jugadores de las piezas blancas.} gxh4 $1 {
Esta jugada causa muchos problemas a las blancas que deberán jugar la posición
con su dama encerrada en "a8". Hay poco material teórico pero con buenos
resultados para las negras, por ejemplo:} (9... Qb6) 10. Qxa8 Qb6 11. Na4 Bb4+
12. Kd1 Qc7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rc1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Rg1 Qa5 18.
Nc3 Qb6 19. h3 Nxf2+ 20. Ke1 Qe3 {0-1 (20) Nyland,T (2156)-Balazs,G (2277)/
Budapest HUN 2009/The Week in Chess 770}) 9... Qb6 $1 {Luego de esta jugada
las negras solucionan todos sus problemas, el cambio de damas está asegurado y
el final resultante es fácil de jugar, adjuntamos un par de partidas de
fuertes Grandes Maestros a modo de ejemplo:} 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3
Ne4 (12... a5 13. f3 a4 14. Nd2 a3 15. b3 Bb4 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Kf2
Re6 19. Rhd1 Rae8 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nf4 24. Rd4 Nxe2
25. Kxe2 Ba5 26. Rdd1 g4 27. Bf4 h5 28. Kf2 h4 29. Rd4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Bd8 31.
Bd6 Bh3 32. Nd2 Rg6 33. e4 Bf6 34. Rb4 Bb2 35. Rc2 d4 {0-1 (35) Maiwald,J 
(2476)-Georgiev,V (2530)/Nuernberg GER 2009/The Week in Chess 774}) 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. h4 Rg8 16. Be2 Be7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7
20. Bh5 a5 21. a4 Bxh5 22. Rxh5 Kg6 23. Rh2 c5 24. Ke2 cxd4 25. exd4 Rac8 26.
Kd3 Nb6 27. f4 Bb4 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. b3 Nb2+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 gxf4 32. Bxf4
Nd3 33. Be3 Re8 34. Nh4+ Kf7 35. Nf5 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rxb3 37. g4 Re4 38. Rh7+ Ke6
39. Rxb7 Ra3 40. Rb1 Rxg4 41. Ng7+ Kd6 42. Rf7 Ne1 43. Rxf6+ Ke7 44. Re6+ Kf7
45. Bh6 {0-1 (45) Vallejo Pons,F (2663)-Shirov,A (2736)/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/
Yearbook 2007}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 ({
La evaluación general de la línea es que las negras han igualado sin
inconvenientes al serles favorable el cambio de alfiles de casillas blancas.
Algunas partidas de Grandes Maestros confirman esta evaluación. También
recomendamos al jugador interesado en jugar esta línea con negras que estudie
la partida Portisch-Kasparov, Skelleftea 1989, entre otras.} 12. a3 a5 13. Bg3
Re8 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Rab1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Re6 19. Ne2
Rae8 20. Nf4 Re4 21. f3 R4e7 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rd7 25. b5 c5 26.
dxc5 Bxc5 27. Qf5 Bxe3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. h3 Qe5 32.
Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Nd3 Re6 35. Nf4 Rb6 36. Nxd5 Rd6 37. Ne3 Rxd1+ 38.
Nxd1 Ke7 39. Ne3 g6 40. Nc4 Ke6 41. Na5 b6 42. Nc6 Nd5 43. Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+
Kd6 45. Nd8 f5 46. g4 fxg4 47. fxg4 Kc5 48. Nf7 Kxb5 49. Nxh6 Ka4 50. Nf7 b5
51. Ne5 b4 52. Nd3 b3 53. Nc5+ Kb4 54. Nxb3 Kxb3 55. Kg2 Kc4 56. Kf3 Kd4 57. g5
Ke5 58. Kg4 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Kg4 Ng7 61. h4 Ke4 62. Kg3 {0-1 (62)
Yermolinsky,A (2597)-Ivanchuk,V (2714)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 068 ext}) 12... a5
13. Qc2 ({Es difícil encontrar para las blancas jugadas que cambien la
evaluación, por ejemplo:} 13. Nd2 Re8 14. f3 b5 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Ne2
Qb8 18. Nf1 Qb6 19. g4 c5 20. h4 c4 21. Qc2 b4 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Qf5
Qc6 25. Nfg3 Bxg3 26. Nxg3 Qe6 27. Qf4 Qg6 28. Qg4 Ndf8 29. f4 Nf6 30. Qf3 Ne4
31. Kg2 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Re4 33. Rh1 Rae8 34. a3 Rb8 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Ra1 f5 37.
Ra2 Ne6 38. Be1 Rb3 39. Bc3 Qe8 40. Kf2 a3 41. Qh3 Nf8 42. Rxa3 Rxa3 43. bxa3
Qa4 44. Qxf5 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qxe3+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1
Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qc2+ {0-1 (50) Saric,A (2455)-Delchev,A (2661)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM
111 ext}) 13... Re8 14. a3 Nb6 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Ne5 Nfd7 $1 {Las negras
expulsan a las pocas piezas blancas bien ubicadas y, pese a la simplificación,
mantendrán una duradera presión apoyándose en la columna "e" y el control del
flanco de dama.} 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. e4 $6
{Las blancas no aceptan el juego pasivo pero debilitan su estructura de peones,
especialmente el peón "d4".} Qf4 $5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Rbd1 b6 23. Na4 Re6 ({
Las negras disminuyen su iniciativa intentado ganar tiempos para controlar la
columna "e". Era interesante} 23... b5 24. Nc3 (24. Nc5 a4 {Xb2}) 24... Rac8
25. Nxd5 $2 Qg5 26. Nc3 b4 {con enorme ventaja.}) 24. Nc3 Qg5 25. Rd3 $6 ({
En el momento en que las blancas consiguieron un pequeño respiro cometen este
grave error, debieron luchar por la columna "e" con:} 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. a4 {con solo una levísima ventaja negra.}) 25... Rae8 26. Rg3 $2 {
Esta jugada pierde inmediatamente. Cualquier otra que no se dejase nada era
preferible.} Qd2 $1 27. Qd3 Re1 28. Nb1 Qc1 0-1

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5
6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 (7. h3 {Rubinstein} Be7 8. e3 Ne4 $11 {H.Wolf}) 7... Nh5 8. Bd3
$2 (8. Bg3 $142 {Lasker}) (8. Be2 $142 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bd6 10. Ne5 {Lasker}) (8.
Be5 $1 f6 9. Bg3 {Alekhine}) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 Bd6 10. g3 (10. Ne5 Qb6 (10...
Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. Qc2 $15 {Alekhine}) 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1 g6 $17 (
12... Re8 $2 13. Bxh7+ $1)) 11... Qxd4 12. Nxf7 Bxf4 $19 {Lasker}) 10... O-O
11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 (12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 $19 {Lasker}) 12... Nf8 13.
Nd1 $2 (13. Ng5 $142 g6 {[%csl Rf5] /\f5-> Lasker} (13... Qf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15.
Bd3 $1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Ne2 $16 {Tartakower}) 14. h4 $1 {
[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5} (14. Rfe1 f6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd7 $17 {
Alekhine}) (14. Nf3 Bh3 (14... f5 $2 15. Ne5) 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. f5 Qf6 $1 $17 {
Tartakower}) 14... f6 (14... Ne6 15. Nf3 {[%cal Yf3e5] /\Se5}) (14... Qf6 15.
Nf3 {[%cal Yf3e5] /\Se5}) 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Nh2 Bh3 17. Rfe1 Ne6 (17... Qb6 18.
h5 $1 gxh5 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qxd4 21. Nf3 $40) 18. Nf3 Qb6 (18... Bg4 19.
f5 (19. Bxg6 $1 Bxf3 (19... Re7 20. Nh2 (20. Bf5 $145 $1 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Ng7 22.
Qc2) 20... Nxd4 21. Qd3) 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qf5 $18 {Zeeuw/Ploeger}) 19... Bxf3
20. fxe6 f5 $17 {[%cal Yf3e4] /\Le4 Zeuw/Ploeger}) 19. Bxg6 $1 (19. f5 $2 Nxd4
20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. fxg6 (21. Ne2 Qg4) 21... Bxg3) 19... hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Ng7 21.
h5 $1 Bf5 22. Qxf6 $18 {Tartakower}) (13. Rfe1 $142 {Alekhine}) 13... f6 $1 14.
Ne3 Be6 15. Nh4 $2 (15. Rfe1 $142 {Tarrasch}) (15. f5 $142 {Vukovic}) (15. h4
$142 {[%cal Yh4h5] /\h5 Rubinstein}) (15. Rfd1 Bf7 16. Bf5 {Alekhine}) 15...
Bc7 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4} (15... a5 $142 {Alekhine}) 16. b4 (16. Bf5 $142 {
Tartakower}) 16... Bb6 17. Nf3 Bf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7h5] /\Lh5} 18. b5 $2 {Alekhine:
Das entscheidenden Versehen.} (18. Bf5 $142 Bh5 19. Bg4 {Tartakower} Rxe3 $1
20. Bxh5 Re4 21. Bg4 g6 22. Z0 f5 23. Z0 Ne6 $19 {Pachmann}) (18. Qb2 $142 Bh5
19. Nd2 {Tartakower}) (18. Rfd1 $142 Bh5 19. Be2 $15 {Alekhine} Re4 {[%cal
Rf8e6] /\Se6 -/+/-+ Zeeuw/Ploeger}) 18... Bh5 $1 19. g4 Bf7 20. bxc6 Rc8 21.
Qb2 bxc6 {[%cal Rf8e6] /\Se6-+ Alekhine} 22. f5 Qd6 {[%cal Rd6f4] /\Df4
Alekhine} 23. Ng2 Bc7 24. Rfe1 h5 $1 25. h3 (25. g5 fxg5 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. f4
gxf4 28. Nf3 {Alekhine}) 25... Nh7 {[%cal Rh7g5] /\Sg5-+ Lasker} 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Re1 Rb8 28. Qc1 Ng5 $1 29. Ne5 (29. Nxg5 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 fxg5 31. Ne3 (31. Z0
Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg2 $19 {Tartakower}) 31... Qxh3+ 32. Ke2 hxg4 $19 {Alekhine})
29... fxe5 $1 (29... Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 fxe5 31. dxe5 $19 {Tartakower}) 30. Qxg5 e4
31. f6 g6 (31... Qxf6 $19 {Alekhine}) (31... Qh2+ $2 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 exd3+
34. Kxd3 Qxh3+ 35. Ne3 Kf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Kc2 $14 {Alekhine}) 32. f4 hxg4 $1
{[%cal Rc7b6] /\Lb6 Lasker} (32... exf3 $143 33. Re5 {Alekhine}) (32... exd3
$143 33. gxh5 {Alekhine}) 33. Be2 gxh3 34. Bh5 Rb2 35. Nh4 Qxf4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4
0-1

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Playing one brother after another is a funny case for the schedule of the
tournament. Besides the guy had to make a draw to score his GM norm or even
the title.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7.
h3 $5 Ne4 $1 {This is the critical one.} (7... Bb4 8. Qb3 Qa5 9. Bd2 $1 $36 {
was seen in the above mentioned game.}) (7... Nb6 $5 {Yermolinsky-Graf,
Tashkent 1987.}) 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. e3 Be6 $1 $146 {A good novelty
which made me to sit there and think what to do against this drawmeister who
already offered me a draw even two days ago.} (10... Nd5 11. Be5 $14 {is seen
a lot of times.}) 11. g3 $5 {Actually this move looks cool.} (11. a3 $142 $13 {
is a sober move keeping the options open.}) (11. Bc4 $2 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Bb4+ 13.
Ke2 Nd5 14. Bg3 O-O $32) 11... Nd5 {He wanted to get rid of Bg5 and seriously
threatens my Bishop!} 12. h4 f5 (12... Qb6 {does not deliver much.} 13. Qc2)
13. Be5 Qd7 {First timid move absolutely in the style of this Greek.} (13...
Bd6 $142 $1 14. Bxd6 (14. Bxg7 Nxe3 $1 15. fxe3 Bxg3+ 16. Ke2 Bf7 $19 (16...
Rg8 17. Be5 f4 $19)) 14... Qxd6 15. Bc4 $11) 14. a3 Nb6 {He prepares Bd6 with
all the possible(!) precautions.} (14... Bd6 15. Nc4 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qe7 $11) 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {Here due to some interesting factors I even decided to
offer a draw and see more of Athens which is a city I have been 1000 times!}
17. Nc4 {Back to the board, I could not have done it!} Nxc4 $6 {I do not like
this. I knew that he would go for one of this seemingly equal but infact
dangerous position.} (17... Qe7 $13) (17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 O-O-O $13 {keeps
options open for both sides.}) 18. Bxc4 O-O-O 19. Qb3 Rhe8 20. h5 Kb8 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 (21... Rxe6 22. Rc5 Rf8 23. Qa4 Rh6 24. b4 a6 25. Qa5 Qd7 26. Re5 g6 27.
Qc5 Rf7 28. a4 $16) 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. b4 a5 25. Rc5 $14 {Here
white is simply better in this double rook ending.} axb4 26. axb4 b6 27. Rxd5
cxd5 28. b5 $16 {After his hasty play which was based on the motto of
"Exchange as much as you can" led to a very rotten rook ending for him.} Re7
29. Kf1 $3 {I am very proud of this move. I wanna throw in g4 in the right
moment, also wanna use the fact that his king can not appoach more because the
hole on c6 would make me to use my rook on the other side of the board.} Rc7 {
The correct decision he should not lose time with winning my b pawn instead he
should aim to occupy the second rankand bring his king up.} (29... Ra7 $2 30.
Kg2 Ra5 31. h6 g6 32. Rc1 $1 (32. Kh3 $2 Rxb5 33. Kh4 Rb2 34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Kg5
Kb7 $17) 32... Rxb5 33. Rc6 Ra5 34. Rxg6 $1 b5 35. Rg8+ Kc7 36. Rg7+ Kc6 37.
Rxh7 Ra8 38. Rf7 Rh8 (38... b4 39. Rf6+ Kb5 40. Rxf5 Kc4 41. Rh5 $18 {g and h
pawns will decide the game.}) 39. Rf6+ Kc7 40. Rxf5 Rxh6 41. Rxd5 b4 42. Ra5
Rb6 43. f3 b3 44. Ra1 b2 45. Rb1 exf3+ 46. Kxf3 $18) 30. Kg2 Rc2 31. Rh4 $5 {
Here I have unnecessarily complicated the matters.} (31. g4 $1 {would win
easily.} fxg4 32. Rh4 Rc7 {What else?} 33. Rxg4 Rd7 34. Rg5 Kc7 35. Re5 Kd6 36.
Re8 Rb7 37. Rc8 (37. Rh8 g6 38. h6 Ke6) 37... Kd7 38. Rc6 Rb8 39. Kg3 Rb7 40.
Kf4 $18) (31. h6 $6 {does not give the desired result.} g6 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rh4
Kc7 34. Rxg4 Kd7 35. Rg5 Kd6 36. Re5 Rc8 $11) 31... Kc7 $1 {He should not lose
any tempi but bring his king up.} (31... Rb2 $2 32. Rf4 g6 33. g4 Kc7 34. h6 $1
$18 (34. gxf5 $2 g5 35. f6 gxf4 36. f7 fxe3 $19)) 32. Rf4 g6 33. g4 Kd6 $1 34.
hxg6 (34. gxf5 $2 g5 35. Rg4 h6 36. Kg3 Re2 37. f4 Rxe3+ 38. Kg2 gxf4 39. Rxf4
Ke7 40. f6+ Kf7 41. Rf5 Rb3 42. Rxd5 Kxf6 $11) 34... hxg6 35. g5 {I was
counting on this possibility since his king will be forced to travel to the
eight and mine will land on the 6th ranks respectively.} Ke6 36. Rh4 Rb2 37.
Kg3 (37. Rh6 $2 f4 38. Rxg6+ Kf5 39. Rf6+ Kxg5 40. Rxf4 Rxb5 $11) 37... Rxb5
38. Rh6 ({Unfortunately g6 does not fall at once.} 38. Rh7 $2 Rb1) 38... Kf7
39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rd7 Kf8 $138 {Draw offer} 41. Kf4 {The guy is worse, is low
on the clock and still offers a draw. Where do we play in a Charity Foundation
or what?} Rb2 42. Ke5 Rxf2 43. Kf6 Ke8 44. Rxd5 f4 45. exf4 Rxf4+ 46. Kxg6 e3
$8 {The smoke clears and the result is still in the boundaries of a draw.} 47.
Re5+ Kd7 $8 {The right side.} (47... Kf8 $2 48. d5 Rd4 49. Kf6 $18) 48. Rxe3
Rxd4 49. Rg3 $4 {This is really stupid and once againI have lost the track in
a R+P vs R+P ending. When will I start playing these endings in a flowless
fashion?} (49. Re5 $1 {We all know that when the pawn is on the 6th and the
king is behind the 6th he can not support his pawn easily since he would lose
a lot of tempi to go around.} Rd1 (49... Kc6 50. Kf6 b5 51. g6 Kb6 52. g7 Rd8
53. Rg5 Rg8 (53... Ka5 54. g8=Q Rxg8 55. Rxg8 b4 56. Ke5 b3 57. Kd4 $18) 54.
Kf7 Rxg7+ 55. Rxg7 Kc5 (55... b4 56. Rg5) 56. Ke6 b4 57. Ke5 (57. Rg5+ $4 Kc4
58. Rg4+ Kc5 $11) 57... Kc4 58. Ke4 $1 (58. Rc7+ $4 Kd3 $11) 58... Kc3 59. Ke3
b3 60. Rc7+ Kb2 61. Kd2 Ka2 62. Kc3 b2 63. Ra7+ Kb1 64. Rb7 Ka1 65. Kc2 $18) (
49... Kd6 50. Rf5 $18) 50. Rf5 $1 Kc6 (50... Rh1 51. Kf6 (51. Kg7 Rh5 52. Rf7+
Kc6 53. g6 b5 54. Kf6 Rh1 55. g7 Rf1+) 51... Rh5 52. Rf1 Rh8 (52... Ke8 53. Rb1
$18) (52... b5 53. g6 Rh2 54. g7 Rg2 55. Rf5 $18) (52... Rh2 53. g6 Rg2 54. g7
b5 55. Rf5 $18) 53. Kg7 Rh2 54. g6 Kc6 55. Rf5 $1 b5 56. Kf7 Kb6 57. g7 Rh7 58.
Kf8 Rxg7 59. Kxg7 Ka5 60. Kf6 Kb4 61. Ke5 Kc4 62. Rf8 b4 63. Ke4 $1 Kc3 64. Ke3
b3 65. Rc8+ Kb2 66. Kd2 Ka2 67. Kc3 b2 68. Ra8+ Kb1 69. Kb3 Kc1 70. Rc8+ Kb1
71. Rh8 Ka1 72. Ra8+ Kb1 73. Ra2 $18) 51. Kf7 Rd7+ 52. Kg8 Rd6 53. Kh7 Rd7+ 54.
Kh6 b5 55. g6 Kb6 56. g7 Rd8 57. Rf8 Rd1 58. g8=Q Rh1+ 59. Kg6 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 $18
) 49... Ke6 $4 {The move shows the quality of todays chess and chessplayers!} (
{He had an easy draw with throwing the king to the right side.} 49... Kc6 50.
Kf7 Rf4+ 51. Kg8 (51. Ke6 Re4+ 52. Kf5 Re8 53. g6 b5 54. g7 Rg8 55. Kf6 Kc5 56.
Rh3 (56. Kf7 Rxg7+ 57. Kxg7 b4 $11) 56... b4 57. Rh8 Rxg7 58. Kxg7 b3 $11)
51... b5 52. g6 Kc5 $1 {Just in time.} 53. g7 b4 54. Kh7 Rf7 55. Kg6 Rxg7+ 56.
Kxg7 Kc4 $11) 50. Rb3 $1 $18 {The assesment changes after every move. Now
white is winning once again!} Rd6 51. Kh7 Rd7+ 52. Kh6 Rd6 (52... Rb7 53. g6
Kd6 54. g7 Rxg7 55. Kxg7 Kc5 56. Kf6 b5 57. Ke5 Kc4 58. Rb1 b4 59. Ke4 Kc3 60.
Ke3 b3 61. Rc1+ Kb4 62. Kd3 b2 63. Rb1 Kb3 64. Kd2 Ka2 65. Kc2 $18) 53. g6 Kd7
(53... Kf5 54. Kh7 $18) 54. Kh7 {This is winning but I could have also used
the leitmotif of this type of ending.} (54. Rb5 Kc6 55. Rf5 b5 56. Kh7 Kb6 57.
g7 Rd7 58. Kh8 Rxg7 59. Kxg7 Ka5 60. Kf6 Kb4 61. Ke5 Kc4 (61... Kc3 62. Kd5 $18
) 62. Rf4+ Kc3 63. Kd5 $18) 54... Kc6 55. g7 Rd7 56. Rf3 $4 {I have almost
succeded to produce a grandmaster out of him.} (56. Rc3+ {is the most normal
continuation.} Kb5 57. Kh8 Rd8+ 58. g8=Q Rxg8+ 59. Kxg8 Kb4 (59... Ka4 60. Kf7
b5 61. Ke6 b4 62. Rc8 b3 63. Kd5 b2 64. Kc4 (64. Rb8 Ka3 65. Kc4 Ka2 66. Ra8+
Kb1 67. Kb3 Kc1 68. Rc8+ Kb1 69. Rc7 Ka1 70. Ra7+ Kb1 71. Ra2 $18)) 60. Rc8 b5
61. Kf7 Ka3 62. Ke6 b4 63. Kd5 b3 64. Kc4 $18) (56. Kh8 $2 {This makes a draw
because of the disadvantageous position of the rook.} Rd8+ 57. g8=Q Rxg8+ 58.
Kxg8 b5 59. Kf7 Kc5 60. Ke6 Kc4 61. Rb1 b4 62. Ke5 Kc3 63. Ke4 b3 64. Ke3 Kc2
$11) 56... b5 $4 (56... Kc5 $1 {is the move!} 57. Rc3+ (57. Kg6 Rxg7+ 58. Kxg7
b5) 57... Kd4 $1 (57... Kb4 $2 58. Rc8 {Now the position of the rook is
adjusted.} b5 59. Kg6 Rd6+ 60. Kf7 Rd7+ 61. Kf6 Rxg7 62. Kxg7 Ka3 63. Kf6 b4
64. Ke5 b3 65. Kd4 b2 66. Kc3 $1 b1=N+ 67. Kc2 $18) 58. Rb3 Kc5 59. Rb1 b5 60.
Rc1+ Kb4 61. Kh8 Rxg7 62. Kxg7 $11) 57. Rf5 $18 {After this even I can not
blunder!} b4 (57... Kb6 58. Kh8 Rxg7 59. Kxg7 Ka5 60. Kf6 (60. Rf8 b4 61. Kf6
b3 62. Ke5 Kb4 63. Kd4 b2 64. Rb8+ Ka3 65. Kc3 $18) 60... Kb4 61. Ke5 Kc4 62.
Ke4 (62. Rf4+ Kc3 63. Kd5 b4 64. Rf3+ $18) 62... b4 63. Rf8 Kc3 64. Ke3 $18 (
64. Rc8+ Kd2 65. Rb8 Kc3 66. Ke3 b3 67. Rc8+ $18)) 58. Kh8 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nh5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g3 $5 g6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Qc1
Nc4 15. Nh4 Be6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. d5 $6 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5
Rac8) 17... Nd6 18. Nc3 (18. Qc5 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Ng7 $11 (19... Bxa2 $2 20. Nxd6
Qxd6 21. Re8+ $18)) 18... Rac8 19. d5 $5 (19. Rfe1 $5 Qf6 20. Re5) 19... cxd5
20. Qe3 (20. Bxd5 Nb5 21. Qe3 $11) 20... Nc4 21. Nxd5 $6 (21. Qxa7 Nxb2 22.
Nxd5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Rb1 Nd3 $11) (21. Qe2 $2 Nf4) 21...
Qxh4 $1 22. gxh4 $8 (22. Qh6 $2 Qd8 23. Nf4 Qe7 $19) 22... Nxe3 23. fxe3 Kg7
24. Bf3 Rfd8 25. Nc3 $1 Nf6 26. Rd4 $1 (26. Rd4 Rxd4 (26... Re8 27. Ra4 Bc4 28.
Re1 Ba6 29. Rd4 $11) 27. exd4 b5 (27... Rd8 28. Rd1 Bd5 29. Kf2 $11) 28. Nxb5
Rb8 29. Nxa7 Rxb2 30. Rf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 {A strange choice against the Chinese.} 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 $6 {I am not very happy about this line anymore. It
gives black some rotten endgame. Before this game I have always tought that
the ending contains mutual chances for players.} 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9.
Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 $1 {This is one of the best lines. After the travel of the
knight to h4 white will try to squeeze black around f5 square either by g3,Bh3
or by f4-f5.} (10. Kd2 $6 {It seems like only this move gives black a normal
game!} Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. b3 Ba3 $1 $132) 10... Nd7 {I am reluctant to
develop the bishop first.} (10... Be7 $5 {This is GM Balashov's recipe.}) 11.
g3 (11. Nh4 {Threatens f4 and then f5 so no time for another move.} Be7 (11...
Nb6 $2 12. f4) 12. g3 Nb6 13. f3 a5 14. Kf2 a4 $132 {Gustafsson-I.Sokolov,
Amsterdam(open)2001.}) 11... a5 $1 $146 {Since he has omitted Nh4 I have felt
the luxury to insert this move in.} (11... Nb6 12. Nd2 $14 {is seen before.})
12. Nh4 a4 13. a3 (13. f4 $2 a3 14. b3 Bb4 15. Kd2 Be4 $36) 13... Be7 (13...
Nb6 $2 14. f4) 14. Bh3 Nb6 15. f4 $1 (15. O-O-O Nc4 16. Rhe1 Nd6 17. f3 f5 $11
{and he can not get e4 in.}) (15. Nf5 Nc4 16. O-O-O Nd6 (16... Bxf5 $2 17. Bxf5
Nd6 18. g4 Nxf5 19. gxf5 $16) 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 $14 {looks ok to me.}) 15... Bc2 {
So my bishop has found an haven which makes the point of early a pawn pushes.}
(15... Rg8 $2 16. f5 Bh5 17. Bf1 Kd7 18. Kf2 $18) 16. Kd2 Bb3 17. Bf1 $1 (17.
Rae1 $6 Nc4+ 18. Kc1 b5 $1 (18... Nd6 $2 19. e4 dxe4 (19... Nxe4 20. Nf5 Kf8
21. Bg2 $16) 20. Nf5 Rd8 21. Nxd6+ $1 (21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4+
Kd6 24. Rhe1 Kc7 25. Re7+ Kb6 $11) 21... Rxd6 22. Rxe4 Kf8 23. Rhe1 Bd8 24. Nd1
$1 Ba5 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Ne3 $1 Rxe8 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Nxd6+ Ke7
30. Nxb7 Bb6 31. Nc5 Kd6 32. Bf5 h6 33. Bc2 Bxc5 34. dxc5+ Kxc5 35. Bxb3 axb3
36. Kd2 Kd4 37. f5 $18) 19. e4 b4 20. axb4 (20. exd5 bxc3 21. Nf5 cxb2+ 22. Kb1
Nxa3+ 23. Kxb2 Bxd5 24. Rxe7+ Kf8 $17) 20... Bxb4 21. exd5+ Kd8 $1 22. Bf1 (22.
dxc6 $6 a3 23. c7+ Kxc7 24. Nb5+ Kb6 25. Nxa3 Nxa3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 $40) 22...
cxd5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 $40) (17. Rhe1 Nc4+ 18. Kc1 {Blocks Ra1 so it is not
looking natural.}) 17... O-O 18. Nf5 Rfe8 19. Bd3 {White still does have an
edge but it is not that big since he also has some weaknesses.} Nc8 20. e4 $5 {
This was a surprise to me since it weakens d4 as well. However the slant eyed
commie bastard had plans to blast open the center.} (20. g4 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Bxd6
$14) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bd8 22. Rae1 Kf8 23. Re3 Ba5+ 24. Kc1 Bd5 25. Rd1 Bxe4
26. Rxe4 Rd8 {After a lot of forced moves the smoke has cleared and the only
problem for black turns out to be his weak queenside!} 27. Bc2 $1 (27. Re2 $6
Nd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Bxh7 Bb6 30. Re4 Rad8 31. d5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 {is more
than ok for black.}) 27... Nd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. d5 $1 (29. Bxa4 $2 Rad8 30.
Bc2 h6 31. Re2 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11) 29... b5 $1 30. dxc6 Rxc6 $14 {So far
black has defended excellently.} 31. Kb1 Rac8 32. Re2 $1 h6 $1 {Too early to
open my 7th rank.} (32... Re6 $2 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Rd7 $1 (34. Bxh7 $5 f5 35.
Bg6 Ke7 36. h4 b4 37. axb4 Bxb4 38. h5 Bd6 $16) 34... Rc7 35. Rxc7 Bxc7 36. Bd3
$1 (36. Bxh7 f5 37. Bg6 Bb6 38. Bh5 Bg1 39. h3 Bh2 40. g4 Ke7 41. gxf5 exf5 42.
Be2 b4 43. axb4 Bxf4 44. Ka2 Kf6 45. h4 Ke5 46. Ka3 Kd6 47. Kxa4 Kc6 48. Bd3
Bg3 49. h5 f4 50. Be4+ Kb6 51. h6 Bh4 52. h7 Bf6 53. Kb3 Kb5 54. Bd3+ Kc6 55.
Kc2 Kd5 56. b5 $18) 36... b4 37. axb4 Bb6 38. Bxh7 f5 39. Bg6 (39. h3 $2 Kg7
40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Ka2 Kf6 42. Ka3 Bf2 43. g4 Be3 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Kxa4 Kxf4
46. Kb5 Kg3 47. Ka6 Kxh3 48. b5 Kg4 49. b6 Kf5 50. b7 Bf4 51. Ka7 Ke4 52. b4
Kd5 53. b5 Kc5 $11) 39... Bg1 40. h3 Bh2 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Bxf4 43. Bc2 $18)
33. Rd7 R6c7 34. Bf5 Rxd7 35. Bxd7 Rb8 36. Ka2 Bc7 37. Rd2 Rd8 $5 {Another
move showing some defensive skills.} (37... Ke7 $2 38. Bc6 Bd6 39. Rd5 b4 40.
Rd3 $1 (40. Bxa4 $2 Ra8 41. Kb3 bxa3 42. bxa3 Ra7 43. Rb5 (43. Rh5 Kf8) 43...
Kf8 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. Rc6 Rb7+ 46. Ka2 Ra7 47. Rc4 f5 $11) 40... f5 41. Bxa4 Ra8
42. Bd1 $18) (37... h5 $5 {was also good.} 38. Rd5 Rd8 39. Rd3 b4 40. axb4 Bb6
41. Bb5 Rxd3 42. Bxd3 Bg1 43. h3 Bh2 $11) 38. Rd3 b4 39. axb4 Ke7 40. Bb5 Rxd3
41. Bxd3 Bb6 $4 {Of course I have seen the idea but played too fast for some
unexplainable reason and forgot about his next namely 42.f5!} (41... f5 42.
Bxf5 Bb6 43. Ka3 Bg1 44. h3 Bh2 45. g4 Bxf4 46. Kxa4 Kd6 47. b5 Kc7 48. Ka5 Be3
49. Be4 f6 $11 {and now my kingside can protect itself even without the help
of my king.} 50. Kb4 Kb6 51. Kc4 Bg5 52. Bd3 Bf4 53. Kd5 Bg5 54. Ke6 Bh4 55.
Kf5 Bg5 56. Kg6 Kc7 57. Kh5 Kb6 58. h4 Bd2 59. Kg6 Be1 60. h5 Bd2 61. Kxf6 Bg5+
$11 {is a draw.}) 42. f5 $1 $18 Kd6 {I can not construct a barricade on the
kingside like in the other line when he has an extra h pawn. Besides double b
pawns helps him to give one of them on time.} (42... Bg1 43. h3 Bh2 44. g4 Bg3
45. Ka3 Kd6 46. Kxa4 Kc6 47. Bc4 Kb6 48. Bxf7 Kc6 49. Be8+ Kb6 50. Kb3 Kc7 51.
Kc4 Kd6 52. Kb5 Be1 (52... Kc7 53. Ka6 Be1 54. b5 Bf2 55. b6+ Bxb6 56. h4 Bf2
57. g5 fxg5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Bh5 Kd6 60. b4 Ke5 61. Bg4 $18) 53. Bc6 Bd2 54.
Bf3 Be1 55. Bg2 Bd2 56. h4 Be1 57. g5 fxg5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Bh3 $18) 43. Ka3
Bd4 44. Bc2 Ke5 45. Kxa4 Bxb2 46. Kb5 Bd4 (46... Kd4 47. Bb3 Kc3 48. Ka4 Bc1
49. Bxf7 $18) (46... Kd6 47. Kb6 Bd4+ 48. Kb7 Bg1 49. h3 h5 50. b5 Bf2 51. b6
Bxg3 52. Bd1 h4 53. Kc8 Ke5 54. Bg4 $18) 47. Kc6 Bg1 48. h3 Bh2 49. g4 Kf4 50.
Bb3 $1 {He is in time to anchore his bishop on h5.} h5 (50... Kg3 51. Bxf7 Kxh3
52. Bh5 $18) 51. Bxf7 hxg4 (51... h4 52. Be6 Kg3 53. g5) 52. hxg4 Kxg4 53. Be6
Kf4 54. b5 $18 {and black's king is very far away.} Ke4 55. b6 Kd4 56. b7 Bb8
57. Kd7 Kc5 58. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Negroponte op"]
[Site "Chalkis"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 {Difficult decision.
I have to reckon that I have always been bad with the Carlsbad structure(s).} (
6. e3 Qa5 {Cambridge Springs Defence is one of the oldest branches of
Semi-Slav and it is difficult to break it.} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 (8... N7b6
9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Ng6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qf3 O-O 17. h4 $44) (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O $14
) 9. Rc1 h6 (9... c5 10. Bc4 (10. a3 $1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2
N5f6 $11 {a common ending.}) 10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. e4 N5f6
14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O $14) (9... O-O 10. Bc4 $5 (10. Bd3 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3
cxd4 (12... b6 $2 13. e4) 13. cxd4 Qxa3 14. e4 Nb4 15. Bb1 b6 16. O-O $44)) (
9... N7b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa3 12. e4 Ne7 13. Bd3 $44) 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4
{A new breath in this line.} (11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7
$1 15. f3 (15. Bd3 Bb7 16. f3 f5 $1 $11) 15... Nf5 16. Bf2 Ba6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18.
Ke2 Rhd8 $11) 11... cxd4 (11... N7b6 $6 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $16)
(11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 $16) 12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O
14. O-O $14 (14. e4 $2 Nf4 15. O-O Nb6 $17 {That is why interpolation of h6
Bh4 is important.})) 6... exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 $5 {Once open a time this move
was condemned to be a mistake.} (8. Qc2 Nh5 9. h4 $5 {is an annoying move a la
Janowski. I have to start studying more if there is any room for improvement
with my chess.} (9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Bd3 Ng7 13. g4 {
another over worn line.} Be6 (13... Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8
17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Ka1 $40) 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Ne8
18. Rc3 Nd6 19. Rhc1 (19. Ra3 Nc8) 19... f6 20. Ra3 Nc8 21. Qa5 g5 22. Rb3 Nb6
23. Ra3 (23. Nd2 h5 24. Ra3 Nc8 25. Nb3 b6 $13 26. Qe1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qd6 $132)
23... Nc8 24. Rb3 Qc7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $132 {and eventually h5 comes.}) 9... Ndf6
10. g3 $5 (10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 $5 {In the footsteps of Alekhine and Janowski.} (
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Kb1 Be6 14. g3 O-O 15. Rhf1 Rc8 $13 {Why
should Black be worse?}) 11... Nxf4 12. exf4 Bg4 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. f3 Be6 15. Qf2
$13) 10... h6 11. Bf4 $13 {a la Bernstein and in the mouth of insanity.}) 8...
h6 $5 (8... Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 (9... f5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 $14 {looks
positionally very OK.}) 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Ne5 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 Nd6 14. Bxf5
Nxf5 15. g4 Ng7 $13) (8... Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb1 Nhf6 12. b4 $14
{wins some tempi for the minority attack.}) 9. Bf4 $5 (9. Bh4 Ne4 $5 (9... O-O
10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bg3 $14) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 $14) 9... Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 {A standart reaction a la Pillsbury.} (11. dxe5 $5 g6 12. Qc2 (12. Nd4 O-O
13. O-O Ng7 14. Qc2 $14) 12... O-O 13. O-O Ng7 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Rfd1
Qb6 17. e4 d4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bc4 Bg4 20. b4 $13) 11... Nf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. f4
Qe7 (13... O-O 14. Qf3 c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb6 17. Rf2 $40) 14. Qf3 (14.
Re1 O-O (14... Be6 15. f5 Bd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4
O-O-O 20. Qd4 Kb8 21. Qc3 Qg5 $13 {the over expanded pawn structure made me
worried.}) 15. Qf3 $14) 14... Be6 15. Rac1 $5 {This move cuts out the
possibility of castling long for Black and still the rook may be useful on c1.}
g6 (15... O-O-O $6 {A real form of castling into the attack.} 16. Nb5 (16. f5
Bd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxe5 (18... f6 $5 19. Ng4 (19. Nf7 $2 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1
Qxd3 (20... Bc7 21. Qc4) 21. Qxd6 Bxf5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 $44) 19... h5 20. Nf2 Bc7
21. Qf3 Qd6 22. Qh3 $16) 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Rde8 21. e6 fxe6 22. f6 gxf6
23. Rxf6 $16) 16... Bb8 17. a3 a6 18. Nc3 $16) 16. a3 $1 {A good waiting move.}
(16. g4 $2 Nxg4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Qxe3+ $19) (16. h3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 $13
) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rc2 {I was tired and did not want to risk
against the grandmaster.} (18. Rc2 Qe6 (18... h5 $5 19. b4 a6 20. Na4 Ne4 21.
Nc5 Rh6 $132) 19. b4 O-O 20. b5 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Ne4 $132) (18. b4 a5 19. b5 Bxa3
20. Rc2 O-O 21. Qh3 Ng4 22. Rf3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op 01st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {I did not want to allow him to play what he knows the best: QGA.} e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {Karlsbad gives some interesting options
to white.} Be7 (5... c6 6. Qc2 $5 {is another branch of Karlsbad.} (6. e3 Bf5
$5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 $14)) 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 ({
It is too early for} 7... Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nge2 $14) 8. Bf4 $5 ({I did not
want to give him} 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 $132) 8... Nf8 (8... O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Qc2 $14 {is back to the normal lines.}) 9. h3 Bd6 10.
Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc2 g6 $6 {I believe it is too early for this.} (11... Ng6 $6 {
in general regarded low since black knights will be harrassed by white pawns
march.} 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nge2 $40) (11... Ne6 $142 12. Nf3 $1 ({
He was obviously afraid of} 12. f4 $6 c5 $1 13. Nge2 (13. f5 cxd4 14. fxe6 dxc3
15. exf7+ Kxf7 $17) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Nxf4 $17) 12... O-O 13. g4 g6 14. O-O-O
Ng7 15. Kb1 $14) 12. f3 $1 {How many times you have seen in a Karlsbad white
is able to tranfer his queen to f2 without losing a tempo and doing so he
builds up his center.} Nh5 $6 {Black is overreacting!} ({The endgame is
welcomed after} 12... Qg3+ 13. Qf2) (12... Ne6 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Nge2 $14) 13. g4
Ng7 (13... Ng3 $2 14. Rh2) 14. O-O-O (14. Qh2 Qe7) 14... Be6 (14... h5 15. Nge2
) 15. f4 $1 {I have changed my attacking scheme} ({being unsatisfied with} 15.
Nge2 O-O-O 16. e4 f6 17. f4 (17. Nb5 Qe7) 17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 $14) 15...
O-O-O $2 (15... f5 $8 16. Qg2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Ne5 O-O (18... Ne4 $2 19.
gxf5) 19. Kb1 $16 {White has all the prospects in his position.}) 16. f5 $40 {
Now the attack is very strong.} gxf5 17. gxf5 Bd7 18. Nf3 f6 (18... Kb8 19. Ne5
Be8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 f6 22. Nc4 Qb4 23. Qd3 Ka8 24. d5 $1 Bh5 25. Rd2 $18)
19. Nb5 $1 {Pushing his queen out of b8-h2 diagonal.} ({Alternatives does not
give white the maximum out of the his favorable position.} 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. e4 (
20. Rhg1 $6 Ne8 $14) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf4 22. Rhg1 $16) (19. e4 $2 dxe4 $1 (
19... Qf4+ $2 20. Kb1 Qxf3 21. Nxd5 $1 $44) 20. Nxe4 Qf4+ $15) (19. Rhg1 $6 Ne8
20. Kb1 Kb8 $14) 19... Qe7 20. e4 $2 (20. Rhe1 {was even better.} a6 21. Nc3
Kb8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Qh2+ Ka8 24. Bxe4 Qb4 25. d5 $18) (20. Rde1 $6 a6 21. Nc3
Kb8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Qh2+ Ka8 24. Bxe4 Qb4 $14) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qb4 $2 (
21... a6 22. Nc3 Qd6 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. d5 c5 25. Nd2 b5 $1 $132) 22. Bd3 $1 {
After this well calculated move black's queenside is in big trouble.} Nxf5 23.
Nxa7+ (23. a3 $2 Qa5 24. d5 (24. b4 Qb6 25. a4 Ne3 26. Nd6+ Kb8 $8 27. Qh2 Ka8
$17) 24... Ne3 25. Qc5 Kb8 26. Qxe3 cxb5 $40) 23... Kb8 24. Bxf5 Kxa7 25. Qc5+
$1 {The pin should have brought white the victory.} Qb6 $2 {He lost even a
tempo. Calculating over my 22nd move I have almost given up the line for white
but as it frequently happens with chessplayers an extra second of look usually
brings you the solution.} (25... Qxc5+ 26. dxc5 Rg8 27. Rd6 Rg7 $1 (27... Kb8
28. Rhd1 Kc7 29. Rxf6 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Nd7 32. b4 Rg3 33. h4 $18)
28. Nd4 (28. Rhd1 $6 Bxf5 29. Rxd8 Ne6 30. R8d6 Nxc5 31. Rxf6 Bxh3 $44) 28...
Ng6 $1 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. Rd1 Rg5 31. b4 Rd5 32. Nb5+ $18) 26. Rd3 {This is the
point.} Qxc5+ 27. dxc5 Rg8 28. Nd2 $2 {I was annoyed by the possibility of Rg3.
This effected my calculations.} (28. Nh4 $2 Ng6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Rhd1 Rg7 $11)
(28. Rhd1 $1 {was easy and effective.} Rg3 29. Nh4 (29. h4 h6 30. Re3 Kb8 31.
Rd6 Kc7 32. Rxf6 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 $18) (29. Nh2 $6 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Kb8 31. Rd6 Kc7
32. Rxf6 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Ne6 34. Ng4 $18) 29... Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Ka6 31. a3 $18)
28... Rg7 $2 {He also lost his sang froid.} (28... Rg5 $2 {is easy to see.} 29.
Rf1 Kb8 30. Ne4 $18) (28... Kb8 $1 29. Rd6 $8 (29. Re1 $2 Kc7 30. Re7 Rg5 31.
Rf3 Kb8) (29. Ne4 $2 Re8 30. Nxf6 Bxf5 31. Rf3 Rg5 32. Nxe8 (32. h4 Be4 33.
Nxe4 Rge5 $11) 32... Be4 33. Rhf1 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Rxc5+ $11) 29... Kc7 30. Rxf6
Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Rg2 32. Rf7+ Rd7 33. Rhf1 Rgxd2 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxf8 {looks
like a drawish endgame to me.} Rg7 36. a3 $1 b6 37. cxb6+ Kxb6 38. Rf6 Kb5 39.
Rh6 c5 $132) 29. Nc4 Bxf5 $1 (29... Re8 $4 30. Nb6 $1 $18 {was the point in28.
Nd2.}) 30. Rxd8 Ne6 31. Rd6 $5 {Greedy but looking at the circumstances it is
a good decision.} (31. Rd2 $6 Nxc5 32. Nd6 Nd3+ 33. Kd1 Bg6 34. Rf1 Bh5+ 35.
Kc2 Nb4+ 36. Kc3 Nd5+ 37. Kd4 Kb6 $14) (31. Rhd1 $4 Nxd8 32. Rxd8 Rg2 $17) (31.
Rdd1 Nxc5 32. Nd6 Be6 33. b3 Rg2 34. Rd2 Rg3 35. h4 Bxb3 36. axb3 Nxb3+ 37. Kc2
Nxd2 38. Kxd2 $16) 31... Nxc5 32. Rxf6 (32. Ne3 Be4 33. Rhd1 Rg3 $11) 32... Be6
$1 $138 {An interesting decision.} (32... Nd3+ $6 33. Kd2 Nf2 34. Rxf5 Nxh1 {
The knight will have difficulties to come back in the game!} 35. Ke3 Ng3 36.
Re5 h5 $1 37. Kf4 $16) (32... Be4 $6 33. Rh2 $16) 33. b3 Rg2 34. Kb1 $6 {
The quality of the game seriously dropped down in the time scramble.} (34. Nb2
Bd5 $44) (34. Nd2 $1 Rxd2 35. Rxe6 Rxa2 36. Kb1 Rd2 37. Rh6 Nxb3 38. Rxh7 c5
39. h4 c4 40. Rc7 $1 (40. Rh3 $2 Ka6 41. h5 b5 42. Rc7 Kb6 $11) 40... Re2 41.
Rh3 Kb6 42. Rg7 $18) 34... Bd5 $2 {But this is bad.Herman loses his tenacity.}
(34... Bxc4 $1 35. bxc4 Ne4 36. Re6 Nc3+ 37. Kc1 Nxa2+ $1 (37... Rxa2 $2 38.
Rhe1 Ra4 39. Kb2 Rxc4 40. Kb3 Rc5 41. Rh6 $18) 38. Kd1 Nc3+ 39. Ke1 h5 40. h4
b5 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Rf1 Rg7 43. Rf5 Rh7 44. Ree5 $18) 35. Nd6 $138 Nd3 36. Rd1
$1 (36. Rhf1 $2 Rb2+ 37. Ka1 Rh2 38. Rh6 Nb4 39. Rxh7 c5 $132) 36... Nb4 37.
Rf4 $1 $18 {Now finally white has a winning position.} Nc2 38. Ra4+ $6 {
This check was not necessary at all.} (38. Kc1 $1 {wins easily.} Ne3 39. Re1 (
39. Rd2 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Rg6 41. Rd3 $1 $18) 39... Rc2+ (39... Rg3 40. Kd2 Ng2 41.
Ra4+ Kb6 42. Re7 $18) 40. Kb1 Rc3 41. Rb4 $1 (41. Rc1 Rd3) 41... b5 42. Rxb5
$18) 38... Kb8 39. Rc1 $2 (39. Kc1 Ne3 (39... b5 40. Rg4 {Starting from this
point I have never noticed the idea that I can use the rook horizontally.} Rh2
41. Rd2 $18) 40. Re1 Rg3 41. Kd2 Ng2 42. Re7 c5 43. Rxh7 $18) 39... b5 40. Ra5
$2 {This was the last mistake.} (40. Rg4 Na3+ 41. Ka1 Rh2 42. Rg7 Nc2+ 43. Kb2
Nd4+ 44. Kb1 Rxh3 45. Rf1 (45. Re1 Ne6 46. Re7 Rh6 47. Rf1 $18) 45... Nf3 46.
Rf2 $18) 40... Nb4 {This caused some confusion in me.} (40... Nd4 {may even be
better and white is not even better anymore.} 41. Re1 Kc7 42. Ne8+ Kb6 43. Ra8
Bf7 $40) 41. Re1 $6 (41. Nxb5 {Good or bad I had to give back the exchange. I
became really low on time around this part fo the game.} Be4+ 42. Ka1 Nd3 (
42... Nc2+ 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44. Nd6 Bd5 45. Ra4 $14) 43. Nd6 Nxc1 44. Nxe4 Nd3 45.
a4 Nf4 $11) 41... Kc7 42. Ne8+ (42. Nf5 $2 Nd3 43. Rf1 Be4 $17) 42... Kb6 43.
Ra8 Kb7 $2 ({He did not see} 43... Bf7 {either in that moment.}) 44. Ra3 Kb6 $2
(44... Nd3 45. Re7+ Kb6 46. Nf6 Rb2+ 47. Ka1 Rd2 48. Kb1 $11) 45. Ra8 $4 (45.
Nf6 Bf7 46. Nd7+ Kb7 47. Nf8 $1 {I did not notice this great move despite
looking at the position for all of my remaining time.} (47. Re7 $2 Bg6+ 48. Kc1
Nd3+ 49. Kb1 (49. Kd1 $4 Bh5+ $19) 49... Nb4+ $11 (49... Rg1+ 50. Kc2 Rg2+ $11)
) (47. Ne5 $2 Nc2 $1 (47... Be6 $40 {I have only seen this one.}) 48. Nxf7
Nxa3+ 49. Kc1 Kb6 $19) 47... Nd5 48. Kc1 $13 {and the fight continues.}) 45...
Bf7 $1 {This knocked me out of my socks. I was expecting to repeat the moves
and pile up some time. Now I had to try to make a draw.} 46. Rb8+ $8 (46. Nd6
$4 Bg6+ 47. Ne4 Nc2 $19) 46... Ka5 $2 {He should have tried to win this
position.} (46... Ka7 $1 47. Re7+ Kxb8 48. Rxf7 Nxa2 $1 (48... h5 49. Nf6 Nxa2
(49... h4 50. Rh7 Nxa2 51. Rxh4 Nc3+ 52. Kc1 Kc7 53. Ne4 Nxe4 54. Rxe4 $11) 50.
Nxh5 Nc3+ 51. Kc1 Ne2+ 52. Kb1 Rh2 53. Nf4 Nxf4 54. Rxf4 Rxh3 55. Kb2 $11) 49.
Rxh7 Nc3+ 50. Kc1 Ne2+ 51. Kd2 (51. Kb2 $2 Nd4+ 52. Ka3 c5 53. b4 c4 54. Nd6
Rg3+ $19) 51... Nd4+ 52. Kd3 Nxb3 53. Kc3 Nc5 54. Kb4 Nb7 (54... Nd3+ 55. Ka5
Rg6 56. Kb6 Kc8 57. h4 b4 58. h5 Re6 59. Ng7 Re5 60. h6 b3 61. Rh8+ Kd7 62.
Rd8+ Kxd8 63. h7 Re8 64. Nxe8 b2 65. h8=Q b1=Q+ 66. Kxc6 Qc2+ 67. Kb6 Qc5+ 68.
Kb7 Qb5+ 69. Ka7 $11) (54... Ne4 55. Ka5 $44) 55. Nf6 Ka7 56. Nd7 Rg5 57. Rh6
$11) 47. Ra8+ Kb6 48. Rb8+ Ka5 (48... Kc5 $5 {This is not as effective as 46...
Ka7 but who knows what will happen in a time trouble.} 49. Rc1+ Kd4 50. Rd8+
Bd5 (50... Ke3 $2 51. Rc3+ Kf4 52. Rd4+ $18) 51. Nc7 Nd3 $44) 49. Ra8+ Kb6 50.
Rb8+ Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 28th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martic, Ivan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 $5 7. Bh4 Bd6 $5 {
A fresh attempt to rehabilitate the QGD Karlsbad structure.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2
{In the event of Bd6 I believe a switch to Nf3 is more effective than Nge2
known as the Botvinnik System.} (9. Nf3 Bg4 $5 10. Qc2) (9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Bg4
$5 (10... Nbd7 11. O-O $1 (11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Ne4 $1 {Ovetchkin} 13. Nxe4 $2
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. a3 Qb5 19. Rhd1
Bxa3 $19) 11... Nf8 (11... Be7 12. Bg3 $1 a6 $14) 12. Rae1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Be6 14.
f4 Be7 15. Nf3 $16)) 9... Re8 10. Qd2 $146 {Ivan is insistent on pushing f3.} (
10. h3) ({and} 10. Qc2 a5 $1 {are some other ideas.}) 10... Nbd7 11. f3 b5 12.
O-O b4 13. Nd1 $5 ({I was expecting more} 13. Na4 c5 14. dxc5 (14. Bb5 c4)
14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd4 (16. Bf2 $2 Ne4) 16... Qb6 17. Rac1 $1 Nd7 $1
$132) 13... c5 14. b3 $5 (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Rc1 Ba6 $1 $13) 14...
a5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Kh1 $6 {White obviously does not need this move.} (16. Rc1
Qb6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11) 16... Qb6 17. Nd4 Ne5 ({
The simple} 17... Ba6 $5 {also seems logical.}) 18. Be2 Bxd4 19. exd4 Ng6 $1 ({
I am reluctant to pick up a pawn with} 19... Nc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nb2 Qxd4 22.
Rfd1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 $44 {since the pawn structure is ugly.}) 20. Bf2 {Black is
at the junction point for several roads.} Rxe2 (20... Nf4 21. Re1 $1 (21. Qxf4
$6 Rxe2 22. Ne3 Bd7 $17 ({After} 22... g5 23. Qe5 {the queen still has a
square.})) 21... Nxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Rb1 Ba6 26.
Qd2 Bc4 27. Rb2 Qa7 28. h3 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Qxa2 30. Qxb4 Qe2 31. Qe1 $11 {
still keeps the balance.}) (20... Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Ne3 Rac8 (22... Nf4 23.
Nf5) 23. Rfc1 $11) 21. Qxe2 Ba6 22. Qe1 Re8 $2 {However this is the exact
point where I missed my chance.} (22... Bxf1 $1 23. Qxf1 Rc8 24. Qd3 Qc6 25.
Ne3 Nf4 26. Qd2 Qc3 27. Rd1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc1+ 29. Nd1 (29. Rd1 Ne2 $17) 29...
Ne2 30. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 31. Bg1 g5 $17) 23. Be3 ({There is no need for} 23. Ne3 $6
Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Qxd4 25. Nc4 Qf4 26. Nxa5 Rc8 $17) 23... Nf4 (23... Bxf1 24. Qxf1
Rc8 25. Qd3 $132) 24. Rg1 Ne2 25. Qd2 $5 {A practical and a good decision at
the same time.} (25. Rf1 Nxd4 26. Qf2 (26. Rf2 $2 Nf5 $19) (26. Rg1 Qe6 $17)
26... Bxf1 27. Bxd4 Qa6 28. Ne3 Bd3 29. Qd2 $44) 25... Nxg1 26. Kxg1 Qb5 $5 (
26... Rc8 27. Nb2 Bb5 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 $11) 27. Nb2 Nd7 28. Rc1 $5 $138 (
{A more or less safer approach is} 28. Na4 Qe2 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Kf2 Bb5 31.
Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 $11) 28... Nb6 (28... f5 29. Na4) 29. h3 a4 $5 {I thought
that I should combine an attack on the a2-pawn and the e-file simultaneously.}
(29... Re6 30. Rc5 Qe8 31. Bf2 Re2 32. Qc1 $13) (29... f5 $6 30. Bxh6 $1) 30.
Nxa4 Nxa4 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Rb1 Bc4 33. Rxb4 Qa3 34. Bf2 Bxa2 {In the other
lines White also has a simple means to equalise.} (34... g5 35. Qb2 $1 $11) (
34... Re2 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Bd3 37. Qxf7 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2 39. Qg8+ Kg6 $11)
35. Qb2 Qxb2 (35... Qa8 36. Bg3 $11) 36. Rxb2 Bc4 $11 {Here I should have
called it a day!} 37. g4 f5 38. Kg2 (38. gxf5 Rf8 39. Bg3 Rxf5 40. Kf2 $11)
38... f4 39. h4 Re6 (39... g5 40. Rb6 Kg7 41. h5 $11) 40. h5 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf6
42. Bh4+ g5 43. Bf2 (43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. Re7 $11) 43... Re7 44. Rxe7 Kxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
h3 Nf8 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng5 $1
$146 Bd7 15. b4 $1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 $2 (17. a3 Bc8 18. Rfe1 $14)
17... Qe7 $2 {Accompanied with a draw offer.} (17... Qxb4 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Rxb7
c5 $17) 18. a3 $16 {After the ouble overlook white is clearly better.} Nh5 $2 {
That is not the way to prevent e4 pawn trust.} (18... Nf8 $142) 19. f4 Qd6 20.
Nf3 Nf6 21. Ne5 b6 22. g4 $5 (22. Rc1 $1 $18 {is even better.}) 22... Bc8 23.
Qa4 $18 b5 24. Qxa7 Nd7 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Kg2 $1 (26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Qc5 Qf6)
26... g5 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qc5 Qh6 $6 (28... Qf6 29. f5 (29. fxg5 $2 Qxg5 30.
Qxc6 Rde7 $40) 29... Rde7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Re3 g6 32. fxg6 Qxg6 (32... Qf4 33.
d5 $1) 33. d5 cxd5 34. Rxd5 f6 35. Nxb5 $18) 29. f5 Rde7 30. e4 dxe4 31. d5 $4
$138 (31. Re3 $18) 31... cxd5 32. Nxd5 $2 (32. Nxb5 e3) (32. Re3 Bb7 33. Nxb5
$14) 32... Re5 33. Qxb5 e3 34. Kh2 Re4 $4 (34... e2 35. Rd2 Bb7 $3 36. Qxb7 Qh4
$19) 35. Nxe3 $1 Ba6 (35... Rxe3 $4 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kh7 38. Rdd8 $18 {
The same them like once Alekhine demonstrated against Colle.}) 36. Qc5 Bb7 $2 (
36... Bf1 $3 37. Nxf1 (37. Rxf1 Rxe3 $19) 37... Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Rxe1 39. Ne3 Re2+
40. Ng2 Qa6 $17) 37. Rd3 (37. Rd6 $2 Qh4 $1 38. Ng2 Rxe1 $3 39. Nxh4 gxh4 $1
$19) (37. Qc3 Qh4 38. Qd2 Rd4 39. Ng2 Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Rxd1 41. Qxd1 Qf2 42. Qg1
$11) 37... Qf6 $6 (37... Qh4 $1 38. Rf1 Ba6 39. Ng2 Bxd3 (39... Re2 $2 40. Rdf3
Rxg2+ (40... Bb7 41. R1f2 Rxf2 42. Qxf2 Qh6 43. Rd3) 41. Kxg2 Bxf1+ 42. Rxf1)
40. Nxh4 Bxf1 41. Nf3 Re2+ 42. Kg1 Bxh3 $19) 38. Qc2 $4 (38. Qc3 Qe7 39. Qc5
Qf6 $11) 38... Qe5+ $19 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 27th"]
[Site "Obrenovac"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pantelic, Sasa"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 ({There are some differences between the game
continuation and this line:} 3... Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 $1
) 4. cxd5 $6 {Before the game, in my preparation time I noticed that my
opponent likes this dubious capture.} exd5 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 (6... Qb6 7.
Qd2 Nf6 8. Nge2 $13) 7. Bd3 (7. g4 {Botvinnik still played this.} Bg6 $1) (7.
Nf3 Ngf6) 7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. h3 $5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 {This is
an already known tabiya.} 12. a3 $6 (12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Nb6 $13) 12... a5 (
12... Nb6 $5 13. Ne5 Bd6) 13. Ne5 Bf8 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7) 14. Rac1 Re6 $5
$146 15. Bh2 $6 {A strange reaction.} Nxe5 16. dxe5 $1 (16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4
Nb6 $15) 16... Nd7 17. f4 f6 $6 {A very risky move.} (17... Nc5 18. Qe2 Re8 19.
f5 $140 $2 Nd7) 18. Rfd1 (18. exf6 $2 Rxe3 19. Qd2 Re8 (19... Bc5 20. Kh1 Nxf6
21. Bg1 (21. Nxd5 $2 Ne4) 21... Qe8 22. Qd1 Nh5 $40) 20. fxg7 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Be3
22. Qc2 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Qf6 $17) (18. e4 $142 $1 {This is obviously the move.}
Nc5 19. Qb1 $3 (19. Qe2 d4) 19... dxe4 (19... d4 $2 20. Na4 $1 Nxa4 21. Qa2 $16
) 20. Nxe4 Qd4+ 21. Nf2 fxe5 22. b4 axb4 23. Rfd1 Qe3 24. axb4 $13) 18... Nc5 (
18... fxe5 19. Nxd5 Nc5 (19... Rd6 20. e4 cxd5 21. fxe5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rg6 23.
exd5 $5 $44) 20. Qc4 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Qf6 22. fxe5 Qg6 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rc6
25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Qd2 $44) 19. Qf5 Qe8 $5 {I have sort of decided to proceed
slowly.} (19... fxe5 20. fxe5 (20. Ne4 $2 g6 21. Nxc5 gxf5 22. Nxe6 Qb6 23.
Nxf8 Rxf8 24. fxe5 f4 $1 $19) (20. Na4 $2 g6 21. Qg4 h5 $19) 20... g6 21. Qg4
Qe8 {is reminiscent of the game continuation.}) 20. Ne2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Nd7 (21... Nb3 $4 22. Rb1 Ra3 23. Qc2 $18) 22. e4 g6 (22... d4 23. Nd5 g6 24.
Qg4 cxd5 25. exd5 Rea6 26. e6 f5 27. Qh4 Bg7) 23. Qg4 dxe4 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Qxe4
gxf5 26. Qxf5 Ng6 27. b5 $15) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Ne4 22. Nd4 (22. Nc3 $142)
22... Re7 23. Bf4 $2 {A blunder!} (23. Qg4 g6 24. Nf5 Rxe5 $1 (24... Rf7 25.
Rf1 Kh8 26. Nd6 $13) 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nd4 Bh6 27. Rd3 Re8 28. Re1 a4 $44 {
with a very easy position to play.}) 23... g6 {Steady but I had another move
as well.} (23... g5 $142 $5 24. Bh2 Rf7 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qe6 (26. Qe2 Rf2) 26...
Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 h4 31. b5 Re6 32. bxc6
bxc6 $17 {with a positional crunch.}) 24. Qg4 Bg7 25. Nf3 a4 $17 {I had
already designed a long term plan focussed on b2.} 26. Rc2 Qf7 27. Rf1 Rf8 28.
Rcc1 Qe6 (28... Qe8 $5) 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. h4 h6 31. Rc2 g5 $1 32. hxg5 hxg5
33. Nxg5 (33. Bxg5 $2 Nxg5 (33... Rxf3 $6 34. gxf3 Nxg5 35. f4 Ne4 $11) 34.
Nxg5 Rxe5 $19) 33... Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Rxe5 (34... Rxf1+ $2 35. Kxf1 Rxe5 36. Bf4
Re4 37. Ke2 Rc4 38. Kd3 $11) 35. Bf4 Re4 36. g3 Ra8 37. Kf2 Ra5 38. Bd6 Rc4 $5
({I was not so sure about} 38... Rb5 39. Bb4 Rexb4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Rb1 Kf7 (
41... Rb3 $6 42. Ra1) 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Kd2 a3 44. b3 Rg4 45. Ra2 Bb2 46. Raxb2
axb2 47. Rxb2 Rxg3 48. Kd3 c5 $17 {with winning chances.}) 39. Rd2 $138 (39.
Rxc4 $2 dxc4 40. Rc1 Rd5 41. Bb4 b5 $19) (39. Rfc1 Re4 $1 $17) 39... d4 (39...
Rb5 40. Bb4 Rcxb4 41. axb4 Rxb4 42. Rb1 Kf7 $17 {was my original plan but
still I had doubts.}) 40. e4 Rb5 41. Ke2 Rb3 (41... d3+ 42. Kxd3 (42. Rxd3
Rxe4+ 43. Kf3 Rd4 $17) 42... Rd4+ 43. Ke2 Rxe4+ 44. Kf3 Rd4 $17) 42. Rf3 d3+ $1
43. Rfxd3 $2 {This loses at once.} (43. Ke3 b6 $3 (43... Bxb2 44. Rxd3 Rxd3+
45. Kxd3 Rc3+ 46. Ke2 Rxf3 47. Kxf3 b6 48. e5 Kf7 49. Ke4 Ke6 (49... c5 50. Kd5
Bxa3 51. Kc6 Ke6 52. Kb5 Bb2 53. Kxa4 Bxe5 54. Bf8 Kd5 55. Kb5) 50. Bc7 Bxa3
51. Bxb6 Bb2 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. e6 Bf6 54. g4 c5 55. Ba5 c4+ 56. Kc2 Kxe6 57. Bb4
Kd5 58. Kb1 $11 {due to the wrong corner.}) 44. g4 Bxb2 45. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 46. Kxd3
Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Rxf3 48. Kxf3 c5 $19 {is the idea.}) (43. Kd1 Bxb2 44. Rfxd3 Rxd3
45. Rxd3 Rxe4 $19) 43... Rxe4+ 44. Kf3 Rxd3+ (44... Rd4 45. Ke2 (45. Rxb3 Rxd2
46. Rxb7 Rxd6 $19) 45... Rbxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3 47. Kxd3 Bxb2 {is a transposition
to the game.}) 45. Rxd3 Rd4 46. Ke3 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Bxb2 $19 48. g4 Bc1 $5 {
I have started to enjoy myself.} (48... b5 49. g5 Bg7 50. Bf4 (50. g6 Bf8 51.
Bxf8 Kxf8 52. Kd4 Kg7 53. Kc5 Kxg6 54. Kxc6 b4 55. axb4 a3 56. b5 a2 57. b6
a1=Q 58. b7 Qe5 $19) 50... b4 $1 $19) 49. Kc2 Bg5 50. Kc3 Kf7 51. Kc4 Ke6 (
51... Be7 52. Bxe7 Kxe7 53. g5 Kf7 54. Kb4 b5 55. Kc5 Kg6 56. Kxc6 b4 57. axb4
a3 58. b5 a2 59. b6 a1=Q 60. b7 Qe5 $19 ({Even after Qe5 the ending is won
since White has neither a corner nor a bishop's pawn.} 60... Qc3+ 61. Kd7 Qd4+
62. Kc7 Qc5+ 63. Kd7 Qb6 64. Kc8 Qc6+ 65. Kb8 Kxg5 66. Ka7 Qa4+ 67. Kb6 Qb4+
68. Kc7 Qc5+ 69. Kd7 Qb6 70. Kc8 Qc6+ 71. Kb8 Kf6 $19)) 52. Bf8 Be3 53. Bb4 (
53. Kb4 b5 $19 (53... Kd5 $4 54. Kxa4 Kc4 55. Ka5 $11)) 53... b5+ 54. Kd3 c5
55. Bc3 (55. Kxe3 cxb4 56. axb4 a3 $19) 55... Bc1 0-1

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 $6 {I really did
not want to play a Karlsbad that day. Otherwise the text is considered to be
toothless.} (6. Bg5 $142 c6 7. e3 Be7 $14) 6... c6 7. h3 $5 {This looks like
the most logical move to me.} (7. e3 Nh5 $11 {or}) (7. Qc2 Nh5 $11 {gives
Black quite a game.}) 7... Ne4 $1 {The most consequent move.} (7... Nb6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Ne5 $14) 8. Qc2 $5 $146 {An absolutely new approach to the system. I
came up with the idea in the morning during my preparation. Black may be
deceived by the possibility of having two bishops, as happened in the game.
However, the novelty will not change the verdict on the line that Black has
equal chances after the meek 6.Bf4.} (8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. e3 Be6 {
Atalik-Mastrovasilis,D,Acropolis GM Invitational 2003.} 11. a3 $11) 8... Bb4 $1
{It looks like Black is taking over the initiative because of the problematic
a5-e1 diagonal.} (8... Bd6 9. Bxd6 Nxd6 10. e3 Nf6 11. Bd3 g6 $11 {looks equal
too.}) (8... Ndf6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 $14 {is even a better version of I.
Sokolov-Pelletier, coming from a Karlsbad.}) 9. a3 Qa5 10. Bd2 $8 Nxd2 11. Nxd2
{White's position looks grim: he has lost the pair of bishops and has a3 and
h3 standing almost useless. However, things are far from being simple.} Be7 $2
{This natural move turns out to be a big mistake. Trying to keep the bishop
pair does not make sense in this particular situation.} (11... O-O 12. e3 Bd6
13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O $14) (11... Bxc3 $1 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 c5 13. e3 O-O $11)
12... Qxc3 13. bxc3 Nb6 $11 {Having the king in the centre makes the position
acceptable for Black.}) 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Re8 $2 {Another
innocent looking move which actually makes things worse for Black.} (14... Qd8
15. f4 c5 16. Nf3 $14) 15. f4 $1 $16 {White has a very good Pillsbury Attack
with Black having his queen and other pieces awkwardly placed.} (15. Rae1 g6 (
15... Bf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 Be6) 18... Kh8 19. d5
Bd7 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4 $14) 16. f4 $14) 15... Bf8 16. Rae1 Qd8
17. Nf3 c5 $6 (17... g6 $142 18. Ne5 $16) 18. Ng5 $3 $16 {Danger comes from a
different direction.} (18. Ne5 $2 $14 {is stereotypical and gives White an
advantage but the text is much stronger.}) 18... g6 19. f5 Bg7 $2 (19... Bh6 $1
{is the only move which puts up any resistance.} 20. fxg6 ({In the game we
both thought that} 20. h4 $2 {leads to a winning attack but Black holds by
great play.} Bxg5 21. hxg5 Ng4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Qd6 $1 $13) 20... Bxg5
21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxh7 Kg7 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxg5 Nxh7 25. Qh5 $16) (19... h6
20. fxg6 hxg5 21. Rxf6 (21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bh7 $40) 21... Qxf6 22. Rf1 Qxf1+
23. Bxf1 $18) 20. fxg6 fxg6 ({after} 20... hxg6 21. dxc5 $1 $16 {is simple and
strong.} (21. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 22. Bxg6+ (22. Nxd5 $5 Kg8 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxg6
$44) 22... Kg8 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Bd8 26. Qxc5 $44)) 21. dxc5
$16 {White is a pawn up and the attack continues.} Re5 22. Nf3 Re7 23. e4 (23.
Nb5 $18 {is an alternative.}) 23... dxe4 24. Nxe4 (24. Bc4+ $2 Kh8 25. Ng5 Qd4+
$19) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Be6 26. Ng5 $1 (26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxe6 Rxb2 28. Qe4
$18) 26... Qd4+ 27. Kh1 $18 Rae8 ({It took me some time to see that} 27... Bc4
28. Nf3 Qxc5 29. b3 $18 {wins a piece.}) 28. Rd1 $2 {This is winning an
exchange and the game but I could have checkmated him.} (28. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 29.
Qxg6 $18 {just simply mates.}) 28... Qxb2 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Bd5
Kg7 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. a4 $1 $18 b6 {Nothing works.} (34... Ba3 35.
Rff7 Bxc5 36. Rxh7+ Kg5 37. Rd5+ $18) 35. Rd6 {Curtains!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {This is one of the critical lines in the Exchange
Variation nowadays. It's not quite clear how White can get an advantage here.
The main problem for Black is that there is little room for complications if
White plays solidly here.} 10. h4 {This is one of the most dangerous for Black
set-ups.} Nd7 (10... h5 11. Nh3 Nd7 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. g3 Nb6 (13... Bxf4 14. gxf4
Bf5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Be2 Ke7 18. b4 $36 {Drasko-Bellini, Montecatini
Terme 1995.}) 14. Rc1 a5 15. Be2 a4 16. a3 Ke7 17. f3 Bf5 18. Kf2 Be6 19. Rhe1
f5 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. e4 $36 {Rustemov-Khenkin, Polanica Zdroj 1999.}) 11. Nge2 (
11. h5 Bf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 $5 15. Bxf3 f5 $11 {
Volkov-Kharlov, St. Petersburg 1998.}) 11... Bd6 12. h5 Bf5 13. f3 h6 14. Kf2
Rg8 15. Nf4 Nf8 16. Rc1 Ke7 17. g4 Bh7 18. Ncxd5+ $1 {White has build a
promising position and he rightly sacrifices a piece.} cxd5 19. Nxd5+ Kd8 20.
Nxf6 Rg7 21. Nxh7 Nxh7 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Bf5 Ng8 24. f4 $6 ({White obviously
wants to play Kf3 and then e3-e4-e5, but perhaps he had to prepare this move,
keeping his bishop on the board. For example:} 24. Rhg1 $5 Ne7 25. Bd3 Rc8 26.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. f4 {Then White's bishop could prove to be a very useful piece.})
24... Ne7 25. Kf3 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Ke7 27. e4 Rag8 28. e5 (28. f6+ $2 Kxf6 29. e5+
Ke6 30. exd6 Rg3+ 31. Ke2 Rg2+) 28... Rg2 29. Ke4 f6 (29... Bb8 $2 30. f6+ Kd7
31. Kf5) 30. Rh3 Rxb2 31. Rb3 Rxb3 32. exd6+ Kxd6 33. axb3 a5 {Here Black has
enough counter-play for a draw.} 34. Rc2 Ra8 35. Kd3 b5 36. Rc5 a4 37. Kc2
axb3+ 38. Kxb3 Ra1 39. Kc2 Rf1 40. Rxb5 Rxf4 41. Kd3 Rf1 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rxf6
Rf3+ 44. Ke2 Rf4 45. Rxh6 Kxd4 46. Rh8 Ke5 47. h6 Rh4 48. h7 Kf6 49. Kf3 Kg7
50. Kg3 Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {This line is known
to be harmless.} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O
Rae8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Re7 {When
most major pieces are exchanged, this pawn structure is preferable for Black.
Not so much that Black is objectively better here, but it is easier to play
for Black - he can gradually prepare either a piece attack or a pawn storm on
the kingside.} 17. Nf4 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Qg6 19. b4 Nb6 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Qc3 f6 22.
Nf3 Nc4 {This gives White a couple of tempi later.} (22... g5 $5) 23. a4 g5 (
23... a6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 $13) 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Qc5 Re6 26. b5 ({Maybe
White should have taken the a-pawn:} 26. Qxa7 g4 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. b5) 26... g4
27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qxc6 $2 {White enters complications, which are
not good for him.} (29. Qxa7) 29... Nc4 30. Qxd5 Nxd2 31. Rad1 Qe4 32. Qa2 Nf3+
33. gxf3 Qxf3 34. Qe2 Qf5 {White's trouble is that he cannot employ the rooks
yet.} 35. Kh2 Re4 36. Rg1+ Kh8 37. Rg3 Rh4+ 38. Kg2 Rg8 39. Qf3 $4 Rxg3+ 40.
Qxg3 (40. fxg3 Rh2+ $19) 40... Rg4 41. Rc1 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Rxg3+ 43. Kxg3 h5 44.
Rg1 Qg6+ 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Kg3 Qxa4 47. Rc1 Qd7 48. f3 Qd6+ 49. f4 Qe6 50. Kf2 h4
51. Rc5 Qg4 52. d5 h3 53. d6 Qg2+ 54. Ke1 h2 55. Rh5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 (7. Qb3
{is currently out of fashion. One of the last examples is} Nc6 8. Qxb7 Nb4 9.
Bb5+ Kf8 10. Kd2 Ne4+ 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 Rb8 13. Qxc7 {1/2-1/2
Dorfman-Marciano,Meribel 1998.}) 7... O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Be2 {This is not very
ambitious.} (9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Bb5 Rc8 13.
Rc1 d4 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. exd4 Bxa2 18. Nf5 Bb4 19.
Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko-Kruppa, Donetsk 1998.}) 12... Bd6 13.
Nge2 Rc8 14. Bb1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd4
Ne5 20. b3 Bd7 21. g4 {Gelfand-Kasparov, Linares 1994.}) 9... c6 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfc1 Nf8 13. Rab1 N6d7 {Black prevents Bg5, thus preparing for
...Ng6.} 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ne6 16. Bg3 Bh4 $1 {Black does not have any
problems.} 17. b4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19. g4 b5 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}
20. a4 Nb6 21. Ra1 Qd6 22. Qb1 g6 23. Rc2 Rab8 24. Rca2 Ng5 25. Bd3 Qe6 26. Qd1
Qd6 27. Rb1 Kg7 28. Ne2 Nxa4 29. Bc2 Nb6 30. Rxa6 Ne6 (30... Ra8 $5) 31. Nc1
Ng5 32. Nd3 Re7 33. Rba1 Ne6 {Black does not have a clear plan, but his
position is good enough for equality.} 34. Ne5 Nc7 35. Ra7 Nc4 36. Nd3 Ne6 37.
R7a6 Nc7 38. Ra7 Ne6 39. Qf3 Nd2 40. Qd1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {. Psakhis} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7.
Qc2 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Rae1 {
This looks like a new move.} ({Usually White plays} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 {
here, for example:} Qe7 {RR} 15. b4 Ne4 16. b5 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. bxc6 bxc6
19. f4 Qf6 20. f5 Nf8 21. Qf2 {Sadler-Lputian, Elista 1998.}) 13... Bxh2+ 14.
Nxh2 Qd6 15. f4 $1 Bd7 16. f5 Nf8 17. Qf2 {Usually such positions are reached
without a pair of knights. Then Black normally would have his pawn on f6 and
the bishop on e8. This situation should favour White as he might gain time for
his pawn storm on the kingside by pushing the f6-knight away.} h6 18. a3 Rad8
19. Qf4 {I do not particularly like this move - White could achieve more with
the queens on. So, the immediate g2-g4 and h3-h4 was worth considering.} Bc8
20. g4 Qxf4 21. exf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rd1 $5 {White can later close the
e-file with his knight on e5, so it's better to keep the rooks on.} g6 $1 {
[%csl Rc8,Rf8] Black should not let two of his three minor pieces to sit idle
and gather dust!} 24. fxg6 fxg6 (24... Nxg6 25. f5 Nf4 26. Bf1) 25. Kf2 Kg7 26.
f5 ({White probably rejected} 26. Nf3 {because of} h5 27. g5 Ne4+ 28. Bxe4 dxe4
29. Ne5 Bxh3) 26... gxf5 27. gxf5 N8h7 $1 (27... Ne4+ 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rg1+
$36) 28. Rg1+ Kf8 29. Nf3 Ne4+ 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Ne5 Ng5 32. Ke3 Bxf5 33. Rf1
Nf3 34. Nxe4 Nxe5 35. Rxf5+ Nf7 $11 36. Kf4 Rd8 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. h4 Nd6 39. Nxd6
Rxd6 40. h5 Re6+ 41. Kd3 Re1 42. a4 Rd1+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kb4 Rd1 45. Kc5 Rc1+
46. Kd6 Rc4 47. Ke6 Rxd4 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rxb7 Rxa4 50. Kf6 c5 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52.
Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rizouk, Aimen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf8 {
This is a rare line. Black indicates that he will go for ...Ne6, ...g6, ...Ng7
and ...Bf5 plan.} 8. Nf3 Ne6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O g6 11. b4 c6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. h3
a6 14. a4 Ng7 {White has managed to save time by not playing Qd1-c2 early in
the opening. Of course, the c2-square is not bad for White's queen, but it may
not necessarily be the best placement.} 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Nf5 $6 {Probably
Black wanted to keep the light-squared bishop for protection of his pawns on
the queenside. This sometimes makes sense, but here Black suffocates and this
should have tried to exchange a pair of bishops.} (16... Bf5 $5) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Na4 Ne7 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Be6 21. Nc5 Reb8 {If possible, White should
not rush with taking on c6 as the b7-pawn ties Black's pieces to its defence.}
22. Qb4 Kg7 23. Rb3 Bc8 24. Na4 Qd8 25. Rb2 Bd7 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Rcb1 {One
advantage of being White here is that he can try various little ideas before
he takes on c6. It's always harder to defend and Black is likely to get tired
and commit a mistake. Bareev's play is exemplary - he does not rush things,
enjoy the grip on the position. Nowadays he is probably the main expert on the
positions arising from the Exchange Variation of the QGD.} Qd6 28. Nc5 Bc8 29.
Na4 Be6 30. Qc2 Bc8 31. Rb4 Bd7 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Nxc5 Be8 (33... Bc8 34. bxc6
Nxc6 35. R4b3 {won't be much fun for Black either.}) 34. bxc6 Bxc6 35. Nxb7 {
The ending is won for White, who has an extra pawn and all right pieces on the
board.} Ra3 36. Nc5 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 Ra1+ 38. Rb1 Ra2 39. g4 h6 40. Bb5 Ba8 41.
Ba4 Bc6 42. Bxc6 Nxc6 43. Rb6 Ne7 44. Nd7 Ng8 45. Rb5 Ne7 46. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nhf6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfe1 (12. Rab1 $5) 12... g6
13. a3 Nb6 14. b4 Re8 15. b5 (15. Nd2 $5) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {White would
be quite happy to get such a position with his pawn on b2, as now a number of
squares on the c-file have been weakened, so the standard plan of pressurizing
the isolated d5-pawn might not work here. White finds an interesting idea.} 17.
e4 $5 Qf8 (17... dxe4 $2 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxe8+ $18) (17... d4
$2 18. Nd5 $18) 18. Qd2 (18. e5 $5) 18... Be6 19. a4 Rad8 20. Qg5 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Nbd5 22. Nxd5 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxd5 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Rc1 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Kf8 27. Nd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 b6
$6 {This is a very unusual set-up and I suspect that it's not particularly
good.} 15. b4 Bb7 16. a4 ({Other interesting tries are} 16. Rfc1) ({and} 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. f4) 16... Nf8 17. a5 Rab8 18. Rfc1 N8d7 19. axb6 {
I am not sure about this move - perhaps White should have kept a-pawns for a
while, reserving an option of a5-a6, for example.} axb6 20. e4 {This is a very
thematic break well-known for the Queen's Gambit Declined and the Nizmo-Indian
- when Black has a bishop on b7 and pawn on c6, it's often good for White to
break with e4 in order to put pressure on the c6-pawn and highlight the
inactivity of the enemy bishop.} ({But perhaps White should have prepared this
break with} 20. Re1 $5) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qf4 22. Ne5 (22. Re1 c5 $5) 22...
Nxe5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd3 Rbd8 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28.
Rxc3 $11 c5 29. Bb5 Re5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Re3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 {Black is trying to save time on the move ..
.c7-c6 (against the setup with f2-f3 he might like to play ...c5 at once), but
White is also saving on the move Qd1-c2. White's last move could be
praparation for the minority attack, as sooner or later Black will play ...
c7-c6. But the text could be also an attempt to gain space on the queenside
before going for the f2-f3 set-up, which is a very popular approach nowadays.}
Bxb4 {This is a very risky idea as Black's pawn structure now gets ruined.} (
10... Ng6 11. b5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nf4 c6 15. h3 Nf6 {
Istratescu-Notkin, Bucharest 1997. Here} 16. Rc1 {would have given White a
lasting advantage.}) (10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Rxe7 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nf4 c6 14. Nce2
$5 g5 15. f3 gxf4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxf4 Qd6 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng3
Rh4 21. Rf3 f6 22. h3 $16 {Lautier-van der Sterren, Germany 2000.}) (10... a6
11. a3 (11. a4 Bxb4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 c6 15. a5 $44 {
Bareev-Nenashev, Luzern 1993.}) 11... c6 12. Qc2 g6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qd2 b6 $2 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bb1 Nhg7 19. e4 Rc8 20. Ba2 Rd7 21.
Nf4 $16 {Kasparov-Short, London 1993.}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 $1 ({Also after
} 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 c6 14. Qd1 f5 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Ng3 Nh4 18.
Rae1 {White got a lot of play for a pawn in the game Gutman-Razuvaev, USSR1976}
) 12... Qxd5 13. Qa4 {Compared to the game Bareev-Nenashev, here White has the
a4-square available for him.} Bh3 14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxh3 {It's
time to access results of the opening. White has restored the material balance
and stands better due to his superior pawn structure. The opposite-squared
bishops do not help Black here, as there are many other pieces on the board.
White's bishop is potentially much more useful in this position.} c5 (16... Ne6
$5 {would be probably better. Black's idea to solve problems by tactical means
backfired in the game:}) 17. dxc5 Ne6 18. Rac1 Rec8 19. Bf5 Rxc5 20. Bxe6 $1 {
Positional advantage comes and goes, but extra material might stay!} ({The line
} 20. Rxc5 $6 Nxc5 21. Rd1 Rd8 {would be a relief for Black.}) 20... Rxc1 21.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxc1 {Hecht: '[#] Weißer Mehrbauer, wendiger Springer.
Eigenartigerweise hat der Läufer kaum gute Felder.'} Rd8 (22... b5 {Hecht} 23.
Kf1 Bd8 24. Nf4 a5 25. e4 b4 26. Nd5 Rb8 27. Rc4 Ke6 {gefolgt von f5, ist
vielleicht als aktivere Spielweise vorzuziehen.}) 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. a4 Ra2 25.
Rc4 {Black has certain counterplay, but White's chances are still better,
which means that 16...c5?! did not solve Black's problems.} Ke6 26. Rh4 h5 27.
Nf4+ Kd6 28. Nxh5 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ 30. Kf3 Be1 31. Rd4+ Ke5 (31... Kc6 $142 {
Hecht oder 31...Ke7}) 32. Nf4 Rxf2+ 33. Kg4 f5+ 34. Kg5 Rf1 35. Nd3+ Ke6 36.
Nc5+ Ke5 37. Rf4 Rg1 (37... Rxf4 {Hecht} 38. exf4+ Kd4 39. Nxb7 Kc4 40. Kxf5
Kb4 41. g4 Kxa4 42. g5 Kb5 43. g6 Bc3 44. Ke6 Kc6 45. Nd6 a5 46. f5 a4 47. Ne4
Bb2 48. f6 a3 49. g7 (49. Nd2 {Hecht} a2 50. Nb3 Kb5 51. g7 Kb4 52. g8=Q Kxb3
53. Kf5+ Ka3 54. f7 $18) 49... a2 50. g8=Q a1=Q 51. Qc8+ Kb6 52. Qc5+ Ka6 53.
Qc6+ Ka7 54. Nd6 $18) 38. Rxf5+ Kd6 39. g4 Rh1 40. Nxb7+ Kc6 41. Nd8+ Kd7 42.
Nf7 Rxh2 43. Ne5+ Ke7 44. Nf3 {Hecht: 'Beendet den mit doppeltem Bauerngewinn
versehenen eindrucksvollen Rundlauf des Springers mit dem Übergang in ein
leicht gewonnenes Turmendspiel.'} Re2 45. Nxe1 Rxe1 46. Kg6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 {With the light-squared bishops swapped off, Black has no problem
whatsoever equalising.} 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 ({
A more flexible move is} 12... Re8 {, which gave Black good play in the game
Larsen-Geller,Linares 1983 after} 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Ra3 $36 (18... Ra3 19. Rfd1 Rea8 20. Qd4 Nf8 21. Rdc1
Ne6 22. Qd2 Qa7 23. f5 Nf8 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Nd1 Qc7 26. Qxd5 Nxe5 27. Qxb5 Ng4
28. Qxc6 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Rb3 Ra2 31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Qxa8+ Kh7 33. Nxb2 Qh1+
34. Ke2 Qxc1 35. Nd1 Qc4+ 36. Kd2 Qxb4+ 37. Ke2 Qb5+ 38. Ke1 Qxf5 39. Qf3 Qe6
40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Ke1 g6 42. e4 Kg8 43. Qe2 Qa5+ 44. Qd2 Qb6 45. Ke2 Qc7 46. Qc3
Qh2 47. Qf3 {Larsen,B-Geller,E/Linares 1983/MCD-r8/0-1 (89)})) 13. Bf4 (13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfc1 f5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. f3
Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Ra2 21. Rbb3 Qh4 22. Rc2 Ra1 23. Re2 Qf6 24. Rb1 Ra3 25. Qd1 Qe7
26. g3 Re8 27. Rb3 Rea8 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Qb1 g6 30. Ra2 Ra4 31. Rxa4 bxa4 32.
Kf2 a3 33. Ke2 Qa7 {0-1 Telljohann,S-Dautov,R/BL2-W 1996/BL2}) 13... f5 14. h3
(14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qe2 b6 19. b4 axb4 20.
axb4 Ra3 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. h3 h6 24. Rc2 Kh7 25. Qe1 c5 26. Qc1
Rd3 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ra8 {Mueller,K-Olsen,H/Aabybro Nordic-tt 1989/EXT
89/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Polak, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 {Taking on d5 in this
situation does not give White any advantage, as he cannot prevent the
development of the black bishop to f5. If Black can bring his light squared
bishop out in this pawn structure, most of his opening problems are solved, as
this game confirms.} exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 ({If White tries to
prevent ...Bf5 by playing} 7. Qc2 {Black can still manage to develop the
bishop and equalise the position after} g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7)
7... Bf5 8. Ne5 (8. h3 {Tsesarsky} Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 Qb6 12.
Qd2 h6 13. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Shinkevich,V-Letov,A/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS
1997 (47)}) 8... O-O (8... Ne4 {Tsesarsky} 9. Bxe7 (9. Qf3 Nxg5 10. Qxf5 O-O
11. Bd3 g6 12. Qg4 $15) 9... Qxe7 10. Qf3 Be6 (10... g6 11. Rc1 Qb4 12. Nd3 Qa5
13. a3 Nd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. Qf4 $11) 11. Bd3 Nd6 (11... Qb4 $6 12. O-O $1 (12.
Rb1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 $44) 12... Nd2 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14.
Rab1 $14) 13. Qg3 O-O (13... Nxf1 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rxf1 Qxb2 16. Na4 Qxa2 17.
Nc5 $18) 14. Rfc1 Qxb2 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. a3 Qa5 18. Ra2 b6 19. Qh4 f5
20. Qe7 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qa4 22. Rxd2 Qxa3 23. Rd1 $16) 12. Qe2 (12. Qh5 $14)
12... g6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Nf3 Bf5 $11 {Schwarzkopf,C-Straeter,T/
Dortmund op 1988/TD 88\03/1/2-1/2 (56)}) (8... Nbd7 {Tsesarsky} 9. g4 (9. Qb3
Qb6) 9... Be6 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 $14) 10... Bxf6 11. Nd3
c5 12. Nf4 (12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qa4+ Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Bxg4 16. Bg2
O-O-O (16... Rd8 17. Rg1 Bd7 (17... h5 18. Nc3 d4 19. Nd5 dxe3 20. Nxf6+ gxf6
21. fxe3 Rd3 22. Bxb7 Rxe3+ 23. Kf1 $14) 18. Nc3 Bc6 $11) 17. Rg1 h5 18. Rc1 d4
$15) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh5 Bh4 17. f4 g6 18.
g5 (18. f5 Bd7 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Qf3 $11) 18... h6 19. Nf6+ Kg7 $132 {0-1 Condie,
M-Lawton,G/BCF-ch Swansea 1995/EXT 95ch2 (29)}) 9. g4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 (10...
Qb6 {Tsesarsky} 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg4 14. O-O-O (14. h4
Nd7 15. Nxd7 (15. Nxg4 $2 Bxg4 16. hxg5 Bxg5 (16... hxg5 17. Be2 $18) 17. f4
Bf6 18. Kd2 (18. Rxh6 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Rxe3 20. Kxe3 Qxd4+ 21. Kd2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1
23. Kxe1 Qg1+ $19) 18... Bg7 19. Rh4 f5 20. Rg1 Rae8 $17) 15... Bxd7 16. hxg5
Bxg5 17. Bh4 f6 18. O-O-O Rf7 19. Rdg1 $14) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $44) 12... Bxf6
13. h3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 $17) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. f3 $6 ({I would have preferred
} 12. h3 {with the idea to then play Qc2 and castle queenside.}) (12. h3 {
Tsesarsky} Rfe8 13. Qc2 $132) 12... Ne8 13. h4 f5 $1 {Countre-attacking White
on the kingside, Black highlights the fact that White is somehow behind in
development.} (13... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. Ne2 Qa5+ (15... f6 16. Bf4
$14) 16. Qd2 (16. Kf2 c5 $132) 16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. e4
dxe4 20. fxe4 Be6 21. a3 $14) 14. Qc2 (14. Bxe7 {Tsesarsky} Qxe7 15. g5 Nd6 16.
Qd2 $132) 14... fxg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. f4 ({After} 16. fxg4 Bxg4 {White's king
would have been stuck in the centre.} (16... Bxg4 {Tsesarsky} 17. Bd3 Nd6 $17))
16... Bb4 {Black starts to fight for control of the e4-square.} (16... Nd6 $15
{Tsesarsky}) 17. h5 (17. Bd3 {Tsesarsky} Bf5 18. Rg1 Nd6 $17) 17... Bxc3+ (
17... Nd6 $6 {Tsesarsky} 18. h6 $1 $14) 18. bxc3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Ke2 (20.
h6 {Tsesarsky} g6 21. Rg1 Nf6 22. O-O-O $14) 20... Nd6 {[#]Black's strategy is
succeeding. He firmy controls the light squares, White's bishop is absolutely
useless, and the e3-pawn is weak. Black might lose the g4-pawn, but this is
not a high price to pay for all the advantages he has received.} 21. Rag1 (21.
h6 {Tsesarsky} Ne4 22. Rag1 g3 23. c4 Re8 24. Rg2 Rf7 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ke1
Rh8 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 $17) 21... Re8 (21... Ne4 $1 {Tsesarsky} 22. h6 (22. Rxg4
Rxg5 23. Rxg5 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Qg4+ $19) 22... g3 23. c4 Nxg5 (23... Rxg5 24. fxg5
Qg4+ 25. Kd3 (25. Ke1 Qf3 $19) 25... Rf8 26. cxd5 Rf2 27. Qd1 cxd5 $1 $19 (
27... Qf5 $17)) 24. hxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxg3 Rh8 26. Rhg1 (26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Rxg5
Rxg5 28. fxg5 Qg4+ $11) 26... Rh2+ 27. R3g2 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Kf6 $11) 22. Rh4 (
22. h6 $1 {Tsesarsky} Nc4 (22... g6 23. Rxg4 Rfe5 $2 24. Bf6+) 23. hxg7+ Kxg7
24. Rxg4 Nxe3 25. Rg3 Qe6 26. Bd8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxe8 Nxc2+
30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Bg5 $11) (22. Rxg4 {Tsesarsky} Rfe5 $1 23. Rg3 (23. dxe5
Qxg4+ 24. Kd3 Nc4 $19) 23... Nf5 $1 $17) 22... Nc4 23. Rg3 Re4 (23... Qe6 {
Tsesarsky} 24. Qd3 (24. Qc1 c5 25. h6 g6 (25... Qa6 26. Ke1 cxd4 27. cxd4 Qxa2
28. hxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rhxg4 Kf7 30. Bh6 Re7 31. Rh3 Re6 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33. Rg8+ Kd7
34. Bg5 $132) 26. dxc5 Qa6 27. Ke1 Qxa2 28. Rhxg4 Qh2 29. Rg2 Qh1+ 30. Rg1 Qe4
$19) 24... Nb2 25. Qb1 Nc4 26. Qd3 $11) 24. Rhxg4 (24. h6 {Tsesarsky} g6 25.
Rhxg4 Qe6 26. Qc1 Rf8 27. Rh4 Qf5 (27... Re8 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 $17) 28.
h7 Rfe8 29. Kf2 Nxe3 30. Rhh3 Ng2 $1 $19) 24... Rf8 (24... Qe6 {Tsesarsky} 25.
Qd3 Rf8 26. Rh4 Re8 27. f5 Qxf5 28. h6 g6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rg2 Nd6 $1 $17) 25.
h6 g6 26. Rh4 Qf5 27. Qc1 (27. Qb3 {Tsesarsky} b5 28. h7 Rfe8 29. Rhh3 Nxe3 30.
Kf2 (30. Rxe3 Qxh3 $19) 30... Rxf4+ $19) 27... Kh7 28. Rh1 (28. Kd1 {Tsesarsky}
Rfe8 $19) 28... Rfe8 29. Re1 R4e6 ({Black's advantage was already overwelming,
so he had to cash in on it by stricking the weak e3 pawn immediately:} 29...
Nxe3 30. Kf3 Nc4 (30... Qe6 $19 {Tsesarsky}) 31. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Kf2 Qe2+ 33.
Kg1 Nd2 $19) 30. Kf2 Nd6 (30... b6 $2 {Tsesarsky} 31. Re2 c5 32. Re1 Qd3 33.
Rd1 (33. Re2 Nd6 $17) 33... Qf5 34. Re1 Qd3 $11 (34... Nd6 35. Kg1)) 31. Reg1 (
31. Kg1 {Tsesarsky} Qd3 32. Rh3 Nb5 33. Kh2 (33. c4 dxc4 34. Rd1 Qe2 $17) 33...
Qxc3 (33... Nxc3 34. e4 $1) 34. a4 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Nd6 $17) (31. Rgg1 $6 {
Tsesarsky} Ne4+ $19) 31... Ne4+ 32. Ke2 c5 33. Qb2 Rb6 34. Qa3 Nxg3+ 35. Rxg3
Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Rb2 37. Kg4 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 {This position does not
offer White much, but playing Shabalov, who was half of point ahead, in the
last round of the Western States Open, I wanted to get a solid position with a
small edge.} 6. Qc2 Bd6 ({Black equalises after} 6... Be7 7. Bg5 g6) 7. Bg5 Be6
$5 {Somehow, I predicted and expected this set-up, as Shabalov had tried it
before. Black's idea is not that bad. He wants to play ...Nbd7, ...Qc7. Then
he wouldn't need to worry about the pin and would have firm control over the
e5-square. The fact that the light-squared bishop is brought out helps Black,
too, as his rooks will be connected, and the bishop can be moved to g4 later
on. All in all, White needs to react to this plan quickly!} 8. Ne5 $5 h6 9. Bh4
g5 $5 ({After} 9... Nbd7 10. Nxd7 (10. f4 g5 $1 $36) 10... Bxd7 11. e3 O-O 12.
Bd3 Re8 13. O-O-O {,White is a little better, and more importantly, the
arising position does not suit Shabalov's agressive style. So, he finds a way
to complicate the issue.}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. e3 {It is important not to get
involved in complications before development is completed.} ({White gets
nowhere after} 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. O-O-O Bxa2 13. e3 Bd5) 11... h5 $2 {Black
pushes too hard.} ({After} 11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Qb6 {
he would have been doing fine.}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 $1 {This is the move
Black did not foresee!} Qe7 ({Now, Black has no time to win the g3-bishop, as
the following line shows:} 13... h4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe4 Qf6 16. Ng4 Bb4+ 17.
Ke2 $18) 14. h4 Rg8 ({Black missed a chance to put up more resistance by
playing} 14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 {However, White keeps the advantage after} 16.
Bxe6 ({also interesting is} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxe4 Kd7 18. hxg5 Qf5 19. Qxe6+
Qxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kxe6 21. e4) 16... Qxe6 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. hxg5 fxg5 19. Qc5 Qe7
20. Rc1 $1 (20. Qxa7 Qb4+ 21. Kf1 Qxb2 22. Qxb8+ Kd7 23. Qxh8 Qxa1+ 24. Ke2
Qxa2+ $11) 20... Rd8 21. Rc4 $1 $16 a6 22. Qe5) 15. O-O-O Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17.
Bxe6 (17. hxg5 {is also winning.}) 17... fxe6 (17... Qxe6 18. b3 $1) 18. Qxe4
g4 19. Rd6 O-O-O 20. Rhd1 $18 (20. Bf4 $18) 20... Nb6 21. Qb4 Rde8 22. e4 Rg7
23. Qb3 Qf7 24. a4 Na8 25. Qe3 Nb6 26. a5 Nc4 27. Qxa7 Kc7 28. R6d4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {This is one of the most critical lines in the Exchange
Variation of the QGD. If Black can prove equality here, the popularity of the
Exchange Variation will inevitably decline. Fortunately for White, some recent
games between Grandmasters went well for him.} 10. h4 {[%mdl 4]} (10. Nf3 Nd7
11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Rd1 (13. O-O-O Nc8 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. f3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3
f5 17. Ng2 Bg5 18. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky-Azmaiparashvili, Elista OL 1998.})
(13. f3 O-O 14. Kf2 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Nc8 16. Ng2 Nd6 17. h4 h5 18. Nf4 Bf8 19. Re1
Bh6 20. b3 Kg7 21. Bg2 Re7 22. Re2 Rae8 23. Rhe1 a5 24. e4 $36 {V.
Milov-Pigusov, New York Open 1998.}) 13... Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16.
Kd2 b5 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 Nb2 19. Ra1 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nf5 Rab8 22. Rhb1
Rfe8 23. e4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rxe4 27. Rb4 $16 {
Piket-van der Sterren, Wijk aan Zee 1998.}) 10... h5 11. Nge2 (11. Nh3 Bd6 12.
Be2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. g3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. f3 O-O-O 18. Kf2
b5 19. Nxh5 Rxh5 20. g4 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Rh6 22. Ne4 $16 {I.Sokolov-Dautov,
Nussloch 1996.}) 11... Bd6 12. g3 Nd7 13. Nf4 Nb6 $146 (13... Bxf4 14. gxf4 Bf5
15. f3 Rd8 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Be2 Ke7 18. b4 Be6 19. a4 f5 20. a5 Nc8 21. b5 $36 {
Drasko-Bellini, Montecatini Terme 1995.}) 14. Rc1 a5 15. Be2 a4 16. a3 Ke7 17.
f3 {It seems that currently White strongly favours the set-up with pawns on e3,
f3 and g3. White's pawn formation is very flexible, which allows him to choose
from different plans. One plan is to prepare e3-e4 at some stage.} Bf5 18. Kf2
Be6 19. Rhe1 f5 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. e4 $1 fxe4 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 $16 Rh6 24.
d5 {White's pieces are better mobilised and therefore it suits him to open up
the position, despite Black's bishop pair.} cxd5 25. Ncxd5+ Bxd5 26. Bxd5+ Ne5
27. Re4 Kd7 28. Rc2 Ra7 29. Kg2 b5 30. Rce2 f6 31. Rc2 f5 32. Rd4 Ra6 33. Bb7
Ra7 34. Bc8+ Kd8 35. Bxf5 $18 Nc4 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Bd3 Ne5+ 38. Kg2 Ng4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch sf"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 {Usually here Black recaptures on f6 with a queen, as his
compromised pawn structure might be easier to defend in the endgame.} 9. h4 $5
{[%mdl 4]} (9. Qd1 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. Nge2 Bd6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4
Nf8 15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kf8 18. f5 Ng7 $13 {Vaisser-Anic,
1998-9 French Team Ch 1999.}) ({RR} 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qe2 f5 $6 12.
Qc2 f4 13. exf4 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 $16 {Zaja-Nikolac,J ch-CRO, Pula 1998.}) 9... h5
$146 (9... Bb4 10. Qd1 Qe7 11. h5 Be4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Be6 15. Bd3
Nb6 16. O-O-O $14 {Federau-Luetje, Germany 1996.}) 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. Nf4 Nd7 12.
O-O-O Qe7 13. Bd3 Rh6 14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Bxe4 (16... Qf8
17. Kb1 $5) 17. Nxe4 Nb6 18. Nxh5 Nd5 $6 19. Nc3 $1 Qc7 20. Nxd5 cxd5+ 21. Kb1
Kb8 22. Nxf6 Rxh4 23. g3 Rh2 24. Ne8 Qd7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxf7 $18 Rhh8 27.
Qe6 Qb4 28. a3 Qa4 29. Qe2 Rh2 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Qe5+ Ka8 32. Rxh1 Qc4 33. Qe3
a6 34. Re1 Qa4 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Re5 Qc6 37. Ka2 Qc1 38. Qb3 Qf1 39. Re7 Rb8 40.
f4 Qf2 41. Rd7 Qxd4 42. Qxd5 Qf2 43. Rd6 Qf1 44. Rd8 Qf2 45. Rxb8+ Kxb8 46.
Qe5+ Ka7 47. f5 Qd2 48. f6 Qd3 49. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 {Black's treatment of the opening has not been
precise. Usually, it's Black to play in this position. However, in the game,
White did not take advantage of the extra tempo.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 Be6 13.
g4 N6d7 14. Rhg1 (14. Rc1 $5) 14... a4 15. h4 ({Taking the pawn might be risky
after} 15. Nxa4 Qa5) 15... Qa5 16. g5 a3 17. b3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Rec8 {
Black has succeeded in seizing the initiative, and White has to forget his
ambitions on the kingside for awhile.} 20. Ncb5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nd7 $6 ({I was
more concerned about} 21... Bd7 $5 {with a further ...Ne6 or ...Rc5.}) 22. g6
$1 hxg6 {Black has a clever idea in mind, but objectively the position is in
White's favor.} 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6 Bf6 25. Be5 $1 ({It's easy to fall into
the following trap:} 25. Bh6 $4 Qxb5 26. Bxg7 Qxb3+ 27. axb3 a2#) 25... Bxe5
26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxd5 Qb4 ({As Ziatdinov pointed out in the post-mortem, he
considered another interesting move here -} 27... Rc7 {. Then, it wouldn't be
easy for White to come up with the right idea.} 28. f4 $2 ({The best move here
is} 28. Rgd1 $1 Qb4 29. Rxd7 Qe4+ 30. R7d3 Rc1+ $1 (30... Rd8 31. Nd4 $18) 31.
Kxc1 Bb2+ 32. Kb1 Qxe6 33. Nc7 $13) 28... Qb4 29. Nxc7 Qe4+ (29... Qc3 30. Rg2
Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qxa2+ 32. Kd3 $18) 30. Kc1 Qxe3+ 31. Kc2 Rc8 $19) 28. Rxe5 Nxe5
29. Qxe5 Qf8 30. Nd6 Ra5 $1 {The best try. Everything else surely loses:} (
30... Rc6 31. Rg6 Kg8 32. f4 $1 Raa6 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Rg5 $18) (30... Rc7 31.
Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Rg5 g6 34. h5 Qxf2 35. hxg6+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37.
Qe6+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ $18) 31. Qxa5 Qxd6 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qe2 Qe5 34. e4 b5 35. f3
{Black has some compensation for two pawns, as White's king is very vulnerable.
Both players were approaching time trouble.} Rc3 36. Rg5 Qf4 37. Qd1 Rxf3 38.
Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxb5 Rf1+ 41. Kc2 Rf2+ 42. Kc3 Rxa2 43. Kb4 Ra1 $2
({Black should be able to survive after the correct} 43... Rh2 44. Kxa3 Rxh4 {
- the g-pawn should give him enough countre-chances.}) 44. h5 $1 a2 45. Ka3 Re1
$2 (45... Kf7 46. Kb2 Re1 47. Kxa2 Rxe4 48. Ka3 Ke7 49. b4 Kd6 50. Rc5 $1 $18)
46. Kxa2 Rxe4 47. Rf5 Kh7 48. Ka3 g6 49. hxg6+ Kxg6 50. Rf1 Re8 51. b4 Rb8 52.
Ka4 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 {In this
position Black has four different options available for him: 1. He can carry
on with 'normal' development (Be7, 0-0, Re8 and Nf8). Then White's bishop
might be better off on f4 than on g5, as it does not allow simplifying moves
like ...Ne4. 2. Black can play 7...Nh5, after which 8 Bg5 Be7 is probably good
for him. Yet, 8 Bg3 is more testing. 3. Black can try 7...Ne4, followed by ...
Ndf6 and ...Bf5. 4. Black can try to develop his queen's bishop to f5 or by
playing 7...Nb6 - the plan he chose in this game.} Nb6 (7... Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9.
hxg3 Bd6 10. Qc2 ({Less testing is} 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. a3 g6 13. O-O
O-O 14. b4 Re8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Nc5 h5 {and Black was fine in the
game Seirawan-Andersson, USA 1986.}) 10... Nf6 11. Ne5 g6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qd2
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 15. e4 Be6 {with unclear play, as in the game
Anastasian-Kiriakov, St. Petersburg 1994.}) ({After} 7... Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qc2
Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 {White may play} 11. O-O-O {where after} Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. g4
Bxh2 14. Nxh2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Be6 16. f4 Nf8 17. Nf3 b5 18. Ne5 {White seized the
initiative in the game Brunner-Straeter,BL 1994.}) 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. f3
$5 $146 {I think that this is an important novelty - previously White mainly
played 10 Bd3 here and after 10...Bg6 Black usually solved his problems. The
text move is similar in its ideas to the line 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Be7 4 cxd5
exd5 5 Bf4 c6 6 Qc2 g6 7 e3 Bf5 8 Qd2, where White later plays f2-f3 and
attacks the f5-bishop. So, bringing the bishop from c8 does not always mean
that Black's troubles with this piece are over!} Bd6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. g4 Bg6 13.
h4 h6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. b3 $5 {Yet another
typical move - it's good to limit the scope of the b6-knight.} g5 18. Bd3 Rhe8
19. hxg5 hxg5 {White has a better pawn structure, which enables him to try
various plans here, while Black has to stay passive. Such positions are very
difficult to hold.} 20. Rh3 Kb8 21. Rdh1 a6 22. Bg6 Re7 23. Rh8 Rxh8 24. Rxh8+
Ka7 25. Bd3 Qg3 26. Be2 Qd6 27. Kb2 Qe6 28. Nd1 Qd6 29. Qa5 Nfd7 30. Kc1 $1 Qg3
31. Kd2 Qd6 32. a4 $1 Qa3 33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Nb2 c5 $2 {Black should have stuck
to a passive defence.} 35. a5 Na8 36. Na4 Qc6 37. dxc5 Nc7 38. Nb6 Ne8 39. Qd4
Ndf6 40. Bd3 Rc7 41. b4 Re7 42. Bc2 g6 43. Ba4 Qe6 44. c6 {This is certainly a
model game for White in this line!} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb1 $5 $146 {Usually White plays in this
position 11.Rb1 with further b2-b4-b5, while Black could employ two ideas:
g7-g6, Ng7 with an eventual Bc8-f5, or f7-f5-f4. In the game White gains a
tempo to play b2-b4.} Nhf6 12. b4 Re8 13. Rc1 $1 {Here and later White does
not want to play b4-b5 in a view of the standard reply c6-c5. Instead Kramnik
prepares the advance of the b-pawn carefully, while Black finds it difficult
to keep the Knight on d7 al the time.} a6 14. a4 g6 15. Qb2 $5 a5 (15... Nf8
16. b5 $16) 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nd2 Ng4 $6 18. Nb3 Qd6 19. g3 Ra7 20. e4 $5 {
White is well prepared for action in the centre.} dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qf8 22. Re1 b6
$6 (22... Ngf6) 23. Nbd2 Ba6 24. Bc2 $1 {The white Bishop will be very active
on the a2-g8 diagonal.} Rb7 25. Bb3 Ngf6 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. d5 $1
Nxd5 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Rxc6 Qb4 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxh7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Re4
1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O-O {White often get's this position a
tempo less - when plays Bc1-g5-f4. However, this position is very common too.}
Be6 12. g4 Qa5 (12... N6d7 $5 {Something like this what played against me in
1997 by Ziatdinov and I think that this is a good idea - Black prevents Ng5,
while the d7-knight may be shifting towards the queenside.}) 13. Ng5 c5 14.
dxc5 Rac8 15. Be5 Rxc5 16. Bd4 Rcc8 17. Kb1 h6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bf5 Ne4 $36
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2 Nxc3+ 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 $5 {This sacrifice is very promising
and Black's loss in the game was due to mistakes he committed later.} 23. bxc3
Bf6 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Rd3 b5 (25... Bxc3 $5 26. Qb3 Rc6 27. Rc1 Rb6 28. Rdxc3
Rxb3+ 29. Rxb3 b5) 26. Qb3 Rc4 27. Kc2 b4 28. Rb1 Bxc3 (28... bxc3) 29. Kd1 Qc7
(29... Qa6 30. Ke2 Qc6) 30. Qa4 Kh7 31. Ke2 Rc6 32. Kf1 Rb6 33. Rbd1 Qh2 34.
Ke2 Qxh3 35. Rg1 e5 $2 36. Rxd5 e4 37. Rg3 Qh1 38. Rd1 $18 Qh4 39. Qe8 Rg6 40.
Qxe4 Qf6 41. g5 Qe6 42. Qxe6 Rxe6 43. g6+ Rxg6 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46.
Ra6 h5 47. Kf3 g5 48. Ra5+ Be5 49. e4+ Ke6 50. Rxa7 g4+ 51. Ke3 h4 52. Rb7 Bd6
53. Rg7 g3 54. Rg6+ Ke7 55. fxg3 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 ({Perhaps Black's defence is easier without the queens:} 8... Qxf6 9.
Qxf6 gxf6 {Anyway, this is what most GMs prefer here.}) 9. O-O-O {Here White
had a wide choice of promising continuations:} (9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qe2
f5 12. Qc2 f4 $6 13. exf4 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nf6 15. Re3+ Be7 16. Nge2 Ng4 17. Rg3
Nf6 18. Qf5 $16 {Zaja-Nikolac, Pula 1998.}) (9. h4 h5 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. Nf4 Nd7
12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bd3 Rh6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 $36 {Bacrot-Anic, Bescanon 1999.
}) ({RR} 9. Qd1 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. Nge2 Bd6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4
Nf8 15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kf8 18. f5 Ng7 19. Ne2 {Vaisser-Anic,
French T-Ch 1999.}) 9... Bb4 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. a3 (12. h5 $5 Bh7 13.
Qf4) 12... Be7 (12... Bd6 $5) 13. Nf4 (13. h5 $5 Bh7 14. Qf4 Bf8 15. g3) 13...
Qa5 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. e4 {White has chosen a very dynamic way to develop his
initiative: although Black's pawn formation is not so compromised now, he
still has problems due to his lack of development.} dxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe1
Nf6 18. Bc4 Ne4 $2 {Black obviously hoped that the opposite squared bishops
would give him good drawing chances in the resulting endgame, but with the
rooks on his defence is extremely difficult. I think that the whole idea of
sacrificing a pawn in order to reach that ending was faulty.} (18... Rh7 $5)
19. Nxe4 Qxe1 20. Rhxe1 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd8 22. Rde1 Rh7 23. g3 $16 Rd6 24. Kc2
Kd8 25. Re6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rf7 27. f4 Rf6 28. Re4 Rd6 29. Bf7 Kd7 30. Kc3 Rf6
31. Bc4 Rd6 32. b4 Bf6 33. Bf7 Be7 34. Re5 Bf6 35. Bxg6 Bxe5 36. Bf5+ Ke7 37.
dxe5 Rd1 38. Bc8 h5 39. Bxb7 Rg1 40. Kd4 Rxg3 41. Bxc6 Rg4 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. f5
Rh3+ 44. Ke4 Rh2 45. Bd5 Rf2 46. f6+ Kf8 47. Be6 h4 48. b5 Re2+ 49. Kf4 Rf2+
50. Ke3 Rb2 51. Bg4 h3 52. e6 Rxb5 53. e7+ Kf7 54. Bd7 Re5+ 55. Kf2 h2 56. Kg2
Re2+ 57. Kh1 Kxf6 58. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 (6... Be7 7. Qc2
g6 $11) 7. Qb3 b5 ({Less committing is} 7... Qb6 {for example:} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
Nd2 Nd7 10. e3 a5 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 a4 15. Rfd1 a3
16. b3 Bb4 17. Nf1 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. h4 h6 20. Bd3 Nc8 21. Nce2 Bd6 22. h5
Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Nd6 $11 {Beliavsky-Salov, Linares 1993.}) 8. Ne5 $5
Be7 (8... a5 $142 9. a3 a4 10. Qd1 b4 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Rxa4 Rxa4 13. Qxa4 Qb6
14. Bd2 Bd6 15. e3 Qxb2 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qb7 18. O-O O-O $11 {
Skalik-Sveshnikov, Anapa 1991.}) 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd7 12.
O-O a5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. b3 $1 {White challenges his opponent on the
queenside: exchanging on b3 opens the a-file for White, while on a3 Black's
pawn might turn into a weakness.} a3 16. Ng3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rac1 f5 19.
Qe2 Rf6 20. Rc2 {Black's problem is that the weakness on c6 is not compensated
by any counter-play on the kingside. Black has to sit tight and wait what
White will come up with.} Rb8 21. Rfc1 Rb6 22. Qf3 $1 g6 23. Qf4 $1 $16 {
White gradually improves his position. Now he is ready to kick the e4-knight
with f2-f3.} Qd6 24. Ne5 Nb8 25. f3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 {White creates possibility
to remove the f5-pawn with g3-g4 later on.} Kg7 27. g4 fxg4 28. Qxg4 Qe6 29.
Qg3 $5 {This is an interesting decision - White would have stood better in the
endgame, but he hopes to have an even bigger advantage in the middle game,
after he re-groups his forces for the kingside attack.} Qe8 30. Kf2 $1 Na6 31.
Rh1 Rf5 32. Nd3 Qe7 33. Rcc1 Kg8 34. Qh3 Rf6 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qg4 Rf5 37. Rh6
$18 Qe4 38. Nf4 Rxf4 39. exf4 Qxd4+ 40. Kg3 c5 41. Re1 {This is a very
impressive game by young Chinese player!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 {It is not really clear whether this move is better than the usual 8...
0-0, 9...Re8, 10...Nf8, etc.} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 f5 {Black supports the
e4-knight and clears the path for his rook to the kingside (via f6). But this
move also leaves the e5-square somewhat weak.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 (
13. Rfc1 {led to complicated play after} Rf6 14. Ne2 Rh6 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Ne5
Ng6 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 {in the game Riazantsev-Kharitonov, Moscow 1999.})
13... Kh8 14. Rfe1 Rf6 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Na4 b5 $6 {[%csl Rc5]} 17. Nc5 Nc4 18.
Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Nf3 $1 {White keeps the kingside well protected. On c5 his
knight may not have much to do.} Raf8 20. a4 $1 Qb4 21. Qc3 $1 Qxa4 (21... f4
22. Qxb4 axb4 23. axb5 $16) 22. b3 Qa3 23. Rec1 Nb6 24. Ra1 Qe7 25. Qxa5 f4 $2
({This is pretty desperate, but} 25... Qd8 26. g3 $16 {would have left White
with big advantage.}) 26. Qxb6 $18 fxe3 27. Qc5 exf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxf3+ 29. gxf3
Qf6 30. Kg1 Kg8 31. Bf1 Qxf3 32. Bg2 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Bh3 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1
1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 $5 (10. Qc2 Be6 (10... g6 11. f3 Ne6 12. Bh4 c5 13.
Bb5 Rf8 14. dxc5 a6 15. Ba4 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 b5 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. a4
Nd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Rad1 bxa4 24. Nxa4 $14 {
Nogueiras,J-Diaz,JC/Holguin ch-CU (03)/1991/0.5 (53)}) (10... Ng6 11. a3 c6 12.
b4 Bd6 13. Ng3 a6 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. e4
Bf4 19. e5 Ng4 20. Nce2 Bd2 21. Rd1 Rg8 22. Qh5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Bxg5 24. h3 $16 {
Polgar,Zsu-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind (08)/1993/1-0 (40)}) (10... Bg4 11. f3 Bh5
12. Nf4 Bg6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nfxd5 c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qf2
Rad8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. f4 Red8 20. f5 Nf8 21. Qf4 Re8 22. Rf3 b6 23. Rg3 Rde7
24. e4 $18 {Stanec,N-Lendwai,R/Velden op (6)/1993/1-0 (27)}) 11. Nf4 Rc8 (11...
c6 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Kh1 N6d7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. h3 Qg5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18.
e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh5 21. Qf2 Rcd8 22. Be2 Qg6 23. d5 cxd5 24.
exd5 $14 {Yrjola,J-Muco,F/Novi Sad olm (10) FIN-ALB/1990/0.5 (33)}) 12. Qb3 c5
13. Bb5 cxd4 14. Bxe8 dxc3 15. Ba4 Rc4 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bb5 Rxc3
19. Qb2 a6 20. Bd3 Rc6 21. Rac1 Nc5 22. Be2 Nfd7 23. Rfd1 Nb6 24. Bf3 $16 {
Berg,K-Hector,J/Graested (5)/1990/1-0 (28)}) (10. f3 Ng6 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1
Qa5 13. Qb1 Be6 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Bf5 c5 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Rc1 g6 18. Bd3 c4 19.
Bf1 Bc8 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. Bh6 {Spraggett,K-Gil,J/Ibercaja op/1992/0.5 (21)})
10... a6 (10... Bxb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 c6 14. Qd1 f5 15. Qh5
Qf6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Ng3 Nh4 18. Rae1 h6 19. f3 Qg5 20. e4 f4 21. exd5 Bd7 22.
Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. dxc6 $16 {Gutman,L-Razuvaev,Y/USSR/1976/0-1 (44)})
11. a4 $5 $146 Bxb4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 c6 15. a5 $44 Qd6 (
15... Rb8 $2 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 $16) (15... Ne6 $5) 16. Na4
Ne6 17. Qc2 (17. Rab1 $5) 17... h6 18. f4 $2 {xe4} (18. Rab1 $1) 18... Ng7 19.
Rf3 f5 (19... Bg4 20. Rg3 f5 21. h3 Nh5 22. Qf2 $16) 20. Rb1 $2 (20. Nb6 $1 Rb8
21. Nxc8 Rbxc8 22. Bxf5 Rc7 {/\ c5=}) 20... Re7 21. Nc5 (21. Nb6 $8) 21... Qf6
$17 (21... Rb8 22. Rg3) 22. Bf1 Ne8 23. Nd3 Nd6 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Rh3
Rg8 27. Rf1 Rg7 (27... Ne4 28. Rff3 Rg7 29. Rh5 {/\ Rf3-h3}) 28. Rff3 Re8 29.
Rh5 Reg8 30. Bf1 Rh7 31. Rfh3 Qg7 (31... Ne4 32. Qb2 Bc8 33. Rxh6 $1) 32. Qf2
$1 f6 $4 (32... Ne8 $1 33. Qh4 Nf6 34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. Qxh6+ Qxh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7
37. Rh3 Ne4 38. Nd3 Rc8 39. Nc5 Nxc5 40. dxc5 Rd8 $1 {/\ d4-+}) 33. Qh4 $1 Bf7
(33... fxe5 34. Rxh6 Rxh6 35. Qxh6+ Qxh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rxe6 $18) (33... Nf7
34. Rg3 Ng5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Qh3 {/\ Bd3} Rf8 (36... Qf6 37. Bd3 f4 38. Ng4
$18) 37. Rgxg5 hxg5 38. Rxh7+ Qxh7 39. Ng6+ $18) 34. Nxf7+ (34. Rg3 $1 Bxh5 35.
Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Qxh5 fxe5 37. dxe5 Ne4 38. Qxf5 $18) 34... Qxf7 (34... Nxf7 35.
Rxf5 $18) 35. Rxh6 Rgg7 36. Rxf6 $1 Rxh4 37. Rxh4+ Kg8 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Rh5
Ke6 40. Bd3 $138 (40. Bd3 Nc4 41. e4 $1 fxe4 42. Bxc4 dxc4 43. Kf2 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nb6 (
7... Nh5 8. Bg3 Be7 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1
Qa5 14. Ne5 $14 {Piket,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee/1995/0,5/102/}) (7... Bb4 8. e3
Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 g6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. g4 Bd7 15.
Kb1 O-O-O 16. Qb3 $1 $14 {Epishin,V-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1992/0:1/75/}) (7... Be7
8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O $14) 8. h3 (8. e3 Bg4 (8... Nh5 9.
Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O $14) 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. h3 Bg6 11. Qb3 $1 a5 12. a3
a4 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 $14 {Georgiev,
Kir-Piket,J/Moscow olm/1994/1:0/76/}) 8... Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e3 Qe7 (10...
Be6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Ka1 Rhe8 15. Rb1 $1 Rc8 16.
Rhc1 Nb6 17. b4 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Ivanov,I/URS/1978/1:0/36}) 11. Bd3 Nc4 (11...
Be6 12. O-O (12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Ka1 Rc8 15. Rb1 $14) 12... O-O 13.
Rab1 $14) 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 b5 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. a4 (16. Rad1 Bb7
17. a3 a6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 $14) 16... a6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5 Bb7 19. Rad1
Qc5 $6 (19... h6 $32) 20. Rd4 $6 (20. e5 $5 Nxd5 21. Ng5 g6 22. Nce4 Nb4 (22...
Qb6 23. Nd6 f6 24. Ngf7 $16) 23. Nf6+ (23. Nxc5 Nxc2 24. Nxb7 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd2
$17) (23. Qc3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 $13) 23... Kg7 24. Qc3 $36) 20...
Re8 21. Red1 Nd7 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Ng3 g6 24. Qd2 f6 $10 25. h4 $1 Ne5 26. h5 $1
Bc8 (26... Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Kg7 28. f4 Rad8 (28... Bc8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. f5 $16)
29. hxg6 hxg6 30. f5 $16) 27. Nh4 Ra7 $1 28. Re1 (28. f4 Nd3 29. hxg6 Qxf4 30.
Qxf4 Nxf4 31. gxh7+ Rxh7 $17) (28. hxg6 hxg6 29. f4 Qc5 30. Kf1 Rh7 $17) 28...
Rg7 29. Re3 Ng4 30. Rc3 Bd7 31. Nf1 $5 (31. b3 cxb3 32. Rxb3 $13) 31... g5 $5 (
31... a5 32. Rg3 a4 33. f3 Ne5 34. f4 $36) 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 Nh6 (33... Ne5
34. g4 Rge7 35. Ng3 Kg7 36. Ne4 Qb6 37. d6 Rd7 38. h6+ Kf7 39. Rg3) 34. g4 Rge7
(34... Rd7 35. Ng3 Nf7 36. Ne4 Qb6 37. d6 Kg7 38. Re3 $16) 35. Ng3 Nf7 36. Kg2
Qd8 $2 (36... Re5 37. f3 Kg7 38. Ne4 Qb6 39. d6 Rd8 $13) 37. Ra3 $1 Qb6 (37...
Ra7 38. d6 Re5 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. f4 gxf4 41. Qxf4 $16) 38. d6 Rd7 39. Ne4 Kg7 40.
Re3 $1 Re5 (40... h6 41. Nxf6 Rxe3 42. Nxd7 Qa7 43. Qxe3 Qxd7 44. Qe6 $18) (
40... Red8 41. h6+ Nxh6 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 (42... Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. Ne8+ $18)
43. Re6+ Kg7 44. Qxg5+ Kh8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Re7 Rxe7 47. dxe7 Qb7+ 48. Kg1 Re8
49. Rd8 $18) 41. h6+ $1 Nxh6 42. Nxf6 $1 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Kxf6 (43... Rxe3 44. Nxd7
Rd3 (44... Re4 45. Qxg5+ Kf7 46. Qxh6 Rxd4 47. Qf8#) (44... Re8 45. Qxg5+ Kf7 (
45... Kh8 46. Nf6) 46. Qxh6 Qxd7 47. Qxh7+ $18) 45. Qxg5+ Kh8 (45... Kf7 46.
Ne5+) 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qf8#) 44. Rxe5 Kxe5 45. f4+ Kf6 (45... gxf4 46. Qxf4+
Kf6 47. Qxh6+ Kf7 48. Qxh7+ Kf6 49. Qh8+ Kf7 50. g5 Rxd6 51. g6+ Ke7 52. Qg7+
Kd8 53. Qf8+ Kc7 54. Rxd6 Qxd6 55. Qxd6+ Kxd6 56. g7 $18) 46. fxg5+ Kf7 47.
gxh6 Qc5 48. Kf1 (48. Kg2) 48... Qe5 49. Kg2 b4 50. Kf3 $1 a5 51. Qe3 Qxe3+ $8
52. Kxe3 Kf6 53. Rxc4 (53. Kf4 c3 54. bxc3 b3 55. g5+ Kf7 56. Rd5 a4 (56... Rb7
57. d7 b2 58. d8=Q $18) 57. Rb5 Ra7 (57... Rxd6 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Rg7+ Kh8 (
59... Kf8 60. Rxh7 a3 61. Rb7 b2 (61... Kg8 62. h7+ Kh8 63. g6 Rd8 64. Kg5 a2
65. Kh6 $18) 62. h7 $18) 60. Rb7 Kg8 61. Ke5 Ra6 62. f6 a3 63. Rg7+ Kh8 64. f7
Ra8 $13) 58. Rb8 a3 59. g6+ hxg6 60. h7 $18) 53... Kg5 (53... Rxd6 54. Kf4 Rd2
55. g5+ Kf7 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. Ke5 $18) 54. Rd4 a4 55. Ke4 a3 (55... Kxg4 56.
Ke5+ Kg5 57. Ke6 Rd8 58. Ke7 Ra8 59. d7 a3 60. bxa3 bxa3 61. d8=Q $18) 56. bxa3
bxa3 57. Ke5 $18 Rd8 58. Ra4 Re8+ 59. Kd5 Re3 60. d7 Rd3+ 61. Rd4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina Francesca"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Bird,C"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. e3 $6 ({
Criticized as too passive but Foisor was obviously trying to play carefully
against the tournament leader. Both} 7. dxc5) ({and} 7. Nf3 {would have been
more active tries.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bxc6
Qxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rac1 Rac8 {Zatonskih said after the game she would have
happily offered a draw around here but with the no draws before 30 moves rule
in effect this was not possible.} 14. f3 Qd7 15. g4 {The commentary room
definitely did not like this move although Zatonskih thought it was actually
ok.} b5 16. a3 Ne8 17. Qb3 a6 18. Bg3 Rc4 ({No need for complications with} 
18... Nd6 19. Nxd5 Bd8 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Nef4 Nb6 {although black stands much
better here.}) 19. Rcd1 f6 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21. Nf4 Nc7 22. Qc2 b4 $1 {Zatonskih
decided at this point that although she would have been happy with a draw, she
felt she now had to play what she thought was the best move on the board,
irrespective of how it complicated the game. She thought playing for a draw
with more cautious moves could have presented other problems.} 23. axb4 Bxb4
24. Qf5 $2 (24. Nd3 Bg6 25. Qb3 {is still better for black but not as bad as
the move played.}) 24... Qxf5 25. gxf5 Nb5 {The white pawn will fall.} 26. Nfe2
Nxc3 27. bxc3 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 {Zatonskih is just a clear pawn up.} 29. Kf2
Rfc8 30. Re3 Rxe3 {Move 30 comes and goes but there won't be any draw offer
from Zatonskih who feels she can play on here without any risk. She had also
seen what was happening in the Krush-Baginskaite game and was sure that she
already had the Championship sewn up.} 31. Kxe3 Rc3+ 32. Rd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 {
An opposite colored bishop ending has been reached but black still has good
winning chances here thanks to white's doubled pawns on f3 and f5.} Bh5 34. Ke3
a5 35. Bd6 Kf7 36. Kf4 Ke8 37. Ba3 a4 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. h3 Kd8 40. Bf8 Ke8 41.
Bc5 (41. Bxg7 $4 a3) 41... Kf7 42. h4 Kg8 43. Kf4 Be8 44. Ba3 Bb5 45. Ke3 Kf7
46. Bb4 Bc4 47. Kd2 Bf1 48. Ke3 Bh3 49. Kf4 Ke8 50. Ba3 Kd7 51. Bf8 Kc6 52. Ke3
Bxf5 53. Kd2 g5 54. Be7 $2 (54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Bh6 $1 {and white may still be
in with a chance of drawing this.}) 54... gxh4 55. Bxf6 h3 56. Be5 Be4 (56...
Be4 57. Kc3 (57. f4 h2) (57. fxe4 dxe4 58. Ke3 Kd5) 57... Kb5 58. Bh2 Bxf3 59.
Be5 Bd1 60. Bb8 a3 61. Be5 a2 62. Kb2 Bb3 {and the black king will march over
to the kingside to help the h-pawn promote.}) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 {This was only my 3rd game with d4 in the last
three years and of course I had to spend much time in preparing almost all
black answers to d4. I managed even briefly to point out that with this setup
I will repeat van Wely's play against Nigel.} Nd7 11. g3 Be7 12. Nh4 {White
wants to control the f5-square or to provoke Black to push his pawn to f5.} Nb6
13. f3 a5 14. Kf2 a4 15. Rc1 Nc8 16. Ne2 $6 {Of course after 10.Nf3 I had to
play over the board, since I didn't remember exactly what happened in Loek's
game. In this position I saw that he can play Ra6 and decided that it simply
will lead to the repetition of moves after Nc3, and only then I would go for
Be2.} ({The aforementioned game went} 16. Be2 Nd6 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19.
g4 Bf8 20. Ne2 Bh6 21. f4 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Bf8 23. Ng3 $1 $16 {Van Wely Loek (NED)
- Short Nigel D (ENG), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). With full control over the
f5-square.}) 16... Ra6 17. Nc3 Ra5 18. Be2 Nd6 19. Rhd1 Kd7 20. Ng2 b5 21. Rd2
Bf8 (21... a3 22. b3 {X c4}) (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. a3 $1 $14) 22. a3 h5
23. Na2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nf4 f5 26. Nc3 $14 {Now the rook can not leave
the a-file.} Bd6 27. h4 {It is important to fix the pawns which will make
easier task for knights manoeuvring} Rg8 28. Rg1 Raa8 29. Ke1 {Some friends
were sure, that this was a blunder and I missed ...Bc7 with the idea ...Ba5.
It's not true since this was a provocation and I consciously sacrified the
exchange.} (29. Ke2 Rge8) 29... Bc7 30. Kd1 Ba5 31. Nxa4 $1 (31. Rc2 Rge8)
31... Bxd2 32. Nc5+ Kd6 33. Kxd2 Rgb8 34. Kc3 Ra5 35. Rc1 Rab5 {Here my
opponent almost took on c5 which after} (35... Rxc5 36. dxc5+ Kxc5 37. b4+ $1 {
would lead to a very difficlut endgame for Black:} cxb3 38. Kb2+ Kd6 39. Rc3 c5
40. Rxb3 {+/-/+/=}) 36. b4 $1 ({On} 36. Rb1 {I didn't like} Rb3+ 37. Nxb3 Rxb3+
38. Kd2 Bh7 $11) 36... cxb3 37. Kb2 Ra5 38. Ncd3 (38. a4 Ra7 39. Rc3 Rb4 40.
Nfd3 Rb6 41. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kxb3 Re7 $17) (38. Rc3 Rxa3 $1 $19) 38... Re8 39.
Nb4 ({My first intention was} 39. Ne5 c5 40. Rc3 {but here} Rb5 {instead of
the calculated ...c4} (40... c4 41. Rxc4 dxc4 42. Nxc4+ Kd7 43. Nxa5 Rxe3 44.
Nc4 {and the pawn is untouched}) 41. a4 Rbb8 {would force me to take on g6
which wasn't my idea.}) 39... Rxe3 40. Rxc6+ Kd7 {The time control is passed
and I had enough time to review my assesment of the position and to calm down
to draw, but the tiredness (10th round, long games, 166 moves and 8 hours one
of them) and some sort of psychological block didn't let me do it.} 41. Rc1 (
41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. dxc5 d4 43. a4 d3 (43... Rxf3 44. a5 d3 45. Nfxd3 Kc8 46. a6
Kb8) 44. c6+ Kd6 45. c7 Re8 46. Nbxd3 Kxc7 47. Kxb3 Kb7 48. Nd5 Re2 $13) (41.
Rf6 Rxf3 42. Nc6 Rf2+ (42... Rb5 43. Ne5+ Ke7 44. Nxf3 Kxf6 45. a4 Rb8 46. Ne5
Kg7 47. Nd7 Re8 48. Kxb3 Re1 49. a5 Ra1 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Kc5 $18) 43. Kxb3 Rb5+
44. Ka4 Rb1 45. Nxd5 (45. Ne5+ Ke8 46. Rc6 Rb8) 45... Rfb2 46. Ne5+ Ke8 $13) (
41. Rc7+ {was enough only for draw and I think now this was the best option
for me from the practical point of view.} Kd6 (41... Kxc7 42. Nbxd5+ Kd6 43.
Nxe3 Ra4 44. d5 Rd4 45. Kxb3 Kc5 46. Kc3 Ra4 47. Nd3+ Kb5 48. Kb3 Rd4 49. Nf4
Kc5) 42. Rb7 Rxf3 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. Nfxd5) 41... Rxf3 42. Nc6 Rf2+ 43. Kxb3 Rb5+
44. Ka4 Rb7 $6 (44... Rfb2 45. Ne5+ Kd6 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. Rc8 Rb7 48. Nxd5+ Ke6
49. Nf4+ Kf6 50. Ra8 $14) 45. Ne5+ (45. Rc5 $1 {Analysing this complex
position even with the computer it's hard to give a final assessment, but the
fact that White is the only one who can fight for a win is true.} Rfb2 46. Ne5+
Ke7 47. Nxd5+ Kf8 48. Nf4 Ra7+ 49. Ra5 Rxa5+ 50. Kxa5 Rb3 (50... Ke7 51. a4 Kd8
52. Ka6 Rb1 53. a5 Rb3 54. d5 Kc7 55. Nc4 Rb1 56. Na3 Rb8 57. Nb5+ Kc8 58. d6
Kd7 59. Nd3 Kc6 60. Ne5+ Kd5 61. Ka7 $16) 51. a4 Ke8 52. Ka6 Rxg3 53. Kb6 {
It is important do not get cut off on the b-file by the rook} (53. a5 Rb3 54.
Ka7 Kd8 55. a6 Kc7) 53... Rb3+ 54. Kc5 Rc3+ 55. Kb4 Rc1 56. a5 Kd8 57. a6 Kc7
58. d5 $16) 45... Kd8 46. Nc6+ $6 (46. Rc5 Ra7+ 47. Kb3 (47. Ra5 Rxa5+ 48. Kxa5
Rb2 49. a4 Rb3 50. Ka6 Kc7 51. a5 Rxg3 52. Kb5 Rb3+ 53. Kc5 Kb7 54. Nxd5 Bh7
55. Nf4 Ra3 $13) 47... Rb7+ 48. Ka4 {=}) 46... Ke8 47. Ka5 $4 {This is the end;
it escaped from me that he can take on g3 with the b-rook.} Rb3 48. a4 Rxg3 49.
Nxd5 f4 $19 50. Kb6 Kf8 51. a5 Be4 52. Ndb4 Rb2 53. Kc7 Rgb3 54. d5 Rxb4 55.
Nxb4 Rxb4 56. d6 Rb7+ 57. Kc8 Ra7 58. Ra1 f3 59. a6 f2 60. d7 Ra8+ 61. Kc7 Bg2
0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. b3 Nc8 13. Nge2 Nd6 14. g4
f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Rag1 Kd7 17. Bxf5+ Nxf5 18. Rg4 Bd6 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Nh5
Ke6 21. Ne2 Rhg8 22. Nef4+ Kf5 23. Rg7 Rxg7 24. Nxg7+ Kf6 25. Rg1 {Threatening
26 N4h5 mate!} (25. Nfh5+ Kg6 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. exf4 Rg8 29. Nf5+
Kh5 30. Rxg8 Nxg8 31. Nd6 Kg4 {is fine for Black.}) 25... Bxf4 26. Nh5+ Kf5 27.
Ng7+ {Gaining time on the clock, because if} Kf6 (27... Ke4 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29.
fxe3 f5 30. Rg5 Rg8 31. Nh5) 28. Nh5+ Kf5 29. Nxf4 Rg8 30. Rg3 {[#]} Ng6 (30...
Rxg3 31. hxg3 {when White is only slightly better, as the isolated kingside
pawns matter less with the rooks off.}) 31. Nd3 Rf8 $2 (31... Rb8 {to defend
against 32 Rf3+ Ke6 33 Nc5+.} 32. Rh3 Nf8 33. Rh6) 32. Rh3 Rh8 33. Rf3+ Kg4 (
33... Ke6 34. Nc5+) 34. Rxf7 Kh3 35. Rxb7 Kxh2 36. Rxa7 h5 37. Rg7 Nh4 38. Nf4
Nf3+ 39. Ke2 Ng1+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kf1 Nf3 41. Rg3 Nd2+ 42. Ke2 Ne4 43. Rh3+ {wins}
) 1-0

