[Event "London International Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1932.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alekhine: The book of the London International Chess Tournament.
Philadelphia, David McKay.p.6} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nf5
Bxf5 {Up to now Black has followed the modern theoretical method and obtained
a position with good fighting chances. But this exchange was not necessary.} ({
The logical line was} 12... a5 {followed by a4 and eventually b4, etc.}) 13.
Bxf5 b4 $2 {Allowing the White knight to get control of the important spot c5.
13...a5, and a4 was still preferable.} 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Kb1 Qf6
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Ka1 a5 21. Nd3 Qd6 22. Qa4 Ra7 23.
Nc5 h6 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. h3 Nd8 26. Rhc1 Qg6 27. Rd2 Rca8 28. Nd3 f6 {The
situation is now cleared. Black has no compensation for the weakness of his
Queen's side pawns. Flohr's method of exploiting his advantage is very
instructive. He finally succeeds in obtaining pressure on the King's wing
after having forced Black's move 28...f6, and the combined attack on both
wings puts Black in inextricable difficulties. The final moves are pretty.} 29.
Nc5 Qf5 30. Qb3 Kh8 31. a4 Re7 32. Qd1 Nf7 33. Nd3 Ra6 34. g4 Qc8 35. Nf4 Rd7
36. h4 Qe8 37. Rdc2 Rd6 38. Qd3 Ra8 {Or 38...Rb6 39.Rc5, etc.} 39. Rxc6 Rxc6
40. Rxc6 Nd8 $1 {The Rook cannot be taken on account of 41.Ng6+, followed by
42.Ne7+} 41. Rc7 Qxa4+ 42. Kb1 Qe8 43. Re7 $1 (43. Re7 {With the possible end}
Qg8 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Re8 {followed by 47.Qh7+ Qxh7 48.Ng6 mate.})
1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 {Beliavsky remains true to the QGD. I can recall several
games between Karpov and him in the QGD} 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3
Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 (11... Be6 12. Bf4
(12. Rfc1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rab1 Bd6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 {
Karpov-Haritonov USSRch 1988}) 12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {Karpov-Beliavsky
Tilburg 1986}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Bf1 (15. a4 {
Karpov-Beliavsky Belfort 1988}) 15... Qd6 16. a3 Bd8 $6 {/\ f5} 17. e4 $1 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Qf4 19. Re1 Bb6 20. Qc3 Rd8 21. g3 Qh6 (21... Qf5 22. Rad1 $1 $16 (22.
Nh4 Bxd4)) 22. Rad1 Qg7 23. Nc5 a5 24. Qb3 axb4 25. axb4 Nc7 26. Bc4 $16 Nd5
27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Ne5 Kg7 29. h4 Ra7 (29... Qd6) 30. Rd3 $1 Bf5 31. Rf3 h5 32.
Ncd7 Qd6 33. Nxb6 Nxb6 34. Bxf7 (34. Bd3 $5 Be6 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 $1) 34... Nd5 35.
Bxd5 (35. b5 $16) 35... Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Rf4 Ra4 38. f3 Rxb4 39. g4 hxg4
40. fxg4 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Nxg6 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+
46. Kg1 Rd6 47. Nf8 Bf7 48. Re7 Kxf8 49. Rexf7+ (49. Rfxf7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8
51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Reg7+ Kf8 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Rxb7 Rxd4) 49... Kg8 50. h5 Re6 (
50... Rxd4 $4 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. h6+) 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. R4f7+ Kh6 53. Rf6+ Rxf6
54. Rxf6+ Kg5 55. Rg6+ Kf4 56. h6 Kg3 57. Kf1 Kf3 58. Ke1 Ke3 59. Kd1 Kd3 60.
Kc1 Rc2+ 61. Kb1 Rg2 (61... Rh2 $8 62. g5 Kc3 63. Rg7 b5 64. Rc7 $18) 62. Rg5
Rh2 (62... Rh2 63. Rh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O ({I have always preferance
for} 5... h6 $142 {in this opening.}) 6. Qc2 $5 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
e4 Nfd7 $1 $13 {Most likely Rafik's idea is also valid for this position.}) 7.
cxd5 {I have channelised the game into the waters of Karlsbad structure.} (7.
e3 h6 (7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5
13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4 $14 {is just slightly better.}) 8. Bh4 ({I do not believe
too much in Gary's intended sacrifice.} 8. cxd5 hxg5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nxg5 Nb6
11. h4 $44) 8... c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11) 7... exd5 8.
e3 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 {Karpov made this move popular but later
Ivan had some adjustments in the critical subvariations.} g6 12. Ne5 $5 {
Bad memory combined with low understanding you get a screw up in the move
order.What an equation!} (12. Bh6 Bd6 $5 {Actually I have got stuck with this
possiblity during the game.} (12... Ne6 13. Ne5 Ng7 14. g4 $1 $36)) 12... N6d7
{Usual recipe.} (12... Ne6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g4 $36 {prevents the exchange of
light squared bishops like it is already mentioned.}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd7 (
14. Nf3 Nf6) 14... Bxd7 15. Rae1 $1 {The presence of g6 is not what black
wants to have since he can not use fully use kingside squares for an attack.} (
15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 Ng5 $40) 15... Ne6 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qf2 $14 Bc8 18. a3 a6 19.
Re2 f5 $1 {Doru is not afraid of locking the game.} ({During the game I was
only considering} 19... c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 (20... Nxc5 21. Rd1 $14) 21. Rfe1 (21.
Rc2 $2 d4 $1 22. Ne4 dxe3 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Qh4 Qd4 $17) (21. f4 $5) 21... d4
22. Ne4 Qe7 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Bc2 $36) 20. Bb1 Qf6 21. Rd2 Re7 22. Re1 Rde8 23.
Ba2 Nc7 $5 {Black unloads e line and even provokes e4.} (23... Qg5 24. Kh2 $13
(24. h4 $6 Qh6 25. e4 Nf4 26. e5 g5 $40)) 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Kg7 27. Rde2 dxe4 28. Rxe4 (28. Nxe4 $2 Nb5) 28... Rxe4 (28... Kf6 29. d5 $1)
29. Rxe4 (29. Nxe4 Rf8+ 30. Kg3 Re8 $11) 29... Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6
32. Ke3 $14 {My hopes were based in this knights ending.} Kf8 33. Nd6 b5 34.
Nb7 $1 Ke7 35. b4 {I have figured out that I can not gain ground without this
move.} (35. h4 Ng7 (35... Nc7 36. Ke4 Nd5 37. g4 Nf6+ 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. g5 $14)
36. g4 h5 37. gxh5 Nxh5 38. Ke4 (38. b4 Ng7) 38... Kf6 39. Nc5 Ng3+ 40. Kd3 Nf5
41. Nxa6 Ke7 $1 $11) (35. Ke4 Ng5+ 36. Kf4 Nf7) 35... Nc7 36. Ke4 Nd5 37. g4 (
37. Nc5 Kd6 38. Nxa6 Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nb1 40. Nc5 Nxa3 $11) (37. Ke5 Ne3 $11) 37...
Nb6 $1 $11 {I have missed this great move in my calculations.} (37... Nc3+ $2
38. Ke5 Nb1 39. Na5 Kd7 40. Kf6 Nxa3 41. Kg7 g5 (41... Nc2 42. Kxh7) 42. Kxh7
Nc2 43. Kg6 Nxd4 44. Kxg5 c5 45. bxc5 b4 46. Kf6 b3 47. Nc4 Nc2 48. g5 Ne3 49.
Nb2 Nd5+ 50. Kf7 Nf4 51. g6 Nxg6 52. Kxg6 Kc6 53. h4 $18) 38. g5 Ke6 $1 (38...
Nc4 $6 39. d5 {offers white some chances.}) 39. Nc5+ Kd6 40. Nb7+ Ke6 41. Nc5+
{I have decided to repeat the moves before I pull out some possible flash of
stupidity.} (41. Nd8+ Kd6 42. Nf7+ Ke6 43. Ne5 Kd6 44. Ng4 Ke6 $11) 41... Kd6
42. Nb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Subasic Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O (8... Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. h3 Ng7 13. g4 Be6
14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Ne8 18. Rc3 Nd6 19. Ra3 Nc8
$132 {is a difficult line for both sides.}) 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 $1 {
This is the line which creates the most difficulties for black.} Nh5 $5 {
I know that he does it frequently.} (11... g6 12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Ne5 Ng7 14. g4 $1
$36) (11... Be6 12. Rfe1 $1 {Alex's choices are always reliable.} Rc8 13. a3
N6d7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bh2 Nb6 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 $14) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Rab1 (13. Rfe1 $5 Nf6 14. Rab1 $14 {is Alex's choice.}) 13... Nf6 14.
b4 a6 $6 {This produces a hole on b6 which becomes very important.} (14... Be6
15. Na4 $1 {My new recipe!} Ne4 (15... Rad8 $6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b5 $16) 16. b5
cxb5 (16... Rec8 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qb2 b6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rc1
Qc7 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 $14) 17. Bxb5 Rec8 18. Qb2
Qf6 19. Be2 Rab8 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qd6 24. Qb2
Qc7 25. Nd2 $14) 15. Na4 $1 Ne4 16. Nb6 $1 {This is much more effective than} (
16. Nc5 Bf5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rfc1 $14) 16... Rb8 17. a4 Qd8 {He could have come
up with some tactical defence.} (17... Bf5 18. b5 $1 (18. Ne5 $2 Qd8 19. a5 {
kills whites play on the queenside.}) 18... cxb5 $1 (18... axb5 $2 19. axb5 $18
{ends up in unrepairable rupture of black's queenside.}) 19. axb5 Qd6 20. bxa6
bxa6 21. Na4 Rec8 $1 (21... Rbc8 22. Qe2 $16)) 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxe4 $1 {
Otherwise his next is Nd6.} dxe4 $6 {Produces another weakness.} (19... Rxe4
20. b5 axb5 (20... cxb5 $2 21. Qa2 $16) 21. axb5 c5 22. dxc5 Rc4 23. Qf5 R4xc5
24. Rfd1 $14) 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Rfc1 $16 {Now as one can easily see white has an
optimum position of a Karlsbad type of set up.} ({There ain't no need to
exchange queen's in that stage.} 21. Qc5 $6 Nd7 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rfc1 Nb6 24.
a5 Na4 25. Kf1 Nc3 26. Rb2 Rc6 27. Nb3 Rec8 28. Rbc2 Na2 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6
bxc6 31. Nc5 Nxb4 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Kc3 Nd3 35. Nxa6 Nxf2 36. Nc5
Nd1+ 37. Kb4 Nxe3 38. a6 Nc4 39. a7 Nb6 40. Ka5 Na8 41. Ka6 e3 42. Kb7 e2 43.
Nd3 Kd6 44. Kxa8 Kc7 $11) 21... Nd7 (21... Ng6 22. b5) 22. Rb3 {He should have
simply move the rook out of c8 and wait.} Re6 $2 {Careless!} (22... Nf6 $2 23.
Rc3 Rcd8 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Qb3 Nd5 28. Rxb5 b6 29. Nc4
Rc8 30. Rb1 $18 {wins a pawn.}) (22... Rcd8 23. Rc3 (23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 c5
25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxd2 $14) 23... f5 24. Nb3 $40) 23. b5 axb5 $2 {
Collapse!} (23... c5 24. bxa6 (24. Rc3 axb5 25. axb5 Ra8 26. Nb3 c4 (26... cxd4
27. Nxd4 Ree8 28. Rc7 Ne5 29. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 $140 30. R1xc5 Nd3 $2 31. Rf5 $18)
27. Rxc4 Qxb5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 $16) 24... bxa6 25. Rc3 (25. Qc4 Qd6 26. d5
Re5 27. Nxe4 Qxd5 28. Qxa6 Ra8 29. Qb7 Qxe4 30. Qxd7 Rg5 31. g3 $16) 25... Rd8
26. Nb3 cxd4 27. Nxd4 Rg6 28. Rc6 $16) 24. Rxb5 {This is the point!White is
winning the game even if black tries to have his counterplay in white's first
ranks with his queen.} cxb5 25. Qxc8+ Nf8 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Rb1 $18 {In case
of black's attack on white's weak points like f2 or d3 still white's attack
delivers the first blow.} Qa6 (27... Qd3 28. Rxb7 Qxd2 29. Rb8 h6 30. Qxf8+ Kh7
31. Qxf7 $1 (31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. Rg8 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 34. g3 f5 35. Rc8 $18)
31... Rf6 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxe4+ $18) (27... Qc6 28. Qxb7 Qc2 29.
Nf1 $1 (29. Rb2 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 f5 31. Ra2 Qc6 32. Ra7 Qxb7 33. Rxb7 Rc6 34. Nb3
Rc2 35. Kg3 g5 36. d5 Rb2 37. d6 Ne6 38. d7 f4+ 39. Kg4 fxe3 40. fxe3 Rxg2+ 41.
Kf5 $18) 29... Rf6 (29... Rc6 30. Ng3 $18) 30. Rb2 Qc1 31. Ra2 $18) 28. Qxb7 {
Safe enough!} (28. Rxb7 Rc6 29. Qb8 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 f5 31. Re7 $1 Rc6 32. Qe5 $18)
28... f5 $6 {After this white keeps the queens over the board and he is a pawn
up and the attack continues.} (28... Qxb7 29. Rxb7 f5 30. Nc4 Rc6 31. Ne5 Rd6
32. g4 f4 33. h4 $18) 29. Qd5 g6 30. Rb8 Qd6 (30... Qc6 31. Qd8 Qd6 (31... Rf6
32. Nc4) 32. Qc8 $18) 31. Qa8 Qe7 32. Nc4 Qf6 $6 {This allows the white pawn
pushed forward.} (32... Rf6 33. Ne5 f4 34. Ng4 $18) 33. d5 {The most natural
move however I could also have achieved a bind.} (33. Ne5 Re7 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35.
Qd8 h5 36. Rb6 Ne6 37. Qd6 $18) 33... Re7 34. d6 Rd7 35. Qc6 (35. Re8 Kg7 36.
Qc6 Ra7 37. Qc7+ $1 $18) 35... Rd8 (35... Ra7 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Ne5 $18 {
looks hopeless as well.}) 36. Rxd8 {Exchanging the queens wins easily.} (36.
Rb7 $5) 36... Qxd8 37. Qd5+ (37. Qc7 $6 Ne6) (37. Ne5 {I had a sophisticated
win with the knights exchange.} Qf6 38. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 39. Qxd7 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+
41. g3 Qb2 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Kg2 Qe2 45. d7 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47.
Kh2 Qf1 48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. g4+ $1 fxg4 50. hxg4+ Kxg4 51. Qf4+ Kh5 52. d8=Q $18)
37... Kg7 38. Ne5 Kf6 {Everything is lost for black.} (38... Qf6 39. Qb7+ Kg8
40. d7 (40. Qe7 Qe6 41. h4 h6 42. g3 h5 43. Kg2 $22 $18) 40... Ne6 41. Nc6 h6
42. Qc8+ $18) 39. Qf7+ $4 {In this moment of the game with 20 minutes on my
clock I have produced one of the biggest blunders in my career. Why do I
blunder like this once in a while it is a mistery to me.} ({Of course I have
seen that} 39. d7 {finishes him off right away. Since he can never step with
his king on e7 due to the fork on c6.} g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 $18) (39. g4 $5
Ne6 (39... Nd7 40. g5+ Kxg5 41. Nf7+ $18) 40. d7 $18) (39. h4 Nd7 40. Ng4+ Kg7
41. Qd4+ Kf7 42. Nh6+ Ke6 43. Qc4+ Kf6 44. Qf7+ Ke5 45. Qxh7 Qe8 46. Nf7+ Kf6
47. Nh8 Ne5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Qh6+ $18) 39... Kxe5 40. Qe7+ Ne6 $19 {Now black
is winning but he has to be careful since the nature of the position may allow
white with pawn exchanges.} 41. Qxh7 Kf6 (41... Qf6 $6 42. Qd7) 42. Qh4+ Kf7 (
42... Ng5 43. f4 exf3 44. gxf3 Ke6 45. Kg2 Qf6 46. Qb4 Nf7 $19 {wins easily.})
43. Qg3 f4 $6 {I do not find this move to be the most accurate!} (43... Ng7 44.
Qe5 Ne8 45. Qd5+ Kf8 46. d7 Nf6 47. Qe6 Kg7 $19) (43... Qb6 44. h4 Qc5 45. Kh2
f4 46. exf4 Qxd6 $19) 44. exf4 Qxd6 45. f5 $1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 gxf5 47. Qe5 Ng7 {
I have burned all my remaining time in this position.I have felt that there
was something but I could not make it work.} 48. Qf4 (48. g4 $142 $1 {The best
practical chance since it contains a diabolic trick.} Qf3 49. Qg3 fxg4 (49...
f4 $1 {is a difficult move to make for a human being.} 50. Qxf3 exf3 51. h4 Ne8
52. Kh3 Kf6 53. Kh2 Nd6 54. Kg1 Nf7 55. Kh2 Ne5 56. Kh3 Nd3 $19) 50. hxg4 Ne6
$4 (50... Qf6 $1 $19 {still keeps the winning chances despite of the fact that
they are more or less diminished due to the exchange of one pair of pawns.})
51. Qxf3+ exf3 52. g5 $3 {Finding out this after the game just cheered me up
like the happiest person in the world.} ({During the game I was stuck with
trying to make} 52. Kg3 $4 {work.} Ng5 53. Kf4 (53. Kh4 Kf6 54. Kh5 Ne4 55. Kh4
Ke5 56. g5 Kf4 57. g6 Nd6 58. Kh5 Nf5 59. g7 Nxg7+ $19) 53... Kf6 $19) 52...
Nxg5 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. Kf4 Kh5 57. Kg3 $1 $11 {would be
a diabolic trap in which he could have fallen.} (57. Kf5 Kh4 58. Kf4 Kh3 $1 $19
)) 48... Ke6 49. Qh6+ Kf7 50. Qf4 Qd5 51. g4 Kg6 52. Kg3 ({I did not like} 52.
f3 $5 Kh7 (52... Qa2+ 53. Kg1 $1 (53. Kg3 Qe2) 53... Qb1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Kf1
Qd3+ 56. Kf2 Qd4+ 57. Qe3 Qb2+ 58. Qe2 Qxe2+ 59. Kxe2 f4 $1 60. fxe4 Kg5 61.
Kf3 Ne6 62. e5 Kh4 63. Ke4 Kxh3 64. g5 Kg2 65. Kf5 f3 66. Kxe6 f2 67. g6 f1=Q
68. g7 Qc4+ 69. Ke7 Qg8 70. Kf6 Kf3 71. e6 Ke4 72. e7 Kd5 $19) 53. Kg3 Qd4 54.
Kg2 Qd3 55. gxf5 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 (56. Kg3 Nh5+) 56... Qe1+ 57. Kg2 e3 58. Qg3 Qd2+
59. Kh1 e2 $19) (52. h4 fxg4 53. Qxg4+ Kf6 54. Qf4+ Qf5 55. Qh6+ Kf7 56. Qe3
Nh5 57. f3 exf3 58. Qa7+ Kg6 59. Qg1+ Kh7 60. Qa7+ Ng7 61. Qf2 Qf4+ 62. Qg3 Qe3
$19) 52... Ne6 53. gxf5+ Qxf5 54. Qg4+ Kf6 {He can not exchange the queens yet.
} (54... Qxg4+ $4 55. Kxg4 Kf6 56. h4 Ke5 (56... Kg6 57. h5+ Kf6 58. h6 $11)
57. h5 Nf4 58. h6 Ng6 59. h7 Nh8 60. Kg5 $11) 55. Qh4+ (55. h4 Qe5+ 56. Kg2
Nf4+ 57. Kg3 Nh5+ 58. Kg2 Qf5 $19 {would have been similar to the game
continuation.}) 55... Qg5+ 56. Qg4 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Nf4+ 58. Kg3 Nh5+ $1 59. Kg2 (
59. Kh4 Ng7 $1 $19 {mates.}) 59... Qg5 $19 {So finally black has brought the
desired set up! At this moment I was very angery with myself. Instead of the
idiotic blundered I have produced I could have won very easily by a pawn push
which I have seen. This would have brought an immediate decision for the
tournament standings since we have been both +3 prior to this round I would go
on +5 and I would have an easier opposition compared to his. Now we were about
changing roles and I had to put real muscle behind the tournament to win it
which I eventually did.} 60. f3 {Nothing works anymore.} (60. Kf1 Qxg4 61. hxg4
Nf4 62. Ke1 Kg5 63. Kd2 Nd5 (63... Kxg4 64. Ke3 Kf5 65. Kd4 (65. f3 Nd5+ $19)
65... Ne6+ 66. Ke3 Ng5 $19)) 60... e3 61. h4 Nf4+ 62. Kg3 Qxg4+ 63. fxg4 Ke5
64. h5 Ke4 65. h6 e2 {He has chosen an artistic finish for the game.} (65...
Ng6 66. g5 (66. h7 Kd3 67. g5 e2 68. Kf2 Kd2 $19) 66... Kd3 67. Kg4 e2 68. Kf5
Nh4+ 69. Kf6 e1=Q $19) 66. Kf2 Kd3 67. h7 Kd2 (67... Ng6 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. h8=Q
Nxh8 70. g5 Nf7 (70... Kd3 71. Kf2 Kd2 $19) 71. g6 Ne5 $19 {mates.} (71... Nh6
72. g7 Kf3)) 68. h8=Q e1=Q+ {Actually I have played Kg3 in this position after
which my opponent rightfully groaned something. However the mistake was a
result of panick in time trouble and was not done on purpose.} (68... e1=Q+ 69.
Kf3 Qe3#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 (4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3
Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 b4 $5 {
was the preparation that day.}) 4... c6 5. cxd5 $6 {Ulf is not very ambitious
to gain an opening advantage today.} exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a3 Nb6 $11 {Black
does not have particular problems.} 15. Na4 $2 {This move looks really bad and
it has to be bad.} Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qc2 a4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 $2 {
I was too much relying on my chances in the coming ending but it turn out to
be equal.} (19... Nd6 20. Rbe1 Qd7 21. Re2 Qf5 $17) 20. Qxd2 Qa5 21. Qc3 $1
Qxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Kf1 Rf8 25. Ke2 $11 {Black has also to be
careful.} Kf7 (25... f4 {I could not judgethis position after} 26. Kd3 f3 27.
g3 $13) 26. Kd3 Ke6 27. h4 Kd6 28. g3 h6 29. Rh1 Rfe8 30. Rbe1 Rc8 31. Rb1 Ke6
32. Rb2 Kd6 33. Rbb1 Rce8 34. Rbe1 Rc8 35. Rb1 Rce8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pirot"]
[BlackTeam "Paracin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{Our opponent's team were playing without their first board in the 6th round.} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 {with this line allowed by his move order I wanted to imitate GM Uwe
Boensch's play.} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 {This is the critical position for
this opening.} 11. Kb1 (11. Nf3 g6 (11... Bg4 12. Be2) 12. h3 Ng7 13. Rhe1 Be6
(13... O-O $5 14. g4) 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. g4 h5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f3
$11) 11... g6 12. h3 Ng7 13. g4 Be6 $146 {I am really surprised why no-one has
tried this.} (13... Bd7 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18.
Rc3 Rc7) 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. f5 Bc8 ({First of all I could have
exchanged the pawns.} 16... gxf5 17. gxf5 Bc8 18. Qh2+ (18. Rhe1 Ne8 19. e4
dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qc7) 18... Ka8 19. Qf4 (19. Qe5 $2 Nxf5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne5
Rdf8) 19... Nh5 20. Qg4 (20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 Rde8 $132) 20... Nf6 21. Qf4 Nh5
$11) 17. Qh2+ Ka8 18. Qe5 Qf8 19. f6 Ne8 20. Qf4 $1 {White has an overexpanded
pawn structure but Black has the key squares.} Be6 (20... h6 21. h4 (21. e4 $2
dxe4 22. Bxe4 g5) 21... h5 22. g5 Bg4 23. Rde1 (23. Ne5 Bxd1 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25.
Nxg6 Qg8 26. Nxh8 Qxh8 27. Rxd1 Qh7+ 28. Ka1 Nd6 $17) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd6
25. e4 $140 $2 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf5 $17) 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. h4 h5 23. g5 Nd7 (23...
Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Rhe1 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. e4 dxe4 28. d5 $1 Qc5 29. Nxe4
Qb4 30. a3 Qa4 $13) 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Na4 Bg4 ({There should nothing be wrong
with} 25... b6 26. Rc1 Qc8 27. b3 (27. Rc2 Bf5) 27... Bf5 $36) 26. Rc1 (26. Nc5
Rc7 27. Rc1 Qd8) 26... Qb8 27. Rc3 Re8 $5 {It is actually a queen sacrifice.}
28. Nc5 (28. Nb6+ axb6 29. Ra3+ Qa7 30. Rxa7+ Kxa7 31. Ka1 (31. Rc1 Bf5) 31...
Bf5 32. Be2 b5 33. Rc1 Kb6 $44) 28... Qd8 $5 {Black is not forced to sacrifice.
} (28... Rdd8 29. Rb3 Qc8 30. Rc1 Bh3 (30... Bf5 $6 31. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 32. Qxf5
gxf5 33. Rg1 b6 34. Nd3 Rxe3 35. Ne5 Re4 36. g6 (36. Rc3 $5) 36... fxg6 37.
Rxg6 $40) 31. Ka1 (31. Qf2 $5 b6 32. Na6 Nc4 $132) 31... Bg2 $13) 29. Nxd7 Qxd7
30. Ka1 Bf5 31. Bf1 Re4 32. Qf2 Rg4 $5 {Very risky .I knew that this might
turn out to be bad but I could not stop myself.} (32... Re6 33. Qh2 Qe8 34. Qf4
$13) 33. Rc1 Qe8 (33... Ne4 34. Qe1 Rg3 35. Rc3 Qd6 36. Ra3 $132) 34. Qh2 Qd8
35. Bg2 Be4 36. Bh3 (36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Rhf1 Re6 $11) 36... Rxh4 37. Qf2 Nf5 $4
$138 {I kept on missing things.} (37... Bxh1 38. Qxh4 Be4 39. Qf4 a5 40. Qe5
Kb8 41. Qe7 Qc7 (41... Qxe7 $2 42. fxe7 Kc7 43. Rf1 Bf5 44. Bxf5 gxf5 45. Rh1
Kd7 46. Rxh5 Kxe7 47. b3 $16) 42. b3 Bf5 $11 {should be more or less equal.})
38. Bxf5 Rxh1 39. Rxh1 Bxf5 (39... Bxh1 40. Bxg6 fxg6 41. f7 Qf8 42. Qf6 a5 43.
a3 $1 $18) 40. Rxh5 $18 {Now it is already resignable.} gxh5 41. Qxf5 h4 42. g6
fxg6 43. Qe6 h3 (43... a6 44. f7 Ka7 45. Qe8 Qg5 46. a3 Qg1+ 47. Ka2 $18) 44.
Qxh3 a5 45. f7 Qf8 (45... Ka7 46. Qh6 $18) 46. Qd7 Ka7 47. a3 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nb6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfe1 Bg7 17. h4 Nc4 18. h5 Nd6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rbd1 Bf6 21.
g3 Kg7 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Rh1 Nf5 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Qd5 $4 ({A terrible
blunder losing on the spot. After} 25... Qe7 {Black retained good
counterchances.}) {[%tqu "En","How would you punish Black's untimely queen
centralization?","Use a shaky position of the enemy bishop.","Employ your rook
for a final strike!","h1h7","This efficient blow wins on the spot!",4]} 26.
Rh7+ $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6,Rg7][%cal Ge4f6]} (26. Rh7+ {, and Black resigned, as
after} Kxh7 27. Nxf6+ {he loses his queen.}) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 a6 12. b4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a4 Ng6
15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bg4 17. Nd2 $2 ({Definitely not the best choice. The
strongest continuation here is:} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 $14) 17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2
Nh4 $1 {This efficient knight thrust yields Black excellent attacking chances.}
19. Be2 {[%tqu "En","Black's minor pieces are superbly placed. How should he
contnue his attack?","Try to weaken the position of the enemy king.",
"Sacrifice your bishop!","g4h3","This powerful blow yields Black a large
advantage.",5]} Bh3 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal Ge7g5,Gh4g2,Gh3g2] The culmination
of Black's attack! The efficient bishop thrust wins an exchange.} 20. g3 (20.
gxh3 $4 {loses immediately after} Qg5+ 21. Bg4 (21. Kh1 Qg2#) 21... Nf3+) 20...
Qf6 21. Qd1 (21. gxh4 $2 {fails to} Qg6+) 21... Bxf1 22. Bxf1 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Ng5
24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb6 g6 26. Nxd5 $4 ({A final mistake in a difficult position.
} 26. h4 {was to be preferred.}) 26... Qd8 $1 {, and White resigned in view of
huge material losses.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk Khimik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rab1 {In the Carlsbad pawn
formation the exchange of the light-squared bishops usually favours Black: his
c8-bishop often ends up being passive. Now it's easier for Black to compete
for control over the e4-square. Also, the minority attack (b2-b4-b5) weakens
the c4-square and without the light-squared bishops Black has better chances
for occupying that square with his knight.} a5 13. h3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Qc2
Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qa7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bh2 a4 $5 {Psition is equal and
both sides begin to manoeuvre, trying to accumulate some small places.} 20. Ne2
Nf6 21. Nf4 Ne4 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Qd1 Qb5 24. Rc2 Ra7 25. Nf4 Qb6 26. Ne2 Qa5 27.
Qd3 Qd8 28. Nc3 Nd6 29. Re2 Ra8 30. Qc2 Qa5 31. Qd3 Re6 32. Rc1 Qb4 33. Bxd6
Bxd6 34. a3 $6 Qa5 35. e4 dxe4 36. Rxe4 Rae8 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 $15 38. Rd1 Bf8 39.
Qc4 b5 40. Qd3 Bg7 41. Ne4 Qd8 42. Nc5 Re8 43. Qf3 Qd6 44. Ne4 Qe6 45. Nc3 Rd8
46. d5 cxd5 47. Nxb5 d4 $17 48. Qd3 Bf6 49. Qc2 $6 d3 50. Qd2 Qb3 51. Nc3 Bxc3
52. bxc3 Qxa3 $19 53. Qg5 Qd6 54. Qa5 a3 55. c4 Rc8 56. Qc3 a2 57. Qa5 Rxc4 58.
Qxa2 Rd4 59. Qd2 h5 60. Rc1 h4 61. f3 Rd5 62. Kf1 Kg7 63. Rd1 g5 64. Qc3+ f6
65. Qd2 Kg6 66. Qc3 Kf5 67. Qc4 Kg6 68. Qe4+ Kg7 69. Qc4 Qd7 70. Rd2 Qd8 71.
Qe4 Qd7 72. Kf2 Rd4 73. Qe3 Kg6 74. Kf1 Qd8 75. Kf2 Kf7 76. Kf1 Qd6 77. Rd1 Qd5
78. Rd2 Qc4 79. Rb2 d2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Murmansk OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Qf6 14. Ne5 Qh6
15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Qf3 Ne6 17. Qg3 c5 18. Rbd1 cxd4 19. exd4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 Be6 21.
Bc2 N6h5 22. Ng4 Qg5 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Kh2 Qh6 26. Bb3 Red8 27.
Re5 Ng6 28. Rh5 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 30. Re5 Ng6 31. Re3 Rab8 {This endgame
offers White better chances, as his bishop is more active than its Black
counterpart and this feature is permanent.} 32. Ne2 Rbc8 33. g4 Nf8 34. f4 {
White is gaining space on the kingside, which may prove useful in a long run.}
g6 35. Nc3 Kg7 36. Rf1 $5 $16 f5 37. Rfe1 Rc6 38. Kg3 a6 39. Re5 Rcd6 40. Na4 (
40. a4 $5) 40... b6 41. Nc3 h6 42. g5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Bf7 44. Re7 Ne6 45. Bxd5
Nxg5 46. h4 (46. Bxf7 $142 Nxf7 47. d5 $14) 46... Rxd5 47. Nxd5 Ne4+ 48. R1xe4
fxe4 49. Nxb6 Rxd4 50. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Man op"]
[Site "Isle of Man"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O ({Another
plan is related to the kingside castling and the minority attack:} 13. O-O Qe7
14. Rab1) 13... a5 $6 ({More flexible here is} 13... Be6 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. g4 c5
16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 a6 18. f3 N6d7 19. Qh2 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Nb6 21. Rc1 Rec8 22.
f4 Bd7 23. Nb3 R5c7 24. f5 Bc6 25. Nd4 {Gabriel-Lobron, BL 1996}) 14. Kb1 Be6
15. Ne5 ({White did better in the game Topalov-Piket, Linares 1997, after} 15.
g4 Rac8 16. Ng5 b5 17. f4 Bd7 18. Qe2 a4 19. Rc1 a3 20. b3 Ng6 21. Qd2 h6 22.
Nf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5) 15... N6d7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Na4 Be6 18. Rc1 Ra7
19. a3 h6 20. g4 {White gets nowhere, playing just on the queenside (Qc5, etc.)
, so the pawn storm on the opposite wing is necessary.} Nd7 21. f4 b5 $1 22. f5
bxa4 23. Rhe1 $1 {It's very important to have the e3-pawn well protected. The
e6-bishop is not going to escape.} Nb6 24. Qxc6 Qb8 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Qc3 g6
27. h4 Ree7 28. h5 Rec7 29. Qd2 Nc4 (29... g5) 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. hxg6 fxg6 32.
d5 ({Perhaps,} 32. e4 Rab7 33. Ka1 {would be a better choice. The pawns should
move forward together.}) 32... Rab7 33. Ka1 Rb3 34. Rc3 ({I spent a lot of
time here trying to find out whether} 34. d6 Rd7 {would be a better line for
me. It looks like Black is doing well here:} 35. Rxc4 Qxd6 36. Rd4 Qe5) 34...
Rcb7 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Qc2 Qd6 $138 (36... Kh7 37. Qxc4 Rxb2 (37... Qe5 38. Qd4
Qxd4 39. exd4) 38. Rc1 $1 Rb3 39. Qc7+ Qxc7 40. Rxc7+ Kg8 41. e4) 37. Qxc4 Qe5
38. d6+ $2 ({The immediate exchange of the Queens would have been better,} 38.
Qd4 $1 Qxd4 39. exd4 Rb5 40. Re5 {as here, Black could not get his rook behind
my d-pawn.} Kf7 41. Kb1 $18) 38... Kg7 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. exd4 Kf6 $4 (40... Kf7
$2 41. d5 Rb7 42. Re6 $18) (40... Rb7 41. Re6 Rb5) (40... Rb5 $1 $11) 41. d7
1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2
Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 {It seems that nowadays this system is less popular
than a few years ago, as White has found ways of maintaining his initiative.}
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 ({White can also develop this knight to f3 later on, as,
for example, in the game Bareev-Berkovich, New York Open 1998:} 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. Kb1 Bd7 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Kb8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Bc8 18.
Ka1 Nfd7 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Ng3 g6 21. a3 h5 22. f3 h4 $132) 11... Nb6 12. h3 ({
In CBM-74 we covered a very important game for this variation:} 12. O-O-O Bd7
13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nc1 $1 g6 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Nb3 Ng7 17. f3 $1 Be6 18. Qf2 Qc7
19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. e4 {and White went to win in the game
Sorin-Hoffman, Buenos Aires 1999.}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15.
Nc1 g6 16. Rhe1 Ng7 17. f3 $1 {This is the same plan, which White used in the
game Sorin-Hoffman, 1999. Lazarev changes it slightly, as he does not rush to
bring his knight to b3. This might be an improvement, as we can see soon.} Rhe8
18. Qf2 Ka8 19. Bc2 Nc4 ({Perhaps Black should have played} 19... f5 {[%csl
Re5] but then White might benefit from keeping his knight on c1 as after} 20.
Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5] this knight has good prospects of occupying the e5-square,
for example:} Nc4 21. Re2 g5 22. f4 $36) 20. e4 Qb4 $6 (20... Be6 $142 21. exd5
(21. e5) 21... cxd5 22. Nd3 $36) 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Nc5 Bc8 (23...
Na3+ 24. Ka1 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. e5 $16) 24. Bxc4 $5 dxc4 25. Qh4 $1 {
Suddenly Black has problems with pawns on the kingside and his knight.} h5 ({or
} 25... b6 26. Qf6 $1 (26. Qxh6 Nh5 27. N5a4) 26... bxc5 (26... Ne6 27. Nxe6
Bxe6 28. d5 $1 (28. f4) 28... cxd5 29. exd5 Bf5+ 30. Ka1 $16) 27. Qxg7 cxd4 28.
Rxd4 $16) 26. Qf6 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. g4 $1 {White does not want to allow
the enemy bishop to f5 after the eventual d4-d5.} hxg4 29. hxg4 Rf8 30. d5 Bd7
31. Rd4 $1 $18 Rc8 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc4 a6 34. a3 Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rcxd8 36. Rd1
Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 Bb5 (37... f5 {Hecht} 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Rf4 Rd8 40. Ne3 fxg4 (
40... Rd3 41. Nxf5 Rxf3 42. Rxf3 Bxf3 43. Ne3 Be4+ 44. Kc1 Ka7 45. Kd2 Kb6 46.
Nf5 Kc5 47. Ke3 $16 {bzw. +-}) 41. fxg4 Rd3 42. Nc4 Rg3 $16) 38. Rc3 Be2 39.
Nf2 Rh8 40. Re3 Bb5 41. e5 Rh2 42. Ne4 Bc4 43. Kc1 Ka7 44. b4 Bd5 45. Ng5 Kb6
46. e6 fxe6 47. Nxe6 Rf2 48. Nd4 Kc7 49. Kd1 Kd6 50. Ke1 Rb2 51. Ne2 b6 52. f4
a5 53. bxa5 bxa5 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Bc4 (55... Rb3 $142 {Hecht} 56. Nc3 Bc4
57. f6 Kc6 58. a4 $16) 56. Nc3 Rh2 57. Re4 Bf7 58. Ra4 Ke5 59. Rxa5+ Kd4 60.
Ne2+ Ke4 61. Rc5 Ke3 62. Re5+ Kf3 63. a4 Bc4 64. f6 Rh8 (64... Bxe2 {Hecht} 65.
f7 Rh1+ 66. Kd2 Rd1+ 67. Kc2 Rd8 68. Re8 $18) 65. Nd4+ Kf4 66. Rc5 Ke3 67. Nf5+
Kd3 68. Nd6 Bb3 69. a5 Ke3 70. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game both Kings marched thoughout the whole board, but their
destinies were quite different...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 c6 11. f3 h6 12.
Bh4 Ne6 13. Kh1 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bf5 Nd7 16. Bf2 Ndf8 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. e4 Rd8
19. Bg1 Ba6 20. e5 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 f5 22. f4 g6 23. h3 h5 24. a3 Ng7 25. Nd1 Qe6
26. Ne3 Rac8 27. Rfd1 Rc7 28. Qd2 a5 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Bf2 Qd7 31. Be1 Nfe6 32.
Rc1 Rdc8 33. Qd1 Ra8 34. Qb3 b5 35. a4 b4 36. Bf2 Rh8 37. g3 Ra8 38. Rd2 Rh8
39. Qd3 Qc8 40. Kh2 Qb7 41. Qb3 Qa6 42. Qd1 Qb7 43. b3 Rcc8 44. Qh1 Qd7 45.
Rdc2 Rc7 46. Qf3 Ke8 47. Ng2 Kf7 48. Be3 Rcc8 49. Ne1 Rc7 50. Nd3 Qc8 {[#] At
this stage White has achieved a lot: a space advantage, a healthy pawn
formation and well placed pieces. He needs only a target to attack. It's
absolutely clear that White must go for an eventual g3-g4, however it would
weaken his King as well. So White successfully evacuates the King first.
Actually, Black does the same, but with a different result.} 51. Kg2 Qa6 52.
Rd1 Rcc8 53. Kf2 $1 Rh7 54. Ke1 Ke8 55. Kd2 Kd7 56. Kc1 Rc7 57. Kb1 Rc8 58. Ka2
Rc7 59. Bc1 Kc8 60. Ne1 Kb7 61. Ng2 Qa8 62. Ne3 Rd7 63. Bb2 Qd8 64. g4 $1 hxg4
65. hxg4 Qf8 66. Rdc1 Nd8 67. Ng3 Rh6 68. Nxd5 cxd5 69. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 {GM Boensch is an expert in this system and has very good results here.
} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. Rb1 {Play with 0-0-0 is more popular and seems
to promise White more.} g6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 {This is rather unusual
- normally White tries to manage b4-b5 in such positions. The text move blocks
the queenside, which in a long run is in Black's favour as he has better
prospects on the other wing.} Nd7 15. Na4 f5 16. O-O Ndf6 17. Qc1 Be6 18. Bc2
Ne4 19. Rb3 g5 $5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nc5 Rae8 22. Re1 Bc8 $15 {This is a very
typical piece set-up - now Black has not troubles on the queenside and can
play on the kingside at his leisure.} 23. Ng3 $6 Nxg3 24. hxg3 f4 $1 25. g4 $6
(25. gxf4 $142 gxf4 26. e4) 25... Qg7 $1 26. Qd1 Nb5 $6 (26... Nc4 $5) 27. Bd3
h5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. gxh5 g4 $1 30. exf4 g3 31. Rbe3 (31. Re5 $5) 31... Rxe3
32. Rxe3 Qf6 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. Ke2 Qh2 35. Qf1 Bh3 36. Kd2 Bxg2 $19 37. Qe1 (37.
Qb1 $142 Bxf3+ 38. Kc3) 37... Bh3+ 38. Re2 g2 39. Qf2 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 ({RR} 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. b4
Be6 14. b5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Qb2 Nf6 $132 {I.
Ivanov-Yermolinsky, USA (ch) 1996.}) 12. Rfe1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] It seems that
in this particular position this move is new. White has a wide choice here,
but Black's position is very solid in all lines.} (12. Rae1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Ng6
14. Bg3 Ndf8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rc1 Rac8
20. Rfd1 Rc7 21. a3 Rec8 {Dreev-Akopian, Groningen 1991.}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
b4 Rc8 14. Na4 Rc7 15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qb1 Bd6 17. b5 Qf6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nh2
Qh4 20. Bf5 Qh5 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 $132 {Karpov-Campora, San Nicolas 1994.}) (12.
Bf4 N6d7 13. Bh2 g6 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Bg1
Qe7 19. g4 Re8 20. Rae1 Qg7 21. Nh2 Qh6 22. Kg2 g5 {1/2-1/2
Polugaevsky-Nogueiras, Zagreb 1987.}) (12. Rab1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6
15. Na4 Qf6 16. Kh2 $2 Bxh3 $1 17. Kxh3 Qh6+ 18. Kg3 Re4 $1 19. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 20.
Qxe4 dxe4 $19 {Henley-Klovans, Biel 1996.}) (12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4
f6 15. Nf3 Bf7 16. Rae1 c5 $132 {M. Gurevich-Akopian, Barcelona 1992.}) 12...
Rc8 13. a3 Ng6 14. b4 a5 $6 {This move just helps White's play on the
queenside.} (14... Bd6 15. e4 $5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Nc5 $36) 15. Na4 $1 (15.
Rab1 axb4 16. axb4) 15... Ne4 (15... axb4 $5 16. axb4 Ne4 (16... Bxb4 $2 17.
Reb1 $16) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc5 Bf5) 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc5 f5 (17... Bf5) 18.
bxa5 $1 {By opening up the b-file, White seizes the initiative, as he ties
Black down to the b7-pawn before Black can start any play on the kingside.}
Qxa5 19. Reb1 Qa7 (19... Nxc5 $2 20. dxc5 $16) 20. a4 Rf8 (20... b6 21. Nxe6
Rxe6 22. Qb3 $16) 21. a5 Bc8 {It looks like Black has finally prepared for
some action on the kingside, but his queen is badly misplaced and this ruins
his chances.} 22. Rb6 $1 h6 23. Qb3 Kh7 24. a6 $1 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Rf6 26. Nd4 Ne5
27. Bxf5+ $1 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Qb1 (29. Qb1 Ref7 30. Rxb7 $18 (30. axb7
$18)) 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 {[%mdl 4]} Ng6 ({Ahlander already tried a
similar set-up 11 years ago:} 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Be6
15. Rf2 Nf6 16. h3 Rad8 17. Raf1 Ng6 18. a3 Rf8 19. b4 a6 20. Na4 Nd7 21. e5
$36 {Bareev-Ahlander, Naestved 1988.}) 12. Rad1 Nh5 ({The main (and more
critical!) line is} 12... Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 {Here after} Ng4
16. Bc1 c5 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. Bxe8 dxc3 {Black did well in the game
Gulko-Sturua, Elista OL 1998:} 20. Bb5 cxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc2 23. Qxc2
Rxc2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc5 26. Be1 Bxa2 27. Bg3) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4
(14... Qg5 15. e5 Bh3 16. Rf2 Nh4 17. g3 f5 18. Kh1 f4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. Ng1
Ng3+ 21. hxg3 fxg3 22. Rh2 g2+ 23. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Re6 25. Qf2 Qh5 26. Qg3
$18 {Milanovic-Mirkovic, Belgrade 1998.}) 15. fxe4 Be6 $146 ({RR} 15... Bg4 16.
Rf2 Rad8 17. Rdf1 Rf8 18. h3 Be6 19. e5 c5 20. g4 cxd4 $13 {Brancaleoni-Stavru,
Forli 1992.}) 16. e5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6]} c5 $6 {[%csl Re5] As we
can see, Black's set-up is very similar to that in the game Bareev-Ahlander,
Naestved 1988, except that there Black hesitated with ...c5. Although this
move, which undermines White's centre, is very desirable for Black, it has
serious drawbacks too as now White's central pawns become mobile. In the game
White used their dynamic potential to the maximum:} 17. d5 $1 Bg4 18. e6 $1 {
[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Gc2g6,Ge6f7]} Nf6 (18... fxe6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6 Qh4
21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. d6 $18) 19. Ne4 Rf8 (19... fxe6 20. d6 $1 Qf7 21. Ng5 Qd7 22.
Nxh7 $18) 20. Bc4 $5 (20. exf7+ $5 Rxf7 21. d6 Qe5 22. Nxf6+ (22. Bc4 Be6 23.
Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nxc5 $16) 22... Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxc5 $16) 20... Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 f5 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Rd2 f4 24. Qb3 b5 25. Qxb5 f3 26. Ng3 fxg2 (26... Bxe6
27. dxe6 Qxd2 28. e7+ Kh8 29. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 30. gxf3 Nh4 31. Be2 $18) 27. Rxg2
Kh8 28. Rgf2 Nf4 29. Kh1 Qe5 30. e7 Rfb8 31. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Kh1 {This is one of possible
moves here. Most common is 12 Rad1, while 12 Bh4 and 12 Rae1 are also played
frequently.} Rc8 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bc1 c5 {This is
Black's preferred method of dealing with the d4/e4 pawn pair in such positions
- he wants the d4-pawn to step forward, which would give Black's knights an
excellent base on e5 and will also turn the d3-bishop into a poor creature.}
17. e5 {This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to feat
here.} ({White failed to get any advantage after} 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Nf4 cxd4 19.
Bxe8 dxc3 20. Bb5 cxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc2 {Gulko-Sturua, Elista Ol
1998.}) ({Also after} 17. d5 Bd7 18. Bb5 Bd6 {Black is fine.}) 17... cxd4 18.
Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxg6 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Rcd8 $11 23. Rc1 Bd6
24. Qd2 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe5 26. h3 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Ne5 28. Rh4+ Kg8 29. Nb5 Ng6 30.
Bxg6 fxg6 31. b3 Bf5 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Re7 34. Kg1 a6 35. h4 Bg4 36. Rc2
Rd7 37. Rd2 Rd5 38. Kf2 g5 39. hxg5 Rxg5 40. Ke3 Rd5 41. Ke4 Rc5 42. Kf4 Bd7
43. Nf3 g5+ 44. Ke3 Bc6 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd2 Kf6 47. Rf2 Bxf3 48. Rxf3+ Ke5 49.
Rf7 Rc3+ 50. Ke2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 {This move does not look aggressive,
but it has lots of poison.} Ne4 ({After} 11... Bd6 $6 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7
14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 {
White seized initiative in the game Gulko-Boensch, Thessaloniki 1988.}) ({
Apart from usual move - 11...Ng6, 11...Be6, 11...Ng4, Black can also play} 
11... Nh5 {After} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Qg5 14. Rae1 Bh3 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3
Bd7 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Qc3 Be6 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Be4 Rad8 22. Re3
Rd6 23. Bf5 Red8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 {Black kept the
balance in the game H.Olafsson-Baburin, Las Vegas 1997.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 ({Also quite interesting here is} 14. b4 $5 b6 15. Rfc1 f5
16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nce2 Qe5 20. Qc7 {as in the game
Chabanon-Hardarson, Reykjavik 1993.}) 14... f5 15. f3 ({Here White has a
completely different plan at his disposal:} 15. d5 $5 Ng6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Na4
Ne5 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Qc3 $16 {as in the game Iskusnyh-Baklanova, St.
Petersburg 1994.}) 15... exf3 16. Rxf3 Ng6 17. Re1 f4 18. Nge4 Qh4 (18... Bg4
$5 19. Rf2 fxe3 20. Rxe3 Qd7 21. Qd2 $11 {Guzman,E-Diedrichsen,D/BL2 1990.})
19. Rf2 fxe3 20. Rxe3 Be6 21. Nd6 {This is a good move, played with a wrong
idea in mind!} (21. Qa4) 21... Qxd4 22. Rd3 $4 (22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Re7 24.
Nxb7 $14) 22... Bc4 $1 $19 23. Rd1 Qxd6 24. Ne4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. Bg5 ({
If White prevents ...Nb4, the knight moves to c7 and then possibly to e6:} 7.
a3 Nc7 8. Bg5 g6 $1 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne4
14. Bf4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nb5 17. Qb3 Nxd6 18. a4 a6 19. Ne5 Re8 $15 {
Portisch-Kasparov, Skelleftea 1989.}) 7... Nb4 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e3 Nb4 9. Qb1
g6 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 Qb8 14. Na4 O-O 15. Ne5 Rd8 16.
Be2 Kg7 17. O-O $14 {Vaganian-Rogozenko, Deutschland 1996.}) 8. Qd2 ({RR} 8.
Qb1 g6 9. Qd1 Bf5 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Qb3 Bc8 13. e4 Bg7 14. Bxf6 (14. e5
$5) 14... Bxf6 15. exd5 O-O 16. Be2 (16. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 17. O-O) 16... Nc7 17.
dxc6 bxc6 $16 {Novikov-Franco, Saint Vincent 1999.}) 8... Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 (9...
Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. O-O Nc7
$11 {Bagirov-Molander, Patras 1999.}) 10. a3 Na6 11. Qf4 $1 Bg6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qxf6 gxf6 {White has got a favourable pawn structure. One possible plan
for him is to attack the g6-bishop with Nh4 and f2-f4.} 14. g3 $146 (14. e3 $1
Bd6 15. Bxa6 $5 (15. Nh4 $5 Nc7 16. f4 $1) 15... Rxa6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rc8+
Kd7 18. Rxh8 Rb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. O-O b5 $13 {Dunnington-Haugli,
Gausdal 1987. Though White lost that game, I feel that his chances are higher
here.}) 14... Nb8 15. Bh3 b5 16. O-O b4 $5 17. Nxd5 $6 {This sacrifice is very
tempting, but it's not likely to work.} (17. axb4 $142 axb4 18. Nd1) 17... cxd5
18. Rc8+ Ke7 19. Nh4 (19. Rfc1 Bh6 $1) 19... Bg7 20. Rc7+ Kd6 21. Rfc1 f5 22.
e3 Ke6 23. Rb7 Ra6 $17 24. Rcc7 Bf6 25. Ng2 Bg5 26. Ne1 bxa3 27. bxa3 Kd6 28.
Rc5 Nd7 29. Rcc7 Rd8 30. Ra7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Rb1 33. Kf1 Bd8 34. Ra8
Be7 35. Ke2 Bh5+ $1 36. f3 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Bg6 38. Nd3 Rb3 39. Ke2 Nb6 40. Ra6 Kc7
41. Ra7+ Kd8 42. Ne5 Bxa3 43. Nxf7+ Ke8 44. Ne5 Nc4 45. Nd3 Rc3 46. Nf4 Rc2+
47. Kd3 Rd2+ 48. Kc3 Bb2+ 49. Kb4 Nxe3 50. Kb5 Bxd4 51. Ra4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 {This move prevents
the line 6.e3 Bf5, where Black is doing quite OK at present. However, now
White has to deal with 6...Na6 and then either to allow ...Nb4 and possibly ...
Bf5 or spend a move on playing a2-a3.} Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10.
a3 Na6 11. Nge2 {This is the best try, as White must create problems to
Black's light-squared bishop. Other moves here are harmless.} (11. Bxa6 Rxa6
12. Nge2 Be7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O h5 17. e4 h4 $13 {
Zueger-King, Bern 1988.}) (11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Nge2 (13. Nf3 O-O 14.
h4 Re8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kf1 Nb8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Kg2 Be7 19. Na4 Nf6 {
Vyzmanavin-Ivanov, Elista 1995.}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ng3
Nb6 17. Rfe1 Nc7 18. e4 Qd7 19. e5 {1/2-1/2 Dokhoian-K.Georgiev, Igalo 1994.})
11... Bd6 {This is not the only move here, as other options are not bad either:
} (11... Nc7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nc5 Ra7 18. Nd3 $11 {Spassky-Szabo, Amsterdam 1956.}) (11... h6 12. Bf4 Nd7 $5
13. Ng3 Be6 14. e4 Nb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 $1 17. Bc4 Qxg2 18. Qe3
O-O-O 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rd7 21. Qe8+ Rd8 22. Qe6+ {Kasparov-Ivanchuk,
Wijk aan Zee 1999o^}) 12. f3 Be7 $2 (12... h6 $5) 13. g4 $1 Be6 14. Nf4 {
White's position is better, as he enjoys more space and if Black ever goes for
...c6-c5, the b5-square might be weak.} Nb8 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. Qf2
Qb8 18. Nce2 $5 {White does not rush with castling as he might attack with g-
and h-pawns if Black castles kingside too early.} h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bg6+ Ke7
21. O-O {[%csl Re7]} Nf8 22. Bb1 g5 23. Bg3 h5 24. e4 $1 Bxg3 25. Nxg3 h4 26.
Ne2 N8d7 $6 27. e5 Nh7 28. f4 $18 {[%csl Re7]} Qg8 29. f5 Nhf8 30. Qe3 a4 31.
Qd2 Kd8 32. Qb4 Ra7 33. Nc3 h3 34. Nxa4 Rh4 35. Nc5 Rxg4+ 36. Kh1 Kc7 37. Nxe6+
Nxe6 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. fxe6 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Rad1 (12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nh5 (
13... Ng7 $6 14. Bf2 c5 $2 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bh4 $1 $16 Bxe3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
Nxd5 Qg5 19. Nc7 Bh3 20. Nc3 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Baburin,A/Voronezh 1988/EXT 99 
(20)}) 14. Bf2 b6 $5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Qb1 a5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Bg1
Qd8 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Bg1 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Mukhametov,E/Kazan 1995/CBM 51
(21)}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh4 Nh5 (13... Ng7 14. e4 Be6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
f4 f6 18. b4 $36 {Shariyazdanov-Izmestiev, Perm 1993.}) 14. Bf2 f5 15. Kh1 (15.
e4 Nef4 16. e5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng7 $13) 15... Rf8 16. a3 $5 {As Black is
well-prepared for the e3-e4 break, White changes his plan and begins to grab
space on the queenside. The game enters the difficult phase of positional
manoeuvring, where chances remain approximately equal.} Neg7 17. b4 a6 (17...
a5 $5 18. b5 Bxa3 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb1 $13) 18. Na4 Bd6 19. Qc3 Bc7 20. Nc5
Qd6 21. Bg1 Qe7 (21... b6 22. Nb3 {followed by Rc1 and a3-a4-a5.}) 22. Bc2 f4
23. Nxf4 (23. e4 Ng3+ 24. Nxg3 fxg3 $13) 23... Nxf4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. Nd3 Bd6
26. Ne5 Bf5 27. Bb3 $5 {White prefers to keep the bishop, as otherwise Black's
knight, which is badly placed at the moment, would take a nice position on f5.}
Be6 28. Rde1 a5 29. bxa5 Qc7 30. a4 Qxa5 31. Qc1 Bf5 $6 32. g4 $1 Be6 33. Bc2
Qc3 34. Re3 Qa5 35. h3 c5 36. Rb3 Qc7 (36... Bxe5) (36... cxd4 37. Bxd4 Qxa4
38. Qe3 $44) 37. Qb2 Rab8 38. Rb6 cxd4 (38... Bxe5 $142 39. dxe5 d4 40. Be4 Rf7
41. Rc1 $1 $36) 39. Bxd4 Bc5 $2 {This allows White to get a minimal material
advantage.} 40. Bxc5 Qxc5 41. Nc6 $1 Rbe8 42. Rxb7 Rf7 43. Rb6 $6 ({After} 43.
Rxf7 $5 Bxf7 44. Nd4 Ne6 {it would be difficult for White to capitalise on his
extra pawn, as his king is rather exposed, but his decision to keep the rooks
on is very double-edged.}) 43... Qc4 44. Rf2 Qf4 45. Kg2 Nh5 $3 {I guess that
White missed this move in his early calculations. Now Black has more than
enough play for a pawn.} 46. Qe5 (46. gxh5 Qh4 $40) 46... Qh6 47. h4 Nf4+ 48.
Kg3 Qf8 49. Nd4 (49. Rb8 Bc8 50. Qb2 Qd6 51. Ne5 Rff8 $19) 49... Bxg4 50. Qd6
Qg7 51. Rb8 Rxb8 $4 {A gross mistake.} ({After the correct} 51... Nh5+ 52. Kg2
Rxb8 {Black is winning:} 53. Qxb8+ Rf8 54. Qb4 Qf6 $19) 52. Qxb8+ Rf8 53. Qxf8+
$1 Qxf8 54. fxg4 Qa3+ $2 {Yet another bad slip...} ({Black could still draw by
playing} 54... Qb4 $1 55. Rxf4 Qe1+ 56. Kf3 (56. Rf2 Qe5+ 57. Rf4 Qe1+ $11)
56... Qf1+ 57. Ke3 Qc1+ $11) 55. Kxf4 Qb4 56. Ke3 Qc3+ 57. Bd3 Qe1+ 58. Ne2 Qb4
59. Rf4 Qc5+ 60. Kf3 Qe7 61. g5 Qb7 62. Rd4 Qf7+ 63. Nf4 Qa7 64. Ne2 Qc5 65.
Ke3 Kf7 66. Kd2 Ke7 67. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Faibisovich, Vadim Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 ({Another
popular line here is} 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1) 7... Nc7 8. e3 Ne6 9. Bh4
Be7 10. Bd3 g6 {Because Black forced White to spend some time on the move
a2-a3, this old plan of exchanging the light-squared bishops is more
acceptable for him.} 11. Nge2 Ng7 12. f3 $1 {[%mdl 8] White is now prepared to
meet ...Bf5 with e3-e4 and ...Nf5 with Bf2.} O-O 13. O-O Nf5 $6 ({After} 13...
Re8 14. Bf2 a6 15. Rad1 Be6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. e4 {White zeised
initiative in the game Huzman-Bruk, Tel Aviv 1999:} dxe4 19. fxe4 Bh4 20. Bxh4
Qxh4 21. Nf4 Nh5 22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Nc3 Qg5 24. Kh2 f6 25. b4 Rcd8 26. Qf2 Rf8
27. Ne2 Kh8 28. Nf4) 14. Bf2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 17. Qd2 (17. e4
$6 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 dxe4 19. fxe4 Be6 $11) 17... Re8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Rad1 {
White enjoys a considerable positional advantage here, as in this position the
isolated d-pawn causes Black troubles without bringing him much benefits.
Playing against the isolani is generally advisable to get rid of opponent's
knights, leaving him with bishops - this is exactly what White did on move 16.}
Rad8 20. Nd4 h6 {Black plans to meet Bh4 with ...g5.} 21. Rc1 Bb6 22. Nxf5 gxf5
$2 ({This is positional capitulation - Black had to take with a queen:} 22...
Qxf5) 23. Ne2 Re5 24. Nd4 Nh5 25. Rcd1 Rde8 26. g3 Ng7 27. Kg2 Ne6 28. Ne2 f4
$2 29. exf4 Bxf2 30. Kxf2 $18 Rh5 31. g4 Rxh2+ 32. Kg3 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd8 34.
Re5 d4 35. Qd3 Qd6 36. Qf5 Kg7 37. Re4 d3 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Nd4 40. Kf2
Ne6 41. Ke3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Bh4 b6 $146 {
Sometimes Black play like this against the system with Nge2 and f2-f3. Still,
White's chances remain better, as make a few preparatory moves and then choose
between a plan with e3-e4 or even with f3-f4.} 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc1 $5 {
White protects the e3-square, preparing for e3-e4 break, after which Black
often has ...dxe4, fxe4 Ng4.} Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Rad8 19.
Bc4 $16 {White is ready to play e4-e5followed by Nc3-e4, aiming to occupy the
d6-square. So, Black tries to upset this plan:} b5 20. Bb3 b4 21. Na4 Ba6 22.
Bc4 Bb5 23. b3 Qh4 (23... Nf6 $5) 24. Qe3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Ng5 26. e5 f6 27. Nf4
$1 fxe5 28. Nxh5 Qxh5 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 $16 {White has more than enough for
a pawn: his passer can become dangerous, Black's pieces are uncoordinated and
his king is a bit weak. It's always easier to play such positions for the side,
which has the initiative.} Qg4 31. h3 Qh4 32. Nc5 e4 33. d6 Nf3 $2 {Black
desperately tries to do something about his queen and knight. However, this
attempt is doomed.} 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qb2+ Kg8 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. d7 Re7 38. Qb2+
Kg8 39. Qb3+ Kh8 40. Qb2+ Kg8 41. gxf3 e3 42. Rde1 Qxh3+ 43. Qh2 Qf5 44. Ne4
Rexd7 45. Rxe3 a5 46. Qh4 Rf8 47. Ng5 Qf4 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Rc1 Rf8 50. Kg2 a4
51. Kg3 Rb8 52. Ne4 Rdb7 53. Rc2 b3 54. axb3 Rxb3 55. Ree2 Rf8 56. Rf2 a3 57.
Rc4 h6 58. Ra4 Kg7 59. Nd2 Rd3 60. Nb1 g5 61. Rxa3 Rxa3 62. Nxa3 h5 63. Nc4 Kg6
64. Ra2 Rf6 65. Ne5+ Kh6 66. Ra4 Re6 67. Ra5 Rf6 68. Nd3 Kg6 69. Nf2 Rf5 70.
Ra8 Kg7 71. Ne4 Rb5 72. Ra6 Rf5 73. Rc6 Ra5 74. Kf2 g4 75. f4 h4 76. Ng5 Ra2+
77. Ke3 Ra3+ 78. Ke4 h3 79. Kf5 h2 80. Rc7+ Kg8 81. Rc8+ Kg7 82. Ne6+ Kh7 83.
Rc7+ Kh6 84. Nf8 Ra5+ 85. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salo, Tapio"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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"]

{This game illustrates that one can easily run into trouble by moving a pawn
forward and creating a weakness without good reason.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4
c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 {This version of the Exchange Variation in the QGD
gives White nothing, as Black is able to develop his bishop on f5.} Bf5 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rae1 Nd7 13.
Nd2 Rad8 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf8 17. Re2 Ne6 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Kh1
Qh4 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Kg1 Nf5 22. Nd1 Qg5 23. f4 {[#]White got absolutely
nothing out of the opening, and in fact ran into some difficulties. However,
it should be possible to overcome them sitting tight, but the text creates a
LONG-TERM weakness, thus making White's position worse.} Qe7 24. Nf2 Nd6 25.
Qd3 Qd7 26. h3 Kg7 27. b4 Re7 28. a4 {White's pawns on the queen side go
nowhere...} Rde8 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nd6 33. Kg3 f5 {
Fixing the backward pawn and strengthening the control over the e4-outpost.
Please pay attention to the fact that Black does not hurry to occupy the
outpost, as it would take away the pressure from the e3-pawn. Instead, Black
seeks to create a second weakness (target) somewhere.} 34. g5 Rh8 {The white
monarch appears to be the second target.} 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Nxh1 Re8 37. Nf2 Rh8
38. Re1 Qe8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Nxh1 Nc4 41. Kf3 Nb2 42. Qb3 Qe4+ {Finally!} 43.
Kg3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 {This line is a speciality of GM Evgeny
Vladimirov. White is preparing for the kingside attack.} Qa5 {This is a rare
move. Usually here Black tries to advance the a-pawn or both a- and b- pawns.
Another plane is ...Be6 and ...c5, but with White's knight on e2 rather than
on f3 Black may have more problems with the d5-pawn then.} (11... a5 12. g4 a4
(12... b5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 N8d7 16. Rhg1 Kh8 17. f3 b4 18. Na4
h6 19. h4 c5 20. Qg2 Rg8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kb1 Qb6 24. Rge1 $13 {
Bareev-Grosar, Ljublana Portoroz 1989.}) 13. Nxa4 b5 14. Nac3 N6d7 15. Bxe7
Rxe7 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Nc1 Nc4 18. e4 b4 19. Na4 b3 20. axb3 Na5 21. b4 Nb7 22.
e5 $18 {Vladimirov-Panchenko, Irkutsk 1983.}) (11... b5 12. Kb1 a5 13. g4 a4
14. Ng3 Qa5 15. Nce2 Bd7 (15... b4 16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qc1 Ne6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Qd2 g6 20. h4 Bg7 21. g5 Qb6 22. f4 $16 {Vladimirov-van der Sterren, Ostend
1990.}) (15... Ra6 16. Nh5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Neg3 Re7 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. gxf5 f6 22. Rhg1 Rf7 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. Nf4 Re7 26. Qc2 Rb6
27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Rg4 Rf7 29. f3 Re7 30. Qf2 Rb8 31. Rcg1 Nf8 32. Nc5 Rc8 33. e4
Kh8 34. Qd2 dxe4 35. fxe4 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rde8 37. Qf2 Rf7 38. Rgg1 Nd7 39. Ne6 Nf8
40. Nc5 Nd7 41. Ne6 Nf8 42. d5 cxd5 43. exd5 a3 44. Qg3 Qxg3 45. Rxg3 axb2 46.
d6 Nd7 47. Rc3 g6 48. Rc7 Kg8 49. Rd2 gxf5 50. Rg2+ Kh8 51. Nc5 Ne5 52. d7 Rd8
53. Rd2 h6 54. Rc8 Rff8 55. Rxd8 Rxd8 56. Rf2 Nxd7 57. Rd2 f4 58. Nxd7 f3 59.
Kxb2 Kg7 60. Rd6 f2 61. Rxf6 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,E-Polovodin,I/Moscow 1994/CBM
45 ext (61)}) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Rac8 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. f3 c5 20. Nf4 N8d7
21. Qg2 Rg8 $13 {Vladimirov-Baburin, Leningrad 1989.}) 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Bxe7
Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Rxe7 16. b4 $1 {It does not matter that White
pushes pawns from his own king - the king is safe, while the minority attack
is still a valid plan.} b5 {I am reluctant to call it a mistake, but this move
has serious risk - now Black has permanent weaknesses on the queenside.} 17. a4
a6 18. a5 Ne6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Rc1 g6 (20... Nc7 $5 {with the idea ...Nc7-e8-d6.
}) 21. h4 $1 {Probing the kingside too.} h5 {Now Black's pawn formation
becomes fixed. Perhaps Black should have restrained from this move, although
then White would have played h4-h5 himself and then maybe doubled on the
h-file.} 22. Ng1 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Kg7 23. Nf3 f6 {[%csl Rg6]} 24. Nd2 Rae8 25.
Nb3 Nd8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Kc2 Ne6 28. Nb3 $1 {White has more space and thus
should not exchange pieces without a good reason.} f5 {Black is preventing
f2-f3 and e3-e4, but he is weakening the dark squares.} 29. g3 Rf8 30. Kd2 Bd7
31. Be2 Rf6 32. Rc2 Nd8 {This move would be forced sooner or later - after Bf3
and Rhc1 White would be able to take on c6 otherwise.} 33. Nc5 Bc8 34. Nd3 Nf7
35. Rhc1 Bd7 36. Ke1 Kf8 $2 {Black errs. It would be interesting to see how
Vladimirov would have broken otherwise. He obviously had good chances, but it
won't be easy.} 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Nxa6 $1 {Nice touch!} Bxa6 39. Rxc6 Ree6 40.
R6c5 Nd6 41. Rxd5 f4 42. gxf4 Nf5 43. Bxb5 $18 Nxh4 44. Bxa6 Rxa6 45. Rd7 Rf7
46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. Ra1 Nf5 48. b5 Ra8 49. b6 Nd6 50. a6 Ke6 51. a7 h4 52. Kf1
h3 53. Kg1 Kd5 54. Rc1 Ke4 55. Rc6 Nf5 56. b7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Bh4 ({RR} 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Rad1
Ng6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bc1 c5 17. e5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxg6 Qxe5
20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Rcd8 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Qd2 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe5
$11 {Sadler-Asrian, Las Vegas 1999.}) 12... Rc8 13. Rad1 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... b5
14. Bf2 a6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg4 18. e5 Bh5 19. Bf5 Bg6 20.
Ng3 Qd5 21. a3 Ne6 $11 {Ippolito-L.Portisch, Linares 2000.}) 14. Bf2 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 {This one quite common transformation of the pawn structure in this
line. If Black does not have immediate problems with the d5-pawn, he might get
reasonable play. Of course, for a usual position with the isolated d-pawn
Black's knight on f8 is somewhat misplaced, but White's pieces are also not
placed typically.} 16. Qb1 Qe7 17. Nd4 Rcd8 18. Bc2 $5 Ng6 19. Ba4 Rf8 20. Bb3
Bb4 21. Nce2 Rc8 22. Nf4 $5 {White offers to change the pawn structure.} Nxf4
23. exf4 Qc7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. f5 $1 exf5 26. Qxf5 Rcd8 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Qxd7
Rxd7 29. Rfd1 $16 {White has a pleasant edge.} Bd6 30. Bd4 Bf4 31. Rc2 Kf7 32.
g3 Bb8 33. Bb6 Rh8 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 Rh6 36. Rc8 Be5 37. Rd2 Rg6 38. Bf2 Rh6
39. Kh3 Bc7 40. Ba4 $5 b5 41. Bb3 Ba5 42. Rd3 Bd8 43. Ra8 Be7 44. Be3 Rh7 45.
Rxa6 $18 Rh8 46. Rb6 b4 47. Bd2 Rc8 48. Kg2 Bc5 49. Rb5 Re7 50. Rxc5 Re2+ 51.
Kf1 Rxd2 52. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Pontresina"]
[Date "2000.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Black "Kaenel, Hansjuerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Nf6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne4 17. b5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. bxc6 (19. Ne5 c5) 19...
Bxc6 {White has reached a dream position of the side playing the minority
attack - both the bb7- and d5-pawns are isolated and may come under serious
pressure. A good technician would anticipate a long squeeze here, but in this
game GM Nemet was not up to the task, letting Black off the hook.} 20. Bb5 $6 {
This is very typical for such positions - Black's bishop is passive, but it
protects the weak pawns. In principle, the idea to exchange the bishop is
sensible, but perhaps White should not have rushed implementing it.} (20. Rfc1
$5) (20. Ne5 $5) 20... Rec8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rfc1 Ne6 23. Qb4 $6 {White
already let some advantage go, but this exchange makes Black's defence even
easier. The point is that now Black can bring his king to protect the c6-pawn
pawn if necessary. Having just one target to attack is usually not enough to
win the game!} Qxb4 24. Rxb4 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Nd4
g6 29. g4 Kf8 30. g5 Kg7 31. h4 h6 32. Kg2 hxg5 33. hxg5 Kf8 34. f3 Ke7 35. Kg3
Rc7 36. Kg4 Kd6 37. Rb6+ Ke7 38. Nc6+ Kf8 39. Ne5 Re7 40. f4 Nd7 41. Nxd7+ Rxd7
42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke2 d4 44. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Be7 (13... Qd6
14. Rab1 a6 15. Rfc1 Bd8 16. Bf5 Bc7 17. Na4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Re7 19. Nc5 Bd8 20.
a4 $36 {Lerner-Malakhov, Oberwart 1999.}) (13... a6 $5 {- it is usually better
for Black to exchange the a-pawns (when White plays aa2-a4 and b4-b5) in such
positions, as otherwise Black's a-pawn might become weak later.}) 14. b5 Bd6 {
[%cal Gd8f6,Gc8h3,Gf6f3]} 15. bxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rc6]} 16. Bf5 $5 {[%csl Gc8,Gf5]
Exchanging the light-squared bishops White lessens Black's chances for a
successful attack on the kingside. Also, though Black's light-squared bishop
is technically 'bad', it can protect the c6-pawn and threaten White's kingside.
} (16. Nb1 Qf6 17. Nbd2 h6 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Qd1 Rb8 20. Nb3 Rb6 21. Rc2 Nf5 22.
Nc5 g6 23. Rac1 Kg7 24. Na4 Rb4 25. Rxc6 Bd7 26. Ra6 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. Nc5
$2 Bxh3 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Bf1 Qg3 $19 {Yermolinsky-Garcia,G St. Martin 1993.})
16... Qf6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rab1 Rc7 19. Qa4 Rec8 {It looks like Black has
failed to find any active plan on the kingside and now he is going on
defensive.} 20. Rb2 Qe7 21. Rfb1 Nf8 22. Qa6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]} Nd7 23. Rb7 (23.
a4 $5) 23... Nb6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Na4 Nd7 26. Rc1 (26. Rb7 $142 $5 Nf8 27. Rb8
$16) 26... Qf6 27. Kh1 h6 {Black is able to protect the c6-pawn tactically.}
28. Nc3 (28. Rxc6 $2 Nb8) 28... g6 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Qf4 $11 32.
Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Ba3 34. Rc3 Bf8 35. g4 Nf6 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. Kg2 Bd6 38. Kf2
c5 39. dxc5 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Ng3 {
[#] Black was well prepared for the standard e3-e4, which he might meet with
d5xe4, f3xe4 and then c6-c5 or Nf6-g4. That's why Tukmakov leaves this advance
in the center for a while and keeps manouevring.} Nh5 15. Bxe7 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3
Qxe7 17. Kg1 $1 {White changes the plan: in the new circumstances he will
probably go for the minority attack (b2-b4-b5); Black decides not to wait for
it and goes for c6-c5.} c5 18. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rd4 b5 21. a3 Qb6
22. Rfd1 Rc4 23. Kf2 a6 24. Qe2 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 {This position is clearly in
White's favour.} Qc5 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. b4 Qb6 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30.
Qxd5 Qf6 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. Qc3 Kh7 33. g4 Qa2+ 34. Kg3 f6 35. g5 fxg5 36. e4 Qe2
37. Qc1 Qd3 38. Kg4 Qc4 39. Qxg5 Qa2 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43.
Qg3 Qxa3 44. Qd6 Qb2 45. g3 Kh8 46. Kg5 Qh2 47. Kf4 Qh6+ 48. Ke5 Qh5+ 49. Kd4
Qxf3 50. Qxg6 Qf2+ 51. Kd5 Qd2+ 52. Kc6 Qxb4 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ Kg8 55. Qe8+
Kh7 56. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 12. Rad1 h6 {This is a relatively
new try.} ({Much more common here is} 12... Be6 {where the following game is
important for the theory:} 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bc1 c5 17.
Bb5 Qc7 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. Bxe8 dxc3 20. Bb5 cxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc2 23.
Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc5 $17 {Gulko-Sturua, Elista 1998.}) ({
Also popular is} 12... Nh5 {but here Black has more problems, for example:} 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Be6 16. e5 c5 17. d5 Bg4 18. e6 $40 {
Yakovich-Ahlander, Stockholm 1999.}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15.
Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. e4 $13) 13... Bxf6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. e4 g5 16. e5
$146 ({In the game Touzane-Plachetka, Portoroz 1998, a draw was agree after} 
16. a4 Be6 17. a5 Be7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Bg5 20. Nxe6) 16... Be7 17. f4 gxf4
18. Nxf4 Rf8 19. Ng6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Be6 21. Ne2 {Here knights are superior to
bishops. Besides, White can choose which bishop to exchange and which to leave
to Black.} Qd7 22. h4 Re8 23. Ng3 Bf7 $6 (23... Bd8 $5 {- this bishop might be
needed to protect the d6-square and to attack the d4-pawn.}) 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.
Nf5 $16 {[%csl Rd6]} Re6 26. Nd6 Bg6 27. Qc3 Rxd6 {It is unlikely that Black
could put up with such a knight for too long!} 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Qa3 Qb8 30.
Qe7 Qg3 31. Rf3 $2 {Here White missed a clear win. The rest of the game is
less interesting for this pawn formation.} (31. Rf8+ Kh7 32. Qd8 $1 $18 Be4 33.
Rh8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kf5 35. Qf7+ Kg4 36. Qxg7+) 31... Qg4 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Qf4
Qd7 34. Rg3 Be4 35. Qe5 Qf7 36. h5 Qd7 37. b4 a6 38. a4 Kg8 39. a5 Kh7 40. Kf2
Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qf8 Bc2 43. Qf4 Be4 44. Qe5 Kg8 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Ke2 Kg8
47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qf8 Bc2 49. Kd2 Be4 50. Kc1 Qc7 51. Rg4 Qd7 52. Rf4 Bxg2 53.
Qf5+ Qxf5 54. Rxf5 Kg8 55. Kd2 Bh3 56. Rf4 Be6 57. Ke3 Bf7 58. Rf5 Kf8 59. Re5
Be8 60. Kf4 Bf7 61. Kg4 Be8 62. Kg3 Bf7 63. Kf4 Be8 64. Kf5 Bxh5 65. Ke6 Bg6
66. Re3 Bc2 67. Rf3+ Kg8 68. b5 cxb5 69. Kxd5 b4 70. Kc4 b3 71. Kc3 g5 72. d5
g4 73. Rf4 h5 74. d6 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1999.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {The system with ...Nh5 is hard to crack,
although usually White enjoys lasting strategic initiative here.} 11. Nge2 ({
White can also develop this knight to f3, for example:} 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Kb1
Bd7 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Kb8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Bc8 18. Ka1 Nfd7
19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Ng3 g6 21. a3 h5 22. f3 h4 23. Ngf1 Nh5 $132 {Bareev-Berkovich,
New York Open USA 1998.}) 11... Nb6 12. O-O-O ({White used a similar plan in
the game Lazarev-Gomez Esteban, Elgoibar 1999:} 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
Kb1 Kb8 15. Nc1 g6 16. Rhe1 Ng7 17. f3 Rhe8 18. Qf2 {After} Ka8 19. Bc2 Nc4 20.
e4 Qb4 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qh4 h5 26. Qf6 {
he eventually won.}) 12... Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nc1 g6 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Nb3
Ng7 17. f3 $1 {[%mdl 4] White does not hurry to put the knight to c5, as there
it might be exchanged after ...Ne6. Instead White prepares to play in the
centre - something, for which his pieces are suitably placed.} Be6 18. Qf2 Qc7
19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. e4 $1 $16 Qxh2 $2 22. f4 Nh5 23. Bxc4 Qxf4 ({After
} 23... dxc4 {White would probably play} 24. Ne2 Bh3 25. Rg1 {planning 26 Rcf1.
}) 24. Qxf4+ Nxf4 25. exd5 Nxg2 26. Re7 $18 f5 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. d5 cxd5 29.
Bxd5 Nf4 30. Bb7 Rd6 31. Nb5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. e3
Ne6 9. Bh4 g6 10. Bd3 Ng7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 $1 (14.
Rab1 Bf5 15. a4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b5 a5 $5) 14... Bf5 15. Nc5
{Usually in such positions Black tries to tolerate the enemy knight on c5, as .
..b6 weakens his pawn chain on the queenside too much.} b6 16. Nb3 Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Rc2 $1 Nf5 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Ne5 Ne7
23. f3 Nd6 24. e4 $1 Kg7 25. a4 $5 {[%mdl 32] White plans to weaken Black's
queenside furthermore with a4-a5.} f6 26. Ng4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qd7 28. h3 h5 29.
Nf2 Nb7 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Qd8 32. Qc3 Rab8 33. Nd3 {[%csl Rc5]} Qd6 34. Rf2
$5 {[%csl Rf6]} Rf8 35. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]} Nd8 36. Nbc5 Rb5 37. Rcf1 Qc7
$2 38. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Re6]} Rxc5 39. Qxc5 Qd7 40. e5 Nf5 41. Nxh5+ gxh5 42.
Rxf5 Ne6 43. exf6+ Kg6 44. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8.
Nge2 Ne6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O (10. Qc2 $5 g6 11. O-O-O c5 $5 $132) 10... c6 11.
Qc2 g6 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f3 {[%mdl 4]} ({White employed a
different plan in the game 0-1 L.Johannessen-Westerinen, Gausdal 2000:} 14. e4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Ng5 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Qd2 (17. d5 $5) 17... Rad8 18. f3 Bc8 19.
Rfe1 Qf6 20. Bc4 Rfe8 21. d5 $36 {Then Black radically changed the character
of the game by} Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxf3 {and after} 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qg2 Qe3+ 25. Qf2
Qg5+ 26. Kh1 b5 27. Bb3 b4 28. dxc6 bxc3 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Nxc3
Rf8 {Black got lucky:} 32. Qe3 $4 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxe3 34. Rde1 Qc5 {0-1}) 14...
Bd7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. a3 {There is no need to rush with e3-e4 here. White plans
to grab some space on the queenside first. White's position is very
comfortable and it's not surprising that many players (for example, Kasparov)
like to get this pawn formation with White.} Bc8 17. b4 a6 18. Rfe1 $14 {
White's position is more elastic - he can either play in the centre (у3-у4) or
go for the minority attack on the queenside.} Rfe8 19. Nc1 $1 f5 $6 {[%csl Re5]
Black takes measures against the central thrust, but creates a hole in his
position.} 20. Bf1 {[%cal Gc1d3,Gd3e5]} f4 21. exf4 Nhxf4 22. Re5 $1 Qf6 23.
Rde1 g5 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bf5 h6 26. Qe3 $1 Kf7 (26... Nxd4 $2 27. Qxd4 Qxf5 28.
Rxf5 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rxc1 30. Rf6 $18) 27. g3 Ng6 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Nd3 $16 Nf8
$2 30. Na4 ({White could have won quicker -} 30. Nc5 $1 $18 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7
32. Nxb7) 30... Kg7 31. Ndc5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qe7 33. Nxb7 $18 {White has both
positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.} Re8 34. Nd6
Ra8 35. Nc5 a5 36. Qc3 axb4 37. axb4 Kg8 38. Qd3 Rb8 39. Nxd7 Qxd7 40. Nf5 Rxb4
41. Nxh6+ Kh8 42. Ng4 Qh7 43. Qxh7+ Nxh7 44. e6 Rb8 45. e7 Re8 46. Ne5 Kg7 47.
Nxc6 Kf7 48. Re5 Nf6 49. Rxg5 Rc8 50. Nd4 Kxe7 51. Kf2 Rc3 52. Re5+ Kf7 53. g4
Rd3 54. Nf5 Rd2+ 55. Re2 Rd1 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. g5 Nh5 58. g6 Rd2+ 59. Ke3 Rg2
60. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qd2 f5 $5 $146 14. e4
$1 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg4 (16... Be6 $5 17. Qg5 g6 18. Qh6 $13) 17.
Kh1 $5 (17. Bc4+ $6 Be6 $11) (17. Rae1 $5) 17... h6 $6 (17... Bxe2 $1 18. Qxe2
Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qe5 20. Bc4+ (20. Qg4 $5 g6 21. Qh4) (20. Qf3 $5) 20... Kh8 21.
Qf2 $44) 18. Rae1 Qc7 $6 19. N2c3 $16 Rd8 20. Be2 $1 (20. Bc4+ $5 Kh8 21. d5)
20... Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Nf4 $8 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Qxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Ng8+
Kf7 26. Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Rxf4+ Kg6 {R 9/h} 28. d5 $4 (28. h3 Ne6 29. Rg4+ Kf5 30.
Ne2 $16) 28... cxd5 29. Rd4 Kf5 30. Rxd5+ Rxd5 31. Nxd5 Ke4 32. Nb4 a5 $6 $138
(32... Ne6 $1 33. g4 $1 (33. Kg1 $2 Nd4 34. a3 a5 35. Na2 Kd3 $17) 33... Kf3
$11) 33. Nc2 Kd3 34. Na3 Nd7 $1 (34... Ne6 35. g4 Nc7 36. h4 b5 37. g5 hxg5 38.
h5 Nd5 39. Nxb5 $16) 35. g4 Ne5 36. h3 Kd2 37. b3 Kc1 $4 (37... Kc3 $1 38. Kg2
Kb2 39. Nc4+ Nxc4 40. bxc4 Kxa2 41. h4 a4 $11) 38. Nc4 Nc6 39. h4 Kb1 40. g5
hxg5 41. h5 $1 $18 Ne7 42. h6 Ng6 43. a4 b6 44. Nxb6 Kc2 45. b4 axb4 46. a5 b3
47. Na4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O {More common (and more
agressive) is 12.O-O-O.} O-O 13. Rae1 {This is a new idea, usually White plays
13.Rab1 with further b2-b4-b5 here.} Re8 14. Nc1 Nf6 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Nc5 Qc7
17. b4 Nbd7 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Qf2 Nc4 {Probably Black should not
occupy this square with the Knight, as later it makes it possible for White to
play e3-e4-e5, as Black cannot take on e4 - the Knight is hanging.} 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. e4 b6 23. Nb3 Qe7 24. e5 Nh7 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Nf8 27. Nc3 Qb4 28. Rc1
Bb7 29. f4 Rc8 30. Nb1 Rc7 31. f5 Rec8 32. Rce1 f6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Qh4 Re7
35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qxh6 Re8 37. h3 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Nc1 Nb2 40. Bb5 a6 41.
Be2 Re4 42. Nc3 Rxd4 43. Nb3 Rb4 44. Bf3 d4 45. Nd5 Bxd5 46. Bxd5+ Kg7 47. Rf4
Nd3 48. Rxd4 Rxd4 49. Nxd4 Kh6 50. g3 Nd7 51. Kg2 N7e5 52. Kf1 Nb4 53. Be6 Nbd3
54. Ke2 b5 55. Nb3 Nb4 56. Nc5 Kg7 57. Kd2 a5 58. Nb7 Nbc6 59. Nd6 Nd4 60. Ke3
Nec6 61. Ne8+ Kf8 62. Nxf6 Ke7 63. Nd5+ Kd6 64. Nf4 b4 65. Ne2 Nxe2 66. Kxe2 a4
67. Kd3 Ke5 68. Bd7 b3 69. a3 Nd4 70. Bxa4 b2 71. Bc2 Nxf5 72. g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sotnikov, Igor"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 (7...
g6 8. e3 (8. e4) 8... Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 $10) 8. a3 Nc7 9. e3 Ne6
10. Bh4 g6 {This old-fashioned plan is acceptable here, as White has spent
some time on a2-a3 - usually after Nb8-d7-f8-e6-g7 White is able to stop Bf5
by g2-g4 (after Bd3 & h2-h3), with further O-O-O and attack on the KSide.} 11.
Bd3 Ng7 12. O-O Bf5 {The point - Black gets rid of the Bishop, which is
supposed to be "bad".} 13. b4 a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a4 (15. Na4 $5) 15... O-O
16. b5 a5 $5 {This is an idea of Spassky - Black keeps the a-pawns, as the
a5-pawn helps to control the b4-square, while the a4-pawn makes it difficult
for the a4-Knight to get to c5.} 17. Rab1 Bxd3 (17... Be7 $5) 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19.
Rfc1 Re8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne2 Qd6 22. Qc3 Ra6 23. Nf4 Rb8 24. Nd3 Rxb1 25.
Rxb1 Qc7 26. Qb3 Bd8 27. Nc5 Ra7 28. Qb8 $1 Kg7 29. Ne5 Ne7 30. Ned7 Qxb8 31.
Rxb8 Bc7 {[#] This typical "Carlsbad"-endgame favours White, who can attack
two potential targets: the panws on a5 & c6. The result of the game is due to
poor play of White later in the game; up to this moment he was doing well.} 32.
Rb1 (32. Rb7 $5) 32... Bd6 33. Rb7 Ra8 34. g3 h5 35. h3 g5 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Ke2
g4 38. h4 f6 39. Nb6 Re8 40. Nb3 Nf5 41. Nd7 Bxg3 42. fxg3 Nxg3+ 43. Kf2 Ne4+
44. Kg2 Nd6 45. Rc7 Rxe3 46. Rxc6 Ne4 47. Nbc5 Rg3+ 48. Kf1 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Re3+
50. Kd1 g3 51. Rc8 Kf5 52. Rg8 Nf2+ 53. Kd2 Ra3 54. Ke2 Ng4 55. Kf1 Kf4 56.
Nxf6 Kf3 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O {In recent games Grandmasters
preferred the plan with 0-0-0 here. However, after this game castling kingside
may gain in popularity, as the set-up, which White employed in the game, looks
very attractive.} O-O 12. Rae1 (12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nf6 15. b5 axb5
16. axb5 Bf5 17. Nf4 Rfc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $14 {Baburin-King, Dublin 1995.
}) (12. Qd2 $5 Ndf6 13. f3 Be6 14. e4 Rad8 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Ng7 17. h3 f5 18.
Kh2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nbd4 $16 {Garcia Ilundain-Piankov, Leon
1998.}) 12... Ndf6 (12... Nb6 13. Nc1 Re8 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nf4 16. Be2
Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bf5 18. Qb3 h5 19. Qc3 h4 $132 {Gershon-Chandler, Bermuda 1999.}
) 13. Nc1 $1 {This is the key move for the line with 11.0-0 and 12.Rae1. White
prepares to play f2-f3, while this knight can go to b3 and c5.} Ng7 14. f3 c5
$6 {[%csl Rd5]} 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Qf2 Ne6 (17... Bf5 18. e4 $1
Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 {and Black has problems with hanging pieces on the f-file.}) 18.
Qh4 $1 Qd8 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Rf2 Bc6 21. e4 $5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 {
[%csl Rc6]} 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rd7 {In the ending White's advantage
is close to decisive, as Black has too many structural weaknesses while his
pieces are inactive.} Nd5 27. Na5 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Rd2 Rb8 30. a3 f5 31.
Nc5 Kf7 32. b4 Ke7 33. Re2+ Kf7 34. Nc4 Nf6 35. Kf2 f4 36. h4 h6 37. Nd6+ Kf8
38. Ne8 $1 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM Pool B"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bh6 Nh5 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Ng7 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bf5 17. Bxg7 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Kxg7 19. b5 {In such pawn
formation White usually has slightly better chances, as he might be able to
put pressure on the c6-pawn. Black should seek counter-play on the kingside
and along the open a-file.} Bd6 20. Rb3 Nd7 21. Rfb1 Ra7 22. g3 Nf6 23. Kg2 Qa8
24. Ne5 $2 ({Better was} 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd2 {leaving Black with a backward
pawn on c6.}) 24... c5 {Now White's rook on the b-file look silly.} 25. b6 c4
26. Qd1 Ra5 27. Rb5 Qa6 28. g4 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 Qxb6 (29... Bxe5 $2 30. dxe5 Rxe5
31. Qd4 Re4 32. Qc3 h6 33. Nc7 $36) 30. Nc3 $6 (30. Nxd6 $142 Qxd6 31. Rxb7 Re7
$15) 30... Qa5 31. g5 $6 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Ne4 33. Nb5 Qa2 $19 34. Qe1 Rxe5 35. h4
Rf5 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O g6 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bh4 Ng7 15.
Bxf6 (15. b5 $5 Bxa3 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4) 15... Bxf6 16. b5 Bg4 17. bxc6 bxc6
18. Nd2 Be7 19. a4 Bd6 {This pawn formation is typical for Spassky's idea, who
used to play ...a6 and after a2-a4 and b4-b5 - ...a5!, gaining control over
the b4-square. This may allow Black to block the b-file, if necessary. It's
also important that the a4-square is not available for the c3-knight, which
would otherwise go to c5. Usually in such positions White goes for the e3-e4
break, trying to get access to the weakness on c6.} 20. Rfe1 (20. e4 $5) 20...
Qg5 21. Rb6 Nf5 $1 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Na2 Qd8 25. Rb3 c5 $1 {
White's pieces are badly co-ordinated and thus the c6-c5 break is well timed.}
26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Rc3 Bd6 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Nb3 $2 Qa6 (29... Bxh2+ $1 30. Kxh2
Qb8+ 31. Kg1 Qxb3 $19) 30. Qd2 Rb8 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Nc3 Qc4 33. Ndb5 $2 Bb4 $19
34. Rc1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Panikarovsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O Ne4 {More common is 11...g6 or 11...Be6.
Also 11...Nh5 is quite popular.} 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {This is the problem
with 11...Ne4 - White will be able to attack Black's centre again by c3-c4. In
practice this line brings White very good results.} Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. c4
Bd7 ({Also after} 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 {White's chances are better, as his
central pawns are more valuable than Black's majority on the queenside.}) 16.
Rab1 b6 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Ne5 g6 19. c5 ({Also worth considering was} 19. cxd5
cxd5 20. Qb3 {for example:} Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Qa4 {and
White has a very stable advantage. However, the text gives White even more.})
19... Qc7 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Qxb6 Rxa2 23. Qc5 ({I am not sure that
White should exchange queens in positions like this. I would have preferred} 
23. Rc2) 23... Qf6 (23... Qxc5 $5 24. Rxc5 f6) 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Be8 26.
Ba4 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Rb7 Qe6 29. Qa7 Be8 30. Bd1 Qd6 (30... h5 $5) 31. Bg4
Rd8 32. h4 h5 33. Bh3 Qf6 34. g3 Qd6 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. Qa5 Qd6 37. Qc7 Qf6 38.
Ra7 Kf8 39. Kf1 Qd6 $6 {This exchange has some tactical drawbacks.} ({It was
better to play} 39... Kg7) 40. Qxd6+ Rxd6 {White has obtained his dream
position - with the weak pawn on c6. Usually such are not easy to win, as
Black has only one weakness, but here Black's pieces are also awkwardly placed.
} 41. Rc7 f5 $2 {I really don't like this move, but it's hard to show an
alternative. The problem with the text is that White's bishop is shut only
temporarily and will find some other diagonals, while the whole complex of
dark squares in Black's camp is going to be weak forever.} ({Black's problem
is that after} 41... Rd8 42. Bc8 $1 {he is nearly in a stalemate and cannot
deal with the march of White's king to c5.}) 42. Ke2 Bd7 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Kf4
Kf6 45. Bf1 $1 Be8 46. Bd3 Re6 47. Bc2 Rd6 48. Ba4 Bd7 49. Ra7 Be8 50. Kf3 Ke6
51. Rc7 Bd7 52. Ke2 $1 {The king is going to c5.} Be8 53. Kd3 Rd8 54. Bxc6 $1
Kd6 55. Bxe8 Kxc7 56. Bxg6 $18 Rf8 57. Ke2 Kd6 58. Kf3 Ke6 59. Kf4 Rf6 60. Bxh5
Rh6 61. Kg5 Rh8 62. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Rc1 O-O-O 14.
Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Rc3 Be8 {Black has to play this awkward move in
order to meet Rc3-a3 with ...b7-b6. Yet, it's hard for White to show any
advantage here.} 17. Ra3 b6 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Nc3 (19. Rc1 $5 Ng4 $1 $13) 19...
Rc8 20. Rc1 c5 $1 21. dxc5 Rxc5 {White may be slightly better in this pawn
structure, but his a3-rook is misplaced and because of that Black is just fine.
} 22. Qb3 Bd7 23. Qb4 Re8 24. Qf4+ Qe5 25. Ne2 Qxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 g5
28. Ne2 Ng4 $15 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Bxh7 Rh8 31. Bc2 g4 32. hxg4 Bxg4 33. Nf4 Rh1+
34. Kd2 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ra4 f5 37. Kc3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes m"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.02.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 {Une petite surprise puisque Karpov joue
généralement 3...Fb4} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h4 $5 {J'ai décidé de jouer cette variante peu
connue,il faudrait plusieurs parties а haut niveau pour bien comprendre la
position. Les blancs n'ont pas d'idée claire alors que les noirs préparent
l'avance c6-c5. Le coup h4 sert а éviter un éventuel Cf6-e4.} Be6 12. Kb1 {
J'ai besoin de mettre le roi а l'abri, anticipant l'ouverture de la colonne
"c".} Rc8 13. Ka1 {C'était peut être le moment de jouer quelque chose de plus
actif mais je préfère continuer les mesures prophylactiques.} (13. h5 h6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bf5 c5 $13) (13. Rdg1 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 $13) 13... a6 {
13...c5 direct est également intéressant mais les noirs contrôlent d'abord la
case b5.} 14. Qb1 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. g4 Bxh4 18. f4 {
Les blancs ont certaines compensations pour le pion.}) 14... b5 15. Rc1 ({
Une autre possibilité est} 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 $13) 15... h6 16.
Bf4 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne2 {mérite l'attention.}) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18.
Nd4 Bd7 {Ce coup prépare Cf8-e6 pour faire pression sur d4.} 19. f3 {Ce coup
défend "e4" et prépare g2-g4 mais affaiblit la case "e3".} Qb6 (19... Nh5 20.
Bh2 Rxe3 21. Nb3 $14) 20. Rhd1 Bxd4 $5 ({Après} 20... b4 21. Nce2 Nh5 (21...
Ne6 $6 22. Nxe6 $14) 22. Bh2 Rxe3 23. Bg1 {Les blancs ont des compensations
grâce а l'avance g4-g5.}) 21. exd4 b4 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. g4 Re8 $1
25. Nc1 h5 $1 {"Le meilleur coup de la partie" dit Karpov. En effet, ce coup
affaiblit la structure blanche а l'aile roi et les noirs prennent l'initiative.
} 26. g5 N6d7 (26... Bxd3 $5) 27. Bf5 {Les noirs voulaient échanger les fous
et jouer sur les cases blanches.} Ng6 28. Bxg6 {Il n'y a pas de choix. Si 28.
Fg3 Te3! gagne un pion.} Qxg6 {Je pense que 28...fxg6 est la meilleure chance
de prendre l'avantage. Karpov ,а court de temps, décide de poser quelques
problèmes sans prendre de risques.} (28... fxg6 29. Qc2 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qe6) 29.
Qxg6 fxg6 30. Bd2 a5 31. Nb3 {Il ne faut pas permettre la maneuvre Cb8-c6.} (
31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Nb8 $15) 31... a4 (31... Ba4 $5 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1
Bxb3 34. axb3 Nb8 35. Kb1 Nc6 36. Bf2 Ne7 37. Kc2 Nf5 {Lors de l'analyse "post
mortem", nous avons conclu que les noirs n'ont pas de gain. La seule idée est
de jouer le roi en b5 et pousser "a4", les blancs doivent simplement être en
mesure de jouer "Rc2" après l'échange de pions en "a4" et c'est nul.}) 32. Nc5
b3 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Nxc5 35. dxc5 Bd3 36. axb3 axb3 37. c6 {Heureusement
le pion "c" est là pour donner de l'air au roi blanc. Avec les fous de
couleurs opposés, la nulle est évidente.} Kf7 38. c7 Bf5 39. Bc3 Ke7 40. c8=Q
Bxc8 41. Kb1 Ke6 42. Kc1 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kf4 44. Ke2 Kg3 45. Be1+ Kg2 46. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op-A"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 {mit dieser
Zugfolge verhindert Keymer das Short-Endspiel} ({das nach} 6. e3 Bf5 $5 7. Qf3
Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {entsteht und in dem Schwarz sich trotz seines
Doppelbauern auf der f-Linie gut behaupten kann.}) 6... Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O $6 {ist natürlich kein grober Fehler, die entstehenden Stellung sind für
Weiß jedoch eine gute Version des Damengambits} (8... h6 $1 9. Bh4 Nh5 {
dieser frühzeitige Abtausch wird zur Zeit von Topleuten bevorzugt} 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Be6 14. Nc1 Rad8 15. Nb3 Rfe8 16. Nc5
Bc8 17. b4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. g3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+
23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Qh2 Rxe3 25. Nd1 Rxe1 26. Qxh3 Bxh3 27. Rxe1 b6 28. Ne4 Rxd4
29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Ndc3 Rd3 31. b5 cxb5 32. Nxb5 Bd7 33. a4 a6 34. Nc7 Bxa4 35.
Nxa6 c3 36. Nb4 Rd4 37. Na2 Rd2+ {0-1 (37) Navara,D (2724)-Adams,M (2740) Biel
2015 CBM 168 [Krasenkow,M]}) 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 ({sofortiges} 10... Ne4 $2
{scheitert an} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 $16 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) (10... h6 {mit der
Hoffnung in die oben analysierte Partie Yankelevich-Buhmann überzuleiten
trifft auf} 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 $11
{Yankelevich-Buhmann, Vienna Open 2016}) 11... Nh5 $140 $2 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13.
Bc7 $18) 11. Rab1 Nh5 $6 {so bekommt Weiß eine sehr angenehme Version des
Minoritätsangriff} (11... a5 12. a3 h6 13. Bh4 Ne4) (11... Ne4) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. b4 Nf6 (13... a6 14. Ne5 $5 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (14. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]}))
14. Rfc1 Be6 15. b5 $14 {Diagramm [#] Für Keymer ist die Eröffnung sehr glatt
gelaufen, Stanec muss sich nun zwischen mehreren unangenehmen Bauernstrukturen
entscheiden} c5 (15... Rec8 16. bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ya7,Yb7,Yd5]}) 16.
dxc5 Qxc5 17. Na4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Rac8 19. Nc5 Re7 (19... b6 20. Na6 Rxc2 21.
Bxc2 $14 {[%cal Ga6b4,Gb4c6]}) 20. Rbc1 Rcc7 21. Nd4 g6 {alle weißen Figuren
stehen gut, sodass Keymer einen ruhigen Zug einstreut, der das Feld g4 unter
Kontrolle nimmt und Schwarz fragt, was er eigentlich zu tun gedenkt.} 22. h3 {
[%csl Gg4]} (22. f3 $5) 22... Ne8 23. a4 Nd6 24. a5 {[%cal Gb5b6]} Nd7 (24...
Nc4 25. Ncxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 $16) (
24... h5 25. a6 $1 b6 (25... bxa6 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Nxa6 Rb7 28. Nc5 Rc7 29. Ra1
$16) 26. Na4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 $16 {[%cal Gd4c6,Ga4b6] und der Bauer auf a6 ist
schwer aufzuhalten}) 25. Nxd7 Rcxd7 26. Rc5 Kf8 {Diagramm [#]} 27. g4 $1 {
verstärkt die Stellung am Königsflügel und nimmt vorsorglich das Feld f5 unter
Kontrolle. Zudem verhindert dieser Vorstoß die Konsolidierung der schwarzen
Bauern am Königsflügel, sodass der h7 in einem möglichen Turmendspiel immer
eine potentielle Schwäche sein wird.} Ne8 $2 (27... Ke8 {mit passiver
Verteidigung wäre zäher gewesen}) 28. Rc8 Rc7 29. R1xc7 Rxc7 30. Ra8 a6 (30...
b6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rb8 $16) 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Bxa6 Ke7 33. Kg2 $1 {erkennt,
das Schwarz keinerlei Drohungen hat und nimmt ein mögliches Schachgebot auf
der Grundreihe aus der Stellung} Rc5 34. Bd3 Nc7 35. Rb8 Bd7 (35... Rxa5 $2 36.
Nc6+ Kd7 37. Nxa5 $18) 36. a6 Ra5 37. Rb7 Kd6 38. Rb6+ (38. a7 $1 $18 {wäre
die saubere Lösung gewesen - Schwarz hat keinen Zug und Weiß wird langsam am
Königsflügel Fortschritte machen}) 38... Ke7 39. Nb3 Ra3 40. Be2 $6 (40. Nc5 $1
Bc8 41. Rc6 Kd8 42. g5 $18) 40... Bb5 (40... Bc8 $142 41. Nc5 Rc3 42. Nb7 d4
$132 {[%cal Gc7d5,Gd5f4]}) 41. Bxb5 Rxb3 42. a7 Ra3 43. Ra6 $1 {Diagramm [#]}
1-0

[Event "Vienna op-A"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
Nf6 {Schwarz hat die Eröffnung zufriedenstellend hinbekommen und vier Figuren
stehen zum Königsangriff bereit. Weiß hat neben dem Lehrbuchplan b4-b5 auch
eine schwarzfeldrige Strategie am Damenflügel zur Verfügung, deren Umsetzung
hier allerdings zu langsam erscheint.} 15. Rfc1 (15. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b5]}) 15...
Bf5 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Qc5 $2 Qg5 $1 {natürlich kein Damentausch, da die
schwarzen Trümpfe hier mit dem Mattangriff verknüpft sind.} 18. Nc4 Re6 19. Nd6
$2 {zu unvorsichtig - Verteidigung war bereits angesagt. Zwar ist der Springer
mit Hilfe der Dc5 auf d6 eingedrungen und übt nun Druck auf b7 und e4 aus, der
Angriff Buhmanns ist allerdings bereits zu kräftig.} (19. Kh1 $142 Bg4 $40)
19... Bg4 20. Ng3 {Diagramm [#]} h5 $1 {vertreibt den Sg3 von der g-Linie und
bindet den h-Bauern hervorragend in den Angriff mit ein.} 21. Ndxe4 Qg6 22. h3
$2 {gibt den Bauern bei weiterhin prekärer Königsstellung zurück} (22. Nc3 $2
Nxc3 23. Rxc3 h4 24. Nf1 Bh3 25. g3 Qe4 $19) (22. Nd2 $1 {ich nach
Bauerngewinn zurückzuziehen war die einzig noch spielbare Option, auch wenn
hier die Lage bereits düster aussieht.} h4 23. Ngf1 Bh3 24. g3 hxg3 25. Nxg3 f5
$40) 22... Bxh3 23. gxh3 Rxe4 24. Qc2 Rae8 25. Kh2 Qd6 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 26. Qc5
Qb8 27. Kg2 {nun bricht das Unheil auf der e-Linie ein} Nxe3+ $1 28. fxe3 Rxe3
29. Nh1 (29. Qg5 Rxg3+ 30. Qxg3 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Re3+ 32. Kxe3 Qxg3+ $19) 29...
Re2+ 30. Nf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e4
Nxe4 (8... O-O 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bd3 Nxc3 (11... Nd6 $142 12. O-O Nf5
13. Bf4 Ng7 $14) 12. bxc3 c5 13. h4 $16 {Kamsky,G-Shirov,A/Dortmund/1992/1:0/
30/}) (8... dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Kf8 (10... Qe7 11. Bc4 O-O (11... Be6
12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. O-O-O Na6 16. h4 $14 {Lputian,
S-Dokhoian,Y/URS/1988/1:0/58/}) 12. Qxe7 (12. O-O Qb4 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. Qf4 Nd7
15. Rfe1 a5 16. Ne4 $5 Bxd4 $6 (16... a4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Kg7 19. g4 Be6
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qg3 $13) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qxb2 19. g4 $16) 12... Bxe7
13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Bd8 15. h3 Kg7 16. Ne4 $14 {Malaniuk,V-Gorelov,S/Budapest
op/1989/}) 11. Bc4 Kg7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O $5) 12... Re8 13. Qf4 Be6 14. Bxe6
Rxe6 15. Rfe1 Qd6 $10 {Lautier,J-Oll,L/Moscow GMA/1989/0,5/46/}) 9. Bxe7 Kxe7
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Kf8 {N/} (11... Be6 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 $1 Qf5 14. Qe3
Nd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. d5 $1 $36 {Karpov,A-Yusupov,A/URS-ch/1988/1:0/43/}) 12.
Bc4 Bf5 13. Qf4 Qe7+ 14. Kf1 $1 Kg7 15. Ng5 Rf8 (15... f6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne6+
Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qd8 19. h4 $16) 16. g4 h6 (16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe5+ Kg8
19. Nxe6 Rf7 (19... Re8 20. Nc7 $18) 20. Re1 $16) (16... Bc8 17. Re1 Qd7 18.
Qe5+ Kg8 19. h4 $40) 17. h4 $1 (17. Nf3 Be6 $14) 17... Bxg4 (17... hxg5 18.
hxg5 Bc8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Qe5+ f6 21. Qe7+ $18) 18. Re1 Qb4 (18... Be6 19. Bxe6
fxe6 20. Nxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rxe6 $18) 19. b3 hxg5 (19... Bf5 20.
Qe5+ Kg8 (20... f6 21. Qe7+ Qxe7 22. Rxe7+ Kh8 23. Rh7#) 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qe8+
Qf8 23. Bxf7+ $18) 20. hxg5 Nd7 (20... Bf5 21. Qe5+ f6 22. Qe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxe7+
$18) 21. Qxg4 f5 $4 (21... Qd6 22. Re3 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. Qh4
$36) 22. Rh7+ (22. Rh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg7 24. Qh6#) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng4 $5 (11... a5 12. Rbe1 $5) 12. Bf4 $1
Bd6 13. b4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 g5 $2 {xf5} 15. Nh5 Qd6 16. Ng3 Qh6 (16... h5 17. e4
$1 h4 18. e5 Qh6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 $18) 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5
$16 a6 20. a4 Ng6 (20... b5 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Rfc1 (22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rfc1 Re6
24. Ra1 Rc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 $16) 22... Nd6 $1) 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ne7
23. Rfc1 Nxf5 24. Qxf5 Qg6 25. Qc2 $1 (25. Qxg6+ $6 hxg6) 25... Re6 26. Ne2 Ne4
(26... Qxc2 27. Rxc2 $14) 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rb6 Rc8 29. Qa2 {/\ 30.Qa6 Rc7 31.
Rb8+} Kg7 (29... c5 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Qa8+ (33. Nc3
) 33... Kg7 34. Nd4 Qe5 35. g4 $1 $16 Ne6 36. Nf5+ Kg6 (36... Kf6 37. Qh8+) 37.
Qg8+ Ng7 38. h4 gxh4 39. f4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qb2+ 41. Kh3) 30. Qa6 Rc7 31. Qa8 Qf5
32. Rf1 $1 Nf6 33. g4 $1 Qf3 34. Ng3 Re8 35. Rb8 Rce7 $1 {/\ 36...Rxe3} (35...
Rxb8 36. Qxb8 Rd7 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Qg8+) (35... Kf8 36. Rfb1 Rce7 37. Qa3) 36.
Nf5+ (36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Qxc6 $16) 36... Kg6 37. Nxe7+ Rxe7 38. Qxc6 Re6 39.
Qc2+ Kg7 $2 (39... Kh6 $1 40. Qf5 Qxh3 41. Rg8 Qxg4+ 42. Qxg4 Nxg4 $14) 40. Qf5
1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4 O-O $1 (11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13.
Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. O-O-O Na6 16. h4 $1 $14 {Lpuian,S-Dokhoian,Y/URS-OT
Blagoveschensk/1988/}) (11... Bg4 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ Ke7 15.
Ne4 $1 Bxe4 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Rxe4+ Kf8 18. Rf4 f5 19. g4 $16 {Hjartarson,
J-Thorsteins,K/Akureyri/1988/ -> CBM8,S.53}) 12. O-O Qb4 $1 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. Qf4
Nd7 15. Rfe1 a5 $1 16. g4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Rad1
Nb6 21. Ne5 Nd5 $15 22. Qa3 Rf4 23. h3 Qxa3 24. bxa3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc3 26. Rde1
Nxe4 27. Rxe4 a4 $1 28. Nd3 Kf7 29. Nc5 b5 30. Kf1 e5 $1 31. Nb7 Ke6 32. dxe5
Re7 33. Nd8+ Kd5 34. Re1 Bxe5 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Rc1+ Kd6 37. Rxc6+ (37. Rd1+ Kc7
{/\ 38...Bd6}) 37... Kd7 38. Rc5 Kxd8 39. Rxb5 Bd6 40. Rd5 Kc7 41. Rd4 Bc5 42.
Rxa4 Rf7 43. f4 Be3 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Rxf5+ 46. Kg2 h5 47. h4 Kc6 48. Re4
Bc5 49. a4 Bd6 50. Re6 Ra5 51. Rh6 Kd7 52. Kh3 Be7 53. Kg3 Ke8 54. Re6 Rxa4 55.
Re5 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rxh4 57. Kg3 Kf8 58. a4 Bf6 59. Rf5 Kg7 60. a5 Rg4+ 61. Kh3
Kg6 62. Rc5 Ra4 63. Kg3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 h4 65. Kh2 Bg5 66. Rd5 Bf4+ 67. Kh1 Ra2 $1
(67... h3 $2 68. Rd1 $10) 68. Rb5 Bc7 69. Rc5 Bxa5 70. Rb5 Bc3 71. Rc5 Bf6 72.
Rb5 Bg5 73. Rc5 Kh5 74. Rc4 Bf6 75. Rb4 Rd2 76. Ra4 Kg5 77. Rb4 Be5 78. Rc4 Bf4
79. Rb4 Rd1+ 80. Kg2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rab1 Ne4 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 c5 17. Rbc1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qc4
Qd6 21. Nb3 b6 22. Qc7 a5 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. a4 Kg7 25. g3 Re7 26. Rc4 Nd5 27.
Nd2 e3 $1 28. fxe3 (28. Nf3 Rf6 $1 29. Kg2 exf2 30. Rxe7 Rxf3 $19) 28... Rxe3
29. Rxe3 Nxe3 30. Rc3 Nd1 31. Rc2 Rxd4 32. Nc4 Re4 33. b3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ 35.
Nxe3 Rxe3 36. b4 axb4 37. Rc4 Rb3 38. h4 h5 39. Rf4 Rb1 40. Kh2 Rb2+ 41. Kh3 f6
42. Rd4 Kf7 43. Re4 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. g4 Rb3+ 46. Kg2 hxg4 47. Re5 Ra3 48.
Rb5 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "ROM-GER Kings"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2015.11.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Bulmaga,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. f3 $6 {[#]} (9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5) 9... c5 {Ein guter Zug, nach dem
Schwarz keine Probleme mehr zu haben scheint.} 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12.
Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 {[#]} 14. Bg3 (14. f4 $5 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxf4 $6
(16... Qb6 17. Rad1 $13) 17. Qf3 $14) 14... Rac8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Rc6 17.
b3 Nb6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bd7 23.
Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 {Das Remis scheint nicht mehr weit zu sein. Das beinahe
symmetrische Endspiel bietet beiden Seiten wenig Möglichkeiten.} Bxb5 25. Bxb5
Nc8 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nh3 g4 30. Nf4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Ne7
32. Bd3 Ne8 33. Ke3 Nc7 34. Ne2 Kg7 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. Nc3 Ne6+ 37. Ke3 Nc7 38.
Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Ke3 Nc7 40. Kf4 Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-GER Kings"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2015.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Bulmaga/Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Nb6 13. Nc1 Ng7 14. f3
Bf5 $5 {[#]Wie GM Fridman nach der Partie erwähnte, tauchte diese Stellung
während seiner Vorbereitung kurz auf und er kannte die interessante Idee,
Weiß mit Bf5 zum Vorstoß e4 zu provozieren, wonach Schwarz den Läufer
wieder zurückzieht und das weiße Zentrum mit ...f5 angreift.} 15. e4 dxe4 16.
fxe4 Be6 {[#]} 17. e5 {Der prinzipiellste Zug. Weiß will die schwarzen Felder
unter seine Kontrolle bringen.} (17. Qf2 {Nach der Partie meinte Fridman,
diese Fortsetzung hätte ihm ein bisschen Sorgen bereitet.} f5 18. exf5 Nxf5
$13 {sieht jedoch gut für Schwarz aus.}) (17. Qd2 $5 {"Um die Dame nach h6 zu
bringen, war eine interessante Idee", meinte Fridman nach der Partie.} Nc4 18.
Qh6 Nxb2 19. Bc2 Nc4 {aber Schwarz hat ausreichend Verteidigungsressourcen und
einen Bauern mehr.}) 17... f5 $1 {"Die Pointe dieses Aufbaus", meinte Rustam
Kasimdzhanov. Ein guter Zug, der sich gegen die weiße Idee richtet, seinen
Springer auf c3 nach "f6" oder "d6" zu bringen.} 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6
20. Nb3 Rf8 (20... Bxb3 21. Qxb3+ Kh8 $11) 21. Rf1 (21. Ne4 Qh4 22. g3 Qd8 $11)
21... Bxb3 {Führt zu zahlreichen Vereinfachungen und einer mehr oder weniger
ausgeglichenen Stellung.} (21... Qh4 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. g3 Qf6 24. Ne4 $11) 22.
Rxf6 (22. Qxb3+ Qe6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qb4+ Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Kf2) 22...
Bxc2 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Bxc2 Ne6 25. Ne2 Nd5 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. h4 Kf6 28. Kf3 h5
29. g3 Ne7 30. Bb3 Kf5 31. Bc2+ Kf6 32. Bb3 Kf5 33. Bc2+ Kf6 34. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shen, Yang"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O-O (13. O-O
Rd8 14. Rfe1+ Kf8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Bb3 (16. Rad1 h5 17. Bb3 Re8 $11) 16... Re8
17. g4 Bd3 18. Rad1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Ba6 {(Rustemov - Gurevich, Bundesliga 2000)}
) 13... Rd8 14. h3 (14. Rhe1+ Kf8 15. h3 h5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd7 $11)
14... h5 (14... Nd7 $6 15. Rhe1+ Kf8 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bc8 18. Ne4) 15. g4 (
15. Rde1+ Kf8 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Rh7 Bg7 19. Ne5 Rxd4 20. Bxf7 Nd7
21. Nxg6+ Kxf7 22. Re7+ $18 {(Brueckner - Zude, Bundesliga 1989)}) 15... Be6 (
15... hxg4 $2 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Rh7 Rf8 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Ne4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 $18 {1-0 Etchechoury,G-Córdoba,H/XVI CChamp, ARG 1-0
Etchechoury,G-Córdoba,H/XVI CChamp, ARG}) (15... Bd7 16. gxh5 gxh5 17. Rhe1+
Kf8 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nfg5 Bh6 20. f4 Bf5 $5 21. Bxf7 Bxe4 22. Ne6+ Kxf7 23.
Nxd8+ Ke7 24. Rxe4+ Kxd8 25. d5 Na6 26. dxc6+ Kc7 27. cxb7 $18) 16. Rhe1 hxg4
17. hxg4 {Around this point Marie had already consumed al lot of time} Na6 (
17... Nd7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Re2 Nf8 21. Rde1 b6 22. Kc2 a6 23. Neg5
Rd6 24. Kb1 Rad8 25. Ne4 Rd5 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. Nc3 Rdd8 28. Ne2 c5 29. Rec1 Rb8
30. dxc5 bxc5 31. b3 {1/2-1/2 Aristarch 4.40-Fritz 7/Internet 2002 (64)}) 18.
Bxe6 (18. d5 $5 {was tempting but allows black to come out better} Bxc3 $1 19.
dxe6 (19. bxc3 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8) 19... Bxe1 20. Rxe1 f5 $1 $15) 18... fxe6
19. Ne4 $14 Nc7 $6 (19... Rh8 20. Rh1 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Bxh8 $14) 20.
Rh1 Rh8 21. g5 Bg7 22. Nh4 $1 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Kg8 24. Nxb7 {now black has four
pawn islands and they will soon start to fall} Rf8 25. Nxg6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxf2
27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxc6 {in the ongoing blitz the position is lost for black} Nd5
29. Nc5 Nf4 30. Kb1 Kg8 31. a4 $16 a5 32. Re1 Rg2 33. Re4 e5 34. dxe5 $18 Ne2
35. Nd3 Kf8 36. Nxa5 Ke7 37. Nc6+ Ke6 38. Rxe2 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Teheran Talking Chess m"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.03.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 ({Auf} 
7. e3 {könnte Schwarz nun auch mit} c5 {fortfahren.}) 7... exd5 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3
Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 {Die Abtauschvariante des Damengambits in ihrer
klassischen Ausprägung. Weiß bereitet den Minoritätsangiff vor.} Ne4 (11... a5
12. a3 Ng6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rfe1 axb4 15. axb4 Bg4 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. h3 Ra3 18. e4
Bf4 19. Nxg6 Bxg5 20. Ne5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Nc4 Ra7 24. b5 Bf4
25. bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Kramnik,V (2751)-Kasparov,G (2812) Frankfurt 1999}) 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 $11 15. d5 (15. b4 Be6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Ne2
Nd7 18. Qa4 Nb6 19. Qa5 Qf7 20. Rb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (68) Horvath,P (2434)-Hummel,
M (2174) Finkenstein 2000}) 15... Rd8 (15... Bd7 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. Nc4 Qg6 18.
dxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5+ Qe6 20. Qxe6+ Rxe6 21. Nc4 Bc8 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. Rfc1 Nd7 24.
b4 Rf6 25. Rb2 Rb8 26. a3 c5 27. Rd2 cxb4 28. Rxd7 bxa3 29. Nxa3 Bxe2 30. Rxa7
Ra6 31. Rxa6 Bxa6 32. Nb1 Bd3 33. Nc3 Rb2 34. h4 Kf7 35. Nd5 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Bxb1
37. Kh2 Ke6 38. Nf4+ Ke5 39. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Babu,N (2386)-Sriram,J (2408)
Nagpur 2002}) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nc4 Be6 {Der Bauer c6 ist etwas schwach, aber
Schwarz hat genug Gegenspiel.} 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Qc3 Nb6
22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Qb2 (23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 23... Nxf4
24. exf4 Qd6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. g3 Qd4 27. Qe2 Qd2 28. Kf1 Rd6 29. h3 Be6 30.
Rc2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kf8 32. Rbc1 Ra6 33. g4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Rc7 $6 (34... c4 $5 35.
Nxc4 (35. gxf5 cxb3 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. axb3 Bxf5 $11) 35... fxg4 36. hxg4 Bxg4
$11) 35. gxf5 (35. Rxc5 $5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Rxa2 37. Rc7+ Kd6 (37... Kf8 38. b4
Ra3+ 39. Kd4 Ra2 $4 40. gxf5 Bxf5 41. Rf7+ $18) 38. Rxg7 Ra3 39. gxf5 Rxb3+ 40.
Kd4 Bxf5 41. Rxa7 $14) 35... Bxf5 36. h4 Kf6 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Rg1 g6 39. Rc1 Rc8
40. Rc3 Kf6 $11 41. Rdc2 Be6 42. b4 {Die Stellung ist nahezu gleich, aber
Schwarz sttellt nun eine Figur ein.} Bxa2 $4 (42... c4 $11) 43. Nd7+ (43. Nd7+
Ke7 44. Nxc5 $18 {und der Ta6 muss die Deckung des La2 aufgeben.}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 Nf4 {is known to be somewhat
uncomfortable for White.}) 10... g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Rde1 (12. Kb1 {is by far
the most common move.}) 12... Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. g4 Ng7 15. Nf4 h5 16. h3 Kb8
17. Rhg1 Qd6 18. Bf1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rh7 20. a4 a5 21. Qb3 Nd7 22. Kb1 Rh2 23.
Na2 g5 24. Nd3 f6 25. Qc3 b6 $6 26. b4 $1 {White's advances on the kingside
have yielded nothing, it's a good idea to open a front on the other side while
Black still has an awkward knight on g7.} axb4 27. Naxb4 Rc8 28. Rc1 Kb7 29. e4
{Something clearly went wrong in Black's position. The pressure on the
queenside is piling up.} dxe4 30. fxe4 c5 $1 {Resourceful and forced.} 31. e5
$6 (31. a5 $1 {was actually very strong. This would destabilize the c5 posiion
and force Inarkiev to find some kind of defense.}) 31... fxe5 32. Nxe5 Ka7 $1 {
Now it is White that has to be careful as his king becomes exposed. With e5
hanging and the king position being exposed more and more it is Morozevich
that has to be careful not to overstep.} 33. Qd3 Nxe5 34. Qa6+ Kb8 35. dxe5 Qd8
$2 (35... Rb2+ $3 {would have been brilliant.} 36. Ka1 (36. Kxb2 Qd4+ {gets
quickly mated.}) 36... Qd8 $1) 36. Nc2 (36. Rg2 $1 {leaves Black in a
basically lost position. If he retreats White's rook will swing to the
queenside with fatal consequences.}) 36... Bd5 (36... Rc7 $1 $17) 37. Rd1 Ne6
38. Bc4 (38. Bg2 Nd4 $1 $11) 38... Bxc4 39. Qxc4 Nd4 40. Nxd4 cxd4 41. Qxd4 $4
(41. Rxd4 $11) 41... Qc7 $4 {Missing a quick mate.} (41... Rc1+ 42. Kxc1 (42.
Rxc1 Qxd4) 42... Qc7+ 43. Kb1 Qc2+ 44. Ka1 Qa2#) 42. Qd6 Ka7 43. Qxc7+ Rxc7 44.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kxc1 Re2 46. Rf1 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Rc1
Nfd7 15. Ka1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qh4 {A relatively dry
position. Black has no real targets to pressure, while White is doing the best
not to weaken his position.} 19. Rcf1 Qf6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Nb3 Rc7 22. Rc1 Rhc8
{Black's complicated plan of doubling on the c-file and playing c5 may not
have been a bad idea, except that it was never executed.} 23. h3 Be6 24. Rhf1
h5 $2 (24... c5 $5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qg5 {
White cannot successfully defend his g-pawn (29.g4 runs into 29...Qh4) so
Black gets one pawn for the two rooks against queen situation, which might
make his position just an inch preferable.}) 25. f4 $1 {Carlsen must have
underestimated this move. There is no comfortable way to protect against f5,
trapping the bishop.} g6 (25... Nb6 26. f5 Bd7 27. Nc5 {Leaves Black's pieces
without coordination, very similar to what happened in the game but with the
kingside pawns still alive, which is worse for Black.}) 26. f5 gxf5 $6 (26...
Bxf5 $1 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 (28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Rg8 $11) 28... Qg6 {
And Black is a tiny bit worse, but should have enough counterplay with
pressure against e3, g2 and some c5 ideas.}) 27. g4 $1 {This strong move binds
Black's pieces.} hxg4 28. hxg4 Nb6 {what else?} 29. gxf5 Bd7 30. Nc5 Re8 {
Black has some compensation for his cramped position in the form of pressure
on e3 and a relatively solid camp, but it is definitely White that is
preferable here.} 31. Rce1 Qd6 32. a3 $6 (32. Rg1 $1) 32... Bc8 33. Qf2 Nd7 $6
(33... f6 $1 {Forces Aronian to find some good way of continuing the pressure.
Black is close to equality.}) 34. e4 $1 dxe4 35. Nxe4 Qf8 (35... Qd5 36. Bb1 $1
{Is extremely uncomfortable, with the threat of Nc3.}) 36. Rg1 Rd8 37. Qh2 $2 {
This move lets go of any advantage.} (37. f6 $1 Nb6 38. Rg7 {keeps the bind
and some real pressure on the position. It's hard to find moves for Black.})
37... Qh8 $1 {Now that the queens come off the board it is impossible to play
for a win with White.} 38. Qxh8 Rxh8 39. Rg7 Nb6 40. Nf6 Rd8 41. Rg4 (41. Bb1
$1 {was probably a simpler way of forcing a draw.} Rxd4 42. Ne8 Rcd7 43. Nf6
Rd8 44. Rxf7 $11) 41... c5 42. Ne8 $6 (42. dxc5 Rxc5 (42... Rxd3 43. cxb6 axb6
44. Re8 {looks a bit dangerous for Black.}) 43. Bb1 $11 Bxf5 $4 44. Rg5 $18)
42... Rcd7 43. dxc5 Rxd3 44. cxb6 axb6 {Now that White doesn't have access to
the eight rank the bishop is a slightly better piece than the knight on e8.}
45. Rf4 R8d5 46. Ref1 {It's hard to make progress with Black anyways. If he is
forced to trade a pair of rooks White's defensive task becomes easier.} Rd1+
47. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 48. Ka2 Rd5 49. Ng7 {Awkward, but the f-pawn is doing an
important job of restraining the Black bishop.} Bd7 50. Kb3 Kc7 51. Re4 Kd6 52.
Ne8+ Kc6 (52... Bxe8 53. Rxe8 Rxf5 54. Rb8 {is almost impossible to win.}) 53.
Ng7 Rd3+ 54. Kb4 Rg3 55. Rc4+ Kd6 56. Rd4+ Kc7 57. Nh5 Rg2 58. Nf6 Bc6 (58...
Bxf5 59. Nd5+ Kb8 60. b3 $11) 59. b3 b5 60. Ng4 Re2 61. Nh6 Be8 62. Ng4 Bd7 63.
Nh6 Be8 64. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
b6 (14... f5 $5) 15. Qa4 (15. Qxe4 Ba6 (15... Qxe4 $2 16. Ncxe4 Ba6 17. Nd6
Red8 18. N6c4) 16. Qxe7 (16. Qxc6 Qb4 $1 $15) 16... Rxe7 17. Ne2 Rd8 $15 (17...
Ne6 $15)) 15... b5 $5 (15... Bd7 16. Ncxe4 c5 17. Qb3 $16) (15... Bb7 16. Ndxe4
$1 b5 17. Qb3 b4 18. Nc5 $14) (15... f5 16. f3 $16) 16. Qc2 (16. Qa5 Bf5 $1 $13
) 16... b4 17. Ne2 (17. Na4 $6 Ba6 18. Nc4 Nd7 {/\c5=/+/}) 17... Ba6 18. Nb3
Bd3 $2 (18... Rad8 $1 19. Nc5 (19. Qxc6 Rd6 {/\Rh6,Qh4->/}) 19... Bb5 20. a4
bxa3 21. bxa3 Rd6 {/\Rh6,Qh4 /}) 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5
Qa6 23. Re1 Bxe2 (23... Qxa2 24. Nc1 Qa6 25. Qxb4) 24. Rxe2 $1 (24. Qxe2 Qxa2
25. Rxc6 a5 $13) 24... Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Reb8 26. Qc4 Qb1+ 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1
Rb6 29. Rec2 g6 30. Rxc6 Rxb2 31. Ra6 $16 Rb7 $6 (31... h5 $5) 32. g4 $1 Re8
33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Ree7 35. Rca1 h6 36. h4 Rbc7 37. R1a5 (37. R1a2 $1) 37...
Rb7 38. Ra2 g5 39. R2a5 f6 40. h5 Kf7 41. Rc6 Rec7 $6 (41... Re6 $5 42. Rc8 Re8
43. Rc3 Ree7 44. Rca3 Rbc7 45. f3 Rb7 46. fxe4 Rxe4 47. Kf3 Rbe7 48. Ra6 $1 Kg7
49. d5 $18) 42. Rd6 Rb6 (42... Rd7 43. Rxd7+ Rxd7 44. f3 $18) (42... Rb1 43.
Kg2 Rcc1 44. Rxa7+ Ke8 45. Re6+ {/\Re4/}) 43. Rxa7 Rxa7 44. Rxb6 Ra1 45. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.12.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Donaldson:Rubinstein.2. p.173} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3
Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18.
Rxe4 Rad8 19. Re5 h6 20. Ne4 Qb4 21. a3 Qc4 22. Qf2 Bf7 23. b3 Qxb3 24. Nfd2
Qa2 25. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 21-19"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1984.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Rab1 (
14. b5 $6 c5 $1) 14... Bd6 15. Bf5 Bh5 $1 16. Rfc1 (16. b5 $6 c5 17. Nxd5 cxd4
18. e4 Be2 19. Rfc1 d3 $15 {Kasparov}) (16. Rfe1 $5) 16... g6 17. Bd3 Qg5 $10
18. Ne2 Nd7 19. h3 a6 20. a4 Rac8 21. Nf1 Bxe2 22. Bxe2 Qe7 23. Qb3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-10a"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1976.07.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 g6 $5 (11... Ne4 $6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 {/\f2-f3}) 12. Rb1 $5 {Weiss plant den MINORITÄTSANGRIFF mit
b2-b4-b5.} Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. b4 {Schwarz hat ein Tempo gewonnen durch 11.
Rae1, 12.Reb1. So sehr profitiert er aber nicht von dem weissen Tempoverlust.
Sein Vorteil ist, dass der Re8 nicht mehr auf f8 steht.} Nf5 $6 (14... a6 $142
15. a4 Bf5 $10) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. b5 $1 {Nun erhält Schwarz entweder wie in
der Partie einen schwachen Bauern auf c6, oder nach 16...c6xb5 einen schwachen
Bauern d5.} Ne7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 $16 Qa5 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. Nd2 Reb8 21. Ndb3
Qd8 22. Na6 Rb6 23. a4 Bc8 24. Nbc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Bg7 26. Nb7 Qd7 27. h3 Bf8
28. Qc3 Nf5 29. Na5 c5 30. Nxc5 Qd8 31. Bf1 Qg5 32. Nd3 Bd7 33. Qc7 Bxa4 34.
Ne5 Be8 35. Qb7 Rd8 36. Qxa7 Bd6 37. Nac6 Rc8 38. Qb7 Rc7 39. Qa8 Kf8 40. Rb8
Ng7 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. g4 (11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 b5 13. Ng3 a4 $13)
11... a5 12. Ng3 b5 $5 13. Nce2 Bd7 14. O-O-O a4 15. Kb1 b4 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. f4
c5 18. dxc5 $6 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Kh8 $5 $13)
18... Bxc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. f5 Bb5 23. Be3 (23. Be3
Bd3+ 24. Ka1 b3 (24... a3 25. b3 Rac8 26. Rc1 Qa5 (26... Nd7 27. Nh5 Qd6 28.
