[Event "GRE-chT 36th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.07.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.07.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 ({He is not paying sufficient
intention to the nuances in the move order.} 4... d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6) 5.
cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 {I wanted to play a system with Bf4 so I did not care for his
crooked move order.} a6 $6 {This strange move order was picked up by another
Georgian, Pantsulaia, against me in Turin(ol) 2006.} 7. a4 g6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 (8...
Bg7 $6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bf4 $16 {looks favorable for White because of the
inclusion of a6 and a4 respectively.}) 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 ({I have never found} 
10. Nc4 $6 Nb6 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bd3 $13 {to be effective.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O
Re8 12. f4 $1 {This is the best.} (12. Ra3 Ne5 (12... Rb8 13. h3 $1 {is my
game with the other Georgian mentioned above.}) 13. Qc2 g5 $132 {is never
simple to judge.}) 12... c4 13. Kh1 Nc5 (13... Qc7 14. Ra2 $5 Rb8 15. e5 $1
dxe5 16. Nxc4 $16 {is very well known.}) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 {The text has
rightfully a better reputation} ({than Dlugy's} 15. Nxc4 exf4 (15... e4 16. Be3
Nd3 $44) 16. Bxf4 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. a5 $13) 15... Rxe5 16. Nxc4 {The stem
position for our setup.} Re8 ({Tsesh's} 16... Rxe2 $5 {is highly interesting.})
17. Bg5 Bf5 18. d6 $1 {Apparently everybody likes this move.} (18. a5 {Also
caught my attention during the game.} Rc8 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Bf4 Rce7 21. d6 Rxe2
22. Nxe2 Bg4 23. Qc2 Bxe2 24. Qxc5 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 $40) 18... h6 (18... Nce4 19.
Nxe4 Rxe4 (19... Bxe4 20. Bf3 $16) 20. Ne3 h6 21. Nxf5 hxg5 22. Ne7+ Kf8 (22...
Kh7 23. Qd3 $16) 23. Bf3 Re6 24. Bxb7 Rxd6 25. Qf3 Rd3 26. Qe2 Rd2 27. Qc4 $16)
(18... Be6 19. a5 $36) (18... Rc8 19. a5 Re6 20. Nd5 $40) 19. Bh4 {I was happy
about my bishop on the diagonal.} (19. Bxf6 {is always an option not to lose
tempi in the attack.} Bxf6 20. Nd5 Re4 (20... Bg5 $2 21. Nc7 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Bd3
23. Qg4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rc8 25. Ne5 $18) 21. Nce3 Rd4 22. Qe1 Bg5 23. Qc3 $14)
19... Kh7 {I was also considering this good waiting move.} (19... Be6 20. a5
Ncd7 21. Na4 $5 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Qxa5 23. Qb3 $16) (19... b5 $6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Nb6 $16 (22. Nxb5 $2 Qe4 $1 $17)) 20. a5 (20. Nd5 Re4 21. g4 Rxe2
22. gxf5 Qe8 23. fxg6+ fxg6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qd5 $8 Bg7 (25... Bxh4 $2 26.
Rf7+) 26. Rf7 g5 27. Bg3 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4+ Rxe4 29. Rc1 $1 $16 (29. Be5 $2 Rg8 30.
d7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxc4 32. Rxb7 $11)) (20. Rxf5 $5 gxf5 21. Qf1 Kg8 (21... b5
22. Qxf5+ Kg8 23. Qxc5 bxc4 24. Bxc4 $16) (21... Kg6 $2 22. Bh5+ Nxh5 23. Bxd8
Raxd8 24. Nd5 $18) 22. Rd1 $16) 20... Rc8 {Draw offer.} 21. d7 $5 {I was
conditioned to play d7 after Rc8 but maybe this is not the best.} (21. Rxf5
$142 gxf5 22. Qf1 Kg8 (22... Kg6 $2 23. Bh5+ $1) 23. Rd1 $44) (21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 f5 $132) 21... Qxd7 22. Nd6 (22. Qxd7 Ncxd7
23. Nd6 Rxc3 24. Nxe8 Rc2 $44) (22. Bxf6 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf6 24. Nd6 Bxc3 25.
bxc3 Rxe2 26. Nxc8 Be4 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Nd6 Bd5 29. Rc7 Nd3 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31.
Re8 $11 {should end up in a draw.}) 22... Bc2 (22... Red8 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qe1
Re8 $44) (22... Rcd8 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. Qe1 Qe6 $44) 23. Nxe8 Bxd1 24. Nxf6+
Bxf6 25. Raxd1 Bd4 $2 {From this moment on he went downhill.} (25... Qxd1 26.
Nxd1 (26. Bxd1 Bxh4 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rf4 Be7 29. Rc4 Rd8 30. Bf3 Rd7 $11)
26... Bxh4 27. g3 (27. Rxf7+ Kg8 (27... Kh8 $2 28. g3 Bg5 29. b4 Ne6 30. h4 Bd2
31. Bg4 $16) 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. g3 Ne4 30. Bd5 Nd6 31. gxh4 Nxf7 32. Bxf7 Rf8 33.
Bb3 Rf4 34. Nc3 Rf2 35. Na4 Rf5 $15) 27... Re8 28. Nc3 Be7 29. Rxf7+ Kh8 $14 {
is slightly better for White.}) 26. Bc4 $1 {Did he miss this?} Bxc3 $4 {
This loses on the spot.} (26... Ne6 27. Bb3 $1 {I have analysed the other
greedy lines.} (27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxf7+ Ng7 29. Bf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxc4 31. Rb6
Rc5 $11) (27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Bf6 Rf8 (28... Rc4 $2 29. Be5 g5 30. Ne2 $18) 29.
Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 31. Bg1 Ra1 32. b4 Rc1 33. Ne4 Rb1 34. Nd6 Rxb4 35. g3
$16) (27. Ba2 Rc6 28. Bf2 Rd6 29. Bg3 $16) 27... Rc6 28. Ne2 $16) (26... f5 27.
Bf2 $16) (26... Qg4 $2 27. Rxf7+ Bg7 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Rd4 $18) 27. bxc3 $1 $18 (
27. Rxd7 $2 Nxd7 28. bxc3 Rxc4 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxd7 Rxh4 $11 {would have led
to only a draw.}) 27... Qa4 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 (28... Kh8 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kf8
31. Rg8#) 29. Rc7+ Qxc4 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ $1 Ke6 32. Re1+ Kf5 (32... Kd5
33. Be7 $18) (32... Kf5 {He resigned before I could pick up my bishop.} 33. Bf2
$18) 1-0

[Event "Niedersachsen-ch"]
[Site "Niedersachsen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vasiljevic, Dragan"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nd2 e6 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. f4 {Die scharfe Fortsetzung. Es droht 12.e5} (11. f3
$142 Rb8 12. Kh1) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 {Der Bauer e4 ist nun ein atraktiver
Angriffsobjekt für Schwarz.} 13. h3 (13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bd3 $5 (14... Qd7 $10)
15. e5 $5 (15. Ndb1 c4 $5 $13) (15. Qb3 Ng4 $5 (15... Nh5 $5 16. Bxh5 Bd4+ 17.
Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd1 Qxh5 19. Qxh5 gxh5 $132) 16. Bxg4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Qd1 (18.
Nf3 Qxg4 $132) 18... Bc2 19. Qe2 Bd3 (19... Bxc3 20. g3 $16) 20. Qxd3 (20. Qd1
Bc2 $10) 20... Qxe1+ 21. Qf1 (21. Nf1 f5 $5 $36) 21... Qxf1+ 22. Nxf1 Bxc3 23.
bxc3 Rxe4 $36 24. Bf3 Re1 25. Kg1 (25. Bb2 $6 Rae8 26. Kg1 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 Re1
28. Bb2 Rb1 29. Ba3 Rb3 (29... Ra1 30. Bb2 Rxa4 $15) 30. Bc1 Rxc3 31. Bd2 Ra3
$17) 25... Rae8 26. Kf2 $13) 15... dxe5 16. d6 e4 (16... Qxd6 17. Bxa8 Qd4+ 18.
Kh1 Rxa8 19. Nf3 $14) 17. dxc7 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 exf3 19. Nxf3 Ng4 $5 $36) 13... Rb8
(13... a6 $142 14. Qb3 Rb8 $132) 14. Bb5 $5 Nxb5 (14... Nd7 15. Nc4 a6 16. Bc6
$14) (14... Re7 15. Qc2 a6 16. Bc6 $14) 15. axb5 Ra8 (15... Rb7 $5 16. Qf3 Rbe7
17. Ra4 Nh5 $36) 16. Qf3 Bb7 (16... a6 $5 17. Nc4 Re7 18. e5 Ne8 $13) 17. Qd3 (
17. Nc4 $5 Kh8 $5 (17... Nxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 Bxd5 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxd5 Qd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 d5 23. Nd2 Re2 24. Nf3 $16) (17... a6 $6 18. e5 $1 (18. bxa6
Bxa6) 18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Qxd5 21. exf6) 21. Qxf7+ (
21. Nd6 $5) 21... Kh8 22. Nd6 Rxe5 23. Qb7 $16) 18. e5 $140 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxd5
20. Qxf7 Re7 $1) 17... Nh5 18. g4 (18. Ra4 Bd4+ 19. Kh2 Qh4 20. g3 Qe7 $132)
18... Bd4+ 19. Kh2 (19. Kg2 Nf6 20. Ne2 Nxe4 (20... Qe7 $5) 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22.
N2c3 $1 (22. N2g3 f5 $17) 22... Bb7 (22... Bxc3 23. Qxd5 $16) 23. Kh2 d5 $13)
19... Nf6 20. Ra4 $5 (20. Nc4 $2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 $17) (20. Re1 $2 Nxg4+ $1
21. hxg4 Qh4+ $17) (20. Ne2 Qe7 $5 $132) 20... Qe7 $132 21. g5 (21. b3 $6 Nxg4+
$1 22. hxg4 Qh4+ $40) 21... Nh5 22. Rxd4 $6 (22. b3 $142 Bg7 $13) 22... cxd4
23. Qxd4 f6 $15 (23... Rac8 $5 $15) 24. Nc4 $6 (24. Nf3 $142 Rac8 $15) 24...
fxg5 $17 25. f5 (25. fxg5 Rf8 $17) 25... Rf8 (25... gxf5 $6 26. Bxg5 $1 $13)
26. f6 $2 (26. Rg1 h6 $17) 26... Nxf6 27. Bxg5 Ng4+ 28. hxg4 Qxg5 29. Rxf8+
Rxf8 30. e5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. O-O (12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 (13. O-O Nxe5
14. Nxe5 (14. d6 Qxb2 15. Nd5 Bf5 16. Ne7+ Rxe7 17. dxe7 Nbc6 18. Rc1 Re8 19.
Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb5 Be4 $13 {Barsov,A-Marin,M/Budapest op/1990/}) 14... Bxe5 15.
