[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Teran Alvarez, Ismael"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 ({A more testing idea is} 9. Bd2 {, although I still believe
Black should be doing fine.}) 9... Be7 10. h4 (10. f3) 10... Nc5 11. O-O-O h6 {
White could have played f3 earlier, but I guess he wanted to put his rook on
e1 and play in the center. In that case, f3 would not make much sense. Now,
the problem is that after the game move he must exchange his dark-squared
bishop, which gives Black an excellent game in these structures unless White
can create play quickly.} 12. Bxf6 ({I guess it would be better to make Black
work a little to achieve his aim.} 12. Be3 Ng4) 12... Bxf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 $2 {
A stupid move.} ({After} 13... Bd7 {, followed by ...0-0-0 I prefer Black
already. I am still searching for an explanation for my dumb queen move.}) 14.
g4 {Suddenly I have problems holding f7 and e6.} Bd7 15. g5 Be7 16. f4 (16. Nf5
$2 {looks menacing, but it does not suffice.} exf5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. exf5 Bxf5
19. Rhe1 Be6 $17) 16... O-O-O (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 O-O-O 19. g6
$16) 17. f5 $6 ({White misses his chance. A typical tactical idea was possible
here:} 17. g6 $1 Bf6 (17... fxg6 18. Bxe6 $1 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd5 $18 {
And White wins, since 20...Qd7 loses the queen to 21.Nb6+}) 18. gxf7 Rhf8 19.
f5 Bxd4 (19... exf5 20. Nd5 Nxe4 21. Qe1) 20. Qxd4 Rxf7 $16) 17... hxg5 $6 {
I was oblivious to the Bxe6 idea, so I happily carried out my plan.} (17... d5
$142 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. exd5 e5 {is the right move order.}) 18. hxg5 (18. fxe6
$1 {leaves on top, but maybe black can hold on.} fxe6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6
Nxe6 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Nxe7+ Kb8 23. Qd5 Nf4 $1 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Rxh1 26.
Rxh1 Re8 27. Nf5 Rxe4 28. Nxg7 Re5 $11 {But this, of course, is far from being
forced.} 29. Rg1 Nh3) 18... Rxh1 19. Rxh1 d5 $1 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. exd5 e5 {
This is the key to the pawn sacrifice. Black´s strong bishops provide good
compensation for the pawn.} 22. Nde2 Bf5 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Qe3 (24. Qe2) 24...
Nxb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Qe2 Bd4 27. Nge4 Kb8 $44 28. Rd1 Rf8 29. Rf1 Rc8 {
Time trouble was looming, and I still had not made up my mind as to whether I
should strive for victory or be happy with a draw. It seemed to me Black had
the easier game, so I decided to "shuffle my pieces" a little longer..} ({But} 
29... Rd8 {makes more sense, putting pressure on d5.}) 30. Re1 Qd7 31. b4 $1 {
Ok, no more shuffling. White wants to establish a knight on c5, and that meant
my king had a reason to be concerned. I suppose I should be happy with a draw.}
Ka7 $6 32. Nc5 Qd6 (32... Qe7 33. N3e4) 33. Qg4 ({Fritz proposes} 33. Qb5 $1 {
here, which gives White the upper hand. Funny that I put my king on a7 to
avoid trouble.} {Best is} Rc7 $1 (33... axb5 34. Nxb5+ Kb8 35. Nxd6 Bxc5 36.
bxc5 (36. Nxc8 Bxb4) 36... Rxc5 37. Rxe5 Bxc2+ 38. Kc1 Bb3+ 39. Kd2 Rxd5+ 40.
Rxd5 Bxd5 41. Ke3 g6 42. Kd4 {leads to a scary, probably losing ending.}) 34.
N5e4 (34. Qa5 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Rf7 36. Nd3 Bxd3 37. cxd3 b5 38. Qa2 Rf3 $132)
34... Qd7 (34... Qf8 35. Qa5 Bxc3 36. Nxc3 Bxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Qf2+ 38. Kb3 Rxc3+
39. bxc3 Qxe1 40. Qc5+ Kb8 41. Qf8+ Ka7 42. Qxg7 $18) (34... Qd8 35. Qa5) ({
after} 34... Bxc3 {Fritz holds everything together with} 35. Nxd6 Bxe1 36. Qf1
$1 Rxc2 (36... Bxc2+ 37. Ka2 Bxb4 38. Nc4 $1 $18) 37. Nf5 $18) 35. Qxd7 Rxd7
36. d6 b6 {controlling c5 and enabling the king to come to c6.} (36... Bxc3 37.
bxc3 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd6 39. Rxe5 $16) 37. Kc1 (37. Nd5 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd6 39.
Ne7 Re6 40. Nf5 Rg6 41. c3 Rxg5 42. cxd4 Rxf5 43. dxe5 Rf7) 37... Kb7 {And
Black has decent drawing chances in the ending. For example,} 38. Nb1 Bxe4 39.
Rxe4 Rxd6 40. c3 Bf2 41. Rxe5 Kc6 42. Nd2 Rd5) 33... Rxc5 {I felt fine after
this.The two bishops are very strong and my king is no longer an issue. With
less than a minute, these factors seemed quite convincing. Even if} (33... Rd8
34. Qe6 (34. Ne6 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Qxd5) 34... Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rxd5 37.
c4 Rd2 38. Rxe5 Bxc2+ 39. Kc1 Rg2 {is better objectively, from a practical
point of view it is probably not the right choice.}) 34. bxc5 Qxc5 35. Qf3 Qb4
36. Rd1 $6 {This leads to a draw.} (36. Qg3 {would have been harder to meet.
Black should prevent Rxe5, which would leave White with the superior team:
Q+N+d-pawn.} Qd6 (36... Qb6 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Qxe5 Qf2 39. Ka2 Bxc2 40. d6 $16)
37. Ne2 (37. Qh3 Qb4) 37... Bb6 {and the two bishops are still a force to be
reckoned with.} (37... Qxd5 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Qf2)) 36... Bh5 37. Rxd4 exd4 38.
Qe4 Bg6 39. Qf4 $2 (39. Nb5+ $11 {draws immediately.}) 39... Qc5 $17 (39...
Bxc2+ $1 {is cleaner.}) 40. Qf2 b6 41. Na4 $2 Qc4 42. d6 (42. Qh2 d3 $19 (42...
Qxd5 43. Qc7+ Qb7 44. Qd6)) 42... Qxa4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Rg1 g6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Nh5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. Qf3
O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Nde2 Rdf8 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. a3 f6 21. gxf6
Rxf6 22. Qe3 Rhf8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4 exf4 ({After} 24... Rf5 25. Nc5 {Whtie
has a dangerous initiative.}) 25. Nxf6 $1 Rxf6 ({If} 25... fxe3 {then} 26.
Nxd7+ Ka8 27. Bxe3 Qe8 {, with better chances for White.}) 26. Qd3 Be8 27. Nc3
Ne5 28. Qe2 Rf5 29. Bd4 Bd6 30. Ne4 Bc7 31. Qf2 Ng3 $6 (31... Bc6 {is strongly
met by} 32. Nc5) (31... Nc6 {was to be preferred.}) 32. Nc5 Ng4 33. Qf3 Ne5 34.
Qf2 Ng4 35. Qe1 Bf7 {[%tqu "En","Black seems to have a sufficient compensation
for an exchange, but White found here a nice winning combination. Can you find
it too?","Use the superior activity of White's pieces on the queenside.",
"Sacrifice your knight!","c5d7","This is simple and very neat.",5]} 36. Nd7+ $1
{[%csl Rb8,Rc8,Gd1,Gd4,Gd7] This powerful blow unleashes the power of White's
active pieces and decides the game.} Qxd7 (36... Ka8 37. Bxe6 {is also
hopeless for Black.}) 37. Ba7+ Kc8 (37... Kxa7 38. Rxd7 f3 {is strongly met by}
39. Qb4 $1 f2 40. Rf1 $1 Nxf1 41. Rxc7 {, winning.}) 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Qd1+ {
, and Black resigned, as he loses also his g4-knight.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Alexander"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb3 Na6 9. Qf3 Nc5 10. g4 Bd7 11. g5 Ne8 12. Rg1 g6 13. O-O-O Ng7 14. Qe2 a6
15. f4 b5 16. f5 b4 {[#]} 17. Nd5 {Often in the Sicilian Defence White plays
Nc3-d5 after the knight has been attacked by ...b4 in order to avoid ...b4xc3.
Here we have such a case - White can get a piece back by f5-f6, so the main
reason for the Nc3-d5 manouevre here is to deprive Black of a chance to play ..
.bxc3, which would have weakened White's pawn formation.} Nxb3+ 18. Nxb3 exd5
19. f6 dxe4 20. Bf4 $13 Nf5 21. Nd4 e3 22. Kb1 Re8 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxf5 Bxf5
25. Rg3 Rac8 26. Rc1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 28. Ka1 Qe4 29. Qxe3 d5 30. b3 Qh1+
31. Rg1 Rxe3 32. Rxh1 Re2 33. Bg3 d4 34. Re1 d3 35. Rxe2 dxe2 36. Kb2 Bd3 37.
Kc1 f6 38. gxf6 Kf7 39. Kd2 Bb1 40. Bd6 Bxa2 41. Bxb4 Bxb3 42. Kxe2 Kxf6 43.
Ba5 Ke5 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Kc3 Bd1 46. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hendriks, Willy"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 Na6 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 b5 $1 {[#]Here Black has saved a valuable
tempo compared to a similar line in the Najdorf Variation. The text starts the
fight for the d5-spot, as well as for the e4-pawn.} 12. Bg5 {White follows his
plan as well - by eliminating the f6-knight he tries to strengthen his control
over the d5-square.} Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. O-O-O b4 16. Nd5 a5
17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rc1 $2 {After this mistake White gets a pawn on d5 instead of
a knight, which is no good for him. Something like 18 Ng3, followed by Nh5
should have been preffered. In that case Black would probably play 18...Rc5,
putting pressure on the knight.} Bxd5 19. exd5 Bg5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. h4 e4 $1 {
A nice positional pawn sacrifice - Black opens the e-file and the long
diagonal.} 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qg4 Be3 24. Ng3 Re7 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Re7 27. Ng3
Bf4 28. Ne2 Bh6 $40 29. Rd1 Re5 30. Nd4 Rxd5 31. Qe4 Rc5 32. Nc2 Rxf5 33. Qg4
g6 34. Nd4 Rc5 35. Qxc8+ Rxc8 36. g4 Rc5 37. g5 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
Nbd7 8. f4 (8. Qe2 {--> Nitkov-Serebrjanik CBM_23}) 8... Nc5 9. O-O (9. e5 {
--> Mikhalchishin-Stangl CBM_23}) (9. f5 Be7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nxb3 12.
axb3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Qd3 $6 (15. Qe2) 15... Ng4 $1 $15 {
><e5 Akopian-Ivanchuk,USSR 1989}) 9... Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 (11...
Nfd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Qh5 $40) 12. axb3 (12. exf6 Qxd4+ (12... Bc5 {Ftacnik} 13.
fxg7 Bxd4+ (13... Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nxa1 15. gxh8=Q+ Qxh8 16. Bg5 $40) 14. Kh1 Bxg7
15. Qh5 O-O 16. axb3 $14) 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. fxe7 Kxe7 $15) 12... Bc5 13. Be3 (
13. Ra4 {Ftacnik} b5 $1 14. Ncxb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Nd7
$1 $17) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 {/\ Ne4} (14. Qf3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 $13
) (14. Nxd5 {Ftacnik} Qxd5 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Rxf3 Bd7 $10) 14... Nxc3 (14... O-O
{Ftacnik} 15. Ne4 $1 Be7 16. Qg4 $40) 15. bxc3 Qc7 (15... O-O {Ftacnik} 16. b4
$5 Bxd4 (16... Bb6 17. c4) 17. Bxd4 $40) 16. Qh5 (16. Nb5 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 $1) (
16. b4 {Ftacnik} Be7 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Rae1 Bd7 $13) 16... O-O (16... Bd7 {
Ftacnik} 17. Bh4 $5 O-O 18. Rf3 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Qxc2 20. Be7 Qd2 $1 $132 (20...
Bc6 $2 21. Rg3 Be4 22. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 23. Bf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Bg6 25. Qh6 $18))
17. Rae1 {/\ Re1-e4-h4->} (17. Bh4 $5 {Ftacnik} Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Rf3 Qg6
$1) 17... Bd7 (17... f5 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bg3 $14) 18. Re4 f5 $5
19. Rh4 (19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nxe6 Bxf2+ (20... Rxe6 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxc5 g6 (21...
Rxe4 22. Qf7+) 22. Qd5 $16) (20... Bxe6 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rxf1+
23. Kxf1 $14) 21. Rxf2 Qxc3) 19... h6 20. Qg6 {/\Rh6;Ne6} (20. Be3 {Ftacnik}
Be8 21. Qe2 Qxe5 $17) 20... Be8 $1 21. Qg3 (21. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qe7 $19) (
21. Qxe6+ Bf7 22. Qxf5 Bc4 $1 23. Qg6 (23. Ne6 Qd7 (23... Qd7 $1 24. Qg6 Bxf2+
$19) (23... Rxf5 24. Nxc7 Rxf2 25. Rxc4 $1)) 23... Bxd4 (23... Bxf1 24. Rxh6
Qxe5 25. Rh5 $132) 24. cxd4 (24. Rxh6 Rxf2) (24. bxc4 Bxf2+ (24... Bxf2+ {
Ftacnik} 25. Rxf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxe5 $15)) 24... Bxf1 (24... Bxf1 25. Rxh6 Bd3
$3 $19)) 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 $2 {צh4} (22. Rxd4 $5 $10 {Ftacnik}) 22... Kh7
23. Qe3 (23. Be3 {Ftacnik} Qxc3 $17) (23. Rhf4 {Ftacnik} g5 24. R4f2 Bc6 $17)
23... Qd8 24. Rh3 (24. Qh3 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 $15) 24... Bc6 25. Bb6 (25. c4 {
Ftacnik} b5 $1 26. cxb5 axb5 $17) 25... Qd5 26. Qe2 (26. Rg3 {Ftacnik} g5 27.
c4 Qe4 $17) 26... Qb5 27. Qxb5 (27. Qe3 Be4 28. c4 Qc6 29. Rf2 (29. Qf2 Bxg2)
29... f4) 27... axb5 28. Rd3 Ra2 29. Rd2 (29. Rf2 {Ftacnik} f4 30. Rd6 Bd5 $17)
29... f4 30. Rdf2 (30. g3 {Ftacnik} g5) 30... g5 31. Rd1 (31. g3 {Ftacnik} Rf5
32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Rxf4 Rg5+ 34. Kf2 Rxc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc3+ $19) 31... Rfa8 32. Kf1
Ra1 33. Rxa1 (33. Rfd2 {Ftacnik} Kg6) 33... Rxa1+ 34. Ke2 Kg6 (34... Rg1 {
Ftacnik} 35. Rxf4 $1 Rxg2+ 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Be4 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Bxc2
$17) 35. g3 Kf5 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Be3 f3+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kd3 {Ftacnik} Rd1+ 39.
Bd2 (39. Rd2 Be4+ 40. Kd4 Rxd2+ 41. Bxd2 f2 $19) 39... Kxe5 $19) 38... h5 39.
Bd4 Ke4 40. b4 Rh1 41. Bb6 Bd5 42. c4 (42. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Bc4 43. Bb6 Be2 $19)
42... Bxc4 43. Bc7 Be2 44. Kc3 Rd1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Qe1 (9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 $4 Nxb3 13. axb3
Bh4 14. Qg4 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Qe2 gxh6 $19 {0-1 Magomedov,M-Dvoirys,S/
Cheliabinsk-A 1991 (44)}) (9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. f5 O-O 12. Be3 Kh8 13. g4
b5 14. g5 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. g6 Bxe4 17. Nxe6 Bxf3 18. Nxc7 Nxb3 19. cxb3
Rac8 20. Rxf3 Rxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Baburin,A/Erevan olm 1996 (25)}) 9...
Be7 (9... b5 10. f3 Qb6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Be7 $2 13. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 14. b4 $16
{1-0 Benson,P-Dearing,E/Isle of Man op 1994 (30)}) 10. Bg5 O-O (10... Bd7 11.
f4 Qb6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bh4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxd6+ (15. Qxh4 Nxe4 16. f5
exf5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxe4 Rhe8 19. Qd5+ Kg6 $13) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxh4 Qb6 17.
Kh1 O-O 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rad8 $15 {Sion Castro,
M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Leon 1994/1/2-1/2 (63)}) (10... Qa5 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bg3 Ng4 15. Rd1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Rojo,G-Yewdokimov,
O/Madrid-B 1994 (27)}) 11. f4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Qc5 (13... e5 $4 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qa7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 exd4 (
19... Qb6 20. Rxf6 $18) 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Rd3 Bg4 22. Rg3 d3+ 23. Kh1 h5 24.
Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rf6 $18) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. c4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5
(18. cxd5 $1 Bh6 (18... Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qxb2 20. Nfxg5 $16) 19. d6 $16) 18... Ne7
19. Qe4 Ng6 20. Rde1 Bd7 21. h4 Bc6 22. Qg4 Qb6 23. Nxf7 $2 (23. Kh1 Rad8 24.
Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qh5 $16) 23... Bxg2 $4 (23... Rxf7 24. Rxf7 (24. h5 Rd8 $1 25.
hxg6 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rxf1+ $19) 24... Rd8 $1 (24... Kxf7 $4 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26.
Rf1+ $18) 25. Rd1 (25. Qxe6 Qxd4+ 26. Rf2+ Kh8 27. h5 Rf8 28. Ref1 Nf4 29. Kh2
(29. Qg4 Bxg2 $19) (29. Qe7 Rf7 $1 30. Qxf7 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Qh4#) 29... Qxf2 $19)
25... Rxd4 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $17) 24. Kxg2 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Rd8 (25... Kxf7 26. c5 $1
$18) 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Nxe6 (27. Nxe6 Rd2+ 28. Rf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Topalov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O (9. f5 Be7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O
13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Qd3 $6 Ng4 $1 $15 {Akopian,V-Ivanchuk,V/Erevan/
1989/}) (9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Qc8 13. a3 Be7 14. Ba2 O-O
$6 15. Nf5 Rf7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. e5 $16 {1-0 Macieja,B-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest
FS02 GM (11) ;EXP 51 1996 (35)}) 9... Ncxe4 (9... Be7 10. e5 $5 (10. Be3 Qc7
11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf5 Ng4 14. Nd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxg4 O-O 16. Bh6 Qe5
17. Rae1 f5 $17 {0-1 Velimirovic,D-Peng Zhaoqin/Pozarevac (04) ;EXP 49 1995 
(36)}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bf2 $5 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 $10 {Arakhamia,K-Ftacnik,L/Sydney Mercantile (7) 1991/0-1 (44)}) (9...
Be7) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 (12. Ne6 $6) 12... Qe7 $6 (12... d5 $3
$146 13. Re1 Bc5 (13... exd4 $4 14. Rxe4+ Be7 15. f6 $1 gxf6 16. Bxd5 Rf8 17.
Bh6 $18) 14. Rxe4 Bxd4+ (14... O-O $5 15. Rg4 (15. Rh4 Bxf5 $1 $19) 15... Bxd4+
16. Kh1 Kh8 $17) 15. Be3 (15. Rxd4 $5 Qb6 (15... exd4 $2 16. Bg5 Qa5 $8 (16...
Qd7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. f6 $18) 17. Qe2+ Kd7 18. Qe7+ Kc6 19. Qxf7 $16) 16. c3
exd4 (16... O-O 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 $44) 17. Qe2+ Kf8 18. Qf2 Qf6 19. cxd4
Qxf5 $17) 15... O-O 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5 $2 (18. Qf3 $1 $44) 18...
Re8 $15 {0-1 Topalov,V-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB (03)/1996/ (46) ;CBM 52}) 13. Qf3
Nc5 (13... exd4 14. Re1 $16) 14. Nc6 (14. f6 $2 gxf6 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Qxf6 Nxb3
17. axb3 (17. Qxh8 Nxc1 $1) 17... Rg8 18. Nd8 Bh3 $19) (14. Ne2 $5 {/\
Ne2-c3-d5}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd5 (15. Nb4 $6 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 b5 $1 17. Nd5 Qc6 18.
f6 Bb7 $1 $17) 15... a5 $6 (15... Bd7 16. Nb4 Be7 $1 (16... Qb6 $2 17. Bxf7+ $3
Kxf7 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. f6 $18) 17. Bc4 (17. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 18. Nd5 (
18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nd5 Qd8 $19) 18... Qd8 19. Qh5+ Kg8
$19) 17... Bc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 $44) 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Be3 Ra6 17. Nd4 exd4
18. Bxd4 $13 {Spanish TV-Kasparov 1990}) 16... Ra6 $2 (16... Bd7 17. Ne7 $3 {
Topalov} (17. Nd4 $2 {Topalov} f6 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Ne6+ Nxe6 $1 20. fxe6 Qc5+
$19) (17. f6 $6 {Topalov} g6 18. Ne7 Ne6 $1 $13) 17... f6 (17... Bxe7 $2 18.
Bxe7 Qb6 (18... Kxe7 19. f6+ Kd8 20. fxg7 Re8 21. Bxf7 $18) 19. f6 g6 20. Kh1
$16) 18. Qh5+ Kxe7 (18... Kd8 19. Ng6 Be8 20. Be3 $16) 19. Bxf6+ $1 gxf6 (19...
Kxf6 20. Qh4+ g5 21. fxg6+ Kg7 22. Rf7+ $18) 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Qxf6+ Kc8 22.
Qxh8 Qd8 23. f6 $16 (23. f6 Bh6 24. Qxh7 Be3+ 25. Kh1 $16)) 17. Nd8 $3 $18 f6
$8 18. Nf7 Rg8 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 21. Bxg8 Bxf5 $132)
20... Rg7 (20... fxg5 21. f6 $1 Rh8 22. f7+ Kd8 23. Bxg5+ Be7 24. f8=R+ Rxf8
25. Qxf8+ Kd7 26. Qxe7#) 21. fxg6 Rxg6 $1 (21... hxg6 22. Qxf6 Qe7 23. Bf7+ (
23. Qf2 $18 {Topalov}) 23... Kd8 24. Bc4 Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Ke7 (25... Be7 26. Rf7
$18) 26. Raf1 Bf5 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Bxa6 Nxa6 29. g4 $18) 22. Bf7+ Qxf7 23.
Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd5 Bg4 (26... Re6 27. Qe4 b6 28. Rxe5
Bb7 29. Rxe6 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 $18) 27. Qe4 (27. Qb3 {Topalov} Be6 28. Qxb7 Bxd5
29. Qxd5+ Re6 30. Qa8 $18) 27... Kg7 28. Rfd1 $2 (28. Rf2 {/\ Rfd2 + Rd7 ist
das bessere Feld eine Qualität zurück zu opfern.}) 28... Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Re6 $1
$16 30. Qf5 (30. Qxb7 $2 e4 31. Rd7 Kf7 $13 {[%cal Ge4e1]}) 30... Kf7 31. Re1
b6 (31... b5 $5 32. c4 bxc4 33. a4 $16) (31... b5 $1 $16 {Topalov /\ 32...c4;
33...a4}) (31... Rd6 $2 {Topalov} 32. Rxe5) 32. h4 $6 (32. c4 $142 $1 {War
jetzt oder in den nächsten beiden Zügen stärker.}) (32. a4 $142 $1) 32... Rg7 (
32... b5 $142 $1 {Topalov}) 33. Kf1 (33. a4 $142 $1 {Topalov}) 33... Bd6 (33...
b5 $1) (33... Bf8) 34. Kf2 Bc7 $2 {Hier steht der B passiv, noch immer war b5
stärker.} 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Re4 Kf7 37. Rg4 $1 $18 Re7 38. Ke4 Rxg4+ 39. Qxg4 {
Hecht: D-TL: 1 schwarzer Mehrbauer, passive schwarze Figuren, Bauern auf
L-Farbe festgelegt, schwache weiße Felder, schlechte Koordination von T und L,
Technik} Bd8 40. a4 {Endlich wird der Q-Flügel festgelegt.} (40. Qf5 Kg7 41. h5
{/\ 42.h6+ +-}) 40... Kf8 41. c3 Rg7 42. Qc8 Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. g4 Rf7 45. h5
Rg7 46. h6 $6 (46. b3 Rf7 {nachdem der R die g-Linie verlassen hat} 47. h6 $1
$18 (47. h6 {Topalov} Ra7 48. Qd5 $1 $18)) 46... Rg6 47. Qd5 Be7 48. Kf5 Rxh6
49. Qb7 e4 (49... Bd8 50. Ke6 (50. Qd7 Be7 51. Qc8+ Kf7 52. Qb7) 50... f5+ 51.
Kxf5 Rf6+ 52. Kxe5 h6 53. Qc8 Ke8 54. Qxd8+ Kxd8 55. Kxf6 $18) 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51.
Qxb6 e3 52. Qe6+ Ke8 53. Qxe3 {Nach dem Verlust des b-P hätte Schwarz getrost
aufgeben können.} Rg6 54. Qe4 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Kd7 56. Qb7+ (56. Qxh7 {Topalov} c4
$1 {/\ 57...Rc5}) 56... Ke6 57. Qc8+ Kf7 58. Qc7 h5 59. gxh5 Rxh5 60. Qxa5 Bd6+
61. Ke4 (61. Kf3 {Topalov} Rh3+ 62. Ke4 $4 Ke6 {/\ 63...f5#}) 61... f5+ (61...
Re5+ {Topalov} 62. Kf3 Rf5+ 63. Ke3 Re5+ 64. Kd2 $18) 62. Kd5 Be7 63. Qc7 Rh6
64. a5 Rd6+ 65. Ke5 Rf6 66. Qc8 (66. Qc8 f4 67. a6 f3 68. a7 f2 69. a8=Q Bd6+
70. Kd5 f1=Q 71. Qg8+ Ke7 72. Qae8#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. f3 (10. O-O Qh5 $1 {Ehlvest,J-Kasparov,G/Skeleftea WCup/
1989/ -> CBM14}) 10... Be7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 b5 14. e5 (14. f4
b4 15. e5 $13) 14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 b4 16. Ne4 Nxb3 17. Bxf6 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxd4
19. Rxd4 f6 20. Bd6 a5 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Rc4 Rc8 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Nd6 Rc7 25.
Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 (7...
Nc6 {Kortschnoj,V-Ribli/Skeleftea WCup/1989/ -> CBM14}) 8. Bg5 h6 {Bulletin:
'N'} 9. Bh4 Qa5 {'!' Bulletin.} 10. O-O {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '10.f3;
Ehlvest-Tal/Skeleftea WCup/1989/'} Qh5 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Damentausch
begünstigt Schwarz'} 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. f3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Be7 15. Bf2
Rc8 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Nb3 Rc6 18. a4 Nhf6 19. Rd2 Rfc8 20. Nd4 R6c7 21. a5 b5 22.
