[Event "Dresden Schachverein 50 Years"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1926.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Alekhine/Kahn,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Aljechin:Auf dem Wege zur Weltmeisterschaft 1923-1927. S.117. 2)La
Stratégie juin 1926 [Kahn].} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 (3. c4 Bb4+ {Les noirs ont
un jeu satisfaisant}) 3... b6 4. h3 {Joué dans l'idée de conserver le B face а
la menace Nh5 mais cette poussée est prématurée car elle donne l'occasion aux
noirs d'appliquer un nouveau système de défense d'ailleurs trés remarquable.} (
4. e3 $142) 4... Bb7 5. Nbd2 Bd6 {Aussi simple que bon et l'échange des B va
donner l'occasion aux noirs de s'emparer des cases centrales} 6. Bxd6 {Si les
blancs avaient retardé la poussée h3, ils pouvaient Bg5 et sur h6, Bh4} cxd6 7.
e3 O-O 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 $142) 8... d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 (10. Ne5 Ne7 {[%cal
Gd7d6]}) 10... Ne4 $1 $36 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 {Un genre de Stonewall mais
avec le P"d7" en réserve pour défendre le trou habituel en "e5" ou encore
renforcer le P"e4" par la poussée "d5" (Kahn: La défense du Fianchetto de la Q
1934)} 13. f4 {Sinon Qg5} g5 $1 14. Nc4 d5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 (15... gxf4 $143 16.
Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxf4 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]}) 16. dxe5 (16. fxe5 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 16...
Kh8 17. a4 {Une perte de temps} (17. b3 Rc8) 17... Rg8 18. Qd2 (18. Qd4 {
n'était pas meilleur}) 18... gxf4 $1 {Au bon moment} 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Bf1 Qg3
$1 {Forçant Kh1 qui permettra la manoeuvre du 23ème coup} 21. Kh1 Qg7 22. Qd4
Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 23. Rf2 $8 Qg3 $1 24. Rc2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c4]
La menace Rc4 gagne un tempo important} 26. b3 Rc7 27. Re2 Rcg7 28. Rf4 Rc7 29.
Rc2 Rcg7 30. Re2 Rg6 $17 {Créant une position trés intéressante: les noirs
menacent Rh5 et Qd1 ne pare pas cette menace et les blancs seront en zugzwang}
31. Qb4 $2 (31. Qd1 $142 Rh6 $19 {Aljechin} 32. Rf1 $145 $1 $17 {Schwarz steht
aktiver und besser, hat aber keinen unmittelbaren Gewinnschlag.}) 31... Rh6 $19
32. h4 $8 Qg7 {gagne plus rapidement que la prise en h4} (32... Rxh4+ 33. Rxh4
Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 f4 $19) 33. c4 Rg6 34. Qd2 Rg3 {/\ 35...Rh3+ 36-Kg1 Qg3} 35. Qe1
$2 (35. cxd5 Rh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3 37. Ref2 Rc8 38. Rf1 Qh2+ 39. Kf2 Rg8 $19) 35...
Rxg2 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg2 (5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 bxc3 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Bd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Makarichev,S/Minsk ch-SU 1979 (22)}) (5. c4 c5 (5... bxc3
6. bxc3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ba6 $11 {1-0 Barbero Gerardo F-Bednarski Jacek B/
Naestved DEN 1988 (35)}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 a5 10. Nbd2
Na6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne4 14. Qd4 d6 $11 {0-1 Pelts,P-Gurevich,
D/Midwest Masters Inv. 1987 (62)}) (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 $11 {1-0 Nikolaev,N-Zvereva,M/Petrov mem, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (41)}) 5...
Be7 (5... a5 6. c4 Bb7 7. O-O c5 (7... Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 $11 (9... d5
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5] 0-1 Meissner,
C-Cladouras,P/Open, Dresden GER 1998 (76)})) 8. Bf4 d5 $11 (8... Qb6 9. Nbd2
cxd4 10. Nb3 Nc6 (10... d6 11. Qxd4 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qf4 O-O
$14 {1-0 Rosanov Lev I-Olenin Nikolay/Cup Russia (open) Moscow (Russia) (5)
1996 (43)}) 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc8 15. Rac1
Ne4 $11)) (5... d5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qb3 Qc8 {
1-0 Haves,R-Schlaugat,M/BL2W 1987 (10)}) (5... Bb7 6. c4 (6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Be7
8. Nc4 Bd5 9. Qd3 bxc3 10. Qxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Haines,B-Chow,A/
Illinois Open 1990 (15)}) (6. a5 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2
O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. e4 Nc6 $11 {1-0 Shirazi,K-Goldin,A/Issy FRA Op 1994 (50)})
6... Be7 (6... bxc3 7. Nxc3 (7. bxc3 c5 8. Ba3 (8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ba3
Na6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Simic,R-de Firmian,N/Stara Pazova 1983/
Inf 36 (49)}) 8... Na6 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. Nbd2 Be7 (10... cxd4 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12.
Qxd4 Nc5 13. O-O Ke7 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Nf5+ Kf8 18. Nxg7
$16 {1-0 Kozlov,O-Restas,P/Harkany 1994 (31)}) 11. Rb1 Qc7 $11) 7... Na6 (7...
a5 8. O-O Na6 9. Re1 d5 10. Ne5 c5 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Trichkov,V-Chloupek,S/Czech tt(4) 1993 (23)}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 O-O (9... d5
10. Qb1 O-O 11. Rc1 c5 $11 {0-1 Young,A-Burnett,R/Marshall-2 1995 (37)}) 10.
Rc1 Rb8 11. Nb5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Nxa7 Qb6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Rxc6 Qa5 16.
Bd2 Nb4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ardiansyah,H-Andersson,U/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (42)}) (
6... c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 g6 9. cxd5 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O (10... Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5
12. Ne4 Nc7 13. Nxc5 $14) 11. Nc4 d6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Re1 Bxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nbd7 16. a5 Ne5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. h3 Nh5 $15 {0-1
Chiburdanidze,M-Goldin,A/Palma de Majorca ESP 1989 (36)}) 7. O-O (7. a5 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nbd2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hellborg,T-Backe,P/Hallsberg 1990 
(56)}) 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. c6 Bxc6 11. Nb3 Nc5 12. Nbd4 Be4 $11
{1-0 Ostenstad,B-Carlier,B/Gausdal TM ,EXT 1988 (49)}) 6. c4 bxc3 7. bxc3 (7.
Nxc3 Bb7 8. Qb3 Qc8 (8... Nc6 9. Bf4 (9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nb4 11. Qxa7 Nc2+ 12.
Kd1 Nxa1 $15) 9... Rb8 10. Qd1 $132) 9. O-O O-O $11) 7... Ba6 $5 8. Ne5 (8.
Nbd2 d5 9. Ba3 $11) 8... d5 9. c4 (9. Ba3 $11) 9... c6 $1 {[%cal Gg2d5]} ({
The openning of a position by a way} 9... c5 $5 {is premature} 10. Nc3 cxd4 (
10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Nxf7 $1 O-O $1 (14... Kxf7
15. dxe6+ Kxe6 16. axb5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Re6]}) 15. d6 $1 (15. Ng5 Qd6 (15...
exd5 16. axb5 $16) (15... Ba6 16. Nxe6 Qd6 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 18. O-O $14) 16. axb5
Nxd5 17. O-O $14) 15... Bxd6 16. axb5 (16. Bxa8 Bc6 17. Nxd6 Bxa8 18. Nb5 Qd7
19. O-O $16 (19. f3 $16)) 16... Nd5 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Qe4 Nc7 20. Rc1
$18) 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Rb1 $1 (13. cxd5 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3
Nxd5 16. Bd4 f6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. exd3 Ra5 $14) 13... Bc5 14. Be3 $1 $16) 10. c5
(10. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 10... Nfd7 11. f4 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O e5 $15) 11... Nxe5
12. fxe5 O-O 13. e4 $5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga6f1] To complete development first
was better.} (13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 (14. Nc3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rb1 Rb8 (16...
e5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Nf7 (20... Kh8 21. Bxa8
Rxa8 22. Bb2 Bxe2 23. Rf2 Bg4 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rb4 h5 $44) 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44)
17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Bh3 Qe8 19. Bf4 Rf7 20. Rf3 $1 e5 $1 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. dxe5
Bd8 (22... Bxe5 23. Re3 Re7 24. Nxd5 $1 $18) 23. Qd4 Ba5 $44) 14... f6 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Nf3 e5 $15) 13... Nd7 $5 (13... f6 $6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. e5 Be7 16. Nc3
Qe8 (16... Bc4 17. Qg4 Rf5 18. Rb1 Na6 19. Bh6 (19. Rb7 Nxc5 $1 20. dxc5 Ba6
21. Bh6 g6 22. Rb3 Rxe5+ 23. Kd1 Bxc5 24. Bf4 Rf5 25. Re1 Qf6 $17 {[%csl Rd1]})
19... g6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qa5 22. Bd2 Nb4 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Qd1 Nd3+ 25.
Kf1 Qa6 26. Kg2 $11) 17. Ne2 Qh5 18. Nf4 Qf5 19. Be3 $11) 14. Nc3 f6 $1 15.
exd5 (15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qd2 (16. Be3 $2 Nxc5 $17) (16. e5 $2 Bxe5 $1 17. dxe5
Nxe5 $19) 16... e5 $1 17. exd5 exd4 18. Ne4 (18. dxc6 Nxc5 $17) 18... Re8 19.
Kd1 Bc4 $17) 15... cxd5 (15... exd5 $6 16. e6 Nb8 17. Kf2 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Kg1
$14) 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Nxd5 $2 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. e6 (18. Bxa8 Qxa8 $19)
18... Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 $17 (19... Rc8 $17)) 16... f5 17. Qf3 (17. Qf4 Nb8 18.
Nb5 Nc6 19. Qd2 (19. O-O Rb8 $15) 19... Rb8 20. Rb1 $132) 17... Qc7 18. Bd2 (
18. Bf4 g5 19. Bd2 $132) 18... Kh8 19. Rb1 $2 (19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nxe5 21.
Qe2 Nc4 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. O-O $44) 19... Bxc5 $3 {The young talent demonstrates
magnificent tactical vision!} 20. dxc5 Nxe5 21. Qe3 d4 $1 {The position of
white collapses as the card house} 22. Qxd4 Rad8 23. Nd5 (23. Qg1 Qd7 24. Bg5
Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Nf4+ 26. Bd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd8 Nb4+ 28. Kc1 Qd3 $19) (23. Qe3 Nc4 $19)
23... exd5 24. Bf4 (24. Kd1 Nd3 $19) 24... Rfe8 25. Kd1 Rb8 26. Kc2 Bd3+ 27.
Qxd3 Qxc5+ 28. Kd2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guerra Bastida, Diego"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. e4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
$146 (8. b3 Re8 9. Re1 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. c3 a6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Re2
g6 15. Ne1 Bh6 16. Nf1 c5 17. d5 Nb6 18. a5 Nc8 19. Bc1 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nh5 21.
Bf3 Ng7 22. Ne3 Rf8 {Budde,V-Fehrig,A/Germany 1982/GER-chT/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 8...
a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 $6 {It's dubious to open position before finishing
of the developing.Better was 10..b6} 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5 {[%csl Gb5]} 12.
Bb2) 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Nc4 (13. Re1 $1 Re8 14. Qe2 {Was very unpleasant.}) 13...
Bf6 14. Ne3 $6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Re8 16. Qh5 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... Qe7 17.
Rae1 Ne4 $1 {With a good position for black.} (17... Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. Rxf5 $18)) 17. Rad1 g6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Qxf6 Qxe3+ 22. Qf2 (22. Rf2 $6 Bf5 23. Bxc6 Re6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kg7 26.
Bg2 Bxc2) 22... Bg4 $2 (22... Bg4 23. Rd4 $1 {[%mdl 12288]} (23. Rd6 $5) 23...
Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bf5 25. Bxc6 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rc8 28. Rc4 $18) (22...
Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Ra6 24. Rd6 c5 $14 {Much better for black ,than position after
22...Bg4?}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 $1 $11 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 {
Other possibilities too do not promise advantage:} (7. c3 Na6 (7... d5 8. a5
Na6 $132 (8... Bd6 $2 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. cxb4 Bd6 (10... Bxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. a6
$18) 11. b5 $16 {1-0 Csulits,A-Rebmann,D/Schwaebisch Gmuend ,EXT 1990 (16)})) (
7... a5 8. Nbd2 d5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxc3 $17 (
12... Be7 13. cxd4 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Johannessen,S-Fossan,E/Drammen Norway ch
1994 (36)})) (7... cxd4 8. cxb4 Bxb4 9. Na3 a5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nfxd4 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Na6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Rc5 $15 {0-1 Kopjonkin,G-Ivanov Vladimir Ivanovich/
Slovakia ch 1996 (54)}) 8. Bf4 (8. Nbd2 $6 Rc8 9. Nb3 (9. dxc5 bxc3 10. bxc3
Nxc5 $15) 9... bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nxc3 12. Qd3 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Martinovsky,
E-Schussler,H/Gausdal ,EXT 1987 (55)}) 8... Be7 (8... d5 $11) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
Bd6 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Shipov,S/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (43)}) (
7. a5 Na6 (7... cxd4 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Gagloshvili,
R-Jurek,J/Mlada Boleslav 1994 (52)}) 8. c3 Be7 (8... Rc8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. e3 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Piankov,E-Conquest,S/Interclubs N1 Clichy-Le Mans 1995 (52)}) 9. Bg5 h6
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Be7 14. h3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Qd7 (15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc2 $15) 16. Rfc1 $132 {1-0 Ouechtati,M-Pira,D/Cannes open A
1990 (38)}) (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a5 Na6 $11 {0-1 Tauber,
M-Klovans,J/Schwabisch Gmund 1996 (43)}) (7. Bg5 Na6 8. a5 Rc8 9. Re1 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 Qd8 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Salinnikov,D-Zubov,A/Alushta UKR 1999 (16)}) (7. Nbd2 Be7 (7... cxd4 8. Nb3 d5
(8... Be7 9. Nbxd4 (9. a5 O-O 10. Qxd4 Bd5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Bf4 Qb7
$11 {0-1 Speelman,J-Andersson,U/London P&D(8) 1980 (42)}) 9... O-O 10. a5 d5
11. h3 Qc8 12. Qd3 Ba6 $11 {0-1 Baumgartner,H-Thoma/AUT BL 1989 (40)}) 9. Nbxd4
Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qc7 15. Nxb7
Qxb7 16. a5 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Schichtel,H-Gurgenidze,B/Wildbad WchV ,EXT 1993 (45)}
) (7... d5 8. c4 (8. dxc5 Nbd7 (8... Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 Bxf4
12. gxf4 Nbd7 $11 {1-0 Gereben Erno-Klauser,M/Switzerland ch Lenk Switzerland
1987 (37)}) 9. c6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. N2b3 Be7 12. a5 a6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be1
O-O $11 {1-0 Nippula,T-Fieandt,J/JSM HOSK-HSK 1992 (40)}) 8... Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Nb3 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 (11... exd5 12. Be3 $14 {0-1 Macek,V-Misanovic
Vesna/Zadar 1995 (55)})) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc4 d5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. b3 Nbd7 12.
Bb2 Rc8 13. e3 Qe7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Polovnikova,E-Pokorna,R/Patras GRE 1999 (21)})
7... bxc3 (7... d5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. a5 a6 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bh3 Rc7
13. Bf4 c4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Ndf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 $17) (7... cxd4
8. Nbd2 Na6 (8... Qc7 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qb7+ 13. Kg1
Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Trichkov,V-Panchenko Alexander N/Katowice 1992 (41)}) 9. Nxd4
Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nc5 11. N2b3 d5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. cxd5 Qxd5+ 15. Qxd5
Nxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. f3 O-O $11 {1-0 Skembris,S-Gomez,M/Rome 1984 (46)}) (7...
Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Na6 10. Nb3 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 d6 13. a5 Qc7
14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Heurung,D-Curry,R/cr NTC 1991 
(33)}) 8. Nxc3 $6 $15 {Black pawn "d" will be stronger than White "b" one.} (8.
bxc3 $11) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Nb5 a6 10. Nbxd4 Be7 11. a5 (11. b4 $2 Bxb4 12.
Rb1 a5 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Varga,
M-Bruno,A/Buenos Aires FMDA tt ,EXT 1989 (16)}) 11... Nc6 $15 {0-1
Trichkow-Dobosz/Cuxhaven op, SW 1993 (53)}) (9. Qxd4 Nc6 $15) 9... Bxg2 10.
Kxg2 d5 $1 $15 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Bc5 $5 (11... Nbd7 $6 12. e4
$1 h6 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7 Nxe4 16. Qf3
Ndc5 (16... f5 17. Qh5+ $18) (16... Qb7 17. Rfe1 Ndc5 18. Bh4 Rd8 (18... g5 19.
b4 gxh4 (19... Qxb4 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qxa8+ Kxe7 22. Qxa7+ (22. Qxh8 Qb7+ 23.
Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qf3+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kd2 Qd5+ 26. Kc1 (26. Kc2 Qb3+ 27. Kc1)
26... Qc4+ 27. Kb1 Qb4+ (27... Qb3+ 28. Qb2) 28. Kc2 Qb3+ 29. Kc1 Nd3+ 30. Kd2
Nf3+ 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kxf3 Qxf2+ 33. Kg4 (33. Ke4 Nc5+ 34. Ke5 f6+ 35. Qxf6+
Qxf6#) 33... f5+ 34. Kg5 Qd2+ 35. Kh5 Qxh2+ 36. Kg5 Qxg3+ 37. Kh5 Qg4+ 38. Kh6
Qg6#) 25... Qh1+ (25... Nd3 26. Qd4 $16) 26. Ke2 Qf3+ $11) 22... Kf6 23. Re3
Kg6 24. h4 Nge4 $132)) 19. Nf5 exf5 (19... g5 20. Ng7+ Kf8 (20... Ke7 21. Rxe4
gxh4 22. Rxh4 Qxb2 $132) 21. b4 (21. Nxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Rxe4 gxh4
$19) 21... Rd2 (21... Qxb4 $2 22. Nxe6+ $1 Nxe6 23. Rxe4 Qe7 (23... Qd6 24. Qf6
Rg8 (24... Kg8 25. Ra3 (25. Bxg5 Qd5 26. f3 Nxg5 (26... Qxg5 27. Rg4) 27. Re5
Qd2+ 28. Kh1 h6 29. Rae1 Rf8 $17) 25... Qc6 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Rg4 $16 (27. Rxe6
Qxe6 28. Qxg5+ Qg6 29. Qd5 $16 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8]})) 25. Rxe6 Qd5+ 26. f3 gxh4 27.
Re4 Qd2+ 28. Kh1 Rg6 (28... hxg3 29. Qe7+ Kg7 30. Rg4+ $18) 29. Qxh4 $16) 24.
Rae1 Kg7 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Rg4 $18) 22. Nxe6+ Nxe6 23. Qxe4 Qb6 (23... Qxe4+
24. Rxe4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Ke7 $17) 24. Qf5 gxh4 $19) 20. Bxd8 Kxd8 21. Rad1+ Nd7 (
21... Kc7 22. Qf4+ Nd6+ 23. Kg1 Qb6 24. a5 $18) 22. Rxd7+ Qxd7 23. Rd1 Nd6 24.
Qa8+ Qc8 25. Rxd6+ Ke7 26. Qd5 $16) 17. b4 Qb8 18. Nc6 Nxg5 19. Qe3 Qc7 20.
Qxc5 Ne4 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rac1 $14)) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) (11... Be7 $5 $15) 12.
Rc1 Nbd7 13. Ncb5 a6 (13... O-O 14. b4 Bxd4 (14... Bxb4 15. Nc6 Qb6 16. Nxb4 a6
17. Rc6 Qa5 (17... Qb7 18. Rc7 Qb6 19. Be3 $18) 18. Nc7 Qxb4 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qc2 $16) 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nc6 $14) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nc3 Qb6 $15)
11... a6 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} (11... Bc5 12. Ncb5 Na6 13. b4 $3 Bxb4 (13... Nxb4 14.
Nc7+ $16) (13... Be7 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qd4 Nh5 (17...
Ne8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Be3 Nxb4 20. Qxa7 Qxa7 21. Bxa7 $14) 18. b5 Nxf4+ 19.
Qxf4 e5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. bxa6 Rhc8 $14) 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Nxb4
Nxb4 16. Nc7+ $16) 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 $2 $17 {First tactical blunder} (13. Bg5
Qb6 $15) 13... Bxb4 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Qb3 $2 $19 {Second tactical blunder...} (
15. Nxb4 Qxb4 $17) 15... Qxc6 16. Nb5 Bc5 $1 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rc2
d4+ 20. Kg1 Qd5 (20... Nd5 $19) 21. Rb1 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Kd6 24. Rb7
Rc8 (24... Ra7 $19) 25. Ba5 Rc6 26. Rcb2 e5 27. Bd2 Rb6 28. a5 Rxb7 29. Rxb7
Nc3 (29... e4 $19) 30. Rb3 Nxe2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Rxc3 e4 34. Ke2
f5 35. h3 g5 36. Rc1 Ne5 37. Rd1+ Kc6 38. Rd8 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Ra8 f3+ 41.
Kf1 Kb5 42. Re8 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 (5... c5 $5 $132) 6. c3 Qc8
(6... a5 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Qd3 b4 9. e4 d6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 bxa3 12. b3 $14 (
12. bxa3 Ba6 13. Qc2 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Langeweg-Visier/Vienna tt 1972 (41)})) (
6... a6 7. Nbd2 (7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 c5 $11 {0-1
Veingold,A-Pyhaelae,A/KUOPIO WHOF (1.0) 1995 (51)}) (7. a4 Nc6 8. Bg5 Rb8 9.
axb5 axb5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mancebo
Ibanez,F-Eslon,J/Valencia 1998 (33)}) 7... d6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Nb3 c5 10. Nh4
Bxg2 11. Nxg2 O-O $11 {1-0 Martinovsky,E-Umezinwa,G/Chicago ,EXT 1988 (35)}) (
6... d5 7. Qb3 (7. a4 b4 8. cxb4 Bxb4 9. a5 Na6 {1/2-1/2 Azmayparashvili,
Z-Salov,V/Madrid 1996/Inf 66/ (38)} (9... O-O 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Ra4 Qd6 12. Bf4
Qe7 13. Bd2 (13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxb7))) 7... a6 8. a4 c6 9. Bg5 $14) (6... O-O 7.
Bg5 (7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 David,
R-Kitte,S/GER-chJT Leipzig ,JUN 1995 (57)}) (7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 (8. c4 d6 9. d5
exd5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bf8 13. a5 $132 {0-1 Averbakh,Y-Browne,
W/Palma GMA-op (5) 1989 (46)}) 8... c5 (8... Na6 9. c4 c5 10. e3 d5 11. b3 cxd4
12. exd4 $11 {0-1 Doda,Z-Smyslov,V/Polanica Zdroj 1966 (43)}) 9. cxb4 cxb4 10.
Nb3 Bd5 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nfd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 d5 $11 {1-0 Buturin,V-Nisipeanu,L/
MK Cafe Cup, Koszalin POL 1998 (54)}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 b4
11. cxb4 Bxb4 12. Ne5 d5 13. Qb3 a5 14. Na3 Nc6 15. Ng4 Ba6 16. Nb5 (16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qe3 f5 $132) 16... Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Mikhalchishin,A/
Volgodonsk 1981 (47)}) 7. Bg5 {Kharitonov unpretentiously plays a beginning
not entering in theoretical controversies.} (7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1
Bxg2 10. Nxg2 $11 {0-1 Asensio,E-Rodriguez,A/Buenos Aires Konex 1991 (56)})
7... d6 $6 $14 (7... c5 $1 8. a4 cxd4 9. cxd4 bxa4 10. Qxa4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bc6 12.
Qc2 Qb7 {[%csl Ge4]} 13. Nc3 Na6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qe2 d6 $11) 8. a4 a6 (8... bxa4
9. Qxa4+ $14) 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Qb3 c6 $6 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6
13. Nd2 d5 $14 {Drawing up strengthening against the B}) (11... Qb7 12. Na3 c6
13. Nd2 {[%cal Ga3b5]} d5 14. e4 $14) 12. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Qa3 $16
{[%csl Ra8,Rd6]}) 13. e4 Nd7 14. Nbd2 Qa6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Nf1 Ra8
18. Ne3 b4 19. c4 Qb6 20. Bh3 Ra2 $2 $16 {Not noticing latent tactical impact}
(20... c5 21. d5 Nf8 $14) 21. c5 $1 dxc5 (21... b3 22. Qc4 dxc5 23. Bxe6 $1 $16
) 22. Qb3 {[%csl Ra2,Re6]} Ra8 $2 $18 {Not simplly to accept the correct
solution. Black in a bewilderment} (22... cxd4 $1 23. Nxd4 (23. Qxa2 dxe3 24.
Rxe3 $14) 23... Qxd4 (23... Ra8 24. Nxe6 Nc5 $1 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bf5 $16 {
[%cal Gf5h7]} (26. Ng4 $2 Kg7 27. Qf3 (27. e5 f5 28. Ne3 Bxe3 $1 29. fxe3 $11 (
29. Rxe3 Ra1+ 30. Bf1 (30. Kg2 c5+ 31. f3 c4 $19) 30... Ba6 $19)) 27... Bd4 28.
e5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qg4+ Kf8 $44)) 24. Qxa2 Nc5 (24... Qxe4 25. Qa7 Nc5
26. Qb8+ Bf8 (26... Kg7 27. Nf5+ $18) 27. Rd1 $16) 25. Bg2 Nd3 (25... Qd2 26.
Rd1 Qe2 27. Qa7 $16) 26. Rd1 $16) 23. Bxe6 cxd4 (23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+ $18) 24.
Bxf7+ (24. Nc4 $6 Qc7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nb6 Qd8 27. Nxa8 c5 (27... Qxa8 28.
Nxd4 $18) (27... Bxa8 28. Nh4 c5 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Qd1 $16) 28. Nh4 Qxa8 29. Nf5
Bf8 30. Qd1 $16) 24... Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Bh5 $1 $18) 25. Nf5 Bf8 (25... Nc5
26. Qc4 $18) 26. N5xd4 $5 (26. N3xd4 $6 Ne5 $16) (26. Qe6 $1 Qd8 27. N5xd4 (27.
N3xd4 $16) 27... Nc5 (27... c5 28. Qg4 $1 Bh6 (28... Bg7 29. Ne6 $18) 29. Nf5
$18) 28. Qg4 Bd6 29. Nf5 $18) 26... Bc5 (26... Nc5 27. Qe3 $18) 27. Rd1 Ne5 (
27... Nf8 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Bb3 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 28. Qe6 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 $18 Bf8
30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qf5 Bc8 32. Qg5 $6 (32. Qh5 $18) 32... Ba6 33. Ne5 (33. Rd7
Be2 34. Ba2 $18) 33... Be2 34. Ng6+ hxg6 35. Qh4+ Bh5 36. Bxg6 Qa5 37. Bxh5 Kg8
38. Be2 Qc5 39. e5 Qxe5 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Qe8 43. Qd6+ Qe7
44. Qb8+ Qe8 45. Qxb4+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 c6 (4... b4 5. Bg2 Ba6 6. Qd1 c5 (6... Bb7
7. a3 a5 8. axb4 axb4 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. c4 bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Qa4 Bc6 13. Qa7
cxd4 14. cxd4 Be4 15. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 Ohst,C-Lutz,C/NRW-II 1987/EXT 97-B (44)})
7. Ne5 d5 8. c4 Bb7 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. cxd5 Qc7 12. Bxf6 Qc1+ 13.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Nxf6 15. Nxf7 Rg8 16. Ng5 e5 17. Nd2 Nxd5 18. Be4 {1-0
Dorfman,J-Skrobek,R/Warsaw 1983/MCD (41)}) (4... Ba6 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B-Popovic,P/Sarajevo 1987/CBM 05 
(9)}) 5. Bg5 (5. e4 b4 6. e5 Ba6 7. Qb3 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Nd5 9. a3 c5 10. axb4 cxb4
11. c4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. c4 Rb8 14. Qd3 Ndb4 15. Qe4 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17.
d5 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Lomineishvili,M/Smolensk 1997/CBM 58 ext (35)}) (5. c3 d5 6.
Nbd2 a5 7. e4 Ba6 8. Qe3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qd5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. b3 c5
13. Bg2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Bxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Dlugy,M-Ivanov,A/New York 1997/CBM 57 ext (18)}) 5... Be7 6. e4 d5 7.
e5 Nfd7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qe3 Ba6 11. a3 O-O 12. Nb3 b4 13. axb4
Qxb4+ 14. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Gc5][%mdl 32]} Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qxd2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]
After this move white has a clear advantage,thanks to weak pawn on a5.} (15...
Qc4 $5 16. Nxa5 Qb5 17. b4 Na6 18. c3 c5 $1 $44) 16. Kxd2 a4 17. Ne1 f6 18. Nd3
fxe5 19. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4]} Kf7 20. f4 Ke7 21. h4 {[%csl Rg5]} Rc8 22.
Nbc5 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Ge6]} Nb6 (22... Nxc5 23. Nxc5 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 23. Ra2
N8d7 24. Rfa1 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Rcb8 26. b3 $1 {Nice pawn move ,after which
black's position is hopeless.} axb3 (26... axb3 27. Ra7+ Rxa7 28. Rxa7+ Ke8 29.
cxb3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piankov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c3 $146 (5. O-O e4 (5... Be7 6.
Nbd2 O-O 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nc4 e4 9. Nd4 Nb6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. c3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bf8
13. Rd1 Qc8 14. c4 Bh3 15. Bh1 c6 16. b3 {Andersson,U-Larsen,B/Stockholm 1975/
MCD/1-0 (66)}) ({RR} 5... g6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10.
b3 Nb6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na5 e4 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Kern,G-Luminet,D/
Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000 (23)}) 6. Ne1 d5 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc2
Be6 11. a4 Nc4 12. b3 Na5 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Rb2 O-O 16. Qe1 {
Boutteville,C-Gligoric,S/Varna 1962/MCD/0-1 (40)}) (5. e3 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4
Qc7 8. Nc3 Nf8 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nxe5 Ne6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 b6 14.
b3 Ba6 15. a4 {Thorvaldsson,E-Makropoulos,G/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (45)})
5... c6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12.
Qc2 Rad8 13. Rad1 g6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. Bc1 b5 17. Ne3 Ndf6 (17... Nhf6
18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 c5 $11) 18. Ng4 Bc8 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (18... Nd7 19. c4
$14 {White is only better.}) 19. Bg5 Be7 20. dxe5 (20. Nh6+ $1 Kg7 21. Qd2 Ng8)
20... Nxg4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. e5 Qc5 (
25... Qc7 26. Qe4) 26. Qe4 Be6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
28... c5 $1 29. Rd3 (29. Ng5 Rd8) 29... c4) 29. Rd3 {Now Endgame is difficult
for black.} Bf5 30. Rd6 c5 31. Rc6 Rc8 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Ng5 b4 (33... Re7 $1 34.
Bd5 Rxe5 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Be6 $1 (36. Rxa7 Bg4 $1 37. Bxg6 Rxg5) 36... Bxe6
37. Nxe6 $16) 34. c4 Ng7 $2 {Last mistake.} (34... h6 $1 35. Nf3 $16 {[%csl
Ra7,Rc5]} (35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Re7 37. Bd5 Kg7)) 35. Bd5 Ne6 36. Nxe6 fxe6
37. Bxe6+ Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Kf7 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. f4 Ke8 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 b4 (6... a6 7. c4 b4
8. Nc2 Qb6 9. b3 d6 10. Ne3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nbd7 12. a3 d5 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Qxb6
Nxb6 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 a5 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Bxb4 $16 {1-0
Aronian,L-Fernandez Romero,E/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 271 (29)}) 7.
Nc4 d5 (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 d5 9. Nce5 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxb4 Na6 15. Qf4 Rad8 16. Nd3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Qa5
$44 {Andersson,U-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext/0-1 (32)}) 8. Nce5 Nbd7
$146 (8... Be7 9. a3 bxa3 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxa3 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd4 Nfe4
14. Nd3 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe5 Bd6 17. Qh5 $11 {Hadas,Y-Lebedev,V/
Szombathely 1993/TD/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 9. c3 Be7 (9... bxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rb1
$36) 10. dxc5 $6 {White's strategy is dubious,after pawn's exchanging in the
centre black has an easy game.Better was} (10. Bf4) 10... Bxc5 11. cxb4 Bxb4
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qb5 14. a4 Qa5 15. Qb3 Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder.} (
15... O-O $4 16. Nd3 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) (15... Rc8 $1 {Was much better and white
has nothing better than} 16. Nd3 Rc4 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Nxb4 $5 Rxb4 19. Qc3 Nxe3
20. fxe3 d4 $1 21. exd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Rf3 Rc4 $1 $11 {With an equal
game.}) 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Easy tactical blow decide the game.}
Bxf4 18. Nxh8 Bd6 19. e4 $6 {Poor move.White was winning after} (19. Qe3 $1 Ke7
20. Qg5 g6 21. e4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg5a5,Re4e5]}) 19... Ba6 20. Qe3 dxe4 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Another mistake.Very unclear was} (20... Bxf1 $1 21. exd5 e5 22.
Rxf1 Kf8 $1) 21. Qxa7 $18 {[%cal Ra7g7]} Rb7 22. Qa8+ Rb8 23. Qc6+ Ke7 24. Rfd1
{[%cal Gd1d7]} Nd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 (25... Qxd5 26. Qxa6 $18) 26. Bh3 Qc7 27. Qxd5
Kf8 28. Nf7 Bc5 29. Ng5 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qb7 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Bd7+ Qxd7 33. Qxb8+
Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kf8 35. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 d5 8.
N1d2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Nd6 $146 {This move doesn't promise any
special advantage for white. Black has active pieces and pressure over the
open files in the centre.} (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. a4 Ne5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qg2 Qc7 20. Qe4 $15 {
0-1 Kekki,J-Granthal,R/FIN 1997/EXT 99 (26)}) 11... Rd8 12. Nxc8 Raxc8 $15 {
[%cal Gd8d1,Gc8c1]} 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. a4 (14. c3 a5 {[%cal Ra5a4]}) 14... Bf6 {
[%cal Gf6b2]} 15. a5 {[%csl Rb3]} Qc7 (15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. c3 $11) 16.
c3 Ne5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ge5c4]} 17. a6 b6 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Rd1 Nc4 20. Bf3 Qe8 (
{Deserved attention} 20... Na5 $1 {[%cal Gf6d4]} 21. Nb5 Nb3 $1 $15) 21. Be4 b5
22. Nc2 Rd6 (22... Qe7) 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Kf1 h6
27. Ra2 g5 28. Be3 {[%cal Gf1e2]} Nxe3+ 29. fxe3 (29. Nxe3 d4 30. Nd5 Bg7 31.
Nc7 Rb8 32. Ra5 dxc3 33. bxc3 b4 $11) 29... Bd8 $1 {Important maneuvre. Black
transport his bishop to protect the queenside and to attack the e3-pawn.} 30.
Ra1 Bb6 31. Rd1 Re5 32. Nb4 Rxe3 33. Rxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blunder in the
Zeitnot. Better was} (33. Nxd5 $1 Re6 $11) 33... Rf3+ 34. Ke1 Rf2 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gf2b2,Gf2h2]} 35. Rd2 Rf6 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf6a6]} 36. Kd1 $2 {
[%cal Gd1c2,Gc2b3] Now black gets a pawn without compensation. Drawing the
king to the queenside loses the pawn on a6.} (36. Nd5 $1 Re6+ 37. Re2 Rd6 38.
Nxb6 Rxb6 39. Re5 $11) 36... Bc5 $1 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Nd3 Bg1 39. h4 gxh4 40.
gxh4 Rxa6 41. Rd5 $17 Rb6 42. b4 a6 43. Kc2 Re6 44. Kb3 Kf6 45. Rd7 Be3 46. Kc2
Kg6 47. h5+ Kxh5 48. Rxf7 Kg4 $2 {Gives for white strong counterplay. After} (
48... Kg6 $1 49. Rc7 h5 50. c4 h4 $1 $17 {Black is winning.}) 49. Rg7+ Kf3 50.
Rh7 Kg4 51. Nc5 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc5a6]} Rg6 (51... Bxc5 52. bxc5 Rc6 53. Kd3 $11)
52. Kd3 Bg1 53. Nxa6 Rxa6 54. Rg7+ Kf3 55. Rxg1 Rd6+ 56. Kc2 Rd5 57. c4 bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 (4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 {'!?' Stohl.} (5...
Nc6 $5 6. g3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd2 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bh3 $1 Qb6 12.
Rb1 O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Bxc8 d3+ 15. Kg2 dxc2 16. Qxc2 Raxc8 17. Nc4 Qb5 18. a4
$14 {Rustemov,A-Sokolov,A/RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O)
4... d6 (4... c5 $10 {Stohl}) 5. c3 {'!?' Marin,M.} (5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5) (5.
h3 {Stohl} Be7 (5... b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qe2 Qe7
11. c3 a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh2 Nd5 14. Rae1 f5 15. e4 Nxc3 $1 16. bxc3 f4 17.
Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf7 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Raf8 21. Qe3 Qh4 $40 {Yedidia,
J-DeFirmian,N/World Open/1995/}) 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O {1/2:1/2,Assmann,T-Franco,Z/Lugano op/
1989/ (22)}) (5. Nbd2 {Stohl} g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 Nxg3 9.
hxg3 Nd7 10. c3 b6 11. a4 a6 {Tsorbatzoglou,T-Miles,A/Katerini op/1992/ (21)})
(8. c3 Nd7 9. Be2 Ndf6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Bd3 b6 14. Qe2
Bb7 15. Ba6 Bc6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Ba6 Bc6 $10 {1/2/Seirawan,Y-Ehlvest,J/
Skelleftea WCup/1989/}) (8. Ng1 Nxg3 9. hxg3 c5 10. c3 d5 11. f4 Bd7 12. Ngf3
Nc6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Aseev,K/Leningrad 1989/TD (14)})
8... Nd7 9. c3 Qe7 10. a4 (10. Ng1 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Qf3 g4 13. Qd1 Bd7 14.
Ne2 h5 15. Qc2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Rh2 c5 18. Rdh1 cxd4 19. exd4 e5 20. Kb1
Bc6 21. Bf5 Rhe8 $13 {Illner,A-Ionov,S/Dortmund Op-A/1992/})) 5... Nbd7 {
'?!' Marin,M. '!?' Stohl.} (5... Nc6 $5 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bd3
O-O {/\ Bd7, a5, Qe7}) (5... g5 $6 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nfd2 $1 (8. Bd3 $142
$13 {Stohl}) (8. Na3 O-O (8... Nd7 9. Bd3 Qe7 $13) 9. Nd2 Nxg3 {1-0 Miles,
A-Garcia Ilundain,D/Benasque 1995/CBM 50/[Stohl] (46)}) 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 $14
Nc6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf5 (12. Qe2 {Stohl} a6 $5 13. Nc2 b5 $132)
12... exf5 13. O-O Kh8 (13... a6 14. Nc2 d5 15. f4 Qd6 $132 16. fxg5 $6 Qxg3
17. gxh6 Bxh6) 14. Re1 a6 15. Nc2 (15. Nac4 {Stohl /\Ne3=}) 15... d5 16. f4 $1
(16. Nf3 $2 Qd6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rae8 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5 Qb6+
21. Nd4 $2 (21. Kh1 $142 Qxb2) 21... c5 22. Nf3 c4+ $19) 20... Qb6 21. Ne3 (21.
Rab1 Rxe5 $1) 21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 f4 $17) 16... g4 {()} (16... Qd6 17. fxg5
Qxg3 18. gxh6 Bxh6 19. Qh5 $36) (16... Qf6 17. Nf3 $16) 17. Nb3 {0-1 Matlak,
M-Marin,M/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1995/CBM 47/[Marin,M] (51)}) 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5
{'~~' Marin,M.} 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nc4 (9. Bd3 O-O (9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 a6
12. Nc4 Qe7 13. b4 O-O 14. e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 a5 16. exd6 cxd6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18.
Rab1 Nf6 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Ndc4 d5 22. Ne5 Bc6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qh5
Bxe5 25. Qxh6 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 f6 27. Qh3 Rf7 {0-1 Schulz,M-Wojtkiewicz,A/
Cattolica 1989/EXT 97 (27)}) 10. Qb3 Kh8 $2 (10... a6 11. O-O-O (11. a4 $5)
11... b5 $13) 11. O-O-O $1 a6 $6 (11... f5 $2 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 $1 hxg5 14.
hxg5 Qxg5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Rh2 $16 Ndf6 17. Bh4 Qg6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rdh1) (
11... Kg8) 12. Bb1 $1 g4 $5 (12... b5 $2 13. e5 $1 {/\Qc2 +-}) (12... e5 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5 $16) 13. Bh4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Marin,M/Andorra 1995/CBM 48/
[Marin,M] (22)} (13. Nh4 Qg5 $13)) 9... Qe7 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 {[%csl
Gd6]} (11... b6 12. Bd3 Bb7) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. a4 Bc6 15. Bb5 {
[%csl Gc6][%cal Gb5e8] Important move. White didn't get any opening advantage
and change black active bishop.} Qd7 (15... Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 $2
18. Qb3 $18) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. O-O O-O (17... Nxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxd6
$16) 18. f3 a5 (18... Rfd8) 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Rfb8 21. Qb5 $1 {[%mdl 32]}
Qxb5 22. axb5 a4 (22... Rc8 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Rd3 $14) 23. Rfd1 Ra5 24. Nc4 Rxb5
25. Rxa4 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Ra5 Rb3 28. Raxd5 (28. Rdxd5 b5 29. Nd6 Rxb2 30.
Raxb5 Bxc3 31. Rxb8+ Rxb8 32. Nf5 $14) 28... b5 29. Nd6 Rxb2 30. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 a6 5. a4 (5. c4 bxc4 6. Nxc4 e6 7. a3
Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 a5 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 d6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nd7 14. e5
Be7 15. Rh3 Kh8 16. Qd2 dxe5 17. Ncxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bd5 19. Qf4 {0-1
Porrasmaa,T-Van der Erf,R/Hoogeveen 1999/EXT 2000 (27)}) 5... bxa4 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 16384]} (5... b4 6. c4 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11.
Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Qe2 g5 15. Red1 g4 16. Ne1 h5 17. d5 O-O-O
18. Ne4 Nh7 19. f4 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Miles,A/Bled 1979/MCL (28)}) (5... d6 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 9. e4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O e6 12. Qa1 Be7
13. Qa7 O-O 14. Ra1 Qc8 15. d5 Re8 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. N2b3 Bd7 19.
Bf1 Bf8 20. c3 {Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext/1-0 (50)}) (
5... Qc8 6. axb5 axb5 7. e3 Rxa1 8. Qxa1 b4 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 Nc6
12. e4 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. h3 d6 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. Qb2 Ba6 18. Bxa6
Qxa6 19. Qb7 Qxb7 20. Rxb7 {Vaisman,V-Ruiz,R/FRA 1994/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 6.
c3 e6 7. e4 (7. e3) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O $1 {Black played
very risky in the opening and white's development advantage becomes really
dangerous.} (10. e5 Qd8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rxa4 $5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ga4g4]})
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Rxa4 a5 13. d5 $1 {Black's position is critical.
All white's pieces take part in the attack.} Nb4 $13 (13... exd5 $2 14. exd5 {
[%csl Ye4][%cal Gf1e1,Gd2e4]}) 14. e5 Qf4 (14... Qd8 15. dxe6 Nxd3 16. exf7+
Ke7 17. Nh4 $18) 15. dxe6 (15. h3 $5 h5 $8 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Qa1
$18) 15... fxe6 (15... dxe6 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Qc1 $18) 16. Bg6+ Kd8
17. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] First miss.Much stronger was} (17. Qa1 $1 $16 {[%csl
Ra5]}) 17... Bc6 18. Ra3 Qg4 19. Be4 Nd5 $1 $132 20. h3 Qf4 21. Rd3 Bb4 22. g3
Qf7 23. Nd4 Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black just finished their development and it
was the time for some prophilactic} (23... Bb7 $5) 24. Nxc6+ {Now white in the
second time has a winning position} dxc6 25. Qe2 (25. Rf3 $5 Qe7 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8
27. Qc2 $1 $36) 25... Rb8 26. Rc1 $1 Qd7 27. Nf3 (27. Nb3 Rb5 28. Qg4 $1 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3d4]}) 27... Rb5 28. Rc4 Bc5 29. Rd2 (29. Qc2 Qa7 30. Nd4
Bxd4 31. Rdxd4 Qb6 32. Rd2 $16) 29... Qa7 30. Rdc2 Rf7 31. Kg2 {Much stronger
was.} (31. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1c1,Rc1c6]} a4 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Qb6 34. Bg6 Rd7
35. Rdd2 {[%cal Gd1g4]} Rb4 36. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gf3f8] And black has
no defence.}) 31... g5 32. Qd2 Rd7 33. Qc1 Be3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Nice tactical
trick.White can't take the bishop} (33... Bxf2 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Rxc6 $18) 34.
Qf1 (34. fxe3 Nxe3+ 35. Kh1 Nxc4 36. Bxc6 Rbd5 37. Bxd5 exd5 $13) 34... Bc5 35.
Qe2 Qb6 $132 36. Ne1 Nb4 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Qxd2+ Nd5 39. Nd3 Be7 40. Qc2 Kd7 41.
Bf3 Qa6 $2 {Blunder in the time trouble.} 42. Bg4 $2 {Last mistake.,after} (42.
Nc5+ Bxc5 43. Rxc5 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc2h7] Black's may resign.}) 42... Nc7
43. Rd4+ Rd5 44. Nc5+ Bxc5 45. Qxc5 Rxd4 46. Qxd4+ Kc8 47. Qd6 Qc4 48. Bf3 Kb7
49. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Rui"]
[Black "Szabo, Zsolt Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 (6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. c4 bxc4 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Bd2 (10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bd5 12. Ncd2 Qb6 13. a3
a5 14. Re1 axb4 15. e4 Bc6 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Qxb4 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Qc1 Nc6
20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. e5 {0-1 Khechumyan,G-Parkanyi,A/Budapest HUN 2000 (28)})
10... d5 11. Na5 Ba6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. a4 Bc4 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Bb2
Ndf6 17. Nbd4 Qd6 18. b5 Ng4 19. Ba3 {0-1 Urban,K-Kiselev,S/Katowice 1992/TD 
(26)}) 6... O-O 7. Qd3 b4 8. e4 d5 $146 (8... d6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. c4 e5 11. Bd2
exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. f3 g6 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. Qc2 b3 18.
Qd1 Nh5 19. Bc3 a4 20. Nd5 c6 21. Nb4 Ne6 22. Nd2 d5 $1 $17 {0-1 Kerek,
C-Shrentzel,I/Budapest 1992/EXT 97 (29)}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 (9... Bxd5) 10. Nbd2 Nd7
11. Ne4 h6 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (11... c5 $5 12. Nfg5 (12. Neg5 N5f6) 12... g6 13.
Nf3 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) 12. Ne5 Rb8 13. Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White avoid exchanging
the pieces and black's position becomes unpleasant.} N7f6 14. Nc5 Qc8 (14...
Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qe8 16. a3 $16) 15. a3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Gc5][%cal Ga1a7][%mdl
32] Open the lines in the Queen side.} Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ba6 17. Qf3 Qb7 18. b3 (
18. axb4 $1 Nxb4 19. Qd1 Qc8 20. c3 Rd8 21. Bd2 Nd3 22. Nc6 $16) 18... Qb5 (
18... Rfd8 19. Bb2 $16) 19. Be3 Bb7 20. c6 $1 Bxc6 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $18)
21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. axb4 Bb7 23. Ra4 $5 {[%cal Gc2c4] More precising was} (23. c3
$1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga1a5]} Nxc3 24. Qxb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qxe5 26. Bf3 $18) 23...
Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Qxb4 25. Nd3 $18 Qb6 26. Rea1 Bc8 27. Nf4 Nb4 28. Qe2 e5 29. Nd3
{White has exchange up and easy winning position.} (29. Qxe5 Nxc2) 29... Ba6
30. Qe3 Bxd3 31. Qxb6 cxb6 32. cxd3 Kh7 33. Be4+ Nxe4 34. dxe4 Nc2 35. Ra8 Rxa8
36. Rxa8 Nd4 37. b4 Nc6 38. Ra6 Nxb4 39. Rxb6 Nc2 40. f3 Nd4 41. Kf2 g5 42. Rd6
Kg7 43. Rd5 Nc6 44. Ke3 f6 45. Rd6 Ne7 46. Rd7 Kf7 47. Ra7 h5 48. Kd3 {[%cal
Gd3c4,Gc4c5]} h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3f2,Gf2g2,Gg2h3]} Ke6 51. Kf2
Ng6 52. Rg7 Nf4 53. Rg4 h3 54. Ke3 {[%cal Gg4f4]} f5 55. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blees, Albert"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 cxd4 (10... Rc8 11. e4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nf6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Be4 d6 18. Bxc6 $11 {Pribyl,M-Panchenko,
A/Belgorod-B 1991/TD 91\03/0-1 (51)}) (10... d5 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Rfe1 a5 13.
Bg3 Nh5 14. Ne5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd6 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qg5 $15
{Bukh,B-Shaposhnikov,E/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996/EXP 56/0-1 (52)}) (10... d6
11. Rad1 Qc7 (11... Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. g4 Re8 15. Nh2 Bf8 16. f4
cxd4 17. exd4 e5 18. fxe5 Qd7 19. Ne4 dxe5 20. Bc4 Nd8 21. dxe5 Qc6 22. Bd5 Qc7
23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Qc7 25. g5 Nc6 26. gxh6 Nxe5 27. Nfg5 f6 28. hxg7 $16 {
1-0 Kovacevic,S-Ikonnikov,V/Pula op 1990/TD 90\01 (40)}) 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Nd7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg3 a6 16. Nd4 b5 17. Bb1 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qa7 19. Nf3 Rfd8
20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Qb6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd3 Qc7 26.
Bd2 Qc4 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. Bb4 a5 29. Bd2 b4 30. h3 Qb6 31. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Nun,
J-Bukal,V/Stary Smokovec 1980/MCD-r8}) (10... Nd5 11. Bg3 f5 12. e4 fxe4 13.
Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc2 Qe8 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Nh4 Qh5 19. Ng6
Rfe8 20. Qb5 Nd8 21. Nf4 Qg5 22. h4 Qg4 23. Nc4 Bc6 24. Qa6 Bb7 25. Qa3 {
1-0 Schneider,B-Sutterer,R/Endingen MA 1987/GER 04}) (10... Rb8 11. a3 d6 12.
Rad1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bb1 Rbd8 15. g3 g6 16. Nh4 Kg7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Qd3
Qe8 19. e4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Ne7 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nfg8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
Nd5 25. Rf2 Nge7 26. g4 $15 {Machulsky,A-Oll,L/Malaga op 1991/EXT 91op/0-1 (54)
}) 11. Bxf6 (11. exd4 Nd5 (11... Nh5 12. Bg3 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. g3 f5 14. Ne5
Nf6 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. f4 Rae8 17. Bb5 Kh7 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Qxc7 {1/2-1/2
Tseitlin,M-Conquest,S/Hastings Challengers 1990/EXP 21}) 12... d6 (12... Nxg3
13. fxg3 Qc7 14. g4 Rae8 15. Rae1 d6 16. Bb1 Qc8 17. Ne4 Ba6 18. Qc2 f5 19.
gxf5 exf5 20. Rf2 g6 21. d5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. d6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Shadarevian,
M-Escalante,R/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02 (59)}) 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Bb1 Nb8 15. Ne4
Ba6 16. c4 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. d5 e5 20. Nfd2 Bc8 21. Nc3 Bg5 22.
Nde4 Be7 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Rf2 f5 25. Nd2 $14 {Kovacevic,V-Makarichev,S/Sarajevo
1982/MCD-r8/1-0 (61)}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 d6 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Qd1 Qd8 16. a3
a6 17. Bb1 Nf6 18. Nh4 e5 19. Nf5 d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Nf3 g6 23.
N5d4 Ne4 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rossetto,H-Grinberg,R/Club
Argentino 1975/MCD-r7 (41)}) (11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bc4 a6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Rfc1 d6
15. h3 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nh2 Nhf6 18. Qd1 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lezcano Jaen,P-San Segundo,P/ESP-ch Lleida
1991/EXT 91ch (39)}) (11. Nxd4 Qc8 12. Bg3 d5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bc5 15.
N2f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gebhardt,M-Spiegel,S/RLPF-ch Bingen 1991/GER 05 (64)}) 11...
Bxf6 12. exd4 Qc7 (12... d6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ng3 Nb8 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Rad1 Re8
17. Bc2 Bf8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Re3 Bg7 20. Rde1 a6 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. h4 f5 23. Ned2
e5 24. Qc4+ Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 $16 {Calvo,J-Arnold,F/ESP-chTA Oropesa
del Mar 1996/EXT 97/1-0 (64)}) (12... Re8 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rfe1 b5
16. a3 Rab8 17. Rad1 d5 18. h3 Rec8 19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Qh5 Be7 21. Ndf3 Bf8 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Re3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rg3 f6 {Galinsky,
T-Mitenkov,A/Moscow-B 1996/EXT 97/0-1 (78)}) 13. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Gh6]} (13. Rfe1
g6 14. Rad1 Bg7 15. h4 Ne7 16. h5 g5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. g3 d6 19. Ng4 Rae8 20. Ne3
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 f5 22. Bc2 g4 23. f3 gxf3 24. Nxf3 Qf7 25. Ba4 Re7 26. Bb3 Qxh5
27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Nh2 Bd5 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Rxe3 {0-1 Daschian,N-Lerner,K/
Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997}) 13... Rae8 14. Rfe1 Be7 15. Rad1
Qb8 (15... d5 $11) 16. Bc2 {[%cal Re3d3]} Ba6 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rc1 (18. b4 Nxb4)
18... Bd6 $1 19. g3 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Bd3 (22. c4 Qxc4 (22... Bb4
23. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 24. Qxb4 Bxc4 25. Ne5 $18) 23. Ne5 Qb4 24. Nxd7 Qxd2 25. Nxd2
Bb4 26. Red1 Be2 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 22... Bb7 23. Qd1 $6 (23. c4 Nf6) 23... Rc8
24. Bf1 Nf6 25. Ned2 Rfe8 $15 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Bg2 Bc6 28. Ra1 d6 29. Nh4 Bd7 $1
(29... Bxg2 30. Nxg2 $11) 30. Nhf3 Rb8 31. Nf1 Rbd8 32. Ne3 e5 $1 33. d5 (33.
dxe5 dxe5 $17 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 33... g6 34. Nd2 h5 $1 35. Nc2 Bh6 36. Nb4 a5 37.
Nc6 Bxc6 38. dxc6 d5 $138 (38... Bxd2 $5 39. Qxd2 d5 40. Qg5 (40. c4 d4 {
[%cal Ge5e4]}) 40... Kg7 41. c4 d4 $1) 39. Nf3 e4 40. Nd4 Ng4 41. c4 $8 Bg7 42.
Nb5 (42. Rad1 dxc4 $1 (42... e3 43. f4 Nf2 44. cxd5 Nxd1 45. Nb5 $1) 43. Qxc4
e3 $1 (43... Bxd4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Qxc6 46. Bxe4 Qf6 47. Qd2 $11) 44.
fxe3 (44. f4 Nf2 45. Nb5 Rxd1 46. Rxd1 Nxd1 $3 47. Nxc7 e2 48. Nxe8 e1=Q+ 49.
Qf1 Bd4+ 50. Kh1 Nf2+ 51. Kg1 Qxe8 $19) 44... Nxe3 45. Nb5 Rxd1 46. Rxd1 Qe5
47. Qd3 Nxd1 $19) 42... Qxc6 43. cxd5 Rxd5 44. Bxe4 Qd7 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Ge8e1,Yd5e5][%mdl 160]} 45. Qf3 Rde5 46. Red1 (46. Rad1 $8 Qe7 47. Nc3)
46... Qe7 47. Bd3 Re6 $19 48. Bf1 Rf6 49. Qa3 Qxa3 50. Rxa3 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8c5,
Yc5f2]} 51. Nc7 Re5 52. Nd5 Rxf2 53. Rc3 Bc5 54. Rxc5 bxc5 55. Nf4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.28"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8.
Nc4 (8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rc8 12. c3 Nb8 13.
Ne5 d6 14. Nd3 Na6 15. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Sharif,M-Hoffmann,M/Lippstadt 1995/EXT 97 
(15)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be4 d5 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. c3 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,Z-Anka,E/HUN-chT1 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3
Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bc2 Rae8 15. Qd3 g6 16.
h4 f5 17. Ned2 Bf6 18. a4 Ne7 19. c4 Kg7 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Rad1 g5 22. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Kosic,D-Arakhamia,K/Athens 1996/CBM 55 ext (53)}) 8... d6 9. c3 O-O 10.
Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Ncd2 $6 a6 15. Qc2 (15. Qe2 {
[%csl Ra6]} Bf8 {[%cal Re8e1]}) 15... Rac8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxh4 18. Nxh4
Bxe4 19. Qxe4 b5 $15 {[%mdl 32]} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Re3 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (21.
d5 Nf6 22. Qb4 Nxd5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 $14) 21... d5 22. Qd3 b4 23. Rae1 {White
still thinking about attack on the king side and overestimate his chances.
Better was to return the knight to the game.} (23. Nf3 bxc3 24. bxc3 $15) 23...
bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White overlooked the next black's
move and losing pawn without any compencation.} Ng4 26. R3e2 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3
28. h3 Nf6 29. Re3 Rc2 30. R1e2 Rc1+ 31. Re1 Rec8 32. Ne5 (32. Kf1 g5 $17)
32... Ne4 33. f3 $2 (33. Nf3) 33... Ng3 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rd3 Rc2+
{Now white losing a second pawn.} 37. Kg1 f6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O Nc6 $6 (8... O-O) 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 (10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxc6 exd4 $1 12.
Ne4 Qe7 13. Ba4 c5 $44) 10... bxc6 11. e5 Qf5 (11... Qe7 $6 12. Ne4 $16) 12.
Rhe1 c5 13. Ne4 dxe5 (13... cxd4 $2 14. Ng3 Qg4 15. h3 $18) (13... g5 $1 14.
Ng3 Qg6 (14... Qf4 $2 15. Qxf4 gxf4 16. Nh5 $16) 15. dxc5 $14) 14. dxe5 Bb7 15.
Qe3 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. g4 $1 Qxe4 (16... Qf4 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxc5 $16) 17.
Nxe5 Qxe3+ 18. Rxe3 $16 {White has more than enough play for the pawn}) 16...
Qxe5 17. Nxc5 Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bxg2 19. Rd7 Rfd8 $6 (19... Rac8 20. e4 Rfd8 21.
Red1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 e5 23. Rd5 Kf8 24. Rxe5 Rd8 $132) 20. Rxc7 Rac8 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. b4 Kg7 23. e4 $16 f5 $138 24. Nxe6+ Kf6 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Kd2 Rc4 27.
c3 Rh4 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Re2 Bxa2 30. Rf2 Be6 31. b5 Bd7 32. Kd3 Re4 33. Ra2 Re7
34. Rxa7 $18 f4 35. b6 Bc8 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Na5 Ba6+ 39. Kd4 f3
40. Ke3 Be2 41. c4 Kd7 42. c5 Kc8 43. c6 h5 44. Nb3 Bc4 45. Nd4 Bd5 46. h4 Kb8
47. c7+ Kb7 48. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nc3 {This is a rare move, which allows White
to develop quickly. Before this I preferred 4.e3.} cxd4 (4... d5 5. e4 $14) (
4... h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. d5 $14) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qh4 Bb4 {This move allows White
to force the game and simplify the position.} ({Another possible move is} 6...
Be7 7. e4 Qa5 8. O-O-O a6 {with a more varied game for both sides.}) 7. e4 ({
Another interesting possibility was} 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Nd2 $5 Qe7 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Nd6 {White has a perfect knight on d6
but is it possible to benefit from it?}) 7... Bxc3+ {If the bishop moved to b4
it should sooner or later take the white knight.} (7... h6 8. Bd3 {leads to a
transposition of moves.}) 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bd3 (9. Bb5 $5 Rg8 $1 (9... O-O 10.
Bxf6 (10. Bxc6 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Qa5 12. O-O bxc6 13. f4 $44) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O $14) 10. Bd2 g5 11. Qxh6 Rg6 12. Qh8+ Rg8 13. Qh6 $11) 9... d6
$1 {I like this move. It reduces White's opportunities.} (9... Rg8 $6 10. Be3
g5 11. Qg3 d6 12. Nd4 $14) (9... O-O $6 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Ng4 (11... e5
12. Ng5 $18) 12. Qf4 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bc4+ d5 15. O-O-O $40) 10. Rd1 (10.
O-O Rg8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qg3 Ke7 $11) 10... Rg8 $1 {This is typical for this
line. Black has managed to equalise in the opening, but has spent too much
time.} 11. Be3 $6 {Replacing the bishop in itse initial position is better for
some reasons.} (11. Bc1 $1 g5 12. Qg3 e5 (12... g4 13. Nd4 {the white queen
has important space for a retreat to e3.}) 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Qe3 Nf4 15. Bf1 $1
$16 {Having moved his pieces back White is ready to develop a dangerous
initiative and to attack the d6-pawn.}) 11... e5 12. Bb5 Qc7 $6 {This move was
made after much thought.} ({At the press conference after the game Sergey said
he considered it too dangerous to play} 12... g5 $5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Rxg5
15. Qxg5 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. O-O {The computer prefers Black's position. So
did I during the game, but my opponent was in time trouble. Besides White has
another backup 13.Qxh6 which leads to a draw.}) 13. Nd2 {Now my pieces attack
on the queenside. The position is equal, but Black has to defend.} Be6 14. f3 {
At that moment I was quite satisfied with the opening. The position was
complicated and I had more time.} Qa5 $2 {A nervous move.} ({Black should
naturally play in the centre} 14... O-O-O 15. Qf2 d5 $1 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 (16... d4
$5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa7 20. c3 Qa6 $1 $132 {I blundered
this move during the game}) 17. Qxa7 dxe4 18. O-O exf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Qa8+
Qb8 21. Qa5 Qc7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 $11) 15. c4 Ke7 (15... Qxa2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Qf2
$36 {The position looks dangerous for Black.}) 16. O-O g5 $6 {A careless move.}
(16... Rgd8 17. Nb3 Qc7 $14) 17. Qf2 Rgd8 (17... Rad8 $5) 18. h4 $1 $16 {
White attacks the other side. It is difficult for Black to defend the position
being in timetrouble.} Nh7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 $5 {I saw the possibility to
win a pawn:} (20. Nb3 $5 Qc7 21. c5 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. c4 Be6 24.
Rd6 $1 $18) 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Bxg5+ {but here the position gets
simplified, which I didn't want.}) 20... f6 21. Kg2 Nf8 22. Rh1 Bf7 $2 {
This move simplifies White's task.} ({During the game I hoped to play} 22...
Nb4 $2 23. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 24. Qe3 Kf6 25. Rh5 $18) 23. Nf1 $1 {I had planned the
transfer of the knight when playing 20.g4. In this position the move of the
knight is especially strong.} Bg6 24. Bd2 $6 {It is easier to play} (24. Ng3
Kf7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 $18 {with White's domination.}) 24... Qb6 25. Ne3 Kf7
26. Qe1 Ne6 27. Nf5 {In the centre of the board the knight looks nice but not
so effective.} (27. Nd5 Qc5 28. Be3 Qa3 $16) 27... Qc7 {A decisive mistake,
however my opponent had one minute for 13 moves, so the result was already
predetermined.} 28. c5 $1 {This move allows me to get the white bishop
involved into the attack.} dxc5 29. Bc4 $18 b5 30. Bd5 Rac8 31. Rh6 Ncd4 32.
Ba5 {The most effective way to the victory.} Nxc2 33. Qh1 Qxa5 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Podlehnik"]
[Site "Podlehnik"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krumpacnik, Domen"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 ({"Krumpi" never goes} 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 $13) 3...
Qb6 {A logical move.} 4. Qb3 d5 (4... d6 $5 5. Nbd2 d5 $1 6. c4 $13 {simply
blows my brains.}) 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Na3 $5 {This move has pros and cons.Despite
it looks great for white putting another pieceor two in game with tempi he may
run into difficulties with is awkwardly placed N.} a6 $8 {I have tried to
avoid this ,but what else?} 7. Be3 (7. c4 Ne4 8. e3 e6) 7... Qd6 8. c4 (8. Rd1
e6) (8. Bd4 Nbd7 9. Qa4 $140 $6 b5 $1) 8... e6 9. Rc1 Nc6 (9... Qb4+ 10. Qxb4
Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. e3) 10. cxd5 Qb4+ 11. Qxb4 (11. Bd2 Qxb3
12. axb3 exd5 $5 {It is debatable who has the worst pawns.}) 11... Bxb4+ 12.
Nd2 $2 {Simply unexpected!} (12. Bd2 exd5 {Is more or less equal.}) 12... Nxd5
13. Bc5 (13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Bxd2+ $5 15. Kxd2 Ndb4 16. Ra1 e5 $17 {and now
both the N and B are misplaced.}) 13... Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Ndb4 $17 {So black has
won a pawn.Now it was the turn for Krumpi to sink into deep thought.} 15. Nac4
$1 (15. Nc2 $6 Nxa2 16. Rc4 e5 17. Ra4 Be6 {As the N does not fall the whole
idea is in vain.}) 15... Nxa2 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. g3 Ke7 18. Bg2 Nab4 19. O-O Rd8
20. Ndc4 {So white gets some vague compensation for the loss of pawn.} Bd7 21.
f4 Be8 $5 (21... f6 {is a very sound alternative but I wanted to create weaker
pawns in my opponents camp.}) 22. f5 exf5 23. Rcxf5 f6 24. e4 Bg6 25. Rc5 (25.
Nd5+ $2 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxf5 27. dxc6 Be6 28. c7 Bxc4 $19 {Actually loses
another pawn.}) (25. R5f3 Rd4 26. Rc3 Rbd8 27. Nd5+ Ke8 $19) (25. R5f4 Nd3)
25... Nd3 26. Rd5 Bf7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nd5+ Kf8 29. Rd1 Nc5 $1 {Black attacks
the weakest point.} 30. Kf2 $1 {Excellent idea by Krumpi.White has nothing to
lose anymore so he heads for some complication.} (30. Nce3 Bg6 31. Nf5 Ne5 32.
Rc1 Ned3 33. Rc3 Rxd5 $19) 30... Nb4 (30... b5 31. Ncb6 Ne5 32. Ke3 {I simply
did not like this centralisation.} Nb3 $17) 31. Ncb6 Bh5 $1 (31... Nbd3+ 32.
Ke3 Nxb2 33. Rd4 $44) 32. Rd4 (32. Rd2 $2 Nb3 $19 {And the R is trapped.})
32... Nbd3+ 33. Ke3 Ne1 {That's it.Penetration counts if and only if it is
deep enough!} 34. Rc4 $1 Nxg2+ 35. Kf2 Nd3+ 36. Kxg2 Ne5 37. Rd4 (37. Rc7 Bf3+
38. Kf2 Bxe4 39. Nf4 Re8 {And everything is protected.}) 37... Rd6 38. h3 Rc6
$6 {I do not know if it is a real inaccuracy not to throw the B in because
anyway white does not seem to hold his game anymore.} (38... Bf3+ 39. Kf2 Rc6
40. Nd7+ Nxd7 41. Kxf3 Rc2 42. b4 Ne5+ 43. Ke3 Rg2 $19) 39. g4 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Be8
$2 {I was sort of two much afraid of those Ns so I decided to stop calculating
and play some prophylactic moves.} (40... Bg6 41. b4 (41. Nf4 Rxb2) 41... Nc6)
41. b4 (41. b3 Rb2) 41... Rb2 42. Nc7 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Nc6 (43... Rd3 44. Rxd3 Nxd3
45. Nbd5 Bc6 $19 {is also winning but I was happy to have a binge on whites
pawns.}) 44. Rd6 Rxb4 45. Nbd5 Rxe4 46. g5 $5 (46. Ne6+ Kg8 47. Nc5 Re2+ 48.
Kf1 Rb2 49. Nc7 Kf7 50. Nxe8 Kxe8 51. Nxb7 Rxb7 52. Rxc6 Ra7 $19) 46... fxg5
47. Ne6+ Kg8 48. Nxg5 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Bh5+ $1 {Needless to give checks a la
Turque.} (49... Nd4+ 50. Kf4 h6 51. Ne4 Bc6 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53. Nxc6 g5+ 54. Kg3 (
54. Ke5 Nxc6+ 55. Kd5 Ne7+ 56. Ke5 Rb2 57. Rxh6 Rb5+ {and comes the fork.})
54... Nxc6 55. Kf3 Re1 56. Nc5 $17) 50. Kf4 h6 51. Ne4 Bf7 52. Ne3 (52. Nc5
Bxd5 53. Rxd5 Re7 54. Rd6 Na5 $19) 52... Rb2 ({Even} 52... g5+ 53. Kf3 Bh5+ 54.
Ng4 Bxg4+ 55. hxg4 Re1 $19 {wins easy.}) 53. Nf5 (53. Nc5 Rb4+ 54. Kg3 Ne5 55.
Rd8+ Kh7 56. Rb8 a5 57. Rxb7 Rxb7 58. Nxb7 a4 59. Nc2 Nc4 $19) 53... Rb3 {
Now black is all set to push his strongest trump;the a pawn.} 54. h4 (54. Nc5
Rb4+ 55. Ke3 Ne5 $19) 54... a5 55. Rd7 $2 {Overlooking a decisive exchange.} (
55. Nc5 Rb4+ 56. Kg3 Ne5 $19) 55... Rf3+ $1 (55... Rf3+ $1 56. Kxf3 Ne5+ 57.
Kf4 Nxd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 (2... g6 $145 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Kh1 {Miles} Kh8 $1 (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 (
11... Nxf5 12. Nc2 $1 Nf6 13. g4 $140 $1) 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nd3) 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4
$5) 3. g3 c5 (3... d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nd5 (10... Ba6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rb6 13. Bd2 Qd6 $5 (
13... Nd5 14. Ba5 Rb8 $8 (14... Rb2 15. Bb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Bc8 17. e3 e5 18. Qa3
$1 $18) 15. Bb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. e3) 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Rfb1 c3
(15... Rfb8 16. Rxb6 Qxb6 17. Rc1 Bb5 18. Qa5 Qxd4 19. Rb1 h6 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21.
Qxb5 Qxd2 22. Qxc4 g6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qxc7 Qxe2 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qxd5 $14)
16. Be1 Qc6 (16... Rc6 17. Rc1 Rc4 18. Qb3 Rxd4 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. e4)
19. e4 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bd3 21. Qd1 c2 22. Rxc2 Nf6 23. Bb4 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 c5 25.
Qxc5 Nxe4 26. Qxa7 Rxb4 27. axb4 $14) (16... Rb2 17. e4 Bd3 (17... Qb6 18. Rc1)
18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Qd1 Qxd4 20. Rxc3 Rd8 21. Rxc7 Nc4 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Bg2 $13) 17.
Qxc6 Rxc6 18. Rb3 Re8 19. Rc1 Bc4 20. Rcxc3 $1 $18) 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 (
12... Ba6 13. a4 $1 (13. Qc5 c6 $1 14. e4 (14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Bb5 16. e4 $44
Na4) 14... Bb5 15. Be3) (13. Rd1 Rb8) 13... Qxd4 14. Ba3 (14. Be3 Qe5) 14...
Rfb8 15. a5 $1 (15. Rad1 Qe5) 15... Bb7 16. Qxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. axb6
Rxb7 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Rd7 $1 $18) 13. Qc5 $1 Ba6 (13... Qd6 14. Qa5 (14. Bf4
Qxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxc7 Rb2 18. Rfe1 $10) 14... Bb7 (14...
Qxd4 15. Be3 $44) 15. Bf4 Qd7 (15... Qxd4 16. Rfd1 $1 $16 {then 17.Bc7 Bg2 18.
Bb8}) 16. e4 a6 17. Rfd1) (13... Bb7 14. e4 Qd6 (14... Qd7 15. Bf4 Rbc8 16.
Rfd1 $44) 15. Bf4 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Bf1 Nxc5 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rxc4 $14) 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 $1 $146 Qxd5 16. Qxa7 Rb6 17. Bxc7 Bb7 18. f3
Ra6 (18... Rb2 19. Rab1 Ra8 20. e4 Qb5 (20... Rxa7 21. exd5 c3 (21... Rxb1 22.
Rxb1 exd5 23. Bb8 $18) (21... Rxa2 22. Bb8 $18) 22. Rxb2 cxb2 23. d6 $1 Bc6 24.
Rb1 Rb7 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke8 27. Ba5 Bd5 28. Bb4 Bxa2 29. Rxb2 $18) 21. Qb6
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Ba6 24. Bc5 $16) 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Bf4
c3 $1 (21... Rxa3 22. e4 $1 $14) 22. Rfc1 f5 $5 (22... Rxa3 23. e4 (23. Bd6
Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. Bc5 Bc4 26. Kf2) 23... Bxa2 24. Bd6 Ra4 25. Bc5 e5 26.
Rxc3 exd4 27. Bxd4) 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Kf2 $5 (24. Rac1 Rxa3 25. Bd6 Rxa2 26. Rxa2
Bxa2 27. Bc5 $14) 24... Ke7 25. Bc1 Rb6 (25... Ra4 26. e3 {then 27.Rb1}) 26.
Bd2 Rbc6 27. Be1 $1 $14) 4. Bg2 a6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bf4 d6
9. c4 (9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. c4 $1 Nc6 (11... Qxc4 $6 12. Rc1 Qb5 13. Rc7
Nbd7 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxe2 16. N1d2 $16) 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. c5 Nxf4 14. Qxf4
b6 15. cxd6 $14) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nh5 10. Bd2 $1 (10. Be3 Qxc4 11. Na3 Qc7 12.
Nc4 Nc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Rc1 d5 15. Na5 (15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qa4 Qxb6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6
18. Qg4 Qxb2 $19) 15... Bd7 (15... O-O 16. Qa4) (15... Bb4 16. Qa4 Bxa5 17.
Qxa5) 16. Qa4 (16. Qd3 O-O 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxa6 Rxb2 $17 20.
Rxc6 (20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxa2 $17)) (16. Bf3 Nf6) (16. Qd4 Nxd4 17. Rxc7
Bd8 18. Rxd7 Bxb6 (18... Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Bxb6 20. Bxb6 Kxd7 21. Bf3) 19. Bxd4
Bxa5 $19) (16. Bd4 Nf6 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxc6 bxc6) 16... Nxa5 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxa5 O-O 19. Rc7 Bd8 20. Rxd7 Bxa5 21. Ba7 Nf6 $17) 10... Nd7 (
10... Qxc4 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Ba5 $16) 11. Ba5 Qb8 (11... Qxc4 12. Na3 Qg4 13. e4
Qxd1 14. Raxd1 $1 Nhf6 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bb4 $1 $16 (16. Nc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5))
12. Nc3) 10. Na3 (10. Nc3 $142 $1 Nh5 11. Be3 Qxc4 12. Bd4 e5 13. Nd5 $1 $18 (
13. Rc1 $44) 13... Bd8 14. Rc1 Qb5 15. Nc3 Qc4 16. Bd5) 10... e5 (10... Nh5 11.
Be3 Rb8 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Nf6 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Be3) 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. e4 O-O 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nb1 Nc5 15. Nc3
(15. Qe2 $142 $14) 15... Nd3 16. Rc2 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nd3 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group1"]
[Site "Kranevo"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.10.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heraklion"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 (3... c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Qb6 6. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 7.
c4 Qa6 8. b3 (8. Na3 $5 Bxa3 9. bxa3 Qxc4 10. Bb2 d5 11. e4 $5 Qxe4 (11... Nxe4
12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bh6 $44) (11... dxe4 12. Nd2 Qd5 13. Re1 $44) 12. Ne5 Qf5 13.
f4 h5 $1 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Re5 Qh7 17. Rg5 Qh6 18. Qd4) 8... d5 9.
Bb2 dxc4 10. Qc1 (10. Nbd2 cxb3 11. axb3 Qb5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 $44) 10... Be7 11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. bxc4 Bd7 13. Ne5 $10) 4. Bg2 Bb7
5. O-O c5 6. Na3 Qb6 (6... b4 7. Nc4 d5 8. Nce5 Nbd7 9. c4 $36) 7. c4 b4 (7...
a6 $6 8. Qb3 $16) 8. Nb5 $1 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd4 Ne4 $8 {N} (10... O-O 11.
Nb3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 $16) 11. Be3 (11. Qd3 $5 e5 $140 $5 12. Nxe5 Nxf2
$1 13. Qf5 (13. Rxf2 Bxd4 $19) 13... Bxd4 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Bxb7 $5 (15. Bg5+
Kc7) 15... Qxb7 $8 (15... Ng4+ $2 16. e3 Nxe5 (16... Bxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 18.
Kh1 $16) 17. Qd5 $1 Bxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ra7 20. Qa5+ (20. Rae1 $2 Qb6
$17) 20... Ke7 21. Rae1 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 d6 23. Rxe5+ $18) (15... Nh3+ $2 16. Kg2
Qxb7+ 17. Qf3 $1 (17. Nf3 Ng1) 17... Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bf6 19. Kxh3 $16) 16. Nf3
$44 (16. Bg5+ Kc8) 16... Qe4 $1 17. Bg5+ (17. e3 $2 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 $19) 17...
Kc8 18. Rxf2 (18. e3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Nxg5 $19) 18... Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Re8 20. Kg1
$44) 11... O-O 12. Qd3 (12. a3 $5 bxa3 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Nc2 Bc5 15. Rb1 Qc7 16.
Rxb7 Qxb7 17. Ng5 Bxe3 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Nxe3 Qe7 21. h4 f6 22.
Nxe6 Qxe6 23. cxd5 Qe5 24. Bb1 Nd7 25. Qd3 f5 26. Nxf5 $140 $5 a2 27. Ne7
axb1=Q 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Rxb1 Qf6 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 $36 31. f4 $44 Nc5 $140 32. Qe3
Qg6 33. Rb4 a5 34. Rc4) 12... d6 13. a3 Nd7 (13... a5 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8
Bxa8 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxa8 $16) 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Nxe3
Rfd8 (17... a5 $6 18. c5 Qxb4 $140 $2 19. Rfb1 Ba6 (19... Ndxc5 20. Rxb4 Nxd3
21. Rxb7) 20. Qc2 Qxc5 21. Qxe4 $18) 18. Qd4 (18. Qd4 Qc7 $1 $132 (18... Qxd4
19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Rfc1 Rab8 $14)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 Bg7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nf6+
Kh8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Nh5 Nc5 17. Kg1 d5 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Qh5 Ne4 21.
Qe2 Rfc8 22. Kh1 Kh7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Raf1 Rg6 25. c3 Rag8 26. Ra1 Nc5 27. Rgd1
Qb7 28. Kg1 Qc7 29. Nb3 Ne4 30. Nd2 Nc5 31. Nb3 Na4 32. Rd4 Nb6 33. Rdd1 Nc4
34. Nd4 f4 35. exf4 Qxf4 36. Kh1 Qf6 37. a4 e5 38. Nf3 $2 {A big mistake,
after which White's position becomes critical. Ein grober Fehler, nach dem die
weiße Stellung kritisch wird.} (38. b3 {or 38.Nb3 was to be preferred. oder 38.
Nb3 war vorzuziehen.}) 38... Nxb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Re2,Rf3,Gf6]} 39. Rxd5 Nxa4 40.
Rxe5 Nxc3 41. Qd3 b4 42. Rf5 Rd8 43. Qc2 $2 ({This move allows for a nice game
conclusion. More stubborn was Dieser Zug lässt einen hübschen Partieschluss zu.
Hartnäckiger war} 43. Rxf6 {, although after obwohl nach} Rxd3 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 (
44... Rg7 {yields White more counterchances: räumt Weiß mehr Gegenchancen ein:}
45. Rf6 {, and und auf} b3 {is strongly met by folgt stark} 46. Raxa6 $1 Rxf3 (
46... b2 {would be a terrible mistake: wäre ein schrecklicher Bock:} 47. Rxh6+
Kg8 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ne5+ Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Rg8 52. Rf7+ Ke8 53. Rxg8#)
47. Rxh6+ Kg8 48. Ra8+ Rf8 (48... Kf7 49. Ra7+) 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. Rb6 {
, with equality. , mit Ausgleich.}) 45. Kg2 (45. Ne5 Rd5) 45... Kxf7 46. Ne5+
Kg7 {Black retains good winning chances. Schwarz gute Gewinnchancen behält.}) {
[%tqu "En","White's counterplay on the kingside may appear quite dangerous,
but Black's overwhelming advantage on the queenside is the decisve factor in
this position. How should he continue?","Deliver a counterstrike on the
queenside.","Exploit the power of Black's passed b-pawn.","b4b3","This
energetic pawn move wins on the spot.",4]} 43... b3 $1 {[%csl Gb3,Rc2,Gc3,Rf5,
Gf6]} ({This excellent move deprives White of last illusions: Dieser
Nadelstich beraubt Weiß seiner letzten Illusionen:} 43... b3 44. Rxf6 (44. Qxb3
Qxf5 45. Qxc3 Rd3) 44... bxc2 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rc7 Rd1+ {, winning. und
gewinnt.}) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Azmaiparashvili"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 d5 7. a4 (7. Qb3 a6 8.
a4 c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 $14) 7... b4 8. cxb4 Bxb4 9. a5 $5 Na6 (9... O-O $4
10. Qb3 Na6 11. Ra4 $1 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxb7 $18) 10. Bd2 O-O
11. Ne5 (11. Qb3 Qd6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 (12... Qxb4 $2 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Rc1 Rfc8
15. Ra4 Na6 16. b4 $16) 13. Ra4 Na6) 11... Rb8 12. Qa4 Ba8 13. Nd3 (13. Nc6
Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Bxd2 15. Qxa6 Rxb2) 13... Bd6 14. Rc1 (14. b4 Qe8) 14... Ne4 15.
Be3 Nb4 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd1 Nxd3 18. exd3 $1 (18. Qxd3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Bb5 $10)
18... Nf6 $1 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 $14) 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Rxc6 exd3 21. b3 (21.
d5 $5 exd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bxa7 Rxb2 23. Bd4 Rb4 24. Qxd3 $44) 22. Bxa7 Rxb2
23. Bd4 Rb4 24. Qxd3 $44) 21... Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxd3 Qd7 24. Rac1 Rfe8
25. Kg2 h5 26. Bf4 $1 $10 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Qg4+ 28. Qg3 Rxb3 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30.
Rxc7 Re4 31. Rxa7 Rxf4 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. a6 Rxd4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rxa6 36.
Rcc7 Rg6 37. Rf5 Kh6 38. Rd7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d5 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Bd3
Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 c5 11. a3 a5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Rad1
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Na6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf1 Bb7 19. Ne3 Rd8 20. Rd2
h5 21. Qd1 Rd7 {[#]An interesting case - two White knights are fighting two
Black bishops. I think that White is better here, having such excellent
blockaders, although Black's chances should not be underestimated.} 22. a4 Rad8
23. Nec2 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Re2 Qd7 26. Na3 Re8 27. Nab5 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Ba6
29. Qe3 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxa4 31. h3 Qd7 32. Qe5 Bb7 {[#]This endgame is very
instructive - here the "queen & knight" pair is superior to the "queen &
bishop" couple, and White has better chances, despite being a pawn down.} 33.
Qf6 Qc7 34. Nb5 Qc6 35. Nd6 Qd7 36. f4 Ba6 37. f5 Bd3 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Qc7
40. Kf2 Qd7 41. Ke3 Bc2 42. Kf4 gxf5 43. gxf5 b5 44. Ke5 b4 45. cxb4 axb4 46.
Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. f6 Qe6+ 49. Kd4 Qg4+ 50. Kxd5 Bb3+ 51. Kc5 Be6 52.
Ne4 b3 53. Kd6 Qd1+ 54. Qd2 Qxd2+ 55. Nxd2 Kf8 56. Ne4 Ke8 57. Kc7 Bd5 58. Nd6+
Kf8 59. Kd8 Be6 60. Ne4 Bd5 61. Nc5 Bc4 62. Nd7+ Kg8 63. Ke7 Bd5 64. Ne5 Be6
65. Nc6 Bc4 66. Nd8 Bd5 67. Kd6 Bc4 68. Kc5 Be2 69. Nc6 Kf8 70. Nd4 Bd1 71. Kc4
Ke8 72. Nxb3 Bxb3+ 73. Kxb3 {Hecht: 1-1 Bauer, einfache Tempofrage, wK als
Wegbereiter für den b-Bauer} Kd7 74. Ka4 (74. Kc4 Ke6 75. b4 Kxf6 76. b5 Ke6
77. Kc5 Kd7 78. Kb6 f5 79. Ka7 f4 80. b6 f3 81. b7 f2 $10) 74... Ke6 75. b4
Kxf6 76. b5 Ke7 77. Ka5 Kd7 78. Ka6 Kc8 79. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maharramzade, Javad"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 Na6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Nb3 d5 14. e5 Be7 15.
a3 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Nb8 17. Nc1 a5 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Bb1 a4 20. Nd3 Rc4 21. Ba2 {
[#]White's position is worse: he does not have clear play on the king side,
while on the opposite wing Black is stronger, having more space and possessing
the only open file. Probably White counted on his last move, hoping that he
can compete for control over the c-file. However, Black's next move shatters
these illusions.} Rd8 $1 {Black clearly shows that he does not mind giving
away the Exchange: after the possible Bxc4 dxc4 Black will get compensation in
the form of control over the long diagonal, the d5-square, queen side pawn
majority and potential pressure on the d4-pawn. This sacrifice is a typical
example of exploiting an outpost on the open file with a rook. Here Black has
a long-term strategic initiative.} 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. h4 Qc6 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Qd2
Qb6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Nc5 $6 (27. Bxc4 $142 dxc4 28. Nf4 Rd8 $5 29. Nxg6 fxg6 $15
) 27... Bxc5 $1 {Black continues to offer the Exchange, which is the best
strategy here.} ({Black could have won a pawn by} 27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxc5 29.
dxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd4 Rc6 31. Qxb6 Rxb6 {but after} 32. Bb1 {his winning chances
in the resulting endgame would be quite dubious - White has a lot of
positional compensation for the pawn.}) 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. dxc5 Rxc5 $19 {
The pressure on the long diagonal is irresitable.} 30. Qc3 Qc6 31. Rcd1 Nxe5
32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rxe5 Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rxe5 36. g4 h5 37. g5 Kg6
38. Rd7 f6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Rb7 Rd5 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Rh7 e5+ 44.
Kg3 Rd3+ 45. Kg2 Rb3 46. Rh6+ Kg7 47. Rxh5 Rxb2 48. Rxf5 c3 49. Rxe5 c2 50. Rc5
b4 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Turnov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 g5 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8.
O-O a6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nxe5 O-O-O 12. Ne4 Qg7 13. Re1 f5 $2 {
[#]This committal move leads to a permanent hole on e5, which is a perfect
outpost for the white knight, which is already there.} 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5
Bc6 16. Qh5 Be8 17. Qe2 Rd4 18. Qe3 Re4 19. Qc3 Bc6 20. f3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd5
22. c6 $1 Bxc6 23. Qd4 Be8 24. Qa7 c5 25. Qxc5+ Qc7 26. Qd4 Bb5 27. Nf7 $1 {
Heading towards another promising destination - the d6-square.} Rf8 28. Nd6+
Kb8 29. c4 Rd8 30. c5 $1 {White has turned the d6-square into an outpost and
now has a winning position.} Bc4 31. a4 Qa5 32. Qe5 Bd5 33. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 $5 h6 (2... Nd7 3. c4 (3. Nd2 Ngf6 4. Ngf3 h6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3
Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. c3 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 $14 {Nalbaldian,T-Belikov,
V/Voskresensk/1993/0,5/61/}) (3. Nf3 f5 4. e3 Ngf6 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 $14 {Litus,V-Vorotnikov,V/Moscow/
1992/0:1/40/}) 3... Ngf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 Bg7
9. Bd3 e6 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. g4 Nf6 12. Ng3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Tal,M/Barcelona/1992/
1:0/44/}) (2... c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e4 a6 8.
O-O-O e5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 $14 {Komarov,
D-Sakaev,K/Kherson/1991/1:0/61/}) (2... f6 $6 3. Bh4 e5 4. e4 Qe7 5. Nc3 c6 6.
Nf3 Nh6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. d5 c5 9. h3 Bc8 10. Nd2 Nf7 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. Bd3 $16 {
Sokolov,I-Ermenkov,E/Pula tt/1991/1:0/33/}) (2... g6 3. e3 (3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6
5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Qd2 f5 8. e3 Nd7 9. f4 Bxc3 $1 10. bxc3 Ngf6 11. Bd3 $13
{Sokolov,I-Jansa,V/Kobenhavn/1991/1:0/33/}) 3... Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6.
Be2 c6 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. b4 a5 10. a3 bxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. b5 Nb6 13.
Be2 cxb5 14. Nxb5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Garrido,D/FRA/1991/1:0/26/}) 3. Bh4 Nd7 (3...
c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. e4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. Bf2 Qh5
11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Ne2 $14 {Rivas Pastor,M-Epishin,V/Dos
Hermanas,1993/1;0/58/}) (3... Bf5 $5 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nd7
8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 e6 11. Ngf3 Be7 12. Bg3 Ngf6 13. O-O O-O $10 {
Gurevich,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Manila olm/1992/1:0/37/}) 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Nf3 (5. c4
g5 6. Bg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 $14) 5... g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 e6 9. c3 Qe7
10. Qe2 a6 11. Bc2 (11. e4 b6 12. O-O-O $14) 11... b6 12. Qc4 $6 (12. e4 $142)
12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 c5 $1 14. Qd3 Bb7 $10 15. e4 Rc8 16. Rd1 (16. O-O $142)
16... b5 17. a4 c4 18. Qe2 d5 19. axb5 (19. O-O O-O 20. Rfe1 b4 21. exd5 Bxd5
22. Be4 $10) 19... axb5 20. O-O O-O 21. e5 (21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Qb7 $15) (21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Rfe1 $10) 21... Ra8 22. Ra1 f6 $1 23. exf6 Qxf6 $15
24. Rfe1 (24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Re1 Ra2 $132 (25... Nf8 $2 26. Ne5 Ra2 27. Ndf3 Kh8
(27... Rxb2 $2 28. Bh7+ $18) 28. Bb1 $16)) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Re8 26. Ra7 Bc6
27. Rc7 e5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd4 $2 (29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Qf3 Re6 $13) 29... Nd3
30. Bxd3 (30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Nxc6 Rxe2 $19) (30. Qf1 Re1 31. Bxd3 (31. Rxc6
Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 Rxf1 $19) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Be8 $17) 30... Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Be8
$17 32. Rc8 Qg6 33. Bg4 $2 (33. N2f3 Kh7 34. Rc7 $132) 33... Bxd4 $1 34. cxd4
Kg7 $19 35. Nf3 h5 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Bc8 g4 38. Ne5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb2 40. f4
Qxd4 41. Bf5 Qf2 (41... b4 42. Bg6 Bxg6 43. Nxg6+ Ke8 $19) 42. Rh7 (42. Bg6 h4
43. gxh4 (43. Rc8 hxg3+ 44. Kh1 Qf1#) 43... Qxf4+ 44. g3 Qxe5 $19) 42... b4 43.