Rxc8 (28. Nf4 Ne5 $1) 28... Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qh2 31. f6 $1 $13) 27.
Nh5 Rc3 28. Bh6 $1) 25. a3 Rac8 26. d5 Qf6 (26... Qd6 $1 27. Nh5 Rc2 $19) 27.
Nh5 Qe5 28. Bf4 Qxd5 29. Bh6 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Portisch-Larsen +4-2=4"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1977.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1977.03.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Qb1 $5 a5 13. a3 N6d7 14. Bxe7
Rxe7 (14... Qxe7 $1) 15. b4 axb4 16. Qxb4 $5 $14 (16. axb4 b5 {Forintos}) 16...
Nb6 17. a4 Nc8 18. Ra1 Nd6 19. a5 (19. Rfc1 $1 Bf5 20. Bf1 {Forintos}) 19...
Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Rfb1 Nd6 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Qb6 Qc8 24. Nxd5 Rd7 25. Nc3 Nf5
26. Nf3 Ra6 27. Qb2 Nd6 28. Na4 Qe8 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Qc2 h6 31. Nc4 Nb5 32. Rd1
Qe7 33. h3 Nec7 34. Rab1 Nd5 35. Rb3 Qe6 36. Nfe5 Raa8 37. Nd3 Qg6 38. Rc1 Qg5
39. Kh2 Re8 40. Nc5 Ra7 41. Rd1 h5 42. e4 Nxd4 43. Rxd4 Nf4 44. Ne3 Nxg2 45.
Nxg2 Qe5+ 46. f4 Qxd4 47. Rg3 Qb4 48. e5 Qxa5 49. Nd7 h4 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Rxg7
1-0

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 26-38"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1956.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1956.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 g6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bh4 Ng7 15.
b5 Nf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 19. Rb6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6 21.
Rfb1 Bd8 22. Rb7 Bc7 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Na6 Bd8 25. Rb8 Rea7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb7
Be7 28. a4 Qd8 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Qf8 31. Qb3 $16 {[#]} c5 $2 (31... Nd6) 32.
dxc5 Bxc5 33. g4 $18 (33. g3) 33... Nh4 34. Qxd5 Bd6 {[#]} 35. Rxf7 $4 (35. Nc6
Qg7 36. f4 $18) 35... Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Pasadena"]
[Site "Pasadena"]
[Date "1932.08.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1932.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {DSB 1932,S.335} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. h4 f5 13.
Qb3+ Kh8 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. h5 h6 16. Qf7 Ng8 17. Ng6+ Kh7 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. d5 Bd7 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rhd1 Ng8 25. Rd8
Rc7 26. Rf8 Nf6 27. Rdd8 Nxh5 28. Rxf5 Nf6 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. Rc5 Rf7 31. Rd6 Kh7
32. Rf5 Kg6 33. Ra5 a6 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. Raxd5 Kh7 36. Rf5 Kg6 37. Rc5 Kh7 38.
Ke2 g5 39. b4 Kg7 40. a4 Ng4 41. f3 exf3+ 42. gxf3 Nh2 43. f4 gxf4 44. exf4 Ng4
45. Kf3 Nf6 46. b5 Nd7 47. Rcd5 Nf6 48. Rf5 Kg6 49. Rc5 axb5 50. Rxb5 Rc7 51.
Rbb6 Rf7 52. a5 Kg7 53. Rb5 Rc7 54. Rdb6 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 Rc4 56. Rxb7+ Kg6 57. f5+
Kg5 58. a6 Ra4 59. a7 Ne4 60. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Berlin Cafe Moka Efti Four Master"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1930.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Bg3
Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Na4 h5 18. Nc5 Re7 19. Bf5 g6 20. Bxg4 hxg4
21. e4 Ne6 22. e5 Qc7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qd1 c5 25. Qxg4 Qb6 26. Re2 cxd4 27.
Rd1 Rde8 28. f4 d3+ 29. Rf2 Rc6 30. Rxd3 Rc2 31. Qf3 Rxb2 32. Rb3 Rb1+ 33. Kh2
Rxb3 34. axb3 Rc8 35. g4 Qd4 36. Qg3 Kg7 37. f5 Rh8+ 38. Kg1 g5 39. e6 fxe6 40.
Qc7+ Kf6 41. fxe6+ Kxe6 42. Qxb7 Qd1+ 43. Rf1 Rh1+ 44. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+
46. Kh1 Qe3 47. Qc6+ Ke5 48. Kh2 Qb6 49. Qd7 Qh6+ 50. Kg1 a6 51. Qf5+ Kd6 52.
Qc8 Qh7 53. Qxa6+ Ke5 54. Qe2+ Qe4 55. Kf2 Qxe2+ 56. Kxe2 Ke4 57. Kd2 Kd4 58.
g3 (58. Kc2 Ke3 59. b4 Ke2 60. Kc3 Ke3 61. Kc2) 58... Ke4 59. Ke2 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. h3 Ng7 12. g4 O-O 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. Qa5 Rce8 20. O-O-O Qb8 21.
Kb1 Nd7 22. Rc1 Re7 23. Qa3 Rfe8 24. Rhg1 Nf6 25. Ka1 Ne4 26. Rg2 Bd7 27. Bb1
f6 28. g5 fxg5 29. Nxg5 Bf5 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rgg1 Bf5 32. h4 Kh8 33. Qc3 Be4
34. Qd2 Qd6 35. a3 Qf6 36. Rce1 b6 37. Rc1 Rb7 38. Rc3 b5 39. Rgc1 Rb6 40. Rc5
Nh5 41. Nxh5 gxh5 42. Qa5 b4 43. Nxe4 dxe4 44. Qxa7 Qd8 45. d5 bxa3 46. Qxa3
cxd5 47. Qc3+ Qf6 48. Rxd5 Reb8 49. Qxf6+ Rxf6 50. Rc2 Ra6+ 51. Kb1 Rba8 52.
Rc7 Ra1+ 53. Kc2 Rf8 54. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 55. Kb3 Rb1 56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rg5+ Kf7 58.
Rc2 Rf3 59. Rc7+ Ke6 60. Ka2 Rd1 61. Rxh7 Rxe3 62. Rh6+ Kf7 63. Rb5 Kg7 64. Rc6
Rd7 65. Rg5+ Kf7 66. Rf5+ Kg7 67. Rc1 Re7 68. Rg1+ Kh6 69. Rf8 Kh7 70. Ra8 Re2
71. Ra5 Kh6 72. Rgg5 e3 73. Rae5 Rxe5 74. Rxe5 Kg6 75. h5+ Kf6 76. Re8 Kg5 77.
Ka3 Kf4 78. h6 Rh2 79. Re6 e2 80. b4 Kf3 81. b5 $4 (81. Rf6+ $10) 81... Rxh6
82. Rxh6 (82. Re8 Rh4 $19) 82... e1=Q 83. Rf6+ Kg4 84. Ra6 Kf5 85. Ka4 Ke5 86.
Rc6 Kd5 87. Ra6 Qa1+ 88. Kb4 Qb2+ 89. Ka4 Qa2+ 90. Kb4 Qc4+ 91. Ka5 Qb3 92. Rc6
Qa3+ 93. Kb6 Qb4 94. Ka6 Qa4+ 95. Kb6 Qa8 96. Rc5+ Ke4 97. Rc4+ Kd3 98. Rc7 Kd4
99. Rc6 Qb8+ 100. Ka6 Kd5 101. Ka5 Qd8+ 102. Ka6 Qa8+ 103. Kb6 Qa3 104. Kb7
Qe7+ 105. Rc7 Qb4 106. b6 Qa4 107. Kb8 Qa6 108. b7 Qd6 109. Ka8 Qa3+ 110. Kb8
Qa1 111. Rc8 Qe5+ 112. Ka8 Qa1+ 113. Kb8 Kd6 114. Rc2 Kd7 115. Rc8 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-12b"]
[Site "Toluca de Lerdo"]
[Date "1982.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1982.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 b5 $1 (12... a4 $6 13. Nxa4
Qa5 14. Nac3 b5 15. Nc1) 13. g4 a4 14. Ng3 a3 $5 (14... Qa5) 15. b3 Qa5 16.
Rhg1 Kh8 $10 17. Nce2 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rac8 20. Nf4 N8d7 21. Qe2 c5
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd5 Na4 25. Rc1 Nc3+ 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Rgd1
Qb4 28. Bc2 Rcxe3 29. Qd2 Rc3 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 h6 32. Rd1 Kh7 33. Qe2 Rxh3
34. Qe1 Qc5 35. Kc1 Rxb3 36. axb3 a2 0-1

[Event "Match Euwe-Flohr (1)+2-2=4"]
[Site "Amsterdam,Den Haag &Rotterdam"]
[Date "1932.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1932.03.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Amsterdam} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxg4
Bxg4 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Ne2 Rd6 16. Ng3 Rh6 17. Bf5 Qg5 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. h3 Qd7
20. b4 Ne6 21. Rab1 Nc7 22. a4 a6 23. Nf1 Re7 24. Nh2 Rhe6 25. Nf3 f6 26. Nd2
Re8 27. Nb3 R6e7 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. Rec1 Rd8 30. Nd3 Qb8 31. Nf4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6
33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Rxb5 b6 36. Qb3 Qd6 37. Rb1 Rd7 38. Rxb6 Qxb6 39.
Qxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6 Kf7 41. Kh2 Ke7 42. Kg3 Ra7 43. Kf4 g6 44. g4 Ra2 45. Rb7+
Ke6 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Paris op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pira, Davoud"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Bf8 (11... Ng4 $5) 12. Bg5 (12. Bxf8 Kxf8
$10) 12... Bd6 13. Rb1 (13. Bh6 Ng4 $5) 13... Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Na4
b5 (16... b6 $2 {faiblesses en c6 et b6}) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 (18. bxc5 $6
Qe6 {avec idee 19 ... Ce4}) 18... Qe4 $5 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. Qb2 {[#]}
g5 $5 22. Bd6 Nxd6 23. cxd6 Nb6 $15 {faiblesse en b6} 24. Nd4 (24. Qe5 $5)
24... Qd7 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. Nf5 Rae8 (26... Nxd6 $2 27. Qxc6 $1) 27. Rb3 (27.
Rbc1 $5 Re4 $5) 27... Nxd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Rc1 Re6 30. h3 {zeitnot ...} (30.
Ra3 $5) 30... Rc8 31. Qf5 (31. a3 $5) 31... h6 32. Ra3 Qxb4 33. Rxa6 Rc7 34.
Qc2 Kg7 35. Rb1 Qe7 36. Qc3+ Qf6 37. Qc5 Rd7 38. Ra8 Qe7 {Zeitnot ...} 39. Qd4+
Qf6 40. Qb6 (40. Qc5 Qe7 41. Qd4+ f6 $5) 40... Red6 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. exd4 Re7
$19 43. a4 bxa4 44. Rxa4 Re2 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Re1 Re6 47. Re3 Kg6 48. g4 $6 Rf6
49. Re2 Rc3 50. Kg2 Rf4 51. Re3 Rc2 52. Rf3 Rc4 53. Ra6 Rfxd4 54. Rf5 {[#]} Kg7
0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. a3 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 Ng6
15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Qd1 Bf5 17. b5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb1 Rac8
21. Ra2 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 23. Nd2 Re6 24. Rac2 Qe7 25. Rc5 Rc7 26. Qb3 Qd6 27.
Nf3 $14 {[#]} Nd7 $2 (27... f6 $142 28. Qc2 g6 29. a4 Kg7 30. a5 Nc4 31. Qc3
$14) 28. Ne5 $18 Nxc5 (28... Nxe5 29. Qb8+ Qf8 30. Qxc7 $18) 29. Qb8+ Qf8 30.
Qxc7 $18 f6 31. Nxc6 Nd3 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Qxa7 {time} 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation ARG-URS"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1954.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1954.03.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nh5 9. h4 h6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Bg2 Qxg5 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 g6
21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Ke7 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Kd2 Nd7 26. Nd3 Kd6 27.
Rh4 b6 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rh7 f6 31. Rh6 Rg8 32. Nf4 Rb8 33. Kc2 c5 $2
(33... g5 $5 34. Nh5) 34. dxc5+ Nxc5 35. Rxg6 Ke5 36. Rg4 Kf5 37. Rh4 Rc8 38.
Nd3 Ne4+ 39. Kb2 Rb8+ 40. Ka3 Nd2 41. Ka4 Rc8 42. Rh5+ Kg4 43. Rxa5 Rc3 44. Rd5
Ne4 45. Kb4 Rc8 46. a4 Rb8+ 47. Kc4 Rc8+ 48. Kd4 Nd2 49. Nc5 Nf3+ 50. Kc3 Ne5
51. f4 Nc6 52. Rd6 Ne7 53. Kb4 Kf3 54. f5 Nxf5 55. Rxf6 Kg4 56. e4 Nd4 57. a5
Nc6+ 58. Kb5 Nxa5 59. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6
15. Nf3 Nb6 16. f5 (16. Kh1 {/\ Rg1, g4 Yusupov}) 16... Bf7 17. g4 Qd6 $14 18.
e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. g5 Nd5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qd2 Ne3 24. Rxe3
Bxc4 25. Rfe1 Rg7+ 26. Ng3 Bd5 27. Kf2 Rd8 28. Re8 Kg8 29. Nh5 Rxe8 30. Nxf6+
Kf7 31. Nxe8 Qxh2+ 32. Nxh2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Kxe8 1-0

[Event "Naestved op"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 g6 12. Ne5 Ne6 13. f4 Ng7 14. h3 Bf5 15.
g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne6 (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 Qd5 19. Qxb7 $16) 17. Bh6
Nd7 $2 {(.) 17... f8} 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. f5 Kg8 (19... Ng7 20. fxg6+ Kg8 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22. Rf7 Bf6 23. Rf1 $18) (19... Ng5 20. fxg6+ Kg8 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22.
Qg6 Bf6 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Rf7 Bf6 25. Rf1 $18) 20. fxe6 Nf8 21. e4 $1 Bh4 22.
Qf3 Nxe6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. exd5 $1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Qh4 (25... Qc7 26. Bg7+ Nxg7
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qxc7 $18) 26. Rxe6 $1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh3+ 28. Ke2 Rxe6+ 29.
dxe6 Qxh6 (29... Qxg4+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Ne2 $18) 30. e7 Qh2+ 31. Kd3 Qb8 (31...
Qg3+ 32. Kc2 Qh2+ 33. Kb3 Qb8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Ne4 $18) 32. Ne4 Qe8 (32... Qg8
33. Nd6 Qxf7 34. Nxf7+ Kg7 35. Nd8 $18) 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Nd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bg6 12. h3 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Re8 14. Bf4 $10
Nf8 15. O-O-O Qa5 {(/\ ...Bb4, ...Bxc3)} 16. Kb1 Bb4 $1 17. Rhf1 Ng6 18. Bg3
Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Kc2 f5 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Kd2
Kf7 25. Rb1 b6 26. f3 R4e6 27. Bh2 h5 28. Re2 f4 (28... Kf6 $142) (28... h4)
29. Rbe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 fxe3+ 32. Kxe3 h4 33. Bb8 a6 34. Bc7 b5
35. Bd8 Ke6 36. Bg5 a5 37. Bd8 a4 38. Bg5 Kd6 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. f4 Kd6 41. Ke2
Ke6 42. Kf3 (42. a3) 42... a3 43. Bd8 (43. Kg4 $142) 43... Kf5 44. Bc7 (44. Bg5
$1) 44... Nf8 $1 $8 45. Bd8 $2 (45. Bd6 Ne6 46. Bxa3 Nxf4 $10) 45... b4 $1 46.
cxb4 (46. Be7 b3 47. Bxa3 bxa2 48. Bb2 Ne6 $19) 46... Ne6 47. Bb6 Nxf4 48. b5
cxb5 49. Ba5 (49. Bc5 $2 Nd3 50. Bxa3 b4) 49... Nd3 50. Bd2 g5 51. Ke3 Nf4 52.
Kf3 Ne6 53. Bc3 Nd8 54. Ke3 Nc6 55. Kd3 b4 56. Bd2 b3 57. axb3 a2 58. Bc3 Kf4
59. Kc2 Kg3 60. Kb2 Kxg2 61. Bd2 Kxh3 62. Bxg5 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-11 Final A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1954.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Na6 7. Bg5 {7.a3!?}
h6 $5 8. Bh4 Be7 9. e3 $6 {9.a3!?} Nb4 $1 10. Qd2 (10. Qb1 $2 g6) (10. Qb3 g5
11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qd1) (10. Qd1 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qb3
Qb6 14. Qd1) 10... g5 $1 (10... Bf5 11. Bxf6 $1 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Nb4
14. a3) 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nd5 (14... Nxa2 $6 15.
Bc4 $1 Nxc1 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Qxc1 Bd6 18. Bb3 $44) 15. a3 f6 $6 (15... h5 $1
16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Bd6 {/\ 18...Qc7, 19...f6} 18. Nc4 Bxh2 19. Rxh2 Qc7 $15) 16.
Nc4 Qd7 $2 (16... a5 $1 17. Qd1 O-O $13) 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Bg6 19. b4 $1 {
/\ Rb1, a4, b5+/-} Rf7 20. Qa2 $2 (20. Rb1 Qe6 21. b5 f5 22. Be5 f4 $16) 20...
a6 21. Bd1 $6 Bf8 22. Bb3 Re8 23. Rc2 $2 h5 $1 24. h4 (24. h3 h4 25. Bh2 g4 $40
) 24... gxh4 $2 (24... Qg4 $1 25. Nd6 (25. Bd6 gxh4 26. Bxf8 Rexf8 27. Nd6 Rg7
$19) (25. hxg5 h4 26. Bh2 h3 27. Bg3 Rh7 $19) 25... Bxd6 26. Bxd6 gxh4 27. Kh2
Rg7 $17) 25. Bxh4 Qg4 26. g3 Qd7 (26... Rg7 $2 27. Bxf6 $1) 27. Na5 Kg7 28.
Rfc1 {/\ 29.Nb7 Qb7 30.Rc6} Re6 29. Ba4 $1 {/\ 30.Nb7 Qb7 31.Rc6} Nb6 30. Bb3 (
30. d5 $6 Nxd5 31. Nxb7 (31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 Re5) 31... Qxb7 32. Rxc6 Re5 $1
) 30... Nd5 {Botvinnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Bb4 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 g6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. g4 Bd7
(14... Be6 15. Ne2 {Kasparov,G-Smyslov,V/URS-ch Moscow/1988/}) 15. Kb1 O-O-O (
15... Ne6) 16. Qb3 $5 Be6 $6 (16... Kb8 17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nc4 19. a6 (19. Bxc4
dxc4 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Ne8 22. a6 Nd6 23. axb7 Bd5 $1) (19. Qa4 Qf6 20. Be2
$14) 19... b5 (19... b6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne5) 20. Na2 Qf6 $1 $13) (16... Ne8
17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qa4 $5 $14) 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rd6 $2
(19... Rc8 20. Rc3 h5 21. Rg1 hxg4 22. hxg4 $14) (19... h5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. f4
$14) 20. Rc3 Rc8 21. Rhc1 f6 22. Ra3 (22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Nb3 b6 24. Rxc6 Rcxc6 25.
Rxc6 Bd7 26. Na5 Qe8 (26... Ka8 27. Rc7 $18) 27. Bb5 bxa5 28. Rxd6 Bxb5 29.
Qxa5 $18) 22... b6 23. g5 (23. Ne1 Ne8 24. Nc2 $14) 23... Rc7 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25.
Ne5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 $6 (26. Ka1 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Nf5 28. Nb4 $40) 26... Nxf5 27. f4
Ng3 $1 28. b4 Ne4 29. Ka1 h6 30. Qc2 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rb3 Re6 33. Qh2 Qf2 (
33... Kb7 $1) 34. Qxf2 Nxf2 35. Rbc3 Kb7 36. b5 c5 37. Nc6 Rexc6 38. bxc6+ Rxc6
39. dxc5 Ne4 40. Rd3 Nxc5 41. Rdd1 Re6 42. Rxd5 Rxe3 43. Rh1 (43. Rxg5 Rxh3 $14
) 43... Rg3 44. Rd4 Re3 45. Rg4 Ne4 46. Rc1 Nc5 47. Rh1 Ne4 48. Rh2 Kc6 49. Kb2
a5 50. Rgg2 Rf3 51. Rc2+ Kb5 52. Rc8 Nd6 53. Rg8 Nc4+ 54. Kc1 Rg3 55. Kd1 Kb4
56. Ke1 b5 57. Rh8 (57. Kf2 Ra3) 57... a4 58. Rh5 Ka3 59. Rc2 (59. Kf2 Rc3 60.
Rxg5 b4 $132) 59... Rg1+ $2 (59... Re3+ 60. Kf2 Re5) 60. Kf2 Rh1 61. Kg3 Nd6
62. Re2 (62. Kg2 $1) 62... Ra1 63. Rxg5 Rxa2 64. Re6 Rd2 65. h4 Kb4 66. Rg4+
Kc5 67. Re5+ Rd5 68. Rgg5 Rxe5 69. Rxe5+ Kd4 70. Kf4 a3 71. Re6 Kd5 72. Re5+
Kd4 73. Re7 b4 74. Ra7 Nb5 75. Ra5 b3 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-19"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1935.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1935.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1936,p.244} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 a5 12. g4 b5 13.
Rdg1 a4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. h4 b4 18. Nxa4 Ba6 19. Kb1 Bb5
20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Bxb5 cxb5 22. Ned3 Nd7 23. g6 fxg6 24. Nxb4 Nb6 25. h5 g5 26.
Qf5 Qd6 27. f4 Rf8 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nc4 31. Rh2 Nxe3 32. Rd2
Nc4 33. Re2 d4 34. e6 Ne3 35. Nc2 Nf5 36. e7 Rfe8 37. Re5 g6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39.
Rxg5 Kf7 40. Rgxf5+ gxf5 41. Nxd4 Rxe7 42. Rxf5+ Ke8 43. Nxb5 Re1+ 44. Kc2 Rxa2
45. Kb3 Raa1 46. c6 Rac1 47. c7 Re6 48. Rh5 Rb6 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51.
Rh8+ Kd7 52. Rd8+ Ke7 53. Rb8 Rxb5+ 54. Rxb5 Kd7 55. Kb4 Kd6 56. Rh5 Rxc7 57.
Rh6+ Kd5 58. Ka5 Ra7+ 59. Kb6 Ra4 60. Kb5 Ra8 61. b4 Rb8+ 62. Ka5 Ra8+ 63. Ra6
Rc8 64. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Ne4 $2 {Für diesen Zug gibt es keine Notwendigkeit.
Schwarz bekommt für den Bauern nur wenig Kompensation.} (10... Nf8 $142 {
main line}) 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 $1 (13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Nc3 Nb6 {
/\ Nb6-c4:b2} 15. a3 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bd6 17. O-O h6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 Qh5 20.
Ne5 Nd6 21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Qd2 f6 23. Nd3 {Arkell,K-Banchev,B/Toulouse op 1990/
EXT 90op2/1/2-1/2 (68)}) 13... Qf5 {Der Zug stellt eine Falle auf.} (13... h6
14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Ng3 b6 16. Qxc6 Qa6+ 17. Kg1 Bb7 18. Qd6 Re6 19. Qxd7 Bc6 20.
Qc7 Rc8 21. Qf4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rc2 23. Kh2 Qc8 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Qg3 Rg6 26. Qf4
Rf6 27. e4 Qd7 28. Rhc1 {1-0 Moeller,B-Ponce,N/Buenos Aires ol prel-C 1939/HCL
37}) (13... Bf8 14. Nc3 Nb6 (14... b5 15. Kg1 Nb6 16. Bf4 b4 17. Ne2 Bf5 18.
Qd1 h6 19. Kh2 Be4 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Be5 f6 23. Ng3 Rxe3 24. fxe3
fxe5 25. Qb3 e4 26. Nxe4 Re8 27. Qd3 Qd8 28. Rhe1 Qh4 29. Nd2 Bd6+ 30. Kh1 Qg3
31. Nf1 Qh4 32. e4 Bf4 33. Qc4 Kh8 34. Qxc6 Nf6 35. e5 Re7 36. exf6 Rxe1 37. f7
{1-0 Videki,S-Robert,A/Biel-C 1990/EXT 90}) 15. g4 h6 16. Bh4 Nc4 17. e4 b5 18.
Kg2 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Qb4 20. Re2 a5 21. Rae1 a4 22. Nd1 a3 23. b3 Na5 24. Nc3 Rac8
25. Qd3 c5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 c4 29. Qf5 Ra8 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31.
Ne5 Nd6 32. Qd3 Ra4 33. Nc6 Qc4 34. Qf3 Ra8 35. Be7 b4 36. Ne5 Qc7 37. Nc6 Qb7
38. Qf4 Nc4 39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40. Ne7+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ fxg6 43. Qxf8+ Kh7
44. Qf3 Qb5 45. h4 b3 46. h5 gxh5 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Re7 {1-0 Lazarev,V-Mai,I/
Meisdorf op 1996/EXT 96op2}) 14. Bxe7 (14. Rc1 $4 {sieht natürlich aus, aber}
Bxg5 15. Nexg5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 h6 $19) 14... Rxe7 15. Nfd2 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17.
Kg1 Nb4 (17... Qg6 {wurde als Verbesserung vorgeschlagen.} 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Qd1
$16) 18. Qb3 (18. Qa4 $142) 18... a5 19. Nd6 Qd3 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Nc4 Qxb3 22.
axb3 b5 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nf5 Re6 25. g4 g6 26. Ng3 Nd3 27. Ra1 f5 28. Rd1 Nc5
29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 Nxb3 31. Kh2 Rf6 32. Rhg1+ Kf8 33. Rg5 $1 h6 34. Rh5 a4
35. e4 b4 36. e5 Rg6 $1 37. Rd3 c5 $5 (37... Ra8 {Piket} 38. Nxh6 a3 39. bxa3
bxa3 40. Rf3+ Ke8 41. Nf5 Kd7 42. Rxb3 (42. Rh7+ Ke6 43. Re7+ Kd5 44. Rxb3 a2
45. Ne3+ Ke4 46. Nc2 $18) 42... a2 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Ne7 a1=Q 45. d5+ $1 cxd5
46. Nxg6 $18 {Van Wely}) 38. d5 $1 a3 39. bxa3 c4 40. Rf3 Nd2 41. Rf4 b3 42.
Nxh6+ (42. Nh4+ Kg7 43. e6 Rg5 44. Rf7+ (44. Nf5+ Kf6) 44... Kg8 45. Rxg5+ hxg5
46. Nf5 b2 47. Nh6+ Kh8 48. e7 (48. Rb7)) 42... Ke8 43. Ng4 b2 $6 (43... Rxd5
44. Nf6+ Rxf6 45. Rh8+ Rf8 $1 (45... Kf7 46. exf6 b2 47. Rh7+ Kf8 (47... Kg6
48. Rg7+ Kh6 (48... Kh5 49. f7) 49. Rh4+ Rh5 50. Rxh5+ Kxh5 51. f7) (47... Ke6
48. Re7+ Kd6 49. Rb7 c3 (49... b1=Q 50. Rxb1 Nxb1 51. f7) 50. f7) 48. f7 {
/\ 49.Rh8}) 46. Rfxf8+ Ke7 (46... Kd7 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. e6) 47. Re8+ Kf7 (47...
Kd7 48. e6+ Kd6 49. Rd8+ Kc5 50. Rxd5+ Kxd5 51. e7) 48. e6+ Kf6 49. Rhf8+ Ke5
50. e7 Rd7 51. Rd8) 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Ke8 46. Rh8+ Ke7 47. Rh7+ Ke8 48.
Nf6+ $2 (48. d6 $1 {gewinnt relativ einfach und forciert:} Rdxd6 49. exd6 Rxd6
50. Rb7 b1=Q (50... c3 51. Ra4 $18) 51. Rxb1 Nxb1 52. Rxc4 Nxa3 53. Rc5 $18)
48... Kf8 49. Rh8+ Ke7 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Ke7 52. Rh7+ (52. d6+ Ke6 53. Rxd8
Kxe5 $1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $1)
13... Qe7 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. b4 Bf5 16. Na4 Rad8 17. b5 Rd6 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qd1
b6 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Bb5 Nd7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Re1 Rec8 25. Nb2 Bf5
26. Nbd3 f6 27. Ng4 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Rc3 29. Qa6 h5 30. Nf2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Qxe3 32.
Qxa7 Rc2 33. Rf1 Nf5 34. Qxb6 Nxd4 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qxd5 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38.
Kh1 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3 40. Qd1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 09th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Schussler, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Rfc1 N6d7 14. Bf4
Bg4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. h3 (16. a3 $14 {Greenfeld}) 16... Bh5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4
Bg6 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Bg3 a6 21. Qa5 $14 Qd7 22. Nb3 Bd8 23. Qa4 Bc7 24. Nc5
Qe7 25. Bxc7 Rxc7 26. Qd1 Nh4 27. a4 g6 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 h5 30. Kh1 Ra8 31.
bxc6 bxc6 32. Ra1 Rca7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Bf5 $1 13. h3 Bd6 (13...
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne6 16. Bg3 c5 $13) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nh4 Bd7 16.
Nf3 Bf5 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
b6 $2 (14... f5) 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qa5 $1 (16. Qc2) 16... Bf5 (16... f5 17. f3 $16
(17. Rc1 $16)) 17. Rc1 $1 $16 {/\ Ne2-g3 >< c5, c6} Rad8 18. Ne2 Rd6 19. Rc5 $1
Qd7 20. Rfc1 Ng6 21. Ng3 Nh4 22. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 23. Qc3 Nh4 (23... Ree6 24. Rxf5
$18) (23... Ne7 24. Nxe4 Nd5 25. Qc2 Nb4 26. Qb1 $18) 24. Rxc6 Qg4 25. g3 Rdd8
(25... Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 exf3 27. Rc8 Rdd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qc7 Rf8 30. Qf4 $18)
26. h3 Nf3+ (26... Qxh3 27. gxh4 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 $18) 27. Nxf3 Qxf3 28. Qb3 h5 29.
Qd1 Qf5 30. h4 Rd5 31. R1c5 Red8 32. Qb3 g5 33. Qxb5 gxh4 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35.
Qb8+ Kh7 (35... Kg7 36. gxh4 Qg4+ 37. Qg3 $18) 36. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Match Kasparov-Andersson +2-0=4"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1985.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1985.06.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O (10... Nbd7 11. Bh6 Bf8 $10) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4
Qd6 13. Rb1 (13. b5) 13... Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rfc1 (15. Na4 b5 $1 16. Nc5
Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qe6 18. a4 a6 $13) 15... Nb6 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Qc2 a6 18. a4 Bg7
19. Ne2 Bh6 $1 20. Re1 (20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 Rdc8 22. Qb2 a5 $13) 20... Qe6 21.
Nc1 $6 (21. h3 $10) 21... Nc4 $1 22. Qc3 (22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Ne2 (23. a5 Rxd4 $1
) 23... b5 $15) 22... Nd6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Re2 Re8 26. Rbe1 Qc7 27.
a5 Re7 28. Qd3 Rae8 29. f3 Nf5 $1 30. g3 (30. g4 $6 Nd6 {/\ f5}) 30... h5 31.
Kg2 Qc8 32. Ndb3 (32. f4 Bf8 33. Nf3 Re4 $1 34. Ng5 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Qc7 36. Nxe4
Rxe4 $44) 32... Rd8 33. Rd1 Bf6 34. Qc3 Bg7 35. e4 $6 dxe4 36. fxe4 h4 $1 37.
g4 $2 (37. Rf2 h3+ $1 38. Kh1 Nd6 $15) 37... Nxd4 $5 (37... Nd6 38. h3 Nb5 $15)
38. Nxd4 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1 Rd6 $6 (39... h3 $1 40. Rd3 (40. Qe3 f5 $1) 40... Rd6)
40. Rd3 $2 (40. Qe3 $1 $13) 40... Qf4+ $2 (40... h3 $1 41. Rf2 Rxe4 $1 42. Nxe4
Qxe4 43. Re3 Qxd4 $1 (43... Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Bxd4 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. Qxh3 Re6+ 47.
Rxe6 Bxf2 48. Qc3+ $18) 44. Qxd4 (44. Re8+ Bf8) 44... Bxd4 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. Rf3
Bf6 $1 $19) 41. Rf2 $1 (41. Ke1 $2 Qg4 42. Kd2 Qg1 43. Ncb3 Red7 44. e5 Qg5+
45. Kc2 Bxe5 $17) 41... Qe5 42. Rfd2 (42. Ne2 $6 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Rd1+ $1 44. Kg2
Bxc3 45. Nxc3 Rc1 46. Rf3 Kg7 47. Kh3 g5 $13) 42... Qf4+ 43. Rf2 Qe5 44. Rfd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6
15. Nf3 Nb6 16. f5 Bf7 17. g4 Qd6 (17... Nc8 18. Qg2 Nd6 19. g5 Kh8 20. g6 Be8
21. gxh7 Bh5 22. Nh4 $14 {Smejkal,J-Morovic,I/Dubai olm/1986/}) 18. Nh4 Rae8
19. Ng2 Nc4 $1 20. Nd1 (20. Qf2 Qb4 $36) 20... Nd7 21. b3 Na3 22. Qb2 Qb4 23.
Rf4 $1 Nb5 (23... c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. b4 $18) 24. Bxb5 $1 Qxb5 25. Nc3 Qb4 26.
Qd2 Nb6 27. Rd1 a5 (27... Nc8 $2 28. Nxd5 $1 $18) 28. Rf3 Nc8 29. Nf4 Nd6 30.
Rg3 Qb6 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Nd3 a4 33. h4 (33. g5 $2 fxg5 34. Ne5 Rxe5 $1 35. dxe5
Rxe5 $17) 33... axb3 34. axb3 Ne4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 (35... Rxe4 $14) 36. Nf4
Bxb3 37. g5 Kh8 38. Qg2 Qd6 39. Kh1 Rf8 40. Rg1 fxg5 41. Rxg5 Qd7 $2 (41... Bf7
$1 42. Rxg7 Qf6 43. Qh3 Qxg7 44. Rxg7 Kxg7 45. Qg4+ Kh8 46. f6 Rg8 47. Qf5 Bg6
48. Qc5 Rd7 49. h5 $16) 42. Rh5 Kg8 43. Qg5 $1 b5 44. f6 Ref7 45. Qh6 $1 g6 46.
Rxg6+ Kh8 47. Rhg5 (47. Rhg5 Be6 48. Rg7 Bf5 49. R5g6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13a"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.05.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1985.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Bg4 $5 (12... Be7 13. Ne5 $14)
13. Nd2 (13. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. f4 Rxg5 $1 16. fxg5 N6d7 17. h4 Ne5
$13) 13... Bh5 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bxg6 (16. Bg3 $5 Ng4 17. Nd1 $14 {
Chernin}) 16... fxg6 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Kf7 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-13a"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.05.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1985.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O-O Qa5 $5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ng3 h6 13. h4 (13. Bf4 $1 {
Shirov} Nb6 (13... g5 14. Be5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. h4 gxh4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18.
Bf5 Nxe5 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Nf5 $44) 14. Nge2 Nc4 15. Ka1 $14 {Shirov}) 13...
Nb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nc4 $10 17. Ne2 c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. Nxd4
Qb4 20. Ka1 g6 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Qb3 Qc5 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bg7 25. Qc2 Qb6
26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.07"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 (7. h3
$142 $1 {/\ 8.e3}) 7... Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nf4 11. O-O Nxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Ne5 Ne8 {[/\ Nd6]} 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Be6 (
16... f6 $6 17. Nd3 Qxe4 18. Nxe4) 17. Rad1 (17. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 $1 {e.g.} 18.
Qxh7 {(or 18.d5)} Nf6 $17) 17... Rd8 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Qe5 Rd6 20. Nf4 Rfd8 {>=}
(20... Qd7) 21. Qa5 Rxd4 (21... b6 $5) 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qb8+ Ne8
25. Nxe6 Rxb2 $2 (25... fxe6 $10 {e.g.} 26. Ne4 Rxb2 27. Nd6 Qxd6 28. Qxe8+ Qf8
29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qf5 Kg8 31. Qe6+ {(Kotov)}) 26. Qd8 $18 (26. Qc8 $142 $1 fxe6
(26... Rc2 27. Kf1 $1 Rxc3 28. Nc7) 27. Rxe6) 26... Qxd8 27. Nxd8 Kf8 28. g3 g6
29. Ne4 h6 30. Nc5 Nd6 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Ndxb7 Rxb7 33. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 34. Kg2 Nd6
35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Kf4 f6 37. h4 c5 38. Rb1 Kc7 39. Rb2 Nb7 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Rxb7
f5+ 42. Kd3 Kxb7 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. f4 Kc6 45. a4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 {Eine aussichtsreiche Alternative zu der
üblichen Fortsetzung 11.0-0. Weiß läßt sich die Möglichkeit der langen Rochade
offen.} Bd6 {Die anderen plausiblen Züge sind 11...Ng6 und 11...Be6.} 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. g4 Qe7 $5 {Ein seltener Zug. Der junger Armenier plant
Nf6-e4.} ({Mit} 14... b5 $6 {schafft sich Schwarz ein "Loch" auf c5.} 15. Kb1
$14 {mit der Idee Rc1 und Ne2.}) ({Der beste Plan für Schwarz besteht in} 14...
Rac8 15. Kb1 c5 $1 (15... b5 $6 16. Nd2 a6 17. Nb3 N6d7 18. Ne2 c5 19. dxc5
Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bb7 24. Nd4 $14 {Dautov,
R-Proehl,H/Bad Woerishofen 1998}) (15... b6 16. Rc1 a5 17. g5 N6d7 18. h4 c5
19. Bf5 c4 20. h5 g6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. a4 Rce8 24. Rh4 $16 {
Komarov,D-Levin,F/Leningrad 1989}) 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 a6 18. f3 N6d7 $1 {
, mit dem Gegenspiel auf dem Damenflügel dank dem Manöver Nb6-c4:} 19. Qh2 Qe7
20. Rhe1 Nb6 21. Rc1 Rec8 22. f4 Bd7 $13 {Gabriel,C-Lobron,E/Bundesliga 1996})
15. Kb1 (15. Nd2 $5) (15. Ne5 $5) 15... Ne4 {Zwar wird die entstehende
Schwäche e4 von dauerhafter Natur sein, Schwarz bekommt aber dafür eine gute
Zentrumskontrolle und wird seine Sorgen um den möglichen weißen Königsangriff
los.} 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Bd5 (17... f5 $2 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. f3 $16) 18. h4
$1 {Ein wichtiger prophylaktischer Zug, der die Aktivierung des schwarzen
Springers verhindert.} ({Falsch wäre der Abtausch der Schwäche e4} 18. f3 $6
exf3 19. e4 Be6 20. Nxf3 Rad8 $11 {, und das weiße Bauernzentrum ist eher
schwach als stark.}) (18. Rc1 $2 Ng6 $11 {nebst Ng6-h4.}) 18... Rad8 19. Rc1 {
Gegen c6-c5 gerichtet. Weiß muß seine Königsangriffspläne vorerst ruhen lassen.
So würde ein voreiliger Zug wie h4-h5 dem Gegner die Möglichkeit geben, mit
h7-h6 und Nh7-g5 seinen Springer zu aktivieren. Ich kam zu dem Schluß, daß
Weiß am besten ein Spiel auf dem Damenflügel führen sollte, dort die
Schwächung der schwarzen Bauern provozieren und im richtigen Moment den
schwarzen Läufer abtauschen.} Rd6 $6 {Dieser Zug und der damit verbundene Plan
der Überführung des Springers auf f6 gefallen mir nicht. Der Posten auf f6 ist
recht unsicher, da jederzeit g4-g5 folgen kann. Auch der schwarze Turm auf d6
wirkt unharmonisch.} ({Schwarz konnte stattdessen versuchen, die weißen
Königsflügelbauern zu lockern:} 19... Ng6 $5 {Darauf sollte Weiß am besten mit}
20. g5 $1 {reagieren.} ({schlechter ist} 20. h5 $6 Nf8 {(mit der Absicht h7-h6
und Nh7-g5)} 21. h6 (21. g5 Qxg5 22. Ndxe4 Qe7 23. Nxd5 Qxe4 $11) 21... g6 {
mit der Idee Ne6-g5.}) 20... Nf8 21. Qa4 (21. Ka1 $5) (21. f3 $2 exf3 22. e4
Be6 23. Nxf3 Bg4 24. Ne5 Bh5 $17) 21... a6 22. Ka1 Ne6 {mit gegenseitigen
Chancen.}) ({Auch} 19... Ne6 $5 {sieht besser aus als der Textzug.}) (19... c5
$2 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. dxc5 Nd7 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Rhd1 Re5 24. Qd2 Nxc5 25. Qd6 $14
) 20. Ka1 Nd7 (20... Rf6 21. Rh2 Nd7 22. g5 Re6 (22... Rf5 $2 23. f3 $16) 23.
Ne2 $5 $14) 21. Qa4 {Die Schwächung des gegnerischen Damenflügels beginnt.} a6
(21... c5 $2 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxa7 cxd4 24. Qxb7 $16) 22. Qa5 $1 {Mit der
Absicht Qc7.} Nf6 23. Rhg1 Qd7 $6 {Dieser Zug führt zu weiterer Disharmonie im
schwarzen Lager.} ({Zu empfehlen war} 23... Rdd8 $14) 24. Qc5 $1 b6 $6 (24...
Qe6 25. g5 Nd7 26. Qb4 $16 {, mit den Drohungen 27.Qxb7 und 27.Nxe4.}) ({
Besser war} 24... Qd8 25. g5 Nh5 26. Nc4 (26. Qb4 $14) 26... Bxc4 27. Qxc4 $14)
25. Qa3 $1 $16 {Weiß ist mit ist mit der Entstehung der zweiten Schwäche (Pc6)
zufrieden und will sich auf keine Komplikationen einlassen.} ({Zu unklaren
Konsequenzen würde dagegen} 25. Qxb6 $2 Nxg4 26. Rg2 h5 {führen.}) 25... c5 $2
{In der beginnenden Zeitnot versucht Sargissian, durch ein Bauernopfer den
weißen Druck abzuschütteln. Das Opfer ist jedoch inkorrekt.} ({Zäher war} 25...
a5 26. g5 ({oder} 26. Rc2 $14) 26... Nh5 27. Rc2 Rde6 (27... f5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5
29. Nb1 (29. Nc4 $16) 29... Re6 30. Nc3 Rdd6 31. Rgc1 $16) 28. Rgc1 $16 {
, und Schwarz hat alle Hände zu tun, seine Bauern zu verteidigen.}) 26. dxc5
bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rc8 ({Auf} 27... Bxa2 {folgt ein unangenehmer Stich} 28. g5 $1
$16) 28. Qa3 Bb7 29. Nb3 $18 {Schwarz bekam keine Kompensation. In Zeitnot
verliert er schnell.} Rdc6 30. g5 Ne8 31. Rcd1 Qh3 $2 32. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2
g6 8. e4 O-O (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Be6 12. Bc4
Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Qf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bb5 $16 {Karpov,
An-Yusupov,A SSSR ch 1988}) (8... dxe4 $142 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Kf8 $10) 9.
e5 Ne4 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bd3 (11. h3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Qd2 Qa5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tal,M-Renet,O Cannes 1989}
) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 (12... Bg4 $5 13. h4 $5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxh4 15. f4 $40)
13. h4 cxd4 $2 (13... Bg4 $2 14. h5 Bxh5 15. Rxh5 gxh5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qf5
Qd7 18. Qxf7 Bd8 19. Qg6 $18) (13... Nc6 14. h5 c4 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. hxg6 $40 {
/\gh,Qg6}) (13... c4 14. Be2 Nc6 (14... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. h5 Nf8
$14) 15. h5 Bf5 16. Qc1 b5 17. Ng5 $22 f6 18. g4 fxg5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rg1 Kh8
21. Rxg5 $1 $40) 14. h5 $1 g5 (14... Qb6 15. Rb1 $16 (15. hxg6 {Ftacnik} hxg6
16. Rb1 Qe6 17. cxd4 $16)) (14... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 $18) (
14... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Nxd4 $16) 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 $1 (16.
cxd4 Nc6 $132 {/\g4}) (16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Bg6 fxg6 18. hxg6 Kg8 $13) 16... Be6 $8
(16... fxg6 17. hxg6 Kg8 18. g7 $18 {/\Bg5} (18. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Bxg5 19. g7 $18
)) 17. Nxd4 Qc8 18. Qd2 $1 fxg6 (18... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 $18
) 19. hxg6 Kg8 20. Rc1 $1 (20. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Qxd4
23. Qh6 Qb2+ $1) 20... Nc6 21. Bxg5 Qc7 (21... Nxe5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qh6 $18)
22. Bxe7 Rxe7 (22... Qxe5+ 23. Kf1 Rxe7 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6
27. Rh8+ (27. Qh6 {Ftacnik} Qf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ $18) 27... Kxh8 28. Qh6+
Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. g7+ $18) 23. Kf1 $1 Rae8 24. Re1 $1 $18 Rg7 (24... Nxe5 {
Ftacnik} 25. Qh6 $18) 25. Qh6 Kf8 26. Rh4 Nxd4 27. Qh8+ Rg8 (27... Bg8 {Ftacnik
} 28. Rf4+ $18) 28. Qf6+ Bf7 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. gxf7 (30. gxf7 {Ftacnik} Kxf7
31. Rxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne5 {N} (12. Rfc1 N6d7 13. Bf4
Nb6 14. Rab1 Bd6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qc5 $14 {Karpov,
An-Kharitonov,A USSR 1988}) (12. Rae1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Ndf8 15. Na4 Bd6
16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 $14 {Dreev,
A-Akopian,V Groningen 1991}) (12. a3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 g6 15. b5 cxb5
16. Bxb5 Rec8 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. Bd3 N8d7 19. Rfc1 Nb6 $14 {Timman,J-Spassky,B
Cannes FRA-NDL 1990}) 12... N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Bf7 16. Rae1
c5 17. Qf2 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 a6 $10) 17... Nb6 18. Nh4 (18. dxc5 Qxc5 19.
Nd4 Nc4 $10) 18... cxd4 19. exd4 Qc7 {/\Nc4-d6} 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nb5 $6 (21. Nf5
Bg6 (21... Nc4 $2 22. b3 Na5 23. Nb5 $16) 22. Qf3 Ne6 $132) 21... Nc4 $1 22. b3
(22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Nc3 a6 24. a4 Rb8 $15) 22... a6 $1 23. bxc4 (23. Nc3 Nd6 {
><e4}) 23... dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 axb5 26. Rc5 (26. Rc2 $6 Re4 27. Rd1
Ne6 $15) 26... Ne6 $10 27. Rxb5 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxd4 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 30. Kh2 Rae2
31. Rd1 R2e4 32. Rd7 Ne6 33. Nf5 Rxf4 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Re1 Nf8 36. Ra7 Rd8 (
36... Rd4 37. Nf5 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Re7 $10) 37. Ne8 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39.
Re7 Kf8 40. Rxd7 Kxe8 41. Rxg7 Rh4 42. g4 Rh6 43. Kg3 Rg6 44. Rxh7 f5 45. Kh4
fxg4 46. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rae1 Ng4 (11... Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 $10) (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7
13. b4 Qd6 14. b5 Ng6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 $14 {Georgiev,Kr-Atanasov,A/Varna/
1983/}) 12. Bxe7 (12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Be6) 12... Rxe7 (12... Qxe7 $2 13. e4
dxe4 14. Rxe4 Be6 15. d5 $16) 13. b4 Qd6 14. b5 c5 15. e4 (15. dxc5 Qxc5 16.
Ne2 Qd6 17. Ned4 Rc7 $14) 15... c4 16. e5 $6 (16. Be2 $5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qg6 (
17... Qh6 18. h3 Bf5 19. Bxc4) 18. Bxc4 Bf5 19. Nh4 Qh6 $13) 16... Qd8 (16...
cxd3 $2 17. exd6 Rxe1 18. Qxd3 $18) 17. Bf5 (17. Be2 Nh6 $132) 17... Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 Nh6 19. Qc2 Ne6 $15 20. Rb1 Rd7 21. Ne2 g6 22. Ng3 Kg7 23. Qc3 a6 24. b6
a5 25. Rb5 (25. Nd2 Ra6 26. f4 Rxb6 27. f5 Nxf5 28. Nxf5+ gxf5 $15) 25... Ra6
26. Rfb1 Ng8 27. Qe3 Ne7 28. Ng5 $6 (28. Nd2 $5 Nc8 29. f4 f5 30. exf6+ Qxf6
31. Nf3 Nxf4 32. Ne5 Re7 33. Rf1) 28... Nc6 (28... Nc8 29. Nxe6+ fxe6) 29.
Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Ne2 Qf8 $17 31. Qh3 Re7 32. a3 Ra8 33. Rd1 (33. f4 Rae8 34. Rd1)
33... Rae8 34. Rb2 Rf7 35. Qe3 Qe7 36. f3 Ref8 37. Rbd2 Qd8 38. Rb1 Qh4 39. Nc3
Qf4 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. Ne2 R4f7 42. Nc3 Rf4 43. Ne2 R4f7 44. Nc3 g5 45. Rbd1 (
45. h3 h5 46. Ne2 Kg6 $17) 45... Kg6 46. Ne2 h5 47. Kf2 g4 48. f4 {[#]} Rxf4+
$1 $19 49. Nxf4+ Rxf4+ 50. Ke2 (50. Ke3 Re4+ 51. Kf2 Kf5 $19) (50. Kg3 {
Petursson} Kg5 51. h4+ gxh3 52. Kxh3 c3 53. Rc2 Rh4+ 54. Kg3 Nxd4 $19) 50...
Kf5 51. Rf1 Rxf1 52. Kxf1 Ke4 53. Ke1 c3 54. Rf2 Kd3 (54... Kd3 55. Kd1 Nxd4)
0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 (6. Qc2) 6... Be7 (
6... Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. h4 h5
13. Nge2 $14) 7. Qc2 (7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qc2 f5 11. O-O $14
) 7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 (11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 h6
19. Ne2 Qb4 $1 $10 {Timman,J-Jusupov,A/Tilburg/1986/}) 11... a5 12. a3 Ng6 (
12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 Bf5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 axb4 17. axb4 $14) 13.
b4 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 $14) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Bd6 15. Rfe1 (
15. b5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Bg4 19. Nd2 Nh4) 15... Bg4 (15...
h6 $2 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 $16) 16. Nh4 (16. Nd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f3 Bd7
19. Na4 $14) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. b5 $6 (19. Bxg6 Rf8 20.
Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 $14) 19... Ra3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra1 Rf8 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. Rb1
(23. Bxg6 $2 Bb4) 23... Qg5 $10 24. Bxg6 Bd6 (24... Bf3 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qg6)
25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bd3 (26. Qg6 $6 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Bf5
$17) 26... Bf3 27. g3 $4 (27. Bf1 h5 28. h3 $14) 27... Bxg3 $19 28. fxg3 (28.
hxg3 Qh5 $19) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 $6 {
Die Theorie hält nicht viel von diesem Zug.} (7... Nxd5 $142) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2
O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 Qd8 13. Rae1 Be7 $16 {Der
Eröffnungsbehandlung des Schwedische Großmeister ist sehr verdächtig. Wen er
schon das als schwächer geltende 7...ed5 dem Normalzug 7...Nd5 vorzieht, so
kann es bestimmt nicht mit der Absicht gewesen sein, eine gängige Stellung der
Abtauschvariante mit einer Handvoll Tempi weniger zu bekommen, wie es jetzt
der Fall ist!} 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. h3 Be6 16. Ne5 N6d7 17. f4 Nb6 18. f5 Bd7 19. e4
dxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 $6 (20... Nh7 $142) 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Ne6 (22... Be6
23. fxe6+ Nxe6 24. Be2 $1 $18 {nebst Bh5}) 23. Rfe1 Nd5 $2 (23... Qc8 24. fxe6+
(24. Be2 g6 25. fxe6+ Bxe6 $13) 24... Rxe6 (24... Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf5
$18) 25. Bd6 $16 (25. Bb1 {/\Ba2})) 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Bc6 26. fxe6+ Kg8
27. Qf5 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 29. Bf2 Qd6 (29... Qxb2 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bc5+ {
nebst Qh8#}) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 $1 $18 {Droht das Bauernopfer mit der
Zielblockade des e7 Feldes, nebst Qh8#. Schwarz muss darum die Qualität
zurückgeben, wonach er mit Minusbauer und schlechter Stellung nichts mehr zu
hoffen hat.} Ke7 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Qe4 Rc8 34. Qxb7+ Rc7 35. Qe4 {Außer dem
Materialvorteil hat der Anziehende die klar bessere Königslage.} Bxb2 36. Bh4+
g5 37. Qh7+ Kd8 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Bf2 Bc3 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qg8+ Ke7 42. Re4 Bd2
43. g3 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mozny, Milos"]
[Black "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dumitrache,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. c4 {Baburin Ftacnik} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 (5... Bf5
) 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4
a6 13. a4 (13. Na4 $1) (13. Bf5 {Baburin}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. b5 (15.
Rab1 {Baburin}) 15... a5 $1 {(><b4)} (15... axb5 {Ftacnik} 16. axb5 Bd6 (16...
Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra6 Bd7 20. g3 Qg5 21. Nf1 h5 22. h4 Qe7
23. Na4 Rb8 24. Ra7 {Herzog,J-Meier,T/Zürich op/1989/0-1 (41)}) 17. Rxa8 Qxa8
18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. h3 Bd7 22. Kf1 g6 23. Qb3 Qb4 24.
Ke2 {Cosma,I-Safyanovsky,M/Moscow3/1991/0.5 (31)}) 16. bxc6 bxc6 {Baburin:This
idea (a7-a6 and then a6-a5!? instead of the natural a6xb5) was invented by
Spassky. Black has got a good square on the b-file (b4) and it's difficult for
White to get the c3-Knight to c5, due to the presence of a pawn on a4.} 17. Na2
{Baburin:This idea does not look great.} (17. Bf5 $5) (17. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Bb4
18. Nb3 Qf6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Nc5 Ng6 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qe7 24.
Nd3 {Yuneev,A-Akopian,V/URS-sf Daugavpils/1989/0.5 (66)}) (17. Bf5 $5 {Baburin
Baburin:When the Bishops are exchanged, White will be able to set up his pawns
on dark squares on the King side (g2-g3), limiting Black's Bishop.}) 17... Bd6
18. Rfc1 (18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qb5 (19. Qxd5 $4 Bxh2+) 19... Rb8 20. Qa6 (20. Qc6
Rc8 $10) 20... Re6 (20... Ra8 $10 {Ftacnik}) 21. Qa7 Rb2 22. Nb1 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2
Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rh6 $19) 18... Qf6 19. Nf1 (19. Qxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxf2 21. Nf1 (
21. Rc2 {Ftacnik} Re6 22. Nf3 Qxe3 23. Qxa8 Rh6+ 24. Kg3 Bxf3 $40) 21... Re6
$19) 19... Rac8 20. Rab1 Ng6 21. Rb6 (21. h3 $5 {Ftacnik} Bd7 22. Rb7 Rc7 $10)
21... Ba3 22. Rcb1 (22. Rxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxc1 (22... Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Bxc1 $4 24.
Qxe8+) 23. Rxf6 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 gxf6 $19) 22... Nh4 {Baburin:The concentration
of black pieces on the K-side is high, Black threatens 23...Bg4-h3! for
example.} 23. R1b3 $2 (23. Ng3 h5 {/\Nxg2,h4,Qf3+}) (23. f3 $5 Bf5 $15 {פa2,e3
}) (23. Bxh7+ Kh8 {(/\g6)} 24. Bd3 Nxg2) (23. R6b3 $5) 23... Nxg2 $1 $19 {
Baburin: Another attacking idea is used! This move is possible because White's
Rook does not control the e1-square any longer.} 24. Rxa3 (24. Kxg2 Qf3+ 25.
Kg1 Bh3 $19) (24. f3 {Ftacnik} Ne1 $19) 24... Ne1 25. Qc1 (25. Bxh7+ {Ftacnik}
Kh8 26. Qc3 Qf3 27. Qxe1 Bh3) 25... Qf3 26. Qxe1 (26. Qxe1 Bh3 (26... Bh3 {
Ftacnik} 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Lausanne FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2020.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dzagnidze,N"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-715,-725,-735,-735,-735,-735,-745,-962,-1002,-1012,-29936,-29971,-29972,
-29973,-29974] This was a crucial game for me. After my victory versus the
World Champion, I got the feeling that I could win the tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 {This will finally transpose to the Queen's
Gambit Exchange Variation.} 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 (6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 (9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 b6
$11) 9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14.
Rab1 Qc5 15. Rb5) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 (13... h6 14. Bh4) 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 b6 {with a playable position.}) 6... exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8
10. h3 (10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ng5 $5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Rab1 Ng6 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. b4 (17. h4 Nh7 18. h5 Nf8 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6
$11) 17... Bxh3 18. gxh3 (18. f4 Rxe3 19. fxg5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Rg3 $17) 18...
Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nh4+ 20. Kg1 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kh1 Nf3 $11) 10... Nf8 11. Bf4
Ng6 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O (14. O-O Qe7 {with idea ...Ne4/...f5.})
14... b5 15. g4 {The position got an attacking race character.} a5 16. g5 b4
17. Na4 Ne4 18. Rdg1 Ba6 {Objectively not the best move in this position, but
I thought to exchange the white-squared bishops is in my favour.} (18... Bf5 $5
19. Ne1 (19. h4 Nxf2 20. Bxf5 Nxh1 21. Bxg6 Qxg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rxh1 Rxe3
24. Rf1 Rae8 25. Ne5 Re4 26. Nf3 f6 27. Nc5 Rg4 28. Nd7 Rf4 $15) 19... Rac8 20.
f3 (20. Kb1 Nh4 $1 21. f3 (21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rg4 Ng6
25. h4 c5 26. h5 (26. d5 Qd7 27. Rxe4 Qxd5 28. f3 Ne5 29. Rf1 a4 30. f4 b3 $19)
26... cxd4) 21... Ng3 22. Qh2 Bxd3+ 23. Nxd3 Nhf5 $17) 20... c5 21. fxe4 dxe4
22. dxc5 exd3 23. cxd6 dxc2 $17) (18... Nf4 {The engine shows this beautiful
move.} 19. exf4 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Nd3+ 21. Nxd3 exd3 22. Qxd3 Be6 23. h4
Bd5 24. Rh3 Bxa2 $13) 19... Qxf4+ 20. Nd2 Nxf2 21. Rf1 Qxd4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
Rhg1 Re2 {A typical computer line.}) 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Kb1 Ra7 21. h4 Rc7 {
Trying to plan counterplay with ...c5.} 22. h5 Nf8 23. Nh4 Qe6 (23... c5 $6 24.
dxc5 Nxc5 25. Nf5 Qc6 26. Rc1 Nfe6 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Nd4 $14) 24. f3 Nd6 25.
Re1 Nd7 26. Re2 (26. g6 fxg6 27. hxg6 h6 {is nothing to be afraid of:} 28. e4
dxe4 29. Nc5 Qd5 (29... Nxc5 30. dxc5 Nb5 31. Rxe4)) 26... c5 {Finally!} 27.
dxc5 Rec8 {In this position both of us were short of time already.} 28. g6 Nxc5
29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Qd3 {Here I already felt that my position was
better, but how much better exactly I couldn't evaluate because of time
shortage. So I didn't want to give her queen the d4 square.} Qf6 32. Qd4 Qxd4
33. exd4 Rc4 34. Rd1 R4c7 {Trying to play safe.} (34... Kxh7 35. Re5 R4c6 36.
Rxd5 Nc4 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Rxc5 39. Rd7 Rxh5 40. Ng2 Rh1+ 41. Kc2 Rh2 $19)
35. Rg1 Kxh7 36. Reg2 f6 37. Re2 a4 38. Re6 Nc4 39. Re2 Nd6 40. Re6 Nc4 {
Just to gain time.} 41. Re2 a3 42. bxa3 (42. Nf5 axb2 43. Reg2 (43. Re7 Rxe7
44. Nxe7 Re8 45. Re1 Ra8 46. Nxd5 b3) 43... Ra8 44. Rxg7+ Rxg7 45. Rxg7+ Kh8
46. Rb7 (46. Rg2 Re8 47. Rg1 Re2 $19) 46... Rg8) 42... bxa3 (42... Nxa3+ $5 {
is a computer line:} 43. Kb2 Nc4+ 44. Kb3 (44. Kb1 Rb8 45. Reg2 Ra7 46. Nf5 b3
47. Rxg7+ Rxg7 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19) (44. Ka1 Ra7) 44... Na5+ 45. Kxb4 (45. Ka4
Ra8 46. Nf5 (46. Kxb4 Rb8+) 46... b3 47. axb3 Nc4+ 48. Kb5 Rb8+ $19) (45. Kb2
b3 $3 46. axb3 Nxb3 47. Nf5 Rb8 48. Re7 Nxd4+ 49. Ka1 Rxe7 50. Nxe7 Rb5 51. Rd1
Nxf3 52. Nxd5 Kh6 53. Nf4 Rf5 54. Ne6 Rxh5 55. Rd8 Re5 $19) 45... Rb8+ 46. Ka4
Nc4) 43. Ng6 Nd6 {I couldn't find a direct win, so I decided to transfer my
knight to f5.} (43... Rb7+ 44. Ka1 Rb2 45. Re7) 44. Nf4 Nf5 45. Ne6 Rb8+ (45...
Rc3 46. Reg2 Rb8+ 47. Ka1 Ne3) 46. Ka1 Re7 47. Rb1 Rbe8 48. Rbe1 Kh6 49. Nf4 (
49. Kb1 Rb7+ 50. Kc2 (50. Kc1 Rb2) 50... Rxe6 51. Rxe6 Nxd4+) 49... Rxe2 50.
Rxe2 Rxe2 (50... Rc8 51. Kb1 Nxd4 52. Re3) 51. Nxe2 Kxh5 52. Kb1 Ne3 (52... Kh4
$1 53. Kc2 g5 54. Kb3 (54. Kd3 Ne7 55. Ke3 f5 56. Kf2 Kh3 57. Kg1 Nc6 58. Kh1
Nb4 $19) 54... Kh3 55. Kxa3 Kg2 56. Kb4 Kxf3 57. Ng1+ Kf2 $19) 53. Kc1 g5 54.
Kd2 Nc4+ 55. Kd3 (55. Ke1 f5 56. Nc3 (56. Kf2 f4 57. Nc3 Ne3 58. Nb5 Nc2) 56...
Ne3 57. Nb5 Kh4 58. Nxa3 (58. Kf2 Nc2) 58... Kg3) 55... Kh4 56. Nc3 Nb6 57. Nb5
Kg3 58. Ke2 f5 59. Nxa3 f4 60. Nc2 (60. Nb1 Nc4 61. Nc3 g4 62. fxg4 f3+) 60...
Na4 (60... g4 61. Ne1 gxf3+ 62. Nxf3 Na4 63. Ne5 Nc3+ 64. Kd3 Nxa2) 61. a3 Nc3+
62. Kd3 Kxf3 63. Kxc3 Ke2 64. Nb4 f3 65. Nd3 g4 (65... f2 66. Nxf2 Kxf2 67. a4
g4 68. a5 g3 69. a6 g2 70. a7 g1=Q 71. a8=Q Qc1+ 72. Kd3 Qc4+ 73. Kd2 Qxd4+ 74.
Kc1 Qe3+ 75. Kd1 Qd3+ 76. Kc1 $11) 66. Nf4+ Ke1 (66... Kf1 67. Nxd5 (67. Nh5 f2
) (67. Kd3 g3 68. Ke3 g2 69. Nh3 f2) 67... g3 68. Ne3+ Ke2) 67. Nd3+ Kf1 68.
Ne5 g3 69. Nxf3 g2 70. Kb4 Kf2 71. Ng5 Kg3 72. Kc5 g1=Q 73. Kxd5 Qh1+ 74. Kd6
Kf4 75. Ne6+ Ke4 76. d5 Qh2+ 77. Kc6 Ke5 78. Nc7 Qc2+ 79. Kd7 Qa4+ 80. Ke7
Qxa3+ 81. Kd7 Qd6+ 82. Kc8 Qe7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. b4 a6 (12... Ndf6 13. b5 c5 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 Nce4 16. Qb2 Be6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h3 Rac8 $11 {Donner,
J-Portisch,L/Palma de Mallorca 1967}) (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf8 14. b5 Bd7 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Rec8 17. Rfc1 g6 18. Qa5 $14 {Rychagov,A-Gelashvili,T/Patras
2001}) (12... Qxb4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Rfe1
Nd5 18. Qd2 $14 {Galyas,M-Werner,D/Budapest 2003}) 13. a4 (13. Rab1 {1/2-1/2
Jakubek,P-Biro,K/SVK 2002}) 13... Qxb4 $6 (13... Ndf6 14. b5 c5 (14... axb5 15.
axb5 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ng4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd1 $14) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfc1 $14)
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 $14 Nf6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Bc4 Qc7 (18... Rb8
19. Ng5 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd2 b6 22. Rfc1 $14) 19. Ng5 (19. Ne5 Be6 20.
Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qf5 Nd5 22. Rfc1 Rae8 $14) 19... Re7 20. Rb2 h6 21. Nf3 Be6 22.
Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rfb1 Rb8 24. Ne5 Nd5 (24... Ree8 25. h3 Nd5 26. Nd3 b6) 25. Nd3
b6 $4 {[%csl Rb8] A blunder in one move is quite rare case for 2600+
grandmaster, so this game is quite unique in that sense.} (25... Ree8) 26. Nc5
$18 Rg6 27. Na6 Qc8 28. Nxb8 Qxb8 29. Qf5 Qd8 30. Rc1 Rf6 31. Qg4 Rg6 32. Qf3
Rf6 33. Qh5 Qe7 34. Rbc2 Qa3 35. Qe5 Re6 $6 (35... Nb4 36. Rc4 (36. Rc3 $6 Qxa4
37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qxb6 Qa2 39. Rf1 Nd5) 36... Qa2 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39.
f4 Re6 40. Qf3 Nd3 41. R1c2 Qb1+ 42. Qf1 $16) 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qb7 $1 {[%csl
Rc6,Rf7]} Nxe3 38. Rxc6 Nd5 39. Rc8 Qb4 (39... Nc3 40. Rf1 Rf6 41. Qa6 b5 42.
Qa8 b4 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qg8 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 40. Rf1 Nf4 41. Qxf7 Qxd4 42.
Qf5+ Rg6 43. Rc6 Qxa4 44. Rxb6 Qc4 45. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. e4 (13. Nf4 Bd7 14.
Rfe1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kh1 Rc7 17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Bc8 19. Nc5 Rce7 20. Qf2 g6
21. Bc2 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 b6 24. Nb3 {Peicheva,V-Thorhallsson,T/
Copenhagen op (07)/1990/0-1 (45)}) (13. a3 a6 (13... N6d7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bg3
Bh4 16. b4 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Nf6 $8 18. Qd2 $6 a5 $5 19. Bb1 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21.
f4 Bg4 $1 $8 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. f5 Ne7 $8 24. e4 {Kamsky,G-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk
aan Zee (m/4)/1994/1-0 (39)}) 14. Bh4 Ng6 15. Bf2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qe5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rfe1 g5 22. g4 Ba7 23. Bg3 Qe7 24.
h3 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Campora,D/ESP-chT/1994/0.5 (42)}) (13. Bh4 a6 14. Kh1 b5
15. Bf2 Bd7 16. Bg1 g6 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. Qe1
c4 22. Bc2 Bc6 23. Nec3 a5 24. Ne3 {Eliet,N-Pedersen,St/EU-chJ Sas van Gent 
(10)/1992/1-0 (58)}) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Bf4 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd2 c5
17. d5 Bd7 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 21. Qf4 Ng6 22. Qf2 Qd7 23.
Nxa7 Ra8 24. Qxc5 $13 {Vaiser,A-Flear,G/Fuerteventura/1992/0.5 (69)}) (15. Bd2
c5 16. d5 c4 $1 17. dxe6 Nxe6 $15) 15... Ng6 16. e5 Bg5 (16... Nxf4 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. Nxf4 Ne3 19. Qd3 Nxd1 20. Nxe6 fxe6 (20... Nxb2 21. Qh3 fxe6 22. Bg6+
$18) 21. Rxd1 $36) 17. Bxg6 (17. Bxg5 Qxg5 {xe3}) 17... hxg6 18. Qd2 Bxf4 19.
Nxf4 Bc4 20. Rfe1 (20. Rf3 c5 $1) 20... c5 21. Ne4 (21. e6 cxd4 (21... Bxe6 22.
Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qf4 $13) 22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 g5 24. exf7+ Bxf7 $15) 21...
cxd4 22. Nd6 d3 23. Nh3 (23. Nxc8 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxd1+ 26. Kf1 Nf2
$1 $19) 23... Rxe5 24. Nxc8 (24. Rxe5 $2 Qxd6 25. Rg5 Qxh2+ $19) 24... Qxc8 25.
Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Qe3 f6 27. Nf2 (27. Qxa7 Be6 28. Nf2 Bg4 29. Nxg4 Qxg4 $36) 27...
Bd5 28. Rc1 (28. Nxd3 $2 Qg4 29. Rd2 Nf3+ $19) 28... Qf5 29. b3 Ng4 30. Qd4 (
30. Nxg4 Qxg4 31. Qd2 Bxg2 $1 32. Qxg2 $140 d2) 30... Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Qg5 32. Re1
(32. Rd1 Be4 $44) 32... f5 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. hxg3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Be4
37. Rc1 a6 38. Rc7 Bxg2 (38... Bxg2 39. Kxd3 g5 $10) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 $1 Be6 $6 (11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 $14) 12.
O-O N6d7 $6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a4 a6 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Nb3
$1 Rc7 (18... Qxb4 19. Nc5 Qa5 20. Qb3 Nc8 21. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nc5 Nbd7 20. f4 f6
21. f5 Bf7 22. Qf2 a5 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rb6 Qa3 26. Rfb1 Ra8 (
26... Qxc3 $2 27. R6b3 $16) 27. R6b3 Qe7 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Kf2 $1 g5 30. Qf3 h5
31. a5 h4 32. Na4 Qd8 33. Nc5 Rde7 34. Nxb7 Qc7 35. Bf1 $1 Kg7 36. Kg1 Kh6 37.
a6 Bh5 38. Qf2 Nd7 39. Rc1 (39. Rc1 Nb6 (39... Nb8 40. Nc5 $18) 40. Na5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O g6 (10... Nf8 11. f3 (11. a3 $5 g6 12. b4 $36 {
Granda Zuniga-Garcia Padron/1991/}) 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 $5 (12... Qxe7 13.
e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 {Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A/Brussels/1991/}) 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rad1 g6
$13 {Timman,J-Short,N/Amsterdam/1992/}) 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 Nb6 14.
e5 c5 15. g4 (15. Bb5 cxd4 16. Bxe8 dxc3 17. Ba4 cxb2 $44) 15... Ng7 16. Nf4
Be6 17. Qf2 Rec8 18. Nfe2 Bd7 19. Rae1 Ne6 20. f4 $6 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22.
Qxd4 Bxg4 23. e6 fxe6 24. f5 Qc5 $1 (24... gxf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 $13) 25.
Qxc5 Rxc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rf6 Rc7 28. Nb5 Rg7 29. Nd4 Nd7 30. Rf4 Bf5 31.
Nxe6 Bxe6 (31... Re8 32. Bxf5 (32. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Bxd3) 32... gxf5+ 33.
Nxg7 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2) 32. Rxe6 Nc5 33. Re3 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Rd7 35. Rfd4 Rad8 36.
Kg2 Re8 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. O-O-O g6 12. Kb1 Ng7 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rc1
O-O-O (14... O-O $5) 15. Na4 Nxa4 (15... Kb8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 $40) 16. Qxa4
Kb8 17. Rc3 b6 18. Ra3 (18. Ba6 $5 Ne6 19. Rhc1 Rhe8 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Nf1 Ka8 $1
22. Nd2 Nc7 23. Bf1 Ne6 (23... Qxh2 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. Ne5 Rxe5 $1 26. dxe5 Qxe5
$13) 24. g3 Rc8 25. Bg2 Rc7 26. h4 Rd8 27. Nf3 Bc8 $6 28. Qa4 c5 $6 29. Ng5
Nxg5 30. hxg5 Bb7 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. Qf4 $1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Andersson,U/
Reykjavik/1988/}) 18... Be8 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Qd2 h5 (21... Rc7 $5)
22. Rb3 Ne6 23. Rbc3 h4 24. Ne2 Qd6 (24... h3 $5 25. g3 Ng5 26. Qe1 Nf3 27. Qh1
Qf6 28. Nf4 Bg4 $140 29. Be2) (24... Qg5) 25. h3 Rhd8 (25... Qh2 26. Rg1 Qd6
27. Rgc1) 26. Ng1 g5 (26... Qh2 27. f4 f6 28. Nf3 Qg3 $13) 27. Nf3 f6 28. R3c2
Ng7 29. Ka1 Bf5 30. Ne1 Kb7 31. Rc3 Bxd3 32. Nxd3 Nf5 33. Qc2 Ne7 34. Qa4 Ka8
35. a3 Qd7 36. Nb4 Kb7 37. Rb3 c5 $2 (37... Ka8 38. Nd3 Qc7) 38. Qxd7+ Rxd7 39.
dxc5 d4 (39... Rxc5 $2 40. Rxc5 bxc5 41. Nxd5+ Kc6 42. Nxf6) 40. exd4 Rxd4 41.
Nd3 Nd5 42. Kb1 Re8 $2 (42... a5 $1 43. a4) 43. cxb6 axb6 44. a4 Ka7 (44...
Rxa4 $4 45. Nc5+) 45. a5 bxa5 46. Rc5 Nb4 47. Rxa5+ Kb6 48. Nxb4 Rxb4 (48...
Kxa5 49. Nc6+ Ka4 50. Ra3+ Kb5 51. Nxd4+ $18) 49. Raa3 $1 (49. Rxb4+ Kxa5 50.
Rb3 f5 $1 $10) 49... Re1+ 50. Kc2 Re2+ $2 (50... Kb5 $1 $14) 51. Kc1 Kb5 52.
Rxb4+ Kxb4 53. Rf3 Re1+ 54. Kd2 Rg1 55. Ke2 $1 Kc4 (55... Rxg2 56. Kf1 Rh2 57.
Kg1 $18) 56. Rxf6 Rxg2 57. Kf1 Rh2 58. Rf3 Rh1+ 59. Kg2 Rb1 60. Rf5 Rxb2 61.
Kf3 $1 (61. Rxg5 $2 Rb3 62. Rg4+ Kd5 63. Rxh4 Ke5 $14) 61... Rb1 62. Rxg5 Rf1
63. Rf5 Rg1 64. Rh5 Rf1 (64... Kd4 65. Kf4 $16) (64... Rg8 65. Ke4 Re8+ 66. Re5
Rg8 67. f4 Rg3 68. f5 Rxh3 69. f6 Rh1 70. f7 Re1+ (70... h3 71. Rc5+ $1) 71.
Kf5 Rf1+ 72. Ke6 h3 73. Re2 Kd3 74. Rh2 Rf3 75. Rxh3 $18) 65. Rxh4+ Kd5 66. Rf4
Ke5 67. Kg2 Ra1 68. Rf8 Ke6 69. h4 Ke7 70. Rf4 Ra8 71. Kh3 Rh8 72. Kg4 Rg8+ 73.
Kh5 Ke6 (73... Rh8+ 74. Kg6 Rg8+ 75. Kh7) 74. Kh6 (74. f3 $5) 74... Ke5 75. Ra4
(75. Rf3 Rh8+ 76. Kg5 Rg8+ 77. Kh5 Rh8+) 75... Rg2 $2 (75... Kf6 $1 $10 76.
Ra6+ (76. Rf4+ Ke5 77. Rf7 Ke6 78. Rf3 Rh8+ 79. Kg5 Rg8+ 80. Kh5 Rh8+ 81. Kg4
Rg8+ 82. Kh3 Rh8) 76... Kf7 (76... Kf5 77. h5 Rh8+ 78. Kg7 Rxh5 79. Ra5+ Kg4
80. f3+ Kh4 81. Rxh5+ Kxh5 82. Kf6 $18) 77. Ra3 Rg6+ $3 (77... Rb8 78. Kh7) (
77... Rg2 78. Rf3+) (77... Rh8+ 78. Kg5 Rg8+ 79. Kf5 Rg2 80. Ra7+ Kg8 81. f4
$18) (77... Kf6 78. Rf3+ $18) 78. Kh5 Rf6 79. f3 Rf5+ 80. Kg4 Rb5 $10) 76. f3
Rg3 77. Re4+ Kf5 78. Re8 Rg6+ 79. Kh7 Rf6 80. Kg7 Rg6+ 81. Kh7 Rf6 82. Re7 $1
Ra6 (82... Kf4 83. Kg7) 83. Rf7+ Ke6 84. Kg7 Ra1 85. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4]} Bd7 (11... Nh5 12. Bf2 f5
(12... Bd7 13. O-O-O f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nef4 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Bg3 Nxd3+
18. Rxd3 Be6 19. Re1 O-O 20. exd5 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Bf5 22. dxc6 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 bxc6
{Gupta,M-Winkeler,U/NRW-I 9394 (1993) ;GER 07 1994/1-0 (70)}) 13. O-O-O) (11...
O-O 12. O-O (12. g4 c5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd7 15. Bg3 Re8 16. O-O-O b5 17.
Nxb5 Nxg4 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Rc1 Nh5 20. Be5 Bg5 21. f4 Nexf4 22. Nxf4 Rxe5 23.
dxe5 Bxf4 24. Qf2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 $13 {Chabanon,JL-Ivkov,B/Cannes/
1995/1-0 (39)}) (12. Rd1 Re8 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 $14
) (12... b6 13. Bf2 Bb7 (13... Bd7 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Qb6 17. e4
d4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Bc4 Bb5 21. b3 Rad8 22. a4 Ba6 23. a5 {
Damaso,R-Fernandes,An/Lisboa zt (06) ;CBM 35 1993/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 14. h4 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Kf1 Rc8 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4 b5 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. h5 Be5 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Beliavsky,A/Groningen (06) ;CBM 45
1994/1-0 (47)}) 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bf2 Bh4 15. Qd2 $1 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Nf6 $6 17.
Bc2 Qc7 18. h3 Nh5 19. e4 Bd7 $5 20. exd5 Nef4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 $8 22. dxc6 bxc6
23. Qxf4 (23. d5 $1 $18) 23... Nxf4 24. Ne4 $16 {Chernin,A-Rogers,I/Chiasso/
1989/1-0 (54)}) 12... b6 (12... Nh5 13. Bf2 f5 14. Rae1 Rf7 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. g4
Nhg7 17. Bg3 Ng5 18. h4 N5e6 19. Kg2 c5 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. exd4 Be7 22. Rh1 fxg4
23. fxg4 Nf8 $132 {Hoang,T-Minogina,T/Budapest FS OctIMW (05)/1993/0.5 (33)}) (
12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 15. Bxf6 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bh6 17. Be4
Qc5 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {/\} Qxc2 $4 20. Ne7#) 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rc8
(14... c5 $2 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc4 $16) 15. a3 (15. e4 $6 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17.
Bf2 Nxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxd4 $1 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Ba6 Qxd1+ $1 21. Qxd1 Bxa6 $1 $17
{Lautier,J-Spassky,B/Cannes/1989/}) (15. Qc1 $1 Rc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Rd7
18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 cxd5 $2 (20... Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. Qe3 Qg5
$14) 21. Rf6 $1 $18 {Kouatly,B-Piket,J/France-Nederland/1990/1-0 (29)}) 15...
Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa4 a6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 b5 20. Qa5 (20. Qc2 c5 21. d5
c4 $132) 20... Rfd8 {Polgar,Zsu-Spassky,B/Prague Wom-Vet (10/1995/0-1 (43)}) (
11... Ng7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 (13. Rae1 Be6 14. Kh1 Nfh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g4
Nf6 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. h3 Rae8 19. Qh2 Qd6 20. Nce2 Re7 21. h4 h6 22. Nf4 c5 {
Ibragimov,I-Kofidis,A/Ilioupolis (03/1995/1-0 (39)}) 13... Be6 14. Bf2 Nd7 15.
e4 f5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Bg3 Ne6 20. Be5 Bf6 21. Rac1
Qe7 22. Qb5 $14 {Gausel,E-Grotnes,N/NOR-ch Drammen (06)/1994/1-0 (62)}) 12. O-O
O-O 13. Kh1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Be8 15. Bf2 Ng4 $1) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 (15. Bf2 f5 $10) 15... Qxe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Neg7 $5 {This idea
deserves some attention, since black takes strong measures in order to destroy
white's impressive P center.} (17... Rfd8 18. Rf2 $14) 18. Rae1 f5 19. exf5 (
19. e5 $5 Be6 (19... Ne6) 20. a3 Rcd8 $13) 19... Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5
gxf5 (21... Nxf5 $2 22. g4 $18) 22. d5 {White still keeps some advantage due
to the better pawn structure and rather passive location of both black's N.}
Rd8 23. Nd4 (23. Rd1 $5 Nf6 24. d6 $13) 23... Qh4 24. Nf3 Qf6 (24... Qf4 25.
Qxf4 Nxf4 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Re7 $14) 25. Kg1 a6 (25... Qd6 26. dxc6 Qxd2 27.
Nxd2 bxc6 28. Nc4 $14) 26. Re5 h6 27. Qc2 (27. Qe3 $1 $14) 27... Nf4 28. Qb3
Nxd5 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Qxb7 (30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5+ Qe6 32. Qxb7 Qxa2 $10)
30... d4 31. Rd5 d3 32. Qb3 Kh7 (32... Rxd5 33. Qxd5+ Qe6 34. Qxe6+ Nxe6 35.
Kf2 $18) 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 (33... Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxb2 35. Qxa6 Nh5 36. Qc4 $16)
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bh6 Nh5 13. Rab1 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15.
Bxg7 (15. a4 Bf5) 15... Kxg7 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Nc5 Qf6 18. Rfc1 (18. Nd2 Bxh3 19.
gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 $10) 18... Ne6 (18... Bxh3 $2 19. Nxb7 $16) 19. Qd1 h6
20. a4 Re7 21. Bf1 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Qf3 (23. Kh1 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qg3 25. Kg1
$10) 23... h5 24. e4 Bg4 25. Qd3 (25. hxg4 $2 hxg4 26. Qd3 Bh2+ $1 27. Kxh2
Rh8+ 28. Kg1 Qh4 $19) 25... dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Bf5 28. Qf3 Bxb1 29.
Rxb1 h4 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. b5 cxb5 32. axb5 a5 (32... axb5 $10) 33. b6 a4 $6 (
33... Qf4 $1 $10) 34. Qxb7 Qf4 35. Kf1 Qxd4 36. Qd5 Qf6 37. Rd1 $14 Be5 38. Qc5
a3 39. b7 Qf4 40. Bb3 Qh2 41. Rd7 Bf6 42. Qc7 Qxc7 43. Rxc7 Be5 44. Rc8 g5 45.
Ke2 f5 46. Kd3 g4 47. f3 gxh3 48. gxh3 Bf4 49. Kd4 Bd6 50. Kd5 Bg3 51. Kc5 Be5
52. Ba2 Bf4 53. Kb5 Bg3 54. Ka4 Bd6 55. Bc4 Rf6 56. Kb3 Rg6 57. b8=Q Bxb8 58.
Rxb8 Rg3 59. Rg8+ Kf6 60. Rxg3 hxg3 61. Bf1 Kg5 62. Bg2 Kf4 63. h4 Ke3 64. h5
Kf2 65. Bh3 Kxf3 (65... g2 66. Bxg2 Kxg2 67. f4 Kg3 68. h6 Kxf4 69. h7 $18) 66.
h6 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 11. Bxh7 g6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13.
Qxg6+ Ke7 $1 $17) 10... g6 (10... Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O $14) 11. f3 {
[%cal Ye3e4] White is in no rush, but builds a strong center. The thematic
push e3-e4 is very hard to prevent.} O-O (11... Ng7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Be6 14.
Bf2 Nd7 15. e4 f5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Bg3 Ne6 20. Be5
Bf6 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Qb5 $14 {Gausel,E-Grotnes,N/NOR-ch Drammen (06)/1994/1-0 
(62)}) 12. O-O (12. g4 c5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd7 15. Bg3 Re8 16. O-O-O b5
17. Nxb5 Nxg4 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Rc1 Nh5 20. Be5 Bg5 21. f4 Nexf4 22. Nxf4 Rxe5
23. dxe5 Bxf4 24. Qf2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 $13 {Chabanon,JL-Ivkov,B/
Cannes/1995/1-0 (39)}) (12. Rd1 Re8 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Nxd5 $14) 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bf2 Bh4 15. Qd2 $1 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Nf6 $6 17. Bc2 Qc7
18. h3 Nh5 19. e4 Bd7 $5 20. exd5 Nef4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 $8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxf4
(23. d5 $1 $18) 23... Nxf4 24. Ne4 $16 {Chernin,A-Rogers,I/Chiasso/1989/1-0 
(54)}) 12... b6 (12... Nh5 13. Bf2 f5 14. Rae1 Rf7 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. g4 Nhg7 17.
Bg3 Ng5 18. h4 N5e6 19. Kg2 c5 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. exd4 Be7 22. Rh1 fxg4 23. fxg4
Nf8 $132 {Hoang,T-Minogina,T/Budapest FS OctIMW (05)/1993/0.5 (33)}) (12... c5
$6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 15. Bxf6 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bh6 17. Be4 Qc5 18.
Nc3 Bd7 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {/\} Qxc2 $4 20. Ne7#) 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rc8 (14...
c5 $2 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc4 $16) 15. a3 (15. e4 $6 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bf2
Nxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxd4 $1 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Ba6 Qxd1+ $1 21. Qxd1 Bxa6 $1 $17 {
Lautier,J-Spassky,B/Cannes/1989/}) (15. Qc1 $1 Rc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Rd7 18.
e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 cxd5 $2 (20... Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. Qe3 Qg5 $14)
21. Rf6 $1 $18 {Kouatly,B-Piket,J/France-Nederland/1990/1-0 (29)}) 15... Nh5
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa4 a6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 b5 20. Qa5 (20. Qc2 c5 21. d5 c4
$132) 20... Rfd8 21. Bb1 Nf6 22. h3 (22. Qb6 Ng4 $132) 22... c5 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]
After model preparation black starts to attack the dream center.} 23. d5 Ng5
24. Rxf6 $2 (24. Ng3 h5 25. Rf4 Rd6 $13) 24... Qxf6 25. h4 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h4]
Most games are decided with the help of tactics, it often means more than the
best positional plan.} (25... Nf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Qxh4+ 29.
Ke3 $13) 26. Qb6 (26. dxe6 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Qf1+ 28. Ng1 Qxd1 $19) 26... Qxh4+
27. Kg1 Ba8 28. Rf1 (28. dxe6 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe2 $19) 28... Ng5 (
28... Nd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qxd4 $17) 29. Qf6 Qg4 30. Bd3 c4 31. Bc2 a5 32. Nd4
(32. Nxb5 $2 Qxe2 33. Qxg5 Qxc2 $19) 32... b4 33. Bd1 Qg3 34. axb4 axb4 35.
Ncb5 (35. Nce2 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Nxe4 $19) 35... Rd7 36. Bf3 Qh4 37. Bd1 (37. Qa6
Bb7 $19) 37... Qg3 38. Bf3 h6 39. Nc6 (39. Qa6 Bb7 40. Qa4 Nxe4 41. Nc3 Qe5 $1
$19) 39... Bxc6 40. dxc6 Rxc6 $1 (40... Rd2 41. c7 Nh3+ 42. Kh1 Nf2+ 43. Kg1
Ng4 $19) 41. Qxc6 Nxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Qe3+ (43... Qe3+ 44. Kh2 Rxf1 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 (12. Bg3) 12... Qxe7 13. b4
Ndf6 (13... a6 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5 (15. b5 cxb5 16. axb5 a5 $1) 15... Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 Nd7 17. Nd2 $14) 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 Nce4 (16... b6 17. Nd4
Bb7 18. a4 Rec8 19. Bf5 Ne6 20. Nc6 Qd6 21. Ne2 $14 {Geller,E-Durao,J/Sochi/
1977/}) (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Nd4 $14) 17. Qb2 Bd7 18. h3 Rac8 19. Ne2
Nc5 (19... Rxc1 20. Qxc1 (20. Rxc1 $2 Nxf2 $1)) 20. Bc2 Nce4 $6 (20... Rc7 21.
Nfd4 Rec8 $10) 21. a4 Ng5 22. Nfd4 Rc4 23. Nf4 Rec8 24. Bb3 R4c5 25. Rcd1 (25.
Rxc5 Qxc5) 25... Nge4 26. Nde2 Be6 27. Qd4 a6 28. Nd3 R5c7 29. b6 $2 (29. Rc1
axb5 30. axb5 $14) 29... Rc6 30. Ne5 Rc5 31. Nf4 (31. Nd3 Nc3 $1 32. Nxc3 Rxc3
$15) 31... Qd6 32. Ned3 Rc3 33. Ba2 a5 $1 34. Ne5 R3c5 35. Ned3 Rc2 36. Ra1 (
36. Bb3 R2c3 37. Ba2 Ra3 $17) 36... Rd2 37. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Nc3 39. Rd2 (
39. Ra1 Qa3 40. Nc1 Nxa2 41. Nxa2 Rc2 $19) 39... Nfe4 40. Nxe6 fxe6 41. Rc2 Rc6
$1 42. Ne5 (42. f3 Ng3 $1) 42... Rc5 43. Nd3 Nb5 $1 44. Qb2 (44. axb5 Rxc2 $19)
44... Rxc2 45. Qxc2 Nbc3 46. f3 Ng3 47. Kf2 (47. Qxc3 $4 Ne2+ $19) 47... Nge2
48. Nf4 Qc6 $1 49. Ke1 (49. Nxe2 Ne4+ $19) 49... Nxf4 50. exf4 Qc5 $1 51. Kf1
Ne4 52. Qxc5 Nxc5 53. f5 Kf7 54. Ke2 Nxa4 55. Kd3 Nxb6 56. fxe6+ Kxe6 57. Kd4
Kd6 58. f4 Nc4 59. g4 (59. Bxc4 dxc4 60. Kxc4 a4 61. g4 b5+ 62. Kb4 Kd5 $19)
59... b5 60. g5 a4 61. h4 b4 62. f5 b3 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Metz, Hartmut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fritz3 Baburin} c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2
Nbd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
b4 a6 14. a4 Qd6 (14... Be7 15. b5 axb5 $6 16. axb5 Bd7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4
$16 Ra5 {1-0 Nikolic,Pr-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam OHRA 1988 (38)}) (14... a5 15.
b5 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rc7 21.
Qd3 {Mochalov,E-Sherbakov,R/URS-chT Podolsk 1990/1/2-1/2 (82)}) 15. Rab1 Bd7 (
15... b5 16. e4 $1 $14) 16. Bf5 {Baburin: This is a nice positional idea. At
first it seems that the black d7-Bishop can be regarded as "bad", while the
d3-Bishop is a "good" one. However, the "bad" Bishop can be a very good
defender of the potential weakness on c6. Secondly, as it eyes h3 it is worth
exchanging this piece. Korchnoi employed the same idea in a similar position
against Karpov in one of their games in Bagio in 1978.} (16. a5 Rad8 17. Na4
Be7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Zifroni,D/Budapest ExpFS
JulGM (11) 1993}) 16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Re6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rae8 20. bxc6
bxc6 {It seems to me that White is succeeding with his plan: the c6-pawn is an
unpleasant weakness. In the game White allows a sacrifice on e3, which I
believe could be prevented.} 21. Rb7 Ne7 22. Qb1 (22. Qc2 c5 $1) 22... g6 (
22... c5 $2 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Nc7 $18) 23. Na4 Nf5 24. Nc5 R6e7 25. Rb6 Nxe3 $5
26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Qd1 (27. Rd1 $2 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Re2
$19) 27... Qg3 28. Nd7 (28. Ne5 {Fritz3} R3xe5 29. dxe5 Qe3+ (29... Bxe5 30.
Rf3) 30. Kh1 Qxc5 31. Rb7 $13) (28. Kh1 {Fritz3} Bxd4 29. Qxd4 (29. Nxd4 Re1
$15) 29... Rxf3 30. Rxf3 (30. gxf3 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Re2 33. Rb8+ Qxb8
34. Qh4 Qe8 $17) 30... Re1+ 31. Qg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 $13) 28... Rxf3 29. Rxf3 (
29. Nxf6+ {Fritz3} Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 $17) (29. Qxf3 {
Fritz3} Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Bxb6 32. Nxb6 $13) 29... Re1+ 30. Rf1 (30.
Qxe1 $2 Qxe1+ 31. Rf1 Bxd4+ $19) 30... Qe3+ (30... Rxd1 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Ne8+
Kf8 33. Rxd1 Kxe8 34. Rxc6 $17) 31. Kh1 Rxd1 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. Rxd1 (33. Nh5+
Kh6 34. Rxd1 Kxh5 35. Rxc6 f5 $17) 33... Kxf6 34. Rxc6+ Kg5 35. Rc5 Qe4 36. Rc3
f5 37. Kg1 (37. Rg3+ Kh4 38. Rf3 g5 $17) 37... f4 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Kf1 g5 40.
Rf3 h5 41. Rf2 Qe3 (41... g4 $4 42. Re2 $18) 42. Re2 Qb3 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Rd2 (
44. Rde1 Qd3+ 45. R1e2 Qxd4 $19) 44... Qc3 45. Ke2 Kg6 (45... g4 46. Rd3 Qc2+
47. Rd2) 46. Ke1 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Rxd5 $2 (48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Re5 $17) 48...
Qe3+ 49. Re2 (49. Kd1 Qb3+ $19) 49... Qc1+ 50. Kf2 g3+ 51. Kf3 Qf1+ 52. Kg4
Qxe2+ 53. Kxf4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nf3 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Ne5 Ng7 14. g4 Nd7 15.
f4 Bf8 {N} (15... Bd6 16. Rf3 Nf8 17. Raf1 f6 18. f5 $1 fxe5 19. f6 Be6 20.
fxg7 Nd7 21. Bxg6 $1 e4 22. Nxe4 hxg6 23. Nxd6 Kh7 24. Nxe8 {1-0/
Mirkovic-Todorovic,G/Knjazevac/1988-89/}) 16. Qf2 f6 $6 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. Rae1
Bd7 19. Kh1 Re7 20. f5 $1 gxf5 (20... g5 21. h4 $16) 21. g5 Re6 22. Rg1 fxg5
23. Bxg5 Qe8 24. Ne2 $1 h6 25. Bf4 Qh5 26. Rg3 Be8 27. Reg1 Rg6 28. Be5 Rxg3
29. Qxg3 Qf7 30. Nf4 Rd8 31. Bxg7 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nf3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 a6 (12... Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 {
Karpov-Korchnoi/Baguio WM-ch/1978 /\} 14. b5 c5) 13. a4 g6 14. b5 a5 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. Nb1 Qd6 17. Nbd2 Ne6 18. Rfc1 $2 (18. Nb3 $14) 18... c5 $1 $15 19. Bb5
Re7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Ne6 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Bb7 25. Nb3
Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rb8 $15 27. Rc3 Reb7 28. Nxa5 Rb1+ 29. Rc1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Nxd4 $17
{><Sa5, a4} 31. f3 Rb4 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ne6 35. Nc6 Rc4 36. Nb8
d4+ 37. Ke2 Nc5 38. a5 Nb3 39. Nd7+ Kg7 (39... Ke7 40. Nb6 Rc3 $4 41. Nd5+) (
39... Ke6 40. a6 Nc1+ 41. Kd2 Nxa2 42. a7) 40. Rb2 Rc3 (40... Nxa5 41. Kd3 $10)
41. Ne5 (41. a6 d3+ $19) 41... Nxa5 42. Rb5 Ra3 $6 (42... Nb3) 43. f4 Kf6 44.
g4 Ke6 45. g5 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Nb3 47. Nf3 Kd6 48. Rb7 Nc5 49. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arencibia, Juan Joel"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
b6 15. Qa4 (15. Qxe4 Ba6 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxd4
20. Nf3 Rd6 21. Rc2 c5 $10 {Netusil,M-Kacirek,P/TCH-ch Praha (09)/1993/0.5 (68)
}) 15... a5 $5 {[%csl Ya6,Yb5,Yc4,Yd3,Ye2,Yf1] Black understands, that a6-f1
diagonal has exceptional value.} (15... b5 16. Qa5 (16. Qc2 b4 17. Ne2 (17. Na4
Ba6 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qg5 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Re6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Rxe5 24. Rxc6 Bb5 25. Qxb4 Ree8 26. Qa5 Qg4 27. Rcd6 Be2 $132 {Azmayparashvili,
Z-Pigusov,E/USSR/1984/0.5 (49)}) 17... Ba6 (17... a5 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rac8
20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Nc5 Bb5 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qc5 Re6 24. Nf4 {Yusupov,A-Li,Zunian/
Luzern 40/505 1985/1-0 (68)}) 18. Nb3 Rad8 (18... Bd3 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Rc1 Qb7
21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Qa6 23. Re1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Reb8 26. Qc4 Qb1+
27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 {Chekhov,V-Geller,E/Moscow/1982/1-0 (45)}) 19. Nc5 Bb5
20. Rc1 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 {0.5/Yusupov,A-Ribli,Z/Luzern/1985/}) 16...
Bf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Rd6 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Ng6 21. Ng3 Nh4 22. Nxf5 Nxf5
23. Qc3 Nh4 24. Rxc6 Qg4 25. g3 $14 {Smejkal,J-Flear,G/Szirak (13)/1986/1-0 
(36)}) (15... f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. e4 Qd6
21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Qb3 fxe4 23. Rf7 a5 24. Nxe4 {1-0/Botvinnik,M-Robatsch,K/
Amsterdam/1966/}) 16. Qxc6 Bb7 (16... Ba6 17. Nd5 Qd7 (17... Qg5 18. Nxe4) 18.
Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nc7 $16) 17. Qxb6 (17. Qa4 Ba6 18. Ne2 Qb4 $1 $132) 17... Ba6 18.
Ndxe4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qb4 $1 {[%csl Re4] Suddenly the mighty Ne4 becomes
vulnerable.} 20. Nd5 (20. Qc5 Qxb2) 20... Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Ra6 22. Nd6 Re6 {
Black ends up with N for 3 P, but white has lot of play.} (22... Rxb6 23. Nxe8
Rc6 24. Rd1 Ng6 25. d5 $18) (22... Re6 23. Nbc4 Raxd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc1 $13
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O $5 g6 11. Kb1 $5 (11. Nge2 Ndf6 $5) 11... Nb6
12. h3 Ng7 $1 {/\ Bf5=} 13. g4 $1 {><f5} Bd7 14. Nf3 $1 {>< e5} (14. Nge2 $10)
14... O-O-O 15. Ne5 Kb8 $5 16. Rc1 Bc8 17. Na4 f6 $1 18. Nf3 (18. Nxb6 fxe5 $5)
18... Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Ne6 $6 (19... h5 20. Nh4 $1) (19... g5 $1 20. Rc3 h5 21.
Ra3 a6 22. Rg1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh3 $132) 20. Rc3 $14 Rd6 21. Rhc1 b6 $6 {>< a7}
22. b4 $1 (22. Rxc6 $2 Bd7 $1 $17) 22... Bd7 $2 (22... Bb7 $142 23. Ra3 Ba8 24.
b5 $40 {<<}) 23. Ne5 $1 $18 Rc8 (23... Nd8 24. Nxd7+ Qxd7 25. b5 $1 cxb5 26.
Bxb5 {/\ Ba6, Rc8+-}) 24. Ba6 $1 Rc7 25. Nxc6+ Rdxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Nd8
(27... Nd8 28. Rc2 $1 Bxa4 $2 29. Rc8#) (27... Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxb4+ 29. Kc2 $18)
(27... Nxd4 28. exd4 Qe4+ (28... Qe1+ 29. Kb2 Qxf2+ 30. Rc2 Qxd4+ 31. Ka3 Qe3+
32. Qb3 $18) 29. Kb2 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 31. Ka3 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2
Be6 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bg3 $6 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2) 10... Nd7 11. Nge2 O-O 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 b5 $1 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 b4 16. Ne2 Qb6 (16... c5 17. Ba6
Rc6 18. Bb5 Rb6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. dxc5 Rc8 $10) 17. Qd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Bb1 (19. Be5 Ne4 20. Qe1 Rfd8 $13) 19... Rfd8 20. Nd4 Bf8 21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Qf3
Qf6 $1 23. Rfe1 (23. Qxd5 Bg4 $1) 23... g6 24. h3 Bg7 25. Qg3 $6 Ne6 (25... Ne4
26. Bxe4 dxe4 $15) 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. b3 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Re2 Qe4 (29...
Rc2 30. e4 (30. Qf3 $1 $10) 30... Qh5 $1 31. Red2 d4) 30. Red2 Rc2 31. Qf3 {
Ftacnik,L} (31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Bc3 34. Rc2 g5 35. Bc7 Rd7 36.
Ba5 d4 37. exd4 Rd5 38. Bc7 Rxd4 39. Kg2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 (12... Qb4 13. Qf4 $10)
13. Qf4 (13. Qxe7 Bxe7 14. Rfe1 Bf6 $10) 13... Qb4 14. Ne5 $5 (14. Bb3 $10)
14... Bxe5 (14... Qxb2 15. Ne4 (15. Rac1 $5 {/\ Ne4 |^}) 15... Bxe5 (15... Bxe4
16. Qxf6 Bd5 17. Ng4 Qd2 18. Rad1 $18) (15... Bg7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Nd6 $18)
16. dxe5 Nd7 (16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 {/\ e6, R ab1}) 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6
19. g4 Qh4 $19) 15. dxe5 Be6 (15... Qxb2 16. Rac1) 16. Ne4 $8 Qxc4 17. Rac1 Qb5
(17... Qe2 18. Rfe1) 18. a4 Qa5 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ gxh5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22.
Qf6+ (22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Rc3 Nd7 24. Rg3+ Bg4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. g4 Ne4 (13... Rac8
14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd2 Rce8 18. a3 Bd5 $13 {
Quinteros-Andersson,U/Mar del Plata/1981/}) 14. Bxe7 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe7
Rxe7 16. Nd2 Rae8) 14... Nxc3+ (14... Rxe7 $5) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Rxe7 17.
Kc2 c5 $1 18. Rb1 (18. dxc5 Rc8) 18... c4 19. Be2 Bd7 $1 20. Kd2 b5 21. Ne1 Bc6
22. Nc2 (22. a4 $5 bxa4 23. Nc2) 22... a5 23. a4 $5 b4 $1 (23... bxa4 24. Rb6
Rc7 25. Bf3 {x d5}) 24. cxb4 Bxa4 25. bxa5 (25. b5 Nd7 {/\ Nb6}) 25... Bxc2 26.
Kxc2 Rxa5 27. Ra1 Rea7 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rb1 g5 $1 $10 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Rb7 Nf6
(31... Ra2+ $2 32. Kb1 Rxf2 33. Bxd5) 32. Rb6 Kg7 33. Kb2 Ra7 34. Rb5 Rd7 35.
Rb6 Ra7 36. Rb5 Rd7 37. Rb6 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e3 Nc7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O g6 12. Kb1 $146 (12. h3) 12... Ng7 13.
Ng3 O-O $5 (13... Bd7 14. Ka1 O-O-O 15. Na4 $14) 14. h4 h5 15. Qd2 $5 Re8 16.
Rde1 Be6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Bc2 $1 b5 $5 (18... Qf6 19. e4 $16) (18... Qd6 19. Qf2
b5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ngxe4 $16) 19. Nce2 $1 (19. e4 b4 $13) 19... Na8 20. Nf4 Nb6
21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Bd7 (24... a5 25. Bd3 $16) 25.
Kb2 a5 26. Bd3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rc8 (27... b4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rc5 $16) 28. Re5 Bc6
29. Re7 (29. Nf1 $5) 29... Nd7 $6 (29... Kf8 30. Ra7 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Nxa8 32. b4
a4 33. Nge2 Ke7 34. Nc3 Nc7 35. g4 $16) 30. Re2 Ne8 (30... Nb6 31. Nf1 Kf8 32.
Ne3 $16) 31. Nf1 Nd6 32. Ne3 Nb6 (32... Nf6 33. g4 $16) 33. g4 $1 hxg4 34. fxg4
Re8 35. h5 g5 $6 (35... gxh5 36. Nxh5 $16) 36. Nh3 f6 37. Nf2 Bd7 38. Kc1 Nf7
39. Kd2 Nh6 40. Re1 Rc8 41. Nf5 $1 Nxf5 42. Bxf5 Re8 (42... Bxf5 43. gxf5 Kf7
44. Ng4 $10 Nd7 45. Re6 $18) (42... Kf7 43. Bg6+ Kf8 44. h6 b4 45. Bh5) 43. Rc1
Kf8 (43... Rc8 44. Bxd7 Rxc1 45. Be6+) 44. Rc5 Ke7 45. Bxd7 Nxd7 46. Rxb5 a4
47. Rxd5 axb3 48. axb3 Rb8 49. Ne4 $1 Ke6 (49... Rxb3 50. Rxd7+ Kxd7 51. Nc5+
$18) 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rc6 Rxb3 52. Rc7 (52. Rc7 Rb4 53. Kc3 Rb6 54. Nc5 Rd6 55.
h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1990.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O a5 {N} (10... Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4
Be6 (13... c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 cxd4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Ng3 Re5 18. Qd1 Rg5
19. Nh5 Bg4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $10 {Sagalchik,G-Guliev,S/
Frunze op/1989/}) 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e5 Qh4 17. Ne4 Nhf4 18. Nxf4
Nxf4 19. Nd6 Nxh3+ $1 20. gxh3 Qg3+ $10 {Petrosian,A-Akopian,V/Erevan/1989/ ->
CBM 14}) 11. f3 Nf8 12. Rae1 (12. e4 $5) 12... b6 (12... Ng6 13. e4 dxe4 14.
fxe4 Nh5) 13. Kh1 (13. e4 $5) 13... Ra7 14. Bh4 Ng6 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. h3 (16. e4
dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 $22 18. Bg1 $2 Bxh2 $1) 16... Bb8 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 $14
Be6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 (20... cxd5 21. Bb5 $14) 21. Nc3 Be6 22. Bg1 Rc7 (
22... Qh4 23. Re4) 23. a3 Rd7 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Qh5 (26. Rc1 Qd8)
26... Qd8 27. Bf5 Qe8 28. Ne4 Nf8 29. Qg5 Kh8 30. Qg4 Rcd8 31. Ng5 Kg8 32. Qh4
h6 33. Ne4 Bxf5 34. Rxf5 Ng6 35. Qg4 Qe6 36. Ref1 Re8 37. Qh5 a4 38. Rf6 $1 Qd5
(38... gxf6 39. Qxh6 $18) 39. Rxg6 Qxe4 (39... fxg6 40. Qxg6 Re6 41. Nf6+ $18)
40. Rg4 Qh7 41. Rf6 $1 Kf8 42. Rxc6 Bc7 43. Be3 f6 44. Rxf6+ gxf6 45. Bxh6+ Ke7
46. Rg7+ Qxg7 47. Bxg7 fxe5 48. Qg5+ Ke6 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. Qf6# {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 (11... b5 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bf2 Bb7 14.
Kh1 Rc8 15. Bf5 Rc7 16. e4 $1 $36 {Gelfand-Beliavsky/Belgrade/1991/}) 12. Rad1
Be6 $146 (12... h6 $2 13. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Nf4 Bf8
17. e4 $40) (12... Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 $13) 13. Ng3 Rc8
14. Rde1 (14. f4 $6 Ng4 {xe3}) 14... c5 15. f4 Nf8 $1 (15... Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. f5 Qh4 18. h3 Qxg3 19. hxg4 $18) 16. Kh1 (16. Qd2 $5) 16... h6 17. Bh4 a6 (
17... Ng4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nf5 $1 $16) 18. Qd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Ne4 $1 20. Ncxe4
(20. Bxe4 Bxh4 21. Bf3 Qd6 $13) 20... Bxh4 21. Nc5 Rc7 22. f5 Bg5 $1 (22... Bc8
$2 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qf4 Qe7 $14) 23. Qd1 (23. Qa5 Bd7 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 $13) 23...
Bd7 24. Nh5 Nh7 25. Qf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bc6 27. Qg3 Nf6 28. Nxg7 $1 $10 Kxg7 29.
h4 Nh5 30. Qg4 Re7 (30... Nf6 31. Qg3 Nh5 $10 32. f6+ Kh8 $1 (32... Qxf6 $2 33.
Qxc7 Bxh4 34. Ne6+ $18) 33. Qg4 Qxf6 34. Qxh5 Bxh4 $17) 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. hxg5
Qxg5 33. Qxg5+ hxg5 34. b4 $1 g4 (34... Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Ne4 $10) 35. a4 b6 36.
Bxa6 $1 (36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Bxb5 bxc5 39. dxc5 Ng3+ 40. Kh2 Nxf5 $10
) 36... bxc5 $1 (36... Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nxf5 38. b5 Be8 39. a5 $1 $36) 37. b5 Ba8
38. dxc5 Ng3+ (38... d4 39. b6 (39. c6 d3 40. c7 d2) 39... Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Ne4 $10
) 39. Kg1 Nxf5 $4 (39... d4 $1 40. b6 $8 Ne4 $1 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Bxb7 Nxc5 43.
a5 $1 Kf6 44. a6 Nxa6 45. Bxa6 Kxf5 46. Kf2 Kg5 47. Ke2 f5 48. Kd3 f4 $10) 40.
b6 (40. c6 Nd6 41. c7 $18) 40... d4 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Bxb7 d3 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Ke3
d2 45. Kxd2 Nb3+ 46. Ke2 $1 Nxc5 47. a5 f5 48. a6 Nxa6 49. Bxa6 f4 50. Kd3 Kf6
(50... f3 51. g3 $18) 51. Ke4 Kg5 52. Bc8 (52. Bc8 f3 53. g3 f2 54. Ba6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ng3 Nf8 $6 (12... h6 13. h4 Nb6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Nc4 17. Ne2 $10 {Miles,A-Morovic,I/Tunis
izt/1985/}) 13. Nce2 $1 Qb6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nf5 Bd8 (15... Bxf5 16. Bxf5 g6 17.
Bh3 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nf4 $16) 16. Neg3 a5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nh5 Qd8 (18...
Bxf5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxf5 Ra6 21. h4 $16) 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Nb7 $1 Qc7 21. Nc5
Rd6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. f3 Be8 24. e4 Rf4 25. Qd2 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rh4 27. g3 Rh6
28. e5 Rd8 (28... Ne6 29. Bxb5 $1) 29. Qe3 Ne6 30. Bxb5 Nxd4 31. Bc4 Bd7 $1 32.
a3 Bf5+ 33. Ka2 Be6 34. Nxe6 fxe6 (34... Nxe6 $5 $14) 35. Rhf1 c5 (35... Rxh2
$2 36. Qxd4 $1 $18) 36. Rf2 Rh5 $2 37. Qxd4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 {White is refraining from the plans that
are connected with the minority pawn attack on the queenside. The task is now
to win in the centre and on the kingside.} Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14.
f4 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. f5 Bf7 17. g4 h6 (17... Qd6 {Black can choose to ignore
the danger of opening up the kingside, since the insertion of the moves h6 and
h4 only heightens the stakes.} 18. e4 (18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Ng2 Nc4 20. Nd1 Nd7 21.
b3 Na3 22. Qb2 Qb4 $11 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y (2535)-Beliavsky,A (2585)/Sochi 1986 
(47)}) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. g5 Nd5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qd2 (
23. Qc1 $1) 23... Ne3 $1 24. Rxe3 Bxc4 25. Rfe1 {1-0 Jussupow,A (2600)-Spassky,
B (2590)/Montpellier 1985 (33)}) 18. h4 (18. Nh4 Qd6 19. Ng2 Rae8 20. Qf2 Nbd7
21. Re2 a6 22. Nf4 b5 23. h4 b4 24. Nd1 c5 $132 {1/2 Agrest,E (2601)-Asrian,K 
(2605)/Tripoli 2004 (49)}) 18... Qd6 19. Qg2 Rae8 20. e4 {[%mdl 4] Technically
speaking this move is new; 20.Qf2 was once played between amateurs and is not
really relevant.} (20. Qf2) 20... dxe4 (20... Nfd7 $5 21. g5 Kh8 22. g6 Bg8 $13
) 21. Nxe4 Qd8 $2 {This passive retreat makes the situation worse. From the
d5-square the queen would at least exercise pressure against the knight on e4.}
(21... Qd5 22. g5 (22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 Bh5 26.
gxh6+ Kh8 $15) 22... fxg5 $1 (22... hxg5 $2 23. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25.
hxg5 fxg5 26. Qxg5+ Ng6 27. Qg3 $1 Re3 28. fxg6 Be6 29. Bc2 $16) (22... Rxe4 $2
23. gxf6 g6 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. h5 $1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxh5 28. Re5 $1
$18) 23. hxg5 hxg5 (23... Rxe4 24. Bxe4 (24. gxh6 g6 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. b3 $13)
24... Rxe4 25. g6 Bxg6 (25... Be8 $6 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Re1 $16) 26. fxg6 Rf4
$13) 24. Nc3 (24. f6 Rxe4) (24. Nfxg5 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxd3 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Ne6+
Ng6 $19) 24... Qd6 $11) 22. g5 fxg5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 (24. Nexg5 $2 Rxe1
25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Qxd4+ $17) 24... Nh7 25. Qh4 Nd7 {The position is not
yet critical, but it is certainly dangerous for Black. White will attempt to
break through on the h-file.} (25... Nf6 26. Kf2 (26. Rf2 Bxa2 (26... Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 Qd6 28. f6 $1 $16) (26... Bd5 $6 27. Rh2 Kf8 28. Qh8+ Bg8 29. Rg2 $16) 27.
Nfg5 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe4 Kf7 $14) (26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Rxe7 Rxe7 (27... Qxe7 $2 28. Ne5 $1 Bd5 29. Rf4 $18) 28. Kf2 (28. Ne5 Bd5 $11)
28... Bd5 29. Rg1+ Rg7 30. Rg6 $14) 26... Nh5 $5 27. Rg1 Nd5 $13) 26. Kf2 $1
Ndf6 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rh1 Kf8 {Unfortunately for the defender, the ideas
with closing the access along the h-file are doomed to failure.} (28... Bh5 29.
Bc4+ Kf8 30. Ne5 Rxe5 (30... Ng4+ 31. Qxg4 $1 Rxe5 32. Rxh5 $18) 31. dxe5 Ng4+
(31... Qd2+ 32. Kg3 b5 33. Qf4 $18) 32. Kg3 $18) (28... Nh5 29. Re6 $1 Rxe6 30.
Qxd8 Rxd8 (30... Re2+ 31. Bxe2 Rxd8 32. Ne5 Nf6 33. Rh8+ Kxh8 34. Nxf7+ $18)
31. fxe6 Be8 32. e7 Rd7 33. Bc4+ $16) 29. Qh8+ Bg8 (29... Ng8 30. Reg1 Bxa2 (
30... Bd5 31. Ng5 g6 32. Nh7+ Rxh7 33. Rxh7 $18) 31. f6 gxf6 32. Rh6 Rc7 33.
Rhg6 $18) 30. Rhg1 Qd6 $2 {The final blunder in a critical position; Gurevich
had to play with the utmost care in order to survive.} (30... Rf7 31. Rxe8+
Kxe8 (31... Nxe8 32. Bc4 $18) (31... Qxe8 32. Bc4 Nd5 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Nh4 $1
Rc7 35. Ng6+ Kf7 36. Ne5+ Kf8 37. f6 Qd8 38. Rg6 $18) 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qxg7
Qe7 34. Qg3 $16) (30... Qd7 31. Re6 $1 Rxe6 32. fxe6 Rxe6 (32... Qc7 $2 33. Bf5
$18) 33. Bf5 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 $1 (34. Kg2 $2 Rg6+ $1 35. Bxg6 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ $17
) (34. Kf1 $2 Qf7 $1 35. Bxe4 Rh6 $1 $19) 34... Nd6+ (34... Ng5+ 35. Bxe6 Qxe6+
36. Ne5 Qh6 37. Rf1+ $16) 35. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 36. Ne5 Ne8 37. Qh2 $16) 31. Re6 $1 (
31. Re6 $1 Qd5 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33. Qh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O (11. g4 Ng7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Rhg1
Be6 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Nce2 Bc8 17. g5 Nf5 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. Ka1 h6
20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. h4 hxg5 22. hxg5 Rh2 23. Rdf1 Nc4 24. Qb4 {Raicevic,
V-Trifunovic,M/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/0-1 (44)}) 11... Nb6 12. Kb1 (12. Ng3 Nf6
13. Rhe1 Be6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Ne8 16. Nge2 Kb8 17. Nc1 Nd6 18. Nb3 Rhe8 19.
Qf2 f5 {Sadler,M-Crouch,C/Hastings Challenger/1991/0.5 (20)}) 12... Be6 13. h3
O-O-O 14. Na4 Nf6 (14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Rc1 $14) 15. Nc5 $1 Nfd7 16. Nb3
Kb8 (16... f5 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. f3 {/\ g4}) 17. a3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Nc4 19. Nf4 Nd6 (
19... g5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 $16) 20. g4 Rc7 (20... g5 $5 21.
Nh5 h6 $14) 21. Rhe1 b6 22. f3 Qf6 (22... Rhc8 23. e4 $16) 23. Qh2 Rd8 24. e4
$1 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bxb3 26. e5 Qg7 (26... Qe7 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. exd6 $18) 27.
exd6 Rb7 28. Ne2 (28. Ba6 $18) 28... Nf8 29. Rxc6 Rbd7 30. Ba6 Ne6 31. Rec1 Qf8
32. Qg2 {/\ Rc7} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 a5 $5 (12... Ne6) 13. a3 Ne6
14. Bh6 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. e4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Kg8 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rbd1 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 Be6 21. exd5 (21. f3 $142 $14 {Akopian,V}) 21... Bxd5 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23.
hxg4 Qd6 $10 24. Re3 Qf4 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rf3 Qxg4 27. Qb5 Qe6 28. Rc1 Rac8
29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qxd5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. g3 Re2 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Re7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 $1 a6 (10... Bxb4 $2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd5 $1 (12.
Qb3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 c6 14. Qd1 f5 15. Qh5 Qf6 {Gutman,L-Razuvajev,Y/URS/1976/})
12... Qxd5 13. Qa4 Bh3 14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Nxh3 Ne6 17. Rfd1 $16) 11.
a3 c6 12. Qc2 g6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 (15... Qxe7 $5) 16. Qd2
b6 $2 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bb1 Nhg7 19. e4 Rc8 20. Ba2 Rd7 21. Nf4 Nxf4 (21... dxe4
22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. fxe4 Nxd4 24. Qf2 c5 (24... Ne6 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Na4 $16)
25. Bxf7+ Kg7 26. Be6 Nxe6 27. Qf6+ Kh6 (27... Qxf6 28. Rxd7+ $18) 28. Qxe6 $16
) 22. Qxf4 Ne6 23. Qe5 Re7 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Qh4 Ng7 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Rfd1 Rcc7
28. Na4 dxe4 $2 (28... Rcd7 29. e5 f5 30. exf6 Rf7 31. Bb1 Ne8 32. Re1 $16) 29.
fxe4 Qe8 $2 (29... Rcd7 30. Kh1 $1 (30. Nc3 Rxd4 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qf2+ Nf5
33. exf5 c5 $132) 30... Ne6 (30... c5 $5 $16) 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33.
e5 $16) 30. Nc3 Rcd7 31. Qf2 Ne6 32. e5 c5 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. d5 Nd4 35. Ne4 Qd8
36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxc5 Ne6 39. Rcc1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 g6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 Ng7 15.
b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17. bxc6 (17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra1
Nd6 21. Nd2 Bg7 22. bxc6 $10 {Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam OHRA-B/
1988/1-0 (40)}) 17... bxc6 18. Ne5 Rc8 (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 $2 20. Nc6 Qd6
21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxd5 $18) 19. Rb7 Qd6 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 c5
$2 21. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 $18) 20. Rfb1 (20. Ra1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf5 (21... c5
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf7 Qc6 24. Rba7 cxd4 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 $10) (21...
Rc7 $2 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Ra6 $16) 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Raa7 Qe6 $14) 20... Bxd3
21. Qxd3 Nf5 (21... c5 22. R1b6 $18) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $1 (22... Qxf6 23. R1b6 Nd6
24. Ra7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxc6 $16) 23. f4 (23. Nxf7 Qe6 24. Na4 Re7 25.
Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 $10) (23. Rxf7 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rbb7
Ne7 26. Rf4 c5 $13) 23... Qe6 (23... Bxe5 $6 24. fxe5 Qe6 25. e4 $1) 24. e4
dxe4 (24... Nd6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. R7b6 $14) 25. Nxe4 Be7 (25... Bg7 26. Ng5 Qd5
27. Rd7 $16) 26. Ng3 Nd6 (26... Nxg3 27. hxg3 f6 28. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ $10
) 27. R7b6 Qd5 28. Rc1 (28. Ne2 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5+ $15) 28... c5 29. dxc5 Rxc5
30. Re1 $1 (30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nf3 Nf5 $15) 30... Bf8 (30... Qxd3 31. Nxd3 Rd5
32. Nb4 Rd2 33. Nc6 $10) 31. Qxd5 (31. Rbb1 $4 Rxe5 $1 $19) 31... Rxd5 32. Rbb1
Rd4 (32... Bg7 33. Rbd1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 $10 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Nc4 $15) 33. f5 $1 (33.
Ne2 Re4 34. Nc3 (34. Rbd1 Nb5 $17) 34... Rxf4 35. Nd5 Rf5 36. Nd7 Rxe1+ (36...
Rd8 $5) 37. Rxe1 Kg7 $15) 33... Nxf5 (33... gxf5 34. Nf3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rd5 36.
Nh5 $15) 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Nf3 Rde4 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Rb5 Rxe1+ (37... Kg6 38.
Nh4+ Kg5 39. Rxf5+ Kxh4 40. Rxe4+ Rxe4 41. Rxf7 Bd6 42. Rxh7+ $10) (37... Kf6
38. Rc1 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O-O Nf8 (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Nce2 Qb6
14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. Neg3 a5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nh5 Qd8 19. Nd6 Re6 20.
Nb7 Qc7 21. Nc5 Rd6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. f3 Be8 24. e4 $16 {Shirov,A-Wedberg,T/
Stockholm/1990/}) 11. Kb1 (11. h3 a5 (11... N6d7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g4 Nb6 14.
Ng3 Be6 15. Kb1 Nc8 16. f4 Nd6 17. f5 Bd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Qb4 21. Rhe1 b5 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Bc2 Bc8 24. Bb3 $16 {Smyslov,V-Campora,D/
Buenos Aires (08)/1990/}) 12. g4 b5 13. Ng3 (13. Nf4 a4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bf5
Qa5 16. Nce2 b4 17. Qc5 Qa6 18. Qxb4 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rab8 20. Qa3 c5 21. Kb1 Nd7
22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Nfxd5 Nc4 24. Qxa4 $13 {Hermannsson,T-Thorsteinsson,T/
Reykjavik op/1988/}) 13... Be6 (13... g6 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. f4 a4 16. Qf2 b4 17.
Nce2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Kg7 20. f5 h6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bh4 Bxd4 23. exd4
g5 24. Rhf1 $40 {Hjartarson,J-Levitan,J/Philadelphia World op (1)/1991/}) 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 N8d7 16. Rhg1 Kh8 17. f3 b4 18. Na4 h6 19. h4 c5 20. Qg2 Rg8
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kb1 Qb6 24. Rge1 $36 {Bareev,E-Grosar,A/
Vidmar-mem/1989/}) 11... a5 12. f3 b5 13. Bxf6 (13. Ng3 a4 14. Nce2 Bd7 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 g6 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Nf4 N6d7 19. Bh6 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. h4 Qf6
22. g4 Nb6 23. g5 Qd6 24. Rde1 $14 {Greenfeld,A-King,D/Budapest Perenyi/1989/})
13... Bxf6 14. e4 a4 $5 (14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxd4 16. Bxb5 cxb5 17. Nxd4 Bg4
18. Rd2 b4 19. Nc6 Qb6 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Qc5 Rxe4 22. Nde7+ Kh8 23. Qd5 Rf4 24.
Ne5 $36 {Hodgson,JM-Thipsay,P/Kuala Lumpur op (04)/1992/}) 15. exd5 b4 16. Nxa4
(16. Ne4 cxd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17) 16... cxd5 17. Rhe1 (17. Nc5 Qa5 18. b3 $13)
17... g6 18. Qb3 (18. Nc5 Qa5 19. b3 Bg7 20. Rc1 Ne6 $13) 18... Qa5 19. Nc5 Re3
(19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qxc5 22. Nc2 Rb8 23. a3 $14) 20. Rc1 Bf5 $1
(20... Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qxc5) 21. Ng3 (21. g4 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Bxd3+
23. Qxd3 Qxa2+ 24. Kc2 Ne6 25. Rb1 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Rc4 $40) 21... Bxd3+ 22. Nxd3
Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxa2+ 24. Kc2 Bg5 25. Rb1 Ra3 (25... Ne6 26. Ne2 Ra3 27. Ra1 b3+
28. Kc3 Bd8 29. Kb4 (29. Rxa2 Ba5#) 29... Qxb2 30. Rxa3 Be7+ 31. Kb5 Qxa3 32.
Qc3 Qa8 $40) 26. Ra1 Qxb2+ $2 (26... b3+ $1 27. Kc3 Bd8 $1 28. Kb4 (28. Qd1
Ba5+ 29. Kd3 Qxb2 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Qa1 Qb4 32. Re2 Ne6 $40) (28. Qe2 Ba5+ 29.
Kd3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Ra7 $17) 28... Ba5+ 29. Kb5 Qxb2 30. Reb1 Qc2 31. Qxc2 bxc2
32. Rc1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Bd2 34. Ne2 Ne6 $10) 27. Kxb2 Rxd3 28. Rad1 $16 Rc3 29.
Re5 Ne6 30. Rxd5 Re3 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Bf4 33. Rd5 Nc7 34. Ra5 Kf8 35. Nf1
Ke7 36. g3 Bh6 37. f4 1-0

[Event "Cebu"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. Ne5 Nd7 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 Qh4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 d4 18. Re4 dxc3 19. f5 Qg5 20. e6
fxe6 21. f6 Rd8 (21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 gxf6 23. Rxf6 e5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rh4 {
1-0/Popov-Losev/URS-ch otbor/1976/}) 22. Rg4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxd3 24. f7+ Kf8 25.
Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Rxg7 {1-0/Lakic,N-Gliksman,D/Jugoslavija/1976/}) (12... Ng4 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 (14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 Qb4 17. Qf2 Nf4 18. a3 Nxd3
19. axb4 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 dxe4 21. fxe4 a5 $10 {Bagirov,V-Zilberstein,V/URS-ch/
1972/}) 14... N4xe5 15. fxe5 Be6 16. Rf3 c5 17. Ref1 a6 18. Qf2 b5 $132 {
Toefferl,H-Krnjovsek,A/Bled op/1992/}) 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 Ngf8 (14... Ndxe5
15. fxe5 Be6 16. Rf3 $14) 15. e4 dxe4 (15... f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. exd5 cxd5 18.
Nxd5 $1 $16) 16. Nxe4 Nb6 (16... f6 $2 17. Bc4+ Ne6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f5 $18)
17. Ng5 g6 (17... Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 g6 19. Nxc6 $18) 18. f5 $1 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxf5 (
19... Rxe5 20. Nf3 $18) (19... gxf5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxe7 Qf6 22. Re3 $18) 20.
Qb3 (20. Bxf5 Rxe5 21. Nf3 $140 Rxe1 $1) (20. Nxc6 $2 Rxe1 21. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 22.
Bxf1 Bxc2 $19) 20... Nd5 $6 (20... Rxe5 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Nf7 h5
24. Nxe5 Bxd3 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Nxd3 Qxd3 27. Re7 $18) (20... Bxd3 21. Nxd3 (21.
Nexf7 Rxe1 (21... Bc4 $2 22. Rxe7 $1 Bxb3 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxh7#
) 22. Rxe1 Bc4 $13) 21... Rxe1 (21... Rae8 22. Nxf7 Rxe1 23. Nxe1 $40) 22.
Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxe1 $40) (20... Qd5 $5 21. Bxf5 Qxb3 22. axb3 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Ng6
24. Ngxf7 $13) 21. Bxf5 gxf5 (21... Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxb7 $1 $16) 22.
Ngxf7 Qh4 (22... Rxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxb7+ $18) 23. Nd6 Qf6 24. Nxf5 $1 Rxe5
25. Qg3+ Ng6 $8 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Kxf6 29. h4 $1 Rf8 30.
Ng4+ Kg7 31. h5 Rf4 (31... Ngf4 32. Qe5+ Kf7 33. Nh6#) 32. Qe2 (32. hxg6 Rxg4
33. gxh7 Kxh7 $16) 32... Nge7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 (33... Kf7 34. Nh6+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Kd7
36. Qxb7+ $18) 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qxh7+ Ke6 36. Qh6+ Kd7 37. Qg5 Rf5 38. Qh4 Nf4
39. Nf6+ Ke6 40. Ne8 $1 Rf8 (40... Nxh5 41. g4 Rf8 42. Qxh5 $18) 41. Ng7+ Kd6
42. Qg4 Ned5 43. g3 Ne3 44. Qf3 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. f3 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf4 (
14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6) 14... Qd6 15. Qf2 Nb6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Re2 c5 $6 18.
dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rd1 {x d5} Bc6 20. Bb1 Rad8 21. Ba2 Rd7 22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Nb4 Qc5
24. Nd3 Qe7 25. Nb4 Qc5 26. Bb3 Nc4 $2 (26... Ne6 $14) 27. e4 $1 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2
d4 29. Nxc6 dxc3 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Bxc4 bxc6 (31... cxb2 32. Rxb2 bxc6 33. Rb7
Ne5 34. Ba2 $18) 32. bxc3 Rb8 33. Rd2 Ne5 34. Ba2 g5 35. Ke3 Kf8 (35... Rb6 36.
a4 Ra6 37. Rd4 c5 38. Rd5 Rxa4 39. Bb3 $1 Ra3 40. Rxe5 Rxb3 41. Rxg5+ Kf8 42.
Rxc5 $18) 36. g3 Ke7 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Ng6 39. a4 a5 40. e5 Nh4 41. Ke4 Rg8
42. Rb2 f5+ $2 43. exf6+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
g6 9. e4 {N} (9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc7 12. O-O Ne6 13. Bh4 O-O $10 {
Portisch,L-Jusupov,A/Rotterdam WCup/1989/ -> CBM 13}) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 $6
(10... Nc7 $5 11. h4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O $10) 11.
Bxa6 Bxe4 12. Qc3 bxa6 $6 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxb7 Bxg5 14. Bxc6+ (14. Qxc6+ Kf8
15. Bxa8 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Qe7+ 17. Kd1 Qe4 $1 $132) 14... Kf8 15. Qxf3 Qe7+ $14)
13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $6 (14... Qxe7 $5 15. Qxa8+ Kg7 16. Qc6 Rc8 17.
Qxc8 Bf5+ 18. Ne5 Bxc8 19. O-O $14) 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rc1 $1 f6 17. Qb7+ Ke6 18.
Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qf7+ Kf5 20. O-O Rf8 21. Qg7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 fxe5 23. Qxe5+ Kg4 24.
Re1 Rf5 25. Qe7 Rg5 26. Kh1 Qf5 27. Rg1+ {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qd2
Be7 (8... Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nge2 Be7 13. Ng3 Be6 14.
Na4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O $14 {Zueger,B-Bex,P/Bern/1988/ ->CBM 08}) 9. a3
Qa5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Bd3 b5 $6 (11... O-O $14) 12. Nge2 b4 13. Na2 $1 c5 (13...
Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxg5 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Nxb4 Bc4 18. O-O $16) 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Rxc5 bxa3 17. bxa3 Qxa3 18. O-O Be6 (18... Be7 19. Ra5
Qd6 20. Nf4 Bb7 21. Rb1 $16) 19. Ra5 Qd6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 (20... Be7 21. Qxd6 Bxd6
22. Nec3 Bc7 23. Rb5 a6 24. Rb7 $16 (24. Nxd5 $2 axb5 25. Nxc7+ Kd7 26. Nxa8
Bxa2)) 21. Nxb4 Bd8 22. Ra6 Bb6 23. Nf4 O-O-O (23... Rd8 24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Rfa1
$16) 24. Nfd3 Rd7 (24... Rhe8 25. Rc1+ Kb7 26. Nc5+ $16) 25. Nc5 Rc7 26. Rfa1
Bxc5 (26... Rd8 27. Rxb6 $1 Rxc5 28. Rxe6 Rb5 29. Nc6 fxe6 30. Nxa7+ $18) 27.
dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxa7 Kd8 (28... Rd8 29. Na6 Rc6 30. Rb1 $18) 29. Nd3 Rc7 30. Nf4
Rxa7 $2 (30... Re8 $16) 31. Rxa7 Re8 32. Nxe6+ Rxe6 33. Rxf7 Rg6 34. f4 Ke8 35.
Ra7 h5 36. Kf2 h4 37. Kf3 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-04"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1981.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Malich, Burkhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 (8... Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O (10. Be2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5 13.