Bxb5 axb5 23. Ndxb5 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Na6 (6...
Be7 {Boensch} 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bb3 Na6 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qf3 a5 11. O-O-O a4 12. Bc4
a3 (12... Nfxe4 $15) 13. Ndb5 axb2+ 14. Kb1 Qa5 $15 {Istratescu,A-Stohl,I
Budapest zt-B (03) 1993 1/2 25}) (6... a6 {Boensch} 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5
Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 b5 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. Kh1 Qe8
$15 {Hamdouchi,H-Hellers,F Biel izt (02) 1993 -CBM 37}) 7. Be3 (7. Bg5 $5 {
Boensch}) 7... Nc5 8. f3 a6 9. b4 (9. Qd2 {Boensch} b5 10. Bb3 Be7 $10) 9... d5
10. bxc5 (10. Be2 {Boensch} Ncd7 $15 {xb4}) 10... dxc4 11. Nde2 Qa5 (11...
Qxd1+ {Boensch} 12. Rxd1 Bd7 (12... Nd7 13. Na4 $16) 13. e5 $16) 12. Qd4 Bd7 (
12... Nd7 $5 13. c6 bxc6 14. Qxc4 Ne5 15. Qd4 Rb8 $13) 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc4 $2 {
Boensch} Bb5 14. Qb3 Nd7 $15) 13... Bb5 $6 (13... Rc8 14. Qxc4 (14. Qd2 Bxc5
15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxb7 Bc8 17. Rb8 O-O $13) (14. c6 Bxc6 15. Qxc4 Be7 16. Bb6
Qh5 17. O-O) 14... b5 15. Qd3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. O-O b4 18. Nd1 Bb5 $17)
14. Bd2 $1 Qc7 (14... Bc6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxc4 $14) 15. Nxb5
axb5 16. Rxb5 Nd7 (16... Rxa2 17. Qxc4 Ra1+ 18. Nc1 Nd7 19. Qd4 Ra8 20. Bb4 e5
21. Qf2 Qc6 22. c4 $14) 17. Be3 $1 Rxa2 $8 (17... Rc8 18. Qb2 (18. Qxc4 Bxc5
19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. O-O) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxg7 Ke7 $13) 18. O-O $1
Rxc2 (18... Nb8 19. Bf4) (18... Be7 19. Qxc4 Ra8 20. Qb4 (20. Rfb1 $18 {Boensch
}) 20... O-O 21. Rxb7 Qxc5 22. Qd2 $1 $18) 19. Ra1 $1 Rxe2 20. Ra8+ Nb8 (20...
Ke7 21. Rxb7 (21. c6 bxc6 22. Ra7 Qxa7 $19) (21. Ra7 $1 e5 (21... Qe5 22. Rbxb7
Qxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Rxd7+ Ke6 25. Rd5 exd4 26. Ra6+ Ke7 27. c6 g6 28. Rd7+ Ke6
29. Rd8 $18) 22. Qd5 Qc6 (22... Rxe3 23. Rbxb7 Rd3 24. Rxc7 Rxd5 25. exd5 Kf6
26. Rc6+ Ke7 27. Kf1 c3 28. Ke2 c2 29. Kd2 g6 30. Kxc2 $18) 23. Bg5+ f6 24.
Rbxb7 Qxd5 25. exd5 fxg5 26. Rxd7+ Ke8 (26... Kf6 27. Ra6+ Kf5 28. Rf7#) 27.
Rdc7 Kd8 28. d6 $18) (21. Ra7 $18 {Boensch}) 21... Qxb7 22. Qd6+ Kf6 23. Qf4+ (
23. Bd4+ Kg6 24. Qg3+ Kh6 $10) 23... Ke7 24. Qd6+ $10) 21. c6 $1 Bd6 (21... Be7
22. Rxb7 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Bh4+ 24. g3 $18) (21... Qc8 22. Rxb7 Rxe3 23. Raxb8 Re1+
24. Kf2 Re2+ 25. Kxe2 $18) 22. Rxb7 Qxc6 (22... Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxc6 24. Raxb8+
Bxb8 25. Rxb8+ Ke7 26. Rxh8 $18) 23. Raxb8+ Bxb8 24. Rxb8+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 f6 26.
Qa7+ (26. Qd8+ Kf7 27. Rf8+ Kg6 28. Rxf6+ gxf6 29. Qg8+ Kh5 30. Qxh7#) (26.
Qa7+ Qd7 27. Bc5+ Kf7 28. Qxd7+ Kg6 29. Qxe6 c3 30. Qf5+ Kf7 31. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 Na6 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g4 (12. f5 b5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nf5
Nxb3 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. axb3 Bb7 17. Bg5 $10) 12... b5 13. g5 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4
Bb7 15. Nxc5 dxc5 (15... Bxf3 16. Ncxe6 $1 Qb7 $8 17. Rxf3 fxe6 18. Nxe6 $1 $44
{-> Istratescu,A; Stoica,V}) 16. Nxe6 Qc8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxe6 19. Qxe6
fxe6 20. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava op"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vavra, Pavel"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 Na6 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 (13... fxe6
14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qh6+ (15. O-O $1 Kg7 16. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 17. Rf7+ Kg8 18. Rf5 $1
Be3+ 19. Kh1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxb3 21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Rxe3 $18) 15... Kf7 $2 (15...
Kg8 $1 16. Bxe6+ Nxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kg7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qc4 Be6 $19) 16. O-O Kg8
17. Bxe6+ Nxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Bxg5 Qb6+ 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxe7) 14. Bxe6
gxf4 (14... fxe6 15. Qh5+ (15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. O-O+ Kg7 18. Rf7+ Kg8
19. Raf1 Be3+ 20. Kh1) 15... Kf8 16. O-O (16. Qh6+ Kg8) 16... Kg7 17. Bxg5 (17.
Rad1 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 gxf4 19. Rxf4) 17... Bxg5 18. Qf7+ (18. Rf7+ Kg8 19. Raf1
Nxe5 20. Rf8+ (20. Ne4 $1 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Bd8 (21... Qd8 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Ne4 Rh7
24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. R7xf6 $18) 22. Rf8+ (22. R7f4 $1 Kg7 (22... Qxb2 23. Qh6) (
22... Ng6 23. Rf8+ $1 Kg7 24. R1f7#) 23. c3 Qd5 24. c4 Qa5 (24... Qd4 25. Ng5
Qc5 (25... Qd7 26. Nf7 Nxf7 (26... Ng6 27. Ne5 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Qe8 29. Rf7+ Qxf7
30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Ng4+ Kg5 32. Qg7+ Kf4 33. g3+ Kf3 34. Ne5+ Ke4 35. Qxh8 $18)
27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. g4 $1 b5 30. Rf6+ Kg5 31. Qg7+ Kh4 32. Rh6#)
26. Nf7) 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. b4 $18) (22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. R1xf6 (23. R7xf6 Bd7 24.
Qh6 (24. Qg5+ Ng6 25. c3 Qe4 26. h4) 24... Ng6 25. c3 Qe5) 23... Bd7 24. Qg5+
Ng6 25. Qh6 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qxf1+ 27. Rxf1) 22... Kg7 23. Rxh8 Qxe4 24. Qe8 Bg5
25. Qf8+ Kg6 26. Rg8+ Kh5 27. Qe8+) 20... Qxf8 21. Qxg5+ Ng6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.
Qf6+ Ke8 24. Ne4) 18... Kh6 19. Rf3 (19. Rad1) 19... Rf8 20. Rh3+ Bh4 21. Qxe6+
Kg7) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (15... Kf8 16. O-O (16. Bb3 Nxe5 17. Qxf4+ Bf6 18. O-O Kg7
19. Nd5 Nd7 20. Qg3+ Kh6) 16... Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Kxf7 18. Nd5) 16. e6+ Kf8 17.
O-O-O Rg8 (17... b6 18. exd7 (18. Rhe1 Bh4 19. g3) 18... Bb7 19. Rhe1) 18. Qf5+
Kg7 19. exd7 Rf8 20. dxc8=Q Qxc8 21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Nd5 (23. Rhd1)
23... Bg5 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rf1 Rc4 26. g3 f3+ 27. Kb1 Re4 28. Nc3 Re3 29. Nd1
Re2 30. h4 (30. Rxf3+ Ke6 31. h3 $16) 30... Bf6 31. Rxf3 Kg6 32. c3 Be5 33. Ne3
b5 34. a3 (34. h5+ Kh6 35. g4 $16) 34... a5 35. Kc1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Kd1
Rh2 (37... Rxb2 38. Nc4 Bxc3 39. Nxb2 Bxb2 40. g4 $18) 38. Ng4 Rh1+ 39. Kc2 Bc7
40. Ne3 bxc3 41. bxc3 Rg1 42. Nf1 h6 43. Kd3 Rg2 44. c4 Bb6 45. Ne3 Ra2 46. Nd5
Bc5 47. Nc3 Ra8 48. Ke4 Rd8 49. h5+ Kg7 50. Nd5 Re8+ 51. Kf5 Rf8+ 52. Kg4 Re8
53. Rf6 Re4+ 54. Kf5 Rxc4 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. Rxh6 Bd4 57. Nf4 Be3 58. Rf6+ Kg7
59. Ne6+ Kh7 60. g4 Ra4 61. g5 Ra5+ 62. Kg4 Ra7 63. h6 Ra1 64. Rf7+ Kh8 65. Kh5
Ra8 66. Nf4 Bxf4 67. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. axb3 b5 $1 {N} (13... d5
14. exd5 e4 15. Qh3 b5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. O-O Bb7 18. Qg3 $1 Bd6 19. Bf4 Rad8 20.
Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rd4 $1 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Kh1 Rdd8 24. b4 $1 $16 {Yakovich,
Y-Vaulin,A/RSFSR-ch Kursk/1987/}) 14. Nxb5 d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 Bb7 17.
Nc3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Rd7 Qb4 21. Nh5 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Qg4 $1 23.
Rxb7 Rxc3 $1 {/\ 24...Qd1+} 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Nc5 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd5 {Diagram #} Bb7 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. a4 bxa4
14. Rxa4 Nbc5 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. O-O Be7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. b4 Na4 19. Nf5 $3 {
Diagram # When you remember Emory, you will remember the Nf5!-Nd5! Sicilian
Sack!} exf5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. exf5 Re8 22. Qh5 Nab6 23. Rh3 Nf8 24. f6 Nxd5 25.
fxg7 Kxg7 26. Bb2+ Kg8 27. g6 {Diagram # Nobody can take it!!} Bf6 28. gxf7+
Kh8 29. Rg1 $2 {Aw, heck! The only mistake in a jewel of game. Can you see how
white could have finished things off sooner?} (29. Qg5 $3 Nd7 30. Qg6 Nf8 31.
Qg8#) 29... Re1 30. Rxe1 Bxb2 31. Re8 Nf6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qh6 Ne4 34. Qh4 Nf6
35. Rg3 N8d7 36. Qg5 {Emory's magnum opus...} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Ahmed, Sk Nasir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 b5 15.
Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qg4 Rfe8 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. b4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qg3
Nce4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qh4 Nd6 24. Bd2 Nf5 25. Qg4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Rad8 27. Qe3
Qd5 28. Bc3 Qc4 29. a3 Rc8 30. Be5 Qxc2 31. Rad1 Qc6 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Rf1 Rc2
34. Qg4 Rc4 35. Qg3 g6 36. h3 Rec8 37. Qg5 Qe7 38. Bf6 Qb7 39. Ba1 Rc2 40. Rf3
Re2 41. Qf6 Qg7 42. Qh4 {[#]} e5 $2 (42... Qe7 $142) 43. Qg4 $1 $18 Rcc2 44.
Qe6+ Kh8 45. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 Na6 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 $5 (9. Qf3) 9... dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxb3 $6 (10... Nfd7 $13) 11. axb3 Bc5
(11... Nd7 $142 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Be3 $16 Nd5 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 Qg5 15. O-O
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxe5 17. Qd4 Qd5 18. Ra5 Qxd4+ 19. cxd4 Kd7 20. Bxa7 b5 21. Rfa1
Rhc8 22. Bc5 Bd5 23. Kf2 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4
Be4 28. Ke3 Bxg2 29. d5 f5 30. Bb4 g5 31. Kd4 f4 32. c5 g4 33. c6+ Kc8 34. Be1
1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Lendwai, Reinhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 g6 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Nf3 (14.
Rhe1 $5 O-O 15. h4 $40) 14... b5 15. Rd6 Bb7 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. h4 Nb6 18. Ng5 h6
19. Nge4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rac8 22. h5 g5 23. Be3 $138 (23. Be3 Nc4
24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Bd4 Rfc8 27. c3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Topalov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O Nfxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 $1 (12... Qe7 $2
13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc6 $1 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Amstedam VSB (01)/1996/1-0/ ;CBM
52}) 13. Re1 Bc5 (13... exd4 $4 14. Rxe4+) 14. Rxe4 Bxd4+ (14... O-O 15. Rg4 $1
(15. Bg5 $2 Qb6 16. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxf5) (15. Rh4 Bxf5 $1 16. Be3 Bg6)
15... Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 $13) 15. Be3 (15. Rxd4 $5 Qb6 (15... exd4 $2 16. Bg5) 16.
c3 exd4 17. Qe2+ Kf8 18. Qf2 $44) 15... O-O 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5
$2 (18. Qf3 $10 {Topalov}) 18... Re8 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Rxd5 (20. Bxd5 Bd7 21. b4
$5 (21. Bxb7 $2 Qc7 22. Bxa8 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 $19) (21. Rd3 {/\ 22.Q:h7+!} h6
$1 22. Bxb7 $2 Qc7 23. Bxa8 Qxc5+ $19) 21... Qc7 $17) 20... Bd7 (20... Re1+ $2
21. Kf2 Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bb6) 21. h3 Re5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bf7 Be8 (23...
Qc8) 24. Bg6 h6 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Bxe5 Rd5 29. Bc3
Rxf5 30. Bd4 b5 31. c3 h5 32. Bf2 Kg8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bd4 g6 36.
Bb6 Kd5 37. Bc7 Ke4 38. Bd8 Rd5 39. Bh4 Rd3 40. Bf2 a5 41. Be1 a4 42. Bd2 Rd7
43. Bh6 Rd5 44. Bc1 Rc5 45. Be3 a3 46. Bc1 b4 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxb3 11. axb3 Nd5 (11... Bc5 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Nxe6 $1
Bxe6 14. Bxc5 Qg5 15. Qd4 $1 $16 {Pugacev - Boger,SSSR 1991.}) 12. O-O (12. Qg4
$1 $36) 12... Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 $16 Qb6 15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Qf3
O-O-O 18. Qxf7 $18 Bc5 19. Kh1 Rde8 20. Nf5 Bc6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Rd8 23.
Be3 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Franco"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Qe1 (9. Qe1) 9... Be7 10. Bg5 Bd7 (10... h6 $5) 11. f4 Qb6 12. Rd1
h6 13. Bh4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxd6+ (15. Qxh4 Nxe4 16. f5 $44 exf5 17.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxe4 Rhe8 19. Qd5+ Kg6 $13) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxh4 Qb6 17. Kh1 O-O
18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rad8 22. Rff1 Rfe8 23. h3 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Kh7 25. Qc4 Qg6 26. Qd3 Re4 27. Rf1 f6 28. Rf3 h5 29. Kh2 h4 30. c4 f5
31. Re3 Qe6 $1 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qe3 Kg6 34. Kg1 Kh5 35. Qe2+ Kh6 36. Qe3+ g5
37. Kf1 Kh5 38. Qe2+ g4 39. Qe3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Qf6+ 41. Ke1 Qe5 42. Qe2+ Kh6 43.
Qe3+ Kg7 44. Kd1 Kf7 45. Kc2 Ke7 46. Kc1 Kd7 47. Kc2 Qe6 48. Qd4+ Kc6 49. Qe3
b6 50. Kd2 a5 51. Kc2 b5 (51... a4 52. bxa4 Qxc4+ 53. Qc3 $10) 52. cxb5+ Kxb5
53. Qg5+ Kb6 54. Qxh4 Qc6+ 55. Kb1 Qg6 56. Ka2 Kc5 57. Qf2+ Kd5 58. Qd2+ Ke5
59. Qh2+ Ke6 60. h4 Qh5 61. Qh3+ Qf5 62. Qe3 Kf7 63. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qa5 (13... b4 14.
Na4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nc5 (16... g6 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Qf2 Nxe5 19. Qf6
Rg8 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Kb1 g5 22. Nf5 gxf4 23. Rxd5 exd5 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Verner,A/
Moscow/1995/ (23)}) 17. Nf5 exf5 18. e6 Nxb3+ 19. Kb1 Qc6 20. Nb6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1
Nc5 22. Nxa8 {Emms,J-Petrosian,A/London Lloyds (08) /1991/1-0 (65)} Qxe2 23.
Rxe2+ Ne4 24. Nc7+ Ke7 25. g4 {1-0 Emms,J-Petrosian,A/London/1991/ (65)}) (
13... Be7 14. h4 (14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. e6 Nf6
19. Qf3 Qb6 20. Bg5 fxe6 21. Bxf6 O-O 22. Bxe7 Rxf3 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxe6 Qd6
25. gxf3 Re8 {0-1 Potkin,A-Purtov,A/Novosibirsk/1995/ (25)}) (14. Qg4 O-O 15.
Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Nxe6 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Qb8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rhe1 Qe8 21.
Nd5 {1-0 Zadrima,A-Gurcan,S/Ankara/1995/ (46)}) 14... b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nxc5
Nxc5 17. Qg4 Nxb3+ 18. Nxb3 Qxa2 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Qxh7 Rc8 21. Qd3 Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 Florean,A-Tugui,A/Eforie Nord/1997/ (26)}) (13... Qb6 14. Rhe1 (14.
Rhf1 Be7 15. Qg4 g5 (15... g6 16. Bh6 $5) 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. h4 Nxe5 18. Qf4 Bd6
19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Kb1 b4 22. Na4 {Oral,T-Tkebuchava,S/Ml.Boleslav op
(1) /1994/1-0 (42)} Nxb3 23. Nxb6 Nxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rxg5 25. hxg5 Rc6 26. Re2 Rxb6
27. Rxe5 {1-0 Oral,T-Tkebuchava,Z/Mlada Boleslav/1994/ (42)}) (14. Kb1 $6 Be7
15. h4 (15. Qg4 $2 g5 $1) 15... O-O-O $6 (15... O-O $1 16. Bg5 (16. Qg4 Kh8 $15
) 16... Rae8 $15) 16. a3 Nb8 (16... Nxb3 $6 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Ndxb5
$1) 17. Be3 Nc6 (17... Qc7 18. Qf2 Qxe5 19. Qxf7 $16) 18. Ba2 (18. Qg4 Nxe5 19.
Qxg7 Bd6 {/\ Rdg8, Ng4}) 18... Nxd4 (18... Qc7 19. Qf2 Nxe5 20. Bf4 $16) 19.
Bxd4 Qc6 20. Rhf1 {1-0 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee/1996/ (28)}) 14... Be7
15. Qg4 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. a3 h4 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. Ba2 Nb6 21. Ndxb5
axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ba6 24. b4 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Nca4 26. Bb3 {1-0
Macieja,B-Kaminski,M/Lubniewice/1994/ (46)}) 14. a3 (14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Qg4 b4
16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Nxe6 Nac5 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Nxb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. e6 Bd5
22. Qxf7+ {1-0 Morawietz,D-Ottens,S/NRW-II/1992/ (22)}) (14. Rhf1 Nxb3+ (14...
Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 $1 (16. Bg3 Qb6 17. h4 (17. Rf2 Rf8 18. Rdf1 $13) 17...
h5 18. Qe2 (18. Qf4 Rh7 19. Rf2 O-O-O $13) 18... Rh7 (18... Rf8 19. Rf2 O-O-O
20. Rdf1 Nxb3+ 21. Nxb3 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 $14) 19. Nf3 $6 O-O-O
20. Kb1 Qc6 $1 21. Rd4 (21. a3 $5 $15) 21... Nb6 $1 {0-1 Zadrima,A-Ftacnik,L/
Moscow/1994/ (39)}) 16... Nxe5 17. Qf4 b4 18. Nd5 (18. Ncb5 $5) 18... Bxd5 19.
Qxe5 f6 20. Bxd5 $5 fxe5 21. Bc6+ Nd7 22. Nxe6 Ra7 23. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Vavra,
P-Ftacnik,L/Cesko/1995/ (46)}) 15. Nxb3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. a3 Be7 18. Qg4 O-O
19. Rde1 Rfd8 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Re3 Rc8 23. Bf6 Ne4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25.
Qxe4 Qc4 {0-1 Motwani,P-Pigott,J/BCF-ch/1989/ (40)}) 14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Qc7 {
If black can survive the attack and defend vulnerable f7 square his position
with bishop pair and target on e5 will be excellent.} 16. Rhf1 (16. Ne4 Rc8 17.
Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qc4 $11) 16... Be7 17. Nd4 Nf8 (17... O-O 18. Nf5 exf5 (
18... Bxa3 19. Nh6+ $5 (19. bxa3 exf5 20. e6 Qxc3 $19) 19... gxh6 20. Rd3 Be7
21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Bxh6 Rg8 23. Rxf7 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Nf8 25. Qh5 $18) 19. e6 Ne5
20. Bxe5 Qc4 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rd7 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Bc8 24. Rxf5 Bxd7 25. exd7 $14)
18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Nd6+ $6 {Temperamental jump at a wrong moment, white pawn on
d6 will be too exposed.} (19. Bg3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 21. h4 $5) 19... Bxd6 20.
exd6 Nxf4 21. Qg4 (21. dxc7 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Rc8 23. Rd8+ Ke7 $1 (23... Rxd8 24.
cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 25. Rxf7 $16) 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 $17) 21... Qd7 22. Qxf4 (22. Rxf4 $1
O-O 23. Nf3 f6 (23... Bd5 24. Rxd5 (24. Qh5) 24... f5 25. Ne5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Qxd5
27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Rd4 $11) 24. Qh3 Rac8 25. Rh4 g5 $15) 22... O-O 23. Nb3 (23.
Nf3 f6 $15) 23... Rac8 24. Qe3 (24. Rf2 Rfd8 25. Qd4 Rc4 $17 (25... Bd5 26. Nc5
Qc6 27. d7 Rc7 28. b4 a5 $15)) 24... Bd5 $1 {The game is in higher sense over,
d6 pawn falls.} 25. Rxd5 (25. Qg3 Rfd8 $17) 25... exd5 26. Nd4 Qxd6 27. Nf5 Qc5
28. Qd2 (28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rf5 g6 $19) 28... Rfe8 29. c3 f6 30.
Qf4 Rc7 31. Qg3 Kh8 (31... d4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxc7 Qe3+ 34. Kc2 Qe2+ $19) 32.
Kb1 a5 0-1

[Event "Jakarta Japfa m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.05.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. f5 Bd7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 $5 {Taking
towards the edge of the board is not ideal solution, but white will be able to
use c file for creating activity.} (13. axb3 O-O 14. g4 b5 15. Rac1 b4 16. Nd1
d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. c3 Nxd5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Qb6 21. Qf4 {1-0 Lopez
Barrera,B-Paragua,M/Oropesa del Mar 1998/ (38)}) 13... O-O 14. Rac1 Qa5 (14...
Qb8 15. b4 $14) 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. a3 b5 (16... exf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rfe8
19. Be3 $14) 17. b4 Qb6 18. Be3 Qb7 (18... Qb8 19. Qg3 $14) 19. e5 $5 {
Megaranto decided to open up the position and swap the queens as his pieces
are occupying all the squares in the center.} Qxf3 (19... Nd5 20. f6 Bd8 21.
Nf5 exf5 22. Nxd5 Bc6 23. Qxf5 $18) 20. Nxf3 dxe5 (20... Ne8 21. exd6 Bxd6 22.
Ne4 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 $18) 21. Nxe5 Rfd8 $2 {It is a bit mysterious, what Dao
Thien Hai had in mind when chosing this move. Black loses an exgange, but gets
no real compensation.} (21... Be8 $1 22. Bd4 Bd6 (22... exf5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24.
Rxc8 $16) 23. Nd3 $14) 22. Bb6 $1 Be8 (22... exf5 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxd7 Nxd7
25. Nd5 Kf8 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Rc7 Ke8 28. Ra7 $18) 23. Bxd8 Bxd8 (23... Rxd8
24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Ne2 Bb6+ 27. Kf1 $18) 24. fxe6 Bb6+ 25. Kh1 (
25. Kf1 Be3 26. exf7+ Bxf7 27. Ra1 $18) 25... fxe6 (25... Be3 26. Ra1 fxe6 27.
Rd6 $18) 26. Rd6 $1 {This move effectively decides the issue as black bishops
are not able to operate freely and a6, e6 pawn are virtually gone.} Ba7 27. Re1
(27. Rxa6 Be3 28. Rc2 $18) 27... Bb8 28. Rxe6 Rd8 29. Nc6 (29. Rxa6 $18) 29...
Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Ng4 31. g3 (31. h3 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Ba7 33. Re7 Bd4 34. Ne2 Nxh3+ 35.
Kh2 $18) 31... Be5 32. Rxa6 (32. h3 Nf2+ 33. Kg2 Nd3 34. Re3 $18) 32... Bd4 $6
{Black was certainly not in his best form, the last chance to show some teeth
was the obvious move 32...Rd2!} (32... Rd2 $1 33. Re2 (33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ne2
Bxb2 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Nf2+ 37. Kg2 Nd3 38. Rf1+ $18) 33... Bxc3 34. Rxd2
Bxd2 35. Rb6 $16) 33. Re2 Rf8 34. Nxb5 Ne3 35. Ra8 (35. h4 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 $18) (
35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Nxd4 Nd5 37. Kg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. O-O Nfxe4 $5 {White is so much ahead in the development of his pieces,
that this daring move can be played only with excellent knowledge of the
theory lines.} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Rxe4 O-O 15.
Rg4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 e4 17. Bh6 Kh8 18. Rd1 Bxb2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] The first
independ move in the game, Konguvel seems to holding the balance just fine.} (
18... g6 19. Qh3 Bg7 (19... gxf5 20. Rf4 Bxb2 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Bxd5 $14) 20.
Rh4 (20. Rf1 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. f6 h5 $13) 20... Qf6 21. g4 (21. Be3 Bxf5 22.
Rxh7+ Kg8 23. g4 Be6 24. Bd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11) 21... gxf5 22. g5 Qg6 23.