Be6 b3 44. f5 b2 45. Bf7 Qxf5 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rxe8 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 Girls 34th"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. a3 c5 6. O-O Na6 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 Qb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nc7
15. Ne3 Bf6 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.
Rfd1 Nd5 22. Qf3 f6 23. Rb3 a5 24. bxa5 Qc6 25. Qxh5 Rxa5 26. g4 $6 {Diagramm 
[#] Das sieht eigentlich gut aus: Der weiße Turm kann nach h3 gelangen, und
g4-g5 in Verbindung mit Tg3 geht vielleicht auch. Jedoch...} ({Mit} 26. Rbd3 $1
{und dann erst g3-g4 konnte Weiß den nächsten Zug der Schwarzen unterbinden
und hätte klaren Vorteil gehabt.}) 26... e5 $1 {Entspannt die Lage für
Schwarz: Plötzlich kann der Springer nach f4 gelangen und in der Folge die
Dame nach e4 (was auch h7 deckten würde).} 27. Bxe5 $2 {Gleich noch ein
Fehler. Dieses Figurenopfer reicht nicht.} fxe5 28. Qxe5 Nf6 29. g5 Qe4 30. Qd6
Nh5 31. Qxd7 Rxc5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Rb4 Rc4 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35. Rd4 {Diagramm [#]}
Qf5 $2 (35... Qe1+ $1 {hätte den Sack sofort zugemacht:} 36. Kg2 Rf5 $19 {
Mit ihrer ausgezeichneten Technik gewinnt Saduakassova aber auch so.}) 36. Rh4
Qxg5+ 37. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 38. Kf1 Rc5 39. Ke2 Kg6 40. Kd2 Ra5 41. Rxc4 Rxa3 42. c3
Nf6 43. Ke3 Ra1 44. Kf3 Rh1 45. Kg2 Rc1 46. Kf3 Rh1 47. Kg2 Rd1 48. Rc8 Rd3 49.
c4 Rc3 50. Rc7 Nh5 51. f3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. d4 Nbd7 (4... g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 (
7. O-O c5 8. d5 e5 9. e4 Nh5 10. g3 Na6 11. Nh4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxh4
14. f5 Kh8 15. Kh1 Rg8 16. Rg1 gxf5 17. Bg5 {1-0 Dorfman,J-Romanishin,O/Saint
Vincent 2000/CBM 074 ext}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 e5 11. b5
Qc7 12. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Onischuk,A/Koszalin 1999/CBM 073 (41)}) 5. g3 (
5. e4 e5 6. Be2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rad1 h6
12. Be3 Re8 13. f3 Kh7 14. Rfe1 c6 15. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Spassky,B/
Bugojno 1982/MCD}) 5... c6 (5... e5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Bh5
9. Nh4 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. e3 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. b4 $14 {1-0 Najer,
E-Gasthofer,A/Pardubice 2004/CBM 101 ext (41)}) 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Bg2
Bf8 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. f4 e4 14. Qe2 d5 15. b3 Nb6 16. c5 Nbd7 17. b4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Suetin,A/Sochi 1980/MCD (40)}) 6. Bg2 e6 $5 7. e4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 (9. Be3 Bh5 10. Qc2 h6 $14) 9... Bh5 10. Be3 h6 11. a3 $5 Re8 12.
b4 e5 13. Qb3 Bg6 14. Nd2 (14. Nh4 $1 Bh7 (14... Bxe4 15. Bxe4 exd4 16. Bxd4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Nxb7 $14) 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1
$14) 14... Nh5 $5 (14... exd4 $1 15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. f4 Bh7 $14) (14... a5 15. d5
$1 h5 $1 16. dxc6 $1 bxc6 17. b5 Rb8 18. Rfd1 h4 19. g4 $14) 15. dxe5 $5 (15.
d5 $5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Rfe1 $14) 15... dxe5 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6
axb6 18. Nc4 Bg5 (18... b5 $1 19. Na5 Rxa5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Na2 $1 Qxa3 22.
Qxa3 Bxa3 23. Rab1 $14) 19. Rfd1 $6 (19. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 (19... Qxg5 20. Rfd1 $16)
20. Rfd1 Nhf6 21. Nd6 Re6 22. Rd3 Bh5 23. Qb2 $1 $14) 19... Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Nhf6
21. a4 $5 (21. Rd6 Qc7 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. Qc4 Rac8 24. b5 Re6 25. R6d2 Ree8 26.
Nf5 cxb5 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Nxb5 Rc5 29. Nbd6 Ra8 $11) (21. Qc4 b5 $1 $11) 21...
Qb8 22. Qc4 (22. Nf5 $5 $14) 22... Nf8 23. a5 Ne6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nd4 26.
Ne4 Nd7 $5 (26... Nd5 27. f6 $13) 27. a6 Ra7 28. Kh2 b5 $1 29. Qc3 Nxf5 30.
Qxc6 Nd4 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Re6 33. Nf5 Nxf5 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. a7 Rxa7 36.
Rxa7 e4 37. Rc7 g6 38. Rc5 e3 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. g4 Nd4 41. Rd5 Rd3 42. Be4 Rd2+
43. Kg3 Kg7 44. Kf4 Ne6+ 45. Ke3 Rh2 46. Rxb5 Rxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2
d6 9. c4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nc6 (10... O-O 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nb5 $1 axb5 15. cxb5 Qa5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. b3 {+/=/+/- ^^ ,a-pawn
Sherzer-Lamza,Budapest Spring Open 1990}) 11. Nb3 Na5 $6 (11... Ne5 12. Nd2 Rc8
13. b3 b5 $6 14. f4 Nc6 (14... Neg4 15. Rf3 $1 {/\ h3} bxc4 16. h3 $1 cxb3 $1 (
16... Nh6 17. Nxc4 $16) 17. axb3 (17. hxg4 $2 b2 $1) 17... Nh6 18. Rxa6 $16 {
(),פh6,b-pawn}) 15. Bb2 (15. cxb5 $4 Nd4 $19) 15... Nd4 16. Qd3 {+/=/+/- (),/
^ a1-h8}) (11... O-O 12. Bf4 {/\ Rd1,c5 ><d6} e5 $6 13. Be3 {/\ Rac1,Rfd1+/-
><d5}) (11... Rc8 $142 $5 {/\ <=> ><c4}) 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. e5 $1 dxe5 (13...
Qxe5 14. Qxe5 dxe5 15. Bxb7 Ra7 $8 16. Bg2 {and the absence of Q's on the
board is clearly in White's favour.}) 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Be3 Rfc8 17.
Ba7 $1 Rb4 18. b3 Qc7 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rfd1 Nd7 22. Na4 $1 $16
Rcb8 23. Rac1 f5 24. Bd2 Rxa4 (24... R4b7 25. c5 $1 {followed by Qc4 and
White's free pawn(s) will decide the game.}) 25. bxa4 Rb2 26. Rb1 Rxa2 27. Ra1
Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Qxa4 29. Bc3 e4 30. Ra1 Qc6 31. Rb1 Bc5 32. Qh5 Nf8 33. Qg5 Qd7
34. Qd2 Qa7 35. Bb4 $1 Qb6 36. Qe1 $18 {פf8} e3 37. Bxc5 Qxc5 38. Qxe3 Qxc4
39. Rb8 Qd5 $138 (39... e5 40. Qxe5 (40. Qa3 $6 Qf7 {/\e4}) 40... Qc1+ 41. Kg2
Qc6+ 42. f3 Qd7 (42... Qc2+ 43. Kh3 Qc6 44. Qxf5 Qh6+ 45. Kg4 $18) 43. Qb2 {
/\ Rb7+-}) 40. Qa3 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogdan, Dan"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. a4 b4 7. Nbd2 d5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. c6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. a5 Ba6 (11... a6) 12. Re1 Bd6 (12... e5 13. e4
$1 dxe4 (13... exd4 14. exd5+ Be7 15. d6) 14. Nxe4 $14) 13. e4 O-O 14. exd5
exd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 $16) 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf3
Nce4 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Bf4 Rcc8 22. Be3 Rc7 23. Nd4 Rfc8
24. g4 h6 25. Qf3 Rc5 26. Qf4 Re8 27. f3 Ng5 28. h4 Ngh7 29. Bd2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1
g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qb8+ Bc8 33. Bxb4 Rc4 34. c3 1-0

[Event "London Phillips&Drew Knights"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. c3 g6 8. a4
a5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 e5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. Nd5
Qd8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Bc4 c6 18. Ne3 Qe7 19. Bd3 Ba8 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Bb7
22. Qa3 Ba6 23. Bb3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bxc4 25. Nxc6 Qe6 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Qxd6 Bf8
28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rdc8 30. Nxb8 Nxb8 31. Red1 Be7 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Rb5 Rc6
34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Na6 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 Rc2 38. Rb6 Nb4 39. a6 Ra2 40.
Rd7 Rxa6 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rxe7 Nc6 43. Ree8 Nxb8 44. Rxb8 Ra4 45. Re8 Ra2 46.
g4 g5 47. Kg2 Ra3 48. h4 gxh4 49. Re5 Ra2 50. Rf5 Ra4 51. f3 Ra1 52. Rh5 Ra2+
53. Kh3 Kg6 54. Rf5 Rf2 55. Kxh4 Rg2 56. Kh3 Rg1 57. Kh2 Rb1 58. Kg3 Kg7 59.
Kf4 Ra1 60. Rd5 Rf1 61. Rd7 Rf2 62. e5 Kg8 63. Rd6 Kg7 64. Ke4 Rf1 65. f4 Rg1
66. Kf5 Rf1 67. Rd2 Kg8 68. Rd6 Kg7 69. e6 fxe6+ 70. Rxe6 Rg1 71. Rg6+ Kh7 72.
Kf6 Rf1 73. f5 Ra1 74. Rg7+ Kh8 75. Re7 Rg1 76. Re4 Kh7 77. Ra4 Rg2 78. Ra7+
Kg8 79. Rg7+ Kh8 80. g5 $1 (80. g5 hxg5 (80... Rxg5 81. Rxg5 hxg5 82. Ke7 g4
83. f6 g3 84. f7 $18) 81. Kg6 Ra2 82. f6 Ra6 83. Re7 Ra8 84. Rh7+ Kg8 85. f7+
Kf8 86. Rh8+ Ke7 87. Rxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 a6 8. c4
d6 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Qc1 d5 13. e4 Na5 14. exd5 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Nxd5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nc3 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxc5 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Ne4 Rxb7 21.
Nxc5 Rc7 22. Qd4 Rf8 23. Rxa6 Qc8 24. Nxd7 Qxa6 (24... Rxd7 25. Qxd7+ Qxd7 26.
Ra8+ $18) 25. Nb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4 Bg7 8. c3
e6 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 b6 (11... c5 $15) 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. Bd3 c5
14. d5 O-O-O 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Ba6 Rhe8 17. Bb5 Rg8 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bc4 d5 20.
exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. f3 Kc7 24. g4 b5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26.
O-O-O Rge8 27. Rde1 c4 28. Kd1 a5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 b4 32.
Nb1 a4 33. Kd2 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Kd1 Be5 36. Nd2 Kd6 37. Nf1 d4 38. cxd4
Bxd4 39. Kc1 Ke5 40. Ng3 Be3+ 41. Kb1 Bd2 42. Ne2 Kd5 43. Ka1 Bf4 44. Kb1 Be5
45. Kc1 Ke6 46. Kb1 Kf6 47. Nc3 Bxc3 48. bxc3 Kg6 49. g3 h5 50. gxh5+ Kxh5 51.
Kc1 Kg6 52. Kb1 Kf5 53. Kc1 g4 54. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 cxd4 (6... Be7 7. a4 b4
8. cxb4 cxb4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 d6 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nbd7 $10 {
Petrosian-Polugaevsky, USSR-ch 1977}) 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd3 Qb6 10.
Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rac1 Nb4 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e3 Be7 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
d6 17. Nd3 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. a4 b4 7. c4 a5 8. Bg5 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diagramm [#]} 12. Qc2 (12. cxd5 $1 Bxd5 (
12... exd5 13. Qc2) 13. e4 {kam in Frage.}) 12... c6 $1 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Be7
15. c5 {Diagramm [#] Die weißen Möglichkeiten für ein Spiel auf Gewinn
haben sich reduziert.} g5 $1 {Ein interessanter Plan. Hou Yifan spielt
konsequent so, dass weiße Bauernvorstöße am Königsflügel unwirksam
bleiben müssen.} 16. h3 Kg7 17. Rfe1 Rh8 18. Bf1 Qg8 19. Re3 Kf8 20. Ne1 h5
21. Ng2 Ke8 22. Kh2 Nf8 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. f4 {Der letzte Versuch...} Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 Qh7 26. Rf1 (26. Qe2 {hätte an der Bewertung der Stellung nichts
geändert, aber Damentausch ist natürlich nie schön, wenn man unbedingt
gewinnen muss.}) 26... Qxd3 27. Rxd3 gxf4 28. Nxf4 Ng6 29. Nb3 Bg5 30. Nxg6
fxg6 31. Rdf3 Ra7 {Diagramm [#] Die schwarze Stellung ist absolut
verteidigungsfähig.} 32. Kg2 Rg8 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Kg2 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Bd8 36. Nc1
g5 37. Nd3 Rg7 38. g4 h4 39. Nc1 Rg8 40. Nb3 Rg7 41. Kf2 Rf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43.
Kf3 Ke8 44. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2013.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 ({Prinzipieller ist} 4... e5 {z.B.:}
5. Nb5 d6 ({Aber nicht} 5... d5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc7+ Kd8 8. Nxd5) 6. c4 Be6 7.
b3 a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. e4 Nbd7
{Orendy,E-Varnusz,E Budapest 1961, ½-½ (44)}) ({Nach} 4... d5 5. Bg2 e5 6.
Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 {hätte Weiß Grünfeld mit vertauschten Farben auf dem Brett
und hat damit in der Praxis gute Ergbnisse erzielt.}) 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Qb6 7.
Nb3 Ne5 {Das Manöver kennt man in ähnlicher Stellung, alelrdings mit einem
weißen Bauern auf c4. Hier ist der Zug neu.} ({"Normal" ist} 7... d5 $5 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7) 8. Be3 Qc7 9. N1d2 h5 (9... Neg4 10. Bd4 e5 11. Bc3 d5 12. h3
Nh6 13. g4 {bringt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.}) 10. h4 (10. Bf4 $5 d6 11. c4)
10... Neg4 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Nh7 13. Nf3 a5 ({Als wenig günstig für Schwarz
erweist sich} 13... Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Qd3 Bxg5 16. hxg5 d6 (16... h4 17.
gxh4 Rxh4 18. Qg3 $18) 17. Rad1 $16 {Weiß hat Druck auf der d-Linie und der
Sg4 ist latent gefährdet.}) 14. Qd3 d6 15. c4 Be6 16. Rac1 a4 17. Nbd2 f6 18.
Be3 Be7 19. Ne4 (19. Qg6+ Kf8 $11 (19... Bf7 $2 20. Qxg7 $18)) 19... O-O 20.
Bd2 $11 Rfc8 (20... Qd7) 21. Bb4 (21. Nc3 $5 Qxc4 (21... Bxc4 22. Nd5 Bxd3 23.
Rxc7 $18) 22. Ne1 Rab8 23. Bd5 $14) 21... b5 $2 {Danach entstehen komplizierte
Verwicklungen, die abe rzugunsten von Weiß sind.} (21... Bxc4 22. Qa3 Qd7 $11)
22. Bxd6 ({Weiß konnte sich auf} 22. cxb5 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ {einlassen:} 24.
Ne1 {und falls} d5 {so} 25. Qd2 Rc7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Nc5 Bf7 28. Bxd5 $18)
22... bxc4 23. Qa3 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 (25... e4 $5 26. Nce5 Qb6)
26. Nd2 Rxd2 27. Bxa8 Qf7 28. Qb4 Rd8 29. Rxc4 Rxa8 {Schwarz hat mit den zwei
Springeren noch etwas Kompensation für die Qualität, aber Weiß reduziert
nun rasch und humorlos jedes Gegenspiel.} 30. Rfc1 Nf8 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 f5
33. Qxa4 Kh7 (33... f4 34. Qc4 $18) 34. Qe8 Qb7 35. Qxf8 Qe4 36. Qh8+ Kg6 37.
Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 (4... c5 $5) 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 $5 Nc6 (10... d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12.
Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $14) 11. a3 d6 12. e4 $5 Nh5 13. d5 $1 $14 {Hansen,
C-Gurevich,M/Munchen/1992/0:1 (66) Inf 54/54/}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 $6 (9. exd4
O-O 10. Nc3 d5 $13) 9... d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. Rc1 g5 $5 (
13... O-O 14. e4 Ne5 15. b3 $13) 14. Bg3 h5 15. f4 (15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Ng4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f3 Qh4 $1 19. fxg4 hxg4 $36) 15... Rg8 16. fxg5 Rxg5 17. Nf3
Rg8 18. e4 Qc7 $13 19. b4 $6 (19. Kh1 $5) 19... Ng4 (19... Ne5 $5) 20. Rc2 Nde5
21. Kh1 (21. Nxe5 $5 dxe5 22. h3 h4 $1) 21... Ng6 22. Nd4 h4 $1 23. Bf2 (23.
Qxg4 hxg3 24. hxg3 (24. Qxg3 $2 Bh4 $19) 24... Kd7 $36) 23... Nxf2+ 24. Rxf2
Ne5 25. Qh5 {[]e6/} Qd7 26. Be2 Rf8 27. Ref1 Kd8 28. b5 $1 axb5 (28... a5 $6
29. Na4 Kc7 (29... Qc7 30. Nxe6+ $18) 30. c5 $1 bxc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Qxe5+
Bd6 33. Qg7 Rg8 34. Qh7 Rh8 35. Qxf7 $1 $18) 29. Ndxb5 Rc5 30. Na4 Nd3 $1 31.
Nxc5 Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 bxc5 33. Bf3 (33. Rxf7 Qe8 $1 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 $36) 33... Ba6
(33... f5 $5 34. exf5 Rxf5) 34. Rb2 $6 (34. a4 $5) 34... Bf6 $1 35. Qh6 Ke7 36.
Rb1 Rh8 37. Qd2 Be5 $15 38. a4 Bb7 39. a5 Bc6 40. a6 $6 (40. Rb3 $5) (40. h3 $5
) 40... Ra8 (40... h3 $5 41. g3 Ra8) 41. Qf2 Rxa6 42. Qxh4+ Bf6 43. Qf2 Ra1 44.
Rxa1 Bxa1 45. Qe2 Be5 $17 46. g3 Qb7 47. Kg2 Qa8 48. h4 Qa1 49. Qd2 Qb1 50. Qa5
(50. Qe2 Bd4 $1 51. Nxd4 cxd4 52. e5 d3 53. exd6+ Kxd6 54. c5+ Ke7 $19) 50...
Bxe4 $1 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qg5+ Bg6 $1 54. h5 Qc2+ 55. Kf1 Qf5 $19
56. Qxf5 Bxf5 57. g4 Bd3+ 58. Be2 Be4 59. Kf2 Kh6 60. Ke3 Bg2 61. Bf3 Bf1 62.
Be2 Bh3 $1 63. Na7 Kg5 64. Nc6 Bf6 65. Na5 Bd4+ 66. Kd3 Bxg4 67. Bxg4 Kxg4 68.
Nb7 Kxh5 69. Nxd6 f5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Thinius, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Na6 12. a4 Nc7 13. axb5 Nxb5 14. Qd3
Nd6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. c4 f6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Rfb1 g5 20. c5 g4 21.
Ne5 Nf7 22. Qe3 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rfc8 24. Ra6 h5 25. h4 gxh3+ 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Qf4
Qg7 28. Rb7 Rf7 29. Raxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Kh7 31. f3 Qf6 32. Qe5 Qg6 33. Ra8 Rg7
34. Qf4 Qh6 $4 (34... Qg5 $142 $16) 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 d5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Re1 Nb4
15. Bc4 Bc6 16. a3 Bf4 17. axb4 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Rac8 19. b5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb4 21.
Ne5 Qxb5 22. Rg4 Kh8 23. Qc3 Qa4 24. h3 b5 25. d5 bxc4 26. dxe6 Qd1+ 27. Kh2
Qd6 28. exf7 Rxf7 29. Rg6 Qc7 30. Rg4 Qb8 31. Rg3 Rb7 32. f4 Qc7 33. Qd4 Kg8
34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Ng4 Kh8 $138 (36... Kh8 37. Nxh6 Qe7 $15) 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e4 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Ne3 Nb6 $6 ({Natürlicher erscheint} 11... c6 {
Weiß hat aus der Eröffnung nichts herausgeholt und verbraucht nun 40 Minuten
auf der Suche nach einem Plan. Andere Möglichkeiten waren:}) 12. O-O (12. h4 {
mit der Idee, nach h4-h5 den Punkt "f5" zu erobern.}) (12. d5 {nebst 0-0 und
Spiel am Damenflügel mit b2-b4 nebst c4-c5.}) (12. dxe5 dxe5 {und Spiel gegen
den schlechten "Läufer" g7.}) 12... h5 $5 13. d5 {Also Spiel am Damenflügel.}
h4 {[#]} 14. g4 $1 {Auf einen groben Klotz ...} h3 {Um der Festung nach h2-h3
zuvorzukommen, aber ...} 15. Kh1 {... nun droht Weiß selbst am Königsflügel
anzugreifen.} Bh6 $2 16. g5 $1 {Und es ist praktisch bereits aus.} Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Rg1 {Nun hat Weiß alle Figuren im Spiel, Schwarz jedoch nur die
Dame.} Qh4 19. Rg3 Na4 20. Bc2 Nc5 ({Nach} 20... Nxb2 21. Qb5 {wäre der
vorwitzige Rappe gefangen.}) 21. Nf5 Bxf5 ({Praktisch erzwungen, denn} 21...
Qf6 22. Qh5 {verhieß nichts Gutes.}) 22. exf5 Kg7 23. Rag1 Rh8 24. fxg6 f5 ({
Verzweifelte Suche nach Gegenspiel,} 24... f6 25. Bf5 {war nicht besser,
Schwarz wäre völlig gelähmt.}) 25. Bxf5 Raf8 26. Rxh3 Qf4 27. Rh7+ $1 Rxh7 ({
Oder} 27... Kf6 28. g7 {usw.}) 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Qh5 $1 (29. Qh5 Rxf5 30. Rg8#)
(29. Qh5 Qxf5 30. Rg8+ {usw.}) (29. Qh5 Qxf2 30. Rg8+ Rxg8 31. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 32.
Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ {nebst Läuferabzug.}) 29... Na4 30. Rg3 Qd2 31. Qf7 $1 {
und Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8.
Bd3 O-O-O 9. e5 Qe7 10. b4 g5 11. Nb3 g4 12. Nfd2 Qg5 13. O-O f6 14. b5 {[#]}
Nxe5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. c4 $16 h5 17. Qe2 (17. Be2) 17... e4 {[#]} 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Bxe4 $16 Kb8 {[#]} (19... Bd6 20. Na5 b6 21. Nb7 $16) 20. Bxb7 $16 Kxb7 $2
(20... Bg7) 21. Qe4+ $18 Kb6 22. Rad1 $2 (22. c5+ Bxc5 23. Rac1 Bxb5 (23... Ba3
24. Rc6+ Kb7 25. Rc5+ $18) 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxf1 26. Na4+ Ka5 27. Kxf1
$18) 22... Qf5 $11 23. Qe1 $2 (23. c5+ Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxb5 $11)
23... Bc5 $17 24. Rd2 h4 25. Re2 $2 (25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd1 Rh7 $17) 25... g3
$19 26. Kh1 gxf2 27. Rfxf2 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Qg5 29. c5+ Kb7 30. c6+ Bxc6 31. bxc6+
Ka8 32. h3 Rhf8 33. Nd4 Rxf2 34. Qxf2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc5 36. Qb2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Noordwijk Masters"]
[Site "Noordwijk"]
[Date "1938.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1938.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Soloviov:Bogoljubow. p.218.} Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 Bg4 4. c3 c6 5. e4
Qc7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O g6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nb3 Bg7 12.
g4 h5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Be3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Na5
Nxc4 19. Nxc4 O-O 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Rh1 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1
Rd8 25. Na5 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qe7 27. b4 Bf6 28. a4 Qc7 29. Qd3 b6 30. Nc4 Bg5 31.
Kf3 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Na5 a6 34. Ke2 Qc8 35. f3 Kg7 36. Kd1 Qh8 37. c4 Qh1+
38. Kc2 Qa1 39. Nb3 Qa2+ 40. Kc3 bxc4 41. Qxc4 Bh4 42. Qf1 Bf2 43. Qd1 Bg3 44.
Qd2 Qb1 45. Qc1 Qa2 46. Qd1 Qf2 47. Na5 Qe3+ 48. Kc4 Be1 49. Nc6 Qc3+ 50. Kd5
Bd2 51. Kd6 Kf6 52. Qe2 Qb2 53. Kd7 a5 54. Qa6 axb4 55. Nxb4+ Kg7 56. Nd5 Bg5
57. Nc7 Qd4+ 58. Qd6 Qa4+ 59. Kc8 Qd4 60. Qd5 Kf8 61. Nb5 Qxd5 62. exd5 f5 63.
Kd7 e4 64. fxe4 fxe4 65. Ke6 e3 66. Nc3 Bf4 67. Ne2 g5 68. d6 Kg7 69. Nd4 Kg6
70. Ke7 Be5 71. Ne2 Bf4 72. Nd4 Be5 73. Nf3 Bc3 74. d7 e2 75. d8=Q Bf6+ 76. Kd7
Bxd8 77. Kxd8 Kf6 78. Kd7 e1=Q 79. Nxe1 Ke5 80. Nd3+ Ke4 81. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 d5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
c4 Qc3 9. Be2 cxd4 $5 (9... dxc4) 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. cxd5 Na6 $1 12. Nxd4 Qxd5 13.
O-O Be7 14. Bf3 Qd7 (14... Qd8 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Rxc8 $16 {Salov,V})
15. Nc6 $1 O-O 16. Qe2 $1 $44 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20.
Rc7 e5 21. Ng3 Bd8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Be4 f5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Bf5
1-0

[Event "Paris op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Qxb2 8.
Nc4 Qxc3+ 9. Nfd2 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. Rc1 Qb4 12. Qxh5 dxe3 13. fxe3 d5 14. a3
Qa4 15. Bd3 dxc4 {[#]} 16. O-O g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Nxc4 b5 (
19... Be7 20. Rfd1+ Kc7 21. Qg3+ e5 22. Bxe7 $18) (19... Ne7 20. Qf6 Ke8 21.
Qxh8 Nf5 $18) 20. Qf7+ Ne7 21. Rfd1+ Kc6 22. Nb2+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch06 Quarterfinal Group 2"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1929.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1929.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nf4 10. g3 Ng6 11. f4 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Qf3 a6
15. Nc3 $17 {....} (15. Nc3 Bd7 16. c5 (16. O-O-O Bc6 $19) 16... Qxc5 17. Nb3
Qb4 18. Bd3 a5 19. O-O a4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nd2 Bc6 22. Qe3 Nd7 $17) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 $5 (4... b6 $6 5. d5 $1 {
Petrosian-Kozma/Leipzig ol/1960/} h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e4 {Kavalek,
L-Brunner,L/Solingen/1986/1-0/}) 5. Bh4 b6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ba6 9.
Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. e4 d5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... dxe4 $2 13. Bxf6 $1) 13.
exd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Qb7 (14... Nc6 15. Nc4 $1 {/\ Rd1}) 15. Ne5 $1 Nc6 (15...
Qxb2 16. Qf3 Na6 17. Nc6 Qb7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Ne4 $16) 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Bg3
Na5 18. b3 c4 19. bxc4 Rfc8 20. Rab1 Qc6 (20... Qa6 21. Nb4 Bxb4 22. cxb4 Nxc4
23. Rfc1 Ndb6 24. Rc2 $1 {/\ Rbc1} (24. a4 $2 Qxa4 $1 25. Nxc4 Qb5 $1)) 21. Nb4
Qc5 {>= 21...Qa4} 22. Rfd1 Nf6 (22... Nb6 $6 23. Na6 Qc6 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5
Qxc5 26. Rb5 Qxc3 27. Be5 Qa3 28. Qg4 $16) 23. Na6 Qc6 24. c5 Nd5 (24... Nb7
25. Nb4 Qxc5 26. Nd3 Qc6 27. Ne5 $18) (24... Rd8 25. Bc7 $1) 25. Ne4 Qa4 26.
Nb4 (26. Rd4 $2 Nxc3 $1 27. Qd3 Qxd4 $1 $19) 26... Nf6 $1 27. Bd6 Nxe4 28. Qxe4
Bf6 29. Rd3 $2 (29. f3 Bxc3 30. Nd5 Qxe4 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. fxe4) 29... Nc6 30.
Qe2 Ne7 31. Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rbxd1 a5 33. Nc2 Nf5 34. Na3 Nxd6 35. cxd6 Rxc3 36.
Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Nb5 Bf6 38. a4 Bd8 39. Rc1 Kf8 40. Kf1 Ke8 41. Rc7 Kf8 (41... Ra6
42. Re7+ (42. Ke2 Rb6 43. Ra7 Rc6 44. Kd3 Rc1 $10) 42... Kf8 43. Nc7 Bxc7 44.
dxc7 Ra8 $10) (41... Rb8 $10) 42. Rb7 (42. Na7 $6 Rb8 43. Nc6 Bxc7) 42... Rc8
43. Nc7 Bxc7 44. Rxc7 Rd8 45. Rc6 Ke8 46. Ra6 Kd7 47. Rxa5 Kxd6 48. Ra7 Rf8 $2
(48... f5 $1 49. Rxg7 Ra8 $10) 49. a5 Kc6 50. h4 g5 51. h5 g4 52. Ke2 f5 53. a6
Rb8 54. Rh7 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 Ra2 56. Rxh6 Kd6 $2 {56...Kd5!} 57. Rg6 $1 (57. Rh8
Rxa6 58. Kf4 Ra4+ 59. Kg5 g3 $1 60. f3 Ra2 61. h6 Rxg2 62. h7 Rh2 $10) 57...
Rxa6 58. h6 Ra1 59. Kf4 Rg1 (59... Rh1 $5 60. Kg5 Rh2 61. Rg7 Rxg2 62. h7 Rh2
63. Kg6 Ke5 $1 {Mit Remis-Chancen}) 60. Rg8 $1 (60. h7 Rh1 61. Rg7 Rh5) 60...
Rxg2 61. h7 Rxf2+ 62. Kg3 Rf3+ 63. Kg2 Rh3 64. h8=Q Rxh8 65. Rxh8 Ke5 66. Kg3
Ke4 67. Rh1 Ke5 68. Re1+ Kf6 69. Kf4 Kf7 70. Ra1 Kf6 71. Ra6 Kf7 72. Ke5 Kg6
73. Rxe6+ Kg5 74. Re8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 $1 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7
8. c3 d6 9. e3 Nc6 (9... c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6+
Ke7 14. O-O-O $10) 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O-O a5 13. e4 a4 14. a3 Na5
15. Rde1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. e5 d5 18. g4 Rc8 19. Qd1 c5 20. Bc2 Qe8 21. dxc5
Rxc5 (21... Bf8 22. Nxg5) 22. g3 Nc6 $1 23. Re3 (23. Bxa4 Nxe5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7)
23... Ra5 24. Rhe1 Bf8 25. c4 Bc5 26. R3e2 Ne7 27. Ka1 Qd8 28. Rh1 {(/\ Nxg5)}
Ba7 29. Qb1 Rc5 30. cxd5 exd5 $1 31. Bf5 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Bb5 33. Ree1 Rc7 34. Rh2
g4 35. Nh4 Qg5 {[#]} 36. f4 $1 gxf3 37. Nhxf3 Qxg3 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Rhc8 (
39... Bf2 40. Reh1 Be3 $15) 40. Rxh6 Bf2 41. Reh1 Qg4 42. Rg6 Qf4 43. Rg5 Qd6
44. Qf5 Be3 {[#]} 45. Qxd5 Qxd5 $1 46. Rxd5 Bc6 47. Rhh5 Bxd5 48. Rxd5 Re7 49.
Re5 Bh6 50. Re4 Rc6 51. Rxa4 Rexe6 52. Re4 Rf6 53. Ka2 Kc7 54. Re7+ Kc8 55. Re2
Rc2 56. Kb1 Rcc6 57. Nd4 Rcd6 58. N2b3 Bg7 59. Ka2 Rf1 60. Nc2 Rf5 61. Rg2 Bf6
62. Nb4 Kd7 63. Rh2 Kc7 64. Nc2 Rg5 65. Nd2 Re6 66. Nb4 Bg7 67. Kb3 Re3+ 68.
Ka2 Re6 69. Kb3 Re3+ 70. Ka2 Re8 71. Kb3 Kb8 72. Nb1 Re3+ 73. Nc3 Reg3 74. Rd2
Rg2 75. Rxg2 Rxg2 76. Nd3 Rh2 77. Kc4 Rd2 78. a4 Ka7 79. Nb5+ Kb6 80. b4 Rc2+
81. Kb3 Rg2 82. Nc3 Rg3 83. Kc4 Rg4+ 84. Kb3 Rg3 85. Kc4 Bxc3 86. a5+ Kc7 87.
Kxc3 Kc6 88. Kc4 Rg4+ 89. Kc3 Kb5 90. Nc5 Rc4+ 91. Kd3 Rxb4 92. Nxb7 Kc6 93. a6
Kd5 94. Nd8 Rd4+ 95. Ke3 Re4+ 96. Kd3 Rf4 97. a7 Ra4 98. Nf7 Rxa7 99. Ng5 Ra3+
100. Ke2 {[Beilin]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:03:
46]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (5. c3 a5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bf4
Be7 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7
14. h4 Qc7 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20.
Nc4 a4 21. Re1 Qb5 22. Na3 Qa6 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. c4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Rxe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb7+ 28. Kg1 Qb4 29. Rc3 Qb8 30. Re3 Qb4 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. Nb5
Qa5 33. Qe2 Qd8 34. Ra3 Rd2 {Kamsky,G (2732)-Topalov,V (2770) Wijk aan Zee
2012 1-0 (71)}) 5... b4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 6. a5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:
51]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:11:34]} 8. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:04:17]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:04:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:13:04]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
19:52] Not a short draw by any means. Hou Yifan didn't show any more of her
preparation and started the game with 1.g3. This led to an interesting endgame
in which White had a potential passed pawn on the queenside but Black was
quite active. After some further simplifications the game reached a drawn rook
endgame.} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 11. Qa4 {[%emt 0:17:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:56]}
12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 13. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:08:16]} Nb4 {
[%emt 0:04:56]} 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. Nxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 16. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:06:04]}
Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 19. Bxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 20. Bxd6+
{[%emt 0:09:45]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
02:10]} 22. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 25. b3 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 26. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:
06]} 27. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb8
{[%emt 0:02:08]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 30. e3 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32.
Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:
04:05]} 34. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
Nc3 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 36. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nb1 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 37. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 39. Rb2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 40. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd2 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:08:06]} 42. f5 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 43. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 44. Nxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 46. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47.
Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 48. g4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} hxg4 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} 49. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 51. Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 52. Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "DSB Kongress-19 Meisterturnier-18"]
[Site "Mannheim"]
[Date "1914.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Lauterbach"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1914.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GE2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. d4 Nf6 {Es war dies die dritte Partie zwischen den beiden
Russen, Janowski (*1868) hatte in Scheveningen 1913 den Sieg davongetragen, in
Sankt Petersburg im Frühjahr 1914 hatte man sich unentschieden getrennt.
Aljechin wollte nun seine Revanche gegen den älteren Rivalen und Landsmann.} 2.
Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 (8... O-O
9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 $5 Nc6 (10... d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $14)
11. a3 d6 12. e4 $5 Nh5 13. d5 $1 $14 {Hansen,C-Gurevich,M/Munchen/1992/0:1 
(66) Inf 54/54/}) 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 O-O 11. c3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. h3 e5
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg3 Bf8 16. Bh2 a6 17. Nh4 b5 18. c4 b4 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. e4
$1 Nb8 21. f3 Nh5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Qc2 Nc6 24. Nd5 Qa5 25. Nf5 (25. Nxf4 exf4
26. Bxf4 g5 $19) 25... Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd4 (26... Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qxb2 28. Reb1 Qc3
29. Qxc3 bxc3 30. Rxb7 $19) 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. b3 f5 $5 30. Re2 Qd8
31. Rae1 f4 32. g3 fxg3 33. Bxg3 Bd6 34. Rg2 Rf8 35. Kh2 Qg5 36. Bf4 Qh5 (36...
Qh4 $5 37. Bd2 (37. Reg1 Bxd5 (37... exf4 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Qxd4 $18) 38. Rxg7+
Kh8 39. R1g4 Qf2+ 40. Rg2 Qh4 $11) 37... a5 38. Reg1 $36) 37. Reg1 Bxd5 38.
Rxg7+ Kh8 39. exd5 e4 {[#]} 40. Rg8+ $3 (40. Qxd4 $2 Bxf4+ 41. R7g3+ Qe5 $19)
40... Rxg8 41. Qxd4+ Kh7 42. Qxe4+ Rg6 (42... Kh8 43. Rxg8+ Rxg8 44. Bxd6 Re8
45. Be7 Qf7 46. d6 $18) 43. Bxd6 Re8 44. Be7 (44. Qxe8 Rg2+ 45. Rxg2 Qxe8 46.
f4 Qe3 47. Be5 h5 48. d6 $19) 44... Kg7 45. Rxg6+ Qxg6 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 47. d6 (
47. d6 Kf7 48. c5 Ke6 49. c6 a5 50. f4 Ra8 51. f5+ Kxf5 52. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 (3... b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 $6 5. e4 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 (10. Ne5 $5) 10... e5 11. f4 $1 exf4
12. e5 Qh4 13. Ne4 d5 14. g3 $1 Qh3 $6 (14... fxg3 15. Nxg3 $44) (14... Qe7 15.
Nf6+ $1 $40) 15. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 16. Rxf4 fxe5 17. Bf5 $18 exf4 18. Bxh3 fxg3 19.
Qg4+ Kh7 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Qf6 {1-0 Cifuentes,R-Ligterink,G/ Wijk aan Zee 1988})
4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 (5... d5 6. e5 Qd8 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10.
Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qxe6 Kf8 18. Qxg6 Qe8 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. f4 Rg8 21. f5 $16 {
Hodgson-Lohdi, London 1987}) 6. Nc3 Nd7 (6... g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bb5
O-O 10. Bxc6 (10. e5 dxe5 (10... Qe7 11. Bxc6 $16) 11. Bxc6 exd4 $44 12. Ne4
Qe7 13. Ba4 c5 14. Rhe1 Rb8 15. Qf4 e5 16. Ned2 exf4 17. Rxe7 b5 18. Bb3 c4 19.
Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rb7 $10 {Hodgson-Ejngorn, Reykjavik 1989}) 10... bxc6 11. e5
Qf5 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Bb7 15. Qe3 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc5
Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bxg2 19. Rd7 $44 {J Piket-Nijboer, Wijk aan Zee 1990}) 7. Qd2
Qd8 (7... g6 8. O-O-O Bg7 $6 9. Nb5 $1 Qd8 10. Qc3 Nc5 $8 11. e5 Na6 12. exd6
c6 (12... cxd6 13. Qa3) 13. d7+ $1 Qxd7 14. Ne5 $16 {Cifuentes,R-Abarca,M/
Santiago 1983}) 8. O-O-O Be7 (8... a6 9. Kb1 c5 $5 10. h4 b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Qe3 Qb6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. e5 b4 15. Nce2 d5 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Qf4 $13 {Cifuentes,
R-Van der Wiel,J/ The Netherlands (ch) 1992}) 9. Kb1 O-O $2 (9... a6 $1 10. h4
c5 $13) 10. h4 $36 {x Kg8} e5 11. Be2 exd4 (11... c6 12. g4) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13.
g3 Bf6 (13... Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. f4 $16) 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nb5 $1 Qe7 18. g4 f6 19. Nc3 Rae8 20. Rdg1 Kh8 21. f5 (21.
g5 f5 22. gxh6 gxh6) 21... Bg8 22. g5 $18 Ne5 23. Rg3 c6 24. Rhg1 Bh7 (24...
Nf7 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Bh5 $18) 25. Bh5 Rd8 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Qxh6 Rg8 28. Bg6
Qg7 29. Qh5 Rb8 30. Ne2 (30. Ne2 Qe7 31. Nf4 a6 32. Ne6 Rxg6 33. Rxg6 Nxg6 34.
fxg6 Re8 35. gxh7 Qxe6 36. Qg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Black "Dorin, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Cosma,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qd3 Qc8 8.
Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 c4 11. Qc2 a5 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng4 Be7 15.
e5 Nd7 16. f4 h5 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Nf3 Ne4
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe4 Qc6 (23... Bxe4 24. Qxe4 $16) 24. Re3 Be7 25. Qe2 Bf6
26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 g6 28. Qc2 $6 Kf7 (28... Kh7 29. Rxh5+) (28... Kg7 29.
Rg5 Be4 30. Bg2 $3 Bxc2 31. Bxc6 Bf5 32. Kg2 Rac8 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. h3 $18) 29.
f5 $4 exf5 30. Bxf5 Kg7 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bh3 b4 $44 33. Qd2 b3 34. a3 Re7 35.
Re1 Qe8 36. Rxe7+ Qxe7 37. Qf4 Qe1+ 38. Bf1 Be4 39. d5 Bd3 (39... Bxd5 40. Qd4+
) 40. d6 Qd1 $2 (40... Bxf1 41. Qxf1 Qd2 42. Qxc4 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2+ 44. Kh3
Qc2) 41. d7 Bf5 (41... Bxf1 42. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 43. cxd4 $18) 42. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 Qb6 (6...
a6 7. c4 b4 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. Nfxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6+
13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Qxc6 Rxc6 15. b3 d5 16. Ne3 $14 {Murugan,K-Cooper,L,BCF-ch 1989
}) (6... a6 7. c4 b4 (7... cxd4 8. cxb5 Bxa3 9. bxa6 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Rxa6 11.
bxa3 $14) 8. Nc2 Be4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Ncxd4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13.
Rac1 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qb7 15. Nb3 a5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Ra6 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Nbd4
Qxf4 20. gxf4 Kf8 21. c5 $14 {Sturua,Z-Gurevich,D,Biel 53/69 1991}) (6... a6 7.
c4 b4 8. Nc2 a5 9. d5 $1 exd5 10. Nh4 g6 11. Ne3 Bg7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc8
{Romanishin,O-Plachetka,J Metz 1992,54/(54)} 14. Ng2 $5 $14 {Plachetka}) 7.
dxc5 (7. c4 b4 8. Nb5 (8. Nc2 {Schussler} Na6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. a4 $5 {Gostisa,
L-Kiselev,S, Ljubljana Iskra 1992, CBM 31 game 467.}) 8... a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
Nbd4 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. c5 Qa7 16. Bd6 Bxd6
17. Qxd6 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qa7
23. Qe5 Qc7 {1/2:1/2 Schlosser,P-Sakaev,K Brno 1992}) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 Bxb4 (
8... Be7 9. c4 bxc4 10. Nxc4 Qa6 (10... Qxb4 $2 11. Nfe5 Bxg2 12. Ba3 Qb7 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nd5 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qxd6 17. Rc8+ Ke7 18. Bxd6+ Kxd6
19. Nc4+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 $18) (10... Qc7 11. Na5 Bd5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. a3 $14) 11.
Qb3 (11. b5 Qxb5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qa6 14. Ba3 Qxd6 15. Bxd6 Ne4 16. Ba3
Bd5 17. Nd4 $44) 11... Bd5 12. b5 Qb7 $132) 9. Rb1 Nc6 (9... Na6 10. Be3 (10.
c3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Nc5 $15) 10... Qa5 11. Nxb5 $1 Nd5 (11... Qxb5 12. Nd4 Qb6 13.
Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Bc5 $16) 12. Bd4 Qxb5 13. c3 O-O 14.
cxb4 $16) 10. c3 Bxa3 (10... Be7 11. Nxb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. c4 $36) 11. Bxa3
Na5 (11... Qa5 12. Qb3 $36) 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Qd4 $1 Nc6 $2 (14...
Qb7+ $5 15. f3 d5 16. Ng4 Nc4 $1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. Rxb5 Qd7 20.
Bb4 (20. Rfb1 Nxa3 21. Rb7 Nxb1 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Qxf7+ Kd6 24. Qf4+ Kd7 25.
Qa4+ Rc6 26. Qxa7+ Rc7 27. Qa4+ Rc6 28. Qc2 Rb8 $13) 20... Ne3+ 21. Kf2 Nxf1
22. Kxf1 $44) (14... Qxd4 $142 15. cxd4 a6 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. Rb2 (17. Rc2 $13 {
Schussler}) 17... Nd5 18. e4 Nde7 19. Rbc2 f6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 dxc6 22.
Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rxc6 Rd8 $10) 15. Qd6 $16 Qb7 16. f3 Qc7 $2 (16... Nd5 $2 17.
Rxb5 $1 Qc7 18. Nc4 $18) (16... Qb8 $2 17. Nc4 a6 18. Qc5 $18) (16... a6 $142)
17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Rxb5 Ne7 19. c4 $1 $18 d5 20. Bd6 Rc8 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rb7+
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 b6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb7 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. c3 d6 10. Bxf6 (10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nd5 $1 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3
Rc8 $11) (10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 $11) 10... Bxf6 11. Qe2 (11. Ne4
Be7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bc2 Nf6 $2 (14... Re8 15. Qd3 g6 $11) 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rxe6 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Re8 (18... fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Bg7 20.
Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ Kf6 22. Bh5 Bh8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Kh1 e5 26. d5
$18) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qe4 $16 {Kovacevic,V-Polugaevsky,L/Haifa 1989/EU-chT})
11... Nd7 (11... a6 $6 12. Be4 (12. O-O-O) 12... Qc7 13. d5 e5 14. Nf1 Nd7 15.
Ne3 g6 16. g4 Bg7 17. h4 h5 $13 {Klaric,Z-Utasi,T/Havana 1986}) 12. O-O-O (12.
Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 d5 $11) 12... Qc7 13. Kb1 Be7 (13... O-O 14. g4 e5 (14... g6
15. h4 Bg7 $13) 15. h4 exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Qf1 $13) 14. c4 $6 (14. h4 Nf6
15. Bb5+ Bc6 $11) (14. g4 Nf6 15. Rhg1 O-O-O $11) 14... O-O {/\d5} 15. d5 $6 (
15. g4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. h4 Qf4 18. g5 h5 $15) (15. Rc1 $142 Nf6 $11) 15...
Nc5 $1 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 $15 {^^} 18. g3 (18. Be4 Nf4 19. Qf1 d5 $15)
(18. Bf5 Bf8 $15) 18... Bf8 19. Qf1 Nc5 (19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 $11)
20. Bc2 d5 (20... g6 $5 {/\Bg7,Qd8-f6} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Re7 $1 23. Rxe7
Qxe7 24. Qe1 Qf6 $17) 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd4 (23. Re1 Rd8 $15)
23... g6 (23... a6 $5 {/\g6,Bg7}) 24. Nb5 Qc6 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Qc4 Bg7 27. f3
Qf6 $17 28. Rg1 $6 (28. g4 Re3 29. h4 (29. f4 Bb7 30. h4 Ba6 $17) 29... Bxf3
30. Nxf3 Rxf3 31. h5 Kh7 32. hxg6+ fxg6 $17) (28. Nde4 Qxf3 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30.
Qxc5 Bh3 $17) 28... Bh3 (28... Bxf3 $2 29. Nxf3 Qxf3 30. Bxg6 (30. Rf1 b5 $1
31. Qxb5 Qe3 $15) 30... Bxc3 31. bxc3 $11) 29. g4 Qd4 $1 (29... a6 {/\} 30. Rg3
$2 Re1+ 31. Bd1 Qd6 32. Kc2 Bf1 33. Nxf1 Bxc3 $19) (29... Rd8 30. Rd1 $17) 30.
Rd1 (30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd1 (31. Rg3 Bf1 $1 (31... Bxc3 32. bxc3 Bf1 33. Ne4
Nxe4 34. Bxe4 $15) 32. Nxf1 Re1+ 33. Nd1 Rxf1 34. b4 Ne6 $17) 31... Bxc3 32.
bxc3 Re2 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Bxg4 35. Bd3 Bf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 $17) 30... Qxc4
31. Nxc4 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Bg2 33. f4 (33. Nd2 Re3) 33... Bf3 34. Rg1 Re2 $19 35.
Rg3 (35. Ne5 Be4 $19) 35... Be4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Ne3 Rxf4 38. Rg2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Delchev,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qd2 c6 9. a4 (9. Rfd1 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Ne8 13. Be3 $14)
9... a5 10. Be3 (10. Rad1) 10... Re8 (10... d5 11. Nxe5 $14) 11. Rad1 (11. Rfe1
$5) 11... Qc7 (11... b6 12. h3 $14) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh2 {[#]} (13. dxe5 $6 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 dxe5 $11) 13... Bg6 $6 (13... exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 d5 $15) 14. f3 (14. Bf3 $11) 14... Nf8 (14... exd4 15. Bxd4 d5 16. exd5
cxd5 17. Bb5 $14) 15. d5 Nh5 (15... N8d7) 16. Ng4 Rad8 $6 (16... Ng3 17. Rfe1
Bh4 18. b3 (18. Bd3) 18... f5 $15) 17. Rfe1 (17. Bc4 Nd7 (17... Ng3 $6 18. Rfe1
Bh4 19. Bf2 h6 20. Ne3 $14) 18. Ne2 Nhf6 $11) 17... Bh4 18. Nf2 h6 (18... Bg3
19. Bc4 $11) 19. Rb1 Nh7 (19... Bg3 20. b4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Bf4 $11) 20. b4 axb4
21. Rxb4 c5 $6 (21... Bg5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Reb1 Rb8 $132) 22. Rb3 $14 Bg5 23.
Reb1 Rb8 (23... Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rb8 $14) 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Na3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nf4
27. Bf1 Nf8 (27... f5 28. a5 $16) 28. Nc4 (28. a5 $5 $16 {[/\ X >Bg6<;/\ << a
la Capablanka!]}) 28... Qc7 (28... Nxd5 29. exd5 Bxc2 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7
Qxb7 32. Nxd6 Qd7 33. Nxe8 $14) 29. Qd2 (29. Rb6 $5 Red8 30. a5 Nh7 31. Qb3 $18
) 29... Nd7 30. Qa5 Qxa5 (30... b6 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Nxb6 33. Qxb6 Qxb6
34. Rxb6 Rd8 35. a5 $18) 31. Nxa5 b6 32. Nc4 Ra8 (32... Nxd5 33. exd5 Bxc2 34.
Nxd6 $16) 33. Nxb6 $18 Nxb6 34. Rxb6 Red8 35. Ra6 Rxa6 36. Bxa6 Ra8 37. Rb6 f6
38. Rxd6 Be8 39. a5 c4 40. Bxc4 Rxa5 41. Rd8 Rc5 42. d6+ 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1998.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 (7. Bd3
cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 $1 {und Weiß muß wieder mit dem Läufer ziehen, um den Pd4 zu
decken.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. O-O (9. Qd2 {ist auch gut, denn es
vermeidet den Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie.}) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 $1 {
Die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist deutlich besser, weil der schwache weiße
Doppelbauer auf der halboffenen c-Linie steht. Das garantiert Schwarz für
jedes Endspiel Vorteil. Weiß hat hingegen einen leichten Entwicklungsvorsprung
und muß versuchen, jede Chance im Mittelspiel zu nutzen.} 11. Bd3 b6 (11... e5
12. Rb1) 12. Be4 $1 {vermeidet die Besetzung der großen Diagonale durch den
Bc8.} d5 13. Bd3 Ba6 {In dieser kritischen Mittelspielstellung ist es sehr
wichtig, wer zuerst die Läufer tauschen wird: a) falls Schwarz auf d3 nimmt,
wird die weiße Bauernstruktur durch c:d3 verbessert (Kontrolle über die Felder
c4 und e4). b) falls Weiß auf a6 nimmt, gelangt der schwarze Springer auf ein
ungünstiges Feld. Eigentlich muß der N den Vorposten c4 oder e4 anstreben.} 14.
Bxa6 (14. Ne5 $1 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 {[%csl Yc4,Ye4]} Nc6 17. f4 $14)
14... Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. f4 $2 {Leider ist der weiße Plan 
(Bauernmarsch f2-f4-f5xe6) in dieser Stellung fehl am Platz, denn er kann
leicht neutralisiert werden. Nach der Partie zeigte mein Mannschaftskollege
Werner Hug, daß es in einer solchen Stellung viel vernünftiger ist,
Figureninitiative am Königsflügel zu entwickeln, z.B mittels Rfe1,Re3/\ Rf3
oder Rg3 nebst Rae.} Qf5 $1 {Diesen starken Zug habe ich übersehen. Jetzt
droht Schwarz mit Damentausch auf d3 nebst Nb5.} 18. a4 (18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rab1
Ne6 $15) 18... Ne8 {[%cal Ye8d6,Yd6c4,Yd6e4]} 19. Qd2 Nd6 20. g4 Qh7 {Leider
befand ich mich in diesem Moment schon in leichter Zeitnot. Und zudem lenkte
mich noch etwas anderes stark ab - mein Handy Telefon hat geläutet -, so mußte
ich den Turniersaal verlassen. Selbstverständlich war mein Telefonat ganz kurz,
aber trotzdem: es kostete mich ein paar Minuten und den Verlust der
Konzentration. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es nicht schwer zu verstehen, daß
mein nächster Zug in dieser schweren Stellung ein Bock war.} 21. Ra3 $2 (21. f5
$142 exf5 22. Qg2 {[%cal Yg2d5]} (22. Qf4)) 21... f6 22. Nd3 Nc4 $19 23. Qc1
Nxa3 24. Qxa3 Qg6 25. h3 Rc6 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Qe8 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. Qxd5 Rxc3
30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Qf5 Qd7 32. Nf4 Qxf5 33. gxf5 Rxd4 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Re2 Rg3+
0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. c3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. a4 b4
8. a5 Qc8 9. cxb4 cxb4 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Qa4 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Kiselev,S/
Ljubljana 1992}) (6... a5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Ne5 (8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bxf6
Nxf6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 $13 {El Aamarti,M-Ben Ammor,A/Rabat
2001}) 8... Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd2
O-O 14. e4 Rd8 $11 {Sosonko,G-Tatai,S/Buekfuerdo 1995}) 7. a4 (7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc8 $11 {Jurek,J-Karlik,
V/Trnava 1986}) (7. Qb3 a6 8. a4 c5 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bc6 11. axb5 axb5 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Bc5 $11 {Kastanieda,G-Makarov,M/
Krasnoiarsk 1998}) 7... b4 (7... a6 $5 8. Bg5 (8. Bf4 c5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Na3
Ba6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 $13 {Andrianov,N-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow 1984}) 8...
Be7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Bxa8 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. N2f3 O-O {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Zvjaginsev,V/Panormo 2001/CBM
84 ext (16)}) 8. cxb4 Bxb4 9. Bd2 c5 {With this move black allows white to
push b4, so I like more 8...a5} (9... Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4
Nce4 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Qd4 Qb6 15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Ne5 $14 {Dorfman,J-Trois,F/
Zamardi 1980}) (9... a5 10. Bxb4 axb4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 $11)
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 (11... Bd6) 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Bd6 15.
Rfc1 e5 16. Bb2 Qb6 (16... Qe7) 17. b5 Ng4 18. e3 Nc5 19. Rxc5 $1 $44 {The
only way to fight for an advantage.} Qxc5 (19... Rxc5 20. h3 e4 21. hxg4 exf3
22. Nxf3 Rfc8 23. Qd3 $14) 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nxe5 Qc2 22. Rd1 Rfe8 (22... Qxb3 23.
Nxb3 Rc2 24. Bd4 a6 25. b6 Ne4 26. Na5 Bc8 27. Nd3 $14) 23. Nef3 Ne4 24. Nd4
Qc7 (24... Qxb3 25. N2xb3 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Na5 $14) 25. N2f3 Bf8 26. Ne1
Qa5 27. Nd3 Nd2 (27... a6) 28. Qa2 Rc4 (28... Nc4 29. Nb3 Qc7 30. Bd4 a6 31.
bxa6 Bxa6 32. Nbc5 Bb7 33. Nxb7 Qxb7 34. Nf4 $14) 29. Ra1 Ne4 30. Qb3 Rec8 31.
Ne5 Nxf2 $5 (31... R4c7) 32. Nxc4 (32. Kxf2 $2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. Nxc2 Rxc2
35. Qxc2 Qxc2 $17) 32... dxc4 33. Qc3 Bb4 $2 {Very bad decision after which I
am not sure that black can survive.} (33... Qxc3 34. Bxc3 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Ne4 $13
) 34. Qc2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Nd3 36. Nc6 Rxc6 (36... Ne1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxc6 38. bxc6
Bxe1 39. Qe4 $18) 37. bxc6 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qxc6 39. Rf1 $1 $16 Bd6 40. Bd4 h5 41.
Qg2 Qc7 (41... Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 a6 43. Rf5 Bb4 44. Rd5 Ne1+ 45. Kf1 c3 46. Rd8+
Kh7 47. Rc8 c2 48. e4 Bd2 49. Bb2 $18) 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Bf8
45. h4 a6 46. Rf5 Qb7 47. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. Bg3
$6 {This move is a bit premature in my opinion.} (8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5
10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nhf6 15. e5 $14 {
Coleman,J-Wegerer,F/Dubai 2002}) 9... c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 $11 {Huelsmann,J-Fischdick,G/Germany 1991}) (8. Bb5+
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. e4 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Sorsa,M-Saastamoinen,
A/Tampere 1998}) (8. h3 Nbd7 (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qe2 a5 $11 {Miles,A-Nosenko,A/Alushta 1999}) 9. Bg3
O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Re1 d5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qc8
16. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Graf,A/Calcutta 1998/CBM 62 ext (16)}) 8... Nh5 {
Of course.} 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Bf6 {With the idea to
put the queen on e7 and push e5.} (12... c5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rf2 b5 15. Raf1 b4
$132) 13. g4 Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bc2 c5 17. Qd2 (
17. Qe2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rf5 Qe6 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Rd1 Bg5 $11
) 17... Rad8 {[%csl Gd5] Black is persistant with his plans.} 18. Rae1 e5 19.
e4 cxd4 20. cxd4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Rxe4 Qd6 22. h4 Nc5 23. Ree1 e4 (23... exd4
24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Be7 26. b4 d3 27. Bd1 Nb7 28. Re4 $44) 24. Bxe4 Bxd4+ 25.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Bf3 $11) 21... Qd6 22. h4 exd4 23. g5 Be5 24. Bb1
Bf4 {Black could easily find himself in troubles if he wasn't cautious enough.}
(24... Bg3 25. Re4 Ne5 $2 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rf6 $3
Qxf6 30. Qd3 Qg6 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6 Rd7 33. Qe6 $18) 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26.
Nxd4 hxg5 27. Nc6 Rde8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. hxg5 Be5 $11 (29... Bxg5 30. Rxf7 $1
Bxe7 31. Rexe7 Rxf7 32. Rxe8+ Nf8 $14) 30. Nc6 Bxb2 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxf7 Re1+
33. Kf2 Rxb1 34. Rxd7 Kh7 (34... a5 $2 35. g6 $18) 35. Kf3 Rc1 36. Ne7 Ba3 37.
Rxa7 Rc3+ 38. Kg4 Bxe7 39. Rxe7 Rc2 40. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Rosito, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 (4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. Nbd2
Bb7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. c4 Qb7 14.
Bf3 Rac8 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 d6 17. Rfd1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Szilagyi,G-Augustin,J/
Stary Smokovec 1977/MCD (17)}) 4... Be7 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. c4 {A long time ago
this modest variation braught Yusupov very convincing victory over Karpov.} b6
(6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1
Rc8 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Howell,J/Eastbourne 1990/
EXT 2000 (14)}) 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O (9... a6 10. Qc2 d6 11. Rfd1
Qc7 12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. f3 O-O 15. Rd2 Rfe8 16. Rcd1 Bf8 17. Bh4 g6
$13 {Franciskovic,D-Pahor,A/Pula 2002}) 10. Nd4 {With idea to push th f-pawn
at some stage.} (10. Qc2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Rd4 d5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qe8
15. Ne5 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Nd7 $14 {Hort,V-Adorjan,A/Reggio
Emilia 1984}) 10... a6 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 d6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. f4 $1 {[%cal
Gf4f5] Just about time.} Nbd7 (14... Rc8 $5 15. f5 e5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf3 (
17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nd7 21. Rc6 $14) 17... e4 18.
Nd4 Nd7 19. Nd5 b5 $132) 15. f5 e5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 d5 $2 {
Giving up a pawn in the endgame ie weird decision.} (18... Rfc8 19. b3 Rab8 20.
a4 $14) 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 $18 {The rest is easy without comments.} Bc5 21.
Kf2 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e4]} e4 24. Rc4 Re5 25. g4 $1 Rexd5
26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Nxe4 Bf8 28. Rd4 Rb5 29. b3 h5 30. h3 Be7 31. Kf3 h4 32. Rd7
Re5 33. Rb7 b5 34. Kf4 f6 35. g5 Bd8 36. Rb8 Re8 37. Kf3 Rf8 38. g6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liege"]
[BlackTeam "Klagenfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 (7...
Be7 8. Nbd2 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be4 Nc6 13.
Qd2 a6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ne4 $14 {Pira,
D-Ermenkov,E/Orange 1990}) (8. a4 O-O 9. c3 d6 10. a5 Na6 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12.
exd4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Nac7 15. Nf1 b5 16. Ng3 $13 {Ye
Rongguang-Schandorff,L/Thessaloniki 1988}) 8... d5 (8... Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10.
e4 d6 11. c3 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 Nf4 $11 {Hort,
V-Makarichev,S/Oslo 1984}) 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13.
Bb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 $14 {De Pauli,M-Contin,D/Buenos Aires 1982}) 8.
exd4 Be7 9. c4 $5 {Very interesting idea! When I first looked at this game I
thought that this move is just bad and black wins a pawn on d4 for free,
however my impression was wrong and it seems that white gets sufficient
compensation for a pawn. Anyway it's very difficult to refute it during the
game.} (9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nc4 a4 14. Rxa4 Nb6
15. Ra2 Bd5 16. Nfd2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. b3 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Bc6 20. f4 $14 {
Kochyev,A-Norri,J/Helsinki 1997}) (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Re1
Nd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bc2 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rxe6 $16 {Izeta
Txabarri,F-Vehi Bach,V/San Sebastian 1993}) (9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. c3 Nbd7
12. Qe2 Re8 13. a4 a6 14. h3 Qc8 15. Bg3 Bc6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b5 $11 {
Mirzoev,A-Rozentalis,E/Koszalin 1997}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Qh3 ({
An attempt to hold a pawn was doomed to failure:} 11. Qe3 $6 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Nxe3
13. Bxd8 Nxf1 14. Bc7 (14. Bh4 g5 $19) 14... Nb4 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Bd6 Rxc4 17.
Kxf1 Rxd4 $17) 11... Nxd4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rc8 (13... d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Bb1 (16. Qh5 Ne6 17. Nxd5 Bxb2 18. Rfe1 Qg5 $15) 16... Re8 17.
Qg4 $13) 14. Bb1 $44 Nc6 (14... Rxc4 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 $18) 15. Bg3 {
White is preparing to bring the knight to d6.} Ne8 (15... d5 $6 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qxd5 $14) 16. Rd2 f5 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Nb5 Rf7 (
18... Na5 $6 19. b3 {[%csl Ra7]}) 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Na5 21. b3 {There is
no doubt that white is doing great, however it's not so clear for nither side
how to improve the position...I guess that's the main reason why they repeated
moves accpeting a draw.} Nb7 22. Be5 Nc5 23. Bb2 a5 24. Qe3 $6 (24. Re2 Qf8 (
24... Nfe4 25. f3 Nf6 26. Qg3) 25. Qe3 $44) 24... Nfe4 25. Re2 (25. Rd4 Qg5 26.
Qe2 $14) 25... Qg5 $132 26. Qd4 Qf6 27. Qe3 Qg5 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Qb6 6. Nbd2 {Interesting
sacrifice promising white some compensation for the pawn.} Qxb2 (6... cxd4 7.
exd4 Qxb2 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. dxe6 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 dxe6 13.
O-O Bg7 $17 {Chuprikov,D-Kalugin,S/Voronezh 1998}) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Bd3 Qb6 (
8... Qc3 9. O-O d5 10. e4 c4 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nh4 f5 $17 {Kostadinov,R-Arkhipov,S/Belgrade 1990}) (8... Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 (
9... d5 10. c4 Qc3 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Rc1 Qb4 $15 {Izeta Txabarri,F-Knorr Jarillo,J/Euskadi 2000}) 10.
Rb1 Qa3 11. Nxd4 d5 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e4 a6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. c4
$44 {Bennett,J-Arikok,E/Geneve 1994}) 9. O-O Qc7 10. c4 d6 (10... Bg7 $5 11.
Ne4 Na6 12. Rb1 $44) 11. d5 Be7 (11... Bg7 12. Rb1 f5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e4 O-O
$15) 12. Rb1 f5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 (13... fxe6 14. e4 O-O 15. exf5 exf5 16. Re1 Nc6
17. Nf1 f4 18. Qe2 $36) 14. Rb3 (14. Qc2 Qd7 (14... Nc6 15. Bxf5 Nb4 16. Qe4 d5
17. Qg4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 $14) 15. Qb2 Rg8 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Rxb7 Nd7 $132) 14...
Nc6 15. Qb1 Nb4 $6 (15... Qc8 16. Rxb7 Nb4 17. Rb5 a6 18. Ra5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O
20. Nb1 d5 $13) 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxa2 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Rd1 Rg8 20. Nd4 (
20. Qh7 Rf8 21. Qxh6 O-O-O 22. Nc3 Qd7 23. Qf4 $14) 20... cxd4 21. Rxb4 dxe3 (
21... d5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 dxc4 24. Qxd4 (24. Rxd4 Qc6 25. Qxc6+ bxc6 26.
Rdxc4 Rg6 $11) 24... Rd8 25. Qe4+ Kf8 26. Rc1 $14) 22. fxe3 Qc6 23. Rb2 {
[%csl Rg2]} Rg6 24. Nc3 Bf6 $2 25. Rf2 $6 {It was better to keep the rook on
the b-file.} (25. Rf1 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gc3d5]} Kd8 (25... Qd7 26. Qe4+ $1
Qe6 27. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 28. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd5c7]}) 26. Rbf2 Bxc3 27.
Qxf7 Rg7 28. Qf8+ Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Kxe8 30. Rf8+ $18) 25... Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27.
Nd5 Bd8 28. Rxf7+ Kc6 29. Rb1 $1 (29. Nb4+ Kc5 30. Rxb7 a5 31. Nd3+ Kc6 32. Rb3
Bb6 $44) 29... b6 30. Rb5 {[%cal Gd5b4]} a5 $8 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Kf3 Re6 33. g4 (
33. Ra7 Rb7 34. Ra6) 33... Rb7 34. Rf8 Rd7 35. h4 (35. e4 $5 Re5 36. Ke3 Rg5
37. h3 h5 38. gxh5 Rxh5 39. Nb4+ axb4 40. Rxh5 $18) 35... Re5 36. e4 $6 {
Giving up major part of the advantage.} (36. Rh8 $1 Bxh4 $140 $2 37. Rxb6+ Kc5
38. Rc8+ $18) 36... Bxh4 37. Rxb6+ Kc5 38. Ke3 Bg5+ 39. Kf3 (39. Kd3 $4 Rxd5+)
39... Kxc4 40. Rb1 Rd8 41. Rf7 Kd3 42. Rb3+ Kd4 43. Ra3 Ree8 (43... Rxe4 $5 44.
Ra4+ Kxd5 45. Rxe4 Kc5 $11) 44. Ra4+ Kd3 45. Ra3+ Kc2 46. Rxa5 Ra8 47. Rxa8
Rxa8 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Rc7+ Kb2 50. Rc6 Rg1 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke2 Rg1 53. Rb6+ Ka3
54. Kd3 Rxg4 55. Nc3 Bf6 56. Ra6+ Kb4 57. Nd5+ Kb5 58. Rxd6 Rg3+ 59. Kc2 Bg5
60. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. c4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qc3 (10. Qd3 O-O (10... Ng4 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nd2
O-O (13... Nc6 14. Nb3 e5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Be6 17. Rac1 O-O 18. f4 f6 $15
{Dovliatov,S-Gashimov,V/Baku 2001}) 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Rac1 Qa7 16. Nb3 bxc4 17.
Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxc4 $14 {Sherzer,A-Fogarasi,T/HUN 1995}) 11. Nc3
d6 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. b3 Rb8 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 $11 {
Scanavino,E-Wexler,B/Buenos Aires 1964}) (10. Qd2 O-O 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 e5 13.
Nc3 Bg4 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Kh2 Bc6 $13 {Bates,R-Miles,A/England 1996}
) 10... e5 (10... Qb6 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Qf3 e5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bh6 O-O
16. Bg5 Be7 17. Rac1 d6 18. Nd2 $14 {Cobb,C-Hanreck,A/England 1996}) 11. Na3 (
11. Qd3 d6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 h5 15. h4 Ng4 16. Bf3 $14 {
Kaushansky,L-Burke,J/Chicago 1994}) 11... d6 12. Nc2 $6 {White is playing
without clear plan simply moving the pieces. Such a strategy is very dangerous
even in such a safe position as the following one.} (12. Bg5 $5 Be6 (12... Bd4
$6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nc2 Qxc4 (14... Ba7 15. Rac1 $36 {[%csl Rd6]}) 15. Nxd4 Qxd4
16. Qxd4 exd4 17. Rfd1 $16) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rad1 Rd8 $132) 12... Be6 13. Be3
O-O 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Bxc5 (15. Nb4) 15... Qxc5 16. Ne3 a5 $1 {black is not
satisfied with a half of point aftr 16...b5} (16... b5 17. cxb5 (17. b3 bxc4
18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Rb8 $1 22. Rd1 Kf8 $1 $15)
17... Qxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 axb5 20. Rd1 Rxa2 21. Rxd6 $11) 17. Kh1 $6 b5
18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Qa3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qb4 $1 21. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {Not the best way
to meet white's attempt to escape.} (21... Nxd5 $1 22. exd5 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Rc8
$1 24. Rb1 Bf5 $17) 22. exd5 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Rb8 24. h3 g6 $6 (24... Kf8) 25. Rc6
$13 {After this one white is out of danger.} Ne8 26. Bf1 Kg7 27. Ra6 Rb2 28.
Kg1 Rxa2 29. Rxa5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Suvrajit, Saha"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 {Possible
continuation promising black comfortable play.} (6... Nd5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qxb6
Nxb6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. e3 Bd6 11. O-O-O f6 12. Bd3 Bd7 $11 {Pils,W-Toshkov,T/
Albena 1984}) (6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 (7. Bd2 Nc6 8. e3 d5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nfxd2 Qxb3
11. Nxb3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Psakhis,L/Gausdal 1994}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd2 (8.
Rd1 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Rxd2 d5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. b4 $14 {Duer,
W-Hofbauer,M/Austria 1992}) 8... O-O 9. e3 d5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd1
Rfc8 $15 {Ferry,R-Roos,L/Rouen 1987}) 7. axb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb4 $5 {An attempt to
fight for the advantage, however white is well prepared to meet this one.} (
8... Bb4 9. Bd2 d5 (9... b6 10. Nb5 (10. e3 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O d5 13. Ra4
Be7 14. Nb5 Rfc8 $11 {Secula,V-Reichenbach,W/Grieskirchen 1998}) 10... Ke7 11.
e3 Bb7 12. Be2 Rhc8 13. O-O a5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rfc1 Raa8 17. Ne1
d5 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Kf1 Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Bosque Ortega,X-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Barbera
1997}) (9... O-O 10. e3 d5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Na2 Bd6 13. O-O a6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15.
Bc3 Be8 16. Nd2 a5 $11 {Zach,A-Assmann,T/Baden-Baden 1999}) 10. e3 (10. Nb5 Ke7
11. e3 Ne4 12. Bxb4+ Nxb4 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Be2 a6 15. Na3 Rac8 $15 {Becker,
M-Baklan,V/Bad Zwesten 1998}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 Ke7 12. Ke2 Rhc8 13. Rhc1 Kd8
$11 {Nikolic,Z-Maksimovic,D/Cetinje 1991}) 9. Rc1 Nfd5 10. Bd2 {White isn't
ready to take any risks even though the position arising after} (10. Nb5 $5
Nxf4 (10... f5 $6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 b6 13. Ne5 $1 a5 14. e3 Ba6 15. Kd2
$16 {[%csl Ra8,Rh8]}) 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Bd6 13. g3 Ng6 14. Bg2 $13 {
isn't perfectly clear since it's not that easy for black to win the knight on
a8.}) (10. Bg3 $5) 10... f5 11. Ne5 b6 12. g4 $5 (12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Be7 (13...
Bd6 $2 14. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gg2b7]} Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bc6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17.
O-O $16) 14. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Bc6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Na3 $14) 12... Bb7 13.
Bg2 fxg4 14. Nb5 $1 ({It was also possible to play} 14. Nxg4 {with unclear
position, but move in the game is much better.}) 14... Ba6 (14... Bc6 15. Nxc6
dxc6 16. Na3 $44) 15. Nc7+ Nxc7 16. Rxc7 Rc8 17. Rxd7 $2 {Serious mistake
depriving white a chance to increase his advantage. White just takes the wrong
pawn! After correct} (17. Rxa7 $1 Bb5 18. Bc3 {[%cal Ge1d2]} Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6
20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Ra8+ Kf7 22. h3 gxh3 23. Rxh3 $16 {white's advantage would
be beyond the questions.}) 17... Bb5 $1 18. Rxa7 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Nxd4 $13 {
[%csl Rb3,Re2] Restoring the material balance.} 20. Re1 $1 {Very important
defensive move. It's essential to keep the pawn on e2 because after} (20. e3 $6
Nxb3 21. Bc3 Bd6 $1 22. Nf7 (22. Nxg4 $2 h5 {[%csl Rg4]} 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5
Rc1#) 22... Bb8 23. Rb7 Rf8 $1 (23... O-O 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rc7+
Kg8 $11) 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Nxb5 Rxf2 $15 {black has dangerous
initiative.}) 20... Nxb3 21. Bc3 Bc5 (21... Bd6 $6 22. Nf7 Bb8 23. Rb7 Rf8 24.
Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Nxb5 Rxf2 27. Rg1 $14 {[%csl Ge2]}) 22. e3 O-O 23.
Nxg4 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Kc2 {The position is balanced, but
there are a lot of hidden traps left in the position so it's far from a draw
yet.} Ba4 27. Kb1 Bd6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc8c3]} 28. f4 g6 $6 (28... Bxe5 $5 29.
fxe5 (29. Bxe5 $6 Nd2+ 30. Ka1 Bc2 $36 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc8c4,Gc4a4]}) 29...
Bc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rg1 g6 32. Kc2 Nc5 33. Ra1 $132) 29. Nd3 Rc7 30. h4 Ke8
$5 {[%csl Gh7]} 31. h5 (31. Rh1 b5 32. Ka2 Ra7 33. Kb1 Rc7 $11) 31... gxh5 32.
Rh1 b5 33. Rxh5 $5 {[%csl Rb1]} (33. Ka2 Nd2 34. Bxd2 Bc2 35. Ba5 Ra7 36. b4
Bxd3 37. Kb2 $11) 33... b4 $1 34. Be1 (34. Bxb4 $4 Bxb4 35. Nxb4 Rc1+ 36. Ka2
Ra1#) 34... e5 $6 {Black is pushing too far in his attempts to win the game
and finds himself in inferior position.} 35. fxe5 Bf8 36. e6 Rg7 37. Be4 (37.
Bd5 $5) 37... Rg4 38. Bf3 {[%csl Rf3] Bad square for a pishop! It was better
to play} (38. Bd5 $1 $14) 38... Rg1 39. Rh1 $4 {Very painful blunder! That's
exactly the reason why bishop should be on d5- in that case white wouldn't
have to worry about Nd2+.} (39. Ka2 $5 Nd2 $1 40. Bc6+ (40. Bxd2 b3#) 40...
Bxc6 41. Bxd2 Rd1 42. Bxb4 $1 (42. Nxb4 $6 Bf3 43. Rh2 Rxd2 44. Rxd2 Bxb4 $17)
42... Rxd3 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Rxh7 $15) (39. Bd5 $2 Nc5 $1 40. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 41.
Ka2 Bxc5 $19) (39. Bd1 $5) 39... Nd2+ $19 {Now it's just over.} 40. Kc1 Nxf3
41. Rxg1 Nxg1 42. Nxb4 Ne2+ 43. Kb1 Bb3 $1 44. Na6 Bd6 45. Nb4 Ke7 46. Nc6+
Kxe6 47. e4 h5 48. Na5 Bd1 49. Nc4 Bf4 50. b4 Bb3 51. Na5 Ba4 52. Nb7 Ke5 53.
Nc5 Bb5 54. Kc2 Bg3 55. Kd2 h4 56. Nd3+ Bxd3 57. Kxd3 Nf4+ 58. Kd2 Bxe1+ 59.
Kxe1 h3 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2001.04.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bg5 d5 $5 {Losing a tempo,but preventing
white from playing e4. After 3...Bf5 this move makes sense, becuase otherwise
white easily gets an opening advantage.} (4... Nbd7 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7.
e4 e6 (7... e5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. a4 c6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 exd4 12. Qxd4 d5 13.
exd5 Bc5 $13 {Hebden,M-Adams,M/BCF-ch 1997}) 8. f4 Be7 9. Bd3 (9. Qf3 Ng8 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 Kb8 13. g3 c6 14. h4 $14 {Torre,E-Cabrilo,G/
New York op 1988}) 9... Ng8 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qf3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh5 13. Qxh5 gxh5
14. Nb5 $14 {Schneider Zinner,H-Holzer,G/AUT-chT2O 9495 1995}) 5. Nh4 $5 (5. e3
c6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 $11) 5... Be6 6. Qd3 c6 7. f4
$2 {[%csl Rg5] This move is not so easy to explain and I won't even try!} (7.
Bxf6 exf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Bb4 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 $11) (7. e4
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4]}) 7... Ne4 $1 $17 8. f5 (8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 h6 10. f5 Bd5 $19) (8. Nf3 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Ge4g3]} 9. Rg1 Qb6 $1 10.
O-O-O (10. Rb1 e6 $17 {[%cal Gf8b4,Gb6a5]}) 10... Nd6 11. Na4 $8 Bxd3 12. Nxb6
axb6 13. exd3 Rxa2 $17) 8... Nxg5 9. fxe6 Nxe6 {Now black is a pawn up and
once he finishes development his advantage will become nearly decisive.} 10.
O-O-O g6 (10... Nf4 11. Qf3 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e6 14. Kb1 Nd7 $17) 11. e4
Bg7 12. exd5 Nf4 $1 (12... cxd5 13. Qb5+ $132 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]}) 13. Qg3 Nxd5
14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Nh6 {Preventing black from castling kingside,but black king
feels safe in the center or on the queenside.} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. h4 Nd7 (
17... Qxa2 $5 18. Qc7 Nd7 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxc6 Bg7 21. Ng4 Qb2+ 22. Kd2 Bxd4
23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Ke1 Qxg4 $19 {[%cal Gg4d7]}) 18. Bc4 Rf8 19. Rhe1 Qa3+ 20.
Kb1 Nb6 21. Bb3 O-O-O 22. Ng4 (22. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Na4 {[%csl Rb1]} 24.
Be6+ Rd7 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qg4+ Kd8 $19) 22... a5 $5 23. Ne5 $8 Bxe5 (23... a4
24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 $17) 24. Rxe5 e6 (24... a4 $6 25. Ra5 {[%cal Ga5a3]}) 25.
Rf1 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6g3] Forcing the exchange of the queens} 26. a4 Nd7 27. Re3
Qxg3 28. Rxg3 Rde8 $19 {The endgame is just a matter of technique and iit
seems that young Englishman doesn't lack it!} 29. h5 Kc7 (29... Kd8 $5 30. Rg5
b6 31. c4 Ke7 32. c3 h6 33. Rg3 g5 $19) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh3 Re7 32. Rh7 Kd6
33. Rg7 b5 34. c4 bxa4 (34... bxc4 35. Bxc4 c5 (35... Nb6 $6 36. Bb3 c5 37.
dxc5+ Kxc5 38. Rxg6 $11 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 36. c3 cxd4 37. cxd4 $16) 35. c5+ Kc7
36. Bxa4 e5 37. dxe5 $2 {[%csl Rc5]} (37. c3 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re7,Rf8]}) 37...
Nxe5 {[%csl Ge5]} 38. Bb3 Rd7 39. Kc1 f5 $1 {Now it's going to be much easier!}
40. Rg8 Rxg8 41. Bxg8 Rg7 42. Be6 Re7 43. Bg8 Nd7 44. Rh1 Rg7 45. Rh8 Nxc5 46.
Bc4 Kd6 47. Ra8 a4 48. Kb2 g5 49. Kc3 f4 50. Rd8+ Kc7 51. Rf8 Re7 52. Rg8 Re5
53. Kb4 Kb6 54. Rb8+ Kc7 55. Rg8 Kb6 56. Rb8+ Nb7 57. Bd3 Re3 58. Ra8 (58. Kxa4
$1 Kc7 59. Rg8 Nc5+ 60. Kb4 Nxd3+ 61. cxd3 Rg3 62. Kc5 Kd7 63. Rg7+ Ke6 64.
Kxc6 Rxg2 $19) 58... Nc5 59. Bf5 Rg3 60. Rb8+ Nb7 61. Be4 (61. Bc8 Kc7 {
[%cal Gc7b8,Gc7c8]}) 61... a3 62. Bd3 Ka7 63. Re8 c5+ 64. Ka4 a2 65. Re1 Nd6
66. Ra1 Rxg2 67. Rxa2 Rg1 68. Kb3+ Kb7 69. Ra5 Kc6 70. Ra6+ Kd5 71. c4+ Ke5 72.
Rc6 Ne4 73. Rc8 Kd4 74. Rd8+ Ke3 75. Bc2 f3 76. Rf8 f2 0-1

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. c4
(8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 e5 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Nxa5
Rxa5 15. b4 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Raa8 17. a5 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Psakhis,L/Madrid 1988}
) 8... Nxd4 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Rfd1
Rb8 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Na4 $14 {Scarella,E-Bakhtadze,G/Roque Saenz Pena 1997}) 9.
Qxd4 Bd6 {I don't think that this move is any better than natural 9...Bc5, but
in the following game white didn't manage to exploite slightly weird position
of the bishop on d6.} (9... Bc5 10. Qd3 (10. Qd2 O-O 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 e5 13.
Nc3 Bg4 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Kh2 $14 {Bates,R-Miles,A/England 1996})
10... d6 (10... b5 11. cxb5 Ng4 12. Nc3 axb5 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Bf4
d6 $44 {Olsson,K-Sjoberg,M/Stockholm 1993}) (10... O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nc3 d6
13. Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. h3 Bd7 $11 {Tiefenbach,
W-Baumgart,A/Krumbach 1973}) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Na4 e5 14. Bd2 Bd4 15.
h3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Be6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Kh2 b5 $13 {Gostisa,L-Kiik,K/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT}) 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be3 Rb8 (11... Bc5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. f4 d6
15. Rfd1 Ke7 (15... Rd8 16. e5 $1 Bxg2 17. exf6 Bb7 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. Qxh7 $18)
16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 $16) 12. Na4 O-O 13. Rac1 {
This move is just too solid! Deserved attention} (13. Nxb6 $5 e5 {[%csl Rb6]}
14. Qc3 Rxb6 15. c5 Rc6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 $13 {but it seems that
black gets sufficient counterplay in this line too.}) 13... e5 14. Qd1 Bc5 15.
Bg5 $5 (15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Nc3 d6 18. Qe2 $14) 15... Qc6 16. Nc3 h6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd5 Qd6 $132 19. Qe2 (19. Kh1 Bb7 20. f4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bd4
22. Qd2 Rbc8 $11) 19... Bb7 20. Rfd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. h4 d6 23. a3 Bd4 24.
Kh2 b5 $6 {Looking for counterplay, however after this move white pair of
pawns is extremly dangerous while black's attempts to launch an attack against
white king are quite harmless.} (24... a5 25. Rf1 Rb7 26. f4 Rc7 27. Bh3 Qe7
$14) 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Bxf2 28. Qc4 $6 (28. Qd3) 28... Qg6
29. Qd3 Bd4 30. b4 d5 31. b5 dxe4 32. Qxe4 f5 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Rc6 Qh5 35. Bf3
Qe8 36. b6 (36. a4 e4 37. Bg2 Bf2 38. b6 Qb8 39. Qd6 Qa8 40. Qe7 $14) 36... e4
37. Bg2 Bf2 38. b7 (38. a4 $5) 38... Qb8 {[%csl Rb7,Rg3]} 39. Qd6 Kh7 40. Qxb8
$6 {Permitting black to escape while after correct} (40. h5 $1 Rd8 (40... Qxb7
$4 41. Qxf8 Qxc6 42. Qxf5+ Kg8 43. Qxf2 $18) 41. Qg6+ (41. Qxb8 Rxb8 42. Bh3
Rxb7 43. Bxf5+ Kg8 44. Bxe4 Ra7 $14) 41... Kh8 42. Bh3 $18 {[%csl Rh8] black
is in deep troubles.}) 40... Rxb8 41. Bh3 $6 (41. Rc7 h5 42. a4 Kg6 43. a5 Kf6
44. a6 g6 45. Rc8 Ba7 46. Bf1 $16) 41... Rxb7 42. Bxf5+ Kg8 43. Bxe4 Ra7 44.
Rc3 Bd4 45. Rc4 Be5 46. a4 Kf7 47. Kg2 Ke6 48. g4 Rc7 49. Rb4 Bd6 50. Bf5+ Kd5
51. Rb6 Rc4 52. a5 Rb4 53. Rxb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ogloblin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. a4 b4 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Na6 8. Nbd2 (
8. a5 $5 Rc8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb1 bxc3 12. bxc3 Rb8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. e4 $14 {Rashkovsky,N-Foisor,O/Groningen op 1990}) (8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd3 Qc8
10. Nbd2 bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 Nc7 15. h4 $14 {
Novikov,M-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg-ch 1997}) (8. Bf4 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd6
Qb6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 Ke7 $11 {Burmakin,V-Shipov,S/RUS-ch
m3-4 1997}) 8... Be7 (8... Rc8 9. Nb3 bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bb2 d5 12. Nfd2 Be7
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 $14 {Scholz,F-Beck,D/Hessenliga 9596}) 9. cxb4 $6 {
After this move black gets very comfortable play.} (9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 O-O
11. cxb4 Nxb4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ndf3 d6 $15 {Macek,V-Voiska,M/Erevan olw 1996})
9... Nxb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc4 (11. Nb3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd4 a5 14. Rc1 d6
$13) 11... d5 12. Nce5 O-O 13. Bd2 (13. Bf4) 13... Ne4 14. Bxb4 $6 (14. Be1)
14... Bxb4 15. Qb3 $6 {Miscalculation.It was necessary to play} (15. Nd3 $1 Be7
(15... Qe7 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 $11) 16. b4 Rc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18.
Qxc1 Qb6 $15 {with slightly better chanses for black.}) 15... a5 16. Nd3 Rb8 $1
17. Nxb4 Ba6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b3] Now white is in serious troubles.}
18. Nc6 (18. Qe3 Rxb4 19. b3 Qf6 20. Rab1 Nc3 $19) 18... Rxb3 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20.
Nd4 $5 ({May be more persistant was} 20. Rfb1 $5 Rdb8 21. Nd4 Rxb2 (21... R3b6
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. b3 e5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Ra4 f5 $17) 22. Rxb2
Rxb2 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nc6 Bxe2 25. Nxa5 g5 26. Nc6 $17) 20... Rxb2 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 g5 24. Nc6 Rd6 25. Nxa5 Bxe2 26. Nb3 $6 (26. Nb7)
26... f5 27. Nc5 (27. a5 Kf7 28. Nc5 Rc6 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Nb3 Rd6 $19) 27...
Rc6 28. Nd7 Rc7 29. Nb8 Ra7 $1 {[%csl Rb8]} 30. Ra1 Bb5 {[%cal Ga7a1]} 31. a5
Ra8 32. a6 Rxb8 $19 33. Rb1 Kg7 34. g4 Kf6 35. h3 Ra8 36. Rxb5 Rxa6 37. Rb7 Kg6
38. Rc7 h5 39. Kg2 h4 40. Rc8 Kf6 41. Rg8 Ra2 42. Kg1 Ra3 43. Kg2 e3 44. fxe3
fxg4 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (4. c4 $5) 4... b5 {Black's set up
including b5 against the Catalan started to gain popularity lately.} 5. O-O
Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bb7 (6... Be7 7. Ng5 (7. Re1 Bb7 8. Nb3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd2 a5
11. Bc3 Nce4 $13 {Kuporosov,V-Kotanjian,T/St Petersburg 2002}) 7... h6 8. Nh3
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. a5 c5 11. c3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rb8 $15 {Chernikov,O-Doroshkievich,V/
Vladivostok 1978}) (6... c5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ng5 Bb7 9. Ngxe4 Qc8 10. dxc5 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Bxc5 $11 {Mainka,G-Petrosian,A/Dortmund
2000}) 7. a4 (7. Re1 c5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Ng5 cxd4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12.
Rxe4 $44 {Tibensky,R-Lisko,F/Slovakia 1998}) 7... b4 8. a5 $6 {It's hard to
criticize white for chosing this move, since all the others also lead to
equality.} (8. c4 c5 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Bb2 O-O $11) 8... Rc8 9. a6
Ba8 10. c4 (10. Nb3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bc5 14.
Bxc5 Rxc5 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 $14) 13. Qd2 Ncd7 14. Nbd4 e5 15.
Nb5 Qb8 $15 {[%csl Rb5]}) 10... bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. c4 (12. Ba3 Be7 13. e3 O-O
14. Qe2 Rb8 $11) 12... Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bd5 16. Nfe5 (16.
Nce5 c4 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nb6 $15) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd5 $6 {In the arising
endgame white's chances are inferior due to the weakness of the pawn on a6,
but it shouldn't be too difficult to hold on.} (17. Qxd4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bc5 19.
Qf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd2 $11) 17... exd5 18. Nxd7 dxc4 $1 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 (21. exd4 Qf6 22. Re1 Rfd8 23. Re4 g6 24. Qd2) 21... Qxd4 22.
exd4 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. Kg2 Kf8 25. Ra5 (25. Kf3 Rf6+ 26. Kg2 Ke8 27. Rdb1
Rcc6 28. Rb4 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxc4 Kd7 $15) 25... c3 26. d5 Rb6 27. Rc1
$6 (27. d6 Rd8 28. d7 Ke7 29. Re5+ Re6 30. Rxe6+ Kxe6 31. Rc1 Rxd7 32. Rxc3 Rd6
33. Ra3 $11) 27... Ke7 28. Ra3 c2 29. Ra2 Kd6 30. Raxc2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxa6 32.
Rc8 Kxd5 $15 33. Rc7 Ke6 34. g4 h6 35. Kg3 g6 36. f3 Kf6 37. h4 Ra2 38. Rb7 Ra5
39. Rc7 Ke6 40. Rb7 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rc7 Kf6 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. Rc7 f6 45. Rd7
Ra4 46. Rc7 Ra1 47. Kf4 Ra5 48. Kg3 a6 49. Ra7 Ra4 50. Ra8 a5 51. Ra6 Kf5 52.
Ra8 Ra2 53. Rh8 Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Ra8 Ra4 56. Ra7+ Kg6 57. Ra6 Ra1 58. Ra8
a4 59. Ra7 a3 60. Kf4 (60. Ra5 $5) 60... a2 61. Ra8 Rh1 62. Rxa2 Rxh4+ 63. Kg3
Rb4 64. Ra5 h4+ 65. Kh3 f5 66. Ra8 Kg5 67. Rh8 Rb1 68. Kg2 Rb2+ 69. Kf1 Ra2 (
69... Kf4 70. Rxh4+ Kg3 71. Ra4 f4 72. Ra3 Rf2+ 73. Kg1 Rxf3 74. Ra2 Rb3 75.
Rg2+ Kf3 76. Rf2+ Ke3 77. Kg2 $11) 70. Rh7 Kf4 71. Rxh4+ Kg3 72. Rh8 $2 (72.
Rb4) 72... f4 73. Rb8 Ra3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Thinius, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c5 6. a4 (6. c3 Bb7 7. a4 (7. Bg5
Nbd7 8. a4 a6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 $14 {Horvath,C-Rigo,J/Hungary
1998}) 7... b4 8. cxb4 cxb4 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rc8 $11
{Scheeren,P-Kuijf,M/Budel 1987}) (6. b3 Bb7 7. c4 a6 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. dxc5 b4 $2
10. Ne5 Bxc5 11. e4 $1 $16 {Speelman,J-Webster,A/England 1999}) (6. Nbd2 Bb7 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nfd4 b4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a5 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6
$11 {Bareev,E-Ibragimov,I/Vienna 1996}) (6. Bg5 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 h6 9.
Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. e3 b4 $15 {Fokin,S-Ibragimov,I/
Ekaterinburg 1997}) 6... b4 7. c4 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 bxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Ne5
Bb7 11. Nd3 Be7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Bc5 Rc8 $11 {Pirc,V-Navarovszky,L/Budapest 1965
}) 7... Bb7 8. Ne5 cxd4 (8... Nbd7) 9. Qxd4 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11.
Bg5 Be7 $11) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 Rc8 $2 {Black is playing with fire. There
was no need to complicate matters since after the reasonable} (11... Be7 12.
Nd2 h6 (12... dxc4 $2 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxb7 Bxg5 15. Ne4 $18) 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Rfc1 Rfd8 $13 {black is doing fine.}) 12. Bxf6 Rxc4 13. Qxa7 gxf6 14. Nd2 Rc8 (
{Nothing changes} 14... Rc2 15. Rfc1 $1 {and black is forced to trade the
rooks.}) 15. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (15... Ra8 16. Qd4 e5 17. Qd3 $16) 16. Rxc1 Bd6 17. e4
({Very serious attention deserved} 17. Nc4 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6,Rh8]} dxc4 18.
Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Rxc3 Ke7 22. a5 Rd8 23. a6 Bb8 24. e3
$18) 17... dxe4 $2 (17... Be5 $8) 18. Nc4 $18 O-O (18... Bc6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20.
Bxe4 $1 $18) 19. Bxe4 Bc5 20. Qxb7 Qxa4 21. Qc7 Bd4 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. Qh6 f5 24.
Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Murey, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 $5 {A very interesting
idea, which is quite typical for Murey's creative and advanterous style!} (5...
cxd4 6. Nc4 Qc7 (6... Qd8 7. cxd4 d5 8. Ncd2 Be7 9. e3 Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3
Bd7 $11 {Hebden,M-Kiriakov,P/Hastings 1998} 12. Bxf6) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qxd4 Be7
9. e4 Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Ne3 b4 12. c4 h5 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5
$13 {Poscente,D-Lagrotteria,S/Rome 1990}) (5... d5 6. Bxf6 (6. Rb1 Nbd7 7. e3
Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne5 Re8 10. f4 Nf8 11. O-O a6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Qh3 $36 {
Hebden,M-Kasoshvili,T/Chalkidiki 2000}) 6... gxf6 7. Qc2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. e3
Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {Houska,M-Panczyk,K/Hampstead 1998}) 6. Nc4
Qxc3+ (6... Qb5 7. e4 Qc6 8. d5 Qc7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 e5 12. a4 O-O
13. Qd2 $36 {Halldorsson,G-Arnason,J/Island 1995}) 7. Bd2 Qxc4 8. e4 {[%csl
Rc4] Black's queen is trapped in the middle of the board, but 2 pieces + pair
of pawns seem to be a quite sufficient compensation under the circumstances.}
Qxf1+ 9. Kxf1 Nxe4 10. Qc2 $6 {[%csl Gd2] An unfortunate decision after which
white finds himself in troubles. It was necessary to keep the bishop on the
board.} (10. Rc1 Be7 11. Be3 b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. h4 Nc6 14. Rh3 Bb7 15. Ng5 d6
$44 {Andersen,I-Hutters,T/Copenhagen 1993}) (10. Be3 $142 $1) 10... Nxd2+ 11.
Nxd2 Na6 12. h4 Be7 13. Rh3 {An attempt to get some chances on the kingside,
but white's pieces desperately lack coordination, so it was better to play in
more solid fashion} (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rh3 b6 15. Ne4 d5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 $15)
13... Nb4 14. Qb3 $6 {Another dubious decision after which white is in serious
troubles.} (14. Qc3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O (15... Bf6 $2 16. Qxb4 Bxa1 17. Nc4 d5
18. Nd6+ Kd7 19. Nxf7 $18) 16. Rg3 g6 17. Rb1 Nc6 $44) 14... cxd4 15. Rg3 O-O
$15 16. h5 d5 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rc1 $6 Bd6 {[%csl Rg3]} 19. Rg4 $6 {The white
rook is desperately trying to be part of the action, but black's pawn center
is just too strong.} (19. Rh3 e5 20. Qxd5 Bxh3 21. Qxd6 Rad8 22. Qc5 Be6 $17)
19... e5 $19 20. Rg5 h6 21. Qxd5 (21. Rg6 Rd8 22. Qxd5 Ba3 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rd5,
Rg6]}) 21... Ba3 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rxg7+ (23. Qb3 hxg5 24. Qxa3 f6 $19) (23.
Qxc6 hxg5 24. Qxa8 Ba6+ $19) 23... Kxg7 24. Qxe5+ Kg8 25. Qxd4 Be6 26. Qe3 Rab8
$6 {Creating some difficulties to himself.} (26... Bb2 $1 27. Qxh6 Rfd8 $19)
27. Qxa3 Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Re8 29. Ke3 Ra1 30. Kf4 Rxa2 31. Qe3 (31. Qc5 Bd5 $19)
31... Ra5 32. Ne5 (32. Nd4 Rxh5 33. Nxc6 Bd7 $19) 32... Bc8 33. Qg3+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. O-O d3 {I don't like
this move and the following game perfectly shows its drawbacks.} (6... Qc7 7.
Nxd4 a6 8. c4 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. Rc1 $14 {Appel,R-Moiseev,V/BL9495})
(6... d5 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Nbxd4 Nc6 9. a4 $5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 $6 11. Nb3 Be6 12.
Bg5 Rd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e3 $14 {Romanishin,O-Helgason,R/Malmo 1993}) 7. exd3
$5 (7. cxd3 d5 8. Nb3 (8. a3 Be7 9. b4 Qa6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Qb1 Ba4 12. Bc3 O-O
13. Qb2 Nbd7 $11 {Miles,A-Suba,M/Andorra op 1994}) (8. e4 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3
Qa4 11. d4 b6 12. Bf4 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Rodriguez,A/WchT 4th 1997}) 8... Qd8 9.
Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Veingold,A-Suba,M/ESP-chT 1993}) 7... Nc6 8. c4 d5 (8... b6 9. a3
Bb7 10. b4 Qh5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. h3 $14) 9. a3 Qd8 (9... Be7 10. b4) 10. b4 Be7
11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 $14 {Black's problem is not so easy to solve:he simply
deprived any counterplay and just have to wait and see how white improves his
position.} Bd7 $6 (12... a6 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 $14) 13. Nb3 a6
14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rfe1 Rc8 (15... Rd8 16. Ne5 $5 (16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Na7 18. a4
Nc8 $132) 16... Nxe5 $2 17. Bxe5 Qa7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bd4 $18 {
[%cal Gd4a7,Ge1e7]}) 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. dxc4 Be8 18. Qe2 Qc7 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5
Qa7 20. Na5 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rcd1 $16) 19. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3f4]} Nd7 20.
Nf4 Bf8 (20... Bf6 21. c5 (21. Nh5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 e5) 21... Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qd8
23. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6]}) 21. Nh5 g6 22. Nf4 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2+
Kg8 25. c5 $1 {[%cal Gb3d2,Gd2c4,Gc4d6]} Qd8 26. Nd2 Qf6 27. Qa2 Nf8 28. Nc4
$16 Qg7 29. Nd6 (29. Nb6 $5 $18) 29... Rcb8 30. Rcd1 Ra7 31. Qd2 Bd7 {[%cal
Gb7b6]} 32. Qe3 $1 e5 33. Nd3 f6 34. f4 exf4 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Qxf4 $18 h5 (
36... Raa8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Re3 $1 Be8 39. Nd6+ Kh8 40. Rde1 $18) 37. Nf7+ Kh7
38. Bxc6 Bxc6 39. Qxb8 Qxf7 40. Qd6 Kg8 41. Nf4 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 10th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 $5 5. Nc3 {Possible continuation,but
more in the spirit of the position is 5.Nbd2,which,however,also doesn't give
white any opening advantage.} (5. Nbd2 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 (7... Nd7 8. Ng1
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 d5 14. O-O-O O-O-O
$11 {Wolf,U-Seedorf,S/NRW-II 1996}) 8. c3 Nd7 9. Be2 Ndf6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4
Nxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Bd3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Ba6 Bc6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Ba6 Bc6 {
1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Ehlvest,J/Skelleftea WCup 1989}) (5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. Bd3
Bg7 8. c3 Qe7 9. Nfd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qe2 f5 $132 {Tyomkin,
D-Greenfeld,A/Beer Sheva16th 1997}) 5... g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 (7. e4 Bg7 8. Bc4
a6 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8
$15 {Summermatter,D-Wahls,M/Luzern 1989}) 7... Nxg3 (7... Bg7 8. Ne4 (8. Be2
Nd7 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 b6 11. d5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Qf5 $13 {Zilberman,Y-Kogan,A/ISR-ch 1996}) 8... Nd7 9. Nfd2 Nxg3 10. Nxg3 Nf6
11. h4 gxh4 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 Qg5 14. Rxh4 Qxh5 15. Rxh5 Ke7 16. Be2 Bd7
17. O-O-O Raf8 18. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Balashov,Y/Kusadasi op 1990}) 8.
hxg3 Bg7 9. g4 $6 {After this move black is just on time to carry out what he
needs to.} (9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. O-O-O d5 12. Bb5 a6 (12... Qc7 13. e4 g4
14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxg4 $13) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. dxc5
Qa5 15. e4 $13) 9... Nd7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Bb5+
Bd7 $15) 10... c5 11. Qe2 d5 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. O-O-O a6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 $6 (16. Qxe4 $5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O (17... O-O 18. g3 Rac8 (18...
Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rd7 f5 $13) 19. f4 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne4 $13) 18. Rh3 Qf4+ 19. Qxf4 gxf4 20. Ne4 $13) 16... cxd4 17.
Nxd4 O-O $1 $15 18. Kb1 $6 (18. Qf3 Qe5 (18... Qf4+ 19. Qxf4 gxf4 20. Nd6 b6
21. Ne2 $14) 19. c3 $15) 18... Rfd8 19. Qf3 Qe5 20. c3 Ba4 $5 21. Rd2 (21. b3
Be8 $15 {[%csl Rc3]}) 21... Rd5 22. Re2 Qf4 23. Qh3 $6 {After this move
black's initiative is extremly dangerous and white's defensive task is very
difficult.Better was} (23. Qxf4 gxf4 24. b3 Be8 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rhd1 Kf8 $15)
23... Rad8 24. g3 Qe5 (24... Qc7) 25. f4 $6 {After this move the knight on f4
is hanging.} (25. f3 $5) 25... Rxd4 $1 $40 26. cxd4 (26. fxe5 $4 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1
Rxd1#) 26... Qxd4 {[%csl Re4,Rh3]} 27. Nf2 (27. Nc3 Qd3+ 28. Ka1 Bxc3 $19)
27... Qb4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd8d2]} 28. a3 (28. Qh2 $5 Bb5 $1 (28... Rd2 29.
Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Nh3 Qd3+ (30... Bc2+ 31. Ka1 Qc3 32. Rb1 $1 Qd3 33. Rc1 $16)) 29.
Rc2 (29. a3 Qb3 30. Rc2 Bc4 $19) 29... Rd2 $1 30. a3 (30. Rhc1 Qxb2+ $1 31.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rb4+) 30... Qd4 31. Rxd2 Qxd2 32. Nh3 Be2 $1 $19) 28... Qc4
29. Rhe1 Rc8 30. Ka1 (30. Qg2 Bc2+ 31. Ka1 Bxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 Be4+ 34.
Kd2 Rc2+ 35. Kd1 Qb1#) 30... Bb3 $19 (30... Bc2 $5 $19) 31. Qh1 Qc5 {[%cal
Gc5a3]} 32. Re5 (32. Kb1 Bc2+ 33. Ka2 Qb5 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 32... Bxe5 33. fxe5
Qxf2 34. Rb1 Bd5 35. Qxh6 Qe3 36. Qf6 Qb3 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. Bg5 h6 (3... Bb7) 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 b4 6. Bc4 d5 (6...
g6 $2 7. Ne5 $1 fxe5 8. Qf3 $18) 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. c4 $1 (9. O-O f5 10.
Nbd2 g5 $5) 9... dxc4 (9... bxc3 10. Nxc3 $14) (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 dxc4 11. Nxc4
$14) 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Qc2 $1 Bb7 (12... Nb6 13. Bd3 $14) 13. Ne4
Be7 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. O-O Ba6 $5 (15... c5 $2 16. d5 $16) (15... f5 $5) 16. Nfd2
f5 $1 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nec5 Nxc5 $8 (18... Bxc4 $2 19. Nxd7 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 $18)
19. dxc5 Qb7 20. Rd4 $1 (20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxf5 Qxa2 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Nd4 $10) (
20. Nd4 g6 $10) 20... Bxc4 21. Rxc4 g6 (21... Bf6 22. Nd4 $14) 22. e4 fxe4 23.
Qxe4 a5 24. h4 $1 h5 (24... Bf6 25. Nd4 $14) 25. g4 $1 hxg4 26. h5 Qd7 $5 (
26... Kg7 $2 27. Qd4+ $1 Kh7 28. hxg6+ fxg6 29. Kg2 $16) (26... Bf6 $5 27. Qxg4
$14) 27. hxg6 $1 (27. Rd4 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rxg4 Bf6 $1 $10) 27... f5 28.
Qh1 $1 Bf6 29. Nd4 Ra7 $1 (29... Bxd4 $2 30. Rxd4 Qg7 31. Rd6 $16) 30. Nxc6 Rc7
31. Nxa5 Qb5 $1 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Nb3 Rd8 34. Qe6 $1 (34. Nd4 $2 Rxd5 35. Nxb5
Rcxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Nd6 Bxb2 $17) 34... Re7 35. Qb6 Qxc4 36. Qxd8 Kxg6 (
36... g3 $2 37. fxg3 $16) 37. Qd6 Rh7 38. Re1 Qc2 39. c6 (39. Nd4 $2 Qxb2)
39... Qxb2 40. c7 $6 (40. Nc5 Qc3 41. Nd3 $14) 40... Qc3 $6 (40... Qc2 $1 41.
Nc5 Qc3 $1 42. Nd3 $1 Rxc7 43. Rc1 Qxc1+ 44. Nxc1 Rxc1+ $10) 41. Re6 Rh8 $1 $8
42. Qc6 $1 (42. c8=Q $5 Rxc8 43. Nd4 Kg5 $3 44. Rxf6 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. f3
Rc2+ $1 47. Nxc2 Qxf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ $10) (42. Qd8 Kg5 $1 43. Qd2+ Qxd2 44. Nxd2
Rc8 45. Rc6 Be5 46. Nc4 Bf4 $1 $10) 42... Kg5 43. Qxc3 bxc3 (43... Bxc3 44. Rc6
Rc8 45. a4 Be5 46. Nc5 b3 $1 $10) 44. Rc6 Rc8 45. Nc5 Be5 46. Ne6+ Kf6 $1 47.
Nd4+ (47. Nf4+ Kf7 48. Nd5 c2 $1 49. Kf1 c1=Q+ 50. Rxc1 Ke6 51. Rc5 Bd6 52. Rb5
f4 $1 $10) 47... Kf7 48. Nb5 Ke7 49. Rc5 Bxc7 50. Rxc3 Kd7 51. Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 g5 $6 (6... g6 7.
Qd2 Bg7 8. O-O-O Nd7 $6 (8... Qe7) 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Qc3 Nc5 $16) 7. e5 (7. h3 Bg7
8. Bc4 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O h5 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. c3 g4 14. Qd3
exd5 15. exd5 gxh3 16. Rae1 Qg5 17. g3 h4 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Nd4 hxg3 20. fxg3
Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Bb5 22. Qf3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qg7 24. Kh2 $13 {Speelman,J-Karpov,An/
Roquebrune 5'/1992/1-0 (44)}) (7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. e5 Qe7 10. Qe2 d5 11.
Nd1 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Rae1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Bb1 f5 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Ng4 Qg7 19. Qd2 Be7 20. Qe3 Rf4 21. Nge5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb5 23. Ng6 Rf6
24. Nxe7+ $15 {Orso,M-Farago,I/Magyarorszag ch/1979/0-1 (37)}) 7... Qe7 8. Bb5+
(8. h4 g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. f4 gxf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Qb4 (15... Bd7 $14 {King,D}) 16. O-O-O Bg7 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18.
Rhf1+ Bf6 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxf6+ $1 {1-0/King-Summermater/Luzern/1989/}) 8...
Bd7 9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb5 O-O-O 12. c3 h5 13. a4 Kb8 14. b4 Bg7 15. Na3
Rdf8 $6 (15... g4 16. Nd2 f6 $13) 16. Qe2 g4 17. Nd2 f6 $1 18. exf6 (18. b5
Nxe5 $5 19. dxe5 fxe5 $13) 18... Bxf6 19. b5 Na5 (19... Nxd4 $5 20. cxd4 Bxd4
21. Ra2 $5 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rf8 $36) 20. f4 Qg7 $6 (20... Rc8 $1 21. Nc2 c5 22.
bxc6 Rxc6 23. Ra3 Rhc8 24. Nb1 $15) 21. Nc2 Be7 22. Ne3 g3 $2 {xf3} (22... Bd6
23. f5 e5 24. Nxd5 exd4 25. c4 $14) 23. h3 Bd6 24. f5 Rh6 25. Rae1 (25. fxe6 $2
Rxe6 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rf1 Qh6 28. Rf3 Bf4 29. Ndf1 h4 $13) 25... a6 $2 (25...
h4 $2 26. Ng4) (25... b6 $5) 26. Nf3 $1 Re8 $6 (26... exf5 27. Nh4 $1) (26...
b6 {/\ Ka7}) 27. Qd2 $1 Rd8 $6 28. bxa6 b6 29. Ne5 Bc8 (29... Bxe5 30. dxe5
Qxe5 $2 31. Ng4 $18) 30. fxe6 Rxe6 31. Nf5 Qg8 32. Nh6 (32. Nxd6 $5 Rexd6 (
32... cxd6 33. Nf7 Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Re8 35. Qb1 $16) 33. Qf4 $16) (32. Qf4 $5)
32... Qg7 33. Nf5 Qg8 34. Nh6 $2 Qg7 35. Nhf7 Rf8 36. Nxd6 (36. Bf5 $2 Rxe5 $1
$19) 36... Rxd6 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. Rf1 Rf6 39. Qe3 h4 40. Nf3 Nc4 $1 41. Qg5 (
41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Qg5 Qh6 (42... Bxh3 $5 43. Qd5 Bc8 $1 (43... c6 44. Qe5+ Ka7
45. Qc7+ Kxa6 46. Rb1 c5 47. gxh3 Qh6 48. Re1 $1 Rxf3 $2 49. Qc8+) 44. a5 Bxa6
45. axb6 cxb6 $1) 43. Qxh6 Rxh6 44. Re1 $1 Bxa6 45. Re4 Bb7 46. Rxh4 Rf6 $14)
41... Bxa6 (41... Qh6 $5 42. Qxh6 (42. Qxd5 $2 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Qxd3 $18) (42. Bxc4
dxc4 43. Qxh4 $2 Qe3+ 44. Kh1 Rxf3 $1 45. gxf3 Qe2 $19) 42... Rxh6 $13) 42. a5
$5 (42. Qxh4 Nd2 $1 43. Bxa6 Rxf3 $3 (43... Nxf1 44. Bxf1 Rxf3 45. gxf3 Qxf3
46. Qd8+ Kb7 47. Qxd5+ Qxd5 48. Bg2 $18) 44. gxf3 Nxf3+ 45. Rxf3 (45. Kh1 $2
g2+) 45... Qxf3 46. Qd8+ Ka7 47. Qxc7+ Kxa6 $10) (42. Qxd5 $2 Ne3 $19) 42...
Qh6 $2 (42... bxa5 $1 43. Rb1+ Rb6 44. Rxb6+ cxb6 45. Qxd5 Qc8 $1 (45... Qe8 $2
46. Bxc4 Qe3+ 47. Kh1 Qc1+ 48. Ng1 $18) 46. Qe4 a4 47. Qxh4 Qc7 48. d5 $5 $13)
43. Qxh6 $2 (43. axb6 Rxb6 (43... Qxg5 44. bxc7+) (43... cxb6 44. Bxc4 Bxc4 (
44... Qxg5 $2 45. Nxg5 Rxf1+ 46. Bxf1 $18) 45. Qe5+ Rd6 46. Re1 $18) 44. Qd8+
Bc8 45. Bf5 Nd6 46. Bxc8 Nxc8 47. Qxd5 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Qxc3 49. Ne5 $16) 43...
Rxh6 44. axb6 cxb6 45. Ng5 Bb5 $1 46. Rf8+ Ka7 47. Kf1 (47. Kf1 Ne3+ (47... Na3
$5 $13 48. Rf3 Rc6 $13) 48. Ke2 Bxd3+ 49. Kxe3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 $5 5. Nbd2 $5 (5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 d5 $10
) 5... Qxb2 6. Bd3 d5 (6... Nc6 7. O-O Qb6 8. Rb1 Qd8 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 h6 11.
Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nd5 13. Ne4 $40 {Knezevic-Stean, Cirella di Diamente 1976/77})
7. c4 Qc3 $5 8. Ne5 (8. Ke2 Ne4 $5 (8... Nbd7 $1) (8... b5 $2 9. Bxf6 $1 bxc4 (
9... gxf6 10. cxb5 c4 11. Nxc4 $1) 10. Nxc4 $1 dxc4 11. Be4 $1 $18)) (8. Qb1
Ne4 $5) 8... Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa3 10. Nxc6 (10. O-O Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 $17) (10. cxd5
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 $17) (10. Bb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O $2 Qxc1) 10... bxc6
11. Qc2 Rb8 $1 $15 12. Rb1 (12. cxd5 Rb2 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxd5 $17) 12...
Rxb1+ 13. Qxb1 Be7 14. O-O cxd4 (14... h6 $6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
dxc5) 15. exd4 h6 (15... O-O $5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 {/\ 18...Bxd4}) 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 (17... exd5 $6 18. Re1+ Be6 (18... Be7) 19. Qb8+ Bd8
20. Qg3 $1 {/\ Rxe6+; 20...0-0 21.Bh7+; Timman)} (20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Bg6+ Kd7
22. Nb3 Qd6 $13)) 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Rc1 $5 (19. Nf3 a6 20. Bc6 Rd8 {/\ 21...Bd7}
) 19... Qa5 $4 (19... Bxd4 $1 20. Rc7+ Kf6 21. Qc2 (21. Nf3 Qb2 $19) (21. Ne4+
$2 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Be5) 21... Qb2 22. Ne4+ $2 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Be5) 20. Nf3 Rd8 21.
Rc5 $1 Qa3 $6 (21... Kf8 $5 22. Qc2 $5 (22. Bd7 Qa6) (22. Qc2 Bb7) 22... Bb7) (
21... Qb6 $2 22. Rc6 (22. Qb4)) (21... Bb7 22. Bf1 $1 (22. Bc6 $2 Qb6 $1)) 22.
Rc7+ Bd7 (22... Kf8 $4 23. Qh7 $1 Bd7 $1 $8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Rc8
{e.g.} Kd6 27. Ne5 Rc7 28. Qf8+ Be7 29. Rd8+) 23. Qc2 $13 (23. Bxd7 $2 Rxd7 24.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qb7+ Kd6 $17) 23... a6 24. Ba4 Qd6 (24... Qb4 $2 25. Qc5+ Qxc5
26. dxc5 Ke8 27. c6 Bc8 28. Ra7 $18) 25. Qc5 $1 g5 (25... Qxc5 $2 26. dxc5 Ke8
27. c6 $18) 26. h3 (26. Ra7 $5 g4 27. Nd2 e5 $1 $13) (26. Qa7 Ke8) 26... Bxd4
$1 27. Qxd6+ $8 (27. Qxd4 $2 Qxc7 $19) (27. Nxd4 $2 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxa4 $19) (
27. Rxd7+ $2 Rxd7 28. Qxd4 Rc7 $17) 27... Kxd6 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Bxf2+
30. Kxf2 Kxd7 $10 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Nc6+ Kd6 33. Nd8 f5 (33... Ke7 $2 34. Nb7 $1
$16) 34. Nf7+ Ke7 35. Ne5 (35. Nxh6 $2 Kf6 36. g4 f4) 35... Kd6 (35... f4 36.
Ke2 $13) 36. Nf7+ Ke7 37. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3
b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a4 O-O 12. c3 a5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Bb1 Re8 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. h4 g6 19. h5 g5 20. Ba2 Bg7 21. c4
d5 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Rac1 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rad8 $2 $16 {Baburin: In this position,
characteristic for formation with the isolated d-pawn, White has a standard
strike available. It's important to notice that the position of the pawn on h5
makes the following combination possible.} 25. Nxf7 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gc4f7,
Gd3g6]} Kxf7 (25... Qc6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yc6g2]} 26. d5 $1 Rxd5 (26... exd5 27.
Nxd8 dxc4 (27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 dxc4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Yc6g2]} 29. Qf1 Qc7 30.
Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Qxc4+ $18) 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxe8+ $18) 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5
Bxd5 29. Nd6 {+/-/(+-)}) 26. Qg6+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 27. Nf5 $18) (26... Ke7 27.
Qxg7#) 27. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7]} Qd7 (27... exf5 $2 28. Qf7#) (27... Qc7 28.
Bxe6 Rxe6 (28... Bc6 29. Rxc6 $18) 29. Rxc7 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Ng4+ 31. Kg3 Be5+ 32.
dxe5 Rd3+ 33. f3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxg4 Rf4+ 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. gxf3 $18) 28. Bb5 (28.
Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 (29... Nxh5 30. Rd6 Qe8 31. Rc7 Qxg6 32. Rxd8+ $18)
30. Qxg7+ Ke8 31. Qxb7 {[%cal Yf5g7]} Nxh5 32. Qh7 $40 {+-}) 28... exf5 29.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Qxb6 $36 {[%csl Ga4,Gb2,Gd4,Ra5]} f4 32. Qxa5 $18
f3 33. gxf3 Bf6 34. Re1 Ng7 35. Qb5 Rf7 36. d5 Nxh5 37. Re6 Kg7 38. a5 Nf4 39.
Rd6 Bc8 40. a6 Be5 41. Re6 Bd4 42. Qc4 Bxe6 43. dxe6 Nxe6 44. Qxe6 Ba7 45. Kg2
Rf6 46. Qe7+ Rf7 47. Qe5+ Kg6 48. b4 h5 49. b5 h4 50. Qe6+ Rf6 51. Qg8+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Meulders} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7.
Bd3 Qd8 $5 {'!' Meulders.} (7... e5 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd2
Bf6 $13 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d5 Qg5 14. b4 Nf6 $36 {0-1 Graves,
J-Donaldson_Akhmilovskaya,E/Seattle 1995 (56)}) (7... g5 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. O-O Bg7
10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 a6 12. Na3 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 $132 {0-1 Nordlund,F-Sjoberg,M/
Stockholm op Rilton Cup (2) 1996 (45)}) (7... a6 {Meulders} 8. e5 dxe5 9. Ne4
Qe7 10. dxe5 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. O-O Nc5 13. a4 Qb3 14. Qe2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd5
16. Qe3 b6 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Qf3 Be7 20. Nc6 Rf8 21. Rd4 f5 22. exf6
{1-0 Stefanova,A-Hauchard,A/Cappelle la Grande op 1997/EXP 57}) 8. Qd2 a6 9.
O-O-O Be7 (9... b5 $5 10. e5 d5 11. Nxd5 $6 exd5 12. e6 Nf6 $5 (12... fxe6 13.
Bg6+ Ke7 14. Rhe1 Rb8 (14... Nf6 15. Ne5 $16) 15. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 16. Qf4 Qf6 17.
Re1+ Ne5 18. Rxe5+ Kd7 19. Rf5 $44) 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Ne5+ Kg8 15. Bg6 (15.
Ng6 Be6 16. Nxh8 Kxh8 17. Rhe1 Qd7 $17) 15... Be6 $17) 10. h4 b5 11. g4 c5 $5
$132 {Meulders: Gurevich ist nicht so freundlich kurz zu rochieren und erobert
sich Raum am anderen Flügel.} 12. d5 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. g5 Bb7 $132) 12... e5
13. Rdg1 c4 14. Bf1 Qa5 (14... b4 $5 15. Nb1 c3 16. bxc3 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qa5 $132
) 15. g5 h5 (15... b4 16. Nb1 c3 17. bxc3 Qxa2 18. cxb4 $14) 16. Qe1 (16. g6 $5
f6 $13 17. Bh3 $6 b4 18. Nb1 Rb8 $40) 16... Bd8 $5 {[/\Bd8-b6-d4]} (16... b4
17. Nd1 c3 18. Kb1 cxb2 19. Nd2 $13) 17. Nd2 Bb6 18. Kb1 Bd4 (18... Ba7 $5 {
[/\Qa5-c7 |^<<]}) 19. Rg3 g6 20. Nd1 {Meulders: Strebt Weiß ein
Zweireihensystem nach? Der Textzug bereitet Pc3 und eventuell auch Ra3 vor.
Gleich wie beim 7.ten Zug entfernt Gurevich seine Dame aus einer potentiell
gefährdeten Lage.} Qc7 21. Be2 {'?' Meulders. Meulders: Hier beißt der Läufer
auf Granit. Normal und auf der Hand liegend ist Bh3.} (21. c3 $5 Ba7 22. Bh3 {
[/\23.Rf1,24.f4]} Rb8 $132) 21... Bb7 $5 {[/\22...0-0-0]} (21... Nb6 22. c3 Bc5
23. f4 exf4 24. Rf3 $13) 22. Rf1 O-O-O 23. c3 (23. b3 {Meulders} c3 $1 (23...
cxb3 24. axb3 Kb8 25. c3 Bb6 26. Nb2 $13) 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bd3
Rhe8 $17) 23... Bc5 (23... Ba7 $142) 24. Ne3 $1 Rhe8 {[/\25...R8e7]} 25. b3 $6
{'?' Meulders. Meulders: Unbegründete Aktivität, typisch für aufkommenden
Zeitnot. Die weisse Armee ist unterbesetzt am Königsflügel, also soll sie vor
allem dort keine Linien öffnen. Im bis jetzt gefolgten "Wait-und-see"-Stil ist
Nc2 angebracht.} (25. Nc2 $142) 25... cxb3 26. axb3 Kb8 $15 27. Nc2 Rc8 {
Meulders: Während Weiß versucht die selbstgemachte Bresche zu dichten baut
Schwarz ruhig seinen Angriff auf.} 28. Kb2 Re7 29. Nb1 (29. b4 Ba7 30. Nb3 Nb6
$17) 29... Ba7 30. Qd1 Nc5 {'=/+' Meulders. Meulders: Listig gespielt: es
scheint als ob der schwarze Springer sich vom Feld e5 entfernt.} 31. Nd2 Qb6 {
[/\32...Rec7|^<<]} 32. f4 {'?' Meulders. Meulders: Der weisse Zeitnot hatte
schon kritischen Formen angenommen aber dieser Zug schwacht die Stellung
erheblich, weil Schwarz jetzt Feld e5 für den Springer bekommt der von dort
aus souverän das Brett zu kontrollieren droht.} exf4 33. Rxf4 Nd7 $1 {[/\34...
Ne5, 35...Rec7 ><f7] '-/+!' Meulders.} (33... a5 34. Nd4 b4 35. Nb5 $13) 34.
Bf1 {'?' Meulders.} Ne5 35. Bh3 {'?' Meulders. Meulders: Jetzt ein Schlag ins
Wasser der nur die Kontrolle über c4/d3 vernachlässigt.} (35. Nf3 Qf2 $1 36.
Rg2 Qc5 37. Qe1 (37. Qd4 {Meulders} Qc7 38. Qd2 Nxf3 39. Rxf3 Rxe4 {bricht die
weisse Stellung zusammen.}) 37... Nxf3 38. Rxf3 Bxd5 $17) 35... Rcc7 36. Rf6 (
36. Nf3 Qf2 37. Rg2 Qc5 $19) 36... a5 $1 {[/\37...b4->]} 37. Qf1 b4 38. cxb4 (
38. c4 a4 39. bxa4 Ba6 $40 40. Rb3 Nxc4+ 41. Nxc4 Bxc4 42. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 43. Nxb4
Bxf1 $19) 38... axb4 39. Qa1 Qc5 (39... Qd4+ $5 40. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 41. Kb1 Bxa1 42.
Kxa1 Rc2 $17) 40. Qb1 Ba6 41. Bf1 {[#]} Nd3+ $1 42. Rxd3 (42. Bxd3 Qc3+ 43. Kc1
Bxd3 44. Rxd6 Qxc2+ 45. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 46. Kd1 Rc3 $19) 42... Bxd3 43. Nc4 (43.
Bxd3 Qc3+ 44. Kc1 Be3 $19) 43... Bxe4 44. Rxd6 Qxd6 $1 (44... Qxd6 45. Nxd6
Rxc2+ 46. Qxc2 Bxc2 47. Kxc2 Rd7 48. Ne4 Rxd5 49. Bc4 Rd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Jubilee"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "1999.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Hansen,SB"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1999.10.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Qb6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 Ne4 {
A novelty, but the old move 7...Qa6 is almost certainly stronger.} 8. e3 O-O 9.
Qd3 $1 f5 (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nf6 12. Qg5 $16) 10. a3 Be7 11. Nbd2
Nc5 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Rb1 a5 14. b3 d6 15. Bb2 $11 {Curt secured firstplace with
a draw so he wasn't very interested in a sharp fight, in the final posion
black has no problems} (15. e4 $1 f4 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 $14) (
15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nf3 $16) 16. gxf4 Be7 17. e5 Rxf4 18.
exd6 Bxd6 19. Ng5 Rh4 20. Ndf3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rh5 23. h3 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch58"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 {- 1...d6, this is the more common move order.})
2. Nf3 (2. e4) 2... Nf6 {This setup is clearly against the 3.Bg5 line, where
Black can gain an important tempo in comparision to the "normal" King's Indian
move order.} 3. Bg5 {This is exactly what Black is waiting for!} (3. Nc3 {/\ e4
} g6 (3... Bf5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nh4 $14) (3... Nbd7 4. e4 e5 {The Philidor is
not a frightening option for White!}) 4. e4 {transposes to the Pirc, and this
is not everybody's cup of tea.}) 3... Nbd7 4. Nbd2 h6 (4... e5 5. dxe5 {
gives up the [+] and Black can equalize with ease.} (5. e4 exd4 (5... Be7 6. c3
h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bc4 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {Goldstein-Bouchaud,
Paris op-1 1989}) 6. Nxd4 {Here the N belongs to c3.} Be7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 O-O
9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. N4f3 Bg4 $13 {Zidar-Gerull, Mainz 1997}) (5. e3 {
is too passive.} Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. c3 Ne8 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nef6 10. O-O Re8
$11 {S.Kovacevic-Vasquez, Malaga 2003}) 5... dxe5 6. e4 Bc5 7. c3 (7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. c3 a5 $11 {Tyomkin-Whitehead, North Bay 1998}) 7... a5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. O-O c6 11. a4 {(Bronstein-Minic, Lvov 1962)} h6 {
Notkin} 12. Bh4 Qe6 $10) 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 {Now Black has spared g7-g6,
which is an important bonus, therefore the whole line cannot be favourable for
White.} 7. e4 (7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 e6 9. Bb3 Qe7 10. c3 b6 11. Ne5 dxe5
12. Qxh5 Bb7 13. O-O exd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Rac1 c5 $13 {Aikhoje-Gallagher,
Scarborough 1999}) (8. c3 b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O Nxg3 11. fxg3 a6 12. Bd3 e6 13.
Qe2 Qe7 14. a4 c5 $11 {Hoi-Larsen, Taastrup 1998}) 8... e6 (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3
e5 $6 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nd7 15. O-O-O
O-O-O 16. Ne4 $16 {Macsik-Brigljevic, Paks 1999}) 9. c3 Qe7 10. Nf1 $5 {/\ N3d2
} (10. Ng1 {Kacheishvili}) (10. Qc2 Nb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. e4 Rc8 $13 {Ka.
Mueller-Wahls, Dudweiler 1996}) 10... Ndf6 11. e4 Bd7 12. N3d2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 c5
$6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qe2 O-O-O {(Kacheishvili-Spraggett, Linares 1996 65/(53))}
16. a4 $1 $14 {Kacheishvili}) 7... Bg7 (7... e6 {/\ Qe7 and sometimes 0-0-0.}
8. c3 Qe7 9. Nc4 b6 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bb7 12. Ne3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Bb5+ Kd8 15. Qc2 Kc7 16. Be2 Bg7 $13 {S.Kovacevic-Hamdouchi, Mancha Real 2000})
8. c3 c5 (8... e6 9. Nc4 (9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5
O-O 14. axb6 axb6 15. Ra7 Kh8 $13 {Ballmann-Hickl, Baden 1999}) 9... Qe7 10.
Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 {(S.Kovacevic-Spraggett, Andorra 1997)} c5 $15 {and the B
on the long /^ works well.}) (8... Nf8 {/\ Ng6} 9. Bc4 Ng6 10. O-O e6 {Black
puts a strong pressure on the dark squares.} 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. e5
Nxg3 14. hxg3 g4 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Nh2 h5 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18. Qe2 O-O-O $13 19.
Rad1 Kb8 20. Bd3 Rdg8 21. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Torre-Qi Jingxuan, Jakarta 1987}) 9. Nc4
(9. d5 {opens up the long /^ and Black's ^^ is strong.} Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11.
Bd3 a6 12. a4 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 $132 {
M.Orso-T.Paehtz, Berlin East 1987}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 {Now White has problems
in the [+] as well.} (10. cxd4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 $132 (11... Nf6 $132)) 10...
Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nc5 12. Ne3 $2 {White completely unnecessarily leaves the P
undefended.} (12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 $15 {was the lesser evil.}) 12... Nxe4
13. Ndf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Kf8 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2
$17 {White gets back the P, but his P structure is corrupted.} 19. Bd3 Qc8 20.
O-O {White gives up the P without any fight.} (20. c4 Qe6+ 21. Kf1 {is not
rosy either, but at least materially even.}) 20... Qxc3 $19 21. Rad1 e6 22. a4
Rc8 23. a5 Rc7 24. Qa8 d5 25. a6 Nd7 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Bxb1 Qa3 28. Rd1 Rc1 29.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb1 31. Qc8 Ne5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. f3 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb6 10. e3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 13. Qf3 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nb3 g6 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Ne2 Bg7 21.
Rd3 d4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 {[#] Mattangriff mit starkem
Freibauer} Rd8 25. d5 Qd4 26. Rd1 Qxb2 27. d6 b4 $6 (27... Qxa2 28. Qf6 Rd7 29.
Qe5 {[%cal Re5e8,Re5b5]} Qe6 30. Qxb5 $11) 28. d7 Kg7 $6 (28... Qe5 $142 {
(Zentralisierung) und erst dann Kg7}) 29. Qd5 a4 $2 (29... Qe2 $142 {[%csl Rd1]
[%cal Ge2e6,Ge6e7]}) 30. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rd5e5,Rd4f4]} ({Noch stärker
war} 30. Re1 $3 b3 31. axb3 axb3 32. Re8 Qf6 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qe5+ Kf8 35.
Qc5+ $1 Kg7 36. Qc8 $18) 30... b3 (30... h6 31. Re4 $1) 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+
Kg7 33. Rf4 {[%csl Rf7]} bxa2 34. Rxf7+ Kh6 35. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rc1 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. e4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. exd5 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Be4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3
21. bxc3 Rb8 22. f4 g6 23. c4 b6 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Kd4
Kd6 28. h4 h5 29. g3 Rc5 30. Rc3 Ra5 31. Re3 Bc8 32. Rc3 exd5 33. Bxd5 Be6 34.
Be4 Ke7 35. Bf3 Kf6 36. Be4 Rc5 37. Bf3 Kf5 38. Be2 Ra5 39. Bd1 Kf6 40. Re3 Ke7
41. Rc3 Rc5 42. Be2 Kd6 43. Bf3 f6 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Rf3 Be6 46. Rc3 Rc7 47. Re3
Bf7 48. Bd3 Rc5 49. Be2 Ra5 50. Bd1 g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. fxg5 Rxg5 53. Be2 Be6
54. Kc3 Bg4 55. Bxg4 Rxg4 56. Kb4 a6 57. Rd3+ Kc6 58. Kc3 Rg5 59. Kb4 Rf5 60.
Rd8 a5+ 61. Kc3 Rf3+ 62. Rd3 Rxd3+ 63. Kxd3 {[#]} Kc5 64. Kc3 b5 65. cxb5 Kxb5
66. Kb3 a4+ {[#]} 67. Kc3 $4 {[%mdl 20480]} (67. Kb2 $3 Kb6 $1 {Hier behauptet
Schwarz die Fernopposition.} (67... Kc6 68. Kc2 Kd6 69. Kd2 {dagegen ist remis
mittels Fernopposition mit Übergang in die Nahopposition, falls erforderlich.})
68. Kc2 Kc6 69. Kd2 Kd6 {[#] und nun muß sich Weiß entscheiden:} 70. Ke3 $3 {
umgeht das kritische Feld d3 und steuert direkt den Bh5 an, wonach für Schwarz
der Weg zum Ba3 um ein Tempo zu lang wird, um gewinnen zu können.} (70. Ke2 Kc5
71. Kd3 Kd5 $19 {Partie}) (70. Kc3 Kc5 71. Kd3 Kd5 $19 {Partie}) (70. Kc2 Ke5
71. Kd3 Kd5 $19 {Partie}) 70... Ke5 71. Kf3 Kf5 (71... Kd4 72. Kf4 Kc3 73. Kg5
Kb3 74. Kxh5 Kxa3 75. g4 Kb4 76. g5 $11) 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Kf2 $11) 67... Kc5 68.
Kd3 Kd5 69. Kd2 (69. Ke3 Kc4 70. Kf4 Kb3 71. Kg5 Kxa3 72. Kxh5 Kb4 73. g4 a3
$19) (69. Kc3 Ke4 70. Kb4 Kf3 71. Kxa4 Kxg3 72. Kb5 h4 73. a4 h3 $19) 69... Kd4
0-1

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ahundov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd2 Qc7 6. Rd1 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. e3
a6 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Nf3 Rd8 16. Qc1 Rxd1 17. Bxd1 exf4 18. exf4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. h3 Qe3 21. Be2
h5 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Re1 c5 24. Bd3 c4 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 O-O 27. Nd4 f5 28.
Nc3 Bf6 29. Nce2 Re8 30. c3 h4 31. Kh2 Nd5 32. Rf1 Re3 33. Rf3 Bxd4 34. Nxd4
Rxf3 35. gxf3 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4,Rh3] [#] viele weiße Bauernschwächen führen zu
doppeltem B-Verlust} Nxf4 36. b3 (36. Nc6 Nd3 37. Nb8 Nxb2 38. Nxa6 Nd1 39. Nc7
Nxc3 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ke3 Kd7 $19) 36... cxb3 37. Nxb3 Nd5 38. Nc5
Nxc3 39. Nxa6 Nb1 40. Kg2 Nxa3 $19 41. Kf2 Nc2 42. Ke2 b4 43. Nc5 Nd4+ 44. Ke3
b3 45. Nd3 Ne6 46. f4 Nc5 47. Nb2 Kg7 48. Kd4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 d5 7. Nbd2 Qxb3 8.
axb3 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be7 14. b5 Nb8
15. e4 g4 16. Nd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Nc6 a6 21. Ne3
axb5 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Bxb5 Nf6 24. Ne5+ Kf8 25. O-O Kg7 26. Ra1 Bd6 27. N3c4
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Be4 29. Ra7 Bg6 30. Bc4 Re8 31. Rb7 Ne4 32. Rxb6 Rd8 33. Bd3 Rd5
34. Bxe4 Bxe4 35. Nxg4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd2 37. Rb4 Bd5 38. c4 Be4 39. c5 Bd5 40.
Rb8 h5 41. Ne3 Rxf2 42. Nxd5 exd5 43. b4 Rc2 44. Rd8 (44. Rb6 d4 $10 45. c6 d3)
44... Rc4 45. Rxd5 Rxb4 46. Rxh5 $18 {Weiss deckt seine c-P von der Seite.
Schwarz sucht sein Gegenspiel im Druck gegen die beiden g-P.} Rc4 47. Kh3 Kg6
48. g4 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Rc2 50. Kg3 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rc4+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54.
Kd5 Rxg4 55. Rh2 $6 (55. Re5 $5 Rxg2 56. c6 Rd2+ 57. Kc5 Rd8 (57... f5 58. c7
Kf6 59. Rd5 Rc2+ 60. Kd6 Rxc7 61. Kxc7 Ke6 62. Kc6 f4 63. Kc5 f3 64. Rd3 $18)
58. c7 Rh8 59. Kd6 f5 60. Rc5 Kg5 61. c8=Q Rxc8 62. Rxc8 f4 63. Rf8 Kg4 64. Ke5
f3 65. Ke4 $18) 55... Kf6 56. Kd6 Rd4+ 57. Kc7 Rd2 58. c6 Ke7 59. Kc8 Rc2 60.
c7 Rb2 61. Rh6 {Bereitet eine 'Brücke' oder eine 'Sperre' auf b6 vor.} f6 (
61... Rxg2 62. Rb6 {Schützt den wK vor Rückenschachs.} f5 63. Kb7 Rg8 64. c8=Q
Rxc8 65. Kxc8 f4 66. Rb4 $18) 62. Rh7+ Ke8 63. Rg7 Kf8 64. Rg4 Ke7 65. Re4+ Kf7
66. g4 (66. Kd7 Rd2+ 67. Kc6 Rc2+ 68. Kd6 Rc1 (68... Rd2+ 69. Kc5 Rc2+ 70. Rc4
{Sperre vor dem Rückenschach.}) 69. Rd4 f5 70. Rd5 $16 {/\Rc5}) 1-0

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be4 d5 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Nxa6 15. c3 Nc7 16. Ne5 Nb5 17. Ng4 Be7 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. Ne3 Re8 20. Qa6 Qd7 21.
a4 Rec8 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. Kf1 Rc6 25. Rc2 Qb7 26. Ke2 R6c7 27. Kd1
a6 28. g3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ke2 b4 31. cxb4 Rxc2 32. Nxc2 Nf5 33. Kd1 Bxb4
34. Qa6 Rb8 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 36. Nf1 Be7 37. Kc1 Bg5+ 38. Nfe3 h5 39. Ra4 h4 40.
Kb1 Nxe3 41. fxe3 hxg3 42. hxg3 {[%csl Re3,Rg3] [#] Weiß steht angesichts der
zahlreichen Bauernschwächen klar auf Verlust. Schwarz operiert zunächst allein
mit König und Läufer. Den Rest besorgt der Turm.} Kh7 43. b4 Kg6 44. Kb2 Kh5
45. Kb3 Be7 46. Ra1 Kg4 47. Kc3 g5 48. Rg1 Bd6 49. Kd3 Bxg3 50. e4 dxe4+ 51.
Kxe4 f5+ 52. Kd3 Kf3 53. Ne3 Bf2 54. Rf1 Rxb4 (54... Rxb4 55. Nd1 Rxd4+ 56. Kc2
Rxd1 57. Rxd1 g4) 0-1

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d5 d6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. h4 Qg6 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 Qxf5 14. Nde4
Nf6 15. Ng3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Ke2 Kd7 18. Rag1 Nf6 19. h5 Rhg8 20. Nge4
Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Raf8 22. Rg4 Rf5 23. Ng3 Rg5 24. Re4 h6 25. b4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc8
27. Rc1 Bd8 28. c4 Rg4 29. Kd3 Rh4 30. Rbb1 Rh2 31. Rc2 Bh4 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Rg1
Rf7 34. Rcc1 Be7 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Rf5 37. Rh2 Bf8 38. Ng3 Rf7 39. Ke4 Ke8
40. Rg2 Rc7 41. Kd3 b5 42. cxb5 Rc5 43. e4 Rxb5 44. Nf5 Ra5 45. Nxg7+ Kf7 46.
Ne6 Rxa2 47. Nxf8 Kxf8 48. Rg6 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ra6 50. Rxh6 Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52.
Re6 Rb6 53. Re7+ Kh6 54. Rxa7 Kxh5 55. Rg7 Kh6 56. Rg8 Rb3 57. f3 Rb2+ 58. Ke3
Kh5 59. Rc8 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Kg5 61. Kg3 Kf6 62. Rc6 Ke7 63. Rc7+ Kf6 64. Rd7 Rb6
65. Kg4 Ra6 66. Rh7 Ra3 67. Rh8 Ke7 68. f4 exf4 69. Kf5 f3 70. Rh7+ Kd8 71. Ke6
Re3 72. Kxd6 Rxe4 73. Rf7 Ke8 74. Rxf3 {[#] Die Stellung ist remis. Logisch
ist jedenfalls Te1.} Rh4 75. Rg3 Rd4 76. Rg8+ Kf7 77. Rd8 Ra4 $8 78. Rc8 Rd4 $8
79. Rd8 Ra4 80. Rb8 Rd4 81. Rc8 Rd1 82. Rc2 Ke8 $8 83. Kc6 Ke7 {oder Kd8/Td3/
Td4/Ta1} 84. Re2+ Kd8 $8 85. Rh2 {[#]} Rc1+ $2 {Nachdem Taimanov etliche Male
die einzigen Züge gemacht hatte, greift er nun überraschenderweise fehl. Der
Turm m u Я h i n t e r dem d-Bauern bleiben. Logisch war also Ke7. Es ging
auch Ke8 und eben Td3 oder Td4. Nach dem Fehler signalisiert die ENDSPIEL-CD:
Gewinn für Weiß in 17 Zügen. Zhu Chen schafft das dann auch - mit des Gegners
Hilfe!! Im Endspiel Turm+Bauer gegen Turm kennen alle Spieler das Sperren des
Königs auf der 6.Reihe. Wenn das wie hier nicht möglich ist, hält die
Hinterstellung des Turms (also hinter den d-Bauern) ebenso elemantar remis.
Das gehört bei Turmendspielen zum Basiswissen!} 86. Kd6 Kc8 87. Rh8+ Kb7 88.
Kd7 Rc7+ 89. Ke6 Rg7 {[#]} 90. Re8 $2 {Gerade weil der Turm auf der h-Linie so
gut steht, gewinnt Weiß. Könnte Schwarz seinen Turm dort plazieren, würde er
weit genug vom König entfernt stehen und mit seiner Schachkanonade remis
halten. Diese wichtige Linie bietet Zhu Chen ihrem Gegner an, der ladylike
ablehnt!} (90. d6 $8 $18) 90... Rg5 $2 (90... Rg6+ $8 91. Kd7 Rh6 $8 $11) 91.
d6 Rg6+ 92. Kd7 $2 (92. Ke7 $1 Rg7+ 93. Kf6 Rd7 94. Ke6 Rh7 95. d7 $18) 92...
Rg1 $2 {Noch einmal schlägt Taimanov das chinesische Angebot aus und begeht
seinen dritten Fehler.} (92... Rh6 $8 $11) 93. Re7 $2 {Es gewönne jeder
Königszug wie etwa Kd8 und die Hälfte aller Turmzüge wie etwa Tf8 oder Th8.
Die Chinesin kennt sich nicht aus - und Taimanov auch nicht. Deshalb ist das
schließliche Endresultat 1-0 wohl eher zufällig...} Rg8 $2 (93... Rh1 $8 $11 {
Merkregel: Der Turm postiert sich am besten möglichst weit entfernt vom König,
und zwar was die Linien wie die Reihen anbelangt. Auf diese Weise werden die
Schachs effektiv und gehen nur dann aus, wenn sich der König dem Turm nähert
und damit aber seinen Bauern nicht mehr unterstützen kann. Diese einfache
Logik sich zu verinnerlichen sollte nicht schwer fallen.}) 94. Rh7 {Aha!} Rf8
95. Ke7 Rf1 96. d7 {einfacher war:} (96. Ke8+ Kc6 97. d7 Re1+ 98. Re7 Rh1 99.
Re6+) 96... Re1+ 97. Kd8 Kc6 {Ergibt sich quasi kampflos.} (97... Rg1 $142 98.
Rh4 Rb1 99. Re4 Rh1 100. Rb4+ Ka6 101. Kc7 Rc1+ 102. Kd6 Rd1+ 103. Kc6 Rc1+
104. Kd5 Rd1+ 105. Rd4 $18 {der altbekannte Brückenbau!}) 98. Kc8 {Uff! 98...
Ta1 99.Th6+ wollte er sich nicht mehr zeigen lassen. Selbst wenn gegen
Partieschluß horrende Zeitnot vorgelegen haben sollte, sind die beiderseits
gemachten Fehler kaum entschuldbar. Bei einem gesicherten Basiswissen braucht
man halt auch nur Sekunden, um die richtige Zügewahl zu treffen!} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt playoff"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g5 7. h3 Bg7 8. Qd2
a6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. Qd3 Ke7 14. a3 Qa4 15.
Qe3 b6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bg2 Rhd8 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Nd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxb7
Rd8 22. f4 Qc5 23. Kb1 a5 24. Be4 Nb3 25. Re1 Nd2+ 26. Kc1 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Nc4
28. Re2 gxf4 29. gxf4 h5 30. b3 Nxa3 31. Kb2 b5 32. Kxa3 b4+ 33. Kb2 bxc3+ 34.
Kxc3 {RB<->RB Motive: ungleiche L, B-Gewinne für Schwarz mit taktischen
Mitteln(Zug 39/61), aktiver sK vs. passiver wK} Bh6 35. f5 exf5 36. Bxf5 Rd5
37. Kc4 c6 38. Bc8 Bg7 39. e6 (39. Bb7 $5 Kd7 40. Rf2 $5) 39... Kd6 $1 40. b4
Rd4+ 41. Kb3 Rxb4+ 42. Ka3 fxe6 43. Bxe6 Bb2+ 44. Ka2 Be5 45. Bf7 Ra4+ 46. Kb3
Rh4 47. Re3 a4+ 48. Ka3 Bd4 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Rf3 (50. Bxh5 Bc5+ $19) 50... Bf6
51. Ba2 Re4 52. c4 Re2 53. Bb1 Re1 54. Ba2 Ra1 55. Rf2 Bd4 56. Rd2 Bc5+ 57.
Kxa4 Kf6 58. Kb3 Rh1 59. Rd3 Ke5 60. Kc3 Ke4 61. Rg3 Bf2 62. Rg2 (62. Rd3 Be1+
63. Kc2 Rh2+ $19) 62... Bd4+ 63. Kb4 c5+ 64. Kb5 Rxh3 65. Bb1+ Kf4 66. Bg6 h4
67. Bf7 Rb3+ 68. Kc6 Rg3 69. Rh2 h3 70. Be6 Rg6 71. Kd5 Rxe6 72. Rxh3 Re5+ 73.
Kc6 Ke4 74. Kd6 Rg5 75. Kc6 Rg8 76. Kb5 Rb8+ 77. Kc6 Rb4 78. Rh4+ Kd3 79. Kd5
Be3 80. Rh3 Rb8 81. Rg3 Rh8 82. Kc6 Kd4 83. Rg4+ Kc3 84. Rg3 Re8 85. Kd5 Kb4
86. Rg7 Rd8+ 87. Ke4 Bd4 88. Ra7 Kxc4 89. Ra4+ Kb3 90. Ra7 c4 91. Rb7+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd3 g6 11. c3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Be4 d5
15. Bc2 c5 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. a3 b5 18. Nb3 a5 19. e4 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. a4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. d5 Nf6 25. Qh4 Qxa4 26. Nfd4 Nxd5 27. Ra1
Qd7 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Nxa5 g5 30. Qe4 Nf6 31. Qb7 Qxb7 32. Nxb7 Ne8 33. Nb3
Bxb2 34. h4 Nf6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. N7c5 Rd8 37. Kf1 Bc3 38. Rc1 Kg7 39. Ke2 Kg6
40. g3 Ra8 41. Rc2 Ra3 42. Kd3 Nd7 43. Kc4 Nxc5 44. Nxc5 Ra8 45. g4 Rd8 46. f3
Rd4+ 47. Kb3 Rd2 48. Rxd2 Bxd2 49. Ne4 Bc3 50. Kc4 f6 51. Nc5 Kf7 52. Ne4 Ke7
53. Kd3 Kd7 54. Nxc3 bxc3 {B-B: 2-3 am K-Flügel, Raum, Umgehung, Opposition}
55. Kxc3 Kd6 56. Kd4 f5 57. gxf5 exf5 58. Kd3 (58. Ke3 Kc5 (58... Ke5 $2 59.
f4+ $1 $10) 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Kc3 Ke5 61. Kd3 Kf4 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Ke3 f4+ $19)
58... Kd5 59. Ke3 Kc4 $1 {Umgehung} 60. Kd2 Kd4 61. Ke2 Kc3 62. Ke3 Kc2 (62...
f4+ $19) 63. Kd4 Kd2 64. Ke5 f4 0-1

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. a4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Rd8 11. Bf4 e5 12. a5 Qa6 13. Bg5 d4 14. Na4 Bf5 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg6 17. Nac5 Qb5 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. Kh2 Be4 20. Bf3 a6 21. Rf2 Bd5
22. Qh1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. Rff1 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qe6 27. Qg2 Bd6
28. Kh1 Qh6 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Kg2 Rce8 31. Qg5 Qxg5+ 32. fxg5 Rc8 33. Ra4 Rfe8
34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Rxd4 Ke7 38. Rh4 Rh8 39. Nb4 c5 40.
Re4+ Kd7 41. Nd5 h6 42. Nb6+ Kc6 43. Rg4 hxg5 44. Rxg5 g6 45. Kg2 Rh4 46. Nc8
Bf4 47. Rg4 Rxg4+ 48. hxg4 Bc7 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Nb6+ Bxb6 51. axb6 {[#]
Tempofrage; weißer e7-Bauer vs Dame remis wegen zusätzlichem g-Bauern-Pärchen;
D-D bleibt remis} Kc6 52. Ke4 a5 53. Ke5 Kxb6 54. e4 c4 {[#]} 55. Kf6 a4 56.
Kxf7 a3 57. bxa3 c3 58. e5 c2 59. e6 c1=Q 60. e7 Qf4+ 61. Kg7 Qe5+ 62. Kf7 Qd5+
63. Kf8 Qd6 64. Kf7 Qd7 65. Kf8 Qxg4 66. e8=Q Qf4+ 67. Kg7 g5 68. Qe6+ Kc5 69.
Qh6 Qe5+ 70. Kg6 g4 71. Qc1+ Kb5 72. a4+ Kb4 73. Qd2+ Kc4 74. Qc2+ Kd5 75. a5
g3 76. a6 Qe6+ 77. Kg5 Qxa6 78. Qg2+ Ke6 79. Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glienke, Manfred"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Bf4 Nh5 $5 {Ein interessantes Konzept:
Schwarz verhindert den üblichen Standardaufbau mit h3 und Lh2. Der Zug wurde
in der Praxis noch nicht ernsthaft erprobt} 5. Bd2 g6 (5... f5 $5) 6. e4 Bg7 7.
Bd3 e5 $2 {Gibt Weiß Gelegenheit, seine Figurenaufstellung zu verbessern. Vor
e5 sollte daher h6 geschehen, um den Läuferausfall zu verhindern} 8. Bg5 Bf6 (
8... f6 9. Be3 Nf4) 9. Be3 Nf4 10. Bf1 $1 {Überraschend und stark. Nun wird
Schwarz wieder zurückgeworfen} g5 11. g3 Ng6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Qc2 h5 14. Na3 h4
15. g4 (15. Nb5 Nb6) 15... a6 16. O-O-O b6 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qd2 $2 {Gibt
Schwarz Gegenspiel. Weitaus stärker war The1} exd4 19. cxd4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4
21. Nxg5 Qd5 22. Nb1 $5 (22. Kb1) 22... Qxa2 23. Nc3 Qc4 24. Kb1 O-O-O 25. Rc1
Kb7 26. Rc2 $2 (26. Nge4) 26... Bxg5 $1 27. Bxg5 Rc8 28. Rhc1 f6 29. Be3 Rhf8
$1 {Mit der Idee f5. Schwarz hat sich in den letzten 10 Zügen sehr exakt
verteidigt und ist in Vorteil gekommen} 30. f4 f5 31. Qg2+ c6 $1 {Sieht wie
eine Schwächung aus, nimmt aber im Gegenteil noch mehr Felder unter Kontrolle}
32. gxf5 Ne7 33. Bf2 Nxf5 34. Qg4 Qd3 $2 35. Rd1 {Diesen einfache Antwort
hatte ich völlig übersehen. Weiß konsolidiert sich nun} Qc4 36. Bxh4 Qf7 37.
Bf2 d5 38. Rg1 Rg8 39. Qf3 Nh4 40. Qh1 Rh8 41. Rg4 Nf5 42. Qg2 Qh7 43. Rg5 Nf6
44. Ka2 Rc7 45. Re2 Nd6 46. h4 Nfe4 47. Nxe4 Nxe4 48. Rg4 Qf5 49. Qf3 Rhh7 50.
Be1 a5 51. Reg2 Rce7 52. Qb3 Nd6 53. Bxa5 Nb5 54. Bb4 Nxd4 55. Qa4 c5 56. Rg8
$2 {Zu gierig. Nach Lc3 hätte Schwarz maximal Remis} cxb4 $1 {Dem Mutigen
gehört die Welt!} 57. Qa8+ Kc7 58. Qa7+ Kc6 59. R2g6+ Ne6 60. Rxe6+ Qxe6 61.
Qa4+ Kc5 62. Qc2+ Kb5 63. Qd3+ Ka5 64. Rg5 Rd7 65. Re5 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Limp, Eduardo Thelio"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Ba6 $1 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bxf6 {^^}
Bxf6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 O-O 10. g3 d5 11. e5 Be7 12. Kg2 c5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. a3
$6 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Rfc8 16. b4 Nd8 17. Reb1 $6 cxd4 18. cxd4 {<-> c} Rc3 19. Rc1
Rxc1 $1 (19... Rac8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Nb1 Rc1 22. Qd2 Qc7 $17) 20. Rxc1 a5 $17
21. Rb1 axb4 22. axb4 Nc6 23. b5 Nb4 24. Nb3 Ra2 25. Qf1 Nc2 26. Qe2 Qc7 27.
Nfd2 Bb4 28. Qd3 Qc3 $19 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Nf3 Na3 31. Rd1 Nxb5 32. Rd3 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 (3. g3 $1 {Van Geet}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 (5.
e4 {->Sizilianisch}) 5... Nc6 (5... g6 $5) 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Bg5 $5 {N} (7. O-O a6
8. a4 e6 9. Nb3 $14 {Sydor-Adamski, Polen 1973}) 7... e6 $6 (7... a6 $14) 8.
Ndb5 $1 d5 $2 (8... Bc8 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 $14) 9. e4 $1 a6 (9... dxe4 10. Nd6+
Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qe7 12. Nxe4 Qxd6 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. Nxb7 Rhb8 15. Nc5 Rxb2 $2 16.
Nxd7 Kxd7 17. O-O-O+ $18) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 $8 11. exd5 axb5 (11... exd5 12. Nd4
$16) 12. dxc6 bxc6 (12... Bxc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Ne4
$18) 13. O-O Be7 14. Qd4 c5 (14... O-O $2 15. Rad1 $18) (14... Qc7 $2 15. Nxb5)
15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Rad1 {/\ Nxb5} Qc7 17. Rfe1 {/\ Nd5} Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Qh6
f5 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxh7 b4 22. Ne2 Ra8 23. Nf4 Rxa2 24. Nh5 {/\ Ng7#} Bd6 25.
Ng7+ Kd8 $8 26. Nxe6+ $1 (26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hort/Polugaevsky"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "World"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 (4... g5 5. Bg3 Nh5 {Polugaevsky=:P})
5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 {P g5-g4 Hort=:H} 7. h3 $146 (7. Bd3 c5 (7... g5 8. Bg3
g4 {Polugaevsky}) 8. c3 Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Qa4 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O Rc8
13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 d6 16. Bg3 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. e4 O-O 19.
Rfd1 Rd7 20. Bc2 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nd6 Ba8 24. Nf5 Rd8 25.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. f3 Nc6 27. Rd1 Bb7 28. Bf2 d4 29. Ba4 a6 30. Kf1 f6 31. Ke2 Kf7
32. cxd4 Nxd4+ 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Bb3+ Kg6 35. Kd3 h5 36. Re1 h4 {Trifunovic,
P-O'Kelly de Galway,A Hilversum 1947 1/2-1/2 (84)}) 7... Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9.
Nxe4 Bxe4 10. c3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 {Draw offered by Polugaevsky.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 32nd"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1997.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 $146 (6. Be2 Be7 7.
c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Rd4 d5 13. Rad1 Rc8
14. Bf4 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Nd7 {1-0 Hort,
V-Adorjan,A/Reggio Emilia8485 1984/MCD-r8 (35)}) (6. c4 Bb4+ (6... O-O 7. Nc3
Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qe2 d6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bb1
Re8 15. Nb5 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Franzoni,G/WchT Luzern 1989/CBM 16 (28)}) 7. Nbd2 b6
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Bb1
Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Howell,J/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1990/EXT 90ch})
13. Bf4 d6 14. h3 Rac8 15. a3 Rfd8 {Jussupow,A-Karpov,A/London csf1 1989/CAND/
[Jussupow]/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Rc1 Bd7
11. a3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 Rfc8 15. Bb1 b5 (15... Rc7 16.
Qd3 g6 17. b5 $14) 16. e4 Nb6 (16... bxc4 $142 $5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Be6
19. Qe4 $14) 17. Nd6 $16 Rd8 18. e5 g6 (18... f5 19. Ba2 $16) (18... a5 $2 19.
Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 20. Qc2 $18) 19. Be4 (19. Be4 Nc4 20. Rxc4 $1 bxc4 21. b5 $18 (21.
Nxc4 $6 Rac8 $11) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 (22. Bxa8 $6 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Be8 $11)
22... Bxb5 23. Nexf7 $18) (19. Nxb5 $6 Nxe5 20. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rac8 $11)
1-0

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Artur Yusupov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 {
5...Qa5 6.Nbd2 Qc5 7.Bd3} 6. c4 Bb4+ $5 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 {
9...Bb7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bf6 gf 12.Qe2+/=} 10. Rc1 {10.Qe2!?} Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12.
Rfd1 {12.Bb1 d5!?+/=} Qc7 13. Bf4 {13.Bb1!?+/=} (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 f5 {15...h6!?} 16. Bb1 Ne5 $10) 13... d6 14. h3 Rac8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bh2 {
16.Nb1?? e5-+} Qb8 $10 17. Nb1 {17.Ne4!?=} Nd7 $1 {/\Nce5} 18. Nc3 Nce5 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 {20.Be5 de=/+^^} Qa8 $1 21. e4 Nxd3 $6 {>=21...Bg5=/+} 22.
Qxd3 {22.Rd3?! b5!-/+} b5 $5 (22... d5 23. exd5 Bxa3 24. Rb1 $1 {/\24...ed 25.
Nd5; 24.Rc2?! ed 25.cd Bb4-/+} Bb4 25. Nb5 $13 {/\Nc7}) 23. Bf4 $1 $14 {
23.cb d5-/+} bxc4 24. bxc4 Bf6 25. f3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 e5 27. Be3 Ba6 28. Qc2 {
/\c5;><a7} h6 29. c5 Qc6 30. Rd5 dxc5 31. Rdxc5 $138 {>=31.Rcc5|^} Qe8 32. Rxc8
Rxc8 33. Bxa7 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 f6 35. Qb3+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $10 37. a4 Ke6 38.
Bc5 h5 39. Kf2 g6 40. a5 Kd7 41. h4 f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. g3 Ke6 44. Bb4 Kd5 45.
Ke3 Bc4 46. Be1 {46.g4 fg 47.fg hg 48.h5 Kc6 49.h6 Bg8=} Kc6 47. Bc3 Kd6 48.
Bb2 Kd5 49. Ba3 Kc6 50. Be7 Kd7 51. Bf6 Ke6 52. Bd8 Kd7 53. Bb6 Kc6 54. Kd2 Bd5
55. Ke2 Bc4+ 56. Ke3 Kd6 57. Ba7 Kc7 58. Bc5 Kc6 59. Bf8 Kc7 60. Bg7 Kd6 61.
Kd2 {Artur Yusupov} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sitanggang, Salor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Bf5 $6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O (5. Nh4 $5 Bd7 6. e4 $14)
5... h6 6. c4 e6 (6... g5 $5) 7. Nc3 Nbd7 (7... d5 $14) 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 (9.
Nd4 Be4 (9... dxc4)) 9... e5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. e4 Bg4 (11... Bh7 $142) 12. f3 Bh5
13. Nc4 $16 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bh3 $1 (17. Rac1 Qb8 {
/\Bd8-b6}) 17... a6 (17... Qb8 18. a4 Bd8 19. a5 $16) 18. a4 Nh7 19. Rac1 $5
Ng5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nc5 {[#]} (21... Qd8 $142 $16) 22. Nd1 $1 {/\b4} Qd7
(22... Qd8 23. b4 Nxa4 24. Rxc8 $18) (22... a5 23. Bxa5 $18) 23. Rxc5 $1 $16 (
23. f4 Ngxe4 24. Qg4 g6 $13 (24... Bf6)) 23... Rxc5 24. f4 exf4 $1 (24... Nh3+
25. Kg2 g6 26. Nxe7+ $18) (24... Nh7 $2 25. Qg4 $18) 25. gxf4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 (
26. Qg4 $6 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Nxd2 28. Rf2 Nb3 $44) 26... Bf6 27. Bc3 Re8 28. Qd3 (
28. Nxh6+ $2 gxh6 29. Qg2+ Kh7 30. Bxf6 Rg8 $19) 28... Bxc3 29. Nxc3 (29. bxc3
$5) 29... b5 (29... g6 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. f5 $1 Kxh6 32. Qh3+ Kg5 33. Qg3+ Kh6 (
33... Kh5 34. Rf4 Kh6 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. f6+ Kg8 37. Qh6 $18) 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35.
f6+ Kg8 36. Qh6 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 $18) 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rf2 $2 (31. Rf3 b4 32. Rg3
bxc3 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 (33... Kf8 34. Rg8+ $18) 34. Qh3 Re6 $13) (31. Kh1 $1 {Lutz}
Rc4 (31... b4 32. Ne4 $1 Qxf5 33. Nxc5 $18) 32. Nxb5 $18) 31... Re1+ 32. Kg2 b4
33. Ne2 Qb7 34. Kh3 (34. Qd4 $5 f6 35. Ne3 $16) 34... Kf8 35. Qg3 (35. Qd4 $142
f6 36. Ne3 $16) 35... g6 36. Qh4 Qc8 37. Qxh6+ Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qf6 (39.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 (39... Kxc8 40. Nxd6+ Kd7 (40... Kc7) 41. Ne4 Rc2 $132) 40. Nfd4 $14
) 39... Rxd5 $2 (39... gxf5 $1 40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Rg2 Qd7 42. Qf6+ Kc7 43. Rg7
Rxe2 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $14) 40. Qxf7+ Kc6 41. Ned4+ $18 Kb6 (41... Rxd4 42. Rc2+)
42. Qxd5 gxf5 43. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Artur Yusupov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 $6 5. d5 $1 exd5 6. Nc3
Be7 {6...Bb7 7.Nd5+/=} 7. Nxd5 {7.Bf6?! Bf6 8.Nb5!? 0-0 9.Qd5 Bb2! 10.Rb1 Qf6}
Bb7 8. Bxf6 {8.Bc4 b5? 9.Ne7+/-; 8...Nd5 9.Bd5 Nc6 10.Bf4!+/-; >=8...Nc6 /
\Na5+/=} Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc4 $14 (10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nd7 $5 $14 {/\12...Be7,
Nf6}) 10... a6 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Nxf6+ {11.0-0!? Na5 12.Nf6 Qf6 13.Bd5+/=} Qxf6
12. Qxd7 Na5 13. Be2 Rad8 $44) 11. O-O (11. a4 Nc6 {11...b5? 12.ab ab 13.Ra8
Ba8 14.Nf6 Qf6 15.Bb5+/-} 12. O-O Na5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 $14) 11... b5 12.
Bb3 {>=12.Nf6 Qf6 13.Bd5 Nc6 14.Qd2 d6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.a4!?+/-} d6 13. Qd2 Nd7
14. Rfd1 Bxd5 $1 {14...Be5!? 15.Ne5 de 16.Ne7 Qe7 17.Qd7 Rfe8 18.Rd6 c4 19.Bc2
Qd7 20.Rd7 Bc6+/=; 15.Ne1!?/\f4(Flear,Jacobs)} 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Rd2
g6 18. Rad1 Qc7 $6 {>=18...Qe7} 19. Qe4 (19. h4 $5 Kg7 20. h5 {20.g3 h5=} Qe7
21. g3 $36 {/\Kg2<->h}) 19... Kg7 20. h4 Qe7 21. Qf4 {21.Qg4 h5=} Be5 22. Nxe5
dxe5 23. Qg3 Rbd8 24. h5 Rd7 {24...Rd6? 25.hg+/- hd? 26.Bf7!} 25. b3 Rfd8 26.
e4 $14 g5 {26...Na8 27.Qe3/\h6|^} 27. Qe3 h6 28. c4 Rc7 {/\Nd7-Nf6><h5} 29. Rd3
$5 Nd7 $138 30. Bxf7 $1 $138 Kxf7 $1 {30...Qf7? 31.Qh3 ><d7->} 31. Qd2 (31. Qh3
Qe6 32. Qxe6+ Kxe6 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34. Rxh6 Nf8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Rxa6 bxc4 37.
bxc4 Ke7 $146 {/\Nh7-Nf6}) 31... Ke8 32. Qa5 bxc4 {32...Rc6 33.cb ab 34.Qb5
Qe6 35.Rd5~/=|^} 33. bxc4 {33.Rd6!? Rcc8 /\Nf8,Nf6} Rcc8 $2 {/\Nf8} 34. Qa4 $1
{/\Rd6} Rc7 35. Qxa6 $40 Rb8 36. Qg6+ Kf8 $4 (36... Kd8 37. Rd6 Qe8 {37...Kc8
38.Re6 Nf8 39.Re7 Ng6 40.Re8 Kb7 41.Rb1+-} 38. Qxh6 $18 {38.Re6!? Qf8 39.Rf6
Qe8 40.Rf7 /\Kc8 41.Rd7+-}) 37. Rf3+ {Artur Yusupov} 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Kengis,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be4 Qc7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nc4
b5 $6 (14... d5 $1) 15. Qb3 Qa6 16. Ne3 (16. Na3 $1 $16) 16... Nd7 17. a4 Rfb8
18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Ra2 d5 21. Rfa1 Rb7 22. g3 Bd8 23. Kg2 Kf8 24.
Nc2 Bb6 25. Nb4 Rc8 26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Nb3 g5 29. Rc1 Rbb8 30. f3 Rb7
31. Kf1 Rbb8 32. Nd2 Kg7 33. Ke2 Re8 34. Re1 e5 (34... f6 $1 35. f4 e5 36. fxe5
fxe5 37. dxe5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 39. Kd1 $13) 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 37.
Kf1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 d4 39. c4 d3 40. Kd1 Bd4 41. b3 Rb7 42. Ra5 Bc3 43. Rd5 Bxd2
44. Kxd2 Rxb3 45. c5 Rb5 46. Kxd3 a5 47. Kc4 Rb4+ 48. Kc3 Rb5 49. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 (5... h6 $5 6. Nbd2 c5 (6...
d5) 7. c4 bxc4 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Nce5 Be7 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Be3 O-O
13. Rfc1 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Ehlvest,J/Manila(olm)/1992/0,5/54/}) 6. c3 (6. Bg5 $5)
6... h6 $5 {ץc1/} 7. a4 (7. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4 a5 $1
11. Qb3 (11. bxa5 Nc6 $15) 11... O-O 12. Ba3 $2 (12. bxa5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rxa5
14. Rxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd2 $10) 12... axb4 13. cxb4 Bd5 14. Qb2 Ne4 15. b5 Bf6 16.
Nd4 Qb6 17. e3 Rc8 $17 {Kharitonov,A-Ivanov,V/Moscow-ch/1996/0:1/46/}) 7... b4
8. a5 Na6 9. e3 (9. Ne5 $5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Be7 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Nd2 O-O {/\13...d6
}) 9... Qc7 $5 (9... Be7 10. c4 {/\b3,Bb2/}) 10. Qe2 Rc8 $1 11. Bd2 (11. Nbd2
d5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qb5+ Ke7 $13) 11... Be7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Be1 O-O (13... cxd4
14. exd4 {/\c4/}) 14. Nbd2 Qa8 $1 15. Nh4 (15. c4 d5 $13) 15... Bxg2 (15... d5
$5) 16. Nxg2 Qb7 {פa6/} 17. Nf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Nd3 Qb5 $15 (19... Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qd1 $10) 20. Kf1 Nd7 21. Ne5 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nc5 24. Rc2 {/\Rac1/} Rb8 25. Nf3 (25. Rac1 $6 Rb5 {><a5/}) 25...
Nb3 26. Ra4 {><b4,פb3/} Rfc8 27. Kd1 (27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Bxb4 Rc4) 27... a6
28. Bxb4 $5 Rxc2 (28... Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Nxa5 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Ra4 Nb3 32. Rxa6
Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Rc2+ $10) 29. Kxc2 Bxb4 (29... Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 31. Kxb3 Bxa5
$10) 30. Kxb3 Be1+ (30... Bxa5+ $6 31. Ka2 $16) 31. Kc2 Bxf2 32. e4 dxe4 $2 (
32... Rb5 $5 33. exd5 Rxd5 {><e5/} 34. b4 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Ra3 {/\Rd3=/})
33. Rxe4 Bc5 34. Kc3 Be7 35. Rc4 $16 {/\b4,Nd4-c6/} f6 36. Nd4 $1 Rb7 (36...
fxe5 37. Nc6 Rb7 38. Nxe7+ Rxe7 39. Rc6 Ra7 40. Rxe6 $18) 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Nc6
fxe5 39. Nxe5+ Kf6 40. Nc6 Rb5 (40... e5 41. Ra8 $18) 41. b4 Bd6 42. Kc4 {
/\Ra8/} Bxb4 43. Nxb4 Rxa5 44. Nc6 Ra2 45. Rf8+ Kg5 46. Ne5 $18 Re2 47. Kd4 a5
48. h4+ Kh5 49. Rg8 a4 (49... g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Rh8#) 50. Rxg7 a3 51. Nf3 $6
(51. Nd3 $5 e5+ 52. Nxe5 a2 53. Ra7 a1=Q+ 54. Rxa1 Re4+ 55. Kd5 Rd4+ 56. Kc6
Rd6+ 57. Kc7 $18) (51. Nf3 Rg2 52. Ke3 a2 53. Ra7 Rxg3 (53... Kg4 $5 $13) 54.
Rxa2 Kg4 55. Ra4+ Kh3 56. Rf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alterman,B} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qe2 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Qd8 13. O-O f5 14.
exf5 gxf5 15. Ne1 c6 {Alterman,B: 'More precise was'} (15... Nd7 {Alterman,B}
16. f4 e4 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Bb3 Qe8 19. Nc2 Qg6 {With a good counterplay}) (15...
e4 {Alterman,B} 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. f3 Ne5 18. fxe4 f4 {[%csl Ge5]} 19. Nef3 $1)
16. Bc4 Kh8 17. f4 {First the f5 pawn is stopped in its tracks, so restricting
the movment of the bishop on c8.} Nd7 18. Nd3 Rb8 19. Kh1 e4 20. Nb4 Qc7 21. h3
Nf6 22. Rg1 Bd7 23. Nf1 c5 24. Nc2 {'!' Alterman,B.} b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 $2 {
After this Black is strategically lost.} (25... axb6 {had to be tried.} 26.
Nce3 (26. Na3 $2 b5 27. Nxb5 (27. Bxb5 Nxd5) 27... Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Nxd5 {[%csl
Rf4][%cal Rd5f4]}) 26... b5 27. Bb3 c4 28. Bc2 {I still prefer White as there
is the option of positional pressure with Ng3, or blowing up the kingside with
g4, but compared to the game, where Black has zero counterplay, this has to be
better.} (28. Bc2 {Alterman,B} Qc5 $13)) 26. Nce3 {[%csl Ra7,Rf5][%cal Re3f5,
Ra1a7] A beautiful blockader, protected by the pawn on e4 from attack, and it
has a target of its own on f5. Added to that White has another target on a7.}
Qb8 27. Ra2 Ng8 28. Ng3 Ne7 29. Nh5 Ng6 30. Rga1 Rb7 {Alterman,B: 'Blunder.
Last chance was'} (30... a5 {Alterman,B}) 31. Ba6 Bb5 (31... Rc7 32. Nc4) 32.
Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Rxa7+ {'+-' Alterman,B.} Rb7 35. Qa6 Re7 36. Rxe7+
Nxe7 37. Qa7 Qxa7 38. Rxa7 Kf6 39. Rd7 Ra8 40. Rxd6+ Kf7 41. Rxh6 Ra1+ 42. Kh2
Re1 {Alterman,B: 'Black is not able to create some counterplay.'} 43. d6 Rxe3
44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. dxe7 Kd7 46. Rf7 c4 47. Rxf5 Kxe7 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Rxc4 Kf5 50.
b4 Kxf4 51. b5 Rd3 52. b6 Rd8 53. b7 Rb8 54. Rb4 Ke3 55. c4 Kd4 56. c5+ Kxc5
57. Rxe4 Rxb7 58. Re1 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7.
cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Rc1 d5 10. e5 Qd8 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Be7
14. b4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Meduna,E-Lechtynsky,J/Namestovo 1987/}) 7. e5 Qg6 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (7... Qd8 $5 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 (9... b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O
Nb4 12. Be4 Nd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qa8
18. g3 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qc4 Qb8 21. h4 d6 22. Bc2 {/\Qc4-d3-> Suppa,
E-Inkiov,V/Porto San Giorgio 1998/}) 10. Qb3 Nxd4 11. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 axb6
13. Bb5 g5 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rfe1 Ke7 16. a4 f6 17. Nd2 fxe5 18. Nc4 e4 19. Rxe4
d5 20. Nxb6 dxe4 21. Nxa8 Bxb2 22. Rd1 e5 23. Nb6 Be6 $17 {Mueller,H-Kern,G/
Recklinghausen 1999/}) 8. g3 cxd4 9. Bd3 f5 10. cxd4 b6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 Bb7
13. a3 Rc8 14. Rc1 (14. d5 $14) 14... Na5 (14... Qf7 15. Qe2 $14) 15. d5 O-O (
15... Bxd5 $2 16. Nxd5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 exd5 18. Qc8+ Bd8 19. e6 $18) 16. Qa4 Rfd8
17. b4 Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (17... Nc4 $142 18. Qxa7 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Nd4 $16) 18. Rxc3 $18 Bxd5 19. Qd1 (19. Nd4 $142 $1) 19... Nc6 20. Re1 d6 21.
Bc4 Bxc4 (21... Bxf3 $5 22. Qxf3 Nxe5 $14) 22. Rxc4 $16 Nxe5 23. Rc7 Bf6 24.
Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qb3 f4 $2 (25... Qe8 $142) 26. Qxe6+ $18 Kh7 27. Rc8 (27. Rxa7
$142) 27... Rxc8 28. Qxc8 h5 29. Qa8 Qg4 (29... h4 30. Kg2 $16) 30. Kg2 Kh6 (
30... h4 31. h3 (31. Qxa7 $4 f3+ 32. Kg1 Qh3 $19) (31. Qe4+ Kh6 32. h3 $16)
31... Qf5 32. g4 $16) 31. Qf3 Qf5 32. Qe4 Qg5 33. Rd1 h4 34. Rd3 Qh5 35. h3
hxg3 36. fxg3 fxg3 37. Rxg3 g6 38. Qg4 Qf5 39. Qxf5 gxf5 40. Rg8 e4 41. Kg3
Be5+ 42. Kf2 f4 $2 (42... Bb2 $142 $14) 43. Re8 $18 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 e3 45. Re4 Bb2
46. Rxf4 (46. Rxf4 Bxa3 47. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[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 "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e3 b4 $146 4. a3 e6 5. axb4 Bxb4+ 6. c3 (6. Bd2 Be7)
6... Be7 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. e4 (12.
Nb3 $1 $14) 12... d6 13. Qc2 (13. Qe2 $142) 13... a5 $10 14. Bb2 Nbd7 (14...
Qc7 $142) 15. Nb3 axb4 16. cxb4 Rc8 17. Qb1 $6 (17. Qe2) 17... d5 18. Na5 (18.
exd5 Bxd5 19. Nbd2 $10) 18... Ba8 19. exd5 (19. e5 Ne4 20. b5 Ndc5 $36) 19...
Bxd5 20. Ng5 g6 $5 (20... h6 21. Nh7 Nxh7 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 $10) (20...
Bxb4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxh7+ (22. Nxh7 $6 Qc3) 22... Kh8 23. Qxb4 Qxg5 24. Be4
Qf4 25. Ra4 $10) 21. b5 (21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxb4 23. Bxd5 Bxa5 (23... exd5
24. Qd3 Bxa5 25. Qd4 $10) 24. Bf3 Bc3 $17) 21... Nc5 22. Be2 Nce4 $1 23. Nxe4 (
23. Nf3 Bc5) 23... Nxe4 $1 24. Qd3 (24. Nc6 $5 Bxc6 25. bxc6 Nd2 26. Qc2 Nxf1
27. Qc3 f6 28. Kxf1 $44 {Ftacnik}) 24... Bc5 (24... Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nc6
$1) 25. Bd4 $6 (25. Nb3 $2 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 Qd2 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29.
Kxf2 Rc2 $19) (25. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (25... Qb6 26. Nd4 e5 27. Ra6 Qb7 28. Nc6 $13)
26. bxc6 Nxf2 27. Qxd8 Rfxd8 28. Rxf2 Rd2 29. Ba3 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxc6 31. Ke3
$13) 25... Bxd4 (25... Qb6 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Nb3 $1 Rc3 28. Qd4 $10) 26. Qxd4
Nc3 (26... Rc2 $6 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Qe3) 27. Qe3 (27. Bd3 Qg5 $40) 27... Nxe2+
28. Qxe2 Qg5 29. f3 (29. f4 $5 Qf6 30. Nc6 $15) 29... Rc5 (29... Rc3 30. f4 Qf6
31. Qd2 $15) 30. Rfe1 $1 (30. b6 $2 Rfc8 31. b7 Bxb7 32. Nxb7 Rc2 33. f4 Rxe2
34. fxg5 Rcc2 $17) 30... Rc3 (30... Rb8 31. Rab1 Ba8 32. Nc6 $15) 31. Qe5 (31.
Kh1 Ra8) 31... Qxe5 (31... Qd2 $6) 32. Rxe5 Rb8 33. Nc6 Bxc6 (33... Rxb5 34.
Ne7+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 $15) 34. bxc6 Rb2 35. Kf1 $1 Rcc2 36. c7 Kg7 $2 37. c8=Q $2 (
37. Re2 $1 Rxe2 38. c8=Q Rf2+ 39. Ke1 Rxg2 40. Qc3+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ Kh5 $44) 37...
Rxc8 38. Re2 Rxe2 (38... Rb4 $142 $15) 39. Kxe2 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 g5 41. Ra4 Kg6 42.
h4 h5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. g3 Rd2 45. Ra7 f6 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. Rg8 e5 48. Rh8+ Kg6
49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Re8 Kg7 51. Kg1 h4 52. gxh4 Rd4 53. Kg2 Rxh4 54. Ra8 Rd4 55.
Ra6 Kg6 56. Kg3 Kf7 57. Kf2 Ke7 58. Ke3 Rf4 59. Kf2 $5 Rd4 (59... e4 60. Ke3)
60. Ke3 f5 61. Ke2 Rd6 62. Ra5 Kf6 63. Ke3 Rb6 64. Ke2 Rb2+ 65. Kf1 Rc2 66. Ke1
f4 67. Kf1 Kg5 68. Rxe5+ Kh4 69. Ra5 Kg3 70. Ra8 Rc3 71. Ra2 (71. Rh8 $10) (71.
Rf8 $10) 71... Rc1+ (71... Rxf3+ 72. Kg1 Rd3 73. Rg2+ Kf3 74. Rf2+ Ke3 75. Kg2
$10) 72. Ke2 Rb1 (72... Kg2 73. Ra4 $1) 73. Ra8 Rb2+ 74. Kf1 Rb3 75. Rh8 Rxf3+
76. Kg1 Ra3 77. Rg8+ Kf3 78. Rf8 Ra1+ 79. Kh2 Rf1 80. Ra8 Re1 81. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Qb3 (7. Bd3 O-O
8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 $13 {Yusupov,A-Adams,M/Las
Palmas/1993/0,5/32/}) 7... Qc8 8. e5 Nfd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 Nc6 (10... d5 $142)
11. O-O d5 12. Nh2 Bd3 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Qd1 Bg6 15. Ndf1 h5 16. a4 Qd7 17. a5
Nc4 18. a6 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. Be3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rd8 (21... b4 22. c4 $1) 22. Ng3
b4 23. Bf1 $1 bxc3 24. Bb5 Rb8 $1 (24... Bb4 25. Qe2) 25. Qe2 Nc8 26. Rec1 Kd8
$1 27. Ba4 (27. Rxc3 $5 Nxd4 28. Bxd7 Nxe2+ 29. Nxe2 Kxd7 30. Rac1 Bd8 31. Nd4
$44) 27... Nb6 28. Bb5 Nc8 29. Qf1 $2 (29. Ba4 $10) 29... c2 30. Ba4 Rb4 31. f4
Nb6 32. Bb5 Bh4 33. Nh5 Be4 34. Ra3 Be7 35. Ra2 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qd8 9. g4 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. e5 d5 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 b5 14. Nf4 Qb6 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd4 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Kb1 a5 19. Be2 Ba6 20. Rc1 O-O 21. Rhe1
Rfc8 22. g5 h5 23. Bf1 Qb7 24. b3 Bf8 25. Rc2 $6 (25. Nf4 Nc5 26. Nd2 $17)
25... b4 $19 26. Rec1 a4 $2 (26... bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rc4) 27. cxb4 $19 Rxc2 28.
Kxc2 axb3+ 29. axb3 Bxd3+ 30. Bxd3 Bxb4 31. Kd1 Ba3 32. Rb1 Bc5 33. Qf4 Qa7 34.
Qa4 Qb7 35. b4 Bxf2 36. Qc2 Bg3 37. Bxg6 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Bh7+ Kg7 40.
Qe2 Kxh7 41. Qxe5 Qb5 42. Qe2 Kg6 43. Qxb5 Rxb5 44. Kc2 Kf5 45. Kb3 Rb7 46.
Rf1+ Kg4 47. Rg1+ Kf3 48. g6 fxg6 49. Rxg6 e5 50. Rg5 Kf4 51. Rxh5 d4 52. Kc4
Rc7+ 53. Kd5 d3 54. Rh8 d2 55. Rf8+ Ke3 56. Rf1 0-1

[Event "Stockholm Four Masters"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1919.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Lputian/Bogoljubow"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1919.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{TfS 1920,S.31 (Bogoljubow)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2
cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nc4 Nd5 9. Bd2 (9. Bd6 b5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne3
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Rb8 13. e4 b4 14. Bd3 (14. c4 d5 15. Bd3 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5
Bg4 $17) 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rd8 $17) 14... bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa3 $13) 9... b6 10.
Bd3 Qc7 11. Nce5 (11. O-O $5 Nf4 $2 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. d5 $14) 11... Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 d6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. O-O Nf6 (14... e5 $142 {Bogoljubow}) 15. Re1 d5 $2 (
15... Bc6 $142 {/\Qb7} 16. c4 (16. Qe2 b5 $13) 16... d5 17. b3 Rfd8 $13) 16.
Bg5 h6 (16... Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $14) 17. Bh4 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne5 {
(+/=/+/-)} Qg5 (19... Rfe8 $5) 20. Re3 f6 21. Nf3 Qf4 22. Qb3 (22. Qe2 Qc7 23.
Re1 Rae8 24. Nd2 $5 f5 (24... Nxd2 25. Qxd2 e5 26. Bg6 Re7 27. f3 $16) 25. Qd1
$14) 22... Rae8 23. Rae1 g5 (23... Qd6) 24. g3 Qd6 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. Nd2 Nxd2 (
26... f5 27. Nf3 (27. f3 Nf6 $14) 27... f4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 (28... gxf4 $2 29.
R3e2 {(+/-/+-)}) 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Ne5 {(+/=/+/-)}) 27. Qxd2 $16 e5 (27... Re7
$2 28. Qe2 Rfe8 29. Qh5 {+/-/+-}) (27... Bc8 28. Bb1 Qc7 29. Qd3 Kh8 30. Qg6
Qg7 31. Qh5 {(/\Bf5+/-)}) 28. Bf5 Bc6 (28... e4 $2 29. f3 $16) 29. Qe2 Re7 (
29... exd4 $2 30. Qh5 $18) 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5
Rd8 34. Re7+ (34. Re6 Be8 $14 (34... Ba8 35. Bd3 $18)) 34... Kf6 35. Re6+ Kxf5
36. Rxc6 d4 (36... h5 37. Rc7 $18) 37. cxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxh6 Rd2 39. Rh7 a6 40.
Ra7 $18 a5 41. b3 Ke4 (41... Rxa2 42. Rb7 $18) 42. Re7+ Kf3 43. Re3+ Kg4 44.
Kg2 Kf5 (44... Rxa2 45. Re5 $18) 45. Re8 b5 46. Rb8 Rd5 47. a3 Ke4 48. Ra8 b4
49. axb4 axb4 50. Rb8 Rd4 51. h4 (51. Rb5 {Bogoljubow}) 51... gxh4 52. gxh4 Kd3
53. Kg3 Kc3 54. f4 Kxb3 55. f5 Rd1 56. h5 Kc4 (56... Rh1 57. f6 Rxh5 58. f7 Rf5
59. f8=Q Rxf8 60. Rxf8 Kc3 61. Rc8+ Kd3 62. Rb8 Kc3 63. Kf2 b3 64. Ke2 $18) 57.
Rc8+ Kb5 58. f6 Rf1 59. h6 Rxf6 60. h7 Rh6 61. h8=Q Rxh8 62. Rxh8 b3 63. Kf3
Kc4 64. Ke2 b2 65. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Arancibia Guzman, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Chile"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bb5
$5 Bb7 9. O-O d6 $1 (9... d5 $6 10. Ne5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nfd7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. f4 $16) 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 $1 (11... Ne4 $6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Nd2 $16) 12. Bd3 (12. Ba4 $5 b5 13. Bb3
Nd5 14. Bg3 $1 $14) 12... Nc6 13. a3 (13. Rac1 $5 Nh5 $140 (13... Nd5 14. Bg3
$14) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 15. d5 $1) 15. Rc2 $1 Qd7 $6 (15... Rc8 $5 16.
Rfc1 $14) 16. Nc4 $1 Nd5 17. Nfe5 $1 dxe5 18. Nxe5 $16) 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
(14... Nxe7 $5 $10) 15. Rac1 b5 $2 (15... Rfc8 $1 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Bb1 b5 18.
Ncd2 Ne7 $10) 16. d5 $1 $16 exd5 (16... Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. dxe6 $18) (16... Na7
17. dxe6 fxe6 $8 18. Ne5 $5 Qg5 (18... dxe5 19. Qxh5 Rad8 20. Qg6 e4 21. Bxe4
Rxd2 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Bg6+ Kf6 24. Bh5 $1 $16) 19. Ndf3 $1 (19. f4 $2 Qxg2+ 20.
Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxe5 $13) 19... Bxf3 (19... Qe7 $2 20. Ng6) (19... Qf6 $2
20. Nd7) 20. Nxf3 $40) 17. Rxc6 $16 Nf4 $1 (17... Bxc6 $2 18. Nd4 $18) 18. exf4
Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Bxc6 20. Nd4 $16 Bb7 21. Rd1 g6 22. Nb1 Rac8 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24. h4
Kg7 25. h5 Kf8 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Kf1 Rc5 28. Bd3 Kf7 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Rec8 31.
g4 $5 (31. Re1 $5 $18) 31... hxg4 32. fxg4 Rh8 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. g5+ Kg7 $5 (
34... Kf7 35. Re1 $18) 35. f5 (35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. Nxd5 $5 Bxd5 38.
Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rxd5 $18) 35... Rh5 $1 36. Ne6+ $138 Kf7 37. Nf4 $4 (37. Nd8+ $1
$18) 37... Rxg5+ 38. Kh4 Rxf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Ncxd5 Bxd5 $1 41. Rxd5 Rc6 $1
$16 (41... Rc2 42. b4 Kf6) 42. Rd2 Rc4 43. Kg3 b4 44. Re2 Kg7 45. axb4 Rxb4 46.
Nd5 Rd4 47. Nf4 a5 48. Kf3 a4 49. Rc2 Rb4 50. Nd5 Rb3+ 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Ne3 Rb7
53. Kxf5 a3 54. bxa3 (54. bxa3 Rb3 55. Nc4) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 $5 {N/} (6. a4 a6 7.
c3 $13 (7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 $10)) 6... b4 (6... a6 7. c4 $1 $40 {xd6, /
\Na3xc4-d6(e5)/}) 7. Nc4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d5 9. Nce5 Ne4 $6 (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 $14 bxa3 $140 13. Qa4+ $1) (9... Nbd7 $5 $132) 10. c4 $1 $40
bxc3 (10... f6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nd3 $14) 11. bxc3 f6 12. Rb1 $3 (12. Nd3 $6
Nc6 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Ba6 $15) 12... fxe5 13. Qxe5 Nc5 $8 (13... Bc8 $4 14.
Rxb8) 14. Qh5+ Kd7 (14... g6 $6 15. Qe5 Rg8 16. Rxb7 $1 Nc6 (16... Nxb7 $2 17.
Qxe6+ $18) (16... Nbd7 17. Qe3) 17. Qc7 (17. Qe3 $4 Nxb7 18. Qxe6+ Ne7) 17...
Nxb7 18. Qxb7 $1 (18. Qxc6+ $2 Qd7 $15) 18... Ne7 19. Nd4 $16) 15. Ne5+ Kc8 16.
Bg5 $1 g6 $8 (16... Be7 $2 17. Nf7 Qe8 18. Bxe7 g6 19. Qe5 $18) 17. Qh4 Qe8 18.
Bf6 Rg8 19. c4 $5 (19. Qxh7 $5 Bd6 (19... Nbd7 $1 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. c4 $1 (21.
Qxg8 $2 Nxf6 22. Qh8 Be7 $15)) 20. c4 Nbd7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rfc1 $1 $16 (22.
Rxb7 $2 Nxf6)) 19... Nbd7 20. Rxb7 $5 Nxf6 (20... Nxb7 $6 21. cxd5 Nxf6 22.
Qxf6 Bg7 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Nc6+ $1 Qxc6 25. dxc6 Bxf6 26. cxb7 $18) 21. Qxf6 $5
(21. Rb5 $40) 21... Kxb7 22. cxd5 Kc7 (22... Ka6 23. dxe6 Be7 24. Qf4 Rc8 25.
Nd7 $18) 23. Rc1 Rb8 {xa8 (Bg2!)/} 24. Nd3 Rb5 25. a4 Ra5 26. Qd4 Qxa4 (26...
Kb6 $2 27. Qb4+) 27. Nxc5 $1 Qxd4 28. Nxe6+ Kb7 29. Nxd4 $16 Bd6 30. Rb1+ Kc7
31. Rc1+ Kb7 32. Rb1+ Kc7 33. Nb5+ Kd7 34. Bh3+ Ke7 35. Nd4 $1 Kf6 (35... Rxd5
36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Be6 $18) 36. e4 Ra4 37. Rd1 g5 $8 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Nf5 Be5 $4
$138 (39... Bc5 $142 $1 40. Nh6 $1 (40. Re2 $2 g4 41. Nh6 $4 gxh3 42. Nxg8+ Kg7
$17) 40... Re8 41. Bf5 $1 $16) 40. Nh6 $18 {/\Nh6-g4/} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 (3... b5 4. Bg2 (4. Qd3 $5) 4... Bb7 5. O-O c5 6.
c3 (6. Na3 a6 7. c4 b4 8. Nc2 Qb6 9. Be3 a5 $132 {[%csl Rc2,Re3]}) 6... Be7 7.
Bg5 (7. a4 b4 $1 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxb4 Bxb4 10. Qb3 a5 $11 {Petrovic,M (2290)
-Akhmilovskaya,E (2295) YUG-URS Teslic 1979 0-1}) 7... Na6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e3 h6
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d6 $1 15. Nd7 Qc6+
16. Kg1 Qxd7 17. Qxa6 Rfc8 $11 {Ris,R (2411)-Bocharov,D (2614) EU-ch 8th
Dresden 2007 (1) 0-1}) 4. Bg2 (4. c4 {Retombe sur une Catalane}) 4... b5 $1 {
L'ordre de coups des Blancs n'est pas trés ambitieux et les Noirs ont des bons
résultats avec ce système} 5. O-O (5. a4 b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Be7 (7... c5 8.
O-O Bb7 (8... Nc6)) 8. O-O Nbd7 (8... O-O) 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 Bb7 (10... O-O
11. e4) (10... c5) 11. a5 $14 {[%cal Ga5a6]}) 5... Bb7 (5... c5 $5) 6. Qd3 (6.
b3 Nbd7 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nc6
Nb6 $1 13. Qa5 Qd5+ 14. Qxd5 Nbxd5 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $11) 6... a6 7. a4 b4 8. c4
bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Ba3 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Nd7 14. f4 c4 15. Qc2 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Ng5 g6 19. h4 Kg7 20. h5
Be7 21. Nh3 Nc5 22. Bf3 Nb3 23. Rb1 Bc5 24. Rxb3 cxb3 25. Qd2 d4 {Paul,M (2194)
-Vasilevich,T (2368)/Germany 2008/EXT 2009/0-1 (43)}) 11... c4 12. Qc2 Bxa3 13.
Rxa3 Qc7 $146 {[%cal Gc7c4]} ({RR} 13... O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Ngxe4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rb8 18. Raa1 h6 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf6 22. Kg1
Nd5 23. Ne4 Qa5 24. Rc1 Rb3 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Rc2 Rc6 27. Qe1 Qb6 28. Qc1 {
Kalinitschew,S (2450)-Rigo,J (2400)/Berlin 1990/EXT 1997/0-1 (56)}) 14. Rb1 O-O
$11 {Comme souvent les Blancs n'ont rien obtenu de l'ouverture} 15. Ne1 $6 Rab8
16. Raa1 a5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 (20... Rb3 $5
{[%csl Ra1][%cal Gf8b8]} 21. Rxb3 cxb3 22. Qd3 Rb8 $36 {[%csl Gb3]}) 21. Qc2
Nd5 22. Nf3 Rb3 23. Rxb3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Rb8 25. Qc2 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Kf1
f6 28. Nd2 Rb4 29. Rc1 Nxa4 30. Nc4 h5 31. h4 Nb2 32. Nxa5 Rxd4 33. Ke2 Re4+
34. Kf1 Nd3 35. Rd1 Ne5 36. Nb3 Rc4 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Rd2 Rc7 39. Kg2 Ng4 40. Ra2
e5 41. Nd2 Kg6 $15 {Les pièces Noires sont nettement plus actives.} 42. Nf1 Rc3
43. Nh2 Nh6 44. Nf1 Nf5 45. Rb2 Ra3 46. Nd2 Ra4 47. Nf1 Rg4 48. Nh2 Rc4 49. Nf1
Ra4 50. Nd2 Ra1 51. Nf1 Re1 52. Ra2 Kh7 53. Rb2 Nd4 54. Ne3 Re2 55. Rb7 Kh6 {
[%csl Ge2,Rf2,Rg2] Les Noirs ont progressé un peu} 56. Ra7 Rb2 57. Nc4 Rc2 58.
Ne3 Rc5 59. Ra6 Rc7 60. Nd5 Rd7 61. Ne3 Kg6 62. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e5,Ga6g6]} Re7
63. Ne3 Kf7 64. Ra2 Rc7 65. Nd5 Rd7 66. Ne3 Ne6 67. Nc4 g6 68. Ra6 Rc7 69. Nd6+
Ke7 70. Ne4 Rc4 71. Ra7+ Rc7 72. Ra6 Rc4 73. Ra7+ Nc7 74. Nd2 Rc6 75. Nf1 Ke6
76. Ne3 f5 77. Ra4 Ne8 78. Ra2 Nd6 79. Nf1 Rb6 80. Nd2 Kf6 81. Nf3 Nf7 82. Ng1
Nd8 83. Nh3 Ne6 84. Ra5 e4 {[%cal Gb6b2,Ge4e3]} 85. Ra2 Rc6 86. Kf1 Rb6 87. Kg2
Rd6 88. Ra7 Rc6 89. Ra2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granados Gomez, Manuel"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. Nbd2 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 f5 11. g4 Nd7 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Qh5 d5
15. Bd3 (15. Bb3) 15... Kg8 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Ng3 Qd6 (18... Nxd2 19.
Kxd2 f4 20. Nh5 fxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 (22... Kh8 23. Qd3) 23. Qd3+
Kh8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxh6 Re4 (25... Kxh6 26. Rh1+ Kg7 27. Rh7+ Kf6 28. Rh6+
Ke7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kg6 32. Rg7+ Kf5 33. Qh3+ Kf6 34. Qh6+
Kf5 35. Rf7+ Ke4 36. c3 $18) 26. Rah1 Bf5 27. g4 Re6 (27... Bg6 28. f3 Re6 29.
Rh7+ Kf6 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. R1h6#) 28. Rh7+ Bxh7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Qf6 31.
Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rxa8 $14) 19. Bxe4 fxe4 (19... dxe4 20. Qe2 Be6 $15
) 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. c4 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rb1 (23. cxd5 Bb5 24. Ndxe4 Qxd5)
23... Rac8 (23... Rae8 24. O-O Qa5 25. cxd5 Bb5 26. Nc4 Qxa2) 24. O-O dxc4 25.
Ndxe4 Qe7 26. Rfd1 Be6 27. Nd6 Rc6 28. Nb5 Rc5 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. Rd2 Be5 31. Nf1
(31. Ne4 Bh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qxe4) 31... b6 (31... b5 32. Nxb5 Bf5) 32. Rc1 Qf6 33.
Nf3 c3 34. bxc3 Bxc3 35. Rdc2 Bb7 36. Ng3 Rfc8 37. e4 g4 38. Nh2 h5 39. Nf5 (
39. Nxh5 Rxh5 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Rxc3 Qxc3 (41... Rxh2 42. Qxg4+ $18) 42. Qxg4+)
39... Be5 40. Rxc5 bxc5 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Nf1 Bd4 43. Rd1 (43. N1g3 h4 44. Nh5
Qe5 45. Qf7 Bxf2+ (45... Bxe4 46. Nxd4 Qxd4 47. Re1 (47. Rc4 Bd5) 47... g3) 46.
Kxf2 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qxc1+ 48. Kh2 g3+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Rg8+ 51. Nhg7 Qd1+ 52.
Kxh4 Bxe4) 43... Rd8 $2 (43... Rf8 44. Rd2 (44. N1g3 Bxe4) 44... Bxe4 45. Nxd4
cxd4 46. Qxd4 Qxd4 47. Rxd4 Bg6 48. Ne3) 44. Nxd4 cxd4 45. Qc5 (45. Ng3 h4 46.
Nh5 Qe5 47. Qf7 Bxe4 48. Nf6) 45... Bxe4 46. Ng3 (46. Qxh5+ Bh7 47. Qxg4 d3)
46... Bg6 47. Nxh5 Qf5 (47... Qf5 48. Qe7 (48. Qc7 Rg8 49. Ng3 Qd5 50. Qxa7 d3)
48... Rd7 49. Qf6+ Qxf6 50. Nxf6 Rd6 51. Nxg4 Bh5 52. Ne5 Rd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matlak, Marek"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin Stohl} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 (4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6.
Nc3 a6 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O Qd8 9. h4 b5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 {Stohl} Bb7 11. Kb1 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. f4 Kb8 16. a3 h5 17. f5 Be7 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. Be2 Bf6 $36 {Hodgson,J-Miles,A/Kuala Lumpur op/1992/}) 10... c5
11. d5 e5 $15 {Johansson,J-Marin,M Badalona 1993}) 4... d6 (4... c5 $10 {Stohl}
) 5. c3 $5 (5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5) (5. h3 {Stohl} Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. e4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15.
Rfc1 exd4 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Nxd4 Nhf6 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qe5 20. N2f3 Qxe4
21. Re1 Qd5 22. Rxa7 Rfe8 $132 {1/2:1/2,Assmann,T-Franco,Z/Lugano op/1989/}) (
5. Nbd2 {Stohl} g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. c3 Qe7 10. a4 Ndf6 11. a5
Bd7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Qb3 O-O 14. b5 $14 {Teske,H-Varga,Za/HUN-ch op/1990/} e5 15.
dxe5) 5... g5 $6 (5... Nbd7 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 $13) 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Nfd2 $1 (8. Bd3 $142 $13 {Stohl}) 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 $14 Nc6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bd3
f5 12. exf5 (12. Qe2 {Stohl} a6 $5 13. Nc2 b5 $132) 12... exf5 13. O-O Kh8 (
13... a6 14. Nc2 d5 15. f4 Qd6 $132 16. fxg5 $6 Qxg3 17. gxh6 Bxh6) 14. Re1 a6
15. Nc2 (15. Nac4 {Stohl /\Ne3=}) 15... d5 16. f4 $1 (16. Nf3 $2 Qd6 17. Qe2
Bd7 18. Ne5 Rae8 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5 Qb6+ 21. Nd4 $2 (21. Kh1 $142
Qxb2) 21... c5 22. Nf3 c4+ $19) 20... Qb6 21. Ne3 (21. Rab1 Rxe5 $1) 21... Bxe5
22. dxe5 f4 $17) 16... g4 {()} (16... Qd6 17. fxg5 Qxg3 18. gxh6 Bxh6 19. Qh5
$36) (16... Qf6 17. Nf3 $16) 17. Nb3 Qd6 (17... Ne7 $5 $15 {Stohl /\Ng8}) (
17... h5 $6 {Stohl} 18. Kf2 $1 {/\Rh1}) 18. Qd2 {Baburin: There are two
squares on the e-file, which can become outposts: the e5-square for White and
the e4-square for Black. Black immediately begins to move his Knight towards
that destination.} Ne7 {Baburin: Black intends to play Ne7-g8-f6-e4! The route
is quite interesting. White's problem is that in order to occupy the outpost
on e5 he has to vacate the d3- square to make room for the N. But the Bishop
(d3) is the only defender of e4.} 19. Be2 $6 {/\Nc1-d3-e5} (19. Re2 $6 h5 20.
Kf2 h4 21. Rh1 Ng6 $132) (19. Kf2 $1 Ng8 {(/\Nf6-e4)} (19... h5 20. Rh1) (19...
Ng6 20. Rh1) 20. Ne3 $1 Be6 21. Rh1 $16) 19... Ng8 20. Nc5 Nf6 21. Nd3 Ne4 $15
22. Qe3 h5 23. Ne5 Qh6 {/\h4->} 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Kf1 c5 $1 26. Ke2 (26. dxc5
Bxe5 (26... h4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Kg1 hxg3 29. Qxg3 $16) 27. fxe5 Qxe3 (27... f4
{Stohl} 28. gxf4 Rxf4+ 29. Kg1 $13 {/\Nd4<=>}) 28. Rxe3 Nxg3+ $1 29. Rxg3 f4
30. Kf2 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rf2 33. Kg3 Rd2 $17) (26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Ke2
(27. dxc5 $4 Bxe5 $19) 27... cxd4 28. Nxd4 $6 Rae8 {(/\Bxe5, Bd7, ><e5)}) 26...
cxd4 27. cxd4 (27. Nxd4 {Stohl} Rae8 $15) 27... Rac8 28. Rac1 Kg8 (28... Rc7 $5
$36 {Stohl}) 29. Na1 $6 (29. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {><d4,Ke2}) (29. Red1 $142 {Stohl /
\Be4,d5}) 29... Bxe5 $1 30. fxe5 (30. dxe5 d4 31. Qxd4 Nxg3+ 32. Kf2 Rcd8 (
32... Ne4+ $1 $40 {Stohl}) 33. Qe3 h4 $36) (30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. dxe5 d4 32. Qxd4
Nxg3+ 33. Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Bxe4 Qxf4+ 35. Ke2 fxe4 $17) 30... Nxg3+ $19 31. Kf2 (
31. Qxg3 Rxc1) 31... Qxe3+ (31... f4 $142 {Stohl} 32. Qd2 h4 $40 {-+}) 32. Kxe3
f4+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kd2 f3) 33... Ne4+ 34. Kg1 (34. Bxe4 Rxc1 35. Bh7+ (35. Rxc1
dxe4) 35... Kxh7 36. Rxc1 g3+ $19) 34... f3 35. gxf3 gxf3 (35... Ng5 $19 {
Matlak}) 36. Kh2 f2 37. Red1 Bg4 $6 (37... Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rf3 39. Bf1 Re3 40.
Kg2 Re1 41. Nb3 h4 $19) 38. Rxc8 Bxd1 (38... Rxc8 {Stohl} 39. Rf1 Nd2 40. Rxf2
Nf3+ 41. Kg3 Nxd4 $17 {פa1,e5}) 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {פa1} 40. Kg2 h4 41. Nb3 (41.
Nc2 $2 {Stohl} h3+ 42. Kxh3 Bxc2 $19) 41... Bxb3 42. axb3 a5 $19 43. Bf1 (43.
Bxe4 {Stohl} dxe4 44. Kxf2 h3 45. Kg3 e3 $19) 43... Ke7 44. Bd3 (44. Kf3 $2 h3
$1 45. Bxh3 Ng5+ 46. Kg3 Nxh3) (44. b4 a4 45. Bd3 Nd2 46. Kxf2 Nc4 47. Kf3 (47.
Bxc4 dxc4 48. Kf3 c3) 47... Nxb2 48. Kg4 a3 49. Bb1 Nd3 50. Kxh4 Nxb4 $19)
44... Kd7 45. Bb5+ Kc7 46. Bf1 (46. Kf3 h3) 46... Kc6 47. Bd3 b5 48. Be2 b4 49.
Bf1 (49. Bd3 {Stohl} Nd2 $19) 49... Nd2 50. Kxf2 Nxb3 51. Ke3 a4 (51... a4 {
Stohl} 52. Bd3 $8 h3 53. Kf3 Nxd4+ 54. Kg3 h2 55. Kxh2 Nf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. c3 c5) 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd5 (
11... O-O 12. a3) 12. Ne4 N7f6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Nxf6 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 $5) 14...
Nxf6 15. O-O (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e4 g6) 15... Ne4 (15... g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nd2)
16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qd3 Rc7 19. Qa3 (19. d5 Bxd5 20. Nd4 Bb7) 19...
Qb8 (19... Qc8 $142 20. Rxc7+ (20. b3 Nc3 21. Bc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Ne2+ $15) 20...
Qxc7 21. Ne5 a6 $15 22. Bd3 b5 {<->c}) 20. Ne5 Rhc8 21. Rxc7+ Qxc7 (21... Rxc7
22. Nc4) 22. Nd3 a5 23. Ne5 (23. Rc1 $2 Qxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2 Nxf2 $15)
23... f6 $6 (23... Qc2 24. Bd3 Qd2 25. Nc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Ng3 27. Qb3 (27. Ra1
Ne4 28. Rf1 $11) 27... Nxf1 28. Qxb6 Bxg2 (28... Nxe3 29. Qxb7+ Kf6 30. fxe3
Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qf2+ 33. Qg2) 29. Bxf1 (29. Kxg2 Nxe3+) 29... Bxf1 (
29... Bd5 $11) 30. Kxf1 $11) 24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Nf4 g5 26. Ne2 d5 27. Bd3 Qd6 28.
Qa4 Nd2 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ (29... Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. f3 $13) 30. Nxc1 Ne4 31. Qd1
Kg7 32. a3 Qc7 33. Na2 Nd6 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. Qe2 Be8 36. Qg4 Qe7 37. Qe2 Qc7 38.
Qg4 Qe7 39. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 13th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. c3 Nbd7 (5... Nc6 $5 6. Nbd2 g5 7.
Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O {/\ Bd7, a5, Qe7}) 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 Bg7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qb3 Kh8 $2 (10... a6 11. O-O-O (11. a4 $5) 11... b5 $13) 11.
O-O-O $1 a6 $6 (11... f5 $2 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 $1 hxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. exf5
exf5 16. Rh2 $16 Ndf6 17. Bh4 Qg6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rdh1) (11... Kg8) 12. Bb1
$1 g4 $5 (12... b5 $2 13. e5 $1 {/\Qc2 +-}) (12... e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5 $16
) 13. Bh4 $1 (13. Nh4 Qg5 $13) 13... Qe8 (13... Bf6 $2 14. e5 Bxh4 15. Qc2 f5
16. exf6 Nhxf6 17. Nxh4 $18) 14. Ng1 e5 15. h3 $1 (15. Ne2 c5 $1 $132) 15... g3
$5 (15... gxh3 16. Nxh3) (15... exd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. hxg4 $16) 16. Ne2 (16.
fxg3 exd4 $13) 16... c5 (16... gxf2 17. g4 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Nf3 $16) 17.
Nc4 (17. dxc5 $2 Nxc5 18. Qc2 f5 $36) (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxg3 Be6 19. Qc2 Nf4
$40) (17. Qd5 $5) 17... exd4 18. cxd4 $2 $13 (18. Nxd6 $1 Qe6 (18... Qe5 19.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 $16) 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Nxg3 $16 Nf4 21. Be7 dxc3 $2 22.
Nxc8 Rfxc8 23. Rxd7) 18... cxd4 19. Qf3 (19. Nxd6 Qe5 $1 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qxf7 d3 22. Nc3 Nc5 $1 {/\Be6, Nf4 ->}) 19... f5 $3 20. Nxd4 $2 (20. exf5 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxh5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qg4 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 d3 26. Nc3 Rxc3
$19 27. Rhe1 Rc1+ 28. Kxc1 Qxb2#) (20. Nxd6 $1 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Ne5
23. N2xg3 Nf4 $44) 20... fxe4 $17 21. Qe3 (21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Rf4 $19)
21... d5 22. Nd6 (22. Nd6 Qe5 23. Bxg3 Nf4 24. Nxc8 Raxc8+ 25. Bc2 Nb8 {
/\Nc6 -/+}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hockenheim"]
[Site "Hockenheim"]
[Date "2006.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.05.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 {This variation is supposed to offer
Black a solid position. By preventing the further occupation of the centre by
means of c2-c4, Black aims to reduce White's dynamic potential, characteristic
for the Catalan Opening and the fianchetto system of the Queen's Indian.
However, such an ambitious approach is not without drawbacks. The daring
b5-pawn is undefended and will most likely cause Black a loss of time after an
eventual attack with Qd3 or Nc3. This could eventually lead to an advance in
development for White, offering him tactical resources based on piece activity
alone (and not on a strong centre combined with the powerfull g2-bishop, as
this often happens in the aforementioned openings). Such resources are usually
well-hidden in what could seem to be a boring position and require such an
imaginative player and true artist like Romanishin to be unearthed.} 5. Bg5 ({
Romanischin is responsible for bringing fresh life in the line} 5. O-O c5 6.
Na3 Qb6 {by the unexpected pawn sacrifice} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 {when after} Bxb4
9. Rb1 Nc6 10. c3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Na5 {White certainly has compensation for the
sacrificed pawn, by preventing the enemy king from castling, but possibly not
more than that.} 12. Bb4 (12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 (14... Nc6
$2 15. Qd6 $16 {Romanishin,O (2555)-Stangl,M (2475)/Altensteig 1992/CBM 031/
[Dautov]}) 15. cxd4 a6 16. Rfc1 Nc6 {Schüssler}) 12... Nc4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14.
Nxc4 bxc4 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. e4 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Qc6 18. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O 
(2543)-Aleksandrov,A (2659)/Calcutta 2004/CBM 103 ext}) 5... c5 {This move
makes part of Black's general plan, but it does not contribute directly to the
development of the king side, which leaves the king in a slightly dangerous
situation.} 6. O-O {Black is at crossroads now. Should he continue with the
development of his king side, or consolidate his spatial advantage on the
other wing?} Na6 {Generally, speaking, the most desirable move. Before moving
with his king's bishop, Black overdefends the c5-pawn, in order to avoid a
loss of time in case of dxc5.} (6... Be7 {offers White chances for maintaining
the initiative after} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nc3 a6 9. e4 {for instance} h6 10. Bxf6
gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. e5) 11. e5 (11. Ne1 $5 {/\Nd3 Mikhalchishin}) 11... f5 12.
Ne2 {[%csl Yf4]} Nc6 13. Nf4 h5 14. h4 Qc7 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. b4 $1 (16. c3 Rdg8
17. Kh2 d6 18. Nd3 Nxe5 19. Nfxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 dxe5 21. a4 Bd6 22. axb5 axb5
23. Rfd1 Qb7+ 24. Kh2 e4 25. Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O (2560)-Miles,A (2560)/
Riga 1979/IZT}) 16... Nd4 (16... Nxb4 17. c4 $36) 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7
19. c3 $1 Bxe5 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. a4 $40 {Mikhalchishin}) ({Another way of
consolidating the queen side consists of} 6... Qb6 {but this move looks quite
risky. Developing the queen at a stage when several other pieces find
themselves on their initial squares means just exposing both Their Majesties 
(Q + K). Besides, the relative weakness of the f6-square could tell. There is
little wonder that White disposes over several tactical resources:} 7. Bxf6 ({
One of the last tournament games played by the Wizard from Riga continued with
} 7. a4 a6 8. Nc3 Ne4 {Black obviously dislikes the exchange on f6, but this
knight jump allows White increase his advance in development.} 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10.
axb5 Qxb5 11. Qd2 f6 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. c4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16.
Qxe5+ Be7 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Nf5 Qb4 19. Kxg2 Nc6 20. Qxg7 O-O-O 21. Rxa6 Qb7 22.
Rfa1 Nb4+ 23. Kg1 Nxa6 24. Qxe7 $18 {Tal,M (2525)-Lautier,J (2580)/Barcelona
1992/CBM 030}) 7... gxf6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 {White's advantage
of development is significant, but the compact mass of central pawns is
supposed to keep the black king out of trouble. For the time being, the
critical issue is to defend the b5-pawn in optimal way.} a6 (10... b4 $6 {
allows White open the queen side after} 11. Na4 Qa6 12. c3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Be7 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6+ 15. Kg1 {when the relative weakness of the d7-pawn and the exposed
position of the queen make themselves felt by preventing the king from
catsling soon.} b3 $6 {Black intends to leave the enemy knight out of play for
a while in order to launch an attack against the opposite wing, but WHite's
solid structure allows him to beat off this premature action.} 16. Qxb3 h5 17.
c4 h4 18. Qf3 $1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qxf3 20. exf3 $16 {Miles,A (2565)-Gallagher,J 
(2295)/Brighton 1984/EXT 99}) 11. e4 Be7 $6 ({"Develop knights and only then
the bishops" is an axioma left by our forefathers and that is still valid in
certain situations.} 11... Nc6 {would have questioned White's stability in the
centre and allowed Black retain a defensible position. In fact, this might be
a critical position for the line starting with 6...Qb6}) 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 $1 {
Played in the best spyrit of the Sicilian Rauzer.} exd5 14. exd5 {Let us try
to understand what are the achievements that justify White's sacrifice. First
of all, the enemy knight (and, subsequently, the queen's rook) are cut off
play for a couple of moves. Secondly, after the elimination of the e-pawn, the
compact central structure has been completely ruined, offering White stability
on light squares and targets for attack. Finally, the opening of the e-file
makes the king feel rather uncomfortable.} Bc5 15. Nf5 Kd8 16. Qh5 $40 {
Dorfman,J (2510)-Salov,V/Ivano Frankovsk 1982/EXT 99}) (6... cxd4 {is a rather
simplistic continuation, allowing White retain a small plus by simple means.}
7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 a6 (8... Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 {transposes to 6...Qb6})
9. Qd3 d6 10. a4 b4 11. c3 bxc3 ({The attempt to win time for the development
by means of} 11... d5 {fails to} 12. Rc1 {. White is not at all forced to
capture on b4 yet.}) 12. Nxc3 Be7 13. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rausis,I (2560)-Baburin,
A (2550)/Skei 1993/CBM 036.  White's decision to agree to a draw looks
slightly premature. His queen side majority ensures him the better chances.})
7. e4 $3 $146 {Quite strangely, this move has never been seen in tournament
practice before. Even such an artist like Mikhail Tal failed to find it when
he reached this position. White temporarily sacrifices a pawn in order to open
the e-file and win time for his development.} ({Tal's game continued with} 7.
Nbd2 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Qe2 {and Black had no special problems to maintain
equality:} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc7 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. Kg1 e5 15.
Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qd3 Rxb2 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. c4 Qa6 20. Rfd1 Rxa2 21.
Rxa2 Qxa2 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2620)-Polugaevsky,L (2615)/Soviet Union 1984/EXT 2000
}) 7... Bxe4 8. Nc3 Bb7 {Black has to return the pawn.} ({In case of} 8... Bc6
{White would obtain powerful attack with} 9. d5 exd5 (9... Bb7 10. Ne5 {
[%csl Gb7][%cal Yd5e6,Ye6f7]} Qc8 11. Nxb5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 f6 14.
Qh5+ $40) 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 $40 {. The black
king cannot find a safe place already.}) 9. Nxb5 Qb6 $6 {This can be
considered a questionable decision already. Black's desire to overdefend the
d6-square is quite understandable but the queen will be rather exposed on b6,
although this is not easy to foresee.} ({True, the intended consolidation of
the centre with} 9... d5 {leaves White with strong initiative very much in the
spirit of the Catalan opening after} 10. c4 $36) ({but Black could have solved
the problem of the d6-square by offering the exchange of the white active
knight with} 9... Nc7 {although White seems to retain the more pleasant
position, for instance} 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. c4 Be7 (11... cxd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Qxd4 $14) 12. d5 O-O 13. Re1 $14) ({In fact, even the simple} 9... Be7 $14 {
would have been preferable, when the early occupation of the d6-square does
not seem to offer White anything concrete yet.}) 10. c4 Be7 $6 {A further
concession, allowing White to consolidate his advantage in the centre.} ({
After the forced} 10... cxd4 {Black would have retained a defensible position.
White's best chance for an advantage would be} 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nfxd4 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Ga6,Ga7][%cal Ya2a3,Yb2b4] followed by the systematical
advance of t¡the queen side majority.}) 11. d5 $16 {[%csl Gb7]} O-O 12. Ne5 {
[%csl Yd7,Ye7][%cal Ge5d7]} Nb8 {Black probably hoped that he would be able to
expell the enemy knights one by one. However, White's activity ensures him
what we could call dynamic stability of his knights. The following sequence of
moves is highly instructive.} (12... Rfd8 $5) 13. a4 $1 a5 (13... a6 14. a5 Qd8
15. d6 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 axb5 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. cxb5 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5]}) 14. b4
$3 {A perfect illustration of Nimzowitsch' theory about the natural tendency
of the unblocked pawns to advance even at the cost of their lives.} d6 (14...
cxb4 15. d6 Bd8 16. c5 Qa6 17. Nc7 Bxc7 18. dxc7 Nc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd7 $16
) (14... axb4 15. a5 Rxa5 16. Rxa5 Qxa5 17. d6 Bxg2 18. dxe7 $18) 15. bxa5 Rxa5
16. Bd2 Rxb5 (16... Ra8 17. a5 Qd8 (17... Qa6 18. Nc7 $18) 18. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 19.
dxe6 $18) 17. axb5 dxe5 18. d6 Bd8 19. Ba5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bxa5 22.
Qa1 Bd8 23. Qxe5 $18 {The tactical sequence is over now and White retains
material and positional advantage. the rest is relatively simple.} Nfd7 24. Qe4
Bf6 25. Qb7 g6 26. Rc1 Bd4 27. Rc2 Ne5 28. h3 g5 29. Kf1 Re8 30. Qc7 Kf8 31.
Ra2 Ned7 32. Ra8 e5 33. Rxb8 Nxb8 34. d7 Nxd7 35. Qxd7 Ra8 36. b6 Ra1+ 37. Ke2
e4 38. b7 Ra2+ 39. Kd1 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:18] Despite some unlucky turns of events
over the championship, I still maintained chances for a medal before the last
round. The only thing I needed was a win against my good friend Vlad. I was
not entirely happy with my play with White after my usual 1.c4 in the previous
rounds so this time I switched to what used to be my favourite opening 35
years ago, an opening I also played for a while around 2010.} c5 {[%emt 0:02:
48]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:24] Known for his excellent
opening preparation, Vlad shows he had done some work in this rare position,
too, even though he probably did not expect it for this game. For reasons
revealed soon, his move order strongly restricts White's choice.} ({The usual
setup is} 4... b6 5. O-O Bb7 {with the following possible plans:} 6. b3 ({
This was what I intended playing, even though} 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 {is considered more active.}) 6... Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 {
Now Black has a choice.} d6 ({After} 8... cxd4 9. exd4 d5 {I planned} 10. Nbd2
Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Qe3 {inspired by some
old games of Smyslov and Keres. In the remote times when this used to be my
main weapon, I scored my first win ever over an IM:} Bg7 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Ndf3
dxc4 18. bxc4 Qa8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. d5 Ba4 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Be5 Rc8 23. Qd4 $16
{Marin,M (2200)-Stefanov,P (2310) Bucuresti 1984 (1-0, 39)}) 9. Nc3 {Unlike in
the main game, White can develop the knight on this active square at no risk,
thus threatening d4-d5.} Nbd7 ({Against} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 {I had the
following game as a model:} 11. Re1 a6 12. h3 Ra7 13. Re3 Qa8 14. Qe2 b5 15.
Re1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Re8 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxe6 Rb8 20. Rxf6+ {
1-0 Jussupow,A (2680)-Teske,H (2500) Germany 1995 CBM 052 [Jussupow,A]}) 10. d5
$1 exd5 ({A few weeks later I faced the passive} 10... e5 $2 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. f4
exf4 13. exf4 Nc7 14. Qc2 g6 15. f5 Ne5 16. Nce4 gxf5 17. Ng3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bf6
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxf5 Rad8 21. Ne4 {1-0 Marin,M (2544)-Sprotte,N (2175) 10th
Porto Mannu Open 2018}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd5 $14
Bf6 {The most principled move, as after the exchange of bishops followed by ...
Nf6, Black would set his centre into motion with ...d6-d5.} 15. Rad1 $3 {
The only way of maintaining White's initiative.} Bxb2 16. Qf5+ g6 17. Qh3+ Kg7
18. Rxd6 f5 19. Rfd1 Rf7 20. Nh4 Bf6 21. Qg3 Bxh4 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Rg7
$146 (23... Ke8 $2 24. Qh8+ Nf8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qe5+ Be7 27. h4 $18 {
Hoffman,A (2435)-Verat,L (2235) Royan 1989 (1-0, 60) and Giorgadze,G-Wians,C 
(2280) Debrecen 1992 (1-0, 39)}) 24. Rg6 (24. Rxd7 Qf6) 24... Bf6 25. Rd6 Kf7
26. Rxg7+ Bxg7 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. Rxd7 Qf6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31. f4 $14
{The material balance is even, but White is very active and the black king is
exposed.}) 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:12]} ({One of the points behind Black's move
order is that the same reaction as against 4...b6, namely} 5. c4 {runs into} d5
{reaching a symmetrical Semi-Tarrasch, with less chances for taking over the
initiative for White.}) 5... Be7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} ({
Once again,} 6. c4 d5 {leads nowhere.}) 6... O-O {[%emt 0:01:50]} 7. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:05:54]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:12:25]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:15]}
9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:53]} ({The reason why I refrained from the most active
development of the knight,} 9. Nc3 {, threatening d4-d5, was that Black can
finally transpose to the 4.e3 Queen's Indian with} cxd4 10. exd4 d5 {As
mentioned above, I wanted my knight on d2 in this structure. The point is that
I was unsure about what to do after} 11. Rc1 Nb4 {as after} 12. Bb1 dxc4 13.
bxc4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15. a3 Na6 16. Qb7 {Black has} Bd6 $17 {, a move
mentioned in some old comments of Keres and played in Wageih,K (2362)-Amin,A 
(2277) Egypt 2012 (½-½, 60) If} 17. Qxa6 $2 Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1
Ng4 $19) ({Quite possibly, the crucial continuation is} 9. d5 {but during the
game I did not feel like starting concrete play in the centre with the
development incomplete.} exd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 ({Actually I was unsure about} 10...
Nxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 {Whte may retain some initiative on account of
Black's king's exposure, but detailed analysis is needed, as Black's b7-bishop
could become dangerous.}) 11. e4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 d6 13. Nbd2 {Claesen,P (2416)
-Grant,J (2208) Mondariz 2000 (½-½, 46) with slightly more active play for
White.}) 9... Qc7 {[%emt 0:14:37] My opponent played this after almost 15
minutes.} ({I was more worried about} 9... Nb4 10. Bb1 {as I felt reluctant to
weaken my queenside with a2-a3, which also loses a tempo over similar known
tabiyas. Black has several plans, but the most principled is} cxd4 11. exd4 d5
{when White needs to ignore the b4-knight for a while.}) 10. Rc1 $1 {[%emt 0:
03:33] After this move I felt confident that I would manage to stay
coordinated, as ...Nb4, Bb1 is not a problem anymore. The only thing I am
discontented about in this phase of the game was my slowness. Of course, the
position is not simple, but I had analysed it in some detail... 35 years ago!
As happens with "hand made analysis" (without the help of engines, which did
not exist in those remote times) one can remember the general plans and
conclusions with certain accuracy even after many years. The main aim of my
old analysis was creating the threat d4-d5 in order to force Black into taking
a decision in the centre.} d6 {[%emt 0:01:28] With the queen on c7 it would
make no sense switching to the hanging pawns Queen's Indian, of course.} 11.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} ({In view
of Black's plan mentioned in the next comment,} 12. Bb1 {planning Rfd1 may be
a more accurate move order. And if} a5 13. Ng5 $5 h6 14. f4 $5 {with some
chances for an attack.}) 12... Rad8 $146 {[%emt 0:05:58]} (12... a5 $5 13. a4 (
13. a3 a4 14. bxa4 Rxa4 15. Nb1 $5) (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $14) 13... Nb4 14.
Bb1 Nd7 15. Ne4 Na2 16. Bxa2 (16. Nxd6 $2 {Dimitrijevic,S (2260)-Popovic,P 
(2102) Belgrade 2005 (½-½, 49)} Nxc1 $19) 16... Bxe4 17. Bb1 {with just some
symbolic advantage for White after the exchanges.}) 13. Bb1 {[%emt 0:09:07]}
Qb8 {[%emt 0:09:01]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:02:25] Continuing the regrouping
analyzsed during my late teenage years.} ({I briefly checked} 14. d5 $6 {
but realised soon that after} exd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kg8
18. Qxd5 Ne5 $19 {White loses the queen.}) 14... cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:55] Black
needs to take measures against d4-d5 already.} ({The main alternative was} 
14... d5 15. cxd5 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. dxc5 $16 Bxc5 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+
Kg6 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. Nxe6 $18) 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bd3 $14 {with unpleasant pressure
in the centre and on the kingside.} ({Pawn grabbing is likely to offer Black
some counterplay after} 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxc5 d4)) 15. exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:05:32] My opponent tries avoiding ...d6-d5 for as
long as possible.} ({But} 15... d5 {was possible, of course.} {I intended to
play} 16. Ne3 {reaching a normal Queen's Indian regrouping with an extra tempo
over the normal lines.} ({WHite's initiative is temporary after} 16. cxd5 Rxd5
(16... exd5 17. Ne5 $14) (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Qc2 $18) 17. Ne3 Rdd8
)) 16. Ne3 {[%emt 0:16:38]} ({I spent more than a quarter of an hour checking} 
16. d5 exd5 17. Ne3 (17. cxd5 Ne5 {is fine for Black, too, as his pieces are
well placed.}) 17... dxc4 {but White's initiative does not seem to offer him
more than approximate equality.}) 16... d5 {[%emt 0:05:39] Finally switching
to the structure Vlad had avoided for such a long time.} ({During the game I
thought he had planned the regrouping} 16... Nb8 {but this is too passive. I
intended to play} 17. d5 exd5 ({I was not entirely sure about the evaluation of
} 17... e5 {but White has a very active plan of putting all his minor pieces
to work:} 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Qe3 Bc8 20. N3h4 $16) 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Qd2 Nbd7 20.
Qg5 Kh8 21. Nh6 Re7 22. Nh4 $16) 17. h3 {[%emt 0:05:10] Once again a move
inspired by the old games of Keres and Smyslov. White has stabilised the
position and does not need to hurry. The last move not only avoids back rank
problems, but prepares Ng4 followed by hxg4 and g4-g5. Psychologically, it is
also an inspired move as Black has to re-think his regrouping now.} (17. h4 $5
g6 (17... Bf8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ne5 $14) 18. Ng5 $36 h6 $2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Ng4 $16) 17... Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:20]} (17... g6 18. c5 $5 {[%cal Gb2h8]}) 18. Ne5
{[%emt 0:05:42]} dxc4 $2 {[%emt 0:07:52] A serious mistake White failed to
take advantage of.} (18... g6 19. N3g4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 Bg7 21. Qd2 $14 dxc4 $2
22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Qf4 $16) 19. Nxc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} ({During the previous
phase I tried finding ways of sacrificing on f7 or e6 after Nf3-g5, but now
when everything was ready for it I answered almost automatically.} 19. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 20. d5 {All I would hace needed would have been the bell ringing
"tactics" as the idea is quite logical. White attacks with all his pieces.}
exd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Qh5+ Ke7 22. Nxd5+ exd5 23. Rxd5 $18) (20... Rxd5 21. Bxf6
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Kxf6 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Qf3+) (20... Kg8 {is the only move
avoiding instant loss, but Black's position remains horrible after} 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. Qxc4 $16) 21. Bxf6 $18) 19... Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20. bxc4 $14 {
[%emt 0:00:05] One of the reasons I did not look deeper was that White's
position remains very pleasant after the game continuation anyway.} Bb7 $6 {
[%emt 0:08:04]} (20... Rd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6f6]} 21. Bc2 $5 Red8 22. Bb3 $14 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 21. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:53]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (21... exd5 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ $18) 22. a4 {[%emt 0:06:32]} ({I rejected} 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23.
hxg4 {on account of} b5 {even though White maintains an edge with} 24. Be4 bxc4
25. Qxc4 $14) 22... g6 {[%emt 0:03:51]} (22... a6 23. Bc3 $16 Ba3 (23... b5 $2
24. Ba5 Rd7 25. Bf5) 24. Qd3 g6 (24... Bxc1 25. Ng4 Ba3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Bd2
Bc5 28. Bh6 $18) 25. Bxe5 Bxc1 26. Bxf6 Bxe3 27. fxe3 $18) 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 24. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 25.
g5 $16 {[%emt 0:00:25] White has finally achieved a dream position, but at
this point in the game I was getting short of time already.} Ba6 {[%emt 0:07:
13]} 26. Bxe5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:23] I spent almost all my remaining time on this
mistake. I simply blundered the quick queen transfer to e7.} (26. a5 $5) (26.
Bd3 $16) 26... Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 28. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rc3 $2 {[%emt 0:04:23]} (30. Qe3 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5
32. Bd3 Rxg5 33. Bf1 $44) (30. Rd4 Qxe5 31. Re4 Qb8 32. Qf3 $11) 30... Qxg5 {
[%emt 0:01:28] Suddenly White has big problems, but my opponent was also in
time trouble by now and the game eventually flowed towards a draw.} 31. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:01:59]} ({I noticed just in time that my initially planned} 31. Re3 $2
{loses to} Bxc4) 31... Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 32. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} 33. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 34. a5 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} Qc5 $2 $11 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (34... b5 $5) (34... bxa5 $5) 35. axb6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 37. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 39. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 40. Rca3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (40... Bb7 41. Kf2 f4 42. Be2 Rxa3 43.
Rxa3) 41. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:14:20]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 42. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f4 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 44. Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 45. Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:
21]} (45... h5 46. Rc6+ Kf5 47. d6 g5 48. c5 Kg4 (48... g4 49. Rc8) 49. Kf2
Rd2+ 50. Ke1 $11) 46. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. d6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 48. d7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 49. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 {There were good old times when Vladik used to play King's
fianchetto systems, yielding me many wins in our direct encounters. But
recently he has switched to more solid systems which makes things more
double-edged.} 2. g3 b5 {Frankly, I did not expect this, but I did not mind it
either, as I had some sweet memories in this opening.} 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 Nf6 5.
O-O c5 6. Na3 Qb6 {The most principled way of defending the pawn.} (6... a6 {
avoids the game complications but wastes a developing tempo and takes the
a6-square away from the knight. This justifies White's reaction.} 7. c4 b4 8.
Nc2 cxd4 9. Nfxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7 11. Qd3 {Black is in no real danger but
WHite's position is more pleasant.} Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 13. Qf3 (13. f3 Be7 14.
Bd2 Rb8 15. e4 O-O 16. Nd4 $14 {(0-1, 49) Maiwald,J (2495)-Georgiev,K (2645)
Germany 1997}) 13... Qxf3+ 14. Kxf3 Rc8 15. b3 d5 16. Ne3 Bc5 17. cxd5 Bd4 18.
Rb1 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Nxd5 20. Rbc1 $14 {(1-0, 38) Maghsoodloo,P (2572)-Vetoshko,V
(2534) Yerevan 2018}) ({More than 20 years ago I faced} 6... b4 {in a game
which was later awarded the second beauty prize of the Olympiad:} 7. Nc4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 d5 9. Nce5 Ne4 10. c4 bxc3 $2 11. bxc3 f6 12. Rb1 $1 $36 {Marin,M 
(2530)-Aleksandrov,A (2550) Yerevan 1996 CBM 055 [Makarichev,S] (1-0, 40)}) 7.
dxc5 {Although I had not faced this system for a long time and I actually
never had the current position on my board, I vaguely remembered that the plan
initiated by the last move, originated from Romanischin, offers White chances
for the initiative.} (7. c4 {is less effective now.} b4 8. Nc2 Na6 {Black not
only has his queen more active than in the similar line above, but his knight
can immediately take c5 under control.} 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne3 cxd4 12.
Bxd4 Nc5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qc7 15. Nd3 a5 $2 {There is no reason to allow
the spoiling of his kingside structure.} (15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a5 $11) 16. Nxc5
Bxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e4 Qe5 19. Qf3 a4 20. Rad1 axb3 21. axb3 d6 22. Nf4 f5
23. Nh5 Ra2 {½-½ Burmakin,V (2584)-Jobava,B (2708) Sochi 2014 Actually White
had every reason to keep playing:} 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rd5 Rb2 {
This was probably what annoyed him, especially against a very strong opponent.
But White's kingside initiative seems to be more important than the b-pawn.}
27. Rxf5 Rxb3 28. Re1 Rd3 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nd7 {Black faces a choice between
giving up the exchange or losing the f-pawn after Re7, with a very strong
white attack.}) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 {This was how I was prepared to play about a
quarter of a century ago and I saw no reasons for not trying it now. My choice
seemed right, as Vladik thought for 25 minutes before taking the pawn and his
body and face language did not express happiness at all. But much to his
praise, he kept the control in this phase rather well.} Bxb4 ({I was hoping he
would reject the sacrifice with} 8... Be7 {when I calculated} 9. Be3 Qa6 10.
Nxb5 Qxb5 11. Nd4 Qxb4 12. Rb1 {Only later did I find out that there had been
a game. I probably had seen it long time ago, and now just remembered the line
without realising it.} Bxg2 13. Rxb4 Bxf1 14. Rc4 $1 {This maintains White's
material advantage.} O-O (14... Bh3 15. Rc8+ Bd8 16. Qb1 $18) 15. Kxf1 $18 {
Rashkovsky,N (2530)-Farago,I (2510) Forli 1992 (1-0, 31)}) 9. Rb1 Na6 $5 $146 {
Even though it later appeared that this was a novelty, it was the move that
preocupied me most. Black keeps the light-suared bishop'sdiagonal open and is
ready to interfere with the a3-f8 diagonal with the knight if forced to take
on a3. In previous games Black experienced problems castling but it is not
clear whether White had more than just reasonable compensation.} (9... Nc6 10.
c3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Na5 12. Bb4 (12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Qd4 Nc6 15. Qd6 $44
{Romanishin,O (2555)-Stangl,M (2475) Altensteig 1992 CBM 031 [Dautov,R] (1-0,
22)}) 12... Nc4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. e4 Nxb4 17. Rxb4
Qc6 18. Qd4 {½-½ Romanishin,O (2543)-Aleksandrov,A (2659) Kolkata 2004}) (
9... Bxa3 $6 10. Bxa3 a5 {Eriksson,J (2401)-Hillarp Persson,T (2547) Vasteras
2011 (0-1, 44)} 11. c3 $36) 10. Be3 {I spent 18 minutes on this move, but
failed to understand all the subtleties.} (10. Nxb5 {is a worthy alternative.
The queen is exposed on b6, so it makes sense to delay or simply refrain from
Be3.} O-O (10... Qxb5 11. a3 O-O {transposes.}) 11. a3 Qxb5 (11... Bc5 12. Bf4
{[%cal Gb5d6]} Qa5 13. Be5 $36) (11... Be7 12. Bf4 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6]} Qa5 13.
Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Bc6 15. Qd4 $14) 12. axb4 Rfc8 13. Qd3 {Despite his control
over the c-file Black has some problems. His a6-knight is passive and the dark
squares are vulnerable.} Qa4 $5 (13... Qxd3 14. cxd3 $14) 14. Bb2 {Keeping
Black under pressure on both wings.} (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Qxc2 (14... Be4 15. Qd2
Qxc2 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qa5) 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e4 Rab8 18. Qe3 $36 {
[%csl Ga6,Gg8]}) ({As mentioned above,} 10. c3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Nc5 {is
relatively safe for Black.}) 10... Qa5 11. Nxb5 O-O 12. c3 $6 {Another long
thought (19 minutes) resulted in a sub-optimal move.} ({I cannot remember why
I rejected the more active and stronger} 12. c4 Be7 ({Could I have missed that
} 12... Qxa2 $2 {runs into} 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $18 {winning material in
view of the threat Ra1?!}) (12... Bc5 13. Bd4 Be4 14. Bxf6 $14 Bxb1 $2 15. Bc3
$18) 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bf4 $14) 12... Bc5 13. Bd4 Be4 {With the c3-square
unavailable for the intermediate Bc3 (see the line above) this is entirely
playable.} ({But} 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Be4 $11 {also looks fine for Black.}) 14.
Rb2 Rab8 15. a4 Bxd4 {A good practical decision.} ({If} 15... Rfc8 16. Be5 $5 (
{More accurate than} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 {when Black can consider} Bg6) 16...
Rb7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 {with some chances to exploit the
kingside weaknesses.}) 16. Qxd4 ({If} 16. cxd4 Nc7 {the pin is unpleasant.})
16... Nc7 17. c4 a6 18. Nd6 {White has achieved some activity, making the
structural problems irrelevant. Black has to be careful already.} ({I briefly
considered} 18. Qa7 $2 {until noticing that} Rb7 {wins.}) 18... e5 {This came
as a complete surprise. The idea is interesting but the move order imperfect.}
({Black should have started with} 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 ({If} 19. exf3 {Black
does not need to weaken his centre anymore:} Rxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxa4 21. f4 {
White threatens to win the queen with Ra1 and will most likely retrieve the
a-pawn. But Black's structure is very compact so the game would probably end
in a draw.}) 19... e5 {transposing to a line below.} (19... Qxa4 $2 20. Rxb8
Rxb8 21. Qa7 $18)) 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxf3 21. exf3 $5 {A quick decision,
after less than three minutes. White clears the e-file for attacking e5.} (21.
Bxf3 {seems to lead to just equality after} Rb4 22. a5 Ra4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Rxc4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Kf8 $11) 21... Rb4 22. Re1 Rxa4
23. Rxe5 Ra1+ 24. Bf1 a5 25. f4 {White's dominating pieces at least compensate
for the dangerous passed pawn.} Rb8 $6 (25... Ra8 {offers better chances for
equal chances in a complicated position.} 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. f5 Nd8 28. c5 Nc6 29.
Re3 a4 30. Bc4 a3 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bc4 a2 33. Kh3 $1 {White has won a pawn
and avoided the immediate threats, but the position is unusual and anything
but clear.}) 26. Kg2 a4 ({The same idea as above actually offers White an
additional tempo:} 26... Ne6 27. Rb5 Ra8 (27... Rxb5 28. cxb5 $16 {[%cal Gb5b7]
}) 28. Be2 $14 {[%cal Ge2f3]}) 27. Ra5 Nce8 28. c5 $2 {A curious reaction.} ({
I do not understand why I didn't play} 28. Nb5 {instantly, as I had considered
27.Nb5 on the previous move, when circumstances were less favourable.} g6 (
28... Ne4 29. Rxd7 Ra2 30. Kg1 Nxf2 31. Rda7 $16) 29. Ra7 h5 30. Be2 $14) (28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29. c5 $14 {is also fine.} Rc1 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 {
[%cal Gc2a4]} a3 33. Rxa3 $1) 28... Nxd6 29. cxd6 $6 {Playing for a space
advantage by inertia. After the last move it is White who needs to be careful.}
(29. Rxd6 Rc1 $11) 29... g6 30. Rd4 a3 {By this moment I was in time trouble
already.} 31. Rd3 $2 ({Missing the last chance to keep approximate equality
with} 31. Rda4 $11) 31... a2 32. Rda3 Rb2 33. Bc4 Ne4 (33... Ng4 $17) 34. Rxa2
Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxa5 36. Rb2 ({In time trouble I decided to refrain from
radical measures, but later I started regretting that I did not play} 36. Ra2
Rxa2+ 37. Bxa2 Nxd6 38. Kf3 {when the bishop's pressure on the kingside seems
to more or less ensure a draw.}) 36... Nxd6 37. Be2 Kf8 38. Bg4 Ke7 39. Re2+
Kd8 40. Rd2 Ra6 {The time trouble is over, but Black has managed to
consolidate. It will soon be clear that the rooks' presence on board offers
Black more realistic attacking chances than White's counterplay.} 41. Be2 Rb6
42. Bd3 f5 43. h3 {I was probably right when thinking that passive defence
would not help. Black mainly needs to get to such a setup: knight on e4 and
pawn on d5, with the king somewhere near. But my attempts at counterplay only
shortened the game.} Rb4 44. Be2 Ne4 45. Rc2 d5 46. g4 Kd7 47. Ra2 Kd6 48. Ra7
{At this moment I had some hopes, but Vladik will play with accuracy until the
end.} Rb2 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Re3 52. Ba6 {I did not see any
other good square.} fxg4 ({Avoiding the trick} 52... Ra3 53. gxf5 gxf5 54. Rxh7
{with equal pawns already and reasonable saving chances despite poor
coordination.}) 53. Rxh7 Ra3 (53... g3+ $5 54. Kg2 d4 {[%cal Gd4d3,Ge3e2]}) 54.
Rh6 Kc5 (54... Ra2+ 55. Kg1 g3 56. Rxg6+ Kc5 57. f5 {is less clear, at least
from a practical point of view.}) 55. Rxg6 Rxh3+ 56. Kg2 Rg3+ 57. Kh2 Ra3 58.
f5 (58. Bc8 g3+ 59. Kg1 Ra1+ 60. Kg2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Kd4 $19) 58... Nd6 59. Bf1
Ra2+ 60. Kg1 Nxf5 61. Rxg4 Ra1 $1 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 {Well, there is no such perfect move
order in chess. White has avoided the Queen's Indian with ...Ba6 and the
Catalan with an early ...dxc4, but Black deviates now radically from the long
main lines of the Catalan. Just a couple of hours later, I had the occasion to
see the following opening in our national championship: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.
Nbd2!? d5 4.b4 and White soon obtained a promissing position in Nanu - Grigore.
I had not the occasion to ask nanu whether he was inspired by Carlsen's play
or if it was a mere coincidence.} 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nb3 a5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nc1 Bd6
9. Nd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Be3 b4 12. Re1 Ba6 {White has regrouped his pieces
harmoniously, but his central pawns are too passively placed. Black has no
problems.} 13. Nfe5 Ne7 14. f3 Nf5 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. c3 Ne7 17. Qd2 bxc3 18. bxc3
Rc8 19. Bg5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd7 21. e4 c5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 h6
25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Rc4 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Bh3 Rc4 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Rab1 Nf6 31.
Rb5 Nc6 32. Rc5 Qb6 33. Rec1 g5 34. Ne2 Ne5 35. Qc3 Nc4 36. Kh1 Nd7 37. Rxc8
Rxc8 38. Qd3 Nf6 39. Nc3 Qb2 40. Rc2 Qa1 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Nxd1 Re8 43. Kg2 Ne3+
44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Bb5 h5 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Rb2 h4 49. Kf2 hxg3+ 50.
hxg3 g4 51. Be2 gxf3 52. Bxf3 a4 53. Rb5 Rxa2+ 54. Ke3 a3 55. Ra5 Ra1 56. Kd2
a2 57. Kc2 Rf1 58. Bd1 Ne4 59. g4 Nf2 60. Rxa2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Berga op"]
[Site "Berga"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 (4... Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7.
O-O Qd8 8. c4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 O-O 11. e4 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14.
b4) 5. O-O Qc7 6. Nxd4 a6 7. b3 d5 8. c4 $1 dxc4 9. Qc2 Bd6 $6 (9... Nbd7) 10.
Qxc4 Qxc4 11. bxc4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. N2b3 Nfd7 14. Rd1 Be7 (14... Ke7 15.
Ba3 Rd8 (15... Nxb3 16. Nc6+ bxc6 17. Bxd6+ Ke8 18. axb3 $16) 16. Nf3) 15. Be3
O-O 16. Rab1 (16. a4) 16... Na4 17. Rd2 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxd7
Be4) 17... Bb4 18. Rc2 e5 19. Nc6 $1 bxc6 (19... Nc3 20. Rxc3 (20. Nxb4 $5 Nxb1
21. Bc1) 20... Bxc3 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nd5 Bd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Nf6 25.
Nxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. c5 Re8 28. e3) 20. Bxc6 Nf6 $6 (20... Ndb6 $1 21.
Bxb6 (21. c5 $4 Bf5) 21... Nxb6 22. c5 Rb8 (22... Bf5 23. e4 Rac8 24. cxb6 Rxc6
25. Rxc6 Bxe4 26. Rbc1 $18) 23. cxb6 Rxb6 24. Bd5 $1 Bh3 (24... Bf5 $6 25. e4
Bh3 26. Nd2 Ba5 27. Rxb6 Bxb6 28. Nf3 $16) 25. Nd2 Rd6 26. e4 Rxd5 27. exd5 Bf5
28. Rxb4 Bxc2 29. Nc4) (20... Rb8 21. Bxa4 Nb6 22. Bxb6 Bf5 23. Bc7 Bxc2 24.
Rc1 Rbc8 25. Bxe5) 21. Nc1 Bf5 22. Nd3 Bc5 (22... Nc3 23. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2
Bxd3 25. Rd2 Rac8 {por} 26. Bb7 Rcd8 27. Bb6 Rd7 (27... Rb8 28. Bc7 Rxb7 29.
Rxb7 Bxc4 30. Bxe5) 28. Bc6 Rd6 29. Bc5 Rxc6 30. Bxf8 Bxc4 31. Rb8) 23. Bxa4
Bxe3 24. fxe3 Ng4 25. Rc3 Nxe3 26. Re1 Ng4 27. e4 Bc8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Bc6 Rb8
30. g4 h5 $1 31. g5 Nd7 32. c5 Re8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Re7 35. Bd5 Nf8 36.
Kg2 Ne6 37. h4 f6 38. c6 Kh7 39. Rf1 $6 (39. gxf6 gxf6) 39... fxg5 40. hxg5
Nxg5 41. Rf8 Bg4 42. Nf2 (42. Ra8 Bf3+ 43. Kh2 Bxe4 44. Bxe4+ Nxe4 45. Rxa6 (
45. Nxe5 Rxe5 46. c7 Nd6 47. Rxa6 Rc5) 45... Nc3 46. Rb6 e4 47. Rb7 Re8 48. c7
exd3 49. Rb8 d2 50. Rxe8 d1=Q) 42... Ne6 43. Rb8 (43. Ra8 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Be2)
43... Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Be6 (44... Be2 45. Rb7 (45. Bg8+ Kh6 (45... Kg6 $4 46. Rb7
Re8 47. Bf7+ $18)) 45... Re8 46. c7 Rc8 47. Bc6 (47. Nh3 Nxh3 48. Be6 (48. Kxh3
Bg4+) 48... Rxc7 49. Rxc7 Nf4 50. Bf5+ Kh6 51. Rc5 g5 52. Rxe5 h4+ 53. Kh2 g4)
47... Bb5 48. Bxb5 axb5 49. Rxb5 Rxc7 50. Rxe5) 45. Bxe6 Nxe6 46. Nd3 Nd4 47.
Nxe5 (47. Nb4 $4 a5 $1 48. Nd5 (48. Rb7 Nxc6 $3) 48... Nxc6) 47... Nxc6 (47...
g5 48. Rd8 Ne6 (48... Rxe5 $6 49. Rxd4 Re8 50. c7 Rc8 51. Rc4 Kg6 52. Rc6+ Kf7
53. e5 Ke7 54. e6 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ke7 56. Ke4 h4 $11) 49. Rd7 Rxd7 50. Nxd7 (50.
cxd7 Nd8) 50... Kg7 51. Nb6 Kf7 52. Nd5 Ke8) (47... Rxe5 48. c7 Rg5+ 49. Kf2 (
49. Kh2 $4 Nf3+ 50. Kh3 h4 51. Rh8+ Kxh8 52. c8=Q+ Kh7) (49. Kh3 Nf3 50. c8=Q
Ng1+ 51. Kh2 Nf3+ 52. Kh3 Ng1+ $11) 49... Rc5 50. c8=Q Rxc8 51. Rxc8 Nxb3) 48.
Nxc6 Rxe4 49. Rb6 g5 50. Rxa6 (50. b4 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. Na5 h4 53. Rxa6 g4
54. Re6 g3+ 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 h3 57. Re1 Rg2+ 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Rg2+)
50... Re3+ 51. Kf2 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD/Meins"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nc6 $6 {Wurde von
Henrik in der post-mortem-Analyse kritisiert. Wahrscheinlich ist es besser,
sich die Marschroute für den Springer noch weiter offen zu lassen.} (6... cxd4
7. cxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 a6 (8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Qb6 (9... d6 10. Qb3 a6 11. a4 Bc6 12.
axb5 Bxb5 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 d5 16. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Jirovsky,
M-Navara,D/Karlovy Vary 2004/CBM 100}) 10. a4 Rc8 11. axb5 Qxb5 12. Qb3 Qxb3
13. Nxb3 $14) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd3 d5 $14 {ECO (A2)}) 7. Bg5 Qb6 $6 {Um e2-e4 zu
unterbinden, allerdings führt der Textzug auch zu einer merklichen Schwächung
der schwarzen Bauernstruktur.} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 {Hauptsächlich dafür gedacht,
Nbd2 vorzubereiten und erst später zu entscheiden, "wo das Spiel gemacht"
werden soll.} d5 10. Nbd2 f5 {Weil e4 nicht mehr möglich ist, hielt ich nun a4
für die natürlichste Fortsetzung.} 11. a4 a6 $6 {Besser war b4.} 12. axb5 axb5
13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Qh5 Ne5 {Der schwarze Doppelbauer
beginnt, sich peinlich für den Schutz des Königs bemerkbar zu machen.} 17. N2f3
f6 ({Nach dieser Lockerung bricht die schwarze Stellung allmählich auseinander.
Allerdings erscheint} 17... Nxf3+ {ebenfalls unzureichend:} 18. Nxf3 f6 19. b4
Bd6 20. Nd4 Be5 21. Ra1 Bb7 22. Ra5 Bxd4 23. cxd4 {Plan Bf1-d3+/-}) 18. Nxe5
fxe5 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Qh6 ({Zuerst} 20. Qg5+ {gewann sofort einen Bauern:} Qg7 (
20... Kh8 21. Qh6 Re8 22. Qf6+ Qg7 23. Qxe5) 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxe5) 20... Re8
21. Qg5+ Kf7 (21... Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nxe5 Bd6 24. Nf3 e5 (24... Kf6 25.
Ra1 Bb7 26. Nd4 b4 27. c4 $18) 25. Ra1 {Plan Ra6 bzw. Ra7+-} ({oder} 25. Rd1 {
Plan Nh4+-})) 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Ng5 {Der Beginn der Schlußoffensive über beide
Flügel.} Qg7 ({Oder z.B.} 23... Qd7 24. b4 Bb6 (24... Bd6 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. Ra7)
25. Ra1 (25. g4) 25... Bb7 26. Bf1 Re7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qf6 Bc6 (28... Bd8 29.
Ra7 d4 (29... Re8 30. Bxb5 $18) 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Nxe6 $18) (28... Re8 29. Bxb5
Qe7 30. Qh6 $18) 29. Bxb5 $1 Bxb5 30. Nf7 h5 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Nh6 Rg7 33. Ra8+
Bd8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qxg7 $18) 24. Ra1 Bb7 (24... Bc6 $2 25. b4
$18) 25. Bf1 b4 {(?)} (25... Re7 26. Bxb5 h6 27. Nf3 $16 {/+-, z.B.} Kg8 28.
Ba6 Bc6 29. Bc8 Be8 30. Qh4 Bd7 31. Ra5 Bxc8 32. Rxc5 {usw.}) 26. Bb5 Re7 27.
Bd7 $18 Qf6 28. Nxh7+ Rxh7 29. Qxh7 f4 30. exf4 exf4 31. Qh4 Qxh4 (31... Bxf2+
32. Kxf2 fxg3+ {+ ist wegen} 33. Kxg3 {freilich nur ein Schreckschuß.}) 32.
gxh4 Ke7 33. Ra5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Bd6 35. Ra7 Kxd7 36. Rxb7+ Kc6 37. Rf7 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT"]
[Site "Slovenia"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guid, Matej"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.05.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Milan Vidmar"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 ({For a long time I believed that here the
most direct way is Murray Chandler's recipe} 4. Qd3 Ba6 5. e4 b4 6. Qe3) 4...
d5 ({The old way is good too, but nowadays players prefer to stop their
opponent's play in the centre radically.} 4... Bb7) 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Ne5 {
A very interesting try, but other moves are equally logical and solid.} c5 ({
It is quite possible to continue with development:} 6... Bb7 7. c4 bxc4 8. Nxc4
c6 9. Ncd2 Qb6 10. Qb3 c5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. b4 Ncd7
15. a3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. h3 Rc7 {with an endgame advantage for
Black in Van de Mortel,J (2401)-Naiditsch,A (2586)/Belgium BEL 2002.}) 7. c3 (
7. a4 {was possible:} b4 8. c4 bxc3 9. Nxc3 Ba6) 7... Bb7 (7... Nxe5 {looks
very risky:} 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e4 Nxe5 10. exd5) 8. Bg5 Be7 ({Once more} 8... Nxe5
{looks a bit risky:} 9. dxe5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. e4 O-O-O) ({
But it was possible to avoid this pin:} 8... Qc7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7) 9. Bxf6 $5 {
Lately this bishop exchange has became popular, but I dont think that it can
pose Black problems.} gxf6 $6 ({Risky strategy, much more normal would be} 9...
Bxf6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. b4 a5) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nd2 O-O $2 ({
Black would achieve very comfortable play after} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13.
Rc1 Rfc8 14. Nb3 Rc4) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 $1 dxe4 ({I planned} 13... Rad8 14.
Nb3 Bb6 ({a very unpleasant position appears after} 14... Qe7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16.
Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. e5) 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rfd1 {but this
position was completely unpleasant for me.}) 14. Nxe4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 (15. Nxf6+
{did not work:} Kg7 16. Rfxd1 Bxg2 17. Nd7 Bf3 18. Rd3 Be2 19. Rd2 Rfd8) 15...
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rad8 17. a3 $1 {Good move, preventing b5-b4; now Black has to
react very precisely in this opposite coloured bishop ending.} a5 18. Bc6 b4
19. cxb4 axb4 20. a4 Bb6 (20... Bd4 {was the other alternative.}) 21. Bd7 Rb8
22. Rd2 ({After} 22. Rd6 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Kf8 {Black would slowly equalise.})
22... Rfd8 23. Rfd1 e5 $5 {A risky move, but to place the bishop on d4 poses
some threat to White.} 24. Kf1 (24. b3 {would be better}) 24... Bd4 25. Bf5 b3
$1 {Now White has to think about the weakness of pawn on b2.} 26. Bd3 Rdc8 (
26... Rd5 {would be more precise.}) 27. Ke2 $2 (27. a5 {was required.}) 27...
Rc5 28. Bb5 Rbc8 29. Kd3 $2 ({It was better to control the c2-square.} 29. Bd3)
29... Rc2 $17 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Rd2 $2 ({The last chance to save the game was
to play with a pawn down:} 31. a5 Rxb2 32. Ba4 Ra2 33. Bxb3 Rxa5 34. f4) 31...
e4+ $1 32. Kxd4 (32. Ke2 {lost on the spot:} Bxb2 33. Bc4 Bc3) 32... Rxd2+ 33.
Kc3 Rxf2 34. a5 e3 $1 35. Kxb3 ({Or} 35. a6 e2 36. Kd2 e1=Q+ 37. Kxe1 Rxb2 38.
Bc4 Ra2 {winning.}) 35... Rf5 $1 {The simplest way to win.} 36. Bc4 Rxa5 37.
Kc3 Re5 38. Be2 Rd5 39. Bd3 Kf8 40. Kc4 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 {A very popular setup recently - the
main idea is to avoid Catalan positions.} 5. O-O Nbd7 ({Some players have
tried the immediate} 5... c5) 6. b3 Bb7 ({Interesting alternatives here are} 
6... c5 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Qb3 c4 12. Qxb6
axb6 13. Rc1 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Rxc4 N7b6 16. Rc1 Nxa4 17. Nbd2 Ra6 18. Nc4 Be7 {
Kozhuharov,S (2406)-Dobrev,N (2352)/Teteven 2009, with a very good endgame.}) (
6... Ba6 7. Nbd2 (7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. e4 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Nd2 h5 14. Qe2 Rc8 $15 {Fressinet,L (2717)-Morozevich,A (2731)/
Dubai 2014}) 7... c5 8. c4 Rc8 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd5 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxd4
Ned7 13. e4 Bc5 14. Bb2 b4 {Ernst,S (2554)-Bartel,M (2635)/Germany 2013, abd
Black has a slight advantage.}) 7. c4 (7. Qd3 b4 8. Qb5 Qc8 9. c4 a5 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Ne5 c6 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rc1 Qe8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. Qc2 Rfe8 {Howell,D (2620)-Lalith,B (2529)/Leiden 2012, Black faces no real
problems.}) 7... bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Qa4 ({A much more testing move here is} 
9. Na3 c3 (9... Bd5 $5 10. Qa4 c5 ({Two options were very promising here} 10...
Rb8 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nxc4 O-O $132) (10... c6 11. Ne5 Nb6) 11. Nxc4 cxd4 $2 (
11... Be7 12. Nce5 O-O 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 $14) 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 (
12... Bc5 13. Nc6 Qc8 14. Bf4 (14. Be3) 14... O-O 15. Nd6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Bxc6
17. Bxc6 e5 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Nb7 exf4 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. gxf4 $14) 13. Kxg2 Bc5
14. Nc6 Nb6 15. Nxd8+ Nxa4 16. Nb7 {Riazantsev,A (2594)-Zhigalko,S (2496)/
Cappelle la Grande 2006, with a clearly better endgame.}) 10. Nb5 Bb4 11. Qb3
a5 12. Nxc3 c5 13. a3 c4 14. Qb2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18.
Rab1 {Huebner,R (2604)-Kramnik,V (2777)/Brissago 2004 and White keeps soe
slight pressure.}) 9... Bd6 (9... c5 {seems preferable:} 10. Ba3 (10. Rd1 {
Mikhalchishin} Nd5 11. Qxc4 Rc8 {as Leko played}) 10... Rc8 11. Qxc4 Qa5 12.
Qb3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qd3 e5 16. e3 Nc5 {Weiss,C (2389)
-Naiditsch,A (2576)/Deizisau 2004, with a very unbalanced position.}) (9... Be7
10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Nc6 Nxc5 14. Qxc4 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. Kg1 Qb7 18. Bxc5 Ne4 {Hammer,J (2695)-Donchenko,A (2588)/
Stockholm 2016, equalising.}) 10. Ne5 ({Or} 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Qd3 c5
13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ng5 Qxg5 16. Bxb7 c4 17. Qc2 Rc7 18. Bg2 Bb4 19.
a3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rfc8 {Korobkov,P (2423)-Shimanov,A (2594)/Moscow 2015, and
Black has solved all his problems.}) 10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13.
Qc6 Nxc4 (13... Be7 {was not bad.}) 14. Qxc4 c5 15. Nd2 cxd4 (15... Rc8 {
was typical and good here.}) 16. Qxd4 Qe7 (16... Be7 {was very good:} 17. Bb2
Qd5+ $6 {a bit premature} ({A better move was} 17... Qa5) 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1
Qb7 20. Qe5 Ne8 21. Bc3 Bf6 ({but it was possible to try the more active} 21...
Qa6) 22. Qe3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 h6 {Feller,S (2573)-Levin,F (2528)/Belgium BEL 2016,
with equality.}) 17. Rb1 Rfd8 (17... Rab8 {was possible}) 18. Ne4 Nxe4 (18...
e5 {was more aggressive} 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qe3 Qe6) 19. Qxe4 Rab8 20. Be3 h6 (
{A better try was} 20... a5) 21. Rfd1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rd7 ({White would have
just a symbolic advantage after} 22... Bc5 23. Rb7 Qd6 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Bxc5
Qxc5 26. a4 a6) 23. a4 ({Black would face some problems with her king after} 
23. Qc6 Rc7 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. Qa8) 23... f5 24. Qc6 Rc7 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Rb8 Qf7
({It was necessary to threaten a queen swap by} 26... Qd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 27.
h4 $1 Kg6 {The black king feels some serious discomfort!} 28. a5 {!} Qd7 29.
Rd8 {!} Qc6+ 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Bxa7 Ra6 32. Bd4 Bb4 33. Rg8 {Now the king has
real problems!} Rxa5 34. Rxg7+ Kh5 35. f3 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Asylguzhin, Radik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 b5 {A rare move,which however
has a logical explanation.Black prevents c4 not allowing to transpose to
Catalan.} 6. a4 ({More often white meets 5...b5 with} 6. Bg5) ({or} 6. Ne5)
6... b4 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 (8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 $5 $11) 9... Nbd7 10.
Qc2 Ba6 11. Re1 c5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 $15 {0-1 Weiland,
G-Bischoff,K/Bad Woerishofen 2000/CBM 75 ext (27)}) 8... c5 (8... O-O $5 9. Ne5
Bb7 10. Qb3 Qc8 {1-0 Haves,R-Schlaugat,M/Germany 1988/GER-chT2 (10)}) 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. e4 Ba6 11. exd5 $6 {Interesting,but probably not sufficient.} (11. Re1
$142) 11... Bxf1 12. Qxf1 exd5 13. Bg5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga1d1]} O-O 14. Rd1 {
[%cal Gc3d5,Gd1d5]} Nbd7 $1 {Best defence.} 15. Nxd5 Qa5 $1 16. Nh4 $5 {
[%csl Rf5] Keeping the pressure.White has been using the fact that 16...N:d5
is dangerous for black and thus brings the knight to f5.} (16. Nxf6+ $5 Nxf6
17. Ne5 (17. Bxf6 gxf6) 17... Rad8 $1 (17... Bxf2+ $143 18. Qxf2 Qxe5 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. b4 $14) 18. Bxf6 Bxf2+ $1 (18... gxf6 19. Nd7 Qxa4 20.
Bh3 $1 $44) 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Ke1 Rde8 $36 (20... Qb4+ 21. Kf2 Qb6+)) 16...
Rab8 $1 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Gb8b2] Cool defence.White still has nothing desisive
on the king side.} (16... Nxd5 $6 17. Rxd5 (17. Bxd5 $6 Rab8) 17... Rae8 {
[%cal Ge8e1]} (17... Nb6 18. Bd2 $1) 18. Be3 $1 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 $36
{[%cal Gh4f5]}) 17. b4 $1 {White finds some chances to liven his initiative,
but unfortunately it's not enough.} Bxb4 18. Bxf6 ({An attempt to win back an
exchange would lead to a position with a pawn down without compensation:} 18.
Bf4 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxa4 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 $17 {,but maybe it was worth a try.})
18... Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd5 Qxa4 21. Nf5 Rfe8 $5 (21... Bc5 $1 {[%csl
Gd4] preventing Rd4 was simplier.}) 22. Rd4 Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After a
number of good defensive moves Black goes wrong and White finally gets
sufficient compensation.} (22... Re1 $4 23. Qxe1 {[%cal Rd4a4]}) ({Much better
was} 22... Qb5 $1 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 23. Nh6+ $8 (23. Qh3 $4 Re1+ 24. Kg2 Qf1+) (
23. Bc4 $4 Qxf5) 23... Kf8 (23... Kg7 $4 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Rg8+ Ke7 26. Qxb5
Rxb5 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bc6+ Ke7 29. Bxb5 $18) (23... Kh8 $2 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25.
Rg4 Rf8 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Rb8 $11) 24. Bc4 $5 Qb6 25. Rd1 (25. Qd3 Bc5
26. Rd7 (26. Qxh7 $2 Qb1+ {[%csl Rd4,Rg1,Rh7]}) (26. Rg4 Qb1+ $19 {[%csl Rd3,
Rg1]}) 26... Rb7) 25... Rbd8 $1 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 {and Black wins.}) 23. Qh3 $11 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh3g4]} Re1+ $2 {This check is probably a decisive error.} ({
Necessary was} 23... Kh8 $1 {and White has nothing better than} 24. Nh6 (24.
Rh4 $4 Qd1+ {[%csl Rd5,Rg1]}) 24... Re7 $1 25. Qh4 (25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Bc5
27. Rf4 Bxf2+ $1 28. Rxf2 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 (29. Rf1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qc6+ 31. Kg1 Qb6+
32. Kh1 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxf7) 29... Qe4+ 30. Rf3 Rb2+ (30... Qe2+
31. Rf2 Qe4+ $11) 31. Kg1 Qxf3 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. Qc5+
Kh6 $8 36. Qf8+ $11) 25... Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qg5 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7 $11 {
with equal endgame.}) 24. Kg2 Bf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black misses a simple
tactical blow.} (24... Kh8 $8 {was much more stubborn:} 25. Nh6 $1 {[%cal
Gh6f7]} ({But not} 25. Rh4 {because of} Rg1+ $1 26. Kxg1 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qxd5+ 28.
Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 25... Rf8 $1 {Only move again.} (25... Re2 {loses to} 26. Nxf7+
Kg8 (26... Kg7 $2 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Ne5+ Kh8 29. Qxf6#) 27. Qg4+ Kf8 (27... Qg6
$2 28. Ne5+) 28. Nd8 $1 Rxf2+ (28... Qg6 29. Qxe2 Rxd8 30. Rg4 Rxd5 31. Rxg6
hxg6 32. Qc4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}) 29. Kg1 Qg6 (29... Qc1+ 30. Kxf2 Be1+ 31.
Kf3 $1 (31. Kg2 Rb2+ 32. Kh3 Qh6+ 33. Qh4 $18) 31... Qc3+ 32. Kg2 Rb2+ 33. Kh1
$18) 30. Ne6+ Ke7 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Kxf2 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge6c5]}) 26.
Nxf7+ $1 {This is much better than 26.R:b4.} (26. Rxb4 {also looks good,but
after} Qd3 $1 {black puts a serious resistance:} (26... Qe2 $2 {[%cal Ge2f1]}
27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qc8+ $1 Kg7 (28... Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxf7 $18) 29. Rg4+
Kh6 30. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gf1] Nice geometry.} Qc2 (30... Rc1 31. Rh4+ Kg7 32.
Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 33. Qf5+ Kg7 34. Bxe2 $18) 31. Qg8 $1 {[%cal Gg4h4]} Re4 32. Bxf7
$18) 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rb8+ ({Now} 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rg4+ Kh6 30. Bc4 {doesn't
work because of} Qd7 {(Compare with 26...Qe2)}) 28... Kg7 29. Qg4+ Kh6 (29...
Qg6 30. Qc8 Ree7 (30... Kh6 31. Bxf7 Qxf7 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qg4+ Kh6 $14) 31.
Qh8+ Kh6 32. Rb4 Re5 33. Rh4+ Rh5 34. Bxf7 Qxf7 35. Re4 $14) 30. Bc4) 26...
Rxf7 27. Bxf7 {[%csl Rh8] Now despite a material equality White has a clear
edge as black king is in a serious danger.} Qc6+ (27... Be7 28. Bc4 $1 {
[%cal Gh3c8]} f5 (28... Re4 29. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Re4]}) 29. Qh6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gd4d8]}) (27... Qc7 28. Bg6 {[%cal Gd4d8]} Qb7+ (28... Qc6+ 29. Re4 {
[%csl Rh7]} Qb7 30. Bxh7 Kg7 31. Bf5 $18) 29. Be4 $1 Rxe4 (29... Qxe4+ 30. Rxe4
Rxe4 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qb7+ $18 {[%csl Rb4,Re4,Rg7]}) 30. Rd7 Qxd7 (30... Rh4+
31. Rxb7 Rxh3 32. Kxh3 $18) 31. Qxd7 {[%csl Rb4,Re4,Rf6]} Be7 $8 (31... a5 32.
Qf5 $18 {[%csl Re4,Rf6]}) 32. Qxa7 {and white has to win despite some
technical difficulties.}) 28. Bd5 {[%csl Rb4,Rc8][%cal Gh3c8,Gd4b4]} Qb5 29.
Qc8+ Re8 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Rh4 {[%csl Rh7]} Rf7 {Now white sacrifices a rook to
show the strength of Q+B.} 32. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh7 33. Qxf6+ Rg7 34.
Qh4+ Rh7 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 (37... Kg5 38. f4+ Kh5 39. Bf3#
) 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf6+ Kh5 40. Bf3#) 25. Bxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 (25... Kh8 {
is not better} 26. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Rh4+ Bh6 28. Rxh6#) 26. Qxh7+ (26. Qxh7+
Ke6 (26... Ke8 27. Qd7#) 27. Qd7+ Ke5 28. Qd5#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 {A rare move,which however has a
logical explanation.Black prevents c4 not allowing to transpose to Catalan.} 5.
O-O Be7 6. a4 ({More often white meets b5 with} 6. Bg5) ({or} 6. Ne5) 6... b4
7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 (8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 $5 $11) 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 Ba6
11. Re1 c5 {with a comfortable advantage for Black 0-1 Weiland,G-Bischoff,K/
Bad Woerishofen 2000/CBM 75 ext (27)}) 8... Nbd7 {A new move in a rare
position. In the previous games black tested three different moves: 8...c5;8...
Nc6 and 8...0-0.} ({Black's alternatives are:} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 Ba6
11. exd5 $6 {Interesting,but probably not sufficient. Fillipov-Asylguzhin,2001
CBM 83 [Mikhalevski,V]} (11. Re1 $142)) (8... O-O $5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qb3 Qc8 {
1-0 Haves,R-Schlaugat,M/Germany 1988/GER-chT2 (10)}) ({and} 8... Nc6 9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. e4 c6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Re1 $13 {1-0
Maherramzade,J-Luther,T/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext (56)}) 9. Bf4 {[%cal Gc3b5]
White develops his bishop and creats a one-move threat Nb5.} c6 {[%cal Gc8a6]
Black leaves the a6-square for his bishop. Otherwise he would play a6.} ({
Another option was to play} 9... a6 {preparing c5.}) ({In case of} 9... Nh5 {
White has an interesting possibility} 10. Ne5 $5 (10. Be3) 10... Bb7 $1 (10...
Nxf4 $4 {loses to} 11. Nc6 {[%csl Rd8]}) ({ALso dubiuos is} 10... Nxe5 $6 11.
Bxe5 f6 12. e4 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} g6 13. exd5 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd5d6,Gd5e6,
Gg3g4]}) 11. Be3 {with some advantage.}) 10. Rc1 ({It was interesting to
prepare attack of the c6-pawn from a4.} 10. a5 $5 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Ba6 11. Qa4
Rc8 12. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc6]}) 10... Ba6 ({Immediate} 10... O-O {with the idea c5
looked better.}) 11. b4 $5 {Shocking move. And that's its main advantage! It
seems that Black is ok after both 11...Nh5 and 11...Bxb4, but probably the
shock was too strong for Krishnan and he allows to his younger opponent to
seize an advantage.} (11. Re1 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 11... Nh5 {Sasikiran avoids
complications.} ({It was possible to accept this sacrifice:} 11... Bxb4 12. Na2
{[%csl Rb4,Rc6]} c5 $1 (12... Be7) 13. Nxb4 ({in case of} 13. Bd6 {Black can
choose between} Qb6 $5 ({and} 13... Ba3 14. Rc3 $140 Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rd6]} 15.
Rxa3 Nxd6)) 13... cxb4 14. Bc7 Qe7 15. Rc6 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc7d6]} Bb7 16.
Bd6 Qd8 17. Rc7 Ne4 $1 {The key-move which allows to equalize.} 18. Rxb7 Nxd6
19. Rxb4 Rc8 $11) 12. Bd2 $1 O-O (12... Bxb4 {would be answered with} 13. Ne5
$1 {[%csl Rc6,Rh5] White attacks the c6-pawn and in case of} Nxe5 ({Or} 13...
Rc8 14. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Re8][%cal Ge5c6,Gd2b4]} cxb5 15. Bxb4 {[%csl Gb4,Re8]
and Black's king is stuck in the centre.}) 14. dxe5 {[%csl Rh5] Black has
problems with the knight on h5.}) 13. b5 ({And again} 13. Ne5 {deserved
serious attention} Nxe5 (13... Bb7 14. Na2 {[%csl Rc6]}) 14. dxe5 {[%csl Rh5]}
g6 15. b5 {[%cal Gd2h6] and White looks better.}) 13... cxb5 14. axb5 Bb7 15.
Na4 $5 {[%cal Ga4c5]} (15. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {[%csl Rh5]} g6 {leads to the
position after 13. Ne5.}) 15... Rc8 $6 {[%csl Gc5] Probably this natural move
is an inaccuracy.} ({Black could ignore the idea of 16.Nc5} 15... Nhf6 $1 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 16. Nc5 (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Qb6 $1 {with a good position for
Black.}) 16. Qb3 $14 {White is better thanks to a space advantage.} Nhf6 17.
Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 {Taking the c-file.} Qa8 19. Bb4 $1 {Good positional
decision. Exchange of dark-squared bishops is in White's favor. The only
problem is that White might have not enough material for a win.} ({In case of} 
19. Nc5 {Black holds with} Rc8 20. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nxd7 22. Ba3 $1 Bf6 $1
$11 {[%cal Ga7a6]}) 19... Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Rc8 ({Black had an interesting
tactical resource} 20... a6 {with the idea} 21. b6 Bc6 {[%csl Rb6]} 22. Nc5 Rb8
{[%csl Rb6] and it seems that Black simply wins a pawn.} {However} 23. b7 $1
Bxb7 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Qe7 $1 Bc6 26. Ng5 $1 {and black starts to experience
problems:} Rf8 27. Nxf7 $5 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]} (27. Nxe6 $5) 27... Re8 (27... Rxf7
$2 28. Qxe6 {is hopeless for Black}) 28. Qd6 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf7g5] and Black
has to defend passively.}) 21. Rxc8+ (21. Nc5 $5 {would keep the pressure.})
21... Qxc8 22. Nc5 a6 $1 {Exchanging queen side pawns Back reaches an equality.
} 23. bxa6 ({Bas is} 23. b6 $2 Nxc5 $1 24. dxc5 ({or} 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5
Nd7 $1 ({but not} 25... Ne4 $2 26. c6 $1 Bxc6 27. Ne5 Ba8 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nc4
$16 {[%cal Gc4a5]})) 24... Ne4 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23... Bxa6 24. Nxa6 Qxa6 $11 {
Black fully equalized.} 25. Bf1 h6 26. e3 Qa2 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 27. Bd3 Ne4 $5 {
Active defense.} 28. Bxe4 (28. Qe1 $11) 28... dxe4 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Qb8+ Kh7
31. Qxe5 f5 ({Also} 31... Qd5 {was enough for equality.}) 32. Kg2 Qe2 {[%csl
Gd1,Gh5][%cal Ge2f3] The simplest. Black is going for perpetual.} 33. Qf4 g5 {
[%csl Gf3]} 34. Qc7+ Kg6 {Black can't stop Qf3 anymore. So draw is inevitable.}
35. Qe7 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+ {Interesting game of two young Indian
talents} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hejazipour, Mitra"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A fine positional display by the hosts' heroine.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5
$5 {This move indicates that Bodnaruk is playing for a win with Black!} 4. Bg5
(4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 {would have been my choice.}) 4... Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7
6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 (7... d5 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 {0-1 (66) Teske,H (2475)
-Lenic,L (2639) Berlin 2015; was probably a better choice since Black would
gain more space in this continuation.}) 8. c3 Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. axb5 axb5 11.
Qb3 c6 12. e4 e5 $6 {This is like a bad version of the Philidor Defence when
White has the upper hand in development.} (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 {would have
led to a harmless solid position for Black.}) 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nhf3 {
I am not sure if it is a good provocative move or simply a loss of two tempi.
I am inclined to believe the latter.} Kg7 $6 {Odd square for the king.} (15...
Rfe8 {[#] would have been my choice with the idea of ...Bf8.}) 16. Rfe1 Nb6 $6
{A decidedly odd square for the knight!} 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Ng5 (18. h4 h5 19.
Ng5 {looks more convincing to me.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Ba6 20. Be3 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qc2 Bb5 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. f4 {White is much better. Hejazipour
converted her advantage with ease.} f6 25. Red1 Ba4 26. Rf1 exd4 27. cxd4 Qa5
28. Qf2 Qb5 29. e5 f5 30. g4 Re8 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. d5 c5 33. Bd2 Qxb2 34. Qg3+
Kf8 35. Bc3 Qb7 36. e6 Nb6 37. Qg5 Qe7 38. Bf6 Qb7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rf3 Bd1 41.
Rxd1 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 b6 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb7 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Kg2 d5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Nxd5 Ng5 21.
Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne7+ Qxe7 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. Bf5 g6 25. h4 gxf5 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27.
Qxh6 Qxh6 28. Rxh6 fxg4 29. Rc6 Rxd4 30. Rc7 Ra4 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. Rc6 Rd4 33.
Rc7 Ra4 34. Rc6 f6 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rb7 f5 37. Rc7 Kg5 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rc7 b5
40. Rb7 a6 41. Rc7 Re4 42. Rc6+ Re6 43. Rc5 Rd6 44. Kf4 Rd4+ 45. Kg3 Kg5 46.
Kg2 Rd2 47. Rc6 a5 48. b3 Rd3 49. Ra6 f4 50. Rxa5 Kh4 51. Ra8 Rxb3 52. a4 $2 (
52. Rh8+ {musste geschehen. Weiß steht allerdings auch danach mit dem Rücken
zur Wand.}) 52... bxa4 53. Rxa4 (53. Rh8+ Kg5 54. Rg8+ Kf5 55. Rf8+ Ke4 56.
Re8+ Kd3 57. Rf8 Rb4 $19) 53... f3+ 54. Kg1 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 Rb2 56. Kg1 Kh3 57.
Ra1 g3 58. Rf1 (58. fxg3 Kxg3 59. Rc1 Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Rh2 61. Kg1 f2+ 62. Kf1 Rh1+
63. Ke2 Rxc1 $19) 58... Rc2 59. fxg3 (59. Ra1 gxf2+ 60. Kf1 Kg3 61. Rb1 Rc8 62.
Ra1 Rh8 63. Ra7 Rh1#) 59... Rg2+ 60. Kh1 f2 {[%cal Gg2h2]} 0-1

[Event "NED-chT playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "2004.05.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. c3 a5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. a4 bxa4 16. dxc5 Rab8 17. Qxa4 Rxb2 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxc5 20. Qxa5 Qc8
21. Re2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 h6 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Qa3 Qb7 25. Qb4 Qe4 26. Qd6 Rc8 27.