Bc4 Qxb2 16. d6 Rf8 (16... Bf5 $6 17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Bxe8 Qxc3 20.
Be7+ Kxe8 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Qxf5+ Kc6 23. Qe4+ Kd7 24. Qxb7+ $44 {Vaiser/}) 17.
Bxf7+ Kg7 18. Bd5 $3 Qxc3 19. Rxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. Rd1 $36 {Vaiser,
A-Berthelot,Y/FRA/1992/1:0/36/}) 13... Nd7 (13... Nxe5 14. O-O-O Na6 15. Nxe5
Rxe5 16. Bf4 $2 (16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. d6 $13 {Blokh,M}) 16... Re8 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18.
d6 Bc6 $17 {Blokh,M-Lukin,A/RUS-ch/1992/0:1/29/}) 14. d6 (14. e6 Nde5 $13)
14... Ndxe5 15. Nd5 Qxb2 $1 16. Qxb2 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Nxb2 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Nc7 Red8
20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Re1 $13 {Komarov,D-Lamoureux,Ch/Cannes/1993/0,5/33/}) 12...
Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nbd7 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Rad1 c4 16. Kh1 Nd3 $17 {
Sydor,A-Hever,M/HUN/1976/}) 14. d6 (14. Bb5 $5 Qb6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5
17. Qf3 Rf5 18. Qe2) 14... Qb6 15. Nxe5 (15. Nd5 $5 Qxd6 (15... Qxb2 16. Nc7
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Nf6 20. Nxa8 $18) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
16... Nxe5 17. Bg5 Qc6 18. Ne7+ Rxe7 19. Bxe7 Bf5 $13) 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 $8 18. Bb5
f5 19. Qd2 $44) 15... Nxe5 $1 (15... Qxb2 16. Na4 Qb4 $13 {Kende,G-Sirkija/URS/
1967/}) 16. Bxe5 $6 (16. Nd5 $5 Qxd6 17. Bg5) 16... Rxe5 17. d7 Bxd7 18. Qxd7
Qxb2 19. Rac1 $2 (19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Bf3 Qxc3 21. Qxb7 $15) 19... Rf5 $1 20. Bf3
(20. Rxf5 gxf5 $1 (20... Qxc1+ 21. Rf1 Qxc3 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 $15) 21. Rf1
Qxc3 $17) 20... Bxc3 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Rxb7 a5 $19 23. Rd1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 a4 25.
h3 a3 26. Be4 Qe2 27. Rxd4 a2 28. Bxf5 a1=Q+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "British CF-71 Championship"]
[Site "Brighton/ East Sussex"]
[Date "1984.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1984.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Be2 b6 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Ndb1 Nd7 18. Na3 f5 19. exf5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 gxf5 22. Nab5 Nf8 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rb7 (25... Nxb5 26.
Be2 Qd7 27. Qf1 $1) 26. Qb4 Qd7 27. Bd2 Nxb5 28. Be2 Nc7 29. Qxd4 Qg7 30. Qd3
Qf7 31. Bc3 Ne8 32. Rg1 Ng6 33. Qd4 Re7 34. Bd3 Ng7 35. h3 h5 36. g3 Nf8 37.
Rg2 Nd7 38. b4 a5 39. Qxg7+ (39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Bxa5 $18) 39... Qxg7 40. Bxg7
Kxg7 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Bxf5 Nc5 43. g4 h4 44. Be6 Nxe6 45. dxe6 Rxe6 46. Ra2
Re4 47. Rxa5 Rxf4 48. Rh5 Rd4 49. Rxh4 Rd5 50. Kg2 Ra5 51. Kf3 Rb5 52. Kf4 Rb4+
53. Kf5 Rb5+ 54. Ke6 Ra5 55. Kxd6 Rb5 56. Ke6 Ra5 {(An amusing position. White
has only one R move (Rh5) after which Black exchanges and plays Kh6 with a
drawn ending. 57.g5 and Black simply plays Rxg5 with a totally drawn position.
Lastly the white K cannot escape from its incarceration; if it goes to b6,
Black plays Rg5)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi Municipality Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2009.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I want to introduce to ChessBase readers miniature from Tbilisi Municipality
Cup.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8.
Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 {The King Indian transformed into Modern Benoni,
where my partner did not have big experiance.} Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 b6 13.
Re1 h5 {Vugar choose very risky plan. I think better was to continiue playing
on queen side.} (13... Rb8) 14. h3 a6 $6 (14... Rb8 {again was better}) (14...
Ng4 $2 15. Nf3 $1 $14) 15. Bf3 Ng4 $2 {Diagram [#] It,s hard to advice
anything better, but this lose immediately.} 16. e5 $1 {White has too many
pieces in defence, and black is attacking with only two.} Qh4 17. Nde4 dxe5 18.
f5 $1 {Diagram [#]} Bh6 (18... Bxf5 19. Bg5) 19. hxg4 Bxc1 20. g3 Qd8 21. Qxc1
hxg4 22. f6 Rf8 23. Qh6 Ne8 24. Re2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arakelian, Eduard"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 (7... b5 $5
) 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bg4 $5) 10. Nd2 (10. e5 $5) 10... Na6 $5 (10...
a6 11. a4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Kf2 Nd7 16. h3 Bd4+
17. Kg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be2 19. Re1 Bd3 20. Re3 c4 21. Ba3 Nb6 22. Bxd6 Nxd5 23.
Rxd3 $1 (23. Ree1 Nxc3 $17 {Pomar,S-Szabo,S Beverwijk 1967/}) 23... cxd3 24. c4
$44 {Boleslavsky/}) 11. O-O Rb8 (11... Nc7 $5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Nc4 b5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Na5 Bd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. d6 $44 {Baranov,B-Vilup,P SSSR 1960/}
) 12. Kh1 $5 (12. h3 c4 $5 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bxb5 Rxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6
17. a4 Nb3+ $132 {Zaitsev,A-Altshuler,R corr 1965/}) (12. a4 Nb4 13. Bf3 b6 14.
Nc4 Ba6 15. Qb3 Rb7 16. g3 Rbe7 $11 {Rubinetti,J-Garcia,R Buenos Aires 1969/})
(12. Rb1 $5 c4 $5 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Nc5 $132) 12... Nc7 13. a4 a6 $146 (13...
h5 $5 14. f5 $1 a6 15. a5 gxf5 16. Bxh5 Nb5 17. exf5 Re5 18. Bf3 Rxf5 19. Nc4 {
Gurevich,M-Smirin,I SSSR 1988} Nd4 $5 20. Be3 Nxf3 21. gxf3 $1 $14) 14. a5 Bd7
15. Bf3 Bb5 16. Re1 Bd3 $1 $132 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb5 (19... b5
$5 20. axb6 Rxb6 $13) 20. Be3 Nd4 (20... Nxc3 $5 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Ra4) 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Na4 Qd8 23. Qb4 Nd7 $1 24. Bg4 $5 (24. Qxd6 $4 Bf8 $19) (24. Rad1 $5)
24... h5 25. Bf3 (25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nb6 Qg4 27. Qxd6 d3 $132) 25... Qf6 26. g3
g5 27. Qd2 gxf4 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Bxh5 Bxf4 30. Qg2+ Kh8 (30... Kf8 31. Rf1 {
/\Qf3/}) 31. Rf1 Qh4 32. Bxf7 Rf8 33. Ra3 $1 (33. Rf3 $2 Rxf7 34. Rh3 Qxh3 35.
Qxh3+ Rh7 36. Qg2 Rg8 37. Qf2 Rxh2+ 38. Qxh2+ Bxh2 39. Kxh2 Ne5 $17) 33... Be3
(33... Rxf7 34. Rh3 Qxh3 35. Qxh3+ Rh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rxf4 Ne5 38. Kg2 $132
) 34. Rf3 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. f4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Ndb1
Nd7 16. Be3 c4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. g3 Nc5 19. Nd2 Nd3 20. Re2 Nxb2 21. Qb1 Nd3 22.
Nb5 Rc8 23. Nxa7 c3 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Re3 Nxf4 26. Rxc3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Bxd2 28.
Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Kxh3 Bc3 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bf1+ 32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kf4 Bd2+ 34.
Qxd2 Qxc1 35. Qxc1 Rxc1 36. Bxb6 Kf8 37. Bd8 Ke8 38. Bf6 Rc4 39. a5 Ra4 40. Bc3
Ke7 41. h4 f6 42. Ke3 Ba6 43. Bd1 Rc4 44. Bd2 Rc8 45. Ba4 Rg8 46. Bd1 Rb8 47.
Bc3 Rb1 48. Kd2 Bc8 49. Kc2 Rb8 50. Be2 Ra8 51. Kb3 Rb8+ 52. Bb4 Kd8 53. Ka3
Ke7 54. Bd3 Kd7 55. Bc3 Ra8 56. Ka4 Ke7 57. Bb5 Bb7 58. Bc6 Bxc6+ 59. dxc6 Rc8
60. Kb5 Rb8+ 61. Kc4 Kd8 62. Kd5 Kc7 63. a6 Rb5+ 64. Ke6 Kxc6 65. a7 Kb7 66.
Kxd6 Kxa7 67. Bxf6 Kb7 68. e5 Rb3 69. e6 Rd3+ 70. Ke7 Kc8 71. Kf8 Re3 72. Kf7
Re2 73. Bg5 Re4 74. Ke7 Re2 75. Kd6 Re1 76. Bf6 Rd1+ 77. Kc6 Rc1+ 78. Kd6 Rd1+
$1 $8 (78... Re1 79. e7 {/\Be5}) 79. Ke7 (79. Kc6 Re1 $10) 79... Re1 80. Kf7
Re3 81. Bg5 Re2 82. e7 (82. Kxg6 Rxe6+ 83. Kxh5 Kd7 $10) 82... Kd7 83. Kxg6 Rg2
$1 $8 84. Kf7 Re2 85. Bf6 Re1 86. Bg5 (86. g4 $5 hxg4 87. h5 g3 88. h6 g2 89.
h7 g1=Q 90. h8=Q Rxe7+ $10) 86... Re2 87. Kg6 Rg2 88. Kxh5 Rxg3 89. Kg6 Ke8 90.
h5 Rxg5+ $1 (90... Rxg5+ 91. Kxg5 Kxe7 92. Kg6 Kf8 93. h6 (93. Kh7 Kf7 94. h6
Kf8 95. Kh8 Kf7 96. h7 $10) 93... Kg8 94. h7+ Kh8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny op"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1985.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Farago, Sandor"]
[Black "Petran, Pal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. f4 c4 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc4 e4 15. f5
Bxf5 16. Bf4 Nd3 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Nd6 Qd7 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Qb3 Ne4 21. Nd1
Bg4 22. Nf2 Nxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Be2 24. Bd2 Bd4 25. Rf4 Be5 26. Rf2 Qg4 27. Qxb7
$138 Rf8 $138 28. Qb4 Qh5 29. Bf4 Rb8 30. Qe4 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Rf8 32. Qd4 Rd8 33.
d6 Qg4 34. Rf4 Qe6 35. Rf6 Qg4 36. Qxa7 Rd7 37. Qd4 $4 (37. Qe3 $142) (37. Qd4
Qxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 88th"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 {A very forcing line which, I believe, should be good for Black.}
10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 (12. Bg5 {was the old move but after} Qb6 13.