Na4 Ng7 $10) 10... Nb6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Kb1 O-O $10 {Bagirov,V-Nei,I/URS-ch/
1960/}) 9. h3 $5 (9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 (10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Nc7 13.
h5 Bg4 14. Kb1 (14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 $10) 14... O-O 15. Ne2 Nb5 16. Ne5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 $13 {Bronstein,D-Stalberg,G/Zurich ct/1953/1/2-1/2/63/}) (10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O g6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 $14) 10... g6 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Ng7 (
11... O-O 12. Kb1 Ng7 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne6 17. h4
$16 {Reshevsky,S-Stalberg,G/Kemeri/1937/1/2-1/2/56/}) 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 $14) (11. h3 Ng7 (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O Nf6 (13... O-O 14.
g4 Nhg7 15. h4 $40) 14. g4 Ng7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14) 12. g4 Be6
(12... O-O 13. O-O-O $14) 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bg3 O-O (14... Qa5 15. Kb1 b5 $13)
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd1 a4 $13 {Hort,V-Beliavsky,A/Munich/
1991/}) 11... Ng7 (11... O-O 12. Rab1 Ng4 (12... a5 13. a3 Ng7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Bf5 $14) (12... Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 $14) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 $14)
12. b4 a6 (12... Bxb4 $2 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 $16) (12... O-O 13. b5 $14) 13.
Rab1 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a4 Bf5 15. b5 O-O 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rab1 $14 {
Botvinnik,M-Keres,P/URS(ch)/1941/0,5 (20)/}) 13... Bf5 14. a4 O-O 15. b5 (15.
Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b5 $14) 15... axb5 16. axb5 Rc8 (16... Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 Nd7 (17... Nf5 18. Bxf6 (18. Bg3 $14) 18... Bxf6 19. Rfc1 $14 {Timman,
J-Andersson,U/Tilburg/1987/0,5 (60) Inf 44/492/}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc6 bxc6
$14) 17. Rfc1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Na4 $1 $14 {Novikov,
I-Kharitonov,A/Sevastopol/0,5 (52) Inf 42/518/}) 9... Ne6 10. Bh4 Nh5 (10... g6
11. Bd3 Ng7 12. g4 Be6 $13 {- 9.Bd3}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Nf6 (12... g6 13.
Ne5 Nf6 $14 {/\ Ng7}) 13. Ne5 O-O (13... g6 $5 $14 {/\ Ng7}) 14. f4 Rd8 15. g4
Nd7 (15... c5 16. g5 $16) 16. Bd3 Nef8 17. g5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $36 Qc5 19. Qf2 $1
b5 (19... a5 $5 {/\ a4-a3}) 20. Bc2 Qe7 21. Ne2 a5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qg3 Re8 24.
h4 a4 25. h5 a3 26. b3 c5 27. Nf3 c4 28. Nd4 Rac8 29. Kb1 Qb4 30. e4 dxe4 (
30... cxb3 $2 31. Bxb3 dxe4 32. g6 hxg6 33. hxg6 Nxg6 34. Qxg6 Qxb3+ 35. Nxb3
fxg6 36. Rxd7 $18) 31. g6 hxg6 (31... fxg6 $2 32. hxg6 Nxg6 33. e6 Bxe6 34.
Nxe6 Rxe6 35. f5 $16) 32. hxg6 Nxg6 (32... fxg6 $2 33. Bxe4 $16) 33. f5 (33. e6
$5 Bxe6 $1 (33... fxe6 $2 34. Rhg1 $1 (34. Qxg6 $2 Qc3 $10) 34... cxb3 35. Bxb3
Qc3 36. Qxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxg6 $18) 34. Nxe6 (34. f5 $2 cxb3 $1) 34... fxe6 (34...
Rxe6 $2 35. f5 $16) (34... cxb3 $5 35. Qxb3 (35. Bxb3 $2 Rc3) 35... Qxb3+ 36.
Bxb3 fxe6 37. f5 Nf8 38. fxe6 Re7 $44) 35. Qxg6 (35. Qh3 $5 $44) 35... Qc3 36.
Qh7+ Kf8 $8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 $8 38. Qh4+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ $10) 33... cxb3 34. Bxb3 Bxf5
$3 $10 (34... Rc3 $2 35. Qh2 Rxb3+ 36. axb3 $18 a2+ 37. Qxa2 Nxe5 38. Qh2 $18)
(34... Nxe5 $2 35. Rdg1 Qf8 36. Qh4 $18) 35. Nxf5 (35. Qh2 $5 {/\ Nf5, /\ 36.
Qh7 Kh8 37.Qh8!} e3+ $1 (35... Rxe5 $2 36. Nxf5 Rxf5 37. Rd7 $18 {/\ 38.Qh7
Kf8 39.Qh8!}) (35... Bg4 $2 36. Rdf1 $1 Bf3 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Nf5 $18) (35...
Be6 $2 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 (36... fxe6 37. Qh7+ $18) 37. Rd7 Nh4 $8 38. Qxh4 Rh6 39.
Qe1 Rxh1 40. Qxh1 $16) 36. Nxf5 Qe4+ 37. Bc2 Qb4+ 38. Bb3 Qe4+ $10) 35... Rc3
$1 36. Nh6+ $5 (36. Qh2 Rxb3+ 37. axb3 Qxb3+ 38. Ka1 Qc3+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ $10)
36... Kf8 $8 37. Rhf1 $2 (37. Rd7 $1 Re7 (37... Nxe5 $2 38. Nf5 $1 $18) (37...
Rxb3+ 38. axb3 (38. Qxb3 $2 Qxb3+ 39. axb3 gxh6 40. Rxh6 Rxe5 $17) 38... gxh6
39. Rxh6 $36) 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rd7 $10) 37... Nxe5 $1 $17 38. Rd7 (38. Rxf7+
Nxf7 39. Rf1 Rxb3+ 40. axb3 gxh6 $19) 38... Re7 $4 (38... Rxb3+ $1 39. axb3 (
39. Ka1 $2 Qd4+ 40. Rxd4 Rxg3 $19) (39. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 40. axb3 gxh6 $17) 39...
gxh6 $17) 39. Rd8+ $18 Re8 40. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Bruk, Ofer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. e3
Ne6 9. Bh4 g6 10. Bd3 Ng7 11. f3 Nf5 $2 {A careless move, allowing white to
obtain a long term advantage} (11... Be7 12. Nge2 O-O {should have been played}
) 12. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 ({but not:} 12... Bxf5 $2 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 {winning a
piece} Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. exf5 $18) 13. Nge2 Be7 14. Ng3 Ng4 $6 {
objectively, the move is not the best, however, black is trying to change the
course of the game, hoping for white to err in the endgame.} (14... Ng8 $1 {
is the move I was counting on during the game} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. O-O-O Be6 17.
Nh5 $16) 15. Bxe7 ({the alternative:} 15. fxg4 Bxh4 16. gxf5 Qg5 {doesn't
promise much}) 15... Nxe3 16. Bxd8 Nxc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 18. Bf6 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Rg8
$1 {Black assesses correctly that he must activate at least one rook, to get
any chances.} (19... Nxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Rg8 21. Nce2 Be6 22. Nf4 c5 23. Bf6 d4 24.
Re1 {is anything but good for black. all king side pawns are doomed.}) 20. Kxb3
f4 21. Nh5 $5 (21. Re1+ {would have been more secure. However, I wanted to
keep the initiative.} Be6 22. Nh5 Rxg2 23. Re2) 21... Rxg2 22. Nxf4 Rf2 23. Rg1
Kf8 24. Be5 $1 {the point of white's plan. The rook gets to the 8th rank,
postponing black's development. The only pawns white cares about here, are the
'h' pawns - his own, to run for a promotion and black's, the only thing that
stands on the way.} Rxf3 (24... Ke7 {would lead to the game after:} 25. Rg8
Rxf3 (25... f6 26. Bc7 Rxf3 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 $18) 26. Rh8 b6 (26... f6 27.
Rxh7+ Kd8 28. Bd6 $18)) ({of course not:} 24... Rxh2 $4 25. Ne6+ {with an easy
win}) 25. Bd6+ Ke8 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. Be5 {white has achieved his goals: black's
pieces are uncoordinated and the h7 pawn falls.} b6 28. Rh8 Ke7 $1 {gaining an
important tempo. Now, the bishop can go straight to a6 without stopping on b7.}
(28... Bb7 29. Rxh7 Ke7 30. Rg7 Ba6 {would be the same, only a tempo more for
white.}) 29. Rxh7 Ba6 30. Rg7 $1 {Last precise move. It's very important not
to allow black's second rook join the game. Now, with one rook caged on the
8th rank, black cannot organize any serious counterplay.} Bc4+ (30... Rh8 {
of course not:} 31. Ng6+ {winning a rook.}) (30... Rf2 31. Nd1 $1 {the knight
is heading to f5.} Bc4+ 32. Kc3 Rf3+ 33. Kd2) 31. Kc2 Rf2+ 32. Kc1 Bb3 33. Nce2
{so much for black's counterplay. black tries his last chance:} c5 34. Kd2 {
here i was able to calculate a simple but very effective variation which wins
on the spot. White's threat is simple: Ke1 and Ng3-f5. Once the knight gets to
f5 the game is over.} (34. Ng3 $2 {too risky would have been:} Rc2+ 35. Kb1 $4
(35. Kd1 Rxb2+) 35... Rd2 36. Nf5+ Kd7 37. Rxf7+ Kc6 {and it's unclear all of
a sudden.}) 34... cxd4 35. Ke1 Rf3 36. Ng6+ $1 {an important intermidiate move,
protecting the bishop. The rest is forced} ({the "automatic"} 36. Nxd4 $2 Re3+
37. Kd2 Rxe5 38. Nxb3 (38. Ng6+ $4 Kf6 39. Nxe5 Kxg7 40. Nxb3 Rh8 {and only
black can win}) 38... Rh8 {would make white's chances problematic.}) 36... Kd7
37. Nxd4 Rd3 38. Rxf7+ {black gets mated by force:} (38. Rxf7+ Kc8 39. Rc7+ Kd8
40. Nc6+ Ke8 41. Re7#) 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 (12. Rab1 Ndf6 (12... Ng7
13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nf6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17. Nf4 Rfc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19.
Na4 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Qd6 21. h3 g5 22. Nb6 Re8 23. Ne2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne4 25. Nc3 f5
26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qd1 h5 28. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Baburin,A-King,D/Dublin 1995/CBM 46
ext (28)}) (12... a5 13. a3 Nb6 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Ng7 16. b4 b5 17. Qc2 Bd7
18. Nc1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. bxc5 Ra3 22. Bc2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5
24. Rd1 Rfa8 25. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Wang Lei-Khurtsidze,N/Leon 1996/EXT 98 (45)}) (
12... Nb6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Ng7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4
Bd7 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qc5 Qd8 21. Nd6 Na4 22. Qxd5 Nc3 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qa7 Nxb1
25. Rxb1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-King,D/Germany 1997/GER-chT (41)}) 13. b4 Be6
14. f3 b6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Ng7 17. Nd1 Bd7 18. Nf2 Rac8 19. Rb2 Bf5 20.
Rbc2 Re8 21. Rxc6 (21. Nd1 $142) 21... Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Qxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 $15 {
0-1 Vaisser,A-Dukhov,A/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (69)}) (12. Qd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Be6 14.
e4 Rad8 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Ng7 17. h3 f5 18. Kh2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nb5 a6 21.
Nbd4 Rc8 22. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Garcia Ilundain,D-Piankov,E/Leon 1998/EXT 99 (43)})
12... Nb6 13. Nc1 {Preventing f7-f5. Now on f5 white will have Be2.} (13. Na4
Nxa4 14. Qxa4 $14) 13... Re8 $6 (13... Ng7 $142) 14. Na4 $2 {White mixes
between two plans, and with that he should've lost the advantage.} (14. Nb3 $14
{[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4,Gb3c5] /+/-}) 14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nf4 16. Be2 (16. Bb1 Nxg2
{Chandler} 17. Kxg2 Qh4 18. Ne2 Bh3+ 19. Kh1 Qg4 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nxh3 Qf3+)
16... Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bf5 18. Qb3 h5 $6 (18... a5 $142 {with the idea of Qb4,
and now white probably has nothing better then Nd3 with and equality.} 19. Nd3
(19. a3 h5 20. Qc3 h4 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 $15 {[%cal Ga8a1]})) 19. Qc3 h4
$2 {Now was the last chance to play a5. After the text black is slightly but
permanently worse since his play on the K side is much less effective then
white's in the center and on the Q side.} 20. f3 Qg5 21. b4 Re7 22. Nb3 Rae8
23. Kf2 $138 Qf6 24. Kg1 (24. Nc5 h3 25. g3 Bg4 26. Kg1 Bxf3 (26... Bf5) 27.
Ref2 Rxe3 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rh1 $13) 24... Qg5
25. Rfe1 Qh5 (25... h3 26. g3 (26. g4 $2 Bxg4 27. fxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Rxe3 $1
$19)) 26. Nd2 Qg5 27. a4 b6 (27... h3 $142 {Creating some mating motives in
the future.} 28. g3 b6) 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Bg4 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Ref1 (31. e5
Bf5 32. Nc4 $1 $16 (32. Qxc6 Rc8 33. Qf3 Rc2 $44)) 31... h3 $1 (31... Red7 32.
h3 Rxd4 (32... Be6 33. Qxc6) 33. hxg4 Rxd2 34. Rxf7 $18 R2d4 $140 (34... Qh6
35. g5 $18) {[%tqu "De","Please find the fastest way to finish the game.","",
"","c3d4","",10]} 35. Qxd4 $1 Rxd4 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. R1f7+ Kh6 38. Rh8#) 32. Qg3
$138 (32. e5 Bf5 33. Nc4 Be4 34. Qxh3 Rxd4 35. Nd6 Bd5 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Ne8+
Rxe8 38. Qxe8 Qe3 39. e6 $1 Bxe6 40. Qe7 $14) 32... Qh5 33. Qe3 hxg2 34. Rxg2
Bh3 35. Rg5 Qh6 36. Rf3 Bc8 37. e5 $4 $138 {After his last move black had ony
1 second left.} (37. Rfg3 $16 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Ge4e5,Ye4f6,Gd2e4,Ye4d6]}) 37...
Rxd4 38. Rfg3 Rxb4 $138 {Here black's flag fell but his position is actually
winning already.} (38... Rxb4 39. Rxg6+ Qxg6 40. Rxg6+ fxg6 41. Qd3 Rf7 $1 $19)
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. a3 (12. Bf4 $6 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Rab1 Re7 15. b4 Rae8 16. Rfc1 Ng6 17. b5 c5 $15 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Jussupow,A/
Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (25)}) 12... Rc8 13. b4 N6d7 14. Bf4 Nb6 $146 {
[%cal Gb6c4,Gb6a4] In this game black chooses a different plan from what he
has opted for against Topalov. The text makes more sense. The N aims for 'c4'
meanwhile not letting white N to get to c5 via a4} (14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Ndf8 16.
Na4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Qd1 Ne6 22.
Nxe6 Bxe6 23. b5 Rec8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Jussupow,A/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (68)}) 15. Nd2 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd2c4,
Yd2b3,Yb3c5] A very flexible move: the N keeps and eye on both c4 and c5 (via
b3)} Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne2 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc2c5] As it usually happens in
this structure, the N switch -while the Q sided N goes to the K sided and vice
versa - is favorable for white.  The N from 'e2' can be very useful in defense,
while he has cleared the 'c' file to the heavy pieces.} Nbd7 $6 {A bit too
early. once black has moved the N white's game begins to flow.} (17... Rc7 $142
18. Rfc1 Bc8 {[%cal Gd6h6,Yf8e6,Ye6g5] with a balanced position}) 18. Nb3 Rc7
19. Rfc1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} a6 (19... Rec8 {Black is,usually, not very happy to
place both his rooks so passively} 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 $14 {
[%cal Ga1c1,Gb4b5]}) 20. Nc5 $14 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 {almost forced. If black
adoids the Q exchange his position would get too passive.} (21... Qd8 22. a4 {
[%cal Gb4b5]} Nd7 23. Qd6 $16) 22. bxc5 $6 {After this move it's extremely
difficult for white to reach black's weakness on b7. Needless to say that
while taking on c5 with a pawn I saw the dream position in my mind: N vs B
ending with white K penetrating to b6 and N to a5... It was just a dream of
course.} (22. Rxc5 $142 Bd7 {[%cal Ge8e6]} 23. a4 Ne6 24. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Gd3f5]
/+/-}) 22... Bc8 23. Rab1 g6 $1 (23... Ne6 $2 24. Bf5 $1 $16 {black cannot
allow white to change B on N, as then he will be strategically lost!( The B is
very weak.). However, if he swaps the B the b7 P will become weak..}) 24. Rc3 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Gc3e3] at some point black might try to get counterplay
against the e3 P. Thus is't better to prepare for it in advance.} Ne6 25. Nc1 {
[%csl Ye5][%cal Yc1d3,Gd3e5] in case of f7-f5 white should be ready to go to e5
} Kg7 26. Bc2 $6 (26. Rb2 $142 {[%cal Gd3b1,Gf2f3,Yg1f2]}) 26... f6 27. f3 Rce7
28. Kf2 Nd8 29. Rb2 Nf7 30. Bb1 Nh6 31. Nb3 $2 {A wrong plan! White takes his
N to a5, too far away from the center.} (31. g4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc1e2,Ge2g3,
Ge3e4] /+/-}) 31... Nf7 32. Na5 Nd8 33. Rd2 {[%cal Ge3e4] Now e3-e4 is already
a threat. (One of the main ideas behind putting the N on a5 was that it goes
to c4 after e3-e4 dxe4.} f5 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} 34. f4 {[%csl Re5] Black has
weakenned the e5 square finally, but the N is far far awau from it. Now white
has to play carefully not to get worse.} h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 35. Nb3 g5 36. Nc1
$1 {[%cal Gc1e2]} (36. g3 $143 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kf6 {[%cal Ge7g7,Ge8g8,Yg7g1]} 38.
Kf3 Be6 39. Rg2 Bf7 $15) 36... Kf6 (36... gxf4 37. exf4 Re1 38. Bd3 Rh1 (38...
R8e3 $140 $4 39. Ne2 $18) 39. Bf1 {[%csl Rh1]} Re4 40. Ne2 $16) 37. g3 (37. Bc2
gxf4 38. exf4 Ne6 $15) 37... Ne6 38. Bc2 h5 (38... h5 39. h4 g4 $11 (39... gxh4
40. gxh4 Rg7 41. Bd1 Reg8 42. Bf3 Rg3 43. Rd1 Rh3 44. Rh1 Rxh1 45. Bxh1 Rg4 46.
Bf3 Rxh4 47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Bxg4 fxg4 49. Nd3 {And black seems not to have
enough compensation.})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3
Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bd6 (12... Ng6 13. b4
b6 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Rb2 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 c5
20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. dxc5 Bxa4 22. Qb1 b5 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Qe1 Ra8 25. Qb4 $16 {
[%csl Ga4] 1-0 Riazantsev,A-Filippov,N/Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (39)}) 13. b4 (
13. Rbe1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 Bg6 17. f5 Bh7 18. h3 N8d7 19. Nf3
b5 20. e4 b4 21. e5 bxc3 22. exd6 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 cxb2 24. Qxb2 Rb8 25. Qc3 $16 {
[%csl Gc6,Gh7] 1-0 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/g/5 Match, Moscow RUS 1998 (51)}) 13...
Ng6 {Baburin: 'I believe that this is Smyslov's idea - Black prepares to
attack the g5-bishop with ...h6. He wants to take on f6 with a queen and for
that he played ...Bd6.'} (13... Bg4 14. Nd2 axb4 15. axb4 Bh5 16. h3 h6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 g5 19. g3 Bg6 20. b5 h5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 h4 23. g4 Ra3
$13 {1-0 Gauglitz,G-Boensch,U/Dresden 1985/MCL (38)}) 14. Rb3 $5 {A novelty
according to my database. (it's not a move sane person would normally think of.
) There is, however, a very interesting idea behind this weird looking move.
Some 4-5 moves from now this rook will be probably white's strongest piece,on
both, offense and defense. However it connot be recommended as black has a
forced equality now.} (14. Bf5 axb4 15. axb4 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8
18. b5 Nh4 19. Qe2 Re6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfc1 Rce8 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 23. g3 Qh3 24.
Qf1 Qg4 25. Ne2 Bc7 26. Rb2 Rf6 27. Qg2 {1/2-1/2 Spassov,L-Kharitonov,A/Lodz
1980/MCD (27)}) (14. b5 h6 (14... Bxa3 {Baburin} 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4) 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 {should have been taken into consideration.})
14... axb4 15. axb4 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 {The third rank is openning up.}
Nf4 $2 (17... dxe4 $142 {This move would've challenged white's whole plan.} 18.
Nxe4 Qd8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Ne5 Be6 $11) 18. e5 Qe6
19. Ne1 (19. exd6 $4 Qg4 20. g3 (20. Ne1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qxg2#) 20... Qxf3 21.
gxf4 Bh3 $19) 19... Bc7 $6 (19... Bf8 {[%csl Gb4]}) (19... Ra1 $5 20. Ne2 Qg4
21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Qb2 (22. g3 Qc1 23. b5 Bh3 24. Qxc1 Rxc1 25. Ng2 Rxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Bf8 27. bxc6 bxc6 $15) 22... Qc1 23. Bb1 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Bc7 25. Nd3 Bf5 26.
Nc5 Rxb1 27. Rfxb1 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Bb6 29. Ra1 $14 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3,
Gb4b5]}) 20. Ne2 {Now we can see how useful the rook on b3 is! After the third
rank has been cleared of pieces is can be easily transferred to the K side,
plus it prevents black rook from getting to a3 where it would've created many
tactical threats.} Nxd3 $2 (20... Nxe2+ $142 21. Bxe2 Bb6 (21... f6 22. f4 Bb6
23. Nf3 $16 {[%csl Gf5,Gf7,Gg6,Gh7]}) 22. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Gb4b5]} (22. Qb2 f6
23. Bh5 Re7 24. Re3 (24. f4 $2 fxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5) 24... Qf5 $13)) (20... Qg4
$5 {Baburin}) 21. Nxd3 Bb6 $2 {After this black's position is probably lost.
'?!' Baburin.} 22. b5 Bd8 (22... cxb5 23. Ndf4 (23. Rxb5 $2 Bd7 24. Ndf4 Bxb5
25. Nxe6 Rxe6 $13) 23... Qd7 (23... Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxb5 Bd8 26. Rxb7 $18
) 24. Qb2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gb7,Gd5,Gg7][%cal Gb3b5,Gb3g3]}) 23. Nc5 Qe7 (23...
Qg4 24. Rg3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Nxb7 $18) 24. b6 $2 {I liked the way this
position looks after this move, but b6 was a waste of an important tempo, and
fixed my own rook to its defense.} (24. f4 $142 $40 {[%cal Gf4f6,Gb3g3,Ge2f4,
Gf4h5] and it's just a matter of time before black position collapses.}) 24...
Qh4 $1 25. f4 Be7 26. Rg3 (26. f5 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Qe1+ 29. Rf1 Qxe2
$17) 26... Ra5 $1 {Black is defending very resourcefully, preparing to give
the useless rook for the knight that is paralizing all of black's pieces.} (
26... Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qe7 28. Qc3 Ra2 29. Nd4 $16) 27. Nb3 (27. f5 Bxc5 28. dxc5
Qc4 $17) 27... Rb5 28. f5 Bg5 (28... Qe4 29. Qd2 $5 Bg5 30. Rxg5 Rxb3 (30...
hxg5 31. Nc3 Qg4 32. Nxb5 cxb5 33. Nc5 $18) 31. Rg3 $16) 29. Nc5 (29. Nd2 Rxb6
30. Nf3 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Qe4) 29... Rxc5 $1 {This complicates the position esp.
given that white had only 10 min left on the clock.} (29... Rxb6 $2 30. Qd3 Rb5
31. Qf3 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Rxe5 33. Rg4 Qh5 34. Ng3 $18) 30. Qxc5 (30. dxc5 Rxe5 $44
) 30... Qe4 31. Rxg5 $1 {Although it took his last minutes, white found the
only continuation which doesn't let the advantage go.} (31. Nc3 Be3+ 32. Kh1
Qxd4 33. Qd6 Qxe5 $17 (33... Qxc3 $6 34. e6 $40)) (31. h4 Bxh4 32. Nc3 Qc2 33.
Rgf3 Bg5 $13) 31... hxg5 $6 (31... Qe3+ 32. Rf2 Qxg5 33. Qc1 $1 {Without the
queens black is lost of course.} Qg4 (33... Qxc1+ 34. Nxc1 c5 35. dxc5 Rxe5 36.
Nb3 $16 Bxf5 $140 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. c6 Rf6 39. Nd4 $1 $18) 34. f6 g5 (34...
gxf6 35. Rf3 Kh7 36. Rxf6 $18) 35. Qe3 $16) 32. Ng3 Qe3+ 33. Rf2 Rxe5 $4 {
An unexplainable blunder while black had 40 min left against white's 3.
although the position is indeed difficult it wouldn't be easy to find the
right way with the shortage of time.} (33... Bd7 34. f6 g6 35. Nf1 Qe4 36. Qc1
$16) 34. Nf1 {Nevertheless, Dovi overcame this miss in the best way possible,
easily winnig his last two games and taking the event by a full point.} 1-0

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O g6 11. Rab1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Ng7
15. Nc5 Nb6 16. a4 Bf5 17. Nd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. f3 Nbc4 21.
a5 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rad8 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Nb5 25. d5 Rd6 26. Rbd1 Qc7 27. Qf2
Red8 28. Rd3 Re8 29. Rf3 Re7 30. h4 cxd5 31. e5 Rd8 32. e6 f5 33. h5 Nd6 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Qg3 Rg7 36. e7 Re8 37. Re6 Nb5 38. Qh4 Rexe7 $16 39. Rh3 $1 {
[%cal Gh4h8]} Nd6 $2 (39... Rxe6 40. Nxe6 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Rd7 42. Qf6 $18) (39...
Kf7 40. Rf6+ $18) (39... Nd4 40. Qxd4 $18) (39... Qxc5+ $5 40. bxc5 Rxe6 41.
Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qxd5 $16) (39... g5 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Rh7 Rxh7 42. Rf6#) 40. Rxg6
$1 {[%csl Rg7]} Re1+ (40... Ne8 41. Ne6 Rxg6 42. Nxc7 Rxc7 43. Qd8 Re6 44. Qxd5
Rce7 (44... Ng7 45. Re3 Rce7 46. Rxe6 $18) 45. Qxf5 {+/-/+-}) (40... Rxg6 41.
Qh8+ Kf7 42. Rh7+ Rg7 43. Qxg7+ $18) 41. Kf2 $18 (41. Kf2 Ne8 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7
43. Kxe1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 (11. h3) 11... Nh5 (11... Ne4) (11...
Be6) (11... Ng6 12. Ne5) (11... g6) 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 (12... Qxe7 13. e4) 13. Ne5 (
13. b4) 13... g6 14. b4 (14. f4 Ng7 15. Kh1 (15. Qf2 f6 16. Nf3 Bf5 (16... Bg4)
17. Bxf5 (17. e4) 17... Nxf5 18. g4 (18. e4) 18... Nd6) 15... f6 16. Nf3 Bf5 (
16... Bg4) 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4) 14... a6 (14... Qd6 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Na4 Rae8
17. b5 f6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Bd1) 15. Na4 (15. Kh1) (15. Rb1) 15...
Ng7 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. a4 f6 18. Nf3 (18. e4 dxe4 (18... fxe5 19. exf5 Nxf5 (19...
e4 20. f6 exd3 21. fxe7) 20. dxe5) 19. Bc4+ Nge6 (19... Be6) 20. g4 fxe5 21.
gxf5 gxf5 22. dxe5 Kh8) (18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Ned3 Nd6) 18... a5 (18... Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Nfe6) 19. bxa5 Rxa5 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxa5 21. Ra1) 20. e4 dxe4 (20...
Bg4 21. Nd2) 21. Bxe4 b6 (21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxb7 Qd5 24. Nxa5) 22.
Bxf5 (22. Qc4+ Kh8 (22... Rf7 23. Nb7 Be6 24. Nxd8 Bxc4 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bxc6)
23. Bxf5 bxc5 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Re1 Qd6) 22... bxc5 23. Rxe7 (23. Bd3 Rea7)
23... Qxe7 24. Bd3 Nge6 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. d5 (26. Re1 Qd6 (26... Qd7) 27. Qc3 Ra7
(27... Rxa4 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Qb3 Rb4 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Re1 cxd4))
26... cxd5 27. Bxd5 Qd7 (27... Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bb3 Qc5 30. Qe2) 28. Bb3
Ra6 29. Qc4 Qb7 (29... Rb6) 30. Re1 Rb6 31. Re3 Rb4 32. Qc3 Re4 (32... Nd4 33.
Qxc5 Nf5 (33... Nxf3+ 34. gxf3) 34. Re8 Ne6 35. Rxe6 Rxb3 36. Re1) 33. a5 Rxe3
(33... Nd4 34. a6 (34. Rxe4 Qxe4) 34... Rxe3 35. Qxe3 (35. axb7 Rxc3 36. Bd1
Rc1) 35... Nxf3+ (35... Qxb3 36. Qxb3 Nxb3 37. a7) (35... Qxa6 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37.
Qxf8+ Kh5 38. Qxc5+) 36. gxf3 Qc7 (36... Qxa6 37. Qe7+) 37. Qe4) 34. fxe3 Qa7
35. Bc4 (35. Qd3 Qxa5 36. Bxe6 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Qb8+ 39. Kh3 Nxe6 40.
Qd7+) 35... Nc7 36. Qd2 Na6 37. Qd6 Nb4 38. a6 g5 (38... Nc2 39. Qd5 (39. Kf2
Na3) 39... Kh6 40. Qg8 Nd7 (40... Qe7 41. a7 Qxe3+ 42. Kh1 Qe8 43. Bd5) 41. Bb5
) 39. h4 g4 (39... h6 40. h5) (39... Qd7 40. Qxc5) 40. Ng5 h6 (40... fxg5 41.
Qe5+ Kg6 42. Qxg5#) 41. Ne4 (41. Ne4 Nh7 42. Qd8 h5 (42... Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kf5 (
43... Kg7 44. Qg8#) 44. Ng3#) 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Nd6) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Likavsky, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 {Already with first move,my contender has surprised me,because I
prepared only to Kingsindian defence.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5
exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. h3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 $5 (11...
Ng6 $5 {See comments to game: Golod,V-Jonkman,H/Tel-Aviv,2001/CBM83(0-1)(40)})
({Rather frequently met in this position:} 11... Nh5 $5) 12. Bf4 Ng5 {From my
point of view,this move a little better,than:} (12... f5 13. Ne5 $14) ({or} 
12... Nxc3 {See comments to Volzhin,A-Panikarovsky,A/Moscow,1999/CBM 70 (1-0)
(Baburin,A)(62)}) 13. Bxg5 $5 ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 13.
Nxg5 $5 Bxg5 $140 14. Bh2 $1 Be7 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. Bg1 $1 {[%csl Yg1]} Qh4 17. f4
Nd7 18. Rf3 Nf8 19. f5 $14 {Sakaev,K-Mirzoev,A/Linares,2001(1-0)(44)}) 13...
Bxg5 14. b4 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5] Differently black will return the bishop on /
^a3-f8.} Qf6 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc8h3]} 15. e4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Was checked
in the previous games:} 15. Ne5 $5 Qd6 16. b5 $5 (16. Rab1 $143 Bd8 (16... Bf6
$142 $13) 17. Rfc1 Bc7 $140 $4 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Qxc7 $18 {Olcayoz,A-Abdulla,A/
Yerevan,1996(1-0)(37)}) 16... c5 17. Nf3 Be7 (17... Bh6 $5) 18. e4 cxd4 19.
Nxd5 Be6 20. Nxd4 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Qd8 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Be4 $36 {Barsov,A-Mirzoev,
A/Cairo,2001(1/2-1/2)(58)}) 15... Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Essentially correct
reaction to my previous move!} (15... Ng6 $2 16. exd5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gc3e4]})
(15... Ne6 $6 16. exd5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Be4
$14) 16. e5 {Differently,I receive the worse position:} (16. Nxg5 $2 Bxg2 $1
17. Kxg2 Qxg5+ $40 {-/+}) (16. exd5 $6 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 $1 $15) 16... Qh6 $1 (
{Pretty dubiously:} 16... Qf4 {in view of:} 17. Ne2 Qg4 18. Ng3 (18. Ne1 $13 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne6 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Nxg5 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Qxg5
$14) 17. gxh3 ({Rather riskyly:} 17. Nxg5 {because of:} Qxg5 18. f4 Qh4 {
[%csl Rd3]} 19. Qf2 (19. gxh3 $2 Qg3+ {[%csl Rd3]} 20. Kh1 Qxh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg3+
22. Kh1 Re6 23. Rf2 Rh6+ 24. Rh2 Rxh2+ 25. Qxh2 Qxd3 $19) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2
Bg4 21. f5 $44) 17... Qxh3 18. Nxg5 Qg4+ 19. Kh2 Qxg5 $1 {I absolutely have
overlooked, that queen of black can immediately take my knight.} (19... Qf4+ $2
20. Kh3 Qxg5 21. f4 $16) 20. Ne2 $6 {I very much wanted to win this game,
because of an awful tournament situation.} (20. Rfd1 $2 Re6 21. Bf5 Rh6+ 22.
Bh3 Ne6 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge6f4]} 23. Ne2 Qh4 {[%csl Rf2,Rh3][%cal Ge6g5]} 24.
Qf5 Rh5 $19) ({Leads to equality:} 20. f4 $5 Qh4+ 21. Kg2 Qg4+ 22. Kh2 Qh4+ {
and so on.} (22... Re6 $2 23. Qg2 $16)) 20... Re6 $5 ({Also it deserves
attention:} 20... Qh4+ 21. Kg2 Qg4+ 22. Kh2 (22. Ng3 $5 Qxd4 23. f4 Qxb4 24.
Nf5 $13) 22... Qh4+ (22... Re6 $6 23. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Yd2]} g5 (23... Rh6+ $140
$2 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8]}) 24. Ng3 $14) 23. Kg2 Qg4+ $11)
21. Ng3 $8 (21. Bf5 $2 Rh6+ 22. Bh3 Qg4 {[%csl Re2,Rh3]} 23. Qd3 (23. Ng1 Qxd4
$17) 23... Rxh3+ 24. Qxh3 Qxe2 $17) 21... Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Qxd4 23. f4 g6 $6 {
[%csl Yg6][%cal Yg6f5] The rather strange decision.It was necessary:} (23...
Qxb4 24. Rab1 Qe7 25. Nf5 Qc7 {and to receive,already,four pawns for a figure.}
) 24. Rab1 $11 Rae8 25. Rf3 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Yf3][%cal Gc2f2]} R6e7 (25... f6 $6
26. f5 $1 gxf5 $5 (26... Rxe5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6 $36) 27. Nxf5 Qxe5 28.
Nh6+ $1 $36) 26. Qf2 {After,exchange of the queens,black can not use an open
position of my king!} Ne6 ({Can be recommended:} 26... Qb6 $11) 27. Qxd4 Nxd4
28. Rf2 b6 $6 {[%csl Rc6] The not compelled easing pawn "c6".} (28... f6 $142)
29. Rc1 $14 Rc7 (29... f6 $143 30. exf6 Rf7 31. Rd1 $5 {[%csl Gd1,Rd4][%cal
Gd3g6]} c5 32. Ne2 {+/=/+/-}) 30. Ne2 Nxe2 (30... Ne6 $5) 31. Rxe2 Kf8 $2 {
My contender has not sustained a voltage.} ({It was necessary:} 31... c5 32.
Bb5 Rd8 33. Rd2 {+/=/+/-}) 32. Rec2 Re6 $2 {Decisive mistake.} (32... f6 $5 33.
exf6 Re6 34. Bb5 Rxf6 35. Rxc6 Rcxc6 36. Bxc6 Rxf4 37. Bxd5 $5 Rxb4 38. Rc7 $16
{[%csl Ra7,Rh7]}) 33. Bb5 $18 {[%csl Rc6]} a6 34. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. c4 {I did not want to give to my contender to play with me third
time in succession accepted queen gambit.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 ({During
preparation for a game I also have given a lot of attention:} 3... dxc4) 4.
cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nf3 Nf8 10. h3 ({
Also tried to manage without:} 10. O-O {and so on.}) 10... c6 11. O-O Ng6 ({
Rather frequently met in this position:} 11... Nh5 $5) 12. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]
} ({Another line is:} 12. Bxf6 $5) 12... Nd7 {Probably,is the most logical
move.} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Ngf8 (14... Ndxe5 {and also:14...Nge5 i 14...Ndf8
you can find in comments to game:Kishnev,S-Hoefker,M/Recklinghausen,1997/CBM
60ext (1-0)(Tsesarsky,I)(22)}) ({Also was checked in the previous game:} 14...
Ngxe5) ({and} 14... Ndf8) 15. Rae1 $14 Nb6 (15... f6 $143 16. Nf3 Nb6 {and now
I have additional opportunities in comparison with a game.}) 16. f5 {[%cal
Gf5f6]} f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 $5 $146 (17... Qc7 $143 18. Qf2 Bd7 19. g4 Rad8 20. g5
$40 {Maurischat,P-Wartlick,K/Willsbach,1997(1-0) (28)}) 18. Qb3 $5 {[%cal
Ge3e4]} ({At first I was going to play:} 18. g4 {and gradually to begin attack
on the black king.}) 18... Qf7 {It's best move.It is necessary to exchange the
queens.} ({Dubiously:} 18... Kh8 {because of:} 19. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} dxe4 20.
Nxe4 Nd5 (20... Bxf5 $4 21. Nc5 (21. Ng3 $2 Be6 $17) 21... Be6 $8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6
23. Bf5 Nxd4 $8 24. Nxd4 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 $16) 21. Nc5 $36 {[%csl
Rb7]}) 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4d6]} Kg8 22. Nd6
{It is important to grasp <->e. Why I have spent a heap of time for this
obvious move?} (22. Nc5 $143 Nd5 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rf5]}) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nd5
24. Nxb7 $2 {[%mdl 16384] From this time I began to worsen the my position.} ({
It deserves attention:} 24. Bc4 b6 $140 25. Re7 {with obvious advantage of
white.}) 24... Rb8 25. Nc5 (25. Ba6 $142 Bxf5 (25... Bc8 $6 26. Re8 Bxb7 27.
Rxb8 Bxa6 28. Ra8 {[%csl Ra7]} Bd3 29. Rxa7 Bxf5 30. a4 $14) 26. b3 {+/=/=})
25... Rxb2 {Now black rook is on an excellent place!} 26. a4 Kf7 27. g4 $6 {
[%mdl 16384] The not compelled easing at pawns of the king side.} (27. Rb1 $142
Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 $11) 27... g6 $1 {From this time and up to the end of a game
Jonkman plays very strongly.} 28. fxg6+ hxg6 29. Rb1 (29. Bc4 $5 Be6 $15) 29...
Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3]} 31. Kh2 $6 $138 (31. Kf2 $142 {
and,after:} Nf4 {I have a protection:} 32. Kg3 {[%csl Yg3,Rh3][%cal Yg3h3]})
31... Nc3 32. Bd3 (32. Bc2 $142 {[%csl Ra4,Yc2][%cal Yc2a4]}) 32... Be6 $1 {
Black enter in fight all figures,and it becomes very heavy to me to protect of
all weakness.} 33. Kg3 $6 (33. Nd2 $5 Bd5 $140 34. Nc4 Ke7 $15 {[%cal Gf8e6]})
33... Bd5 34. a5 ({Also I have a bad position,after:} 34. Kf2 Ne6 {[%csl Ra4,
Rd4]} 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. Bc2 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Kd5 38. Ke3 Kc4 $17 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gc4b4]}) 34... Ne6 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Here already I didn't have minute on my
hours and I admit a decisive mistake.} 36. Kf2 $4 (36. Ne1 $142 Ne4+ 37. Kf3 (
37. Kh2 $5 Kd6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc6c5]}) 37... Nc5+ 38. Ke3 Nxd3 39. Nxd3 Bg2
$17) 36... Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Kd5 38. Ke3 Nd1+ 39. Kd2 Kxd4 $19 {[%csl Rd3]} 40. Bf1
Ne3 {[%csl Ra5,Rf1][%cal Ge3f1,Ge3c4] In a result I have 5.5/9(without a prize)
.Opposite,Harmen Jonkman has executed norma GM.} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Bf8 $5 (11... Ng4) 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. b4
Kg7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qc2 $5 (15. b5 Rhc8 $1 $132 {/\ c5}) 15... Rhe8 16. b5 cxb5
17. Qb3 (17. Nxb5 Rec8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Rc7 $132 {<->c}) 17...
Qe6 $1 18. Qxb5 (18. Nxb5 Qb6 $1) 18... Rec8 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. h3
Qb6 $10 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Na4 26. Ne5 $1 {
/\ f3, Kf2-e2-d2} Nc3 27. Kf1 (27. f3 $2 Nd1 $17) 27... Nfe4 28. Ke1 Kf6 29. f3
Nd6 30. Kd2 Ndb5 31. Kc2 Ke7 32. Ned3 Na4 33. Nb3 $2 (33. Ne2 $10) 33... Na3+
$17 34. Kc1 Nc4 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Nc3 37. e5 Nxa2+ $6 (37... Nd5 $17 {/\ b6}
) 38. Kc2 a5 39. Nf4 $1 g5 (39... b5 $6 40. Nd5+ Kd7 41. Nc5+ $13) (39... b6
40. Kd3) 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41. Nf6 b6 42. Nxh7 Kf5 43. g4+ Kf4 44. e6 $6 (44. Nf8 $1
{/\ e6} Nb4+ 45. Kc3 b5 46. e6 Nd5+ 47. Kd3 f6 48. Ng6+ Kg3 49. e7 Nc7 50. d5
$13) 44... Nb4+ 45. Kc3 Nd6 46. exf7 Nd5+ 47. Kd3 Nxf7 48. Kc4 Nc7 49. Kd3 $1 (
49. d5 $2 Ne5+ $19 {/\} 50. Kd4 Nb5#) 49... Kg3 (49... a4 50. Nd2 b5 51. Nf6
Kg3 (51... b4 $4 52. Nh5#) 52. d5 Kxh3 53. Kd4 $132) 50. Kc3 (50. Nf6 Kxh3 51.
d5 $132) 50... Kxh3 51. Nxa5 $2 (51. Nf6) 51... bxa5 52. Nxg5+ Nxg5 53. Kb3 Nd5
$19 54. Ka4 Kh4 55. Kxa5 Ne4 56. Kb5 Kg5 57. Kc6 Nef6 58. Kd6 Kg6 59. g5 Kxg5
60. Ke5 Kg4 61. Ke6 Kf4 62. Kd6 Kf5 63. Kc5 Ke6 64. Kc4 Ne4 65. Kd3 Nd6 66. Ke2
Kf5 67. Kf3 Ne4 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Kd3 Nd6 70. Ke2 Kg3 71. Kd3 Kf2 72. Kd2 Kf1 73.
Kd3 (73. Kd1 Nc4) 73... Ke1 74. Kc2 Ke2 75. Kc1 Nc4 $1 (75... Ne3 $5 76. d5 Kd3
77. Kb2 Kc4 78. Ka3 (78. Ka2 Kc3 79. Ka3 Nec4+ 80. Ka4 Nb6+ 81. Ka3 (81. Ka5
Nd7 82. Ka4 Kc4 {- NB 8/a (1762.)}) 81... Nd7 82. Ka2 Nc5 83. Ka3 Nc4+ 84. Ka2
Kc2 85. d6 Nd3 86. d7 Nb4+ 87. Ka1 Nd2 88. d8=Q Nb3#) 78... Nd1 79. Ka4 (79.
Ka2 Kb4 $1 80. Kb1 Kc3 81. Kc1 (81. Ka1 Nb2 82. Ka2 Nbc4 83. Kb1 Kd2 84. Ka2
Kc2 85. Ka1 Na3 86. Ka2 Nb1 87. Ka1 Nc4 88. d6 Nc3 89. d7 Nd2 90. d8=Q Nb3#) (
81. Ka2 Nb2 82. Ka3 Nb5+ 83. Ka2 Kc2 84. d6 Nc4 85. d7 Nc3+ 86. Ka1 Nd2 87.
d8=Q Nb3#) 81... Nb2 82. Kb1 Nd3 83. Ka2 Kb4 84. Kb1 Kb3 85. Ka1 Nb4 86. Kb1
Na2 87. Ka1 Nc4 88. d6 (88. Kb1 Na3+ 89. Ka1 Nc3 90. d6 Nc2#) 88... Nc3 89. d7
Na3 90. d8=Q Nc2#) 79... Nb2+ 80. Ka5 (80. Ka3 Kc3 81. Ka2 Nbc4 82. Kb1 Kd2 83.
Ka2 Kc2 84. Ka1 Nb5 85. d6 Nc3 86. d7 Nd2 87. d8=Q Nb3#) 80... Kc5 81. Ka6 Nbc4
82. Ka7 Kb5 83. Kb8 Kb6 84. Ka8 Na3 85. Kb8 Nab5 86. Ka8 Ka5 $1 87. Kb8 Ka6 88.
Ka8 Na7 89. Kb8 Kb6 90. Ka8 Ne8 91. Kb8 (91. d6 Nc6 92. d7 Nc7#) 91... Nc7 92.
d6 Na6+ 93. Ka8 Nc6 94. d7 Nc7#) 76. Kc2 Nce3+ (76... Ke3 $1 77. Kc1 (77. Kb3
Kd3) (77. Kd1 Kf2 78. Kc1 Ke1 79. Kc2 Ke2) 77... Kf3 $3 78. Kb1 Kf2 $1 79. Kc1
Ke1 $1 80. Kc2 Ke2 81. Kb3 (81. Kc1 Nce3 82. Kb2 Kd3 83. Ka3 (83. Kc1 Kc3 84.
Kb1 Nc4 85. Kc1 Nb2 86. Kb1 Nd3 87. Ka2 Kb4) (83. Kb1 Kd2 84. Kb2 Nc4+ 85. Kb3
Kd3) 83... Kc4 84. Ka4 (84. Kb2 Kb4 85. Ka2 Nc4 86. Kb1 Kc3 87. Kc1 Nb2 88. Kb1
Nd3 89. Ka2 Kb4 90. Kb1 Kb3 91. Ka1 Nc3 92. d5 Nb4 93. d6 Nc2#) 84... Nf5 85.
Ka3 Kc3 86. Ka2 Kc2 87. Ka3 Nd6 88. Ka4 Kb2) 81... Kd3 82. Ka4 Nd6 83. Kb3 Kd2
84. Kb2 Kd1 85. Kb1 (85. Kb3 Kc1 86. Ka3 Kc2 87. Ka4 Kb2 88. Ka5 Kb3 89. Ka6
Kb4 90. Ka7 Kb5 91. Ka8 Ka6 $1 92. Kb8 Kb6 93. Ka8 Nc7+ 94. Kb8 Na6+ 95. Ka8
Ne8 96. d5 Nec7#) 85... Nc4 86. Ka2 Kc2 87. Ka1 Nc3 88. d5 Nd2 89. d6 Nb3#) 77.
Kc1 Kd3 78. Kb2 Kc4 79. Ka3 Kc3 80. Ka4 Kc4 81. Ka3 Nd1 82. Ka4 N1c3+ 83. Ka3
Kd3 84. Kb2 Nb5 85. Kc1 Ke2 86. Kc2 Nd6 87. Kc1 Nb4 (87... Nc4 $1 88. Kc2 Ke3
$1) 88. d5 Ke1 89. Kb1 $2 Kd2 90. Kb2 Nc2 91. Kb3 Kd3 92. Kb2 Nd4 93. Kb1 Kd2
94. Kb2 Nc4+ 95. Kb1 Ne2 (95... Ne2 96. Ka1 Kc2 97. d6 Nc3 98. d7 Nd2 99. d8=Q
Nb3#) (95... Ne2 96. d6 Nc3+ 97. Ka1 Kc2 98. d7 Nd2 99. d8=Q Nb3#) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 (8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Bd3 Ng7 13. Rhe1 $5 {
TN} Be6 (13... Bf5 14. e4 $5 $36) 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Bf5 $5 16. Nc5 (16.
Nxb6+ $5 axb6 17. Bxf5+ Nxf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc7 20. Rde1 $14) 16... Kb8
17. Ka1 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nf5 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Qb4 Rhe8 22. Nd2 Nbc4 23.
Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Gurevich,M/Gibraltar ENG 2006 (23)} (23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24.
Rb3 b6 $132)) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 (11... g6 12. Rab1 Ne6
13. Bh4 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bf5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19.
Bxf5 Nxf5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 $14 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Bruzon Bautista,L/
Beersheba 2005/Mega2006 (53)}) 12. a3 $5 (12. Rab1 N6d7 (12... Ne4) 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Ng3 a6 19. Nb3 Rc7
20. Nc5 Nc8 21. a4 Nd6 22. Rb3 Bc8 23. Rc3 $14 {1-0 Zakhartsov,V-Balashov,Y/
Moscow RUS 2006 (59)}) 12... N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 (13... Rc8 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bd6
16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. Nb3 Rc7 20. a4 Nc4 21. Nc5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Gurevich,M/Izmir 2003/PowerBook2005 (33)}) 14. Rfc1 $5 {TN} (
14. Ne5) (14. b4) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 a6 17. Nd2 (17. a4 $5 {
(/\18.b5)} Qxb4 18. Rab1 (18. a5 Nc4 19. Rcb1 Qe7 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rb6 $44)
18... Qa5 19. Nd2 $16) 17... Qe7 $5 {[/\Nb6-c8-d6]} 18. Ne2 (18. a4 $5) 18...
Nc8 19. Qb2 (19. Nb3 Nd6 20. Nc5 Qg5 21. Nf4 $14) 19... Nd6 20. a4 Bf5 21. Bxf5
Nxf5 {[/\22...Nxe3]} 22. Nc3 Ng6 $5 {[/\23...Ngh4,24...Qg5|^>>]} 23. b5 (23.
Nf3 Ngh4 $36) 23... Ngh4 24. Nf1 Qg5 25. f4 Qd8 $5 {[/\26...Nd6,27...Nhf5|^[+];
} (25... Qf6 26. Qf2 Nd6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nh2 $5 Nhf5 29. Ng4 $132) 26. bxc6
bxc6 27. Qf2 Nd6 28. g3 Nhf5 29. g4 Ne7 {[/\Ne7-c8-b6-c4;} (29... Nh4 30. Ng3
Nc4 31. Re1 Rb8 $36) 30. f5 Nec8 31. Nd2 Nb6 32. Re1 $5 {[/\33.e4<=>[+]]} Nbc4
33. Nxc4 Nxc4 34. e4 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Qa5 (35... Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Rb8 (36... Qd5 37.
Re1 Rd8 38. Nc5 $36) 37. Nc5 Rb2 38. Qf4 h6 39. Rc1 $13) 36. Rae1 Rf8 $5 (36...
Rxe4 37. Nxe4 Qxa4 38. f6 $44) 37. Qg3 Rad8 38. Qd3 (38. f6 $5 gxf6 39. Rf4
$132) 38... Nb6 39. Re5 Qb4 40. Rb1 Qd6 $1 {[XKg1;} (40... Qc4 41. Qxc4 Nxc4
42. Rc5 Rxd4 43. Rxc6 (43. Rb4 Ne5 44. Rxd4 Nf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxd4 46. Rc4 $44)
43... h6) 41. Re2 (41. Rxb6 Qxe5) 41... Nd5 42. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 43. Rd1 Rb8 $5 {
[/\44...Rb3->]} 44. Re5 Qa2 45. Qxa6 $6 (45. f6 Rb3 46. Qe2 Rg3+ 47. Kf2 Qb3
$15) 45... Rb2 46. Qxc6 $4 $138 (46. Qf1 Qxa4 $15) 46... Qb3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Qe7 {[н/\14...
Ne4]} (13... Be6 14. Rab1 (14. a3 N8d7 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Na4 Ne4 17. b4 h6 18.
Rab1 b6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Nf6 21. Nc3 Bd7 22. Qb2 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nb5
Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Red8 26. bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Doettling,F/Philadelphia
2001/KasparovChess collection (60)}) 14... Rac8 15. b4 a6 16. Na4 g6 17. Nc5
Rc7 18. a4 N6d7 19. Rfc1 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qe7 21. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,
L-Bruzon,L/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 417 (57)}) 14. a3 $5 Ng6 15. b4 Ne4
$5 16. Bxe4 (16. Rac1 Ng5 $132) 16... dxe4 17. Nd2 Bf5 $5 {[н/\18...Nh4,19.
Qg5|^>>]} (17... f5 18. b5 $36) 18. Ne2 $5 {[н/\19.Ng3;19.Rfc1,20.Qc5]} Nh4 19.
Ng3 Qg5 {[텦e8-e6-g6->>>]} 20. Qd1 $1 {[н/\21.Qh5]} Rad8 $6 (20... Bg6 21. Qg4
Qxg4 22. hxg4 $14) (20... g6 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. Rc5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Qa4 $1
$36) 21. Qh5 h6 22. Rfc1 $14 Rd5 $6 (22... Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Bg6 $14 {(н/\24...f5)}
) 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rc5 $16 {[н/\25.Rac1;xxe4,g5]} Bg6 (24... Rxc5 25. bxc5 $16
{(н/\26.Rc1,Nd2-c4-d6)} b5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Rb1 b5 29. Nd6 $18)
25. Rac1 f6 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. Ne2 {[텤e2-c3-b5-d6]} Bf7 29. Nc3
Nf5 30. Nb3 b6 (30... Nd6 31. Nc5 $16 {н/\} b6 32. Rxa7 bxc5 33. dxc5 Nc4 34.
b5 $16) 31. Rxa7 (31. Rd7 Rc8 $132 32. Nxd5 $2 Be6) 31... Rc8 32. Na4 $1 $18
Rc2 33. Nxb6 g4 (33... Rb2 $5 34. Nc5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rf8 $1
Bg8 (37... Rxf2 38. Rxf7 Nxe3 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Nxe4 $18) 38. Rxg8 Kxg8 39.
Nxd5 Rxf2 40. Nxe4 $18) 34. hxg4 Nh6 35. f3 Rc3 36. Nc5 Rxe3 37. Kf2 Rc3 38. a4
Rc2+ 39. Kg3 g5 40. Nbd7 f5 41. Nf6+ Kg7 (41... Kh8 42. gxf5 e3 43. Nd3 $18)
42. Nxd5 f4+ 43. Nxf4 $1 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 exf3 45. gxf3 Rc4 46. b5 Rxd4+ 47. Kg3
Rb4 48. Rb7 (48. Rb7 {(н/\a4-a5-a6)} Rc4 49. b6 Rxc5 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. b7) 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 0405"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.09.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jean Jaures"]
[BlackTeam "KSK47-Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 g6 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Bd3 Ng7 13. Rab1 Bf5 $5 {TN} (
13... a5 14. a3 Bf5 15. Ne5 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 O-O 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Ne2
Rfc8 20. Ra1 $14 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Tarakcija,H/Bizovac 2001/CBM 80 ext (40)}) 14.
b4 Rc8 $5 15. Rfc1 (15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 $132) 15... O-O 16. Ne2 $5 {
[/\Ne2-f4-d3]} Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. a4 (18. b5 cxb5 $5 19. Qxb5 Nd6 20. Qb3 b6
$132) 18... Rfd8 19. Qb3 (19. b5 $5 cxb5 20. axb5 Nd6 21. Qa3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1
Qe8 23. Qxa7 Qxb5 24. Qa2 $14) 19... Ne4 20. Ng3 Nfd6 (20... Nfxg3 21. hxg3 a6
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 c5 $11) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rc2 a6 $5 {[/\22...Nd6]} 23.
Rbc1 (23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 c5 $11) 23... Nd6 24. Ne5 Ra8 $5 25. Nd3 Re8 26. Re1
Qg5 $5 {[/\27...Re7,28...Rae8<=>>>]} 27. Rce2 Re7 28. Ne5 Rae8 29. Qc2 f6 30.
Nf3 Qh5 31. Qc5 Ne4 32. Qc2 Nd6 33. Qc5 Rd7 (33... Re6 34. Qb6 R6e7 35. Qc5 $11
) 34. Nd2 Qf5 35. f3 Qd3 36. Kf2 Re6 37. Rc1 Rde7 38. Qc3 $11 Qf5 39. Kg1 Qg5
40. Rce1 Qh4 41. Qd3 g5 $6 (41... f5 42. f4 Re8 43. Nf3 Qe7 44. Ne5 $14) 42. e4
$14 Kf8 $5 43. g3 Qh5 44. Nb3 $6 (44. exd5 Rxe2 45. Rxe2 cxd5 $11) (44. e5 $5
fxe5 45. Rxe5 (45. dxe5 Nf7 46. f4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Qg4+ 48. Qg3 Rg6 $132) 45...
Qf7 $13) 44... dxe4 45. fxe4 Rxe4 $1 46. Rxe4 Rxe4 47. Rxe4 Nxe4 48. Na5 (48.
Qxe4 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qxb3 $17) 48... Nd6 49. d5 Qg4 $1 50. dxc6 Qxb4 51. cxb7 Qb6+
$5 (51... Nxb7 52. Qxa6 Qc5+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Nxa5 55. Qxf6+ Kg8 56. h4 g4
$17) 52. Kf1 Nxb7 53. Nc4 (53. Nxb7 Qxb7 54. Kg1 Qb6+ 55. Kf1 Qc6 $17) 53...
Qc6 $17 54. Ne3 Nd6 55. Kg1 Ne4 56. a5 h5 57. Qd4 g4 $5 {[/\58...Ng4|^>>]} 58.
Nd5 Qc1+ 59. Kg2 Qc2+ 60. Kg1 Kg7 61. Nf4 Kh6 62. Nd5 Kg5 $5 63. Nf4 $138 {
[/\64.Qd5;} (63. Qe3+ Kf5 64. Qd4 $17) 63... Qc1+ 64. Kg2 Qc6 65. Kg1 (65. Qd5+
Qxd5 66. Nxd5 Kf5 67. Nb4 Nc5 $17) 65... h4 66. Nd5 $2 Qc1+ (66... Qc1+ 67. Kg2
h3#) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 {[%cal Yc8f5]} 6. Qc2 Na6
$5 {[%cal Ya6b4,Ya6c7,Yc7e6] Putting a N on the edge of the board is often a
bad idea because it has few potential good squares to go to. However there are
a lot of exceptions from this rule. In the Exchange-variation of the Queens
Gambit blacks Nb8 in many lines end up on e6 via the manouvre Nb8-d7-f8-e6.
However after the text move it might get to the same square by Nb8-a6-c7-e6.
And there is another - more obvious - idea with the textmove. Black wants to
play Na6-b4 to force Qc2 away and thereby making it possible to develop Bc8 to
the ideal square f5. It is often difficult for black to develop the
white-squared B in a good way in this opening.} 7. e3 (7. a3 $5 {This is
whites alternative stopping Na6-b4 but the question is how useful this move is
after Na6-c7-e6}) 7... Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ya2a3] Black has
solved the problem with Bc8. Now white is threatening 10.a3 Sa6 11.Lxa6+/- so
black has to think about what to to with his Nb4} a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nge2 {
[%cal Ye2g3] White has to try and win some tempi by attacking Bf5. If he
develops normally with Nf3 and Be2 black has no problems.} h6 (11... Be7 12.
Ng3 Bg6 $11 {is supposed to be quite reasonable for black}) 12. Bf4 (12. Bh4 $6
Be7 13. Ng3 Bh7 {[%cal Rg7g5]}) 12... Nd7 (12... Be7 13. Ng3 Bh7 14. Bd3 {
[%csl Rf5] and because Ng3 will soon have access to the square f5 white has
chances of an advantage}) 13. Ng3 Be6 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 14. e4 {White was not
rearly ready for this advance - but the threat of g7-g5 was to strong.} Nb6 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 $1 (16... Bxd5 17. Qe3+ Qe7 18. Nf5 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 $14)
17. Bc4 Qxg2 18. Qe3 O-O-O $1 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rd7 21. Qe8+ Rd8 22.
Qe6+ {[%csl Rc8,Re1] Whites Ks-position is just as open as blacks so draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lautier} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4,Ye3e5] In the
Exchange Variation of the Queens Gambit white can choose between two setups in
connection with short castle. Either he can play Ng1-f3 and try to gain a
positional advantage by attacking whites Q-side with b2-b4-b5. This is/was
preferred by for instance Anatoli Karpov. Or he can - as in this game - place
Ng1 on e2, and try to build up a dynamic and strong pawn-center with f2-f3 and
e3-e4. This setup has been used by Michail Botvinnik and Garry Kasparov.} Be6 (
11... Ng6 {This is the normal continuation. White could now play either 12.
Rad1 or 12.e4}) 12. Rad1 (12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng6 {would by transposition
lead back to a line from the variation 11. - Ng6}) 12... Rc8 {[%cal Yc6c5] If
whites Ne2 was on f3 black would never think about playing c6-c5 because of
the weak isolated d5-P after d4xc5. However after white has played f2-f3, in
case of d4xc5 his e3-P would often be just as weak as blacks d5-P} 13. Kh1 $146
{Timman} (13. e4 {Lautier} dxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Bxe7 (15. Bc1 Bg5 $132 {/\Ne3}
) 15... Qxe7 16. Qd2 (16. Rf3 c5 17. d5 c4 18. dxe6 Nxe6 $15) 16... c5 17. d5
Bd7 $11 {/\Qd6,Ng6}) 13... h6 {>< g6} (13... c5 {Lautier} 14. dxc5 (14. Bb5
N8d7) 14... Rxc5 (14... Bxc5 $6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 $16 {/\e4-e5}) 15. Bb5 (
15. Qa4 a6 16. Bb1 $14 {/\Qd4}) 15... Bd7 (15... N8d7 {/\d5-d4} 16. Nd4 (16.
Nf4 a6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. e4 d4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) 16... a6 $14) 16. Bxd7 N8xd7
(16... Qxd7 17. e4 $16) 17. Qb3 $14 {/\Nf4}) (13... Ng6 $142 {Lautier}) 14. Bh4
(14. Bxf6 $6 {Lautier} Bxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bxd4 $1 $15) 14... a6 {
[%csl Gb5] /\ c6-c5 ><b5 Black wants to control b5 before he plays c6-c5} (
14... c5 15. Bb5 $14) 15. Nf4 (15. Bxf6 $5 {Lautier} Bxf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4
Bxd4 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Nxd4 Qa5 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 (20... Nxe6 21. Rd7 $14) 21. Rf5
$14) 15... Bd7 {[%cal Rg7g5]} (15... c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]})
16. Bf2 (16. Bg3 {Lautier} Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. e4 Nh5 19. e5 (19. Bf2 Nf4 $11
) 19... Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 c5 $132) 16... Bd6 (16... Ne6 $142 {Lautier} 17. Nxe6
Bxe6 18. e4 c5 (18... dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. d5 cxd5 (20... Nxf2+ $2 21. Qxf2
$18 {><f7}) (20... Bd7 21. Bg1 $14 (21. dxc6 Rxc6 22. Bg1 Ne5 $11) (21. Bc4
Nxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Bf6 23. d6 b5 24. Bb3 b4 25. Na4 Rxe4 26. Nc5 Re5 $11)) 21. exd5
Bd7 22. Bh7+ (22. d6 Bf6 23. Bg1 Ne3 $11) (22. Bg1 {/\Bh7+;><f7} Bf6 $14) 22...
Kh8 23. Bd4 $14 Qc7 $140 $2 24. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. d6 Bxd6 27. Qg6
$18) 19. dxc5 (19. exd5 Nxd5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Be4 Bb4 $11) 19... Bxc5 20. e5
Nd7 21. f4 $14) 17. Qd2 {White has decided on a slow buildup. First he wants
to place his forces in the best possible way. Only then does he intend to play
e3-e4. His would probably have to find a more suitable square for Nf4 before
e3-e4 is powerful} Qc7 (17... Bxf4 {Lautier} 18. exf4 {/\f5,g4} Ne6 19. f5 $36)
18. Bg1 {>< h2} b5 $6 {White is playing slowly so black thinks it is time to
become active. However the move played is positionally very risky. If white
plays e3-e4 then the gain of space on the Q-side in connection with b5-b4 and
maybe c6-c5 could be very useful. However if white does not play e3-e4 the
weakness of the square c5 can only be covered in connection with c6-c5 -
creating a isolated d5-P.} (18... Bxf4 $6 {Lautier} 19. exf4 Ne6 20. f5 Nf4 21.
Bb1 Re7 22. Be3 $36) (18... Ne6 {Lautier} 19. Nxe6 (19. Nfe2 $6 Ng5 {><e4})
19... Bxe6 20. e4 Bf4 21. Qc2 (21. Qf2 $5) 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 Bg4 23. Rde1 $36
) (18... Re7 $142 {Lautier} 19. Nfe2 {/\e4} c5 $6 (19... b5 20. e4 b4 21. e5
Bxe5 (21... bxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxe5 23. dxe5) 22. dxe5 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Rxe5 24. Bd4
Re6 25. Bxa6 $16) (19... Rce8 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4
Rxe4 24. d5 Bg4 25. Nc3 Re7 26. Rde1 $14) 20. e4 $1 (20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nd4 Ng6
$14) 20... cxd4 (20... dxe4 21. fxe4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Be5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Nd5
Qd8 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qxh6 $16) 21. Bxd4 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Re5 23. Be4
f5 24. Bxd4 fxe4 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. fxe4 Qc4 $132) 21... N8h7 (21... dxe4 22.
fxe4 {A2)}) 22. exd5 $16 Bxh2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (23... Nxh7 24. f4 $18) 24. Bxf6
gxf6 25. d6 $18) 19. Bb1 $1 {[%cal Yf4d3] /\ Nd3, >< c5 Now Nf4 can go to the
ideal square d3} Rcd8 (19... Ne6 $142 {Lautier} 20. Nd3 (20. Nxe6 Rxe6 $14)
20... Ng5) 20. Rc1 (20. Nd3 {Lautier} Bf5) 20... Qb8 (20... Qb6 $142 {Lautier}
21. e4 $5 (21. Nd3 Bf5 $1) (21. Nce2 $36) 21... b4 22. Na4 Qb5 23. e5 Qxa4 24.
exf6 $36) 21. Nce2 (21. Nd3 $6 {Lautier} Bf5 $1) 21... b4 (21... Re7 $142 {
Lautier}) 22. Nd3 Ne6 23. Bf2 $1 {/\ Bg3; >< c5 Again a very nice move. White
wants to exchange black-squared bishops after which whites control over c5
will increase} a5 (23... Qb6 24. Bg3 Bf8 $14 {/+/- would have made some sence
as Bf8 controls c5 and Bg3 does not. However blacks position would still have
been rather passive}) (23... Bxh2 $6 {Lautier} 24. Nxb4 {/\N:c6} (24. g3 $2 Ng5
$17 25. Ne1 $2 Bh3 $19) 24... Qd6 25. Nxa6 $16 {><h2}) 24. Bg3 Rc8 (24... Re7 {
Lautier} 25. Ne5 Rc8 26. e4 Nh5 27. Bh4 $16) 25. Nc5 (25. Be5 $5 {Lautier /
\Ne2-g3-f5} Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nh7 27. f4 Nhf8 (27... Qb6 28. f5 Neg5 29. Nc5 Rcd8
30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. h4 $18) 28. Nd4 $36) 25... Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Re7 {>< e3} 27. Bxd6
(27. Rxa5 $2 {Lautier} Rce8 $132 28. Bf2 $2 Qb6 (28... Bxh2 $2 29. g3 $16) 29.
Ra4 c5 $17) 27... Qxd6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Rc8e8] White has full control over c5,
however he must be careful not to allow black to much counterplay against the
P on e3} 28. Ng3 Rce8 29. Re1 (29. e4 $2 {Lautier} dxe4 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31. Nxe4
Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 29... Qf4 $2 {Black initiates complications that are
clearly to whites advantage.} (29... Qc7 $142 $14) 30. Ne4 $1 (30. Nf1 $1 {
Lautier} Qc7 31. Rec1 (31. a3 Rb8 $132) 31... h5 32. Bc2 h4 33. Ba4 Re6 34. Qc2
Rc8 35. Qf2 $16) 30... Nxe4 (30... Qh4 {Lautier} 31. Nxf6+ (31. Nd6 $16) 31...
Qxf6 32. Rxa5 Qf4 33. Ra8 $1 $16) 31. fxe4 Qd6 32. Rxa5 (32. e5 $2 {Lautier}
Rxe5) (32. exd5 $1 {Lautier} cxd5 33. Rxa5 $16 Qf4 34. Ra8 $1 (34. Qc2 $2 g6))
32... dxe4 33. Rc5 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Re4][%cal Rd2b4]} Re5 (33... Rb8 $142 34. Bc2
{[%cal Yc2b3]}) 34. Rec1 (34. Qxb4 $2 {Lautier} Rh5 $1 $40) 34... Rxc5 35. Rxc5
f5 {[%cal Yf5f4]} 36. g3 (36. Qxb4 {Lautier} f4 37. Qc3 f3 $132) 36... g5 $2 (
36... Rb8 $8 37. Bc2 $16 (37. Bc2 Be6 38. Bb3 Bxb3 39. axb3 Rb5 $1 $14)) (36...
f4 $6 {Lautier} 37. gxf4 Bg4 38. Kg1 $1 $16) 37. Qxb4 $18 Be6 (37... f4 $4 {
Lautier} 38. Rxg5+ $18) 38. Bc2 (38. Bxe4 $6 {Lautier} Bf7 $1 (38... fxe4 39.
Rxg5+ $18) (38... Rb8 $2 39. Qa3 $1 $18) 39. Bxf5 Rxe3 $132) 38... Bd5 39. Bb3
f4 40. Qb6 Bxb3 41. Rxc6 Qf8 (41... Qd5 {Lautier} 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. axb3 fxe3
44. Rxh6 $18) 42. Qxb3+ Kh8 43. Qb6 (43. Qb6 Kh7 44. Rc7+ Re7 (44... Kh8 45.
Qg6 $18) 45. Qd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Be7 $5 $146 (
13... Ne6) 14. b5 Bd6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfc1 Ne6 17. Qd1 $1 Qf6 (17... Ng5 $6
18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Qf3 $1 $14 {X c6}) 18. Rab1 Re7 (18... Kg7 $5 {/\ h6;Ng5 <=>
<-> h}) 19. Rb3 $1 {X <-> 3} Kg7 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Ba6 Rae8 22. Rb7 $6 {X <-> 3}
(22. Bb7 $5 Nd8 23. Ba8 $5 $13) (22. Nc5 Bxc5 (22... Nxc5 23. dxc5 Bc7 24. Qd4
$1 $14) 23. dxc5 $10) 22... Ng5 $1 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Kh1 $8 (24. Kf1 $2 Bc8 $1
$19) (24. Qf3 Rxe3 $1 25. fxe3 Rxe3 $17 {->}) 24... Rxe3 $1 25. Rxd7 $1 $8 (25.
fxe3 $2 Qg3 26. Qg1 (26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 Bh2 $1 $19) 27... Qg3 28.
Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf2 (29. Kf1 Bg3 $1 $19) 29... Bg3+ 30. Kf3 Bh4 $1 $19) 26... Bxh3
$1 {^ Bg4,Qh4-+} 27. Rxc6 $8 Re4 $3 (27... Bg4 28. Rxd6) 28. Rxd6 Rh4 $19)
25... Qf4 26. Rxd6 (26. Qg1 $2 Re1 $19) (26. g3 $2 Qxf2 $19) 26... Qxf2 $1 27.
Nc5 $1 $8 (27. Qg4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qg1+ 30. Kg3 Re3+ 31. Kh4 Re4
$17) (27. Rdxc6 $2 Re1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe8 $1 31. Bb5
Qb8+ $19) (27. Qg1 Re1 28. Bf1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rxc1 $19) 27... Re1+ 28. Qxe1
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Qf2 31. Rxc6 (31. Rd7 Kf8 (31... Qxd4 $4 32. Ne6+
$18) (31... Kh6 $5) 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rd7+ Ke8 $17) 31... Qxd4 $15 32. a4 h5 33.
Bb5 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 g5 $1 $138 {/\ g4-g3 X
Kh2} (37... Qe5+ $10) 38. Nd3 Qe3 39. Rc2 $6 (39. Rc1 $5 g4 40. Re1 g3+ 41. Kh1
Qd4 $15) 39... g4 40. g3 $5 h4 $1 41. hxg4 (41. Rg2 gxh3 42. Rg1 (42. Kxh3 a6
$1 43. Bxa6 Qe6+ $19) 42... Qe2+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kxh3 a6 $1 44. gxh4+ (44. Nf4 Qe3
$19) 44... Kf8 45. Bxa6 Qe6+ $19) 43... Qe4+ 44. Kh2 a6 $1 45. gxh4+ Kf8 46.
Bxa6 Qxa4 $19) 41... Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 h3 43. Rh2 $8 a6 (43... Qf3+ $1 44. Kg1 a6
45. Bxa6 Qxg4+ 46. Kf2 $8 (46. Kf1 Qg3 $1 $19 {P.Nikolic}) 46... Qxa4 $19) 44.
Bxa6 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ $2 (47... Qxg4+ 48. Kf2 $8 (
48. Kf1 Qg3 $1 $19 {P.Nikolic} (48... Qxa4 49. Bc8 $1 $10)) 48... Qxa4 $19) 48.
Kf2 Qxa4 49. Rxh3 Qxa6 50. Rf3 $1 {/\ Kg2,Nf2} Qa7+ $6 51. Kg2 Qa2+ 52. Nf2 $10
Kf8 53. Re3 d4 54. Rd3 Qd5+ 55. Rf3 Ke7 56. Kg3 Ke6 57. Nd3 Qc4 58. Kg2 Qc2+
59. Nf2 Qe2 60. Rf4 Qb2 61. Rf3 Qb7 62. Kg3 Qc7+ 63. Kg2 Kd5 64. Rf5+ Kc4 65.
Rf3 Qc6 66. Kg3 Qg6 $5 {/\ f5} 67. Kh3 $1 f6 68. Kh2 $1 Qh6+ 69. Kg2 Qg5 70.
Kg3 Qe5+ 71. Kg2 Qd5 72. Kg3 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 (7...
Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 $1 a6 11. a3 c6 12. Qc2 g6 13. f3 Ne6 14.
Bh4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qd2 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/London m(15)/1993/}) 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 {/\c5<=>} 13. a3 $1
N6d7 (13... c5 $5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Nd4 $14) 14. Bf4 $1 (14. Bxe7 $6 Qxe7 {
>< e3}) 14... Ng6 $6 (14... a5 $1 15. Kh1 b5 $1 {<=> >>} 16. e4 b4 17. axb4
axb4 18. Na4 b3 $5 19. Qb1 Qa5 $132 {Kamsky,G-van der Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee m
(06)/1994/}) 15. Bg3 Bh4 $6 (15... a5) (15... c5 $5) 16. b4 $1 $14 Bxg3 17.
Nxg3 Nf6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bb1 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. f4 $5 (21. e4) 21... Bg4 $1
22. Rc1 Bd7 23. f5 Ne7 24. e4 $1 dxe4 25. Ncxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 f6 $8 27. Qf4 Rf8
$1 {/\Be8-f7} 28. b5 $1 cxb5 $6 (28... Be8 $1 29. Rfd1 (29. Rcd1 Nd5 $132 {
/\Bf7}) 29... cxb5 $8 30. d5 $1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Nc8 $1 {/\Nd6<=>} (31... Nxd5 $2
32. Qd2 Bf7 33. Rd1 $18)) 29. d5 $1 $16 Rc5 $1 $8 30. Rcd1 $1 Kh8 31. Rfe1 Rc4
32. Qf2 Ng8 (32... Nc8 $5) 33. Nh5 $1 {/\Nf4-e6} Be8 $2 {Invites the N to e6.
33.-,Rf7 or 33.-,Nh6!? should offer better chances.} 34. Nf4 Qd6 35. Qg3 $1 Qe5
36. Ne6 $18 Qxg3 37. hxg3 Rf7 38. d6 Rc8 39. Nc7 Bd7 $138 (39... Bd7 40. Rc1
$18 {/\Bd5;Ne6}) 1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 {Karpov s pet line in the QGD exchange.}
g6 (11... Be6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 $14 {Karpov,
A-Beliavsky,A/Tilburg/1986/}) (12. Rfc1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rab1 Bd6 15. Ne2
Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 $14 {Karpov,A-Kharitonov,A/URS-ch/1988/}) (12. Ne5
N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 $14 {Kramnik,V-Renet,O/Clichy/1995/})
12... Bxf6 13. b4 $14 {Karpov,A-Campora,D/San Nicolas/1994/}) 12. Bxf6 $5 (12.
Rab1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7) 12... Bxf6 13. b4 a6 (13... Be7 $5 14. b5 Bd6 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. Rfc1 Ne6 $13 {Nikolic,P-Hansen,LB/Wijk/1995/}) 14. a4 Be6 15. b5 axb5
16. axb5 Nd7 $1 {Control of c5 is important.} 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne2 c5 $1 19.
Bb5 $5 {/\ Bd7,Nf4.With pawns on just one side of the board it is logical to
play with Ns against Bs.} (19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. dxc5 Rc8 $10) 19... Bf5 20. Qd2
Qc7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Nf4 Be6 24. dxc5 Qxc5 {White has a
theoretcal edge, but it is too small even for Karpov!} 25. Rd1 Ra1 26. Rxa1
Bxa1 27. Qa2 Bf6 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Qb7 Qd6 30. h4 h6 $1 (30... h5 $2 {>< g5})
31. g3 Bg4 32. Nh2 Be6 33. Nf3 Bg4 34. Nd4 (34. Nh2 Be6 $10) 34... Bxd4 35.
exd4 Be6 36. Kg2 g5 $1 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Nd3 Qd7 39. Qxd7 Bxd7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41.
Nb4 Be6 42. Nc2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd6 $10 44. Nb4 Kc7 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 f6 $1 47.
Ke3 Kd6 48. Nd3 Bf5 49. Nf4 Be4 50. Kd2 Ke7 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Ke2 Kd7 53. Kd2 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 {Gofshtein had 5.5 out of
8 and shared the 2-3 places he had quite easy games till the end,Manor had
only half a point more but with his strange next move Gofshtein throwes away
his chances for first place Gofshtein had 5.5 out of 8 and shared the 2-3
places he had quite easy games till the end,Manor had only half a point more
but with his strange next move Gofshtein throwes away his chances for first
place Gofshtein had 5.5 out of 8 and shared the 2-3 places he had quite easy
games till the end,Manor had only half a point more but with his strange next
move Gofshtein throwes away his chances for first place} 13. Bd3 $4 {it seems
white position is not good but still he could keep the balance with Bh7 but
not 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.g3 Qf6! and taking d4 after the bishop moves} (13. Bh7+ {
Har Zvi} Kh8 14. O-O-O $5 g6 $6 {risky more soild is 14...Be7 with interesting
position risky more soild is 14...Be7 with interesting position} 15. Bxg6 fxg6
16. Qxg6 Bg5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 (20... Kf7
21. Qh7+ Ke6 22. Qg6+ Nf6 23. Qxg5 {when 3 pawns are enough for the piece,now
black is worse}) 21. Qg6+ $10) 13... Rxe3+ 14. Kf1 Re8 15. Ne2 Bf6 16. g4 Nf8
17. Rd1 Bd7 18. b4 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. Rxb4 b6 21. Qb1 Ra3 22. Rb3 Qa8 23. Rxb6
Rxa2 24. Qd1 Qa7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. h4 g6 27. Bc2 Bc8 28. Bd3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charnushevich, Aliaksei"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bf5 Be7 14. b4
Bd6 15. b5 Qf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. g3
Qh3 21. Qe2 Re6 22. Qf3 Rce8 23. Rb7 Rf6 24. Qg2 Qf5 25. Rxa7 h5 26. Rb7 h4 27.
Rb3 h3 28. Qf1 Qf3 29. Ne2 Ra8 30. Rc2 g5 31. Rbc3 Bb4 32. Rb3 Be1 33. Nc1 Ba5
34. Ra3 Ra7 35. Nb3 Bb6 36. Rxa7 Bxa7 37. Re2 g4 38. Nd2 Qf5 39. Qb1 Qxb1+ 40.
Nxb1 {[#] Schwarz erhält zum Remis ausreichendes Gegenspiel aus zwei Gründen: 
a) der Läufer ist die bessere Leichtfigur,  b) beengte weiße Stellung.} c5 41.
dxc5 Bxc5 42. Rc2 (42. Nc3 d4 43. Ne4 Rb6 44. Re1 Bb4 45. Rb1 f5 46. Nf6+ Rxf6
47. Rxb4 Rc6 48. Rb1 Ra6 (48... Rc2 49. Ra1 d3 50. Kf1 d2 51. Rd1 Rxa2 52. Ke2
Kf7 $14) 49. exd4 (49. Rb2 dxe3 50. fxe3 Kf7 51. Kf2 Ke6 52. e4 fxe4 53. Ke3
Ke5 54. Rb5+ Kf6 $11) 49... Rxa2 50. Rd1 Kf7 51. d5 Ke7 52. d6+ Kd7 $11) 42...
Bb6 43. Nd2 d4 44. exd4 Bxd4 {[%csl Rf2]} 45. Nc4 Rf3 46. Kf1 f5 47. a4 f4 48.
gxf4 Rxf4 49. a5 Bxf2 50. Rxf2 Rxc4 51. Rf5 (51. Ra2 $2 g3 $1 52. Ra1 (52. Ke2
Rc1 53. a6 gxh2 54. a7 h1=Q 55. a8=Q+ Qxa8 56. Rxa8+ Kg7 $19) 52... Rc2 53. Kg1
Rg2+ 54. Kh1 Rxh2+ 55. Kg1 Rf2 56. a6 h2+ 57. Kh1 g2+ 58. Kxh2 Rf1 $19) 51...
Ra4 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. Rf4 Rxa5 55. Rxg4+ Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-GER m"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1999.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.10.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. b4 (12. Rbe1 $5 {Baburin
}) 12... Ng6 ({It may make sense for Black to include move ...a6, so he will
not be left with a potentially weak pawn on the a-file. Then the following
line is possible:} 12... a6 {Baburin} 13. a4 Ng6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 h6 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 Nf4 18. e5 Qe6 {as in the game Janjgava-Baburin, 1989.}) 13.
Bxf6 ({In the game Legky-Inkiov, Bourbon-Lancy, 1998 White chose here a rather
strange move -} 13. Bf5 {Baburin Perhaps Black should have calmly played 13...
a6 or 13...Bxf5 14 Qxf5 Qd7, but he also stood well after} h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Bxc8 Raxc8) (13. b5 $142 $5 {Baburin}) 13... Qxf6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qf4 16.
Nxd6 Qxd6 {Baburin: 'Black has comfortably equalised and can look into the
future with a hope, as the isolated d4-pawn may turn into a weakness.'} 17. Qc5
Qf6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. b5 Bf5 20. Rb3 Be4 {'!' Baburin.} 21. bxc6 Qxc6 {'=/+'
Baburin.} 22. Qa3 Qd5 23. Re3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxd4 {'-/+' Baburin.} 25. Qb3 Re7
26. Rd3 Qc5 27. Qa3 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 {[%cal Yg8h7,Yh7g6,Yg6f7,Yf7e7,Ye7d8,Yd8c7,
Yc7b7,Yb7a6,Ya6a5] [#] Schwarzes Gewinnmanöver: Wanderung des Königs wie
skizziert zum Damenflügel. Entscheidendes Manko bei Weiß: kein Gegenspiel.
Grund: Sicher gedeckte 7. Reihe durch einen schwarzen Turm und Schwäche des
weißen a-Bauern sowie die Unmöglichkeit, einen Turm tauschen zu können, was
normalerweise Verlust bedeutet.} b6 29. g3 (29. h4 $142 {i.V. mit g3, um
möglichst wenige Bauernschwächen zu haben und kleiner Annäherung des Königs
etwa nach f3 ist m.E. die beste hinhaltende Verteidigung.}) 29... g5 30. Rd1
Rc8 31. Rd2 (31. Rd4 Rc2 {[%csl Ra2,Rf2][%cal Re7e2]}) 31... Rc4 $1 32. Kg2 Kh7
33. h3 Rb4 34. Ra6 f6 35. g4 $2 (35. a4 $142 {[%cal Gd2a2,Ga4a5]}) 35... Kg6
36. Rc2 Rd7 37. Re2 Rc4 38. Rb2 Rc3 {[%csl Rh3]} 39. Ra4 Kf7 40. Ra6 (40. Re2
$142) 40... Ke7 41. Ra4 Kd8 42. Re4 Kc7 43. a4 Ra3 44. Rc2+ Kb7 {Das Erreichen
des Damenflügels durch den König ist ein enormer Kraftzuwachs für Schwarz, der
nun praktisch einen Stein mehr im Spiel hat.} 45. Rb2 Ka6 46. Rc4 Rad3 47. Rbb4
R3d5 48. Re4 Ka5 {[%csl Ra4]} 49. Rbc4 Rd2 50. Rb4 a6 {[%csl Ra4,Rf2][%cal
Rd2a2,Rd7d2]} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. b4 Be6 14. b5 cxb5
15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Qb2 Nf6 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ne2 Rec7 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21.
Nxd2 Ng6 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. f4 f5 24. Rfb1 Ne7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Nc6 27. Nd4
Nxd4 28. exd4 Bd7 29. Re1 g6 30. Re5 Bc6 31. a5 Re8 32. Rae1 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf8
34. Kf2 Re7 35. g4 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Bd7 37. Be2 d4 38. Bf3 Bc6 39. Bxc6 bxc6 {
[#] blockierte Position, Variante: Tempospiel, Zugzwang, Reservezug mit
h-Bauer +-  Partie: remis, weil Schwarz nach Opfer des e-Bauern das Feld f6 hat
} 40. gxf5 $2 (40. g5 $1 Kf7 (40... Kg7 $1 41. e6 $1 (41. Ke2 h5 42. gxh6+ Kxh6
43. Kd3 Kg7 44. Kxd4 Kf7 $10) 41... Kf8 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Kc4 $1 Kxe6
45. Kxd4) 41. Ke2 Ke6 (41... Ke7 42. Kd3 Ke6 $1 43. Kxd4 Kd7 44. Kc3 Ke6 45.
Kc4 $1 Kd7 46. e6+ Ke7 (46... Kxe6 47. Kd4) 47. Kd3 Kxe6 48. Kd4) 42. Kd3 Kd5
43. e6 Kxe6 44. Kxd4 Kd7 45. Ke5 Ke7 46. h4) 40... gxf5 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 h5
43. Kxd4 h4 44. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Nd2 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6
15. Nf3 c5 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. f5 Bf7 18. g4 h6 19. Nh4 a6 20. Ng2 b5 21. Nf4 c4
22. Bc2 Nb6 23. a3 Qd7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd5 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28.
Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Nxa6 Re8 30. Nb4 Ba8 31. Bd1 Qe4 32. Bf3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3 Bxf3 34.
Rxf3 Re4 35. Nc6 Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rh4 37. h3 Kf7 38. d5 Nd7 39. Re3 Ne5 40. Kg3
Rh5 41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Rxe5 Rg5+ 43. Kh2 g6 44. h4 Rxf5 45. Rxf5+ gxf5 46. Kg3
Ke7 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. Kxf5 Kxd5 {[#] Vernichtung störender Bauernmasse} 49. Kg6
Kc5 $1 (49... Kd4 50. Kxh6 Kd3 51. Kg5 Kc2 52. h5 Kxb2 53. h6 c3 54. h7 c2 55.
h8=Q+ Kb1 56. Qh7 Kb2 57. Qg7+ Kb1 58. Qg6 Kb2 59. Qf6+ Kb1 60. Qf5 Kb2 61.
Qe5+ $1 {pointierte Annäherung!} (61. Qxb5+ $2 Kxa3 $11) 61... Kb1 (61... Ka2
62. Qc3 Kb1 63. Qb3+ $18) 62. Qxb5+ $18) 50. Kxh6 b4 51. axb4+ Kxb4 {Auf dem
Weg nach b1 sind nun unterwegs die Verlustbauern abgetauscht und das Remis ist
perfekt.} 52. h5 Kb3 53. Kg5 Kxb2 54. h6 c3 55. h7 c2 56. h8=Q+ Kb1 57. Qh7 Kb2
58. Qb7+ Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. f3 Be6 12. Kh1 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf4
Qd6 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qxd4 19. Ba6 Qc5 20. Bxb7
Rae8 21. Ba6 Ng6 22. a3 Ne5 23. b4 Qe7 24. h3 Nec4 25. Qc1 h6 26. Rd4 Nd6 27.
Bd3 Rf6 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Ne2 Nb5 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31. Nc3 Rc6 32. Qa1 Qg5 33. R4d3
Nc4 34. Rd5 Re5 35. Rg1 Rxd5 36. exd5 Rg6 37. Qe1 Nd6 38. Nxb5 Nf5 39. g4 Ne3
40. Nc3 Nxd5 41. Ne4 Qd8 42. Nc5 Nf4 43. Qe3 Qd5+ 44. Kh2 Ne6 45. Nxe6 Rxe6 46.
Qg3 Rf6 {[#] Because of the loose white king position, Black has the advantage.
However, it was soon gone after the pawn capture on a7.  [#] Wegen der offenen
weißen Königsstellung hat Schwarz Vorteil. Nach dem Bauernraub auf a7 war es
allerdings sofort aus.} 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qxa7 $2 (48. Rg2) 48... Rf3 $1 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Rd5d6,Rd5e5]} 49. Qc7 (49. Rg3 Qd2+ 50. Rg2 Qf4+ 51. Kh1 Rxh3+
52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Rf3#) (49. Rg2 Qe5+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+
51. Kh2 g5 $1 {and the threat of Rxh3+ decides matters. und die Drohung Txh3+
entscheidet}) (49. Qc5 Qd3 50. Qh5 Qc2+ 51. Rg2 (51. Kh1 Qe4 $1 $19) 51... Qc7+
52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qf4+ 54. Kh1 Rf1+ 55. Rg1 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Rf2+ $19) 49...
Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Norri, Joose"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. Kb1 Ng7 14. g4
O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Ne8 18. Rc3 Nd6 19. Rhc1 Bd7 20. Qb4
Rhe8 21. Rb3 Rc8 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. g5 Rec8 24. h4 f6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. a4 Nf7 27.
Ba6 Bf5+ 28. e4 c5 29. Rxc5 Qxa6 30. exf5 Nxe5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. dxe5 gxf5 33.
Rg3 Qf1+ 34. Ka2 Qc4+ 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 {[#] Interessantes Freibauernrennen nach
Vernichtung etlicher Bauern.} 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. Rg7+ Kc6 38. Rxh7 Rxa4+ 39. Kb3
Rf4 40. Rf7 Rxf2 41. h5 f4 42. h6 Rh2 43. h7 f3 44. e6 f2 45. e7 Rh3+ 46. Rf3
Rxf3+ 47. Ka2 Re3 48. h8=Q f1=Q 49. Qh6+ Kd7 50. Qxe3 Qc4+ 51. b3 Qa6+ 52. Kb1
Ke8 (52... Qg6+ $1 53. Kc1 Qe4 54. Qxa7 Qb4 55. e8=Q+ Kxe8 56. Qe3+ Kd7 57.
Qh3+ Kc7 $17) 53. Qe5 $1 Qc6 $4 {Kurzschluss!} (53... Qb5 $15) 54. Qg7 $1 Kd7
55. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 Ne6 (12... a5 {
Hansen,Cu} 13. a3 Ne6 14. Bh6 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. e4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Kg8 18. Bxf4
Nxf4 19. Rbd1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Be6 $13 {Akopian,V-Ivanchuk,V/Biel izt/1993/}) 13.
Bh6 (13. Bxf6 {Hansen,Cu} Bxf6 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 Be7 16. Nc5 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Re7
18. Qd2 Rc7 19. Bf1 Ng5 $10 {Nikolic,Pr-Andersson,U/Wijk/1988/}) (13. Bh4 {
Hansen,Cu} Nh5 (13... Ng7 14. b4 (14. Bg3 Bf5 $10 {Hadjiyiannis,C-Mahmoud,Y/
Novi olm/1990/}) 14... a6 15. a4 Bf5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren,P/OHRA-B/1988/}) 14. Bxe7 {
0,5/Nikolic,P-Georgiev,Ki/Linares/1988/}) 13... Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 (15. Na4
Bf5 16. Bxg7 (16. Nc5 b6 17. Na4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b5 $13) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kxg7
18. Nc5 Rb8 19. a4 Bd6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Ne4 22. Rfc1 $14 {Ivanchuk}) 15...
Bf5 16. Bxg7 (16. Ne5 Rc8 $10 17. Bxg7 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Kxg7 19. Rb3 Bd6 20. b5 $2
(20. Qb2 Kg8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 c5 $10) 20... cxb5 $1 21. axb5 a5 $17 {
Gelfand-Ivanchuk, Linares 1993,I-57/405}) (16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ra3 18. Ra1 $14
) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kxg7 18. b5 $146 (18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ra3
21. Qc2 Qa5 $10 {Lobron-Smagin, BRD 1992, I-53/390}) 18... axb5 (18... cxb5 $5
19. axb5 a5 $13) 19. axb5 Ra3 20. Qc2 $2 (20. bxc6 $1 Qa5 21. Rfc1 bxc6 $10 (
21... Ne4 $2 22. Qb5 Nxc3 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxc3 $18)) (20. Ra1 $5 {Hansen,Cu /
\21.Rxa3+Rf1-b1} Qa5 21. Rxa3 Qxa3 22. Rb1 cxb5 23. Ne5 b4 24. Nb5 Qa5 $15)
20... Qa5 21. Rb3 (21. Rfc1 Bb4 $17 (21... Rc8 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\cxb5} 22. bxc6
$2 Rxc6 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Ne4 25. Ne2 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Qa1 27. Qc2 Ba3 $19))
21... Rc8 $1 $15 22. Rxa3 Qxa3 (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Qb3 cxb5 24. Nxd5 (24. Nxb5
$2 Bb4 25. Rb1 Qxb5 26. Qxb4 Rc1+ $19) 24... Qa4 25. Qxa4 bxa4 26. Nb6 Rc6 27.
Nxa4 b5 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Rb1 $10) 23. Na4 (23. Nb1 Qa5 24. bxc6
Rxc6 25. Qb3 b5 26. Ne5 Rc7 $17) (23. Rb1 $2 {Hansen,Cu} cxb5 24. Rb3 Qa1+ $17)
23... Bd6 (23... Qb4 $2 24. Rb1 cxb5 25. Rxb4 Rxc2 26. Rxb5 $10) 24. Ne1 $1 (
24. Nb6 $2 Rc7 $19) (24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Nb6 Qa2 $1 $17) (24. Rb1 $10 {Hansen,Cu})
24... Rc7 (24... Qa1 25. Nf3 $1 $8 Qa3 26. Ne1) (24... Qb4 $2 25. Nd3 $1 Qxb5
26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Nac5 $14) (24... Ne4 $6 25. Nd3 cxb5 $2 26. Qxc8 Qxd3 27. Nb6
Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf1 29. Nd7 $16) 25. b6 $8 (25. bxc6 {Hansen,Cu} Rxc6 26. Qd1 b5
$17) 25... Rc8 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Nac5 Bxc5 (28... Nxc5 $5 29. dxc5
Be7 $15) 29. dxc5 (29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. dxc5 Ra5 32. Rc1 Kf6 $17)
29... Ra5 30. Rb3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 $2 (31. Rb1 Qa3 (31... Qa2 {Hansen,Cu} 32. Rb2
Qc4 $17) 32. Rb3 Qa4 33. Qc3+ Kg8 $15) 31... Ra2 32. Qc3+ Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Kf6 34.
Kg3 Ra4 35. Nb2 Ra5 (35... Rb4 {Hansen,Cu} 36. Nd3 (36. Rc2 $5) 36... Rc4 37.
Ra3 Nxc5 38. Nxc5 Rxc5 39. Ra7 $10) 36. Nd3 Ke7 (36... Ne5 $5 37. Nxe5 Kxe5 $17
) 37. Kf3 Ra4 38. Ke2 f6 39. Rc2 Ne5 40. Nc1 (40. Nxe5 fxe5 41. f3 g5 $17)
40... Ra3 41. Kd2 f5 42. Rc3 Nc4+ 43. Kd3 $2 (43. Kc2 Ra1 $17) 43... Ra5 $1 (
43... Nb2+ 44. Kc2 Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Nd1+ 46. Kd4 Nxf2 47. Nb3 Kd7 48. Ke5 $44)
44. Nb3 Ra2 $19 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Kc3 $2 (46. Rc3 Nb2+ 47. Ke2 Kf6 $19) 46... Na5
47. Rb2 Ke6 48. Kb4 (48. f4 d4+ $1 49. exd4 Kd5 50. Kb4 Rxb3+ $19) 48... Rxb3+
49. Rxb3 Nxb3 50. Kxb3 Ke5 51. Kc3 Ke4 52. Kd2 d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. c4 {Tsesarsky Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O-O a5 (10... b5 {Tsesarsky} 11. Kb1 (
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. g4 g6 14. f3 Bd6 15. Rhe1 $132 (15. Nxg6 $4 hxg6
$19 (15... Rxe3 16. g5 Rxd3 17. Qxd3 hxg6 18. gxf6 Bf4+ $17 {0-1 Held,M-Bauer,
S/Cattolica op 1989 (29)}))) 11... a5 (11... h6 12. Bf4 b4 13. Na4 Bb7 14. g4
c5 15. Nxc5 $2 (15. g5 $1 hxg5 16. Nxg5 cxd4 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19.
Qg6+ Ke6 (19... Kf8 20. Rhg1 $18) 20. exd4 Nb6 $8 21. Qf5+ Kf7 22. Bg6+ Kg8 23.
Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rd3 $18) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 $14 (16... d4 $4 17. c6 Rc8 18.
Nxd4 $18 {1-0 Mohr S-Schawelka R/Grafelfing-Marbach 1985 (39)})) 12. g4 (12.
Ne2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 (13... Rc8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxh7+ $18) 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 (16... Kf8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nf4 $18) 17. e6 Nxf2 18.
exf7 Qxf7 19. Nf4 Nxd1 20. Ng6+ Kxh7 21. Ne5+ g6 22. Nxf7 Nxe3 23. Qf2 $16)
12... Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 a4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e4 Bxe5 (16... b4 17. Nxa4
Qa5 18. b3 $16) 17. fxe5 Qa5 18. exd5 b4 19. Ne4 cxd5 (19... b3 20. Qc5 (20.
axb3 axb3 (20... cxd5 21. Nd6 Re7 22. bxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Nf5 $16) 21.
Qxb3 Reb8 22. Kc2 Ba6 (22... cxd5 23. Nc5 Ne6 24. Qc3 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Qa4+ (25...
d4 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. b4 Ra2+ 28. Kb3 Rba8 29. Kc4 Bxh1 30. Rxh1 Rb2 31. b5 $16)
26. b3 Qxg4 27. Rhg1 Qe6 $17) 23. Qc3 Qa4+ 24. b3 Qa2+ 25. Qb2 Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3
cxd5 27. Nc5 Ne6 $132)) 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Qd2 $132 {1-0 Rodriguez Gonzalez,
J-Ortega,R/Havana Panamerican 1966 (43)}) (10... g6 {Tsesarsky} 11. h4 h5 12.
Rhe1 Kg7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd8 17. Rde1 f6 (17...
Nf6 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Ng5 Bf5 $8 20. Re5 $18) 18. Qe2 $18 (18. Bc1 Nb6 19. Qd2
(19. R4e2 $16) 19... Bf5 20. Re6 (20. g4 $18) 20... Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Nd7 22. Qe3
$18 {1-0 Hsu Li Yang-Hokkanen,P/WchJM-U20 Tunja 1989 (42)})) (10... h6 {
Tsesarsky} 11. Bf4 (11. h4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Rdg1 Ng4 (14... Rb8
15. g4 $14) 15. Nxc6 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Engqvist,T-Sandbom,J/Hogdalen 1988 (46)})
(11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. f4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17.
Qf2 f6 $15 {1-0 Falcon,E-Puharr,L/Buenos Aires 1929 (38)}) 11... b5 $4 (11...
Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. g4 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Ne5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Baumbach,
F-Atutubo,R/Philadelphia World op 1993 (37)}) (11... b6 $2 12. Nb5 $1 (12. g4
Nxg4 13. Rhg1 Ndf6 (13... Nb8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bxh6 Nh5 16. Ng5 $16) 14. h3 g5
15. Nxg5 (15. Bg3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 (16... Bxh3 $16) 17. h4 $18 {1-0 Spieser
Florence-Erturan Banu/Ch Europe (cadets) (g) (under 1997 (29)}) 15... hxg5 16.
Bxg5 $18) 12... Nc5 $8 13. Nc7 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Ne4 15. Nxa8 Nxf2 16. Qc2 Nxh1
17. Nc7 Rf8 18. Rxh1 Bb7 19. Qf5 $18) (11... Bf8 12. Rdg1 c5 13. g4 c4 14. Bf5
Nb6 15. g5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 (17. Rxg5 $16) 17... Qd7 18. Qf4 (18.
Qc2) 18... Ne4 19. Ne5 (19. Bf6 $4 Nxf2 $1 $19 (19... Nxf6 $4 20. Qxf6 Re6 $132
{0-1 Bornhoft,B-Schierling,E/Landes-Einzelmeister 1991 (45)})) 19... Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Qe6 21. Bf6 $16) 12. Nxb5 {1-0 Junge,R-Andre,W/BL2-N 1991}) (10... Qa5 {
Tsesarsky} 11. Kb1 Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Rec8 15. Ng4 $1 $16 (15.
Qa4 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Hager,F-Enigl,K/AUT-chT 1995 
(43)})) (10... Ne4 {Tsesarsky} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 De Carbonnel,H-Nielsen,J/corr-5 Wch 1965 (55)}) 11. h3 (11. h4 {
Tsesarsky} a4 12. Ne5 a3 13. b3 Nf8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17.
exf6 Qxf6 $1 18. e4 Bg4 $1 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd4 $2 20. Bc4+ $18) 19. Rd2
Ne6 (19... Kh8 20. e5 Qf4 $132) 20. exd5 Nxd4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qd3 Ne2+ (22...
Nxb3+ 23. axb3 cxd5 24. Bg6 (24. Nxd5 Qh6 $15) (24. Kb1 Qh6 25. Nxd5 Qxh7 $17)
24... Rac8 25. Rc2 Re6 $15) 23. Nxe2 Bxe2 $17 {0-1 Milenkovic,I-Toth/Cuprija/
SW,16,8 1986 (38)}) (11. Kb1 {Tsesarsky} Nf8 12. h3 b5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nxc6 $18
(14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng3 $16 {1-0
Fischdick Gisela-Pihajlic Amalija/It (cat.14) (w), Jajce (Bosnia & Herzeg 1984
(19)})) 11... a4 12. Kb1 (12. Nxa4 Qa5 13. Nc3 Bb4 $44) 12... b5 (12... Nf8 {
Tsesarsky} 13. g4 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Rc1 (15. f4 N6d7 (15... Qa5 $5 $132) 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 dxe4 (18... c5 $2 19. Bxb5 Red8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 cxd4 22. Bc6 $18 {1-0 Stohl,I-Salac,J/CSR-ch 1992 (45)}) 19. Bxe4 a3
20. b3 Rad8 21. Rhe1 $14) 15... Qa5 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Bf5 Rc7 18. Bf4 $14 {
1-0 Fischdick,G-Koskela,N/Novi Sad olw FRG-FIN 1990 (32)}) 13. g4 g6 (13... h6
{Tsesarsky} 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Rdg1 a3 $2 (14... b4 $2 15. Nxa4 (15. Bxf6 b3 $13)
15... Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxc6 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxf2 19. Qb5 $16) (14... Qa5 15.
Ne2 $14) 15. b3 b4 16. Bxf6 $1 (16. Na4 {Tsesarsky}) (16. Ne2 {Tsesarsky})
16... Nxf6 17. Na4 $16 {xc5,Pc6} Ba6 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Bxa6 {Tsesarsky} Rxa6 19.
Ne5 Bd6 20. Nxc6 Qa8 21. Rc1 Ne4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rhf1 $16) 18...
Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rxa4 $6 (19... Ne4 {Tsesarsky} 20. f3 Ng5 21. Rf1 Ne6 22. h4 $16)
20. bxa4 c5 21. Nxc5 (21. dxc5 $2 {Tsesarsky} Ne4 22. h4 (22. g5 Bxg5 23. h4
Nc3+ 24. Kc1 Bh6 (24... Rxe3 $2 25. hxg5 Re2 26. Qb3 Nxa2+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Ka1
Ra2+ (28... Qa5 29. Rh4 Ra2+ 30. Qxa2 Nxa2 31. Kxa2 Qxa4 32. Nxb4 $18) 29. Qxa2
Nxa2 30. Kxa2 Qe7 31. Rg3 $18) 25. Re1 d4 $44) 22... Nc3+ 23. Kc1 (23. Ka1 Bf6
24. g5 Bg7 25. Rg4 Re4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Nf4 Qc7 $17) 23... d4 24. h5 Qd5 25.
Qb3 (25. Nxb4 Qxc5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nd3 Ne2+ 28. Kd1 Qxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Nxg1 30.
Rxg1 dxe3 31. fxe3 Bg5 $44) 25... Qxb3 26. axb3 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Nxg1 28. Rxg1 dxe3
29. fxe3 Rd8 30. Nxb4 (30. Kc2 Bxc5 31. Nxc5 Rc8 32. Kd3 Rxc5 $17) 30... Bxc5
31. Nc2 Rd2 $132) 21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 (22. dxc5 {Tsesarsky} Ne4 23. Rd1 Nc3+
24. Ka1 Nxd1 (24... Qf6 25. Rd4 Ne2 26. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 27. exd4 Rxe2 28. Rb1 Rxf2
29. Rxb4 $18) 25. Rxd1 Qf6+ 26. Kb1 Qf3 27. Qd2 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Qc2 (29. c6
b3 30. axb3 Rxb3+ 31. Ka1 Qf6+ 32. Qd4 Qxf2 33. Rb1 Qc2 (33... Rxb1+ 34. Kxb1
a2+ 35. Ka1 Qc2 36. Qb6 Qc3+ 37. Kxa2 Qc2+ 38. Ka3 Qc3+ 39. Qb3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2
Qxc6 41. a5 $16) 34. Rxb3 Qxb3 35. c7 Qc2 36. Qe5 d4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qb8 Qc3+
39. Ka2 Qd2+ (39... Qc2+ 40. Kxa3 Qc3+ 41. Qb3 Qxc7 42. exd4 Qd6+ 43. Ka2 (43.
Kb2 Qh2+) 43... Qh2+ 44. Qb2 Qxh3 45. d5+ $16) 40. Kxa3 Qxe3+ 41. Kb4 Qc3+ 42.
Kb5 $18) 29... Qxh3 $44) 22... Ne4 23. Qc2 $1 (23. Qxb4 $2 Nxf2 24. Rh2 Qc7 $1
25. Rxf2 Rb8 $11) 23... Qf6 24. Rc1 (24. Rh2 $1 {Tsesarsky} Nc3+ 25. Ka1 Qd6
26. Rhg2 Qa6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Qb3 Nxa4 29. Rgg1 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 dxc4
32. Rb1 $18) 24... Qxf2 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Rhf1 (26. Rh2 $1 {Tsesarsky} Nd3 27.
Rc7 Rxe3 28. Kc2 Nf4 29. Rf2 g5 30. a5 Rxh3 (30... b3+ 31. axb3 a2 32. Rf1 (32.
Kb2 Nd3+ 33. Kxa2 Nxf2 34. a6 Re6 35. a7 Ra6+ 36. Kb1 Kg7 37. b4 Ne4 38. b5
Nc3+ (38... Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Nc3+ 40. Kc2 Nxb5 41. Ra4 Kf6 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. Ra8 Ne4
44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Re8+ Kd7 46. Rxe4 dxe4 47. Kxe4 Ke6 48. d5+ Kd6 49. Kd4 $18)
39. Rxc3 Rxa7 40. b6 Rb7 41. Rc6 Kf8 42. Kc2 Ke7 43. Kc3 Kd7 44. Rh6 Rb8 45.
Kb4 $18) 32... Rxh3 33. a6 Ne6 34. Rb7 Nxd4+ 35. Kb2 Rh2+ 36. Kc3 $18) 31. a6
b3+ 32. axb3 a2 33. Kb2 Rxb3+ 34. Kxa2 $18) 26... Ne4 {[#] Hecht: Taktik! Und
eben dafür eine Medaille.} (26... Nd3 27. Rc7 $18) (26... Nxh3 {Tsesarsky} 27.
a5 Rxe3 28. Rc7 Ng5 29. a6 $18) 27. Kc2 (27. Ka1 $5 $18 {Tsesarsky}) 27... Nc3
28. Kb3 (28. Kd3 $143 {Tsesarsky} Nxa2 29. Rc7 $16) (28. Rce1 $143 {Tsesarsky}
Nxa4 29. Kb3 Nb2 30. Kxb4 Nd3+ 31. Kxa3 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 $16) 28... Rxe3 29. Rce1
$1 (29. Rc2 {Tsesarsky Hecht} Nxa2+ 30. Kxa2 b3+ 31. Kxa3 bxc2+ 32. Kb2 Rd3 {
[%cal Rd3d1]} 33. Kxc2 Ra3 $1 $17 {Türme gehören hinter Freibauern. Deshalb
ist die Hinterstellung richtig und 33...Txd4 34.Ta1! falsch.}) 29... Rxh3 {[#]}
(29... Rd3 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Re7 Ne4+ 32. Kxb4 Rxd4+ 33. Kxa3 Nd6 34. Rd7 Nc4+
35. Kb3 $18) 30. Re7 $4 (30. Re8+ {Tsesarsky} Kg7 31. Re7 Nxa2+ 32. Kxa2 Rh2+
33. Ka1 b3 34. Rexf7+ Kh6 35. R7f2 $18) (30. Kxb4 $1 {Tsesarsky Hecht} Nxa2+
31. Kc5 {[%cal Ra4a5,Rc5d5,Re1e7]} Rb3 (31... Nc3 32. a5 a2 33. a6 Nb1 34. Rxb1
axb1=Q 35. Rxb1 Ra3 36. Kb6 $18) 32. a5 Nc3 33. a6 a2 34. a7 Ra3 35. Re8+ Kg7
36. a8=Q $18) (30. a5 $1 Ne2+ (30... Nxa2+ 31. Kxa2 Rh2+ 32. Kb3 Rb2+ 33. Ka4
$18) 31. Kxb4 Nxd4 32. a6 $18) 30... Nxa2+ $1 31. Kxa2 Rh2+ 32. Kb1 (32. Kb3 {
Tsesarsky} Rb2#) 32... b3 33. Rb7 (33. Rexf7 Rb2+ 34. Kc1 Rc2+ 35. Kb1 (35. Kd1
a2 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. R8f7+ Kh6 38. g5+ Kxg5 39. Rg1+ Kh6 40. Rh1+ $11) 35...
Rb2+ $11) 33... Rb2+ 34. Ka1 (34. Kc1 {Tsesarsky Hecht} Rc2+ 35. Kd1 a2 36.
Rxb3 a1=Q+ 37. Kxc2 Qxf1 $19) 34... Ra2+ 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Ponferrada"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1152]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bh2 g6 13. O-O-O {
[%cal Yg2g4,Yh3h5]} c5 $5 {[%cal Ya8c8,Gc8c1]} 14. Bb5 {[%cal Gd1d5]} Rf8 $5 (
14... Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 $14) 15. Ne5 $6 {'=' Nogueiras.} (15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) (15. Be5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $14) 15... c4 $1 {[%csl Rb5]
'+/=' Nogueiras.} (15... cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 $10) 16. Qe2 $2 {'=/+' Nogueiras.} (
16. Ba4 $13) 16... Bb4 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rc3][%cal Yd8a5]} (16... a6 17. Ba4 b5 18.
Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bc2 $16) 17. Nxd5 $1 {'-/+' Nogueiras.} Nxd5 18.
Bxc4 $15 Nb6 (18... f6 $15 19. Nd3 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Yd8c7]}) 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. Kb1
Qe7 21. f4 {'-/+' Nogueiras.} Bxe5 {'=' Nogueiras.} (21... f6 $1 $15) 22. fxe5
Bd7 23. d5 $44 Nc5 24. Bc2 Nca4 $6 {[%cal Re7b4] '=/+' Nogueiras.} 25. Rd4 $1
$14 {[%cal Gd4a4,Gd4h4]} Qc5 26. e6 {[%cal Gh2d6] '-/+' Nogueiras.} Bb5 $6 (
26... fxe6 $142) 27. Qg4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ye6f7,Yc2g6]} f5 (27... Rac8
28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxg6 $18 {->}) (27... Nxd5 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxg6 Ndc3+ 30.
Ka1 Rg7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Be5 $18) (27... Nxb2 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxg6 $18) (
27... Be8 $142 $1 {}) 28. Qd1 {[%cal Ge6e8,Gd5d8]} Nxb2 (28... Rfe8 29. Bb3
Rac8 30. d6 Nc4 31. d7 Naxb2 32. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Qc1 $18) (28... Rac8 29. d6
Nxb2 30. Kxb2 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Nc4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. e7 Rf7 34. d7 $18) 29. Kxb2
Nc4+ 30. Rxc4 {'!' Nogueiras.} Bxc4 (30... Qxc4 $6 31. Bb3 Qc5 32. d6 $14) 31.
Bb3 Rfd8 {'=' Nogueiras.} (31... Rac8 32. d6 Bxb3 33. Qxb3 Qc6 34. e7+ Rf7 35.
Rd1 Qxg2+ 36. Ka1 Qxh2 37. d7 Qe5+ 38. Rd4 $18) (31... Rfe8 32. Qd4 (32. g4
Rad8 $15) 32... Qxd4+ 33. exd4 Bxb3 34. Kxb3 Rad8 35. Bc7 $1 $18 Rxd5 $140 36.
Kc4 {[%csl Rd5]}) 32. d6 b5 {'=' Nogueiras.} (32... Qb6 33. Qd4 Bxb3 34. Qxb6
axb6 35. Kxb3 $18) (32... Qb5 33. e7 Rd7 34. Qf1 Qxb3+ 35. axb3 Bxf1 36. Rxf1
Kf7 37. e4 Ke6 38. exf5+ gxf5 39. g4 $18) 33. Qd4 $1 $18 {'=/+' Nogueiras.} Qc6
(33... Qxd4+ 34. exd4 Bxb3 35. Kxb3 $18) 34. Rc1 Rac8 (34... Qxg2+ 35. Rc2 Qe4
36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 $18) 35. e7 Rd7 36. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 b5
$2 (14... c5 $1 15. Bb5 Nd7 16. Ne5 (16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 a6 $132) 16... cxd4
$10) 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Nf4 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Rec8 (19... b4
20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Rc1 $16) 20. Rxc5 (20. Nxe6 $6 Nxe6 21. Bxb5 Rb8 $40) 20...
Rxc5 21. Nd4 b4 22. h4 a5 23. Qd1 $1 (23. h5 a4 $132) 23... Bf6 24. Bc2 $1 (24.
g5 Bxd4 $132) 24... Qc7 (24... Bxd4 $2 25. Qxd4 Bxg4 26. Nxd5 Qd6 27. Nf6+ $18)
25. Bb3 Qd6 (25... Bxd4 $6 26. Qxd4 Bxg4 27. Nxd5 Bf5+ 28. e4 Qa7 29. Qe3 $16 (
29. Bc2)) 26. Nh5 Bd8 27. f4 Bd7 28. Nf5 Bxf5+ 29. gxf5 d4 30. e4 $2 (30. Qd3
$5 $16 {/\e4}) (30. Ng3 $16 {Kortschnoj}) 30... d3 31. Rg1 g6 32. Bd5 (32.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qb3+ Ke7) 32... Rxd5 33. exd5 Qxd5 $17 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Ng3
Bxh4 36. f5 d2 37. fxg6 Nxg6 38. Ne2 Qd3+ 39. Ka1 Bf6 (39... Kf8 $1 40. Rg2 (
40. Rg4 Bf2 41. Nf4 Nxf4 42. Rxf4 Qe3 $19) 40... Bf6 41. Ng1 Bxb2+ $19) 40. Rg3
Qd6 41. Kb1 a4 $2 (41... Be5 42. Re3) (41... Qd5 42. a3 Bg5 $17) (41... Bh4 42.
Rg4 (42. Rg1 Qd3+ 43. Ka1 Kf8 $19) 42... Qd3+ 43. Ka1 Bf2 $19 {/\Be3,a4-a3} 44.
Rg2 (44. Nf4 Qc4 $19) 44... Be3 45. Ng3 Qd5 46. Rh2 Bf4 $19) 42. Kc2 Qc5+ 43.
Kxd2 Qd5+ 44. Ke1 (44. Kc1 $2 Bxb2+ $19) (44. Kc2 Qxa2 $19) 44... Qxa2 45. Rg4
Qxb2 $2 (45... a3 $17) 46. Qxa4 Qb1+ 47. Qd1 Qb2 48. Kf1 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 c6 11. f3 Nh5 $6 (11... Be6 {Ftacnik} 12.
Rae1 Rc8 13. Kh1 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nf4 Rc7 16. Qf2 Nf6 17. e4 dxe4 18.
fxe4 $16 {Kasparov,G-Andersson,U/Belfort WCT/1988/ ->CBM 08}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 (14... Be6 {Ftacnik} 15. Rf2 Nf6 (15... c5 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 $13) 16. h3 Rad8 17. Raf1 Ng6 $1 18. a3 Rf8 19. b4 {
Bareev-Ahlander/Naestved op/1988/} b6 $5 $132) 15. e5 $5 $14 {N} (15. Rf2 $5
Qg5 $6 (15... Ne6 $5 16. Raf1 Rf8) 16. Raf1 Re7 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. d5 $16 {
Vaiser,A-Mozny,M Clichy open (3) 1991}) 15... Rad8 (15... c5 $2 {Ftacnik} 16.
Nd5) 16. Ne4 Ng6 (16... Ne6 17. Nd6 Rxd6 (17... Bxe2 18. Bxh7+ $18) 18. exd6
Qxd6 19. Bxh7+ $16) 17. Rad1 $1 {><d4} (17. Nd6 Rxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 $44) 17...
Rf8 {><f7} (17... Bxe2 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxe2 Nhf4 19. Bc4 $16) 18. h3 Bxe2 19.
Bxe2 Nhf4 20. Bc4 Kh8 $6 (20... Nd5 $142 $5 $14 21. Rf3 Ngf4 $22 22. Rdf1 Ne6
$132) 21. Rf3 f6 $5 (21... Nd5 22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Re1 $16) 22. exf6
gxf6 23. Ng3 b5 $6 (23... f5 24. Nxf5 $2 (24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Kh1 {/\Rf1+/-}) 24...
Qg5 $40 25. Bd3 (25. Ng3 Nxh3+) (25. Ne3 Nh4) 25... Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf4 $17) (
23... Qb4 $5 24. a3 Qa5 {/\Qg5}) 24. Bf1 (24. Bb3 $5 $16) 24... c5 $1 25. Qf2
$1 Qc7 $2 (25... Ne6 $142 26. Nf5 Qb7 27. h4 $36) (25... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 26.
Rxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 $1 $18) 26. Rc1 $1 $18 {><c5} c4 27. b3 Rfe8
28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb8 30. h4 $6 (30. Rb3 $5 Qd6 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. Rc5 $18)
30... Nd5 31. Nh5 (31. Nf5 $1 {Ftacnik}) 31... Re4 32. g3 Nxh4 $1 $16 {Gute
Miene zum bösen Spiel machen.} (32... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 33. Kh1 Qb7 $132) 33. gxh4
Rg8+ 34. Kh1 Rgg4 $2 $138 (34... Qb1 35. Nf4 $1 (35. Nxf6 $4 Nxf6 36. Rxf6
Qxf1+ $3 37. Qxf1 Rxh4+ $19) (35. Rc5 $2 Ne3 $1 36. Rxe3 Rxh4+ $1 $19) 35...
Ne3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Ng2 $1 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Qb6 $16) (34... Qb7 $22 {Ftacnik} 35.
Bg2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb8+) 35. Rc5 $1 $18 Rxh4+ 36. Rh3 Rxh3+ 37. Bxh3 Qb1+ 38. Qg1
Qxg1+ (38... Re1 {Ftacnik} 39. Rc8+) 39. Kxg1 Nb6 40. d5 Rh4 41. d6 {41...Rh3
42.d7+-} (41. d6 {Ftacnik} Rxh3 42. d7 Rd3 43. Rc8+) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 (12. Bh4 $5 Ng6 $5 (12...
N6d7 $6 13. Bf2 Bh4 14. g3 Be7 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4
Ng4 19. Bc4 $16 {Sadler-Murugan/London/Lloyd Bank/1993}) (12... Rc8 $5) 13. Bf2
c5) (12. Rae1 Rc8 (12... Ng6 $6 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. f4 $1 Bd7 15. e4 $40 {
Pushkov-Obukhov/Azov/1993}) (12... c5 $5 13. dxc5 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. dxc5 Rc8
15. b4 b6 $13) 13... Bxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Kh1 $14 {Verdier-Paulenard/
Montpellier/B/1989}) (12... N6d7 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4 Rc8 $5 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. dxe6 Nxe6 $132 {Georgiev,Ki-Van der Sterren/Lugano/1987})
13... Qxe7 (13... Rxe7 $6 14. e4 Nb6 15. e5 Rc8 16. b4 $16 {
Jacimovic-Milanovic/Cetinje/1992}) 14. Nf4 Qd6 (14... Rad8 $5) 15. Qf2 f6 (
15... Nb6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Re2 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rd1 $14 {Brenninkmeijer-Van
der Sterren/Lyon/zt/1990}) (15... Nf6 $5) 16. Nh5 Bf7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. e4 $14 {
Baburin-Van der Sterren/Biel/op/1992}) 13. Kh1 (13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bf2 c5 15. Kh1
a6 16. Qd2 b5 $132 {Petran,Pal-Karsa/HUN-chT/1993}) 13... N6d7 (13... a6 $5 {
/\c5} 14. a3 h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 $14 {Yrjola-Pigusov/Helsenki/
1992}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... Rxe7 $6 15. Nf4 $14 {/\Qf2,e4/Kasparov-Andersson/
Belfort/1988/} Nf6 16. Qd2 Rd7 17. b4 $14 {Kasparov}) 15. Qd2 (15. e4 dxe4 16.
fxe4 c5 $132) (15. Nf4 $5) 15... Nb6 16. b3 Rcd8 {/\Nc8-d6} 17. a4 Qb4 $132 {
Lutz-Yusupov/Tilburg/1993}) 12... N6d7 (12... Ng6 {-11...Ng6 12.Rad1 Be6} 13.
Ng3 (13. Qc1 $6 b5 $6 (13... h6 $5) 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17.
Nce2 Qb6 $13 {Horvath,P-Lengyel,B/HUN-chT/1992}) (13. Kh1 Rc8 14. a3 Nd7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. e4 g5 18. Ng3 Qf6 $10 {Moskalenko-Gelfand/Norilsk/
1987}) 13... Rc8 14. Rde1 c5 15. f4 Nf8 $132 {Bareev-Yusupov/München/1994}) (
12... Rc8 $5 13. a3 (13. Nf4 $6 Bd7 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $10 {
Peicheva-Torhallsson/Copenhagen op/1990}) (13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Qd2 c5 17. d5 Bd7 $10 {Vaiser-Flear/Isla de Fuerteventura/1992}) (13.
Bh4 {-12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Rad1} Qa5 $6 (13... Ng6) (13... a6 14. Kh1 b5 15. Bf2 Bd7
$6 (15... c5 $14) 16. Bg1 g6 17. Qd2 $36 {/\e4/Eliet-Pedersen/European j ch/
1992}) 14. Bf2 $14 {Malaniuk-Nenashev/Tashkent/1987}) (13. Kh1 {-12.Kh1 Rac8
13.Rad1} Qa5 $6 (13... N6d7 $5) 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 $14 {
Sakaev-Cherepkov/Leningrad/1990}) 13... N6d7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Nd4
$14 {Hansen,LB}) 14. Bf4 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 c5 17. d5 c4 $10 {
Kamsky}) 14... a5 (14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Bh4 (15... a5 {Hansen,LB}) (15... c5 $5 {
Hansen,LB}) 16. b4 $14 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Nf6 {Kamsky-Van der Sterren (04)/ Wijk cm/
1994} 18. h3 $1 {/\Qf2,e4} a5 19. f4 Bd7 20. f5 Nf8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Ncxe4 Nd5
23. Qf2 $14 {/\f6/Kamsky}) 15. Kh1 $5 b5 $5 (15... Ng6 16. Bg3 Bh4 $5) 16. e4
b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na4 b3 19. Qb1 (19. Qd2 Ra8 20. Nac3 Nb6 $13 {Kuijf/de
Boeur}) 19... Qa5 20. Nac3 dxe4 21. fxe4 c5 $132 22. Bb5 (22. d5 c4 23. dxe6
fxe6 $13 {Kuijf/de Boeur}) (22. e5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 {Kamsky-Van der Sterren (06)/
Wijk cm/1994} Bg4 $1 24. Rde1 Nc5 25. Bb5 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Nfxd7 27. Qf5 g6 28. Qh3
Nf8 $10 {Kuijf/de Boeur}) 22... cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bg4 24. Rde1 {+/- Kuijf/de Boeur}
) 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4 Rc8 14. a3 {-12...Rac8 13.a3 Nfd7 14.Bf4}) 13... Qxe7 14.
e4 $1 $146 (14. Nf4 Qd6 15. Qf2 Nf6 $5 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. Qg3 Ng6 $10 {
Ruzele-Van der Sterren/Manila/ol/1992}) 14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Nb6 {/\c5} (15...
c5 $2 16. d5 c4 (16... Bg4 17. d6 $1 $16) 17. Bxc4 Qc5+ 18. Rd4 Bg4 19. Qd2 $16
) 16. e5 {><d6} c5 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Ne4 $4 c4) 17... cxd4 18. Nexd4 $1 $36 (18.
Nd6 $2 Nd5 $1 $15 {/\Nd3}) 18... Qh4 (18... Red8 19. Nd6 $14) 19. Nf3 Qh6 20.
Nd6 Re7 21. Be4 (21. Qf2 $142 Nd5 22. Rfe1 $16) 21... Nc4 $1 22. Nxc4 Rc8 23.
b3 b5 24. Nfd2 $1 bxc4 (24... Ng6 $6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qe4 $16) (24... Nd7 25.
Bxh7+ Qxh7 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Nd6 Rc5 28. N6e4 Rxe5 29. Nf3 $36) 25. Nxc4 Bxc4
(25... Nd7 26. Bf5 $16 (26. Bb7 $5) (26. Bd5 Nxe5 27. Bxe6 Qxe6)) 26. bxc4 Rxe5
27. Bd5 $14 Qe3+ (27... Re7 $2 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 $140 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qf5+) (
27... Rc7 $5) 28. Kh1 Rc7 29. h3 g6 $6 (29... Ree7 $5) (29... Ng6 $5) 30. Qb2
Qe2 31. Qd4 Qe3 32. Qa1 {/\Rde1} Qg5 33. Rf2 $16 Ne6 34. Rdf1 Qe3 35. Qb2 Re7
36. Rf3 Qg5 $138 37. Rb3 $2 $138 (37. Qf2 $16) 37... h5 $2 (37... Nf4 $1 $14)
38. Rb8+ Nf8 $2 (38... Kg7 $142 $16) 39. Ra8 $1 $18 Rf5 $2 40. Rxf8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {Hansen,LB:
Interesting! Usually Kramnik plays 5.-,dxc4.} 6. cxd5 {Hansen,LB: The Queens
Gambit exchange variation is much more dangerous for Black with the white N on
e2 instead of f3.} exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1
Ne4 (11... Ng4 {Hansen,LB} 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. b4 Qd6 14. b5 c5 $132 {Khalifman,
A-Lputian,S/Erevan/1996/}) 12. Bxe7 (12. Bf4 {Hansen,LB} Bb4 13. h3 Ng6 14. Bh2
Nh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. f3 Ng5 $132 {Hjartarson,J-Sokolov,A/Reykjavik/1988/})
12... Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 (14... b6 $5 {Hansen,LB} 15. Qa4 (15. Qxe4
Ba6 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. b3 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxd4 $1 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. Rc2
c5 $15 {Netusil,M-Kacirek,P/Praha/1993/}) 15... a5 $5 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qxb6 Ba6
18. Ndxe4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qb4 20. Nd5 Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Ra6 22. Nd6 Re6 $13 {1/2-1/2/
Arencibia,J-Garcia,Gi/Havanna/1995/}) 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18.
Rxe4 h6 19. Rfe1 (19. Ne2 Qb4 $1 $10 20. a3 Qb3 21. Qd2 Bd5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23.
Ne5 Ne6 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Nxd5 cxd5 (25... Qxd4+ $1 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 $10) 26. Nf3
Nf8 27. Qf2 $6 (27. Rc1 $14) 27... Ng6 28. Nh4 Nxh4 $1 $10 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J-Yusupov,A/Tilburg (m8) 41/470 1986 (41)}) 19... Rad8 {Hansen,LB: Very cool!
The pin on the e-file is not dangerous.} 20. h3 $5 $146 (20. Re5 Qf7 $10 21. b4
$2 {><c4, b4} (21. a3) (21. b3) 21... Nd7 22. Ra5 $2 (22. R5e3 $142) 22... Bg4
$15 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Short,N/Dubai (ol) 42/523 1986 (32)}) (20. R1e3 Qf7 21.
Ne5 (21. Qe2 Bc4 22. Qe1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Be6 24. h4 Re8 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Qg3 Qd8
$15 {Semkov,S-Dokhoian,Y/Erevan/1988/}) 21... Qf5 22. Rg3 $2 (22. Rf3 $10) (22.
Qe2 $10) 22... Rxd4 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Nxh6 gxh6 25. Qc1 Qf6 {-+ Timman,J-Short,N/
Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial) 45/(478) 1988} (25... Qf6 {Hansen,LB} 26. Ree3 Rf4
27. Ne2 Rf5 28. Ref3 Bd7 29. Nf4 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Kh7 31. Rh3 Rc5 {0-1/Timman,
J-Short,N/Amsterdam/1988/})) (20. Ne5 $5 Qg5 (20... Qb4 21. Qf2) (20... Bf5 $2
21. Nxc6) 21. Qf2 Ng6 22. Nf3 Qf6 $6 (22... Qf5 $1 $13) 23. Qe3 Bf7 24. Ne5 {
/\ 24...Ne5 25.de5 Qe6 26.Qa7 +/- Germanavichus,Sh-Kruopis/USSR 43/(501) 1987})
20... Qd6 (20... Qf7 21. Ne5 Qf5 22. Rf1 $36) 21. R1e3 Bf7 {Is this necessary?
A solid alternative was 21.-,Qb8} (21... Re7 $14) (21... Qb8 $10 {Hansen,LB})
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Qb3+ Kh7 (24... Qe6 25. Qxb7 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qc1+
27. Ng1 $16) 25. Qxb7 Bh5 26. Ne4 (26. Qa6 Bxf3 27. Qd3+ Ng6 28. Qxf3 Qxd4+ $14
) 26... Qf4 (26... Qg6 27. Nfd2 $16) 27. Qxc6 {Hansen,LB: Safe, but after this
Black is not in any danger.} (27. Ned2 $142 Bxf3 (27... Ne6 $13 {Hansen,LB})
28. Nxf3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Ne6 30. Qd7 $16) 27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ng6 $132 (28... Qxf3
$4 {Hansen,LB} 29. Ng5+ $18) 29. Nf2 (29. Kf2 $5 $13) 29... Qxd4 30. Qc2 Qd5
31. f4 (31. Kg2 Qxa2 32. h4 Qd5 33. Nh3 Qe5 34. b4 a6 $1 $10) 31... Qf3 $1 (
31... Qxa2 $6 {Hansen,LB} 32. f5 $36) 32. f5 Nf4 33. f6+ Kg8 $10 34. Qc4+ (34.
Qb3+ $2 {Hansen,LB} Qxb3 35. axb3 gxf6 $17) 34... Kh7 35. Qc2+ (35. Qe4+ Qxe4
36. Nxe4 gxf6 $10) 35... Kg8 36. Qc4+ (36. Qc8+ Kh7 $10 (36... Kf7 37. Qd7+
Kxf6 38. Ng4+ Kg5 39. Qxg7+ Kh4 40. Qe7+ Kg3 41. Qe1+ Kxh3 42. Nf2+ Kg3 $10))
36... Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rae1 (12. Rad1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Rc8
14. a3 a5 $5 (14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. b4 $14 {Kamsky-Van der Sterren/Wijk an
Zee/cm/4/1994}) 15. Kh1 b5 $132 {Kamsky-Van der Sterren/Wijk an Zee/cm/6/1994})
12... Rc8 13. Kh1 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $146 (14... Rxe7 15. Nf4 {
(Kasparov-Andersson/Belfort/1988)} Nf6 16. Qd2 Rd7 17. b4 $14 {Kasparov}) 15.
Qd2 (15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 c5 $132) (15. Nf4 $5) 15... Nb6 16. b3 {><c4} (16. e4
c5 $10) 16... Rcd8 {/\Nc8-d6} 17. a4 Qb4 $132 18. Ne4 Qxd2 $8 19. Nxd2 Bd7 $1
$10 {/\Ne6} 20. Ng3 (20. Nf4 $10) 20... a5 21. Re2 $6 (21. Kg1 {/\Kf2}) 21...