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.11.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1987.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 {
7.Qb3 - D 35} O-O 8. Rc1 {N} (8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 $1 $10) 8... c6 9. Ng3 Be6 (
9... Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bd3 $16) 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. Bxf5 g6 $10) 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. O-O (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Nf8 {
/\ Qd8=}) 13... g6 14. h3 (14. a3 Qd8 15. b4 $6 a5) 14... Bf8 15. Nge2 Rac8 16.
Qd2 (16. Na4 Qd8 $1 $10 (16... Qa5 17. a3 $14)) 16... Nh5 $1 17. Bh2 Ng7 {
/\ Bf5} 18. g4 $2 (18. Na4 $10) (18. Nf4 $10) 18... Qd8 19. f3 (19. Nf4 Bd6 {
/\ h5}) 19... Nb6 20. b3 Ba3 21. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 (11... a5 12. g4 a4 13. Kb1 b5 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. Ne2 $14 {Yudovich-Sergiyevsky, USSR 1958}) 12. Kb1 (12. g4 Rc8 13. Ne5
b5 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Rhg1 a6 16. g5 N6d7 {Gutman-Klovan, USSR 1970}) 12... Rc8 (
12... b5) (12... a6 {/\..c5}) 13. Ng5 $1 (13. e4 $6) 13... b5 (13... Bd7 14.
Be5 h6 15. Nf3 c5 $1) 14. Be5 {/\15.Bxf6 16.Nxh7} h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 $1
$16 Nd7 17. h4 $1 (17. Bg3 $2 Bh4) 17... b4 (17... Bxh4 18. f4 Be7 19. Bh7+ Kf8
20. Bf5) 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. f4 c5 (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. g5 $1) 20. Ba6 $1
$18 Be7 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ng3 $1 {/\Nf5} f6 $6 (22... cxd4 $18) 23. Rxh6 $1
Nef8 (23... gxh6 24. Qg6+) 24. Rh3 $1 c4 25. Nf5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Qc6 27. Rdh1 Ng6
28. Nd6 (28. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Rh8+ $1) 28... Ndf8 29.
Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Rh5 Qc6 31. Qf5 a5 (31... Qe6 32. e4 dxe4 33. Qxe4 {/\d5}) 32. e6
Qxe6 33. Qxd5 a4 34. Rc1 c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36. Rxc3 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Ne6 38. Kc2
Kf7 39. Ra5 Ng5 40. Rc6 Ne4 41. Rxa4 Nf6 42. Ra7 Nd5 43. Rxg6 Kxg6 44. e4 Nb4+
45. Kb3 Bf8 46. Rb7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 $5 {
7...Be7} 8. Nge2 Nf8 $6 9. f3 $1 Ng6 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Be7 12. O-O $1 O-O (
12... Nxe4 $2 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxd1 15. Raxd1 Kxd8 16. Rxf7 $16) 13. Qb3
c5 $1 14. e5 $1 (14. d5 $2 Nxd5 $1 $17) 14... Ng4 15. Bxg6 $1 (15. Bxe7 $2 Nxe7
$1 16. Bc4 cxd4 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Rxd4 Qc7 $15) 15... hxg6 (15...
Bxg5 $5 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. e6 Be3+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. h3 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. e7
{>= 21.d5!?} Bxh3 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. gxh3 Qf3+ $10) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf4 $5
(17. Nd5 $1 Qd8 18. h3 Be6 19. Nef4 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nh6 21. dxc5) 17... Qh4 $1 (
17... cxd4 $2 18. Nxg6 Qg5 19. Nxf8 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Nd5 $1
$16) (17... Qd8 $5 18. Nb5 $1 cxd4 19. Nxg6 Be6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8
22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Nxd4 $18) 18. h3 Ne3 19. Rf2 $1 Be6 $1 20. d5 g5 21. Nfe2 c4
$1 22. Qb5 $2 (22. Qxb7 $1 Rab8 23. Qc6 Rfc8 24. Qd6 Rd8 25. dxe6 Rxd6 26.
exf7+ Kf8 27. exd6 $18) 22... Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. Rh2 $2 (24. d6 $1 $13
Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Rh2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1) (24. Ne4 $5) 24... Qg4+ $1 25. Kf2 Qf5+
$1 26. Kxe3 $2 (26. Kg1 $10 Qg4+ $10) 26... Qxe5+ 27. Kd2 Qxh2 28. Qxc4 Rae8
29. Rd1 Re5 30. Kc2 Qh7+ 31. Kb3 Qh3 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Qb5 Re3 34. Ka3 Qg4 35.
Rd2 Qf4 36. Rd1 Qd6+ $1 37. Kb3 a6 38. Qb4 Qxd5+ 39. Ka3 Rc4 {time} 0-1

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. Nf3
c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. Ne2 Nf7 15.
O-O Bf6 {reserving the d6 square for the knight. This was an improvement over}
({Stefanova-Dronavalli, Women's World Cup 2012, where Black played} 15... Bd6
16. Qc2 Qf6 17. f3 Neg5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Bxf5 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. dxe5 {
and Stefanova won the game.}) 16. f3 Ned6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rae1
Bg5 20. e4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qh4 22. Nxd5 {In order to keep the initiative alive
Stefanova sacrifices her knight. This probably wasn't correct, but both
players were in time trouble.} cxd5 23. Qc5 Qe7 24. exf5 Qf6 25. g4 Bxf5 {
Khotenashvili decided to return the piece and end the game with threefold
repetition.} 26. gxf5 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Nxf5 28. Re5 Ng3+ 29. Kg2 Nf5+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+
31. Kg2 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 16th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4
Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 10. Qg2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. f3 Bg6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Nge2 b5
15. Be3 b4 16. Na4 Na5 17. Nf4 c5 18. Nxc5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Qc2 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 Rb8 22. b3 Qc6 23. Be2 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Bxc2 26. Kxc2 Bxc5 27.
Bxc5 Rc8 28. Bc4 Rxc5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Kd3 Nb7 31. Kd4 Rc7 32. Bb5 Nd6 33. Bc6
Re7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Kc5 Nf5 36. Bb5 g5 37. Bd3 Nh4 38. d6+ Kd8 39. Be2 f5 40.
Kxb4 h5 41. Kb5 g4 42. fxg4 fxg4 43. Ka6 Nf3 44. h3 Ne5 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Kxa7
g3 47. Bf1 Kd7 48. Kb7 Kxd6 49. a4 {Diagramm #} Nd3 (49... Kc5 50. a5 Nc6 51.
a6 Nd8+ 52. Kc7 Ne6+ 53. Kd7 Nf8+ 54. Ke7 Ng6+ 55. Kf6 Nf4 56. a7 Nd5+ 57. Ke5
Nc7 $11) 50. a5 Nc5+ 51. Kc8 (51. Kb6 Nd7+ 52. Kb5 Kc7) 51... Na6 $1 52. Kb7
Nc5+ 53. Kb8 Kd7 (53... Kc6 54. b4 Nd7+ 55. Ka8 Nb6+ $1 56. Ka7 Nc4 $1 {
führte studienartig zum Remis!}) 54. Bg2 Kd8 55. Bd5 (55. b4 $1 Na6+ 56. Kb7
Nxb4 57. Kb6 Kc8 58. Kb5 $18) 55... Kd7 56. Bg2 Kd8 57. Bh3 (57. b4 Na6+ 58.
Kb7 Nxb4 59. Kb6) 57... Nxb3 58. a6 Nd4 59. Bg2 (59. Kb7 Nb5 60. Bg2 Kd7 61.
Kb6 Nd6 62. Bh3+ Kd8) 59... Nb5 60. Bf1 Nd4 61. Kb7 Nb5 $1 62. Kb6 Nd6 63. Kc6
Nc8 64. Bh3 Na7+ 65. Kb6 Nc8+ 66. Kb7 Nd6+ 67. Kb8 Nb5 68. Bg2 Kd7 69. Bf1 Kd8
70. Bg2 Kd7 71. Bh3+ Kd8 72. Bf1 Nd4 73. Kb7 Nb5 {Diagramm #} 74. Bxb5 g2 75.
a7 g1=Q 76. a8=Q+ Ke7 77. Qe8+ Kf6 78. Qf8+ Ke5 79. Qe7+ Kf4 80. Qd6+ Kf3 81.
Qf6+ Ke4 82. Bc6+ Kd3 83. Qf5+ Kc3 84. Qa5+ Kd3 85. Qa3+ Ke2 86. Qb2+ Ke1 87.
Qc1+ Kf2 88. Qc5+ Kf1 89. Bb5+ Kg2 90. Qg5+ Kf2 91. Qf4+ Ke1 92. Qe4+ Kf2 93.
Qd4+ Kg2 94. Bc6+ Kf1 95. Qd3+ Ke1 96. Qc3+ Kf2 97. Be4 Qg5 98. Qc2+ Ke1 99.
Qc3+ Kf2 100. Qf3+ Ke1 101. Qh1+ Kf2 102. Qg2+ Qxg2 103. Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 (6. Qc2 {is a way to
prevent the variation that happened in the game, but it also allows its own
side variations.}) 6... Bf5 {Much to my personal displeasure people are
starting to figure out that this endgame with the double-pawns on f6 and f7 is
not that bad for Black.} 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11.
Nh4 {There isn't much in the way of set theory in this variation. White has
long-term pressure against the f-pawns but Black is very solid, he has the
pair of bishops and he will have many active pieces after maneuvering to the
right spots.} Be7 12. g3 Nb6 {The knight is going to d6 where it can later
choose on e4 or c4 depending on the circumstances.} 13. O-O-O Nc8 14. Bd3 Nd6
15. Kc2 Kd7 16. f3 Bxd3+ {You know that White must have a hard time converting
anything in this position, or even proving an advantage, when Black can get
away with just trading off the g6 bishop.} 17. Kxd3 f5 18. Ng2 h5 19. h4 Rag8
20. Rh3 {Black has pressure on g3 and it's very hard to do anything with White
besides have a pretty knight on f4. Ding Liren simply doesn't find a way
forward from him.} Ne8 21. Ke2 Bd6 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. Ne2 a5 24. b3 Re8 25. Rhh1
Re7 26. Nef4 Rg8 27. Rd2 Ree8 28. Rc2 Kc7 29. a4 Kd7 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Nd3 Kc7
32. Ngf4 Reg8 33. Rc1 Kb8 34. Rg1 Kc7 35. Rh2 Rb8 36. Rc1 Rbg8 37. Rg2 Kb8 38.
Rcg1 Kc7 39. Rb1 Re8 40. Rgg1 Reg8 41. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Qa4 $6 (9. Qc2 $5 Ng6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. O-O-O (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g3 Rfe8 15. O-O {Sahovic,D-Cvetkovic,S/JUG/1989/0,5 (15)
Inf 47/493/}) 11... h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Ng4 16.
Rd2 Bd7 $13 {Stohl,I-Cvetkovic,S/JUG/1989/ Inf 47/493/}) 9... Be7 (9... Ne6 $2
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5) 10. Ne2 $6 (10. Qc2 $5) 10... Ne6 (10... Ng6 11. Ne5 $5
) 11. Bh4 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 (13. b4 $5) 13... a6 14. Rfe1 Ng7 15. Nf4 Nf5
(15... Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 18. Nd3 $14) 16. Bg5 Nd6 17. Nd2 Re8
(17... Re8 18. b4 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. h3 (20. e4 Qh4) 20... Nf6 21. Qb3 Bf5
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch32-KK3 Kasparov-Karpov +5-4=15"]
[Site "London/Leningrad"]
[Date "1986.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Bh5 $2 12. g4) 12. Qxf3 d4 13.
Ne4 Be7 $1 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 $1 $14) 14... Qa5 $1 15. Ng3 $5 dxe3 16. fxe3
Qxa2 $1 $13 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Bh6 Ne8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qg4 Ne5 21. Qg3 Bf6 22. Bb5
Ng7 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Rd6 Qb3 25. Nxg7 Qxb5 26. Nf5 Rad8 27. Rf6 Rd2 28. Qg5
Qxb2 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Nd4 Rxd4 31. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nge2 $1 O-O (8... h6 9. Bf4 $1 Nh5 10. Be5 $1 $16 {Tartakover}) (8... Ne4 9.
Bf4 $1 (9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxe7) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 $16 {Tartakover}) 9. Ng3
Ne8 (9... h6 10. h4) (9... Re8 10. Nf5) 10. h4 Ndf6 (10... g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12.
h5 $40) (10... h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf5 {[%cal Rg2g5] /\g4-g5->} Qd6 13. g4 $1
{Tartakover}) (10... Bxg5 $2 11. Bxh7+ $3 Kxh7 12. hxg5+ Kg8 13. Qh5 $18) (
10... f6 11. Qc2 (11. Qh5 $5 g6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kh8 14. Nf5 Ne5 15.
dxe5 $40) 11... g6 12. Bf4) (10... Nd6 11. Qc2) 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13.
Bxf5 Nd6 14. Bd3 (14. Bxf6 Nxf5 $10 (14... Bxf6 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1)) 14... h6 15.
Bf4 (15. O-O-O Nfe4 $1) 15... Rc8 $2 (15... Re8 $1 $14 16. O-O-O (16. f3 $2 Nh5
17. Bxd6 Bxd6) (16. g4 $2 Nxg4 17. Rg1 h5) 16... Nfe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4
dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxh4 20. Be5 Bf6 $1 $10 {Alekhine}) 16. g4 $3 (16. O-O-O c5 $1
$132) 16... Nfe4 $1 (16... Nxg4 $2 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Bf5) (16... Re8 17. g5 Nh5
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. gxh6 $40 {Tartakover}) 17. g5 $1 h5 $1 (17... hxg5 18. hxg5
Nxg5 $2 (18... Bxg5 19. Bxd6 (19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $40 {
Alekhine}) 19... Qxd6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 {/\Nf6 Qh7#} Qg6 $145 22. O-O-O)
19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg8+ Kxg8 22. Qh7#) 18. Bxe4 (18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19.
g6 {Lasker}) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qa5+ (20... Bb4+ 21. Ke2 $1 $16
Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rhc1) 21. Kf1 (21. Ke2 Qb5+ 22. Kf3 Rce8 $10) 21... Qd5
$1 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Kg2 $1 (23. f3 Rc2 24. Rh2 Rxh2 25. Bxh2 f6 $1 26. g6 (26.
gxf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Yf6c6] /\ Rc6}) 26... Rc8 27. Re1 f5 {[%cal Yc8c6] /\Rc6})
23... Rc2 24. Rhc1 $1 Rfc8 $1 (24... Rxb2 25. Rcb1 $1 (25. Rc7 Ba3 (25... Re8
$143 26. Rd7 Rb5 27. a4) 26. Rd7 (26. e4 $2 dxe4 27. Bc1 Bd6) 26... Rb5 27. Rd1
$1 Rc8 28. Rd3 {[%cal Ya2a4] /\29.a4 Becker}) 25... Rxb1 26. Rxb1 b6 27. Rc1 {
/\Rc7+-} Bd8 28. Rc6 $18 {Alekhine}) 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 $8 Kh7 (26... b5 27.
Kg3 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ye3e4] /\f3, e4}) 27. Kg3 (27. Kf3 Kg6 28. Bg3 Kf5 $10) 27...
Kg6 28. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4] /\e4} f6 $1 (28... Kf5 $2 29. e4+ dxe4 30. fxe4+ Kxe4
31. Re1+ $18) 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. a4 $1 Kf5 31. a5 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4, Rb3, Bf8
and if b6, a5 Alekhine} Re2 $1 (31... g5 32. Bxg5 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Kxg5 34. f4+
Kf5 35. Kf3 {[%cal Yb1g1] /\Rg1 Becker}) (31... g6 $2 32. a6 $1 bxa6 (32... b6
33. Bb8) 33. Ra1 (33. Bb8 g5 $1) 33... Rxb2 (33... Bd8 34. Rxa6 Bb6 35. Bb8 $1)
34. Ra5 Ke6 (34... Rd2 $4 35. e4+) 35. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 36. hxg5 $16 {Tartakover}) (
31... Bd8 $5 32. Re1 (32. b4 b6 $1) 32... Bxa5 33. e4+ Ke6 34. exd5+ Kd7 $1 (
34... Kxd5 $4 35. Re5+) 35. Re6 (35. Re5) 35... Bc7 {Tartakover}) 32. Rc1 $2 (
32. b4 $1 {?! Becker} g5 33. Bxg5 (33. hxg5 h4+ (33... Bxg5 34. Bxg5 Kxg5 35.
f4+ Kf5 36. Kf3 Rh2 37. Rg1 $18) 34. Kxh4 Bxd4 35. Rd1 $1 $18 {Alekhine} (35.
exd4 Kxf4)) 33... Bxg5 34. hxg5 Rxe3 {Becker}) (32. a6 $6 bxa6 33. Ra1 Bd8 $1
34. Rxa6 Bb6 35. b4 (35. Bb8 Rxe3 $10) 35... g6 $10) 32... Rxb2 (32... g5 33.
Bxg5 Bxg5 34. hxg5 Rxe3 35. Rc5 Ke6 36. Rb5 $18 {Becker}) 33. Rc5 Ke6 34. e4
Bxd4 (34... dxe4 35. d5+ Kf5 36. d6+ Ke6 37. fxe4 Rb3+ 38. Kg2 $16 {Tartakover}
Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Rb4 40. Rc8 $1 Rxe4 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Rxe4 Kxe4 43. Bg5 Bc3 44. a6
$1 bxa6 45. d7 Ba5 46. Kg2 $1 $18 {Alekhine}) 35. Rxd5 Bc3 $2 (35... Bf2+ 36.
Kh3 Rb3 $10 {Becker} (36... g6 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. e5 {Tartakover}) 37. Re5+ Kf7
38. Bg5 $1 $16 {Alekhine}) (35... Bg1 36. Rxh5 Bh2+ 37. Kg4 Rg2+ $4 38. Kh3 $18
{Tartakover}) 36. Rxh5 a6 $6 {[%cal Yb2b5] /\Rb5-/+ o^-b} (36... b5 37. axb6
axb6 38. Rd5 b5 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rb6 b4 41. Kg4 {[%cal Yg4f5] /\ Kf5+/-/+-
Alekhine}) (36... Be1+ 37. Kg4 (37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Re5+ Kd7 (38... Kf7 {Kf6} 39.
Rf5+) 39. Rd5+ {[%cal Yd5d3] /\Rd3 Alekhine}) 37... Rg2+ 38. Kh3 Rf2 39. Re5+
Kd7 (39... Kf6 40. Rf5+ Ke6 41. Bg3 $16) 40. Rd5+ $1 (40. Kg4 Rg2+) 40... Ke6
41. Rd1 $1 Rxf3+ $2 42. Kg4 Rf1 43. Bg3 $18 {Tartakover}) 37. Bc7 $1 Be1+ (
37... Rb5 38. Rxb5 (38. Rg5 $1 {Alekhine}) 38... axb5 39. Kf2 b4 40. Ke2 b3 41.
Kd3 b2 42. Kc2) 38. Kg4 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 (39. Kf4 $4 Bd2#) 39... Rf2 40. Kg4 {
adjourned} Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. f4 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 (43. Kg4 $4 Rg3#) 43... Rf2+
44. Kh3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Bb6 Rc4 $2 (47... Bg3 $142 48. Re5+
Kd6 (48... Kf7 49. h5) 49. Rg5 {+/-/+- Alekhine}) 48. Kg2 $3 $18 (48. f5+ Kf6
$10) (48. Re5+ Kf7 49. h5 Bc3 $1 50. Rf5+ Ke6 {Tartakover}) 48... g6 (48...
Rxe4 $2 49. Kf3 Ra4 (49... g6 50. Rh8 Rc4 51. Re8+ $18) 50. Re5+ $18) 49. Re5+
Kd7 50. h5 $3 gxh5 51. Kf3 h4 (51... Rc3+ 52. Be3 Bd2 $4 53. Rd5+) 52. Rh5 Rc3+
53. Kg4 Rc4 54. Kf5 $1 (54. e5 $2 Bd2 55. Rf5 h3 56. Bg1 Ke7 (56... Bxa5 $2 57.
e6+) 57. Bh2 Bxa5) 54... Bxa5 55. Rh7+ $1 (55. Bxa5 $2 Rc5+ 56. Kg4 $4 (56. e5
Rxa5 57. Rxh4 $18 {Tartakover}) 56... Rxh5 57. Kxh5 h3 $19) 55... Kc6 (55...
Kc8 56. Bxa5 Rc5+ 57. Ke6 Rxa5 58. Kd6) 56. Bxa5 (56. Rc7+ $2 Kb5 $1 57. Bxa5
$4 (57. Rxc4 Kxc4 58. Bxa5 h3 $19) 57... Rxc7 58. Bxc7 h3 $19) 56... Rc5+ 57.
Ke6 Rxa5 58. f5 Ra3 59. f6 Rf3 60. f7 b5 (60... h3 61. Rxh3) (60... a5 61. Rh5
a4 62. Rf5 $18) 61. Rh5 $1 h3 62. Rf5 Rxf5 (62... h2 63. f8=Q h1=Q 64. Rxf3)
63. exf5 (63. exf5 h2 64. f8=Q h1=Q 65. Qa8+) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 (6... Bg4 $142
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bg6 $10) 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. f4 Qa5 $2 (10... Qe8 $142 11. Bd3 Ng4 {or 11.h3 Nfd7<=>})
11. Bd3 h6 (11... Re8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qf5 $40) 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. g4 $1 {[#]} fxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. O-O-O $1 Bg5 (15... Bxg4 16. Rdg1) (15...
Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Rhf1 {/\ 20.Rf5.}) 16. gxh5
Kh8 (16... Bxe3+ 17. Kb1) 17. Qf2 f5 18. h4 Be7 19. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup-08"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1984.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. h3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. g4 Be6 12. O-O-O $14 Rc8 (12... Ne4 $6 13. Bxe4
dxe4 14. Nd2 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ncxe4 Qd5 17. b3 $16) 13. Kb1 b5 14. Ng5 Qb6 15.
Be5 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. g5 N6d7 17. h4 c5 $132) 15... h6 (15... g6 16. f4 {
/\ f5|^+/-}) 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bf5 Nd7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bh4
$2 (20... c5 21. g5 $1 Bxg5 (21... hxg5 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rdg1 Bf8 24. Rxh4 $18)
22. h4 Be7 23. Rhg1 Bf8 24. Ne4 $1 dxe4 25. Rd7 $18) (20... Bb4 $1 $14) 21. g5
$1 hxg5 22. Ne4 $1 Re7 $8 (22... dxe4 23. Rd7 $18) 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nh7+ Kg8
25. Rd4 $1 $18 c5 26. Rxh4 gxh4 27. Rg1 (27. Ng5 Rec7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7
30. Qxg7+ Kd8 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Rc7 $16) 27... Qc7 (27... Rec7 28. Qh5 Rf7
29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nd7+ $1 Rxd7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Rxg7#) 28. Ng5 Ree8 29. Qh7+ Kf8
30. Nxe6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 12th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Nh4 O-O 9. Nf5 Bc7 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Ne3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne6
15. Bb2 a6 16. h4 Nf8 17. Rfe1 Bd6 18. a3 Qf6 19. Nf1 Bf5 20. f3 Qg6 21. g4 Bd7
22. h5 Qf6 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qg5 25. e5 Bc7 26. Nh2 Bb6 27. Kh1 Rad8 28. Qg3
Be6 29. Rad1 Rd7 30. Be4 Red8 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. Bc1 Qd8 33. Nf3 Bc4 34. Bg5 Qe8
35. Rc3 Bd5 36. h6 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 g6 38. Bf6 a5 39. b5 cxb5 40. Rd3 Qe6 41. Kh2
b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Kh3 Qc6 44. Ng5 Qc2 45. e6 Ra1 46. Kh4 fxe6 47. Qf3 Qh2+
48. Nh3 Rf7 49. d5 Bd8 50. g5 Bxf6 51. gxf6 exd5 52. Re7 Ra5 53. Rxd5 Ra3 54.
Rd3 g5+ (54... Rxd3 55. Qxd3 Rxf6 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Qd4 g5+ (57... Qd6 58. Qxd6
Rxd6 59. Rxb7) 58. Rxg5 Qd6 59. Rd5) 55. Kh5 Rxd3 56. Qxd3 g4 $4 (56... Rxf6)
57. Qd5 Qxh3+ 58. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8.
f4 {N} c6 9. f5 Ne4 $1 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qf3 Qb4 $1 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Nge2
Qxa1+ 14. Bb1 Nd7 15. O-O (15. Qg3 $6 O-O 16. f6 Nxf6 $1 (16... g6 $2 17. O-O
Qb2 18. Qh4 Kh8 19. Rf4 $1 $18 Rg8 $2 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rh4#) 17. O-O Nh5 18.
Qf3 g6 19. Bxg6 Qxf1+ 20. Qxf1 fxg6 $15) 15... Qb2 16. Qg3 $2 (16. f6 $1 Nxf6
17. Qg3 Bg4 $1 (17... Ne4 $2 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $1 Qxe2 21.
Qe5+ Be6 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Qd6+ $18) 18. Rxf6 Bxe2 19. Qe5+ Kf8 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7
21. Qf5+ Ke7 22. Qe5+ $10) 16... Qa3 17. e4 dxe4 18. f6 g6 19. Qf4 Nb6 20. Bxe4
Be6 21. Rf3 Rd8 22. Qc7 Qd6 23. Qxb7 O-O 24. Qxc6 Bc4 25. Qc5 Rfe8 26. Rf4 Qxc5
27. dxc5 Nd7 28. c6 Nc5 29. Bf3 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Nd3+ 32. Kg3 Nxf4
33. Nxf4 Rd6 34. c7 Rc8 35. Nd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxc7 37. Kf4 Rc2 38. a4 Rc5 39.
Ke5 Ra5 40. Kd6 Kf8 $1 (40... Rxa4 $2 41. Ke7 Rf4 42. Bxf7+ Kh8 43. g3 Rf2 44.
h4 a5 45. g4 a4 46. Be6 a3 47. f7 Kg7 48. g5 $10 Rf3 49. Ke8) 41. Bc6 Rf5 42.
Kc7 Rxf6 43. a5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 (12. Qb5 $1 $14 {Kasparov})
12... bxc6 13. Be5 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Rab1 a5 $11 18.
Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 d4 21. Qxd4 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Bxa2 23. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Fine-Steiner +4-3=3"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1932.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1932.06.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Ne5 Be6 10. O-O N6d7 11. Bg3 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 g6
15. Na4 Qd8 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Nc3 a6 19. Na4 N8d7 20. Ne5 O-O 21.
Rc2 Bd8 22. Rfc1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd6 Rf7 25. g3 Bc7 26. Qb4 Qb8 27. Bxc7
Qxc7 28. h4 Kg7 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Qb6 $14 {Time forfeit} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1896.01.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 $5 {Typische Königszentralisierung а la
Steinitz!} d4 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Qd5 (13... O-O $142 14. Kf1 Re8) 14. Qb3
Nxd4+ 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rhd1 Kf8 17. Bc4 Bxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe5+ 19. Kf1 Be7 20.
Rd7 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qxb7 Qc7 23. Qd5 (23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Bxa6 $18 {
Deutsches Wochenschach}) 23... g6 24. Qd4 f6 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Bxa6 $2 (26. Qd5
$1 $18 Kg7 $8 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. Rd4 $1 g5 29. h4 $1 Rf8 30. Qe6 Qe5 31. hxg5+
Kg7 32. gxf6+ Bxf6 33. Rg4+ Kh6 34. Qxa6 $18) 26... Qxh2 $1 $11 27. Qd7 Qf4 28.
Bb5 Kf7 29. Rd4 Qxf3 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Qe6 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qh5+ 33. f3 Qe5+ 34.
Qxe5 fxe5 35. Rd7 h5 36. Rb7 Rh6 37. Kf1 g5 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Kg2
Kf5 41. Bd3+ Kf4 42. Rg6 Rh8 43. Rg7 Bc5 44. Bg6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch01 Steinitz-Zukertort +10-5=5"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.03.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games 10 to 20 were played in New Orleans.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 {5...cd! Hooper} 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 (7. dxc5 d4 {7...Be6!?}
8. Ne4 Bf5 (8... f5 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd4 $18) (8... Bxc5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qc4
$16) (8... Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 f5 11. Nf6+ Kd8 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Nf3 $14 {
Minckwitz}) 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Ng3 Bd7 $13 {Steinitz}) 7... Be6 (7... c4 $6 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qa4+ $1 Nc6 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxc4 $16 {
Steinitz}) 8. Qb3 (8. Nge2 $1 Nc6 9. g3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. O-O
$16 {Pillsbury-Steinitz Hastings 1895}) 8... Qd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. e4 $2 O-O-O $1
(10... cxd4 11. exd5 (11. Nxd5 $2 O-O-O $19) 11... dxc3 12. dxe6 Qd2+ 13. Kf1
c2 (13... cxb2 14. exf7+ Ke7 15. Re1+ $18) 14. exf7+ Kd8 15. Ne2 Kc7 16. Bd3
Nb4 17. Bxc2 $16 {/\ 18.Rc1 Steinitz}) 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5
Rxd5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nf3 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Bb6 $19 {Hooper} 18. g3 (
18. Rc1 Rc5 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Rc1 {/\ 21...Rb1}) (18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Kxe1
Ra5 20. a3 Rb5 21. b4 a5 $19 {Steinitz}) 18... Rf5 19. Kg2 Re2 20. Rhf1 Rxb2
21. a4 Rc5 (21... Ra5 22. Rac1 c5 23. Rc4 {/\ 24.Rf4} Rb4 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Ra1
Rf5 26. Ra2 $19 {Steinitz: The win has now clearly become more difficult. Der
Gewinn ist deutlich schwieriger geworden.}) 22. Ng1 {1h} Ra5 23. Ra3 (23. Rac1
c5 24. Rc4 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Ra1 Bd4 $1 $19 {Steinitz}) 23... Kb7 24. Nh3
$5 {Steinitz: White's knight manoeuvres are very skilful. Weiß manövriert sehr
geschickt mit dem Springer.} Bd4 25. Re1 Re5 26. Rd1 c5 27. Rf3 Ree2 28. Rf1
Rb6 29. Nf4 Ra2 30. Nd5 Re6 (30... Rd6 31. Rb1+ Kc8 32. Ne7+ Kd8 33. Nf5 Rd7
34. Rd1 Rxa4 35. Rf4 Kc7 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Ke4 $146 {Minckwitz}) 31. Nf4 Rd6 32.
Rb1+ Kc6 $2 (32... Kc7 33. Rfb3 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 (34. Kh3 f5 35. Kh4 Bf6+ 36. Kh3
Bg5 $19) 34... Be5 $40 {+- Steinitz}) 33. Rb8 $1 Rxa4 {33...f5 34.Nh5<=>
Steinitz} 34. Rh8 Ra2 $2 (34... c4 $1 35. Ne2 Be5 36. Rxh7 Rd3 37. Rxf7 Raa3
38. Ng1 Rxf3 39. Nxf3 c3 $19 {Steinitz}) 35. Rxh7 a5 $2 {35...c4 Hooper} 36.
Rxf7 a4 37. h4 Rd7 $1 {Steinitz: Not 37...c4 now. He might even lose. White
advances the h-pawn and if ...c2, Nd3 with the threat of Nb4.  Jetzt ist 37...
c4 nicht mehr angebracht. Es droht dann sogar noch zu verlieren.Weiß rückt den
h-bauern vor und spielt im Falle von c2 Nd3 mit der Drohung Nb4.} 38. Rxd7 Kxd7
{2h} 39. h5 {1h} Ke7 40. h6 Kf7 41. h7 Kg7 42. Ne6+ Kxh7 43. Nxd4 cxd4 44. Rd3
$1 (44. Rxf6 d3 45. Rd6 (45. Kf3 a3 46. Ra6 Ra1 47. Ke3 a2 48. Kd2 Rf1 $19)
45... d2 46. Kf3 Rb2 47. Ke2 a3 48. Ra6 a2 $19 {/\ 49...Rb1 Steinitz}) 44...
Rb2 45. Rxd4 a3 46. Ra4 a2 47. g4 Kg6 48. Kg3 Kf7 49. f4 {Time: Zukertort: 1h
12min    Steinitz: 3h 26min Zeit: Zukertort: 1h 12min    Steinitz: 3h 26min}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Nh5 8.
g3 $5 (8. Bd2) 8... Be7 9. h4 Nxf4 10. gxf4 Nf6 11. O-O-O g6 12. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 $13) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 (7... Be7 {normal}) 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. O-O $6
(9. Bh4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxg3 13. Qxg3 Qb8 $10 {
Anikaev-Bagirov/URS-FL/1979/}) (9. Ne5 $5 Qe7 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5
hxg5 13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. Bh4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 $13 {Portisch,L-Ljubojevic,L/
Niksic/1978/}) (9. Qc2 Ng6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bh4 g5
14. Bg3 $14 {Bagirov-Taimanov/URS-FL/1977/}) 9... Bg4 10. e4 Ne6 $1 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exf6 (13. gxf3 $2 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Be7 $17) 13... Bxd1 14.
fxg7 Rg8 15. Raxd1 Nxd4 $13 (15... Rxg7 $10) 16. Bxh7 Nf3+ (16... Rxg7 $142)
17. Kh1 Rxg7 18. Bf5 $1 Rg5 19. Bh3 Nxh2 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Ne4 dxe4 22. Rxd6
Ng4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 (6. Qc2 g6 $1 7. e3
Bf5 $10) 6... Bf5 7. Bd3 (7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. h4 h5 $10) (7.
g4 $5 {Botvinnik - main line.} Bg6 (7... Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 Qb6 (9... Nh6 10.
Be2 Nb6 11. Rc1 Bd6 $6 12. Nh3 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Bd7 14. Rg1 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Karpov,An (21)/Wch Moscow/1985/}) 10. Rb1 Ngf6 11. f3 h6 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Nge2
$16 {Botvinnik,M-Spassky,N/Leiden Oestgoest/1970/}) 8. h4 Bxh4 $2 9. Qb3 b6 10.
Nf3 Be7 11. Ne5 $16) 7... Bxd3 (7... Bg6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Rb1 a5 11.
Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qb6 $10 {Larsen,B-Najdorf,M/Bugojno/1982/}) 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9.
Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O (10. h3 $142) 10... O-O (10... Nh5 $1 11. Be5 O-O 12. Rab1
Nxe5 $10 {Georgadze,T-Spassky,B/URS/1979/}) 11. Rab1 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. a3 a4
14. Qc2 Qa5 (14... b5 $5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Nc1 c5 $13 {Nikitin})
15. Rfd1 {/\Ne5} Bf8 (15... Qa6) 16. Ne5 Re7 $2 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. e4
$36) (16... Qa6) 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qxa3 21. Rc7
Qc5 $2 (21... Qa6 22. Ne2 $16) (21... Nxe5 $5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxc6 $14 {
The d5 pawn is very weak, but at the end White has to win a rook ending 4 vs 3
pawns at the kingside, which is drawish.}) 22. Rxd5 $1 (22. Qb2 Nb6 $10) 22...
cxd5 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxd5 Rea7 25. Bg5 Ra1+ 26. Kh2 R8a2 27. Qf5 Ne6 28. Bh4
Rf1 $6 29. f4 Rc1 30. Qg4 Rc4 (30... Rcc2 31. f5 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2
$18) 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qh5 $1 (32. Qh5 gxf6 33. Qxf7) 1-0

[Event "Biel-17 GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1984.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Eslon, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1984.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng5 b5 14. Be5 h6
15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 a4 17. Bf5 Nd7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Bxe6 $6 (19. Nf4 Bf6 20.
Bd6 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 19... fxe6 20. Ng3 Bf6 21. f4 c5 22. Nh5
cxd4 23. Qg6 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. exd4 Nb6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rxh4
Rf8 29. Rdh1 Nc4 30. R4h2 Rf3 31. g5 Rcf8 32. g6 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kc2 b4
35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rf3 37. Rh1 Nxa3+ 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Nf6+ gxf6
41. exf6 Rb8 42. Rh7 Nd6 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rd7 Ra8 45. Rxd6 Kg8 46. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c5 $5 {
Diesem seltenen Plan hält Kasimdzhanov die Treue. Mit dem Übergang in eine
Isolani-Stellung versucht Schwarz die Nachteile des frühen Qd1-c2 aufzuspüren.}
({Das übliche} 7... c6 {führt zu der Abtausch-Variante.}) 8. e3 ({Oder} 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Nd4 Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. e3 Be6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15.
O-O Rc8 16. a3 a6 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Qa5 $11 {
, und die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, Khenkin,I-Kasimdzhanov,R/Moscow 2001.})
8... cxd4 $146 {Eine logische und starke Neuerung. Weniger überzeugend wirkte
dagegen 8...Nc6 wegen 9.dxc5.} (8... Nc6 9. dxc5 h6 (9... Qa5 10. Bb5 (10.
O-O-O $5 Be6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 $16) 10... a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
O-O (12. Nd4 Qxc5) 12... Qxc5 13. Rac1 $14) 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O
Be6 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na6 15. Bxd5 Nxc5 16. Qb4 Qc7 $44 {
Quinteros,M-Andersson,U/Biel 1985}) 10... Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Bb4+ 13.
Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Qd2 a5 {De Castro,E-Cassidy,R/Havana 1966} 15. a3 $1 Rd8 16. Qc1
Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. O-O Bf5 19. Nd4 $16) 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 (
11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Be6 13. Be2 Rc8 $11 {/\Ne4}) 11... bxc6 12. Be2 Be6 13.
O-O {Ich entschied mich kurz vor der Partie, diese Stellung zu spielen. Weiß
hat zwar keinen Eröffnungsvorteil, seine Figuren sind aber recht gut platziert
für das Spiel gegen die Hängebauern, die nach dem baldigem c6-c5 entstehen
werden.} Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rd2 $6 {Geradelinig gespielt. Ich wollte dem
Gegner c6-c5 maximal erschweren. Es gab aber eine andere, feinere Art, dagegen
vorzugehen.} (15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Na4 c5 $1 (16... Rb4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. a3 $16)
17. b3 (17. Nxc5 $4 Rdc8 $19) 17... c4 $11) (15. a3 $1 {/\b4 Weiß erzwingt
c6-c5, um mit dem Vorstoß b2-b4 zu kontern.} c5 16. Bf3 Rab8 ({Das Gegenspiel
nach} 16... g5 $2 {ist ungenügend um die Schächung des schwarzen Königs zu
kompensieren.} 17. Bg3 g4 18. Be2 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. b4 Qh5 21. Nb5 Rac8 22.
Qa4 $16 {><d4}) 17. Bg3 $1 Bd6 (17... Rb7 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. axb4 Qb6 (19...
Qxb4 $4 20. Rab1 $18) 20. b5 $14) (17... Rbc8 18. Be5 $14) 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. b4
$1 Qc7 20. Qd3 Rdd8 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne2 $14 {, und die entstandene
Isolani-Stellung ist etwas angenehmer für Weiß.}) 15... Rd7 {Diese
Gegenverdopplung auf der d-Linie sieht sehr logisch aus.} ({Nicht weniger gut
war} 15... Rab8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Bf3 (17. b3 c4 $11) 17... Rb4 $1 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxb2 $11) 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bf3 $2 {
Ein grober Fehler, der Schwarz die Durchsetzung von c6-c5 unter für Weiß sehr
ungünstigen Umständen erlaubt.} ({Korrekt war} 17. h3 $1 {/\Bf3} c5 (17... g5
$6 18. Bg3 c5 $2 19. Bb5 $1 Rb7 20. Bc6 Rb4 21. Be5 $1 $16) 18. Bb5 Rb7 $1 (
18... Rc7 19. Bc4 g5 20. Bg3 Rb7 (20... Rcd7 $2 21. Bb5 $16) 21. Bb3 $1 c4 22.
Ba4 $14) 19. Bc6 Rb4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxd5 Rxb2 $1 22. Qxb2 Bxc3 23. Bxe6 $1
Bxd2 24. Bb3 Bb4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe5 {, und die Stellung ist remislich.})
17... c5 $1 $15 {Erst jetzt begriff ich, was passiert war - der Gewinn des
Bauern d5 wird für Weiß mit dem Matt auf der Grundreihe enden! Andererseits
droht Schwarz mit großer Kraft d5-d4. Nach einem sehr langen Nachdenken fand
ich noch die beste Verteidigung.} 18. Bxf6 {Die Alternativen waren nicht
erstrebenswert.} (18. b3 d4 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 g5 $1 20. Bg3 dxe3 21. Rxd7 exf2+
22. Bxf2 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 $17) 19... Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. exd4 cxd4 $17) (18.
Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 g5 20. Bg3 g4 21. Be2 Ne4 22. Rc2 d4 23. Bb5 Bxa2 24. Bxd7
Bb3 $17) 18... Bxf6 19. e4 $1 (19. Nxd5 $4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rxd5 Qe1#) 19... dxe4 (19... d4 20. Nd5 {ist für Weiß ungefährlich.}) ({
Ich befürchtete} 19... Bg5 {, aber nach} 20. exd5 $1 {(Kasimdzhanov)} Bxd2 21.
Rxd2 {hat Weiß eine ausreichende Kompensation für die Qualität.}) (19... Bxc3
20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 $11) 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 $6 {Es ist verständlich, daß Schwarz
die Türme nicht tauschen will.} ({Dennoch war} 20... Rxd7 $1 {chancenreicher,
nach} 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Bxe4 Be6 23. a3 Bd4 $15 {wäre Weiß zu einer langen
passiven Verteidigung verurteilt.}) 21. Nxe4 $1 Bd4 22. b3 {/\Nd2-c4} Bf5 {
Die Fesselung sieht unangenehmer aus als sie ist, Weiß kann seinen Springer
befreien.} 23. g3 Bg6 24. Kg2 Re8 (24... Qb6 $142 $1) 25. Qd2 $1 Qb6 (25...
Qxd2 26. Nxd2 $11 {/\Nc4}) 26. Nc3 $11 Qe6 27. Nb5 Bf5 (27... Be4 28. Nxd4 (28.
Qf4 Bxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qb6 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rd3 $11) 28... Qd5 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30.
Nf3 Rd4 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 $11) 28. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 (10. Nge2) (10. Kd2) (10. Rd1) 10... h5 (10...
Nd7 11. h5 Bf5 12. Nf3 $14 {/\Nh4}) 11. Nh3 (11. g3 Bd6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Bh3
Nb6 14. O-O-O Nc4 15. Rde1 Kd8 $6 16. Nf4 Kc7 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. e4 dxe4 19.
Rxe4 f5 20. Re6 $14 {Drasko,M-Pedersen,H/Copenhagen op/1989/}) 11... Bd6 {N} (
11... Nd7 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. g3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Bf5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Be2
Ke7 18. b4 Be6 19. a4 $14 {Drasko,M-Bellini,F/Montecatini Terme /1995}) 12. Be2
$6 (12. g3 $142) 12... Nd7 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. g3 Nc4 $5 (14... Kd7 $10) 15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Nf4 Bf5 $5 (16... O-O-O $2 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 $16) (16... b5 $6 17.
Nxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 $14) (16... Bxf4 17. gxf4 O-O-O 18.
f3 b5 19. Kf2 Bd3 (19... a6 $5 {/\} 20. e4 $2 f5 21. Ke3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rhe8 $15
) 20. Rhg1 Rhg8 $10) 17. f3 O-O-O $2 (17... b5 18. Kf2 Ke7 (18... Bd7 $2 19.
Ne4 Be7 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 $16) 19. Nxh5 (19. e4 Bd7 $13) 19... Rxh5 20. g4
Rh7 21. gxf5 Rah8 $10) 18. Kf2 b5 19. Nxh5 $1 Rxh5 20. g4 $16 Bxg4 (20... Rh7
21. gxf5 Rdh8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Kb7 25. Rcg1 $16) 21. fxg4 Rh6
22. Ne4 Kd7 23. Kf3 (23. b3 $5 cxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. Nxd6 Kxd6 26. Rc5 Ra8 27.
Rhc1 Ra6 28. h5 a4 29. b4 $1 (29. bxa4 bxa4 30. Ra1 Rh8 31. Ra3 Rg8 32. Kf3 Rg5
$132) 29... a3 30. Kf3 a2 31. Ra1 Rh8 (31... Ra4 32. Kf4 Rh8 (32... Rxb4 33.
Rxa2 $16) 33. Kf5 Rha8 34. Rc2 $16) 32. Kf4 Ra3 33. Rc2 Rha8 34. h6 $16) 23...
a5 24. h5 a4 25. a3 Rg8 (25... Bf8 26. Ng3 Rh8 27. Nf5 Bh6 28. Rcd1 Ke6 29. e4
$16 {/\d5}) 26. Rcf1 Ke6 27. Rh4 Bc7 (27... Rg7 28. Ke2 Rg8 29. Kd2 $1 (29. Rf5
$2 c3 30. Nxc3 Rxg4 $10) 29... Rg7 30. Rf5 Rg8 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. e4 $16) 28.
Ke2 Bb8 29. Nc5+ Ke7 30. Rf5 Bg3 31. Rh3 Bd6 32. Kf3 Rg5 $2 $138 33. Ne4 $2
$138 (33. Rxg5 $1 fxg5 34. Ne4 $1 f6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 36. Ke4 Ke6 (36... c5 37.
Rf3 cxd4 38. exd4 $18) 37. Rh1 $22 Rh8 38. h6 Kf7 39. Kf5 Re8 40. h7 Kg7 41. e4
Kh8 42. e5 fxe5 43. dxe5 c5 44. e6 $18) 33... Rxf5+ (33... Rg8 34. Nxd6 Kxd6
35. Kf4 Ke6 36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rd1 Kd6 38. e4 $16) 34. gxf5 Bc7 (34... Kd7 $5 35.
Nxd6 (35. Rh1 Bf8 36. Ke2 c5 $132) (35. Nf2 $2 c3 $1 36. bxc3 Ke7 $13) 35...
Kxd6 36. e4 c5 37. Ke3 Kc6 38. Rh1 (38. e5 $2 Kd5) 38... Kd6 39. dxc5+ (39. d5
Ke5 40. Kf3 b4 $132) 39... Kxc5 40. Kf4 c3 (40... b4 41. axb4+ Kxb4 42. Rh3 c3
$1) 41. bxc3 Kc4 42. Kg4 Kxc3 43. Rb1 Kc4 44. Rb4+ Kc5 $132) 35. Ke2 Kf8 36.
Nf2 Ke7 (36... Kg7 $2 37. Ng4 Rh8 38. h6+ $18) 37. Kd2 Bd8 38. Kc3 Ba5+ 39. Kc2
Bd8 40. Ng4 Rh8 41. h6 Kf8 $1 {/\Kg8-h7} 42. e4 Kg8 43. d5 c5 $1 (43... cxd5 $2
44. exd5 Kh7 45. Re3 Rg8 46. Re4 Rg5 47. d6 Rxf5 48. Re7 $1 Kg6 49. Re8 $18)
44. e5 fxe5 45. Nxe5 Bf6 $1 46. h7+ (46. Ng4 Bd4 47. h7+ (47. d6 $2 Kh7 $17)
47... Kf8 48. f6 Ke8 49. Rh5 Kd7 $10) 46... Rxh7 47. Rxh7 Kxh7 48. Nxf7 b4 $10
49. Nd6 c3 (49... b3+ $2 50. Kb1 c3 51. bxc3 Bxc3 52. Ne4 Be5 53. d6 c4 54. d7
Bc7 55. Ng5+ $18) 50. bxc3 Bxc3 51. Ne4 Bd4 (51... Be5 52. d6 bxa3 53. Kb1 Kg7
54. d7 Bc7 55. Ka2 Kf7 56. Nxc5 Ke7 $10) 52. d6 bxa3 53. Kb1 c4 54. Ka2 Kg7 55.
d7 Bb6 56. Kxa3 Kf8 57. f6 (57. Kxa4 Ke7 58. Kb5 Kxd7 $1 59. Kxb6 Ke7 60. Kc5
c3 $10) 57... c3 58. Nxc3 Kf7 59. Kxa4 Bd8 60. Kb5 Kxf6 61. Kc6 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pulvermuehle 2nd"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Nf6 ({Erfolglos bleibt hier der Versuch, schnell die Läufer abzutauschen.} 
8... Ne7 9. Qc2 Qf6 (9... Nd7 10. Nge2 Nf6 11. f3 $14) 10. f3 Bf5 11. e4 Bg6
12. Nge2 dxe4 13. fxe4 $14) 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O {
Weiß hat ein Tempo mehr gegenüber der klassischen Abtauschvariante mit Bc1-g5,
deswegen war hier der Plan mit der langen Rochade sehr aussichtsreich.
Allerdings kommt Weiß auch in der Partie zu einem bequemen Vorteil.} (12. O-O-O
$1 Nf8 13. g4 Be6 (13... b5 14. Kb1 a5 15. Rc1 a4 16. Ne5 a3 17. b3 N6d7 18.
Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Ne2 b4 20. Bf5 Ra6 21. Nf4 $14 {Anand,V-Drazic,S/Bastia 2000})
14. Kb1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. g5 N6d7 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. h4 Nb6 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Nd2
Nd6 21. Ne2 $14 {Gurevich,M-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia 1988}) 12... Nf8 13. Rab1
Be6 14. b4 $14 N8d7 15. Rfc1 Rec8 $146 (15... Rac8 16. Na4 b6 17. Nc3 Kh8 18.
Ba6 Rcd8 19. Ne2 Nb8 {Stolberg,M-Bondarevsky,I/Moscow 1940} 20. Bd3 $14) 16. a4
{Der Zug ist kein Fehler, aber energischer war es, das typische Manöver Na4-c5
zu starten.} (16. Na4 $1 b6 (16... a5 17. bxa5 $16) 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. Nc3 Nb8 19.
Bd3 $14) 16... g6 17. Nd2 b6 18. Qb2 $6 {Schwarz bereitet eindeutig a7-a5 vor,
deswegen war das präventive 18.a5! angezeigt.} (18. a5 $1 b5 (18... c5 19. bxc5
bxc5 20. Nb5 Qf8 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd4 Nce4 23. Qb2 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rb8 25. Qa2
$14) 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Qc3 (20. Nf4 Ne8 21. e4 $5) 20... Ne8 21. Nb3 Nd6 22. Nc5
$14) 18... a5 $1 19. Nf3 axb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 {Das entstandene Endspiel
ist etwa ausgeglichen.} h6 22. Rb2 Kg7 (22... Kf8 $1 {/\Ke7-d6}) 23. Rbc2 c5
24. Ra1 Ra5 25. Rcc1 cxd4 (25... c4 $6 26. Bc2 $14) 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27. Bb5 Nfe4
28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 {Schwarz hat auf Kosten seiner Bauernstruktur das
Spielmaterial reduziert und damit die remislichen Tendenzen der Stellung
verstärkt.} 30. Rd1 Rca8 31. Rab1 Nxa4 32. Bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb6 R8a5
35. g4 h5 36. Rdd6 Re5 37. Kg2 h4 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Wahrscheinlich in Zeitnot,
erschwert Baramidze seine Verteidigung erheblich. Dagegen führte 37...hxg4 zu
einer totremislichen Stellung.} (37... hxg4 38. hxg4 Ra1 $11) 38. Rd7 Rc5 $2 {
Schwarz sollte bereits einen Bauern opfern, um ein Paar Türme abzutauschen und
die Stellung zu halten.} (38... Kg5 39. Rb8 Rd5 40. Rxd5+ exd5 41. Rb5 Kf6 42.
Rxd5 g5 43. Rd6+ Kf7 $14) (38... Ra8 39. Rd4 Ra2 40. Rbb4 g5 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42.
Rxe4 Rc2 $14) 39. Rh7 $16 Rc1 $2 (39... Ra2 40. Rxh4 Rcc2 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. Rf4
e5 43. Rb5 $16) 40. Rxh4 $18 Kg5 41. Rh7 e5 42. Rg7 Kh4 43. Rbxg6 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Be5 (8. Bg3 g6 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. b4 $14) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 $6 (9.
dxe5 g6 10. h3 Bb4 11. Qb3 Qe7 $13 {Balashov,Y-Taimanov,M/Leningrad/1977/Inf
24/523/}) 9... g6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. g4 Ng7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Nf4 $2 (14.
O-O-O $5 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. e4 $132) 14... Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Ne6 16. Qh6 Nxd4 17.
O-O-O Ne6 $17 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. f3 (20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc5+ 22. Rc4
Qxf2 $17) 20... O-O-O 21. Kb1 (21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $19)
21... c5 22. Nf4 Qf8 $2 (22... Kb8 23. Nd5 Qf8 $19) 23. Qxf8 Rhxf8 24. Nxe6
Bxe6 25. Rc1 b6 26. b4 d3 27. bxc5 Rd4 (27... d2 28. Rd1 Rd4 29. cxb6 axb6 30.
Rh2 Rfd8 31. Kc2 $10) 28. cxb6+ Kb7 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. bxa7 Kxa7 31. Rh2 Bc4 32.
g5 R8d6 33. Rb2 $2 (33. Kc1 d2+ (33... fxg5 34. Kd2 gxh4 35. Rxh4 $10) 34.
Rhxd2 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Kxd2 Bxf1 37. gxf6 $10) 33... f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35.
Rh2 Bb5 36. h5 Ba4 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Rxd3 39. g6 Rd8 (39... hxg6 40. hxg6
Rd1+ 41. Kb2 Rg1 42. Rh5 $10) (39... Rd7 $2 40. h6) 40. Rh4 Bb5 41. a4 Ba6 (
41... Be2 42. Rf4) 42. Kc2 Kb6 43. g7 h6 44. Rd4 Rg8 (44... Rg8 45. Rd6+ Ka5
46. Rd5+ Kxa4 47. Rxf5 Rxg7 48. Rf6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nb6 {
Eine seltene Idee.Normalerweise kommt dieser Springer nach f8 und g6 oder e6.}
8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
Auf den ersten Blick sieht man, wenn man die Stellung bewertet : a) Daß Weiß
zwei Bauern und einen Turm fuer zwei Leichtfiguren hat, was im Prinzip
günstiger für der Anziehenden ist. b) Der schwarze König unrochiert im Zentrum
steht. Doch der folgende Partieverlauf zeigt, daß die schwarze Trümpfe heißen:
c) das Läuferpaar} 14. O-O Bg6 15. Qe2 h6 {[%cal Yf8g8,Yg8h7] Langsam wird der
schwarze König sehr gut auf dem Nest h7 landen um den schwarzen Turm h8 zu
befreien.} 16. Bh4 Kg8 17. Rfc1 Kh7 18. Nb5 (18. h3 $5 {/\Bg3}) 18... Bd8 19.
Nc7 Qb8 20. Bg3 Nh5 {Gerade deswegen, wäre 18.h3 sehr nützlich um seinen
Läufer auf der wichtigen Diagonale h2-b8 zu behalten, denn nun wird Schwarz
zwei starke Läufer haben.} 21. Na6 (21. Be5 Nc4 22. Nxd5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24.
Rd1 Nf6 $13) 21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qd6 23. Nc5 Bf6 24. b3 Re8 25. Qa6 h5 26. Rc3
(26. Qxa7 {Mir ist unerklärbar warum Weiß diesen Bauern nicht genommen hat.})
26... Qe7 27. Qb7 Bf5 28. a4 Rc8 29. a5 $4 {Grauenvoller Fehler, den man nur
mit Zeitnot erklären kann.} (29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. a5 (30. Rac1 a5 $13) 30... Nd7
31. b4 $14) 29... Qxb7 (29... Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Rxc3 31. axb6 axb6 $19 {und
Schwarz hat eine Figur mehr.}) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 {Die Idee diese frühere
Damenzug ist Vermeidung der Entwicklung des Bc8 - Bf5.} Na6 {[%cal Ya6b4]} 6.
Bf4 Nf6 7. a3 Bd6 (7... Nc7 $5) 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e4 {[%cal Yf1a6,Ye4e5]} dxe4
10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Nxe4 Qe6 (11... Nxe4 $5 12. Qxe4+ Qe6 13. Qxe6+ (13. f3 Rb8
14. O-O-O O-O {[%cal Re6a2]} 15. Qxe6 Bxe6 16. Ne2 $11 {[%cal Ye2c3]}) 13...
Bxe6 $11) 12. f3 O-O 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Re8 15. e5 (15. Nc3 f5 $1 16. O-O
fxe4 17. Rae1 e3 18. Rf3 Qc4 $11) (15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qg4 17. Qf2 Rb8 $132)
15... f6 16. Nf4 (16. O-O fxe5 17. Rac1 Bd7 $15) 16... Qf5 17. Qxc6 {[%cal
Yc6e8,Yc6a8]} Bb7 18. Qc4+ $1 (18. Qxb7 Qxf4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Yf4c1,Yf4f1,
Ye8e5,Yf6e5,Ya8b8,Yb8b2] Schwarz hat sehr starke Initiative gegen allein
stehende im Zentrum König.}) 18... Kh8 19. O-O fxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 {I could not remember any
line so I decided to avoid real theory.} exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 (7. h3 {was my
initial idea, to avoid ...Nh5 like in the game, but I became afraid of} Ne4 {
which indeed is quite unclear.}) 7... Nh5 8. Bg5 $6 (8. Bd2 {should be played:
after 8.Bg5 I simply get a classical position a tempo down (usually Black goes
...Nh5 when the bishop is already on g5!).}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g3 {
In the classical line I would have an extra move (e3 would have been played)
so I decided to try to look less stupid and went for a new plan. However I got
such a weird position that I'm not sure the mission succeeded!} Nb6 11. Bg2 g6
12. O-O O-O {Now that I had castled on this side Black has no reason to try to
castle on the other side - of course.} 13. Rae1 Bf5 14. Qc1 (14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Rad8 $11) 14... Be4 15. Nd2 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nc4
f5 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Na4 {I decided to go for an
equal endgame since my position was starting to become slightly worse.} Nhf6
19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Ne4 22. Rc1 {The position is completely
equal.} f4 (22... a5 $5) 23. Rc2 fxg3 {I am not sure this was useful.} (23...
Rae8 24. Nd4 Ng5 $11) 24. hxg3 h5 25. Nd4 Rf6 26. b4 a6 27. a4 Ng5 28. e3 Ne6
29. Nb3 Ng7 {I think an even better plan would have been to keep the knight on
e6 and protect b7 with the f-rook if necessary.} ({E.g.} 29... Kg7 30. Na5 Rf7
$11 {and now White is even unable to push b5.}) 30. Re1 Re8 31. Na5 Nf5 32. Rb2
Re7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Kf7 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb6 Rc7 37. e4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 {
There is not much to say about the last 8 moves. The game has developed more
or less normally.} Ng7 $6 (38... g5 $11) 39. Nb7 g5 $5 (39... Kg8 40. Nd6 $14)
40. Nd6+ Kg6 41. Ra4 Re7 42. Ra2 (42. Rxc6 Re2 $11) (42. Ne4 Rfe6 $11) 42...
Nf5 $5 (42... Ne6 43. Rxc6 g4 $1 {should be an easy draw.} ({And not} 43...
Nxc5 $2 44. Rxc5 Rxd6 45. Raa5 {which should be almost losing for Black.})) 43.
Rxc6 Nxd6 $2 (43... Re1 $1 {with the idea of ...Nd4 and ...Nf3 would be a draw.
}) 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 $2 ({The weird} 44... Re5 $8 {would be the only try, with the
idea of} 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rc2 Ke7 {and a better version of the game for
Black. But of course, as a rule, we say the passed pawn should be as close as
possible to the defending king in that kind of position.}) 45. cxd6 Rd7 46. Rd2
{This precise ending is totally lost, for concrete reasons.} g4 (46... Kf7 47.
g4 $1 (47. Rd5 $2 g4 48. Kf1 Ke6 49. Rxh5 Rxd6 50. Rh6+ Ke5 51. Rxd6 Kxd6 $11)
(47. Kf3 $2 Ke6 48. Ke4 Rxd6 49. Rxd6+ Kxd6 50. Kf5 h4 $11) 47... h4 (47...
hxg4 48. Kg3 Ke8 49. Kxg4 Rg7 50. Re2+ $1 Kd8 51. Re5 $18) 48. Rd5 Kf6 49. Kf3
Kg6 50. Ke3 $18) 47. Kf1 Kf7 (47... Kf5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Rd1 $22 $18) 48. Ke2
Ke8 (48... Ke6 49. Ke3 Rxd6 50. Rxd6+ Kxd6 51. f4 $18) 49. Ke3 Rf7 (49... Ra7
50. Rd5 $1 Kd7 (50... Ra4 51. Rxh5 $18) 51. Kf4 Ra2 52. Kg5 $18) 50. d7+ Kd8
51. Ke4 Rf3 52. Ke5 {My king is coming to e6 and the black rook cannot stay on
the f-file.} Ra3 53. Kf5 Ra5+ 54. Kg6 Rb5 55. Rd4 Ra5 56. Rf4 Kxd7 57. Rf5 Ra8
58. Kxh5 Rg8 59. Re5 $5 Kd6 (59... Rf8 60. Re2 $18) 60. Re4 (60. Re4 Rf8 61.
Rf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,119,29,13,27,-7,-3,4,4,-8,-17,2,4,16,12,-21,-1,4,4,-16,18,18,13,-4,-9,
-9,19,13,12,2,22,18,25,10,52,-8,9,6,10,10,25,-18,-4,0,1,0,0,0,4,0,0,-6,0,-11,
48,-4,51,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,7,7,15,11,23,0,3,7,9,9,18,9,38,-39,63,16,63,0,0,0,0,0,
47,33,24,4,7,13,10,13,10,14,11,0,23,24,24,11,0,0,41,37,45,46,46,41,46,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 $5 ({Trying to get a slightly different version of the typical endgame} 
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {played several times by Kramnik, for
example.}) 7... Qb6 (7... b6 {is a serious weakening move for Black:} 8. Rc1
Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O $36) 8. Bxf6 {
Maxime decides to keep the tension and wants Black to exchange queens himself.
Indeed, Qxb6 axb6 helps Black to consolidate his position.} gxf6 9. Kd2 $5 $146
{White remains flexible and will play Bd3, no matter whether Black exchanges
queens or not.} Nd7 (9... Bb4 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Nge2 $36) (9... Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd7
11. Nf3 {with Bd3 to come would be good for White. The king on d2 isn't weak
at all, despite being in the centre.}) 10. Bd3 Bg6 (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Be6 12.
Nge2 $36 {½-½ (37) Yrjola,J (2455)-Muco,F (2435) Thessaloniki 1988}) 11. Nf3
Qxb3 12. axb3 Nb6 13. Nh4 Kd7 14. f4 (14. g4 Nc8 {wouldn't give White much
advantage: the black knight will reach its perfect spot on d6.}) 14... Bxd3 (
14... Rg8 $5 {with the idea} 15. f5 Bh5 16. h3 Rg3 $8 {was the alternative.})
15. Kxd3 Bb4 16. Rhe1 Nc8 17. e4 dxe4+ 18. Rxe4 Nd6 19. Re2 a5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 {The white knight has a nice square on f5, but Black is just too solid.}
Rae8 (21... Ra6 $5 {with the idea of ...Rb6 and ...Rb5 looked completely fine
for Black to me.}) 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rf1 Kb6 25. Ne3 $1 {Suddenly,
Black should be very careful, as Rf3-Rh3 could turn on to be decisive.} (25.
Rf3 Re1 $132) 25... Rd8 26. Nc2 $1 (26. Rf3 $2 {would allow} Bc5 27. Nc2 Bxd4
28. Nxd4 c5 $15) 26... Rg8 (26... c5 $2 27. Rf3 cxd4 28. Rh3 $16) (26... Bc5
27. Ke4 Bd6 28. Rf3 $14) 27. Rf2 Kc7 28. Re2 Bd6 29. g3 {A move White did not
want to play, as he won't be able to play Re3-Rh3 for a while. But he didn't
have much of a choice.} Rd8 30. Ne3 Bc5 31. Nf5 Rd5 (31... Bxd4 $2 32. Nxd4 c5
33. Re7+ $16) 32. Ke4 Bf8 33. g4 Rd8 34. Kd3 Bd6 35. Re4 Rg8 36. h3 Rd8 37. h4
Rg8 38. Nh6 $2 {A miscalculation.} (38. g5 $14) 38... Rg7 (38... Rg6 39. f5
Rxh6 40. h5 {was MVL's idea, totally trapping the black rook, but White
doesn't have enough pieces to win the game. In fact, after} Kd7 {Black is more
than safe.}) 39. g5 fxg5 40. fxg5 f6 $1 {A strong equaliser.} 41. Nf5 (41. Re6
{was the last try, but after} fxg5 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 (42... gxh4 $5) 43. Nf5+ Ke6
$1 (43... Kd5 44. Nxg7 gxh4 45. Nh5 c5 {is also a draw, but at least Black
would have to defend}) 44. Nxg7+ Kf6 45. Nh5+ Kg6 46. Ng3 gxh4 47. Nf1 Kf5 {
Maxime was no longer sure who was playing for a win!}) 41... Rg6 42. Ne7 Bxe7
43. Rxe7+ Kd6 {Now it's just a draw.} 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Rxb7 Rh6 46. Ra7 Rxh4
47. Rxa5 Rh2 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Rh2 50. Rf5 Rc2+ 51. Kb4 Rxb2 52. Rh5 Rc2 53.
Rxh7 Rc1 54. Rh5 Rc2 55. Rc5 Rxc5 56. dxc5+ Kd5 57. Ka5 Kxc5 58. b4+ Kc4 59.
Kb6 Kxb4 60. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Nxd5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Clearly Hou Yifan was not in the mood to face a
minority attack today. Although this move has been played by a lot of good
players, it is unquestionably a secondary one. According to the current state
of top level praxis the line is playable, but very few people do it correctly,
especially from the black side!} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (9... Qc7 {leads us to a veritable minefield of
top games:} 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O (11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 $11 {Matlakov,
M-Aronian,L Tbilisi 2017, might objectively equalise, but that didn't stop
Black being annihlated in a 'modern attacking classic'.}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 Nd7
$1 (12... Bb7 $6 13. a4 $1 bxa4 $2 14. Bf4 {left Black virtually lost already
in Carlsen, M-So,W chess.com INT 2017}) 13. a4 (13. h4 e5 14. h5 h6 $11 {
Navara,D-Dominguez Perez,L Saint Louis 2017}) 13... bxa4 14. g3 $13 {The
position is easier to play for White, but obviously far from clear.}) 10. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:33]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (11. d5 Na5 12.
Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 $11 {Svidler,P-Hou,Y Geneve 2017; probably
equalised for Black in her previous outing with the line.}) 11... Bb7 {[%emt 0:
03:12]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} (12... Qc7 $5 13. d5 (
13. Ba6 {is White's most obvious idea, but there is a concrete remedy:} cxd4
14. cxd4 Nb4 $1 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $132 {and White's centre continues to come under
fire.}) 13... Na5 14. dxe6 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44) 13. cxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:
49]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:34]} (15... exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17.
Bb3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bd6 $132 {Navara,D-Dominguez Perez,L Saint Louis 2017}) 16.
Bb5 {[%emt 0:25:40]} (16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f3 $14) 16... exd5 {[%emt 0:25:16]} 17.
exd5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} (17... Rfd8 18. Rbc1 Qb8 {is
apparently still nail-biting equality}) 18. Qxf3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:17] Certainly
by contrast to Navara-Dominguez above the bishop on b5 poses Black some extra
problems, connected with Rbc1 and Bc6.} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:
12:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:19:27]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:16:49]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 21.
Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:48] That's just it. Now Black has to go into a bit of a huddle,
and Anand's technique has been his strong point in this event.} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:
07:15]} (21... Ba8 {still kept White's advantage to a minimum by making him
work for every extra pawn advance}) 22. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 23. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Rd6 $18 {[%emt 0:09:39]
The forcing continuations get nowhere, so White just improves. The obvious
follow-up is to play the queen to d5 and try for Rd7.} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:03:43]}
25. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} ({It is interesting to note the tactical point White basically
has to use if Black sits tight:} 26... Rc8 27. Qc4 Kh8 28. Qd5 Kg8 29. a4 Kh8
30. Kg2 (30. Rc1 $2 Rfd8 $14) 30... Kg8 31. h4 {Or, I suppose, just Rc1 now.}
Kh8 32. Rd4 Kg8 33. Rc4 Rfd8 34. Rd7 $1 $18) 27. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} 28. Qe5 {[%emt 0:06:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 29. Qd5 {[%emt 0:
00:44]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 30. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:02:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 31.
Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:24] Another neat tactical point, but if not this, then
something else would have worked.} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. c7 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:29] Mate cannot be far away.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:07:42"]
[BlackClock "0:02:03"]

