[Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{ATTACK WITH MIKHAL TAL! One of the first books I read in my childhood was the
above! It was one of my favourite books and I believe my style developed into
one similar to that of the Magician from Riga!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 $5 {I have
tried to keep the game as human as possible and have added expert comments
from my computer (Silicon Friend) also :).} e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 ({
Another possible move order is} 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {is pointless due to} 6. Rb1) 5...
h6 (5... Qb6 6. Qc2 {looks fine.} ({Also possible is} 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2)) 6. Bh4
Nc6 7. Nbd2 Qb6 {feels like a waste of time.} ({My opponent's main concern
after} 7... Be7 {was} 8. Bxf6 (8. Bd3 {is the way for White.}) 8... gxf6 {
is totally fine for Black though.} (8... Bxf6 $6 9. dxc5 $1 {and it will be
difficult if at all possible for Black to win back the pawn.})) ({I felt Black
had an interesting option with} 7... g5 $5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be5 (9. Bb5 {SF} Nxg3
10. hxg3 Bd7 {does seem like an equal game.}) 9... f6 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6)
10. Ng1 {This was my intention but SF is not impressed.} (10. Bd3 fxe5 11. Bg6+
Kd7 12. Bxh5 e4 $132) 10... Ng7 $1 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 (12. h4 Nf5 13. hxg5 Nxg3
14. fxg3 Bd6 15. Qf3 fxg5 $15) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Nf5 14. Bh2 Bd6 {with a
better game for Black according to SF :).}) 8. Rb1 Be7 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10.
dxc5 $5 (10. Be5 $5 f6 11. Ng1 $1 Ng7 (11... fxe5 12. Qxh5+ Kd8 {is maybe not
so clear.}) 12. Bg3 Bd7 $15) 10... Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. b5 Na5 13. Be5 f6 14.
Bd4 {was my main idea, followed by e4.}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O (10. Ne5 Nd7 {
with lots of liquidation.}) 10... Re8 (10... Bd7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f4 {with a
strong attack.}) 11. dxc5 {It wasn't necessary to clarify things in the centre
yet...} ({Best probably is my friend Vishnu's suggestion} 11. Qe2 $1 {since
Black doesn't have any useful developing move.} Bd7 12. Ne5 $14) (11. Ne5 Nxe5
(11... Nd7 $5) 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bg3 Nf8 {didn't look too inspiring.}) 11...
Qxc5 12. b4 Qd6 {Here I sank into long thought and wasn't able to come up with
anything convincing.} (12... Qb6 13. c4 $1 {was my idea.} Nxb4 14. Bxf6 $1 (14.
a3 Nxd3 15. Rxb6 axb6 {would give Black more chances of a successful defence/
fortress.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Qa4 {[%csl Rb4,Re8] A funny double attack.}) 13. Qe2
({Forcing lines like} 13. Bg3 Qd8 {didn't seem to achieve anything.} 14. b5 (
14. Qe2 Nh5) 14... Na5 15. c4 dxc4 (15... Bd7) 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxd1 18.
Rfxd1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Red8 {and Black is holding the fort.} 20. Nxd7 (20. Be2 Be8
$1 (20... Nd5 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Nb6)) 20... Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11) (13. e4
{was my first intention, but there was the very annoying} Rd8 $5 ({Also a
decent alternative was} 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5) 14. Bg3 (14. b5 dxe4 15. bxc6
Qxd3 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 exf3) 14... e5 15. b5 ({According to the computer,
after} 15. Qa4 {White retains a slight pull.}) 15... dxe4 $1 16. Bxe4 (16. bxc6
Qxd3 17. cxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 exf3 $15) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxd1 18. Rbxd1 Na5
$44) 13... Nh5 (13... e5 14. Bg3 (14. b5 e4 15. bxc6 exd3 (15... bxc6) 16. cxb7
dxe2 17. bxa8=Q exf1=Q+ 18. Nxf1 Bf5) (14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxh4
17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Nxh4 Qf6 $1 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qxf5 21. Bxf5) 14... Nh5 15.
e4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {I was hoping to get the initiative because of the light
square control.} (16. fxg3 Be6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. c4) 16... Be6 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 (18. Rfd1 {is a better try.}) 18... Qc7 $1 {Black is fine.} (
18... Qe6 19. c4 $1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxb4 21. a3 $16 {[%cal Rb1b7,Re4d5]})) 14.
Bxe7 (14. Rfd1 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Nf6 16. Nhf3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 {looked easy for
Black.}) 14... Qxe7 (14... Rxe7 {now I wanted to prepare e4 with} 15. g3 (15.
Rfd1 $5 {SF}) 15... e5 16. e4) 15. b5 $5 {Kicking the knight to the corner.
Only around here the plan became quite clear to me.} Na5 16. Ne5 $1 {As
mentioned in the beginning of the game, finally my attacking genes kicked in...
} Nf6 17. f4 b6 $5 (17... Bd7 18. g4 {would lead to a crushing attack.}) (17...
Nd7 18. Qh5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rf8 20. Rf6 $5 {This was my preference during the
game though} ({SF} 20. Rb4 $1 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf3 f6 23. h4 $1 {with a
ruthless initiative.} (23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxf8 b6 {is not enough.}
)) 20... Qc5 {looked very unclear.} (20... gxf6 21. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 22. Qh4 {
[%cal Gh4e7,Gh4h8]} Kg7 23. Rf1 $18) 21. Re1 Qxc3 22. Rxh6 gxh6 {Somehow Black
is holding.}) 18. g4 Nd7 19. Ndf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 {This looked much stronger and
more natural than fxe5.} (20. fxe5 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5] also looked
interesting.} Bb7 21. h4) 20... Bb7 (20... f6 21. Ng6 Qc5 22. g5 $18) 21. g5 $5
Nc4 (21... hxg5 {Here basically I was spoiled for choice.} 22. Nxf7 $1 {
A beautiful idea which I was very proud of finding.} ({Another very !? idea was
} 22. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. fxg5 g6 25. Qh6 Qf8 (25... Rf8 26. Rf6 {
followed by the deadly Ng6.}) 26. Rxf7 Qxh6 27. gxh6 {with mate to follow very
soon.}) (22. Qg4 $5) (22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 {is also good.}) 22... Qxf7 (22... g4
23. Ng5 $18) 23. fxg5 Qc7 24. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. g6 {with mate.})
22. Bxc4 $1 {After some thought, I decided to part with the bishop in order to
retain my beautiful knight!} dxc4 23. gxh6 gxh6 (23... Qh4 24. hxg7 f6 25. Qg4
Qxg4+ 26. Nxg4 Kxg7 27. Rbd1 {with a healthy extra pawn.}) (23... g6 {was
possibly best.} 24. Rbd1 Rad8 25. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4g5] followed by cementing the
h6-pawn and the dark squares. But I wasn't so sure about} (25. Qxc4 $5 {SF})
25... Be4 $1 26. Rd4 (26. Qg5 f6 27. Nxg6 {was assumed as winning in the PM
but it wasn't :)} Qh7 $1 $17) 26... Rxd4 27. exd4 Kh7 {is apparently fine for
Black.}) 24. Qh5 {The knight on e5 looks much more powerful than the bishop!}
f6 $2 (24... Kh7 25. Ng4 {is hopeless.}) (24... Be4 25. Rbd1 Rad8 26. Kf2 {
with a commanding position.}) 25. Kf2 Be4 (25... Qh7 {was the last chance.} 26.