Ne6 22. Rc1 Nc8 $15 {/\Nd6, g6,b6,c5} 23. f4 $6 Nd6 24. Nf3 f6 25. Kg1 Re7 26.
h4 $2 {><g4} (26. Rce1 $15) 26... Rde8 27. Kf2 Nd8 $1 {/\Nf7-h6-g4} 28. Ree1
N8f7 $17 29. Nh2 $6 (29. Nf1 $142 {/\N1h2}) 29... Nh6 30. Ngf1 Bf5 31. Be2 $6
$138 (31. Bxf5 $142 $17) 31... Ne4+ 32. Kg1 g5 $1 $40 33. g4 $2 (33. fxg5 $142
fxg5 34. hxg5 Nxg5 $17) 33... gxf4 $1 34. gxf5 $6 (34. exf4 Bxg4 35. Bxg4 Rg7
36. Ne3 f5 $19) 34... Rg7+ $19 35. Bg4 (35. Kh1 Nf2#) 35... Nxg4 36. Nxg4 Rxg4+
37. Kh2 f3 38. Rc2 Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 Kf7 {Yusupov} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played on the day after the rest day and I wanted to surprise
my opponent in the opening. But - as usually happens - I was the one to be
surprised. Diese Partie wurde nach dem Ruhetag gespielt und ich wollte meinen
Gegner in der Eröffnung überraschen. Aber – wie es gewöhnlich passiert – am
Ende wurde ich selbst überrascht.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {Black has played a rare variation and somewhere
about here I was floundering and having to improvise over the board. Schwarz
hat eine seltene Variante gespielt und irgendwo hier war ich bereits im
Schwimmen und musste am Brett improvisieren.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Nh5 {This is
quite a rare move. But the position has practically not yet been seen at the
highest level. Das ist bereits ein ganz seltener Zug. Diese Stellung ist aber
auf höchstem Niveau praktisch noch nicht anzutreffen gewesen.} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Nf3 {It was safer to develop the knight to e2 but I had the idea of
bringing the bishop back to f1 and following up by long castling. Sicherer war
es, den Springer nach e2 zu entwickeln, aber mir kam die Idee, den Läufer
zurück nach f1 zu bringen und die lange Rochade folgen zu lassen.} Nf4 12. Bf1
Nd7 {The move is logical, but now the f4-knight no longer returns to h5. Der
Zug ist logisch, aber jetzt kehrt der Springer f4 schon nicht mehr nach h5
zurück.} 13. O-O-O Ng6 ({The mistaken Das verfehlte} 13... Nh5 {allows erlaubt}
14. g4) 14. h4 Qf6 15. Bd3 Nb6 {At this point I had already used up a heap of
thinking time and finally decided to simplify matters. Hier hatte ich schon
eine Masse Bedenkzeit verbraucht und traf schließlich die Entscheidung, das
Spiel zu vereinfachen.} 16. h5 ({The correct way was to maintain the tension
with Richtig war, die Spannung mit} 16. Kb1 {White then retains some pressure.
aufrechtzuerhalten. Weiß behält dann etwas Druckspiel.}) 16... Ne7 17. Rh4 Bf5
$1 {Everything would be splendid for White, if not for this move! Black
manages to exchange bishops and immediately equalises. Alles wäre prächtig für
Weiß, wenn dieser Zug nicht wäre! Schwarz kommt zum Läufertausch und gleicht
unverzüglich aus.} 18. Bxf5 ({Zu nichts führt} 18. Rf4 {leads nowhere.} Bxd3
19. Qxd3 Qe6 20. g4 f6 $11) 18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. Rf4 Nd6 $11 {If the
Sofia rules had not been in force in this tournament, then we would soon have
agreed on a draw. In the meantime this result appears the most likely... Wenn
bei diesem Turnier nicht die Sofia-Regel gegolten hätte, dann wäre hier wohl
bald der Remisschluss erfolgt. Einstweilen bleibt dieses Resultat aber am
wahrscheinlichsten...} 21. Ne5 Rae8 22. Rh1 Re7 23. Kc2 Rfe8 24. b3 a5 25. a4
Na8 $1 {A good resource! Black transfers the knight to an active position.
Eine gute Ressource! Schwarz überführt den Springer in eine aktive Position.}
26. Nd3 Nc7 27. Rg4 Na6 28. Rf4 Ne4 29. Kb2 {At this point I already had less
than fifteen minutes on my clock and Black's wish to sharpen the play is
understandable. But it is Black who has to go over to the defensive. In diesem
Moment hatte ich schon weniger als fünfzehn Minuten auf der Uhr und der Wunsch
von Schwarz, das Spiel zu verschärfen, ist verständlich. Aber Schwarz ist es,
der zur Verteidigung übergehen muss.} Kh7 30. Nxe4 $1 {I am very satisfied
with the way I handled the part of the game from here to the time control.
Despite being short on time I managed to find some precise moves and force
Black to move on to the defensive. Ich bin sehr zufrieden damit, wie ich den
Abschnitt von hier an bis zur Zeitkontrolle behandelt habe. Ungeachtet meiner
Zeitknappheit konnte ich einige genaue Züge finden und Schwarz zwingen, zur
Verteidigung überzugehen.} dxe4 31. Ne5 Nb4 32. Rf5 c5 33. Rd1 {The ideal
square for the rook! Das ideale Feld für den Turm!} cxd4 ({Schlecht ist} 33...
Rd8 {is bad:} 34. Nc4 Nd3+ 35. Rxd3 $1 exd3 36. Rxc5 $16 {with total
domination! mit völliger Dominanz!}) 34. exd4 Rd8 35. Nc4 Nd3+ 36. Kc3 g6 37.
Rxa5 Nxf2 38. Re1 gxh5 {Taking the pawn is tempting, but he should advance his
pawns. Den Bauern zu schlagen ist verlockend, aber er sollte seine Bauern
vorrücken.} (38... f5 $1 {Although here White can also lay claim to a slight
superiority, the game in this case would most likely have finished a draw.
Obwohl Weiß auch hier ein geringes Übergewicht behauptet, wäre die Partie in
diesem Falle am ehesten remis ausgegangen.}) 39. d5 $1 {White uses the time to
push forward the d-pawn! Weiß nutzt die Zeit, um den d-Bauern vorzustoßen!} e3
$6 {Another tempting move, especially when both sides are in time trouble. But
Black absolutely had to bring his knight back into the game. Wieder ein
verlockender Zug, insbesondere in beiderseitiger Zeitnot. Aber Schwarz musste
unbedingt seinen Springer zurück ins Spiel bringen.} ({For example Zum Beispiel
} 39... Nd3 40. Rf1 Kg6 41. d6 Re6 42. Rb5 Rd7 43. Kd4 {is better for White,
but the whole struggle lies ahead of him. ist besser für Weiß, aber der
gesamte Kampf steht noch bevor.}) 40. Kc2 $1 {The last precise move before the
time control. White attacks the e3-pawn! As a result of disdvantageous
sharpening of the game, Black is now facing unpleasant tasks but my opponent
did not manage to change his way of thinking in time. He did not sense the
danger... Der letzte genaue Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle. Weiß greift den Bauern
e3 an! Im Ergebnis unvorteilhafter Verschärfungen steht Schwarz vor
unangenehmen Aufgaben, aber mein Gegner schaffte es nicht, sich rechtzeitig
umzustellen. Er fühlte die Gefahr nicht...} Ng4 $2 (40... Ne4 41. Rxe3 f5 42.
Rb5 $14 {was the best chance, but here too White has the pressure. war die
beste Chance, aber auch hier drückt Weiß.}) 41. d6 Re6 $6 {The transition to
passivity was his best chance. Der Übergang zur Passivität war die beste
Chance.} (41... Red7 {But here too Black's position would have been highly
unpleasant. Aber auch hier wäre die Lage von Schwarz höchst unangenehm gewesen.
} 42. Rxh5 $14) 42. Ra7 $1 $18 {Simple and strong! Black can no longer hold
the b7-pawn and White unexpectedly finds himself winning! Einfach und stark!
Schwarz hält jetzt den Bauern b7 nicht und unerwartet steht Weiß einfach auf
Gewinn!} Rf6 43. Re2 {Here it would have been possible to go in for a
sharpening of the play. But White's desire to play more safely is
understandable. Hier wäre es möglich gewesen, sich auf eine Verschärfung
einzulassen. Aber der Wunsch von Weiß, etwas sicherer zu spielen, ist
verständlich.} (43. Rxb7 $1 Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Rxg2 45. a5 h4 46. a6 Ra2 47. a7 h3
48. b4 h2 49. b5 $18) 43... b6 ({There was no saving grace with Keine Rettung
bedeutete} 43... Rd7 {for example: zum Beispiel:} 44. a5 Rf2 45. Kd3 Rf4 46. a6
Rxc4 47. Kxc4 b5+ 48. Kxb5 Rxa7 49. Kb6 Rd7 50. a7 Rxd6+ 51. Kc7 Rd2 52. Re1
Ra2 53. Kb7 f5 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Kxa8 f4 56. b4 Ne5 57. b5 $18) 44. Rb7 Rdxd6 {
Black has nothing better than conceding the exchange. But here of course White
must win.  Schwarz hat nichts Besseres als die Qualität zu geben. Aber hier
muss Weiß natürlich gewinnen.} 45. Nxd6 Rxd6 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. Rf1 Kg5 48. b4
h4 49. Kc3 $6 {This move does not give away the win but it does make it more
complicated. Dieser Zug vergibt den Sieg nicht, aber er verkompliziert ihn
gehörig!} (49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ra6 51. Ra1 Kf4 52. Kc3 {must be won for White.
muss gewonnen für Weiß sein.}) 49... Nf2 $1 {An unexpected resource!
Fortunately I was able to compose myself and find a forced way to the win. 
Eine unerwartete Ressource! Zum Glück konnte ich mich sammeln und einen
forcierten Gewinnweg finden.} 50. Rxe3 Nd1+ 51. Rxd1 Rxd1 52. Re5+ $1 {An
important check! Ein wichtiges Schach!} Kg4 {Nor do other moves save him, for
example: Auch andere Züge retteten nicht, zum Beispiel:} (52... Kg6 53. Re6+
Kg7 54. Rxb6 Rc1+ 55. Kb3 Rb1+ 56. Kc4 Rb2 57. Re6 Rxg2 58. Re3 $18) (52... Kf6
53. Rh5 $18) (52... Kf4 53. Re6 $18) 53. Re6 Rc1+ 54. Kb3 Kh5 55. Rxb6 {
Here White is already totally winning. Although I now started making a few
silly moves, I did not give away the win. There is simply too much leeway.
Hier steht Weiß bereits total auf Gewinn. Obwohl ich jetzt anfing, ein paar
komische Züge zu machen, vergab ich den Gewinn nicht mehr. Die Stellung hatte
einfach zu viel Luft nach oben.} Rg1 56. a5 Rxg2 57. a6 ({Einfacher war} 57.
Rb5+ {was simpler:} Kg4 58. a6 h3 59. a7 h2 60. a8=Q h1=Q 61. Qe4+ Kg3 62. Qg6+
Kf2 63. Rf5+ Ke1 64. Re5+ $18) 57... Rg3+ 58. Kc4 Rg4+ 59. Kd3 Rg8 60. Rb5+ Kg4
61. Ra5 h3 62. Ra2 Ra8 63. b5 h5 64. Ke3 Kg3 65. a7 h2 66. Rxh2 Kxh2 (66...
Rxa7 67. Rxh5 $18 {and the black king is too far away. und der schwarze König
ist zu weit weg.}) 67. b6 Kh3 (67... Kg2 68. b7 Rxa7 69. b8=Q Ra3+ {was
slightly more resilient, but here too White must win. war etwas hartnäckiger,
aber auch hier muss Weiß gewinnen.}) 68. b7 Rxa7 69. b8=Q Rg7 70. Qe5 Rg3+ 71.
Kf2 h4 72. Qe4 {Black resigned! It was pleasing to defeat such a technically
gifted player especially in the phase of the game which he is used to handling
best of all! Schwarz gab auf! Es war angenehm, einen so technisch beschlagenen
Spieler ausgerechnet in dem Stadium der Partie zu besiegen, das er am besten
zu behandeln pflegt!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3
Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 (12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Ne5
Ng7 14. g4 $5 Nd7 15. f4 $36 {Christiansen,L-Van der Sterren,P/Luzern/1989/1:0/
31/}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh6 Ng7 (13... c5 $6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rbd1 Qa5 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Bg5 $1 $14 {Yermolinsky,A-Kaidanov,G/Asheville/1994/1:0/52/}) 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Bf5 16. Bxg7 (16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Kxg7 19. Rb3 Bd6 $10 {
Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1993/0:1/38/}) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kxg7 18. b5 (
18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ra3 21. Qc2 Qa5 $10 {Lobron,E-Smagin,S/BRD/
1992/1:0/39/}) 18... axb5 (18... cxb5 $5 19. axb5 a5 $13) 19. axb5 Ra3 20. bxc6
$1 $146 (20. Qc2 $2 Qa5 21. Rb3 Rc8 $15 {Van Wely,L-Hjartarson,J/ISL/1994/0:1/
52/}) 20... bxc6 (20... Qa5 21. Rfc1 Bb4 $2 (21... Ne4 $2 22. Qb5 Nxc3 23. Qxa5
Rxa5 24. Rxc3 $18) (21... bxc6 $10) 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Ne5 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25.
Nc6 $18) 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Rfc1 Bb4 (22... Bd6 23. Rb7 $16) (22... Rc8 23. Rb7) (
22... c5 $5 23. Nb5 (23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rb5 Qc4 $13) (23. Rb5 {Ftacnik} Qa6 24.
Qb2 $14) 23... Ra2) 23. Rb3 (23. Ne2 $5 {Ftacnik} Ra2 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Ba3
26. Qa2 $14) 23... Rc8 (23... Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Rc8 25. Ne5 $16) 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25.
Nb1 (25. Ne5 $6 {Ftacnik} c5 26. Nb5 Qa6) 25... Qa6 $6 (25... Qa5 26. Nbd2 (26.
Ne5 c5 27. Nd3 c4 28. Nxb4 Qxb4 29. Nc3 $10) 26... Nd7 27. Nb3 Qb6 $10) 26. Ne5
Bd6 (26... c5 27. Nd3 $16) 27. Nd3 $14 (27. Nxc6 $2 Nd7 28. e4 Bf4 $19) 27...
Nd7 (27... Rc7 28. Nd2 Nd7 29. Nb3 Qb5 $14) 28. Nc3 (28. Nd2 $5 {Ftacnik})
28... Nf6 $6 (28... Nb6 $5 {Ftacnik} 29. Nd1 Nc4 30. N1b2 $14) 29. Na4 h5 (
29... Ne4 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. Nac5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Qxc5 $14) 30. Nac5 Bxc5
$2 (30... Qa7 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 $14) 31. Nxc5 Qa7 32. Qd1 Qe7 $2 (32...
Nd7 $1 33. Nd3 (33. Ra1 Qc7 34. Nxd7 (34. Nd3 $16 {Ftacnik}) 34... Qxd7 $14))
33. Qa4 $16 Ne4 34. Qa6 (34. Nxe4 Qxe4 35. Rxc6 Qe8 36. Ra6 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qb8+
38. f4 Qb1 $40) 34... Nd6 (34... Rc7 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxc6 $16) 35. Nd3 $1 Qb7
(35... f6 36. Nb4 $18) (35... Qe8 36. Ne5 Ra8 37. Qb6 Rb8 38. Qc7 $18) 36. Qxb7
Nxb7 37. Nb4 c5 (37... Nd8 38. Nxd5 $18) 38. dxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Nxc5 40. Nxd5
$16 h4 $5 (40... g5 $16) (40... f5 41. h4) 41. f4 $2 (41. f3 $5) 41... Ne4 42.
Kf1 f5 43. Ke2 g5 $2 (43... Kf7 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Nb4 (45. Nc3 Nxc3 46. Kxc3 Kd5
47. Kd3 Ke6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Kc5 Ke7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. e4 fxe4 53.
Kxe4 Ke6 $10)) (43... Kh6 {Ftacnik} 44. Nb4 Kh5 45. Nd3 Ng3+ 46. Ke1 Ne4 47.
Ne5 Ng3 48. Nf3 Ne4 49. Ke2 Ng3+ 50. Kd3 Ne4 51. Kd4 Ng3 52. Nd2 Kh6 53. Ke5
Kh5 54. Kf6 Kh6 55. Kf7 Kh5 56. Kg7 g5 57. fxg5 Kxg5 58. Kf7 $18) 44. fxg5 Kg6
45. Nf4+ Kxg5 46. Ne6+ $1 $18 Kf6 47. Nd4 Nc3+ (47... Kg5 48. Nf3+ Kh5 49. Kd3
Nf2+ (49... Ng3 {Ftacnik} 50. Kc4 $1 Nf1 51. Kd4 Ng3 52. Ke5 Nf1 53. Kf4 Ng3
54. Nd4 Kg6 55. Ke5 Kg5 56. Nf3+ Kh5 57. Kf4 $1 $18) 50. Kc4 $1 Nd1 51. Kd4 $22
Nf2 52. Ke5 Nd1 53. Kf4 $18) 48. Kd3 Nd5 49. Nf3 f4 50. e4 Nb4+ 51. Kc3 Nc6 52.
Kc4 Ke6 (52... Ne7 53. Nxh4 Ke5 54. Kd3 $18) 53. Nd4+ (53. Nxh4 Ke5 54. Kd3
Nb4+ 55. Kc4 Nc6 $10) 53... Ke5 (53... Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 54. Kxd4 Kd6 55. e5+ Ke6
56. Ke4 $18) 54. Nxc6+ Kxe4 55. Nd4 Ke3 56. Nf3 Kf2 57. Nxh4 Kg3 58. Kd4 (58.
Ng6 $2 Kxg2 59. Nxf4+ Kg3 $10) 58... Kxh4 59. Ke4 (59. Ke4 Kg3 60. h4 $18 (60.
h4 {Ftacnik} Kg4 61. h5 Kg5 62. h6 Kxh6 63. Kxf4 Kg6 64. Kg4 Kf6 65. Kh5 Kg7
66. Kg5 Kf7 67. Kh6 Kf6 68. g4 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Zonal"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1981.02.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6 $6 (11... a5 $142 12. a3 Ng6 13. b4
Bd6 14. Bf5 (14. e4 axb4 15. axb4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 $13) 14... Bxf5 15. Qxf5
Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. bxa5 Reb8 18. a4 Rxa5 19. Rb3 $10) (11... a5 12. h3 Bd6
13. Rbe1 Bd7 14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bc4 Nd5 $8 18. Bxe7
Rxe7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 $16 {Eingorn,V-Pigusov,E/Sochi/1985/1:0 (41)}) 12. Rfe1 (12.
h3 Ng6 (12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Rxe3 16. Ne5 $36) 13. e4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 Be7 $13) (12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ng6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Bg4 16. Nd2 h6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $13) (12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7) 12... Bg4 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. e4 $1 Bf4
$8 (14... dxe4 $2 15. Ndxe4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $16
{Yusupov/}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxf4 $5 Nxf4 (15... dxe4 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Ndxe4 Nxf4
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13) 16... exd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 16. e5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
Nd7 18. f3 Be6 19. f4 f5 20. b4 $14) 15... Qxf6 16. e5 Qg5 17. Nf1 c5 $1 (17...
Qh5 18. f3 Bd7 19. Qf2 {/\g3,f4+/-/}) 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nxd5 cxd4 20. h4 (20.
Nc7 Rac8 $17) 20... Bf5 (20... Qh6 21. Qe4 Bf5 22. Qxf4 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Qxf4 24.
Nxf4 Rxe5 25. Rd1 $16) 21. Qa4 $2 (21. Qc5 Qg4 $13 (21... Qxh4 $2 22. g3 $18))
(21. hxg5 Bxc2 22. Nxf4 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxe5 24. Nd2 Rxg5 25. Nf3 Rf5 26. Nd3 $14
) 21... Qg4 22. Nc7 $8 Bxb1 23. Nxe8 (23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxb1 Bxe5 $19) 23...
Bxa2 $1 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Qxa2 Rxc7 26. e6 $1 (26. Qxa7 Rd7) 26... Bd6 $1 (26...
fxe6 27. Rxe6 Kh7 28. Re8 $40) 27. Qd5 (27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Re8+ Bf8 29. Qxa7
Qxh4 $17) 27... Bf8 28. Ng3 (28. Qd8 Re7 $17) 28... fxe6 29. Rxe6 Kh7 30. Re4 (
30. Re8 Re7 $17) (30. Re8 Re7 $1 (30... Rc1+ 31. Nf1 Qd1 32. Rxf8 Qxf1+ 33. Kh2
Qc4 34. Qxb7 d3 35. Qe7 d2 36. Qd8 Qc7+ 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd8 $10) 31. Rxf8 $2
Re1+ 32. Nf1 Rxf1+ $19) 30... Qd7 31. Qg5 (31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc2 33. Ne4
Rxb2 34. Ng5+ Kg8 35. Rd8 Rb6 $17) 31... Rc5 (31... d3 $19) 32. Qf4 Bd6 $1 33.
Rxd4 Bxf4 34. Rxd7 Bxg3 35. fxg3 Rb5 36. Rd2 g5 $1 $19 37. Kh2 Rb3 $1 38. hxg5
(38. Kh3 gxh4 39. Kxh4 Kg6 40. Kg4 Rb4+ 41. Kf3 Kf5 $19) (38. Rc2 Kg6) 38...
Kg6 39. Kg1 a5 $1 (39... Rxg3 $2 40. b4 Rg4 41. b5 Rxg5 42. Ra2 Rxb5 43. Rxa7
Kf6 $15) 40. Kh2 a4 41. Rd4 b5 42. Rd2 Kxg5 (42... Kxg5 43. Rf2 Kh5 44. Kh3 g5
45. Re2 g4+ 46. Kh2 Kg5 47. Kg1 Kf5 48. Kf2 b4 $22 49. Rc2 Ke4 50. Rd2 Rd3 51.
Rc2 Kd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Van de Griendt, Jan Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 12. Rad1 $5 $146 (12. e4 dxe4 13.
fxe4 Be6 14. Rad1 (14. h3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e5 Qh4 17. Ne4 Nhf4 18. Nxf4
Nxf4 $13 {Petrosian,A-Akopian,V/Erevan/1989/0,5 (44)/}) 14... Ng4 15. Bc1 c5
16. Bb5 Qc7 17. g3 Red8 18. d5 Bc8 $15 {Neverov,V-Gelfand,B/SSSR/1987/0:1 (61)}
) 12... Nh5 (12... Be6 $5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 $13) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4
$14 Qg5 (14... Nhf4 $2 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. exd5 $16) (14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Be6 16.
e5 $1 $16) 15. Qd2 (15. e5 f6 $132) 15... Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Be6 (16... dxe4 $5 17.
fxe4 Nf6) 17. e5 Nhf4 (17... f5 18. f4 Nf8 19. b4 $16) 18. Bc2 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2
$16 Ne7 (19... f5 20. f4) 20. g4 Rac8 (20... Rec8 $5 21. b4 a5 $14) 21. b4 Ra8
(21... a5 $5 22. a3 (22. bxa5 Ra8 23. Rb1 Bc8) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 $132)
22. Rb1 Rec8 (22... a5 23. b5) 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. Rc2 a6 25. h3 g6 $2 (25... f5
26. Nf4 (26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nf4 $16) 26... Kf7) 26. Ng3 Rf8 27. f4 Kh8 $2 (27...
f5 $8 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rf1 {/\30.f5+/-/}) 28. f5 $18 gxf5 29. gxf5 Rg8 30. Rg2
$1 (30. Kh2 Rxg3 31. Kxg3 Nxf5+ 32. Kf4 Nxd4 $132) 30... Bc8 31. Rf1 Rg5 32.
Rf4 b6 33. h4 Rg8 34. Nh5 $1 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Ng8 (35... c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37.
dxc5 Rxc5 38. e6 $1 fxe6 39. f6 $18) 36. Rg4 Nh6 37. Rg5 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39.
dxc5 Rxc5 40. f6 Rc3 41. Nf4 d4 42. Rg7 Bf5 43. Bxf5 Nxf5 44. Rxf7 Kg8 45. Rd7
Nxh4+ 46. Kh1 Rc1+ (46... Rf3 47. e6) 47. Kh2 Nf3+ 48. Kg2 Nxe5 49. Rg7+ Kh8 (
49... Kf8 50. Ne6+ Ke8 51. Re7#) 50. Re7 Rc2+ 51. Kf1 Kg8 (51... Rc1+ 52. Ke2
Rc2+ (52... d3+ 53. Nxd3) 53. Kd1) 52. Rxe5 Kf7 53. Nd5 d3 54. Re7+ Kf8 55. Nf4
Rc1+ 56. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 c6 (10... a6 $5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. g4 Rc8 13. Kb1 c5
$132) 11. g4 (11. O-O-O a5 (11... Qa5 $5) 12. Kb1 (12. g4 a4 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 $44 {Georgadze,T-Spassky,B/Moscow/1981/0,5 (25) Inf 32/494/}) 12...
b5 13. g4 a4 14. Ng3 a3 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rhg1 Kh8 17. Nce2 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19.
gxf5 $6 (19. Bxf5 $5 $14) 19... Rac8 20. Nf4 N8d7 21. Qe2 c5 $1 $132 {Hulak,
K-Spassky,B/Toluka(izt)/1982/0:1 (36) Inf 34/483/}) 11... Bd7 $6 (11... a5 $5)
12. O-O-O Rc8 (12... b5 $5) 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nf4 (14. Ng3 $5 a5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16.
Bxf5 $1 $16) 14... a5 15. Bf5 a4 (15... Bxf5 16. gxf5 {/\Rhg1+/=/}) 16. Nd3
Bxf5 $2 (16... g6 $5 17. Bxf6 $1 (17. Ne5 $6 gxf5 18. gxf5 Nh5 $13) (17. Bxd7
N8xd7 $132) 17... Bxf6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Nef4 $16) 17. gxf5 N8d7
18. Rhg1 Bf8 19. Rg2 $16 c5 $2 (19... Kh8 $142 20. Rdg1 Bd6) 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Ne4 $1 $18 Rxe4 (23... Rc4 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Bf4 $18)
24. Qxe4 Qc8 25. Qd3 Ne4 26. f3 (26. Bf4 $6 Qxf5 27. f3 Qxh3) 26... Nxg5 27.
Rxg5 Be7 28. f6 $1 Bxf6 29. Rxd5 h6 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 $6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O $1 a5 14.
Kb1 b5 15. g4 a4 16. g5 N6d7 17. h4 a3 (17... Nb6 $5) 18. b3 b4 19. Na4 Rxa4
20. bxa4 c5 21. Bb5 $5 $16 (21. dxc5 Nxc5 {><c3}) 21... c4 22. Ka1 Ba6 23. h5
Bxb5 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Nd2 Rxb5 26. f4 $1 Qb6 27. f5 b3 28. Qc3 Qb8 29. g6 $1 {
/^a2-g8} Nf6 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. e4 $1 Qf4 32. Rhe1 Kg8 33. axb3 cxb3 34. e5 $1
Ne8 (34... Ng4 35. e6 $18) 35. Nxb3 Qxf5 36. Rf1 $5 Qxh5 37. Rd2 $2 (37. Qc6 $1
Qe2 38. Rb1 $18) 37... Ne6 38. Qc6 Rxb3 $4 (38... N8c7 $14) 39. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nb4 9. Qb1 g6 10. Qd1 {Mit dem kleinen Damenschwenk wurde g6 provoziert.} Bf5
11. Rc1 a5 $2 (11... Qa5 {ist der kritische Zug.} 12. Qd2 $5 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Qd2 {ist die einzige ernsthafte Alternative.}) 12... Nxa2 $1 13. Bxf6 Nxc1 14.
Bxe7 (14. Bxh8 $2 Qa1 15. Qd1 Qxb2 (15... Bb4 16. Be2 Qxb2 17. O-O Nb3 $13) 16.
Qd2 Qa1 $19) 14... Qa1 15. Ba3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nc1+ 17. Ke1 $11 {ist eine
bekannte Remisvariante.}) 12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 $1 Qb8 $6 (13... Rb8 {gibt
bessere Chancen, selbst wenn der a5 noch schwächer wird.}) 14. Na4 O-O $6 (
14... Nd7 $5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 {Das sieht auch nicht schön aus, aber wenigstens
kontrolliert Schwarz den Punkt b6 ein wenig.}) 15. Ne5 $1 {Verhindert b5 für
"alle Zeiten".} Rd8 16. Be2 Kg7 {Den Sinn kann ich nicht erkennen.} 17. O-O Nc7
18. g4 $1 Be6 19. f4 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nb6 Ra7 {[#]} 22. f5 $1 {Bei
solchen Bauernopfern muß man eigentlich nicht groß nachdenken, wenn die
schwarzen Figuren so wie hier im Abseits stehen. Insbesondere der Ta7 und die
Db8 nehmen an der Verteidigung vorerst nicht teil.} gxf5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Bd3
Nd6 (24... Nxe3 25. Rf3 {läßt den schwarzen König noch schutzloser zurück.})
25. Qd1 Rg8 26. Kh1 Ne4 (26... Kh8 27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Nbd7 {
mit der Drohung Tg1 matt.}) 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Nbd7 Qd8 29. Qh5 {droht 30.Sxf7.}
f5 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Rxg8+ {Weiß muß keine tollen Kombinationen hervorzaubern -
das Materialübergewicht am Königsflügel führt zu einem leichten Sieg.} Qxg8 32.
Rg1 Qe8 33. Qg5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4
Qxe4+ 8. Be2) 4... Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8
10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 (11... Nh5 $142) (11... Bg4 $142) 12. b4 Rc8 13. Na4
Ne4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 (14... Qxe7 $142) 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 (16. bxc5 $14) 16...
b6 $2 (16... a6) 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Rb3 Nd7 20. h3 Nb8 21. a3 Bd7 22.
Rc3 Be8 23. h4 $1 a6 24. h5 Ra7 (24... Kg7 $142) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ne5 {/\f4-f5
} a5 27. b5 $1 Rac7 (27... c5 28. dxc5 $3 Qxe5 (28... bxc5 29. Rxc5) 29. cxb6
Rxc3 30. bxa7 $3 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 $1 $18) 28. bxc6 Kg7 (28... Nxc6 29. Bb5 Nxd4
30. Rxc7 Rxc7 (30... Nxc2 31. Rxc8 Nxa3 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Bd3 $18) 31. Qxc7
Nxb5 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 $16) 29. Qb1 $1 Nxc6 30. Qxb6 Rb8 31. Qxb8 $1 Nxb8 32. Rxc7
Qxa3 33. Bxg6 Nc6 34. R1xc6 $1 Bxc6 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 (35... Kh8 36. Bh7 {/\37.Sg6#
}) 36. f4 $1 Qxe3+ 37. Kh2 Qxe5 38. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Loginov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 {Baburin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2
{7.Bd3 and 7.Qc2 are moves of about the same value. Still, I believe the
bishop's move is more exact.} a5 $5 {The move has been introduced into modern
practice by Hungerian players.} 8. Bd3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Nge2 {It is time to
recall a famous grandmaster and journalist S.Tartakower. He used to write
something like that: "The knight on f3 stands more solid, the knight e2 is
more flexible..." Regarding this game, I would say "Solidity here was called
for!"} Ne6 11. Bh4 Nh5 (11... g6 {Baburin} 12. f3 O-O 13. Rd1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. O-O f5 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Ng1 Ne4 20. Qc2 $14 {
Soffer-B.Lengyel, Budapest 1994.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O g6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 O-O 17. b5 f5 18. Qa4 $2 {It turns out to be a grave error.
Baburin: 'This looks very sensible, but in the game Black proved that this
plan was faulty.'} ({White had to continue} 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 {'!?'
Baburin.} ({or} 19. Na4 {with a slight edge.}) (19. Nd1 $5 {Baburin})) (18. f4
{Baburin}) 18... f4 $1 {Baburin: 'Now Black's attack on the kingside can get
very dangerous.'} 19. bxc6 fxe3 {It seems white has started his assault first,
but the black attack is much more dangerous - the white king is a target!} 20.
fxe3 Qg5 21. Nd1 $6 {White, perhaps, is still playing for a win, whereas he
has had already to mobilize his vigilance.} ({After} 21. cxb7 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1
Bxb7 (22... Qxd3 $2 23. bxc8=Q Rxc8 24. Qd7) 23. Qb5 {white is not in danger.})
21... Qh4 22. g3 $6 {After this move white can't save the game.} (22. Qa5 {
however as unattractive as it looks, was more stubborn.}) 22... Qf6 $1 23. Nf4
Nexf4 24. exf4 Nxf4 $1 $19 {Baburin: 'After this sacrifice White's position
just collapses, as his major pieces are too far away from his king.'} 25. gxf4
Qxf4 26. Qa3 {After 26.Ra2 or Be2 black creats a mating net around the white
king by 26...Bh3.} Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Bh3 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. b4 Ng6 13. Bf5 b5 $146 {
Paradoxally that is a novelty, but it uses a typical Botvinik's middlegame
idea, seen first time in the famous game Botvinnik - Em. Lasker, Nottingham
1938. The difference here is the missing black Nc4.} 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Rfe1 h6
16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. a3 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. e4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22.
Nxe4 Be7 23. Nc5 Bf6 24. Qe4 h5 25. Rc1 h4 26. Nd3 Qd7 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxc8+
Qxc8 29. Qxd5 a6 30. Nc5 h3 31. Qd7 Qxd7 32. Nxd7 $11 Bd4 33. Nb8 f6 34. Nxa6
Bb6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 37. bxc5 $11 Ke6 38. g4 Kd5 39. Ke2 Kxc5 40.
Kd3 Kd5 41. f3 g5 42. Kc3 Kc5 (42... Ke5 43. Kb4 Kf4 44. Kxb5 Kxf3 45. a4 Kg2
46. a5 Kxh2 47. a6 Kg1 48. a7 h2 49. a8=Q h1=Q $11 50. Qa7+ (50. Qxh1+ $2 Kxh1
$19) 50... Kf1 51. Qa1+ Kg2 52. Qa8+ $11) 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Kc3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh5 {A simple continuation. The resulting position is more
pleasant for White but it is not so easy for him to break Black's defences.}
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 (11. O-O-O {is another plan seen in Aronian - Carlsen 
(Baden-Baden 2015).}) (11. Nf3 {is illogical and can be met with} Nf4) 11...
Nb6 (11... O-O {is premature: after} 12. O-O-O {White's kingside attack will
be more dangerous than Black's as the position of Black's king has been
weakened by ...h7-h6. E.g.} Nhf6 13. Rdg1 Re8 14. g4 Nf8 15. h3 b5 16. g5 hxg5
17. Rxg5 Bd7 18. Rhg1 Ne6 19. R5g2 b4 20. Na4 Kf8 21. Bf5 $40 {1-0 (39)
Kalesis,N (2395)-Paidousis,A (2135) Athens 1997}) 12. O-O ({Here, too,} 12.
O-O-O {is possible, e.g.} Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nc1 Kb8 15. Nb3 Bc8 16. Ka1 Nd7
17. Rc1 Nhf6 18. Rhe1 Qd6 19. h3 Rhe8 20. f3 Qg3 21. a4 Nb6 22. e4 $14 {
1-0 (52) Sakaev,K (2619)-Matsenko,S (2429) Budva 2009}) 12... O-O 13. Rae1 {
[%cal Yf2f3,Ye3e4,Ye2c1,Yc1b3] White starts preparing e3-e4, which is the
standard plan when he develops his knight to e2. It now goes to c1-b3 and then
possibly to c5 or a5.} (13. Rab1 $143 a5 $1 (13... Bg4 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bxe2
16. Nxe2 Rfc8 17. Qc5 Qc7 18. Bf5 Nc4 19. b5 $14 {1-0 (62) Macieja,B (2612)
-Simonian,H (2461) Warsaw 2011}) 14. Qb3 Qd8 (14... Qb4 $5 {M.Marin}) 15. Na4
Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bg4 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Qc2 Qg5 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. a3 Qh5 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Bf3 $5 23. gxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1
Qf3+ {1/2 (27) Leko,P (2737)-Adams,M (2740) Dortmund 2013 CBM 156 [Marin,M]})
13... Be6 (13... Bd7 {0-1 (54) Murdzia,P (2449)-Feygin,M (2512) Germany 2014}
14. Nc1 $1) (13... Re8 14. Nc1 Nf6 15. Nb3 Be6 (15... Qc7 $5 16. h3 (16. f3 $5)
16... Be6 {S.Smagin} 17. Ne2 $14) 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. f3
Rad8 20. Qf2 Nc4 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. e4 b6 23. Nb3 Qe7 24. e5 Nh7 25. b5 cxb5 26.
Nxb5 Nf8 27. Nc3 Qb4 28. Rc1 Bb7 29. f4 $36 {1-0 (72) Vyzmanavin,A (2605)
-Smagin,S (2545) Elista 1995 CBM 050 [Baburin]}) 14. Nc1 Rad8 15. Nb3 Rfe8 {
Black is well-prepared for White's play in the centre so White switches to the
queenside.} 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 $6 ({But here} 17. Ne2 {, preventing Black's
reply, was more accurate.}) 17... Nc4 $1 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. f4 (19. Bxc4 $142 dxc4
20. f3 (20. Qxc4 $2 Bh3) 20... Nf6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 21. Qxc4 Bh3 22. Rf2 Rxe3 $1
23. Rxe3 Qxe3 24. gxh3 Rxd4 25. Qb3 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 {- Black has
nothing better than a perpetual.}) 19... Qh4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. g3 $2 {[%mdl
8192] An unfortunate continuation, after which Black sacrifices a piece and
obtains a strong attack.} (21. Qxc4 Nxf4 $15) 21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1
(23. Qg2 Rxe3) 23... Qh3+ 24. Qh2 (24. Kg1 $2 Rd6 $19) 24... Rxe3 25. Nd1 Rxe1
26. Qxh3 Bxh3 27. Rxe1 b6 28. Ne4 Rxd4 {Four pawns are more than enough for a
piece; Black confidently converts his advantage.} 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Ndc3 Rd3 31.
b5 {This only helps Black to create a queenside pawn avalanche.} cxb5 32. Nxb5
Bd7 $1 33. a4 a6 34. Nc7 Bxa4 35. Nxa6 c3 36. Nb4 Rd4 37. Na2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 {[%cal Yf8e6,Ye6g7,Yc8f5] Hardly a
good continuation. Black plans a long manoeuvre in order to exchange
light-squared bishops but it is too slow.} 12. Rab1 {White allows Black to
carry out his plan but starts a minority attack on the queenside. Other
options:} (12. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 13. b4) (12. Ne5 $5 Ne6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g4) 12...
Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bf5 16. b5 (16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b5
axb5 19. axb5 {- game.}) 16... axb5 17. axb5 {White weakens Black's c6-pawn
and obtains a small but clear edge.} Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. Bxf6 (19. Bg5 Nd7
20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb3 Nd6 23. Rc1 Ra5 24. Rcb1 Rea8 25. Qd1 Kg7
26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Nc3 Nd6 28. Ne2 Ne4 29. Nc3 {1/2 (29) Walden,R (2434)-EmilV,R 
(2548) playchess.com INT 2007}) 19... Bxf6 20. Qc2 (20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfc1 (21.
Qc2 Nd6 {- below}) (21. Nd2 $5) 21... Ra3 (21... Nd6 22. Ne2 (22. Nd2 $5) 22...
Qd7 23. Nf4 Nc4 24. Nd2 Ra3 25. Qc2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Bg5 27. Nd3 Qf5 28. Rc3 Bxe3
$1 29. fxe3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Rxe3 31. Rd1 Qe4 $44 {1/2 (42) Cimicki,D (2107)
-Vesely,E (2164) Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) 22. Qc2 (22. Ra1 Qa8 23. Qd1
Nd6 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Nb1 Qa6 26. Nbd2 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qc2 Re6 29. g3 (
29. g4 $1 h6 30. Kg2 $14) 29... h5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Ne1 Be7 32. Ng2 Rf6 33. Nf4
Qa3 34. Kg2 $14 {1/2 (55) Georgiev,K (2676)-Onischuk,A (2658) Poikovsky 2001})
22... Qa8 (22... Nd6 23. Nd1 Ra6 24. Nb2 Qa8 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Qd1 Kg7 27. Nd2
Nxe3 $6 28. fxe3 Rxe3 29. Nb3 $14 {1/2 (57) Piesina,G (2400)-Sulskis,S (2470)
Vilnius 1995}) 23. Rb6 (23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Rb8 25. Qa4 Nd6 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27.
Ne2 Nc4 28. g3 Be7 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Kf8 32. Rc2 Ra6 33. Nc1
Ke7 {1/2 (46) Schindler,C (2262)-Espig,L (2293) Germany 2014}) (23. Ne2 Rc8 24.
Nf4 Nd6 25. Nd2 Ra2 26. Qd1 Qa6 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb5 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Nxb3
Be7 31. Nd3 Nc4 32. Nbc5 Kf8 33. Ra7 Bd6 34. g4 $14 {1/2 (67) Khenkin,I (2340)
-Dreev,A (2495) Borjomi 1988}) 23... Ne7 24. Ne2 Ra2 25. Rb2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Qa7
27. Nf4 Rb8 28. Qc2 Qa3 29. g4 h6 30. Qc5 Qb2 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. Nd3 Qe2 33. Qc2
Qxc2 34. Rxc2 $14 {1-0 (53) Khenkin,I (2633)-Bruzon Batista,L (2534) Cali 2000}
) (20. Ra1 Nd6 (20... Qd6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Ra6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 h5 24. Rc1 g5 25.
Ne2 $14 Re6 $6 26. Qd3 Re4 $2 27. Nd2 {1-0 (27) Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2534)
-Almeida Quintana,O (2426) Las Tunas 2001}) 21. Nd2 Bg7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfb1
Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qc7 25. Qa6 Rb8 26. Na4 Nf5 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. Nc5 $14 {1-0 (40)
Sokolov,I (2570)-Van der Sterren,P (2475) Amsterdam 1988}) 20... Nd6 (20... Qa5
21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Rb2 $5 (23. Ne2 Nd6 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Qd3 Qa6 26.
Qxa6 Rxa6 27. Rc2 {1/2 (26) Bologan,V (2686)-Onischuk,A (2670) Poikovsky 2008})
23... Nd6 24. Nd2 Be7 25. Ra2 Qd8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yf4d3]}
Ra6 28. Nf4 Qa8 29. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (40) Pelletier,Y (2604)-Gabriel,C (2560)
Switzerland 2003 CBM 098 [Pelletier]}) 21. Nd2 (21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd2 Nf5 {
- game} (22... Qd7 $6 23. Na4 Rad8 (23... Bd8 24. Rfc1 Nb5 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Nf3
Qd6 27. Nc5 Re7 28. Ra6 Nc7 29. Nb7 Qb4 30. Nxd8 Nxa6 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. Qxc6
$18 {1-0 (47) Kovalyov,A (2557)-Vavrak,P (2487) Benidorm 2009}) 24. Nb6 Qe6 25.
Qxc6 $18 {1-0 (50) Khenkin,I (2632)-Heberla,B (2525) Plovdiv 2012}) (22... Ra3
{- below})) 21... Nf5 {Creating a possible idea of sacrifices on e3 or d4.} (
21... Ra3 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne2 (23. Na2 Qa8 24. Nb4 Rc8 25. Nd3 Ra2 26. Qc1
Kg7 27. Rd1 Ra3 28. Qc2 Nb5 29. Rb3 $14 {1-0 (66) Xu,Y (2410)-Zhang,X (2228)
Zhongshan 2014}) 23... Qa8 24. Rfc1 Ra2 25. Rb2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Nf5 $6 27. Nf4
Ne7 28. Nf3 Rb8 29. Ra1 Rxb2 30. Rxa8+ Kg7 31. g4 $16 {1-0 (69) Khenkin,I 
(2572)-Asrian,K (2604) Moscow 2001}) (21... Bg5 $5 22. Rb3 Qd7 23. Rc1 Rec8 24.
bxc6 bxc6 25. Na2 Bd8 26. Nb4 Ba5 {(a good idea for Black to get rid of this
bishop)} 27. Qb2 Bxb4 28. Rxb4 Ra6 29. Nb3 Qa7 30. Nc5 Ra2 31. Qb1 Kg7 {
1/2 (61) Atalik,S (2593)-Savanovic,A (2435) Herceg Novi 1999}) 22. bxc6 bxc6
23. Na4 $2 {White completely underestimates Black's counterplay and suddenly
gets into trouble.} (23. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yf4d3,Yf1c1] was the right
course.}) 23... Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Qd1 Qa5 26. Ra1 (26. Nb2
Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nc3 28. Qc1 Nxb1 29. Nxb1 Qb6 {, and Black's pawns are ready to
move forward.}) 26... Qb4 {White's knight is cut off on the edge of the board.}
27. Nf3 $2 {Panic.} (27. Ra2 $5 {was the right defence. A possible
continuation:} Re2 28. Rb2 $1 Qxa4 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 (29... Kg7 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31.
Nb3) 30. Qxa4 Rxd2 $15) 27... Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Re5 {White's king is helpless as
his pieces are tied to his a4-knight.} 29. f4 (29. Nc3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Rxa1 31.
Qxa1 Qh4 $19) 29... Qxf4 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 d4 {Black misses a
forced win but his position remains strong enough.} (32... Rh5 $1 33. Qb3 Qe4+
$1 34. Kh2 Rg5 35. Rg1 Qe5+ $1 36. Kh1 Rxg1+ 37. Rxg1 Qe4+) 33. Rg1 Qxf2 34.
Rf1 Qe3 35. Rf3 Qe4 36. Raa3 Rb8 37. Ra1 c5 38. Kh2 c4 39. Qf1 Qd5 40. Ra2 Rbe8
41. Rf6 d3 42. Nc3 Qd4 43. Rxf7 Qxc3 44. Raa7 Re2+ 45. Kg3 d2+ 46. Qf3 Qxf3+
47. Kxf3 R2e7 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 (8. Rc1 {- see Aronian - Carlsen in CBM 154.}) (8. Rd1 {- see
Kasimdzhanov - Dominguez in this issue.}) 8... exd5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 {This
version of the Karlsbad structure (with dark-squared bishops already traded
off) should not be dangerous for Black. But, of course, a complicated fight
still lies ahead.} Nbd7 (10... Bg4 $6 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. f4 $1 Bg6 13. f5 Bh5 14.
Qf2 g6 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Qh4 {1-0 (19)
Kozul,Z (2577)-Tratar,M (2495) Rijeka 2011}) (10... Re8 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7
Bxd7 13. O-O Qd6 14. h3 Re7 15. b4 Rae8 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Re5
$13 {1-0 (73) Beliavsky,A (2630)-Nikolic,P (2620) Belgrade 1987}) 11. O-O (11.
h3 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rfe1 f5 14. Nh2 Qg5 15. f4 Qg3 16. Nf3 Re6 17. Bxe4 fxe4
18. Ne2 Qg6 19. Ne5 Qh6 $13 {0-1 (103) Nguyen,N (2588)-Xiu,D (2422) Subic Bay
2009}) 11... Re8 12. Rab1 (12. a3 Ne4 13. b4 Ndf6 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Nd4 Be6 17. Nce2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nce4 19. Qb2 Bd7 20. Qb4 Qe5 21. Nf3 Qd6 22. h3
h6 23. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (55) Anton,V (2616)-Sloth,J (2610) corr BdF 1996}) (12.
Rfe1 Nf8 (12... Ne4 $1) 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. a3 Rad8 15. b4 a6 16. f3 Bc8 17. Na4
Ne6 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Nb3 g6 21. Qf2 Rcd8 22. Rad1 $14 {1-0 (41)
Dydyshko,V (2525)-Daly,C (2357) Istanbul 2000}) (12. Rae1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Nd2 Nf6 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 $11) 12... g6 (12... b6 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. b4
Bb7 15. Bf1 f5 16. Qb3 a6 17. a4 b5 18. a5 Rf8 19. Ne2 g5 20. Qb2 Rae8 21. g3
$14 {1-0 (64) Romero Holmes,A (2524)-Cuartas,J (2435) Bled 2002}) (12... Nf8
13. b4 a6 14. Na4 (14. a4 Bd7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rfc1
Rec8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Bf1 Be6 21. Nd4 N8d7 22. f3 Nb6 $11 {1/2 (70)
Kalinitschew,S (2492)-Schebler,G (2467) Germany 2009}) 14... Ng6 15. Nb6 Rb8
16. Nxc8 Rbxc8 17. Bf5 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Ne4 19. a4 Qf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 (76) Schulz,K (2385)-Schebler,G (2486) Germany 2009}) (12... a5 13. a3 g6
$5 (13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 {1-0 (52) Iljin,T
(2416)-Gorbatov,A (2386) Alushta 2009} Bf5 $11) (13... b6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Bb7 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Rec1 Qe6 20. Ra1 Ba6 21. b5 Bxb5
22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Qb2 Qd5 $11 {1/2 (39) Flear,G (2527)-Arkell,K (2521)
Hastings 2002}) 14. Na4 (14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. Rfe1 {1/2 (40) Gabriel,C 
(2540)-Arkell,K (2479) Fuegen 2006} Nb6 17. e4 Be6 $11) 14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 Qxe4
16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Rbc1 Re8 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. f3 h5 21. h4 Kg7 22.
Kf2 Nd7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Red8 25. Nb3 a4 26. Nc1 Rd6 $11 {1-0 (65) Legky,
N (2507)-Bischoff,K (2564) France 2003}) (12... Ne4 13. b4 a6 (13... g6 14. b5
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qa3 b6 20. Be2 Ne6
21. Qxe7 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxe7 $11 {1/2 (48) Khanukov,B (2346)-Kholmov,R (2427)
Arco 2001}) 14. a4 (14. Rfc1 Ndf6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18.
Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qe4 {1/2 (19) Eingorn,V (2530)-Psakhis,L (2540) Kharkov 1985}
) 14... Ndf6 15. Ne5 {1/2 (40) Gheorghiu,F-Robatsch,K Vinkovci 1968} Bf5 16.
Ne2 g6 $11 {[%cal Ye4d6]}) 13. b4 b6 (13... a5 $5 14. b5 c5 {(recommended by
GM Evgeny Gleizerov) - a typical idea of counterplay in this structure.}) 14.
a4 (14. Qe2 a5 15. b5 c5 16. Rbc1 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qb2 c4 19. Bf1 Qb4 20.
Rb1 Qd6 21. Qc2 Ne4 22. g3 Ndf6 23. Bg2 {1/2 (23) Braun,A (2463)-Bischoff,K 
(2555) Bad Zwesten 2005}) (14. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4] (E.Gleizerov) gains in
strength after ...b7-b6:} Bb7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd6 18. Bc4
$14 Nf6 $140 19. Re5 Nd7 20. Re2 Nf6 21. Ng5 $1) 14... a5 15. bxa5 (15. b5 c5 {
is now even safer for Black than in Braun - Bischoff.}) 15... Rxa5 16. Rfd1 Bb7
{Black's position is very solid. White's only plan for a breakthrough is e3-e4
but now it is difficult to prepare.} 17. h3 Rea8 18. Nd2 Ba6 {[%mdl 32] Black
weakens the c6-pawn but getting rid of this passive bishop is more important.}
19. Nb3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 R5a6 21. Rdd1 Qe6 22. Nc1 Ne4 23. N1a2 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Nf6
25. Ne2 Nd7 26. Rbc1 (26. Rdc1 c5 $5) 26... Rc8 27. Qb3 Rca8 28. Qc2 Rc8 29.
Qb3 Rca8 30. Qc3 Nb8 $6 (30... Rc8 $142 {The knight should rather protect the
b6-pawn. Of course, the exchange of the b6- or c6-pawn for White's a4-pawn
will be unfavourable for Black. If} 31. Qb4 {then} Ra5 32. Rd2 (32. Nf4 Qf6)
32... Qf6 33. Nf4 Rca8 {- White can't make any progress.}) 31. Qb4 Nd7 32. Nf4
Qf6 33. Qc3 Nb8 (33... Rc8 {is already impossible in view of} 34. Nxd5) 34. Qb4
Nd7 35. Qc3 Nb8 36. Rb1 Qd6 37. Rdc1 {[%cal Yf4d3,Yd3b4]} Rxa4 {Black finally
has to make this concession. Fortunately, White's advantage (Black's backward
c6-pawn) is still insufficient for a victory.} 38. Rxb6 Rc4 39. Qe1 (39. Qb2 $5
Nd7 40. Rb7) 39... Nd7 40. Rbb1 Rxc1 (40... c5 $5 {is probably simpler.
Black's isolated d5-pawn will not be a decisive factor, and if} 41. Rxc4 dxc4
42. d5 Nf6 43. Rd1 {then he gets good counterplay after} Ra3) 41. Qxc1 Rb8 42.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 {[%mdl 4096] This endgame should not be lost for Black but White
can torture him for a long time.} 43. Qb2 Nd7 44. Qb7 Kg7 45. Nd3 h5 46. Nb4
Qb8 $1 {The exchange of queens makes Black's task easier.} 47. Qxb8 (47. Qxd7
Qxb4 48. Qxc6 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qxf2 50. Qxd5 Qxe3 $11) 47... Nxb8 48. h4 f6 49. f3
g5 50. Kh2 Kg6 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Kh3 Kg6 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. g4 Kh6 55. f4 Kg6 56.
Kg3 Kh6 57. Kf3 (57. fxg5+ Kxg5 58. gxh5 Kxh5 59. Kf4 Kg6 60. Ke5 Nd7+ 61. Kd6
Nf6 62. Kxc6 Ng4 63. Nxd5 Kf5 $11 {[%cal Yf5e4] E.Gleizerov}) 57... Kg6 58. Kg3
Kh6 59. gxh5 Kxh5 60. Kh3 Nd7 61. Nxc6 g4+ 62. Kg2 Nb6 (62... Nf6 $142 $1 {
creating an unassailable fortress, according to GM E.Gleizerov.}) 63. Ne7 Kh4
64. Nf5+ Kh5 65. Kg3 (65. Ne7 Kh4 66. Kh2 g3+ 67. Kg2 Kg4) (65. Kf2 Kg6 66. e4
(66. Ng3 Nc4 67. e4 dxe4 68. Nxe4 Kf5) 66... dxe4 67. Ne3 {is equally
insufficient due to} Kh5 68. Kg3 Na4 69. Nxg4 Nc3) 65... Nc4 66. Kf2 Nd2 67.
Kg2 Nc4 68. Kg1 Nb6 69. Ne7 g3 $1 70. Kg2 Kg4 71. Ng8 (71. f5 Kg5 72. Kxg3 Kf6
$11) 71... Nc4 $1 {The simplest.} 72. Nf6+ Kf5 73. Nxd5 Ke4 74. Nc7 Nxe3+ 75.
Kxg3 Nf5+ 76. Kg4 Nxd4 77. Ne8 Kd5 78. Ng7 Ke4 79. Nh5 Kd5 80. f5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. h3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 {A classic plan preparing ...Bc8-f5.}
12. O-O-O {White chooses to continue development allowing the exchange of
bishops.} (12. g4 {is a usual reply, to which Black can play} Be6 13. O-O-O Nd7
{A classic example:} 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd1 a4
19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 Qa5 $132 {1/2 (24) Hort,V (2540)-Beliavsky,A 
(2640) Munich 1991}) 12... Bf5 13. g4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O (14... Nd7 {is
possible here, too, but Black's problem is that he can't push ...c6-c5 since
his d5-pawn will be hanging. A practical example:} 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Bb4 17.
Rc1 Ne6 18. Nd2 O-O 19. h4 b5 20. h5 Rfc8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f4 $40 Bxc3 23.
Rxc3 b4 24. Rcc1 Qb5 25. Qxb5 (25. Qb3 $5) 25... cxb5 26. f5 Nef8 27. Bd6 $16 {
1-0 (52) Kraidman,Y (2460)-Bleiman,Y (2455) Netanya 1975}) (14... Ne6 15. Bg3
Qa5 16. Kb1 Rf8 $6 (16... O-O $142 17. Ne5 Bb4) 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19.
e4 Bb4 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Ne2 Rac8 22. Qb3 b6 23. f4 Rc4 24. a3 Bd6 25. f5 Nc7
26. Bxd6 Kxd6 27. Qg3+ Kd7 28. Rhe1 $16 {1/2 (36) Tavadian,R (2200)-Ubilava,E 
(2455) Yerevan 1981}) 15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. h4 {[%mdl 160] White starts an
attack, and is it not so easy for Black to create counterplay.} Ne6 (16... h5 {
may be a better option than allowing h4-h5. E.g.} 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Rdg1 Qe7
19. Rg2 Rfd8 20. Rhg1 Rac8 {[%cal Yc6c5] , and White has no decisive blow.})
17. Kb1 Rc8 18. g5 (18. h5 $5 c5 19. Ne5) 18... Bg7 19. Ne5 Nc5 $6 (19... c5 {
is more logical}) 20. Qc2 b5 21. f4 b4 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 {[%cal Yh4h5]}) 22.
Nxd5 $1 cxd5 23. dxc5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 {Black must now defend very accurately.}
Re8 25. h5 Qd7 $1 (25... Rxe5 $2 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rxh7 Kxh7 28. Qh2+) 26. hxg6
fxg6 27. e4 (27. Qh2 Rxc5 28. e4 {is unclear due to} Rc7 $1 29. Rxd5 (29. exd5
Qf5+) 29... Qg4) 27... Rxe5 28. Rd4 Qf7 $1 29. c6 dxe4 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rxe7
Qxe7 32. Qc4+ Kg7 $2 {After a number of good moves Black commits a decisive
mistake, which White, however, doesn't exploit at once.} (32... Kh8 $1 33. Rd1
(33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Re1 Re8) 33... e3 $1 34. Rd7 Qe5 35. Rd5 Qg7 $1
{, and Black holds his ground.}) 33. Qd4+ $2 (33. Rd1 $1) 33... Kg8 34. Qc4+
Kg7 $2 (34... Kh8 $1) 35. Rd1 $1 {The rook powerfully joins the attack.} Qxg5 (
35... Rc7 36. Rd5 $1 e3 37. Qd4+ Kf7 (37... Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Qd5+ Qe6 40.
Rf8+) 38. Re5 Qf8 39. Rxe3 {, and Black is helpless without his passed pawn.})
36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd7 Qf5 38. c7 e3+ 39. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Ne4 $6 {A pawn sacrifice for the bishop pair is
quite popular in modern chess - maybe the influence of Rybka? But this one is
too odd. White gets a strong centre and a solid position.} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bf8 {A logical but too passive move.} (13... Qf5 14. Bxe7
Rxe7 15. Nfd2 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. Kg1 Nb4 18. Qb3 a5 19. Nd6 Qd3 20. Nxc8 Rxc8
21. Nc4 Qxb3 22. axb3 b5 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nf5 Re6 25. g4 $16 {1/2 Van Wely,L 
(2655)-Piket,J (2630)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/[ChessBase] (52)}) (13... Nf8 $6 {
has been seen in practice, too:} 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Kg1 $1 Qf5 16. Nfd2 $16 {
1/2 Vybiral,Z (2206)-Vevera,R (1966)/Klatovy 2005/CBM 107 ext (27)}) 14. Bf4 $2
{White wrongly ignores the pin, after which Black obtains excellent
counterplay.} (14. Kg1 Qf5 $1 (14... Nb6 15. Nc5 Nd5 16. a3 h6 17. Bh4 $16 {
1-0 Vybiral,Z (2245)-Lacina,A (2250)/Prague 2001/EXT 2003 (55)}) 15. Nfd2 Bb4
16. g4 Qg6 17. f4 Bxd2 18. f5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxe3+ 20. Kg2 Bxg5 $13) (14. Nc3 $1
{is good enough to keep a clear advantage.} Nb6 (14... b5 15. Kg1 Nb6 {1-0
Videki,S (2385)-Robert,A (2225)/Biel 1990/EXT 1997 (37)} 16. Ne4 $1 Bf5 $140
17. Nf6+ $1 $18) (14... Bd6 15. e4 Nf8 16. g3 f6 17. Be3 Be6 18. a3 Rad8 19.
Kg2 Bb8 20. b4 $16 {1-0 Sedlacek,O (2445)-McLeod,S/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF
Telechess CBM 100 (53)}) (14... Bb4 15. e4 Nb6 16. Kg1 Be6 17. a3 Bd6 18. e5
Bc7 19. Bd2 h6 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. Rhe1 $16 {1-0 Klein,E-Sarabia Utrilla,J/ICCF
WS 2006/ICCF CBM 132 (55)}) 15. g4 (15. Bf4 $5 Nd5 (15... Bf5 16. e4 Bxe4 17.
Nxe4 Qf5 18. Nfg5 Kh8 19. Nf6 $1 {1-0 Khenkin,I (2609)-Glaser,S (1946)/Bad
Homburg 2008/CBM 124 Extra}) 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 $16) 15... h6 16. Bh4 Nc4 17. e4 b5
18. Kg2 Bb7 19. Rhe1 $16 {1-0 Lazarev,V (2445)-Mai,I (2185)/Meisdorf 1996/EXT
1997 (48)}) 14... Qf5 15. Nfd2 Nb6 $1 {Even stronger than} (15... c5 $5 16. g4
Qg6 (16... Qd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 cxd4 19. exd4 Nb6 $44) 17. Rc1 (17. d5 $6
b5 $1 $36) 17... cxd4 18. exd4 Nb6 $44) 16. Rc1 (16. Qb1 Nd5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Be5
f6 19. Bd6 f5 20. Bxf8 fxe4 21. Ba3 b6 $40 {[%cal Yc8a6,Ya6d3,Ya6e2]}) 16...
Nd5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Nd6 (18. Be5 f6 (18... Nb4 19. Qb1 f6 20. Bg3 Be6 21. b3)
19. Bd6 (19. Bg3 h5 $1 $36) 19... Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxe3 $1 22. Rxc6
Rd3 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxc8 Rxd2 25. Kg2 Rxb2 $15) 18... Rd8 $1 19. Qxg6 $2 (
19. Nxc8 $142 Nxf4 20. exf4 Qxc2 (20... Rxd4 21. f5 Qh6 22. Nb3) 21. Rxc2 {
[%csl Gc2]} Rxd4 22. Nxa7 Rxa7 23. b3 {and White should not lose.}) 19... hxg6
(19... fxg6 $1 {was even stronger, according to V.Yemelin. Black could have
made use of the f-file.}) 20. Nxc8 Nxf4 $1 21. exf4 Rxd4 22. Nb3 Rb4 $1 $17 23.
Kg2 (23. Nxa7 $2 Rxa7 {is bad for White; therefore Black keeps a queenside
pawn advantage, in addition to the advantage of his bishop over the white
knight in this open position; meanwhile, White's f4 pawn is doomed anyway.})
23... Rxc8 24. Rhd1 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Rb4 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rcd2 Be7 $5 {Black
concludes that White's invasion to the 7th rank is not too dangerous as the g7
pawn will be safely protected.} (27... Re5 $5 {[%csl Rb3] was also possible:}
28. Rc7 (28. Rd8 f5) 28... Rd5 29. Rxd5 (29. Re2 f5 30. g5 f4 $1 31. h4 f3+ 32.
Kxf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 Rxh4 34. Rxb7 Rxg5+ 35. Kf3 Rh3+ $17) 29... cxd5 30. Rd7 Rb5
$17 {[%cal Ya7a5]}) 28. Rc7 Bf6 29. Rdd7 b6 $1 (29... Re2 30. Nc1 $1 Rc2 31.
Nd3 Rd4 32. Rxb7 Rd2 33. Nc5 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Bxb2 35. Nc5 $132 {[%cal Rc5e4]}) (
29... a6 30. Rxb7 (30. Rxf7 b6 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 30... Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Re2 32. g5
$1 Bxb2 (32... Bxg5 33. Nd4 $132) 33. Rb6 $132) 30. Rxa7 g5 $1 31. Rd2 (31.
Rxf7 Re2 32. Nc1 $1 Rd2 33. Rfd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Rxb2 35. Nd3 Re2 $17 {[%cal
Yc6c5]}) 31... c5 32. Ra6 (32. Rb7 c4 33. Nd4 Rd8 34. a3 Ra4 $19) (32. Rc2 c4
$140 ({but what will White do after, say,} 32... g6 {?}) 33. Nd2 b5 34. Rb7 $1)
32... c4 $6 {Black unnecessarily forces the game.} (32... Kh7 $5) 33. Nd4 Bxd4
(33... Rd8 $5 {but after} 34. a3 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} Rb5 35. Nxb5 Rxd2 36. Rxb6
Rxb2 37. a4 Ra2 38. Rc6 (38. Ra6 $143 $6 Be5) 38... Rxa4 39. Nd6 c3 40. Kf3 {
Black's victory is doubtful.}) 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096]} 35. Rd7 (35. Rxc4
Ree2 36. Kg3 Rxf2 37. Rxb6 Rg2+ 38. Kf3 Rbf2+ 39. Ke4 (39. Ke3 Rxa2) 39... Rf4+
40. Kd5 Rxc4 41. Kxc4 Rxa2 42. Rb3 Rd2 {should be lost for White.}) 35... c3
36. Raa7 Rf8 37. Rdc7 (37. Rac7 $143 c2 38. a4 Ra2 39. Re7 b5 $1 40. axb5 Ra7
$3 41. b6 c1=Q 42. bxa7 Qf4 {and Black should win, e.g.} 43. Rb7 g6 44. Rb6 Kg7
45. Rbb7 Rc8 46. Rbd7 Qf6 47. Rb7 Qc6+ 48. Kg3 Qd6+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Kg3 (50.
Kh2 Qf3) 50... Rc3+ 51. Kh2 Ra3 $19) 37... c2 38. Kg3 $2 {A big mistake as the
a2-pawn will now be lost.} (38. a4 $1 g6 39. a5 (39. Kh2 Rb8 40. Kg2 Ra2 $1 $19
{[%cal Yb6b5]}) 39... bxa5 40. Rxa5 Rd8 41. Rxg5 ({but not} 41. Raa7 $2 Rd1 42.
Ra8+ Kg7 43. Rac8 Rd2 $19 {[%cal Rd2f2]}) 41... Rd2 {[%cal Rd2f2]} 42. Kg3 $1 {
and there is apparently no win for Black, e.g.} Kg7 (42... Rxf2 43. Rb5 $1 Rg2+
44. Kf3 Ra2 45. Ra5 Rxa5 46. Kxg2 Ra2 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. g5 $1 $11) (42... Rb3+
43. Kg2 (43. f3 Rdd3 44. Rxc2 Rxf3+ 45. Kg2 Rxh3 $17) 43... Kg7 44. h4 $1) 43.
Rgc5 (43. h4 $5 Rxf2 44. h5 Kf6 45. Rgc5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Kg7 47. R5c6 {etc.})
43... Rxf2 44. Rb7 (44. h4 $5) 44... Ra2 45. Ra7 Rg2+ $1 46. Kf3 Rxa7 47. Kxg2
Ra2 48. Kf3 Kf6 {- that's why Black has played 42...Kg7 but...} 49. h4 $1 {
[%cal Yh4h5] with sufficient counterplay} ({not, however,} 49. g5+ $2 Ke6 50.
Ke3 Kd6 51. Rc8 Kd5 52. Kd2 Ra3 53. Rc7 Rxh3 54. Rxf7 Rh2+ 55. Kc1 Rg2 56. Rf6
Rxg5 57. Kxc2 Ke5 $19 {_|_})) 38... Rd8 39. Rxf7 $2 (39. Kg2 {was much more
stubborn:} Kh7 40. Rc3 Rd2 41. Rxf7 Kg8 $1 42. Rff3 (42. Ra7 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2
44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Kf3 b5 $19 {V.Yemelin}) (42. Rf5 $2 Rd1) 42... Rxa2 43. Rc8+
Kh7 44. Rf7 Rd8 (44... Ra8 $5) 45. Rc3 (45. Rcc7 Ra7 $3 46. Rxg7+ Kh6 47. Rge7
Rd6 $19) 45... Rd1 46. Rfc7 Rd2 {[%cal Rd2f2]} 47. Rf7 Kg8 $1 48. Rff3 b5 $1
49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Rf7 Ra8 $1 ({not} 50... Rd8 51. Rcc7 Ra7 $2 {now, due to} 52.
Rxa7 $1 c1=Q 53. Rxg7+ Kh6 54. Rgc7 $1 Qd2 55. Ra6+ Rd6 56. Rd7 $3 Qd5+ 57. Kg1
) 51. Rcc7 Kh8 $1 {etc.} 52. Rxg7 $140 c1=Q) 39... Rd3+ 40. Kg2 c1=Q {The
black king escapes to d8.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 {This system is very solid but passive. The fact that White's knight
can go to e2 instead of f3 is another plus for him.} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 {
A typical plan: ...Nh5-g7, ...Nd7-b6 and ...Bc8-f5. If White prevents that by
means of g2-g4, he weakens his kingside (...h7-h5!); in case of Ne2-g3 the
knight is placed extremely awkwardly there (and again ...h7-h5 is annoying).}
11. O-O-O (11. O-O {is another main plan:} O-O 12. Rae1 {[%cal Ye2c1,Yf2f3,
Ye3e4]}) 11... Nb6 12. Kb1 Ng7 13. Ng3 Be6 {Black is preparing long castling
so White usually gets ready for actions along the c-file.} 14. Rc1 {[%mdl 32]}
h5 {It is useful for Black to force h2-h4, where White's pawn will be
vulnerable.} (14... O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc3 {- the point of
White's plan! -} Rd6 18. Rhc1 Rc8 19. e4 $6 (19. Ra3 {forcing} b6 {looks more
logical}) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Rd5 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. Qb4 Ka8 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Ra3
Qc7 25. Rcc3 b6 {with an excellent position for Black} (25... Nxd4 $4 26. Rxa7+
{1-0 (26) Polak,T (2492)-Izsak,G (2444) Hungary 2013})) 15. h4 O-O-O (15... Nc8
16. f3 (16. e4 $5 {, making use of Black's delay in development, now deserves
attention}) 16... Nd6 17. Qf2 (17. e4 $1) 17... O-O-O 18. e4 Kb8 19. e5 Bf5 20.
Nxf5 Ndxf5 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. f4 f6 24. g3 Rhg8 25. Rc3 c5 26. exf6
Qxf6 27. dxc5 d4 $132 {1/2 (31) Baumegger,S (2419)-Stohl,I (2524) Austria 2012}
) 16. Na4 Kb8 (16... Nxa4 $5 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Rhc1 (19. Ra3 b6)
19... Rc7 20. Ra3 b6 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qa4 Rc7 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25.
bxc3 Qxh4 $11 {1/2 (53) Fowler,S (2181)-Taylor,M (2332) Swansea 2006}) 17. Nc5
Ne8 18. a4 Nd6 $6 (18... Nd7 $142 $1 19. Nxb7 (19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. a5 a6 21. e4
Nc7) 19... Kxb7 20. Qxc6+ Kb8 {, and White has nothing more than a draw after}
21. Qb5+ (21. Rc3 Nb6 22. a5 Bd7) (21. a5 Ndf6 22. Rc3 Qb4 23. Rhc1 Rd6) (21.
Ba6 Nb6 22. a5 Bc8 $1 23. Bxc8 Nxc8 24. Rc5 Ned6 {[%cal Ye7b7]}) 21... Ka8 {
[%cal Re8d6]} 22. Qc6+) 19. a5 Nbc4 {The knight will now be in danger of being
trapped but} (19... Nd7 20. a6 $1 {is also favourable for White.}) 20. Qc3 {
White misses a strong tactical idea giving him a clear advantage:} (20. Qa4 $1
{[%cal Ra5a6]} a6 $140 21. Qb4 {[%cal Rc5a6,Rb2b3]}) 20... Bc8 $6 (20... Ka8
$142 $1 21. Qb4 Rb8 $1 22. b3 b6 $1 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qa4 Nb7 $1 {although
after} 25. Kc2 $1 Ne5 $1 (25... Ncd6 $2 26. Ra1) 26. Nxe6 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Qxe6
28. Rc3 {White keeps an edge due to Black's pawn weaknesses.}) 21. Qb4 $1 {
[%cal Rb2b3] Black has no good way to save his knight without serious
positional concessions.} Ka8 (21... Qf6 22. Rc2) 22. b3 Nxa5 23. Qxa5 b6 24.
Qa4 bxc5 25. Rxc5 {[%csl Ra7,Gc5,Rc6] Black has no counterplay whatsoever, and
White gradually converts his huge positional advantage.} Bb7 26. Ra5 Nc8 27.
Ne2 Qc7 28. Nf4 Qb6 29. Kc2 Rhe8 30. Ra1 Kb8 31. Kd2 Re7 32. Qa3 Rc7 33. b4 Ba8
34. Ra6 Qb7 35. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3,Yc3a4,Ya4c5]} Nb6 36. Nc3 Rdd7 37. Ke1 Re7 38.
Ke2 Kc8 39. Qa5 Kb8 40. Qc5 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Nc8 41. Na4 Re8 42. Rb1 Rd8 43. Qa5
Nd6 44. Nc5 Qc8 45. Rb6+ axb6 46. Qxb6+ Qb7 47. Nxb7 Bxb7 48. Rc1 Kc8 49. f3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Nf3 Ng7 13. g4 Bd7 {Leaving
the e6-square for the g7-knight.} (13... Be6 {is a more common way to develop
the bishop in this typical position.}) 14. Kb1 (14. Nd2 $6 O-O-O 15. Nb3 Ne6
16. a3 h5 17. Na5 Kb8 18. b4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qg5 $17 {0-1 (35) Popovics,A (2434)
-Pap,G (2383) Budapest 2004}) (14. Ne5 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Kb1
Be8 18. h4 {1/2 (18) Sokolov,I (2580)-Andersson,U (2620) Haninge 1989}) 14...
O-O-O 15. Rc1 (15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Ng5 Bxe4
20. Rxe4 Nd5 21. Rde1 Nxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Rhe8 $11 {1/2 (59) Hermlin,A (2355)
-Lipsanen,E (2240) Tampere 1993}) (15. Rdg1 Kb8 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Bf5 $11 {
1/2 (80) Efanov,N (2398)-Khruschiov,A (2499) Cheliabinsk 2008}) (15. Ne5 Kb8 $1
16. Rc1 Bc8 17. Na4 f6 $1 18. Nf3 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 {1-0 (27) Salov,V (2575)
-Andersson,U (2600) Szirak 1987 CBM 003 [Ftacnik,L]} g5 $1 $132 {[%cal Yh7h5]
S.Makarichev}) (15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 (17... Rhe8 18. Qa5 Ne6
19. Rc3 Bc8 20. Ra3 b6 21. Qa4 $16 {1-0 (41) Rapport,R (2444)-Grabarczyk,M 
(2475) Marianske Lazne 2010}) 18. Rc3 Rc7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Ra3 b6 21. Rc1 c5 22.
Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Rhc8 24. Rac3 Ne6 $11 {1/2 (29) Speelman,J (2630)-Andersson,
U (2625) Lyon 1991}) (15. Qb3 {[%cal Ya2a4] is probably the most appropriate
plan:} Kb8 (15... Be6 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Rd6 19. Rc3 Rc8 20.
Rhc1 f6 21. Ra3 b6 22. g5 Rc7 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 $14 {0-1 (75) Epishin,V 
(2630)-Ivanchuk,V (2720) Tilburg 1992 CBM 032 [ChessBase]}) (15... Ne8 16. a4
Be6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. Be2 Nc7 20. Rc1 h5 21. g5 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 $14 {
1/2 (32) Ward,C (2485)-Parker,J (2510) England 1997}) 16. a4 Be6 17. Ne5 (17.
a5 $5 Nc4 18. a6 $14) 17... f6 (17... Rc8 $142) 18. Nxc6+ bxc6 19. a5 c5 20.
axb6 c4 21. bxa7+ Ka8 22. Qb6 Rd6 {0-1 (46) Peralta,F (2591)-Kogan,A (2572)
Catalunya 2012} 23. Qb4 cxd3 24. Na4 $44) 15... Kb8 16. a4 {Without the
preparatory Qc2-b3.} (16. Ka1 Ne8 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Ng3 Rhe8 19. g5 Be6 20. h4
Nd7 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Nb3 Bg4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Ne4 {1/2 (24) Wojtaszek,R 
(2701)-Landa,K (2644) Haguenau 2013}) 16... Nc8 $6 {A clear concession.} (16...
Qb4 $5 {is principled; the position after} 17. Ne5 {[%cal Yd3e2,Ye5d3] needs
detailed analysis.}) 17. a5 Nd6 (17... a6 {is probably more cautious but after}
18. Qb3 Ka8 19. Na4 {White keeps the initiative.}) 18. a6 b6 19. e4 (19. Ne5
$142 $1 Rc8 (19... Ne6 20. Na2 Rc8 21. Nb4 Nd8 22. e4) 20. e4 (20. Na2 $143 c5)
20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Be8 22. Qc3 $36) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 $1 21. Nxd6 {
This exchange makes Black's life a bit easier.} (21. Ng3 $5 fxg4 22. Ne5 Rc8
23. hxg4) 21... Qxd6 22. Ne5 Rhf8 23. Qc4 {White could have arranged his
pieces in a better way.} (23. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Re5f7]} Ne6 (23... fxg4 24. hxg4) (
23... Qxd4 24. Rhe1 {[%cal Rc1d1]}) 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rhe1 $14) 23... Rc8 $6 {
And Black fails to find the best arrangement, too.} (23... Be8 $1 24. Nxc6+
Qxc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxd4 {should be a draw.}) 24. Rhe1 Be8 25. Rc2 (25.
g5 $5) 25... fxg4 26. hxg4 Rf4 $2 (26... b5 27. Qb3 Qxd4 $2 28. Bxb5 $1 cxb5
29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Qc2+ Kb8 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Qe4 Qb6 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Qd8
35. Qe5+ Ka8 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. Qd5+ Kb8 38. Rc6 Qd8 39. Qxb5+ $18) (26... Rc7
$142 $14) 27. Be4 $2 {After this move the game becomes unclear. Meanwhile,
White could have won material:} (27. Qg8 $1 Qc7 (27... Qf8 28. Qxh7) 28. Qxh7
Rxd4 29. Bxg6) 27... Ne6 28. Rd2 Ng5 29. Bh1 h5 $6 (29... Nf7 $1 $13) 30. Qc3
hxg4 31. Qg3 Rf6 $6 (31... Nh3 32. f3 $1 Rf6 33. fxg4 Nf4 34. g5 $16) 32. Qxg4
$6 (32. Rde2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5g4,Rg3g4,Ge2e8]}) 32... Ne6 33. Rc1 $2 {This
passive move gives away White's advantage once again.} (33. d5 $1 {[%cal Re5c4]
} Nc7 (33... cxd5 34. Rxd5 Qc7 35. Rd2 {[%cal Rg4e4,Rg4g2]}) 34. Nc4 Qb4 35.
Qd4 Rf8 36. dxc6 $16) 33... g5 34. Rc4 Rf4 35. Qg3 Rc7 36. Qc3 b5 37. Nxc6+
Bxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Rxd4 40. Bb7 Qd7 41. Rc2 Rc4 42. Qe5+ Nc7 43. Rxc4
bxc4 {[%mdl 4096]} 44. Kc1 Qe6 $6 (44... Qe8 $1 {was a safer way for Black to
keep his ground:} 45. Qxe8+ Nxe8 46. Kd2 Nd6 47. Bd5 (47. Kc3 Nxb7 48. axb7
Kxb7 49. Kxc4 Kc6 $11) 47... Kc7 48. Kc3 Kb6 49. Kd4 Kb5 50. Ke5 Nc8 51. Kf6
Nb6 $132 {After the text move White wins a pawn.}) 45. Qxe6 Nxe6 46. Bd5 Nc5
47. Bxc4 g4 $2 {Black trades the kingside pawns but his knight gets trapped.} (
47... Ne4 $142 48. f3 Nf6 (48... Nd6 $143 49. Bd5) 49. Kd2 Kc7 {- White can
hardly win here.}) 48. Kd2 {[%cal Rd2e3,Re3f4]} g3 49. fxg3 Ne4+ 50. Ke3 Nxg3
51. Kf4 Nh5+ 52. Kg5 Ng3 (52... Ng7 53. Bf7 {[%cal Rg5g6]}) 53. Bd3 Nh1 54. Kf4
{[%cal Rf4f3]} Nf2 55. Bc2 {[%cal Rf4g3]} (55. Bc2 Nh3+ 56. Kg4 Ng1 57. Bd3 $18
{[%cal Yg4g3,Yg3g2]}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 {A standard plan of preparing e3-e4.} g6
{[%cal Yf8e6] Practice has seen 20(!!) various continuations for Black in this
position. The most common of them, besides the text move, are:} (11... Be6) (
11... Nh5) (11... Ng6) (11... h6) (11... c5) 12. Rae1 {An obvious move but its
value is questionable, as shown in the present game. White should rather play}
(12. Rad1 {, overprotecting the d4-pawn in view of e3-e4}) ({or first} 12. Kh1)
12... Ne6 13. Bh4 (13. Bh6 $5) 13... b6 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yc8b7,Ya8c8] A
relatively new but good plan.} (13... Ng7 {is hardly appropriate here as ...
Bc8-f5 can be met with e3-e4. A recent example:} 14. Kh1 Nf5 15. Bf2 c5 16.
Bxf5 $5 Bxf5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Be6 (19... Bd7 20. e5) 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rc1 Ng4 23. Bg1 Bg5 24. Rcd1 Qc6 {1-0 (30) Gretarsson,H 
(2507)-Lagerman,R (2315) Glasgow 2012} 25. Ne2 $1 $36) (13... c5 {is clearly
premature due to} 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5 {[%csl Rd5]}) ({The exchange of
bishops by means of} 13... Nh5 {doesn't solve any problems:} 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15.
Qd2 Re8 16. Bc2 Nhg7 17. Rd1 Nf8 18. e4 Be6 19. Kh1 $14 {1-0 (45) Gonzalez
Vidal,Y (2475)-Bautista Sanchez,J (2223) Barbera del Valles 2007}) (13... Bd7
$5 {[%cal Ya8c8] needs more tests although in the following game White (a
strong GM) outplayed his opponent:} 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Qb1 a5 $6 16. e4 dxe4 17.
fxe4 Ng4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h3 Qh4 20. Kg1 Nh6 21. Qc1 Ng5 22. Rf4 Nxh3+ 23.
gxh3 Qxh3 24. Rf2 Ng4 25. Nf4 $1 Qh4 26. Rg2 $16 {1-0 (50) Georgiev,K (2666)
-Bellia,F (2418) Zaragoza 2011}) 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Qb3 $6 $146 {A new but hardly
promising continuation. However, it is not easy to suggest something instead.}
(15. Bf2 {is too slow:} Rc8 16. Bg1 c5 {etc.}) (15. Rd1 Rc8 16. e4 $6 dxe4 17.
fxe4 Ng4 18. Bf2 $8 (18. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%cal Rg4e3,Re7h4]}) 18... Nxf2+ (18... Bg5
$5) 19. Rxf2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Ba6 Qxf2 22. Qxf2 Bxa6 23. Rd7 Bc4 $44 {
0-1 (35) Kaufman,R (2333)-Lengyel,B (2251) Budapest 2010}) (15. Nf4 Nxf4 16.
exf4 Nh5 {1/2 (16) Genocchio,D (2446)-Recuero Guerra,D (2441) Presolana 2011})
15... Rc8 (15... c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd1) 16. e4 {That was the idea of
White's previous move but Black has prepared a strong reply.} c5 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
17. Bb5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 Nxd4 $15 {[%csl
Re3]}) 17... Rf8 (17... cxd4 $1 {was stronger and gave Black an upper hand as
White had no time to capture the e8-rook:} 18. Bxf6 (18. Bxe8 Nc5 $1 19. Qc2
dxc3 {, and White must give up a second piece for the rook as} 20. Bb5 a6 21.
Bd3 (21. b4 axb5 22. bxc5 d4) 21... cxb2 {is even worse for him}) 18... Bxf6
19. Nxd5 (19. Bxe8 $2 dxc3 20. Nxc3 (20. Bb5 cxb2 $19) 20... Nc5 $19) 19... Nc5
$5 (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 (20. exd5 Nc5) 20... Rf8 $15) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qa3
Red8 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 18. e5 $6 (18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 (19. Bf2 Nxc3 20. bxc3
cxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5 $15) 19... Nxe7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Ye7f5] is pleasant for
Black}) (18. Rd1 $142 {with unclear consequences, e.g.} g5 $5 (18... dxe4 19.
dxc5) (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a6 21. Be2 $14 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) (18... a6
19. exd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 axb5 $11) (18... c4 19.
Qc2 a6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. exd5 axb5 22. dxe6 b4 $44) 19. Bf2 c4 20. Qc2 a6 21.
exd5 Nxd5 (21... axb5 22. dxe6 b4 23. Ne4 Qd5 $44) 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Nc3 Qd8
24. d5 Nf4 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Nd3 27. b3 b5 28. a4 Rxc6 29. axb5 axb5 30.
Bg1 Bc5 $1 $13) 18... Nh5 {[%cal Ra7a6]} 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Rfd8 22. Qe4 cxd4 $17 {[%csl Gd4] As a result of the clash in the centre,
Black has a clear advantage: his rooks are centralised, his knights are strong,
and his passed d4-pawn can't be successfully blocked.} 23. f4 $2 (23. Nc1 $142
Nhf4 (23... Nc5 24. Qg4 Ng7 {[%cal Yg7f5,Yf5e3]}) 24. Nd3 Nd5 $17 {[%cal Yd5e3]
}) 23... d3 $1 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Qf3 Nhxf4 {Black has won a pawn and easily
converts his material advantage.} 26. Re4 Rcd8 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Ne4 d2 29. g3
Nh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Be2 Neg5 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Kg2 Qxe5 34. Bd1 h5 35. b4 Kg7
36. a4 Kh6 37. Qb7 Qe6 38. b5 Kg7 39. Qxa7 Rd5 40. Qa8 Rf5 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 42.
Qg8+ Kxf6 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kh7 45. g4 hxg4 46. Qxg4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 $5 {This sequence (...h7-h6 and ...Nf6-h5) is not very
common. The difference from the immediate 8...Nh5 can only be favourable for
White.} 10. Bxe7 (10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd6 $1 13. O-O-O Qa5 14.
Kb1 Bd7 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Na4 Bc8 19. Nbc5 b5 20. Nc3
Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ng4 $11 {1/2 (62) Kornev,A (2566)-Burmakin,V (2581) Nefteyugansk
2002}) 10... Qxe7 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 {is harmless due to} Nf4 12. O-O Nxd3 13.
Qxd3 O-O $11) (11. Be2 $5 Nhf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 a5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nd2 Nb6
16. Rbc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Nc8 18. a3 Nd6 $11 {1-0 (41) Darga,K-Struner,P Graz 1961})
11... Nhf6 (11... Nb6 12. Ne5 $1 {Here we see the drawback of the advance of
Black's h-pawn. Any attempt to push away this centralised knight by means of ..
.f7-f6 terribly weakens the light squares in Black's position.} Nf6 13. h3 (13.
Bd3 Ng4 14. Nf3 Be6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nfd7 $11 {1/2 (58) Mikrut,D (2356)
-Mastrovasilis,D (2608) Poland 2015}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16.
Kb1 Rc8 17. g4 Rc7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qh2 $14 {1-0 (44) Piket,J (2640)-San Segundo
Carrillo,P (2505) Madrid 1997 CBM 059 [Tsesarsky]}) 12. Kb1 Nb6 (12... Ne4 $5)
13. Bd3 (13. Ne5 {can now be met with} Ng4) (13. h3 $5 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 13...
Bg4 {[%mdl 32] A classic idea originating from Akiba Rubinstein. White's
doubled pawns will be less mobile than connected pawns. However...} (13... Be6
14. h3 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {... even here the position of
Black's pawn on h6 favours White: he can attack Black's g7-pawn, and in the
event of ...g7-g6 it will be more vulnerable to f3-f4-f5 (after h2-h4 to avoid
...g6-g5). In the game, though, White chooses a completely different plan.}
O-O-O 16. Qb3 (16. h4 $5 h5 17. Rcg1 g6 18. f4) 16... Kb8 17. a4 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Ya4a5,Ya5a6]} Rc8 (17... Qe6 $5 18. Ne2 $1 (18. a5 $143 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4
{[%cal Re6f5]})) 18. a5 Nbd7 19. e4 $1 Qe6 20. a6 b6 21. Qa3 dxe4 $6 {
Conceding the centre is not a good idea.} (21... Rhd8 $142 22. e5 Nh5 23. Ne2 {
[%cal Yf3f4]} g6 $14 {[%cal Yh5g7]}) 22. fxe4 Rhd8 23. Bc2 (23. e5 $142 $1 Nd5
24. Ne4 $16) 23... c5 $1 24. d5 $6 {White could have avoided the blockade:} (
24. Bb3 $1 Qh3 (24... Qg4 25. Rhe1) 25. Rhd1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) 24... Qe5 25.
f3 Ne8 26. Nb5 g5 27. h4 Nd6 28. Ba4 Nxb5 29. Bxb5 g4 30. Qe3 f5 $6 {There was
no point in opening up the position.} (30... Nf6 $1 $13) 31. fxg4 Nf6 (31...
fxg4 32. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf1f5]}) (31... Qxe4+ 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Rce1 Nf6 34. g5
Nxd5 35. Rxe4 $16) 32. Rce1 $6 (32. gxf5 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. Rhd1 $16)
32... fxe4 (32... Qxe4+ $142 33. Qxe4 Nxe4 34. gxf5 Nd2+ $1 35. Kc2 Nf3 {
keeping chances to survive.}) 33. Rhf1 Nxd5 34. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 35. Rxe4 $16 {
With a potential kingside passed pawn and the a6 "coffin nail" in Black's king
position, White has excellent winning chances.} Nc7 (35... Rc7 36. Re6 Rh7 {
is too passive.}) 36. Bc4 Rf8 (36... b5 37. Be6 Re8 38. Bxc8 Rxe4 39. Bb7 {
should be lost as well.}) 37. Ref4 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 b5 39. Bf7 Rd8 40. Rf6 Rd4 41.
Rxh6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Be6 (11... Ng6 {Tsesarsky} 12.
Bh2 Bd6 $14) 12. O-O (12. Ng5 $5 {Tsesarsky}) (12. Be5 {Tsesarsky} N6d7 13. Bg3
a6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qb1 (16. Rd2 $5 $14 {Hort}) 16... g6 17. a3 Qa7
18. Bf4 b5 19. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Georgadze,T/Porz 1981 (42)}) 12... Rc8
$5 $146 (12... N6d7 $6 {Tsesarsky} 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a4
a6 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Nb3 $1 Rc7 (18... Qxb4 19. Nc5 Qa5 20. Qb3 Nc8 21. Nxb7 $16)
19. Nc5 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1993 (38)}) (12... Ng6 {
Tsesarsky} 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. f4 Bd7 16. g4 c5 $132 {Kas-Heintze/
Hamburg/SW,15,14 1990/1-0 (51)}) (12... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 13. Ne5 (13. Be5 Bxe5
14. Nxe5 N6d7 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. g4 $36 {1-0 Boensch,
U-Delander,A/Berliner Sommer 1994 (40)}) 13... Nh5 (13... Qb8 14. b4 N6d7 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 $14) (13... Rc8 $5) (13... Qc7 14. Bh2 $6 (14. Rac1
N6d7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 $14) 14... N6d7 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Bf7
17. Rae1 a6 18. g4 c5 19. Qg2 cxd4 $1 (19... b5 20. g5 fxg5 21. Qxg5 {><e5})
20. Nxd4 Nb6 $132 21. g5 $6 (21. Kh1 $5 {/\ e4}) 21... fxg5 22. Qxg5 Qd8 23.
Qg2 Bc5 {/\ Re3} 24. Kh1 Qf6 $15 {Knaak,R-Kishnev,S/Miskolc 1989/0-1 (60)}) 14.
Bh2 f6 15. Nf3 (15. Be2 g6 16. Bxh5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf5 19. e4 Bxe4
20. Nxe4 Rxe5 $13) 15... g6 16. Rab1 Bxh2+ 17. Nxh2 $5 Ng7 18. b4 b5 $6 {
Eingorn,V-Soffer,R/Berlin 1990/1-0 (48)} (18... Rc8 $14)) 13. Na4 $6 (13. Ne5
c5 $1) (13. Bh2 N6d7 $5) (13. a3 $142 {Tsesarsky} c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rad1 Qe7
16. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Sadunashvili,L/GEO-chW 1990 (28)}) 13... Bd6
14. Ne5 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 14... Rc7 (14... Ng6 15. Bh2 (15. Nc5 Nxf4 16. Nxb7
$2 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qe7 $17) 15... c5 16. Nxc5 $1 Nxe5 (16... Rxc5 17. dxc5 Bxe5
18. f4 $16) 17. dxe5 Rxc5 18. Qa4 Ra5 (18... Be7 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qxa7 $14)
19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Rfc1 $14) (14... Nh5 {Tsesarsky}
15. Bh2 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qg5 17. Kh1 $14) 15. Rab1 (15. Bh2 Bc8 16. f4 Ne4 $1 $11)
15... Ng6 (15... Bc8 $5 $11 {/\16...c5,/\16...Ng6}) (15... Bc8 {Tsesarsky} 16.
b4 Ne6 17. Bh2 Ng5 18. Rfc1 Nge4 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. f3 Nxc5 21. Bxf5 Ne6 22. Bg3
$14) 16. Bh2 (16. Nxg6 {Tsesarsky} hxg6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 $14) 16... Bc8 (
16... c5 $5 17. Nxc5 Nxe5 $1 18. dxe5 Rxc5 $11 19. Qa4 $140 Ra5 20. Qh4 Ne4 21.
Qxd8 Rxd8 22. exd6 Nd2 23. Rfc1 Nxb1 24. Bxb1 Rc8) 17. Qc3 (17. f4 c5 $1 18.
dxc5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 {xNa4}) (17. Nxg6 $142 {Tsesarsky} Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 hxg6
19. Rfc1 Rce7 20. b4 Qd6+ 21. Kg1 $14) 17... Ne4 (17... c5 18. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 19.
Kxh2 cxd4 20. Qxd4 hxg6 $14) (17... Qe7 $5 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxe5 20. fxe5
Nxe5 $11) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc5 (19. Nxg6 {Tsesarsky} Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 hxg6 (
20... fxg6 $5 21. b4 Rf7 22. Kg1 $14 (22. b5 Qd6+ 23. Kg1 cxb5 24. Rxb5 b6 $1
25. Re5 (25. Qb4 Qf6 $17) (25. Nb2 Ba6 26. Nc4 Qc6 $19) 25... Rd8 26. Qc4 (26.
Rxe4 Qd5 27. Re5 Qxa2 28. Nb2 $132) 26... b5 27. Rxb5 Ba6 28. Nc5 Bxb5 29. Qxb5
$44)) 21. b4 $132) 19... Nxe5 (19... Bf5 $5 {Tsesarsky} 20. Rbc1 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qg5 22. e6 Rce7 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Bg3 b6 $132) 20. dxe5 Bxc5 (20... Bf8 {
Tsesarsky} 21. Rfd1 $16) 21. Qxc5 Be6 (21... b6 {/\22...Ba6} 22. Qd6 $11 (22.
Qc4 Qd3 $1) (22. Qd6 {Tsesarsky} Be6 $11)) 22. Rbd1 (22. Qxa7 Rd7 $44 {xBh2,
<->d}) 22... Rd7 23. Rd6 (23. Rxd7 {Tsesarsky} Qxd7 24. Qxa7 Bc4 25. Ra1 Rd8
26. Bg3 h6 (26... Ba6 27. Bh4 Re8 28. Qd4 $14) 27. Bh4 g5 28. Bg3 Ba6 $14 {(=)}
) 23... Qb6 24. Qa3 a5 25. Rfd1 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qb4 27. Qxb4 (27. Qxb4 axb4 28.
Rd4 $1 c5 (28... Ra8 29. Rxe4 Rxa2 30. f4 $1 $16) (28... f5 29. Rxb4 b5 30. a4
Ra8 31. b3 bxa4 32. bxa4 c5 33. Rb7 Rxa4 34. Be5 $18) 29. Rxe4 c4 (29... Bd7
30. Rc4 b6 31. Rc2 f5 $14) 30. Kf1 c3 31. Ke1 $1 Rc8 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Kd1 Ra8
34. Rd4 Kf8 (34... Bd7 35. Rc4 Rxa2 36. Rxc3 $16) 35. Kc2 Rxa2+ 36. Kxc3 Ke8
37. Bg3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Nf3 {This simple move has
recently gained popularity. White doesn't fear ...Bc8-g4.} (12. h3) ({and} 12.
Kb1 {are more common continuations.}) 12... Nf6 (12... Bg4 {was played in the
following well-known game. Black got a decent position but, surprisingly,
didn't find followers:} 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Rc1 Nfd7 ({Black doesn't dare to take
on f3:} 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O-O 16. Rhg1 {, and the g-file becomes an
important factor although practical tests are required here}) 15. Ka1 O-O-O 16.
Nd2 Kb8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qh4 19. Rcf1 Qf6 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Nb3 Rc7 22. Rc1
Rhc8 23. h3 Be6 $11 {[%cal Yc6c5] 1/2 (64) Aronian,L (2777)-Carlsen,M (2865)
Baden-Baden 2015 CBM 165 [CB]}) (12... Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Kb8 15. Na4
Nd7 16. Nxd7+ Bxd7 17. Ka1 Bc8 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. b4 $36 {1-0 (42) Urkedal,F 
(2537)-Sylvan,J (2330) Lund SWE 2018}) 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Ka1 {[%cal Yd1b1,Yb2b4]
[%mdl 32]} (14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Nb3 Kb8 16. Nc5 Nfd7 17. b4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19.
Ka1 f5 $13 {1/2 (25) Werle,J (2526)-Stern,R (2522) Germany 2018}) (14. h3 {
(unnecessary here) leads to a well-known position from the 12.h3 line.}) 14...
O-O-O 15. Na4 (15. Rb1 $5) 15... Kb8 {Black unnecessarily allows White's
knight to c5.} (15... Nxa4 $5 16. Qxa4 Kb8) 16. Rc1 (16. Nc5 $1) 16... Rhe8 (
16... Nxa4 $1 17. Qxa4 Ne4 {[%cal Ye6f5] , and Black is not worse.}) 17. Nc5
Bc8 18. b4 Ne4 19. a4 Nd6 20. Nd2 Qf6 (20... Qh4 $5 {was probably more
energetic.} 21. g3 Qf6 {is now favourable for Black.}) 21. Rhf1 Bf5 $6 {
Generally speaking, the exchange of bishops is favourable for Black in this
system. Here, however, White destroys Black's queenside and obtains an
advantage.} (21... Nd7 $5 22. a5 a6) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. a5 Nd7 $6
(24... Na8 $142 $1 {although after} 25. a6 b6 26. Nd3 {White keeps pressure.})
25. a6 $1 Nxc5 (25... b6 $2 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxc6) 26. bxc5 Kc7 27. axb7 Rb8
28. Kb2 Rxb7+ 29. Kc3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6] Black's queenside pawns (a7 and c6)
are now weak. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi confidently converts his advantage.} Rb5
30. Ra1 Kb7 31. Ra2 Ne7 32. Rfa1 Ra8 33. Nb1 Kb8 34. Ra6 Kb7 35. R6a4 Kb8 36.
Na3 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kc7 38. Nc2 Kd7 39. Nb4 f6 40. f3 {[%cal Re3e4]} f5 {[%csl Re5]
} 41. Nd3 Ke6 42. Ne5 Rc7 43. g4 $1 {White opens up a second front on the
kingside, which Black can't protect as his pieces are tied up.} fxg4 44. fxg4
h5 45. h3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kf6 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Rf7 Rg8 49. g5 Rb7 50. g6 (50. g6
Rc7 (50... Rgb8 51. Rxe7+ $5 Rxe7 52. Nxc6) 51. Kd3 $22 $18) 1-0

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1990.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Krogius,N"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 7/1990 Seite 27} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6.
Qc2 Be7 ({Sehr interessant ist} 6... g6 {/\ Bf5. Wenn} 7. Bxf6 ({Nach} 7. Nxd5
$2 Qa5+ $1 {könnte Weiss aufgeben. Darum ist der logische Zug 6... g6 spielbar.
}) 7... Qxf6 8. Nxd5 {so} Qxd4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Rd1 Bb4+) 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7
9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O a5 {Für die strategischen Pläne ist die
Stellung klar: Weiss wird am Königsflügel und Schwarz auf der anderen Seite
angreifen.} 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxg5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. g4 Be7 16. Rdg1 a4 17. h4
a3 18. b3 Bb4 $6 {Zweifelhafter Zug!} ({Logischer} 18... b6 {mit der Idee 19...
c5}) 19. Na4 $1 {Weiss steht nun besser.} b5 ({Das Qualitätsopfer} 19... Rxa4 {
wäre verfehlt, z.B.} 20. bxa4 Qa5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. g5 h5 24. g6 $1)
20. Nc5 Bxc5 ({Wenn} 20... Bc8 {so} 21. Ng5 h6 22. Bh7+ {und gewinnt.}) 21.
dxc5 $6 ({Besser war} 21. Qxc5 {Denn nach} Qf6 22. Rh3 $1 ({nur nicht} 22. Be2
$2 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 Qf5+) 22... Bd7 23. g5 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rhh1 {verbleibt
bei Schwarz der schwache Bauer c6 ohne besonderes Gegenspiel.}) 21... b4 22.
Nd4 Bd7 23. g5 Qe7 24. Rg3 Ra5 25. Rc1 g6 26. h5 $6 {Zu optimistisch und
einseitig!} ({Viel stärker war} 26. Rf3 {und 27. Rf6. Erst jetzt kommt Schwarz
zu ernsthaften Gegenchancen.}) 26... Ne6 $1 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 $1 28. hxg6 fxg6 29.
Bxg6 $6 {Weiss hofft so auf einen schnellen Sieg,} Qg7 $3 {Dieser starke
Zwischenzug reisst Weiss aus seinen Illusionen. Es droht 30... Rxc5.} ({
nach etwa} 29... hxg6 $2 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Rh1 $1 Qg7 32. Rf3+ Bf7 33. Rh8+
Qxh8 34. Qxf7# {Aber ...}) 30. Bd3 ({Wenn} 30. Bxe8 $2 {so} Bf5 31. e4 Bxe4 $1
{mit Gewinn.}) 30... Rxc5 31. Qd2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Rf8 ({Weniger klar} 32... c5
33. f4 c4 34. bxc4 dxc4 35. Bxc4 $1) 33. f4 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Rg2 Qg6 36.
Qc2 d4 ({Oder} 36... Qh5 37. Rd2 {Darum forciert Schwarz den Übergang in ein
Turmendspiel.}) 37. exd4 Rxf4 38. Qxg6+ hxg6 39. Re2 $2 {Erst dieser letzte
Fehler führt zu unabwendbaren Niederlage.} ({Richtig war} 39. Rc2 $1 {Denn das
mögliche Bauernendspiel nach} Rf1+ 40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kxc1 Kf7 42. Kc2 Ke6 43.
Kd3 Kf5 44. Kc4 Kxg5 45. Kc5 Kf5 46. Kxc6 g5 47. d5 {würde Remis enden. 39.
Re2 ist ein entscheidender Tempoverlust.}) 39... Kf7 $1 40. Kc2 Rxd4 41. Rf2+
Ke7 42. Re2+ Kd6 43. Rf2 Ke5 44. Rf6 Rd6 45. Rf8 Kd4 46. Rf4+ Kc5 47. Rc4+ Kb5
48. Rf4 Rd5 49. Rg4 c5 50. Rg2 Kc6 {Der König auf dem Weg nach f5.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My opponent is an excellent 1.e4 player, so it felt like a good decision to
try 1.d4 and at the same time avoid a possible Berlin Wall. Which had anyway
blocked me enough in this tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Inviting the
Nimzo...} d5 {...no,thanks!} 4. cxd5 exd5 {In my preparation I had anticipated
3...d5, but expected Arkady to play 4...Nxd5 here.} 5. Bg5 c6 {We ended up in
some classical Queen's Gambit. I am not revealing any big secret, if I remark
that neither of us is a big expert of it! A typical situation in modern chess!}
6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 {Heading for the Carlsbad structure.} ({
Last year in the same tournament Adams played} 8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
{against me. The position is full of small nuances. It is impossible to say
what is best. In some positions Black prefers the pawn to be on h6, but
sometimes it is better to have the h7-g6 structure. It is a matter of taste or
analysis?}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nhf6 {This is not very standard, 10...g6 or
10...Nb6 are played much more frequently. However I had the feeling that my
opponent did not want to touch his kingside pawns till I decided where I would
put my king.} 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rae1 {I was happy to choose this plan as I felt
that this is the most ambitious.} O-O 13. Nf4 {It took me quite some time to
decide to put my knight on f4 or to continue with the standard Nc1 plan.
Finally I convinced myself that normally White plays Nc1 because usually the
black knight is on h5 and the knight can not get to f4. In any case White
tries to prepare e3-e4 by playing f2-f3.} Bd7 $1 {A far from obvious move
played after long thought. After careful calculations Black understands what
is really going on in the position.} ({The lazy and natural} 13... g6 {could
have been answered by} 14. f3 $1 {and now after} g5 {the positional pawn
sacrifice is strong with} 15. Nfe2 $1 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 {and White gets a very
strong attack by simply playing Nd1, Qd2, Ng3, Ne3 and the weakness of the
f5-square and Black's king vulnerability will tell.}) 14. g3 $5 {This move
might look mysterious, but in fact I think it is fairly logical. White wants
to prepare f2-f3 without allowing the annoying g5-reaction.} ({I spent a lot
of time trying to make the immediate} 14. f3 {work, but in all the lines Black
seemed to be in time} g5 $1 15. Nh3 ({The same idea as before with} 15. Nfe2
Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 {is missing a crucial tempo in the variation} Rae8 17. Nd1 Qe7
18. Qd2 h6 19. Ng3 Qd6 20. Ne3 Qf4 $1 {and Black is in time!}) (15. Qf2 {
I even considered this bullet style move} gxf4 16. exf4 Qd6 17. Qh4 Kh8 18. Re5
{looks beautiful, but after} Rg8 {soberness prevails and there is no follow-up;
Qh6 can always be met by ...Ne4!}) 15... Bxh3 16. gxh3 Kh8 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Qf2
Nh5 {is possible but maximally double-edged. I had no intention to change the
character of the game so quickly.}) ({The other move was the immediate} 14. e4
{but unless it wins material it is better to refrain from such a move.} dxe4
15. Nxe4 Rfe8 $1 {and Black has nothing to worry about.}) 14... Qd6 {Again
best. The queen belongs here in any case, but it is not yet clear how to place
the rooks.} 15. f3 {Following the plan.} Rfc8 $2 {I was surprised by this move
and believe it to be a serious inaccuracy.} ({There was no reason why Black
should have not continued more naturally with} 15... Rac8 $1 16. g4 (16. Qf2 c5
) 16... c5 $1 {A far from obvious tactic that works with the rook on f8, but
it does not with the rook on a8!} 17. Qd2 ({The difference is in the line} 17.
dxc5 Qxc5 18. g5 d4 $1 19. gxf6 g6 $1 {and here Black is doing well! While
with the rook on a8 White has the stunning Be4 here as we will see in the
other line.}) 17... g6 {with a complex fight, but about equal chances.}) ({
It is very important to mention that the standard reaction to any f2-f3 is
usually c6-c5, but here it does not work yet because of a nice piece of
tactics.} 15... c5 $2 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ncxd5 $1 {and White wins a pawn!}) 16.
g4 {I really liked my position and did not want to simplify it. The computer
likes} (16. Qf2 {more, but I do not agree} c5 17. e4 (17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. e4 dxe4
19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 {also did not impress me at all}) 17... dxe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rab8 {and this is very drawish.}) 16... g6 {A necessary move.
Here the tactical solution with the immediate c6-c5 actually backfires on
Black!} (16... c5 $2 17. dxc5 (17. g5 $2 {runs into a nice refutation} cxd4 $1
18. gxf6 {and now both} g6 ({and} 18... Qxf6 {are good for black})) 17... Qxc5
(17... Rxc5 18. g5 d4 19. gxf6 dxc3 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Be4 {
is simply good for White}) 18. g5 d4 19. gxf6 g6 {and here comes the
incredible move} 20. Be4 $3 {and White wins material} dxc3 21. Bxb7) 17. a3 {
I had the feeling that I had a very good position, but over the board it was
very difficult to understand all the finesses.} ({The text move is a good
prophylactic, but it was the right moment to play} 17. h4 $1 {I wanted to play
like this as the plan h4 followed by Qh2 was screaming to be played, but the
real point comes much later} c5 18. Qh2 cxd4 19. exd4 Qb4 {was really
bothering as there is no good way to defend the d4-pawn and it falls with
check! (The reason behind my 17.a3 move) But the engines come up with an
excellent solution to the problem, just ignore it...} 20. g5 $3 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1
Ne8 (21... Nh5 {is also bad after} 22. Nce2 Qxb2 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Qf4 $1 {
followed by Ng3 is very strong}) 22. h5 $1 {and suddenly at a high depth the
computer already gives an almost winning advantage for White! If you do not
believe it, please check it out!}) 17... c5 18. Qd2 {Now unfortunately I had
to lose this tempo as Qh2 is not yet available. On the other hand Black has no
way to use this tempo.} {A sad decision as after this exchange it is obvious
that White will have long lasting pressure, but it was the best option. Now
Black is fully focused on exchanging as many pieces as possible to defend the
passive position.} cxd4 19. exd4 Bc6 $1 {The key idea of Black's defence.
Defending the d5-pawn by the bishop which anyway has no other prospects.} 20.
g5 {White had a couple of interesting options, it was difficult to decide
which gives the best chances.} ({I also considered} 20. h4 Re8 21. Qh2 {
now that ...Qb4 is covered} Rxe1 {Black exchanges as much as possible} 22. Rxe1
Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {and here} 24. Nfe2 {felt like some slight pressure, but I
wanted more.}) 20... Nfd7 21. Re2 ({As it turned out after the game} 21. h4 $1
{was strong here} Re8 22. Qh2 $1 {After all!} Nf8 23. h5 {and Black can not
exchange both rooks as the d5-pawn is hanging at the end! During the game I
had missed this small but very important detail!}) 21... Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe2 23.
Rxe2 Nf8 24. h4 Re8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. Qe3 {This was my idea and that is why I
did not play Qh2 at the end. I thought that at some point Qe5 might be a
threat.} Bc6 27. Kg2 ({The hasty} 27. Qe5 $2 {runs into} Qxe5 28. dxe5 Nfd7 {
and Black is fine.}) 27... f6 {It looks like Black has solved all his problems
and a draw is very close, but in fact the position is not that simple.} 28.
gxf6 $1 {A difficult decision, but a very good idea! At the end I felt that
this paradoxical decision gives me chances!} Qxf6 29. Kg3 {At first it looks
like there is nothing here, but if White gets Nd1-f2-g4 suddenly it looks very
unpleasant. We were down to 10 minutes each and with little time it is very
difficult to defend for Black. White's play is very easy while Black has to
take a difficult decision: to try just to sit and wait or try to do something
because there is no guarantee that by just sitting Black could hold it.} Kf7 {
A natural, good move.} ({I was hoping that my opponent would get impatient
here and go for} 29... g5 {when I considered} 30. Nh5 $5 {very dangerous for
Black} (30. hxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 {is solid and good})
30... gxh4+ 31. Kf2 Qd6 32. Qg5+ Ng6 33. f4 {and this felt very bad for Black.}
) 30. Nd1 {Following the plan.} Nbd7 {Defending such position is practically
always very difficult. With an engine's help Black could have probably saved
the game by playing ...g5 now, but it is very hard to calculate such lines.} (
30... g5 $1 31. hxg5 (31. Nh5 {This idea is again interesting} gxh4+ 32. Kf2
Qd6 33. Qg5 {looks again very promising, but with a long line the computer
holds it by some miracle} Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Nbd7 35. Ne3 Ne6 36. Qh6 Qg1+ 37. Kd2
Qg5 $1 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 {and apparently Black survives}) 31... Qxg5+ 32. Kf2 Nc4 {
I had seen this line during the game and assumed that I would be able to find
something, but not against a computer!} 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Nc3 {looks awful,
but Black is in time to start checking} Qh4+ 35. Ke2 Qh2+ 36. Kd1 Qh1+ {
and Black holds.}) 31. Nf2 g5 $2 {And now it is too late!} ({Black could have
exchanged some more pieces with ...Ne6, but after} 31... Ne6 32. Ng4 Qxf4+ 33.
Qxf4+ Nxf4 34. Kxf4 $14 {it is very dangerous. White has total domination
despite the little material.}) ({Best was probably to try} 31... Qe7 {when
White should keep the queens} 32. Qd2 {and the torture continues, but Black
has decent chances to survive.}) 32. hxg5 Qxg5+ 33. Kh2 Qe7 {Black's play was
based on this move,but as it turns out that the last moves only helped White.}
34. Ng4 $1 {Now I do not mind the exchange of queens!} Qxe3 35. Nxe3 {I think
Black is lost here as there is no defence against the White's king marching to
g5 when Black will end up losing a pawn sooner or later.} Nf6 36. Kg3 {The
king starts the march.} N8d7 37. Kh4 {Black has no defence. If Black tries h6
than Nf5 wins the h6-pawn right away.} Nb6 {Desperation in time trouble. Black
wants to get the knight via c8 to e7 or d6, but it is just not in time.} 38.
Kg5 Nc8 39. Ng4 $1 {Now it is over as Black loses the h7-pawn by force.} Nxg4
40. fxg4 Nd6 41. Bxh7 {The rest does not need any commentary.} Nb5 42. Ne2 Kg7
43. Bd3 Nd6 44. Kf4 Bd7 45. Nc3 Bc6 46. Nd1 Nf7 47. Ne3 Nd8 (47... Kf6 48. g5+
$1) 48. Bf5 Nf7 49. Be6 Nd6 50. Ke5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. h3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne5 g6 14. Ne2 Nh5
15. Bh2 f6 16. f3 fxe5 17. fxe4 exd4 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxg6 Qg5 21.
Bxh7+ Kg7 22. Nxd4 Rxe3 23. h4 Qh6 24. Rf2 $2 (24. Rf5 Kh8 25. Rg5 $16) 24...
Ng3 $19 25. Raf1 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Be6 $4 (26... Re7 27. Bf5 Qe3+ $19) 27. Bf5 $11
Bg8 28. Bc8 $2 (28. Bd3 Be6 29. Qc3 $11) 28... Bh7 $19 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 $2 (29...
Kh8 30. Qd2 Bxf5 $19) 30. Qxf5 $11 Kh8 31. Qd7 Rg3 32. Qxb7 $4 (32. Qe8+ Rg8
33. Qe5+ $11) 32... Rg8 $1 $19 (32... Qe3+ $2) 33. Bh3 Raf8 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35.
Qxa7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qxh4 38. Qe3 Qf4 39. Qe7 Qf6 40. Qc5 Qf1+ 41.
Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Re8 43. Qf2 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 c5 45. Bd7 Re7 $6 (45... Re5 46. a4
c4 $19) 46. Bc6 $17 d4 47. Bb5 Kg7 48. a4 $6 (48. Kf3 Re1 49. a4 $19) 48... Kf6
$19 49. b3 Re3 $6 (49... Ke5 50. Bd3 Kd5 $19) 50. Bc4 $19 Ke5 51. a5 Ke4 $4 (
51... Rc3 52. a6 Rc2+ $19) 52. a6 $11 Rc3 $4 (52... d3 53. Bd5+ Kd4 $11) 53. a7
$18 Rc2+ 54. Be2 Ra2 55. a8=Q+ $1 Rxa8 56. Bf3+ Kd3 57. Bxa8 Kc2 58. g4 Kxb3
59. g5 c4 60. g6 d3 61. g7 d2 62. Bf3 c3 63. g8=Q+ Kb2 64. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[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 {1h30} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 {[%csl Gf5]
Les blancs ont deux autres alternatives 6.e3 et Nf3 mais il vaut mieux
retarder la sortie du N pour garder l'option du plan Nge2} (6. e3) 6... Nbd7 (
6... Be7 {plus courant} 7. Nf3 g6 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 8. e4 (8. e3 Bf5 $132) 8...
Nxe4 9. Bxe7 {Karpov,A (2725)-Jussupow,A (2450) URS-ch55 Moscow 1988 (9) 1-0})
(6... Na6 $1 {[%cal Ga6b4]} 7. a3 Nc7 (7... g6 8. e4) 8. e3 Ne6 9. Bh4 Be7 10.
Nf3 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 12. O-O Bf5 $11 {Novikov,I (2500)-Sveshnikov,
E (2450) URS-chT Nabereznye Chelny 1988 1-0}) 7. e3 h6 {Un ordre de coups
assez rare mais c'est en fait, une simple transposition} (7... Be7 {la grande
ligne}) 8. Bh4 (8. Bf4 $143 $6 Nh5 $11) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O ({RR} 9... b6 10.
Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. f4 a6
17. Bh4 N6d7 18. Qf2 b5 19. Ne2 c5 20. Ng3 c4 21. Bb1 f6 22. Nf5 fxe5 23. Qg3
g6 24. fxe5 {Bacrot,E (2708)-Luce,S (2378)/Paris 2006/Mega2009 Update 10/1-0})
10. h3 $6 {1h24 A nouveau un coup trés rare et probablement prématuré, même si
h3 se joue dans la variante de Carlsbad mais beaucoup plus tard.} (10. Nf3 $142
) (10. Nge2 $142) ({RR} 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 a5 12. Nf3 a4 13. Rhg1 Nb6 14. Ne5
Bd7 15. g4 g5 16. f4 Ne8 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3 Nc4 19. Rdf1 Bf6 20. Qg2 Kg7 21.
Qh3 Rh8 22. Qxh8+ Kxh8 23. Nxf7+ Kg7 24. Nxd8 Nd2+ {Gurgenidze,B-Radovici,C/
Sofia 1958/MCD/1-0 (37)}) 10... Re8 $11 {[%cal Gd7f8] 1h30 Les noirs ne sont
pas surpris par le coup précédent des blancs et ils répondent а tempo} 11. Bg3
$6 $146 {Le plan des blancs est trés lent et pour garder le B de cases noires,
le MI vient de dépenser 2 tempi d'affilée.} (11. Nge2 {Kasyan,A (2267)
-Khamrakulov,D (2322) UZB-ch Tashkent 2007 (8) 0-1}) 11... a6 $6 (11... Ne4
$142 $1 {il faut essayer de profiter de l'avance de développement et le
sacrifice donne assez de compensations pour les noirs.} 12. Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qa5+ (14... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gb4d3,Gb4c2]} 15. Ne2 Qa5+)
15. Kf1 c5 16. Ne2 Be6 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2]} 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Kg1 {
[%cal Gg1h2]} Ba4 (19... Rac8 $36 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 20. b3 Bc6 21. Kh2 Ne4 $36))
12. Nf3 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 13. O-O $14 {1h14} Bb7 {1h28} 14. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d4]}
c5 15. Bf5 $5 {[%csl Gc8] 1h20 Anticipe Rc8} (15. Ne5 $14) 15... c4 {[%cal
Gb6b5] 1h21 Mobilisant logiquement la majorité de l'aile-dame} (15... g6 $2 16.
Bxg6 $1 $40) 16. Ne5 $14 b5 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Qd2 {51 mns} Bd6 19. f4 {[%csl Ge5]
50 Tente de jouer une structure d'attaque Pillsbury mais les blancs vont
ensuite jouer passivement et après la réaction des noirs au centre,
l'ukrainien va prendre l'avantage.} Qc7 20. Bh2 $6 (20. a4 $142 $1 b4 (20...
bxa4 21. Nc3 $132) (20... Ne4 21. Bxe4) 21. Bh4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rc1 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc1c4,Ge5c4]}) 20... Rad8 21. Kh1 $6 Ne4 $1 $36 22. Qe1 f6 23.
Bxe4 $6 (23. Ng6 $142) 23... dxe4 24. Ng4 h5 $1 25. Nf2 Kf7 $1 26. g4 $6 h4 $1
{[%csl Rf2,Rg3,Rh2] les blancs sont comlètement dominés Suite illisible et
gain noir au 50ème coup.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 13-14"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nhf6 $5 {Not a very popular line. The willing
knight retreat aims to prevent White from advancing the white g-pawn without
needing to support it with h3. The question whether the knight is really
better placed on g7 (after 10...g6 11.g4) remains open.} 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. h3 ({
The immediate occupation of the e5-square with} 12. Ne5 {seems to be premature
in view of} Ng4 13. Nxg4 (13. e4 $6 Nxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Ne2 Qxe5 16. Kb1 Be6
17. f4 Qa5 18. a3 c5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. e5 c4 22. e6 Ba4 {0-1 Aagaard,
J (2285)-Welling,G (2335)/Budapest 1992/EXT 2002}) 13... Bxg4 14. f3 $6 (14.
Rde1 O-O-O) 14... Qxe3+ 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Bxh7 Qf4 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. f4 Qxg2 19.
Rhg1 Qh3 20. Rxg7 Qxh2 21. Bf5 Qh6 22. Rdg1 Qf6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. f5 Qf6 25.
Qd3 O-O-O $17 {1/2-1/2 Huss,A (2325)-Kelecevic,N (2435)/Zuerich 1997/CBM 062
ext (45)}) ({However, it is not entirely clear whether White should prevent ...
Bg4 at such an early stage.} 12. Kb1 {[%cal Yd1c1,Yc3a4] looks entirely
playable, leaving the choice regardint the king side configuration for a later
stage of the game.} Bg4 13. Rc1 {[%cal Yf3e5]} Bxf3 14. gxf3 {This exchange
has only strenghened White's centre.} O-O-O 15. Qb3 Qe6 (15... Kb8 16. a4 Nc8
17. a5 Qc7 18. a6 $14 {[%csl Yc6]}) 16. a4 $1 $36 Ne8 17. Qc2 Kb8 18. a5 Nc8
19. Na4 $16 a6 20. Qb3 Ka7 (20... Ka8 $142) 21. Nc5 Qe7 {1-0 Matamoros Franco,
C (2467)-Valdes,L (2338)/Malaga 2001/EXT 2002 (29)} 22. Nxa6 $1 bxa6 23. Rxc6
Nc7 24. Rhc1 $18) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ka1 ({Later in the same match,
in rapid play already, Van Wely transferred the knight to b3 without any prior
preparation, possibly under the impression of our main game.} 14. Nd2 Ne8 15.
Nb3 Nd6 16. Nc5 $14 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2648)-Dreev,A (2694)/Khanty Mansyisk 2005/
CBM 111 (91)}) 14... Kb8 15. Rb1 $146 {It is not really customary to prepare
the minority's attack with this move when the king is on a1. In fact, White
will only keep the advance of the b-pawn as a potential threat, but never play
it effectively.} ({The new concept relies not in the move itself, but in the
fact that White refrains from the standard plan} 15. Rc1 g6 16. Rhd1 Rc8 17.
Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 {[%cal Yc1c3] . The main difference compared to the
positions where the black king's knight is placed on g7 becomes obvious after}
Ne4 $1 {[%csl Yc3,Yf2]} 19. Qc2 Nd6 {when Black achieves an optimal
regroupment with gain of time.} 20. g4 f6 21. Rg1 g5 22. Nd2 h5 23. Nb3 hxg4
24. hxg4 Rh4 25. f3 Rh3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J (2535)-Kosanovic,G (2437)/
Budapest 2001/CBM 082 ext (56)}) 15... Ne8 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Nb3 {In the lines
based on ...g6 and ...Ng7, the knight is usually transferred to e6, covering
the c5-square. Now, this square is vulnerable, which justifies White's plan.}
Qf6 18. f3 {It is not easy for Black to prevent WHite from putting his centre
into motion.} Rhe8 19. Rhe1 h5 20. Rbd1 h4 {We can see now that the early
advance of the h-pawn somewhat restricts White's possibilities.} 21. Qf2 Qg5
22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bxb3 24. axb3 f6 25. Bc2 Nbc8 26. Rd3 $14 {White has an
active position and can quietly prepare the further advance of either of his
central pawns.} Re7 27. Kb1 Rde8 28. Rf3 Rh8 29. Rf4 Qh5 30. Bd1 Qh7 31. Ka2
Nb6 32. e5 Ne8 33. exf6 Rxe1 34. fxg7 Qxg7 35. Qxe1 Nc7 36. Rxh4 Re8 37. Re4
Rd8 38. Qh4 Qg8 39. Rg4 Qf8 40. Qg3 a5 41. Rg7 Nba8 42. h4 Qf6 43. Rg8 Rxg8 44.
Qxg8+ Ka7 45. Qg5 Qxd4 46. Qxa5+ Na6 47. h5 N8c7 48. h6 b5 49. h7 Kb7 50. Bf3
Qg7 51. Nxb5 Qxh7 52. Nd6+ Ka7 53. Bxc6 Qc2 54. Nb5+ Kb8 55. Qb6+ Kc8 56. Bb7+
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff qual"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 c6 11. Bf4 $5 {If White intends to castle long in
this variation, he has to spend a tempo on retreating the bishop.} ({The
imemdiate} 11. O-O-O {is stronlgly met by} Ne4 $1) 11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rac8 {Black's play so far has been very
logical. He has completed his development and is ready to start active
operations along the c-file. In doing so he was helped by the fact that White
is basically a tempo down compared to the lines with the development of the
bishop on f4.} 16. g4 {It's a good question whether this move is well timed or
White should first take preventive measures on the opposite wing.} ({In
practice,} 16. Rc1 {has been sligthly more popular, with Black usually replying
} b6 {. Here is an example from the last years.} 17. g4 c5 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Nb5
Qd7 $6 (19... Qe7 $1 20. dxc5 (20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Rcf1 f6
$13) 20... bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rb6 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rxa6 25. Nd4
$13) 20. Ne5 $1 (20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rb6 22. Nc7 Reb8 23. b3 Qa4 $40) 20...
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Nd6 Nxf3 24. Bb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Khenkin,I (2579)
-Halasz,T (2382)/Recklinghausen 2001/CBM 083 ext (49)}) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5
18. Nd4 (18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nd4 a6 (19... Ne4 $5 $132) 20. f4 Bd7 21. g5 Ne4 22.
Bxe4 dxe4 23. h4 Bb5 (23... b5 $1 $132) 24. Ndxb5 axb5 25. h5 Ne7 26. g6 $1 (
26. Qb3 $6 b4 {0-1 Plischki,S (2366)-Zeberski,J (2338)/Olomouc CZE 2005/TWIC
562 (38)}) 26... hxg6 (26... fxg6 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Qf7 $40) 27.
hxg6 Nxg6 28. f5 Ne5 29. Qh2 $40) 18... Ne5 $6 $146 {This novelty will
eventually work out well but contains a tactical flow, typical for rapid chess
games.} (18... Bd7 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne7 (20... Nh4 $1 21. Qd3 (21. Qg5 Ng6
{/\ Re5} 22. Qf5 $11) 21... Ne4 $132) 21. Qd3 Nc6 22. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Yd5] 1-0
Lazarev,V (2501)-Tyomkin,D (2495)/North Bay 1999/EXT 2000 (51)}) 19. f4 $6 ({
Both players apparently missed the fact that after} 19. g5 $1 Nxd3 {White has
the strong intermediate move} 20. gxf6 $1 $16) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 $1 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Rc1 Qd5 24. b3 Bd3+ {After having occupied with the
bishop this excellent outpost, Black has at least an equal game.} 25. Kb2 h5
26. g5 a5 $132 27. Rc3 a4 28. Rhc1 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qd7 30. f5 axb3 31. Qxb3 b5
32. Rc6 Bc4 33. Qb4 Qd8 34. h4 Qb8 35. Qd6 Qa7 36. a3 b4 37. axb4 Qa2+ 38. Kc3
Ra8 39. Nc2 Qb3+ 40. Kd2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 {Traditionally
inserting ...h7-h6 was supposed to help White retreat with his bishop on a
safer square and simply weaken Black's kingside. But lately Black has
discovered a few positive aspects of this move.} 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3
Re8 10. Nge2 ({In my article for CBM 156 I examined the position arising after
} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 {when ...h7-h6 is useful.}) 10... Nh5 {This plan is
traditionally combined with castling long. But with the pawn on h6, Black can
also use it with the king on g8 already. The effects of ...h7-h6 are far from
one-sided. In the early phase it will ensure the king's knight some stability
on f6, but if White manages to carry out g2-g4, h2-h4 and g4-g5, weakening the
kingside may prove dangerous for Black. Black should not delay this knight
move as White might soon play f2-f3 (part of his main plan anyway) and then
answer ...Nh5 with Bf2.} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 {A half waiting move, but
already a partial committment to castling long. The way I understand it, White
intends keeping his king in the centre until Black plays ...Nbd7, in order to
avoid a later ...Na6 as in some lines below.} ({Kramnik had faced} 12. O-O {
in a blitz game.} Nd7 13. Rae1 ({Actually this position was known a long time
ago:} 13. h3 Nf8 14. Rae1 g6 15. e4 $6 {Black is well regrouped against this
pawn break.} dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. g4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Qd6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rd1 Bd5
21. Ng3 Ne6 $17 {Boutteville,C-Tartakower,S Paris 1954 (0-1, 42)}) 13... Nf8
14. Nc1 {Unlike in the classical game, White tries combining pressure on the
queenside and in the centre.} Nf6 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. f3 a5 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nbc5
Nf8 $1 {It is useful to avoid the knight exchange, as after the planned ...
b7-b5 one of White's knights will be superfluous from the point of view of the
fight for the c5-square.} 19. Qb3 b5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qc2 Qb6 23.
Qf2 a4 24. Rc1 b4 25. Ne2 Ra5 26. h3 c5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. e4 Nd7 $11 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Kramnik,V (2811) Zuerich (blitz) 2017 (1-0, 79)}) ({
As mentioned before,} 12. O-O-O {is slightly premature:} Nf6 13. Ng3 ({This is
too slow to be dangerous but even against the standard attack with} 13. h3 {
Black can react in the same way:} b5 14. g4 a5 15. Ng3 a4 16. Kb1 a3 17. b3 Na6
$132) 13... b5 14. Kb1 a5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 a4 17. g4 a3 18. b3 Na6 19. h4
Nb4 20. Qe2 Ne4 (20... g6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 $15) 21. Rc1 (
21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. g5 $40) 21... g6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. g5 h5 $1 $15 {
Javakhishvili,L (2461)-Arabidze,M (2379) Doha 2016 (0-1, 42)}) 12... a5 $5 {
Black gladly embarks on the half-waiting game. The advance of the a-pawn is
useful in many cases. If White castles short (which is less recommendable
after h2-h3), the a-pawn would slow down the minority attack. And if White
castles long, Black can continue with the familiar ...b7-b5 and so on.} ({
Even though it looks like a flexible move,} 12... Nf6 {has the drawback of
depriving Black of ...Qh4 after} 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. a3
Qd6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. b4 Rc8 19. e4 $5 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc7 22. Re3
$14 {White has some space advantage and chances to create kingside threats.
With his next move Black underestimates the latter aspect.} Be6 $2 {Jacimovic,
D (2428)-Sablic,B (1997) Obrenovac 2010 (1-0, 47)} 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rg3+
Ng6 (24... Kh8 25. Qc1 {more or less mates.}) 25. Bxg6 Kh8 (25... fxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxf6+ Qf7 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Rg7 $18) 26. Bf5 Qf4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 (
27... Rxe6 $16) 28. Rg6 Rg8 29. g3 Rxg6 30. Qxg6 Qg5 31. Qf7 $18) ({And if} 
12... Nd7 {then of course} 13. O-O-O) 13. a3 {This would be completely natural
if White intended castling short and then starting his queenside attack. But
the way the game goes, it weakens the queenside, offering Black additional
attacking ideas.} (13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 {takes the knight away from the
d4-square at a moment when the king is still in the centre.} c5 $5 (14... Na6
15. a3 c5 $5) 15. Nce2 c4 16. Bf5 Nc6 17. O-O b5 18. Nf4 g6 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20.
Qd1 Qd6 21. Qf3 Ne4 $15 {Novotny,M (2219)-Konopka,M (2424) Zdar nad Sazavou
2007 (0-1, 44)}) ({Trying to cope without a2-a3 by playing} 13. Na4 {at once
does not lead anywhere after} Qb4+ 14. Nec3 $2 Qxd4) 13... Nd7 {Now that Black
has a queenside target, he can return to the normal course of development.} 14.
Na4 (14. O-O Qh4 $5 {sets up unpleasant kingside pressure.}) (14. O-O-O b5 {
offers Black a strong initiative.}) 14... Qh4 $5 {Another refined manoeuvre
typical of Kramnik. In principle, his intention seemed to be retreating with
the queen to d8, but before that he wanted to make sure White was not castling
short after all.} ({But} 14... Qg5 {is a worthy alternative with similar ideas.
} 15. g4 (15. O-O Ndf6 16. Kh2 Qh4) 15... Nhf6 16. Ng3 (16. O-O-O Ne4 17. Nf4
Qe7 18. h4 b5 19. Qxc6 Ra6 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Kb1 Rc8 22. Qe2 Rc4 $5 $36) 16...
Qf4 17. Qe2 Qc7 $13) ({If} 14... Qd8 {at once he might have been worried about}
15. O-O $5) 15. g3 {Deciding on which square the enemy queen is molesting most
is not easy:} (15. g4 $5 Nhf6 16. Ng3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6
19. Bg2 Rxe3+) 17... dxe4 18. O-O-O (18. Nxe4 b5 19. Nac3 Bb7) 18... Qe7 19.
Kb1 Rb8 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Qc5 {with some light pressure.}) 15... Qd8 {Now, of
course, castling short is not appealing at all.} 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Ng3 Nf8 18.
O-O-O b6 {The start of a consistent plan, which Kramnik will execute in
imperfect form, though.} ({The more adventurous} 18... Ne6 $5 19. Kb1 b5 {
was also viable:} 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 b4 22. a4 (22. Qxc6 Rb8 23. a4 Bd7 24.