Qa6 Rxc3 28. Qa8+ Qxa8 29. Rxa8+ Kh7 30. Ra2 g5 31. h3 h5 32. Kg2 g4 33. hxg4
hxg4 34. Ne2 Rc4 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Nf4 Ne4 37. Ra2 Ng5 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke2 Rc3
40. Nd3 Nf3 41. Ne1 Ng5 42. Ng2 Rb3 43. Ne3 f5 44. Rc2 Kf6 45. Ra2 Nf3 46. Nc4
Rc3 47. Ne3 Ke5 48. Ra6 Rb3 49. Nc2 Rb5 50. Kd3 Ng5 51. Ne3 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+
53. Kf1 Rb1+ 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Rc6 Ng5 56. Ra6 Nf3 57. Ra4 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Nd2+ 59.
Ke1 Kf6 60. Ra6 Ne4 61. Nd5+ Kf7 62. Ra7+ Kg6 63. Ra6 Ng5 64. Nf4+ Kf6 65. Kf1
Rc2 66. Rb6 Ra2 67. Nd5+ Kf7 68. Rb7+ Ke8 69. Nc3 Rc2 70. Nd1 Ne4 71. Rb2 Rc6
72. Ke2 Ke7 73. Ne3 Kf6 74. Rb4 Ng5 75. Rf4 Nh3 76. Rc4 Ra6 77. Rc1 e5 78. Rc8
Ra2+ 79. Rc2 Ng1+ 80. Kd2 Nf3+ 81. Kc3 Ra6 82. Rb2 Nd4 83. Rb6+ {[%mdl 4096]
before going in for such simplifications, one should be sure, since the
drawing potential of the rook cannot be resurrected (rook endings are
extremely drawish). But Hausrath was correct in evaluating the knight ending
as drawn.  vor solchen Abwicklungen sollte man sich absolut sicher sein, denn
das Remispotenzial des Turmes kommt nicht mehr zurück (Turmendspiele sind
recht remisträchtig). Doch Hausrath hat das Springerendspiel zurecht als remis
eingeschätzt.} Rxb6 84. Nd5+ Ke6 85. Nxb6 Nf3 86. Kd3 Ng5 87. Ke3 Nf3 88. Nc4
Kd5 89. Nb6+ Kc5 90. Nd7+ Kc4 91. Nb6+ Kc3 92. Nd5+ Kc2 93. Ne7 Nd4 94. Nd5 $2
{After this move, the flanking by the black king proves successful. danach hat
die Umgehung des schwarzen Königs Erfolg.} ({The counterattack Der Gegenangriff
} 94. Ng6 {would have saved White hätte Weiß gerettet} Nc6 95. f3 gxf3 (95...
Kd1 96. fxg4 fxg4 97. Ke4 Ke2 98. Kd5 $11) 96. Kxf3 Kd3 (96... e4+ 97. Kf4 Kd3
98. Kxf5 e3 99. Nf4+ $11) 97. Nxe5+ Nxe5+ 98. Kf4 $11) 94... Kd1 95. Ne7 (95.
Nf6 Ke1 96. Nh5 (96. Nd7 Nc2+ 97. Kd3 Nb4+ 98. Kc4 Kxf2 99. Nxe5 Kxg3 100. Kxb4
f4 101. Kc3 f3 102. Nc4 f2 103. Nd2 Kg2 $19) 96... Ne2 97. Nf6 Nc3 98. Kd3 Ne4
99. Nd5 Kxf2 $19) 95... Ke1 96. Ng6 (96. Nd5 Nc2+ 97. Kd3 Kxf2 98. Kxc2 Kxg3
99. Kd2 Kf2 100. Nc3 g3 101. Nd1+ Kf3 $19) 96... Nc2+ 97. Kd3 Nb4+ 98. Kc4 Nc6
99. Kd5 (99. Nh4 Kxf2 100. Nxf5 e4 101. Kd5 e3 $19) 99... Kxf2 100. Kxc6 (100.
Ke6 Kxg3 101. Kxf5 Kh3 $19 {[%cal Gg4g1]}) 100... e4 101. Kd5 (101. Ne5 e3 102.
Nd3+ Kxg3 103. Kd5 e2 104. Kd4 f4 105. Kc3 e1=Q+ 106. Nxe1 f3 107. Nc2 f2 108.
Ne3 Kf3 109. Kd3 g3 110. Kd2 g2 $19) 101... e3 102. Kd4 (102. Nf4 e2 103. Nd3+
Ke3 104. Ne1 (104. Kc4 Kd2 $19) 104... Kd2 105. Ng2 e1=Q 106. Nxe1 Kxe1 107.
Ke5 Kf2 $19) 102... e2 103. Nf4 e1=Q 104. Nd3+ Kf1 105. Nxe1 Kxe1 106. Ke3 Kf1
(106... Kf1 107. Kf4 Kg2 108. Kxf5 Kxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. O-O a6 (6... c5 7. c3 Na6
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e3 Rb8 10. a3 Ne4 $10 {Petrosian,T-Portisch,L/Varese(m/4)/1976/}
) 7. Nbd2 O-O (7... c5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. dxc5 Bxb2 $2 (9... Qc7 $10) 10. Rb1 Bf6
11. Nc4 bxc4 12. Rxb7 Qc8 13. Nd2 $16) (7... d6 $5 {Nbd7,c5/}) 8. c4 (8. c3 d6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nef3 $10 {
Alvarez Ibarra,R-Topalov,V/ESP/1991/0:1 (42)}) 8... h6 (8... bxc4 9. Nxc4 $14)
(8... d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 bxc4 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. b3 $14) 11. e5
dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxc4 $14) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 f5
$13) 9... Bxf6 10. Qc2 d6 11. e3 (11. Ng5 $2 hxg5 12. Bxb7 Ra7 13. Bg2 Bxd4)
11... Qc8 12. Rac1 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 $6 (13... Qxc5 14. Ng5 (14. a3 $5 bxc4 $2 (
14... Nd7 15. b4 Qc8 16. Ne4 $16) (14... Rc8 $5 $13) 15. Nxc4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d5
17. b4 $1 $16) 14... hxg5 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bf3 (16. Ne4 Qxc4) 16... bxc4 17.
Nxc4 d5 $10) 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Ra7 (15... Nd7 $5) 16. b3 Rd8 17. h4 $5 Qb7
$2 (17... h5 18. Ne5 $36) (17... Nd7 18. g4 g6 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bg7 21. Bh3
$16) 18. Qxb7 $2 (18. Qc2 Qe7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 b4 22. Rc4
$1 $16) 18... Rxb7 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a5 $2 (21... Kf8 $14)
22. Nd2 Rb4 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Nc4 a4 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. a3 h5 27. Kf1 Ra7 $2 (
27... Nd7 28. f4 $1 $16) (27... Kf8 $16) 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. Bc6 $1 (29. Rb7 Rxb7
30. Bxb7 Bd8) 29... Rc7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. a4 (32. Ke2 $3) 32...
Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rc1 34. Kd3 Bf6 35. Rb3 $18 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rc1 37. Kd3 Rd1+ 38. Kc2
Rf1 39. f4 Rf2+ 40. Kd3 Bd8 41. Rb8 Bf6 42. Rb3 Bd8 43. Ra3 e5 44. Nxe5 Ba5 45.
Nc4 1-0

[Event "San Marino op 2nd"]
[Site "San Marino"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Payen,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SMR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d6 (3... c5) (3... b6) (3... d5) 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. c4 g6
6. Nc3 Bg7 7. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} O-O 8. a4 e5 9. Be2 Re8 10. Ba3 exd4 11. exd4
Nf8 12. O-O h6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Ne1 Bf5 {[%csl Ge4]} 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Nc2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4,Ge6f4]} 19. g3 c5 20. d5 Nd4 (20... Bxa1
21. dxe6 (21. Rxa1 Ng7 22. Bb2 g4 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Ne3 Re5 25. Qd3 Re7 26. Qc3
f5) 21... Bg7 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf8 24. b4 b6 25. f4 g4 26. Qf5+ Qf6 27.
Qxg4) 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Kg2 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Kf3 Bc3 25. Re4 Kg7 26. Rb1
Kg6 27. Bb2 Ba5 28. Rd1 h5 29. h3 Nh6 30. Ke3 g4 31. h4 Rxe4+ 32. Kxe4 f5+ 33.
Kd3 f4 34. b4 Bxb4 35. Nxb4 cxb4 36. Re1 fxg3 37. Re6+ Kh7 38. fxg3 Rf8 39.
Rxd6 Rf3+ 40. Kd2 Nf5 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Be5 Nxg3 43. Bxg3 Rxg3 44. Rxb7 a5 45.
d6 Kf6 46. Re7 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Qxb2 6. Nb5 Na6 7. a3
$1 {threateninig 8.Bc4,Ra2 and 8.Nd2-c4 +-}) (5... Na6 6. a3 $1 Be7 7. Ne5 cxd4
8. exd4 Qd8 9. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 10. Qf3 d5 11. Nc6 Qb6 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 13. O-O-O {
clear advantage for White in Polgar,Zsuzsa-Chandler, Biel 1987.}) 6. a3 Nh5 $6
(6... Nc6 7. h3 d5 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. e4 Rd8 12. e5 Ne4 13.
Ne2 h6 14. c3 Qb6 15. b4 $16 {Braga-Tatai,Rome 1988.}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 $6
9. Ne5 $1 gxh4 $2 {Consequent but bad.} (9... Nf6 10. Bg3 $16) (9... Nf4 10.
exf4 gxh4 11. Nc4 {and d5 next much better for White.}) 10. Qxh5 $1 (10. Nxf7
$2 Rh7) (10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Qxh5 $14) 10... Qxb2 {Diagram} 11. Qxf7+ (11. Nd1 $1
Qxa1 12. Nxf7 $1 (12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qf6+ Kc7 14. Qxh8 {see later}) 12... Rh7
13. Nd6+ Ke7 (13... Kd8 14. Qe8+ Kc7 15. Qxc8+ Kxd6 16. Qxc5# {Mate!}) 14. dxc5
$18 Qg7 15. Qe8+ Kf6 16. Ne4+ Ke5 17. Qh5+ Kxe4 18. Bd3# {Mate.}) 11... Kd8 12.
Qf6+ Kc7 13. Kd2 $2 (13. Nd1 $1 Qxa1 14. Qxh8 Be7 (14... Bd6 $2 15. Nc4 Be7 16.
Nb6 $1 $18) 15. Qg7 $18) 13... cxd4 $1 (13... Qxa1 $2 14. Bxa6 $3 Qxh1 15. Nb5+
Kb6 16. Nc4+ $1 Kxa6 17. Qd8 $1 Kxb5 18. Qb6+ Kxc4 19. Qb3# {A beautifull mate,
isn`t it?White is two Rooks,two Bishops and a Knight up !!}) 14. exd4 Qxa1 {
When I have entered to this complications my intention was to play here 16.Ba6
Qa1 17.Nb5 Kb6 18.Nc4 Ka6 19.Nc7 Ka7 20.Nb5 and to make a beautifull perpetual
check,just for the spectators.In the last moment I changed my mind...} 15. Nc4
{...thinking that I can play for a win,but it`s too late.Now I am threatening
16.Nd5 ed5 17.Qb6 or 16...Kc6 17.Na5 Kd5 18.Qe5 mate.} Nc6 16. d5 Bxa3 $1 (
16... Rg8 17. Nb5+ (17. dxc6 Bg7) 17... axb5 18. Qxa1 bxc4 19. dxc6 Bg7 20. Qe1
d5 {unclear}) 17. Nxa3 Qxa3 18. Qxh8 Qd6 (18... exd5 19. Nxd5+ Kb8 20. Qxh6
Qa5+ 21. Nc3 d5 $2 22. Qd6+) 19. Qxh6 exd5 20. Qxd6+ (20. Qxh4 $6 d4) 20...
Kxd6 21. g3 (21. Na4 b5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 21... b5 22. Bg2 {
I should have played} (22. gxh4 $1 {and quickly Rg1}) 22... Bb7 23. f4 $2 (23.
Nxd5 $1 h3 (23... Ne5 24. Ne3) 24. Be4 Re8 (24... Ne7 25. Nc3) 25. f3 Ne5 26.
Nf6 Rf8 27. Bxb7 Rxf6 28. f4 Nc4+ 29. Kc3) 23... Na5 24. Kc1 Nc4 (24... Rc8 $5)
25. Bf3 Re8 26. Rd1 Ne3 27. Rd3 Kc5 28. gxh4 (28. g4 Bc6 {and d4 next is
unpleasent.}) 28... Bc6 29. Ne2 Nf5 30. h5 d4 31. Ng3 Nh6 32. f5 Rf8 33. Kb2 b4
34. Be4 Bxe4 (34... a5 $5 {We both were in heavy timepressure.}) 35. Nxe4+ Kd5
36. Ng3 Ke5 (36... Nxf5 $2 37. Rf3 Ke5 38. h6 $18) 37. Rf3 a5 38. Kb3 Ng4 39.
h3 Nf6 40. Rf1 (40. Ka4 $1) 40... d5 41. Rd1 $6 (41. Ka4) 41... Ne4 42. Ne2
Nc5+ (42... Nc3 43. Re1) 43. Kb2 (43. Ka2 $2 b3+ $1 44. cxb3 d3 $19) 43... d3
44. cxd3 d4 45. h6 Rxf5 (45... a4 $5 46. Rf1 a3+ (46... Nxd3+ 47. Kb1) 47. Ka2
Ra8 48. Nc1) 46. Rg1 Rh5 47. h7 Rxh7 48. Rg5+ Kd6 49. Nxd4 Nxd3+ (49... a4) 50.
Kb3 Ne5 51. h4 Rf7 52. Ka4 Rf4 53. Nb3 Rxh4 54. Nxa5 Nd3 55. Rg3 Nc5+ 56. Kb5
Ne4 57. Rg6+ Kd5 58. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 h6 5. Bxf6 {White exchanges the bishop in
order to seize space in the centre.} Qxf6 6. e4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nc6 (
8... O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. e5 Qd8 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nc5 f6 15.
Be2 fxe5 16. dxe5 a5 $132 {1-0 Miles,A-Kasparov,G/Internet ICC blitz 1998 (76)}
) 9. a3 (9. Rc1 d5 10. e5 Qd8 11. a3 Be7 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Rc8 14. O-O a6 15.
Qb3 b5 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rc3 O-O 18. Bb1 g6 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Rc5 axb4 21. axb4 Ra8
{1/2-1/2 Ward,C-Psakhis,L/Isle of Man 1999}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {White has
advantage in space, but black's position is out of weaknesses.} d5 $2 {[%mdl
16384] In my opinion a serious strategical mistake. After the exchange of the
dark-squared bishops it's recommended to place pawns on the dark squares.
Namely: the plan with d7-d6 followed by e6-e5 was clearly stronger.} (10... d6
11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Rb1
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 $15 {0-1 Levay,M-Johansson,L/Hallsberg 1975 (32)}) 11. Bd3
dxe4 ({After} 11... O-O {White can close the centre by} 12. e5 {and then start
an offensive against the black king.}) 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. O-O e5 $6 {This is
quite optimistic. Black obviously underestimated the power of white's d-pawn.}
(13... Bd7 $14) 14. d5 Na5 $2 {Black is already experiencing serious problems,
but the move in the text is losing nearly by force!} (14... Rd8 15. Qe1 $1 Ne7
16. c4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ye1c3]}) (14... Nb8 15. Re1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Nd7 16. d6 {
In both cases White has strong initiative, but this was the least of the evils
for black.}) 15. Qa4 b6 16. Rfe1 {[%cal Gf3e5]} g6 17. d6 Bb7 18. d7 $1 {
There is nothing that black can do against this mighty pawn.} Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6
$6 {In the forthcoming endgame black has no chance at all.} ({More stubborn
would have been} 19... Nxc6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rd5 $18) 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rfd8 23. Re7 Kg7 24. Rae1 Rab8 25. Re8 Kf6 26. a4 a5 27. h4 Ra8 {
Black can only wait and see untill white will improve his position to a
maximum.} 28. g4 Rab8 29. Kg2 Ra8 30. Kg3 Rab8 31. f4 Ra8 32. g5+ hxg5 33.
hxg5+ Kg7 34. c4 Rab8 35. Kg4 Ra8 36. f5 gxf5+ 37. Kxf5 Rab8 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39.
Rd1 {Zugzwang puts an end to black's suffering.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 (3... c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. g3 Nc6 9. c3 g5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O-O $13 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Anand,
V/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 [Postny,E] (41)}) 4. Bh4 ({More aggressive is} 4.
Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 {0-1 Macieja,B-Anand,V/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (39)})
4... Be7 5. Nbd2 {This opening setup is extremely solid, but black can
equalize easily.} c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. c3 d6 {This scheme is
the most flexible for black.} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bxf6 {There is no
reason to exchange this bishop so early, but the position is equal in any case.
} (12. a4 a6 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Bg3 Ndf6 15. Nf1 Qc8 16. N3d2 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 d5 20. Qe2 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,
J-Macieja,B/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080 (30)}) 12... Nxf6 13. Ne4 (13. Qe2
Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. g3 Qb8 16. Nh4 Rc7 17. f4 Qc8 18. Nhf3 a6 19. a4 Re8 20.
Ne4 Nd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Staller,P-Paehtz,T/Germany 1998/EXT 2000 (41)}) 13... Qc7
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bc2 $146 (15. Be4 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd2 e5 18. Ne4 Be7
19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Qg4 Bf6 21. Nh5 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez Novas,L-Liascovich,
L/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2002 (27)}) 15... g6 (15... Qc6 $2 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rxe6
$1 fxe6 18. Qxg6+ Bg7 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Re1 $1 {and white's attack is very
strong.}) 16. Re3 Rae8 17. Qe2 Re7 18. Re1 a6 {Preparing a pawn minority
attack on the queenside.} 19. h4 $6 {This is a bit too optimistic. The
forthcoming exchange of the side pawns favours black.} (19. Be4 $11) 19... Bxf3
20. Rxf3 Bxh4 21. Qxa6 Kg7 {Black has slightly preferable chances , because
his king is better protected than his counterpart.} 22. Bb3 e5 23. dxe5 dxe5 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 24. Re4 Bg5 25. Rd3 Qc6 (25... f5 $6 26. Rc4 {and black's queen
has no good place to retreat.}) 26. Qa4 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Bc1 $15 {[%csl Rb2]} 28.
Bd5 Bxb2 29. Rb4 e4 30. Rxe4 (30. Bxe4 $6 Ba3 31. Rc4 Bc5 {and white's
defensive task won't be easy.}) 30... Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Re8 32. Bd5 Re1+ 33. Kh2
Ba3 {The endgame is objectively drawish, though black has a slight edge thanks
to superior pawn structure.} 34. Bb3 f5 35. Rd2 Kf6 36. g3 Bc5 37. Kg2 g5 38.
Bc2 Rc1 39. a4 g4 $6 ({After} 39... h5 {black could still torture his opponent
for some time...}) 40. a5 $1 {This small tactical trick leads to a forced draw.
} bxa5 41. Bxf5 a4 (41... Kxf5 42. Rd5+ Kf6 43. Rxc5 $11) 42. Bxg4 a3 43. Bf3
Rxc3 44. Bd5 {[%csl Ya2][%cal Yd2a2,Yd5a2] Black can not make any progress.}
Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {This move is obviously less principled than the
common 3.c4.} b5 $5 {Quite a playable move, fianchetting the light-squared
bishop and preventing the c2-c4 advance for a while.} 4. Bg2 ({White achieves
nothing after} 4. a4 b4) 4... Nf6 5. O-O (5. c3 c5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a4 Qb6 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd4 14. a5
Qa6 15. cxd4 O-O 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rc7 Bd8 18. Rc5 Be7 $10 {1/2-1/2 Keene,
R-Romanishin,O/Amsterdam 1973}) (5. a4 b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. O-O Nbd7 9.
Na3 Rb8 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 c6 15. c4 d4
16. f4 Qa5 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Bd2 Qxa4 $17 {Huster,M-Teske,H/Dresden 1995}) 5...
Be7 ({Another playable alternative is} 5... c5 {which appeared in practice as
well.}) 6. b3 {Preparing c2-c4.} (6. a4 b4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. e4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 bxc3 16.
bxc3 Qc7 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. c5 Nc2 22. Red1
Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxc5 $17 {Ribli,Z-Luther,T/Tilburg 1994}) 6... Bb7
(6... Ba6 $5 {preventing c2-c4. See the annotated game Atalik,S-Luther,T/
Hastings 1996/CBM 051 [Stohl]}) 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 (9. Qa4+ Nbd7
10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Ba3 c5 15. Qxc4 Rfc8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Brunner,L-Klovans,J/Germany 1997/EXT 99 (32)}) 9... O-O $146 (9...
Nbd7 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Na5 Be4 13. Qc1 Bd6 14. Nc6 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qd6
16. Nce5 Rac8 17. Rd1 c5 18. Qa3 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoover,N-Murray,R/USA 1997/
EXT 2001 (29)}) 10. Nxc4 {The arisen position is typical for the Catalan
opening.} c5 $11 11. dxc5 Bxc5 {It can be concluded that Black has solved his
opening problems.} 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Bd5 (13... Qe7 $11 {[%cal Gf8d8,Ga8c8]}
) 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. Qb3 $1 {It is important to
prevent Black to occupy the long diagonal by Qe7-b7+.} Rfc8 18. Rc2 Qd7 $5 (
18... Nd5 $11) 19. Rfc1 (19. Bxf6 gxf6 {is actually harmless for black. White
does not have enough pieces to make use of the doubled pawns.}) 19... Bd4 $4 {
It's quite instructive that one inaccurate slip is enough to lose the game in
such a symmetrical position.} ({After} 19... Qd5+ $6 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Be7
22. Na5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 {Black faces problems, since White's pieces are much
more active.}) ({But,} 19... Be7 {was perfectly playable. Black is only very
slightly worse and should equalize soon.}) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move
for White.","","","b3f3","White covered the diagonal h1-a8 and now threatening
to pin the bishop along the 'd' file. Therefore, black's reply is forced.",10]}
20. Qf3 $1 {White covered the diagonal h1-a8 and is now threatening to pin the
bishop along the d-file. Therefore, Black's reply is forced.} Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qe8
22. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Rf7] That's all. Black loses the Pf7 without any
compensation.} h6 23. Nxf7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Qc6 26. Nxh6+ $1 Kh7 (
26... gxh6 27. Qg4+ {mating.}) 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 (29. Ng5 Qxb7
30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxg7+ $18 {[%cal Gg7b7]}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {A solid way to avoid the main lines of Queen's
Indian.} h6 4. Bxf6 {Giving the bishop in order to seize space in the centre.}
Qxf6 5. e4 d5 {Anand prefers to get a position of French defense type. Much
more popular here is 5...d6.} (5... d6 6. c3 ({More ambitious is} 6. Nc3) 6...
Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. Bd3 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h4
h5 $11 {0-1 Biolek,R-Laznicka,V/Olomouc 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (81)}) 7... Qd8
8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. e5 d5 11. b4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Agrest,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (48)}) 6. Nbd2 {White
does not want to hurry up with e4-e5 push, completing the development first.} (
6. e5 Qd8 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne4 Ne7
13. Rc1 b6 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bb1 g6 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Szeberenyi,
A-Jakab,A/Paks 1999/EXT 2004 (51)}) 6... g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7
$146 (9... b6 10. Re1 c5 11. a3 a5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Na6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Speelman,J-Brynell,S/
Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54 (79)}) 10. e5 Qe7 11. h4 {White is trying to create a
weakness on black's king position, using his space advantage on the kingside.}
c5 12. Qe2 (12. h5 $6 g5 {followed by f7-f6 gives black a good game.}) 12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 $14 Rd8 {Setting free the f8 square for the knight.} 14. a3 {
Covering b4 against black's possible queen's invasion.} Nf8 15. h5 Bd7 $6 (
15... g5 {seems to me stronger.}) 16. hxg6 Nxg6 {[%cal Gg6f4]} 17. g3 f5 18.
exf6 {Macieja chooses the more principled move.} ({Possible as well was} 18.
Kg2 {[%cal Gf1h1]}) 18... Qxf6 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Kg2 Rf7 21. Qd1 $2 {This is
just slow and unsuccessful manoeuvre and the turning in this game as well.} ({
After the straightforward} 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. f4 {white could keep
stable advantage.}) 21... Raf8 22. Qc2 $6 {It's hard to blame Macieja for this
move, but considering what happened in the game later, 22.Qb1 would have been
better.} {[%tqu "En","How should black continue?","","","g6f4","This sacrifice
is practically forced, nevertheless it leaves very strong impression.",15]}
Nf4+ $3 {[%mdl 512] This sacrifice is practically forced, nevertheless it
leaves very strong impression.} 23. gxf4 Qxf4 24. Rg1 Bxd4 25. Kf1+ $2 {
It's very hard to choose the right place for the king, especially in
time-trouble, but on h1 the king is much safer.} (25. Kh1+ Kh8 26. Rg2 Bf6 (
26... e5 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 e4 30. Be2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32.
Nf1 {and the endgame is about equal.}) 27. Qc5 b6 28. Qe3 Bxb2 $15) 25... Kh8
26. Re2 Rc8 {That's why 22.Qb1 would have been better.} 27. Qb1 {The
manoeuvres of white's queen are not impressive, but now it's not up to white
already, black is in control.} Bf6 $1 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 28. Ne1 (28. Rg6 e5 29.
Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxe5 Qh2 31. Ke1 Qg1+ 32. Nf1 Bh3 $19) 28... e5 29. Ng2 Bh3 30.
Rh1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rg7+ $1 32. Kf1 Rgc7 {The threat Rc1 simply can not be
parried.} 33. Nb3 (33. Kg2 Qg4+ $19) 33... Rc1+ 34. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qxc1+
36. Re1 Qf4 37. Bb1 e4 38. Ba2 Bh4 39. Re2 d4 {The final stage of this game
played perfectly by Anand.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Palo, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 {This setup is very solid, though this way white
can not really pretend for the opening advantage.} ({More principled
continuation is} 3. e4) 3... h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 {It is also possible to
keep the tension in the centre by playing 5...d5 or 5...Nc6.} 6. exd4 Be7 7.
Ngf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 $5 {A typical exchange in this kind of positions.
White giving his opponent the pair of bishops, but eliminating the knight that
protects black's king.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be4 Qc7 12. Re1 Be7 13.
Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16. Ne3 Bf6 17. c3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Re2
b5 20. Rd2 b4 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Rb1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Kasparov,G/Horgen
1994/CBM 43 (52)}) 9... Bxf6 10. Qe2 d5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 16384] An obvious move,
but from the strategical point of view a dubious one. In general, after this
move the character of the position is more closed, which is not in black's
favour who has pair of bishops. The Bb7 is now passive and black have to spend
some time to exchange it. Moreover, the move in the text weakens the e5 square,
which can be used by white in the forthcoming fight.} ({More logical is} 10...
d6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Cebalo,M/Bizovac 2002/
CBM 86 ext (34)}) 11. c3 Nd7 $6 ({More to the point would have been} 11... O-O
12. O-O Qc8 {[%cal Gb7a6] intending to exchange the passive bishop.}) 12. a4
Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 {White is intending to put his knight on e5. Black
has no clear plan.} g6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 {This exchange is favourable for white,
however, it's very hard to point out a significant improvement. Black can not
tolerate the white knight on e5 for long anyway.} 16. dxe5 Bg7 17. Nf3 Bc6 $6 (
{It looks like} 17... d4 $5 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 {was the last practical chance.}) 18.
Nd4 {[%csl Rc6,Gd4] The difference between the white knight and black's
passive light-squared bishop is amazing! Black is strategically lost.} Bd7 19.
f4 Qc5 20. Kh1 {White's plan is to create an attack on against the black king
using his space advantage on that side of the board. Black has no counterplay
at all.} Rac8 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Re3 Rc5 23. Qe2 Ra8 24. g4 {The beginning of the
decisive attack.} Re8 {Preparing to meet 25.f5 with exf5 attacking the Pe5.}
25. Re1 $1 {The Pa4 has no significance, while the f4-f5 is now inevitable.}
Bxa4 26. f5 Qg5 (26... exf5 27. gxf5 f6 28. e6 g5 29. Ra1 Bc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31.
Bb5 $18) 27. f6 Bf8 28. Qf2 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh2h4] Black's queen is trapped.}
Rc4 29. h4 Qxg4 30. Rg1 Rxd4 31. cxd4 {Of course, this is much stronger than
capturing the queen. The following strike on g6 finishes black off.} Qxd4 32.
Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 33. f7+ Kh7 34. Bxg6+ $1 (34. Bxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rg3+ {[%csl Rd4]
both winning the queen and mating.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 {This is a solid continuation, but does not yield
white any real chances for an opening advantage.} ({More aggressive
continuation is} 3. e4) 3... c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. d5 $5 {White uses the last
opportunity to seize some space and fight for the initiative. On the other
hand, this move is somewhat risky, since after the following exchange of
white's dark-squared bishop the dark squares in white's camp might become
vulnerable.} ({The alternative ways usually lead to a boring equality, for
example:} 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nd5 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Timman,J/Hilversum 1983/MCD (19)}) 5... h6 (5...
exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc4 a6 11. O-O b5 12.
Bb3 d6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Jussupow,
A-Karpov,A/London 1989/Candidates (37)}) (5... d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
dxe6 fxe6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Ne8 13. Bf4 Ndf6 14. Rfd1
Ra7 15. e4 $14 {1-0 Dreev,A-Zelcic,R/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (55)}) 6. Bxf6 {
White have to exchange the bishop to support the d5 outpost.} Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb7
8. e4 (8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. a4 a6 12. Be2 d6 13. Nd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Yudasin,L/New York 2004/CBM 98 ext (43)}) 8... a6 9. e5 Qd8
10. a4 ({After} 10. d6 $6 g5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb8c6,Gf8g7] white will not
hold his pawns chain in the centre.}) 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. Bc4 Na5 13.
Ba2 c4 $1 {Closing the diagonal for the white bishop and vacating the c5
square for one's own bishop} 14. O-O Rc8 $146 (14... Bc5 15. b4 cxb3 16. cxb3
Nc6 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qb3+ Ke8 21. Qxb4 Bxf3 22.
gxf3 Rf8 23. Qe4 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Qb7 Rc6 26. Rg1 Qh5 27. Rg3 Qxe5 28. Rd1
Qc7 29. Qxa6 Rf7 30. Qd3 Kf8 31. Re1 Re6 {1/2-1/2 Levitina,I-Rotstein,A/
Helsinki 1992/CBM 32 (31)}) 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Re4 {Trying to create
an attack against the black king.} (17. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 18. Qxh6 Rc6 $1 19. Re4 f5
20. Qh5 fxe4 21. Ng5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5+ Rg6 {Black has a rook and two minor pieces
for the queen and is ready for counterattack.}) 17... Bxd5 {Sooner or later
black has to eliminate this annoying knight.} 18. Qxd5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rd1
{It seems that white has the upper hand thanks to the weakness on d7, but
black has enough resources to equalize exploiting temporary bad location of
white's bishop.} (20. Nd4 Qb6 $132) 20... Qb6 {[%csl Rf2]} 21. Re2 Nc6 {
[%cal Gc6b4]} 22. c3 Ne7 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Bb1 Ng6 25. Red2 d5 {Black succeeded
to carry out this advance. The position is now absolutely equal.} 26. exd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. e3 g5 $5 {Black wants to exchange
white's dark-squared bishop even at the price of some concession on the
kingside.} ({Solid alternatives are:} 5... Be7) (5... Nbd7) 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. c4 (
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. c3 Qe7 9. Nfd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qe2 f5 13. e4
O-O-O $132 {0-1 Tyomkin,D (2450)-Greenfeld,A (2520)/Beersheba 1997/CBM 058 (47)
}) 7... Bg7 8. Nc3 Qe7 (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7 10. Qc2 a6 11. Be2 c6 12. Rc1 Qe7
13. O-O O-O 14. b4 e5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. a3 Nf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. c5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Teske,H (2515)-Kostic,V (2400)/Wattens 1999/EXT 2001 (56)}) 9.
Qa4+ $146 (9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. f4 Nf6 14. Nf3
Ng4 15. Qe2 c6 $15 {0-1 Estupinan,D-Pogorelov,R (2445)/Albacete 1995/EXT 98 
(32)}) 9... Nd7 10. Nb5 $6 {[%csl Rc7] This is actually a waste of time, since
the threat on the Pc7 appears to be imaginary.} O-O $1 {Black does not have to
protect the Pc7.} 11. Be2 (11. Nxc7 $4 {loses a piece to} Nb6 {[%csl Ra4,Rc7]})
11... a6 12. Nc3 c5 $6 {This move seriously weakens the Pd6, which will soon
become very apparent.} ({Much more to the point would have been:} 12... f5 13.
Qc2 Ndf6 (13... f4 $6 14. exf4 Nxf4 15. O-O-O Nxg2 16. h4 g4 17. Ne1 Nxe1 18.
Rhxe1 h5 19. Bd3 $36) 14. O-O-O Bd7 {and black is at least not worse.}) 13. Rd1
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 f5 16. Qc2 Nf6 $6 (16... Ne5 {was more active,
also preventing Be2-f3.}) 17. Bf3 {[%csl Ya8,Yc8] Now, it's not easy for black
to complete the development of the queenside.} Rb8 18. e4 f4 (18... g4 19. Be2
fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $16 d5 $2 22. cxd5 Qb4+ 23. Kf1 e5 24. Bd3 $18) 19.
gxf4 gxf4 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Be2 Rf6 $2 ({It was necessary to occupy the
blockading e5 square:} 21... Ne5 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Be5 24. Rxh6 Kg7 {
and black has reasonable compensation for the pawn.}) 22. Nf3 {[%csl Rd6]} Bf8
23. Rh4 {[%csl Rf4] Black has too many weaknesses.} Qf7 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. e5 $1
$18 {The decisive breakthrough. Kamsky opens the "d" file and also sets free
the ideal e4 square for the knight.} dxe5 26. Ne4 Rf5 27. Nh4 Nf6 (27... Rh5
28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Bd3 $18) 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 (28... Rxf6 29. Qd8 $18) 29. Qd8 Kh7
30. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {This way black is trying to get more space on
the queenside.} 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O (6... a6 7. a4 b4 8. c4 bxc3
9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Rc1 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. e4 c5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Dautov,R/Muenster 1997/CBM 60 ext
(54)}) 7. Qd3 Be4 $5 {An interesting move. Black offers a pawn sacrifice.} ({
Logical and safe is} 7... a6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 (8... d6 9. a4 b4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11.
Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxb7 Ra7 13. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Speelman,J-Obukhov,A/London 1993/CBM 38
(63)}) 9. c3 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Rfe1 d6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. c4 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Popov,V-Berg,E/Tch-SWE 2003 (41)}) 8. Qe3 $146 {White
decides to decline the challenge.} (8. Qxb5 Nc6 (8... Bxc2 $2 {Stohl} 9. Ne1 a6
10. Qb7 $18) 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Qc4 Rb4 (10... Rxb2 $2 {Stohl} 11. Bxf6 Rxc2 12.
Bxe7 $18) 11. Qc3 Bxf3 (11... Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qa3 Bxf3 $2 (13... Nxd4 {
Stohl} 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nc6 $1 dxc6 16. Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7] ק}) 14.
Nxf3 Rfb8 15. b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxa7 $16 {1-0 Frias Pablaza,V-Shahade,
M/Philadelphia 1986/EXT 97 (29)}) 12. Nxf3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 15.
Kh1 Rxd8 16. b3 Rb6 17. Rfd1 Nc3 18. Rd2 d5 {=/=/+ 0-1 Schmidt,P-Nisipeanu,L/
Germany 1998/GER-chT (40)}) ({Passive is} 8. Qd1 $6 {- see the game Cosma,
I-Nisipeanu,L/Ciocaltea mem 1997/CBM 60 [Stohl]}) 8... Bc6 (8... Bxc2 $2 9. Ne1
{[%csl Ra8,Rc2]}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nbd2 d6 $11 11. Qd3 Re8 12. c3 Nd7 13. e4 {
White has more space in the centre, but black has a pair of bishops and his
position is flexible.} Rb8 14. b4 $6 {This move weakens white's pawn structure
on the queenside. Black may take advantage of it in the future.} (14. a3 $5)
14... Nb6 15. Rfe1 Na4 {A good outpost for the knight, where it attacks
white's weakness on c3.} 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Nb3 Ba8 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Rc1 Rec8 $1
20. a3 Qd7 {Black is ready to carry out c7-c5 strike.} 21. Rcd1 Qe8 22. Na5 $6
(22. e5 Be7 23. Nbd2 $15 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 22... c5 {[%csl Rc3] Black finally
carries out the right plan against the potential weakness on c3.} 23. e5 {
The beginning of an immense complications.} Bd8 $1 {Exploiting the drawbacks
of white's 22.Na5.} 24. exd6 (24. d5 cxb4 25. exd6 {- see the game.}) 24...
cxb4 $2 {Black underestimates the potential of the sudden white initiative.} ({
Much safer and better would have been} 24... Bxf3 $1 25. Bxf3 (25. dxc5 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Rxc5 $17) 25... cxb4 26. axb4 Bxa5 27. bxa5 Nxc3 $17)
25. d5 $1 Rxc3 (25... Bxa5 $2 26. Ng5 g6 (26... f5 27. dxe6 $18) 27. dxe6 {
with a devastating attack.}) 26. Qe4 ({Also comes into consideration} 26. Qb1
Rxf3 27. Nc6) 26... Rxf3 $1 {Eliminating the dangerous knight.} (26... Bxa5 $2
27. Ng5 f5 (27... g6 28. Qh4 h5 29. dxe6 {and black is collapsing.}) 28. Qxe6+
(28. Qh4 h6) 28... Qxe6 29. dxe6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6] White is a whole piece down,
but his passed pawns are certainly worth more...}) 27. Nc6 $1 {Another
unexpected chance.} (27. Bxf3 $2 Bxa5) 27... Rf6 $6 (27... Bxc6 $6 28. Qxf3 (
28. dxc6 $2 Rc3 $17) 28... Ba8 29. Qf4 {does not look good for black.}) ({
Very interesting was} 27... Rxf2 $5 28. Kxf2 Nc3 29. Qxb4 Nxd1+ 30. Rxd1 exd5
31. Nxb8 Bb6+ 32. Kf1 Qe3 33. Qf4 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Qxg2+ 35. Kd3 {and it's still
very hard to give the exact evaluation of this battle.}) 28. Nxb8 $2 ({Strong
was} 28. d7 $1 Qxd7 (28... Qf8 $2 29. Nxb8 Bb6 30. Qxb4 $1) 29. Nxb8 Qc8 30.
Nd7 $1 {and it looks like white is better.}) 28... Bb6 {It looks like black
has outwitted his opponent, but in fact the matters are far from being clear.}
29. Nc6 (29. Nd7 $2 Qxd7 30. dxe6 fxe6 $1 (30... Bxe4 $4 31. exd7) 31. Qxa8+
Rf8 32. Qc6 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxc6 34. Bxc6 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 b3 $1 $19) 29... Rxf2 (
29... Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. dxe6 Rf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bxc6 33. Qxc6 Qxc6+ 34. Bg2
Qxd6 35. Rxd6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 $14) (29... Nc3 $5 30. d7 $1 Qxd7 31. dxe6 fxe6 $1
(31... Nxe4 $2 32. exd7 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rh6+ 35. Bh3 Bxc6+ 36. Kh2
$18) 32. Rxd7 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxc6 34. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 35. Kf1 Bxg3+ 36. Ke2 Bxe1 37.
Kxe1 bxa3 38. Bxb5 {and the endgame should end in a draw.}) 30. Kh1 ({Deserved
attention} 30. Rd4 $5) 30... Nc3 $2 {It's incredible, but this obvious move is
a mistake! The variations are so complicated, that there is no head or tail to
be found in the entire position.} (30... Rxg2 $5 31. Qxg2 bxa3) 31. Ne7+ $4 {
Missing the winning opportunity.} (31. d7 $1 Qf8 (31... Qxd7 32. dxe6 Qxe6 (
32... Qxd1 33. exf7+ $18) 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Qxa8+ $18) 32. Qxb4 ({Also curious
is the following variation:} 32. dxe6 $2 Nxe4 33. e7 Bxc6 34. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 35.
d8=Q+ (35. Bxe4 $1 Rf1+ $1 36. Kg2 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Bxd7 38. axb4 $11) 35... Bxd8
36. Rxd8+ Ke7 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rxc6 Kxc6 39. Bxe4+ (39. Rxe4 $2 bxa3 40. Re2+
Rxg2 41. Kxg2 b4 $19 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4]}) 39... Kc5 $15) 32... Nxd1 33. Rxd1 {
and white's Pd7 should bring him a victory.}) 31... Kh8 32. Qxb4 Nxd1 33. Rxd1
exd5 {Black is two pawns up, while white's passed pawn on d6 can not get
support. However the time-trouble is becoming a factor now...} 34. Rc1 d4 $4 ({
Simple and good was} 34... Bb7) 35. Rc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qxb5 $1 Bxg2+ 36.
Kg1 {and suddenly white is winning, exploiting the weakness of black's 8th
rank.} Qf8 37. Rc8 Bd8 38. Kxf2 $18) 35... Rf1# {[%mdl 64] An exciting and
dramatic game.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {Deviating from the main lines of Queen's Indian.}
c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 cxd4 ({Other possible ways of play are:} 5... d5 {1-0
Kamsky,G-Golod,V/New York 2004/CBM 102 [Golod,V] (46)}) (5... Qb6 {1/2-1/2
Chatalbashev,B-Berkes,F/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (60)}) 6. exd4 b6 7. Bxf6
$5 {After 5.Bh4 this exchange looks rather weird, but, as usual Morozevich
comes up with an original idea.} (7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 d6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rxe4 Qd7 $11 {0-1
Salov,V-Karpov,A/Alma-Ata 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) (7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Nfd2 b5 14. Ne3 a6 15. Qe2 Nb6 16.
Bc2 Nbd5 $11 {1-0 Miles,A-Vehi Bach,V/Andorra 1995/EXT 97 (62)}) 7... Qxf6 8.
g3 $146 {This is the idea behind white's previous move. White is intending to
develop the bishop to the long diagonal and put a pressure on black's
queenside.} (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. c3 Rc8 11. Qe2 d5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Qd8 14. O-O-O Kd7 15. Nb3 Kc7 16. f4 Kb8 17. Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pulido Sanchez,
A-Cisneros Alomar,J/Palma de Mallorca 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 8... Nc6 9. c3 g5 $5
{After this move it's becoming clear that Anand is not intending to castle to
the kingside...} ({Possible is} 9... Be7 $11) 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. a4
{Without wasting a single tempo, Morozevich starts an immediate assault
against the black king.} h5 $5 {I guess that this has something to do with
psychology. Anand affords himself to sacrifice a pawn, being aware that
Morozevich would never accept it, since it will lead to a passive position for
white, even if it's temporary. Against a player with more solid style, Anand
would probably choose different continuation...} (12... Qf5 $5) 13. a5 $6 {
White is consequent, but objectively, it was better to grab the pawn, and not
to sacrifice it!} (13. Ne4 Qg6 (13... Qf5 14. Nexg5) 14. Nexg5 Bh6 (14... h4
15. Qe2 Be7 16. Nh3 $16) (14... f6 15. Nh3 Bh6 16. O-O $16) 15. Qb1 $1 (15. h4
$6 f6 16. Nh3 Ba6 17. Bf1 Qe4+ 18. Be2 e5 $44) 15... Qg7 (15... Nxd4 $2 16.
Qxg6 fxg6 17. cxd4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8][%cal Gg5f7]})
16. h4 $14) 13... Nxa5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Nc4 $6 {This is too optimistic.} (15. Ne4
Qg6 16. Nexg5 f6 17. Nh3 Qe4+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 {leads to approximate
equality, but Morozevich was certainly playing for more.}) (15. O-O {would
have been more flexible.}) 15... b5 $1 16. O-O $5 {Morozevich remains faithful
to his creative style.} (16. Ne3 d5 17. Qe2 a6 $17 {closing all files on the
queenside.}) 16... bxc4 {As usual, Anand has no hesitation to accept material,
even with a risk to get under dangerous attack.} 17. b5 Nb8 18. Rxa7 d5 {
Closing the diagonal for the white bishop.} (18... Bxf3 $2 19. b6 $1 {[%cal
Ga7c7]} Bd6 (19... Re8 20. Bxf3 $44) 20. b7+ Kc7 21. Qa4 Bxg2 22. Qa5+ Kc6 23.
Qa4+ (23. Rb1 Bb4 24. Rxb4 d5 {and black's king escapes.}) 23... Kd5 24. Qb5+
Ke4 25. Qb1+ (25. Re1+ $2 Kf3 26. Re3+ Kg4 27. Kxg2 h4 $19 {[%cal Gg4h5]})
25... Kf3 26. Qd1+ Ke4 27. Qb1+ $11) 19. Ne5 Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (19... Bc5 $2
20. dxc5 Qxe5 21. c6 {and black has to give a piece back.}) 20. Qa4 Qd8 21.
Nxc4 {Many spectators at this point thought that white's attack is pretty
dangerous, but Anand shows convincingly, that it's just an illusion.} (21. Nxd7
Qxd7 {parrying the attack, keeping material advantage.} (21... Nxd7 $2 22. Rxb7
$1 Kxb7 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26. Ra6 Qc7 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28.
Rxb6 Be7 $11)) 21... dxc4 $1 22. Qxc4+ Qc7 23. Bxb7+ Kd8 24. Qe2 (24. Qd3 $2
Qb6 $19 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) 24... Bd6 (24... Qb6 $2 25. Qe5 {[%csl Rb8,Rh8]}) 25.
Rfa1 (25. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3f6]} Ke7 26. Rfa1 Qb6 {and white's attack evaporates.})
25... Qxc3 26. d5 $2 {This already looks like a complete oversight.} (26. R1a4
{could keep some tension in the position, though black is objectively winning.}
) {[%tqu "En","How can Black win more material?","","","d7b7","Winning another
piece.",3]} 26... Rxb7 {[%csl Ra1] Winning another piece.} 27. dxe6 Rxa7 28.
Rxa7 fxe6 29. Qxe6 Qe5 {All is protected and black is just two pieces up. Here
it was the right moment for resignation.} 30. Re7 Qa1+ 31. Qe1 Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1
Nd7 33. Kg2 {It's very strange that Morozevich kept playing here.} Nc5 34. Rd1
Kd7 35. Rd5 Ne6 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. h4 g4 39. Rxh5 Bc5 40. Re5 Rxf2+
41. Kd3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {Black is building a
"hedgehog" type setup.} ({More natural and objectively stronger continuation is
} 5... d5) 6. c4 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O {The arised
variation of "hedgehog" is not the best one for black, since he is not able to
develop his light-squared bishop to a long diagonal a8-h1.} Re8 (10... Qc7 11.
Rc1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bf8 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Na4 Nc5 16. Nb5 axb5 17. Nxc5
Qb6 18. Bb4 Ra8 19. a4 bxc4 20. a5 dxc5 21. axb6 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 cxb3 23. Rc3 c4
24. Rxc4 b2 25. Bc3 Ba3 26. Rd8+ {1-0 Meins,G-Zeller,F/Bundesliga 1994}) (10...
Rb8 {appeared in practice as well, but did not change the evaluation of the
line as preferable for white.}) 11. e3 (11. a4 Qa5 12. Qd2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nf5 Nc5 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Ba3 Nxb3 17. Qb2 Rc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxb3 Be6 20.
Qb2 Rac8 21. Qe5 Qc3 22. Bb2 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grivas,E-Galego,L/
GRE-chT 2002 (53)}) 11... Bf8 (11... Nc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rac1 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. a3 a5 17. b5 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. a4 Qe7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qc2
Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hartoch,R-Van der Griendt,J/Dieren 1991 (54)})
12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Ne5 $146 (13... g6 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. h4 Bg7 16. Na4 Nc5 17.
Nc3 e5 18. Nc2 e4 19. Nb4 Bg4 20. Nbd5 Nxd5 21. Qxg4 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 f5 23. Qe2
Nd3 24. Rc2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Maksimov,A-Orlov,G/Simferopol 1989}) 14. h3
Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 (15... Nc6 $142 $14) 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 $1 {Correctly
avoiding the exchange, according to the well known rule that the side who has
advantage in space should keep the pieces as much as possible.} Qb8 18. g4 $1 {
Starting an offensive against the black king.} Red8 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. Nce4 Ne8 (
20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 22. Nh7 Bc6 23. Bb1 $16) 21. Qc2 Ng6 (21... h6 22. Nh7
$16) {[%tqu "En","How should White develop his attack?","","","g5f7","An
excellent sacrifice that was probably more based on intuition, than on
conctrete calculation. Using the fact that black's pieces are clumsily placed,
white gets a strong attack in all variations.",15]} 22. Nxf7 $3 {[%mdl 640] An
excellent sacrifice that was probably more based on intuition, than on
conctrete calculation. Using the fact that black's pieces are clumsily placed,
white gets a strong attack in all variations.} Kxf7 23. Ng5+ $5 ({Another
attractive continuation was:} 23. f5 exf5 (23... Ne5 24. fxe6+ Bxe6 25. Ng5+
Ke7 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Bd5 $18) 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. gxf5 Ne5 26. Bxe5
dxe5 27. c5 h6 28. c6 Bxc6 (28... hxg5 29. Qc5+ Nd6 30. Qxe5+ Kf7 31. Bd5+ $18)
29. Qc5+ Rd6 30. Qxe5+ Kd7 31. Nf7 $40) 23... Kg8 24. Nxh7 $6 {Another
creative sacrifice, but objectively speaking, white had more convincing
attacking continuation at his disposal.} (24. f5 $1 Be7 25. fxg6 Bxg5 26. gxh7+
Kh8 27. Qg6 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1f1,Gf1f8]} e5 29. Rf1 Nc7 30. Rf7 Ne6 31.
Rcf1 Bh6 32. h4 $18 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) 24... Kxh7 25. Be4 Kg8 26. Bxg6 Be7 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} (26... d5 $1 {was the only way to survive. White keeps
dangerous attack, but the concrete lines does not show any direct win for
white. For example:} 27. Qf2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf2h4,Gh4h7]} (27. g5 Bc5 28. Qf2
Bc6) 27... Nf6 28. Qh4 Be8 29. f5 (29. Bxf6 Bxg6 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15) 29... Bc5
30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qxf6 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1
Bxc1 36. Rxd5+ Kc7 37. Qe5+ Kb6 38. Qd4+ Kc7 39. Qe5+ $11) 27. g5 $1 {[%cal
Gc2f2,Gf2h4,Gh4h7] Now, black is defenceless, since the escaping way for
black's king is blocked by the dark-squared bishop.} e5 (27... d5 28. Qf2 $18 {
[%cal Rf2h4,Rh4h7]}) 28. Qf2 Qa7 29. fxe5 (29. fxe5 Be6 30. Bd4 Qb8 31. Rf1 $1
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf2h4,Rh4h7] with unavoidable mating threats.}) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {This way black is trying to grab some space on
the queenside at the very beginning.} 4. Bg2 Bb7 (4... d5 5. O-O c5 (5... Bb7
6. b3 Nbd7 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Nb5 Bb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nxc3 c5
13. a3 c4 $1 14. Qb2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rfc1 Nb6 $15 {0-1
Huebner,R-Kramnik,V/Brissago 2004/CBM 100 (52)}) 6. a4 b4 7. c4 Bb7 8. Ne5 {
--> 1-0 Mueller,K-Thinius,M/Hoeckendorf 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (24)}) 5. O-O c5
(5... Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qd3 {--> 0-1 Peng,Z-Berg,E/Germany 2003/CBM 95 [Postny,
E] (35)}) 6. Na3 {A bit awkward move, which does not seems to me as the best
one.} (6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3
Bg7 $13 {0-1 Skatchkov,P-Bocharov,D/Sochi 2004/CBM 101 (43)}) (6. a4 b4 {
--> 0-1 Lputian,S-Minasian,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM 74 [Alterman,B] (42)}) (6. c3 Be7
(6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd3 Qb6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Na4 Qa6 12. Ne5 d5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (31)}) (6... d5 7. Bg5
Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4 O-O 11. Nb3 Nb6 12. Qa2 Ne4 13. Na5 Nxg5
14. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. e4 d4 19. cxd4 Qxd4
20. Rfd1 Qe5 21. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,E-Sargissian,G/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 97
(21)}) 7. a4 b4 8. cxb4 cxb4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 d6 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nbd7
13. Qd3 d5 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Polugaevsky,L/
Leningrad 1977/URS-ch (36)}) 6... a6 7. c4 {The idea behind white's previous
move.} b4 8. Nc2 Qb6 (8... cxd4 9. Nfxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Qf3
Rc8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 Rxc6 15. b3 d5 16. Ne3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Be7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Andersson,U/Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 37 (47)}) 9. Be3 (9.
b3 {--> 1-0 Aronian,L-Fernandez Romero,E/Linares 2000/CBM 75 [Alterman,B] (29)}
) 9... a5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Black solved the opening problems.} 12.
Qd4 $146 (12. Ncd4 $2 Qxc4 13. Rc1 Qa6 14. Nb3 d6 $17 {0-1 Pena Dieguez,
M-Pogorelov,R/Sevilla 2003/CBM 92 ext (27)}) 12... Na6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 {Defending
the c5 outpost as much as possible.} 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. exf3 $5 {White
intentionally doubling his pawns, probably hoping to make use of the semi-open
"e" file.} ({Possible was} 15. Bxf3 $11) 15... Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 17. f4 O-O ({
Comes to consideration} 17... h5 {gaining some space on the kingside.}) 18.
Rad1 Rb8 19. g4 $1 {Starting an offensive on the kingside.} Rfc8 20. g5 Ne8 21.
f5 f6 $1 {Getting some air for the king.} 22. h4 b3 23. a3 Rc7 {Black does not
have any clear plan, but hopes that white will create some weaknesses to
himself...} 24. f4 {White is threatening 25.fxe6 followed by f4-f5 to get
control over the important d5 square, so black's next move is practically
forced.} g6 25. fxe6 dxe6 26. Ng4 Kf7 27. Kf2 (27. gxf6 Rbc8 $1 {covering c6
square followed by 28...Nxf6.}) 27... Rbc8 28. R1d2 Ke7 29. Bf3 Rd7 30. gxf6+
$6 {There was no need to be in a hurry with this exchange.} ({More flexible was
} 30. Ke3) 30... Nxf6 31. Ne5 Rdc7 $1 {Covering the c6 square.} (31... Nfe4+ $6
{is a punch in the air.} 32. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 33. Ke3 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 $14) 32. Ke3 ({
It was probably stronger to open the "h" file and also get rid of the Ph4,
which is a potential weakness in future:} 32. h5 gxh5 (32... Nxh5 33. Bxh5 gxh5
34. Kf3 {[%cal Gd2h2]}) 33. Ke3 $13 {[%cal Gd2h2]}) 32... Ncd7 33. Rd6 $2 {
It seems that white got carried away. After this mistake white runs into a
serious problems.} ({Necessary was} 33. Nxd7 {keeping the approximate equality.
}) 33... Nxe5 34. fxe5 Nd7 {[%csl Re5]} 35. Bg4 Nf8 36. Be2 Rc5 {White is not
able to protect all his weaknesses.} 37. Kd4 Nd7 38. Kc3 R8c7 $1 {This move is
stronger than the bold 38...Nxe5. Black is intending to capture the Pe5 by the
rook, while the knight will occupy the ideal c5 square.} 39. Kxb3 Rxe5 40. R6d4
Nc5+ 41. Ka2 a4 $19 {White's queenside is totally blocked, while the black
pawns on the kingside are quite mobile.} 42. Bd1 Re3 43. h5 g5 44. Bc2 {
[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for black.","","","c5b3","Trasforming
the advantage into a won rooks endgame.",5]} Nb3 $1 {Trasforming the advantage
into a won rooks endgame.} 45. Bxb3 axb3+ 46. Kb1 e5 47. R4d3 Re1+ 48. Rd1
Rxd1+ 49. Rxd1 Ke6 50. Rd3 e4 51. Rxb3 Rxc4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg5][%cal Ge6f5,Gf5f4]
Black's passed pawns are unstoppable.} 0-1

[Event "Olomouc Skanska Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "2004.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Biolek, Richard"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 {White gives his dark-squared bishop in
order to get space in the centre.} Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. c3 {A solid, but passive
continuation.} ({The main and the most logical move is} 6. Nc3) 6... Nd7 7. Bd3
(7. Nbd2 Qd8 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. e5 d5 11. b4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc8
14. O-O O-O 15. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Agrest,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (48)})
7... g6 {It's also possible to develope the dark-squared bishop to e7.} (7...
e5 8. Na3 Be7 9. Nc4 c6 10. O-O Bd8 11. a4 Bc7 12. a5 a6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. b4
Nf8 15. Nfd2 Ne6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Antonio,R/Manila
1998/CBM 64 (43)}) 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qe2 {White is not in a hurry with a castling,
keeping an option to castle to queenside as well.} (9. O-O O-O 10. a4 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. a5 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Ortega,L-Psakhis,L/Sochi
1987/TD (32)}) 9... e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 $146 {This novelty does not change the
evaluation of the position as equal.} (10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
b4 Nb6 14. Na5 Bf8 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. a3 Rec8 18. Nd2 c5 $15 {
0-1 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Villarrobledo 1997/EXT 98 (38)}) 11. dxe5 {Releasing the
pressure in the centre, although it was more flexible to keep the status-quo
in the centre.} ({Possible was} 11. O-O) 11... dxe5 12. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5
13. Bc2 O-O 14. Ne3 c6 {Covering the d5 square.} 15. O-O-O {White decided to
go for an opposite castlings, which may lead to a sharp struggle.} Nf6 16. Kb1
b5 17. Ng5 a5 18. f3 a4 $6 {This move reduces black's attacking chances on the
queenside.} (18... b4 $6 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Bb3 {and white gets control on the
light squares.}) ({Preferable was} 18... Bd7) 19. a3 Ba6 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. g3 (
21. g4 $6 {threatens nothing, and actually can harm only white.}) 21... Bc8 22.
Ka1 Rd7 23. Bb1 {Good manoeuvre. White's bishop can be transfered to a2, where
it will put a pressure on f7.} Bh6 24. f4 $2 {This move actually plays in
black's hands, who gets now the g4 square for his pieces.} ({Better was} 24.
Ba2) 24... Rxd1 25. Nxd1 (25. Rxd1 Ng4 $15) 25... Ng4 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Nc2 f6
28. Nh3 {White's knight has to retreat to a passive square in order to defend
the Pf4. Another proof, that 24.f4 was a mistake.} Rd8 29. c4 {Trying to get
some active counterplay.} Qc5 30. cxb5 Qxb5 31. Qxb5 {White has no real choice,
but to go to a bad endgame.} cxb5 32. Nb4 Rd4 (32... Ne3 $6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34.
Nc6 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Nxd1 36. Ng5 {and white survives.}) ({More aggressive was} 
32... Rd2 $1 {Black was probably concerned about the penetration of white's
rook, but after} 33. Rc1 (33. Nd5 Nh2 $1 {[%csl Rh3]}) 33... Be6 34. Rc7+ Kf8 {
white has no continuation for his counterplay, while his kingside is in danger
of a total destruction.}) 33. Nd5 Be6 34. Rc1 Rc4 ({Now} 34... Nh2 {is not so
good, because of} 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. f5 $1 gxf5 37. Nxf6) 35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. Bc2 {
Finally, white got some targets as well.} (36. Ba2 Nh2 37. Ng1 exf4 38. Nxf4
Bf7 $17) 36... Nh2 37. Ng1 (37. Ng5 $2 fxg5 38. fxg5 Bxg5 39. hxg5 Nf1 40. Bxa4
Nxg3 $19 {[%csl Gh5]}) 37... exf4 38. Nxf4 Bd7 39. Nd5 Nf1 40. Ne2 Ne3 {
Exchanging white's active knight.} 41. Kb1 Nxd5 42. exd5 Bd2 {The bishop will
attack white's kingside pawns from e1.} 43. d6 {This move looks like a
desperation, but it's very hard to suggest an improvement for white.} ({
The variation} 43. Nc3 $2 Be1 44. Bxa4 Bxa4 45. Nxa4 Bxg3 $19 {emphasizes the
superiority of a bishop over the knight.}) 43... f5 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gf6e5]} 44.
Bd1 Kf6 45. Kc2 Be1 {White's position is totally cramped. I was one of the
spectators of this game (i played in the same tournament), and at this point
both players were already in serious time-pressure.} 46. Kc1 Ke5 $6 ({The
accurate} 46... Be8 $1 {followed by 47...Ke5 was winning easily.}) 47. Nf4 $1
Bxg3 $6 {This gives white unnecessary survival chances.} ({It was possible to
admit the inaccuracy made on the previous move:} 47... Kf6 $1 48. Nd5+ (48. Ne2
Be8 $1 $19 {see the previous comment.}) 48... Kf7 49. Nb6 Be6 50. Bxa4 Bxg3 $19
) 48. Nxg6+ Kxd6 49. Bxh5 Be8 50. Kc2 Bc6 51. Kc3 Kc5 (51... f4 $6 52. Be2 $1 {
and white survives.}) 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. Ke2 (53. Bd1 $5 {[%csl Gh4]} Bf2 $1 54.
Ke2 Be3 55. Ne7 Be4 56. Bxa4 Bc1 {[%csl Rb2,Gc4] should be sufficient for a
win.}) 53... Be4 54. Bf3 Bd3+ 55. Kd2 Bf2 $1 56. h5 Be3+ {Black's bishops are
dominating the board.} 57. Kd1 Bg5 58. Bc6 (58. Nh8 Ke3 59. Nf7 Bf6 60. Bc6
Bxb2 $19) 58... f4 59. Bf3 Ke3 60. Ne5 Bf6 61. Ng4+ Kxf3 62. Nxf6 Kg3 $1 63.
Nd5 (63. h6 f3 $19) 63... f3 64. Ne3 f2 65. h6 Kf3 66. Kd2 Bh7 67. Nf1 Kg2 68.
Ne3+ Kf3 69. Nf1 Bf5 $1 70. Ne3 (70. Nh2+ Kg2 71. Ke2 (71. Ke3 Bd3 $19) 71...
Bh7 72. Ke3 Bd3 $19) 70... Bd3 {Zugzwang.} 71. Nf1 $1 {The last chance, but
insufficient.} Bxf1 72. h7 Bd3 73. h8=Q f1=Q 74. Qf6+ Kg2 75. Qg5+ Kh1 76. Qd5+
Kg1 (76... Qg2+ $19) 77. Qg5+ Qg2+ 78. Qxg2+ Kxg2 79. Kc3 Kf3 80. Kb4 Ke3 81.
Kxa4 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Appel, Ralf"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {One of the most reliable continuations. Black is
fianchetting his light-squared bishop and simultaneously is fighting against
the advance c2-c4.} 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 (5... Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qd3 Be4 $5 8.
Qe3 (8. Qxb5 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Qc4 Rb4 11. Qc3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Ne4 13. Bxe7
Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Rxd8 16. b3 Rb6 17. Rfd1 Nc3 18. Rd2 d5 $15 {
0-1 Schmidt,P (2410)-Nisipeanu,L (2610)/Germany 1998/GER-chT (40)}) 8... Bc6 (
8... Bxc2 $2 9. Ne1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc2]}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nbd2 d6 $11 {0-1 Peng,Z
(2443)-Berg,E (2535)/Germany 2003/CBM 95_01/[Postny] (35)}) 6. c3 (6. Na3 {
The idea of this somewhat awkward move is to carry out the advance c2-c4.} a6 (
6... Qb6 7. c4 b4 8. Nc2 d6 9. a3 a5 10. axb4 axb4 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. d5 $1 {
The only way to fight for the initiative.} exd5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. cxd5
O-O 16. b3 {1/2-1/2 Medvegy,Z (2478)-Hertneck,G (2539)/Germany 2005/CBM 110_01/
[Postny,E] (39)}) 7. c4 b4 8. Nc2 Qb6 9. Be3 a5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11
{0-1 Gozzoli,Y (2429)-Bocharov,D (2569)/Abu Dhabi 2004/CBM 103_01/[Postny,E] 
(51)}) 6... cxd4 (6... Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7 11.
Nef3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Meins,G (2440)-Kritz,L (2547)/
Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106 (22)}) 7. cxd4 Be7 8. a3 {A rather unambitious move
like the whole line actually.} (8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd3 Qb6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Na4 Qa6
12. Ne5 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B (2565)-Karpov,A (2780)/Tilburg 1994/CBM 044
(31)}) 8... a6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. Qd3 Nd7 (12... O-O 13.
Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} Bxg5 14. Bxb7 Ra7 15. Bg2 $14) 13. Re1 Nf6 14. e4 O-O 15. Bd2
Rc8 16. a4 Bc6 $2 {After this natural looking move black finds himself in
serious trouble.} (16... bxa4 {was sufficient to keep the balance.}) {[%tqu
"En","How should White continue?","","","d4d5","",12]} 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 2048]}
exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd4 {and black loses a
piece.}) 19. axb5 axb5 $2 {I suppose that black didn't realize the danger yet.}
(19... Bc4 20. Qe3 Nd5 21. Qe4 axb5 22. Ba5 Qd7 23. b3 Bxb3 24. Nd2 Bf6 25.
Nxb3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nf6 {White is obviously better, but this would have been
the least of the evils for black.}) 20. Ra7 (20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qd3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3
$16 Rxb2 $2 23. Ra7 {[%csl Re7]} Nd7 (23... Re8 24. Ba5 $18) 24. Ba5 Qe8 25.
Bc6 $18) 20... Be4 {The alternatives are not better.} (20... Be6 21. Nd4) (
20... Bc4 21. Qb1) (20... Re8 $2 21. Ba5 $18 {[%csl Rd8]}) 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22.
Qxe4 {Materially speaking, the position is approximately balanced, but white
is clearly on top here, since all his pieces are active.} Bf6 {White does not
care about Pb2, going for a direct attack.} 23. h4 $5 Bxb2 24. Ng5 g6 25. Bh3
Rc4 $2 ({It was necessary to cover the 7th rank:} 25... Rc7 $16 {Now, does not
work} 26. Ba5 Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Nxf7 $4 Bd4 $19) 26. Qf3 $2 (26. Qd5 $1 {
was far more convincing.} Rc7 (26... Rc5 27. Qa2 $18) 27. Ba5 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Qf6
29. Nxf7 Rxf7 (29... Bd4 30. Ng5+ $18) 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Be6 $18) 26... Qf6 $2
({Again} 26... Rc7 {was the only defense.}) 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for White.","","","g5f7","",10]} 28. Nxf7 $1 Bd4 $1 {The best
chance. Now, white should play precisely.} (28... Ra4 29. Rb7 $18) 29. Rd7
Bxf2+ 30. Kg2 $1 Rc2 31. Be6 $1 (31. Ng5 Re8 32. Be6+ {leads to the same
position by different moves order.}) 31... Re8 (31... Rxd2 $2 32. Ng5+ Kh8 33.
Rxh7#) 32. Ng5+ Rxe6 33. Rd8+ {This check should have been foreseen before
white's playing 28.Nxf7.} Kg7 34. Nxe6+ Kf6 35. Kxf2 Rxd2+ (35... Kxe6 36. Ke3
$18) 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Rxd6 Ke5 38. Rb6 {White won a piece. Some precision is
still required, not to allow black to exchange or to capture white's remaining
pawns.} Kf5 39. Nd4+ Kg4 40. Ne2 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rf3+ 42. Ke1 Rf5 43. Re6 $1 g5
44. Re4+ Kf3 45. Re7 Rd5 46. Rxh7 gxh4 47. Rxh4 Ke3 (47... Re5 48. Rf4+ Ke3 49.
Rb4 Kf3 50. Rb3+ $18) 48. Rb4 Rd8 49. Rxb5 Kf3 50. Rb3+ Kg2 51. g4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {In this line black is trying to seize some space
on the queenside. Since the white light-squared bishop will be developed to g2,
the b5 pawn won't be attacked by the bishop.} 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 {
Attacking the Pb5 and preparing the advance c2-c4.} Qb6 (6... a6 7. c4 b4 8.
Nc2 Qb6 9. Be3 a5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {0-1 Gozzoli,Y (2429)
-Bocharov,D (2569)/Abu Dhabi 2004/CBM 103_01/[Postny,E] (51)}) 7. c4 (7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. b4 Bxb4 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. c3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Na5 12. Bb4 Nc4 13. Nd2 Bxg2
14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. e4 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Qc6 18. Qd4 {1/2-1/2
Romanishin,O (2543)-Aleksandrov,A (2659)/Calcutta 2004/CBM 103 ext}) 7... b4 8.
Nc2 (8. Nb5 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd4 Ne4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O
14. Nc2 Rfd8 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chytilek,R (2424)-Dydyshko,
V (2581)/Czech Rep CZE 2004/The Week in Chess 548 (44)}) 8... d6 (8... Na6 9.
b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qb2 d6 15. Ne1
Bxg2 16. N3xg2 Qc6 17. Rd1 a5 18. Nd3 $11 {0-1 Shvidler,E (2465)-Goldin,A 
(2590)/Israel 1997/CBM 058 ext (40)}) 9. a3 a5 10. axb4 $146 (10. Ne3 Nbd7 $2
11. d5 $1 e5 12. Qa4 g6 13. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Nava Pereda,C (2290)-Alvarez Ibarra,R/
San Sebastian 1996/EXT 2001 (32)}) 10... axb4 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. d5 $1 {The
right and the only way to fight for the initiative.} exd5 13. Nh4 g6 {It is
necessary to cover the f5 square.} 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. cxd5 O-O {After all the
opponents landed in a typical Benoni-type position. White might enjoy a slight
edge thanks to a blockading c4 square.} 16. b3 Nbd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bf4 $6 {
Attacking the Pd6, but in general white's bishop obstructs his own pawns and
also quite vulnerable on f4.} ({Stronger would have been to put the bishop on
the long diagonal:} 18. Bb2 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4,Gf2f4]}) 18... Ne8 19. Nf3 Ndf6
20. Ne1 Nh5 21. Bc1 f5 $132 22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 g5 $1 {A typical
plan in Benoni. Black should not be afraid of the visible weakness of his
kingside. It is more important to seize space and drive away white's pieces to
a passive locations.} 25. Bc1 Nc7 26. Qd3 $6 {GM Medvegy decided to go for a
double-edged e2-e4 thrust.} ({A more solid possibility is} 26. Qd2 {[%csl Rg5]
[%cal Od2g5]} h6 27. Bb2 $13 {exchanging black's strong dark-squared bishop.})
26... Nb5 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Nc3 $1 {Black gives the Ph7, but wins the
important Pd5 instead.} 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Ne3 Bd4 31. Bg6 Nxd5 (31... Bxe3 $5 {
This is a computer-like move. For a human being it's very dangerous to give
such a strong bishop, when both kings are exposed. However, the concrete
variations seem to work fine for black:} 32. Bxe3 (32. fxe3 Bxd5 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8
34. e4 Bxb3 35. Bxg5 Be6 $15 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]} (35... Bc4 $6 36. Qxc4 Qf3 {
[%cal Of3e2,Gc3e2]} 37. Bh5 Qxh5 38. Bf6+ Kh7 39. Qe6 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh3
Qh5+ $11)) 32... Bxd5 33. Re1 Qf6 34. f4 g4 35. f5 Be4 $17) 32. Nxd5 (32. Nf5
$2 Qb7 $1 33. Nxd4 Nf4 34. Be4 Nxd3 35. Bxb7 Bxb7 $19) 32... Bxd5 (32... Rxf2
$2 33. Be3 Rg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bxd5+ 35. Kh3 $16) 33. Bb2 Bxb2 34. Qxd5 Bd4 35. Kg2
Qe2 {Going for a forced perpetual check. It does not seems that black had
anything better.} 36. Qxg5 Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 Qe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O a6 {Black is building up a
"hedgehog type" position. The main alternatives are: 5...d5 and 5...Nc6.} 6.
Nxd4 Qc7 7. Nb3 (7. e4 Bc5 (7... Nc6 8. c4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qc3 e5 {
- see the annotated game Murshed,N-Ionov,S/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 97 [Finkel]}) 8.
c4 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Qb8 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. h3 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco
rapid 1999 (30)}) (7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. c4
dxc4 13. Qc1 c3 14. Bxc3 Nd5 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Ngf3 f6 18. a3 O-O $11
{1-0 Moiseenko,A-Christiansen,L/Kapuskasing 2003 (73)}) 7... d6 $146 {All the
previous games went with the immediate 7...Be7.} (7... Be7 8. Bf4 d6 9. c4 Nbd7
10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Nh5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 13. g4 Nhf6 14. g5 Nh5 15. e3 g6
16. f4 Bb7 $13 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Gelfand,B/Candidates m 1991 (53)}) 10... Nh5 11.
Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Nd4 Nhf6 16. h3 Rd8 17. b3 Nf8
18. Qd2 Re8 19. a4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Alekseev,E/Krasnoyarsk 2003/
CBM 98 (20)}) 8. a4 (8. Bf4 Be7 9. c4 {is probably a more promising plan for
white (see 7...Be7).}) 8... Be7 9. a5 {A typical attempt to prevent Black's
smooth development of queenside pieces.} O-O 10. Nc3 {White's knight is
heading to the outpost b6.} Nbd7 11. Na4 Ne5 12. Be3 (12. Nb6 Rb8 $11 {[%cal
Gc8d7,Gd7c6]}) 12... Bd7 13. Nb6 (13. Bb6 Qc8 (13... Qc4 $6 {[%csl Ra4]} 14.
Nd2 Qc8 15. Bd4) 14. Bd4 Nc4 15. Nd2 e5 16. Bc3 (16. Nxc4 Qxc4 {[%csl Ra4,Rd4]}
) 16... Bh3 $1 17. Nxc4 (17. Bxh3 $2 Qxh3 18. Nxc4 Ng4 $19) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2
Qxc4 19. Nb6 Qc6+ {and black is OK.}) 13... Rab8 14. c4 $6 ({It was stronger
to eliminate the light-squared bishop:} 14. Nxd7 Nfxd7 15. Bf4 {with
approximate equality.}) 14... Bc6 (14... Nxc4 $2 15. Rc1 d5 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5
{[%csl Rc4,Rd5][%cal Gc1c7] and Black is collapsing.}) 15. f3 {This move looks
quite ugly, but the exchange of the light-squared bishops was obviously in
black's favour.} d5 $15 16. c5 (16. Bf4 g5 $1 17. Bxg5 dxc4 $36) 16... Nc4 17.
Qc1 Bb5 {White's space on the queenside has no real significance, while Black
has better control over the centre.} 18. Bd4 Nd7 (18... e5 19. Bf2 Rbd8 $15)
19. Kh1 Bf6 (19... Nxc5 $4 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. b3 $18 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gc1c5]}) 20. Nxd7 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd7 22. b4 e5 23. Nb3 Be6 {Black's
position is obviously preferable, but it's hard to find any clear attacking
plan. In the following few move both sides are trying to consolidate their
forces to the maximum.} 24. f4 f6 25. e3 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rbd8 27. Qc3 Qf7 28. Kg1
Rfe8 29. Bf1 Kh8 30. Rac1 h5 $6 (30... Qh5 $15) 31. Na1 $2 {White is intending
to transfer the knight via c2 to a3 to get rid of black's strong knight.
However, this manouevre is too slow and black gets enough time to create
serious threats on the kingside.} ({Much more tempting would have been} 31. c6
$1 bxc6 32. Nc5 {and White is at least not worse.}) 31... h4 32. Nc2 Qg6 33.
Kf2 Qh5 $6 (33... Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gf5e4] seems to be very strong.}) 34.
Bg2 Bf7 35. Re1 (35. Na3 $2 d4 $1 36. exd4 exd4 $19 {[%csl Re2]}) 35... Qf5 36.
Rcd1 Qh5 37. Bf3 Qh6 38. Na3 d4 ({Bad for black is} 38... hxg3+ 39. hxg3 Qh2+
40. Bg2 {[%cal Re1h1,Rh1h8]}) 39. exd4 exd4 40. Rxe8+ $2 ({The right capture
is:} 40. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 (40... Nxa3 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Qxa3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 {
and Black does not have any decisive continuation.}) 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Qxd4
Nxa3 43. Qd8 (43. Qd3 $5 Nb5 44. Bxb7) 43... hxg3+ 44. hxg3 Qg6 45. f5 Qf7 46.
Bd5 Qh5 47. Bf3 Qf7 48. Bd5 $11) 40... Rxe8 41. Rxd4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 (42. hxg3
$4 Qh2+ 43. Bg2 Ne3 $19) 42... Ne3 43. Qd3 (43. Be4 {[%tqu "En","Find the
winning combination.","","","e8e4","",10]} Rxe4 $1 44. Rxe4 Qg6+ 45. Kf3 {
[%tqu "En","Continue the attack.","","","e3d1","",10]} Nd1 $1 46. Qd3 f5 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gg6g4]} 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. Ke1 Nb2 $1 $19) 43... Bg6 44. Be4 Bxe4
$2 {Missing the winning continuation.} (44... Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rf4] was simply
devastating.} 45. Bxg6 (45. f5 Bxf5 $1 46. Bxf5 Re3+ $19) (45. Qf3 Bxe4 46.
Rxe4 Qg6+ $19 {[%csl Re4,Rg3]}) 45... Re3+ 46. Qxe3 Qxg6+ 47. Kf2 Nxe3 48. Kxe3
Qg1+ {and Black is winning.}) 45. Rxe4 Nf1+ 46. Kf2 Qxh2+ 47. Ke1 (47. Kxf1 $4
Qh1+ $19 {[%csl Re4,Rf1]}) 47... Rxe4+ 48. Qxe4 Ng3 49. Qf3 f5 {Black still
looks better, but the analysis shows that the draw is the correct result in
this position.} (49... f5 50. Kd1 Ne4 (50... Qh5 $4 51. Qxh5+ Nxh5 52. b5 $1
Nf6 53. c6 bxc6 54. bxa6 Nd5 55. a7 Nc7 56. Nc4 $18 {[%cal Rc4b6]}) 51. Nc4 Qa2
52. Qh5+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ {with a perpetual check.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Apsap op 103rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piankov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Camus de Solliers, Guillaume"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 {un bon ordre de coups des noirs pour égaliser} 3. c3 Nf6 (
3... Nc6 $5 {Interessant pour éviter l'attaque TORRE}) 4. Bg5 cxd4 $11 (4... d5
{la grande ligne de l'attaque TORRE} 5. e3 Qb6) 5. cxd4 Qb6 $1 6. Qb3 $2 (6.
Qc2 $142 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 d5 9. Nc3 Bd7 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2]} 10. Be2 Be7
(10... Rc8 $1 11. O-O Na5 12. Rac1 {[%cal Ga5c4]} Be7 $15) 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4
Qc7 13. Nc5 Rfc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qa4 Ne5 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Bd3
Na4 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rb1 a6 {Larsen,B (2585)-Portisch,L (2655)/Tilburg 1980/
MCD/0-1 (65)}) (6. Qc1 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 $11 {Speelman,J (2623)-Hracek,Z 
(2612) Lippstadt 10th 2000 (2) 1/2}) 6... Qxb3 $6 (6... Ne4 $142 $1 {Le jeune
KARPOV avait gagné en ...11 coups en réfutant Qb3} 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 (8. Qxb6
axb6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nxd2 $15 {Riquelme Valero,M (2240)-Sanz Alonso,F (2425)
ESP-ch Torrevieja 1997 (7) 0-1}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 g5 $1 10. Bxg5 Bxd2+ 11.
Nxd2 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5d2,Ge4d2,Ge4g5];Sangla,P-Karpov,A URS-chT Riga 1968 0-1}) 7.
axb3 Ne4 {Trop tard!} 8. Bf4 $146 (8. Nc3 {Zhuravliov,V (2416)-Novichkov,V 
(2419) Zeleny Shum-C 2000 (9) 0-1}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Nfd2 Nc6 $15 {[%cal Gc6d4]}
10. e3 d5 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bd7 13. Ke2 Na5 $1 14. Bc2 Bb5+ $36 15. Kd1 b6
16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bb1 $2 {[%csl Rb3] Perd un P} Rxc1+ 18. Kxc1 Ke7 19. Kd1 Rc8
20. e4 $2 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 23. Ke3 Bc6 24. Bb1 Rd8 25. Rd1 Bd5
$6 {Les noirs se privent du thème tactique sur la colonne "d" et la Rd1 non
protégée} (25... f6 $142 {[%cal Gd8d1,Ge6e5]} 26. Ba2 Nxd4 $1 {[%csl Rd1]}) 26.
f3 (26. Bxh7 f6 27. g4 e5) 26... Rc8 27. Bd3 Bc4 28. Bc2 Na5 29. Ra1 Bb5 30.
Be4 Nc4+ 31. Kf2 a5 32. Bd3 Kd7 33. Rc1 h5 34. h4 Nd6 35. Rxc8 {le MI espère
annuler la finale de B de couleurs opposées mais les noirs ont des bonnes
chances de gain а cause de la faiblesse "d4'} Kxc8 36. Bxd6 Bxd3 {[%csl Gd3,
Gd6]} 37. g4 (37. Ke3 Bf1 38. g4 g6 39. Ke4 Be2 40. g5 {[%cal Ge4e5,Ge5f6]} Kd7
41. Bf8 b5 42. f4) 37... Kd7 38. Bf8 g6 39. Ke3 Bc4 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Ba3 Kc6
$17 42. Be7 Kb5 43. Bd8 Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb5a6]} (43... Kb4 $2 44. Bxb6)
44. f4 Ka6 45. Kd3 b5 46. Kc2 b4 47. Kd3 Kb5 {La finale devient trés difficile
pour les blancs} 48. Bc7 Bc4+ (48... a4) 49. Kd2 a4 50. Bd6 (50. Kc2 a3 51.
bxa3 bxa3 52. Bd6 a2 53. Kb2 Kc6 $19 {[%cal Gc6f3,Gf3g3,Gg3h4]} 54. Be5 Kd5 55.
Bf6 Ke4 56. Bg5 Kxd4) 50... Bf1 51. Bc5 Kc4 52. Be7 Kb3 53. d5 exd5 54. Bf6 Bg2
55. Be5 Be4 56. Bf6 Kc4 57. Ke3 Bf5 58. Bg7 Be4 59. Bf6 Kb3 60. Kd2 a3 61. bxa3
bxa3 62. Be5 Kc4 63. Ke3 Kc5 64. Bc3 a2 65. Ba1 Kd6 66. Bd4 Ke6 67. Ba1 Kf5 68.
Bd4 Kg4 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.03.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wollishofen"]
[BlackTeam "Riehen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c4 Bxc5 6. Nc3 (6. a3 O-O 7. b4 Be7
8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Nc4 a4 16. Nd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (61) Heimann,A (2591)-Huschenbeth,N (2585)
Dresden 2017}) 6... O-O 7. a3 dxc4 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc4 a6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2
b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Nd2 $146 (15. h3) 15... Ne5 16.
Nb3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Na5 Rc7 19. a4 $5 {Plötzlich hatte ich das Gefühl,
auf Gewinn spielen zu können, da die schwarzen Figuren im Moment etwas
unkoordiniert sind.} bxa4 20. b5 Nd5 $8 {Einzige Verteidigung, aber
ausreichend!} 21. Nxd5 (21. Ne4 $5) 21... Bxd5 22. b6 $6 (22. bxa6 $1 Ra8 23.
e4 (23. Nb7 $2 Bf8 $19) 23... Rxa6 24. exd5 Rxa5 25. dxe6 Be7 26. Rd7 $1 Rxd7
27. exd7 $11 {die Stellung habe ich in der Vorausberechnung gesehen, war mir
aber nicht ganz sicher, ob das wirklich Ausgleich ist.}) 22... Rc5 $1 {Den
habe ich aber übersehen, rechnete nur mit 22...Tc2.} (22... Rc2 23. Ba3 $11)
23. Rxa4 Rb5 24. Ba3 $1 Rxb6 25. e4 $5 {Vielleicht die beste praktische Chance,
sonst hat Weiß einfach einen Bauern weniger.} Bxe4 26. Rad4 $1 (26. Rxe4 Bxh2+
27. Kxh2 Rxd1 $19 {ist eine verschlechterte Version der Partiestellung}) 26...
Bc2 $1 27. Rc1 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rxd4 29. Bc5 $1 Rh4+ $8 30. Kg3 Rb5 31. Rxc2 {[#]
} g5 $6 (31... Ra4 32. Be3 h6 $19) 32. Nc6 f5 $2 33. Ne5 $6 {Zeitnot} (33. Bd4
$1 $15) 33... Re4 34. Nd7 Rg4+ (34... Kf7 $1 35. f3 Re1 36. Kf2 Rd1 37. Ne5+
Kf6 38. Ke2 Rd5 39. Nd3 Rb3 40. Nc1 Rb8 $17) 35. Kh2 Rh4+ 36. Kg3 Rb7 37. Rd2
$8 (37. Ne5 Rc7 $19) 37... Rc4 38. Bb6 $8 Rb4 $2 (38... Rc8 $17) 39. Bd8 $1 {
...und plötzlich ist die Welt wieder in Ordnung!} Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Rh4+ 41. Kg3
Rbb4 42. Bf6 $1 Rhg4+ 43. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ein Jahr zuvor habe ich gegen Michael bei dem gleichen Anlass eine
spektakuläre Niederlage erlitten und wollte natürlich eine Revanche.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O {Die Stellung habe ich bereits mit
beiden Farben gespielt:} Nbd7 (5... Bb7 6. Bg5 (6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 b4 8. cxb4
Bxb4 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Bd6
15. Rfc1 e5 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. b5 Ng4 18. e3 Nc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nxe5
Qc2 22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. Nef3 Ne4 24. Nd4 Qc7 25. N2f3 Bf8 26. Ne1 Qa5 27. Nd3 Nd2
28. Qa2 Rc4 29. Ra1 Ne4 30. Qb3 Rec8 31. Ne5 Nxf2 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Qc3 Bb4 34.
Qc2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Nd3 36. Nc6 Rxc6 37. bxc6 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qxc6 39. Rf1 Bd6 40.
Bd4 h5 41. Qg2 Qc7 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Bf8 45. h4 a6 46. Rf5 Qb7
47. Rxh5 {1-0 (47) Prusikin,M (2519)-Balogh,C (2456) Miskolc 2004}) 6... Nbd7
7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 Be7 9. a4 b4 10. cxb4 cxb4 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Rfc1 a5 15. e3 Ba6 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qf1
Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Nb6 22. Nc5 Rc8 23. b3 Nd7 24. Nd3 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1
Be7 26. Ne5 Nb8 27. Ncd3 f6 28. Ng6 Kf7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Ke2 Nc6 31. Nc5 e5
32. Kd3 exd4 33. exd4 f5 34. h4 {½-½ (34) Huebner,R (2615)-Prusikin,M (2507)
Switzerland 2006}) 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd3 a6 (7... c5 $5 8. Qxb5 (8. dxc5 Nxc5 9.
Qxb5+ Bd7 10. Qb4 Nce4 11. Qe1 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Rb8 $15 {Schwarz hat mehr als
genug Kompensation}) 8... Rb8 $15) 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 $1 (9... Nxf6
10. Nb3 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Rfc1 $14) 10. e4 $6 (10. b4 $1 {versprach Weiß evtl.
Chancen auf einen minimalen Eröffnungsvorteil}) 10... O-O 11. Rfe1 $146 (11.
c3 e5 $2 (11... c5 $1) 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nxe5 Bxg2
16. Nd7 Qc6 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Rfe1 Bh1 19. Qf1 g5 20. Re5 f6 21. Re7 g4 22. Rd1
Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rd4 h5 25. h3 Be4 26. Kh2 Bf5 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2
gxh3+ 29. Kh2 Ke6 30. f3 c5 31. Rh4 Bg6 32. Kxh3 f5 33. b4 cxb4 34. cxb4 {
1-0 (34) Veingold,A (2465)-Sanchez Guirado,F (2335) Aviles 1992}) 11... c5 $15
12. e5 Be7 {Nun entstand eine für den Nachziehenden sehr günstige Version
der Französischen Verteidigung, mit klaren Spiel am Damenflügel und ohne das
weiße Gegenspiel auf der anderen Seite.} 13. h4 b4 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Rad1 Rac8
16. Nb3 a5 17. Ng5 Ba6 18. Bh3 h6 19. Nf3 a4 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nbd4 Rc7 $17 22.
Nd2 a3 23. bxa3 bxa3 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Na4 27. Rb3 Nc3 28. Nb1
Rfc8 29. Nxc3 Rxc3 30. Qe2 Bc5 31. Nb5 Rxb3 32. cxb3 Bb6 $6 {Hier verpasste
ich bereits einen konkreten Gewinn:} (32... Rb8 33. Nd6 Qc3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal
Gc3g3]} 34. Kg2 Qb2 35. Kf3 f6 $19) 33. Kg2 Qa6 $1 {Der Damentausch würde die
schwarze Sache vereinfachen, da er eine Reihe von Stellungsvorteilen besitzt:
bessere Leichfigur, offene Linie, bessere Bauernstruktur (xa2).} 34. Re1 h5 $1
{Ein wichtiger Zug, Schwarz gelingt, um es mit Karpov zu sagen, "ein Blick in
die Zukunft. Und in der nahen Zukunft wird der Schwarz König den Pfad
g8-h7-g6-f5 nehmen wollen.} 35. Nd6 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Rc1 37. b4 Rb1 38. Nb5 Rxb4
39. Nxa3 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6,Gg6f5]} Kh7 40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Nc2 Ra4 42. Ne1 Kf5 43.
Kg2 Re4 $19 44. Rxe4 Kxe4 45. Nf3 d4 46. Ng5+ Kd3 47. Nxf7 Kc2 48. Ng5 d3 49.
Ne4 d2 50. Nxd2 Kxd2 51. Kf3 Kd3 52. a4 Kc4 53. Kg2 Kd5 54. f4 Ke4 55. Kh3 Kf5
56. Kh2 Kg4 57. Kg2 g6 58. Kh2 Kf3 59. Kh3 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 Qc3 7. O-O d5 8.
Re1 cxd4 (8... c4 9. Bf1 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e4 Kd8 12. Rb1 Bh6 13. exd5 exd5
14. Rb5 Bxd2 15. Rxd5+ Kc7 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. Ne4 Qb2 18. Rd6 f5 19. d5 fxe4 20.
dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd7+ Kb6 22. Qd6 Rac8 23. Bxc4 Qxc2 24. Qa3 Rhf8 25. Qe3+ {
Alexeev,A-Balashov,Y/URS/1972/}) 9. Bxf6 $1 {N} (9. Nxd4 a6 10. N4f3 Nc6 11. e4
Be7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Qa3 14. c4 Nc3 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f6 17. Bf4 e5
18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Re3 Qc5 20. Bg3 O-O 21. Qc2 f5 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24.
Bxe5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rde1 f4 27. Rb3 {Salov,V-Psakhis,L/Irkutsk(URS-1L)
1986/0,5/}) 9... gxf6 10. e4 Qa5 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nfxd4 Nd7 14. c4
Qg5 15. Nb5 Kd8 16. g3 $5 a6 (16... f5 $5) 17. f4 Qh6 18. N5d4 Rg8 (18... Bb4
19. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 20. Nxe6+ Ke7 21. Nc7 Nb6 (21... Ra7 22. Nd5+ Kf7 23. Nxb4 $40
) 22. c5 f5 23. Qe2+ Kf7 (23... Kd8 24. Nxa8 Nxa8 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Qd4+ $18) 24.
Bc4+ Nxc4 (24... Kg6 25. cxb6) 25. Qxc4+ Be6 26. Qxb4 Rab8 27. Re1 $16) (18...
Kc7 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Qf3+ Ka7 24. Nxc5 Bxc5
25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 $18) 19. Qf3 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kc7 (20... Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Kc7
22. c5 Bd7 23. c6 $1 $18) 21. Bf1 $1 Bd7 22. Bg2 Rb8 23. Kh1 Qg6 24. Qe3 $1 b6
(24... Nxb3 $5) 25. Qf3 Bd6 (25... Qg4 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 (26... bxc5 27. Nxe6+ $1
fxe6 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Bf3 $1 $18) 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7
29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Bf3 Qg6 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ Kf8 33. Qxb8+ Kg7 $16) 26. Nc6
Rgc8 (26... Rbc8 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 (27... bxc5 28. Ne7) 28. Ne7 $1 $18) 27. Nxb8
Rxb8 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Qa3 Rb6 30. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (3... c5) 4. Bh4 {
[%emt 0:00:47] Cette ligne n'a pas très bonne réputation théorique} (4. Bxf6
$142 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O $32) 4... d6 {[%emt 0:04:28]}
(4... c5) (4... b6) (4... g5 {La ligne critique pour gagner la paire de B et
préférée par KRAMNIK} 5. Bg3 Nh5 (5... Ne4 6. Nbd2 (6. Qd3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 $11
{Larsen,B (2625)-Byrne,R (2540) Las Palmas 1976 (1) 1/2}) (6. Nfd2) 6... Nxg3
7. hxg3 Bg7 8. c3 d6 9. e4 $13 {Hug,W (2453)-Kramnik,V (2759) Zuerich
Champions rap rapid 2009 (3) 1/2}) 6. e3 d6 7. Nbd2 Bg7) 5. c4 {[%emt 0:05:55]
Assez rarement joué dans une attaque Torre} (5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Be7
8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ba6
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nd6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qd1 b5
21. Ndf3 a5 22. a3 Qb6 23. b4 c4 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Qc2 Ra6 26. Ra2 Rda8 27. Rea1
Qa7 28. Qb2 axb4 29. Qxb4 Nfe4 30. Nd2 Ra4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qb2 Qa5 33. Rc1
Rxa3 34. Rxa3 Qxa3 {Levin,E (2505)-Alekseev,E (2710) St Petersburg 2013 0-1}) (
5. Nbd2 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5) (5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 $132) 5... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 6.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:
01:28]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:46]} (8. Bd3 Bb7) 8... Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:02:53]} c5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} bxc5 {
[%emt 0:05:42]} (10... Nxc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 11. O-O {[%emt 0:02:36]} O-O {
[%emt 0:01:04]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 13. Nd2 $146 {
[%emt 0:06:02][%cal Ge2f3]} (13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Ne1 Rac8 16. Bf3 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 Nf8 18. h3 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. Bh2 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23.