Rg1+ Kf8 27. Qh4 $1 {was my intention.} (27. Ng6+ Kf7 28. Rbd1 Rad8 {
Surprisingly White has nothing very clear but should have a thousand ways to
win.} 29. f5 $1 (29. Ne5+ Kf8 30. Nd7+ $2 {is definitely not one of the
thousand ways :).} Ke7)) 27... Qc2+ (27... fxe5 28. Qf6+ Qf7 29. Qxh6+) 28. Kg3
{What I had missed was} Ke7 $1 $15 {(SF) And the hunter becomes the hunted :)!}
(28... fxe5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Kh3+)) (25... fxe5 26. Rg1+) 26. Qxh6 {A nice
victory!} 1-0

[Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{During this tournament, I tried to emulate many world champions of the past
and I came quite close in many games. This game it was the turn of Euwe!} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 {Once again let's go...} d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 (5. Bxf6
Bxf6 6. e4 c5 $1 7. Bb5+ (7. exd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qe2+ Be6 {is also good
for Black.}) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $132) 5... h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 $1 {
A very nice plan, I wonder why it is not popular at all.} 8. c3 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6
9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Be7 {is totally fine for Black.}) 8... Bb7 {By skipping ...c5
Black gains precious momentum and is in time to prepare ...Ne4 and also
White's Ne5 loses much of its sting!} 9. Qb1 {Fighting against ...Ne4.} (9. O-O
Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) (9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 $132) 9... O-O (9... Nh5 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 {would lead to similar positions to those in the game.}) ({I felt
now was the right time for} 9... c5 $1 {Black is doing pretty well here.} 10.
O-O O-O $132) 10. b4 $1 {Using the fact that Black didn't play ...c5.} (10. O-O
c5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Ne4 $1 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16.
Qxe4 Qxb4 $11) ({For a while I was entertaining the possibility of} 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 (10... Nxf6 11. Ne5 {is at least very pleasant if not better for White.})
11. h4 $5 e5 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Qf5 (13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5 {is nothing.})
13... g6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Qe7 $1 $17) 10... Nh5 (10... a5 11. b5 {
is ideal for White.}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O (12. a4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 $11) 12... e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 ({SF} 15. a4 $5 {
An interesting alternative.} Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. a5 {with
positional compensation for the pawn.}) 15... Qe7 {Black has no complaints and
has achieved easy equality.} 16. Nd4 ({My original intention was} 16. b5 $5 a6
(16... a5 $5 {followed by bringing the knight to c5.}) 17. a4 (17. Qb4 $1 {SF}
Rfe8 (17... Qxb4 18. cxb4 axb5 19. Rfc1 $1 c6 20. Nd4 $16) 18. a4 {offers a
slight pull.}) 17... axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ra8 20. Qb2 Qa3 {But Black is
very active here.}) 16... Nf6 ({Another possibility was} 16... c5 17. bxc5 bxc5
18. Nf5 Qc7 19. c4 Rfd8 $11) 17. a4 (17. Nf5 Qe5 18. Nd4 Qe7 $11) (17. b5 Nd7 {
I wasn't sure if this structure is actually advantageous for White or Black :).
}) 17... c5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. h3 $5 {Just making useful prophylaxis against ...
Ng4.} Ne4 ({SF} 19... a5 $1 {Fixing the pawn structure on the queenside.}) 20.
Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qd1 $1 {A strong idea which was understimated by my opponent.}
Qe5 (21... Rfd8 22. Qg4 Qe5 23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24. Qf5 $1 {with an extra pawn.}) 22.
Qd7 Bc8 (22... Rab8 $5 23. Rad1 $1 {with the initiative.}) 23. Qd5 (23. Ne7+
Kh7 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 (24... Rfxc8 25. Qxf7 $14) 25. Qxa7 Qxc3 26. b5 Qf6 27. a5
bxa5 28. Qxa5 c4 $11) 23... Qxd5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxd5 {This was the endgame I
was aiming for. White has some chances due to the fixed pawn on e4.} cxb4 26.
Nc7 ({More chances were offered by} 26. cxb4 $5 Be6 27. Nc7 Rac8 28. Rfc1 $1
$14) 26... Rb8 27. cxb4 Rb7 (27... Rd8 28. Rfc1 $14) 28. Nb5 Bd7 $1 (28... Rd8
29. Nd4 $14) 29. Nd4 {Nice post for the knight...but what is it doing?} (29.
Nd6 $1 Rc7 30. a5 $1 (30. Nxe4 Rc4 $11) 30... f5 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra6 Rb8 33.
Rfa1 {with a slight edge.}) 29... Rc8 {Thanks to the previous move, Black is
ready to fight for the c-file.} 30. b5 Rc5 31. Rfb1 ({It was better to aim for
the endgame which arose in the game.} 31. Rfc1 $1 Rbc7 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. a5
Bxb5 34. axb6 axb6 35. Rb1 Bd3 36. Rxb6 {with some chances.}) 31... g6 32. Rc1
{I realised that there was no other way to improve my position.} Rbc7 33. Rxc5
Rxc5 34. a5 Bxb5 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rb1 Bd3 37. Rxb6 {I could have reached this
position with an extra move ... It is what it is :) !} Kg7 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. h4 (
39. g4 $1 {gave more chances.}) 39... Rf1 40. Kg3 Rg1 41. Rb7 Kf6 42. Kh2 Rf1
43. Kg3 Rg1 44. Rb6+ Kg7 45. Kh2 Rf1 46. Rb2 Kf6 47. Kg3 ({The last chance to
play} 47. g4 $1) 47... Rg1 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Rb7 {A funny game with a couple of
subtle points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Be2
Bg4 (7... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 8. Qc1 (8. b4 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qb3 e5 11. Rfc1 h6
12. Bh4 e4 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. c4 Be6 15. c5 Qc7 16. b5 N8d7 17. Rab1 a6 18. bxc6
bxc6 19. Bg3 Qa5 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb8 22. Rcb3 Nfd7 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. Rc7
$16 {Miles,A-Balenovic,Z/Biel op (01)/1994/1-0 (37)}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Nxf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rfe8 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Ree8 16.
Rfd1 Ne4 17. Bf3 Re7 18. a4 a5 19. Ra3 Rae8 20. Rb3 Qa6 21. Be2 Qa7 22. Bf3 Qa6
{Svidler,P-Anapolsky,S/URS-chJ Jurmala/1992/0.5 (23)}) (7... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 8.
O-O Qb6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qa7 12. Qb2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bh4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. bxa5 Rab8 17. Qb4 Bf8 18. Qb3 Qxa5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 b5
21. Bf6 Ra8 22. Bg4 Qa7 23. Re1 h5 24. Bh3 {Miles,A-Becerra Rivero,J/
Capablanca mem-A (09)/1994/1-0 (48)}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b4 $146 (9. h3 {Ftacnik}
Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Re8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Bg7 {Koepf,U-Stock,C/Munich op9192 (06)/1992/0.5 (17)
}) 9... a5 (9... Re8 {Ftacnik} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qc2 b6
14. Rfc1 c5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Be2 c4 $10 {Bree,T-Wierzbicki,J/Dortmund op/1993/0.
5 (25)}) 10. b5 (10. a4 {Ftacnik} Re8) 10... a4 (10... Re8 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. a4
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5) 11. Rc1 Re8 12. c4 Qa5 13. h3 (13. cxd5 {Ftacnik} cxd5 14.
Qc2 Rec8 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Qc7 Ndf6 17. Qxb7 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Qd2 19.