{Another technical game, like the last, featuring my 'hero' of round 1 and
also featuring a nice technical rook endgame, interestingly again with White
having an extra b-pawn...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6
6. e3 h6 (6... Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7
12. Ne2 {was the 'modern classic' Carlsen,M-Kramnik,V, Stavanger 2016}) 7. Bh4
Bf5 {The implication of ...Bf5 from Black in these positions is generally that
he is fine to play for a draw.} 8. Bd3 (8. Qf3 {would be similar to the last
note, with a minor wrinkle being that the bishop has h7 too.}) 8... Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Be7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. f3 {We have swiftly left theoretical battlefields.
White may not be claiming any advantage as such, but he is asking a very
powerful question- with e4 unstoppable, does Black generate counterplay before
he gets overrun?} Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rad1 (13. Bf2 $5 {White could maybe
dispense with Rad1, since the rook might want to come to e1 instead later.} b5
14. Ng3) 13... b5 14. Bf2 Bf8 15. Ng3 Rc8 $6 {Doesn't give a particularly
coherent impression.} (15... h5 $5 {was a good example of drastic action Black
should have considered.}) (15... b4 16. Nce2 c5 {could have been played
immediately since that was what Black did next anyway}) 16. h3 (16. e4 $5 {
screamed out to be played. Obviously, the issue White had with this must have
been} dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 {else he would not have bothered playing 16.h3,
however here} 18. Qf3 $1 $14 {gives White an edge}) 16... b4 17. Nce2 c5 $1 {
Action at last.} 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf4 Qb6 {Forcing Nf5, which White likely
wanted anyway.} (19... Qa5 $1 20. Nf5 (20. Nxd5 Qxa2 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11) 20...
Qxa2 {It turns out White's play is not yet so serious that Black can't go
pawn-grabbing.}) 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Qb3 g6 (21... Nc4 $5 {must have been
considered; it seems} 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxe3 (23... Nxe3 24. Rxc5 $1 {
wins on the spot.}) 24. Nxe3 Rxe3 $3 $14 {may have been the missed detail;
Black obtains a fair amount of counterplay}) 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 {Picking up
a clean pawn.} Nexg4 24. fxg4 Bxe3 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Re7 (26... Rcd8 27.
Qf3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re5 {may have been a slightly better try, looking for ...Ra5
after the pieces come off, but after} 29. b3 $16 {a pawn is still a pawn.}) 27.
Qf3 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rc2 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Rf2 Ree2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. b3 $1 {
A very cute detail. Now, by virtue of his rook position on b4, White's pawn
plus is exceptionally relevant, and the position may already be technically
winning. This is a difficult endgame to annotate - if Black was not already
lost, where did he lose?} Rxa2 33. Rd4 Re2 34. Rxb4 Re6 35. Kf2 g5 {An
interesting call. It's not clear to me that this actually needed to be done,
though its idea -preventing White's g5 - is clear.} (35... f6 36. h4 Kh6 37.
Rb5 Rc6 {The idea is that g5 can always be met by a capture and ...Kh5, and
that h5 can always be ignored. This is an alternative setup, and the way to
try and break it down is obvious.} 38. Kg3 Rd6 39. Kh3 Rc6 40. g3 {Maybe this
forces ...g5.} Rd6 (40... Kg7 41. Rd5 Rc3 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Rf7 $1 $18) 41. g5+
fxg5 42. Rxg5 $16 {White has undoubled and the manoeuvring can continue.}) 36.
Rb5 f6 37. g3 Kg6 38. h4 Kh6 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Rd5 Rc6 41. Ke4 Re6+ 42. Kd3 Re1 (
42... gxh4 43. gxh4 Re1 {It seems critical, as in the last line, to permit the
undoubling. Maybe this would have drawn. Maybe I would criticise it if it was
played en route to a loss...}) 43. hxg5 (43. h5+ Kh6 44. Rf5 Kg7 45. Rf3 {
could have been another idea - Black has no way to hit the pawns, and must go
back to defence, but White has improved his king to the 4th rank.}) 43... Rg1
$5 {An imaginative defence - reminding us that chess is a game of 2 players -
but unfortunately he is already dead.} 44. gxf6 Rxg3+ 45. Kc4 $18 (45. Kd4 $5
Rxg4+ 46. Ke5 {may have been better.}) 45... Rxg4+ 46. Kb5 Kxf6 47. Kxb6 Rb4+
48. Rb5 Re4 49. b4 Ke6 50. Kb7 Kd6 51. Rb6+ Kd5 (51... Kd7 52. b5 Rb4 53. Ka7
Ra4+ 54. Ra6 Rb4 55. b6 Kc8 56. Ra1) 52. Ka6 {The only winning move, but
obvious enough. The rest has been seen a hundred times; Black is cut off, this
time not on the files but on the ranks.} Rh4 53. Rb7 Rh6+ 54. Ka5 Rh1 55. b5
Kd6 56. Rg7 Kc5 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. b6 Ra1+ 59. Kb5 Ra8 60. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Edmonton 11th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bc4 {This natural move is in fact a novelty.} O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Be3
Bb7 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 {[#]} Rc8 $5 {Daring White to take on e6.} ({After} 
13... Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 {the position is roughly equal but sharp - White will
try to attack on the kingside, Black will play on the queenside.}) 14. Nxe6 {
White accepts the invitation.} fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qa4 {
[#]White has rook and two pawns for two minor pieces and materially the
position is roughly equal. However, White's central pawns might become
dangerous and all in all the position is easier to play for White.} b5 $6 {
Black tries to liberate his position but even though he wins the exchange for
a pawn he is clearly worse after the following sequence.} 18. Rxb5 Ba6 19. Rfb1
Bxb5 20. Qxb5 {Now White has three pawns for a piece - and these three pawns
are strong.} h6 21. h3 a6 22. Qb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Bg5 24. Rc7 Nb4 25. a3 Nd3 26.
e5 {White advances his passed pawns while Black has problems to create
counterplay.} Rb8 27. Kh2 Kh7 28. Kg3 Rf8 29. Rc6 Bf4+ 30. Kf3 {Cold-blooded -
Black has no dangerous discovered checks.} Ne1+ 31. Ke4 Nxg2 32. d5 {Now
White's passed pawns advance - White is winning.} Nxe3 33. fxe3 Bg3 34. d6 Re8
35. d7 Rd8 36. e6 Bh4 37. Kd5 Kg8 38. Rxa6 Kf8 39. Ra4 Bf6 40. Rc4 Ke7 41. Rc8
Bg5 42. a4 Bxe3 43. a5 h5 44. Kc6 {Black resigned - he cannot stop the pawns.}
1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Qxb7 Nb4 9. Rc1 $5 {N} (9. O-O-O Rb8 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Qxa7 Ra8 12. Qb7 (12.
Qxc7 $2 Nxa2+ 13. Kd2 Nxc3 $15) 12... Rb8 $10) (9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Kd2 a6 11. Ba4
Nd3 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Ba5 Nxf2 15. Rf1 N6e4+ $14 {Salov,
V-Timoshchenko,G/URS-FL/Irkutsk/1986/ ->TD86 01}) 9... O-O 10. a3 $2 (10. Nf3
Rb8 11. Qxc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Rb7 13. Ba5 Nc2+ 14. Rxc2 Bxc2 15. b3 $14) 10...
Nc2+ 11. Rxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Ba6 Qxb7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 $1 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16.
Ba6 Rxb2 17. Nge2 Rb6 $1 18. Bc8 Bxa3 $17 19. O-O Bb2 $1 20. g4 $1 $8 Bxc3 21.
Rc1 $1 (21. Nxc3 Rc6 $19) 21... Bd3 22. Nxc3 Rc6 23. Bf5 Ne4 (23... Bxf5 24.
gxf5 Ne4 25. Rb1 $1) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. f3 exf3+ $6 27. Kxf3 Rf6+
28. Kg3 Rf1 29. Rxf1 Bxf1 30. g5 $1 Bc4 31. Kf4 a5 32. Ke5 Ke7 33. d5 Bb3 34.
Kd4 a4 35. Nb5 Kd7 36. e4 f6 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Kc3 Bd1 39. Kd4 Be2 40. Nc3 a3
41. Kc5 Bd3 42. Kb4 Bxe4 $1 43. Nxe4 a2 44. Nc5+ Kd6 45. Nb3 Kxd5 46. Ka3 Ke4
47. Kxa2 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {One of the great virtues of strong players is
usually the ability to spot riches in places, where other are barely
suspecting them. Aronian is avoiding the tempting, but unsatisfactory line
with exchange of the queens on the c3-square.} (10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxc5 (
11... Ne4 12. c4 dxc4 13. c6 bxc6 14. e3 Ba6 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nc5 17. Nxc4
Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxf4+ 21. Rxf4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Polishchuk,O (2340)-Reshetnikov,E (2341)/Wloclawek 2006 (69)}) 12. e3 (12. Be5
Ke7 13. g3 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A (2500)-Lobron,E (2530)/Amsterdam 1988}) 12... Nfe4
13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Be6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. O-O Nc3 18. Rfc1 Nb3 19.
Nxb3 Bxb3 20. Bf1 Rc6 21. e4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kaufman,L (2400)-Seirawan,Y (2644)/
Seattle 2002 (24)}) 10... Qxc5 11. Qb4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] One of the ideas of
this move is to make castling for Black truly problematic.} (11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3
Ne4 13. O-O Nb6 14. Be5 Nc4 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfb1 b6 18. Rb4 Bd7 $2
(18... Bb7 $11) 19. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 20. Bxe4 $18 {1-0 Gual Pascual,A (2340)
-Gonzalez,F/Barbera 1993 (27)}) (11. Nd4 O-O $14) 11... Ne4 (11... a5 12. Qxc5
(12. Qd4 b6 13. e3 Ba6 $11) 12... Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f3 $14) 12. Nd4 $1 b6 {
In the future we will most likely see games with a more active pawn move
forcing exchange of the queens.} (12... a5 $5 13. Qxc5 Ndxc5 14. f3 Nxc3 15.
Rc1 N3a4 16. Nb5 Ne6 17. Nc7+ Nxc7 18. Rxc7 O-O 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bb5 Nb2 21.
fxe4 $14) (12... Qxc3+ $2 13. Qxc3 Nxc3 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nb5 $18) 13. f3 a5 (
13... Nxc3 $2 14. Bd2 $18) 14. Qxc5 Nexc5 15. Nf5 {This knight should play a
prominent role in making Black's life uncomfortable.} (15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Bd6
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rc8 20. Bc4 $14) 15... Ne6 (15... g6 16.
Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rd1 $14) 16. Bg3 (16. Bd6 $5 g6 17. Ne3 Bb7 (17... d4 18. cxd4
Nxd4 19. Kf2 $16) 18. Rd1 $16) 16... g6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. e3 $6 {This polite,
modest developing move is not good enough for an advantage. Much more
dangerous for Eljanov would have been an immediate attack against the d5-pawn.}
(18. O-O-O $1 Nf6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rd8 21. Be2 $16) 18... Rd8 19. Rb1 (19.
O-O-O Nf6 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. Kc2 $14) 19... Ba6 20. Kf2 f5 $6 {The best play with
pawns is obviously a very difficult task even for the best players. The more
modest advance of the f-pawn promised nearly full equality.} (20... f6 $1 21.
Nb5 Ne5 $11) 21. Nb5 Rdc8 (21... Rac8 22. Na7 $1 Rxc3 23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. Nc8+ Kd8
25. Rhc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nec5 (26... Rxa6 27. Rc6 Nec5 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxc5 $16
) 27. Bb5 Rxc8 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Bh4 Ke7 30. Rxd5 $16) 22. Be2 Bxb5 (22... Nf6
23. Be5 Rc6 24. Rhd1 Nd7 25. Rxd5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxb5 27. Rbxb5 Rd8 28. Rb2 $16)
23. Rxb5 Rxc3 24. Rxd5 Nf6 {Black was becoming nervous in the face of the
prospect of fighting with two knights against the potentially very dangerous
pair of bishops.} (24... Rxa3 $4 25. Bd6+ $18) (24... Rac8 $5 25. Rb1 Rc2 26.
Rbd1 $14) 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Rb1 Nfe4+ $1 {At this position the logical
realisation of the plan represents the best solution.} (26... Rxa3 27. Rxb6
Nfe4+ 28. fxe4 Nxe4+ 29. Ke1 Nxd2 30. Bd6+ $18) 27. fxe4 Nxe4+ 28. Ke1 Nxd2 (
28... Nxg3 29. hxg3 Rxa3 30. Rxb6 Rxe3 31. Kf2 $18) 29. Kxd2 Rxa3 30. Bh4+ $1 (
30. Rxb6 Ra2+ 31. Ke1 Rc8 $132) 30... Kf7 $2 {The secret dream for White was
to get a chance to activate both bishops. The king retreat to f7 is the worst
possible decision, since the bishops will turn into untamable beasts.} (30...
Kd7 31. Rxb6 Ra2+ 32. Ke1 Rc8 $14) 31. Bc4+ Kg7 32. Rxb6 Ra4 (32... Rc8 33. Bb3
a4 34. Bf6+ Kh6 35. Bd5 $18) 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Rc6 Ra7 (34... Rb4 35. Rc7 a4 36.
Be2 a3 37. h4 Rxh4 38. Bxh4 a2 39. Bf6 $18) 35. h4 $1 {The black king has
hidden himself on the edge of the board, but Aronian can now dream about
mating net.} Kh5 (35... Rb4 36. e4 $1 fxe4 37. g4 $18) 36. Ke1 (36. e4 $1 fxe4
(36... Kg4 37. e5 $18) 37. Be2+ Kh6 38. g4 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 $18) 36... Rb7 (36...
Rxc4 37. Rxc4 a4 38. Rc2 $16) 37. Kf2 Rab4 (37... Ra7 38. e4 $18) 38. Bg5 {
White is consequently following his own concept of attack against the enemy
king and again ignores the tactical motif of the e-pawn advance.} (38. e4 $1
Rb2+ 39. Be2+ Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 fxe4 41. Rc5+ Kh6 42. g4 $18) 38... Rb2+ 39. Be2+
(39. Kg3 Rd2 40. e4 Rc2 41. Bd3 Rcb2 42. exf5 $18) 39... Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Kg4 {
Eljanov has no time for the counter attack with the help of the advanced
a-pawn, so has to try for activity on the other side of the board.} (40... a4
41. Kf3 h6 42. Rc8 Rh7 43. Bf4 $18) 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Kg3 43. Bf4+ Kxh4 44.
Rc7 h5 (44... h6 45. Bxh6 $18) 45. Rc4 $1 Rb4 (45... Ra2 46. Kh2 a4 47. Bh6+
$18) (45... g5 46. Be5+ g4 47. Bxb2 $18) 46. Rd4 {The final stage will turn
out to be one long and elegant combination.} g5 (46... Kg4 47. Rd6 (47. Bd6+)
47... g5 48. Rg6 Rxf4 49. exf4 Kxf4 50. Ra6 $18) 47. Bd6+ Rxd4 48. exd4 Kg4 49.
d5 f4 50. Bxf4 $1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. Ng3 h6 (11... g6 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 h6 14.
h5 $5) 12. Nf5 (12. h3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. b3 g6 15. a4 a5 16. f3 $14 {
Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Barcelona/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 12... Qf8 13. h4 g6 14. Ng3 Nb6
15. f3 (15. Be2 $5) 15... Qd6 16. Nce2 h5 $6 (16... Bd7 17. h5 O-O-O 18. Kf2
Rde8 $132) 17. g5 Ng8 18. Kf2 Ne7 19. a4 Be6 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Nf4 Nf8 22. b4 (
22. Rhc1 Bd7 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 $14) 22... Bd7 23. Qc5 Qc7 $1 24. b5 Ne6 25.
Nxe6 Bxe6 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rab1 O-O 28. Rb4 Rab8 29. Rhb1 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 (30.
Qxb4 Bf5 $1 $132) 30... Nf5 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rb3 Rb8 33. Rxb8+ Qxb8 34. Nxf5
Qh2+ 35. Kf1 gxf5 36. Qxc6 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke1
Qg1+ {Ftacnik,L} (40... Qxf3 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qe7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group6"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1993.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.09.17"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[BlackTeam "Antwerpse Koninklijke OSK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Qxb7 Nb4 9. Bb5+ (9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3 (10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rac8 $44 {
Rastianis,G-Ubilava,E/USSR/1983/}) 10... Nc2+ 11. Rxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13.
Ba6 Qxb7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 $44 16. Ba6 $2 Rxb2 17. Nge2 Rb6 18. Bc8
Bxa3 19. O-O Bb2 $17 {Ehlvest,J-Yusupov,A/Linares/1991/0.5 (47)}) 9... Kf8 10.
Rd1 (10. Rc1 a6 11. Be2 Ne8 12. a3 Rb8 13. Qa7 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. b4 Bc4
16. Ne4 Qc8 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Bxc7 Nxc7 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Ne6+ Kf7 22.
Nxc7 Rhc8 23. Kd2 Bc4 24. Rxc4 $13 {Güldner,K-Gaprindashvili,N/Neukölln/1988/0.
5 (74)}) (10. Kd2 a6 (10... Ne4+ $5 11. Nxe4 $8 Bxe4 12. Bxc7 $5 Qc8 13. Qxc8+
Rxc8 14. f3 $14 Rxc7 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. a3 $1 $8 Nd5 17. Nh3 g5 $5 18. Ba4 g4 $1
19. Nf2 f5 20. Bb3 Nxe3 $1 21. Kxe3 Rb7 22. Be6 $1 $8 Bg5+ 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Bxf5
$10 {Thorsteins,K-Zaitsev,I/Protvino II/1988/0.5 (26)}) 11. Ba4 Nd3 (11... c5
12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bb6 c4 15. Ba5 Rb8 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. f3 Ba5 18.
Kc1 $16 {Olafsson,H-Thorsteins,K/Akureyri/1988/}) 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8
14. Ba5 Nxb2 (14... Nxf2 15. Rf1 N6e4+ 16. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 17. Ke2 Nd6 18. Nf3 $16 {
Salov,V-Timoshchenko,G/Irkutsk/1986/}) 15. Bb3 Ba3 16. f3 h5 17. Nge2 Ke7 18.
Nf4 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nfxd5+ Nxd5 21. Nxd5+ Kd6 22. e4 Be6 23. Ne3 Rxd4+
24. Ke2 $14 {Karolyi,T-Dutreeuw,M/Haringey/1989/1-0 (41)}) 10... Ne4 (10... a6
11. Ba4 Nd3+ 12. Rxd3 Bxd3 13. Bxc7 Qc8 14. Qb6 Bb5 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Nge2 Rc8
17. Be5 Ne4 18. Qa5 h5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. O-O Rh6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nc3 Nc4 23.
Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nxb5 $15 {Gofstein,L-Ubilava,E/USSR/1983/0-1 (42)}) 11. Ba4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nd3+ 13. Rxd3 Bxd3 14. Bxc7 Ba6 (14... Qc8 15. Qxd5 Ba6 16. Bb3 $16)
15. Qxa6 Qxc7 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Bb3 Rb8 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. f3 $1 g6 (19... Rxb3 20.
axb3 Qa1+ 21. Qd1 $18) 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Kg7 22. O-O $16 Rhf8 (22... f6 23.
e5 fxe5 24. Rf7+ Kh6 25. Qe3+ $18) 23. e5 Be7 24. Nf4 Bg5 (24... Rbc8 25. Nd5
Bg5 26. Qf3 $16) 25. Qf3 Qd8 (25... Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxc3 27. Bxf7 (27. Qf6+ Kh6
28. Bxf7 Qxd4+) 27... Rb7 28. e6 $18) 26. Nd5 Bh4 27. Qh3 h6 28. Qf3 Bg5 29. g3
Qd7 30. Nf6 Qh3 31. Ne4 f6 $2 32. exf6+ $138 (32. exf6+ Bxf6 33. Nxf6 Rb6 34.
Nh5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 (7...
c5 8. dxc5 (8. Qc2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be6 12. Be2 Rc8 13.
Bf3 Qa5 14. Ra4 Qb6 15. Be5 Ne4 16. O-O Nxc3 17. bxc3 a6 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Rad4
Bc5 20. Rh4 h6 21. Qd2 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rb4 Qc7 24. c4 $16 {Smyslov,
V-Large,P/London Lloyds/1989/}) 8... Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 (10... Be6 11.
Rc1 Be7 (11... Rc8 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c5 16. Rfd1
Qe7 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxa2 22. Ra1
Be6 23. Rxa7 Qf8 24. h3 $16 {Wessman,R-Ornstein,A/SVE-ch (06)/1992/}) 12. Nb5
Rc8 13. Nfd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. N5d4 {0,5/Hanel,R-Grillitsch,K/OST-BL 8889/
1988/}) (10... Be7 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bd6 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 Rfc8 18. Qa6 Rc7 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Ne5 21. b3 Qg6
22. Qe2 Re8 23. Nc5 Qf5 24. e4 $14 {Rakhmangulov,A-Ginsburg,G/Nikolaev zt/1993/
}) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 d4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17.
Rxc5 dxe3 18. fxe3 Qb6 19. Rc1 Ng4 20. Qd3 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe3 22. Rfe1 Nd5 23.
Kf2 Rfe8 24. Bf1 $15 {Anastasian,A-Begun,F/URS-chT Azov/1991/}) (7... Nbd7 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bb5 Re7
15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. f5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 N8xd7 19. Kb1 Bb4 20. Rd3 Rac8 21.
Qa4 Bxc3 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxc3 $17 {Zakharov,A-Galdunts,S/
Moscow4/1991/}) (7... c6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O (10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Ne5 Bg6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. O-O b6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. a3 Kf8 17. Qc2 Nh5 18.
Be5 f5 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Bxd6+ Qxd6 21. g4 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. g5 Nh7 24. Bxg6
$16 {Mansouri,A-Ali,I/Dubai olm (3)/1986/}) 10... Nbd7 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 Nf8
13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd6 16. Bh2 N8d7 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Qb3 Qe7 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. g4 Nd5 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Bg3 g5 24. Rcf2 $17 {Koch,
W-Genne,R/ISEM Leukerbad/1992/}) 8. Qb3 (8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Bxd3
11. Nxd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17.
Qb3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Na5 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Be5 Nc6 22. Bc3 Qc4 23. b3
Qg4 24. h3 $10 {Sokolov,I-Lautier,J (4)/Correze m/1992/}) (8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3
c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Rfc1 Ra6 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Re1 Nf8 16.
Qc2 Qa8 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rbd1 Ng5 {0,5/Schneider,B-Lau,R/Solingen/
1986/}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 (9. Qxb7 Nb4 10. Bxc7 Qc8 11. Qxc8 Raxc8 $17) 9... a6
10. Qxb7 Na5 $1 (10... Ra7 11. Qxc6 Bd7 12. Bxc7 (12. Ne5 Bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14.
Nxa7 c6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd3 $13) 12... Bxc6 13. Bxd8 Rxd8 14. Bd3 $16) 11.
Qxc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Nb3 13. Rd1 (13. Ra2 Rfc8 14. Be5 Ne4 $36 (14... Bb1 $6 15.
Nxb1 Rc1+ 16. Ke2 Rxb1 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 $16)) 13... Bc2 14. Be2 Bxa3 $5
15. O-O (15. bxa3 Rfc8 16. Rd2 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Rxc7 18. Kxc2 Ne4 $19) 15... Bxb2
16. Na4 Ba3 (16... Bxd1 $2 17. Bxd1 Ba3 18. Bxb3 $16) 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Be5 Rb7
19. Na4 (19. Bxf6 Rxb6 20. Be5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8 $19) 19... Bxd1 20. Rxd1 a5
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nh4 Rc7 (22... Rc8 $2 23. Ba6) 23. Rd3 Rb8 (23... Nc1 24.
Rxa3 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 $15) 24. g3 Bf8 25. Bd1 Nc1 26. Rd2 Rb1 27. Kg2 Bb4 28. Rb2
(28. Rc2 Rc4 $17) 28... Ra1 29. Bc2 Ra2 30. Bd1 (30. Rxa2 Nxa2 31. Bb3 Nc3 32.
Nxc3 Rxc3 33. Bxd5 a4 $19) 30... Rxb2 31. Nxb2 Na2 $1 32. Kf3 Nc3 33. Bb3 Rb7
34. Na4 Nxa4 35. Bxa4 Bf8 36. Bc6 Rb6 37. Bxd5 a4 38. Ke2 a3 39. Kd1 Rb2 40.
Kc1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 (12. Rab1 a5 13. Rfc1 (
13. a3 Bd6 (13... a4 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 Re7 17. Rbd1 Qa5 18. Kh1
Ne8 19. e4 f6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nf3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nc7 23. Nh4 Bf8 24. Qh3 $14
{Netusil,M-Neckar,L/TCH-chT/1993/1-0 (49)}) 14. Nd2 Re8 15. g3 Qd7 16. Kg2 h5
17. h4 Qg4 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. Nf1 Rae8 20. Nh2 Qg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23.
Nxe4 Rxe4 24. b4 $14 {Bruk,O-Muir,A/EU-chT Haifa (7)/1989/1-0 (53)}) (13. Ne5
Bd6 14. Qf5 Qe7 15. f4 Bb4 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Rc2 Rad8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Re2 Kg7
20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Ra8 22. Rf1 Ne4 23. Qc2 f6 24. Nf3 $15 {Gausel,E-Flear,G/
Gausdal Arnold-Cup/1987/0-1 (43)}) 13... Bd6 14. h3 Re8 15. Nd2 h6 16. a3 Qe7
17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Qa4 Kh8 19. Qxa5 g5 20. Nd1 g4 21. hxg4 Rg8 22. f3 h5 23. Kf2
hxg4 24. Nc3 $13 {Guevara,M-Ortega,L/Sagua la Grande/1989/0.5 (48)}) 12... a5
13. Qc2 Re8 14. Nd2 (14. Rab1 Bd6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nc5
Rea8 19. Qc2 axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Ra2 23. Rb2 Qe6 $15 {
Puri,V-Ivanchuk,V/Baguio WchJ/1987/0-1 (40)}) 14... Bd6 15. Rab1 Ne4 $5 16.
Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rxe4 (19... Qxe4 20. Rfc1 $10)
20. g3 Qg4 21. Kg2 Qe6 22. Rh1 Qd5 $1 (22... h6 23. Rh5 $14) 23. Kg1 g6 24. Rc1
h5 25. Qc5 Qd8 (25... Qxc5 26. Rxc5 a4 27. Kg2 $10) 26. Kg2 a4 27. Qb4 h4 $5 (
27... Qd7 28. Rc5 $36) 28. Qxb7 hxg3 29. Qxc6 (29. Kxg3 $4 Qg5+ 30. Kf3 Qg4#)
29... Re6 30. Qf3 Ra5 (30... gxf2 31. Qh3 Qg5+ 32. Kxf2 Qf6+ $13) 31. Qb7 $1 (
31. fxg3 Qb8 32. Rc2 Rf5 (32... Rb5 33. Qf2 Rb3 $14) 33. Qe2 Qb7+ 34. Kg1 Qe4
35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rch8 Qxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 $132) 31... Rb6 32. Qc8 Qxc8 33.
Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Kxg3 Rxb2 35. Rc5 $14 Ra6 36. Rhc1 Ra2 37. R1c3 Rf6 38. f4 Rb6
39. d5 Rb3 40. Kf3 (40. d6 Rd2 41. Rxb3 axb3 42. Rb5 b2 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. e4 Ke6
45. e5 f6 46. exf6 Kxf6 47. Ke3 Rxd6 48. Rxb2 Ra6 49. Ra2 Ra4 $10) 40... Raxa3
41. Rxb3 Rxb3 42. d6 Rd3 43. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 (5... Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2
c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 {Timman,J-Short,N/Amsterdam/
1992/}) 9... Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
f5 15. f3 {Timman,J-Short,N/Amsterdam/1988/}) 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Rd1 (10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 a5 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. b3 Kd7 {Ivanchuk,
V-Short,N/Linares/1992/}) 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Nge2 Kd7 13. e4 $6 (13. h4)
13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Re8 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. O-O Kc7 17. Ng3 $6 (17. a3 $5 Bxc3 18.
Nxc3) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Na4 $15 19. f4 $2 (19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. c4 Rh4 $15)
19... Nxc3 20. f5 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Re7 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Ne2 f5 25. g3
b5 26. Bc2 Kb6 (26... c5 $1) 27. Nc1 a5 28. a4 Rd6 29. Rd3 Rde6 30. Bd1 (30. d5
cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc6 $19) 30... Re1 31. d5 Rh1 32. d6 (32. Kg2 Ree1 33. Bb3 cxd5
34. Ne2) 32... Rd7 33. Kg2 Re1 34. Ne2 (34. Kf2 Re6) 34... Kc5 35. Kf2 Rh1 36.
Kg2 Rxd1 $5 (36... Re1 37. Kf2 $10) 37. Rxd1 Rxd6 38. Rc1+ Kb4 39. axb5 cxb5
40. Rb1+ Kc5 41. Kf2 a4 (41... b4 42. Ke3 a4 43. Rc1+ $13) (41... Rd3 $5 42.
Nf4 Rd2+ 43. Ne2 Rc2 44. Ke3 Kc4 $15) (41... b4) 42. Nc3 Rb6 (42... Rd2+ 43.
Ke3 Rxh2 44. Nxb5 Rc2 $5) 43. Rc1 (43. Ke3 Kc4 44. Kd2 (44. Nxa4 $2 Re6+) 44...
a3 45. Ne2 Rd6+ $1 (45... b4 46. Rc1+ Kb3 47. Nd4+ Ka4 48. Rc8 $1)) 43... Kd4
44. Ne2+ Kd3 45. Rc3+ Kd2 46. Ra3 Rd6 {Short bietet in klar besserer Stellung
remis an.} (46... Rd6 47. Ra2+ (47. Nc3 $2 b4 48. Nb1+ Kc2 49. Rxa4 Rb6 $3 50.
Na3+ Kb3 $19) 47... Kd3 48. Ra3+ Kc4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates (Women) final"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. h3 Bd6 (12... Nxf4 $6 13. exf4 $14)
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bf4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6
19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Be6 21. Rb1 Re7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qa4 a6 (23... b6 $2 24.
Rxb6 $1) 24. Rb6 Rd8 25. Rfb1 Rdd7 26. a3 g5 27. Qd1 Qf5 $4 (27... g6 $14) 28.
Rxc6 $1 Rc7 (28... bxc6 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Qh5#) (28... Qxb1 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30.
Qxb1+ $18) 29. Rcc1 g6 30. a4 Qa5 31. d5 Rcd7 (31... Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd7 33. Qd4
Rxd5 $140 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rh8#) 32. Rc8+ Rd8 (32... Kg7 33. Qd4+ f6 34. e4 $18
) 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qd4 Rc7 35. e4 Qd6 36. e5 Qc5 37. Qe4 Qc4 $6 (37... b6 38.
d6 Rd7 39. e6 Rxd6 40. e7 Re6 41. e8=Q+ $18) 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. d6 Rxa4 40. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Bb4 8.
Qb3 Qa5 9. Bd2 (9. e3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Ndf6 11. a3 Be7 $11) 9... O-O 10. e3 (10. a3
Be7 11. e3 Qb6 $11) 10... Re8 11. Bd3 Qb6 (11... c5 $5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd8
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Nfe4 16. O-O $13) 12. Qc2 (12. O-O Bd6 (12... Ne4 $2 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 $18) 13. Qc2) 12... Bd6 13. O-O Qd8 (13... Nf8 14. Rab1 Ne6
15. b4) 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Rab1 (15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 $11) 15...
Nb6 (15... a5 16. a3 Nb6 17. b4 $13) 16. b4 a6 17. a4 {The minority attak
offers Krasenkow the chance for a slight advantage.} Be6 18. Ne5 (18. a5 Nbd7
19. Na4 Ne4 20. Nc5 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 $14) 18... Nfd7 (18... Qe7 19. a5 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qb2 $13) 19. f4 (19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. e4 Qh4 $132) 19... Nf8 (19...
Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bc7 21. Rf1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. a5 $14) 20. a5 Nc8 (20... Nc4
21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne2 $14) (20... Nbd7 $2 21. f5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. fxe6
Nxe6 24. e4 $16) 21. f5 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 (22... Qxd7 23. f6 $1 gxf6 (23... Ne6
24. Rf1 $14) 24. e4 $14) 23. e4 Qh4 {The queen from h4 endangers white king
and indirectly slows down white's progress in the center due to the weakness
of d4 pawn.} (23... dxe4 24. Nxe4 Be7 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8
28. Qc5 $14) 24. Be3 Bg3 25. Re2 (25. Rf1 $6 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd6 27. Nxg3 Rxe3
$15) 25... Ne7 26. e5 (26. exd5 Nf6 $1 27. dxc6 Nxc6 28. Kh1 (28. d5 Nxb4 $17)
28... Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 $15) 26... Nxe5 $1 27. dxe5 d4 28. Bd2 (28. f6 dxe3 $1
29. fxe7 Bxe5 30. Nd1 Rxe7 31. Qc4 Bf4 $15) 28... dxc3 29. Re4 (29. Bxc3 Nd5
30. e6 Bc7 $13) 29... cxd2 $5 {[%mdl 1024] Defensive sacrifice of the queen,
since the alternative 29...Qh5 was too dangerous.} (29... Qh5 30. Bxc3 Nxf5 31.
Rf1 $1 Ne7 (31... Rad8 $2 32. Rf3 $18) 32. Rf3 $1 (32. Rg4 Bxe5 33. Bc4 Nd5 (
33... Rf8 34. Be2 Ng6 35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. Qxg6 fxg6 37. Bxe5 $16) 34. Rf5 Qxg4
35. hxg4 Bxc3 36. Bxd5 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 cxd5 $15) 32... Bh4 33. Ref4 Rf8 34. Bh7+
Kh8 35. Qe4 Bg5 36. g4 Qh4 37. Be1 $16) 30. Rxh4 Bxh4 31. Qxd2 Nd5 32. e6 $6 (
32. Qb2 Bg3 33. e6 fxe6 34. Be4 Rad8 (34... exf5 35. Bxd5+ cxd5 36. Qb3 $16)
35. Qb3 Bc7 36. Rd1 $14) 32... fxe6 33. fxe6 Rxe6 34. Bc2 (34. Bc4 Rd8 $11)
34... Rae8 35. Qd3 $2 {White is hoping to attack the enemy king, but
underestimates the real danger to his own one.} (35. Bb3 Be1 36. Qd4 Re5 $15)
35... Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 Re3 $1 38. Qh7+ (38. Qg6 Bg3+ 39. Qxg3 Rxg3
40. Kxg3 Nxb4 $19) 38... Kf8 39. g3 (39. g4 Bg3+ 40. Kg1 Nf4 41. Qf5+ Ke8 42.
Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ Ke6 44. Qc8+ Kd5 45. Qf5+ Re5 $19) (39. Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qg6 Bg3+
$19) 39... Bxg3+ 40. Kg1 Nf4 41. Qf5+ Ke8 $1 {White certainly resigned a bit
too early, but one can understand his feeling at the prospect of black's king
escape towards the c2 bishop.} (41... Ke7 $4 42. Qc5+ $18) (41... Ke8 $1 42.
Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ (43. Qxb7+ Kd6 44. Qb8+ Kd5 $19) 43... Ke6 44. Qc8+ Kd5 45.
Qf5+ Re5 46. Qf7+ Kd4 47. Qxg7 Kc4 48. Bb3+ Kxb4 49. Qxb7+ Kc3 (49... Ka3 50.
Bc4 Re1+ 51. Bf1 $14) 50. Qg7 Ne2+ 51. Kg2 Kxb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 (8. Qc2 Bh5 9. Nge2 Bg6) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... Bh5 9. O-O Bg6) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. Bxe4 (10. f3 $2 Bxf3 $1 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Ng3 Nxg3 $19) (10. Qc2 Nxc3 11.
Nxc3 Bh5 $10) 10... dxe4 11. Qc2 Bxe2 (11... f5 12. Ng3 Qf7 13. d5 $36) 12.
Kxe2 f5 13. g4 g6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Nd5 $5 (15. Rag1 Nd7 16. Rg3 O-O-O $13)
15... cxd5 16. Qc8+ Qd8 17. Qe6+ Qe7 (17... Kf8 $2 18. Qxf5+ Ke7 19. Qe5+ (19.
Rhg1 Qf8 20. Qe5+ Kd8 21. Qxd5+ Nd7 22. Qxe4 $13) 19... Kf7 20. Rhg1 Qf6 (20...
Nc6 21. Rg7+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kh6 24. Qh3+) 21. Qxd5+ Kf8 22. Qxb7
$18) 18. Qc8+ Qd8 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 b6 (9... Re8 $142 {/\Sf8}) 10. Nf3 Bb7 {/\11... Se4} 11. Bg3 c5
12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 cxd4 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 {/\15.g4} d4 $6 (14... g6 {
/\15... Sg7}) 15. Be4) 14. Bxd4 Nhf6 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Nb5 Bc5 (16... Bb8 17.
Rac1) (16... Rc8 17. Qa4 Bc6 18. Qa6) 17. Bf5 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 a6 $6
20. Nc3 Bxd4 (20... g6 $8) 21. Rxd4 {/\22.Ld7} Qd6 (21... b5 22. a4) 22. e4 Ne5
(22... Nc5 23. Qd1) 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxb6 Rdb8 25. Rcd1 g6 (25... Bc8 26. Qd8+
Qe8 27. Qxe8+ Nxe8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxd5 $18) 26. f4 Qxf4 (26... Qe7 27. e5)
27. Qxf6 dxe4 28. Rf1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qg5 (29... gxf5 30. Rd7) 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31.
Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxb2 33. a4 Rab8 34. h3 R8b4 35. Rfd1 a5 36. Nxg5 Rb1 37.
Rxb1 Rxd4 38. Rb7 f6 39. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. g4 Bd6 (11... Be6 12. Ng5 Bd6 (12... c5 $6 13.
Be5 h6 {Timman-Huebner/Wijk aan Zee/1982/} 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Kf1 $1 Rc8 16. Bf5
$16) 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. a3 Re7 18. b4 b6
19. Kg2 Rc8 $14 {Gurevich,M-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia/1991/}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13.
g5 $1 (13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1 Rac8 $10 {Gurevich,M-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia/
1988-89/}) 13... Nh5 14. O-O-O g6 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. h4 Neg7 17. Qe2 $1 Bf5 18.
Qf3 Re7 19. Be2 $1 Rf8 20. Qg2 Kh8 21. Qh2 Qe6 (21... Be6 $2 22. Nxf7+ $18) 22.
Rhg1 Qc8 23. b3 $1 Qb8 24. Kb2 f6 $6 (24... a6 $16) 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. f4 Qe8
27. Bf3 Bc8 28. Rg5 Nf5 29. h5 $1 gxh5 30. Rdg1 Be6 (30... Nxe3 31. Bxh5 Nxh5
32. Rxh5 Rg8 (32... Bf5 33. Rxf5 $1 Nxf5 34. Ng6+ $18) 33. Rgg5 $1) 31. Bxh5
Nxh5 32. Rxh5 Rg8 33. Rgg5 Nxe3 34. f5 Bxf5 (34... Nxf5 35. Ng4 Rxg5 36. Rxg5
$18) 35. Qf4 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Abdel Megid, Mostafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd1 Nd7 (9... Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. g3 Nf8 13. Bg2 Ne6
14. h4 Bh5 15. Rc1 Rg8 $14 {Legki,N-Gulicowski,K/Vrnjacka Banja/1989/1-0/42/
-> CBM 13}) 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Nf3 f5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qf6 (13... f4 14. e4 $1)
14. g3 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. a3 (16. Nh4 f4 $1 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. gxf4 g5 19.
fxg5 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 $36) 16... Nf8 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Nh4 Ng7 20.
Rae1 Re7 21. f4 Rbe8 22. Qf2 b5 23. Nf3 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Ne5 $16 Qe6 26. h3
f6 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. g4 fxg4 29. Bxg6 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb8 31. Rxg4 f5 32. Qh4+
Kg8 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxe7 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Reg1 Rb7 37. f5 Kf8 38. f6
Nf5 39. Rg8+ Kf7 40. R8g7+ Kxf6 41. Rxb7 Nxe3 42. Re1 Nf5 43. Rxe4 Ng3+ 44. Kg2
Nxe4 45. Rxa7 Nxc3 46. Rc7 Ne2 47. Rxc6+ Kf5 48. Rc5+ Kf4 49. Rd5 Nc3 50. Re5 {
Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O a6 (10... d4 11. exd4 (11. Na4 $5) 11... Nxd4 12.
Na4 Nxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bf3 Nb4 $10 {Anastasian,
A-Kruppa,Y/Minsk/1990/}) (10... Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Nf4
Rfd8 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Bb3 $14 {Vaiser,A-Ekstrom,R/Grand Prix Suisse/1990/})
11. Rc1 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. exd4
$16 {Vaiser,A-Wagman,S/San Bernardino op/1989/}) 11... Be7 12. h3 Be6 13. Bc2
Rc8 14. Bb3 h6 (14... Na5 15. Nd4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 $14) 15. Bh2 Qa5 16. Nd4 Rfd8 (
16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Be5 $14) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 $1 Kh8 (
18... dxe4 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qe1 Ra8 21. Nxe4 Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 $18) 19. exd5 exd5
(19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qh5 $40) 20. Ne2 $1 Bc5 (20... Bd6 21. Nf4 $16)
21. Nf4 Nd4 22. Nd3 $1 Ba7 (22... Nxb3 23. Qxb3 b6 24. Be5 $16) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
24. Be5 Rc6 (24... Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rc1 $16)
25. Nf4 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qb5 (26... Rb6 27. Qc2) 27. Qg3 Qa4 $2 (27... d4 $16) 28.
Nxd5 Bd4 (28... Qxa2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Ne7 Rc5 31. Qg6 $18) 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30.
Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxb7 Bd4 32. Qd7 Qb5 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qf8+ {Ftacnik,L} (34. Qf8+
Kh7 35. Ne7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e3 Nc6 {Bologan has accepted the game with isolated pawn,
since due to the move 7..c5 he can try to benefit from the development
advantage.} (9... Qxc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 (13... Ne4
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qa4 Nf5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e4 Ne3
20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qf2 23. exd5 exd5 24. Qb3 {1/2-1/2
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Geller,E/Belgrade 1988/ (65)}) 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16.
exd4 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qb6 18. Nxe4 Qxb5 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. Rde1 Rae8 21. f4 f5 22. fxg5
hxg5 23. Be5 Rf7 24. Qe2 Rh7 25. Nb5 {1-0 Akopian,V-Goldin,A/Stratton Mountain
1999/ (39)}) 10. Bb5 Nb4 (10... a6 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. Rd1 $14) 11. Qa4 (11. Qd2
a6 12. Ba4 Qxc5 13. O-O $14) 11... Qxa4 12. Bxa4 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxc5 {Black has
not found the courage for the more original solution with the elimination of
the b2 pawn. Unfortunatelly even such a daring approach would not promise him
the equality.} (13... Nxb2 14. Bb3 b6 15. cxb6 Ba6+ 16. Kd2 axb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Nxd5 $16) 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Rac1 g6 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Bg4+ 18.
f3 Be6 19. Rhd1 $14) 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 (18. a3 Kg7 19. h3 $14) 18... a6 19.
a3 Kg7 20. Ba2 {Bacrot has optimally distributed his forces, Bologan can only
hope for keeping the dynamic balance in the position.} (20. b4 Ncd7 21. Bd3 Ne5
22. Na4 $14) 20... h6 21. Bh4 (21. Bf4 Ncd7 22. e4 Nb6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. exd5
exd5 25. Be5 $14) 21... g5 22. Bg3 Nce4 (22... b5 23. b4 Nce4 24. Nxe4 Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 Nxe4 26. Be5+ $16) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bc7 $1 {[%mdl 4] The elegant method
of keeping the bishop's pair, te second player will have to live with
distinctly worse position.} Re8 25. Rc2 Bf6 (25... Bd6 26. Rdc1 (26. Bxd5 Bxd5
27. Nf5+ Kf6 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd5 Nb5 30. Rdc5 Nd4+ $15) 26... Kf6 27. Bxd6
Nxd6 28. b4 $14) 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Rdc1 g4 (27... Re7 $2 28. f3 $18) 28. f3
gxf3+ 29. gxf3 Ng5 30. f4 Nf7 (30... Ne4 $1 31. f5 Kf7 $13) 31. f5 $1 {The
undermining of the pawn structure will finally include white's lightsquared
bishop into the battle.} exf5 (31... Nd8 32. Bb6 Rxc2+ 33. Rxc2 exf5 34. Bxd5
$14) 32. Bxd5 Bg5 (32... Nd8 33. Kd3 b5 34. b3 $14) 33. Bb6 Rxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Nd6
35. Kf3 Bf6 (35... Kg6 36. Rc7 Re5 37. Bg8 Re8 38. Bb3 $14) 36. Bc5 Ne4 37. Bb4
(37. Bxb7 Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Bxb2 39. a4 $16) 37... Ng5+ 38. Kf2 b6 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40.
h4 Ne6 (40... Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Re5 42. Bf7+ Kg7 43. Bh5+ Kg8 44. Bg6 Bxh4 45. Bh7+
Kh8 46. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 47. Kxe4 $16) 41. Rc6 $1 {With fine manouvers white has
managed to preserve two bishops and control over the c file. The position is
quite critical for Bologan.} a5 (41... Nc5 42. Bc3 Nd7 43. Bxf6 Nxf6 44. Rxb6
Re5 45. Bf3 $16) (41... Kf7 42. h5 Bxb2 43. Rxb6 a5 44. Bd6 Bc3 45. Bf4 Bg7 46.
Ra6 Kf6 47. a4 Re7 48. Bg3 Kf7 49. e4 $1 fxe4 50. Ke3 $18) 42. Bc3 Bxh4+ (42...
Bxc3 43. bxc3 Kf6 44. Rxb6 Ke5 45. Rxe6+ Rxe6 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. c4
$18) 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. e4 $1 {Bacrot has tied down black's hands first and now
simple inclusion of white king immeditelly decides the bight. White has
realized the potential of the position in a truly masterful way.} (44. e4 fxe4+
45. Kxe4 Bf6 46. Kf5 Bxc3 47. bxc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Polgar,Zsu} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7.
Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 (10. Qd2 {Polgar,Zsu} g6 11. O-O O-O
12. f3 Nb6 13. Rae1 Be6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Rad8 16. h3 $13 {Gutman,
L-ndersson,U/Wijk/1987/}) 10... Nhf6 11. Ng3 (11. h3 {Polgar,Zsu} Nb6 12. b3
Bd7 13. Qd2 g6 14. f3 h5 $6 15. g5 Ng8 16. h4 Qd6 17. e4 $14 {Gutman,L-Blauert/
Bad Wörishofen/1990/ / /}) 11... g6 (11... h6 12. h3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. b3 g6
15. a4 a5 16. f3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Barcelona WCup/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 12.
h3 (12. g5 {Polgar,Zsu} Ng8 13. h4 h6 14. gxh6 { h4-h5 @ [Kasparov]}) (12. Qf3
$5 {Polgar,Zsu Kasparov}) 12... Nb6 13. Qb3 (13. Qd2 $5) (13. Qc2 {Polgar,Zsu
 14.0-0-0}) 13... Be6 (13... Bd7 $6 {Polgar,Zsu} 14. a4 $1 { a4-a5-a6 >>})
14. a4 (14. g5 {Polgar,Zsu} Ne4 (14... Nfd7 15. h4 h6) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qa3
Qxg5 17. Ncxe4 Qe7 $13) 14... O-O 15. a5 (15. O-O-O {Polgar,Zsu} c5 $1 $13)
15... Nc4 (15... Nc8 16. Qa3 (16. g5 {Polgar,Zsu} Ne4) (16. a6 Nd6)) (15...
Nbd7 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxc6 $16) 16. Bxc4 (16. O-O-O $6 {
Polgar,Zsu} Nxa5 17. Qc2 c5 $17) 16... dxc4 17. Qa3 (17. Qc2 {Polgar,Zsu} c5 $1
18. g5 Nd5 $17) 17... Qxa3 (17... Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. O-O-O $14) 18. bxa3 $5
(18. Rxa3 c5 $1 $10 (18... b5 $15 {Polgar,Zsu})) 18... c5 $1 (18... Nd5 19. Kd2
$14) (18... b6 $6 {Polgar,Zsu} 19. Kd2 $14) 19. O-O-O (19. dxc5 {Polgar,Zsu}
Rac8 20. Nce4 Nd7 (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 {=/})) (19. g5 {Polgar,Zsu} cxd4 $1
20. exd4 Nd5 $15) 19... cxd4 (19... Rac8 20. d5 Bd7 21. f4 $14) 20. Rxd4 (20.
exd4 {Polgar,Zsu} Nd5) 20... Nd7 (20... Rad8 {Polgar,Zsu} 21. Rhd1) 21. Nce4 (
21. f4 Nc5 $132) 21... Ne5 (21... f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Ng5 Nc5 24. Nxe6 Nxe6
25. Rxc4 $14) 22. f4 Nc6 (22... Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Rfd8 24. f5 $1 Rxd4 25. exd4 Bc8
26. Kc3 $16) 23. Rd6 c3 $1 (23... Nxa5 24. f5 Bc8 25. Rf1 $40 (25. h4 $44 {
Polgar,Zsu})) 24. a6 (24. f5 {Polgar,Zsu} Bc4) (24. Nxc3 {Polgar,Zsu} Nxa5)
24... Na5 25. f5 Bc4 26. axb7 Nxb7 27. Rd7 (27. Rc6 {Polgar,Zsu} Na5 28. Rc7
Rfc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Nxc3 $2 Bd5 $1 $19) 27... Rab8 (27... Na5 {Polgar,Zsu}
28. Kc2) 28. Rhd1 (28. Nxc3 $6 {Polgar,Zsu} Nc5) (28. Kc2 {Polgar,Zsu} Na5 (
28... Bb3+ $6 29. Kxc3 Rfc8+ 30. Kd4 Rc4+ 31. Ke5 $16) 29. Kxc3 Rfc8 $44) (28.
Rh2 {Polgar,Zsu} Na5 29. Rc2 Nb3+ 30. Kd1 Nd4 $1 31. exd4 $2 (31. Rxc3 Rb1+ 32.
Kd2 Nf3+ 33. Kc2 Ba2 $1 $44) 31... Rb1+ 32. Rc1 Bb3+ $19) 28... Rfc8 (28... Na5
29. Nxc3 Rfc8 30. Rxa7) 29. Rxb7 $1 (29. Nxc3 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} Bb5 $19) (29. Kc2
$2 {Polgar,Zsu} Bb3+ 30. Kxb3 c2 31. Rc1 Nc5+ $19) 29... Rxb7 30. Nd6 Rb2 $1 (
30... Rbc7 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Ne4 (32. Kc2 $14 {Polgar,Zsu}) 32... Bb3 33. Rd3)
(30... c2 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} 31. Rd2 $1 $16 (31. Kxc2 $2 Bb3+ $19)) (30... Rcc7 {
Polgar,Zsu} 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 $16) 31. Nxc8 Bb3 32. Rd8+ (32.
f6 $4 {Polgar,Zsu} Rb1+ $1 $19) 32... Kg7 33. f6+ (33. g5 Rc2+ 34. Kb1 Rb2+ $10
) 33... Kxf6 (33... Kh6 {Polgar,Zsu} 34. h4 Rc2+ 35. Kd1 $2 (35. Kb1 $10) 35...
Rg2+ $1 $19) 34. Ne4+ Kg7 35. Rd3 (35. Nxc3 {Polgar,Zsu} Rc2+ 36. Kb1 Rxc3 $17)
35... Rc2+ 36. Kb1 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rc2+ 38. Kb1 Rb2+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. a3 (11. dxc5 d4 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bg3 dxc3 14. Bc4
(14. Bh7+ Nxh7 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. bxc3 Rd5 17. h4 Nf6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. e4 Rxc5
20. f3 Be6 21. Qc1 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nc6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rc4 25. d5 Bb4+ 26.
Ke2 Rac8 27. Be5 Rc2+ 28. Kd3 Rd2+ 29. Ke3 {1-0 Rodin,M-Purgin,N/Moscow op
Russian Winter/1991/}) 14... Qa5 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Bxf7 cxb2+ 17. Kf1 Rg8 18.
Qxh6+ Nh7 19. Bxg8 Kxg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. h4 g4 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxa2 24.
Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Cvetkovic,S/Stary Smokovec/1983}) 11... cxd4 12.
exd4 Ng4 13. Bxe7 (13. Bg3 Be6 14. O-O Qb6) 13... Rxe7 14. Rd1 $2 (14. O-O $1
Qd6 15. g3 Be6) 14... Qd6 (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Bh7+) 15. h3 (15. g3 Nf6 16. O-O
Bh3 $15) 15... Nh2 $5 {This is a very daring idea, since the N will get out of
the corner either dead or as a hero.} 16. Nb5 (16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxh2 Nxd4 $17)
(16. Na4 b6 $1) 16... Qb8 (16... Qf4 17. Qd2 $16) 17. Bf5 $2 (17. Qc5 $1 Bd7 (
17... a6 18. Nbc3 Be6 19. f4 Qc7 20. Na4 $18) 18. Qxd5 $16) 17... Qf4 $1 18.
Bxc8 (18. Bd3 a6 19. Nbc3 Nxd4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxh2 Qe5 $19)
18... Rxc8 19. Qd2 {Arlandi feels the pressure and tries to change few pieces.}
(19. Nbc3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxh2 Qe5 $1 $19) 19... Rce8 20. Nbc3 (20. Qxf4
$4 Rxe2#) 20... Qc7 21. Qd3 (21. f4 Nxd4 $1 22. Qxd4 Qxc3+ $19) 21... Nxd4 $3 {
Original and nice combination in which the Nh2 plays an important role.} 22.
Qxd4 $6 (22. Rd2 Nb3 $1 (22... Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Qc1+ 25. Qd1 Rxe2+
26. Kxe2 Qxb2+ 27. Qd2 $13) 23. Rc2 d4 24. Nd5 Qa5+ 25. Nb4 Nc1 26. Rxc1 Qg5
27. Kd1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Qxg2 $19) 22... Qxc3+ 23. Rd2 (23. Qxc3
Rxe2#) 23... Qc1+ (23... Qc1+ 24. Rd1 Rxe2#) 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 Bd6 (
7... Be7) 8. O-O-O $5 Nf8 (8... O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Ng3 $14) 9. e4
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 $1 Be7 (12... cxd5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Rxd5
$16) 13. dxc6 (13. d6 Bf6 14. d7+ Nxd7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Bc4 $40) 13... Qb6 14.
Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne6 16. cxb7 Qxb7 17. Ba6 Qb4 (17... Qb8 18. Qc6+ Ke7 19.
Rhd1 $18) 18. Qc6+ Ke7 19. Qxa8 Qc5+ 20. Kb1 Kxd6 (20... Bxa6 21. Qxh8 Qxd6 22.
Rc1 $18) 21. Rd1+ Ke7 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qe4 Qxf2 24. Nd4 Rc7 $2 (24... Kf6 $5)
25. Nf5+ Kf6 (25... Kf8 26. Qa8+) 26. Ne3 {Ftacnik,L} (26. Ne3 h5 27. Nd5+ $18)
1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O d4 $5 {N} (10... a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d4 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. exd4 $16 {Vaiser,A-Wagman,S/San
Bernardino op/1989/}) (10... Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Nf4
Rfd8 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Bb3 $14 {Vaiser,A-Ekstrom,R/Grand-Prix Suisse/1990/
->CBM 17}) 11. exd4 (11. Na4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. exd4 Rd8) 11... Nxd4 12. Na4
Nxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nd5 (13... Bd4 14. Bf3) 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Qb3 (15. Bf3 Be6) 15...
Qa5 16. Bf3 Nb4 {/\ Be6} (16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 $14) 17. a3 Nc6 18. Rad1 Bf6
19. Bd6 (19. Rd5 Nd4 $1 $132) 19... Nd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qd1 Be5
23. Nc5 Qc7 24. b4 Rb8 25. Re1 b6 26. Ne4 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bf4 28. g3 Bh6 29. Nd6
Be6 30. Nb5 Qe7 31. Nd4 Rd8 32. Rxe6 Rxd4 33. Rxe7 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Kxe7 35. b5
f5 36. Kg2 Bc1 37. a4 g5 38. Bc2 Kf6 39. f3 h5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 h4 42. Bd1
{Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c6 8.
h3 (8. e3 Nh5 $10) 8... Nf8 (8... O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne5
Ng6 $13) 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bh2 O-O (10... Bd6 $5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. f4 Nd7 $13) 11.
Bd3 Re8 12. Ne5 (12. O-O Bd6 $14) 12... Bd6 13. f4 $1 c5 (13... Nd7 14. O-O-O
$40) 14. O-O (14. Nb5 cxd4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. exd4 Qb4+ $10) 14... c4 (14...
cxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 16. Qf2 $14) 15. Be2 (15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Bb4 $10) 15...
Bb4 (15... Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. b3 $1 $16) 16. f5 Nf8 (16... Ne7 17. g4 $16) 17.
Bf3 Bxc3 (17... N8d7 18. g4 $16) 18. bxc3 Bd7 (18... b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4
$16) 19. g4 Bc6 20. Qg2 (20. g5 Ne4 (20... N6d7 21. h4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23.
Bf4 $16) 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. f6 $16) 20... N8d7 21. g5 Nxe5 (21... Ne4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rf4 $16) 22. Bxe5 Ne4 (22... Nd7 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. h4 $16)
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. h4 (24. f6 g6 25. Qg4 h5 $1 (25... Kh8 26. Qh4 Rg8 27. Qh6
Qf8 28. Qg7+ $1 $18) 26. gxh6 Kh7 $13) 24... Kh8 25. f6 $1 (25. h5 f6 26. Bf4
Qd7 $13) 25... g6 26. h5 Rg8 $8 27. Kf2 Qa5 (27... gxh5 28. Rh1 Rg6 29. Rxh5
Qg8 30. Rah1 Re8 31. Qh2 $18) 28. Rh1 $1 Qxc3 29. Rae1 Bd7 $8 (29... Rae8 30.
hxg6 Rxg6 31. Rh5 Kg8 32. Qh2 $18) 30. hxg6 $2 (30. Qxe4 Bf5 31. hxg6 Bxg6 32.
Rxh7+ Bxh7 33. Rh1 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd1+ $1 35. Kf4 Qf1+ $1 36. Rxf1 Bxe4 37. Kxe4
Rxg5 $15) (30. Kg3 $3 gxh5 (30... Bf5 31. Kf4 Rae8 32. Qh2 Rxe5 33. hxg6 Bxg6
34. Qxh7+ Bxh7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rh1+ Kg6 37. Rh6#) 31. Kf4 Bg4 32. Qxg4 $1
Qxe1 $8 (32... hxg4 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Rh1+ Kg6 35. Rh6#) 33. Qg2 $1 Qa5 34.
Rxh5 Rg6 35. Qh3 Kg8 36. Rxh7 Kf8 37. Rh8+ Rg8 38. Qh7 $18) 30... Rxg6 31. Qxe4
(31. Qh2 h6 32. Qxh6+ Rxh6 33. Rxh6+ Kg8 34. Reh1 Qd2+) (31. Rh5 Bf5 32. Qh2
Rgg8 $16) 31... Kg8 $8 (31... Bc6 32. Qxg6 $1 fxg6 33. f7#) 32. Qxb7 (32. Rh5
Bc6 33. Qh4 Qc2+ 34. Re2 Qe4 $132) 32... Qc2+ 33. Re2 Qf5+ 34. Bf4 Rc8 (34...
Re8 $5 35. Qf3 Re4) 35. Qf3 c3 36. e4 (36. Qh5 h6 $13) 36... Qa5 37. d5 (37.
Rc2 $5 Qb6 $1 (37... Ba4 $2 38. Qh3 $18) 38. Be3 Qb7 $132) 37... c2 38. e5 Rc3
39. Qh5 $2 (39. Qe4 Qc5+ (39... Bg4 40. e6 $1 fxe6 41. f7+ Kxf7 42. Rxh7+ $40)
40. Be3 Qc4 $13) 39... h6 40. e6 Be8 41. Bc1 (41. gxh6 Qc5+ 42. Be3 Rxe3 43.
Rxe3 c1=Q 44. Rxc1 Qxc1 $19) 41... Qxd5 42. e7 Rxg5 $1 43. Bxg5 (43. Qxh6 Rg2+
44. Kf1 Qf3+ $19) 43... Qf5+ 44. Ke1 (44. Kg1 c1=Q+ 45. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 46. Kg2 Bc6+
47. Kg3 Rc3+ $19) 44... c1=Q+ 45. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 46. Kd2 Rc2+ 47. Kd1 (47. Ke3 Rc3+
48. Kd2 Qc2+ 49. Ke1 Qc1+ 50. Kf2 Qf4+ 51. Kg2 Bc6+ $19) (47. Ke1 Rc1+ 48. Kd2
Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Kf2 Qd4+ $19) 47... Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Qg3+ 49. Kd1 Qd3+ 50.
Ke1 Qc3+ 51. Kf2 (51. Kf1 Rc1+ 52. Kf2 Qd4+ 53. Re3 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Bb5+ 55. Qxb5
Qd1+ 56. Re1 Qf3+) 51... Qd4+ {Ftacnik,L} (51... Qd4+ 52. Kf1 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Rc1+
54. Kg2 Bc6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. Ng3 Nb6 $146 (11... O-O 12. Nf5 Qd8 13.
g5 Ne8 14. Rg1 Nb6 $13) 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 g6 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 h6 15. gxh6 Nxh6
16. h5 g5 $13) 14... h6 15. O-O-O $5 (15. f4 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Nxh1 Be6
18. Ng3 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Qd7 20. Rh1 Ne7 $13) 15... hxg5 16. h5 $1 gxh5 17. Nxh5
Rh6 $1 18. Rdg1 Kd8 $1 (18... Bd7 $2 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Rxh6 Nxh6 21. Qh5 $16)
19. Qf3 (19. f4 f6 20. e4 (20. fxg5 fxg5 21. e4 Be6 $13) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 g4
$1) 19... Bd7 (19... Be6 20. Ng7 $1 $16) 20. Qg3 f6 21. f4 Be8 $1 22. fxg5 (22.
Be2 Nc4 23. fxg5 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. Rxg5 Nf6 $10) 22... fxg5 (22... Rxh5
23. Rxh5 Bxh5 24. Rh1 Bf7 25. g6 Be6 26. Rh7 Qf8 27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Nb5 Rd8 29.
Nxa7 $16) 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Nf6 25. Ng3 Rxh1+ 26. Nxh1 Kc7 27. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Qc2
Bh5 9. Bxf6 $146 (9. Nge2) 9... Bxf6 10. f4 $1 {xh5} Bg4 (10... Be7 11. Kf1 $5
Nd7 12. h3 $16) 11. f5 (11. Bxh7 $2 Bxd4 12. exd4 Qh4+) 11... g6 12. h3 (12.
fxg6 hxg6 13. Bxg6 $2 Bh4+ $1 14. Kd2 Qg5 15. Bd3 Bf2 $19) 12... Bxf5 (12...
Bh4+ 13. Kf1 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Nf3 $14) 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Nge2 (14. Qxf5
Nd7 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Qe6 $13) 14... Bh4+ $1 (14... Bg5 15. O-O Bxe3+ 16. Kh1
$40) 15. g3 (15. Kd2 $5) 15... Bg5 16. O-O $1 (16. Qxf5 Nd7 $10) 16... Bxe3+
17. Kh2 Nd7 18. Rxf5 Qe7 19. Raf1 f6 $6 (19... O-O 20. Rh5 f5 $1 21. Rhxf5 $13)
20. R1f3 (20. Rxd5 $5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qd6 22. Nxe3 O-O (22... Qc6 23. Nc3 $44)
23. Nf5 Qa6 24. Rf2 $44) 20... O-O (20... Bg5 $5) 21. Rh5 f5 $8 (21... Rf7 22.
Nd1 $18) 22. Nd1 Bg5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Re3 $1 Qf7 25. Rxf5 Rae8 26. Nf4 Rxe3 27.
Nxe3 Qe8 28. Rh5 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Nf5 Re8 $6 (30... Nb6 $142 $1 31. Kg2
Nd5 32. Ne2 $1 Re8 $13) 31. Kg2 c5 $6 (31... Nb6 32. Rh6 $36) 32. dxc5 Nxc5 (
32... Bxb2 33. Nd6 $16) 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Ng4 $1 Be7 $8 (34... Rc8 35. Rxc5 Rxc5
36. Ne6+ $18) (34... Nd3 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Nxf6+ $18) 35. Re5 Kf8 36. b4 Nd3
37. Rxe4 Nxf4+ (37... Nxb4 38. Ne6+ Kf7 (38... Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Rg4 $18)
39. Nh6+ Kg6 40. Nc7 Rc8 (40... Rd8 41. Re6+ Bf6 42. Ng4 Rf8 43. a3 Nc6 44. Nd5
$18) 41. Rxe7 Kxh6 42. Ne6 Rb8 43. Ng5 $18) 38. Rxf4+ Kg7 39. Re4 Kf8 40. Nh6
Rc8 41. Nf5 Bf6 42. a4 Rc6 43. b5 Rc3 44. Nd6 b6 45. Rf4 $1 Rc2+ (45... Ke7 46.
Rxf6 $1 Rc2+ 47. Rf2 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Kxd6 49. g4 $18) 46. Rf2 Rxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Be5
48. Nf5 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Ne3 (50. g4 h5 $1) 50... Bc7 51. g4 Ke5 52. g5 Bd8
53. Kg4 Kd4 54. Nf5+ Kc5 55. h5 Kb4 56. Nd4 Kxa4 57. Kf5 Be7 58. g6 hxg6+ 59.
hxg6 Bf8 60. Ne6 Bh6 61. Kg4 (61. Kg4 Kxb5 62. Kh5 Bc1 63. g7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Nhf6 12. Rfe1 g6 13. Rab1 Nb6 {
Pelletier has decided to defend the position rather passively, white enjoys
small advantage due to the better bishop.} (13... a5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4
16. Rxe4 Qd6 17. Rbe1 $14) 14. b4 Be6 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Nc8 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. f3 (
18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nc5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nb5 21. Rbd1 $14) 18... Rad8 19. Qf2 Nd7 20.
Na4 (20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Nc4 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bf1 cxd5 25. exd5
Bf5 26. Rbc1 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne8 22. e4 Ng7 (22... d4 23. Nc5 Ng7 24.
f4 $14) 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. f4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne6 26. h3 (26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Qc5 Qd7
28. Re3 Qd4 $11) 26... f6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Qc5 Qxc5+ $2 {[%mdl 4096] Very
dubious solution, since the defender will be stuck with the bishop of the
wrong colour and many fixed pawns. In this endgame e5 is virtually an extra
pawn, while black fights with the problem of holding dark squares.} (28... Qf7
$1 29. Rbd1 (29. Rf1 Bd5 30. Rbe1 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Rd5 $11) 29...
Rxd1 30. Rxd1 fxe5 31. fxe5 (31. Qxe5 Re8 32. Qg5 Bxh3 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. gxh3
Qe6 $11) 31... Qf4 $11) 29. bxc5 Rd7 (29... Rf7 30. exf6 Bc8 (30... Rdd7 31.
Bxc6 $18) 31. Kf2 Rxf6 32. Ke3 $14) 30. Bf3 Kf7 (30... fxe5 31. Rxe5 (31. fxe5
Rf4 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Rd4 $11) 31... Kf7 32. Kf2 $14) 31. Red1 Rfd8 32. Rd6
(32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxd8 fxe5 34. Rh8 (34. fxe5 Rb5 35. Ra8 Bc4 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37.
Rxh7 Rxc5 38. Rc7 Bb5 $11) 34... Kf6 (34... Kg7 35. Ra8 exf4 36. Rxa6 Rb1+ 37.
Kh2 Bd5 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Ra7+ $16) 35. Rf8+ Ke7 36. Ra8 exf4 37. Bxc6 Rb1+ 38.
Kf2 Rc1 39. Rxa6 Rxc5 $11) 32... fxe5 33. fxe5 Ke7 (33... Rxd6 34. exd6 Rd7 35.
Rf1 Kg7 36. Re1 Bf5 37. g4 Bd3 38. g5 $16) 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Rd1+
Ke8 (36... Rd7 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 39. Bg4+ Ke7 40. Bxd7 Kxd7 41. Kf3
Ke6 42. Kf4 h6 43. h4 Kd5 (43... Ke7 44. g4 Ke6 45. h5 Kf7 46. Ke4 Kg7 47. hxg6
Kxg6 48. Kf4 $18) 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kf5 Kxc5 46. e6 $18) 37. Rd6 Re7 38. Ke3 Bc8
39. Kf4 Rf7+ (39... Be6 40. g4 Rf7+ 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. h4 $16) 40. Rf6 $1 {
Onischuk is realizing his huge advantage very convincingly, the difference in
the quality of the bishops is enormous.} Ke7 (40... Rxf6+ 41. exf6 Kf7 42. Ke5
Be6 43. Bg4 Bd5 44. g3 $18) 41. Kg5 Bf5 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kh6 Ke6 (43... Kg8
44. Bg4 Be4 45. g3 $18) 44. Bg4 $1 (44. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 (44... Kxe5 45. Bxf5 Kxf5
46. Kxh7 g5 47. g4+ Ke6 48. Kg6 Kd5 49. Kxg5 Kxc5 50. Kf6 $18) 45. hxg4 Kxe5
46. Kxh7 Kf6 47. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 $6 {x d4} (10. Be2) 10... Nc6 11. Qa4 a6 12. O-O
Bd7 13. Qd1 (13. Rxb7 $2 Ne5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bb5 $17) 13... Nb4 14. Bc4 (
14. Be2 Nxa2 15. Bd2 a5 $40) 14... Rc8 15. Ne5 Rxc4 $1 16. Nxc4 Bb5 17. Ba3
Bxc4 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 b5 21. Qd1 f5 (21... Qa5 $5 22. Rb2
Rc8) 22. d5 (22. f3) 22... fxe4 23. d6 Qf6 $1 $17 24. Qd4 (24. Qe1 Rd8 $17)
24... Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. d7 Kf7 27. Rd6 a5 28. Kf1 a4 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Rb6
Rxd7 31. Rxb5 Rd3 32. Rb4 Ra3 33. Rxe4 (33. Rb2 Kf6 $17) 33... Rxa2+ 34. Kf3
Kd6 35. Rg4 g6 36. Rb4 Kc5 37. Rb7 Rd2 38. Rxh7 a3 39. Ra7 a2 40. h4 Kb4 41.
Ke3 Rc2 42. Kd4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 e5+ 0-1

[Event "IBM-18 Grootmeestergroep A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1978.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1978.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8.
Qc2 Ne6 9. Bh4 g6 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2 $14) 10... Ng7 (10... O-O 11. O-O (11. h3
c5 12. dxc5 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 $10 {Portisch,L-Letzelter,J/Monte Carlo/1968/0:1/
42/}) 11... Ng7 (11... c6 12. Rab1 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rbe1 (15.
b4 Ng5) 15... f5 16. Ne2 Nf7 17. Nf4 $14 {Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam/1986/
0,5/46/}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 $14) 11. b4 $1 (11. h3 c6 12. g4 h5 13. O-O-O
hxg4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. e4 $44 {Pytel,K-Sydor,A/POL(ch)/1980/0,5/
28/}) 11... a6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 $14 Nf5 (13... Bxb4 $4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5
Qd6 16. Nxc7 $16) 14. Bg5 Be6 15. b5 a5 $6 (15... axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1
h6 18. Bf4 $140 Nh5 $14) 16. Ne2 Ng7 (16... Rc8 17. Nf4 c5 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19.
Qb3 $14) 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nf4 Qd6 (19... Bxd3 20. Nexd3 Re8 21. Qa2
c6 (21... Ngh5 $5 $14) 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 $14) 20. Qb3 Rfd8 $2 (20... Rfe8
$1 21. Bxf5 (21. Nc6 $2 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qd8 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd5
Re6 $17) (21. Rc5 $5 $14) 21... Nxf5 22. Bxf6 (22. Rc5 Ne4 $1 23. Rxd5 Qb4 24.
Qxb4 axb4 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 $1 $13) 22... Bxf6 23. Qxd5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxb7
Nxe3 $1 26. Nxg6 (26. Nd3 Qd6 $13) 26... hxg6 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 $14) 21.
Bxf5 (21. Nc6 $5 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 $18)
21... Nxf5 22. Nc6 $1 Rd7 23. Nxa5 Rb8 24. Bxf6 $1 (24. Qa2 Ne4 25. Bxe7 Nxe7
$16) (24. Nxb7 $2 Rxb7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rc6 Qxc6 $1 27. bxc6 Rxb3 28. cxd7 c6
$13) 24... Bxf6 25. Nd3 $18 {/\ Qb4,Nb3/} Re7 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. Nb3 $1 {/\
Nd2-f1 ׻/} (27. Nc5 Qc8 28. Ncxb7 Rxb7 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. a5 $16) 27... Bg5 28.
Rc2 Qf8 29. Nd2 Qh6 30. Nf1 Qh4 31. Qb3 $1 {>< d5/} (31. Rac1 Nxd4 $5 32. exd4
Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Rbe8 $16) 31... Rd8 32. a5 {o^a/} Qg4 33. h3 Qh5 34. a6 bxa6 35.
bxa6 Bf6 $6 36. Nf4 Qg5 37. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7.
Nge2 (7. Qb3 {Hansen,Cu} Nc6 (7... Bc8 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bxb8 cxb5 10. Be5 a6 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd4 13. O-O-O Bf6 $15 {Wong Meng Kong-Sunthornpongsathorn,
V/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 8. Qxb7 (8. Nf3 Na5 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nc4
$10 {Hort,V-Kotronias,V/Dortmund/1989/}) (8. a3 Rb8 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 11.
O-O Be6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {Georgiev,Ki-Kotronias,V/Korfu/1991/})
8... Nb4 9. Bb5+ (9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3 (10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rac8 $44 {
Rastianis,G-Ubilava,E/USSR/1983/}) 10... Nc2+ 11. Rxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13.
Ba6 Qxb7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 $44 {Ehlvest,J-Jusupov,A/Linares/1991/}) 9... Kf8 10.
Kd2 (10. Rd1 a6 (10... Ne4 11. Ba4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd3+ 13. Rxd3 Bxd3 14. Bxc7
Ba6 15. Qxa6 Qxc7 16. Ne2 $16 {Chernin,A-Dutreeuw,M/EUCup/1993/}) 11. Ba4 Nd3+
12. Rxd3 Bxd3 13. Bxc7 Qc8 $13 {Gofstein,L-Ubilava,E/USSR/1983/}) 10... Ne4+ (
10... a6 11. Ba4 Nd3 (11... c5 12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bb6 c4 15. Ba5
Rb8 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. f3 Ba5 18. Kc1 $16 {Olafsson,H-Thorsteins,K/Akureyri/
1988/}) 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Ba5 Nxf2 (14... Nxb2 15. Bb3 Ba3 16. f3
$16 {Karolyi,jr T-Dutreeuw,M/London Haringay/1989/}) 15. Rf1 N2e4+ 16. Nxe4
Nxe4+ 17. Ke2 Nd6 18. Nf3 $16 {Salov,V-Timoshchenko,G/Irkutsk/1986/}) 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. f3 $14 {Thorsteins,K-Zaitsev,I/Protvino
II/1988/}) (7. h3 {Hansen,Cu} O-O 8. Nf3 a6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Be5 c6 11. Qb3 $14 {
Adorjan,A-Thorsteins,K/Reykjavik op/1988/}) 7... O-O (7... c6 {Hansen,Cu} 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 (9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 $14 {Knaak,R-Ubilava/
Camaguey/1987/}) 9... Qb6 10. Qd2 h5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. O-O-O Qa6 14.
Rhe1 (14. e4 O-O 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. Ngxe4 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. Bf4
$14 {Kozlov,VA-Klovan,Y/Frunze/1988/}) 14... Qxd3 15. Rxd3 O-O 16. e4 $14 {
Chekhov,V-Klovan,J/Frunze/1988/}) 8. Ng3 (8. Rc1 {Hansen,Cu} c6 9. Ng3 (9. h3
Nbd7 10. g4 Be4 11. Rg1 Bf3 12. Rg3 Bxe2 13. Bxe2 Ne4 14. Rg2 Bg5 $13 {Mohr,
S-Kotronias,V/Debrecen/1989/}) 9... Be6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Nbd7
13. O-O g6 $10 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Sevilla m(12)/1987/}) 8... Be6 (8... Bg6 {
Hansen,Cu} 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. O-O-O $14 {Chekhov,
V-Zaitsev,I/Protvino II/1988/}) 9. Bd3 c5 (9... g6 {Hansen,Cu} 10. O-O c5 11.
dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Qa4 Nd7 $13 {Vaiser,A-Dutreeuw,M/
Brussels-Z/1993/}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Nge2 $1 $146 (13.
Nh5 {Hansen,Cu} Be7 14. Nb5 $14 {Kasparov,G-Jusupov,A/Linares/1993/}) 13... Rc8
(13... d4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 $16) (13... Bxf4 14. Nxf4 d4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
exd4 Nxd4 17. Bb1 $14) 14. Bb1 Bxf4 (14... a6 $5) 15. Nxf4 Bg4 (15... Qd6 16.
Nb5 Qe5 $14) (15... d4 {Hansen,Cu} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. exd4 Nxd4 $14) 16. f3 (16.
Qd3 {G.Kasparov} d4 17. Ncd5 g6 $13) 16... Be6 17. Qd2 Qe7 (17... d4 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. exd4 $14) 18. Nb5 (18. Rfd1 {Hansen,Cu} Rfd8 {/\d5-d4}) 18... a6 (
18... Rfd8) 19. Nd4 Ne5 (19... Bd7) 20. b3 Bd7 21. g4 Ng6 (21... h6 22. h4 $36)
(21... Be6 22. g5 Nfd7 $14) 22. Ng2 (22. g5 {Hansen,Cu} Nxf4 23. exf4 Nh5 $13)
22... Ne8 (22... Rfd8 $14) (22... Rxc1 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 23. Rxc1 Ne8) 23. Rxc8
Bxc8 24. Rc1 Nd6 $2 (24... Bd7 $16) 25. Bxg6 $1 (25. Qa5 Be6 26. Rc7 $16) (25.
Qb4 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\h2-h4} f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 (26... Nxf5 27. Rxc8 $16) 27. Bxf5
Nxf5 28. Qxe7 Ngxe7 29. Ne6 $14) 25... hxg6 (25... fxg6 26. Nf4 Qf7 27. Qb4 $18
Nb5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Qd6 $18) 26. Nf4 $18 Re8 27. Nxd5 Qg5 28. Nf4 Qe5 29. Ng2
(29. Re1 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) (29. Kf2 $2 {Hansen,Cu} Bxg4) (29. e4 $1 {Hansen,Cu
><d5} Rd8 30. Nde2 $14) 29... g5 (29... Bd7) 30. Qb4 Nb5 (30... Qf6 31. Qb6)
31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Qd4 Qe7 (32... Qxd4 {Hansen,Cu} 33. exd4 $16 {/\Kf2,Ne3}) 33.
Qc5 Qf6 34. Qxb5 Rd8 35. Qe2 Be6 (35... Qd6 $5 36. Rc4 $1 Qd1+ 37. Qxd1 Rxd1+
38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Be6 40. Rb4 Rxa2 41. Rxb7 Rb2 42. b4 Bc4 43. e4 $18) 36.
Qf2 (36. Rd1 $1 Rc8 (36... Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Qb2 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxg5 Qb1+ 40.
Kf2 Qxa2+ 41. Kg3 Qxb3 $16) 37. Qf2) (36. Ne1 $1 Qe5 37. Nd3 Qb5 38. Rc3 $18)
36... Rd3 37. h4 gxh4 38. Nxh4 g5 39. Ng2 Qe5 40. Qc2 $4 $138 (40. e4 Qd6 41.
Re1 Rd2 42. Re2 Rd1+ 43. Ne1 Bd7 (43... Qf4 44. Kg2 Qc1 45. Kh3 $1 b5 46. Qe3
Qxe3 47. Rxe3 Rd2 48. a3 $18) 44. e5 Qe7 45. Qe3 $18) 40... Qd6 41. Ne1 (41.
Qc7 $4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ $19) (41. Qb2 Bd7 $1 $40 (41... Rd2 42. Qf6 Rxg2+ 43.
Kxg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qxc1 45. Qxg5+ $10)) 41... Rxe3 (41... Rd2 {Hansen,Cu} 42.
Qc7 Qb4 43. Nc2 $16) 42. Qf2 Qe5 (42... Re5 43. Ng2 $14) 43. Ng2 Re2 (43... Rd3
44. Re1 $14) 44. Re1 Rxf2 45. Rxe5 Rxf3 (45... Rxa2 $2 {Hansen,Cu} 46. Rxg5+
Kf8 47. Rb5 $14) 46. Ne3 (46. Rxg5+ Kf8 47. Rb5 Rg3 48. Kf2 Rxg4 49. Ne3 Rd4
$10) 46... Bd7 47. Rxg5+ Kf8 48. Nf5 Bxf5 49. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Rizouk, Aimen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 (6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf4 Nf6
14. f3 c5 15. g4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. Qd2 a6 18. Nce2 Re7 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. Ng2
Nd7 21. Rhg1 Ree8 22. Rdf1 Ngf8 23. Ne3 $40 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Campora,D/
Thessaloniki 1988/TD (36)}) 6... O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd3 h6
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O Qxc5 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Bf5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 g6 19. Bh3 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Ginsburg,G/Nikolaev 1993/CBM 35 (28)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Nf3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
Nxd7 dxc3 16. Nxf8 cxb2 17. Qxb2 Kxf8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qb3 {
1-0 Cvetkovski,S-Vujosevic,V/Niksic 1997/CBM 59 ext (20)}) 8... b6 9. Nge2 Bb7
10. f3 Re8 11. O-O c5 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bf2 b5 14. dxc5 (14. a3 c4 15. Bf5 g6 16.
Bh3 Bf8 $15) 14... Bxc5 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bf5 Rc7 (17... Bxd4 18. exd4
b4 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. dxe5 $18) 18. Qb2 (18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Rac1) 18... Qe7 19.
Rad1 (19. a3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxa3 (21... b4 $17)) 19... Ba3 20. Qa1
Nc6 21. Nc2 Bd6 22. f4 $5 (22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Ne5 24. Rd2 Bxf3 (24... Qg5
$5 $40) 25. Bg3 Bb7 26. Rfd1 $13) 22... g6 23. Bh4 Nb4 $2 (23... gxf5 $5 24.
Nxd5 (24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Bxf6 Qe4 26. Rf3 Qxc2 27. Rg3+ Kf8 28. Bh4 d4 $19) (24.
Ne2 d4 25. Ng3 Qe6 26. exd4 Ne7 $19) 24... Nxd5 25. Bxe7 Ncxe7 26. Qb2 $13 {
[%cal Gf1f3] with an unbalanced position in which the weakness of black king
should be a factor}) 24. Ne4 $1 dxe4 25. Bxf6 Rxc2 $2 (25... Qf8 26. Nxb4 Bxb4
27. Bd7 Ra8 28. f5 $36) 26. Bxe7 Bxe7 27. Bd7 Rf8 28. Qe5 $4 (28. Rc1 Rxa2 29.
Qd4 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gc1c7]}) 28... Bc5 $132 29. f5 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Nd3 31. Qe7
Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Bxf2 33. Be8 (33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Qxb7 e3 $19) 33... Bd5 $2 (33...
e3 34. Bxf7+ (34. f6 Bd5 $19) (34. Qxb7 Rxe8 $19) (34. fxg6 Bxg2+ $19) 34...
Rxf7 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. Qf4+ Kh5 38. h3 Rxf5 39. Qg4+ Kh6 $19) 34.
h4 Bg3 35. fxg6 hxg6 (35... fxg6 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Qg5 Bf7 38. Qxg3 $14) 36.
Qg5 e3 $2 $138 (36... Rxe8 37. Qxg3 (37. Qxd5 e3 $19) 37... e3 $19 {[%csl Gg2]}
) 37. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 $4 $138 (37... Bxf7 38. Qxg3 e2 39. Re1 Rxa2 40. h5 $15)
38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qxc2 Rf4 40. Qc3+ Kh7 41. Qxe3 Rxh4+ 42. Kg1 Bh2+ (42... Bh2+
43. Kf2 Rf4+ 44. Qxf4 Bxf4 45. Rxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Giorgadze,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. h3 {'!?' Giorgadze,T.} (10. O-O Nh5) 10... O-O 11. O-O
Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 b5 (14... Qa5 $5) 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne2 (16.
Ne5 $1 $14 {Georgadze,Ta}) 16... Rac8 17. Nc1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne2 Red8 20.
Nfd4 Nfe4 21. Nc3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qd3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qc6 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26.
Rxb5 Rxc3 27. Rdxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxa3 29. Bd6 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Kf8 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7
32. Ra5 a3 33. Kg3 Kd6 34. Ra7 Ke6 35. h4 g6 36. e4 h6 37. f4 a2 38. Ra6+ Kd7
39. h5 gxh5 40. e5 h4+ 41. Kg4 Ke7 42. f5 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-St Petersburg"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.03.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 (
7... Be7 8. Bd3 (8. Nf3 b6 (8... O-O $5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12.
Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Bd2 c4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Donner,J/NLD-ch m 1956 
(23)}) 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. e5 Be7
15. a4 Rc8 16. a5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxe5 $14 {1-0 Averbakh,
Y-Bannik,A/URS-ch28 1961 (38)}) 8... Qc7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Rd8 12.
e5 g6 13. Be3 c4 $6 14. Be4 b5 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. f4 $40 {1-0 Ruhrberg,
M-Eschenbrenner,W/Hessen qual 1990 (26)}) 8. cxd4 e5 $1 $146 (8... Nc6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bb2 Na5 16.
Rac1 Qd6 17. h4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. d5 $14 {Lipinsky,F-Kovacs,
A/TTIM Feb, Szeged HUN 1998/1-0 (52)}) (8... Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 $5 (10. Bc4
b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Rad1 $13 {
0-1 Hracek,Z-Van der Sterren,P/BL9596 1996 (38)}) (10. Be2 $6 b6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Qd3 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Sanchez,L/Saltsjobaden izt 1952 (23)})
10... Nc6 11. Bb2 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rd8 13. Qe2 (13. h4 $1 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rh3 (
15. Rd1 Bf8 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Kg1 Ne7 18. h5 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 $40 {1-0
Bareev,E-Hracek,Z/Pardubice 1994 (31)}) 15... Bc5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ng5 Ng6 18.
Qh5 $16 {1-0 Babula,V-Hausner,I/CZE-chT9495 1995 (32)}) 13... b6 14. Rd1 g6 15.
Kg1 Bf8 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. h4 Bb7 18. h5 Rac8 19. hxg6 Nxg6 $13 {0-1 Hoerstmann,
R-Homs,G/Computerij op 1997 (33)}) 9. d5 $5 (9. Nf3 $6 exd4 10. Bc4 Be7 $11) (
9. dxe5 Qa5+ $1 (9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 11. f4 Bc5 $44) 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Bd3
Bg4 $1 12. f3 Be6 $11) 9... Bd6 $5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yb8d7,Yd7c5] /\0-0,Nd7-c5}
10. Nf3 (10. Ne2 $6 O-O 11. Ng3 g6 $1 $15) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O $6 (
12. Be3 $1 Nc5 13. Nd2 (13. Bxc5 $2 Bxc5 14. Nxe5 Re8 15. Nd3 Bd4 $15) (13.
Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 $8 (15. Bxf8 $4 Bc3+ $19) 15... Re8 $15)
13... Bd7 14. a4 (14. Nc4 $2 Nxe4 {[%cal Gb7b5] /\b5}) 14... Rc8 $6 (14... Qa5
$6 15. O-O {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bxa4 $4 16. Bxc5 $18) (14... Qe8 $1 15. Nc4 $6 (15.
a5 $5) 15... Nxe4 16. Qb1 f5 17. f3 Nc3 18. Nxd6 Qg6 $1 $36) 15. O-O $14) 12...
Nc5 13. Bb2 Qe7 $11 (13... Nxe4 $6 14. Nxe5 Re8 15. Nf3 $1 $14 (15. Nc4 $6 Bc5
$13)) 14. Nd2 $2 (14. Qc2 $5 b6 (14... Bd7 $6 15. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 (
16... Ba4 $6 17. Qc3 Nxe4 18. Qd4 $14) 17. Qxc5 Qxe4 18. Bf3 $14) 15. a4 $5 $11
) 14... b5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb5c4,Gb5a4]} 15. Bc3 (15. Bxb5 $4 Rb8 {
[%cal Gb8b2]} 16. a4 a6 $19) (15. Qc2 $5) 15... Bd7 16. Rb1 Na4 17. Ba1 (17.
Bb4 $6 Bxb4 18. Rxb4 $8 Nc3 19. Qe1 a5 20. Rb3 Rfc8 21. Bc4 $1 b4 $15) 17... a6
18. Bg4 Rac8 (18... Bxg4 $2 19. Qxg4 Bxa3 $6 20. f4 $44 (20. Nf3 $5 {[%cal
Gf3h4,Gh4f5,Gf2f4,Ga1g7] /\Nh4-f5,f4})) 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rb3 $5 {[%csl Yb3]
[%cal Gb3g3,Gg3g7]} f6 21. Rg3 Rc5 $6 (21... Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Yb6][%cal Gb6c4]
} 22. Nf3 Nc4 23. Nh4 $15) 22. Nb3 $1 $11 Rc4 (22... Rc7 $2 23. Na5 $14 {
[%cal Ga5c6]}) 23. Nd2 (23. Re1 $6 Nc5 $1 24. Nd2 Ra4 $15) 23... Rc5 24. Nb3
Rc4 25. Nd2 Rc7 26. Nf3 $1 {/\Nh4-f5} Rc4 $1 $11 {[%csl Ga4,Re4][%cal Ga4c5] 
(27.Nd2=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 5. e3 ({Principled lines are
connected with e2-e4 (as Magnus twice successfully played in 2016 in the short
control games against Kramnik) or} 5. Nf3 {first.}) 5... c5 $1 6. Bd3 ({
A rare continuation, which was used by Geller sixty years ago but was not seen
often after that. More standard is} 6. Nf3 {transposing to Carlsen's own 2010
rapid game against Hammer.}) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 $5 {Indeed, there were
alternatives for Black here and on the previous move.} 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7
$1 10. Qg4 $5 {This is probably new.} Nf6 ({Also} 10... g6 {is playable.}) 11.
Qg3 $1 Qxg3 12. hxg3 {The world champion obtained a slightly better endgame.
Surely nothing special, but often he does not need much.} Bd6 13. Nf3 ({
Curious and probably deserving mention is} 13. Rh4 $5 {, preparing g3-g4. While
} e5 {can be met by} 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 {followed by 16.Kf1!. But
developing a knight, as Carlsen did, is very natural.}) 13... b6 {Black could
have tried to do without this move, developing the bishop to d7. But generally
there's nothing wrong with Hou Yifan's approach.} 14. a4 $1 Bb7 15. a5 Ke7 16.
Ke2 Ne4 17. Be1 $5 {Otherwise White can't preserve her bishop pair.} h6 18. c4
Nf6 $6 {I do not like this retreat, after which White activates easily.} ({
Instead,} 18... f5 $5 {looks OK, with decent counterchances for Black.}) 19.
Bc3 $1 Be4 {Also this is somewhat illogical. Now White quickly develops strong
pressure.} 20. Rhb1 Bxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Nd7 22. Nd2 $5 Rhd8 ({The alternative} 22...
f5 {has serious drawbacks because it weakens the e6-pawn.}) 23. Ne4 Bc7 24.
Bb4+ Ke8 {Black's position is passive and nearly critical. But, somewhat
strangely, it's also hard to offer something absolutely convincing for White.}
25. f4 ({Instead,} 25. Kc3 $5 f5 26. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 27. Nxd6+ Ke7 28. Nb5 {
also deserved attention, probably, and can be better than it looks.}) 25...
Rac8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7 {Essentially, White goes for a promising looking
exchange sacrifice.} ({He also could have played the quieter:} 27. Nc3 $5 Nc5+
({or} 27... Bb8 28. Ra8 Nc5+ 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb7 $1 {with the idea of} Rxd4+
31. Ke2 Rdd8 32. Nb5 g5 33. Na7 Bxa7 34. Raxa7 {, etc.}) 28. Ke3 Nd7 29. Re1 $1
Bb8 30. Kd3 {and Black is worse after} Nc5+ $5 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. d5 Kf8 {
as well as in other lines.}) 27... Nb8 $1 28. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 29. Nd6+ Kd7 30.
Nxf7 Rdc8 {White has more than enough for the sacrificed exchange, but is it
enough for a win? Possibly not.} 31. Ne5+ ({Or} 31. Bd6 $5 Ra7 (31... Rb7 $6
32. Be5 $1) 32. Rxb6 ({Black also should be able to survive the bizarre} 32. f5
$5 exf5 33. d5) 32... Ke8 33. Ne5 Nd7 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Bc5 $5 Re8 $1 {and
it's not clear how White can make progress.}) 31... Ke8 32. Bd6 Rb7 $1 33. c5
Nc6 $1 34. Rxb6 Rxb6 35. cxb6 {Further, Hou Yifan continued to defend a
not-so-simple ending well, until her fatal mistake on the 50th move,} Nd8 $5
36. Bc7 Ra8 37. Kc4 Nb7 ({Also possible was} 37... Ra2 $5 {where White should
avoid} 38. Kc5 ({other options:} 38. Kb5 $5) (38. g4 $5) 38... Ra5+ 39. Kd6 $4
{(well, Magnus would not play this even in bullet)} Rd5#) 38. Kb5 Ra2 39. g4
Ke7 $5 40. g3 $5 Nd6+ $1 41. Bxd6+ Kxd6 42. Nc4+ Kd7 43. Kc5 Rc2 $1 44. f5 exf5
45. gxf5 Rf2 46. Nd6 $1 ({After} 46. g4 {,} h5 $1 47. gxh5 Rxf5+ 48. Ne5+ Kc8
49. Kc6 Rf6+ {is an easy draw for Black.}) 46... Rg2 ({She could have tried} 
46... h5 $5 {(not allowing White to connect his g- and f-pawns), which seems
to be an easier way to the desired result for Black.}) 47. Ne4 Rb2 48. g4 $1
Rb1 49. Nd2 $1 Rh1 $5 50. d5 h5 $2 {It was necessary to abstain from this
advance.} ({The waiting strategy was correct. For example,} 50... Rc1+ 51. Nc4
Rb1 $5 52. Ne5+ Ke7 ({but not} 52... Kd8 $2 53. Kc6 $1 $18 {and after} Rc1+ {
White has} 54. Kd6) 53. d6+ Kd8 54. Kc6 Rc1+ {and if} 55. Kd5 Rb1 $1 {. But
it's difficult to understand that Black can save a game by playing like this.})
51. d6 $1 $18 {Now it's over.} Kc8 ({Or} 51... hxg4 52. b7 Rh8 53. Nc4 $1 Rb8
54. Ne5+ $1 Ke8 ({if} 54... Kd8 55. Nc6+) 55. Kc6 g3 56. Kc7 Rxb7+ 57. Kxb7 g2
58. Kc7 g1=Q 59. d7+ Ke7 60. d8=Q#) 52. gxh5 Rxh5 53. Kc6 {The black rook is
misplaced.} Kb8 54. Ne4 Rxf5 55. Nc5 {One may feel sorry for the Chinese star
who made so many strong moves but still lost this game.} 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 9899 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough"]
[BlackTeam "BIG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Bd3 $5 {TN} (8. Be5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 g6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 Ng7 13. Qf3
f6 14. Ng4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 f5 $15 {0-1 Belov,I-Margolin,B/it b VIII Voskresensk
RUS 1993 (55)}) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 Qe7+ $6 (9... Bd6 10. Ne5 O-O (10... Qb6 11.
Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O $36) 11. O-O Nf6 $13) 10. Kf1 $1 Nb6 (10... Qf6 11. Qe2+ Be7
12. Re1 $36) 11. Qd2 Qf6 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. h4 $1 {[/\ 14.g3, 15.Kg2]} Bd6 14. g3
Bd7 15. Kg2 (15. Qc2 $5) 15... Kc7 16. Qc2 Raf8 (16... a6 17. a4 $36) 17. Nb5+
Kb8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 $14 Be8 20. b3 $1 {[/\21.Re3, 22.Rhe1]} (20. Re3 $6
f6 21. Nf3 Nc4 $5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Bf7 $44) 20... Nc8 21. Re3 f6 22. Nf3
g6 23. Rhe1 Bf7 24. f5 Rhg8 25. Qc5 $1 Re8 $6 (25... Qxc5 26. dxc5 b6 27. b4 a5
28. a3 $16) (25... b6 26. Qc1 $1 $14) 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 {[#]} 28. Qc1
$3 $16 {[/\29.Qh6]} gxf5 (28... Qf8 29. Qf4+ Nd6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Ne5 $16) 29.
Qh6 (29. Bxf5 Bg6 $13) 29... Bd7 30. Qxh7 f4 $5 31. gxf4 $138 (31. h5 fxg3 32.
h6 gxf2 33. Qg8 f1=Q+ 34. Bxf1 $16) 31... Ne7 32. Kg3 (32. h5 Qxf4 33. Qxe7
Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qxf3 35. Qxd7 Qxd3+ 36. Kg2 $18) 32... Qe6 33. f5 Qd6+ (33...
Nxf5+ 34. Qxf5 Qxf5 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Nh2 $1 Kc7 37. Ng4 $18) 34. Kg4 $16 c5
35. dxc5 Qxc5 36. Qh8+ Nc8 37. Qxf6 Qxf2 38. Qe5+ Ka8 39. h5 d4 40. Qe2 $18 (
40. Qxd4 Qg2+ 41. Kf4 Bc6 42. Be4 $18) 40... Bxf5+ 41. Kxf5 Qg3 42. h6 Qh3+ 43.
Kg6 Qg4+ 44. Ng5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "La Caja de Canarias"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd6 (12... d4 $5) 13. Nh5 (
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qh4 Ne5 18. h3 h6 19.
Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb6 22. Qe2 d4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4 25.
Rd1 Qf4 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Touzane,O-Shchekachev,A/Montpellier
2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) 13... Nxh5 {TN} (13... Be7 {-Kasparov,G-Yusupov,A Linares
1993}) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qh4 a6 $5 (16... Qe5 17. Bb5 $5 {/\} d4
18. Ne4 Qxb5 19. Rc5 Qxb2 $2 (19... Qe2 {Fritz} 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kg8 (
21... Qxh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 $11) 22. Qf6 Qxh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 $11) 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21.
Nh5+ $18 {Kasparov,G}) 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Qe5 (18... d4 19. Bf3 d3 20. Rd2
$14) 19. Bf3 $14 Kg7 20. Na4 $5 Rab8 21. b3 Qf6 $5 22. Qg3 $5 (22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {
(/\23...Ke5)} 23. Nc5 Ne5 24. Be2 a5 $11) 22... Ne5 (22... Qe5 23. Nc5 Qxg3 24.
hxg3 Ne5 25. b4 $5 $14) 23. Be2 Rbc8 24. Nc5 $16 b6 (24... Rb8 25. f4 Nd7 (
25... Nc6 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxc6 $18) 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 (26... Rxd7 27. f5 $18))
25. Nxa6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bf5 27. Qf4 $2 $138 (27. Nc7 {(/\Nc7-b5-d4)} Rc8 (27...
d4 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Ne8+) 28. Ba6 Rd8 29. Bf1 $18) 27... d4 $1 28. exd4 Nd3 $2
(28... Rxd4 29. Qe3 Re4 30. Qd2 Rd4 $132) 29. Bxd3 Rxd4 30. Qc7 $6 (30. Nc7 $1
Rxf4 31. Ne8+ Kf8 (31... Kh6 32. Nxf6 Bxd3 33. Nd5 $18) 32. Nxf6 Bxd3 33. Nd7+
Ke7 34. Nxb6) 30... Bxd3 31. Nb8 Bb5 32. a4 Rd2 $132 33. Qg3 Rd3 (33... Rc2 34.
Re1 Rc3 35. Qg4 Rc2 $132) 34. Qg4 $5 Rd2 $4 $138 35. axb5 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 $18 Rb2
37. Qh3 Rc2 38. Rg1 Qd2 39. Qg3 Rc5 40. Nc6 Rxb5 41. b4 Rg5 42. Qf3 Rf5 43. Qe4
h5 44. h3 Rf4 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Qb8 Qf2 47. Ne7 Re4 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Qh8+ Kg5
50. Qd8 Re1 51. Nc6+ (51. Ng8+ f6 52. Qd5+ Re5 $18) 51... Kh6 52. Rxe1 Qxe1+
53. Kh2 Qf2 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qe5+ Kh6 56. Ne7 f6 57. Qe4 f5 58. Qe5 Qd2 59. Qg3
g5 60. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 (10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. g4
h5 14. g5 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Be7 $10 {Lerner,K-Ree,H/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) (10. g3
Nd7 11. Bh3 Nb6 12. Nf3 Nc4 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Nh4 a5 15. Bf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd6
$10 {Tal,M-Spassky,B/Sochi/1973/}) (10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Nge2 Kd7 13. e4
$6 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Re8 $15 {Timman,J-Short,N/El Escorial/1993/}) (10. Rc1 Nd7 11.
Kd2 Bb4 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. b3 a5 $10 {Cander,M-Kovacevic,P/Bled op/1992/}) (10.
Nge2 Bd6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Bh5 Be6 $10 {Sakharov-Karpov,
A/Moskva/1966/}) (10. h4 h5 11. g3 Bd6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. O-O-O Nc4
15. Rde1 Kd8 16. Nf4 $14 {Drasko,M-Pedersen,H/Copenhagen op/1989/}) (10. Nf3
Nd7 11. Nh4 (11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nd2 Kd7 13. h4 h5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Kc7 $15 {
Dao,T-Nielsen,PH/Budapest/1993/}) 11... Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4
15. gxh4 Ke7 $10 {Van der Sterren,P-Piket,J/Amsterdam/1988/}) 10... Nd7 11. h4
(11. Bd3 a5 12. Nge2 (12. Nf3 Nb6 13. b3 Kd7 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Short,N/Linares/
1992/}) 12... b5 13. f4 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 Rg8 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. b3 $13 {Southam,
T-Shirazi,K/New York op/1992/}) 11... Nb6 (11... h5 12. Bd3 $14) (11... O-O-O
12. h5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 Rg8 15. g3 f5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nf4
Ne4 19. Rh2 Bh6 $10 {Dittmar,P-Schmidt,G/2.BLS/1991/}) 12. h5 Bf5 13. b3 {פb6}
(13. Bd3 $6 Nc4+ 14. Bxc4 dxc4 $15) 13... Rg8 (13... Nc8 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Nge2
Nd6 $13) 14. g3 (14. Nge2 $6 Bd6 {ץf1}) 14... Ba3 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 Bb2 $1
(16... a5 $6 17. Nge2 a4 18. Rhb1 $16) 17. Re1 Bxc3 18. Kxc3 Nc8 $10 19. Ne2
Nd6 {><f5} 20. f3 {><e4} (20. Kd3 $5 Ne4 21. Rh2 {/\Nc3}) 20... Kd7 21. Kd3 {
/\e3-e4} (21. g4 f5 $15) 21... f5 {קf5/קg3,קh5} 22. Rh3 Nb5 {/\Nc7-e6, ><f4,
><g5} 23. Nf4 a5 24. a4 (24. Rg1 $6 a4 25. b4 a3 $15) 24... Nc7 {/\Rab8+b7-b5,
><g3,צh3} 25. Ke2 {/\Kf2 + Rhh1} Ne6 (25... Rab8 26. Nd3 $1) 26. Nd3 $6 {
/\Ne5+} (26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rg1 {/\g3-g4=}) 26... f6 27. Kf2 b6 (27... Rab8 28.
Rc1 b5 29. Rc3 $14 {/\Rhh1 + Rhc1}) 28. h6 {/\Rh5, ><f5} c5 $15 29. Rh5 (29.
dxc5 $2 bxc5 {/\Rab8 ><b3}) 29... Rg5 (29... cxd4 30. Rxf5 $16) 30. Rxg5 (30.
Reh1 {/\f3-f4} cxd4 $17) 30... fxg5 31. dxc5 (31. Rc1 Rc8 (31... cxd4 $6 32.
Ne5+ Kd6 33. exd4 Nxd4 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Nxg5 $14) 32. Rc2 $15 (32. g4 $6 cxd4
33. Rxc8 dxe3+ 34. Ke2 (34. Kxe3 f4+ $17) 34... Kxc8 35. gxf5 Nd4+ $17)) 31...
bxc5 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rf8+ 34. Kg2 (34. Ke3 d4+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kd2 Kd6 $17 {
/\Rf3}) 35... Rb8 $17) 34... dxe4 (34... d4 $6 35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Nc4 g4 (36...
Rb8 37. Nxa5 $16 {/\Rf1}) 37. Nxa5 Rf3 38. Rf1 Ng5 39. Rxf3 gxf3+ 40. Kf2 $16)
35. Rxe4 {/\Ne5-c4} Kd6 36. Nb2 Kd5 37. Re3 Rf6 {קh6,קb3 / קa5} (37... Nd4
38. Re7 $16) 38. Nc4 Rxh6 (38... Nd4 $6 39. Re5+ Kc6 40. Nxa5+) 39. Nxa5 Nd4
$17 {פa5} 40. Re7 Ra6 41. Nc4 Nxb3 $17 42. Ne3+ Kd4 43. Nf5+ Kd3 44. Rxh7 Rxa4
45. Rd7+ Nd4 46. Kh3 {/\Kg4xg5} Ke4 47. Nd6+ Ke5 {/\48..Ke6 49.Rd8 Nc6 -+} 48.
Nf7+ Ke6 49. Rb7 Nf3 {/\g5-g4+} (49... Kf6 {/\Nf5 + g5-g4} 50. Nd6 g4+ 51. Kh4
Nf5+ (51... Nf3+ 52. Kh5 Ne5 {/\Rh1} 53. Rb6 $132) 52. Nxf5 Kxf5 53. Rf7+ Ke6
54. Rg7 $10) 50. g4 Ra3 $6 (50... Rd4 $1 {פf7} 51. Kg3 (51. Kg2 $2 Rxg4+ 52.
Kxf3 Rf4+ 53. Ke3 Rxf7 $19) (51. Nh6 Rd3 52. Kg2 c4 $17) (51. Rc7 Rd7 $1 $8 52.
Rxd7 Kxd7 53. Kg3 Ke7 54. Nh6 Nd4 $19) 51... Rd3 (51... c4 52. Kxf3 Rf4+ 53.
Ke3 Rxf7 54. Rb6+ (54. Rxf7 $4 Kxf7 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Kxc4 Ke5 $19) 54... Kd5 55.
Rb5+ $10) 52. Nd8+ (52. Kf2 c4 53. Nh6 (53. Nd8+ Rxd8 54. Kxf3 Rc8 55. Ke2 (55.
Rb6+ Kd5 56. Rg6 (56. Rb5+ Rc5) 56... c3 57. Rxg5+ Kd4 $19) (55. Ke4 c3 56.
Rb6+ Kd7 57. Rb7+ Rc7 58. Rb1 (58. Rxc7+ Kxc7 59. Kd3 Kd6 60. Kxc3 Ke5 $19)
58... c2 59. Rc1 Ke6 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Ke4 Rc4+ 62. Kd3 Kd5 $19) 55... c3 56. Kd1
Rc4 $19) 53... Nd4 $19) 52... Rxd8 $5 (52... Ke5 $17) 53. Kxf3 Rd3+ $1 (53...
c4 54. Rc7 Rd4 55. Rc5 $10) (53... Rc8 54. Rb6+ $1 (54. Ke3 c4 55. Kd2 c3+ 56.
Kc2 Rc4 $19) 54... Kf7 (54... Ke5 55. Rg6 c4 56. Rxg5+ Kd4 57. Ke2 $10) 55.
Rb7+ Kg8 56. Ke4 c4 57. Rb5 $10) (53... Rf8+ 54. Kg3 (54. Ke3 Rf4 $19) 54...
Rc8 55. Rb6+ Ke5 56. Rg6 c4 57. Rxg5+ Kd4 58. Rg7 c3 59. Rd7+ Kc4 60. Rd1 c2
61. Rc1 Kd3 62. Kf4 Kd2 63. Ra1 c1=Q 64. Rxc1 Rxc1 65. g5 $10) 54. Kf2 (54. Ke2
$2 Rg3 $19) 54... Ke5 55. Rf7 (55. Rb5 Kd4 (55... Rd5 56. Ke3 c4 57. Rb8 Rd3+
58. Ke2 (58. Kf2 Rd4 59. Kg3 Ke4 $19) 58... Rd4 59. Kf3 Rf4+ 60. Kg3 c3 $19)
56. Ra5 Rd2+ 57. Kf3 c4 58. Rxg5 c3 59. Rg8 c2 60. Rd8+ Kc3 61. Rc8+ Kb2 62.
Rb8+ $10) 55... Ke4 56. Ke2 (56. Rf5 Rd5) 56... Rd5 57. Rf8 c4 58. Rc8 Rd4 $1 {
/\Kf4} (58... Kd4 59. Kd2 $10) 59. Rf8 c3 60. Re8+ (60. Rc8 Rd2+ 61. Ke1 Kd3
$19) 60... Kf4 61. Rc8 Kxg4 (61... Rd2+ 62. Ke1 Rd3 63. Ke2 Rh3 (63... Re3+ 64.
Kf2) 64. Rc4+ Kg3 65. Rxc3+ Kxg4 66. Rc5 $10) 62. Rxc3 Rf4 63. Rc1 Kh3 $19) 51.
Kg2 Nh4+ (51... Rd3 52. Nd8+ Rxd8 53. Kxf3 Rd4 54. Rg7 Kf6 55. Rc7 $10) 52. Kh2
Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Kd5 54. Rc7 c4 55. Kf2 $22 Nd4 56. Rd7+ Kc5 57. Nxg5 $10 c3 58.
Ne4+ Kc4 59. Rc7+ Kd3 60. Rxc3+ Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 {This is a normal
move in the exchange-variantion of the Queens Gambit. However in this exact
position it is not so logical. Black did not have the possibility to play
Bc8-f5 so Bf4/Bg5 seemed more natural.} Nb6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bh5 9. e3 Bg6 10.
Qb3 c6 {Black has developed the white-squared bishop and has keept control
over the vital centersquares.} 11. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5,Rb3b7] /\a4-a5 + Qb3xb7.
The only chance to create problems for black} a5 {[%csl Rb4] >< b4} 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rf4,Rf5] White has succeded in weakening black
kingside-formation. The doubled f-pawn is not too important, but if white can
occupy square f5 with a piece he will be clearly better.} Rb8 14. Be2 Bd6 15.
O-O Nc4 {[%cal Rc4d2] /\Nc4-d2} 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 $5) 16... Qb6 17. Qa2 Qc7
18. b3 Nb6 (18... Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Nb6 20. g3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 22. Bf1 $16) 19.
g3 O-O 20. Bf3 Qe7 21. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2f4]} Na8 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ya8c7,Yc7e6] /
\Sa8-c7-e6 ><f4} 22. Nef4 Nc7 23. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Ra8 24. Ng2 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Rg2h4,Rh4f5] /\Ng2-h4 ><f5} Ne6 25. Nh4 Ng5 26. Bg2 Rfe8 27. Qe2 Ra6 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ra6b6,Rb6b3] Black would like to create some counterplay on
the queenside. Either by Ta6-b6 or maybe even b5-b5} 28. f4 $6 {[%csl Re3,Re4]
A very double-edged move. White had a perfectly sound and slightly better
position. With the textmove he wants to take vital squares avay from blacks
minor-pieces. But e3 becomes weak and so does squares e4.} Ne6 {[%cal Re6d4] /
\Ne6xd4} 29. Qd2 Ng7 $1 $132 {Black has found a very good squares for his
knight. The threat f4-f5 is neutralised, and white no longer has the good
squares f4 for his pieces. On the contrary: blacks now controls e4.} 30. Re1
Bb4 31. Nxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Rac1 Ra5 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 {
The position is dynamically equal. Whites pawnstructure is better, but black
has the slightly better piece-play} 36. Bf3 Kf8 37. g4 Be4 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39.
Ke2 Ke7 {[%cal Ye7d6,Yb7b6,Yc6c5]} 40. Rg1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yg1g3,Yg3h3,Yh3h6]
Both players have a clear plan. Black wants to make use of his
queenside-majority by playing Ke7-d6, b7-b6 and c6-c5. White wants to attack
blacks weak h-pawn with Rg1-g3-h3} Kd6 41. Rg3 Ra8 42. Rh3 Rae8 {[%cal Re4f4,
Re4d4] /\Rxf4/Rxd4} 43. Kd2 b6 44. Re1 c5 45. dxc5+ bxc5 46. Rxh7 c4 47. bxc4 (
47. Rxf7 c3+ 48. Kd3 d4 $132) 47... dxc4 48. Rxf7 Kc5 49. g5 (49. Rxf6 b3 {
[%cal Yc5b4,Yc4c3] /\Kb4 + c4-c3}) 49... Rd8+ 50. Ke2 fxg5 51. fxg5 b3 52. Rb7
Rh4 $15 {Blacks is the one playing for the win even though he is two  pawns
down. His connected passed-pawns are far more dangerous than whites split
pawns.} 53. Rb5+ $1 {Blacks king most be forced back so that it cannot support
the pawns.} Kc6 54. g6 Rxh2+ 55. Kf3 Rf8+ 56. Ke4 b2 57. g7 Rg8 58. Rg1 Rh4+
59. Ke5 c3 60. Rb3 Rc4 61. Kf6 c2 62. Rxb2 c1=Q 63. Rxc1 Rxc1 64. Rg2 (64. Kf7
Ra8 65. Rf2 (65. g8=Q $2 Rf1+ $19) 65... Rg1 {[%cal Ra8a7] /\Ra7+}) 64... Kd5
65. Kf7 Rcc8 66. Kg6 Ke4 67. Kh7 Kxe3 68. a5 Ra8 69. a6 Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd2 $5 {A rare move.} (10. Qc2) (10. O-O) (10. g4 {
are the main moves}) 10... Nb6 (10... g6 11. f3 Ndf6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. g4 Ng7
14. h4 (14. g5 Nd7 15. e4 {0-1 (62) Obsivac,J (2335)-Modr,B (2350) Czechia 1995
}) 14... h5 15. g5 Nd7 16. e4 $14 {1-0 (63) Wehmeier,S (2394)-Kalka,A (2407)
Germany 2006}) 11. f3 g6 (11... O-O 12. O-O {is better for White, because
e3-e4 will come and White is very strong in the centre.}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1
(13. e4 Be6 14. Rae1 {transposes.}) 13... Be6 14. e4 dxe4 (14... Ng7 {is a
better chance, it's hard to find any convincing move for White.}) 15. fxe4 Rad8
16. b3 $146 (16. h3 $1 {was the exact move to avoid ...Bg4:} Nc4 17. Qc1 Qb4
18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb1 $36 {1/2 (55) Gutman,L (2530)-Andersson,U (2600) Wijk aan
Zee 1987}) 16... Bg4 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Bb1 Rd7 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Ng7 $132)
17... f6 $6 (17... f5 $1 $132) 18. a4 $1 (18. Nf4 $5 Qb4 $13) 18... Qb4 19. Bc2
Bxe2 $6 (19... Rfe8 $13 {was better, keeping the tension.}) 20. Nxe2 Ng7 21.
Rd1 $14 Qe7 $6 (21... f5 22. a5 Qxa5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qg5 $36) 22. Qc3 $1 $36
{White has a serious advantage.} a6 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Qf7 25. Rd3 $1 {
With the plan of Qh6 and Rh3.} Nc8 (25... g5 26. Ne2 $16) 26. b4 $1 g5 27. Bb3
Qe8 28. Qh6 $1 (28. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 29. Bxe6 $16) 28... Qxe4 29. Rh3 $18 Ne7 (29...
gxf4) 30. Bc2 Qxc2 31. Nd3 Kg8 32. Qxh7+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Qxc2 fxe5 35.
Rh6+ Kd7 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. dxe5 Ne6 38. Rf6 Re8 39. Qh7 1-0

[Event "CHN-ch"]
[Site "Xinghua"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Wang, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 {In this position, White has two different
plans. The first is the h4 plan, where he wants to play h5 and Nge2. The
second is Nf3-h4.} (10. h4 {is the other line} h5 (10... Nd7 11. h5 Bf5 12.
Nge2 h6 (12... Bd6 13. f4 h6 14. Ng3 Bh7 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. a3 Kd7 17. Kf2 f5 18.
Bd3 Ke6 19. Rc1 a5 20. Nf1 a4 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bc2 b5 $13 {1/2 (51) Nakamura,H 
(2787)-Naiditsch,A (2709) Tromso 2014}) 13. Nf4 a5 14. f3 Bd6 15. Kf2 a4 16. a3
Nb6 17. Rc1 Ke7 18. Be2 Ra5 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. Bd3 f5 21. g3 Kd8 22. Nce2 {
1/2 (22) Vitiugov,N (2738)-Ponomariov,R (2711) Czechia 2015}) 11. Kd2 Nd7 12.
Bd3 Bd6 13. Nge2 Kf8 14. g3 Bxd3 15. Kxd3 f5 16. Nf4 Nf6 $11 {1/2 (31)
Naroditsky,D (2633)-Hammer,J (2651) Reykjavik 2015}) 10... Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12.
g3 Nb6 13. f4 (13. O-O-O {was played by Ding Liren} Nc8 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Kc2 Kd7
16. f3 Bxd3+ 17. Kxd3 f5 18. Ng2 h5 $13 {1/2 (41) Ding,L (2730)-Kramnik,V 
(2760) Moscow 2014}) (13. Bh3 {intended to prevent ...f5} Nc4 14. O-O-O a5 15.
Bf5 a4 16. g4 Rg8 17. h3 b5 18. Ne2 $13 {1/2 (59) Navara,D (2656)-Short,N 
(2683) Prague 2007}) 13... f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ke7 {Basically nothing new
has happened in the game so far, but White improves on an old game in this
position and plays for the minority attack immediately.} 16. b4 $146 (16. Ne2
Ke6 17. Ng3 h6 18. b4 a6 19. Kd2 Nc8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rhc1 Rhg8 $13 {
1/2 (62) Van der Sterren,P (2475)-Piket,J (2495) Amsterdam 1988}) 16... a6 {
It is usually good to prevent b5 and make White lose a tempo to play for b5
with a4.} 17. Kf2 Nc8 {A good strategic move, the knight has a very good place
on d6, from where it controls c4, b5, e4 squares and protects the f5-pawn.} 18.
a4 (18. Na4 {is another to first put the N to c5} Nd6 19. Nc5 {, but it will
be more difficult to get b5.}) 18... Nd6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 f6 (20... Bh5 {
is also possible, it being natural to move the B to a more active place.}) 21.
Rhb1 Rhb8 {Both players have their pieces in their best positions, so now
White should find a plan.} 22. Ra4 Rxa4 (22... Be8 {is also possible, pushing
the b5-pawn.}) 23. Nxa4 Ra8 (23... cxb5 {is also possible, despite the fact,
that it weakens the structure; on the other hand it makes a passed b-pawn.} 24.
Nc3 Bf7 25. Nxb5 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 fxe4 $11 {This hard-to evaluate position is
equal according to the computer.} 27. Nc7 b6 28. Na6 Rb7 29. Nc5 {.}) 24. bxc6
bxc6 25. Rb4 Be8 (25... Bh5 {also makes sense, as the bishop can be useful if
the rook manages to get into White's position.}) 26. Kg3 Ra7 27. Nc5 Ra3 {
This seems to be just a simple draw and it is true, that it is difficult to
make progress. White should try exchanging the Rs, as Black's R is worth more,
because it is more active.} 28. Ra4 Rxa4 29. Nxa4 Bd7 30. Kf2 Nb7 31. Ba6 Nd6
32. Ke1 Bc8 33. Bd3 Nf7 34. Kd2 Nh6 35. h3 Kd6 36. Kc3 Ng8 (36... Nf7 {
followed by Kc7 is also possible from where it protects the c6-pawn} 37. Kb4
Kc7 $11) 37. Kb4 Ne7 {The N on e7 is protecting the pawns very well, but it
might be passive here, as we can see, that it can't move.} 38. h5 h6 39. Ka5 (
39. Nc5 {manages to win a pawn, but that is not going to be enough to win} Bd7
40. Nxd7 Kxd7 41. Kc5 Kc7 42. Bc2 Nc8 43. Bxf5 Nd6 44. Bd3 Nb7+ 45. Kb4 Nd6 $1
{just in time to prevent e4. It just equalises, because whenever the K goes to
c5, it can give check on b7 and then go back to d6.}) 39... Kc7 40. Nc5 Ng8 41.
Nb3 Ne7 42. Nd2 Bd7 43. Nb3 Be8 44. Be2 Nc8 45. Nc5 Bf7 46. Na6+ Kb7 47. Nc5+
Kc7 48. Na6+ Kb7 49. Kb4 Nd6 50. Nc5+ Kc7 51. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nb6 8.
e3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. h3 Bg6 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Be2 Bd6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. b3 Nd5 20. bxa4 g5 21. Bc4
g6 22. Rb1 Rh7 23. Qb3 f4 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Rb5 Rxa4 27. Rxd5
Rxa3 28. O-O fxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxg5 Rd3 31. Rxg6 Rxd4 32. Rg8+ $16 {
The connected pawns give white the advantage.} Kd7 33. Rb1 Kc7 34. Re8 Rg7 (
34... Rhd7 $5 35. Kf2 (35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Re7+ R8d7 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. g4 $13 {
Analyse!}) (35. Re1 b5 36. R1xe4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Kc6 $132) 35... Rd2+ $10) 35.
Rb2 b5 36. Kf2 Rc4 $2 (36... b4 $1 37. Ke3 (37. g4 Rh7 38. Rb3 Rd2+ $132) 37...
Rd3+ 38. Kxe4 Rdg3 39. Rxb4 Rxg2 $14) 37. Re5 b4 38. Rb5 e3+ 39. Kxe3 Re7+ 40.
Kd3 Ree4 41. Rc5+ Rxc5 42. Kxe4 Rb5 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. Kc4 Rg5 45. g4 Re5 46. Rb3
(46. Rxb4 Re4+ 47. Kb5 Re5+ 48. Kb6 Re3 49. h4 $18) 46... Re4+ 47. Kb5 Ke5 48.
Kc5 Re2 49. Rxb4 $18 {White demonstates a good winning technic.} Rh2 50. Rb3
Rc2+ 51. Kb4 Kf4 52. Rc3 Rb2+ 53. Kc4 Kg5 54. Rb3 Rc2+ 55. Kd3 Rc5 56. Rb8 Ra5
57. Rg8+ Kh4 58. Rh8+ Kg3 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Rh5 Rb4+ 61. Ke5 Rb5+ 62. Kd6 Rb6+
63. Kc7 Rg6 (63... Rb1 64. g5 $18) 64. Kd7 Ra6 65. Rh8 Kf4 66. Ke7 Kg5 67. Rh5+
Kg6 68. Rd5 Ra7+ 69. Ke6 Rh7 70. Rd3 Kg5 71. Rf3 Rh6+ (71... Kh4 72. Kf6 Rh6+
73. Kg7 Rg6+ 74. Kf7 Ra6 75. Rf6 Ra7+ 76. Kg6 Kxh3 77. g5 Kg4 78. Kh6 $18) 72.
Kf7 Rh7+ 73. Kg8 Rh6 74. Kg7 Rg6+ 75. Kf7 Kh4 76. Rf6 1-0