Bxe5 Nb4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qd1 Be7 27. Qg4 f6 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Winants,L (2517)-Speelman,J (2541) Netherlands 2007}) 13... Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:
30]} (13... Rab8 $5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf8d8]} 14. Bg3 (14. b3) 14... Rfd8) 14.
Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:34]} (14... Rab8) 15. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:11]
} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 16. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Rd2
{[%emt 0:02:24]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 18. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:19] Les Blancs ont un petit avantage d'espace
mais les R Blanches manquent de cases de pénétration et les Noirs ont au
moins l'égalité} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:17]}
Red8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 23. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:07] Il est difficile pour les deux
camps de progresser} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 24. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Ne4 $15 {
[%emt 0:01:48]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 b5 $5 {The idea behind this move is to
prevent c4 and to develop the bishop on b7.The problems are sometimes the
early opening of the Qside...} 5. O-O (5. c3 $5 Bb7 6. Qb3 a6 7. a4 c6 8. Bg5
$14 {[%csl Rb7] 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Sakaev,K/Ulcinj 1997/EXT 99 (21)}) (5. a4 $5
b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Ba6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Filippov,
V-Vaulin,A/Kazan 2001/CBM 86 no vc (56)}) 5... Bb7 (5... c5 $1 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nfd4 b4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,
E-Ibragimov,I/Vienna 1996/CBM 53 ext (26)}) (5... Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Hoffmann,M/
Germany 1996/GER-chT (31)}) 6. Qd3 $6 {[%mdl 8] Probably giving nothing.} (6.
Bg5 {The main line.} Nbd7 7. c3 (7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 c5 9. a4 a6 10. axb5 axb5
11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Gd1a1] 1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Huebner,R/
Polanica Zdroj 1996/CBM 55 (34)}) 7... c5 8. a4 b4 9. cxb4 cxb4 10. a5 Be7 11.
Qa4 Rc8 12. Ne5 O-O 13. a6 $14 {1-0 Piket,J-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57
ext (39)}) 6... a6 7. b3 {[%cal Gc2c4]} (7. Bg5 $6 Nbd7 8. a4 c5 9. axb5 c4 10.
Qd2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 $15) 7... Nbd7 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 8. c4 bxc4 (
8... dxc4 9. bxc4 Be4 10. Qb3 bxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 $11) 9. bxc4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 c5
$11 {Black successfully solved opening problems.} 11. Qb3 (11. Rd1 $142 $5 Rc8
12. Qa4) 11... Bd5 $5 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bc5 $1 {The best.Nc6
isn't threat!} 15. Nb3 {Unfortunatly white must play it.} (15. Nc6 $6 Nb6 $1
16. Qd1 (16. Nxd8+ Nxa4 $19 {[%cal Gc5d4]} 17. Nc6 Rc8) 16... Qc7 17. Na5 O-O
$17 {[%csl Ra1,Ra5,Rb1,Rc1,Rd1,Rf1]}) 15... O-O 16. N1d2 (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc4
Rc8 $15) 16... Qe7 $6 {After such a good opening play,black misses achance to
get even a better position.} (16... Nb6 $1 17. Qc6 Be7 $15 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Gf6d5]}) 17. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 $11 Ba3 $1 {Good decision.} (
19... Bd6 20. Bg5 Be5 21. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc1c6]}) 20. Nd4 {Forcing
black to exchange on c1,but it might have been better to leave the Ba3?!} (20.
Bg5 $5 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb3d4,Gd4c6]}) 20... Bxc1 21. Rfxc1 Rac8 22. Nc6 $14
Qd6 23. Rc4 {[%cal Ga1c1]} Rc7 24. Rac1 Re8 {[%csl Re7]} 25. e4 $1 {Without
this move white can't advance his position.} Qf8 $6 {[%cal Ge8c8]} (25... e5 $5
{[%csl Rd5] Loosing the square for knight sooner or later.} 26. Qe2 $14 {
[%cal Gc4c2,Ge2a6]}) 26. g4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Wasn't needed!} (26. Qc3 $1 {
[%cal Gc3a5] Preventing Rec8 and transfering the Q to Qside.Black gets into
the trouble here.} Rec8 $2 27. Ne7+ Qxe7 28. Rxc7 $18) 26... h6 27. h4 e5 28.
g5 (28. Nxe5 $6 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxe4 30. g5 $6 (30. Ne3 $142) 30... hxg5 31. hxg5
Qc5 $3 {[%cal Ge4c4,Gc5g5]} 32. gxf6 Qg5+ {[%cal Gg5g2,Gg5c1]} 33. Qg3 (33. Kh2
Rh4+ $19) 33... Rg4) 28... hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh7 30. Qg3 (30. g6 $6 fxg6 31. Qd3 {
[%cal Gc6e5]} Rf7 $132) 30... Qd6 $11 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gh7f8,Gf8g6,Gg6f4] Now
black is out of danger.} 31. Nxe5 {Now in order not to get worse position
white simplifies the position and the game enters about equal ending.} (31. Qc3
Nxg5 $17) (31. R1c3 Nf8 32. Nxe5 Rxc4 33. Nxc4 Qxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Rxe4 35. Nd6 $11)
31... Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Nxg5 $5 (33... Rxe4 34. Nd6 {Only black can
risk here.}) 34. f3 Rc8 35. Kf4 Ne6+ 36. Ke3 g5 $1 37. Rc2 {[%cal Gc4a3] The
ending is complitely equal and the opponents agree for a draw soon.} Kf8 38.
Na3 Rb8 39. Nc4 Rc8 40. Na3 Rb8 41. Nc4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerber, Richard"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 (6. c3 $5 {[%cal
Gb1d2,Gf1d3] White can also play this flexible continuation.} Nd7 7. Nbd2 Qd8
8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. e5 d5 11. b4 b6 12. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Agrest,
E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (48)}) 6... Nd7 (6... g5 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8g7,Gg5g4]}
7. h3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O h5 $132 {. 1-0 Speelman,
J-Karpov,A/Roquebrune 1992/CBM 27 ext (44)}) 7. Qd2 {[%cal Ge1c1] This move is
good to prepare a long castle or simply Rd1.} Qd8 $5 {This position should be
equal,but black must choose the right plan between many possible continuations.
} (7... c6 8. O-O-O e5 $2 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nb5 $3 $16 {1-0 Rogers,I-Glek,I/
Linz 1997/CBM 59 (46)}) (7... a6 8. a4 (8. O-O-O Qe7 9. Bd3 g6 10. Rhe1 Bg7 11.
h4 $40 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Bischoff,K/Munich 1990}) 8... g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. Rd1 b6
11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. c3 Rg8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Littlewood,
P-Adams,M/England 1997/EXT 99 (42)}) 8. O-O-O a6 9. h4 Be7 (9... b5 $5 10. Kb1
Bb7 11. d5 Nb6 12. Nxb5 $2 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Nd7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ne5 c6 $17 {
0-1 Rogers,I-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 10. e5 $5 {White has
some advantage in development and space,but black has a very solid pawn
structure and it is hard to break it.This move is some kind of try to get more
space,but as we will see black pieces are just placed bestly do prevent from
white opening up the position.} b5 {The best reply.Black must start some
counterplay on Qside.} (10... d5 11. Rh3 b6 12. Rg3 Bf8 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4 $14
{[%cal Gf4h5] 1/2-1/2 Bode,W-Dautov,R/Krumbach 1991/TD (69)}) 11. Bd3 Nb6 (
11... Bb7 $5 12. Rh3 $6 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 $15) 12. Qf4 Bb7 13. Qg4 Bf8 $8 (
13... g6 $6 14. h5 g5 15. Kb1 $14 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) (13... Kf8 14. Rh3 $40 {
[%cal Gh3g3]}) 14. h5 $6 {May be just a bit slow.This square was ment to be
for the knight.} (14. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge4g3,Gg3h5]} Bd5 $1 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Ne4
Bd5) 14... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4,Gd7a4]} 15. Nh4 $6 {After this move black gets
a strong initiative.} (15. Ne4 $1 Bd5 (15... Nc4 $1 $132) 16. Rhe1 Bxa2 $6 17.
b3 dxe5 18. Nc3 (18. Nxe5 $1 $16) 18... Ba3+ 19. Kd2 Bb4 20. Nxe5 (20. Ra1 Qc6
$1 $17) 20... Qd6 21. Qxg7 O-O-O $17) 15... b4 $1 16. Ne4 Bd5 {[%cal Gd5a2,
Gd7a4,Ga4a2]} 17. b3 (17. Kb1 $6 Qa4 18. b3 Qa3 $40 {[%cal Gb6a4,Ga6a5,Ga5a4]})
17... a5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8] As it strange as the fact that black pieces
Bf8,Rh8 are yet developed,black attack is very strong!} 18. f4 a4 19. f5 Qc6 $1
20. fxe6 (20. f6 Rg8 $1) 20... Bxe6 21. Nf5 axb3 22. axb3 Kd8 $5 {This
profylactic move removes the king from all possible checks with both knights.
But in fact it gives white precious time for defence.} (22... Bxf5 $5 23. Qxf5
d5 24. Nd2 Be7 {[%cal Ge7g5,Gc6c3,Ga8a1] With very strong attack.}) 23. exd6 $5
cxd6 24. Kb2 $5 {[%cal Gd1a1]} (24. Rhe1 $142 $5) 24... Ra3 25. Ra1 Qd5 (25...
Bxf5 $6 26. Qxf5 d5 {[%cal Gc6c3]} 27. Nc5 $8 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxa3 bxa3+
30. Ka2 $44 {[%csl Ga2,Rd8,Rf7][%cal Gh1e1] And already black king feels
uncomfortable.}) 26. Neg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gd2c4]}
Na4+ 27. bxa4 Ra2+ (27... Rxd3 $1 28. Qh4+ Kd7 29. cxd3 Bxf5 $44 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7f6]}) 28. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kb1 Ba2+ 31. Ka1 Bd5+ $11)
{[%tqu "En","How black can break white's king castle?","","","a3b3","Correct.",
10]} 26... Rxb3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. cxb3 {Excepts the challenge.} (27. Kc1
$142 Ra3 $19) 27... Qxb3+ 28. Kc1 Qc3+ 29. Kd1 $8 (29. Kb1 $2 Qxd3+ 30. Kc1 b3
{[%cal Gd3c2]} 31. Qd1 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Bc4 $19 {[%cal Gc4d3]}) 29... Qxa1+ (29...
Qxd3+ $2 30. Ke1 b3 31. Rd1 Qc2 {[%cal Gb3b1]} 32. Qh4+ Kd7 33. Ne3 $1 $13) 30.
Ke2 Qb2+ $19 31. Kf3 $6 (31. Kf1 $142 Qd2 32. Be2 Nd5 $19) 31... Qd2 32. Bb1 $6
(32. Be2 $142 $19) 32... Nc4 {[%csl Rf3]} 33. Qe4 $2 (33. Qh4+ $142 Kd7 34. Qg4
{[%cal Gg4d7]} Bd5+ 35. Ne4 $19) {[%tqu "En","It is time to end the game.How
black can win immediatly?","","","e6d5","Very nice.Tricky move which wins at
least a queen!",10]} 33... Bd5 $1 34. Qxd5 Ne5+ 35. Ke4 (35. dxe5 Qxd5+ $19)
35... Qxg2+ {[%cal Gg2d5]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 {It's hard to say that this move can possibly
promise White any kind of advantage. However it is playable and White isn't
worse yet.} h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Ba6 $2 {A very hard move
to understand. Black could always play this after castling short, which is
where he has to castle anyways, after which it is almost a guarantee that
White will develop his light-squared bishop. If this is the case, then why not
wait for the development and win a tempo by playing ...Ba6 on the next move?}
8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ $6 {Also difficult to
understand. The knight had more potential than the bishop in this position, so
why trade it off in such a hurry? The combination of rapid time controls and
extreme fatigue from the long tournament results in many mistakes.} Qxf6 12.
cxd4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. h3
Qb7 {Black has been given enough time to consolidate. White doesn't hold an
advantage anymore.} 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Qa6 f5 $6 {A strange decision from any
point of view. Black has no reason to try too hard to win as White holds some
very small pressure on the queenside that cannot be ignored. So why weaken the
kingside/center on top of that?} (20... Ne7 $1 21. g3 {(or any random move
that White makes, there isn't much to do in the position)} Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {and the game will surely end in a draw.}) 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22.
Nf4 Nb4 $6 {It is possible that this move is not that bad, but with the clock
ticking and with so much on the line there is absolutely no reason to go
munching a pawn on a2 and stranding Black's own knight.} 23. Qe2 Nxa2 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. e4 {Unsurprisingly this central break puts a lot of pressure on the
black position. Black is still holding but now has to be very careful.} Nb4 26.
exf5 exf5 27. Qf3 a5 $6 (27... d5 $1 {trying to give back material as soon as
possible for simplifications would have allowed Black to still be close to
equal.}) 28. Re6 {Now the pressure intensifies.} Kg8 29. Qg3 $1 Nd5 $2 {
Losing with no resistance. However already Black's position was very perilous.}
30. Qb3 $1 {The knight cannot move, and is thus lost. A simple but fatal
tactic.} (30. Qb3 Nxf4 31. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bg2
h5 15. h3 d5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Bxe4 Kf8 19. Rad1 Kg8 20. Rfe1 Nd7 {
[%tqu "En","How can White win material?","Motif: the white queen wants to come
to e6!","","e4g6","Right - Black cannot play 21...fxg6!",2,"De","Wie kann Weiß
Material erobern?","Motiv: Die weiße Dame will nach e6!","","e4g6","Richtig -
Schwarz darf nicht 21...fxg6 spielen!",2]} 21. Bg6 $1 Nc5 (21... fxg6 22. Qxe6+
Kh7 23. Rxd7 $18) (21... h4 {[%tqu "En","Black has declined the bishop
sacrifice and saved his h-pawn. Continuation?","","","g6f7","...and the white
queen comes to e6!",1,"De","Schwarz hat das Läuferopfer verschmäht und seinen
h-Bauern gerettet. Fortsetzung?","","","g6f7","...und die weiße Dame kommt
nach e6!",1]} 22. Bxf7+ {[%csl Re6][%cal Re2e6,Rd1d7]} Kxf7 23. Qxe6+ $18) {
[%tqu "En","And now?","","","g6h5","A pawn is a pawn.",1,"De","Und nun?","","",
"g6h5","Bauer ist Bauer.",1]} 22. Bxh5 {A pawn is a pawn. Bauer ist Bauer.} f5
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Rd3 Rbc8 26. c4 Rcd8 27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Red1 Rde8
29. Qd2 Rh6 30. Rd6 Nd5 31. Qb2+ f6 32. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. c3 e6 (4... c6 $5) 5. g3 (5. h3 Bh5 6. g4
Bg6 7. Bg2 $13) 5... Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 d5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5
11. e5 Ne8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf1 c5 14. Ng3 $6 (14. Be3 $5) (14. h4 Bxh4 15. g5
Bh5 16. N1h2 f6 $13 (16... h6 17. gxh6 g6 $13)) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Be3
Nb6 17. Re2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Nc7 (18... a5 $5) 19. Ne1 f6 $6 (19... a5) 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Bf4 Bf7 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. Qd3 Na6 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 (25... Rxf7
26. Rxe6 $1 Nxd4 27. Rd6 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Bg2 (6. Nh4 Be4 7. Nxe4
Nxe4 8. Bg2 d5 9. Nf3 e6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 c6 12. c3 $10 {
Ravikumar-Hodgson Great Britain ch 1990 50/62}) 6... c6 7. Nh4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 (12. c3 $5) 12... Nd5 13. e3
Be7 14. Ke2 f5 15. Rad1 e4 16. f3 exf3+ 17. Bxf3 N5b6 18. Na5 (18. Nxb6 $5)
18... O-O-O 19. Bc3 Rh7 20. Bg2 Re8 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. b3 Ne5 23. Kd2 Kc7 24. Rdf1
fxg4 25. hxg4 Rxh1 26. Bxh1 Nxg4 27. Rg1 Ne5 28. a4 Rh8 29. Be4 Rh5 30. Kc1
Ned7 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rh4 34. Bxg6 Rxd4 35. Bf5 Nc5 36. a5
Rxc4 37. Rxg7+ Kd6 38. a6 $1 bxa6 39. Rxa7 a5 40. Kb2 Rb4+ 41. Ka3 Ra4+ 42. Kb2
Ke5 43. Bg6 Kd6 44. Bd3 Kd5 45. Bg6 Kc4 46. Be8 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rb1
(8. e4 e5 $13 {Koenigsindishe Verteidigung mit dem Laufer auf d3!}) 8... e5 9.
b4 Re8 10. Bc2 $6 {Der Laufer steht nicht besonders gut auf c2. Jetzt nutzt
Schwarz die Schwaehung von c4-Bauer.} (10. Be2) 10... exd4 $1 11. exd4 Nb6 12.
Bd3 Be6 13. Nd2 {Zu passiv.} (13. d5 Bg4 14. Bg5 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nfd7 $36
) 14... h6 15. Bh4 $13) 13... Qd7 ({viel besser war} 13... Nh5 $1 14. d5 Bxc3
15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne4 Bg7 {Weiss hat etwas Kompensation, aber es ist
sicherlich nicht genug und Schwarz steht klar besser.}) 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. d5 Bf5
16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. Nb5 Re7 19. Bb2 $1 Bh6 20. Nf3 Nxc4 21. Nbd4 $2
(21. Nh4 $1 $36 {Das war die logische Fortsetzung. Ich habe zu viel Zeit
gebracht um mich zu entscheiden den Bauer zu opfern, und dann ist mir fast
keine Zeit geblieben fuer die konkrete Varianten. Nach 21.Sh4 steht Weiss
besser.}) 21... Ng7 22. Ba1 Re4 23. g3 Nb6 24. Rfd1 a5 $2 (24... a6 $17) 25.
bxa5 $1 Rxa5 26. Nb5 Nd7 (26... Na8 27. Nc3 $16) (26... Nd7 27. Nxc7 b6 28. Nb5
Ne8 29. Nh4 f4 30. Nf5 Bf8 $14 {/+/-.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {A very solid continuation which usually leads to a
long strategical play without much theory.} h6 4. Bh4 d6 {The main idea of
that move is swapping white's dark-squared bishop by g7-g5 and Nf6-g5. At the
same time, black allows white to seize a space and try to exploit some
weakness of black's k-side (after g7-g5)} ({The most problematic line seems to
be:} 4... c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3) 5. e3 (5. Nbd2 g5 6. Bg3
Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qe7 11. c3 Nf6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 f5 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Qb3 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Akhmadeev,V-Ionov,S/Podolsk
1992/EXT 97 (43)}) 5... Nbd7 {The q-side knight can be comfortably placed on
c6, so there was no reason to develop it now.} ({I would prefer an immediate
operation of swapping white's Bh4:} 5... g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. c3 Qe7 9.
Nfd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qe2 f5 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Na3 h5 15. Nc2 h4
$36 {0-1 Tyomkin,D-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba 1997/CBM 58 (47)}) 6. c4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5
{In my opinion,that is the best way to fight for a win, as the position become
not very standard.} 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qc2 $146 {A logical continuation. White is
plannig to make a q-side castle.} ({Besides, there is also a quiet plan of
development:} 9. Be2 Qe7 (9... b6 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. g4
a6 14. O-O O-O 15. Nde4 Rb8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Markus,J-Brodsky,
M/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 90 ext (49)}) 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. g4
Nb6 14. O-O f5 15. a4 a5 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sergeev,
V-Chatalbashev,B/Balatonlelle 2002/EXT 2004 (38)}) 9... O-O {That is a
possible, but quite risky continuation.} ({Besides, I can recommend another
possible plan of development:} 9... Qe7 $5 10. O-O-O Ndf6 11. Bd3 Bd7 {[%cal
Ge8c8] and black's monarch will feel much safer on the qside.}) 10. O-O-O f5 {
That move weakens a light squares around Kg8, but forces white to advance his
''h'' pawn, as it always actual now.} ({Comes to consideration:} 10... Qe7 11.
Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. d5 Nb6 {with a complicated position in which white's
prospects are only slighty better.}) 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. h4 ({Nothing special
promised:} 12. d5 Nc5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 $132 {and black has a very comfortable
position.}) 12... g4 13. Ng1 c5 {Black's counterplay can be connected only
with that breakthrough, as Bg7 is the main attacking piece.} ({But before
black could open the ''b'' file for his rooks:} 13... b5 $5 14. Nxb5 (14. cxb5
a6 $132) 14... a6 15. Nc3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 c5 17. Nge2 {It looks like black has
no sufficient compensation for a pawn, but maybe that was a good practical
decision, as white should play very accurately.}) 14. Nge2 Nxg3 15. fxg3 {
White's pawn structure is a bit compromised, but that is not a very important
fact at this moment, as it's too far away from the endgame! White's plan now
is opening the files in the centre by e3-e4: in that case white's development
advantage will be very significant.} Nb8 $1 {Black finds the only reasonable
plan - the knight will be placed very well on c6, especially in view of the
possible e3-e4.} (15... Nf6 $6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. e4 $36) (15... Rd8 16. Rhf1 $1
Nf8 $140 17. d5 $16) 16. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4g6]} ({Deserved attention:} 16. dxc5
dxc5 17. e4 $1 (17. Nf4 $143 Qc7 $1 18. e4 Nc6 19. exf5 exf5 20. Rhe1 Qa5 $132)
17... Nc6 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Qd2 $14 {with some advantage of white,
as black has difficulties with development of Bc8.}) 16... cxd4 {It's
important to free the long diagonal for Bg7.} 17. exd4 Bxd4 $2 {A wrong
redaction of the sacrifice! The time is very important in such a dynamic
positions, so black had to take care about his development and not to make a
move with a developed piece.} ({Black had no time for profilactic:} 17... Rf7
$6 18. Rhe1 Nc6 19. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 20. d5 Ne5 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Kb1 $14) ({
But correct was:} 17... Nc6 $142 18. Ng6 Qf6 19. Nxf8 Nxd4 20. Qd2 Qxf8 $44 {
with a full compensation for some deficit of material.}) 18. Ng6 Qg7 19. Nxf8
Kxf8 (19... Qxf8 20. Nb5 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Na6 22. Be2 $18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Nb5 $1
{Now white has an obvious development advantage.} Bc5 $2 {That allows white to
decide the game by ellegant combination.} ({The same goes on:} 20... Be5 $2 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. Nxd6 Nc6 23. Nxc8 Qg6 24. Rhf1 Rxc8 25. Rxf5+ Ke7 26. Qd3 Qe6 27.
Qa3+ $18) ({But black could defend more resistantly:} 20... Nc6 21. Nxd6 (21.
Nxd4 $6 Nxd4 22. Qd2 e5 {[%cal Gc8e6] is not clear at all.}) 21... Qe5 22. Nxc8
Rxc8 23. Rhe1 Qf6 24. Kb1 $18 {and white's position is winning,but there is
still a lot of play.}) 21. Bxf5 $1 exf5 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 (22... Nc6 23. Nxc8 Qf6 (
23... Qg6 24. Rhf1 $18 {-see comments to the previous notes(20...Be5).}) 24.
Rhf1 $18) (22... Qc7 23. Nxf5 $18 {[%cal Gh1f1]}) 23. Rxd6 $18 {Black's
monarch cannot still alive, as his pieces have not time to help him.} Nc6 24.
Qd2 Kg8 (24... Ne7 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Qe3 Qf8 27. Rxh6 $18) 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Qe3
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 ({
Another interesting way to continue is to play an early h6:} 7... h6 8. Bh4 (8.
Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 9. c3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bg7 $11) 8... Nh5 $1 {the point} 9.
O-O (9. Bg3 Nc6 10. c3 d6 11. O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 $15 {and the game will open
up in favour of the black bishops.}) 9... Nf4 10. Bc4 (10. Be4 $4 f5) 10... d5
11. Bb3 Nc6 12. c3 {and here the simple} Bf5 {gives Black a good game.} (12...
Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bg3 g5 15. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Kanep,M (2522)-Luukkonen,T 
(2355) Helsinki 2014}) 13. Bc2 (13. Re1 $2 Nd3) (13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Be5 (14. Bh4
Qd7 $1 {preparing g6-g5} (14... g5 $2 15. Nxg5) 15. Re1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17.
hxg3 e6 $11) 14... f6 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 g5 $11) 13... Bxc2 14. Qxc2 g5 15.
Bg3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 e6 17. Qd3 Nxg3+ 18. fxg3 (18. hxg3 h5 $40) 18... g4 19. Ng1 {
aiming for f4 & h5} (19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Raf1 Rc7 $15) 19... Qg5 20.
Ne2 Ne7 $1 {heading to the best square d6, with a good game.}) 8. c3 d6 9. O-O
{The game is now basically a reversed version of the popular KIA vs. Barcza
System (d5, c6, e6, bishop on g4, knight on d7, knight on f6 set-ups).} Qc7 ({
Once again, it's also viable for Black to play} 9... h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 $5
Bxf6 (10... exf6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qb3 $14) 11. d5 (11. Re1 Qc7 12. d5 Ne5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qf3 Qc5 $11) 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 {and here Black must be careful
and play the unusual} dxe5 $1 (12... Bxe5 13. f4 $1 Bg7 14. Kh1 $36) 13. Qb3 {
with a double-edged struggle ahead.} ({Or} 13. Qf3 $13)) 10... Qc7 (10... Nh5
11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bc2 $14 (12. Be4 $5)) 11. Re1 e5 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. d5 Nb8 $5 (
13... Nd8 {may even be better aiming to get the knight on the ideal f7!}) 14.
Nfd2 f5 15. Bf1 Rf7 (15... Nf6 16. f3 Nbd7 17. a4 b6 $5 $15) 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bf2
Nhf6 18. Na3 a6 19. c4 b6 (19... e4 $5 20. Bd4 (20. fxe4 $2 Ng4) 20... Ne5 21.
f4 Ned7 22. Nc2 b5 $36) 20. Nc2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 (42) Galinsky,T (2379)-Lei
Tingjie (2474) Caleta ENG 2016}) 10. Re1 a6 ({The more common move here is} 
10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4 (12. Nc4 Nh5 $5 $146 ({Previously tried several
times was} 12... Ne8) 13. Be4 (13. Qe2 $6 h6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 $15)
13... h6 (13... Be6 14. Qd6 Rac8 $11) 14. Be3 (14. Bh4 Be6 15. Qd6 Rac8 $15)
14... Rd8 15. Qc2 Be6 $36) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bc4 $1 {slowing down Black's
plan to play f7-f5} (13. Ne4 $6 Be7 14. Bc4 Kg7 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 13... Bf5
14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Rxd8 (17. Neg5 $6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h6
19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 $36) (17. Bd5 Ne7 18. Bb3 f6 $11) 17... Nxd8 18. Rd1
$11) 12... h6 13. Be3 $6 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be4 $1 (14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bc4 (15.
Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc5 a6 $1 $36) 15... Kh8 $15) 14... Bg7 15. Rad1 (15. Nc4 Bd7 16.
Rad1 $1 Rad8 (16... Nd4 $6 17. Qb4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 $14) 17. Qa3 Be6 18. Nd6 $11)
15... f5 16. Bd5+ Kh7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 e4 19. Nd4 Bd7 (19... c5 20. Nb5
Qe7 21. Nbd6 $11) 20. Qa5 $1 $132) 13... Nd5 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Bc4 (15. Bb5 Nce7
$15) 15... Be6 (15... Na5 {1-0 (38) Miljkovic,M (2427)-Djukic,N (2545)
Subotica 2008}) 16. Rad1 Na5 (16... a6 $5 17. Bf1 b6 18. Ba3 f5 $15) 17. Bxd5
Rxd5 18. Be3 Rad8 $17) 11. a4 h6 12. Bxf6 $5 ({The more natural reaction} 12.
Bh4 {could be better} Nh5 {Mamedyarov probably didn't like this idea from
Black.} (12... e5 13. Nc4 exd4 14. Bg3 $1 $36) 13. Nc4 e5 {but White has two
good ideas here:} (13... g5 $2 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qxh5 $18) 14. a5 $1 {creating
an outpost on b6 and fixing weaknesses on the queenside} (14. Ne3 $5 {[%csl
Rd5] exploiting the resulting weak square in the centre} Nf4 15. Bf1 f5 $2 16.
g3 Nh5 (16... g5 17. gxf4 gxh4 18. Nxh4 exf4 19. Nd5 $18) (16... Ne6 17. Bc4 $1
(17. d5 g5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxg5) 17... Kh7 (17... e4 18. d5 exf3 19. dxe6 $18
) 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. d5 $18) 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bc4 $18)
14... Bg4 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxg6 Qxc4 18. Bxh5 Bxb2
19. Ra4 $40) (14... Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Ne3 Bh5 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19.
Nd5 Qd8 20. Be2 $14 {Black doesn't have enough to show for his weaknesses e.g.}
Kh8 (20... Bg6 21. Bd3 $1 Bh5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nb6 Ra7 (23... Rb8 $2 24. Nd7
$1) 24. Be4 $16) 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. dxe5 dxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2
Bxe5 25. Qh5 $18) 23. Nd7) (14... Rb8 {is probably best} 15. d5 (15. Be4 $5)
15... Ne7 (15... Na7 16. Bf1 f5 17. Nfd2 {White objectively has slightly
better chances due to Black's weaknesses on the queenside and his ugly knight
on a7 but can obtain counterplay later on the kingside.}) 16. Nfxe5 $1 Nxd5 17.
Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 18. Nxd6 Qd7 19. Bc4 Qxd6 20. Be7 $16) 15. h3 (15. Ne3 $5) 15...
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. g4 d5 18. Nb6 Qf4 $8 (18... Nf4 19. Bg3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2
$18) 19. Be2 $1 (19. Qxd5 Ne5 $132) (19. Qxf4) 19... Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf4 21. Nxa8
Rxa8 22. Rab1 $1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Red1 $16 {and Black doesn't have
enough compensation for the exchange.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Nc4 e5 14. dxe5 (14. d5
{is not as strong here as Black can now safely retreat to e7} Ne7 15. Bf1 (15.
Nfxe5 $2 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 $17) 15... Bf5 {with a
good game.} (15... Bg7 $6 16. Nfxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Nb6 Rb8
20. Bc4 Bf5 21. Nd5 $14) 16. Nfxe5 $2 (16. Ncxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd7 18. dxe7 Qxe7
$11 {but Black has better practical chances due to the bishop pair.}) 16... b5
$17) 14... dxe5 15. Be4 (15. Qe2 $5 Re8 16. Be4 Be6 $11) 15... Rd8 $1 {
preventing ideas of the queen coming to d6} (15... Be6 16. Qd6 Rac8 17. Rad1
Kg7 {Black is fine in the ending, but I think it's difficult to play for more
than equality due to White's active pieces.}) 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Bc2 Nc6 18. a5 $5
{Avoiding repetition. Fighting on is the correct decision, and is usually best,
but there was a better way to do it in this position.} (18. Be4 Ne7 $11) (18.
Nfxe5 $1 Nxe5 (18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. f4 Qb6+ (20... f6 21. Bxg6 $18 (21.
Qc4+ Be6 $17)) (20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qb6+ 22. Qe3 Qxb2 23. Be4 $1 Rxe5 24. Qd4
Re8 25. Bxg6 $40) 21. Qf2 Qxb2 22. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 bxc6 24. Re8+ Kg7 (24...
Kh7 25. Bxg6+ $18) 25. Qd4+ $18) 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. Qc4 {As soon as I foresaw
this move in my over the board analysis, I started to think that it was
probably missed by both players.} (20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qxb2 {and I thought
that Black has counterplay in my over the board analysis, but I missed that
White can keep giving Black problems after} 22. Nxf7 $1 {which Komodo 10
quickly spotted} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc3 (23... Kxf7 24. Bxg6+) 24. Ne5 {The
engine says it's equal but I'd rather be White due to his safer king.}) {
The engine goes on to say that White is only slightly better after} 20... Qxc4
21. Nxc4 Be6 22. Ne3 {but a pawn is a pawn and White has no clear weaknesses,
making this line the best way to play for a win!}) 18... Be6 $5 {Black gives
up a pawn for good dynamic play.} (18... Re8 {is too passive, and simplest way
to exploit it is} 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be4 $1 $16 {
followed by pushing down the queenside pawns.}) 19. Nfxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Re8 {
White's extra pawn is irrelevant at the moment while Black's pieces are
creating pressure on White's pieces on e5 & a5.} 21. f4 $1 {This looked risky
to me at first as it weakens the White king but I think Mamedyarov is right to
play this as having knight on e5 limits the activity of the Black pieces.} ({
Retreating the knight hands Black the initiative} 21. Nf3 Kg7 $1 {threatening
bishop to f5} (21... Bg4 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. Re3 $14) 22. Qd2 Rad8
$44 23. Nd4 Bg5 24. Qd1 Bf6 $11) (21. Nd3 Kg7 $1 22. Qf3 (22. Qd2 Rad8 $44)
22... Rad8 23. Nf4 Be5 $1 24. Nxe6+ $6 (24. g3 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 (25. gxf4 Rd2 26.
Bb3 Rxb2 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 25... Qxf4 26. gxf4 Rd2 $11 {should
end in a draw.}) 24... Rxe6 25. g3 Rd2 26. Be4 Rxb2 27. Reb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1
Qxa5 29. Rxb7 Rf6 30. Qe2 Bxc3 $17) 21... Rad8 (21... Bh4 22. Red1 $1 (22. g3
Bf6 {provoking more weaknesses on the kingside is the idea.}) 22... Bf6 23. Qe3
$14 {and Black didn't really achieve anything.}) 22. Qf2 Bg7 $6 {Defending
against a future Qg3, f4-f5 ideas but it gives White time to regroup} ({
But actually playable according to the engine is} 22... Kg7 $5 23. Qg3 (23. Re3
Rd5 24. b4 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Qg3 Bc8 $11) 23... Qc5+ $1 {the correct move
order} (23... Rd2 $2 24. Bxg6 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 $3 (25. Re3 Bh4 $19 (25... fxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rae1 $18)) 25... Bc4+ 26. Bd3+) 24. Kh1 (24. Re3
Bh4 25. Qf3 Rd2 $19) 24... Rd2 25. Bxg6 Qf2 26. Be4+ (26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Nd3 Rd2
28. Be4 Bc4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bf3 $11) 26... Qxg3 27. hxg3 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rxb2
$11) 23. Re3 Bd5 (23... Rd5 24. Rae1 $1 (24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Re7 26. Rae1
Bf8 $3 {a nice defensive resource} 27. Qe2 (27. Rxe6 $4 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Bc5 $19)
27... Bf7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Bxg6 31. g4 Rxa5 32. f5 Bf7 33.
Rxb7 {and the game will most likely end in a draw due to the small number of
pawns left.}) 24... Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxa5 (25... Qxa5 26. Bxg6 $1 $16) 26. R5e2
$36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf4f5] with a strong intiative due to Black's weak
kingside.}) 24. Rae1 Re6 25. b4 Rde8 26. Qe2 (26. Qd2 $142 $1 {undermining the
only unstable Black piece} Bc4 (26... Ba2 27. Ba4) (26... Bxe5 27. Qxd5 Bxf4
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qe4 $1 $16 (31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.
Be4 Bd2 $11)) 27. Ba4 Rd8 28. Qf2 $14 {White is better but has to play precise
moves to maintain his advantage.} Rd5 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qb6 $1 (
31. Qg3 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Re4 Rd2 $132) 31... Rf5 (31... Rd2
32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Bxc3 (33... Kf7 34. Re3) 34. Bb3 $1 $14 {is unpleasant
to meet for Black}) (31... Kh7 32. Qxe6 Bxc3 33. Bc2 {with a winning attack.})
32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Bxc3 34. Re4 $14) 26... h5 $5 ({Black can already
achieve full equality with} 26... Bxe5 $1 27. fxe5 Bc4 (27... h5 28. Bd3 Rc6
29. Qd2 Rxc3 30. Bxg6 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe5 $11) 28. Qd2 (28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3
Rxe5) 28... Rxe5 $11 {I'm quite sure Svidler saw this and probably decided to
keep playing with his long-term compensation.}) 27. Qd3 (27. Qd2 $5 {is worth
considering once again} Bc4 28. Ba4 Rd8 29. Qf2 Rd5 30. Qg3 $14 {and the fight
keeps on.}) 27... Ba2 $1 {It's important to keep control of c4-square} 28. Ba4
(28. Ra1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Bc4 $1 {a strong intermediate move} 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31.
Qd4 Re2 $44) 28... R8e7 $1 {Keeping the harmony of the pieces.} (28... Rd8 29.
Qc2 Bd5 (29... Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Bd5 32. h3 $16) 30. h3 {and White
successfully worsened Black's pieces.}) 29. Bd1 Rd6 $5 {Svidler keeps playing
for more than equality!} (29... Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 $11) 30. Qc2 (30. Qe2 $5 {
it's difficult to judge which is better otb.}) 30... Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5a2,Gd5f7,
Gd5g2,Gd5b7] The bishop controls many important squares here} 31. h4 (31. c4
Bc6 $1 32. Qc3 {controlling the important d4-square} (32. c5 Rd4) 32... g5 $1
33. g3 h4 {with good counterplay.}) 31... Rde6 32. c4 {Mamedyarov tries to
simplify the game.} ({There are other moves which keep the balance but maybe
the best is} 32. Qf2 $5 {planning to transfer the queen to a strong position
on g3!} Bxe5 (32... Bf6 $2 33. Qg3 Kh7 34. Bc2 $16) 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Bf3 $11)
32... Bxc4 33. Nxc4 $6 {This allows Black to create problems for White.} ({
Safer is} 33. Qxc4 Bxe5 34. Qxc7 Bxc7 35. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 33... Rxe3 {After
this, White has a "problem" which he fails to solve in the game.} 34. Nxe3 $2 (
34. Rxe3 $1 Bd4 {and the only way to hold is to play the cold-blooded} 35. g3
$1 b5 $5 {if Mamedyarov had seen 35.g3 then this move is probably what
bothered him as I also found it difficult to solve otb.} (35... Rxe3 36. Nxe3
Bxe3+ $11) (35... Bxe3+ $5 36. Nxe3 Qd6 37. Kf2 Qxb4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qd8 $13)
36. Kh2 $2 (36. axb6 Bxe3+ 37. Kh2 Bxb6 $19) ({The solution is the
counter-intuitive} 36. Kg2 $1 {which exposes the king, but for a concrete
purpose.} Bxe3 (36... bxc4 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Qxc4 Qe3 39. Bb3 Qg1+ 40. Kf3 Qe3+
$11) 37. Nxe3 Qxc2+ 38. Nxc2 Rd7 39. Ne3 Rd3 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Ke2 Rxb4 42. Kd3 {
the ending is objectively drawn.} Rb1 (42... Rb2 43. Kc3 Ra2 $6 44. Kb4) 43.
Kc3 Kf8 $11) 36... Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Qxc2+ 38. Nxc2 Rd7 39. Ne3 Rd3 $19) 34... Qxf4
35. Qf2 Qxb4 {Black is practically winning as White is under unpleasant pins
and more of his pawns are dropping.} 36. Kh1 (36. g3 Bd4 $1) 36... Bd4 $1 {
Simple and strong.} 37. Bxh5 {White cannot avoid losing material from the pins
and therefore decides to give up material to obtain counterplay against the
black king.} (37. Qg3 Qc3 38. Bxh5 Rxe3 $19) (37. Re2 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Qd4 $19)
37... gxh5 $19 {Svidler does not make any mistake the rest of the game, and
successfully converts his material advantage.} 38. Qg3+ Kh7 39. Nc2 Rxe1+ 40.
Nxe1 Qxa5 41. Nf3 Be3 42. Qd6 Qf5 43. Qe7 Bf4 44. Qxb7 a5 45. Nd4 Qg6 46. Ne2
Bd6 47. g3 a4 48. Qd5 a3 49. Kg2 Kg8 50. Qa8+ Bf8 51. Nf4 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 a2 53.
Nxh5 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qb1 55. Nf6+ Kg7 56. Nh5+ Kh7 57. Nf6+ Kg6 58. Qxf8 Qb2+ 59.
Kh3 Qxf6 60. Qg8+ Qg7 {A nice fighting game by both players and a
well-deserved victory to Svidler for his good defensive play and fighting
spirit!} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Artur Jussupow continues to impress in this event. This is already his third
game that I am annotating for the ChessBase reports. Today he teaches us an
invaluable lesson in development. But his opponent Gunnarsson was no push over.
He fought very well and till a certain point the game was evenly balanced.
This makes the game even more instructive.} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 {
The Torre Attack is not such a dangerous opening weapon against solid players
but as we already know solid is a word that we cannot associate with Jon
Viktor Gunnarsson.} c5 4. e3 Qb6 {The most ambitious way to play, attacking
the b2 pawn and showing White what exactly was his drawback of developing the
bishop to g5.} 5. Nbd2 $1 {I think Yusupov wouldn't have even for a moment
thought about defending his pawn with Qc1 which is the main move in the
position.} Qxb2 6. Rb1 (6. Bd3 {is much more common.}) 6... Qc3 (6... Qxa2 {
would be extremely greedy but then two pawns a quite a bit of investment.
White has to find ways to justify his losses.} 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O {Well, I
cannot really prove that White is better but one look at the position is
enough to convince you that he has compensation. He has all his pieces in the
game while Black will take at least five to six moves to do that. So according
to the Russian logic of a pawn is worth three tempi, White has excellent
compensation!}) 7. Bd3 $1 $146 {Continue developing!} cxd4 8. O-O $1 {Not
getting distracted. Development= priority.} dxe3 9. Nc4 $1 {The queen's
retreat squares have been taken away from her. Has Black eaten more than he
could digest?} d5 $1 {Not really! Gunnarsson is not a player who can be just
tricked in such complex positions. He knows that his queen is trapped but in
return he is going to win truckloads of material!} 10. Rb3 exf2+ 11. Kh1 (11.
Rxf2 {was equally good as after} Qxb3 12. axb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bc5 {is not such
a great move because of} 14. Bxf6 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 gxf6 16. Qd4 $36) 11...
Qxb3 12. cxb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $14 {Black has a rook and a piece and three pawns
for a queen. That's quite a lot of material but the basic problem of
development still persists.} Be7 14. Bxf6 $6 {This looks a little dubious to
me.} (14. Ne5 O-O 15. Qf3 $14 {could have been the better way to continue.})
14... Bxf6 15. Qd6 {Artur prevents castling.} Nc6 16. Rxf2 Be7 17. Qc7 Bd8 $6 {
The queen has to be dislodged from c7 in order to finish development.} (17...
O-O 18. Rd2 {And Black will have to play Bd8 when it will transpose to the
game.}) 18. Qf4 O-O 19. Rd2 $1 {Preventing the developing Bd7.} a6 20. h4 {
Jussupow decides to go on the offensive. He knows that Black is on the verge
of consolidation and the only way for him to gain something here is to rush
his g and h pawns down the board.} h6 (20... b5 {looked pretty logical.} 21.
Bd3 Bb7 $13 {Black has atleast been able to finish his development.}) 21. Qe4 {
Things are already difficult for Black as he cannot finish his development.}
Bc7 22. g4 Kh8 (22... Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bd3 $40 {I think this is
extremely scary and difficult for Black to defend with his rook on a8 being
miles away from coming into the game.}) (22... Ne7 {might have been more
tenacious.}) 23. g5 $1 {Thanks to his superior development and excellent use
of g and h pawns, White has created an almost winning attack.} h5 24. g6 f6 25.
Qe2 {The threat of Ng5 or Ne5 cannot be parried. A highly instructive game and
one from which a lot could be learnt. A final look at the position will show
that even though it seemed as if Black had consolidated his position, he was
unable to develop his bishop on c8 and rook on a8 which was the main reason
why he lost the game.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. h3 $146 (5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 g5 7.
Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qb3 Kh8 $132 {Miles-Marin,Andorra 1995}) 5...
Be7 6. e3 (6. Nc3 d5 $1 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e4 $11) 6... Ne4 $1 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O-O e5 $6 (10... Nd7 $142 $11) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Qc3 $1 $14 Nc6 13. Bb5 Re8 $1 (13... Bd7 $2 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16.
Rhg1 $18) 14. Rd2 $2 (14. Bxc6 $142 bxc6 15. Nd2 $14) 14... Nb4 $1 15. Kb1 c6
16. a3 cxb5 $6 (16... a5 $1 17. axb4 cxb5 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Bf5 $1 20. Rd6
Rac8 21. Nd2 Rxc5 22. e4 Be6 23. Nb3 $15) 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. axb4 f6 $1 $11 19.
Rhd1 Be6 20. b3 Kf7 21. e4 Rac8 $6 (21... Ke7 22. Nh4 Red8 $11) 22. Kb2 Rc7 23.
Ne1 $1 Ke7 24. Nd3 g5 25. h4 $1 $14 gxh4 26. Rh1 h3 27. f4 $1 Rg8 $5 (27... f5
28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Nxe5 $16) (27... hxg2 28. Rxg2 exf4 29. Nxf4 $16) 28. gxh3
Rd7 $5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Re2 Rd4 31. Nxe5 Rxb4 32. Ra1 $1 Rg3 $8 (32... a6 $2
33. Kc3 $18) 33. Rxa7 Kd6 $1 34. Nd3 Rxb3+ $8 35. cxb3 Rxd3 36. b4 Rb3+ 37. Kc2
Rxh3 $2 $138 (37... Rxb4 $142 38. Rxb7 Ke5 $14) 38. Rxb7 Bb3+ 39. Kd2 Bc4 40.
Re3 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 $18 Rh1 42. e5+ Kc6 43. Ra7 Rb1 44. Ra6+ Kb7 45. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Batavia Grolsch 8th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2016.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Willemze, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:18:20"]
[BlackClock "0:07:10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {Schwarz möchte aus dem Umstand Kapital schlagen,
dass Weiß den Aufzug des c-Bauern zurück gestellt hat.} 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7
6. Bg5 a6 ({Weiß hat gute Erfolge nach} 6... O-O 7. Qd3 a6) 7. c3 d6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. a4 Nd7 10. Na3 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd3 ({Natürlich nicht etwa} 12.
Nxb5 $2 Bxf3) 12... b4 (12... c6 $5 $11) 13. Nc2 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Nd2 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 c5 17. Ra7 Qb6 18. Rfa1 Qc6+ $6 {Spielbar, aber die Position der
schwarzen Dame und des Königs mit einem Gabelfeld auf e7 lädt Weiß zum
Nachdenken ein.} (18... Rb7 $11) 19. Nf3 Rfc8 20. Ne3 {Wie kommt ein Springer
nach e7? Zum Beispiel über d5 oder f5...} cxd4 21. cxd4 Nb6 22. R1a6 {Die
weißen Figuren sind aktiver, aber die schwarze Stellung ist fest. Schwarz
spielt nun aber zu sorglos.} g6 $2 {Nun ist auch der Lf6 ohne Deckung.} (22...
Qc1 23. g4 $5) (22... h5 $5) 23. h4 (23. d5 $1 exd5 24. Nf5 {und falls} gxf5 {
so} 25. Qxf5 {mit der Idee} Kg7 26. Ng5 $18) 23... Ra8 $2 {[#]} (23... Bg7 $11)
24. d5 {Nun aber...} exd5 25. Nxd5 Bd8 (25... Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxa8 {
mit Qualitätsgewinn.}) 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxb6 (27. Rxb6 Bxb6 28. Ne7+ $18 {
Da sist die Gabel.}) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 (3... h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 $5 6. c3 cxd4 7.
exd4 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 {Zaitseva,LG-Kholmov,R, Moscow 1992, CBM 33
game 653.}) 4. e3 Be7 (4... b6 $6 5. d5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxd5 Qxb2 $2 10. Rd1 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxc3+ 12. Rd2 $18) 5. dxc5 Na6 {
5. - Qa5} 6. Bxa6 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 bxa6 $10 8. c6 d6 9. c4 Qc7 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. c5
dxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nfe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Helgason, Reynir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. O-O d5 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Nbxd4 Nc6 9. a4 $5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 $6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. e3 $14 h5 15. h4 f5 16. Kh2 $2 {16.a5} Bg7 17. a5 Qc7 18. c3 f4 19. exf4
exf4 20. Nd4 Be5 $1 21. Kg1 fxg3 22. fxg3 Bxg3 23. Qd3 Rh6 $1 24. Rf3 Bxh4 25.
Raf1 Be7 26. b4 a6 27. Kh1 h4 28. Bh3 Qc4 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qe3 Rg6 31. Nxe6
Rg3 32. Qe5 Rd6 $2 (32... Rh3+ $1 33. Rxh3 (33. Kg2 Qg4+ 34. Kf2 Qxf3+ $19)
33... Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Bd6 $19) 33. Rf8+ Kd7 (33... Bxf8 $2 34. Ng7+ $1 Kd7 35.
Qe8+ Kc7 36. Rf7+ $18) 34. Nc5+ Kc6 35. Qxe7 $2 {35.R8f4} Rh3+ $1 36. Kg2 Qg4+
$2 (36... Rg6+ $1 37. Kxh3 (37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Ke1 Qxc3+ 39. Kd1 Qd2#) 37... Qg4+
38. Kh2 Qg2#) 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Ke1 $18 Qg3+ 39. Kd1 Qxc3 40. Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qe7 9. Bd3 g6 10. Rhe1 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. e5 d5 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 cxd4
15. Nexd4 Nc5 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. h5 g5 18. Re3 Rfc8 19. Nh2 b5 20. Qc2 g4 21. Nxg4
Qg5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Ne5 Kf8 26. Nxf7 $5 (26. b4 {
looks pretty good too.}) 26... Ke7 27. Ne5 Kd6 28. Qd2 b4 29. Nc4+ Kc7 30. cxb4
Na4 31. Bc2 Kd8 32. Ne5 Nb6 33. Qd4 (33. Qd4 {White wins after} Kc7 34. Qxb6+
$1 Kxb6 35. Nxd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. h4
(8. O-O-O Nc6 (8... Qe7 9. h4 a6 $1 {Transposes to game}) 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. e5 Qf5 12. Rhe1 $14 {Piket,Je-Nijboer, Wijk aan Zee 1990}) 8... a6 9.
O-O-O Qe7 10. e5 (10. g3 b5 11. Bh3 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Bxc8 O-O 14. Bb7 Ra7
15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bb3 Qxe4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd7 $10 {Korchnoi,V-Karpov,A,
Candidates, Moscow 1974}) (10. Kb1 b5 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qf4 Nd7 $10 {Tseitlin,
M-Lukin, Leningrad 1983}) 10... Bd7 $1 11. Ne4 Bc6 12. Qf4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 c6 $1
14. exd6 (14. Qf4 $13) 14... Qxd6 $10 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 $5 4. Bg2 (4. Qd3 $5 Ba6 $5 (4... a6 $6 5. e4 {
Ehlvest,J-Huebner,R/EUCup (Bayern-Lyon)/1991/}) 5. a3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 $13
{Nikolic,Pr-Sax,G/Wijk/1992/1/2-1/2/15/}) 4... Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 h6 $6 {
Verhindert 7.Bg5} 7. Qd3 a6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 Nc6 12.
a3 O-O 13. b3 $6 {/\ Bc1-b2. Falls Schwarz d6-d5 spielt, steht der Bb2 aber
schlecht.} (13. Nb1 {/\ Nb1-c3}) 13... b4 $1 14. a4 a5 15. h3 Nb8 $1 16. Bb2
Nbd7 17. Rac1 d5 $1 18. e5 Ne4 $15 19. Nh2 (19. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Nb6 22. Nd2 {/ =/+}) 19... f5 20. exf6 Ndxf6 21. Ndf3 Bd6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23.
Ne5 Nd7 24. Nd3 $6 (24. f4 $5) 24... Qe7 25. Nf3 Ba6 $1 26. Nfe5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Bxe5 $1 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. dxe5 Bb7 $19 {Die ungleichen Läufer
sind sehr ungleich. Weiss steht wegen der Schwäche auf den weissen Feldern auf
Verlust.} 31. Qb6 Bd5 32. Bd4 e3 $1 33. Bxe3 Qf7 34. Kh2 Qf3 35. Rg1 Rc8 36.
Qxa5 Rc2 37. Qb6 Rb2 38. a5 Kh7 $1 (38... Rb1 $6 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxd5 $1) 39.
Qd4 Rxb3 40. a6 Be4 41. a7 Rd3 42. Qc5 Rd1 43. a8=Q Qh1+ $1 44. Rxh1 Rxh1# 0-1

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 {
7. - Qd8 planning g6 is an idea. Now White has time to attack.} 8. O-O-O g6 9.
e5 $1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Ne4 Bg7 12. Qc3 $1 $16 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Ne5 g5 16. g3 O-O 17. f4 c5 {Black cannot develop himself.} 18. h4 $18
gxf4 19. gxf4 Bg7 20. Rg1 Qf6 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Rg1+
Kf8 25. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qc7 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bf4 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Na3 Nh5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 13. g4 $5 Nhf6 14. g5 Nh5
15. e3 g6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. b4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1
Ne4 22. Bb2 e5 $2 23. Nf5 $1 $16 Ng7 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qd5 Ne6 26. h4 f6 $6 27.
Qxe6 Ng3 28. Qd5 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 fxg5 31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Ng4 Qxd5 33.
cxd5 Rxf4 34. exf4 Bxf4+ 35. Kg2 Bxc1 36. Bxc1 Rc8 37. Bd2 Kg7 38. Nf2 b5 39.
Ne4 h6 40. Nxd6 Rd8 41. Bc3 Kf6 42. Bxe5+ Kxe5 43. Nf7+ Kxd5 44. Nxd8 Kd4 45.
Nc6+ Kc3 46. Kg3 h5 47. Kh4 Kb2 48. Nxb5 axb5 49. a4 g5+ 50. Kxh5 bxa4 51. b5
a3 52. Nb4 Kb3 53. b6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. O-O d6 $5 {Usually Black
leaves the pawn at d7 and plays for c7-c5.} 7. Qd3 a6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 O-O
10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Ra5 $14 c6 13. Rfa1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne1 Nb6
16. R5a2 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne4 c4 20. Qf3 {(1.38/1.17)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. O-O d5 $5 {As White
cannot stop c7-c5 the strange-looking 6. - d5 is playable.} 7. c3 Nbd7 8. a4 a6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qb3 c6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 h6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15.
Ba5 Qb8 16. Nce5 Ndf6 {[#]} 17. Ng6 fxg6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Ne5 Ng5 20. Qb3 c5
21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Bxa8 Qd8 25. Bc6 c4 26. Qxb5 {
(1.38/1.48) 26. - Qxd4 =} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Qd3 a6 6. Bg5 {If White delays this
with 6.0-0 Black can consider 6. - h6! which prevents the pin, thus
strengthening his control over d5 and e4.} c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nxd4
Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qb6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qb7 13. f3 Nxg3 {Risky!} 14. hxg3 Kxe7
15. Rh1 h6 16. Qe3 Qd5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. g4 Qc5 19. Rh5 Qa7 20. Rd5 Kf8 21. Qa3+
Kg8 22. Rh5 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd3 Rc5 25. Rhh1 Rac8 26. c3 Rd5 27. Qe4 Rc4
28. Qc2 Rg5 29. Rd3 Qb7 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. Kg2 b4 32. Qd2 bxc3 33. bxc3 d5 34.
Rb1 f5 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Rb6 Rc6 37. Rb7 fxg4 38. f4 Rf5 39. Qa7 Qf8 40. Rxg7+
Qxg7 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxc6 Rxf4 43. Qxe6 Qf8 44. Rd4 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 Rf1 46. Qe3
Qc5 47. Kg2 Rf7 48. Qd3+ Kh8 49. Qxa6 Qf8 50. Qd3 h5 51. Qe3 Re7 52. Qf2 Qe8
53. Rd2 Re3 54. Rb2 Re6 55. Qd4+ Re5 56. e3 Kg8 57. Rb7 Qf8 58. Qxe5 Qf3+ 59.
Kg1 Qd1+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nd2 b6 7. Ngf3 Bb7 8. Bd3
d6 {8. - cxd4 might be more exact, forcing White to reveal his intentions. In
the game Costa manages to take control in the centre and secure a small
advantage.} 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. e4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. d5 e5 14. Ba6 Nf4
15. Qb5 O-O 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. h3 h5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Rad1 f6 21.
Qc6 Rfc8 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. a4 Ne5 24. Nfxe5 fxe5 25. f3 Rd7 26. Kf2 Bd8 27. Ra1
a6 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd3 Rb8 30. Rfb1 Ke7 31. b4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Na5 Bxa5
34. bxc5 $6 Bc7 35. c6 Rdd8 36. Ra7 Rdc8 37. Kc2 Kd8 38. h4 gxh4 39. Rh1 Ra8
40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Rxh4 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 Rxg2 43. Rxh5 Ba5 44. Rh7 Kc8 45. Rh8+ Kc7
46. c4 bxc4+ 47. Kxc4 Rb2 48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. Rh8+ Ka7 50. Rh7+ Ka6 51. Rd7 Rc2+
52. Kb3 Rc3+ 53. Ka4 Rxf3 54. c7 Rc3 55. Rxd6+ Bb6 56. Re6 Rxc7 57. Rxe5 Rf7
0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 h6 {Why? This weakens Black?
kingside.} 6. Bh4 d5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O {8. - Nfd7!?} 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. f4
Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. O-O Qg5 15. Qe2 f6 16. exf6
Rxf6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Rf1 $16 Kh8 19. Rf4 f5 20. Qb5 Qg7 21. Nc4 a6 22. Qb4
Bd5 23. Ne5 Bxa2 24. Rh4 Kh7 25. Rh3 c5 $6 26. Qxb6 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Qc7 28. Nd7
e5 29. Qd1 Bf7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 (31... Bxh5 32. Qxh5 Qf7 33. Rg3+ $18)
32. Qf1 Rd8 33. Qxa6 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Qd8 35. Qxh6+ Ke8 36. Ng7+ Kd7 37. Qa6 f4 38.
Nf5 Qb8 39. Qa4+ Ke6 40. Qxd1 Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tisdall} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Na6 7. Bg5
Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc7 11. Re1 Ncd5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5
$10 14. Ne5 d6 15. Nd3 Bc6 16. Ra3 Qc7 17. c4 $6 Nb4 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nf3 Nb4
$1 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. b3 h6 23. Bxf6 (23. Bd2 Qb7 $15) 23... Bxf6
24. Qd3 g6 25. h4 Ra5 $1 26. Nh2 (26. Qd2 Qb7 (26... Rf5 27. Re3 Qb7 28. d5 e5
{xRf5.} (28... exd5 $2 29. g4)) 27. d5 Kg7 (27... Bc3 {Tisdall} 28. Qxh6 Bxe1
29. Ng5 exd5 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qg8 $132) 28. dxe6 Qxf3 29. e7 Bxe7
30. Rxe7 Ra1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxb3 {(Tisdall) - +}) 26... h5 27. Nf1 $6
Qa7 28. Rd1 Ra2 29. Ne3 Rb2 30. d5 (30. Nc2 Qa5 $17) 30... e5 (30... exd5 {
Tisdall} 31. Qxd5 Be5 32. Rd3 {gives white some hope of counterplay with c5.})
31. Rb1 (31. Rd2 $2 e4 $19) 31... Ra2 $1 $17 32. Rd1 Bd8 $1 33. Rd2 Bb6 34.
Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Qc2 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Kg7 $5 (36... Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qc3 {-/+ / - +}) 37.
Nf1 Qc3 38. Qa2 e4 39. Nd2 Qd4 40. Nf1 Qd3 41. Qb2+ Qc3 42. Qa2 Bc5 {42. -
Qf3+!} 43. Nh2 Kh7 44. Qb1 Kg7 45. Qa2 Qd3 46. Qb2+ Bd4 47. Qa2 Qd1 $1 48. Nf1
Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Bc5 $1 {Prevents the liberating Qd2 followed by Ne3. (Tisdall)}
50. Qb2+ Kh7 51. Qa2 f5 52. Qc2 f4 53. gxf4 Qg4+ $1 $19 54. Kh2 Qxf4+ 55. Kg2
Qf3+ 56. Kg1 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 Qxh4+ 58. Kg2 Qg5+ 59. Kh1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Martens, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 $2 {4. - cxd4 5.exd4 Be7 and only later
b6 is better.} 5. d5 $1 $16 {(Tigran Petrosjan)} h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
a4 d6 9. g3 e5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. Bh3 Be7 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Ne4 Qh6 15.
Qf3 Rf8 16. Ng5 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na5 Ra8 19. Ke2 b4 20. Nc6 Ba6+ 21. Rxa6
Rxa6 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qf5+ Kc7 24. Nxe7 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Ne4 Rfa8 27.
Nd2 Ra2 28. Rb1 b3 29. cxb3 e4 30. Nxe4 Re8 31. Nc3 Ra6 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Kd3
Rxb3 34. Kc4 Rb7 35. b4 cxb4 36. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 37. Kxb4 Ra8 38. Nd4 Ra1 39. Nf5
Kd7 40. Ne4 {(1,18/1.31)} 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 $5 Ba6 (4... a6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bg5 $6 Bxe4 $1
$17) 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 c5 7. O-O b4 8. Qe3 Qb6 9. axb4 cxb4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7
Kxd7 12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 Rhc8 14. Nf3 Ke8 15. cxb4 Rc2 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Rac8
18. Be1 Bxe2 19. Rxc2 Rxc2 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxe2 Bxb4 22. Bxd5 Rxb2 23. Bg2
Qxd4 24. Qb5+ Ke7 25. Qb7+ Qd7 26. Rxa7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7+ Kf6 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29.
Rxb4 h5 30. Bf3 g6 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Rb7 Rc4 33. Be2 Rd4 34. h4 Kg7 35. Kf3 Ra4
36. Bb5 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Ra8 38. f3 Rc8 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. Ra7 Rc5 41. Rb7 Rc3 42. Kf4
Rc5 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Rd5 45. Bc6 Rc5 46. Be4 Kg7 47. Ra7 Rc1 48. Bd3 Rc5
49. g5 Kf8 50. Rb7 Rd5 51. Be4 Rc5 52. Ra7 Rb5 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Rb5 55. Rc7
Ra5 56. Bd3 Rd5 57. Be2 Rd4+ 58. Kg3 Rd5 59. Rb7 Rc5 60. Rb5 Rc2 61. Bf3 Rc3
62. Kf4 Rc4+ 63. Be4 Rc1 64. Ke5 Kg7 65. Rb4 Rd1 66. Bc6 Rd2 67. Rf4 Rd8 68.
Rf3 Rb8 69. Kd6 Rb6 70. Rf4 Ra6 71. Kc7 Ra7+ 72. Kd8 Kf8 73. Ra4 Re7 74. Be4
Re8+ 75. Kd7 Re7+ 76. Kd6 {76.- Re8 77.Ra8 +-} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {Nowaydays an accepted method. Black prepares Bb7
and gets a grip over c4.} 4. Qd3 $5 {Disturbing!} (4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O {White
now has two main plans: to attack with a4 or fight for control of e4 with
moves like Bg5, Re1 and Nbd2.} Be7 (5... c5 6. Bg5 {To prevent this move 
(which indirectly strengthens White`s control over e4) Black often plays an
early h7-h6.} Na6 {A typical move in this line. The N is active here and
doesn`t block the view for Bb7.} 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7
$10 {Andersson,U-Seirawan,Y, Reykjavik w-cup 1991 (CBM 26/game). Later in the
game White was slightly better, but agreed to a draw.}) 6. a4 b4 7. c4 bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O $10 {Blatny,P-Schlosser,P, Brno 1991 (CBM 26/game 61). For an earlier
c7-c5 see Garcia Martinez,S-Pigusov,E Santa Clara 1991 (CBM 26/game 764).})
4... Ba6 (4... a6 $5 5. e4 {5.a4} Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5) 5. a3 $5 Be7 (5... c5 6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 $13) 6. b4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nbd2 Nd5 9. h4 Nd7 10. Ng5
N7f6 11. e4 Nb6 $14 12. a4 c6 13. e5 $5 dxe5 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15. axb5 Rxc6 16.
Rxa6 Rc7 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxb4+ 19. Kf1 g6 20. dxe5 $14 Rc4 21. Qf3 Rxc2
22. Kg2 Rc3 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 $2 25. Qf4 Qd5 26. Bd4 $1 Rc4 27. Rd1
f6 28. Rxa7 Nd7 29. Rxd7 $18 Qxd7 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxf6 Qd5+ 32. Kh2 Bf8 33.
b6 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 $5 (4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 (5... Be7 6. Qd3
a6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. a5 O-O 11. e4 h6 12. Bxf6 {12.Bf4!?}
Nxf6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. Qe2 Re8 $10 {Gostisa,L-Schlosser,P, Mitropa Cup 1993,
CBM 34 game 519}) 6. Na3 Qb6 7. c4 b4 8. Nc2 Na6 9. b3 Be7 10. a3 cxd4 $10 {
Hauchard,A-Nevednichy,V, Bucharest 1993, CBM 34 game 172.}) 4... a6 5. e4 Bb7
6. e5 {New} (6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 $1 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Qb1
Rc8) 9... Qc7 $10 {Beljavskij,A-Stean,M, Baden 1980}) 6... Nd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. a3 Nd7 10. b3 dxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rb8 13. Rd1 $14 {
(Hübner,R)}) 11... N5b6 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nc3 {14.Nbbd2} c5 15. Bb2
Rd8 16. h4 c4 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Qe3 Qb7 19. Nd6 Bxd6 {19. - Qc7 20.Ng5 +/-} 20.
exd6 f6 21. h5 {21.Ng5?!} h6 22. Nh4 Nf8 23. Bd4 Rxd6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 (24... Qxb6
$4 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxd5 $18) 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nf5 Re6 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. bxc4
bxc4 29. Ne3 Qf7 $2 (29... Red6 30. Nxc4 R6d7 $10) 30. Nxd5 (30. Rxd5 $4 Rxe3
$1 $19) 30... Red6 31. Ne3 Nh7 $2 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rb1 (33. Qa8+ $5 Nf8 34. g4
{(Hübner,R)}) 33... Rd8 34. Qf4 Ng5 $2 {34. - c3} 35. Qxc4 Qxc4 36. Nxc4 Rc8 $2
{36. - Ne4} 37. Ne3 $18 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Rb7 Rc5 40. g4 Nc4 41. Nf5 Nxa3
42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. Rg6 Rc6 44. Rxh6 Nxc2 45. g5 Ne1+ 46. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 $5 {Perhaps a new move.
In this way Black stops White from playing Bd3 without wasting time on c3.} 6.
e5 Qe7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5
13. Qxd5 O-O-O 14. Rad1 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxd8+ (16. Nxe5 Bc5 17. Nxf7
Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rf8) 16... Kxd8 17. Nxe5 Ke8 18. Re1 Be7 19. Nc4 Kd7 20. Ne5+ Ke8
21. Nc4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. c3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 d5 {This "anti-positional" move gives
Black an easy game. Compare Soffer,R-Dautov,R/ Bad Lauterberg 1991.} 12. Ne5
Qe7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 a5 15. Nc5 Na6 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Nc6 Qxb2
19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Qxa3 Bxa3 21. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Rb1 Qxa2
$5 (7... Qc3 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. O-O dxe3 (9... Qc7 $5 10. exd4 $13) 10. Ne4 exf2+
11. Rxf2 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ $13) (7... Qa3) 8. Nc4 Qa4 (8... Qa6 9. d5 $1 exd5 10.
Qxd5 Qc6 11. Qh5 $16) 9. d5 b5 $1 10. Ncd2 (10. Rxb5 Ba6 $1 11. Nb2 Qe4 12. Rb3
Qxd5 $17) 10... a6 11. Ra1 Qb4 12. c4 Bb7 13. e4 Bg7 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Bd3 Qc7
16. O-O b4 17. Nh4 a5 18. Bc2 (18. f4 a4 19. Qg4 Bh6 $19) 18... Bh6 19. Ba4 Qf4
20. dxe6 $5 fxe6 $5 (20... Qxd2 21. Qh5 O-O 22. e7 Re8 23. Nf5 Bg7 24. Rfe1 Qg5
25. Qh3 $16 {/\ Rb3-g3}) (20... Qxh4 $5 21. exd7+ Kd8 22. Nb3 Qxe4 23. f3 $1
Be3+ 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Re1 $13) 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Ndf3 Bf8 $6 (22... Rg8 23. Rbd1
Rg7 $1 $8 24. Qxc5 Bxe4 $13) 23. Rbd1 $1 Bxe4 24. Qf7 Ra7 25. g3 Qh6 26. Qxe6
Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Rc7 28. Rfe1 Bg7 29. Qb6 $16 Kc8 30. Re7 Rd8 31. Nh4 f5 32. Qxa5
(32. Qxh6 Bxh6 33. Nxf5 Nc6 $1 $19 34. Bxc6) 32... Bf8 33. Nxf5 $1 Qa6 34. Nd6+
Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxe7 36. Rb6 Rb7 37. Rh6 b3 38. Rb6 b2 39. Rxb7 Kxb7 40. Qb5+ Kc7
41. Qxb2 Nc6 42. Qg7 Bf8 43. Qxh7 Ne5 44. Bb5 Bd6 45. f4 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Nd4 47.
Ba4 Ne6 48. h4 Nf8 49. Qe4 Ne6 50. f5 Nd4 51. h5 Rb8 52. Bb5 Nxb5 53. cxb5 Rxb5
54. h6 Rb2+ 55. Kh3 Rb4 56. Qe8 Rb8 57. Qxb8+ $1 Kxb8 58. f6 1-0

[Event "Graz zt"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 (3... b5 4. Qd3 $5 a6 5. e4 d6 (5... Bb7 6. e5 Nd5
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Nd7 10. b3 dxe5 11. dxe5 {Huebner,R-Grosar,A,
Mitropa Cup 1993} (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rb8 13. Rd1 $14 {(Huebner,R)})) 6.
Bg2 Bb7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne1 {11.a4+/=} O-O
12. Qe2 Nd7 $1 13. Nd3 c5 14. dxc5 $6 dxc5 15. e5 $2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c4 17. Nf4
Nxe5 $19 {Hoelzl,F-Schlosser,P, Graz zt 1993}) 4. Bg2 Qa5+ (4... b5 5. O-O Bb7
(5... d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 {9. - Sxd4} 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd2 $1 $14 {Wirthensohn,H-Schroll,G,Graz
1993}) 6. Na3 Qb6 7. c4 b4 8. Nb5 $5 (8. Nc2 Na6 9. b3 Be7 10. a3 cxd4 $10 {
Hauchard,A-Nevednichy,V,Bucharest 1993}) 8... a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd4 O-O 11.
Nb3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 {+/=/= Dorfman,J-Arnason,J,Reykjavik FRA-ISD (2)
1993}) 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. O-O d5 (6... Nc6 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Nfxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4
10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 {+/=/= Gostisa,L-Schroll,G,Graz zt 1993}) 7. Nxd4 Be7
8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. N2b3 Qd8 11. Bg5 h6 {11. - Nc6} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Rc1 Na6 $14 14. e3 {14.a3!?} Qe7 $1 15. a3 (15. Bxd5 Nb4 $10) 15... Rd8 16. Qe2
Bd7 17. Rfd1 Ba4 {+/=/=} 18. Rd2 g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Bf1 Rd6 21. Bb5 Bxb3 $1 22.
Nxb3 Nc7 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Bg2 {+/=/=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johansson, Jan"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O Nd7 $2 {8. - 0-0, 8. - a6} 9. Nb5 $16 O-O (9... Qd8 10. Qc3 Nc5 11. e5
Na6) 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nb5 e5 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc3 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6
16. Be2 Bd7 17. h3 h5 18. g4 $6 hxg4 19. Bxg4 Rfe8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Nde2 Nc5
22. f3 Rbd8 23. h4 Re5 24. h5 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Rh1 f5 27. exf5 Re8 28.
Nf4 Re3 29. Ncd5 Rxf3 30. Ne6 Ne4 31. a4 Ng3 32. Rh3 Be5 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Ka2
Bf6 35. Nd5 Rxf5 36. Nxf6 Rxf6 37. Ng5 Nf5 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Ne4 Rf7 40. c3 Kf8
41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rb8 Re7 43. Nd2 Kf6 44. Nc4 d5 45. Na5 Nd6 46. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 {Hecht Stohl} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O (5. Bg5 $5 {Stohl}
Be7 (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. O-O a6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. e4 Bg7 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qe2 d6
12. a4 b4 13. a5 $1 O-O 14. h4 gxh4 15. Nxh4 c5 16. d5 $1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18.
Rab1 Rab8 19. Nc4 $40 {׻,Romanishin,O-Garcia Palermo,C/Reggio Emilia/1994/})
6. O-O d5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. a4 a6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qb3 c6 12. c4 dxc4
13. Nxc4 h6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. Nce5 Ndf6 17. Ng6 $5 fxg6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7
19. Ne5 Ng5 20. Qb3 c5 21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Bxa8 Qd8
25. Bc6 c4 26. Qxb5 {1/2:1/2,Hansen,Cu-Lautier,J/Wijk/1991/}) 5... c5 6. Na3 (
6. c3) 6... a6 (6... b4 7. Nc4 d5 8. Nce5 $14) (6... Qb6 7. dxc5 $1 (7. c4 b4
8. Nc2 (8. Nb5 $5 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd4 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1
Rc8 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Bd6 $14 {Dorfman,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1993/}) 8... cxd4 9.
Ncxd4 Na6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 d6 13. Bh3 O-O 14. Nfd4 Nc5 $10 {
Speelman,J-Hjartatson,J/New York/1994/}) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 $1 Bxb4 (8... Be7 9.
Be3 $36) 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. c3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Na5 12. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14.
Qd4 Nc6 15. Qd6 $40 {Romanishin,O-Stangl,M/Altensteig/1992/}) 7. c4 cxd4 (7...
b4 8. Nc2 cxd4 (8... Be4 $5 {Stohl} 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Rac1 Be7 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ncd4 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. b3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Ra7 20. Ra1 a5 21. a3 Rb8 22. c5 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Kf8 $10 {
Davies,N-Rotshtein,A/Groningen op/1992/}) 9. Nfxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7 11. Qd3
Nc6 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 Rxc6 15. b3 d5 16. Ne3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Be7
$10 {Romanishin,O-Andersson,U/POL/1993/}) (7... bxc4 {Stohl} 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9.
Bf4 $1 $36) 8. cxb5 (8. Nxd4 $6 {Stohl} Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Bxa3 10. bxa3 bxc4 $17) (
8. Qxd4 {Stohl} Nc6 $10) 8... Bxa3 (8... axb5 {Stohl} 9. Nxb5 $16) 9. bxa6 {N/}
(9. bxa3 axb5 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O (11... Qb6 12. Qd3) 12. Nxb5 d5 13.
Be3 $14 {Stefanopoulos,O-Stalkotas,N/Athens/1993/} (13. Be3 {Stohl} Qd7 14. a4
Rc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Nc6 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qc2 f6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6
21. Rd1 $14 {Stefanopoulus,O-Skalkotas,N/Athens op/1993/})) 9... Rxa6 (9...
Bxf3 $5 10. Bxf3 d5 11. bxa3 e5 $13) 10. bxa3 Bxf3 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qxd4 $14)
11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Qd3 (12. Bb2 {Stohl} e5 {[+]}) 12... Qa8 (12... Ra4 13. Bb2
O-O $13) (12... Ra7 {Stohl} 13. Bb2 e5 14. e3 d5 $5 15. exd4 e4 16. Qb5 $14)
13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxd4 Ra4 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rb1 Rfa8 17. Rb3 (17. f3 {Stohl} d5
{/\Nd7-e5-c4}) 17... Ne4 18. Be3 $14 d5 19. Rfb1 Qe8 20. f3 Nf6 (20... Nd6 $5)
(20... Nd6 $6 {Stohl} 21. Bf4 e5 22. Qxd5 $16) 21. Qc3 (21. Bg5 $5 {Stohl} Nd7
$13) 21... e5 $1 22. Bg5 d4 23. Qc5 Nd7 24. Qc7 h6 (24... Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3
26. Qxd7 $18) 25. Bd2 Rc8 (25... Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Rb7 (27. Rb2 {Stohl}
Ra8 $10) 27... Rxa2 $1 28. Be1 (28. Bb4 Rb2 29. Qd6 Kh7 $1 $8) 28... Rxe2) 26.
Qd6 Rd8 (26... Rc2 $6 27. Rb8 $2 (27. R1b2 $1 $16) 27... Nxb8 28. Rxb8 Rc8) 27.
Rb7 Raa8 28. Bb4 (28. Qb4 $5 $14 {Stohl /\a4-a5}) 28... Nf6 29. Qe7 (29. Qc5 {
Stohl} Rac8 $132) 29... Nd5 $1 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd7 Nb6 (31... Nxb4 32. axb4
(32. Rxb4 {Stohl} Rxa3 33. Rbb7 Rf8 34. Rb2 (34. Re7 Rxa2 35. Rxe5 d3 $1 $10 {
/\} 36. exd3 Rc8 $36) 34... Rfa8 $10) 32... Rxa2 33. Kf1 (33. b5 Rxe2 34. b6
Rb8 35. Rc7 (35. b7 Rc2 36. Ra1 Rb2 37. Ra8 R2xb7) 35... d3 $1 36. b7 Rc2 $15)
33... Rc8 $1 34. b5 Rcc2 35. b6 Rxe2 36. b7 Rf2+ $10) 32. Re7 Rxe7 33. Bxe7 Nd5
34. Bd6 Nc3 35. Rb8+ $1 (35. Rb2 {Stohl} f6 {/\Kf7-e6[+]}) 35... Rxb8 36. Bxb8
f6 $8 (36... Nxe2+ $2 {Stohl} 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. Bxe5 $18) 37. Kf1 Kf7 $1 (37...
Nxa2 38. a4 $16) 38. Bd6 (38. f4 Ke6 $1 39. g4 $5) 38... h5 39. Bb4 Nxa2 (39...
Ke6 40. Bxc3 $18) 40. Bd2 (40. Ke1 Nxb4 $1 41. axb4 Ke6 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Kd3 f5
$17) 40... Ke6 41. Ke1 (41. a4 {Stohl} Kd5 42. a5 Kc6 43. Ke1 Kb5 44. Kd1 Nc3+
45. Bxc3 dxc3 46. Kc2 Kxa5 47. Kxc3 Kb5 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Ke4 g6 $10) 41... Kd5
42. Kd1 Kc4 43. Kc2 g5 44. h3 (44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 f5 $1 $13) (44. Kb2 {Stohl}
Nc3 45. Bxc3 dxc3+ 46. Kc2 g4 $10) 44... f5 $8 (44... h4 45. g4 Nc3 46. Bxc3
dxc3 47. e3 $18) 45. g4 (45. Bxg5 Nc3 $132 (45... Nc3 {Stohl} 46. Kd2 (46. e3
$2 {Hecht} d3+ $17) (46. g4 $2 {Hecht} fxg4 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Nxe2 49. Bd2
e4 50. a4 e3 51. a5 d3+ 52. Kd1 Nc3+ 53. Ke1 (53. Bxc3 Kxc3 54. a6 d2 55. a7
Kd3 56. a8=Q e2#) 53... exd2+ 54. Kxd2 Ne4+ 55. Kd1 Kc3 56. a6 Nf2+ $19) 46...
Nb1+ $10) 46. Be7) 45... hxg4 46. hxg4 f4 $1 (46... fxg4 47. fxg4 e4 48. Kb2
Nc3 (48... e3 49. Bxe3) 49. Bxc3 dxc3+ 50. Kc2 e3 51. a4 Kb4 52. a5 $18) 47.
Be1 (47. Kb2 d3 $1 (47... Nc3 48. Bxc3 dxc3+ 49. Kc2 $18 (49. Kc2 {Stohl} Kd4
50. a4 Kc4 51. a5 Kb5 52. Kxc3 Kxa5 53. Kd3 Kb4 $10 {-47.Be1})) 48. e4 fxe3 49.
Bxe3 Nc3 50. Bxg5 $16) 47... Nc3 48. Bxc3 dxc3 49. a4 $14 {Hecht: Der
'entfernte Freibauer' a4 reicht knapp nicht zum Gewinn.} Kb4 50. a5 Kxa5 51.
Kxc3 Kb5 52. Kd3 Kb4 $1 $10 (52... Kc5 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kf5 $18) 53. e3 (53. Ke4
Kc3 (53... Kc3 {Stohl} 54. Kxe5 Kd2 55. Kf5 Kxe2 56. Kxg5 Kxf3 57. Kh5 $8 Ke3 (
57... Ke4 {Hecht} 58. g5 f3 59. g6 f2 60. g7 f1=Q 61. g8=Q Qh3+ 62. Kg6 $10)
58. g5 $10)) 53... Kb3 (53... fxe3 $2 {Stohl} 54. Kxe3 Kc5 55. Ke4 $18) 54.
exf4 exf4 55. Ke4 Kc3 56. Kf5 Kd3 57. Kxg5 Ke3 58. Kh4 Kxf3 59. g5 Ke2 (59...
Ke2 {Stohl} 60. g6 f3 61. g7 f2 62. g8=Q f1=Q $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 17th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 $6 (5... c5) (5... h6 $5) 6.
Bg5 O-O $6 7. Qd3 $1 a6 (7... d5 8. Nbd2 (8. Qxb5 $5 Ba6 9. Qa4 Bxe2 10. Re1
Bxf3 (10... Ba6) 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 $14) 8... a6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 (9... gxf6 10. e4 $14)
10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Na5 $1) 8. Nbd2 d6 (8... d5 9. Bxf6) 9. a4 $1 b4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxb7 Ra7 13. Bg2 $14 {xb4,a6 diagonal g2-a8} Bxd2 $5 14. Qxd2
a5 15. c3 Na6 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Qxc3 $5)) 16. Bc6 bxc3 $5 17. bxc3 Nb8
18. Bf3 (18. Bg2) 18... c6 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Rb2 Nd7 21. Rab1 h6 (21... Rb8 $2
22. Bxc6 $1 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxc6 24. Qb8+) 22. e3 Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Qb2 Nd7
25. c4 $14 Kf8 26. Kg2 Kg8 (26... Ra6 $2 27. Qb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Ke7 29. Rc7 $1
d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Be2 Rd6 32. Bb5 $18) (26... Ke7 27. d5 $5) 27. h4 Kf8 28.
Qc3 $5 Ra8 29. c5 d5 (29... dxc5 30. dxc5 Rb8 31. Rd1 $1 Ne5 32. Rd6 Nxf3 33.
Kxf3 Rb4 34. Qd3 Ke7 35. Qh7 $5 (35. Qd1 $5)) 30. e4 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. Qd3
(32. exd5 cxd5 $1) 32... Nd7 33. e5 Qb8 34. Qc3 (34. Qh7 $2 Qb4 35. Qh8+ Ke7
36. Qxg7 Qxd4 37. Bh5 Nxe5 38. f4 Qe4+) 34... Qc7 {Time trouble} (34... Qb4 35.
Qxb4 axb4 36. a5 $5 Nb8 (36... b3 37. a6 b2 38. a7 b1=Q 39. a8=Q+ Nb8 40. Qa7
$16) 37. Be2 $5 (37. Bd1) 37... b3 38. a6 b2 39. a7 b1=Q 40. a8=Q {xc6,Nb8})
35. Bd1 Ke7 36. h5 Nf8 37. Bc2 Nd7 38. f4 Qd8 39. g4 Ke8 40. Kg3 Nf8 41. Qb2
Nd7 42. Bd3 (42. Qb7 $2 Qb8 43. Qxc6 Qb4 (43... Qb2 44. Qc8+ Ke7 45. c6 Qc3+
46. Bd3 (46. Kh4 Qe1+ $11) 46... Qxd3+ 47. Kh4 Nf8 $1 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qb8+ Ke7
50. Qd6+ Ke8 51. c7 g5+ $1) 44. Qb5 $2 (44. Qc8+ $11) 44... Qxd4 $1 45. c6 Qe3+
46. Kh4 Qf2+ $5 47. Kh3 Qxc2 48. cxd7+ Kd8 $11) 42... Qb8 43. Qc3 Qd8 44. Kh3 {
a "pseudo zugszwang"} Kf8 $6 45. Qd2 {intending g5} f6 (45... Qb8 $2 46. Qxa5
Qb3 $2 47. Qd8#) 46. exf6 Qxf6 $2 (46... Nxf6 $1 47. Bg6 (47. Qe2 Qb8 48. g5
Qxf4 $1 (48... Ne4 49. Bxe4 dxe4 50. Qxe4 Qb3+ 51. Kg4) 49. gxf6 gxf6 50. Qg4 (
50. Qxe6 Qf3+ 51. Kh4 Qf4+ 52. Kh3 Qf3+ 53. Kh2 Qxd3 54. Qxf6+ Kg8 $11) (50.
Ba6 $5 Ke7) 50... Qxg4+ $3 51. Kxg4 Ke7 $11) (47. Qe3 Qb8 48. g5 $5 (48. Bg6
Ne4 {etc}) 48... Nxh5 $1 49. Kg4 Qe8 $8 50. Qe5 Kg8 $8 51. Qc7 $2 hxg5 $1 52.
fxg5 g6 {xKg4}) 47... Qb8 48. Qe3 Ne4 $1 49. Bxe4 (49. g5 $2 Qb1 $1) 49... dxe4
50. Qxe4 Qb3+ 51. Kh4 Qa2) 47. Bg6 (47. Qxa5 $2 Ke7 $1) 47... Qd8 $2 (47... Ke7
$8 48. Kg3 $16 (48. Kg2 Nf8 $4 (48... Qh4 $1) 49. g5 $1)) 48. Qe1 $1 $18 Ke7 (
48... Qf6 49. Qxa5 Ke7 50. Qd2) 49. Qh4+ $1 (49. f5 Qg8 50. Qxa5 Qb8) 49... Nf6
50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 Nd7 52. Qf4 Qf8 53. Qd6+ Kd8 54. Qxf8+ Nxf8 55. Bc2 $18
Ke7 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf4 Nd7 58. Bg6+ Ke7 59. h6 Nf8 (59... gxh6 60. gxh6 Kf6 (
60... Kf8 61. Be8 $1 e5+ 62. Kf5 e4 63. Bxd7 e3 64. Kf6 e2 65. h7 e1=Q 66.
h8=Q#) 61. Bh5 $1 (61. Be8 $18) (61. h7 $2 Kg7 62. Be8 e5+ 63. Kf5 (63. dxe5
Nxc5) 63... e4 $1 64. Kf4 Nb8 $1 (64... Nf6 65. Bxc6 Kxh7 66. Bb5 $18)) 61...
Nf8 (61... e5+ 62. dxe5+ Nxe5 63. h7) (61... Nb8 62. Be8) 62. Be8 e5+ 63. dxe5+
Ke7 64. Bxc6 $18) 60. Bd3 g6 61. Ba6 Nh7 62. Bc8 Kf7 $6 (62... Nf8 63. Bb7 Kd7
64. Ke5 Nh7 65. Bxc6+ $1 $18) 63. Bd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th Group1"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[BlackTeam "Invicta Knights Maidstone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. O-O (6. c4 Bc5 7. e3
Nc6 8. O-O $5 Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3 {~= -A33}) 6... Nc6 7. Nb3 d5 8. N1d2 (
8. c4 dxc4 9. N3d2 Qa6 $5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qc2 Bd7 14.
Qa2 Na5 15. Ba3 Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. Reb1 Ncxb4 19. cxb4 Nc3 20.
b5 Qb6 21. Nxc4 Qd4 {0-1,Wirthensohn,H-Lobron,E/Hamburg SKA/1991/}) 8... Be7 (
8... a5 $5 9. a4 e5 10. c4 d4 11. c5 Qa7 12. f4 $6 Be6 13. f5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
15. Ne4 Be7 16. e3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e4 Qa6 19. Rf3 h6 20. h4 Be7 21. Qf1
Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Kd7 23. Bd2 Rhc8 24. Rc1 Bd8 {~ Lugovoi,A-Solozhenkin,E/St.
Petersburg-chop/1992/}) 9. c4 O-O (9... d4 $6 10. Nf3 e5 11. e3 $36) 10. cxd5
Nxd5 (10... exd5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be3 {+=}) 11. e4 (11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13.
Bxe3 Rd8 {=}) 11... Ndb4 12. a3 (12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Nc4 Qa6 {=+}) 12... Nd3 (12...
Na6 $5 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Rd3 $1 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Qb1 Ne2+ 18. Kh1
Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rd4 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. Ndc4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1
Qxd1 25. Nxd1 Nc5 26. Nc3 Bc6 {=+ Paunovic,D-Brkljaca,A/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/})
13. Nc4 Qd8 $8 14. Qe2 e5 $1 15. Ne3 (15. Be3 $2 Be6 {-/+}) (15. Rd1 $5 Be6 $1
(15... Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. e5 $36) 16. Rxd3 (16. Ne3 Nxc1 17.
Raxc1 Qb6 {= -15.Ne3}) 16... Bxc4 17. Rxd8 Bxe2 {=}) 15... Nxc1 (15... Be6 16.
Nd5 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Nd4 {=}) 16. Raxc1 Qb6 $1 17. Rc3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 {=} 21. Rc4 Bf6 22. Rfc1 Rae8 23. Qd2 Re7 24. Bf3 g6 25. Kg2
Kg7 26. a4 Rd8 27. h4 (27. a5 Qd6 {=}) 27... h5 28. b4 a6 (28... Qd6 $5 29. a5
Rdd7 {/\Rc7=}) 29. a5 Qd6 30. Rc5 Red7 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5 $36 Qa3 33. Rcb1
Qc3 34. Qf4 Rd6 35. R1b3 (35. Rxb7 Qxa5 {=}) 35... Qa1 36. Be4 R8d7 37. Rf3 Rd8
38. Bd3 $138 {/\Rb6+-} (38. Rb6 $142) 38... Qe1 39. Be4 (39. Rb6 Rxb6 40. axb6
Qe5 {=}) 39... Qa1 40. Rb6 $5 Rxb6 41. axb6 d3 $8 42. Rxd3 (42. Bxd3 Rxd5 43.
Be4 Rd7 {=}) 42... Be5 43. Qe3 Rd6 44. Bf3 Qb2 45. Rb3 Qd4 {~=} 46. Qe2 (46.
Qxd4 Bxd4 {=}) (46. Be4 Qxe3 47. fxe3 Bf6 {=}) 46... Bf6 47. Qe3 (47. Qb5 Bd8 {
=}) 47... Qxe3 48. fxe3 Bd8 49. e4 Kf6 $1 (49... Rxb6 50. Rc3 $5) 50. g4 hxg4
51. Bxg4 (51. Bxg4 Bxb6 52. Bc8 Ke5 {=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 (4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 {gives Black a
flexible position with the Bishop pair. This is sufficient com- pensation for
White's space advantage, the chances are about equal.} 6. c3 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. a5
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a6 b6 11. Qa4 Nb8 12. Bb5 Qe7 13. O-O Bd7 14. d5 Bxb5 15.
Qxb5 c6 16. dxc6 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Rxc6 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Na3 Qc8 21. Nb5
Nd7 22. Nfd4 Rc4 $132 {with strong counterplay,Dreev,A-Bellon,JM/URS-ESP tt/
1991/}) 4... c5 5. e3 cxd4 (5... b6 {leads to positions of a similar type.
However it is important to note that without the interpolation of h6 4...b6?!
would be weaker due to 5.d5! and White has pressure in the center.} 6. Nc3 (6.
d5 $2 g5) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. c3 d6 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. h4
Bg7 19. h5 g5 $10 {with a very solid position for Black, Rozentalis,
E-Vyzhmanavin,A/Leningrad ch-SU/1991}) 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. c3 (8. O-O b6
9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 d5 $10) 8... b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 (10... d6 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Be4
Bxe4+ 18. Qxe4 g6 19. h4 Bg7 20. g5 d5 21. Qd3 h5 22. Rhe1 Qb8 23. Ne5 Qb7 24.
Re3 b5 $15 {Wians,C-Anastasian,A/Capelle la Grande op/1991/, is also possible.
Black is be tter, as the Kingside is blockaded and only he has attacking
chances against White's King.}) 11. Bxf6 $5 (11. O-O Nd5 $10 {leads to an
equal an rather boring position. Sokolov's plan is much more ambi tious, but
Black by clever maneuvres neutralizes White's attacking plan.}) 11... Bxf6 12.