Bf3 Rab8 $13) 15. Qxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rxc8+ Nf8 $13) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 (14. Nxf3 {
Ftacnik} Ne4) 14... e6 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Bxd5 Qxb5 19. Ne4 $14 (19. e4 $14)) 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 (16. c5 {Ftacnik}
Rab8 17. Qc2 e5 $10) 16... Bf8 (16... e5 $5 17. cxd5 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2)
17... cxd5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 (18... Bxf6 $2 19. Qc6 $16)) 17. Rfd1 (17. c5 {Ftacnik
} e5 $132) 17... Rab8 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. cxd5 exd5 (19... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxc8
Rxc8 21. Rxc8 Kg7 22. Nf1 $14) 20. e4 dxe4 (20... Ba3 $2 21. e5 $1 (21. Rb1 {
Ftacnik /\ e5}) 21... Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 $18) 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Ba3 23. Rb1 Nf6 (23... Qa6 {Ftacnik} 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Qc4 c5 26.
d5 Bb4 27. Qa6 $16) 24. Bxc6 Qa6 25. Bb5 (25. Qd3 $2 Re1+ $1 {Fritz3}) (25. d5
{Ftacnik} Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxc6) (25. Qc3 {Ftacnik} Bf8 26. Rbc1 Re6 27. d5 Nxd5
28. Rxd5 Rexc6 $15) 25... Rxc2 (25... Qxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxc8 Qxb1 27. Qxe8+
Nxe8 28. Rxb1 $18) 26. Bxa6 Nd5 (26... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bb2
29. Rxa4 $16) 27. Bd2 Rd8 (27... Rxa2 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. Bc4) 28. Bg5 (28. Bb5 {
Ftacnik} Rxd2 $1 29. Rxd2 Nc3 30. Bd3 Nxb1 31. Bxb1 Bc5 32. d5 Rb8 $10) 28...
Be7 29. Bxe7 (29. Rd2 Rc1+ $3 30. Rxc1 Bxg5 $10 31. Rdc2 (31. Rcd1 Nc3) 31...
Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Nb4 $10) 29... Nxe7 30. a3 (30. Rb7 {Ftacnik} Nf5 31. Bd3 Rxa2
32. Bc4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Nxd4 35. Rxf7 Kh8 $10) 30... Rc3 31. Ra1 Rd5
32. Bb7 (32. Be2 {Ftacnik} Nf5 $10) 32... Rd7 33. Bf3 Nf5 34. d5 h5 35. Rd2 Nd6
36. Rd4 (36. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Ra7 (36... Rc4 37. Rb1) 37. Rd4 Nb5 (37... Nc4 38.
Rb1 Nxa3 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. d6) 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxa4 Rxa3 40. Rxa3 Nxa3 41. d6
Kf8 42. Bb3 f6 43. h4 Nb5 44. d7 Ke7 45. Bf7 g5 46. g3 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kxd7 48.
Bxh5 Ke7 $10) 36... Rc4 37. Rad1 (37. Rxc4 {Ftacnik} Nxc4 38. Rc1 Nxa3 39. Rc8+
Kg7 40. Ra8 Nc4 41. Rxa4 Nd2 $10) 37... Rdc7 38. Be2 Rc2 39. Bf1 (39. R1d2 {
Ftacnik} Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Rc3 41. Rd3 Rc1+ 42. Bd1 Kf8 $14) 39... Ra7 40. R1d2 Rc1
41. Rd1 Rc3 42. Ra1 (42. R4d3 {Ftacnik} Rb3 $5) 42... Kg7 43. g3 Ra5 44. Be2
Nf5 45. Rd2 Nd6 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Bf3 Rac5 48. Rb2 (48. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Ra5 (48...
Nc4 49. Rd4 Ke5 50. Rf4 f5 51. Bxa4 Rxa3 (51... Rxd5 52. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 53. Bb3
Rcc5 54. Bxd5 Kxd5 55. a4 Ra5 56. Kf3 $16) 52. Rxa3 Nxa3 53. Bb3 Nb5 $14) 49.
Rd4 Nb5 50. Rxa4 Rxa4 51. Bxa4 Rxa3 $10) 48... Rb5 49. Rxb5 (49. Rd2 {Ftacnik}
Rbb3) 49... Nxb5 50. Bd1 Rxa3 51. Rxa3 Nxa3 52. Bxa4 Nc4 $10 (52... Ke5 {
Ftacnik} 53. Be8) 53. Bb3 (53. Kf3 {Ftacnik} Nb6 54. Bb3 Nc8 $10) 53... Nd6 54.
f4 $2 {Gives away any lingering hopes.} (54. h4 $142 {/\ f3, g4 but it should
be drawn anyway.}) (54. Kf3 {Ftacnik} Ke5 55. Ke3 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 g5 57. Bd1 Kxd5
58. Bxh5 f6 $14) 54... Nf5 55. Kf2 Ke7 56. g4 (56. Bc2 {Ftacnik} Kd6 57. Ba4
Ke7 $10) 56... hxg4 57. hxg4 Nd6 58. Ke3 Ne8 59. Kd4 Nd6 60. Bc4 (60. Ba4 {
Ftacnik} Nc8 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Anand,V (08)/PCA-WchQual Las Palmas ;CBM 46 1995
} (60... Nc8 {Ftacnik} 61. Kc5 Nd6 62. Kc6 Ne4 $10)) 60... Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 {I think these moves are quite suitable
for rapid chess.} h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 {These moves were made rather
quickly. White's position has many active ideas.} Qb6 {You can't call this
move a mistake, but it isn't quite clear. Usually White uses it in the opening,
but I have an extra tempo and I don't have to defend my pawn with the queen.
The more reasonable alternative looks like this} (7... Bd6 $5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
e5 10. e4 g5 11. dxc5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxc5 14. Bg3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1
f6 16. b4 Be7 17. Ne1 $11) 8. Rb1 {Of course, I am not going to exchange
queens.} Be7 9. Bd3 {White has a nice position.} Nh5 $6 {This move looks
strange, especially in connection with the previous one. It's better to move
the knight to d7, though after} (9... Nd7 10. Bg3 $1 {Black is unbalanced, it
is not clear how to develop the queenside. Castling, recommended by the
computer, looks rather dangerous.}) (9... O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 $1 Qc7 12. f4
{with attack.}) 10. Bxe7 {It is possible to play on the queenside:} (10. b4 $5
cxb4 (10... cxd4 11. b5 $1 Na5 12. cxd4 $14) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rxb4 Qc7 13.
Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 $14 {but I decided not to change the master plan,
my aim is to reach the black king!}) 10... Nxe7 11. O-O {Here I could have
transferred my queen, but in rapid chess such ideas are often hard to see.} (
11. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qg4 $1 g6 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Ndf3 {with a
strong initiative for White. This variation shows the weakness of the 7th and
the 9th moves of Black.}) 11... Nf6 12. Ne5 {The attack! Houdini comments like
this:} (12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. b4 $1 $14) 12... O-O 13. f4
{Exactly like this! My aim is to go ahead, whereas Black's pieces are not in
the game yet. It doesn't make sense to exchange the bishops.} Ne8 {Black is
preparing ahead his defence against the White g-pawn. Black is in danger:} (
13... Bd7 14. g4 Bb5 (14... Be8 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Ndf3 $40) 15. g5
hxg5 (15... Bxd3 16. gxf6 Bxb1 17. fxe7 $16) 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Bxd3 18. Nxd7
Qa6 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxb1 21. Rf2 $1 Qd3 22. Rg2+ Qg6 23. fxe7 Rfe8
24. Nxb1 $18) 14. Qh5 {In connection with the black knight retreat I have
extra chances. Why not using the strongest piece?} f6 {This move strengthens
the game. Perhaps, Black should strengthen his position.} (14... f5 $5 15. Qh4
Nf6 16. Rf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rg3 Kh8 $14) 15. Ng6 {The
immediate moving of the pawn is more effective} (15. g4 $1 {I saw this move,
but didn't take the risk of playing it. I thought my simple move would lead to
a strong advantage. I didn't want to "overthink it". Now after} fxe5 16. fxe5 {
Black has to give the piece back} Nf5 {and now comes a quiet move} 17. Rf2 $1
$16) 15... Nxg6 16. Bxg6 {I could make my opponent play f6-f5 and then
continue a long fight.} (16. Qxg6 f5 17. Nf3 $14 {But I know very well that
it's very difficult to win a slightly better position against Sergey. So I
undertook a direct attack. I kept in mind that at the moment he was in time
trouble. I think my decision was right.}) 16... Bd7 17. g4 $1 {Black wants to
exchange bishops, but he lacks a tempo.} cxd4 $6 {The opening of the e-line is
in White's favour. The variation looks weak-spirited} (17... Nd6 18. g5 Be8 19.