Qe3 Be6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. c4 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Both,
E-Werner,D/Berlin 2004/ (45)}) 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Bf4 Bf6 (20... Qf2 $1 21. h3
Bf6 (21... Qf1+ $2 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Bd6 g6 24. Rxg6 Bxf5 25. Rxf6 Rg8 26. Rd2
$18) 22. Bd6 g6 $11) 21. Bd6 Qf2 $1 (21... Re8 22. Bg3 Qe3 23. h3 Rf8 24. Be5
$1 $16) 22. h3 g6 23. Rxg6 Rg8 $2 {It is a pitty for black, that he missed
simple drawing combination with the sacrifice of the f6 bishop.} (23... Bxf5 $1
24. Rxf6 (24. Rg3 Bg6 $17) 24... Rg8 25. g4 Qf1+ 26. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 24. Rxg8+
Kxg8 25. Rd1 (25. Rd1 Be6 26. fxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Qc8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 b4 15. Nce2
(15. g5 bxc3 16. gxf6 cxb2 17. Rb1 Nxb3 $17) 15... Qb7 {[%mdl 2048] Both king
are rather loose, the player with better handling of pieces will get the upper
hand.} (15... Ncxe4 $2 16. g5 $1 e5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne6 Bc6 19. Qh3 Bxh1 20.
Qxh1 $16) (15... Nfxe4 16. Nf4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. O-O Qb7 19. Qxb7 Nxb7 20.
Nfxe6 $14) 16. Ng3 e5 (16... Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe6 $14)
17. Ndf5 (17. Nh5 exd4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bd5 Bc6 $19) 17... Nxb3 (17... Ncxe4
18. Nxe4 Qxe4 (18... Nxe4 19. Nxg7+ $1 Kd8 20. Ne6+ $18) 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Bd5
Nf6 21. Bxa8 Nxg4 22. Nxg7+ Bxg7 23. Bd2 $14) (17... Bc6 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19.
O-O-O $16) 18. cxb3 d5 19. Nxh6 (19. g5 dxe4 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Qh5+ Kd8 22. gxh6 $16) 20. Qg2 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1+ 22. Qxh1 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qd7
24. Nxg7+ Qxg7 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxe4 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Qf1 Bxg4 (20... Be6
$5 21. h5 (21. g5 Nd5 22. Nhf5 g6 $19) 21... Nxg4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. h6 Bf3 24.
hxg7 Qxg7 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Qc4 Qf6 $15) 21. Nxg4 Nxg4 22. Qe2 Nxe3 (22... Nf6
23. Rd1 Be7 $15) 23. Qxe3 O-O-O 24. Rc1+ Kb8 {White will suffer due to his
king "forgotten" on the square e1.} 25. Qxe4 (25. Nxe4 Be7 $17) 25... Qb5 (
25... Qxe4+ 26. Nxe4 Rd4 27. Rc4 $15) 26. Rc4 (26. h5 Rd3 27. Qg4 Re3+ 28. Ne2
Be7 29. Rh2 $13) 26... Rh6 27. Rh2 $2 (27. Nf5 Rf6 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Ne3 $13)
27... Rhd6 28. Rhc2 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 R1d4 30. Qc6 $6 {The endgame only seemingly
diminishes the dangers for white king.} (30. Qg6 Rxh4 31. Ke1 Rhd4 $17) 30...
Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxh4 32. Rb6+ (32. Rxa6 $2 Rh2+ $19) 32... Ka7 33. Rcc6 Bc5 $1
34. Rxa6+ Kb7 35. Rg6 (35. Rxc5 Rh2+ 36. Ke3 Kxa6 37. Rxe5 Rxb2 $19) 35... Rh2+
36. Ke1 (36. Kf3 Rd3+ 37. Ke4 (37. Kg4 Rg2 $19) 37... Rxg3 38. Rxg3 Kxa6 $19)
36... Bf2+ 37. Kf1 Be3 38. Ke1 (38. Rad6 Rc8 39. Rxg7+ Kb8 40. Ne2 Rf8+ 41. Ke1
Rh1+ $19) 38... Rc8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[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 "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Be3
Be7 9. g4 b4 (9... h6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rg1 Qa5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd2
Qc7 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Ba2 Qb7 18. Rde1 Bh4 19. Ref1 a5 20. g5 b4 21.
Qh5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Na4 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Bf6 {1-0 Stelzer,H-Braune,S/Germany
1996/ (39)}) 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Nf5 $2 {Kobese is trying to prove, that his
attacking potential is dangerous.} (11. Nb6 Qxb6 12. Nxe6 Qxe3+ (12... Nc5 $1
13. Nxg7+ Kd8 14. Bxf7 Bf6 $17) 13. fxe3 fxe6 14. Qd4 d5 15. O-O Nf6 (15... Bf6
16. Rxf6 Nxf6 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Qxh7 $18) 16. g5 a5 17. gxf6 Bxf6
18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 a4 21. Rf1 Ra5 22. Bxa4+ Rxa4 23. Qf7+ Kd8
24. Qxg8+ Kc7 25. Rf8 {1-0 Bintafrit,S-Elkuch,H/Istanbul 2000/ (25)}) 11...
exf5 $1 (11... O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bxa7 Qxa7 16.
O-O Nc6 $15) (11... Bf6 12. f3 exf5 13. fxe4 Bb7 14. Bd5 Nc6 15. gxf5 $11) 12.
Qd5 O-O 13. Qxa8 Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Sutovsky is proving, that White king will
have problems to survive counterattack intact.} 14. f4 (14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Qd5
Bb7 16. Qxf5 Qd2+ 17. Kf1 g6 18. Qf3 Nc5 $19) (14. O-O Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 16.
Qd5 Qh4 17. Qd1 fxg4 $19) (14. Qa7 Nc6 15. Qb6 Qe8 16. Bxg5 Nxg5+ 17. Kd1 Qe4
$17) (14. Qxb8 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qf2 $19) 14... Bh4+ 15. Ke2 (15. Kf1
Bd7 16. Qa7 Qe8 17. Nb6 Bb5+ $19) 15... Bd7 16. Nb6 (16. Qd5 Bb5+ 17. Kd1 Qe8
18. gxf5 Bf2 $19) 16... Bc6 17. Qa7 Bb5+ 18. Kf3 (18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Qb7 Na5 20.
Qd5 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Qc7 $19) 18... Nc6 19. Qb7 (19. Qd7 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bxd7 $19)
19... Qe8 $1 {The Black queen is planing to attack the White king along the e
file, White is helpless.} (19... Qe8 $1 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Bd5 Qxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. e5 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 {A fighting
move, but Black is willingly accepting the risk. White pieces will quickly
access the kingside.} (13... Bc5 $5 14. exf6 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxf6 16. Bf4 (16.
Nd5 Qe5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qf3 Rg8 19. Bf4 (19. Bd2 Qd5 20. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2
Moreno Carnero,J-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg 2004/ (20)}) 19... Qd5 20. Qf2 Bd7 21. Rad1
Qf5 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. Bg3 Qh5 24. Qd6 $13 {1-0 Olivier,J-Astengo,C/Geneve 1999/ 
(49)}) 16... Qc6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Be5 f6 19. Qg4 Rf8 20. Rad1 f5 21. Qh5+ g6 22.
Qxh7 Qxe4 23. Qxg6+ Rf7 24. Bd6 Qg4 $19 {1-0 Caruso,A-Penttinen,J/Tallinn 1997/
(29)}) 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Kh1 Bc5 (15... b6 16. Ncb5 Qb7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd5
19. c3 Bb7 20. b4 Rae8 21. Rfd1 $14) 16. Rad1 (16. Ndb5 Qc6 17. Ne4 Bb6 18.
Nbd6 $14) 16... b5 17. Ne4 Bxd4 (17... Bb7 18. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 19. exf6 Qb6 20.
fxg7 Rfd8 21. c3 $16) 18. Rxd4 Nxe5 (18... f5 19. exf6 e5 20. Nd6 Nxf6 (20...
exd4 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. fxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bh6+ Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Qf6+ $18) 21.
Bxe5 $16) 19. Qh5 (19. Ng5 f6 20. Rdd1 (20. Nxh7 $6 Kxh7 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxa8
Bb7 23. Bxe5 Qc6 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rd2 Qe4 $15) 20... fxg5 21. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 22.
Rxf1 Qe7 $11) 19... f5 (19... f6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 (20... fxe5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.
Rd2 $18) 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Qc5 Rf7 25. Qc6 Bb7 26.
Qxe6 $18) 20. Ng5 h6 21. Re1 hxg5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 (22... Qxc2 23. Bxg7 $1 (23.
Qxg5 Ra7 $13) 23... Kxg7 24. Qxg5+ Kf7 25. Rh4 f4 26. Rxf4+ Ke8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8
28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Qg7 $18) (22... Qf7 23. Qxg5 Ra7 24. Red1 $16) 23. Red1 Ra7 $6
{[%mdl 256] This is the true reason behind Black's problems in the inferior
position.} ({Much better chances to hold the game were promised by} 23... g4 $1
24. h3 Qf7 (24... gxh3 25. Rh4 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 $18) 25. hxg4 (25. Qh4 Qg6 26.
hxg4 Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. c4 $14) 25... Qxh5+ 26. gxh5 Kh7 27. c4 Kh6 28. c5
$14) 24. Bd6 Qf7 25. Qxg5 Re8 26. Be5 Rd7 (26... Bb7 27. Kg1 Bd5 28. c4 Bc6 29.
Rd6 $16) 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Rd3 (28. Bxg7 $6 Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxd7+ Kf6
$11) 28... Bc6 29. Rg3 f4 (29... Re7 30. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 31. Qxe7 $18) 30. Qxg7+
Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rh7 {It is not so easy to play the best moves in
superior position, the most exact might have been 32.Rc7!} (32. Rc7 $1 Rd8 33.
Kg1 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Be4 35. Bxf4 $18) 32... f3 (32... Be4 33. Rh8+ (33. Rc7 $2 Rd8
34. Kg1 Rd2 $15) 33... Kf7 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. c4 f3 36. gxf3 Bxf3+ 37. Kg1 $16)
33. gxf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kg1 Bd1 (34... Be4 35. Rc7 $16) 35. c4 Bxb3 (35... bxc4 36.
bxc4 Bb3 37. c5 $18) 36. c5 Bd5 37. b4 {In materially equal position White
holds all the best cards in his hand.} Ra8 38. h4 a5 (38... Be4 39. Rc7 a5 40.
h5 a4 41. h6 a3 42. h7 Bxh7 43. Rxh7 $18) 39. h5 Be4 (39... axb4 40. h6 Ra2 41.
Rg7 Be4 42. c6 Rc2 43. c7 b3 44. h7 Bxh7 45. Rxh7 $18) 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. Rxa8
Bxa8 42. bxa5 b4 43. a6 b3 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Kf4 Kh6 47. Bb2 (47. Bb2
Kxh5 48. Ke5 Bd5 49. Kd6 Kg4 50. c6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. e5 $2 {Agressive
approach, that will be refuted with an elegant, lengthy combination.} (13. Rhe1
$5 e5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nde2 $13) (13. fxe6 fxe6 14. e5 (14. Qh3 Nxb3+ 15. axb3
b4 $17) 14... Nfe4 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxe6 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18.
Qe2 $16) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 Rxf3 17. exd6 Qf7 18. gxf3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 e5
20. Ne2 Qxf3 $17) 13... dxe5 14. Nc6 (14. Nde2 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 $19) 14...
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 (15. Rxd8 Bxf3 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. gxf3 b4 18. Ne4 Nxb3+ 19. axb3
exf5 $19) 15... Qa5 $1 (15... Rc8 16. Rxd8 Rxc6 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. fxe6 Nxb3+
19. axb3 b4 $17) 16. fxe6 (16. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bxf6 $19) 16... Rac8 17.
exf7+ (17. Qf3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 b4 $19) 17... Kh8 18. Qf3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 (19.
cxb3 b4 $19) 19... b4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Suddenly it becomes clear, that white has
too many worries. His king is already under attack and also the future of
white bishop on g5 is shaky.} (19... Qa1+ 20. Nb1 (20. Kd2 Qxb2 $19) 20... Rxf7
21. Qe2 $15) 20. Na4 (20. Bxf6 bxc3 21. Bxe7 Qa1#) (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Qa1#)
20... e4 $1 21. Qg3 (21. Qf4 Nh5 $19) 21... Nh5 22. Bxe7 Nxg3 23. Bxf8 (23.
hxg3 Rxf7 $19) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kd2 (24. Kb1 Rxf8 $19) 24... Qg5+ (24... Qg5+ 25.
Ke1 (25. Kxe2 Rxc2+ $19) 25... Qe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 $1 {[%mdl 8] Great novelty
from Sutovsky, he has surely analysed to whole tactical complications with
sacrificing knight on d4.} (12. Nxb3 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Qd3 Rfd8
16. h3 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Na5 Rdc8 {0-1 Sordo,J-Fernandez,C/
Asturias 1997/ (64)}) 12... Qc5 (12... Qb6 13. Rad1 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd5) 13. Rad1 e5 14. b4 Qa7 (14... Qxb4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17.
b4 Qa7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxf6+ $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. fxe5 dxe5 (16... Bxe5 17.
Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Nd5 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 b5 20. Rxd4 $18) 17. Nd5 Rf8 {Objectively
speaking if move like this is necessary it raraly points to the best health of
the position.} (17... exd4 18. e5 (18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Be6 20. Qg3 Qxa8 21.
e5 Be7 22. Qxg7 Kc7 $11) 18... Bg4 (18... Bxe5 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Qe7#) 19. Qxg4
d3+ (19... Bxe5 20. Nc7+ Kf8 (20... Bxc7 21. Rde1+ Kd8 22. Rxf7) 21. Qd7 Bf6
22. Rd3 h6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qd6+ Kg7 25. Nd5 $18) 20. Kh1 Bxe5 21. Nc7+ Kf8
22. Rxd3 $18) 18. Nc7+ Ke7 (18... Kd8 19. Nxa8 exd4 (19... Bd7 20. Qa3 exd4 21.
b5 Re8 22. Qa5+ Ke7 23. Nc7 $18) 20. e5 Bg5 (20... Bxe5 21. Qd5+ $18) (20...
Be7 21. Qd5+ Bd7 22. Rxd4 $18) 21. Qd5+ Bd7 22. e6 $18) 19. Nd5+ (19. Nxa8 exd4
20. Qf4 d3+ 21. Kh1 Be6 22. e5 $18) 19... Ke8 (19... Kd8 20. Nxf6 $18) 20. Qg3
Be6 (20... exd4 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Qd6 $18) 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (21... Bxd5 22.
Qxe5+ Be6 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Qe5+ Kd8 27. Kh1 $18)
22. Nxf6+ Kd8 (22... Ke7 23. Qxe5 Rfc8 24. Kh1 $18) 23. Qxe5 {White even
managed to save the life of the knight on d4, but black will hardly manage the
same for the king on d8.} Kc8 (23... Qb6 24. Kh1 Kc8 25. Rd3 $18) 24. Kh1 Rd8
25. Rd3 Bc4 (25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 b5 27. Ne8 $18) 26. Ne6 $1 (26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 (
26... Bxe6 27. Rc3+ $18) 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Qd7+ Kb8 30. Qd8#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
Nbd7 8. Qe2 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Qc7
14. Rhe1 O-O {It is a rare position in which both castles are possible and
have their advantages. In retrospect it seems, that heading to queenisde might
have been safer choice for the black king.} (14... O-O-O $5 15. e5 Be7 (15...
dxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. Qf3 (17. Nf5 exf5 18. Nd5 Bb5 19. Qf3 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 g6
21. Bxf7 Bc6 22. Qf2 Ne4 23. Qa7 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Lacasa Diaz,J-Gomez Esteban,J/
Ayamonte 2002/ (76)}) 17... Rhf8 18. Qg3 g6 19. Bc4 Kb8 20. Be2 Bc8 21. Bf3 Nd7
22. Qf4 Nb6 23. Qxh6 Rh8 24. Qc1 Nc4 {0-1 Habu,Y-Sadvakasov,D/Philadelphia
2003/ (34)}) 16. Bd5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Kb8 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. g3 Rhd8 20. h4 Na4 21.
Nxa4 Bxa4 22. Nb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bb5 24. Qg2 Qxe5 25. Bxb7 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 {
0-1 Arakhamia Grant,K-Ubilava,E/Palma de Mallorca 1989/ (37)}) 15. g4 b5 16. g5
hxg5 17. e5 (17. fxg5 Be5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 Nxb3 20. axb3 b4 21. Nf5 Bb5 22.
Re3 Rfc8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Rf3 bxc3 25. Rxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. bxc3 Rxc3
28. Rxd6 {1-0 Plachetka,J-Stohl,I/Prague 1989/ (34)}) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Be7
19. h4 b4 (19... g6 20. h5 Kg7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Ne4 Rae8 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. c3
Nxb3 25. axb3 Rf4 26. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Berndt,S-Bischoff,K/Germany 2000/ (29)}) (
19... gxh4 20. Rg1 g6 21. Qh5 Kg7 22. Rdf1 Be8 23. Nd5 $14) 20. hxg5 Nxb3 21.
Qh5 $1 {[%mdl 128] The open h file looks very scary and black must act
immediatelly in order to prevent mating threats.} Bxg5 (21... g6 22. Qh2 $1 (
22. Qh6 Rfd8 (22... Bxg5 23. Qxg5 bxc3 24. axb3 cxb2 25. Rh1 $18) (22... Rfe8
23. Rh1 Qxe5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rhf1 Qg7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rf1+ $18) 23. Nd5 (
23. Rh1 Qxe5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rhf1 Qg7 26. Rxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qh8+ Qg8 28. Rf1+ Bf6
29. Qxf6+ Ke8 30. axb3 bxc3 31. Rh1 $16) (23. Qh2 Kg7) 23... exd5 24. e6 Nxd4 (
24... Be8 25. Rh1 Qe5 26. Nc6 Qg7 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nxd5 $18) (24... Bxg5 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Rf1+ $18) 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ $11) 22... f6 (
22... bxc3 23. Rh1 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 $18) 23. Rh1 Kf7 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Rf7
26. Rh7 $18) 22. Qxg5 Nxd4 (22... Qd8 23. Qg3 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 f6 (24... bxc3 25.
Rg4 $18) 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Rg4 Qe7 27. Qh3 $18) 23. Rxd4 (23. Ne4 f5 24. exf6 Nf5
25. fxg7 Nxg7 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6 $11) 23... f6 (23... Rfb8) (23... bxc3 $2
24. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh6 26. Rh4#) 24. exf6 Rxf6 (24... Bc6 25. Rg1 Rf7
26. Qh6 $18) 25. Nd5 $1 {The standard knight jump into the center comes at
perfect moment, white is getting more than just exchange. Black king will be
under crushing attack.} exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kf8 (26... Kh7 27. Rh1+ Rh6 28. Qe4+ Kg8
29. Qxa8+ $18) 27. Rh4 Be6 28. Qxa8+ Kf7 29. Rh8 Bxa2+ (29... Qd7 30. Qf8+ Kg6
31. Rg1+ $18) 30. Ka1 (30. Kxa2 $2 b3+ $1 $11) 30... Rf5 31. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Pujos, Stephane"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bordeaux"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 (11. Qg3 dxe5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nf3 Rc8 14.
Ng5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Kb1 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. h4 Nd8 {
0-1 Jackova,J-Zhigalko,A/Hengelo 2001/ (28)}) 11... Bxd6 (11... Qxc3+ 12. bxc3
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bxd6 14. c4 Nc6 $11) 12. Qh3 Nc6 13. O-O-O (13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1
O-O $15) 13... Nxd4 {The exchange of e4 pawn for the d6 one is certainly
favorable for black. White enjoys development advantage, so black has to show
at least some caution.} (13... Na5 $2 14. Bxe6 $1 (14. Ndxb5 $2 Nxb3+ 15. Kb1
axb5 16. Nxb5 Qa5 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. cxb3 Bd5 $19) 14... fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe7 16.
Rhe1 Bc8 17. Bg5 $18) 14. Bxd4 (14. Rxd4 Be5 (14... O-O 15. Bxe6 $5 Be5 16. Bf5
g6 $15) 15. Rd3 O-O $15) 14... O-O-O 15. Kb1 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bd5 Be5 17.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Ne2 $11) 15... Be5 16. Ne2 (16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. f3 b4 $15) 16...
Kb8 (16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Rd7 18. c3 Rhd8 19. Rhe1 Kb8 $15) 17. Rhe1 Bxd4 18.
Nxd4 (18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Qf4 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 $15) 18... Qf4 19. Qc3 (
19. c3 Ne4 20. g3 Nxf2 21. Qh5 Qc7 $17) 19... Ne4 20. Nc6+ $6 {Tempting, but
not the best as Kosten will enjoy excellent prospects in the endgame.} (20. Qa5
$5 Rc8 21. f3 Nc5 $11) 20... Ka8 $1 (20... Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Nd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23.
Qb6+ Kc8 24. Qxa6+ Kc7 25. Qxb5 Rb8 $15) 21. Qe5 (21. Qa5 Nd2+ 22. Ka1 Rd6 23.
g3 Qxf2 24. Ne5 Rc8 $19) 21... Nd2+ (21... Rxd1+ $5 22. Rxd1 Nd2+ 23. Ka1 Qxe5
24. Nxe5 Rd8 25. Nd3 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 Be4 (26... Bxg2 27. Rg1 Be4 28. Rxg7 Bg6
29. f4 Rd4 30. b4 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Rxf4 $17) 27. Kb1 Rd4 28. Kc1 Bxd3 29. cxd3 Kb7
$17) 22. Ka1 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 f6 24. Nd3 (24. Nf7 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rc8 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Nxd8 Bd5 29. Nf7 Bxg2 $17) 24... Nxb3+ 25. axb3 e5 26. Nc5
(26. f3 Rc8 (26... Rd6 27. Nc5 Rhd8 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. f4 Rd5 30. b4 $15) 27.
Rd2 Rhd8 28. Red1 Rd6 29. Kb1 Rcd8 $15) 26... Bxg2 27. Rxd8+ (27. Nxa6 Bf3 28.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Re3 e4 30. Nc7+ Kb8 31. Nxb5 f5 $17) 27... Rxd8 28. Rg1 Bc6 29.
Rxg7 (29. Nxa6 g5 30. Nb4 Bb7 $17) 29... Rd2 30. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Pujos is
missing excellent chance to save the game with the natural move 30.c4!
followed by the counterplay on the 6th rank.} (30. c4 $1 h5 (30... Rxf2 31.
Rxh7 $11) 31. Re7 Rxf2 32. Re6 Bh1 33. Rxa6+ Kb8 34. Rxf6 Rxh2 35. cxb5 $11)
30... Bh1 31. Rxh7 (31. c4 h5 32. Rh7 Rxf2 33. Rxh5 Ka7 $17) 31... Rxc2 32.
Rh8+ (32. Nxa6 Rxf2 33. h4 Be4 $17) 32... Ka7 33. Rh7+ Kb6 34. Nd7+ (34. b4 Bd5
35. Kb1 Rxf2 $19) 34... Kc6 35. Nxf6 Rxf2 36. Rh6 (36. Ng4 Re2 37. Rh6+ Kb7 38.
Re6 e4 39. h4 Bf3 $17) 36... Kc5 {Black enjoys better king and assymetrical
pawn structure, that enhances the value of his bishop against the enemy knight.
} 37. Nd7+ (37. Ng4 Re2 38. Rxa6 Bd5 39. Ka2 Kb4 $19) 37... Kd5 38. Rh5 (38.
Rxa6 Rxh2 39. Nf6+ Kd4 40. Rd6+ Kc5 41. Re6 Re2 $19) 38... Re2 39. b4 (39. h4
Bf3 40. Nf6+ Kd4 41. Rg5 e4 $19) 39... Kd4 40. Nc5 Bd5 41. Kb1 a5 (41... a5 42.
Rh4+ e4 43. Na6 a4 44. Kc1 Bc4 45. Nc5 Bd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rae1 O-O
14. e5 Qb4 15. Rd1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bc5 18. exf6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Be5
20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Bf6 {1-0 Vaccani,A (2100)-Mrdja,M (2440)/Ragusa 1989/}) (
11... g5 12. fxg5 Nfd7 (12... hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nfd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O-O Ne5
16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Qf4 Rdg8 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Qg5+ 21. Qxg5
Rxg5 {1/2-1/2 Papa,S (2372)-Rashkovsky,N (2510)/Biel 2003/ (34)}) 13. O-O Ne5
14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. Bg3 Be3+ 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qd1 Qd8 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bg5 20.
Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Bezemer,A (2320)-Sutovsky,E (2658)/Amsterdam 2002/ (44)}) 12.
O-O-O (12. O-O Nfxe4 13. Bxe7 Nd2 14. Qg4 Qxe7 15. Qxg7 Qf8 $11) (12. f5 $5 e5
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nde2 $14) 12... Nfxe4 $1 {Dvoirys shows, that black can find
courage for the original solution in the center. The risk lays in the fact,
that white is much better developed for the tactical battle.} 13. Nxe4 (13.
Bxe7 $5 Nxc3 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxc3 Qxf4+ 16. Kb1 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 O-O 18. g3 Qf5
$13) 13... Bxh4 14. f5 $6 (14. Nxc5 $5 Qxc5 (14... dxc5 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qh5+ Qf7 18. Qxh4 O-O $11) 15. f5 e5 $15) 14... Nxb3+ 15. axb3 (15.
Nxb3 d5 16. Nec5 O-O $17) 15... d5 16. fxe6 $5 {It is very difficult to assign
the value to this courageous decision. Bezgodov refused to suffer in the
position without a pawn a single white bishop.} (16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qg4 Bf6 18.
Rhe1 Qd6 $17) 16... dxe4 (16... O-O 17. Qg4 Bd8 18. Nc3 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 fxe6 20.
Nxe6 Qd6 21. Rhe1 Re8 $19) 17. exf7+ Kf8 (17... Qxf7 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 (18... Be7
19. Rhf1 Qh5 20. Nc6 $18) 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Rhe1 Be6 22. Nd4 Bf7 $19
) 18. Qxe4 Qe7 19. Qf3 (19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Nf3 Bf6 $19) (19. Qd3 Bg4 20. Rdf1
Bf6 21. Kb1 Qd6 22. c3 Kxf7 $19) 19... Qxf7 20. Qd3 Bf6 21. Rde1 {
Unfortunatelly for white his compensation is rather foggy, since once black
manages to organize his forces the game will be over.} (21. Rhf1 Kg8 $19) 21...
h5 (21... g6 22. h4 Kg7 23. h5 Rd8 24. hxg6 Qd5 25. c3 Qg5+ $19) 22. Rhf1 Rh6 (
22... h4 23. c3 Kg8 $19) 23. Kb1 Kg8 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Qc4+ Kh7 26. Qe4+ Rg6 $1 {
Surely black must be sensible, since in case of the mechanic 26...g6? it would
have been white enjoying the triumph.} (26... g6 $2 27. Qf4 $1 Qd8 (27... Bg7
28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Qe4 $18) 28. Ng5+ Kg7 29. Re6 $18) 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qb5
$1 29. Rf8 (29. g3 Bg4 $19) 29... Rg5 (29... Qxe5 30. Rxe5 h4 31. Ree8 Rc6 32.