[Event "GRE-ch 48th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 g6 12. Qc2 Ng7 13. O-O-O Bf5 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Ng4 19. Rd2 Re7 20. Qa4 Qf6
21. g3 Nd6 22. Nf4 a5 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Re2 Qd6 25. Ka1 Rae8 26. Rhe1 b5 27. Qd3
a4 28. e4 a3 29. b3 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Qb4 31. f3 Nf2 32. Qc3 Qxc3+ 33. Nxc3 Rxe2
34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Nfxe2 {[#] "Ohne König kann man kein Endspiel führen" Weiß
kann aufgrund seines Raumnachteils und der zahlreichen Bauernschwächen den
König nicht aktivieren, während Schwarz langsam aber sicher seinen König
besser stellt und am Königsflügel Fortschritte macht.} Ne3 36. Kb1 Nd3 37. Ne4
(37. Nc1 Ne1 38. f4 Kg7 $19 {[%cal Yg7f6,Yf6f5,Yf5g4]}) 37... Kf8 38. Nc5 Nb4
39. Nf4 Nf5 40. Ne2 Ke7 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. Nf4 Nf5 43. Ne2 f6 44. Nf2 Kf7 45. Ne4
Ne3 46. Nf4 f5 47. Nc3 (47. Ng5+ $5 Kf6 48. Ne2 Nf1 49. Nh7+ Ke7 50. Ng5 Kd6
$17 {[#] mit für Schwarz günstigen Verwicklungen wie z.B.} 51. Nf7+ Kd5 52. Ne5
c5 53. Nxg6 cxd4 54. Ngf4+ Ke5 55. Nxh5 d3 56. Nc3 d2 57. Nd1 Kd4 $19 {[%cal
Rf1e3]}) 47... Nf1 48. Kc1 Nxg3 49. Kd2 Kf6 50. Nh3 f4 $1 51. Nxf4 Nf5 52. d5
cxd5 53. Nxb5 Nxh4 54. Ke2 Nxa2 55. Nxa3 Nc1+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Ne2 Nf5+ 58. Kf2
Nxe2 59. Kxe2 Nd4+ 60. Ke3 Nxb3 61. Nc2 d4+ 62. Kd3 h4 63. Ne1 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 Bd6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Nf4 a5 13. h4 a4 14. h5 Bf5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 f5 17. Ke2 Rg8 18. b3 axb3 19. Rhb1 Nf6 20. Rxb3 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nc5 b5 23. a4 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Ke7 25. Rba3 Rgb8 26. axb5 Rxa3 27.
Rxa3 {T-T Motive: 1 schwarzer Mehrbauer wird durch aktiven wT (und später auch
aktivem wK) kompensiert} Rxb5 28. Ra8 Kf6 29. Rg8 Rxc5 30. g4 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rc1+
32. Kg2 c5 33. g5+ Kf5 34. Rg7 c4 35. Rxf7+ Kxg5 36. Rxh7 Rd1 37. h6 Kh5 38.
Rh8 Kg6 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Kg3 c3 41. Rc8 c2 42. Rc6+ Kh7 43. Kf4 Rxf2+ 44. Kg5
Rg2+ 45. Kh5 Rh2+ 46. Kg5 Kg8 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. h7 Rxh7 49. Rxc2 Rh3 50. Rd2 Ke7
51. Rxd5 Ke6 52. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Rab1 a5 14. a4 Nf8
15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bf2 Qe7 18. Rbe1 Rad8 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. Bxg3 Nh5 21.
Bh2 Qh4 22. Ne2 Rd7 23. g4 Nf6 24. Kg2 Nh7 25. Nf4 Nxf4+ 26. Bxf4 Nf8 27. Bg3
Qd8 28. Re2 Ne6 29. Rb1 Qb6 30. Rc2 Nc7 31. Bf4 Na6 32. Rd2 Rde7 33. h4 Nb4 34.
Qc3 Re6 35. b3 Qd8 36. h5 b6 37. Rg1 Qe7 38. Kf2 f6 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Qb2 c5 41.
Qb1 Rec6 42. Qf5 Qe6 43. Qxe6+ Rxe6 44. dxc5 bxc5 45. e4 dxe4 46. Re1 c4 47.
bxc4 Rxc4 48. Rxe4 Rcxe4 49. fxe4 {[#] Schwache weiße Bauern und weniger
Springer; Endspieltaktik.} Rxe4 50. Kf3 Rc4 51. Rd8+ Kh7 52. Rd7 Nc6 53. Rd6
Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Nc2+ 55. Kf3 Rxa4 56. Bd2 Nd4+ 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Nf3 59. Bf4 a4
60. Rd7 Rb3 61. Bd6 a3 62. Bf8 (62. Ra7 Ne5 63. Bf8 Nxg4+ 64. Ke2 Kg8 65. Bxg7
(65. Rxg7+ Kxf8 66. Rxg4 a2 67. Ra4 Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h1]}) (65. Ra8 Rh3 66.
Bxa3+ Kh7 67. Ra5 Ne5 $19) 65... a2 $19) 62... Kg8 63. Rd8 (63. Bxg7 Ne5 $19 {
[%csl Rd7,Rg4,Rg7]}) 63... Kf7 64. Ra8 Ne5 65. Bxa3 Nxg4+ 66. Kg2 f5 67. Ra7+
Kg8 68. Be7 f4 69. Bh4 f3+ 70. Kg3 f2+ 71. Kg2 Rb1 72. Bxf2 Nxf2 73. Kxf2 Rb5
74. Kg3 Rxh5 75. Kg4 Rg5+ 76. Kh4 Re5 77. Rb7 Kf8 78. Ra7 Re7 79. Ra6 Kf7 80.
Rb6 Re6 81. Rb7+ Kf6 82. Rb4 g6 83. Ra4 Kf5 84. Ra5+ Re5 85. Ra8 Re4+ 86. Kg3
Re3+ 87. Kf2 Rd3 88. Ra5+ Kg4 89. Ra4+ Kh5 90. Kg2 g5 91. Rc4 g4 92. Rc6 Kg5
93. Ra6 h5 94. Ra5+ Kh4 95. Ra2 Rd5 96. Rc2 Kg5 97. Ra2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Qa5 8.
e3 Bb4 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Nc3 g6 15.
Bh3 Nb6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nd2 Nbd7 18. h3 b5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. e4 Qc6 21. Rfe1
Nb6 22. Be5 Nfd7 23. Bg3 a5 24. Kh2 Nf6 25. Nf3 Nxe4 26. Ne5 Qb7 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Nd5 29. Ng4 f5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Ne5 Rc8 32. Re1 c3 33. Nd3 Qc6 34.
Ne5 Qb7 35. Nd3 a4 36. Qe2 Qc6 37. Ne5 Qb7 38. Nd3 Qb6 39. Qf3 Qxd4 40. Be5 Qc4
41. bxc3 Bxa3 42. Bd4 Bd6+ 43. g3 a3 44. Re6 Rd8 45. Qe2 Qc8 46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47.
Qe5 Qf8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qxh7+ Ke8 50. Qa7 Rd7 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Ne5+ Kg8 53.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 54. Nxd7+ Ke7 55. Nc5 Nb6 56. Nb3 Na4 57. Nc1 Ke6 58. g4 fxg4 59.
hxg4 Kd5 60. Bg7 Kc4 61. Bf8 Kxc3 62. Bxa3 b4 63. Na2+ Kb3 64. Nxb4 Kxa3 65.
Nd3 g5 {[#]} 66. f4 $5 {Setzt auf den letzten Bauern. Der logische und auch
klare Gewinnweg bestand in der Eroberung des g-Bauern ohne eigene Verluste.} (
66. Ne5 $1 Nc5 67. Nf7 Ne6 68. Kg3 Kb4 69. Kf3 Kc5 70. Ke4) 66... gxf4 67. g5
Nb6 68. g6 Nd5 69. Nxf4 Ne7 70. g7 Kb3 71. Kh3 Kc4 72. Kg4 Kd4 73. Kg5 Ke4 74.
Kf6 {Der (folgenlose) falsche Weg!} ({Richtig war} 74. Ng6 $1 Ng8 75. Nf8 Ke5
76. Kg6 Ne7+ (76... Kd6 77. Kh7 Nf6+ 78. Kh8 Ke7 79. Nh7 $18) 77. Kh7 (77. Kf7
$2 Nf5 78. Nd7+ Kd6 $11) 77... Kf6 (77... Kd6 78. Ng6 Nd5 79. Kh8 $1 Nf6 80.
Nf8 Ke7 81. Nh7 $18) 78. Ng6 $18) 74... Ng8+ 75. Kg5 (75. Kf7 Nh6+ 76. Kg6 Nf5
$1 $11) 75... Ke5 {Jetzt steht der schwarze König besser.} (75... Ne7 76. Ng6 {
ließe Weiß auf den richtigen Weg zurückkehren}) 76. Nh5 Ke6 77. Kg6 Ne7+ 78.
Kh7 Kf5 79. Ng3+ Kf4 80. Ne2+ Ke4 81. Nc3+ Ke5 82. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Ya7,Yd4][%cal
Ga7c8,Ga7c6,Gd4c6,Gd4f5] [#] Die Gewinnidee besteht darin, den Se7 durch
Angriff vom Feld g8 abzulenken. Das kann einerseits von a7 aus mit der
Doppeldrohung Sc8 und Sc6 geschehen, andererseits aber auch von d4 aus mit der
Doppeldrohung Sc6 und Sf5. Da sich der schwarze König aber nicht zerreißen
kann, gewinnt Weiß ohne Wenn und Aber.} Kd5 (82... Ke6 83. Nd4+ $18 {[%cal
Rd4f5,Rd4c6]}) (82... Nd5 83. Kh8 Ne7 (83... Nf6 84. Nc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7e8]})
84. Na7 $18 {[%cal Ra7c8]}) 83. Na7 {[%cal Ra7c8]} Ke4 84. Nc8 Nd5 85. Kg6 (85.
Kh8 $144 Nf6 86. Nd6+ Ke5 87. Ne8 $18) 85... Nf4+ 86. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {With two wins to chose between today, I had the conundrum of
seeming to either favour the a3-Queen's Indian, or Mamedyarov of whom I am a
great fan. In the end I decided that the latter makes more sense, especially
if he continues to play like this.} e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 {
is the other variation that gives White some chances for an advantage.}) (4.
Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 $1 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {leads to well researched positions
where Black should be able to equalise.}) 6... O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9.
Rc1 c6 {has a terribly solid reputation.}) 4... exd5 5. Bg5 c6 ({After} 5...
Be7 6. e3 {, there is no good way around playing c6:} Bf5 $6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Qb3) (5... Bb4 {looks silly when White hasn't developed this knight on g1 to
f3 (since Black's grip on e4 is not as strong), but it is still not easy to
prove a clear advantage for White:} 6. e3 (6. Qb3 $5) 6... h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nge2 (9. Qa4+ Nc6) 9... h5 10. h4 (10. Qb3 $1 Nc6 11. h4 {looks
promising, since} Nxg3 12. Nxg3 gxh4 13. Nge2 {, leaves Black discoordinated
with a bad pawn structure.}) 10... Nxg3 11. Nxg3 gxh4 12. Nxh5 c6 $1 13. Qf3 $6
{Moranda,W (2591)-Rosenthal,D (2401) Germany 2013, led to a draw.} ({However,
instead} 13. a3 Bd6 14. g4 $3 hxg3 15. Qf3 Be6 16. e4 Nd7 17. exd5 cxd5 {
looks like a better idea. After} 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxh1 20. Qf3 gxf2+ 21.
Qxf2 a6 {The position is rather unclear.})) 6. e3 h6 {This move, which is
rather uncommon, comes with a clear plan: to force the bishop to h4 and then
exchange it with Be7/Nh5. After the exchange Black hopes to have won a tempo
if White plays Qc2/Bd3, since there is no need to defend the h-pawn.} (6... Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {is another tabiya. White continues to
score well from this position, but it's still unclear whether Black is
actually worse.}) ({Playing "normally" with} 6... Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {
and now something other than exchanging the bishops, like} Nf8 {has been tried
by Mamedyarov from the Black side. However, these lines have a worse
reputation that the early exchange of the dark-squared bishops. After
something like} 9. O-O Ne6 10. Bh4 O-O {the game revolves around moves like
e3-e4, b2-b4 and c6-c5 and White seems to have greater freedom to lead the
game in one direction or another.}) 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 ({Unless we consider Ne4
to be a threat, there seem to be little reason to favour} 8. Qc2 {, over Bd3.
A recent game went} Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13.
Nf3 Nf6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Kb8 16. Nb3 Rhe8 17. f3 Nfd7 18. Rhe1 Rc8 19. Rc1
{Tomashevsky,E (2725)-Adams,M (2740) 78th Tata Steel GpA 2016, and Black was
on a steady route to equality.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nge2 {The knight is better off
here, since White can continue with f3 and e4.} ({After} 9. Nf3 {Black will
probably swap to a more traditional Carlsbad-plan with} O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 {
One could easily write a couple of books on this subject.}) 9... Nh5 ({The
only reason I can see for playing Qc2 before Bd3Nge2, is that Black has the
option of playing} 9... Ne4 $5 {So, the question is how the position after} 10.
Bxe7 Nxc3 (10... Qxe7 $6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Qc2 $16) 11. Bxd8 Nxd1
12. Rxd1 Kxd8 13. f3 {is to be evaluated. White has a clear plan in e3-e4 (and
possibly g4/h4), whereas Black is somewhat passive. White ought to have a
small advantage.}) (9... O-O $6 10. f3 Nh5 11. Bf2 {gives White the extra
option of 0-0-0 followed by a pawn storm on the kingside.}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11.
Qd2 $1 {This setup, which aims to play f3 quickly, has been on my radar for
quite some time and I even had the chance to play it before anyone else did. 
(See move 12)} Nb6 ({After} 11... O-O {my intention was to play} 12. f3 (12.
O-O-O $6 b5 13. Kb1 Nhf6 {and Black is faster to create threats since it is
hard to get g4 and h4 in:} 14. f3 Re8 $1 15. e4 b4 $15) (12. O-O Re8 13. Rae1
Nf8 {and I failed to see a great continuation for White.} 14. Nc1 Ne6 15. f3 b6
16. N1e2 {seems to slow.}) 12... Re8 13. Kf2 $5 {, but I don't know what
Mamedyarov was planning.}) 12. f3 {Had White had the queen on c2, then this
move would not have been possible.} (12. O-O O-O 13. f3 Be6 14. b3 Rac8 15.
Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 {Hillarp Persson,T (2520)-Merriman,J (2250)
London Classic Open 2015, left me with a typical advantage.}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O
$1 {This move gives Black little choice but to evacuate the king to g8.} (13.
O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhe1 {can also be considered, but the e3-e4 idea seem stronger
with Black's king on the kingside.}) 13... O-O ({Not} 13... O-O-O $6 14. a4 $1
{and Black's king is in trouble.}) 14. g4 $5 {This move would make less sense
if there was not a pawn on h6. Here it is quite principled and challenging. I
am a bit puzzled and disappointed that I did not find it in my own preparation.
} ({My preparation, from a few years back, goes} 14. Rae1 f5 15. Nf4 $1 ({
The "!" is from my old file, but perhaps} 15. b3 {is stronger.}) 15... Nxf4 16.
exf4 Qf6 17. Re5 {"with an initiative for White".}) 14... Nf6 15. Ng3 ({
It is also promising to play} 15. Nf4 {, with similar ideas to those in the
game. One possibility is} Ne8 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. e4 Qg5 18. Re2 dxe4 19. fxe4 $1
{and with Rg2/Qf2/h4 coming, Black is already in trouble.}) 15... Ne8 16. Rae1
Nd6 17. e4 $1 {A surprising and strong idea. White is even prepared to give up
the g4-pawn in order to get a mobile centre and some files. I'm happy I was
not the one who had to face this, unprepared, over the board.} dxe4 18. fxe4
Ndc4 $1 ({Adams' move is possibly the strongest. After} 18... Bxg4 19. e5 $1
Ndc4 20. Qg2 {White has a big attack with moves like Qe4 and Bf5.}) ({The
engine is a fan of} 18... Rad8 19. e5 Nb5 {and indeed, that is a clear case of
not passing the Turing Test. I would not take every chance to steer clear of
something like} 20. Qg2 Qg5 (20... Qb4 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Rf6 $40)
21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qe7 24. Re4 {The engine assures us that
Black is only somewhat worse, but my gut is not convinced.}) 19. Qc1 $1 Bxg4
20. b3 Rad8 $5 {Adams decides to change the course of the game and it is a
respectable decision.} ({The alternatives look shaky:} 20... Na5 $6 21. Rf4 Qd7
22. Kh1 {and with Rg1 coming down the aisle, Black should do his best to
cancel this wedding.}) ({And after} 20... Na3 21. e5 {White has a huge
initiative.}) 21. Nf5 ({White has plenty of ways to keep some advantage, but
the ruined pawn structure will cut down White's winning chances. Perhaps the
best way to continue is} 21. bxc4 Rxd4 22. Be2 Bh3 23. Rf2 {, followed by Bf1
and Nf5. In this way Black doesn't get to exchange a pair of rooks under
favourable circumstances.}) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Qf6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. bxc4
Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 26. f6 $1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qxc4 28. fxg7 (28. Rg1 $6 g5 {
and White is unable to activate the knight without inviting simplifications 
(which will favour Black).}) 28... Rd6 {White has a clear advantage, but where
the technical obstacles are quite big. White's king is vulnerable to checks
and Black has a pawn majority on the queenside that can be set in motion.
White can probably not avoid the exchange of rooks, but it is important to do
it at a good moment.} 29. Rg1 $6 (29. Qe8+ Kxg7 30. Qe5+ (30. Rf3 Rf6 31. Qe5
Qe6 32. Rg3+ Kh7 33. Qb8 Rg6 34. Rxg6 Kxg6 35. Qxa7 {is a more forcing way to
get something similar to what happens in the game.}) 30... Kh7 31. Qf5+ Rg6 32.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Rg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Ke3 {
and I'm not sure whether White's advantage is enough for a win. It should be.})
29... Rg6 30. Qe5 (30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Kg2 Kxg7 32. Qe7+ Qf7 33. Qe3 $14) 30...
Qe6 ({Here Adams had a chance to draw the game with} 30... Qd3 $1 {, with the
idea that} 31. Rxg6 Qf1+ 32. Rg1 Qf3+ {is a direct draw. Chess is a very
difficult game, especially when you are short on time and even more so when
you believe you are worse.}) 31. Qb8+ $1 Kxg7 32. Qxa7 $1 {This little pawn
makes all the difference in the endgame to come. Now Black's queenside pawn
are much more prone to become weak.} Qc4 33. Qe3 b5 34. a3 {White doesn't have
to keep the a-pawn since the h-pawn is all that is needed to win a knight vs
no-knight endgame.} c5 35. Ne4 $5 (35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Re1 Qd3 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38.
Rxe3 Rb6 39. Kg2 {and winning becomes a matter of (advanced) technique.
Mamedyarov's way is a better human route.}) 35... f5 $2 {A miscalculation in
time trouble.} ({Adams' last chance to fight back was} 35... b4 $1 {, when} 36.
axb4 (36. a4 $5) 36... cxb4 {gives us a position that is very, very hard to
win for White.} 37. Rc1 Qd5 $1 38. Qf3 b3 39. Rb1 Rb6 40. Rd1 Qc6 41. Rg1+ Kf8
42. Qd3 Rb8 43. Qd4 Re8 {and Black hangs on.}) 36. Rxg6+ Kxg6 37. Nxc5 Qd5+ ({
Perhaps Adams missed that} 37... Qf1+ 38. Qg1+ {is check.}) 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39.
Kg2 Qd5+ 40. Kh3 {The rest is easy.} Qd1 41. Qe8+ Kf6 (41... Kg5 42. Ne6+ $1
Kf6 43. Qd8+ Qxd8 44. Nxd8 Ke5 45. Kg3 Ke4 46. Nf7 Ke3 47. Nxh6 f4+ 48. Kg2 $18
) 42. Nd7+ Kg5 43. Qg8+ {and facing Qg3+/Nf6+, followed by Qd6+ and Qxd1, it
was time to resign.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Already this is a surprise. Harikrishna usually plays 1.e4, but I guess
he was attracted by Adams's rather narrow Black repertoire.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 {Adams repeats the line that he lost a
game with only three months ago.} ({Perhaps} 6... Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 h6 9.
Bh4 Nh5 {is a better move order, although} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 {leads to the
same position that Adams got against Mamedyarov (see below.).}) 7. Bh4 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. f3 $5 {There have only been three games with this move, so far,
but it is very logical. White aims to meet Nh5 with Bf2.} (9. Qc2 {In older
theory White used to play the queen here, in order to take Nf6-e4 out of the
picture. However, if Ne4 is not such a great idea, there are clearly more
constructive moves than Qc2!?} Nh5 $5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {Compared to the position
after 9.Nge2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 etc, this is clearly less critical. The queen would
be better placed on d2, so that White can continue with f3, preparing e4.}) (9.
Nge2 $5 {was Mamedyarov's choice in Sharjah. I commented on this game for
ChessBase in February.} {Perhaps Adams was prepared to play the critical} Ne4
$5 (9... Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 $1 {Mamedyarov-Adams, Sharjah Grand Prix
2017}) 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 (10... Qxe7 $6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Qc2 $16) 11.
Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 Kxd8 13. f3 {when, to quote myself, "White has a clear plan
in e3-e4 (and possibly g4/h4), whereas Black is somewhat passive. White ought
to have a small advantage."}) ({After} 9. Nf3 {Black doesn't have to worry
about the f3/e4-plan and can focus on finding a way to meet b2-b4-b5.}) 9...
O-O (9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 Kxd8 13. Ne2 $14) 10. Nge2
b5 ({Wesley So mentions} 10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. Bxd8 (12. bxc3 Qxe7) 12...
Nxd1 13. Rxd1 Rxd8 14. Kf2 {, saying that White's play on the kingside, with
h4, g4, etc, is promising. Here h6 turns out to be a weakness even though the
queens are off the board.}) ({The usual plan in these positions is} 10... Re8
11. O-O Nf8 {and although h6 is not part of the usual narrative, it is not
quite clear how White should prove an advantage.} 12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Bc2 $5 (13.
Qc2) (13. a3 $5) 13... Nf8 $6 (13... b6 14. Qd3 g6 15. e4 $36) (13... b5 $5)
14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Be6 18. e5 Rad8 19. Ne4 Bd5 20.
N2c3 Qe6 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Qf3 {1-0 (23) Sokolov,I (2650)-Kenney,D
(2021) Ottawa 2013}) 11. O-O {I prefer the White side in this structure. Black
must, sooner or later, play c6-c5 and be left with an isolated pawn in the
centre. The alternative is to allow White to play e3-e4 and that looks even
worse. White has no similar reason not to play e3-e4.} Nb6 ({Black should seek
counterplay in a more dynamic manner. Slow building up will only further
White's case. Perhaps} 11... b4 $5 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nc5 (13. Rc1 Ng4 $1 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxb6 Nxe3 16. Qa4 Bf5 17. Nxa8 Bxd3 18. Rfe1 Bb5 19. Qa5 Nxg2 {
, is a long, forced and - if the engine is to be believed - equal line.}) (13.
Bf2 $5) 13... Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bf2 c5 $1 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Nc4 {
, could be a way to force one's way out of trouble. After} 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19.
Rxc4 Rc8 20. Nd4 Qg5 {Black's activity looks to be enough to make up for the
missing pawn.}) 12. Bf2 $1 a5 (12... b4 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Qb6 15. Rfc1 (15.
a3 $5) 15... Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qd2 (17. Bf5 $5) 17... a5 {is only a little
better for White.}) (12... Nc4 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Ng3 {and e3-e4 is
hanging in the air.}) 13. Ng3 $1 {Now b5-b4 can be met with Nce2.} (13. Nc1 {
makes the back ranks more crowded, but is also possible.}) 13... b4 14. Nce2 c5
{As I mentioned before; Black cannot do without this move in the long run.} 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Nbd7 17. Nd4 (17. Nf4 $5 Qb6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Bf5 {[%cal
Gf4d5]} Qd6 (19... Rxe3 $4 20. Rxc5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nxc5 22. Nxd5 $18) 20. Qd2 {
looks like a more direct and possibly better way to exploit Black's weak
points.}) 17... Qb6 18. Re1 {Harikrishna is playing the White side in copybook
style; not hurrying, while guiding the pieces towards the best squares. This
move makes the Nd4 free to move, while opening up a slot for the knight and
bishop on f1.} Re8 19. Bb1 $5 ({Even more active is} 19. Bc2 Nf8 20. Ba4 Bd7
21. Ngf5 {, but after} h5 {, intending ...g6, it is not clear how White will
continue. In the bigger scheme of things, White would prefer to keep the
light-squared bishops and exchange the dark-squared ones...}) (19. Ngf5 Ba6 20.
g4 $6 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qe2 Bf8 $132) 19... a4 {Black's advanced queenside
pawns are a mixed blessing. On one hand they can create tactical possibilities
with b4-b3 or a4-a3 (aiming for the c3-square), but the downside is that they
will become (very) weak in the endgame. A similar situation can arise in the
King's Indian, when Black pushes the a- and b-pawns forward.} 20. Qc2 {White
wants to provoke g7-g6, but Black should be happy to be provoked.} (20. b3 $5
a3 21. Qd2 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rac8 24. Nge2 {The b4-pawn looks too weak
to my liking, but Black has plenty of activity, so perhaps it is balanced.})
20... Ra5 $5 (20... g6 21. Qd2 Ba6 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Rac8 24. Nge2 Ne5 25.
Nf4 {is possibly balanced, but I keep worrying about the b4-pawn.}) 21. Nge2
Nf8 $2 {This is a part of the old undermine-d4-with-everything-you-have-plan,
but at this moment the most important thing is to keep White from pushing the
bishop away from c5 with Nf4-d3. It's a small slip, but it has huge
implications.} ({It was better to play} 21... Ne5 22. Nf4 Bd7 {, when after}
23. Red1 (23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Raa8 {is quite OK for Black, since the bishop
on b1 is out of play.}) 23... g6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Qe2 Re8 {Black has no active
plan (that doesn't hurt himself), but it's quite possible that White has none
either.}) 22. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3] Black has no good way to deal with Nf4-d3.} Bd7
23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Bg3 $1 {With the dark-squared bishops gone, d4, c5, e5, c7 and
not least b4, all become weak. Now White has a steady advantage.} Bxg3 25. hxg3
Rc8 26. Qd2 Rb8 27. g4 Ne6 28. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Ge5c6]} Rc5 29. Nxe6 Rxc1 (29...
Bxe6 30. Qd4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qxd4 32. exd4 Nd7 {would almost be OK for Black if
the queenside pawns hadn't gone berserk earlier:} 33. Nc6 Rb6 34. Kf2 $16 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb4]}) 30. Rxc1 Qxe6 31. Qd4 {White has more space on the kingside,
a great blockade on d4 and the c-file. Black has two weaknesses in b4 and d5.}
Qd6 (31... Re8 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bf5 Qd6 34. Bxd7 Qxd7 35. e4 Rd8 36. Rd1 $16)
32. Nd3 Ne8 {This makes matter worse, but it is already very hard to defend
Black's position.} 33. Rc5 Rb5 $6 (33... Bb5 $5 $16) 34. Rxb5 Bxb5 35. Qxb4 Qa6
36. Nc5 Qc6 37. Bf5 Nf6 38. b3 (38. Kf2 g6 39. Bc2 h5 $1 40. gxh5 Nxh5 {
is less clear than one might expect. For instance:} 41. Bxa4 $2 Bxa4 42. Nxa4
Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qxe3 $11) 38... axb3 39. Nxb3 g6 40. Bb1 Nd7 41. Kf2
Bc4 42. Na5 $1 ({Another line that shows just how many tricks there are in
chess:} 42. Nd4 Qf6 43. a4 Nc5 $1 44. Bc2 (44. Qxc5 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) (44.
a5 $5) 44... Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe7 46. Qc3 Bd3 $1 47. Qd2 $1 Bxc2 48. Nxc2 Nxa4 49.
Qxd5 Nc5 {and Black has excellent chances of survival.}) 42... Qc7 43. Nxc4
dxc4 44. a4 Nb6 45. Bc2 Nd5 46. Qd2 Qc6 $2 {I presume Adams was disillusioned
with his play. This doesn't seem like him. Now the game is just over.} 47. Be4
$1 c3 48. Qd1 $1 Qb7 (48... Qc4 49. Bxd5 c2 50. Qc1 Qxd5 51. Qxc2 $18) 49. Kg1
c2 50. Qxc2 Qb4 51. Qb1 {With this win Harikrishna moved up to a 50% score. I
believe he will do better than that in the end.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 (13... Be7 $6
14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Ng3 $1 $14 dxe3 (15... Qxa2 16. Nf5 Rfe8 $2 17. Bh6 Ne5 18.
Qg3 Ng6 19. Nxg7 $18 {Rakay-Podoba,/CSR/corr/1990-91/}) 16. fxe3 Qxa2 17. Nf5
Qe6 18. Bh6 $1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An (08)/Wch-London/Leningrad/1986/}) 14.
Bxe4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Rac1 (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 Rac8 $10) (16. Kh1 Rae8
17. Rac1 Ne5 $10 {Hjartarson-Arlandi, Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 16... f5 (16... Rae8
$2 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxc5 $16 Qxb2 $2 20. Bd6 $18) 17. Bd5+
Kh8 18. Rc3 Rad8 19. Bxc6 (19. Rfc1 $6 Bd6 $1 20. Bxc6 (20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Rxb7
Bxf4 22. Bxc6 (22. exf4 $4 Nd4 $19) 22... Be5 23. Rb5 Qd2 $14) 20... Bxf4 21.
Bxb7 Be5 22. Rb3 Qa5 $14) 19... bxc6 20. Be5 (20. Qg3 Rf7 $1 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22.
Rb3 Qa5 $10) 20... Kg8 21. Rfc1 (21. Qg3 Rf7 22. Rxf5 Rdd7 (22... Bf8 23. Rxf7
Kxf7 24. Qf3+ Kg8 25. Rxc6 $18) 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rd3 $16) 21... Rd5 22. Qg3
Bxe3+ (22... g6 $8 23. h4 $1 $16 Re8 24. Bf4 {/\h5->}) (22... Rf7 $2 23. Rb3
Qa5 24. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 25. Rb8+ $18) 23. Rxe3 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 f4 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26.
Rxc6 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 fxe3 28. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Qe7 7. Nf3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. cxd5 (10. O-O-O $5) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 $6 (12.
O-O-O $5 {sieht natürlicher aus, denn Schwarz dürfte kaum die kurze Rochade
anstreben können.}) 12... g6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qa4 {Dieser Ausflug bringt nichts
ein. Weiß sollte mit} (14. Rfe1 {den Vorstoß e3-e4 vorbereiten.}) 14... a6 15.
b4 $6 a5 16. b5 c5 17. Qa3 Rfe8 18. Na4 Ng4 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Rc1 Qf6 21. Qc3
c4 22. Bb1 Re7 23. Qa3 Rce8 24. Rc2 Re6 25. Rce2 Qg7 26. Nd2 Qh6 27. Nf1 f5 28.
f3 Ngf6 29. Nc3 Qg5 30. Qc1 Nh5 31. e4 Qxc1 32. Rxc1 fxe4 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. d5
Re5 35. Bxe4 Nhf6 36. Bf3 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Bxd5 38. Nd2 Bf7 39. Bxc4 Rc8 40. Ne2
Rc5 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rxc5 Nxc5 43. Nc4 Na4 44. Nd4 $2 (44. Kf2 {bot meines
Erachtens bessere Rettungsaussichten.}) 44... Ne4 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Kh3 Nd6 47.
Ne3 Nc3 48. Kg4 Nxa2 49. Nd5+ Kf7 50. Nxb6 Nc3 51. Kg5 Ndxb5 52. Nc6 a4 53. Kh6
a3 54. Nb4 Kg8 55. Nc4 Ne4 56. Nxa3 Nbd6 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Shanghai/Vladivostok"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Ju,Wenjun"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.01.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 $5 {This is line
is rarely played because Black often has to accept a damaged pawn structure in
the endgame. But because the line is is so rare I thought it might surprise my
opponent. Eine selten gespielte Variante, weil Schwarz oft eine schlechte
Bauernstruktur im Endspiel in Kauf nehmen muss. Aber weil die Variante so
selten ist, dachte ich, sie könnte meine Gegnerin vielleicht überraschen.} 7.
Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3
Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. Nf4 {[#] [#]} Nh5 {The recently played game Ganguly -
L'Ami followed my game against Goryachkina and ended in a draw. Maybe the line
will become fashionable? Interessanterweise wurde am Tag zuvor in der Partie
Ganguly - L'Ami genau die gleiche Variante gespielt. Diese Partie endete
unentschieden. Vielleicht wird die Variante zur neuen Mode?} 16. Kd2 $5 (16.
Be2 Nxf4 17. exf4 h5 18. Kd2 Kd7 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Rhg1 Kd6 21. b4 Re7 22. a4
Rhe8 23. Ra3 b6 24. Rc3 Rc7 25. Rgc1 Ree7 26. a5 Re8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 b5
29. Ra6 Kd7 30. Rc5 Re6 31. Ra8 Rb7 32. Rc1 Ke7 33. Rca1 Kd7 34. Rf8 Ke7 35.
Rh8 Kf6 36. Rc8 Rb6 37. Rd8 Re7 38. Raa8 Re6 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. Rdd7 Kf6 41. Bc2
Re8 42. Ra3 Re6 43. Rd8 Re7 44. Rda8 Re6 45. Rg3 Re7 46. Rg5 Re6 47. Ra7 Re8
48. Ra3 Re6 49. Bd3 {1/2 (49) Ganguly,S (2636)-L'Ami,E (2606) Wijk aan Zee NED
2020 1/2 (49) Ganguly,S (2636)-L'Ami,E (2606) Wijk aan Zee NED 2020}) 16...
Nxf4 17. exf4 {[#] Black should trade one pair of rooks to reduce the pressure
on the kingside. [#] Schwarz sollte einen Turm tauschen, um den Druck am
Königsflügel zu verringern.} Ke7 $6 (17... Kf8 $1 18. Re1 (18. Be2 h5 19. b4)
18... Bh5 (18... Re8 19. Re5 f6 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {is equal mit gleichem Spiel}))
(17... Bh5 $2 18. Bd3 Bf3 19. Rhe1+) 18. Be2 h5 19. Rae1 Kd6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21.
Re3 $6 (21. Re5 {To double the rooks on the e-file with the idea Um die Türme
auf der e-Linie zu verdoppen mit der Idee} a5 (21... Rxe5 22. fxe5+ Ke6 23. Rg1
$16) 22. Rhe1 $16 (22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Re4 $13 24. Kd3 f6 25. Rxf6+ Ke7 26.
Rf5 Rf8 $44) 22... f6 23. Bxf5 $16) 21... Rxe3 22. fxe3 a5 {White's has the
better structure but Black can hold. It is difficult for White to improve her
position. Nun ist zwar die Bauernstruktur von Weiß besser, aber h5 und f5
halten die weißen Bauern auf. Es ist schwierig für Weiß, sich zu verbessern.
} 23. a3 b6 24. b4 $6 {This is premature. Black cannot play c5. White should
activate her pieces first and then try b4. Dies ist verfrüht. Schwarz kann
nicht c5 spielen. Weiß sollte erst die Figuren aktivieren und dann b4
versuchen.} (24. Rg1 Ra8 25. Rg5 Ke6) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. b5 $5 {
The position is still about equal. If White plays Rc1 to trade the rooks, the
game will end up in a draw. 26.b5 is an aggressive attempt and leads to an
unclear position. Das Spiel ist in etwa ausgeglichen. Wenn Weiß Tc1 spielt
und die Türme tauscht, wird die Partie remis. 26.b5 ist aggressiv und führt
zu einer unklaren Position.} (26. Rc1 Ra2+ 27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2) (26. Bc2 b5
$11) 26... c5 27. dxc5+ bxc5 28. Rb1 Kc7 29. b6+ Kb7 30. Rb5 {[#] [#]} Rc8 $5 {
It is hard to explain why I played this move. Maybe I just wanted to play the
endgame ;-) . Es ist schwer zu erklären, warum ich diesen Zug gespielt habe.
Vielleicht wollte ich nur das Endspiel erforschen ;-) .} (30... Kc6 31. Rb1 (
31. b7 Rb8) 31... Kb7 {is equal ist ausgeglichen.} (31... Rb8 32. Bb5+ Kxb6 33.
Bc4+ {is also equal. ist ebenfalls ausgeglichen.})) 31. Be2 f6 {To answer Bf3
with Bf7. Um Lf3 mit Lf7 zu beantworten.} 32. Ra5 Rc6 33. Ra7+ Kxb6 34. Rd7 Re6
35. Rxd5 Kc6 36. Bf3 Rd6 37. Rd3+ Kc7 38. Bd5 (38. Rxd6 Kxd6 {would be draw.
wäre remis.}) 38... Be8 39. Kc3 Bb5 40. Rd2 Ra6 41. Bb3 Bd7 42. Rg2 Be6 $5 {
Now Black starts to have some chances. The position is still about equal, but
it is White who has to be careful. Jetzt bekommt Schwarz gewisse Chancen. Die
Position ist immer noch ungefähr gleich, aber jetzt ist Weiß diejenige, die
aufpassen muss.} 43. Bxe6 (43. Bc4 Ra3+ 44. Kb2 Rxe3 45. Re2 Rxe2+ 46. Bxe2 Bf7
47. Kc3 $11) 43... Rxe6 44. Kd3 (44. Kc4 Kc6 45. Rg6 $13) 44... Kd6 45. Rg8 Kd5
46. Rd8+ Rd6 47. Rc8 Rd7 {[#] [#]} 48. Rh8 c4+ 49. Kc3 Re7 50. Kd2 Ra7 51. Rxh5
Ra2+ 52. Kc3 Ra3+ 53. Kb4 $4 (53. Kb2 Rb3+ 54. Kc2 Ke4 55. Rh8 Rxe3 56. Re8+
Kxf4 57. Rxe3 Kxe3 58. h5 f4 59. h6 f3 60. h7 f2 61. h8=Q f1=Q 62. Qe8+ {
and the game is still not decided. und die Partie ist noch nicht entschieden.})
(53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Rh8 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 (55. Kc2 Rxe3 56. Re8+ {is similar. ist
ähnlich.}) 55... Rxe3+ 56. Kf2 Rf3+ 57. Kg2 Rxf4 58. h5 Rg4+ 59. Kf2 {with
good drawing chances. mit guten Remischancen.}) 53... Rb3+ 54. Ka4 Ke4 55. Rh8
{[#] [#]} Rb7 $1 {Now the black king invades the queenside. White has no
defence. Jetzt dringt der schwarze König am Damenflügel ein. Weiß hat keine
Verteidigung.} 56. Rc8 Kd3 57. h5 c3 58. h6 c2 59. Ka3 Kd2 60. Rd8+ Kxe3 61.
Rc8 Kd2 62. Rd8+ Kc1 {The next move is Kb1. If 63. Ka2 Ta7 64.Kb3 Kb1 and
Black is winning. White resigned. Der nächste Zug ist Kb1. Wenn 63. Ka2 Ta7
64.Kb3 Kb1 und Schwarz gewinnt. Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Staufer op 07th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "1995.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Kalinitschew,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 (11... Nh5 12. Bh2 g6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3
Ng7 15. b4 Bf5 16. bxa5 Qc8 17. a4 Rxa5 18. Rb3 Nd7 19. Rfb1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ra7
21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Qb2 Nd8 23. Ne1 Nf8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Nf3 f6 26. Ne1 Nfe6 27. Nd3
Kg7 28. Rb6 Nf7 29. Qb3 Ned8 30. Ne2 Bd6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Re7 33. Qb4 Ng5
34. Nc3 Ne4 35. a5 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Re4 37. Bd6 Ra4 38. Ra1 Rc4 39. Qb2 g5 40. a6
Rxa6 41. Raxa6 bxa6 42. Rxa6 Nf7 43. Qb8 h5 44. Ra7 {1-0 Epishin,V
2620-Dorfman,J 2590 /PCA Qualifier g25, Geneva SUI 1996/}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13.
Rab1 a5 14. a3 Be6 15. Rfc1 N8d7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 g6 18. Na4 b5 $6 19. Nc5
Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Ra3 22. Bf1 $6 (22. Be2) 22... Bd7 23. Ne5 Re6 $138
24. Rbc1 $5 (24. Rcc1 {[%cal Gb1a1]}) 24... Be8 25. Nxc6 $1 Ne4 26. Na5 (26.
R5c2 $2 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra1 29. Rc2 Rd1 30. g3 Nd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2
32. Bxb5 {[%cal Gb5c6]} Rc2 33. Ba4 Rc3 34. Kg2) 26... Nxc5 27. dxc5 Re4 $1 (
27... Bd7 28. c6 Bc8 29. Bxb5 Re4 30. Rb1) 28. c6 Rxb4 29. c7 Bd7 30. Nc6 Rb2
31. Ne7+ Kg7 32. Nxd5 b4 $2 (32... Raa2 33. Nc3 Ra5 34. Nxb5 $14) (32... Be6
33. Rc6 (33. Nb6 Raa2 34. Rc6 Rc2 $8 35. Rxe6 (35. Bc4 bxc4 36. Rxe6 Rxf2 37.
Rd6 (37. c8=Q $4 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rgb2 $19) 37... Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 $11) 35... Rxc7
36. Re8 Rc1 $19) (33. c8=Q Bxc8 34. Rxc8 Ra1 (34... b4) 35. e4 Rbb1 36. Ne3 b4
37. g3 b3 38. Kg2 Rxf1 39. Nxf1 b2 40. Nd2 Rd1) 33... Bxd5 34. c8=Q Bxc6 35.
Qxc6 Rb1 36. f4 $1 Raa1 37. Kh2 Rxf1 38. Qxb5 $11) 33. Nb6 Be6 34. Bc4 $18 Bf5
35. e4 Rc3 36. exf5 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rxf2 38. c8=Q b3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1896.01.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 96] Steinitz had already lost his World Championship title to Emanuel
Lasker, who at the time was convincingly demonstrating his superiority to the
chess world. In a match-tournament of the four best players in the world 
(Lasker, Steinitz, Pilsbury and Chigorin) the winner by a big margin was
Lasker. But in the following game the old champion showed his greatness with a
brilliant mixture of strategical and tactical skills.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 {Today playing 4.Bf4 before Ng1-f3 is considered an inaccuracy,
because of 4...c5!} 5. e3 O-O 6. c5 $5 {Even the great Lasker underestimated
the danger of White's clamp on the queenside. Only 90 years later Black found
the right way to create counterchances, in the game Lerner-Geller: 6...b6 7.b4.
..} Ne4 {Of course Lasker doesn't wait for the realisation of White's plan.
But his attempt to organize counterplay in the centre plays directly into
Steinitz' hand.} (6... b6 7. b4 a5 8. a3 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nc6 11. Qa4
bxc5 $3 12. Qxc6 cxd4 {with a dangerous initiative for the sacrificed piece.})
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. a3 {preventing Nb4-d5, and also keeping
the bishop on an important diagonal after Na5, Ba2.} Bf6 11. O-O-O $1 {A
concrete decision: White's advance on the queenside will be met by e6-e5,
which is why Steinitz changes direction, preparing an attack against the
weakened black centre and potentially on the kingside.} Kh8 (11... b6 $2 12. d5
$1 {leads to a disaster.}) 12. f3 Qe7 $1 13. Bg3 $1 {refusing the pawn
sacrifice that would give Black an initiative:} (13. fxe4 $2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5)
13... f4 $6 {Very typical for Lasker - by complicating dubious positions he
won many great games. Now he hoped for 14.Bxf4... [#]} 14. Qxe4 $3 (14. Bxf4 $2
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe4 Bf5 $1 17. Qxf5 Nxc4 {winning. But on that day
Steinitz was invincible!}) 14... fxg3 15. hxg3 {White has gained only two
pawns for the piece, but his initiative will encounter no more obstacles.} g6 {
Giving up the third pawn Lasker hopes to use the g-file for defence. After the
obvious} (15... g5 16. f4 g4 17. Ne2 Bd7 (17... Rf7 18. Qc2 b6 19. e4 Bg7 20.
e5 h6 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Bd3 {Kasparov-Fritz}) 18. Qc2 {followed by e3-e4-e5
Black would die without a breath.}) 16. Qxg6 Bd7 (16... Rg8 17. Qe4 Rxg3 {
would bring the white knight into the attack:} 18. Ne2 Rg7 19. Nf4) 17. f4 Rf7
$2 {After this mistake Black's game is finally doomed.} (17... Rg8 {would
offer solid resistance, although White's pressure remains very unpleasant.} 18.
Qe4 Rxg3 19. Ne2 Rg7 20. Rh6 {followed by Rdh1.}) 18. g4 Rg7 {If} (18... Rg8 {
then} 19. Qh5 {and g4-g5. Now 19.Qh5 allows Black to defend with Bd7-e8-g6,
but...}) 19. Qh6 $1 Rxg4 20. Bd3 Rg7 (20... Rh4 21. Rxh4 Bxh4 22. Nf3 Bf2 23.
Rh1 Bxe3+ 24. Kb1 {winning.}) 21. Nf3 Qf7 22. g4 $1 {The White attack rolls by
itself.} Rag8 23. g5 Bd8 24. Rh2 $1 {The disaster on h7 is unavoidable. The
rest is simply.} Rg6 25. Qh5 $1 R6g7 26. Rdh1 $1 Qxh5 27. Rxh5 Rf8 28. Rxh7+
Rxh7 (28... Kg8 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rh7+) 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rxd7 Rf7 31. Bc4 {
At the end a little joke:} (31. Bc4 Rxd7 32. Bxe6+ Rf7 33. g6 {The mindpower
and energy shown in this game by the 59-year-old Steinitz deserves the
greatest admiration.}) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruk, Ofer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7.
Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 (8... Be7 9. Nge2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 $4
Qa5+) 10... Qxe7 11. f3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,
Ge4] 1-0 Leitao,R-De Toledo,J/Americana 1996/EXT 98 (33)}) 9. Nge2 Be7 (9...
Bd6 10. f3 O-O 11. e4 Be7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Koutsin,S-Rapoport,I/Katowice 1995/CBM
47 ext (25)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Re8 $146 (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 dxe4
14. fxe4 Rad8 15. Qh3 g6 16. Rad1 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Vyzmanavin,A-Kuzmin,G/Tashkent
1984/MCD-ch (16)}) 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ne6 16. e5
Be7 17. Qf5 {The result of the opening-white has advantage in the center and
on the kingside,that allows to prepare an attack.} Rf8 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Rd3 $1 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h3][%mdl 640] White sacrifices all queenside pawns,and
concentrates on bringing pieces to attack the black king.} Rad8 (19... Qxb2 20.
Rh3 g6 21. Qg4 Nxd4 22. N2g3 Rad8 23. Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f6]} f5 24. exf6 Qb6 (24...
Bd6 25. f7+ Rxf7 26. Nhf6+ $18) 25. Kh1 Rf7 26. Rg1 Bd6 27. Ng5 $1 gxh5 28.
Rxh5 Rxf6 29. Nxh7+ $18) 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21. Qg4 {[%csl Yg7][%cal Ge2g3,Yg3f5,
Yg3h5][%mdl 512] As a purpose of an attack white chooses g7-pawn,and intends
to transfer Ne2 to f5,or h5.} Qxa2 22. N2g3 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gg3h5]} Qc4 23. Rc3 $4
({The correct way was to protect d4-pawn:} 23. Rfd1 $1 Kh8 24. Nf5 Rfe8 $142 (
24... Bb4 $2 25. Rh3 Qc2 26. Rf1 Qc4 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Qh5+ Kg8
30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. exf6+ $18) 25. Rh3 (25. Ned6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 $13)
25... Qc2 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Qh4 h6 28. Ned6 {[%csl Yf7]} Kg8 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Nxe8
Rxe8 31. Rg3 Be7 32. Qh3 Bg5 33. Nf5 Nf4 34. Qg4 Ne2 35. Qxe2 Qxf5 36. Rf1 $14)
23... Qb5 $19 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Yb5e5,Ge6d4,Ye5g7]} 24. Rcf3 {White should lose
tempo to protect Rf1,and black destroys in time pawn-d4,and then, afterQxe5,
succesfully defends the king.} Nxd4 25. Nh5 Qxe5 26. Nef6+ Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kh8
28. Rh3 gxf6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Rxf6 Ne6 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Bruk, Ofer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {This variation of the Queens Gambit Exchange has been
rehabilitated over the last few years. Nigel Short has defended the Black side
on several occasions, most notably in his candidates match against Jan Timman
in 1993. If Black plays sensibly then he should have little to fear: the only
weaknesses in the position are the f-pawns, and it is extremely difficult to
attack them, or use the squares in front of them to any great effect.} 10. Nf3
Nd7 11. Kd2 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Kxc3 a4 16. b4 Bxd3 17.
Kxd3 Nc4 18. Nd2 b5 {Black survives after this, but it might have been better
to play} (18... Nd6 $1 {maintaining more central control. Black can clamp the
centre with ...f5, and it is hard to imagine what White can achieve.}) 19. Nxc4
dxc4+ 20. Ke4 Rd8 21. g4 Ke7 22. h4 Rhg8 23. Kf4 Rd5 24. Rhg1 Ke6 25. Rad1 Rgd8
26. f3 f5 27. g5 Rg8 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rdd8 30. Ke3 f6 31. Rdf1 Rdf8 32. Rf5
fxg5 33. Re5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h4 {The most disruptive idea
available to White. Black is faced with a dilemma: should he block the h-pawn
with ...h5, but risk that it will become weak, or should he allow the bishop
to be dislodged from its secure position?} Nb6 12. h5 Bf5 13. Nf3 Bg4 (13...
Nc8 $5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bd3 Nd6 {with the idea ...f5, ...Rg8 etc.}) 14. Be2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 h6 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. f4 Nc8 {If I were White I would want to play on
for a while starting with 18 Rhg1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT sf2"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Nce2 Bb4+ 14.
Kd1 Nc8 15. Nh5 Be7 16. f3 Nd6 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Neg3 $6 (18. Kc2 $142) 18...
Nc4 $1 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Kc2 (20. Ke2 c5 21. dxc5 c3 $36) 20... c5 $1 21. dxc5
Rd3 22. Rae1 Rhd8 $1 (22... Bxc5 23. Nf4 $1 Rxe3 (23... Rhd8 24. Nxd3 cxd3+ 25.
Kc3 a5 26. a3 d2 27. Rd1 Bxe3 28. Nf1 $16) 24. Rxe3 Bxe3 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Re1
$14) 23. Ne4 (23. Nf4 Rd2+ 24. Kc3 f5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Bf6+ 27. Kxc4 Rc2+
28. Kb4 Rxb2+ 29. Kc4 $11) 23... f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Nhg3 Bg6 (25... Bxe4 $1
26. Nxe4 f5) 26. f4 R8d5 (26... Bxe4 27. Nxe4 f5 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. cxd6 R8xd6
30. e4 Rd2+ 31. Kc3 $11) 27. Kc1 Bxe4 (27... Bxc5 28. Nc3 $4 (28. Nxc5 $142)
28... Rxc3+ 29. bxc3 Ba3#) 28. Nxe4 Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rhg1 Rh5 31. Re2 Kd7
32. Rg8 Ke7 (32... Rh3 $142) 33. Rb8 b5 34. Kc2 Rd8 $2 (34... a6 $11) 35. Rxd8
Kxd8 36. Kc3 Rd5 (36... Kd7 $142) 37. e4 Rd3+ 38. Kb4 a6 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. f5 c3
41. bxc3 Rxc3+ 42. Kd4 b4 43. Rg2 Kb6 $2 (43... Kd7 44. Rg8 Rc2 45. Rb8 a5 46.
Rb7+ Ke8 47. Ke5 Rxa2 48. Kf6 Re2 49. e5 Re1 50. Rb5 (50. Rb8+ Kd7 51. Rb5 Kc6
52. Rxa5 b3) 50... Re2 51. h4 h5 52. Rxa5 b3 53. Rb5 b2 54. Rb8+ Kd7 55. Kg5
Kc7 (55... Rxe5 $2 56. Rxb2 Re4) 56. Rb3 Kd7 57. Kxh5 Rxe5 58. Kg5 Re2 59. Kf6
Rf2 60. h5 (60. Rb4 Ke8) 60... Rh2 $1 $11 61. Kxf7 Rxh5 62. f6 Rh2) 44. e5 a5
45. e6 $1 fxe6 46. f6 Rf3 47. Ke5 h5 48. Kxe6 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rf3 50. Ke7 Re3+ 51.
Kf8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SURVEY OPENING} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 {[%mdl
32768]} (5... c6 6. Qc2 g6 (6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6 (8... Nf6 9. Bd3
Be6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfe8 13. Rab1 Nf8 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 $14
{Beliavsky,A-Geller,E/ Moscow izt 1982}) 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Ng3 Qd6
12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rad1 f5 15. Nh5 $14 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Petrosian,A/
Erevan 1989}) (6... Bg4 7. e3 Bh5 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. h3 Bg6 10. Qd2 Ngf6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O a5 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Bb4 16. Qd1 a4 17. Nd3 a3 18. b3
Bxd3 19. Bxd3 $14 {Salov,V-Portisch,L/ Linares 1990}) (6... h5 7. h3 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Nf8 12. O-O-O h4 13. f3 b5 14. Kb1 Ne6
15. Be5 Bf6 16. e4 a6 17. f4 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Agdestein,S/ Thessaloniki olm 1988
}) 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nf6 (8... h5 9. f3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 h4 12. Bf2 Be6 {
Kramnik,V-Danieljan,O/ URS-qualJ Sochi 1990} 13. Bd3 $1 $14 {>< f5, g6}) (8...
Nd7 9. f3 g5 (9... Nb6 10. e4 Be6 11. e5 $1 $14 {Karpov,An-Kasparov,G/ Wch
London 1986}) 10. Bg3 Bg6 (10... h5 11. e4 h4 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Nge2
{Semkov-Geller/ Plovdiv 1988} Qd7 $5 $14) 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. Bf2 $1 (12. Nge2 Nh5
13. Bf2 Ng7 14. e4 Nb6 15. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev-Geller/ Sochi-A 1989})
12... Nh5 13. g4 Ng7 14. Nge2 $14 {/\ Ng3 ><f5}) 9. f3 c5 (9... h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3
11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nc5 15. Qf3 Ne6 16. O-O-O Nxf4
17. Nxf4 $14 {()[+] Gurevich,M-Geller/ Moscow-A 1987}) (9... O-O 10. Nge2 (10.
g4 $5 Be6 11. h4 c5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2 {Howell}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 Be6 12.
Ng3 c5 {Howell-Diaz/ Frunze 1989} 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Ne8 15. Kb1 Rc8 $132
{+/=}) 10. Bh6 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 (11... a6 12. g4 Be6 13. Nge2 Nbd7 $6 (13...
Nc6 14. Bg2 Bf8 15. O-O Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qb6 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Rd2 $14 {Kasparov}
) 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. b3 Rc8 16. O-O Rc6 17. h3 $16 {Kasparov-Short/ Thessaloniki
olm 1988}) 12. g4 (12. Bb5 $1 $16 {Kasparov}) 12... Be6 13. Bb5 (13. Nh3 {
/\ Nf4+/= Beliavsky}) 13... Nd7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Nge2 a6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Kb1
Nb6 $13 {Gulko-Beliavsky/ Linares 1989}) 6. e3 O-O (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. a3
$1 Rb8 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Ne5 Na5 13. Qd1 Rb6 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Nc4 16. Nb1 $1 $14 {/\ b3 Spraggett,K-Jussupow,A/ Hastings-A 1989}) (
6... c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 (9... Ne6 10. Be5 O-O 11. Qc2 g6 12.
O-O Ng7 13. Bxf6 (13. Rab1 $1) 13... Bxf6 14. b4 $14 {Miles,A-Botterill,G/
London 1981}) 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 $16 {Lputian,S-Petrosian,A/
Erevan 1986}) 7. Bd3 c5 (7... Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 a5
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rae1 $14 {Keres,P-Kurajica,B/ Kapfenberg 1970}) (7... b6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. f4 $16 {
Tal,M-Abramovic,B/ Moscow 1982}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O c4 $1 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4
Bg4 (10... Nxd4 11. exd4 Be6 12. a3 Rc8 13. h3 Ne8 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qe2 Nd6 16.
Qh5 $16 {Bern-Bus/ Tastrup-B 1990}) 11. Qa4 Nxd4 $6 (11... Qb6 12. Qb5 $1 $14 {
Kasparov}) 12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Be5 $14 {Kasparov,G-Tal,M/
Skelleftea 1989}) (9... Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 $1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 d4 13. Ne4
Be7 $1 (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bxe4 dxe3 15. Qh5 $1 exf2+ 16. Kh1 f5 17. Bxf5 g6 18.
Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 {Georgadze,G-Salamberidze/ URS 1987} 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21.
Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rad1 Qf6 (22... Bd4 23. Be3 $18) 23. Rd5 $18) 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1
$1 $14) 14... Qa5 $1 15. Ng3 $5 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qxa2 $1 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/
Wch London 1986}) 10. Bc2 (10. Be2 $1 Nh5 $1 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3
Be6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rad1 (15. a3 $5) 15... Bb4 $1 (15... Qd7 16. a3 Na5 17. e4
dxe4 18. d5 Bf7 19. Qxe4 $14 {Salov,V-Kruppa,Y/ URS-FL Irkutsk 1986}) 16. e4
Ne7 17. e5 Nc6 18. a3 (18. Rfe1 $5) 18... Ba5 19. Qd2 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 $13 {Kozlov,V-Kruppa,Y/ Frunze 1988}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13.
Ne5 Bb4 14. Bg5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Re8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Qe6 19.
Rae1 f6 20. Nf3 b5 21. Nd2 b4 22. e4 bxc3 23. Qxc3 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Rfe1
Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Nxd4 30. Re3 Nc6 31. Rc3
Rd7 32. Ne3 Ne7 33. Ra3 Nc6 34. Rc3 Ne7 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Ke4 Rd2 37. a3 Rd6 38.
Rb3 Ra6 39. Nc4 f5+ 40. gxf5 Kd8 41. Rb5 Rc6 42. Rb4 Rc5 43. Nd6 Rc3 44. Ra4
Rxh3 45. Rxa7 Rh1 46. a4 Re1+ 47. Kf3 Rd1 48. Nf7+ Ke8 49. Ne5 Nxf5 50. a5 Ra1
51. a6 Nd6 52. Nc6 Nc8 53. Rxg7 h5 54. a7 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra4 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Kd4
h4 58. Rc7 Nb6 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Rb7 Na8 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Rxa8 h3 63. Rb8 h2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Nb5 $146 (7. g4 {
- see Mamedyarov - Sargissian in CBM 144. And here is a new example:} dxc4 8.
Qf3 Nd5 9. Bxc4 c6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. h4 Rc8 13. g5 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
Nc7 15. Nh5 Nd5 16. Ne2 c5 17. e4 Nc7 18. Rd1 Qd6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Rfd8 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2653)-Larsen,K (2321)/Reykjavik ISL 2012/The
Week in Chess 905 (37)}) 7... Na6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Rc1 (9. Be2 {was played on the
next day by GM Nikita Vitiugov:} dxc4 10. Bxc4 c6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Be2 b4 13.
Bxa6 Bxa6 14. axb4 Qb6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. O-O Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19.
Na4 Ba6 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Nc4 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Matlakov,M (2632)/
Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 908 (40)}) 9... dxc4 (9... c6 10. Nc3 c5 {
looks more logical and apparently leads to equality.}) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 (10... c6
11. Nc3 b5 12. Be2 b4 {deserves attention here. Apparently Black has lost a
tempo compared to Vitiugov - Matlakov but in fact the absence of White's rook
on a1 may be favourable for him, and he manages to push c6-c5 without problems.
The question is whether it is enough for equality as White can obtain strong
pressure along the central files, e.g.} 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5
16. Qb3 (16. Na2 $5) 16... Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Qa3 Nc2 20. Qd3 Nb4
21. Qb5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc3 $14) 11. Be5 c6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 b5 14.
Bd3 b4 15. Rc1 c5 (15... bxa3 16. bxa3 Bxa3 17. Ra1 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Nc7 19. Bxh7+
$1 Kh8 20. Bd3 $14) 16. h4 $5 {[%mdl 128] Very aggressive.} (16. O-O {was good
enough to keep the initiative, e.g. after} bxa3 17. bxa3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 16... h6 (16... bxa3 17. Ng5 $1 (17. bxa3 cxd4 (17... f6 18. Ng5)
18. Bxd4 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nc5 $1 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 {doesn't work
due to} Be4 23. Nxe4 Qa6+) 17... h6 {- see below}) 17. Ng5 $5 cxd4 $6 (17...
Bxg5 $2 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. Rh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh3g3]}) (17... bxa3 $1 {was
probably the refutation of White's concept:} 18. Qh5 $5 (18. bxa3 cxd4 19. Bxd4
Bxa3 {is hardly good for White either.}) 18... Bf6 $1 (18... axb2 $143 19. Rb1
Bf6 20. Rxb2 Bxe5 21. Rxb7 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Nb4 (22... Rab8 23. Rxf7 Qa1+ 24. Ke2
Qb2+ 25. Kf3 $13) 23. Nxf7 $1 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Qa2+ 25. Kf1 $11) 19. Bxf6 (19. Bh7+
Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 axb2 $1 22. Rb1 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Bxe5 24. Qxb7 Rb8 $17)
19... axb2 $1 20. Rb1 (20. Qxh6 bxc1=Q+ 21. Ke2 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 Qxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2
Qxf6+) 20... Qxf6 {, and Black successfully parries White's attack as} 21. Nh7
(21. Rxb2 Nb4) 21... Qe7 22. Nxf8 c4 $1 23. Bh7+ Kxf8 24. Rxb2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 Qa3
$1 26. Rb1 Bd5 {is rather favourable for Black. Of course, all this can hardly
be found over the board so the Georgian GM's decision was justified in
practical terms.}) 18. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Bf6 $8 19. Bxf6 (19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8
20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Bxe5 22. Qxb7 dxe3 23. fxe3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb8 25. Qe4
$16 {Here you see the crucial difference from the 17...bxa3 line: instead of
Black's pawn on b2, there is White's on a3. After the text move, too, White
gets a more favorable position than in the 17...bxa3 line.}) 19... Qxf6 20. Nh7
Qd8 21. Nxf8 dxe3 22. Bh7+ Kxf8 $6 {[%csl Rf8]} (22... Kh8 $142 $1 23. O-O Qxf8
24. Qb5 $1 (24. fxe3 f5 25. Bg6 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxa3 $13) 24... exf2+ 25. Rxf2
Qe7 26. Bb1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 23. O-O e2 $6 {Black avoids opening the f-file
but White now collects this pawn and keeps a material advantage without
conceding any compensation.} (23... Qb6 $142 $1 24. fxe3 f5 $1 {, and White's
king is exposed, too.}) 24. Rfe1 bxa3 25. bxa3 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6]} (25... Qd2
26. Bb1 $16) (25... Qe7 $142 26. Qxe2 (26. Rxe2 Qxa3) 26... Nc7 $1 {[%cal
Yc7d5]} (26... Qxa3 27. Ra1 Qd6 28. Be4 Nc5 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qe4 $18 {[%cal
Re4b7,Re4h7]}) (26... Qxh4 27. Rb1 $1 $18) 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Nd5 $16) 26.
Qxe2 Qd5 27. f3 Qd4+ 28. Qe3 {The endgame is winning but} (28. Kf1 $1 Nc5 29.
Red1 Qa4 30. Qe5 Rc8 31. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Rc5] ended the game on the spot.}) 28...
Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Kf7 30. Rb3 Bd5 31. Rb5 Rd8 32. h5 Kf6 33. Bg6 Rd7 34. Kf2 Ke7
35. Ra5 Rd6 36. Rc8 Rb6 37. Bxf5 Bb7 38. Rg8 exf5 39. Rxg7+ Kf6 (39... Kf8 40.
Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Rxa6 $18 {_|_}) 40. Rg6+ Ke7 41. Re5+ Kd7 42. Rxb6 axb6 43. Rxf5
Nc5 (43... Ke7 44. Rb5) 44. Rf6 b5 45. Rxh6 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Ne1 47. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 {This position is quite common; it
has arisen after various move orders, mostly when White's knight went to f3
instead of e2. White is more active, and after the (rather imminent) exchange
of the dark-squared bishops he will end up with a "better" bishop, too. GM
Julian Radulski now comes up with a rare defensive plan.} Bd7 (11... Be6 {
is usually played:} 12. Rc1 (12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6
16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rcd1 h6 {1/2 Kopasov,A (2041)-Vunder,A (2241)/
St Petersburg 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) 12... Bd6 (12... Ne8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Be5 f6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qe2 Kf7 19. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Levenfish,
G-Kotov,A/Leningrad 1939/URS-ch (73)}) (12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 $14) 13.
Bg3 (13. Be5 $5) (13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1) 13... Bxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 15. Qb3 Rc7
16. Qb4 Qb8 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qd6 Rc6 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20. f3 h5 21. Rfe1 $14 {
1-0 Markovic,M (2586)-Nestorovic,D (2386)/Jahorina 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 12. Re1
(12. Be5 $1 Bc6 13. Re1 Nd7 $2 (13... Bd6 $14) 14. Qc2 g6 $2 (14... Nxe5 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxe5) (14... Nf6 $8) 15. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8
18. d5 Ne5 19. dxc6 Nxd3 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Rad1 {1-0 Knaak,R (2505)-Seils,J 
(2220)/Glauchau 1987/EXT 2003}) 12... Bc6 13. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4][%mdl 32] Hardly
a good plan just weakening White's queenside.} (13. Be5 $1 {transposing to
Knaak - Seils.}) 13... Re8 14. b4 (14. Be5 Nd7) (14. Qf3 $5 $14 Qb6 $140 15.
Be5) 14... a6 15. Qb3 (15. Qf3 {was more appropriate here, too.}) 15... Nh5 $1
16. Be5 Bg5 17. b5 $6 (17. a4 {[%cal Yb4b5] was at least logical although
Black probably equalises by means of} Bd2 $1 18. Red1 (18. Bxh7+ Kh8) (18. Re2
Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6) 18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. b5 $5 (20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qd7
22. Qb3 Qd6) 20... axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 fxe5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 (24.
dxe5 Qc7 25. Re1 Nf4 $132) 24... exd4 $11) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 f6 19. Bc7 Qd7
20. g3 Nf4 $5 (20... g6 $11) 21. Bf1 $6 (21. Bxf4 $142 Bxf4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.
Na7 $1 ({if White doesn't want an immediate draw after} 23. gxf4 Qg4+) 23...
Ba4 24. Qb1 g6 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Bd2 $11 {_|_}) 21... Nh3+
22. Kg2 Bd2 23. Red1 Bh6 24. Bb6 Ng5 (24... Ra6 $142 $1 25. Bc5 (25. Nc7 $2 Qf5
$1 26. Ra2 $2 Re3 $1 27. fxe3 Qe4+ 28. Kxh3 Bd7+ $19) 25... b6 26. Nc3 bxc5 $1
27. Bxa6 c4 $44) 25. Nc7 Ba4 (25... Rec8 26. Nxa8 Ba4 27. Qb4 Bxd1 28. Rxd1
Rxa8 29. Re1 $14) 26. Qb1 $2 {White finally goes astray.} (26. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 27.
Nxd5 Bc6 (27... Bxd1 $6 28. Rxd1 Rxa3 29. Nc7 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Rh6]}) 28. Bc4 Ra4
29. Bb3 Ra6 30. Kf1 Kh8 31. f4 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxb6 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. Rab1 $14)
26... Rac8 (26... Rec8 $1 {was even more accurate:} 27. f4 Ne4 28. Nxa8 Nc3 29.
Qc1 Nxd1 30. Nc7 g5 $1 $19) 27. Re1 (27. Nxe8 Bc2 28. Qa2 Be4+ 29. Kg1 Rc2 30.
Qb3 Nh3+ 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 $19) (27. f4 $1 {was the only way to continue
resistance although Black should win after} Ne4 $1 (27... Bxd1 28. Qxd1 Rxc7
29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. fxg5 Bxg5 {is less convincing}) 28. Nxe8 Rc2+ ({or} 28... Nc3
29. Qd3 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qxd1 Rc3) 29. Kg1 Bxf4 $1 30. Re1
Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 31. Qxc2 $8 Bxc2 32. gxf4 Qg6+ 33. Bg2 Qxe8) 27... Rxe1
28. Qxe1 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 {, and Black converted his material advantage
although not without problems:} 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. f4 Ne4 32. Qa5 Bxf4 $1 33. Qa8+
Kf7 34. Rc8 Bd6 $6 (34... Kg6 $1 35. Rh8 Kh6 36. Qg8 Qf5 $19) (34... Bxg3 $1
35. hxg3 Qf5 $19) 35. Rh8 Kg6 36. Qg8 Ng5 (36... f5 $142 $1 37. Qxh7+ Kf6) 37.
Bd3+ f5 38. h4 (38. g4 $142 {, and it is not easy for Black to parry White's
attack, e.g.} Kf6 $1 39. h4 (39. Bxf5 Qe7) 39... Ne6 40. g5+ (40. Bxf5 h6 {
[%cal Yd7f7]}) 40... Ke7 41. Bxf5 (41. Rxh7 $143 Qe8 42. Qxe8+ Bxe8 43. Bxf5
Nxd4) 41... Nf4+ 42. Kf2 $1 Qxf5 43. Qxg7+ Qf7 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46.
Rxb7 Nh5 47. Ra7 {In this unusual position White retains drawing chances.})
38... Ne4 (38... Bb5 $5 39. Bxb5 (39. hxg5 Bxd3 40. Qxh7+ Kxg5 41. Qh4+ Kg6 42.
Qh5+ Kf6 43. Qh4+ Ke6 $19) 39... Qxb5 40. hxg5 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qxg3+
43. Kf1 Qh3+ 44. Ke1 Bg3+ 45. Kd2 Qg2+ 46. Kc1 $1 Bf4+ 47. Kb1 Qe4+ 48. Ka2 $1
Qc2+ 49. Ka1 Qc1+ 50. Ka2 Qc4+ 51. Kb1 $1 Qb3+ 52. Ka1 Qxa3+ 53. Kb1 Bxg5 54.
Qxh7+ Kf6 {, and Black should win}) 39. h5+ (39. g4 $5 h6 $1 40. Qh7+ Kf6 41.
h5 $1 Qf7 $1 42. Qxf5+ Ke7 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. Qxe4+ Qe6 45. Qxb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+
Kg5 $19) 39... Kf6 (39... Kxh5 40. Qxh7+ Kg5 $19) 40. h6 Ng5 41. hxg7 Qxg7 ({
The endgame after} 41... Qxg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ra8 Bc6 44. Bxf5 Kf6 {is lost
for White so he decided to resign (a bit prematurely).}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 {A relatively new move
order in this well-known position, introduced by Magnus Carlsen two years ago.}
({In the event of} 12. g3 Nb6 13. f3 (13. Ne2 {can now be met with} Bb4+ 14.
Kd1 Nc4) (13. O-O-O Nc8) 13... Nc8 14. Kf2 Nd6 {Black rearranges his pieces in
a proper way. A recent example from GM practice:} 15. Rd1 a5 16. b3 Kd7 17.
Bh3+ Kd8 18. Rhe1 f5 19. Ng2 h5 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4
dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rf8+ 25. Kg2 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Kc7 $11 {1/2 (28) Moiseenko,A (2649)
-Rakhmanov,A (2653) Izmir 2016}) 12... f5 (12... Nb6 {is too late as this
knight can't reach d6 and control the f5-square in time:} 13. Ng3 Bb4+ (13...
Nc8 14. f4 $16 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 14. Kd1 Na4 15. Ngf5 $1 Kd7 (15... Nxb2+ 16. Kc2
Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rhb1 c5 19. a3 Ba5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Nxb7
$16 {1-0 (29) Holt,C (2561)-Miller,D (2219) Norfolk 2017}) 16. Rb1 Ke6 $6 {
[%csl Re6]} (16... Rhc8 $142 17. Bd3 $14 {M.Marin}) 17. Bd3 Rhc8 18. Ke2 Bf8
19. g4 c5 $6 (19... Kd7 $142 {M.Marin}) 20. Ng2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg2f4,Rh2h4] 1-0
(50) Carlsen,M (2851)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger 2016 CBM 172 [Marin,M]}) (
12... Bb4+ 13. Kd1 O-O-O 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Ngf5 Ne6 16. Bd3 Ba5 17. Ke2 Rhe8 18.
g3 Bb6 19. Rad1 Kb8 20. Kf1 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Kg2 $14 {M. Marin}) 13. g3 $5
{[%mdl 32] White is not concerned about doubling his pawns as he will dominate
on the dark squares.} (13. Nf3 {is less energetic but possible, too:} Nf6 14.
a3 Bd6 15. g3 Ke7 16. Nh4 Ng4 (16... Ne4 17. f3 Ng5 18. Kf2 Kf6 19. h3 Ne6 20.
Rd1 a5 21. Ng2 Rhe8 22. h4 h6 23. Ngf4 Re7 24. Bh3 Rae8 25. Rhe1 $14 {1/2 (69)
Martinovic,S (2551)-Kovacevic,B (2483) Valpovo 2017}) 17. Ng2 a5 18. f3 Nf6 19.
Nef4 Ne8 20. Bd3 Bc7 21. Rc1 a4 22. Kf2 Ra5 23. h4 h5 24. g4 Ng7 25. g5 $14 {
0-1 (71) Parligras,M (2599)-Kovalenko,I (2644) Gjakova 2016}) 13... Bxh4 (13...
Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc8 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. b4 a6 17. Ke2 Ne4 18. a3 Kd7 19. Rhc1 Rhe8 20.
Nhg2 Nd6 21. h4 h6 22. a4 b5 23. Rc2 Ne4 24. Rac1 Rec8 25. axb5 axb5 26. f3 $14
{1-0 (50) Bai,J (2586)-Sethuraman,S (2633) Chengdu 2017}) (13... Nf6 14. Bh3
Ng4 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Ke2 a5 17. Kf3 Nh6 18. Bf1 Ng8 19. Bd3 Ne7 {1-0 (74)
Volkov,S (2618)-Rakhmanov,A (2664) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016 , and here White
should have probably played} 20. Kg2 $14 {[%cal Yh4f3,Yh2h4]}) (13... Nf8 $5 {
needs closer examination. In the following games GM Miroslaw Grabarczyk held
his ground:} 14. Ng2 (14. Nf4 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ne6 16. Be2 Nxf4 17. exf4 f6 18.
Rg1 Rg8 19. Kd2 Kf8 20. Rg3 Be8 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Re1 Kf7 {1/2 (22) Fedorovsky,M
(2498)-Grabarczyk,M (2441) Germany 2017}) 14... h5 15. h4 Nd7 16. Ngf4 Nf6 17.
Nd3 a5 18. Nef4 Bd6 19. Be2 Ke7 20. f3 Nd7 21. Kf2 Kf6 22. Rhc1 Ra7 23. a4 Re8
{1/2 (23) Ahlander,B (2435)-Grabarczyk,M (2402) Bremen GER 2018}) 14. gxh4 Nf6
(14... Ke7 15. Nf4 h6 16. b4 Nf8 17. Rg1 Kf6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Nd3 $6 (19. b5 $5)
19... Ne6 20. f4 a5 21. b5 cxb5 22. Bg2 Rhg8 23. Kd2 Rad8 24. a3 Ke7 25. Bf3
Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Nc7 27. Rc1 Kd6 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. Rg1 {1/2 (29) Moiseenko,A (2648)
-Cyborowski,L (2524) Germany 2016}) 15. f3 {This move is probably unnecessary.}
(15. Rg1 Ke7 16. Nf4 Nh5 17. Be2 Nxf4 18. exf4 h5 19. Rg3 Kd6 20. Kd2 Rae8 21.
Bd3 a5 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 b5 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rg1 Rh6 $14 {1/2 (60)
Batchuluun,T (2571)-Usmanov,V (2463) St Petersburg RUS 2017}) (15. Ng3 $5 {
was probably the most promising:} f4 $6 (15... Nh5 $6 16. Be2 $1) (15... Kf8 $5
{[%cal Yf5f4,Ya8e8]} 16. Be2 $5) 16. exf4 Nh5 17. Nxh5 Bxh5 18. Rg1 Kf8 19. Kd2
Re8 20. Bd3 h6 21. Rg3 Re6 22. Rag1 Ke7 23. Rg8 Rxg8 24. Rxg8 Kf6 25. f5 $16 {
1/2 (57) Lorparizangeneh,S (2515)-Usmanov,V (2455) St Petersburg RUS 2017})
15... Ke7 16. Rg1 Nh5 17. Kf2 Rae8 18. b4 f4 {[%mdl 512] This is more to the
point now: Black's bishop becomes active, and White can't push f4-f5 to "kill"
it.} 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 Kf6 21. a4 Bf5 22. Ra2 Re7 23. Re2 Rxe2+ 24. Bxe2
a6 25. Ke3 h6 26. Kd2 Ra8 {Anticipating the opening of the a-file in the event
of b4-b5.} 27. a5 {After this move White can't break through anywhere, and the
game ends in a draw.} Re8 28. h5 Rc8 29. Ke3 Re8+ 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ke1 Re8 32.
Kd2 Rc8 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34. Kxd3 Re8 35. h4 Rc8 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Re1
Ra8 39. Re5 Rb8 40. Re3 Ra8 41. f5 Rc8 42. Re1 Rd8 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Kf2 Rd8 45.
Kg3 Rc8 46. Kf2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 {A rare move order.} (
6. Nf3 {leads to a usual position.}) 6... b6 (6... c6 {is illogical in the Bf4
setup, e.g.} 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. h3 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
Qc2 Nf6 13. Be5 h6 14. g4 Ne4 15. h4 c5 16. Rd1 c4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Qd5
19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. f3 $40 {1-0 Nielsen,P (2680)-Sethuraman,S (2455)/
Helsingor 2009/CBM 131 Extra (26)}) (6... a6 7. c5 $1 b6 8. b4 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3
10. Qxc3 a5 11. Nf3 c6 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Be2 Ba6 15. Bg3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3
axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1+ 18. Qxa1 Qa8 19. O-O b5 20. e4 $14 {1-0 Shimanov,A (2586)
-Hemant,S (2247)/Chennai IND 2011/The Week in Chess 874 (34)}) (6... dxc4 7.
Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Nb5 Ne8 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nc3 Nef6 11. e4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. b4 a5 14.
Nxb5 axb4 15. Bxc7 Qc8 16. Rc1 Bxe4 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb7 20.
axb4 $14 {1/2 Murey,J (2465)-Shchekachev,A (2522)/Paris 2003/CBM 099 (36)}) (
6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3 {leads to one of the main D37 theoretical lines
but not everyone likes to play it with ...c7-c5!}) 7. g4 $146 {[%mdl 8] "A
creative approach", we could say but g2-g4 is now tried in so many positions
that it has become a typical balance-breaking method! Quiet alternatives
include:} (7. Rc1 dxc4 (7... c5 $5) 8. Qf3 c6 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. Nge2 Qd7 11. O-O
c5 12. Qh3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qf3 c4 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. Be5 b5 17. e4 Nxc3 18.
Qxc3 $14 {1/2 Moradiabadi,E (2571)-Enchev,I (2441)/Aghios Kirykos 2010/CBM 137
Extra (33)}) (7. cxd5 {A very typical reply to ...b7-b6 "killing" Black's
eventual b7-bishop at once.} Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 (10. Bd3 {
is more normal}) 10... f6 11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc8f5] was a logical
way to take advantage of White's loss of time}) 12. Bb5 Na5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Rc1 Qb6 15. Be2 Be6 16. Qc2 Nb3 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Bd3 h6 19. O-O Bd6 20. Bxd6
Rxd6 21. Nh4 $14 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7] 1-0 Hammer,J (2585)-King,D (2494)/England
2010/EXT 2011 (32)}) 7... Bb7 (7... c5 $5 {looks more energetic (here or on
the next move). The b8-knight could then go to c6 or d7 depending on the
situation.}) 8. Bg2 Nbd7 (8... c5 $5) 9. h4 Ne4 10. Nge2 Nxc3 {Suddently it
turns out that White's pieces are placed quite harmoniously, and Black's task
is not easy, e.g.} (10... Bxh4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qc2 f5 (12... e5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 f5 15. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5,Rf4e6]}) 13. c5 Bd5 $140 14. gxf5 exf5 15.
Nc3 $16) (10... c5 11. g5 $1 (11. Nxe4 $143 dxe4 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14.
b3 e5 $1 15. dxe5 Nc5 $44) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 {e.g.} Rc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1
$36) 11. Nxc3 c5 12. g5 $1 {[%csl Rd7] It is essential to restrict Black's
knight.} (12. cxd5 $143 cxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. exd4 $2 Nf6 $1 $17) 13... Bf6 $132)
12... b5 $6 {The arising complications will be favourable for White.} (12...
cxd4 $142 13. exd4 Re8 $14 {[%cal Yd7f8]}) 13. cxd5 b4 (13... Nb6 $5 {may be
better but still not enough:} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. b4 Be7 17. O-O Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxd5 Rd8 21. Qc1 $1 ({even better than} 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qf3) 21... exd5 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rc1 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rc1c7]}) 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nb5 Qb6 {An attempt to mess up the matters;
otherwise White keeps material or a positional advantage:} (15... Bxd5 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. Nc7 Rc8 18. Nxd5 $16) (15... a6 16. Nc7 Rc8 17. O-O $1 Rxc7 18. d6
Bxg2 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxc7 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 $16) (15... Nb6 16. Nc7 Nxd5 $1 (
16... Rc8 17. Rxa7) 17. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxa7 $16)
16. Nc7 (16. Qa4 $1 $16 {may be better}) 16... Rac8 17. O-O $1 e5 $1 (17...
Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxa7 Qb8 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. d6 $18) 18. dxe5 $1 Rxc7 19.
d6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxd6 21. exd6 {White keeps an extra passed pawn but,
surprisingly, it is very difficult to convert it!} Rc5 $2 {Perhaps an error on
the scoresheet..} (21... Rc4 $1) 22. Rc1 $2 (22. e4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e3]})
22... Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qb7+ 24. f3 Rc8 25. Qd2 a5 26. Ra1 (26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1
a4 28. Qc7 Qb5 29. Kg3 g6 30. e4 Nf8 31. Qa7 Nd7 {, and it is unclear how to
win.}) 26... Qb5 27. b3 Rc3 28. Qa2 h5 29. Kg3 Rc5 30. Qd2 Rc3 31. Rc1 $5 {
An attempt to make progress.} (31. Qd1 g6 32. Ra2 Kh7 33. Qa1 Rc5) 31... Rxb3 (
31... Qc6 32. e4) 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ Qd3 (33... Rd3 34. Re8 $1 {[%cal Yc2c8,
Ye8e7]}) 34. Qxd3+ Rxd3 35. Rc7 Nb6 36. Be5 Kg6 $2 {The last mistake. White
now wins a piece and the game.} (36... Rd5 $1 37. f4 Kg8 $1 {, and White's win
is still under doubt} ({but not} 37... Kg6 $2 38. e4)) 37. Bd4 b3 38. Rb7 $1
Nd7 39. Rxd7 a4 40. Rb7 a3 41. d7 Rxd4 42. exd4 a2 43. d8=Q a1=Q 44. Qb6+ Kh7
45. d5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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"]

1. d4 {Quintiliano,R} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5
7. Rb1 {Quintiliano,R: 'This move order allows White to prevent the check from
b4 and the subsequent exchange of bishops, which is good for Matlakov, who is
playing only for the win.'} (7. Nf3 {Quintiliano,R} cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {would be of course a better situation for Aronian.}) 7...
Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 (9... Nc6 {is more common - see Svidler - Radjabov
in CBM 179.}) 10. Qe2 a6 (10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. d5 e5 $6 (12... exd5 13.
Bxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. c4 $14) 13. Rd1 Qd6 {(this blockade is too shaky)}
14. a4 a6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rfb8 17. Nc4 Qf6 18. f4 $1 exf4 19. e5 Qh6 20.
Qg4 Bc8 21. Bxf4 {1-0 (21) Wei Yi (2738)-Li,Y (2459) China CHN 2017}) 11. a4 (
11. O-O {allowed Black to comfortably develop his pieces in the recent rapid
game:} b5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 (13. a4 $5) 13... e5 14. h5 h6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 c4 17. Bc2 Qxe5 $132 {0-1 (45) Navara,D (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739)
Saint Louis 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 (12... Qa5+ $2 {(Quintiliano,R)
wins a pawn but after} 13. Bd2 Qxa4 14. O-O $1 {Black is in trouble to develop
his pieces:} Qe8 15. Rfc1 b5 16. Ba2 Nd7 17. d5 $1 e5 18. Ba5 $1 $14) 13. O-O {
[%mdl 512] Of course, White doesn't care about his a-pawn. His initiative in
the centre is more important.} Rc8 {Hardly a useful move.} (13... Bxa4 14. Bb2
$44 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yf1c1]} (14. d5 $143 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 $13)) 14. Bd3 Bxa4 15.
d5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Quintiliano,R: 'Once the material has been accepted, White
must immediately show and use his compensation, and Matlakov takes advantage
of his better development by opening the position'} Nd7 {Quintiliano,R: 'Maybe
Aronian didn't see his opponent's strong next move.'} (15... exd5 16. exd5 Bb5
{didn't help: White kept strong pressure after} 17. Re1 $1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $16) (
15... e5 {(Quintiliano,R) was more solid, White has some compensation, but not
aggressive ideas like in the game} 16. Be3 (16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Bc5) 16... Nd7
17. Rfc1 Bc5 (17... Qb8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Ge5]}) 18. h4 $5
$44 {Black has some problems like his development and the bishop misplaced on
a4, but it is not easy for White to increase the pressure, the position is
balanced}) 16. e5 exd5 $2 (16... Nc5 $1 {was the best defence. After} 17. d6
Qd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxe7 Qd3 $1 ({but not} 19... Qxe7 $2 20. Ng5+ {etc.})
20. Qa2 $1 {the position remained unclear.}) 17. e6 $1 Nf8 (17... Nc5 18. exf7+
Kh8 19. Bf5 $16) 18. exf7+ Kxf7 ({Quintiliano,R: 'Not recapturing the pawn was
difficult, but it was better to play'} 18... Kh8 19. Ne5 $16 Bc2 {Quintiliano,R
} 20. Bxc2 Qxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Rxb7 Bd6 23. Bf4 $16) 19. Nd4 $6 {
Quintiliano,R: 'But Matlakov returns the compliment and gives Aronian the
chance to save the game.'} (19. Re1 $1 {was more precise. A nice line:} Bf6 20.
Ng5+ Bxg5 21. Bxh7 $3 Qd7 (21... Nxh7 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Ba3+) (21... Bxc1 22.
Qf3+) 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Bxg6+ Nxg6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Ba3+ Be7 26. Re3 Bxa3 27.
Qxg6 $18 {->}) 19... Bf6 {Quintiliano,R: 'Aronian makes the last mistake and
misses the chance, which was pretty difficult.'} (19... Kg8 $142 $1 20. Nf5 Bf6
{and Black holds on.}) 20. Bxh7 $1 {The same blow (see above) decides in this
position, too.} Qe5 (20... Bxd4 21. Qf3+ $18) (20... Nxh7 21. Qe6+ Kf8 (21...
Kg6 22. Qf5+ Kf7 23. Qxd5+ Kg6 24. Ne6 $18 {[%cal Re6c7,Re6f4]}) 22. Ba3+ Be7
23. Qxd5 $18 {->}) (20... g6 21. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 (21... Nxg6 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23.
Nf5+) 22. Qg4+ Kh7 (22... Kf7 23. Nf5 $1) 23. Qf5+ Kg7 (23... Kg8 24. Qxf6 $18)
24. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 25. Qxf6+ Kh7 26. Rb6 $18 {->}) 21. Rxb7+ Bd7 22. Qg4 Qxd4 (
22... Nxh7 23. Rxd7+ Kg8 24. Nf5 $18 {->}) 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. Qxd7+ Be7 25. Re1
Qe5 (25... Qc5 26. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 27. Qxd5+ $18) 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Qg4 (27. Qg4 Qf6
(27... Qd6 28. Bb4 $1) 28. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 29. Qe6+ Ke8 30. Bg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bg3 {A rare, rather harmless continuation. Black has
already played ...h7-h6 so after ...Ne4xg3 h2xg3 he doesn't lose a tempo.} (10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 {is common, and now} 11. Qc2 $5 Re8 (11... Bf5 12. Ne5 $1 {e.g.} Nxc3
13. Bxf5 Nb5 14. O-O Nd6 15. Rae1 Nxf5 16. Qxf5 Rd8 17. e4 $5 $36 {1-0 (36)
Lilienthal,A-Kotov,A Budapest 1950}) 12. O-O Nd7 {transposing to a position
seen in hundreds of games.}) 10... Bf5 {A logical move.} (10... f5 {weakens
Black's position too much:} 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Qb3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 a5 16. Ne2 a4 17. Qc2 c5 18. Nf4 c4 19. Be2 Be6 20. Bh5 Qd7 21. Bg6
$14 {1/2 (36) Volkov,S (2593)-Galinsky,T (2416) Fagernes 2013}) (10... Nxg3 $5
11. hxg3 Nd7 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. Rxh4 Nf6 $11 {0-1 (28) Calotescu,D (2165)
-Barzanu,I (2117) Eforie Nord 2001}) 11. Qc2 Bb4 {A safe move urging White to
castle short.} (11... Nxg3 {is possible, too:} 12. hxg3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 {
when White's attacking attempt} 14. g4 {is logical but not killing:} Bf6 15.
Rh5 Re8 16. O-O-O Nf8 17. Kb1 Qe7 18. Rdh1 {, and now Black should have played}
Nh7 $13 (18... Ng6 $4 {1-0 (90) Ivanov,J (2398)-Delorme,A (2288) Pornic 2011}
19. g5 $1 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rh8+ Nxh8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxh8#)) 12. O-O (
12. O-O-O $6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 {[%csl Rc1]}) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd7 15. g4 {White still tries to prepare an attack (g2-g3, Kg1-g2, Rf1-h1 and
then at some point g4-g5) but that plan is too slow.} Re8 16. g3 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Nf6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qd7 20. Kg2 Qg4 21. Nf3 Qe4 22. Qe2 $6 {Play with
fire.} (22. Qxe4 $11) 22... Nh7 (22... g5 $142 $1 23. Kg1 Qg4 {[%cal Yg8g7,
Ye8h8] , and it is Black who creates threats along the h-file - White must
fight for equality.}) 23. Rh1 Ng5 24. a4 f6 25. Rh4 Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Nxf3 27.
Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] The four-rook endgame is equal but Li Chao tries to
outplay his opponent.} Kf7 28. Rhh1 Rac8 (28... Rh8 $142) 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Rhb1
Re7 $6 {Black abandons the h-file and faces problems.} (30... b6 $142) 31. a5
Kd6 32. Ra3 Rb8 33. Kd3 Rc8 34. Rab3 Rcc7 35. Rh1 $16 Rc8 36. g4 c5 37. Rb5
Rec7 38. Ke2 cxd4 39. cxd4 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Kc6 41. Rb3 Rd8 42. Kg3 Rc4 43. Kf4 Rd7
44. Kf5 Rc2 45. f4 Kd6 46. Rh8 Ke7 47. Rb8 Kf7 48. g5 g6+ 49. Kg4 f5+ 50. Kf3
Rcc7 51. Ra8 b6 52. axb6 Rb7 53. Rxa7 (53. Rb1 Rxb6 54. Rh1 Rbb7 55. Rh6 Rbc7
56. Rah8 Rc6 {, and White is unable to win the g6-pawn. He can only capture
the a7-pawn, which leads to a position similar to the game. However, it is
quite favourable for White.}) 53... Rxa7 54. bxa7 Rxa7 55. Rb5 Rd7 56. Rb6 Ra7
57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Rd6 Ra5 59. Rc6 Ra7 60. Ke2 Kf7 61. Kd3 Ra3+ 62. Rc3 Ra7 63.
Rc5 Ke6 64. Kc2 Ra3 65. Rc3 Ra7 66. Rc6+ Kf7 67. Rf6+ Kg7 68. Rd6 Ra3 69. Kd2 (
69. Rxd5 $5 Rxe3 70. Rd7+ Kf8 71. d5) 69... Ra2+ 70. Kc3 Ra3+ 71. Kb4 Rxe3 72.
Kc5 Re4 73. Kxd5 Rxf4 74. Rd7+ Kf8 75. Rd6 $6 {White starts a wrong plan.} (75.
Ke5 $1 {was probably enough for a victory:} Re4+ (75... Ke8 76. Rd5 $1 {
[%cal Ye5f6]}) 76. Kf6 f4 77. Kxg6 f3 (77... Re7 78. Rd8+ Re8 79. Rd6 Kg8 80.
Kh6 Rf8 81. g6 f3 82. g7 Ra8 83. Rf6 f2 84. Kg6 f1=Q 85. Rxf1 Ra6+ 86. Rf6 Rd6
87. d5 Ra6 88. Kf5 $18) 78. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 79. d5 Rd4 80. Rc7 $1 Kf8 (80... Rf4
81. d6 f2 82. d7 Rf8 83. Rc1 $1 Kh8 84. Kh6 Kg8 85. g6 $22 Rd8 86. Rc8) 81.
Rc8+ $1 Ke7 82. Rc6 $1 Rxd5 (82... Kf8 83. d6 Ke8 84. Rc8+ Kd7 85. Rf8 Rxd6+
86. Kh7 Rd3 87. g6 $18) (82... f2 83. Rf6 Rd2 84. Kh6 {, and Black will be
forced to swap the d- and f-pawns, with a hopeless ending.}) 83. Rf6 Rd3 (83...
Rd6 84. Kg7 Rd5 85. g6 Rd3 86. Rf4 {[%cal Yg7h7]} Ke6 87. Kh6 Ke5 88. Kg5 $18 {
[%cal Rg6g7]}) 84. Kg7 {[%cal Yg5g6] , and Black can't stop White's g-pawn
without giving up her f-pawn.}) 75... Kf7 76. Kc6 $2 ({Missing an opportunity
to correct his mistake:} 76. Rd7+ $1 {If} Ke8 {then} 77. Rg7 Rg4 78. Rxg6 f4
79. Ke6 Kf8 80. d5 f3 81. Rf6+ Ke8 82. d6 Re4+ 83. Kd5 Re3 84. g6 $18) 76...
Rg4 $1 77. Rf6+ Ke7 78. d5 Rc4+ 79. Kb5 Rc1 80. Rxg6 f4 {White's king is cut
off, which is the decisive factor here.} 81. Re6+ Kd7 82. Rf6 Rg1 83. Kc5 Rxg5
84. Rf7+ Ke8 85. Rxf4 Rg6 86. Ra4 Kd7 87. Ra7+ Kd8 88. Rb7 Rh6 89. Rg7 Rf6 90.
Kd4 Rh6 91. Rf7 Ke8 92. Ra7 Kd8 93. Kc5 Rg6 94. Rf7 Rh6 95. Rg7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4
$5 {This idea of Veselin Topalov was condemned by GM P.Lukacs and IM L.Hazai
in their theoretical article in CBM 136 (annotations to the stem game Topalov
- Kasparov). However, in the present game Black was taken aback by the choice
of Alexander Morozevich and decided to avoid any theoretical discussions.} (8.
Qxb7 {is the main theoretical line.}) 8... Bc8 $6 (8... Bxg4 9. Qxb7 Nb4 10.
Rc1 Bf5 11. Bxc7 Qc8 12. Qxc8+ Rxc8 13. Be5 $14 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2617)
-Dobrowolski,A (2335)/Warsaw 2008/CBM 127 Extra (40)}) (8... Nxg4 {is the
crucial move:} 9. a3 $5 (9. Nxd5 $6 O-O 10. Bg2 Bh4 $1 11. Bg3 Be6 {[%cal
Rc6a5]} 12. Kf1 $1 a5 $1 13. Nh3 a4 14. Qc4 Na5 15. Qc5 b6 16. Bxh4 bxc5 17.
Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. d5 Bd7 $17 {0-1 Topalov,V (2725)-Kasparov,G (2795)/
Linares 1997/CBM 136 [Lukacz/Hazai] (39)}) (9. Qxd5 Qc8 {[%csl Rd5]}) 9... O-O
10. Bg2 Bh4 11. Bg3 Bxg3 (11... Be6 $5) (11... Re8 $5) 12. hxg3 Ne7 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bf3 Rxb2 18. Ne2 $11 {
1/2 Aleksandrov,A (2660)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2645)/Groningen 1997/EXT 1999 (37)}
) 9. h3 $14 {[%csl Rc6] The position of the black knight on c6 now makes no
sense.} (9. g5 {is premature due to} Nh5 $13) 9... Bd6 {A desperate move; now
the black d5 pawn will be lost.} (9... Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8
13. Bd3 b5 14. Nge2 Nc4 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. Nf4 Bb4 17. Nce2 c5 18. g5 $16 {
1-0 Bocharov,D (2618)-Rychagov,A (2538)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (25)}) 10. Bxd6
cxd6 (10... Qxd6 11. g5 Ne4 12. Qxd5 $16) 11. Nge2 h5 12. g5 Ne4 13. h4 $1 O-O
14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Qxd5 $16 {The white king is uncastled but still
safe enough so Black does not have sufficient compensation for the missing
pawn.} Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Qb3 Nf5 19. g6 $2 {Unnecessarily giving the pawn
back.} (19. f3 {was good enough, parrying Black's attack after} Nxe3 20. fxg4
Qe8 (20... Re8 21. Kf2 Nxg4+ 22. Kg1) 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22. Kc2 Qe3 23. Raf1 $16) (
19. Bd5 {[%csl Gd5] was another decent option.}) 19... Nxh4 20. Bd5 Nf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Rh3 Bg4 23. Rg3 Rc6 24. Rc1 d5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Once again Black
gives up a pawn to open up the line against the white king. He had an
alternative:} (24... Rb6 25. Qd5 Rb2 $1 {e.g.} 26. Nxh5 Re2+ 27. Kf1 Bxh5 28.
Qxh5 Rxf2+ $1 29. Kxf2 fxg6+ 30. Qf3 Qa5 {with a probable draw.}) 25. Qxd5 Rd6
26. Qxb7 fxg6 27. Qb3+ Rf7 28. c4 $6 (28. Nd3 $13 {was quite solid.}) 28...
Rxf4 $1 {After this exchange sacrifice the white king becomes really
vulnerable!} 29. exf4 (29. c5+ $5 Be6 30. Qc3 Rdxd4 31. exd4 Qd5 32. c6 h4 $44)
29... Rxd4 30. c5+ Kh7 31. Kf1 Rxf4 32. Qe3 Qf6 $6 (32... Rd4 $5 $44 33. c6
$140 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 h4) 33. c6 Bc8 34. Kg1 h4 35. Rg2 Qd6 36. Qc5
Qd2 37. Qc2 (37. Rc4 $1 {forces the rook exchange, with winning chances for
White.}) 37... Qd6 38. Rd1 (38. c7 $5) 38... Qe6 39. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Just
blundering the crucial c6-pawn.} (39. Rc1 $8 $13) 39... Rc4 40. Qa5 $2 (40. Qf3
Rxc6 41. Rd4 $1 Rc4 42. Qf4 {, and White should hold on.}) 40... Qxc6 {[%cal
Rc8b7]} 41. Qg5 $2 (41. Qd5 $8 Qxd5 42. Rxd5 Bb7 43. Ra5 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 {
gaining a crucial tempo compared to the game. Still, White can hardly survive
after} Kh6 45. Rxa7 g5) 41... Bh3 $19 {Regaining the exchange and liquidating
into a winning rook ending.} 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 Ra4 45. Kh3
Kh6 46. f3 g5 47. Rd2 Kh5 0-1