Bxe8 Raxe8 20. gxh6 Nf5 $16) ({Black should have considered} 17... Bb5 $5 18.
Rf2 Nd6 {Black is safe against g4-g5, but suddenly the white knight enters the
game!} 19. Nb3 $1 {So, again Black gives up his pawn.} cxd4 (19... c4 $6 20.
Nc5 $40) 20. Nxd4 Be8 (20... Bd7 21. Rg2 $1 {the threat is great g4-g5}) 21.
Nxe6 Bxg6 22. Qxg6 Rf7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Re2 $14 {Black has some compensation
for his pawn and a chance to draw.}) 18. exd4 Qd8 {A vain attempt to hold the
position.} 19. Nf3 {Still another piece is in the game! Houdini considers the
line:} (19. g5 fxg5 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ (20... Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23.
Rxf8 $18) 21. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Nxg5+ Kh6
26. h4 $16 {I saw the lines while playing, but I didn't think they are strong
enough.}) 19... Qc7 20. Nh4 {It's a reasonable move, but still using the rook
could be tough.} (20. Rbe1 $1 $16) 20... Bb5 21. Rfe1 $1 {It's time for the
decisive attack!} ({The line} 21. Rf2 Nd6 22. Re1 Rae8 $1 {shows that Black is
still alive.}) 21... Bd7 {Taking the pawn leads to a poor ending for Black.} (
21... Qxf4 22. Rxe6 f5 $1 23. Bh7+ $5 Kxh7 24. Ng6 Nf6 25. Nxf4 Nxh5 26. gxh5
Rae8 27. Rbe1 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) 22. f5 {I didn't want to play a complicated
ending:} (22. Bd3 Qxf4 23. Ng6 Qg5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 $16 {White's position is winning, but he has to work hard to achieve
the result.}) 22... e5 (22... exf5 $4 23. Re7 $18) 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. g5 {
The brave pawn continues its mission. In spite of the open position, the white
king feels comfortable, because all the black pieces are too passive.} Qc5+ 25.
Kg2 d4 ({A more difficult task for White could be in the line} 25... Bc6 26.
gxh6 Nf6 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Qc4 {and here two beautiful moves in a row are
required from White:} 29. Bh7+ $3 Nxh7 30. Rg1 $3 $18) 26. gxh6 {There was a
more straightforward way to win:} (26. f6 Bc6+ 27. Kg3 Nxf6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29.
Qxe5 $18) 26... Nf6 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 dxc3 {Black could use his queen in
his defence, but after} (28... Qe7 29. cxd4 e4 30. Rg1 Qg7 31. Qe3 $1 {the end
is near.}) 29. Kh3 $1 {The white king is quite safe and it watches its rooks.}
c2 30. Rbc1 {At such decisive moments it is important not to make a beautiful
sacrifice. Black has no defense on the g-file.} Qd4 31. Rg1 Qd3+ 32. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gerber, Richard"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Qh6 $5 {An original
idea.} 7. Bb5+ $2 {This helps my development.} (7. Nbd2 $2 g5 $17) (7. c4 $2 g5
8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. fxg3 g4 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. cxd5 Nd7 $17) ({I would definitely go
for} 7. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (7... g5 8. Nxd5 gxh4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 $13 {is very
messy.}) 8. bxc3 Nc6 $14) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ (8. c4 Bxb5 9. cxb5 Nd7 10. Nc3 e6
$17) 8... Nxd7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Ne5 $1 {The best under
the circumstances.} (12. Nfd2 cxd4 (12... Rg8 13. Nc3 Rg5 14. Nb5 Rh5 15. f4
Qb6 16. c4 Bg7 $17) 13. exd4 Rg8 14. Nc3 Rg5 15. Nb5 Rh5 16. f4 Qb6 $19) 12...
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rg8 $1 {With a brutal threat of Rg5-h5.} 14. Nc3 O-O-O $17 (14...
Rg5 $2 15. Nxd5 Rh5 16. f4 gxf3 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc8 19. Qd2 $1 $18) 15.
e4 $8 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 d4 17. Nd5 e6 $1 (17... Rg5 18. e6 $1 (18. c3 $2 d3 19.
Rfd1 e6 20. Nf4 c4 21. b3 b5 22. a4 d2 23. Rc2 cxb3 $19) 18... fxe6 19. Nf4 $44
) 18. Nf6 Rg6 $1 (18... Rg5 19. Nxh7 Rxe5 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. f3 $132) 19. Nxh7
Bg7 20. Nf6 Rh8 $6 {Ths unnecessarily complicates the matters.} (20... c4 21.
f4 gxf3 22. Rxf3 Rg5 $19) 21. Rfd1 c4 (21... Bxf6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. c3 d3 24.
b3 e5 25. c4 Kc7 $17) 22. f4 $8 (22. b3 c3 $1 23. f4 gxf3 24. gxf3 Bh6 $19)
22... gxf3 23. Rxd4 b5 $1 (23... Rh1+ $4 24. Kxh1 f2 25. Rxc4+ $18) (23... Bh6
$6 24. Re1 Bf4 25. Rxc4+ Kb8 26. g4 Bd2 27. Kf2 Bxe1+ 28. Kxe1 fxg2 29. Kf2 $44
) 24. Rf1 $2 (24. a4 $2 Bh6 $19) (24. gxf3 $1 {was more resilient.} Bh6 $1 (
24... Rxg3+ 25. Kf2 Rhh3 26. f4 $1 $132 (26. Rcd1 $2 Rxf3+ 27. Ke2 Re3+ 28. Kf2
Rhf3+ 29. Kg2 Bxf6 30. exf6 Rxf6 $19)) 25. Rcd1 Be3+ 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rgh6
28. Ng4 Rh1 29. a4 Rc1 30. Ne3 a6 31. axb5 axb5 $19) 24... Bf8 $3 25. Nd7 (25.
Ne8 Bc5 26. Nd6+ Kc7 27. c3 f6 $1 $19) 25... Rxg3 26. Rxf3 $2 {A final mistake.
} (26. Kf2 Rxg2+ 27. Kxf3 Rxc2 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. b3 Rxa2 30. bxc4 b4 $19) 26...