Qc2 b3) (22. axb4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bc4 Ba6 $36) 22... Ba6
23. Qxc6 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Re6 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rec6 $44) 19. Kb1 ({In
Sicilian positions with castling on opposite sides Wite would think of} 19. g5
hxg5 20. h4 {but here it does not seem offering realistic attacking chances:}
g4 21. h5 Bd7 22. h6 g6 $15) 19... Bd7 20. Nf5 c5 $6 {Prematurely carrying out
the correct idea.} ({Since the b-file was likely to open, Black should have
prepared the pawn break with} 20... Rb8 21. Rhg1 ({One important element is
that White does not seem to be able to use the available tempo for speeding up
his kingside attack:} 21. h4 Nxg4 22. h5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nf6 24. Rhg1 Ne6 25. Rg2
Kh8) 21... c5 {Now this is very strong.} 22. dxc5 (22. g5 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Ne6 24.
Rg2 c4 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Rdg1 g6 {and Black's attacking chances are more
realistic.}) 22... Bxa4 23. Qxa4 bxc5 24. h4 ({A similar idea to that in the
game} 24. Bb5 $2 {loses a piece to} Qb6) 24... c4 $1 {This is also possible
only with the rook on b8.} 25. Bxc4 (25. Be2 c3 26. b3 Re4 27. Rd4 Ne6 $40)
25... Qb6 $1) 21. dxc5 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 bxc5 23. Bb5 (23. h4 $16 {is also strong.}
) 23... Re6 24. Qc2 {White has used the favourable moment for activating his
pieces. Black's pawns are really "hanging".} Rb6 $6 (24... Qb6 $6 25. a4 Rd8
26. h4 Nxg4 27. Rhg1 h5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. f3 $40) ({But Black should have
fought against White's stabilising on the light squares at any cost with} 24...
a4 $1 25. Qxc5 (25. Bxa4 Rb6 $40 {[%cal Ga8a1,Gb6b1]}) 25... Rc8 26. Qa7 Ra8
27. Qc5 Rc8 $11 28. Qd4 $6 Rb8 29. Bd3 Reb6 30. Rd2 Ne6 $36) 25. a4 $14 {
Black has to try hard to find counterplay now.} Ne6 26. h4 Nc7 {It is
essential to dislocate the bishop.} (26... Nxg4 27. Rxd5 $1) 27. Qxc5 Nxb5 28.
axb5 Qb8 $2 {This unnatural move loses a pawn and basically the game.} ({
Things would not be entirely clear after} 28... Rab8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nc6 Qc8 {
for instance} 31. Qd4 R8b7 32. Nxa5 Rb8 33. Nc6 R8b7 34. g5 $6 Rxb5 $1) 29. g5
$16 Rxb5 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Qe5 34. Rd1 Rd8 (34...
hxg5 35. hxg5 Re8 36. f4 Qf5 37. Ka1 {preparing Rh1+ and Qh2, leaves Black
under a nasty pin and with his king exposed along the h-file.}) 35. Rd4 Rxd5
36. Rxe4 Rd1+ {Black needs to get a tempo for exchanging on g5, as otherwise
gxh6 would decisively weaken his king. But this will lead to a hopeless rook
ending.} 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. Qc4 hxg5 39. hxg5 Kh7 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 41. f4 Kg6 42.
Rd4 Rb5 43. Ka3 {White has a solid kingside structure and a clear target on a5.
Black can never activate his king that much to generate adequate counterplay.}
Kf5 44. b3 f6 45. Ka4 Rb7 46. Rc4 Ra7 (46... fxg5 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. Re5+ Kf3 49.
fxg5 $18) (46... Rb6 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. Rb5 Rc6 49. Rb7 fxg5 50. Rxg7 gxf4 51.
exf4 Rb6 52. Rg5 Kxf4 53. Rxa5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ga5h5] The king is cut off
horizontally, the game is over.}) 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. Rxa5 Re7 49. gxf6 gxf6 50.
Ra6 Kf5 {Resigning was a worthy alternative already, but Kramnik probably
needed some time to digest his earlier mistakes.} (50... f5 51. Ra5 {
inevitably defends e3 with Re5 as if} Re6 52. Re5+ Rxe5 53. fxe5 Kxe5 54. b4
$18) 51. Rd6 Ra7+ 52. Kb5 Rb7+ 53. Kc4 Rc7+ 54. Kd4 Rb7 55. e4+ Kxf4 56. Rxf6+
Kg5 57. Rf5+ Kg4 58. Kc4 Re7 59. Rd5 Kf4 (59... Rxe4+ 60. Rd4) 60. e5 Kf5 61.
b4 Ke6 62. b5 Ra7 63. b6 Rb7 64. Rb5 Kd7 65. Kd5 Kc8 66. e6 Kd8 67. Kc6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 {A typical manoeuvre for the Karlsbad
structure, which forces the exchange of the dark squared bishops, ensuring
Black some space for the coordination of his pieces. The dark side of this
move is that it places the knight on the edge of the board, on a rather
passive square.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Qf6 {[%csl Rf3,Rh3][%cal Yc8h3] Aiming
to imediately take advantage of the relative weakness of the h3-pawn.} ({
Curiously, the more typical move} 13... g6 {[%cal Rh5g7,Rc8f5] has not been
too popular at GM level, although White has failed to prove a convincing plan
so far.} 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Be6 16. b5 (16. Rfc1 $5 Rac8 17. Ne2) (16. a5 {
[%cal Rc3a4,Ra4c5]}) 16... axb5 17. axb5 c5 $1 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20.
Qb2 Qa3 21. Nd4 Nd7 22. Bf1 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb6 24. Rbc2 Nf6 25. h4 Bd7 26. g3
Kf8 $132 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4][%cal Yf8d6] 1/2-1/2 Ikonnikov,V-Flear,G/Parthenay
1992/EXT 2002 (41)}) 14. Ne5 {It might seem that Black's previous move has
been a mere loss of time, but the question is how stable the knight will be on
e5.} Qd6 $146 {Generally speaking, this is a good square for the queen.
However, because of Black's relative lack of coordination, it will give White
some tactical chances.} (14... Qh6 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Burmakin,V/St
Petersburg 1999/CBM 071/[Baburin] (50)}) 15. b4 Nf6 (15... f6 $2 16. Nf3 {
[%csl Yh5]}) 16. Na4 N8d7 17. Nxd7 $6 {I believe that White shouldn't have
given up his central domination so easily.} (17. f4 $5 $14 {deserves to be
investigated because with his incomplete development Black cannot rely on the
pin along the e-file after} Ne4 $6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 f6 $6 20. Nc4 Rxe4
21. Nxd6 Rxe3 22. Rfe1 $1 $18) 17... Bxd7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. b5 b6 $1 (19... cxb5
20. Bxb5 Re7 21. Rfc1 $14) 20. e4 $5 {Having a better development, White is
entitled to open the position by tactical means. This is actually the only way
of fighting for the inititiative, based on the relatively exposed position of
the black queen.} (20. Nb3 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Bd7 $11) 20... Qf4 ({After} 20... bxc5
21. e5 Qe6 22. exf6 {the queen would probably be less well placed than in the
game.}) (20... dxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 Qxd4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 $16)
({Serious attention would have deserved} 20... Nh5 $5 {The knight is heading
for f4, putting the king side under serious pressure, mainly because of the
weakness of the h3-pawn. I have the feeling that there should be some tactical
solution for White, but have failed to find it so far.} 21. e5 (21. Rfe1 bxc5
22. dxc5 Qd8 23. exd5 cxd5 {doesn't seem to offer White sufficient
compensation either.}) 21... Qh6 22. Ne4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Be6 24. Bxc6 Nf4 $17 {
and Black succeeds in blocking the white central pawns.}) 21. e5 bxc5 22. exf6
c4 {Black's achievments in the centre are obvious, but his king'sposition is
weak and his development incomplete.} 23. Rfe1 $5 (23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rfe1 (24.
fxg7+ Kxg7 {[%csl Yh7] /\Rh8, /\f5}) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxf6 (25... cxb5 $2
26. Re8+ $1 Kxe8 27. fxg7 $18) 26. Qd2 Be6 27. bxc6 g6 28. Qh6+ Ke7 (28... Qg7
$2 29. Qf4 $1 Qxh7 30. Rxe6 $18) 29. Qe3 {[%cal Ye3a3,Ya3d6]} Kf8 $11) 23...
Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 gxf6 25. Bxh7+ Kg7 26. Re3 Be6 (26... f5 $6 27. Rf3 Qe4 $6 (
27... Qxd4 28. Bxf5 $40) 28. Qc1 $1 Kxh7 29. Qg5 $40 f4 {[%cal Ye4g6]} (29...
Qe6 30. Rg3 Qg6 31. Qd8 $16) 30. Rxf4 Qg6 31. Rh4+ Kg7 (31... Kg8 32. Qd8+) 32.
Qe5+ f6 (32... Qf6 33. Rh7+) 33. Qc7+ Kg8 34. Qxc6 Rb8 35. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Yb8,
Yc8,Yd5,Yg8]}) 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. bxc6 f5 (28... Rc8 $5) 29. Rf3 Qe4 30. Qc1 Kxh7
31. Rf4 (31. Qg5 $5 f4 $1 {[%cal Ye4g6]} (31... Qxf3 $2 32. Qh4+ $1 $18) 32.
Rxf4 Qg6 33. Rh4+ Kg8 34. Qe3 $44 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5g5,Ye3a3,Ya3d6,Yh4h6,Yh6e6]}
(34. Qe5 Qg7 $1) 34... Qg7 35. Rh5 Kf8 36. f4 $5 (36. Rg5 Qh7 37. Qa3+ Ke8 38.
Qg3 $11) 36... f5 37. Qxe6 Qxd4+ 38. Kh2 (38. Kh1 $2 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxh5) 38...
Qxf4+ $11) 31... Rc8 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Kh2 $6 $11 {After this excessively
careful move, White loses all his winning chances.} ({While his c-pawn was
still alive, he could have tried to prevent Black from stabilising his
position with} 33. f3 $5 Rxc6 (33... exf3 {[%cal Rb1h7]} 34. Qb1+ Kg7 35. Qb5
$16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rb5c5]}) (33... f5 {[%csl Rh7]} 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Qg5 (35.
Qb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b5,Rb5c5]} Rxc6 $140 $2 36. Qb7+) 35... Rxc6 36. Qe7+ Kh6 $8
37. g4 {(/\38.g5+ Kh5 39.Qe8+)} Rb6 38. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Rh3h4,Rg4g5,Rf2g3]} (38.
h4 $6 Bxg4 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. Qxg4 $4 Rg6 $19)) 34. fxe4 c3 (34... dxe4 35. Qf4)
35. Qc2 Kg7 36. e5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yg1f2,Yf2e1,Ye1c1,Rc2f2,Rf2f6,Rh3h4,Rg2g5]}
) 33... Rxc6 34. Qc3 Ra6 35. Qb2 Rc6 36. Qc3 Ra6 37. a3 Rb6 38. Qa5 Rc6 39. Qc3
Rb6 40. a4 Rb8 41. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Bf5 16. b5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b5 {would transpose to the game 1-0 Khenkin,I
(2604)-Namyslo,H (2314)/Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/[Marin,M] (81). In the
introductory comments of this game I have highlighted some general aspects of
the whole line initiated by 11...g6.}) 16... axb5 17. axb5 Nd7 $146 {
Technically speaking, this is a novelty, although the idea is not entirely new.
} ({Generally, Black captures on d3 before deciding the fate of his other
minor pieces, since after} 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {the queen is less favourably
placed than on c2, by not being able to put pressure on the c6-pawn. Play
usually contunues} Nf5 ({The game that might have inspired Bruzon when he
produced his novelty went like this:} 18... Nd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Rfc1 Ne6 {We can notice that Black's pieces occupy optimal positions,
controlling the c5-square.} 22. Qc2 {Admitting the fact that this is the best
square for the queen.} Qd6 23. Ne2 Rec8 24. Rb3 Ra3 25. Rc3 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2
Khenkin,I (2572)-Asrian,K (2604)/Moscow 2001/CBM 086}) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Rfc1 Ra3 22. Ra1 ({This is another moment when White can play} 22. Qc2
{, which would transpose to the games 1-0 Khenkin,I (2633)-Bruzon Bautista,L 
(2534)/Cali 2000/CBM 079 ext (53) and 1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I (2340)-Dreev,A (2495)/
Borzhomi 1988/EXT 97 (67) examined in the notes to the already mentioned game
1-0 Khenkin,I (2604)-Namyslo,H (2314)/Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/[Marin,M] (81)}
) 22... Qa8 {A typical picture: Major piece activity along the open files can
compensate for the weakness of the c6-pawn.} 23. Qd1 Nd6 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Nb1
Qa6 26. Nbd2 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qc2 Re6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 {White has managed
to maintain the position blocked, but his pawn structure is less solid than it
looks. The light squares around the king are relatively weak, while an
eventual bishop sacrifice on g3 or e3 could lead to perpetual check under
certain circumstances (which actually happened in the game).} Kg7 31. Ne1 Be7
32. Ng2 Rf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2676)-Onischuk,A (2658)/Poikovsky 2001/
CBM 084 (55)}) 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 $6 {At first sight, this looks like a strange
decision to me. The control of the c5-square is of vital importance, so why
not capture with the queen? I assume that Bruzon had in mind already the
placement of the rooks on c8 and c7, a plan that almost worked in the game,
but only as a consequence of White's hurry.} (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxe7 {
would be a last chance to transpose to Khenkin - Asrian.}) ({Or, if Black
feared some improvement for White,} 18... Qxe7 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. bxc6 bxc6 {
looks also playable. For instance} 21. Na4 Rec8 (21... Nd6 {loses the c6-pawn
after} 22. Nb6 $16) 22. Rb7 {(Otherwise, Black would obtain an entirely
satisfactory position with ...Nd6, taking all the important squares along the
b-file under control).} Nd6 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nb6 Qa7 25. Nxa8 (25. Nxc8 Rxc8
26. Rc1 Nc4 $11 {looks inoffensive for Black}) 25... c5 $5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27.
Qb2 Qxa8 $14 {White's position looks nicer, because of the weakness of the
d5-pawn, but Black should not have too much feares either.}) 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20.
bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Rc8 {Abandoning the a-file is not without risks, since it
leaves White free hands of action.} (21... Re6 $5) 22. Nc5 $6 {This hurried
ocupation of the c5-square allows Black prove the positive sides of his plan.}
({White could have prevented the enemy rooks from getting connected by simply
concentrating his forces on the queen side with, for instance,} 22. Rfc1 Nd6
23. Ne1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ye1d3]}) 22... Nd6 $6 {This careless answer allows
White win time for his plan.} ({Better would have been} 22... Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Nd6
{when the exposed position of the white queen would have allowed Black win
some time for his counterplay, for instance} 24. Ne5 Rec7 25. Rfc1 Ne4 26. Qa5
c5 $5 27. f3 cxd4 $1 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc6 (29. fxe4 $2 Rc1+ $1 $19) 29... Qd6
30. Nxd4 Qc5 $5 {and White's advantage is more of symbolic nature.}) 23. Nxd7
Rxd7 24. Ne5 Rdc7 25. Rfc1 Qf6 {Black needs to recure to tactics in order to
avoid the immediate loss of the c-pawn.} ({Of course, defending the endgame
arising after} 25... c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 (26... Ne4 27. Nd3 $16) 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28.
Rxc5 $14 {would by no means be hopeless, but there would be also very little
fun about it. However, knowing the further course of the game it is easy to
indicate this variation as a better chance for survival.}) 26. Rb6 c5 27. Qb2
$1 {This calm move offers White a perfect coordination of forces.} Qd8 (27...
cxd4 {would have allowed White obtain a clear advantage with:} 28. Rxc7 Rxc7
29. Ng4 $5 ({Since the main line fails to win b force, the more restrained} 29.
Qxd4 $16 {deserves some consideration as well.}) 29... Qd8 30. Rb8 Rc1+ {
(The importance of this intermediate check will become clear later)} 31. Kh2
Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qxd4 Qe6 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5+ f6 $16 {Such an ending
is very difficult to defend in practice. In his endgame book, Fine considers
the pure knight ending as winning; the presence of queens does not make
Black's position easier at all. However, we should mention that with the king
on g1, White could have won immediately with} 36. Nc7 {followed by 37.Qxd6
Qxd6 38.Ne8+, which is impossible now because Black would capture on d6 with
check.}) 28. dxc5 Nc4 $8 (28... Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Ng4 $40 {looks
disastruous for Black.}) 29. Rxc4 $1 {White correctly decides to reserve his
important attacking piece, the knight.} ({In case of} 29. Nxc4 Rxc5 30. Rd1
Rxc4 31. Rb5 R4c5 32. e4 {he would win a pawn, but after} Rxb5 33. Qxb5 d4 $14
{the most probable outcome of the game would be a drawn rook ending.}) 29...
dxc4 30. Ng4 $40 {White has a very powerfull attack, overweighting Black's
minimal material advantage.} Rc6 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34.
Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qg7 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Rxb6 37. Qxf7+ Kd8 38. cxb6 Qd6+ 39. f4 Qxb6 40.
Qd5+ Ke7 41. Ng8+ Kf8 42. Nh6 Rc7 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Qxh7+ Kd8 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46.
Ng4 Kc6 47. Qxc4+ Kb7 48. Qe4+ Ka7 49. Ne5 Rc3 50. Qd4 Rb3 51. Nxg6 Rxe3 52.
Qxb6+ Kxb6 53. h4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 77th"]
[Site "Osterburg"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 $5 {A rare move.} ({If White intends to
start an early minority's attack, he usually plays} 11. Rab1) 11... Bd6 {
Black deviates from the natural course of the game.} ({It is hard to say what
White had in mind in case of} 11... a5 {for instance} 12. Rae1 ({Possibly best
is} 12. Rab1 {which after} Bd6 {would transpose to Nakamura-Iordachescu and
Ivanchuk-Bruzon which I annotated for CBM 107.}) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 b6 $1 {and the insertion of the moves a3 and ...a5 clearly
favours Black, since White does not dispose over Qa4 to prevent ...Ba6.} (15...
f5 $6 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K (2540)-Cvitan,O (2575)/Zagreb 1993/CBM 035} 16. f3 exf3
17. Nxf3 Be6 18. e4 $14 {. Compared to the normal lines of the Rae1 variations,
the white a-pawn is less vulnerable while the b6-square is slightly weak.}))
12. Rae1 {Now that Black has defined his intentions, White switches to central
play.} ({Graf had had some unpleasant experience as Black against} 12. h3 Ng6
13. Rae1 Be6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. f4 Bd6 18. Bd3 Be7
19. Qf2 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd8 23. Rd4 Qe7 24. Bxh7 Kxh7
25. f5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Buturin,V-Graf,A (2405)/Tbilisi 1985/EXT 99 (51)}) (12.
Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Bd7 (13... Bh5 $5 {[%cal Yh5g6]}) 14. f4 Be7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16.
h3 c5 $132 {0-1 Dragomarezkij,E (2385)-Gavrilov,A (2370)/Moscow 1990/TD (33)})
(12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Ng6 14. Nc5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfc1 Re7 17. a4 Bg4 {
1/2-1/2 Hall,J (2498)-Stohl,I (2578)/Germany 2001/EXT 2002}) 12... Bg4 ({
In spite of wearing the seal of the 10th World Champion,} 12... Be7 $6 {
cannot be good, since it simply gives up two whole tempi.} 13. Ne5 N6d7 14.
Bxe7 Rxe7 15. f4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A (2590)-Spassky,B (2580)/Reykjavik
1985/MCD} 16. f5 $1 f6 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. e4 $1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd7 20. d5 $16 {
Jussupow, Stecko}) 13. Ne5 $5 {This is the only effective way to neutralise
Black's slight king side initiative and to take advantage of the massive
concentration of White's own pieces on this side of the board.} (13. Nh4 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nf5 Rad8 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. h3 Bc8 18. Ne2 Qg5 $132 {0-1 Duchamp,
M-Przepiorka,D/Hamburg 1930/EXT 2003}) (13. Nd2 Bh5 (13... h6 14. Bh4 Bd7 15.
f4 Be7 16. h3 Nh5 17. Bf2 Bh4 18. Bxh4 Qxh4 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. g4 Nf6
22. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Dizdar,G (2495)-Pavlovic,R (2320)/Pula 1992/EXT 2002 (34)}) (
13... Bd7 14. h3 Be7 (14... Ng6 15. f4 h6 16. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 17. Qxg6 hxg5 18.
fxg5 $14) 15. Bf4 Be6 (15... Rc8 $14 {Bareev}) 16. Bg3 Bd6 (16... Rc8 $14 {
Bareev}) 17. f4 c5 18. Bh4 cxd4 $6 19. exd4 {[%cal Ye1e7]} Be7 20. f5 Bd7 21.
Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh4d8,Yc3d5] 1-0 Bareev,E (2365)-Smagin,S (2500)/Kiev 1986/
URS-ch (30)}) 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bxg6 (16. Bg3 $5 Ng4 17. Nd1 $14 {
Chernin}) 16... fxg6 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Kf7 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Qg2 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A (2495)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2450)/Tunis 1985/IZT/[ChessBase]}) 13...
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. f4 Rxg5 {Obviously forced.} (15... Re8 $2 16. f5 {
[%csl Gg4][%cal Yh2h3,Yg2g4]}) 16. fxg5 N6d7 17. Bf5 $1 $146 {A strong novelty,
refraining from weakening the own king side, even if this will cost White a
second pawn for the exchange.} (17. h4 Ne5 18. Bf5 Qd6 19. Qf2 Bxf5 20. Qxf5
Re8 21. Kh1 (21. h5 $5 $13) 21... h5 $5 {[%csl Gg4]} 22. gxh6 $6 {1/2-1/2
Psakhis,L (2540)-Pigusov,E (2490)/Kharkov 1985/MCL} Qxh6 $15 {[%csl Gg4,Yh1,
Rh4]}) 17... Qxg5 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Qf2 $36 {White's better development
prevents Black from consolidating his position.} Ne5 (19... Nf6 20. e4 $1 {
[%cal Yf2f7]}) 20. e4 $1 {Aiming to get rid of the weak e-pawn and open the
e-file for his e1-rook.} d4 $5 {Black returns one pawn in order to maintain
the position half-closed and ensure stability of his knight on e5.} (20... dxe4
$2 21. Rxe4 Qe6 22. Rxe5 $1 $18 {[%csl Yf7]}) (20... Qg6 {[%cal Ye5d3]} 21. Qd4
Re8 22. Re3 $14 {[%cal Ye3g3,Ye4d5]} (22. exd5 $4 Nf3+)) 21. Qxd4 f6 22. Rd1 b6
23. Qf2 Qe6 24. Ne2 Qc4 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nf5 $14 {White has considerably
activated his play and Black still has to prove thathe has entirely adequate
compensation.} Nfg6 27. h4 $6 {[%csl Gg4] Unnecessarily weakening the own king
side.} ({being an exchange up, White should have opened the position with} 27.
b4 $5 cxb4 (27... Qxe4 28. bxc5 $16) 28. Rd4 $14) 27... h5 $13 28. Nxg7 $2 Ng4
29. Qf5 Kxg7 30. Qxh5 Qe6 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 N6e5 $19 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Rc3
Kg6 35. g3 Re7 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. b4 c4 38. a4 Ke6 39. Kf1 Nd3 40. Rb5 Kf7 41. a5
Rxe4 42. axb6 axb6 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Re3+ 45. Kxg4 Nf2+ 46. Kf4 Rxc3 47.
Rxb6 Rb3 48. b5 c3 49. Rc6 Nd3+ 50. Ke4 Ne1 51. h5 c2 52. Rc7+ Ke6 53. h6 Rxb5
54. Ke3 Rb7 55. Rc8 Kf5 56. Kd2 Nf3+ 57. Kxc2 Rh7 58. Rc4 Ne5 59. Rf4+ Kg5 60.
Kd2 Rxh6 61. Ke2 Rh3 62. Kf1 Rxg3 63. Ra4 Rb3 64. Kf2 f5 65. Kf1 Rb2 66. Rd4
Ng4 67. Ra4 f4 68. Ra3 Ne3+ 69. Kg1 Kg4 70. Kh1 Kg3 71. Ra1 Rh2+ 72. Kg1 f3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne5 {This knight jump, which
fees the way of the f-pawn, is usually connected with the idea of a king side
attack.} N6d7 {The typical reaction; Black intends to drive away the knight
with f6..} 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 {Although in practice the capture with the queen is
only a bit more popular than the move played in the game, I believe that in
fact it is much stronger. Black connects the rooks and prepares for the
counterplay based on c5 at the same time.} (13... Qxe7 {[%cal Ya8e8,Ye8a8,
Rc6c5]} 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Bf7 16. Rae1 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Akopian,V/
Barcelona 1992/CBM 030/[Dautov] (46)}) 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. f5 $146 {
Technically speaking, this is a novelty, but in fact the move is usually
played at a later stage of the game anyway.} (16. Rae1 Nc8 (16... Qc7 17. Re2 (
17. f5 Bd7 18. Qf2 c5 19. g4 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Rfe1 c5 19. e4 $1 cxd4 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. exd5 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Nxd4 Rc4 25. Rd2 Ng6 26. f5
Ne5 27. d6 Kh8 28. Bb3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Timman,J/Amsterdam 2001/CBM 083
ext (64)}) 17. g4 Nd6 18. Qg2 Kh8 19. f5 Bf7 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Rg1 g5 22. h4 h6
23. Qh2 Ne8 24. Rg3 Nh7 25. Kg2 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Renet,O/Clichy 1995/EXT 98 
(42)}) 16... Bf7 17. Qf2 {White concentrates his pieces on the king side, in
order to start the attack. Black needs major regrouping in order to meet this
simple plan.} Nc8 {[%csl Rc4,Re4][%cal Yc8d6]} 18. g4 Nd6 19. Kh1 Qd7 {[%cal
Ya8e8] Black continues developing. The immediate knight jump to any of the
controled squares does not yield Black full equality yet:} (19... Ne4 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf1f2,Ya1g1,Yh3h4,Yg4g5]}) (19...
Nc4 20. g5 $5 $14 Nxe3 $2 21. gxf6 $16 gxf6 $2 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Qg3 $18) 20.
Rg1 Kh8 $6 {This seems to be excessively careful.} ({Black should have
probably tried} 20... Rae8 {not fearing the complications generated by} 21. g5
$5 (21. Rae1 Kh8 {is an improved version of the game continuation.}) 21... Rxe3
(21... fxg5 22. Ne5 Qd8 {[%cal Rd8g5]} 23. Qg3 h6 24. h4 $40 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ya1f1,Yf5f6,Yh4g5,Rf1f5,Rg3g5]}) 22. gxf6 (22. Ne5 $2 Rxh3+ 23. Kg2 fxe5 24.
Kxh3 e4 $17) 22... Rxd3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Ng5 (24. Qg2 Nxf5 25. Ng5 Bg6 $1 26.
Rxd7 Nxd7 $44) 24... h6 $8 {(><g5)} 25. Nxf7+ Nxf7 26. Qg2 Ng5 $8 27. Rxd7 Nxd7
$44 {[%csl Yh1]}) 21. g5 $6 {But this looks like premature activity.} ({
White had all the time of the world to prepare his attack with} 21. Nd2 Rae8
22. Rg3 {[%cal Ya1g1,Yg4g5,Yc3e2,Ye2f4]}) 21... Nxf5 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Nh2 $44
{White has reasonable compensation for the pawn, in view of the weakness of
the dark squares, but not more than that.} Bg6 24. Ng4 Ng7 25. Be2 Qe6 26. Rae1
Nd7 27. Bf3 f5 28. Nh2 Rae8 29. Bg2 Nh5 30. Bf3 Nhf6 31. Qh4 Qf7 32. Qh6 Nf8
33. Rg2 Qg7 34. Qf4 Ne6 35. Qh4 Nf8 36. Nf1 Ng8 37. Ne2 Qf6 38. Qg3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Wenliang"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O {
Jussupow delays the advance of the c-pawn until White gets castled. In case of
long castle, he probablz intended to play ...c5} 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2
Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rfc1 {This is one of Karpov's favourite lines. White is in
no hurry to advance the queen side pawns (which usually leaves behind some
weaknesses to worry about) but first places all his pieces on optimal
positions.} Rc8 {Black completes the mobilisation of his pieces. The
opposition of the rook with the enemy queen is designed to discourage the
standard advance of the b-pawn to b5.} (12... N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 (13... Ng6 14.
Bh2 Nb6 15. a4 $6 $11 {This move is indeed typical for Karpov's plan, but only
AFTER the exchange of the dark squared bishops. With those bishops on board,
the b4-square will be difficult to unblock.} a5 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Qb3 Bb4 18. Nc3
Ra7 19. Na2 Bf8 20. Qd1 Qf6 21. Ne1 Nh4 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Qg4 Qe6
25. Nd3 Nf6 26. Qf3 Bb4 27. Rc2 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Malaniuk,V (2520)-Feher,G (2410)/
Budapest 1989/TD (60) Black's position is entirely viable.}) 14. Rab1 Bd6 $6 (
14... Ng6 $5 15. Bh2 Bd6 {was recommended, but it wouldn't change too much
matters.}) ({Maybe Black should refrain for the time being from the exchange
of the bishops and play simply a useful move such as} 14... Rc8 $5) 15. Ne2 Ng6
16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 $1 {The logical consequence of Black's inaccuracy. White
starts active queen side operations without weakening the c4-square, while the
b4-square would be possible to unblock in case of a7-a5.} Rac8 (17... a5 18. b3
{/\ Qd2, Rc5+/= Karpov}) 18. Qc5 Qb8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Rc3 ({In case of} 20. a5 $6
Nd7 {White could hardly achieve anything concrete on the queen side.}) 20...
Qc7 21. Rbc1 Ra8 22. Nd2 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Rb2b4] (><c4, /\b4)} a5 23. Rb1 Nc8
24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Nd6 26. Nb3 Bc8 27. a5 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A (2725)
-Kharitonov,A (2550)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (42)}) 13. Rab1 N6d7 14. Bf4 Ng6 {
This move is connected with a concrete plan. Otherwise, the knight would not
necessarily be better placed on g6.} (14... Nb6 $5) (14... c5 $6 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. Nb5 $6 (16. Nd4 $14) 16... d4 $1 17. exd4 (17. Nfxd4 Bxa2 $11) 17... Nb3
18. Qxc8 (18. Nc7 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 $13) 18... Bxc8 19. axb3 Ne6 $15 {0-1
Nickoloff,B (2400)-Ziatdinov,R (2515)/Toronto 1998/CBM 065 ext (30)}) (14... f6
$5 {introduced an interesting plan, that of exchanging the light-squared
bishops. However, after} 15. Na4 Bf7 16. Bg3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 $1 {
the pressure exerted by the other bishop is very unpleasant, forcing Black to
misplace his queen:} Qa5 19. Ne1 (19. e4 Qb4 $5) 19... Qa6 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Qc2
g5 22. b4 b5 23. Nac5 Ndxc5 24. bxc5 Qb7 25. a4 a6 {0-1 Khenkin,I (2584)
-Mirzoev,A (2494)/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 086 ext (48)} 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nb4
Ra8 28. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rg3b8]}) 15. Bh2 Ndf8 $5 {This is one
important step in Jussupov's plan. He overdefends the h7-pawn in order to
enable the jump of the other knight to h4, thus removing the f3-knight and
enabling ...c5 as a reply to the thematic b5. At the same time, Black simply
cleares the d-file, in order to exchange the dark squared bishops.} (15... Nb6
16. Ne5 $5) 16. Na4 $5 {White intends to cross Black's primar plan.} (16. b4 a6
$1 (16... Nh4 $6 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Na4 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh2b8,Ya4c5] /\Nc5,
קb7, /^h2-b8}) 17. a4 Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5
c5 $1 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3e2,Re2d4]} Be7 {[%cal Re7d6]} 23. Ne2
Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Nd4 Nd7 $11 {[%cal Rd7b6] After placing
the knight on b6, Black would have little to worry.}) 16... Bd6 $1 (16... Nh4
$6 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Nc5 $16) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {This position was seen before,
but with two minor differences regarding the move order. First of all, White
placed the rooks on b1 and c1 in reversed order. Secondly, the bishop
retreated to g3 before being exchanged.} 18. b4 $146 (18. Nc5 Rc7 19. b4 a6 ({
Black should have played} 19... Nd7 $1 {anyway, even if in sligthly different
circumstances than in Jussupow's game.}) 20. a4 Bc8 $6 (20... Nd7 $1 {/\Nb6}
21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Rec8 $1 $132) 21. Qb3 (21. b5 $5 $14 cxb5 22. axb5 b6 23.
Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 24. Ne4 dxe4 25. Qxc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 exf3 27. Rbc1 $1 Bf5 28. bxa6
$16) 21... Qf6 {[%cal Rc8h3]} 22. Be2 Nf4 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kuemin,S (2294)
-Begovac,F (2431)/Switzerland 2001/EXT 2002 (63)}) 18... Nd7 {Now that play
became more concrete and that the initial course of the game has been slightly
altered, the knight returns to the defence of the queen side.} 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20.
dxc5 (20. bxc5 {would make not too much sense with the pawn on a7. Things
would be different if the b6-square would be weak.}) ({In case of} 20. Qxc5
Qxc5 21. Rxc5 {[%csl Yg1][%cal Ra2a4,Rb4b5,Gg8f8,Gf8d6] the better
possibilities for centralisation of his king offers Black sufficient
counterchances.}) 20... Qc7 21. Nd4 {This knight certainly looks strong, and
Jussupow hurries to exchange it before it provokes any serious damage.} Bd7 22.
a4 Nf8 23. b5 g6 {[%csl Yd4,Rh7][%cal Gf8e6]} 24. Qb2 (24. bxc6 Bxc6 {/\Ne6})
24... Ne6 25. Rc2 Qa5 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qd4 Rce8 {Black has a solid position.
The pressure along the e-file offers him entirely viable play.} 28. Rcb2 (28.
bxc6 Bxc6) 28... Re5 29. Rb4 Qd8 30. Qc3 Qa5 31. Qd4 Qd8 32. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 $6 {This move is
hardly recomendable. It not only weakens the king side (in particular the
g6-square, inview of the desirable manoeuvre Nd7-f8-g6) but it also drives the
enemy bishop to a better square (later it could go to g3 or f2).} ({For
instance, in case of a similar course of the game but with the omission of the
advance of the h-pawn, after} 6... Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10.
f3 Nf8 {White retreats his bishop willingly with} 11. Bh4 {in order to avoid
the simplifying manoeuvre ...Nh5.}) 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2
Nbd7 11. f3 {Preparing the standard advance of the e-pawn.} c5 {The typical
reaction against White's intended plan.} ({Now,} 11... Nf8 {is less effective,
since Black is basically a tempo down:} 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bf2 $1 g6 14. Kh1 c5
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rad1 c4 18. e4 $16 {1-0 Neverov,V (2541)-Krylov,
V (2327)/Bor 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 12. O-O c4 {Giving up the tension in the
centre is hardly recommendable. However, Black has failed so far to prove an
effective plan.} (12... b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Kh1 {(/\ 15.dc5 Bc5 16.e4 de4 17.
Ne4)} a6 15. Bf5 {(/\16.dc5 bc5 17.Bd7 Qd7 18.Na4+/-)} cxd4 {Finally, Black
has to give up the tension anyway.} (15... c4 $2 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bxh4 19. Nd6 $18) 16. Nxd4 b5 17. e4 $5 dxe4 18. fxe4 $14 {[%cal Yd1d8,
Rf5d7,Rh4f6] 1/2-1/2 Kouatly,B (2440)-Benko,P (2420)/Augsburg 1988/EXT 97}) ({
In case of} 12... cxd4 13. exd4 {White has the better placement of pieces in
what looks like a symmetrical position. Black faces a difficult fight for
equality.} Nb6 (13... Nf8 14. Qb3 Ne6 15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Bb1 b6 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18.
Qc2 g6 19. Bg3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Na6 21. a3 Qd7 22. Be5 Rac8 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Bc2
Ne6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Ba4 $18 {1-0 Marin,M-Puscasiu,O/Buzias 1986 (36)}) 14. b3
Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. Qb2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Nh5 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Rce1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Bxf4
21. Ne2 Bd6 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Re3 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Nf4 Re8 26. Qxe3 Qxe3+
27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Benko,P-Cardoso,R/Malaga 1971/EXT 99 (42)}) ({
The queen side expansion with} 12... a6 13. Rad1 b5 {doesn't change the
essence of the position. White retains the better chances because of his
influence over the centre.} 14. Bf2 {(Here we can see that h7-h6 only helped
White)} c4 15. Bf5 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. a3 Bb7 18. e4 g6 19. Bh3 a5 20. e5 b4
21. Nce2 Nh7 22. f4 Bc6 23. Ra1 Ba4 24. Qb1 f5 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nxf5 $1 $36 {
1-0 Botvinnik,M-Larsen,B/Noordwijk 1965/MCD (52)}) 13. Bf5 Nb6 14. Bxc8 Rxc8
15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bxf6 $1 {Reducing Black's influence in the centre even more.}
Bxf6 17. e4 Be7 18. a3 {Preventing Bb4xc3 which would somewhat relief Black's
position.} Bd6 19. e5 Be7 20. f4 $16 {Black has nothing to compensate for
White's king side attack. Besides, he has permament worries with his d5-pawn.}
f5 21. g4 g6 22. Ng3 Rf8 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Qg2 Rc6 26. Qh3 Rg6 27.
Rg1 Qe6 28. Rdf1 Rg4 29. Nd1 Rh4 30. Qg2 Rg4 31. Ne3 Rg7 32. Qc2 Rgf7 33. Rg2
Bh4 34. Rfg1 Bxg3 35. Rxg3 Qe7 36. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 ({With a slightly
different move order, the game could transpose to the tabiya examined in my
article for CBM 156:} 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8
11. O-O Ne4) 6... Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 ({If} 9... O-O {White
could consider deviating from the variation above with} 10. Nge2 {although I
am not sure if this really offers him any profit.}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O {
White decides to prepare the knight's natural development to f3.} ({The main
alternative is} 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O (12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8
15. Rc1 Rhe8 $11 {Balla,T (2376)-Marin,M (2560) Mamaia 2013 (0-1, 53)}) (12.
O-O-O Bg4 $5) 12... O-O 13. Rab1 a5 {Leko,P (2737)-Adams,M (2740) Dortmund
2013 CBM 156 [Marin,M] (1/2, 27)}) (11. Nf3 $6 Nf4) 11... Nb6 12. h3 (12. Nf3
Bg4) 12... Be6 ({The plan} 12... g6 13. Nf3 Ng7 {aiming at exchanging the
bishops with ...Bf5, does not work out too well in this variation:} 14. Rhe1
Be6 15. Kb1 O-O-O (15... Bf5 16. Bxf5 $16 Nxf5 $2 17. e4 $18) 16. Ne5 Rhe8 (
16... Bf5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 Qc7 19. Bxf5+ Nxf5 20. d5 $36 cxd5 21. Qb3
$18 {[%csl Gc8,Gf7][%cal Gc3b5]}) 17. g4 $14 {Schandorff,L (2537)-Lund,S (2431)
Borup 2008 (1-0, 54)}) 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 {White starts a slow but
consistent queenside attack.} Kb8 15. Rc1 (15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Rc1 (16. f4 Nfd7 17.
Nf3 {Le Quang,L (2647)-Chiraranjan,B (1912) New Delhi 2010 (1-0, 37)} f6 $5 $11
{[%csl Ge3]}) 16... Rc8 17. Ka1 Rc7 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Nd7 20. Nxd7+ Bxd7
21. Rhd1 c5 22. Qa3 Rhc8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb1 Be6 26. Qb4 Qc7
27. h4 a5 28. Qd4 f6 29. g3 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2706)-Andreikin,D (2716)
Tromso 2013}) 15... Nf6 {It is a good idea to return with the knight into play
as soon as possible.} ({If} 15... Rc8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 {there would be
nothing better than} Nf6 {anyway.} 18. Rc3 $1 {The only way to take advantage
of the delayed knight manoeuvre. True, things are not entirely clear since
Black has defensive resources, but White can count on a slight edge.} (18. Rc5
$6 {This loses a tempo allowing Black to normalise his position.} Nd7 19. Rc3
Nb6 20. Qa5 Rc7 21. Ra3 Nc8 22. Rc1 f6 23. Nh4 Qd7 24. Ng6 Re8 25. g4 h5 $11 {
Enchev,I (2445)-Todorov,O (2252) Sunny Beach 2013 (1/2, 31)}) 18... Ne4 19. Ra3
a6 $5 (19... b6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Rc1 $16) 20. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 21.
Qxa6 Nd6 (21... Kc7 22. Ne5 Kd6 23. Rc1 Qc7 24. Ka1 {[%cal Ga3b3]} f6 25. Rb3
fxe5 26. Rb7 $16) 22. Rb3+ Nb5 23. a4 Bf5+ 24. Ka2 (24. Kc1 {defends c2, but
places the king on a dangerous file.} Qa7 25. Qxa7+ Kxa7 26. axb5 cxb5+ 27. Rc3
Kb6 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 24... Bc2 (24... Qa7 25. axb5 $18 {and} cxb5 {arrives
without check with respect to the previous line.}) 25. axb5 Bxb3+ 26. Kxb3 Qa7
27. Qxa7+ Kxa7 28. Ra1+ Kb6 29. bxc6 f6 30. Ne1 Rxc6 31. Nd3 $14) 16. Na4 (16.
Nd2 Ne8 17. Nb3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Qf6 19. Rhe1 h5 20. a4 {1/2 Levin,E (2488)-Kim,A 
(2460) Peterhof 2008}) 16... Ne4 $5 $146 {As far as I know, not only a new
move in this concrete position, but also a new way of reacting to Nc3-a4 in
general.} (16... Nxa4 17. Qxa4 {would have transposed to an earlier game.} Nd7
18. Rc3 (18. Qa5 Nb6 19. Ne5 {does not bring in anything concrete in view of}
Nd7 $5) 18... Nb6 19. Qa5 f6 (19... Nc4 $5) 20. Rhc1 (20. Ra3 Nc8 21. Rc1 Qc7
22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qb4 g5 {[%cal Gc7d6,Gc8d6]}) 20... Nc4 21. Qc5 (21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. Ra3 b6 $15 {[%cal Ge6d5]}) 21... Qxc5 (21... Qc7 $5 $11) 22. dxc5 Ne5 23.
Nd4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rhe8 25. Kc2 Kc7 26. Kd2 Bd7 27. b4 {Kovacevic,B (2454)
-Ascic,P (2347) Neum 2003 (0-1, 73). White has the more pleasant position, but
he did not manage to prove a convincing way to an advantage; quite the
opposite, in fact...}) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 ({White does not get anything by
attacking e4:} 18. Nd2 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rd5 20. Ka1 Rb5 21. Qc2 (21. Nxe4 Bb3 $5
22. axb3 Qxe4 23. Rhg1 Qf5 {[%cal Gb5a5,Gf5f2]} 24. d5 $8 Qxd5 $15) 21... f5
22. Nc4 Bxc4 ({Or maybe the bishop is not really "bad" and it would be worth
keeping it?} 22... Rd8 23. Ne5 Ra5 $36) 23. Qxc4 Rd8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d5] Unlike
in the game, White cannot activate his rook with Rc1-c5 and Black stays in the
control of the position.}) 18... Nxa4 19. Qxa4 {In the endgame, Black may have
problems because the knight could exploit the slight weakening of the dark
squares, but in the middlegame things are at least unclear.} Rd5 20. Rc3 Rb5
21. Ra3 a5 {The most natural answer, but not the only one.} (21... a6 $5 22.
Qxa6 f6 (22... Qb4 {transposes}) 23. Ng6 (23. Qa8+ $2 Kc7 24. Qxh8 Qxa3 $19)
23... Qb4 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. b3 Bc4 26. Nf4 Bd3+ 27. Nxd3 exd3 $13) (21... Qb4 {
would be an invitation to transposing to the same variation, but some players
may dislike the ending after} 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Rc3) 22. Rc3 Rd8 23. Rhc1 Qb4 (
23... f6 {offers White some attacking chances.} 24. Nxc6+ ({If} 24. Rxc6 Rdd5
25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Nc4 {White's compensation is less clear.}) (24. Ng6 Qb4 25.
Qc2 Bf7 26. Nf4 g5 27. Ne2 $13) 24... bxc6 25. Rxc6 $44) 24. Qc2 Bd5 25. Qe2 f6
26. Nc4 (26. Ng6 Bf7 27. Nf4 g5 $36 {[%csl Ge2]}) 26... Bxc4 {Once again, it
is a good question whether Black needed this exchange. His bishop is a perfect
link between the structures on the opposing wings and it can serve for
attacking purposes.} (26... Qe7 $5) 27. Rxc4 Qe7 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 {
White has finally obtained some micro-initiative, but Black could have
extinguished it with just one accurate move.} Qc7 $6 {This allows White too
much play out of nothing.} (29... Rd5 $1 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qb5 {Black might
have thought he would just lose a pawn here, but:} Qd6 $1 32. Qxa5 Qh2 $11 {
White can give perpetual check now or he can delay this result for a while,
but the draw is inevitable anyway.} 33. Qxd5 Qg1+ 34. Kc2 Qxf2+ 35. Kb3 Qxe3+
36. Kb4 $11) 30. Qg4 $36 b6 $6 (30... Re8 31. Qg3 (31. d5 $2 Re5) 31... Qxg3 (
31... a4 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Ra5 b5 $2 34. Ra7+ $18) 32. fxg3 a4 33. Kc2 {
[%cal Gc2c3,Gc3b4]}) 31. Rc4 Re8 32. d5 $1 c5 33. Rxe4 Rd8 34. Qh5 Qd7 35. Re6
Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Kc2 $1 {A strong prophylactic move.} ({The ending
resulting after} 37. Rxb6+ Ka7 38. Rb5 Ka6 39. a4 Rd2 {is far from clear.})
37... Kc7 {Allowing the transposition to a lost pawn ending, but there is no
satisfactory defence:} (37... Rg5 38. g4 Kc7 39. f4 Rd5 40. Re7+ Rd7 41. Rxd7+
Kxd7 42. a4 $18) (37... b5 38. Rb6+ Ka7 39. Rxb5 Ka6 40. a4 $18 {[%csl Gd2]})
38. Re7+ Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. a4 $1 $18 {The engines' +/= on level 27 is
amusing. Even schoolboys should know that White should win due to his mobile
kingside majority compared to the semi-blocked black majority.} Kc6 41. Kc3 b5
42. axb5+ Kxb5 43. e4 g5 44. g3 h5 45. f4 gxf4 46. gxf4 c4 47. e5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 {The insertion of ...h7-h6 is not the main line, but coincidence
has meant that for this same issue I have written an article on it. In my
lines, the white knight goes to f3 and Black plays ...Nf6-e4. For diversity,
this game is an excellent complement.} Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 {With
the pawn on h7, there would be no immediate danger of Bxh7, as ...g7-g6 would
trap the bishop. Sill, as the game progresses, Black sometimes needs to care
about the h7-pawn, which is hardly the case now.} 12. O-O {Played solidly.} (
12. O-O-O {is an important alternative. The king is safer on the queenside,
but the minority attack b2-b4-b5 requires rather thorough preparing with the
king nearby. Besides, the f2-, g2- and -h2 squares are less well defended.} Be6
(12... Bd7 13. Kb1 (13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O {This is just one example when
the h-pawn is safe precisely because of ...h7-h6.} 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 Rhe8 17.
Ka1 Rc8 18. Rhd1 h5 {With excellent play for Black, Zhu Chen (2505)-Short,N 
(2682)/Jinan 2002/CBM 091 (1/2, 34)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Nc1 g6 ({I would rather
consider} 14... Kb8 15. Nb3 Bc8 16. Nc5 Nf6 17. Rc1 Nfd7) 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Nb3
Ng7 {[%cal Gd7f5]} 17. f3 Be6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc4 $2 {The knight will be
just hanging here.} 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. e4 $16 {Sorin,A (2501)-Hoffman,A (2524)/
Buenos Aires 1999/CBM 074/[Baburin] (1-0, 31)}) 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nc1 (14. Rc1
Kb8 15. Rhd1 Rhe8 16. Ka1 Bc8 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 19. Rf1 Bg4 20. Nb1 Nc8
$1 {Transferring the knight to the optimal d6-square.} 21. Nd2 Nd6 22. Qa4 Bf5
23. Be2 Be4 $11 {With all his pieces (including the minor pieces) optimally
placed, Black has little to fear.}) 14... Kb8 15. Nb3 Bc8 16. Ka1 Nd7 {This
loses time.} ({I would use the other knight to fight for the c5-square.} 16...
Nf6 17. Nc5 Nfd7 18. b4 $6 Nc4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gb7b6]}) 17. Rc1 Nhf6 18.
Rhe1 Qd6 19. h3 Rhe8 20. f3 Qg3 21. a4 Nb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Be6 24. Nc5 {
The game is very tense, but Black needs an immediate tactical solution to
avoid being pushed back, Sakaev,K (2619)-Matsenko,S (2429)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 
(1-0, 52)} Rxd4 $5 25. Ne2 Qxd3 $3 26. Nxd3 Rxa4+ 27. Qxa4 (27. Kb1 Ba2+ 28.
Ka1 Bb3+) 27... Nxa4 $44) 12... O-O {In this position, the extra move ...h6 is
essential.} 13. Rab1 {This natural move, preparing the minority attack, will
be neutralised by a strong novelty.} ({In my view,} 13. Rae1 {followed by
Nc1-b3 and f3, e4, looks more consistent, see Vyzmanavin,A (2605)-Smagin,S 
(2545)/Elista 1995/CBM 050/[Baburin] (1-0, 72)}) 13... a5 $1 $146 (13... Bg4
14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rfc8 17. Qc5 Qc7 18. Bf5 Nc4 $5 {[%cal Gb7b6]}
19. b5 axb5 (19... cxb5 $2 20. Bxc8 $1) 20. axb5 Rcb8 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Nc3 $14
{Macieja,B (2612)-Simonian,H (2461)/Warsaw 2011/CBM 143 Extra (1-0, 62)}) 14.
Qb3 ({If} 14. a3 a4 {White cannot coordinate his forces to get the a4-pawn:}
15. Qd1 Bg4 16. Bc2 Qg5 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. h3 (18. f3 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Ge3]}) 18...
Nc4 $1 {[%cal Gb7b5] White cannot prevent ...b7-b5 with great play for Black.}
19. Bxa4 $6 (19. hxg4 $2 {leads to forced mate:} Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Nxg4 21. Re1
Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Ncxe3#) 19... Qh5 20. Bc2 Bxh3 $1 $17)
14... Qd8 ({There does not seem to be anything wrong with} 14... Qb4 $5) 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 {White is getting close to starting his queenside attack,
but since this will require the knight on c3, the kingside will be left with
insufficient defence.} Bg4 17. Nc3 (17. Qc2 Re8 18. a3 a4) 17... Re8 18. Qc2
Qg5 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. a3 {Finally! But it is too late to claim an advantage.} Qh5
21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bf3 $5 {The simplest. Black threatens not only ...Bxg2+
with perpetual check, but also ...Ng4, winning.} 23. gxf3 (23. Bf5 {would
parry both threats, but after} Ra3 {White's pieces would be hanging.}) 23...
Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 {This is
doubtlessly an easy way to carry out the thematic advance of the pawn to b4,
but the next step will be much harder, since b5 can be generally answered with
...c5, when the pair of bishops could prove dangerous.} Be6 14. Rab1 (14. a4 {
is meant to initiate a plan of concentrating the pieces on the queen side
before playing b5.} Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Ne2 Be7 {Black placed all
his pieces in optimal way to meet b5 with ...c5.} 18. b5 c5 $1 19. dxc5 Nxc5
20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Nfd4 Bd7 22. Bc2 Bg7 23. Bb1 a6 24. Ba2 axb5 25. axb5 Ne6 26.
Qd2 Red8 27. Rab1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Ra8 29. Bb3 Ra3 30. Rb1 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32.
Qxd4 Bf5 33. Rb2 Ra1+ 34. Bd1 b6 35. Rd2 Rb1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2780)
-Piket,J (2670)/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 046 ext (54)}) ({The immediate} 14. b5 {
can also be answered with} c5 $1 {for instance} 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Nd4 Rxc5 17.
Qb3 Nd7 (17... Bc8 $5 {/\ Ne6}) 18. Na4 Rc8 19. Rac1 (19. Nxe6 $5) 19... Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Bxd4 21. exd4 Bxh3 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M (2540)-Smagin,S (2550)/
Pula 1991/TD (37)}) 14... Rc8 {/\...Nd7} ({Black can also start with} 14... Nd7
{, of course.} 15. a4 Rc8 16. Ne2 a6 17. Nf4 b5 18. a5 Nf8 19. Rb3 Qd6 20. Rc1
Bd7 21. Be2 Bf5 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Be2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J (2570)-Beliavsky,
A (2585)/Reggio Emilia 1986/CBM 004}) 15. Rfc1 Nd7 {Bruzon decides to deviate
from a previous game of his, apparently fearing an improvement frpom White's
part.} (15... Be7 16. a4 Bd6 17. a5 {White decides to block the queen side in
order to get the c5-square for his knight and open the centre.} (17. b5 c5 18.
dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd2 Qf6 $11) 17... a6 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Re1 Ne6 21. e4
(21. Rbc1) 21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bf8 23. Bc4 Bg7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B (2542)
-Bruzon Bautista,L (2613)/Merida 2002/CBM 091 ext (42) Black has regrouped in
optimal way and keeps the d4-pawn under strong pressure.}) 16. Na4 {><c5} a6
17. Nc5 Nxc5 $5 {A somewhat surprising decision. Usually, Black doesn't allow
the opening of the b-file, especially if his a-pawn had moved forward prior to
this, leaving the b6-square weak. In taking this decision, Bruzon had a
concrete plan in his mind. The previous simplifications as well as his pair of
bishops will help him to regroup in optimal way, in order to neutralise both
the pressure along the b-file and any attempt of king side expansion. However,
only innacurate play from White's part will render this plan successful; I
suspect that White should be slightly better.} 18. bxc5 (18. Qxc5 Be7 19. Qc2
Bd6 20. Qb3 Qf6 {/\Bxh3} 21. Nd2 Qg5 22. Kf1 Bf5 (22... f5 $5 {/\|^}) 23. a4
Bxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Qe7 25. b5 cxb5 $5 26. axb5 a5 $132) 18... Rc7 19. Rb3 Bc8 {
[%csl Rb7]} 20. Nh2 Qe7 21. Kh1 Qf8 22. Rg1 Kh8 {It is not clear whether this
move is useful in any way.} (22... Bd8 $5 23. g4 Rce7) 23. g4 Bd8 24. Qd2 Rce7
25. Bc2 Bc7 {Black has finished his planned regroupment. The b7-pawn is safely
defended, while the pawn break e3-e4 is hard to carry out. White will try to
win space on the king side, but this will only weaken his dark squares.} 26. f4
$6 {Probably missing Black's reply.} (26. g5 $5 f6 (26... Bxh3 27. e4 Be6 28.
e5 $44 {ץc7}) 27. h4 $14 {/\f4}) 26... Qh6 27. Qf2 g5 $1 {Black opens the
c7-h2 diagonal.} (27... Qxh3 $6 {would justify White's plan after} 28. e4 Qh6
29. g5 Qg7 30. e5 $44 {when the darks-quared bishop would be severly
restricted by the enemy pawns.}) 28. fxg5 Qxh3 29. Qf6+ $2 (29. e4 Qxh2+ 30.
Qxh2 Bxh2 31. Kxh2 dxe4 $132 {/\Be6-d5, קa2.}) 29... Kg8 30. Qh6 Qxh6 31. gxh6
Rxe3 $17 {White lost a pawn without any compensation.} 32. Nf3 Rxb3 33. axb3
Re6 34. g5 Re3 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Bf4 37. Nf3 f6 38. gxf6 Kf7 39. Bxh7 Kxf6
40. Kg2 Bxh6 41. Bc2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. a3 (11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 {is a more common
move order to reach the game position.}) 11... a5 12. Rab1 {Once considered to
be White's main weapon in this system, the immediate attempt to launch the
minority's attack has been not too fashionable lately. One of the possible
reasons is the discovery of the fact that Black can slow down White's plan by
indirect means, creating some king side threats and keeping an eye on the
queen side at the same time. True, this requires a high degree of accuracy
from Black.} Bd6 $5 {This is asubtle move. Black intends to win time with 13...
Bg4 14.Nd2 Bh5, which creates the threat of winning material with 15...Bxh2+
16.Kxh2 Ng4+, while aiming to exchange the light squared bishops with ...Bg6,
thus rendering the minority's attack less dangerous.} 13. Bh4 (13. b4 Bg4 14.
Nd2 Bh5 (14... Bd7 $5 {, with the same threat, was also played, but the
practical material available is hardly relevant since White usually offered a
repetition of moves with} 15. Nf3) 15. h3 (15. Bh4 {would transpose below}) ({
White has no time for} 15. bxa5 {because of} Bxh2+) 15... axb4 16. axb4 {
(In the game, this exchange was actually carried out earlier, but for the case
of other moves than 15.h3 Black might want to keep the pressure against the
a3-pawn, see the comments on the main game.)} h6 (16... b5 $5 {/\h6, ^^, קh3}
17. e4 Ne6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $132) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 (18. b5 $1) 18... g5 (
18... b5 $5) 19. g3 Bg6 20. b5 h5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 h4 23. g4 Ra3 24. Kg2
Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Ne6 26. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Gauglitz,G (2365)-Boensch,U (2460)/Dresden
1985/MCL (38)}) ({For the more sophisticated} 13. Rfe1 {Ivanchuk,V (2739)
-Bruzon Bautista,L (2669) Capablanca mem Elite 40th 2005 (7) 1/2 see the game
from this same issue}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd2 Bh5 {(/\Bxh2+)} 15. Bg3 (15. b4 {
Personally, I prefer} Bg6 $5 {for instance:} (15... Bxh2+ $2 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ {
is not working now because of} 17. Kh3 $1 (17. Kg3 $2 Qd6+ $19) 17... Qd6 (
17... g5 18. Bf5 $5)) (15... axb4 $6 {might be premature. Black should not
help White get rid of his a3-pawn, which creates him some trouble with playing
b4-b5.} 16. axb4 Bg6 17. b5 Bxh2+ $2 (17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20.
hxg3 h5 21. Qf5 h4 22. g4 Ne7 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. g5 Nh7 26. Qh5 Ra3
27. Rbc1 Ng6 28. Nf3 Qf5 29. Nxh4 Nxh4 30. Qxh4 Nxg5 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Qf4 Qxf4
33. Nxf4 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Volkov,S (2554)-Bocharov,D (2438)/Elista 2000/CBM 079
(84) Black is in no real danger of losing, but White enjoys a long term
advantage because of his better pawn structure.}) 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 $1 {
Curiously, if compared with the previous case when the sacrifice was examined,
the possible king moves have reversed roles here.} (19. Kh3 $2 Qd7 $1 20. Kg3
Nxe3 $1 $40 {or even 20...Rxe3+!?}) 19... Nxe3 20. Bxd8 Nxc2 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22.
Bb6 $1 $18 {><d4}) 16. Ne2 {places the knight on a vulnerable square and
unexpectedely allows} (16. bxa5 {is a threat Black should be permanently aware
of, but here it doesn't seem to be too dangerous:} Qc7 $5 {(Once White has
made a concession regarding his pawn structure, Black can afford to spoil his
king side pawns as well, especially that the f5-square is controlled by the
bishop.)} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. g3 Rxa5 $132 {קa3}) (16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Bg3 Bxg3
18. hxg3 Qd6 {offers Black chances for a king side attack:} 19. Qb3 (19. bxa5
$5) 19... axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. b5 h4 $1 $36 22. gxh4 $2 Ng4 23. g3 (23. Nf3
Nxh4 $19) 23... Rxe3 $1 $19) (16. Bg3 Re7 {transposes to the main game}) 16...
Bxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3 (19. Bxd8 Nxc2 $19 {פe2})
19... Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Qxh4+ 21. Kxe3 Re8+ 22. Ne4 $8 Qg5+ 23. Nf4 Bxe4 24. Kd2
Ne6 $36) 15... Bg6 16. b4 Re7 $1 {Black defends the b7-pawn in advance, in
order to neutralize the potential threat of bxa5. In doing so, he takes
advantage of the early bishop retreat to g3, which releases the pressure
against the f6-knight.} 17. Ne2 {Not finding a constructive way to carry out
b4-b5, White decides to initiate a manoeuvring phase.} (17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Bxd6
Qxd6 19. Qb3 axb4 20. axb4 Ng4 21. g3 h5 $36) 17... Bxg3 18. Nxg3 {White
decides to avoid the creation of doubled king side pawns, in order to prevent
an eventual counterplay. However, his last move will drive the knight to far
from the queen side and, especially, from the b5-square.} (18. hxg3 axb4 19.
axb4 Qd6 20. b5 Ng4 $5 $132) 18... Qd6 19. Rfc1 (19. b5 $6 cxb5 $1 20. Bxg6 (
20. Rxb5 Qxa3) 20... hxg6 21. Qa2 b4 22. axb4 a4 $1 $132) (19. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 20.
Qc5 Qc7 21. b5 Ne6 22. Qc1 c5 $13) 19... Ne6 20. Nf3 (20. Ne2 Ng4 21. g3 Ng5
$36 22. Kg2 $2 Rxe3 $1 $19) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Nc7 {Now, the b5-square will
be very difficult to unblock.} 22. Ne5 (22. Ne2 {/\Nc3, b5} Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne4
$11) 22... Bxd3 23. Nxd3 g6 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Ra2 Kg7 26. Rca1 h5 27. Nf1 Ne4 28.
Nd2 h4 29. h3 g5 30. Nf3 f6 31. Nc5 Qd8 32. Nd2 Nd6 {Black has arranged his
pieces in optimal way and can look with optimism into the future. The control
of the open a-file only helps White maintain the balance even.} 33. Re1 Qe8 34.
Qd3 Qh5 35. f3 Rbe8 36. Nf1 Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kf2 Ncb5 39. Rea1 Nc3 40.
Ra3 Ncb5 41. Ra8 b6 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Nb3 Nc4 44. Ke2 f5 45. Kd3 Nb2+ 46. Kc2
Nc4 47. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Be6 12. O-O N6d7 13. Rab1 a5 {This
natural move has some far from obvious drawbacks. In case of White's a3
followed by b4, Black's plan would more or less justify itself, but White can
try to play in more flexible way. The main drawback of ...a5 is that it
weakens not only the a-pawn itself, but also the b6-square, which could be
quite significant in case White would manage to transfer one of his knights to
c5, forcing an exchange B(N)xc5 dxc5.} ({In this same issue of CBM, the more
flexible} 13... Nb6 {Lytchak,A (2436)-Boensch,U (2540) Bundesliga 0405 2004 
(15.4) 0-1 is analyzed, see}) 14. Rbd1 $5 {White abandons the idea of a queen
side attack and prepares a long term plan of opening the centre with e3-e4,
when the opposition of his rook with the enemy queen could be fruitful.} Nb6
15. Nd2 $146 {A flexible move, which can be the start of several different
plans. One of them would be to transfer one of the knigths to c5, but the move
will also prove useful for the plan actually carried out in the game, by
freeing the way for the f-pawn.} (15. Rfe1 a4 16. a3 f6 17. Rd2 Bd6 18. Bxd6
Qxd6 19. Rde2 Bf7 20. e4 (20. Nd2 $5 {/\f4-f5}) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc7 22. Nc5
Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd5 24. Be4 {/\Nxa4} (24. Nxa4 Nf4 25. Rd2 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bg6 $19)
24... b5 25. Nd3 Rd8 {0-1 Matveeva,S (2445)-Sveshnikov,E (2565)/Yerevan 1996/
CBM 052 ext (48) Black has a solid position and has a stable control of the
light squares.}) (15. Na4 $5) 15... Bd6 $6 {Black fails to foresee the plan
that will follow in the game.} ({He should have refrained for a while from the
generally desirable exchagne of the dark squared bishops, preventing at the
same time the transfer ofboth enemy knights to c5, for instance with} 15... a4
$5 {when White would have had a hard job preparing e4. here is an optimistic
scenario, although improvments for Black are possible on the way, too.} 16. a3
Qd7 17. Qb1 f6 18. Bg3 Bf7 19. e4 dxe4 $6 20. Ndxe4 $36 {[+]} Bb3 (20... Qxd4
$4 21. Be2 $18) 21. Nc5 $1 (21. Rd2 $5) 21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5
24. Bc4 $44) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rde1 $1 {By overdefending in advance the
e3-pawn, White prepares the advance of the f-pawn.} f6 18. f4 Bf7 19. Nf3 a4
20. a3 {The a4-pawn is suddenly a permanent source of worries for Black.} Qb8 {
קa4, /\Qa7-a5, Rbd8} 21. g4 Bg6 $6 {Just wasting time, but Black can hardly
oppose anything to White's plan.} 22. f5 Qg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ {This exchange
only temporarily relieves the pressure against the a4-pawn. AT the same time,
the white king is given the possibility of centralisation.} 24. Kxg2 Bf7 25.
Kf2 Nc8 26. Bc2 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} Nb6 27. Nd2 Nfd7 28. Rg1 Kf8 29. g5 Re7 30. h4
$16 {White has a clear plan on the king side, while Black has hardly any
opportunity for counterplay. White's only weakness (Pe3) is safely defended by
the actively placed king.} Bg8 31. Bd1 Ra5 32. Rg3 c5 33. Reg1 cxd4 34. exd4
fxg5 35. hxg5 Nb8 36. f6 Rc7 37. Bh5 Nc4 38. g6 Nxd2 39. fxg7+ Rxg7 40. gxh7
Rxh7 41. Rxg8+ Ke7 42. Rxb8 Rxh5 43. Rg6 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Nf1+ 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Rb6
Nd2 47. R8xb7+ Ke8 48. Rg6 Kf8 49. Rc6 Ra8 50. Nxd5 Rh4+ 51. Ke3 Re8+ 52. Kd3
Nb3 53. Rf6+ Kg8 54. Ne7+ Kg7 55. Rg6+ Kh8 56. Re6 Rh3+ 57. Re3 Rxe3+ 58. Kxe3
Kg7 59. Kd3 Kf6 60. Nd5+ Kf5 61. Rb5 Rd8 62. Nb6+ Kf4 63. Rd5 Rh8 64. Nxa4 Rh3+
65. Kc2 Na1+ 66. Kb1 Nb3 67. Nc5 Nd2+ 68. Ka2 Nc4 69. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bd6 {Nakamura,H (2657)
-Iordachescu,V (2609) Sigeman & Co 13th 2005 (5) 1/2 For more details about
this variation, see the comments to the game pblished in the same issue of CBM,
} 13. Rfe1 $5 {This half-waiting move cleares the f1-square for the knight in
order to overdefend the h2-square if necessary and adds more force to an
eventual advance of the e-pawn, once the black bishop has left the h4-d8
diagonal.} Bg4 14. Nd2 (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 {(/\ f5, ץg4)} Rxg5
$1 17. fxg5 N6d7 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Bf5 Qxg5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Deze,A (2405)-Petrosian,
A (2460)/Novi Sad 1983/MCD (35)}) 14... Bh5 (14... Ng6 $6 15. h3 $6 (15. e4 $5
$14 dxe4 $6 16. Ndxe4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 $16) 15... Bd7
16. f4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nf3 Nh4 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Na4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd8 22.
Rbd1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 f6 {0-1 Balashov,Y (2534)-Belozerov,A (2487)/Smolensk 2000/
CBM 077 (62)}) (14... Bd7 15. Nf1 $1 (15. Bh4 $6 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3 g5
18. Bf5 Nh6 $1 19. Bxd7 gxh4+ 20. Kh2 Qxd7 $15) (15. h3 $6 {קh3}) 15... Ng6
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b5 $14 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z (2605)-Pinter,
J (2560)/Balatonlelle 2002/EXT 2004 (71)}) 15. Bh4 (15. Nf1 Bg6 16. Na4 (16. b4
h6 $5 (16... axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 {[%cal
Yg6e7,Ye7f5,Yf6f5]} 21. bxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B (2590)-Gabriel,C (2565)/
Bad Homburg 1996/CBM 055/[Tsesarsky]}) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {קa3} 18. bxa5 $140 (18.
b5 $2 {is impossible in view of} Bxa3) 18... Qe7 {/\...Rxa5} 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20.
Qb3 (20. Qa4 b5 $1 $15) 20... Reb8 $13) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Ng6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. g3 h5 21. Kg2 h4 22. f4 Ne7 23. g4 g5 24. f5 Kg7 25. Nc3 (25. h3
Ng8 26. Nc3 Qd8 {/\Nf6}) 25... h3+ $5 26. Kh1 Ng8 27. e4 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Qd8 29.
Qxh3 Bf4 30. Rbd1 Qd5 31. Qg2 Rad8 32. Nfg3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Nf6 $15 {0-1
Tomaszewski,R (2435)-Boensch,U (2530)/Polanica Zdroj 1987/CBM 005 (46)}) 15...
Bg6 16. Nf3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 N8d7 $1 {Over-defending the f6-knight in view of
White's obvious threat to open the centre.} 18. e4 {Black will have little
problems neutralising White's initiative after this thematic pawn break, but
it is hard to recommend anything more effective for White.} dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. g3 g6 25. h4 Kg7
26. Re5 h5 27. Qe2 Nd5 $11 {The control of the only open file ensures White
reasonable compensation for Black's better pawn structure and stability in the
centre, but not more than that.} 28. Ng5 Qd7 29. Ne4 b6 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. bxc3
b5 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Kg2 b4 34. Rxa5 bxc3 35. Rc5 Qxd4 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4 37. Rxc3
Ra4 38. Kf1 c5 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Re3 Kf5 41. Kd2 f6 42. Rf3+ Ke5 43. Re3+ Kf5 44.
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 {In this variation White's main plan is
to prepare and carry out the advance of the e-pawn, in order to get a spatial
advantage in the centre and attacking chances on the king side. Black's
counterplay is connected with exerting pressure against the enemy centre as
well as against the squares left behind by the enemy pawns; specifically, he
hopes to get to carry out a well timed break with ...c5. A typical scenarion
is e4 dxe4, fxe4 Ng4, Bxe7 Qxe7, Qd2 c5. However, playing ...c5 too early is
not a good idea, since at some moment Black would have to release the tension
with either ...cxd4 or ...c4, in both cases with better chances for White. The
preparatory phase of these typical moves (e4 and ...c5) is critical for the
final outcome of the opening.} Ng6 {Cutting away the bishop's retreats.} ({
Many players prefer to oppose a rook to the enemy queen as soon as possible
with} 11... Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 {B1/2-1/2 Breutigam,M (2403)-Rabiega,R (2539)/
Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/[Marin] (49) as, for instance, in a recent game:})
12. Rad1 Be6 13. h3 $5 {A rare move. White takes the g4-square under control,
in order to play e4 with all the comfort. However, this early weakening of the
king side can help Black to orientate his play in the next phase of the game.}
(13. Kh1 Rc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bc1 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M (2626)
-Asrian,K (2575)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072/[Baburin] (50)}) (13. Ng3 Rc8 $13 {
1-0 Bareev,E (2685)-Jussupow,A (2655)/Munich 1994/CBM 042/[Ftacnik] (52)})
13... Rc8 {This standard move might be too slow here. Black should probably
exchange the dark squared bishops and transfer the queen to h4 as soon as
possible, in order to take advantage of the dark side of the move h3.} ({True,
} 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {doesn't achieve this aim because of} 15. g4 $1 Nf6
16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Qf2 Bc8 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Voyna,A (2614)
-Johansson,I (2493)/ICCF Email 2001/Corr 2004 (39)}) ({However,} 13... Nd7 {
might be the best reaction, for instance} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 Qh4 16. e5 {
(White doesn't gain anything by delaying this move, since Black still has
moves to strengthen the position at his disposal, such as ...Rac8.)} Ne7 17. f4
g6 18. Kh2 Bf5 $132 {The white mass of pawns is under control. White's pieces
are not optimally placed to put them into motion. Black might play ...Nf8,
followed by ...Bxd3 and ...f5, or ...Rac8 and ...c5 (eventually after ...b6).})
14. a3 $146 {I do not see the necessity of playing this move at such an early
stage of the game.} (14. e4 $5 {looks stronger:} Nh5 (14... c5 {1-0 Lisko,F 
(2325)-Israel,J (2213)/Bad Wiessee 2001/EXT 2003 (22)} 15. e5 $1 Nd7 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. f4 c4 18. Bf5 $14 {Black can do little to stop the further advance of
the f-pawn.}) (14... dxe4 15. fxe4 c5 {doesn't seem to work because of} 16. Bb5
$1 (16. d5 c4 $1 $13) (16. e5 Nd5 $11) 16... Bd7 (16... Rf8 17. d5 $18) 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. dxc5 Ne5 19. b4 $16 {The control over the dark squares doesn't
seem to offer Black enough compensation for the missing pawn. White has
considerable advantage of space and an excellent outpost for his knight on d5.}
) 15. Be3 $1 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e5 Qh4 $132 17. Kh2 Nhf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 {
[%csl Yg2,Yh3] ><h3, g2}) (15. Bc1 $5) 15... dxe4 (15... Bg5 {leaves Black
with problems after} 16. f4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bh6 18. g4 $1) 16. fxe4 Bg5 17. Qc1
Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 $14) 14... b6 $6 {This move is not only too slow, but it also
weakens the light squares.} ({Once again, Black could have continued with} 
14... Nd7 $1 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 Qh4 $132 {when the inclusion of the moves ...
Rc8 and a3 certainly favours him.}) 15. e4 $1 dxe4 16. fxe4 Qc7 17. e5 Nd5 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 ({In case of} 19... Bxd5 20. Nc3 {Black would have had
problems maintaining the blockade on d5, because the knight would not dispose
over the e7-square.}) 20. Qd2 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yf1f3,Yd1f1,Yd2e3] The start of
a natural and strong regrouping.} Rf8 21. Qe3 Qh4 22. Rf3 Rce8 23. Rdf1 $16 {
[%cal Ye2g3,Yg3f5] White has strong pressure, while Black has no counterplay
at all. The attempt to free his position will only lead to an even more
unpleasant endgame.} f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qg3 Qg5 27. Kh2 Qxg3+
28. Nxg3 Rf8 29. Nh5 f5 30. Kg3 Ne7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Kf4 Kf7 34.
Ke5 Nc6+ 35. Kxd5 Bb7 36. Nf4 Kf6 37. Kc4 Kg5 38. g3 h5 39. d5 Na5+ 40. Kd4 h4
41. Ne2 hxg3 42. Nxg3 Kf4 43. Ne2+ Kf3 44. Nc1 Bc8 45. b4 Nb7 46. Ke5 f4 47.
Ne2 Bxh3 48. Nxf4 Bd7 49. Ne6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Breutigam, Martin"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rad1 Be6 12. f3 Rc8 13. Kh1 {The most
popular move. White does not rush in advancing his e-pawn, but spends some
time on prophylaxy.} (13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Ng4 $132 {1-0 Timman,J-Jussupow,A/
Riga 1995/CBM 047/[Ftacnik] (38)}) (13. a3 a6 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Campora,D/
ESP-chT/1994/0.5 (42)} (13... N6d7 {Kamsky,G-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee (m/
4)/1994/1-0 (39)})) 13... a6 $5 {A rare move. Black intends to play c6-c5
without having to fear Bb5. Later, the move ...a6 will prove useful for the
queen side plan anyway, by supporting ...b5.} (13... N6d7 {is a more common
move}) 14. a3 {White adopts a similar startegy. The modest advance of the
a-pawn is designed to slow down Black's queen side play at a later stage.} (14.
e4 $5 {is the critical continuation} dxe4 (14... N6d7 15. Be3 {would allow
White win a tempo if compared to the game.}) 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bc1 Bg5 17. h3
Be3 $6 (17... Ne3 $5 18. Bxe3 Bxe3) (17... Bxc1 18. Qxc1 $14) 18. Ng1 (18. Nf4
$5) 18... Bxg1 19. Rxg1 Qh4 20. Rgf1 Red8 21. Kg1 Nf6 22. Rf4 Qh5 23. e5 $6 (
23. Qf2 $1 $16 Ng6 24. Be2 $1 Qg5 25. h4 $1 Qa5 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6 $40)
23... Nd5 24. Be2 Qg6 25. Bd3 Qh5 26. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Aschenbrenner,R-Baumgartner,
H/Austria 2004/EXT 2005}) 14... N6d7 15. Bf4 ({As usual in the Karlsbad
structure, the exchange of the dark squared bishops would make Black's play
easier.} 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 c5 18. d5 Bg4 $132 {[%csl Re5]})
15... c5 16. Qd2 c4 (16... cxd4) 17. Bb1 b5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Be3 Qd7 20. e5 $6 (
20. Nf4 $5 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal Ye4e5,Rf4e6]}) 20... a5 21. f4 Bg4 $132 {
Black has managed to keep the white central pawns under control and put his
own queen side pawns into motion. His chances are not worse.} 22. Rde1 b4 23.
axb4 axb4 24. Nd1 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Ng3 Qd7 27. f5 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Qe2
c2 30. Nf2 Nc4 31. Bf4 Bh4 32. Nd3 Nd6 33. Nc5 Qb5 34. Qxc2 Bxg3 35. Bxg3 Ne4
36. Qd1 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. h3 Rc3 39. Kh2 Qc4 40. Rf4 Qd3 41. Rf3 Qxd1 42.
Rxd1 Rxf3 43. gxf3 g6 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Rxd5 Ne6 46. Ra5 Rc8 47. Ra2 Rc3 48.
Kg2 g5 49. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Namyslo, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 {A multi-purpose move. Black frees the
f8-knight from the task of defending the h7-pawn, clearing at the same time
the g7-square inview of the manoeuvre Ne6-g7. This will ensure almost by force
the exchange of the light squared bishops, which is supposed to solve part of
Black's strategic problems. However, there are two main drawbacks of this plan.
First of all, it is a bit slow, allowing White to carry out his quesn side
plan unhindered. Secondly, the relative weakness of the h3-pawn will lose all
its significance and Black will have no chances of a king side attack.} 12.
Rab1 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 {is an important alternative.}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh4 (
13. Bh6) (13. Bxf6) 13... Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bf5 {This was by far not the
first time Khenkin had this position as White.} 16. Bxf6 {However, this is the
first time he captures on f6 at such an early stage.} ({A possible reason for
thisdecision is that in the following game he failed to obtain any advantage
with the approved continuation:} 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 $5 $146
19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rfc1 Ne6 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. Ne2 Rec8 24. Rb3 Ra3
25. Rc3 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Asrian,K/Moscow 2001/CBM 086. Black is
perfectly regrouped and can play c6-c5 at his convenience, causing major
simplifications with a probable draw.}) 16... Bxf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bxd3
19. Qxd3 Ra3 {Black aims to get queen side counterplay by activating his major
pieces.} ({The main alternative is} 19... Nf5 20. bxc6 bxc6 {when we would
reach by different move order a position that had already occured in Khenkin's
practice (White played 16.b5 and exchanged on f6 only after 18...Nf5). The
better pawn structure offers White a minimal but long term advantage. Black
would equalize completely only if he would manage to occupy the c4-square with
his knight or provoke mass simplifications.} 21. Rfc1 Ra3 22. Qc2 Qa8 23. Rb6
$5 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5][%cal Yb6f6] A significant improvement over a previous game
of Khenkin. Before improving the placement of the c3-knight, White puts
pressure on Black's queen side pawns, thus forcing him to misplace one of his
minor pieces.} ({The straightforward} 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Nf4 Nd6 25. Nd2 Ra2 26.
Qd1 Qa6 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb5 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Nxb3 Be7 31. Nd3 Nc4 $11 {
[%csl Yc4] 1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Dreev,A/Borzhomi 1988/EXT 97 (67). Black has
managed to get the optimal regroupment.}) 23... Ne7 {Now, the knight will be
too far from the c4-square.} (23... Nd6 $2 24. Nxd5 $1 $16) (23... Bg7 $2 24.
Nb1 $1 {[%csl Ya3][%cal Yb6c6]}) (23... Bd8 $5) 24. Ne2 Ra2 25. Rb2 Rxb2 26.
Qxb2 Qa7 27. Nf4 Rb8 28. Qc2 Qa3 29. g4 h6 30. Qc5 Qb2 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. Nd3 Qe2
33. Qc2 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 $14 h5 $6 35. gxh5 g5 36. Nde5 Rc7 37. Rc5 Kg7 38. h6+
Kxh6 39. Nxf7+ Kg6 40. N7e5+ Kf5 41. Ng4 $18 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Bruzon Bautista,L/
Cali 2000/CBM 079 ext (53)}) 20. bxc6 (20. Ra1 {is rarely seen, but contains
some hidden tactical ideas:} Qa5 $2 (20... Qa8 21. Nxd5 Rxd3 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 (
22... Kh8 23. Ne5 $3 $18 {/\Nxf7#, /\Rxa8, Nxd3}) 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ne5 Rc3 25.
bxc6 bxc6 26. Nxh7+ Kg8 (26... Ke7 27. Rb1 $1) 27. Ng5 $44 {/+/=} f6 $2 28. Ne4
$16) (20... Qe7 $5) 21. Nxd5 $1 Rxa1 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Nxe8 Nxe8 24. bxc6 bxc6
25. Ne5 $18 {1-0 Pomes Marcet,J-Glavina Rossi,P/Pamplona 2003/CBM 097 ext (29)}
) 20... bxc6 21. Qc2 ({Here too} 21. Ra1 {deserves investigation, with the
same tactical tricks as in the previous comments.}) 21... Qa8 $146 (21... Qa5 {
has been played once, but the game is not too relevant:} 22. Nd1 $6 (22. Ne2) (
22. Rfc1) 22... Rc8 23. Qb2 Nf5 24. Qb7 Nd6 25. Qd7 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 27. Rc1
Nc4 28. Nc3 Ba5 29. Nb1 Rb3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Suuronen,P-Salimaki,J/Helsinki 2003/
EXT 2005 (34)}) (21... Nf5 {would transpose after} 22. Rfc1 {to 19...Nf5.}) 22.
Qb2 Ne6 {If Black will not manage to play ...c5 under favourable circumstances,
this will be a passive square for the knight.} (22... Nf5 $5) 23. Ra1 Ra6 24.
Rxa6 Qxa6 25. Ra1 Qc8 26. Qb6 Re7 27. Rc1 {[%cal Yc3d5]} Qa8 28. Ne2 Rc7 29. g4
Rc8 30. Kg2 $14 {White has stabilised the position and can play for a win
without any risk.} Bd8 31. Qb4 Qa7 32. Qb3 Bf6 33. Rc2 Kg7 34. Nc1 h5 35. gxh5
gxh5 36. Qd3 Rg8 37. Qf5 Kf8+ 38. Kf1 Qa6+ 39. Qd3 Qa4 40. Qb3 Qa6+ 41. Qd3 Qa4
42. Ra2 Qb4 43. Qb3 Qd6 44. Nd3 Kg7 45. Ra7 c5 46. dxc5 Nxc5 47. Qb4 Ne4 48.
Qxd6 Nxd6 49. Nf4 Kh6 50. Nxd5 Bg7 51. Rd7 Bf8 52. Ne5 Kg7 53. f4 Rh8 54. Ke2
Rh6 55. Kf3 Kg8 56. Rd8 Kg7 57. Nd7 Rh8 58. Nxf8 Nf5 59. e4 Nh4+ 60. Kg3 Ng6
61. Nxg6 Rxd8 62. Nge7 Ra8 63. Kh4 Ra3 64. Nf5+ Kg6 65. Ng3 Ra4 66. f5+ Kh6 67.
Nf6 Ra3 68. Nfxh5 Ra6 69. Kg4 f6 70. h4 Kh7 71. Ne2 Kg8 72. Nef4 Kf7 73. Nd5
Ra1 74. Nhxf6 Rf1 75. h5 Rg1+ 76. Kf3 Rh1 77. e5 Rf1+ 78. Ke4 Re1+ 79. Kd4 Rd1+
80. Kc5 Kg7 81. e6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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 {Mueller,Karsten} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3
Be7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 {One of the main
modern tabyias of the exchange variation.} 12. a3 (12. Ne5 {1/2-1/2
Kazhgaleyev,M (2613)-Eliet,N (2430)/Vandoeuvre 2005/CBM 106/[Marin] (38)}) (12.
Rab1 Ne4 $5 {1/2-1/2 Malakhov,V (2670)-Popov,V (2568)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/
[Marin] (104)} (12... N6d7 {CBM 107 0-1 Lytchak,A (2436)-Boensch,U (2540)/
Germany 2005/CBM 107/[Marin] (37)})) (12. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Li Wenliang (2422)
-Jussupow,A (2601)/Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107/[Marin] (32)}) 12... N6d7 (12...
Rc8 {0-1 Graf,A (2637)-Jussupow,A (2582)/Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/[Marin] (26)
}) 13. Bf4 {This is considered to be White's best chance for an advantage.
Because of his lack of space, Black is interested to exchange one pair of
minor pieces. By avoiding it, White is supposed to have better chances to
preserve his initial advantage. The opposite aspect of the problem is that for
endgame purposes the exchange of the dark squared bishops favours White, since
most of Black's queen side pawns find themselves on light squares.} Nb6 14. b4
({The seemingly active knight jump} 14. Ne5 {only helps Black win time for the
plan of exchanging the light-squared bishops with} f6 15. Nf3 Bf7 16. Nd2 Bg6
17. b4 Qd7 18. Rab1 a6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Bg3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne6 22. Rfc1 Bf8 23.
b5 axb5 24. axb5 c5 $132 {1-0 Dautov,R (2604)-Graf,A (2630)/playchess.com 2003/
CBM 092 ext (70)}) (14. Rfc1 a5 $5 (14... Bd6) 15. Na4 $6 (15. b3 {[%cal Yc2b2,
Yb3b4]}) 15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Ng6 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Qc5
Qf6 21. Qd6 Red8 22. Qg3 a4 23. Rab1 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Obodchuk,A (2430)-Smagin,S 
(2540)/Moscow 1995/CBM 046 (50)}) 14... Bd6 {Finally trading these bishops.} ({
Curiously, the plan from the game Dautov-Graf has been employed even with the
missing tempi:} 14... f6 15. Nd2 (15. Bg3 $5 Bf7 $140 {[%cal Gf7g6]} 16. Nh4 {
[%csl Gg6]}) 15... Bf7 16. Nb3 Nc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Janjgava,L (2425)-Dokhoian,Y 
(2515)/Vilnius 1988/CBM 007 (33)}) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfc1 a6 17. a4 ({Here is
an example of where carelessness can lead White to:} 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne2 $6 {
By refraining from creating concrete queen side threats, White puts himself in
a very dangerous situation.} (18. a4 $1) 18... Nc8 $1 {By transferring his
knight to d6, Black secures himself against the minority's attack and sustains
the exchange of the remaining bishops.} 19. Qb2 Nd6 20. a4 Bf5 $1 21. Bxf5 Nxf5
22. Nc3 (22. b5 Nxe3 $1) 22... Ng6 23. b5 {Too late.} Ngh4 {The white king
side is under serious pressure now.} 24. Nf1 Qg5 25. f4 Qd8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
Qf2 Nd6 28. g3 Nhf5 $17 {0-1 Pelletier,Y (2579)-Gurevich,M (2633)/Gibraltar
2006/CBM 110 ext (46)}) 17... f6 {Under these concrete circumstances, this
plan will fail to bring Black the desired relief.} ({The standard continuation
would be} 17... g6 {, absolving the f8-knight from the task of defending h7.
For instance:} 18. b5 (18. Ne5 Nfd7) (18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Rab1 Qe7 $132 {[%cal
Ye7g5]}) 18... cxb5 19. axb5 a5 20. Na4 Nxa4 (20... Nfd7 21. Nc5 $14) 21. Rxa4
(21. Qxa4 Nd7 22. Qc2 Nb6 $11) 21... Rec8 (21... Nd7 $2 22. Qd2 $1 b6 23. Rc6
$16) 22. Qd2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Rc8 24. Qd2 b6 $11) 18. Rab1 Bf7 19. Nh4 $5 {
Without the prior exchange of the dark-squared bishops, this move wouldlose a
piece to ...g5, but here it seems to be a reasonable antidote to Black's
intentions..} Be6 20. Ne2 {Black has weakened his king side without achieving
anything favourable for him. White starts concentrating his minor pieces on
that part of the board in order to put the weaknesses under severe pressure.}
Nc4 $6 {This is a positional concesion already.} 21. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 22. a5 $1 $14
{[%csl Yb6,Yc3,Yc5] White has a nice control on dark squares and an advantage
in the centre.} Nd7 23. Nc3 Bd5 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. e4 Bf7 26. Na4 Rad8 27. Rd1 Kh8
28. f3 $16 {With purposefull play, White has increased his advantage of space.
Black is doomed to passive defence.} Bg6 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Nc5 g6 31. Nxb7 Rb8
32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Rxb4 34. Rd6 Rxb1+ 35. Qxb1 Re6 36. Qd1 c3 37. g4 c2 38.
Qxc2 Rxd6 39. cxd6 Qxd6 40. Qc3 Kg8 41. Ng2 c5 42. Kf2 c4 43. h4 h6 44. Kf1 h5
45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. f4 Qc6 48. Ke3 Qc5+ 49. Kf3 Qg1 50. Qe1 Qd4 51.
Ne3 Qd3 52. Qg1+ Kh7 53. Qd1 Qb3 54. Qd6 c3 55. Qxf6 c2 56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Qe5+
Kg8 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. Qf5+ Kg7 60. Qc5 Bc4 61. Kf2 Qc3 62. Nf5+ Kf7 63. Qc7+ Kf8
64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. e5 Qe1+ {'?' Mueller,Karsten.} (65... Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4f8]
Mueller,Karsten nun kann die Dame sich leichter gegen den Springer opfern, z.B.
} 66. Nd6+ (66. Qc7+ Kg6 67. Ne7+ Qxe7 68. Qxe7 c1=Q $11) 66... Qxd6 67. exd6
c1=Q $11) 66. Kxe1 c1=Q+ 67. Qd1 Qc3+ (67... Qxf4 {Mueller,Karsten} 68. Qd7+
Kg6 69. Ne7+ Kh6 70. Qd2 Qxd2+ 71. Kxd2 Kg7 72. Kc3 $18) 68. Qd2 (68. Kf2 $18 {
Mueller,Karsten}) 68... Qa1+ 69. Kf2 Qf1+ 70. Kg3 Qg1+ 71. Qg2 Qe1+ 72. Qf2
Qxa5 73. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {With this peculiar move order, postponing the development
of the light-squared bishop, White keeps the d3-square available for his
f3-knight, precisely for the case Black chooses this plan based on Nh5.} 10.
O-O-O (10. g4 Nf4 11. O-O-O Ne6 {allows Black transfer his knight to the
optimal e6-square without the necessity of losing a tempo with ...g6.}) 10...
g6 11. g4 Ng7 (11... Nhf6 {looks slightly pointless. The knight is unstable on
f3 and is likely to generate further loss of time.} 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14.
h3 b6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Rg4 Re6 19. Rh4 Rae8 20. Rxh5 gxh5
21. Ne2 Kh8 22. Nf4 $36 {1-0 Portisch,L (2615)-Andersson,U (2600)/Reggio
Emilia 1987/CBM 005 (53)}) 12. h3 Nb6 13. Ne5 {This is the point behind
White's previous play.} (13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Kb8 16. Be2 Ne8 17.
Nd2 Nd6 18. h4 Bc8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bf3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2760)-Smyslov,V
(2550)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch}) 13... f6 (13... Be6 {1-0 Tyomkin,D (2501)-Borgo,G 
(2417)/St Vincent 2002/CBM 88/[Tyomkin,D] (50)}) 14. Nd3 Be6 15. Be2 $1 {
A natural developing move, inviting Black to define his intentions regarding
the position of the king.} (15. Re1 {was too straightforward an attempt to
force the king choose his residence:} O-O-O 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Be2
Bf7 19. Qb4 {This is also harmless.} ({Because of the loss of time induced by
15.Re1 White cannot carry out the classical queen side plan with the same
efficiency, for instance:} 19. Kb1 Ne6 20. Rc1 h5 21. Rhf1 (21. gxh5 g5) 21...
hxg4 22. hxg4 g5 23. Rc3 Bg6 24. Ra3 b6 $1 $132 25. Qxc6 $140 $2 Nxd4 26. exd4
Qxe2 $19) 19... Qxb4 20. Nxb4 h5 21. Nd3 hxg4 22. hxg4 g5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4
Rdg8 25. Nh5 Ne8 26. Rhf1 Be6 27. Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2702)-Sokolov,I 
(2637)/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 077}) 15... Bf7 ({But now, castling long is not
without dangers:} 15... O-O-O 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Kb1 Bf7 19. Rc1 h5
20. Rhf1 hxg4 21. hxg4 {and now Black misses just one tempo to reach the
optimal regrouping illustrated in the previous comment:} g5 (21... Ne6 22. Rc3
Rc8 23. Ra3 b6 24. Nb4 $40) 22. Rc3 Bg6 23. Ra3 {and Black is forced to
advance his a-pawn with} a6 {which leads to a dangerous position after} 24. Ka1
Bxd3 25. Bxd3 $40 {/\Bxa6}) 16. Na4 (16. Nc5 {Beim,V (2521)-Bischoff,K (2533)
AUT-chT qual 2001 (3.2) 1/2}) 16... Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Ne6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ye6g5,
Yg5e4,Ye4d6]} 18. h4 {This is not an attacking move, but a prophilactic one.
The g5=square is denied to the enemy knight.} O-O 19. Kb1 b6 20. Bf3 $1 {
The start of an efficient regroupment of the minor pieces, aiming to
discourage the thematic adcance of the c-pawn.} (20. Qxc6 $2 Nxd4 $1) 20... Qd6
21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Nc1 $1 (22. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 23. Qxb6 Rfb8) 22... Rfd8 23. Ne2 {
Black has achieved a comfortable regroupment of his forces, but his position
contains a small deffect: the weakness of the f6-square.} c5 $6 ({In view of
the previous comment, it is easy to suggest} 23... Kg7 $142 $1 {defending just
in case Pf6. We can see here a drawback of the absence of the white knight
from f3: neither h4-h5 nor g4-g5, otherwise thematic plans, favour White here.
Therefore, White should probably focus on the queen side, but Black is quite
solid:} 24. Rc1 Rc7 (24... Qh2 25. Ng3 $1 Qxh4 26. Qxa7 $16) 25. Rdc2 Rdc8) 24.
dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rhd1 $16 Qh2 26. Nc3 Ra5 27. Qc6 d4 $5 (27... Rc5 28. Qb7 Rc7 29.
Qa6 $16) 28. exd4 Qxh4 29. d5 Ng5 30. Rh1 Nxf3 31. Rxh4 Nxd2+ 32. Kc1 Rc5 33.
Qxf6 Rdxd5 34. g5 $18 {Finally, the weakness of the f6-square has led Black's
premature operation to fiasco.} Rd7 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Nc4 37. Ne4 Rc8 38.
Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nxh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Qd7 Rc5 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Nd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Cheboksary"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 {This setup has been quite popular lately.}
11. g4 (11. O-O-O {1-0 Fish,G (2523)-Kern,G (2355)/Germany 2005/CBM 106/[Marin]
(34)}) (11. O-O {1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,R (2591)-Hansen,L (2567)/Gothenburg 2005/
CBM 109/[Marin] (28)}) 11... Ng7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf4 (14. e4 {
1-0 Vitiugov,N (2519)-Popov,V (2570)/Kazan 2005/CBM 109/[Marin] (34)}) (14. Kb1
{1/2-1/2 Grigore,G (2526)-Ciolac,G (2389)/Cesenatico 1999/EXT 2000 (24) was
examined in the notes to Vitiugov-Popov.}) 14... g5 15. Nfe2 {[%csl Gh7]} h6
$146 {Being slightly behind in development, Black should avoid making such
neutral moves.} ({More active is} 15... h5 $1 $132 {as played in 1/2-1/2
Malaniuk,V (2520)-Vaganian,R (2625)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (41) and examined in
the notes to Vitiugov-Popov}) 16. e4 $1 {The most resolute continuation, but
other moves a¡deserve attention, too.} (16. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ya4c5]} Nxa4 17. Qxa4
{and Black cannot castle long already.}) (16. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Yg3f5]}) 16... dxe4
({Black has to give up the tension in the centre. He would get under serious
pressure after} 16... Be6 17. f4 $36) 17. Bxe4 {Consequently fighting for the
control of the d5-square.} ({The latrenative would be} 17. Nxe4 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Yc2c5,Ye4c5] aiming for a dark-squared strategy.}) 17... O-O-O 18. d5 {
[%csl Gc6] White's initiative is not easy to neutralise now.} Qc5 {The safest,
but not entirely stafisfactory way to defend the c6-pawn.} (18... Qf6 19. f4 $1
$36 {[%cal Yh1f1]}) 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nb5 $14 {[%csl Gf5,Gh6]
[%cal Yb5d6,Ye2g3] With simple play, White has managed to retain a dangerous
initiative. He is obviously ahead in the fight for the occupation of the
mutual king side weaknesses.} Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Kb8 23. Nd6 Rd7 24. Ng3 Nc8 25.
Nde4 Rc7+ 26. Kb1 Re8 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rxh4 Rc6 29. a3 a6 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rd8
Ne8 32. f3 Kc7 33. Rd1 Ng7 34. Rdh1 Ree6 35. Ne2 f5 36. N4g3 Rc4 37. gxf5 Rxh4
38. Rxh4 Nxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxe2 40. Rxh6 Rf2 41. Nd4 Nd6 42. Rh1 Kb6 43. Rc1 Nb5
44. Nxb5 axb5 45. Rc3 b4 46. Rb3 Kc6 47. axb4 Kb5 48. Ka2 Ka4 49. b5 b6 50. Re3
Kxb5 51. Kb3 Kc6 52. Kc3 b5 53. b3 Kc5 54. Re5+ Kd6 55. Rf5 Ke6 56. Rf8 Ke7 57.
Rf4 Kd6 58. Kb4 Rb2 59. Rf5 Ke6 60. Rc5 Rd2 61. Kxb5 Rd3 62. b4 Rxf3 63. Kb6
Kd6 64. b5 Rb3 65. Rc1 Kd7 66. Ka6 Rd3 67. b6 Rd2 68. Ka7 Ra2+ 69. Kb8 Rb2 70.
b7 Ra2 71. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rab1 Ne4 $5 {This only seemingly
active knight jump is not a very popular reaction to White's plan.} (12... N6d7
{CBM 107 0-1 Lytchak,A (2436)-Boensch,U (2540)/Germany 2005/CBM 107/[Marin] 
(37)}) 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 ({It is hard to understand how could such a move like} 
13... Qxe7 $2 {occur in a high level game:} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Ne5
Qf6 17. Ng4 Qe7 18. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2653)-Tregubov,P (2627)/Fouesnant
2002/EXT 2005 (52)}) 14. b4 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxa2 16. Rbc1 Bd5 $132) (
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. Qxe4 $2 Bxa2 $1 $17) 15... Bxa2 16. Rbc1 Bd5 $13) {
This is the first game where Black tries to consolidate his central knight.}
14... Bf5 $146 ({Capturing on c3 with} 14... Nxc3 $6 {doesn't cross in any way
White's plans:} 15. Qxc3 Rc7 $5 16. Rbc1 (16. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V (2530)
-Balashov,Y (2510)/Perm 1997/CBM 058/[Tsesarsky] (24)}) 16... Rcc8 17. Qb2 a6
18. a4 Qf6 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. b5 $14 {1-0 Cebalo,M (2486)-Gurevich,
M (2656)/Bastia 2003/EXT 2004 (38)}) ({The paradoxical retreat} 14... Nd6 $5 {
makes much more sense, because it takes under control the crucial c4- and
b5-squares.} 15. Rfc1 (15. a4 Rc7 16. Qb2 Ng6 17. Rbc1 Rac8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19.
Ne5 g5 20. Qe2 f6 21. Nd3 Qe8 22. Rce1 Re7 23. Rc1 Bf7 $15 {0-1 Zhuravlev,N 
(2272)-Klovans,J (2481)/Rowy 2000/CBM 078 ext (55)}) 15... Rc8 16. Rb3 Re8 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh3][%cal Yd8f6]} 17. Qd1 Qf6 18. b5 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nd4 Rec8
21. Rc2 Qg5 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Ne2 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Shchekachev,A (2592)-Gurevich,M
(2635)/Metz 2003/CBM 093 ext}) 15. Nd2 ({The forced tactical operation
introduced by} 15. Nh4 {doesn't lead to any concrete achievement for White:}
Nxc3 16. Nxf5 Nxb1 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rxb1 {The white bishop is not a very
effective piece in supporting the minority's attack.} a6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qc5 (
20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 c5 $11) 20... Qd8 21. Rc1 Ne6 {/\g6}) 15... Nxd2 {It is
hard to decide which knight to eliminate.} ({Black apparently thought that
after} 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 a6 18. a4 Ne6 19. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Yf1c1,Yb4b5] the knight would be well placed on b3}) 16. Qxd2 Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 a6 {Black would "only" need to have the knight on d6 to get a dream
position, but he is 4 tempi away from this dream.} 18. Na4 $5 (18. a4 Re6 19.
b5 axb5 20. axb5 Qg5 $132) 18... Nd7 19. Rfc1 ({In case of the immediate} 19.
Nc5 {Black might consider playing} Nxc5 20. bxc5 Rc8 {since in the absence of
minor pieces, the weaknes of the b7-pawn is quite hard to take advantage of.})
19... Nf6 20. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Ya2a4,Yb4b5] Now that the plan of a king side
attack is not possible any more (the knight interferes the 6th rank) White
returns to his initial plan.} ({He might have feared that after the more
natural} 20. Nc5 Ne4 21. a4 Rc8 {the knight would have been sligthly hanging
on c5, making the thematic b4-b5 harder to carry out.}) 20... Rc8 21. a4 Rec7 (
21... Ne4 22. b5 $14) 22. Rd1 $1 {Since Black is well prepared against the
minority's attack, White prepares the advance of his central pawns.} Ne8 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ye8d6]} 23. f3 $1 Rd7 24. a5 Qg5 25. Na4 Re7 26. e4 dxe4 27.
fxe4 Nf6 28. Nc5 $14 {White has a strong pawn centre and static pressure
against the enemy queen side. However, Black's position is quite solid.} Rce8
29. e5 Nd5 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Nxe3 32. Rf3 Nd5 33. Rf2 Rd8 34. Rb3 h6 35.
Kh2 Rb8 36. Kg3 Rd8 37. Rd2 Rde8 38. Kf3 g6 39. Re2 Kg7 40. g3 Rd8 41. Kf2 h5
42. h4 Nc7 43. Re4 Nd5 44. Ke1 Rde8 45. Kd2 f6 46. e6 f5 47. Re5 Rd8 48. Kd3
Nf6 49. Kc4 Ne8 50. Rd3 Nf6 51. Rd1 Ne8 52. d5 Rd6 53. Ree1 Kf6 54. Nd7+ Kg7
55. Nc5 Nf6 56. dxc6 Rxc6 57. Rd8 Ne8 58. Kb3 Kf6 59. Rd7 Ng7 60. Rxe7 Kxe7 61.
Nxb7 Rxe6 62. Rxe6+ Nxe6 63. Nc5 Nxc5+ 64. bxc5 g5 65. hxg5 f4 66. gxf4 h4 67.
g6 h3 68. g7 Kf7 69. c6 h2 70. c7 h1=Q 71. g8=Q+ Kxg8 72. c8=Q+ Kf7 73. Qd7+
Kg6 74. Qe6+ Kg7 75. Qe5+ Kf7 76. Kb4 Qc6 77. f5 Qb7+ 78. Kc4 Qc6+ 79. Kd3 Qd7+
80. Ke3 Qc6 81. Kd2 Qd7+ 82. Ke2 Qc6 83. Kf2 Qc2+ 84. Kg3 Qd3+ 85. Kh4 Qc4+ 86.
Kh5 Qc6 87. Qe3 Qd5 88. Kg5 Qd8+ 89. Kh5 Qd5 90. Qg5 Qh1+ 91. Qh4 Qf3+ 92. Kg5
Qe3+ 93. Qf4 Qg1+ 94. Kh5 Qh1+ 95. Kg4 Qd1+ 96. Qf3 Qd4+ 97. Kh5 Qh8+ 98. Kg4
Qd4+ 99. Kg3 Qe5+ 100. Kh4 Qxa5 101. Qh5+ Kf8 102. Qh6+ Kf7 103. Qe6+ Kf8 104.
Kh5 Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Lytchak, Alexander"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 {This move, continuing the
development, is the favourite of great Queen's Gambit expert Jussupow (see
also my comments in CBM 106). Little wonder that Bönsch, another "classic" of
this opening, choses the same variation.} 12. Rab1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 ({Black
intends to prevent the typical minority's attack by piece pressure only. The
c4-square is taken under control. The more commital} 13... a5 {Kharlov,A (2628)
-Meister,Y (2504) RUS-chT Sochi 2005 (10) 1-0 was played in a game analyzed in
the same issue of CBM,}) 14. Na4 {White aims to exchange the knight that was
ready to jump to c4 in case of the advance of the b-pawn. However, this
exchange implies considerable waste of time, by placing the quen to an
unfavourable square.} ({However, the thematic} 14. b4 {needs some more
concrete investigation.} {The critical continuation is} Nc4 ({Refraining from
ocupying the c4-square led Black to an inferior position after} 14... Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a4 a6 17. Nd2 (17. b5 cxb5 $1 18. axb5 a5 $1 {allows Black
stabilize the queen side.}) 17... Re7 18. Nb3 $1 Rc7 (18... Qxb4 19. Nc5 Qa5
20. Qb3 Nc8 21. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nc5 Nbd7 20. f4 f6 21. f5 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A 
(2610)-Ivanchuk,V (2710)/Linares 1993/CBM 034/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 15. Bxc4 dxc4 {
(/\b5) when after} 16. b5 {the position is sharp and probably more or less
equal:} Ng6 17. Bg3 (17. bxc6 Nxf4 18. cxb7 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Rb8 20. Kg2 Qd7 {
קh3, Pb7}) 17... Bd6 18. bxc6 (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. bxc6 {would have transposed
to the game since} Qxc6 $6 {is strongly met by} 20. e4 $1 {when Black has no
time to create dangerous king side threats.}) 18... bxc6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rb7
(20. Ne4 Qd5 {[%cal Re6f5] (/\Bf5)} 21. Nc5 Bxh3 22. e4 Qh5 $36 {Once again,we
can notice the dark side of the generally useful move h2-h3.}) (20. Rfd1 Rab8 {
[%cal Rb8b6] /\Rb6}) (20. e4 {[%csl Rf4] ><f4}) 20... c5 (20... Bc8 21. Rb2 $1
{[%cal Yf1b1]}) 21. d5 $1 (21. Ne4 Qd5 {[%csl Rb7]} 22. Nxc5 Bxh3 23. e4 Qh5
$36 {/\Bxg2}) 21... Bxd5 22. Qd2 (22. Rd1 $2 Qc6 $1 $19) 22... Rad8 (22... Qc6
$2 23. Qxd5 $18) 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 {The passed c5-pawn offers Black
sufficient counterplay, for instance} 25. Rxa7 (25. Rc1 Re7 26. Rb8+ Nf8 27.
Rxc4 f6 28. Rc8 Rb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Safin,S (2466)-Sriram,J (2393)/Lucknow 2004/
CBM 102 ext (43)}) 25... Rb8 26. Rc1 Rb2 $1 (26... h6 27. Rc2 $5 $14 (27. Rxc4
Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rb2 29. Rxc5 Rf1 $40)) 27. Ra8+ Nf8 28. Rxc4 g6 $132 {/\Rd1, קf2,
Kg7, Ne6, >Pc5}) ({Another untested possibility is} 14. Rfc1 {Li Wenliang 
(2422)-Jussupow,A (2601) Minneapolis HB Global op 2005 (6) 1/2 in the spirit
of the lines examined in the notes to} {from this same issue of CBM. Black
should probably play} Rc8 {transposing to one of the notes to the mentioned
game.}) 14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 {Since the white queen will most probably have to
return to c2 soon, Black has two tempi to rearrange his pieces.} Bd6 $146 ({
More than ten years ago, Jussupow preferred the tempting} 15... Ng6 {and only
after} 16. Bh2 {did he offer the exchange of bishops. As we shall see, Bönsch
had other plans for his knight, which explains why he refrained from "winning
a tempo" by attacking the enemy bishop first. Besides, there is one more
nuance that might have bothered him (see below).} Bd6 17. Ne5 {Suddenly, the
black knight appears to be vulnerable on g6, preventing the generally
desirable ...f6.} (17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 a6 19. Qc2 {would have also been
possible, when it is far from clear whether the knight is better placed on the
king side than in Bönsch' game.}) 17... Qf6 18. Qc2 ({In case of} 18. f4 {
(to which he attaches a question mark) Jussupow planned to exchange the light
squared bishops with} Bf5 {However, after} 19. Qc2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 {planning a
king side expansion, based on such moves as Ng4, f5-f6, eventually g4, Black's
pieces might have been rather artificially placed. This might have been a
second reason for Bönsch' novelty.}) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd3 Rac8 (22... d4 $6 23. e4 $1 Bxa2 24. Rbe1 Qe6 25. f4 $44 {->}
) 23. Qa4 (23. b4 b6 {/\ c5}) 23... c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2625)-Jussupow,
A (2655)/Amsterdam 1994/CBM 043 (50) and Black's centralisation fully
compensated for the weakness of the king side.}) 16. Bxd6 (16. Ne5 {would be
pointless now because of} f6) 16... Qxd6 17. b4 a6 {In order to proceed with
his attack, White has to remove the queen from a4.} 18. Qc2 {[%cal Ra2a4,Rb4b5]
} g6 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rf8d7] Freeing the knight from the defence of the h7/
pawn.} 19. a4 Nd7 {As can be seen from the further course of the game as well
as from the notes, Black has prepared in optimal way against White's the
intended minority's attack.} 20. Rfc1 (20. b5 $6 cxb5 $1 21. axb5 Rec8 22. Qb2
a5 $1 {/\Nb6=/+} 23. b6 $6 Rc6) 20... Rac8 21. Qc3 (21. b5 $6 cxb5 22. Qxc8
Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nf8 $1 $17 {צc8}) (21. Qb2 Nb6 $5) 21... Qe7 (21... Nb6 $6 22.
Qc5 $1 Qd8 23. Qa5 $1 {/\b5+/-} Ra8 $8 24. Nd2 $14) 22. Nd2 {White intends to
transfer the knight to the queen side in order to proceed with his main plan,
but this will leave the king side vulnerable, offering Black sufficient
counterchances.} Qg5 23. Kf1 Qf6 24. Kg1 Kg7 $11 {Black has no problems. In
fact, he will repeteadly refrain from a draw by repetition, which will
eventually yield him a win after some inaccuracies and a final blunder by
White.} 25. Nb3 Qg5 26. Kf1 Bf5 27. Na5 Rc7 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5
Nf6 31. Kg1 Ra8 32. bxc6 Ne4 33. Qe1 bxc6 34. Rb2 c5 35. dxc5 Nxc5 36. Qb4 Qf6
$15 {[%csl Ya5,Yb2,Yb4,Yc1][%cal Rc5d3]} 37. Qc3 $4 (37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxa5
) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Black "Kern, Guido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {This is the most direct way of exchanging the dark
squared bishops. Black intends to place his knights on g7 (after ...g6) and b6,
hoping to keep this way White's play under control on both wings.} 10. Nge2 g6
11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ng3 $5 {This move was introduced in practice by Barlov and
adopted soon after that by Kasparov. The idea is to drive the enemy knight
away without having to weaken the own structure with h3 and/or g4.} Nxg3 {
Although not too popular, this is probably one of the critical continuations.
After all, such an exchange is supposed to make Black's life easier.} (12...
Nf6 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Re3e4] 1/2-1/2
Barlov,D-Campora,D/Bor 1985/EXT 99 (43)}) (12... Ng7 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Rc1 O-O-O
15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc3 b6 18. Ba6 Ne6 19. Rhc1 Rhe8 20. Qb3 Qd6 21.
Nf1 Ka8 22. Nd2 Nc7 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. g3 Rc8 25. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Andersson,U/Reykjavik 1988/CBM 010 (44)}) 13. hxg3 {[%cal Yh1h6,Yd1h1]} h5 $8
14. e4 $5 {A radical attempt to cast doubt over Black's opening play.} ({After
} 14. Kb1 {Black developed his bishop on e6 and transferred his king to g7,
where it was surrounded by lots of dangers in 1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Vescovi,G/
Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 097/[Wells] (58). Possibly better would have been} Bd7 $5
{[%csl Yc6]} 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Rc3 b6 19. Rhc1 h4 20.
gxh4 Rxh4 21. Ra3 Be8 {and, compared with other similar lines, the absence of
the knights might make Black's position easier to defend.}) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4
{[%csl Yd5]} Be6 {[%csl Yd5]} (15... O-O $6 {[%csl Yg8]}) 16. Rhe1 {[%cal
Yd4d5] The critical position. The threat d5 looks very strong.} Qf6 $2 (16...
O-O-O $2 {doesn't solve the problem because the king avoids a pin just to get
under another.} 17. d5 $16 {[%cal Yc2c8,Ye1e7]} Qg5+ $2 18. f4 $18) (16... O-O
{looks dangerous but is not easy to refute:} 17. Bxg6 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 (18. Rd2 Nc4
) (18. f4 Qxg3 19. Bxh5 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Bf5 21. Ne4 Rfe8 22. Bf3 Nd5 $15) 18...
Qxg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20. Rxe6 Rxf2 $132) ({Possibly safest is} 16... Qg5+ 17.
Qd2 (17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Bxg6 Qxg6 19. Qxg6 Bxa2+ $1 $11) (17. f4 Qxg3 18. d5 (
18. f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 O-O-O $15) 18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 O-O 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Kb1 $44) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Kd7 19. d5 $11) 17. d5 $1 cxd5 18. Bxd5
O-O 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rd6 Rae8 21. Kb1 $16 {White has the better pawn
structure and the safest position of the king.} Rf7 22. f4 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5
24. Rdxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Rg7 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Re5 Ne7 28. Nd4 h4 29. gxh4 Ng6 30.
Re8+ Kf7 31. Nxf5 Kxe8 32. Nxg7+ Kf7 33. Nf5 Nxf4 34. g3 Ne2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Magalashvili, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bh6 Bd6 $5 {A relatively unexplored
move. Once the pin along the h4-d8 diagonal is released, Black places his
bishop on a more active square.} 13. Rab1 {The most natural reaction. Until
the moment Black defines his intentions on the queen side, White proceeds with
his standard queen side plan.} (13. a3 Ne4 $2 (13... Ne6) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 $16 {1-0 Barsov,A (2517)-Wlogalski,O/Metz FRA 2005/TWIC 547 (26)}) (13.
Rae1 Ne6 14. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nec5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxe5
19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. e4 a5 $1 $17 {Almeida,O (2437)-Bruzon,L (2613)/La Habana 
(rapid) 2002}) 13... Ne6 $146 (13... a5 14. a3 Ne6 15. Rfe1 {This is a typical
picture in the modern lines of the exchange variation. After having induced a
minor weaknening move (a5) on the queen side, White turns his attention to the
centre.} Kh8 {Preparing a manoeuvre typical for the Czhech Benoni.} 16. Qd2 $6
{White should have tried to cross the opponent's intentions.} (16. e4 dxe4 17.
Nxe4 Be7) (16. Ng5 $5 $14) 16... Ng8 $1 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Ne7 19. Kh2 Kg8
20. g3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Kg2 Bf8 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Qd3 {
This is the position both sides had been aiming for. White might have
overestimated the significance of the e5-square.} a4 26. Re2 Bg7 27. h4 Qb6 28.
Rd2 h5 29. Nd1 Qa6 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Nc3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z (2450)-Acs,P (2497)
/Yerevan 2000/CBM 078 ext (67) Both sides have regrouped in optimal way. With
the better pawn structure Black is certainly not worse here.}) (13... Bd7 14.
Rfe1 Qc8 15. Ng5 $1 {Crossing the opponent's intentions.} ({The careless} 15.
b4 {would have allowed Black get a dangerous attack with} Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3
17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qd1 Ne4 $36) 15... Ne6 ({Since his previous actions have
been directed towards play along the h3-c8-diagonal, Black should have
probably continued with} 15... Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 $14 {when the
weakness of the f5-pawn might have been not so easy to prove for White.}) 16.
f4 Nh5 (16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Nh5 $14 18. g4 $140 Ng7 {(/\ h5)} 19. Bh6 f5 {
Sokolov}) 17. Nf3 Bf8 (17... Neg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. Ne5 $14) 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. b4
Ng3 20. Kh2 Nf5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd8 23. Qb2 h6 24. Ne5 Nh7 25. Nc5 Bc8 {
The complete fiasco of Black's strategy. He has lost none less than 4 tempi
with his queen and bishop, while White has methodically improved hisposition.}
26. Qb3 Rf8 27. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2659)-Sadler,M (2633)/Netherlands 2001/
EXT 2002 (34) With a hardly standable attack.}) 14. b4 a6 15. Rfe1 {A similar
situation as in the game Izoria-Acs, mentioned above.} Ng7 (15... Kh8 {[%cal
Yf6g8]} 16. Ng5 $1 $14) 16. Bg5 Be7 {The losses of time of both sides
compensate eachother.} (16... Ne6 17. Bh4 $14) 17. a4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 {
Black has managed to excgange his "bad" bishop, but White has made important
progres on the queen side.} 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nd7 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bf4 Bd6
23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Rec1 $14 {The opening has been a success for White. Black
faces a difficult defensive task.} Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Nd6 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Qc5 Nb5
28. Ra1 Nd7 29. Qb4 Qb6 30. Rab1 Rb8 31. Nf3 Rb7 32. Nd3 f6 33. Rb2 Nb8 34. Qd2
Qd8 35. Ra1 Ree7 36. Qc2 Ra7 37. Rc1 Ra3 38. Rb3 Rea7 39. Nf4 Kf7 40. h4 Ra2
41. Qb1 Kg8 42. h5 g5 43. Ne6 Qe8 44. Nc7 Qd7 45. Nxb5 cxb5 46. Rxb5 Nc6 47.
Rb6 Ra1 48. Qxa1 Rxa1 49. Rxa1 Qc7 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Raa6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 {In the exchange variation White can castle either
short or long. By playing a move that is useful in both cases at an earlier
stage of the game than usual, White intends to restrict the opponent's choice.}
Be6 {For some players, this move might imply a premature commitment. The idea
is to maintain c7-c5 in reserve in case of White's long castle, but in the
opposite case the development of the bishop to e6 is by far not the only
possible system. However, for Jussupow this is hardly a problem: he is a
specialist of the variation involving Be6 anyway.} ({In case of} 10... c6 {
Graf might have played} 11. O-O-O) 11. O-O (11. O-O-O $6 c5) 11... c6 12. a3 {
White starts the typical queen side attack.} (12. Bf4 $6 {only helped Black to
coordinate his pieces after} Bd6 $1 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 Re7 15. b4 Rae8 16.
Rfc1 Ng6 17. b5 $6 c5 $15 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Jussupow,A/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext
(25)}) 12... Rc8 {Jussupow plays in classical fashion. He develops his pieces,
aiming to cross White's plans at the same time. The opposition of the rook
with the white queen along the c-file is supposed to discourage the thematic
advance of the b2-pawn to b5.} ({Jussupow had some unpleasant memories
connected with the move} 12... N6d7 {:} 13. Bxe7 ({Nowadays,} 13. Bf4 $5 {
is considered to be better. Because of his lack of space, Black is interested
to exchange one pair of minor pieces. By avoiding it, White is supposed to
have better chances to preserve his initial advantage. The opposite aspect of
the problem is that for endgame purposes the exchange of the dark squared
bishops favours White, since most of Black's queen side pawns find themselves
on light squares.}) 13... Qxe7 14. b4 Ng6 15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Qd1 Bf5 {The
exchange of the light squared bishops has also two opposite aspects. While the
queen side situation strongly recommends it, the relative weakness of the
h3-pawn makes the black bishop a dangerous attacking piece.} (16... Rac8 $5 17.
b5 $140 c5 $11 {Beliavsky}) 17. b5 $14 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb6 19. bxc6 bxc6 {
[%csl Rc6] Black probably relied on the control of the c4-square but White's
next move must have caused him a bitter disapointment.} 20. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Rc4,
Yf3][%cal Rb1d2] This knight was not doing anything useful on c3, since the
control of the e4-square is not important any more. The other knight is
maintained on its actual square, in order to protect the king side.} (20. Nd2 {
[%csl Rc4]} Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rg2]}) 20... Rac8 21. Ra2 $1 {[%cal Rf6a1,Ya2c2,
Rc2c6]} (21. Nbd2 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 $11) 21... Nh4 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 23. Nd2 $16 {
[%csl Rc4,Rf3] From here, the knight protects both wings.} Re6 24. Rac2 Qe7 (
24... Rg6 25. Nf3 Qxh3 $2 26. Qxg6 $18) 25. Rc5 Rc7 26. Qb3 {/\ a4-a5} Qd6 27.
Nf3 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Jussupow,A/USSR (ch) 1983}) 13. Na4 $146 {Graf
intends to put piece pressure against the black queen side before committing
himself to the thematic advance b2-b4.} ({He understandably avoided} 13. b4 {
where Jussupow had considerable experience.} N6d7 (13... Rc7 14. Rfc1 a6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Na4 Be7 17. Nc5 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/Hamburg 1991/
CBM 024}) 14. Bf4 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd2 Qh4 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 Beim,V-Jussupow,A/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext}) 14... Nb6 $146 {[%cal
Gb6c4,Gb6a4] 1/2-1/2 Gershon,A-Jussupow,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084/[Gershon] (38)} (
14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Ndf8 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bc8 20.
Rfe1 Qf6 21. Qd1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. b5 Rec8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26.
Qb3 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (68)})) 13... Ne4
14. Bxe7 Rxe7 {Generally speaking, the capture with the queen would have been
more desirable. The rooks would get connected, the queen would have the h4-d8
diagonal at its disposal, etc. However, because of the e6-bishop, Black needs
the rook to indirectly defend the e4-square.} 15. Nc5 Nxc5 {Black has no
favourable waz of sustaining his knight.} (15... f5 $6 {[%csl Re5]}) (15... Bf5
$2 16. Nh4 $16 {[%csl Ye4]}) 16. dxc5 {The structure has been radically
changed. The control of the d4-square looks nice, but it creates less
immediate danger than the thematic attack of the minority. At the same time,
the weakness of the h3-pawn invites White to avoid transferring too many
pieces to the queen side.} Re8 {[%cal Yd8f6,Re8c8,Rc8e8] Jussupow doesn't
hesitate to correct the slight lack of harmony caused by the capture on e7,
even if this looks like a loss of time.} 17. Qc3 Bd7 {[%cal Ye8e6,Ye6g6]} 18.
Rfe1 Ne6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. b4 Ng5 21. Nd4 {The exchange of knights would reduce
the significance of the d4-square, but now the black knight can prove a
dangerous attacking piece.} (21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Kh2 Re6 (22... Bf5 $5 $11 {
[%csl Re4]}) 23. Qd4 Rce8 $132 24. e4 $6 f5 {[%csl Re1]} 25. e5 f4 $36) 21...
Qf6 22. Ne2 {If White has to remove the knight from the centre in order to
defend his king side he can hardly count on an advantage.} (22. a4 $5 {,
continuing with the queen side attack, might be critical for the evaluation of
Graf's opening novelty.} Ne4 (22... Bxh3 $6 23. f4 $1) 23. Qc2 $5 (23. Bxe4 $6
Rxe4 $132 24. b5 Qg5 25. Kh2 Qe5+ 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Kg1 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qxh3 29. f3
(29. Ne2 $2 Rg4+ 30. Ng3 h5 $40) 29... Re6 30. Nxe6 Qg3+ $11) 23... Qg5 {
[%csl Rf2,Rh3]} 24. f3 Ng3 25. Kh2 $1 $14 {[%cal Yc2f2,Yb4b5]}) 22... Qh6 {
The exchange of queens would annihilate Black+s attacking potential, leaving
White with the more pleasant position at no risk.} 23. Ng3 Rcd8 24. Qb2 Qh4 25.
Bb1 g6 $132 26. Qf6 $4 {A tragical mistake. Graf probably wanted to reduce
Black's attacking potential by pinning the knight.} Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 {The reader might ask himself why
did I pick up such a short game to annotate. The fact is that the line played
bears a close relation with one game I annotated for the previous issue of CBM
and I intended to highlight some of the similarities as well as the
differences. The alternative reaction to White's plan is to place the knight
on g6 first, thus dricing the enemy bishop away to h2 and only then play ...
Bd6. Strictly speaking, we should call this a gain of tempo: Black gets an
extra-move for nothing! And yet, the whole issue is not as one sided as it
seems. White's obvious plan is to castlelong and then start advancing his g-
and h-pawns. This wouldn't necessarily lead to a direct mating attack, but it
would certainly keep the enemy king under pressure, generally without the
possibility of opening himself anescape with ...g6 or ...h6, thus creating
obvious back rank problems. How should Black react? Placing a knight on g6
certainly makes sense; it would create White some problems with the advance of
the pawns, by keeping the relatively weak h4- (and, indirectly f3-) square
under control. However, if White manages to get the pawns moving, the knight
jump would eventually result a loss (and not a gain) of time (after h4-h5,
Ng6-f8 for example). Generally, it is far from easy to give prefferance to
either one move or the other; bith seem just playable.} (11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rac8 {0-1 Bocharov,D (2574)-Azarov,S (2572)
/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 [Marin]}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Be6 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Ra8c8,Rc6c5] Black completes his development by connecting the rooks and
strengthens the d5-pawn at the same time, in view of a further break of the
centre with ...c5.} 14. Kb1 {Before staring active king side operations, White
evacutaes his king from the dangerous c-file.} Rac8 15. Rc1 {Just one more
prophylactic move, aiming to delay the advance of the c-pawn for as long as
possible. However, we shall see that this is not a one sided decision.} ({
The alternative is the immediate} 15. g4 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 {White
certainly has achieved a reliable blockade of the isolani, but the fact that
hisking find itself on the queen side gives the position a sharp character.} a6
$1 {The start of a very consistent plan of improving the position of the minor
pieces, while maintaining his major pieces on active squares.} ({The voluntary
queen retreat} 17... Qb8 $6 {made for the sake of some tactical nuances left
Black with an inferior position after} 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 Rxe6
21. Rd4 Rce5 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Qa4 $14 {0-1 Kantsler,B (2486)
-Kaganskiy,G (2315)/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 093 (77)}) 18. f3 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yc2h2]
} N6d7 {The knight had no available squares left on the king side. Besides, it
was under the permanent danger of being driven away with g5 at the most
inconvenient moment. Therefore, Black decides to transfer it to the queen side,
in order toput pressure on the enemy king.} 19. Qh2 Qe7 $1 {The correct
response. In case of exchanging queens, White would have much less trouble
regarding his king's position and would get better chances to take advantage
of his better pawn structure.} 20. Rhe1 Nb6 21. Rc1 Rec8 22. f4 {White has to
start active operationssomehow. With his last move, he intends to restrict the
enemy minor pieces even more. The weakness relative of the e4-square is not so
signifficant for the moment, since there is no black knight close to it.} Bd7 {
[%cal Ye7e3,Rd7a4,Rf8d7]} ({Black consequently follows his plan, but crosing
the opponent's plan with} 22... Qd6 $5 {also deserves some consideration.}) 23.
Nb3 (23. f5 Na4 $1) (23. Qg2 Qd6) 23... R5c7 24. f5 Bc6 {Same picture again.
White aims to take away as much squares as possible from the enemy minor
pieces while Black tries to get new horisons for them.} 25. Nd4 Nfd7 {Suddenly
it appears that the advance of the white pawns has left numerous weaknesses
behind. We can also notice tht for the plan chosen by Black, it was rather
helpful not to play ...Ng6, even with "gain of time".} 26. e4 Qb4 (26... Qc5 $5
{would have discouraged to a certain extent the capture on c6 because after}
27. Nxc6 Rxc6 {the c3-knight would remain pinned.}) 27. Nc2 ({A possibly
better chance for a (rather symbolic) advantage would have been} 27. Nxc6 Rxc6
28. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Nxd5 31. exd5 {although after} Qc5+ 32.
Qc2 Qxd5 {the open position of the own king would make difficult for White to
get anything concrete.}) 27... Qc5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd2 Qb6 31.
Ka1 h6 32. Rcd1 Nc5 {Black has very active play and a much safer king's
position. White's advantage of space on the king side, as impressive as it
looks, could make itself felt only in certain endings.} 33. Bc4 Na4 (33... Nf6
$5) 34. Bb3 Nxb2 $6 (34... Rxc2 $1 35. Qxd5 Qf6 36. Rb1 Rxb2 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxb2 Nxb2 40. Kxb2 h5 41. Re6 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rc4 43. Rg6 b5 $11)
35. Qxd5 $6 (35. Kxb2 $2 Rxc2+ $17) (35. Rb1 $1 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 Nc4 37. Rxb6 Nxd2
38. Rd6 $16) 35... Nxd1 36. Rxd1 Qf2 (36... Rxc2 $1 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Bxc2 Rxc2
$15) 37. Rd2 Qf1+ 38. Kb2 Qxh3 39. Qd4 Qh4 40. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Gabriel,C (2510)
-Lobron,E (2590)/Germany 1996/GER-chT (54)}) 15... a6 $5 {Black openly aims to
get a position similar to the game Gabriel-Lobron.} (15... c5 $2 {is obviously
impossible in view of} 16. Nb5) ({but the traditional method of preparing
c6-c5 is} 15... b6 16. g4 (16. Ba6 Rb8) 16... N6d7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19.
h4 c5 $132 {0-1 Shabalov,A (2613)-Vescovi,G (2592)/Bermuda 2003/CBM 094 (37)})
16. g4 ({Besides this straightforward move, White disposes over the interesting
} 16. Na4 {aiming to put pressure on the newly created queen side weaknesses.
In the only game where this move has been played, Black failed to maintain
both wings under control:} N8d7 17. Ng5 h6 $6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 $2 19. Nc5 {
1-0 Khenkin,I (2572)-Klundt,K (2368)/Bad Wiessee 2001/EXT 2003} Nxc5 (19... Qe7
20. Nxb7 $16) 20. Bf5 Qe7 21. Bxc8 $16) 16... c5 $146 ({There is probably
nothing wrong with} 16... b5 {, postponing the moment when the white knight
would get the nice d4-square. However, for the time being it is hard to
anticipate whether this move is useful or it can become a weakness later.} 17.
Ng5 $5 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd2 N6d7 (19... b4 $5 20. Ne2 d4 21. e4 $1 (21.
exd4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bd5 $44 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Ye8e2,Yd5a2,Yd5g2]}) 21... b3 22.
a3 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) (19... d4 $5 20. exd4 Rcc8 $44 {White would face
certain difficulties defending all his pawn weaknesses.}) 20. f4 Nb6 21. b3 Rb8
$6 (21... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ye6d7,Re7e3] /\Bd7}) 22. Ka1 Rd8 23. Bb1 Qc7 24. Ne2 h6
25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Qd4 Nc8 28. f5 Bd7 29. Nf4 Bc6 30. h4 Re8 31. Re1
Qd6 32. g5 $40 {1-0 Izoria,Z (2553)-Lacrosse,M (2235)/France 2004/EXT 2005 (38)
Black's planless play has brought him on the verge if defeat.}) 17. dxc5 Rxc5
18. Nd4 (18. Qd2 N6d7 19. Ng5 Nb6 20. f4 Qe7 $132) 18... Rec8 19. f3 N6d7 20.
f4 ({One difference induced by the fact that White played Rc1 at an early
stage is that the generally desirable} 20. Qh2 {could be met by} Ne5 {when
WHite would need to spend a tempo on defending or moving his bishop.}) 20... b5
$14 {Once again, I have certain doubts about this move.} ({The already familiar
} 20... Nb6 {could lead to a huge transposition to the game Gabriel-Lobron
after} 21. f5 Bd7 22. Qh2 Qe7 23. Nb3 R5c7 24. Rhe1 Bc6 25. Nd4 Nfd7) 21. Qh2
$14 {Suddenly, because of the threat of the bishop being trapped, Black cannot
avoid the exchange of queens.} (21. Qh2 b4 (21... Nb6 $6 22. f5 Qxh2 23. Rxh2
Bd7 24. Rhc2 $16) 22. Nce2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Nc5 24. f5 Qxh2 25. Rxh2 Bd7 26. Rc2
$14 {Clearly, each of the sides has chances of attacking the enemy far
advanced pawns, but White seems to be better prepared for such actions.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 {This is a radical way to meet
White's plan. By exchanging the dark squared bishops, Black not only solves
some of his problems regarding the lack of space, but also forces White to
advance the e-pawn at once, without any other preparative moves, which is a
rather double edged action.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%csl Ye3]} 13. e4 dxe4 {This
natural move is not the only playable in this position. Giving up the tension
in the centre opens the f-file for the white rooks and makes the e4-square
available for the white knight after a further advance of the e-pawn.} ({
These two concessions can be avoided by playing the immediate} 13... Be6 {
when the critical continuation is} 14. e5 {winning space in the centre and
creating the premises for a king side attack. Generally, Black's minor pieces
seem to be well placed enough to prevent White's decisive actions on this side
of the board, but the main question is whether the advantage of space will
have its tell in the long run. Black might face problems maintaining the
balance even between the opposite sides. However, in practice White has failed
to prove any concrete advantage.} g6 15. f4 Ng7 16. Ng3 f5 17. Na4 (17. Rab1 a5
{[%csl Yb6]} (17... Rac8 18. b4 b6 $13) 18. Nge2 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. Na4 b6
21. a3 c5 22. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Johannessen,L (2358)-Heim,S (2386)/Oslo 1999/
EXT 2004 (41)}) 17... Rac8 18. Ne2 b6 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. a3 Bc8 {There were too
many black pieces aspiring for the e6-square, so Black's decision to transfer
the bishop to another location is correct.} 21. Nac3 Nfe6 22. b4 Bb7 23. Qa2
Rd8 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Bb3 a6 {[%csl Yb6] ><b6} (25... g5 $5 $132 26. b5 c5 27.