Rh8+ Kg6 33. Rxh4 Ra7 34. Rc4 Bf5 $19) 30. Qe7 (30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Ree8 Rxg2 32.
c3 Bf5+ $19) (30. Qe8 Qxe8 31. Rexe8 Rc5 $19) 30... Rf5 31. Rd8 (31. g4 $5 Rxf8
32. Qxf8 Qg5 $17) 31... Qc6 32. Red1 (32. Qe8 Qxe8 33. Rexe8 Rc5 $19) 32... Rf2
33. Rc1 (33. R1d2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Bf5 $19) 33... Bf5 $1 {Finally black pieces
are springing to life with a truly devastating effect.} 34. Rxa8 Bxc2+ 35. Ka1
(35. Ka2 Bxb3+ 36. Kxb3 (36. Kb1 Qa4 37. Qa3 Qe4+ 38. Ka1 Qc2 39. Rc8 Qxc8 $19)
36... Qb5+ 37. Qb4 Rxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Qxb4+ $19) 35... Bxb3 36. Re1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. O-O Nfxe4 $5 {A fascinating decision at a moment, when White is better
developed. Mamedyarov is trying to prove that the ambitious setup of enemy
pieces has a drawback. White is so much ahead in the development of his pieces,
that this daring move can be played only with excellent knowledge of the
theoretical lines.} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 {Black has to play with
ambition in the centre. The pawn advance frees the f8-bishop and supports the
centralised knight.} (12... Qe7 $2 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc6 $1 {Topalov,V-Kasparov,
G/Amstedam VSB (01)/1996 (1-0)}) 13. Re1 Bc5 (13... exd4 $4 14. Rxe4+) 14. Rxe4
Bxd4+ {What seems to be very interesting is the option of postponing the
elimination of the white knight with immediate castling. White has to play
well to keep the balance on the board.} (14... O-O $5 15. Rg4 $1 (15. Bg5 $2
Qb6 16. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxf5) (15. Rh4 Bxf5 $1 16. Be3 Bg6 $17) 15... Bxd4+
16. Kh1 e4 17. Bh6 (17. Bf4 Re8 18. c3 Bf6 $17) 17... Kh8 18. Rd1 Bxb2 $5 (
18... g6 19. Qh3 Bg7 (19... gxf5 20. Rf4 Bxb2 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Bxd5 $14) 20.
Rh4 (20. Rf1 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. f6 h5 $13) 20... Qf6 21. g4 (21. Be3 Bxf5 22.
Rxh7+ Kg8 23. g4 Be6 24. Bd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 $11) 21... gxf5 22. g5 Qg6 23.
Qe3 (23. Bxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. g6 fxg6 26. Rxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qc3+ Qg7 28.
Qh3+ $11) 23... Be6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. c4 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Re8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Both,E-Werner,D (2157)/Berlin 2004 (45)}) 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Bf4 Bf6 (
20... Qf2 $1 21. h3 Bf6 (21... Qf1+ $2 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Bd6 g6 24. Rxg6 Bxf5 25.
Rxf6 Rg8 26. Rd2 $18) 22. Bd6 g6 $11) 21. Bd6 Qf2 $1 (21... Re8 22. Bg3 Qe3 23.
h3 Rf8 24. Be5 $1 $16) 22. h3 g6 $11 23. Rxg6 Bxf5 $1 (23... Rg8 $2 {It is a
pity for Black, that he missed simple drawing combination with the sacrifice
of the f6 bishop.} 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rd1 {1-0 Megaranto,S (2530)-Konguvel,P 
(2390)/Hyderabad 2005}) 24. Rxf6 (24. Rg3 Bg6 $17) 24... Rg8 25. g4 Qf1+ 26.
Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 15. Kh1 {The first player has an ample choice at this moment. A
sacrifice of the exchange on the d4-square seems to be quite attractive, while
the score after 15.Be3 has not been promising at all.} (15. Rxd4 $5 Qb6 (15...
exd4 $2 16. Bg5) 16. c3 (16. Ba4+ Kf8 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bf4 (18. Bf2 Qf6 19. Re1
Bxf5 20. Bh4 Qg6 21. Be7+ Kg8 22. Qh4 Be4 $19 {1/2-1/2 Komjagina,M (2313)
-Lomako,A (2193)/Sochi 2004 (72)}) 18... d3+ 19. Kh1 Qb4 20. Be5 h6 21. Bb3 Qe4
22. f6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 d2 24. h3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Rg8 26. Qxd5 Qg3+ {1/2-1/2 Nuesken,
N-Hoffmann,H (2300)/Germany 2003}) 16... exd4 17. Qe2+ Kf8 18. Qe5 (18. Qf2 $44
) 18... Qf6 19. Qxd5 h6 20. Bf4 Bxf5 21. Be5 Qg6 22. Rf1 Kg8 23. Rf3 Be4 24.
Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Rg3 Qxf7 26. Bxf7 Rhg8 27. cxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dembo,Y (2465)
-Prentos,K (2258)/Ermioni 2006 (46)}) (15. Be3 O-O 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6
18. Bc5 $2 (18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Bxd5 Qc7 20. c3 Bd7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 23.
Bd3 Re8 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Bc6 26. Bf1 Ra8 $15 {0-1 Tatar Kis,S (2412)
-Likavsky,T (2470)/Salgatarjan 2003 (45)}) 18... Re8 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Rxd5 (20.
Bxd5 Bd7 21. b4 $5 (21. Bxb7 $2 Qc7 22. Bxa8 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 $19) (21. Rd3 {
/\ 22.Q:h7+!} h6 $1 22. Bxb7 $2 Qc7 23. Bxa8 Qxc5+ $19) 21... Qc7 $17) 20...
Bd7 (20... Re1+ $2 21. Kf2 Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bb6) 21. h3 (21. Rd3 h6 22.
Be3 Qa5 23. Qd1 Bxf5 24. Rd5 Rad8 $17 {0-1 Petrik,T (2362)-Likavsky,T (2427)/
Tatranske Zruby 2002 (35)}) 21... Re5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bf7 Be8 (23... Qc8) 24.
Bg6 h6 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Bxe5 Rd5 29. Bc3 Rxf5 $17 {
0-1 Topalov,V (2700)-Short,N (2665)/Amsterdam 1996/ (46)}) 15... Qf6 $1 {
[%mdl 4] The key move of the whole line is better than the older idea of 15...
Qd7.} (15... Qd7 16. Re1 (16. Re2 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. c3 Ba7 19. Rxe5+ Be6
20. Bxd5 Rd8 21. c4 h6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 O-O 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Rd2 26.
b3 Rxa2 27. Rg1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mueller,F-List,J/Germany 1997 (40)}) 16... O-O 17.
c3 Bc5 18. Rxe5 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bd2 Qc6 (20... Qd7 21. Re1 b6 22. f6 Bb7
23. fxg7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bc2 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Bf5+
Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ {1-0 De Bortoli,P (2205)-Mazzilli,P (2115)/Italy 1998
}) 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Qf3 d4 23. Bd5 Qb6 24. cxd4 Qxb2 25. Bc3 {1-0 Stanciu,
T-Kavalek,L/Sinaia 1965}) (15... O-O 16. Rh4 Bxf5 17. Rxd4 g6 18. Rg4 Kh8 19.
Qh4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 $14) 16. Re1 {Naiditsch is well prepared and thus eager to
avoid the simplifying line 16.Bxd5 that is rather easy on the defender.} (16.
Bxd5 Qxf5 17. Qe2 O-O 18. c3 Qd7 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Rxe5 Bd6 21. Re4 Qc7 22. Qh5
Qc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Be3 Bf5 25. Re5 Bxe3 26. Rxf5 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zjablov,
A-Doroshkievich,V (2380)/Orel 1996 (42)}) 16... Bxf5 (16... O-O 17. c3 Bc5 18.
Rf1 Be7 19. Bxd5 Rb8 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Rae1 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bf4 f6 24. Bc1
Rfc8 25. Rf3 Qe8 26. Qh4 $11 {1-0 Doghri,N (2305)-Docx,S (2275)/Cannes 1997 
(50)}) (16... g6 17. Qh6 e4 (17... Bxf5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. c3 Bc5 20. Rad1 $18)
18. Bxd5 Bxf5 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bxe4 Re7 21. Bg5 Bxe4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0
Ghassan,H (2013)-Issa,K/Beirut 2007}) 17. c3 Ba7 18. Bxd5 (18. Bf4 e4 19. Bxd5
O-O 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rae8 $11) 18... O-O 19. Rf1 $2 {White loses heart
in the critical moment with a circumspect simplification, that costs a lot of
time. We have all been taught in chess school that mobilisation of pieces
should be the most promising idea.} (19. Bg5 $5 Qd6 (19... Qb6 20. Be7 g6 21.
Qh6 $16) 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Qxe5 Qxb2 23. Rd2 Qb6 $11) 19... Qd6 20.
Rxf5 (20. Bxb7 Bg6 21. Qd1 Rad8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 $17) 20... Qxd5 21. Rxe5 {
Please note the effort that white rook has made from the start. It has moved 7
times - a full 33% percent of the moves played so far.} Rae8 $1 {A beautiful
idea, that turns the tables as Black will be ahead in development!} 22. Bf4 (
22. Rxd5 $2 Re1#) 22... Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 f6 25. Bc7 (25. Bg3 Rd8 26.
h3 Rd2 $17) 25... Re8 26. Rd1 {Defending this extremely difficult ending is
not an enviable task} (26. h3 Re2 27. Rb1 Kf7 28. Kh2 g5 $17) 26... Re2 27. b3
Rxa2 28. g3 Ra3 (28... Rb2 29. b4 Bf2 $17) 29. Rb1 h5 30. Bd6 Ra2 31. Re1 Rd2
32. Bb8 {All rook endgames are (hopefully) drawn or at least the weaker party
has some chances of survival.} (32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Ra8 Be3 34. Re8 Rd3 $17) 32...
Bxb8 (32... Bc5 33. b4 Bf8 $17) 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Rxb8 Rd7 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. Kf3
Kf5 37. h3 $6 {Part of the struggle in chess is about weaknesses. Naiditsch is
making the technical task easier for Black.} (37. Rc8 $5 g5 38. Rc5+ Kg6 $17)
37... Rd3+ 38. Kf2 b5 (38... h4 39. gxh4 b5 40. Kg2 Rxc3 $19) 39. Rc8 h4 $1 40.
gxh4 Rxh3 {The defender has too many weak pawns and simplification will lead
to a hopeless endgame.} 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Rc6 (42. b4 Rxh4 43. Rc6 Rh2+ 44. Kf3
Rc2 $19) 42... b4 $1 43. cxb4 Rxh4 44. Rb6 (44. Rxa6 Rxb4 45. Ra3 Kf5 $19)
44... Re4 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Rb7 g5 47. b5 a5 $1 {The final precise idea, since
White will end up fighting with his rook on a very awkward square.} (47... a5
$1 48. Ra7 Rb4 49. Rxa5 Rxb3+ 50. Ke2 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qe2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb3 Nc6 (10... Bb4 11. O-O (11. O-O-O $5 Bxc3 12. bxc3
Qa5 (12... Qe7 $5 $13) 13. c4 $1 Nc6 (13... Ne4 $5 14. Qe1 Qa3+ 15. Kb1 dxc4
16. Bc1 Qc5 17. Qxe4 cxb3 18. axb3 $14) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 $1 Re8 16. Qd2
Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 $14 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Suba,M/ROM/1997/ (60)}) 11... Nc6 (11...
Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 (12... Re8 $11) 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nbd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. Rfe1
Bb7 17. Bd2 Qh5 18. Qf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22.
Bxe1 Qe5 23. Qe3 h6 {1/2-1/2 Kotz,H-Brod,M/AUT 1994/ (23)}) (11... Re8 12. Qf3
Bg4 13. Qg3 Bh5 14. Bg5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Qb4 Qb6 18. Qxb6
Nxb6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f4 Bg4 21. Kf2 {1-0 Szmetan,J-Grinberg,R/Buenos Aires/
1975/ (41)}) 12. Rad1 (12. h3 Qa5 13. Ncb5 Re8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16.
Nd4 Bd7 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Nf5 Ne4 19. c4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd6 21. Qg5 {1-0 Berndt,
S-Espig,L/Bad Woerishofen 1995/ (46)}) 12... Re8 13. Qb5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg4 15.
Rde1 Qd7 16. Ba4 Ne4 17. Qb2 Nd6 18. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,I-Horvath,G/HUN 1993/
(18)}) (10... Re8 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 (12. Ndb5 Bg4 13. f3 Bc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 16. Kb1 Qf6 17. fxg4 Bc1 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxc1 Re5 {1/2-1/2
Dzindzichashvili,R-Frias,V/Lone Pine 1981/ (19)}) 12... Be6 13. h3 Qa5 14. Kb1
Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qb5 Qxf2 17. Rd2 Qg3 18. Qxb7 Rec8 19. Qb5 Ne4 20. Nxe4
dxe4 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg5 Qc7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 {1/2-1/2
D'Adamo,E-Webb,S/olm10 corr8291 1982/ (36)}) 11. a3 (11. O-O-O Na5 (11... Bb4
12. Qb5 (12. Ndb5 Be6 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bxd5 axb5 15. Bxe6 Nd4 16. Qe5 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 fxe6 18. Rxd4 Qc8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rhd1 {1-0 Zapolskis,A-Espig,L/Bad
Woerishofen/1990/ (52)}) 12... Bxc3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Be6
16. Bc5 Re8 17. f3 a5 18. a4 Bd7 19. Qd6 Rb8 20. Ka2 Re2 21. Rhe1 Rxg2 22. Rg1
{1-0 Speck,N-Canfell,G/Sydney 1992/ (32)}) 12. f3 Nxb3+ 13. Nxb3 b6 14. Qb5 Be6
15. Nd4 Qc7 16. g3 Rac8 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Bb4 19. Ndb5 Qd7 20. g4 {1-0
Paraminski,A-Poljak,S/Porec 1998/ (59)}) (11. O-O Re8 12. Qb5 Nb4 13. h3 (13.
Bg5 Bd7 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qb7 Rb8 17. Qa7 {1/2-1/2 Zamora,
J-Yermolinsky,A/Chandler/1997/ (17)}) 13... a6 14. Qe2 h6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rad1
Rc8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Ne3 Ng5 20. Qg3 Bd6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Bg4
23. Qf4 Bxd1 {0-1 Szmetan,J-Minaya,J/Bogota 1978/ (57)}) 11... Qa5 12. O-O a6
13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qf2 Rxe1+ 18.
Rxe1 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Be6 $14) 16. Qf2 Qc7 {White should be able to benefit from
his well concentrated pieces and vulnerable d5 pawn.} 17. Nde2 (17. Nxe6 $5
fxe6 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Ne4 $16) 17... Bd6 18. g3 Ne5 (18... Be5 $5 19. Bg5 d4 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nef4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be5 $11) 19. Nf4 (
19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. Nf4 Nc4 $14) 19... Bxa3 $5 20.
Bb6 (20. bxa3 Qxc3 21. Ne2 Qa5 $15) (20. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. bxa3
$14) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 (21. Qxf3 $2 Qxb6+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 $19) 21... Bc5 {
The tactics becomes a bit messy, black hopes to survive with rook and pawns
for two light pieces.} (21... Ng4 22. Qxf3 Qxb6 23. bxa3 Nf2+ 24. Kg2 Nxd1 25.
Rxd1 $14) 22. Rxe6 (22. Bxc5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 d4 24. Bxd4 Qc6+ 25. Qg2 Bxb3 $13) (
22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 d4 $1 $17) 22... fxe6 (22... Bxf2 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxc7 $18) 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Rac8 25. Ba7 (25. Ba3 Kf7 $15)
25... Ne5 $6 {Wrong idea, since black's pawn structure will now crumble.} (
25... Kf7 26. Kg2 Ne5 $15) 26. Re1 Nc4 (26... Nc6 27. Bf2 Na5 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29.
Nxe6 Nxb3 30. cxb3 $14) (26... Nfd7 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Bxd5 Kf7 29. Bd4 Ke7 $11)
27. Rxe6 (27. Bxc4 $2 Rxc4 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 b6 $1 $17) 27... Rxe6 28.
Nxe6 Nxb2 (28... Kf7 29. Nf4 Nxb2 30. Ncxd5 $14) 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 {
Suddenly white enjoys advantage with all his active pieces.} Kf7 31. c4 $6 (31.
Nc5+ $5 Kf6 32. Bxb7 Rd8 33. Nb3 $16) 31... a5 (31... Nxc4 $2 32. Nc5+ Ke7 33.
Bxc4 b5 34. Bd5 Kd6 35. Bb7 Rxc5 36. Bxc5+ Kxc5 37. Bxa6 $18) 32. Bd4 (32. Bc5
a4 33. Kg2 $14) 32... Nxc4 33. Nd8+ (33. Nc5+ Ke7 34. Bxb7 (34. Bxc4 b6 $15)
34... Rc7 $13) 33... Kg6 (33... Ke7 34. Nxb7 Rc7 35. Kg2 $14 (35. Bxg7 $4 Ne3
$19)) 34. Bf7+ Kf5 (34... Kh6 $2 35. Ne6 $18) 35. Nxb7 (35. Be6+ Ke4 36. Bxc8
Kxd4 37. Nxb7 a4 38. Bf5 a3 39. Bb1 $14) 35... Rc7 36. Bd5 (36. Bxc4 Rxb7 (
36... Rxc4 $2 37. Nd6+ $18) 37. Bd3+ Ke6 38. Bxh7 a4) 36... Rd7 37. Bxc4 Rxb7 {
Black is now safe and dry, since the a pawn promises excellent counterplay
despite the strength of the bishop's pair.} (37... Rxd4 38. Nxa5 $14) 38. Bd3+
Ke6 39. Bxh7 a4 40. Bg8+ Kf5 41. Kg2 a3 42. Kf3 g5 $6 (42... Rd7 43. Ke3 (43.
g4+ Kg5 44. Be5 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 Rd8 46. Be6 Re8 $11) 43... Re7+ 44. Kd3 Kg4 45.
Bc5 Re8 46. Bd5 Rh8 47. Bxa3 Rxh2 48. Bd6 $14) 43. g4+ Kg6 44. Bd5 Rd7 45. Ke4
Rh7 46. Be5 (46. Bc5 Rxh2 47. Bxa3 Rg2 48. Kf3 Rd2 $14) 46... Ra7 47. Ba2 Rb7
48. Kd5 Rb5+ 49. Ke6 Rb4 50. h3 Ra4 51. Bb1+ (51. Kd6 Ra6+ 52. Kc7 Ra5 53. Bd6
Ra6 54. Bc5 Kf6 55. Kb7 Ra4 56. Kc6 Re4 57. Bxa3 Re3 58. Bb2+ Kg6 $14) 51...
Kh6 52. Bd6 Kg7 (52... a2 $4 53. Bf8#) 53. Be5+ Kh6 (53... Kg8 54. Kf6 a2 55.
Bxa2+ Rxa2 56. Kxg5 $11) 54. Bd6 Kg7 55. Kf5 (55. Ba2 Kg6 $14) 55... a2 56.
Bxa2 Rxa2 57. Kxg5 Ra5+ 58. Kf4 Kg6 59. h4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra5 (60... Ra5 61. h5+
Rxh5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. f3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Qc7 {Anand is not hesitating to
sacrifice a tempo in order to get the main motive of counterplay with the push
b7-b5.} 12. Kb1 (12. g4 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. Nf5 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Rc8
17. Rhg1 $14) 12... O-O 13. h4 b5 14. a3 $6 {White was certainly not happy
about the need to calculate with b4 by the each move, opening the position in
front of the own king is even worse.} (14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Qh2 Nxb3 17.
axb3 Bd7 $132) 14... Rb8 $1 15. h5 (15. g4 $5) 15... h6 (15... b4 16. axb4 Rxb4
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 exd5 19. Qxb4 dxe4 20. h6 g6 21. fxe4 $14) 16. Be3 (16.
Bh4 Re8 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 exd5 21. Qxb4 dxe4 $13)
16... e5 $1 17. Nf5 (17. Nde2 Nxb3 18. cxb3 b4 $1 19. axb4 Be6 20. Rc1 Qb7 21.
g4 d5 $19) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 b4 20. axb4 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb5 23. Qd3 d5 24. a4 Rb7 $17) 20... Rxb4 {Exactly this was
never supposed to heappen, Anand has managed to open up the queenside and also
to double the white pawns on the b file.} 21. Qc2 (21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rfb8
23. Rd3 R4b5 24. Qe4 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Qa8+ Rb8 27. Qxa6 Qc3 28. Qe2 d5
$19) 21... Qb7 22. g4 (22. Ka2 Rb8 $19) 22... Rxb3 23. g5 Rb8 $1 24. Bc1 (24.
Na4 Nd5 25. Bc1 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Nc3+ 27. Nxc3 Rxb2+ $19) 24... hxg5 25. h6 (25.
Rd3 d5 26. h6 gxh6 27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh2 d4 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Rxd3 31. Qxd3
Rh8 $19) 25... Qxf3 {Black is already enjoying three spare pawns and a bonus
of an enormous pressure along the b file, the game is decided.} 26. Ka1 (26.
hxg7 Rxc3 27. Qh2 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 Nh5 29. Qxh5 Qa4+ 30. Kb1 Qc2+ 31. Ka2 Ra3+ 32.
Kxa3 Qb3#) 26... Bf8 27. hxg7 Bxg7 28. Rhg1 (28. Qh2 Qxf5 $19) 28... g4 29.
Rxd6 R3b6 30. Rd3 (30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Qd2 Rb8 32. Qg5 Qc6 $19) 30... Qc6 31.
Rdg3 Rb4 32. Qe2 a5 33. Qxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Naiditsch was busy calculating
complicated jumps of the knight on f6, but he completely forgot about the
untypical catching of the queen in the middle of the board.} (33. Qe1 Qb7 34.
R3g2 a4 $19) 33... Re8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O {White is playing with a clear goal of using his
development advantage in order to cause the maximal demage.} Nd7 (10... b5 11.
e5 dxe5 12. Qf3 exd4 13. Qxa8 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Qe4
Bb7 18. Qe2 Qf4 $11 {1/2 Abergel,T (2474)-Bellaiche,A (2472)/Paris 2006/ (27)})
11. f4 Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe5 $6 14. b4 Be7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Ndb5 Kd7 17. Na3 Bf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2695)-Paragua,
M (2617)/Turin 2006/ (24)}) (12... Be7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 (14. e5 $5 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qxe5 16. Ncb5 (16. Re1 Qf6 $13) 16... d5 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Nc3 $13)
14... g6 15. Rad1 $14) 13. fxe6 $146 {[%mdl 4] The first independent move
hopes to open up the position for the beter access f white pieces.} (13. Kh1
O-O-O 14. a3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. b4 Qe5 17. a4 Kb8 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Nf3 Qh5
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. b5 a5 23. Qd2 $11 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L-Naiditsch,A/
Sarajevo 2006/ (58)}) 13... fxe6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 O-O-O (15... Nxb3 $2 16.
Qf7+ Kd8 17. Qf6+ Kc7 18. Nd5+ $1 exd5 19. axb3 Qd2 20. Qxh8 $16) 16. Qf6 Nxb3
$1 {Svidler playes with fire, but his counterattack comes in the right moment.}
17. Qxh8 (17. axb3 Qe5 18. Rad1 $11) 17... Nxa1 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 (18... e5 19. b4
$1 Qb6 (19... Rxf8 20. Qxf8+ Qd8 21. Qxd6 Qc7 22. Qf8+ Qd8 23. Qc5+ Qc7 24. Nf3
Nxc2 25. Nxe5 $14) 20. Kh1 $1 Rxf8 21. Qxf8+ Qd8 22. Qxd6 Qc7 23. Qf8+ Qd8 24.
Qc5+ Qc7 25. Nf3 Nxc2 26. Nxe5 $14) 19. Qxf8+ Kc7 20. Kf1 {The big critical
moment, when Rublevsky might have tried the irrational attacking sacrifice 20.
Nxe6+?! with vey unclear consequences. With best human play is the game
position probably equal.} (20. Kh1 Qb6 (20... Qg5 21. Qf1 $1) 21. Qg7 Kb8 $1
22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23. Qxe6 Nxc2 $11) (20. Nxe6+ $6 Bxe6 21. Qe7+ Bd7 22. Nd5+ Kc6
23. c3 $5 (23. b4 $5 Qxa2 $1 24. b5+ Kc5 $1 25. Qxd7 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ $15)
23... Nc2 24. Nf6 $1 (24. h3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kh2 $2 Ne3 $1 26. Nf6 Qe5+ $19)
25... Qf2 26. Qd8 (26. Nf6 Bxh3 $1) 26... Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxe4 28. Ne7+ Kc5 29.
Qxd7 Ne3 $15) 24... Bc8 (24... Qc7 25. Nd5 Qb8 26. Qf6 $11) 25. Nd5 Qc5+ 26.
Kh1 Kb5 27. Qd8 $13) 20... Qb6 (20... Qc5 $5 21. Qf6 Qe5 $11) 21. Qg7 (21.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qe7+ Kb8 23. Qxe6 Ka7 $11) 21... Kb8 $1 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Nd5+
$1 exd5 (22... Kb8 23. Qh8+ Ka7 24. Nc6+ $18) 23. Ne6+ $18) 22. Nce2 {White
his hoping to get some plus and avoids possible perpetual.} (22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23.
Qd8+ Ka7 24. Nb5+ axb5 25. Qa5+ $11) 22... Qc7 (22... Bc8 $5 23. e5 (23. Qxh7
e5 $1 24. Nb3 Nxc2 25. Qxg6 Ne3+ 26. Ke1 Bg4 $36) 23... Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.
exd6+ (25. c3 dxe5 26. Nf3 Nc2) 25... Kxd6 26. c4 e5 27. Nf3 Nc2 $11) 23. c3 (
23. Qf8+ Ka7 24. Qf2 Qb6 $11) 23... e5 24. Nf3 Nc2 {Reportedly Rublevsky spent
a lot of time calculating the consequences of 24...Be6 line.} (24... Be6 25.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Nc1 a5 $13) (24... Bb5 25. Qg8+ Ka7 26. Qd5 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4
28. b3 Bd3 29. Ng5 Kb6 $11) 25. Qxh7 Ne3+ $1 (25... Bb5 $2 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Kf2 $16) 26. Kf2 $6 (26. Ke1 Ka7 (26... Nxg2+ 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nd4
$14) 27. h4 (27. Qxg6 Qb6 28. b4 Ng4 $15) 27... Qc6 28. Qxg6 Qb6 $13) 26...
Nd1+ 27. Kg3 $2 (27. Ke1 Nxb2 28. Qxg6 Bb5 $15) 27... Bb5 $1 {After few
inaccuracies white will have to fight for his dear life in the worse endgame.}
28. Qxc7+ (28. Qg8+ Ka7 29. Neg1 Qc5 30. Qxg6 Qf2+ 31. Kg4 Nxb2 $15) 28... Kxc7
29. Nc1 Nxb2 30. Nd2 Bc6 $5 31. Kg4 Nd1 (31... d5 $1 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Kg5 Bxg2
$15) 32. Ne2 (32. c4 $5 Nc3 33. Kf3 Ba4 34. h4 $132) 32... Bb5 $1 33. c4 (33.