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ne5 ({It is well known that White should
not accept this pawn sacrifice:} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g5 14.
Bg3 f5 15. Qe5 {(otherwise Black wins a piece without White having sufficient
compensation)} f4 $1 16. exf4 g4 17. Nd2 (17. Ng1 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Bf5 $40) 17...
Bf6 18. Qh5 Qe7+ 19. Kf1 Bxd4 $40) (11. O-O {is, however, more common. Still,
Black reaches equality without major problems:} Bf5 (11... Nd6 12. h3 g6 13.
Rac1 Nh5 14. Be5 Ng7 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Be2 Rae8 18. Rfd1 Nc8 19. Na4
Qxb3 20. Nxb3 f6 21. Bh2 Bd6 22. Nbc5 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Nd6 24. Nc3 Bc8 $11 {
1-0 (58) Berkes,F (2665)-Duda,J (2587) Budapest 2014}) (11... Bd6 $5 12. Bxd6 (
12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 $1 14. exf4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Qd3 Qf6 $132 {
L.Ftacnik}) 12... Nxd6 13. Ne5 g6 $11 {[%cal Yc8f5] 0-1 (41) Steiner,H-Denker,
A New York 1946 MCL [Ftacnik,L]}) 12. Ne5 (12. Ng5 Nxg5 13. Bxf5 Ne6 14. Be5 (
14. Bg3 g6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nh5 $11 {0-1 (66) Sarana,A (2372)-Artemiev,V 
(2636) Loo 2014}) 14... g6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. e4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bh4 18. Qd3 Bxg3
19. Qxg3 Nf6 20. Qe5 Qd7 21. Rae1 Rae8 $11 {1/2 (42) Stefansson,H (2539)
-Laznicka,V (2677) Warsaw 2013}) 12... g6 13. f3 (13. Na4 Re8 {1/2 (13)
Harikrishna,P (2646)-Dreev,A (2660) Sestao 2010}) (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rad1 Kg7
15. h3 Bd6 16. Qb3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Rdc3 Ne8 {1/2 (19)
Rajkovic,D (2374)-Blagojevic,D (2459) Belgrade 2016}) 13... Nd6 14. Rad1 Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Qa5 $5 (15... Nh5 $6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. e4 Bg5 $6 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4
$16 {1-0 (59) Navara,D (2742)-Hammer,J (2651) Novy Bor 2016}) 16. Rdd1 Rac8 17.
Kh1 Nb5 18. Na4 Nh5 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. f4 Nf6 21. f5 Ne4 $132 {0-1 (42) Salgado
Lopez,I (2638)-Navara,D (2691) Istanbul 2012}) 11... Nxc3 (11... Re8 $5 12. O-O
Bd6 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Rae1 c5 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2
19. Bxc2 Be6 $11 {1/2 (46) Bacrot,E (2725)-Mamedyarov,S (2753) Geneve 2013}) (
11... Be6 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. g4 c4 16. Be2 $6 (16. Bf5 $11
) 16... Ne8 17. g5 Nd6 $17 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yf7f6] 0-1 (39) Indjic,A (2536)
-Blagojevic,D (2524) Cetinje 2013}) 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O
h6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. c4 Be6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 $11 {
0-1 (31) Vitiugov,N (2725)-Navara,D (2734) Berlin 2015}) 13... c4 14. Be2 Ne4
15. f3 Nd6 16. e4 Be6 (16... f6 {was possible, too:} 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 (18.
Bxd6 Bxd6 19. fxg4 Qc7 20. h3 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Rae8 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bxc4 Re3 $44)
18... Nxe4 (18... dxe4 $143 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21. g3) 19. Rae1 (19.
Bxc4 Rc8 20. Qxe4 Rxc4 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Rf3 Bf8 $15 {[%cal Yd8d7]}) 19... b5
20. Bf3 Bd6 $11) 17. Rae1 Rc8 $11 {Black has a strong hold on the centre, and
it is difficult for White to use his pawn advantage there.} 18. h3 Bh4 19. Rb1
Re8 $6 (19... b6 $5 20. Ng4 $140 f5 21. exd5 $4 fxg4) 20. Ng4 dxe4 $6 (20... f5
{was still possible but White kept a small plus after} 21. exd5 $1 Bf7 (21...
Bxd5 22. Ne3 Bf7 23. Bxd6 Rxe3 24. Bf4 Re7 25. Be5 $14) 22. Ne5 Bxd5 23. Bd1
$14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yc2b2,Yd1c2]}) 21. Bxd6 $6 ({Both players missed} 21. fxe4
Nxe4 22. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 23. Qxe4 $14) 21... exf3 22. Bxf3 Qxd6 23. Rxb7 Bd8 24.
Ne5 Bb6 25. Kh1 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 {[%cal Rf7f6,Gc7h2] The initiative belongs
to Black but it is far from deadly.} 27. Be4 $6 ({It was more appropriate for
White to try to trade light-squared bishops and therefore secure the f3 square
for his knight:} 27. Qa4 Rb8 28. Bg4 Bd5 (28... f6 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 30. Qxc4) 29.
Bf3 $1 $11) (27. Bg4 $143 f6 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Nf3 Qe2) 27... g6 28. Qa4 Re7 (
28... Rb8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb8b2]}) 29. Qc6 Qd8 30. Qc5 Re8 {It was probably time
to renounce attempts at using the b8-h2 diagonal and try to liquidate to a
slightly better endgame:} (30... Bxe5 {, and White, to avoid that, should give
up a pawn:} 31. Qxe5 (31. dxe5 Qc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Re5]}) 31...
Bxh3 32. Qf6 $1 {with good drawing chances.}) 31. Bc6 Rf8 32. Qxa7 Qd6 (32...
Bxe5 33. dxe5 Qd2 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. cxd4 Rd8 36. Rd1 c3 37. d5 Bxd5 38. Bxd5 c2
39. Rc1 Rxd5 40. Rxc2 Rxe5 $11) 33. Bb7 (33. Qa4 $142 f6 34. Nf3) 33... f6 (
33... Kg7 $5) 34. Nf3 Rb8 35. a4 Qd7 (35... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 36. Qa6 Qxa6
37. Bxa6 $13) (35... Bf7 $5 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yf7h5]}) 36. Qa6 Bf4 $2 $138 {Both
players were under time pressure, and Black had to play for a win to level the
match as the US was leading 1.5-0.5 at this point. Alas, it was difficult to
find a good way.} (36... Bxh3 37. gxh3 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 $11) (36... Kg7 37. Qc6
$11) 37. Bc6 $2 $138 (37. Re1 Rxb7 (37... Bf7 38. Qxf6) 38. Rxe6 $16) 37... Qc7
$2 (37... Qd6 $142 {but after} 38. d5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5+ Qxd5 40. Qxf6 {Black must
fight hard for a draw.}) 38. d5 $18 {White wins the c4-pawn and the game.} Bf5
39. Qxc4 Qd6 40. Nd4 Be4 41. Nb5 Rxb5 42. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 g6 {
A typical idea. Black prepares ...Bc8-f5 just in time so that White lacks a
tempo to prevent it by means of e2-e3 and Bf1-d3.} 8. Ne5 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ye2e4]
An ambitious continuation.} (8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 {, although played more often,
is essentially harmless}) 8... Bf5 9. Qd2 (9. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {V.Milov}) 9... Ne4 (
9... Nbd7 10. f3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nb6 (14... c5
$5) 15. e3 f5 $6 (15... Rc8 $142 16. Bd3 c5 $132 {[+] V.Milov}) 16. g5 Bf7 17.
O-O-O Nc4 $6 (17... Rc8 $142 18. Be5 c5 19. f4 $36 {[%cal Yh4h5] V.Milov}) 18.
Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be5 $16 {1-0 Kogan,A (2540)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2540)/Havana
2002/CBM 089/[Milov,V] (30)}) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 (10... dxe4 {is equally good:} 11.
e3 g5 $5 (11... f6 12. Nc4 Na6 13. a3 Be6 {1-0 Kogan,A (2504)-Zumsande,M (2360)
/Senden 2000/EXT 2001 (41)} 14. Na5 Qb6 15. Rc1 $14) 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14.
Bh2 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bh2 Qd7 18. Rc1 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Bf4
h3 21. gxh3 Rxh3 22. Rxh3 Bxh3 23. Qa5 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. f3 Kd7 26. Kf2 Rh8
$11 {1/2 Persson,C (2526)-Ugge,A (2528)/ICCF Postal 2002/ICCF CBM 120 (41)})
11. f3 Bf5 12. e4 $1 Be6 (12... dxe4 $6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. fxe4 Bxe4 15. O-O $40)
13. Be2 Nd7 (13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nd3 Re8 (15... c5 $1 $11) 16. Be3 dxe4
17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nf2 a5 19. b3 a4 20. b4 a3 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. b5 $14 {1-0 Kogan,
A (2475)-Barsov,A (2475)/Vlissingen 1996/CBM 053 ext (42)}) (13... f6 14. Ng4
Nd7 (14... Bxg4 15. fxg4 dxe4 16. O-O Qd5 17. Rac1 $36 {V.Milov}) 15. Ne3 (15.
Nh6 $5) 15... Nb6 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. a4 Be6 20. Bh6 Rf7
21. a5 Nd7 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. f4 Qe7 24. b5 c5 25. a6 {1/2 Kogan,A-Narciso Dublan,
M/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 14. Nd3 (14. Ng4 {is poor now due to} Bxg4 15.
fxg4 Nf6 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. O-O O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 $15 {[%csl Gd5] 0-1 Grooten,
H (2350)-Janssen,R (2513)/Hilversum 2008/EXT 2010 (40)}) 14... O-O 15. Be3 $6 {
GM Hikaru Nakamura tries to prevent ...c6-c5 but loses an important tempo.
Black obtains an even more comfortable position undermining White's pawn
centre from the other flank.} (15. O-O c5 $11) 15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Nb6 17. b3
f5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. d5 {[%mdl 512]} (19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15
{[%csl Gd5]}) 19... cxd5 $6 (19... Bf7 $142 {, and White can't complete his
development without material losses:} 20. exf5 Nxd5 $1 21. O-O (21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. O-O-O $6 Qf5 {[%csl Rc1] is hardly a good idea}) 21... Bb4 (
21... Qxf5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qc3 {[%cal Re2c4] is less convincing}) 22. Qd3 (
22. Nxd5 Bxd2 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxd7 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 $17 {[%csl Ge3,Gf7]})
22... Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 {with reasonable winning chances for
Black}) 20. e5 $1 {White now has a sufficient compensation for the missing
pawn: blockade on d4 and passive position of Black's pieces. Sooner or later
Black will have to give his material advantage back by means of ...d5-d4.} Bg5
21. Rd1 d4 {At once!} 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf4 {There was no need to hurry
giving up this bishop.} (23... Rfe8 $5 $11 {[%cal Ye6f7]}) 24. Bxf4 Rad8 (24...
Rac8 $5) 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Bg5 Rxd6 28. exd6 {[%mdl 4096]} h6 29.
Bxh6 Rd8 30. Bf3 Rxd6 $14 {/= White's bishop pair is definitely an advantage
but it is hardly possible to convert it for two reasons: 1) Black's knight has
strongholds in the centre; 2) there are too few pawns on the board.} 31. Rd1
Rd7 32. Kg3 (32. Rd4 $142 b6 33. Bd2 {restricting Black's knight}) 32... b6 33.
a3 Nc3 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Bf4 Be6 36. Bb8 Bxb3 37. Bxa7 Nb5 38. Bxb6 Nxa3 {
With pawns on the same side Black's defence is trivial.} 39. Kf4 Be6 40. Bc6
Nc4 41. Bd4 Nd6 42. h4 Nc4 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Bc6 Nc4 45. Bc3 Ke7 46. Bf3 Kf7 47.
Bd1 Bd5 48. g3 Be6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5+ Ke7 51. Kg5 Ne3 52. Bb4+ Kd7 53. Be2
f4 {Of course, there was no need for such a drastic measure but GM Michael
Adams calculated everything accurately.} (53... Bc4 $144 54. Bxc4 (54. Bh5 Nf1)
54... Nxc4 55. Kxf5 {, and now, say,} Ke8 56. Kf6 Ne3 $11) 54. Bb5+ (54. gxf4
Nd5) 54... Kc8 55. Kxf4 Nd5+ 56. Ke5 Nxb4 57. Kxe6 Nc2 58. Bd7+ (58. g4 Nd4+)
58... Kd8 59. g4 Nd4+ 60. Kd6 Nf3 61. Bc6 Ng5 62. Ba4 Ne4+ 63. Ke6 Nc5+ 64. Kf7
Nxa4 65. g5 Nb6 66. g6 Nd5 67. g7 Ne7 68. g8=R+ Nxg8 69. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 (6... c5 {
is more popular here but the text move is quite good, too.}) 7. c5 $146 {
Already an untested position on the board! However, this novelty is quite
harmless.} (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nb5 c6 9. Bc7 {doesn't work due to} Bb4+) (7. Nf3 {
leads to the 4.Nf3, 5.Bf4 system with the harmless 7.Rc1.}) 7... Ne4 (7... c6 {
[%cal Yb7b6] is another option.}) 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nxc3 9. Rxc3 e5 $5 {was
apparently a simple way to get a good position:} 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 b6 $1
12. cxb6 $140 Bb4) 9. Nf3 c6 {This position has already been seen in practice,
with a transposition of moves.} (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 f4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4
fxg3 13. hxg3 Rf7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bd3 Rg7 {[%cal Yb7b6] - White's compensation
for the piece is under doubt.}) 10. Ne5 (10. h3 Bf6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Ne2 e5 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. b4 Bd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19.
Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rf3 a5 $132 {1/2 (36) Kozul,Z (2624)-Lalic,B (2493) Bol na Bracu
2013}) (10. h4 $5) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne2 e5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] A typical advance "reviving" the c8-bishop. After the pawn exchange,
despite White's control of the d4-square, he has no advantage.} 14. Qa4 $6 {
A strange move. White wanted to recapture with his queen in case of ...e5xd4
but probably forgot about his kingside.} (14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 $11) 14...
Qh4 (14... Qg6 $5 15. Bxe4 (15. O-O f4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5,Rf4f3]}) 15... fxe4 16.
O-O Bg4 17. Rc2 (17. Ng3 h5) 17... exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rf6 $36) 15. g3
$6 {[%csl Rf3] An unnecessary weakening.} (15. O-O $142 {with a possible draw
after} Nd2 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Rf1) 15... Qg4 16. Rf1 (16. Qd1 {may be the lesser
evil. Surprisingly, White holds his ground:} exd4 (16... f4 $5 17. gxf4 exf4
18. Nxf4 Rxf4 19. Qxg4 Rxg4 20. f3 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Rg2 22. Rc2 Bh3 23. Rf2 $11) (
16... Qf3 $5 17. Rf1 Qg2 18. dxe5 Qxh2 19. Nd4 Re8) 17. exd4 Qf3 (17... Re8 18.
O-O Ng5 19. f4 Ne4 20. Kg2 {[%cal Ye2g1,Yg1f3]}) 18. O-O Ng5 19. Nf4 Qxd1 20.
Rfxd1 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxd4 22. Ba6 $1 bxa6 23. Rxd4 $44 {M.Notkin, M.Golubev})
16... Ng5 17. Kd2 $2 (17. Ng1 $142 f4 $1 18. dxe5 fxg3 19. Qxg4 gxf2+ 20. Rxf2
Bxg4 21. Rg2 Nf3+ 22. Nxf3 Bxf3 23. Rf2 {M.Notkin} Rae8 24. Kd2 Be4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Re5]} 25. Rxf8+ $140 Kxf8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Rf5 g6 29. Rg5
Kf7) 17... Nf3+ 18. Kc3 Nxh2 19. Rh1 Nf3 {White has lost a pawn without any
compensation, and his king is still unsafe.} 20. Qa5 Qg5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Nd4
Nxe5 23. b3 $2 (23. Kd2 $17) 23... b6 $1 24. cxb6 c5 {White's king collapses.}
25. Nb5 Bb7 26. bxa7 d4+ 27. exd4 Nxd3 28. Kxd3 Bxh1 29. Rxc5 Qe4+ 30. Kc4 Qe2+
31. Kb4 Qd2+ 32. Rc3 Bc6 33. a4 Bxb5 34. Kxb5 Qxd4 35. Rc7 Rfd8 36. Qb6 Rd5+
37. Ka6 Rd6 38. a5 Qd3+ 39. Kb7 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 ({
It is well-known that} 7. Qxb7 $6 Nb4 {is favourable for Black.}) 7... Na5 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 {So, White has managed to damage Black's pawn structure
but Black has a pair of active bishops. The position is dynamically balanced.}
10. e3 Qb6 (10... b5 {is interesting but hardly correct; Black doesn't get
compensation for the weakening of his position:} 11. Qd1 $1 (11. Nxb5 Rb8 12.
Nd2 $6 (12. Nc3 Rxb2 13. Rc1 Bb4 $13) 12... cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Be2 Qb4 16. Qd1 Bh6 $17 {0-1 (41) Young,A (2413)-Mitkov,N (2515) Bolingbrook
2005}) (11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Qxb5+ Bd7 13. Qxd5 Be7 $13) 11... Nc4 (11... Bb4 12.
Bd3 Bg6 13. O-O Nc4 {1-0 (62) Abbasov,F (2528)-Naiditsch,A (2624) Baku 2008}
14. Bxc4 dxc4 (14... bxc4 15. Qa4) 15. Nd2 $14) 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O (13. Qa4
Qd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Nc5 $14 {
0-1 (41) Yuferov,S (2430)-Vyzmanavin,A (2480) Belarus 1983}) 13... Bd3 14. Re1
Qb6 15. Qa4 O-O-O 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Kb7 18. Rec1 Bb4 19. Qa2 $1 $16 {
1-0 (28) Uhlmann,W-Opocensky,K Leipzig 1965}) 11. O-O-O O-O-O (11... Qb4 12.
Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Ne2 b5 15. Nh4 Nc4 16. Nf5 $14 {1/2 (37) Panchenko,
AG-Fadeev,V Kharkov 1984}) 12. Bd3 Bg6 (12... Bxd3 {is the exchange White
wants to force although even then exploiting the weakness of the f5-square
will not be an easy task:} 13. Rxd3 Nc4 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. Nd2 Qa6 (15... Nd6 16.
Na4 $5) 16. Kb1 b5 17. Ka1 Ka8 18. Ncb1 f5 19. Nb3 Bb4 20. g3 h5 21. Rdd1 Qc8
22. Nc1 Qd7 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Nd2 $14 {1-0 (52) Von Herman,U (2332)-Ehrke,M 
(2244) Germany 2005}) (12... Be6 {is less natural than the text move:} 13. Qc2
Nc4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 h6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. a3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. g3 Rhe8 20.
Rc1 Bh3 21. b4 $36 {1/2 (70) Mamedyarov,S (2607)-Eid,F (2431) Dubai 2003}) 13.
a3 $146 {[%mdl 32] White starts a new plan.} (13. h4 {was played in a few
games:} h5 $142 (13... Rg8 14. Bxg6 (14. g3 Bb4 $5 15. Ne2 Nc4) 14... fxg6 15.
h5 Nc4 16. Qc2 Kb8 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rd7 19. Qc2 f5 20. Kb1 Bd6 21. g3 Rf7
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh6 Bf8 24. Rh3 $14 {1-0 (68) Pogorelov,R (2507)-Westerinen,
H (2399) Andorra 1999}) 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nd2 Kb8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Na4 Qb5 18.
Kb1 Bb4 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. g3 Rhe8 $11 {1-0 (42) Smirnov,A (2286)-Biriukov,I 
(2343) St Petersburg 2002}) 13... Kb8 14. Rhe1 Rg8 15. Nh4 Bxd3 {After all
Black agrees to trade these bishops.} (15... Bh5 $5 16. f3 Bg6 {looks
appropriate in order to weaken White's solid pawn structure a little bit.} 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 {doesn't look dangerous for Black.}) 16.
Rxd3 c5 $6 {This move looks logical: Black wants to make use of the fact that
White's h4-knight is temporarily out of play; however, it creates a new
weakness: the d5-pawn. It was better to play positionally:} (16... Nc4 $1 17.
Re2 f5 $5 18. g3 Rg5 $13 {Black's strong c4-knight compensates for his double
f-pawns.}) 17. Kb1 (17. dxc5 $4 {was impossible due to} Nb3+ {but after the
text move 18.dxc5 is a threat.}) (17. Qb5 $5) 17... Rg4 (17... Nc4 18. Qb5 $1
Qe6 19. dxc5 $1 a6 {runs into} 20. Qxc4 $1 dxc4 21. Rxd8+ Ka7 22. Red1 $36 {
[%csl Rf8,Rg8] Therefore Black inserts the text move.}) 18. g3 Nc4 (18... c4 {
is not what Black wanted: his only "achievement" would be a weakness on d5.})
19. Qb5 $1 {Of course, Black's weaknesses can be more easily exploited in the
endgame.} Qe6 $1 20. dxc5 a6 21. Qb3 Bxc5 (21... d4 22. Nf3 $1 Bxc5 {[%cal
Rc4a3]} 23. Ka1 $1 $16) 22. Re2 ({Here, too,} 22. Nf3 $5 {was possible:} Rd6 (
22... Qf5 $2 23. e4 $1) (22... d4 23. Ka1 $1 $16) 23. Qd1 {, and the attack
like} Bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb6+ 25. Ka1 {doesn't bring Black any success: he has
nothing better than} Nb2 26. Qc2 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 $16) (22. Ka1 $5 {was another
good option but it allowed Black to activate his bishop:} Bd4 $1 23. Rc1 Be5 {
although White's position is still preferable after} 24. Qd1 Qb6 25. Qe2) 22...
Rd6 ({Black misses} 22... d4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d2,Rc4e5,Rc4a3]} 23. Nf3 $1 (23. Qd1
dxc3 $1 24. Rxd8+ Ka7 25. bxc3 Qb6+ 26. Ka2 Qa5 $44) 23... Nxa3+ $1 24. Ka2 Nb5
25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Rc2 (26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. exd4 e5) 26... Bb6 27. exd4 Rd6 {
with more drawing chances. After the text move he simply loses his d5 pawn.})
23. Qd1 $1 Rg8 24. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 {The best way of counterplay.} (24... Rgd8 $143
25. e4) 25. Nf5 (25. Ka1 Rdc6 $1) (25. Nf3 $5 {was probably better than the
text move.}) 25... Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (25... Rxd5 $1 26. Qxd5 Nxa3+ $1 27. bxa3
Bxa3 {was the only tactical possibility allowing Black to stay in the game.
Due to the unfortunate position of his f5-knight, White can't save his extra
piece, and after} 28. Nd4 $1 (28. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Re6f5,Rc8c3]}) 28... Qb6+
29. Ncb5 $1 Bc5 $1 {the position remains unclear.}) 26. Ka2 (26. Na4 {was
simpler since} Nxa3+ $2 {didn't work due to} 27. Ka1) 26... Bd6 $2 {A blunder
losing the whole game but Black had no satisfactory continuation anyway:} (
26... Rbc6 27. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 28. exd4 $18) (26... Ka7 27. Na4) 27. Nd4 Qe7 28.
Na4 $18 {[%csl Rb6]} Bxa3 {Desperation.} 29. Nxb6 Nxb6 30. Rh5 Rc5 31. bxa3 $5
{An unnecessary "brilliancy".} (31. Rc2 $5 $18) 31... Rxh5 32. Rb2 Rxh2 (32...
Ra5 33. Qb3 Ka8 34. Qxb6 Qxa3+ 35. Kb1 Qd3+ 36. Rc2 Qd1+ 37. Kb2 Qa1+ 38. Kb3
Qb1+ (38... Qa3+ 39. Kc4) 39. Rb2 Qd3+ 40. Kb4 Qa3+ 41. Kc4 {, and White's
king escapes.}) 33. Qb3 (33. Qg1 $5) 33... Qc5 34. Qxb6 Qxb6 35. Rxb6 Rxf2+ 36.
Rb2 {, and White easily converted his extra piece:} Rf1 37. Rh2 Rg1 38. Nf5 Rf1
39. e4 Re1 40. Rh4 Kc7 41. Rxh7 Rxe4 42. Rxf7+ Kc6 43. Rxf6+ Kc5 44. Rf8 b5 45.
Rc8+ Kd5 46. g4 Rf4 47. Ne3+ Kd4 48. Nc2+ Ke4 49. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Ne5 (11. O-O-O {- see Nakamura - Aronian
in CBM 173.}) (11. h3 {is another popular move.}) 11... g6 {[%cal Yc8f5,Yh5g7]}
(11... Nf6 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O Ng4 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Rab1 Nh6 16. b4 a6 17. Rfe1
Bf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rad8 20. a4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. b5 $14 {1/2 (40)
Radjabov,T (2747)-Morozevich,A (2762) Sochi 2007}) 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 f6 13. Nf3
Nf4) (12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. g4 Be6 15. f3 O-O-O 16. h4 Nfd7 17. Nd3
Rhe8 18. Bg2 f6 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Kb1 Kb8 $11 {1-0 (71) Le,Q (2715)-Ponomariov,R
(2764) Dortmund 2011 CBM 144 [Le Quang Liem]}) (12. g4 Ng7 13. h3 f6 14. Nd3
Bd7 15. Nc5 Ne6 $1 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. h4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. h5 g5 20. h6
Nc7 21. Bd3 Ne8 $11 {[%cal Ye8d6]} (21... Nb5 $6 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Kb1 Nc4 24.
Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7,Rd5] 1/2 (41) Hertneck,G (2502)-Hansen,C (2610) Germany
2002})) 12... Ng7 (12... Bf5 13. Qb3 f6 14. Nf3 Ng7 15. O-O Nc8 $6 (15... O-O {
was apparently quite possible}) 16. Rfe1 Nd6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Qa3 Kf7 19. b4 $14
b5 $6 20. e4 $1 {1-0 (78) Tregubov,P (2535)-Smagin,S (2575) St Petersburg 1998
CBM 067 [Tsesarsky]}) 13. O-O O-O $11 {Black is ready to play ...Bc8-f5 at an
appropriate moment and solve all his problems.} 14. Bd3 (14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. Qb3
Nc8 16. Na4 Nd6 17. Rac1 f6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 f5 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Qd1 g5 22.
g3 Rf6 23. b3 Rh6 24. Nb2 Kh8 25. Nd3 Rg8 $13 {1/2 (37) Beliavsky,A (2630)
-Heberla,B (2525) Plovdiv 2012}) 14... Bf5 15. Rab1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf5 17. b4
Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. a4 f6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Nd2 Qxb3
24. Rxb3 f5 25. a5 Nd5 26. Nc4 a6 27. g3 Re8 28. Nb6 {A risky decision.
White's b6-pawn becomes vulnerable.} (28. h4 $11 {was quite safe.}) 28... Nxb6
29. axb6 {[%mdl 4096]} Rad8 30. Rc5 Kf7 31. Rbc3 Re7 32. h4 Red7 33. Kf1 Rd5
34. Ke2 Ke6 {Black has the initiative here as White's rooks are tied up to
prevent ...Rd5-b5, and Black can gradually prepare ...h7-h6 and ...g6-g5.
However, White should hold on without major problems.} 35. Rxd5 $6 {An
inaccurate exchange. White underestimates his opponent's reply.} cxd5 $1 {
[%cal Rd8d6]} ({After} 35... Rxd5 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Kd5 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. Kc2
{Black can't break through.}) 36. b5 (36. Rc7 Rd7) 36... axb5 37. Rc7 Rd7 38.
Rc5 Rd6 39. Rxb5 Rc6 40. Kd2 Kd6 41. h5 {Unnecessary.} ({After} 41. Rb1 Rc4 42.
Rb5 Kc6 43. Ra5 {Black could hardly make progress.}) 41... gxh5 42. Rb1 Kd7 43.
Rh1 Rh6 44. Rh4 Kc6 45. Kc3 Kxb6 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Rf4 $6 {Another inaccuracy.
It was better to wait:} (47. Ka5) 47... h4 $1 48. gxh4 (48. Rxh4 $2 Rxh4 49.
gxh4 b5 50. Ka5 h5 $19) 48... Rf6 49. Ka4 b6 50. Kb4 b5 51. h5 (51. Ka5 $5 Rf8
52. Kb4 Kd6 53. Kxb5 Rb8+ 54. Ka4 Ke6 55. Ka3) 51... Rf8 52. Ka5 h6 53. f3 $6 {
Probably a decisive mistake. There was no need to weaken the e3-pawn.} ({
It is still unclear how Black can win after} 53. Kb4 Kb6 54. Rh4 Rg8 55. Rf4
Rg5 56. Rh4 Rg4 57. Rh1 {[%cal Yh1c1]} Rg2 58. Rf1) 53... Rf7 54. Kb4 Rf6 55.
Ka5 Rf8 56. Kb4 Kb6 $6 (56... Kd6 $1) 57. Kb3 $6 (57. fxe4 $5 dxe4 58. d5 Kc7
59. Kxb5 Kd6 60. Kc4 Ke5 61. Rf1 {looks like White's last chance to survive. E.
g.} Rc8+ 62. Kb4 $1 Rd8 63. Kc4 $1 Rc8+ 64. Kb4 Rc2 65. Rd1 $1 Kd6 66. Rf1 {
etc.}) 57... Kc7 58. Kb4 Kd6 59. fxe4 dxe4 60. Kxb5 Ke6 61. Rf1 (61. Kb4 {
was more stubborn but White should probably lose in the long term:} Rb8+ $1 (
61... Rc8 62. Rf1 Rc2 63. d5+ Ke5 64. Rd1 Kd6 65. Rf1) (61... Rg8 62. Rf1 Rg3
63. d5+) 62. Kc3 Ra8 63. Rf1 (63. Kb2 Rg8 64. Rf1 Rg2+) (63. Kb3 Ra1) 63...
Ra3+ 64. Kd2 Ra2+ 65. Ke1 Kf6 {etc.}) 61... f4 $1 {Black creates a strong
passed pawn, which decides the game.} 62. exf4 Kd5 63. Kb4 Kxd4 64. Rd1+ Ke3
65. Rd6 Kf2 66. Rxh6 e3 67. Re6 e2 68. Kc5 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ (9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Bxb5 12. Rxb5 Qc7
13. Qb3 b6 14. d5 exd5 15. Rxd5 Nd7 16. Bb2 Nc5 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. e5 Be7 $11 {
0-1 (35) Shishkov,A (2365)-Kulaots,K (2572) Viljandi 2014}) {was met with a
strong novelty:} 9... Nxd7 $1 (9... Qxd7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nf3 Bf6
13. O-O b5 {1/2 (48) Aronian,L (2785)-Vallejo Pons,F (2709) Sharjah 2017} 14.
Be3 $5) 10. Rxb7 $6 {(otherwise Black has no problems but now White's rook
gets into trouble, and he must sacrifice an exchange without getting enough
compensation)} cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Rxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nf3 f6 15. O-O
Kf7 16. e5 f5 17. g4 Rd8 $15 {0-1 (60) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Hou Yifan (2652)
Moscow 2017}) 8... O-O (8... Nd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Qc8
13. d5 $1 $14 {1-0 (24) Narciso Dublan,M (2528)-Mascaro March,P (2375)
Barcelona 2012}) 9. Bc4 {[%cal Yd4d5]} (9. Bd3 cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. d5 $14 {
1/2 (20) Vareille,F (2430)-Bricard,E (2455) Chambery 1994}) 10. cxd4 Nc6 11.
O-O Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb2 Qd8 $13 {0-1 (27) Gonda,L (2507)-Kantorik,M 
(2288) Heviz 2008}) 9... Nc6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13.
Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Bb5 Bf6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rbc1 Qf4 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. d5 $16 {1-0 (41) Vitiugov,N (2739)-Adly,A (2589) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) (
9... Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. Bf4 $1 Qxf4 15.
Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bc6 Qc7 17. Bd5 Bf6 18. c4 $14 {1-0 (20) Vitiugov,N (2700)-Miton,
K (2626) Czechia 2013}) 10. O-O b6 (10... Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 (12. d5 $5)
12... Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 Bc8 17. h3 Rd8 18. Rf1 Bd7
19. Nd2 $14 {1/2 (41) Polugaevsky,L-Petrosian,T Soviet Union 1970}) 11. Bf4 {
A logical move restricting the mobility of Black's queen.} (11. Be3 Bb7 (11...
cxd4 $142 12. cxd4 Bb7) 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxc5 (13... bxc5 {0-1 (40)
Jochens,A (2274)-Levin,F (2503) Germany 2015} 14. Bf4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd8]}) 14.
Bxc5 bxc5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Qe3 $14) 11... Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $6 {
A strange decision. Teimour Radjabov probably missed something here.} (13...
Rc8 $142 {, and Black should equalise.}) 14. Qd2 Nc6 {Sad necessity.} ({
Perhaps Black planned} 14... Rc8 15. Rxb4 a5 16. Ra4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 {
overlooking a strong counterblow:} 18. d5 $1 exd5 (18... bxa4 19. dxc6) (18...
Be8 19. d6 Bh4 20. Bxb5 Bxb5 21. Ra3) 19. exd5 Bd7 20. d6 Bf6 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22.
Rae4 $16) 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Bc5 (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Rxe7 Bxf3 19.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. gxf3) (17... Bd6 $142 18. Rbd1 Qc7 $14) 18. Rbd1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,
Gd5]} Bd6 {Simply losing a tempo but Black hardly had anything better.} 19. Ne5
(19. Ng5 $142 $5 {[%cal Yg5e4]}) 19... a6 20. Bf1 $6 {[%mdl 32] Too passive.} (
20. Bd3 $142 Rc8 21. Qe2 (21. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ye3h3]})) 20... Rc8 21. Nc6 {
This leads to simplifications. However, most of White's advantage has already
vanished.} (21. Qd4 $5) 21... Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qc7 24. Rd6 Nxc6 25.
Rc1 (25. Bxa6 Rcd8 26. Red1 Na5 $14) 25... Qb8 26. Bxa6 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 2112]
This tactical trick enables Black to survive.} 27. Rcd1 Rc5 28. Qb4 {And
White's queen takes a wrong way from an active position to a passive one.} (28.
a4 $142 $14) 28... Nc6 29. Qb2 (29. Qf4 b5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]}) 29... Rd8 {Even
simpler than} (29... b5 $5 30. R6d5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 b4) {Black gets rid of
White's active rook and solves his problems. With such a small number of pawns
(and with queens on the board), the advantage of White's bishop over Black's
knight is minimal.} 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rb1 (31. Rb1 Ne6 32. g3 Rc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 Ne4 {N} 11. Bxe7 Rxe7 12. Qc2 (12. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 13.
Ng3 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Qxf3 Ng6 (15... c6 16. b5 $14) (15... g6 16. Rad1 $14 {
/\ e4}) 16. Rad1 (16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxe3 18. Nd5 Re8 $11 {/\ Rf8}) 16...
Nh4 17. Qf4 Rf7 (17... Ng6 18. Qg5 $36) 18. d5 $14 (18. e4 g5 19. Qf2 f4 $36))
12... Bf5 (12... Nxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. a4 Be6 15. b5 $14) 13. Nf4 (13. b5 Nxc3
14. Nxc3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 a6 16. a4 Ng6 $14) 13... c6 (13... Nxc3 14. Bxf5 Ne4 15.
b5 $14) 14. Nce2 (14. b5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Rfc1
Rc8 $11) 14... g5 $1 $11 (14... Ng6 $4 15. f3 $18) (14... Qd7 15. b5 $1 cxb5 (
15... Rc8 16. bxc6 Rxc6 17. Qb3 $1 Rd6 (17... Nd2 $2 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxd5
Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Rd7 21. Rfd1 $16) 18. Qb4 $5 $14) 16. f3 Rc8 17. Qb1 Nd6 (17...
Nd2 $4 18. Bxf5 $18) 18. Nxd5 Ree8 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. e4 Nd6 21. Qb3 Nc4 22.
Rfd1 $14) (14... Bg6 15. a4 $14 (15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Bxb5 Rc7 18. Qb2
Rac8 19. Bd3 $13)) 15. f3 (15. Nh5 Bg6 16. Nhg3 Nd6 $11) 15... gxf4 (15... Nd6
$5 16. Bxf5 (16. e4 $2 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nxe4 $1 (17... Bxe4 18. Nh5 $132) 18. Nh5
Bg6 $17) (16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxf5 Rxe3 18. Bd3 Qf6 $15) 16... gxf4 17. e4 Nxf5
18. exf5 Qd6 19. Qd2 Qf6 (19... Re3 20. g3 $14) 20. Nxf4 Qxf5 $11) 16. fxe4
Bxe4 (16... dxe4 $6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nxf4 $16) 17. Nxf4 Qd6 (17... Bg6 $6 {>< h5
} 18. Rf3 Qd6 19. a3 (19. Raf1 $5 Qxb4 20. Qf2 $44 {>< f7}) 19... Rae8 20. Qf2
$14) 18. Nh5 Nd7 $2 (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxb4 $2 20. Qf5 Qd6 21. Qg5+ Ng6 22.
Qh6 f5 23. Rxf5 $40) (18... Bg6 $1 19. Nf6+ Kg7 $11) 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng3 $36
Rh4 $2 {>< Rh4} (20... Re6 21. Nf5 (21. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. Nf5 Qf8
24. Ng7+ Ke7 25. Nxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rf1 Qg8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ Kd6 (28... Ke8 $5
29. e4 $13) 29. Qf4+ Ke7 30. Qh4+ $11) 21... Qf8 22. Rf3 $36) 21. Rf3 $16 {
/\ h3, Nf5} f6 22. h3 Qe6 23. Nf5 Rh5 24. h4 $1 {>< Rh5} Kh8 25. Raf1 (25. g4
$4 Rg8 $17 {/\ Rf5}) (25. Qf2 $142 $1 Rg8 26. Rf4 Nf8 (26... Qe8 27. Qf3 {
/\ g4, Kh1+-}) 27. Qf3 $18) 25... Rg8 26. Rf4 {/\ Qe2} Rxf5 $8 27. Qxf5 Qxe3+
28. Kh1 Rg7 29. Rg4 $16 Qe7 $2 $138 (29... Re7 $142 30. Kh2 $16 {/\ Rf3-g3} (
30. Rf3 $6 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 $6 Re1 $1 32. Qxd7 $140 Rh1+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Rf2 (34.
Kf4 Qe4+ $11) 34... Qe3+ $11)) 30. Rf3 (30. Rxg7 Qxg7 31. Qe6 $18) 30... Nf8
31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Qg4 Qf7 34. Re3 h5 35. Qe2 $1 $18 Qg6 36. Re7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 ({An
alternative is} 6... Bb4 {with similar play to the Ragozin Defence.}) 7. Qc2 (
7. e3 {is premature, as Black can exchange his knight for White's bishop
favourably.} Nh5 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qc2 h6) 7... Nh5 ({If} 7... Be7 {then White has
time for} 8. h3 {keeping his strong bishop from exchanging} O-O 9. e3 $14 {
Later on White can even consider castling long and starting an offensive with
his pawns on the kingside.}) 8. Bd2 Nhf6 (8... Bd6 {allows} 9. e4 {with active
play for White.}) ({After} 8... Be7 {Black must reckon with} 9. h3 $5 O-O 10.
g4 Nhf6 11. Bf4 $13) 9. Bf4 ({In this kind of position White would not like to
play e3 when his bishop remains passive on d2.} 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3 O-O) 9... Nh5
10. Bg5 {So White has to force the exchange of bishops.} Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
e3 {In the Carlsbad structure like this, White usually has two plans: either
to castle short and start a minority pawn attack, or to castle long and attack
on the kingside.} Nb6 {Black keeps his position flexible and open for all
possibilities.} (12... O-O $6 {would be a slight positional mistake, as after}
13. Bd3 g6 {White can choose} 14. O-O-O $5 {with good attacking prospect. The
g6-pawn now becomes a target. It looks like White can open the kingside quite
fast.} (14. O-O)) 13. Ne5 (13. Bd3 {is not good now because of} Nf4 $1 {
White does not have the intermediate check on h7 (comparing to the line 12...
0-0)}) (13. Be2 {is pretty slow:} Bg4 14. O-O Nf6 {Black should be fine.})
13... g6 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. g4 Be6 17. f3 O-O-O {Of course Black
does not want to castle on the opposite side. His king feels much safer on the
queenside.} (17... h5 $5 {might be a good try, with the idea of exchanging a
pair of knights; that makes Black's game easier.} 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20.
h4 O-O-O $11) 18. h4 Nfd7 ({Now} 18... h5 {makes no sense, because White can
play simply} 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Nd3) 19. Nd3 Rhe8 20. Bg2 {Both sides manoeuvre
slowly. White has a slight space advantage and Black is very solid.} f6 21. Qf2
Qd6 22. Kb1 Kb8 {Trying to improve all the pieces by putting them on their
best squares.} 23. Ka1 {White would wish to play e4, but first he has to
protect the g4-pawn. But that is not so easy to accomplish along with a
harmonious development of the pieces. So I decided to make a "waiting"
prophylactic move.} (23. g5 Bf5 $13) 23... h6 24. Rhg1 Bf7 $6 {A mistake,
perhaps underestimating White's next move.} (24... g5 {is more logical:} 25.
Bh1 Re7 26. f4 {The position is dynamically equal.}) 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 f5 $6
(26... fxg5 {is stronger:} 27. Bh3 Rh8 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxg5 {though White is
still positionally better.}) 27. e4 $1 {Now the game enters a concrete phase,
with lots of possible tactics.} dxe4 28. fxe4 Ka8 (28... fxe4 {is bad because
of} 29. Nxe4 Qe6 30. Qg3+ Ka8 31. b3 Nc8 $8 32. Rgf1 $16 {White pieces
dominate the board.}) ({The correct defence seems to be} 28... Bc4 $5 29. exf5
Bxd3 (29... gxf5 30. Nf4) 30. Rxd3 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Ne5 32. Rdd1 Nec4 {but White
is also clearly better after} 33. Qf2 $1) 29. Nc5 ({The best move is} 29. exf5
$1 gxf5 30. Nf4 $16 {with the idea to answer} (30. Qxf5 Bh5) 30... Nf8 {with}
31. d5) 29... Nc4 $6 {This move looks tempting, but it falls short for a
tactical reason.} 30. Nb3 $2 {Returning the faavour. This "human move" almost
spoils all of White's advantages. But it was not easy to calculate everything
in such a complicated positon, escpecially when both sides were low on time.} (
{I saw} 30. exf5 {but rejected it because I thought Black might be able to
hold after} Ne3 (30... Nxc5 31. dxc5 Qe5 32. Be4 $16) (30... gxf5 $2 31. Nb5 $1
) 31. N5e4 (31. Nb5 Nxd1 32. Rxd1 Qe7 $8 (32... Qb8 33. Na6) (32... Qh2 33.
Nxb7 Bd5 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Rg1 gxf5 36. Nc3) 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Nxe8 Nxc5 35.
Qg3+ Kc8 36. Nf6 gxf5 37. Bh3 $16) 31... Nxd1 32. Nxd6 Nxf2 33. Nxf7 gxf5 34.
Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Rf1 Ng4 36. Rxf5 Ne3 37. Rf2 $16 {In fact, although it's far
from winning, White is still much better.}) 30... Qb4 (30... Bg8 $5 31. d5 cxd5
32. Nb5 Qb8 33. exf5 a6 {Black is quite close to equality.}) 31. d5 (31. exf5
Ne3) 31... Qb6 $6 {Under strong pressure, Black decides to sacrifice a pawn in
order to exchange queens, but this turns out to be a serious compromise.} ({
The correct defence is} 31... cxd5 32. exf5 Qb6 $1 (32... Ne3 33. Rd4 {(this's
why White had to play 31.d5 before taking the f5 pawn - to take the d4-square
for the rook)} Qb6 34. fxg6 Qxg6 35. Be4 dxe4 36. Qxe3 $14) 33. Qxb6 Ndxb6 34.
f6 Ne3 35. Rd2 Nbc4 36. Rf2 Re5 $11) (31... c5 32. exf5 (32. d6 $5) 32... gxf5
(32... Ne3 33. Rde1 Nxf5 34. Bh3) 33. Qxf5 $14) 32. Qxb6 Ndxb6 33. dxc6 {
Now White is just a pawn up.} Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 fxe4 35. cxb7+ Kb8 36. Nc3 Re5 $6
(36... Nd6 37. Nc5 Re5 38. N5xe4 (38. Rd1 Rxc5 39. Rxd6 Kxb7 40. Bxe4+ Kc7 41.
Rf6 Be8 42. Bxg6 Bd7 43. Be4 Rxg5 {Black should be able to hold this if he
plays accurately.}) 38... Nxb7 39. Rf1 $14) 37. Bxe4 Nd6 38. Nd4 $16 Rc5 (38...
Rxe4 39. Nxe4 Nxe4 40. Nc6+ Kxb7 41. Nd8+ $18) 39. Rf1 (39. Bh1 {is stronger,
with the following forced variation} Nxb7 40. Nc6+ Kc7 41. Nxa7 Nd6 42. Rc1 $1
{(I failed to see this key move)} Kd7 43. Rd1 Kc7 44. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 45. Ne4+ Kd5
46. Nxc5+ Kxc5 47. Nc6 $18 {White should win without much difficulty.}) 39...
Nxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc4 41. Rd1 Bd5 42. Nd6 Rc7 43. Rf1 Bxb7 44. Rf8+ (44. b3 $5 Nc8
45. Nxb7 Rxb7 46. Rf6 $16 {is perhaps a better version than the text move.})
44... Nc8 45. b4 Rd7 46. Nc6+ Kc7 47. Nxb7 Kxb7 48. Rf6 Rd6 49. Ne5 Rd5 50. Nf3
(50. Nf7 Ne7 51. Re6 Nc6 52. b5 Nd4 53. Rxg6 Nxb5 54. Kb2 $16) 50... Rd3 51.
Kb2 Nb6 52. Ne5 Rd5 53. Nf7 a5 $6 (53... Rd7 {is more stubborn} 54. Kb3 (54.
Nd6+ $4 Rxd6) 54... Nd5 55. Rf3 Re7 56. Kc4 Ne3+ 57. Kd3 Ng4 58. Kd4 $16) 54.
bxa5 Rb5+ 55. Ka1 Rxa5 56. Rxg6 {And White is two healthy pawns up. The rest
is just a matter of technique.} Rc5 57. Kb2 Rb5+ 58. Kc3 Ra5 59. Nd6+ Kc7 60.
Kb3 Rd5 61. Ne8+ Kb7 62. Rg7+ Kc6 63. Rc7+ Kb5 64. g6 Rg5 65. Nd6+ Ka6 66. g7
Rg3+ 67. Kc2 Nd5 68. Rf7 Rg2+ 69. Kb3 Ne3 70. Ne8 Rg3 71. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Asti op 15th"]
[Site "Asti"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Legky,N"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ng6 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. h4 $5 {N/} Be7 12. Rdg1 $1 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Nf8 14. Bf4 (14. h5 Ne6 $13) 14... Nh5 (14... g6 15. Be5 N8d7 16. f4 $16) 15.
Be5 Ng6 16. Bxg7 $5 Nxg7 17. h5 Kd7 $1 18. f4 Ne6 (18... Rc8 $32 {/\Kc7-b8+/=/}
) 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kb1 $1 Qa5 (20... Rxh1 $6 21. Rxh1 f5 22. Rg1 $16) 21. f5
gxf5 22. Bxf5 Kc7 $2 (22... Rag8 $1 $14) 23. a3 $1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Kd7 (24... Rd8
$1 25. Bg4 (25. Ne2 $5)) 25. e4 $16 Rd8 (25... dxe4 26. d5 $1) (25... Kd6 26.
e5+ Kd7 27. f4 $16) 26. Rh7 Ke8 27. exd5 Nf8 28. Rh8 (28. Rh5 $5) 28... cxd5
29. Qb3 $5 Qb6 (29... Bf6 $1 $8 30. Rg8 $16) 30. Nxd5 $3 Qa5 (30... Qc6 31.
Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Qe3+ Ne6 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 (33... fxe6 34. Qg5+) 34. Qxe6+ fxe6 35.
Rxd8 $18) 31. Qb5+ $1 (31. Qb5+ Qxb5 32. Nc7#) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Babujian, Levon"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Rc1 e5 8. Bg5
d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 $2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. bxa5 $15) {[%tqu "En",
"","","","d8d2","",10]} 11... Qd2+ $19 12. Qxd2 cxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke1
Nxg5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. a6 bxa6 17. g4 Nxc5 18. Bg2 e4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {A very popular line these days.} ({Black avoids} 
3... Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yg5d8]}) 4. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal
Rc1g5,Ge7g5] , which is impossible now.} 5. Bf4 Nf6 ({Also logical is} 5... c6
{[%cal Ge7d6,Gc8f5,Gg8e7] , but White has scored well in the last top level
games:} 6. Qc2 Nf6 (6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. b4 a6 11.
f3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nge2 g5 14. Kf2 Nf6 15. g4 Kd8 16. Kg3 Bd7 17. a4 Nc8
18. h3 Re8 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. a5 Re7 21. Rac1 Nfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4
f5 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rh8 Rb8 28. Na4 Kc7 29. Nb6 Be6 30. Rf8 Rf7
31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Bxf5 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2774)-Ponomariov,R (2754)/Saint Louis
2011/CBM 143 (44)}) 7. h3 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qd2 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12.
Nge2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Be3 b4
19. Nb1 Nh7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Rad1 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. b3 Qe7 25. Qg2
Nc7 26. Nxa5 Rfe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 Red8 29. Nf4 Qa7 30. Nxc6 {1-0 Carlsen,M 
(2835)-Aronian,L (2805)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CB04_2012 (43)}) 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 ({
Sergei had to solve more problems in this his recent game:} 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4
Bxg4 ({Black probably has more chances if he "gets on the crazy train" after:} 
8... Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 10. Qg2 O-O 11. e4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Be2
Rfe8 15. Kf1 Nf6 16. Bh6 g6 17. Qg5 Nxd4 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qxf5
Nxf5 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Be1 {1-0 Aronian,L (2808)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Monte Carlo
2011/CBM 142 (39)}) 9. Qxb7 Bd7 10. Bxc7 Qc8 11. Ba6 Nb4 12. Qxc8+ Bxc8 13.
Bb5+ Bd7 14. Kf1 Rc8 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Be5 Ne4 17. Nge2 f6 18. Bg3 h5 19. h4
Nd3 20. Kg2 Ke6 21. Rab1 g5 22. Rhd1 Nxb2 23. Nxe4 Nxd1 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. dxc5
gxh4 26. Bd6 {1-0 Fridman,D (2660)-Azarov,S (2667)/Jurmala 2012/CB07_2012 (34)}
) 7... O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc7c5,Yb8c6,Yd5d4,Rg3d4][%mdl 32] You
can wonder why for heaven's sake Black plays at first Bf5 and then (after Ng3
with tempo) draws back the B on to a passive position - e6. The explanation is
simple. The Ng3 doesn't cover the d4-square and Black's plan is to break
through the centre and equalise.} ({Of course not} 8... Bg6 $2 {just asking
for an attack on the black king.} 9. h4 $40 h6 10. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {
[%cal Gg3f5,Ge1c1,Gg2g4]}) 9. Be2 ({A much more popular try is to develop the
B on to a more active position} 9. Bd3 $1 {, which allows White (among other
options) sometimes to block the centre - in the event of d5-d4 to answer e3-e4
like here:} c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nb5 (12. Rc1 {also looks
promising for White. He was better in these two recent games.} d4 (12... Bb6
13. Na4 h6 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. h3 Re8 16. a3 Rc8 17. b4 $14 {0-1 Volkov,S (2633)
-Kornev,A (2530)/Moscow 2012/CB05_2012 (43)}) 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Nf5 ({We aslo
already saw} 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. e4 (15. Ne4 $5)) 14... Bxf5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.
Bxf5 Re8 17. Qb3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rcd1 g6 (20... Qb6 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qd3+) 21. Qa4 gxf5 22. Rxd4 $14 {1/2 Polak,T (2535)-Prusikin,M 
(2545)/Austria 2012/CB16_2012 (38)}) 12... Bb6 13. Rc1 d4 14. e4 $5 {[%csl Rb6,
Yd3,Rd4]} Ng4 15. Nf5 Nge5 16. Nbd6 Rb8 17. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Rapport,R (2543)
-Gustafsson,J (2643)/Caleta 2012/CB05_2012 (47)}) 9... c5 $1 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11.
O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 d4 $1 $11 {So Black has successfully realised his plan.
Chances are equal.} 13. Nce4 Bb6 ({Frankly speaking, I don't understand why not
} 13... Be7 $1 {which is standard in the position with the B on d3. On trying
to compare the two, but don't see any plus for this position - B on e2. Black
is pretty ok everywhere here below:} 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd5 $1
$11) (14. Ng5 $6 dxe3 15. Bxe3 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Bxa2 $1) 14... Bxf6 15. e4 (15.
Ne4 dxe3) 15... Be5 {(the safest)} (15... Bxa2 $5) (15... g5 $5 16. Bd2 d3) 16.
Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 d3 $36) 14. Bg5 {Now White can damage Black's pawn structure.}
dxe3 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxe3 {Well, may be Black wanted the resulting endgame
here. He is still ok.} Qxd1 17. Bxd1 (17. Rfxd1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bxa2 $11) 17...
Rfd8 ({Even now Black could perhaps try} 17... Bxa2 $5 $13 {I don't see a
clear way to catch the B.} 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Nc3 (20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Nc3
(21. Bd2 a5 (21... Bd4)) 21... Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd2) 20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rd2 22.
Ne4 Rb2) 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. a3 Rac8 (19... Ne5 $5) 20. Nc5 $1 {Black has done
nothing and his opponent has slowly obtained an edge.} Bxc5 21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rc3
$14 {[%csl Yd1,Ye3,Rf6,Rf7,Rh7] ^^} Ne5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Re1 b5 25. h3 a5 26.
Be2 Bc4 27. Bd4 ({I would prefer to save the ^^.} 27. Bh5 $5 Nd3 28. Re2 $14) (
27. Rc1 $5 $14 Rd8 28. Bh5 (28. Rd1 $5 Rc8 29. Bxc4 (29. Kf1) 29... Nxc4 30.
Rd5)) 27... Nc6 28. Bg4 Be6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Rc5 b4 32. a4 $1 {
[%csl Ra5]} e5 33. Be3 Ke6 {[%csl Ra5,Yc5,Rc8,Ye6,Rg1] Now it seems, that the
active black K can't fully compensate for the active white R. White now needs
just to activate his K...} 34. g4 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gg2f3,Gf3e4]} (34. Kh2 $5 {
[%cal Gh2g3,Gg3h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) 34... f5 $1 {[%cal Yc8g8]} 35. gxf5+ (35. f4
$5 fxg4 36. hxg4 exf4 37. Bxf4 Ne7 38. Re5+ Kd7 39. Rxa5 Rc2 40. b3 Rc3 41. Rh5
Rxb3 42. Rxh7 Ke6 $11 {[%csl Yb3,Rg1]}) 35... Kxf5 36. Kf1 Ke6 $2 ({It was
necessary to activate the strongest black piece!} 36... Ne7 $1 37. Rxc8 (37.
Rxa5 Rc2 {[%csl Yc2,Rf1]}) 37... Nxc8 38. Ke2 e4 {and though the situation of
Black is critical I don't see any deadly zugzwang, e.g.:} 39. Bd4 Ke6 40. b3
Kd5 41. Ke3 Ne7 42. Bb6 Nc6 43. Bc7 h6 $8 44. h4 h5 $8 45. Bb6 Ke5 46. Bc7+ Kd5
$11) 37. b3 $2 (37. Ke2 $1 Kd6 (37... e4 38. Kd2 {[%csl Ra5,Re4,Rh7][%cal
Yc5h5,Gd2c2,Gc2b3,Gb3c4,Gc4b5]}) 38. Kd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3e4,Gd3c4,Gc4b5] /+-})
37... Kd6 $11 {Black has released his rook after all.} 38. Rc4 (38. Ke2 Nd4+ $1
39. Bxd4 Rxc5 40. Bxc5+ Kxc5 $11) 38... Rg8 39. Rh4 Rg7 40. Ke2 Kd5 $1 {
[%csl Yd5]} 41. Kd3 Rf7 {At this moment Yuriy shuld realise that he has no
advantage any more and start to play for a draw. But that is not so easy to
admit...} 42. Rh6 $6 (42. Rh5 $11) 42... Nd4 $1 {What a nice trick!} 43. Rh5 (
43. Bxd4 $2 e4+ $1 44. Ke3 Rf3+ 45. Kd2 Kxd4 46. Rd6+ Ke5 $19 {[%csl Yb4,Rd2,
Ye4,Ye5,Yf3]}) 43... Ne6 $6 (43... Nxb3 $1 44. f4 Re7 {[%cal Gb3c5]} 45. fxe5
Rc7 $1 $15) 44. Kc2 $2 (44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Kd3 Nxb3) (44. h4 $1 {Was a must.} Rd7
(44... Rxf2 45. Bxf2 (45. Rxe5+ $5) 45... Nf4+ 46. Kd2 Nxh5 47. Bb6 $132) (
44... Rc7 $2 45. f4 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Kd6 47. Rxe5 $18) 45. f4 (45. Rh6 $2 Rc7 46.
Rh5 Rf7 $22 (46... Rc3+ $5) 47. Rh6 Nd4) 45... Nxf4+ 46. Bxf4 Kc6+ 47. Ke3
exf4+ $11) {Now Black will try his luck and succeed in the end.} 44... Rc7+ (
44... Nf4 $1 45. Rh6 Rc7+ $17) 45. Kb2 Ke4 46. Bb6 Rf7 47. Bxa5 Rxf2+ 48. Kb1
Rf1+ 49. Kb2 Nf4 50. Rxh7 Nd3+ 51. Kc2 $4 (51. Ka2 $8 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Yd3,Ye4,
Ye5,Yf1]}) 51... Ke3 {[%cal Gf1c1]} 52. Bb6+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 {This early knight jump is possible in the Exchange Variation only in
case of this particular move order, of course.} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxe4 ({
To a certain extent, this looks less ambitious than} 10. Qc2 {. However, Black
was doing fine after the opening in the game 0-1 Nyback,T (2554)-Filippov,V 
(2621)/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/[Marin] (29)}) 10... dxe4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Bf5
13. O-O O-O {In my comments for CBM 106 I wrote 'the e4-pawn is rather well
defended, giving Black some chances for active king side operations.' However,
we should take into account that White's queen side play recquires much less
effort and imagination (Rab1, b4-b5, etc.). Black should aim to keep balance
between attack and defence.} 14. Rab1 {Doubtlessly, the most natural move.
White prepares for his standard minority's attack immediately. However, other
moves have been tried in practice, too.} (14. Rfc1 {This move move was not
necessary yet, but it hardly is the cause for White's defeat.} Rfe8 15. Rab1 a5
(15... h5 16. b4 Rac8 $5) 16. Nc4 (16. a3 $1) 16... h5 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nba4 g6
19. Nc5 Ra7 20. Ne2 Nd5 21. a3 h4 22. Nb3 $2 (22. h3 $8) 22... Qg5 23. Kh1 h3
$40 {0-1 Sulzbach,S-Gustafsson,J/Berlin 1993/EXT 2002 (47)}) ({White gets
nothing by attacking the strongly defended e4-pawn:} 14. f3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Bg6
16. f4 Bf5 17. Na4 Rc8 (17... Nd5 $5) 18. a3 Rfd8 19. b4 b6 20. Rc1 Ng4 21.
Rfe1 h5 $132 {1-0 Book,E-Stoltz,G/Helsinki 1947/EXT 98 (46)}) (14. a3 {might
slow down White's attack under certain circumstances, but is playable, of
course.} Rad8 15. b4 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Bg6 $6 (16... h5 $142) 17. Qb2 Ng4 18. h3
Nh6 19. b5 f5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. Qc2 Rec8 23. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Langeweg,
K-Rellstab,L/Zevenaar 1961/MCD (57)}) 14... h5 {The starting signal to the
typical king side attack.} ({The followig blitz game highlights some
interesting ideas for Black:} 14... Rfe8 15. b4 a5 (15... Rac8) 16. b5 $6 (16.
bxa5 $1 Rxa5 17. Nc4 $36 {/\a4-a5}) 16... c5 $1 17. Nb3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19.
Qb3 Qe5 $36 {/\Ng4. The control of the e5-square is quite important for Black.}
20. h3 Qg5 21. Kh2 Qh4 22. Nd5 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Ne5 24. Nf4 (24. Nc7 Bxh3 $1 $40)
24... Rad8 25. Rbc1 g5 $1 26. Nd5 g4 $40 {0-1 Polgar,Z (2560)-Ivanovic,B (2470)
/Moscow 1993/EXT 97 (33)}) 15. b4 a6 $146 {The main reason for this natural
move being a novelty is that there are not too many games available with this
whole variation.} ({However, I subjectively prefer the previously played} 15...
Rac8 {aiming to stop the queen side attack with the help of natural
development. This strategy is in accordance with the general recomendation of
refraining from pawn moves on the side where the opponent has an advantage.}
16. Rfc1 ({We know already that White should not allow his opponent to take
over the control of the e5-square after} 16. b5 c5 $1 17. Nb3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5
) 16... h4 17. h3 Nd5 (17... Rfe8 $5) {The game continuation is an obvious
concession:} 18. Nxd5 ({The tactical justification of Black's last move lies
in the variation} 18. Ncxe4 $2 Rfe8 19. f3 Nxe3 $17) ({Generally speaking, it
would be desirable for White to maintain the tension, but after} 18. Qb3 Rfd8 (
18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. Qc5 $1) {the problem is that} 19. b5 $6 {still
doesn't work in view of} Qg5 20. Kh1 (20. Kh2 {allows the additional idea of}
Bxh3 $5 21. gxh3 Nxe3) 20... Nxc3 21. Rxc3 (21. Qxc3 cxb5) 21... c5 $1 $15 {
[%csl Yd2]}) 18... cxd5 19. Qb2 Be6 20. a3 Qg5 21. Kh1 f5 {Black is entirely
safe on the queen side and has an obvious plan on the other wing, 1/2-1/2
Doettling,F (2473)-Boensch,U (2558)/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext (30)}) 16. Rfc1 h4
17. h3 Rad8 {I am not sure whether this most natural move is in accordance
with the concrete needs of the position.} (17... Rac8 {looks more appropriate.
Let us take for instance the variation played in the game:} 18. a4 Nh7 (18...
Nd5 $5) (18... Rfe8) 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 {. Now, the thematic} c5 {is
entirely playable with a good position for Black.}) 18. a4 Nh7 19. Ne2 {
White plays cautiously. Before starting concrete action, he consolidates his
king side. Generally, this is a wise approach, but it sems that he could have
launched his attack already, for instance} (19. b5 $5 axb5 20. axb5 Ng5 ({
Unfortunately for Black,} 20... c5 {is not working now because of} 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. Ndxe4 {and it is hard to take an advantage of the pin of the
e4-knight in any way, for instance} Qe7 23. Qa4 Ng5 24. Qb4 $1 {This line
suggets that Black could try to play 19...c5 without previously capturing on
b5, in order to avoid making the a4-square available to the queen. However,
this would leave him with undesired queen side weaknesses. The final
evaluation of 19.b5 possibly depends on the evaluation of this last position.})
21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne2 {White's king side is in safety, while the c6-pawn will
cause Black permanent problems in the future.} (22. Na4 Qe6 23. Qxc6 Bxh3 $5
$132)) 19... Ng5 20. Nf4 {But now, this is too slow already, allowing Black to
regroup.} (20. b5 $1) 20... Ne6 $1 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qd1 Rd5 23. Rc5 Qg6 24.
Kh1 Be6 {Black will soon transfer his bishop to d5, safely defending the e4-
and c6 pawns and preparing the standard plan f5-f4. His chances are not worse.}
(24... Be6 25. Qc2 f5 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Bd5 29. bxc6 bxc6 $132
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nf8 {By refraining from the customary move ...c6, Black
probably intends to meet the thematic f3 with ...c5 without loss of time.
However, the relative weakness of the d5-pawn allows White start queen side
operations at once, without the necessity of spending a tempo on Rab1.} 10. b4
$1 a6 {Relatively safest.} (10... Bxb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 13. Qa4 {
1-0 Bareev,E (2702)-Lputian,S (2598)/Montecatini Terme 2000/CBM 079/[Baburin] 
(46)}) 11. a4 {By occupying the a4-square with the pawn, White is actually
sacrificing the pawn for good. As we shall see, he would get reasonable
compensation in case of the acceptance of the present. And yet, it is
thought-provoking that such an aggressive player like Kasparov preferred an
apparently more modest continuation in the two occasions he reached this
position. The answer to this puzzle is that Black has a relatively safe way to
meet the traditional minority's attack.} (11. a3 $5 {White's philosophy is
simple and brilliant at the same time: He has reached a favourable queen side
structure: the move ...a6 indirectly weakens the c5-square. At the same time,
the well defended (now) b4-pawn safely prevents the thematic break ...c5,
which makes the central expansion based on f3 and e4 look like a sound plan
again.} c6 12. Qc2 (12. f3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Qd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Nc1
Bd7 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Qc1 Rf8 21. Nxd5 {1-0 Kasparov,G 
(2825)-Serper,G (2540)/Internet ICC 1998/EXT 2003}) 12... g6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Bh4
Nh5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qd2 b6 $2 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bb1 Nhg7 19. e4 Rc8 20. Ba2
Rd7 21. Nf4 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2805)-Short,N (2655)/London 1993/CBM 036/[Ftacnik]
(39)}) 11... Ne6 {Probably best.} ({I do not believe that Kasparov refrained
from 11.a4 because of the position arising after} 11... Bxb4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Qb3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 c6 15. a5 $44 {White certainly has the kind of compensation
he would be glad to get. In spite of his extra-pawn, Black has a bad structure
on both wings.} Re7 (15... Rb8 $2 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 $16) (
15... Ne6 $5) (15... Qd6 {1-0 Bareev,E (2660)-Graf,A (2580)/Luzern 1993/CBM
038/[Bareev] (40)}) 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Qc2 Ng5 18. Nc5 Re8 19. f4 Ne4 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. f5 Kh8 22. Rf4 $16 {1-0 Gual Pascual,A (2430)-Ziatdinov,R (2475)/
Barcelona 1996/EXT 2001 (36)}) 12. Bxf6 {Giving up the pair of bishops at this
stage looks like a small concession. More about it later.} ({Possibly,} 12. Bh4
{is more consistent. In case of} g5 $5 (12... Bxb4 $2 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+
$1 $16) 13. Bg3 Bxb4 {the weakness of the enemy king's position offers White
ample compensation.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Qc2 ({A similar scenario was seen, up to
a certain point, in the following game:} 13. b5 a5 14. Rc1 g6 15. Na2 Bd7 16.
Rc2 Be7 17. Nec3 c6 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Nc1 Ng5 20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4
h5 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2 h4 26. h3 Ne4 $13 {1-0 Chernin,A (2615)
-Klovans,J (2405)/Biel 1994/TD (40)}) 13... g6 14. b5 a5 $1 {The correct
reaction. Being deprived of the a4-square, White has problems occupying the
c5-square under favourable circumstances. At the same time, Black gets some
reliable control of the queen side dark squares, as a consequence of the
exchange on f6.} 15. Rfd1 c6 16. Rab1 Qd6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb6 Bd7 19. Rdb1
Qf8 {[%cal Yf6e7,Ye7b4]} 20. Rb7 Bc8 21. R7b6 Bd7 22. Rb7 Bc8 23. R7b6 Bd7 {
Of course, there is plenty of play left in this position, but Black can look
with optimism into the future.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 a5 {This move is almost never played at such an
early stage of the game.} (10... Nd7 11. g3 a5 {is a more frequent move order.}
) 11. Rc1 $146 {In view of Black's planned advance of the a-pawn to a3, White
over-defends in advance the c3-knight. However, in doing so he temporarily
gives up the possibility of placing the bishop on d3.} (11. Kd2 {places the
king on a vulnerable square, which will induce further concessions.} Nd7 12.
Bd3 Nb6 13. b3 {More or less necessary, in view of the threat ...Nc4, when the
king might feel uncomfortable.} Ba3 14. Ne1 Nc8 15. Nc2 Be7 {Once it has
distracted the f3-knight far from the f5-square, this bishop returns to a
safer location.} 16. f3 Nd6 17. Ne2 Kd7 18. Nf4 Rag8 $13 19. g4 $6 f5 $1 20. h3
h5 $132 {0-1 Mah,K (2316)-Chandler,M (2505)/London 1999/EXT 2000 (39)}) ({
It remains an open question whether the advance of the a-pawn really interfers
with White's main plan of puting pressure on the f5-square:} 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3
Nd7 13. f3 a4 14. Kf2 Nb6 15. Rd1 Kd7 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. a3 {[%csl
Rg6][%cal Ye3e4]} Bd3 18. e4 $14 {[%csl Yf5]}) 16. Bd3 $14) 11... Nd7 12. Nh4 {
[%cal Yf2f5]} Be7 13. g3 (13. f4 $6 f5 $1 {[%csl Yh4]}) 13... Nb6 14. f3 a4 (
14... f5 $6 15. Ng2 $14 {[%cal Yg2f4]}) 15. Kf2 Nc4 16. e4 {White opts for a
dynamic course of the events, but this does not seem to offer him an advantage.
.} ({He could have stabilised the position to his favour with} 16. Bxc4 dxc4
17. a3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ya4,Rg6][%cal Ye3e4]} Bd3 18. e4 $16 {[%csl Yf5]}) 16...
Nxb2 17. exd5 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. f4 Nd3+ {This move forces White his other
bishop, too, but also helps his further mobilisation of forces.} (19... Bd3 $5
{would have maintained the enemy king under some pressure, for instance} 20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Nd1 a3 $132) 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Ke3 Bc4 22. dxc6 (22. Rb1 b5 $1
23. dxc6 b4 $36) 22... bxc6 23. Rhd1 Re8 $13 {White has the better pawn
structure and a strong centralisation.However, the black pair of bishops
offers him adequate counterchances.} 24. Kf2 Bb4 $2 {But this is a serious
carelessness.} (24... Ra5 $5 {[%csl Yf5]}) 25. Ne4 $1 $16 {Black cannot avoid
unfavourable exchanges now.} Rxe4 26. Rxc4 c5 27. Kf3 Rae8 28. Nf5 h5 29. Rd3
R8e6 30. a3 Be1 31. Re3 Rxe3+ 32. Nxe3 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Rb6 34. Ke2 Bc3 35. Rxa4
Rb2+ 36. Kd3 Be1 37. Nc2 Bf2 38. Rb4 Rxb4 39. axb4 Bg1 40. b5 Kf8 41. Nd4 Ke8
42. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {For a player used with the
stable structures of the exchange variation, this unexpected capture with the
knight can come as a slightly unpleasant psychological surprise. Since in the
structure arising after the exchange on c3 White hardly has a better square
for the development of his king's knight than f3, play is likely to transpose
to the Semi-Tarrasch system.} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 $5 {White intends to
deviate from the course of the game suggested by Black. His last move intends
to transpose to some kind of Petrosian variation of the Queen's Indian (4.Nc3
Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 followed by e4) if Black develops his queen's
side with ...b6 and ...Bb7. In that case, White would be in a better situation,
since he would spare the move Qc2, maintaining the possibility of developing
the queen later and to a more favourable square. (In the QI, the queen
frequently has to lose a tempo after, say, ...Qc7 or ...Rc8). However, Black
can make use of the time made available by delaying the development of his
bishop and, equally important, of the b6-square and the a5-d8 diagonal. We can
see that the game has an independent character compared to the known
variations.} (7. Nf3 {would most likely transpose to a genuine Semi-Tarrasch
after a further check on b4. It is worth noting that, even though the formal
purpose of the move a3 is the same as in the QI, namely to prevent ...Bb4, the
concrete circumstances are slightly different. In the QI, the bishop would pin
the c3-knight, increasing Black's influence over the e4-square, while in the
QG the check on b4 would just lead to simplifications, which generally suit
Black, who has willingly given up the control of the centre.}) 7... Qc7 $5 $146
{This novelty marks the start of a whole new plan, aimed to restrict White's
active possibilities.} ({White has generally managed to prove a stable
superiority after} 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 $14 {when Black had problems
keeping the enemy centre under control, for instance} cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. Bb1
Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Qc2 g6 13. h4 Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. O-O cxd4 16. cxd4 Bf6 17.
Rd1 Bd7 18. Ba2 Ne7 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Qc7 Ba4 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Qf4 Bg7 23. h5 Qd6
24. Qh4 Nc6 25. e5 Qd7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. d5 $1 $16 {with attack, 1-0
Aleksandrov,A (2635)-Lopez Martinez,J (2488)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (46)}) 10.
cxd4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 $5 {White avoids the exchange of queens. The
loss of the right to castle hardly has any significance, since the centre is
under firm White control.} Rd8 13. h4 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rh3 (15. Rd1 Bf8 16.
Rh3 Rac8 17. Kg1 Ne7 18. h5 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 $44 {1-0 Bareev,E (2685)
-Hracek,Z (2530)/Pardubice 1994/CBM 042 (32)}) 15... Bc5 $2 (15... Rac8 16. Rg3
Bf8 $14) 16. d5 Ne7 (16... exd5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Yf7,Yh7]}) 17.
Ng5 $36 Ng6 $2 18. Qh5 $18 {1-0 Babula,V (2530)-Hausner,I (2450)/Czechia 1995/
EXT 97 (33)}) 8. Nf3 Nd7 {For the moment, Black maintains the flexibility of
his position by refraining from defining the position of either of his bishops.
} 9. Bb2 {At this height of the game, this looks like the best way to prepare
the development of the other bishop to d3.} (9. Bd3 $2 {is bad in view of} cxd4
10. cxd4 $2 Qc3+ $19 {when too many white pieces would be hanging.}) ({The
more modest} 9. Be2 $6 {would leave White with problems maintaining the
flexibility of his centre after} Nf6 $1) ({However,} 9. Rb1 $5 {might be a
better way to prepare Bd3, since the rook stands well on b1 anyway, which can
hardly be said about the b2-bishop.}) 9... g6 $1 {This is the moment when the
multi-facet chess culture of Kortschnoj makes itself felt. Having played for
decades such openings like the QI and the Grünfeld, he can easily combine
their ideas even if the starting moves are characteristic for an entirely
different opening. One unwillingly remembers the first game of his candidate's
match against Kasparov, played more than 2 decades ago, where Kortschnoj
successfully employed the (then rare) plan based on ...g6 in the a3-QI. In our
concrete case, the absence of the plan Be3 followed by Qd2 and Bh6 makes the
development of the bishop to g7 most welcome.} 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2
({White's last chance of maintaining a (possibly symbolic) advantage consisted
of} 12. a4) 12... Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ya4,Rb2] After this precise move, the
drawbacks of the development of the bishop to b2 become obvious.} 13. Bc1 (13.
a4 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ya4]}) 13... Na4 14. Bd2 Bd7 {Black has developed all his
minorpieces on active positions, while White has been forced to lose none less
than 2 tempi.} 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. h4 Nb2 $11 {The exchanges induced by this
move promisse Black an easy play in an approximately equal position.} 17. Bb5
Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qb6 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 e5 23. Qxb6 axb6
24. Ne6 Rd6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. a5 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {This system is played once in a while, when Black
wants to give the game an original course, different from the thematic
minority's attack. As a compensation for the king side weaknesses, he obtains
the pair of bishop and almost total safety on the queen side.} 10. Nf3 Nd7 11.
Be2 {Possibly not the most efficiant plan.} ({White has been successfull
lately with} 11. g3 {Volkov,S (2612)-Slobodjan,R (2544)/Mulhouse 2005/CBM
106_01/[Marin] and Beliavsky,A (2630)-Popov,V (2568)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/
[Marin]}) 11... Bh5 $2 {But this is a mistake of judgement. Under no
circumstances should Black agree so easily to the exchange of his light
squared bishop, the main defender of the f5-square.} (11... Rg8 12. Nh4 Be7 13.
g3 Nb6 {[%csl Re4,Rf5][%cal Yb6c8,Yc8d6] The knight initiates its march
towards d6, where from it will cover the important f5= and e4=squares.} 14. f4
f5 15. Ng2 Nc8 16. Kf2 Kd7 17. Rac1 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Alster,L-Hort,V/
Bratislava 1959/MCD (44)}) (11... Nb6 12. Nd2 Bf5 {Intending to transfer the
bishop to e6.} (12... Kd7 13. h4 h5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Kc7 16. O-O Rd8 17.
Rfd1 Bg7 18. Nc5 f5 19. Nb3 Bf6 20. a4 f4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai (2560)
-Nielsen,P (2440)/Budapest 1993/CBM 036 ext (61)}) 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 a5 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. g4 Be6 17. f4 f5 18. g5 a4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Bd3 Nc8 21. Nf3 Nd6 $13
{and once again Black-s position is entirely viable.1/2-1/2 Flear,G (2505)
-Ruban,V (2560)/Eupen 1994/EXT 97 (47)}) (11... Be7 12. h4 $6 {[%csl Yg3,Yg4]
The advance of the h=pawn unnecessarily weakens several squares along the
g=file.} Bf5 13. Rc1 Rg8 14. h5 {[%csl Yg5]} h6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. g3 f5 17. Bd3
Bxh4 18. Rxh4 a5 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 $15 {White has no
constructive plan on the king side, while in the centre and on the left wing
it is only Black who can hope to initiate active operations. 1/2-1/2 Haik,A 
(2425)-Muco,F (2440)/Lucerne 1982/EXT 97-B (70)}) 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nb6 14.
Rhc1 O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. b3 Ba3 17. Rc2 Rhe8 18. Nf5 Nc8 19. Rb1 {[%csl Ra3]
[%cal Yb3b4]} Bf8 20. Na4 Nd6 {This was what Black probably relied on. He
exchanges the molesting knight, while the other one is too far away from this
critical square.} 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. b4 Rc8 23. Rb3 b6 24. Nb2 Kc7 25. Nd3 Kd7
26. a4 Rb8 {White has regrouped in an optimal way to keep the queen side under
control, but Black is relatively solid here, too.} 27. Kf3 $1 $16 {It appears
that knights are not the only pieces suitable to be installed on f5, which
might have been overlooked by Black when chosing his plan on the 11th move.
The threat Kg4-f5 is very unpleasant and Black will have huge problems
defending both wings at the same time.} Rb7 28. h4 Rbb8 29. Rbc3 Rbc8 30. Rc1
Rc7 31. Kg4 Rcc8 32. Kf5 Re6 33. b5 Be7 34. Nf4 Rd6 35. f3 Bd8 36. Nd3 Rc7 37.
Nb4 cxb5 38. axb5 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Bc7 40. Na6 Bd8 41. Nb8+ Ke8 42. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roktim, Bandyopadhyay"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qb6 {A rather
provocative move, in the spirit of the "Poisoned pawn" variation from the
Najdorf. By attacking the b2-pawn, Black intends to prevent White from
developing naturally. At the same time, he unpins his knight in order to
enable ...Ne4.} 7. Bd3 $5 {A radical attempt to put Black's concept under
doubt. White ignores the threat and continues his natural development. In
doing so, he reckons with the fact that the time spent on capturing on b2 and
returning with the queen into play will cost Black several tempi, leaving him
underdeveloped. In the vast majority where this line is played, White defends
his pawn with the queen (from either c2 or d2) when Black gets certain
counterplay by jumping with his knight to e4. At the same time, the capture on
f6 can be met by the intermediate Qxb2.} Qxb2 {The most consequent answer.} (
7... Ne4 {is likely to lead to a positional advantage for White:} 8. Bxe4 dxe4
9. Nge2 Qa5 10. Bf4 f5 11. O-O ({White hesitates. The immediate} 11. d5 $1 $36
{would have allowed him to take advantage of his considerable advantage of
development.}) 11... Be6 12. d5 {But now, this looks a bit premature.} (12. Qd2
{[%csl Ra5][%cal Yc3e4]} Qd8 13. Rfd1 $32) 12... Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
cxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Rxd5 g6 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Bb8
a6 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Rc1 Kd7 23. Rc3 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Mohrlok,D/Buesum
1969/EXT 98 (39)}) 8. Nge2 Be7 ({The other natural developing move would be} 
8... Nbd7 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. O-O Be7 11. Qc2 Qa5 (11... O-O $2 12. Rb3 $1 Qa5 (
12... Qd6 $2 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Bf5 $18) 13. Bxh7+ $1 $16) (11... h6 12. Bf4 $1
O-O 13. Ng3 $36) 12. Ng3 Ng8 (12... g6 13. f3 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8 15. e4 $36) 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 O-O (15... Qc7 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Ng5 Ng6 18.
Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qh4 $44) 16. Nd6 Nf6 17. Nxc8 (17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
g6 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7) 17... Nxc8 18. Rxb7 Nd6 $132 19. Re7 Rad8 20. h3 (
20. Rd1 {[%csl Yd4]}) 20... Qb6 21. Rd1 g6 22. Be2 $2 Nb5 (22... Nd5 23. Re5 f6
24. Re6 Kf7 $17) 23. Bxb5 cxb5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L (2575)-Kelecevic,N 
(2460)/Biel 1994/TD (82)}) 9. O-O Qb6 $146 {Black intends to return with his
queen on its initial square, in order to safely defend the e7-bishop and avoid
any inconveniences based on the pin of the f6-knight. However, this is a very
time consuming plan, allowing White prepare a positional attack. based on f3,
e4.} (9... O-O 10. e4 ({The advantage of having delayed the development of the
b8-knight can be seen if White intends to adopt Christiansen's plan:} 10. Rb1
Qa3 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 Na6 $1 {and Black wins time for his development.}) 10...
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 (11... Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. N2g3 Qxd4 14. Ng5 Qg4 15. Bxh7+
Kh8 16. Qc1 f6 17. Qc5 Re8 18. Rfe1 Na6 $2 (18... Qxg5 19. Qxg5 fxg5 20. Bg6
Rf8 21. Rxe7 $44 {[%csl Yb7,Yg5,Yg7,Rh8]}) 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 $2 20. Qxe7 Qxg5 21.
Bc2 Bg4 22. Qxb7 {1-0 Sherbakov,R (2565)-Velcheva,M (2270)/Ubeda 1996/CBM 051
ext}) 12. N2g3 g6 13. Qf3 Qxd4 {We can see in these lines that the queen is
not completely out of play on b2. The capture on d4 certainly is a more rapid
way to bring this powerful piece back to defence than Qb6-d8.} 14. Rad1 Nd5 $5
(14... Qe5 $5 15. Rfe1 Nd5 $8 16. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 $36) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7
16. Bb1 {Not a very good square for the bishop. After the following forced
operation, White will need an extra tempo to activate it.} (16. Bc2 {would
allow} Qb2 $5 {when the hanging position of the bishop considerably retsricts
White's possibilities.}) (16. Be2 $1) 16... Qg7 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19.
Nxd7 Rfd8 20. Nf6 Nd5 21. Nge4 Nxf6 22. Nxf6 Rd6 23. Ne4 Rd5 {With the bishop
on e2, White could nou play Bc4, with certain chances of maintaining the
initiative.} 24. Bc2 Rad8 $13 {0-1 Sherbakov,R (2495)-Ivanov,S (2440)/Podolsk
1992/EXT 97 (70)}) 10. Qc2 Qd8 11. f3 {With his poor development, Black has
problems dealing with the advance of the central pawns.} h6 12. Bh4 a5 $5 {
This move, preparing Na6, only creates additional weaknesses.} (12... Nbd7 {or}
) (12... O-O {look more natural}) 13. e4 Na6 ({Since White's main threat is to
advance the pawn to e5, Black should have probably played} 13... dxe4 14. fxe4
O-O {in order to get the d5-square in case of} 15. e5 {for instance} Nd5 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 (16... Nxe7 17. Ne4 $36) 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf4 Be6 {when White
certainly has compensation, but Black is alive. In any case, the position
would have become double edged, while the game wasa rather one-sided affair.})
14. a3 (14. e5 $1 Nb4 15. Qd2 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bb1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bxb1 19.
Raxb1 $36 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Yf3f5,Ra2a3]}) 14... Nc7 ({Black misses his second
chance:} 14... dxe4 $1) 15. e5 $16 {But there will be no third chance for him
already.} Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Nf8 18. f4 $40 {White's attack is very
strong now, while Black's extra-pawn hardly makes itself felt.} h5 19. f5 h4
20. Nge2 Qg5 21. Nf4 Rh6 22. Na4 Nd7 23. Rae1 b5 24. e6 bxa4 25. Qxc6 Kd8 26.
Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Ra7 28. e7+ Ke8 29. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 {The lines of the exchange variation where White is allowed to
develop his queen's bishop to f4 are generally considered to be favourable for
him. A clear illustration of it is that White sometimes willingly retreats the
bishop from g5 to f4, reaching this kind of position but with a loss of one
clear tempo.} 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qc2 Nh5 {Not a very popular continuation.
Usually, Black chases the bishop with his other knight, either from g6 or e6.
The text move canbe the start of several different plans, for instance the
concentration of forces around the enemy king's position (sligthly weakened by
the move h3) or exchange the light squared bishops with ...g6, ...Ng7, ...Bf5.}
12. Bh2 {The most common answer.} ({However,} 12. Be5 {looks entirely playable
as well.} g6 13. Rab1 Ng7 {It remains an open question about what is Black's
best reaction to White's intended minority's attack. The current game is a
good illustration of the darksides of a restrained strategy, involving ...a6
as an answer to b4.} ({However, in case of} 13... a5 {White is not forced to
proceed with his queen side plan. He can content himself with the fact that he
provoked a slight weakening of the enemy structure and switch to operations in
the centre with} 14. Rfe1 {, with similar play as in the main game.}) 14. b4 a6
15. Na4 {Same policy as in the previous comment. White doesn't insist with the
minority's attack, reckoning that this would lead to a more pleasant position
for him, but possibly a defensible one for Black. Having provoked the
weakening move ...a6, he re-adapts his strategy accordingly.} (15. a4 Bf5 16.
b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ra3 {[%cal Yd8a8,Yg7f5,Yf5d6]}) 15... Bf5 16.
Rfc1 f6 {Generally speaking, this is the kind of weakness White is aiming to
provoke.} ({The eventual drawbacks of placing the bishop on e5 could be
highlighted by} 16... Nd7 {when White has to either exchange his proud bishop
for one of the enemy knights, or allow Black win time to organize his queen
side defence, for instance:} 17. Bh2 Nb6 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. Nd2 {[%csl Yc4]} Bxd3
20. Qxd3 Nf5 21. a4 Bd6 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yf5d6]} 22. b5 $6 cxb5 23. axb5 a5
$132) 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Nc5 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 $1 Qe7 20. a4 Rec8 21. Nf1 {[%csl Ge3]
[%cal Yf2f3,Ye3e4]} b6 22. Nb3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nf5 24. a5 b5 25. Qc3 Nd6 26. Rc2
Nd7 27. Rbc1 Nc4 {Apparently, Black is doing fine with such a knight on c4.
However, there are two small details that offer White a stable advantage.
First of all, the permanent weakness of the a6-pawn will considerably restrict
his actions. Secondly, the fact that he didn't manage to open the a-file
prevents him from generating any counterplay against White's plan of slow
central expansion.} 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rce2 Qd6 30. Nc1 Re7 31. Nd3 Rae8 32. Nd2
Qc7 33. Nb3 Kf7 34. Nbc5 Nxc5 35. Nxc5 Qc8 36. f3 $1 $16 {1-0 Volkov,S (2620)
-Belozerov,A (2541)/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098 (65)}) 12... g6 ({The alternate
plan is of more aggressive nature:} 12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 ({The
following game has more of a historical rather than technical significance:} 
14. e4 $6 Nf4 $5 15. Rfe1 $2 Bxh3 $1 16. e5 Qh6 17. Bf1 Re6 $17 {1-0 Spencer,
E-Mackenzie,A/Weston 1922/EXT 2001 (35)}) 14... Ng6 15. b4 Qf6 {[%csl Gf3]
[%cal Yc8h3] Black concentrates his forces on the king side. With the
exception of the a8-rook, all his pieces could take part in an attack directed
against the enemy king. However, the absence of pawn breaks will make
sacrificial operations necessary. In practice, Black has failed to take
advantage of all the active possibilities so far.} 16. Qd1 a6 (16... Nh4 17.
Nxh4 $6 (17. Be2 $1 g6 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bxh5 gxh5 {[%cal Yg8h8,Ye8g8,Gg8g2,
Gc8h3]} 20. Qf3 Re6 21. Ne2 {White has every chance to repell the attack and
maintain the better pawn structure.}) 17... Qxh4 18. Qf3 Re6 $2 (18... a6 19.
a4 Nf6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Ne4 $132) 19. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Nf6 21. g5 $16 {
1-0 Rotstein,A (2460)-Haub,T (2364)/Germany 2000/CBM 075 ext (73)}) 17. g4 $6 {
This courageous move will eventually be crowned by success, but it shouldn't
yield White more than a short draw by perpetual.} (17. a4 $1 Nh4 $140 18. Be2
$1) 17... Nh4 (17... Nhf4 $5 18. exf4 Nxf4 {[%csl Yd4,Gg1,Yg4,Yh3] looks
promissing as well, especially if Black aims for more than just a draw.}) 18.
Ne1 (18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Rxe3 $1 $11 20. Ne2 Rxh3 21. Ng3 $8 Rxg3+ {with a
perpetual.}) 18... Qg5 $2 (18... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Yf6]} 19. gxh5 Rxe3 $1 $44 20.
fxe3 Qg3+ $11) 19. Kh2 $1 {[%csl Yg5,Yh5]} Nf6 (19... Nf4 20. exf4 Qxf4+ 21.
Kg1 Re3 $140 22. Ne2 $1 $18) 20. f4 Nxg4+ 21. Qxg4 Qh6 22. Qg3 Bf5 23. Nd1 $18
{1-0 Kalinin,O (2445)-Aliev,R (2295)/Polanica Zdroj 1998/EXT 2003 (30)}) 13.
Rab1 a5 14. Rfe1 $146 {We are familiar already with this kind of switch from
queen side to central play. Generally, this seems to be the modern tendency,
possibly caused by the fact that along the years Black has managed to discover
safe ways of meeting the minority's attack carried out in its pure form.} (14.
a3 Ng7 15. b4 Bf5 {By keeping the a-pawns on board, Black intends to slow down
White's plan. Indeed, the further advance of the b-pawn is temporarily
prevented because of the hanging a3-pawn.} ({The normal continuation is} 15...
axb4 16. axb4 Bf5 17. b5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $14) 16. bxa5 $5 {Any other
continuation (such as defending the a3-pawn) would mean some considerable
delay in carrying out the queen side plan. White hopes that the piece pressure
against the backward b7-pawn will prove no less efficient than the standard
attack.} Qc8 17. a4 Rxa5 18. Rb3 {Black's task in the further phase of the
game will be to regroup his minor pieces in the most efficient way. His plan
should take into account not only the defence of the b7-pawn but also the
control of the c4-square.} Nd7 ({I believe that the best plan consists of} 
18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf5 20. Qc2 Nd6 (20... Bd6 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nd3 $14) 21. Nd2
{[%csl Gc4]} Nd7 22. Rfb1 b6 $11 {when Black's position looks perfectly viable.
}) 19. Rfb1 Bxd3 (19... b6 {is less eficient now because of} 20. Ne5 $5) 20.
Qxd3 Ra7 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Qb2 Nd8 $6 23. Ne1 Nf8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Nf3 f6 26. Ne1
Nfe6 27. Nd3 Kg7 28. Rb6 Nf7 29. Qb3 Ned8 30. Ne2 Bd6 31. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 32. dxc5
$16 {1-0 Epishin,V-Dorfman Josif D/Geneva 1996 (44)}) 14... Ng7 ({The
significance of the weakness induced by the move ...a5 can be seen after} 14...
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Na4 $5 {[%csl Yb6,Yc5]}) 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 {Black's
main problem is that his minor pieces are not able to safely prevent the
thematic break d5. After the exchanges on this square, the weakness of the
b5-square might become rather significant.} Bd6 $6 {As shall be seen, this is
not a good square for the bishop.} ({A possibly better chance would have been} 
16... Be6 17. Rbd1 Rc8 {aiming to reduce the damage produced by the generally
imminent d5.}) 17. Be5 $1 Be6 18. Rbd1 Bb4 ({Now, after} 18... Rc8 $2 19. d5 $1
$16 {the pin along the d-file would be rather unpleasant for Black.}) 19. d5
cxd5 20. Bxd5 $16 {White's central domination is impressive. With the
exception of the royal couple, all his pieces are arranged in perfect symmetry.
} Qc8 (20... Bxc3 21. Bxe6 Bxe1 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Nfe6 25.
Nxe1 $16) 21. Qb3 {For once, the move ...a5 proves useful by defending the
bishop, but only for partial and temporary reasons.} Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxe6
Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Nc5 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qd5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Ne6 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qb5
$16 {But now, the weakness of the b5-square is obvious. With his pawn on a7,
Black might have had some chances of saving the game, since White extra-pawn
is not dangerous in itself yet.} Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Nc4 Nc6 32. Ne3 Qe7 33.
a4 Qa3 34. Qc4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qd2 36. Kg3 Qd6+ 37. f4 Qd2 38. Nd5 Ne7 39. Nxe7
Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Qxe7 41. Qd5 Qa3 42. Qxa5 b5 43. Qxb5 Qxc3+ 44. Ke4 Qc2+ 45. Kd4
Qf2+ 46. Kc3 Qxg2 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. a5 Qxh3+ 49. Kb4 Qd3 50. Kc5 Qa6 51. Qc7 Kg7
52. Kb4 Qf1 53. Qd6 Qb1+ 54. Kc5 Qc2+ 55. Kb6 Qf2+ 56. Kb7 Qg2+ 57. Kc7 Qc2+
58. Kd8 Qg2 59. Qd4+ f6 60. Kc7 g5 61. fxg5 Qxg5 62. a6 Qg3+ 63. Kd7 Qh3+ 64.
Kd8 Qf3 65. a7 Kg6 66. Kc7 Qg3+ 67. Kc6 Qg2+ 68. Qd5 Qc2+ 69. Kb7 Qb2+ 70. Kc8
Qc3+ 71. Kd8 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. a3
Na5 9. Qa2 O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. Ne5 $146 {/\b4} (11. b4 {was played in the same
mini-match, just two games earlier. The game is annotated in this same issue
of CBM.}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rd1 ({White has not sufficient
development for such radical actions as} 13. b4 $6 {for instance:} Bd6 14. bxa5
$6 Qc7 $1 $32 {קa5}) 13... Be6 $6 {After this move, the game will practically
transpose to the positions where 10...c5 is played and which are examined in
the comments to the first match game between the same players.} ({More
consequent would have been} 13... Bc2 {for instance} 14. Rd2 Bb3 15. Qb1 Re8
$132) 14. Qb1 ({Once again,} 14. b4 {would have been premature:} Bd6 15. bxa5
Qc7 $132 {קa5}) 14... Nc6 15. Be2 Bd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {This is
the kind of position that could have easily arosen via the 10...c5 move-order.
White has a promissing plan of putting the black hanging pawns under pressure.}
18. O-O a5 19. Rd2 Rab8 20. Rc1 h6 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Qd1 Bg4 24. Na4
Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qa7 26. Rdc2 Qa6 27. Nc5 $14 {White has a stable control of the
position. His chances are better.} Qa7 28. Qf5 Qb6 29. h4 Rc7 30. g4 Re7 31. g5
hxg5 32. hxg5 Ne4 33. Nd7 Nd6 34. Qh3 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Nc4 36. g6 Rf8 37. gxf7+
Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Kh7 40. Kg2 g6 41. Rh1+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Rf7 43. Rh7+
Kxh7 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 ({In my annotations for CBM 106 I
wrote that this might be a more precise move order than} 11. g3 {1/2-1/2
Volkov,S (2612)-Slobodjan,R (2544)/Mulhouse 2005/CBM 106/[Marin] (47) when} a5
$5 {looks to be better than 11...Be7 12.Nh4.}) 11... Bb4 $5 {This rare move is
an interesting attempt to deviate from the customary course of events.} ({
Now, there is no time for} 11... a5 {because} 12. f4 {cannot be met by} f5 {
in view of} 13. Bd3 {winning a pawn.}) (11... Be7 12. g3 {would just transpose
to the aforementioned game, which looks favourable for White.}) 12. Rc1 $146 {
White prevents the weakening of the c4-square in case of a further ...Bxc3.} ({
The main idea behind Black's last move is revealed after} 12. f4 {when the
bishop can get out of danger with} Be4 $1) ({Previously, White has been
successful with} 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 b5 14. Kd2 (14. a4 {1-0 Vaisser,A (2575)
-Guigonis,D (2315)/Meribel 1998/CBM 067/[Tsesarsky] (50)}) 14... Nb6 15. Bd3
Rb8 16. g4 Nc4+ 17. Ke2 Ke7 18. Nxg6+ fxg6 19. h4 $14 {1-0 Milov,V (2653)
-Bellini,F (2484)/Switzerland 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) 12... Nb6 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]
[%cal Yb6c8,Yc8d6]} 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Nc8 15. f3 Nd6 {Black has achieved
an optimal regroupment. However, the weakness of the king side emains a
permanent source of worries.} 16. g3 a5 17. b3 ({White could have prevented
the weakening of the c4-square with} 17. a4 {[%csl Yb4] but this would have
provoked a complete lack of flexibility of his queen side.}) 17... a4 18. b4
Bb1 {[%cal Yb1a2,Ya2c4] White intended to complete his development with Kf2
and Be2 and then prepare his minority's attack based on b5. Black hurries to
prevent this plan before it even gets started, but his king side will remain
hopelessly weak after the departure of the bishop.} 19. Kf2 Ba2 20. Rc1 Bc4 21.
Bh3 Nb5 22. Ra1 O-O 23. Ng2 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Kf8 25. Bf5 $14 {Black's nice queen
side position does not entirely compensate for the weaknesses of the other
wing.} h6 26. Nh5 Ke7 27. g4 b6 28. Rhe1 Ra7 29. Ng3 Kf8 30. Bc2 c5 31. bxc5
bxc5 32. dxc5 Rc8 33. Nf5 Rxc5 34. Reb1 Rc8 35. Rb4 d4 36. exd4 Be6 37. Bxa4
Nc3 38. Bc2 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Na2 41. Rb2 Rxa3 42. Rh1 Bxf5 43. Bxf5 Rca8
44. Rb7 Nc3 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rhxf7 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Re8+ 49. Kd3 Nd1
50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rhg7+ Kh8 53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. d5 Re3+ 55. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Appel, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 $5 8.
Nge2 Bh5 {An interesting attempt to solve the problem of the traditionally
passive bishop.} 9. Qb3 {This looks like a typical reaction when the black
queen's bishop is developed at an early stage of the game, thus weakening the
b7-square. However, the queen side tension created by Black's natural answer
is not easy to deal with.} Qb6 10. Nf4 {This looks like the most logical
continuation.} ({Exchanging on b6 just strengthens Black's queen side position.
} 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O b5 14. a3 Nbd7 15. f3 Bd6 $44
{Edwards,R (2101)-Khanukov,B (2344)/Dresden 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1 (62)}) (10.
Qc2 $5 {is an interesting idea, aiming to leave the enemy queen badly
misplaced on b6} Bg6 $6 {After this move, White's idea will fully justify
itself.} (10... Na6 $5 {might be a more restrictive move, keeping White's king
side play under observation while preparing the transfer of the knight to e6.}
11. a3 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf4 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qd8 {[%cal Ya6c7,Yc7e6]}) 11. Nf4
Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Qd8 {Finally, White has won a whole tempo from his
moving around with the queens.} 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b5 $14 {1-0
Uhlmann,W (2495)-Straeter,T (2300)/Germany 1998/GER-chT (27)}) 10... Qxb3 11.
axb3 {White's main problem is that he has practically no way to break the
queen side now. He can only hope to advance the b3-pawn to b4 and then install
a knight on c5, followed by an eventual pawn break in the centre.} Nbd7 $146 {
Black kindly invites his opponent to capture on h5, in order to force the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops, too, thus considerably freeing his
position.} ({However, the more natural} 11... Bg6 {looks entirely playable:}
12. Nxg6 (12. Bxg6 {looks less consequent.} hxg6 13. Nd3 Na6 14. Na4 O-O 15.
Ke2 Rfe8 16. Rhc1 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Ne4 19. Nd3 Nd6 20. Ne5 Nc7 21. Kd3
Ne6 22. Rc2 g5 23. h3 f6 24. Ng4 a6 25. b4 Re7 $11 {Klingelhoefer,S-Schwarz,P 
(2305)/Giessen 1992/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 12... hxg6 {[%cal Yh8h2]} 13. h3 (
13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. h3 Nb6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 a5 17. Ke2 {[%csl Yb4] 1/2-1/2
Stangl,M (2525)-Boensch,U (2525)/Altensteig 1993/CBM 037}) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O
a6 15. Na4 Bd6 16. f3 Rh5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Yf6f5]} 18. e4 dxe4 (18... c5
$11) 19. fxe4 Ke7 20. Nc3 Bc7 21. Be2 Rh4 22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Bc4 Rd8 $132 {
[%csl Yd4,Ye4] Lautier,J (2658)-Jirovsky,M (2452)/Dordrecht 2001/CBM 080 ext/1/
2-1/2 (57)}) 12. Nxh5 (12. O-O $5) 12... Nxh5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. g4 $1 {Only
this way White can question the corectness of his opponent's plan.} (14. Kd2 g6
$5 {[%cal Yh5g7,Yg7e6,Yf7f5]}) 14... Nhf6 15. f3 a6 {Securing himself in
advance against a possible advance of the b-pawn.} 16. Kf2 Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yf8e6,
Yf6e8,Ye8d6] The knights were somewhat retsricted by the white centre of pawns.
With his last move, Black initiates a typical regroupment.} 17. b4 Ne6 18. Na4
Ne8 19. Nc5 Nd6 {Just in time. The pressure against the b7-pawn is annihilated
for the time being. However, a further advance of the e-pawn would endanger
this ptimal placement of the knights.} 20. h4 (20. Bc2 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ya1d1,
Ye3e4]} h5 $5) 20... Raf8 21. h5 g6 22. Rag1 (22. e4 $5 {[%csl Yb7]}) 22... Ra8
23. Rh2 $14 {White's advantage of space and his flexible structure in the
centre ensures him stable advantage.} Rhb8 24. Na4 b5 25. Nc3 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5
27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Nd1 c5 29. dxc5 Nxc5 30. Be2 Ra2 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Kg3 Kd6 33.
Bf1 Nb3 34. Rc3 Ra1 35. Rxb3 Rxd1 36. Be2 Rd2 37. e4 Rxb2 38. Rd3 Nb6 39. f4 b4
40. exd5 Ra8 41. Bf3 Rxh2 42. Kxh2 Ra3 43. Be4 Rxd3 44. Bxd3 b3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chB"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 $5 {
Not a very popular move.} ({I have examined recently this early knight jump in
slightly different circumstances:} 7... Nbd7 8. Nf3 Ne4 {although the move
order is usually different. See Nyback-Fillipov CBM 106 and Khenkin-Bacrot CBM
110.}) 8. Bxe7 ({The main alternative is} 8. Bf4) 8... Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 {
Black releases the tension in the centre, hoping that after this new exchange
he will obtain a free development for his pieces.} ({The alternative would be
to consolidate his central outpost with} 9... Bf5 {. However, White can take
advantage of the fact that he delayed the development of the king's knight with
} 10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Ndf6 {would just transpose to the
aforementioned games.}) 10... Nd7 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Nc1 Nxc3 14.
Bxf5 $5 (14. bxc3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Ne4 16. c4 b5 $5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rc1 Qa3 19.
Nc5 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J (2405)-Campora,D 
(2455)/Lone Pine 1981/MCL (48)}) 14... Nce4 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bd3 Rae8 (16... Rfe8
17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nfxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rf4 f5 21. Rxf5 $16) 17. Nb3 $14)
10. bxc3 Nd7 ({Although it will most probbaly lead to considerable loss of
time,} 10... Qg5 {makes some sense, becauseit forces White to weaken his king
side.} 11. g3 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Nh4 g6 14. O-O c5 15. f4 $5 O-O 16. Qg2 Qe7
17. Rae1 Nf6 18. f5 Re8 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Ne5 Rac8 $13 {0-1
Christiansen,L (2555)-Adianto,U (2400)/Reykjavik 1986/EXT 2000 (42)}) 11. Ne2
Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 dxc4 {Played again without any prejudice. Black hopes
to carry out the thematic pawn break ...c5, whih would give him easy play.} 14.
Qxc4 (14. Bxc4 {is slightly more natural. White cannot easily play the planned
...c5.} Be6 (14... Bg4 $5 15. Rfc1 Rac8) 15. Bd3 Rac8 ({The immdeiate} 15... c5
$6 {is not justified tactically:} 16. dxc5 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19.
c6 Bd5 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Qd1 $16 {1-0 Fedorowicz,J (2555)-Frometa,Z (2200)/
Mexico 1991/TD (57)}) 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Nf4 (17. a4 c5 18. dxc5 Rd5 $11) 17...
Bd5 18. Qa4 $14) 14... Rd8 15. Qc2 {This willing retreat does not seem to make
much sense.} (15. Rfc1 {looks more critical, for instance} Bg4 16. Ng3 Rac8 17.
Qa4) 15... Bg4 16. Ng3 $146 {This novelty fails to prevent Black's plan.} ({
The same as} 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rac8 18. Bf3 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qb2 b6 21.
Rfd1 Rdc8 22. a4 g6 $11 {0-1 Granados Gomez,M (2414)-Narciso Dublan,M (2458)/
Badalona 2005/CBM 105 ext (59)}) (16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Nf4 {looks like a better
chance to preserve White's advantage of space, by taking the d5-square under
control.}) 16... c5 $1 {Black equalises easily now.} 17. h3 Be6 18. dxc5 Rac8
19. Rac1 Rd5 {This move would have been impossible with the knight on f4.} 20.
Qb1 Rdxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 g6 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Ra5 $11
{It is time for White already to look for a way to the draw.} 26. Rd1 Kf8 27.
Bc6 Rxa2 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 13-16"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. f4 Ne6 $5 $146 (10... h6 {1-0 Comas Fabrego,L (2509)
-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2447)/Mataro 2005/CBM 106/[Marin,M] (47)}) 11. Bh4 g5 $5 {
A radical attempt to question White's domination in the centre. The whole
operation looks slightly risky, because Black weakens his king side dark
squares without having completed his development yet.} 12. fxg5 Bxe5 13. dxe5
Nd7 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Rf6 {White immediately starts invading the weak squares.}
Bd7 {Black makes a useful developing move without defining his king's
intentions yet.} (15... O-O $2 {would be bad because of} 16. g6 $1 {[%cal
Yh4e7]}) ({but} 15... Ng6 $5 {, blocking the g6-square comes into
consideration.}) 16. Bf5 Ng7 $6 {Black's desire to exchange some of the
intruders is perfectly understandable, but this is not such a good square for
the knight.} (16... O-O-O $6 {would be risky because of} 17. Rc1 {when the
black king cannot easily avoid the pins along the c-file or, eventually, along
the h2-b8 diagonal.} Nc7 18. Qd4 $36) ({In case of} 16... Nc5 {the game
continuation} 17. e4 $1 {would have been very strong} ({But now,} 17. g6 {
is less clear, because Black's knights are better placed.} hxg6 18. Re6 Qxe6
19. Bxe6 Rxh4 20. Bxd7+ Nexd7 $13) 17... Bxf5 18. Rxf5 $32) (16... Ng6 {
was still a solid option}) 17. e4 (17. g6 $1 hxg6 (17... Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Qc7 19.
gxf7+ Nxf7 20. Rf1 $14 {/\e4}) 18. Re6 Qxe6 19. Bxe6 Rxh4 (19... Nxe6 20. Bf6
$16) 20. Bxd7+ Nxd7 21. e4 $1 dxe4 22. Qe1 $14 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Yc3e4]}) 17...
Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O {In spite of his optical domination on the king side, Hite
cannot easily create concrete threats.} 19. Qd4 (19. Qe2 $6 Rfe8 20. Re1 $2 Qb4
$1 $17) (19. Rh6 $2 Nxf5 20. Rxh7 Ng6 $1 $19) 19... Nd7 20. Qg4 Rfe8 21. Rf1
Qc5+ 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. Qh4 Qc4 $11 {By exchanging queens, Black retains an
entirely viable position.} 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. g6 fxg6 26. fxg6 h5 27. Rf7 Re6
28. Rxb7 a5 29. Bd4 Rxg6 30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Bxf6 Ne8 32. Bd4 Ncd6 33. Rb6 Nf5 34.
Bc5 Rc8 35. Ne2 Nf6 36. Nd4 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Kf7 38. Ra6 Ne4 39. Rxa5 c5 40. Ra7+
Ke6 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. Bf2 Rb8 43. b3 c4 44. Bd4 cxb3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Magalashvili, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O Ne6 ({This move is far less popular than} 
11... Ng6 {Black intends to carry out a typical regroupment aimed to exchange
the light squared bishops, a plan that is strongly met by the typical
minority's attack.}) 12. Bh2 {White leaves the e5-square available to the
knight.} ({The other possible move is} 12. Be5 g6 13. Rab1 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4
Bf5 16. b5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 axb5 18. axb5 Ra3 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. Ne2
Qa6 {Black hopes to compensate for the weakness of the c6-pawn by major piece
activity.} 22. Rb2 Ne6 23. Rfb1 Ra1 (23... Nd7 {/\c5} 24. Nf4 $5 $14) 24. Nf4
Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Ne4 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. Kh2 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Bd6 $2 {Allowing the
initiation of dangerous tactical complications.} (28... c5 $142 $5 $132) 29. f3
g5 (29... Nf6 $2 30. Nxg6 $16) 30. fxe4 gxf4 31. Ra2 $1 Qb5 32. Qd1 $18 {
[%csl Yc8] 1-0 Beliavsky,A (2620)-Afifi,A (2405)/Luzern 1989/CBM 016 (41)})
12... g6 13. Rab1 ({The alternate plan is} 13. Ne5 {initiating a king side
attack.} Ng7 14. g4 Nd7 {Immediately starting to put pressure against White's
central knight.} ({The more neutral} 14... Bd6 {allowed White to consolidate
with} 15. Rae1 h5 16. f3 Be6 17. Qg2 Rc8 18. Bf4 a6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. f4 $14 {
in the game 1-0 Kishnev,S (2470)-Kveinys,A (2520)/Germany 1993/GER-chT2 (31)})
15. Nxf7 $5 {A thunder from blue sky! White hopes to take advantage of the
temporary congestion of Black's forces.} Kxf7 16. Nxd5 Bd6 (16... cxd5 $2 17.
Bc7 $18) (16... Ne6 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 $40) (16... Ne5 $5 17. Bxe5 cxd5 18.
f4 $44) 17. Nf4 (17. Bxd6 $5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Nf6 (18... Nb6 19. Be5 Be6 20. f4 $44
) 19. Be5 Qb6 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. a4 $44 a6 $140 $2 22. Be8+ $18) 17... Nb6 $6 (
17... Bxf4 18. Bc4+ Kf8 19. Bxf4 Nb6 20. Be5 $44) 18. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 hxg6
20. Bxg6+ Kg8 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Rae1 {In this highly atypical position, the
central mass of pawns certainly looks scary.} Be6 23. f4 Rd8 24. b3 Bf7 25. f5
Qe7 26. Qg2 Qh4 27. Qg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rd5 29. Rd1 Ra5 30. Rd2 Nd5 {1/2-1/2
Tartakower,S-Weenink,H/Hamburg 1930/EXT 2003} (30... Nd5 31. e4 Nb4 32. Rff2
$16)) 13... Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 $5 {Before carrying out the thematic plan a4
and b5, White intends to place his pieces on the best possible squares, in
order to avoid Black's counterplay along the a-file, as in the game
Beliavsky-Afifi.} (15. a4 Bf5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ra3) 15... Bf5
16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bxd3 18. Ncxd3 Nf5 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4][%cal Yf5d6] Black uses
the available time to improve the position of his knights, too.} 19. a4 Nd6 20.
Rfc1 {White has achieved a maximum of activity and is ready for concrete
action.} Nd7 {Hoping to ensure the c4-square for the other knight.} 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Bxd6 $1 {Crossing Black's intentions.} Bxd6 24. b5 axb5
25. axb5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Re6 27. Rb2 $14 {In spite of the general exchange of
the minor pieces, White's minority attack ensured him a minimal but long term
advantage.} Qd7 28. Rcb1 Kg7 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rb7 Qc8 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7
Re8 33. Rc1 Qe6 34. Qb7 Rc8 35. e4 Re8 36. e5 Rc8 37. g4 h5 38. f3 c5 39. dxc5
Qxe5 40. Qxc8 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 {Apparently,
Black wanted to avoid the classical positions of the exchange variation, of
which Beliavsky is such a big expert. However, in doing so he might have
overlooked that it is quite dangerous to give a player with a concrete style
like Beliavsky such clear marks for choosing plans such as doubled pawns and a
misplaced bishop.} 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. g3 Nb6
12. Nh4 Nc4 $146 {A rather provocative move. Black hopes that his pair of
bishops will exert strong pressure against White's centre.} (12... Nc8 {
1/2-1/2 Volkov,S (2612)-Slobodjan,R (2544)/Mulhouse 2005/CBM 106/[Marin,M] (47)
}) 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bb4 16. f3 {Cutting the g6-bishop off
play for a long while.} Rd7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 b5 {It might seem that Black
has the initiative. Indeed, each of his last few moves threatened one of the
central pawns. However, while defending against the threats, White has
considerably activated his position as well. Under the cover of his centre, he
is ready for active operations.} 19. Kc2 $1 {A very strong move, centralising
the king in view of eventual simplifications in the centre.} Ba5 20. a3 a6 {
Aiming to comsolidate the b5-square.} (20... Bb6 {would have only led to
simplifications clearly favouring White after} 21. d5 (21. Ne2 {leads nowhere
because of} Ba5 22. Nc3 Bb6) 21... Be3 22. Re2 cxd5 23. Nxd5 $1 (23. Rxe3 d4
24. Re2 dxc3 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. bxc3 Rd3 $132) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxe3
Rd6 26. g4 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yh4g2,Yg2f4,Yf4d5] and, with his bishop safely
cut off the rest of the board, Black has little hopes to survive.}) 21. d5 $1
c5 ({A good illustration of the strength of the move 19.Kc2 is the variation:} 
21... Bxc3 22. Kxc3 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 {[%cal Yc3d4,
Yd4c5]} Kd7 26. Kd4 Kd6 {Black has managed to prevent the enemy king from
advancing further, but unexpectedely loses the pawn ending:} 27. Nxg6 $1 fxg6
28. g4 ({The immediate} 28. a4 {is in fact just as good.}) 28... g5 29. h3 h6
30. a4 $1 $18 {and Black is hopeless. The trick} c3 {doesn't work because the
white king is just in time after} 31. bxc3 bxa4 32. c4 a3 33. c5+ ({There is
nothing wrong with} 33. Kc3 {, of course}) 33... Kd7 34. Kc3 $18) (21... cxd5
22. Rxd5 (22. Nxd5 {only places the knight under an unpleasant pin and can be
strongly met with} Kb7 $1 {avoiding any intermediate check, for instance} 23.
Rd4 Bb6 24. R4d2 Ba5 $11) 22... Rxd5 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7
25. Kxc3 Kd6 26. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yh4g2,Yg2e3,Ye3d5]}) 23. Rxd5 Rd7 $5 {
Aiming to maintain the tension in order to prevent White's centralisation.} (
23... Rxd5 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. Kc3 Kd7 26. Kd4 Kd6 27. g4 $18) 24. a4 $1 ({
The straightfroward} 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. g4 Bc7 26. h3 Be5 {is far less clear.})
24... Rxd5 25. Nxd5 b4 26. b3 $1 {[%csl Yb4]} (26. Ne3 b3+ 27. Kc1 c3 $132)
26... c3 27. g4 Kd7 28. Ng2 Kd6 29. Nge3 $16) 22. Re2 Kb7 (22... b4 23. Na4 b3+
(23... Rc7 24. Kb1 $1 {/\ Rc1}) 24. Kc1 $1 (24. Kb1 $2 {loses a pawn to} Rxd5
$1 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 {when there is no time for} 26. Nxg6 $2 {because of} Rd1#)
24... Rc7 25. Kb1 $1 {/\ Rc1}) (22... Bc7 $5) 23. g4 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Rf3f5]}
Bc7 24. Ng2 h5 (24... Bxh2 25. f4 {/\f5, /\Rh1}) 25. h3 Rg8 26. f4 Bh7 27. f5
$1 $14 {Having isolated the enemy bishop on h7, White maintains the upper hand,
even though this costs him a pawn. Black's chances are connected with the
control of the dark central squares and of the possibility of sacrificing his
loght squared bishop for one or two white central pawns.} hxg4 28. hxg4 Rxg4
29. Rh1 Rg7 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rg2 Rdg8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 {Every new exchange only
underlines the passivity of the h7-bishop.} 33. Rh4 Be5 34. Ne2 Kc7 35. Ng4 {
It becomes obvious now that White fights for the central squares with an
extra-piece.} Kd6 (35... Bd4 $1 {looks like a better chance, for instance:} 36.
Nxd4 cxd4 37. Nxf6 Rg2+ 38. Kd1 Bxf5 39. exf5 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 Rg2+ 41. Ke1 d3 42.
Ne4 Rxb2 43. Kd1 Re2) 36. Nxe5 Kxe5 {The king will not only fail to generate
counterplay, but it will also be rather unstable on this central square.} 37.
Kd2 b4 {Giving up the control of the d4-square is probably not a wise idea.} (
37... a5 $5 38. Ke3 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rh1 {/\ Ng1-f3, /\ Rc1}) 38. axb4 cxb4
39. Ke3 a5 $2 (39... Bxf5 $8 40. exf5 Kxd5 {would have been Black's last
chance.}) 40. Nd4 $18 Kd6 41. Rh6 Rg3+ 42. Kf4 Rd3 43. Rxf6+ Ke7 44. Ke5 c3 (
44... Rxd4 45. d6+ $1 $18) 45. bxc3 bxc3 46. d6+ (46. d6+ Ke8 47. d7+ Kd8 48.
Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 {This is a
rather provocative move, aiming to prevent the natural development of the
white pieces, starting with Bd3, h3, Nf3.} 7. Qb3 {The typical reaction. White
immediately attacks the just weakened b7-pawn. The absence of the move ...c6
makes the desirably reaction ...Qb6 impossible.} Nc6 {Black defends the pawn
by indirect means.} ({Obviously,} 7... b6 $2 {would weaken too much the queen
side, especially that the bishop has already been developed to f5.}) 8. a3 {
White shows that he is content with the partial success obtained so far,
namely provoking the development of the black knight to a rather unnatural
square for this stucture. With his last move, he renews the threat against the
b7-pawn and clears the a2-square for the queen, in view of Black's predictable
answer.} (8. Qxb7 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 {is considered to be too risky for White.})
8... Na5 9. Qa2 O-O 10. Nf3 {The first phase of mobilisation for both sides
has been completed. The final evaluation of the position depends on Black's
ability to generate some queen side counterplay; otherwise, the whole knight
manoeuvre would result just in considerable loss of time. It is curious that
some 15 ago theory relied mainly on a game played by Kruppa as Black,
evaluating the position as about equal. Now, we see Kruppa defending the point
of view of the other side.} a6 $5 $146 {This move has not been tried before.
Its idea seems to be to make a generally useful move in order to wait for
White to declare his intentions.} ({The immediate} 10... c5 {fails to solve
Black's problems:} 11. dxc5 (11. Be2 c4 $13 {1-0 Shirov,A (2380)-Goldin,A 
(2530)/Klaipeda 1988/CBM 011 (57)}) 11... Bxc5 {However, the normal
development with} 12. Be2 ({The hurried} 12. b4 $6 {looks a bit premature,
since White's development is incomplete:} Bb6 $1 13. Be5 $1 (13. bxa5 Bxa5 14.
Rc1 Ne4 15. Be5 Rc8 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qc7 $19) 13... Rc8 $8
14. Rd1 {/\ Nd5} Be6 15. Na4 Nc4 (15... Bc7 $1 {[%csl Ya4] פa4} 16. Ba1 Qe7 $5
$13) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qb2 $1 $14 {Ruban,V (2320)-Makarov,M 
(2370)/USSR 1987}) 12... Be6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qb1 Nc6 15. O-O {is a safe way of
maintaining the better chances. Generally, White has only made useful moves,
having lost just one tempo (Qb3-a2-b1 instead of Qc2-b1). We cannot say the
same thing about Black, who has lost several tempi (Nc6-a5-c6, Bf5-e6).} a6 (
15... h6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc2 a5 20. Na4 Rfb8 21. h3
Bd7 22. Nc5 Be8 23. Rd2 Nd7 24. Rc1 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Rb6 27. Bf3 Kf8
28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 $14 {A typical ending with stable advantage for White,
because of the black queen side weaknesses. 1-0 Chekhov,V (2480)-Timoscenko,G 
(2455)/Frunze 1988/TD (77)}) 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. Bg5
Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Bd6 21. Nd4 Rdc8 22. Rc1 c5 23. Nf5 (23. Rfd1 $1 Qb7 {/\cxd4} 24.
Nf5 $14) 23... Qe6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (24... Qxf6 25. Rfd1 g6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27.
Qc4 Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Rab8 30. Rd2 $14) 25. Nxd6 (25. Rfd1 $5) 25...
Qxd6 26. Rfd1 Qe6 27. Qd3 Rab8 28. Rc2 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. g3 a5 31. Rd6 Kg7
32. Ra6 Rb5 33. a4 $16 {1-0 Chekhov,V (2480)-Kotronias,V (2505)/Moscow 1989/
CBM 014 (54)}) ({From the previously played moves, more consistent is} 10...
Be6 {consolidating the d5-square and preparing an eventual break of the centre
with ...c5.} 11. Rd1 {looks to be the most efficient way of crossing Black's
intentions:} (11. Be2 {doesn't cross Black's plans:} c5 12. Rd1 Ne4 (12... c4
$5) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Bg4 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qd7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Timoscenko,G (2455)-Kruppa,Y (2435)/Frunze 1988/TD (30)}) (11. Ng5 {is not
contributing to White's development and allows Black obtain active play:} Nh5
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bg3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be2 Qf6 16. Nd1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bb6
18. Rc1 Nc6 19. b4 Rad8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A (2593)-Belozerov,A (2552)/Tomsk
2004/CBM 102 (103)}) 11... Ne4 ({One year later, in a game played between the
same opponents, Black deviated with} 11... c6 12. Bd3 Nc4 {but after} 13. Ng5
Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nh5 17. Nge4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qb6 19. Rd2
Be6 20. Qd3 h6 21. O-O Rad8 22. Re1 $14 {failed to obtaientirely adequate
compensation for the sacrificed pawn, 1-0 Flear,G (2489)-Korneev,O (2572)/Vila
Real 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 $14 d4 $2 13. Qb1 $16) 12. Nb5
(12. Bd3 $5 {might be the kind of improvment Korneev was afraid of}) 12... Nd6
13. Nxd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. h3 Bf5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Be2 a6 18. O-O Ne7 19.
Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 c6 21. Qb3 Nc8 22. a4 Qd8 23. b5 cxb5 24. axb5 a5 25. Rc1 Nb6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G (2480)-Korneev,O (2619)/Nice 2000/EXT 2002 (62)}) 11. b4
{This tempting advance of the b-pawn will cause White some additional loss of
time and offer Black a clear mark for counterplay.} ({With the bishop on f5
still,} 11. Rd1 {is less favourable because of} Bc2 12. Rc1 Bb3 $132) ({
In the next game of the same mini-match, White deviated with} 11. Ne5 {. The
game is annotated for this same issue of CBM.}) ({However, I do not know what
Black had in mind against the natural} 11. Be2 {since} b5 {/\Nc4 looks too
commital.}) 11... Nc6 12. Rc1 ({White probably feared that in case of the
generally desirable} 12. Be2 {Black could change the character of the position
with} Bxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qb2 Nc2+ 15. Kf1 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 Ne4 $13) 12... Na7
$1 {The start of an efficient regroupment, aiming to conquer the b5-square for
the knight.} 13. Na4 c6 14. Nc5 Qb6 15. Be2 a5 16. Qb2 axb4 17. axb4 Nb5 18.
Ne5 Rfe8 19. O-O Nd6 $6 {Black should probably have avoided unblocking the
b-pawn.} (19... Ne4 $5 {looks like a better continuation.}) 20. g4 Bc8 21. f3
Qd8 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd7 24. Qb3 Nb6 25. b5 $14 {It seems to me that
White should have played on.} (25. b5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxb5 27. Qxb5 Bd6 28. Rb1
$14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {This way of sidestepping the
Exchange Variation structures used to be part of the repertoire of the young
Fischer among others. It may transpose to a Semi-Tarrasch, but White can
deviate.} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 $5 (7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 {would lead to the main line of the Semi-Tarrasch. Here
are a few games annotated recently for CBM:} b6 12. O-O Nd7 (12... Bb7 13. Rfe1
Nc6 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2776) Medias 2011 CBM 143 [Rogozenco] (1/2,
45)}) 13. Rad1 (13. a4 {Leko,P (2720)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Porto Carras 2011 CBM
146 [Krasenkow] (1/2, 36)}) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 (15. Bd3 {Van Wely,
L (2686)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2609) Melilla 2011 CBM 146 [RR] (1/2, 60)}) 15...
Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. d5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)-Teske,H (2547) Germany 2011 CBM
146 [RR] (1-0, 40)}) 7... cxd4 {In connection with the next move, a
straightforward plan. Black does not wish to live with the permanent threat of
d4-d5 and decides to clear up matters in the centre at once. A more flexible
approach is viable, though, too.} (7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4
(10... b6 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Na5 15. d5 $36 {
Bocharov,D (2582)-Mozharov,M (2459)/St Petersburg 2011/CBM 144 Extra (1-0, 26)}
) 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Nd2 Bf6 13. e5 Bg5 14. h4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Rd8 17. Ke3 Bd7) 12... b6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Kg1 Nb8 $5 (14... Bb7 15. h4 {
[%cal Gh4h5]} Qh5 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3) 15. Ne5 (15. h4 Ba6 16. d5 exd5 17. Ng5
$44) 15... Ba6 16. Rd1 Qa4 17. d5 $5 exd5 18. exd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. h4 $36
{Vitiugov,N (2733)-Khalifman,A (2627)/Taganrog 2011/CBM 143 (1/2, 41)}) ({
I remember how interesting I found Black's way of transposing to a Grünfeld
type of position in the following game:} 7... Qc7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bb2 g6 10. Bd3
Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nb6 {1/2 Prusikin,M (2563)-Kortschnoj,V (2608)/
Pulvermuehle 2006/CBM 112/[Marin] (26)}) 8. cxd4 e5 9. Nf3 ({Blocking the
centre with} 9. d5 {offers Black some stability on the dark squares.} Bd6 10.
Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 (13. Bb2 {Ivanov,S (2570)-Golod,V 
(2535)/Beersheba 1998/CBM 064/[Golod,V] (1/2, 26)}) 13... Qe7 (13... f5 $5) 14.
f3 Bd7 (14... f5 $5) 15. a4 (15. Nc4 Ba4 16. Qe1 Nb3 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rb1 Nxc1
19. Qxc1 Rac8 20. Qe3 b6 21. Ba6 Rc5 22. Rfc1 $14 {<->c Since he cannot
maintain the control of the only open file, Black has failed to equalise
completely.}) 15... Rfc8 16. Nc4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Ra6 bxc4 20.
Bxc4 Bd4 $132 {Martinovic,S (2496)-Saric,A (2523)/Zagreb 2012/CBM 147 Extra (1/
2, 38)}) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 ({Delaying the capture should not offer White
realistic chances:} 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bd5 (12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bd5 Bf6
14. Bf4 Re8 {1/2 Lerner,K (2494)-Golod,V (2538)/Ramat Aviv 2004/CBM 102 ext})
12... O-O 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Re1 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 $2 c5 $19) 14... Be6 $6 (
14... Bg4 $1 $11 {seems to have solved the problems at once.}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Careless. The ending with four rooks and opposite-coloured
bishops is less safe than Black might have thought.} (16... c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6
18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {This looks a bit ugly from a structural point of
view, but the passed c-pawn should spare Black concrete problems.}) 17. Bxd4
Qd6 18. Be3 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 a5 20. Rd6 Rfc8 21. Rc1 h5 22. f4 a4 23. f5 Ba2 24.
Kf2 $36 {Aleksandrov,A (2630)-Rausis,I (2498)/Abu Dhabi 2005/CBM 107 ext (1-0,
41)}) 10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 $146 {This looks less active than the previously
played 11...Bc5, but this impression may be false. Kramnik keeps the c-file
open for his rooks and prepares the activation of the bishop with ...Bf6.} ({
I did not find significant problems after} 11... Bc5 {either:} 12. Nb5 Na6 13.
Bc4 (13. Bf4 {1/2 Wojtaszek,R (2733)-Roiz,M (2618)/Eilat 2012/CBM 151/[Roiz,M]
(85)}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rad8 17. Rd1 Rfe8 $132 {
Nisipeanu,L (2677)-Naiditsch,A (2706)/Deizisau 2013/ (1/2, 47)}) 12. Be3 ({
Actually White could try} 12. Nb5 {with similar ideas as above even if the
knight is not attacked.} Na6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8
17. Bf1 {Both sides have centralised their pieces and Black has to give up the
bishop pair.} Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc5 ({The straightforward} 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Bxa3 {fails to annihilate the bishop pair:} 20. Bxa7 Nc5 21. f3 Ne6 22. Kf1 Bc5
23. Rc1 $1 Rc7 24. Bb8 $1 Rc8 25. Bg3 b6 {True, Black is relatively stable,
but the main line leads to a better version of it.}) 19. f3 b6 20. a4 Ne6 {
[%cal Ge7c5]}) 12... O-O 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Ke2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 {Black keeps
developing his pieces on what do not seem the most active squares, but there
is hidden flexibility in his play.} 16. Nf5 {Moving away from the centre
allows Black to activate both his bishops.} (16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Nf5 Bb5+ 18. Kf3
Bf8 {allows Black to regroup perfectly.}) (16. a4 $5 {might have posed more
problems:} Rac8 17. Rab1 $5 {an effective way of parrying ...Nc4 and keeping
the a4-pawn indirectly defended.} Bxa4 18. Bxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxb7 $14) 16... Bf6
17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Rhc1 Bb5+ 19. Kf3 Bd3 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Bb3 {There is nothing
more active than this.} Bd3 22. Bc2 Ba6 23. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mataro GM 1st"]
[Site "Mataro"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Gonzalez Garcia, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 $5 {
A rather provocative move. Black ignores the pin and hopes to obtain
counterplay at an earlier stage than in the "ortodox" lines. Generally, theory
considers the whole line to be dubious, but in practice things are not always
that simple.} 8. Nf3 Nf8 9. Ne5 Qe7 {This is the newest fashion. In order to
consolidate his central knight, White has to commit himself to the advance of
the f-pawn.} (9... Ng6 10. f4 Qb6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Kf2
Bg4 15. Rhe1 Rac8 16. g3 Kg7 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bf5 Bxf3 19. Kxf3 Rc7 20. a3 Rce7
21. Rcd1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 2001/CBM 085 (44)}) (9... Qb6
10. O-O Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Qxb2 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Qd4 f6 15. exf6 gxf6
16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Nb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Ne6 19. Qb2 cxb5 20. Bh4 {1-0 Jussupow,
A-Nogueiras,J/Montpellier 1985/Candidates}) 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 {
This looks like the more active retreat.} ({However, in view of the
possibility of h6-h5-h4, the more modestly looking} 12. Bf2 {makes some sense.
In practice, White has been generally succesful with it.} Rg8 (12... Ne6 13.
O-O Rg8 14. Qf3 Ng7 15. e4 $36 {1-0 Izoria,Z-Gagunashvili,M/Tbilisi 2000/EXT
2004 (37)}) 13. O-O Bxe5 $2 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. e4 $40 {1-0 Baburin,A-Fressinet,L/
Andorra 1998/EXT 2003 (29)}) 12... gxf4 {This is the prelude to a manoeuvre
aimed to win material.} ({I believe that the critical continuation is} 12... h5
{for instance} 13. O-O (13. fxg5 Ng4 $132) 13... h4 14. Bf2 h3 15. g3 Rg8 $132
{0-1 Pavlovic,M-Vojinovic,G/Dimitrovgrad 2003/CBM 093 ext (36)}) 13. exf4 Ng4
14. O-O $1 Ne3 15. Qa4 $1 $146 {A powerful novelty. Previously 15.Qh5 had been
played, but the pressure along the a4-e8 line seems to be more effective than
that along the h5-e8 diagonal.} (15. Qh5 Bxe5 (15... Nxf1 $2 16. Bh4 $1 Qc7 17.
Nxd5 $1 cxd5 18. Bb5+ $18) 16. dxe5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Rg8 $13 {1-0 Relange,E-Prie,
E/Clichy 1995/CBM 051 ext (34)}) 15... Nxf1 16. Rxf1 $44 {/+/-} ({Although
White maintains a very strong attack after this natural move, the more
straigghforward} 16. Nxd5 $1 {also deserves attention, for instance} Qe6 (16...
Qd8 17. Nxc6 Bd7 18. Re1+ Ne6 19. Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Bg6+ Kf8 21. Nxd8 $1 $18 Bxa4
$2 22. Nxe6+ Kg8 23. Nf6#) 17. Kxf1 $3 {[%cal Rd4g1]} (17. Rxf1 Qxd5 18. Bc4
Qxd4+ {[%csl Yg1]}) 17... Qxd5 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Re1 $40) 16... Bxe5 (16... Nd7
$5 17. Re1 $40) 17. Re1 $1 {[%cal Ye1e8] (White is not interested in closing
the e-file, of course.)} b5 (17... Nd7 18. Nxd5 $16) 18. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 19. Bxb5+
Bd7 20. Rxe5 Ne6 21. f5 Rd8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Qa6 (24. Qc6 $5
Kf7 25. Re3 $16 {[%cal Rg3e5,Re3f3]}) 24... Rd6 25. Qc8+ Rd8 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27.
Rxe6+ Kf7 28. Ra6 Rd7 29. Be5 Rc8 30. Rxh6 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33.
g4 Rxa2 34. g5 Rd8 35. h4 Rc8 36. Rd6 Rf8 37. Kg4 a5 38. Rxd5 a4 39. Rd7+ Ke6
40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Ra6 Kf7 42. g6+ Kg8 43. h5 Rg2+ 44. Bg3 Rd8 45. h6 Rxd4+ 46.
Kf3 Rxg3+ 47. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {When Fischer took the Semi-Tarrasch
into his repertoire, he also experimented with this anti-Karlsbad move order.
It could lead to a transposition to the Semi-Tarrasch, but also lead to
independent play, as in this game.} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 ({Deviating
from his previous win over Kramnik after} 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O h6 {Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Kramnik,V 
(2783) Shamkir 2015 CBM 166 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 76), featuring a complicated
battle.}) {The last move bears some optical similarity to the Grünfeld 8.Rb1
system, but the main idea is different. The rook prevents an early ...Bb4+
forcing the exchange of bishops, while in the Grünfeld it just removes the
queen from the bishop's range. In both cases, the rook also puts some pressure
on b7 but the move itself delays White's kingside development.} 7... Be7 8.
Bb5+ $5 {Forcing Black to deviate from the most natural way of developing,
based on ...Nc6 and ...Bb7.} ({There have been a few recent high level games
with the more neutral} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 (9... Qc7 {Matlakov,M (2728)
-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017 CBM 181 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 27)}) 10. O-O b6 11.
Bf4 (11. d5 {Svidler,P (2749)-Hou,Y (2666) Geneva 2017 CBM 180 [Roiz,M] (1-0,
31)}) 11... Bb7 {Svidler,P (2755)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 
[Krasenkow,M] (½-½, 31)}) 8... Bd7 {Kramnik decides to keep the possibility
of ...Nc6, with pressure on d4. Even though d7 is in principle not the best
square for the bishop, after the enemy bishop's retreat it will count as a
whole tempo in the race for development.} (8... Nd7 {is aimed at keeping Black;
s play more flexible but the overall impression is that his position remains
more passive. Here is a brilliant attacking example.} 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nf6 (
10... b6 {would have two main drawbacks. It would expose the queenside to
a4-a5 and face the knight with the risk of being left out of play after e4-e5.
But the game manoeuvre is time consuming and will allow White develop his
initiative in the centre.}) 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 $14
Rad8 $2 {A natural developing move, which... immediately puts Black in a
critical position.} (14... cxd4 {opens the c-file for White, offering him
strong queenside pressure.} 15. cxd4 Rad8 16. a5 $16) ({With hindsight, it was
essential to take the d5-square under control with} 14... Bc6 $14) 15. e5 Nd5
16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. d5 $16 {WHite has a crushing space advantage and
unsurprisingly the next move will allow him to start a thematic attack.} Bc5
19. Bxh7+ $1 {This classical sacrifrice is a rare guest in modern high level
tournaments.} Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kh6 21. Qg4 exd5 22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qh7+ Kxg5 24.
Qxg7+ Kh5 25. g4+ Bxg4 26. Qh7+ Kg5 27. h4+ Kf4 28. Qh6+ {1-0 Wojtaszek,R 
(2716)-Naiditsch,A (2706) Trzcianka 2014} Kf3 29. Rb3+ {and mates next.}) 9.
Bd3 (9. Bxd7+ {frees Black's position and speeds up his development.} Nxd7 {
Now that Bxh7+ is not available anymore this looks correct.} 10. Rxb7 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Nb6 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Hou,Y (2652) Moscow 2017 (0-1, 60) Black
soon had to sacrifice the exchange on e7, but Black managed to defend.}) ({
This will eventually cause a new tempo loss, but} 9. Be2 {runs into} Bc6 {
forcing the unnatural} 10. Bf3 {when Black has several ways of developing his
initiative, for instance} cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Ne2 Bb5 $132) 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 {Black keeps developing as White does not have the time to
take on b7 due to his hanging (more important) pawn on d4.} 11. Be2 $5 $146 {
Defending the bishop and keeping it safe from the knight's attack, but just
throwing away another tempo.} (11. Nf3 {allows Black more or less ot force the
exchange of bishops with} Nb4 12. O-O (12. Be2 {wastes a tempo and places the
bishop on a vulnerable square:} Nxa2 13. Bd2 a5 {Ensuring the knight's retreat.
} 14. Rxb7 Qc8 15. Rb2 Nc3 {exchanging one of the bishops with excellent play.}
) 12... O-O (12... Nxa2 {is dangerous now.} 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rxb7 Qc8 {First of
all, ...Nc3 is not a problem for White in the event of a rook retreat anymore
and secondly} 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 {is likely to offer him dangerous
initiative for the exchange.}) 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Be3 Rc8 15. a3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f6
17. Nf3 Bc6 $15 {Poghosyan,S (2256)-Harutyunian,T (2520) Yerevan 2017 (0-1, 27)
with excellent play for Black due to his strong bishops and good control in
the centre.}) 11... Rc8 12. Nf3 {White finally tries catching up in
development, but Black can start the typical semi Tarrasch simplification plan
already.} (12. Rxb7 $2 Nxd4 $1 $17) 12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Rb2 ({In one of
the semi-Tarrasch lines with similar black queenside play White reacts with} 
14. d5 {but here Black is a couple of tempi up and his bishop stands well on
d7, neutralising the central pawn. For instance} exd5 15. exd5 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Na5 18. Rhc1 Ke7 $11) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Na5
$11 {The game has reached a typical Grünfeld/Semi-Tarrasch ending. WHite has
more space but after exchanging two minor pieces Black has comfortable
development. In the long run, he can count on using his queenside majority and
the weak c4-square.} 17. Rbb1 {Preparing to start the fight for the c-file.} (
17. Ne5 f6 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 {would just help Black complete his development.})
17... Ke7 18. Rhc1 f6 {Restricting the enemy knight and taking measures
against the potential plan e4-e5 followed by a knight transfer to d6. This is
actually the start of a phase in which both sides will be concerned with
gaining space and control on both wings. Logically so, since breaks in the
centre are likely to favour the opponent.} 19. h4 Rhd8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Ke3 b5
22. g4 {Among others, an anticipation of ...Be8-h5.} Be8 {Black has completed
his global regrouping harmoniously. True to his (not always objective)
optimism displayed at the Candidates, Kramnik already thought he should start
playing for a win.} 23. Ng1 {White also has ambitions. The knight retreat
clears the path for the f-pawn, allowing a massive pawn attack and prepares to
block the c4-pawn with Ne2-c3 after ...Nc4+ followed by exchanges on c4.} Nc6 {
Planning to attack d4 with all available forces.} ({Due to the relative
weakness of the f4-square} 23... e5 $11 {comes strongly into consideration.
Whatever White does Black gets good control on the dark squares. For hidden
tactical reasons, Kramnik's plan fails to cross Mamedyarov's intentions.}) ({
But} 23... Nc4+ $2 {would justify White's last move after} 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25.
Rxc4 bxc4 26. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) 24. Ne2 Rd6 25. Rd1 $6 {Prematurely
switching to defence.} ({True,} 25. a4 {is ineffective due to} bxa4 26. Bxa6
Ra8 27. Bb7 Ra7 {(Kramnik) when the passed a-pawn ensures Black at least equal
play.}) ({But White should have continued his attack with} 25. f4 $1 {since}
Rcd8 $6 {is ineffective because of} 26. Rc5 $3 $16 {Taking the d5-square under
control. White plans to increase his space advantage with h4-h5 and e4-e5 and
the tactical point is that} Nxd4 $6 {loses material to} (26... Kf8 {makes the
threat ...Nxd4 real and the point behind White's last move is revealed after}
27. e5 $1 {forcing Black to release the pressure on d4.}) 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. e5
Rd5 29. Be4 $16) 25... Rcd8 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Bd3 Nc6 28. Bc2 $11 h5 $5 {The
same optimistic approach. For the time being Kramnik stays within the limits
of tolerable risk.} 29. g5 fxg5 (29... Na5 $11 {, returning to the move
repetition plan was still possible.}) 30. e5 R6d7 31. hxg5 {White's space
advantage has turned even more impressive but Kramnik had put (too) big hopes
into his passed pawn.} h4 $4 {Showing a complete loss of objectivity. Where is
this pawn going to all by itself?} ({Once again} 31... Na5 {would have ensured
the equality as White's avoiding the repetition would offer Black counterplay:}
32. f3 Nc4+ 33. Kf2 Rc7 34. Bd3 Bc6 $132 {threatening ...Rf8.}) 32. g6 $2 {
Strategically a desirable move, but concretely an inaccuracy, allowing Black
one more chance to return onto the right path.} ({Since Black is not
threatening much, White should have eliminated once and for all the
counterplay around the c4-square with:} 32. Rbc1 $1 Na5 ({Or if} 32... h3 33.
Bb3 {Black's lack of space prevents him from keeping the pressure on d4, so
after} Na5 34. Rh1 {he simply loses the daring pawn.}) 33. Bd3 Bh5 34. f3)
32... Na5 $1 ({Kramnik thought} 32... h3 {would offer better chances "for an
advantage" but delaying the queenside counterplay once again dooms the h-pawn:}
33. Rbc1 h2 34. f4 $16 {Now that g6 is attacked, White needs to clear the
c-file with Be4, but first he has to prevent ...Nxe5.} h1=Q {fails to bring
any relief:} 35. Rxh1 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. f5 exf5 38. Bxf5 $18 {with a
decisive attack based on Rc7+ and Rh8/h7.}) 33. Rbc1 {It is Mamedyarov who
does not agree to a draw, but the position remains balanced.} Rc7 ({If} 33...
Nc4+ 34. Kf4 {the king is safe as Black cannot play ...Rf8 soon.}) 34. Bd3 Rdc8
$2 (34... Nc4+ $6 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. Rh1 Bxg6 38. Rxh4 $14 {
[%cal Ge2c3] offers White the more pleasant play.}) ({From the wide range of
lines suggested by Kramnik as ways to prove an advantage, the best chance 
(actually mainly for... equality) was} 34... Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Bc6 36. Be4 (36. Nf4
{is safer:} Rh8 37. Bf1 Nc4+ 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Kd7 $11 {with adequate
compensation for the pawn.}) 36... Nc4+ 37. Rxc4 {Actually the analysis was
abruptly interrupted here as Kramnik switched to something different.} bxc4 38.
Bxc6 h3 39. Nc3 h2 $15 {The rook is at least as strong as the minor pieces,
since the black passers need permanent surveillance and d4 is hanging.}) 35.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 36. Rh1 Nc4+ 37. Kf4 $18 {White wins a pawn and keeps his huge
space advantage.} Nb2 ({Kramnik put the blame for his loss on an optical
illusion. When entering this line he initially thought his rook would be on c8
so after} 37... Bc6 38. Rxh4 {38...Rf8+ he would have got the initiative. But
Mamedyarov rightly pointed out that even in such a hypothetical case White
would retain a big advantage with 39.Kg5 Rxf2 40.Nf4, protecting the king
against checks and threatening Rh7.}) 38. Be4 b4 39. Rxh4 Nd1 40. f3 (40. Rh7
$18 Kd8 41. Kf3 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 40... Nc3 41. Nxc3 bxc3 42. Rh2 $5 {A patient
move, neutralising Black's chances for counterplay.} (42. Rh7 Kd8 43. Bc2 Rb7
44. Rh8 Ke7 45. Ke3 Rb2 46. Be4 Rg2 $132 {Mamedyarov}) 42... Rc8 43. Ke3 Bb5
44. f4 Bc4 45. Rh7 Rg8 46. a3 ({The post mortem concluded that the thematic} 
46. d5 {would be premature as it offered Black saving chances after} exd5 47.
Bc2 Ke6 48. Kd4 Rf8 49. f5+ Rxf5 50. Bxf5+ Kxf5 {but White wins with} 51. Rh2 {
since} Kxg6 52. Rf2 {leaves the king cut off from the e-pawn.}) 46... a5 (46...
Bb3 47. Kd3 $18) 47. Bc2 (47. d5 $1 $18) 47... Kd7 48. d5 $5 {Clearing the
king's path.} ({But the simple} 48. Ke4 {planning Rc3 is at least as effective
as it does not give away the d-pawn.}) 48... Bxd5 49. Kd4 Ba2 50. Kxc3 Kc6 51.
Rh2 Kc5 {Black has achieved some counterplay, but due to White's huge space
advantage it will not be enough to save the game.} 52. Rd2 Rh8 {Making the
third rank check a first priority.} (52... Rf8 53. Rd7 Rxf4 54. Rxg7 $18) 53.
Rd7 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 Bd5 55. Rxg7 Kd4 (55... Rg3 56. Rd7 Kd4 57. g7 Rg2 58. a4 $3 {
A subtle move preparing the decisive f4-f5.} ({The post mortem went} 58. f5
Kxe5 59. fxe6 Bxe6 60. Re7 {concluding that White wins due to the threat Rxe6+
followed by g8Q and Bb3+, but} a4 $3 $11 {prevents Bb3, saving the game.})) 56.
Rh7 Rg3 57. Rh5 Rg2 58. Rg5 Rf2 59. g7 Be4 60. g8=Q Rxc2+ 61. Kb3 {Black's
perfect coordination does not compensate for the huge material disadvantage,
of course.} Rc3+ 62. Ka4 Rc5 63. Rg2 Bf3 64. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {Kramnik had played this strategically slightly risky
variation before. Since the Berlin Ruy Lopez is his main weapon against 1.e4,
it is no great wonder that against 1.d4 he does not have doubled pawns either.
But on the other hand the pawns are less compact here and secondly accepting
weaknesses against a subtle positional player like Carlsen looks a bit like
waving a red flag in the front of a bull.} 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 {This is
the main line, preparing to meet f2-f4 with ...f7-f5.} (11... Nb6 12. f4 f5 13.
Bd3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Williams,S (2439)-Hawkins,J 
(2563) London 2015}) (11... O-O-O $6 12. f4 h5 13. Kf2 Re8 14. f5 Bh6 15. fxg6
Bxe3+ 16. Kf3 Bxd4 17. g7 Rhg8 18. Nf5 $18 {Bareev,E (2636)-Gorman,D (2289)
Philadelphia 2009 (1-0, 40)}) 12. Ne2 $5 $146 {An early novelty connected with
a deep regrouping plan. Actually the last move is logical since it prepares to
invade f5 before Black carries out the standard knight manoeuvre to d6.} ({
Kramnik's previous games went} 12. g3 Nb6 13. O-O-O (13. Kd2 Nc8 14. Bd3 Nd6
15. b3 O-O-O 16. f3 Rhe8 17. Rac1 Kb8 18. Ne2 Nc8 19. Nf4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Nd6 21.
g4 Re7 $11 {Ivanisevic,I (2653)-Kramnik,V (2777) Berlin 2015 (0-1, 53)}) 13...
Nc8 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Kc2 Kd7 16. f3 Bxd3+ 17. Kxd3 f5 18. Ng2 h5 19. h4 Rag8 20.
Rh3 Ne8 21. Ke2 Bd6 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. Ne2 a5 $11 {Ding,L (2730)-Kramnik,V (2760)
Moscow 2014 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 12... Nb6 {Since the knight will not reach d6 in
time, this move is now connected woth a queenside plan which will prove
illusory, though.} (12... f5 13. g3 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bd3 $14 {
[%cal Ge1f2,Gh1c1,Gb2b4,Ga2a4] /\ Kf2, b4}) ({I have tried making work the
break ...c6-c5 by transferring the knight to e6, but this does not seem to be
entirely satisfactory either:} 12... Bb4+ 13. Kd1 O-O-O 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Ngf5
Ne6 16. Bd3 Ba5 17. Ke2 (17. Kc2 c5 {[%cal Gg6c2]}) 17... Rhe8 18. g3 Bb6 19.
Rad1 Kb8 {[%cal Ge6d4]} (19... Bh5+ 20. f3 Nxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bf5+ $1 $18)
20. Kf1 (20. b4 Bh5+ 21. f3 Nxd4+) 20... c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 (21... Bxc5 22. Kg2
d4 23. e4 $14) 22. Kg2 (22. Bc2 Ne6 23. Kg2 d4 24. e4 $6 Nc5 $36) 22... Nxd3
23. Rxd3 Re5 24. g4 (24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Nd4 Re4) 24... h5 25. h3 $14) 13. Ng3
$14 Bb4+ (13... Nc8 14. f4 $16 h6 15. f5 {leaves the light-squared bishop out
of play for the rest of the game.}) 14. Kd1 Na4 15. Ngf5 $1 {During the game I
was not sure about the meaning of this regrouping. At first sight, the knights
are clumsily placed, being neutralised by one bishop. Everything became clear
a few moves later.} Kd7 (15... Nxb2+ 16. Kc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rhb1 $16)
16. Rb1 Ke6 $6 {As it turns out in the game, the king is exposed on e6.} (16...
Rhc8 $5 17. Bd3 Bf8 (17... Bd6 18. Ke2 a6 19. g4 c5 20. Nxd6 Kxd6 21. Nf5+ $16)
18. Ke2 a6 19. g4 c5 20. Ng2 Bd6 21. h4 (21. Nxd6 Kxd6 22. Nh4 {would
practically lose a tempo over the previous line.} cxd4 23. exd4 Rc6) 21... h5
22. f3 Rc6 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 25. Nf4 Rh8 26. Bc2 Nb6 27. dxc5+ Rxc5
28. Bb3 $14) 17. Bd3 Rhc8 18. Ke2 Bf8 19. g4 c5 $6 {This only creates new
weaknesses and no counterplay at all.} (19... Kd7 $5) 20. Ng2 $3 $16 {[%cal
Gh2h4,Gg2f4] The core of Carlsen's whole opening plan. Suddenly Black loses
stability in several sectors of the board.} cxd4 21. exd4 Bd6 {[%csl Gf4]} 22.
h4 h5 $2 {This loses a pawn leading to a hopeless position.} ({But it is
virtually impossible to decide upon a passive move like} 22... Rh8 $8 {[%csl
Gh7] defending the h7-pawn.} 23. h5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5+ Ke7 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Kf3 h6
27. Rhe1 Kd8 28. Rbc1 $16 {Black's position looks awful, but White still needs
to prove he has a winning plan.}) 23. Ng7+ Ke7 24. gxh5 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 $18 {
The control over the f5-square and the threatening h-pawns make Black's
position hopeless.} Kd7 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Ng4 $5 {Even though one of the knights
belongs to f5, Carlsen's "rodeos" are impressive at least optically.} Rh8 28.
Rhe1 {Playing cat and mouse a bit.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 28. Nxf6+
Ke7 29. Ng4) 28... Be7 29. Nf5 Bd8 30. h6 Rc8 31. b3 {[%csl Gb6]} Rc6 32. Nge3
Bc7 33. Rbc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Bf4 35. Rc5 Ke6 36. Ng7+ Kd6 37. Ng4 Nd7 38. Rc2 f5
{A desperate move, which loses a pawn for nothing.} (38... a6 39. Re2 {[%cal
Ge2e8]}) (38... Ke7 39. Re2+ Kd8 40. Re8+ $5 (40. Nf5 $18) 40... Rxe8 41. Nxe8
Bxh6 42. Nexf6 Nxf6 43. Nxf6 $18 {[%csl Gd5]}) 39. Nxf5+ Ke6 40. Ng7+ {[%csl
Gf5,Gf6] As we see, 38...f5 did not clear space for the black king at all.} Kd6
41. Re2 Kc6 42. Re8 Rxe8 (42... Rh7 43. Nf5 {[%csl Gh7]}) 43. Nxe8 Nf8 44. Ne5+
Bxe5 45. dxe5 Kd7 46. Nf6+ Ke6 47. h5 Kxe5 48. Nd7+ Nxd7 49. h7 Nc5+ 50. Ke2 {
A fantastic game by Carlsen and the ugliest defeat of Kramnik I can remember.}
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 ({The game variation usually
is achieved with} 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5) 5... exd5 6. Qc2 c5 ({Aronian may
have feared some special analysis of his opponent in the main line after} 6...
c6 7. Bg5 g6 8. e4 $5) 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Rd1 (9. Nxc6 {Kortschnoj,V 
(2608)-Baramidze,D (2554)/Pulvermuehle 2006/CBM 112/[Dautov] (1-0, 50)}) 9...
O-O $146 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nb3 Qb4 $132 {
Rustemov,A (2565)-Ubilava,E (2521)/Olite 2006/CBM 115 (1/2, 94)}) 10. e3 Be6
11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nf5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17.
Qb1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Red8 19. Nb5 {White is one step away from reaching a dream
blockade on d4, after having exchanged two minor pieces already.} d4 $1 $11 20.
Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 (21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Bxa2 $11) 21... Qf6 (21... Bxa2 $5)
22. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 {There is
not too much theory in this position and one may find it difficult to find
one's way among apparently equivalent continuations. Black is in no immediate
danger, but has not a clear way to equalising either.} Qa5 ({The natural} 7...
Bxc5 {has been played in a few games between great champions from different
eras.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 {plays into Black's hands,
since it reduces the pressure along the d-file.} d4 $11 {Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/
St Petersburg 1895/HCL (0-1, 39)}) 10... d4 {This seems to more or less
equalise here, too.} (10... Be6 {as played in Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Kasparov,G 
(2740)/Brussels 1986/CBM 001 (1/2, 24) leaves White some hopes for an
advantage.}) 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. O-O Be6
16. a3 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Rd7 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rfe1 {1/2 Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A 
(2700)/Seville 1987/MainBase/[Bulletin]. White's advantage is more of a
symbolic nature.}) 8. Nf3 Rd8 (8... Bxc5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Bf6 {Volodin,A (2495)-Ehlvest,J (2594)/
Puhajarve 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1/2, 18)}) 9. Qc2 (9. Bd6 {places the bishop
under a pin:} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Be7 {Anand,V (2811)-Kramnik,V (2800)/Moscow 2011/CBM 146 (1/2, 36). Black
equalised soon.}) 9... Nc6 (9... dxc4 $6 {speeds up White's development.} 10.
Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Bb3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 $1 $16 {Larsen,B-Kuijpers,F/Beverwijk
1967/MCD (1-0, 32)}) 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 {All the preparatory moves have been
played and White cannot delay this anymore.} dxc4 {Now there is no
contra-indication for this, especially since there are no obvious alternatives.
} 12. Nd2 $1 {The only way to maintain some initiative in a symmetrical
position.} Qxc5 13. Nxc4 Qf5 14. Bf3 $6 {Active but careless.} (14. Qxf5 exf5
15. O-O Be6 $11 {offers Black easy play.}) (14. Bg3 $5 {would allow White
maintain his slight lead in development.} Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bd7 16. O-O Be8 {
Black has no weaknesses and can hope to equalise gradually.}) 14... Nd4 $1 {
[%csl Gf4] White cannot even dream of an advantage now.} 15. Qxf5 Nxf3+ 16.
gxf3 exf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 {Despite White's seeming activity, Black's
position looks nicer already because of his bishop pair and better structure.}
19. Ke2 g5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25.
Rgd1 f4 26. b3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Be6 28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra5 Bxc4+ {With a white knight
on d4 controlling the weak f5-square, I would rather refrain from this
exchange.} (29... Nd6 $5) 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. c6 {White
has some very slight initiative at last.} Rc7 $2 {A careless move, allowing
two different tactical blows with the same idea.} (33... bxc6) 34. Ne6 (34. Nb5
$5) 34... Rxd1 35. Nxc7 Rb1 36. b5 $1 {Black's situation becomes critical now.}
Nd6 (36... axb5 $2 37. cxb7 $18) 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. e4 (38. Rxa6 Rc1 39. Nd5 f5
40. c7 Ke6 41. e4 $16) 38... f5 39. e5 (39. Nd5 $5 $16) 39... Nb5 40. Nxb5 Rxb5
41. Kd3 {Ivanchuk did not mind the exchange of knights. In fact, knights can
be tricky in the endgame, requiring a very accurate technical execution. In
the rook ending, the possibility of placing one's own rook behind the passed
pawn ensures an obvious advantage. If there is no win, too bad, but Black has
to suffer without any possibility of counterplay.} Ke6 ({If} 41... Rc5 $2 42.
Rc2 Rxc2 43. Kxc2 Ke6 44. Kd3 $18 {Black's candidates for promotion are too
slow:} h5 45. Kd4 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. Kc5 a5 48. Kb6) 42. Rc2 Rb8 43. Kd4 h5
44. c7 Rc8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rh6 Rxc7 47. Rxh5 Rb7 $2 {Probably overlooking the
52nd move.} (47... Rc1 48. Rxg5 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. f4 $16) 48. Rh7+ Kc8 49.
Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 {This ending is not easy to evaluate
and one may think that it is doube edged.} 52. f4 $1 $18 {Not after this move
anymore!} (52. e6 $2 Kc7 53. Ke5 Kd8 54. Kxf5 a5 $19) 52... gxf4 (52... g4 53.
e6 $1 {With the insertion of the previous moves, White wins, since the f-pawn
will be free to advance.} Kc8 54. Ke5 Kd8 55. Kxf5 a5 56. Kf6 Ke8 57. e7 a4 58.
Ke6 $18 {[%cal Gf4f7]}) 53. h4 a5 54. e6 Kc7 55. h5 a4 56. e7 Kd7 57. h6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {This move order is directed agains the Exchange
Variation with Bg5.} ({After} 3... Nf6 {White cannot transpose to the game
variation by delaying Nf3, since} 4. Bf4 $6 {can be met with} c5 {when} 5. dxc5
$6 Bxc5 {wins a tempo over the normal lines.}) 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7
{Black usualy refrains from this, probably fearing White's next move.} 7. Nb5
Ne8 $146 {A natural move, but a novelty in a virtually unknwon position.} 8.
Nf3 c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 Nd6 {By this regrouping, Aronian tries to prove that ..
.Ne8 was not a loss of time, while Nb5-c3 definitely was. Still, adopting the
Stonewall structure pre-supposes certain strategic risks.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. O-O Nf7 15. Qc2 Bd6 {Everything logical. One knight
has occupied the e4-square, the other fights against the intruder from e5.} 16.
Bh2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 {A complex situation. White will not find it
easy to prove his bishop better than his opponent's since Black has an active
position. The next phase is difficult to annotate since both sides play
unexpected moves.} a5 (18... Qe7 $5 19. f4 Be6 20. b4 g5 $5) 19. Na4 b5 $6 (
19... Qc7 20. f4 b6) 20. Nc5 $6 (20. Qxc6 $1 Ra6 21. Qxb5 Rg6 {[%cal Gd8g5]}
22. f4 Ba6 23. Qb3 Nd2 24. Qc2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 $16 {with
overwhelming compensation for the exchange.}) 20... Qe7 21. Rac1 $6 (21. Nb3 $5
) 21... Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 {Optically, White has compensation for
the sacrificed pawn. The problem is that Black has good attacking chances on
the kingside, transforming the supposedly bad bishop into a dangerous piece.}
24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Qc5 Qg6 26. Kh2 h5 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 h4 30. Ne2
Rf6 31. Ra1 Rcf8 32. Qe7 R8f7 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg1 Qh6 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Qc7 R6f7
37. Qe5 Re8 38. Qc3 g5 39. Rf1 Qd6 40. Kg1 Ref8 41. Qc5 Qh6 42. f5 Kg8 43. f6
g4 44. hxg4 h3 45. Nf4 hxg2 46. Kxg2 Qxf6 47. Kg3 Rh7 48. g5 Qxg5+ 49. Kf2
Rxf4+ 50. exf4 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Qg3+ 52. Kd4 Qg7+ 53. Ke3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Michel Yunis, Christian D"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 g6 $5 10. O-O Nh5 {A relatively unexplored variation. Black
usually carries out this manoeuvre before castling. In both cases, the idea is
to get some space by exchanging the dark squared bishops, without having to
commit himself to ...Ne4, which could lead to modifications of the pawn
structure.} 11. Bxe7 ({With the exception of very few and not too relevant
games,} 11. Bh6 {has not been tested seriously.} Ng7 12. Rab1 Nf6 13. b4 a6 14.
a4 Re8 15. Bxg7 (15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 $5) 15... Kxg7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5
c5 $132 {/+/=}) 11... Qxe7 12. Rab1 Nhf6 {This apparent loss of time is
connected with a concrete idea. Black places his knights in a way that allows
him to meet the minority's attack without weakening his pawn structure.} ({
The more typical plan starting with} 12... Ndf6 {actually loss a tempo upon
the variation 8...Nf8 followed by 9...Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 and 11...Nh5.} 13. b4 Bg4
14. Ne5 Be6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Na4 Ng7 17. Qc5 Qe8 18. Rb2 Nf5 19. Re2 $5 {
(Maintaining the possibility of playing on both wings)} Qd8 20. Qc2 Nd6 21. Nc5
Qe7 22. f3 $14 a5 23. Na4 $1 Re8 24. Nb6 Rad8 (24... Ra7 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qc3
Ra7 27. a4 $14) (24... Ra7 25. Qc5 axb4 $5) 25. bxa5 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Szily,
J/Budapest 1956/EXT 99 (48)}) 13. b4 a6 $146 {Technically, this is the novelty,
but conceptually we could award this title to the previous move.} (13... b5 $6
14. a4 a6 15. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huss,A-Mantzouneas,N/Biel 2000/CBM 077 ext (39)})
14. a4 Nb6 $5 {[%csl Yc4] Once the white dark squared has dissapeared from
board, this is a rather stable square for the knight in the perspective of the
thematic b5.} 15. Rfc1 ({If White wanted to proceed with his initial plan,
this was the only possible moment to play} 15. b5 {since after this moment,
Black will improve his development move by move.} cxb5 (15... axb5 16. axb5 c5
{[%csl Yb6]}) 16. axb5 a5 $5 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Rc8e6,Rf8c8]} 17. Na4 $1 Nxa4 (
17... Nfd7 18. Nc5 $32) 18. Qxa4 Nd7 {(we can see here why the knight is
better placed on f6 than on g7)} 19. b6 $5 {(otherwise Black seems to be just
OK after ...Nb6)} Qd6 20. Qb5 a4 $13 {This position might be critical for the
evaluation of the variation.}) 15... Be6 16. Nd2 (16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 a5 18.
Na4 Rfc8 19. Nc5 Nfd7 $132) 16... Rfe8 17. Ne2 {[%csl Yc4]} Rac8 {Black has
completed his development while White is not threatening anything concrete yet.
} 18. Qa2 {This move looks rather pointless.} ({White should have probably
radically changed his plans with} 18. a5 $5 {[%cal Rd2b3,Rb3c5,Rc1e1,Rb1d1,
Rf2f3,Re3e4,Re2c3]}) 18... Ng4 {[%cal Re7h4]} (18... Ne4 $5 $132) 19. Nf3 Nc4
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. h3 Nf6 22. a5 Bd5 23. Ne5 Ne4 $13 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Nc3 f6 26.
Nf3 Nb5 $13 {A difficult fight lies ahead, where Black's chances are not worse.
} (26... Bxf3 $13) 27. Qe2 Rcd8 28. Na4 Bf7 29. Qb2 g5 30. Nd2 Nd6 31. Nb6 Bd5
32. Re1 f5 33. Rbc1 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Qc2 Qg5 36. e4 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38.
Rxe4 Bxe4 39. Qxc4+ Bd5 40. Qc3 Re8 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Kf7 43. Nd7 Qf4 44.
Qe5 Qe4 45. Qxe4 Bxe4 46. Nc5 Bf5 47. Nxb7 Ke7 48. Nc5 Bc8 49. Kf1 Kd6 50. Ke2
Kd5 51. Kd3 h5 52. g3 Bf5+ 53. Ke3 Bc8 54. Na4 Kc4 55. Nb6+ Kxb4 56. Nxc8 Kxa5
57. Kd3 Kb4 58. Ne7 c5 59. Nd5+ Kb5 60. Nc3+ Kc6 61. d5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h4 $5 $146 {According to Karjakin, this move was suggested by one
of his seconds, Riazantsev, during their training before the tournament. It
was not intended specially for Kramnik and he would have used it against
anybody if given the occasion. Confronted with the opening surprise, but not
under immediate threat, Kramnik reacted logically by increasing the pressure
in the centre.} cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 ({If} 10... b6 11. h5 h6 {The most
consequent continuation would be} 12. Rh3 ({White does not seem to have the
time to set up the battery along the b1-h7 diagonal:} 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb7)
12... Bb7 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. Bd3 Nd7 ({Black has to deviate from the most active
way of developing} 14... Nc6 {as after} 15. Qd2 {the threat Rxg7 with a
decisive attack more or less forces the passive and unappealing} Rg8 $14) 15.
e5 {with reasonable attacking chances, while the black knight has no good
squares.}) 11. h5 ({In a game played a few weeks later White deviated with} 11.
Bc4 e5 $6 (11... b6 $5) 12. d5 Na5 13. Be2 Bd6 {Van Wely,L (2663)-Bindrich,F 
(2598) Germany 2018 (½-½, 34)} 14. Bg5 $5 f6 15. Bd2 $14) 11... f5 $6 {
Karjakin did not expect this premature reaction in the centre, at a moment
when Black is incompletely developed and with the threat h5-h6 in the air.} (
11... h6 {looks safer. If} 12. Rh3 {Black could already consider the game plan
as in the meanwhile he had stabilised the kingside at least:} f5 (12... e5 $6 {
allows a promising exchange sacrifice:} 13. d5 Bxh3 14. dxc6 {followed by cxb7
soon.}) 13. exf5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxf5 15. Rb5 e5 {with excelent counterplay.}) 12.
exf5 $1 {The most principled answer.} (12. e5 b6 {would offer Black chances to
stabilise the centre.}) 12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxf5 14. Bc3 h6 {It is clear now
that Black's plan was premature. If he has to play this move anyway, it would
have been better to start with it, of course.} ({Against} 14... Qg4 {Karjakin
was planning} 15. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1f1] The only move offering an advantage.
WHite plans Kf1 and if} Qxg2 $2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. d5 $18) (14... b6 {does not
improve Black's development too much:} 15. Bd3 Qf4 16. Qe2 $16 {and the
weakness on e6 causes Black problems.}) (14... Qe4+ 15. Be2 e5 $5 (15... b6 16.
O-O Bb7 17. Re1 $16) 16. O-O exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 $16 {
The position has simplified but White's advance in development and kingside
space advantage offer White the clearly better play.}) (14... e5 {may still
have been best, even though after} 15. Bc4+ (15. dxe5 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Be6 {
offers Black rapid development and good compensation.}) 15... Kh8 16. h6 $14 {
Black experiences problems along the long diagonal.}) 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Kf1 e5 {
Not the best moment for this pawn break, but Black's position was difficult
already.} (16... b6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rh3 $16) 17. d5 $1 {The best move,
refuting Black's whole opening play. But things are turning exciting now.} (17.
dxe5 Be6 {once again offers Black reasonable play for the pawn.}) 17... e4 (
17... Nd4 $2 {loses to} 18. Nxe5 Qf4 (18... Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {leaves Black
passive, with a pawn less and a hanging knight.}) 19. Bxd4 $18 {Winning a
piece and defending f2.} Qxd4 $6 20. Bh7+ $1) 18. dxc6 exf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 $6 {
Objectively insufficient but for practical reasons the best chance.} ({If} 
19... Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Ke2 Rxd3 22. Kxd3 Bf5+ 23. Ke2 bxc6 (23... Bxb1 $2
24. cxb7 $18) 24. Rb7 Re8 25. Kd1 {Black's weak seventh rank prevents him from
proving compensation for the exchange.}) 20. Be2 {After a basically aggressive
plan, Karjakin starts playing defensively after having won material.} ({
But objectively} 20. cxb7 {could have ended the game quicker, needing just a
bit of accurate calculating:} Bxb7 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qxb7 Raf8 23. Qxe7 Rxf2+
24. Ke1 {[%cal Ge7g7] Due to the threat Qxg7+ returning one of the bishops for
repelling the attack, Black is left without resources.}) 20... Rxf2+ {The only
way of keeping the game on. Black's problem is that he has invested a lot of
material already and his development is incomplete yet. Besides, he has to
waste a tempo on ...bxc6. True, White's king is exposed, but with a rook up he
should manage to protect His Majesty.} ({After} 20... Rh3 $5 {Karjakin
indicated} 21. Rg1 {, the most convincing, but not only winning move.}) 21.
Kxf2 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23. Bf3 bxc6 24. Be1 $3 {Paradoxically, this seemingly
passive move, releasing the pressure on g7, is the only winning continuation.
The main idea is to cover the g-file with Bg3.} (24. Rb3 Ba6+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26.
Bg4 Rd8 27. Qf3 Bc4 $11 {with a probable draw by perpetual.}) 24... Be6 {
Karjakin called Kramnik's play in time trouble "creative".} ({The idea behind
White's last move is obvious after} 24... Ba6+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Bg3 $18) 25.
Bh4 $5 {[%csl Gd8]} ({Defending d8, as Karjakin was not entirely sure about
the line} 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Rb8 Bc8 29. Bg4 Qg5 30.
Rxc8+ Kh7 {Actually} 31. Be6 {yields White a winning attack with extra
material.}) 25... Rf8 26. Kg2 Kh8 $5 {Another original move, preparing ...Bd5.
But with a rook down the slow mode is not likely to work.} 27. Rc1 (27. Bg3 {
was also strong.} Qg5 {[%cal Gf8f3,Ge6d5]} 28. Re1 $3 ({Karjakin suggested} 28.
Qc1 {but Black saves the day with} Bd5 29. Rf1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3
Qxh5+ {with a perpetual.}) 28... Bd5 29. Re5 $1 Bxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qd2+ 31. Qe2 $18
) 27... Rf5 28. Rc3 ({Only not} 28. Bg3 $2 Rg5 $19) 28... Rd5 $5 {Sacrificing
even more material.} ({Karjakin expected} 28... Bd4 29. Rxc6 (29. Rd3 {is
simpler from a practical point of view although somewhat passive.}) 29... Rg5+
30. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kf1 Bh3+ 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Kd2 Qf4+ 34. Kc2 Bf5+ 35. Kb3 Qe3+
36. Ka4 {and after the king has escaped White can convert his huge material
advantage at his leisure.}) 29. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Rf3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Bd6 32. Rh3 $1
{Another only move but an obvious one. White needs to defend g3.} Be7 ({
This can be explained by the fact that a neutral move such as} 32... a5 {
could be answered with} 33. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Gg3d6] leaving the d6-bishop hanging.
}) 33. Qe2 Be4 34. Qf2 a5 35. a4 $5 ({In principle White's plan is based on
recycling his rook via h1, but Karjakin did not want to check the result of
the pawn race after} 35. Rh1 Bc5 36. Rh4 Qxh4 37. Bxh4 Bxf2 38. Kxf2 Bxf3 39.
Kxf3 g6 {(+-) His game move simply gains a tempo for this case.}) 35... c5 36.
Rh1 {The rest is simple.} Bf6 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Ree3 c4 39. Qe2 Qxh5 40. Qxc4 Bd7
41. Rd3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 {A radical
attempt to solve the problem of the light squared bishop. The variation has
traditionally been considered as slightly dubious for Black, but in practice
things are by far not that easy and there is little wonder that many strong
GM's employ it occasionally, as a surprise weapon.} 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9.
Qxf6 gxf6 {At a first glance, Black's position looks like a complete
strategical disaster. However, taking advantage of the king side weaknesses is
not that easy for White, especially if Black will keep the f5-square well
defended.} 10. Nf3 {The wide range of moves tried here by White is a hint that
he failed to prove a clear advantage in any of them, rather than a consequence
of having an easy task.} (10. h4) (10. Nge2) (10. Kd2) 10... Nd7 11. g3 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Yf3h4,Yf2f3,Ye1f2,Ya1d1,Yf1d3,Yd7b6,Yb6c8,Yc8d6,Yf8e7]
Starting with this move, both sides will start regrouping in order to take the
vital f5-square under control. Different move orders are possible to reach the
position after the 14th move.} (11. Nh4 $5 {/\f4-f5} Be7 12. g3 {might be the
more accurate move order.}) 11... Nb6 (11... a5 $1 {1-0 Bu Xiangzhi-Atalik,S/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Atalik] (58)}) 12. Nh4 Nc8 13. f3 (13. f4 $5 Nd6 {
[%csl Yf5]} 14. Bh3) 13... Nd6 14. Kf2 Be7 15. Re1 $146 {Judging from the
further course of the game, this novelty was probably not connected with any
concrete plan.} ({Volkov might have just ignored the plan based on} 15. Rd1
O-O-O 16. Bd3 {, which proved rather effective in practice.} Rhe8 (16... Bxd3
$6 17. Rxd3 f5 18. Ng2 Rde8 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Nef4 Re7 $6 ({Gavrikov recommends} 
20... Bxf4 21. Nxf4 h5 $14 {as an improvement. White's position looks more
pleasant, but the only question is whether he really has a constructive plan
at his disposal.}) 21. Nh5 $1 {The bishop is completely useless now.} Rhe8 22.
h3 Kc7 23. f4 Bh6 24. Kf3 Rg8 25. g4 $16 {1-0 Gavrikov,V-Kulaots,K/Parnu 2002/
CBM 087 ext (34)}) 17. Rhe1 Bxd3 $6 ({Apparently, Black feared the positional
threat e3-e4. However, after, say,} 17... Rd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bd8 {
, it is not at all clear whether the central pawns are such a strength; they
might also prove weak under certain circumstances.}) 18. Rxd3 f5 19. Ng2 Bg5
20. Ne2 Re7 (20... h5 $5 21. Nef4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Rh8 $14) 21. Nef4 Ne8 22. Rc3
Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Ng7 24. b4 Ne6 25. Nh5 Kb8 26. h3 Rg8 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rg5
29. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Stohl,I-Rezan,S/Medulin 2002/CBM 090 ext (43)}) 15... O-O 16.
Ng2 Bd8 17. Nf4 Re8 18. h4 h6 ({Better than} 18... h5 {which would
unnecessarily weaken the h-pawn.}) 19. Nxg6 $6 ({White's last hope for an
advantage was} 19. Bd3 Kg7 20. h5 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 {. True, after} f5 {Black's
situation is definitely better than in the games where 15.Rd1 was played,
mainly because the advance of the pawn to h5 reduces the elasticity of the
white pawn structure and restricts White's possibilities on the king side.})
19... fxg6 20. g4 Kg7 21. Bd3 Ba5 $11 {With his pieces perfectly placed and a
solid pawn structure, Black has no problems.} 22. Re2 Re7 23. h5 g5 24. Rd1 Rf8
25. Bf5 Rfe8 26. Na4 Nc4 27. Rd3 Bb4 28. Bg6 Rd8 29. a3 Bd6 30. Nc3 Bc7 31. Rd1
Nd6 32. Na4 Rf8 33. Bf5 Rfe8 34. Rd3 Nc4 35. Bg6 Rf8 36. Nc3 Bb6 37. Na4 Bc7
38. Rc3 Nd6 39. Bf5 Rfe8 40. Nc5 Bb6 41. b4 a5 42. bxa5 Bxa5 43. Rb3 b6 44. Na6
Nc4 45. Nb4 Rc7 46. a4 Ra8 47. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 $5 {This thematic knight jump has been relatively rarely seen in GM
practice. Although it has a rather long history, the variation came into the
the centre of theoretical discussions only recently. Obviously, the move is
possible only in the cases where, for several reasons, the white king's knight
was developed at an early stage.} 9. Bxe7 (9. Bxe4 Bxg5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qc2 Nf6
12. O-O O-O $11 {0-1 Enevoldsen,J-Euwe,M/Stockholm 1937/EXT 2000 (24)}) 9...
Qxe7 10. Qc2 {Considered to be the best. White increases the pressure against
the e4-square, without committing himself too early to an exchange.} ({In case
of} 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. O-O O-O {the e4-pawn is rather
well defended, giving Black some chances for active king side operations.})
10... Ndf6 11. O-O (11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. b4
Be6 16. Rfc1 Qg5 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qh4 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Qh6 21. Re1 Rfe8
22. e4 Bg4 $15 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4] 0-1 Berkes,F-Fressinet,L/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098 
(39)}) 11... Bf5 {This is not only aimed to consolidate the courageous knight.
Black has also a long term plan in mind, that of exchanging the light-squared
bishops, which would considerably reduce the strategic queen side dangers.} (
11... O-O {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Kiriakov,P/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000/
[Tsesarsky] (59)}) 12. Na4 ({White could have started with} 12. Ne5 O-O (12...
Nxc3 $2 13. Bxf5 Nce4 14. Nxc6 $1 $16) {but now} 13. Na4 {, in order to avoid
exchanges, wold have been necessary anyway, transposing to the game.} (13. f3
Nxc3 14. Bxf5 Nb5 $11)) 12... O-O 13. Ne5 g6 $5 $146 {Very consistent from the
point of view of Black's main idea, that of exchanging bishops.} (13... Nd7 $2
14. f3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Be2 $18 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Volkmann,F/
Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098 (29)}) 14. Rab1 {[%cal Yb2b4]} (14. Rae1 $5 Rac8 (14...
Nd6 $5) 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bxf5 (16. e4 $6 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bxe4 $6 18. Bxe4 Nfxe4 19.
Rxe4 $2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f6 21. Qh4 g5 $17) 16... Nxf5 17. g4 Nd6 18. Nc5 b6 19.
Ncd3 c5 20. Qf2 {/\Nf4, g5, ><d5} Nd7 $5 21. Nf4 Nxe5 22. Nxd5 Qe6 (22... Qb7
$2 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. dxe5 $18) 23. Nf4 Qe8 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 Nc4 $132 {
[%csl Yb2,Ye3]}) 14... Rac8 $6 {I do not understand why should Black provoke a
move that was in White's plan anyway.} (14... Nd6 $5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. b4 Nd6
17. Nc5 Nfe4 18. a4 a6 19. Rfc1 (19. f3 Ng5) 19... f6 20. Ned3 (20. Ned7 Rf7
21. Nb6 Rd8) 20... Nc4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 {[%csl Rb1,Rc2][%cal Yc4a3]} 22. Qc3 Nd6
$1 $15 {[%cal Ya8e8,Yg6g5,Yh7h5] White's queen side attack has reached a dead
point. besides, the weakness of the c4-square is a permanent source of worry.
This type of position (with precisely same structure, and pieces left on board)
is known to faour Black from such classical games as Portisch-Kasparov,
Skelleftea 1989 and Bobotsov-Petrosian, Lugano (ol) 1968.}) 15. b4 Nd6 16. Bxf5
Nxf5 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. a4 Nfe4 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Ned3 Nc4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qc3 b6
(22... Nd6 23. Nc5 Qe7 {(/\a6-/+)} 24. b5 b6 25. Na6 cxb5 26. Qb3 Rc4 27. axb5
Rfc8 $15) 23. Nb2 Nd6 24. Qd3 f5 25. Rc2 $132 a5 26. Rbc1 f4 27. bxa5 bxa5 28.
Qd2 Rb8 29. exf4 {It might seem too early for losing on time. However, Tomy
had some reasons for being slow during this second round (first one for him as
we shall see). Just as some other GM's (including me) flying Aeroflot to
Moscow, he was forced to spend about 16 hours in the St. Petersburg airport,
because of "bad weather in Moscow". However, meteorology is not an excuse for
depriving the passengers for the elementary rights of being taken to a hotel
room on the company's expenses given some decent meal. We all reached the
playing hall just when the games of the first round were about to start but
were allowed getting half points without playing. However, the tireness caused
by the incompetence of the Aeroflot staff was hardly over until the second
round. For instance, I completely forgot about my own time in a better
position and with my opponent having just one (!) second left on his clock.}
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 {Black does not
want to allow the standard setup with Bd3-Qc2. On the other hand, now White
can enter a slightly favourable endgame.} 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6
{This endgame was first played back in 1955 in the game Geller - Porreca.} 10.
Nf3 (10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 {exchanging the bishops is also rather logical} O-O-O
12. Nge2 Rg8 13. Rhg1 Kb8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Ng3 Nc4+ 16. Kc2 Nd6 $11 {1-0 (34)
Geller,E-Porreca,G Zagreb 1955, The Italian master played it correctly and
achieved a fine position, the knight almost always belongs to this square in
this variation.}) 10... Nd7 11. Nh4 Nb6 $6 (11... Be7 {is the most common move
- f4 is stopped now, because f5 attacks the knight on h4} 12. Ne2 $1 {an
important novelty (played by Carlsen against Kramnik) that has already found
many followers} (12. f4 {doesn't look good now} f5 13. Nf3 {and Black is
perfectly fine, the visually bad placed bishop on g6 may come into play on h5,
and the f5-weakness is easily defended with the knight on d6:} Nb6 14. Bd3 Nc8
15. a3 a5 16. Na4 Nd6 $11 {0-1 (82) Ambartsumova,K (2301)-Pogonina,N (2508)
Plovdiv 2014}) 12... Nb6 (12... f5 13. g3 $1 Nb6 (13... Bxh4 14. gxh4 $16 {
½-½ (29) Moiseenko,A (2648)-Cyborowski,L (2524) Germany 2016, looks very
good for White after Nf4.}) 14. Nf4 Nc8 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. b4 a6 17. Ke2 Ne4 18.
a3 Kd7 19. Rhc1 Rhe8 20. Nhg2 Nd6 21. h4 $16 {1-0 (50) Bai,J (2586)-Sethuraman,
S (2633) Chengdu 2017}) 13. Ng3 $1 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Na4 15. Ngf5 $1 Kd7 16. Rb1 Ke6
17. Bd3 Rhc8 18. Ke2 $16 {1-0 (50) Carlsen,M (2851)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger
2016, this game has amazing analysis by M. Marin.}) 12. f4 $1 {Simple and good,
White wants to play f5. If Black plays ...f5 himself, he is not in time to
bring the knight to d6.} h5 $146 (12... f5 {has been played in some recent
games, but Black also suffers} 13. Bd3 {[%csl Rf5]} Be7 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. Kf2 c5 {looks logical to open up lines, but White has very good
control of the centre, and the g6-bishop does not come into play easily} 16.
Rhd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Nf3 $1 Bh5 19. Nd5 b5 20. b3 $1 $16 {1-0 (48)
Carlsen,M (2838)-Sharafiev,A (2433) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. Nxf5 Bb4 (14...
Nc4 $1 {was the best chance} 15. Bxc4 Bxf5 $16 {but White simply holds on to
the pawn and will slowly try to convert it}) 15. O-O-O Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nc4 17.
Bd3 $1 $16 {1-0 (30) Ju,W (2568)-Pham,L (2335) Abu Dhabi 2016 it is already
very bad for Black.}) 13. Kf2 Nc8 {A standard regrouping to d6.} 14. f5 $1 Bh7
15. h3 $5 {White's plan is simple - to play against the bad bishop on h7. True,
the dark-squared bishop gains life now on h6, but that's not enough.} Nd6 16.
g4 Kd7 17. Bd3 Bh6 18. Ng2 $1 {[%csl Rh7] The knight has already done its job;
now the plan is to reach the f4-square. It's hard to give good advice for
Black.} Rae8 (18... a5 {is one of the typical plans, creating some play on the
queenside. White probably will prepare e4, and will try to play an open
position, making the absence of the h7-bishop more sensitive.} 19. e4 $5 dxe4
20. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 21. Bxe4 a4 22. Kf3 $16 {should be good for White, after Nf4,
and bringing the rooks over to the centre.}) 19. Kf3 Re7 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Rae1 {
Preparing e4.} Rhe8 22. e4 $5 {Logical - White opens up the position and plays
'a piece up', since the h7-bishop only comes into play with a sacrifice on f5.}
({But there was a stronger option:} 22. Ncxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 {[%csl Re7]} a6
24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rh2 $18 {followed by Rc2 should be a win for White. At some
point the central pawns will decisively advance.}) 22... hxg4+ 23. hxg4 Bxf5 $1
24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Ng2 (25. Nfe2 $5 {defending d4 was possible, but also had
drawbacks:} dxe4+ 26. Nxe4 Nh4+ $1 27. Rxh4 Bxh4 28. Rh1 Rh8 {White is still
better, but Black survives} 29. Bc4 $16) 25... Bd2 $2 {This loses.} (25...
Nxd4+ $1 26. Kf2 dxe4 27. Nxe4 $16 {would certainly offer drawing chances,
with three pawns for the piece, and reduced material in the board.}) 26. exf5
$1 Rxe1 (26... Bxe1 27. Nxd5 $1 {this is probably what Black has missed.} cxd5
28. Bb5+ Kd6 29. Bxe8 $18 {with a hopeless position.}) 27. Nxe1 Rxe1 (27...
Bxe1 {runs into the same trick:} 28. Nxd5 $18) 28. Rxe1 Bxe1 29. Ke3 $18 {
With an easy win now.} a5 30. Na4 Kd6 31. Be2 Bg3 32. Nc5 $1 {Provoking
weaknesses.} b6 33. Na4 b5 (33... Kc7 34. Bh5 $18) 34. Nc5 Ke7 35. a4 $1 {
Fixing the a5-weakness.} b4 (35... bxa4 {would also mean a certain defeat} 36.
Nxa4 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 36. Nb3 Bc7 37. Kf3 $18 {Followed by Kg4-Kh5-Ba6-Bb7,
and White will win many pawns - Black has no counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 (7. Bd3
Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c6 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 Ne6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 14.
Bf2 Rad8 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. h3 Qd8 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Nc1 Bh4 19. Nd3 Bxf2+ 20. Rdxf2
Re7 21. g4 Nf6 22. Rg2 Rfe8 23. Nd1 Nd7 24. f4 Qb6 25. g5 f5 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27.
N1f2 Nf8 28. Ne5 N8d7 29. Nfd3 Ne4 30. Kh2 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qd8 32. Nf4 Rf8 33.
Rfg1 Qe8 34. Qe2 Rf5 35. Qg4 Rg5 36. Qf3 Rxg2+ {Grachev,B (2683)-Berkes,F 
(2687) Denizli 2013 1-0 (66)}) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Ng3 Bg6 (9... Be6) 10. h4
{91} h6 (10... h5 $143 {[%csl Rg5]}) 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bd3 {Le plan des Blancs
ressemble beaucoup à celui de la variante Bf5 de la Caro-Kann} Bxd3 13. Qxd3
Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf5 $14 {[%cal Gf5d6,Gf5g7,Gf5h6] 91} Qe6 16. f3 {
[%cal Ge3e4] Mène à une Caro-Kann "améliorée" puisque les Blancs peuvent
conserver un P au centre après l'échange de4} Nbd7 17. Kf2 {89 Le GMI
continue de jouer à tempo mais il ne s'agissait pas d'une préparation
puisqu'il s'agissait d'une première ronde.} c5 $146 (17... Ne8 18. g4 Nd6 19.
Rcg1 Rae8 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. g5 Kh8 22. Ne2 c5 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Rc1 Qd6 26. Qd4+ Nf6 27. Nc3 Qe5 28. Rcd1 Rg8 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd4 Rge8 31.
Rd3 Kg7 32. b3 Rc8 33. a4 a6 34. f4 Re7 35. Kf3 Rc6 36. Rg1+ Kf8 37. Nxd5 Rd7
38. Rgd1 Nxh5 39. e4 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Rxd3+ 41. Rxd3 Rxf6 42. e5 Rb6 43. Kg4 Ke7
44. Kf5 Rb4 45. Rc3 Kd7 46. Rd3+ Ke7 47. Rc3 {Kharitonov,A (2552)-Rychagov,A 
(2568) Moscow 2010 1/2-1/2}) 18. g4 $5 {86} cxd4 $6 {Un coup naturel mais qui
permet la centralisation de la Q Blanche et la partie semble basculer avec
cette petite faute.} (18... c4 $142 19. Qd2 a6 $132 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gb5b4]}) 19.
Qxd4 Ne5 20. Nb5 $14 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gb5a7,Gc1c7] 74} Nc6 21. Rxc6 $1 {52} bxc6
22. Nc7 c5 23. Nxe6 cxd4 24. Nxf8 dxe3+ 25. Kxe3 {52} Kxf8 {La finale est
difficile pour l'allemand car les Blancs vont centraliser le K et le Nf5 fait
pression sur les faiblesses de l'aile-roi} 26. Rc1 $36 Ne8 27. Kd4 {[%csl Ga2,
Ra7,Ra8,Gb2,Gc1,Rc7,Gd4,Re8,Gf5,Rf8,Rg7,Rh6] C'est presque perdant pour les
Noirs qui sont ligotés} Rd8 28. b4 $40 {[%csl Ga2,Gb4]} (28. Rc6 $5 {[%csl
Gd6] Les Noirs sont proches du zugzwang} Nf6 29. Nxh6) 28... Rd7 $6 29. Rc8 $1
$18 {[%csl Gc8,Re8,Rf8]} f6 30. b5 Kf7 31. Kc5 Rc7+ 32. Rxc7+ Nxc7 33. a4 (33.
Kc6) 33... g6 34. Nd6+ Kg7 35. a5 f5 36. Kc6 fxg4 37. fxg4 Ne6 38. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {With this move Black avoids the
Exchange Variation of the QGD (arising after 4...exd5) and shows that he is
ready to play the Semi-Tarrasch, or as it was known in the USSR, the Improved
Tarrasch Defence. Many players simply hate the Karlsbad structures.} 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 $5 {This is a very interesting idea to avoid the theoretical
lines. Svidler had another idea here too:} (7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 9. Nf3 exd4
10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Ke2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16.
Nf5 $36 {Svidler-Kramnik, London 2013.}) (7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1
$16 {Aronian-Kramnik, Paris/St Petersburg 2013.}) ({The main line here is} 7.
Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 {and the great Fischer move, which became very
fashionable after the match against Spassky,} b5 $5) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9.
Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 ({A weaker move was played many years ago:} 11.
Be3 $6 a5 $1 12. Ne2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 c5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O
$15 {Gaertner-Teske, Panormo 2001.}) 11... c5 $1 {It is necessary to get rid
of the weakness on c6 and the "bad" bishop on c8.} ({Houdini gives the line} 
11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 ({In fact, White can also sacrifice a pawn by playing} 12.
Bd2 Qxa2 13. O-O) 12... Qa4 13. O-O a5 {.} 14. Qf4 {but White has a huge
initiative here.}) 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 ({Houdini recommends} 13. Bf4 {but I
don't see much point in that move after} O-O) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 ({
Black would like to castle, of course, but after} 14... O-O 15. Nc6 Qc7 {
he has to deal with rather dangerous-looking variations, for example:} 16. Qc1
({Perhaps White could do even better by playing} 16. Qa4 $1 Bd6 17. e5 Bxe5 18.
Bb6 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bb7 24.
Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qg4 {The queen and the knight should be stronger than two rooks
and two pawns as White can create an attack.}) 16... Bd6 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1
Bb7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Kxh2 Rac8 21. Rd6 Rc7) 15. Qg4 O-O ({Black can't afford
to play} 15... e5 $6 16. Nf5 g6 {as after} 17. Bb6 gxf5 $6 18. exf5 Qc8 19.
Rfc1 Bc6 20. Qg7 $18 Rf8 21. Qxe5 $18 {he would be doomed.}) 16. Rfd1 {Black's
problem in this position is that his rooks are far less active than their
counterparts. White threatens to get an attack on the kingside. The presence
of pawns on the a-file also suits White as the a6-pawn could become a target.}
Qe8 $6 ({Black had to play} 16... Qa5 {keeping his queen more active. He
should be able to overcome his minor problems then.}) 17. e5 $1 {[%cal Ge3h6]}
Kh8 18. h3 $5 {This is a nice little move - maybe one day White will need an
escape square for his king!} ({Houdini has a slight preference for} 18. Rb6 {
but I like Peter's approach!}) 18... Rb8 19. Qe4 h6 20. Rdc1 Qd8 $6 21. Rb7 Ba3
$2 {This is a strange move as Black forces his opponent in the right direction.
} (21... Rc8 $142) 22. Rc3 (22. Rcc7 $142 $1) 22... Be7 ({White would be
better after} 22... Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Qa5 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Qxd7 Qxa2 26. Qe7 {
but this what Black had to settle for.}) 23. Rcc7 Bc8 $2 ({After} 23... Rxb7
24. Qxb7 Bc8 {White can choose between} 25. Rxc8 ({and} 25. Qa7 {which Houdini
prefers. It seems that programs don't value B+N vs. R enough, particularly as
queens are still on the board.}) 25... Qxc8 26. Qxe7) 24. Ra7 $18 Ba3 25. Rxf7
Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qg8 27. Qf3 Bb2 {and Black resigned, not waiting for 28.Rf8.} 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 52nd"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 ({Very interesting is the immediate pawn roll} 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4
Bd6 11. Nge2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. h5 (13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. g5 Nh5
16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 f6 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. e5 {The white centre
starts to roll, De Francesco,K (2353)-Knechtel,R (2222)/Austria 2012}) 13...
Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qe7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Nc7 17. g5 Nd7 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6
Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Re8 21. Nd1 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Rf8 23. Rg1 {White's pressure is more
realistic, Ionov,S (2510)-Beliavsky,A (2655)/Azov 1991}) 8... Bh5 9. f3 (9. O-O
{is too tame:} Bg6 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Nb6
15. Nc1 Nc4 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb7 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Rb3 Qa5 {White
achieved nothing, Beliavsky,A (2605)-Liang Jinrong (2445)/Novi Sad 1990/}) 9...
Bg6 10. e4 {An interesting pawn break in the centre.} ({A not so ambitious way
was possible too:} 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. h4 Nh5 12. Nxh5 Bxh5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. O-O-O
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb6 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. e4 O-O 18. g4 Rae8 19. Ne2 f6 20. g5 {
Kazhgaleyev,M (2561)-Rausis,I (2466)/France 2002. The position is unclear, but
I would prefer White.}) 10... O-O ({Here} 10... dxe4 {has been tried:} 11. fxe4
O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Be3 c5 15. d5 c4 16. Bb1 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bd6 18. h3
Nc5 19. b4 cxb3 20. axb3 {and it is not easy to attack the white centre,
Smirnov,A (2368)-Vulfson,V (2417)/St Petersburg 2003/}) 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3 ({
Many players would prefer after gaining space just to go for a calm plan with
short castling:} 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. O-O) 12... Qd7 ({It would be more
positional to play} 12... Nd7 13. f4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 {and then try to block
the centre after Ne8-c7-e6.}) 13. h4 $5 {Full forward, but still there was the
more pragmatic} (13. O-O) 13... Nc7 14. h5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 f6 $1 {Just in time -
without this counterstrike in the centre White's attack threatened to be very
unpleasant.} 16. f4 ({There was very sharp play with good chances for Black
after} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O Nba6 18. g4 Rae8 19. Kb1 b5) 16... fxe5 17. dxe5
({White's play would be very limited after the other capture} 17. fxe5 Nba6 18.
O-O-O Qg4 {But now the black centre starts rolling.}) 17... c5 18. O-O-O ({
Safer for White would be} 18. Rd1 d4 19. Ne4 Qg4 20. Bf2 Nc6) 18... d4 19. Ne4
({White would not enjoy the clearly worse endgame after} 19. Qc4+ Qe6 20. Qxe6+
Nxe6 21. Nd5 Nc6 22. Bd2 Rad8) 19... Qe6 $1 {Avoiding the pin and starting his
own attack.} 20. Bd2 Qxa2 21. f5 Nc6 $1 {This powerful counterstrike decides
the game.} 22. N2c3 ({White finally realised that the attack he has prepared
is easily refuted:} 22. f6 Nxe5 23. Qg3 Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxe5 Rb6) 22...
dxc3 23. Bxc3 Rad8 24. Nd6 Bg5+ 25. Kc2 Na6 26. Qe4 c4 27. Nxc4 Qa4+ 28. b3
Qxb3+ 29. Kxb3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 {A relatively rare line. Black brings the knight to g6 before castling
trying this way to save a tempo for Re8.} ({The main line is} 8... O-O) 9. Ne5
{During the game I was unfamiliar with this idea, but managed to find it. The
point is to strengthen the knight on a nice square e5 before Black plays Ng6.}
Ng6 10. f4 Be7 {A new move. Black unpins the f6-knight in order to trade the
e5-knight.} ({In the earlier games Black tested} 10... O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. O-O-O
cxd4 13. exd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 {White won a pawn and eventually won
the game. 1-0 Eljanov,P-Sharapov,E/Evpatoria 2002/EXT 2003 (61). (60)}) ({and} 
10... Qb6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Kf2 Bg4 15. Rhe1 Rac8 16.
g3 Kg7 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bf5 Bxf3 19. Kxf3 $16 {and Karpov has transformed his
positional advantage into a win. 1-0 Karpov,A-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 2001/CBM
85 (44)}) 11. Qf3 ({Probably it would be more flexible to start with} 11. O-O)
11... Nd7 $5 {Black's trying to simplify the position.} ({He could also start
with} 11... O-O) 12. O-O $5 {This way White finishes development and sets a
hidden trap.} O-O {After a long thought Formanek decides to avoid
complications. And rightly so.} (12... Bxg5 $2 {would allow a nice combination.
} 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. fxg5+ Ke7 (14... Ke6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qf7+ Kd6 17.
Qxg6+ {transposes into 14...Ke7.}) 15. Bxg6 $1 (15. Qf7+ $5 Kd6 16. Bxg6 Rf8 (
16... hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kc7 18. Nxd5+ $1 cxd5 19. Rac1+ Kb8 (19... Nc5) 20. Qd6+)
17. Qxg7 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. e4 $36 ({White can always repeat the moves by
means of} 19. Qg7+ Kd6 20. Qg6+)) 15... Rf8 ({During the game I've calculated
the following line} 15... hxg6 16. Qf7+ Kd6 17. Qxg6+ Kc7 18. Nxd5+ $1 cxd5 19.
Rac1+ Nc5 (19... Kb8 $4 20. Qd6+) 20. Rxc5+ Kb8 21. Qxg7 {with a decisive
advantage.}) 16. Bf7 Ne5 $1 (16... Nb6 17. Qh5 $1) 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Qf4 Rxf7
19. Qb4+ Ke8 20. Rxf7 Bxf7 21. Qxb7 {and White's advantage should be
sufficient for the win.}) 13. Bxe7 {Allows an intermediate move which occuried
in the game.} (13. Nxd7 {looks like a more precise move order.} Bxd7 ({or} 
13... Qxd7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. f5) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 $6 15. f5 Nh4 16.
Qf4 {[%csl Rh4]}) 15. f5 $14) 13... Ndxe5 $5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxd8 {seems to
yield some advantage, but for some mysterious reason I wanted to keep the
queens.} Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Rxd8 16. f5 Nf8 17. f6 $14) 14... Qxe7 15. Bxg6 $1 {
The point is to obtain a strong knight vs a "bad" bishop. However not
everything is so simple. White shouldn't forget about weakness of the d4-pawn
after e4 and also the fact that while the knight on d6 Black can always play
f6.} (15. e4 Qb4 $5 (15... f6 {is dangerous in view of} 16. exd5 fxe5 17. Qe3
exd4 18. Qxd4 {and White's pressurizing.}) 16. Ne2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxb2) 15...
hxg6 ({In case of} 15... fxg6 $6 16. Qxf8+ Qxf8 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {White has an
extra pawn in the centre at the endgame.}) 16. e4 dxe4 ({Now} 16... f6 $2 {
loses a pawn.} 17. exd5 fxe5 18. Qxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ Ke8 21.
dxe5) 17. Nxe4 Qh4 $2 {Formanek only helps me to regroup the pieces.} ({
Immediate} 17... Be6 $1 {was necessary. Although after} 18. Nd6 {White
should've been better.}) 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rf4 Qh6 $2 {Beginning of the end.
This move loses at least a pawn.} (19... Qe7 $142) 20. Qg3 Qh5 $2 {loses on
the spot.} (20... g5 $1 {was Black's last hope.} {However after} 21. Nxg5 {
he's a pawn down without any compensation.}) 21. Rh4 $1 {This looks more
flexible than 21.Ng5, which in fact, also wins.} (21. Ng5 $5 Qe2 22. Rh4 $1 {
with the idea Re1.} Rfe8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 (23... Rxe6 24. Qh3) 24. Qxg6) 21... Qe2
22. Re1 $1 {Before launching a decisive wave of attack White brings his last
piece into play.} (22. Ng5 {transposes into 21.Ng5.}) 22... Qxb2 ({Doesn't save
} 22... Qc4 23. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge4f6]} Rfd8 ({or} 23... f6 24. exf6 $1 gxf6 $140
25. Nd6 $18) 24. Nf6+ Kf8 (24... gxf6 25. Qh6 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. exf6 {
and mate on the next move.}) 25. d5 $3 Qxh4 $140 26. Qc5+ Rd6 27. Qxd6#) 23.
Ng5 $1 $18 Rad8 $2 {Black misses mate in three. Although even after the best} (
23... Rfe8 {he's doomed.} 24. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 (24... fxe6 25. Qxg6 $18 {with
decisive threats.}) 25. Qh3 $1 {The key-move which brings the win.} f5 26. Rh8+
Kf7 27. Rxa8 {and White wins.}) 24. Rh8+ (24. Rh8+ Kxh8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qh7#)
1-0