Nxd5 (27. dxc5 Rxc5 $132) 27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 cxd4 $132) 26. Na4 g5 27. Nxb6
gxf4 28. Qd2 Nh5 29. Kh1 $6 Rg8 30. Ng1 Ng5 31. Ra2 Qg7 32. Bd1 Ng3+ $1 $40 {
0-1 Lopez Martinez,J (2375)-Baron Rodriguez,J (2405)/Mondariz 1999/EXT 2000 
(38)}) 14. fxe4 Be6 15. e5 {This is a radical attempt to activate the white
pieces. The obvious idea is to clear the e4-square for the knight, in order to
combine threats against the enemy king with a possible jump to d6.} ({The main
alternative is the more restrained} 15. Rf2 {[%cal Ya1f1] preparing the
doubling of rooks along the f-file.} Nf6 {The knight hurries back into play
before White cuts his retreat with e5.} (15... c5 $5 {was recommended by
Bareev, but after} 16. e5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Yh5][%cal Gc3b5,Gb5d6,Gc3e4,Ge4d6]}
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Ncb5 {White would get a very active position.}) 16. h3
Rad8 17. Raf1 Ng6 18. a3 {White has regrouped his pieces in an optimal way and
has to open a new front of action.} c5 $5 {This immediate action against the
enemy centre seems to be entirely viable.} (18... Rf8 {This move is aimed to
over-protect the f7-square, which is submitted to such big pressure.} 19. b4 b6
{(This move, preparing c5, was recommended by Bareev in 1988 and tried in
practice one year later)} ({The initial game went} 19... a6 {and White managed
to consolidate his space advantage, realying on the weakness of the dark
squares from the enemy camp:} 20. Na4 Nd7 21. e5 Qh4 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Qh6
24. Qf2 Nxe5 25. Bxh7+ Qxh7 26. dxe5 Qg6 27. Nc5 Bxh3 28. Rf3 Bc8 29. Rg3 Qh6
30. Ne4 g6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. e6 $1 Bxe6 33. Qb2 $40 {1-0 Bareev,E (2560)
-Ahlander,B (2395)/Naestved 1988/EXT 2000 (36)}) 20. Qd2 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22.
d5 (22. e5 Nd7 $13 23. d5 $2 Ndxe5 $15) 22... Bc8 (22... Bd7) 23. Ng3 Ne8 {
[%csl Rd5,Yd6,Re4,Ye5][%cal Re8d6]} 24. Nf5 Qe5 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27.
Nf4 Ne5 28. Be2 Bd7 29. Qc3 c4 30. Nh5 Rde8 31. Kh1 Qc5 $13 {Black enjoys
almost absolute stability on dark squares and should be OK. However, he
reacted unconfidently to White's temerary action over the next few moves:} 32.
Rf6 $5 Re7 (32... gxf6 $2 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Nxd7 $18 {[%cal Yc3g7]}) 33. R1f3
$1 Nxf3 $2 (33... Kh8 $1 $13) (33... gxf6 34. Nxf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Qxe5+
f6 37. Qf5 $44) 34. Bxf3 Qf2 35. d6 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Ree8 37. Rg6 $1 $18 {1-0
Giorgadze,T (2510)-Eslon,J (2365)/Seville 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) 19. e5 Nd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rxf4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxg2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Qxg2 (26. Kxg2 $2 Qg5+ {/\Rd2}) 26... Kxh7 27. Qe4+ Kg8 28. Qf5 Qc5+ 29.
Rf2 Qd5 $15 {Black has the better pawn structure and the safer king's position.
1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A (2595)-Bricard,E (2450)/France 1998/CBM 064 ext (61)}) 15...
Rad8 $6 {This natural move is somewhat slow and allows White consolidate his
central grip.} (15... c5 $6 {seems to be less accurate now, under the changed
circumstances.} 16. Nb5 (16. d5 Bd7 {would leave the white centre vulnerable})
16... cxd4 17. Nd6 Qg5 ({This is just surrendering, but after} 17... Red8 18.
Nxd4 {White's activity would have a rather threatening character, too.}) 18.
Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Nxd4 Qxe5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rae1 $18 {1-0 Summerscale,A (2459)
-Stephenson,F (2241)/Millfield 2000/CBM 077 ext (31)}) ({Contrary to
Nimzovich' recommendations, Black should start attacking the enemy chain of
pawn from the other end with} 15... f6 {. The concrete justification is that
this way the h5-knight gets chances of returning into play.} 16. Rae1 Rad8 (
16... fxe5 17. dxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 (18... Qxe5 $5 {might be more consistent.
However, after} 19. Nf4 {Black should be ready to sacrifice the queen for
entirely satisfactory material equivalent (as in the game below) since} Qg5 {
leaves White with dangerous initiative, for instance} 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bxh7+
Kh8 22. Ne4 Qh6 23. Bf5 Nd4 24. Qc3 Rad8 25. g4 $1 $36) 19. Nc1 Kh8 20. a3 a5 {
0-1 Colin,V (2368)-Glavina Rossi,P (2468)/France 2004/EXT 2005 (76)} 21. Qd2 $1
$14 {/\Ne4, /\Qg5}) 17. Ne4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Bd5 19. N2c3 ({In case of} 19. Nd6
Qg5 {[%csl Yg2]} 20. Nc3 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxb7 Re8 {Black's activity in
the centre compensates for the minor structural deffects.}) 19... Qxe5 $5 20.
Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Nf6 $44 {Black's position is
really difficult to break. The most probable result is a draw. 1/2-1/2 Krush,I
(2424)-Johannessen,L (2427)/Bermuda 2002/CBM 088 (57)}) 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Rf2 $5
$146 {[%csl Rf7,Rh5][%cal Ya1f1] Once the enemy knight has been safely cut off
play, White rightly decides not to rush things.} (17. Nd6 {1-0 Puuska,H (2035)
-Spanton,T (2147)/Port Erin 1999/CBM 074/[Baburin] (38)} Rxd6 $5 18. exd6 Qxd6
$44 {Baburin}) 17... Bxe4 {An obvious concession, but Black wanted to prepare
his next move, without having to fear a knight jump to f6.} 18. Bxe4 g6 19.
Raf1 Rd7 20. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yd3c4] White continues to regroup, while
Black can do very little. Of course, the capture on f7 also looks promissing,
but there is no need to rush things.} Ne6 21. Bc4 Qh4 22. Qb3 Nhg7 23. d5 $1
$36 {White's initiative guarantees him a clear advantage.} cxd5 24. Bb5 Red8
25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nc3 Nc5 27. Qb5 Qc4 28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. Rf4 Nf5 30. Rxc4 b6 31.
Rd1 Re7 32. b4 Na6 33. Re4 Kg7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Nd5 Re8 36. Ne3 Nxe3 37. Kxe3 Re7
38. Rd6 Nc7 39. h4 Ne6 40. Rc4 Nc7 41. Ke4 Ne6 42. g3 Nc7 43. a4 Ne6 44. Kd5
Nc7+ 45. Kc6 Ne8 46. Rd7 Rxe5 47. Rf4 Re6+ 48. Kb5 Nd6+ 49. Ka6 b5 50. axb5 Kf8
51. Rxd6 Rxd6+ 52. Kxa7 Rd7+ 53. Ka6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 ({The classical move order to reach the
position after the 13th move is} 11. O-O Be6 12. Rab1 N6d7 13. Bf4 {Generally,
I consider this to be Black's best reaction to the whole plan starting with h3.
I have highlighted some of the aspects of this line in the notes to 2 games
with Jussupov as Black, from CBM 106 and 107 as well as to Lytchak,A (2436)
-Boensch,U (2540)/Germany 2005/CBM 107.}) 11... Be6 12. O-O N6d7 13. Rab1 Nb6
14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 g6 18. b4 a6 19. Qc2 Nd7 20.
a4 {I have commented on this course of events in the previous issues of CBM.
Time has come for a novelty.} Rec8 $146 (20... Rac8 {would transpose to 0-1
Lytchak,A (2436)-Boensch,U (2540)/Germany 2005/CBM 107/[Marin,M] (37). I am
not sure whether Boensch planned his novelty as a consequence of home
preparation or, being a specialist of the variation, decided to test over the
board a sligthly different arrangement of pieces. In any case, his novelty
looks like an attempt to inhibit any queen side operation from White's side,
but releases the virtual pressure along the e-file.}) 21. Qc3 Qe7 22. Nd2 Qg5 {
So far, the game had a similar course with the previous one.} 23. f4 $5 {
A logical consequence of the transfer of black king's rook to the queen side.
White does not need to worry about the relative weakness of the e3-pawn. The
main ideas behind this resolute advance of the f-pawn are to restrict the
activity of the enemy queen and to win some space in view of a further
positional attack.} ({The previous game (with the rooks placed on e8 and c8)
continued} 23. Kf1 {when after} Qf6 {White already suggested a move repetition
with} 24. Kg1) 23... Qg3 {It is hard to refrain from occupying (even though
only temporarily) such a square.} ({However, I believe that} 23... Qh4 {
would have been more flexible. The threat of sacrificing the bishopon on h3
with at least a perpetual check for Black forces White to take immediate
measures.} 24. Nf3 (24. Kh2 $6 Nf6 $36) (24. Bf1 $2 Qg3 25. Kh1 Nf6) (24. Nf1 {
would simply lose a tempo compared to the game.}) 24... Qe7 $1 (24... Qg3 25.
Qe1 $1 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $14 {After the exchange of queens, White can safely
advance his king side pawns, obtaining a noticeable advantage of space.}) 25.
Kh2 {(Avoiding possible sacrifices on h3, followed by Qxe3+ and Qxf4)} Nf6 $13)
24. Nf1 Qh4 25. Qd2 {A multi purpose move. White not only renews the threat of
b5, but prepares for a king side action as well.} Nb6 26. a5 {Strictly
speaking, this move was not really necessary.} ({However, after} 26. Ra1 Qe7 {
White can still not proceed with his queen side attack because after} 27. b5
axb5 28. axb5 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 c5 $1 $132 {Black gets excellent counterplay, with
his knight very stable on b6.}) 26... Nd7 27. Qf2 Qe7 {Again, the exchange of
queens would favour White.} 28. g4 f6 29. Ng3 Bf7 30. Re1 Re8 {Admitting the
slightly dubious character of the novelty. In the next game, Boensch might
leave this rook on e8 after all.} 31. e4 $36 {White has astrong initiative in
the centre. Black's queen side weaknesses are a source of worry in the
perspective of an ending, while the king side weaknesses need special
attention while there are queens on board.} dxe4 32. Nxe4 Qf8 33. f5 Qh6 34.
Kh2 Bd5 35. Nc5 $6 (35. Nd6 $5 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Qf8 37. Qg3 $14) 35... Nxc5 36.
bxc5 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rf8 38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Kf7 40. Kg3 g5 41. Bc2 Re8 42.
Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 {It is hard to refrain from winning a
tempo with this move, of course.} ({However, at the present stage of theory, I
feel that the position arising after the immediate} 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
is easier to handle for Black than that from our main game. This mainly
applies in the case that White castles long. On g6, the knight will be exposed
to the advance of the white pawns, while from f8 it would over-defend the
h7-pawn, allowing the transfer of the other knight to the queen side. See 1/
2-1/2 Jacimovic,D (2438)-Kveinys,A (2510)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 [Marin] (21).
However, White can adopt a flexible policy: castle long in case of 11...Ng6
and castle short if 11...Bd6. See also the game Volkov-Bagojevic from this
same issue of CBM.}) 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rac8 {
To a certain extent this is the continuation of the theoretical discussion
held in a game that I have examined for CBM 108.} 16. g4 ({The more prudent
alternative is} 16. Rc1 {when Black's most active continuation is} b6 17. g4 c5
18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Nb5 {Khenkin,I (2579)-Halasz,T (2382) Recklinghausen op 12th
2001 (7) 1-0 In m comments for CBM 108, I suggested here an improvement over
the game} {Curiously, just a couple of hours after sending my contribution for
CBM 108, I had the occasion to test my novelty in the following game played on
the Internet (at a time rate of 25' + 5'' per move):} Qe7 $146 (19... Qd7) 20.
dxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rb6 22. Qxe7 (22. Nc7 Reb8 23. b3 Qd7 $44) 22... Rxe7 23.
Nc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rxa6 25. Nd4 {In my comments, I had ended my variation here
with the evaluation "~~". In fact, it might be that Black has the easier play
already.} h5 26. f4 Nf8 27. gxh5 (27. g5 Ne4 28. f5 Bd7 29. Rg1 g6 $1 $15)
27... Nxh5 28. Rhc1 Bxh3 29. R1c6 Ra4 30. b3 Rxd4 $5 31. exd4 Nxf4 32. Rxa7
N8e6 ({I was afraid to start the pawn race, overlooking the fact that aftare} 
32... g5 33. b4 g4 34. b5 g3 35. b6 Bf5+ 36. Ka1 $8 {I can cause the rooks
problems catching the pawn with the simple} Ne2 {for instance} 37. Ra3 g2 38.
Rc1 Nd7 39. b7 Nxc1 40. Rg3+ Kf8 41. Rxg2 Ke7 $19) 33. a4 Nxd4 34. Rcc7 Nfe6 ({
Simpler would have been} 34... Nxb3 35. Rxf7 Ne6 36. Kb2 Nbc5 37. a5 Bg4 38.
Kc3 Be2 $11 {with a probable draw.}) 35. Rc3 Bf5+ 36. Kb2 g5 37. b4 Ne2 38. Re3
N2f4 39. b5 d4 40. Rb3 d3 $2 (40... Nd3+ $142 41. Ka3 Ndc5 $13) 41. b6 Nc5 42.
b7 Nxb7 43. Raxb7 Kg7 (43... d2 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rd8 $18) 44. Kc1 g4 45. Kd2 g3
46. a5 g2 47. Rb1 Ne2 (47... Nh3 48. a6 Be4 49. R7b4 Bf3 50. a7 g1=Q 51. Rxg1+
Nxg1 52. Rf4 $1 $18) 48. a6 Be4 49. Re7 Bc6 50. Rxe2 dxe2 51. a7 $18 {1-0
Psakhis,L-Marin,M/WorldChessNetwork.com 2005 (57)} (51. Kxe2 $2 Bb5+ $11))
16... c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd4 b5 $5 $146 {This is the kind of active move
that one should consider in positions with opposite side castles. However,
depending on each individual situation, it could be playable or not; only
concrete analysis and practical testing can give an answer about it. The idea
of the sacrifice is quite clear: Black intends to open files on the queen side.
} ({The dubious} 18... Ne5 $6 {Bocharov,D (2574)-Azarov,S (2572) EU-ch 6th
qual rapid 2005 (1.3) 0-1 was eventually successful in}) ({In the notes to the
above mentioned game I gave} 18... Bd7 {Lazarev,V (2501)-Tyomkin,D (2495)
Financial Concept op 6th 1999 (8) 1-0 as better, suggesting an improvement over
}) 19. Ncxb5 {Obviously, White has to accept the sacrifice. Otherwise, Black
would continue gaining space on the queen side without having invested a whole
tempo in such a preparatory move like ...a6. However, chosing from the 3
possible captures is by no means easy.} ({First of all, the apparently not
very logical} 19. Bxb5 {could cause Black unexpected problems:} Rec8 20. Nb3 {
Another paradoxical move. Because of the pin along the d-file, the f6-knight
is denied the e4-square.} R5c7 ({The thematical sacrifice} 20... Rxc3 {seems
to be insufficient, for instance} 21. bxc3 Qb6 22. Bd3 Ne4 23. Ka1 $5 $16) 21.
g5 Nd7 22. f4 Ne7 23. Bd3 $1 {By hitting h7, this move defends the queen with
gain of time, an important tactical detail as we shall soon see.} g6 24. Nb5 $1
Rxc2 25. Nxd6 {and, with both his rooks hanging, Black loses material.}) ({
If White intended to capture with a knight, then} 19. Ndxb5 {seems to leave
him a wider choice after} Qb6 {because his queen is not hanging as it did in
the game.}) 19... Qb6 20. Nc3 {The most solid continuation.} ({In case of} 20.
Qd2 Ne5 {White's pieces would be sligthly hanging and the knight might have to
return anyway.}) 20... Ne5 21. Nxe6 {Giving up this powerful knight, which
safely blocked the enemy central pawn and defended the weak f3-square, is an
obvious concession. White probably wanted to clarify matters before Black
grabs the initiative on the queen side.} ({More consistent would have been} 21.
Ka1 {although Black's compensation would have been obvious after, for instance,
} Rb8 (21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Ra5 23. f3 Nd7) (21... Rec8 $2 22. Na4 Rxc2 23. Nxb6
$16 {[%csl Yc2,Yc8]}) 22. f3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Nd7 {Although there is no concrete
threat yet, White is restricted in his actions because of the strong queen
side pressure exerted by his opponent.}) (21. f3 $5 {deserves attention as well
}) ({but after} 21. g5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 {White should probably transpose to
the game by capturing on e6, before the bishop becomes too strong.}) 21... fxe6
{Rather unnatural. Black closes the e-file in front of his rook and weakens
the pawn structure as well. He probably wanted to keep his queen on the b-file
in order to enable the knight's jump to e4, but as we shall see things are not
simple there either.} ({In case of} 21... Qxe6 {he might have feared such a
line:} 22. g5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 ({The intermediate} 23. gxf6 {leads nowhere in
view of} Nb4 24. Qb3 Qf5+ 25. e4 Rxe4 $1 {with perpetual check.}) 23... Ne4 24.
Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qd7 {However, the four rook ending resulting after} Rxg5 26. Qxe6
fxe6 {is very sharp, with chances for both sides. Although White's structure
looks better, Pf2 and Ph3 are no less weak than Pe4 and Pe6.}) 22. g5 ({Now,} 
22. Ka1 {would be less effective because after} Rb8 {White could not take the
e4-square under control with f3, which keeps him under the permanent danger of
Ne4 (eventually after the capture on d3).}) 22... Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qb3 ({
Optically, the position resulting after} 24. Qxe4 Nc4 (24... Rxc3 25. Qxe5) 25.
b3 Qb4 {looks pretty dangerous for White, but he seems to be able to defend
properly with} 26. Qd4 {when Black still needs to prove his compensation for
the 2 missing pawns.} (26. Qd3 $2 Ne5 $19) (26. Rd3 Qxc3 $1 27. Rxc3 Nd2+ 28.
Kb2 Nxe4 $19 {The knight completes his lethal incursion in White's territory
by defending the own rook at the same time.})) (24. Rd4 Nf3 25. Rxe4 $2 Qb7 $1
$17 {[%csl Rc3,Re4,Rh1][%cal Yb7h1,Yb7b2,Gf3d2,Gc5c3]}) 24... Qc6 $1 {Suddenly,
Black is perfectly coordinated and White should think about his safety.} 25.
Rd4 $6 {Possibly missing Black's simple reply, which reestablishes the
material equality, maintaining the positional advantage.} (25. h4 $142 Rc8 26.
Rd4 ({It is a good idea to keep the rook active while still possible. In case
of} 26. h5 Nd3 {White is almost paralized because} 27. Nxe4 $2 {leads to mate
after} Rc1+) 26... Nf3 27. Rdd1 {Black obviously has a nice position and can
force a draw by repetition, but can he do more, being a pawn down?}) 25... Nf3
26. Rdd1 Rxg5 $15 {Black has won his pawn back and maintains the control of
the position. His chances are preferrable.} 27. Qa3 Rc5 28. Ne2 Rc8 29. Nc3 h6
30. Ka1 {From an objective point of view, Black's decision to agree to a draw
looks premature. It might have been cause by time trouble or by the respect
for the opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 {With the knight being
developed on e2, this plan is out of fashion nowadays.} ({Current theory
considers} 12. Ng3 {to be the critical continuation, see for instance 1-0 Fish,
G (2523)-Kern,G (2355)/Germany 2005/CBM 106/[Marin] (34)}) 12... Bd7 13. g4 Ng7
14. e4 $146 {Although the idea of breaking the centre when the black king
hasn't castled yet is not new, in this concrete position this move has never
been plyed before.} ({Generally, for White it is not easy to find a good
employment of his e2-knight. For instance, the immediate} 14. Nf4 {can be
efficiently met by} g5 15. Nfe2 h5 $132 16. e4 $5 Be6 $1 ({Black shouldn't
give up the tension with} 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be6 18. a3 hxg4 $6 {(Same kind
of mistake)} 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 O-O-O 21. f3 f6 22. Qc5 Qxc5+ 23. Nxc5 Bg8
24. Rh6 $16 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2510)-Krivonosov,O (2415)/Stockholm 1995/EXT
98 (57)}) 17. exd5 $6 {But now, it is White who prematurely releases the
tension.} (17. Kb1) (17. f3) 17... Nxd5 18. Be4 Nb4 19. Qa4 a5 20. Ng3 Kf8 $15
{Black's pawn structure is better and his king is not in more danger than
White's. Besides, the white queen also feels rather uncomfortable.1/2-1/2
Malaniuk,V (2520)-Vaganian,R (2625)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (41)}) ({A better idea
is to play} 14. Kb1 {and only after} O-O-O {jump with the knight to f4,} 15.
Nf4 {when Black has no time for ...g5 because his d5-pawn is hanging.} Kb8 16.
Be2 $1 {The bishop clears the d3-square, allowing the knight to get closer to
the critical e5- and c5-squares.} (16. Rde1 h5 17. Qe2 Rh6 18. Qf3 Ka8 19. Rhg1
hxg4 20. hxg4 g5 21. Nfe2 Rh4 22. Nc1 Nc4 23. Nb3 Nd6 24. Nc5 Bc8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Fish,G (2440)-Ciolac,G (2365)/Bratislava 1993/EXT 97 (43)}) 16... Rc8
$5 {A slight change of move order compared to the first game where White came
up with the plan Kb1, Nf4 and Be2.} (16... Ne6 17. Nd3 Rc8 {was strongly met by
} 18. b4 $5 {when White managed to consolidate his spatial advantage onboth
wings and eventually win:} Nc4 19. Ka1 b6 20. Qb3 Rhd8 21. Rc1 Be8 22. Rhd1 f6
23. Bf3 Nc7 24. Nb2 Bf7 25. Be2 Nd6 26. Rc2 Ncb5 27. Nb1 Ne8 28. Rdc1 Qb7 29.
Qd3 Nbd6 30. Qd1 Qd7 31. h4 Rc7 32. Qg1 Ka8 33. Qg2 $16 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,J 
(2550)-Nogueiras,J (2540)/Buenos Aires 1991/CBM 024 (63)}) 17. Ka1 ({I suppose
that Black's intention was to meet} 17. Nd3 {with} h5 {, which would not have
been faourable with the white knight on f4 or the black knight on e6 because
of the simple gxh5.}) 17... Ne6 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd4
Be6 22. Rhd1 Rhc8 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. f4 {White's king side weaknesses prevent him
from converting his pressure against the isolani into something concrete, 1/
2-1/2 Grigore,G (2526)-Ciolac,G (2389)/Cesenatico 1999/EXT 2000}) 14... dxe4 ({
In case of} 14... Be6 15. e5 {planning f4 the difference of two tempi compared
to the game Malanjuk-Vaganian could make itself felt.}) 15. Nxe4 f5 {Although
apparently risky, this move seems to be correct. There is little danger for
Black along the e-file so far, mainly because of the relatively unfavourable
position of the white king's knight. Black feels like driving the central
knight away as soon as possible, weakening the enemy king side structure at
the same time.} (15... O-O-O $6 16. Qc5 $1 $14 {would leave Black with
problems defending his dark squares.}) (15... Ne6 16. f4 $36 {/\f5 would allow
White justify the placement of his pieces and pawns.}) 16. Nc5 fxg4 17. hxg4 ({
In case of} 17. Nxb7 {Black could change his plans with} O-O {[%csl Gb7,Yf2]
[%cal Rf8f2]}) 17... O-O-O 18. Rhg1 {White has the more active placement of
his pieces, but his structure is far from perfect. During the next phase of
the game, Black will try to occupy or at least control all the weak squares
left behind by the enemy pawns, while White will aim to consolidate his
structure with the help of his minor pieces.} Ne6 19. Be4 Rhf8 20. f3 Ng5 21.
Qc3 Be6 $6 {Slightly careless.} ({Safer would have been} 21... Kb8 22. Qb4 Ka8
{when Black's king is out of any danger while the white weakness might soon
tell.}) 22. Qa3 $1 {Quite unexpectedly, the simple threat against the a7=pawn
is not that easy to parry.} Bd5 $6 {But this looks like panic already.} ({
Obviously,} 22... Kb8 $2 {was impossible in view of} 23. Na6+ $1 {winning the
queen}) ({but} 22... a6 {looks entirely playable when after} 23. Bxc6 $5 Bd5 $1
({But not} 23... bxc6 $2 24. Qxa6+ Kc7 25. Qa7+ $18) 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 $44 {
Black has reasonable compensation for the minimal material deficit, in view of
the numerous pawn weaknesses in White's camp.}) 23. Qxa7 {Now, Black will find
it hard to reach safety for his king.} Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Na6 $1 Qg5+ 26.
Kb1 bxa6 27. Qxa6+ Kc7 28. Qa7+ Kd6 29. Qxb6 Rb8 30. Qa6 Qe3 $2 {This attempt
to obtain counterplay places the queen too far from the own king.} ({Correct
would have been} 30... Qb5 31. Qa3+ Qb4 $14 {when Black's active position
would offer him adequate surviving chances.}) 31. Ka1 $40 Rf2 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33.
Rxc6+ Kd5 34. Qc4# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Podgorica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O {This might
look like a radial change of plans. In the lines based on h3 followed by the
retreat of the bishop to f4, White usually castles long. However, there are
certain subtleties regarding choosing the concrete plan. See the notes to
Stefansson-Thorhalsson from this same issue of CBM.} (13. O-O-O {Jacimovic,D 
(2438)-Kveinys,A (2510) EU-chT 15th Gothenburg 2005 (5) 1/2}) 13... Qe7 {
This move was played by Beliavsky in two important games. Black prepares the
knight jump to e4, followed by the development of the bishop to f5.} ({In
practice, several other moves have been played, but the main alternative is} 
13... Be6 {. I have repeatedely written about Jussupov's predilection for
combining natural developing moves with crossing the opponent's plans. The
development of the bishop on e6 is one of his favourite moves, in several
concrete positions. Here is one of his relatively recent games:} 14. Rab1 Re7
15. b4 Rae8 16. Rfc1 Ng6 {All these moves do not require special comments:
both sides have achieved an impressive concentration of forces on "their"
wings.} (16... a6 $5 17. a4 Ng6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bd7 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 17. b5
({Curiously, this position was reached in one top class game with Black to
move! The explanation is simple: Black won a tempo by playing 11...Ng6and
White nevertheless castled short. The game ended rather rapidly:} 17. Z0 a6 18.
a4 Bd7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ne4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f5 24. Ne2
h6 25. Nf1 Qf6 {White has managed to weaken the c6-pawn, but Black's
concentration of forces on the king side could eventually explode in a direct
attack. 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2679)-Piket,J (2632)/Monte Carlo 2001/CBM 081 ext})
17... c5 {This move was eventual successful in a rapid game, but led to some
problems in a correspondence game.} (17... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Yf6e4] with similar
ideas as in Karpov-Piket deserves consideration.}) 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qa4 $6 (
19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxc2 $14 {led to arather unpleasantendgame for
Black in 1/2-1/2 Mundstock,R (2445)-Walsh,H (2449)/CADAP corr 2000/Corr 2002 
(51)}) (19. Nd4) (19. Ne2) 19... Qd6 20. Qxa7 $6 {This careless pawn hunting
allows Black put inti action his impressive army, concentrated on the king
side.} Bxh3 $1 21. Bf1 $2 (21. gxh3 $2 Rxe3 $1 22. Be2 $8 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Rxh3 24.
Nf3 Nh5 $40 {[%cal Yh5f4,Yd6g6,Gh3h1,Gg1f1]}) (21. Bxg6 $8 hxg6 22. gxh3 Rxe3
23. Kg2 {This looks like the only way to put up some resistance. Black
isobviously not worse, but he needs certain imagination to continue his attack.
} Rxf3 $5 (23... Rd3 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Yd5d4,Yd6f4]}) 24. Kxf3 Qh2 25. Rh1
Qe5 $44 {[%csl Yc3,Yf3,Yh1]}) 21... Bf5 $17 22. Rb2 Ng4 23. Rd1 Nh4 24. Be2
Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qg3 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2646)-Jussupow,A (2628)/Frankfurt 2000/CBM
076 ext}) 14. Rab1 ({White can prevent the knight jump to e4 with} 14. Nd2 {
but not for too long:} Ne6 ({In my opinion,} 14... Ng6 15. Rab1 Nh4 {is even
stronger, putting the white castle under huge pressure.}) 15. Rfd1 Ng5 16. Bf1
Nfe4 17. Ndxe4 dxe4 18. d5 (18. h4 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 exf3 20. Bd3 Qxh4 $17) 18...
Bxh3 19. f4 exf3 20. gxh3 Qxe3+ $44 {1-0 Kaderka,R-Sofrigin,A (2320)/
Schwarzach 1998/EXT 2000 (43). In fact, in this game the moves Bf4 and Bd6
were played without loss of time (meaning that the bishops came from their
initial squares), resulting in a different numerotation of moves.}) 14... Ne4
15. b4 Bf5 16. b5 $146 {For some reasons, this natural move has not been tried
before.} (16. Na4 Rad8 {(? Beliavsky)} (16... Rac8 $11 {Beliavsky}) 17. b5 Rd6
18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qd1 (19. Qb3 {[%csl Yb7,Yd5] (! Beliavsky)}) 19... b6 20. Ne5
(20. Bb5 Rh6 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 $44 {Beliavsky}) 20... Rc7 21. Bb5 (21. Rc1 $142)
21... Nd7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Re1 Rec8 25. Nb2 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Spraggett,
K (2550)-Beliavsky,A (2640)/Montpellier 1985/Candidates/[ChessBase] (40)}) (16.
Rb3 Rad8 ({Curiously, Beliavsky once again chose this placement ofthe rook, in
spite of his recomandation on his previous game.} 16... Rac8 $5 {should be
considered, anticipating White's thematic break with b5.}) 17. b5 c5 18. dxc5
Qxc5 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Nxe4 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 Bxe4 (21... dxe4 22. Ra3 Ra8 23. Bb3
$16) 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Ra3 Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L 
(2610)-Beliavsky,A (2645)/Brussels 1988/CBM 007 (35)}) 16... Nxc3 {This move
certainly makes sense. The preparatory moves previously played by White had
the purpose of preventing the queen from occupying an exposed square on the
file that will possibly be opened.} ({Beliavsky recommends} 16... Rac8 17. bxc6
bxc6 ({The main problem with Rac8 is that} 17... Rxc6 {doesn't work:} 18. Nxd5
Qd7 19. Qb3 Bxh3 20. Nf4 $1 {and White has an impressive centralisation.
Besides, Black will most probably lose a pawn.}) 18. Rfc1 Ne6 $5 $132 {This
still has to be checked. The line is sound tactically. For instance} 19. Nxe4
dxe4 20. Bxe4 {fails to} Nxd4 $1 {but generally speaking, Black's position
after his 18th move looks a bit hanging.}) 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 $6 {However, this
second exchange causes Black to lose all his dynamic potential. The white
queen will reach an optimal square, the white king side will be entirely safe,
while Black's queen side damage will be quite real.} ({Black should have
maintained his chances for a king side attack intact with} 17... Be4 $5 {
for instance} 18. Nd2 (18. bxc6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rac8 $132) 18... Rac8 $132) 18.
Qxd3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rfd1 $14 {White has a stable advantage now.} Rad8 21.
b6 a6 (21... axb6 22. Rb5 $16 {[%csl Yb6,Yb7,Yd5]}) 22. Rdc1 Qa5 23. Nd4 g6 24.
Rc7 Rd7 25. Qc2 Ree7 26. Rc8 Kg7 27. a4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nf8 {This system of development is rarely seen in modern tournament praxis.
However, it seems that basically there is nothing wrong with it and that it is
all a matter of fashion. Black intends to carry out the typical manoeuvre Ne6,
g6, Ng7, Bf5 before castling, in order to spare the tempo Rf8-e8.} 9. Qc2 Ne6
10. Bxf6 {White gives up the pair of bishops in order to win time to complete
his development and start active operations in the centre and on the king side.
However, such a simplistic approach can hardly offer an advantage.} ({The main
line of this system continues with} 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4
a6 14. a4 Bf5 15. b5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 axb5 17. axb5 {when both sides can be more
or less satisfied: Black has solved the problem of his light squared bishop,
but White has already made significant progress with his queen side attack. In
the next phase of the game, White should increase his pressure along the b-
and c-files while Black has to regroup his minor pieces in the most efficient
way in order to defend his chronic c6-weakness.} {One year later, the great
specialist in defence, Andersson, came up with a different plan of regroupment:
} Nd7 (17... Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfc1 {The slow method of bringing all the
pieces into play is probably the best.} ({Rushing in with} 19. Ra1 Ra5 20. Nd2
{allowed Black unexpected counterplay in the centre with} Rxa1 21. Rxa1 c5 22.
dxc5 d4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A (2670)-Beliavsky,A (2650)/Reggio Emilia 1996/CBM
051 (58)}) 19... Ra3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Qa8 22. Ne2 Ra6 23. Nf4 Nd6 24. Nd2
Be7 25. h3 Rd8 26. Nd3 Nb5 27. Rb3 Bd6 28. Nb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rb8 30. Qc5 Rb7 {
Black has achieved relative stability on the queen side, but White will soon
bring in his last reserves: the knight.} 31. Nf3 f6 {Necessary weakening of
the king's position, in order to prevent the knight jump to e5, which would
put inimmediate danger the c6-pawn.} 32. Ne1 Rba7 33. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Timman,
J (2630)-Andersson,U (2600)/Tilburg 1987/CBM 004 (60)}) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg3 (
{White was probably afraid that the immediate exchange on e7} 19. Bxe7 {
would allow Black get a harmonious position after} Qxe7 {followed by Ne6, Qd6,
Rfc8, preparing c5. In any case, the mentioned plan might have been
Andersson's planned improvement over a very old game:} 20. Qc2 Nf5 $6 21. Na4
Qd6 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Rxb6 Ne7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Stahlberg,G/Zuerich 1953/
Candidates (31)}) 19... Nf5 20. Rfc1 Ra3 21. Rb7 Nd6 (21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bd6 {
wouldlead to a similar position, with the significant difference that Black
would have been under the permanent positional threat of g4-g5.}) 22. Bxd6 Bxd6
23. Qb1 Nf6 24. Ne2 Ra6 25. g3 Qa8 26. Kg2 Rb8 27. Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. Nc3 Bd6 $11 {
Black controls all the important squares and is out of any danger. 1/2-1/2
Georgiev,K (2595)-Andersson,U (2625)/Reggio Emilia 1988/CBM 011 (35)}) ({
If White is ready to part with his bishop immediately, he should probably
insert the moves} 10. h4 h6 {andonly now play} 11. Bxf6 {for example} Bxf6 12.
O-O-O Nc7 (12... h5 $5) 13. h5 Bg4 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.
Kb1 Rae8 18. Rc1 Re7 19. Ne2 Nb5 20. Nf4 Nd6 21. Nd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Rg8 23. Nfe5+
Bxe5 24. Nxe5+ {[%csl Rf7,Rg6] 1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S (2575)-Stahlberg,G/Helsinki
1952/MCD}) 10... Bxf6 11. O-O-O ({After the exchange on f6, castling short
would put less pressure on Black, mainly because he disposes over the optimal
d6-square for his queen..} 11. O-O g6 12. b4 (12. Rab1 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Rfc1
Qd6 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. bxc5 a5 19. a4 b4 20. Nd2 Be6 21.
g3 {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D (2498)-Spraggett,K (2584)/Winnipeg 2004/CBM 102 ext})
12... O-O 13. Rac1 a6 {It makes little sense to refrain from this move.} ({
The immediate} 13... Qd6 $6 {leaves the a8-rook out of play for a while:} 14.
b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rac8 19. Qd4 $14 {
0-1 Seirawan,Y (2595)-Ljubojevic,L (2610)/Brussels 1988/CBM 007 (42)}) 14. a4 (
14. Na4 $5) 14... Qd6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 $132 18. Rfd1 Ra3
$1 19. Nxd5 $2 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bf5 $15) ({In case of} 11. Bxh7 $2 g6 12. Bxg6
fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 {[%cal Yd8g8] White's 3 pawns are no match for the
sacrificed piece.}) 11... g6 12. h4 (12. Kb1 Ng7 (12... Qd6 $1 13. e4 Bg7 $132)
13. Ne5 Bf5 14. f4 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Be7 16. g4 f6 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. h3 Bb4 19. Rc1
O-O 20. Qg2 Bxc3 21. Rdxc3 Rae8 22. Ka1 Re7 23. h4 Kh8 24. Rg1 Qe8 25. Qf2 Qf7
26. Rh1 Rfe8 27. a3 Qe6 28. Qg1 Rc8 29. g5 $14 {[%csl Re5] 1-0 Shariyazdanov,A
(2582)-Nikolac,J (2448)/Pula 2001/CBM 084 ext (40)}) 12... h5 {This natural
reaction is not the only possible.} ({After} 12... Ng7 $5 {[%cal Yh7h5,Yc8g4]}
13. Ne5 Qe7 14. f4 Nf5 {Black would get active counterplay against the weak
white pawns.}) 13. Ne5 {Now or never! This double edged continuation is
White's only hope for an advantage.} (13. Kb1 Qd6 $11) 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7
{Black has the better structure but is slightly behind in development. White
has to continue in an energetical way.} 15. e4 d4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. f4
Nd8 19. e6 {The assymetry of the pawn structure oviously worried White, who
takes the first oportunity to transpose to a more normal position. However,
his initiative is likely to vanish.} (19. Rc1 $5 Rc8 20. Bc4 {would have also
led to interesting play.}) 19... Nxe6 (19... fxe6 20. e5 $36) (19... Bxe6 20.
f5 Bd7 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nf4 $36) 20. f5 gxf5 $6 {This looks like playing with
fire.} ({Black should have maintained the position closed while defending the
g6-square with} 20... Nf8 $13) 21. exf5 Nc7 22. Nxd4 O-O-O 23. Rhe1 Qf8 {
Black has managed to castle and maintains the slightly better pawn structure,
but his position remains dangerous.} 24. Nf3 $6 {But this move allows Black
reach the safety zone.} (24. Rc1 $1 b6 ({White might have underestimated his
attacking chances after} 24... Ba4 25. Qxa4 Rxd4 26. Qxa7 Rxd3 27. Rxc5 $18 {
/\Rec1, Qa8}) 25. b4 Qd6 26. Nf3 cxb4 27. Ng5 $1 {White attacks on the whole
board.} Rhf8 28. Re7 Bc6 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. Be4 $16) 24... f6 25. Be4 Kb8 26.
Rd3 b6 27. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O {This is supposed to be a rather
inoffensive continuation in this concrete position. White usually takes
advantage of the temporarily exposed psoition of the black knight with g4,
followed by long castle.} Nb6 {This is a perfect placement for the knight, as
we shall see at a later stage of the game. However, Black usually castles
first and only then decides what to do with his knight.} (11... O-O 12. Rab1
Ng7 {[%cal Yd7f6,Yc8f5]} (12... a5 13. a3 Nb6 {would just transpose to our
main game.}) 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nf6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 {[%csl Ye2] With
his king's knight on f3, White could claim a minimaladvantage. However, the
way it is, the knight has no easy access to the critical e5- and c5-squares.}
17. Nf4 Rfc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Qd6 21. h3 g5 $5 22. Nb6 Re8
23. Ne2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne4 25. Nc3 f5 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qd1 h5 28. Na4 {1/2-1/2
Baburin,A (2490)-King,D (2500)/Dublin 1995/CBM 046 ext}) ({A more active but
also more committal plan for Black would be the one based on the advance of
the f-pawn, with similar ideas as White's minority's attack: to produce
chronic weaknesses on e3 or d4.} 11... f5 12. Rab1 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. a4 f4 15.
Nxf4 Nxf4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. b5 (17. Ne2 {only drives the rook back to a less
exposed and more useful position after} Rf6 $1 {קc6} 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nf8
20. bxc6 (20. Ra1 $5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bg4 $132 22. f3 $2 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Rxf3 24. Rd1
Rf2 $40) 20... bxc6 21. Rb6 Bd7 22. Rfb1 (22. Qb2 {transposes to a game where
the sequence of moves Nc3-e2 Rf4-f6 was played slightly later:} Re8 23. Qb4 Qf7
{1/2-1/2 Summerscale,A (2455)-Parker,J (2415)/Swansea 1995/EXT 97}) 22... Rf7
23. Qd2 Qh4 24. f3 Ne6 25. Qe3 Re7 26. Rb8+ Rxb8 27. Rxb8+ Kf7 28. Qf2 Qh6 29.
f4 Ng7 30. Bc2 Bf5 $132 {0-1 Bouwmeester,H-Euwe,M/Amsterdam 1950 (73)}) 17...
axb5 18. axb5 {is more ambitious.} Rxd4 $5 {might be the critical move for the
assesment of the entire operation of advancing the f-pawn:} (18... Rf6 $6 {
would allow White obtain a stable advantage:} 19. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 (19... Rb8 {
would just leave White with the control of the a-file, while the rook would be
very passive on b8.} 20. Rfe1 $16) 20. Rxa1 $14 Nf8 $2 21. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 22.
Qxc8 $16 {1-0 Ernst,S-Van Voorthuijsen,P (2300)/Enschede 1995/EXT 97 (69)}) 19.
Ne2 ({Inserting} 19. bxc6 bxc6 {would only allow Black activate his bishop with
} 20. Ne2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Ba6) 19... Rh4 20. bxc6 Ne5 {It is an open question
whether Black's piece activity is sufficient to compensate for his structural
deffects as well as for the weakened king's position.}) 12. Rab1 ({Besides the
natural plan of advancing his b-pawn, White disposes over an entirely
different placement of his pieces:} 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Nc1 {The rook sustains
the advance of the e-pawn (after an eventual f3) while the knight takes under
control the a5- and, especially, c5-squares.} Be6 {simply continues developing,
overdefends the d5-pawn and thus prepares an eventual counterplay based on
c6-c5.} (13... Ng7 {is aiming to prepare in optimal way against the planned
advanced of the e-pawn. In fact, Black is ready to provoke this thematic move,
in order to prevent White regroup previously.} 14. f3 Be6 (14... Bf5 15. e4 Be6
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Re5 Rae8 20. Rfe1 f6 21. R5e2 Bd7
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Mercadal Benejam,J (2519)
-Mozzino,A (2518)/Argentina 2001/Corr 2004}) 15. Nb3 Rad8 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. e4
dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc8 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. Qc3 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. h3 Rd7 23. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 Savon Vladimir A (UKR) (2461)-Khruschiov Alexey (MDA) (2440)/Tula}) 14.
Nb3 Nd7 15. Na4 (15. f3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Bc2 f5 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+
20. Rxf1 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Qe3 {+/=/= 1-0 Haslinger,S (2410)
-Cobb,C (2406)/West Bromwich 2004/EXT 2005 (60)}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (16. Nbc5
$1 b6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Nc3 $14 {Beliavsky}) 16... Nhf6 17. f3 b6
18. Rc1 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nbxc5 bxc5 21. Rfe1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A
(2660)-Boensch,U (2540)/Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (36)}) 12... a5 ({Black can also
the slightly different standard way to meet the minority's attack with} 12...
O-O 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Be6 15. Rfc1 ({In case of} 15. b5 {Black has a choice
between the capture with the a-pawn, followed by ...c5 which wouldtranspose
toour main game and the more ambitious} cxb5 16. axb5 a5 17. Na4 Rfc8 18. Qa2
Nxa4 19. Qxa4 b6 {when both sides have their chances in a rather assymetrical
position.}) 15... Rfc8 16. a5 {Freezing the queen side and hoping to open play
in the centre in a favourable way.} Nd7 17. Na4 Re8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 {
This position is only apparently very promissing for White, because he has no
easy way of opening more files for his rooks.} Rad8 20. Rb3 Bc8 {Black has
achieved a perfect regroupment. His bishop safely defends the only weak point
of Black's positoon while keeping an eye on the enemy king's position, too.}
21. Qd2 Qg5 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Ng1 Re7 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Ne5 Ng4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27.
Re1 Rde8 28. Rbb1 h5 29. Re2 Qg5 30. Qe1 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Reb2 Qc8 33. Qd1
Rc7 34. Rb3 Ree7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2677)-Andersson,U (2625)/France 2000/
EXT 2001 (50) Black safly defends his weak pawn while maintaining king side
pressure and thus preventing White from playing e3-e4.}) 13. a3 Be6 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 O-O 16. b5 c5 $1 {This is the idea behind Black's 11th move: the
knight gets the perfect blocking b6-square, fully compensating for the
relative weakness of the isolani.} 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rbc1 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qb4 20.
Rb1 Qa3 21. Rb3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Re1 Nf6 24. f3 Bd7 $11 {All Black's pieces
are perfectly placed, while the central pawn is well defended. Black has no
problems at all.} 25. Qf2 Ra3 26. Qb2 Raa8 27. Qf2 Ra3 28. Qb2 Raa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Bf4 {This the starting position for our brief
investigation. Black is denied ...Nf6-e4 for the time being. Against that,
Bg5-f4 has cost White a tempo. It is hard to appreciate that this is not a
loss of time and so this variation has not been as popular as it might have
been over the years. Nevertheless many Grandmasters have come this way,
including Portisch, who used it to win a big game against Larsen, which I
quote below. We deal first with lines where White castles long, an outwardly
aggressive approach.} N6d7 (11... Bd6 {seems like it should be the move, as
White has wasted a tempo with his bishop, but White can just build up a strong
position.} 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O $1 {Black is left contemplating what he is
going to do with his knights. White has no such concerns and plans to play
g2-g4!} a5 14. Kb1 {A bit of prophylaxis.} Be6 15. Rc1 Re7 16. Na4 N6d7 17. g4
$1 {Dreev stamped on any Black attempts to raise queenside counterplay and
begins his own assault.} Rc8 18. Rhg1 Rce8 19. h4 Nf6 20. g5 N6d7 (20... Ne4
21. Ne5 $1 {leaves the Black position in curious disarray. It is hard to find
a plan and White threatens f2-f3.}) 21. h5 Rc8 22. Nc5 b6 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Nb7 {
Very odd that the winning strike comes on the queenside.} Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Nb8 26.
Bxc6 Rc7 27. Ne5 Nxc6 28. Nxc6 Rc8 29. e4 Qd7 30. exd5 {1-0 Dreev,A (2655)
-Murali Krishnan,B (2412)/Bhubaneswar 2010  Dreev made it look so easy.}) (
11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 {again exchanges bishops and Black seems to have won
even more time this way round,as he played ...Ng6 more or less for free. But
White will castle long again and then regain time later by hitting the black
knights with advancing pawns.} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. g4 Be6 16. g5
Ne4 (16... Nd7 17. h4 {is automatic and very strong.}) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4
b5 19. h4 b4 20. Na4 Qd6 21. h5 Bd5 22. Qg4 Nf8 23. b3 $1 $16 {Correctly
assessing the position by noting that he can deal with any of Black's tactics
and that with c5 under control the chance of a winning Black attack is minimal.
} Qe6 24. Qf4 Nd7 (24... Bxb3 25. axb3 Qxb3 26. Nc5 $1 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Ne6 28. Qf5
b3 29. Rd2 {is a cool defence.}) 25. Rhe1 Bxb3 {He has to try this.} 26. axb3
Qxb3 27. Nb2 $1 Qa2 28. Qf5 c5 29. Qxd7 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rac8+ 31. Rc4 Rxc4+ 32.
Nxc4 Qxc4+ 33. Kd2 Qa2+ 34. Kd1 Rf8 35. Qd2 Qa5 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Nd4 Qxg5 38.
Qxb4 Qxh5+ 39. Nf3 h6 40. Ra1 {The smoke is clearing and the technical phase
begins. Usually, with an extra knight in a position such as this, White would
look to try to get the initative to tie Black down, after which he can then
train his sights on the weak queenside pawn.} Rc8 41. Qb1 a5 42. Ra4 Qc5 43.
Nd4 Qh5+ 44. Kd2 Qh4 45. Qf5 Rb8 46. Ra2 h5 47. Qf4 Qd8 48. Ke2 Qb6 49. Qf5
Qa6+ 50. Qd3 Qa8 51. Qc4 Qe4 52. Qc6 Qb1 53. Qc2 Qb6 54. Nf3 Rd8 55. Nd4 Rb8
56. Qd3 g6 57. Rc2 Qb1 58. Nf3 (58. Rc8+ Kh7 59. Qxb1 Rxb1 60. Ra8 Ra1 61. Ra7
Kg8 62. Kf3 a4 63. Nb5 {should also be winning, but I think Portisch wanted to
retain queens to add to the pressure}) 58... Qb7 59. Ne5 Rc8 60. Rd2 h4 61. Qd5
Qa6+ (61... Qxd5 62. Rxd5 Ra8 63. Rd4 a4 64. Rxh4 $18 a3 65. Rh1 Kg7 66. Ra1 f6
67. Nc4 a2 68. Nb6 Ra6 69. Nd5 $18) 62. Kf3 Qf6+ 63. Kg2 Qf5 64. Nf3 Qf6 65.
Qxa5 {Larsen's last hope disappears.} h3+ 66. Kg3 Qc6 67. Rd8+ Rxd8 68. Qxd8+
Kg7 69. Qh4 f6 70. Qxh3 Qd6+ 71. Kg2 Qd5 72. Qg4 Qc6 73. Kg3 Qc1 74. Qd7+ Kh6
75. Kg2 Qa1 76. Qe8 g5 77. Nd4 Qb1 78. e4 g4 79. Nf5+ Kg5 80. Ne3 {1-0
Portisch,L (2625)-Larsen,B (2615)/Rotterdam 1977/Candidates  One of the
classics!}) 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. h4 {The line that bischoff has
chosen does not appear too promising for Black. He spent time relocating his
poorly-placed knight on f6 to an equally poor square on b6! So Khenkin starts
the charge!} (14. g4 {makes less sense with no knight on f6 to hit.}) 14... f6
15. Rdg1 h5 16. g4 $1 {Really, this is self-explanatory,although ypu have to
have the courage to sacrifice a pawn.} hxg4 (16... Bxg4 17. Nh2 $1 {forces
open lines.} Be6 18. Bh6 $18) 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. f3 $1 {Opposite-sides castling
situations require quick attacks. White has all the potential here and Black
has very little to respond with.} f5 19. fxg4 fxg4 20. h5 Nc4 {Feeble.} 21. h6
g5 22. Bxc4 gxf4 (22... dxc4 23. h7+ Nxh7 24. Nxg4 Bf5 25. Nh6+ $18) 23. Nxg4
Bxg4 24. Be2 Kh8 25. Rxg4 Bf6 26. Rhg1 {Black has been completely murdered by
the speed and power of Khenkin's attack.} Ne6 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. Bd3 Bg5 29. exf4
Rf8 30. Qe5+ Bf6 31. Rg7 $1 {Nice tactical control.} Rf7 (31... Bxe5 32. Rxe7
$18) 32. Qf5 {Castling long seems to be a promising approach and what's more,
it's applicable against most of Black's standard tries.} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. h3 g6 {This makes more sense here than
against 11.Rab1, because White is further behind with his Q-side play. But the
Bh6 idea is very dangerous, and White seems to have very good results from the
position after 14.g4.} 12. Bh6 (12. Rab1 Ne6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bf5
16. Bxg7 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kxg7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ra3 $132) 12... Ne6 13. Ne5
Ng7 (13... Bf8 {may be playable, although White would surely be comfortable
with} 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 (14... Rxf8 $5 15. f4 (15. b4 $5) 15... Ng7 {[%cal Yc8f5]}
16. g4 Nfe8 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yf7f6,Ye8d6]} 17. f5 gxf5 (17... f6 $4 18. fxg6 $1
fxe5 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Rxf8# {[%csl Gf8,Rh8][%cal Yf8h8]}) 18. gxf5 f6 19. Ng4
{looks very dangerous.}) 15. f4 $36) 14. g4 Nd7 15. f4 Bf8 16. Qf2 (16. Nxf7 {
Even this early, I had to analyse this kind of threat. I think this is OK for
Black though.} Kxf7 (16... Qh4 {[%csl Rf7,Rh6][%cal Yh4g3]} 17. Rf3 $1 Kxf7 18.
Bg5 $18 {[%csl Rh4]}) 17. f5 Qh4 18. fxg6+ Kg8 19. gxh7+ Kh8 {and White
clearly has compensation, but Black looks alright.}) 16... Nxe5 ({I was
considering} 16... Ne6 {for some time, but realised I am probably just lost
after} 17. Nxf7 $3 Kxf7 18. f5 Kg8 (18... Bxh6 19. fxg6+ Ke7 $8 (19... Kg7 20.
Qf7+ Kh8 21. Qxh7#) 20. Qh4+ {and now Fritz seems to think the game may not be
over, but it looked absolutely terrifying to me, the quickest mate being} Kd6
21. Qg3+ Ke7 22. Rf7#) 19. fxg6 Kh8 {and according to Fritz Black is better!})
17. fxe5 (17. dxe5 {was what I expected, and now I looked at} Ne6 18. Bxf8 Nxf8
19. f5 Qc7 {but} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. f6 Kf7 (21... Qf7 {just looked too passive,
though perhaps this is playable somehow.}) 22. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yh4h6,
Yh6g7] I suspected I was in deep trouble here, though Fritz still reckons it's
about equal.}) 17... Be6 18. Ne2 Be7 {Maybe I should just have left this piece
on f8 and aimed for some sort of counterplay with c6-c5.} 19. Nf4 Bh4 20. Qf3 (
20. Qg2 {is also interesting. Probably I would play Bh4-g5, since White may be
threatening g4-g5 himself, cutting off my B.}) 20... Rf8 (20... f6 21. Nxe6 (
21. Nxg6 $1 {- Fritz, may be even stronger.}) 21... Rxe6 22. Bf5 $1 {and White
has a huge attack.}) 21. Kh2 (21. Nxe6 {worried me. I was tempted to sacrifice
an exchange with} Nxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Qg2) 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 {with reasonable
compensation, since White probably must return to the old b4-b5 plan, and
Black should probably get decent chances at some stage.}) 21... Qe7 22. Ng2 Bg5
23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Rf2 (24. Qf6 Qxf6 25. exf6 Ne8 26. g5 Nd6 {[%csl Re3,Ge4]
[%cal Ye6f5] is just what I wanted, when I have definitely survived}) (24. Qf4
Qxf4+ 25. exf4 f5 {also looked defensible.}) 24... f5 $1 {I think this is
correct here.} 25. exf6 Ne8 26. Raf1 Nxf6 {I have almost managed to keep
everything under control, but I had used up all but about 10 minutes here, and
I needed to play briskly, which caused me to blunder.} 27. Qg3 Rae8 $4 (27...
Kg7 28. Be2 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Gg4][%cal Yh3h4,Ye2g4]}) (27... Nd7 28. Qc7 Rxf2 29.
Rxf2 Rb8 30. Nf4 Qe7) 28. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 29. h4 {[%csl Rf6]} Rxf1 30. hxg5 Rd1
31. Nf4 Bf7 32. Qf3 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 Rf8 34. b4 Rxa2 35. b5 a5 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. e4
{Maybe this was correct, but I get remarkably close to a draw now, due to a
fortress position.} dxe4 38. Bxe4 Ra4 39. d5 Re8 $2 (39... cxd5 40. Nxd5 {
[%csl Gf6][%cal Yd5f6]} Bxd5 41. Bxd5+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ $18 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5,Rg7]}) (
39... Bxd5 40. Bxd5+ cxd5 41. Qxd5+ Rf7 42. Ne6 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 $1 {may be the
only way to win.} (43. Kh4 Raf3 {and I can't see how he can stop me reaching a
fortress.}) 43... Re7 (43... Raf3 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Kxf3 {and I guess this
ending is winning for him.}) 44. Nc5+ $5 (44. Qd6 Kf7 45. Nd8+ Ke8 46. Qxa3
Kxd8) 44... Kg7 45. Nd7 Re2+ $5 46. Kf1 Rae3 47. Qd4+ Kf7 48. Qc4+ Ke7 49. Nf6
Re1+ 50. Kf2 R1e2+ 51. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 52. Kxe2 $18) 40. Nh5 $1 $18 {Ouch!} gxh5 (
40... Raxe4 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nxe4 Bxd5 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Nc5) 41. Bxh7+ Kf8 42.
gxh5 (42. g6 $4 hxg4+ $19) 42... Re7 43. g6 Rb7 $5 44. h6 Rab4 {[%cal Yb4b3]}
45. g7+ Ke8 (45... Ke7 46. g8=Q Bxg8 47. Bxg8 Rb3 48. d6+ $18) 46. Bg6 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 $5 7. a3 Nc7 8.
e3 Ne6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nge2 Ng7 12. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4]} O-O 13. O-O b6
(13... Re8 $5) 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. h3 $6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Yh3g4]} (16.
Bf2 $142) 16... Nd7 (16... Nfh5 $142 17. Bf2 Bh4 $132) 17. Bg3 $14 Bh4 18. Bh2
c5 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Yd4b5,Yc3b5]} 21. e4 $5 (21. Bb1
b5 $132 {[%cal Yd7b6]}) 21... Nc5 $1 (21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 (22... Nc5 $5)
23. Nxe4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Looks quite dangerous for Black.}) 22. e5 f6 $6 (
22... Nge6 23. Nce2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne6 25. Bg1 Bg3 26. f4 Qh4 27. Be3 {[%cal
Yd4f3]} (27. Ne2 $4 Qxh3+ $3 28. gxh3 d4+ $19 {was a pitfall.})) 23. Bb1 fxe5
24. Bxe5 Bf6 25. Rfe1 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qd6 27. Rde1 $2 {This was a bad move to
play quickly.} Ne4 $1 {[%csl Re5]} 28. Bxe4 (28. fxe4 Qxe5 29. exd5 Qf4 $1 $17)
(28. Nxe4 Qxe5 29. Nc5 Qf4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd4]} (29... Qb8 30. Nd7) (29... Qc7
30. Nce6)) 28... dxe4 29. f4 Nf5 (29... Rcd8 30. Rd1 (30. Nce2 $5 Nh5 31. Qe3
Nxf4 32. Nxf4 Qxe5 33. Nde6 Qxb2 $17) 30... Nh5 31. Re6 {is not so disastrous
for White.} (31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Nce2 e3 $1) 31... Qxf4) (29... Rfd8 30. Rd1 (30.
Nce2 $2 Nf5 (30... Rc4 31. Rc1 $1 Rxd4 $140 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Rc7
$1 Bd5 35. Ree7 $16 (35. Rd7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bb3 37. Rxd1 Bxd1 38. Rxe4 $16)) 31.
Rd1 Rc4 32. Nb3 (32. Rxf5 $142 gxf5 33. Qe3 {[%csl Rb7,Gd4]}) 32... Qxd2 33.
Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Rc2 $19) 30... Rc4 (30... Nf5 $6 31. Nxf5 Qxd2 32. Ne7+ Kf8
33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Nxc8 Bxc8 35. Nxe4 $14) 31. Nb3) (29... Nh5 30. Re6) 30. Rd1
Rcd8 (30... e3 31. Qd3 Rfd8 (31... Rcd8 32. Qc4+ $1 $18 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Yd4f5]
}) (31... Nh4 32. Ne4) 32. Nxf5) 31. Nce2 e3 32. Qe1 {[%cal Ye1h4]} (32. Qc3
Nh4 33. Rg1) 32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Qc6 34. Qg3 Rxd4 35. Nxd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxb2 (
36... Qd2 {was an interesting option which Jon Speelman liked the look of
instinctively, though the queen is also good on the long diagonal.} 37. Nf5 $5
Rxf5 $140 38. Rxf5 Bxg2 39. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 gxf5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Kxe3 Ke6
43. Kd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 37. Ne6 Re8 (37... Rc8 38. Rg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yg5g6]
} (38. Qg5 Bxg2 $1 $19) 38... Bxg2 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 (39... Kh8 40. Qxg2 $18 Rc2 $4
41. Rg8#) (39... hxg6 40. Qxg6+ Kh8 41. Qh6+ $11) 40. Rg7+ Ke8 (40... Kxe6 41.
Qg4+ Kd5 42. Qf5+ $18 {[%cal Yg7g2]}) 41. Qxg2 Rc2 42. Nc7+ $11 {Harikrishna
was quick to spot this perpetual when we were analysing.} Kd8 43. Ne6+ Ke8 (
43... Kc8 $4 44. Rc7+ $18)) 38. Rxe3 Qf6 39. Ng5 Rf8 (39... Rxe3 40. Qxe3 $14 {
[%csl Ge3,Gg5]} Qc6 41. Kg3 $5 h6 (41... Qxg2+ 42. Kh4 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 42.
Nf3 $14) 40. Re6 (40. f5 $5 Qxf5 41. Re7 Bd5 42. Nxh7 Rf7 43. Re8+ (43. Re5 Qf4
44. Rxd5 Qxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Kxh7 46. Rd6 Rc7 $11) 43... Kxh7 44. Qh4+ Qh5 45. Qd4
Rg7 (45... Kh6 $2 46. Rh8+ Rh7 47. Qf4+ g5 $8 48. Qf8+ Kg6 49. Qd6+ Kg7 (49...
Kf5 50. Qxd5+ $18) 50. Rd8 $18 {according to Fritz.}) 46. Re5 Bxg2 $1 {
Harikrishna again.} (46... Qh6 47. Rxd5 $40 {[%csl Rh7]}) 47. Rxh5+ gxh5 48.
Qxb6 Bb7 $11) 40... Qxf4 41. Rxb6 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rf5 43. Nxh7 (43. h4 $1 Bc8 $1
(43... Rb5 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. Ne6 {is dangerous, e.g.} Bc6 46. Nd4 Bd7 47. Kf4 {
[%csl Rb5,Gd4,Gf4,Rg8]} Kf7 48. g4 h6 49. g5 hxg5+ 50. hxg5 $16) 44. Rc6 Rf8 {
and Black should be able to play himself out of trouble with a few cautious
moves.}) 43... Bxg2 $1 44. Nf6+ Kg7 $8 (44... Kf7 45. Ng4 $18 {[%cal Yg4h6]})
45. Ne8+ Kf8 (45... Kf7 46. Nd6+ $18) 46. Kxg2 (46. Rb8 Rg5+ $1 $11) 46... Rg5+
47. Kf3 Kxe8 48. Rxa6 Kf7 49. Rc6 Ra5 50. Rc3 Ra4 51. Re3 g5 $1 52. Ke2 g4 53.
hxg4 Rxg4 54. Kd3 Ra4 55. Kc2 Ra7 56. Kb3 Re7 57. Rd3 Ke8 58. Kb4 Rd7 59. Rxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 (11. Rab1) (11. Rae1) 11... Be6 12. Rab1
Ne4 13. Bf4 (13. Bxe7 {La grande ligne} Rxe7 14. b4 Bf5 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne6 18. b5 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qa3 Ne6 21. Nf3 Rd7 22. Rfd1 d4
23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Qf3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qe7 27. Qe3 Kf8 28. Qd3 g6
29. a4 Qh4 30. Qf3 Qxa4 31. Rd7 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35.
Rxb7 a5 36. b6 Ra6 37. Ra7 Rxb6 38. Rxa5 Rf6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Kf3 Rb6
{1/2-1/2 (41) Bacrot,E (2723)-Stojanovic,M (2572) Basel 2011}) 13... Bd6 14.
Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Ne5 (15. b4 {La suite logique et Rab1 sera finalement une perte
de temps dans la partie} Ng6 (15... Nc4) 16. b5) 15... Qf6 $146 {87
Visisblement, le belge suit toujours une préparation maison} (15... Qc8 16. Ne2
Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Rbc1 Nd6 19. Nf4 Ne6 20. Nfd3 Ng5 21. Nc5 Nge4 22. Nxe4
Nxe4 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Nd6 25. Nd3 Re6 26. Nf4 Re8 27. Nd3 Qd8 28. a5 Qe7 29.
Nc5 Rad8 30. Rfe1 Qg5 31. Qe2 Re7 32. Qg4 Qf6 33. Qf3 Qh6 34. Red1 Ne4 35. Rd3
Rde8 36. Rcd1 Qd6 37. Rb3 Qc7 38. Ra3 Rd8 39. Kh1 Rd6 40. Nxe4 Rxe4 41. Qg3 Qd8
42. Rc3 Rg6 43. Qh2 h6 44. Rdc1 Kh7 45. Rc5 {Machalova,M (2187)-Rozic,V (2293)
Dresden 2008 0-1}) 16. Ne2 Ng6 $11 17. Ng3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
Bd3 Qf6 {52} 21. Rbd1 Re7 22. b3 Bd7 23. Be2 Rae8 24. Rd4 Kg8 25. Rfd1 Ne4 26.
Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2) 10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4
Ndf6 14. Rab1 Nxc3 (14... Bf5 15. Na4 Bh7 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Nc5 f6
19. Ng6 Qf7 20. a4 a6 21. Rfe1 Nf8 22. Nf4 Re7 23. Re2 g5 24. Nfd3 Ng6 25. Rbe1
Rae8 26. f3 f5 27. f4 Qg7 28. Ne5 Kh7 29. Rf1 g4 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 cxb5 32.
Qb3 Qg8 33. Ncd7 Qe6 34. Qxd5 Kg7 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Nb6 Ra3 38. Nd5
Nc4 39. Nxc4 bxc4 40. Rxc4 Ra5 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Nc3 Rc6 43. Rxc6 bxc6 44. Rc2 {
Riazantsev,A (2617)-Meister,J (2487) Satka 2008 1-0 (72)}) 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2
Be6 (16... a6) 17. Ne5 $146 (17. a4 a5 18. b5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rec8 20. Qb2 Nc3
21. Rbc1 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nd2 Nxa4 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Rxb4 Nc3 26. Nf3 Bf5
27. Nh4 Bh7 28. Bd7 Bd3 29. Re1 Raa2 30. Rxb7 Rxf2 31. Rc7 Rfc2 32. Kh1 Be4 33.
Bf5 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 Rxg2 35. Rxc3 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Rhg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rag2+
39. Kf1 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rhg2+ 41. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Fordan,T (2272)-Porubszky
Angyalosine,M (2194) Hungary 1999}) 17... f6 18. Ng6 Qf7 19. Nf4 g5 20. f3 Nd6
21. Bg6 Qf8 22. Bxe8 gxf4 23. Bg6 f5 (23... fxe3 24. Rbe1) 24. exf4 Qf6 25. Bh5
Qxd4+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2 {Les compensations du centre ne sont peut-être
pas suffisantes pour les Noirs} Kf8 28. Re1 Bg8 29. g4 (29. Rfe2 $36) 29... Rd8
30. gxf5 d4 $1 31. f6 Bf7 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. Rd2 Nf5 34. Kf2 Kxf6 35. Re5 b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 {La variante d'échange avec un
Nf3 joué avant Qc2 ou Bd3 ne pose pas trop de problèmes aux Noirs pour égaliser
} exd5 6. Qc2 g6 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+
Qe7 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O-O Nd7 $11 14. d5 $146 (14. h3 h5 15.
Rhe1+ Kf8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Kg7 18. Ne4 Rhd8 19. Nd6 Rab8 20. Rde3 Kf8 21.
Ne4 Kg7 22. Nd6 Kf8 23. Ne4 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Romanov,E (2624)-Potkin,V (2682)
Taganrog 2011}) (14. Rhe1+ Kd6 (14... Kf8 {[%cal Gf8g7]} 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4
Kg7 17. d5)) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. d6+ Kf6 17. Bb3 Rhe8 18. h4 h6 19. h5
g5 20. Nd4 Be4 $1 {Provoque l'affaiblissement de la case "e3"} 21. f3 Bh7 {
[%csl Re3]} 22. g4 Rad8 23. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Nd5 (23... gxf4 24. Rhf1 Kg5 25.
Bxf7) 24. fxg5+ Kxg5 25. Nf3+ $1 Kf4 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rhf1 Rxd6 28. Nd4+ {
Bizarrement, la découverte ne donne pas grand-chose pour les Blancs} Kxg4 29.
Rg1+ Kf4 30. Rdf1+ Ke5 31. Rxf7 (31. Re1+ $2 Be4) 31... Be4 32. Rxb7 Rc8 33.
Kd2 Ra6 34. Re7+ $2 (34. Rb2) 34... Kf6 35. Rgg7 Rxa2+ 36. Kd1 $2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e4
{The favourite variation of former World Champion Anatoly Karpov - the only
chance to obtain some initiative.} dxe4 9. Bxf6 {Generally speaking a bit
strange - to give up the bishop, but more important is time. In modern chess
such general philosophy does not work any more.} (9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Be6 $11
) 9... Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 ({Possible and not bad at all was} 10... Kf8 11. Bc4
Kg7 12. O-O Re8 13. Qf4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Na6 17. Ne4
Nb4 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc7 b6 20. h4 $14) 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Qxe7+ ({It is
possible to try to exchange the queens differently:} 12. Qe3 Nd7 13. O-O Qxe3
14. fxe3 O-O 15. e4 Be6 (15... Bg4 16. e5 Bd8 17. Rad1 Bb6 18. Kh1 {led to
some advantage for White.}) (15... Nb6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Ne2 Rad8) 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Na4 (18. e5 Be7 19. Ne4 h6 {kept the defensive wall easily.})
18... Be7 19. Rc1 g5 20. h3 h5 21. Rcd1 Kg7 (21... g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nh2
Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 b5 25. Nc3 e5 26. d5 b4 27. Ne2 Nf6 {would give Black some
chances to take the initiative.}) 22. Nc3 {1/2 Orzech,D (2435)-Miton,K (2604)/
Lublin 2009}) 12... Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. h3 ({Another option is possible:} 
14. Rhe1+ Kf8 15. h3 h5 16. Ne2 Be4 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Kd2 Nd7 20.
f4 Be7 $1 21. Rc1 Bb4+ 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Kd3 Rac8 24. Rc2 Ne4 {1/2 Riazantsev,A 
(2617)-Sjugirov,S (2545)/Novokuznetsk RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 722 (33).
Black has very serious counterplay.}) 14... Nd7 ({Very sharp play arose after} 
14... h5 15. g4 Be6 (15... Bd7 16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Na6 19. gxh5
gxh5 20. Re3 b5 21. Be2 h4 22. Rd4 Be6 23. Rxh4 Nc5 24. b4 Nb7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26.
hxg4 a5 27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 c5 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Nd5+ Ke6 31. Nf4+ Ke7 32. Rxd8
Rxd8 33. Re4 {1-0 Atalik,S (2585)-Firat,B (2219)/Izmir TUR 2008. with a huge
advantage.}) ({it is very dangerous to accept the sacrifice:} 15... hxg4 16.
hxg4 Bxg4 17. Rh7 $1 Rf8 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Ne5 {with a very strong initiative.})
16. Rhe1 hxg4 17. hxg4 Na6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 {Black's weaknessess on e6
and g6 will be the source of all her problems.} Nc7 20. Rh1 Rh8 21. g5 Bg7 22.
Nh4 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Kg8 24. Nxb7 Rf8 25. Nxg6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxf2 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28.
Nxc6 {1-0 Shen Yang (2453)-Sebag,M (2519)/Nanjing CHN 2009 (38)}) ({Very risky
would be} 14... Bg7 15. Rhe1+ Kf6 16. h4 $2 ({The correct move was the direct} 
16. Ne4+ Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nd7 19. Nh2 $1) 16... Bh6+ 17. Ng5 Bxg5+
18. hxg5+ Kxg5 19. Re7 Nd7 20. Bxf7 h5 21. Bb3 Re8 22. Rde1 Nf6 23. R1e5 Rxe7
24. Rxe7 Rb8 {0-1 Lysyj,I (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)/Ulan Ude RUS 2009 (40)
. Black will successfully complete the defensive task.}) 15. Rhe1+ Kf8 16. g4
Nb6 17. Bb3 Bc8 ({Another bishop move led to a risky pawn sacrifice} 17... Bd7
18. Ne4 Be7 19. Neg5 Bxg5+ ({Not very serious is} 19... Bb4 20. Nxf7 Rdc8 21.
Re4 c5 22. N7e5 c4 23. Bc2 c3 24. Rf4+ Kg8 25. Bb3+ Kh8 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rf7
Rf8 28. Ng5 Rxf7 29. Nxf7+ Kg7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Ne6+ Kh7 32. bxc3 Bxc3 33. Rd3
Rc8 34. Bc2 Nf6 35. Rf3 Nd5 36. Rf7+ Kh8 37. Bxg6 Bxd4+ 38. Kd1 Bb6 39. h4 Nc7
40. Nf4 Rd8+ 41. Ke2 Nd5 42. Nh5 Kg8 43. Rxb7 Nc7 44. a4 Kf8 45. f4 Ke7 46. a5
Bxa5 47. Rxa7 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Kd6 51. Nf6 Rf2+ 52. Kg3
Ra2 53. Kg4 Rg2+ 54. Kf5 Bb6 55. Ra1 Nb5 56. Ne4+ Ke7 57. Bh5 Nd4+ 58. Kg6 Ne6
59. f5 Nf4+ 60. Kh6 Rh2 61. Nf6 Bd4 62. Re1+ Kd6 63. Re4 Bxf6 64. Rxf4 Ke5 65.
Rf1 Bd8 66. f6 Rg2 67. Re1+ Kf4 68. f7 {1-0 Maiwald,J (2484)-Baramidze,D (2582)
/Graz AUT 2008/The Week in Chess 698}) 20. Nxg5 Be8 21. Nxh7+ Kg7 22. Ng5 a5
23. a3 Nd5 24. h4 Rd7 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Kd2 {Black has no compensation for the
pawn.} f6 27. Ne6+ Kf7 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Nf4 Rbd8 30. Rc5 b6 31. Rc6 Rb7 32. Rce6
{Khurtsidze,N (2414)-Melia,S (2431)/Tbilisi 2010/CBM 134 Extra/1-0 (40)}) 18.
Ne4 Kg7 19. Rd3 $146 {A slightly slow move.} ({Interesting, but more tricky is
} 19. Nxf6 Kxf6 20. g5+ Kg7 21. Re7 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Re8 b6 24. Ne5 c5 25.
Re1 cxd4 26. Nxf7 d3 27. Kd2 Rf5 28. Nd6 Rxf2+ 29. Kc3 Re2 30. R1xe2 dxe2 31.
Kd2 Bb7 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rxb7 Rd8 {Estevez Morales,G (2310)-Diaz,J (2485)/Cuba
1988/TD/1-0 (34)} 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rf6) 19... Nd5 $2 ({Much better would be} 
19... Be7 20. Neg5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Bxg5+ 22. Nxg5 Rxd5 {with sufficient
counterplay.}) 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 ({After the other recapture} 20... cxd5 21. Nxf6
Kxf6 22. g5+ Kg7 23. Re7 Kf8 24. Rc7 Bxh3 25. Rxb7 Rd7 26. Rdb3 {the white
rook on the 7th rank is very active.}) 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 22. Re8 {Now Black has
development problems and tactics do not help much.} Bf5 23. Rxa8 Bxd3 24. Rxa7
Ba6 {Trying to shut in the white rook temporarily.} ({More active was} 24...
Be4 25. Ne1 Rxd4 26. Rxb7 Bd5 27. b3 Rf4 28. f3 Bxf3 29. a4 Bd5 30. a5 {
, but the white passed pawn will create a lot of problems for Black.}) 25. b4
h5 26. Kd2 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rd8 28. Kc3 (28. a4 {was a more direct approach, but
White has enough time.}) 28... Ke6 29. Ne5 (29. Ng5+ Ke7 30. a4 {was once more
direct.}) 29... g5 ({Better was to try to activate his own rook:} 29... Rh8 30.
f3 Rh1 31. a4 Ra1 32. Nxc6 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Rxc6 34. b5 Bxb5 35. axb5 Rb6 36. Ra5
Kd5 {with chances for survival in the rook ending.}) 30. a4 Rc8 31. Nc4 $1 {
Now White is not afraid of the rook ending, as his king will come to the pawns
b7 and c6.} Rb8 32. Ne3 Kd6 ({It was necessary to try the sharper} 32... Be2
33. Nc4 f6 34. Na5 b5 35. Nxc6 Rc8 36. Kd2 Rxc6 37. Kxe2 Rc4 38. Ra6+ Ke7 39.
Kd3 Rxb4 40. a5 Ra4 41. f3 Ra1 42. d5 {. Of course, White is still fighting
for a win, but still Black has some typical rook ending chances.}) 33. b5 $1
cxb5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Ra5 Rc8+ 36. Kb4 Bd7 37. Nc4+ Ke7 38. Re5+ Kf8 (38...
Kf6 {loses after} 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Rd5 Ke6 41. Rxg5) 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Rxg5 Be8 (
40... Be6 41. Kc5 f6 42. Rh5 Kg7 43. f3 {is completely lost.}) 41. Kc5 f6 42.
Rf5 Kg7 43. d5 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8.
e3 c6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bg3 Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O {Quite a typical
position in this opening} N6d7 14. Na4 {White transposes the knight to c5 with
the further  pawns advance of the queenside, so called the pawn minority
attack - the standard plan for White.} a5 15. a3 (15. Rac1 b5 $140 16. Nc3 $14)
15... b5 16. Nc5 {After the exchange on c5 White gets the d4-square under
control.} (16. Nc3 $5 {White has a few plans - to attack a weak c6-pawn  or
preparation of e3-e4.} a4 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Rae1 $14) 16... Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Nd7 {Black immediately attacks the c5-pawn.} 18. Nd4 Bxc5 19. Nb3 (19.
Nxc6 Qb6 20. b4 axb4 (20... Qxc6 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb5 Rec8 $14)
21. axb4 Qxc6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc1 Ra3 24. bxc5 (24. Qe2 $6 Qb6 25. bxc5 Nxc5
26. Bxb5 Rb3 27. Be8 Rb2 28. Qd1 Ne4 $17) 24... b4 (24... Qxc5 25. Qb2 Rb3 26.
Rxc5 Rxb2 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Rb8 Rb3 29. Be2 Rc3 30. Bxb5 Rc8 $14) 25. Qd2 Nxc5
26. Qxb4 Rxd3 27. Rxc5 Rb3 $11) 19... Qb6 (19... Qe7 20. Rfc1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Ne5 24. Bxb5 $16) 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Qxc6 $14 {The
control over the "c" file offers White a slight edge.} b4 22. a4 $6 (22. Bb5
$142 bxa3 23. bxa3 (23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Bxe8 axb2 25. Rb1 (25. Rc6 $2 Nc4 26.
Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bd7 Kf7 28. Nd4 Nd2 29. Bxe6+ Kf6 $19) 25... Rxe8 26. Rxb2 Nc4
$44) 23... Qxc6 (23... Rec8 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. Nd4 $16) (23...
Bxa3 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Bxe8 Bxc1 26. Bc6 $18) 24. Rxc6 Nf8 25. Rc7 Reb8 26.
Rxe7 Rxb5 27. Nd4 $14) 22... Bf6 {[%cal Yf6b2] The bishop goes to the
important diagonal, where it`s controlling the d4-square and is attacking the
b2-pawn.} 23. Qc2 (23. Bb5 Bxb2 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Rc2 Bc3 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 $44)
23... Ne5 24. Bb5 Rec8 25. Qe2 Nc4 26. Nd4 $5 {The black pieces became active
and now White should search the ways of neutralization of Black`s activity.
White decides to solve this problem by sacrificing a pawn.} Bxd4 27. exd4 Nd6
$6 {The d4-pawn should`ve been taken.} (27... Qxd4 28. b3 Na3 {The knight is
not that bad on a3. Soon the b3-pawn will be attacked.} (28... Nb6 29. Bc6 Ra7
30. Rfd1 Qe4 31. Qb5 Nd7 32. Re1 Qf5 33. Bxd7 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxd7 35. Qxa5 Qe4
$11) 29. Bc6 Ra7 30. Rfd1 Qe4 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 f5 $17 {
[%csl Rb3]}) 28. Bd3 Ne4 $2 (28... Bf5 $142 29. Bxd6 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxd6 $11)
29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 {The d4-pawn will soon become very strong and therefore
White has a serious advantage here.} Bb3 31. Rc7 $1 {Taking control over the
"c"-file.} Bxa4 (31... Rxc7 $2 32. Qxa8+ $18) 32. Rfc1 Rd8 {Black should`ve
tried to make the white queen leave its strong position in the centre.} (32...
Re8 $142 33. Be5 Qe6 34. Qf3 $14) 33. d5 $16 Qf6 34. Be5 $1 {Centralization!}
Re8 35. f4 Qd8 (35... Bb5 $5 36. R1c5 Rab8 37. b3 Qb6 38. Kh2 $16) 36. Qf3 Bd7
37. Qg3 f6 $2 {A blunder in a difficult position.} (37... g6 $8 38. Qf2 Rc8 39.
Qb6 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Bf5 41. d6 a4 42. Qxb4 $18) 38. Rxd7 $1 $18 Qxd7 39. Rc7 Rad8
40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 (8... O-O) 9. Bh4 Nh5 (9... O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. h3 a5 (11... Ne4 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. g4 Be6 $13 {Kaidanov,G-Maiorovas,G/
Vilnius/1984/0,5/22/}) 12. f3 Nf8 13. Bf2 N6h7 14. h4 b5 $13 {Bishoff,
K-Kovacevic,V/YUG/1989/0,5/21/}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nhf6 12. Nge2 Nb6 13.
Kb1 Be6 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. h3 (14. f3 $14) 14... O-O-O (14... h5 $5 15. f3 h4
16. e4 O-O-O 17. e5 Nh5 18. f4 g6 $14) 15. g4 Kb8 16. Ng3 Rc8 17. Rc1 h5 $6 (
17... c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Rhc8 (19... a6 $5) 20. Nb5 $14) (17... Ne8 $5 {
/\Nd6/}) 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 c5 (19... Nd6 20. f4 $36) 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qe2 Bg4
22. f3 Bd7 23. Qf2 $1 Rc7 24. Nce2 g6 $6 (24... Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nd6 26. Nd4 $14)
25. e4 $1 Rxc1+ (25... Nd6 26. Qd4 $1) (25... dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Nc7
28. Qg3 $16) 26. Rxc1 Nc7 27. f4 $6 (27. Nd4 $5 $16) 27... Bb5 $1 28. Bxb5 Nxb5
{/\Nc4,Qb4/} 29. f5 $1 dxe4 (29... Qe5 30. Qf4 $16) 30. Qf4+ Nc7 31. Qxe4 Qxe4+
$2 (31... Qd6 32. Qf4 Rd8 (32... Qd3+ 33. Ka1 Nbd5 34. Qd6 Rc8 35. Qd7 $16) 33.
Qxd6 Rxd6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Nf4 Nbd5 36. Ne4 Rb6 37. Rf1 $14) 32. Nxe4 gxf5 (
32... Re8 33. N2g3 Nbd5 34. Nd6 Re3 35. Nge4 $16) 33. Nd6 Ne6 34. Rf1 $6 (34.
Nxf7 Rf8 35. g6 Rg8 36. Rg1 f4 $132) (34. Nxf5 $16) 34... Rd8 $1 35. Nxf7 Rd2
36. Nf4 Nxf4 (36... Nd4 37. Ne5 Na4 38. Nc4 $18) 37. Rxf4 Nd5 38. Rc4 (38. Rxf5
$4 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Ne3+ $19) 38... f4 (38... Ne3 39. g6 (39. Rc3 f4 40. Ne5 $14)
39... Nxc4 40. g7 Rxb2+ (40... Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Ne3+ 42. Kb3 Rd3+ 43. Ka4 Rd4+ 44.
b4 $18) 41. Kc1 Rg2 42. Ng5 Rg1+ 43. Kc2 Ne3+ 44. Kd3 (44. Kb3 Rb1+ 45. Ka4 b5+
46. Ka5 Kb7 $1 $19) 44... Rd1+ 45. Kxe3 Rd8 46. Ne6 Rg8 47. Kf4 b5 48. Kxf5 b4
49. Kf6 a5 50. Kf7 Rc8 $11) 39. Ne5 b5 $2 (39... Ne3 40. Rc3 b6 $14) 40. Rc2
Rxc2 $2 (40... Rd1+ 41. Rc1 Rxc1+ (41... Rd2 42. Rc5 $16) 42. Kxc1 Kc7 43. g6
Kd6 44. g7 Nf6 (44... Ne7 45. Ng6 $18) 45. Nf7+ Kd5 46. Nh6 $18) 41. Kxc2 Kc7
42. Kd3 (42. g6 $18) 42... Kd6 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. a3 a5 45. Nf3 b4 46. Nd4+ Kd6
47. Nf5+ Kc5 48. axb4+ axb4 49. g6 Nf6+ 50. Kxf4 Kc4 51. g7 Ng8 52. Kg5 Kb3 (
52... Kb3 53. Nh6 Ne7 54. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Biel"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 c6 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Ne6 14. Bh4 Ng7 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b5 Qa5 20. bxc6 bxc6 {
Dieser Aufbau ist wohl bekannt und als Ausgleichwaffe unter starken Spielern
sogar ziemlich beliebt. Vor etwa einem Jahr studierte ich ihn als
Nachziehender gründlich und erkannte, dass alles nicht so einfach ist. Das
Problem besteht darin, dass der befreiende und somit alle Probleme lösende
Vorstoss c6-c5 momentan unrealisierbar ist. Damit er auf die Tagesordnung
kommt, müssen zuerst die schwarzen Figuren verbessert werden. Also sollten
etwa der Läufer nach d6 und der Springer nach e6 stehen. Diese Umgruppierung
nimmt Zeit, wobei Weiss seine Figuren ebenfalls nach c5 richten kann.} 21. Rfc1
Rec8 22. Rb2 $5 ({Nach} 22. Nd2 Be7 {oder}) (22. Ne2 Be7 {beabsichtigt Schwarz
den störenden Ba3. Der Textzug bereitet Ra2 und Na4 vor.}) 22... Nd6 {[%cal
Gd6c4]} (22... Be7 23. Ra2 Qb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ne2 $14 {mit der typischen
Idee Nf4-d3.}) 23. Nd2 Be7 24. Ra2 Qd8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ne2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge2f4,Gf4d3]} ({Ebenfalls eine Spur Vorteil behält Weiss nach} 26. Na4 Qa5 27.
Nc5 Qa2 28. Qd1 Nb5 29. Ndb3 {Allgemein ist es für Weiss wichtig, den
Damentausch zu vermeiden, falls er daraus keinen konkreten Vorteil ziehen kann.
Wie in der Partie sichtlich wird, kann die Dame eine wichtige Rolle am
Königsflügel spielen.}) 26... Ra6 27. Nf4 Qa8 28. Nd3 Nb7 $6 ({Passivität
genügt oft in dieser Variante, um die einzige Schwäche (c6) erfolgreich zu
verteidigen. Aber hier war es besser, nach Gegenspiel zu suchen, man sehe:} 
28... Ra2 29. Qd1 Qa5 30. Nf3 (30. Nb3 Qa4 31. Ndc5 Qa3 $13 {[%cal Ga3b2]})
30... Nc4 31. Nfe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Qa3 {, und} 33. Nxc6 $2 {geht nicht wegen} Bh4
$1) 29. Nf3 {Nun werden die weissen Figuren auch aktiv.} Bd6 30. Nfe5 Nd8 (
30... c5 $2 31. dxc5 Nxc5 $140 32. Nxc5 {[%cal Gc5a6]}) 31. h4 {[%csl Rg8]
Weiss kann den Bauern c6 nicht erobern, falls er nicht versucht, eine zweite
Schwäche im gegnerischen Lager zu schaffen. Der Textzug deutet an, dass der
schwarze König ein potentielles Ziel bildet.} Kg7 $6 ({Es war vorzuziehen, den
Königsflügel so geschlossen zu halten wie möglich.} 31... Ra1 $6 32. h5 {
war daher nicht angebracht, aber}) (31... h5 32. Qd1 Qc8 $14 {war die korrekte
Spielweise.}) 32. h5 Ra2 33. Qd1 Bxe5 $6 34. Nxe5 (34. dxe5 Qa3) 34... Qa3 35.
Rb1 Qa7 $6 $138 ({Hartnäckiger war wohl} 35... Rb2 36. Rxb2 Qxb2 {, auch wenn
Weiss mittels} 37. g3 $1 $16 {seine Domination befestigen könnte} ({nicht} 37.
Qg4 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 $1)) 36. Qf3 (36. Qg4 $16 Rxf2 $140 $2 37. h6+ $18) 36...
Ra1 ({Verliert schnell, aber nach dem stärkeren} 36... Qe7 37. Qh3 {müsste
Schwarz seine Königsstellung schwächen, wonach Weiss klar besser stünde.}) 37.
Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kh2 Qa7 39. h6+ $1 $18 Kxh6 40. Qf6 Qc7 $138 ({Christian
überschritt bei Ausführung dieses Zuges die Zeit, aber nach} 40... Qc7 {
hat Weiss die angenehme Wahl zwischen dem Figurengewinn} 41. Qxd8 {oder einem
Mattangriff mittels 41.g4.}) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Petrosian,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qf4 Bg7 14. Bb3 (
14. Rfe1 Qb4 15. Bb3 Nc5 $5 16. Qd6 Nd3 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 $10) 14... Nf6 15. Rfe1
Qb4 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 (18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. f4 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch15 playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1960.02.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Portisch,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1960.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e4 $6 (7. a3
$5) 7... Nb4 8. Qb3 dxe4 9. Bc4 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 Qxd4 11. Be3 (11. Bxf7+ $2 Kd8 12.
Be3 (12. Nxe4 Kc7 13. Rd1 Nxe4 14. Bf4+ Bd6 15. Bxd6+ Nxd6 16. Rxd3 Qf4 $15)
12... Qb4) (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Be3 Nd2+ $1 $19) 11... Qd7 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxd3
Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Re1+ Be7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. h4 (17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bc4 Bd6 19.
Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Re8+ Bf8 21. Qg3 Qd7 $19) 17... Qd6 $1 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 g6
20. Bc4 Bf5 $1 (20... b5 $2 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Re8+ Kg7 23. Rxh7+) 21. Qxb7 (
21. Rd1 Qf4 22. g3 Qe4 23. Rh4 Qc2) 21... Bd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 23. Kg1 Rab8 (
23... Qd2 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Qxc6 Rxb2 26. Qc5 $1) 24. Qe7 (24. Qxc6 Rxb2 25. Qc5
) 24... Rxb2 (24... Rfe8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. g3 Qd1+ (27... Qb1+
28. Kg2 Qxb2 29. Rd1 $11) 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Re2 $11) 25. Rxh7 Qd4
$1 26. Rf1 Rxa2 (26... Qb4 $1 $15) 27. g3 Re2 (27... a5 28. Rh4) 28. Qxe2 Kxh7
29. Rc1 $1 Rb8 30. Qf3 Qd5 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Rc7 Kg7 33. Rxa7 Kf8 34. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
{In this concrete position this move is very rare.} ({The main continuation is
} 8. Bd3 {and here} Nh5 {is one of the options.} {After} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {White
doesn't have to play h2-h3, but can make a developing move} 10. Nge2 {So, it's
a slightly preferable version for White than in the game.}) 8... Nh5 {A
standard idea in this opening. The knight, obviously, has nothing it can
achieve on h5 and will have to go back soon. However, the exchange of dark
-squared bishops allows Black to complete his development more comfortably.} 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. O-O-O Nf6 (11... g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Be6
15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Be2 Bf7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Nxb4 h5
$11 {1/2-1/2 (27) Topalov,V (2702)-Sokolov,I (2637) Sarajevo 2000}) 12. Bd3 Be6
{The players reached the position, which has appeared numerous times
beforehand, by a slightly unusual order of moves.} 13. Kb1 O-O-O {Black
wouldn't be able to castle to the queenside so easily if the dark-squared
bishops were still on the board. Russian grandmaster Alexey Dreev has a lot of
experience handling this position.} (13... O-O $6 {would be very risky. After}
14. g4 {White's potential kingside assault is dangerous.}) 14. Ka1 Kb8 15. Rc1
(15. Rb1 Ne8 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Nb3 Qf6 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qe2 h5 21.
a4 Nd7 22. b4 Nc4 $15 {1-0 (78) Jobava,B (2601)-Dreev,A (2694) Beersheba 2005})
15... Ne8 16. Na4 Nd6 17. Nc5 g6 18. h4 $146 (18. g4 h5 $6 (18... Nd7 $142) 19.
Ne5 Ndc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qe4 $14 {1-0 (60) Ikonnikov,V (2558)-Barua,D (2462)
Dieren 2007}) ({Here, and on the next move White could try to put pressure on
the queenside:} 18. a4 $1 Nd7 19. a5 {The following lines illustrate White's
potential:} a6 (19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 Nc4 21. b3 $1 Qf6+ (21... Nxa5 22. Nd4 $16
{[%csl Ya5]}) 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. a6 $16) (19... Rc8 {is probably the best, but
also here after} 20. Qa4 {White is in possession of some initiative.}) 20. Bxa6
$1 Nxc5 (20... bxa6 $2 21. Nxa6+ Ka7 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Nc7 Nc4 24. Rxc4 $1 dxc4
25. Ne5 $1 Qd8 26. Qa6+ Kb8 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qb5+ Ka7 29. Nxd7 $18) 21. dxc5
Nc4 22. Qb3 Nxa5 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Nd4 $16) 18... Bc8 19. h5 $6 {Levon is
consistent, but clearly underestimated Black's reply. In general, I think that
White should create some activity on the other side of the board, where
Black's king is hiding.} (19. a4 $1 Ka8 ({Black can't swap the bishops
comfortably:} 19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. a5 Nc4 22. Qa4 $36 a6 $6 23. Rhe1 $16
{[%cal Ge3e4]}) (19... Nd7 20. a5 a6 21. Na4 $14) 20. Nd2 Nd7 ({Again} 20...
Bf5 $6 {is bad in view of} 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 $2 (21... gxf5 {is necessary, but it
means that Black just spoiled his structure for nothing}) 22. a5 Nd7 (22... Nc8
23. a6 b6 24. Nb7 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rd8]}) {[%tqu "En","How should White
proceed?","","","c5b7","",10]} 23. Nxb7 $1 Kxb7 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Qb5+ Ka8 26.
Rc7 $18) 21. a5 a6 22. Na4 $14 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5]}) 19... g5 $1 {Black can
give up the Ph7. The sacrifice is temporary.} 20. Bxh7 (20. h6 g4 21. Nd2 f5 {
Later on the Ph6 might become a target.}) 20... g4 21. Nh4 Qf6 22. g3 Nbc4 23.
Bd3 Rxh5 {Black has got back the h-pawn and his position is absolutely fine.}
24. Rhe1 Re8 25. Re2 Reh8 26. Qb3 Qd8 27. e4 $6 {Trying to create some
activity, but it could backfire on him.} (27. Qb4 {would have been safer.})
27... b6 28. Na4 $6 (28. exd5 Na5 (28... cxd5 29. Rd1 {White should think
about protecting the Pd4} Qf6 30. Bb1 $11) 29. Qc3 Rxd5 (29... bxc5 $6 30. dxc5
) 30. b4 $1 Nb5 $1 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. bxa5 bxc5 33. dxc5 Rhh5 $1 34. Qb4 Rxc5
35. Rxc5 Qd1+ 36. Kb2 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Qxe2+ 38. Kc3 {This should end in some
kind of a perpetual check.}) 28... Ba6 (28... Nb5 $1 29. exd5 (29. Bxc4 $2 dxc4
30. Qxc4 Nxd4 $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gb6b5]}) 29... Na5 $1 {An important
intermezzo.} 30. Qb4 Rxd5 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Nc3 Nc6 33. Qb3 Nxd4 34. Qxd5 Qxd5
35. Nxd5 Nxe2 $17) 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Na4 (30. exd5 {would be objectively better,
as I have already pointed out above, see 28.exd5.}) 30... Ba6 {Again there was
a chance for 30...Nb5! But, Kramnik, clearly disappointed by his overall
performance in the tournament, decided to call it a day.} 31. Nc5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/TradeUnions Leningrad-Moscow gr1"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.05.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1930.05.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Leningrad Metallisty"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 (7. Qc2 c6
8. Rd1 {L'alternative}) 7... c6 8. Qc2 b6 {Un peu douteux} (8... a6 $142) (8...
Re8 9. a3 $1 {[%csl Gf1] L'idée est de retarder au maximum le développement du
B afin de forcer dc4 sans perdre un tempo} a6 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
$14) (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 $5) 9. cxd5 $1 exd5 (9... cxd5 $6 {[%csl
Rd7]}) 10. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rc6]} h6 11. Bh4 $146 (11. Bf4 Bb7 (11... Nh5) 12. g4
$5 {Reti,R-Conde,A Hastings 2223 1922 (2) 0-1}) (11. h4 $5 {[%csl Re1]
Personne ne semble avoir tenté cette idée car les blancs n'ont plus la
possibilité de jouer le 000 après Rc1} Re8 12. Ke2 Nf8 {[%csl Gh7]} 13. Ne5 {
[%cal Gf2f3,Gg2g4]} Bb7 14. g4 c5 $1 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 Bxe5 $1 $17) 11...
Bb7 12. O-O Re8 (12... c5) 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h3 a6 15. Qb3 $5 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Gb3b7] Empêche la libération noire par c6c5} Ne6 {[%cal Gc6c5] Les noirs
espéraient se libérer par c5 après Ne6 mais Bf5 menace d'échanger le Ne6 pour
empêcher le contre-jeu adverse} 16. Bf5 $1 (16. Rfd1 $143 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 17.
Bf5 c4 18. Qc2 b5 $132) 16... Nd7 (16... c5 $2 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {
[%csl Rd5]} 19. Na4 $36 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5,Rd5][%cal Gf1d1] Malgré la paire de B,
les noirs ont des grosses faiblesses de structure.}) 17. Bxe6 (17. e4 $142 $1 {
[%cal Gb3e6,Gf5e6]}) 17... fxe6 18. Ne5 (18. e4 $5 {Moins bon qu'au coup
précédent mais les blancs gardent un petit avantage.}) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 a5 {
[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. f4 $5 {[%csl Ge5]} (20. a4 $143 Ba6) 20... Ba6 21. Rf3 Ra7
22. Qc2 Bh4 23. Qg6 Rf7 24. Rc2 Qe7 25. Nd1 (25. Na4 {[%csl Rb6]} Qb4 26. g3
Qxa4 27. b3 $1 Qb4 28. gxh4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc2g2,Gg6h6]}) 25... Bf6 26. Rg3
$36 Bxe5 27. dxe5 (27. fxe5 $2 Rf1+) 27... d4 $1 28. Rxc6 Qb4 {[%cal Gb4e1,
Ge1g1,Ge1d1]} 29. Qc2 (29. Rxe6 Qe1+ $2 {les noirs n'ont pas le temps de
prendre la pièce.} 30. Kh2 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Qxd1 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 $18 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5e8]}) 29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Be2 31. Rxe6 $1 Rd8 $2 (31... Rxe6
$8 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxe6 Bh5 34. Qc8 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Bxd1 35. e6 Re7 36. Qf8
{[%cal Gf8e7,Gf8g7]} (36. Qd7 $2 Qb4) 36... Qb4 37. a3 Qc5 38. exd4 $1) 32.
Rxh6 d3 33. Qb3 Bxd1 34. Qxb6 Re8 35. Qg6 Ba4 36. e6 Rxe6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Rxe6
Rd7 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qe8# {Botvinnik s'est rarement fait maté!} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Black "Kosiorek, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 {L'alternative}) 9... Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. f3 {[%cal
Ge3e4]} c5 (11... Be6 12. Rad1 (12. Rae1)) 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Rxe7 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. Rfe1 $146 (16. Bc2 Qb6 17. Rd2 Be6 18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Rfd1
h6 20. h3 N8d7 21. Ba4 Rc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. e4 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2
Rcd8 26. e5 Ne8 27. Nb5 Kf7 28. Rc1 a6 29. Nd4 Rc7 30. Rxc7+ Nxc7 31. Rc2 Ne8
32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 Kd7 34. Ke3 Rb8 35. g4 Nc7 36. a4 Re8 37. f4 Na8 38. b3 Nb6
39. Rg2 Nc8 40. g5 Ne7 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. Rg7 Rg8 43. Rh7 Rg3+ 44. Ke2 Rg2+ 45.
Kf3 Rd2 {Semcesen,D (2480)-Kravtsiv,M (2571) Pardubice 2011 1-0 (77)}) 16... a6
17. Bc2 {[%cal Gd1d8,Ge3e4]} Be6 18. e4 $36 Rd7 19. e5 Nh5 20. f4 $16 {[%csl
Rh5]} g6 21. h3 (21. f5 $40) 21... f5 22. Bb3 {[%csl Rd5,Re6]} Kh8 23. Nxe6
Nxe6 24. Nxd5 Qf8 25. Nf6 $18 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nexf4 27. Rd7 Nxf6 28. exf6 Nh5 29.
f7 Qb4 30. Qe3 Rf8 31. Qe5+ Ng7 32. Rd4 Qb6 33. Kh1 Qa7 34. Rd7 h6 35. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 (6. Bg5) 6... Be7 7.
Bg5 Bg4 (7... g6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4) 8. Ne5 Bh5 9.
e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. Nxd7) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nc5 (12... Qc7 13.
e6) 13. Bf5 d4 $1 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg6 14. g4 Qa5 15. a3 Ne4 16. O-O Ng5 17.
Bg3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Bxh4 Bxh4 20. e6 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 O-O 22. g5 f6 23. g6
hxg6 24. Qxg6 f5 25. Ne2 Qd8 26. Nf4 Qg5+ 27. Kf3 Rf6 28. Qh5 {Dobrev,N (2374)
-Bahulayan,A/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (50)}) 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qd2 Qxd2+
16. Kxd2 Bg6 $1 17. Bxg6 hxg6 {[%csl Gh8]} 18. Rad1 O-O-O+ 19. Kc2 a5 (19...
Ne6) 20. h3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Be3 Kd7 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. f4 (
25. Ne4 Bd4 26. Nd6 {[%cal Gd6f7,Gd6b7]} Bxe5 27. Nxb7 Bc7 28. Nc5+ Kd6 29. Nd3
) 25... Ke6 26. Kd3 g5 $1 27. Ke4 gxf4 28. h4 f3 29. gxf3 f5+ 30. exf6 Kxf6 31.
Ne2 g6 32. Nf4 Bd6 33. Nd3 Bg3 34. Nc5 b5 35. Nb3 Ke6 36. Nxa5 Kd7 37. Nb7 Bxh4
38. Ke5 Ke7 39. b3 Bf6+ 40. Ke4 Kd7 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Kc7 43. Nc5 Kd6 44.
Nd3 c5 45. Nf4 c4 46. Nxg6 Kc5 47. Nf4 Bh8 48. Nd5 c3 49. Nxc3 {cette nulle
assez facile du bulgare contre le GMI lui a donné confiance pour la fin du
tounoi qui lui a bien réussi} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Bensdorp, Marlies"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 $1 {Un coup multifonction trés souple: Le Bg5 obtient
une case de fuite Les blancs jouent un coup d'attente utile avant de choisir
entre le oo ou le ooo Dans l'hypothèse du grand-roque, les blancs auront
gagner un tempo avec h3 pour jouer g4} Nf8 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
) 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O $1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Be6 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. g4
(15. Rc1) 15... c5 ({RR} 15... a6 16. Ng5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19.
Bf5 Rc6 20. Qb3 Rb6 21. Na4 Rxb3 22. Nxc5 Rb6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25.
Rhd1 Rc7 26. f4 Ne8 27. Nd3 Rbc6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 {Dreev,A
(2695)-Bruzon Bautista,L (2610)/Esbjerg 2003/CBM 096/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 16. dxc5
Rxc5 17. g5 $146 ({RR} 17. Nd4 a6 18. f3 N6d7 19. Qh2 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Nb6 21. Rc1
Rec8 22. f4 Bd7 23. Nb3 R5c7 24. f5 Bc6 25. Nd4 Nfd7 26. e4 Qb4 27. Nc2 Qc5 28.
exd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Ka1 h6 {Gabriel,C (2510)-Lobron,E 
(2590)/Germany 1996/GER-chT/1-0 (54)}) 17... N6d7 18. Qa4 {[%cal Ga4e8]} a6 19.
h4 Qb6 (19... Rec8) 20. Qd4 Rc7 21. Bc2 (21. h5) 21... Rc4 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23.
Nd4 Ng6 (23... Bg4) 24. h5 Ne5 25. g6 $1 hxg6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Bb3 $2 {[%csl Rd5,Re6] Il ne s'agit pas d'une erreur de saisie
puisque la partie a été jouée sur un plateu DGT mais le GMI s'est trompé dans
l'ordre de coups} (29. Rxd5) 29... Nb6 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Bxc4 Nexc4 (31... Nbxc4
32. f4 Nf3 33. Rxc4 $4 Nd2+) 32. Rh8 Nd6 33. Rd8 Ke7 34. Rg8 Kf7 35. Rd8 Ke7
36. Rg8 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Leniart, Arkadiusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. h3 O-O (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O Bd7
14. Kb1 Nhg7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Nxg6 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bf5 19. Nxe7
Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Kxe7 21. Rde1+ Kf7 22. g3 Nf5 23. Kd3 Rae8 24. h4 Reg8 25. Ne2
Rg4 26. f3 Rg7 27. Rhg1 Rhg8 28. h5 Re8 29. g4 Nh4 30. Rgf1 Ng2 31. Rc1 f5 32.
Rf2 Ne3 33. b3 Kf6 34. Rg1 fxg4 35. fxg4+ Kg5 36. Rf3 Rge7 37. Rfg3 a5 38. Nc1
b6 39. Kd2 c5 40. Nd3 cxd4 41. h6 {Korobov,A (2680)-Ipatov,A (2613) Dubai 2014
1-0}) 12. Ne5 $146 (12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 {Kasparov,G (2750)-Ljubojevic,L 
(2610) Madrid rapid 1988 (8) 1/2}) 12... Nd7 $11 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7
15. O-O Ng5 16. Rfe1 (16. h4 $5 Ne4 17. h5 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gh5g6]}) 16... f5 17.
f4 Nf7 18. Nb1 b6 19. Nd2 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nf3 Rab8 22. Qc3 Rfc8 23. b3 Be6
24. Rac1 Nd6 25. Qe5 Nf7 26. Qc3 Nd6 27. Qe5 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Syre Memorial op 35th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Onkoud, Abdelaziz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 (5. e3) 5... Nbd7 6. cxd5 (6. e3)
6... exd5 7. e3 Bd6 (7... Be7 {La grande ligne}) 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O (
10. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ge1c1,Ge1g1] Plus souple pour garder l'option du roque sur
les deux ailes}) 10... Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rae1 {[%cal Ge3e4] Un carrefour
important et les Blancs ont l'option du plan classique d'attaque de minorité
ou d'échange du bon B des Noirs mais le GMI va choisir le plan de prise
d'espace au centre.} (12. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5,Ga2a4] La grande ligne}) (12.
Bg3 $5 {[%csl Rc8]} Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ng4 14. b4 a6 15. a4 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5];
Rogozenco,D (2557)-Oltean,D (2390) ROM-chT Sovata 1999 (1) 1-0}) 12... Bg4 13.
Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4]} Bh5 (13... Be6 14. f4 Be7 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Bc4 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Rd2 f6 22. h3 Bf7 23.
a3 Qa5 24. Rdd1 Re7 25. e4 Qb6 26. Qf2 Bb3 27. Rd2 Red7 28. f5 {Bareev,E (2729)
-Ljubojevic,L (2570)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext/1-0 (44)}) 14. f4 $1 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf4f5]} (14. f3 $143 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Bg6 $11 {[%cal Gg6d3]})
14... Bg6 15. f5 $1 {[%csl Rg6] Un plan trés fort car il n'est pas facile pour
les Noirs de profiter des légers affaiblissements du centre Blanc et ils vont
jouer longtemps avec un B hors-jeu.} Bh7 16. Nf3 $146 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (16. Qb3
Qc7 17. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 gxf6 19. Qd1 Ne6 20. Qh5 Bg3 21. Re2 Kg7 22. Rc1
Rad8 23. Nf1 Ng5 24. Qg4 Bd6 25. Nxd5 Qa5 26. Nc3 Bb8 27. a3 Rg8 28. Rf2 c5 29.
d5 a6 30. a4 Be5 {Manelis,V (2235)-Kopytin,V/Voronezh 1998/EXT 1999/1-0 (51)})
16... N8d7 17. e4 $1 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rd8][%cal Ge4e5]} dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Nc3
$1 {[%cal Gd4d5] Il faut maintenant éviter l'échange} Qc7 (19... Qb6 $5 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Nb5 $1 {Une petite combinaison et la faiblesse
"d4" devient maintenant un P passé} cxb5 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Bxc7 a6 (23... Nd5
24. Ba5 (24. Bd6 Ne3)) 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Nxd7 (25. Ba5 $5 {[%csl Ga5,Gd3] Il
semblait plus logique de garder la paire de B} Re7 26. Bc2 (26. g4 $14 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 26... Rc8 27. Bb3 N7f6 {[%csl Ge5]} 28. g4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh7]})
25... Nxc7 26. Rc1 $14 Nd5 27. Rc5 (27. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7]} Ne3 28. Rf3 Rac8 29.
Re1 Nd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nxb7) 27... Nb4 28. Bb1 Nc6 29. d5 Ne5 30. Rc7 (30.
Nb6 Rad8 31. Rc7) 30... Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc1 (33. Be4 $5
Kf8 (33... Re8 34. Rc1 $1) (33... g6 34. Rd1 gxf5 35. Bf3) 34. Rc1 {[%cal
Gc1c7]}) (33. Rd1 g6) 33... g6 $1 34. Be4 $1 gxf5 35. Bf3 {Le paradoxe est que
le Bh7 est maintenant enfermé par un P Noir!} Rd7 36. Kf2 f4 $1 {Le B se
ranime enfin!} 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Rd4 Bb1 (38... Kf6 39. Rxf4+ Ke5 $11) 39. a3 Ba2
40. Rxf4 b6 (40... Bxd5 41. Rd4 Be6 42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Bxb7 {[%csl Ra6]}) 41.
Rd4 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke5 {[%csl Re3,Ge5] La meilleure centralisation du K Noir doit
donner des chances de nulle} 43. Re4+ Kd6 44. Rh4 Bxd5 45. Rxh6+ Be6 46. Bg4
Kd5 47. Bxe6+ fxe6 48. g4 Rc7 49. h4 Rc2 $11 {La R Blanche est mal placée
devant les P et il n'est pas facile d'exploiter la majorité de l'aile-roi} 50.
Rh5+ e5 51. Rh8 Rxb2 52. Rd8+ Ke6 53. h5 b4 54. axb4 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 (55. Kf2)
55... Kf6 56. Rd6+ (56. h6 Rh3) 56... Kg5 57. Rxb6 Kxg4 58. h6 Kf4 59. h7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 {It was an important game to fight for the first
prize after losing to Morozevich in the previous round. Dies war eine wichtige
Partie im Kampf um den ersten Preis, nachdem ich in der vorigen Runde gegen
Morozevich verloren hatte.} 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 $5 {Heading for
Queen's Gambit Declined positions. Strebt Stellungen aus dem Abgelehnten
Damengambit an.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 {A typical piece
regrouping. Now Black aims to coordinate pieces. Eine typische Umgruppierung.
Schwarz will jetzt seine Figuren koordinieren.} 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 {A
prophylactic move, avoiding any Ng4 or Bg4-h5-g6 and sometimes enabling the
manoeuvre Bf4-h2. Ein prophylaktischer Zug, der Sg4 oder Lg4-h5-g6 ausschaltet
und manchmal das Manöver Lf4-h2 ermöglicht.} g6 12. Bf4 {An interesting move
to bring the bishop on e5. Interessant, der Läufer soll nach e5.} Ne6 13. Be5 {
Here because otherwise there was no need for the fast Bf4. Sonst hätte Weiß
sich mit Lf4 nicht so beeilen müssen.} Ng7 14. Rab1 {Preparing a queenside
attack. Bereitet einen Angriff am Damenflügel vor.} Bf5 15. b4 a6 16. a4 (16.
Na4 $5 $14) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b5 $1 {The only way to prevent worse
structural position on the queenside. Der einzige Weg, um eine schlechtere
Struktur am Damenflügel zu verhindern.} 18. Rfc1 Nf5 19. e4 $5 (19. Ne2 $5 {
[%cal Ge5f6,Gf3e5]}) (19. Bh2 $5 {to play Ne5 and create some unpleasant
threats was also possible. But I guess Ne2 is more interesting mit der Idee
Se5 und einigen unangenehmen Drohungen war auch möglich. Aber ich schätze, Se2
ist interessanter.}) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 (20... bxa4 21. Rxc6 Nxe4 22.
Qxe4 a3 23. g4 Nd6 24. Qd3 (24. Qd5 Nb5 25. Qc4 $14) 24... Nb5 25. d5 Qd7 26.
Qc4 Rad8 27. Rd1 $16) 21. Qxe4 Qd5 (21... f6 {was not that great either
because now g4 is very strong. war auch nicht so besonders, da nun g4 sehr
stark ist.} 22. g4 $1 $16 fxe5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Qxc6 (24. Qxf5 exd4 25. Rxc6
Rf8 26. Qe4) 24... Kh8 25. axb5 axb5 26. dxe5 Rg8+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kh2 $14 Qd3)
27... Ra2 28. Rg1 Rxf2 29. Rxg8+ Qxg8 30. Rg1 $16) 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. axb5 axb5
24. Rc6 $3 {A very important move that had to be foreseen around 5 moves ago.
Ein ganz wichtiger Zug, den es etwa 5 Züge zuvor vorherzusehen galt.} Ra2 25.
Rb6 f6 $1 26. Bh2 (26. Bb8 $16 {would probably be a better move to close the
a8 square for e8 rook, as after the move I played the fantastic manoeuvre
Ra8-a3 was possible. wäre wahrscheinlich besser, um dem Turm e8 das Feld a8 zu
nehmen, denn nach meinem Zug war das fantastische Manöver Ta8-a3 möglich.})
26... Bxb4 $6 (26... Rea8 $3 27. g4 (27. Rxb5 Ra1 $3 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1
Ra1+ 30. Ke2 Ra2+ $11) (27. Rf1 $5 Bxb4 28. Rxb5 Bc3 29. Rxd5 R2a4 30. g4 Nxd4
31. Kg2 $14) 27... R8a3 $3 {This was really hard to foresee for Black after
the Bh2 move. Dies war allerdings für Schwarz nach dem Zug Lh2 wirklich schwer
vorherzusehen.} 28. gxf5 Rxf3 29. fxg6 $14) 27. g4 $1 Ba5 (27... Nxd4 $5 {
was probably a better choice. war wahrscheinlich eine bessere Wahl.} 28. Nxd4
Bc5 29. Re6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 $16 (31. Kf1 $16)) 28. Ra6 $1 Ng7 29.
Rxb5 Ra3 30. Kg2 Bb4 31. Rxa3 (31. Rxf6 $18 {was quite possible but I was not
sure it was the best way objectively. The position I had in the game seemed
easy for me to convert after the plan Ra5 and d5 followed by Nd4-c6. war
durchaus möglich, aber ich war nicht sicher, dass es objektiv den beste Weg
darstellte. Die Position, die ich in der Partie hatte, schien mir leicht
verwertbar zu sein, nämlich nach dem Plan Ta5 und d5 nebst Sd4-c6.}) 31... Bxa3
32. Rxd5 Be7 33. Ra5 $1 Rd8 34. d5 $1 Bb4 35. Rb5 Bc3 36. Kf1 $1 {The rest was
a matter of a good technique which I have never had problems with. Der Rest
war eine Frage guter Technik, mit der ich noch nie Probleme gehabt habe.} h5
37. Ke2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ra8 39. Rb3 Ba5 40. Nd4 Re8+ 41. Kd3 Be1 42. d6 Rd8 43.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 g5 ({Winning a pawn, but
very committal. Worth considering was Gewinnt einen Bauern, ist aber sehr
verpflichtend. In Betracht kam} 12... b4 13. Na4 Nb6) 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Nxg4 15. Nh2 Ndf6 16. Nf1 {White wants to prepare f2-f3, but this takes a lot
of time. Weiß möchte f2-f3 vorbereiten, doch dies ist sehr zeitaufwändig.} ({
Interesting was the simple Interessant war das einfache} 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Rdf1
) 16... Kg7 17. Re1 c5 $1 {Initiative is everything! Initiative ist alles!} 18.
dxc5 d4 $1 19. Nxb5 Bb7 20. e4 Qa5 {Black has mobilized her queenside with
tempo. Schwarz hat den Damenflügel mit Tempo mobilisiert.} 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22.
Rhf1 $2 ({Following Nach} 22. Nb3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 {the chances would be about
even stünden die Chancen etwa gleich.}) 22... N2xe4 (22... Bxe4 $1 {was
stronger, since this would deny White the chance on move 24. war stärker, da
Weiß dann nicht wie in der Partie die Möglichkeit im 24. Zug hätte.}) 23. Nxe4
Nxe4 24. Qc4 $2 {Hitting both f7 and d4, but... Zielt gegen f7 und d4, aber...}
({White could have forced a draw with Weiß hätte ein Remis erzwingen können mit
} 24. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 25. Qf2 $1 {This time a good double attack! Diesmal ein
guter Doppelangriff!} Bxd3 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qf7+) {[%tqu "En",
"White is attacking both d4 and f7. How do you react?","Since White threatens
both 25.Qxf7+ and 25.Qxd4+, Black needs something powerful.","Try to drive the
white king onto a square which enables the black knight on e4 to enter the
action!","a5d2","Fine!   This check drives the white king to b1, and then what
becomes possible...?",15,"De","Weiß attackiert sowohl d4 als auch f7. Wie
reagieren Sie?","Da Weiß sowohl 25.Dxf7+ als auch 25.Dxd4+ droht, braucht
Schwarz etwas Kraftvolles.","Versuchen Sie, den weißen König auf ein Feld zu
treiben, welches dem schwarzen Springer e4 ermöglicht, ins Geschehen
einzugreifen!","a5d2","Schön!   Dieses Schach treibt den weißen König nach b1,
wonach was möglich wird...?",15]} 24... Qd2+ $1 {Driving the king to b1, i.e.
into the range of the knight e4... Treibt den König nach b1 und damit in den
Einzugsbereich des Springers e4...} 25. Kb1 {[%tqu "En","What was the point of
Black's previous check?","Black has even two ways to win material here...",
"It's your choice - knight fork or line clearing...","d2e1","Nice!  This move
clears the square d2 with tempo, enabling Black to employ a profitable knight
fork!",10,"e4c3","This is the other way to win material. Black clears the
e-file with tempo and then harvests on e1.",10,"De","Was war die Pointe des
letzten Schachs von Schwarz?","Schwarz hat sogar zwei Möglichkeiten, Material
zu gewinnen...","Sie haben die Wahl: Springerabzug oder -gabel...","d2e1",
"Schön!  Schwarz räumt das Feld d2 mit Tempo für den Springer, um dort eine
einträgliche Springergabel anzubringen.",10,"e4c3","Dies ist die andere
Möglichkeit, Material zu gewinnen. Schwarz räumt mit Tempo die e-Linie und
bedient sich dann auf e1.",10]} Qxe1+ $1 {Winning an exchange at the end!
Gewinnt letztlich eine Qualität!} ({Just as good as the text move was Genauso
gut wie der Textzug war} 25... Nc3+ $1 26. bxc3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ {which
would liquidate even more material in one go. , was sogar noch mehr Material
auf einen Schlag verschwinden ließe.}) 26. Rxe1 Nd2+ 27. Kc2 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Kb1 Ng7 14. g4
O-O-O 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Ne8 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. Rc2 h5 19. g5 Bf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5
21. Rhc1 f6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","White has
strong pressure in the half-open c-file. If the knight a4 could come to c5,
Black would have trouble defending b7.","Deflect the defender of the square c5.
","f3e5","Very strong! White conquers the square c5 for his knight.",10,"De",
"Wie soll Weiß fortsetzen?","Weiß hat starken Druck in der halboffenen c-Linie.
Wenn der Springer a4 nach c5 kommen könnte, hätte Schwarz Probleme, b7 zu
decken.","Lenken Sie den Verteidiger des Feldes c5 ab.","f3e5","Sehr stark!
Weiß erobert das Feld c5 für seinen Springer.",10]} 23. Ne5 $1 {Deflects the
knight from the square c5. Lenkt den Springer von c5 ab.} Nxe5 24. Nc5 $1 (24.
dxe5 {just transposes. ist Zugumstellung.}) 24... b6 25. dxe5 Qe7 {Trying to
organize some kind of defence. Versucht, eine Verteidigung zu organisieren.} (
25... Qg6 {wouldn't have helped after hätte nichts geholfen wegen} 26. Na6 c5
27. Nxc5 $1 ({also good is gut ist auch} 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Qb8+ (28. Nxc5 $2
Qb6) 28... Kd7 29. Qxc7+ Ke8 30. Qxa7) 27... bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rh7 29. Rb5 {
and wins thanks to the threat Rb8+/Rxc7+. und gewinnt dank der Drohung Rb8+/
Rxc7+.}) ({After Nach} 25... Qxe5 26. Nd3 {the point c6 falls. fällt der Punkt
c6.}) 26. Nd3 c5 {[%tqu "En","Your move again!","Just like before, a knight
coming to c5 would make it almost impossible for Black to defend b7...","Clear
the square c5 for the knight!","c2c5","Ups, you did it again!",10,"De","Sie
sind wieder am Zug!","Genau wie vorhin: Ein nach c5 kommender Springer würde
es für Schwarz fast unmöglich machen, b7 zu decken...","Räumen Sie das Feld c5
für den Springer!","c2c5","Wenn man einmal das Motiv erkannt hat, ist der Rest
leicht!",10]} 27. Rxc5 $1 {Clearing the square c5 for good! Kämpft endgültig
das Feld c5 frei!} bxc5 28. Nxc5 Na8 {A sad move, but there was no other way
to protect b7. Ein trauriger Zug, aber b7 war anders nicht zu decken.} 29. Ne6+
Kd7 30. Qxd5+ Ke8 31. Nxd8 Nb6 (31... Qxd8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Rc8 {winning. und
gewinnt.}) 32. Qc6+ Kxd8 (32... Kxd8 {und Schwarz gab gleichzeitig auf wegen}
33. Rd1+ Nd7 34. e6 {mit Vernichtung.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wallace, John Paul"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 $5 8.
a3 Nc7 9. e3 Nh5 {A normal idea in the Exchange Queen's Gambit but ill-timed
here.} ({The standard} 9... Ne6 {was stronger.}) 10. h4 $1 Bxg5 $6 {Taken
aback by Wallace's aggressive 10th move, Janjgava fails to react accurately.} (
10... f6 $6 11. Bd3 $1 fxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. Bxg6+ {would be similar to the game
}) ({and} 10... h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 {(mhb: there might be a lost
annotation in this variation)}) (10... g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 {was playable.}) 11. hxg5
g6 12. Bd3 Ng7 ({After considerable thought Janjgava decides to allow the
following combination since after} 12... Ne6 13. g4 Nhg7 {White can choose
between 14.Bxg6 as in the game or, perhaps even stronger,} 14. O-O-O Nxg5 15.
Ne5 {/\f4}) 13. Bxg6 $3 fxg6 14. Rxh7 Rxh7 15. Qxg6+ Ke7 16. Qf6+ Ke8 17. Qg6+
Ke7 18. Qxh7 Nce8 19. Ne5 Be6 ({After} 19... Bf5 20. Qh6 {and g4 will arrive
with gain of time.}) 20. O-O-O Rc8 {This counter-attacking attempt falls short
but there is probably no defence to the simple plan of g4, f4, f5 etc.} 21. g4
c5 22. f4 cxd4 ({Black had probably originally intended} 22... Qa5 {but after}
23. Rd3 $1 {Black's attack comes to a standstill and the advancing pawns win.})
23. exd4 Kf8 24. Re1 {/\25.Qh8+ Bg8 26.Ng6+ Kf7 27.Re7+} Rc7 25. Qh6 $1 Nd6 26.
f5 Ne4 27. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 28. fxe6 ({After} 28. fxe6 Kg8 29. Nf7 Rxf7 30. exf7+
Kxf7 31. g6+ Kf6 32. Qh4+ {wins.}) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This first round of the Kings Tournament started with a quiet draw between
Teimour Radjabov and Ruslan Ponomariov. It is very difficult to get an
advantage against classical openingsќ, concluded Radjabov after the game.
Indeed, Black didn't have any problems to equalise and on move 31 the draw was
agreed. The encounter Nisipeanu-Caruana was much more exciting. The Romanian
grandmaster surprised his opponent in the opening with the hyper-aggressive
move 5.h4 against the Gruenfeld, but something went wrong and Black didn't
have any opening problems, to say the least. Soon Caruana got clearly better
prospects, but allowed White a nice combination, which should have saved
Nisipeanu. With little time on the clock the Romanian GM missed a forced draw
though. Later in the worse position on moves 39 and 40 White made further
mistakes, allowing Caruana to achieve a decisive advantage, which the Italian
converted into a full point on move 57.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 Nbd7 {An invitation to play the Cambridge-Springs Variation: 6.e3 Qa5.}
6. cxd5 {Radjabov goes for a safer line: the Exchange Variation of the Queen's
Gambit.} exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nh5 {This move has been popular lately and it
was used also by Ponomariov earlier in a rapid and a blitz game. Black
exchanges the dark-squared bishops, which strategically seems to favour White,
but on the other hand it frees more squares for the black pieces as well.} 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 {Usually White is trying to fight for the advantage in this
system by castling long. However, as mentioned by Radjabov after the game, the
latest games showed that White is also taking some risks with his king on the
queenside.} (10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Kb8 14. Nb3 g6 15.
g4 Ng7 16. f3 h5 17. Kb1 Bc8 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Ng3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qb4
22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Qg2 Qb4 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Qg2 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2713)
-Ponomariov,R (2743) Khanty-Mansiysk (rapid) 2013}) 10... g6 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rfb1 (12. Rab1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nf3 Bxd3
18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Nd6 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 a5 {and Black had
advantage in the blitz game Giri,A (2714)-Ponomariov,R (2723) Beijing 2011.})
12... Nb6 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Rc1 {Radjabov's idea to provoke the bishop on f5 was
to slow down Black's possible plan with the advance of the f-pawn.} Nf6 {
Ponomariov rearranges his knights after which Black is very close to complete
equality.} 15. a4 (15. Qa3 {was a move suggested after the game, but it is
also not sufficient:} Qxa3 16. bxa3 Nc8 17. a4 a5 {and Black is fine.}) 15...
Nc8 16. Qa3 a5 ({Slightly more precise is} 16... Qxa3 17. Rxa3 a5 $11 {
(Radjabov)}) 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. b3 Nc8 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Rab1 Nd6
22. b4 axb4 23. Rxb4 {Black has just one weakness on b7, which he easily
protects.} Ra5 24. Rb6 Rfa8 25. f3 f5 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Bd3 Ke7 28. h4 Be6 29.
Rcb1 R8a7 30. Kg3 h6 31. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.01.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {After some
thought Alex chooses a quiet continuation.} ({In his previous games Alex played
} 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5) 7. e3 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 g6 {[%cal Gc8f5]
doesn't promise much for white.}) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 ({I wasn't satisfied with
the result of the opening 2 months before this game:} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6
10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 $11 {1-0 Roiz,M-Godena,M/St Vincent ITA 2004 (35)})
8... Nbd7 ({Desrves attention is:} 8... a6 $5 9. c5 ({After} 9. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gb8c6] white's queen is placed badly.}) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 b6 {
[%cal Ga6a5] with an idea of a7-a5, followed by Bc8-a6, swapping the bishops.})
9. cxd5 $5 {Now that exchange is more logical, as black's knight is already on
d7 and cannot be placed on c6.} ({The alternative is:} 9. Rd1 {-->D61}) 9...
exd5 {Now a classical ''Karlsbad'' variation has arised, while 5...h6 is in
white's favour, as he can develop a dangerous attack by g2-g4 after the qside
castle. More than that, the weakness of ''g6'' square may be very important in
case of f7-f5.} (9... Nxd5 10. Bg3 ({Possible is also} 10. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 11. Bc4
$14 {and it's not for black to prepare e6-e5.}) 10... b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. O-O
$14 {leads to a stable advantage of white.}) ({I would prefer:} 9... cxd5 $5
10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O b5 $14 {with a bit passive but solid position for black.})
10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bg3 $5 {In my opinion the only way to fight for a serious
advantage is avoiding exchanges.} (11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 (13. Bh7+
Kh8 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Sale,
S/Zadar 1999/CBM 73 ext (39)}) 13... Qxh4 14. g3 Qf6 15. Bg2 Nf8 16. b4 $14 {
1-0 Svetushkin,D-Kofidis,A/Ikaros 2003/CBM 95 ext (38)}) 11... Nf8 (11... Nh5
12. O-O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf8 14. Kb1 Bf6 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qe7 17. g4 $14 {
1-0 Agdestein,S-Kristensen,B/Trondheim NOR 2004 (61)}) 12. h3 (12. O-O Bd6 13.
Rab1 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Be6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Re7 17. Na4 Rcc7 18. Nc5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Andersson,U/Leningrad 1987/CBM 03 (26)}) 12... Bd6 $6 {
[%mdl 16384] A serious strategical mistake, which white could exploit by
energetical play.} ({More accurate was} 12... Be6 13. O-O {Quite a typical
position in this opening} N6d7 14. Na4 {White transposes the knight to c5 with
the further  pawns advance of the queenside, so called the pawn minority
attack - the standard plan for White.} a5 15. a3 (15. Rac1 b5 $140 16. Nc3 $14)
15... b5 16. Nc5 {After the exchange on c5 White gets the d4-square under
control.} (16. Nc3 $5 {White has a few plans - to attack a weak c6-pawn  or
preparation of e3-e4.} a4 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Rae1 $14) 16... Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Nd7 {Black immediately attacks the c5-pawn.} 18. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,
I-Seirawan,Y/Enschede 2002/CBM 89/[Milov,V] (41)}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O $6 {
This quiet move doesn't allow white to take advantage of black's inaccurate
play.} ({Much stronger was:} 14. O-O-O $142 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4] while h7-h6 is a
clear drawback of black's position.}) ({Interesting is also am immediate} 14.
g4 $5) 14... Ne6 {Now h7-h6 is a useful move, as black has the important idea
of Ne6-g5.} 15. Rab1 {That move connected with a typical idea of advancing
qside pawns. But the game shows that it's too slowly.} ({Much stronger was} 15.
Rac1 $142 $1 Ng5 16. Ne5 $14 {and white prevents black from playing c6-c5.})
15... Ng5 16. Ne5 c5 $1 $146 {A very important move, which doesn't allow white
to stabilize the situation by f2-f4 and b2-b4.} ({The following alternatives
are much worse:} 16... Be6 $6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 b5 19. a5 Bd7 20. f4 Nge4 21.
Rfc1 Rac8 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc5 $16 {1-0 Hartereau,P-Jonas,J/
Paris 1993/EXT 2004 (46)}) (16... a6 $6 17. f4 Ne6 18. b4 Nf8 19. a4 Bd7 20. g4
Ne6 21. Rf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Strutinskaya,G-Chistiakova,T/Serpukhov 2002/EXT 2003 
(32)}) ({I have also considered an opportunity of sacrifice:} 16... Rxe5 17.
dxe5 Qxe5 {but white has probably a several perspective possibilities here.} {
For example:} 18. Rfe1 $5 ({or} 18. Qe2 $5 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Bxh3 20. f4 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 Qe6 22. Rf3 Re8 23. Qg2 $14 {1-0 Requejo,O-Quiroz,C/Peru 2000/EXT 2002 
(47) and white's chanses are also preferable}) 18... Nxh3+ $140 19. gxh3 Bxh3 (
19... Qg5+ 20. Kh2 Qh5 21. Bf1) 20. f4 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qh4 22. Qf3 $16) 17. Rbc1 ({
Nothing gives} 17. Nb5 $6 Qe7 {and white's knight on e5 is vulnerable}) ({
But deserved attention:} 17. f4 $5 Ne6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Qf2 d4 20.
exd4 Qxd4 21. Bc4 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 $14) 19. Nb5 (19. Rbc1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 a6 21.