O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc4 {(old theory) new engines showed that for
example} Bf5 {is very good for Black.}) 12... fxe6 13. d6 {This move had
already been played by Vaisser but it seemed to me like many things were good
for Black there. So I only looked a bit at things after 13.Bg5 before the game:
a bad decision since my opponent was brave enough to repeat 13.d6.} (13. Bg5
Qb6 14. Qd2 {and now for example:} c4 15. O-O-O exd5 16. Nxd5 Qxb2+ 17. Qxb2
Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe2+ 19. Kc3 Nc6 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bf5 (21... h6 $5) 22.
h3 Nf2 23. Bh6 Nd3 $6 (23... Ne4+ $5 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Nxe4 Ke6 {
should be OK for Black.}) 24. Ng5 $1 {1-0 (31) Jobava,B (2704)-Ponkratov,P 
(2611) Moscow RUS 2012}) 13... Nc6 (13... Bd7 {or even moves like 13...Rf8
should be alright for Black: White has sufficient compensation but definitely
not more.}) 14. Ng5 $6 (14. O-O {has to be played, but here again Black have
many moves that should be OK, like} Rf8 {or 14...Nge5.}) 14... Nge5 $1 (14...
Nh6 {or}) (14... Nf6 {also makes sense.}) 15. O-O Nd4 16. Nge4 h6 $6 {For some
reason I suddenly decided not to play the simple 15...Nf7, which was obviously
better for Black.} (16... Nf7 17. Nb5 (17. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 18. Bg5 Qd7 $17) 17...
Rf8 (17... b6 18. Nc7 Rf8 19. Nxa8 Bb7 $15) (17... Bd7 18. Nc7 Nxd6 19. Nxe8
Bxe8 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 $15) 18. Be3 $8 Nf5 (18... Qb6 19.
Bxd4 cxd4 20. Bc4 {is not that clear.}) (18... Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 b6 20. Rad1 Bb7
21. Rf4 {is not that clear either.}) 19. Bxc5 Bxb2 {Black should simply be
better, objectively.}) 17. Nb5 Nxb5 $2 {Reversing the moves in a strange and
nonsensical way. Fortunately for me Black is stll not worse.} (17... Rf8 {
was still better for Black:} 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Be3 (19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Be3 Nf7
21. Nb5 {is probably the best try for White.}) {and now I do not have to take
on b5 but can simply go} 19... Bd7 $17) 18. Bxb5 Rf8 (18... Bd7 $2 19. Bxd7
Nxd7 (19... Qxd7 $2 20. Bxh6 $18) 20. Qg4 $16) 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Be3 $1 {
Suddenly it appears very stupid to have taken on b5 earlier.} (20. d7 $2 Bxd7
21. Bxd7 Nxd7 $17) (20. Nxc5 $6 b6 $17 {followed by ...Bb7 and ...Rd8.}) 20...
Bd7 $1 (20... b6 21. Qe2 {starts to be annoying for Black.}) 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
Qa4 (22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Qf5 $1 {is very drawish.}) (22. Qb3 $6
Qf5 $1 23. Qxb7 Rb8 $17) 22... Qf5 23. Qxd7 (23. Ng3 Qd3 24. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1
{is also drawish.}) 23... Qxe4 24. Bxc5 Rf8 (24... b6 $6 {which I initially
considered to be a win, does not work:} 25. Bf2 Rf8 $6 26. Re1 $1 Qxe1+ 27.
Bxe1 Bd4+ 28. Bf2 Rxf2 29. Qxe6+ $8 Kg7 30. Qc4 $16 {Oops!}) 25. Bxa7 Bxb2 26.
Rd1 Qg4 (26... Qe2 $5 27. Qa4 Bc3 {[%cal Gc3e1] was my other idea but after
the obvious} 28. h3 Be1 29. Kh1 Rf1+ 30. Bg1 Qe3 31. Qe8+ {the position is a
draw: while I was afraid I could even forget something in such a strange
position.}) 27. Re1 Bd4+ 28. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qe4 {Now the position is a
dead draw.} 30. Rg1 Qd5 31. h3 Rf7 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Rc1 Qd2 34. Rc7 Qe1+ 35.
Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. f4 Qc7 (12... Rb8) 13. Kh1 Rb8 (13...
c4 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxc4 e4 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Nd6 Ne5 19. Nxe8 Nxe8
20. a5 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Na4 $16 {1-0 Baburin,A-Vossenkuhl,J/Bad Wiessee
1999/EXT 2001 (30)}) 14. Qc2 c4 $2 ({A better choice is:} 14... h5 15. h3 (15.
Qd3 $5 Qd8 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. f5 Bd7 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. e5 $16 {
1-0 Dang Bich Ngoc-Wang Yu/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (28). (27)}) 15... b6
16. Nf3 c4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Bf5 21. Qd2 $16 {
1-0 Naumkin,I-Niermann,R/Cesenatico 1999/EXT 2000 (25)}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxc4
b5 (16... e4 17. f5 $1 $16 {/\ Bf4}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. d6 $146 {Forcing black
Q to an unfortunate place.} (18. fxe5 $6 Nxe5 19. d6 Qd7 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4
Rf5 22. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Arnason,J/Bor 1983/MCD (40)}) 18... Qc6 (
18... Qc5 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Na5 Qxd6 21. Nxb5 Qf8 22. Nc7 $18) (18... Qd8 19. Na5
$1 $16 {/\ Nc6}) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Bf5 22. Qd1 Rc5 (22...
Ree8 {would have been objectively better, but psychologically a difficult
decision, admitting the defeat.} 23. d7 Qxd7 (23... Nxd7 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Bf3
$16) 24. Bxb8 $16 Rxb8 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. b4 $18) 23. Bf3 Qd7 ({A very nice
variation would have occured on:} 23... Ne4 24. Nxe4 (24. Re1 $143 Nxc3 25.
bxc3 Qd7 {[%csl Rc3]}) 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. d7 Rd8 27. Re1 Qc6 $8 28.
Ra6 $1 Qxd7 (28... Rxd7 29. Rxc6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxc6 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Bh6 $18 {
/^ c1-h6. Bh6}) (28... Qxa6 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Rxd8 $18) (28... Qd5 29. Re8+ Bf8
30. Rd6 $1 Qa8 (30... Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rcc8 $8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bg5 $18) 31.
Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rb6 $1 $18) 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Bh6 $18) 24. Be3 $1 {
[%cal Ga1a7]} Rc4 (24... Rcc8 25. Ra7 Qd8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 $18) 25. Ra7
Qd8 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. b3 {Winnig an important tempo} (28. Nc6 Rxc6
29. Bxc6 Ng4 30. Bd4 Qh4 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. h3 $18) 28... Rc3 (
28... Rh4 29. Nc6 $18) 29. Bd4 b4 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 {/\ Qa1. /^ a1-h8.}
Qxd6 32. Bxf6 Qxc6 (32... Qxd1 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxd1 $18) 33. Qd4 Bxf6 (33...
Rg8 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7 35. Qd8+ Rg8 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Rxf7 $1 $18) 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35.
Rxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 {The theory considers 9...Bg4 to be the most solid. But the text
move also should not lose.} 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O Nd7
14. d6 Qxb2 $2 {According to the theory} (14... c4+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2
17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Be7 {lead to a position with about equal chances.}) 15. Na4 $1
{The theory gives preference to 15.Nb5, but this move is strong as well.} Qa3 (
15... Qb4 {is worse - after} 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Rb5 {black is in trouble.}) 16.
Bb5 h6 {This move looks as made out of utmost despair. 17...Nge5 was more
reasonable.} 17. Be7 c4 (17... Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Qb3 {
with strong attack or}) (17... Ne3 18. Qc1 Qxc1 19. Rfxc1 b6 20. Bc6 Rb8 21.
Nc3 {with full compensation for material loss.}) 18. Qc1 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 $1 Nf2+
20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Qxc4 {White threatens to win the game by Qf7!} Nxe5 $1 {
The only move.} 22. Nxe5 Be6 $1 {Not 22...Be5 23.Rf1} 23. Qe4 Bf5 {One might
consider this move as a draw offer: 24.Qd5 Be6 and so on.} 24. Qe1 {The
warrior, playing white, is on the military path...} Qd4 25. Nxf7 $1 (25. Rd1 {
would not work out properly:} Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. d7 Bxd7 29.
Rxd7 b5 30. Nc5 Bf6 $1 {with advantage to black.}) 25... Qxa1 ({What would had
happened after} 25... Kxf7 {? Well,} 26. Rd1 Qe5 $2 27. Bc4+ Be6 28. Qxe5 Bxe5
29. Rf1+ {and white wins.}) ({After} 25... Kxf7 26. Rd1 Qf4 $1 {things are
less clear:} 27. Bxe8+ Rxe8 28. d7 (28. Nc5 $5) 28... Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxa4 30.
Rxb7 Kg8 {with equal play.}) 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qxa1 Bxa1 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Bxe8
Rxe8 30. g3 $4 {After an obvious 30.g4 white was winning.} Bd4 31. d7 Ra8 32.
d8=Q Rxd8 33. Bxd8 b5 {With his pawn on g4 this move would be met by gxf5. Or
33...fxg4 33.Ba5+-} 34. Kg2 Kg6 {Now the endgame is drawn.} 35. Kf3 bxa4 36.