[Event "Windesheim op"]
[Site "Zwolle"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 b6 {instead of switching to the normal carlsbad structure by playing 8...
c6, Black chooses to put his bishop on b7 and tries to prepare c7-c5 in the
future.} 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ng3 $146 {the knight is on its way to f5.} (10. Rc1 $5
a6 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. Nf4 Ne4 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd7 16. a3 g6 17.
Qb3 $14 {1-0 Bekker Jensen,D-Meijers,V/Kiel 2001/EXT 2003 (28)}) 10... Ne4 11.
Bf4 (11. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg4 Nf6 (13... g6 14. Qf4 Nf6 15. Rac1
$14) 14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. Nf5+ Kg6 16. Nxe7+ Kg5 17. h4+ Kxh4 18. f3 $14) 11...
Nxg3 12. Bxg3 a6 13. Qf3 $14 {White has an opening advantage mainly because
the Black`s light-squared bishop is unfortunately placed.} Nf6 14. Be5 {
this wasn`t necessary} (14. Rac1 $142) 14... g6 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Rfd1 (16. Ne2
f6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Bb1 $14) 16... f6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Bc4 c6 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. Ne2
Bxg3 21. hxg3 (21. Qxg3 $14) 21... Nf6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Nd3 $2 {underestimating
Black`s play} (23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Qd2 $14) 23... Ng4 $1 {[%cal Re7g5,
Rg5h5,Rh5h2] suddenly Black is ready to create threats against the white king.}
24. Re1 Kh8 25. Ba4 Rac8 26. b4 Rf6 (26... Qg5 27. Nf4 Qh6 28. Nh3 $14) 27. Rc3
Qf8 28. Rec1 Qh6 29. Nf4 b5 30. Bb3 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Rg8 32. Ke2 g5 33. Nd3 Re8 34.
Kd2 $16 {somehow the king managed to escape to the other side of the board.}
Nh6 35. Re1 Nf7 36. Rcc1 g4 37. Qf4 Qxg2 38. e4 $1 {the idea of this move is
to block the way back for the Black`s queen.} (38. Nc5 {would`ve also been
enough} Bc8 (38... Nd6 39. Ke2) 39. Ke2 $16) 38... dxe4 (38... Rxe4 39. Qb8+
Kg7 40. Rg1 Qh2 (40... Qf3 41. Bd1) 41. Rh1 Qg2 42. Rcg1 Qf3 43. Bd1 $18) 39.
Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 40. Ne5 Rg7 (40... Rfe7 41. Ke3) (40... Rxe5 41. dxe5 (41. Qxe5+)
41... Rd7+ 42. Ke2 $18) 41. Ke3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rg2] /\42.Rg1. This position
I had in mind when playing 38.e4. Black`s queen is trapped.} (41. Rg1 e3+)
41... Rxe5 42. dxe5 Qf3+ 43. Qxf3 gxf3 44. Kf4 Kg8 45. e6 Kf8 46. Red1 Ke8 47.
Rd6 Rc7 48. Rc5 Ke7 49. Rd7+ Rxd7 50. exd7 Kxd7 51. Rxf5 c5 52. Rxc5 Kd6 53.
Rh5 Bd5 54. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 37th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 {
[%cal Yc8f5]} (7... Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Nh5 12. Be5
f6 13. Bg3 Be6 14. b4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 $14) 8. Ne5 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ye2e4] White's
plan - building up a pawn centre by f2-f3, e2-e4 and looking for an active
play in the centre and on the kingside.} (8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7
11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 $11) 8... Bf5 9. Qd2 (9. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 9... Nbd7 {
Black wants to exchange the strong knight on e5.} (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11.
f3 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Be2 f6 (13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Be3 dxe4
17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nf2 a5 19. b3 a4 20. b4 a3 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. b5 Ra4 23. bxc6
bxc6 24. Rb1 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb3 $16 {1-0 Kogan,A-Barsov,A/Vlissingen
1996/CBM 53 ext (42)}) 14. Ng4 Nd7 (14... Bxg4 15. fxg4 dxe4 16. O-O Qd5 17.
Rac1 $36) 15. Ne3 (15. Nf2 $142 $14) 15... Nb6 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 f5 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. a4 Be6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. a5 Nd7 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. f4 Qe7 24. b5 c5 25. a6
{1/2-1/2 Kogan,A-Narciso Dublan,M/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 10. f3 Nxe5 11.
Bxe5 O-O 12. g4 {White starts an attack on the kingside using the weakened
black pawn structure.} Be6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nb6 15. e3 f5 ({better is} 15...
Rc8 $5 16. Bd3 c5 $132 {responding with the counterplay in the centre.}) 16. g5
(16. h5 g5 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. Be2 $36) 16... Bf7 17. O-O-O Nc4 $6 ({better is} 
17... Rc8 18. Be5 c5 19. f4 $36 {[%cal Rh4h5] /\ 20.h5}) 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be5
$16 {The position has been determined. White is dominating in the centre and
on the kingside, Black - on the queenside. Accordingly, both sides are trying
to develop the initiative on that side, where they are stronger.} (19. e4 $5 b5
(19... fxe4 20. fxe4 b5 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 $16) 20. d5 Qa5 21.
dxc6 fxe4 22. fxe4 b4 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. Kb1 $16) 19... b5 20. d5 Qa5 {Black
frees a square d8 and brings its main piece to the attack.} (20... cxd5 21. h5
$1 $16 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 24. Rhd1 $14)) 21. d6 (21.
dxc6 $2 Rad8) 21... Rfd8 $2 {A superficial move. Black does not feel the the
danger.} (21... Bd8 $142 22. h5 gxh5 (22... b4 $2 23. Qd4 Bb6 (23... Bxg5 24.
Bh8 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 $18) 24. hxg6 Bxg6 25. Qxc4+ Bf7 26. Rxh7 Qxe5 27. Rxf7
Qxe3+ 28. Kb1 Rxf7 29. g6 Raf8 30. gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxb4 Qxf3 32. d7 $18) 23. Qd4
Bb6 24. Qf4 b4 25. g6 Bxg6 (25... hxg6 $2 26. Rxh5 $1 $18) 26. Qxc4+ Rf7 27.
Qxc6 Bxe3+ 28. Kb1 Rd8 29. Nd5 b3 30. a3 $16) 22. h5 {White begins an active
actions, carry out a beautiful combination where it should foresee his 26th
and 30th moves.} b4 (22... Bxg5 $2 23. hxg6 Bxg6 24. Rxh7 $3 Bxh7 25. Qg2 $18)
23. hxg6 Bxg6 24. Qd4 $1 bxc3 25. Qxc4+ Bf7 26. Qxf7+ $3 $18 {This leads to
mate or to the big material gains.} Kxf7 27. Rxh7+ Ke8 (27... Kf8 28. dxe7+ Ke8
29. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Bc7+) 28. Rxe7+ Kf8 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Rh1
1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 (7. Qc2
Nh5 (7... Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. e3 Nh5 $6 10. Bh2 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13.
g4 $14 {1-0 Dautov,R-Milov,V/Essen 1999/CBM 71/[Dautov] (53)}) 8. Bg5 (8. Bd2
Nb6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Be1 $13 {Rustemov,
A-Kiriakov,P/Russia (ch) 1997}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 Nb6 11. O-O-O g6
12. Bd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O-O 15. f4 Kb8 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. h4 Nc8 18.
Be2 Nd6 19. h5 Nde4 {0,5 Hertneck-Milov,Pula(zt),2000}) 7... Nh5 $1 8. Bg5 Be7
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Be6 15.
Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 (16. Qxc6 $6 bxc6 17. Nxc6+ Kc7 18. Nxe7 Kd6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15)
16... f6 17. Nf3 Ng7 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Nd2 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Ne6 21. h4 Nc8 22. Nb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bf5 (6... Be7 7. Qc2
g6 8. e4 O-O (8... Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Be6 12. Bc4 Qa5+
13. Kf1 Qf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bb5) (8... dxe4 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Kf8) 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bd3 (11. h3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13.
Bb5 Nc6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Bd7) 11...
Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. h4 cxd4 14. h5 g5 15. Bxh7+ $16 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Shirov,A
Dortmund, 1992}) (6... h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qb3 (8. e3 Be7 (8... Qb6 9. Qb3 Ne4 10.
Nd2 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nd7 12. Be2 Bd6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Qb4 Bxg3 16. hxg3
a5 $132 {0-1 Toth,P-Kharlov,A/Sao Paulo CLA ITAU 1991 (39)}) 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Prie,E/Clichy Eurocup tt
1995 (55)}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. e3 Ne4 (10... Nbd7 11. h4 (11. Be2 Ne4 12.
Nd2 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Ndxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bc2 16. Bd1 Bxd1 17. Kxd1 f5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Stankovic,D-Karaklajic,N/JUG-Cup Svetozarevo 1990}) 11... g4 12. Ne5
Nh5 13. Bh2 g3 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Be2 gxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Nf6 17. Be5 Be7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Stoeber,M-Wilson,J/Hastings Challengers 1995 (30)}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12.
Nd2 Bf5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. hxg5 Bg7 18. gxh6
Rxh6 19. Rxh6 Qxh6 20. Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seiravan,J-Zvjagincev,V FIDE-Wch k.o.
1997 (26)}) 7. Qb3 Nbd7 $5 {an interesting pawn sacrifice} (7... Qb6 8. Bxf6
Qxb3 9. axb3 gxf6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Kd2 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc8 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Nd6 16. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Brunner,L-Zvjaginsev,V Biel, 1995 (34)}) 8.
Qxb7 Rb8 9. Qxc6 Rxb2 10. g4 Bc2 $6 {now White is getting an advantage} ({
much more dangerous fo White is} 10... Rb6 $5 11. Qa4 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxd5
Qc8 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Qh5 Rc6 15. Bh3 Rc1+ 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17. Ke3 Rc3+ 18. Nxc3
Qxc3+ 19. Ke4 f5+ 20. Kf4 Bd6+ 21. Kg5 h6+ 22. Kh4 Be7+ 23. Kg3 Nf6 {0-1
Erikalov,A-Kaidanov,G/Smolensk 1986/EXT 99 (23)}) 11... Bb4 12. Bd2 Qc8 13.
Nxd5 Nxd5 14. gxf5 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nb4 16. Kd1 O-O 17. Bg2 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qxd4 19.
a3 Nc5 20. Rxc5 Rd8 $19 {0-1 Raicevic,V-Arkhipov,S Moscow, 1986 (23)}) 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 {this move is new but it doesn`t change the evaluation of the position} (
11... gxf6 12. Bg2 Rb6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Ne4 Bb4+ 15. Nfd2 h5 16. a3 Bb3 17. Qf5
Be6 18. Qf3 hxg4 19. Qg3 Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Qc2 21. d5 $16 {1-0 Farago,I-Bielczyk,
J Rubinstein mem, 1978 (39)}) 12. Qc8+ Qd8 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. a3 $16 {Inspite
of white`s material advantage, he has to be very accurate as the black pieces
are very active.} Rb3 15. Nxd5 (15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Nxd5 h6 17. Nf3 Be4) 15... Be4
16. Ne3 h5 $1 {Black isn`t in a hurry to take the pawn a3 because it`s more
important to bring the maximal number of pieces into play and the rook h8 in
particular.} 17. Bg2 (17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bg2 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 $14) 17... hxg4
18. Nxg4 Rb2 $6 (18... Bxa3 19. O-O $16) (18... Rxa3 $5 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 20. O-O
$16) 19. Ne3 {White could also try to make use of the rook h1} (19. Rg1 $5 Bxa3
20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bb4+ 22. Kf1 Bg6 23. Be4 Rxh2 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nf3 Rh5
26. Rxa7 $18) 19... Rh5 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Nb6 22. Ne3 Be7 23. Ndc4 Nxc4 24.
Nxc4 Rc2 25. Ne5 (25. Ne3 Rb2 26. Rg1 g6 27. Nc4 Rc2 28. Ne5 $16) 25... f6 26.
Kd1 (26. Nd3 Bd6 27. a4 Rxh2 28. Rxh2 Bxh2 $16) 26... Rc7 27. Nd3 Ra5 28. Kd2 (
28. a4 Rc4 29. e3 Raxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Kc2 $16) 28... Rc4 29. Ke3 Bd6 30. h4
Ke7 31. h5 (31. Rhg1 $5 Kf7 32. Rg4 $16) 31... Raa4 32. Rhb1 $6 {this looks
like giving away the win} (32. Rab1 $1 Rxd4 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. h6 gxh6 35. Rxh6
Re4+ 36. Kd2 Re7 37. Rxf6+ Ke8 38. Rxd6 Rxb7 39. Nc5 Rb2+ 40. Kc3 $18) 32...
Rxd4 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. Kf3 $6 (34. Rc1 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Re7 36. Rc8+ Kf7 $11) 34...
Rh4 35. Rc1 $11 (35. e3 Rxh5 36. Rc1 Kg8 37. Rd7 Bxa3 $11) 35... Rh3+ 36. Kg2
Rh2+ 37. Kf3 Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rh2+ 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Windesheim op"]
[Site "Zwolle"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ng3 g6 (11... Ne4 $2 12. Ncxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Rxc7) (11... c5 12. Nf5 c4 13. Bb1 (13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bf5 Rfd8 15.
Qf3 Nf8 $14) 13... b5 14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 $16 Nd5 $140 17.
Bh6 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Nxf7 $18) 12. f4 $1 $16 Re8 (12... c5
13. f5) 13. f5 c5 (13... Nh5 14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxh5 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1
gxh5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxh5+ Kg8 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qxd7 $16) 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. h4
{/\16.fg6 fg6 17.h5->} Kh8 {/\16...Ng8} 16. Nce2 $1 Ng8 $2 (16... Ne4 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf4 $16) 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg6 $3 $18 Bxg5 (18... hxg6
19. Nf4 Rc6 (19... Nf8 20. Nxg6+ $18) 20. Nxg6+ Rxg6 21. Qh5+ Rh6 (21... Kg7
22. Nf5+) 22. Bxh6 $18) 19. Bxe8 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qxe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Nf4 Ngf6
23. Nf5 Ne4 24. Nh5 c4 25. Rf4 b5 26. Nh6 b4 27. Re1 {/\28.Rg4} (27. Rf7) (27.
Rg4 Nd6 28. Rf1) 27... Bc6 28. Rg4 Rf8 29. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 57th"]
[Site "Banja Koviljaca"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nf8 9. Ne5 {The main move. The White's plan - to strengthen the knight on
e5 by the means of f2-f4 followed by the active play on the kingside.} (9. O-O
Ng6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 $11) 9... Qb6 (9... Qe7 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 (12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. Bh4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Portisch,L-Ljubojevic,L/Niksic 1978/MCL (42)}) 12... gxf4 13. exf4 Ng4 14. Qe2
(14. O-O $5 Ne3 15. Qh5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Rg8 18. Qxh6 $44 {1-0
Relange,E-Prie,E/Clichy 1995/CBM 51 ext (34)}) 14... h5 15. h3 Nxe5 16. fxe5
Bc7 17. Qf2 h4 18. Bf4 Be6 19. O-O O-O-O 20. Rab1 Rg8 21. Kh1 Ng6 22. Bh2 Qg5
23. b4 $36 {1-0 Niklasch,O-Muench,I/GER 1998/EXT 2001 (45)}) (9... Ng6 10. f4
O-O 11. Qc2 (11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 11... Qe8 12. O-O Bb4 13. Kh1 Bxc3
14. bxc3 h6 15. f5 Bxf5 16. Bxf6 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 gxf6 18. Ng4 Kg7 19. Qf5 Qe7 20.
Qh5 $16 Rh8 21. Rxf6 Rad8 22. Raf1 Rd6 23. R6f5 Re6 24. h3 Rh7 25. R1f3 Nh8 26.
Nf6 Rxe3 27. Qg4+ Ng6 28. Rxe3 Qxe3 29. Nxh7 {1-0 Chernin,A-Cvetkovic,S/
Belgrade 1988/CBM 10 (29)}) 10. O-O (10. Rb1 Bxe5 11. dxe5 N6d7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13.
O-O O-O {unclear}) 10... Bxe5 (10... Qxb2 $6 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. f4 O-O 13. Rc2 Qb6
(13... Qa3 $142) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Kh8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Nxd5
Qd8 19. Nc3 Bxf4 20. Re2 Re8 21. Ne4 Bxe3+ $2 22. Rxe3 Qxd4 23. Rbe1 Ne5 24.
Qf5 $18 {Timman-Ljubojevic, KRO m Hilversum 1987, 1-0}) 11. dxe5 N6d7 (11...
Ng4 12. Qa4 Qxb2 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Qd4 $1 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Nb5
Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Ne6 19. Qb2 cxb5 20. Bh4 {Jussupow-Nogueiras Monpellier 1985 1:0}
) 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f4 Ne6 14. Bh4 Nec5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 O-O (16... Qb6 17.
Qd4 Ne4 18. f5 $14) 17. Qh5 {White has a serious advantage thanks to the
advantage of two Bishops and the pawn majority on the kingside.} (17. Qd4 $5 {
is also possible:} Ne4 $140 (17... Ne6 18. Qd3) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. f5 $16) 17...
Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rad1 {White has got a very promising position and has
good chances to create an attack on the kingside.} Be6 20. Rd6 Bc4 (20... Bxa2
$6 21. Rh6 $3 g6 22. Qg4 Be6 (22... f5 23. exf6 $16) 23. f5 Qxe5 24. fxe6 f5
25. Qh3 Qxe6 26. Be1 Rf7 27. Bc3 $16) (20... Qb6 21. f5 Bxa2 22. Qg5 Kh8 23. f6
g6 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Bg5 Rae8 26. Rd4 Rxe5 27. Rf4 Rxg5 28. Qxg5 Qxb2 29. Qh6 Qe2
30. Rf2 Qe1+ 31. Rf1 Qa5 32. Rxe4 Qh5 33. Qxh5 gxh5 34. Re7 $16) 21. Rfd1 (21.
Rh6 $6 g6 22. Qg4 f5 $5 (22... Bxf1 23. Bf6 Be2 24. Qxe2 Qd7 25. Qe1 $18) 23.
exf6 Bxf1 24. f5 Qd7 (24... Be2 25. Qg5 $6 (25. Qxe2 gxf5 26. Rh5 Qd7 27. Rg5+
Kh8 28. Be1 Rf7 29. Qf2 $13) 25... Bh5 26. Rxh5 Rxf6 27. Qg4 Rd6 $17) 25. Rxh7
Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Kxf1 $44) 21... Bd5 22. Qg4 $6 {Negligence.
Having serious advantage White played very carelessly, almost allowing Black
to take over the initiative.} (22. Rh6 $3 g6 (22... gxh6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Bf6#)
23. Qg4 f5 $8 24. exf6 $16) 22... f5 $1 23. exf6 $6 (23. Qg3 $5 $14) 23... Rf7
24. R6xd5 cxd5 25. fxg7 Qb6 $5 26. Qe2 Rxf4 {Black has material advantage but
White has a sufficient compensation due to the vulnerable position of the
black king.} 27. Be1 $1 {transfering the bishop to the big diagonal.} Rd8 (
27... Rf5 $5) 28. Bc3 Rf7 29. Bd4 $44 Qe6 30. h3 Rc8 31. Bc3 Rxc3 $6 {Black is
hurrying up to give back the exchange.} (31... Rf5 $5 {deserved attention}) 32.
bxc3 Rxg7 33. Qh5 Qf7 $6 34. Qe5 $6 {Allowing Black to force a draw.} ({
better is} 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Rc7 36. a4 Rxc3 37. Rd8+ (37. Kf2 $5) 37...
Kf7 38. Rd7+ $14) 34... Rxg2+ $1 35. Kxg2 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ 38.
Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405 playoff"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Ne5 g6 12. O-O Nd6 ({Es war unnötig, den
aktiven Springer ohne Zwang zurückzuziehen. Nach} 12... O-O 13. f3 Nd6 {
funktionniert} 14. e4 $2 {nämlich nicht wegen} dxe4 15. fxe4 Ndxe4) 13. b4 $5 {
Weiß verlässt das Spiel im Zentrum für eine Minoritätsangriff.} Rc8 $5 (13...
Bxd3 14. Nxd3 O-O 15. Bxd6 (15. a4 $14) 15... Bxd6 16. b5 $14) 14. b5 c5 ({
Dafür überlegte ich sehr lange, denn die Folgen von} 14... cxb5 {waren schwer
zu berechnen. Mir gefiel nicht das Qualitätsopfer nach} 15. Qb3 ({aber auch} 
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bg5 $36 {ist für Weiß interessant}) 15... Bxd3 (
15... O-O 16. Nxb5 $16 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 Rc3 (18... f6 19.
Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 Kg7 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. Rfd1 $44) 19. Rad1 $13) (16. Bxf5 Nxf5
17. Nxb5 a6 18. Nc3 $14)) 16. Nxd3 Nfe4 17. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 2048]} (17. Nxb5
Nxb5 18. Qxb5+ Qd7 19. Qb2 O-O $13) 17... Nd2 18. Qb4 (18. Qa3 Nxf1 19. Nxe7
Nc4) 18... Nxf1 (18... a5 19. Qxd2 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qxd5 21. Bh6 $16) 19. Nxe7 Kxe7
20. Rxf1 a5 21. Bxd6+ Qxd6 22. Qxa5 $36) 15. dxc5 (15. Qa4 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 cxd4
17. Qxd4 Nf5) 15... Rxc5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qb3 O-O (17... Qa5 18. Rac1 O-O 19.
Nd3) {Hier dachte ich, etwa ausgeglichen zu haben, aber Ivan findet einen
starken Plan, der mir vor ernsthafte Probleme stellt.} 18. Na4 $5 (18. Rad1 d4
19. exd4 (19. Ne2 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxb5 $11) 19... Nxd4
20. Qa4 Rxc3 21. Rxd4 Qb6 (21... Qc8 22. Re1 $36) 22. Nd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd7 Bc5
$132 {/+=}) 18... Rc8 19. b6 $1 a6 (19... axb6 20. Nxb6 Rc5 21. Rfd1 $36) 20.
Rad1 (20. Nf3 $14 {hätte die Lage stabilisiert und den leichten weißen Vorteil
befestigt.}) 20... Bd6 21. Nc3 Ne7 $2 $138 ({Bis hier hatte ich viel mehr Zeit
verbraucht als mein Gegner. Mit etwa 10 Minuten auf der Uhr übrig zog ich den
Spriger schnell zurück, was ein klarer Fehler ist. Nach} 21... Re8 {entstehen
viele komplizierte Varianten:} 22. Nxd5 $1 (22. Nxf7 $2 Rxc3 $1) (22. Nf3 Bxf4
23. exf4 Rc6 $11) 22... Bxe5 (22... Rxe5 $6 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxf6+ (24. f4 Bd6
) 24... Qxf6 25. Rd7 Nd6 (25... Bb8 26. Rxb7 Rd8 27. Rd1 $36) (25... Rd8 26.
Rxb7) 26. f4 (26. Rd1 Rc6) 26... Bc3 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Rc7 Nb5 $1 29. Rxc6 Qxc6
30. Rd8+ (30. a4 Nd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxc3 Qxb6 $11) 30... Kg7 31. a4 Qe4 32.
Kf2 Bd4 33. g3 (33. axb5 Bxb6 34. Rd3 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 axb5 $13) 33... Bxb6 (33...
Qh1 34. axb5 Qxh2+ 35. Kf3 Bxb6 36. Rd7 Qh5+ 37. g4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Kd3
Qf1+ 40. Ke4 Qh1+ 41. Ke5 Qa1+ 42. Kd5 axb5 43. Rxb7 $18) 34. Rd7 Bxe3+ 35.
Qxe3 Qxa4 36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. g4 $18) 23. Bg5 Nd4 $1 24. Bxf6 (24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.
Rxd4 Bxh2+ (25... Qxg5 26. f4) 26. Kxh2 Qxg5 27. Rd7 Re7 $11 {/+=}) (24. exd4
Bxh2+ (24... Qxd5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc1) 25. Kxh2 (25. Kh1 Qxd5) 25... Ng4+ 26.
Kg3 Qxg5 27. f4 Qh5 28. Rh1 Qf5 29. Rhe1 Nf6 $36) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Bxf6 26.
Nf4 (26. Rfe1 Nd4 27. exd4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxd4 $11) 26... Nd4 27. exd4 Rc6 28.
Nd5 (28. Qf3 Rxb6 (28... Bg7 $5) 29. Nd5 Rd6 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxb7 Red8 32.
d5 Qc3 $11) 28... Ree6 (28... Re4 $5 $11) 29. Nc7 (29. a4 Red6 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6
31. a5 Rxd4 $11) 29... Red6 30. Rfe1 Rxb6 31. Re8+ Qxe8 32. Nxe8 Rxb3 33. axb3
Re6 $11) 22. Bg3 (22. e4 $16) 22... Bxe5 (22... Nh5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxg3
25. fxg3 $5 $18) 23. Bxe5 {Die Stellung ist nun nicht mehr zu retten.} Rc6 24.
e4 Rxb6 25. Qa3 Qd7 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. exd5 Rf5 28. d6 Nc8 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Qc3
Qb5 31. d7 Ne7 32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Bg4 $6 {
I guess my opponent wanted to surprise me with this dubious line.} 8. Nge2 {
According to the ECO the best.8.Nf3 and 8.h3 were played here also,but 8.Bd3
is the most common.} (8. h3 Bh5 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. f5 Bh4+
13. Kd2 Bh7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Raf1 Nd7 17. Qd1 b5 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19.
Rf4 Qd8 20. h4 f6 21. Qg1 {Wladimirov-Rubel,SSSR 1962}) (8. Bd3 Bh5 (8... Nbd7
9. h3 Be6 (9... Bh5 $2 10. f4 h6 $4 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14.
Qxg6+ $18 {Toth-Beyen,Nizza 1974}) 10. Nge2 (10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O c4
13. Bf5 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qe6 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Bb4 19.
f3 Bd6 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. e4 $16 {Furman-Karelov,SSSR 1960}) 10...
h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Kb1 O-O-O {Vaganjan-Short,
Skelleftea World Cup 1989}) 9. Nge2 Bg6 10. Ng3 (10. Nf4 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd7 12.
O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne4 (13... Bd6 14. h3 h6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nb6 {=
Knaak-Negulescu,Erevan 1988}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b5 Rac8 16. Qb2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3
c5 18. Qa3 {Portisch-Keller,Moscow 12th Chess Olimpiad 1956}) 10... Na6 (10...
Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Na6 13. a3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 h6 16. Qf5
Qe6 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Ne2 Qxf5 19. gxf5 {With clear advantage for white in
Hort-Prandstetter,Trencianske Teplice 1979 game see Inf.28/530.}) 11. Bf5 (11.
a3 Nc7 12. O-O Ne6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Na4 {1/2
Zuger-Prandstetter,Prague 1989}) 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Qb3
Bg6 15. Bh3 Nb4 {Black is fine.Furman-Kan,Moscow 1955.}) (8. Nf3 Nbd7 (8... O-O
9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 a5 12. O-O Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Kh1 Nfe8 15. Bg3
$1 Nd6 16. Rg1 {With a tremendeous attack.Knezevic-Tajmanov,Albena 1974 see
Inf.28/540.}) 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bg6 12. h3 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Re8 14.
Bf4 Nf8 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rhf1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20.
bxc3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 {Petrosjan-Aronin,18th Soviet Championship.}) 8... Bxe2
(8... h6 9. Bh4 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nf5 $16 {Botvinnik-Molcadskij,SSSR 1969}) (
8... Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nf8 13. Qa4 $16 {
Lazarev-Korelov,SSSR 1960}) 9. Bxe2 Nbd7 {If 9...h6 or 9...Ne4 than 10.Bf4 in
both cases.} 10. O-O O-O {11.f3 would be too early becouse of 11...Nh5.} 11.
Bd3 Re8 12. f3 $1 {Similary to the 9.Nge2 main line Whites plan is Rae1,Kh1,
Bg5-h4-f2 and e3-e4} Nf8 {Defends the h7 pawn and now threatens with 13...Nh5.}
(12... h6 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 $16 Ne5) (12... c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Bb5 $16) 13. Bh4 a6 $6 {Tries to prepare c5 but it is too slow.} 14. Rad1 Ng6 (
14... c5 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxc5 Rxe3 17. Nxd5 $1 $18) 15. Bf2 Bd6 (15... c5
$2 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxd5 $18) 16. e4 {White would have had the
time to play 16.Kh1 as well and only after e4.} dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. e5 Bc7 (
18... Nxf2 $4 19. Qxf2 $18) 19. Bc4 $1 Re7 (19... Bb6 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+
Kf8 22. Bg3+ Nf6 23. exf6 $16) 20. Kh1 Nxf2+ {Otherwise I play Bg1 and after
h3 and the Knight is in trouble.} 21. Qxf2 Qd7 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Qh5
{Threatening 25.Nf6! gf6 26.ef6 and Qh6 next or 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nf7 winning.} Kh8
25. Rd3 $1 {Bringing another piece to the attack.} h6 (25... f5 26. Rh3 h6 27.
Nf6 $1 Qc8 28. Qxh6+ $3 $18) (25... b5 26. Nf6 $1 gxf6 27. Rh3 $18) 26. Rdf3 {
THe Khight is traped! 26.Nf6 Qc8 27.Ng4Kh7 28Rh3 and 29.Nh6 is winning as well}
Nxe5 (26... b5 27. Qxg6 bxc4 28. Ng5 $1 $18) 27. dxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 (
28... Rg8 29. Qg6 Rxe4 30. Bd3 Qe5 31. g3 $18) 29. Qxf7 {1-0 /29...Qf7 30.Rf7
Re4 31.Rf8 Kh7 32.Bd3 +-.29...Re4 30.Qf8 Kh7 31.Bg8 Kh8 32.Bd5 Kh7 33Qf5+-/
Anotations by Zsuzsa Polgar} 1-0

[Event "FRA Cup 16eme"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Luce, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.04.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nao"]
[BlackTeam "Chess XV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 {[%csl Rg6] Pose une question au B mais affaiblit la case "g6"} (8...
O-O {la grande ligne} 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2)) 9. Bh4 (9. Bf4 $143 Nh5 10. Nge2 (10.
Nxd5 $2 cxd5 11. Bc7 Bb4+ $1 {[%cal Gd8e7]}) 10... Nxf4 11. Nxf4) 9... b6 ({RR
} 9... Nf8 10. Nge2 Ne6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng5 13. b4 a6 14. f3 Ne6 15. Bf2
Nc7 16. h3 Nb5 17. Qb2 Nh5 18. a4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 a5 20. b5 c5 21. Rbd1 cxd4 22.
exd4 Nf4 23. Ne2 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 {Psakhis,L (2555)-Smagin,S (2405)/Riga 1985/
URS-ch/1/2-1/2}) (9... O-O $142 {La ligne principale}) 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rad1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]} (12. Rae1 Re8 13. h3 Ne4 $1 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 $11) 12... Re8 13. Bg3 {les pièces blanches
sont nettement plus actives} Nf8 (13... Nh5 14. Be5 $1 Nxe5 $6 {[%csl Rh5]} (
14... Nhf6 $142) 15. dxe5 Bc8 $2 (15... g6 16. e6 $1) 16. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6];
Miles,A (2570)-Afifi,A (2370) Tunis Interzonal 1985 (9) 1-0}) 14. h3 Bd6 15.
Ne5 Qc7 (15... Qe7) 16. f4 $1 a6 17. Bh4 N6d7 {Pour l'anecdote, une des deux
feuilles de parties mentionne  Nfd6 sans indiquer la case d'origine!} 18. Qf2 (
18. e4 $1) 18... b5 19. Ne2 c5 20. Ng3 c4 21. Bb1 f6 $2 22. Nf5 $1 fxe5 23. Qg3
$40 {[%cal Gf5g7,Gf5h6]} g6 (23... Ne6 24. fxe5) 24. fxe5 $18 Nxe5 {Rendre la
pièce ne suffit pas а donner du contre-jeu.} 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27.
Qg5 Qc6 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Rxf8+ {[%cal Gg5e5]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 58 Championnat"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goldenberg, Richard"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 $146 (10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. f3 Be6 13. O-O Nd7
14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 f5 16. Kh1 Qd7 17. g4 h5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. f5
Rae8 21. e6 Qd6 22. Ng3 Qe5 23. Rae1 Bb4 24. Rc1 Qxe3 {Mubarak,W-Perez,A/
Caracas 1976/EXT 2000/1-0 (35)}) 10... Re8 11. h4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nf8 13. O-O-O
a5 14. Kb1 Nh5 {Début reconstitué d'après la position du 15ème coup.} 15. Bg5
f6 16. Rdg1 $3 fxg5 17. Bxh7+ $3 Nxh7 18. hxg5 {[%csl Rh5,Rh7]} Qd6 $8 19. Rxh5
g6 20. Rh6 {[%csl Rg6]} Kg7 21. f4 Qe6 22. Rgh1 $40 Rh8 23. f3 $2 (23. e4 $1
dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5b1]} (24... Rae8 25. d5 $3 cxd5 26. Qc3+) 25. f3 $1
Qxf4 26. d5 $3 {[%csl Rg7] Le K noir est très exposé} Nxg5 27. Qc3+ Bf6 28.
Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Rxh8 cxd5 32. Kc2 {[%cal Gc2d3]
Avec une finale très favorable aux blancs}) 23... Qf5 $1 24. Qxf5 gxf5 {
[%csl Gg5]} 25. Ne2 Bxg5 $1 26. fxg5 Nxg5 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 (28. Rg1 Kf6)
28... Kxh8 {Avec gain des noirs en finale.} 29. Ng3 f4 30. exf4 Nxf3 31. Ne2
Kg7 32. Kc2 Kf6 33. Kd3 Kf5 34. Ke3 Nh4 35. a3 Kg4 36. b4 Ng2+ 37. Kd2 Nxf4 38.
Nc3 axb4 39. axb4 b5 40. Ke3 Ng2+ 41. Kf2 Nh4 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Nb1 Ng2+ 44. Kd3
Kf4 45. Nd2 Ne1+ 46. Kc3 Nf3 47. Nf1 Ng5 48. Kd3 Ne4 49. Ne3 Nf2+ 50. Ke2 Ng4
51. Nc2 Ke4 52. Kd2 Nh2 53. Kc3 Nf3 54. Na3 Nxd4 55. Nb1 Nf3 56. Kc2 d4 57. Kd1
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 Qe7 (
14... Bd7 15. b4 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. b5 c5 18. Qa4 a6 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd4
$14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Vaganian,R/Moscow olm 1994 (41)}) 15. b4 (15. Bf5 $143 $6
Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Qh5 f5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Qg5 Qf7
22. Qh5 h6 23. Nh4 Re6 $15 {0-1 Toth,B-Vaganian,R/BL 1998 (52)}) 15... Ne4 16.
b5 Ng5 {White keeps some advantage and after} (16... Nh4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxh4
Qxh4 19. f3 $1 exf3 20. Rxf3 Be6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. e4 $14 {1-0 Khuzman,
A-Kromhout,E/Yerevan olm 1996 (37)}) 17. Nxg5 {N/ Similiar plan was used and
in the game  Dautov-Vaganian, Frankfurt rapid 1997-} (17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Nxg5 Qxg5
19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rbe1 Nf8 22. f5 Nd7 23. Qf2 Qa3 $1 24. Qc2 Ba6 25.
Bxa6 Qxa6 26. e4 Qc4 $11) 17... Qxg5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. f4 $1 Qf6 $6 ({Maybe
stronger} 19... Qe7 {with the dream to bring later knight to the f6}) 20. f5
Nf8 21. Qf2 Rd8 22. Qg3 {[%cal Gb1b8,Gg2g4] The advantage of Sadler is obvious
now. He controles the b-line, in a good moment White can push pawns on the
king's side, and what is really important, black can't organize any
counterplay.} h6 23. Kh2 Nh7 24. Na4 Qe7 25. Nc5 Nf6 26. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge3e4]}
Qf8 27. Rec1 {White don't need to be in hurry.} Re8 28. Kg1 Qe7 29. Re1 Qd8 30.
Re2 Re7 31. Reb2 Re8 32. Re2 Re7 33. Reb2 Re8 {Draw?} 34. Qf4 {No!} Qe7 35. Re1
{[%cal Ge3e4]} Nd7 36. Nxd7 Bxd7 37. Rb7 Red8 38. Reb1 ({Deserves attention} 
38. e4 Qa3 (38... dxe4 39. Rxe4 Qf6 40. Bc4) 39. Bb1 {but Sadler don't want to
change the pawn structure before time control.}) 38... a5 39. R1b6 a4 40. Bc2 (
{Looks very strong} 40. Rxc6 $5 Qa3 41. Rd6 $1 Qxd3 42. Rdxd7 Rxd7 43. Rxd7
Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qxa2 45. f6 {and it is very difficult ( if possible ) to find
defence for black.}) 40... Qa3 41. Bb1 Rac8 (41... c5 $5) 42. f6 g5 43. Qg3 $2
{[%mdl 8192] White had rather easy way to victory-} (43. Qf2 c5 44. Kh2 $1 (44.
Qc2 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qe4) 44... cxd4 $140 45. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 46. Qf5
$18) 43... c5 44. dxc5 $6 (44. Kh2 $5 cxd4 45. exd4) 44... Qxc5 45. h4 $4 {
The situation on the board changed so quickly, that Sadler start panic in
moment when he still hadn't any reasons for it - after} (45. Qe5 $1 Re8 46. Qd4
{chances are more or less equal.}) 45... Re8 $1 $19 46. Kh2 $2 (46. Kf2 $142 d4
47. e4 {but white position is bad any case.}) 46... Rxe3 47. Qd6 Rh3+ $1 (47...
Rh3+ 48. gxh3 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Rc1#) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 ({Reasonable
alternative for could be} 6... Nxd5 {for example} 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. e3
Nf6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. a4 c5 15. a5 Nd5 16.
axb6 axb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Andersson,U/Roma 1985 (28)}) 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 (
8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bd3) 8... Bg4 $5 (8... Ne4 $5) 9. Qc2 h6 ({After} 9... Nbd7 {
White can play} 10. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f4 c5 13. O-O $14 {with nice
position mostly behalf strong position of knight on e5.}) (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3
Nbd7 11. Rg1 Re8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 a5 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. e4 $36 {1-0 Engel,
G-Luder,F/Graz op-B 1995 (37)}) 10. Bf4 ({Deserves attention} 10. h3 $5 {
with possible continuation} Bxf3 11. Bxf6 Bxg2 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14.
Rg1 Kh8 15. Rxg2 Nd7 16. O-O-O $14) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5
$13) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 (12... Be6 $5 13. O-O Ng4 $1 14. Bf4 Bd6 $13) 13.
Bg3 c5 {N/ New and risky move, but after standart moves like} (13... Re8 14.
O-O Bh4 15. b4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. b5 Qd6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $14 {1-0
Sotnikov,I-Malikov,S/Voronezh op 1997 (37)}) ({or} 13... Rc8 14. O-O Nf6 15.
Rab1 Re8 16. b4 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. a4 b6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5
$14 {1-0 Thorsteins,K-Fulton,T/Dubai olm 1986 (40) White keeps maybe not big
but stable advantage.}) 14. O-O ({It was interesting to play} 14. Nxd5 $5 {
and I am not sure, that after, for example} cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Qc4 $5 (16.
exd4) 16... Nc5 17. Qxd4 Be6 18. Bc2 {Black has compensation for the pawn.})
14... cxd4 (14... Be6 15. Rad1) 15. exd4 Nb6 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Gd3,Gg3]} 16. Qb3 {
Kramnik could get small advantage after} (16. Rfe1 Bd6 $1 (16... Bb4 17. a3
Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd7 19. Qb4 $1 $16) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. h3 Be6 19. Nb5 $14 {
but he pretends for more.}) 16... a5 {Double-edged move.Zviaginsev trys to
push out white queen from strong position on b3, but black with this move
strongly weaken queen,s flank.} 17. h3 (17. a4 $6 Bb4 18. Rae1 Bd7 $1 $132)
17... a4 (17... Be6 $6 {gives to White important temp-} 18. Rae1 a4 19. Qd1 {
/\Bd3-c2, Qd1-d3 and strong attack.}) 18. Qc2 (18. Nxa4 $6 Rxa4 19. hxg4 Rxd4
20. Rac1 Bd6 $15) 18... Bd7 19. a3 Bc6 $6 (19... Bf6 $142 $5 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 d4 $5 22. Ne4 Re8) 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Qd2 $1 {White don,t affraid doubled
pawns,} Qc7 ({because after} 21... Bxg3 22. fxg3 Nd7 23. Rf4 $5 Nf6 24. Ref1 {
there advantage is obvious.}) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Re3 Rae8 (23... Nc4 $2 24. Bxc4
dxc4 25. d5) (23... Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 $1 Kf8 26. Nb5 $5 $16) 24. Rfe1
Qb8 (24... Rxe3 $142 25. Qxe3 Qb8 $14) 25. Nd1 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6,Rd5][%cal
Gd2b4,Gd1e3][%mdl 32] Brilliant move!} g6 (25... Rxe3 26. Nxe3 {/\Ne3-f5}) (
25... Qd6 $142 $5) 26. Qb4 {With strong and consistent game Kramnik got big 
advantage} Nd7 (26... Rxe3 27. Nxe3 Qd8 28. Ng4 $1) 27. Bb5 {Harvest time} Rxe3
28. Nxe3 Nf6 (28... Qa7 29. Nxd5 $18) (28... Nb6 29. Ng4 Kg7 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31.
Ne5 $16) 29. Bxa4 Bxa4 30. Qxa4 Re8 31. Qd1 Re4 32. Ng4 (32. Nc2 $5) 32... Nxg4
33. hxg4 Rf4 34. g3 Rf6 35. Qb3 (35. Re5 $142 Rd6 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Re8 Rd8 38.
Re7 $18) 35... Qd8 (35... Qc8 $1 36. Qxd5 $140 $2 Qc2 $1 $132) 36. Qxb7 Rb6 37.
Re8+ Qxe8 38. Qxb6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Kg7 (40... Qxg4 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42.
Qxd5 $18) 41. Qc7 (41. Qc7 Qxd4 (41... Qf3 42. Qf4) 42. Qc3) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Rc1 Be6 9. a3 a6 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O g6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bc2 Rc8
15. h3 b5 16. Be5 Nfd7 17. Bd4 Nb6 18. Nce2 Nc4 19. Nf4 Bf6 20. Rb1 $6 (20. b3
Ne5 21. Bxg6 $16) 20... Qe7 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Nge2 Ne4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Nd4
Ned2 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. b3 Ne5 28. Ndxe6 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 fxe6 30. Qc7
Nd3 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Qc6 e5 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34. Nd5 Rd6 35. Nc3 Nc5 36. b4 Rd3 37.
Nxb5 axb5 38. bxc5 Rc3 39. Rd1 Rxc5 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. g4 g5 43. Kg2
Kg6 44. Ra7 Rc3 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Ra5 Kf6 47. Rxb5 Rxa3 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Rb5 Kf6
50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Rb4 Ra5 52. Rxe4 Kg6 53. Rc4 Ra6 54. Rc8 Re6 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56.
Rf8+ Kg6 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. Kg3 h6 59. h4 Kf7 60. Ra8 Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. hxg5
hxg5 63. Kf3 e4+ 64. Ke2 Re5 65. Kd2 Rd5+ 66. Kc3 Rd3+ 67. Kc2 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 (8... O-O {La grande ligne} 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 {[%cal
Gb2b4,Gb4b5]}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 {La classique attaque de
minorité} (11. Qb1 Nhf6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 Qd6 15. Re1 Nf8 16. b5
axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne6 19. Nf3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bf1 Bg4 22. Nd4
Ne6 23. h3 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Be6 26. Qa1 Qd8 27. Qa7 b6 28. Na4 Nd7
29. Qb7 h5 30. Be2 h4 31. Qc6 Qb8 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qa7 34. Nc3 Nf6 35.
Qc8+ Kh7 36. g5 Ne4 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qxe4 Qd7 40. Qe5 h3 {
Cheparinov,I (2672)-Vitiugov,N (2737) Caleta 2014 1-0}) (11. Qc2 g6 12. Rab1)
11... a5 (11... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf8e8,Gd7f8,Gc8f5,Gh5g7]}) 12. a3 g6 13. b4 axb4
14. axb4 Nb6 15. h3 $146 (15. Nd2 Ng7 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19.
Nb3 Rd8 20. Be2 Nf5 21. Bg4 Qg5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 Bg4 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. Kh1
Nc4 26. h3 Qh5 27. Kg1 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qxh3 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Qf3 Qh4 31. Qh1 Qg5+
32. Qg2 Qh4 33. Nxd5 Nd2 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nf5 {1-0 (35) Vocaturo,D (2587)
-Hoffman,A (2456) Barcelona 2014}) 15... Ng7 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1
Qb4 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nce2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Qe2 Rfc8 $132 {
les pièces mieures Blanches sont un peu plus actives que celle des Noirs mais
la position Noire est très solide.} 24. Rfd1 Qa3 25. Rb1 Na4 26. Rb3 Qd6 27.
Qd2 Nc5 28. Rc3 b6 {Consolide le Nc5 mais au détriment d'un affaiblissement
de la case "c6"} 29. Rdc1 Rc7 (29... Ra5 $143 30. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxc5
32. Nb3) (29... Ra7 {[%cal Gc8a8]}) 30. Qd1 Rca7 31. Be2 Ra2 32. Bf3 Ne4 33.
R3c2 Qf6 (33... Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Rc8 35. Nc6) 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Qb3 Rd2 $6 36.
Qxd5 Nc5 37. Rd1 Rb2 $2 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 {[%csl Rf3]} exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 Bf5 $1 $11 {L'inconvénient de jouer la variante d'échange avec Nf3 avant
Qc2 ou Bd3 se fait sentir} 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 {Plus ambitieux
que Be7} ({RR} 10... Be7 11. O-O-O ({RR} 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Rab1 a5
13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Na4 Nd6) ({RR} 12. h3 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3
Nd6 15. b4 a6 16. Na4 Nc4 17. Nc5 b5) 12... a5 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Rab1 Nd6 16. Nd2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5) 11... O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rhg1
Bb4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. g4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. h4 Qf6 19. Qe2 c5) 11.
O-O ({RR} 11. O-O-O Bb4 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2
Rhe8 15. f3 Qc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bb4 18. e5 Ng4 19. Rhf1 Qxe5) 12. Nd2 O-O
13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rc1 Nf8 15. f3 ({RR} 15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qf3 Be7 17. h3 Ng6 18. Bg3
b6 19. Rhd1 Rac8 20. Nb3) 15... Rc8 16. Nb3 ({RR} 16. e4 dxe4 ({RR} 16... Ng6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 Qe6 19. g3 c5 20. f4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc3 ({RR} 21... Bc5
22. Qd3 d4 23. Nce4) 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 ({RR} 24. Qc2 Qxc2+
25. Kxc2)) ({RR} 16... Ne6 17. Bxf6 ({RR} 17. e5 g5 18. Bf2 ({RR} 18. Bxg5 hxg5
19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 Nf4) 18... Nh5 19. h4 Nhf4 20. Qf5 c5 21. hxg5 Qxg5 22.
Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Nb3 cxd4 ({RR} 23... c4 24. Na1 ({RR} 24. Nd2 Nxg2 25. Nxd5 Bxd2
26. Rc2 Bf4 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. d5 Nf8 30. Rxc4 Bxe5 31. Bxa7 Nf4)
24... Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nxg2) 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxc3 26. Rxc3) 17... Qxf6 18.
e5 Qd8 19. g3 c5 20. Ne2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. f4) 17. fxe4 Ng6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Rhf1 Qg5 20. g3 Rcd8 21. Rf5 Qe7 ({RR} 21... Ne5 22. Qe2 Qg4 23. Rxe5 Qxe2
24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nxe2 Bxd2 26. Rc2 Be3 27. e5 Rd8 28. Rc4 Kf8 29. Kc2 Ke7 ({
RR} 29... Bg5 30. Kd3 ({RR} 30. h4 Be7 31. Kd3 c5)) 30. Kd3)) 16... b6 17. a3
Be7 18. Rhd1 ({RR} 18. Rhe1 Ne6) 18... Qd7 19. Bf2 Red8 20. e4 ({RR} 20. g4 c5
21. Qc2) 20... dxe4 21. fxe4 c5 22. Qf3 c4 ({RR} 22... cxd4 23. Nxd4 Ng6 24.
Nf5 Qe6 25. Bd4) 23. Na1 ({RR} 23. Nd2 b5 ({RR} 23... Ne6 24. e5 Ng5 25. Qe2
Qf5+ 26. Ka1 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxc4)) 23... b5 24. Nc2 a5 25. e5 ({RR} 25.
Bh4 Ng6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd5 Rc6 28. Rf1 Bg5 29. Nce3 Nh4 30. Qf2 Qe8 31. e5
Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Rxd4 33. Nc2 Re4 34. g3 Ng6 35. Nd4 Rc8 36. e6 fxe6) 25... N6h7 {
Illescas Cordoba,M (2635)-Bareev,E (2665)/Ubeda 1997/CBM 058/[Tsesarsky]/1/2-1/
2 (42)} ({RR} 25... Nd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Ne3 Rd7 29. a4) {RR}
26. Ne4 Ng6 ({RR} 26... b4 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qb5 29. Rxd8 ({RR} 29. Rd6 c3)
29... Rxd8 30. Nd4 Qa6 31. a4 Ng5 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Rd2 34. Bg3 Rxg2 35.
Rxc4 Nf3 36. Ka2 ({RR} 36. Rc2 Nd2+ ({RR} 36... Rg1+ 37. Ka2 Nd7 38. Nxa5 Ndxe5
39. c6) 37. Kc1 Nb3+ 38. Kd1 Rg1+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rxc2 41. Kxc2 Nxc5 42.
Nxa5 Nxa4 43. Nc6 Ne6 44. Nxb4 Nd4+ 45. Kd3 Nf5 46. b3 Nc5+ 47. Kc4 Nxg3 48.
Kxc5 Ne4+ 49. Kd4 Nd2 50. Kc3 Nf3)) 27. Be1 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxa5 Bxc1 30.
Bxd8 Bxb2 31. Ba5 c3 32. Rd3) ({RR} 11. a3 a5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1
Ra6 15. Rc2 Qb8 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nd2 a4) 11... O-O 12. Rab1 a5 ({
RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rfe1 Qe6 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. f3 Nf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng6 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Nf1 Bc7 21. d5 Qe5 22. Ng3 Nh4 23. Qg4+ Qg5 24. Qh3
Ng6 25. Nf5 Nf4 26. Qg4 h5) 13. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. a3 a4 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Ng3 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Qd1
Qf4 22. Re4 Qc7 23. Ne5 N7f6 24. Re1 Ne7 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. Ne4 Ned5 27. Nc5 Nb6 {
Fahnenschmidt,G (2385)-Pelletier,Y (2470)/Steckborn 1997/EXT 1998/1/2-1/2 (37)}
) ({RR} 13. Ne2 Re8 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {RR} 16. Nd2 Rfe8
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Ng3 a4 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. a3 Qg6 22. b4 h5 23. Ne2
h4 24. h3 b5 25. Qc5 Re6 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. Rbe1 Rf6 28. Nd1 Rf5 29. Qc2 Rg5 30.
f3 exf3 {Mertanen,J-Volzhin,A (2425)/Jyvaskyla 1994/EXT 1997/0-1 (47)}) 14. Qc2
Qb6 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Nf4 Re7 18. Rbc1 Rae8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nd6
21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Nd2) ({RR} 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rfe8 17.
Nd2 h5 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Ne2 Kg7 20. Nf4 Re7 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. b4 axb3 23. Rxb3 Nd6
24. Nh4 Nf8 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. g4 {1/2-1/2 Dobrov,V (2515)-Potkin,V (2557)/
playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 110 ext}) 13... Re8 14. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qe7 15.
Rfe1 Qe6 16. Nd2 Qg4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gg4h4]} 17. Bg3 Bxg3 (17... Bf8 {[%cal
Gh6h5,Gh5h4]} 18. f3 Qe6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ndxe4 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5c2]}) 18. hxg3 Qe6
19. Rec1 Rec8 20. Na4 $1 {[%csl Gc5] Les blancs vont avoir une petite
initiative а l'aile-dame grâce а l'avantage d'espace.} Ne8 21. Nb3 Nd6 22. Nbc5
Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Ra6 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Ra1 g6 26. Qc5 $11 Kg7 27. Qc2 h5 28. Nc5
Raa8 29. b3 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 30. Qe2 (30. Re1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} h4 31. e4 {
[%cal Ge1e7]} Rae8 $1) 30... h4 $36 31. g4 h3 $1 32. g3 Rae8 $17 33. Re1 b6 34.
Nd3 Ne4 35. Kh2 c5 36. Nf4 Ng5 37. f3 cxd4 38. Nxd5 Qc5 39. e4 Rc8 40. Ra2 Rhd8
41. Rd1 Rxd5 42. exd5 Qxd5 43. Rd3 a4 44. Rad2 axb3 45. f4 Rc1 46. Rd1 Rc2 47.
R1d2 Rxd2 48. Qxd2 Nf3+ 49. Rxf3 Qxf3 50. Qxd4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Les MI sont appariés ensemble dès la ronde 2} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. Bg5
{[%emt 0:00:08]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:58]
} 7. Qf3 $5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (7... Bg6 {La grande ligne
donne une finale favorable aux Blancs} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 $14 {
Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) Baku op-A 2011 (9) 1/2}) 8. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nc8 13. Ne2
Nd6 14. Ng3 Be7 15. Nh4 Kd7 16. Nhf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Bf8 18. h4 Rg8 19. Rhg1 Kc7
20. Kd2 b6 21. Ng3 Bb4+ 22. Kc1 Bd6 23. Nh5 Bh2 24. Nxf6 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Rg7 26.
g4 h6 27. f4 Rh8 28. f5 Bc8 29. Rf1 Kd6 30. Rf4 c5 31. Bb5 cxd4 32. exd4 Ke7
33. Nxd5+ Kd8 34. Nf6 Bb7 35. d5 a6 36. Ba4 b5 37. Bb3 Kc7 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Ke3
Ke5 {Grachev,B (2680)-Bezgodov,A (2508) Tyumen 2012 1-0 (67)}) 10... Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 11. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:55]} (11. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gh4f5]} Nb6 12.
O-O-O $14 {Karpov,A (2725)-Vaganian,R (2625) URS-ch55 Moscow 1988 (15) 1/2})
11... Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:15:52][%cal Ge3e4]} Nb6 $11 {
[%emt 0:04:23][%csl Rb2,Re3][%cal Gb6c4]} (12... f5 13. Kf2 h5 14. h4 O-O-O 15.
Rac1 Kb8 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxd7+ Bxd7 19. f4 Rcg8 20. Ng3 Rg4 21. Be2
Rg6 22. Bf3 Be7 23. a3 a5 24. Rh3 Rgh6 25. Rc2 Bc8 26. Be2 Rg8 27. Rc1 Bd7 28.
Nxh5 c5 29. Bf3 Be6 30. Ke2 c4 31. a4 b5 32. axb5 Ka7 33. Kd2 Kb6 34. Kc2 a4
35. Ng3 Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Bxh4 37. Ne2 a3 38. bxa3 Ra8 39. Ra1 Kxb5 40. Nc3+ Kc6
41. a4 Bf2 42. Kd2 {Braun,A (2480)-Reuss,A (2356) Germany 2005 1-0 (62)}) 13.
Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} (13. e4) 13... Ke7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:11:08]
} a5 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} (15. e4 Rag8) 15... Rag8 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 16. Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} h6 {[%emt 0:24:01]} 17. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:
13:57]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 18. Nce2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 19.
g4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 20. Ng3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:01][%csl Gf5]}
Nd6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36] Ce fort Nd6 tient la position Noire et malgré
l'avantage d'espace et la meilleure scructure, les Blancs ont du mal à
progresser} 21. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:
01:53]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 23. Bh7 {[%emt 0:05:20]} (23. Rb3 $5 Bc7 24. Nf5+
Bxf5 25. Bxf5 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rf6,Rf7,Rh6]}) 23... Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 24. Bf5
{[%emt 0:01:32]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 25. Bh7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 26. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Savina, Anastasia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Un ordre de coups assez rare
mais la partie va ensuite transposer dans une semi-Tarrasch} (4... exd5) 5. e4
(5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 {L'option supplémentaire laissée en jouant le coup
intermédiaire Nf3} (6. e4)) 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 {Transposant dans une grande
ligne réhabilitée récemment par Kramnik} 7. Rb1 $5 {La préparation de
l'allemand} (7. Nf3 {La grande ligne} cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+) (7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e5
{Muzychuk,M (2484)-Savina,A (2368) EU-ch (Women) 14th 2013 (7) 1-0}) 7... cxd4
8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 {89} Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O {Plus
prudent que la réponse Qa5 donnant des positions compliquées mais assez
douteuses pour les Noirs} (12... Qa5 $143 13. d5 $1 exd5 $6 (13... Qxd2+ $142
14. Kxd2 Na5 (14... Nd8 {Cramling,P (2545)-Vaisser,A (2565) EU-ch Rapid-30'
1996 1-0}) 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 17. d6+ $1 Kf6 18. Rb5 b6 19. f4 $36)
14. exd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O-O 16. dxc6 $18 {Vitiugov,N (2742)-Simonian,H (2445)
St Petersburg Summer rapid 2014 (3) 1-0}) 13. O-O {90} b6 $146 (13... Rc8 14.
Rfe1 Ne7 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. h4 (16. d5 $5 $146 {Un sacrifice thématique dans ce
genre de structure comme dans la fameuse partie Polou-Tal} exd5 17. e5 Qd7 18.
Ng5 $44) 16... b6 17. h5 h6 18. Qf4 $14 {Sokolov,I (2570)-Miles,A (2500)
OHRA-B Amsterdam 1988 1/2}) 14. d5 $5 {Après 22 mns de réflexion, les Blancs
décident de prendre de l'espace mais au risque d'affaiblir le centre et c'est
une position critique} Na5 15. Bxd7 (15. Bd3 $5 {Il semble plus naturel
d'éviter les échanges qui doivent favoriser les Noirs} exd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17.
Qf4 (17. Rfe1)) 15... Qxd7 16. d6 $5 {Probablement l'idée sous-jacente à
l'échange Bd7} Nc4 17. Qd4 {57} b5 $1 {Protège le N tout en mobilisant la
majorité.} 18. Rbd1 (18. e5 {[%csl Gd6]}) (18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. e5 f6 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. a4 {L'ordre de coups est plus favorable aux Blancs par rapport à la
partie.}) 18... Rad8 19. e5 f6 $1 {Il faut miner le centre avant que les
Blancs n'aient le temps de le renforcer.} 20. exf6 {37} Rxf6 21. a4 $1 a6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ne5 $1 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 bxc4 27. Rd4 $1
(27. Rc1 Rf4) 27... Rf5 28. Rxc4 $11 Kf7 29. f3 Ra5 30. Rc2 Kf6 31. Kf2 Rh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 (4... O-O) (4... c5) 5. cxd5 (5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 (7... Nc6)) 5... exd5 6. Bg5 h6 (6... c5 $5 {
Une variante trés tactique où les noirs ont un bon jeu de pièces.} 7. dxc5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 (10... Qf6 11. Bb5+) 11. Nge2 Bf5 $1 {[%cal
Gf5c2]}) 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O) 7... c6 8. e3 Nbd7 (8...
O-O 9. Bd3) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 {La position ressemble а une variante
d'échange du gambit-dame mais avec un Bb4 au lieu de Be7 ou Bd6} (10. Nf3)
10... Re8 11. O-O-O $5 {Les noirs sont souvent obligés de recycler le Bb4 vers
e7 car il pourrait gêner la poussée b5b4 et l'attaque blanche а l'aile-roi
devrait être plus rapide} (11. O-O) (11. h3 $5 {[%cal Ge1g1,Ge1c1] Peut-être
plus souple en gardant les deux options pour le roque}) 11... Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6,
Gg6h4,Gc8e6]} 12. h3 Be6 (12... Be7 13. g4 b5 14. Rdg1 $36) 13. f4 $5 $146 ({RR
} 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Nf4 Qa5 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Qa4 Bb4 18. Qxa5 Bxa5
19. Ne2 Bc7 20. Rd2 Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Soos,B-Kolarov,A/Havana 1966/MCD}) 13... Rc8 {
[%cal Gc8c2,Gc6c5]} (13... c5 14. f5) 14. Kb1 c5 15. f5 $14 cxd4 $1 16. exd4
Bd7 17. Qb3 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gd5f6]} Qg5 19. Nec3 $16 {
[%cal Gf5f6]}) 17... Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bc6 19. Rhe1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Gd3,Rd5,Ge5,Gh4]
} N8h7 20. Re5 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} Ng5 21. Rde1 Qa5 22. Rxe8+ (22. Bxg5 hxg5 $11)
22... Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Bg3 {[%csl Gg3]} Nf6 25. Bd6 (25. Be5) 25... Nge4
26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Bxb4 Bd7 28. g4 Nf2 29. Be2 (29. Bf1 h5 $1) 29... Nxh3 30. Be7
Ne4 31. Nxd5 Ng1 32. Bd1 Nf2 $1 {les blancs perdent la paire de B et les noirs
sont ok} 33. Kc1 h5 $1 34. gxh5 Nxd1 35. Kxd1 Bxf5 36. Ne3 Bd7 37. d5 Nh3 38.
Bd6 f6 39. Kd2 Nf2 40. Bb8 a6 41. Ke2 Ng4 42. Ng2 Kf7 43. Nf4 Ne5 44. b4 Bg4+
45. Ke3 Nf3 46. a4 Ke7 47. a5 (47. b5) 47... Ng1 48. Kf2 Nh3+ 49. Nxh3 Bxh3 50.
Bf4 Kf7 51. Kf3 Bf5 52. Kg3 Be4 53. d6 Ke6 54. Kg4 Bc2 55. Kg3 Be4 56. Kg4 Bd3
57. Kg3 Bc2 58. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {The exchange Queen's Gambit
Declined is getting a solid reputation, even at the top levels of chess. It
was scorned for several years as White was supposed to have a slight advantage
from almost every line, but lately it seems that Black's chances of holding
are increasing and increasing.} Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {White has
two main development patterns: Nf3 or Ne2, and the position of the knight
usually changes his plans completely. The famous "minority attack" on the
queenside is much more likely to happen with the knight on f3, as on e2 it
does not support the attack well (on f3 it can at least go to e5 and pressure
c6). Here White will probably go f3-e4 at some point.} h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 {All the
ideas with Nh5 are the reason the exchange variation is gaining some momentum
for the black players.} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nb6 14.
Nc1 (14. Nf4 $5 Nxf4 15. exf4 Qd6 16. Re5 {Giri}) 14... Qg5 $146 (14... Nf6 15.
f3 c5 16. Qf2 Bd7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. e4 a4
22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bc8 27. Kf2
Kf8 28. Rc5 Rd8 29. Ke3 g6 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. Rb5 Nd7 33. Rd5+ Ke7 34.
Rb5 Kd6 35. Kc4 Kc7 36. a3 Nb6+ 37. Kc3 Bd7 38. Rc5+ Kd6 39. Kb4 Rb8 40. Nb5+
Ke7 41. Nd4 Nc8 42. Nb5 Kd8 43. h4 b6 44. Rc1 {Oms Pallisse,J (2440)
-Khurtsidze,N (2375) Groningen 1998 1/2-1/2 (79)}) 15. f3 {White's plan isn't
subtle: f3, e4 and take control of the center. Black has a few ways to play
against this. In the old days it was recommended to play c5 early, but this
isn't the best when the dark-squared bishops have already been traded.} Bf5 16.
Bxf5 Qxf5 17. e4 Nc4 $1 {Anice intermediate move. Taking on f5 just ruins
White's structure, so the queen has to move to a palce where it does not cover
g5.} 18. Qe2 Qg5 {Now Nf4 can be annoying,} 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. e5 {
White has gained some space, but Black's knight are well positioned and there
is a real chance to blockade White's advances.} c5 $6 {The idea of opening the
position is not the most accurate. Fressinet should have kept waiting.} (21...
Rc8) 22. b3 $1 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg5 24. g3 Ne6 25. Qf2 Nb6 {Black has been driven
back, and Giri wastes no time.} 26. f4 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4][%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]}
Qe7 27. f5 Ng5 28. Qd4 Rac8 29. Nd3 Red8 30. Nb5 $1 Nc4 $5 {Fressinet was
feeling the pressure and he decided to liquidate some pieces with some tactics,
but Giri was having none of it.} 31. Nf4 (31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Nd6 $1 cxd3 33. h4
$1 $18 (33. Nxc8 Qe8 $1 {Is almost brilliant. The strong threats of Qc6 and
Rxc8 give White a bad position.})) 31... Na3 32. Nd6 $1 {Nicely calculated
from Giri.} Nc2 (32... Rc7 33. Nxd5 {is beyond hopeless.}) 33. Nxc8 Qd7 34. Qd1
Rxc8 (34... Nxe1 35. Nd6 {and Black's knight finds itself trapped on e1!} Nef3
36. Rxf3 Nxf3 37. Qxf3 $18) 35. Qxd5 $1 $18 Qxf5 (35... Qxd5+ 36. Nxd5 {
and Black has no time to take on e1 due to threat of Ne7+, picking up the rook
on c8.}) 36. e6 $1 fxe6 37. Rxe6 {It seems like White's pieces are hanging,
but everything is under control.} Qxd5+ 38. Nxd5 Kh7 (38... Nxe6 39. Ne7+ Kh7
40. Nxc8 {is resignable, the exchange is too much.}) 39. Re7 Nd4 40. Rc7 Rd8
41. Nf4 {Black has no compensation for the lost exchange and simply resigned.}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Re8 13. f3 c5 14. Bf2 a6 15.
e4 cxd4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Qxd4 Qxd5 19. Rfd1 Qf5 20. Nc4 Rac8 21.
b3 Bc5 22. Qd3 $4 ({Following Nach} 22. Qd2 {the position would be level. wäre
die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) {[%tqu "En","Why was White's last move a
blunder?","The bishop on f2 is pinned by its counterpart on c5, and the rook
on d1 has to guard the queen on d3.","This means that one square, which seems
to be covered twice, is not protected at all...","e8e1","Simple, but nice -
White loses the queen.",10,"De","Der letzte weiße Zug ein grober Fehler,
warum?","Der Läufer f2 ist von seinem Gegenüber auf c5 gefesselt, und der Turm
muss die Dame auf d3 decken.","Damit ist ein Feld, das zweimal gedeckt scheint,
in Wirklichkeit überhaupt nicht geschützt...","e8e1","Einfach, aber schön -
Weiß verliert die Dame.",10]} 22... Re1+ $1 {and White resigned, as he loses
his queen. und Weiß gab auf, denn er verliert die Dame.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1895.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 $142 d4 $140 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Bxd4
13. O-O Be6 $11) 10... d4 $1 {The right move. Black has a slight lead in
development (white king is still on e1) and with the help of this advance he
opens the position. It also trades the isolated pawn in the best possible way.}
11. exd4 (11. Na4 $2 Bb4+ $17) 11... Nxd4 12. O-O $2 {This natural move is a
mistake, as it allows Bg4 and Black gets the initiative.} (12. Ne5 b6 13. O-O
Bb7 $11) (12. h3 $2 Re8+ $17) 12... Bg4 13. Nb5 (13. Be2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Re8 $17
) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 $17 15. Be5 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Bg3 Rad8
18. Qc2 Qh6 19. Rcd1 Rc8 (19... Nhf4) 20. Qb3 a6 21. Nc3 Nd4 {Lasker sacs a
pawn in order to activate the rook and increase the initiative.  Quite an
important moment, by the way. Here we see that young Lasker was a very active
player, who rightly appreciated in this position how difficult for White would
be to defend his weak king against active black pieces.} (21... b5 $17) 22.
Qxb7 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Rb6 25. Qc4 Rxb2 26. h4 (26. Ne2 Ba7 $44)
26... Ba7 27. Be4 $2 (27. Na4 $1 {Black's most active piece is the rook on b2
and it was necessary to dirve it away frim the 2nd rank.} Rbb8 $44 (27... Rd2
28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Nc3 {and Black achieves nothing.})) 27... Qd6 28. f4 (28. Na4
$2 Rb4 $19) 28... Qd7 29. Bg2 $2 (29. f5 $13 Qd6 $140 30. Qd3) 29... Qg4 $1 {
[%csl Rg3]} 30. Qd3 (30. Ne4 Nf5 31. Rd3 Qe2 $19) 30... Nf5 31. Ne4 Be3 $1 {
The most precise way.} (31... Ne3 {wins an exchange and leads to technically
winning position, but Lasker's move is stronger, as there is no defence
against the direct attack.}) 32. Rf3 (32. Kh2 Nxg3 33. Nxg3 Qxh4#) 32... Rxg2
$1 33. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 34. Kh2 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kh2 Nf5 37. Rb1 h5 38. Rb4 Ra8
39. a3 Rxa3 (39... Rxa3 40. Qxa3 Qe2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1#)
0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 {
Peter is emloying a considerably rare continuation, that enables White to
avoid the major simplifications.} ({The main line} 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {has proved to be very solid for Black.}) 7... Be7 8.
Nf3 (8. Bb5+ {was also recently tested on the highest level:} Bd7 9. Bxd7+ (9.
Nf3 Bxb5 10. Rxb5 b6 11. O-O O-O $11) 9... Qxd7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12.
Nf3 Bf6 13. O-O b5 $132 {Aronian,L - Vallejo Pons,F Sharjah UAE 2017}) 8... O-O
9. Bc4 {This is the most natural way of development. White's bishop is
supporting the thematic d4-d5 advance now.} (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 {offers
Black comfortable play due to the pressure on the d4-pawn.}) 9... Nc6 ({
The more modest} 9... Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14.
Bf4 Qxf4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bc6 $14 {(Vitiugov,N - Miton,K Czech Republic CZE
2013) didn't offer Black a full equality.}) 10. O-O b6 $146 {A natural novelty.
There is no reason for delaying the development of the passive c8-bishop.} ({
The preceding encounter was played almost half a century ago:} 10... Qc7 11.
Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 $14 {Polugaevsky,
L-Petrosian,T Soviet Union 1970}) 11. d5 $1 {Only this ambitious continuation
might pose Black any problems.} (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 $11)
11... Na5 (11... exd5 12. Bxd5 Qc7 13. Re1 $14 {looks rather passive for Black.
}) 12. Bd3 c4 {This move makes the d5-pawn vulnerable. On the other hand, the
a5-knight is definitely misplaced now.} 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 {Black's
main counterplay is based on attacking the Pd5, but the Kg8 is getting more
exposed now.} ({Possibly, a safer try was} 14... Bg4 $5 15. Qe2 (15. h3 Bh5 16.
Re1 Bd6 $132) (15. Bf4 Nb7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Re1 Bd6 $132) 15... Bh5 $1 16. Re1
Bd6 $132 {securing the king and intending to attack the d5-pawn in the long
run.}) 15. Re1 Bf6 $2 {This move is inviting serious troubles - Black
shouldn't let White advance the passer.} ({A much better move was} 15... Qd6 $1
16. Ne5 (16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb1 Rae8 18. Be3 Bd8 $132) 16... Qxd5 17. Qg4 Rad8 18.
Qh3 f5 19. Bf4 Bc8 $1 {, and it looks like White has sufficient play for a
pawn, but hardly more. For instance,} 20. Rbd1 (20. Ng6 hxg6 21. Rxe7 Rfe8 22.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 {with a perpetual}) 20... Qc5 21. g4 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Bg5 $1 23. Bg3 h6 24. gxf5 Nc6 25. Nd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Ne5 {and Black
is OK.}) 16. d6 $1 {Of course, GM Svidler doesn't miss this chance.} (16. Ba3
$6 {is much weaker:} Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. d6 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 g6 $132) 16... Re8 ({In the event of} 16... Qd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rfe8
19. Bf4 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 Re8 21. Bg3 $16 {White's powerful bishops would support
the passer, so Black is in big troubles.}) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bf4 Rd8 (18...
Qd7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Ba4 Nc6 21. Qd2 $16) 19. Bf5 $1 {Now the passer has perfect
support from both White's bishops.} g6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({It was
necessary to remove the queen from the back-rank:} 19... Qc6 20. d7 g6 21. Bh3
Bxc3 22. Rc1 {, even though White's initiative lasts there too:} Bf6 23. Qe2
Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Bc7 Rf8 26. Ne5 $36) 20. d7 Qf8 ({A more stubborn option
was} 20... Qe7 21. Bh3 Bc6 22. Bc7 Rxd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Be5 $18
{, but White should be able to convert his material advantage into a full
point.}) 21. Bh3 Be4 22. Rc1 {White is not in a rush.} Qc5 (22... Nb7 {offered
no hope either:} 23. Bc7 Nc5 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qe2 $18) 23. Qe2 Bf5 {Alas,
this move doesn't help Black to release the tension.} 24. Rd1 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Kg7
({Or} 25... Nb7 26. Qe4 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Bc7 Rf8 29. Nd4 $18) 26. Rd6 $1 {
The most effective.} Bxc3 (26... Nb7 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. Be5+ Ke7 29. Bd4+ $18)
27. Ng5 {All Black's pieces are too far away from the king, so White's attack
is unstoppable.} Qf5 28. Qe7 {The rest is just an agony.} h6 29. Ne6+ Kh7 30.
Nxd8 Qxf4 31. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 {Quite a
rare continuation. White is just trying to keep as many pieces on the board as
possible!} ({A well known theoretical line starts with} 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 ({or} 11... Nd7 12. O-O b6) 12. O-O
b6) 7... cxd4 (7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bb2 b6 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4
Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Na5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 $36 {1-0 Bocharov,D (2582)
-Mozharov,M (2459)/St Petersburg RUS 2011 (26)}) 8. cxd4 e5 $5 {Probably that
move came as a real surprise for Radoslaw.} 9. Nf3 {The best attempt to fight
for the opening advantage.} (9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Bd3 Bc5 (11... Bg4
$5) 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O Nc6 $11) (9. d5 Bd6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nc5
$11 {1/2 Martinovic,S (2496)-Saric,A (2523)/Zagreb CRO 2012 (38)}) 9... exd4
10. Qxd4 $146 {My strong opponent chooses the safest continuation. To be
honest, I had mainly expected that move during my preparation.} (10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nb5 Na6 $11) ({However, I
believe the most challenging way was connected with a pawn sacrifice:} 10. Bc4
$5 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Rb1 $44 Bf6 14. Bf4 Re8 {1/2 Lerner,K (2494)
-Golod,V (2538)/Ramat Aviv 2004/CBM 102 ext}) 10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 {The
most natural developing move.} (11... Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Nc6
15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nd5 $14) 12. Nb5 (12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. Bc4
Rd8 15. Bd5 Na6 16. Ke2 Nc7 17. Bb3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 12...
Na6 13. Bf4 (13. Bc4 O-O 14. Ke2 Re8 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Be3 Re7 $1 (
17... Bxe3 18. Kxe3 b6 19. a4 $14) 18. g4 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Nc7 $11) 13... O-O 14.
Bd3 {Only this somewhat provocative move was ''new'' for me over the board.
The bishop looks a bit vulnerable there.} ({My home preparation was mainly
based on:} 14. Bc4 Be6 (14... Re8 $5 15. Bd5 Bd7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rad8 18.
O-O (18. Bxb7 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Rxe4+ 20. Kf1 Rxd6 $11) 18... Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxd6 20.
Bd5 Nc5 21. Rac1 b6 $11) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bg3 Rac8 17. O-O Bb6 18. Nd6 Rc2 19.
Nxb7 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. a4 Bd4 22. Rab1 Re2 $11) 14... Be6 ({There was
nothing wrong with attacking it immediately:} 14... Rd8 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Ke2 Be7
17. Rab1 Nc5 18. f3 b6 $11) 15. Ke2 {Black is by no means not worse and has a
lot of good options. As usually happens with me, such a situation may make me
feel too relaxed :)} Rfd8 (15... Bb6 16. Nd6 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bc7 18. Rhd1 f6 19.
Rab1 b6 $11) (15... Rad8 16. Rhd1 Be7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Nxa7 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3
20. Kxd3 Bxa3 $11) 16. Rhd1 Bb6 $6 {That is not a real mistake, but I could
play much more actively.} ({I can hardly understand why I rejected the most
natural} 16... Rd7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rac1 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Bb3 20. Rd2 b6 21. e5
Nc5 22. Rc3 $11 {and only White has to be slightly careful.}) 17. Rac1 Nc5 {
Somehow I have overestimated the power of his light-squared bishop.} 18. Nd6 (
18. Be3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Kxd3 Bd7 21. Nd6 (21. a4 Bxb5+ 22. axb5 Bxe3 23.
Kxe3 a5 $11) 21... Bc6 $11) 18... Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd7 20. Be3 {Only here did I
realise that White is running no risks with such a strong knight on d6.} Bd8 $1
{It's important to keep the bishops on the board.} (20... Bxe3 $6 21. Kxe3 Kf8
22. f4 f6 23. f5 Bg8 24. g4 Rad8 25. Rcd1 $14) 21. Nb5 $1 {That strong retreat
poses some concrete problems. White's pieces are very active at the moment,
while the Pa7 is under pressure.} (21. f4 Be7 22. e5 g6 23. h3 f6 24. Rcd1 fxe5
25. fxe5 b6 $11) 21... Rxd3 (21... a6 $6 22. Nd4 b5 23. Nxe6 Rxd3 24. Kxd3 fxe6
25. Rc6 Kf7 26. Bc5 $14) (21... b6 $6 22. Nd4 Be7 23. Rc6 $14) 22. Kxd3 Bd7 {
After long meditation, I decided to enter a rook ending with a pawn down.} ({
My main choice was between the text and:} 22... a6 23. Nc7 Bxc7 (23... Rc8 24.
Nxe6 Rxc1 25. Nxd8 $14) 24. Rxc7 b5 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Ra7 Rc6 27. Ra8+ Bc8 28. f4
$14) ({But the simplest was} 22... b6 $1 23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Nxe6 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 (
25. Nxd8 Rd1+ 26. Bd2 Ra1 $11) 25... fxe6 26. Kc4 a6 $11) 23. Nxa7 Kf8 (23...
f5 $5 24. exf5 Bxf5+ 25. Ke2 Bd7 $11) 24. Ke2 b6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxa3 27.
Bxb6 {White had nothing better.} Bxb6 28. Rxb6 Ra2+ 29. Kf3 Ra3+ 30. Kf4 Ra2
31. Kg3 h5 $1 $11 {Black is just in time to set up an ideal pawn chain for
this ending. Our match situation wasn't clear at that moment, so my opponent
was forced to play till the end.} 32. h4 g6 33. Rb3 Kg7 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. g3 Ra2
36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Rd3 Ra2 {White cannot make any progress without exchanging the
pawns.} 38. Rd2 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rb3 40. f3 Ra3 41. Rd5 Ra1 42. g4 hxg4 43. Kxg4 {
All the following moves have no value, as they don't change the character of
the position.} (43. fxg4 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Ke3 Rg1 $11) 43...
Rg1+ 44. Kf4 Rh1 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rd2 Rg1+ 48. Rg2 Re1 49. Rh2 Ra1
50. h5 gxh5 51. Rxh5 Kg6 52. Rb5 Ra3 53. Rb6+ f6 54. Kf4 Ra5 55. Rd6 Rb5 56.
Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Rd3 Rb4 58. Rc3 Ra4 59. Rd3 Rb4 60. f4 Ra4 61. Kf3 Rb4 62. Ra3 Rc4
63. Ra6 Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. Rh7 Ra4 66. Rb7 Rc4 67. Rb6 Kf7 68. Rb7+ Kf8 69.
f5 Rc1 70. Ke3 Rc4 71. Kd3 Ra4 72. Rc7 Ke8 73. Rc4 Ra6 74. Kd4 Kd7 75. Rb4 ({
After} 75. e5 fxe5+ 76. Kxe5 Ke7 {We have a classical ''Philidor position''})
75... Rd6+ 76. Kc5 Rc6+ ({Another possibility was} 76... Ra6 77. Rb7+ Ke8 78.
Rb6 Ra5+ 79. Kd6 Re5 80. Rb4 Kf7 $11) 77. Kd4 ({Or} 77. Kb5 Rc1 78. Rc4 Ra1 79.
Kc5 Ra5+ 80. Kd4 Ra1 81. Rb4 Rd1+ 82. Kc5 Rc1+ 83. Rc4 Re1 84. Rd4+ Ke7 $11)
77... Rd6+ 78. Ke3 Ke7 79. Rb7+ Ke8 80. Kf4 Rd1 81. Kg4 Rg1+ 82. Kf4 Re1 83.
Rb6 Ke7 84. Rb7+ Ke8 85. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 $5 {This move is much less
popular than 5.Bf4 or 5.Bg5 but it is quite interesting. White would like to
transpose to the 5.Bg5 lines at an appropriate moment, maybe inserting cxd5 in
between. Meanwhile he has to be ready for the complications that arise after 5.
..c5!?} O-O (5... c5 {is critical but I am sure Ivanchuk was ready for sharp
lines like} 6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5 a6 9. Na3 O-O $44) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5
{We have transposed to a normal line of the Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange
Variation. More often you see the move e3 instead of Qc2. So Lupulescu tries
to take advantage of this fact by developing his knight to a6 and threatening .
..Nb4.} h6 {.} 8. Bh4 Na6 $5 9. e3 (9. a3 {keeps the knight out of b4, but
loses further time and Black can be quick to hit out in the centre with} c5 10.
e3 {But here too I think White maintains a slight edge because the knight on
a6 is not particularly well placed.} c4 $5 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O Nd7
{with a playable position for Black although White should hold a small edge
here because of the e6 bishop not being such a great piece.} (13... b5 14. Nc6
$16)) 9... Nb4 10. Qb3 Bf5 11. Rc1 c5 {Lupulescu's last move is a clear
indication that he wants to make use of his lead in development. The computers
do not agree with this move but from a human point of view nothing looks more
normal than this.} 12. dxc5 $1 Qa5 13. Nd4 $1 {Ivanchuk knows no fear and
continues moving his pieces which have already been developed.} Nd3+ (13... Bg6
14. Be2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. c6 {transposes to the game.}) 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 {
At first sight this looks pretty good for Black who has prevented his opponent
from castling. But the Ukrainian has seen further.} 15. c6 $5 (15. Qxb7 $1 {
was extremely strong, but humans don't play this way when their king is in the
centre. As we are in analysis mode, it would make sense to consider moves like
these. As of now the bishop on e7 is hanging.} Bxc5 (15... Qxc5 16. Nc6 $1 Rfe8
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {You cannot take with the rook as the one on a8 will be left
hanging.} 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 $1
$18) 15... Bc4 16. Qa4 {This is a human reaction. When you are up a pawn it
looks natural to exchange the queens.} (16. Qxb7 Bb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. c7 $18 {
and the c-pawn looks like a winner!}) 16... Qc5 (16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 bxc6 18.
Nxc6 Bd6 {is the best line of play according to the computer. But for a human
player it looks pretty bad to go into such an ending with a pawn deficit.} 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. b3 Bb5 21. Nd4 $16) 17. cxb7 {Ivanchuk chomps another pawn. As
of now he is two pawns up and his king looks pretty safe on e1.} Rab8 18. b3
Bd3 19. Kd2 $1 {This bold move is the best in the position and the king stands
pretty well on d2.} Bg6 (19... Ne4+ $2 20. Nxe4 $18 {[%cal Gc1c5]}) 20. Bxf6 $1
{A nice simplifying idea.} Bxf6 21. Ne4 $1 Qe7 22. Nc5 (22. Nc6 $1 {would have
been very strong. I wonder why Ivanchuk rejected it because it looks pretty
straightforward.} Qxb7 (22... Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Rc8+ $18) (
22... Qe6 {might have been the move that Ivanchuk would have been afraid of.}
23. Nxb8 dxe4 (23... Bxe4 24. Nd7 $1 $18) 24. Nd7 Qd5+ 25. Ke1 Qxb7 26. Nxf8
$18) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Qd4 $18) 22... Be5 23. g3 (23. Nc6 {
is still pretty strong.} Qg5 24. Nxb8 Qxg2 25. Rhf1 $18) 23... Bd6 24. Nd7 Bb4+
25. Ke2 Bh5+ 26. Kf1 (26. f3 Rfe8 27. Nf5 Bxf3+ {This looks pretty scary as
Kxf3 is met by ...Qe4+ but White can win over here with the sly move} 28. Kf2
$1 Qe4 29. Nxb8 $18 {[%cal Ga4e8]}) 26... Bd2 27. Rc2 (27. Rc7 {was strong.
Ivanchuk's move looks winning on the surface, but it gives Black strong
counterplay.} Qe4 (27... Bxe3 28. Nf5 $1 Qe6 29. Nxe3 $18) 28. Rg1 $1 {A quiet
move asking Black what is the next move for the attack.} Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30.
f3 $18) 27... Rxb7 $1 28. Nxf8 (28. Rxd2 Qe4 $1 (28... Rxd7 29. h3 $16 {
would be a simple IQP position where White is better}) 29. Rg1 Rc8 $13 {
Things are getting out of control and it is no longer easy for White to win.
He might well be in danger of losing.}) 28... Rb4 $6 (28... Qe4 $1 {would have
muddied the waters to quite some extent.} 29. Kg1 (29. Rg1 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+
31. f3 {As compared to some variations that we have seen previously, over here
the rook on c2 is hanging and this helps Black to take the pawn on f3.} Bxf3+
$1 32. Nxf3 (32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 Qxe3+ $19) 32... Qxc2 $13 {This is complete
chaos.}) 29... Rb4 {The threat is to take the knight on d4. You can see how
poorly the rook is placed on c2.} 30. Rxd2 $1 (30. Qxa7 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxc2 32.
Kg2 Qf5 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. exf4 Kxf8 {I am not sure how we can assess this
position but it looks like both sides are in danger of losing, which is bad
news for White.}) 30... Rxa4 31. bxa4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qxe3 34. Rhd1
Kxf8 35. g4 $16 {White is better, but winning this will not be a piece of cake.
}) 29. Rc8 $1 {Maybe this is the move overlooked by Lupulescu. If it were not
for this move or the tricky Ng6+!? White would lose most of his advantage.} Qe4
(29... Rxa4 30. Ng6+ $18) 30. Nfe6+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kg8 {Repeating the position
to gain time on the clock.} 32. Ng6+ $1 {Ivanchuk finds the only way to win.}
Kh7 33. Rh8+ Kxg6 34. Qc6+ {An important intermediate check to force the pawn
to f6.} f6 (34... Kg5 35. h4+ Kg4 36. Qd7+ (36. f3+ $1 $18) 36... f5 37. Qxg7+
$18) 35. Qe8+ $1 {The queens are exchanged and White's material advantage is
brought home.} Qxe8 36. Rxe8 Bc3 37. Nc2 Re4 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Nd4 Bf3 40. Nxf3
exf3 {This would have been a nice position for Black had there been pawns on
h3 and g4. But here the rook gets into the game quite easily.} 41. g4 h5 42.
gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Rg1 g5 44. Rg3 g4 45. h3 (45. h3 f5 46. hxg4+ fxg4 47. Rg1 $18 {
[%cal Gg1h1,Gh1h7] A very nice first half by Ivanchuk who got a completely
decisive advantage out of the opening. But then he messed it up with some
inaccurate moves and gave his Romanian opponent chances to make the game
complicated. Lupulescu was not in the best of form and couldn't really exploit
his opportunities after which the Ukrainian waltzed home with the full point.})
1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "5.131"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Cobb, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford II"]
[BlackTeam "South Wales Dragons"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 {The exchange rate in the
Queen's Gambit is much higher than it was in the old days (when you could get
more for your pounds, shillings and pence, too). Perhaps players these days
seem to think they can obtain a significant edge by an early exchange on d5.}
exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 ({Not the main line, which is} 8. Bg5 Be7 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 {, etc.}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. f4 {My
database has precisely two games with this line. One, a game between Vadim
Alekseev and Gennadi Kuzmin in 1999 (draw) and, two, Alekhine against somebody
in a simul in Cleveland in 1924, which the future world champion lost.} O-O 12.
O-O c5 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Qf2 Bb4 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Re3 Bxc3 18. bxc3
Ne4 {[diag]} 19. Qh4 $2 ({White goes all out for the attack, but it turns out
badly.} 19. Qe1 $1 {is Houdini's suggestion and it looks useful. If} f5 $5 ({
All three pawn grabs are disastrous:} 19... Qxc3 $4 20. Rxe4 {wins}) (19...
Nxc3 $4 20. Bc2 {wins a piece}) (19... Qxa2 $2 20. f5 $1 {and White's attack
looks unstoppable.}) 20. c4 $1 Qxe1 21. Rfxe1 Be6 22. c5 {White has the edge.})
19... Qxc3 20. f5 (20. Qxh7+ $5 Kxh7 21. Bxe4+ dxe4 22. Rxc3 {looks OK at
first sight but} f6 $1 23. Nc4 Rd8 $1 {is a bit tricky, e.g.} 24. Rd1 Bg4 25.
Rd2 Rac8 {and Black is definitely better.}) 20... Qxd4 21. Ng4 f6 22. Kh1 Qc5 (
{Typically, the engine finds something clever:} 22... Kh8 $1 {when} 23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. Rh3 {is answered by} Bxf5 $1 {The usual stricture applies: most
humans would be reluctant to trust their calculations to risk this.}) 23. Qh5
Ng5 24. h4 ({Kicking the knight with the h-pawn is all very well but it means
that a future Rh3 will no longer support a queen attack on h7. Instead,} 24.
Rg3 $5 Qe7 25. Ne3 {keeps the tactical pot bubbling a bit longer.}) 24... Ne4
25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Ne3 Bd7 28. Qg4 Rf7 29. h5 (29. Qxe4 Re7 30. Qg4
Bc6 {doesn't look any better.}) 29... h6 30. Qf4 Qe5 {Black decides to cash in
one of his extra pawns to liquidate. It turns out well for him.} 31. Qxe5 (31.
Qg4 {keeps the queens on but impedes White still further.}) 31... fxe5 32. Rg4
Raf8 33. Rxe4 Bxf5 34. Rxe5 Bd7 35. Rd1 ({Better to exchange off a pair of
rooks with} 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Kg1 {but after} Rf4 37. Re7 Bc6 {things still
look pretty grim for White.}) 35... Bc6 36. Kg1 Rf2 37. a3 Re2 38. Rf1 Rxf1+
39. Kxf1 Ra2 40. Re7 Rxa3 41. g4 (41. Nf5 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rxg2 {
is hopeless.}) 41... Ra4 42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Rc7 a5 44. Kd3 a4 45. Nf5 Rxg4 46. Ne7
Be4+ 47. Ke3 Kh7 48. Rc8 a3 49. Ra8 Bc2 50. Kd2 Ra4 51. Rf8 a2 52. Ng6 {
Not the subtlest of last-try cheapos...} Bxg6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 (6... Bf5) 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. h3 $1 (8. Nf3 Nh5 $10) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Rb1 (11. g4
Bd6 (11... Qa5 12. Kf1 Be6 13. Kg2 Rac8 14. a3 Qd8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qd1 Qd8 17.
Bg3 $14 {Sakaev,K-Kharitonov,A/Helsinki/1992/}) (11... Be6 12. Ng5 c5 13. Be5
h6 14. Nf3 N6d7 $132 {Timman,J-Huebner,R/Wijk aan Zee/1982/}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13.
g5 Nh5 14. O-O-O g6 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. h4 $16 {Bareev,E-Andersson,U/Biel/1991/}) (
11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng5 b5 14. Be5 h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 a4 17. Bf5
$14 {Korchnoi,V-Elson,J/Biel/1984/}) (11. Ne5 Be6 12. O-O N6d7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14.
Rab1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Be5 $14 {Goldin,A-Relange,E/1994/})
11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 (12... a5 13. a3) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Bd7 (14... Qe7 $5
) 15. b4 $14 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Qe7 (16... a6 $5) 17. b5 c5 $8 18. Qa4 a6 (18... c4
$2 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxa7) 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd4 $1 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxc1+ (21...
b6 $2 22. Nc3 $1 $16) 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qb6 Ne8 25. a4 (25. Bxg6
$32 hxg6 26. Nfd4 $14) 25... Nf8 26. Nc3 Be6 (26... Qa3 $2 27. Nxd5 Qxd3 28.
Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc8 $16) 27. Nd4 Qc7 (27... Qa3 $5 28. Qb3 Qxb3) 28. Qb4 Nd6 29.
a5 $1 Nd7 30. Na4 Ne5 31. Be2 Nec4 (31... Nc6 32. Qc5 $1) 32. Nb6 g6 (32...
Nxb6 33. axb6 (33. Qxb6 $2 Qxb6 34. axb6 Nc8 35. Ba6 Nxb6 $10)) 33. Qc3 Qe7 34.
Qb4 Kf8 $2 (34... Qc7 $1 $14) 35. Bd3 Nxb6 (35... Qc7 $2 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37.
Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Nxc4 $1) 36. Qxb6 Nc8 37. Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Qd4 $16 Kg8 $8 39. e4
$1 Qd8 40. Qb4 Qd6 $2 (40... Nd6 41. exd5 exd5 42. h4 $1) 41. Qxb7 $18 1-0