Ng3 Nxc3 34. a3 Bd3 $17) 33... Ne3+ 34. Kg5 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Nc3 $2 {
It seems a bit absurd but the passive line 36.Nc1!? was preferable and
sufficient for the draw.} (36. Nc1 $5 d5 37. exd5 Bxd5 (37... e4 38. Kxg6 e3
39. h4 Bxa2 40. h5 Bxd5 41. h6 $11) 38. Kxg6 Bxg2 39. h4 $11) 36... b5 (36...
Kc6 $5 37. h4 (37. Kxg6 Kc5 38. h4 Kd4 39. h5 Kxc3 40. h6 Bd3 $1 41. Kf5 d5 $19
) 37... Kc5 38. g4 Kd4 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kxc3 41. h6 Bg8 42. Kg6 d5 43. Kg7
dxe4 44. Kxg8 e3 45. h7 e2 46. h8=Q e1=Q $19) 37. a3 a5 (37... Kc6 $5 38. Kxg6
Kc5 39. Nd1 Kd4 40. h4 $15) 38. Kxg6 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Nd1 Bf1 $6 {Svidler
had a good chance to try various unpleasant ideas for his opponent, while the
text line makes it quite easy for Rublevsky to save his skin.} (40... Bd3 $5
41. Kf5 Bc2 42. Nb2 Kc6 43. h4 Kc5 44. h5 Kd4 45. h6 Bxe4+ 46. Kf6 Kc3 47. Na4+
Kb3 48. Nb6 Ka2 49. g4 (49. Ke6 Bh7 $17) 49... b3 50. Nc4 Bh7 (50... d5 $2 51.
Nd2 Bh7 52. Kxe5 $18) 51. g5 d5 52. Ne3 Bc2 53. Nxc2 bxc2 54. h7 c1=Q 55. h8=Q
$11) 41. Ne3 Bd3 (41... Bxg2 $2 42. Nxg2 b3 43. Ne3 b2 44. Nd5+ Kc6 45. Nc3 $18
) 42. Nd5+ Kd7 43. Nxb4 Bxe4+ 44. Kf6 Bxg2 45. Nd3 e4 (45... Be4 46. Nxe5+ $11)
46. Ne1 $1 Bh3 47. Kg5 {The scare is over for white as he can build up the
fortress on the squares d4 and e3.} (47. Kg5 d5 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Nc2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Nfd7
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6 $1 Nxe6 18. O-O-O Nd4 {[%mdl 4] Efimenko
has met dangerous white's home preparation, but he is doing his best to make
his opponent swet for the advantage.} (18... Qe8 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20. Nc7 Nxc7 21.
Rxd7 Ne6 22. Qd6+ Kg8 23. Re7 Qg6 24. Rxe6 Qxg2 25. Re1 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Rd8 27.
Qxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Boric,M/Kiev 1995/ (27)}) (18... Nf4 19. Rhe1 Rc8
20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Nd5 $5 (21. Rxe5+ $13) 21... Ng6 22. Qe6+ Ne7 23. Rxe5 Nxe5
24. Nxe7 Rxc2+ $1 25. Kxc2 Qxe7 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rf1+ (27. Qxh8 Nc4 $15) 27...
Kg6 28. Qf5+ Kh6 29. Qh3+ $11) 19. Nd5+ Kf7 20. Rhf1+ Nf6 (20... Kg8 21. Qxa8
$1 Qxa8 22. Ne7#) 21. Qb7+ Kg8 (21... Ke6 22. Nc7+ Kd6 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Qxg7
$14) 22. Ne7+ (22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rd3 Ne2+ 24. Kd1 Qc8 25. Qe7 Qe8 26. Qxe8+
Rxe8 27. Kxe2 Kf7 $11) 22... Kf8 (22... Kf7 $2 23. Nc6+ $18) 23. Nf5 $1 {
Without a spare piece black would have been flatly lost, but he puts up
serious resistance.} Rg8 24. c3 Rb8 (24... Ne2+ 25. Kc2 Qe8 26. Nd6 Qg6+ 27.
Kd2 Rd8 28. Kxe2 $18) 25. Qa7 Rc8 (25... Ra8 26. Qc5+ Kf7 27. Kb1 Nxf5 (27...
Ne6 28. Qxe5 $18) 28. Rxd8 Raxd8 29. Rxf5 $16) 26. Kb1 Qc7 (26... Rc7 27. Qxa6
Rd7 28. cxd4 exd4 29. g4 $18) 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. cxd4 exd4 (28... e4 29. Nd6 Ke7
30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rfe1 $16) 29. Rxd4 {Volokitin might have seen this position
during his preparation, all white's pieces are better placed and a6 pawn
presents and ideal target.} Kf7 (29... Ke8 30. Rd6 Ra7 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Nxg7
Kxg7 33. Rexf6 $16) 30. Rd6 Ra8 31. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Rdxf6 a5 (32... Rd8 33.
R6f2 $16) 33. a3 (33. h4 b4 34. h5 Rc4 35. h6+ Kg8 36. g3 Rg4 37. R1f3 $16)
33... b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rb6 Rc4 36. Rf3 (36. g3 Rd8 37. Rc1 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1
Rd4 39. Kc2 $16) 36... Rh4 37. Rh3 $1 {Unusual endgame meassure, white is
sacrificing his nice pawn structure for the grab of the vital b4 pawn.} (37. h3
Rd8 38. g4 Rd4 39. Rg3 h5 40. gxh5+ Kh7 $16) 37... Rxh3 38. gxh3 Re8 (38... Ra4
39. Kc2 $16) 39. Rxb4 Re2 40. Rf4 Rxh2 41. h4 h5 42. b4 (42. Ka2 Rg2 43. Kb3
Rg4 44. Rc4 Kf6 45. Kb4 $16) 42... Rg2 43. Kc1 Ra2 (43... Rg4 $2 44. Rxg4+ hxg4
45. Kd2 $18) 44. b5 Ra5 45. Rb4 $1 {The rook behind the pawn is always very
dangerous for the enemy in rook endgames.} Kf7 46. b6 Ra8 47. b7 Rb8 48. Kd2
Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kf4 Kc7 51. Kg5 (51. Kg5 Rh8 52. b8=Q+ Rxb8 53. Rxb8 Kxb8
54. Kxh5 Kc7 55. Kg6 Kd7 56. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 h6 {The extremely speedy
concentration of the white forces in the centre has one serious drawback. The
dark-squared bishop has no good square and has to be exchanged on f6.} 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Ncb5 $5 {Rublevsky is ready to draw some
benefit from the centralised pieces which are ready to leap into action.} Qb6 (
15... Qxd2 16. Nxd6+ Kc7 17. Rxd2 Kxd6 18. Nxe6+ Kc6 19. Nxd8+ Bxd8 (19... Rxd8
20. Bxf7 $16) 20. Bxf7 Rf8 21. Bd5+ $16) 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. e5 Qc7 (17... Bxe5
18. fxe5 Qc7 19. Qf2 $14) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 (19. g3 $2 e5 $1) 19... Kb8 20.
Bc4 Bc8 21. Be2 $6 {White's bishop is heading for the promising f3 square, but
Black can now improve his pawn structure.} (21. g3 Na4 22. Bb3 $14) 21... e5 $1
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf3 (23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Bf5 25. Bc4 Bg6 (25... h5 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxe5 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxc2 30. Qe8+ Ka7 31. Bxf7 Qa5+
32. Qa4 Qc5 $14) 26. g4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 23... Rxd1+ (23... f6 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Qxh6 e4 26. Nh4 Qxh2 27. Qxf6 Rd2 $13) 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Nh4 {Rublevsky
as White has no claim to fame any more, only the black h6 pawn is really
vulnerable.} (25. Nd2 h5 26. Nc4 Be6 27. b3 $11) 25... Be6 26. Rf1 Rc8 27. g3 (
27. Rxf6 $2 Nd7 28. Rf1 Qxc2+ 29. Ka1 Qa4 (29... Bxa2 30. Qd3 $17) 30. Qa3 Qxh4
31. Qd6+ Rc7 32. Qxe6 Qf2 $1 $19) 27... Bd5 28. Bf3 (28. Rxf6 Nd7 29. Rf1 Qxc2+
30. Ka1 Bxa2 31. Kxa2 Rc5 $19) (28. b3 Be4 29. Rc1 f5 $15) 28... Na4 29. Rc1
Be6 (29... e4 30. Be2 Qe5 31. Qa3 Nc5 32. Ng6 $11) 30. Be2 Qa5 (30... Rd8 $5 {
Ponomariov must have been happy about his prospects. In retrospect it seems,
that it was probably more promising to start activating the pieces with the
quiet rook move to d8.} 31. c4 (31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qc4 33. b3 Nc3+ 34. Kc1
Qb4 $15) 31... Qa5 32. Qa3 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Kxc2 Qe1 35. Qd3 Kc7 $15) 31.
c4 Qb4 32. Qb3 Qd2 (32... Qxb3 33. axb3 Nc5 34. Kc2 Rd8 35. Rf1 $11) 33. Qc2
Qe3 (33... Qxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Rd8 35. Kc1 $11) 34. Rf1 Nb6 35. Nf5 (35. b3 Nd5 36.
Rf3 Qg5 37. Qd3 b5 38. Rf1 $13) 35... Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Nxc4 {Taking the immediate
draw even though it was possible to trouble the opponent in the rook endgame
with an extra pawn.} (36... Qg1+ 37. Rf1 Qxh2 38. Rxf6 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Qxc2+ 40.
Kxc2 Rxc4+ 41. Kd2 Rg4 42. Rxh6 Rxg3 43. Re6 $15) 37. Bxc4 Qe1+ 38. Qc1 Qe4+ (
38... Qxc1+ 39. Kxc1 Rxc4+ 40. Kd2 Rc6 41. Rh5 $11) 39. Qc2 Qe1+ 40. Qc1 Qe4+
41. Qc2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reutsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rae1 Re8 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Bf8 18. fxg6 hxg6 {It must be correct to keep pawn
structure compact, the forerunner game have seen more controversial 18...Nxg6.}
(18... Nxg6 19. Qh5 b4 20. Nce2 Bb7 21. Ng3 Nxe4 22. Qh3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bg7 24.
Re2 Be4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf7 Re7 28. Qxh7+ $3 Kxh7 29. Rh2+ Nh4
30. Rxh4+ Kg6 31. Rf6+ Bxf6 32. Rh6+ {1-0 Schneider,I-Yudasin,L/New York 2001/
(32)} Kg7 $140 33. gxf6+ Kf8 34. Rh8#) 19. Bd5 (19. a3 Bb7 $11) 19... Bb7 (
19... Rb8 20. Bb3 (20. a3 Na4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Ba2 Rxb2 $17) 20... Bb7 21. a3
$11) 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 (20... Nxb7 21. Nd1 Bg7 22. c3 Qc4 $11) 21. b4 Ncd7 (21...
Na4 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. c3 $14) 22. Rf2 Rac8 23. Nce2 Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 128]
Shtyrenkov makes a wrong move with the knight away from the phantastic square
e5. He might have overlooked an ingenious attacking motive 27.Nxe6!! after the
obvious rook sacrifice on f7.} (23... Bg7 24. Ref1 d5 $1 25. exd5 (25. Qf4 dxe4
26. Ng3 Nb6 $17) 25... Qxd5 26. a3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Nd6 $15) 24. Rxf7 $1 Bg7 (24...
Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Bg7 26. Rf1+ Ke7 27. Nxe6 $3 (27. Qxg7+ $2 Kd8 $19) 27... Kxe6 (
27... Nxe3 28. Qxg7+ Kxe6 29. Nd4#) 28. Qxg7 d5 29. Bc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31.
Rf6+ Ke5 32. Rf7+ $18) 25. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 (26... Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8
28. Rf1+ $18) 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 28. Rf1+ Ke7 29. Nxe6 $18) 28. Nxe6 {
The results for black are not positive, for an exchange white has grabbed 3
pawns and a serious attack.} Nde5 (28... Re7 29. Bd4+ Nde5 30. Rf1 Qd7 31. Qh6+
Kg8 32. Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. g6+ Kxg6 35. N2f4+ Kh7 36. Ng5#) (28...
Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Nxe3 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Qxe3 $18) 29. Bd4 Qh7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Bxe5
Nxe5 (31... dxe5 32. Rf1 Nd6 33. Ng3 $18) 32. N2d4 Qf7 33. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rhe1 Rxc3 $5 {There is no limit for the
ways to sacrifice the rook for knight c3 in Sicilian defense.} (11... h6 12.
Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. f3 d5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Re3 dxe4 18. cxb4
Bxb4 19. c3 Bc5 20. Ree1 $13 {1-0 Stojanovic,D (2440)-Benderac,S (2306)/Sozina
2004/ (29)}) 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. f3 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qf3 Be7 15. Qh3 O-O 16.
Bxe6 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. Bb3 Bf6 19. f4 b4 20. Re1 d5 21. Qd7 bxc3 22. Nc6
Qa3+ 23. Kd1 Qc5 {0-1 Hendriks,W (2360)-Mirumian,V (2490)/Groningen 1997/})
13... b4 {Nielsen could have good chances for equality after the paradoxal
opening of the center in the moment, when all white pieces are already
pointing right there.} (13... d5 $5 14. exd5 (14. Qd2 $5 dxe4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Bxe6 Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd5 Qc7 $11) 14... Ba3+ (14... Qxc3 15. Kb1 Ba3 16.
Bc1 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qxd4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Rcd1 Qb4 21. c3 Qa3 22.
Rd6 $13 {1-0 Buckley,S (2268)-Oswald,G (2195)/Scarborough 2001/ (48)}) 15. Kb1
Nxd5 16. Nxb5 $1 axb5 (16... O-O $6 17. Rxd5 $1 (17. c4 axb5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bd2 $16) 17... Bxd5 18. Nxa3 Bxb3 (18... Qxa3 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Be7 Rb8+ 21.
Bb4 Rxb4+ 22. cxb4 Qxb4+ 23. Kc1 Qa3+ 24. Kd1 $16) 19. axb3 Qxg5 20. Nc4 $16)
17. Bxd5 Qxc3 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Kxc1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qd4+ 21. Kc1 $11) (13... Qxc3
14. Kb1 Be7 $13) 14. Qe3 bxc3 15. Kb1 Be7 (15... Nc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne2 $14)
16. Nf5 $3 {[%mdl 128] Berndt deserves high praise for spotting the chance to
grab the initiative with the help of a piece sacrifice.} exf5 17. exf5 Ne5 (
17... O-O 18. Qxe7 Qa3 19. Bc1 $18) 18. f4 Nc6 (18... O-O 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Qc1
Bxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 22. Qf4 dxe5 23. Qg3 $16) (18... Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qa3 20. Qc1 Nd2+
21. Ka1 Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Kxe7 23. fxe5 $16) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd5 (20. Rd3 d5 21.
Rxd5 Qc7 22. Rc5 O-O 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxe7 Qxf4 25. Qxf6 Qd2 26. Qe5 Re8 27.
Qg3+ Kf8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. a3 $16) 20... Qb4 $6 {It seems to be much more
logical to return back with a queen enhancing defensive chances.} (20... Qc7 $5
21. Rd3 d5 (21... O-O 22. Qe2 $1 d5 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Rg3 $18) 22. Bxd5 (22.
Rxc3 Qd6 23. Ba4 d4 24. Bxc6+ Kf8 25. Qxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Rc4 Rc8 28.
Bd5 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxg2 30. Bxa6 $16) 22... O-O 23. Ka1 (23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Qh4
Qa5 25. Rh3 (25. Qxh7+ $5 Kxh7 26. Rh3+ Kg7 27. Rg3+ $11) 25... Qb5+ 26. Bb3
Qxf5 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 (24... Kxf7 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qf7
$18) 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bb3 $14) 21. a3 $1 Qxa3 22. Qxc3 Kf8 (22... Qb4 23.
Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Rxd6 Nc6 (24... Bxg2 25. Rd2 Bf3 26. c3 Nc6 27. Ba4 Kf8 28. Re3
Bh1 29. Rd7 Bc5 30. Re1 Bf3 31. Bxc6 Bxc6 32. Rc7 Bf2 33. Re2 $18) 25. Rxf6 O-O
26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxe7 Bxg2 28. f6 $18) 23. Re4 $1 Ne5 (23... Kg7 24. Ra4 $18)
24. fxe5 dxe5 (24... Bxd5 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. Rg4+ Kh6 27. Qc3 $18) 25. Qc7 $1 {
White finishes the game in a great style, black king will be haunted to the
mate.} (25. Ra4 Qxa4 26. Bxa4 Bxd5 27. Qd3 Bxg2 28. Qd7 $18) 25... Bxd5 (25...
h5 26. Qxb7 $18) 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Rg4+ Kh6 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Qc3 $1 Bxg2 29. Rxg2
$18) (28. Qxh8 Qc5 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Rg3 Qg1+ 31. Ka2 Bxb3+ 32. Rxb3 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 (10... Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Be3 Nd5 $2 (12...
Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd5) 13. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 Qg5 15. Qd4 $1 Nxc3 (15... Nf4 16.
g3 Ng6 17. Bd6) (15... Qxg2 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ne4 $16) 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bd6
f6 18. O-O $1 fxe5 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qf2 Rxc3 21. Rae1 {1-0/Pugatchev-Boger/URS/
1991/}) 11. Bf4 (11. Qe2 $5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. Nf3) 11... b5 (11... Nxb3 12.
axb3 Bc5 13. Ne4 (13. Qd3 $5 { 0-0-0}) 13... O-O 14. Qd3 (14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b4
Ne4 16. Qd3 f5 (16... Qd5 $2 17. c4 $18) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. O-O-O Qd5 $132)
14... Qh4+ (14... Bb4+ 15. c3 Nc5 16. Qe3 { 0-0-0>>} (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O-O
Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 b5)) 15. Bg3 Qh5 (15... Qg4 $5) 16. Nxc5 (16. Nf3
$5 b5 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Neg5 Bd5 $13) 16... Nxc5 17. Qe3 f5 (17... b6 $142) 18.
exf6 Rxf6 19. Nf3 (19. Qe5 Qxe5+ 20. Bxe5 $14) 19... Nd7 (19... b6 $5) 20.
O-O-O h6 21. Rhe1 a5 22. Rd4 Qb5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 {Mikhalchishin,A-Stangl,
M/Dortmund-B (4)/1991/1-0 (40)}) (11... Nb6 12. Be3 (12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O
14. h4 Bd7 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc8 18. c3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Bc2 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Bd4 {Yagupov,I-Tataev,M/
Moscow Tal/1992/1-0 (42)}) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Bf2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7
16. O-O O-O 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Re3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 Rae8 22.
Bg3 Qb6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 {Magomedov,M-Bukic,E/Ljubljana Iskra/1992/0.5 
(47)}) (11... g5 12. Nxe6 (12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qe2 b5) 12... Nxe6 13.
Bxe6 gxf4 14. Bxf7+ (14. Qh5 Nxe5 $1 15. Qxe5 Bxe6 16. Qxh8 f3 $17) 14... Kxf7
15. Qh5+ Kg7 (15... Kg8 16. Qg4+ Bg7 17. Qe6+ Kf8 18. Qf5+ Nf6 19. Qxf4 $44)
16. Qg4+ Kh6 17. h4 (17. O-O-O Qg5 $19) (17. O-O Nxe5 18. Qxf4+ Qg5 $19) 17...
Nxe5 (17... Be7 $5) 18. Qxf4+ Kg7 (18... Kg6 19. h5+) 19. Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qg3+
Qg6 21. Qe5+ Qf6 22. Qg3+ {Sokolov,A-Har Zvi,R/Biel op (03)/1992/0.5 (22)}) (
11... Be7 12. Qh5 (12. Qg4 g5 $1 13. Bg3 h5 14. Qe2 h4 15. Bf2 Qc7 $13) 12...
O-O 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 b5 15. Qg4 Re8 16. Re3 Nf8 17. h4 Ng6 18.
Bg3 Bf8 19. Rf1 Bb7 20. h5 Ne7 21. Rxf7 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Qb6 23. Rf4 Nd5 24. Nxd5
{Vavra,P-Chloupek,S/CSR-chT/1992/1-0 (27)}) 14... b5 15. Bd5 b4 16. Bxa8 bxc3
17. Nc6 Nb6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bf6 gxf6 21. exf6 Kh8 22. Rd4 cxb2+
23. Kb1 Nba4 24. Rf3 {Jaracz,P-Liiva,R/Duisburg WchJM-U18 (05)/1992/1-0 (25)})
(11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Kh1 $16) 12. Qg4 (12. Qe2 Bb7 13. O-O-O (
13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Bc5 18. Be3 $2 (18.
Kh1 $1 $13) 18... Qc7 $1 $15 {Zapolskis,A-Slekys,E/Mariampole/1992/}) 13... Qa5
(13... b4 14. Na4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nc5 17. Nf5 (17. Kb1 Nxa4 18.
bxa4 Bc5 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Bg3 g6 21. Bh4 Rd5 22. Bf6 Re8 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. g3 {
Riegler,P-Osterman,R/SLO-ch/1992/0-1 (35)}) 17... exf5 18. e6 Nxb3+ 19. Kb1 Qc6
20. Nb6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Nxa8 Qxe2 23. Rxe2+ Ne4 24. Nc7+ {Emms,
J-Petrosian,A/London LB (08)/1991/1-0 (65)}) 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Qg4 b4
16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Nxe6 Nac5 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Nxb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. e6 Bd5
{Morawietz,D-Ottens,S/NWL-II 9192/1992/1-0 (22)}) 14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Qc7 16.
Nd4 Nc5 17. a3 Be7 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Rde1 Rfd8 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Re3
Rc8 23. Bf6 Ne4 24. Rxe4 {Motwani,P-Pigott,J/BCF-ch/1989/0-1 (40)}) 12... h5 (
12... Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rhf1 h5 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18.
Bg5 $1 {Zapolskis,A-Tataev,M/Stare Mesto 57/(242)/1992/1-0 (18)}) (12... Nf6 $1
13. exf6 Qxd4 $13 {Zapolskis,A}) 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 g5 $6 (14... h3 $5) 15.
O-O-O Qe7 (15... gxf4 16. Nxe6 $1 (16. Bxe6 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Ned3+ $1) 16... Nxe6
17. Bxe6 Rh6 (17... fxe6 18. Qg6+ Ke7 $13) (17... Qe7 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Qf3
Rc8 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 Bxf3 23. Rhe1+ $18) 18. Bf5 $1 Ra7 (
18... Qe7 19. Nd5 Nxe5 20. Rhe1 $1 Nxg4 21. Nc7#) 19. e6 $40) 16. Nc6 $1 Nxb3+
17. axb3 Qc5 18. Ne4 $1 Qxc6 19. Bxg5 Bb7 (19... Rg8 20. Nf6+ $1 (20. Rxd7 Kxd7
21. Nf6+ $18) 20... Nxf6 21. Bxf6 $18) 20. Rd6 $3 Bxd6 (20... Qxe4 21. Rxe6+
$18) 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. Rf1 Nxe5 (22... Rh7 $2 23. Qxe6 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 $18) (
22... f5 23. Rxf5+ $18) 23. Qxe6 Qd5 24. Rxf7+ $3 (24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Rf5 Qxg2 $13
) (24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Rxf7 Qxe6 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ $10) 24...
Nxf7 (24... Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kxg7 (25... Kf8 26. Qe7#) 26. Nf5+ Kh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Qg7#) 25. Be7+ Kg7 $8 (25... Kg8 26. Qg6#) 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 (27. Nf5
Rag8) 27... Qh5 $8 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Bf6+
Kh6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ (34. Nxh8 Rxh8 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Bxh8 Qg5+ $1) 34...
Kh6 35. Bxh8+ (35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Nxh8 Qh6+ 37. Kb1 Rf8 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Ng6 $16)
(35. Qe7 $5 Rag8 (35... Qg6 36. Nf7+ Kh5 37. Qe5+ Kg4 38. h3#) (35... Qe8 36.
Qg7+ Kh5 37. Ne6 Qg6 38. Nf4+ Kg4 39. Qxg6+ Kxf4 40. Qg5+ Ke4 41. Qe5#) 36.
Nf7+ Kg6 37. Nxh8+ Rxh8 38. Bxh8 Qg5+ $1 39. Qxg5+ Kxg5 40. g3 hxg3 41. hxg3
Kg4 42. Be5 Bd5 $3 43. Kd2 Kf3 44. Kc3 Be4 $10) 35... Qg6 (35... Kxg5 36. Qe5+
Kg6 (36... Kg4 37. h3#) 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qg7#) 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Qe7 Qxg2 $2 (
37... Kg8 $3 38. Qxb7 (38. Ne5 Qh7 $1) 38... Rf8 39. Ne5 (39. Bd4 Qxf7 $15)
39... Rf1+ 40. Kd2 Qd6+ $10) 38. Be5 $2 (38. Bd4 $1 Qh1+ (38... Qf1+ 39. Kd2
Qf4+ (39... Qg2+ 40. Kc3) 40. Be3 $1 (40. Kd3 Qf3+) (40. Kc3 Rc8+) 40... Qxh2+
41. Kc3 Rc8+ 42. Kb4 Rc7 43. Ng5+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Bg5+ Kf5
47. Bf4 $18) 39. Kd2 Qxh2+ (39... Qg2+ 40. Kc3 Qc6+ 41. Kb4 a5+ (41... Re8 42.
Qxh4+ $18) 42. Ka3 b4+ 43. Ka2 $18) 40. Kc3 Rc8+ 41. Kb4 Qd2+ (41... Rc7 42.
Qf6 $18) (41... Qc7 42. Qf6 a5+ 43. Ka3 b4+ 44. Ka2 Qg3 45. Qh6+ (45. Ng5+ $18)
45... Kg8 46. Nd6) 42. c3 $18) 38... Qf1+ $10 39. Kd2 Qf2+ 40. Kd3 Qf3+ 41. Kd2
Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O {The position with opposite
castling seems to be quite dangerous for Black. Van Wely must have done his
homework and realised, that he can peacefully castle.} (11... Qc7 12. f4 Nfxe4
13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Nf5 Nxb3+ (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Bb3 O-O
$11) 15. axb3 d5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Nc3 b5 19. f5 b4 20. fxe6 bxc3
21. Rhf1 Rh7 22. Qd3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Kg8 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Qg6+ {1-0 Mueller,K 
(2521)-Shchekachev,A (2522)/Austria 2003}) 12. Bg3 (12. f4 Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxb3+
14. Nxb3 Bxh4 15. Rxd6 Qc7 16. g3 Be7 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. Rhd1 Bb5 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nc3 Be8 {1/2 Estay,O (2275)-Michel Yunis,C (2295)
/Santiago 1998 (70)}) (12. e5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 exd5
$14) 12... Qc7 (12... e5 $5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Kb1 b5 $13) 13. e5 $5 {Naiditsch
is looking for an opening of the centre in order to improve his pieces. The
activity of forces will be decisive once the pawn storms against the kings get
into full swing.} dxe5 (13... Nxb3+ 14. axb3 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rd8 17.
f4 Bd7 $13) 14. Bxe5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. f4 b5 (16... Rfd8 17. g4 Bb5 18. Ndxb5
axb5 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nfd7 21. g6 Nxb3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 $13) 17. g4 b4 18. g5
bxc3 $2 {Very brave and at the same time a miserable solution to the serious
crisis. Black had a perfect trick at his disposal and the position would still
be equal.} (18... hxg5 19. fxg5 Ng4 $1 20. Qxg4 bxc3 21. Nf3 (21. g6 Nxb3 22.