Kf4 Bc3 37. Be7 Bg7 38. Bc5 a6 39. Bd6 Bc3 40. Bc7 Kf6 41. Bd8+ Ke6 42. Kg5
Bd2+ 43. Kg6 f4 44. gxf4 Bxf4 45. h4 Bg3 46. h5 Bf4 47. Kg7 Be3 48. Kf8 Bh6+
49. Ke8 a3 50. Be7 Bc1 51. Bd8 Bh6 52. Bh4 Be3 53. Be7 Bc1 54. Bf8 Kf6 55. Kd7
Kf7 56. Bb4 Kg7 57. Kc6 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Lagno,K"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 {As in the first
round, I chose a system which never happened in my practice before. However,
basic ideas of the Modern Benoni are rather similar to the Pirc and King's
Indian, which I played more than once.  Genau wie in der ersten Runde wählte
ich ein System, das noch nie in meiner Praxis vorkam. Doch die Grundideen des
Modernen Benoni ähneln sehr denen von Pirc und Königsindisch, was ich mehr als
einmal gespielt habe.} 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 {White
faces a dilemma - to advance her f-pawn to one or two squares. The restrained
Gligoric system 11. f3 is more flexible - White fortifies her center, reducing
Black's counterchances. Victoria prefers a more aggressive approach. Weiß
steht vor einem Dilemma - soll der f-Bauer ein Feld vor oder zwei? Das
zurückhaltende Gligoric-System 11. f3 ist flexibler - Weiß festigt das Zentrum
und reduziert die schwarzen Gegenchancen. Victoria bevorzugt eine aggressivere
Vorgehensweise.} 11. f4 {From now on White should plan her actions, keeping in
mind the push e4-e5. Von nun an sollte die Weiße bei der Planung ihrer
Aktionen immer den Vorstoß e4-e5 auf der Rechnung haben.} Rb8 {Black's plan is
also clear - to prepare the advance ...b7-b5. An immediate Na6-c7 is less
precise as the knight may sometimes get to the much more active position on b4.
Der schwarze Plan ist ebenfalls klar - Vorberitung des Vorstoßes ...b7-b5. Das
sofortige Na6-c7 ist weniger genau, da der Springer manchmal die viel aktivere
Position auf b4 beziehen kann.} 12. a4 $6 {Promoting Black's plans. 12.Re1 was
more precise, still waiting for ...Na6-c7. Fördert de schwarzen Pläne. 12.Re1
war genauer, um ...Na6-c7 noch abzuwarten.} Nb4 13. Ra3 $6 {It's not easy to
understand the idea behind this move. Perhaps White thought the rook might
cover the d3-square in the future, but actually it looks like a waste of time.
Die Idee hinter diesem Zug ist nicht leicht zu verstehen. Vielleicht dachte
die Anziehende, der Turm könnte in Zukunft das Feld d3 decken, tatsächlich
aber wirkt der Zug wie Zeitverschwendung.} b6 {The immediate 13. ..a6 could be
met with 14. a5. Auf das sofortige 13. ..a6 könnte 14. a5 folgen.} 14. Bf3 a6
$2 {Typical but rather slow - Black should have not allowed White's knight to
go to a5. Typisch, aber recht langsam - Schwarz hätte den weißen Springer
nicht nach a5 lassen sollen.} ({The simple development Die einfache Entwicklung
} 14... Ba6 15. Nb5 Qd7 {with better chances should have been preferred. mit
besseren Chancen war vorzuziehen.}) 15. Nc4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 {Suddenly
White's pieces became rather active - the typical e4-e5 is already on the
agenda. Yet, Black is still fine, keeping a lot of counter resources.
Plötzlich sind die weißen Figuren recht aktiv geworden - das typische e4-e5
steht bereits auf der Tagesordnung. Trotzdem ist die schwarze Stellung dank
der vielen Gegenressourcen noch immer in Ordnung.} Rb6 $1 (17... Ra8 $2 {
failed to scheiterte an} 18. Nc6 $1) ({At first I was thinking about Zuerst
dache ich auch an} 17... Qc7 {but the position after , doch die Stellung nach}
18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Qb6 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 {looked rather unclear. Besides,
the move 17...Qc7 does not create any threats while Black must be careful
about e4-e5 followed by d5-d6. Thus I found the rook's advance, which not only
parries White's idea but also creates the threat ...Ra6. sah ziemlich unklar
aus. Außerdem stellt der Zug 17...Qc7 keinerlei Drohungen auf, während sich
Schwarz vor e4-e5 nebst d5-d6 hüten muss. Somit fand ich den Turmzug, der
nicht nur die weiße Idee pariert, sondern auch die Drohung ...Ra6 aufstellt.})
18. Re1 $6 {Continuing preparations for e4-e5 but missing a strong counter
idea. Bereitet weiter e4-e5 vor, übersieht aber eine starke Konteridee.} ({
Bad was Schlecht war} 18. Be3 $6 {because of wegen} Ra6 19. Nb3 c4 20. Nd4 $2
Rxa3 21. bxa3 Nbxd5 $1) ({But the pawn sacrifice Aber das Bauernopfer} 18. e5
$5 {came into question: kam in Frage:} dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. e6 Bd4+ 21. Kh1
fxe6 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Ne5 24. Ne4 $44 {with the idea Bg5 and good
compensation. mit der Idee Bg5 und guter Kompensation.}) 18... c4 $1 19. Na2 $1
{Despite of being too short of time, Victoria finds the best way! This
exchange sacrifice helps White to restrict 3 black pieces - Rb6, Bc8 and Qd8.
Trotz zu knapper Zeit findet Victoria die beste Möglichkeit. Dieses
Qualitätopfer hilft Weiß, drei schwarze Figuren einzuschränken - Rb6, Bc8 und
Qd8.} (19. e5 $2 {failed to scheiterte an} Nd3 $1 20. Nc6 (20. Re3 dxe5) 20...
Rxc6 21. dxc6 b4) ({while , während} 19. Be3 $2 Nd3 20. Re2 Ng4 $1 {could
hardly be satisfactory for White. Weiß kaum zufrieden stellen könnte.}) 19...
Nd3 ({After Nach} 19... Nfxd5 $6 20. exd5 Nc2 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rc3 (22. Nc6
$5 Nxa3 23. bxa3) 22... Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Ne3+ 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. Qe2 {
White's two minor pieces would be stronger than Black's rook. wären die beiden
weißen Leichtfiguren stärker als der Turm von Schwarz.}) 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Nb4
Nd7 {Trying to activate pieces by ...f7-f5. Versucht, die Figuren mit ...f7-f5
zu aktivieren.} ({Yet, perhaps Black should have not moved the knight from f6,
keeping d7-square available for the bishop. Dennoch hätte Schwarz vielleicht
den Springer nicht von f6 abziehen sollen, um das Feld d7 für den Läufer
freizuhalten.} 21... Qc7 {looked fine with unclear play after sah gut aus, mit
unklarem Spiel nach} 22. Nac6 $13 ({while after the less precise nach dem
weniger genauen} 22. Nbc6 $6 Ra6 23. b4 Bd7 {White couldn't capture on d3:
dagegen könnte Weiß nicht auf d3 schlagen:} 24. Qxd3 $2 Nxd5 $1)) 22. Nbc6 Qc7
23. Qxd3 $6 {White should not be in a hurry with this capture, which helps
Black to activate some pieces. It was necessary to take the c5-square under
control as well as to stop the b-pawn advance and so the opening of the
diagonal a6-f1 for BÍack's bishop - the d3-pawn was in White's pocket anyway.
Weiß sollte sich mit diesem Schlagen nicht beeilen, welches Schwarz hilft,
einige Figuren zu aktivieren. Nötig war es, das Feld b4 unter Kontrolle zu
nehmen und so das Vorrücken des b-Bauern und damit die Öffnung der Diagonalen
a6-f1 für den schwarzen Läufer zu verhindern - den Bauern d3 hatte Weiß
sowieso in der Tasche.} ({After the correct Nach dem korrekten} 23. b4 $1 {
I was going to continue with wollte ich} Nb8 {, intending to give the exchange
back after fortsetzen mit der Absicht, die Qualität zurückzugeben nach} (23...
f5 $2 {failed to the simple scheiterte am einfachen} 24. exf5 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1
Nf6 26. Qe7 $18) 24. Qxd3 Bd7 25. Be3 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {
with a roughly equal play. mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 23... b4 $1 {Taking a
good opportunity! Nutzt die Gelegenheit!} 24. Qc2 $6 {Not only moving the
queen from the diagonal a6-f1 but also creating the threat of Nc6-e7+. Nimmt
nicht nur die Dame aus der Diagonalen a6-f1, sondern stellt auch die Drohung
Sc6-e7+ auf.} ({However, Dennoch schien} 24. e5 $1 {seemed stronger: stärker:}
Ba6 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. Be3 dxe5 27. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 28. Qf2 Qc7 {with mutual chances.
Yet, it's hard to criticize Vika for inaccurate play under severe time
pressure. mit beiderseitigen Chancen. Aber es fällt schwer, Vika für ungenaues
Spiel in schwerer Zeitnot zu kritisieren,}) 24... Nc5 25. Nc4 b3 26. Qd1 Ba6 $1
{Activity is more important than material! Aktivität zählt mehr als Material!}
({In case of Im Fall von} 26... Ra6 $2 27. e5 {Black would have no real
benefit from the extra exchange, while White could develop her initiative with
natural moves. The text move gives me a simple and clear play in a good
position, which is very important in time trouble. hätte Schwarz von der
Mehrqualität keinen reellen Nutzen, während die Anziehende ihre Initiative mit
natürlichen Zügen entwicklen könnte. Der Textzug verschafft mir in guter
Stellung einfaches und klares Spiel, was in Zeitnot sehr wichtig ist.}) 27.
Nxb6 Qxb6 28. e5 ({After Nach} 28. Be3 Bxb2 {it would be not so easy for White
to keep advanced Black's passer under control. wäre es für Weiß nicht leicht,
den vorgerückten schwarzen Freibauern unter Kontrolle zu halten.}) 28... Nd3+
29. Be3 Qc7 30. Bd4 (30. Re2 dxe5 {was equally bad. war ebenfalls schlecht.})
30... Nxe1 31. Qxe1 Bb7 {Eliminating the important defender of White's pawn
center. Eliminiert den wichtigen Verteidiger des weißen Bauernzentrums.} 32.