O-O-O g6 $1 13. h4 Bg7 14. Kb1 Ne7 $1 15. Ne4 (15. Be4 $5 {was better, White
underestimates the strength of Bb7. After} Bxe4+ (15... d5 $6 16. Bc2 {with
the idea Ne5,h5 White's attack gains momentum.Black can't leave a passive
Bishop on b7.}) (15... Nd5 $5 16. Ne5 {is also better for White, than in the
game.} (16. c4 $2 Nf4 17. Qf1 d5 $36)) 16. Nxe4 Nd5 $13 {with mutual chances.})
15... Nd5 {/\Nf4} 16. Qd2 (16. Bc2 Nf4 17. Qf1 f5 $15) 16... d6 17. Bc2 Rc8 $15
{Black is already better, as his attacking chances are more real, (a5,b5-b4)
also his pieces are more active.} 18. Rde1 Re8 19. Rh3 b5 20. h5 (20. g4 a5 $5
$36 (20... f5 21. gxf5 $8 exf5 22. Ng3 $15)) 20... f5 21. hxg6 $5 (21. Ng3 g5
$17 {/\g4,Nf4 is in the air, White's pieces are misplaced and Black has the
initiati ve on both flanks, so Sokolov decides to play vabanque.But Karpov is
accurate.}) 21... fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qf6 23. Nh2 (23. Rxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qg7 $19)
23... b4 24. Ng4 (24. cxb4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxh6 Bxf2 $19) 24... Qg5 25.
Qxg5 hxg5 26. Nh6+ (26. cxb4 Rc4 $17) 26... Bxh6 27. Rxh6 Bc6 28. Rh7 (28. Reh1
Nf6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 $19) 28... a5 29. c4 Nf4 $1 {The last relatively difficult
move. The rest is a matter of technique.} (29... Nf6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rf7 $132
) 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. b3 d5 32. cxd5 Nxd5 33. Reh1 Rec8 $19 34. g4 R8c7 35. Rh8+
Kg7 36. R1h7+ Kf6 $1 (36... Kxg6 37. Rh6+ Kf7 38. R6h7+ $10) 37. Rh1 $8 (37.
Rf8+ Kxg6) 37... Nf4 38. Rf8+ Kxg6 39. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 (39... Rg7 40. Ra8) 40. Rf8+
(40. Rh6+ $2 Kf7 41. Rxg5 Rc1+ 42. Kb2 Nd3#) 40... Kg7 41. Rfh8 Ng6 42. Ra8 Rf7
43. Rxa5 Rf4 44. Rd1 (44. Rxg5 Rxd4 $19) 44... Kf6 45. Rb5 Ne7 $1 {><d4,f2,g4,/
\Nd5} 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 {Yusupov chooses a rather tame
system, with the idea of transferring the main fight to the middlegame. There
he wants to utilize his better positional understanding.} cxd4 ({Black must be
careful in the opening. A reliable alternative is} 4... h6 5. Bh4 b6 6. c4 (6.
Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5
13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 Rc8 $11 {1/2,Vera,R-Izeta,F/Elgoibar/1994/}) (
6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Nd5 10. Bg3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Bf3 d5
13. Qa4 Qe8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rad1 Qb7
19. Nb3 Be7 20. Nd4 Rfd8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb3 $11 {Piankov,E-Taboas Rodriguez,
D/La Coruna op/1996/}) 6... Bb7 (6... Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6
10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be2 c5 15. Bf3 Rd8
16. Nf6+ {1/2,Hodgson,J-King,D/Dhaka/1993/}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6
10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. h3 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. exd4 Re8 15. Bh2 d5 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 b5 18. a3 Nb6 19. Bf3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Re1 Ne4 $1 $15 {
Wockenfuss,K-Vyzhmanavin,A/Ostende op/1991/}) ({On the other hand premature is
} 4... b6 $6 {as even Yusupov's games show:} 5. d5 $1 exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 (6... Bb7
7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd5 $16 {/\} Qxb2 10. Rd1 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxc3+ 12.
Rd2 $18) 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 $5 (
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 Nc6 14. a4 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. e4 d6 17. Qd3 b4 18.
Rfd1 h6 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Qc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxe5 24.
Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 {1/2,Jussupow,A-Torre,E/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 12... d6 13. Qd2
Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Rd2 g6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qe4 Kg7
20. h4 Qe7 21. Qf4 $14 {Yusupov,A-Karpov,A/London cs/1989/}) ({Pawn hunting in
this position can be very dangerous, e.g.} 4... Qb6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qxb2
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc3 10. O-O d5 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. c4 Nb4 13. cxd5
Nxd3 14. Rxd3 Qxd5 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nc3 Qh5 18. d5 e5 19. Qb2 Rb8
20. d6 Bd8 21. Nd5 O-O 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Re1 $40 {Bennett,J-Hobuss,W/Geneva op/
1997/}) 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 (6. c3 $5 b6 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O
Nd5 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 d6 17.
Qd1 Na5 18. Nd2 a6 19. Na3 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Red8 21. Nc2 Qa8 22. Ne3 Nd5 23. Ndf1
Bg5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. f4 Bf6 26. Ne3 Nc4 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Bf5 Nxb2 29. Qb3 Nc4
30. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44 {Bronstein,D-Ward,C/Maidstone Menchik op/1994/}) 6... Nd5 $5
$146 {A well-known idea (Black doesn't play d5 and keeps the square free for
his N) in these positions has never been played so early yet.} (6... h6 7. Bh4
b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 d5 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14.
Qd2 Qd5 15. Ne3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. f3 Nd2 20. Rfd1
Nxb1 21. Rxb1 Rfd8 $17 {Smietana,T-Goebel,W/BL2-N/1981/}) (6... d6 7. O-O Nbd7
8. c4 (8. c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. b4
Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. c4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. c5 $2 Bd5 19. Qc3 dxc5 20. Ba6 Ra8
21. Bb5 Rec8 22. Nb3 c4 23. Nxa5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd5 25. Qxc4 Bxh4 {0-1,
Hertweck-Lau,R/Boblingen op/1985/}) 8... h6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 O-O
12. h3 Bb7 13. Re3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Re1 Qc8 16. a3 e5 $1 17. Bh2 Qc6 18. Qf1
Rad8 19. Bf5 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qc7 21. Bb1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Ne5 23. Ba2 g6 24. Bg3 Bg7
25. Bh4 Rc8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Gf6] ^^,Yusupov,A-Lau,R/GER-CupT f/
1992/}) (6... b6 7. c4 (7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. h3
Re8 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. b4 Nf8 15. Bb1 Nd5 16. Bh2 Rc8 17. Qb3 b5 18.
c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd7 20. a4 Rc7 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Bd3 Rec8 23. Bb5 Qd8 24. Rxc7
Qxc7 25. Qb2 Nc3 $36 {Berardi,G-Grosar,A/Moscow olm/1994/}) 7... d6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a3 d5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Ndxc4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Bd2 N7f6 16. Rad1 Ba8 17. Bb1 b5 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 g6 20. Qg3 Qd5 21. Be3
Rc7 22. f3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Rfc8 24. Be4 Qd6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11 {Ye Rongguang-Emms,J/
Beijing op/1993/ In all the examples above Black builds a Hedgehog type
position with his pawns on e6 and d6. He remains flexible in the center and
advances his pawns (d6-d5 or e6-e5) only when the moment is right. On the
other hand, if he immediately plays 6...d5?!, White's attacking chances
increase (e5-square for the N, semi-open e-file, /^ b1-h7).}) 7. Bxe7 (7. Bd2
Qc7 $5 8. O-O (8. c4 Nf4 $11) 8... Nb4 9. Bxb4 Bxb4 10. Ng5 $5 $13) 7... Qxe7
8. O-O Nf4 9. Re1 {Now Black exchanges the important B and gets a rather
comfortable position.} ({More ambitious was} 9. Bc4 $5 d6 (9... b6 10. Qd2 Ng6
11. d5 $36) 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. Nc3 $13) 9... Nxd3 10. Qxd3 d6 11. Nc3 O-O $11 {
Black's K is safe and he will finish his development in a few moves, so
Yusupov must find some active plan. Logically he seeks play on the >>.} 12. Re4
$5 {[%cal Ye4h4,Ge1e6] <->e,/\Rh4} Nd7 13. Rae1 h6 {Usefull prophylaxis.} (
13... Nf6 14. Rh4 {/\} Bd7 $4 15. Nd5 $1 $18) 14. Rh4 Nf6 15. Nd2 $1 Nd5 $6 {
Allows a dangerous positional exchange sacrifice, after which Black's defence
will be very difficult.} (15... Bd7 $142 $5 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nc4 Ne8 $132 {
was a more solid and safer alternative.}) 16. Rxh6 $8 {More or less forced,
but effective.} (16. Rg4 Nb4 17. Qc4 (17. Qg3 f5) 17... Nxc2 18. Rc1 d5 {
/\Nb4-/+}) 16... gxh6 17. Nxd5 Qd8 (17... Qg5 $2 {Petursson} 18. Ne4 Qg7 19.
Ndf6+ Kh8 20. Re3 d5 21. Rg3 dxe4 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxe4 $18) 18. Nf4 $44 {
[%csl Gd2,Gf4,Rf6,Rg6,Rg7,Rg8,Rh7] White has a pawn for the exchange and his N
are very annoying. Moreover, Black must be careful about his weakened K-side.}
Qg5 {Costs a tempo, (the Q is exposed on g5) but forces White to close the
3-rd rank for his R.} (18... Bd7 19. Re3 $36 (19. Qg3+ Qg5 20. Ne4 $5 Qxg3 21.
hxg3 $44)) (18... e5 {Petursson} 19. Nh5 Qh4 20. Qf3 $40) 19. g3 Bd7 (19... d5
20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Ne5 $36) 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. c4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4,Gf4][%cal
Yc4c5,Yd4d5,Rd3a3] [+],/\c5,d5,Qa3} (21. Qa3 $6 Bc6 {/\} 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6
Rad8 $17) 21... f5 22. Nc3 (22. Ng6 $2 Qf7 23. Nxf8 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxf8 $17)
22... Qf6 $2 {After this mistake Black's position crumbles.} (22... Qf7 $8 23.
Qf3 $44 (23. c5 $5 $44)) (22... Qf7 $13 {Petursson}) 23. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Re6]
[%cal Rb5c7,Rb5d6] /\Nd6,Nc7,><d6,e6} Bxb5 (23... d5 24. cxd5 $40) (23... Rac8
24. Nxd6 Rc7 25. Qe3 $16) 24. Rxe6 Bxc4 $5 (24... Qf7 25. cxb5 Kh7 26. Rxd6 $16
) 25. Qxc4 Qf7 $8 26. Qd5 Rad8 (26... Rae8 27. Rg6+ Kh7 28. Qxd6 $18) 27. Nh5
$1 $40 {[%cal Re6g6,Rh5f6] /\Rg6,Nf6} (27. Rxh6 Qxd5 28. Nxd5 Kg7 29. Re6 Rd7 {
[%cal Rf8c8] /\Rc8<=>}) 27... Kh7 $8 {The best defensive move in a miserable
position.} (27... Qxh5 $2 28. Rxd6+ Qf7 29. Rxd8 $18) 28. Nf6+ Kh8 (28... Qxf6
29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxb7+ Kg6 31. Qxa7 $18) 29. Qxf5 (29. Ne4 $5 {Petursson A
very interesting alternative} Qg7 (29... fxe4 $2 30. Rxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Qg7 32.
Rg6 $18) 30. Nxd6 Rd7 31. Qb5 a6 32. Qc5 Rc7 33. Rxh6+ Qxh6 34. Qxc7 $16) 29...
Qg7 30. h4 Rd7 $6 {The final mistake, but Black's position is probably beyond
saving anyway. Loses immediatly} (30... Rf7 31. g4 $1 {[]} Rdf8 (31... Rg8 {
Petursson} 32. Kh1 $16) 32. g5 $40) 31. Qh5 $1 {Now Black has no defence
against White's several threats: 32. Ng4, 32. Nd5 and 32. Ne4} Rxf6 (31... Rdf7
32. Ng4 $18) 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Qe8+ $18 Kg7 34. Qxd7+ Kg6 35. Qa4 (35. Qg4+ $5
Kf7 36. h5 $18 {[%cal Rg4g6] /\Qg6}) 35... Kh7 36. h5 (36. Qxa7 $18) 36... a5 (
36... Qe7 37. Qc2+ Kh8 38. Qg6 $18) 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxb7+ Kf8 40.
Qe4 d5 41. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qc7 5. O-O ({Very soft is} 5. c3 $6 d5 6.
Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. a3 a5
13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. e3 Be8 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qb1 Qa5 19. Ndf3
Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qd1 Nc8 24. Nd2 Ned6 25. Bf1 h6
26. Nd3 Bb5 $11 {Vladimirov,E-Psakhis,L/Moscow 1992/0-1 (51)}) 5... a6 $6 (5...
cxd4 $142 6. Nxd4 a6 7. e4 d6 {-B80}) 6. Bf4 $1 (6. b3 $143 d5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qc1 Qe7 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Qh4
Rac8 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. a3 Nd5 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. e4 Nf6 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Na5 Bxe4 22. Nxb7 Bb6 23. Nd6 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nd5 26. Rc6 Ra8
27. b4 Kf8 28. Nc8 Bc7 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Ke7 $11 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Romero
Holmes,A/Wijk 1992/1/2 (42)}) (6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Na4 e5 10.
Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 O-O 12. h3 h6 13. c4 Be6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Kh2
Qb8 17. f4 $6 exf4 18. gxf4 b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 d5 21. Bd4 dxc4 22. e3 Rxd4
23. exd4 Nd3 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qxd4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd6 28. Kh1 c3 {
0-1,Wirthensohn,H-Gavrikov,V/SWZ-GP Wohlen 1993}) 6... d6 (6... Qb6 $5) 7. dxc5
Qxc5 8. c4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Rd6] [+],><d6 Forceful play by White.} (8. Nc3 $6 Nbd7
9. Nd2 d5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. c3 dxc3
16. Nxc3 Bb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 f6 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. Qd3 Rhd8 22.
Qe2 a5 23. Rad1 a4 24. Nc1 Bc5 25. Kg2 Rd4 $36 {Safyanovsky,M-Lerner,K/Moscow3
1991/0-1 (35)}) 8... Be7 $146 {Black's attempt to improve on Sax's play is
also uncuccessful.} (8... Qxc4 9. Bxd6 Qd5 10. Qc1 $1 {@} Nc6 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 {
[%csl Re8] עe8} 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Na3 Ke7 14. Nc4 Qc5 15. Qf4 Nb4 16. a3 Nbd5
17. Qh4 Bd7 18. Nce5 Nb6 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. a4 Qa5 21. Qd4 Rfd8 22. b4 {1-0,
Romanishin,O-Sax,G/Polanica Zdroj 1993}) (8... e5 $6 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5} 9. Bg5
Qxc4 (9... Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 $16) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 $16) 9. Nc3 O-O
(9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 $5 $36 {[%cal Rd2e4] /\Nde4}) 10. Na4 $1 {Due to White's
lead in development Black's Hedgehog structure will break up.} Qa5 (10... Qc7
$143 $6 11. c5 e5 12. Nb6 $5 Ra7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Be3 $18) 11. b4 $1 Qd8 $8 (
11... Qxb4 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Be3 $18) 12. c5 $40 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Bxd8
14. bxc5 Bd7 (14... Nd5 15. Bd6 Re8 16. e4 Bd7 17. exd5 Bxa4 18. Ne5 $16 (18.
Rab1 $36)) 15. Nb6 Bxb6 16. cxb6 Bc6 17. Rfc1 {@ White has a lead in
development and Black has problems connecting his R.} Nbd7 $2 (17... Nd5 $142
18. Ne5 Nxb6 (18... Nxf4 19. gxf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Rc7 Nxb6 23.
Rxb7 $16) 19. Nxc6 bxc6 (19... Nxc6 20. Rab1 $16) 20. Bxc6 $36) 18. Rxc6 $1 {
After this logical sacrifice Black's << falls to pieces.} bxc6 19. b7 Rab8 (
19... Ra7 20. Rb1 Nd5 (20... Nb8 21. Be3 $18) 21. b8=Q Nxb8 22. Bxb8 Nc3 23.
Rb6 $16) (19... Rad8 20. Bc7 $16) 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb6 $1 Nd5 (
22... Rxb7 23. Rxc6 Rb1+ 24. Bf1 Ncd7 25. Rxa6 $18 {[%csl Ga2] o^a}) (22... a5
$142 $5 23. Ne5 $5 Rxb7 (23... Nd5 24. Rxc6 (24. Nxc6 $2 Nxb6 $1 25. Nxb8 Nc4
$1 $11) 24... Nxb7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rb6 $18) 24. Rxc6 Rb1+ 25. Bf1 Ncd7 26.
Rc8+ Nf8 27. Ra8 Rb5 28. Nc6 $16) 23. Rxc6 Nxb7 24. Ne5 $5 (24. Rxa6 $18) 24...
Nd8 25. Rxa6 Rb1+ 26. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Ra6a8] /\Ra8} Kf8 27. Kg2 f6 28. Nc4 g5
29. Ra8 Ke8 (29... Ke7 30. Ra7+ Rb7 31. Rxb7+ Nxb7 32. Kf3 $18) 30. h3 Nc7 31.
Ra3 Nc6 32. e3 Rc1 33. Rb3 Ra1 34. a3 h6 35. Be2 Nd5 36. Rb7 (36. Bf3 $142 $5)
36... Ra2 37. Rb2 (37. Bh5+ Kd8 38. Rh7 $2 Rc2 $13) 37... Ra1 38. Bf3 $138 (38.
Bf3 Rc1 (38... Ke7 39. Rd2 $18) 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nf5+ exf5 41. Bxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 f5 {-A8}) 2... c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6.
O-O (6. e4 $5 Qc7 (6... d6 7. c4 $14 (7. Nc3 {-B80})) 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 $5 $14 {
[%cal Yc2c4,Yc1b2,Yb1c3] /\c4,Bb2,Nc3()[+]}) 6... d5 $6 $146 (6... Be7 7. c4
O-O 8. e4 (8. Nc3 Qc7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Rac1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
b6 14. h3 Rd8 15. e4 Bb7 16. g4 h6 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 bxc5 19. Rcd1 Bc6 20.
Rfe1 Nd7 21. f4 f6 22. f5 e5 23. Nd5 $16 {Rogers,I-Ilincic,Z/Bor/1986/}) 8...
d6 9. Nc3 Re8 $14 {1/2/Helmers,K-Karlsson,La/Gausdal Jubilee/1982/}) (6... Qc7
7. Bg5 (7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Qc3 Nd7 12. Be3 a5
13. a3 Be7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Kh2 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 Bg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Ne3 Qb6 22. Qa3 Nf6 $10 {Gutman,L-Bischoff,K/
Dortmund/1985/}) (7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. b3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qa7 18. Bxc6
bxc6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc5 21. Kg2 $14 {Lobron,E-Bischoff,K/
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25'/1994/}) (7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bf4 d6 9. c4 Nh5 (9... Nbd7
10. Nc3 (10. Na3 $5 Nh5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 13. g4 Nhf6 14. g5 Nh5 15. e3 g6
16. f4 Bb7 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. b4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Ne4 22.
Bb2 e5 23. Nf5 Ng7 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qd5 $1 $16 {Nikolic,Pr-Gelfand,B (08)/
Sarajevo cm/1991/}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 e5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nd2 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nb3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. Bd2 f5 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4 fxe4
22. fxe4 Bc8 23. Rc6 Bd7 24. Rfc1 $5 $44 {Huebner,R-Tolnai,T/Mitropa-Cup/1993/}
) 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. e4 Nhf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. f4 b6 16. Nd4
Bb7 17. f5 Bf8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Nc5 20. Bg2 Ncd7 21. g4 h6 22. g5 hxg5 23.
Bxg5 Qc5 24. Be3 Qh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Bh3 Nc5 27. b4 e5 $132 {Savchenko,
S-Ward,Ch/Bern op/1993/}) 7... Be7 8. c4 $5 Qxc4 $5 (8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 d6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Qb1 Rb8 15. h3 Bd7 16.
b3 Rfd8 17. Kh2 Rbc8 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qd3 Be8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Qf3
Qa5 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Nf2 c5 $10 {Hergott-Winants/Ostend/1987/}) 9... Ng4 10. Bd2
O-O 11. Nc3 d6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. e3 Ngf6 14. f4 Re8 15. g4 Nf8 16. b3 Ng6 17. Be1
Rb8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bg3 Qa5 20. a4 Qb6 21. Qd3 Rbd8 22. Kh2 Bf8 23. Rc2 Bc6 24.
a5 $1 $14 {Podzielny,K-Kindermann,S/BL 8485/1985/ In our game Black refrains
from the hedgehog-type positions and plays more actively, but in the end
White's lead in development enables him to achieve an advantageous endgame.})
9. Na3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. e4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxc6 Bxb2 21. Qc2
Bf6 22. Rd6 Qb5 23. Qf5 d4 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Rfe8 26. Qxd4 Re6 27. Rc1
Rae8 $15 {Stanojevic,B-Siegel,G/Genf op/1991/}) 7. c4 $1 dxc4 (7... Be7 8. Nc3
$36) 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 (8... b5 $2 9. Nxb5 $16) 9. Qxc4 (9. Rd1 $5 $36) 9... Nb6 10.
Qb3 $1 (10. Qd3 Bc5 (10... e5 11. Nf3 $1 Qxd3 12. exd3 Bd6 13. Re1 $16) 11. Be3
Qe7 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yb6d5] /\e5,Nbd5<=>}) 10... e5 (10... Qxd4 11. Be3 $32) 11.
Nf3 Be6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qc7 $8 (13... e4 $2 14. Ng5) (13... Bd6 14. Ng5 $16
) 14. Ng5 Bd5 $8 (14... Bd7 15. Qb3 $18) 15. Bh3 $1 Rd8 16. Be3 Bc6 (16... h6
17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf3 $40 {[%csl Re5,Re8] ><e5,Ke8}) 17. Rad1
Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc4 $8 (18... h6 $2 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Qb3+ Nbd5 21. Bg2 $18)
19. Bc1 Nd6 {Black's K in the center is subjected to all sorts of threats.} 20.
Nd5 (20. Nf3 $142 $5 Bxf3 21. exf3 Be7 22. Bg5 O-O 23. Qd3 $36) 20... Qa5 $1 (
20... Nxd5 21. Rxd5 $16) 21. Nc3 $5 (21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nf3 Qxa2 $13) 21... Be7
(21... h6 22. Nf3 Be7 23. b4 $1 Qxb4 24. Nxe5 $36) 22. Bg2 $1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc5
(23... O-O $2 24. Nd5 $18) (23... h6 24. Nge4 Nfxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Qc7
27. Be3 O-O 28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gc1c8] <->c}) 24. Qa4+ Qc6+ (24...
Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Qxb5+ axb5 27. Nf3 e4 (27... Nd7 28. Rd5 $16) 28. Nd4 b4
29. Nf5 $40) 25. Qxc6+ bxc6 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. b3 f6 28. Na4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]
White has a very pleasant endgame with a permenent advantage due to the ><a6,
c6, practically no piece exchanges can change the character of the position.}
Kf7 29. Ba3 Ke6 30. Ne1 (30. Bxd6 $5 Bxd6 31. Nd2 $16) 30... Nb7 $5 31. Bxe7
Kxe7 32. Nc2 Nbc5 (32... a5 33. Na3 $16) 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Ne3 (34. Nb4 Rc8 35.
Rc1 a5 $5 $132) 34... Ne4 (34... g6 $2 35. Rc1 Kd6 36. Nc4+ Kd5 37. Rd1+ $18)
35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Kf3 (36. Rd7+ $2 Ke6 $19) (36. f3 $5 Nc3 (36... Ng5 37. h4 Ne6
38. Rd7+ $18) 37. Rd2 g6 38. Ne3 $16) 36... Ng5+ 37. Ke3 g6 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39.
Nb7 (39. Nc4 $6 Ne6 $14) 39... Ne6 (39... Rb8 $2 40. Nc5 $18) 40. Rc1 Rc8 41.
Rc4 Rc7 42. Nc5 $1 $16 (42. Na5 c5 $14) 42... Nxc5 43. Rxc5 {As we already
mentioned above, exchanges don't help Black dramatically, even the R-endgame
is very difficult for him.} Kd6 (43... h5 $142 $1) 44. Ra5 Ra7 45. g4 $1 {
[%cal Yb3b4,Ya2a3,Yh2h4] White's plan is to gradually strengthen his position
on both flanks (b4,a3;h4) and by advancing the K-side pawns create even more
weak points in Black's position. Black has very little counterplay.} h6 (45...
c5 $2 46. Kd3 Kc6 47. Kc4 $18) 46. h4 Ra8 (46... f5 $2 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. f4 $18
) 47. b4 Ra7 48. a3 Ra8 49. Kd3 Ra7 50. e3 Ra8 51. f4 $1 exf4 $8 52. exf4 Kc7
53. h5 (53. Ke4 $5 Kb6 54. h5 $16) 53... gxh5 (53... g5 54. Ke4 {[%cal Re4g6] /
\Kf5-g6+-}) (53... Rg8 54. Rxa6 gxh5 55. gxh5 Rg4 56. Ke4 $18) 54. Rxh5 Rg8 55.
Rh4 $1 (55. Rxh6 Rxg4 56. Rxf6 Rg3+ 57. Ke4 Rxa3 $132) 55... Kd7 $6 (55... f5
$142 $5 $8 56. gxf5 Rg3+ (56... Rh8 57. Rh5 Kd6 58. Ke4 Rh7 59. f6 Ke6 60. Rc5
Rc7 61. a4 Kxf6 62. b5 axb5 63. axb5 $18) 57. Ke4 Rxa3 58. Rxh6 Kd7 $5 $16) 56.
Ke4 Ke6 57. Kf3 Rh8 $8 58. Rh5 Rh7 59. Kg3 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rf6,Rh6][%cal Yg3h5,
Yh5c5,Ya3a4,Yb4b5] /\Kh4-h5,Rc5,a4,b5 White has achieved an ideal position.
Black has only weak pawns.} Rd7 60. Ra5 $1 Ra7 61. Kh4 Kf7 62. Kh5 Kg7 63. f5
Kh7 (63... Kf7 64. Rc5 $1 (64. Kxh6 $6 Ra8 65. Kh7 Rg8 66. Rxa6 Rxg4 $16) 64...
Rc7 65. a4 $18) 64. Rc5 Rc7 65. a4 Kg7 (65... Rb7 66. Rxc6 Rxb4 67. Rxa6 $18)
66. b5 axb5 67. axb5 Rb7 68. bxc6 Rc7 69. Rc1 $22 Rc8 (69... Kh7 70. Rd1 (70.
Kh4 $18) 70... Rxc6 71. Rd7+ Kg8 72. Kg6 Kf8 73. Rf7+ Ke8 74. Rxf6 Rc4 75. Kh5
$18) 70. c7 Kf7 71. Rc6 Kg7 72. Kh4 Kf7 73. Kg3 (73. Kg3 Ke7 74. Kf4 {[%cal
Yf4d5] /\Ke4-d5} Kd7 75. Rxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bologan} Nf6 2. Bg5 {It is Valeri's style to avoid the main theoretical
lines and to transpose the game into silent and peaceful positions with a
small advantage for him. Especialy it works against active and dinamic players
as Vesselin is. Even in the tournament in Buenos-Aires 1994, where the
participants were obliged to play the open Sicilian he managed after 1.e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.f3!? to close it.} e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 g5 $5 {
Ultra-sharp and typical for Topalov. More solid is In his game against
Miladinovic (Beograd 95) Topalov had chosen the simpliest plan with developing
the bishop on 'b7' without playing 'g5'.} (4... c5 5. e3 b6 6. c4 (6. Nc3 cxd4
7. exd4 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 d6 13. Bc2
Nd7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. h4 Bg7 19. h5 g5 20.
Nh2 Qc7 21. Bb1 Kf8 22. f3 d5 $10 {Rozentalis,E-Vyzhmanavin,A/Leningrad ch-SU/
1990/}) 6... Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. h3 a6 12.
Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. exd4 Re8 15. Bh2 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 b5 18. a3
Nb6 19. Bf3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Re1 Ne4 $1 $15 {Wockenfuss,K-Vyzhmanavin,A/
Ostende op/1991/}) 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7 8. c3 (8. e3 d6 9. c3 (
9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. g4 Rdf8 14. Nf1 f5 15. d5
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxf5 Qxa2 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. f3 a5 21. Nd2
b5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 a4 24. Nd4 Rb8 25. Kc2 $10 {1/2,Tseitlin,MS-Levitt/
Polanica Zdroj/1988/}) 9... Nd7 (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2 Bd7 12.
g4 Qf8 13. Ne4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Ng3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O f4 17. exf4 Qxf4+ 18.
Qd2 Qf7 19. b3 Rhf8 20. Rdf1 Rde8 21. Ne1 Ne7 22. Nc2 Ng6 23. Nh5 Nf4 $10 {
Eiber,M-Veselovsky,S/Pardubice op/1994/}) 11... Bd7 12. g4 Qf8 13. O-O-O O-O-O
14. Nc4 Kb8 15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne3 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Bb5 $1 Bc6 20.
a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nc8 22. Nc4 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 $16 {Meduna,E-Prandstetter,E/
TrenTep ch-CS/1985/}) 10. Qc2 a6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. a4 b6 13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 c5
15. O-O Bb7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be2 h5 18. Nd4 g4 19. f4 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Qg5 $40 {
Scheller-Razuvaev/Oberwart/1991/}) 8... d6 9. e4 {The most dangerous. The
passive 9.e3 gives Black some chances for surviving.} a6 $146 {Perhaps the
Bulgarian grandmaster was afraid after 9...b6 to get the check on "b5", but I
don't think that this is enough reason to lose the tempo in the beginning of
the game. Another plan was connected with 9...Nc6,Qe7,Bd7.} (9... c5 $6 10.
dxc5 (10. Bb5+ $5 Nd7 11. d5 $36) 10... dxc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Nexg5 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Be4 Bxe4
20. Qxe4 $16 {Onat,I-Taimanov,M/WchS Wildbad/1993/}) (9... Qe7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11.
Qb3 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rhe1 Bd7 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf1 Qc5 17. Ne3
a5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Be2 h5 20. Bxh5+ $1 Rxh5 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Qd1+ Kc6 23.
Qxh5 $18 {Tseitlin,MS-Stempin,P/Polanica Zdroj/1989/}) (9... Nd7 10. Qb3 a6 11.
Bd3 Qe7 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nh4 b5 14. Ne3 c5 15. Nhf5 $1 exf5 16. Nxf5 c4 17. Qa3
Qf6 18. Nxd6+ Kd8 19. e5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Be4 Kc7 22. O-O-O b4 23. Qxb4
Be6 24. Qb7+ {1-0,Berend,F-Lempert,I/EUCup Vilnius/1995/}) 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qe2
Qe7 {[#]} 12. Nc4 $14 {White doesn't commit his K yet and moves his pieces to
better squares. Black's position is rather cramped and White's space advantage
and central control somewhat outweigh Black's B-pair. Compare to Adams-Topalov,
Madrid 1996, where Topalov had more pressure against the center and his B were
not so passive. Until now Salov played some regular moves as anybodyelse would
do. Nc4 looks already a little bit deepper, it is connected with very flexible
dislocation of his knights on the central squares "e3" and "d2".} b6 13. Ne3
Bb7 14. a4 Kf8 {Losing the right to castle. May be the best chance for black
was 14...Nf6.} (14... c5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb6,
Rh6] ׻<<}) 15. Nd2 c5 16. d5 Ne5 17. Bc2 a5 $6 {><b5,c4 Activates the Bb7,
but seriously weakens the Q-side.} (17... Qc7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bb3 Re8 20. f4
$40) (17... Re8 $142 $5 $14 {<=>}) 18. Bb3 Ba6 19. Ndc4 f5 $2 {A tactical
mistake, after which Black's position becomes critical. As I said before
Vesselin is a good tactician and even in such strategically hopeless positions
he founds some tactical counterchances.} (19... exd5 20. Nxd5 Qb7 21. f4 $16) (
19... Re8 $5 20. O-O-O $16 (20. dxe6 $6 Bxc4 (20... fxe6 $2 21. Nxe5 $1 Bxe2
22. Ng6+ $18) 21. Nxc4 fxe6 $14)) 20. Nxe5 $1 (20. exf5 $2 {Bologan} exf5 21.
Nxf5 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Nxb2) (20. dxe6 {Bologan Another way to win.}
fxe4 (20... Qxe6 21. exf5 Qf6 22. Qd2 $18) 21. Nxe5 $18) 20... Bxe5 (20... Bxe2
$2 21. Ng6+) (20... dxe5 21. Bc4 $18) 21. Bc4 f4 (21... Bb7 22. exf5 $18) (
21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 fxe4 (22... exd5 23. Nxb6 $18) 23. Qxe4 $1 exd5 24. Qxd5
Kg7 (24... Bxc3+ 25. Kf1 $18) 25. O-O-O $40 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6,Rg7] ><d6,b6,Kg7,+/
-/+-}) 22. gxf4 gxf4 (22... Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxf4 24. g3 $40) 23. Ng4 (23. Bxa6 $6
fxe3 $14 {^-}) 23... Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bg7 $1 {Black must keep his B even at the
cost of material, otherwise he will have no counterplay at all.} (24... exd5
25. Qxd5 Re8 26. Rh5 $18) 25. dxe6 (25. Rh5 Qf7 $1 $132) 25... h5 (25... Re8 {
Bologan} 26. Rh5 $1 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. f3 Kf7 29. O-O-O Kg6 30. Rdd5 $18)
26. Qd5 (26. Nh2 Re8 $14) 26... Re8 27. Qf5+ $5 Kg8 28. Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 Qxe6
30. O-O-O (30. f3 d5 31. O-O-O dxe4 $132 (31... d4 32. cxd4 Bxd4 33. Nh6+ Kf8
34. Qf5+ $18)) 30... Qxe4 31. Nh6+ $1 {Too simple. It will be didicult for
White to get use from the weakened psition of the Black's king.} (31. Rxd6 $2
Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Re2+ 33. Kb3 Rxb2+ $1 34. Kxb2 Qxc3+ $19) (31. Rxd6 $18 {Bologan})
31... Bxh6 $8 (31... Kh8 32. Nf5+ {[%cal Rf5d6] /\Nd6}) 32. Qxh6 $16 {ע
White's K is much safer, this gives him a large advantage.} Re6 (32... Qxg2 33.
Qxf4 d5 34. Qh4 $5 {[%cal Rd1h1] /\Rh1->}) 33. Qg5+ (33. Qh5 $5 $16) 33... Kf7
34. Rh1 {White has no any special threats til the rook must stay on the first
rank.Using this moment Black can go for some forced variations as 34...Rg6.}
Rf6 (34... Rg6 {Bologan} 35. Qd8 (35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Qh4 Qe1+ 37. Kc2 Qe2+ $10)
35... Rxg2 36. Qxb6 (36. Qxd6 Rxf2 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ $10)
36... Rxf2 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Rg1+ Rg2 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 $10) 35. Qg4 {
[%cal Rg4d7] /\Qd7+-} Qf5 (35... Qe6 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Qh5+ (37. Qg7 Qe1+ 38.
Kc2 Qe2+ 39. Kb3 Qd1+ $10) 37... Kd8 38. Ra7 $40) (35... Ke7 $142 $5) 36. Qf3 {
Step by step White is getting back his advantage.Now Salov managed finaly to
settle his queen on good position on 'f3' from where it can attack both king
and queensides.} d5 (36... Rg6 37. Rh7+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. g3 $16) 37. Rh5
Qe4 38. Rxd5 Qxa4 (38... Qxf3 39. gxf3 Ke6 40. Rh5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rf4][%cal
Rc1c2,Rc2b3,Rb3c4] ><b6,f4,/\Kc2-b3-c4} (40. Rh5 {Bologan} Kd6 41. Kc2 c4 $1
42. b3 cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 {There are very small chances for black to escape.})) 39.
Qh5+ (39. Qg4 $5 $40) 39... Ke6 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qc8 $5 Qa1+ 43.
Kc2 Qa4+ 44. Kc1 Qa1+ 45. Kc2 Qa4+ 46. Kd2 Qc6 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49.
Qg8+ (49. Rh5 $5) (49. Qh5+ $1 Kg7 50. Rg5+ Rg6 (50... Kf8 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52.
Qh7+ Kd6 (52... Rf7 53. Re5+ Kd6 54. Qg6+ $18) 53. c4 $1 $18) 51. Rxg6+ Qxg6
52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. c4 Kf5 54. Kd3 a4 55. g3 $18) 49... Kh6 50. c4 $1 $18 Qe6
51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Rh5 Qd7+ 53. Kc1 Qe7 54. Kb1 (54. Rh6+ Kg5 55. Qxf6+ $18)
54... Qe4+ (54... Rf8 55. Qh6+ Kf7 56. Qxf4+ $18) (54... Qg7 $2 55. Rg5+) 55.
Ka1 Re6 $2 (55... Qe7 56. Ka2 $18) 56. f3 (56. f3 Qe1+ 57. Ka2 {[%cal Rh8h7,
Rh5f5] /\Qh7,Rf5#}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 (3... c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3
d5 8. a4 (8. c4 dxc4 9. N3d2 Qa6 $13) 8... Be7 9. a5 Qd8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2
O-O 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. e3 $6 e5 16. h3 Be6 17. Kh2 Ne4 18.
Be1 f5 19. Qe2 a6 20. Nc3 Qc7 $15 {[+],Olafsson,H-Petursson,M/Akureyri/1994/})
4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 (6. Na3 $5 a6 7. c4 b4 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nfxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bc5 13. a3 bxa3 14. b4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16.
Rxa3 Rc8 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nf5 Nc6 19. Rb1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. b5 axb5 22. Rxa8
Rxa8 23. cxb5 $14 {Farago,I-Grosar,A/Maribor Pirc/1994/}) 6... Qb6 (6... Na6 7.
Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. a3
cxd4 14. cxd4 Rxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ne5 d6 19. Nc6
Bf8 $10 {Sorokin,M-Vaiser,A/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 (7. Nxd4 $5
) 7... Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd3 a6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. e4 h6 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nh5
14. Be3 Nc2 15. Rac1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20.
Ne1 f6 $15 {Timman,J-Seirawan,Y/Hilversum m/1990/}) 7. a4 (7. Bg5 Ne4 (7... Be7
$142 $5) 8. Be3 d6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. a4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be7 13. axb5
Qxb5 14. c4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 O-O 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Qc2 h6
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd3 $36 {׫,Hartoch,R-Grooten,H/NL-ch/1981/}) 7... a6 (7...
bxa4 8. Qxa4 Bc6 9. Qa5 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Qxa5 12. Rxa5 d6 13. Nc4 Bd5
14. Nfd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Ra6 Nb8 17. Ra2 d5 18. b4 Bxf2 19. Rxf2 dxc4 20.
Nxc4 $16 {_|_,Huzman,A-Vehi Bach,V/Biel op/1993/}) 8. Na3 $5 $146 (8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. c4 $6 bxc4
15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Bd6 Qa6 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxb8 Qxb4 19. Be5 O-O $17 {Haves,
R-Kohlweyer,B/2BLW 8788/1988/}) 8... cxd4 (8... Be7 $6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7
11. Be3 $16) (8... d6 $142 $5) 9. Nxd4 $14 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nc6 (10... b4 $5 11.
cxb4 (11. Nc4 Qb7+ 12. Kg1 d5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 $10) 11... Bxb4 12. Nac2 $14) 11.
Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Bxd4 $5 Qb7+ 13. Kg1 $14) 12... Qc6+ (12... Qxd4 $6 13.
Bxd4 b4 14. Nc4 $36) (12... Qb7+ $142 $5 13. Kg1 Be7 $132) 13. f3 Be7 14. axb5
axb5 15. Nc2 O-O 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Nd4 (17. b4 Nd5 $10 {><c3}) 17... b4 18. c4 d5
19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf2 $14 Bf6 21. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 22. Rc1 h6 (22... g6 $142 $5) (
22... Rc8 $2 23. Qb5 $1 $16 {><b4}) 23. Rc5 {/\Rb5,e4} Be7 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. e4
Ne7 26. Nb3 Rc8 (26... Ra2 27. Nc5 {/\Qb3}) 27. Nc5 $36 Qc6 28. Qc4 Qb6 (28...
Rb8 $5 $14 29. b3 (29. Na6 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Ra8 31. Nxb4 Bxb2 $10) (29. Nd3 Qxc4
30. Rxc4 Rd8 $10) 29... Bc3 30. Qd3 $14) 29. Qe2 $1 {/\e5,Nd7} b3 30. Rc1 $16
Ng6 $6 (30... Qb8 31. Nd7 $16) 31. Nxb3 $1 $18 Qb8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Nc5 (33.
Nc5 Be7 34. b4 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 {_|_+-}) 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 (3. e4 $5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 {is more ambitious.
}) 3... h6 4. Bxf6 {Once White has already commited his N to f3, it's better
to avoid this exchange.} (4. Bh4 $142) 4... Qxf6 5. e3 $6 {White avoids the
more aggressive lines in favour of a rock-solid, although somewhat passive
approach.} (5. e4 $142 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6... Nd7 7. c3 e5 8. O-O (8. Na3 Be7 9.
Nc4 c6 10. O-O Bd8 11. a4 Bc7 12. a5 a6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. b4 Nf8 15. Nfd2 Ne6
16. Re1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Ndc4 Qg5 21. Rad1 h5 22.
Kh1 h4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd1 $11 {Torre,E-Antonio,R/
Manila m/1998/}) 8... g5 $5 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Nc4 g4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nfd2 Nc5
13. Bc2 Be6 14. b4 O-O-O 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Na5 Nb8 17. a4 h5 18. Ndb3 b6 19. Nc4
Bh6 20. a5 $13 {Torre,E-Antonio,R/Manila m/1998/}) 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nbd2 g5 9. b4
e5 10. b5 $6 Ne7 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. h3 Bg7 14. Bf1 Qe7 15. Qc2 O-O 16.
g3 Ng6 17. Bc4 Rfe8 $15 {Leskovar,M-Rosito,J/Mar del Plata op 1998/1/2-1/2 (46)
}) ({Soft is also} 5. g3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 Rd8 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16.
Rd2 Be8 17. Rfd1 Rxd2 $11 {1/2,Timman,J-Karpov,A/Dortmund/1994/}) 5... b6 ({
Also playable is} 5... g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. O-O-O
a6 (10... b6 $6 11. d5 e5 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 g5 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Ng3
Bd7 17. Bf5 Ba4 18. b3 Be8 19. Nd2 a5 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $36 {[%cal Rb1h7]
גb1-h7,Nikolic,Z-Romanishin,O/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 11. e4 c5 12. Rhe1 b5
13. e5 d5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Na4 16. Nfd4 Bd7 17. Kb1 O-O 18. f4 Rfc8 19.
Qd2 Nb6 20. Na5 Rab8 21. Ka1 Na4 22. Nab3 Nb6 23. Na5 Na4 24. g4 $13 {Nikolic,
Z-Timoshenko,G/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 g5 $5 {[%csl Gg5,Gh6]
()>> Black immediately shows his aggressive intentions with this typical push.
His play is a model of how to cope with solid, but passive setups.} (7... Qe7
8. O-O g5 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. c3 a6 11. e4 d6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Nb3 h5 14. Nfd2 e5 15.
Nc4 Nf8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. Ne3 Qe8 21. Nf5 Ne7
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bc4 Ng6 25. Rd2 h4 26. Rfd1 b5 27. Nc5 $16 {
Terraz,C-Sueess,M/SUI-chT/1996/}) (7... d6 8. c3 (8. Qe2 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. h3
Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Nd7 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Nc5
{Drechsler,H-Sarapu,O/WchS Wildbad/1993/} 17. Qe2 $11) 8... Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10.
O-O g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. a5 b5 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 c5
17. Qa4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 $132 {Hoi,C-Nilssen,J/Copenhagen op2/1995/}) 8. Qe2 (
8. Ne4 $6 {only exposes White's pieces to future attacks.} Qg7 9. Qe2 g4 10.
Nfd2 f5 11. Ng3 h5 12. f3 Nc6 13. c3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O gxf3 15. Nxf3 Bd6 16. Nf1
Kb8 17. N1d2 Rhg8 18. g3 Qg4 19. Rhf1 Be7 20. Kb1 Rg7 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7] ^^|^,
Shadarovian,M-Sunye Neto,J/Dubai olm/1986/ The more the position opens up, the
more prominent becomes the role of the ^^.}) 8... Nc6 9. c3 (9. Ba6 $5 Bxa6 10.
Qxa6 g4 11. Ng1 Qg6 12. Rc1 $11) 9... g4 10. Ng1 h5 (10... Nxd4 $2 11. exd4
Bxg2 12. Be4 Bxh1 13. Bxh1 $16) 11. h3 (11. Ba6 Nxd4 $1 12. exd4 Bxg2 13. Ne4
Qg6 14. Ng3 Bxh1 (14... Bd6 15. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3e4] /\Be4}) 15. Nxh1 Bd6 $36)
11... Bh6 $1 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 O-O-O $44 {[%cal Rh6e3,Gg8g1,Gh8h1] @,/
\Be3! A long term pawn sacrifice gives Black good play on the >> open files,
it's not simple for White to finish his development.} 14. Ne4 (14. Ngf3 Rdg8 (
14... Bxe3 15. Rxh8 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rxh8 $15) 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qh4 $8 Rxg2 $15) (
14. Nh3 $5 Rdg8 15. Qf3 Qg7 $36) 14... Qe7 15. Qe2 f5 16. Ng3 $8 (16. Nd2 Bxe3
$17) 16... f4 17. exf4 (17. Nf1 Rdg8 $17) 17... Bxf4 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. Nh3 (19.
Nf1 Rh1 20. Nh3 Bh6 $40) 19... Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qd6 21. O-O-O Qxg3 $36 {[%csl Rg2,
Rh3] ><g2,Nh3 Black has regained his pawn and remains with a lasting advantage
due to his better pawn structure. Another White's problem is the coordination
of his pieces, especially the stranded N. Also Kc1 has a more draughty hidout
than Kc8.} 22. Be4 Ne7 $1 23. Rd3 Qg7 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qf3+ c6 26. g4 (26.
Nf4 $142 Qg5 $15 (26... Rh2 $5 $15) (26... Rf8 $36)) 26... Rf8 27. Qg3 $2 (27.
Qg2 Qh7 $36) 27... Rf1+ 28. Rd1 (28. Kd2 Qh6+ 29. g5 Qh5 $40) 28... Nf5 $1 $17
{Now the g-pawn falls.} 29. Qd3 (29. Qg2 $4 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Ne3+ $19) 29...
Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 (30. Kxd1 Qxg4+ 31. Kc2 Ng3 {-/+/-+}) 30... Qh6+ 31. Qd2 Qxh3
32. gxf5 exf5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf5] o^f} 33. Qf4 Qh1+ 34. Kd2 (34. Kc2 Qe4+ $19)
34... Qe4 35. Qd6 (35. Qf2 Qb1 36. Ke3 Qxa2 37. Qxf5 Qe6+ $19) (35. Qf1 f4 $19)
35... Qe6 $1 36. Qf8 (36. Qa3 f4 {[%cal Rf4f1] /\f3-+}) 36... Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Villa Gesell"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 g6 $5 (3... a6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O b5 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2
d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 c5 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne8 14. Qh5
g6 15. Qh6 d4 16. Ne4 Ng7 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. gxf6 Ne8 19. e4 Qd8 20. Rf3 {
Figler,D-Bodner,A/AUT-chT2 9495/1994/}) (3... b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O
Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. e4 $5 (8. Re1 Qc7 9. a3 d5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Nd7
13. Qe2 c4 14. Bc2 Rab8 15. Nf1 Ba6 $15 {Scalise,L-Sola,R/Villa Ballester op/
1996/}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb1 Ba6 11. Re1 Nd3 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 13. d5 Bb4
14. Qb3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Ba6 16. Qa3 Qc8 17. e5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nd6+ {
1-0/Larsen,M-Caramia,J/Villa Ballester op/1996/}) 4. c4 (4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O
6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 Nh5 $6 (8... b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 $132) 9. Nd2 c5 10. Bxh5
cxd4 11. exd4 Qa5 12. Bb2 gxh5 13. Nde4 d5 14. Qxh5 $16 {Bossert,Ch-Kratschmer,
K/Baden-Baden op/1990/}) (4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O (5... d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6
$6 (7... Nbd7 $10) 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Nb3 a5 10. e4 a4 11. exd5 exd5 12. Re1+ Kf8
13. Nbd4 Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Bb5 a3 16. bxa3 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 h5 18. a4 Bf6 19.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 20. Bd4 $16 {Fiorito,F-Quinteros,M/Buenos Aires/1990/}) 6. e4 d6 7.
Qe2 Nc6 8. c3 Re8 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nbd2 e5
14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qd1 Kg7 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bc6
20. Nb3 Qd7 21. Nd4 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 $10 {Kovacevic,
Vlado-Ermenkov,E/Kavala Balkaniad/1990/}) (4. b3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7.
g3 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfd1 Rfe8
14. a3 Rad8 15. b4 Qb8 16. e4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qa8 18. f3 Qb8 19. N2b3 Rc8 20. Kh1
d5 21. exd5 exd5 $36 {Pandelidis,I-Ermenkov,E/Athens op/1993/}) 4... Bg7 5. Nc3
O-O (5... d5 {-D9}) 6. Be2 (6. e4 d5 $5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 $13)
6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 d6 (8... d5 $142 $10) 9. b3 (9. e4 $5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]
[+]()}) 9... c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 {In positions with the hedgehog pawns (b6,d6,e6)
Black usually doesn't restrict his Bb7 and develops his N to d7.} (10... Nbd7
11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 $132) 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Qb1 {[%cal Yd4d5] /
\d5} cxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. Rfe1 $1 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Qd6 $10
) 14... Na5 (14... dxc4 15. bxc4 $36 {[%cal Rd4d5] /\d5}) (14... Rfc8 $142 $5
15. cxd5 (15. Nb5 Qd8 $10) 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Ne5 Nb4
$132) 15. Nb5 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Qd8 17. Nd6 Rc7 18. c5 $36 Ne4 {[%cal Re4c3] /\Nc3}
19. Nb5 (19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Nc6 $13) 19... Rcc8 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Nc6
22. Nd6 $6 (22. b4 $5 $14) 22... Rcb8 23. Bb2 Bc8 $1 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 {[%csl Rd4]
<=>><d4} 25. a3 a5 26. Qd3 Rcb8 27. g3 Ra7 (27... bxc5 28. dxc5 Bxb2 29. Rxb2
Qf6 30. Reb1 {[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4}) 28. Rc1 Rab7 29. Bd1 Bh6 $5 (29... b5 $10)
30. f4 Bg7 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3,Rh2] ׻} 31. Qe2 h5 (31... Rc7 $5 32. Qf2 bxc5 33.
Rxc5 Bf8 $15) 32. Qf2 bxc5 33. Rxc5 Qb6 34. f5 $5 $132 exf5 (34... gxf5 35.
Bxh5 Ne7 36. Rd3 $13) 35. Rxd5 Ne7 36. Rc5 {[%csl Gd4,Ra5] ><a5,o^d} Nc8 $1 37.
Bc3 Ra7 38. Bf3 (38. Re2 Nd6 {[%cal Rd6b5,Rd6e4] /\Ne4,Nb5}) 38... Nd6 (38...
Qxb3 $2 39. Rb2 $18) 39. Rc6 Qd8 40. d5 Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Rab7 42. Qe3 Qf6 43. Rdd3
h4 44. Qc1 Re7 (44... hxg3 45. hxg3 Qe5 46. Kg2 Ne4 47. Rc8+ $10) 45. Rc6 hxg3
46. hxg3 Rbe8 47. Kg2 g5 (47... Qe5 48. Qc3 $5 $14) 48. Rxd6 $1 (48. Qc5 Qb2+
49. Qf2 Qe5 $36) 48... Qxd6 (48... Qxd6 49. Qxg5+ Kf8 (49... Qg6 50. Qxg6+ fxg6
51. d6 Re1 52. d7 Rd8 53. Bc6 Kf7 54. b4 $44) 50. Qxf5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. c3 {A solid move.} ({
A more ambitious alternative is} 6. Na3 $5) 6... Na6 (6... Qb6 $6 7. Bxf6 gxf6
8. O-O Na6 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Qc7 11. e3 Rb8 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Qc6 14. Nf4 Nc7
15. Nd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd6 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Qg4 Nd5 19. c4 Nc3 20. Rfc1 Rb2 21.
Rxc3 Rxd2 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Rab1 {1-0,Kasparov,G-Hjartarson,J/Paris PCA Intel-GP/
1994/}) ({An interesting attempt to solve the opening problems directly is} 
6... cxd4 $5 7. Bxf6 $5 (7. cxd4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Bxg2 11.
Kxg2 Be7 12. Ngf3 (12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nec5 O-O 15. e3 a5 16. Rc1 a4 17.
Nd2 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ra7 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Qb1 Nc6 21. Rc2 Rc7 22. Rfc1 Rdc8 23. Nf3
f6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Na5 $11 {Benjamin,J-Sax,G/Thessaloniki olm/1988/})
12... O-O 13. Nb3 (13. Qb3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. e4 exd5 16. a3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6
18. Rad1 b4 19. Rd5 Qc7 20. Rfd1 bxa3 21. bxa3 Rad8 22. Qd3 h6 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24.
Nb5 Qb8 25. Rb1 $44 {Nogueiras,J-Nikolic,P/Tilburg/1992/}) 13... Qb6 14. Qd2 a5
15. Rfc1 d6 16. d5 e5 17. Qc2 a4 18. Nbd2 Na6 19. Ne1 Qd4 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qxd4
exd4 $11 {Ftacnik,L-Kortschnoj,V/Kettler Cup rap/1997/}) 7... gxf6 $5 (7...
Qxf6 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 $6 11. bxc3 Na6 12. a4 Nc7 13. axb5
Nxb5 14. Qd3 Nd6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. c4 f6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Rfb1 g5 20.
c5 g4 21. Ne5 Nf7 22. Qe3 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rfc8 24. Ra6 $16 {Lalic,B-Thinius,M/
EUCup qual3 Slough/1997/}) 8. cxd4 d5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12.
e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Kg7 16. b4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf8 18. a3
a5 19. h4 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Qh6 Bxb4 24. h5 Bf8
$17 {Speelman,J-Karpov,A/London/1984/}) 7. Bxf6 (7. O-O Rc8 8. Qd3 Qb6 9. Bxf6
gxf6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 $142 $5 $14) 11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 b4 14. c4 f5 15. e3 Bc5 16. Rfd1 Ke7 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Nd4 Rhd8 19. f4 Bc5
20. Rac1 Bb6 21. N2b3 d6 22. Kf3 Rd7 23. Rd2 h5 24. e4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 fxe4+ 26.
Kxe4 Rdc7 $11 {Romero Holmes,A-Rivas Pastor,M/Linares ESP-chT/1991/}) 7... Qxf6
(7... gxf6 8. O-O Qb6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. a4 Be7 11. axb5 Qxb5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3
Ke7 14. Na5 Qd7 15. e4 Rad8 $14 {1/2,Romanishin,O-Vaganian,R/Erevan olm/1996/})
8. O-O Qd8 9. Na3 $5 $146 {A new move and a new plan. Romanishin wants to
utilize his lead in development to open the position and create play on the <<.
But as this also costs time, (c3-c4) Black equalizes without too much trouble.}
(9. Qd3 Rb8 (9... Qb6 $5 {seems more logical.}) 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Qxb5 Bc8 12.
Qd3 Rxb2 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. d5 exd5 15. Ne3 $36 {1/2,Kochyev,A-Hansen,C/Palma de
Mallorca GMA/1989/}) 9... Rb8 (9... cxd4 $143 10. Qxd4 $1 $32 {[%csl Rb5] ><b5,
/\} (10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Nc7 $11) (10. Nxb5 dxc3 11. bxc3 Nc5
$132) 10... Bxa3 $2 11. Qxg7) 10. c4 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7 12. dxc5 O-O $1 $11 13.
a3 (13. Nd6 Nxc5 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. b3 d5 $11 {^-}) 13... Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Rc1 d5 16. Na5 Bf6 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4,Gd5,Ge4,Ge6,Gf6] The position is
approximately balanced. White has a << majority, but Black' s pieces are more
active and control the center.} (16... Qb6 $5 17. Nd4 Rbc8 $132) 17. Nd4 Qb6
18. e3 (18. Nxb7 Bxd4 19. Bxe4 Rxb7 (19... dxe4 20. Nc5 Rfd8 $13) 20. Bc2 Bb2
21. Qd3 $11) 18... Rbc8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gd8d1]
Although Black's central pawns are now compromised, his B is very active and
he has possibilities to play on the <->d.} 21. Rc5 $6 (21. Nb3 Bb2 $1 22. Rxc8
Qxc8 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4] ׫}) (21. Qb3 $5 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rfd8 $11) 21... Rcd8 (
21... Rxc5 $142 22. bxc5 Rc8 23. Qc2 Qd5 $15) 22. Qa1 Rd7 23. Rfc1 $132 {
[%cal Gc1c8] <->c} Rfd8 24. Qc3 Bxd4 25. exd4 h6 (25... Rxd4 $4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4
27. Rc8+ $18) 26. Rc7 Qd5 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4} (26... Rxc7 $143 $6 27. Qxc7 Rd7
$142 (27... Qxc7 28. Rxc7 a5 $5 (28... Rxd4 $2 29. Rxa7 $18 {o^a,b}) 29. bxa5
Rxd4 30. a6 Ra4 31. a7 Kh7 32. Rxf7 $16) 28. Qxb7 (28. Qe5 $5) 28... Rxb7 29.
Kf1 $14) 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qe3 (28. Rd1 $2 Qd5 {[%cal Re6e5] /\e5-+}) 28... f5
$5 {A fighting choice.} (28... Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 a5 $11)
29. Rc4 Kh7 30. Qc1 Qa4 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. h4 Qb3 33. Qc3 $5 Qd1 (33... Qxc3 34.
Rxc3 Rxd4 35. Rc6 $1 (35. Rc7 a5 36. bxa5 Kg6 $5 (36... Ra4 37. Rc6 Rxa5 38.
Rxe6 Rxa3 39. h5 $11 {[%cal Rg3g4] /\g4}) 37. a6 Ra4 $15) 35... e5 36. Rc5 $11)
34. Qe3 e5 $5 {A violent tactical try, but White is prepared.} (34... Qg4 35.
f3 $5 exf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 g5 $11) 35. dxe5 Rd3 36. Rc1 $1 {[]} (36.
Qf4 $2 Rf3 37. Qc1 Qe2 $19) 36... Qh5 (36... Rxe3 $143 $6 37. Rxd1 Rxa3 38. e6
Kg6 39. Rd7 $14) (36... Qg4 37. Qf4) (36... Qa4 $2 37. Qc5 {[%csl Ge5] o^e})
37. Qf4 (37. Qxa7 $2 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 e3 $19) 37... Rf3 38. Qd2 Rxa3 (38... e3 39.
fxe3 Qg4 40. Qe1 Qe4 41. Rc4 $1 {[]} Rxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Qxc4 43. Qf2 $14) 39. Rc3
$11 Ra6 40. b5 Re6 41. Qf4 Re7 42. Rc5 Qg4 43. Qxg4 fxg4 44. h5 g6 45. hxg6+
Kxg6 (45... Kxg6 46. Rc6+ Kg5 47. e6 Kf6 48. Ra6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Todorov, Todor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. Bg5 $5 {As the line 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4!? is considered promising
for Black, this move also certainly deserves attention.} Nf6 (2... Bb7 3. Nf3 (
3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Bc8 9. a4 bxc4 10.
Nxc4 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb6 Be6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd7 $11 {1/2,Djukic,
Z-Sahovic,D/JUG-chT/1996/}) 3... h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 e6 6. e3 a6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8.
c3 Rg8 9. Qc2 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. a4 h5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 h4
15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 h3 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Bxa4 hxg2 19. Rg1 Rxg4 20. Bg3 Nh5 21.
Rxg2 f5 22. Rg1 Nxg3 23. Rxg3 Rxg3 24. fxg3 Ke7 25. Nh2 Nf6 26. Bd1 Bh6 $44 {
Hjartarson,J-Hodgson,J/Brighton/1982/}) (2... h6 3. Bh4 Nf6 (3... Bb7 4. Nd2
Nf6 5. Ngf3 g5 6. Bg3 Bg7 7. h3 d6 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. c3 Nbd7 11. O-O e5
12. Qc2 Qe7 13. e4 Nh5 14. d5 Nf4 15. Rfe1 h5 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. c4 b4 18. a3 Bf6
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 $36 {Toth,J-Brandics,J/HUN-chT/1994/}) 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 a6
6. Be2 e6 7. O-O c5 8. c4 Qb6 9. Nbd2 b4 10. Rc1 d6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne5 Bd6
13. Bg3 O-O 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rfd1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bxf3
19. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Schneider,R-Hirn,O/Bayern-chB/1988/}) 3. Nd2 (
3. e3 a6 4. Be2 e6 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. Bf3 Bxf3 7. Ngxf3 c5 8. O-O d6 9. e4 Be7 10.
Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qd3 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 O-O 15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4
17. Qb1 Qa5 18. a3 Nc6 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 $132 {Rabic,D-Gaspersic,M/Tomo
Zupan op/1994/}) (3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nd2 f5 6. Ngf3 a6 7. c4 bxc4 8.
Bxc4 d5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nb3 c6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Re8
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bc7 17. Qa4 a5 18. Rc3 Qe7 19. Rb3 Reb8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Qh4 a4 22. Rb4 Bc8 23. Rc2 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 Bb8 25. Qh4 Bc7 26. Qf6 Ba6 27. Bxa6
Rxa6 $11 {Semrl,M-Panic,B/Ljubljana op/1996/}) 3... Bb7 4. Ngf3 a6 5. a4 (5. c3
h6 $6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 g6 8. a4 b4 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Kh7 12. Qg4
d5 13. exd5 f5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bd3 Bc8 16. Bxf5+ Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Kg7 18. Nc4
Nd7 19. Rae1 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Shabalov,A/URS Army-ch Tashkent/1987/}) 5... b4 (
5... Qc8 $5 6. axb5 axb5 7. e3 Rxa1 8. Qxa1 b4 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 Nc6
12. e4 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. h3 d6 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. Qb2 Ba6 18. Bxa6
Qxa6 19. Qb7 Qxb7 20. Rxb7 Rc8 21. Kf1 Ne8 22. Ke2 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Kd3
Kf8 $11 {Vaisman,V-Ruiz,R/FRA-chT/1994/}) 6. c4 e6 (6... bxc3 7. bxc3 $36 {
[%cal Gb1b8] <->b}) 7. e4 $5 $146 {An interesting alternative to the less
aggressive} (7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Be7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 d6
12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Qg5
18. f4 Qh4 19. Rf2 Rhg8 20. Qf1 Nb8 21. c5 d5 22. c6 Bxc6 23. Bxa6+ Kd7 24. Nd4
Ba8 25. Qb5+ {1-0,Martinovsky,E-Roush,J/Philadelphia World op/1988/}) 9. O-O (
9. dxc5 $142 $5) 9... d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bb1 Qc7 14.
Qe2 g5 15. Red1 g4 16. Ne1 h5 17. d5 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Nh7 19. f4 gxf3 20. Nxf3 Kb8
21. Rd2 $13 {Ribli,Z-Miles,A/Bled/Portoroz/1979/}) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3
d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 $32 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Rb4,Gc4,Gd4,Ge4] ()[+],׫ A position
quite typical for various Q-pawn openings, when Black decides to allow White a
strong pawn center, relying on the possible potential of his ^^. Here, however,
White has another significant plus, Black's weakened Q-side. Therefore any
premature opening of the position might prove fatal, as we will see in the
game.} e5 $2 (11... c5 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Qf4 13. Be4 Bxe4 (13... d5 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Bc2 {[%cal Re5e6] /\e6->}) 14. Rxe4 Qf5 15. Qe2 $36) 13. dxe5 Qd8 14.
Be4 $14 {[%csl Rd6] /+/-,(),><d6 Once Black is forced to exchange one of his B,
White's positional plus usually increases.}) (11... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Yg7g6,Yf8g7,
Yf8e7,Ye8g8] /\g6,Bg7,Be7,0-0} 12. Nb3 c5 (12... a5 $143 $6 13. d5 e5 14. c5 $1
$40) 13. d5 e5 14. a5 $14) (11... a5 $5 {If Black manages to finish his
development without too many positional concessions, he has nothing to worry
about.}) 12. c5 $1 $36 {[%csl Re8] עe8 Suddenly Black's K is in grave danger,
he can't keep the position closed anymore.} dxc5 (12... exd4 13. cxd6 (13. c6
$2 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Nxd4 Bd7 {[%cal Rc7c5] /\c5-/+}) 13... cxd6 (13... Bxd6
$2 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 $18) (13... Qxd6 14. e5 Qb6 15. a5 $16 {
[%cal Re5e6] /\e6->}) 14. Nb3 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4,Rd4,Rd6][%cal Yb3a5,Yf3d4] /\Na5,
Nfd4,ק} Ne5 (14... Nc5 15. e5 $1 $40) 15. Nfxd4 $16) (12... Be7 13. c6 $1 $16
(13. Qc2 $16)) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nc4 Qe6 (15... Qd4 $5 16. Qc2
$16 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yd3e4,Ya1d1,Yc4a5] /\Na5,Rad1,e5,Be4 White has many ways to
strengthen his grip, while Black's pieces are still on their initial positions.
}) 16. Na5 Qb6 (16... Bc8 17. Bc4 Qg6 (17... Qb6 $2 18. Qd5 $18) (17... Qd6 18.
Qh5 $5 (18. Qf3 Qf6) 18... g6 19. Qf3 $16) 18. Bd5 Bg4 19. Bxf7+ $5 Qxf7 20.
Qxg4 $16) 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. e5 $1 {[%csl Gd3,Rf8] ->^- Thanks to the ^- White
whips up a powerful attack, which decides the game in a few moves.} Be7 (18...
O-O-O $2 19. Bf5+ $18) (18... Rd8 19. e6 Qd5 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Bc4 $1 $18) 19.
e6 $1 $18 (19. Be4 c6 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. e6 O-O 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Bf5 Rd8 24. Be6
Bf6 $1 $16) 19... O-O-O (19... O-O 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Bc4 $18) ({Black loses a
whole R after} 19... fxe6 20. Bg6+ $1 Kf8 21. Be4 c6 22. Qf3+ $18) 20. exf7 $18
Bf6 21. Qe2 Kb8 (21... Rd6 22. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 23. Qe8+ $18) 22. Bxa6 Qd5 (22...
Qc6 $142 23. Bb5 $18) 23. Qb5+ Ka7 24. Qa5 Qd6 (24... Kb8 25. Rad1 $1 Bd4 (
25... Qxd1 26. Qb5+ Ka7 27. Qb7#) 26. Re7 $18) 25. Re6 $1 (25. Re6 Qf4 (25...
Qxe6 26. Bc4+) 26. Qxc5+ Kb8 27. Qb5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O (6... a6 7. Nbd2
d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rac1 O-O 11. Rfd1 Qb8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {1/2,
Romanishin,O-Razuvaev,Y/Reggio Emilia9697/1997/}) (6... d6 7. a4 a6 8. c3 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e3 c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 $11
{1/2,Ellers,H-Eperjesi,L/Budapest FS03 IM-B/1997/}) 7. Qd3 Be4 $6 ({A safer
and more logical alternative is} 7... a6 $142 8. Nbd2 h6 $5 (8... d6 9. a4 $1 (
9. e4 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nb4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 d5 15.
Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Rd1 Nc4 21. Rac1
Rfd8 22. b3 Nb6 23. Qb2 Nd7 24. Re1 Qe7 $13 {Burmakin,V-Macieja,B/Pardubice op/
1993/}) 9... bxa4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rxa4 d5 12. Ra2 Nd7 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Qc3 Qd6
15. Rfa1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. cxd6 Bb4 18. e3 Bxd6 19. Bf1 Nb8 20. Nfd2 Rc8 21.
Na5 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. c4 Bb4 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nb3 Ra7 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Rc1
$36 {Grivas,E-Pandavos,E/Athens/1991/}) (8... Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. a4 (10. e4 e5
11. d5 Nb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Nb3 Rd8 17.
Nfd2 Nd7 18. a4 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Na5 Na4 22. Nf1 Rd8 23. Rc1
Bg5 24. Rc2 Nb6 25. h4 Bh6 26. Nh2 Bd7 $132 {Romanishin,O-Lau,R/Moscow GMA-op/
1989/}) 10... Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. e4 c5 15. Nc2 Qb6
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. b4 Na4 20. Bh3 Ba8 21. Rfc1 d5 22. e5
Nc6 23. N2b3 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Na7 25. f4 Rc7 26. Ra2 Qc8 27. Rac2 Bc6 28. g4 $40 {
Kengis,E-Wilder,M/Chicago US Open/1989/}) (8... d5 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Na5 Ra7 11.
a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 c5 13. Nxb7 Rxb7 14. b3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. Qa1 Qc7 17. Rxa5
Qxc2 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. h4 Bd6 20. Rb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5 Bb8 22. Rc1 h6 23. Be3 Ng4
24. Bd4 e5 25. Ba7 e4 26. Bxb8 Nxb8 27. Qd4 Qf6 28. Bh3 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 $16 {
Atalik,S-Tantsis,G/Ikaria op/1994/}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c3 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. c4
d6 (12... a5 $5 $13) 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bf6 15. Nd4 a5 16. N2b3 Nd7 17. Rac1
Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Rfe1 $13 {1/2,Krasenkov,M-Ikonnikov,V/Genève
op-A/1994/}) (7... d5 $6 8. Nbd2 b4 9. Rfe1 Ba6 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 Nxe5 15. e4 d4 16. axb4 Bb7 17. Ra5 Nc6 18. Rc5
a5 19. Qc4 axb4 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Ra2 22. Rb1 $16 {Laird,C-Reinert,M/
Copenhagen op/1981/}) (7... b4 $2 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ng5 $18) (7... c6 $143 8. e4
d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Rfe1 a5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ne3 Nb6
15. Ne5 g6 16. h4 Bg7 17. c3 Rfe8 18. f4 Nd7 19. h5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qe7 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Ng4 Qg5 23. Qf3 Bc8 24. Nf2 Bf5 25. Bh3 $1 $36 {Mittelman,G-Volman,H/
ISR-ch Jerusalem/1996/}) 8. Qd1 $6 $146 {Too soft} (8. Qxb5 $142 Nc6 (8... Bxc2
9. Ne1 a6 10. Qb7 $18) 9. Qc4 Rb8 10. Nbd2 Rb4 (10... Rxb2 $2 11. Bxf6 Rxc2 12.
Bxe7 $18) 11. Qc3 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qa3 Nxd4 (13... Bxf3 $2 14. Nxf3 Rfb8
15. b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxa7 Qb4 18. e3 Rd2 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxc7 Rc5
21. Qxd7 Rxc2 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23. Rd2 g6 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qf5 26. Rc1 Ra8
27. h4 h5 28. a4 Kh7 29. Qd4 {1-0,Frias,V-Shahade,M/Philadelphia/1986/}) 14.
Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nc6 $1 dxc6 16. Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7] ק}) 8... d6 (8...
Bb7 $5 9. Nbd2 {would probably lead to the same position.}) 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. c4
(10. Re1 h6 $5 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nb3 (12. Ng5 Nxf2 $1) 12... Nd7
13. Nfd2 $36) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 Nd7 $13) (10. a4 $5 b4 11. c4 $14 {()})
10... bxc4 11. Nxc4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Gd5,Ge4] Although Black's << pawns are
split, his active pieces and control of d5 and e4 give him counterplay.} Bd5
12. Bxf6 $5 {White occupies the center, but has to give up his strong B.} (12.
Ne3 Be4 $132) (12. Qc2 Be4 $11) 12... Bxf6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. e4 Bxc4 $8 (14...
Bb7 $2 15. Na5 $16) 15. Qxc4 Rb8 (15... d5 $5 16. exd5 Nb6 $132 {[%csl Rd5]
><d4}) 16. Qe2 Rb6 (16... d5 17. exd5 (17. e5 Be7 {[%cal Yc7c5] /\c5=}) 17...
exd5 18. Rac1 (18. Ne5 $5) 18... Re8 19. Qc2 $14) 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. b3 c5 19.
dxc5 dxc5 $1 (19... Nxc5 $143 20. e5 Be7 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Nd4 $36 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Gc1c8] ><c6,<->c}) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rfd1 Qc7 {[%csl Gf6,Gg2][%cal Rd7e5] /
\Ne5=^-}) 20... g6 21. e5 Bg7 $11 {Although the a and c-pawns are isolated,
Black has enough counterplay on the b and d-files. Also the Pe5 is vulnerable
and White's pieces are tied to it's defence. In spite of the formally better
pawn structure White has no active plan. It remains a question if Black can do
something constructive.} 22. Rcd1 Qc7 23. h4 h6 24. Rc1 (24. Rd3 Rc8 $132)
24... Rfb8 25. Qe3 a5 26. Bf1 Rb4 27. Qc3 (27. Bc4 a4 $132) 27... a4 28. Bc4
axb3 29. Bxb3 $6 (29. axb3 $142 Nb6 30. Nd2 $11) 29... R8b7 30. Re2 Qb8 31. Qc2
(31. Rd1 $142 $132 {[%cal Gd1d8] <->d}) 31... Ra7 $5 (31... Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Nxe5
33. Qxc5 Nf3+ (33... Nd3 34. Qc8+ $11) 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Qc8+ Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kg7
{gives Black an endgame with an extra pawn, which is however theoretically
drawn.}) (31... Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxc5 Bd4 34. Qc8+ $11) 32. Qc3 Ra3 $1
33. Rd1 c4 (33... Qc7 34. Rc2 $11) 34. Rxd7 cxb3 35. axb3 Rbxb3 36. Qd4 $2 {
Only this tactical mistake costs White the whole point.} (36. Qd2 $142 $1 {[]}
Qb6 37. Nd4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 {=/=/+}) 36... Qb5 {Attacking too many piece (Re2,Nf3)
at once. White's N doesn't have the important d4-square.} 37. Rd8+ (37. Re3
Rb1+ 38. Ne1 (38. Kh2 Qf1 $19) 38... Rxe3 39. Qxe3 Qxe5 $19) 37... Kh7 38. Re3
Rb1+ 39. Ne1 (39. Re1 Rxf3 $19) 39... Rxe3 40. Qxe3 Qxe5 {White loses his
pinned N.} (40... Qxe5 41. Qxe5 (41. Kf1 Qxe3 42. fxe3 Bc3 $19) 41... Bxe5 42.
Kf1 Bc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 (1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. a4 b4 6. c4 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd1 d5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Rc8 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Nd3 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bxg2 $15 {Vegh,J-Chabanon,J/Geneva
op/1996/}) 1... e6 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c4 Bb7 7.
d5 exd5 8. Nh4 g6 9. cxd5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Re8 12. Re1 d6 13. Nd2 a5 14.
Bf1 Nbd7 15. Bb5 h5 16. f3 Qe7 17. Ng2 h4 18. gxh4 Nh5 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Bc1 Bd4+ $44 {Alburt,L-Gurevich,D/New York
exh/1989/}) 2. g3 d5 (2... Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 b5 5. e4 Bb7 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O
Qb6 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Qg4 g6 14.
Nc4 Qc7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qd4 f6 18. c4 Qb4 19. Rd1 e5 20. Qh4
$18 {->,Alburt,L-Horvath,T/Reykjavik op/1982/}) 3. Nf3 b5 $5 (3... Nf6 4. c4 {
-E0}) 4. Bg2 (4. a4 b4 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 c5 $132) 4... Nf6 5. O-O (
5. c3 c5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a4 Qb6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd4 14. a5 Qa6 15. cxd4 O-O 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rc7
Bd8 18. Rc5 Be7 $10 {1/2/Keene,R-Romanishin,O/Amsterdam IBM-B/1973/}) (5. a4 b4
6. c4 bxc3 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 c6 15. c4 d4 16. f4 Qa5 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Bd2 Qxa4 $17 {
Huster,M-Teske,H/Dresden op/1995/}) (5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. a4 b4 7. c4 bxc3 8. bxc3
Be7 9. c4 c6 10. Ba3 Ba6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Qd4 18. Bxe4 Rb2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qe4 Qxc4 $17
{Kleinegger,F-Steckner,J/Dortmund Op-A/1992/}) 5... Be7 (5... Nbd7 6. c3 Bd6 7.
a4 c6 8. Bf4 Nb6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Ne5 Rac8 15. b4 Nc4 16. Ndxc4 dxc4 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. e4 Nb6 19. f4 Na4 20. f5
f6 21. Ng4 Qb6 22. fxe6 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] [+]|^,Sorokin,M-Peredy,F/Budapest
Spring op/1990/}) (5... c5 6. c3 (6. b3 Ba6 7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 Bxc4 9. Ne5 Bb5
10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. axb5 Bc5 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Nf4 Nc3 16.
Qd3 Ra7 17. bxa6 e5 18. Nh3 O-O 19. e3 Qc8 20. exd4 exd4 21. Nf4 Rxa6 22. Rxa6
Qxa6 $10 {1/2/Beltramini,JM-Schweber,S/Buenos Aires op/1995/}) 6... Bb7 (6...
Nc6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5
13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. Rfc1 Ke7 17. e3 b4 18. Bf1 a5 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. Rc1 $10 {Wirthensohn,H-Schroll,G/Graz zt/1993/}) 7. a4 b4 8. cxb4 cxb4
9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
Rfc1 Na6 16. Nd7 Qd8 17. Ndc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 a5 21.
Bf4 f6 $15 {Scheeren-Kuijf,M/Budel zt/1987/}) 6. b3 (6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Rfd8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Nc4 Rd7 19. Nd6 f5 20. Rh4 h6
21. Qb5 Rc7 22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Rxa4 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 $10 {Huebner,R-Hoffmann,M/
BL 95/96/1995/}) (6. a4 b4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 Ba6 11.
Re1 Qb6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. c4
Nb4 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. c5 Nc2 22. Red1 Rxe4 23. Qxe4
Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxc5 $17 {Ribli,Z-Luther,T/Tilburg/1994/}) 6... Ba6 (6... Bb7 7.
c4 $1 $14) 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nd3 $146 (8. c4 bxc4 (8... Nxe5 9. cxd5 $1 {[%cal
Rd5d6] /\d6} exd5 10. dxe5 c6 11. f4 $36) 9. bxc4 c6 $5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. c5
O-O $10) (8. e4 $142 $5 {Only by active play in the centre can White attempt
to refute Black's original strategy.} c6 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. e5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. c3 b4 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Bf4 bxc3 18.
Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qd6 21. Qa4 Rd8 22. Nxc3 Bxc3 23. Rac1 d4 24.
Qxa7 $14 {Appel,R-Luther,T/BL 9495/1995/}) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Bb2 (10. c4
bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 $1 12. Nxc4 (12. Bxc6 cxd3 $17) (12. Nf4 Nxd4 $1 13. Bxa8
Qxa8 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8h1] עg1,/^a8-h1}) 12... Bxc4 (12... Nxd4 $5 13.
Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 13. Bxc6 Rb8 $10) (10. e3 b4 11. a3 $5 Bxd3 12. cxd3 bxa3 $1 (
12... a5 13. Qc2 $14) 13. Bxa3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nb4 15. Qb1 c5 $10) 10... b4 11.
Nf3 Bb5 $10 12. a4 (12. a3 a5 $10) 12... Ba6 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Rb8 {[%csl
Rb3,Rb4] קb3,b4} 15. Rb1 Nb4 16. Nfe5 $1 (16. Nxb4 $6 Bxb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18.
Qc2 Qb8 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yc7c5] /\Rc8,c5-/+}) 16... Nxe5 (16... Nxd3 $2 17. Nc6 $16
) 17. Nxe5 {[%cal Rc3b4,Re5c6] /\Bb4,Nc6+-} Qe8 18. Qd2 f6 (18... c5 19. Rfc1 {
[%cal Ye2e4] /\e4|^}) 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Bf1 Rb6 $10 {[%csl Rb3,Rc7]
><b3,><c7 For both sides it's rather easy to protect their weaknesses and with
no other active play in sight, the position is equal.} 22. Ne1 Rfb8 23. e3 Bxf1
24. Kxf1 Qe8 25. Kg2 h5 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 (26... Bxb4 27. Qc2 Bxe1 (27... Qe7 28.
Nd3) 28. Rxe1 c6 $10) 27. Qc2 R4b7 28. Nf3 (28. h4 Rb6 $10) 28... g5 $1 29. h4
g4 30. Nd2 f5 31. Qd3 Rb6 32. Rc3 (32. Rc3 Qe7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 (4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 Nc6 $5 6. g3 e5 7. d5
Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd2 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bh3 $1 Qb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O d6 14.
Bxc8 d3+ 15. Kg2 dxc2 16. Qxc2 Raxc8 17. Nc4 Qb5 18. a4 $14 {Rustemov,
A-Sokolov,A/RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) 4... d6 5. c3 (5. h3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3
Nbd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. c3 a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh2 Nd5 14.
Rae1 f5 15. e4 Nxc3 $1 16. bxc3 f4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf7 19. f4 gxf4 20.
gxf4 Raf8 21. Qe3 Qh4 $40 {Yedidia,J-DeFirmian,N/World Open/1995/}) (5. Nbd2
Nbd7 (5... g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2 (8. c3 Nd7 9. Be2 Ndf6 10. O-O Qe7
11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Bd3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Ba6 Bc6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Ba6
Bc6 $10 {1/2/Seirawan,Y-Ehlvest,J/Skelleftea WCup/1989/}) 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7
10. c3 b6 11. a4 a6 12. Ng1 Bb7 13. Bf3 c6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Qb3 d5
17. c4 Kb8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Ng3 Rc8 21. O-O Nf6 22. Rc3 $10 {
Tsorbatzoglou,T-Miles,A/Katerini op/1992/}) 6. e3 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9.
c3 Qe7 10. Ng1 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Qf3 g4 13. Qd1 Bd7 14. Ne2 h5 15. Qc2
O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Rh2 c5 18. Rdh1 cxd4 19. exd4 e5 20. Kb1 Bc6 21. Bf5
Rhe8 $13 {Illner,A-Ionov,S/Dortmund Op-A/1992/}) 5... g5 $5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4
Bg7 8. Na3 (8. Nfd2 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nc6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13.
O-O Kh8 14. Re1 a6 15. Nc2 d5 16. f4 g4 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Be2 Ng8 20.
Nc5 Nf6 21. Nd3 Ne4 22. Qe3 h5 23. Ne5 Qh6 24. Bd3 Be6 $15 {Matlak,M-Marin,M/
Odorheiu zt/1995/}) 8... O-O (8... Nd7 9. Bd3 Qe7 $13) 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5
$6 $146 {Black should open the game for his ^^, but this is not a good idea.
Now a relatively stabilized position arises, in which especially Bc8 has only
a small scope.} (10... b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. f4 $36 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5,Rh7] ׻}) (
10... Nc6 $142 $13 {see Matlak-Marin}) 11. dxc5 $1 dxc5 {[%csl Rc8]} 12. Ndc4
$36 Nc6 (12... b6 13. Nb5 $16) 13. Qd6 Qxd6 (13... Qe7 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. O-O-O
$16) 14. Nxd6 {[%csl Gd6] The white N on the strong d6-outpost has a cramping
effect on Black's position.} Rb8 15. O-O-O a6 (15... Rd8 $142 16. Be2 Bf8 $14 {
Black should fight against the intruder on d6.}) 16. Be2 b5 17. f4 $1 {/\e5()}
b4 (17... c4 18. e5 $16) 18. Nb1 a5 19. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5] ><a5,c5,<<} bxc3
20. bxc3 Ne7 (20... Bd7 21. Bb5 $16) 21. Kc2 $16 {[%cal Yb1a3,Ya3c4] /\Na3-c4}
c4 $5 22. Bxc4 Bd7 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 {White's Nb5 is active and protects
the extra c3-pawn, the only possible object of the Bg7.} (24. axb5 $142 $5 $16)
24... Rfc8 25. Kb3 Nc6 (25... Rb7 26. N1a3 $16) 26. Rd7 Nd8 27. Kc2 Nb7 (27...
Nc6 28. e5 $16) 28. Na7 $1 Rc4 $2 (28... Nc5 $142 $5 29. Nxc8 Nxd7 (29... Rxc8
30. Ra7 $16) 30. Nd6 Nc5 31. e5 Nxa4 32. Nd2 Rb2+ 33. Kd3 $36) 29. e5 {Shuts
out the Bg7 and practically decides the game.} gxf4 (29... Rxa4 $2 30. Nc6 $18)
30. Nd2 Rxc3+ (30... Rxa4 31. Nc6 Ra2+ 32. Kb3 Rxd2 (32... Nc5+ 33. Kxa2 Nxd7
34. Nxb8 Nxb8 35. gxf4 $18) 33. Rxd2 {[%cal Rg3f4] /\gf4+-} Rc8 $2 34. Ne7+)
31. Kxc3 Nc5 32. Rd4 $5 Bxe5 33. Nc6 Nxa4+ (33... Bxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Rb2 35. Nc4
Nb3+ 36. Kc3 $18) 34. Kd3 Nb2+ 35. Ke4 $18 Bxd4 36. Nxb8 Be3 37. Rb1 (37. Nf3
$18) 37... Na4 38. Kd3 Nc5+ (38... Bxd2 39. Kxd2 fxg3 40. Rb5 {[%cal Rd2c2,
Rc2b3] /\Kc2-b3}) 39. Ke2 Bxd2 40. Kxd2 Ne4+ 41. Kd3 Nxg3 42. Nd7 Kg7 43. Rb7
Nf5 44. Ra7 Nh4 45. Ne5 Kf6 (45... Nxg2 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Ke4 $18) 46. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 (2... c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 (3... Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd2 cxd4 6.
Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 a6 8. Bg2 d6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 Qc7 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. e4 O-O 13.
O-O d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. c4 Rb8 17. Bc3 Nc6 $132 {Petursson,
M-Yermolinsky,A/Chicago National op/1991/}) 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bg2 Qb6 6. Nb3 d5 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. c4 $1 O-O 12. Rc1 a6 13. N5d4 Ne5
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Be6 20.
Rc1 $16 {^^,Hodgson,J-Landenbergue,C/Horgen SKA/1994/}) 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Qa5+
5. Nbd2 cxd4 (5... Nc6 6. dxc5 (6. O-O $5) 6... Bxc5 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nc4 $5 $14)
6. O-O Nc6 (6... d5 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 (8. Nfxd4 $142 $5) 8... Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bd6 12. c3 Ke7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Nfd4 Na7 15. Nc2 Bd7 16. Bd4
Nc8 17. Nb4 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rg8 19. Rc2 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Bc5+ Nxc5 22. bxc5
Kf6 $10 {Kurajica,B-Romanishin,O/Manila olm/1992/}) 7. Nb3 Qc7 (7... Qb6 8.
Nfxd4 d5 9. c4 $1 Nxd4 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc6 cxb3 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nxa7 $16 {/\}
Rxa7 13. Bxa7 b6 14. Rc1 Bc5 15. axb3 Qxa7 16. b4 $18) 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Be3
$44) 8. Nfxd4 d5 9. Nxc6 (9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. Nxd4 Qxc4 11. Bf4 Bd7 $15)
10... e5 $36 {/\d4,dc4}) 9... bxc6 10. c4 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4
Qb6 13. Be3 Qb5 14. Qc2 $36 {/\Bc5,Nd4}) (10... Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Bd6
13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc5 $36) 11. Bg5 $1 O-O 12. Rc1 $16 Qe7 13. Na5
Bd7 14. e4 Rac8 (14... Bc7 15. cxd5 Bxa5 16. dxc6 {/\e5+-}) (14... dxe4 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe4 Rac8 17. c5 $1 Bxc5 18. Nb7 Bb4 (18... Bb6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20.
Qh4 $18) 19. a3 Rb8 20. axb4 Rxb7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 $18) (14... Bb4 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. e5 {/\Qf3+-} Rfd8) 15. Qe2 $2 (15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Rxc1 (16... exd5
17. Re1 $16) 17. Qxc1 exd5 18. Re1 Qd8 (18... Be6 19. Bxd5 $18) 19. Nb7 Qb6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 (20... Qxb7 $2 21. Qg5 $18) 21. Bxd5 Bb4 22. Re4 $40) 15... h6 $1 (
15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb4 $5 $14) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 exd5 19.
Bxd5 Rc5 $1 $44 {^^} 20. Rxc5 $8 Bxc5 21. Nc4 Re8 22. Qf3 (22. Qd2 Bh3 23. Bg2
Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. f3 $8 Qe6 $44) 22... Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Be6 24. b3 Rd8 25.
Rc1 g5 $1 26. g4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 (28. Bxg4 f5 $44) 28... Rd4 29. Ne3
Bb6 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Nf5+ (32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Be2 Ke5 $44 {^^[+]}) (
32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33. gxf5 Kf6 34. Bd5 Kxf5 35. Bxf7 Kf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 {White could have tried to seize the
centre after Bxf6:} (4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 (5... d5) (5... c5) 6. Nc3 Nd7 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Qe7 (8... Qd8 9. g4 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. e5 d5 (11... b5 $5 12.
Bg2 Bb7) 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 b5 14. Nf4 $6 (14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Rc1 $13) 14... Qb6
15. dxc5 Qxc5 (15... Nxc5 $1 16. Qe3 b4) 16. Qd4 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Kb1 a5 19.
Be2 Ba6 20. Rc1 O-O 21. Rhe1 Rfc8 $15 {Bellon Lopez,J (2422)-Laznicka,V (2704)
Caleta 2012 0-1 (56)}) 9. Bd3 g6 10. Rhe1 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. e5 c5 (12... d5 $5
13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ned4 b5 $132) 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxd6 (14. exd6 $5
Qd8 15. g4) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd6 16. f4 b5 17. h5 $6 g5 18. Qe2 f5 $6 (
18... gxf4 $1 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxa8 Bxe5 $17) 19. fxg5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 hxg5 22. g4 $13 {Chernyshov,K (2531)-Volokitin,A (2679) Sochi 2005 1-0 
(41)}) 4... d6 5. e3 g5 {Black insists on trading White's dark-squared bishop.}
6. Bg3 Nh5 7. Bd3 (7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nxg3 $8 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Be2 c5
12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Qd2 cxd4 (13... b6 $5 14. O-O Bb7 $11) 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Rd1 Bd7
16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. e4 Rac8 $11 {Bu Xiangzhi (2673) -Bocharov,D 
(2594) Moscow 2010 1-0 (48)}) 7... Bg7 {Certainly Kramnik doesn't want to take
the bishop immediately.} 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. c3 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c3 a6 11. O-O-O b5
12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nbd2 $2 {This is actually a waste of time} Nxg3 14. hxg3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rh5 b4 19. c4 f5 20. g4 fxg4 21. Qxg4 e5
22. Nf5 Rxf5 23. Bxf5 Nd3+ 24. Kc2 Nxf2 25. Qf3 Bxf5+ 26. Qxf5 Rf8 {0-1
Stefanova,A (2480)-Georgiev,K (2675) Recklinghausen 1998}) 9... Nd7 10. Qc2 a6
{The main line and it seems to be the best setup. Black also can play ...Nb6, .
..Bd7 and possibly 0-0-0.} (10... Nb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. e4 Rc8 $5 {A risky move
} (12... O-O-O {Black has at least an equal position.}) 13. d5 e5 14. Nf1 f5
15. exf5 Nxd5 16. f6 $6 (16. Ne3 $1 Ndf4 17. Be4 c6 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 (18... exf4
$2 19. Nc4 $18) 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nc4 $1 d5 21. f6 Nxf6 22. Bg6+ Kf8 23. Ncxe5 $16
) 16... Nhxf6 17. Bg6+ Kf8 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Qxb7 a5 20. N1d2 Nb6 21. Rhe1 (21.
Kb1 a4 22. Rhe1 a3 23. b3 Nfd5) 21... Qxa2 22. Nb1 $2 (22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nxe5
$13) 22... Nfd5 $17 {Mueller,K (2490)-Wahls,M (2540) Dudweiler 1996 0-1 (78)})
11. O-O-O b5 12. Nb3 Rb8 {In the position hich has arisen it is quite hard for
White to find a plan.} 13. Kb1 {In the game examined, Alexander opted for Nb3,
Nfd2 with the possible continuation f4 or f3 and e4. It didn't work well.
Perhaps he could have tried to come up with an 'ugly' plan connected with h4.
In any case I think that Black is OK.} (13. Na5 Rb6 14. Kb1 c5 {leads to a
similar position.}) 13... O-O 14. Nfd2 (14. h4 $6 {A premature move} g4 15.
Nfd2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Nf6 17. e4 Nh5 18. Nf1 c5 $17) 14... f5 15. f3 ({Maybe now
it was time to play} 15. h4 $5 Nxg3 16. fxg3 c5 17. Na5 Rb6 18. g4 fxg4 (18...
c4 $5 19. Be2 (19. Bxc4 $2 bxc4 20. Ndxc4 Bb7 $1 21. Nxb7 (21. Nxb6 $4 Be4)
21... Rxb7 $17) 19... d5 20. hxg5 Qxg5 21. gxf5 exf5 $13) 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Ne4
Qe7 21. Ng3 $44) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. Na5 Rb6 18. f4 $6 {Now Black is
certainly better} (18. e4 $5 {The only move, which allows him to keep the
tension on the board. Black has several good options.} fxe4 (18... c4 $5 19.