Rfd1 Be6 $11 {[%csl Re4]}) 19... Qb6 20. Rbc1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf5 22. Qxf5 Qxb5
23. Rc7 Rf8 $132 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gb5e2]}) 17... a6 $6 {A significant loss of
time.} ({Unsuccessful was also} 17... c4 $6 18. Bf5 {[%cal Gb2b3]} a6 {
(otherwise white could break black's pawn structure by b2-b3)} 19. f4 $1 Ne6 ({
after} 19... Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne6 21. g4 {I don't see any normal defence against
22.g5).}) 20. g4 b5 21. Qg2 $36) ({The strongest was} 17... b6 $142 18. Rfd1 (
18. Bb5 Re7) 18... Bb7 $11 {with an equal chances.}) 18. f4 Ne6 ({White also
has a slight advantage after} 18... cxd4 19. exd4 Ne6 (19... Nge4 $5 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Rcd1 $14) 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Rfd1 $14) 19. dxc5 Qxc5 (19... Nxc5 $6 {
is very dangerous in view of} 20. Nxf7 $1 ({Deserves attention also} 20. Nxd5
$5 Nxd3 (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxe3 23. Re1 $18) 21. Nxf6+ gxf6
22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Rxe3 24. Nb4 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal Gb4d5] with a clear
advantage in the endgame}) 20... Kxf7 21. Bg6+ Kf8 22. Bxe8 Kxe8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5
24. Rfd1 $36) 20. Qf2 d4 {That leads to an unpleasant endgame.} ({Besides,
black has an interesting alternative:} 20... Qb6 21. Rfd1 Nd8 $1 (21... Nc5 22.
e4 $1 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nfxe4 24. Bxe4 $16) 22. Bb1 Be6 (22... Nc6 $6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5
24. Rxd5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Be6 26. Rdc5 $16 {[%cal Gf2c2]}) {although after} 23.
Na4 Qa5 24. Nc5 $14 {white's chanses are preferable.}) 21. exd4 Qxd4 (21...
Nxd4 22. Na4 Qa7 (22... Qd6 23. Rfd1 $16) 23. Rc7 $16) 22. Bc4 $1 {It's
important to prevent black from developing his bishop.} (22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rfd1
Be6 $1 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxd4 Bxa2 $11) 22... Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nd8 {A very
accurate continuation - now 24...Be6 is practically unavoidable. The drawback
of it is the passivity of Nd8, which will be very significant in the game.} ({
Maybe it was better to seize some space on the qside:} 23... b5 $5 24. Bb3 Ra7
25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Nf8 {[%cal Gc8e6]} (26... Rae7 27. g3 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7
29. Rc6 a5 30. Rd2 $14) 27. Bc6 $1 Rd8 28. Bf3 $14 {and white has only a
minimal advantage.}) 24. Be2 Ne6 $1 25. Bc4 {That retreat of the bishop is
forced.} ({Black has no any problems after} 25. g3 $6 Nd4 $11) 25... Nd8 26.
Rd1 {I realized that I couldn't take advantage of the ''c'' file.} Be6 27. Be2
{Black has neutralized the pressure of white's bishop over the diagonal a2-f7,
so I transfer it to another important diagonal.} Rc8 28. Bf3 {It's necessary
to prevent black from exchanging white's best piece (Ne5) by 28...Nc6.} ({
Only not} 28. Rd6 $2 Rxc3 $1 29. bxc3 Ne4 $15) 28... Kf8 ({After} 28... b5 {
white can fix black's qside pawns:} 29. a3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5]}) 29. g4 {
Seizing a space on the kside and planning to attack black's bishop by the way.}
Rc7 ({An attempt to exchange some kside pawns by} 29... g5 {doesn't work in
view of:} 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Bxb7 $1 Nxg4 32. Nxg4 Nxb7 33. Nf6 Red8 34. Rxd8+
Rxd8 35. Nh7+ Ke7 36. Nxg5 $16) 30. Rfd2 Nc6 $6 {Black doesn't want to wait
anymore, so he is ready to exchange the knights even at cost of vreating a
very serious weakness.} ({In my opinion, it was better to play} 30... Ke7 31.
f5 ({there is nothing special for white after} 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Nd7 33.
Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Nd5+ Kf8 36. Nc7 Re7 $14) 31... Bc8 $14 {[%cal
Gc7c5] with a worse but defensible position.}) 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Kf2 $16 {
Now black has 2 weaknesses on the qside - the pawns c6 and a6. In addition to
it, his pieces are very passive.} Nd5 $6 {Black wants to simplify the position
at cost of a pawn, but the rook ending is completely lost, as white's king is
active.} ({More resistant seems to be} 32... c5 33. f5 Bc8 $16) ({or} 32... Ke7
33. Re2 Kf8 34. Rd6 Bd7 35. Red2 Re6 $16) 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5
Rc2+ 36. R5d2 $6 {There was no reason to remove the rook from the active
position.} ({After} 36. R1d2 Rec8 37. Ke3 $142 $18 {white should win without
big technical problems.}) 36... Rec8 37. Ke3 Re8+ 38. Kf3 ({After} 38. Kd3 $6
Rc6 {white's king doesn't feel comfortably.}) 38... Rec8 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40.
Rxd8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 {There is no reason to exchange the qside pawns at this
stage of the game.} (41. Ra8 Rxb2 42. Rxa6 Rh2 43. Kg3 Rb2) 41... a5 42. h4 g6
{Black prevents white from fixing the kside pawns by 43.h5, as it may allow
white's monarch to get an important square f5 in future.} ({But deserved
attention} 42... a4 $5 43. h5 ({maybe it's better to play} 43. a3 $5 {in order
to advance the monarch before exchanging the qside pawns}) 43... a3 44. bxa3
Rxa2 45. Ra8 Ke6 46. a4 Ra1 {and black is ready to meet an advancing of
white's passed pawn by checks.}) 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 {Black has to keep
his monarch not too far away from the qside.} 45. a4 $1 {Fixing black's pawn
on a5. That would allow white to play b2-b3 and take control of ''c4'' spot.}
Rc4 (45... h5 $2 {is wrong in view of} 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Rb5 $18) 46. b3 Rc3+
47. Ke4 Rh3 {Black's counterplay on the kside shouldn't be understated, as he
may also create 2 passed pawns.} 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Rb5 {That is a
critical position of the endgame. Now black has to make an important decision.}
Kd6 $2 {The decisive mistake, which allows white to avoid a loss of pawn and
to compromise black's pawn structure on the kside.} ({Besides, black could
reach a good counterchanses after the brave} 50... Rxh4 $1 51. Rxa5 Rxg4 52. b4
({after} 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rg5 f5 $1 {the draw is unavoidable, as black's king
will stop white's pawns.}) 52... h5 (52... g5 $5 53. Rf5 Rg1) 53. Ra7+ Kf6 {
[%cal Gg4g1,Gh5h4] and black's passed pawn can be easily advanced,while Rg4
will attack white's pawns.}) 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rxh5 $1 {Fixing the weakness on
h6.} Rxb3 53. Rxa5 Rb4+ 54. Kf5 {Finally white' monarch is at the ideal
position.} Ke7 55. Ra8 {Freeing the way for the passed pawn.} Rc4 56. a5 Rc5+ {
That loses immediately.} ({An accurate play deserved from white after} 56...
Ra4 57. Ke5 $1 Rb4 (57... Ra1 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Kf6 $18) (57... f6+ 58. Kf5 Kf7
59. Ra6) 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. a6 Ra4 60. f5 $18 {[%cal Ge5f6]}) 57. Ke4 Kf6 (57...
Rc4+ 58. Ke5 Ra4 59. Kf5 Kd6 60. Ra7 $18) 58. Kd4 $18 {Now white's monarch is
very close to the passed pawn, while black has no any counterplay. The game is
over.} Rb5 59. Kc4 Rb1 60. Ra6+ Kg7 61. Rd6 {The rook will defend on the kside
pawns, while the king will be protected from any checks.} Rf1 62. a6 ({Good
enough was also} 62. Rd4 f5 63. gxf5 h5 64. a6 h4 65. Kb5 $18) 62... Rxf4+ 63.
Kb5 Re4 64. a7 Re8 65. Ra6 Ra8 66. Kc6 f6 67. Kb7 Re8 68. a8=Q Rxa8 69. Rxa8
1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 {GM Rapport might employ various side lines, but this time he
is choosing the classical approach.} e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6.
e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bf4 ({The more popular attempt to fight for the
advantage is} 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 (11... Nhf6 12. Kb1 Nb6
13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O-O 16. Qb3 Kb8 17. a4 Rc8 18. a5 Nbd7 19.
e4 $36 {Rodshtein,M - Mamedyarov,S Skopje MKD 2015}) 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Bd3 O-O-O
14. Na4 Nf6 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Rc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $14 {Rodshtein,M - Trent,L
Norderstedt GER 2016}) 9... Nh5 10. O-O-O {According to his style, Richard
accepts the damaged pawn structure. In return, he can benefit from opening the
e-file and full control over the e5-spot.} ({It is worth paying serious
attention to} 10. Be5 $5 Nhf6 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Ng7
14. h3 Nf5 15. Rad1 $14 {Ehlvest,J - Sveshnikov,V Riga LAT 2011}) 11. Bg3 Nh5
12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Ne5 $14 {Piket,
J-Timman,J Wijk aan Zee NED 1995}) 10... Nxf4 11. exf4 g5 {An interesting, but
very risky decision. Jon Ludvig is searching for early counterplay, but
delaying his development might definitely invite some troubles.} ({More to the
point was} 11... O-O 12. Bd3 (12. g4 b5 13. Rg1 b4 14. Na4 Qc7 $132) 12... a5 (
12... Bd6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. h4 Nf8 15. g4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg4 17. Rdg1 $19) 13.
Kb1 a4 14. a3 b5 $132 {with a very sharp, double-edged play.}) 12. Bd3 $1 {
That's the point! White's development advantage is becoming threatening.} ({
A less promising try was} 12. g3 gxf4 13. gxf4 Nb6 14. Rg1 Qd6 15. Ne5 Qf6 $132
) 12... gxf4 13. Rhe1 ({Black's dubious strategy could be refuted by means of} 
13. Ne2 $1 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. Qd2 (16. g3 f3 17. Nxf3 Bd7 $132)
16... Bd6 17. Rhe1 {with a powerful initiative. The play might continue:} Qb6
18. Nxf4 Bb4 19. Qe3 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Neg6+ Be6 23. Nxh8
Ke7 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. f4 Kf6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Re5 $14 {The superiority of
White's bishop over the knight is obvious.}) 13... Kf8 $6 {The king wouldn't
be safe on the kingside.} ({It was the proper moment for liberating the
light-squared bishop:} 13... Nf8 $1 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Bf5
(17. Nxf4 Bg5 18. g3 Bd7 $132) 17... Kd8 $1 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxf4 Bf5 $132)
14. Bf5 $6 {Returning the favour. Now Black obtains an important tempo for
consolidating.} ({A much stronger way was} 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3 Nf6
17. Ne5 $36) 14... Bb4 15. a3 ({Nor is anything special achieved after} 15. Re2
Nb6 16. Rde1 Kg7 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Re5 Qd7 19. Rf5 Nc4 $132) 15... Bxc3 ({
Another possibility was} 15... Bd6 $5 16. g3 Qf6 17. Ne2 fxg3 18. fxg3 Nb6 19.
Bxc8 Rxc8 {In the resulting position White has sufficient compensation for a
pawn, but hardly more.}) 16. Qxc3 Nb6 17. g4 $5 {An interesting attempt to
complicate matters.} ({The more natural} 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 {looks scary for Black,
but he should be able to solve the problems:} 18. Re5 (18. Ne5 Rg8 19. g3 fxg3
20. fxg3 Rc7 21. Rf1 Nc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Rg5 $11) 18... Nc4 19. Rf5 Rg8
20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Rxf4 (22. d5 Rd7 23. Qb4+ Qe7 24. Qxc4 Rxd5 25.
Rdxd5 cxd5 26. Qxf4 Rxg2 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 $11) (22. Qxc4 Rxg2 23. Qe6 Kg7 24. Qe5+
Kg8 $11) 22... Qd5 23. g3 Re7 $11) 17... Bxf5 ({One possibility was} 17... fxg3
$5 18. Bxc8 Nxc8 19. fxg3 Nd6 20. Rf1 Kg7 $132 {and then White's initiative
isn't worth more than a pawn.}) 18. Qc5+ Kg7 19. gxf5 Qf6 $2 {After this
inaccurate move Jon Ludvig's position is starting to collapse.} ({It was
necessary to play} 19... Nc4 $1 {, and Black seems to be able to consolidate:}
20. Ne5 (20. Re7 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxb7 Kf6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5+ Kxe5 25.
Rxf7 Rhf8 $11) 20... Qd6 21. Nxc4 Qxc5 22. dxc5 dxc4 23. Rd7 Rhe8 24. Re6 Kg8
25. Rxh6 Re1+ 26. Kd2 Rae8 $11) 20. Re7 $1 Rhe8 21. Rg1+ Kh7 22. Rge1 $1 $18 {
Now White's pieces are dominating over the board.} Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Qxf5 {
Desperation.} ({Things were also hopeless after} 23... Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Kg8 25.
Ne5 Nc4 26. Nxf7 Kg7 27. Ne5+ Kf6 28. Rf7+ Kg5 29. h4+ Kxh4 30. Rg7 $18) 24.
Nh4 Qd7 25. Qf6 Rg8 ({Or} 25... Re8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Rxg8 Kxg8 28. Nf5 $18) 26.
Re7 Qg4 27. Nf5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qxf2+ 29. Kb3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 65th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was by far the most interesting and exciting game of round eight.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 {Being a Queen's
Gambit player for my entire life I find this move to be odd. Is the bishop
really well placed on e6 than it was on c8? Is it worth wasting a move to get
it on e6?} 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {This sort of play would have made
the old masters of Queen's Gambit like Rubinstein, Capablanca, Alekhine quite
unhappy! But what to do. Modern theory is not bound to those old ways of
playing.} 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Nf6 13. Rb1 {Against Black's
ambitious play with h6-g5, I think the best way would have been to break in
the centre with f3 and e4. Hence I do not like this slow plan of minority
attack with Rb1-b4.} (13. O-O Bd6 (13... h5 14. Nf5 Ne4 {like in the game no
longer works now as 0-0 is more useful than Rb1.} 15. Nxe4 Bxf5 16. Nf6+ Qxf6
17. Bxf5 $16) 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 O-O 16. f3 {And with Rae1 and sooner or
later e4, the h6-g5 weaknesses will make themselves felt.}) 13... h5 $5 14. Nf5
Ne4 $5 {A very interesting tactical idea.} 15. Bxe4 {Alina rightly takes a lot
of time for this move. 24 minutes! She had to make sure that she was not
falling into any traps.} (15. Nxe4 dxe4 (15... Bxf5 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxf5 Bb4+
$13) 16. Bxe4 Qa5+ 17. b4 Bxb4+ 18. Kf1 O-O-O $13) 15... dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf6 17.
d5 $1 {This is surely the move that was prepared before hand by Alina.} (17.
Ng3 h4 18. Nge2 O-O-O {Would have given Black super compensation for the pawn.}
) 17... cxd5 18. Qa4+ Bd7 19. Qd4 $1 {With this nice little idea of d4-d5,
Qa4+ and Qd4 White is able to get a very pleasant endgame.} Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bb4
21. Ke2 {The correct decision. Many players are quite obsessed with the idea
of having a perfect pawn structure. Such players would have gone for the move
Kd2. But I think it would have reduced White's chances for an advantage. Let's
have a look at a sample line.} (21. Kd2 Rc8 22. Rhc1 Ke7 23. a3 Bxc3+ 24. Rxc3
Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Kd6 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 $11 {Here Black should be
easily able to defend this so called inferior endgame because of his space
advantage on the kingside and also because none of his pawns are fixed.}) 21...
Bxc3 {Ekaterina makes a risky decision. Firstly because she gives up her
bishop pair and secondly because she has opened up Nimzowitsch's mysterious
rook on b1!} 22. bxc3 b6 23. Nb5 $1 {A very nice move. This move looks logical
at first sight but during the game you have to forgo your prejudices like
exchange of your superior knight with the inferior bishop to make this move.
Here concrete reasons like the weakness of the d5 pawn allows to make this
decision successfully.} (23. h4 $5 {looked pretty thematic in order to secure
the f4 square. Black would do well not to push his pawn ahead and defend it
with f6.} f6 $14) 23... Ke7 (23... Bxb5+ 24. Rxb5 Rc8 25. Rc1 $16) 24. Nc7 Rac8
25. Nxd5+ {White has won a pawn but now the d7 bishop is no longer so passive.
The position is slightly better for White but Black has her share of chances.}
Ke6 26. Rhd1 Rc5 27. e4 Rhc8 28. Rd4 (28. f4 $5 gxf4 29. Nxf4+ Ke7 (29... Ke5
30. Nd3+) 30. Nd5+ {was a combative way to play. Create more weaknesses in
your position but also give some more to your opponent too.}) (28. h4 gxh4 29.
Rh1 f5 $1 $132) 28... Bb5+ {Kovalevskaya decides to keep her bishop on c4.} (
28... Ra5 $5) 29. Kd2 Bc4 30. Ne3 Bxa2 $1 {Taking the pawn was not without
it's dangers but Black takes up the challenge. The game enters a concrete
phase which is highly interesting.} 31. Ra1 Ra5 32. c4 {Closing the bishop and
threatening Kc3-b2 trapping the poor guy.} Rcc5 (32... Ra6 $5 {This move
reminds me of the 20th game between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine where the
fifth World Champion placed his rook on a2 to prevent Black from coming out of
the pin with Bb5. Here Ekaterina could have done the same with Ra6! to prevent
Kc3 thanks to Bxc4!} 33. Kc3 $2 Bxc4 $1 $17) 33. Kc3 Ra3+ 34. Kb2 Rca5 35. Rd5
$1 {A very strong move getting rid of one of the rooks.} Rb3+ 36. Kc1 (36. Kc2
$16 {was natural and good. I wonder why Kashlinskaya rejected the move.}) 36...
Ra4 37. Rxg5 Rbb4 38. Nc2 $2 (38. Rxh5 Bxc4 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. h4 $16 {Would
have given White good winning chances.}) 38... Rxc4 $2 (38... Bxc4 $1 $11 {
A neat little tactic!}) 39. Kb2 Rc8 40. Rxh5 a6 41. Rh6+ f6 42. Ne3 $2 {
Diagram [#] The bishop is hanging on a2 now. How does Black save himself?} (42.
Rh5 $1 {preventing Rc5 would have given White nearly a winning position.})
42... Rc5 $1 (42... Bb3 $2 43. Rxa4 Bxa4 44. Ng4 $1 Rf8 45. h4 $18) (42... Ra5
$1 {was the other solution after from the game.} 43. Rxa2 Rb5+ 44. Ka3 (44. Ka1
$2 Rc1# {would be a sad demise.}) 44... Ra5+ 45. Kb3 Rb5+ $11 {with a
perpetual check.}) (42... a5 $6 43. Rh5 $1 (43. Rxa2 $4 Rb4+ 44. Ka3 Rc3#)
43... Rb4+ 44. Kxa2 b5 45. Nd5 $18) 43. Nc2 {Alina keeps fighting. She doesn't
agree to a draw so easily.} (43. Rxa2 Rb4+ $1 (43... Rb5+ $2 {fails because of
a nice variation.} 44. Ka1 Rab4 {Diagram [#] It seems as if the game should
end in a draw now but White has a beautiful shot at his disposal.} 45. Rxf6+ $3
(45. Rxa6 Rb1+ 46. Ka2 R1b2+ $11) (45. Rd2 Ra4+ 46. Ra2 Rab4 {would just
repeat the position.}) 45... Kxf6 (45... Ke7 46. Nd5+ $18) (45... Kd7 46. Rd2+
$18) (45... Ke5 46. Rf5+ $18) 46. Nd5+ $18) 44. Ka3 (44. Ka1 Rc1#) 44... Rb1 $1
{the only way to avoid a mate of a5 is with} 45. Nc4 (45. Rb2 Ra5+ 46. Kb3 Rb5+
$17) 45... Rxc4 46. Rd2 Rxe4 $15) 43... Rb5+ 44. Kc3 (44. Kc1 Rc5 $11) 44...
Rc5+ 45. Kd3 (45. Kd2 Bb3 $15) 45... Bc4+ 46. Ke3 Rxa1 47. Nxa1 Bf1 $1 {
Now the g2 pawn hangs and the knight is threatened to be trapped with Rc1.} 48.
g4 $1 {The game enters a new phase where White's rook+pawns will fight it out
against Black's rook+bishop.} Rc1 49. g5 Rxa1 50. Rxf6+ Ke7 51. h4 $1 (51. Rxb6
a5 52. f4 a4 53. f5 a3 54. f6+ Kf7 55. Rb7+ Kg6 56. Kf4 Bc4 (56... a2 $2 57.
Kg4 $3 Bh3+ 58. Kh4 $18) 57. Rg7+ Kh5 58. Rh7+ Kg6 59. Rg7+ $11) 51... Ra3+ 52.
Kd4 Rh3 53. Rxb6 Rxh4 54. Ke5 {It seemed to me that White's position is much
easier to play. All that she has to do is push her pawns and check with the
rook.} Rh2 55. f4 Rc2 56. g6 $6 (56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. f5 $18 {would have given
White a winning position.}) 56... Rc5+ {Instead of black king being pushed
back it's the white king who has to retreat.} 57. Kd4 Rb5 $1 58. Rc6 Rb4+ 59.
Ke3 Rxe4+ $1 {A nice little tactic to end the game.} (59... Bg2 60. g7 Rxe4+
61. Kf2 Kf7 $11) 60. Kxe4 {The players agreed to a draw. A fighting game and
great skills shown by both the players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 {One of the main reasons why Black players have
started playing Be7 before Nf6 is exactly the line that happened in this game
where the knight is developed on e2.} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3
Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. a3 a5 {preventing the
intended expansion with b4.} 13. f3 Nh5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Bd6
17. Rae1 Qc7 18. f4 Be6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Re7 21. h4 $1 {A powerful move
by Nepomniachtchi in order to fix the kingside black pawns. This position
reminds me of the 4th game of the match between Karpov-Kasparov where Karpov
played a beautiful attack on the light squares and Kasparov who had a dark
squared bishop could do nothing about it.} Rae8 22. Rf3 b5 23. h5 b4 24. axb4
Bxb4 25. Re2 Qd6 26. Qd3 Rd8 {Black is trying to break free in this position
with the move c5.} 27. Na4 c5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Rc2 $1 {Now in
addition to the weakend light squares, White also has the weak d5 pawn to
attack. Also the bishop on f5 is clearly superior to the f8 knight. All in all
this is a clear advantage to White.} Qb6 31. Kh2 Ne6 32. Rg3 Kh8 33. Qa3 Qb4
34. Qxb4 axb4 {The queens are off the board, hence the danger of a kingside
attack is averted for Black but he is still struggling with all these weak
pawns in the endgame.} 35. Rc6 Nc7 36. Rf3 Nb5 37. Rc5 Nc7 38. Bg6 (38. Rf1 {
Activating the rook while the the c7 knight is defended by the e7 rook would
have been a good idea.} Na6 39. Ra5 $16) 38... Kg8 39. Rc6 Kf8 40. b3 Ne8 $6 (
40... Rb8 $14 {defending the b4 pawn would have improved black chances for a
draw quite drastically.}) 41. Rb6 Rc7 42. Rxb4 {White has won a pawn and kept
complete control over the position.} Nd6 43. Rf1 Ke7 44. Rd1 Rc5 45. Rb6 Rb5
46. Rxb5 Nxb5 47. Kg3 Ke6 (47... d4 48. Kf3 $16) 48. Kg4 Nd6 49. e4 $1 {
Just like in the Caruana game, Kramnik game and now in Nepomniachtchi game the
move e4 was played when black had a pawn on d5! Quite a co-incidence!} dxe4 50.
Bxe4 Rb8 51. Bd5+ Kd7 52. Ra1 {With an active bishop, rook and an extra pawn
it's all over for Black.} f5+ 53. Kh3 Ne8 54. Ra7+ Nc7 55. Bc4 Kd6 56. Ra5 Rf8
57. Kg3 Rf6 58. Kf3 Kc6 59. g3 Ne8 60. Re5 (60. Ra6+ Kc5 61. Rxf6 Nxf6 {
Would not be such a great idea as the h5 pawn hangs.}) 60... Nd6 61. Bd3 Rf7
62. b4 Rb7 63. Rc5+ Kd7 64. b5 Ke6 65. Re5+ Kf6 66. Ke3 Ra7 67. Kd4 Ra3 68. Bc4
{A pretty one sided affair. Naiditsch was never really able to equalise. Nepo
pressed well and was able to take the full point home.} (68. Bc4 Nxc4 69. Kxc4
Rxg3 70. b6 Rg1 71. b7 Rc1+ 72. Kd5 Rb1 73. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. g4 a5 12. Ng3 h6 $1 {N} 13. Bxf6 (13. Bf4
$2 Ne6 14. Be5 Nd7 $17) 13... Bxf6 14. Nce2 g6 15. Kf1 Qd6 $1 {/\b7-b6,c6-c5}
16. Rc1 $1 Bd7 17. Kg2 b6 $2 (17... Bh4 $1 $15) 18. h4 $1 $14 c5 $8 (18... Rac8
19. h5 $1 $16) 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxg4 22. h5 g5 (22... gxh5
$5) 23. Bf5 $1 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Bxb2 (24... d4 $1 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rad8 27.
Rd1 $14) 25. Rxd5 Re5 26. Rhd1 a4 27. Ng3 Ra5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Bc2 $1 $16 Ne6
30. Rd7 Bg7 31. Rb7 Bf8 32. Kf3 Kg7 $2 $138 33. Bg6 Nd8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rxd8
fxg6 36. hxg6 Kg7 37. Kg4 $1 Ba3 $1 38. Kh5 $1 $18 (38. Nh5+ Kxg6 39. Rd7 Bb2
$16) 38... g4+ $8 39. Kxg4 Kxg6 40. Rg8+ Kf7 41. Rc8 $1 Rg5+ 42. Kf3 Bf8 43.
Rc7+ Ke6 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. e4 Rb5 46. Nf5 Rb2 (46... h5 47. Ke3 Bc5+ 48. Kd3 $1
$18) 47. e5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. c4 {Ftacnik Ernst} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 $5 (11. f3 Nh5 $6 (11...
Ng6 $142 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Be6 $13) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4
15. e5 Rad8 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Rad1 Rf8 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Nhf4 20. Bc4 Kh8 $6 (
20... Nd5 $142 21. Nd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6) 21. Rf3 f6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Ng3 $16
{Ivanchuk-Yusupov,Brussels cm(3)1991}) 11... a5 (11... g6 $6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4
a6 14. f3 Ng7 15. Bf2 h5 16. h3 Nh7 17. e4 Bh4 18. Qd2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 $16 {
Kasparov-Beliavsky,Moscow TV 1987}) (11... Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Ng3
Be6 15. Rae1 $14 {Polugaevsky-Torre,Zagreb izt 1987}) (11... Be6 $5 12. b4 Rc8
13. f3 Ng6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 a5 $132 {Gulko-Van der Sterren,Munich 1990})
12. f3 Ng6 {TN} (12... c5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qc2 Ne6 17.
Bh4 Nc7 18. a4 $14 {Petursson,M-Bjornsson,T,Reykjavik(op)1990}) (12... h6 {
Ftacnik}) 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 (14... Be6 $5) (14... Be6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 15.
Bxf6 (15. Bc4 $5 b5 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. e5 Kg8 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bh6 $36) (15.
Rad1 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxg5 18. Bc4 $44) 15... Bxf6 16. e5 Bg5 17.
Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 (18. Ne4 $5 Be7 (18... Nf4 19. Nd6 $5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxe2+ 21.
Kh1 $40) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 $14) 18... Rxe6 19. Ne4 Be7 (19... Be3+ {Ernst}
20. Kh1 Bxd4 $2 21. Rad1 c5 22. Nxc5 $18) 20. Rad1 Qd5 21. N2c3 Qc4 22. b3 Qa6
23. Na4 b6 24. Rf3 c5 $1 (24... Rd8 $5 25. Rdf1 (25. Qf2) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxf7
Nxe5 27. Ng5 Qxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxg5 $44) 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Naxc5 (26. Nexc5 $1 {
Ernst} Bxc5+ (26... Qc8 {Ernst} 27. Rc3 Rc6 28. Rd5 Nf4 29. Rd4 Ne6 30. Rdc4
$16) 27. Nxc5 Qb6 28. Rxf7 $1 Rc8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nxe5 31. Qf5 Ree8 32.
Re7 $18) 26... Qb6 27. Kh1 Rc6 28. Rc3 Nxe5 29. Rd5 $1 Qc7 (29... f6 $5) (29...
f6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 30. h3 Rc8 $138 (30... f5 31. Ne6 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Qc6 33. Rxe5
Bf6 34. Nd4 $18) 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ra8 33. Rd1 Bxc5 34. Nxc5 Qe7 35. Qe4 $1
Rac8 36. Re3 f6 37. Rd7 Qf8 $6 (37... Qe8 $142) (37... Qe8 {Ftacnik}) 38. Rb7
Kh8 $6 39. Rg3 R6c7 $2 (39... g6 40. Qh4 (40. Ra3 $1 $40) (40. Ra3 $1 $40 {
Ftacnik}) 40... R6c7 41. Ne6 Rxb7 42. Nxf8 Rxf8 $14) (39... Ng6 {Ernst} 40. h4
f5 $14) 40. Ne6 $18 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Modena"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O
b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 c5 19. d5 $1 Qe7 (19... Rad8 20.
Ndxe4 Qb8 21. h4 $36) 20. Ndxe4 b5 21. f3 b4 22. Na4 Rad8 $2 ({Besser war} 
22... Qe5) 23. d6 Qe5 ({Der Zwischentausch} 23... Bxe4 {scheitert nun an} 24.
dxe7 {und der Td8 ist angegriffen (sonst ginge Lc2).}) 24. d7 Re7 25. Naxc5
Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Rdxd7 27. Kb1 Nf8 28. h4 Rc7 29. Qg2 Red7 30. h5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1
Ne6 32. f4 Qf5 {[#] Weiß zieht und gewinnt.} 33. Rd5 Qxd5 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35.
Qxd5 fxg5 36. f5 Rc5 37. Qe4 Nf8 38. h6 f6 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2015.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:14:41"]
[BlackClock "0:17:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. a4 Be6 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. Rab1 Bd5 20. Qb2 g5 21.
Qe2 f6 22. Nc4 Kg7 23. Qg4 Rd8 24. Nd2 Rac8 25. h3 Kg6 26. Nf1 {[#] Vorteil
hat Weiß keinen erzielt. Und Schwarz geht nun forsch voran.} f5 27. Qe2 f4 28.
Nh2 h5 29. b5 c5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Nf1 Be6 33. exf4 gxf4 34. Rd1
Rxd1 35. Qxd1 {[#] Schwarz steht besser, die Stellung ist für Weiß recht
unbequem. Aber mit den Damen auf dem Brett droht immer mal Dauerschach.} Qe5
36. Qd8 Bd5 {Es droht gelegentlich e3.} 37. Kh1 b6 {[#] Weiß ist fast im
Zugzwang.} 38. Qd7 $2 (38. Nd2 e3 $19) (38. a5 bxa5 39. Qxa5 e3 40. fxe3 fxe3
41. Qe1 e2 42. Ng3 Qe6 43. Kh2 Bc4 $19) (38. h4 {Scheint der einzige Zug zu
sein, der nicht sofort verliert.}) 38... e3 $2 ({Schwarz verpasst} 38... Qe6
39. Qc7 {Das Endspiel nach Damentausch ist sofort verloren.} e3 40. fxe3 Qxh3+
41. Nh2 Qxg2#) 39. fxe3 f3 ({Ein anderer Versuch war} 39... Qe4 $5 40. Qd6+ Qe6
(40... Kf5 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. Qd6+ $11) 41. Qxe6+ Bxe6 42. exf4 Bb3 43. Ne3 Bxa4
44. g4 Bxb5 {und die verbundenen schwarzen Freibauern am Damenflügel werden
vielleicht schneller sein.}) 40. g3 (40. gxf3 Bxf3+ 41. Kg1 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qg2+
43. Ke1 Qe2#) 40... f2+ 41. Kh2 Kh6 (41... Qe4 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ {mit
Dauerschach oder Gegenspiel.}) 42. Qd8 Kg7 43. Qd7+ Kg6 44. h4 Qe4 45. Qd6+ Kg7
46. Qc7+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Qd6+ Kh7 50. Qc7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kf7
52. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Radebeul"]
[Date "2016.07.02"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.06.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Nh5 {Der Zug wurde auf Top-Niveau jüngst wieder sehr beliebt.} (8... O-O)
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Kb1 Ng7 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. Ka1
O-O-O 15. a4 Kb8 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. b3 Ncd6 19. Rb1 Rc8 20. Rhc1
Rhd8 21. Qa2 Ka8 22. g3 f6 23. Rc2 g5 24. Rbc1 Kb8 25. Nc5 Ng7 26. b4 Ne6 27.
Nxe6 Qxe6 28. b5 Nc4 29. e4 cxb5 30. exd5 Qb6 31. Nxb5 Nd6 32. Rc5 Nxb5 33.
axb5 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Qxb5 35. d6 Rc8 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Rxc4 Rc6 38. Re4 Kc8 39.
Re8+ Kd7 40. Re7+ Kd8 41. Rxh7 Rxc5 42. Rxb7 Rd5 43. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Sandipan,C (2574)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2704) Germany 2016}) 11... O-O 12. Rab1 Nb6
13. b4 a6 14. a4 Ng7 15. a5 Nd7 16. Na4 f5 (16... Nf6 17. Qc5 Re8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7
19. Ng3 h5 20. h4 Nfe8 21. Rbe1 Nd6 22. f3 Ngf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nc5 Rae8 25.
Kf2 f6 26. Re2 Be6 27. Rfe1 Kg7 28. e4 dxe4 29. Ngxe4 Nf5 30. Ng3 Kf7 31. Nxf5
gxf5 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. Kf4 Kc4 37. g4
fxg4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. h5 Kxb4 40. h6 Kxa5 41. h7 Kb4 42. h8=Q a5 43. Qc8 {
1-0 (43) Korobov,A (2700)-Inarkiev,E (2660) Berlin 2015}) 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Ng3
(18. Nf4 {lädt zu} g5 {ein.}) 18... Nge8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nc5 Qg7 21. Rbd1 {
Weiß steht optisch etwas besser, findet aber in der Folge keinen Weg, dies in
einem Angriff umzusetzen.} Kh8 22. Ne2 Bd7 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Bf1 Bc8 25. Qc1 g5
26. Nfd3 Nh5 {[#]} 27. f4 $2 (27. Ne5 g4 {mit Gegenspiel.}) 27... gxf4 28. Ne5
({Hatte Weiß übersehen, dass nach} 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. exf4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Qxd4+
{der Bauer d4 hängt?}) 28... fxe3 29. Qxe3 Ne4 {Schwarz hat nun einfach einen
Bauern mehr und weiter gutes Spiel am Königsflügel und im Zentrum.} 30. Be2
Rg8 (30... f4 31. Qb3 Nhf6 $17) 31. Bf3 Ref8 32. Rf1 (32. Re2 {hätte mehr
Sicherheit auf der 2. Reihe gegeben.} f4 33. Qb3 {und} Ng5 {geht hier nicht:}
34. Bxh5 Nh3+ 35. Kh1) 32... f4 33. Qb3 Ng5 34. Rd2 (34. Bxh5 Nh3+ 35. Kh1
Qxg2#) 34... Nf6 35. Rb2 Nfe4 36. Qd1 Qh6 $1 {Mit einer hübschen Idee. [#]}
37. Ncd3 {Übersieht die schwarze Drohung.} Nh3+ (37... Nh3+ 38. Kh1 Ng3+ 39.
hxg3 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Nxd1 {und Damengewinn.}) 0-1

[Event "Stockholm m3"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "TFS"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Ng3 Nf8 $1 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Re7 16. h4 b5 $1 17. g4 g6 18. Bd3 Nxg4 19. h5 g5 20. Rdg1
Nf6 21. Ne2 Ne8 $1 22. f4 $2 (22. Ng3) 22... f6 23. Rh3 Ng7 24. fxg5 fxg5 25.
Rf3 Rae8 26. Qd2 Nxh5 27. Rh1 Ng7 28. Ng3 g4 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxe3 31. Rg1
g3 32. Rff1 Qe7 $1 33. Kb1 h5 34. Bc2 Qg5 35. a3 h4 36. Qf2 R3e7 37. Qf3 Rg7
38. Rg2 Qg4 $1 39. Qf6 h3 40. Qxc6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Jakarta m"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tietscher"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Bg4 $6 {
/\Bg4-h5-g6 exchanging the bad B against the good B.} 8. h3 $1 Be6 (8... Bh5 $2
9. f4 $1 $16 {/\10.g4 Bg6 11.f5}) 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {/\g6,Ng7 and Bf5.}
11. g4 $1 {Winning space on the K-side is combined with the idea of 0-0-0.} Nf6
12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ng3 {The idea is to play for a central
breakwith f2-f3,e3-e4 and e4-e5.} (14. Na4 $1 {The better plan is to attack on
the Q-side with Nc5, and after Nd7xc5 to play dc5 followed by Ne2-d4.}) 14...
Kb8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. f3 Ne8 17. Rhe1 Nc7 $1 {Black makes pressure against
White`s Pd4 blocking e3-e4.} (17... Nd6 $2 18. e4 $1 $16) 18. Bf1 Rd7 $1 19. f4
(19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rhd8 21. Qf2 Qb4 {Pd4 is weak.}) 19... f6 $1 (19... Rdd8
20. f5 $1) 20. f5 $6 (20. Bd3 $142) 20... Bf7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Ngxe4 Re8 23. Qf2
Qd8 24. Nc5 Rde7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 (25... Qxe7 26. N3e4 Nbd5 27. Qg3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 (8... Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O (11. g4 Ng7 12. O-O-O Nb6
13. Rhg1 $14 {Raicevic,V-Trifunovic,M/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/0-1 (44)}) 11... Nb6
12. Kb1 (12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Ne8 16. Nge2 Kb8 $11 {
Sadler,M-Crouch,C/Hastings Challenger/1991/0.5 (20)}) 12... Be6 (12... Ng7 13.
Ng3 Bd7 14. Rc1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 (15... Kb8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 $40) 16. Qxa4
Kb8 17. Rc3 b6 18. Ba6 $5 (18. Ra3 $14 {Timman,J-Short,N/El Escorial cf 1993/
1-0 (85)}) 18... Ne6 19. Rhc1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (31)}
) 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Na4 Nf6 (14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Rc1 $14) 15. Nc5 $1 $14
{1-0 Bareev,E-Vladimirov,E/Tilburg 1993 (31)}) 9. Bh4 Nh5 (9... O-O 10. Nge2
Re8 11. h3 a5 12. f3 Nf8 13. Bf2 N6h7 14. h4 b5 $13 {Bishoff,K-Kovacevic,V/YUG/
1989/0,5/21/}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O (11. Nge2 O-O (11... Ndf6 12. O-O-O g6 (
12... Ng4 13. Ng1 g6 14. Nf3 Ng7 15. Rde1 O-O 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 $14 {1-0 Giese,
R-Hingst,T/NRW-I 1996 (43)}) 13. h3 Ng7 14. Nf4 Bf5 15. Rhe1 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 O-O
17. g4 $14 {1-0 Liliental,A-Thomas,G/Hastings 1933 (36)}) (11... Nf8 12. Rb1 (
12. O-O-O $14) 12... Ne6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 O-O 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bd7 17. O-O
$14 {1/2-1/2 Kottnauer,C-Platt,J/Trencianske Teplice 1949 (41)}) (11... Nb6 12.
O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Nf6 (13... Re8 $1 14. Nc1 Be6 (14... Nf6 15. Nb3 $132 {
Vyzmanavin,A-Smagin,S/Russia (ch) 1995/1-0 (72)}) 15. Nb3 Nd7 $10) 14. Ng3 $14)
12. O-O-O Nhf6 (12... b5 13. Kb1 a5 14. g4 $5 Nhf6 15. g5 (15. Ng3 Nb6 (15...
Nxg4 16. Nf5 $16) 16. Bf5 b4 17. Nce2 $132 {0-1 Van Tilbury,C-Shabash,A/Buenos
Aires ol 1978 (39)}) 15... hxg5 16. h4 $40) 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Bf5 c5 15. Bxc8
Rfxc8 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. Ng3 $11 {1-0 Fessler,S-Bohne,O/Zuerich op2
1989 (27)}) (11. Nf3 Nf8 (11... Nf4 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
a3 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. f3 b5 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. Nc5 Rae8 20. a4 $14 {Crosbie,
R-MacDonald,G/SCO-chT2 1994/0-1 (51)}) 12. O-O Be6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. b4 O-O 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Na4 $14 {1-0 Bekker Jensen,D-Kovihi,O/WchJM-U16 Szeged 1994 (49)}
) 11... Nb6 (11... Nhf6 12. Nf3 (12. Nge2 Nb6 13. Kb1 Be6 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. f3
$14 (14. h3 O-O-O (14... h5 $5 15. f3 h4 16. e4 O-O-O 17. e5 Nh5 18. f4 g6 $14)
15. g4 $14 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Burmakin,V/Moscow op2 1995 (52)})) 12... O-O 13. h3
Re8 14. g4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rdg1 $14 {0-1 Justo,D-Quiroga,F/
Buenos Aires GEB II 1993 (29)}) 12. Kb1 Bd7 (12... Be6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 g6 16. h3 Ng7 17. g4 h5 18. f4 O-O-O 19. f5 $16 {1-0 Sliwa,
B-Ruszczycki,J/Katowice POL ch 1961 (23)}) 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Nf3 (14. Nge2 $14)
14... Kb8 (14... Rhe8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Nd2 $14 (16. Ne5 Kb8 $14 (16... Be6 $2
17. Na4 $2 $16 (17. Bb5 $6 Rd6 18. Bd3) 17... Nfd7 $4 (17... Nxa4 $2 18. Qxa4
Kb8 19. Rxc6 $16) (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nc5 $16) 18. Nxc6 $1))) 15. Rc1
Nf6 16. Nd2 (16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qe2 $14 (17. g4 $14)) 16... Rhe8 (16... Bc8 17.
Rhd1 $14) 17. Rhe1 Bc8 18. Ka1 (18. g4 $14) 18... Nfd7 19. Ne2 $6 (19. f3 Qg5
20. Nf1 Qh4 21. Re2 Nf6 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. Qe1 $14) 19... Nf6 20. Ng3 (20. Nc3 $14
) 20... g6 21. a3 (21. Qc3 h5 22. Rc2 h4 23. Ne2 Ne4 $132) 21... h5 22. f3 h4
$11 23. Ngf1 (23. Nh1 Nh5 $11) 23... Nh5 24. Nb3 Qd6 (24... Ng7 25. Qf2 f5 (
25... Bf5 26. e4 $14) 26. Nfd2 Nh5 27. Na5 Rd6 28. Ndb3 Nd7 $11) 25. Na5 Re7 (
25... f5 26. Nb3 Ng7 27. Nfd2 Rd7 28. e4 $132) 26. Qf2 g5 (26... Ng3 27. Nxg3
hxg3 28. Qd2 Rde8 29. Rc3 (29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Qxd4 31. Rxc6 Rd8 $15) 29...
Bf5 30. Ba6 (30. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 30... Bc8 $132) 27. Nd2 Rde8 28. Ndb3 (28. e4
f5 $1 29. exf5 (29. e5 Qg6 $132) 29... Nf4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bf1 (31. Bb1 $4
Re2 $19) 31... Bxf5 32. Ndb3 Na4 33. Ba6 Bc8 34. Qc2 Rc7 35. Bf1 $11) 28... Na4
29. e4 Qf4 (29... Nf4 30. Bc2 f5 $1 $11) 30. Bb1 f6 31. Red1 Bd7 32. Qc2 Bc8 $4
$18 (32... dxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Qc4 Nb6 35. Qf7 $16) (32... Nb6 33. Nc5 Bc8
34. Na6+ Ka8 35. Nb4 Ng3 $132) 33. Qf2 $4 $19 (33. Nxc6+ bxc6 34. Na5 $18)
33... Bd7 $4 $132 (33... dxe4 $19) 34. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Qa5 (11... c5 12. Kh1 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. dxc5 Rxe3 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Be4 d4 16. Nb5 d3 17. Bxd3 Qe7 18. Nd6 b6 19. c6
$16 {1-0 Mozetic,D-Abramovic,B/Ch Yugoslavia, III 1995 (38)}) 12... h6 13. Bh4
Ne6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Rad1 d4 19. exd4
Ne6 20. d5 $16 {1-0 Vaisser,A-King,D/Frunze 1987 (31)}) (11... g6 12. Kh1 (12.
Rad1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. e4 Be6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 $14 {1-0
Sharijazdanov,A-Izmestiev,A/RUS-sf Perm 1993 (40)}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14.
Bf2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bh4 Bxe3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qg5 19. Nc7 Bh3 20.
Nc3 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Baburin,A/RSFSR-ch Voronez 1988}) 12. Bh4 $6 $146 (12. a3
$142 h6 (12... Ng4 $2 13. b4 Qd8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. fxg4 $18) 13. b4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 (18... Ne6 19. Qc3 (19.
e5 Nxd4 20. exd6 Nxc2 $17) 19... Ng4 $2 20. e5 {[%csl Rg4]} Qe7 21. Bc2 Qg5 $2
(21... Nc7 $2 22. h3 (22. Qd3 g6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. hxg4 $18) 22...
Nf6 23. Qd3 $18) (21... h5 22. h3 Nh6 23. Qd3 Nf8 24. Rad1 $16) 22. Rf3 Qh5 23.
h3 Ng5 24. hxg4 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 $18) 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rf3 h5 (20... Qg5 21. Rg3
Ne6 22. h3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf4 24. Ne2 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Nxe5 26. Nac3 (26. Bh7+ $2
Kh8 27. Nac3 g6 28. Ne4 Qf5 (28... Bf5 $2 29. Qd2 $3 {[%csl Rf2,Rh6]} Bxe4 30.
Qxh6 $18) 29. Nd4 Qf4 30. Ne2 Qf5 $11) 26... Nxd3 27. Qxd3 $16) 21. Raf1 Be6
22. Be4 Rad8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nxe6 $16 {1-0 Kallio,H-Joydev,S/WchJM-U14 Szeged
1994 (28)}) 12... Ng4 $1 $15 13. Bf2 (13. Bxe7 Nxe3 $17) 13... Nxf2 14. Rxf2 g6
(14... Bh4 $6 15. g3 Bf6 16. e4 $132) 15. e4 (15. a3 Bg5 16. f4 Bh4 17. g3 Bf6
18. e4 (18. f5 Bg5 19. b4 Qd8 20. Nd1 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Rxe3 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Raf1
Bh3 $17) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bg7 $15) 15... Bg5 16. Kh1 (16. f4 Bh4 17. g3 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Be7 $15) 16... Be3 17. Rff1 Ne6 (17... Be6 18. Nd1 Bh6 19. Qc3 Bd2 $15
) 18. exd5 cxd5 19. f4 $6 (19. Rae1 Rd8 $15) (19. Bb5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Qb6 (20...
a6 21. Ba4 b5 22. Bb3 Bb7 23. Qd3 Bh6 $11) 21. Qd3 Bh6 22. Na4 Qd6 23. Nac3 Nf4
$15) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Nb5 (21. f5 $5 Bg7 (21... g5 $2 22. f6 h6 23.
Qd1 $1 Bxc3 24. Qh5 $5 (24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Rc1 (25. Qh5 Qxd3 26. Qxh6 Qh7 (26...
Qg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ fxg6 28. f7+ Kf8 29. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 30. Rae1+ $18) 27. Qxg5+ Kh8
28. Rf4 Re4 $19) 25... Qa3 26. Bb1 $44 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1c2,Gd1h5]}) 24...
Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Re1+ 26. Bf1 $1 Be6 27. Rxh6 (27. b4 Qxb4 28. Rxh6 Kf8 29. Qxg5
Ke8 30. Rh8+ Kd7 31. Rxa8 Rxa1 32. Qd8+ Kc6 33. Qe8+ $11) 27... Kf8 28. Qxg5
Ke8 29. Rxe1 Qxe1 30. Qf6 Kd7 $14) 22. Qb3 Rd8 (22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 Re3 24.
fxg6 fxg6 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Rae1 Be6 28. Qf6 $15) 23. Rad1 d4 24.
fxg6 dxc3 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rde1 Bh3 27. gxh3 cxb2 28. Re7 Qc3 29. Rc7 Qd4 30.
Bc2 Qd5+ 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. gxh7 $11) 21... Bb6 $17 22. a3 (22. Nd6 Rd8 $17) (
22. Rac1 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxb5 24. Bd3 Qa5 $17) 22... Bf5 $5 23. Nd6 (23. Bxf5 Qxb5
24. Bd3 $17) 23... Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Re7 $2 (24... Re3 25. Qc2 (25. b4 Rxd3 26.
bxa5 Bxa5 27. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bc7 29. Rxd5 Rd8 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. Nf6+ Kf8
32. Nxd5 Bd8 $19) 25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxb7 Bd4 28. Rad1 Bxb2 29. Rxd5
Bxa3 $17) 25. b4 Qa4 26. f5 $2 (26. Qxd5 $1 Rd8 (26... Rd7 27. f5 Rad8 28. fxg6
hxg6 29. Rae1 Bc7 30. Re6 $3 (30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Nxb5 Bb6 $15) 30... fxe6 (30...
Kh7 31. Re4 Bxd6 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Qd4 $18) 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 (31... Kg7 32. Qf6+
$11) 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qc3+ $11) 27. Qg5 Red7 28. Nf5 Bd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. f5
$11) 26... Qc6 27. fxg6 $2 (27. Qg3 $142 Bc7 28. fxg6 fxg6 (28... hxg6 29. Nf5
Rd7 30. Qg5 Re8 31. Nh6+ Kg7 (31... Kf8 $1 32. Ng4 (32. Nxf7 Rxf7 33. Qh6+ Kg8
(33... Ke7 34. Qh4+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ $11) 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qh7+ (35.
Rf1+ Kg8 $19) 35... Kf6 36. Rf1+ Kg5 (36... Ke5 37. Qf7 $18) 37. g3 (37. h4+
Kg4 $19) 37... d4+ 38. Kg1 Re4 39. b5 Qd6 40. Qf7 d3 41. h4+ Kh6 $19) 32... Bd8
33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Re6 $17) 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Nh6+) 29. Nf5 Re2 30. Nh6+ Kh8
31. Qf3 Re7 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 $17) 27... Qxd6 $19 28. gxf7+ (28. gxh7+
Kh8 $19) 28... Kg7 29. Rf3 (29. Rf5 Rf8 30. Rxd5 Qf6 31. Rf1 Rfxf7 32. Qg3+ Qg6
$19) 29... Rf8 30. Rh3 Kxf7 (30... h6 31. Rg3+ Kxf7 $19) 31. Rxh7+ Ke8 32. Rh5
Re5 33. Rxe5+ (33. Qg3 Bd4 $19) 33... Qxe5 34. Rd1 Bc7 35. g3 Rf5 36. Qb5+ Kd8
37. Qd3 Kc8 38. Kg2 Bb6 39. Rf1 Rxf1 {The time to resign..} 40. Qxf1 Qe4+ 41.
Kh3 Qe6+ 42. Kg2 d4 43. Qf8+ Bd8 44. Qc5+ Qc6+ 45. Qxc6+ bxc6 46. Kf3 Kd7 47.
Ke4 Bf6 48. h4 Ke6 49. g4 Bxh4 50. Kxd4 Bf2+ 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. a4 Be1 53. b5 cxb5
54. axb5 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Bled op 19th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Samaritani, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. h4 $5 $146 (10. Nf4 c6 11. O-O-O a5 12. f3 a4 13. a3 b5
14. Na2 Qb6 15. Qd2 $6 Ne6 $5 (15... Ne4 $1 16. fxe4 (16. Bxe4 Bxg5 $132) 16...
Bxg5 17. exd5 Bxf4 18. exf4 cxd5 $132) 16. h4 (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh4
Rec8 $132) 16... Nxf4 17. Bxf4 c5 $132 {Hort,V-Torre,E/Bochum 1981/1-0 (62)}) (
10. Ng3 c6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h4 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16.
Bxf5 g6 17. Bd3 b5 18. h5 g5 19. Kb1 $14 {1-0 Santasiere,A-Morris,H/Ventnor
City 1939 (26)}) (10. h3 Be6 11. O-O-O (11. g4 Rc8 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O c5 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rdg1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bc2 Rc4 $132 {1-0
Carstensen,J-Costello,C/Politiken Cup '96, VISA NGP, Politiken 1996 (32)})
12... c6 13. Kf1 h6 14. Bf4 c5 15. f3 (15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Kg2 $14) 15... a6 16.
Ng3 b5 17. Qf2 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Qd2 g5 21. Be5 Nd7 22. f4 $13
{0-1 Doering,T-Stern,R/BL 1994 (32)}) 11... c5 12. Bb5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14.
Nf4 $14 {1-0 Raicevic,V-Hector,J/Geneve 1989 (34)}) (10. O-O a6 11. Rad1 h6 12.
Bh4 Be6 13. f3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 N8d7 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Rc1
Rc6 19. Qb1 $132 {0-1 Bareev,E-Pigusov,E/Toliatti URS sf 1985 (41)}) (10. O-O-O
b6 (10... Be6 11. Kb1 (11. f3 $5 Rc8 $5 12. Kb1 c5 (12... a6 $5 13. g4 $1 c5
14. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 15. Nd4 Bb4 $5 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 $14) 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14.
Nd4 a6 15. h4 $5 (15. g4 b5 (15... h6 16. Bf4 $16) 16. Qd2 $14) 15... Qb8 $6 (
15... h6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bf4 $5 $14) 16... Bxf6 17. Qf2 $1 $14 {/\ g4}) 16. g4
$14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Ambarcumjan,A/USSR 1989 (38)}) 11... Ng4 (11... Ne4 12. Bxe7
Nxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Qxe7 14. h3 $14) (11... Rc8 12. Nf4 h6 (12... c6 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. f4 $14 {1-0 Vladimirov,E-Klovans,J/Frunze 1988 (29)}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bf4
c5 15. Bg6 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxg6 (16... Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Rc8 19. Bd3 $16
{Annageldiev,O-Petrosian,K/Belgorod GMA-qual 1989/0-1 (56)}) 17. Qxg6 Kh8 $132)
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. f3 $1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Campora,D/Thessaloniki
(ol) 1988 (35) ><e4}) 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. h4 a6 13. Bf5 $14 {Skomorokhin,R-Donner,
B/Berliner Sommer 1993/1-0 (63)}) 10... c6 11. O-O-O b5 (11... h6 12. Ng3 $5
hxg5 13. hxg5 Ne4 14. Ngxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. d5 c5 17. f4 c4 18. Qf2 (18.
g4 Bxg4 19. Qh2 Bh5 20. Bf3 Qb6 21. Bxh5 Qxe3+ 22. Kc2 (22. Kb1 Bb4 23. Bxg6
Nxg6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 22... gxh5 23. Qxh5 Ng6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. d6 (25. Rhf1
Bb4 26. f5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qe4+ 28. Kb2 Qg2+ 29. Ka1 Re2 $19) 25... Bd8 26. Kb1 (
26. Rhf1 $2 Re4 27. f5 Rh4 28. fxg6 Rxh7 29. gxh7 Qh3 30. g6 Kg7 $19) 26... Re4
(26... Ba5 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Nd5 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 $18) 27. f5 $18) 18... f5 19. gxf6
Bxf6 $17) 12. Ng3 a5 13. Nf5 $14 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 a4 15. Kb1 Qa5 (15... h6 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g3 (17. g4 Bxh4 18. Rh3 Bf6 19. Rdh1 Qd6 20. f4 g6 21. g5 $1 Bh8
22. Bd3 h5 23. f5 $40) 17... Qe7 18. Rc1 $14) 16. Ne2 Ra6 17. Nf4 (17. Rc1 $14)
17... b4 18. Qe2 Rb6 $5 (18... N8d7 19. Rc1 Rb6 20. g4 $16) 19. g4 Ne4 20. Bxe4
(20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 (21... dxe4 {This game}) 22. f3 Re8 23. Rc1 $14 (
23. h5 $14)) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. d5 $6 (22. Rc1 $5 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6
24. Rc5 $16) 22... a3 $2 (22... c5 23. g5 $14) 23. b3 $16 Ng6 (23... c5 24. g5
$16 (24. h5 $16)) 24. Qc4 Re8 (24... Nxf4 25. d6 Rd7 (25... Qe5 26. Rd4 Rd7 27.
exf4 Qf6 28. g5 Qf5 29. Re1 $18) 26. exf4 Rb8 27. Rhe1 Qd8 28. Qxc6 Rc8 29.
Qxe4 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Re4 Rb8 34. Kc2 $18)
25. Nxg6 hxg6 (25... fxg6 26. d6+ Kf8 27. d7 Rd8 28. Qxe4 $18) 26. h5 (26. d6
$5 Qe5 27. Qc2 (27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 c5 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. Rhd1 Rd7 31. Kc2 (31.
Rxc5 Rbxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc4 Rd2 34. Rxe4 Rb2+ 35. Kc1 Rxa2 36. Rxb4 Rxf2
37. Ra4 a2 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. b4 g5 40. h5 g6 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 $11) 31... Rc6 $14)
27... Rd8 28. h5 Rxd6 29. hxg6 c5 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rc1 $16) 26... Qa6 $6 $18
(26... Qb5 $142 27. hxg6 fxg6 (27... Qxc4 28. bxc4 {-This game}) 28. Qxb5 cxb5
(28... Rxb5 29. dxc6 Rc8 30. Rd6 $18) 29. Rd2 (29. Rd4 Rf6 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Rxe4
Rxd5 32. Rxb4 Rd2 $11) 29... Kf7 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rd4 Rf6 32. Rc2 g5 33. Rcd2
Rh6 34. Rxe4 Rh1+ 35. Kc2 Ra1 36. Kd3 Rxd5+ 37. Rd4 Ke6 38. Ke4 Rxd4+ 39. Kxd4
Kd6 40. Ke4+ Ke6 41. f3 g6 42. Rc2 Kd6 43. Rh2 Ke6 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. Kd5 Rf1 46.
Kc5 Rxf3 47. Kxb5 Rxe3 48. Kxb4 Re4+ 49. Kxa3 Rxg4 50. b4 Rf4 51. Kb3 g4 52. a4
Rf3+ 53. Kc4 g3 54. a5 Rf2 55. Rd3 g2 56. Rg3 Kf6 57. a6 g5 58. Kb3 g4 59. Rxg4
Kf5 60. Rg8 Rf3+ 61. Ka4 Rf2 62. Ka5 $18) 27. hxg6 Qxc4 $8 28. bxc4 b3 $2 (
28... cxd5 29. Rxd5 $1 (29. gxf7+ $2 Kxf7 30. cxd5 (30. Rxd5 b3 $1 (30... Rc8
31. Rd4 Rbc6 (31... Rf6 32. Rh2 Rfc6 33. Kc2 Rxc4+ 34. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 35. Kb3 Rc7
36. Kxb4 Ra7 37. Rh5 $18) 32. Rc1 Rf6 33. Rc2 Re6 34. Rcd2 Rec6 35. Kc2 Rxc4+
36. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 37. Kb3 Rc1 38. Kxb4 $18) 31. Ra5 Rc8 32. Ra4 Kf6 33. axb3 Rxb3+
34. Kc2 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 Rxf2 36. Rxa3 Rd8 37. Kb4 Rb2+ 38. Kc5 Kg5 39. Rg1 g6 $11)
30... b3 31. axb3 Rxb3+ 32. Ka2 Rb2+ $1 (32... Rc3 33. Rd2 (33. Rd4 Rb8 (33...
Rc2+ 34. Kxa3 Rxf2 $14) 34. Rd2 Kf6 35. d6 Rd8 36. Rd4 Rc2+ 37. Kxa3 Rxf2 38.
Rxe4 Rxd6 $14) 33... Kf6 34. Rb1 Rd8 35. Rb6+ Kg5 36. Rb4 Re8 37. d6 Kf6 38. d7
Rd8 39. Rxe4 $18) 33. Kxa3 Reb8 $1 $11) 29... Rxg6 (29... fxg6 30. Kc2 Rf8 (
30... b3+ 31. axb3 Reb8 32. Rb1 Ra8 33. Ra1 Kf7 34. Rd4 $18) 31. Rd2 b3+ 32.
axb3 Rfb8 33. Rb1 $18) (29... b3 30. axb3 Rxb3+ 31. Ka2 Rb2+ (31... Rc3 32.
Rh8+ $1 $18) 32. Kxa3 Reb8 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Kxb2 fxg6 35. Kc3 $18) 30. Rdh5 f6
31. R1h4 Re5 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Kc2 f5 34. R8h5 Kf6 35. Rxf5+ Rxf5 36. gxf5 Kxf5
37. Kb3 $18) (28... c5 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Kc2 $18) 29. Rh8+ $3 Kxh8 30. gxf7
bxa2+ 31. Kxa2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%mdl 60]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bh6 Ne6 (12... Nh5 13.
Rab1 (13. Ne5 f6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxg6 Ng7 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Rfe1 $16) 13... Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. Bxg7 (15. a4 Bf5 (15... Nf5 16. Bf4 $14) (
15... Bd6 16. b5 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $14 {
0-1 Browne,W-Lobron,E/Dortmund-A 1990 (41)})) 15... Kxg7 16. Na4 (16. a4 Ne6
17. b5 axb5 (17... a5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 $16) 18. axb5 c5 $11) 16... Bd6 17.
Nc5 Qf6 18. Rfc1 (18. Nd2 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. Kg2 Qg5+ $11)
18... Ne6 $132 {1-0 Karpov,A-Short,N/Lucerne WchT 1989/[Ftacnik] (66)} (18...
Bxh3 19. Nxb7 $16)) (12... Bd6 13. Rab1 (13. Rac1 Ne6 14. Ng5 Nh5 15. f4 Nxg5
16. Bxg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132 {1-0 Hermesmann,H-Gerusel,M/BL2W 1993 (32)})
13... Ne6 (13... Qe7 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Bh4 Qd8 (15... Ng7 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Ngh5 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. g4 Qd7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bxf6 $18 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,
A-Riline,A/WCh-Team U-26, Roque Saenz Pena ARG 1997 (33)}) 16. Rfe1 $14) 14. b4
Kh8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng8 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Nh6 19. Ne2 a6 20. Qc3 Bf5
21. Nd4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 $14 {0-1 Antonsen,M-Bjerring,K/Copenhagen 1988 (35)}) 13.
Ne5 (13. Rab1 Ng7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rbd1 Qa5 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 $14
) 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bg5 Na4 (17... Bc6 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 $14) 18. Bxf6 (18.
Nxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bd7 20. Qb2 $14) 18... Bxf6 (18... Nxc3 19. Nb3 $18) 19. b4
Qxb4 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qc7 Bc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 (23... Qxc6 24. Qxc6
bxc6 25. Rc1 $14) 24. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Kaidanov,G/Asheville 1994/Inf
60/[Yermolinsky,A] (52)}) 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 Nf5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Ne5 Nh5 18. Bh2
Nh4 19. f4 f6 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Boensch,U/Hanover 1991 
(21)}) (13. Rad1 Ng7 14. g4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 Bd6 17. Bxg7 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Kxg7 19. Bg2 f5 20. Ne2 $14 {0-1 Schatzberg,W-Geissler,D/Open German
Seniors, Weilburg GER 1998 (54)}) 13... Ng7 14. g4 (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rae1 Bd6
16. f4 Ng8 17. Rf3 Nh6 18. g4 Qh4 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Reh,
P-Schultheis,H/OLO-B 1995 (37)}) 14... Nd7 (14... a6 15. f4 c5 16. f5 gxf5 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxf5 cxd4 19. exd4 $14 {1-0 Hansen,E-Guindy,E/Nordisk
zoneturnerin 1991 (25)}) 15. f4 Nxe5 $2 $16 (15... Bf8 $1 16. Qf2 f6 (16...
Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be6 18. e4 $14) 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. Rae1 Bd7 $14 {1-0 Christiansen,
L-Van der Sterren,P/WchT Luzern [Ftacnik 1989 (31)}) (15... Bd6 16. Rf3 Nf8 17.
Raf1 f6 18. f5 fxe5 19. f6 Be6 20. fxg7 Nd7 21. Bxg6 $18) (15... f6 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Bxg7 Nxe5 (17... Kxg7 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qf7#) 18. Bxf6 Nf3+ 19. Rxf3
Bxf6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. f5 Rf8 22. g5 Rf7 23. f6 $18) 16. fxe5 $1 $146 (16. dxe5
Bc5 17. Qf2 (17. Rf3 Ne6 18. f5 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 (20... Rxe5 21.
Qxc5 (21. fxg6 Rxd5 22. gxf7+ (22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qc3+ Qe5 $17) 22... Kf8 $17)
21... Rxd5 22. Qc2 gxf5 23. Raf1 fxg4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Rxf7 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2
Qxf2+ 27. R1xf2 gxh3 28. Bc2 Rd7 29. Rf8+ Kg7 30. R8f6 Kg8 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32.
R8f6 $11) 21. Qxc5 Rxe5 22. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Hansen,S-Tuominen,R/Arnhem EUchJ 1990
(40)}) 17... f6 (17... d4 18. Ne4 dxe3 19. Qe2 $14) 18. Rad1 fxe5 19. Ne4 $5
$14) 16... Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qf2 Rf8 (18... Bf5 19. Be2 Be6 20. e4 h5 21.
h4 (21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Re7 25. Kf2 $14) 21...
Qd8 (21... Qd2 22. exd5 cxd5 23. gxh5 Qxb2 24. hxg6 Qxc3 25. gxf7+ Bxf7 26.
Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Qxd5 (27. Qf2 Rf8 28. Bf3 Rf4 $132) 27... Qe3+ 28. Rf2 Rad8 29.
Qf3 (29. Qb3 Qxd4 30. Rd1 Qxe5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qb1+ Kh8 33. Qxb7 Nf5 $132)
29... Qxd4 30. Rd1 Qxe5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Bd3+ Kh6 33. Be4 $18) 22. exd5 cxd5
23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Kh2 Kh8 (25... Kh7 26. Qc2+ Kh8 27. Rf6 $18)
26. Qf4 Kh7 27. Rg1 Rg8 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Bg4 30. Rf1 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Rf8
32. Nxd5 $18) (18... Be6 19. e4 h5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Rac8 (
22... g5 23. Rf2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rad8 25. Kh2 $16) 23. Nb5 Re7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25.
Nb5 hxg4 26. hxg4 g5 27. Rf2 Bxg4 28. Rg2 Bf3 29. Rxg5 $16) 19. Rae1 (19. e4
Be6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf4 Qh4 22. Kh2 Rac8 23. Rac1 $16) 19... h5 20. Qf6 Ne6 (
20... Qxf6 21. exf6 Ne8 22. Be2 (22. e4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Be6 24. gxh5 Bxh3 25. Rf3
Bf5 26. Re7 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Nxf6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Rg3 Rf7 30. Rxg6+ Kf8 31. Re6
Ne8 $11) 22... hxg4 23. hxg4 Nd6 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Rh1 $16) 21. Qxg5 Nxg5 22. h4
(22. Kg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Kg3 Bh5 $15) 22... Nh7 $2 $18 (22... Nh3+ 23.
Kh2 hxg4 (23... Bxg4 24. Rf6 $18 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd3f1]}) 24. Kg3 Re8 25. Rf6
(25. Be2 f5 $1 $15) 25... Re6 26. Rxe6 (26. Ref1 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Ng1 28. e4 Nf3
29. exd5 cxd5 30. Nb5 Bd7 31. Nd6 Nxd4 32. Rxf7 Bf5 33. Bf1 b6 34. Bg2 Ne2+ 35.
Kf2 Nf4 36. Bh1 $132) 26... Bxe6 27. Be2 $16) 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. Kh2 (24. Rf4 $5
Be6 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Rg5 Bg4 29. e4 Rad8 30. exd5
cxd5 31. Nb5 (31. Rf6 Rd7 32. Kg3 Rc8 33. Kf4 Rc4 34. Ke3 Rc6 $16) 31... Rd7
32. Rf6 (32. Nd6 f6 $1 $15) 32... Rg8 33. Rxg8 Kxg8 34. Nxa7 Rc7 35. Kg3 $143 (
35. Rb6 $1 Rc4 36. Rxb7 Rxd4 37. Nc6 Rc4 (37... Ra4 38. Nb4 $18) 38. Ne7+ Kg7
39. Nxd5 Be6 40. Nf6 Rxh4+ 41. Kg3 Ra4 42. Nxh5+ Kh6 43. Nf4 Rxa2 44. Nxe6 fxe6
45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Rb6 Kf7 (46... Ra4+ 47. b4 Kh5 48. Rxe6 Rxb4+ 49. Kf5 Rb1 50.
Rf6 $18) 47. Kg5 Ra7 48. b4 $18) 35... Rc4 36. Rb6 (36. Nb5 Rb4 37. Nd6 Be6 38.
b3 Rxd4 39. Nxb7 Re4 40. Nc5 Rxe5 41. Nxe6 fxe6 42. a4 Kg7 43. Rf3 Re4 44. a5
Rb4 45. Rc3 Kf6 $132) 36... Rxd4 37. Rxb7 Rc4 38. a3 $16) 24... Bg4 25. Rf4 Kg7
(25... f6 26. Ref1 Rae8 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxf6 $18) 26. Ref1 Be6 (26... Rae8
27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Rxf7+ $18) 27. Ne2 Rh8 (27... f6 28. Bxh7 Kxh7 29. Rxf6 $18)
28. Ng3 Nf8 (28... Rae8 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. Nd6 Re7 31. Bg6 $18) 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30.
Rg1+ Ng6 31. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "San Roque"]
[Site "San Roque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rad1 {N; 11.a3; 11.Rae1; 11.Rab1; 11.f3!? -
44/(493)} Nh5 {11...Ng4?! - 44/(493)} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfe1 (13. Na4 Ng6 14.
Rfe1 Bg4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Drasko,M-Mirkovic,S/Belgrade op 1989 (31)}) 13... Bg4 14. Rb1 (14. h3 Bxe2 (
14... Bd7) 15. Qxe2 Nf6 16. f3 Ne6 17. Qf2 c5 18. Bc2 a6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bb3
Rad8 21. Re2 Nc7 22. Rd3 Nb5 23. Nxb5 (23. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 24. Rc2 Ndc3 $1 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. bxc3 Rd3 $44) 23... Qxb5 24. Red2 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Lputian,S/
Sotchi 1987 (41)}) 14... Rad8 15. Ng3 $5 (15. h3 Be6 (15... Bxe2 16. Nxe2 $14)
16. b4 Qg5 17. Kh2 Qh4 18. Rf1 a6 19. a4 $14) 15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. b4 a6
18. Na4 (18. a4 h4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Rd6 $1 $132 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gd6g6,Gg6h6]}) 18... Rd6 19. Nc5 Bc8 (19... h4 20. gxh4 Qxh4 21. f3 (21.
Nxb7 Rh6 22. f3 Bxf3 $19) 21... Bc8 22. Qf2 Qh5 23. g4 Qg5 24. a4 Rh6 25. b5
axb5 26. axb5 b6 27. Nb3 f5 (27... Bxg4 28. fxg4 Qxg4+ 29. Qg2 $16) 28. bxc6
fxg4 29. f4 Qh5 30. Qg2 $132) 20. Bf5 Qd8 (20... Bxf5 21. Qxf5 h4 $40) 21. a4
Rf6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. e4 dxe4 (23... b6 24. e5 Rg6 25. Nb3 Qg4 (25... h4 26.
gxh4 Qg4 27. g3 $16) 26. Qd3 Ne6 27. Qxa6 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Red1 Qxe5 30.
Qxb6 $11) 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Nxe4 Rg6 (25... Rh6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Qf5 $11)
26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Qd8 (27... Qf5 28. bxc6 Rxc6 (28... bxc6 $11) 29. Qd3 b6
30. d5 Rd6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. d6 Nd7 $11) 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qc5 Re6 (29... Qd5 30.
Qxd5 cxd5 31. Nc5 Ne6 $11) 30. Ng5 Rd6 31. Nf3 g6 (31... Ne6 32. Qxh5 g6 33.
Qe5 $16 Nxd4 $140 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Rb8 $18) 32. Rb7 Rf6 $4 (32... Ne6 33. Qb4
Qf8 34. Ne5 Rxd4 35. Qxf8+ Nxf8 36. Nxc6 $11) 33. Ne5 Ne6 (33... Qd5 34. Qe7
Qe6 35. Qd8 (35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Nxf7 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ne6 38. Ne5 Nxd4 39. Nxg6 $18)
35... Kg7 36. Rb8 $18) 34. Qxc6 Nxd4 (34... Qxd4 35. Qe8+ Nf8 36. Kh2 h4 (36...
Qd5 37. Rb8 Qd6 38. Rd8 Qb4 39. Nd7 Rxf2 40. Nxf8 $18) 37. Rxf7 hxg3+ 38. fxg3
Qd6 39. Nc4 $1 $18) 35. Qc4 $1 $18 Ne6 36. Rxf7 (36. Nd7 Nf8 37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $18
) 36... h4 (36... Rxf7 37. Qxe6 Qf6 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Kh2 Kf6
41. Kh3 g5 42. g4 h4 43. f4 $18) (36... g5 37. Qa2 $22 (37. Qb3 Nd4 38. Qc4 Ne6
) (37. Rd7 Qb6) 37... Rh6 (37... Rxf7 38. Qxe6 $18) 38. Rd7 Qc8 39. Qb3 $1 Qc1+
40. Kh2 Qc8 41. f4 $18) 37. Rd7 Qb6 38. Qxh4 $6 (38. Ng4 $18 Rxf2 39. Nxf2 (39.
Kh2 hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rf8 41. Nh6+ Kh8 42. Qc3+ $18) 39... hxg3 40. Qc2 Qxf2+ 41.
Qxf2 gxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Ng7 43. g4 $18) 38... Qxf2+ 39. Kh2 Nf8 40. Qc4+ Re6 41.
Ng4 $6 (41. Rd8 Qf5 42. Nd7 Qh5+ 43. Qh4 $18) 41... Qb2 42. Re7 $4 (42. Nh6+
Kh8 43. Rf7 $18) 42... Qh8+ 43. Kg1 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rab1 Ne4 (12... a5 13. a3 N6d7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Qd1 Ng6 17. Na4 h5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bf5 20.
Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qc2 Qf6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne7 24. b5 $16 {1-0 Babula,
V-Jirovsky,M/CSR-chJ Pardubice 1991 (42)}) (12... Rc8 13. b4 a6 (13... N6d7 14.
Bf4 Nb6 15. a4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nd2 b5 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qd8 $11 {0-1 Sorokin,M-Soppe,G/Clarin It. Villa Gesell ARG 1996 
(47)}) 14. Na4 Rc7 15. Rfc1 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bf5 Nf6 19. Ne5
Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ra8 21. a4 Ne8 22. Qd3 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mitenkov,A-Obukhov,A/
URS-chClub Pavlodar 1991 (25)}) (12... N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Na4 {N} (14. b4 Bd6
{- 57/404}) 14... Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Ng6 16. Bh2 Bd6 17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Qc2 {/\ f4} (
18. f4 $2 Bf5) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Yusupov,A/Amsterdam 1994 (49)}) (12... Qd7 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. b4
Bd6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bh2 f6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rfc1 $14
{1-0 Henc,R-Barrientos,E/Bratislava op 1993 (60)}) 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 (13... Qxe7 $2
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 $16) 14. b4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc7 $5 (15... a6 16. a4 Rc8
17. Rfc1 $14 Rec7 18. Qc2 (18. Qb2 Qf6 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Nb3 (21.
b5 $2 cxb5 22. Rxc7 (22. axb5 Rc2 $19) 22... Rxc7 23. axb5 Rc2 $19) (21. Nf3
Ne6 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 (23. Rxc7 Nxc7) 23... Rc2 24. bxa6 Rxb2 25. Rxc8+ Nf8
26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rxb2 bxa6 28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Ne5 $11) 21... Ne6 22. Nc5 Nxc5
23. bxc5 Rd8 24. Rc3 Rdd7 25. Rb3 h5 26. Qd2 h4 27. Qa5 (27. Qd3 Qf6 $11 (27...
Qxd3 28. Rxd3 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d2,Gd2c3,Gc3b4,Gb4a5,Ga5b6,Gb6a7]} a5 $11))
27... Kh7 28. Qb6 Qe6 29. Qa7 Qe7 $11) 18... Qf6 19. Ne5 $14) 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17.
a4 $6 (17. Qc2 $14) (17. Nd2 $14) 17... Qf6 $5 18. Ne5 (18. Qc2 {[%csl Rf5]}
Bxh3 $17) 18... Bf5 19. Qc2 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Ne6 (20... Ng6 21. b5 b6 22. Nb4 Ne7
23. bxc6 a5 (23... Qe6 24. Qb3 h6 (24... a5 25. Nd3 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Ne5
$16) 25. Rc2 a5 26. Nd3 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Ne5 Rd6 29. Rc1 $14) 24. Nd3
Rxc6 25. Qb2 $14) 21. Rb3 Qe7 22. Qb2 h6 23. Rbc3 a6 24. Qb3 $14 (24. b5 axb5
25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 (26... Rxc7 27. Qxb5 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd5]}) 27. Nc5 Rb8 28. Ra1 b6 29. Nd3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Akhmadeev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ng6 13. Bxf6 (13. b4 axb4 14.
axb4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfc1 (16. b5 Bg4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 $13) 16...
f5 $1 17. g3 b5 $10 {Gligoric,S-Pfleger,H/Den Haag 1966/1-0 (54)}) 13... Bxf6
14. b4 Be7 (14... axb4 15. axb4 Qd6 (15... b5 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Be7 18. Ra8
Bd6 (18... Bxb4 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Ne5 $14) 19. Bf5 Ne7 (19... Qc7 20. Nxd5 $18)
20. Bxh7+ $18 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Farago,S/Budapest FS DecGM 1994 (41)}) 16.
Rfe1 Bd8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bc7 19. g3 Ra3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Salo,T-Pedersen,D/
Copenhagen PC 1996 (33)}) (14... Bg4 $1 15. Nd2 axb4 16. axb4 Be7 17. b5 (17.
h3 $142 Be6 18. Nf3 $132) 17... c5 18. Bf5 cxd4 19. Bxg4 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Bf6 21.
Qb4 d4 $15 {Peelen,P-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1989/0-1 (58)}) 15. Na4
axb4 16. axb4 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Bg4 18. Ne1 $1 $14 (18. Nd2 $2 Qg5 19. Nf1 Nh4 20.
Ng3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nxg2 $1 22. Nb6 (22. Kxg2 Qh5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) 22... Qh5
23. Nxa8 Ne1 $1 {0-1 Maiwald,J-Singer,C/Krumbach op 1991}) 18... Rc8 (18... Qg5
$5 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Ra1 Rae8 21. b5 b6 (21... cxb5 22. Bxb5 Rc8 23. Qb3 b6 24.
Ncd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 $14) (21... Qh4 22. g3 $14) 22. Nb3 cxb5 23. Qc6 $14 (23.
Bxb5 Qh5 (23... Rd8 24. Qd2 $14) 24. h3 $14)) (18... Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Nc5 Bc8
$14 (20... Nh4 21. Bf1 $18)) 19. h3 Qh4 $4 $18 (19... Bd7 20. Nc5 $14) 20. Bxg6
$1 fxg6 21. hxg4 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Rf8 23. Ke2 (23. Nc5 $18) (23. Nc3 $18) 23... Qg1
24. Nd3 $6 (24. f3 $142 Rce8 (24... Bg3 25. Qd2 $18) 25. Qd2 Bg3 26. Rb3 $18)
24... Qxg2 25. Rg1 Qf3+ 26. Kd2 Bh2 $6 (26... Ra8 $142 27. Nc3 b6 28. Qd1 $18)
27. Rh1 Bd6 28. Qd1 Qe4 29. Nc3 Qe7 30. Qf1 (30. b5 $18) (30. Rh3 $18) 30... g5
31. Qg2 $6 (31. b5 $18) 31... h6 32. Rhd1 (32. b5 $18) 32... Qf6 33. Rdc1 Kh8
34. b5 Bc7 (34... Ra8 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb7 $18) 35. b6 $6 (35. bxc6 bxc6 36.
Rb7 Ba5 37. Qg3 $18) 35... Bd6 36. Na4 Rf7 37. Nac5 Qe7 38. Ra1 Rcf8 39. Rc2
Kh7 $6 (39... Bxc5 $1 40. Rxc5 (40. dxc5 Qe4 41. Qg1 d4 42. Re1 Ra8 $16 (42...
Rf3 $16)) 40... Qd8 41. Rb1 Qa8 $16) 40. Kd1 $18 Bb8 41. Ra8 Qf6 42. Ne5 Bxe5
43. Rxf8 (43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Nd7 Rxd7 45. Rxf8 Qa1+ 46. Ke2 Qb1 47. Rd2 Qb5+ 48.
Rd3 (48. Kf3 $2 Qb4 $19) 48... Qb2+ 49. Kf3 Qxb6 $16) 43... Rxf8 44. Nd7 $1 Qe7
(44... Qf3+ 45. Qxf3 Rxf3 46. Nxe5 $18) 45. Nxf8+ Qxf8 46. dxe5 Qa3 47. Qf3
Qa1+ 48. Ke2 Qa6+ 49. Ke1 Qa1+ 50. Qd1 Qxe5 51. Qd3+ g6 52. Qd4 Qd6 53. Rd2 h5
54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Qe4+ Kh6 56. f4 g4 57. Qe5 Qd8 58. Rh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ignatiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. f3 (12. h3 Ne6 (12... Bd6 13.
Bxd6 (13. a3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 (15... Bxe6 16. b4 $14) 16. b4 a6
17. a4 g5 18. b5 g4 19. Bf5 Rd6 20. Rfc1 (20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bxc8
Qxc8 23. Rfb1 Qd7 (23... Rg6 24. Nxd5 $1 $16) 24. Ne2 $132) 20... gxh3 $15 (
20... Qe8 21. Rab1 (21. bxa6 $11) 21... axb5 22. axb5 gxh3 23. gxh3 Kh8 $132 {
1-0 Amura-Chaves,J/Gambito da Dama 1993 (60)})) 13... Qxd6 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Ng3
Ng5 16. h4 Ne6 17. Bf5 Nc7 $11 (17... g6 $4 18. Bxg6 $18 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Ng7 20.
Nh5 Nfxh5 21. Qxd6 {1-0 Carvalho,G-Martinez,M/Montevideo op 1994/EXT 94op}))
13. Bh2 (13. Be5 Ng5 (13... Bd6 14. f4 Nf8 15. Rf3 Be7 16. g4 Ne4 17. f5 Nxc3 (
17... Ng5 18. Rg3 $132) 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bg5 20. Raf1 (20. e4 $5) 20... a5
(20... c5 $11) 21. Kg2 b6 $132 {0-1 Reilly,T-Steffensen,N/Canberra 1994 (55)})
14. Rab1 Bd6 15. f4 (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 $14) 15... Nge4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. f5 b6 $11 {- Evans,L-Robatsch,K/Capablanca mem
1964/MCD-r6 (56)}) 13... Bd6 14. Rab1 Ng5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf4 $132 (16. Ng3
$2 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qxg3 $17 {0-1 Kozma,J-Sefc,J/CSR-ch 1954/MCD-ch (49)})) (12.
Rab1 Nh5 (12... Bd6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. Qb3 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Rfe1 (17.
Rfc1 Bb7 18. Bxd6 (18. e4 $2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxd4 $17
) 18... Qxd6 19. Ng3 g6 20. a5 (20. axb5 axb5 $11) (20. Ra1 Nd7 21. Rc2 Nb6 22.
Rca2 Nc4 $11) 20... Re7 21. Qc2 Kg7 22. Re1 $132) 17... Ng5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19.
Ra1 Bb7 (19... Nd7 20. axb5 $18) (19... Bd7 20. Ng3 h5 21. h4 Nge4 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rec1 $14 {- Panno,O-Pedersen,E/Moscow olm 1956/MCD-ol 
(33)}) 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rec1 Nd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. e4 dxe4 25.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Ra7 (26... Qxd4 27. Rd1 $18) 27. Rd1 $14) (12... a5 13. a3
Ne6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. b4 Bf8 16. Be5 Nf6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Bg3 b5 19. Qxc6 Ra6 20.
Qxb5 axb4 21. axb4 Ra7 22. Nc5 Ra3 23. Bc2 Nexc5 24. bxc5 Ba6 25. Qb2 {1-0 Toh,
T-Lozada,G/Moscow olm SIN-VEN 1994}) (12... Ne6 13. Bg3 Ng5 (13... Bd6 14. b4 (
14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Ng5 17. b4 a6 18. Na4 $14 {1-0 Benko,
P-Peretz,M/Netanya 1969 (40)}) 14... Ng5 15. b5 Bxg3 16. Nxg3 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6
18. Bb5 Bxb5 (18... Qd7 19. Bd3 $14) 19. Rxb5 b6 20. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Benko,
P-Nikolic,S/Sarajevo 1967 (61)}) 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 Nge4 16. Nc5 Nxg3 17. Nxg3
Bd6 18. Bf5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 b6 21. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Kottnauer,C-Aitken,
J/Tel Aviv ol 1964 (69)}) 13. Be5 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. b4 Nf6 16. h3 Ne6 17.
Rfc1 $14 (17. f4 $6 Nf8 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. a4 Re7 20. a5 Rae8 21. Qd2 Ng6 $132 {
- Giorgadze,G-Kalinin,M/Cuxhaven op 1993/EXT 93op (29)})) (12. a3 Ne6 (12... a5
13. Bg3 Ne6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Rab1 c5 $4 (15... Bf8 $132) (15... Ng5 16. Bxd6
Qxd6 17. Nf4 $14) 16. Bxd6 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Walton,J-Gillen,
A/EU-chJM U16 Szombathely 1993 (40)}) 16... Qxd6 17. Nb5 $18) 13. Be5 Bd6 14.
f4 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng3 $132) 14... Ng4 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. h3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be7
18. Nf4 Bg5 $5 (18... Nf8 $6 19. e4 $1 $132 (19. Rf3 f6 $15 {0-1 Hurelbaatar,
C-Przewoznik,J/Gdynia Dreszer op 1989 (29)})) 19. Nce2 Bd8 $1 $15) 12... Ne6
13. Be5 c5 $2 (13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 14. Rad1 $14 c4 (14... b6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. b4 Na6 19. Nxd5 $16) 15. Bf5 Nf8 $6 (15...
a6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 b5 18. Ng3 $14) 16. Nf4 $16 Be6 (16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5
$16) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 N6d7 (18... Qb6 19. e4 N8d7 20. Bg3 Bb4 21. exd5
Bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. dxe6 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Bf2 Qd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. exd7
Re7 27. Bc5 Rf7 (27... Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Bd4 Nb8 30. Rd1 Nc6 31. Bc3 Rd8
32. Kf2 $14) (27... Re5 28. Bd4 Re7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rd1 (30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Rc8
Rxd7 $19) 30... Rd8 31. Rxd3 Re2 32. Rb3 $14) 28. Be6 $14) 22... exd5 23. Rfe1
$16) 19. f4 $6 (19. Bg3 Qa5 20. e4 $16) 19... Nxe5 $4 (19... Qb6 $14) 20. fxe5
$18 Bg5 (20... Qa5 21. e4 (21. Rxf8+ $5 Bxf8 22. Qg6 Qb6 23. Ne2 Re7 24. Nf4
Rae8 25. Nh5 Kh8 26. Nf6 gxf6 27. exf6 e5 28. Bf5 exd4 29. Rxd4 Rc7 30. Qxe8
Qxf6 31. Rxd5 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. h3 $16) 21... Rad8 22. Qf2 $16 (22. Rxf8+ $1
Bxf8 23. exd5 exd5 24. Qg6 Qb6 25. e6 Bc5 (25... Qxb2 26. Nxd5 $18) 26. dxc5
Qxc5+ 27. Kh1 $18)) 21. Rf3 Qe7 22. e4 Rad8 (22... Red8 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rdf1
$16) 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rdf1 Ne6 (24... Nh7 25. Bf5 $18) 25. Qf2 (25. Ne2 $16)
25... Qd7 26. Bf5 $1 Re7 $2 (26... a6 27. Bb1 Be7 28. Qc2 Ng5 29. h4 Ne4 30.
Re3 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Nxd5 $18) 27. h4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Be7 (4... f6 5. Bd2 {-see commented game 
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Pavasovic,D/Portoroz 1999/CBM 72 (43) [Tsesarsky]}) 5. Bxe7
Qxe7 6. e3 (6. Qb3 $143 Nd7 7. e3 Ngf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. cxd5 (9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4
e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 {0-1 Portnoy,I-Maynard,F/Cali
COL 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (27)}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O {and white
Q on b3 obstructs Pb2 promotion.} Ne4 12. Qc2 $132 {White lost tempo - if
we'll compare this position with theoretical one from Carlsbad variation.})
6... Nf6 (6... Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gc4d5]} (8. a3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4
10. Bxc4 e5 $11 {1-0 Leroy,D-Schumacher,H/Avoine FRA 2000/The Week in Chess
299 (30)})) 7. Nc3 O-O (7... Nbd7 8. Qc2 $5 $14 (8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 (9...
Rd8 10. Qc2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O $14 {1-0 Hebden,M-Cherniaev,A/Port Erin
IOM 2000/The Week in Chess 311 (49)}) 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O exd4 $11)) 8. Qc2 (8.
Bd3 $6 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 $11) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 {-see
commented game 1-0 Moiseenko,A-Poluljahov,A/Krasnodar 1999/CBM 75 (60) 
[Tsesarsky] (12)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12.
a3 Rac8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Markowski,T/
Polanica Zdroj POL 2000/The Week in Chess 302 (15)}) 9. Bd3 $6 {Permits to
Black to equalize the game} (9. Rd1 Re8 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxe5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Markowski,T/Zakopane chT 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (17)})
({Right was} 9. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (9... exd5 10. Bd3 $14) 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd7,Ge2] The only advantage of White is the difference between Bd3
and Bb7. Nd7 also temporary restricted by Pd4.} 12. Rac1 a6 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Qb3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Komljenovic,D-Sandipan,C/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (42)
}) 9... Re8 $6 ({In my opinion, right was} 9... dxc4 $1 {(after Bd3)} 10. Bxc4
e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 Nb6 $11) 12... Ne5 $11) 10. cxd5 $1 {
This move leads to Carlsbad structure. Without black-colours BB White has
stable advantage.} exd5 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rab1 Ng6 13. b4 Bg4 (13... Bd7 14. b5
Rac8 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Gelashvili,T/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (36)}) 14. Nd2 Rac8
15. Bf5 $6 $11 {after this BB exchange Black eqalizes.} (15. Rfc1 $142 Nh4 16.
Nb3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bf1 Qg5 19. Kh1 $14) 15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qe6 17. Qc2
Nh4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge6g4] threatening Qg4} 18. Ne2 (18. h3 Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d6]}
19. Ne2 (19. b5 $2 cxb5 20. Rxb5 Nxe3 $19) 19... Nd6 20. Nf4 Qf5 $11) 18... Qg4
(18... Nf5 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nd6 $132) 19. Ng3 Nh5 20. Rfc1 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Nf5 (21... Ng6 22. Qd3 {[%cal Gb4b5]} (22. b5 $2 cxb5) 22... a6 23. a4 $14 {
[%cal Gb4b5]}) 22. b5 Re6 (22... Nd6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Qb3 Qe2 25. Nf3 Ne4 26.
Rf1 Rc7 (26... Rb6 27. Qa4 Rd8 28. Qa5 $14) 27. Qxd5 (27. Rb2 Qa6 28. Qxd5 Nc3
29. Qb3 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nxd4 {[%csl Rf1]} 31. Qd1 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rec8 $15) 27...
Nc3 28. Qd6 Rec8 29. Ra1 Nxa2 $132) 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Ne7 (24... b6 25.
Rbc1 a6 $1 (25... c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Nb3 c4 28. Rxd5 $16) 26. a4 axb5 27.
axb5 Ne7 28. bxc6 Rexc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rb1 f6 $132 {[%cal Gg8f7]}) 25. Rdc1
Kf8 26. Nf3 (26. bxc6 b6 27. c7 Rc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Rc1 Nb4 $11 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Gb4a6]}) 26... Ke8 27. Ne1 (27. bxc6 b6 28. c7 f6 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc7]})
27... cxb5 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Rxb5 Ra6 (29... Nb6 30. Nd3 $14) 30. Rxb7 (30.
Rb2 Nb6 $132) 30... Rxa2 31. Nd3 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 32. Rb1 $6 $15 {Passive
move - gives to Black advantage.} (32. Rb8+ Kd7 33. Nc5+ Kc6 34. Rh8 h6 35. Rh7
Ne8 36. Rh8 Nd6 $11 (36... Nf6 37. f3 $132)) 32... Kd7 $1 ({Sharp position
with mutual chances would appear after} 32... a5 $6 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. Ra8 Kc7
35. Ra7+ Kb6 36. Rd7 Ne4 37. Rxf7 {Probably White will take the dangerous "a"
free P with N and number of PP will sufficient compensation for N lack.} a4 (
37... g5 38. g4 (38. Rxh7 Rd2 39. f3 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Rxd3 41. fxe4 dxe4 $17) 38...
a4 39. Nb4 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 a3 41. Nxd5+ Kc6 42. Nb4+ Kb5 43. Rb7+ Kc4 $44) 38. Nb4
Ra1+ 39. Kh2 $44) 33. Nb4 Ra5 34. Rc1 $6 $17 (34. Nd3 $15) 34... Rb5 35. Nd3 (
35. Na6 Nc4 36. Nc5+ Kd6 37. Ra1 a5 $17) 35... f6 $2 $132 ({Very strong was} 
35... Nc4 36. Kf1 (36. Ne5+ Nxe5 37. dxe5 a5 $17) (36. Ra1 a5 $17) 36... a5 37.
Nc5+ Kd6 $17) 36. Nc5+ Ke7 {Black K had to retreat...} 37. Na6 Ne4 38. g4 Kd6
39. f3 Nd2 40. Rc7 Rb1+ ({Equal position also after} 40... Ra5 41. Rxa7 Nc4 42.
Nc7 Rxa7 43. Nb5+ Kd7 44. Nxa7 Nxe3 45. Kf2 Nc2 46. Nb5 Kc6 47. Na7+ Kb6 48.
Nc8+ Kc7 49. Ne7 $11) 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Rxa7 Ra2 43. Kg3 g5 44. Rf7 Ke6 45. Ra7
Kd6 46. Rf7 (46. Nc7 Nf1+ 47. Kh3 Rxa7 48. Nb5+ Ke6 49. Nxa7 Nxe3 50. Nb5 $11)
46... Ke6 47. Ra7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Barus, Cerdas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 (11... a5 $5) 12. b4 Rc8 (12... a6
13. Na4 (13. a4 $14) 13... N6d7 14. Bxe7 (14. Bf4) 14... Qxe7 15. Nc5 (15. Rfc1
$5 $14) 15... Nxc5 $5 16. bxc5 (16. Qxc5 $14) 16... Rad8 17. Rb2 (17. Bf5 $5)
17... g6 18. Rfb1 $14 {Portisch,L-Yusupov,A/Bugojno 1986/0-1 (53)}) (12... N6d7
$5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b5 $14) 13. a4 $14 a6 (13... Ng6 14. Nf4 Qd6 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6 $16 {1-0 Zsinka,L-Janik,S/Balatonbereny op 1994 (36)})
14. a5 Ng4 $146 (14... Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f3 g6 17. e4 Ng7 18. Qd2 Rcd8 19.
e5 f6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Na4 Rf8 22. Rbc1 Rf7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 $14 {0-1
Gutman,L-Hjartarson,J/Bad Woerishofen 1991 (42)}) 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. h3 Nf6 (16...
Bxf4 $142 17. Nxf4 Nf6 $14) 17. Bg5 $5 Rc7 (17... Be7 $5) 18. f3 h6 19. Bh4 Be7
20. Bf2 (20. e4 $6 dxe4 (20... Rd7 $2 21. e5 N6h7 22. Bxe7 Rdxe7 23. f4 Bc8 24.
f5 $16) 21. fxe4 Rd7 $132) 20... N6h7 21. Kh1 Ng5 22. Bg3 $1 (22. f4 Ngh7 23.
f5 Bc8 24. e4 (24. Bg3 Rd7 (24... Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. e4 {- The Game}) 25. e4
dxe4 26. Nxe4 Ng5 $1 $15) 24... dxe4 25. Bxe4 (25. Nxe4 $2 Bxf5) 25... Nf6 26.
Bf3 Bd6 $132) 22... Bd6 (22... Rd7 $2 23. f4 $18) (22... Rc8 $2 23. f4 Ngh7 24.
f5 Bd7 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf6 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Qxa5 29. Rxb7 Nd5 30.
Rfb1 $16) 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. f4 Ngh7 (24... Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 $16) 25.
f5 (25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Qd8 27. f5 Bd5 28. N4c3 Nf6 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Rfe1 Rde7
$11) 25... Bc8 26. e4 dxe4 $8 27. Nxe4 Qd8 (27... Qe7 28. f6 Nxf6 29. Nxf6+
gxf6 30. Ng3 $40) 28. f6 Rxe4 (28... Nxf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Rf3 $40) 29. fxg7
(29. Bxe4 Nxf6 30. Bf3 Ne6 31. Rbd1 Rd7 32. Qc3 Ng5 $132) 29... Re3 30. gxf8=Q+
Nxf8 31. Nf4 $6 (31. Rf4 Rce7 32. Rbf1 Qd6 33. Qd2 $132) 31... Qxd4 32. Rbd1
Qe5 (32... Rd7 33. Bh7+ Nxh7 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qf2 $14) 33. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]}
Bf5 $2 (33... Be6 $1 34. Nxe6 (34. Bxe6 Nxe6 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rf4
Re1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5 39. Qf2 Re3 40. Qh4 Re7 41. Qg4+ Qg5 $17) 34... Nxe6 35. Rf5
Qe4 36. Qxe4 (36. Qf2 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rc3 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Rf6 Qe3 $19) 36...
Rxe4 37. Rc1 $17) 34. Qf2 $132 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Ne2 $5 (36. Ng6 Qe4 (36...
Bxg6 37. Bxf7+ Bxf7 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Qxd7 Qe7 $11) 37. Qxf5 (37. Ne7+ Qxe7 38.
Qxf5 Ne5 39. Bxf7+ Nxf7 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qxf7 $11 (41. Rxf7 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+
43. Qg3 Rh1+ $19)) 37... Qxc4 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qxe6 Rxe6 40. Rd1 Nf6 41. Nh4 Nd5
$17) 36... Be6 $2 (36... Kh8 $1 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Ne5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 $11)
37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Nd4 $1 $16 Qe8 $2 (38... Qc4 39. Nf5 Re6 40. Rd1 $16) 39. Nf5
$18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8,Rh6]} Re6 (39... Rd3 40. Qh4 $18) 40. Qg3+ Rg6 $8 41. Re1 $1
(41. Nxh6+ Kh7 42. Ng4 $16) 41... Qf8 42. Ne7+ Kg7 (42... Qxe7 43. Qxg6+ fxg6
44. Rxe7 $18) 43. Nxg6 fxg6 44. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barus, Cerdas"]
[Black "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 (7. e3
$5 Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O {Theory}) 7... Be7 8. e3 Nh5 $5 9. Bxe7
(9. h4 $5 Nb6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 $14 {Babula,V-Georgiev,V/
Odorheiu Secuiesc zt 1995/1-0 (50)}) 9... Qxe7 10. Rb1 $6 (10. Bd3 Nf4 11.
O-O-O Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3 (12. Qxd3 O-O 13. g4 Nf6 14. h3 Ne4 15. Rh2 Re8 16. Ne5 f6
17. Nf3 b6 18. Nh4 Nd6 $132) 12... Nf6 13. Rdd1 Bg4 $11) (10. Be2 $142 O-O 11.
O-O g6 12. Bd3 $14) (10. O-O-O $5 $132 Nb6 (10... Ndf6 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Nd3 f5
13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Kb1 $14 {1-0 Gheorghiu,F-Preissmann,E/Bagneux op
1983 (34)}) (10... g6 $6 11. g4 $1 Nhf6 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14. h3 $14 {
Portisch,L-Andersson,U/Reggio 1987/1-0 (53)}) 11. Bd3 Bg4 (11... Be6 12. Kb1 g6
13. Rc1 Ng7 14. Rhe1 {Tempo!} (14. h3 O-O 15. g4 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 14... O-O 15.
h3 a5 16. g4 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Greenfeld,A/Vidmar-mem 1989 (38)}) 12.
Kb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. h4 Kb8 15. Rdg1 g6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nb5
Qxc2+ 19. Bxc2 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxf4 21. Rd1 Nh5 22. Bb3 $14 {1-0 Varga,P-Lazovic,G/
Zalakaros op 1995 (35)}) 10... g6 11. Be2 Nb6 (11... Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Bd3
Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Ne4 15. O-O O-O 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Nhf6 18. Nc5 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne4
20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rfc1 (21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Rfc8 23. Qa5 $14 {Tsesarsky})
21... f5 22. b5 $6 (22. g3 g5 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 f4 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. exf4
gxf4 27. Re1 $16 {Tsesarsky}) 22... axb5 23. axb5 f4 24. bxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2
Chernin,A-Smyslov,V/Sochi 1986}) 12. O-O Bf5 $5 $11 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O
$6 (14... a5 $1 15. a3 $140 (15. b3 O-O $11) 15... a4 16. b3 axb3 17. Rxb3 Nc4
18. Rfb1 Nd6 19. Ne5 O-O $11) 15. Rfe1 $6 (15. b4 {The Nh5 too far from the
center and the queen side} a6 16. a4 a5 17. b5 Nc4 18. Nd2 Nd6 (18... Nxd2 19.
Qxd2 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb1b8,Gf1c1]}) 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 $14 (20. Rb6 Qc7
21. Rfb1 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. g4 Nf6 $11)) 15... Rfe8 (15...
a5 $5) 16. Qc2 (16. b4 $5) 16... Nf6 17. b3 (17. b4 Ne4 18. b5 Rac8 {[%cal
Gc8c2]} 19. Nxe4 (19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 c5 $5 (20... cxb5 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qxa7
(22. Qxb5 Na3) 22... Ra8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Rxa2 25. Rxb5 Re7 26. h3 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd5]}) 21. Qa3 cxd4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nxd4 Rec7 $11) 19... dxe4 20.
Ne5 cxb5 (20... c5 $15) 21. Qb3 a6 $17) 17... Rac8 $11 18. Rec1 (18. Nd2 c5)
18... a6 19. Qb2 (19. Qd3 Ne4 $11) 19... Nbd7 20. h3 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6]} 21. a4
Nd6 (21... a5 $5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 c5 $1 (23... Nb6 $2 24. Rc5 Ra8 25. Nc4
Nd5 (25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 $16) (25... Qc7 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Nxa5 Nxa4 28. bxa4
Qxa5 29. Qxb7 Qxa4 30. Qd7 Ra8 31. Rc1 $16) 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Nxa5 $16) 24. Nc4
b6 25. d5 Rcd8 26. d6 Qg5 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Nxb6 Nd3 29. Qc3 Rxd6 30. Nc4 Qf6 31.
Qc2 Ra6 32. Nb2 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 Rd6 34. Rbb1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qe6 $11 {[%csl Rb3,
Rc5][%cal Ge8b8]}) 22. Ne2 Qf6 (22... a5 $11 23. Nf4 b6 24. Rc2 Ne4 25. Rbc1
Qd6 $132) 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 f6 (25... Re7 26. Rbc1 {[%csl Rd5]}
Rce8 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. b4 g5 29. Nd3 h5 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Rb1 g4 33.
hxg4 hxg4 34. Nfe5 g3 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxb5 (36. f3 $2 Nd6 37. Ne5 Rde7 38.
Rc5 Nc4 39. Re1 (39. Nxc4 bxc4 40. Rxd5 Rxe3 41. Rg5+ (41. Rc5 Re2 42. Rxc4
Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Ree2 $19) 41... Kf8 42. Rxg3 c3 $17) 39... Nxe5 40. dxe5 Rxe5 41.
Rxb5 $15) 36... gxf2 $11) 26. Rbc1 Kf7 27. Nd3 Ra8 (27... Ne4) (27... a5) 28.
Nc5 Re7 29. g4 (29. Kf1 $11) 29... g5 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Rg1 Nf8 32. Rcc1 Ng6 33.
Rh1 Ne4 34. b4 Nd6 35. Kf1 Nf8 36. Kg2 (36. Kg2 a5 $5 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Nd2 {
[%csl Rc4]} Nd7 39. Ndb3 Ra8 40. Nxd7 Rxd7 41. Nc5 Re7 42. Rb1 Ra7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Myc, Marcin"]
[Black "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
c4 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Nb1 Nf8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bh5
14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 g6 19. Rb1 Ne6
20. b4 a6 21. a4 Rc8 22. Qb3 Qg5 23. Rc2 f5 24. f4 (24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 f4 26.
bxc6 Rxc6 (26... fxe3 27. cxb7 Rb8 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. Rbb2 exf2+ (29... Nf4 30.
fxe3 Nxg2 31. Rxg2 Qxe3+ 32. Rgf2 Rxb7 33. Qd2 Rxb2 34. Qxe3 Rfxf2 35. Qxf2 $18
) 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxb7 32. Qc8+ Nd8 33. Re2 Rf7 $11)) 24... Qd8 25. Be2
Qd6 26. Rd2 {Petrosian,T-Konstantinopolsky/ 1947/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O
Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Rae1 Bh5 (14... Rad8 15. f4 Bc8
16. a3 (16. f5 Nd7 17. a3 (17. Qf2 Nf6 18. Qh4 c5 19. Re2 b6 20. a3 {1/2-1/2
Kharitonov,A-Nenashev,A/Barnaul URS sf 1984}) 17... Nf6 18. Qf2 a6 19. Qf4 c5
20. Re2 b5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Pigusov,E/Novosibirsk
1993}) 16... Qd6 17. b4 Re7 18. Qf2 Rde8 (18... Nd7 19. e4 Rde8 (19... dxe4 20.
Nxe4 Qc7 21. f5 $1 (21. d5 $2 cxd5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Nxh7 $1 Ne4 (23... Nxh7 24.
Bxh7+ $16) 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Ng5 Bf5 27. Qxa7 f6 28. Nh3 Bxh3 29.
gxh3 Rd3 $15) 21... Ree8 (21... Ne5 22. Bc2 Ng4 23. Qh4 $16) 22. f6 g6 $8 23.
Qh4 h5 $8 24. Qg5 Nf8 (24... Kh7 25. Ng3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 $18) 25. Qh6 Ne6 26. Ng5
$18) 20. e5 $16) 19. f5 f6 20. Re2 a5 21. Rb1 Kh8 22. g4 Nd7 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24.
exf4 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 axb4 26. axb4 g6 27. Ng3 Kg7 28. Kf2 Nb8 29. h4 Kf7 30. g5
gxf5 31. Nxf5 $16 {1-0 Beim,V-Hoeksema,E/Leeuwarden op 1994 (38)}) 15. f4 Rac8
16. Qf2 (16. f5 f6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd6 19. d5 Rcd8 20. dxc6 bxc6 $11) (16.
a3 $1 $14) 16... f6 (16... Rcd8) 17. f5 $5 (17. e4 $5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd6 (18...
Qf7 $2 19. d5 f5 20. Bc2 cxd5 21. Bb3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Re5 $18) 19. d5 c5
20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxe1 (21... Nd7 22. Qg4 $14) 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. a4 b6 $11)
17... Bf7 18. Qf4 (18. e4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Nxe4 Bxa2 20. Nc3 Qf7 21. Ra1 Bc4
22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxa7 Rcd8 $11) 19... Qd7 $11) 18... Kh8 19. g4 a6 20. h4 c5
21. g5 (21. Re2 b5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd4 Qc7 (23... b4 $6 24. Qxb4 Rc4 $5 25.
Qxe7 Rxg4+ 26. Rg2 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rxe7 28. Bxa6 Rxe3 29. Rd1 $16) 24. Kg2 Nd7
25. Rc1 Qe5 $11 (25... Ne5 $2 26. Nxb5 $18)) 21... b5 22. e4 $6 (22. dxc5 Rxc5
23. Rf2 Nd7 24. g6 Bg8 25. Rd2 Ne5 26. gxh7 Kxh7 27. Be2 $11) 22... cxd4 23.
gxf6 $4 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc5 25. d6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. a3 $44) 23...
gxf6 $17 24. Nxd5 $6 (24. exd5 $142 Qb4 (24... Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 dxc3
27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kd1 cxb2 29. Kc2 $16) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rf2 Nd7 27. Rg2 Rg8
28. Rxg8+ Bxg8 $17) 24... Bxd5 25. exd5 Qc5 $19 {[%csl Yd4,Rg1][%cal Gf8d7,
Gd7e5]} 26. d6 Nd7 (26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. a3 Qxd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Kf2
Kg8 31. h5 Kf7 32. h6 Nd7 33. Rg1 (33. Re6 $6 Rxe6 34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. Bxh7 Kf7
36. Bf5 Ne5 37. b4 $11) 33... Ne5 34. Bb1 Rd7 35. Ba2+ Nc4 $1 $17 (35... Ke7 $2
36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Bg8 d3 (37... Nd3+ 38. Kg3 $1 Nxb2 39. Bxh7 d3 40. Bg6 d2 41.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. Bh5 $18) 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Bxh7 Ng4+ 41. Kxd3 Nxh6
42. Kd4 $11)) 27. Re6 $5 (27. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. Kf1 $8 Nc5 $1 (
29... Ne5 30. Be4 Qxd6 31. Rc6 Qb4 32. Rxf6 Nc4 33. Re6 $8 Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Rg8+
35. Rg6 $3 Re8 (35... Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Re6 $132) 36. Re6 $1 $132) 30. Rxc5
(30. Bc2 d3 $19) 30... Qxc5 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qe4 Qe5 33. Qc6 Qf4+ $19) (27. Re7
Ne5 $19) 27... Ne5 $5 (27... Rg8+ 28. Kh2 Ne5 29. Rd1 (29. d7 Qd5 30. Be4 Qxd7
$19) 29... Rg4 30. Qf2 (30. d7 Rxf4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 33. Rg1+ Rg4
$19) 30... Rxh4+ $1 $19) 28. Rd1 (28. Be4 $5 d3+ 29. Kh1 (29. Qf2 Rg8+ 30. Kh1
Qxf2 31. Rxf2 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Ng4+ 33. Kg3 Nxf2+ 34. Kxf2 d2 $19) 29... Qd4 30.
Bg2 (30. Bb7 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Rc1+ (31... Rxe6 32. fxe6 d2 33. Rd4 Rc1+ 34. Kg2
d1=Q 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. e7 $18) 32. Kh2 Rb8 33. Bd5 d2 34. Bb3 d1=Q 35. Bxd1
Rxd1 36. Rxf6 Rd2+ $19) 30... Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Rc1+ 32. Rf1 Rec8 33. Re8+ (33. d7
Nxd7 34. Rd6 Ne5 35. Rxf6 d2 36. Rd6 Nc4 37. Rd3 Ne3 $19) 33... Rxe8 34. Rxc1
Rd8 $19) 28... Rg8+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kh2 Rg4 30. Qf2 Rxh4+ $1 $19) 29... Rcf8 $2 (
29... Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Qd5 31. Qe4 (31. Re4 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 Qxa2 $19)
31... Qxa2 32. Qxd4 Qb1+ 33. Re1 $8 Rg1+ $1 34. Kxg1 (34. Qxg1 Qxd3+ 35. Kg2
Rc2+ $19) 34... Qxe1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ $19) 30. Be4 $2 (30. a3 $1 Rg7 (30... Nxd3
31. Rxd3 Qc2 32. Rd2 Qc1+ 33. Re1 Rg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qxe1+ 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Rg2 Rxg2+
37. Kxg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) (30... Rf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7g7]}) 31. b4 (31. Ke1
Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rg1+ 33. Kf2 Rfg8 $19) (31. h5 Rfg8 $19) 31... Qc3 32. Rxf6 Rxf6
33. Qxe5 Rf8 34. d7 Qc6 35. Be4 Qxd7 36. Rxd4 $17) 30... Qc4+ $19 31. Kf2 d3 $1
32. Rxe5 $8 Qd4+ 33. Kf3 (33. Qe3 Qxb2+ 34. Rd2 Qxe5 $19) 33... fxe5 (33...
Qxb2 34. Rd2 fxe5 35. Qh2 Qa1 $19) 34. Qh6 Qxb2 35. Rd2 Qc1 36. f6 Qf1+ 37. Rf2
Qh3# 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 (
14. Rab1 Re7 (14... Qd6 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qd3 Ne6 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19.
Na4 Bc7 20. g3 h5 21. b5 h4 22. bxc6 hxg3 23. hxg3 b6 24. Nc3 $16 (24. Nf3 Ng7
(24... Nd8 25. Nc3 Nxc6 26. Nb5 Qf6 27. Rxc6 $16) 25. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Johnen,
D-Dallmann,V/Kassel op 1994 (45)})) 15. Qb3 a6 16. Na4 h5 17. Nc5 Qe8 18. a4 g6
19. Kh1 h4 20. h3 (20. Rfc1 $2 h3 $15 {0-1 Dedorson,T-Greiff,H/SVE-ch op Vaxjo
1992 (33)}) 20... Bh5 21. b5 $14) (14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 (15... Ne6 16.
Rab1 g6 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Nc3 Red8 21. Nf3 $14 {Bagirov,
V-Klovans,J/URS-ch31 Leningrad 1963/1/2-1/2 (79)}) (15... Be7 16. Rab1 b5 (
16... a6 17. a4 (17. Rfc1 Bd6 18. a4 g6 19. Qd3 f5 20. g3 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,
N-Bagirov,V/Frunze 1983}) 17... Bd6 18. Rb3 Re6 19. Rfb1 Rf6 20. Qd3 Rh6 21. f4
g5 22. g3 gxf4 23. exf4 Ne6 24. Ne2 Qf8 25. Nf1 f5 26. Ne3 Ng7 27. b5 $14 {
Euwe,M-Guimard,C/New York Wer mem 1951/1-0 (72)}) 17. a4 a5 18. axb5 Bxb4 19.
Rbc1 cxb5 20. Ndb1 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 b4 22. Nxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ne6 $132 {0-1 Frey,
K-Condie,M/Dubai olm 1986 (40)}) (15... g6 16. Qd3 Qd6 (16... Ne6 17. Rac1 a6
18. Nb3 Qe7 19. Nc5 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra8 22. Ra1 Red8 23. N3a4 Qc7 $132
{Gross,R-Florath,P/NWL-I 1993/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 17. Rfb1 (17. Rab1 Ne6 18. Rfc1
Kg7 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Na4 b6 21. a3 h5 22. Rbc1 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nf4 24. Qf1 Ne2+
25. Kh1 Nxd4 $6 (25... Nxc1 26. Qxc1 $14) 26. Rb2 Ne2 27. Ne4 $1 $16 (27. Rd1
Rce7 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Rbd2 Re4 30. Nb2 Nc3 31. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Raicevic,
V-Robert,A/Bern op 1988 (41)})) 17... Bg7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Ra2 Re6 20. Rc2 Rce8
21. Nb3 Nf6 22. h3 b6 23. Nc1 Bh6 24. N1e2 Nh5 25. b5 Qd7 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. Qb5
$14 {1-0 Reshevsky,S-Miagmasuren,L/Sousse izt 1967 (32)}) 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. a4
Be7 18. Rfb1 (18. Rab1 Nf6 19. Rfc1 a6 20. a5 Bd6 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23.
Nc5 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Doeve,M-Rosemann,U/NRW-II 1990 (38)}) 18... Nf6 19. a5 a6
20. Na4 Bf8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Kf1 Ne8 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/Wch29-Baguio
City 1978/1-0 (71)}) 14... Qd6 (14... Be7 15. Rab1 Bd6 (15... g6 16. Qb3 Be6
17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rbc1 Qe7 20. a3 f5 21. Nb3 Nf6 $132 {0-1
Zilberstein,V-Klovans,J/SSSR 1973 (44)}) 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Re6 18. Qc2 Rh6
19. g3 Qd7 20. Nf1 Bb8 21. Na4 b6 22. Rb3 c5 23. b5 c4 $15 {Colm,D-Datu,I/WchJ
Baguio 1987/0-1 (61)}) (14... Bh5 15. Rab1 Bg6 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nf3 Ng5 18. Nxg5
Bxg5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qd3 Bf6 $14 {Kertesz,A-Renzel,H/Dortmund op 1988/1/2-1/
2 (54)}) 15. Rab1 g6 (15... a6 16. Na4 Bd8 17. Nc5 Rc7 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 g6
20. Qf3 Ne6 21. a4 Rce7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qd7 25. Nb3 Bc7 26.
g3 $132 {Uhlmann,W-Braeuning,R/GER-ch 1993/1/2-1/2 (97)}) 16. Nb3 Nd7 (16...
Re7 17. Qd2 (17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc2 19. Nxd6 Rxa2 20. Rc5 Rd7 (20... Be6 21.
Nc1 Rd2 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Nxb7 Bf5 24. Bf1 Bh4 25. g3 Rd1 26. Kg2 $14) 21. Ne8
Bh8 $15) 17... a6 18. a4 Rce8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 $14) 17. a4 Kg7 18. Qa2 (18.
b5 c5 19. h3 Be6 (19... Bxh3 20. gxh3 (20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. gxh3 Nxa4 22. Nxa4
Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qe6 24. Kg2 d4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qxd4 28. Nb2
$132) 20... c4 21. Bf1 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nb6 23. Bg2 $16) 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
Rxc5 22. Qd2 Rec8 23. Ne2 d4 $11) 18... h5 19. b5 $5 (19. h3 Be6 20. Nc5 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Qd7 22. a5 a6 23. Rb4 Rc7 24. Rcb1 Re7 25. Qc2 $14) 19... c5 20. Qa3
Be7 (20... b6 21. a5 Qe6 22. e4 $5 $132) 21. Bf1 b6 (21... Bf5 22. Ra1 b6 23.
a5 $132) 22. Qb2 Nf6 (22... c4 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Ra1 $11) 23. Ra1 Bd8 24. g3 (24.
dxc5 $6 bxc5 25. g3 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 $15) 24... h4 25. Bg2 hxg3 26. hxg3 c4 27.
Nd2 Bf5 28. Re1 (28. Nf3 Rh8 29. Ne5 Bc7 30. Nc6 a5 (30... Bh3 $2 31. Nxa7 Bxg2
32. Kxg2 Ra8 33. Nc6 Ng4 34. Kg1 (34. Rh1 Nxe3+ $17) 34... Nxe3 35. Qe2 $1 (35.
fxe3 Qxg3+ 36. Qg2 Qxe3+ $19) 35... Nf5 36. Qe5+ Qxe5 37. dxe5 $16) 31. Qa3 Qe6
32. Ne7 Rcd8 33. Nxf5+ Qxf5 34. Ra2 Bd6 35. Qb2 $132) 28... Bc7 29. e4 $5 (29.
Rac1 Rcd8 $11) 29... dxe4 (29... Nxe4 30. Ncxe4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bd8
$11) (29... Bxe4 30. Ncxe4 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bd8 $11) 30. Ncxe4 Bxe4
31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Bd8 $11 34. Qc3 Bf6 35. Rd1 Qe6 36. Bf3 (
36. Qc2 $6 c3 37. d5 Qg4 38. d6 Rd8 39. Bc6 Bd4 40. Kg2 Rxd6 $17) 36... Rd8 37.
Kg2 Rd6 38. Re1 Qc8 39. Rd1 Rd8 40. Be2 Qb7+ 41. Bf3 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Rfe1 (13. b4 Bg4 (
13... Ng6 14. Rfe1 (14. h4 axb4 15. axb4 Bg4 16. Bf5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 h6 18. h5
Nf8 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. b5 c5 22. Qb3 cxd4 23. Nxd5 dxe3 24. fxe3 Re5
$15 {0-1 Martig,M-Toth,B/Bern op (01) ;EXP 51 1996 (36)}) 14... axb4 15. axb4
Bg4 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. h3 Ra3 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. b5 Qa5 20. Rec1 Bb4 21. Rb3 cxb5
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qb2 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Rc8 $17 {0-1 Spiess,G-Gabriel,C/GER-CupT
9192 (1992) ;BIG 90 1992 (32)}) 14. Nd2 axb4 (14... Bd7 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bd7
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 axb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 El Assiouti,
S-Abdulghafour,Y/Doha op (04) ;EXT 92op 1992}) 15. axb4 Bh5 16. h3 h6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Rfe1 g5 19. g3 Bg6 20. b5 h5 $132 {1-0 Gauglitz,G-Boensch,U/Dresden 
(08) ;MCL 04 1985 (38)}) (13. Rfc1 Ng6 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. Ng3 Qe7 16. Bf5 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 h6 18. Bxg6 hxg5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qc3 a4 21. Re1 Qd7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4
Bf4 24. Rbd1 Qh3 $10 {0-1 Stoeber,M-Halasz,T/Dortmund op (11) ;EXT 90op 1990 
(38)}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd2 Bh5 15. Nf1 Bg6 16. b4 (16. Na4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18.
Bh4 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. g3 h5 21. Kg2 h4 22. f4 Ne7 23. g4 g5 24. f5 Kg7 25.
Nc3 h3+ 26. Kh1 Ng8 27. e4 $36 {0-1 Tomaszewski,R-Boensch,U/Polanica Zdroi
1987 (46)}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 {
[%cal Yg6e7,Ye7f5,Yf6f5]} 21. bxc6 (21. bxc6 bxc6 $132 {[%csl Ye4,Rc6][%cal
Gb1b6,Ga8a3,Ge1c1] +/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Kb1 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8
14. Rhf1 (14. g4 b5 $2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Yusupov,A/Dortmund 1994 (48)}
(14... c5 $1 15. Bb5 Nd7 16. Ne5 cxd4 $10)) 14... g6 15. g4 c5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17.
Nb5 Be7 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxc5 20. Rc2 a6 21. Rfc1 Bb6 (21... Bxe3 22. Rxc8
(22. fxe3 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rxc2 24. Kxc2 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 $11) 22...
Bxc8 (22... Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd6 Bxf2 25. Nxc8 $18) 23. Nd6 Bxc1 24. Nxe8
Bh6 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. Nxb7 Bb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Nd6 b4 29. Nc8 $1 $16) 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd6 $18 {1-0 Spassky,B-Sermier,A/FRA-chT 1993 (40)}) (
11. h4 Be6 12. Kb1 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 $6 (13... h6 14. Nxe6 (14. f4
Bg4 15. Rde1 Rc8 $15) 14... Nxe6 15. g3 $132) 14. hxg5 g6 15. f4 $14 {1-0
Savon,V-Karasev,V/URS-ch38 Riga 1970 (55)}) 12... Rc8 13. h5 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Bf5 c5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Klovans,J/URS-ch31
Leningrad 1963 (32)}) 11... Ne4 (11... Be6 12. Ne5 (12. h3 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Nd2 Rac8 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Rhd1 a6 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Nb3 Kh8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.
dxc5 Qd8 21. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alber,H-Schwarz,P/Hessen-ch Doernigheim 1994 (40)
}) 12... Rc8 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rhe1 f6 16. Nf3 Bf7 17. Qd2 Nh6 18.
h3 Bg6 19. g4 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Nf7 21. g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Flear,
G/Belgrade GMA 1988 (85)}) 12. Bxe7 $6 (12. h4 $1 Nxg5 13. hxg5 g6 14. Ne5 Bxg5
15. f4 Bf6 16. g4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg4 18. Rdg1 h5 19. Rxg4 $1 hxg4 20. Qh2 f5 (
20... f6 21. Ne4 Re6 22. Nc5 $18) 21. e4 $3 g3 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. exf5 gxf5 24.
Bxf5 (24. Rh7+ $1 Nxh7 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxf5+ Ke7 (26... Kg7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28.
Qh6+ Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kf7 30. Bg6+ Ke6 31. Qh3+ Ke7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 (32... Ke6 33.
Qf7#) 33. Qf7#) 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Bf5+ $18) 24... g2 (24... Re7 25.
Rh6 $18) 25. Qh5+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qxg2 $18 {1-0 Nisman,B-Burlaev/USSR 1967
} (27. Bg6+ Nxg6 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Qxg6+ $18)) (12. Bxe4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14.
Bd3 (14. h4 $1 $14) 14... Bg4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rist,M-Lenhardt,M/GER-ch Sued Ulm
1995 (19)} (14... Qxg2 $5)) 12... Nxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxe7 $14 (13... Rxe7 14. h3
$14 (14. Rc1 $14)) 14. Rc1 (14. h3 $14) 14... Be6 (14... Bg4 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. g4
Bg6 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. Qc2 $14) 15. h4 $6 $11 Rec8 16. h5 h6 (16... b6 17. h6 g6
18. Rhe1 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gc3g7]} (18. e4 dxe4 19. d5 f6 20. dxe6 exd3 21.
Rhd1 c5 $17)) 17. Ne5 (17. Nh4 $5 Re8 (17... b6 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. g4 c5 $132) 18.
Rcg1 (18. Nf5 Qg5 (18... Bxf5 19. Bxf5 $14) 19. f4 Qf6 20. g4 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Re7
$15) 18... Rac8 19. g4 c5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nf3 f6 22. h6 $132) 17... Rc7 (17...
Nd7 18. f4 Re8 $11) 18. f4 $6 (18. f3 $11) 18... Re8 $15 {[%csl Re3]} 19. Ka1 (
19. g4 $6 f6 20. Ng6 Nxg6 21. Bxg6 Bf7 22. Bxf7+ (22. Rh3 Bxg6+ 23. hxg6 Qe4+
$17) 22... Qxf7 23. Rhg1 Rce7 24. Rg3 Re4 $15) 19... Qd6 20. g4 $2 (20. Rhe1 f6
21. Ng6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 Bf7 $15) 20... f6 21. Ng6 (21. f5 Bc8 22. Ng6 Rxe3 $19)
21... Bxg4 $17 22. Nh4 (22. Rh4 Bf3 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Bg6 Ree7 $17) (22. Nxf8
Kxf8 23. Bg6 Ree7 $17) 22... Be6 23. Rhg1 Rec8 (23... b6 $17) 24. Bf5 $6 (24.
Rg3 $142 c5 25. Rcg1 Kh8 (25... cxd4 26. Qxd4 Rc1+ 27. Bb1 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 $11 {
[%csl Ra7,Rf6]}) 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qd4 Rc1+ 28. Bb1 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Qc5 $17)
24... c5 25. Qa3 b6 26. Rcd1 (26. Bb1 Qd7 $19) 26... Qd7 27. Bb1 c4 (27... Bg4
$6 28. Rd2 Bxh5 $2 29. Nf5 $44) 28. Qc3 Qd6 29. e4 $2 (29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5
Re8 $17) 29... dxe4 $19 30. d5 $8 Bd7 (30... Qxf4 31. Ng2 Qf3 32. dxe6 Nxe6
$132) 31. Qg3 g5 32. hxg6 $2 (32. fxg5 $1 Qxg3 33. Rxg3 fxg5 (33... hxg5 $2 34.
Bxe4 Re8 35. Rd4 Kf7 (35... Re5 $2 36. Nf3) 36. h6 $1 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 f5 38. Rd4
gxh4 39. Rxh4 $14) 34. d6 Rc5 (34... Ba4 35. b3 cxb3 36. axb3 Rc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3
38. bxa4 gxh4 39. d7 Nxd7 40. Rxd7 $14) 35. Bxe4 Re8 $17) 32... c3 $1 $19 33.
g7 cxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Nh7 35. Qe1 (35. f5 Qb4+ 36. Qb3 Rc4 37. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 38. Ka1 (
38. Ka3 a5 $19) 38... Ng5 $19) 35... f5 36. Ng6 Rc3 $4 (36... Be8 $1 37. Ne5
Bh5 38. Rd4 Nf6 $19) 37. Ka1 $4 (37. Qh4 $1 Qb4+ (37... Qa3+ $4 38. Ka1 Rh3 39.
Qf2 (39. Ne7+ Kf7 $19) 39... Be8 (39... e3 40. Qe2 (40. Qb2 Qxb2+ 41. Kxb2)
40... Qc3+ 41. Qb2 Qxb2+ 42. Kxb2 Re8 43. d6 (43. Ne5) 43... e2 44. Rde1 Rhe3
45. Nh4 $16 (45. Ne7+ R8xe7 46. dxe7 Rxe7 47. Rg2 $14)) 40. Qd4 Bxg6 41. Rxg6
$132) 38. Ka1 Re8 39. Qxh6 (39. d6 Rc1 $3 $19) 39... Rf3 40. Qh2 e3 41. Qb2 $11
) 37... Ba4 38. Qh4 (38. Rd4 Be8 39. Nh4 Qf6 40. Nxf5 Qxf5 41. Bxe4 Rc1+ 42.
Qxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Rxc1 Qf6 $19) 38... R3c7 39. Rc1 Re8 (39... Rxc1 40. Ne7+ Qxe7 (
40... Kf7 41. Rxc1 $14) 41. Qxe7 Rxg1 42. Qe6+ Kxg7 43. Qxc8 Nf6 $17) 40. Qg3
Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Nf6 42. Bc2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4
(7. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 $5 (9. Nge2) 9... O-O 10. O-O (10. h3) 10...
Bg4 11. Qb3 $4 Bxf3 12. Qxb7 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Qe7 {0-1 Junior
Pentium-Huzman Alex/Nir-Galim ISR 1994}) (7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10.
g4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 c5 12. Nfe2 Nc6 13. Bg2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Spraggett,K-Gomez,M/Oviedo 1992 (46)}) 7... Be7 (7... Qb6 8. Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7
10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Qb4 13. f3 (13. O-O O-O 14. a3 $14) 13... Nh5
14. Bf2 Bf6 15. e4 $2 Nf4 $2 (15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Bxa2 $17) 16. Nxf4 gxf4 17.
a3 $14 {1-0 Stanec,N-Bawart,M/Velden op 1996/EXT 96op2 (29)}) (7... Bb4 8. Bd3
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Be6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Zilberman N R-Kataev S/t 1983 (27)}) (7... g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10.
Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfe1 (12. Rab1 Qe7 13. b4 $14) 12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh5
14. e4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 g4 17. Nd6 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nf6 $17 {0-1
Terentiev V-Katalymov B N/Ch URS ( 1966 (40)}) (7... Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8
10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 Nf8 12. g4 (12. O-O-O Be6 13. g4 Be7 14. Rdg1 $14 (14. f4
$6 N6h7 15. Bf2 Bh4 16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. Rdg1 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Thallinger,H-Jamrich,
G/Budapest FS05 IM 1995 (34)})) 12... Ne6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Rhg1 Bb7 15. Bf5 Ng5
16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. h4 b4 (17... gxh4 18. g5 Nd7 19. g6 $40) 18. hxg5 bxc3 19.
gxf6 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 (20. Qxb2 Rb8 21. fxg7 Ba6 $19) 20... Qxf6 21. g5 Qd8 22.
Rh1 (22. Bh7+ Kf8) 22... Ba6 23. g6 $16 {1-0 Lancz Ondrej-Lukac Roman/Slovak
League 1995 (48)}) (7... Bf5 8. Qf3 Bh7 (8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6
11. Bd3 Rg8 12. g3 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. O-O Nc4 15. b3 Nd6 16. Nh4 $16 {1-0 Ree,
H-Arnason,A/Reykjavik 1987 (34)}) (8... Qb6 $2 9. Qxf5 Qxb2 10. Qc8+ Ke7 11.
Rb1 Qxc3+ 12. Kd1 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Rxb7+ Kf6 16. Be5+ Kg6 17.
Nh4+ gxh4 18. Qe6+ fxe6 19. Rxg7+ Kf5 20. g4+ hxg3 21. Bh3# {Zaitsev,I}) 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rd1 $5 (10. Qd1) 10... Qb6 11. Bd3 Qxb2 12. Nge2 Bxd3 13. Rxd3
Nd7 14. e4 $44 {~/= Thorsteins,K-Greenfeld,A/Polanica Zdroj 1987}) 8. Bd3 O-O (
8... Be6 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O g6 13. Rae1 b6 14. Qc2
Nd7 15. f3 c5 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Bb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Hoffman,A/Biel 1994/
CBM 43 (38)}) 9. f3 (9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13.
Rae1 (13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Bf5 15. h3 (15. Na4 Ng4 $1 $132) (15. b4 axb4 16. axb4
Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b5 $11) 15... Rfe8 $11 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 b5 18. a4 $14)) 13... Bf5 14. Nf4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Qc7 17.
c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne4 19. Re2 Qa5 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Qc5 Qa6 22. Qxd6 Qxd3 23. Rb2
$14 {Southam,T-Vokey,C/North Bay op 1994/EXT 94op/1-0 (47)}) (9. h3 Ne4 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rae1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16.
f3 Nd6 17. e4 Bd7 18. e5 Nc8 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Martin,B-Van der Hoorn,M/North
Island op 1990/EXT 90op2 (29)}) 9... Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8 {Baburin:
In the system with f2-f3, move ...h6 is not the most useful one for Black, as
it weakens his kingside and helps White to move the dark-squared bishop away
from the h4-d8 diagonal, if necessary.} (11... Bd6 12. e4 $14) 12. Qc2 Bd7 {
Baburin: Usually, in this line, Black develops the bishop to e6, but there it
may be hit later on. Black's idea is interesting. He prepared ...Rc8 and was
ready for a further ...c5.} (12... Ne6 13. Rae1 Ng5 $5 $132) 13. h3 N6h7 14.
Bf2 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Rad8 $11) 14... Rc8 (14... Ng5 15. e4
Bxh3 (15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Bf6 (16... Ng6 17. e5 Nf8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Nf4 $14) (
16... b6 17. Rad1 c5 18. dxc5 (18. d5 Bd6 $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... Bxc5 19. Bxc5
bxc5 20. Nd5 $11) 17. e5 Be7 18. Rad1 $14) 16. gxh3 Nxh3+ 17. Kh1 Nxf2+ 18.