Qb4 Bxc6 33. Bb6 Qc8 34. dxc6 dxe5 35. fxe5 (35. c7 {was more tenacious, but
White's position would already be too difficult after war zäher, doch die
weiße Stellung wäre bereits zu schwierig nach} exf4) 35... Bxe5 36. Bg4 $2 {
A blunder in time trouble. Ein Einsteller in Zeitnot.} Qxc6 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Qd2
Rxe3 $1 {If this simple tactical blow didn't win the piece we could count it
as the fourth exchange sacrifice in this game. Anyway, White resigned. Wenn
dieser einfache taktische Schlag nicht eine Figur gewinnen würde, könnten wir
ihn als viertes Qualitätsopfer in dieser Partie werten. So oder so, Weiß gab
auf.} 0-1

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {Choosing the opening against Igor is not an easy
task. His repertoire has not changed a bit over the last 20 years and he has
enormous experience in virtually all the openings. I quickly discarded the
Gruenfeld and the King's Indian, but noticed that he had not faced the Benoni
too many times. This was the only field where my experience was by far
superior, which explains my decision. There was one thing I failed to notice
during my preparation: Igor likes to sacrifice material under unclear
circumstances, for the sake of taking over the initiative. This aspect was
highlighted by Oleg Korneev during the post-mortem. Had I known this in
advance, I may have chickened out and played the Slav or something.} 4. d5 d6
5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 {I have
never played this line before, but I had written two articles about it (CBM
123 and 124), which made my preparation for the game quite easy.} 11. a4 a6 12.
f4 Rb8 13. a5 {In the first article, I had expressed my doubts about combining
f2-f4 with a4-a5. Black is given the possibility of opening the queenside,
while the white centre is a bit shaky. Also threatening, as the further course
of the game will reveal...} b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Kh1 c4 16. Ra3 Qc7 17. Qe1 {
This idea was new to me and the move certainly is a novelty. White prepares
the transfer of the queen to the kingside, in the hope of launching a powerful
attack.} ({The game that inspired to write the articles went} 17. b4 $6 {
Navara,D (2656)-Gashimov,V (2664)/Reggio Emilia 2007/CBM 122/[Mihail Marin] 
(0-1, 55)}) ({A more solid approach is} 17. Bf3) 17... Nfd7 $6 {This generally
desirable transfer of the knight to c5 justifies White's previous move. Black
should not have released the pressure against the central pawns so easily. The
fact is that the pin along the e-file is quite unpleasant for White and he
would have problems carrying out his plan if Black maintained the kingside
configuration unchanged. The only thing is to find a useful move on the other
wing.} (17... Ra8 $5 {Maybe there are other possibilities as well, but this
move has a constructive plan: ...Bd7 followed by ...a5-a4.} 18. Qh4 {White,
too has problems finding a neutral move.} (18. h3 {takes over the h3-square
from the a3-rook.} Bd7) (18. f5 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Ne5 {Black has managed to
stabilize the position on the dark squares.} 20. f6 {This move fails to cut
the enemy bishop out of play, because White is not sufficiently well developed
to defend the f6-pawn.} Bh8 21. Qh4 Nbd7 {[%cal Gc7d8]} 22. g4 h6 $1) 18...
Nfxd5 $1 19. Nxd5 (19. exd5 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxe2 21. b3 Bb7 {leaves the g2-pawn
vulnerable.}) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxc4 Nf6 21. f5 d5 $1 $132) 18. e5 $6 {This
typical pawn sacrifice is premature, because White has not sufficient
development.} (18. f5 $6 {leads to known effects:} Ne5 19. f6 Bh8 20. Qh4 Nbd7
21. g4 h6) ({White should have continued with his initial plan, taking
advantage of Black's previous inaccuracy:} 18. Qh4 $1 Nc5 (18... f5 19. exf5 $1
{Korneev} Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxe2 21. fxg6 Nf8 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. f5 $40 {[%cal
Gd2e4]}) 19. f5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxe2 22. Rh3 $40 {In the similar
variation given in the comments to the 17th move, the h3-square was not that
easy to reach. besides, there is no counterattack against g2 now.}) 18... f5 $5
{I found this move after a long thought. I was not too keen to start pawn
grabbing and preferred to take the e4-square away from the white knights.} ({
However, it is not easy to prove any compensation for White after} 18... dxe5
19. f5 Nf6) 19. g4 $5 {A desperate attempt to complicate matters, but the
white king is exposed now.} (19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qf2 Qc7 $15) ({After} 19. e6 Nf6
{White would not be able to maintain his far advanced pawns.} 20. Bf3 Bb7 21.
Ra5 Nbxd5 $1 {It was essential to evaluate the consequences of this tactical
operation in advance.} ({I also counted on the safety net offered by} 21... Nc8
$5 $11 22. b4 $6 cxb3 23. Nxb3 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Gb7a8]}) 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5
Qc5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3 (26. gxf3 c3 27. bxc3 Rxe6 28. Nd5 Re2
$15) 26... Rbc8 $15) 19... dxe5 20. gxf5 Nf6 21. fxg6 exf4 22. Qh4 (22. gxh7+
Kh8 {leaves the black king in absolute safety.}) 22... hxg6 23. Rxf4 Nbxd5 ({
I do not remember why I refrained from the more restrictive} 23... Nfxd5 24.
Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxc4 Be6 $17) 24. Rxc4 $5 {Deviating from the previous line.} Qf7
25. Nce4 Bb7 26. Kg1 Qe7 27. Rh3 (27. Qg3 Nb6 $1 $17) 27... Rbc8 $1 {Black has
completed his development and has a practically winning position. The white
king is exposed and the c1-bishop has not been developed yet.} 28. b3 $2 {
Probably caused by a miscalculation.} Rxc4 29. Bxc4 (29. bxc4 Nxe4) 29... Nxe4
30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Rf3+ Nef6 {White's attack has come to an end and he cannot
avoid material losses.} 32. Bb2 Rh8 33. Bxf6 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aaberg, Anton"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. e4 e6 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. f4 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bf3 (14. Ra3 Bxe2
15. Rxe2 Na6 16. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Marin,M/FRA 1991/TD (16)}) (14. Bxa6
Nxa6 15. Nc4 Nb4 $11 {Baburin,A-Suetin,A, Berlin 1994}) 14... Bd3 15. Nf1 (15.
e5 dxe5 16. d6 Qxd6 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxa8 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ng4) (15. Nb3 c4 16.
Nd4 Nfxd5 17. Nc6 Nxc3) 15... c4 16. Ng3 (16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qxd6 18. Bxa8 Nxa8
) 16... Qd7 17. Bd2 (17. e5 dxe5 18. d6 e4 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rad8 $17 22. Qc2 Qxd6 23. Qxc4 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 $19) 17... h5 $6 (17...
b5 $6 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Bc3) (17... Rab8 $142 $1) 18. h4 $6 (18.
Nh1 $1) 18... Rab8 $15 19. Nh1 b5 20. Nf2 (20. axb5 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Bc3
Bxe4 $1) 20... b4 21. Na2 Na6 22. Rc1 b3 23. Nc3 $6 (23. Nxd3 cxd3 (23... bxa2
24. Rxc4) 24. Nc3 Nb4) 23... Nb4 24. Be3 Nc2 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxe1 27.
Rxe1 Ng4 (27... Rb4 $5 {/\Rxa4}) 28. Bd4 Rb4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Re2 a5 31. g3
Qa7+ 32. Kg2 Rd4 $6 33. Nb5 $2 (33. Qb5 Rb8 34. Qc6 Rb6 35. Qc8 Rd3 (35... Rb8
$11) 36. Bxg4 hxg4 $13 37. Nb5 (37. Qxg4 $4 Rxc3 $1 $19) (37. e5 dxe5 38. fxe5
Qb7) 37... Rxb5 38. axb5 Qd4 39. Qxg4 Rd2 {עg2, קb2}) 33... Rxd3 34. Nxa7 f5
$19 35. Nb5 (35. Bxg4 hxg4) (35. exf5 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Rd2 37. Kf3 Rxb2 $19)
35... Ne3+ (35... fxe4) 36. Kg1 (36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Nxd6 R8xe4 38. Bxe4 fxe4) (
36. Kf2 Nd1+) 36... fxe4 (36... Nc4 $6 37. exf5 $1) 37. Nxd6 exf3 38. Nxe8+ Kf8
39. Re1 Ng4 (39... Kxe8 $4 40. Kf2 $1) 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {01H30} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8.
Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 {84} Ng4 {82} (10... Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 a6 13.
Bf3 Rb8 14. Re1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6
b4 20. Nd5 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Arnaudov,P (2448)-Rusev,K (2539) Milano 2013}) 11.
Bxg4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxg4 13. Qxg4 {81} Bxg4 {83} 14. Kf2 $5 {Toujours théorique
et le français a beaucoup d'expérience sur cette attaque des 04 P} (14. Nb5)
14... f5 {58 Une nouveauté trouvée devant l'échiquier} 15. h3 fxe4 $1 16.
hxg4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} e3+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 18. Kf3 exd2 19. Bxd2
Nd7 20. c4 $146 {Les Blancs ont un bon avantage d'espace et le K Noir est
relativement exposé} (20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rhe1 Nb6 22. Re6 Nc4 23. Be3 Rf8 24.
Ke4 b5 25. f5 gxf5+ 26. gxf5 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 Rxf5 28. Rxd6 Re8+ 29. Re6 Rd8 30.
Rxb5 Rfxd5 31. Kf4 Rf8+ 32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kh3 Rf7 34. Rc6 Rd2 35. Rbxc5 Rxa2 36.
Rxh5 a5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39. Kg4 a4 40. Rc6+ Ke7 41. Kh5 Raf2 42. Rc7+
Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Ra5 Rf3 45. g4 Rxc3 46. Rxa4 Rc6 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. g5 Rb6
49. g6 Rb1 {Araque,R (2210)-Martin del Campo,R (2420) Curitiba 1993 1/2-1/2})
20... Rf8 21. Bc3 Nb6 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. f5 Rxe1 {Concède le contrôle de la
colonne "e" mais les Noirs espèrent libérer le K Noir de la protection du
P"h7"} 24. Rxe1 Kf7 25. Rh1 $1 Kg8 26. fxg6 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Rf8+ $8 27. Ke2 hxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. d6 (13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qd2 c4
15. O-O-O exd5 16. Nxd5 Qxb2+ 17. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe2+ 19. Kc3 Nc6 20.
Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bf5 22. h3 Nf2 23. Bh6 Nd3 24. Ng5 Nce5 25. Rf1 b5 26. g4
b4+ 27. Kd4 Rd8 28. gxf5 b3 29. axb3 cxb3 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Ke4 {1-0 (31)
Jobava,B (2704)-Ponkratov,P (2611) Moscow 2012}) 13... Qb6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. O-O
Nbc6 16. Nge4 c4+ $146 (16... Nd4 17. Na4 Qc6 18. Naxc5 b6 19. Qxd4 Nf3+ 20.
Bxf3 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qb5 22. Be3 Bg7 23. a4 Qxb2 24. d7 Bxd7 25. Nxd7 Red8 26.
Rab1 Qa3 27. Nef6+ Kh8 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Bd4 Qxa4 30. Rf4 Rd8 31. Be5 Qa5 32.