Bxc4 {A forced decision} (19. Be2 $6 Nf6 20. Rde1 Qc7 $17) 19... bxc4 20. Ndxc4
fxe4 (20... Rb5 $2 21. Nc6 Qf6 22. Nxd6 $16) 21. fxe4 Qd8 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Nc4
Qc7 $13 {The position remains unclear but here I would prefer to have the
black pieces.}) 19. fxe4 (19. Bxe4 $6 d5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rde1 c4 $40 {It
seems that White will be mated soon}) 19... Nf6 (19... e5 $5 20. d5 Nf6 (20...
c4 $5 21. Bxc4 (21. Be2 Nf6 22. Rdf1 Bd7 $15) 21... bxc4 22. Ndxc4 Rb5 23. a4
Rxa5 24. Nxa5 Nf6 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Rhe1 Bb7 27. Qd3 $13) 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. c4 Bb7
23. Na5 Bc8 24. Nc6 $11) 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rd6
24. Qe2 $44 {White has some compensation for the sacrificed pawn}) 18... d5 19.
b4 $5 {Alexander decided to sacrifice a pawn. Otherwise his opponent would
have got an easy game.} (19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Nab3 Na4 {with ...b4
following.}) 19... c4 $1 (19... cxb4 $6 20. cxb4 Qxb4+ 21. Ndb3 g4 22. Rc1 Qd6
23. Qc7 $44) 20. Be2 Nf6 {White does not have any plan. He is just waiting.}
21. Rdf1 Bd7 $17 {Black has several plans to win the game.  1) He can double
rooks on the g-file and open files on the king side after gxf. The
disadvantage of this plan is the position of the black king on the kingside.
White could get some counterplay.  2) White's knight on a5 has no squares to
escape to, so Black could try to prepare ...Bf6, Bd8, Ba5 or Bf8, Bd6 (Be7),
Bc7(Bd8), Ba5. 3) Breakthrough in the centre after ...e5.} 22. Qd1 g4 23. Kb2
Rf7 24. Qc1 Bf8 25. Kc2 Rh7 26. Rh2 Be8 27. Rfh1 Nd7 28. Qb2 h5 29. Kc1 (29.
Re1 Bg6 30. Reh1 {preventing ...h4} e5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 $19) 29...
e5 $1 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 {Black is a piece down, but his position
seems to be winning. White can afford to give up the e3-pawn, so he is forced
to play Nf1. As you can see, after Nf1 all White's pieces are in a ridiculous
situation.} 32. Nf1 Bg7 33. a3 ({The most stubborn continuation was} 33. Kd2
Bf6 34. Bd1 Bg6 (34... Bg5 35. Kc1) 35. Bc2 Bg5 36. Kc1 Re6 37. Kb1 Bf6 $19 {
White will lose the pawns placed on c3 and e3. His position is lost.}) 33...
Qxc3+ 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Bd1 Re6 36. Bc2 Bg6 $19 {The game is over.} 37. Nd2 (
37. e4 fxe4 38. Ne3 Rd6 39. Rd1 d4 $19) 37... Rxe3 38. Rd1 Bf6 39. Rhh1 (39.
Nc6 Rc7 {and the white knight should go back to a5.}) 39... d4 40. Rde1 Rhe7
41. Rxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. Bd3
$6 {Not an obvious mistake!} (8. h3 $5 $11) 8... g5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 4] Good way
to refute white opening strategy - immediately promote PP on the kingside
attacking Bh4-g3.} ({Of course, 8...g5 is not only move: Black equalize also
after at least 3 continuations:} 8... O-O {-mainline.}) (8... d5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Miles,A-Adams,M/Hove 1997/CBM 61/ (36)}) (8... d6 $5 $132 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O
O-O 11. b4 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Adams,M/London WFW 1990/CBM 18}) 9. Bg3 g4 10.
Ne5 h5 ({Not bad also} 10... Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bh3 (11... Bb7 12. Nxg4 $14) 12. Qa4
{and White must justify P lack.}) 11. f3 (11. e4 d6 {[%csl Re5]} 12. Qa4+ Kf8
13. Nec4 h4 14. Bf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 $15 {0-1
Sandrin,A-Karklins,A/USA 1989/ (49)}) 11... d6 12. Bb5+ $2 $17 {This move is
bad novelty.} (12. Nec4 $142 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. Qe2 h4 15. Bf4 h3 16. e4 Nc6 $15
{0-1 Bourne,J-Ward,C/St. Helier JER 1999/(29)}) 12... Kf8 13. Nd3 {[%csl Rb5,
Rd3] Bb5 placed not harmoniously.} a6 14. Ba4 h4 15. Bf2 h3 $1 {[%cal Gb7h1]}
16. e4 {To truncate Bb7 diagonal. But white center will be destroyed.} (16. O-O
hxg2 17. Kxg2 gxf3+ 18. Nxf3 $17 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]}) (16. Rg1 c4 17. Nc1
hxg2 18. Rxg2 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 $17) 16... c4 $5 ({I would prefer} 16... hxg2
$1 17. Rg1 Rxh2 $17) 17. Nf4 (17. Nxc4 $2 b5 $19) 17... e5 18. Ne2 (18. gxh3
gxf3 $1 (18... exf4 19. hxg4 {with certain compensation for piece.}) 19. Nd5
Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 $17) 18... hxg2 19. Rg1 gxf3 20. Ng3 d5 $2 $132 {Exploding
white center, but Black pieces are not developed and White take back Pf3 and
g2.} ({Much better was} 20... Rxh2 $1 21. dxe5 (21. Nxf3 Rh3 {[%csl Re4]} 22.
Bc2 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nbd7 24. Rxg2 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 21... dxe5 22. Nxf3 Rh3
23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Bc7 $17 {keeping advantage.}) 21. Qxf3 dxe4 22. Ngxe4
exd4 23. Bxd4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rh4 (24... Rxh2 25. O-O-O $13) 25. Bc2 Bg5 (25...
Qd5 $143 26. O-O-O Bg5+ 27. Be3 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxg5 Nc6
$14) 26. Qxg2 (26. Rxg2 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Ra7 28. Rd1 $132) 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Ra7
28. Kd1 $2 $17 {White K take a walk to more safety place on the queenside.} ({
However, better was} 28. Rd1 $1 Rd7 $1 (28... Qe7 29. Kf1 Rxe4 (29... Rf4+ 30.
Bf3 Qe4 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Rd8+ Bxd8 33. Bh6+ $18) 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Rxg5 Rd7 32.
Kf2 $14) 29. Bf3 f6 $11) 28... Nc6 29. Qxg5 (29. Bxc6 $4 Rxd4+ $1 30. cxd4
Qxd4+ 31. Ke2 (31. Kc2 Qd3#) 31... Re7+ $19) 29... Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Nxd4 (30...
Rxe4 $2 31. Bg7+ Ke7 32. Rg2 $11 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 31. cxd4 Rxe4 32. d5 Rh4 (
32... Rae7 $2 33. Kd2 Re2+ 34. Kc3 b5 35. Rag1 R7e3+ 36. Kd4 Ke7 (36... Rd3+
37. Kc5 Rxh2 $132 (37... Rxb2 38. Kd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8]})) 37. Rf1 Re4+ 38.
Kc5 c3 $11 (38... Rxb2 $2 39. Rg7 $16)) 33. Kc2 Rxh2+ 34. Kc3 Re7 35. d6 (35.
Kxc4 Rxb2 36. a4 Re4+ 37. Kd3 Rbb4 38. a5 b5 39. Rh1 Rbd4+ 40. Kc2 (40. Kc3 b4+
41. Kb3 Re3+ $17) 40... Rh4 $17) 35... Re3+ 36. Kxc4 Rd2 37. Rf1 Rxd6 {Black
has P over in 4R endgame, and right plan for Black is to change pair of RR.}
38. Rgf5 Re7 39. a4 Kg7 40. a5 Re4+ $6 {After this unnecessary check pair of
PP is changed, the second pair of PP will be changed so far and White's chance
to draw the game increase.} ({Right was} 40... Rc7+ 41. Kb4 b5 $17) ({or} 40...
b5+ 41. Kc5 Rde6 42. Rg1+ Kf8 43. b4 {and it is not easy to repel white K from
c5.} Re5+ 44. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 45. Kb6 Re6+ 46. Kc5 (46. Kb7 f5 $19) 46... Ke7 $17 {
Therefore, Black keep advantage.}) 41. Kc3 {[%csl Rf7]} f6 42. axb6 Rxb6 43.
Ra5 Rg4 44. Rfa1 Rg3+ 45. Kc2 Rg2+ 46. Kc3 Rbxb2 47. Rxa6 {The last pair of PP
are changed. However,position is not drawn.} Rbf2 48. Kd4 Rg3 49. Re1 Kg6 50.
Re3 {After pair of RR change position will dead drawn.} Rgg2 51. Ree6 Kg5 52.
Ke3 Rh2 53. Reb6 Re2+ 54. Kf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Kd3 f5 $17 (54... Rd2+ $6
55. Ke3 $1 (55. Kc3 f5 $17) 55... Rde2+ (55... Kg4 $6 56. Ra4+ Kg3 57. Ke4 Rh4+
58. Ke3 Rxa4 59. Kxd2 f5 60. Ke2 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 f4 62. Rg6+ (62. Rb8 Ra1+ 63. Ke2
f3+ $19) 62... Kf3 63. Kg1 Ra1+ 64. Kh2 Ke2 65. Rb6 Rd1 (65... f3 66. Rb2+ $11)
66. Rb2+ Rd2 67. Rb1 f3 68. Kg3 $11) 56. Kd3 f5 $17)) 54... Kh4 {[%csl Rf3]
[%cal Gh2f2]} 55. Ra1 (55. Ra4+ Kh3 56. Kf4 Rhf2#) 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 {-mainline.}) 5... b6 (
5... cxd4 6. exd4 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. c3 b6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Yewdokimov,O-Arkhipov,S/
Kecskemet 1990/EXT 2000 (23)}) 6. Ne4 {This N jump is not dangerous. This
move's idea is to create doubled PP f in the Black camp.} ({However, another
continuations also don't bring to White nothing, for example:} 6. c3 Be7 (6...
Bb7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O (9... Qc7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O $132 {
1-0 Torre Repetto,C-Saemisch,F/Moscow 1925/HCL (20)}) 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12.
Qd2 $132 {1-0 Janowski,D-Saemisch,F/Marienbad 1925/HCL (20)}) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 $5 $132 (9... Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf1 $14 {
-see commented game 1-0 Petrosian,T-Taimanov,M/Leningrad 1960/URS-ch [Moiseev]
(44)})) (6. Nc4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 $132 {1-0 Klaric,Z-Marinelli,T/Chianciano
1989/EXT 97 (42)}) 6... Be7 ({Possible also} 6... cxd4 {and Black has reliable
position:} 7. Nxd4 (7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. exd4 d5 $132) 7... Bb7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nd6+
Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Ne4 11. Qxc6 dxc6 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. Be2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Xu
Yang-Enhbat,T/Sofia 1994/TD (60)}) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 $14 {Black doesn't afraid
from doubled PP because of pair of BB. But position is not opened, and next
strong move makes certain problems for Black.} ({Strong was} 7... Bxf6 $1 8.
Nd6+ (8. dxc5 Bxb2 9. Rb1 Bf6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 $132) 8... Ke7 9. Ne4 d6 $132 {
Without PP weaknesses.}) 8. d5 $1 Nb4 9. c4 f5 10. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4,Gg3f5,
Gg3h5] Here N will take part in K attack after ....0-0.} ({Worth of attention
also} 10. Nc3 $14) 10... d6 11. a3 Na6 {[%csl Ra6]} 12. Bd3 Nc7 13. e4 $1 {
Opening space for white pieces and catching space advantage.} fxe4 14. Bxe4 f5
$6 $16 {Weakens the kingside.} ({Worth of attention} 14... exd5 $1 15. cxd5 (
15. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 $1 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qc6+ Kf8 18. b3 d5 $132) 15... Ba6 {
[%cal Ga6f1]} (15... Bf6 16. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Re8,Rh7][%cal Gc2h7,Ge1g1,Ge1c1]})
16. Qc2 $14) ({Not} 14... e5 $6 15. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rf5,Rh7][%cal Gc2h7]
with clear advantage.}) 15. Bd3 O-O (15... exd5 16. cxd5 O-O 17. Qc2 $16 {
[%cal Ge1c1]}) 16. Qc2 {[%csl Rf5,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gc2h7]} Qd7 (16... exd5 17.
cxd5 Bf6 (17... Nxd5 $4 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Qb3 $18) 18. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rf5,Rg8]}
) 17. dxe6 Qxe6+ 18. Kf1 {White is not embarrassed by 0-0 losing: Rh1 will be
developed after h2-h4-h5 promotion.} Qf7 19. Re1 Bd8 20. h4 $1 {Start to K
Attack.} h6 21. h5 Bd7 22. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd2h6]} f4 23. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6]}
Be7 24. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4g6]} Bxh4 {Black had to exchange dangerous Nh4.} 25. Rxh4
Rad8 $2 $18 ({Badly is also} 25... d5 $2 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Gd3c4,
Gc4g8]} Ne3+ $5 28. Qxe3 fxe3 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 (29... Rxf7 30. Bc4 $18) 30. Rxe3
$18) ({Right was} 25... Ne8 $1 {Inspite of Ra8 disconnection Black has certain
resistance chances because of g7 square importance in K defence:} 26. g3 $1
fxg3 27. Qxh6 Bf5 (27... gxf2 28. Re3 Bf5 29. Rg3+ Ng7 30. Rh2 $18) 28. f4 $1 (
28. Re3 $2 Bxe4 29. Rxg3+ Ng7 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. h6+ Kh8 33.
Bxe4 Rae8 $132) 28... Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Nxg7 30. h6 Ne6 31. Kg2 Nd4 32. Re3 $16)
26. g3 $1 d5 ({Or} 26... fxg3 27. Qxh6 Qg7 (27... gxf2 28. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 29.
Qh7#) 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. h6+ Kh8 30. Nxg3 $18) 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 ({Loses also} 
27... Qxh5 28. Rh4 Bh3+ (28... Qf7 29. Rxh6 dxe4 30. Qg5+ Qg7 31. Rg6 $18) 29.
Kg1 Qf3 30. Rxh3 dxe4 31. Rxh6 Rf5 32. Re3 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 exd3
35. Rh1 $18) 28. gxf4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Bf5 30. Re3 Ne6 31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. Qc3 Bxd3+
33. Rxd3 Nxf4 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qf3 Rd4 36. Kg1 {Position of Black is hopeless,
it was possible to resign here...} Kf6 37. Qb7 Nxh5 38. Qxa7 Rd6 39. Qc7 Re6
40. b4 cxb4 41. axb4 Ng7 42. b5 Ne8 43. Qd8+ Ke5 44. Qd5+ Kf6 45. c5 bxc5 46.
b6 Nd6 47. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. c3 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 $11 {This modest opening can't promise to White any advantage, but
sometimes middlegame manoeuvre struggle is not simple, especially for persons
who like forced complicated tactical game. Alik Gershon - one of them...} 9.
Bg3 (9. O-O cxd4 (9... Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. a4 Bc6 13. Bg3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sergeev,V-Chernyshov,K/Decin 1998/EXT 2000 (24)}) 10. cxd4 Nbd7 11. Qe2
O-O 12. Ba6 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Breahna,R-Itkis,B/Baile Tusnad 1999/
EXT 2000 (18)}) (9. h3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O (11. O-O $11) 11... Nd5 12.
Bg3 cxd4 13. exd4 a6 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bh2 Rc8 16. Rc1 N5b6 17. Ka1 Re8 18. Rhd1
$132 {0-1 Saavedra,C-Vescovi,G/Sao Paulo 1998/EXT 99 (33)}) (9. a4 a6 10. b4 (
10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Nfd2 Qc6 15. Ne3 Rfe8
16. f4 Bf8 17. c4 Rad8 18. b4 Qc8 19. Bh4 a5 20. b5 e5 $132 {1-0 Paasikangas
Tella,J-Kiik,K/Tampere 1996/EXT 99 (67)}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 g5 12. Bg3 Nd5
13. b5 Nb4 14. Be4 $11 {0-1 Paasikangas Tella,J-Rytshagov,M/Salokangas 1996/
EXT 98 (49)}) (9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. h3 g6 11. Qe2 Kg7 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Nbd7 15. O-O Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 Rhc8 18. Rac1 $11 {0-1 Mihok,
L-Chekhov,V/Germany 1995/EXT 99 (53)}) (9. e4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. g3 O-O 13. Nh4 Nf4 14. gxf4 Qxh4 15. Qe3 $11 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Reshko,A/
Leningrad 1967/EXT 2001 (40)}) (9. Qe2 {-mainline}) 9... O-O (9... Nh5 10. Qe2
Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. e4 Qc7 14. g4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5
17. Bc4 O-O 18. O-O Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Konstantinopolsky,A-Romanovsky,P/
Leningrad 1939/HCL (38)}) 10. O-O Nh5 11. Qe2 Nxg3 12. fxg3 $5 {[%cal Gf1f8]
Interesting agressive decision! White prepares activity on the kingside, so
opened f-file will be useful for Rf1.} Nd7 13. g4 a5 (13... d5 14. Qf2 Qc7 $11)
14. Rad1 Qc8 $6 15. h4 Qd8 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. exd4 a4 {I don't understand this
move's idea...Maybe Black wants to play Ra8-a5?} ({Logical was to exchange BB:
} 17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. d5 (19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. d5
e5 $15) 19... exd5 20. Nb3 Ne5 21. Nbd4 Nxg4 22. Qe2 {[%csl Ra6,Rd8,Re7][%cal
Gd4c6]} b5 23. Nxb5 Bxh4 24. Nfd4 Nf6 25. Nf5 $132) 18. Qg3 g6 $6 {Strange
move. Black weakens his K fortress without any compensation. Seems, Alik
doesn't know, what to do.} ({It was necessary to exchange the active Bd3:} 
18... Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. g5 $40) 19. a3 Kg7 $6 (19... Ba6 $142 20. Bxa6 Rxa6
21. g5 $14) 20. Rde1 Ba6 $2 $16 {Now this move is mistake!} (20... g5 $142 $5
21. h5 Nf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 d5 25. Re2 Bd6 26. Ne5 Ra7 27.
Qd3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc7 29. Rf6 $14) 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. h5 g5 (22... d5 23. hxg6
Kxg6 24. Ne5+ Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $16 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23. d5 $1 {[%csl Ra6] Black
forces aren't collaborated with each other, his position became difficult.} Nc5
$2 $18 {The last mistake.} (23... e5 $142 {Preventing position's opening.} 24.
Nc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3f5]}) 24. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4f5,Gd4c6]} Bf6 ({
Another continuations lose also:} 24... Qd7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 {[%csl Re6]}
Bf6 (26... exd5 27. Rxe7 $18) 27. dxe6 Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Qxe6 29. Rxd6 $18) (24...
e5 25. Nf5+ Kh7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Ra5 {[%csl Rd5]} 28. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Gd3d5,Gd3h7]} Bf6 29. Re2 $18 {[%csl Rh6,Rh7][%cal Gd3h7]}) 25. Nc6 Qd7
26. Nc4 $1 exd5 27. Nxd6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7][%cal Gf1f6]} b5 (27... Qxc6 28. Rxf6
$18) 28. Rxf6 Rxc6 29. Qe5 Kg8 (29... Kh7 30. Ref1 Nd3 31. Qxd5 Nf4 32. Rxh6+
Kxh6 33. Nf5+ $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 30. Rxh6 f6 31. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Golombek Memorial"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Be7 4. Bg5 (4. Bf4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nh5
8. Bg3 Nd7 9. Qe2 $132 {0-1 Herzog,A-Matanovic,A/Graz 1984/MCD (34)}) 4... h6 (
4... Ne4 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 d6 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Samovojska,D-Ksieski,Z/Litomerice 1990/EXT 97 (12)}) 5. Bf4 {A little bit
strange move! White would coan to play 4.Bf4 without 4...h6.} ({In next games
Miles played} 5. Bh4 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 {but Black equalized without
problems:} O-O (7... d6 8. h3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Nosenko,A/Alushta 1999/CBM 70 (65)})
8. Bd3 d5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. O-O (11. O-O) 11... Rc8 12. f5 $132 {
1-0 Miles,A-Jonsson,B/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64 (65)}) 5... b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 $11 7.
h4 $5 {Unusual decision! However, position evaluation doesn't changed - Black
equalized.} d6 8. h5 Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 $132) 9. e3 a6 (9...
c5 10. Nc4 Ne4 $11) 10. Bg3 (10. Bd3) 10... c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. exd4
O-O $132) 12... O-O 13. Nh4 $6 $15 {N goes to the wrong square.} (13. Rc1 $11)
13... b5 {[%cal Gd7b6]} (13... Rc8 $5 $15) 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. e4 Rc8 16. O-O Nc4 (
{Black here has possibility to force draw:} 16... Nfd7 {[%csl Rh4]} 17. Qg4 (
17. Nhf3 Nf6 {[%csl Rh5]} 18. Nh4 $11) 17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Nfd7 $11 {but seems,
Black evaluated his position as slightly better.}) 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bc2 d5 (
18... Qb6 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 (20... Nd5 21. Qe4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Qe4
$11) 21. Rad1 Rfd8 $15) 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nf3 Rb8 $1 (20... Qb6 $6 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gb6b2]} 21. Rab1 Rb8 (21... Nxg3 $2 22. fxg3 Qa5 (22... f6 23. Qe3 $132)
23. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Gc2b1,Ge2c2]} (23. a3 Rb8 $15) 23... Rb8 24. Bb1 Qa4 25. b3
cxb3 26. Qd3 g6 (26... f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Ne5 $18) 27. hxg6 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6
29. g7 Rf5 30. axb3 Qxa1 31. Qe3 Rf6 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxa1 $16)) (20... Nxg3
$2 21. fxg3 Rb8 22. Bb1 {[%cal Ge2c2]} Qb6 23. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2h7]} f5 24. exf6
Bxf6 25. Kh2 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 21. Bf4 Bc6 22. Rab1 Qa5 23. Nh2 $4 $19 {
Bad move. White can't catch Ne4 - after f2-f3 N will jump to g5.} (23. Bxe4
$142 dxe4 24. Nd2 Qxa2 $15) 23... Rfc8 $4 $132 ({It was necessary to start to
destroy white queenside.} 23... Qxa2 $1 24. f3 Ng5 25. b3 (25. Ng4 Rfc8 $19)
25... Kh8 (25... cxb3 26. Rxb3 g6 (26... Rxb3 27. Bh7+ Nxh7 28. Qxa2 Rfb8 $15)
27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. hxg6 Bb5 29. gxf7+ Kf8 $19) 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. bxc4 Qxd4+ 28.
Be3 Qxc4 $19) 24. f3 Ng5 25. Bd2 $1 (25. Bxg5 $5 hxg5 (25... Bxg5 26. f4 Be7
27. f5 $132) 26. a3 Rb7 27. f4 Bb5 28. Rf2 c3 29. Qe1 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Ba4 $15)
25... Qb6 (25... Qxa2 $4 26. Bc3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gb1a1]}) 26. Be3 (26.
Qf2 $132) 26... c3 $5 {Black temporary sacrifices P and opens lines on the
queenside.} (26... Qa5 27. Bd2 $11) 27. bxc3 Bb5 28. Qd2 Qa5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3]
[%cal Rb5f1]} 29. Rfc1 (29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. f4 Bxf1 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. fxg5 Rc8 (
32... Bc4 33. gxh6 $18 {[%cal Gh2g4]}) 33. Nxf1 Qxc3 34. Bb3 hxg5 $44) 29...
Ba3 30. Bxg5 $2 $17 (30. Rd1 $142 Qxc3 $15) 30... Bxc1 31. Rxc1 hxg5 32. Qxg5
Qd8 $1 ({Complicated variations appear after} 32... Kf8 $2 33. h6 gxh6 34.
Qxh6+ Ke8 35. Ng4 Qxc3 36. Nf6+ Kd8 37. Kh1 (37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qxf7+ Kb6 39.
Qxe6+ Ka5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2][%cal Gc3c1]}) 37... Qb2 38. Qg5 Kc7 $5 39.
Bg6+ Kb6 (39... Kb7 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Bxf7 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxd4 43. Bxe6 (43. Qxc1
Qxe5+ 44. g3 Qxf6 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Bc4 47. Bxe6 Bxa2 48. f5 Kc6 49. f6 Kd6
50. f7 Ke7 51. Kg3 a5 52. Kf2 a4 53. Ke2 a3 54. Kd2 Bb3 55. Kc1 $11)) 40. Rxc8
Rxc8 41. Bxf7 Rh8+ 42. Nh5 Qxd4 43. Bxe6 $13) 33. Qg3 Rxc3 $2 $132 {Black
returns material and loses all advantage.} ({Why not} 33... Kf8 $1 34. a4 ({Or
} 34. Qf4 Rxc3 35. h6 gxh6 (35... g5 $5 $19) 36. Qxh6+ Ke8 37. Ng4 Rbc8 38.
Nf6+ (38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Nf6+ Ke7 40. Qh4 Rxc2 41. Nxd5+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 $19
) 38... Ke7 39. Qd2 R8c4 $19 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8b6]}) 34... Be8 35. Bd3 a5 36.
Qf4 Bxa4 37. h6 gxh6 38. Qxh6+ Ke7 39. Ng4 Bb5 $17) 34. Bh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxc3 Bc4
({Quite good was also} 35... Qa5 36. f4 Qxa2 37. Nf3 Qe2 $132) 36. Qf4 Rb1+ 37.
Rc1 Rxc1+ $2 $16 {Black puts one more mistake and loses P...} (37... Qb6 38.
Ng4 (38. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kf2 Qxa2+ 40. Kg3 Kg8 41. h6 $132) 38... Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1
Qxd4+ 40. Kh2 $11) 38. Qxc1 Qa5 39. Qb1+ $2 $11 {Probably in time pressure
White doesn't use good chance to keep advantage.} ({Right was} 39. a3 Qb6 40.
Qe3 Qb2 41. Ng4 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gd4,Rh7][%cal Gh5h6]}) (39. Qb1+ $2 Kg8 {
[%csl Ra2]} 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Master"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mainka, Gregor"]
[Black "Maric, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 (4... b5 5. d3 a5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 c6
8. Re1 (8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qd2 $132 {
0-1 Malcoci,V-Kivimaki,J/cr Finjub/IM ,CYB 1994 (54)}) 8... h6 9. e5 Nfd7 10.
Nf1 b4 11. h4 c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ra7 14. Qa4 Ba6 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. c4 $132 {
1-0 Ioseliani,N-Kivimaki Jaakko/Avoin turnaus Jyvaeskylae 1991 (23)}) (4... Bd6
5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Rad8
$11) 5. d4 b5 (5... Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 (6... c5 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4
10. Rxe4 Nf6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
Bf4 Qb6 17. Rad1 Bb5 18. Qe3 Qa6 19. a3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dzagnidze,N-Nguyen,T/
Cala Caldana g-10 1996 (24)}) 7. c4 c6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Ndf3 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bf4 Ne4 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bilek-Matanovics/Kecskemet 1964 (30)})
(5... O-O 6. c4 {Theory}) (5... c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Qb3
Na6 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qc4 e5 13. Qxb4 (13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15.
Ndxb5 $14 {1-0 Fominyh,A-Luther,T/Balassagyarmat ,EXT 1990 (46)}) 13... Ne6 14.
Qc4 Nxd4 15. Nc3 $14) 6. Bg5 (6. a4 b4 7. c3 (7. Nbd2 O-O (7... Ba6 $5) 8. Ne5
(8. c4 bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 $11) 8... c5 9. dxc5 (9. c4 cxd4 10. Nb3 Ba6 $11) (9. c3
Nfd7 $11) 9... Bxc5 10. e4 $132 {0-1 Ribli,Z-Luther,T/Tilburg 1994/Inf 61/
[Luther,Th] (41)}) (7. c4 bxc3 8. bxc3 Ba6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 $11) 7... c5 8. cxb4
cxb4 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $11) (6. b3 Ba6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. b4 Bb7 9. c3 a5 10. Bb2
Bd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 a4 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 $11 {1-0 Dorfman,I-Diaz,J/
Havana Cap-mem(2) 1988 (47)}) 6... Bb7 (6... Nbd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nb3 c6 9. Ne1
e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd3 Nc4 12. Nd4 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Romanishin-Pokojowczyk/
Polanica Zdroj 1980/Inf 30 (41)}) 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne1 (10.
c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Rb1 Bc6 $132) 10... c5 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd3
Be7 13. c4 c6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 $2 $17 {For what white have sacrificed P ? A riddle...} (14.
Nd3 Bd6 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Qe2 O-O $2 $15 {What for black have returned P? A
riddle...} (15... Qd5 16. Rd1 (16. Nd3 exd3 $19) 16... Qc6 17. Nd3 Bd6 $17) 16.
Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd4 18. Qxd4 (18. Qe2 Qxb2 19. Nd3 Qc3 $17) 18... Bxd4 19.
Nd3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rc7 (20... Rfd8 21. Rfe1 (21. b3 e5 22. Rfe1 Bc3 23. Re2 Rd4
24. Rf1 e4 25. Nf4 Bd2 $17) (21. Rfd1 e5 22. b3 e4 23. Nf4 e3 $17) 21... e5 22.
Re2 Rc6 23. Kf1 $11) 21. Rfe1 f5 (21... e5 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Re2 Bb6 24. Ne1 (24.
Rd1 b3 $1 25. cxb3 Rcd7 $19) 24... Rcd7 25. c3 b3 26. Nf3 $11) 22. Kf1 e5 23.
f3 Re8 (23... f6 24. Re2 Rfc8 25. Ke1 (25. b3 Rc3 26. Ne1 Rxb3 $17) 25... Rc4 (
25... b3 26. Kd1 bxc2+ (26... e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 bxc2+ 29. Kd2 Rc4 30.
Re7 Bc5 31. Nxc5 R4xc5 32. Rd7 $132) 27. Rexc2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rd8 (28... Rxc2
29. Kxc2 e4 (29... Kf7 30. b4 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Nf4) 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Nf4
Kf7 32. b4 axb4 33. Kb3 Be5 (33... Bc5 34. Kc4 e3 35. a5 (35. Kxc5 b3 $19)
35... Ba7 36. Kxb4 Ke7 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. g4 Bc5 40. Nh5 Be7 41. Kxe3
Kb5 42. Ke4 Kxa5 43. Kf5 $18) 34. Kxb4 Ke7 (34... Bxf4 35. gxf4 Ke6 36. f5+ $1
(36. a5 Kd6 37. a6 Kc6 38. f5 Kb6 39. Kc4 Kxa6 40. Kd4 Kb6 41. Kxe4 Kc5 $19)
36... Kxf5 (36... Kd5 37. Kc3 Kc5 38. a5 Kb5 39. Kd4 Kxa5 40. Kxe4 Kb5 41. Kd5
$18) 37. a5 e3 38. Kc3 Kf4 39. a6 {[%csl Rg3]} Kf3 40. a7 e2 41. a8=Q+ $18) 35.
a5 Kd6 36. a6 Kc6 37. Nd5 h5 38. Kc4 f5 39. Ne7+ Kb6 40. Nxf5 Kxa6 41. Kd5 Bf6
42. Kxe4 Kb6 43. Kd5 $16) 29. Ke2 $132) 26. Kd1 Kf7 27. Rb1 h5 $15) 24. Re2 Kf8
(24... e4 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Nf2 Bxb2 28. Nxe4 Rce7 $15) (24... Rec8
$15) 25. b3 f6 (25... e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Nf4 Rd7 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Red2 Red8
30. Ne2 Be5 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. c4 bxc3 34. Nxc3 f5 35. Ke2 Ke7 36.
Ke3 Ke6 $15) 26. Rd1 Rec8 27. Ne1 Bc3 $6 (27... Kf7 $15) 28. Ng2 Kf7 $2 $14 {
[%cal Gg2e3,Ge3c4]} (28... Bd4 $15) 29. Ne3 Kg6 (29... Ke6 30. Nc4 Ra7 (30...
Rxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rd8 $14) 31. Rd6+ Ke7 32. Rd5 $14) 30. Nc4 Bd4 31. f4 $6
$132 (31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Nb5 $14 {[%csl Rd4,Rf5,Rf6][%cal Ge5d4]}) 31... Rc5 32.
Kg2 R8c6 33. Red2 h5 34. Kf3 Re6 35. fxe5 (35. Kg2 $132) 35... fxe5 36. Re2 Kf6
37. Kg2 Rec6 38. Rd3 Re6 (38... Rxc4 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. Red2 Kg5 41. Kf1 h4 42.
Ke2 Kg4 43. Kf1 Bc3 (43... hxg3 44. hxg3 Bc3 45. Rh2 Bd4 $11) 44. Rf2 $11) 39.
Re1 Rec6 40. Rf3 Kg6 41. Re2 Rc7 42. Rd3 Kf6 (42... Rd7 43. Nxe5+ $18) 43. Red2
(43. Red2 Rd7 44. Kf1 Ke6 (44... Rcd5 45. Nb6 $18) 45. Rd1 Rcd5 46. R3d2 Rd8 (
46... e4 47. Nxa5 $16) 47. Ke2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qd8 (8... g5 $5 9. e5 (9. Kb1 b5 $5 10. Bxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qd8 (11... Kd8
12. Qc3 c5 13. e5 $1 $13) 12. Qc3 Ke7 13. Nxc7 Rb8 $17) 9... Qg7 (9... dxe5 $6
10. Nxe5 Bg7 11. g3 Qe7 12. f4 $14) 10. g4 {-see comments to the game  0-1
Zalkind,K-Tsesarsky,I/Petah-Tikva 1999/CBM 71/[Tsesarsky] (30)}) (8... Qe7 9.
Bd3 g6 {-see commented game 1-0 Yusupov,A-Bischoff,K/Munich 1990/Inf 49 (33) 
[Yusupov,A]}) 9. e5 {This move idea is to recieve French opening pawn
structure and to avoid Sicilian one after eventual c7-c5.} (9. Qe3 Be7 10. h4
c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {This Sicilian pawn structre we can meet very often in this
variation - see next games in opening review.} 12. Ne5 Qc7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Elwert,H-Lex,C/cr QTV-28 Harburg-Bad Kreuznach [1] 1991 (15)}) (9. Kb1 b5 10.
h4 Bb7 11. Qe3 (11. d5 e5 12. Ne2 c6 $132 {0-1 Nilssen,J-Hansen,C/VISA
ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997/ (23)}) 11... Be7 12. g3 b4 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Nd2
Qb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pribyl,J-Kengis,E/Yurmala Latvia 1987/ (17)}) (9. g4 Be7 (
9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ne5 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Albarracin,F-Vehi Bach,V/
Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 303 (71)}) 10. h4 b5 11. Bg2 (11. h5 c5
12. Kb1 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bb7 $132 {1-0 Tikkanen,K-Nieminen,K/Finland 1997] (59)})
11... Nb6 12. g5 Bb7 13. Qf4 b4 $132 {1-0 Lumley,W-Franklin,M/cr ENG 1994/ (41)
}) (9. g3 c5 (9... Be7 10. h4 c5 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Rhe1 b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 {
0-1 Hellstrom,A-Bergstrom,R/Open, Roskilde DEN 1998/ (38)}) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11.
Ne5 b5 12. Nd3 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Fernandez,A-Marin,M/Benasque op 1996/EXP 53/(43)})
(9. Ne1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd3 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Marzolo,C-Kosten,A/Monaco MCO
1999/ (35)}) (9. h4 {- another popular continuation, for example 0-1 Hodgson
Julian M-Miles Anthony J/Kuala Lumpur 1992 (33)}) 9... d5 ({More flexible was} 
9... Be7 $5 10. h4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 $132) 10. h4 (10. Bd3 Bb4 11. a3 Be7 12. h4
c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Qf4 Nxc5 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Rh3 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Szeberenyi,
A-Balogh,C/Budapest HUN 2000 (38)}) 10... b5 11. Ne2 Nb6 ({Another plan is
standard} 11... c5 $5 12. g4 (12. c3 Qa5 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Qc2 Nb6
16. Rc1 Bd7 $15) 12... Bb7 13. Bg2 Rc8 $132) 12. Nf4 Nc4 {I am not sure that
this plan is the best.} 13. Bxc4 bxc4 {Without N more difficult for Black to
create Attack on the queenside} (13... dxc4 $6 14. d5 Bc5 (14... exd5 15. Qxd5
(15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nf4 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 c3 $1 $15) 15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Ra7 17. Nd4
Bd7 18. f4 c6 19. Ne3 $14) 15. dxe6 $14) 14. Nh5 Qd7 15. Qc3 ({Interesting also
} 15. Rh3 Rb8 (15... Qa4 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Rg3 Rh7 18. Ka1 c5 19. dxc5 Kd8 20. c3
Rb5 21. Rg4 $1 Rxc5 (21... Ra5 22. b4 $1 $16) 22. b3 Qb5 (22... Qa3 23. Rxc4
Rxc4 24. bxc4 $16) 23. b4 Rc7 24. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc2h7,Gg4g7]} g6 25.
Nf6 $16) 16. Rg3 Rh7 17. Qc3 (17. c3 Qa4 $19) (17. Kb1 Qb5 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qe3
Kf8 $17) 17... Qa4 18. a3 c5 19. Rg4 Qb5 $132) 15... Rb8 16. a3 Qb5 ({I can
recommend next plan for Black:} 16... Qa4 $5 17. Rh3 a5 {[%cal Gf8b4] With
idea Bb4} 18. Rg3 Rh7 19. Rg4 (19. Nd2 Bb4 20. axb4 (20. Qe3 c3 $19) 20... axb4
21. Qe3 (21. b3 Qa7 22. Qb2 c3 $19) 21... Qa1+ 22. Nb1 c3 $19) 19... Ba6 (19...
Bb4 20. axb4 (20. Qe3 c3 $19) 20... axb4 21. Qe3 (21. b3 Qa5 22. Qe3 c3 $19)
21... Qa1+ (21... Kf8 22. Kd2 $16) 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Nxg7+ Kf8 25.
Qxh6 $18) 20. Nd2 Bb4 21. Qf3 $1 Bf8 $132) 17. Rh3 Rb6 18. Rg3 g6 $2 $16 {
This move permits to White to increase pressure and to penetrate N on f6
weakness.} (18... Rh7 $142 $132 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gc7c5]}) 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. h5 g5
21. Ng1 {[%cal Gg1e2,Gf2f4]} a5 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Kc8 25. Ng6 $2
$132 {Interesting but not effective piece sacrifice} ({I can offer for White
next plan:} 25. Rg4 {[%cal Gd1f1,Gf1f3,Gf3g3,Gg4g8]} c5 26. Ne2 Kb8 27. Rf1 {
and here White's pressure on the kingside is very strong:} cxd4 28. Nxd4 Qa4
29. Rf3 Ka8 ({Or} 29... Ka7 30. Rg8 Rxg8 31. Nxg8 {[%csl Rf7]} f5 32. g4 $1 $16
) 30. Rfg3 Be7 31. Rg8+ Rxg8 32. Rxg8+ Ka7 33. Rg7 $16) 25... fxg6 26. hxg6 {
[%cal Gg6g7]} Bg7 27. Nh5 Rg8 28. Rf1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf1f7]} Bxe5 $1 {
Unexpected objection!} (28... c5 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Rf8+ Kd7 $1 31. Rf7+ Rxf7
32. gxf7 Ke7 33. f8=Q+ $18) 29. dxe5 $4 $19 ({To find} 29. g7 $3 {was not easy.
..} Kb7 (29... Bd6 30. Nf6 Rxg7 31. Rxg7 Qxb2+ 32. Qxb2 Rxb2 33. Kxb2 c3+ 34.
Kxc3 Bxf1 35. a4 $14) (29... Bxg3 30. Rf8+ Kd7 31. Rxg8 Be1 $1 32. Rd8+ Kc6 33.
g8=Q Bxc3 34. Qxe6+ Kb7 35. Qc8+ Kc6 $11) 30. Rf8 Rxg7 31. Rxg7 (31. dxe5 Rxg3
32. Nxg3 Qc5 $17) 31... Bxg7 32. Nxg7 e5 $1 33. Nf5 (33. dxe5 Qc5 34. Rf1 d4
$17) 33... e4 $44) 29... d4 $1 30. a4 (30. Qxd4 c3 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rf1]}) 30...
Qxe5 31. Qf3 d3 {[%csl Rb2]} 32. c3 Bb7 {[%csl Rh5]} 33. Qd1 d2+ 34. Qxd2 (34.
Kb1 Be4+ 35. Ka1 Rxg6 $19) 34... Qxh5 35. g7 Qe8 36. Qf4 Rd6 37. Qxc4 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Limp, Eduardo Thelio"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 $6 {This modest move
can't justify Bc1 for Nf6 exchange.} (6. e4 {-mainline. This variation, of
course, more active than 6.e3, but Black equalizes without problems also.})
6... Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ignatescu,R-Bojkovic,N/Mamaia 1991/EXT 97 (28)}) (6... Qd8
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wehe,
M-Bethe,S/Germany 1994/EXT 99 (21)}) (6... b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Qd8 9. Be4
Bxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ned2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 13. Qa4+ $11 {0-1 Horakova,
D-Ptacnikova,L/Prerov 1995/EXT 98 (29)}) 7. Nbd2 (7. Bd3 d5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. dxc5
(9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 g5 11. Qe2 g4 12. Ne1 Qg5 13. g3 Bd7 14. f4 gxf3 15.
Nexf3 Qg7 16. Rae1 O-O-O $15 {0-1 Peisser,M-Balinov,I/Graz 1997/EXT 2000 (52)})
9... Bxc5 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 (11... Bb6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Rfe1
dxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Nce5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Koenig,D-Dautov,R/Bad
Wiessee 1997/CBM 61 ext (52)}) 12. Qe2 Qf4 13. e5 f6 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. exf6 Rxf6
$15 {0-1 Riis,S-Crawley,G/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 97 (31)}) 7... d5 8. Be2 $6 $15 {
Passive move.} ({Or} 8. Bb5 $6 Bd6 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Qa4 (11. Bxc6+
bxc6 12. Qa4 exf3 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. Qxa8 Qxd4 15. Qxf3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17.
Qc3 Bf4 $15) 11... exf3 12. Bxc6+ Ke7 13. Ne4 (13. Bxf3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Qxd4 $15)
13... Qg6 $1 (13... fxg2 14. Nxf6 gxh1=Q+ 15. Bxh1 gxf6 16. Rc1 Rg8 17. Ke2 Bd7
18. Qb3 Rab8 $44 {0-1 Sandor,J-Kiselev,S/Budapest 1990/CBM 17 ext (32)}) 14.
Nxd6 bxc6 15. Qxc6 (15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. gxf3 Kf8 $17) 15... Qxg2 16. Rf1 Bd7
17. Qc5 Qxh2 $1 18. Nf5+ Kf6 19. Ng3 Kg6 20. Rh1 Qg2 21. Qh5+ Kf6 22. Rh4 Ke7
23. Rf4 f5 $17) ({White can equalize after} 8. Bd3 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gd1e2]} Bd6 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 $11) 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Rd8 $15
) 10... Rd8 11. Qc2 b6 {Black delays activity in the centre.} ({In couple of
games I played here in the same positions} 11... e5 $5 $15 {with stable space
advantage and pair of BB.}) 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Qb1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Bb8 15. g3 Bd6 {
2 tempi here are not important.} 16. Bg2 a5 17. a3 ({Release try after} 17. e4
$5 cxd4 {wouldn't successful:} 18. cxd4 (18. exd5 exd5 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Qxd4 21. Ne4 Qb4 22. a3 Qb3 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Re7 $15) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qg6
20. Nh4 Qh7 21. Nxd6 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxd6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 17... Bf8 {Black
doesn't know now, how to increase his small advantage.} 18. Bf1 Rc7 19. Bg2 Ba6
{[%cal Gb6b5] Black prepares activity on the queenside, e6-e5 promotion is
delayed again.} 20. a4 $5 {[%csl Gb5]} Rb8 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1
b5 {After b-file opening Black will double RR on this file with pressure on
Pb2.} 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Qa2 c4 (24... Rcb7 $15) 25. Rb1 Rcb7 26. Qa4 $6 $17 ({
Much better was} 26. e4 $1 Qg6 27. exd5 exd5 28. b3 cxb3 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. Nxb3
Qd3 31. Nbd2 Rb5 (31... Qxc3 32. Qxd5 Rb4 33. Kg2 $15) 32. Rc1 Bd6 $15) 26...
Qf5 27. Rfc1 (27. e4 dxe4 28. Nh4 Qd5 $17) 27... Qd3 $1 28. Nf1 (28. Re1 Ne7 (
28... g5 29. e4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. exd5 exd5 32. Qxc6 g4 33. Re3 Qf5 34.
Re5 Qd3 35. Re3 Qf5 $11) 29. Qa2 (29. e4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Re3 Qc2 $19)
29... g5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gg5g4]} 30. h3 h5 $17) 28... Bd6 29. Ne1 (29. N3d2
Nb8 30. Qa2 f5 $17) 29... Qf5 30. Rc2 e5 $1 {Delayed move played after a long
time. Black increases space advantage.} 31. Rd1 $2 $19 ({The only chance of
resistance was} 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Kg2 (32. Qa1 {[%tqu "En","?","","","d5d4","",
10,"e5f3","",0]} d4 $3 (32... Nf3+ 33. Nxf3 Qxc2 34. Nd4 Qg6 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36.
Qa4 $1 $132) 33. exd4 Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Qxc2 $19) 32... Qe4+ 33. f3 Qf5 $17) 31...
e4 {[%csl Re1,Rf1]} 32. Rdd2 {White had to choke in vacuum space.} Nd8 $1 {
[%cal Gd8e6,Ge6g5] good manoeuvre!} 33. Kg2 Ne6 34. Qa1 Ng5 35. Qd1 Qh3+ 36.
Kg1 a4 {White in zugzvang.} 37. f4 (37. Qe2 a3 $1 38. bxa3 Rb1 $1 39. Rd1 Rxd1
40. Qxd1 Rb1 41. Qxb1 (41. Qe2 Rxe1 $19) 41... Nf3+ 42. Nxf3 exf3 $19) 37...
exf3 38. Nxf3 Ne4 39. Rg2 a3 $1 {We already saw this break.} 40. bxa3 Rb1 41.
Qe2 Ra1 ({Or} 41... Bxa3 42. N3d2 Nxd2 43. Rxd2 (43. Qxd2 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Rb1+
45. Kf2 Qf5+ 46. Ke2 Qf1# $1) 43... Bb2 (43... R7b3 44. e4 Rxc3 45. exd5 Qf5
46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Rgf2 Qxd5 $17) 44. Rxb2 R7xb2 45. Qxb2 Rxb2 46. Rxb2 Qf5 $19 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf5d3]}) 42. N3d2 Nxd2 43. Rxd2 Rbb1 44. Rf2 Bxg3 (44... Bxg3
45. hxg3 Qxg3+ 46. Kh1 (46. Rg2 Rxf1+ 47. Qxf1 Qxe3+ $19) 46... Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "253"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 b6 6. Nd2 Bb7 7.
Ngf3 Be7 8. Bg3 ({Another mainlines are} 8. h3) (8. a4) 8... O-O (8... d6 9.
Bd3 Nh5 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Ne1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 $11 {
0-1 Horvath,P-Tompa,J/HUN-chT 9394 1994/TD (29)}) 9. Bd3 (9. h3 cxd4 10. cxd4
Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. a3 d6 {1/2-1/2 Sorensen,H-Brinck Claussen,B/Farum 1993/
TD (12)}) (9. Be2 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rad1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Jones,I-Rossiter,P/England 1998/EXT 99 (34)}) 9... d6 (9... Nc6 10. Rc1 (10.
O-O Rc8 11. h3 d6 12. Re1 Rc7 13. Nc4 Rd7 14. a4 Qa8 15. a5 b5 16. a6 bxc4 17.
axb7 Rxb7 18. Bxc4 Rxb2 $15 {0-1 Heyl,T-Huber,G/Richmond 1999/EXT 2000 (36)})
10... cxd4 11. exd4 d6 12. O-O Nb8 13. Bb1 Nbd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qc2 Re8 16. h3
Nf8 17. Bh2 Rc7 $132 {0-1 Szuhai,B-Feher,A/HUN 1993/TD (36)}) 10. h3 Ba6 (10...
Nc6 11. O-O Qd7 $132 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 e5 $6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Nh5 15.
Bh2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,P-Szieberth,A/HUN 1995/EXT
99 (71)})) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Qc8 $11 {Black equalized, this modest opening
variation can't bring something to White.} 13. O-O Qb7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Rfe1 Nb8
16. e4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. cxd4 $6 Rc2 $15) 17... Rfd8 ({Equal position after} 
17... d5 $11 {but Black doesn't want to satisfy by draw and tries to find ways
to complicate the game.}) 18. N2f3 Nc6 ({Worth of attention} 18... Nbd7 19. c4
Re8 $132) 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rc5 22. Nd4 (22. Rad1 Rcd5 23.
Rxd5 Qxd5 24. c4 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Bc3 Nd7 27. Kf1 $11) 22... Nd7 23. Bg3
Nf8 24. Qe4 Qd7 {Black avoids further position simplify} ({in case of} 24...
Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Bf6 26. Nf3 Ng6 27. Kf1 Rcd5 28. Ke2 $11) 25. Qf3 $6 $15 {
White plays without certain plan. Black occupied d-line and will repel Nd4
very soon.} ({Right was} 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. c4 Bf6 27. Qc2 Qd3 28. Rac1 $132)
25... Ng6 ({Or} 25... Bf6 $1 $15) 26. Re4 $2 $17 ({Better was to recognize
previous mistake:} 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. Nf3 Rd5 28. c4 Rd3 29. a5 $15) 26... Rd5 27.
Rae1 Bc5 $6 {Black threats to capture on d4, N had to retreat} ({I would prefer
} 27... Bf6 {-with the same idea} 28. Nb5 Rd2 29. b3 a6 30. Nc7 Qd3 31. R4e3
Qc2 32. c4 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f5]} 33. Bxh4 Bxh4 {[%csl Rf2]} 34. g3 Bg5 35. R3e2
Qd3 (35... R8d3 36. Qa8+ Rd8 37. Qf3) 36. Qxd3 R2xd3 $17) 28. Nb3 Rd3 $6 $15 (
28... Be7 $142 $1 29. Rd4 (29. Nd4 Bf6 $17) 29... Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxa4 $17) 29.
Nxc5 bxc5 30. Qh5 (30. R4e3 c4 {[%csl Ra4]} 31. Rxd3 cxd3 (31... Qxd3 32. Qb7
$132) 32. b3 d2 33. Rd1 e5 $15) 30... Qc6 31. Qe2 ({Worth of attention
exchange sacrifice:} 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Qxg6 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Re1 $15)
31... R8d5 32. h4 (32. c4 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rb2]}) 32... Rd2 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5
Rxb2 35. c4 Rdd2 36. Ra1 Ne7 (36... Ra2 37. Rxa2 Rxa2 38. Bd6 a5 39. h5 Nf8 40.
Bxc5 Nd7 41. Bd6 Rc2 $132) 37. Be5 $1 (37. Rxa7 $2 Nf5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf5g3,
Gb2g2]} (37... Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rbb1 39. Kh3 $16) 38. Ra3 (38. Be5 Rb1+ 39. Kh2
Rxf2 $17) 38... Nxg3 39. Rxg3 Rxf2 40. Re5 Rf5 41. Rge3 Rb4 $17) 37... Rb3 (
37... Ra2 $2 38. Rxa2 Rxa2 39. Bd6 $14) 38. Rg4 $2 {White is quite tired of
previous patient defence and puts mistake.} ({Right was} 38. Rxa7 $1 Rb1+ 39.
Kh2 Nf5 {and here} 40. Bg3 $1 ({Not} 40. Rc7 $2 Rxf2 41. Rf4 (41. Rxc5 $4 Rff1
42. Kh3 Rh1+ 43. Bh2 Rb3+ $19) 41... Re2 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rxc5 Ree1 44. Rxf5 $8
exf5 45. Bc7 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rb3+ $17) 40... Rdd1 41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Bh2 Nd6 43. Rg4
Rb4 44. Rc7 Nxb5 (44... Nxc4 45. Rxc5 Rb3+ 46. Rg3 Rxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Nd2 48. Rc8+
Kh7 49. b6 Rb1 50. Rc6 $11) 45. Rxc5 Nd6 46. f3 $132) 38... Nf5 39. Rf4 (39.
Rxa7 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rxf2 $17) 39... f6 $1 {[%csl Re5] with further B restriction.
} 40. Bb8 a6 $1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gb3b8]} ({Strong was also} 40... Nd4 $5 {
[%csl Rf4,Rg1][%cal Gd4e2]} 41. Kh2 Rc2 $1 (41... e5 {[%csl Rf2]} 42. Rg4 {
[%csl Ra7,Rg7][%cal Ga1a7,Gg4g7,Ga7g7]} h5 43. Rg3 Rxf2 44. Rxb3 Nxb3 {[%cal
Gf2f4]} 45. Rxa7 Rf4 46. b6 Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kf2 Rf4+ 49. Ke3 Rxc4 50. b7
Nd4 51. Bxe5 Nc6 52. Ra6 Rb4 53. Rxc6 Rxb7 $44) 42. Ra4 a6 $1 43. Rxa6 Rxc4 44.
b6 e5 45. Rg4 Kf7 $1 46. h5 (46. Ra7+ $2 Ke6 47. Rgxg7 Nf5 $19 {[%csl Rg7,Rh2]
[%cal Gc4h4]}) (46. Bc7 h5 $17) 46... Rc2 $17) 41. Rxa6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rdd1 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Gb1h1]} 43. Rxf5 $1 ({Or} 43. Kh3 $2 Rh1+ 44. Kg4 Rxh4+ 45. Kf3
Nd4+ 46. Kg3 Rhh1 47. Re4 h5 $1 (47... e5 48. Bxe5 fxe5 49. Rxe5 {[%csl Rc5]}
Rhc1 (49... Nb3 $2 50. Ra7 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Rhe1 51. Rxe1 Rxe1 52. b6 $1) 50.
Rxc5 Rb3+ 51. f3 Rb4 $17) 48. Rexe6 Nxe6 49. Rxe6 Rhc1 $19) 43... exf5 44. Rc6
Rd4 45. Rxc5 Rb4 $2 {Maybe decisive mistake! A Beliavsky certainly
underestimated his opponent defence resourses!} ({Wins} 45... Rxh4+ 46. Kg3
Rg4+ 47. Kh2 Rb2 {[%csl Rf2]} 48. Bg3 Rb4 (48... f4 49. Kh3 fxg3 50. Kxg4 gxf2
51. Rf5 Rc2 52. Kg3 Rxc4 53. Kxf2 Kf7 $17) 49. f4 (49. Bd6 Rh4+ $1 {important
intermediate check!} 50. Kg3 Rhxc4 51. Rxc4 Rxc4 52. b6 Rc3+ 53. f3 Rb3 $19)
49... Kf7 $1 $19) 46. g3 Rdxc4 47. Rxf5 Kf7 48. Rd5 Rc2 49. Ba7 Ke6 50. Rd3
Rxb5 51. Kg2 h5 (51... g5 $144 52. hxg5 hxg5 $44) 52. Be3 {This position looks
fortress. Black's plan is to change pair of RR, but White can avoid it! Next
long manoeuvres are eventual useless...} Rcb2 53. Ra3 Kf5 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Rc7
Rb7 56. Rc6 R2b5 57. Rc4 Re7 58. Kf3 Rbe5 59. Rb4 Kf5 60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Rb4 Rd7
62. Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb4 Rd3 64. Rf4+ Ke6 65. Rb4 Ra3 66. Rb7 g6 67. Rb4 Rf5+ 68.
Kg2 Ra6 69. Rc4 Rfa5 70. Re4+ Kf7 71. Rb4 Ra4 72. Rb5 Ke6 73. Kf3 R6a5 74. Rb6+
Kf5 75. Bd2 Rd5 76. Be3 Rda5 77. Rb8 Rd5 78. Rf8 Ra1 79. Rb8 g5 {Black
understood - without this promotion he can't improve his pieces location...}
80. hxg5 fxg5 81. Rf8+ Ke6 82. Re8+ Kf7 83. Rh8 Ra4 84. Rc8 Rb4 85. Kg2 Rb1 86.
Kf3 Rf5+ 87. Ke4 $1 ({Badly is} 87. Kg2 $2 {[%csl Rg2]} g4 $1 {and white Kg2
will be attacked by RR from the first horizontal, White will play f2-f3 and
his fortress will be broken:} 88. Rc2 (88. Bd4 Rd5 89. Rc4 Rd1 90. Be3 Re1 91.
Bd4 Rb5 92. f3 Re2+ 93. Bf2 Rbb2 94. Rf4+ Ke6 95. fxg4 hxg4 96. Rf8 Red2 97.
Kf1 Rb1+ 98. Kg2 Rb5 99. Kg1 Rf5 100. Re8+ Kd7 101. Be1 Kxe8 102. Bxd2 Rf3 $19)
88... Rd5 89. f3 Rb3 90. Kf2 Re5 91. Re2 h4 $1 $19 {[%csl Re3]}) 87... Rbb5 88.
Rc7+ Kg6 (88... Ke6 89. Bd4 $1 h4 90. Rh7 $44) 89. Rc6+ Rf6 {At last Black
forces RR exchange, but Black advantage nevertheless is not sufficient for
victory!} 90. Rxf6+ ({Not} 90. Rc8 $2 h4 91. gxh4 Rb4+ 92. Kd3 gxh4 93. Ke2 Rb1
$19 {[%csl Re2]}) 90... Kxf6 91. Bd4+ Ke6 92. Kf3 Kf5 (92... Rb3+ 93. Be3 Kf5 (
93... Ke5 94. Kg2 g4 $44 {White B has enough place on the a7-e3 diagonal and
Pf2 is not vulnerable.}) 94. g4+ hxg4+ 95. Kg2 $44) (92... Rb4 93. Be3 Kf5 94.
Bc5 Rb3+ (94... Rc4 95. Be3 h4 96. gxh4 gxh4 97. Kg2 Kg4 98. Ba7 h3+ 99. Kh2
$44) 95. Be3 g4+ 96. Kg2 (96. Ke2 Ke4 $19) 96... Rxe3 97. fxe3 Ke4 98. Kf2 Kd3
99. e4 Kxe4 100. Ke2 Kd4 101. Kd2 $11) 93. g4+ $1 hxg4+ 94. Kg2 Rb3 95. Be3 Kg6
96. Bc5 g3 97. f3 $8 (97. fxg3 Kf5 $19) 97... Kf5 98. Bd6 g4 99. Kxg3 gxf3 {
This position is dead draw, but Black tries to win...} ({Or} 99... Rxf3+ 100.
Kg2 $44) 100. Bc5 Ke4 101. Kf2 Rc3 102. Ba7 Rc7 103. Bb6 Rc2+ 104. Kf1 Rc6 (
104... f2 105. Kg2 $1 $44) 105. Ba7 Ra6 106. Bc5 Kf4 107. Bd4 Ra4 108. Bc5 Rc4
109. Ba7 Rb4 110. Bc5 Rb5 111. Bd4 Kg4 112. Kf2 Rb4 113. Bc5 Rb2+ 114. Kf1 Rc2
115. Ba7 Rb2 116. Bc5 Rb5 117. Bd4 Kf4 118. Kf2 Rd5 119. Bb6 Rd7 120. Be3+ Kg4
121. Bb6 Rb7 122. Bc5 Rb5 123. Bd4 Rh5 124. Bb6 Rh2+ 125. Kf1 f2 126. Ke2 Kg3
127. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5
a6 {Not the best move.} (8... O-O 9. f4 (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. f4 c5 11. c3 Bxe5 (
11... Ba6 $11) 12. fxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karlik,V-Cempel,J/CZE 1996/EXT 2000 (46)})
(9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. O-O Bxf4 14. exf4 c5 15.
c3 $11 {0-1 Vunder,A-Pozdniakov,S/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext (51)}) (9. c3
c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ndf3 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bg3 Bd6
$11 {0-1 Azzopardi,C-Jhunjhnuwala,N/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (40)}) 9... Ne4 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. c3 (12. Ndf3 Ndf6 13. Qe1 a5 14. Qh4 Ba6 $132 {
1-0 Rosandic,D-Tomasic,R/Porec 1994/EXT 97 (41)}) 12... Nxd2 (12... Nxe5 13.
fxe5 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nf3 Ng4 (15... Nd7 16. Re1 e5 17. e4 Rae8 (17... exd4
18. exd5 Qf7 19. c4 $14) 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Be4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Zhu Chen-Xu Yuhua/
Halle 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 16. Re1 e5 17. e4 exd4 18. exd5 Ne3 19. Nxd4 Rf2 $1
20. Qg4 $1 Nxg4 21. Rxe7 Bxd5 22. Be4 $11) 13. Qxd2 c5 (13... Nxe5 14. fxe5 f6
15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Rxf6 Qxf6 17. Rf1 Qe7 18. Qf2 Bc6 $11) 14. Rf3 Nxe5 15. fxe5
f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Qf2 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Condie,
M-Corral Blanco,J/Groningen 1981/EXT 2000 (29)}) (8... Nfd7 $1 {In my opinion
- the best way to solve opening problems.} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 c5 (10... Nxe5
11. fxe5 c5 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qg4 (15. Qe2 Nc7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Seul,G-Panzer,P/Germany 1992/GER-chT (61)}) 15... Nb8 16. Rf3 Nd7 17.
Rh3 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Zude,A/GER 1991/TD (38)}) (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 c5 14. Qa4 Nab8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Uhlmann,W/
Sarajevo 1982/MCD (17)}) 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O $11 (12... O-O-O $6 13. a4 c4
14. Bc2 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. e4 $14 {1-0 Giardelli,S-Etcheguia,
R/Buenos Aires 1987/EXT 2000 (29)})) (8... Nbd7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. a4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 a5 14. c4 (14. c3 $132) (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. c3 {
[%cal Gb2b4]}) 14... Qg5 15. Rf4 $132 (15. Qe2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 dxc4 17. h4 (17.
Bxc4 Rxd4 $3 $19) 17... Qxh4 (17... Qxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd3 20. Rxf7
$132) 18. Bxc4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Moxley,C-Wilson,J/England 1997/EXT 99 (26)})) 9. f4
$5 {This move with eventual Attack on the kingside can justify previous modest
play.} ({Equal position also after} 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... Nfd7 10. Qh5 O-O $132)
10. Qe2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nc5 13. Qg4 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Qf4 g5 16. hxg5
Bxg5 17. Qd4 h4 18. Bh2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 h3 $1 $17 (19... c5 $6 20. Qg4 Kd7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Armas,J-Hulak,K/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (42)})) 9... c5 (9... Nfd7 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O c5 (11... O-O 12. c3 (12. c4 c5 $132) 12... c5 13. Qh5 Nxe5
14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Rf3 f5 $14 (15... f6 16. Qg6 f5 17. g4 $16))) 10. c3 Nc6 ({
Acceptable also} 10... Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Qe7 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge7g5]} 17. Rae1 Rad8 $132 {[%cal
Gd8d6]} (17... Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. e4 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rg5][%cal Gd2e4]})) 11.
O-O b5 $2 {Serious mistake! Black doesn't feel danger and just promotes
White's activity on the kingside.} ({Right was} 11... O-O 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Rad1
$132) 12. f5 exf5 ({After} 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 {White reaches advantage:} Nd7
$5 (13... Nh7 14. fxe6 $1 Bxh4 15. Rxf7 Bg5 16. Qh5 $18) (13... Ne4 14. fxe6 $1
(14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132) 14... Bxh4 (14... fxe6 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Bxe7 $18 {[%cal
Gf1f7]}) 15. Rxf7 Bc8 16. Qh5 Bxe6 17. Rb7+ Kf8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rf1+ Kg8 20.
Qg6 $18) 14. fxe6 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Bxh4 16. exf7+ (16. Rxf7 Qg5 $19) 16... Kf8 17.
Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qe6 Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Bg6 $16) 13. Rxf5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 $1 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Ge5e7]} (14. dxe5 Nd7 15. e6 $5 O-O (15... Bxh4 16. Rxf7 Ne5
17. Rxg7 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 16. Bxe7 (16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 $15)
16... Qxe7 17. exd7 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Qxd3 19. Nb3 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 c4 21. Nc5 Bc6
22. Re1 Rad8 23. Re7 f6 24. Ne6 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 $44) 14... Qb6
(14... O-O 15. Qf3 Qd6 16. Rf1 Rae8 (16... Rac8 17. Qf5 $16) 17. Qg3 $16 {
Donination! All White forces take part in Attack.}) 15. Qf3 c4 16. Bc2 g5 {
Follows further weakening of position, but what to do?} (16... Qd6 17. e4 g5
18. Rf1 gxh4 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 $16) 17. Bg3 Nd7 18. Rf5 f6 {[%csl Re6,Re8,
Rf7][%cal Ge8h5,Rh5e8] Position of black is similar to a sieve...} 19. Rxd5 $1
Kf8 (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc8 21. Bg6+ Kd8 22. a4 $16) 20. Be4 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8
$8 {The only defence of Qh5 threat} 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. e4 Kg7 $8 24. Bxe5 Rxd5 25.
Bxf6+ $1 Bxf6 26. exd5 Bxd4+ $1 27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Ne4 $16 {White advantage was
transformated into P over} Rf8 $8 29. Qg4 (29. Re1 $1 Bd8 30. d6 Qc6 (30... Qe3
31. Qd1 Qb6 32. Qd5 $18) 31. Qg4 Re8 32. Qf5 $16) 29... Qe3 30. Qe6 (30. Rf1 $2
Be7 $1 (30... Qd3 31. Qf5 $18) 31. Rd1 Rf4 32. Ng3 $5 Rxg4 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34.
Nxe3 Re4 35. Nf1 Bd6 36. Ng3 (36. g3 Re2 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Ke5 $15) 36...
Bxg3 37. hxg3 Ke7 $44) ({Also good is} 30. Rd1 $1 Be5 31. d6 (31. g3 Bf4 32.
Nd2 Bd6 33. Qd7+ Rf7 34. Qxd6 Qe2 35. Rb1 Qxd2 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qe4 Kg7 $14)
31... Bf4 (31... Qd3 32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Rf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 $18) 32.
Qf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 $16) 30... Bd8 31. h3 (31. Nd6 Qxe6 32. dxe6 Rf2 $44) (31.
Ng3 Qxe6 32. dxe6 Rf2 33. Re1 Be7 $44) 31... Qf4 $2 $18 ({Very strong was} 
31... Qe2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb2,Gd1,Ge1,Gf1][%cal Ge2e6,Gf8f1] with complex play:}
32. Nxg5 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Bc7+ 34. d6 Rf2 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qc6 Ba5 37. Nf3 $1 Rxg2+
38. Kh1 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gd6d7,Ga1g1]} Kh7 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Nxg1 Qxb2 41. Qxa6 (
41. Qc7+ Bxc7 42. dxc7 Qxc3 43. c8=Q Qa3 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Qc2 (45. Nf3 Qxa2 46.
Ne5 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Qc3+ 49. Kg4 Qd4+ 50. Kh5 Qd1+ $44) 45... c3 46.
Ne2 b4 47. Nd4 (47. Nf4 Kf6 48. Qg6+ Ke5 49. Nd3+ Kd4 50. Qd6+ Ke3 $11) 47...
Qa5 48. Nf5+ $14) 41... Bxc3 42. Qb7+ Kg6 43. d7 Be5 (43... Bf6 44. a4 c3 45.
Qc6 {[%cal Gd7d8]} Qd2 46. axb5 c2 47. d8=Q Qxd8 48. Qxc2+ $16) 44. Qe4+ Kf7
45. Qxe5 Qxe5 46. d8=Q $16) 32. Rd1 ({Also leads to White's victory} 32. Re1 $5
$18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge6a6]} Qh4 (32... Bc7 33. d6 $18) 33. Nc5 Qf2 34. Qe5+
Bf6 (34... Kg8 35. Ne6 Bf6 36. Qe4 Rf7 37. d6 Qd2 38. d7 $1 Qxd7 (38... Rxd7
39. Nxg5 $18) 39. Qg6+ Bg7 40. Nxg7 Rxg7 41. Re8+ $18) 35. Ne6+ Kg8 36. Qe4 (
36. Qe2 Qxe2 37. Rxe2 Re8 38. g4 Kf7 39. Kg2 $16) 36... Rf7 37. d6 Qd2 38. d7
$1 $18) 32... Qe3 33. Qg4 (33. Nd6 $4 Qxe6 34. dxe6 Be7 35. Ne4 Rf5 $44) 33...
Bb6 34. Ng3 (34. d6 $4 Rf4 35. Qd7+ Rf7 36. Qe6 Qe2 $1 $44 {[%csl Rh1][%cal
Gf7f1]} 37. Qe5+ $11) 34... Kh8 (34... Qf2 35. d6 $18) 35. Qe6 $4 $44 {
Terrible move. Instead of this blunder} (35. Nf5 $6 Qf2 36. Ng3 $18 (36. Nxh6
$4 Re8 37. Nf7+ (37. Kh2 Be3 $44) 37... Qxf7 38. Qxg5 Be3 $44)) ({Was
necessary to play} 35. d6 $1 a5 36. d7 Qe5 37. Ne4 $18) 35... Qxe6 36. dxe6 Re8
37. Nf5 Rxe6 38. g4 Bc7 39. Rd2 Bf4 40. Rc2 h5 41. Kg2 hxg4 42. hxg4 Re1 43. b3
cxb3 44. axb3 (44. axb3 Rb1 45. b4 $11 (45. Nd4 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 512]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bg5 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Qc2 Nc6 7.
Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 {Of course, opening strategy like this cannot be recommended
for White. Black equalizes without problems by various ways.} d5 ({Possible
also} 8... Nb4 9. Qd2 d5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bd3 $11 {1-0 Olbrich,
M-Maria,L/Moscow 1994/EXT 99 (49)}) 9. Nc3 Bd7 ({Or} 9... f5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11.
Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O Bg7 $11 {1-0 Meduna,E-Maus,S/Gausdal 1988/EXT 97 (23)}) 10.
Be2 Rc8 ({Black equalized also after} 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nc5
Rfc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qa4 Ne5 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {0-1 Larsen,B-Portisch,L/
Tilburg 1980/MCD (65)}) 11. O-O (11. Rc1 Na5 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qb1 O-O 14. Bd3 f5
15. Ne2 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Boehm,R-Liebert,H/GER 1998/EXT 2000 (20)}) 11... f5 (
11... Ne7 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nc6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Franke,H-Ribli,Z/
Germany 1988/GER-chT (55)}) ({Not bad looks} 11... Na5 $5 12. Rab1 Nc4 13. e4
dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd6 15. Qh4 {and here} Be7 (15... Nf5 $6 16. Qxf6 Bg7 17. Qg5 h6
18. Qg4 $14) (15... Bg7 16. Bd3 f5 (16... h6 17. d5 $1 $14 {0-1 Koenig,
D-Baklan,V/Passau 1997/EXT 99 (33)}) 17. d5 $132) 16. Rfd1 Nf5 $11) 12. Rfc1 {
This position is equal, but not drawn...} Nb8 $6 $14 {Strange move. I can't
explain this move idea. Black yields central square e5...} (12... Bg7 $11 {
[%cal Ge8g8]}) 13. Ne5 $1 Bd6 (13... Bg7 14. f4 $14 {[%cal Ge2h5,Gg2g4]}) 14.
f4 $1 {Position is closed, so Black's pair of BB is not so important. In other
hand, doubled PPf are certain weakness in the Black camp.} O-O {Early or late
White will play g2-g4 to open g-file for K attack.} 15. Bh5 $5 ({Interesting
also} 15. Kh1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Be8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 16. Nd3 $14) 15... f6 16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. Qe2 Bb4 ({Natural looks} 17... Kh8 $6 {[%csl Rf7] but this move
weakens f7 square.} 18. Rc2 {[%cal Ga1c1]} Rc6 (18... Rg8 $4 19. Bf7 $18) 19.
Rac1 Rfc8 20. Bf7 $1 Bb4 21. Na4 (21. Bxe6 $5 Rxe6 22. Nxd5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qa5
24. Qxf5 Rc6 $8 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qxd7 cxd5 $11) 21... Qa5 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23.
Rxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Nf8 25. Kf1 (25. Qxc6 $5 Bd2 26. Kf1 (26. Kf2 Be1+ 27. Kg1
Qd2 $19) 26... Bxe3 27. Qd6 Qb5+ 28. Ke1 Kg7 29. Qe7 Ng6 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31.
Qxe6 Bxd4 32. Qg8+ $11) 25... Qa6+ 26. Kf2 Qb7 27. Be8 Nd7 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. a3
$14) 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Rab1 $5 {This interesting move is connected with P
sacrifice.} Qa5 {Black refused to take material} ({After} 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3
Rxc3 21. Qe1 $1 (21. Rxc3 Qxb1+ 22. Qd1 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nb6 $15) 21... Rxc1 22.
Qxc1 {White keep slight advantage:} Qc6 (22... Qa6 23. a3 $1 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4
25. Rxb7 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Kg1 c3 (27... Nd7 28. Kf1 Kg7 (28... Nb6 29.
Bf7 $16) 29. Ke2 Nb6 30. Kd2 Nd5 31. Bf3 $14 (31. Be2 c3+ 32. Kd3 c2 33. Kd2
Nxe3 34. g3 Kf8 35. Bd3 Ke7 36. Bxc2 Nf1+ $17)) 28. Bd1 $16) 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24.
Rb7 Rb8 25. Rxb8+ Nxb8 26. Bf7 e5 27. Be6 Na6 28. Bxf5 $14) 20. Rg1 $1 {
White continues to offer material sacrifice!} Qa6 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1b7]} b6 {[%csl Rc3]} 22. g4 Qxc3 23. gxf5 $14) 21. Nb5 $6
$132 {[%cal Gg2g4] White avoids QQ exchange.} ({...but better was} 21. Qxa6
bxa6 22. Rgc1 $14) 21... Qb6 $6 ({Why not} 21... Qxa2 $1 22. Ra1 (22. g4 a6 $1
(22... Qc4 23. gxf5 $14) 23. gxf5 exf5 (23... axb5 24. fxe6 $1 (24. Qxb5 {
[%csl Rb4,Rd7]} Qa5 $1 25. Qxa5 (25. Qxd7 Rc7 26. Qxe6 Re7 $19 {[%csl Re6]})
25... Bxa5 26. fxe6 Nb8 $15) 24... Nb8 25. Bf7 $18) 24. Na7 (24. Nc3 Bxc3 25.
bxc3 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 b5 $17) 24... Rc7 25. Qg2 Nb6 26. Rbc1 (26. Rbf1 Qb3 27. Rf3
Qc2 $17) 26... Nc4 27. Qxd5 Bd2 $132) 22... Qc4 $1 23. Rxa7 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rc2
$132) 22. a3 a6 (22... Be7 23. Nc3 $14) 23. Na7 $5 {White plays with fantasy.}
(23. axb4 $144 axb5 (23... Qxb5 $2 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Be2 Rc2 26. Bxb5 Nb6 27.
Bd3 $16) 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rg8 26. Qh3 f5 $1 (26... Rxg1+ 27. Rxg1 Rg8 28.
Bf7 {[%csl Re6]} Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Qc6 30. Qxe6 $18) 27. Bf7 (27. Bg6 Nf6 28. Qh4
Qd8 29. Bf7 Ng4 $1) 27... Rgf8 28. Bg6 Nf6 29. Qh6 Qc7 $11) 23... Qxa7 24. axb4
Qb6 25. g4 $5 {The spirit of this move was present during some last moves.}
fxg4 26. Qxg4 Rg8 $8 27. Qh4 Qd6 $1 (27... Qxb4 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Bf7 Rg7 30.
Bxe6 Qd6 31. Bf5 $14) 28. f5 $5 exf5 (28... e5 $2 29. Bf7 Rgd8 (29... Rgf8 30.
Be6 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg1g3]}) 30. Qg3 Qf8 31. Bxd5 $16) 29. Bg6 {Until
this moment Black played well in passive position...} Qe7 $6 $14 (29... Rg7 $1
30. Bxf5 Rcg8 $11) 30. Bxf5 Rxg1+ $4 $18 {Yields g-file and the game.} ({
After right move} 30... Rg5 $1 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Rxg5 fxg5 33. Qxg5 Qe6 {
[%csl Rh1,Rh8][%cal Ge6e4]} 34. Qf4 $14 {White has only slight advantage
despite of P advantage.}) 31. Rxg1 Rf8 (31... Rd8 32. Qg3 $18) (31... Rg8 32.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qg4+ $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 32. Qg4 Nb6 33. Be6 $1 {[%cal Gg4g8]
Threatening mate.} h5 34. Qf4 Qh7 35. Bf5 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Draw in this game was enough for me to qualify to the next stage.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 (5. Nbd2 {sacrifises pawn-b2.But I didn't
want to take risk in so early stage.}) 5... Ne4 6. Bf4 Be7 7. c3 g5 $5 {
Alon looks for complications.} (7... O-O 8. Nbd2 $14) 8. Be5 f6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8
10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 d5 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O (14. Nf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3e5]}) 14... Bd7 $1 (14... h4 15. c4 $1 {Using advantage in development.}
cxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. cxd5 $36) 15. Nf3 (15. c4 $6 Rc8 $1) 15... Bf6 16. Ne5
Bc6 (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17. b4 $2 {Not neccesary at all.I
tryed to get initiative,but later on understood that I should look for the
balance after this careless move.Actually I missed strong poitional move:} (17.
Nd3 $1 {with advantage.} c4 18. Nc5 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 (18.
bxc5 $6 Qc7) 18... cxb4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Rab1 Qa4 (20... Qa5 $2 21. Qxc6+ $1 {
[%csl Rb8]}) 21. Qc5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Kf7 22. Qd6 Rbe8 $1 {[%cal Ge8e7,Ya4a5,
Ya5d8]} (22... Rbd8 $2 23. Bxh5+) (22... Rbc8 $6 23. Rfc1 Qxa2 24. Rxb7+ $11)
23. a3 g4 24. Rfc1 (24. Bd3 Rd8 $1) 24... Re7 25. Bd3 Qa5 $2 (25... Rd7 $142)
26. Bxf5 $1 Qd8 27. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] The endgame was unpleasant for me.} (27.
Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc2 d4 $5) 27... bxc6 28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Qxc6 (29. Bxd5 $2 Qxd6
30. exd6 Rd7 31. Bxc6 Rxd6 $17) 29... Rh6 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 31. Bxd5
Rxe5 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. e4 Ra6 34. Rb3 $2 {missing next trick:} (34. f4 $1 gxf3
35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rxf3) 34... Rb6 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. f3 (36. a4 Re7 37. Kf1 $5 (
37. f3 {-36.f3}) 37... Ra7 (37... Rc7 38. Bb3) 38. Bb3 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. f3)
36... Re7 37. Kf2 $4 {Time-trouble mistake.} (37. a4 Ra7 38. Bb3 $1 (38. Bc6 $2
Rc7 39. Bb5 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rc2 $19)) 37... Ra7 $4 {Alon is also in time-trouble
and misses the chance.} (37... gxf3 $1 38. gxf3 Ra7 $19) 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Be6
Rxa3 40. Bxg4 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 $1 (41. Be2 b5 $19 {[%csl Re2,Rf2]}) 41... Rxg2 42.
h3 Rc2 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. e5 b5 46. Be2 b4 {In this stage all the
spectators including my close friends from Beer-Sheva didn't believe that I
can save the game.But I fight to the end.} 47. Bc4 Rc3 48. Bd3 Ra3 49. Kc4 $1
Rc3+ 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. h4 Rc1 52. h5 Rh1 53. Kc4 Rh4+ 54. Kb3 Rh3 55. Kc4 Ke6 56.
h6 b3 {[#]} {[%tqu "En","Find the only way to make a draw","","","c4d4","The
most difficult move for me in this championship.I spended 15minutes out from
my last 20 and finally found the idea. The idea is to control b-pawn with the
bishop defending e-pawn with the king.",20,"h6h7","",0]} 57. Kd4 $3 {The most
difficult move for me in this championship.I spended 15minutes out from my
last 20 and finally found the idea. The idea is to control b-pawn with the
bishop defending e-pawn with the king.} (57. h7 b2 58. Bb1 Kxe5 59. Kb4 Kf6 60.
Kc4 Kg7 61. Kb4 Rh1 $19) 57... b2 58. Bb1 $1 Kf7 (58... Rh1 59. Ba2+ Kf5 {
or 59...Ke7} 60. h7 $1 {That's the point!}) 59. h7 Kg7 60. e6 Kf6 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","d4d5","Continuing with the plan.",10]} 61. Kd5 $1 {Continuing with
the plan.} Ke7 62. Ke5 $1 Rh1 63. Bg6 Rh6 64. Bb1 Rh5+ 65. Kd4 Rh3 (65... Kxe6
66. Kc3) 66. Ke5 Rh4 67. Bg6 Rh1 68. Bc2 Rh4 69. Bg6 Rh5+ 70. Kd4 Rh3 71. Ke5
Rh1 72. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin clock sim"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1949.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Richter, Kurt Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Ullrich,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.08.05"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
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{Der Schachspiegel 8/1949 Seite 118} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 {Die polnische
Verteidigung, die einem gesunden Positionsempfinden zuwider ist. Richter fühlt
sich offenbar bemüßigt, die ausgetretenen Pfade gegen den großen Theoretiker
zu vermeiden. Sehr zu Unrecht, denn er kommt mit dieser schwachen Verteidigung
erst gar nicht dazu, seine taktischen Fähigkeiten einzusetzen.} 3. e3 a6 4. c4
bxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 {Warum Dr. Euwe den Springer nicht nach c3
zieht, zeigt die Folge.} O-O 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Ne8 {Dieser Zug entspricht der
von Schwarz angestrebten Aufstellung.} 10. Bd3 f5 11. Nb3 g5 12. Na5 Bd5 13.
Bc4 {Offensichtlich ist der schwarze weißfeldrige Läufer wirksamer als sein
weißer Antipode, der deshalb zum Tausch gestellt wird.} Bxf3 $2 14. Qxf3 c6 {
Halbwegs erzwungen, sicherlich war 13...Lxc4 das kleinere Übel.} 15. Bd2 Ng7
16. Qb3 ({Hier ergab auch} 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bb3 {ein prachtvolles
Spiel für Weiß.}) 16... Ra7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bc3 d5 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Rae1 {
Die weißen Züge liegen auf der Hand, die schwarze Stellung ist völlig
undiskutabel.} Bf6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Ne5 Qb7 {Mit dem Damentausch
vermeidet Schwarz größere Komplikationen, aber die Disharmonie in dem
Zusammenspiel seiner Figuren verbürgt dem Weißen den Sieg.} 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25.
Bb3 Ne8 26. Rxf4 Nd6 27. g4 Rg7 ({Auf} 27... fxg4 {gewinnt} 28. Ref1) 28. Kh1
Bg5 29. Rff1 f4 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Bb4 $1 (31. Bb4 Rd7 {gewinnt} 32. Re6 {usw.
Durch die unglückliche Wahl der Eröffnung ist Richter unter seinen Wert
geschlagen worden.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 60th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {This way I tried to avoid the QGA, where Evgeny is a
great expert.} b5 $5 {In response Black avoids the Catalan, and very unusual
positions appear.} 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O (5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nb3 a5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nc1
Bd6 9. Nd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Be3 b4 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Nfe5 Ne7 14. f3 Nf5 15.
Bf4 Nf6 16. c3 $13 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Carlsen,M/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2007})
5... Nbd7 ({Evgeny already has experience in this position:} 5... Be7 6. b3 Bb7
7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Khalifman -
Vorobiov, 2005}) 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. c3 Be7 8. a4 a6 $146 (8... b4) 9. b4 {White
tries to close the queenside.} (9. Nb3) 9... a5 $1 {Of course, Black can't
afford it.} 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nb3 {In my opinion, this was the only
opportunity to start the fight.} Rxa4 12. Rxa4 bxa4 13. Na5 Qa8 14. Nxb7 (14.
Qxa4 Ba6 $1 $132 (14... c5 $6 15. Bf4 Bd8 16. Ra1 $14) (14... O-O $5)) 14...
Qxb7 15. Qxa4 O-O {At first glance, the position is absolutely equal. But I
was in a very aggressive mood and continued seeking a chance.} 16. c4 $5 (16.
Bf4 $11) 16... Nb6 17. Qb5 c6 18. Qb1 Qa6 (18... dxc4 19. Ne5) 19. c5 {The
pawn structure is changed, White has captured space, but the black pieces have
become more active.} (19. cxd5 $11) 19... Nc4 (19... Nbd7 20. Bf4 $14 {[%csl
Rc6]}) 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. h4 (21. Qb3 g5 $1) 21... f6 $6 {I dislike this
artificial move, though it contains some poison.} (21... Ra8) 22. Qc2 $1 Ra8
23. Ne1 e5 $6 {Black opens the centre, though Na3 looks stronger.} (23... Na3
24. Qd3 (24. Qb2 Qb5) 24... Qxd3 25. Nxd3 (25. exd3 Nc3 26. Nf3 Nc2) 25... Nc2
26. e3 Ra3 $132) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. dxe5 ({There is no necessity to sacrifice
the exchange.} 25. Qxe4 exf4 (25... f5 26. Qxf5 exf4 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Nd3 $36)
26. Qxe7 Nd2 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Qd6+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ $11) 25... fxe5 26. Bc1 $1 {
A strong reply, which could be easily missed a few moves before.} (26. Bg5 Bxg5
27. hxg5 e3 $11) 26... e3 (26... Bxc5 27. Qxe4 $14) 27. Bxe3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Qa2
29. Qe4 {Black has serious difficultives.} Qxe2 $2 ({Maybe, the endgame
without a pawn was preferable} 29... Qd5 $5 30. Qxd5+ cxd5 31. Nd3 e4 32. Nf4
Bxc5 33. Nxd5 Rd8 34. Rf5 g6 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Rf1 $5 $14 (36. Rxc5 Kxf6 37. g4
Rd7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rf7 $14)) ({After taking another pawn, Black also had
difficultives:} 29... Bxc5 30. Nd3 Bb6 (30... Qxe2 31. Nxc5 Ra2 32. Rf8+ $18)
31. Qxc6 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Bd4 33. Nb4 $36) 30. Qxc6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Rf8 (31... Qe2+
32. Ng2) 32. Qd5+ (32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qxe7 $4 Qe2+ $19) 32... Kh8 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8
34. Nd3 {The almost forced resulting position looks rather hard for Black. In
analysis I wasn't able to find a satisfactory continuation for Black. But It's
hard to believe, that Black's position is already lost.} Qe2+ 35. Kg1 h5 $6
$138 {In zeitnot Evgeny makes the decisive mistake.} (35... h6 36. c6 Qd1+ 37.
Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Nf2 Be7 (38... Bc5 $2 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd3+ $18) 39. Qd7 $18) (
35... e4 36. Qf7 $18) (35... Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Nf2 e4 38. Qxe4 $1 $18) 36.
c6 e4 37. Nf4 $18 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Ng2 Bc5 40. Qxh5+ {White takes the
black pawns with check, and the game ends.} Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxe4+ g6 43.
c7 $1 Qg1+ (43... Bd6 44. Qd3 $1 $18) 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Qd1+ 46. Kg5 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 84th"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Wall,G"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b5 4. e3 a6 5. a4 b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 Bb4 $6 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Ba6 (10... d5 {may be better}) 11. e4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3
d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qh3 h5 16. g4 Be7 17. Qh4 Ng7 18. gxh5 $6 (18. Kh1
$1 {followed by Rg1}) 18... Nxh5 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Rg1 Rh8 21. Be3 Ra6 22. Qg4 {
(With the threat of Nxf7)} Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Rh7 {(White has a claer
advantage and should consolidate on the queen-side. But he starts to lose the
thread)} 25. Rg4 $6 Rb6 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Rcg1 $6 Na6 28. Bf6+ Kf8 29. Bh4 Kg8
30. Nc3 {(White still has a slight advantage)} Rb6 31. Qe2 c5 32. Nb5 cxd4 33.
Rc1 Rc6 34. Rxc6 $6 Qxc6 35. Nxd4 Qc1+ 36. Rg1 Qf4 37. Rg4 Qc1+ 38. Rg1 Qc8 $4
(38... Qf4 {forces the draw, of course, but the text is terrible}) 39. Bg5 Ng7
40. Qb5 Nb4 41. Rc1 Qa8 42. Qd7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 c6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. h4 e5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Gc8g4,Yc3a4]
} Nf8 $1 {As I discussed in the column, the question that interests me is
whether black's development deficit renders this just too much of a luxury. It
is true that the alternatives are not appealing: in particular} (11... O-O $6 {
is well met with} 12. g4 $1 Qf4 13. Qxf4 exf4 14. g5 h5 15. Ne1 g6 16. Nd3 {
[%csl Rf4]}) 12. Qe3 $5 {My initial feeling was that this might be not quite
to the point. Now I recognise that given its role in preventing ...Bg4 this is
probably rather a good move. The alternative:} (12. Na4 Bg4 $1 13. Nb6 $1 {
is a reasonable attempt to hinder black in implementing his plan, but much
more than this it does not seem to offer.} (13. Qb4 $6 Rb8 14. Bxa6 $6 (14. Qb6
$6 Nd7 15. Qc7 Bd8 $1 $15) (14. Nb6) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxf3 16. Bxb7 Nd7 $1
$15) 13... Rd8 $13) 12... Bd8 (12... Bg4 $6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb6 {is annoying
for black.}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Nc5 (15. Rd3 $5) 15... Nxc5 16. Qxc5
Bc7 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Qe3 Be6 {and black is successfully developing, and can
hope for a light initiative on the light squares.} 19. g3 O-O-O 20. f4 g6 21.
h5 exf4 22. gxf4 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Nb3 Kb8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Qb3 Ka7 27. Rhf1
f6 28. a4 Bb6 29. Rfe1 g4 30. Bf1 Rxh5 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1
Rxf5 34. Qd3 Rf3 35. Qc4 f5 36. Bd3 a5 37. Rh1 g3 38. Qg8 Qd8 39. Qg6 Qd5 40.
Re1 g2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Vera Siguenas, Deivy Anthoni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Yu,Yangyi"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,31,14,30,23,12,49,15,15,35,45,37,38,38,37,25,36,11,27,29,46,42,
46,47,86,96,118,150,177,77,77,68,127,109,103,88,117,106,203,166,187,216,204,12,
57,157,159,220,268,257,224,101,63,63,63,197,111,49]} {This was the third round
of the Olympiad, and the Chinese team competed with Peru. I hadn't played
against my opponent before.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. e3 b4 $6 {The
opening is not very common. Here I think Black should better play ...a6.} (4...
c5 5. Bxb5 cxd4 6. exd4 (6. Nxd4 $5) 6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. a4 $14) (4... a6
$5 5. a4 b4 6. Bg2 Bb7) 5. a3 $146 Bb7 {Now Black's pawn structure will be
destroyed.} (5... c5 $5) 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O (7... a5 8. Bg2) 8. Bg2 Be7
(8... a5 $5 9. O-O) 9. Nb3 d5 (9... Nc6 10. O-O a5 11. c4 Ra6 $13 {White is
slightly better.} (11... a4 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Rxa4 Rxa4 14. Qxa4 $14)) (9... Qc8
10. O-O $14) 10. O-O Qc8 11. Na5 Ba6 12. c4 $16 {Because Black position is not
coordinated, White has the advantage.} Ne4 13. Nd2 (13. Bd2) 13... f5 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. b3 Nd7 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Qg4 Nb8 (18... Bb7 19. Na5 {
with advantage.}) 19. Na5 Qd8 20. f3 $1 {[%cal Gf1f8] [#]} exf3 {This opens
the f-file and allows the white rook to attack.} (20... Bc8 21. fxe4 e5 22. Qh5
exd4 23. cxd5 dxe3 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bb2 {and White wins.}) 21. Rxf3 c6 22.
Raf1 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Ra8,Rb8] [#]} Kh8 {White's attack has shifted from the
queenside to the kingside.} 23. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg3g4,Gf3h3,Gh3h8]
[#]} Rg8 (23... Nd7 24. Nxc6 Qb6 25. g4 Qxc6 (25... g6 26. Qh6 Bg7 27. Qh4 Qxc6
28. Rh3) 26. Rh3 h6 27. g5 $18 {and White wins.}) 24. g4 $1 g6 25. Qh3 Bg7 26.
Rf7 Qxa5 27. Bd6 ({Also possible was} 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rf8+ Rg8 29. Qh6 Nd7
30. Rf7 Nf6 31. Be7 Qe1+ 32. Bf1 Qf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 34. Kf3 Nxh6 35. Bf6+ Rg7
36. Rxg7 Rf8 37. Rxg6+ Rxf6+ 38. Rxf6 $18 {and White wins.}) 27... Qd8 (27...
dxc4 28. Be4) 28. R1f3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h3,Gh3h8] [#]} g5 (28... Qxd6 29. Qxh7+
Kxh7 30. Rh3#) 29. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gf3h3] Black resigned, since he cannot stop
the attack with rook h3. In this game, White first gained an advantage on the
queenside. In the middle game, he turned his attention to the kingside opening
the f-file, whereupon the active double rooks finally attacked Black's king
and won the victory.} (29. Bf1 dxc4 30. bxc4 $18) 1-0