Nxb3 Qxe5 23. Rxd7 Bf6 $15) 21... Nxb3 22. Bxc3 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. axb3 Bc6
25. Rhf1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Bxg5 $11) 19. gxf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qh5 Kh7 (21... Nxb3 22. Qxh6 Nd2+ 23. Rxd2 cxd2 24. Rg1+ Qg5 25. fxg5 $18) 22.
Nxe6 Bxe6 (22... fxe6 $2 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. Qxa5 $18) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rd7+
Nxd7 25. Qxa5 $18) 20. Nf5 $5 {[%mdl 128] Naiditsch is spoiled for choices,
even the direct attack along the g-file was already winning.} (20. Rhg1+ Kh7
21. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qd3+ f5 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Qh3 $18
) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Bxc3 $18) 20... exf5 (20... fxe5 21. Nxh6+ Kg7
22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Rhg1 $18) 21. Bxc3 Qd8 (21... Qxc3 22. Qxe7 Rae8 23. Bxf7+ Kh8
(23... Rxf7 24. Rdg1+ Kh8 25. Qxf7 $18) 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26. bxc3
$18) 22. Qh5 {The picture of the unsual pawn structure is truly spectacular;
the black pieces are unable to come and help their own king.} Kh7 23. Rhg1 Qe8
(23... Rg8 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rxg8+ Qxg8 26. Qxe7 $18) 24. Rg3 Rg8 (24... Ne4
25. Rh3 $18) 25. Bxf7 Rxg3 26. hxg3 (26. hxg3 Qf8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rh1 $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Nde2 b5 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 (13...
b5 14. Bg5 (14. O-O-O b4 (14... Bb7 15. b4 $2 a5 $1 $17) 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Ng3
Bc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Ne4 a4 21. bxa4 b3 22. c3 Qa5 23.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qe4 {Schuh,F-Malisauskas,V/Debrecen EU-chT (1) OST-LIT/1992/0-1
(56)}) (14. Nxb5 $2 d5 $1 $44 {<=>} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 $8 (16. Nbc3 Nxe3 17.
Qxe3 Bxf5 $17) (16. O-O Bb7 17. Na3 $8 Qc7 $1) 16... Bb7 17. Nc3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3
Rc8 (18... Bxg2 $2 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. Rd1 $1) 19. Rd1 $6 (19. Ra4 Bc5) (19. f6 $1
Bxf6 20. O-O $15) 19... Qa5 20. Rd7 Qb4 $1 (20... Qa1+ $2 21. Kd2 $1 Qxb2 22.
Rb1 $1 $8 Bg5 $8 23. Rxb2 Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 25. Kd2 Bc8 26. Rd5 $16) 21. Nh5
$2 (21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. O-O $15) 21... Bh4+ $1 $19 {Akopian,V-Anastasian,A/
Tbilisi/1989/0-1 (23)}) (14. O-O Bb7) (14. Rd1 $5 Bb7 (14... b4 $5 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 (16. exd5 $13) 16... Bb7 17. Rd2 Bh4+ $5 18. g3 Be7 $13) 15. Ng3 (15.
O-O Rc8 16. Rd2 b4 (16... Qa5 17. Ng3) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 (17... Bxd5) 18. exd5 Bg5
19. Ng3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qa5 21. f6 $5 Qc5 $8 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24.
Nf5+ {Golubev,M-Ginsburg,G/Ukrajina (ch)/1992/}) 15... b4 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rd2
Bc6 18. Nb6 Qb7 $1 19. Nd5 (19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. O-O Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4) 19...
Bxd5 20. exd5 a5 21. O-O a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. b3 Ra5 24. Rfd1 {Kuczynski,
R-Stempin,P/Leba/1989/}) (14. g4 $5 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Ng3 d5 (16... Qc7 $5)
17. O-O-O d4 (17... dxe4 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. g5 Nd5 20. f6 $1 $16 {/^}) (17... Nxe4
$5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qh3 Qc7 20. g5 $44 {/^}) 18. Bd2 (18. g5 $2 Nxe4 $1 19.
Nxe4 Qd5 $19) 18... Rc8 19. Kb1 (19. g5 $2 Qc7 20. Qd3 Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Qxc2+
$1 22. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kc1 Rc8+ $19) 19... Nd7 20. g5 $2 (20. h4
$6 Bc6 21. g5 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Nb6 23. f6 Nxa4 $5 24. fxe7 Qxe7 $44) (20. Rhg1 $1
Bc6 (20... h6 21. g5 $40) 21. g5 Bxa4 22. f6 $1 Bc6 23. Nf5 $3 Bc5 24. fxg7 Re8
25. Rg3 $18) 20... Bxg5 21. Bxb4 Re8 22. Rhg1 $6 Be3 23. Rg2 {Winants,
L-Ftacnik,L/Tilburg/1992/}) 14... Bb7 (14... b4 15. Bxf6 bxc3 16. Bxe7 cxb2 17.
Rb1 Qxe7 18. O-O a5 19. Rxb2 Ba6 20. Ra1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rfc8 22. Rba2 Qc7 23.
Qd2 Qc6 24. Qd3 {Fiorito,F-Sunye Neto,J/Bogota(2) Final Latin Cup/1991/0.5 (39)
}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Qd3 Rc8) 15... Bxf6 16. O-O-O b4 17. Nd5 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nc1
a3 20. Nxb4 Qa5 21. c3 axb2 22. Ncd3 Rfc8 23. Kxb2 d5 24. Ra1 {Kruppa,
Y-Anastasian,A/Podolsk GMA-qual/1989/0-1 (29)}) 14. exd5 e4 15. Qh3 b5 {N} 16.
Rd1 $5 Qc7 17. O-O Bb7 18. Qg3 $1 Bd6 19. Bf4 $1 Rad8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rd4 $1
Re8 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Kh1 Rdd8 {Yakovich,Y-Vaulin,A/USSR/1987/}) 13. Bd5 Rb8 14.
b4 $5 Ncd7 (14... Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. a3 $14) 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bb7 17.
Nec3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 $2 (20... Qc7 $1 21. Qg4 f6
22. Rf3 Qxc2 23. Rh3 Rf7 24. Qh5 h6 25. Qg6 Qxe4 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28.
Rxh6 Ke8 29. Rh7 Qc4 $17) 21. Qg4 f6 22. Rf3 Rxc2 23. Rh3 Rf7 24. Qh5 h6 25.
Qg6 Kf8 26. Bxh6 $2 (26. Qh7 $1 Ke8 27. Qg8+ Rf8 $1 (27... Bf8 $2 28. Bc5 $1
Qc7 29. Rhd3 dxc5 30. Rd8+ Qxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Qxf7 $16) 28. Qxg7 Qc7 $132)
26... gxh6 27. Rxh6 Qb6+ 28. Rc5 $1 $8 (28. Kh1 $2 Rc1+) 28... Bd8 29. Rh8+ Ke7
30. Rh7 (30. Qg8 $2 dxc5 31. Qe8+ Kd6 $19) 30... Rxh7 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. a3 Be7 (11... e5 12. Nde2 h6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Ng3
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16. Be3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Ne4 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Tataev,M/
Moscow/1990/ (34)}) (11... Nxb3 12. cxb3 Be7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nc6
Bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Kf7 17. O-O Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Rhc8 19. Qb7 b4 {0-1 Castelltort
Fernandez,A-Nedobora,M/Badalona/ 1993/ (34)}) 12. Be3 {White's concept of
preventing b5-b4 push will be combined with the solid control in the center,
but black has enough counterplay.} Qc8 (12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 e5 14. Nde2 b4 $5
15. axb4 Qb8 $13) 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. O-O b4 (14... Nxb3 15. Nxb3 O-O $11) 15. axb4
Rxb4 (15... Nxb3 16. cxb3 (16. Nxb3 Rxb4 $13) 16... e5 17. Nc2 $14) 16. Qg3
Nxb3 17. cxb3 e5 18. Nd5 $5 {Nijboer has to play creatively, otherwise black
would enjoy safe advantage of two bishops and extra pawn.} (18. Nf3 Rxb3 $17)
18... Nxd5 (18... exd4 $2 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Nxe7 Nh5 21. Nxc8 Nxg7 22. Nxd6+ $18
) 19. exd5 exd4 $2 (19... Bf6 $1 20. Rc1 Qa8 21. Qe1 Rb8 22. Nc6 Rxb3 $17) 20.
Bd2 $1 {[%mdl 128] The ccordination of black pieces is suddenly rather poor
and open e file deadly for his king.} Qc5 (20... Rb5 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. f6 $18)
21. Bxb4 Qxd5 (21... Qxb4 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. f6 $18) 22. Rde1 Kf8 23. Rxe7 $1
Kxe7 24. Qg5+ (24. Qg5+ Ke8 (24... Kf8 25. Qd8+ Be8 26. Re1 $18) 25. Re1+ Be6
26. Qxg7 Rf8 27. fxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 {A glance into Megabase reveals that White is scoring rather poorly in
the line 7...Nbd7. The rook move is a solid choice supporting White's central
pawn advance without any special risk.} 9. Re1 (9. f4) 9... Be7 10. f4 O-O 11.
e5 Ne8 {The retreat of the knight to e8 without opening the centre is a rare
continuation based on a very sound idea. Black shows litte interest in
fighting White in a direct confrontation before he manages to catch up with
the development of pieces.} (11... dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc5 (13... Nd7
14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Ra4 Rd8 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rc4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rg4 Bb7 20. Bh6
Bf8 21. Qf2 f5 $15 {0-1 (32) Reguera Zayas,A-Vasquez Schroder,R (2490) Seville
1994}) 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bf2 (15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qxd5 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3
Rxd5 19. c4 Rd8 20. b4 Bd7 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rad1 $11 {½-½ (34) Sofronie,I 
(2456)-Florean,A (2429) Romania 2001}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18.
Be3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qf4 21. Re3 Bc6 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Rd1 $14 {
1-0 (34) Tomczak,J (2564)-Anton,T (2438) Kazan 2013}) 12. Be3 (12. Qg4 Qc7 13.
Qg3 b5 14. a3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb7 17. Kh1 g6 18. Bg5 Ng7 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Na5 Nh5 21. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (27) Kupka,F-Cmiko,J Cesky Brod 1996})
12... Bd7 (12... Qc7 13. Bf2 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Ba2 Rd8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Rad1 Ng7
18. Qg4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf5 21. Rd2 Qc6 22. Qh3 $11 {0-1 (58)
Leito,P-Pedersen,S (2325) Ringsted 1992}) 13. Bf2 {Ivanisevic shows some
respect for his strong opponent and doesn't try to force matters on the
kingside.} (13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Ng7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf2 f6 17. Bg3 Nxb3 18.
axb3 dxe5 19. fxe5 f5 20. Bf2 Rad8 21. Qe3 g5 $11 {0-1 (32) Nattermueller,
I-Maksimenko,A (2502) Senden 2001}) 13... Rc8 14. Ne4 Nxb3 15. axb3 dxe5 16.
fxe5 f6 {Cheparinov feels that the moment has arisen to open up the play and
hope for the best with his bishop pair.} (16... Qc7 17. c3 Rd8 (17... Qxe5 $4
18. Bg3 Qd5 19. c4 $18) 18. Nd2 $14) 17. exf6 {White will live to regret some
of his choices, but he can certainly afford this confrontation.} (17. c3 $5
fxe5 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bd5 20. Bd4 $11) 17... Nxf6 18. Bg3 (18. Ng5 e5 19.
Nde6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rfe8 22. c3 Ng4 23. Rd7 Bf6 24. Nc7 Red8 $11)
18... Qb6 19. c3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Be5 {Safety first, but White should not
have worried about the dangers of Black's activity. The position with opposite
coloured bishops was easy to hold.} (21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+
24. cxd4 Bd5 25. Rd6 Bxb3 26. Be5 $11) 21... Bc6 22. Re3 Bd5 23. b4 Bxe5 24.
Rxe5 Rf4 (24... Rf6 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Re1 $11) 25. Qd2 Rcf8 26. Rae1 Bc4 27. h3
Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 $2 {Black has managed to activate his pieces to the maximum and
White becomes worried. Objectively it was much better to keep the rook on e1
as White would play against the e6-pawn.} (28. Kh2 $1 R8f2 29. Qe3 Rxe1 30.
Qxe1 Rxb2 31. Nxe6 Qd6 32. Nf4 $11) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Qe3 Bd5 31. Qg3
(31. b3 b5 32. Qg3 Rb1 $17) 31... Rb1 $1 32. Re3 (32. b3 b5 $17) (32. Re2 $2
Rh1+ $19) 32... Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rxb2 34. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf4 {[%mdl 256] A phase
of very difficult defence begins, but White is not devoid of counterchances.} (
35. Kh4 $2 h6 $17) 35... Kf7 36. Nc5 (36. Ng5+ Kg6 37. Ne4 Bc6 $17) 36... Rf2+
(36... Bc6 $1 37. h4 Rh2 38. Kg3 Rd2 $17) 37. Kg3 {Ivanisevic could not find
the courage to break into the open and activate the king. It would have been
much more difficult for his opponent to convert the advantage.} (37. Ke5 $5 Bg2
38. Ne4 $15) 37... Rf5 (37... Rd2 38. Kf4 h6 $17) 38. Rd3 (38. c4 $1 Bxc4 39.
Nxb7 Rf6 40. Re4 Bb5 41. Nd8+ Kg8 42. Re7 h6 $17) 38... Kf6 39. Re3 Bc6 40.
Ne4+ (40. Re6+ Kf7 41. Re3 $17) 40... Kg6 41. Nd6 Rd5 42. Nc8 $6 {When all is
bad players begin to lose objectivity and look for something unsusal. The
knight will be looking for a good spot without success.} (42. Re6+ $5 Kh5 43.
c4 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 g5 45. b5 axb5 46. cxb5 Bh1 $17) (42. Nc4 Bb5 43. Na5 b6 44.
Nb3 Kf6 $17) 42... Kf6 43. Nb6 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 {Everybody understands that h4 is
not a very desirable spot due to a mating attack. In a difficult position
White is choosing to tempt his opponent.} (44. Kf2 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Rc2 $17) 44...
Rg2 (44... Re5 45. Rd3 g5+ 46. Kg3 Re2 47. Kg4 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Kf5 $19) 45. Nc4
Kf5 46. Rd3 (46. Re7 g5+ 47. Kh5 Rh2 48. Nd6+ Kf4 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Nc4+ Ke6 51.
Rf8 h6 $19) 46... Rg1 {The computer is convinced that the most efficient way
was to advance the b-pawn.} (46... b5 $1 47. Nd6+ (47. Nd2 Kf4 $19) 47... Ke6
48. c4 Rb2 $19) 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Nc4 Kf5 (48... h6 49. Re3+ Kf5 $17) 49. Nd6+
Kf6 50. Re3 Rd1 (50... h6 51. Kh5 b5 $17) 51. Nc4 Rd5 52. Na5 Re5 53. Rd3 Bd5
54. c4 $2 {Losing his nerve after a very painful defence. This small blunder
will speed up White's demise.} (54. Rd4 b5 55. c4 bxc4 56. Nxc4 Re4+ $17) 54...
Bxc4 55. Rd6+ Be6 56. Nxb7 Re3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O g5 $5 {The exchange of the dark-squared bishop on
f6 can be justified only by betting on the disparity in development.
Nepomniachtchi radically fights against the dangerous f2-f4 pawn advance.} (
10... Be7 11. f4 Bd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. f5 exd4 14. fxe6 dxc3 15. exd7+ Bxd7 16.
Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd7+ Kg6 19. Qd3+ Kf7 20. Qd5+ Kg6 21. Qe4+ Kf7
22. Qxb7+ {1-0 Horvath,T (2425)-Horvath,J (2505)/Zalakaros 1992 (29)}) 11. Nde2
(11. f4 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. f5 e4 14. Nce2 exf5 15. Rxf5 Qb6 16. Rxf7 Bf6 17.
Qd2 Ne5 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rf1 Qb6 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Bf7+ Kd8 22. Qf2 Qxd4 23. Rd1
Qxd1+ 24. Nxd1 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2695)-Grischuk,A (2719)/Foros 2006 (38)})
11... Rg8 12. f4 (12. a4 Qe5 13. Nc1 Nc5 14. Nd3 Qd4 $13) 12... gxf4 13. Nxf4
Qg5 {The opening ended as a relative success for Black, since Naiditsch will
be unable to inflict any damage on the dark squares.} (13... Qe5 14. Kh1 Be7
15. Nd3 Qg5 16. Qe2 Ne5 $11) 14. Kh1 Ne5 (14... Be7 15. a4 Ne5 16. a5 Bd7 17.
Ba4 $11) 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb6 Rd8 {Despite relative progress on the queenside
Black's position remains rock solid.} 17. Qe2 (17. c3 Bc6 18. Ba4 Qh4 $11)
17... Bb5 18. c4 (18. Ba4 Bxa4 19. Nxa4 Rc8 20. Rad1 Be7 $11) 18... Bc6 19.
Rae1 Bg7 20. Bd1 (20. g3 Qe7 $11) 20... Ng6 21. Nh5 (21. Nfd5 Be5 22. Qf2 Rg7
23. Nb4 Kf8 $11) 21... Be5 22. Nd5 $6 {Naiditsch is a player with a strong
temperament. He must have been frustrated by the inability to prepare any real
problems for his opponent.} (22. Ba4 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Rc8 24. Nb6 Rc7 25. g3 $11)
22... exd5 (22... Kf8 $2 23. Qf2 Be8 24. Ndf6 $16) 23. exd5 Bd7 (23... Bxd5 $2
24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nxd5+ $16) 24. Nf6+ Ke7 (24... Kf8 $2 25. Nh7+ $18) 25. Ne4 (
25. Nxg8+ Rxg8 26. g3 Rc8 $15) 25... Qh4 $6 {The critical position of the
middlegame; Black had to display some courage and play the queen to c1 with
better prospects.} (25... Qc1 $5 26. Nf6 Rg7 27. Nxd7 (27. Ba4 $2 Nf4 $19)
27... Rxd7 28. Ba4 Qg5 29. Bxd7 Kxd7 30. g3 f5 $17) (25... Nf4 $2 26. Nxg5 Nxe2
27. Nxf7 Rdf8 28. Nxe5 $18) 26. g3 Qh3 27. Nf2 Qf5 (27... Nf4 $2 28. Qf3 $1
Qg2+ 29. Qxg2 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 $16) 28. Ne4 Qh3 29. Nf2 Qf5 30. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Bxf6 14. Nf5
$5 exf5 15. Nd5 Qb7 16. Rhe1 (16. exf5 O-O 17. Rhe1 Kh8 18. Qh3 Bd8 19. g4 f6
20. Qh5 Kg8 21. Nc3 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Ne4 Bc7 24. Nxd6+ Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Re8
{0-1 Istratescu,A-Akopian,V/Mamaia 1991/ (30)}) 16... O-O 17. Nxf6+ (17. exf5
Kh8) 17... gxf6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Qe7 (19... Kg7 $2 20. Rd3 Re8 (20... Rg8
21. Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. exf5+ Be6 24. fxe6 $18) 21. Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qxf6 $18
) 20. e5 $1 {Black is facing surprisingly strong problems in this rare line,
the main task is a simple survival of the attack against his king.} (20. Rd3
fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Rg3+ Qg6 24. Rg5 Re8 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5
Re2 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qf3 Rae8 $17) 20... dxe5 (20... Qd8 21. Rxd6 Bd7 22.
Red1 Ra7 23. exf6 $16) 21. Rd3 (21. Rxe5 Be6 22. Rd7 Qxd7 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24.
Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ $11) 21... Rg8 22. Rh3 Rg7 23. fxe5 Bb7 (23... f4 24. exf6
Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rg8 26. Rh4 Bb7 27. Qe7 Bxg2 28. Qxf7 Be4 29. Rxf4 Rg1+ 30. Kd2
$18) 24. exf6 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rxg2 26. Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 128] Sokolov is probably
throwing away the win, much more unpleasant was 26.Qe7! with excellent scoring
chances.} (26. Qe7 $1 Rg1+ (26... Be4 27. Qxf7 Rxc2+ (27... f4 28. Qe7 Rg1+ 29.
Kd2 Rg2+ 30. Ke1 Bf5 31. Rg3 $1 $18) 28. Kd1 Rd8+ 29. Ke1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31.
Ke3 $18) 27. Kd2 Bd5 (27... Rg2+ 28. Ke3 Bd5 29. Qd7 Be6 30. Qc6 Rag8 31. Rh4
$18) 28. Rd3 Rg2+ 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Rg8 32. Qb6 Ra8 33. c4
$18) 26... Rg1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 {Now the perpetual check can no longer be
avoided.} (28. Kc3 $5 Rc8+ 29. Kd3 Rd8+ 30. Ke3 f4+ $1 (30... Re8+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+
32. Kf1 $18) 31. Qxf4 (31. Kf2 Rg2+ 32. Ke1 Rg1+ 33. Ke2 Rg2+ $11) 31... Re8+
32. Kf2 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rge2 34. Qg4 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Re1+ 36. Kxg2 Rg8 $14) 28...
Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Rg1+ 30. Ke2 Rg2+ 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kd3 (32. Kd4 $4 Re4+ $19) 32...
Rd8+ 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago Entel Cup"]
[Site "Santiago de Chile"]
[Date "2004.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. f5 {Leitao is a very sharp player
and this line suits him just fine with all pieces in attacking positions.} (12.
e5 Bb7 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfe4 15. Bxe7 Nxc3 16. Qg4 Qxe7 17. bxc3 O-O 18.
Rfe1 Rac8 19. Re3 h6 20. Rg3 Qg5 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Qe3 {1-0 Garrido,J-Alcaraz
Soriano,A/Toledo 2003/ (38)}) 12... b4 (12... e5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd7 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Ne2 Bxd5 18. exd5 $14) 13. fxe6 $5 (13. Na4 Nxb3 14.
Qxb3 (14. axb3 e5 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. c4 O-O $15) 14... e5 (14...
Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxb4 $14) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf3 a5 $15) 13... bxc3 14.
Nf5 Nxb3 (14... cxb2 15. Rad1 (15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Rab1 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Ncxe4 $19)
(15. Nxg7+ Kd8 16. Rae1 Nfxe4 $17) (15. Rab1 $1 Qa7 (15... Nxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Bxf6 Rf8 19. e5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 $14) 16. Kh1 Ncxe4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6
18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Rbe1+ Kf8 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Re8+ Kg7 23. Rg8+
$18) 15... Qa7 (15... Nxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Bxf6 Rf8 19. e5 Rb8
20. Nxe6 $1 $18) 16. Kh1 Ncxe4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Nxe7 Bg4 20. Qc6
Bxd1 21. Nc8 Qc5 22. Qxa8 $18) 15. Nxg7+ Kd8 (15... Kf8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16...
Nxa1 17. Bxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxf7+ Qxf7 19. Rxf7+ Kg8 20. Nf5 Bxe6 21. Nh6#) 17.
Qxf6 cxb2 18. Rab1 $18) 16. cxb3 Qc5+ $2 {[%mdl 128] Panno is not so happy
about the mess on the board. It was much more difficult for white to prove his
ideas after the coolbloded move 16...cxb2!} (16... cxb2 $1 17. Rad1 Ne8 18.
Nxe8 Rxe8 19. exf7 Rf8 20. Bh6 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe5 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Qf2 $16) 17.
Be3 Qb5 18. Bd4 cxb2 (18... fxe6 19. Bxf6 cxb2 20. Rad1 $18) 19. Bxb2 Ne8 (
19... Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb7 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Rf3 $18) 20. Nf5 fxe6 (20... Rf8 21.
Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Bf6+ $1 Nxf6 (22... Kxe6 23. Qh3+ Qf5 24. Qxf5#) 23. Qxf6+ Ke8
24. e7 $18) 21. Nxe7 e5 (21... Kxe7 22. Bxh8 Kd8 23. Qf8 $18) 22. Qh5 $1 {
With complete material equality white's attack can be enhanced at no cost.} Be6
(22... Kxe7 23. Rf7+ Kd8 24. Qg5+ $18) 23. Qh4 Kc7 24. Ng6 Rg8 (24... hxg6 25.
Qxh8 Qe2 26. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kd7 28. Rad1+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ $18) 25. Rac1+
Kb7 26. Nf8 (26. Nf8 Bd7 27. Qe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qe2 (12. Qg4 Qb6 $5 (12... Nb6 $6
13. O-O-O $1 Bd7 14. Rhf1 h5 $6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bg5
$1 {Zapolskis,A-Tataev,M/Stare Mesto/1992/1-0 (18)}) (12... Nf6 $1 13. exf6
Qxd4 $13) (12... h5 $1 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 g5 15. O-O-O $1 $8 Qe7 $2 (15... Rh6
$1 16. Qxg5 (16. Bxg5 Rg6 $17) 16... Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Rh5 18. Bf4 Bb7 $17 {
><g2, e5}) 16. Nc6 $3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc5 18. Ne4 Qxc6 19. Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Kasparov,G/London (m8)/1993/ (41)}) 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Rhf1 g6 15. h4 h5 16.
Qg3 Bg7 17. Kb1 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qc7 19. Rd6 O-O 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Be3 Nxb3 22.
axb3 Bc6 $15 {Zontakh,A-Piza,V/Hlohovec/1994/}) (12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14.
O-O-O Bg7 15. h4 h5 16. Qe3 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Bxg2 20. Rhg1
Bb7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxg6 Qxa2 24. Rd6 {1-0 Laesson,T-Zhu Chen/
Moscow olw (11)/1994/ (30)}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O-O (13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Bc5 18. Be3 $2 {Zapolskis,A-Slekys,E/
Mariampole/1992/} (18. Kh1 $1 $13) 18... Qc7 $1 $15 {Zapolskis,A-Slekys,E/
Mariampole/1992/}) 13... Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Qg4 b4 16.
Na4 Nxa4 17. Nxe6 Nac5 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Nxb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. e6 Bd5 22.
Qxf7+ {1-0 Morawietz,D-Ottens,S/NRW-II 9192/1992}) 14... Be7 {N} (14... Nxb3+
15. Nxb3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. a3 Be7 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Rde1 Rfd8 20. Bh6 Bf8 21.
Bg5 Rd7 22. Re3 $13 {Motwani,P-Pigott,J/BCF-ch/1989/0-1 (40)}) 15. Qg4 g6 16.