Rxf2 Bd6 19. e5 $16) 15. Kh1 {Baburin: White is spending too much time
preparing e3-e4.} ({Baburin: Perhaps, White should have tried the immediate} 
15. e4 {Baburin,A  . Then, if} dxe4 16. fxe4 c5 {,White could have started
targeting the b7- and f7- pawns by playing} 17. Qb3 $5 $36) 15... Bd6 16. Rae1
(16. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 16... Bb8 17. Ng1 (17. e4 Be6 $11) ({Baburin: Everything was
prepared for the advance in the centre,} 17. e4 $1 {Baburin,A Baburin: but,
suddenly, White changed her mind and went for a different set-up.}) 17... Nf6
18. f4 $5 (18. e4 Qc7 19. e5 Ne6 20. Nge2 Nh5 21. Be3 Qd8 22. f4 $14) 18... c5
$5 19. dxc5 Ne6 $1 (19... Rxc5 $2 20. e4 Rc8 21. e5 $14) 20. b4 b6 21. Ba6 Rc6
22. Bh4 $2 (22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Ba6 $11 (23. f5 Ng5 $11)) 22... g5 $1 $17 {Baburin:
The whole board went on fire, and Black managed to get the best of it in the
game.} 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bb5 (24. Bf2 bxc5 25. Bb5 cxb4 26. Bxc6 Qc7 27. Nf3
Qxc6 $19) 24... gxh4 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 (25... Nh5 26. Rxf7 $1 (26. Nce2 Bxc6 $17)
26... Ng3+ 27. Kh2 Ne4+ 28. Kh1 Bxc6 (28... Kxf7 29. Nxe4 Bxc6 30. Nd6+ {
See next variation}) 29. Nxe4 $8 Kxf7 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. Qh7+ Kf6 $1 (31... Kf8
$2 32. cxd6 Qf6 33. Qxa7 Ng5 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qxb6 Ne4 36. Nf3 $16) 32. Rf1+ Bf4
33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Qh7+ $11) 26. b5 (26. Qf5 bxc5 27. bxc5 (27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28.
Rxf6 Be5 $19) 27... Qc7 28. Nf3 Ne4 $19) 26... Nh5 $19 27. Nge2 Qc7 28. Kg1
Qh2+ 29. Kf2 d4 (29... Bd7 $19) 30. bxc6 dxc3 31. Qa4 Nxc5 (31... Bg3+ 32. Nxg3
(32. Kf3 Ng5+ 33. Kg4 Re4+ 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) 32... Qxg3+ (32... Nef4 33. exf4
Qxg3+ 34. Kg1 Rxe1 35. c7 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qd3+ 37. Kf2 $11) 33. Kg1 Nef4 34.
exf4 Rxe1 35. c7 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 $11) 32. Qg4+ Ng7 33. Rd1 Qe5 34. Qf3 c2 (34...
Ne4+ 35. Ke1 c2 $19) 35. Rd4 Ne4+ 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Nd4 Ne6 39.
Nxc2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagarin, Vasilij"]
[Black "Ivakhin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3
Nf8 8. Qc2 Ne6 9. Bh4 g6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Rab1 a5 (12... Ng4 13. Bg3
(13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 (14. h3 Nh6 15. Qc1 (15. Rbe1 f5 16. Ne2 Nf7 17. Nf4 Neg5
18. Nxg5 Nxg5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam
1986 (45) /\ b4}) (15. b4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. b5 Bxh3 18. f4 Qh4 19. bxc6
bxc6 20. gxh3 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qxh3+ 22. Qh2 Qxe3 23. Qxh6 Qxd3 24. f5 $16) (15.
Ne2 Ng7 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nhxf5 19. b5 $14 (19. Nf4 $2 Nxe3 $1 (
19... Nd6 $2 20. Nd2 $11 {Jizepcikas,R-Sploshrov,S/Marijampole op 1994/0-1 (89)
}) 20. Rfe1 Nxc2 21. Rxe7 Nf5 $15)) 15... Rd8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Kg7 18. d5
cxd5 19. Bxd5 Qc7 $1 $11 {Portisch,L-Ljubojevic,L/Linares 1988 (23)}) 14... a6
(14... Rd8 15. Na4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. h3 Nh6 19. b5 (19. Rfe1
Nf5 20. f3 b6 21. Nb3 Be6 22. a3 $14 {Neverov,V-Campora,D/Candas op 1992/1/2-1/
2 (50)}) 19... b6 20. Na4 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Bf5 22. Bd3 $14) 15. Rfe1 (15. Na4 Ng5
16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nc3 $132 {Koch,W-Hansen,L/
Politiken Cup '96, VISA NGP Copenhagen 1996/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 15... Ng5 16. Nxg5
Qxg5 17. f3 Nh6 18. a4 Nf5 19. Qf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Solomon,K-Kromhout,E/ch-RSA,
Bruma Lake RSA 1998 (37)}) 13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. h3 $14) (12... Nh5 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 (14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. b4 Bd7 16. b5 $14 {0-1 Vaitonis,P-Stahlberg,
G/Saltsjobaden izt 1952 (51)}) 14... Rd8 15. Na4 (15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. Na4 Bd7 17.
Nc5 Be8 $14 {0-1 Hokkanen,P-Castillo,O/WchJM-U20 Tunja 1989 (41)}) 15... a6 16.
Nc5 Nhg7 17. Rfc1 Ng5 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. a4 Nh4 20. Kh1 (20. b5 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Qg5+
22. Kf1 Bxh3+ $40) 20... Re8 21. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ljubojevic,L/
Thessaloniki olm 1988}) 13. a3 Ng7 14. b4 (14. Rfc1 Bf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Na4
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. b4 axb4 20. Rxb4 Nd6 21. Rcb1 Ra7 22. a4 $132
{1-0 Filgueira Hernan-De Las Heras Juan Carlos/It open 1996 (46)}) 14... Nf5 (
14... axb4 15. axb4 Bf5 16. Ne5 (16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. b5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Reis,G-Malich,B/BL2-O 1993 (22)}) 16... Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Nf5 18. Bg5
Nd7 19. Bf4 Nb6 20. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wexler,B-Najdorf,M/Mar del Plata 1955 (40)}
) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bg5 Be6 16. Na4 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc5 $14 {
Gligoric,S-Damjanovic,M/Palma de Mallorca 1967/1-0 (66)}) 15... Bxf6 16. b5 $14
Qd6 (16... Re8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 $14) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 $6 $16 (
18... Ne7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bg4 21. Rb7 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Bxf3
24. gxf3 h5 $14) (18... Qxa3 19. Nc5 $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rfc1
Rb8 (20... Qxa3 21. Nc5 $18) 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Nc5 Ra7 23. Rb1 Qc7 (23... Qd6
24. Qb3 $16) 24. Qb3 (24. Rb3 $16) 24... Kg7 25. a4 Be7 26. Qb6 Bd8 (26... Qxb6
27. Rxb6 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Rc7 29. g4 Ne7 30. Nd4 $16) 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. g4 Ne7 29.
Ne5 (29. Kf1 Bd6 30. Ke2 $14) 29... h5 (29... Bxe5 30. dxe5 h5 31. h3 (31. gxh5
$1 gxh5 32. f4 Nf5 (32... Ra8 33. Rb7 $16) 33. Kf2 h4 (33... f6 34. Ne6+ Kg6
35. Rg1+ Kh6 36. exf6 Rf7 37. Rc1 $16) 34. Kf3 $16) 31... hxg4 32. hxg4 g5 33.
Rb6 Ng6 34. Rxc6 Nxe5 35. Rd6 Nxg4 36. Rxd5 f6 37. Nb3 (37. Kg2 Ne5 38. Nb3 Nc4
39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Ke4 Nb6 $11) 37... Rb7 38. Nxa5 Rb2 39. Nc4 Ra2 40. a5 Nxf2
$132) 30. h3 (30. gxh5 gxh5 31. f4 f6 32. Ne6+ (32. Ned3 Nf5 33. Kf2 Bd6 34.
Nb7 Bc7 35. Ndc5 Kf7 $11) 32... Kh6 33. Nd3 (33. Nf7+ $1 Kg6 34. Nfd8 Bxd8 35.
Nxd8 Ra8 (35... Rd7 36. Nb7 $16) 36. Nb7 $16) 33... Bd6 34. Rb6 Nf5 35. Kf2 (
35. Rxc6 Re7 36. Ndc5 Bxc5 37. dxc5 Nxe3 38. Kf2 Ng4+ 39. Kg3 Ne3 $132) 35...
Re7 $15) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 g5 (31... Bd6 32. g5 Ra8 33. f4 Rh8 34. Rb7 Rh3
35. Kf2 Rh2+ 36. Ke1 $16) 32. Kg2 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Ng6 34. e6 Ne5 (34... fxe6 35.
Nxe6+ Kf6 36. Nd4 $16) 35. Kg3 Nc4 36. Rb8 fxe6 37. Nxe6+ Kf6 38. Nd4 c5 (38...
Rc7 39. Rh8 $16) 39. Nf5 Rd7 (39... Rc7 40. Rd8 (40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Rh8 $16 (41.
Rg8 Kf6 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Ke6 44. Rg6+ Kd7 45. g5 $16)) 40... Ke5 41. Re8+
Kf6 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Kf7 44. Rh8 Rc6 $132) 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Rc8 (41. Rg8
Nd2 42. f3 Kf6 $14) 41... Nd2 42. f3 (42. Rc6+ Kf7 (42... Ke5 43. f4+ gxf4+ 44.
exf4+ Ke4 45. Rxc5 Nf1+ 46. Kg2 $16) 43. f4 Ne4+ 44. Kf3 gxf4 45. Kxf4 $16)
42... Nb3 43. Rc6+ Ke5 (43... Kf7 44. f4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Nc1 46. g5 Nd3+ 47. Kg3
$16) 44. Rg6 $1 (44. f4+ $6 gxf4+ 45. exf4+ Ke4 46. Re6+ (46. Rd6 Rb7 47. Re6+
Kd3 48. g5 d4 49. g6 c4 50. g7 Rxg7+ 51. Nxg7 c3 $11) 46... Kd3 47. g5 d4 48.
g6 c4 49. Rb6 (49. g7 Rxg7+ 50. Nxg7 c3 51. Rc6 (51. f5 c2 52. Re1 Kd2 53. Rh1
c1=Q 54. Rxc1 Kxc1 55. f6 Nc5 56. f7 Nd7 57. Ne6 d3 58. Nc5 d2 59. Nxd7 d1=Q
60. f8=Q Qxd7 $11) 51... c2 52. f5 Nd2 (52... c1=Q 53. Rxc1 Nxc1 54. f6 $18)
53. Ne6 (53. f6 Ne4+ 54. Kh2 Nc3 55. f7 c1=Q 56. f8=Q Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qe3+ 58. Kg2
Qg5+ 59. Kh3 (59. Kf3 Qd5+ $19) 59... Qe3+ $11) 53... Ne4+ 54. Kf3 Nc3 55. Nf4+
Kd2 56. Rxc3 dxc3 57. Ne2 c1=Q 58. Nxc1 Kxc1 59. f6 c2 60. f7 Kd1 61. f8=Q c1=Q
$11) 49... Rd8 50. Ne7 Kc2 51. g7 d3 52. Rd6 Re8 53. f5 Nc5 54. Rd4 d2 55.
Rxc4+ Kb3 56. Rd4 Kc3 57. Rxd2 Kxd2 58. Kg2 Nd7 (58... Nxa4 59. f6 $18) 59.
g8=Q Rxg8+ 60. Nxg8 Kc3 61. Ne7 Kb4 $11) 44... c4 (44... Nc1 45. Rxg5 Ne2+ 46.
Kf2 Nc3 47. Nh4+ $16) 45. Rxg5 Kf6 46. Rh5 Rc7 $4 $18 (46... c3 47. Rh6+ Ke5
48. Rc6 $18) (46... Nc5 47. Rh6+ Kf7 48. g5 $16) 47. f4 $4 (47. Rh6+ $1 Ke5 48.
Nd6 d4 $8 49. e4 d3 50. f4+ Kd4 51. Nb5+ $18) 47... Ke6 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Rh7+ (
49. Rd6+ Ke8 50. Rxd5 c3 $17) 49... Kc6 50. Rh2 Kc5 (50... c3 51. g5 Nd2 52.
Nd4+ Kb7 53. Rh1 $16) 51. g5 Rc6 52. Kg4 (52. Rc2 Re6 53. Kf3 Kb4 54. Rg2 c3
55. g6 Rxg6 56. Rxg6 c2 57. Rc6 Nc5 (57... c1=Q 58. Rxc1 Nxc1 59. Nd4 Kxa4 60.
f5 Nd3 61. f6 Ne5+ 62. Kf4 Nf7 63. Kf5 Kb4 64. Ke6 Ng5+ 65. Kxd5 $18) 58. Rxc5
Kxc5 59. Nd4 c1=N 60. f5 $16) 52... c3 53. Ng3 $2 $132 (53. Kh5 $1 Kb4 (53...
d4 54. exd4+ (54. Rc2 Kc4 55. Nxd4 Nxd4 56. exd4 Kd3 57. d5 Rd6 58. Rh2 c2 59.
Rh1 Rxd5 60. Kg4 Kc3 61. g6 Rd1 62. Rh7 c1=Q 63. Rc7+ Kd4 64. Rxc1 Rxc1 65. Kg5
Rc8 66. g7 Ke4 67. f5 Rc1 68. Kg6 Rg1+ 69. Kf7 Kxf5 70. g8=Q Rxg8 71. Kxg8 Ke5
72. Kf7 Kd5 73. Kf6 Kc4 74. Ke5 Kb4 75. Kd4 Kxa4 76. Kc3 $11) 54... Nxd4 55.
Ne3 $16) 54. Rc2 $16) 53... Kb4 54. f5 (54. Rh6 $1 Rc4 (54... Rc8 55. g6 c2 56.
Ne2 c1=Q 57. Nxc1 Rxc1 58. Kf5 $18) 55. g6 c2 56. Ne2 c1=Q 57. Nxc1 Rxc1 58.
Kf5 Rg1 59. Kf6 d4 60. exd4 Nxd4 61. g7 Nf5 62. Rg6 Rxg6+ 63. Kxg6 $18) 54...
d4 (54... c2 55. Ne2 Rc4+ 56. Kh5 d4 57. exd4 (57. f6 d3 58. f7 (58. Nc1 d2 59.
Rxd2 Nxd2 60. f7 Rc8 61. g6 Rh8+) 58... Rc8 59. Nc1 d2 60. Rxd2 Nxd2 61. g6
Rh8+ 62. Kg4 (62. Kg5 Ne4+ 63. Kf5 Nd6+ 64. Kf6 Kxa4 65. g7 Nxf7 66. Kxf7 Rc8
67. g8=Q Rxg8 68. Kxg8 Kb4 $19) 62... Nc4 63. Nd3+ (63. g7 Ne5+ 64. Kg5 Nxf7+
65. Kf6 Rc8 66. Kxf7 Kxa4 67. g8=Q Rxg8 68. Kxg8 Kb4 69. Kf7 Kc3 $19) 63... Kc3
64. g7 Rh1 65. g8=Q Kxd3 (65... Rg1+ 66. Kh3 $1 (66. Kf3 $2 Rxg8 67. fxg8=Q
Kxd3 68. Qd8+ Kc3 69. Qh8+ (69. Qd4+ Kb4 70. Qa1 Nd2+ 71. Kf4 Nb3 $19) 69...
Kb3 70. Qh1 Kb2 71. Qh2 Kb1 72. Qh7 Kb2 $11) 66... Rxg8 67. fxg8=Q Kxd3 68.
Qd5+ Kc3 69. Qd4+ Kb4 70. Qa1 Kb3 71. Qc1 Nb2 72. Qd2 Nxa4 73. e4 Kb2 74. e5
Nc5 75. Qd4+ $18)) 57... Nxd4 58. Nc1 Nxf5 $17) 55. exd4 (55. f6 d3 56. f7 Rc8
57. g6 d2 $19) 55... Nxd4 (55... c2 56. Ne2 Nxd4 57. Nc1 Rc4 58. f6 Nb3+ 59.
Kh5 Nxc1 60. f7 $18) 56. f6 (56. Ne2 Nxe2 57. Rxe2 c2 58. Rxc2 Rxc2 59. g6 (59.
f6 Rf2 60. Kh5 Kc5 61. Kg6 Kd6 62. Kf7 Ke5 63. Ke7 Rb2 64. f7 Rb7+ 65. Ke8 Ke6
66. f8=N+ Kf5 67. g6 Kf6 $19) 59... Rg2+ 60. Kh5 Rf2 61. Kg5 Kxa4 (61... Rg2+
62. Kf6 (62. Kh6 Kc5 63. f6 Kd6 64. f7 Ke7 65. Kg7 Rf2 $11) 62... Kc5 63. g7
Kd6 64. Kf7 Ke5 65. f6 Rg4 $11) 62. f6 $18) 56... c2 57. f7 Ne6 (57... c1=Q 58.
f8=Q+ Rc5 59. Rh4 (59. Qf6 Rxg5+ 60. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 61. Kxg5 Nf3+ 62. Kf4 Nxh2 63.
Nf5 Kxa4 64. Nd4 Ka3 65. Kg3 Nf1+ 66. Kf2 Nd2 67. Ke2 Nb3 68. Nf5 a4 69. Kd3
Kb2 70. Nd6 Nc5+ 71. Kd4 Kb3 72. Nc4 Ne6+ 73. Kd3 Nc5+ 74. Kd4 Nb7 75. Kd3 Nd8
$17) 59... Qxg5+ 60. Kh3 $132) 58. Ne2 Rc5 59. Rh5 (59. Rh6 Rxg5+ (59... Nf8
60. Rh8 Ne6 61. f8=Q Nxf8 62. Rxf8 Kxa4 63. Nc1 Rc7 64. g6 Kb5 65. Rf7 Rc8 66.
g7 Rg8 67. Rf5+ Kc4 68. Rf7 a4 69. Kf5 Kc3 70. Kf6 Kb2 71. Ne2 a3 72. Rb7+ Ka2
73. Kf7 $18) 60. Kh4 Rf5 61. Rxe6 Rxf7 $11) 59... c1=Q 60. Nxc1 Rxc1 61. Kf5 (
61. Rh8 Rf1 62. Re8 Rxf7 63. Rxe6 Kxa4 $11) 61... Nf8 62. Rh4+ (62. Kf6 Rf1+
63. Kg7 Ne6+ 64. Kg8 Rg1 65. f8=Q+ Nxf8 66. Kxf8 Kxa4 $11) 62... Kb3 63. Rf4 (
63. g6 Rf1+ (63... Rg1 64. Rh8 $11 (64. Rh1 Rg2 (64... Rxg6 65. Rh8 $18) 65.
Rh8 Nxg6 66. Rb8+ Kxa4 67. Kf6 Nf8 $1 68. Rxf8 Rf2+ $11)) 64. Kg5 Ne6+ 65. Kh6
$11) 63... Rc6 64. Kg4 (64. Re4 Ng6 65. Re8 Nh4+ 66. Ke5 (66. Ke4 Ng6 $11)
66... Ng6+ $11) 64... Rg6 65. Kh5 (65. Kf5 Re6 $11) 65... Ka3 66. Kg4 Rg7 67.
Rf6 $6 $15 (67. Kh5 Rh7+ 68. Kg4 $11) 67... Kxa4 68. Kf5 (68. Kh5 Rh7+ 69. Kg4
Kb5 70. Rf5+ Kb4 71. Rf6 a4 $15) 68... Kb5 69. g6 Nxg6 70. Rxg6 Rxf7+ {[#]
Hecht: Schwarz gewinnt. Doch die ENDSPIEL-CD sagt Remis!} 71. Ke4 Rd7 72. Rg8
a4 73. Rb8+ (73. Ra8 $1 $11 {Hecht}) (73. Ke3 $1 $11 {Hecht}) 73... Kc4 74. Ra8
$4 $19 {[#] Hecht: Hier liegt naheliegenderweise der Hund begraben. Weiß mußte
schleunigst seinen König Richtung e2/e1 in Marsch setzen, damit die Umgehung
Td7-d1-b1 nicht geht. Also war Ke3 der logische Zug. Allenfalls kann er sich
Tc8+ erlauben und auch noch Tb8+. Dann aber muß Ke4-e3-e2 mit Remis erfolgen.
Der Textzug erlaubt die entscheidende Abdrängung des Königs. Was das bedeutet,
wissen wir bereits aus dem Endspiel Nr.13 (Herrera - Vazquez): Verlust!} (74.
Rc8+ Kb3 75. Rb8+ Kc2 (75... Ka2 {Hecht} 76. Ke3 $1 a3 (76... Rd1 77. Ke2 {
macht kunstvoll remis; einfacher wäre:} (77. Ra8 $1 a3 78. Ke2 Rb1 79. Kd2 $11)
77... Rb1 78. Ra8 Rb4 $1 79. Kd2 Kb2 80. Rc8 a3 81. Rc2+ Kb3 82. Rc3+ Ka4 83.
Rc8 $11 (83. Kc2 a2 84. Rc8 $11)) 77. Ke2 $11) 76. Rc8+ Kb2 (76... Kd2 77. Ra8
Rh7 78. Rd8+ (78. Kd5 Rh4 79. Kc5 Kc3 80. Kb5 Kb3 81. Rg8 Rh5+ 82. Kb6 Rh3 $19)
78... Ke2 79. Kd4 Rh3 80. Kc4 a3 81. Ra8 Kd2 82. Kb4 $11) 77. Rb8+ Ka2 78. Ke3
a3 79. Ke2 $11) 74... Re7+ 75. Kf3 Kb3 76. Rb8+ Ka2 77. Kf2 a3 78. Kf1 (78. Rb6
Ka1 79. Rb8 a2 80. Rb6 Rc7 81. Ke2 Rc1 82. Kd2 Rb1 $19) 78... Re3 $5 (78... Ka1
$19) 79. Kf2 Rb3 80. Re8 Ka1 81. Re1+ Rb1 82. Re8 a2 83. Ke2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Halasz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 (2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O
8. Nc3 Re8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. g4 b6 14.
Kb1 Bb7 15. g5 N6d7 16. h4 c5 17. h5 a6 18. Rdg1 g6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rh6 $14 {
1-0 Miles,A-Booth,S/AUS-ch Melbourne 1991 (67)}) 2... e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 (
4... Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8
11. h3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rc1 Be6 15. g4 b4 16. Na4 b3 17. Qxb3
Ne4 18. Qc2 Qb4 19. Nc5 $18 {1-0 Zilberstein Dmitro-Castillo Anthony/Ch World
cadets unde 1993 (59)}) 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3
Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 (11... Ng6 $142 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O
Nf8 15. Kb1 Be6 16. g4 Rac8 17. Rc1 N6d7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 c5 20. Rhg1 c4 21.
Bf5 $14 {1-0 Chuchelov,V-Hochgraefe,M/OLNN 1992 (40)}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O
N6d7 $146 (13... a5 14. Kb1 Be6 (14... b5 15. g4 a4 (15... N6d7 16. g5 Nb6 17.
Rdg1 Nc4 18. h4 g6 19. Nh2 (19. h5 Rb8 20. Rh4 (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rh4 $16 (21.
e4 $6 Qf4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 (22... Qxf3 23. Bf1 b4 (23... Ne6 24. Bg2 Qf8 $132) 24.
Bg2 Qf4 $132) 23. Ne5 $16)) 20... Qb4 21. Ka1 Bf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rf4 $16)
19... Rb8 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Rxg4 Re7 22. Ka1 (22. h5 $16) 22... Reb7 23. Ne2 $16
{1-0 Kishnev,S-Pinkas,K/Bern op 1992 (43)} (23. h5 $16)) 16. g5 N6d7 17. h4 a3
(17... Nb6 $5) 18. b3 b4 19. Na4 Rxa4 20. bxa4 c5 21. Bb5 $5 $16 {1-0 Knaak,
R-Smagin,S/Dortmund-A 1991 (38)} (21. dxc5 Nxc5 {><c3})) 15. g4 Rac8 16. Ng5 b5
17. f4 Bd7 18. Qe2 a4 19. Rc1 a3 20. b3 Ng6 21. Qd2 h6 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Qh2 Re6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Nxe4 Rd5 29. Nc5
$14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Piket,J/Ciudad de Linares14th 1997/CBM 57 (43)}) (13... Be6
14. Kb1 (14. g4 Rac8 15. Kb1 b6 16. Rc1 a5 17. g5 N6d7 18. h4 c5 19. Bf5 c4 20.
h5 g6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. a4 $1 $16 {1-0 Komarow-Levin/Leningrad/
SW,43,16 1989 (29)}) 14... Rac8 (14... Rec8 15. g4 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 a6
18. Qb3 b5 19. f4 Rd8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Be2 Qb8 22. h4 $14 (22. Rhf1 $6 {1/2-1/2
Levin,F-Matlak,M/POL-chT Bydgoszcz 1990 (27)})) 15. g4 c5 (15... Ne4 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Nd2 (17. Ng5 Qb4 18. Ngxe4 $16) 17... f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. f3 (19.
Qb3+ $1 Kh8 20. Qxb7 Re7 (20... Rb8 21. Qxa7 Qb4 22. Nb3 Be6 23. d5 $18) 21.
Qb3 Rb8 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Qc2 $16) 19... Qe6 20. fxe4 (20. Ncxe4 c5 21. dxc5 b6
$14) 20... Bxh3 $132 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Ubilava,E/Erevan 1981/MCD-r8 (36)}) 16.
dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 a6 18. f3 N6d7 19. Qh2 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Nb6 21. Rc1 Rec8 22. f4
$14 {1-0 Gabriel,C-Lobron,E/BL9596 1996/BL 90 (53)}) (13... b6 $2 14. g4 Bb7
15. g5 Ne4 $6 (15... N6d7 16. h4 $40) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 $18 {1-0 Eingorn,
V-Beliavsky,A/USSR (ch) 1988 (42)}) 14. Kb1 $16 Nb6 (14... b5 15. Rc1 $16) 15.
g4 Be6 16. Ng5 h6 $2 (16... Ng6 17. Nxe6 (17. f4 Bd7 18. Rde1 (18. Rhe1 Rad8
$132) 18... Rac8 (18... Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Qxf4 20. Qd2 $18 Qxg5 21. Re8+) 19. Na4 (
19. h4 h6 20. f5 Ne7 21. Nf3 c5 22. Ne5 cxd4 23. exd4 Na4 $15) 19... Nxa4 20.
Qxa4 a6 $132) 17... Rxe6 18. h4 $16) 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. h4 Rac8 19. g5 hxg5 (
19... h5 20. g6 (20. Bh7+ $6 Kh8 21. g6 $6 f6 22. Qf5 c5 23. Qxh5 $6 (23. dxc5
Rxc5 24. Qxh5 Rec8 (24... d4 25. Ne4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. exd4 $14) 25. Ne4
dxe4 26. Rxd6 Rxh5 27. Rxe6 Nc4 28. b3 $16) 23... cxd4 24. exd4 Qf4 25. Rhe1
Qh6 (25... Qxf2 26. Bg8+ (26. Re2 Nf4 27. Rxf2 Nxh5 $15) 26... Kxg8 27. Re2 $1
(27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1 (28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Qxb7 Re7 $19) 28... Qe3
29. Rxf6+ Ke7 30. Rf7+ Kd8 31. Qh5 Rc7 $19) 27... Qf4 28. Rde1 Rc6 29. Qh7+ Kf8
30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. Qxe8+ Kf5 34. Qf7 Qxh4 35. Qxg7
Qxd4 36. Qxb7 Kxg6 $17) 26. Qxh6 gxh6 27. Nb5 Rcd8 28. Nxa7 $16) 20... f6 21.
Qe2 Nf4 22. Qf3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Nd7 24. Qxh5 Nf8 25. Qf5 $18) 20. hxg5 $18 Nxg5
21. f4 $1 (21. Rdg1 Qf6 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Bf5 Rcd8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Rh5 Ne6 26.
Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rh7 Rg8 28. Rg6 Qf7 29. f4 Nc4 $132) (21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Bf5 Rcd8)
21... Ne6 22. Qg2 $1 (22. Qh2 Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6 $132 (24... Kd7 25.
Qg4 f6 26. Bf5 Kc7 27. Rh7 (27. e4 Re7 28. Rh7 Rce8 $15) 27... Kb8 $15) (24...
Kf8 25. f5 $18)) (22. Rh3 Kf8 23. Rdh1 Ke7 24. Bf5 g6 $15) 22... Nd7 (22... Nc7
23. Rdg1 (23. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 24. Bf5 Rcd8 25. e4 $1 g6 (25... Qxf4 26. Ne2 Qe3 (
26... Qd6 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. e5 $18) 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Rh3 $18) (25... dxe4 26.
Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qg5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Bxe4 $18) 26. e5 $18) 23... Qf6 24. Qh3
Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Qxg7 27. Rxg7 Rg8 $11) (22... c5 23. Qh3 Kf8 24. Nb5
(24. f5 Ng5 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rh6+ Kg7 29. Rdh1 Rc6
30. f6+ Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Kxf6 32. dxc5 Nd7 (32... Rxe3 33. cxb6 $18) 33. Bb5 Ke6
34. Rd1 $16) 24... Qb8 25. f5 Ng5 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rg8 28. f6+ Ke6 29. Qh6
$18) 23. f5 (23. Rdg1 $144 $1 f6 24. Bg6 Red8 25. Qh3 Kf8 26. f5 $18) (23. Qh3
Kf8 24. f5 Ng5 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Qh6 Nf6 28. Rdf1 $14) 23... Nc7
24. e4 $1 dxe4 (24... f6 25. Rdg1 Qf8 26. Qh2 Kf7 27. Qh5+ Ke7 28. Qh7 $18) 25.
Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qh4 Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ng8 29. f6 $1 Qxf6 30. Rdf1 Qd8 31.
Rhg1 Ne6 32. Bc4 Qxd4 33. Bxe6 Rc7 34. Bf5 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch+"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1997.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 Na6 8. e3
Nb4 9. Qb1 (9. Qd2 Ne4 (9... Bf5 10. Rc1 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 (10... Nc2+ 11. Kd1
Nxa1 (11... Bxf6 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Na4 $14) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 $16) 11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. h3 (13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 O-O $11) 13... Nb8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rc2 Be7 18.
Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia 1991}) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 (13. Rc5 Nd5 14. Ng1 O-O 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Nc3 (16. Ng3 b6
17. Rc1 (17. Rxc6 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nxa2 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. Ba6 Rad8 $132) 17... Rad8
18. Bc4 c5 $15 {0-1 Agdamus,J-Bisguier,A/Buenos Aires 1970 (38)}) 16... f5 17.
Bc4 Rad8 18. O-O Qf7 19. Rc1 Nc7 20. Qe2 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Umbach,A-Donev,I/Zuerich op 1994 (40)}) 13... f6 (13... Nxa2 14. Rc5
Be6 15. b4 f6 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. Qxa2 b6 18. Rh5 Qxb4+ 19. Qd2 $16) 14. Rc5 Nd5
15. Nc4 O-O 16. Na5 Kh8 (16... Be6 17. Be2 (17. Qc2 f5 (17... Nb4 18. Qxe4 $14)
18. Be2 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. O-O f4 $132) 17... f5 18. O-O f4 $132) 17. Nb3 Bd7
18. h4 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,J-Murillo,A/Panama op 1991 (42)}) 10. Bxe7 (
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7) 10... Qxe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 (12. a3 Nd5 (
12... exf3 13. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 14. axb4 fxg2 15. Bxg2 Ke7 $11) 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nc4
$11) 12... f6 13. Nc4 Bg4 (13... O-O 14. Be2 Be6 15. O-O Rad8 16. a3 Nd5 17. b4
f5 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Correa,A-Gavrilakis,N/Novi Sad olm
BRS-GRC 1990 (30)}) 14. a3 Nd5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. O-O
$132 {1/2-1/2 Zilberstein,V-Dokhoian,Y/URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk 1988 (46)}) (9.
Qb3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Bxf6 (11. Qd1 Qa5 12. Bxf6 (12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. a3 Na6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 $132 {0-1 Navas,N-Murillo,A/
Novi Sad olm VEN-CRA 1990 (29)}) 12... Bxf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na6 17. a3 Qd8 18. b4 Nc7 19. a4 a6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Qd6 22.
Rb1 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Pushkov,N/Rostov 1993 (49)}) (11. Kd2 O-O 12. a3 Na6
13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Kxd3 b5 $132 {1-0 Bobotsov,M-Medina,A/Beverwijk
1965 (66)}) 11... Bxf6 12. Na4 (12. Kd2 Na6 (12... O-O 13. a3 Na6 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 b5 $132 {0-1 Nemet,I-Campora,D/SWZ-chIT 1989 (89)}) 13.
Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Na4 O-O 15. Nc5 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 b6 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Bd7 $15 {
0-1 Chernikov O L-Veltmander I/t, Kishinev 1967 (64)}) 12... Nc2+ 13. Qxc2 Qb4+
14. Qc3 Qxa4 15. a3 O-O 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Tal,M-Agdestein,S/
Aker Brygge 1989 (38)}) 9... g6 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. Rc1 Qa5 (11... a5 $6 12. a3 Na6
13. Qb3 $1 Qb8 $8 14. Na4 $14 {Vaganian,R-Rogozenko,D/Deutschland 1996 (28)})
12. Bxf6 (12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nd2 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 $11 (14. Kd1 $4 Ng4 $19 {1-0
Lytchak,A-Galdunts,S/NRW-Liga II 1997/NRW-II (36)})) 12... Bxf6 13. Qd2 (13.
Qb3 O-O 14. a3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Qxb7 Rfc8 $44) 13... O-O 14. Be2 (14. a3
Na6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 (15... Bg4 16. Ne4 Qxd2+ 17. Nexd2 $11) 16. Qxd3 $11) 14...
Kg7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. a3 Na6 17. Ra1 (17. Nb1 Qxd2 18. Nbxd2 $11) 17... Nb8 18.
b4 Qd8 19. b5 (19. Rfc1 a6 20. a4 Nd7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 $14)
19... Qa5 20. Rfc1 (20. bxc6 Nxc6 21. Qb2 (21. Ra2 a6 22. Rb2 Re7 23. Rc1 $132)
21... Rac8 22. Rfc1 Re7 23. Nb5 Qd8 24. a4 $132) 20... Nd7 21. Qb2 (21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Bd3 Bg4 23. Ne4 Qxd2 24. Nexd2 c5 25. Bb5 Rac8 26. Rab1 c4 $132 (26...
cxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. exd4 Rb8 $11)) 21... Rec8 22. Nd2 (22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qb4
Qd8 $132) 22... Qd8 23. Nb3 (23. a4 $5) 23... h5 (23... Nb6 $5 24. Nc5 Rab8 25.
a4 Nd7 26. Nd3 $132) 24. Qd2 Be6 $6 (24... Qe7 25. Na5 Nb6 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
Ba6 Rc7 $132) 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Na4 $14 Rab8 (26... Qe7 27. Nac5 $14) 27. Nac5
Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Rb6 29. Bd3 (29. a4 Rcb8 30. a5 Rb2 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 (32.
Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Qxc2 e5 (33... Qd6 34. Bd3 e5 35. Bxg6 exd4 36. Re1 dxe3 37.
Bxh5 Be5 38. Rxe3 Bxh2+ 39. Kf1 Bf4 40. Rc3 $14 (40. Rh3 $13)) 34. Qxc6 $14)
32... Bf5 33. Bd3 $14) 29... Qe7 30. Ra2 Bd7 (30... Rcb8) 31. a4 Be8 32. a5
Rbb8 33. Ba6 (33. Rac2 $14) 33... Rd8 34. h3 Qc7 35. Bd3 Qd6 36. Raa1 Be7 37.
Qc3 Kg8 38. Bf1 Bf8 39. Ra2 Be7 40. Rac2 Bf8 41. f4 $6 (41. Ra1 Bg7 42. Bd3 Bf8
43. Rcc1 Bg7 44. Bc2 Bf8 45. Ba4 $14) (41. h4 Qf6 42. g3 Qd6 43. Bh3 $14) 41...
Qe7 $132 42. g3 Bd7 43. Nxd7 $6 (43. Na6 Rbc8 $11) 43... Rxd7 44. Qd3 (44. Bg2
Rd6 45. Qd2 Qe8 46. Qd3 Re6 47. Re2 Bg7 48. Bf3 $132) 44... Re8 45. Kf2 Qb4 46.
Re2 $2 (46. a6 Rde7 47. Re2 $132) 46... c5 $15 47. dxc5 $2 (47. Qc3 cxd4 (47...
Qa4 48. dxc5 Rc8 49. c6 Rdc7 50. Qd2 Rxc6 51. Rxc6 Qxc6 (51... Rxc6 52. Bg2 $11
) 52. Bg2 $11) (47... Qxc3 48. Rxc3 c4 (48... cxd4 49. exd4 $11) 49. Rb2 $11)
48. Qxb4 Bxb4 49. exd4 Rxe2+ 50. Bxe2 Bxa5 51. Bf3 Bb6 52. Ke3 Kg7 53. Rc6 $15)
47... Bxc5 $17 48. a6 $2 (48. f5 g5 49. a6 Rde7 $19) (48. Bg2 Qxa5 (48... Rde7
49. Bxd5 $11) (48... d4 49. Kf1 (49. e4 Qxa5 $17) 49... Red8 50. e4 Qxa5 $17)
49. Bxd5 Rxd5 (49... Rxe3 50. Qxg6+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ $16) 50. Qxd5 Bxe3+ 51. Rxe3
Qxd5 52. Rxe8+ Kg7 53. Rcc8 a5 $17) 48... Bb6 $2 (48... Rde7 49. Rce1 (49. Rb1
Rxe3 $19) 49... Rxe3 (49... h4 $1 50. Qxd5 hxg3+ 51. Kg2 (51. Kxg3 Bxe3 $19)
51... Bxe3 52. f5 g5 53. Qf3 Qf4 $19 (53... Bf4 $2 54. Rxe7 Rxe7 55. Qa8+ Kh7 (
55... Kg7 $4 56. f6+ Kxf6 57. Qh8+ Kg6 58. Bd3+ f5 59. Bxf5+ Kxf5 (59... Kf7
60. Be6+ Rxe6 61. Qh7+ Kf8 62. Qf5+ Kg7 63. Qxe6 $18) 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Qxe7 $18
) 56. Rxe7 Qxe7 57. Qb7 $17)) 50. Rxe3 Qxe1+ 51. Kxe1 Rxe3+ 52. Kd2 Rxd3+ 53.
Kxd3 Bf2 54. g4 $11) 49. Rb1 $15 (49. f5 $5 g5 50. Bg2 (50. Rc6 Rde7 51. Qxd5
Rxe3 52. Rxe3 Rxe3 53. Rg6+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ (54. Rxb6 Qe1+ $19) 54... Qxd6 55.
Rxd6 Re6+ 56. Rxb6 Rxb6 $19) 50... Rde7 51. Rce1 $17) 49... Qd6 50. h4 (50. Bg2
$15) 50... Rde7 51. Rbe1 $8 Qc5 (51... Qb4 52. Qxd5 Qc3 53. Kg2 Bxe3 54. Qf3
$11) 52. Bg2 Rd8 53. Rc2 (53. Rd1 $15) 53... Qa5 54. Ree2 Kh7 (54... Re6 55.
Bh3 (55. f5 Rf6 56. Bh3 d4 57. e4 Qc3 58. Rcd2 Rc6 59. e5 Qxd3 60. Rxd3 Rc3 61.
Red2 gxf5 62. Bxf5 Rd5 $1 63. Re2 (63. Rxc3 dxc3+ $19) 63... Rcc5 64. Kf3 Rxe5
65. Rxe5 Rxe5 66. Kf4 Ra5 67. Bc8 Kg7 $17) 55... Re4 56. Bg2 Ra4 $19) 55. Rc1
Rde8 56. Rce1 Rd8 (56... d4 $1 57. e4 (57. exd4 Rd7 $1 58. Qc4 (58. Rxe8 Rxd4
59. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 60. Kf1 Qxa6+ 61. R1e2 Qa3 $19) 58... Rxe2+ 59. Rxe2 Bxd4+ 60.
Kf1 Bg7 $17) 57... Rc7 58. Rb2 Rc3 59. Qd2 Rb3 $1 $19) 57. Rc1 d4 $1 58. e4 $8
Qc3 59. Rd1 $8 Rc8 (59... Bc5 $2 60. e5 Re6 (60... Qxd3 61. Rxd3 $11) 61. Be4
$11) 60. Kg1 (60. e5 Qa5 61. Rb2 Rc3 $17) 60... Qa5 61. Kh2 Rc3 62. Qb1 Qxa6
63. e5 $4 (63. e5 $4 Qxe2 $19) (63. Red2 Qc4 $17) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c6 8. e3
Nh5 (8... a5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 Bf8 13. Rfe1 g6 14.
Rab1 Bg7 15. h3 b5 $14 {Ullrich,F-Schmidt,W/BL 1982/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (8... b6 9.
Rc1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qa4 Nb8 13. O-O a5 14. Ne2 Ra7 15. Nf4
g6 16. Nd3 Re7 17. b4 b5 18. Qb3 Ra7 $14 {ZÜ 1-0 Etzold,W-Timmermanns,H/OLO-B
1993 (28)}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bf4 Nh7 (9... Nbd7 10. h3 Re8 11. Bd3 Nf8 12.
Ne5 Bd6 13. O-O-O Ne6 14. Kb1 c5 15. Nxf7 $1 (15. Nb5 $6 Nxf4 16. exf4 c4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Rapp,R-Wilde,M/BL2-SW 1990 (57)}) 15... Kxf7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bg6+
Kf8 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxe8 Kxe8 20. Nxd5 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 $16) 10. Bd3 Ng5 11.
Bxg5 Bxg5 12. O-O-O f5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. f4 Bd8 15. h3 Nd7 16. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Lim Kok Ann-Kudoke,W/WchS Wildbad 1993 (39)}) 9... Be6 (9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Bd3 $14 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Kb1 c5 15. Nb3 Rfc8
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be2 Be6 20. Rc1 $11 {0-1
Machulski-Navarro/Nigaragua/SW,42,18 1987 (43)})) 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 (
11... a5 12. Rab1 (12. h3 $6 Bd6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Ne2 (14. Rab1 g5 $14) 14... Nh5
15. g4 g5 16. gxh5 gxh4 17. Kh1 Bxh3 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 $132 {
Ivanov,I-Ariel,D/Philadelphia World op 1994/0-1 (49)}) 12... Re8 13. a3 $14)
12. Rab1 $14 (12. Qd2 Bd6 13. Rab1 a6 14. b4 b5 15. a4 $14 {1-0 Aliev,
C-Rybansky,D/WchJ Verdun 1995 (34)})) (8... Bg4 9. Ne5 (9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7
11. h3 Be6 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rab1 $14 (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 f5 16.
Be2 Qg5 17. Qd1 Bf7 18. f4 Qh4 19. Bxh5 Bxh5 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. Kh2 Re6 22. g3
Qe7 23. b4 b6 24. b5 $14 {Dao Thien Hai-Cadena,J/WchJM-U20 Tunja 1989/1-0 (46)}
)) 9... Bh5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 $132 {
Petursson,G-Petersen,N/Politiken Cup, Copenhagen DEN 1998/1-0 (55)}) (8... Re8
9. Rc1 (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Qd6 13. Na4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Zaltsman,V-Frias,V/Lone Pine op 1980 (36)}) 9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Bf5
12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf6 $11 {Anderberg,P-Woehrle,C/
Nuernberg Weilburg op 1996/1-0 (73)}) (8... Nbd7 {Theory}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3
g6 (10... Nf6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 $14) 11. O-O Ng7 (11... Nd7 12. Rfe1 $6 Ndf6
13. e4 $6 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ramon,V-Kunze,K/
Dresden-W 1990 (26)}) 12. Rfe1 $6 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 $11) (12. Rab1 $1
Bf5 13. b4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a6 15. a4 $14) 12... Bf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 $6 (
14... Bxe4 $1 15. Rxe4 Qd6 16. d5 Rd8 (16... cxd5 17. Rd1 Rc8 (17... Re8 18.
Rxd5 Qc7 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Nb5 $18) 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Nxd5 Kh8 20.
Ng5 Qf8 21. Nxh7 $1 $18) 17. Rd1 Na6 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Rc4 Nb4 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20.
Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Ne4 Qf8 23. Ne5 f5 24. Qd4 (24. Nxc6 fxe4 (24...
Ne3 25. Nxd8 Nxd1 26. Qd4 $1 $16) 25. Nxd8 e3 26. f3 Qxd8 $15) 24... Re2 25.
Ng3 (25. Ng5 Qe8 26. Ngf3 Ne6 $132) 25... Rxa2 26. Nxc6 Rd6 27. Rcc1 Ra6 $8 28.
Qe5 Raxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxd5+ Re6 31. Ne2 Kh8 32. Nf4 Re8 $11) 18... Nb4 (
18... c5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. d6 Nb8 22. a3 Nf5 23. Nc4 $16) 19. Qb3
Nxd5 20. Qxb7 $16) 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Ne4 Nd7 $2 $14 (16... Nd6 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18.
Nd5 Qd8 19. Nc3 Na6 $11) 17. Qd2 $2 $11 (17. d5 $1 Rac8 18. dxc6 bxc6 $14 (
18... Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Rad1 Nb6 (20... Nb8 21. g4 Ne7 22. Nd4 Rc7 23. Nb5
Rc2 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Rxe7 Nc6 27. Rxb7 Rxb2 28. a4 $16) 21. g4
Ng7 22. Ne5 Re6 23. g5 $14 (23. Nc5 Re7 24. Ned7 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxd7 26. Nxd7
Rd8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Re7 $18) 28. Nxh7+ $16))) 17... Rad8 $6 (17...
Nb6 $11) 18. Rad1 $6 (18. d5 $1 $14) 18... Nb6 $5 (18... Nd6 19. Qf4 Ne8 20.
Qh4 f6 21. d5 $14) 19. g4 $1 (19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Qg5 Nd5 $15) 19... Ne7 $4 $18 (
19... Nd6 $1 20. Nf6+ (20. Qh6 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 f5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Rde1 Qg7 24.
Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rf8 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 $15) 20... Kg7 21. d5 (21.
Qf4 Nb5 22. Nh5+ gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Re5 (25. Qg5+ $11) 25...
Rd5 26. Qg5+ $11) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 $132) 20. Qh6
$1 (20. Nf6+ $2 Kg7 (20... Kh8 21. Qh6 $18) 21. Qg5 Ng8 $1 (21... Nbd5 $2 22.
Nh5+ Kg8 23. Qh6 gxh5 24. Ng5 Nf6 25. Qxf6 Ng6 26. gxh5 Qf4 27. Nxh7 $1 Qg4+
28. Kh1 Qxh5 (28... Kxh7 29. hxg6+ Qxg6 30. Qh4+ $18) 29. Nxf8 $18) 22. Nh4
Nxf6 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ $11) 20... f6 $8 21. Nc5 Ned5 $8 22.
Ne6 Qd7 23. Qh4 (23. h3 $18) 23... g5 (23... Rfe8 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. h3 $18) 24.
Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Qg3 h5 26. gxh5 (26. h3 h4 27. Qh2 Nf4 (27... f5 28. Nxg5 $18)
28. Nxh4 $18) 26... Nf4 27. Nh4 $2 $16 (27. h6 Qh7 28. h4 $18) 27... Nxh5 28.
Qb3+ Nd5 29. Ng2 (29. Ng6 Re8 30. Qf3 Ng7 $16) 29... Kg7 (29... Rf7 $16) 30.
Re4 Rf7 31. Rde1 Qf5 (31... f5 32. Re5 $18) 32. Re8 (32. a3 Nhf4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4
34. Qg3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kh1 $16) 32... Qg4 $2 $18 (32... Ndf4 33. Nxf4
Nxf4 34. Qf3 (34. R8e7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kh6 $44) (34. Qg3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36.
Kh1 $16 (36. Kf1 Qb5+ 37. Kg1 Qxb2 $44)) 34... Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Qb5+
37. Kg1 Qxb2 $44) 33. Qd1 $18 Qh3 34. R8e3 (34. R1e3 Nxe3 35. Rxe3 $18) 34...
Nxe3 35. Rxe3 Qf5 36. Qxh5 Qb1+ 37. Re1 Qxb2 38. Ne3 Qb5 39. d5 Qd3 40. Rd1 Qe4
41. d6 Qe6 42. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Monaco m2"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1996.11.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Ng3 (13. Kh1 Rc8 (
13... Qc7 14. Nf4 Ng4 15. fxg4 Bxg5 16. Ncxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Bxe3
19. Bc4 Re7 20. d5 Qxg4 21. d6 Rd7 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Kf8
25. Qxb7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Berg,K-Thorhallsson,T/Akureyri ;CBM 40 1994 (43)}) 14. a3
{[#] Black was well prepared for the standard e3-e4, which he might meet with
d5xe4, f3xe4 and then c6-c5 or Nf6-g4. That's why Tukmakov leaves this advance
in the center for a while and keeps manouevring.} Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. e4 g5 18. Ng3 Qf6 19. Qd2 Qf4 20. Qd3 Qh4 21. e5 g6 22. Kg1 Kg7 23.
Rf2 f6 24. exf6+ Nxf6 25. Re2 Bf7 26. Rde1 $10 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Gelfand,B/
Norilsk ;EXT 87 1987 (64)}) (13. Qc1 b5 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. Nce2 Qb6 18. Kh1 h5 19. Nf4 h4 20. Nge2 Bf7 21. Nd3 g5 22. Nc5 Bg6 23. g3
Re7 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Rde1 Rae8 27. Rg1 $132 {0-1 Horvath,
P-Lengyel,B/HUN-chT 9293 ;TD 93\08 1993 (55)}) (13. a3 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. f4
Bg4 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. f5 Nh4 19. e4 Rad8 20. Qd2 Rxd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4+ 22. Qf2 Qf6 23. Rde1 Rd8 24. Re3 Qg5 25. Qf4 Qh5 26. h3 Bd1 27. g4 Bxg4
28. hxg4 {1-0 Skomorokhin,R-Arakelov,I/RUS-sf Yaroslavl (07) ;EXP 49 1995})
13... a6 (13... Qa5 14. Rde1 c5 15. f4 c4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Nf5 Ne4
19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. f5 f6 23. a3 Rae8 24. Rc1 b5 25.
d5 Bb7 26. Rcd1 Qb6 27. Rd4 $16 {1-0 Moskalenko,Viktor-Atalik,Suat/Aosta open 
(03) 1990 (38)}) (13... Rc8 14. Kh1 (14. Rde1 c5 15. f4 Nf8 $1 16. Kh1 h6 17.
Bh4 a6 18. Qd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Ne4 $1 20. Ncxe4 Bxh4 21. Nc5 Rc7 22. f5 Bg5 $1
23. Qd1 Bd7 24. Nh5 Nh7 25. Qf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bc6 27. Qg3 Nf6 28. Nxg7 $1 $10)
14... a6 (14... Nh5 15. Bxe7 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Qxe7 17. Kg1 $1 {White changes the
plan: in the new circumstances he will probably go for the minority attack 
(b2-b4-b5); Black decides not to wait for it and goes for c6-c5.} c5 18. Bxg6
$1 hxg6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rd4 b5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Rc4 23. Kf2 a6 24. Qe2 $16
{1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Miladinovic,I/Elenite (03) ;CBM 50 1995 (56)}) 15. Nf5 Bf8
16. e4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Ne7 18. g4 Qd6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Bb1 b5 21. Rg1 b4 22. Ne2
c5 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Be3 Qd6 26. Nd4 Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Sharivazdanov,A-Panchenko,AN/RUS-sf Kazan (07) ;EXP 49 1995 (46)}) 14. Bf5 Qa5
15. Bxf6 (15. e4 $4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nxg3 $19) (15. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 16. e4 $5 Nxe4 $5
(16... dxe4 $6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ngxe4 $5 $14 (18. fxe4 $2 Qb6 19. Nge2 (19.
Na4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qa7) 19... e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Qb3+ Kh8 $17)) 17. Ngxe4 dxe4
18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. fxe4 Rd8 $11) 15... Bxf6 16. e4 Rac8 (16... Qb6 17. Qf2 (17.
Qd2 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rad8 $132) 17... Nf4 18. Bxe6 (18. e5 $6 Bg5 19. Bb1 (19. Qc2
$6 g6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qf2 f6 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 22. exf6 (22. Na4 Qa7 (22... Qb4
23. Nc3 fxe5 24. dxe5 Bf4 25. Rfe1 Ng5 $17 {[%csl Re5]}) 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ne2
Re7 $17) (22. f4 Nxf4 23. exf6 Rf8 $19) 22... Bxf6 23. Nge2 Qxb2 $17) 19... f6
20. exf6 (20. Qc2 g6 21. Na4 Qa7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 fxe5 25. dxe5
Bf4 26. Qxc6 Bxe5 27. Qc1 b5+ 28. Kh1 Rac8 29. Qd2 Qg7 (29... Qc7 30. f4) 30.
b3 Qc7 31. f4 Bc3 $15) 20... Bxf6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18... Rxe6 $15) 17. Qb3 b5
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. f4 c5 20. dxc5 $6 (20. e5 $1 $16 cxd4 21. Nxd5 $1 {Simple
and strong} (21. exf6 dxc3 22. f5 $1 (22. f7+ Kxf7 23. f5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne7 25.
fxe6+ Kg8 $17) 22... Ne5 (22... Nh4 23. fxe6 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 gxf6 25. bxc3 Qxe6
26. Nh5 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gh5f4]}) 23. fxg7 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Kxg7 (24... Ng4 $2
25. f6 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Rf1 Qxb2 28. Nf5 $3 Qd2 29. Nd6 Rf8 (29... c2 30.
f7+ Kxg7 31. Qg3+ {Mate}) (29... Red8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Qb4 $18 {[%csl Rf8]
[%cal Gf6f7]}) 30. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 31. f7+ Kh8 32. Qb4 Qd3 33. Qf4 Qg6 $8 34. Qe5+
Qg7 35. Qxe6 $18) 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 21... Bh4 22. Nb4 $2
(22. Ne4 $1 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Nd6 Rf8 $8 (24... Qc7 25. Rc1 Nxf4 26. Rxc7
Nxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nxc8 $18) 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. f5 $16) 22... Bxg3 23. hxg3
Rc4 $132) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 $2 (21. Qxc3 $5 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc5 23. f5 Nf8 (
23... exf5 24. Rxf5 Rxc3 25. exd5 $132) 24. fxe6 dxe4 25. e7 Rxe7 26. Rd8 Rf7
27. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Re5 $11) (21. f5 $3 {Again!} Bb4 (21... Ne7 22. bxc3
Rxc5 23. fxe6 Rxc3 24. Qb2 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rxg3 (25... Qc6 26. Rf7 $16) 26. hxg3
Qxe6 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Rf3 $16) 22. fxg6 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 dxe4 (23... hxg6 24.
exd5 Qb4 25. Qd3 (25. Qxb4 $2 Bxb4 26. d6 Red8 27. Ne4 Rc4 $15) 25... Qxb2 26.
Qxg6 $16) 24. gxh7+ $16) 21... Rxc5 $132 {=} 22. exd5 (22. f5 $6 {Too late}
Rxc3 23. Qb2 exf5 $17) (22. Ne2 dxe4 23. Rd4 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6g1]} 24. f5 (24. Kh1
Qc6) 24... Ne5 $15) 22... Rxc3 23. Qb1 exd5 24. f5 $1 (24. Rxd5 Nxf4 $5 (24...
Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. Rd2 (26. Rd4 Rc2 27. Rg1 (27. Qb3+ $6 Kh8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29.
Rxd5 Rxa2 $17) 27... Nh4 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Rd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc2 Qxf4 $17) 26...
Nxf4 27. Nf5 (27. Rxf4 $2 Rc1+ 28. Rf1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qc3 $19) 27... Nd5 $17 (
27... Nxg2 $2 28. Rxg2 Re2 29. Nh6+ $18) (27... g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Re7 $17
)) 25. Rxf4 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Re1+ 27. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 $15) 24... Ne5 25. f6 $1
(25. Rxd5 $2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Ng4 $1 (26... Rxg3 $2 27. Rxe5 $1 (27. hxg3 Qh6+ 28.
Kg1 Ng4 $19) 27... Rxe5 28. hxg3 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 $11) 27. Ne4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Nf2+
29. Rxf2 Rc1+ $19) 25... Rf8 $4 (25... Qb6+ $8 26. Kh1 gxf6 (26... Rf8 $5) 27.
Nh5 Rc6 (27... Re6 28. Qf5 Rcc6 29. Rxd5 Ng6 30. Rd7 Re5 $44) 28. Qf5 Rf8 29.
Rxd5 Ng6 30. Rd7 Qc5 31. Qh3 Rf7 32. Rd8+ Nf8 $44) 26. Rxd5 $4 (26. fxg7 $1 {
[%csl Rg8]} Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Nd3 $8 (28... Ng4 29. Qf5 $18) (28...
Rxg3 29. Qf5 $1 $18) 29. Qd1 $1 $18 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Qxd5+ Kxg7 (31...
Qf7 32. Qd8+ Kxg7 33. Qd4+ $18) 32. Qe5+ {[%csl Rc3]} Qf6 33. Nh5+ $18) 26...
Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Ng4 28. Rg5 $5 (28. f7+ $2 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Ne4 (30. Qf5+
Nf6 31. Rd7+ Kg8 $19) 30... Qc7 {[%cal Rc7h2,Rc7c1]} 31. Rd7+ Qxd7 32. Nxc3 Qd4
$17) (28. Qe1 $1 Nxf6 (28... Rcc8 29. Nf5 Qxf6 30. Qd1 (30. Ne7+ $2 Qxe7) 30...
Nh6 31. Rd6 Qg5 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. h3 $11 (34. Rxa6 $4 Qd2 $1
35. Qg1 (35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Qb1 Qe2 $19) 35... Qe2 $19)) 29. Rxb5 $1 $11) 28...
Nxf6 29. Nf5 $2 (29. Nh5 $1 Rc7 (29... Nxh5 $4 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qb4+ $18) 30.
Rgf5 Rcf7 31. Qb3 Kh8 32. Qa3 b4 33. Qa4 {[%csl Ge8]} Re7 34. Nxf6 Rxf6 35.
Rxf6 gxf6 36. Qc2 $44) 29... Rc7 30. Qb2 $6 {[%cal Rb2g7,Rg5g7,Rf5g7]} (30. Rg3
$17) 30... Kh8 31. Qb4 $2 (31. Rg3 $17) 31... Qc5 $19 {[%cal Yc5g5]} 32. Qf4 (
32. Qe1 Ne4 $3 33. Qxe4 Qc1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Rg5]}) 32... Ne8 $2 $17 (32...
Ne4 $1 33. Qxe4 (33. Rh5 Nf2+ $19) 33... Qc1 $19 {[%cal Rc1f1,Rc1g5]}) 33. Qd2
(33. Re1 Rcf7 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Nxe3 Rf2 $17) 33... Rcf7 (33... Nd6 $5 {[%cal
Gf8f1]} 34. Ne3 Rxf1+ 35. Nxf1 Rf7 36. Ng3 Qf2 $19) 34. g4 g6 $2 (34... Qc6+ $1
35. Kg1 Nd6 36. Rc1 Nc4 37. Qd4 Rd7 38. Qc3 Qb6+ $19) 35. Qb2+ $2 (35. Rc1 $1
Qb6 36. Qc3+ Nf6 37. Nh6 Re7 38. Re5 Rxe5 39. Qxe5 Qb7+ 40. Kg1 Qd5 41. Re1 $17
) 35... Ng7 $19 36. Rg1 Qc6+ 37. Rg2 Qf6 $2 $17 (37... h6 $1 38. Rxg6 (38. Nxh6
Rf1#) 38... Qxg6 $19) 38. Qxf6 Rxf6 39. Nxg7 $6 (39. Ng3 $17) 39... Kxg7 40.
Rc5 $2 (40. Re2 Rf2 (40... Rf4 41. h3 Ra4 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Rd5 $15) 41. Rge5
Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Rf4 43. g5 (43. h3 Rf3 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. h4 $17) 43... Kf7 44. Rc2
Ra4 $17) 40... Rd6 $4 (40... Rf1+ $1 41. Rg1 Rxg1+ (41... R8f2 $2 42. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rf4 44. Kg3 Ra4 45. Rc2 Kf6 $17) 42. Kxg1 Rf4 43. Rc7+ (43. h3
Ra4 44. Rc2 Kf6 45. Kg2 Kg5 $19) 43... Kh6 44. h3 Ra4 45. Rc2 Kg5 46. Kg2 Ra3
$19 {[%csl Ra2,Rh3][%cal Gg5h4]}) 41. Re2 Rf7 (41... Rfd8 $1 42. Kg2 (42. Re7+
$2 Kh6 (42... Kf6 $2 43. Rxh7 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 R8d2+ 45. Kf3 Rxa2 46. Rc6+ Ke5 47.
Re7+ Kd5 48. Rxg6 Rf1+ 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 b4 51. Re5+ Kc4 52. Rc6+ Kd4 53.
Rd6+ Kc4 $11) 43. g5+ (43. h3 R8d7 44. Re2 Rd2 45. Rc2 Rxc2 46. Rxc2 Rd3 47.
Kg2 Kg5 $19) 43... Kh5 44. Rxh7+ Kg4 45. h3+ Kg3 46. Rc3+ Rd3 $19) 42... Rd2
43. Kf2 $17) 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. h3 Rfd7 44. Kf3 Rf7+ 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. g5 $1 $11 Ra3
(46... h6 47. Rc6 hxg5 (47... Ra3 48. h4 h5 49. Ree6 Rxa2+ 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 51. Kg2
a5 52. Rxg6+ Kf8 53. Rc8+ Ke7 54. Rc7+ $11 Ke8 $4 55. Rg8+) 48. Rxa6 $11) 47.
Rc6 Rb7 48. Rec2 a5 49. Ra6 {[%cal Ga6a4]} a4 50. Rb2 b4 51. Rf2 (51. h4 $11 b3
(51... Rc7 52. Rxb4 Rc2+ 53. Kf1 Rc1+ 54. Kf2 Rxa2+ 55. Ke3 $11) 52. axb3 Rbxb3
53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Rxb3 (54. Rd2 $15) 54... Ra2+ 55. Rb2 Rxb2+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57.
Kf4 a3 58. Ke5 $11) 51... Rc7 52. Kh2 Rf7 53. Rd2 Re7 54. Rf2 h6 55. gxh6+ $1 (
55. h4 $5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Rf7 57. Rd2 $11) 55... Kxh6 56. Rg2 {[%cal Rg2g6,Ra6g6]
} Kh7 (56... Rg7 $5 57. Rb2 Rc7 58. Rg2 Rg7 $10) 57. Raxg6 Rxa2 58. Rxa2 Kxg6
59. Rxa4 Rb7 60. Kg3 b3 61. Ra1 Kf5 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Ke3 Rh7 64. Kd3 Rxh3+ 65.
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 16432]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 (5. cxd5 exd5 6.
Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. e3 Nh5 (8... Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. Ne5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12.
hxg3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. f4 Qf7 $132) 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. h3 g6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. g4 Be6 (14... Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Qb3 $5 Be6 $6 (
16... Kb8 17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qa4 (19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. bxa3
$132) 19... Qf6 20. Be2 $14) (16... Ne8 17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qa4 $5 $14)
17. Rc1 $14 {0-1 Epishin,V-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg2.18 1992/CBM 32/[ChessBase] (75)}
) 15. Ne2 $14 {Kasparov,G-Smyslov,V/URS-ch Moscow/1988/}) 5... c6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 (9. h4 Nf8 (9... h6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g4 Nhf6 12.
Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Taimanov,
M-Eliskases,E/Buenos Aires ARG-URS 1954 (59)}) (9... Nb6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxe7
Qxe7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Babula,V-Georgiev,V/Odorheiu Secuiesc zt
1995 (50)}) 10. e4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Nxe4 Ng6 14. Re1 (14.
Bc4 O-O 15. Neg5 Qf6 $15 {1-0 Furman Semen-Khasin,A/URS 1952/Inf 01 (38)})
14... Be6 15. Nc5 $14) 9... Qxe7 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 Nf4 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3
O-O 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 $11 {[%csl Rd5,Re3] 1/2-1/2 Nemet,
I-Gheorghiu,F/SUI-chT 1995/EXP 49 (15)}) 10... Nb6 (10... g6 $6 11. g4 $1 Nhf6
(11... Ng7 12. Rg1 $16) 12. Rg1 $14 {1-0 Portisch,L-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia
1987/Inf 45/[Ftacnik,L] (53)} (12. h3 $14)) 11. h3 $1 (11. Bd3 Bg4 (11... Be6
12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Na4 Nf6 14. Nc5 Kb8 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Ka1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,
V-Nei,I/URS-ch27 Leningrad 1960/URS-ch (32)}) 12. Kb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14.
h4 Kb8 15. Rdg1 g6 16. f4 $132 {1-0 Varga,P-Lazovic,G/Zalakaros op 1995/EXT
95op (36)}) (11. Kb1 g6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Na4 (13. Rc1 Ng7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. h3 a5
16. g4 a4 17. Ka1 Ne8 18. Rg1 Nd6 19. h4 Nbc4 20. Nxa4 Ra5 21. Nc3 Rfa8 22. Qb3
Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxa2+ 24. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 25. Kxa2 dxe4 26. Bxc4 exf3 27. Bxe6 Qxe6+
28. b3 Qe4 29. Kb2 Kg7 30. h5 f6 31. hxg6 Kxg6 32. Rc5 b6 33. Rf5 Qd3 34. Rc1
Qe2+ 35. Rc2 h6 36. Rh5 Qf1 37. Rf5 Qe2 38. b4 Qe1 39. Kb3 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,
P-Greenfeld,A/Vidmar-mem 1989/CBM 14 (39)}) 13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Ng7 15. Ka1 Bf5
16. Be2 h5 17. Rc1 Kf8 18. b4 a6 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Ne6 21. Bd7 Kg7 22. Ne5
Rhd8 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Stempin,P-Matlak,M/Polanica Zdroj 1989/EXT
89 (24)}) (11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Kb1 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. f3 O-O-O 16.
Na4 Kb8 17. Rhe1 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Rajkovic,D-Cabrilo,G/JUG-Cup Svetozarevo 1990/
EXT 90 (17)}) 11... g6 12. Bd3 (12. g4 Ng7 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Smyslov,V/URS-ch55 Moscow 1988/URS-ch (20)}) 12... Be6 (12... Bd7
13. Rhe1 (13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Ne2 (16. Nd2 h5 17. Rhg1
hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh2 19. Nf3 Rh3 20. Ne5 Ne6 $132) 16... f6 17. Ng3 $14) 13...
O-O-O 14. Ne5 Be6 15. g4 Ng7 16. f4 f6 17. Nf3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Ne8 19. f5 gxf5 20.
gxf5 Bf7 21. e4 $132 {0-1 Volkov,S-Kiriakov,P/Moscow-chJ 1993/EXT 93ch (61)})
13. Kb1 (13. Na4 Ng7 (13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 O-O 15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 (16. Qc2 Rac8
17. Kb1 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qa4 Ne4 20. Rhf1 a6 21. Nd4 Rfc8 $132) 16... Ne4
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Qxe4 Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 Qxe4 22. Nxe4
Rxe4 23. Kb3 $14) 14. g4 O-O-O 15. Nc5 Kb8 16. Kb1 Ne8 17. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Czerwonski,A-Michenka,J/Frydek-Mistek op 1994/EXT 94op (44)}) 13... Ng7 (13...
O-O-O 14. Na4 Ng7 15. Rc1 Qb4 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. a3 Qa5 18. Na4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Polak,T-Michenka,J/CZE-chT9495 1995/EXT 95ch (54)}) 14. g4 O-O-O 15. Na4 (15.
Rc1) 15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 f6 $2 $16 (17... Ne8 18. Rc3 Nd6 19. Ra3
Nc8 20. Rc1 (20. Ne5 f6 $11) 20... f6 21. Rb3 Nb6 $11) 18. Rc3 Rd6 19. Rhc1 Rc8
(19... g5 20. Ra3 b6 21. Rxc6 $16) 20. Ra3 b6 21. g5 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} (21. Rac3
h5 22. Nh4 g5 23. Ng6 Qd7 24. gxh5 Nxh5 25. h4 g4 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. Rh1 $14)
21... Bf5 (21... fxg5 22. Ne5 (22. Nxg5 Bf5 23. Nf3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qe4 25. Ne5
Ne6 26. f3 Qf5 27. Rc2 Nd8 28. h4 Rc7 $132) 22... c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5
Rxc5 25. Qb4+ Qb7 26. Qxc5 Rb6 27. b3 Bxh3 28. Ra5 Be6 29. Bb5 Bf5+ 30. Kb2 Ne6
31. Nc6+ Rxc6 32. Qxc6 Qxc6 (32... Qg7+ 33. Ka3 $18) 33. Bxc6 d4 34. e4 Bh3 35.
Rd5 Kc7 36. Bd7 Nf4 37. Bxh3 Nxh3 38. Rxd4 Nxf2 39. e5 h5 40. e6 Ng4 41. e7 Nf6
42. Rd8 g4 43. Rf8 Kd7 44. Rxf6 Kxe7 45. Rxg6 $18) 22. gxf6 Rxf6 (22... Bxd3+
23. Rxd3 Rxf6 24. Ne5 $16) 23. Ne5 Qb7 (23... Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 $16) 24. Rac3
Bxd3+ 25. Nxd3 $2 $14 (25. Rxd3 $1 Ka8 (25... Rxf2 26. Nxc6+ Ka8 27. Rdc3 (27.
Ra3 Rf7 28. Nxa7 Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Rf1+ 30. Kd2 Kb8 31. Rc3 $18) 27... Qd7 (27...
b5 28. Qa5 a6 29. Nd8 $1 $18) 28. Qa6 Qb7 29. Na5 $1 $18) 26. Rd2 (26. Rdc3 c5
(26... Rxf2 27. Nxc6 $18) 27. dxc5 (27. Nd7 b5 $19) 27... bxc5 28. Nd7 $2 (28.
Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxf2 30. Nd3 Rf8 (30... Rf1+ 31. Nc1 $16) 31. Nf4 g5 32.
Nxd5 Rf1+ 33. Kc2 Rf2+ 34. Kd3 $1 Rf7 35. Rc8+ $18) 28... Ra6 29. Qg4 $8 c4 30.
Ne5 Rb8 $132) 26... Nf5 27. Rdc2 Ne7 28. f3 Re6 29. e4 c5 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Qe3
g5 32. Qxg5 dxe4 33. Qg7 Rd8 34. Qg4 Rxe5 35. dxe5 exf3 $16) 25... Nf5 26. Nc5
$5 (26. Ne5 Ne7 $14) 26... bxc5 $2 $16 (26... Qe7 27. Na6+ (27. Nd3 Qb7 (27...
Qe4 28. Ka1 Ne7 $14) 28. Ne5 Ne7 29. f3 $14) 27... Kb7 28. Nb4 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 Ne7
30. Qa6+ Kb8 31. Ra3 Rc7 $132) 27. Rb3 cxd4 28. exd4 (28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29. Qb4+
Ka8 30. exd4 Re6 $16) 28... Re6 29. Rxb7+ Kxb7 30. a3 Ka8 (30... Re4 31. Rd1
Rce8 32. Rd3 Nd6 33. Qb4+ Kc7 34. Qc5 $16) 31. Rc3 Ne7 32. Rb3 Nf5 33. Qb4 Re7
34. Qc5 Rb7 $2 $18 (34... Re6 $16) 35. Rxb7 Kxb7 36. b4 Rd8 (36... a6 37. a4
$18) 37. a4 Rd7 38. Kc2 Rd6 39. Kb3 (39. Kd3 Kb8 40. a5 $18) 39... Kb8 40. a5
Kb7 41. Ka4 h5 42. Qc3 (42. b5 cxb5+ 43. Qxb5+ Kc7 44. a6 Rd7 (44... Rc6 45.
Qb7+ Kd6 46. Qxa7 Rc4+ 47. Ka5 Nxd4 48. Qb8+ Kd7 49. Qb7+ Kd6 50. a7 Nc6+ 51.
Qxc6+ Rxc6 52. a8=Q $18) 45. Qc5+ Kd8 46. Qc6 Ne7 47. Qa8+ Nc8 48. h4 Rd6 49.
Kb5 Rb6+ 50. Ka5 Rd6 51. f4 Kc7 52. Qb7+ Kd8 53. Qb8 Kd7 54. Qb5+ Ke6 55. Qb7
Ne7 56. Kb5 Rd7 57. Kc5 Nf5 58. Qc6+ Rd6 59. Qa8 Rd7 60. Qg8+ Kf6 61. Qe8 (61.
Kc6 Ne7+ 62. Kxd7 Nxg8 $19) (61. Qf8+ Ke6) 61... Re7 62. Qf8+ Ke6 63. Qg8+ Kf6
64. Qxd5 $18) 42... Re6 43. Qc5 Ne7 44. h4 Re4 (44... Kb8 45. a6 Nc8 46. Qf8
Kc7 47. Qf7+ Kd6 48. Kb3 $18) 45. Qd6 a6 46. Qd8 g5 47. hxg5 h4 48. g6 h3 49.
Qd7+ Kb8 50. g7 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[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 "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3
Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7
14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. f5 (16. Kh1 {/\ Rg1, g4 Jussupow}) 16... Bf7 17. h3 (
17. g4 Nc8 (17... h6 18. Nh4 Nc4 (18... Rc8 $5 19. Qf2 c5 $132) 19. Bxc4 dxc4
20. Nf3 b5 21. e4 Nd7 (21... b4 22. Ne2 Qd7 23. e5 Bd5 (23... b3 24. axb3 cxb3
25. Qc1 $16) 24. e6 $14 (24. exf6 gxf6 25. Qd2 Rg7 26. h3 Qxf5 27. Qxh6 Qh7 28.
Qxh7+ Rxh7 29. Nf4 $11)) 22. b4 (22. e5 $2 fxe5 23. Qf2 (23. dxe5 Nxe5 $17)
23... exd4 {Leitao,R-Klovans,J/Koop Tjuchem op 1996/EXT 97/0-1 (92)}) (22. Ne2
Qa5 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Re3 b4 $132 (24... c5 25. d5 Nb6 26. Ne6 $16)) 22... cxb3
23. axb3 a5 $132) (17... Qd6 $14 18. e4 (18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Ng2 Nc4 20. Nd1 (20.
Qf2 Qb4 $17) 20... Nd7 21. b3 Na3 22. Qb2 Qb4 23. Rf4 $132 {1-0 Razuvaev,
Y-Beliavsky,A/Sochi 1986 (46)}) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. g5 Nd5 21. Bc4 Kh8
22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Qd2 Ne3 $1 24. Rxe3 Bxc4 25. Rfe1 Nd7 $17 (25... Rg7+ $6 26.
Ng3 Bd5 (26... Qf4 $15) 27. Kf2 Rd8 $2 (27... Qf4 $15) 28. Re8 Kg8 $4 (28...
Rxe8 $2 29. Rxe8 $16 Qf7 30. Ra8 b6 (30... a6 31. Qb4 Rg8 32. Ra7 Bxf3 33. Rxb7
Qd5 34. Qe7 Qxd4+ 35. Kxf3 Qg4+ 36. Ke3 $16) 31. Qh6 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 c5 33. Kf2
Qe7 (33... cxd4 34. Nh5 $18) 34. Nh5 Rf7 35. Nf4 Kg8 36. Ne6 cxd4 37. Qf4 $16)
(28... Qd7 $1 29. Qe3 Bxa2 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Ra1 Bd5 32. Rxa7 Qb6 33. Qa3 Nd7
$15) 29. Nh5 Rxe8 (29... Rf7 30. Nxf6+ $1 $18) 30. Nxf6+ $18 {1-0 Yusupov,
A-Spassky,B/Montpellier ct 1985 (33)})) 18. Qg2 Nd6 19. g5 Kh8 (19... Bh5 20.
gxf6 Rf7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxf6 24. Ne5 $132) 20. g6 Be8 21.
gxh7 Bh5 22. Nh4 Qe8 23. Qh3 (23. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Nf7 $8 25. Ng6+ Bxg6
26. fxg6 Nh6 $17) (23. Ng6+ Nxg6 24. fxg6 f5 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Ng2 g5 25. fxg6
Bxg6 26. Bxg6 Qxg6 27. Qg3 Qxg3 {- Smejkal,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Dubai olm
1986/TD 86\02} 28. hxg3 Nxh7 $15) (17. b3 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 (18... Bh5 19. e5 Qb4
20. a3 (20. exf6 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bxf3 22. fxg7 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Nfd7
$17) 20... Qxa3 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Na2 Qa5 23. Nc3 Qb4 $11) 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Qf2
Rae8 $15 {Feldman,V-Drummond,M/Sydney op 1992/EXP 33/0-1 (62)}) 17... Qc7 18.
Qf2 Rae8 19. Re2 (19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf4 $15) 19... Nc8 20. Nd2
(20. g4 Nd6 21. Kh1 Nd7 22. Rg1 c5 $132) 20... Nd7 21. Rfe1 c5 22. Qf3 (22. e4
cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qb6 24. Nb3 Ne5 25. Bb5 Nc6 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. Kf2 $11) 22... Qd6
$132 23. Bb5 (23. Bc2 a6 24. Nb3 b6 (24... b5 25. a3 $132) 25. e4 cxd4 26. Nxd4
$11) 23... a6 24. dxc5 (24. Bxd7 Rxd7 (24... Qxd7 25. dxc5 d4 26. exd4 Qxd4+
27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $16) 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Nd4 Nb6 $132) 24...
Qxc5 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nb3 Qb6 $11 (26... Qb4 $11) 27. Na4 (27. Rd1 Re5 28. Nd4
Nd6 29. b3 Rde7 30. Na4 Qa5 31. Nb2 $132) (27. Nd4 $142 $11) 27... Qa7 (27...
Qb4 $11) 28. Nac5 (28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Nac5 Rc7 30. Qf4 Qb6 31. Ree1 Re5 32. g4 Nc4
33. Qd4 Rce7 34. e4 (34. Rc3 Nxb2 $17) 34... Qb5 $17) 28... Rde7 29. Rc1 Nd6 (
29... b6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. fxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxd5 Qf7 33. Nd4 R6e7 $11) 30. Nd4 Re5
(30... Qb6 31. b3 Qb4 32. Nd3 Qa3 33. Rcc2 Ne4 34. Nf2 $132) 31. Kh2 $6 (31. b3
$132) 31... Nc4 $15 32. Nce6 $8 Bxe6 33. Nxe6 Nxe3 (33... Rxe3 $2 34. Qxd5 $1
Qb8+ (34... Rxe2 35. Ng5+ R2e6 (35... Kh8 $4 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nh6+ Kh8 38. Qg8+
Rxg8 39. Nf7#) 36. Nxe6 $18) 35. Kh1 Nb6 36. Qd2 Rxe2 37. Qxe2 $14) 34. Rc7 (
34. Nc7 Rc8 35. Rc3 d4 (35... Qb8 36. Rcxe3 Rxe3 37. Qxd5+ Kh8 38. Rxe3 Qxc7+
39. Rg3 (39. g3 Qc2+ 40. Qg2 Qxf5 $17) (39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qxb2+ $19) 39...
Re8 40. Qd3 b5 41. b4 Re5 42. a3 $11) 36. Nb5 $8 Qb8 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Nxd4
Qc1 $15) 34... R8xe6 (34... g6 35. Qf4 (35. Rg7+ Kh8 $19) 35... Nxf5 (35... g5
36. Nxg5 Nf1+ 37. Kh1 Rxe2 38. Nxh7 $18) 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Qxe5 Qe3 38. Qxe3
Nxe3 39. Nc5 b6 40. Nxa6 Rf8 $132) (34... R5xe6 35. fxe6 Qb6 36. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
37. Rxe3 Qd6+ 38. Kh1 Rxe6 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. Qh5+ (40. Rg3 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re3 42.
Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qxh7+ Kd8 44. Qg8+ Kc7 45. h4 d4 46. h5 (46. Kh3 Rxg3+ 47. Qxg3 d3
$19) 46... d3 47. h6 d2 48. h7 d1=Q 49. h8=Q Kb6 $1 $19 (49... Rxg3 50. Qxg3
Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 $15)) 40... Kg7 41. Qg4+ $11) 35. fxe6 Qb8 36. Rc1 $2 (36. Rxb7
$1 Qxb7 (36... Nf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qxb7 38. Rxe5 fxe5 39. Qf5 Qc7 $132) 37. Rxe3 Qb8
(37... Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qxb2 39. e7 (39. Kg3 Qe5+ 40. Kf3 h5 (40... Qxe3+ 41. Kxe3
Kf8 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Kxd5 $18) 41. Qb6 d4 42. Kf2 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Kh7 44. Qxa6 d3
45. e7 $11) 39... Qb8+ 40. Kg1 Kf7 $19) 38. Qg3 Qd6 39. Rb3 Rxe6 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ (42. Rxg7 d4 43. Rxh7 d3 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Kd8 46.
Rh8+ Kc7 $19) 42... Ke7 43. Rb7+ Kd8 44. Rxg7 (44. Qxd6+ Rxd6 45. Rxg7 d4 $17)
44... d4 45. Kg1 d3 46. Qf3 Qc5+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) (
36. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 37. Qg3+ Ng4+ 38. Kh1 (38. Qxg4+ Rg5+ $19) 38... Rxe2 (38...
Qe8 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Qxg4+ Kf6 41. Qh4+ Kxe6 42. Qxh7 $11) 39. Qxg4+ Kf8 40.
Qxe2 Qe5 $17) 36... Ng4+ $2 (36... Nf1+ $1 37. Kh1 (37. Qxf1 Rxe2+ 38. Kh1 Rxe6
(38... Re5 39. Qf2 Qe8 40. Qb6 Qxe6 41. Qxb7 Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+
44. Kh1 Qd6 $17) 39. Qf5 Re8 40. Qxd5+ Kh8 $17) 37... Rxe2 38. Qxf1 Re5 (38...
Rxe6 39. Qf5 Re8 40. Qxd5+ Kh8 $17) 39. Qf2 Qe8 40. Qa7 h6 41. Qxb7 Qxe6 $17)
37. Qxg4 $11 (37. Kh1 Rxe2 38. Qxg4 Re5 $132 {This game}) 37... Rxe2+ 38. Kh1
Re5 39. e7 $2 (39. Qa4 $1 Rxe6 (39... h6 40. Qd7 Kh7 41. e7 Qg8 42. Rc7 $13)
40. Qd7 Rc6 $8 41. Qxd5+ Kf8 42. Rxc6 bxc6 43. Qxc6 $11) 39... Kf7 $17 40. Qd7
Rxe7 41. Qxd5+ Kg6 (41... Kf8 42. Qf5 Rc7 43. Rxc7 Qxc7 44. Qxh7 Qc1+ 45. Kh2
Qxb2 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qh5+ Ke7 (47... Ke6 48. Qe8+ $11) 48. Qc5+ Ke6 49. Qc8+
$11) 42. Qd3+ Kh6 $1 (42... f5 43. g4 Qe5 44. gxf5+ Kf6 $15 (44... Qxf5 45.
Rg1+ $18)) 43. Qd2+ g5 44. Rd1 (44. Qf2 Qe5 $17) 44... Kg7 45. a4 Qe5 46. Qd8
h5 47. Rd7 $6 (47. b4 $17) 47... Kf7 48. Rxe7+ (48. b3 Rxd7 49. Qxd7+ Qe7 50.
Qd5+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Qg7 52. Qe6 h4 $17) 48... Qxe7 $19 49. Qd1 Kg6 (49... h4 $19)
50. Qb3 Kh6 51. g3 a5 52. Kg2 Qc7 53. Qd1 Qc6+ 54. Kh2 Qe4 55. b3 Qe5 56. Kg2
h4 $5 (56... Kg6 57. Qf3 f5 58. Qxb7 Qe4+ 59. Qxe4 fxe4 60. Kf2 Kf5 $19) 57.
gxh4 gxh4 58. Qf3 f5 59. Kf2 Qh2+ (59... Kg5 60. Qg2+ Kf6 61. Qxb7 Qg3+ 62. Ke2
Qh2+ 63. Kd1 Qxh3 64. Qb6+ Kg5 65. Qd8+ Kg4 66. Qg8+ (66. Qd4+ f4 67. Qg7+ Kf3
68. Qc3+ Kg2 69. Qd2+ Kg1 $19) 66... Kf3 67. Qd5+ Kf2 (67... Kg3 68. Qxa5 Qf1+
69. Kd2 Qf2+ 70. Kc1 Qe3+ 71. Kc2 f4 72. Qg5+ Kh3 73. a5 Qe2+ 74. Kc3 f3 75.
Qf5+ Kh2 76. Qf4+ Kg1 77. a6 $11) 68. Qd4+ Kg3 69. Qe5+ f4 70. Qxa5 Qf1+ 71.
Kd2 Qf2+ 72. Kd3 Qe3+ 73. Kc2 h3 $19) 60. Kf1 Kg5 61. Qc3 Qd6 (61... Qf4+ 62.
Ke2 (62. Kg2 Kg6 $22 $19) 62... Qe4+ 63. Kf1 Kg6 $19) 62. Qxa5 Qd3+ 63. Kf2
Qc2+ 64. Kg1 Kf4 $1 65. Qd8 (65. Qe1 Kf3 $1 66. Qf1+ $8 Kg3 67. Qe1+ Kxh3 $19)
65... Kf3 $1 66. Qd5+ $8 Qe4 (66... Kg3 $19) 67. Qd1+ Qe2 68. Qf1+ Qxf1+ 69.
Kxf1 {[#] Hecht:  Tempospiel! Nicht der Bh3 ist das Opfer, um mit den Bauern
f+h vorzulaufen, sondern die Bauern a+b müssen erobert werden und Bb7 ist
Gewinnkandidat. Das Abzählen im Kopfrechenverfahren ergibt im Hauptspiel genau
ein Tempo plus für Schwarz. In der Variante, in der nicht nur Abzählen sondern
Mitdenken gefragt ist, scheitert Schwarz an der taktischen Feinheit 75. b6! um
genau ein Tempo.} Ke3 (69... Kg3 $2 {Hecht} 70. b4 Kxh3 71. a5 Kg3 72. b5 h3
73. Kg1 f4 74. a6 bxa6 75. b6 $1 (75. bxa6 f3 76. a7 h2+ $1 (76... f2+ $2 77.
Kf1 h2 78. a8=Q $18) 77. Kh1 f2 $19) 75... f3 76. b7 h2+ 77. Kh1 f2 78. b8=Q+
Kf3 79. Qb1 Ke2 80. Kg2 h1=Q+ 81. Qxh1 $18) 70. b4 Kd4 71. Ke2 Kc4 72. b5 Kb4
73. Kf3 Kxa4 74. b6 Kb5 75. Kf4 Kxb6 76. Kg5 Kc5 77. Kxh4 b5 0-1

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. f3 c5 (10... Nf8 11. Bh4 Be6 (11... c5 12. O-O a6 13.
Rad1 c4 14. Bf5 b5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Nf4 N8d7 17. a3 Nb6 18. Qf5 $14 {Piskov,
Y-Sherbakov,R/URS-chT 1988/1-0 (53)}) (11... g6 12. O-O Ne6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14.
Kh1 Kg7 15. a3 a5 16. Bf2 Bd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. e5 Bf8 20. Ne4 $132
{Arlandi,E-Rahman,Z/Novi Sad olm ITA-BAN 1990/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (11... Nh5 12. Bf2
Bh4 13. g3 Be7 14. g4 Nf6 15. g5 N6d7 16. h4 b5 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Nf5
Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Nc4 21. Re1 $132 {0-1 Bykhovsky,A-Murugan,K/Gausdal Peer Gynt
1991 (38)}) 12. O-O Rc8 (12... b6 13. Kh1 Bc8 14. Bf2 c5 15. Rad1 c4 16. Bf5
Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. e4 Red8 20. Bh4 $14 {1-0 Pinho,P-Neves,J/
Lisboa-ch 1993 (34)}) (12... Ng6 13. Bf2 c5 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. f4
Bg4 17. f5 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nf8 19. Bh4 Ne4 20. Qe1 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kukkonen,
M-Laine,P/FIN t-ch 1995 (27)}) 13. Rad1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 Ng6 16. Bf2
Ne5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Qe2 $132 {Arencibia,W-Russek,G/Granma zt
1987/1-0 (77)}) (10... Qc7 11. O-O-O b6 12. Nf4 $6 Bb4 13. Nfe2 Bb7 14. h4 c5
15. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kuehn,B-Doetsch,D/RLPF-op Herxheim 1993 (34)}) (10... b5
11. O-O Qb6 12. h3 a6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qd8 15. Na4 $14 {1-0 Cruz Lopez,
C-Garcia Gomez,P/ESP-ch Canete 1994 (37)}) (10... Qa5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 c5 13.
Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bb5 $16 {Urday,H-Suarez,S/
Carlos Torre mem, Merida MEX 1997/1-0 (51)}) 11. O-O b6 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4
Nf8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Varga,P-Remling,C/Budapest FS03
IM-A 1994 (39)}) (11... h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 $14 (13. exd4 Nb8 14. Nb5 Nc6
15. a3 a6 16. Nbc3 $11 {0-1 Aleksieva,S-Muller,A/WchJW U18 Duisburg 1992 (21)})
) 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bb5 $14 Nh5 (14... a6 15. Ba4 Nh5 (15... Rf8
16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nfxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Bxb2 21. Qc2
$16) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Nhf6 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21.
Bxd7 Red8 22. Ba4 Rd2 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Rxb2 25. Nc3 $14) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Nhf6 19. Rd3 $1 (19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxd7 Red8
21. Ba4 Rd2 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Rxb2 24. Nc3 Rab8 25. Bb3 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 c4
27. Bd1 Rb2+ 28. Kf3 $14) 19... Qe6 (19... Qe7 20. Ng3 $16) 20. Ng3 Rab8 21.
Bxd7 $1 (21. Re2 Qxa2 22. Bxd7 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxb2 24. Qf1 c4 (24... Rb1 25. Rd1
$18) 25. Rd1 c3 26. Bh3 $16) 21... Nxd7 22. Re2 Qc6 $8 23. Nf5 $1 (23. Ne4 Nb6
24. Rc3 Na4 25. Rce3 Re5 26. b3 Nb6 27. f4 $16) 23... Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qb5 $8 25.
Qd2 $1 $18 Nf6 (25... Nf8 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Rd8 c4 28. Nc8 $1 $18) 26. Qg5 (26.
Rb3 Qe8 27. Nxg7 $3 Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qxc5+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8
32. Qxf6 $18) 26... Ne8 $8 27. Rb3 Qe2 $8 28. Qe7 $2 $16 (28. Nh6+ Kh8 (28...
Kf8 29. Qxc5+ $18) 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Qe5 $1 $18) 28... Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ $2 $18
(29... Qc2+ 30. Kg3 Ra8 31. Qe5 h6 $16) 30. Kg3 Qd8 31. Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. a3 (12. h3 $142 Nh5 (12... Rc8
13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 (14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Na4 Bb4 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. a3
Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 $14 {Safin,S-Hashimov,V/URS-qf Ashkhabad 1990/1-0 (76)
}) 14... Rxe7 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Bf7 17. f5 c5 18. Qf2 h6 19. g4 Nh7 20. Qg2 Qb6
21. h4 cxd4 22. exd4 $14 {Jacimovic,D-Pavlovic,R/JUG-ch 1991/1-0 (50)}) 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. a3 Bc8 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 Ng6 18. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Hort,V-Campora,D/Biel 1987 (30)}) 12... N6d7 (12... h6 13. Bh4 N6d7 14. Bg3 Rc8
(14... Bg4 15. Nd2 Bh5 $11 {[%cal Gh5g6]}) 15. b4 a5 (15... Bg4) 16. Rb1 b5 17.
Ne5 (17. e4 axb4 18. axb4 Nf6 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd5 $11) 19. e5 Nh5 20. Nd2
Nd7 21. f4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qb6 23. f5 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Nxe5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bh7+
Kh8 27. Rf4 $13) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Nb6 19. Ne2 (19. Nxc6 $5 Rxc6 20. Bxb5 Rc8
21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Rfc1 Nc4 $14) 19... Nc4 20. Nf4 Bd6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bh7+
Kf8 23. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Gonzales,G-Granda Zuniga,J/Capablanca mem-A 1988}
bxc4 24. Bxd6+ Qxd6 25. Bf5 Rb8 26. Qc3 $11) 13. Bf4 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 $14
(14. e4 $6 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Re3 Qd7 17. h3 $11 (17. Rfe1 Bg4 $15))) 13...
Bg4 $1 14. Nd2 Bh5 15. Qb3 (15. b4 a6) 15... Nb6 16. Qa2 (16. Rc1 Bg6 17. Be2
Bd6 $11) 16... Bg6 17. Be2 a5 18. Bg3 (18. b3 Bd6 $11) 18... a4 19. Qa1 Nfd7
20. Qd1 Nf8 21. Nf3 Bh5 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Be2 Bh5 24. Bd3 Bg6 25. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Boim, Inon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
Bf5 (14... f5 15. b4 Be6 (15... a6 16. a4 Be6 17. Rfc1 Ng6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5
Qg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Sapis,W/Goteborg ,EXT 1989 (19)}) (15... Ng6 16. Ne2
a6 17. a4 Be6 18. Qc5 Qh4 19. Nc4 Rf8 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. b5 axb5
23. axb5 Bd5 24. Nf4 $16 {1-0 Antunes,A-Sequeira,J/Lissabon SW 1985 (48)}) 16.
b5 $6 (16. f3 $6 exf3 17. Nxf3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. a3 a6 20. Rbc1 Qf7 21. Ne5
Qc7 22. Qf2 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Tempone,M-Campora,D/Buenos Aires Najdorf op ARG 1996 
(22)}) (16. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 16... Rac8 (16... c5 17. dxc5 (17. d5 $6 Bf7
18. Nc4 Nd7 {and black has safe position.}) 17... Qxc5 18. Nb3 Qe5 19. Rfc1
Rac8 20. Nd4 Rc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nor,I-Klovans,J/Graz 1998/EXT 99 (65)}) 17. b6 a6
18. Rfc1 Qf7 19. a4 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Landenbergue,C-Vrbata,Z/Prague Vysehrad ,
EXT 1989 (35)}) 15. b4 Rac8 16. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Gc2c5] I was satisfied about
results of the opening.White has very strong position: c5-outpost could be
used for transfers of heavy pieces.The current threat is Qc5,Ne2 is the good
defender of kingside,and from-g3 can attack e4-pawn.I found this move very
logical.b4-b5 break is not useful up to now.} (16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Qc5
Qd7 19. Nf1 Be6 20. Qc2 Bd5 21. Nc5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Gross,L-Treffert,P/
Kirchheim-Bensheim 1984 (78)}) 16... Nd7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Qc5 Rcd8
$6 (19... Qd7 $142 20. Qa5 Nd5 21. Nc4 $14) 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. b5 cxb5 22. Rxb5
{Whites advantage became obvious:both rooks are active,pawn e4 is a target,
white can play on both sides of the board.} f6 23. Rbc5 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Bf7 $2 {
Just loses a pawn.} (23... Nd5 24. h4 h6 25. h5 Bh7 26. Rc8 (26. Ne2 {[%cal
Ge2c3]}) 26... Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kf7 28. Nc4 (28. Rh8 Re6 $1 {and Bh7 is
unviolable.}) 28... Rd7 29. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) 24. Ra5 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Re4]} a6
25. Ngxe4 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Nc3 Rc7 28. Nb3 Bf7 (28... Bxb3 29. axb3 {
[%cal Yc3a2,Yc3e2,Gg1f1]}) 29. Ne4 Rd7 (29... Nc4 30. Nd6 $18) 30. Nec5 Rc7 31.
e4 (31. f3 {was quiter way,but 31.e4 is enough strong.}) 31... Nc4 32. d5 Nd6
33. f3 Re7 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 34. Nd3 g5 35. Nd4 h5 36. Kf2 h4 37. Rb1 {[%cal
Rb1b6]} Nxe4+ {Black is totaly losing.He tries to confuse white befor e
time-control.Here I had about 4minutes on 3(actually two,because on next move
I capture the knight)moves,and I found a way to destroy my position.} (37... b5
38. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) (37... Rc7 38. Rb6 Ne8 39. Ke3 $18) 38. fxe4 Rxe4 {
In this position I had a task to find a worse place for my knight,and I found
it!} 39. Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Ne6 $142 Ra4 40. Rb2 Ra5 41. Ke3 Rxd5 42.
Nec5 b5 43. Nxa6 $18) (39. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3]} Bxd5 $140 40. Nc3 Rd4 41. Ke3 $18
) 39... Bg6 {[%cal Rg6b1]} 40. Rxb7 $2 $138 {Even after a blunder of piece I
kept winning position by amazing monouevre of knight.} (40. Nh6+ Kg7 41. Ng4 $3
Rxg4 42. Rxb7+ Kh6 (42... Kg8 43. d6 Rd4 44. d7 Kf8 45. Nb4 $18 {[%cal Rb7b8,
Rb4c6]}) 43. Rb4 {That is the point.Black can not prevent exchange of rooks,
and forthcoming ending is winning for white because of remoteness of black
king.} Rxb4 44. Nxb4 Kg7 (44... a5 45. d6 Bf5 46. Nc6 Kg7 47. Nxa5 Kf7 48. Nb7
$1 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 45. Nxa6 Kf7 46. Ke3 $18) 40... Bxf5 41. Rb4 {Now I
understood that I had missed a win in this game.The exchange of rooks forces a
draw.} (41. Nc5 Rd4 ({or} 41... Rc4 42. Nxa6 Rc2+)) 41... Kf7 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43.
Nc5 Bxd5 44. Nxa6 Bxa2 45. g3 {Of course,black doesn't have any chances in
this endgame,but my opponent was too obstinate.} Bc4 46. Nb4 h3 47. Nc2 f5 48.
Ne3 Be6 49. Nc2 Kf6 50. Ne3 Ke5 51. Nc2 Ke4 52. Ne3 Bb3 53. Ke2 f4 54. gxf4
gxf4 55. Ng4 Bc4+ 56. Ke1 Be6 57. Nf2+ Ke3 58. Kf1 Kf3 59. Kg1 Ke2 60. Nh1 Bd5
61. Nf2 Bg2 62. Ne4 Ke3 63. Nf2 Kd2 64. Ng4 Ke1 65. Nf2 Bf1 66. Ng4 Bd3 67. Nf2
Bf5 68. Nh1 (68. Ne4 $11) 68... f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Auxerre"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 (11... Be6) (11... Nh5) 12. Kh1 Be6 13.
Na4 $6 (13. f4 Ng4 (13... Bc8 $5) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f5 Qh4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qd2
Nxf1 18. Rxf1 $13) (13. Rad1 $5) 13... Qc7 $1 14. Nf4 $6 {[#]} (14. Rae1 Ng4
15. Bf4 Nxf4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Nxf4 Nxh2 $1 (17... Nxe3 $2 18. Nxe6 Nxc2 19.
Nxc7 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 $18) 18. Kxh2 (18. Nxe6 $2 Qg3 19. Rf2 Bd6 $19) 18... g5 $13
) 14... Ng4 $1 15. fxg4 (15. Bxe7 $2 Nxe3 16. Nxe6 Qxe7 17. Qf2 Nxf1 $19) (15.
Nxe6 $4 Qxh2#) 15... Bxg5 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd6 19. Rf5 $6 {
[#]} (19. d5 $2 Ne5 $1 (19... b5 $6 20. Nc3 cxd5 21. Nxb5 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Rb6 $15
) 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. dxc6 Rh6 $1 22. cxb7 Rxh2+ $1 23. Kg1 (23. Kxh2 $4 Nf3+)
23... Be3+ 24. Rf2 Qxb7 $1 (24... Nf3+ $2 25. Kf1 Rh1+ $2 26. Ke2 Nd4+ 27. Kd3
$18 Qxb7 28. Rxh1 $18) 25. Be4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxh2 (26. Kxf2 Rc8 $1 $19) 26... Qb8
$1 $19) (19. Nc3 $5 $15) 19... Rxd4 $5 (19... Qe7 $1 $17) 20. Rxg5 Qf4 21. Bxg6
(21. Rxg6 $2 Rxe4 $1 22. Nc3 Re7 23. Ne2 Qe5 $19) 21... hxg6 (21... Qxg5 $2 22.
Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Qxg4 24. Nc3 $14) 22. Ra5 Rd2 23. Qb3 $2 (23. Qc3 $2 b5 $1
24. Qxc6 $1 (24. Nb6 $2 Rad8) (24. Nc5 $2 Qf2 25. Rg1 Re8 26. Qc1 (26. Nd3 $2
Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Re1 $19) 26... Rc2 27. Qd1 (27. Nd3 $2 Rxc1 28. Nxf2 Rxg1+ 29.
Kxg1 Re1#) 27... Qxc5 $17) 24... Rad8 25. Qf3 (25. Nc3 $4 Rd1+ $1) (25. Rg1 $2
Rd1 26. Nc3 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rd3+ 30. Kf2 Re3 $1 31.
Qa8+ Kh7 32. Ne2 Qd2 $19) 25... Qxf3 26. gxf3 bxa4 27. Rxa4 (27. b4 R8d3) 27...
Rxb2 28. Rxa7 Rd3 $1 $17) (23. Qc1 $1 Rad8 24. Nc3 Qxg4 (24... b5 $6 25. Qg1 $1
b4 26. Na4 (26. Rf1 $6 Qxf1 $1 27. Qxf1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rd1 $11) 26... Qxg4 27.
Rf1 Rd1 28. Re5 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Qd1 30. Re8+ $1 Kh7 31. Qe1 $16) 25. Qf1 Qb4 $1 (
25... Rxb2 $6 26. Rxa7 $6 (26. Ra4 $5) 26... Rdd2 (26... Qd4 $2 27. Rd1) 27.
Nd1 Rxg2 $1 28. Nxb2 Rxb2 29. Ra8+ $1 (29. Re1 $2 Qh5 30. Qf4 (30. Ra8+ Kh7 31.
h3 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qd2 $19) 30... Qd5+ 31. Qe4 Rb1 $1 $19) 29... Kh7
30. Re8 Qh5 31. Qf4 Qd5+ 32. Qe4 Qh5 33. h4 c5 $1 $44) 26. Rxa7 (26. Ra3 $2
Rxb2) 26... Qxb2 (26... Rxb2 $6 27. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 $16 Qxc3 $2 29. Qd8+
Kh7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Ra8#) 27. Qc1 $1 (27. Ne4 $2 Rxg2 (27... Qxa1 $2 28. Nxd2
(28. Qxa1 $4 Rd1+)) (27... R2d4 $2 28. Re1 $16) 28. Qxg2 Qxa1+ 29. Qg1 Qe5 $17
(29... Rd1 $4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Rh8#)) 27... Rxg2 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29.
Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ (29... Re8 30. Ra4 $11) 30. Nxd1 Re2 $1 31. Nc3 Re3 32. Ra3 b5 33.
Rb3 g5 34. Kg2 g4 $11) 23... b5 24. Nc3 $2 (24. Qf3 $142 $17) 24... Qf2 25. Rg1
Re8 26. Ne4 (26. Nd1 $2 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Re1#) (26. h3 $2 Re1 27. Rxe1 Qxg2#)
26... Rxe4 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Ree2 29. Rc1 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rdg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxb2
32. Kg1 Rbg2+ 33. Kf1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{5 years ago, Nigel played his last game in the Corus A group against me,
welcome back Nigel! :)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 ({in 2005 I had chosen to
play} 3. Nc3 d5 ({in our last encounter, London 2009, Nigel preferred} 3... Bb4
{and although he was almost in zugzwang later , I managed succesfully to blow
myself up....}) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9.
Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 {but he didn't really enjoy this endgame :)}) 3... d5 4. Nc3
Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 {
Fortunately Nigel doesn't have Kasparov as his trainer, I am pretty sure, he
likes how Magnus played against me:} (10... Ne4 $5 {in fact this move could be
a serious attempt to change the nature of the "traditional" Queen's Gambit
positions, and also not a bad one.} 11. Bxe4 (11. Bf4 {was the safe choice but
after} Ndf6 12. O-O Bf5 {followed by g6 and Black has no problems.}) 11... dxe4
12. Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bf8 {Already after he had played ...Ne4, I realised this
must be his idea, but anyway, what should I do? And besides a pawn is a pawn,
so let's not be afraid for once in our lives :)} (13... Qf5 {was how Piket
played against me in the World Cup in Groningen 1997, but in that game I
managed to stabilise the postion and just to be a pawn up.} 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15.
Nfd2 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. Kg1) 14. Bf4 (14. Nc3 b5 15. Kg1 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17.
Kh2 c5 {with very nice compensation}) (14. g4 $5 {is the suggestion of my
silicon friend, so it has to be analysed seriously :)}) 14... Qf5 15. Nfd2 Nb6
(15... c5 $5) 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Nd6 Rd8 $1 19. Qxg6 $6 hxg6 20. Nxc8
Nxf4 21. exf4 Rxd4 22. Nb3 Rb4 $1 23. Kg2 Rxc8 24. Rhd1 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Rb4 $15 {
Van Wely-Carlsen,M/Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 11. Bf4 a5 {This is an interesting
waiting move to discourage White from castling queenside, the only drawback is,
Black won't have any counterplay in the centre by playing c5, because the
b5-square would remain permanently free.} (11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 (12... Be6)
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O) (11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O) (11... Be6 {
was the choice of another expert, Arthur Jussupow, later he sold me some
sacrifices on h3 and e3...}) 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 $5
{A strange move, but trying to prevent Black's plan of putting a knight on e4.}
Be6 $6 {This looks natural, but if Nigel had a deeper look at the position, he
would have understood that} (15... Bd7 $1 {was the right move; later in the
game you will see why.}) (15... Qe7 $6 16. e4 {- the idea of Re1!}) 16. a3 {
Now White will start his classical minority attack.} Re7 17. Rab1 Rae8 18. b4
axb4 19. axb4 Bd7 {Now Black has to lose a tempo in order to play ...Ne4.} 20.
b5 Ne4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24. Bxg6 $1 {This bishop is not
needed anymore, and Black's knight was about to get active via h4. Apart from
that we want to play good knight vs bad bishop...} Qxg6 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ra1 Qh5
27. Ne1 Qf5 28. Kg1 Qg5 $2 {Probaby the last and fatal mistake. Maybe Nigel
was thinking according to the Russian chess school, that when you have only
one weakness (c6) you should be able to defend. I don't know, but you need to
have really good defensive skills for that and be ready to suffer for hours
and hours. Not my cup of tea, and definitely also not Nigel's , so I am a bit
surprised, he didn't go for counterchances with} (28... g5 $1 {of course there
is no way back after this move, but at least Black will have some fun (Rg7, g4,
h5, h4 , etc.).}) 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Nd3 Qe6 31. Kg1 Rc8 32. Rb7 Rf7 33. Raa7 Be8
34. Qb4 Rd8 35. Nc5 {This is definitely not going to be funny for Black :)} Qc8
36. Qb6 h5 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Qa8 39. Ra7 {Some dancing to get to the 7th
rank.} Qc8 40. Rb7 Bf7 41. Qa7 Rf8 42. Nd7 Re8 43. Nxf6+ gxf6 44. Rxf7 Qf5 45.
Rg7+ Kh8 46. Qf7 {Nigel, I missed you!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 $5 {[%cal Gc8g4,Gf6e4,Yg5f4,Yf4h2] In
the last 15 years, this essentially prophylactic move has come to the fore and
maintained a consistently steady following. There are two main ideas: i) To
prevent ...Bg4 which ( though not immediately ) is a major idea against for
example the older 11 Rab1. ii) To prepare a flight square for the g5 bishop to
run via f4 in response to black's standard freeing move ...Ne4. Practice has
shown that in many cases the simple exchange on e7 can promote black's general
harmony.} Be6 $5 {In my opinion, this might be black's best move, but this is
controversial. There are a large number of frequently played alternatives:} ({
Despite the above comments,} 11... Ne4 {is still a major line, but white's
reply} 12. Bf4 $1 {has the advantage over the exchange on e7, that black has
to decide how to deal with the threat to his knight on e4.} Ng5 (12... f5 {
[%csl Re5] is just a bit too weakening} 13. Ne5 g6 (13... Ng6 14. Bh2 $5) 14.
f3 Nf6 15. g4 fxg4 16. hxg4 Bd6 17. Rae1 Qe7 18. Qh2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Be6 20. Re2
N8d7 21. Bd6 Qg7 22. Qg3 {Gustafsson,J (2517)-Sanz Arilla,L (2194) ESP-ch Univ
Torrelavega 2002 (3.1) 1-0 with impending murder}) (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 Bd7 16. Rab1 b6 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Ne5 g6 19. c5 {1-0 Volzhin,
A-Panikarovsky,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (62) is the dream scenario from white's
standpoint.}) 13. Bxg5 (13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Bh2 {is also worthy of attention.
After} Be7 {white achieves typical play with 'normal moves' such as Rab1 and
b4, but white showed a very interesting alternative plan} 15. Kh1 $5 Bd6 16.
Bg1 $1 Qh4 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rf3 Nf8 19. f5 Qd8 20. f6 {I guess black should have
prevented this} g6 21. Qf2 Be6 22. Qh4 Nd7 23. Raf1 Bf8 24. Bh2 a6 25. Qf2 c5
26. h4 cxd4 27. exd4 Kh8 28. Bb1 h5 29. Qd2 Bg4 30. R3f2 Nb6 31. b3 Rc8 32. Ne2
Kh7 33. Ng1 Rc6 34. Nf3 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 Qd7 36. Bf5 Qd8 37. Qg5 {Sakaev,K (2639)
-Mirzoev,A (2463) Linares Anibal op 8th 2001 (4) 1-0 with a strong attack,
although reaching this point did not appear to be a smooth 'one way traffic'
affair.}) 13... Bxg5 14. b4 Qf6 15. Ne5 (15. e4 $5 Bxh3 16. e5 Qh6 {Golod,V 
(2593)-Likavsky,T (2425) EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001 (5) 1-0 results in a huge
complicated mess, well ncovered in CBM 84 in the notes to}) 15... Qd6 16. b5 c5
17. Nf3 Be7 18. e4 cxd4 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Nxd4 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Qd8 22. exd5 Qxd5
23. Be4 Qxb5 24. Rab1 Qc5 25. Rxb7 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Bc5 27. Bb3 {Barsov,A (2519)
-Mirzoev,A (2488) Golden Cleopatra op 2001 (5) 1/2 and white's initiative, if
not overwhelming, is certainly persistent}) ({Others include:} 11... g6 12.
Rab1 Ne6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 {is a fairly typical exchange whereby white cedes
the bishop pair to gain a tempo for his minority attack. However, Vaisser's
handling is instructive and makes good use of the knight on e6.} Bxf6 14. b4 a6
15. a4 Qd6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Qb3 Ng5 $1 {Interesting method of gaining
counterplay. Black exchanges the defender of h2, and gains a tempo by hinting
at some sacrificial action against e3.} 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 {[%cal Gg5e3,Gd7h3]} 19.
Re1 Bd8 $1 20. Ne2 Bc7 21. Ng3 h5 22. Qd1 {strange?} Re7 23. Nf1 Kg7 24. Qc2
Rh8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ra8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Ra1 Ree8 {1/2-1/2 Marcelin,
C-Vaisser,A/Val d'Isere FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 407 (58) and black is well
placed to meet the customary queen-side nibbles.}) 13... Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4
Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 {This is the customary manouevre associated with ...g6 and ..
.Ne6. Still, the exchange of light squared bishops, which seems to be so
heavily suggested by the pawn structure, has its down side - black's
counterplay on the king-side is largely based on minor piece play, while
white's play on the queenside is more heavy piece based. Hence, white might be
quite happy to exchange minor pieces. In addition, if white is anyway
intending to exchange on f6, then this exchange has deprived black of the
bishop pair 'in advance' .} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nd6 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Nd2 Ra3 22. Ne2 Qa8 23. Rfc1 Ra2 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Nf5 26. Nf4 Ne7
27. Nf3 Rb8 28. Ra1 $1 Rxb2 29. Rxa8+ Kg7 30. g4 $1 {Khenkin,I (2572)-Asrian,K
(2604) FIDE-Wch k.o. 2001 (1.5) 1-0 and black still faces an uncomfortable
defensive task.}) (11... Ng6 {is also quite popular, but to my mind this
slightly strengthens the customary 12 Bxf6 plan, while white can also try to
play in a manner related to the main game with} 12. Ne5 $5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. f4 {Golod,V (2593)-Jonkman,H (2410) ISR-ch op Tel Aviv 2001 (9) 0-1 which
was well covered in CBM 83, and in my view also helps white's cause in
comparison with the current game. See the notes to}) 12. Ne5 {An attacking
idea, already familiar to us, which works a treat here. However, its true
merits are still unclear. Others might be more flexible eg:} (12. Rab1 a5 (
12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4 $5 {is rarely played here, but still interesting.})
13... Rxe7 14. b4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 $14) (12... N6d7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. b4 Nb6 15. a4
Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Rb3 Rc7 21. Qb2 f6 22.
Rbc3 Rec8 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. axb6 axb6 25. b5 c5 26. Qa3 Bf7 27. Ne1 Ne6 28. Nd3
Be8 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Naxc5 Ndxc5 31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Kf8 33. Qc3 Rxc5 34.
Qxc5 Ke7 35. Qa7+ Bd7 36. Bc8 {Petronic,J (2423)-Radulski,J (2421) Bjeljina
Renome 2000 (1) 1-0 is, from white's standpoint, another nice illustration of
possibilities.}) 13. Ne5 $5 (13. a3 {is 'standard'}) 13... N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. f4 f6 16. Nxd7 $5 {The retreat to f3 would resemble the game, but this
exchange has a logic here since the insertion of a3 and ...a5 has weakened
black's queenside to some degree.} Bxd7 (16... Qxd7 17. Na4 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]
}) 17. Rf3 Be6 18. g4 Rad8 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Kf2 Bg6 $6 {I remember feeling
during the game that this rather helped me. Black wants to weaken e5 to
prepare a ...c5 break, but this a bit 'fussy'.} 21. f5 Bf7 22. Rg1 Nd7 23. Rfg3
Kh8 24. h4 c5 25. Qd2 cxd4 26. exd4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5] Important to control
centre squares pending a king-side attack. d4 is not really weak.} b6 27. g5 g6
$6 28. h5 $1 fxg5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rxg5 Qf6 31. R5g4 {Wells,P (2410)-Flear,G 
(2470) Chartres op 1990 (4) 1-0 with a tremendous attack}) 12... N6d7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 (13... Rxe7 $5 {also looks very reasonable. Black's queen will apparently
nestle happily on c7, so a preparation to double on the e-file makes sense.
However, look at} 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Re2 {where in this
moment, black seems to struggle for the ideal move. The bishop would like to
stay defending d5, since in the game continuation white's timely e4 break
leaves his opponent struggling, but here ...Bf7would have the drawback that ...
c5 is not yet threatened! It would be ironic if e7 was the best square for the
queen after all.} Bd7 (17... Bf7 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Gc6c5,Yc3b5]}) 18. Rfe1 c5
19. e4 $1 cxd4 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Nxd4
Rc4 25. Rd2 {Sokolov,I (2659)-Timman,J (2597) Lost Boys op 2001 (6) 1/2 with
quite a serious advantage for white}) 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 (15. Nxd7 {in this
case is pretty well met by} Qxd7 $13) 15... Nb6 {As we have seen, white's
king-side attack can carry some sting, and the weakness of e3 is not in itself
of great importance. To create counterplay black really needs to play an early
...c5. The text is OK, but I would prefer} (15... Bf7 $5 16. Rae1 c5 $1 17. Qf2
Nb6 18. Nh4 cxd4 19. exd4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nb5 $6 (21. Nf5 Bg6 $1 $11) 21...
Nc4 22. b3 a6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 axb5 {Gurevich,M (2635)
-Akopian,V (2605) Barcelona 1992 1/2 This looks like a good model to me.}) 16.
Rae1 Qd6 17. g4 Re7 18. Qf2 Rae8 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rfe1 a6 ({If} 20... c5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. e4 $1 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 {looks promising for white. He has space
and the more purposefully placed pieces.}) 21. Kg2 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc2 (
23. e4 $5 Qc7 24. f5 $14) 23... Qd6 24. Rd2 Kh8 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. b3
Qb4 28. Rc2 Be6 29. Nce2 Nbd7 30. Rcc1 Nb8 31. Rc3 Qb6 32. Qg3 Bd7 33. Kf2 Rde8
34. Bf5 {Despite the heavy, and in places slightly obscure manouevering, there
is a feeling that white's king-side space gives him a light initiative.} Bb5
35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Nxb5 Qxb5 37. Qf3 Rd8 38. Rcd3 Nb4 39. R3d2 Rde8 40. Nc3 Qb6
41. Re2 d4 $6 {It is black who decides to 'alter the structure' but there was
no need to rush with this.} 42. exd4 Rxe2+ 43. Nxe2 Nxa2 44. Be4 Re7 45. Ra1
Nb4 46. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Yc1c8,Ye4b7]} g6 47. f5 Qd6 48. Rc8 Kg7 49. Kg2 Ne6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] A tactical oversight, but for the second time in the game it feels
as if black, faced with at worst gentle pressure rather than some serious
difficulties simply shows a degree of impatience.} ({Why not} 49... b6 $5 {
since white is not even yet threatening a breakthrough with} 50. g5 $2 fxg5 51.
f6+ Qxf6 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53. Rxf8+ Kg7 {since his pieces hang on the e-file.})
50. fxe6 Qxe6 51. Rc4 b5 52. d5 Nxd5 53. Rd4 Nb6 54. Qc3 {'and wins'!} Qe5 55.
Ng1 Rc7 56. Qd3 a5 57. Nf3 Qc5 58. Rd6 b4 59. Nd4 Qxd6 60. Nf5+ gxf5 61. Qxd6
Rf7 62. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 h5 14. Kb1
Be6 15. Rc1 Kf8 16. Ne2 Kg7 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. f3 Rae8 19. Rce1 Bc8 20. Qf2 Qg5
21. Rh4 Nd7 22. g4 (22. e4 $5 {looks a plausible alternative since after} dxe4
23. fxe4 c5 {White can probably look to his f-file aspirations before his
opponent can satisfactorily blockade the centre.} 24. Rf1 $5 Ref8 25. g4 $5 (
25. e5 cxd4 26. e6 Ne5 27. Qxd4 Rd8 $13) 25... hxg4 26. Rxh8 g3 (26... Rxh8 $2
27. Ne6+ fxe6 28. Qf7+) 27. Rh5 $1 gxh5 28. Qe3 {looks quite dangerous for
Black.}) 22... hxg4 23. Rxg4 Qh6 24. Nxg6 $5 {[%mdl 1024]} fxg6 25. Rxg6+ Qxg6
26. Bxg6 Kxg6 27. e4 dxe4 {Can Black keep the position closed? The answer
would seem to be that he can, but only at a price of allowing White to use his
king-side pawns to restrict his minor pieces, and indeed whether they might
become dangerous little runners in their own right! Whether they will find
secure squares will be the crux of the assessment in this case. After} (27...
Nf6 $5 28. e5 Nh5 29. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg2g4,Gh4f6,Ge5e6] Black will
have to relinquish control of the e6 square.} Ref8 30. e6 $1 Ng7 31. Qg3+ Kf6 {
might not be so bad, but I'm not surprised it didn't appeal.}) 28. Qg3+ Kf7 29.
Qf4+ Nf6 30. fxe4 Kg6 31. Rf1 Rhf8 32. e5 (32. Qg3+ Ng4 33. Qd6+ Kg7) 32... Ng4
$5 (32... Nh7 33. Qe4+ Kg7) 33. Qxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxf8 {and so to the topic of my
next column.....!} Bf5+ 35. Kc1 c5 36. dxc5 Nxe5 37. Kd2 Nd7 38. Rc8 Be4 39.
Ke3 Bc6 40. Kd4 Kf5 41. Rg8 Nf6 42. Rg7 Ng4 43. g3 Ne5 44. b4 a6 45. Kc3 Kf6
46. Rh7 Kf5 47. Kd4 Nf3+ 48. Ke3 Ne1 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Kd2 Nf3+ 51. Kc3 Ng5 52.
Rg7 Ne4+ 53. Kd3 Kf6 54. Rg8 Kf7 55. Rh8 Nxg3 56. Kd4 Ke6 57. Rh6+ Kf5 58. Rh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After my loss in the 2nd game I knew that there was no room for error and I
had to keep on winning to still fight for medals. Therefore I wasn't against
playing sharp games.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3
Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {The most flexible move order which has gained a lot of
popularity recently.} 8. Nge2 $5 {Directed mainly against ...Nh5 plans.} (8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {involves a lot of theory I didn't want to enter this
time.}) 8... Nf8 $5 {This is the modern way of playing the Carlsbad structure.
Compared to the mainline Black is trying to save a tempo on ...Re8.} (8... Nh5
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 $5 {the point of Nge2:} Nhf6 11. Ng3 {gives White an
active play. I already used this idea against Onischuk in 2017 - I was much
better after the opening, but later on I made some mistakes and lost.}) 9. Qc2
Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 O-O {It wasn't a surprise for me that this position
appeared as my opponent already had a game here - he won in very nice style
against Korobov.} 12. O-O-O $5 {That was my improvement prepared for this game.
As I said I wanted to sharpen the game and this looked like a smart way of
doing it.} (12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Qc1 Rc8 {with a decent position for
Black. It's not easy for White to execute e4-plans and Black has the potential
...c5-idea.}) 12... b6 $6 {Black follows his original plan but it feels too
slow against 0-0-0.} (12... b5 $1 13. g4 a5 14. Bg3 a4 15. h4 Qa5 {and the
position is very unclear, both sides have to be very accurate, for instance
after} 16. h5 {Black has to slow White's attack with} g5 $1) 13. g4 Bb7 14. Kb1
Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. h4 $1 c5 (16... Bxh4 $2 {I didn't even calculate this,
it just felt very bad and it indeed is.} 17. Nf4 Re8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. e4 $1
$36 (19. Qh2 g5 $1 {and things are not so simple})) 17. h5 $1 {From 12...b6
till now all moves were more or less logical, but now Black faces serious
problems as it seems that White's attack is simply faster, which means that 12.
..b6 was the beginning of Black's problems.} Qe7 $6 {It looked the most
natural, but White's attack doesn't slow down.} ({Black can force White to
sacrifice the piece but the problem is that it's a good sacrifice!} 17... c4 $2
18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. hxg6 Rc7 20. f4 Rg7 {and here White has many possible tries
to continue the attack:} 21. g5 (21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. f5 Nc7 23. Nf4 Rxg4 $2 {
runs to} 24. Rdg1 $1 Rxf4 25. Qg2 $3 $18) 21... Nxg5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxh7
Rxh7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. e4 $1 $16) ({There was the interesting} 17... Qe8 $5 {
with the idea of protecting the g6-square, where I wanted to continue with the
simple} 18. Qd2 $5 (18. f4 $6 c4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh6 Bg7 22.
Rxg6 Rf7 $1 $13 {[%cal Ge6f8]}) 18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Nb5
$1 {and Black faces multiple threats like Nd6 or Qh2.}) 18. f4 $1 $36 Rfe8 $6 (
18... c4 $6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qc2 $1 $18 {Black
simply cannot defend against Ng3-Nf5 or g5 threats.}) (18... cxd4 19. exd4 Nxd4
20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxd4 $16) 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rh3
$6 {This looked very natural, but it spoils some part of the advantage.} (20.
g5 $1 Bg7 21. f5 {I saw this idea, but underestimated White's attack:} Nxg5 (
21... c4 22. Be4 $3 dxe4 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Rh4 $18 {[%cal Gd1h1]})
22. Nf4 cxd4 23. exd4 {and apparently White is close to winning.}) 20... Nf8 $2
{Black wants to defend the h7-pawn, but on the other hand it's taking the
knight away from the central action.} (20... cxd4 $1 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4
Bxd4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rxd4 {I thought that this position was almost winning
for me, but it's not all that simple:} Kg7 25. a3 Rh8 $1 {and Black is very
much still in the game.}) 21. Qd2 $1 {Now finally I don't have to watch out
for ...c4-ideas.} a6 22. g5 Bg7 23. f5 $1 $18 Qxg5 24. fxg6 cxd4 25. gxh7+ Kh8
26. Nxd4 Rc7 $2 (26... Bxd4 {would be more stubborn but after} 27. exd4 Qxd2
28. Rxd2 {White should be easily winning anyway.}) 27. Nce2 Bc8 28. Rg3 Qe5 29.
Nf4 Rf7 30. Rdg1 Bd7 31. Nf3 Qxe3 32. Ng5 Qxd2 33. Nxf7# {That was probably
one of the best games I played in Batumi. It also gave me some extra
confidence and took me back to the leading group.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nd2
Ng7 15. g4 Kb8 16. Nb3 h5 17. f3 Bc8 18. Qf2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne6 20. f4 Nc7 21.
f5 Qg5 22. Rhg1 $5 Rh3 23. e4 Rdh8 {+1=7 is not a scoreline Nakamura is used
to having in U.S. Championships. He had clearly had enough of draws when he
sat down to play the ever-solid Onischuk today - a dangerous mindset.} 24. e5
$5 {Points for the spirit, but, objectively speaking, White is playing with
fire.} (24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nc5 Rh2 26. Qg3 {should be enough to hold.}) 24...
Rh2 25. Qe1 Nc4 $1 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 Qf4 ({Here Alexander had a strong
idea in the exchange sacrifice,} 27... gxf5 28. Nf3 Qg6 29. Nxh2 fxg4+ 30. Ka1
Rxh2 $36) 28. e6 $1 {HIkaru seizes the opportunity.} gxf5 29. exf7 Be6 30. Rf1
Qxg4 31. Nf3 Rg2 32. d5 $5 {HIkaru burned a lot of time on this one. Clearly,
he wanted it all.} ({Obviously, he could see} 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Rxg1
Qxe5 35. Nxe5 {as advantageous for White.}) 32... cxd5 33. Nxd5 $4 {A step too
far.} (33. Qe5 Qg7 34. Rg1 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Rf8 {and only now} 37.
Nxd5 $1 {a fantastic shot, based on forks and deflections. White will end up
up the exchange with some practical winning chances.}) 33... Qg7 {A cold
shower. The threat of mate forces White to part with his best pawn.} ({
Nakamura's idea had been that if} 33... Bxd5 $2 34. Rxd5 $1 {is winning since}
Nxd5 35. Qe5+ Kc8 36. Qxh8+ {is game over. However, he overlooked that Black
needn't touch his knight at the beginning of this line at all.}) 34. Nc3 Qxf7
35. Qe5 Re8 36. Qd6 Qf8 37. Nb5 Qxd6 38. Nxd6 Rh8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 Rg8 {
The last move before the time control may not have been the most optimal, but
Alexander wanted to make sure he didn't blunder anything.} 41. Nd4 f4 42. Rh6
Bc8 43. Nxc4 Nd5 44. Kc2 Rd8 45. Rd6 $6 {This goes to show that Hikaru was
still reeling form his blunder on move 33.} ({The activity offered by} 45. Kd3
Nb4+ 46. Ke4 Nxa2 47. Nf3 (47. Nd6 Nb4) 47... Rf8 48. Nd6 Nb4 49. Ne5 {would
be more in his style, particularly against an opponent who was looking for
technical solutions.}) 45... Rxd6 46. Nxd6 Bh3 47. a3 Kc7 48. Ne4 a5 $6 (48...
Bg2 49. Kd3 Bf1+ 50. Kd2 Kb6) 49. Nd2 b6 50. Kd3 Bg2 51. Nc2 $2 (51. N4f3)
51... Ne7 52. b4 a4 53. Nd4 Kd7 54. Ke2 Bd5 {Onischuk at his best. His pieces
guard the approaches to the f4-pawn, while the black king is slowly making its
way forward.} 55. Nb5 $2 {This only helps Black.} Kc6 56. Nc3 b5 57. Kd3 Nf5
58. Nd1 Kd6 59. Nc3 Bc6 60. Nce4+ Ke7 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Nge4+ Ke7 63. Ng5 Bg2 64.
Nge4 Ke6 65. Nf2 Kd5 {Finally, the king has arrived and that signals the end
of the game.} 66. Nd1 Nd6 67. Nf2 Nc4 68. Nxc4 Bf1+ 69. Kc3 Bxc4 70. Nh3 Ke4
71. Kd2 Be6 72. Ng5+ Kd5 73. Nf3 Bg4 74. Nh4 Ke4 75. Ke1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,93,19,-17,1,-9,-4,-4,-3,-6,8,23,26,23,22,31,27,17,17,16,25,21,19,-11,
26,18,38,23,41,17,22,28,38,39,40,39,42,42,43,40,94,26,92,94,85,95,86,90,90,75,
90,79,87,77,78,63,71,101,156,153,147,169,195,196,235,206,225,217,253,253,224,
224,224,311,315,321,320,325,327,331,320,320,328,350,310,390,638,662,849,768,
768,813,864,880,926,952]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 {
Generally speaking, Greg Kaidanov prefers sharper lines when defending in the
Queen's Gambit. My move order eliminated the Botvinnik and the Vienna, so he
sets up the Cambridge Springs.} 6. cxd5 $5 exd5 (6... cxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 {is an
unpleasant version of the Exchange Slav with a knight misplaced on d7.}) 7. Bd3
Bd6 {An unusual bishop placement. The point, of course, is a greater control
over the e5-square.} ({I expected the sturdy} 7... Be7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. Nge2 g6) 8. Nf3 {This is there I usually develop my knight in such
structures.} ({Some people swear by} 8. Qc2 h6 (8... Nf8 9. Nge2 Ng6) 9. Bh4
O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. h3 Be7 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. O-O) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 h6 {Forced
because of the threat to the h7-pawn.} 10. Bh4 Re8 {[#]} 11. O-O-O $5 {It
wasn't just the tournament situation that moved me toward a more aggressive
plan. I felt the inclusion of ...h6 and Bh4 might give White some attacking
chances, and besides, the position of Bd6 invites a possibility of e3-e4.} ({
In comparison} 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Bh5 {looked too bland.}) 11...
Qa5 {Played after a considerable think.} ({One must consider the sharp} 11...
b5 {Here after} 12. Kb1 {Black might have to rush in with} b4 (12... a5 {allows
} 13. e4 b4 14. e5 bxc3 15. Qxc3) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bf5 Ne4 16. Bg3 {
where Black is risking to be left with a permanent structural damage.}) 12. Kb1
Bb4 13. Nd2 {[#]} Bxc3 $6 {I was relieved to see this.} (13... b5 14. Rc1 Bb7 (
14... Ba6 15. Bf5) 15. Rhg1 {would be a very sharply developing plot.}) 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 $5 {Defending passively is not Greg Kaidanov's style.} (
15... b6 16. Kb2 c5 17. Rhe1 Bb7 18. f3) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be2 {[#]} Nb6 $2 {
Possibly the weight of the tournament situation affected Greg's judgement.
Having scored two straight wins he had caught up with the leader Shabalov, who
by that moment looked to be in serious trouble against Fishbein. A draw in
this game could have seen Kaidanov gaining the top spot with just one round to
go and White against Fishbein left.} (17... b5 $1 {Under normal circumstances
he would have chosen this kind of play.} 18. d5 {isn't as dangerous as it may
seem:} (18. a4 $5 a6 19. a5 g5 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. h4) 18... cxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb6 20.
Rd4 a6) 18. c4 Be6 19. Rc1 c5 20. Rhd1 Rac8 $6 ({Again he eschewed a more
active line,} 20... cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nd7 22. c5 Rec8 23. Be7 Ne5 24. Bd6 Nc6 25.
Ra4) 21. d5 {[#]} Bf5 (21... Bd7 22. Rc3 Na4 {was an intriguing possibility:}
23. Ra3 a6 24. Rc1 b5 25. Bd1 Rc7) 22. Rc3 Nd7 23. g4 $1 {The key move to
White's plan. The bishop is being sent to exile.} Bh7 24. Kb2 f6 25. Bg3 Kf7 (
25... Ne5 26. Rb3 Re7 27. Kc3 Rd7 28. Rdb1 Rcc7 $16) 26. Rb3 b6 27. Kc3 Ra8 28.
a4 {Everything is proceeding smoothly with a standard plan of pawn minority
attack.} a5 {Nearing time trouble Kaidanov finds a great defensive idea.} 29.
Bc7 Ra6 30. Rdb1 Ke7 {[#] Black wants to trap the white bishop after it takes
on b6!} 31. h4 $1 {This looks like a standard idea of opening some kind of a
second front, but, in fact, I was already looking into what happened later in
the game.} g5 32. h5 $1 {Squeezing the life out of that bishop is part of the
plan.} Rc8 33. Bxb6 Kd6 34. Rb5 Rca8 35. R1b2 {[#]} f5 {I was waiting with
bated breath.} ({On} 35... Bg8 {I had a choice of two plans.} 36. Bd1 ({
The other one was} 36. f3 exf3 37. Bxf3 Bh7 38. e4 Bg8 (38... Re8 39. Rxa5 Rxb6
40. Rxb6+ Nxb6 41. Ra6) 39. Be2 Bh7 40. Bd3 Bg8 41. e5+ fxe5 42. Bf5) 36... Bh7
37. Bc2 f5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. f3 Re8 {and now the same idea,} 40. Bxc5+ Nxc5 41.
Kd4 Nd7 42. fxe4 {It was hard to resist the temptation of building such a pawn
mass.}) 36. Bxc5+ $1 Nxc5 37. Kd4 Rc8 38. Rb6+ Rxb6 39. Rxb6+ Kd7 40. Rxh6 {
[#] Now it's visible why I wanted my pawn on h5 and his bishop on h7.} Bg8 41.
gxf5 Nxa4 42. f6 Nc5 43. Bg4+ Ne6+ 44. dxe6+ Bxe6 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. c5+ Rxc5 47.
Bxe6 1-0