Rxf3 27. gxf3 Be7 $1 $19 {Now he loses a piece.} (27... Bh6 $2 28. Rd6) 28. a4
bxa4 29. Kf1 (29. Kg2 c3 $1 30. bxc3 Rd8 $19) 29... c3 30. bxc3 a3 {The pawn
is unstoppable.} 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rc4 a2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Von Herman, Ulf"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 "Koenig Tegel"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 g5 8. Bf2
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 c5 11. Qh5 Qf6 12. Bb5 gxf4 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Bxd7
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. exd5 Rac8 17. dxe6+ fxe6 18. Qb5+ Kc7 19. Nc4 Rhg8 20. Nxd6
Kxd6 21. c3 Qh4+ 22. Kf1 f3 $1 {Excellent! This energetic move reinforces
Black's attack and does not to allow White any time for defence.} 23. gxf3 Qh3+
24. Ke2 Qg2+ 25. Kd3 Qxf3+ 26. Kc2 Rg2+ 27. Kb3 {[%tqu "En","White's King
seems now even more safe than his vis-a-vis, but it is just an illusion. How
can Black conclude his attack?","Try to destroy the pawn shield around White's
king.","Try to eliminate the defender of the c3-pawn.","g2b2","That's it.
After this strike the white king is doomed.",4]} Rxb2+ {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3,
Gf3c3]} (27... Rxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 29. Kb1 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tyomkin,D} g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2
Qb6 8. Qb3 c4 (8... Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 11. Nd4 Bc8 (11... Nxd4
{Speelman} 12. exd4 $14 (12. cxd4 Qa5 13. Nf3)) (11... Bd7 {Speelman} 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Qxb7) 12. Rfd1 a6 $142 $5 $146 {Avrukh,B} (12... e5 {Speelman} 13. Qb5
$1 Qd6 14. N4b3 a6 15. Qd3 (15. Qc5 $14) 15... Rd8 (15... e4 $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Qxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 dxe4 19. Nc5) 16. e4 {Speelman,J-Cramling,P/Erevan
olm 1996/1/2-1/2(61)}) 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bh4 Re8 15. N2f3 e6 $2 (15... e5 $142)
16. c4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. cxd5 exd5 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd5 $16
) 20. Nxc6 (20. Nb3 $2 Ne4 21. Nfd4 $14 {Smyslov,V-Cramling,P/Sigeman and Co
1997/1/2-1/2(31)}) 20... bxc6 21. Rxc6 Ne4 22. Nd4 $18) 9. Qa3 {[%csl Yc4]
[%cal Gb2b3]} (9. Qxb6 $6 {Avrukh,B} axb6 10. Bxf6 (10. O-O b5 11. b3 Bf5 12.
a4 Bc2 13. Ne1 Bf5 14. Nef3 Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Kozma,K-Sinkovics,P/HUN-chT2 1994})
10... Bxf6 11. e4 e6 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Bd7 14. e5 Be7 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Ne1 f5
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bf3 b4 $1 19. axb4 Ra2 $15 {Gostisa,L-Manninen,M/EU-chT
Debrecen SLO-FIN 1992/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 9... Nc6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 e5 $146 (
11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. b4 $14 {Meinsohn,
P-Lupu,S/Lyon op 1993/1/2-1/2(22)}) 12. O-O Be6 (12... e4 13. Bxf6 (13. Ne1 Bg4
14. Bxg4 Nxg4 $132) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne1 $14) 13. b4 exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 $6
Ne4 15. Be3 f5 $36) 14... Rfe8 $6 (14... Rfc8 $142 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 15. b5 Ne5
16. Rfc1 Nfd7 $6 (16... Bf8 17. Qa5 Nfd7 {black still keeps the balance.}) 17.
Be7 $1 {taking control over diagonal a3-f8.Pawn-a7 becomes real weekness.} Rec8
18. h3 Nc5 19. Qa5 Bd7 (19... Ncd3 20. Rc2 $16 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Bh4 $1 {
[%cal Rf2f4,Rb5b6]}) (19... Ned7 20. Rc2 $16 {[%cal Gc2a2]}) 20. Rc2 {[%csl
Ra7][%cal Gc2a2]} Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rca2 $6 (22. c4 $5 Nd3 $142 $13 (22...
Qxa5 23. Rxa5 a6 24. b6 f5 {[%cal Gg8f7]} 25. c5 Kf7 26. Bd6 $16 Z0 27. Bxe5
$140 (27. Bxa6 $5) 27... Bxe5 28. c6 $18)) 22... Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxc3 (23... a6
24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bb4 $18) 24. Rxa7 Rc1+ $4 {decisive mistake.} (24... Rxa7
$142 25. Rxa7 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 26. Ra8 (26. Bb4 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Nd3 $132)
26... f5 {[%cal Gg8f7]} 27. Nc6 bxc6 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Bh4 $1 (29. Bd6 Ke6 30.
Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxc6+ Rxc6 32. bxc6 {this ending is very close to draw.}) 29...
Rc2 30. Bf1 $16 {[%cal Yb5b6] o^b}) 25. Rxc1 Rxa7 26. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,
Rd7][%cal Gb5b6,Ye7d6] Black doesn't have the defence from all the threats.}
Ra1+ (26... Bf8 27. Bf6 $18) 27. Bf1 b6 28. Bd6 Be6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","c7g7","",5]} 30. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O (8... Qc7 $6 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. f4 Rad8 13. O-O
Bc8 14. Bh4 $36 {Stefanova,A-De Waal,M/Lost Boys op 1997 (25)}) (8... Nh5 $6 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. f4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Rdf8 14. b4 c4 15. Bc2
Nxe5 16. dxe5 $14 {Legky,N-Foisor,O/Ticino op 1992 (34)}) (8... Nd7 $5 9. Bg3
O-O 10. O-O f5 11. h3 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Rb1 $14 {
Danielian,O-Landa,K/Cappelle op 1996 (31)}) 9. O-O Nd7 (9... b6 10. Ne5 (10.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 11. e4 Bb7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Re1 Re8 14. a3 Nd7 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. b4
Bf6 $132 {Meduna,E-Zude,A/BL8990 1990 (40)}) 10... Nxe5 (10... Bb7 $6 11. f4
Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. dxc5 f6 15. Nec4 bxc5 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. b3
$14 {Popov,V-Tseshkovsky,V/St.Petersburg op 1993}) 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. f4 Bb7 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nh4 Rfd8 16. Ng6 Qf7 17. exf6 Qxf6 $13 {Gertsyk,
N-Kosak,R/Balatonbereny op 1995}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 $5 (11. Re1 Rb8 (11...
Rd8 12. Qe2 e5 13. e4 $5 dxe4 14. Bxe4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 $5 $36 {
Tichy,V-Vokac,M/CSR-ch 1978 (40)}) 12. Qe2 c4 $5 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 b5 $13 {
Klinger,J-Robatsch,K/AUT-chT 1992}) 11... dxe4 ({Nothing changes} 11... cxd4
12. cxd4 (12. exd5 $6 Nce5 $1 13. dxe6 Nxd3 14. exd7 Qxd7 15. Nxd4 Nxb2 16. Qc2
Na4 $15) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 {and arises position from the game.} (13. Nxe4 $6
Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4d4,Gb4b2]})) 12. Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 $6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb4) 12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Bb7 (14... c5 $2 15. Qf3 $1 Bb7 16.
Qxb7 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Nc4 $16) 15. Qe2 c5 16. N4f3 Rfd8 $15
) 13... Nb6 ({The same kind of position arises after} 13... Nf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Rc1 Rb8 16. b3 Bb7 17. Re1 Rfd8 $132 {and it's not so clear where the
knight is better placed.}) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Ba6 $6 {Bishop has got
nothing to do on a6 that is why better was} (15... Bd7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Ne4
Rfd8 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Qg4 Nd5 $13 {with counterchanses.}) 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Qc2
Rfd8 18. b3 $14 {Black bishop is out of play and this fact gives white certain
preponderence.} Nd5 19. Ne4 $1 Nb4 20. Qc5 Qb7 $1 (20... Qxc5 $6 21. Nxc5 Bb5
22. a3 Nd3 (22... Na6 23. a4 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Bd3 25. Ne5 $16) 23. Nxd3 Bxd3 24.