[Event "Passau op 2nd"]
[Site "Passau"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Smagin,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3) 4... exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Nb6 8. h3 c6 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2) 9... Nc4 (9... Ne4 $5) 10. Bxc4 $1 dxc4
11. Ne5 Be6 12. O-O (12. Qe2 $5 Qa5) 12... h6 (12... Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. e4 $14) 13. Bh4 g5 $6 (13... Nd5 $5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 Nb6 $14) 14.
Bg3 h5 (14... g4 $5) 15. Qe2 g4 16. h4 $1 Nd7 $8 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19.
Qb3 Bxh4 20. Rad1 (20. a4 $5) 20... Bxg3 $1 21. fxg3 Qe7 22. e4 h4 $6 (22...
Rh7 $1) 23. Rf5 $1 O-O-O $8 24. Rxf7 (24. Qxf7 Qd6) 24... Qg5 25. Qe6+ Rd7 26.
Rf4 (26. Na4 Kb8 $8 27. Rxd7 (27. Nxb6 Rxf7 28. Qxf7 hxg3 29. Nd7+ Ka8 $19)
27... Nxd7 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Qf4 Qb5 30. b3 Qe2 $17) 26... hxg3 27. Qxg4 Qh6 28.
Qh3 $2 (28. Qxg3 $8 Nc4 $1 $13 (28... Rg7 29. Rg4 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Rf8+ 31. Ke3 $1
(31. Ke2 $2 Qh5) 31... Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Nxb2+ 33. Kc2 $18)) 28... Qxf4 $17 29.
Qxh8+ Rd8 30. Qh3+ Nd7 31. Kh1 Qf2 $1 32. e5 Rf8 $1 33. Rg1 Qxd4 34. e6 Rh8 35.
exd7+ Kd8 36. Rf1 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I knew this game was going to be tough as Michael is an extremely good
technical player besides having a very solid repertoire.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 d5 {I was expecting the Nimzo-Indian. This move 3...d5 has been very
popular recently though.} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 ({I thought Michael
would play the ending} 6... Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {Black
has very solid results here. In fact Kramnik is the main supporter of this
line. It looks like the Berlin Defence of 1.d4. Black has the bishop pair to
compensate for his damaged pawn structure just like in the Berlin ending.}) 7.
Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. f3 {This move came to me only during the game. I had
several ideas how to play this position but I didn't want to allow Black to
exchange the dark bishops with ...Nh5. I wanted to avoid exchanges and keep as
many pieces on the board as possible.} (9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {there have
been many games here recently and Black results have been very solid.}) 9...
O-O 10. Qc2 {This is too slow. I wanted to avoid Black's idea of ...Ne4 but
it's not necessary.} (10. Nge2 Ne4 ({Perhaps Black's best is to play like in
the game} 10... b5 11. O-O Nb6 {but then White may have something better than
12.Qc2.}) 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. Bxd8 (12. bxc3 Qxe7) 12... Nxd1 13. Rxd1 Rxd8 14.
Kf2 {I misjudged this position and thought it to be equal. In fact White has
very pleasant play. His bishop is more active and his play on the kingside
with g4-h4 comes very fast.}) 10... b5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. a3 {I regretted this
move after I played it, and it doesn't look necessary.} (12. O-O Bd7 13. b3 {
might be better. White doesn't have much, but he can slowly improve his
position with Bf2-Ng3. Black can play 13...b4 though it doesn't give much
after 14.Nd1.}) 12... a5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc1 ({I had intended} 14. e4 dxe4 15.
fxe4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {but then I realized that Black is just doing great
here. c6-c5 is coming quick.}) 14... Nc4 {Because of my mistake on move 12,
Michael managed to seize c4 firmly in his control.} 15. Re1 Be6 (15... Rc8 16.
Nb3 {doesn't change much.}) 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bf2 {Avoiding any exchanges.} Rc8 (
17... a4 18. Nc1 {still maintains equality.}) 18. Rad1 ({Here I missed my
chance! I didn't think anything was happening in the position and I made a
normal automatic move. However it was time for concrete action:} 18. a4 $1 b4
19. Ne2 c5 20. Nf4 cxd4 ({Best is} 20... Bd6 {White is still better after} 21.
Qe2) 21. exd4 {and Black doesn't have a good way to exploit the open attack to
my queen.}) 18... Qc7 ({If} 18... f5 {I think Michael was concerned by} 19. e4
fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 {when his bishops are vulnerable.}) 19. h3 {
This looks too slow.} (19. e4 {is met by} a4 {when I have to retreat my knight
or take on c4} 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2 {White should be slightly better here.})
19... Rfd8 20. f4 a4 ({We both missed the strong} 20... f5 {and now I can't
take the pawn so that means Black solves all his problems.} 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22.
Qxf5 Nxb2 23. Qe6+ Kf8 $15) 21. f5 {I decided to have the consolation and win
the bishop pair in an equal position.} (21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Nf6 {Black's
position on the kingside is solid enough while his counterplay of b5-b4 can be
slowly prepared.}) 21... axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rb8 {Perhaps Black had
easier ways of getting good play here but Michael's choice is not bad.} 24. Qc2
{Missing another good chance.} (24. e4 b4 25. exd5 bxc3 26. Qxc4 {for some
reason I forgot that the knight on c4 is hanging.}) 24... b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26.
Re2 Qa5 $6 {This is his first big mistake. Michael simply forgot about Bh4.} (
26... Bd6 {with the idea of Bg3 maintains equality.}) 27. Bh4 f6 {Black's
kingside weaknesses are not a pretty sight. Add to that Black's time trouble -
it makes his problems insurmountable.} ({Of course} 27... g5 {is not an option,
besides 28.Be1 White has} 28. Rf1 {with the idea of} gxh4 29. Be6 $18) 28. Na4
({This is good, but faster would be} 28. Ne4 Nf8 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Bxf6 Rd6
31. Be7 {after capturing the d6 rook White will quickly play e4 after which
Black's defence could collapse.}) 28... Nf8 29. Bd3 Nb6 (29... Nd6 $142 {
to control the e4-square.}) 30. Nc3 {Still with my game plan: keep as many
pieces as possible on the board to maintain the tension.} c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5 32.
Kh1 Rbc8 (32... Nc4 {would have annoyed me as the knight on c4 is very active
that I might exchange it} 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Nd5 {White still maintains some
edge.}) (32... Kh8 {might be Black's best move.}) 33. Bf5 Rc6 34. e4 Bb4 (34...
d4 35. e5) 35. e5 {A very annoying move to face during time trouble.} Be7 (
35... Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Qd2 Nc4 38. Qd4 $18) 36. Qb3 Qc5 $2 {This is the
final mistake.} (36... Kh8 {is the last chance. Now I want to offer a trade of
queens} 37. Qb5 {and after the exchange I will have to do some more work to
try and win the ending.}) 37. exf6 Bxf6 38. Ne4 {Boom.} Qc4 39. Nxf6+ gxf6 40.
Qg3+ Kf7 {Finally we both get another hour on the clock. Fortunately this time
I am on the good side of life.} 41. Rde1 (41. Bg4 $18) 41... Qb4 42. Re7+ Qxe7
43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Bg4 {Michael Adams accompanied me on our rest
day, when we were taken around Shamkir to perform simuls with Azerbaijani
children in two different chess schools. Two very well equiped chess schools.
In one very small town.  Shamkir is an amazing place with new and old side by
side on every street. We toured a rose factory that produces hundreds of
thousands of roses every week, for the Russian and Ukrainian markets; a day
care school where children learned English, painting, dancing, crafting,
swimming, cooking; a very well equipped, large convention center that housed a
television studio, numerous computer stations and a library. We were also
shown new agricultural developments that market tomatoes, cucumbers, greens
and herbs of all kinds to Azerbaijan's neighbors.   I can tell you that
Michael Adams is extremely polite and patient even when exhausted.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Ne4 $5 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. e3 Nd5 11. Be5 Bf5 $4 (11... Bb4 $1 $14) 12. a3 (12.
g4 Bg6 13. a3 h5 $5 14. Bg2 hxg4 15. Qxg4 $1 Rh4 $2 16. Qg3 $1 $16) 12... h5 $8
(12... f6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18.
Bxe4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rhe8 20. Bf5+ $1 $18) (12... Bd6 13. g4 $5 (13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Qc2 Qe7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Bxe4 Nxe3 $5 18. fxe3 Rfe8 (18... Rae8
$5 19. Bxg6 Qxe3+ 20. Kd1 fxg6) 19. Bxg6 Qxe3+ 20. Kd1 hxg6 21. Qc3 Rad8 $16)
13... Bg6 (13... Bxe5 14. gxf5 $16) 14. Bxg7) 13. Qc2 Qg5 (13... Qe7 $5) 14.
O-O-O (14. Ba6 $6 Qe7 $1) 14... Qg6 15. Rg1 f6 $8 16. Bh2 Rd8 $1 $16 17. Be2 h4
18. g4 $5 hxg3 19. Bxg3 Qh6 $1 20. Qb3 (20. Nxe4 $2 Nxe3 $1) 20... Rd7 21. Bg4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qg6 23. g5 $1 Qxg5 $8 24. Nxe4 Qf5 25. Qc2 (25. Nd2 $5 Qe6) 25...
Kd8 $8 26. Rh1 Rg8 $1 27. Rh2 (27. Kb1 $2 Bxa3 $1) 27... Re7 28. Nc5 Qxc2+ 29.
Kxc2 b6 30. Nd3 (30. e4 $2 Nc7 31. d5 cxd5 32. exd5 Re2+ $1) 30... Kd7 31. Re1
Re8 (31... Re4 $5 32. Kd2 Bd6) 32. e4 Nc7 33. Bxc7 $1 Kxc7 34. Rh7 $16 Rd8 $2 (
34... c5 $5 35. d5 Bd6) 35. Nf4 $1 Rd7 36. Reh1 (36. Nh5 $1 {Seirawan}) 36...
g5 $138 37. Ne6+ Kd6 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Nxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Rxa7 f5 $1
42. f3 (42. e5 c5 43. dxc5 bxc5 44. Rc7 Kxe5 45. Rxc5+ Ke4 46. Rc3 g4 $44)
42... fxe4 43. fxe4 Rg8 $1 $10 44. Rc7 Kd6 45. Rh7 g4 46. Rh6+ Kd7 47. Rh7+ Kd6
48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Kd3 (49. Rh2 g3 50. Rg2 c5 $10 51. Kd3) 49... g3 50. Rh7+ Kd6
51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. Rh1 g2 53. Rg1 c5 54. b4 Rg3+ 55. Kc4 cxd4 56. Kxd4 Ke6 57. a4
Kd6 58. Kc4 Ke5 59. Kb5 Rg6 60. a5 bxa5 61. bxa5 Kxe4 62. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 (4. d5 $142 b5 5. Qc2 (5. cxb5 {-A57}) (5.
g3 b4 6. Na4 e5 $5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Bg2 Ra7 9. Nh3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 d6 12.
Bb2 e5 13. f4 Nc6 $1 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. e3 Nf5 16. Qd3 Ng4 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Nf7+
Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Ngh6 20. Qh5 Nxe3 $36 {MacMahon,D-Webster,A/Londob Lloyds/1994/})
(5. e3 b4 6. Nb1 e5 7. Nd2 d6 8. Bd3 g6 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 $6 Qe7
12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Ng3 Ng4 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Qh4 18.
Bf4 Nd7 19. Ne2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Ne5 22. Rd1 Bg4 $17 {Lazic,
Mi-Petronic,J/JUG-chT Becici/1993/}) 5... d6 6. e4 b4 7. Nd1 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9.
Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. f5 gxf5
16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qd7 18. Qe4 $40 {Doroshkievich,V-Yunusov,A/
Voroshilovgrad/1989/}) 4... e6 5. Bf4 (5. b4 $6 a5 6. Qa4 Na6 $17) (5. Na4 Ne4
$10) 5... Bxc5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 $1 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O {-D37} (9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bg4 $10) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 (10. Qc2 $6 b5 11. a4 Nb4 $17
) 10... b5 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 $10) 11... Nb4 12. Bb1
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bb7 $10 14. a4 $1 (14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 14... Nbd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Be5 Rfd8 (16... f6 17. Bd4 $14) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19.
Rc1 Bb6 20. Bd4 (20. Nd4 f6 21. Bd6 Bxd4 22. exd4 Ra4 $10) 20... Bxd4 21. Nxd4
b4 22. Be4 g6 23. Bf3 (23. h3 Ra2 {/\} 24. b3 e5 25. Nb5 (25. Rc5 exd4 26. Bxd5
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 dxe3 28. fxe3 Rb2 $15) (25. Nf3 $2 Nc3 $1 $19) 25... f5 26. Bf3
e4 {()}) 23... Ra2 24. b3 Rb2 25. h3 $1 e5 26. Nb5 f5 (26... Rxb3 $6 27. Nd6
Rc3 28. Rd1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 $14) 27. Nd6 e4 28. Nxb7 (
28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Nxb7 Rxb3 $15 {o^b}) 28... exf3 29. Nc5 (29. gxf3 $6 Rxb3 $15
) 29... fxg2 30. Rd1 (30. Kxg2 $2 Nxe3+) 30... Nf6 31. Rd4 Rc2 32. Nd3 Rc3 (
32... Ne4 33. Rxb4 Rd2 34. Rd4 $14) 33. Kxg2 $10 Rxb3 34. Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm m3"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "TFS"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. O-O Ne6 $1 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd4
Rc8 15. Qf3 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 g6 $2 (18... Qxb2) 19. Qe5
Re8 20. h3 Bd8 21. Qb8 $1 Be7 22. Qe5 Bd8 23. Qb8 Be7 24. Qc7 Qxb2 25. Rb1 $1
Qd2 26. Rxb7 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 $1 Ne4 28. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Nd2 30. Be2 $1 Qxe2 31.
Rb8 $1 1-0