Bh6 $1 (16. Bg3 Qb6 17. h4 h5 18. Qe2 Rh7 19. Nf3 $6 (19. Rf2 $5 O-O-O 20. Qf1
$36) 19... O-O-O 20. Kb1 Qc6 $1 21. Rd4 Nb6 $1 {0-1 Zadrima,A-Ftacnik,L/Moscow
olm/1994/ (39)}) 16... Nxe5 (16... b4 $5) 17. Qf4 b4 18. Nd5 (18. Ncb5 $5 Ned3+
(18... f6 19. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Bxe6 Be7 22. Qf7+ Nxf7 23. Bxf7+
Kd7 24. Nb3+ $16) 19. cxd3 Nxb3+ 20. Nxb3 Qxb5 21. Qxf7+ Kd7 22. d4 $40) 18...
Bxd5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Bxd5 $5 (20. Qe3 Nxb3+ 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 $1 22. Qxb3 Kf7 23.
Rfe1 Qb6 $17) 20... fxe5 21. Bc6+ (21. Nxe6 $5 Kd7 $3 22. Nxc5+ Qxc5 23. Bxa8+
Ke8 $17) 21... Nd7 22. Nxe6 Ra7 23. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Vavra,P-Ftacnik,L/Cesko/1995/
(46)}) (13... b4 14. Na4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nc5 (16... g6 17. Bg5 Bd5
18. Qf2 Nxe5 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Kb1 g5 22. Nf5 gxf4 23. Rxd5 exd5 {
1-0 Kobalija,M-Verner,A/Moscow-ch op (03)/1995/}) 17. Nf5 (17. Kb1 Nxa4 18.
bxa4 Bc5 19. Qg4 O-O-O 20. Bg3 g6 21. Bh4 Rd5 22. Bf6 Re8 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. g3 {
Riegler,P-Osterman,R/SLO-ch/1992/0-1 (35)}) 17... exf5 18. e6 Nxb3+ 19. Kb1 Qc6
20. Nb6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Nxa8 $16 {Emms,J-Petrosian,A/London Lloyds (08)/
1991/1-0 (65)}) 14. Kb1 {Black struggles to avoid various sacrifices from the
attacker, but he will have to castle long. In such case f7P remains palpably
weak.} (14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Qg4 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. a3 h4 19. Bf2 Qc7
20. Ba2 Nb6 21. Ndxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ba6 24. b4 Bxb5 25. Qxb5
Nca4 26. Bb3 {1-0 Macieja,B-Kaminski,M/POL-chT Lubniewice (07)/1994/ (46)}) (
14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Qg4 g5 16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. h4 Nxe5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20.
Nf5 Bf8 21. Kb1 b4 22. Na4 {Oral,T-Tkebuchava,S/Ml.Boleslav op (1)/1994/1-0 
(42)}) 14... Be7 15. h4 $1 O-O-O $5 16. a3 $1 (16. Rhf1 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18.
Bxa4 Nc5 19. Bb3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxb3 21. Rc4+ Nc5 $13) 16... Nb8 (16... Nxb3 17.
Nxb3 Nc5 18. Bg5 $14) 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Ba2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc6 20. Rhf1 Rhf8 (
20... Qxg2 $2 21. Qxg2 Bxg2 22. Rxf7 $18) 21. g3 Kb8 22. Rf4 f5 $6 {Anand was
seriously criticized for this decision, even though it should have solved the
biggest headache with f7P. The tactics works against the defender.} (22... g5
$1 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rff1 $14) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. b4 $1 e5 (24... Nd7 25. Qxe6
$16) 25. bxc5 Rxd4 $2 (25... exf4 $1 26. Qxe7 fxg3 27. Bd5 Qc7 28. Bxf6 Rde8
29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Bg7 $14) 26. Rfxd4 exd4 27. Qxe7 Re8 28. Qf7 (28. Qf7 dxc3
29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 31. Ka2 Bxc6 32. Qf8+ Kb7 33. Kb3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bd5 $5 {Volokitin
loves to attack and sacrifice material, the shocking centralization of the
bishop comes at the unexpected moment.} (13. e5 Bb7 14. exf6 Bxf3 15. fxe7 Bxd1
16. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 17. Rxd1 d5 18. Nce2 b4 19. f5 e5 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Ne1 d4 22.
Kb1 a5 {0-1 Rombaldoni,A-Aleksic,N/Assisi 2003/ (33)}) 13... Nxd5 (13... exd5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Qa5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Ne6 19. Qxf6+
Ng7 20. Kb1 $13) (13... Bb7 $5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. b4 Na4 (15... Ncd7 16. e5 Qxf3
17. Nxf3 $16) 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. a3 Qc7 $13) 14. exd5 Bxg5 15. fxg5 b4 (15...
Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qg4 e5 18. Nf5 Na4 19. Rd3 $13) 16. dxe6 Bxe6 {Grachev
should have taken on c3 in order to get some attacking potential for the
material. The recapturing with a bishop is not bad, but leaves white with
small plus.} (16... bxc3 $5 17. Qxa8 Bxe6 18. Qc6 (18. Qf3 cxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Na4+
20. Kc1 Rc8 21. Re3 $14) 18... Qa5 19. Nxe6 Qxa2 20. bxc3 fxe6 21. Rxd6 Qc4 $13
) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Qd8 18. h4 Qa5 19. Kb1 $14) 18. Qxd5 Rac8 19. Nf5 (19.
Re2 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nf5 Ne6 22. h4 $14) 19... Ne6 20. Rd2 Rfd8 (20...
Rcd8 21. Red1 Rd7 22. h4 $14) 21. Nxd6 $1 {White is courageous at a proper
moment, there is no sensible way to benefit from the pin along the d file.} Qc5
(21... Nf8 22. Nxc8 $1 Rxd5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxd5 $16) (21... Kh8 22. Qe5 Ra8
23. g6 hxg6 24. Nxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxe6 Qf4 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27. Qe3 $18) (21... Rd7
22. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 $18) 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. h4 Kf8 24. Nb7
$1 Rxd2 25. Nxc5 (25. Kxd2 $2 Rb5 $19) 25... Rd6 (25... Rxg2 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27.
Rxe6 a5 28. Re5 $16) 26. Nd3 (26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Re4 Rb6 28. Kd2 $16) 26... Rd4
27. g3 Ke7 28. Re3 Kd6 29. Rf3 Rg4 (29... Ke7 30. Rf5 Nc7 (30... Rg4 $2 31.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne5+ $18) 31. Ra5 Rg4 32. Ra4 Nd5 33. c3 Rxg3 34. Nxb4 $16) 30.
Nf2 $1 Rc4 31. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Two pawns are a great bonus for the stronger
side, black has no counterplay.} a5 32. Kd2 Rd4+ 33. Kc1 (33. Nd3 Rg4 34. Ra7
Rxg3 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Rxa5 $18) 33... a4 34. Ra7 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. c3 (36.
cxb3 $18) 36... Rd5 37. Ne4+ Ke5 38. Nd2 Nc5 39. Ra3 Nd3+ 40. Kb1 Nxb2 (40...
Rd7 41. Nxb3 Kf5 42. Ra4 $18) 41. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxb3 {The future winner
enjoys extra pawn on each flank, the rest is easy.} Rd7 (42... Rd3 43. Ra7 $18)
43. c4 Ke4 (43... Kd4 44. Ra5 g6 45. Kb4 $18) 44. Kb4 Rb7+ 45. Kc5 Rc7+ 46. Kb5
Kd4 (46... Rb7+ 47. Kc6 $18) 47. Rf3 g6 48. Rf4+ Ke5 49. Rf1 Rb7+ 50. Kc6 Rb3
51. Rf7 Rxg3 52. Rxh7 Rc3 53. c5 Kd4 54. Rd7+ Kc4 55. Kd6 Rd3+ 56. Ke6 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 (9... Qc7 10. O-O (10. f5 Nxb3 (10... e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3 12. axb3
Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Ng3 Be7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kb1
Be7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb4 21. Ne2 Kb8 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Rd3 Qa5 24. g3 $14 {
Filipenko,A-Gaponenko,L/Smolensk cup/1991/1-0 (39)}) 11. axb3 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6
13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qh3 d5 16. Nxe6 Qe5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19.
Rfd1 Bxe6 20. Rxd5 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Bf6 22. Bd4 Rae8 23. Rf1 Re2 24. Bxf6 {
Hoffmann,M-Fabiano,G/Mitropa-Cup (4) ITA-GER [4]/1991/0.5 (41)}) 10... Be7 11.
f5 O-O 12. g4 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. exd5 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Rad1 Nxg4 17. Qxg4
Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rae8 21. d6 Re5 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23.
Rxf3 Rd8 24. d7 $13 {Neverov,A-Isupov,V/RSFSR-ch Kuibishev/1990/1-0 (62)}) (
9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Rb8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. e5 Nd7 13. O-O dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qg3 f6 16. Ne4 b5 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Ng5 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Ngxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qh3 h5 24. Rfe1 {Filipenko,A-Sadriev,O/URS-sf Voronez/
1991/0.5 (49)}) (9... Qd7 10. Be3 b5 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qg3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qh3 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Bd5 17. c3 Be7 18. Rhd1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20.
Qf3 Qxe5 21. Rf1 f5 22. Rfd1 O-O 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Nc6 $17 {Mindras,C-Costescu,M/
Singeorz ROM-chJ/1993/1-0 (35)}) 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 (11. a3 e5 12. Nde2 h6 13.
Bd5 Rb8 14. Ng3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16. Be3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. O-O Be7 21. Rae1 O-O 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Re4 {Kovalev,
A-Tataev,M/Moscow/1990/1-0 (34)}) 11... fxe6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. e5
Nfe4 (14... Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg3 $14) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Nxe4 $1 (16. Qe3 Nf2 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Ndxb5 Qb6 $17) 16... Rxf3 17. exd6 Nxb3+
(17... Qh4 18. Nxc5 (18. gxf3 Nxe4 19. fxe4 $13) 18... Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qxc5 20.
Nxf3 $44) 18. Nxb3 (18. axb3 Qh4 19. gxf3 e5 $1 20. Nc5 $140 exd4 21. Nxd7 Qh6+
22. Rd2 Qxd6 $19) 18... Qf8 (18... Qh4 $5) 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Nec5 Bc6 (20...
Qc6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. b4 Rd8 24. d7 $16) 21. Rhe1 e5 (21... a5 22.
d7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 a4 24. Nd2 $16) 22. d7 Rd8 23. Rd6 a5 24. a3 (24. Nxa5 Qf4+ (
24... Qf2 25. Nd3 $1 Qf8 26. Rxc6 $16) 25. Kb1 Qb4 26. Rxe5 Bxd7 (26... Qxa5
27. Rxc6 Qd2 28. a3 Rxd7 $13) 27. Nab3 Rf8 28. a3 (28. Rxd7 Rf1+ 29. Nc1 Rxc1+
$1 30. Kxc1 Qf4+) 28... Qf4 29. Nxd7 Qxh2 $13) 24... a4 25. Nd2 Qg2 26. c3 (26.
Rxe5 $2 Qg1+) 26... Bd5 27. Nd3 (27. Rxe5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Bf7) 27... Bb3 (27... e4
28. Rxd5 e3 (28... exd3 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rf5+ Kg6 31. Rxd8 $18) 29. Rxe3 Qxd5
30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Ne5+ Kf6 32. Rxd8 $18) 28. Nxe5 (28. Rxe5 Kf7 $5) 28... Qxh2
29. Nc6 Qxd6 30. Re8+ Kf7 (30... Rxe8 31. dxe8=Q+ Qf8 32. Ne7+ $18) 31. Nxd8+
Kg6 32. Ne6 $1 Qh2 (32... Qxd7 33. Nf8+ Kf7 34. Nxd7 Kxe8 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Nc5
$18) 33. Nf4+ (33. d8=Q $4 Qg1+ 34. Nf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd3 Bc2#) (33.
Rf8 Qh4 34. Nf3 $1 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 Qd1+ 36. Ke3 Qc1+ (36... Qxd7 37. Ne5+ $18) 37.
Kf2 Qxb2+ 38. Kg3 $18) 33... Kh6 (33... Qxf4 34. d8=Q $18) 34. Nd3 Qg1+ 35. Re1
(35. Ne1 Qg4 $1 36. Nxb3 Qxd7) 35... Qg5 36. Ne5 $2 (36. Rh1+ $1 Kg6 37. Ne5+
Kf5 38. Nc6 $18) 36... g6 37. Rf1 (37. Nc6 Qf5 38. Nxb3 Qxd7 39. Ne5 $16) 37...
Be6 38. Nf7+ (38. Rf8 Bxd7 $1 39. Nxd7 Qe7) 38... Bxf7 39. Rxf7 Qd5 40. Re7 Qd6
41. Rf7 Qd3 42. Ne4 Qe3+ 43. Nd2 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boric, Muhamed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Nfd7
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6 $1 (17. O-O-O Qb6 $15) 17... Nxe6 18.
O-O-O Qe8 (18... Nf4 19. Rhe1 Rc8 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Nd5 $5 $16 {Fritz4} (21.
Rxe5+ $13)) 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20. Nc7 Nxc7 21. Rxd7 Ne6 22. Qd6+ Kg8 23. Re7 Qg6 24.
Rxe6 Qxg2 25. Re1 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Rd8 27. Qxe5 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 (11. Qf3 Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. g4 (12. Rad1 Re8
13. f5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 exf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qc8 17. Qf3 Qe6 18. Bd4 $14 {
Villavicencio,A-Fos,J/ESP-ch/1993/}) 12... b5 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Rb8 14. g5
Nd7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 b5 19. Qh4 exf5 20. exf5 Qc6
21. Raf1 Bb7 22. Bd4 b4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kh8 25. g6 Qc5+ 26. R1f2 fxg6
27. fxg6 Qg5+ 28. Qxg5 Bxg5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. gxh7 {1-0
Fischer-Cardoso/New York (02) 1957}) 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16.
Nd5 Qd8 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. f5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8 22.
f6 Nd7 23. f7 Rxe4 24. Nb6 Nf8 25. Nxc8 Rg4+ 26. Kh1 Rxg5 27. Nxd6 g6 28. Rae1
Rd5 29. Re8 Kg7 30. Rd8 Re5 31. Ne8+ Kh6 32. Nf6 {1-0 Boleslavsky,I-Aronin,L/
URS-ch17 Moscow 1949}) 12. e5 Ne8 13. Rad1 Nxb3 14. axb3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 16.
Kh1 Rd8 17. Bf4 Bc5 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc5 22. Bxf6
Rxf6 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. Nd5 {1-0 Gromek,J-Doda,Z/POL-ch (09) 1955}) (11. g4 d5
12. e5 Nd7 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. a4 b6 17. h5 Bb7 18. Qg3 h6
19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Re2 Kh8 21. Rh2 Ba8 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Qf2 Rde8 24. Nf3 Bxe3 25.
Qxe3 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Fischer-Evans,L./Rosenwald mem (08)
1958}) (11. e5 Ne8 12. Qh5 Nxb3 13. axb3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Kh1
Bf8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 g6 20. Nxd6 Ng4 21. Qf3 Bxd6 22. Bb6 Qxb6
23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Qxe8+ Kg7 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Ne4 Be5 27. Qf8+ Kh5 28. Qe7 Qe3
29. Rf3 Nf2+ 30. Nxf2 Qe2 31. Qxh7+ Kg5 32. h4# {1-0 Mohr,G-Khenkin,I/
Voskresensk 1990}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 (13. g4 $2 e5 $17) 13... b5
14. g4 b4 15. Nce2 (15. Na4 e5 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Ng3 d5 $15) 15... e5 16. g5 exd4
(16... Ne8 $5 17. f6 gxf6 (17... exd4 18. fxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd4 $14) 18. Nf5 $13)
17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxd4 Bb5 $15 {קe4,עg1} 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 {/\c3-c4} Bxd4+
21. cxd4 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qd2 23. Rae1 Rac8 $1 {/\Rc2} (23... Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qxd4
$17) 24. Rg1 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Qxd4 $17 26. Reg2 g6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kh8 (
28... hxg6 $4 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 30. Qh5#) 29. Qh5 Qxe4+ 30. R6g2 Rg8 {/\31. -
Qxg2+ 32.Rxg2 Rc1+} 31. Qd1 (31. Qe2 Qxg2+ $1 32. Qxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 (33. Rxg2
Rc1+ $19) 33... Rg8+ $19) 31... d5 32. Qf1 {/\Qf6+} Rg6 {/\Rcg8} 33. Qa1+ d4
34. Qe1 Qd5 35. h3 Rcg8 36. Qd2 Rg3 37. Qxd4+ (37. Kh2 Rxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Qh5#)
37... Qxd4 38. Rxg3 Rxg3 39. Rxg3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. h4 Re8 13. g4 b5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Nd5 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Qd8 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. gxf5 Bb7 22. Rhe1 f6 23. e6 Ne5 24. Qd2 Bf3 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf8
27. Rb6 g6 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Rc3 Ra7 31. Rc8 Bd5 32. Rh8 Bxe6 33.
h5 gxh5 34. Rxh5 Rc7 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 {ideales Zusammenspiel aller
schwarzen Steine führt zur Metamorphose des f-Freibauern; einfache Technik} 37.
Rh7+ Kd6 38. Rh8 f5 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. Rh4 Bd5 41. c4 Be4 42. Rh8 f4+ 43. Kf2 Kd4
44. Ra8 bxc4 45. bxc4 Nb4 46. Rc8 Nd3+ 47. Kf1 f3 48. b3 Ke3 49. Re8 Nc5 50. b4
Nb3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Sotnikov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. axb3 b5 14. g4 b4 15.
Na4 Bb7 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. O-O-O Rac8 18. Rd2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc6 20. Nb6 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Re1 d5 24. Kb1 f6 25. Bb6 g6 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Re2
Kf7 28. Rxe4 Rg8 29. Ba5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Rg1+ 31. Ka2 Rf1 32. Bxb4 Rxf5 33. Ba5
Rf2 34. c4 Rxh2 35. b4 Ke6 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Rg2 38. Rc4 Bd6 39. Kb3 f5 40.
Rc8 f4 41. b6 Rg7 42. Bb4 Bxb4 43. Kxb4 $10 {Der starke weisse b-Freibauer
zwingt den Rg7 in eine passive Position.} Rf7 (43... f3 44. Rf8 e4 (44... Rf7
45. Rxf7 Kxf7 46. b7 f2 47. b8=Q f1=Q 48. Qxe5 $10) 45. Kc5 Ke5 46. Kc6 Kd4 47.
b7 Rxb7 48. Kxb7 Ke3 (48... e3 49. Rf4+ $1 $18) 49. Kc6 Kf2 50. Kd5 e3 51. Ke4
$18) 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Rc7 Rf8 46. b7 Rb8 47. Rxh7 Ke6 48. Kc4 Rd8 49. Rc7 f3
50. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch51 First League"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1983.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 (7. g4
O-O 8. g5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nf6+ Bxf6 11. gxf6 dxc4 12. fxg7 Re8 13. Be3 (13.
Qg4 e5 14. Nf5 Qf6 {Svistunov,K-Kharitonov,A/Pinsk/1993/0:1 (14)}) 13... Qd5
14. Rg1 e5 15. Qh5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $36) 7... O-O 8. Be3 Na6 $5 9.
g4 (9. Qe2 Nc5 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rhg1 b4 14. Nb1 (14. Na4
Bd7 $19) 14... Nfd7 15. g5 Nb6 16. Nd2 d5 $1 $17 {Huares-Lombardy,W//Ziegen(ol)
/1970/0:1 (23)}) (9. f4 $5 Nc5 10. Qf3 a5 11. O-O-O a4 12. Bc4 a3 13. e5 axb2+
14. Kb1 dxe5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. fxe5 Nfd7 $13 {Styrenkov,
V-Kharitonov,A/Smolensk/1986/0,5 (26)}) 9... Nc5 10. Qf3 a5 11. g5 $2 (11. a3
$142 $13) (11. a4 d5 12. exd5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 (13. Nxb3 Bb4 $36) 13... Bb4 $36)
11... Nfd7 (11... Nfxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qg2 a4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16.
a3 $13) 12. Qh5 (12. h4 a4 13. Bc4 a3 14. b3 Ne5 15. Qe2 $17) 12... Ne5 $1 13.
a4 (13. f4 $2 a4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $19) (13. a3 $5) 13... Nxb3 14. cxb3 g6 15. Qh4
f5 $5 16. f4 $2 (16. gxf6 Bxf6 $17) (16. O-O-O $2 f4 $1 17. Bd2 (17. Bxf4 Rxf4
18. Qxf4 Bxg5 $19) 17... Bxg5 $19) (16. exf5 Rxf5 $1 {Balashov/} 17. f4 Nd3+
18. Ke2 (18. Kd2 Rxf4 $1 19. Qg3 (19. Bxf4 Nxf4 $17) 19... e5 20. Kxd3 Rxd4+
21. Bxd4 Bf5+ $17) 18... Nxf4+ 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxf4 e5 21. Qe4 exd4 22. Qxd4
Bxg5 $36) 16... Nd3+ 17. Ke2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 e5 $1 $40 19. f5 (19. Kxd3 exd4 20.
Bxd4 Bf5 $19) 19... exd4 20. f6 (20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxd4 Ne5 $19) 20... dxe3 21.
fxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 $5 (22... Kh8 23. Kxd3 Bf5+ 24. Ke2 Rac8 25. Rac1 $17)
23. gxf6 Qf7 24. Kxd3 Qxb3+ 25. Ke2 Be6 $19 26. Rac1 (26. Qh6 Qxb2+ 27. Kxe3
Qxf6 $19) 26... Qxb2+ 27. Kxe3 Re8 28. Rhe1 Bc4+ 29. Kf3 (29. Kf4 Qd4+ 30. Kg5
(30. Kg3 Re3+ $19) 30... Re5+ 31. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 32. Kg4 (32. Kh6 Qe3+ 33. Qg5 Qh3+
$19) 32... Qe4+ 33. Kg5 (33. Kg3 Qe3+) 33... Qe3+ 34. Qf4 h6+ $19) 29... Bd5+
30. Kg4 Qd4+ (30... Qd4+ 31. Kg5 Re5+ 32. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kh3 Qe6+
35. Kg3 Qe3#) (30... Qd4+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kg4 Be6#) 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Qc8 (12... Be7 13. e5 $1 Nxb3 (
13... dxe5 14. Nc6 Qc7 (14... Bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Ncd7 16. Qxe6 Rf8 17. O-O-O $40)
15. Nxe7 e4 16. Qd1 Kxe7 17. Qd4 Nxb3 (17... Rac8 18. O-O $36) 18. axb3 Rhd8
19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Bg5 Rf8 21. O-O Bc6 22. Qd6+ Kf7 (22... Ke8 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24.
Rad1+ Kc7 25. Qe7+ $18) 23. Bxf6 Kg8 24. Qg3 Rf7 25. Bc3 Qxe4 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27.
Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Rf1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qc5 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. Ba5+ $18) 14. exf6 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 gxf6 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. O-O $40) 13. a3 Be7 $2 (13... Nxb3 $142) 14. Ba2 O-O
15. Nf5 Rf7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. e5 $1 Bc6 (17... Ne8 18. O-O $18) 18. Qh3 Nfd7
19. exd6 Rf7 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Bxg2 (21... Qb7 22. bxc5 Bxg2 23. Qxe6 Bxh1
24. d7 $18) 22. Qxg2 Nd3+ (22... Nb3 23. Ne4 Nxa1 24. Nc5 $18) 23. Kd1 $18 Nf4
24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Re1 a5 26. Kc1 axb4 27. axb4 Qa6 28. Kb1 Kh8 29. d7 Rff8 30.
Rd1 h6 31. d8=Q Rfxd8 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Bd5 Qb6 35. Be4+ (35.
Be4+ Ng6 36. Raa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 b5 $1 10. O-O (10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Bd7 $1 (11... Qd7 12. Qf3 $16 {
Balashov,Y-Zlotnik,B/URS/1969/})) 10... Bd7 11. Qf3 Be7 $1 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. e5
dxe5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Kf7 16. Be3 Qc8 $1 $15 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rf8
19. Kh1 Kg8 $15 20. Qe2 {xc2/} Qc6 21. Bg5 $5 $132 (21. Rae1 $2 Rac8 $40) 21...
h6 22. Bh4 Rae8 $6 (22... Rac8 $1 23. Qxe5 $140 b4 24. Na4 (24. Ne4 $6 Qxe4 25.
Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe7 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxc2 $17) (24. Ne2 $6 Ng4 25. Qg3 Bxh4 26.
Qxg4 Bf6 27. Qxb4 Bxb2 $17) 24... Ng4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qg3 Bxh4 27. Qxg4 $15)
23. h3 $1 (23. Qxe5 $2 b4 $1 24. Na4 Ng4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qe1 (26. Qh5 $4 Ne3
$19) 26... Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Ne3 28. Qg3 Nxc2 $17) 23... Rc8 24. Qxe5 b4 25. Na4
Nd7 26. Qh5 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 a5 (27... Qxc2 28. Qxb4 $10) 28. c3 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1
Qd6 {xa4/} 30. Qh5 $1 e5 31. Qg4 $1 (31. Rd1 $6 Qe6 $15) 31... Rc7 32. Rd1 Qc6
33. cxb4 axb4 (33... axb4 34. Qxb4 Nf6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 "Tajikistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TJK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 Nfd7 (9... dxe5) 10. exd6 Nf6 11. Be3 Bxd6 12. Qf3 Qc7 (12... Nxb3 $5
13. axb3 O-O 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Bb4 $10 {Thorhallsson,T-Van Wely,L/Akureyri/
1994/}) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rhe1 $5 {N} (14. g4 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 O-O-O 16. g5 Nd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Kb1 Rhe8 $10 {Janovsky,S-Timoshenko,G/Hastings Challenger/
1991/0:1/34/}) 14... Nxb3+ 15. axb3 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 (16... e5 $5 17. fxe5
Bxe5 $13) 17. h3 Rhe8 (17... e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. g4 $14) 18. Qf2 $1 Rc8 (18...
Nd5 $6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Ne2 $16) 19. Nf3 $1 Bc6 (19... Bxf4 20. Bb6 Qc6 21.
Na4 $1 $16 {/\ 21 Ba7, 21 Nd4} (21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 {/\ 23 Rc5} Nd5 23. Nxd5
exd5 24. Rexd5 Be6 25. Rc5 Qe4 $10) (21. Re5 Nd5) 21... Nd5 22. Ba7+ Ka8 23. c4
$18) 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 (21... Nd7 $2 22. Nxd7+ Bxd7 (22... Qxd7 23.
Qd4 Bc7 24. Ba7+ $18) 23. Nd5 Qf8 24. Ba7+ $18) (21... Rf8 $2 22. Ba7+ Ka8 23.