Ne5 Ba6 25. Nxc6 Rd7 26. Rc5 $16) 21. Nd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Nd3 23. Ne5 Nxe1 24.
Rxe1 $14 {After removing the knights and the pair of rooks from the board the
difference in the strength between the knight and the bishop has become even
more significient and black's difensive task is not easy at all.} Qc7 25. Qc5
Qb6 26. Rc1 Bb7 (26... Qxc5 $6 27. Rxc5 Bb7 28. Ra5 a6 29. f3 Rd8 30. Ra4 f6
31. Nd3 Kf7 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Kf2 $16) 27. Qe7 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. f3 Kf8 30.
Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 f6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. Nc5 Bc8 {Very important thing is that the
pawn is on a7 and it makes the defense much easier in the comparison to the
position with the pawn on a6.} 34. Ne4+ Ke7 35. b4 (35. Rc5 g5 $5 36. Ra5 Bd7
37. Nc5 Be8 38. Ra6 h5 39. b4 h4 $132) 35... Bd7 36. Rc3 Be8 37. Nc5 Kd6 38.
Ne4+ Ke7 39. Ra3 Bg6 40. Nc5 Kd6 41. Ra5 Re7 $6 {After this move black has to
enter rook ending,where white keeps winning chanses.More accurate was} (41...
Be8 42. a4 g5 43. Kd3 Bg6+ 44. Kc4 h5 45. Ra6 Ke7 $132) 42. Ne4+ Bxe4 43. fxe4
e5 44. g4 (44. d5 $5 Rb7 45. a3 cxd5 46. Rxd5+ Ke6 47. Ra5 Kd6 48. Kd3 Rc7 49.
Ra6+ Ke7 50. b5 $14) 44... Rd7 45. h4 exd4+ 46. Kxd4 Kc7+ 47. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3g6]
} Kb6 48. Kf4 Rd2 49. a3 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Rh2 51. h5 Ra2 52. e5 $5 {Otherwise
white king can't penitrate to g6.} fxe5 53. Ke4 Re2+ 54. Kf5 e4 55. Re5 e3 56.
Re4 (56. Kf4 Re1 57. Rxe3 Rxe3 58. Kxe3 Kb5 59. Kf4 Ka4 60. Kf5 Kxa3 61. Kg6
Kxb4 62. Kxg7 a5 63. g5 a4 64. gxh6 a3 65. h7 a2 66. h8=Q a1=Q+ $11) 56... a5
57. Kg6 Rg2 $1 58. Kxg7 (58. bxa5+ $2 Kxa5 59. Kxg7 e2 60. Kxh6 c5 (60... Rxg4
$6) 61. Kg5 (61. g5 c4 62. g6 c3 63. g7 c2 64. Rxe2 c1=Q+ $19) 61... c4 62. h6
c3 63. h7 c2 64. h8=Q c1=Q+ $40) 58... e2 59. Kxh6 axb4 60. axb4 Rxg4 61. Rxe2
Rxb4 $11 {This position is drawn,but black still has to be accurate.} 62. Kg5
Ra4 63. h6 Ra8 64. h7 Kc5 (64... c5 $5 65. Kf6 c4 66. Rh2 Kc5 (66... c3 $2 67.
h8=Q Rxh8 68. Rxh8 Kc5 69. Ke5 Kc4 70. Ke4 $18) 67. h8=Q Rxh8 68. Rxh8 Kd4 $1
69. Rd8+ Ke4 70. Rc8 Kd3 71. Ke5 c3) 65. Kh6 Kd4 66. Rd2+ Kc3 67. Rg2 {[%cal
Gg2g8]} Rh8 $8 {[#] Hecht: Der schwarze König steht zu gut und der weiße zu
weit weg vom c-Bauern, so daß Schwarz das Remis gelingt.} 68. Rg3+ (68. Rg8 {
Hecht} Rxh7+ 69. Kxh7 c5 70. Kg6 c4 71. Kf5 Kd2 72. Rd8+ Ke2 73. Rc8 Kd3 74.
Kf4 c3 75. Kf3 c2 $11 {siehe Partie}) 68... Kd4 {Hecht:Wichtig ist, daß sich
der schwarze König so postiert, daß er nicht nur den eigenen Freibauern
unterstützen kann, sondern den gegenerischen König von der Annäherung abhält.
Also gehört der schwarze König nicht auf die b-Linie, sondern auf die d-Linie.
Wir wollen das untermauern:} (68... Kb4 $2 {Hecht} 69. Rg8 Rxh7+ 70. Kxh7 c5
71. Kg6 c4 72. Kf5 c3 73. Ke4 c2 74. Rc8 Kb3 75. Kd3 $18) 69. Rg4+ Kd3 70. Rg5
Kd4 71. Rg8 Rxh7+ 72. Kxh7 c5 73. Rd8+ Ke3 74. Rc8 Kd4 75. Rd8+ Ke3 76. Rc8 Kd4
77. Kg6 c4 78. Kf5 c3 79. Kf4 Kd3 80. Kf3 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cvek, Robert"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1
Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 (10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 a5 $5 (11... Bg4 $5 12. Qb3 (12.
h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a5 $6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd5 axb4 16. Ne4 $14 {Tseitlin,
M-Kurz,A/Spring op 1989 (39)}) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. Rfc1 Rec8 15. a3 Ne8
$5 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Qa2 a6 $13 {Aldrete,J-De Greiff,B/Buenos Aires olm 1978 (41)
}) (11... Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne1 $5 (14. a3 e6 15. Nb3 Re7 (
15... Ne7 $5 16. Nc5 Nc8 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. g4 $14 {
Plachetka,J-Sinowjew,J/Oberwart op 1991 (34)}) 16. Nc5 Qd8 17. Qa4 Qf8 18. Rfc1
f4 $6 19. b5 Nd8 20. exf4 $16 {Plachetka,J-Vokac,M/CSR-ch 1988 (37)}) 14... e6
15. Nd3 Qd8 16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Rbc1 Nc8 18. Rc7 $5 Re7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Rc1 $14 {
Reefschlaeger,H-Podzielny,K/BL8384 1984 (43)}) (11... e5 $5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. a5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Sokolov,I/EU-chT 1992}) 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 {
1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Gligoric,S/Moscow 1967}) 10... e5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 exd4
13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Ne7 15. c4 {This move is definitly better than} (15. d6
$6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Nxd2 Kxf6 20. Ne4+ Kg7 21.
Nxc5 dxc3 22. bxc3 b6 $15 {and black has got favourable ending;Lechtynsky,
J-Stohl,I/Tatran Cup 1984 (67)}) 15... Bf5 16. Qe2 (16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 Bg7
18. b4 (18. a3 a5 $5) 18... cxb4 19. Rxb4 Qc7 $132) 16... Qa6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 (
17... Nxf5 $5 18. Ne4 Bg7 $5 (18... Be7 19. b3 Qb6 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Qxe7 Nf5
22. Qe2 $14) 19. Nxc5 (19. b3 b6 20. Re1 Rd8) 19... Qxa2 20. Qd3 b5 $1 21. b3
Qa3 22. Ne4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 h6 $132) 18. Qd3 Rd8 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 19. Qb3 (19. b4
$6 cxb4 20. Nxd4 Nxd5 21. Nxf5 (21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. cxd5 Bxd4 $17) 21... Nc3 22.