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 {Shirov} 7. Bh4
Bf5 8. Qb3 g5 9. Bg3 (9. Qxb7 gxh4 10. Qxa8 Qb6 {-+ - Shirov.}) 9... Qb6 10. h4
g4 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 (13. axb3 $142) 13... a5 14. a3 Rg8 15.
Bf4 b5 16. f3 a4 17. Nd2 gxf3 18. exf3 $2 Nb6 $17 {>< c4,d4.} 19. g4 Bh7 20.
Kf2 Kd8 $1 {/\ ...N-e8-d6.} 21. Be2 Ne8 22. Na2 Bg7 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Nb4 Rc8 25.
b3 Re8 26. Rac1 Kd7 27. bxa4 Nxa4 28. f4 c5 $1 $19 29. dxc5 d4 30. cxd6 dxe3+
31. Kg3 exd2 32. Bxb5+ Kxd6 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Bxa4 Rc3+ 35. Kf2 Rxa3 36. Bd1
Bc3 $2 (36... Be4 $1 $19) 37. Nc2 Ra2 38. f5 f6 $17 39. Rh3 Ba5 40. Ra3 Rxa3
41. Nxa3 Bg8 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Nb1 Bd5 44. Nxd2 $2 Bxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh2 O-O 11. Qc2 g6 12. O-O (12. g4 $5 c5 $5 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. O-O-O $14) 12... Ng7 13. a3 Bf5 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Be5 (16. Ne5 $5
Nd7 17. f4 (17. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxd7 19. Nb6 $4 Qc7+) 17... f6 18. Nxd7
Bxd7 19. Nc5 $6 (19. e4 $5) 19... Bxc5 20. bxc5 Bf5 {/\ ץh2, Pe3.}) 16... Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nf5 (18... Ne4 $5 {/\ ...Nd6, ...f6.}) 19. Nc5 Nd6 20.
a4 Qe7 21. Rae1 $1 Rad8 22. f3 Nh5 23. e4 Qg5 $5 (23... Ng3 24. exd5 $1 (24.
Rf2 f6 25. Ng4 f5 $17) 24... Nxf1 25. Kxf1 cxd5 (25... Qc7 26. dxc6 $44) 26.
Nc6 $1 Qf6 (26... Qxe1+ 27. Kxe1 bxc6 28. Qxa6) 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Re5 Nc4 $140
29. Nxb7 $1) 24. Ng4 b6 $5 {/\ פa6.} 25. Nxa6 Nf4 26. Qe3 Nc4 27. Qc1 $36 {
/\ פf4} h5 28. h4 Qxh4 29. Qxf4 hxg4 30. fxg4 dxe4 $6 $138 (30... g5 $1 31.
Qc1 $5 (31. Qf6 Rd6 $1 $40 (31... Nd2 $2 32. Re3 Nxf1 33. Rh3 $16 Rd6 $2 34.
Qxd6 Qe1 35. Rh8+ Kxh8 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ $18)) (31. g3 gxf4 32. gxh4 dxe4
33. Rxf4 Nd2 $1 $13) 31... Qxg4 32. Rf5 f6 33. Nc7 $36) 31. Rxe4 Nd6 32. Re3
Qh8 $8 33. Re7 (33. Rc3) 33... Qg7 (33... Qh4 34. Rc7) 34. Nc7 {/\ Ne6} g5 35.
Qf2 $1 Qg6 36. d5 $1 Ne4 37. Qf5 $18 cxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxf5 (38... Ng3 39. Qxg6+
fxg6 40. Nf6+) 39. Rxf5 Nd6 40. Rxg5+ Kh7 41. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Kargoll, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20512]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 b6 $4 $16 {[%mdl 8192]} 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Nge2 Na6 (12... Bb7 13. Be4 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17.
Bd3 Be7 18. Rac1 $18 {1-0 Sergienko,S-Khurtsilava,I/Decin op 1996 (48)}) 13.
Be4 (13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Be4 Ba6 15. Kd2 Bh4 (15... Bg7 16. a3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5
18. Bd3 $18) 16. g3 f5 17. Bb1 Bg5 18. a3 Nd5 19. Ba2 Rd7 20. h4 $18 {1-0 Toth,
B-Tabor,J/Kecskemet Toth Laszl 1972 (46)}) (13. O-O Nb4 14. Be4 Ba6 15. Rfd1
Rac8 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Rac1 Re8 18. Bf3 Ba8 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 Nc7 21. Rc2 $18 {
1-0 Wesolowski,T-Kasperek,W/Myslenice-B 1987/EXT 87 (34)}) 13... Bd7 14. O-O
Rab8 (14... Rac8 15. Rfd1 Kg7 16. Rac1 Nc7 17. Nf4 Ne6 18. Nce2 $16 (18. Nxe6+
Bxe6 19. Bf3 c5 20. d5 Bd7 21. Be2 c4 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 f5
25. Ng5 h6 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. Bb3 a5 $14 {0-1 Martz,W-Pfleger,H/Ybbs 1968 (40)}))
15. Rac1 (15. a3 c5 16. b4 Be6 (16... cxd4 17. exd4 Nc7 18. Rad1 $16) 17. Bd3
Bc8 18. Nb5 Bb7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rac1 cxd4 (20... Rbc8 21. Rfd1 $18 {1-0
Mecking,H-Castro,O/Bogota 1968 (34)}) 21. Nexd4 Be7 22. Rfd1 $16) 15... Bg7 16.
Rfd1 (16. a3 Nc7 17. b4 (17. Nb1 c5 18. b4 Ne6 $14) 17... Ne6 18. Rfd1 a5 $16)
16... Kf8 17. h3 c5 18. Bd3 (18. dxc5 $142 $1 Nxc5 19. Bd5 b5 20. b3 (20. Nd4
b4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 $16) 20... Be8 21. Nf4 a5 22. Bf3 Na6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8
24. Ncd5 Be5 25. g3 $16 {1-0 Chiong,L-Sayson,A/FEBTC Open, Greenhills PHI 1997
(47)}) 18... Nb4 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 Nb4 20. Be4 f5 21. Bf3 Bh6 $16) 19. dxc5
(19. d5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 f5 21. g3 $16) 19... Be6 (19... Bxh3 $142 20. Bc4 (20.
Bb5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. cxb6 Rxb6 23. a3 Na2 $1 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Re8+ Kd6
26. a4 a6 27. Ne4+ Kc7 $132) 20... Bg4 21. a3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nc2
24. cxb6 axb6 25. a4 Na3 (25... Rc8 26. Bb5 Bxe2 27. Bxe2 Rxc3 28. Rd6 Ra3 29.
Bb5 Nb4 30. Rxb6 Nd5 31. Ra6 $16) 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Rd4 Rxa6 28. Rxg4 b5 29. axb5
Nxb5 30. Rb4 $16) 20. Bb1 $6 $14 (20. Nf4 $1 Bxa2 21. c6 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rbc8 23.
c7 Rd7 24. Rdc1 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 Be6 26. Ne5 Rd5 27. Nf3 Ke8 28. Nd4 $16) 20...
bxc5 21. Nf4 (21. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 22. Nf4 (22. a3 Rd2 23. Nf4 (23. axb4 cxb4 24.
Nd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 bxc3 26. bxc3 a5 $44) 23... Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Rxb1
26. axb4 cxb4 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. Kg3 h5
$11) 22... Rd2 23. Ne4 Bxb2 24. Nxd2 Bxc1 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Nb3 Ba3 27. Nxc5
Ke7 28. Ne4 $14) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Bxa2 (22... Rd8 $5 23. Nxe6+ (23. a3 Bb3
24. axb4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. bxc5 Bxb2 $14) 23... fxe6 24. Kf1 Rd2 (24...
Ke7 25. Ke2 $16) 25. Ke1 $16) 23. Bxa2 Nxa2 (23... g5 $6 24. Bb1 (24. Nd5 Nxa2
25. Rxc5 $16) 24... gxf4 25. exf4 Rd8 26. Bxh7 Rd2 27. Kf1 a5 28. Ke1 Rd5 29.
g4 $18) 24. Rxc5 Rd8 (24... a6 25. Kf1 (25. Ra5 Nb4 26. Kf1 $16) 25... h5 (
25... Bxb2 26. Rc2 $18) 26. Rc4 $16) 25. Nc3 Nxc3 (25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rd1+ 27.
Kh2 Rc1 28. Nd5 $16) 26. bxc3 Ra8 $6 (26... Rd1+ $142 27. Kh2 Ra1 28. Nd5 Ke8
29. Kg3 a5 $44) 27. Nd5 a5 28. Nb6 $5 Ra6 (28... Rb8 $2 29. Nd7+ $18) 29. Na4
Ke8 (29... Ke7 30. Rc7+ Ke8 31. Kf1 Be5 32. Rc4 Ke7 33. f4 Bd6 34. Ke2 $16) 30.
Kf1 Kd7 31. Ke2 Rc6 32. Rxa5 Bxc3 33. Nc5+ (33. Nxc3 Rxc3 34. Re5 Rc2+ 35. Kf3
Kd6 36. Re8 Kd7 $11) 33... Kc7 $6 (33... Kd6 $142 34. Ne4+ Ke6 35. Ng5+ (35.
Ra7 h6 36. Kd3 Be5 $14) 35... Kf6 36. Rb5 (36. Nxh7+ Kg7 37. Ra7 Kxh7 38. Rxf7+
$11) 36... h6 37. Ne4+ $14) 34. Rb5 Bb4 $4 $18 {The last mistake. Kc7 will be
too far from the king side!/} (34... Be5 $1 $14) (34... Kd6 35. Ne4+ Ke6 (35...
Kc7 36. Nxc3 Rxc3 37. Rd5 $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gd8d6]}) 36. Ng5+ $18 {[%csl
Rh7]}) 35. Rxb4 Rxc5 36. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gd4d8]} Rf5 37. g4 Re5 38. f4
Ra5 39. Rd2 (39. Kf3 $18) 39... h6 (39... h5 40. g5 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rf7][%cal
Ge2f3,Gf3e4,Ge4e5,Ge5f6]}) 40. Kf3 f6 41. h4 Ra8 (41... Rb5 42. Ke4 f5+ 43.
gxf5 gxf5+ (43... Rxf5 44. Rd5 $18) 44. Kf3 Rb1 (44... Ra5 45. h5 (45. Rg2 Ra6)
45... Ra8 46. Rd5 Rf8 47. Ra5 Kb6 48. Re5 Rf6 49. e4 fxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kc7 51. Rd5
$18) 45. Rd5 $18) 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Ra5 44. Kg4 Rb5 45. e4 Ra5 46. Rd5 Ra1
47. Kf5 Rf1 48. Rd2 (48. Kxf6 Rxf4+ 49. Kg6 Rxe4 50. Kxh6 Kc6 51. Rd8 Rg4 52.
Kh7 Kc7 53. Rd1 Rg2 54. h6 Rg3 55. Kh8 Rg2 56. h7 Rg3 57. Ra1 Kd7 58. Ra8 Ke7
59. Rg8 $18) 48... Rf3 49. Rg2 Kd7 50. Rg6 Ke7 51. Rxh6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 Re8 ({As practice shows, White keeps slight advantage in another
variations:} 8... h6 9. Bf4 c5 (9... Nb6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Rogers,I-Efimov,I/Saint Vincent ITA
2001/The Week in Chess 327 (31)}) 10. dxc5 (10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Qb2 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Bischoff,K-Glienke,M/Bad
Neuenahr 1984/EXT 99 (53)}) 10... Nxc5 11. Be2 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) (8... b6 9.
Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 c6 11. h3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 c5 15. Bf5 cxd4
16. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Mantovani,R-Greco,V/Lombardia 1991/EXT 97 (48)})
9. Bd3 Nf8 ({In case of} 9... h6 {White keeps slight advantage:} 10. Bh4 (10.
Bf4 $5) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 (13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 Bxb5
15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nbd4 Qb6 (16... Nce4 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 $14)
17. Rfd1 Na4 18. Nb3 g5 (18... Rc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxd5 $16 {1-0 Heuser,
P-Wiederhold,O/Leipzig 1995/Juniors (35)}) 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Nbd4 $14) 13...
Ncxd7 (13... Qxd7 14. Rd1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6][%cal Gd1d5,Gc3d5,Gh4f6]} g5 15. Bg3
$14)) 10. O-O Nh5 (10... c6 {-wellknown Carlsbad theoretical variation.}) 11.
Bxe7 Rxe7 {Black had to recapture with the R - result of Pc7 instead of Pc6.
Pd5 remains unprotected in case of} (11... Qxe7 $4 {[%csl Rd5]} 12. Nxd5 $18)
12. b4 Ng6 $5 ({Black doesn't want to play} 12... c6 {that would lead to noted
above Carlsbad variation:} 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Rfe1 Ne8 15. Rac1 $14 {1-0
Lilienthal,A-Lundin,E/Saltsjobaden 1948/IZT (50)}) 13. Rfc1 ({Or} 13. h3 $14)
13... Bg4 14. Bxg6 $6 $132 {Strategical mistake. light-squares B is too strong
for simple change for N.} ({Can be recommended} 14. Nd2 $5 Nf6 ({Or} 14... c6
15. b5 $14 {with standard minority attack.}) 15. h3 $14) ({Dubious is.} 14. Ne5
$6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 c6 $132) 14... hxg6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16.
Qb3 Nf6 ({Here also Black doesn't play} 16... c6 $6 17. b5 $14 {[%csl Rc6]})
17. b5 Re6 (17... Qd6 $11) 18. a4 a5 19. f3 (19. bxa6 Rb6 20. Qa3 Rbxa6 $132)
19... g5 20. Ne2 Re7 21. Rc5 Qd6 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Ng3 Bh7 24. Qc3 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Gc1c7] White concentrated 3 pieces on the half-open line "c" in order to
attack Pc7, but Black protects it very easily.} Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7]} 25. Qd2 f6
26. Nd3 Qe6 27. Kf2 Qf7 28. Nb2 b6 29. Rc6 ({It was possible to try to fulfill
interesting plan, connected with manoeuvre Rc1-h1 and h2-h4 promotion. This
plan is not really dangerous, but makes for Black some problems, for instance:
} 29. R5c3 Nd6 30. Rh1 Qe6 (30... Rde8 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rxh4 Bg6 33. Qc1 Bh7 34.
Qh1 Qg6 35. Rh5 Qb1 36. Qxb1 Bxb1 37. Rxd5 g6 {[%csl Rd5]} 38. Rc6 Nf5 39. Nxf5
Bxf5 40. Rxf6 Rxe3 41. g4 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Bb1 43. Nd1 $16) 31. h4 g4 32. h5 Nf7
33. Nd3 Nh6 34. Nf4 Qf7 35. Rhc1 $14) 29... Rd6 30. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Paolicchi, Raul"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16432]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 Bf5 8. Qb3 (8. e3 Qb6 9. Qc1 Nbd7 $11 (9... Ne4 $11)) (8. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 9.
Qb3 Nd7 $1 10. e3 (10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Rxb2 12. a3 $1 (12. Rc1 Bb4 13. Qa8+
Qd8 14. Qxc6 O-O $17) 12... Bd6 13. e3 (13. Nd1 Rb8 14. e3 O-O 15. Qa5 Ra8 16.
Qc3 Rfb8 17. Nd2 (17. Bd3 $2 Rxa3 $1 18. Rxa3 Bb4 $17) 17... c5 18. Be2 cxd4
19. exd4 Rc8 20. Qf3 Ra4 $15) (13. Ra2 Rxa2 14. Nxa2 O-O 15. e3 Rb8 16. Nd2 Qe7
$44) 13... O-O 14. Be2 Rbb8 15. Qa4 Ra8 16. Qd1 Bxa3 17. O-O Bb2 18. Rxa8 Rxa8
19. Qd2 $11) 10... Rb8 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Rfe8 $15 {0-1 Tsesarsky,
I-Zoler,D/Rishon-Le-Zion 1991 (38)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... Qb6 9. Qxb6 (9. Bxf6 Qxb3
10. axb3 gxf6 11. Kd2 Rg8 12. e3 Bb4 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bd3 (14. g3 Nd7 15. Bd3 a5
16. Ke2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Alvarez,J-Leyva,H/Capablanca B Cienfuegos City CUB 1996 
(16)}) 14... Nd7 15. Ke2 a6 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. g3 Rae8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Nf8
20. Nxd5+ cxd5 21. Rc7+ Kd6 22. Rxb7 a5 23. Rxf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Moingt,J-Dubois/
Paris tt 1993 (46)}) 9... axb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 b5 12. Kd2 b4 13. Nd1 Bd6
14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Re1 Rg8 18. g3 (18. e4 Rxg2 19. exd5+
Kd8 $15 {0-1 Dake,A-Rudolph,R/USA-op 1987/EXT 87op (53)}) 18... Kd8 $132) (8...
g5 9. Bg3 (9. Qxb7 $2 gxh4 10. Qxa8 Qb6 11. a3 Qxb2 12. Nd1 Qxa1 $2 (12... Qb6
13. Ra2 Bd6 14. Rb2 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 O-O 16. g3 Ne4 (16... Bxa3 17. Qb7 (17. Ra2
Ne4 $19) 17... Ne4 18. Qb3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd7 $17) 17. Bg2 Bxa3 18. Bxe4 Bxb2
19. Bxf5 Bc1 20. O-O Bxd2 $17) 13. Qxb8+ Ke7 14. Qxa7+ $18) 9... Qb6 10. e3 (
10. h4 g4 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 (13. axb3) 13... a5 14. a3 Rg8 15.
Bf4 b5 16. f3 $132 {0-1 Baburin,A-Gausel,E/Skei ,CBM 1993/[Tisdall] (45)}) (10.
Qxb6 axb6 11. Be5 (11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/ch-POL,
Warsaw POL 1997 (12)}) (11. a3 Nbd7 12. e3 b5 13. Rc1 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nd2
O-O 16. Be2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ra2 18. c4 Rfa8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nb1 (20. h4 $132)
20... Rb2 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Bd6 $132 (22. f3 $2 b5 $17 {0-1 Bokelmann,J-Gausel,E/
Gausdal NOR 1998 (26)})) 11... Nbd7 12. a3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. e4
dxe4 16. e6 Ne5 17. O-O-O f6 $17 {0-1 Ho Cheng,V-Ahmad,N/ASIA-chT MAC-ASN 1995
(24)}) (10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e3 Nh5 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 (13... O-O-O 14. Rc1
Kb8 15. a3 Bd6 16. Qa2 $132 {0-1 Trikaliotis,G-Luther,T/Ano Liosia 1997 (36)})
14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rac8 17. O-O Rfe8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nac5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Liang Chong-Fressinet,L/Cala Galdana 1996 (28)}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Na6
11. Be5 Be7 12. Qxb6 (12. h4 $6 Rg8 (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Rc1 (14. hxg5
Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. gxf6 Bb4 (16... Bf8 17. Nd2 Kd7 $17) 17. Nd2 Kd7 $17)
14... g4 15. Nd2 Bd3 $15) (12... g4 13. Nd2 $11) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qxb6 axb6
$132) 12... axb6 13. h4 g4 (13... Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kd2 b5
17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rh6 Bg7 19. Rh7 $14) 14. Ng1 b5 (14... Rg8 15. Nge2 Nh5 (15...
Nb4 16. Ng3 Nd3+ (16... Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 18. Nxf5 b5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxb5
cxb5 21. Rxa1 $16) 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 $11) 16. Nf4 f6 (16... Nxf4 17. Bxf4 $11) 17.
Nxh5 fxe5 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. dxe5 Kf7 $44) (14... Nb4 15. Kd2 Rg8 16. a3 b5 17.
Rc1 Na6 $132) 15. Nge2 Nb4 16. Kd2 Nd3 17. Ng3 Nxe5 (17... Nxf2 18. Nxf5 Nxh1
19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 (20... Kd8 21. Rc1 Ne4+ 22. Kd1 Nhf2+ 23. Ke2 $132)
21. Rxh1 Rxa2 $132) 18. Nxf5 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 bxc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Shirov,A/Biel 1992/Inf 55 (52)}) (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Be2 $132) 11.
Be2 (11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Bh2 g3 14. Nxd7 gxf2+ (14... Kxd7 15. Be2 gxf2+
16. Kxf2 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stoeber,M-Wilson,J/Hastings Challengers 1995 (31)})
15. Kxf2 Qxb3 16. axb3 Kxd7 $15) 11... Ne4 12. Nd2 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Ndxe4
Bxe4 15. f3 Bc2 16. Bd1 Bxd1 17. Kxd1 f5 18. h4 g4 19. fxg4 fxg4 20. Rf1 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Stankovic,D-Karaklajic,N/YUG Cup Svetozarevo ,EXT 1990 (47)}) 9. e3 (9.
Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qxc6 Rxb2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nh4 Rb6 14. Qc4 Be6 15. d5
Ne5 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxe4 Bb4 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Be2 Re8 20. Qc2 f5 $44 {0-1
Schulte,O-Simon,R/BL 1988 (34)}) (9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12.
axb3 g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. Bd6 Nf8 15. e3 Ne6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bg3 O-O 18. h4 $132 {
0-1 Cacho Reigadas,S-Zoler,D/Rotterdam NED 1998 (62)}) 9... Qb6 10. Nd2 (10.
Qxb6 axb6 11. Kd2 b5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Kxd3 b4 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ng3
g6 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Kc2 h5 19. Rhe1 Bd6 20. Nd3 $11 {0-1 Dremin,D-Kozirev,A/RUS
1996/Inf 01 (51)}) 10... Bd6 (10... Qxb3 11. Nxb3 $11) 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rae8
(12... Rfe8 $11) 13. Qxb6 $6 (13. O-O Ne4 14. Ndxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. a3 $11) 13... axb6 14. a4 $6 $15 {[%csl Ra4,
Rb4]} (14. Bg3 $11) 14... Bb4 15. O-O Re6 $6 $132 (15... Ra8 16. Bd1 (16. Ra1
Bc2 (16... Ra7 17. Ra2 Rfa8 18. Rfa1 b5 19. Bd1 Bd3 20. Bb3 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4
22. Rxa4 $11) 17. Ra2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa4 19. Rfa1 b5 20. Bd1 Nb6 21. Bf3 (21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bg4 Bc2 (22... Ra6 23. Bf5 Rfa8 24. g4 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 $17) 23.
Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxa8+ Nxa8 25. Bc8 Nb6 26. Bxb7 Na4 27. Bxc6 Nxc3 $17) 21... Bc2
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ra7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Ra8 $17) 16... Bd3 17. Re1 Rfe8 $15) 16.
Nf3 $6 $15 (16. Ra1 Ra8 17. Rfc1 Ree8 $132) 16... Ra8 17. Ra1 Ree8 18. Bxf6 (
18. Rfc1 $5 Ra5 19. b3 b5 20. Bg3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Ne4 22. Rcc1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 bxa4
24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. bxa4 Ra8 26. Ra1 Ra5 (26... Nb6 27. a5 Nc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29.
Kf1 c3 30. Ke2 f6 31. Ra3 Be4 32. Rxc3 Rxa5 33. Rb3 Ra2+ 34. Nd2 b5 35. f3 Bd5
36. Rc3 b4 37. Rc5 Ra6 38. e4 Bf7 39. Kd3 Kf8 40. Rc2 Ke7 $15) 27. Bd1 Nb6 28.
Nd2 (28. Kf1 Bd3+ 29. Ke1 Bb5 30. Kd2 Bxa4 $17) 28... Bd3 29. Nb1 Nc4 30. Nc3
Kf8 31. Bb3 $15) 18... Nxf6 19. Ne5 (19. Rfc1 Ra5 20. Ne5 Rea8 21. Bd1 b5 22.
b3 Bd6 $17) 19... Ra5 20. Bd3 $2 $17 (20. Rfc1 Rea8 21. b3 (21. Bd1 b5 22. b3)
21... b5 22. Bd1 Bd6 23. Ne2 bxa4 24. Rxa4 (24. bxa4 $15) 24... Rxa4 25. bxa4
$15) (20. Nd3 $2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rea8 22. Nb2 b5 23. Bd1 Ne4 24. Ra3 bxa4 25.
Rxa4 Nxc3 $19) 20... Bxd3 $2 $11 (20... Rxe5 $1 21. dxe5 Bxd3 22. exf6 (22.
Rfd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Be2 24. Re1 Ne4 25. Rxe2 Nxc3 26. Rc2 Nxa4 27. Rca2 b5 $17)
22... Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 b5 $19) 21. Nxd3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Rfc1
$6 (23. Rfb1 Ra6 24. Nb4 Ra7 (24... Nxc3 25. Nxa6 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 bxa6 27. Rxb6
$16) 25. Nd3 Rea8 26. Rxb6 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. g4 Ra7 $11) 23... Nd2 24. Nb2
$4 $19 (24. Ra2 Nc4 25. Nb2 $2 (25. Rca1 Rea8 26. Nb4 Kf8 (26... Nd6 27. f3 f5
28. Kf2 $15) 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Kd3 f5 (29... c5 $2 30. Nxd5 $14) 30.
Kc2 (30. f3 Re8 31. Re1 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Nb2+ $17) 30... g5 31. Kb3 $15) 25... b5
26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Rb1 Rea8 28. Kf1 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 $19) 24... Nb3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. Rae1 Be6
14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 {0-1 Wexler,B-Eliskases,E/Mar del Plata zt 1951 (51)})
10... Ndf6 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. a4 (14. c4 f6
$15) 14... f6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf7 (16... g6 17. a5 Nc8 18. c4 $14) 17.
Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Smyslov,V/Aker Brygge 1989 (46)}) (10... f5 11. O-O-O
(11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 (12. Rfe1 g6 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. Nf1 Ndf6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Rac1
$14 (16. Re2 Be6 17. Rae1 $132 Bf7 {1/2-1/2 Vigh,B-Orso,M/HUN-chT2 1994})) (12.
Rac1 g5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Rcd1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rfe1 g4 17. Ne2 $14 {1-0
Beinoras,M-Urushadze,D/EuYouth U10 Boys, Tallinn EST 1997 (17)}) 12... Ndf6 (
12... Rf6 13. Ne2 $14 (13. g3 g5 14. Kg2 (14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Nxg5 Nb6 16. f3 Rf8
17. Ngxe4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bh3 $17) 14... Rh6 15. Ng1 Qf7 16. f3 Qh5 17. h3 $14 {
Bogoljubow,E-Ahues,C/San Remo 1930/0-1 (52)})) (12... Qd6 13. Ne2 b6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Cording,H-Ekstrom,F/corr-7
Wch 1972 (60)}) 13. Ne5 Be6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f4 Rae8
$11 {Morris,H-Burdge,H/Ventnor City 1940/0-1 (58)}) 11... O-O 12. Kb1 a5 13.
Rc1 a4 14. a3 b5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Qe2 $14 {0-1 Pieper Emden,C-Gerstner,W/
Karlsruhe 1997 (30)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 (12. Rab1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 a5 14. Qc2
g6 15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Qc5 $14 {Certek,P-Krajnak,M/SVK-ch Trencin 1995/1-0 (64)})
12... Bf5 13. Ne5 (13. Nh4 $5 Be6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 $5 (14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4
16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe5 (17. Qf4 Bc4 $5 (17... g5 18. Qg3 Bc4 19. f4 Bxf1 20. Rxf1
Rae8 21. Rf3 Qd8 (21... g4 22. Nxf5 $16) 22. h3 $1 (22. fxg5 $2 Rxe3 23. g6 (
23. Rxe3 f4 24. Qh3 fxe3 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qe5+ (26. Qxe3 Re8 27. Qd2 Qe7 28.
Nf3 Qe2 $15) 26... Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 $11 (27... Rf7 28. Nf5 $14)) 23... Rxf3 24.
gxh7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ (25. Nxf3 Qd7 26. Qe5+ Kxh7 (26... Qg7 27. Ng5 Qxe5 28. dxe5
$16) 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. h4 Re8 29. Qf6 $44) 25... Kg7 26. Nxf8+ Rxg3 27. Ne6+
Kxh7 28. Nxd8 Rd3 $17) 22... b6 $22 23. fxg5 $1 (23. Kh2 Re4 24. b3 Ree8 25.
fxg5 Rxe3 26. g6 (26. Rxe3 f4 27. Qg4 fxe3 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Nf5 Qd7 30. Nh6+
Kf8 31. Qxe3 Qd6+ $15)) 23... Rxe3 (23... Qd5 24. g6 $16) 24. Rxe3 (24. g6 Rxf3
25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ (27. Nxf3 Qf6 28. Ne5 c5 29. Kf1 $5 Qg7 (
29... cxd4 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Nd7 $16) 30. Qe6 Rg8 31. Nf7+ Kh7 32. Qxf5+ Qg6 33.
Ng5+ Kh6 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Ne5+ Kf5 $15) 27... Kg8 28. Qg6+ $11)
24... f4 25. Qg4 fxe3 26. Qe6+ Rf7 (26... Kh8 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ $11) 27.
Nf5 Kf8 28. Qe5 $16) 18. Nxf5 Qd7 19. g4 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 g6 21. Qd6 Rad8 22. Qxd7
Rxd7 23. Ng3 $14 {_|_}) 17... Rae8 18. Nf3 Bc4 $15) 15. Bxe4 (15. Nf3 $132)
15... Qxh4 16. Bd3 $14) 13... Rfe8 14. f3 (14. Na4 Bc8 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nc5 Ne6
17. b4 $14) (14. Ne2 g6 (14... Bc8 15. Nf4 (15. f3 Nc5 $1 (15... Nd6 $14) 16.
dxc5 Qxe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 $132) 15... Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. f3 Nf6 18. e4 Qb4 19.
Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 $14)) 14... Nxc3 $8 15. bxc3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 (16. Qxd3 $132)
16... Qa3 (16... b6 17. e4 Qc7 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 c5 20. Qf2 Rac8 21. f5 $2 (21.
Rc1 Qc6 22. f5 Qh6 23. Nf4 Qg5 24. e6 (24. Nxd5 cxd4 25. e6 Ne5 26. Rce1 Nd3
27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxe8 Nxf2 29. Rxc8 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 24...
Nf6 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Ne6 Qh6 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Qf3 $14) 21... cxd4 22. cxd4
Qc2 23. Qxc2 (23. e6 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 fxe6 25. fxe6 Nf6 $15) 23... Rxc2 24. Rf2 (
24. Nb4 Rc4 25. Nxd5 Rxd4 26. e6 Nc5 (26... Rxd5 27. exd7 Rf8 28. Re7 $16) 27.
Nc7 Re7 28. Nb5 Rd2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. exf7+ Kf8 31. Rxe7 Rb2 32. Re8+ Kxf7 33.
Nd6+ Kf6 $17) 24... Rc4 25. Rf4 Nb8 26. Kf2 Nc6 27. Ke3 f6 28. e6 g5 $17) 17.
Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 a5 $11 (18... Re7 19. Kf2 $11) 19. Re2 a4 20. bxa4 (20. Ne5
axb3 21. Rb1 Ra3 22. Reb2 b5 23. Rxb3 Ra6 $11) 20... Rxa4 21. Rb1 Re7 (21...
Ra7 $11) 22. Nc5 Ra3 $6 $14 (22... Ra7 $11) 23. Rb3 $6 $132 (23. Nxb7 Rxc3 24.
Kf2 $14) 23... Rxb3 24. Nxb3 b6 25. Nc1 (25. Kf2 Ra7 26. Rb2 Ra3 27. Nd2 Ra6
28. c4 $132) 25... Ra7 26. Nd3 Ra3 27. Rc2 Kf8 (27... Nd7 $132) 28. Kf2 Ke7 29.
Ke2 (29. Ne5 c5 30. Rb2 Rxc3 31. Rxb6 Rc2+ $11) 29... b5 30. g4 $5 (30. Ne5 Ra6
$11) 30... Nd7 31. e4 (31. h4 $5 $132) 31... f6 32. h4 (32. exd5 cxd5 $11)
32... Kd6 33. h5 c5 34. Ke3 (34. Kd2 dxe4 35. fxe4 cxd4 36. cxd4 Nb6 37. Rc5
Nc4+ 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Rd2 40. Rd5+ Kc7 41. Nc5 Kc6 $132) 34... Rb3 35. Kd2
(35. Nf4 cxd4+ 36. Kxd4 Ne5 (36... dxe4 37. Kxe4 b4 $11) 37. exd5 Nxf3+ 38. Ke4
Ne5 39. Kf5 Nc4 40. Ke4 b4 41. cxb4 (41. h6 g6 42. Nxg6 (42. Ne2 bxc3 43. Rxc3
Rb4 44. Nd4 Ne5 45. Ra3 Nxg4 46. Ra6+ Ke7 (46... Kc7 47. Ra7+ Rb7 48. d6+ Kc8
49. Ra8+ Kd7 50. Kd5 Ne3+ (50... Nxh6 51. Ne6 Rb5+ 52. Nc5+ Rxc5+ 53. Kxc5 Nf5
54. Ra3 $18) 51. Kc5 Nf5 52. Nxf5 gxf5 53. Rg8 Ke6 54. Kc6 $18) 47. Ra7+ Kd6
48. Ra6+ $11) 42... Rxc3 43. Rxc3 bxc3 44. Kd3 hxg6 45. h7 Ne5+ 46. Kxc3 Nf7
$19) 41... Rxb4 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Kg3 (43. Ke3 Nxg4+ $19) 43... Rb3+ $19) 35...
dxe4 36. fxe4 cxd4 (36... Ra3 37. Rb2 Kc6 38. Rb1 $11) 37. cxd4 Nb6 (37... Rb1
38. Rb2 Rxb2+ 39. Nxb2 Nf8 40. Nd3 Ne6 $11) 38. Ke2 (38. Rc5 Nc4+ 39. Kc2 Ra3
40. Rxb5 Ne3+ 41. Kd2 Nxg4 42. Rb7 Ra2+ 43. Kc1 Ra4 44. Rb6+ Kc7 45. Rb4 Rxb4
46. Nxb4 $11) 38... Ra3 39. e5+ (39. Rc5 $1 Na4 (39... Ra2+ 40. Ke1 Ra1+ 41.
Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra3 43. e5+ Ke7 (43... fxe5 44. dxe5+ Ke6 45. Rc6+ Kd5 46.
Rd6+ Kc4 47. Ke4 Na4 48. Rc6+ Kb3 49. Kd4 $18) 44. Rxb5 Rxd3+ 45. Ke4 Rg3 46.
Rxb6 Rxg4+ 47. Kd5 fxe5 48. Rb7+ Kd8 49. dxe5 $16) (39... Rb3 $1 40. e5+ (40.
g5 Na4 41. gxf6 gxf6 (41... Nxc5 42. fxg7 $18) 42. Rc8 Nc3+ 43. Ke3 Nd1+ 44.
Kd2 Nb2 45. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 46. Kc3 Re2 47. Kd3 Rh2 $11) 40... fxe5 41. dxe5+ Kd7
42. e6+ Kd6 43. Rg5 g6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Rxg6 Nd5 $44) 40. Rc8 Nc3+ 41. Ke3 b4
42. Rb8 Na2 43. Kd2 Ra4 44. Rb7 $16) 39... fxe5 40. dxe5+ Kd5 41. Rc7 (41. e6
Kd6 42. Nf4 Nc4 $15) 41... Nc4 $2 $16 (41... Ke4 42. Nf2+ Kxe5 43. Rxg7 Ra2+ (
43... Nd5 44. Rxh7 Nf4+ 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Nd1 b4 47. Rb7 Ra2 48. Rb5+ Kd6 49. h6
Nd3+ 50. Kf1 Rh2 51. Rh5 (51. Kg1 Rh4 52. g5 Kc6 53. Rf5 b3 54. Kg2 b2 55. Nc3
Rc4 56. Nb1 Rh4 57. Nc3 (57. Rf6+ Kd7 58. g6 Rxh6 59. g7 Rxf6 60. g8=Q Rg6+ 61.
Qxg6 Nf4+ $11) 57... Rc4 58. h7 Rxc3 59. h8=Q Rc2+ 60. Kg3 b1=Q 61. Qc8+ Kd6
62. Qd8+ Kc6 63. Qd5+ Kb6 64. Rf6+ $18) 51... Rxh5 52. gxh5 Ne5 53. h7 Nf7 $11)
44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 $11 (45. Kg2 Nd5 46. Rxh7 Ne3+ 47. Kh2 Kf4 48. Rg7 Nf1+
49. Kg1 Nd2 50. Rd7 Rg3+ 51. Kh1 Nf3 52. Rf7+ Ke3 53. Nh3 Rxg4 $17)) 42. Rxg7
Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Kf4 Ke6 (44... Nb6 45. Ne1 Ra4+ 46. Kf5 Re4 47. Nd3 Kd4
48. Rb7 Nd5 49. Ke6 Ne3 50. Rd7+ Kc4 51. g5 $16) 45. Nc5+ Kd5 46. Ne4 $2 $44 (
46. Nd7 Ra4 (46... h6 47. Rg6 Ra1 48. Rxh6 Rf1+ 49. Kg5 $16) 47. Rxh7 Nxe5+ 48.
Kf5 Nc4 49. Nf6+ $16) 46... Nxe5 47. Nf6+ Ke6 48. Nxh7 Ra4+ 49. Kg3 Ra3+ 50.
Kf2 (50. Kh4 Nf3+ 51. Kg3 Ne5+) 50... Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Kd2 Ra2+ 53. Kc3
Ra3+ 54. Kc2 Ra2+ 55. Kb3 Rh2 56. Kb4 (56. Rg5 Rg2 57. Nf8+ Kf7 58. Rf5+ Kg8
59. h6 Rg3+ 60. Kb4 Rxg4+ 61. Kxb5 Ng6 62. Nd7 Rh4 63. Nf6+ Kh8 64. Rg5 Rxh6
65. Ng4 Kg7 66. Nxh6 Kxh6 $11) 56... Rh4 57. Kxb5 Rxg4 58. Ra7 Rb4+ $1 (58...
Rg1 $44) 59. Kxb4 (59. Kxb4 Nc6+ 60. Kc5 Nxa7 61. Ng5+ Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Guigonis, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20496]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7.
Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 (10. h4 Nd7 (10... h5 11. g3 $5 (11.
Nh3 Bd6 (11... Nd7 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. g3 Nb6 $5 (13... Bxf4 $6 14. gxf4 Bf5 15. f3
Rd8 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Be2 $14 {Drasko,M-Bellini,F/Montecatini Terme /1995 (18)})
14. f3 Kd7 15. Kf2 $11) 12. g3 (12. Be2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. g3 Kd7 $10 (14...
Nc4 $5 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Dautov,R/Nussloch 1996/CBM
53/[Dautov] (61)})) 12... Nd7 13. Nf4 Nb6 $11) 11... Bd6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Bh3
Nb6 14. O-O-O Kd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8c7]} (14... Nc4 15. Rde1 $132 {Drasko,
M-Pedersen,H/Copenhagen op/1989/ (19)})) 11. h5 Bf5 12. O-O-O (12. Nf3 Rg8 13.
Be2 Bd6 $11) 12... O-O-O 13. Nf3 Bg4 $11 {1-0 Volkov,S-Kharlov,A/ch-RUS, St
Petersburg RUS 1998 (58)}) (10. Kd2 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nd7 (11... Bxd3 12. Kxd3 Nd7
$132) 12. f4 (12. h4) 12... Bxd3 13. Kxd3 Rg8 14. g3 Ke7 15. Nf3 $132) (10. Rd1
Bd6 $132) 10... Nd7 (10... Be7 11. Nh4 f5 12. Nf3 (12. g3 Bxh4 13. gxh4 f4 14.
exf4 (14. Bh3 $2 fxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7 {0-1 Ryskin,A-Balashov,Y/Pinsk 1993 (50)})
14... Nd7 15. Kd2 $14) 12... Nd7 13. g3 Nf6 14. h4 Bh5 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. a3 Ne4
17. Bh3 Bg4 (17... Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bf3 19. Rhb1 Bg4 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Bd3 f4 22.
gxf4 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,T-Glienke,M/Hannover 1983 (43)}) 18. Bg2 Bf6 $11) 11.
Nh4 (11. Be2 Nb6 (11... f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Bh6 15. g3 Ke7 16.
b4 a6 17. a4 Kd6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Zilberman,Y-Kaldor,A/Petach-Tikva
Magen mem. 1996 (38)}) (11... Be7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. O-O h5 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5
Nxc5 16. dxc5 Kd7 17. Nd4 f5 18. b4 {1-0 Koch,B-Paroulek,V/cr FS-Ol/3 1960 (61)
}) 12. Nd2 Bf5 (12... Kd7 13. h4 h5 14. Rc1 $132 (14. e4 $2 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Kc7
16. O-O Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Nielsen,P/Budapest ExpFS
FebGM 1993 (61)})) 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. g4 Be6 17. f4 f5
18. g5 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Ruban,V/EUCup Gr1 Eupen 1994 (46)}) (11. h4 h5
12. Kd2 Bd6 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. Nd3 $132 {0-1 Granath,S-Hunt,H/WchJW-U16 Szeged
1994 (38)}) (11. Kd2 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Kxc3 a4 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Bruk,O/ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 (33)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd6
13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 $11 {1-0 Ivanov Igor V-Mikhalchishin Adrian/Ch URS
liga), Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan) 1978 (68)}) 11... Bb4 $6 (11... Be7 12. g3 Nb6
13. f4 (13. O-O-O f5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Bd3 Nc8 16. Ne2 Nd6 17. Nh4 O-O-O (17...
Bxh4 18. gxh4 Ne4 19. Rdf1 Ke7 20. Nf4 Rhg8 21. Rhg1 $14) 18. Nf4 Rdg8 (18...
Bxh4 19. gxh4 $14) 19. Kd2 $14 {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Damjanovic,M/Rijeka YUG-URS
1963 (51)}) (13. Rd1 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 b5 (16... Ke7 17. c4
dxc4 18. Bxc4 $14) 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 $14 {1-0 Piket,J-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk
aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/[Tsesarsky] (34)}) (13. f3 O-O-O (13... O-O $6 14. Kf2 Rfe8
15. Rd1 (15. Ng2 $14) 15... Nc8 (15... Bd6 16. Ng2 $14) 16. Ng2 Nd6 17. h4 h5
18. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-Pigusov,E/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Tsesarsky] (66)}) 14.
Bh3+ Kc7 15. Nf5 Rhe8 16. Kf2 $132) 13... f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ke7 16. Ne2
Ke6 17. Ng3 h6 18. b4 a6 19. Kd2 Nc8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rhc1 Rhg8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Piket,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1988/CBM 09 (62)}) (11...
Bd6 $5 $11) 12. a3 Bxc3+ $6 $14 (12... Bd6 $1) 13. bxc3 b5 $6 (13... Rc8 14. g3
(14. c4 c5 15. cxd5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 $132) 14... c5 15. Bh3 Ke7 16. Kd2 $14)
14. a4 bxa4 15. Ba6 $6 $132 (15. Rxa4 a5 16. Kd2 Nb6 17. Ra3 Kd7 18. Be2 Rhb8
19. Rha1 a4 20. Kc1 Rb7 (20... Kd6 21. Nf3 (21. Bd1 Nc4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Bxa4
$16 (23. Rxa4 Rb1#)) 21... Rb7 22. Nd2 $14) 21. Bd1 Rba7 22. Nf3 $14) 15... Rb8
16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. O-O Rb2 (17... Nb6 18. Rfc1 (18. Rfb1 Ke7 $44) 18... Kd7 19.
c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Ke7 21. Be2 Rhc8 22. Bd1 Kd6 23. Kf1 $14) 18. Rxa4 Ke7 19.
Rfa1 Nb6 20. R4a2 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Rb8 (21... Kd6 22. Bd3 Ra8 23. Ra5 $14) 22. h4
f5 23. f3 Kd6 24. Kf2 Kc7 $5 (24... c5 $5 $132) 25. g4 $5 (25. Kg3 Rh8 26. Ra1
Kd6 27. Rh1 Na4 $132) 25... fxg4 26. fxg4 Kd6 $6 (26... Nd7 27. Be2 Ra8 28. h5
(28. Ra6 Kb7 29. h5 Nf6 30. Ra1 Ne4+ 31. Kf3 gxh5 32. gxh5 Nxc3 33. Bd3 Rh8 $11
) 28... Nf6 29. Bf3 gxh5 30. gxh5 a5 $132) 27. Bd3 Rb7 $2 $16 (27... Ra8 28. h5
gxh5 29. gxh5 a5 30. h6 a4 31. h7 Rh8 32. Bf5 c5 $14) 28. h5 gxh5 (28... f5 29.
h6 Rh7 (29... fxg4 30. Bxg6 $18) 30. g5 $16) 29. gxh5 Ke6 $2 $18 (29... f5 30.
Kf3 (30. Bxf5 Rf7 $19) 30... Rh7 31. Rh2 Rh6 32. Bxf5 a5 33. Kf4 $16) 30. Kf3
Nc8 31. h6 Ne7 (31... f5 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. Bxc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxa7 Kf6 35. h7 $18)
32. h7 Rb8 33. Rxa7 f5 34. Ra1 $1 (34. c4 Kf6 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Ra6+ Kg5 (36...
Kf7 37. Kf4 $18) 37. Re6 Ng6 38. Rd6 Rh8 39. Rxd5 Ne7 40. Re5 Rxh7 41. Bxf5
Nxf5 42. e4 Rh3+ 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. exf5 Rd3 45. Rd5 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Re5+
Kxd4 48. Ra5 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Re5 50. Ra4+ Kd5 $11) (34. Kf4 Kf6 35. Ra6 (35. Rxe7
$2 Kxe7 36. Ke5 Kf7 (36... Rh8 37. Bxf5 Re8 38. Be6 Rh8 39. Bg8 $18) 37. Bxf5
Kg7 38. Kd6 Rb3 39. Kxc6 Rxc3+ 40. Kxd5 Rxe3 $11) 35... Ng6+ 36. Kf3 Ne7 $16)
34... Rh8 35. Rh1 Kf6 36. c4 Kg6 (36... dxc4 37. Bxc4 Kg6 38. Bg8 Nxg8 (38...
Kg7 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Rg1 Ng6+ 41. Rxg6+ Kxg6 42. Ke5 Kg5 43. Kd6 Kg4 44. Kxc6
$18) 39. hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Rxg8 Kxg8 42. Kf4 $18) 37. c5 Rxh7 38.
Rxh7 Kxh7 39. Kf4 Kg6 40. Ke5 Kg7 41. Ke6 Kf8 42. Bc2 (42. Bxf5 $4 Nxf5 43.
Kxf5 Kf7 44. e4 dxe4 45. Kxe4 Ke6 $11 (45... Ke8 $11)) (42. Kd6 Kf7 43. Bc2 Kf6
44. Ba4 f4 45. exf4 Nf5+ 46. Kxc6 Ke6 47. Kc7 Nxd4 48. Bd7+ Ke7 49. c6 $18)
42... Ke8 43. Kd6 Kf7 44. Ba4 f4 45. exf4 Kf6 46. Bxc6 Nf5+ 47. Kxd5 Ne7+ 48.
Kd6 Nf5+ 49. Kc7 Nxd4 50. Bd7 Ne2 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7.
Qb3 Nc6 8. Qxb7 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Kd2 (10. Rd1 $6 Bd6 $1 (10... a6 11. Ba4
Nd3+ 12. Rxd3 Bxd3 13. Bxc7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Ba5 $14 {Salov}) 11. Bxd6+
cxd6 12. Nf3 (12. a3 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Ra8 $11 {The R not on a1!}) 12... Rb8 13.
Qxa7 Ra8 14. Qb7 Rb8 $11) 10... Ne4+ $8 (10... a6 $2 11. Ba4 Nd3 (11... c5 12.
Bc7 (12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Be5 (13. Rhd1 Nd3 14. Bc2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4+
17. Ke2 Nxf4+ 18. exf4 Nxc3+ 19. Kf1 Bc8 20. Qc6 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 g6 22. Bb3 $14)
13... Ne4+ 14. Ke2 $16) 12... Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bb6 c4 15. Ba5 Rb8 16.
Bxb4 Bxb4 17. f3 Ba5 18. Kc1 $14 {1-0 Olafsson,H-Thorsteins,K/Akureyri 1988/
CBM 08 (28)}) 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Ba5 Nxb2 (14... Nxf2 15. Rf1
N6e4+ (15... Nxh1 16. Rxf5 Rb8 17. Bb3 Bd6 18. g3 Ke7 19. Nh3 h5 20. Ng5 (20.
Rf1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bxg3 $14) 20... Rxb3 (20... h4 21. Nxd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxf7+ Ke8
23. Bxd5 $18) 21. axb3 h4 22. Nxd5+ Nxd5 23. Nxf7 $1 Ke6 24. g4 Rb8 25. Ng5+
$16) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 17. Ke2 Nd6 18. Nf3 g6 19. Ne5 f6 20. g4 Be6 21. Rhg1 Ne4
22. g5 Kg7 23. gxf6+ Bxf6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Timoshchenko,G/URS-FL Irkutsk
1986/Inf 42 (66)}) 15. Bb3 Ba3 (15... Nc4+ 16. Bxc4 dxc4 $16) 16. f3 (16. Nge2
Nc4+ 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f3 Bb2 (18... h5 19. Bd8 $1 $16) 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. g4 Be6
(20... Bg6 21. g5 $18) 21. Rb1 Bxc3+ 22. Nxc3 $16) 16... h5 17. Nge2 Ke7 18.
Nf4 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 (19... dxc4 20. e4 $18) 20. Nfxd5+ $18 {1-0 Karolyi,
T-Dutreeuw,M/London Haringey 1989/CBM 14 (41)}) (10... Bd6 $2 11. Bxd6+ cxd6
12. Be8 (12. a3 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Ra8 14. axb4 (14. Qb7 Rb8 $11) 14... Rxa7 15. Rxa7
Qb8 16. Ra5 Ne4+ 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne2 $16) 12... Kxe8 13. Qxb4 Rb8 14. Qa3 Qb6
15. b3 $16 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Koniushkov,I/St.Petersburg op 1995/EXP 46 (54)}) 11.
Nxe4 (11. Ke2 Qb8 $1 (11... Nd6 12. Bxd6 Bxd6 $44) 12. Qxb8+ Rxb8 13. Nxe4 (13.
a4 a6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bg6 16. Bd7 Nd3 $15) 13... Bxe4 14. f3 Rxb5 15. fxe4
dxe4 16. Nh3 Nd3 17. b3 $132) 11... Bxe4 12. f3 (12. Bxc7 $1 $14 {Analyse} Qc8
13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. f3 Rxc7 15. fxe4 dxe4 (15... Rc2+ $5 16. Kd1 Rxb2 17. a3 (
17. Rc1) 17... Na2 (17... Nc2 18. Kc1 Rxb5 19. Kxc2 dxe4 20. Ne2 $11) 18. Ne2
Bxa3 $1 (18... Rxb5 19. Kc2 (19. Rxa2 Rb1+ 20. Nc1 dxe4 $11) 19... dxe4 20.
Rxa2 $11) 19. Bc6 (19. exd5 Rxb5 $1 20. Rxa2 Rb1+ 21. Kc2 Rxh1 22. Rxa3 Rxh2
23. Rxa7 g5 $15) 19... Ke7 20. Bxd5 Rc8 21. Rxa2 (21. Bxa2 Bb4 (21... Rcc2 22.
Bc4 Rxc4 23. Rxa3 Rb1+ 24. Kd2 Rxh1 25. Rxa7+ Ke8 26. h3 $44) 22. Bb3 Rxb3 23.
Rxa7+ Ke8 24. Ng3 Rb2 25. Nf1 Rxg2 $17) 21... Rb1+ 22. Kd2 Bb4+ 23. Kd3 Rxh1
24. Rxa7+ $14) 16. a3 $1 (16. Ba4 Nd3 17. Nh3 Nxb2 $132) 16... Nd5 17. Nh3 Bd6
(17... g5 $2 18. Rhf1 $1 (18. Ba4 $2 g4 19. Nf2 (19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 Rc4 $10)
19... f5 20. Rac1 (20. Bb3 Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Rb7 22. Be6 (22. Bc2 Bg5+ 23. Ke2 Rxb2
24. Rhc1 (24. Kd1 e3 $17) 24... Ke7 25. Nd1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Ra2 27. Ne3 Ke6 $132)
22... Bg5+ 23. Ke2 Ke7 (23... Rxb2+ 24. Ke1 Bd2+ 25. Kf1 $1 Ke7 26. Nd1 $14)
24. Bxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Thorsteins,K-Zaitsev,I/Moscow-B 1988/Inf 46 (26)} (24. d5
Rxb2+ 25. Kf1 Rhb8 26. g3 R8b3 27. Re1 Rxa3 $15)) 20... Bd6 21. Bb3 Nb6 22.
Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Nh1 (24. Be6 $2 Ke7 $10) 24... Bxh2 (24... Ke7 25.
Ng3 Rf8 26. Rf1 Bxg3 (26... f4 27. exf4 Bxf4+ 28. Ke2 Bxg3 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30.
hxg3 $18) 27. hxg3 $16) 25. Rf1 f4 26. exf4 Ke7 27. Ke3 $18) (18. Rhc1 Rb7 19.
a4 (19. Rc8+ Kg7 20. Rxh8 Kxh8 (20... Rxb5 21. Rc8 Rxb2+ 22. Rc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2
Nxe3+ 24. Kb3 $16) 21. Bc6 Rxb2+ 22. Kc1 Rxg2 23. Bxd5 Rxh2 24. Ng1 Rg2 $15)
19... a6 20. Rc8+ Kg7 21. Rxh8 Kxh8 22. Bc6 Rxb2+ 23. Kc1 Rxg2 24. Bxd5 Rxh2
25. Ng1 Rg2 26. Nh3 Re2 (26... Rh2 $11) 27. Rb1 Rxe3 $15) 18... Kg7 (18... Rb7
19. Bc6 Rxb2+ 20. Kc1 $18) 19. b3 $1 h6 20. Bc4 $16) 18. Rac1 Ke7 19. Bc6 Nf6
20. Nf2 Rb8 21. b4 a5 22. Bxe4 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 axb4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Bf3 $14)
12... Rb8 13. Qxc7 (13. Qxc7 Qxc7 14. Bxc7 Rxb5 15. fxe4 dxe4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6.
e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 (10. Nf3 Nd7 (10... Be7 11.
Nh4 f5 12. Nf3 (12. g3 Bxh4 13. gxh4 f4 14. exf4 (14. Bh3 $2 fxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7
{0-1 Ryskin,A-Balashov,Y/Pinsk 1993 (50)}) 14... Nd7 15. Kd2 $14) 12... Nd7 13.
g3 Nf6 14. h4 Bh5 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bh3 Bg4 (17... Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bf3
19. Rhb1 Bg4 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Bd3 f4 22. gxf4 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,T-Glienke,M/
Hannover 1983 (43)}) 18. Bg2 Bf6 $11) 11. Nh4 (11. Be2 Nb6 (11... f5 12. O-O
Nf6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Bh6 15. g3 Ke7 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Kd6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3
$14 {1-0 Zilberman,Y-Kaldor,A/Petach-Tikva Magen mem. 1996 (38)}) (11... Be7
12. Rc1 Rd8 13. O-O h5 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Kd7 17. Nd4 f5 18. b4 {
1-0 Koch,B-Paroulek,V/cr FS-Ol/3 1960 (61)}) 12. Nd2 Bf5 (12... Kd7 13. h4 h5
14. Rc1 $132 (14. e4 $2 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Kc7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Nielsen,P/Budapest ExpFS FebGM 1993 (61)})) 13. O-O Be7
14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. g4 Be6 17. f4 f5 18. g5 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Flear,
G-Ruban,V/EUCup Gr1 Eupen 1994 (46)}) (11. h4 h5 12. Kd2 Bd6 13. Ne1 Nf8 14.
Nd3 $132 {0-1 Granath,S-Hunt,H/WchJW-U16 Szeged 1994 (38)}) (11. Kd2 Nb6 12. b3
a5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Kxc3 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Bruk,O/
ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 (33)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8
$11 {1-0 Ivanov Igor V-Mikhalchishin Adrian/Ch URS liga), Ashkhabad 
(Turkmenistan) 1978 (68)}) 11... Bb4 $6 (11... Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. f4 (13. O-O-O
f5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Bd3 Nc8 16. Ne2 Nd6 17. Nh4 O-O-O (17... Bxh4 18. gxh4 Ne4
19. Rdf1 Ke7 20. Nf4 Rhg8 21. Rhg1 $14) 18. Nf4 Rdg8 (18... Bxh4 19. gxh4 $14)
19. Kd2 $14 {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Damjanovic,M/Rijeka YUG-URS 1963 (51)}) (13. Rd1
Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 b5 (16... Ke7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 $14)
17. f3 O-O 18. g4 $14 {1-0 Piket,J-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/
[Tsesarsky] (34)}) (13. f3 O-O-O (13... O-O $6 14. Kf2 Rfe8 15. Rd1 (15. Ng2
$14) 15... Nc8 (15... Bd6 16. Ng2 $14) 16. Ng2 Nd6 17. h4 h5 18. Nf4 $14 {
1-0 Milov,V-Pigusov,E/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Tsesarsky] (66)}) 14. Bh3+ Kc7 15.
Nf5 Rhe8 16. Kf2 $132) 13... f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ke7 16. Ne2 Ke6 17. Ng3
h6 18. b4 a6 19. Kd2 Nc8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rhc1 Rhg8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van
der Sterren,P-Piket,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1988/CBM 09 (62)}) (11... Bd6 $5 $11)
12. a3 Bxc3+ $6 $14 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Guigonis,D/Meribel 1998/CBM 67_05/
[Tsesarsky] (50)} (12... Bd6 $1)) (10. Kd2 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nd7 (11... Bxd3 12. Kxd3
Nd7 $132) 12. f4 (12. h4) 12... Bxd3 13. Kxd3 Rg8 14. g3 Ke7 15. Nf3 $132) (10.
Rd1 Bd6 $132) 10... Nd7 (10... h5 11. g3 $5 (11. Nh3 Bd6 12. g3 (12. Be2 Nd7
13. Rc1 Nb6 14. g3 Kd7 $10 (14... Nc4 $5 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sokolov,I-Dautov,R/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53/[Dautov] (61)})) 12... Nd7 13. Nf4 Nb6
$11 (13... Nb6 $5 14. f3 Kd7 15. Kf2 $11) (13... Bxf4 $6 14. gxf4 Bf5 15. f3
Rd8 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Be2 $14 {Drasko,M-Bellini,F/Montecatini Terme /1995 (18)}))
11... Bd6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. O-O-O Kd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8c7]} (14... Nc4
15. Rde1 $132 {Drasko,M-Pedersen,H/Copenhagen op/1989/ (19)})) 11. h5 Bf5 12.
O-O-O (12. Nf3 Rg8 13. Be2 Bd6 $11) 12... O-O-O 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 $5 (
14... Rg8 $11 15. Nh4 f5 (15... Bb4 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Ng3 Bd6 19.
Ngf5 Bc7 20. Nh6 Rge4 21. Nxf7 Rg4 22. Nh6 $16) 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Ne2 Bd6 18.
Nf5 Nf6 19. Neg3 Kd7 $11) 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Be2 (16. Kd2 $5 Nf6 17. Rc1 Bb4 (
17... Bh6 18. g3 Ne4+ 19. Ke2 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Rhg8 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Kd7 23. Rhc1
$14) 18. Ke2 Ne4 $132) 16... Nf6 17. Rh3 $5 (17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Rdf1 Re8 19. g3
Rg8 20. Kc2 Kd7 $11) 17... Rg8 (17... Bh6 18. Rf3 f4 (18... Nxh5 19. Rxf5 $18)
19. g3 Rde8 (19... Nxh5 20. Rh1 $18) 20. gxf4 Rhg8 21. Kd2 Rg2 22. Rh1 Reg8 23.
Bd3 Kd7 24. Ne2 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rg3 Ke6 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Ng3 (28. f5+
Kf6 29. Ng3 Rg4 30. Rh3 Bf8 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. f4 exf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rxg3+ 34. Rxg3
Bxg3 35. Kxg3 Kxf5 $17) 28... f5 29. Kc3 $14) 18. Rf3 Rxg2 19. Rxf5 Be7 20. Rh1
(20. Bf3 Rxf2 21. Rh1 Rg8 22. Nd1 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Kd7 $14) (20. Rf1 Rdg8 21. Bf3
R2g7 22. Kd2 $132) 20... Rdg8 21. Rh3 R8g5 (21... Kd7 22. Rhf3 (22. Bd3 Ng4 23.
Rhf3 Nh6 24. Rf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Ng4 26. Rxf7+ Ke6 27. Rxb7 h6 28. Rxa7 Nxf2 $15)
22... Ke6 23. Re5+ Kd6 24. Kd2 (24. Ref5 Ke6 25. Bd3 R8g5 26. Ne2 Rxf5 27.
Bxf5+ Kd6 28. Ng3 Rh2 29. Bh3 Ne4 30. Bc8 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Bg5 32. Bxb7 Re2 $11)
24... h6 25. e4 R8g4 26. Kd3 dxe4+ 27. Nxe4+ Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rg7 $11) 22. Rf4 Kd8
23. Kd1 Ke8 24. Ke1 Kf8 $2 $14 (24... h6 25. Rhf3 (25. Bf3 Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Kd7 27.
Kd3 Ke6 28. Ne2 Rd1+ 29. Kc2 Rf1 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Bd6 32. Bd3 Nd5 $17)
25... Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Nxh5 27. Rxf7 Ng7 $15) 25. Rhf3 Rxh5 26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxf6
Rh1+ 28. Kd2 h5 (28... Rhh2 29. e4 (29. Nd1 h5 30. Bf3 Rg5 31. Ke2 h4 $132)
29... Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Nxd5 h5 33. Ke3 Rh2 34. a4 h4 35. b4
Ke8 36. Bg4 $14) 29. e4 h4 30. Ke3 h3 (30... Ke7 31. Rh6 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Rg6 33.
Rh7 Kf8 34. Bc4 Rg7 35. Rh8+ (35. Rh6 Rg6 $11) 35... Ke7 36. Kf4 $14) 31. Rh6
dxe4 (31... Kg7 32. Rh4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 f5 34. Nd6 Rhh2 35. Nxf5+ Kf6 36. Ng3 (
36. Rf4 Ke6 37. Ng3 $18) 36... Kg7 37. Rf4 $18) 32. Nxe4 Rb1 33. Rxh3 Rxb2 34.
Bc4 b5 35. Bb3 a5 36. Rf3 (36. Rh7 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Nd6 a4 39. Bxf7 Kf8
40. Bg6 Rxa2 $17) 36... Rg7 37. Kd3 (37. Nd6 a4 38. Be6 (38. Bxf7 Ke7 39. Nc8+
Kd7 40. Na7 b4 41. d5 c5 42. Be6+ Kc7 43. Nc8 b3 44. d6+ Kc6 45. axb3 a3 46.
Rf4 (46. d7 Rxd7 47. Bxd7+ Kxd7 48. Nb6+ Ke8 49. Rf4 Rxb3+ 50. Kd2 Rxb6 51. Ra4
Rb3 52. Ra7 $11) 46... a2 47. Ra4 Rg1 48. Ra6+ Kb5 (48... Kb7 49. Rb6+ Ka8 50.
Bd5#) 49. Bc4+ Kb4 50. d7 Re1+ 51. Kf3 Rd1 52. Nd6 a1=Q 53. Rb6+ Kc3 54. d8=Q
$18) 38... Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kxe6 40. Nxg7+ Kd5 41. Rf5+ Kc4 42. Rc5+ Kb4 43. Rxc6
Rxa2 44. Nf5 $18) 37... a4 38. Kc3 Re2 (38... Rb1 39. Bc2 Ra1 40. Kb2 Re1 $14)
39. Bc2 Rg1 (39... Rg2 $5 40. Kd3 Re1 41. Rf6 Ra1 42. Rxc6 Rxa2 43. Rb6 Ra3+
44. Kd2 Rf3 (44... f5 45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. Rxf5 b4 47. Ra5 b3 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Bd3
Rg7 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. Nc5 $18) 45. Bd1 Rf5 $14) 40. Kd3 Ree1 41. Kc3 (41. Rf6
Ra1 42. Nc3 Rg6 43. Rxg6 fxg6 44. d5 cxd5 45. Nxb5 Rxa2 46. Nc3 Ra1 47. Bxa4
Rf1 48. Ke2 Ra1 $14) 41... Ke7 $2 $16 (41... Re2 $5 42. Ng3 (42. Kd3 Ree1 43.
Rf6 $14) (42. a3 Rc1 43. Nd2 Ra1 44. Bd3 Rc1+ 45. Bc2 Ra1 $11) 42... Re6 (42...
Ree1 43. Rf6 Re6 $14)) 42. a3 Rg4 43. Ng3 $2 (43. Nc5 $1 Ra1 44. Kb2 Rh1 45.
Be4 $16) 43... c5 $2 $16 (43... Ra1 44. Kb2 Rg1 45. Nf5+ Kd8 $14) 44. Nf5+ Kd7
(44... Ke6 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. Re3+ $1 (46. dxc5 Rc4 47. Re3+ Kd5 48. Nd6 Rxc5 49.
Nxf7 Ra2 50. Re5+ Kc6 (50... Kd4 51. Re4+ Kd5 52. Re5+ $11) 51. Rxc5+ Kxc5 $15)
46... Kf6 (46... Kd7 47. dxc5 Rc4 48. Nd6 Rxc5 49. Nxb5 Rxb5 50. Bxa4 $18) 47.
dxc5 (47. Rf3 Ke6) 47... Rf4 48. Ng3 Rxf2+ 49. Ne2 Rh2 50. c6 Rh8 51. c7 Rf1
52. Nd4 b4 53. axb4 Rf2+ 54. Kd3 Rc8 55. Nb5 a3 56. Nc3 a2 57. Nd5+ Kg7 58. Re1
Rf3+ 59. Kd4 Rf2 60. Bd3 $18) 45. dxc5 Rc4+ (45... Re5 46. Ne3 Rxc5+ 47. Kb2
$14) 46. Kd2 Ra1 $2 $18 (46... Re5 47. Ne3 Rcxc5 48. Rxf7+ $16) 47. Nd6 Rxc5
48. Nxb5 $1 Rxb5 49. Bxa4 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Rab2 53. Rf5
Kc6 54. Rxb5 Rxb5 55. Ke2 Kc5 56. Bxb5 Kxb5 57. Kd3 Ka4 58. Kc4 {'!' Hecht.
Hecht: 'Tempospiel!'} (58. Ke4 {Hecht} Kxa3 59. Kf5 Kb4 60. Kf6 Kc4 61. Kxf7
Kd5 62. Kf6 Ke4 63. Kg5 Kf3 $11) (58. Kc4 $1 {Hecht} Kxa3 59. f4 $1 Kb2 (59...
Ka4 60. f5 Ka5 61. Kc5 Ka6 62. Kd6 $18) 60. f5 Kc2 61. f6 Kd2 62. Kd5 Ke3 63.
Kd6 Kf4 64. Ke7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 28672]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6
7. Qc2 Nh5 (7... Nb6 8. e3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bd3 (10. h3 Bg6 (10... Bd6 11.
Qb3 (11. g4 Bg6 12. Qb3 (12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bg2 $132) 12... Qe7
13. Be2 Nfd7 $10 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Smagin,S/Jugoslavija 1995 (43)}) 11... Qe7
12. Nd3 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Bg6 14. Be2 $132 {0-1 Gavrilov,A-Smagin,S/Novgorod op
1995 (33)}) 11. Qb3 (11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O $10) 11... a5 12. a3
a4 13. Qd1 Bf5 $11 (13... Bd6 $5 $132) (13... Ne4 14. Be2 Nd6 $132 (14... Bd6
$6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 $14 {Georgiev,K-Piket,J/Moscow olm
BUL-NED 1994/1-0 (76)}))) 10... Bd6 (10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 $14 (11. Bxg6 hxg6 $11
{Budde,V-Smagin,S/Eupen op act 1994/0-1 (47)})) 11. f3 Bg6 12. g4 (12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfe1 $132) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,
J-Rausis,I/Enghien Les Bains 1997/CBM 58/[Tsesarsky] (13)}) 8. Bg5 (8. g3 $5
Be7 9. h4 Nxf4 10. gxf4 Nf6 11. O-O-O g6 12. e3 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Kramnik,V/
Biel izt 1993/CBM 37 (12)}) (8. Bg3 g6 $5 (8... Be7 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11.
Bd3 h6 12. O-O-O Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Timman,J/Wijk (A2.3) 1995/CBM 45 
(102)}) 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O-O $132 {0-1 Piket,
J-Seirawan,Y/Amsterdam 1995/Inf 64/[Seirawan,Y] (38)}) (8. Bd2 Bd6 (8... Nb6 9.
O-O-O (9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 $10 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Short,N/Linares 1992/Inf
54/[Bareev,E] (41)} (10... Nd5 $5 11. Bc4 $11)) 9... Be7 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 Nf6
12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Be1 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Kiriakov,P/ch-RUS KO, Elista
RUS 1997 (42)}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ndf6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Be6
$11 {Portisch,L-Yusupov,A/Reykjavik 1988/Inf 46 (17)}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. e3 (10. g3 $5 Nb6 11. Bg2 g6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Re1 Rad8 15. b3
$14 {1-0 Miles,A-Byrne,R/Reykjavik 1986/Inf 41/[Miles,A] (69)}) 10... Nb6 11.
Ne5 g6 (11... f6 12. Nd3 (12. Be2 fxe5 13. Bxh5+ g6 14. Be2 Bf5 $11) 12... g6 (
12... Bf5 13. Be2 g6 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Qd1 $14) 13. Be2 Ng7 14. O-O $14) 12.
Be2 Bf5 13. Qb3 (13. Qd2 f6 14. Nf3 Ng7 15. O-O $14) 13... f6 14. Nf3 Ng7 15.
O-O $14 Nc8 (15... O-O 16. a3 $14 (16. a4 $6 Nc8 17. a5 a6 18. Na4 Nd6 $132))
16. Rfe1 Nd6 17. Nd2 Be6 (17... O-O 18. Qa3 $5 $14) 18. Qa3 Kf7 (18... Ngf5 19.
Rac1 $14) 19. b4 b5 (19... a6 20. Qb3 Rhe8 21. a4 $14) 20. e4 (20. Nb3 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nc5 $14) 20... dxe4 21. Ndxe4 (21. Ncxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 a5 23. Nc5
axb4 24. Qxb4 Rhd8 25. a4 (25. Bf3 Ra4 26. Qb2 Raxd4 $11) 25... Rxa4 (25... Nf5
26. Bc4 $1 bxc4 27. Rxe6 Qa7 28. Qxc4 Rxd4 29. Qc3 Rad8 30. Rae1 R8d6 31. Re8
Rd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qb3+ Rd5 34. Ne6 Re5 (34... Rd2 35. Nd4+ Kg7 (35... Kf8
36. Qb4+ $18) 36. Nxf5+ gxf5 37. Qg3+ $18) 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Nd8+ Kg7 37. Nxc6
$16) 26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Qxa4 $18) 21... a5 22. Nc5 (22. bxa5 Nxe4 (
22... Rhd8 23. Nc5 Nb7 24. Rad1 Rxa5 25. Qb4 Raa8 26. Bf3 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 $14) 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nxe4 Rhd8 25. Nc5 Rxd4 26. Bf3 Kd6 $11) 22...
axb4 (22... Nb7 23. Bf3 Nxc5 24. dxc5 (24. bxc5 b4 $17) 24... Qc7 25. Ne4 $14)
(22... Ndf5 23. Rad1 Qd6 24. N3e4 Qd5 25. bxa5 $16) 23. Qxb4 Nb7 24. Bf3 Nxc5 (
24... Rhc8 25. a4 Nxc5 26. dxc5 bxa4 27. Nxa4 $14) 25. dxc5 Ra6 $6 (25... Rhc8
26. a4 $14) 26. a4 bxa4 $6 $16 (26... Qa7 $1 27. Ne4 Ra8 28. Nd6+ Kg8 29. Rxe6
Nxe6 30. Qb3 Qd7 31. Re1 bxa4 32. Qc4 a3 33. Rxe6 Kh8 $1 (33... Kg7 34. Rxf6 $1
Kxf6 35. Qd4+ Ke7 36. Bg4 Qxg4 37. Qxg4 a2 38. Qh4+ $8 Ke6 (38... Kd7 39. Qxh7+
Ke6 40. Qf7+ Ke5 41. f4+ Kd4 42. Qc4+ Ke3 43. Qc3+ Ke2 44. Qf3+ Kd2 45. Ne4+
Kc2 46. Qc3+ Kb1 47. Nd2# $3) 39. Qc4+ Kf6 40. Qf7+ Kg5 (40... Ke5 41. f4+ $18)
41. f4+ Kh6 42. Nf5+ Kh5 43. Kf2 Ra3 (43... a1=Q 44. g4+ Kxg4 45. Ne3+ Kh3 46.
Qxh7#) 44. Qe7 $18) 34. Rxf6 (34. Re1 a2 35. Ra1 Qe7 36. h3 $14) (34. Qa2 Rf8
35. Re3 Qa7 36. Be2 Ra4 (36... Ra5 37. Nc4 Rxc5 38. Rxa3 Qf7 39. Ra7 Qe6 40.
Bf1 $14) 37. Rc3 $132) 34... a2 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Qxa6 Qe6 $19) 27. Rxa4 Rxa4
28. Nxa4 Qc7 (28... Rc8 29. Nb6 Rc7 30. Nc4 $16) 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Qe4 (30. Qa4
$16) 30... h5 (30... Bb3 31. Qb4 (31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Ne6 $11) 31... Be6 32.
Qa4 $16) 31. h3 (31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Rd2 33. Be4 $16) 31... Bb3 32. Nc4 (32.
Qxc6 Qxc6 33. Bxc6 Ne6 34. Rc1 Nd4 35. Bf3 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Rb8 37. Kg2 $16)
32... Bxc4 33. Qxc4+ Kf8 34. Qc3 (34. Qa6 Rc8 35. Qd3 Kf7 (35... f5 36. Qd4 $16
) 36. Bd1 $16) 34... Kf7 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Qc3 Kf7 37. Bd1 $6 $14 Nf5 38. Bb3+ (
38. Bc2 Nd4 39. Bb1 $14) 38... Kg7 39. Bc2 Nd4 40. Bd3 Rd7 (40... Rd5 41. Re4 (
41. Bc4 Re5 42. Rxe5 Qxe5 $11) 41... Nf5 $14 (41... Qd7 42. Bc4 Nb5 43. Qe3
Rd1+ 44. Bf1 Kf7 45. Qh6 $16)) 41. Re8 Rd8 42. Qe1 Rxe8 43. Qxe8 Qf7 (43... f5
$14) 44. Qa8 $2 (44. Qe4 Nb3 45. Qxc6 Qe7 46. Qd6 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 (47. Bf1 Nd2 48.
Qd3 Qc1 $11) 47... Qxf2 48. c6 Nd4 $44) 44... Nb3 $2 (44... Qe7 $1 $15) 45.
Qxc6 Qe7 46. Qd6 Qxd6 $6 (46... Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qxf2 $11) 47. cxd6 Nc5 48. h4 Kf7
49. Bb1 (49. Bc4+ Ke8 $44) 49... g5 $4 $18 (49... f5 50. Ba2+ Ke8 51. Bc4 Ne4
52. d7+ Kxd7 53. Bf7 g5 54. hxg5 Nxg5 55. Bxh5 Ke6 $44) 50. g4 $1 hxg4 (50...
gxh4 51. gxh5 $18) 51. h5 Kg7 (51... Nb7 52. d7 Ke7 53. h6 Nd8 54. h7 Nf7 55.
Bf5 $18) 52. Bf5 Kh6 53. Bxg4 f5 54. Bxf5 Kxh5 55. d7 Nb7 56. Kg2 Kh6 (56...
Kh4 57. Kf3 Nd8 58. Ke4 g4 59. Kf4 $18) 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. Ke4 Kf6 59. Bg4 Nd8 60.
Kd5 Ke7 61. Bh3 (61. Ke5 Nc6+) 61... Nf7 (61... Nb7 62. Kc6 Nd8+ 63. Kc7 Nf7
64. Bg2 $22 $18) 62. Bg4 Nd8 63. Bh3 Nf7 64. Kc6 Kd8 (64... Ne5+ 65. Kc7 Nf7 (
65... Nxd7 66. Bxd7 Kf6 67. Kd6 $18) 66. Bg2 $18) 65. Bf5 Ne5+ 66. Kd5 Nf3 67.
Ke6 Nd2 (67... Nd4+ 68. Kf6 (68. Ke5 Nf3+ 69. Kf6 $18) 68... Nf3 (68... Nxf5
69. Kxf5 Kxd7 70. Kxg5 $18) 69. Kg6 Ke7 70. Kh5 $18) 68. Kf7 Nf3 69. Kf6 Nd4
70. Kxg5 Ke7 71. Bg4 Nc6 72. f4 Nd8 73. Kg6 Nb7 74. Bh3 Nd6 75. Be6 Nb7 76. f5
Nd8 77. Kg7 Nb7 78. f6+ 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 (10... Be7 11. Nh4 f5 12. Nf3 (12. g3 Bxh4
13. gxh4 f4 14. exf4 $132 (14. Bh3 $6 fxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7 16. Rg1 h6 17. Kd2 Nf6
18. Raf1 Ke7 $15 {Ryskin,A-Balashov,Y/Pinsk 1993/0-1 (50)})) 12... Nd7 13. g3
Nf6 14. h4 Bh5 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bh3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bf3 19. Rhb1 Bg4
20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Bd3 f4 22. gxf4 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,T-Glienke,M/Hannover 1983 
(43)}) 11. Nh4 (11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bf5 (12... Kd7 13. h4 h5 14. Rc1 $14 (14.
e4 $6 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Kc7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg7 $15 {Dao Thien Hai-Nielsen,P/
Budapest ExpFS FebGM 1993/1/2-1/2 (61)})) 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rac1 O-O
16. g4 Be6 17. f4 f5 18. g5 a4 $132 {Flear,G-Ruban,V/EUCup Gr1 Eupen 1994/1/
2-1/2 (47)}) (11. h4 h5 12. Kd2 Bd6 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. Nd3 Ne6 15. Rb1 a5 16. a3
Ke7 17. b4 Rhb8 18. Be2 Nf8 19. Rb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. b5 $14 {0-1 Granath,
S-Hunt,H/WchJW-U16 Szeged 1994 (38)}) (11. Kd2 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. a3
Bxc3+ 15. Kxc3 a4 16. b4 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Nc4 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nxc4 dxc4+ 20. Ke4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Bruk,O/ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 (33)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12.
Nd2 Bd6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Bf1 a4 $11 {
1-0 Ivanov Igor V-Mikhalchishin Adrian/Ch URS liga), Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan)
1978 (68)}) 11... Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. f3 $14 (13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4 15. gxh4
Ke7 16. Ne2 Ke6 17. Ng3 h6 18. b4 a6 19. Kd2 Nc8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h5 Bh7 22. Rhc1
Rhg8 $132 {Van der Sterren,P-Piket,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1988/1/2-1/2 (62)}) (13.
O-O-O f5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Bd3 Nc8 16. Ne2 Nd6 17. Nh4 O-O-O 18. Nf4 Rdg8 19. Kd2
Kd7 20. Ke2 Rh6 21. Rc1 $14 {Averbakh,Y-Damjanovic,M/Rijeka YUG-URS 1963/1-0 
(51)}) (13. Rd1 $5 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 b5 (16... Ke7 17. c4
dxc4 18. Bxc4 $14) 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 Nb2 19. Ra1 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nf5
Rab8 22. Rhb1 Rfe8 (22... Bxf5 23. gxf5 Rfe8 24. e4 $1 $14) 23. e4 Bxf5 (23...
Rb3 $2 24. Rxb3 cxb3 25. Kd3 h5 26. h3 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rb8 28. Rb1 a5 29. a4 $16)
24. gxf5 $14 {1-0 Piket,J-Van der Sterren,P/Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 
(33)}) 13... O-O (13... O-O-O 14. Bh3+ Kc7 15. Nf5 Rhe8 16. Kf2 Nc4 17. b3 Bb4
18. Nd1 Nd6 $132) 14. Kf2 Rfe8 15. Rd1 (15. Ng2 $14) 15... Nc8 (15... Bd6 16.
Ng2 $14) 16. Ng2 Nd6 17. h4 h5 18. Nf4 (18. g4 $6 hxg4 19. fxg4 Ne4+ 20. Nxe4
Bxe4 $132) 18... Bf8 19. Re1 (19. Rg1 $5) 19... Bh6 20. b3 (20. Bg2 Re7 21. Re2
Rae8 22. Rhe1 Bxf4 23. gxf4 f5 (23... Nf5 24. Bh3 Nxh4 25. e4 b5 26. f5 b4 27.
Nd1 $16) 24. b3 f6 $14) 20... Kg7 (20... Re7 21. Bh3 Rae8 22. Nfxd5 $1 cxd5 23.
Nxd5 Kf8 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. e4 $16) 21. Bg2 (21. Bh3 $5 Re7 22. Re2 Rae8 23.
Rhe1 $14) 21... Re7 22. Re2 Rae8 23. Rhe1 a5 (23... Nf5 24. Bh3 Bxf4 25. gxf4
Nxh4 26. e4 Bh7 27. f5 dxe4 28. fxe4 Kh6 29. Rg1 (29. Kg3 Kg5 30. Rf2 c5 31. d5
Re5 32. Rg1 (32. Rf4 Nxf5+ $1 $17) 32... Rxe4 33. Nxe4+ Rxe4 34. Kh2+ Kh6 35.
Rd1 Re8 36. d6 $16) 29... Rd8 30. Rd2 b5 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 c5 34.
bxc5 b4 35. Nb5 Rxe4 36. Nd6 $14) 24. e4 $6 $11 (24. a4 $1 Nf5 25. Bh3 Bxf4 26.
gxf4 Nxh4 27. e4 Bh7 28. f5 dxe4 (28... Kh6 29. Kg3 $14) 29. fxe4 Kh6 30. Kg3
Kg5 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Rd2 Red7 33. Ne2 b5 34. Rf4 $16) 24... dxe4 (24... Bxf4 25.
gxf4 $16) 25. fxe4 Rd8 $2 (25... b5 $1 26. e5 (26. a3 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Na2
Nb5 $132 (28... Nxe4+ 29. Kg1 f5 30. Nxb4 Rb7 31. Nxc6 Rxb3 32. Re3 $14)) 26...
fxe5 27. Rxe5 (27. dxe5 Nf5 $1 $15) 27... Nf5 (27... Rxe5 28. Rxe5 (28. dxe5
Nf5 $15) 28... Rxe5 29. dxe5 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Nf5 31. Bxc6 b4 32. Ne4 Nxh4 33. Nd6
Bb1 34. Nc4 Bxa2 35. Nxa5 Nf5 $11) 28. Bxc6 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Bxf4
31. gxf4 b4 $11) 26. Bf3 $16 Ne8 (26... Bxf4 27. gxf4 f5 28. e5 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4
$1 (29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxd4 31. Rg1 (31. f5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Rf4+ $17) 31...
Kh6 32. Kf3 Bxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Rd2 34. Re2 $132 (34. f5 Rxa2 35. f6 Rd7 36. Rg7
Rad2 37. Kf4 b5 (37... Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rfd2 39. Kf4 $11) 38. e6 fxe6 39. Rxd7 Rxd7
40. Ke5 Rd8 (40... Kg6 41. Kxe6 Rd1 42. Re5 Rf1 43. Rg5+ Kh7 44. f7 $18) 41.
Rf4 Kg6 42. f7 Kg7 43. Kxe6 Kf8 44. Rf5 Rd3 45. Rxh5 Re3+ 46. Kf6 (46. Kd6 Rxb3
47. Kxc6 a4 48. Rf5 a3 $19) 46... Rf3+ 47. Ke6 Rxf7 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Ra8 Rf3
50. Rxa5 Rxb3 51. Kd6 Rc3 $17)) 29... fxe4 30. Ke3 f5 (30... Red7 31. Rd1 (31.
Nxe4 Rxd4 32. Nd6 Rd3+ 33. Kf2 Rd7 34. Rg1 (34. f5 R7xd6 35. exd6 Bxf5 36. Re5
Kf6 37. Rxa5 Rxd6 $14) 34... Kh6 35. e6 $1 R7xd6 (35... fxe6 36. Rxe6 $18) 36.
e7 Rd8 37. exd8=Q Rxd8 $14) 31... f5 32. Rg2 $16) 31. Rg1 $16) 27. Rd1 Red7 28.
d5 cxd5 (28... Nc7 $6 29. Nxh5+ Bxh5 30. Bxh5 cxd5 31. Bg4 Rd6 32. exd5 Nxd5
33. Nb5 Rc6 34. Nd4 Rc1 35. Nf5+ Kh7 36. Rd3 $1 $18) (28... b5 29. a3 $2 (29.
Nxh5+ Bxh5 30. Bxh5 f5 31. exf5 (31. g4 b4 32. dxc6 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 fxg4 $132)
31... Nf6 32. Bf3 b4 33. Na4 cxd5 34. g4 $18) 29... b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Na2 c5
32. Nxh5+ Bxh5 33. Bxh5 f5 34. exf5 Nf6 35. Bf3 Nxd5 36. g4 f6 37. Re6 Nf4 38.
Re7+ Rxe7 39. Rxd8 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kg3 Re3 $15) 40... Re3 41. Bd5 Nf4 42. Bc4
Rf3+ 43. Ke1 Ng2+ 44. Ke2 Nxh4 $11) 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Ncxd5 Nd6 (30... Bxf4 31.
gxf4 f5 32. e5 $16 (32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Bxh5 Rxd5 34. Rxe8 Be6 $14)) 31. e5 fxe5
(31... Bxf4 32. exf6+ Kh6 33. Nxf4 $16) 32. Rxe5 a4 $6 (32... Bxf4 33. Nxf4 b5
34. Nxh5+ Bxh5 35. Rxh5 (35. Bxh5 Kf6 $16) 35... f5 $16) 33. bxa4 Rc8 $2 $18 (
33... Ra8 $1 34. Nb6 Ra6 35. a5 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Kh6 37. a4 f6 38. Rd5 Nf5 39. Be2
(39. Rc5 Nd6 40. Rd5) 39... Ra7 40. Nd7 Kg7 41. Bxh5 Nxh4 42. Nc5 Kh6 43. Bxg6
Nxg6 44. Rd4 $16) (33... Kf8 34. Nxg6+ fxg6 35. Re7 Bc1 36. Rc7 Rc8 (36... Bb2
37. Nf4 $18) 37. Rd7 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 Ba3 39. Nf4 Ke8 40. Rg7 Bb4+ 41. Kd1 Rd2+ 42.
Kc1 Rxa2 43. Nxg6 $18) 34. Bxh5 Be4 35. Bd1 (35. Be2 $18) 35... Rc5 36. Bb3 (
36. Nh5+ Kf8 37. Nhf6 Kg7 38. Bb3 $18) 36... Bxf4 37. gxf4 Rc1 38. Rg5+ (38. h5
$18) 38... Kf8 39. Nf6 (39. h5 $18) 39... Bc6 40. Nh7+ (40. h5 $18) 40... Ke7
41. Re5+ Kd8 42. Ng5 (42. h5 $18) 42... f6 43. Re6 (43. Ne6+ Ke7 44. Rh5 Ne4+
45. Ke2 Ng3+ 46. Kd2 Rh1 47. Rh7+ Kd6 48. Nd8 $18) 43... Ne8 44. Nf3 Rh1 45. a5
$1 Bxf3 46. Kxf3 Rxh4 47. Ba4 Nc7 48. Rd6+ Kc8 49. Rxf6 (49. Bd7+ Kb8 (49...
Kd8 50. Bg4+ Ke8 51. Rxf6 $18) 50. Rxf6 $18) 49... Nd5 50. Rf8+ Kc7 51. Bb3 Ne7
52. Rf7 Kd6 53. Rf6+ Kc7 54. a6 bxa6 55. Rxa6 Rh1 56. Re6 Nc6 57. Re4 Kd6 58.
Kg4 Ne7 59. Rd4+ Kc6 60. Rd1 Rh2 61. Kg5 Nc8 62. Be6 Nd6 63. Rc1+ Kb5 64. Kf6 (
64. f5 $18) 64... Re2 65. f5 Rf2 66. Ke5 $4 (66. Re1 Nxf5 67. Re5+ $18) 66...
Nxf5 $11 (66... Nxf5 67. Bxf5 Rxa2 $11) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 (3... Nf6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2
c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nc6 {White's move!} 10. Bc2 $6 {1/2-1/2 Simson,
L-Strojna,J/WchJW-U12 Romania 1991 (28)} (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 $14)) 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O {Black's move!} Bg4 (
9... cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. h3 (11. f3 Be6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 $14) 11... Bh5
$11 {1-0 Fraas,H-Kottusch,D/RLNN 1988 (40)}) (9... c4 10. Bb1 a6 11. Bg5 (11.
b3 b5 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. e4 $1 $132 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Arlandi,E/Reggio
Emilia9293 1992/1-0 (47)}) 11... Ng4 (11... Ne8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nf4 $14 {
Vezzosi,P-Arlandi,E/Reggio mem Chicco 1991/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Ng3
b5 14. Nf5 b4 15. Na4 a5 16. Qf3 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 g6 18. Bc2 Nh5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20.
Rfd1 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nxc4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 $16 {
Byrne,R-Schweber,S/Buenos Aires 1964/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 10. dxc5 (10. Qd2 Re8 11.
Rad1 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. f3 Be6 14. g4 $14 {1-0 Bode,U-Meyer,I/BL2-SW 1991 
(34)}) 10... Bxc5 11. h3 $14 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qe7 (14...
dxe3 15. Qh5 (15. fxe3 $5) 15... exf2+ 16. Kh1 f5 17. Bxf5 g6 18. Bxg6 (18.
Be6+ Kh8 (18... Kg7 19. Bh6+) 19. Qxc5 Rxf4 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Qxf2 Qd4 22. Rf1
Rd8 $11) 18... hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rae1 {
[%cal Ge4g6]} Ne6 18. Be5 (18. Be3 $5 Rad8 19. Qb5 {[%csl Rb7]} Bxe3 20. Rxe3
$14) 18... Rad8 $11 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. Qf3 Bd4 20. Qg3 (20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qe3 Qd7
$11) 20... Qb4 (20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rd2 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Qc3 Rd8
25. Re1 b6 $11) 21. b3 Rfe8 (21... Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Rfe8 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Re4 Qb6
25. Re2 $11) 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Re3 Re7 (23... b5 24. Rfe1 a5 25. Qg5 Rd6 $1 26.
Kh2 (26. Bxg6 $2 Qxe1+ $1 $19) 26... Rde6 $11) 24. Qg5 Rde8 25. Bd5 Kg7 (25...
Rxe3 $2 26. fxe3 Ne6 27. Qf6 Qe7 28. e4 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Re7 30. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 (
30... Rxe6 $4 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 e5 34. Kd3 Ke6 (34... b5 35.
Kc3 a5 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Kf6 38. Kc4 Kg5 39. g3 h5 40. Kd5 h4 41. gxh4+ Kf4
42. h5 gxh5 43. h4 $18) 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kb5 $18) 31. e5 Kg7 32. Kh2 (32. Kf2
Rf7 (32... Rc7 33. Rxe6 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. Rxb7 $16) 33. Rxf7+
Kxf7 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Kd4 b6 36. Kc4 a6 37. a4 Kd7 38. a5 Kc6 39. axb6 Kxb6 $11)
32... a5 33. Kg3 (33. a4 h5 34. h4 b5 35. axb5 Rb7 36. Rxe6 Rxb5 $11) 33... b5
34. Kf4 Rf7 (34... a4 35. Ke4 axb3 36. axb3 Rc7 37. Rxe6 Rc3 38. Re7+ Kh6 (
38... Kg8 39. Rb7 Rxb3 40. Kd5 Rb2 41. g4 b4 42. e6 Rd2+ 43. Kc6 Rc2+ 44. Kd7
Rd2+ 45. Ke8 Rd4 46. e7 $18) 39. Rb7 Rxb3 40. e6 $16) 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ke4
Ke7 37. Kd4 $18) 26. Bc4 (26. Kh1 h6 $1 $11 (26... Ne6 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qg3 Qd2
29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Qc7+ (30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qf7 Re1 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34.
Qc5+ f5 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 $11) 30... R8e7 31. Qxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kh6 33.
Rxb7 Qxa2 $14)) 26... h6 27. Qd5 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 (10. Qd2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Nb6 13. Rae1 Be6
14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Rad8 16. h3 $13 {Gutman,L-ndersson,U/Wijk/1987/}) 10...
Nhf6 11. Ng3 (11. h3 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qd2 g6 14. f3 h5 $6 15. g5 Ng8 16. h4
Qd6 17. e4 $14 {Gutman,L-Blauert/Bad Wörishofen/1990/ / /}) 11... g6 (11... h6
12. h3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. b3 g6 15. a4 a5 16. f3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/
Barcelona WCup/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 12. h4 $5 $146 (12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 h6 14. gxh6
Rxh6 (14... Ndf6 15. h5 Bg4 16. Be2 $5 (16. Qa4 $1 Bxh5 (16... Nxh5 17. Nxh5
Bxh5 18. Nxd5 $14) 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 (17... gxh5 18. h7 Nh6 19. Qc2 $16) 18. Nxd5
$14) 16... Bxe2 (16... Bxh5 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Rxh6 $14) 17.
Qxe2 Nxh5 (17... Rxh6 18. Qf3 (18. hxg6 Rxh1+ 19. Nxh1 fxg6 20. Rc1 $14) 18...
O-O-O $132) 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Rxh6 20. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Panchenko,A/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991 (54)}) 15. h5 Nf8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. hxg6 Rxh1+
18. Nxh1 Nxg6 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Grosar,A/Sochi-B
1989 (49)}) (12. h3 Nb6 13. Qb3 (13. Qd2 $5) (13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15.
Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shumiakina,T-Khurtsidze,N/Kishinev ztW 1995 (61)}) (13. Qc2
Be6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gausel,E-Lauvsnes,A/Gausdal
International 1990 (34)}) 13... Be6 (13... Bd7 14. O-O-O $14 (14. a4 $5 Be6 15.
a5 Nc8 16. a6 Rb8 17. axb7 Rxb7 18. Qa4 O-O $14)) 14. g5 (14. a4 O-O 15. a5 Nc4
(15... Nc8 16. Qa3) 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qa3 Qxa3 (17... Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19.
O-O-O $14) 18. bxa3 $5 (18. Rxa3 c5 $1 $10) 18... c5 $1 $132) 14... Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qa3 Qxg5 17. Ncxe4 $14) (12. Qf3 $5 {Polgar,Zsu Kasparov}) (12.
Qe2 Nb6 13. g5 Ng8 14. h4 h6 15. gxh6 Nxh6 16. h5 (16. O-O-O Be6 17. Kb1 (17.
h5 g5 18. Qc2 (18. Rhg1 O-O-O $132) 18... O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 $132) 17... O-O-O
18. Rc1 Kb8 19. h5 g5 20. Qc2 Bg4 21. Rcf1 Bf3 22. Rhg1 Qf6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Moiseenko,A-Dobrovolsky,L/Ceske Budejovice op 1995 (59)}) 16... g5 17. O-O-O
$14 {0-1 Galliamova Ivanchuk,A-Vladimirov,E/Oviedo 1993 (41)}) 12... Nb6 13. g5
Ng8 (13... Ng4 14. Qd2 (14. Be2 h5 15. gxh6 Nxh6 16. h5 Nf5 17. Nxf5 (17. hxg6
Rxh1+ 18. Nxh1 fxg6 19. Qc2 Be6 20. O-O-O O-O-O $132) 17... Bxf5 $132) 14...
O-O 15. O-O-O $14) 14. Kd2 $5 $14 (14. Qf3 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rdg1 h6 17.
Qf4 $14) 14... h6 (14... Be6 $14) (14... Bd7 $14) 15. f4 hxg5 (15... Qb4 16. b3
Bd7 17. h5 $1 hxg5 (17... gxh5 18. Qxh5 $16) 18. hxg6 Rxh1 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20.
Qxh1 $16) 16. fxg5 $5 (16. hxg5 $14) 16... Be6 (16... f5 17. Nge2 Be6 18. Nf4
Bf7 19. h5 $1 $16) 17. Qf3 O-O-O (17... Rd8 18. Kc2 $14) 18. Nge2 (18. Raf1 Qb4
19. b3 (19. Kc1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. h5 gxh5 22. Nxh5 $132) 19... Ne7 20. Kc2
c5 $132) 18... Qd7 (18... Qb4 19. b3 $14) 19. a4 $5 Ne7 20. a5 Nc4+ (20... Na8
21. Na4 Bf5 (21... Bg4 22. Qf4) 22. Nc5 Qd6 23. Ra3 $5 $36) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22.
a6 $2 (22. e4 Qd6 23. Kc2 $14) 22... b6 $2 (22... b5 $1 23. Nxb5 $5 (23. e4 b4
$1 (23... c5 24. d5 b4 25. Na4 (25. Kc1 Bg4 $19) 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxd5 $19)
24. Na4 Bg4 $19) (23. Nf4 Bg4 (23... b4 24. Nce2 Bg4 25. Qg2 Nd5 $17) 24. Qg3
Bf5 $17) 23... Bd5 (23... cxb5 $2 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qxa7+ Kc8 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27.
Qa7+ $11 (27. Qb7+ Kd6 28. Qe4 Qc6 $17)) 24. Nxa7+ Qxa7 25. e4 Be6 $17) 23. e4
Kb8 $6 (23... b5 24. Qf2 (24. Kc2 b4 25. Na4 Bg4 $19) 24... Qd6 $15) 24. Kc2
$132 Nc8 (24... b5 $5) 25. Rad1 (25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Rxh5 27. Qxh5 Bg4 28.
Qh2+ Nd6 29. Qf4 $132) 25... Nd6 26. Qf4 (26. Qg3 $144) 26... Ka8 27. Rd2 $6 (
27. d5 cxd5 28. Nxd5 Bg4 29. Rd2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 $132) 27... Qc8 $5 (27... Ne8 $5
28. d5 (28. Qf2 Nc7 29. Ra1 Qc8 $17) 28... cxd5 29. exd5 $2 (29. Nxd5 Qa4+ (
29... Qb5 30. Qe5 Rf8 31. Rhd1 $40) 30. Kb1 Qxa6 31. Rhd1 Rb8 (31... Qb7 32.
Nxb6+ $18) (31... Kb7 32. Nd4 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nd6 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. Ne5 $14) (31...
Rc8 32. Ne7 Rb8 33. Qe5 Rxh4 34. Rd8 Qb7 35. Nc6 $1 $18) 32. Nd4 $1 $44) 29...
Bf5+ 30. Kc1 Nd6 (30... Qc8 31. Nd4 Qxa6 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 $132) 31. Nd4
Qc8 32. Nxf5 gxf5 $17) 28. Ra1 (28. d5 $5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Ne8 30. Rhd1 Bxd5 31.
Rxd5 Rxd5 (31... Nc7 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxf7 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Nxa6 36.
Qd5+ Qxd5 37. exd5 $18) 32. exd5 Qxa6 33. Nc3 $14) 28... Rhe8 29. Ng3 b5 30. d5
(30. h5 $2 b4 31. Nce2 gxh5 32. Nxh5 Nxe4 $1 $19) (30. Kb1 b4 31. Nce2 Nb5 32.
Ra4 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rd3 Bc4 $1 35. Re3 (35. Rf3 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 (36. Rxc4
Nxf3 $19) 36... Rxd4 $19) 35... c5 36. d5 Qb8 37. Qxb8+ Rxb8 38. Kc1 Bxd5 39.
Nxc3 Be6 $17) 30... cxd5 31. Rad1 $2 (31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxe4 33. Rxd8 Qxd8
34. Rd1 Qa5 35. Nxe4 Qa4+ 36. Kc1 Qa1+ 37. Kc2 Qa4+ $11) 31... Qxa6 $17 32.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $5 (32... Qa4+ 33. Kb1 (33. Kc1 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 c3 35. bxc3 Qa3+ 36.
Kc2 b4 $19) 33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 c3 $19) 33. Rxd5 Nb7 $2 (33... Qa4+ 34. Kc1 c3
35. bxc3 Qa3+ 36. Kc2 b4 $19) 34. Qxf7 $132 Qa4+ (34... b4 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 37. Qd5+ Nc6 38. h5 gxh5 39. g6 $18) 35. Kb1 Rc8 (35... Qxd1+ 36.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Ka2 (37. Kc2 Red8) 37... Nd6 38. Qxg6 b4 39. Qh5 $8 b3+ 40. Ka3
Ra1+ 41. Kb4 Rb8+ 42. Kc3 (42. Kc5 c3 $19) 42... Rc1+ 43. Kd2 (43. Kd4 c3)
43... Rc2+ 44. Ke3 c3 $19) 36. Ne2 b4 37. R1d4 Rf8 $6 (37... Qc6 $132) 38. Rxc4
$1 Na5 $2 (38... Nc5 $1 39. Rdxc5 Rxf7 40. Rxc8+ Kb7 41. Nc1 a5 42. b3 Qd7 43.
R8c5 $132) 39. Rxc8+ $16 Rxc8 40. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Qxc5 Nb3 $2 (
42... Qd1+ 43. Nc1 Nc6 44. Qd5 Qxd5 45. exd5 Ne5 46. Ne2 $16 (46. h5 gxh5 47.
Nd3 Ng6 48. Nxb4 Nf4 $44)) 43. Qd5+ $18 Kb6 44. e5 (44. Nf4 $18) 44... Qa1+ 45.
Kc2 Nc5 46. Nd4 Qa4+ 47. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. O-O-O (11. O-O O-O 12. a3 (12.
Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Na4 Nd6 $11 {Arkell,K-Maksimenko,A/
Copenhagen op 1994/0-1 (85)}) (12. h3 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 Nd6 15. b4 a6
16. Na4 Nc4 17. Nc5 b5 $11 {0-1 Georges,S-Simon,R/Zuerich op 1990 (38)}) 12...
a5 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rab1 Nd6 16. Nd2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5
$11 {0-1 Ratzmann,I-Kohlweyer,B/Nuernberg Weilburg op 1996 (31)}) 11... O-O 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rhg1 Bb4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. g4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. h4
Qf6 19. Qe2 c5 $11 {0-1 Hochgraefe,M-Bagirov,V/BL2-N 1996 (39)}) 11. O-O-O (11.
O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Qe7 (12... a5 13. Ne2 Re8 (13... Qe7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
$11 {0-1 Mertanen,J-Volzhin,A/Jyvaskyla op 1994 (47)}) 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Bg3 Ne4
16. Bxd6 Nxd6 $11 17. Nf4 Re7 18. Rbc1 Rae8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nd6 21. Nf3 Ne4
22. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Mai,I-Mueller,M/BL2-O 1996}) 13. Rfe1 Qe6 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. f3
Nf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Nf1 Bc7 21. d5 Qe5
22. Ng3 Nh4 23. Qg4+ Qg5 24. Qh3 Ng6 25. Nf5 Nf4 26. Qg4 h5 $15 {0-1 Burmakin,
V-Giorgadze,G/Russia Cup GP 1997 (49)}) (11. a3 a5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14.
Rfc1 Ra6 15. Rc2 Qb8 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nd2 a4 $11 {Landa,K-Bareev,
E/Open 1996/0-1 (61)}) 11... Bb4 (11... Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2
Rhe8 15. f3 Qc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bb4 18. e5 Ng4 19. Rhf1 Qxe5 $17 {0-1
Steinbacher,M-Novikov,I/Bern op 1993 (39)}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rc1 Nf8
15. f3 (15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qf3 Be7 17. h3 Ng6 18. Bg3 b6 19. Rhd1 Rac8 20. Nb3
$132) 15... Rc8 16. Nb3 (16. e4 $6 dxe4 (16... Ng6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 Qe6 19.
g3 c5 20. f4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc3 (21... Bc5 22. Qd3 d4 23. Nce4 $14) 22. Rxc3
Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 $14 (24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 $14)) (16... Ne6 17.
Bxf6 (17. e5 g5 18. Bf2 (18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 Nf4 $17) 18... Nh5
19. h4 Nhf4 20. Qf5 c5 21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Nb3 cxd4 (23... c4 24.
Na1 (24. Nd2 Nxg2 25. Nxd5 Bxd2 26. Rc2 Bf4 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. d5
Nf8 30. Rxc4 Bxe5 31. Bxa7 Nf4 $17) 24... Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nxg2 $17) 24. Nxd4 Nxd4
25. Bxd4 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 $14) 17... Qxf6 18. e5 Qd8 19. g3 c5 20. Ne2 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 cxd4 22. f4 $11) 17. fxe4 Ng6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rhf1 Qg5 20. g3 Rcd8 21.
Rf5 Qe7 $132 (21... Ne5 22. Qe2 Qg4 23. Rxe5 Qxe2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nxe2 Bxd2
26. Rc2 Be3 27. e5 Rd8 28. Rc4 Kf8 29. Kc2 Ke7 (29... Bg5 30. Kd3 $14 (30. h4
Be7 31. Kd3 c5)) 30. Kd3 $16 {[%csl Re3]})) 16... b6 17. a3 Be7 18. Rhd1 (18.
Rhe1 Ne6 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Bf2 Red8 20. e4 $6 (20. g4 c5 21. Qc2 $132) 20...
dxe4 21. fxe4 c5 22. Qf3 c4 (22... cxd4 23. Nxd4 Ng6 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Bd4 $36)
23. Na1 (23. Nd2 b5 $15 {[%csl Rd2]} (23... Ne6 24. e5 Ng5 25. Qe2 Qf5+ 26. Ka1
Nd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxc4 $1 $16)) 23... b5 24. Nc2 a5 25. e5 (25. Bh4 Ng6 26.
Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd5 Rc6 28. Rf1 Bg5 29. Nce3 Nh4 30. Qf2 Qe8 31. e5 Bxe3 32. Nxe3
Rxd4 33. Nc2 Re4 34. g3 Ng6 35. Nd4 Rc8 36. e6 fxe6 $19) 25... N6h7 $1 (25...
Nd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Ne3 Rd7 29. a4 $14) 26. d5 (26. Ne4 Ng6 (
26... b4 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qb5 29. Rxd8 (29. Rd6 c3 $1 $17) 29... Rxd8 30.
Nd4 Qa6 31. a4 Ng5 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Rd2 34. Bg3 Rxg2 35. Rxc4 Nf3 36. Ka2
$16 (36. Rc2 Nd2+ (36... Rg1+ 37. Ka2 Nd7 38. Nxa5 Ndxe5 39. c6 $18) 37. Kc1
Nb3+ 38. Kd1 Rg1+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rxc2 41. Kxc2 Nxc5 42. Nxa5 Nxa4 43. Nc6
Ne6 44. Nxb4 Nd4+ 45. Kd3 Nf5 46. b3 Nc5+ 47. Kc4 Nxg3 48. Kxc5 Ne4+ 49. Kd4
Nd2 50. Kc3 Nf3 51. Nc6 Nxh2 52. b4 $18)) 27. Be1 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxa5
Bxc1 30. Bxd8 Bxb2 31. Ba5 c3 32. Rd3 $132) 26... b4 27. Ne4 c3 $17 28. b3 (28.
axb4 cxb2 (28... axb4 29. Bb6) 29. Kxb2 axb4 30. Bb6 Re8 (30... b3 31. Qxb3 Rb8
32. Ne3 Ng5 33. d6 Nxe4 34. dxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 Qxd8 $16) 31. Ne3
Ng5 32. Nxg5 Bxg5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Nc2 (34. Nf5 Qa4 35. Nd4 Rc3 $19) 34... Qa4
35. Qb3 Qb5 36. Bd4 Qe2 37. Qd3 Qxg2 $17) 28... Ng6 29. Qxf7+ $1 (29. Bb6 Ng5
30. Nxg5 Bxg5 31. Bxd8 Bxc1 32. Bxa5 Bxa3 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qg4 Nf8 35. d6 e5 36.
Qe4 Qe6 37. Ka2 (37. Qd5 Rc5 38. Qxe6+ Nxe6 39. Bb6 (39. Bxb4 Bxb4 40. Nxb4 Rb5
41. Nc6 c2+ 42. Kxc2 Rc5+ 43. Kd3 Rxc6 44. Ke4 Rc2 45. d7 Rxg2 46. Kxe5 Kf7 47.
Kd6 (47. d8=N+ Nxd8 48. Rxd8 Rxh2 $19) 47... Rf2 48. b4 Rf6 49. b5 Nd8+ 50. Kc7
Ke7 51. Re1+ Re6 52. Rg1 g5 53. Rg2 Re5 54. Rd2 Ne6+ 55. Kc6 Rc5+ 56. Kb6 Rc1
$19)) 37... Rc5 38. Bc7 (38. Bxb4 Bxb4 39. Qxb4 Nd7 40. g4 e4 41. h3 e3 42. Re1
Qd5 43. Nd4 (43. Rxe3 Ra5+ 44. Kb1 Qd1#) 43... c2 $19)) 29... Kxf7 30. e6+ Qxe6
31. dxe6+ Kxe6 32. axb4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 axb4 $5 (33... Bxb4 $142 34. Bg3 (34.
Nxb4 axb4 35. Rd4 c2+ 36. Kc1 Nf4 37. Rd2 Nxg2 38. Nc5+ Kf5 39. Kxc2 Nf6 $17)
34... Nf6 35. Nd4+ Kf7 (35... Kd5 36. Nxf6+ gxf6 37. Kc2 Ke4 38. Nb5 Ne5 39.
Re1+ Kd5 40. Re3 $11) 36. Nxf6 gxf6 (36... Kxf6 37. Rf1+ Kg5 38. Ne6+ Kg4 39.
Bc7 Re8 40. h3+ Kh4 41. Nxg7 Rc8 42. Rf7 Ne7 43. Ne6 Nd5 44. Rg7 Kh5 45. Kc2
Re8 46. Nd4 Ne3+ 47. Kd3 c2 48. Nxc2 Nxc2 49. Kxc2 $16) 37. Kc2 Re8 38. Be1 Nf4
39. Bxc3 Nxg2 $17) 34. Rd4 $5 {[%csl Rb4]} Ne5 (34... Rb8 35. Bg3 Ne5 36. Nf2
Nf6 37. Nd3 Nfd7 38. Ncxb4 $11) 35. Bg3 Nf6 $4 (35... Nc6 36. Rc4 Kd7 37. Nc5+
Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Nf6 39. Rb5 Ne4 40. Rb7+ (40. Nxb4 Nd2+ $19) 40... Ke6 41. Nxb4
Nd4 42. Nc2 Nd2+ 43. Kc1 N2xb3+ 44. Kd1 Nxc2 45. Kxc2 (45. Rxb3 Nd4 $19) 45...
Nd4+ 46. Kd3 c2 47. Bf4 g5 48. Rb6+ Kf5 (48... Kf7 49. Bc1 Rd8 50. Ra6 Nc6+ 51.
Kc3 Rc8 52. Rb6 Ne5+ 53. Kd4 Ng4 54. h3 Nf6 55. Kd3 Nd5 56. Rb2 Ke6 $17) 49.
Bc1 Ne6 $17) 36. Bxe5 $11 Kxe5 37. Nf2 Rd8 38. Nd3+ Kf5 39. Ne3+ Ke6 40. Rxd8
Bxd8 41. Nxb4 Ba5 42. Na2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
O-O (7... h6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. e3 Nbd7 11. a3 Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zamora,
R-Abichaaya,T/Dubai olm 1986 (26)}) (7... Bf5 8. Nh4 (8. O-O O-O (8... Nbd7 9.
Nh4 Be6 10. f3 O-O 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qb6 14. e3 Rad8 15. Rd1
Rfe8 16. Bf1 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,B-Toth,P/Guarapuava II CLA 1992 (70)})
9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15.
gxf4 $13 {0-1 Muñoz,J-Jario,R/Ibercaja op. 1993 (70)}) 8... Be6 9. Qd3 O-O 10.
O-O Qb6 11. Na4 Qa6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. e3 Be2 16. Rfc1
Bd3 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Ludden,G-Grotnes,N/NATO-ch 1994 (61)})
8. Bg5 (8. O-O Re8 (8... Nbd7 9. Bf4 (9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Bd2 Ne6 12. e3
Ng5 13. f3 g6 14. e4 Ne6 15. Ne2 Qb6 (15... Be7 $5 $15) 16. Be3 dxe4 17. fxe4
Ng4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Paasikangas,J-Aarland Stein Arild/Moss FIN-NOR 1993 (49)})
9... Qc7 10. e3 h6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nd2 Bxf4 13. exf4 Nb6 14. Nf3 Bg4 $11 {
0-1 Planas,F-Steiner,H/Havana 1952 (32)}) (8... h6 9. a3 a5 10. Ne1 Bf5 11. Nd3
Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Re8 14. e3 g5 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Kg7
$11 {1-0 Mike,J-Bantle,M/GER-ch Sued-B Ulm 1995 (40)}) (8... Bf5 9. Re1 Nbd7
10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. e3 Rae8 $11 {0-1 Arias-Guimerans/cr CAPA I Copa
Arg 1990 (33)}) 9. Qc2 (9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qb3 Nd7
13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 $11 {1-0 Clayton,B-Goldstein/Philadelphia
Wld Opn 1990 (32)}) 10... Bg4 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Nf5 Bc7
15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Na4 Bh3 17. Nc5 Qc8 $11 {0-1 Sobolev,N-Svirin,O/RUS-sf 1995/
EXP 49 (34)}) (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Qe7 $15
{0-1 Scholz Franz-Peter _ Grabarczyk Miroslaw/It open \ 1995 (41)}) 9... Bg4
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. e3 Qe6 14. Bg2 a5 $11 {Farago,
S-Feher,G/Perenyi-B 1989/TD 89\11/0-1 (38)}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 (10.
Re1 h6 11. Bh4 $2 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Be7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf8 16.
Bc2 Bg4 $17 {Eidinger,H-Huss,A/Zuerich op 1991/EXT 91op/ - (36)}) 10... h6 11.
Bxf6 (11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Ne4 $11) 11... Nxf6 12. Rc1 Ne4 (12... a5 $132) (
12... Bf5 13. e3 Qd7 14. Re1 Bh3 $132) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 (14... Bf5 15.
e3 Qd7 $11) (14... e3 15. fxe3 Rxe3 16. Nc4 Re8 17. e4 Bc7 $11) 15. Qb3+ Kh7 (
15... Kh8 16. e3 $11) 16. Nc4 (16. e3 $11) 16... Bc7 17. Rfd1 Rb8 (17... Qf6
18. d5 Rd8 19. dxc6 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 $14) 18. Qc3 Be6 (18... Re7 19. Ne3 Be6 $11)
19. Ne3 Qf6 $5 (19... Re7 $11) 20. d5 Be5 21. Qa5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
b6 (23... Bxb2 24. Rxf5 Qg6 25. Rc7 e3 26. f4 $14) (23... e3 24. fxe3 Bxb2 25.
Rf1 Qa6 $11) 24. Qxa7 Bxb2 25. Rcd1 Ra8 26. Qd7 Red8 $4 (26... Be5 27. Bh3 (27.
a4 Re7 28. Qb5 Ra5 $11) 27... Rf8 28. Qb5 Ra5 $11) 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Bxa3
29. e3 $18 {Baburin: Here all play is located on one side (the b-pawn is not
dangerous), so the two rooks are superior to the queen. The presence of the
opposite coloured bishops is also in White's favour, as it's like having an
extra piece in the attack.} Be7 (29... b5 30. R1d5 Be7 31. R8d7 b4 32. Bh3 g6
33. Rb7 Kg8 34. Rdd7 Bf8 35. Bf1 Qc3 36. Rbc7 $18) 30. R8d5 g5 {Moves like
this can hardly be good - Black has weakened his position a lot.} (30... g6 31.
Rd7 h5 32. Rb7 Kh6 33. h4 g5 34. Rdd7 Bc5 35. Rh7+ Kg6 36. hxg5 Qa1+ 37. Kh2
Kxg5 38. Rhg7+ Kh6 39. Rgf7 Kg5 40. Bh3 Qb2 41. Rxf5+ Kg6 42. Rbf7 $18) (30...
h5 31. h4 Bc5 (31... Bb4 32. R1d4 Bc3 33. Rxf5 Bxd4 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Bxe4+ g6
36. Bd3 $18) 32. Bh3 g6 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Rb7 Qb2 35. Rdd7 Qh8 36. Rbc7 Qg8 37.
Bxf5 $18) 31. Bh3 f4 (31... g4 32. Bf1 Bc5 33. Bb5 Qb2 34. Bd7 Qe2 35. Bxf5+
Kg7 36. R1d2 Qf3 37. Re5 Bb4 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Rxe4 Qxf5 40. Rf4 $18) 32. exf4
gxf4 33. Rf5 (33. Bf5+ Kg7 34. Bxe4 fxg3 35. hxg3 Bc5 36. R1d2 $16) 33... Qe6
34. Rxf4 Qxh3 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Rxe7 Qg4 37. Rd4 Kf5 (37... b5 38. Rexe4 Qf5 39.
Rd6+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kf8 41. Rc7 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. f3 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Ke8 45.
Rxh6 $18) 38. f3 $1 Qg8 39. Rdxe4 Qb3 40. Kf2 b5 41. g4+ Kf6 42. R4e6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cobb, James"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 $6 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 $10
(7... h6 8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 $10) 8... Bf5 $10) 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rab1 (12. Rac1 Bd6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1
$10 {- Ninov,K-Velikov,P/BUL-ch 1988/EXT 88ch}) 12... a5 (12... Bd6 13. b4 a6
14. a4 Qe7 (14... b5 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Na2 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Nc3
Nf6 20. a5 Rac8 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Nc1 g6 23. Nd3 $10 {1/2-1/2 Gevorgian,
K-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow op2 1995 (48)}) 15. b5 a5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Filgueira Hernan-Sorokin Maxim/It (open), Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996
}) 13. Ne5 (13. a3 Bd6 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd2 Re8 15. g3 (15. Rfe1 Re6 16. f3 Nh5
17. f4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Qc2 f6 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 $17 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra3
23. b5 Qe8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rec1 Raxe3 $19 {0-1 Nemet,I-Ruefenacht,M/SUI-chT
Basel-Riehen 1995 (33)}) 15... Qd7 16. Kg2 h5 17. h4 Qg4 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. Nf1
Rae8 $132 {1-0 Bruk,O-Muir,A/EU-chT Haifa 1989 (52)}) (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5
Nd7 16. f4 f6 17. exf6 {1/2-1/2 Petronic,J-Simic,R/Novi Sad 1995}) 14... Qe7
15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Na4 {- Mellado,J-Bjerring,K/Barbera op 1996/EXT 96op2}) (13.
Qc2 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Gerstner,W-Viellieber,R/
Viernheim-U20 1986 (24)}) (13. Rfc1 Bd6 14. h3 (14. a3 Qe7 15. Na4 Ne4 $132 {
0-1 Bobrowska,M-Radziewicz,I/POL-chJW U20 1994 (31)}) 14... Re8 15. Nd2 h6 16.
a3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Qa4 Kh8 19. Qxa5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Guevara,M-Ortega,L/Sagua
la Grande 1989 (47)}) 13... Re8 (13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Rbc1
$132 {- Udovcic,M-Trifunovic,P/JUG-ch 1960/MCD-ch}) 14. f4 (14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 $17) 14... Bd6 15. Rf3 Nd7 $6 (15... Rc8 16. Re1 c5 $5 (
16... b6 17. e4 Bb4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Re2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21. Nc4 (21. Rh3 g6
$17) 21... Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qd7 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. Nxd5 cxd5 $15) 17. Qb5
Re7 $15 (17... b6 18. Na4 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc4 20. Rd3 Bc7 (20... Rb4 21. Qc6 Bxe5
22. fxe5 b5 23. Nc5 Rxb2 24. Rf1 Ne4 25. Nb7 Qe7 26. Qxd5 Nd2 27. Rc1 Nc4 $132)
21. a3 Rc2 $10)) 16. e4 $6 (16. Qf5 $5 Nf6 (16... Re7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bc7
19. Nxd7 (19. Rg3 Nf8 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Kh1 Qxd4 22. Rxg7 $1 (22. Nxh7 $6 Rd8 $1
23. Rg1 (23. Re1 Qf2 24. Qb1 Nxh7 (24... Rxe5) 25. Rh3 Qxe1+ $1 26. Qxe1 Bxe5
27. fxe5 Red7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. h3 Re8 $17) 23... Bb6 24. Rf1 Qd1
25. Rgf3 Nxh7 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Qd7 $15) 22... Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg8 24. Nf6+
Kh8 (24... Kg7 25. Nh5+ $10) 25. Qg5 Nd7 26. Qh4 Nf8 (26... Nxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8
28. Qxe7 $14) 27. Qg5 $10) (19. Rh3 g6 20. Qg5 f6 (20... Bb6 21. Rd1 f6 22.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Qf8 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Rxd4
$16) 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 (23... Rae8 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25.
Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 (26... Rg7 27. Nf7+ $18) 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ $10) 24.
Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Re3 $15) 19... Qxd7 (19... Rxd7) 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Rg3+ Kf8 22.
Qxf6 (22. Qxh7 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Ree8 $1 $19) 22... Ree8 $8 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qg5+ (
24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Qf6+ Kc8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf2 Qd7 28. Rg8+ Bd8 29. Rf8 b6
$19) 24... f6 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Qxf6+ Kc8 27. Ree3 (27. Rge3 Rd8 28. Rd3 Bb6 29.
Kh1 Bxd4 $19) 27... Rd8 28. Rg7 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Re8+ Bd8 (30... Rd8 31.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Rxh7 $132) 31. Rxh7 Rd7 $17) 17. Rg3 (17. Qd3 Rc8 $15) (17. Rh3
Re6 $132) 17... Re6 18. Re1 $132) 16... dxe4 $15 17. Nxe4 Nf8 (17... Nxe5 18.
fxe5 Bb8 19. Rbf1 (19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rg3+ Kf8 $19) 19... Ba7 20. Kh1 (20. Nd6
Rxe5 21. Qb3 (21. Kh1 Re7 22. Qa3 Bxd4 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Qg5 25. Rf1 b6
$17) 21... Rd5 22. Nxb7 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Rxf7 Rd2 $17) 20...
Bxd4 21. Nd6 Bxe5 22. Nxe8 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxe8 24. Rd7 b5 25. b3 $10) 18. Qc4 (
18. Qb3 Re7 19. Rd1 a4 20. Qc2 Bb8 (20... Bc7 21. Nc5) 21. Nc5 f6 $17) 18...
Re7 $1 (18... Ne6 $2 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kf6 21. Nxh7+ Kg6 22. Qd3+ Kf7
23. Ng5+ Kf6 24. Nh7+ Kf7 (24... Ke7 25. f5 Nc7 26. f6+ gxf6 27. Re1+ Kf7 (
27... Ne6 28. Rxf6 Kd7 29. Qh3 $18) 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Rxf6+ Kg7 (29... Ke7 $2
30. Qe4+ Kd7 31. Qf5+ Ne6 (31... Ke7 32. Rg6 $18) 32. h3 $18 (32. Ng5 Bxh2+ 33.
Kf1 $18)) 30. Rxd6 $18) 25. Ng5+ $10) 19. Rd1 Qc7 $6 (19... Ng6 $15) 20. a4 $6
(20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. d5 Nd7 (21... Rd8 22. Rfd3 c5 23. Qc3 Ra8 24. Qd2 $10) 22.
Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rg3 $10) 20... Rd8 $15 (20... Ng6 $15) 21. Rdd3 (21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Re3 $15) (21. Rff1 $15) 21... Qb6 22. Ng5 $2 (22. b3 Ng6 $15) (22. Rf2 $15)
22... Bxe5 $19 (22... Qb4 $17) 23. fxe5 Rd5 24. Rf2 (24. Rf4 Qxb2 (24... Ng6
25. Rf2 Qd8 26. Nf3 c5 $17) 25. Rdf3 Qd2 26. Qf1 (26. Nxf7 Ne6 $19) (26. Rxf7
Rxf7 27. Nxf7 Qxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Nd6 Nd7 30. Nxb7 Nxe5 31. Ra3 (31. Rf5
Rd5 $19) 31... Rd5 $19) 26... Ng6 27. Rf2 Qe3 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Nxf7 Rxd4 $19)
24... h6 25. Nf3 Ne6 $19 26. g3 Red7 27. Rfd2 Qd8 28. Kg2 c5 29. b3 cxd4 $19 {
1:0-??} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 (11... a5 {- 54/399}) 12. b3 Bb4
(12... Nc8 13. Nge2 Nd6 14. g4 f5 (14... O-O-O 15. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Rf5] Valerga,
D-Soppe,G/Buenos Aires PRENAJ 1994/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Rag1 Kd7
17. Bxf5+ Nxf5 18. Rg4 $132 {1-0 Ward,C-Hunt,H/BCF-ch Swansea 1995 (39)}) (
12... Ba3 $1 13. Nge2 Kd7 (13... Rc8 14. h4 O-O 15. h5 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 $11 {
Chow,A-Rahman,Z/New York op 1993/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (13... Nc8 14. f3 Nd6 15. g4
O-O-O 16. h4 Rhe8 17. Nf4 Bb4 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. h5 Bxd3 20. Kxd3 h6 21. Rhg1 Ba5
22. Nce2 Re7 23. Ng3 Rde8 24. Ng2 Rg8 25. Nh4 Rge8 26. Nhf5 Re6 27. Nxd6 Rxd6
28. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Babula,V-Jirovsky,M/CZE-chT9495 1995 (47)}) 14. Ng3 Nc8 15. h4
Nd6 16. h5 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Bb2 18. Rab1 Bxc3 19. Kxc3 Rhg8 20. Kd3 a5 $5 21. a4
f5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Short,N/New York (m/12) 1994 (29)}) (12... Rg8 13.
g3 Nc8 14. Nge2 Bh6 15. Rhg1 Nd6 16. g4 Kd7 17. f4 Rae8 18. Raf1 Bxd3 19. Kxd3
Bf8 20. Rg3 b5 21. Rgg1 a5 22. h3 Be7 23. Ng3 Ra8 $11 {1-0 Hansen,C-Larsen,B/
DEN-ch 1994 (43)}) 13. Nge2 Nc8 14. h4 Nd6 15. h5 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 Bxc3 $5 17.
Nxc3 Rg8 18. Rag1 f5 $11 {Like Gulko - Short !} 19. f3 (19. Ne2 $2 Ne4 $17)
19... h6 20. Ke2 (20. Ne2 Kd7 21. Nf4 a5 $11) 20... Kd7 21. Kf2 Rg5 22. Ne2 a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. Ng3 h6 (11... Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. Qa4 Ng6
14. O-O-O O-O 15. Kb1 c5 16. Nf5 Qc7 (16... Bxf5 17. Bxf5 $14) 17. dxc5 (17.
Nb5 Qc6 18. dxc5 a6 19. Nc3 Qxc5 20. Rc1 $14) 17... Qxc5 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4
20. g5 Bd7 21. Qb3 Nxe3 22. gxf6 g6 23. Be2 (23. Qxb7 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxd4 (24...
Rab8 25. Qxd7 Qxc3 26. Bb5 $1 $18) 25. Qxd7 Rab8 26. Bb5 $18) 23... Nxd1 24.
Qxd1 Qd6 25. Nc2 (25. Bf3 $14) 25... Bf5 26. Bd3 $14 {Hort,V-Teske,H/BL9596
1996/BL 90/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 12. Nf5 (12. h3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. b3 g6 15. a4 a5
16. f3 h5 17. g5 Qd6 18. Nge2 Ng8 19. e4 Ne7 (19... Be6 20. e5 $14) 20. Qf4
Qxf4 21. Nxf4 O-O 22. Nce2 h4 23. Ng2 Kg7 24. Kd2 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rad8 26. Raf1
Rh8 27. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Spassky,B/Barcelona WCup 1989/CBM 12 (51)})
12... Qf8 13. e4 $2 (13. h4 g6 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. f3 Qd6 16. Nce2 h5 17. g5 Ng8
18. Kf2 Ne7 19. a4 Be6 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Nf4 $14 {Speelman,J-Andersson,U/
Reykjavik WCup 1991/CBM 26/[Ftacnik]/1/2-1/2 (40)}) (13. h3 g6 14. Ng3 Qe7 15.
Qc2 O-O 16. O-O-O $14) 13... g6 14. Ne3 $8 (14. e5 gxf5 15. exf6 fxg4 16. Qxg4
Nxf6 $17) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 Qb4+ $19) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb4+ (
16... Qe7 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. h3 Be6 19. Qf3 O-O 20. O-O-O Rac8 $15) 17. Qd2 Qe7 $6
(17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nb6 19. Rhe1 O-O $15) 18. f3 (18. Nc3 Nf6 $17) 18... Nf6
(18... O-O 19. O-O-O Nb6 (19... Nf6 20. Nc3 Be6 $132) 20. Nc2 Kg7 21. g5 hxg5 (
21... h5 22. Rhe1 Be6 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Qf4 Nd5 25. Qe5+ Kh7 26. Rd2 $15 (26.
Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6 Qxg5+ $17)) 22. Rde1 Be6 23. Nxg5 $132) 19. O-O-O Be6 (19...
Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qxe4 21. Nf5 Qd5 (21... Qxg4 22. Rde1+ Be6 23. Ng7+ Kd7 24. Rhg1
Qh4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxg6 Rae8 27. Re2 $44) 22. Rhe1+ Be6 23. Ng7+ Kd7 24.
Nxe6 fxe6 25. Kb1 Raf8 $15) 20. Qa5 $1 $132 (20. Nc3 $132) 20... Nd5 (20... O-O
21. g5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. h4 Rfc8+ 25. Kb1 Qd6 26. Qd2 (26. h5
hxg5 27. Ng4 gxh5 28. Rxh5 Bf5+ 29. Ka1 Qf4 $17) 26... h5 $132) 21. Rhe1 O-O
22. Qd2 (22. Qc5 Qxc5+ 23. dxc5 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bxa2 25. Rd7 Rab8 26. Ra3 Be6 27.
Rc7 a6 28. Nd6 $44) 22... Kg7 (22... Nb4 23. a3) (22... Rfe8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24.
Nc5 Rac8 25. Kb1 Kg7 26. f4 Rc6 27. Rc1 Qh4 28. h3 Rec8 (28... Qxh3 29. f5
Bxf5+ (29... gxf5 30. Rh1 $18) 30. gxf5 Qxf5+ 31. Ka1 $14) 29. Rc3 $14) 23. Nc5
Nxe3 $6 (23... b6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Nxd5 (25. Nc4 Rxf3) 25... cxd5 26. Qe3
Rac8+ 27. Kb1 Qf6 28. h4 (28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf3 $11) 28... Qxf3 29. Qxe6
Rce8 30. Qd7+ $11) 24. Rxe3 b6 (24... Rad8 25. Qc3 Rd5 26. Rde1 Re8 27. f4 $14)
25. Nxe6+ $14 fxe6 26. Rde1 (26. Qc3 Kh7 27. Kb1 Qd6 28. Rde1 Rae8 29. h4 Rf4
30. h5 Rxd4 (30... g5 31. Qc2+ $18) 31. Qc2 (31. hxg6+ Kxg6 32. Qc2+ Kg7 $15)
31... e5 32. hxg6+ Qxg6 33. Qxg6+ (33. Rxe5 Qxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf4
36. Re3 Kg6 $11) 33... Kxg6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf4 36. Re6+ Kg5 37. Re5+
Kf6 38. Re3 $11) 26... Rf6 (26... Rae8 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qc3 Kg8
30. h4 $14) 27. Qc3 (27. h4 $1 Rd8 28. Qc3 (28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rf4 30. Rxe6
Qxg5 31. R6e5 Qf6 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Rfxd4 35. Rb7 b5 36. Rc7
R8d6 $11) 28... Qd6 (28... Rd5 {-This game}) 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rf5 31. d5+
e5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kg8 34. Re6 Qf4+ 35. Kb1 Qxg5 36. Qxc6 Qg1+ (36...
Qf5+ 37. Ka1 $18) 37. Qc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kxc1 Rxd5 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rg2 Ke6 41. Rd2
Rf5 42. Rd3 $16) 27... Rd8 28. h4 Rd5 29. Qxc6 Rxd4 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 $2 (
31. Rxe6 $1 Qxh4 (31... Qf7 32. Qc3 Qf4+ (32... Qxe6 33. Qxd4+ $16) 33. Kb1 Kf7
34. Re1 $18) 32. Qc7+ Kf8 33. Qb8+ Rd8 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. b3 Qg5 (35... b5 36.
Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qxa7 Rc8+ 38. Kb2 Qh2+ 39. Ka3 b4+ 40. Kxb4 Qd2+ 41. Ka3 Qc1+ 42.
Ka4 Qf4+ 43. b4 $18) 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Re7+ Kf6 (37... Kh6 38. Kc2 {[%csl Rh6]}
(38. Rxa7 Rf8 39. Rb7 Rxf3 40. Rxb6 Rf4 41. a4 (41. Kd1 Rxg4 42. a4 Rg2 43. a5
Ra2 44. a6 g4 45. Ke1 g3 46. Kf1 Kh5 47. b4 g5 48. b5 Kh4 49. Kg1 Ra1+ 50. Kg2
Ra2+ $11) 41... Rxg4 42. a5 Rg2 43. Kb1 (43. b4 g4 44. Rc6 g3 45. Rc3 Kh5 46.
b5 Ra2 47. Rxg3 Rxa5 48. Rb3 Ra7 49. b6 Rb7 50. Kd2 g5 $11) 43... Rg1+ $2 (
43... g4 44. a6 (44. Rc6 g3 45. Rc3 (45. a6 Rg1+ 46. Kb2 g2 $19) 45... Rg1+ 46.
Kb2 Rg2+ 47. Ka3 Rg1 48. Kb4 Kh5 49. Kb5 Kg4 50. a6 g2 51. Rc2 Kg3 52. b4 Ra1
53. Rxg2+ Kxg2 54. Kb6 g5 55. b5 g4 56. Ka7 g3 57. b6 Kf1 58. b7 g2 59. b8=Q
g1=Q+ 60. Qb6 $17) (44. Rb4 g3 45. a6 Kh5 (45... Rg1+ 46. Kb2 Rg2+ 47. Kb1 $11
(47. Ka3 Rg1 48. Ka4 Ra1+ 49. Kb5 g2 (49... Kh5 50. Ra4 Rxa4 51. bxa4 g2 52. a7
g1=Q 53. a8=Q $11) 50. Rg4 g1=R 51. Rxg1 Rxg1 52. b4 g5 53. Kb6 g4 54. b5 g3
$19)) 46. a7 $18) 44... Rg1+ 45. Kb2 Rg2+ 46. Ka3 Rg1 47. Rc6 g3 48. Rc2 Ra1+
49. Kb4 $11) 44. Kb2 Rg2+ 45. Ka3 $18) (38. Rf7 $1 a5 39. Kc2 Rd5 40. Kc3 b5
41. Ra7 b4+ 42. Kc4 Re5 43. Kd4 Rb5 44. Rc7 $16) 38... Rf8 39. Re3 Kg7 $14) 38.
Rxa7 Rd6 (38... Ke5 39. Re7+ Kf4 40. Rf7+ Ke3 41. Rf6 $16) 39. Kc2 Ke5 40. Ra4
$16) 31... Rc4+ 32. Kb1 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rd6 h5 $1 $11 35. b3 (35. Rd7+
Kf6 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rxa7 Rxh4 38. Rb7 Rb4 39. a3 Rb5 40. Kc2 h4 {[%csl Yh4]}
41. a4 Rb4 42. b3 Kg5 43. Rg7+ Kh5 44. Rd7 Rf4 45. Rd5+ Kg6 $11) 35... Rf4 36.
Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rg7 Kf6 38. Rxa7 hxg4 39. fxg4 Rxg4 40. Rb7 Rxh4 41. Rxb6+ Kf5 42.
a4 (42. Rb5+ Kf4 (42... Kf6 43. a4 g5 44. a5 g4 45. a6 g3 46. Rb6+ $11) 43.
Rb4+ Kg3 44. Rxh4 Kxh4 45. a4 g5 46. a5 g4 47. a6 g3 48. a7 g2 49. a8=Q g1=Q+
50. Ka2 Qf2+ 51. Ka3 Qc5+ 52. Ka4 Qd4+ 53. Kb5 Qd3+ $11) 42... g5 43. Kc2 g4
44. Rd6 g3 45. Rd1 Ke4 46. a5 (46. Kc3 g2 47. Rg1 Kf3 48. a5 Rh1 49. Rxg2 Kxg2
50. b4 Ra1 51. Kb2 (51. Kc4 Kf3 52. Kb5 Ke4 53. Ka6 Kd5 54. b5 Kd6 55. b6 Kc6
$19) 51... Ra4 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb2 $11) 46... g2 47. Rg1 Kf3 48. Kc3 Kf2 49.
Rxg2+ Kxg2 50. b4 Kf3 51. a6 Ke4 52. Kc4 Rh1 53. Kc5 Rc1+ 54. Kd6 Rb1 55. Kc5
Rc1+ 56. Kb6 Kd5 57. b5 Kc4 58. Kc6 Kb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qb3
(8. e3 Nbd7 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Prie,E/Clichy Eurocup tt 1995 (55)}) (8... Qb6 9. Qb3 Ne4 10.
Nd2 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nd7 12. Be2 Bd6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Qb4 Bxg3 (15...
Bxb4 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Bg3 $132) 16. hxg3 a5 $132 {0-1 Toth,P-Kharlov,A/Sao
Paulo CLA ITAU 1991 (39)}) 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. a3 (11. O-O-O Bb4 12.
Nd2 O-O 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rc1 Nf8 15. f3 (15. Qf5 Qd7 $11) 15... Rc8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Bareev,E/It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (42)}) 11... a5 12. Ne2
O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 Ra6 15. Rc2 Qb8 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nd2 $132
{0-1 Landa,K-Bareev,E/Open 1996 (61)}) (8. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 9. Qb3 $5 (9. e3 $11)
9... Nd7 $6 (9... b6) 10. e3 $6 (10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qc7 (11. Qxa7 Rxb2 12. Rc1
Be7 13. e3 O-O 14. Be2 Bb4 15. Kf1 $44) 11... Rxb2 12. Qc8+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Bg4 14.
Qa6 $14) 10... Rb8 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 Tsesarsky,
I-Zoler,D/Rishon-Le-Zion 1991 (37)}) 8... g5 (8... Nbd7 $5 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qxc6
Rxb2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e4 (12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Kd1 Bc2+ 14. Kc1 Ba3 15. Qc8+ Qd8
16. Qc3 Rb3+ (16... Rxa2+ 17. Kd2 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Be4 19. Qxa3 Bxd5 20. e3 $18)
17. Kxc2 Rxc3+ 18. Nxc3 Qa5 19. e4 O-O 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Kb3 Rb8+ 23.
Kc2 $15) 12... dxe4 13. Nh4 Rb6 14. Qc4 Be6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxe4
Bb4 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Be2 Re8 20. Qc2 f5 21. a3 Bxc3+ (21... Nd3+ $2 22. Qxd3 $16
{0-1 Schulte-Simon/BL /SW,43,28 1988 (34)}) 22. Qxc3 Qxh4 $19) (8... Qb6 9.
Bxf6 (9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 b5 12. Kd2 b4 13. Nd1 Bd6 $132 {
0-1 Dake,A-Rudolph,R/USA-op 1987 (53)}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 gxf6 11. e3 Bb4 12.
Kd2 Rg8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. g3 Nd7 15. Bd3 a5 16. Ke2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Alvarez
Jose-Leyva Hector/Memorial J.Capablanca (b) Cienfuegos (C 1996}) 9. Bg3 (9.
Qxb7 gxh4 10. Qxa8 Qb6 {-+ - Shirov.} 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O Bd6 (11... Bb4 12. Na4
) 12. e3 O-O 13. Ne5 Rc8 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nbd7 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Bd3 $132) 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7 17. Qxc6 Nxe5 18. Qxc7
Rxc7 19. b4 Neg4 20. Rd2 Ne4 21. Rxd5 Nexf2 22. Rg1 Nxe3 23. Re5 Be4 24. Kd2
Neg4 25. Re8+ Kg7 $17) 11... Bb4 12. Nxh4 Bc2 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Rxc2 Bxc3+ 15.
Kd1 Qxd4+ 16. Kc1 Bxb2+ 17. Kb1 (17. Rxb2 Qc3+ 18. Kb1 Qe1+ 19. Kc2 Qd2+ 20.
Kb3 Qc3+ 21. Ka4 Nc5#) 17... Qb4 $19) 9... Qb6 10. e3 (10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. f3 (11.
e3 Nh5 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. a3 Bd6 16. Qa2 h5 $132 {
0-1 Trikaliotis,G-Luther,T/8th Open, Ano Liosia GRE 1997 (36)}) 11... Bg7 12.
Qxb6 {1/2-1/2 Teske,H-Pedersen,D/MK Cafe, Koszalin POL 1997}) (10. Qxb6 axb6
11. h4 (11. Be5 Nbd7 12. a3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. e4 dxe4 16. e6
Ne5 $17 {0-1 Ho Cheng,V-Ahmad,N/ASIA-chT 1995 (24)}) 11... g4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 {
1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/ch-POL, Warsaw POL 1997}) (10. h4 g4 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. h5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 (13. axb3 $142) 13... a5 14. a3 Rg8 15. Bf4 b5 16. f3 a4
17. Nd2 gxf3 18. gxf3 $132 (18. exf3 Nb6 $15 {0-1 Baburin,A-Gausel,E/Skei 1993
(45)})) 10... Ne4 (10... Nbd7 11. h4 (11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nd2 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14.
Ndxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bc2 16. Bd1 Bxd1 17. Kxd1 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stankovic,
D-Karaklajic,N/JUG-Cup Svetozarevo 1990 (47)}) 11... g4 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Bh2 g3
14. Nxd7 (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nxd7 gxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Kxd7 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Be5 Bg7
19. g4 $14) 14... Kxd7 15. Be2 gxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Nf6 (16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Ng7 $132
) 17. Be5 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stoeber,M-Wilson,J/Hastings Challengers 1995 (30)})
(10... Na6 $5 11. Qxb6 (11. Be5 $5 Be7 12. Qxb6 (12. h4 $5 Rg8) 12... axb6 13.
h4 Rg8 (13... g4 14. Ng1 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A/Biel 1992 (52)})
14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kd2 b5 17. Bd3 Be6 $10) 11... axb6 12. a3 (12.
Rc1 b5 13. Be2 $11) 12... Nb8 (12... b5 13. h4 Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Ne5 Nb8 (
15... Nb4 16. O-O-O) 16. Rc1 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 $132) 13. Kd2 Nbd7 14. Bd3 Be6 (
14... Bxd3 15. Kxd3 b5 16. h4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Rc2 (19. Be5
Nfd7) 19... Nc4 20. e4 $132) 15. Ne5 Rg8 16. h3 b5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rxa4
19. Nxa4 Bb4+ 20. Nc3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Ke7 22. Ra1 Nd7 23. Bh2 Bd6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6
25. f3 h5 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 h4 28. Ke3 g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Kf2 Rf4+ 31. Ke3
Rg4 32. Kf2 Rf4+ 33. Ke3 Rg4 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Zvjaginsev,V/FIDE-Wch k.o.
1997}) (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 $10) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. O-O-O (13.
h4 g4 14. Be5 Rg8 $11) 13... Nd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. hxg5 (
17. Kb1 Bg7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8+ Bxh8 20. Nb3 cxd4 (20... c4 21. Qh7 Ke7 22.
Rc1 Bf6 23. Qf5 Kd8 24. Nd2 Qe6 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. Ka1 $14) 21. Nxd4 $14) 17...
Bg7 (17... cxd4+ 18. Kb1 dxe3 19. Rhe1 d4 20. Nc4 Qg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Rxd4
$18) 18. gxh6 Rxh6 (18... cxd4+ 19. Kb1 $18) 19. Rxh6 Qxh6 20. Kb1 Qh5 (20...
cxd4 21. exd4 $16) 21. Re1 (21. Rc1 $16) 21... c4 22. Qc2 Kf8 23. Qd1 Qg6+ 24.
Qc2 Qh5 25. Qd1 (25. Rc1 $16) 25... Qg6+ 26. Qc2 $16 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3
Bg6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $142 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7
12. g3 Nb6 13. Rd1 (13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ke7 16. Ne2 Ke6 17. Ng3 h6
18. b4 a6 19. Kd2 Nc8 20. a4 Nd6 $11 {Van der Sterren,P-Piket,J/Amsterdam
OHRA-B 1988/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 13... Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 b5 17.
f3 O-O 18. g4 Nb2 19. Ra1 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Piket,J-Van der
Sterren,P/Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 (33)}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 Nd7 12. h4 (
12. Nf4 Bf5 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Bh5 Be6 15. O-O-O Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zakharov,
A-Karpov,A/Moscow-chJ 1966 (21)}) 12... Bf5 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Nh5 Ke7 15. Be2 Bg6
16. Nf4 Ne6 17. Bg4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Bd3 $11 {Zaja,I-Grabarczyk,M/EuT-ch, Pula
CRO 1997/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 9. Rd1 (9. O-O-O Nd7 (9... Bb4 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. g4 $16
(11. h4 h5 12. g3 $16 (12. e4 $2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 $132 {Wilson,J-Hibbeler,S/
Baden Baden op 1991/1/2-1/2 (48)}))) 10. h4 h5 11. g3 $16 (11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Nge2
$14 (12. e4 $6 dxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14. Nge2 f5 $132 {Juhnke,K-Weidemann,J/BL
1983/0-1 (51)}))) (9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Qd1 Bd6 11. h4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Qe6 13. Nge2 O-O
14. O-O Qg4 15. g3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 f5 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Seul,G-Behrhorst,F/BL 1987 (41)}) (9. Qd1 Nd7 (9... Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd7 (10... Na6
11. Nf3 Bd6 (11... O-O-O 12. a3 Nc7 13. b4 Ne8 14. Be2 Nd6 $11 {Petrosian,
T-Barcza,G/Budapest HUN-URS 1955/1-0 (60)}) 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfe1 Ne6
15. g3 Kf8 16. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Flear,G-Brouwer,D/Antwerpen op 1993 (35)}) (10...
a5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nh4 a4 13. Rc1 f5 14. Bd3 f4 15. O-O Qd8 16. Nxg6 (16. g3
fxg3 17. fxg3 Be7 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Rf3 Bf6 20. Rcf1 Bg7 21. h4 $14 {Malaniuk,
V-Peregudov,N/5th stage Russia Cup, Ekaterinburg RUS 1997/1-0 (52)}) 16... hxg6
17. exf4 Qh4 18. Rfe1+ Be7 19. h3 g5 20. Re2 $16) 11. Nge2 (11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bg4
f5 13. Bh3 Nf6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Nge2 Kb8 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Rhe1 $132 {1/2-1/2
David,P-Gizynski,T/Bardejov 1991 (24)}) 11... Bd6 12. g3 Nf8 13. Bg2 Ne6 14. h4
Bh5 15. Rc1 Rg8 16. a3 Qb3 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Legky,N-Gulicovski,K/
Vrnjacka Banja 1989 (41)}) 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nf3 f5 12. g3 Qb6 13. Qd2
Nf6 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 James,D-Rich,M/Hastings
Masters 1995 (40)}) 10... Bd6 11. Nf3 (11. Qc2 Rg8 12. g3 Qe7 13. Nf3 Qe6 14.
Nh4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Bf5 Qe7 17. Kb1 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,
A-Kallai,G/HUN-chT 1993 (27)}) 11... f5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qf6 (13... f4 14.
e4 $1) 14. g3 $14 {Ftacnik 1-0 Horvath,J-Abdel Megid,M/WchT Luzern 1989 (49)})
(9. Nge2 Na6 10. a3 Qb6 $2 11. Qxf6 Qxb2 12. Ra2 Qb3 13. Qe5+ (13. Qxh8 $18)
13... Kd7 14. Qxh8 $18 {1-0 Kumaran,D-Pcola,P/WchJ U20 Matinhos 1994 (33)})
9... Nd7 10. Bd3 Qb6 $6 (10... Nb6 $142 11. b3 Bb4 12. Nge2 Qe7 13. O-O O-O
$132 {David,P-Franic,M/Prague Vysehrad 1989/0-1 (52)}) 11. Qe2 $14 f5 $2 (11...
Rg8 $5 $14) 12. Qc2 $1 $16 f4 (12... Rg8 13. Nge2 Bh6 14. O-O $16) 13. exf4
Bxd3 (13... Bg7 14. Nge2 Bxd3 (14... O-O-O 15. Nxd5 $1 $16) (14... Rd8 15. f5
Bh5 16. f3 $18) 15. Rxd3 O-O 16. O-O $16) 14. Rxd3 Nf6 15. Re3+ Be7 16. Nge2
Ng4 (16... Kf8 17. O-O Re8 18. Re1 $16) 17. Rg3 Nf6 18. Qf5 Qc7 (18... Qxb2 19.
O-O $16) 19. Re3 Kf8 20. Ng3 (20. O-O $16) 20... Re8 21. O-O Rg8 22. Rfe1 Rg6
23. h3 (23. a3 $16) 23... Bd6 24. Nh5 $1 (24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Nh5 Ng7 26. Nxg7
Kxg7 27. Ne2 Qa5 28. Qb1 Re6 $132) 24... Rxe3 25. fxe3 (25. Rxe3 Nxh5 26. Qxh5
Bxf4 27. Re2 Kg7 $15) 25... Nxh5 (25... Ng8 26. g4 $5 (26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Rf3 Nh6
28. Qd3 Qh4 29. f5 Rg8 30. Nf4 Rg5 31. f6 Ng8 $15) (26. Kf2 Ne7 27. Qd3 $16)
26... Ne7 27. Qc2 f5 28. g5 h6 29. h4 hxg5 30. hxg5 Qd7 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. Qf2 $16
) 26. Qxh5 Kg8 27. Qf5 (27. Re2 $16) 27... Kg7 28. Re2 Qe7 29. e4 (29. Nd1 Qe6
30. Qxe6 Rxe6 (30... fxe6 31. Kf2 $16) 31. Kf1 $16) 29... dxe4 (29... Qh4 30.
e5 Bc7 31. Rf2 $16) 30. Nxe4 Re6 (30... Bc7 31. Ng5 Qf6 (31... Qxe2 32. Qxf7+
Kh6 33. Qxh7#) 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 (32... Rxf6 33. g3 Bb6 34. Nf3 Rd6 35. Re4 c5 36.
dxc5 Bxc5+ 37. Kf1 $16) 33. Nxh7+ Kg7 34. Ng5 Bxf4 35. Nf3 $16) 31. Qg4+ (31.
Kh1 $16) 31... Rg6 32. Qf3 (32. Qf5 Bc7 33. Ng5 Qf6 34. Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. g3 $16)
32... f5 (32... Kh8 33. f5 Rg8 34. f6 Qd7 35. Nxd6 Qxd6 36. Qf2 $16) 33. Ng3 (
33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34. Qe3 $16) 33... Qf7 (33... Qd7 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. Qxf5 Qxf5 36.
Nxf5 Bxf4 37. Re7 Rg5 38. Rf7 Bc1 39. h4 $18) 34. Qd3 Rf6 35. Re5 $1 Bxe5 (
35... Kh8 $1 36. Rxf5 Bxf4 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Nh5 Qh6 39. Nxf4 Qxf4 $14) 36.
dxe5 Re6 (36... Rg6 $2 37. Nxf5+ Kh8 38. e6 $1 (38. Qd8+ {Hecht} Qg8 (38... Rg8
39. Nh6 $18) 39. Qxg8+ Rxg8 40. Nd6 {und die weißen Bauern müssen gewinnen.})
38... Qf6 (38... Rxe6 39. Qd8+ Re8 (39... Qe8 40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Qg7#) 40. Qd4+
Kg8 41. Nh6+ $18) 39. e7 Rg8 40. Nd6 Qxe7 41. Qc3+ Rg7 (41... Qg7 42. Nf7#) 42.
Nf5 $18) 37. Nxf5+ Kh8 (37... Kg8 38. Kf2 $16) 38. Qd8+ Re8 $4 (38... Qg8 39.
Qd4 $16) (38... Qe8 $142 {Hecht} 39. Qxe8+ Rxe8 40. Nd6 Re7 41. Kf2 $18) 39.
Nd6 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 (10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6
14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. b4 {+/= Smyslov,V-Huebner,R/Velden 
(m10) 1983}) (10... Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rad1 f5 14. Ne2 Qe8 15.
Rfe1 Qf7 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf4
$14 {Dinstuhl,V-Teich,U/NRW-I 1990/1-0 (51)}) 11. Bxd6 (11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. f4 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 $13 {Jackova,J-Voicu,C/WchJW-U12 Bratislava 1993/1-0 
(63)}) 11... Qxd6 12. Qc2 Be6 $146 (12... O-O 13. g4 (13. O-O-O Re8 (13... Be6
14. Kb1 Rfc8 15. g4 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Nf8 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qg2 $14 {
0-1 Landsman-Arlandi,E/EU-chJ Groningen 1983 (47)}) 14. Kb1 b6 (14... Qe7 15.
Ng5 h6 $2 (15... a5 $14) 16. Nxf7 $1 $16 {1-0 Landsman-Grant/EU-chJ Groningen
1983 (19)}) 15. g4 Qe7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 c5 18. f3 Bb7 19. h4 Nd7 20. f4 f6
21. Nxg6 Qxe3 22. Rd3 Qe6 23. f5 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Buslayev/ 1947 (45)}) (
13. O-O Re8 14. Rab1 (14. a3 Be6 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Ngf8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3
Rad8 19. Ne2 a6 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Ng6 22. Bb1 Ndf8 23. Rc1 $14 {0-1
Goregliad,S-Renna,T/Nassau Masters 1992 (52)}) 14... Bd7 15. b4 Rac8 16. Rfc1
Qe7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Raicevic,V/Troon 1984 (50)}) 13... Be6 14. O-O-O c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bb5 Rec8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. e4 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. e4 Rd8 {- see later}) 21... Rd8 22. Na4 (22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. e5 (23. g5 Nh5 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) 23... Nd5 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Ng5 g6 26.
Rc1 Rac8 (26... Nxf4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Nd3 29. Rc7 Nxe5 30. Nxh7 $16) 27.
Qe4 c3 28. f5 Qb6 29. Rc2 Nb4 30. fxg6 h6 (30... Nxc2 31. gxh7+ Kg7 32. Qxc2
cxb2 (32... Rd2 33. h8=Q+ Rxh8 34. Qxc3 $16) 33. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Rd2+ $11))
22... Qc7 23. f5 Bd7 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Qd2 $6 (25. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (25... Qxc6 26.
g5 (26. e5 Nd5 27. Rhe1 Nxc3+ (27... Nb4 28. Qe4 $14) 28. Qxc3 b5 $11) 26...
Ne8 27. Nd5 $16) 26. g5 Nd7 27. f6 $40 {+/-}) 25... Re8 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,
L-Csom,I/Amsterdam IBM 1970}) 13. a3 a5 14. Ng5 $5 (14. O-O O-O 15. Rab1 $14)
14... O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Na4 Nf8 (16... Nd7) 17. Qc5 Qb8 (17... Qxc5 18. dxc5
Re7 19. Rfd1 $14) 18. b4 b5 $6 (18... axb4 $142 19. axb4 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Qc3 Ng5 22. Nc5 $14) 19. Nb2 (19. Nb6 Ra6 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. a4 (21. Qxc6 Ra6
$17) 21... Ra6 22. a5 Qb7 23. Rfc1 Bd7 24. Qd6 $14) 19... Bd7 20. Qc3 (20. Rfc1
$142 Ne4 (20... h6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Ne5 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25.
Rxa1 Qe8 26. Ra7 $16) 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bc2 $14) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Be2 Ne6 (22... axb4 23. axb4 (23. Qxb4 Qd8 24. a4 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Qd6 (26.
Rab1 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Re6 $19) 26... Re6 (26... Bxh3 27. gxh3 Qxh3+
28. Qh2 $18) 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 $14) 23... Qd6 24. Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rb2]}) 23.
a4 $4 {[%csl Gb2]} (23. bxa5 $1 Qa7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nc4 $16 (25. a6 c5 26. d5
Nc7 27. d6 Bb5 $132)) 23... axb4 24. Qxb4 c5 $1 $17 25. dxc5 bxa4 26. Qa3 (26.
Qxb8 Rexb8 27. Nc4 Nxc5 $17) 26... Nxc5 $1 27. Rfd1 Be6 $5 (27... Qe5 28. Nc4
Qc7 (28... Qg5 29. h4 $16) 29. Nd6 Re6 30. Nf5 $15) (27... Rc8 $1 $17) 28. Qxc5
Qxb2 29. Bb5 Rec8 $2 (29... Rac8 $1 30. Qg5 (30. Bc6 Bd7 $1 $17) 30... h6 31.
Qh5 g6 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Bb3 $17 (33... Bc4 $17)) 30. Rxa4 $1 $11 Rab8 $2 (
30... Qb3 31. Rd2 Qxa4 (31... Rab8 32. Rad4 h6 33. Bc6 $14) 32. Qxc8+ $8 Rxc8
33. Bxa4 f5 $11) 31. Rad4 h6 32. Bc6 $16 Qe2 33. Qe5 $1 Bb3 $8 34. R1d2 Qe1+
35. Kh2 g6 (35... f6 36. Qxe4 $16) 36. Bxe4 Re8 37. Qf4 Qc1 38. Rd6 {1:0 - ? (
(+)-?)} {(} Rb4 39. Rd8 $16 {)} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Koniushkov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 {
( ? - Tsesarsky} 8. a3 (8. Qxb7 $1 Nb4 9. Bb5+ (9. Rc1 $2 O-O 10. a3 Nc2+ 11.
Rxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxc7 Qc8 $1 13. Ba6 Qxb7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 $1 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Ba6
Rxb2 $15 {Ehlvest,J-Yusupov,A/Linares 1991/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 9... Kf8 10. Rd1 $5 (
10. Bxc7 $2 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $17) (10. Kd2 $5 Bd6 (10... a6 11. Ba4 (11. Be2
c5 12. Nf3 Rc8 $40 {[%csl Rd2]}) 11... Nd3 12. Bxc7 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. Ba5
Nxb2 (14... Nxf2 15. Rf1 $16 {Salov,V-Timoshchenko,G/URS-FL Irkutsk 1986/1/2-1/
2 (66)}) 15. Bb3 Ba3 (15... Nc4+ 16. Bxc4 dxc4 $14) 16. f3 h5 17. Nge2 Ke7 18.
Nf4 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nfxd5+ Nxd5 21. Nxd5+ $16 {1-0 Karolyi,T-Dutreeuw,M/
London Haringey 1989 (40)}) (10... Ne4+ $1 11. Nxe4 (11. Ke2 $5) 11... Bxe4 12.
Bxc7 (12. f3 $6 Rb8 $1 13. Qxc7 (13. Qxa7 Rxb5 14. fxe4 c5 $1 $132 {-Еыуыфкылн}
) 13... Qxc7 14. Bxc7 Rxb5 15. fxe4 dxe4 $44) 12... Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Rxc8 14. f3
Rxc7 15. fxe4 dxe4 (15... Rc2+ $5 16. Kd1 Rxb2 17. a3 Na2 18. Ne2 $13) 16. a3 (
16. Ba4 $5) 16... Nd5 17. Nh3 g5 $1 $10 18. Ba4 g4 19. Nf2 f5 20. Bb3 Nxe3 21.
Kxe3 Rb7 22. Be6 Bg5+ 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Bxf5 Rxb2+ 25. Ke1 Rf8 26. Nxe4 Rxf5 {
1/2-1/2 Thorsteins,K-Zaitsev,I/Moscow-B 1988}) 11. Bxd6+ cxd6 12. Be8 $1 (12.
a3 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Ra8 14. Qb7 (14. axb4 Rxa7 15. Rxa7 Qb8 16. Ra5 Bd7 (16... Ne4+
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne2 Ke7 (18... Bd7 19. Nc3 $16) 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Rha1 $16) 17.
Bxd7 Nxd7 18. b5 Nb6 19. b3 $16) 14... Rb8 $11) 12... Kxe8 13. Qxb4 $16 Rb8 14.
Qa3 Qb6 15. b3 a5 16. f3 Qb4 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Nce2 Ra8 20. Nf4
Ke7 21. Nge2 $16 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Koniushkov,I/St.Petersburg op 1995 (53)}) 10...
Rb8 $2 (10... Ne4 11. Ba4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd3+ 13. Rxd3 Bxd3 14. Bxc7 Ba6 15.
Qxa6 Qxc7 16. Ne2 $16 {1-0 Chernin,A-Dutreeuw,M/EUCup Gr6Clichy 
(Graz-Antwerpen 1993 (31)}) (10... a6 11. Ba4 Nd3+ 12. Rxd3 Bxd3 13. Bxc7 Qc8
14. Qb6 (14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Ba5 $14 {Salov}) 14... a5 (14... Bb5 15. Bb3 Qd7
16. Nge2 Rc8 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Qa5 h5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. O-O Rh6 21. f3 Nd6 22.
Nc3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nxb5 Qb7 25. a4 c3 26. Nxc3 Qxb2 27. Nd5 Ba3 28. Qb5
$16 {0-1 Gofstein,L-Ubilava,E/URS 1983 (41)}) 15. Be5 (15. Bd6 $5) 15... Ne4
16. Qc6 Bb4 17. Nge2 h5 (17... Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Bxc3 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Qxe4 Qc4+
21. Kf3 $16) 18. f3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe2 20. cxb4 Bc4 21. b5 $14 {Granda Zuniga,
J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Pamplona 1995/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 11. Qxa7 Ra8 12. Qxc7
Qxc7 13. Bxc7 Nxa2 14. Ra1 Rc8 15. Rxa2 Rxc7 16. Ra8+ $18) (8. g4 $6 Nxg4 9.
Nxd5 (9. Qxb7 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Kf8 $132) (9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ $15 (10...
O-O-O 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Ne2 Nd5 (12... Rhe8 13. Rg1 Ng6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Rd6
16. Ng3 $14) 13. Rg1 Nxf4 14. Nxf4 g5 15. Bh3 (15. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 15... gxf4 16.
Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Rxg4 fxe3 18. fxe3 Rhg8 19. Rxg8 Rxg8 20. Kf2 Kd7 $11)) 9... O-O
10. Bg2 Bh4 11. Bg3 Be6 12. Kf1 a5 13. Nh3 a4 14. Qc4 Na5 15. Qc5 b6 16. Bxh4
bxc5 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Rc1 c4 21. Ng5 (21. Ke2 Rfe8
22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Bf5 $15) 21... h6 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Rxb2 $19
{0-1 Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/It, Linares ESP 1997 (39)}) 8... Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10.
Nf3 O-O $5 $146 (10... Nh5 $2 11. Bc7 $1 (11. Be5 O-O $11) 11... Qxc7 12. Nxd5
Qd8 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. b4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Qd1 bxc4 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Qxh5 $18
{1-0 Gavrikov,V-Ubilava,E/Tbilisi 1983 (43)}) 11. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ra5]} b5 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc6]} 12. Qd1 (12. Qxa5 $5 Qxa5 13. Nxc6 {[%tqu "En","?","","",
"e7a3","",10]} Bxa3 $3 (13... Qb6 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nxf5 b4 $8 16. axb4 Qxb4
17. Rb1 (17. O-O-O $2 {[%cal Gf4b8]} Rfc8 18. Bd3 Rxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1
(20. Bc2 Rc8 $19) 20... Qb3+ 21. Ka1 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxc3 19. Bd6 $1 Qa5
20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 $16) 14. Rxa3 (14. Nxa5 Bxb2 15. Nd1 Bxa1 16. Nb3 a5 17.
Nxa1 b4 $44) 14... Qb6 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxf5 a6 $132 (16... b4 17. Ra6 bxc3 18.
Rxb6 axb6 19. bxc3 Ra1+ 20. Ke2 Ne4 21. Kf3 (21. g3 Rfa8 $17) 21... Nd2+ 22.
Ke2 (22. Kg4 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxf1 24. Ne7 Rd8 25. Kf5 Nd2 $15) 22... Ne4)) 12...
Rc8 13. Bd3 (13. Be2 $2 Nc4 14. Qc1 c5 $1 $132) 13... Bxd3 (13... Ne4 14. Qc2
f6 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxb2 19. O-O $14 (19. Nd2
c5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Qb3 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qa5+ $17)) (13... Be6 14.
O-O Nc4 15. Qc2 $14) 14. Nxd3 Nc4 15. O-O Re8 (15... a5 16. a4 $1 b4 17. Ne2
$14) 16. a4 $1 b4 17. Ne2 Nh5 $2 {The White wish to change NNB and to keep
advantage |^ c-line} (17... Ne4 18. b3 Nb6 (18... Ncd2 $2 19. Re1 c5 20. dxc5 (
20. f3 Nxb3 $1 21. Qxb3 c4 22. Qd1 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nc3 $15) 20... Bf6 21. Nd4 $18
) 19. Rc1 $14) 18. b3 Nxf4 19. Nexf4 Na5 20. Rc1 $16 Bd6 21. g3 $1 g6 (21...
Nb7 22. Qd2 (22. Qg4 Na5) 22... Qe7 23. Rc2 Na5 24. Rb1 Qe4 25. Qd1 a6 26. Nc5
Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Nb7 28. Rc2 $16) 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Nb7 24. Rc1 Nd6 (24... Qd6
25. Nd3 $16) 25. Nd3 a5 26. Nc5 h5 27. Rc2 Ne4 $6 (27... Rc7 28. Qd3 Qa8 29.
Re1 Rce7 30. Rec1 $16) 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rc5 $16 Re6 (29... Re7 30. Qf3) 30.
Qf3 Qb6 31. Rfc1 {[%csl Rd5]} Rd8 32. Qe2 Rdd6 (32... Kg7 33. h3 (33. Qc2 Rdd6)
33... Rdd6 34. Kg2 $16 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. h3 Qa7 $2 (34... Re4 $1
35. Qc2 (35. g4 $140 $6 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rde6 37. Qf3 Qd8 38. Rxc6 (38. Qh3 Qg5
39. f4 Qh6 (39... Qf6 40. Rh1 Kf8 41. Rxa5 Rxe3 42. Qh6+ Qg7 (42... Ke7 43.
Ra7+ Kd8 44. Qh8+ Qxh8 45. Rxh8+ Re8 46. Ra8+ Kd7 47. Rhxe8 Rxe8 48. Rxe8 Kxe8
49. g5 Kd7 50. Kf3 c5 51. dxc5 Kc6 52. Ke2 Kxc5 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. a5
Kc6 56. a6 $18) 43. Ra8+ Re8 44. Qh8+ Qg8 45. Rxe8+ Rxe8 46. Kf2 $16) 40. Qxh6+
Kxh6 41. Rxa5 Rxe3 $11) 38... Qg5 39. Rxe6 (39. Kg3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 Rxe3 $17)
39... Rxg4+ 40. Kf1 Rg1+ 41. Ke2 Rxc1 $8 42. Rd6 (42. Re5 $4 Qg1 $19) 42... Qg1
(42... Rc2+ 43. Kd3 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Rxb3 45. Rd7 Qf6 46. Qxf6+ Kxf6 47. Rxd5 Rb2+
48. Kd3 Rxf2 49. Rxa5 Ra2 50. Kc4 Re2 (50... Ra3 51. e4 b3 52. Kc3 $18) 51. Re5
g5 52. Kxb4 g4 53. a5 (53. Re8 g3 54. a5 g2 55. Rg8 Kf5 56. a6 Ke4 57. a7 Ra2
58. Rxg2 Rxa7 $11) 53... g3 54. Re4 g2 55. Rg4 Kf5 56. Rg3 Ke4 57. a6 Ra2 58.
Kb5 f5 59. Kb6 Rb2+ 60. Kc5 Ra2 61. Kb6 Rb2+ $11) 43. Qf6+ Kh6 44. Qf4+ Kg7 $11
) 35... Ree6 36. Kf1 (36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Re4 $132) 36... Rf6 37. Ke2 Rfe6 38.
Kd1 Rf6 39. Qe2 Rfe6 40. Kc2 Re4 41. Kb2 Ree6 42. g4 $16) 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4
Qb6 (36... Re4 37. Rh1 Qc7 (37... Qe7 38. Rxa5 Qe6 39. Qf3 Rxg4+ 40. Kf1 Qe4
41. Qxe4 (41. Rh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxf7+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qxd6 Qd3+ 45. Ke1 Rg1#)
41... Rxe4 42. Ra7 Rf6 43. Rh3 g5 44. Rg3 Kg6 45. Rb7 Rh4 46. Rxb4 (46. a5 Rh1+
47. Rg1 Rh2 48. Rg2 Rh1+ 49. Ke2 Ra1 $11) 46... c5 47. Rb8 cxd4 48. Rg8+ Kh7
49. R8xg5 dxe3 50. Rxe3 Rh2 51. Rg2 $18) 38. Qf3 Qd7 39. Kf1 Qxg4 (39... Rxg4
40. Qh3 $18) 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 41. Rxa5 $16) 37. Rh1 Rd8 (37... Qd8 38. Qf3 Qg5 (
38... Re4 39. Qh3 $18) 39. Rxa5 Re4 40. Qxe4 $18 (40. Rh7+ Kxh7 41. Qxf7+ $18))
38. Qf3 $18 Rd7 39. Qh3 Kf8 40. Qh4 $6 (40. Qh8+ Ke7 $16) (40. Qh6+ $1 Ke8 41.
Qg7 Rde7 42. Rh8+ Kd7 43. Qf8 Re8 (43... Qc7 44. Qa8 $18) 44. Qxf7+ R6e7 45.
Qf6 Re6 46. Rh7+ $18) 40... Qc7 41. Qg3 $16 (41. Qg3 $16 Qxg3+ (41... Kg7 42.
Qxc7 Rxc7 43. Rxa5 $18) 42. Kxg3 Ra7 43. Rh8+ Ke7 44. Rb8 (44. g5 Kd6 45. Kf4
Re4+) 44... f6 45. Rb6 Kd7 46. Kf3 $22 Rd6 (46... Kc7 47. Rbb5 $18) (46... Ra8
47. Rb7+ Kd6 48. Rg7 g5 49. Ke2 Re4 50. Rf7 Re6 51. Kd3 Ra6 52. f4 gxf4 53.
exf4 $18) 47. g5 fxg5 48. Kg4 Rf6 49. Kxg5 Rxf2 50. Rcxc6 (50. Rbxc6 $6 Rg2+
51. Kf6 (51. Kh6 $6 Ra8 52. Rxg6 Rxg6+ 53. Kxg6 Kd6 54. Kf5 Rf8+ 55. Kg4 Rf2
56. Rxa5 Rb2 57. Ra6+ Kc7 58. a5 Rxb3 59. Kf4 Ra3 60. Ke5 (60. Rb6 Rxa5 61.
Rxb4 Ra3 62. Rb1 Kd6 63. Rh1 Kd7 64. Rh7+ Kd6 $11) 60... Rxe3+ (60... b3 61.
Rb6 Rxa5 62. Rxb3 Kc6 63. Rc3+ Kb6 64. Kd6 $18) 61. Kxd5 Ra3 62. Rc6+ Kd7 63.
Rc5 b3 64. Rb5 b2 65. Rb7+ Kc8 66. Rxb2 Rxa5+ 67. Kc6 Ra6+ $11) 51... Rg3 52.
Rb6 Rxe3 53. Rxd5+ Kc7 54. Re6 Rxe6+ 55. Kxe6 Ra6+ 56. Ke7 $16) 50... Rg2+ 51.
Kf6 Rg3 52. Re6 Kc8 53. Rb5 Rf3+ 54. Kg5 Rg3+ 55. Kf4 Rh3 56. Rc5+ Kd7 (56...
Rc7 57. Rxd5 (57. Rxg6 Rxc5 58. dxc5 Kc7 $16) 57... Rh4+ 58. Kg3 Rh5 59. Rxh5
gxh5 $18) 57. Rxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Grishanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6.
e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qf3 cxd4 13.
exd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Qxe5 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qxb7 Nc5 {
= Kasparov,G-Beliavsky,A/Moskva (m3) 1983}) 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 (8. Bf4
{Tsesarsky} O-O 9. Nf3 b6 (9... c6 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Ne4 $5 (
11... c5 {Tsesarsky} 12. Qf3 Nxe5 (12... Re8 13. Rad1 (13. Bf5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Ne4 15. Nxe4 (15. e6 Nxc3 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Rac1 $14) 15... dxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $16) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 a6 (14... Rc8 15. Bf5 $14) 15.
Bf5 $14 (15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg3+ Kf8 17. Qf4 (17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qg6+ Kf8 (18...
Ke6 19. Rfe1+ Kd6 20. Qg3+ Ne5 (20... Kc6 21. Re6+ Bd6 22. Qxd6#) 21. dxe5+ $18
) 19. Qxh6+ Kf7 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ $11 (21. Rfe1 Ng8 22. Re3 (22. Bf5 Bf6
23. Be6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bg7 25. Rd3 Ndf6 26. Rg3 Qc7 27. h4 Re8 28. Re5 Re7 29.
h5 Rf7 30. Rf3 Qd7 31. Ne2 Ne7 $17) 22... Bf6 23. Rg3 Ke7 $17)) 17... Kg7 18.
Qg3+ $11)) 13. dxe5 Ne8 14. Bc4 $1 Nc7 15. Rad1 dxc4 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qxc8
Raxc8 18. Rd7 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 (19. Ne4 Ne6 20. Rxa7 (20. Rc1 b5 21. a4 a6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Nxf4 25. exf4 Red8 $17) 20... Ra8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Nc3 $16) 19... b5 20. e4 a5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rcd8 23. Rc7 b4 24. d6 c3
25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Rxc5 $18) 12. Rc1 (12. Nxe4 {Tsesarsky} dxe4 13. Bc2 (13. Bb5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qg4 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bd7
Bc8 20. Bc6 f5 21. Bc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Be6 23. Bd8 Bxa2 24. Bxg5 $11) 13... c5
$11) 12... Nxe5 (12... Nxc3 {Tsesarsky} 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Qf3 (14. Qg4 Nf6) 14...
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 (15... Qd7 16. Bf5 Qb5 17. Rb3 Qa6 18. Qg3 f6 19. Bf4 Qxa2 20.
Bxh6 Rf7 21. Be6 $18) 16. Bg3 $14) 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Nb5 $6 {0-1 Yakovich,
Y-Burmakin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (58)} (14. Bxd6 {Tsesarsky} Nxd6 15. b4 $14))
8... b6 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 $5) 9... Bb7 10. f3 Nf8 (10... c5 $5) 11. O-O Ne6 12.
b4 O-O 13. Rb1 $14 Qd7 14. b5 a6 15. a4 axb5 16. axb5 Ne4 $5 (16... Ra5 17. Bf5
Rfa8 18. Qc2 $14) 17. Be1 $6 (17. Nxd5 Bxh4 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. fxe4
$16) 18. fxe4 Bg5 (18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Bc2 Qg5 (20... Bg5 21. Qd3 g6 (
21... f5 22. Bb3 Qd7 23. h4 Bxh4 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxf5 $18) 22.
Rf3 (22. e4 Qd7) 22... Qd6 (22... f5 23. Bb3 Qd6 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Nf4 $16) 23.
Rbf1 $14) 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Rf3 $16) 19. Nef4 $14) (17. fxe4 $1 Bxh4 (17... dxe4
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe7 $18) 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bc2 $14) 17... Nxc3
18. Bxc3 $132 Bf6 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Nf8 (20... g6 $11) 21. Ng3
c5 $1 22. Nh5 (22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rfc1 Ba6 24. Qd2 Bc4 $11) 22... Bg5 23. Rfe1 (
23. f4 c4 (23... Be7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxg7 Rxe3 26. Nf6+ Kxg7 27. Nxd7 Rxd3+
28. Nxc5 Rd2 29. Nxb7 Rxc2 30. Rf2 Raa2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 $15) 24. Qe2 Bh4 $15)
23... c4 (23... g6 $6 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 $14) 24. Qd2 Ra2 $2
(24... Ne6 25. Ng3 Nc7 (25... g6 26. f4 Bh4 27. f5 gxf5 28. Bxf5 Bxg3 29. hxg3
Qd6 30. Qf2 Ng7 31. Bb4 Qc7 32. Bc2 Qd7 33. Rf1 Re6 $15) 26. Bf5 Qe7 27. Nf1
Bc8 28. Bxc8 Raxc8 $17 {[%csl Rb5]}) 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 (25... Nxh7 26. Qxa2 Bxe3+ (
26... Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 Qf5 29. Ng3 Qd3+ 30. Ne2 Ng5 31. Re1
Qf5 32. Bd2 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 $132) 28... g6 29. Ng3 Bf4 30. Ne2 Bd6 31. Bb4 Bxb4
32. Rxb4 Ng5 $132) 27. Kh1 Ng5 28. Rb2 Re6 (28... Nxf3 29. gxf3 Qf5 30. Ng3
Qxf3+ 31. Rg2 $18) 29. Rbe2 Qe7 30. Qc2 $14) 26. Qxa2 Rxe3 (26... Bxe3+ 27. Kh1
Ng6 28. Ng3 Ra8 29. Qc2 Bf4 $44) 27. Qc2+ Kg8 28. Rxe3 (28. f4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1
Be7 30. Qa4 Ng6 $44) 28... Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Qf5 Bc8 (30... Bg5 31. Qe5 Bd8
$44) 31. Qe5 Bg5 $2 (31... Bf2 32. Ba1 f6 33. Qb8 Qb7 34. Qxb7 Bxb7 35. Rd1 Kf7
$44) 32. f4 $16 f6 (32... Be7 33. f5 $18) 33. Qb8 Bh4 (33... Nxf4 34. Nxf4 Qf5
35. Re1 Bxf4 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Qxc8 Qb1+ 38. Be1 $18) 34. Qxb6 Nf8 (34... Kh7
35. Qc6 $18 (35. Ra1 $2 Qf7 36. f5 Qxh5 37. fxe6 Bg3 38. h3 Qe2 39. Qd8 Bxe6
40. Qe7 Qe3 41. Bd2 Qxd4 42. Ra7 f5 43. Be3 (43. b6 Qb2 44. Qb4 Qc2 45. Ra1 d4
$17) 43... Qe5 44. Qc5 f4 45. Bd4 Qe1+ 46. Bg1 f3 (46... Bxh3 47. Qd4 Bxg2+ 48.
Kxg2 Qe2+ 49. Bf2 Qg4 50. Kf1 Bxf2 51. Kxf2 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 f3 53. Qg1 Qh3+ (53...
Qe5 $14) 54. Kf2 Qh4+ 55. Kxf3 Qe4+ $11) 47. Qe3 Qxe3 48. Bxe3 f2 49. Ra1 (49.
Bxf2 Bxf2 $19) 49... c3 50. b6 Bc8 (50... d4 51. Bxd4 Bc4 52. Bxf2 Bxf2 53. b7
Bg3 54. Rc1 Bd5 55. Rxc3 Bf4 56. b8=Q Bxb8 $11) 51. Rc1 Ba6 52. Bxf2 Bxf2 53.
Rxc3 d4 54. Ra3 Bb7 55. Ra7 Be4 56. b7 Bg3 57. Ra4 Bxb7 58. Rxd4 $11)) 35. Ra1
$18 Qf5 36. Qd8 Qxh5 37. Qxc8 Bg3 38. h3 Bxf4 39. Bb4 Qg6 40. Qxf8+ Kh7 41. Bd6
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.02.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7.
Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 (10. Qd2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Nb6 13.
Rae1 Be6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Rad8 16. h3 $13 {Gutman,L-Andersson,U/Wijk/1987/}
) 10... Nhf6 11. Ng3 (11. h3 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qd2 g6 14. f3 h5 $6 15. g5 Ng8
16. h4 Qd6 17. e4 $14 {Gutman,L-Blauert/Bad Wörishofen/1990/ / /}) 11... g6 (
11... h6 12. h3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. b3 g6 15. a4 a5 16. f3 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Spassky,B/Barcelona WCup/1989/ ->CBM 12}) 12. Qe2 (12. h4 $5 Nb6 13. g5 Ng8 (
13... Ng4 14. Qd2 (14. Be2 h5 15. gxh6 Nxh6 16. h5 Nf5 17. Nxf5 (17. hxg6 Rxh1+
18. Nxh1 fxg6 19. Qc2 Be6 20. O-O-O O-O-O $132) 17... Bxf5 $132) 14... O-O 15.
O-O-O $14) 14. Kd2 $5 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-Andersson,U/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 (46)} (
14. Qf3 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rdg1 h6 17. Qf4 $14)) (12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 h6 14.
gxh6 Rxh6 (14... Ndf6 15. h5 Bg4 16. Be2 $5 (16. Qa4 $1 Bxh5 (16... Nxh5 17.
Nxh5 Bxh5 18. Nxd5 $14) 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 (17... gxh5 18. h7 Nh6 19. Qc2 $16) 18.
Nxd5 $14) 16... Bxe2 (16... Bxh5 17. Nxh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Rxh6 $14)
17. Qxe2 Nxh5 $6 (17... Rxh6 $5 18. Qf3 (18. hxg6 Rxh1+ 19. Nxh1 fxg6 20. Rc1
$14) 18... O-O-O $132) 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Rxh6 20. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Panchenko,A/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991 (54)}) 15. h5 Nf8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. hxg6 Rxh1+
18. Nxh1 Nxg6 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Grosar,A/Sochi-B
1989 (49)}) (12. h3 Nb6 13. Qb3 (13. Qd2 $5) (13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15.
Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shumiakina,T-Khurtsidze,N/Kishinev ztW 1995 (61)}) (13. Qc2
Be6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gausel,E-Lauvsnes,A/Gausdal
International 1990 (34)}) 13... Be6 (13... Bd7 14. O-O-O $14 (14. a4 $5 Be6 15.
a5 Nc8 16. a6 Rb8 17. axb7 Rxb7 18. Qa4 O-O $14)) 14. g5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Qa3 Qxg5 17. Ncxe4 $14) 12... Nb6 13. g5 Ng8 14. h4 h5 $6 (14... h6 $142 15.
gxh6 Nxh6 16. h5 (16. O-O-O Be6 17. Kb1 (17. h5 g5 18. Qc2 (18. Rhg1 O-O-O $132
) 18... O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 $132) 17... O-O-O 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. h5 g5 20. Qc2 Bg4
21. Rcf1 Bf3 22. Rhg1 Qf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Dobrovolsky,L/Ceske
Budejovice op 1995 (59)}) 16... g5 17. O-O-O $14 {0-1 Galliamova Ivanchuk,
A-Vladimirov,E/Oviedo 1993 (41)}) 15. O-O-O $16 (15. gxh6 $5 $14) 15... Bd7 16.
e4 (16. f3 O-O-O 17. Qf2 (17. e4 $6 dxe4 18. fxe4 $4 Bg4 $19) 17... f5 18. Kb1
$14) 16... O-O-O (16... dxe4 17. Ngxe4 O-O-O 18. Rhe1 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Nc5
Qxe2 21. Bxf5+ gxf5 22. Rxe2 $16) 17. Rhe1 (17. exd5 Qxe2 18. Ngxe2 cxd5 19.
Rd2 Ne7 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Nf4 Rd7 23. Rde2 Rhd8 24. b3 $16) 17...
Qd6 $5 (17... dxe4 18. Ngxe4 $16) 18. exd5 (18. e5 $2 Qb4 $132) 18... cxd5 $2
$18 (18... Qf4+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 (20. fxe3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Kd2 Ne7
23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Rf1 Be6 25. b4 $14) 20... cxd5 21. Rde1 $16) (18... Nxd5 $1
19. Nxd5 (19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bg4 21. Rd2 Nf4 22. Bc4 f6 $15) 19... Qxd5 20.
Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 (21. dxe5 Be6 $11) 21... Bg4 22. Rd2 Kc7 (22... Rxd4 23. Bf5+
$18) 23. Bc4 f6 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Bf7 Nd7 26. Rg5 Nf8 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 28. Rxg6
$16 {(+/=)}) 19. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 $8 20. Rxe5 Be6 (20... Bc6 21. Rde1 Kd7 22. f4 $18
) (20... Kb8 21. Rde1 Rc8 22. f4 Na4 23. Kc2 $18) 21. Bxg6 $1 Nd7 (21... Bg4
22. Bf5+ (22. Bxf7 Bxd1 23. Kxd1 Nd7 24. Re2 $18) 22... Bxf5 23. Rxf5 $18) (
21... fxg6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Rd2 Kd7 24. Rxg6 $18) 22. Re3 Bg4 (22... fxg6 23.
Rxe6 $18) 23. Bxf7 Bxd1 24. Kxd1 Rf8 (24... Nb6 25. Re2 $18) 25. Nxd5 $1 Kd8 (
25... Rxf7 26. Re8#) 26. g6 (26. Bxh5 Nb6 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. g6 $18) 26... Nh6
27. g7 Nxf7 28. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 29. Nf4 Nh6 30. Ke2 Ng4 31. Rb3 b6 32. Rb5 Nf6 33.
Rf5 N8d7 34. Nfxh5 Re8+ 35. Kf3 Ng8 36. Ne4 Ne7 37. Rf7 Rh8 38. Nf4 Rh6 39. Ng3
Nc6 40. Ke3 Rxh4 41. Nf5 Rh1 42. Ne6+ Kc8 43. Nd6+ Kb8 44. Rxd7 Re1+ 45. Kd2
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 (10... Be7 11. Nh4 f5 12. Nf3 (12. g3 Bxh4
13. gxh4 f4 14. exf4 (14. Bh3 $2 fxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7 16. Rg1 h6 17. Kd2 Nf6 18.
Raf1 Ke7 $15 {0-1 Ryskin,A-Balashov,Y/Pinsk 1993 (50)}) 14... Nd7 15. Kd2 $14)
12... Nd7 13. g3 Nf6 14. h4 Bh5 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bh3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2
Bf3 19. Rhb1 Bg4 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Bd3 f4 22. gxf4 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,T-Glienke,
M/Hannover 1983 (43)} (22. Bxh7 fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Rg7 24. Bc2 Kd7 25. Re1 Re8+ 26.
Kf4 Bxd4 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. f3 $132)) 11. Nh4 (11. Be2 Nb6 (11... f5 12. O-O Nf6
13. a3 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Bh6 15. g3 Ke7 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Kd6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 $14
{1-0 Zilberman,Y-Kaldor,A/Petach-Tikva Magen mem. 1996 (38)}) (11... Be7 12.
Rc1 Rd8 13. O-O h5 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Kd7 17. Nd4 f5 18. b4 Bf6
19. Rfd1 a6 20. Rc3 $14 {1-0 Koch,B-Paroulek,V/cr FS-Ol/3 1960 (61)}) 12. Nd2
Bf5 (12... Kd7 13. h4 h5 14. e4 $2 (14. Rc1 $14) 14... dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Kc7 16.
O-O Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Nielsen,P/Budapest ExpFS FebGM
1993 (61)}) 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. g4 Be6 17. f4 f5 18. g5 a4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Ruban,V/EUCup Gr1 Eupen 1994 (46)}) (11. h4 h5 12. Kd2
Bd6 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. Nd3 Ne6 15. Rb1 (15. Be2 Ke7 16. Rhc1 $14) 15... a5 16. a3
Ke7 17. b4 Rhb8 18. Be2 Nf8 19. Rb3 (19. Rhc1 $14) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21.
b5 $14 {0-1 Granath,S-Hunt,H/WchJW-U16 Szeged 1994 (38)}) (11. Kd2 Nb6 12. b3
a5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Kxc3 a4 16. b4 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 Nc4 18. Nd2 b5 19.
Nxc4 dxc4+ 20. Ke4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Bruk,O/ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 (33)})
(11. g3 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rac1 a5 17.
Bf1 a4 $11 {1-0 Ivanov Igor V-Mikhalchishin Adrian/Ch URS liga), Ashkhabad 
(Turkmenistan) 1978 (68)}) 11... Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Rd1 (13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 Bxh4
15. gxh4 Ke7 16. Ne2 Ke6 17. Ng3 h6 18. b4 a6 19. Kd2 Nc8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h5 Bh7
22. Rhc1 Rhg8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Piket,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1988 
(61)}) (13. O-O-O f5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Bd3 Nc8 16. Ne2 Nd6 17. Nh4 O-O-O 18. Nf4
Rdg8 19. Kd2 Kd7 20. Ke2 Rh6 21. Rc1 Bh7 $132 {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Damjanovic,M/
Rijeka YUG-URS 1963 (50)}) 13... Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 b5 (
16... Ke7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 $14) 17. f3 O-O 18. g4 Nb2 19. Ra1 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4
bxc4 21. Nf5 $14 Rab8 22. Rhb1 Rfe8 (22... Bxf5 23. gxf5 Rfe8 (23... Rb3 $2 24.
Rxb3 cxb3 25. c4 dxc4 26. Kc3 a5 27. Kxc4 a4 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Kb4 Rg8 30. Rb1
Ra8 31. e4 Kg7 32. Kc5 $16) 24. e4 $1 $14) 23. e4 Bxf5 (23... Rb3 $2 24. Rxb3
cxb3 25. Kd3 h5 26. h3 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rb8 28. Rb1 a5 29. a4 $16) 24. gxf5 dxe4
25. fxe4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rxe4 27. Rb4 $14 Rf4 $4 (27... c5 $1 28. dxc5 (28. Rxc4
cxd4 29. Rxd4 Re5 $11) 28... Kf8 29. c6 Ke7 30. Rb7+ Kd6 31. Rxa7 Kxc6 32. Rxf7
Rh4 33. Rxf6+ Kd5 34. Re6 Rxh2+ 35. Re2 Rh6 $14) 28. Rxc4 $18 Rxf5 29. Rxc6 Kg7
(29... Ra5 30. c4 Kf8 31. d5 Rxa3 32. d6 Ke8 33. c5 Kd8 34. Rc7 Rh3 35. Rxa7
Rxh2+ 36. Kd3 Rh4 (36... Rh1 37. Kc4 $18) 37. c6 $18) 30. c4 Ra5 31. d5 f5 32.
c5 f4 33. d6 Kf6 34. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nb6 8.
e3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bd3 (10. h3 $142 Bg6 (10... Bd6 11. Qb3 (11. g4 $146 Bg6
12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Be2 Nfd7 $10 14. Nd3 (14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O-O
O-O-O) (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O-O O-O-O) 14... a5 (14... Bxd3 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rhe8 $10) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf4 a4 17. Qa3
Qxa3 18. bxa3 Nc8 19. h4 h6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Bd3 Kf7 22. f3 Rd8 23. Rb1 Ra7
24. O-O b5 25. e4 Ndb6 26. Rbc1 Ne7 27. g5 Rad7 28. Ne2 Rh8 $6 {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,K-Smagin,S/Jugoslavija 1995 (43)} (28... Nc4 $1)) 11... Qe7 12. Nd3
Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Bg6 14. Be2 Be4 15. O-O O-O 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Nc8 18. Nd3 $14
{0-1 Gavrilov,A-Smagin,S/Novgorod op 1995 (33)}) 11. Qb3 (11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3
Be7 13. O-O O-O $10) 11... a5 (11... Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
) 12. a3 a4 13. Qd1 Ne4 (13... Bd6 $5) 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Nxg6 (15. O-O O-O 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rc1 Re8 $10) 15... hxg6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 $16 {Georgiev,
K-Piket,J/Moscow olm BUL-NED 1994/1-0 (76)}) 10... Bd6 (10... Bg6 11. Bxg6 (11.
Nxg6 $14) 11... hxg6 12. h3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3 Re8 15. f4 (15. Rab1 $14)
15... Qc8 16. Rac1 Bb4 17. Bh4 Qf5 $11 {Budde,V-Smagin,S/Eupen op act 1994/0-1
(47)}) 11. f3 Bg6 12. g4 (12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. h3 g4 (16... O-O-O 17. a4 $1 (17. Nb5 $6 Qg3 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nxc6+ (19.
Qc5 Nfd7 20. Qa5 Rxh3 $17) 19... bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rd6 $17) 17... a5 (17... g4 18.
hxg4 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Qg3 21. Rg1 Rh2 22. Kf1 Rdh8 23. a5 $16) 18. Nb5
Qb4 19. Qc5 Nc4 $8 (19... Qxc5 20. dxc5 cxb5 21. cxb6 $18) 20. Bxc4 dxc4 $8 21.
Qf5+ Rd7 22. Qxg5 (22. Na3 Rh5 (22... g4 23. hxg4 c3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Nb5 $18)
23. Qc2 $16) 22... Ne8 23. Na3 $18) 17. fxg4 (17. hxg4 Qh2+ 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19.
Ke2 Qg3 20. Rg1 Rh2 21. Kf1 O-O-O 22. Qf2 Qd6 (22... Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 $16) 23.
Rc1 (23. g5 Nh5 24. Ne2 Qb4 $132) 23... Kb8 24. Rc2 $1 (24. g5 Nh5 25. Ne2 Qe7
26. Ng3 (26. f4 Re8 $17) 26... Qxg5 27. Nxh5 Rxh5 $11) 24... Rdh8 25. Ke2 $16)
17... Qg3 18. e4 Rxh3 19. exd5+ Kf8 $19) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qe7 (13... Qe7 14.
O-O-O O-O (14... O-O-O 15. Qf5+ Kb8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Qxf7 Nxf4 18. Qxe7 (18. exf4
Rde8 19. Qh5 Qf8 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qh4 Qf5 22. Ne2 g6 23. Qf2 Re6 24. h4 Rhe8 $44)
18... Bxe7 19. exf4 Rhf8 20. Ne2 $14) 15. h4 (15. Ne2 c5 $1 $15) 15... Rfe8 16.
Rde1 (16. h5 $2 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Bxf4 18. exf4 Qxd7 19. f5 Nc4 20. Rde1 (20. h6
Re3 21. Qc2 g5 $1 $17) 20... Qd6 $15) 16... Rac8 17. Kb1 c5 18. h5 cxd4 19.
exd4 Nc4 20. h6 (20. Nxc4 $2 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Bc1 Rxc4 $15 {[%cal
Rd6f4]}) 20... g6 21. Bg5 (21. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 (21... Na3+ 22. bxa3 Nxd5 23. Bd2
Qc7 $17) 22. Nxc4 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bc1 Bf4 $19) 21... Bxe5 22. Nxd5 (
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qd4 Rc4 24. Qxa7 Qe6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nxd5 Qd6 (26... Qxf3
27. Qxb7 Rc5 28. Ne7+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Rxe8+ $18
) 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. h7 $18) 27. Qxb7 Rb8 (27...
Rc5 28. Rd1 $18) 28. Qe7 Qxd5 (28... Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Nd3+ 30. Kb3 $18) 29. Qxe5
$18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 (7...
Bg6) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 (10... h5 11. h4 f5 12. Nh3 Nd7 13.
Ne2 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Bd6 15. Nhf4 $14 {Savchenko,S-Barkhagen,J/Gausdal Peer Gynt
1992/1-0 (46)}) 11. Nge2 (11. Nf3 Nb6 12. O-O-O (12. Rc1 h6 13. O-O Rg8 14.
Rfe1 O-O-O 15. Rc2 Kb8 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,
S-Dokuchaev,A/St.Petersburg op 1994 (38)}) 12... Nc8 (12... O-O-O 13. Nh4 (13.
Ne2 Kc7 14. h3 Nc8 15. Nf4 Nd6 16. g4 Ne4 17. Rdf1 Bd6 18. Nh5 f5 $1 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Karpow-Waganjan/55.ch-UdSSR/SW,35,5 1988 (37)}) 13... Kc7 14. Ne2 Nc8
15. Nf5 Nd6 16. Neg3 Nxf5 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Campora,D/Buenos Aires 1990}) 13. e4
(13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Ng3 h5 15. Nh4 O-O-O 16. Rdf1 Be7 17. Ngf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bb4
19. g3 Kc7 20. Kb1 Rdg8 21. Rc1 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Vaganian,R/Moscow op 1990
}) 13... Nb6 14. Rhe1 (14. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Vaganian,R/URS-chT 1988})
14... O-O-O 15. Nh4 Bb4 16. a3 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rd5 19. Rf4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia8990 1989 (31)}) 11... Nb6 (11...
Bd6 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Nce2 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc8 15. Nh5 Be7 16. f3 Nd6 17. g4 O-O-O
18. Neg3 $6 (18. Kc2 f5 19. h3 fxg4 20. hxg4 $14) (18. Nhg3 $14) 18... Nc4 $1
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Kc2 (20. Ke2 c5 21. dxc5 c3 $14) 20... c5 $1 21. Rad1 $14 (
21. dxc5 Rd3 $132 {Knaak,R-Vaganian,R/DPMM Porz-Bremen 1996/1-0 (51)})) 12. Ng3
a5 (12... Nc4 13. O-O-O Nd6 14. h4 f5 15. Nce2 Ne4 16. Rdf1 Bh6 17. Kc2 Rg8 18.
Rh2 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Saric,I/Leningrad URS-JUG TeamJ 1991 (30)}) (12...
Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. g4 Kc7 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. h3 Nd6 18. Nfg3 Bh6
19. Rdg1 Rhg8 20. Rh2 (20. Bxh7 $16) 20... Bg5 21. Kd2 $16 {1-0 Aleksandrov,
A-Dokuchaev,A/Russian Cup 8th Leg, Smolensk RUS 1997 (25)}) 13. f4 Be7 14. f5
Bc8 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. Rg1 $1 (16. Kf2 Rg5 17. Nf4 (17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Nce2 a4 19.
Rac1 $132) 17... a4 18. h4 Rg8 19. Rhc1 $132) 16... Bd7 (16... Nd7 17. g4 b6
18. Kd2 Ba6 $14) 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Kf2 $14 Kb8 (18... Rde8 19. h3 (19. Rae1 $14)
19... c5 20. Nf4 $14) 19. h3 Bc8 20. Rge1 Rd6 $6 (20... Nd7 $14) 21. a3 (21. e4
dxe4 (21... Bd8 22. Nf4 Bc7 23. exd5 Rgd8 24. Re7 R6d7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Kf3 (
26. dxc6 Rxd4 $17) 26... Bxf4 27. Kxf4 Nxd5+ 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Ke3 $14) 22.
Rxe4 Bd8 23. Rae1 $14) 21... Bd8 (21... Nd7 $5) 22. b4 $16 (22. Rac1 $16) 22...
axb4 23. axb4 Re8 (23... Kc7 24. b5 Bd7 25. Nf4 $16) 24. b5 Bd7 (24... Re7 25.
Nf4 Bd7 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Reb1 Be8 28. Na4 Ra7 29. h4 Ra5 30. Ke2 Bc7 31. Nc5
Rxa1 32. Rxa1 $16) 25. Rec1 Re7 (25... Bc7 26. Rab1 Kc8 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. bxc6
Bxc6 (28... bxc6 29. Rxb6 Bxb6 30. Nb5 $18) 29. Rb4 $16) 26. Rab1 cxb5 (26...
Bc7 27. Nf4 Re8 (27... Kc8 28. bxc6 Bxc6 (28... bxc6 29. Rxb6 Bxb6 30. Ncxd5
$18) 29. Rxb6 Bxb6 30. Ncxd5 $18) 28. bxc6 bxc6 (28... Bxc6 29. Rb4 $16) 29.
Na4 $1 $18) 27. Bxb5 Bc6 (27... Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Rc7 29. Nf4 $16) 28. Nf4 Red7 (
28... Bc7 29. Rb4 $16) 29. Be2 Bc7 30. Nb5 Bxb5 $8 31. Bxb5 (31. Rxb5 Rc6 32.
Rcb1 Bxf4 33. exf4 Na4 $14) 31... Rd8 (31... Re7 32. Ke2 Rd8 33. Nh5 Rd6 34.
Kd3 $16) 32. Nh5 Rc8 33. Rb3 Nc4 $2 $18 (33... Rg8 $16) 34. Bxc4 Rc6 (34...
dxc4 35. Rxc4 $18) (34... Bd8 35. Rcb1 dxc4 36. Rxb7+ Ka8 37. Rxf7 $18) 35.
Bxd5 (35. Bxd5 Rxc1 36. Rxb7+ Ka8 37. Rxc7+ Kb8 38. Rb7+ Ka8 39. Rxf7+ Kb8 40.
Rb7+ Ka8 41. Rxh7+ Kb8 42. Rb7+ Ka8 43. Nxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Schoeneck"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3
O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 (8. h3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nge2 Qb6 11. a3 a6 12. O-O
Be6 $11 {1-0 Avshalumov,A-Nuvoloni,D/Chartres op 1990 (35)}) (8. Rc1 cxd4 9.
exd4 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. f3 Bh5 14. Na4 $14 {1-0
Bischof,D-Andersen,D/Dortmund op-A 1992 (43)}) (8. Nf3 c4 (8... Nc6) 9. Bc2 Bg4
10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Nc6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rad1 a6 16. Qe2
Bb4 17. g5 Ne8 18. Qg4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc7 20. e4 $16 {1-0 Drasko,M-Piskov,Y/
Amantea op 1995 (42)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nge2 Bxc5 10. O-O (10. h3) 10... d4 (10...
Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Nbd4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Lputian,S-Vasiukov,E/Moscow-A 1987 (40)}) 11. exd4 (11. Na4 $1 Bb6 (11... Bd6
12. Bb5 $1 (12. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6 13. exd4 (13. h3 Rd8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4
16. Be2 Bxh3 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. Nxb7 Rb4 20. Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,
A-Marciano,D/France 1993}) 13... Rd8 $11) 12... Bxf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
(14... bxc6 15. Qxd4 $16) 15. Nxd4 Qe4 16. Qd2 $16) 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4
14. exd4 Qxb2 15. Be5 $14) 11... Nxd4 12. Na4 Nxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nd5 (13... Bd4 {
Ftacnik} 14. Bf3) 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Qb3 (15. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Be6) 15... Qa5 16. Bf3
Nb6 $6 $146 (16... Nb4 {Ftacnik /\ Be6} 17. a3 Nc6 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bd6 (19.
Rd5 {Ftacnik} Nd4 $1 $132) 19... Nd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qd1 Be5
23. Nc5 Qc7 24. b4 $11 {Ftacnik,L 1/2-1/2 Anastasian,A-Kruppa,Y/Minsk 1990 (41)
}) 17. Rfe1 $1 (17. Nxb6 {Ftacnik} axb6 $14) 17... Bf6 18. Nxb6 $16 Qxb6 (18...
axb6 19. Bd6 Rd8 (19... Be6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc1
Qd2 24. Rc8 Be7 25. g3 $16) 20. Bd5 $18 (20. Bc7 Rf8 21. Bxb6 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Rxa4
23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Rad1 Be6 $8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. a3 $16)) 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Be5 {
[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} Bxe5 $8 21. Rxe5 {Baburin: Here the isolated doubled pawns
make survival very difficult for Black, as pieces have to protect those pawns,
therefore the pieces remain passive. It is nearly impossible for Black to
change the pawn formation here.} Rd8 (21... Be6 22. a3 Rfd8 (22... Ra5 23. Rae1
(23. Re2 $2 Bd5 $1 24. Bg4 $14 (24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rae1 g6 26. g3 Rfd8 27. Re7
R8d7 $11)) 23... Rxe5 (23... Rc8 24. R5e2 Rc7 25. Bg4 $1 f5 26. Rxe6 fxg4 27.
Rxb6 Re5 28. Kf1 Rd5 (28... Rh5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 $18) 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rb8
Re7 31. f3 (31. g3 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Ree1 33. R8xb7+ $11) 31... Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+
33. Kg3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Rdd7 35. a4 $16) 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. h4 $16) 23. Bxb7 Rab8
24. Bf3 Rbc8 25. Re2 $16) (21... Ra5 $144 {Baburin} 22. Re7 Rc5) 22. Rb5 Rd6
23. a3 Ra5 $5 (23... Bd7 24. Rb4 Rc8 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Bxb7 Be6 27. h4 $16) 24.
Rc1 Ra8 $6 (24... Be6 25. Rb4 Re5 26. h4 $16 (26. Bxb7 Rc5 27. Re1 Rc2 28. h4
$16)) 25. Rd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Be6 27. Bxb7 (27. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. g3
Rd2 30. b4 Ra2 31. Rxb7 Rxa3 32. Rxb6 Kf7 (32... Rb3 33. Rb7 $18) 33. h4 h5 34.
Kg2 Kf6 35. Rb8 Rb3 36. b5 g6 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. b6 $18) 27... Rd8 28. Bf3 g5 29.
h3 Rd2 30. b4 Rd3 31. a4 Rd4 32. Rb1 g4 $2 33. hxg4 $18 Bxg4 34. Bb7 $2 (34.
Bxg4 Rxg4 35. f3 $18) 34... Bf5 35. Rb2 Be4 $2 (35... Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Ra1 37. Bc6
Ra3 $16 (37... Rc1 38. Bb5 Ra1)) 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. f3 Rc4 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ke3
Rc1 40. Kd4 Kf6 (40... Ra1 41. Kc4 (41. a5 $2 bxa5 42. b5 a4 43. b6 a3 $11)
41... Rxa4 42. Kb5 $18) 41. Ra2 Ke6 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde GP CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valles, Manuel"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Valles,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Qxb7 $6 Nb4 9. Rc1 (9. Kd1 O-O 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rfc8 12. Bg3 Bc2+ 13. Ke1
Bf5 14. Rd1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 Rc2 17. Be2 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Nxb2 19. Re1 Bxa3
20. Ba6 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Ne2 a5 23. h4 a4 24. h5 Be7 25. Ra1 Rd2 26. Nf4
a3 27. Kg1 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rxh1+ 29. Kxh1 Nd3 30. Nd5 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. Nxe7+
Kf8 33. Ng6+ Ke8 34. d5 Nd3 {0-1 (34) Lupulescu,C (2650)-Fridman,D (2659)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc7 Qc8 11. Qxc8 Rfxc8 12. Be5 $146 (12.
Bg3 Ne4 13. a3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Na2 15. Kd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18.
Kxd3 Bxa3 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Ra1 a5 22. Ra4 Kf8 23. e4 dxe4+ 24.
Kxe4 Rh6 25. h3 Rf6 26. f3 Re8+ 27. Kd3 Rfe6 28. Nc1 Re1 29. Nb3 R1e2 30. Rxa5
R8e3+ 31. Kc4 Rc2 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Nc5 Rexc3+ 34. Kd5 Re3 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Nd7+
Kf5 37. Nf8 Kf6 38. Nxh7+ Kg6 39. Nf8+ Kf6 40. Nd7+ Kf5 41. Ne5 Rxe5+ {
Djurhuus,R (2505)-Olafsson,H (2485) Reykjavik 1996 1/2-1/2}) 12... Ne4 13. a3
Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Na2 15. Kd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Bg3 Bxa3 $2 (17... a6 18. Bd3
Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Bxa3 20. Ne2 a5 21. Ra1 Be7 $15) 18. Ba6 Rcb8 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20.
e4 Bxe4 21. f3 Rb2+ 22. Ke3 Bb1 23. Ne2 Bd6 24. Bd3 $1 Ba2 25. Ra1 a5 26. Nc1
Bc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Ne2 $18 1/2-1/2