Nc4 Bc7 24. Bc5 $18) (21... Nd5 $16) 22. Bc5 $1 Qxc5 (22... Qc7 23. fxe5 $18) (
22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Bd6 $18) 23. Qxc5 Bxf4 24. Qf2 $16 Bc7 25. g4 h6
26. h4 Rf8 27. g5 (27. Qe2 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rf1 Bf4) (27. Rg1 Ne4 28. Nxe4
Bxe4 {><c2}) 27... Ng4 28. Qd4 (28. Qe2 $5 Ne5 29. Ne4) 28... Nh2 29. Qxg7 Nf3
30. Re2 Nxh4 31. Qxh6 Nf5 32. Qh7 Bf3 33. Rd7 Bxe2 34. Nxe2 Nd6 35. Nf4 Rh8 36.
Qd3 Rhd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qh7 Re8 39. c4 Ka7 $2 (39... b6 $5) 40. g6 $1 $18
Nf5 41. gxf7 Re7 42. Nxe6 $1 (42. Qxf5 $2 exf5 43. f8=Q Re1+ 44. Ka2 Bxf4 $10)
42... Nd6 (42... Nd6 43. f8=Q Rxh7 44. Nxc7 Rxc7 45. Qxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Vor der Partie hatte ich einen vollen Punkt Rückstand auf die beiden
Führenden GM Sune Berg Hansen und GM Robert Kempinski, so daß ich sehr
kämpferisch gestimmt war und alles daran setzen wollte, den ganzen Punkt zu
machen. Allerdings lief es nicht so wie gewünscht, doch der Reihe nach: 
Gleich zu Beginn der Runde ereignete sich eine Besonderheit. Die Uhren liefen
bereits seit einer Minute, doch es wollte einfach keine Ruhe im Turniersaal
einkehren. Da wurde es dem dienstältesten teilnehmenden Großmeister Lubomir
Ftacnik zu bunt, und er rief die Spieler mit "Seid Ihr alle bescheuert ?" zur
Ordnung. Darauf wurde es mit einem Schlag still, und es konnte losgehen:} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4 Nc6 (
8... d5 {und}) (8... h6 $5 {werden ebenfalls recht häufig gespielt.}) 9. g5
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh5 (10... e5 $6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qc7 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. h4 $36 {1-0 Velimirovic,
D-Radakovic,S/JUG-Cup qual Arandjelovac 1991/TD 91\07 (37)}) 11. Rg1 b5 (11...
O-O 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O $13 {0-1 Zapata,A-Sunye Neto,J/Linares 1992/EXP 33 
(43)}) (11... Qa5 $6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. f4 $36 {1-0
Hracek,Z-Chmiel,P/Karvina 1989/EXT 89op (26)}) 12. Be3 Bd7 13. O-O-O a5 14. a3
(14. e5 {kam auch hier bereits in Betracht, doch hat Schwarz nach} a4 15. exd6
(15. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 16. exd6 Bf8 $13) 15... axb3 (15... Bf8 $2 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17.
Bc4 Bc6 18. Be2 $18) 16. dxe7 Qxe7 {Gegenspiel.}) (14. a4 {gefiel mir wegen
der Linienöffnung am Damenflügel nicht, z.B.} bxa4 15. Bxa4 Rb8 $132) 14... Rb8
15. e5 $5 d5 16. Nxd5 {[%mdl 512] hält den schwarzen König unter Figurenopfer
im Zentrum fest} exd5 17. Qxd5 {Ftacnik: White has a perfect development, two
pawns and dispaced black knight as a compensation for the sacrificed piece.
Black must play very carefully.} Rf8 $8 18. e6 $1 ({Nach} 18. Qe4 Qc8 $1 19.
Qxh7 Bf5 (19... g6 $2 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. e6 Qc6 22. Rd1 $18) 20. g6 fxg6 21.
Rxg6 {hält} Qc6 $3 {den Laden zusammen.} (21... a4 $2 22. Qxh5 axb3 $2 23.
Rxg7+ Rf7 24. Qxf7#)) 18... fxe6 (18... Bxe6 $2 19. Qf3 Qc8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Bc5 $1 $18) 19. Qe4 $2 (19. Qe5 $1 {was Tf5 provoziert, war notwendig. Nun ist
der weiße Angriff sehr gefährlich:} Rf5 (19... Rb6 $2 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 $2 (20...
Qxd7 21. Bxb6 $16) 21. Rd1+ Rd6 $2 22. Bxe6+ Kc6 $6 23. Qc5+ Kb7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6
25. Qa7+ Kc6 26. Qb6#) (19... Rb7 $2 20. Bxe6 Qc8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Qxb5 Qb7
23. Qa4 Bd6 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Bxd7+ Qxd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Bc5 $18) (19... Kf7
$2 20. Rge1 Qc8 21. g6+ hxg6 22. Ba7 Rb7 23. Rxd7 $18) (19... Rc8 $2 20. Bxe6
Rxc2+ 21. Kb1 Rc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxb5 $18) 20. Qe4 e5 21. Qd5 (21. Bg8 $6 g6
22. Bxh7 Kf7 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Bxg6 Kxg6 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Re8 $15) 21...
Qc7 (21... Nf4 $2 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qxe5 Rf5 24. Qxg7 $40) (21... Rf8 $2 22.
Qxe5 Rb7 (22... Rc8 23. Be6 Rxc2+ 24. Kb1 Rc7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qxb5 $18) 23.
g6 hxg6 24. Qe4 $18) (21... Qc8 $2 22. Qg8+ Rf8 23. Qxh7 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 (
24... Bf5 $2 25. g6 a4 $2 26. Bf7+ Rxf7 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxg7+ $18) 25. Qxg7
$40) 22. Qg8+ Rf8 (22... Bf8 $2 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Be6 $18) 23. Qxh7 Nf4 24.
Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxg7 $40 {denn auf} Rxf2 $2 {gewinnt} 26. Qh8+ Rf8 (26... Bf8 27.
Rgf1 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qc5 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qxe5+ $18) 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. g6 $18)
19... Qc7 20. Rxd7 ({Auch nach} 20. Qxh7 {steht Schwarz besser, z.B.} Nf4 21.
Rg4 Bd6 22. Qxg7 a4 23. Ba2 b4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Bxf4 Rbxf4 $17) 20... Qxd7 (
20... Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Bxe6 {ist Zugumstellung zur Partie.}) 21. Bxe6 Qc7
22. Rd1 {[%tqu "De","Wie soll Schwarz sich verteidigen ?","Der Springer h5
hängt nach wie vor etwas in der Luft...","Es ist ein Bauernzug.","g7g6",
"Festigt die schwarze Stellung so nachhaltig, daß Weiß nicht mehr weiterkommt.
",5]} g6 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (22... Rd8 $2 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bc4+ Qe7 25. Bxb5+
Kf7 26. Bc4+ Ke8 27. Qd5 $18) (22... b4 $2 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Ba4+ Kf7 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. Qxh7 $18) 26. Qxh7 Bd6 27. Qxh5+ Ke7 28. g6 $16) (22...
Rb7 $2 23. Bd5 Rb6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Bc6+ Kf7 26. Qd5+ Kg6 27. Qe6+ $18) (22...
Nf4 $2 23. Bd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Ne2+ 25. Kd2 Kxd7 26. Kxe2 $16) 23. a4 $2 {
ist zu ambitioniert.} (23. Bd7+ {hätte ich spielen sollen, auch wenn die
schwarzen Gewinnchancen nach} Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Qd5+ Kc7 26. Bd2 Rb7 $1
27. Bxa5+ Kb8 {recht gut sein sollten.}) 23... Rf4 $1 24. Qd5 $2 (24. Bd7+ Kf8
25. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4+ Nxf4 $17 {oder}) (24. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26.
Bd7+ Kf7 27. Bxb5 Bxg5 $17 {wäre zäher gewesen.}) 24... Rxa4 $19 {den Rest
hätte ich mir besser schenken sollen...} 25. Kb1 Nf4 26. Qb3 Rb4 27. Qa2 Rd8
28. Re1 Ra4 29. Qb3 Nxe6 30. Qxe6 Qc4 31. Bc5 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 ({Finally I decided
to deviate from our 'private' duel in the line} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 {in which we
have played 3 games so far with Veselin leading 2-1}) 6... e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 ({
I had expected the main move} 7... b5) 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Be7 {
The first real surprise} ({In all my previous games, in this position the move
} 10... Nd7 {was played.}) 11. f4 Qc5 12. Kh1 b5 {All these moves are logical
and do not require any comments.} 13. a3 ({The critical line} 13. f5 e5 14. Nf3
Bb7 15. Qd3 b4 (15... O-O $5) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 O-O 19. Nd2
Rac8 20. Rac1 $13 {was also worth considering, but I was sure that my opponent
was prepared for this.}) 13... Bb7 ({I was, rather naively, hoping for} 13...
O-O $2 14. f5 e5 15. Nd5 $1 Ra7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne2 $16) 14. Qd3 ({Bad is
the tempting} 14. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc4 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nf5 Bxe4 $17)
14... g6 $5 {A very ambitious move, typical for Topalov.} (14... O-O 15. Rae1
Rfd8 $13) 15. f5 $5 {A no less ambitious move after which the board is on fire.
} (15. Rae1 O-O-O $13 {was probably the idea of 14...g6}) 15... gxf5 16. Nxf5
$1 {The only way to justify the previous move.} (16. exf5 $2 e5 {is a
positional nightmare for White.}) 16... exf5 17. Rxf5 d5 $1 ({I must admit
that the move} 17... Ng4 $6 {did not cross my mind during the game, but it
seems insufficient in view of} 18. Bxf7+ Kd8 19. Qg3 Ne5 20. Rd1 {with a
strong initiative to White.}) 18. exd5 $5 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
{was suggested by Topalov after the game, but while it is probably sufficient
for maintaining the balance, it still looks quite tame to me.}) 18... Qd6 $1 {
A good, human move.} ({During the game I was calculating mainly} 18... Rg8 19.
Re1 $1 (19. Raf1 Rg6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 O-O-O 22. Rxf7 Bd6 {with unclear
play.}) 19... Kd8 $1 (19... Kf8 20. Qf1 $1 Qb6 (20... Kg7 21. Rxf6 Bxf6 22.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Ne4+ $16) 21. Ne4 $36) 20. Qf1 $1 Qd6 21. Rxe7 Kxe7 22. Rxf6
Qxf6 23. d6+ Qxd6 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qxg8+ Kc7 26. Qf7+ {with perpetual.}) 19.
Raf1 Ng4 20. Qh3 ({I spent a lot of time calculating} 20. R1f4 Nh6 $1 (20...
Rg8 $2 21. Qe2 {is bad for Black.}) 21. Ne4 Nxf5 22. Nxd6+ Nxd6 23. Qe3 $13 {
it was not clear to me if White has an edge here.}) 20... Rg8 $1 ({Obviously
bad is} 20... h5 21. Ne4 Qh6 22. Rxf7 $16) 21. Ne4 $6 {A move made 'by hand'
which spoils an interesting game.} ({Best was} 21. Rxf7 O-O-O 22. R1f4 h5 23.
Qxh5 Ne5 24. Ne4 Nxf7 25. Nxd6+ Nxd6 $13 {but in timetrouble I would like to
play Black in such a position, alltough the engines give a clear edge to White.
}) 21... Qh6 $1 22. Qxh6 $2 ({Only the line} 22. Re1 $1 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Nh6 24.
Re5 Kd8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Nc5+ Kf8 27. Nxb7 {would have given some saving
chances to White.}) 22... Nxh6 $17 23. Re5 Kf8 24. h3 $6 ({I did not see} 24.
Rh5 Rg6 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. d6 f6 27. dxe7+ Kxe7 {but Black is close to winning
anyway.}) 24... Rg6 25. g4 Re8 26. Re1 Ng8 27. Nc5 Ba8 28. g5 $2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Bb3 Na6 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qf3 a5 {C'est l'intérêt de jouer 5. d6 au lieu
de a6} 11. a4 {[%csl Rb4]} (11. O-O-O) 11... e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 14.
Qh3 d5 15. O-O-O (15. Rd1 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Rc8 17. O-O h5) 15... Nxb3+ 16. cxb3
Rc8 17. Kb1 (17. Bd4 Bc5 $132) 17... Rxc3 {Fedorov,V-Sakaev,K URS-ch U18 Pinsk
1989 0-1}) 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 (7. O-O) 7... Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5b3]} (7... b5 {
La grande ligne dans cette variante Sozine} 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... Qc7)
10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. a3 bxa3 16.
Rxa3 Bd7 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Nec3 Nfd7) (7... Be7 {L'alternative} 8. O-O (8. f4 O-O
9. O-O (9. f5 exf5 10. Nxf5 Nxe4 (10... Bxf5) 11. Nh6+ gxh6 12. Nxe4 Bh4+ 13.
Kf1 $14 {Ehlvest}))) 8. O-O (8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 (9. O-O)) 8... Nc5 {[%cal Gc5b3,
Gc5e6] Le plan de cette variante Nbd7 est bien sur d'échanger le Bb3 mais les
Noirs ne doivent pas se presser de faire cet échange au risque d'être en
retard de développement et le Nc5 est aussi utile dans la protection de la
case sensible "e6"} 9. Qe2 (9. f4 Be7 10. f5) 9... Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 (11.
f5 e5 12. Nf3 Nxb3 $11) 11... Bd7 $5 $146 {Une nouveauté intéressante: le
Bd7 est un peu passif mais il contrôle la case "a4" tout en protégeant le
point faible "e6"} (11... Re8 12. f5 {Marjan,D (2235)-Gligoric,S (2575) Novi
Sad 1976 (11) 0-1}) (11... Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 {Manor,I (2465)-Kaspi,A 
(2415) Maccabiah Netanya 1993 (5) 1-0}) 12. e5 $1 (12. f5 b5 $132 (12... e5))
12... Ne8 (12... Nxb3) 13. Ne4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc7 $11 15. c4 $5 {[%csl Gd5]}
dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 $1 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qxd1 (18... Qa7 19. Rxd7 Bb4 20.
Be3 Qb8 21. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4f6,Gf1f3,Gf3h3]}) 19. Rxd1 Bc6 {[%csl Gc6]
Si les Noirs arrivent à lier les R, la paire de B peut leur donner beaucoup
d'activité} 20. Be5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g7,Gd1d3,Gd3h3] Avec un meilleur
développement, les Blancs doivent attaquer à l'aile-roi} (20. Rd3 Rd8 $11 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 20... f6 $1 21. Bd6 $6 {Entraine une simplification qui va
permettre aux Noirs de lier les R} Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 e5 $36 {[%csl
Ge5]} 24. Kg1 e4 (24... Rad8) 25. b4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} f5 26. g3 Rf7 27. b5
axb5 28. cxb5 Be8 29. Qc4 h6 30. Re6 Rd8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Qc4 Kf8
34. Ke1 (34. Re5 {[%csl Rf5,Rf8][%cal Ge5f5]}) 34... Rfd7 35. Qc5+ Kg8 36. Re7
Rd1+ 37. Kf2 R1d2+ 38. Ke3 Bf7 $17 39. Rxf7 $1 R2d3+ (39... Kxf7 40. Qxf5+ Kg8
41. Qxe4 $13 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Ge4b7,Gb5b8]}) 40. Ke2 Kxf7 41. Qxf5+ Kg8 42.
Qxe4 R3d7 (42... R8d7 43. Qxd3 $1) 43. h4 Kf8 $1 {[%cal Gd7e7]} 44. Qf5+ Rf7
45. Qc5+ Re7+ 46. Kf3 Rde8 47. h5 Kg8 48. Qd5+ Kh8 49. b6 Rf8+ 50. Kg4 Ref7 51.
Kh4 Kg8 52. b4 Rc8 53. b5 Rc3 54. Qd8+ Kh7 55. Qd5 Rcf3 56. Qe4+ Kh8 57. Qe8+
Rf8 58. Qe4 R3f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. f4 Qc7 $5 ({After considerable thought, the Irish player avoids the
risky main line} 9... Nfxe4 {with which Kasparov lost to Topalov earlier in
1996 after} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 Qe7 ({Short later improved with} 
12... d5 $5 {and beat Topalov (0-1 (46) Topalov,V (2700)-Short,N (2665)
Amsterdam 1996 CBM 052 [Donev]), but at the time this game was played even
that line was under a cloud because of} 13. Bf4 $5 exf4 14. Rae1 $1 {when
White was (wrongly) thought to have a vicious attack.}) 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc6 Qc7
15. Bd5 {1-0 (66) Topalov,V (2700)-Kasparov,G (2775) Amsterdam 1996 CBM 052 
[Boensch,U]}) 10. Qf3 Be7 11. f5 O-O 12. Be3 ({After the immediate} 12. fxe6
fxe6 13. Nf5 Bd8 {White has nothing.}) 12... Kh8 ({Now if} 12... Bd7 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. Nf5 $1 {is strong since} Bd8 {can be met by} 15. Qg3) 13. g4 $5 b5 14.
g5 Nfxe4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. g6 $1 ({White was tempted by the immediate} 16.
Nxe6 {but unfortunately after} fxe6 17. g6 Nxe4 $1 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Bd8 $1 {
White's attack has come to an end.}) 16... Bxe4 ({This is forced in view of} 
16... fxg6 17. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 (17... Bxf3 18. Ncxe6) 18. Nxe6) ({or} 16... Nxe4
17. Qh3 Nf6 18. Bg5 {White winning in both cases.}) 17. Nxe6 $1 Bxf3 $1 ({Not} 
17... fxe6 18. Qh5 h6 19. Bxh6 {and mates}) 18. Nxc7 Nxb3 ({I had forgotten
about this in my original calculations, expecting only} 18... Rac8 19. Bxf7 {
when Black is in big trouble. Now it is White who must play accurately to hold
a draw.}) 19. cxb3 Rac8 20. Rxf3 Rxc7 21. Rh3 Bf6 $1 {Sensible play - White
can win the h pawn but then his rook is out of play and only Black would have
winning chances.} (21... fxg6 22. fxg6 Rf6 23. gxh7 {would be an immediate
draw.}) 22. Bf4 $5 Bxb2 23. Re1 ({The careless} 23. Rd1 $2 {would hand the
initiative to Black after} Be5) 23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 (
{After} 26. Rxe5 Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Rc2+ 28. Kg1 (28. Kf1 $2 fxg6) 28... Rc1+ {
neither side can reasonably play for a win.} (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rd3 $1)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. e5 Nfe4 $5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qf3 $2 ({White should save
his bishop by playing} 12. c3 {with the added point that Black cannot castle
in reply due to the variation} O-O 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. b4 $1 Nd7 15. Qd3 g6 16.
exd6 {with a winning position.}) 12... Nc5 $6 ({Not bad, but} 12... dxe5 {
looks even better, e.g.} 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. Nxe6+ Bxe6 15. Qxe4 Qd4+ 16. Qxd4
exd4 {with a better endgame for Black.}) 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nxb3
16. cxb3 $6 {A far too optimistic idea which merely prevents the knight on d4
from being supported by a later c3.} dxe5 17. fxe5 f5 $1 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rc1
Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rf2 Bd7 22. Rc7 $6 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. g4
b5 26. g5 Rd1+ 27. Rf1 $4 {This simply loses a pawn.} Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxb2 29.
Bf4 Bb7 30. Ke2 $5 {Worth a try - the bishop ending is of course lost but it
is not as easy as it looks.} Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Kf7 32. h4 Bc3 33. h5 g6 34. h6 $1
e5 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Ke4 Be1 $6 {A step in the wrong direction.} ({Black can win
by playing} 36... b4 $1 37. Be3 Bd4 $1 38. Bd2 a5 39. Bc1 Bf2 40. Kf3 Be1 41.
Ke4 Bg3 42. Be3 Bf4 43. Bxf4 exf4 44. Kxf4 Kd5 {and the g pawn will fall.}) 37.
Be3 b4 $4 ({It was not too late for Black to retrace his steps with} 37... Bb4
38. Bb6 Be7 39. Be3 Bd8 40. Bd2 Bb6 41. Bc1 b4 {etc.}) 38. Bb6 Bc3 39. Bd8 {
Now Black cannot make progress.} Bb2 40. Bf6 Bd4 41. Bg7 Bc3 42. Bf6 Bd2 43.
Bd8 {A typical 'great escape' by Solomon.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 (10. Qe2 $2 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+ $1 $17) 10... Nf6 11.
Be3 Bxd6 12. Qf3 Qc7 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 O-O $5 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Bb4 16.
Ne4 Nd5 17. Bc1 Bd7 18. c3 Be7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 $132 {Thorhallsson,T-Van Wely,L/
Akureyri/1994/0:1/40/}) 13. O-O-O (13. Ndb5 $2 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5+ $19) 13...
Bd7 14. Kb1 (14. g4 Nxb3+ $1 15. axb3 O-O-O 16. g5 (16. h3 h5 $1) 16... Nd5 $1
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Kb1 Rhe8 19. Rd3 Kb8 $10 {Janovsky,S-Timoshchenko,G/Hastings/
1991/0:1/34/}) (14. Rhe1 Nxb3+ (14... O-O $5) 15. axb3 O-O-O (15... O-O $5) 16.
Kb1 Kb8 17. h3 Rhe8 18. Qf2 $1 Rc8 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Ne5 $14 {
Magomedov,M-Quinn,M/Moscow(ol)/1994/1:0/42/}) 14... O-O $1 $146 (14... O-O-O
15. g4 (15. h3) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Rhe8 (16... e5 $5) 17. Rd3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 $14
{Hernandez,G-Vera,R/CUB/1993/0,5/20/}) 15. g4 Nxb3 (15... e5 $2 16. fxe5 Bxe5
17. g5 $1 Bg4 (17... Ng4 18. Nd5 $36) 18. Qg2 $1 Bxd1 19. gxf6 $16) 16. cxb3 $6
(16. axb3 $142 Rfe8 $1 $10 17. g5 $140 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 $132 {>< f4,f5/})
16... Rae8 $1 (16... Rfe8 17. Rc1 $1 $36) 17. g5 (17. Rc1 Qb8 $1) (17. Rhg1 Nd5
$1 $15) (17. Bc1 $142 $1 e5 (17... Nd5 18. Nce2 $1 $132) 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rhg1
$1 $13) 17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. f5 Re4 20. Rd3 Rfe8 21. Rf1 (21. h4 Bf4 $1
$17) 21... Bc5 $1 $17 {^^,>< f5,Nd4/} 22. g6 Qe5 $2 (22... fxg6 $1 23. fxg6 (
23. Rc3 Qd6 $17) 23... Rf8 24. gxh7+ (24. Qxf8+ $2 Bxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. gxh7
Rh4 $19) 24... Kh8 (24... Kxh7 $2 25. Qh5+) 25. Qxf8+ (25. Qe2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1
Rxe3 $1 27. Rxe3 Bxd4 28. Qf8+ Kxh7 29. Re7 Qc8 $19) 25... Bxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxh7
$17) 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bf4 $1 Qf6 $2 (24... Re1+ $1 25. Kc2 Rxf1 $1 26. Qh5+
Kg8 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 $44) 25. Ne6 Bxe6 (25... Kg8 $2 26. Nxc5 Bxf5 27. Bc1 $1 $18)
26. Qh5+ $1 (26. fxe6+ $2 R8xe6 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qxd5 Bf8 $15) 26... Kf8 (26...
g6 27. Qxh7+ Qg7 28. fxe6+ R4xe6 29. Be5+ $18) (26... Kg8 $2 27. Qxe8+) (26...
Ke7 $2 27. Bg5) 27. fxe6 R4xe6 (27... Be7 28. Rdf3 $1 $36) (27... Rxf4 $2 28.
Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Rf3 $18) 28. Bd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxf6+ Rxf6 30. a3 $16 h6 31. Qxd5 b6 (
31... Bxh2 $5) 32. h4 a5 (32... Be7 $5) 33. Rf3 $1 Be5 34. Rxf6+ Bxf6 $2 $138 (
34... gxf6 $16) 35. Qd6+ Kg8 36. Qxb6 Re2 37. h5 Rxb2+ 38. Kc1 a4 39. Qe6+ Kh8
40. Qxf6 $1 $18 Rxb3 (40... gxf6 41. Kxb2 f5 42. bxa4 f4 43. Kc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Be3 (10. O-O) 10... Qc7 $1 11. f5 (11. g4 $2 b5 $1 12. g5
Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 $17) (11. O-O b5 $5 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Bb7 $15
) 11... O-O (11... b5 $2 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. e5 $1 Bb7 14. Qh3 dxe5 15. Nxe6 $16)
12. g4 (12. O-O e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14. cxb3 $1 b5 15. Rac1 Qd7 $10) 12... b5 $1
13. g5 Nfxe4 $8 14. Nxe4 (14. f6 $5 Bb7 $1 15. fxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qf1
$13) 14... Bb7 15. fxe6 (15. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. O-O
$1 Bxg5 19. Rae1 $10) 15... Bxe4 (15... fxe6 $2 16. Qh3 Nxe4 17. Nxe6 Qa5+ 18.
c3 $16) 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Qh3 $6 (17. Qh5 $32 Nxb3 $1 (17... Bxh1 $4 18. g6 h6
19. Bxh6 $18) (17... Bxg5 $2 18. Qxg5 Bxh1 19. Nf5 $18) (17... g6 $2 18. O-O $3
gxh5 19. Nxb5 $18) 18. axb3 Bg6 $1 (18... Bxg5 $5) 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. O-O-O Rxf7
$15) 17... Bxg5 $1 (17... Bxh1 $4 18. g6 $18) (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxf7 19. Rg1
Kg8 $15) 18. Rf1 (18. Bxg5 Bxh1 19. O-O-O Be4 20. Ne6 Qd7 $1 $17) 18... Bxe3
19. Qxe3 d5 $17 20. Qf4 $1 Ra7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Kd2 $1 Rcxf7 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24.
Kc3 (24. Re1 $5) 24... Rf2 $1 (24... a5 $2 25. Nxb5 a4 26. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Kd4
$16) 25. Kb4 (25. h4 $5) 25... Nxb3 $1 (25... Nd7 26. Ka5 $1 $13) 26. axb3 Rxh2
27. Rxa6 h5 $2 (27... g5 $1 28. Kxb5 g4 29. b4 g3 30. Ra1 g2 31. Ne2 Rh1 32.
Ng1 h5 33. Kc5 h4 34. b5 Rxg1 $19) 28. Kxb5 h4 29. b4 $1 Rf2 (29... Bxc2 $32
$17) 30. Ra3 $1 Bg2 (30... g5 31. Kc5 g4 32. b5 $36) 31. Kc5 $1 h3 32. b5 h2
33. b6 $2 $138 (33. Ra1 $1 Rf1 (33... Bf1 34. b6 h1=Q 35. b7 $14) 34. Ra8+ Kh7
35. b6 Rf7 36. Ra1 h1=Q 37. Rxh1+ Bxh1 38. Kc6 $10) 33... h1=Q 34. b7 Rf8 35.
Ra8 Qf1 $1 36. Nc6 Qf2+ 37. Kb5 (37. Kd6 d4 $19) 37... d4 $19 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8
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