Re1 $8 Qc6 23. Qc2 Qd7 $15) 19... Ng6 $6 20. Qc2 $5 Ne7 {Admitting mistake on
previous move.} (20... Qxa2 $6 21. Qxf5 Bg7 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. d6 $14) 21. a4 Qd6
22. g3 b6 23. Re1 a6 $132 {Despite the weakness of the f-pawn black keeps
quiet good chanses in forthcoming struggle.} 24. b3 (24. Nb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3c1,
Gc1d3,Gd3f4,Gf4h5]} Rb8 25. Nc1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. b3 Bg7 28. Nd3 Ng6 29. Nd2
$36 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gd2f3]}) 24... Rb8 25. Qd3 Rb7 26. Kg2 Qb8 27. Ra1 {Starting
the manuovering!} Qd6 28. Re1 Qb8 29. h3 Qd6 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Ra1 Qd7 32. Re1
Qd6 33. Rh1 $5 {[%cal Gg3g4]} b5 {Opening the a-file for white rook is quiet
risky,but it's very difficult just to stay on the place.} 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ra1
bxc4 36. bxc4 h6 37. h4 Rb6 38. Qa3 Rb4 39. Qd3 Qb8 40. Ra5 $14 Qd6 41. Ra8 Qd7
42. Qe2 Rb2 43. Ra6 Nc8 (43... Qb7 $6 44. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 45. Qe5+ Kg6 46. Qd6+
Kh7 47. Qxc5 f4 48. Qxd4 $14) 44. Qd3 Nd6 45. Rc6 f4 $1 $132 {Starting the
attack which proves to be enough for a draw.} 46. Qa3 (46. Rxc5 fxg3 47. fxg3
Qg4 $1 $17) 46... Rc2 (46... Rxd2 $2 47. Nxd2 Nxc4 48. Nxc4 Qxd5+ 49. Qf3 Qxc4
50. Qg4+ $18) 47. Qxc5 Nf5 48. Rc7 Ne3+ $1 49. fxe3 Qg4 50. exf4 Rxd2+ 51. Nxd2
Qe2+ 52. Kh3 h5 $1 $11 53. Qa7 (53. Qa5 Qg4+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 Qe1+ {
[%cal Ge1a5]} 56. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 53... Qg4+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kh3 (55. Kg1 Qxd2
56. Rxf7+ Kg8 $1 57. Rxf6 Qe1+ $11) 55... Qg4+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. c3 (7. Bd3 Bb7
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 (9... Bxf6 $143 10. e4 $14) 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f4 {
[%csl Ge4]} Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bd5 14. f5 Bg5 15. Qe2
Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. Ne5 $13 {0-1 Wolf,U-Bauer,C/St. Ingbert 1991/EXT 91op2 
(38)}) (7. Ne5 O-O 8. f4 c5 9. c3 Ne4 $6 (9... Bb7 10. Bd3 Ne4) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. O-O Nxe5 $2 (13... Bb7 14. Qg4 $36) 14. fxe5 Bb7
15. Qg4 Bd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rf6 $1 Kh7 18. Raf1 Qc7 19. Rd6 $1 $16 {1-0
Tseitlin,M-Timoshenko,G/Bucharest 1993/CBM 34 (34)}) 7... O-O 8. Ne5 Nfd7 (8...
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 (10... Ne4 $142) 11. Qf3 {[%csl Ge4]} cxd4 (11... Ne4
12. Bxe7 Nxd2 13. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 $5 Raxd8 15. Ke2 $14 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gg1g7]}
) 12. exd4 Rc8 13. O-O a6 14. Rae1 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. g4 $36 {0-1 Ramirez,
D-Britez,J/Asuncion 1995/EXT 95op (41)}) 9. Bxe7 (9. Bg3 $143 Nxe5 10. dxe5 (
10. Bxe5 $11) 10... c5 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 Qc8 $15 {1-0 Verdonk,
R-Plomp,E/Enschede 1993/EXT 93ch (40)}) 9... Qxe7 10. f4 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Ndf3
c5 11. Bd3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qa4 Qb7 $11 {
0-1 Pehme,M-Vatnikov,J/New York 1993/TD 93\03 (56)}) 10... c5 11. Bd3 Ba6 12.
Bc2 $2 {[%csl Re1][%mdl 16384] After this move white will have a big problems
with their king during all the game.} (12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 $1 (13. O-O Nc7 {
[%cal Gc7e8,Ge8d6]} 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nce8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge8d6] and black
is OK}) 13... Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nc7 15. O-O $14 {[%csl Gc7]}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 (
13. fxe5 Qh4+ $1 (13... f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Qd2 {[%cal Ge1c1]})
14. g3 Qh3 15. Qf3 f6 16. c4 (16. O-O-O Nd7 $17 {[%csl Rf3]}) 16... Nc6 17.
cxd5 Nb4 18. Bb1 (18. O-O-O cxd4 $19 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2][%cal Ga8c8,Gc2c1]}) 18...
Bd3 $1 19. g4 $8 Qh4+ 20. Qg3 Qxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 exd5 $17) 13... Nc6
14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rd1 (16. O-O-O d4 {[%cal Gd4d3]} 17. Be4 $8 dxc3
18. Qxc3 Nb4 19. Kb1 Bb7 (19... Be2 $5 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Bc4 22. a3 Rd8 23.
Qc3 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qc1 $15) 20. Bc2 Bd5 21. Bb3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7 $1 $17
23. Qc4 $2 b5 $19) 16... f6 17. Qf2 fxe5 18. fxe5 d4 $1 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4
(20. cxd4 $2 Qb4+ 21. Qd2 (21. Rd2 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxc2 $19 {[%csl Re1]}) 21...
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Bb3 Re4+ 25. Kf2 Rf8+ 26. Kg1 Rxe5 $17)
20... Nxd4 (20... Nxe5 {[%csl Ge1]} 21. Qg3 $1 (21. Be4 $2 Rf8 22. Qg3 Qf6 23.
Bc2 Nc4 $17) 21... Qf6 (21... Nc4 $2 22. O-O Nxb2 $140 $2 23. Qg6 $18) (21...
Rc5 22. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c1] and white is even better.}) 22. Rd2 {[%cal Gd2f2]}
) 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qg4 (23... Qxe5+ $2 24. Kd1 $14 {[%cal
Gh1e1]}) 24. b3 Rf8 25. c4 {Only now white managed to close black's bishop on
a6,but still they have some problems with their king.} Qh5 26. Qe2 (26. Qe3 $5)
26... Qh4+ (26... Qg5 27. Qe4 Rf4 28. Qa8+ (28. Qh7+ Kf7 {[%csl Re5]}) 28...
Rf8 29. Qe4 $11) 27. g3 Qd4 28. Qe4 $1 Qc3+ (28... Qf2+ $2 29. Kd1 {and black
forced to play} Qf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rxf3 31. Ke2 {[%cal Gh1d1] with winning endgame
for white}) 29. Ke2 Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rf5 30. Qa8+ Rf8 31. Bh7+ $140
$2 (31. Qe4 $11) 31... Kxh7 32. Qxf8 Qxe5+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kd2 Qd4+ $19) 33...