Rbf1 Qd2 33. Ne8 Kg8 34. Rf8+ {1-0 (34) Bach,M (2340)-Watzke,B Dresden 1996})
17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Bg5 Rf8 (18... Qxb2 $6 19. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20.
Bxf6 Qe3 21. Qe1 Nd4 22. Qh4 Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} 23. Qe4 Nd3 $36 {[%csl Gd3]}
24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qc7 (26. Qxd7 Rxf6) 26... Rxb2 27. Nd1 (27. Rf3
Qb6 28. Qxd7 Rxf6 29. Qe8+ $40) 27... Qh6 28. Nxb2 (28. Qxd7 Ng3+ $1 29. Kg1
Ne2+ $1 30. Kf2 $4 Rxf6+) 28... Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Ne2+ 32.
Kh1 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tsaghkadzor op"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Ramesh,Ramachandran B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is a complicated game and can used as an exercise to work on analysing
complex positions} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Nd2 Na6 8. e4 Nc7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. f4 h5 13. h3 Rb8 14.
Bf3 $2 $13 (14. Bd3 $1 $14 {whites position is much preferable} a6 15. a5 $1
Bd7 16. Nc4 Bb5 (16... Nb5 17. f5 $1 $16) 17. Nb6 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb5 19. e5 $1
dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 $16 Re8 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Qf3 $1 Ne4 24. Bxb8 Qxb8
25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Nd7 $18 (26. Rad1 $2 Nd6 $1)) 14... b6 15. Re1 Ng4 $1 {
the game becomes very volatile after this move} 16. e5 (16. hxg4 Bd4+ 17. Kf1
Qh4) 16... dxe5 17. hxg4 $1 exf4 $1 (17... Qh4 18. f5 $18) (17... e4 $2 18.
Ndxe4 hxg4 19. d6 (19. Bxg4 f5 20. d6 $1 {transposes}) 19... Ne6 20. Bxg4 f5
21. Nd5 $1 $18 (21. d7 Qxd7 $13)) (17... hxg4 18. Bxg4 exf4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
Bxc8 Bd4+ 21. Kf1 Qe3 22. Qf3 $1 $18 Qg1+ 23. Ke2 Rxc8 24. Nb3 $1 $18 Re8+ 25.
Kd3 Bxc3 26. Bxf4) 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Nb3 (19. Nde4 $1 hxg4 (19... Qh4 20. Nb5
$1 (20. gxh5 $6 Nd6 $1 21. Ne2 Ba6 22. g3 $1 fxg3 23. N2xg3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Be5
$1 25. Qd2 $13) 20... hxg4 21. Bxf4 gxf3 22. Bxb8 Qxe4 23. Qxf3 $16) 20. Bxf4
$1 Bd4+ 21. Nf2 Rb7 22. Be2 $14) 19... g5 $6 (19... hxg4 20. Bxg4 (20. Bxf4
gxf3 21. Bxb8 Bg4 $1 22. gxf3 Qxb8 23. fxg4 Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Nf6) 20... g5 (20...
Qh4 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd2 $1 Nd6 $44 (22... c4 $2 23. Be1 $1 $16)) 21. Bxc8
Qxc8 $44) (19... c4 20. Bxf4 $1 $18) 20. gxh5 Nd6 21. Nb5 Nf5 $2 {after this
error, white is winning as per engines but practically over the board, the
variations are hard to find} (21... Rb7 $1 22. Qf1 (22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. a5 b5 24.
a6 Re7 {black has good compensation}) 22... Nf5 23. Bd2 a6 24. Nc3 Nd4 $13) (
21... f5 $2 22. Nxa7 g4 23. Nc6 Qh4 24. Bxf4 gxf3 25. Qxf3 $18) 22. Nxa7 $18 (
22. d6 a6) 22... c4 23. Nc6 Qd6 24. Nd2 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Qf2 26. Ne4 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 {
the first wave of attack is almost over and it looks like the danger is over
for white now but...} Bd7 28. Nxb8 $2 {this throws away all the advantage} (28.
h6 $3 {was called for and the point is not apparent at all now but when we go
through the variations, it will be clear including h6 is very important for
white} Bh8 (28... Bxh6 29. Nxb8 $18) (28... Nxh6 29. Nxb8 $18) 29. Nxb8 (29.
h7+ Kxh7 30. g3 $1 (30. g4 $1) 30... fxg3 (30... Nxg3 31. Nxb8 $1 g4 32. Nxd7
gxf3 33. Qxf3 Bd4+ 34. Nf2 $18) 31. Nxb8 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bd4 33. Ke1 $1 $18) 29...
Bd4+ 30. Kf1 g4 31. h7+ $1 $18 {another reason why h6 earlier was necessary} (
31. Bxf4 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 gxf3+ 33. gxf3 Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Ng3 $1 (34... Nh4 $2 35. h7+
Kxh7 36. Ng5+ $18) 35. Bxg3 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qe3+ 37. Kc2 Qb3+ 38. Kd2 Qe3+ $11)
31... Kh8 (31... Kxh7 32. g3 $3 (32. Bxf4 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 gxf3+ 34. gxf3 Qg2+ 35.
Ke1 Ng3 $11) 32... Qh2 (32... fxg3 33. Nxd7 (33. Bg2 $4 Qh2 $19) 33... Qh2 34.
Ndf6+ Kg6 35. Nxg4) 33. Ke1 $3 (33. Nxd7 Nxg3+ 34. Ke1 Be3 $1 (34... Qg1+ $4
35. Kd2 Qh2+ 36. Be2 Nxe4+ 37. Kc2 f3 38. Qxd4 Qxe2+ 39. Bd2 $18)) (33. Bxf4
Qg1+ 34. Ke2 gxf3+ 35. Kxf3 (35. Kd2 Qg2+ $19) 35... Nh4+ $1) (33. Nf6+ Kg6 34.
Nxg4 Nxg3+ 35. Ke1 Bxg4 $19 36. Qxd4 Bxf3 37. Qxc4 (37. Qe5 Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Qd1+
39. Kc3 Qd3+ 40. Kb4 Qb3#) 37... Ne4) 33... Nxg3 (33... fxg3 34. Nxd7 $18) 34.
Bxf4 $1 (34. Qxd4 gxf3 35. Nxg3 (35. Nf2 $2 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Bf5 $1 37. Nc6 c3+ $1
(37... Ne4+ $4 38. Nxe4) (37... Qf1 38. Ra3 c3+ $1 $19) 38. bxc3 Nf1+ 39. Kd1
Ne3+ 40. Kd2 Qxf2#) 35... fxg3 36. Qe4+ Kh8 $1 (36... Kg7 37. Qxf3) 37. Qxf3
Bg4 $1 $11 (37... g2 38. Be3 g1=Q+) 38. Qxg4 Qf2+ 39. Kd1 g2 $1 (39... Qf1+ $2
40. Kd2 $18) 40. Be3 Qf1+ $1 41. Kd2 Qd3+ 42. Kc1 Qxe3+ 43. Kc2 $11 Qd3+ 44.
Kc1 Qf1+ 45. Kd2) (34. Ng5+ Kg6 35. Qxd4 gxf3 36. Qf2 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Kxg5 $19) (
34. Nxd7 $2 Be3 $1) 34... gxf3 35. Qxf3 (35. Bxg3 $2 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qe3+ 37. Kc2
Qxe4+ 38. Kc1 Be3+ $19) 35... Qg1+ 36. Kd2 Qxa1 (36... Qh2+ 37. Nf2 $1 Bxf2 38.
Rh1 $1 $18 Qxh1 39. Qxh1+ Nxh1 40. Nxd7 $18) 37. Nxg3 $1 $18 Qxb2+ 38. Ke1 Qb1+
39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Bd2 c3 41. Qxf7+ Bg7 42. Nxd7 Qxd2+ 43. Kf3 $18) 32. Bxf4 Qh1+
33. Ke2 gxf3+ 34. gxf3 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 $18) (28. g3 fxg3 29. Nxb8 $2 (29. Qe2 Nd4
30. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Be3 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Bh3+ 34. Ke1) 29... Qh2+ 30.
Kf1 Nh4) (28. Bd2 Bxc6 29. Be1 Ng3 30. Bxg3 fxg3 31. dxc6 g4 32. Nxg3 Qxg3 33.
Bxg4 $11) 28... Bd4+ 29. Kf1 g4 $1 $11 (29... Be3 30. Qe1 $18) (29... Qh2 30.
Ke1 $18 (30. Qe1 $18)) 30. g3 $2 (30. Bxf4 $1 {only way to save the game for
white} Qh1+ (30... gxf3 31. Qxf3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxa1 33. Nxd7 Qxb2+ 34. Bd2 $18)
31. Ke2 gxf3+ 32. gxf3 $1 (32. Kxf3 Nh4+ $19 33. Ke2 (33. Kg3 Qxg2+ 34. Kxh4
Qh3+ 35. Kg5 Qf5+ $19) 33... Bg4+ 34. Kd2 Qxg2+) 32... Qg2+ 33. Ke1 Nh4 (33...
Ng3 $11) 34. Qe2 $1 (34. Ra3 $2 c3 $1 35. Rxc3 Bxc3+ $19) 34... Nxf3+ 35. Kd1
Qh1+ 36. Kc2 Qxa1 37. Nxd7 $1 (37. Qxf3 $2 Qxb2+ 38. Kd1 Bxa4+ 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40.
Kd2 c3+) 37... Ne1+ $1 (37... Qxb2+ 38. Kd1 Qa1+ 39. Bc1 Qxa4+ 40. Qc2 Qxd7 41.
Qg2+ Kh8 42. Qxf3 Qxd5 $14) 38. Kd2 Qxb2+ 39. Kxe1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 (40. Qd1 $4
Qxe4+ 41. Qe2 Qxf4 $19) 40... Qb2+ $11 41. Kd1 Qb3+ $1 (41... Qa1+ 42. Bc1
Qxa4+ 43. Ke1 Qxd7 44. Qxc4 $18) 42. Qc2 Qf3+ 43. Kc1 Qf1+ (43... Qxf4+ 44. Kb1
Qf1+ 45. Qc1 Qd3+ 46. Qc2 Qf1+ $11) 44. Kd2 (44. Qd1 $4 Qxf4+ 45. Nd2 c3 $17)
44... Qxf4+ 45. Ke1 (45. Kd1 Qf1+ 46. Kd2) 45... Qe3+ 46. Qe2 Qc1+ 47. Qd1 Qe3+
$11) 30... Qh2 $1 $19 {black is winning after this} (30... fxg3 31. Nxd7 Qh2
32. Ndf6+ Kg7 33. Nxg4 $18) 31. Bxf4 (31. Ke1 $5 fxg3 $1 32. Bg2 $1 Qg1+ $1 33.
Bf1 Nh4 $1 $19) 31... Qg1+ 32. Ke2 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Nh4+ $1 34. Ke2 Bg4+ 35. Kd2
Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 $5 {Nakamura plays something offbeat to get an
original position.} Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 {By not developing his knight on c3
White dissuades Black from playing the Grünfeld.} c5 (5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
e4 {is considered as pleasant for White.}) 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9.
cxd5 {Now we are in Benoni territory where White has played the e3 Be2 line.
Of course this is in no way theoretically threatening, especially because
White will be a tempo down in the main lines when he has to go e3-e4. However,
the position is still quite interesting and White can hope for a small edge.}
Na6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. e4 Re8 12. f3 Nh5 13. f4 Nf6 14. Kh1 Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. a5
Bd7 {Black has a very comfortable version of the Benoni. White's pieces are
clumsily placed. And Black can use the b5-square for his pieces.} 17. Bf3 Nb5
18. e5 $6 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 $17 {Nakamura sacrifices a pawn to muddy the
waters but the position is just clearly better for Black.} 20. Nc4 Rf5 21. Ne2
Rxf3 $5 {A very interesting exchange sacrifice.} (21... Ng4 $1 22. Bxg4 Rxf1+
23. Qxf1 Bxg4 $17 {was even stronger.}) 22. gxf3 Bh3 23. Re1 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qxd1
25. Rxd1 {Black has two pawns for the exchange and excellent co-ordination.}
Bd7 26. Be3 Bc6 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Nd3 g4 30. Nde5 Bd5 31. Rg1 h5 32.
h3 Bxc4 $6 (32... gxf3 $1 {would have lead to a winning position for Black but
requires great deal of calculation.} 33. Bh6 Ne4+ $1 34. Ke3 (34. Kxf3 $2 Ng5+
$19) 34... Kh7 $1 35. Bxg7 f2 $1 36. Rg2 Nd4 $19 {and Black is a complete rook
down but with threats like ...Nc2+ he has a winning position. Of course this
is not so easy to see during the game.}) 33. Nxc4 $11 {The worst is over for
White.} Nd5 34. fxg4 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bxb2 36. Rae1 Bc3 37. Re2 Bd4 38. Kf3 Nc3
39. Ree1 Ne4 40. gxh5+ Kh7 41. Rg2 Nd6 42. Ree2 Re5 43. Nc2 Rxh5 44. Nxd4 cxd4
45. Rg4 Rxa5 46. Rxd4 Nf5 47. Rb4 b5 48. Kf4 Nh6 49. Ke5 Ra3 50. h4 Rg3 51. Ra2
Rg6 52. Rb1 Re6+ 53. Kf4 Rf6+ 54. Ke4 Re6+ 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Ke4 Re6+ 57. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nd2 a6 $6 8. a4
Nd7 9. e4 Ngf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {By transposition Black has landed in a
dangerous line, in which the inclusion of a4 and a6 weakens his << and favours
White.} Re8 (11... Rb8 12. Ra3 Ne5 13. Re1 g5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bd2
Bd7 17. a5 Qc7 18. Na4 Ng6 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Re7 21. b4 Rbe8 {Volkov,S-Bu
Xiangzhi/Moscow op/2002/} 22. Qb1 $5 $36) 12. f4 Rb8 (12... c4 13. Kh1 Nc5 14.
e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Nxc4 Rf5 17. Bf4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6 shows one
of the points of the note to move 11.}) 13. Kh1 $1 (13. a5 $143 b5 14. axb6
Nxb6 15. Ra3 c4 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Bf3 h5 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Qf2 Nfd7 21.
Be2 Nc5 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 e4 26. Rd1 Qd6 27. Qe3
Bf5 $13 {Lugovoi,A-Ivanov,V/St. Petersburg/1997/}) 13... c4 {The most active
reaction. If Black plays passively, White can gradually prepare the central
break e4-e5:} (13... h5 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Nf3 Bd4 16. Nd1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. Nc3
Bd4 19. h3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Nh2 Qh4 22. Ne2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. e5 $1 Nf8
25. f5 $40 {Ignatiev,A-Markarov,A/Rybinsk/2001/}) (13... Qe7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6
Nxb6 16. Bf3 h5 17. h3 Ng4 18. Qe1 Nf6 19. Qf2 h4 20. Rd1 Nh7 21. e5 $5 dxe5
22. Nde4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Nd7 26. Bd6 Qd8 27. Bxb8 Nxb8
28. Rd1 $16 {Meduna,E-Chapman,A/Bad Wiessee/2000/}) 14. e5 $5 (14. Bxc4 Nc5 15.
Qf3 Bg4 16. Qg3 b5 $1 17. axb5 axb5 $44) 14... dxe5 15. Nxc4 e4 (15... b5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Nd6 $1 (17. Nxe5 b4 18. Nb5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Nxd5 $1
21. Bc4 Be6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 $36 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Na7 Qh4
27. Qxe5 Qf2 $1 {0-1,Larsen,B-Ljubojevic,L/Milan/1975/}) 17... b4 18. Nxe8 Qxe8
19. Nb5 $14 {/+/-}) 16. f5 {[%cal Rc1f4] /\Bf4 The text is very logical, White
increses the scope of his Bc1. But more circumspect was} (16. Be3 $5 b6 (16...
b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na5 $16) 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. b4 Nd3
21. Bxd3 exd3 22. Qxd3 Ng4 23. Bg1 $16) 16... e3 $5 {[%mdl 256] Black realizes
he is in a difficult situation and from now on defends actively, even
investing material.} (16... Nb6 17. fxg6 hxg6 (17... fxg6 18. Bg5 $36) 18. Nxb6
Qxb6 19. a5 Qc5 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bf4 $16) 17. Nxe3 (17. Bxe3 $2 b5 18. axb5 axb5
19. Bf4 bxc4 20. Bxb8 Nxb8 $13 {/=/+}) 17... Ne5 18. fxg6 {Eases the pressure.}
(18. Bd2 $5 Bd7 (18... Qb6 19. Qc2) 19. Qb3 $16) 18... hxg6 19. Nc4 (19. Qb3 $1
{/\} Neg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Bf4 $16) 19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 b5 $1 (
20... Ng4 21. Bf4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. d6 Be6 24. Nd5 $40) 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Bxb5 (22. Nxb5 Ne4 $5 $14 {/\} 23. Qf3 Bf5 24. g4 $2 Nd2 $1 $36) 22... Bd7 23.
Bxd7 (23. Bc4 Rb4 $132) 23... Qxd7 $14 {Although White has 2 extra P, his
pieces are uncoordinated, while Black's army is very active.} 24. Qa4 (24. Qf3
Rb4 (24... Ng4 $5) 25. Rd1 $14 {/\} Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rbxe4 27. Ra8 $1) 24... Qb7
25. Qa7 (25. Qc4 $142 Rbc8 26. Qd3 $14) 25... Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5] ><b2,d5}
26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. h3 (27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28. Rd1 Be5 29. g3 Reb4 $14 {/<=>}) 27...
Be5 28. Ra5 Rd4 29. d6 (29. Be3 Rb4 $5 $44 (29... Qxa7 30. Rxa7 Rxd5 31. Raxf7
Bxb2 $14)) 29... Qxa7 30. Rxa7 f6 $132 {White loses one of his extra pawns and
Black's activity will be sufficient to hold even an _|_.} 31. d7 (31. Be3 Rxd6
32. Bc5 (32. b4 Rxb4 $1 33. Bc5 Rf4 34. Rb1 Rd8 $11) 32... Rd2 33. b4 Rbd8 $44
{/\} 34. b5 R8d5 $11) 31... Rd8 32. Be3 R4xd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. b4 Rd3 35. Bc5
Rb3 $44 36. Kg1 Kf7 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ke2 f5 (39... Rg3 40. Kf1 Rb3
$11) 40. Rd3 Rb2+ 41. Rd2 Rb3 42. Kd1 (42. Ra2 Kd5 43. Be7 g4 $44) 42... f4 43.
Re2 Kd5 44. Kc2 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 (46. Kc2 Rb2+ $11) 46... f3 (46...
Bd4 47. Be7 (47. Bxd4 Kxd4 $11) 47... Rb2+ 48. Kd1 Rb1+ $11) 47. gxf3 (47. Rf2
$2 fxg2 48. Rxg2 Rb2+ $19) 47... Bf4+ $1 (47... Rxf3 48. Re3 Bf4 49. Ke2 Bxe3
50. Kxf3 Bxc5 51. bxc5 Kxc5 52. Kg4 Kd6 53. Kxg5 Ke7 $11) 48. Ke1 (48. Ke1 Rxf3
$11 {[%cal Rf3h3] /\Rh3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. d6 {[%mdl 64]
This forcing tactical line occurs rarely nowadays, as Black has more than one
satisfactory continuation.} Qxb2 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxb2 (15... Bd4+ $2 16.
Kh1 Qxd6 17. Bd5 $16 (17. Nb5 $5 Qb6 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qd2 $40)) 16. Nd5 Bd4+ {
-14...Qb2} ({Black can't untangle himself without the back rank tricks after} 
16... Qxa1 $2 17. Qxa1 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd7 19. Be7 Rb8 20. Nc7 Rf8 21. Re1 c4 22.
Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Kf1 b5 25. Bd5 Nf6 26. Rd8 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 $18 {
Bohm,H-Kerkmeester,H/Velp/1978/})) 15. Nd5 Nxf3+ ({The other playable move,
which even leaves more fight in the game, is} 15... Bf5 $1 16. Ne7+ Rxe7 17.
dxe7 Nbc6 18. Rc1 (18. Kh1 Re8 (18... Nxf3 $2 19. Bxf3 Qxa1 20. Bxc6 $1 $18)
19. Rc1 h6 {usually transposes into 18.Rc1}) 18... h6 $5 (18... Re8 19. Kh1 (
19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb5 Be4 $1 21. Bh4 Qb2 22. Qg4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. Bc4+ Kg7
25. Qg3 Nxe7 $17 {Barsov,A-Marin,M/Budapest/1990/}) 19... Nxe7 20. Rxc5 N7c6
21. Rb5 Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Be4 23. Rb5 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nd4 26. Re3 Rc8
27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Rc1 {Ovezova,M-Hernandez,Y/Manila olw/1992/} Ra8 $5 $11) 19.
Bh4 Re8 20. Kh1 Nxe7 (20... Ng4 $5 $36) 21. Rxc5 N7c6 22. Nxe5 (22. Rb5 Qxa2
23. Rxb7 Ng4 $17 {Goregliad,S-Byrne,R/New York 1988/}) 22... Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5
$11 {/=/+}) 16. Bxf3 Bd4+ $1 (16... Nc6 $2 17. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19.
Bxc6 $16) ({For} 16... Qxa1 $2 {see above.}) (16... Qd4+ $1 {leads to the same
position as the text move.}) 17. Kh1 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Re5 $5 (19...
Nd7 20. Be7 Rb8 21. Nc7 Rf8 22. Re1 b5 $1 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Bc6 b4
26. h3 Nf6 {Garcia,P-Nunez,A/Ciego de Avila/1989/} 27. Rd8 Bb7 28. Rxb8 Bxc6
29. Na6 Nd7 30. Rc8 Bb7 31. Rc7 Bxa6 32. Rxd7 Bc4 33. Rxa7 Kf6 34. Re7 Bxa2 35.
Re5 $1 $11) 20. Ne7+ (20. Bf4 $5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Nc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rc1 Bd7
24. Rxc5 Rb8 25. h3 Rb5 26. Rc3 $11 {Konikowski,Schmittdiel}) 20... Kg7 21.
Nxc8 Nd7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rxg5 24. Bxd7 c4 $1 25. Nxa7 $8 (25. h4 c3 $1 26.
Ba4 Rd5 27. Nxa7 Rb4 $19 {Dobos,J-Schlosser,M/Balatonbereny op/1989/}) (25. Ne7
$2 Rd8 $19) 25... c3 (25... Rd8 26. Bb5 Rxd6 (26... c3 27. h4 $1 (27. d7 $2 c2
28. Kg1 Rd5 29. Ba4 R8xd7 $19) 27... Rg4 (27... Rd5 28. Rc1 $16) 28. d7 $36)
27. Bxc4 Rd2 28. Rg1 Rc5 $132) 26. Ba4 (26. a4 $2 c2 27. Nb5 Rd5 28. Bg4 Rbxb5
$1 29. axb5 Rxb5 {0-1,Neurohr,S-Schlosser,M/St Ingbert/1988/}) 26... Rd5 (26...
Rb2 27. Rd1 Rgxg2 28. d7 Rxh2+ {1/2,Tozer,R-Schlosser,M/Oakham/1988/}) 27. d7
Rb4 28. Nc6 Rxa4 29. d8=Q Rxd8 30. Nxd8 c2 31. Nc6 Rc4 $146 {Finally a new
move! Black takes back his piece, but can't win the resulting R_|_.} ({Enough
for a draw is also} 31... Rxa2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Nd4 Rb1 34. Ne2 Rxc1+ 35. Nxc1
Kf6 36. Kg1 Ke5 37. Kf2 Kd4 38. Ke2 Kc3 39. g4 Kd4 40. Kf3 Kc3 41. Ke3 Kb2 42.
Nd3+ Kb1 43. Kd2 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 {1/2,Ooi Chern Ee-Kahn,E/Budapest/1997/}) 32.
Rc1 Rxc6 33. Kg1 g5 (33... Kf6 34. Kf2 Ke5 35. Ke3 $11) 34. h3 $1 (34. Kf2 g4
$1 {/\} 35. Ke3 f5 36. Kd3 (36. g3 $2 h5 $1 37. Kd3 h4 $17) 36... Rh6 $15)
34... Kg6 35. Kf2 Kh5 36. a4 $11 {Now with Black's K comitted to the >> White
uses his o^ to achieve a theoretically drawn _|_ with pawns on one flank.} f5
37. a5 Kh4 38. a6 f4 (38... Rxa6 39. Rxc2 $11) 39. a7 Rc8 40. Kf3 Ra8 (40...
Rc3+ 41. Kf2 $11) 41. Rxc2 Rxa7 42. Rc6 h5 43. Rh6 $1 {Traps Black's K,
forcing further P exchanges.} Ra3+ 44. Kf2 f3 (44... g4 45. hxg4 Kxg4 46. Rg6+
$11) 45. gxf3 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 (46. Kg1 $2 Kg3 $19) 46... Rb2 47. Rh8 Rh2 48. Kg1 (
48. Kg1 Rxh3 49. Kg2 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 {Theory has
some problems in qualifying these positions, one part belongs to the King's
Indian, another to Benoni indexes.} a6 $6 {[%csl Rb6] It's well-known the
interpolation of a6:a4 can often bin White's favour, this is also the case
here. Black's Nb8 will be deprived of the a6 square and moreover b6 will be
very weak.} ({Better is the usual} 7... e6 $142 $13) 8. a4 e6 9. Be2 exd5 10.
cxd5 Re8 11. Nd2 $1 Ng4 (11... Nbd7 12. O-O c4 13. Kh1 $1 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Rxe5 16. Nxc4 Rxe2 $5 (16... Rf5 17. Bf4 g5 $6 18. Be3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Nfe4
20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb6] Lukacs,P-Karlsson,L/Helsinki/1983/
clearly shows ><b6.}) 17. Nxe2 Bg4 $14) 12. Nc4 $5 (12. Bxg4 $143 Qh4+ 13. g3
Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Kf2 (15. O-O f5 $1 (15... Bh3 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bf8
18. a5 Nf6 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. Na4 Rad8 21. Bc3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nab6 Kf7 24.
Rad1 Re4 25. Nd2 Ree8 26. Ndc4 $13 {Hetenyi,G-Gazik,I/Szekszard op/1989/}) 16.
Nc4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Rd8 18. e5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Be2 20. Nb6 Bxf1 21. Nxa8 dxe5 22.
fxe5 Rxd5 23. Bf4 Bd3 24. Nc7 Be4+ 25. Kg1 Rd3 26. Ne6 Nd7 27. Ng5 Bc6 $17 {
Deriabin-Arzumanian/Yalta opJ/1995/}) 15... Bd4+ (15... f5 $6 16. h3 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 fxe4 18. hxg4 e3+ 19. Kf3 exd2 20. Bxd2 Nd7 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. c4 b6 23. g5
Re7 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Kf7 26. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rh7] _|_,><h7,b6,Yrjola,
J-Mamombe,K/Manila olm/1992/}) 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. h3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be2 19. Re1 Bd3
20. Re3 c4 21. Ba3 Nb6 22. Bxd6 (22. Rae1 Nxa4 23. Bxd6 Nxc3 24. Be5 Rxe5 25.
fxe5 b5 26. Rf3 $15 {1/2,Avshalumov,A-Szekely,P/Budapest/1990/}) 22... Nxd5 23.
Rxd3 cxd3 24. c4 Ne3+ (24... Nc3 25. Kf3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. c5
f5 $17 {Otero,F-Miguel,V/La Coruna/1993/}) 25. Kf2 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxe4 27. Ne3
Rd8 28. Bc7 Rd7 29. Bb6 d2 30. Ke2 h5 31. a5 h4 $17 {Michaelsen,N-Uhlmann,W/
GER-ch Wildbad/1993/}) 12... Bxc3+ $2 {Accepting the pawn sacrifice is
extremely risky.} (12... f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. e5 (14. O-O $5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe4
16. Qb3 $44) 14... dxe5 15. O-O exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Nd6 Rf8 19.
Qd2 Nf6 20. Rae1 Nh5 21. Nce4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Be5 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Nc4 Bd4 25.
Nb6 Rb8 26. Ng3 $13 {Schmidt,L-Aepfler,C/OLO-B/1994/}) (12... h5 $142 $5 13.
Qc2 (13. O-O Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Nxh2 $1 $19) 13... f5 $132) 13. bxc3 Rxe4 14. O-O f5
$146 {This new move doesn't change the evaluation of the position as very
dangerous for Black.} (14... Nh6 15. a5 Nf5 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Re1 Nd7
19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. c4 Nxb6 21. axb6 Ra8 22. Bb2 Bd7 23. Qh5 f6 24. Qh4 Rf8 25.
Ra3 Rf7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rg6 Be8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxf6+ {1-0,Penzias,
M-Mashian,Y/Tel Aviv ASA/1993/}) 15. a5 Nf6 16. Rb1 (16. Nb6 $5 Ra7 17. Bd3 Re8
18. c4 $40 {[%cal Yc1b2,Yd1c3,Ga1h8] /\Bb2,Qc2-c3,/^a1-h8}) 16... Rxc4 $5 {
Black's only counterchance.} (16... Qc7 17. Bd3 Re7 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. c4 $16) 17.
Bxc4 Qxa5 18. Be2 b5 ({White will open the long diagonal anyway, so perhaps
Black should have tried} 18... Qxc3 19. Bb2 $5 (19. Rb3 Qd4+ 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21.
Bb2 $14) 19... Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Ne4 21. Qe1 Nd7 (21... b5 22. Qh4 $1 $40) 22. Rd1 {
[%cal Rf1f3] /\Rf3} (22. Qh4 $2 Qxe2 23. Qh6 Ndf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rbe1 Qh5
$19) 22... Qb3 23. Ba1 $40) 19. c4 b4 {Now the position is stabilized and
White can continue his attack undisturbed.} (19... bxc4 $6 20. Bxc4 Qc3 21. Qe2
$18 {[%cal Gb1b8,Ge2e8] ->,<->b,e,}) 20. Bb2 Qd8 21. Bd3 Nbd7 (21... Ng4 22.
Qe2 {[%cal Rb2a1,Re2b2] /\Ba1,Qb2}) 22. Qe1 Nf8 (22... a5 $5 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24.
Rbe1 $5 (24. Qxd6 Ra6 25. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $14) 24... Qf8 25. Qe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7+ Kg8
27. Re6 $36) 23. Qh4 Kf7 24. g4 $1 Bd7 $6 (24... fxg4 25. f5 $18 {->}) (24...
Ra7 $142 $5) 25. Qh6 Bc8 26. Rbe1 (26. g5 Ne8 (26... Nh5 27. Be2 $18) 27. Rbe1
Ra7 $8 {-26.Rbe1} (27... a5 $2 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Re1+ $18)) 26... Ra7 (26...
fxg4 27. f5 g5 28. Re6 $18) 27. g5 Nh5 (27... Ne8 28. Rxe8 $1 Kxe8 (28... Qxe8
$2 29. Qg7#) 29. Bf6 Re7 $8 (29... Qb6 30. Re1+ $18) 30. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Rf1e1] /
\Re1+-}) 28. Be2 $18 Kg8 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Bf6 Qd7 (30... Qb6 31. Re8 $18) 31.
Re7 {The attack has broken through, Black's position fall apart.} Qxe7 $8 32.
Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Qxd6 Re4 34. Qxc5 Bd7 35. Qxb4 Bb5 36. Rc1 Rxf4 37. Qb3 Bd7 38.
c5 Rg4+ 39. Kh1 Ba4 40. Qf3 1-0