Qd4+ {[%csl Gh1]}) 30. Rd1 Re3+ (30... Rf5 31. Qa8+ Rf8 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Qxf8
Qxe5+ 34. Kf1) 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Konopka, Michal"]
[Black "Voloshin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 (5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Nbd2 (6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O e6 8. Nbd2 (8. c4 $5 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. c5 Qd8 12. h3 Ne4 13.
b4 $14 {Kurtenkov,A-Donev,I/Elenite op 1986 (37)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bd3
Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Qc3 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bb4 15. Qc2 Nd7 $132 {
Bellin,J-Nielsen,P/Arnold Cup 1993/1/2-1/2 (79)}) 6... Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Nd2
Bf5 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nc6 $11
{Kovacs,G-Karsa,L/HUN-chT1 1995}) (5. Nbd2 $5 Qxb2 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. O-O e6 8. c4
Be7 9. Qe2 Qd8 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 $44 {Ye Rongguang-Qian Ji Fu/Beijing op
1993 (28)}) 5... Ne4 6. Bf4 (6. Bh4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 $6 9. c4 dxc4 10.
bxc4 c5 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Nc3 $14 {Yepes Martinez,E-Soler/Barbera op 1993 (32)})
6... Bg4 (6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 $4 (7. Nfd2) 7... e5 $1 8. Bxe5 Nc3 9. Qc1 Ba3 {
[%csl Rc1] 0-1 Lahlum,H-David,E/Peer Gynt 1990}) 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bh5
10. Nfd2 $5 {This move also doesn't lead white to any advantage,but it gives
at least chanse to fight for it.Nothing promises} (10. c4 Nd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf6 $11) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O $11 (12... c5
$6 13. c4 $1 cxd4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd4 $6 (15. Qg4 $5 Qe6 $5 (15... dxe3 $6
16. Qc8+ $5 Bd8 17. Bxe3 Qc6 18. Rac1 $1 Qxc8 19. Rxc8 Kd7 20. Rfc1 Re8 21. Nf3
$44 {[%cal Gc8a8]}) 16. Qxg7 (16. Qxe6 $6 fxe6 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19.
Rad1 Rc8 $15) 16... Bf6 17. Qg4 (17. Qg3 $5 dxe3 18. Rae1 e2 19. Bxb8 $1 (19.
Qd3 exf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Nc6 21. Qxd5 (21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Qb5 O-O-O $15) 21... Be5
$1 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Kd7 $15) 19... Be7 20. Nf3 exf1=Q+ 21.
Kxf1 Qa6+ 22. Kg1 $40) 17... dxe3 18. Rae1 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Nc6 20. Rxe3+ $14)
15... Nc6 16. Bd6 O-O $1 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Rxe7 19. Qd2 Rae8 $15) 13. c4 a5
$5 (13... Nd7) 14. a3 Nd7 15. Rfb1 Rfc8 (15... c5 $5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5
Nxc5 18. Be5 Qe6 19. Bd4 Ne4 $11) 16. c5 Qa7 17. Qd1 (17. Nf3 $6 b6 18. cxb6
Qxb6 $15) 17... e5 $5 (17... b6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Qb7 20. Nf3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Ra8 $11) 18. Bg3 exd4 19. exd4 Bf6 (19... b6 $5 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Nf3 c5 22.
dxc5 Rxc5 $132) 20. Nf3 Qa6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Qc4 23. Ra5 h6 24. Rba1 Rxa5
25. bxa5 Qa6 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Ra2 Qc4 $6 {This exchange doesn't cause black any
troubles,but now black becomes the defesive side.} (27... Re6 $11) 28. Qxc4
dxc4 29. Rc2 Ra8 $2 {This is already mistake.Accurate} (29... Bd8 $1 30. Rxc4 (
30. Rb2 c3 (30... Bxa5 31. Rxb7 Nf6 32. Ra7 $5 (32. Ne5 $2 c3 33. Nxc6 c2 34.
Bf4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Nd5 $1 $17) 32... Bd8 33. Ra4 c3 34. Ne5 Nd5 35. Kf1 c2 36.
Rc4 Nb4 $13) 31. Rxb7 c2 32. Bf4 Nf6 33. a6 Nd5 34. Bc1 $16) 30... Bxa5 31. Ra4
b6 32. cxb6 Bxb6 $11 {would keep the position balanced.}) (29... Re4 $6 30.
Rxc4 Bd8 31. Rb4 $1 Nxc5 32. Rxb7 $3 Nxb7 33. a6 {[%cal Ga6a8]} Bh4 34. a7 Re8
35. Bb8 $1 $18) 30. Bc7 $1 $14 Nf8 $6 ({It was nessasary to play} 30... Rc8 $1
31. Bb6 Nxb6 32. axb6 Ra8 33. Rxc4 Ra2 $1 34. g4 (34. d5 cxd5 35. c6 bxc6 36.
Rxc6 Rb2 $14) 34... Kf8 35. Kg2 Ke7 $44 {with good chanses to hold the
position.}) 31. Rxc4 $16 {Now white is a clear pawn up and this should be
enough to win the game.} Ne6 32. Bb6 Nf4 33. Rc2 Re8 34. Kf1 Re7 $6 {Letting
white to exchange the bishop,which is totally out of play.Better was} (34... g5
$5 35. Rb2 $5 Ne6 36. Rb4 Re7 37. g3 Kg7 $14 {with good chanses to save the
game.}) 35. Bd8 Re8 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. h4 Ra8 38. g3 Nd5 39. Rb2 Rxa5 40. Rxb7 {
The character of the position has changed and now the game enters new phase.}
Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Rb3 h5 45. Rd3 Kg7 {It's not so
clear how white can improve the position,but black decides to come with the
king to the center and it gives white an additional chanses.} 46. Rd2 Ra4 47.
Ng1 Kg6 48. Ne2 Kf5 49. Rb2 Ke4 50. Rb8 Kd3 51. Re8 $5 (51. Kf3 Ra3 52. Re8)
51... f5 52. Re5 f6 53. Re6 Ra6 54. Kh2 Kc4 55. Kh3 Kd3 56. Kg2 Kc4 57. Rd6 Ra2
58. Nf4 $5 Ne3+ ({Deserved attention} 58... Kxd4 $5 59. Nxd5 (59. Rxc6 Nxf4+
60. gxf4 Ra5 61. Rxf6 Rxc5 62. Rh6 Ke4 $14) 59... cxd5 (59... Kxc5 $2 60. Nc3
Rc2 61. Rxf6 Rxc3 62. Rxf5+ Kd4 63. Rxh5 $18) 60. Rxf6 Ke5 $1 61. Rf8 d4 62. c6
Rc2 63. Re8+ Kd5 {with significient chanses of survival.}) 59. Kf3 Ng4 (59...
Nc2 60. Nxh5 (60. Ne6 $2 Ne1+ 61. Ke3 Ng2+ 62. Kf3 Ne1+ $11) 60... Nxd4+ 61.
Kg2 Kxc5 62. Rxf6 Kb4 63. Nf4 $18) 60. Nh3 Ra3+ 61. Kf4 Rd3 62. Kxf5 $18 {
The knights endgame is easily wining for white.} Rxd4 63. Rxd4+ Kxd4 64. Kg6
Kxc5 65. Kxh5 Ne5 66. f4 Nd7 67. Kg6 Kd4 68. h5 c5 69. Nf2 Ke3 70. Nd1+ Kd2 71.
Nb2 Kc2 72. Nc4 Kd3 73. Nd6 Ke3 74. Kf7 Kf3 75. h6 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Voloshin, Leonid"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Be2
Rc8 (8... h6 9. h4 $6 (9. O-O e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Stohl,I/OHRA-B
1990}) 9... e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5
$15 {Pizarro Segura,E-Ferguson,M/Benasque op 1997 (41)}) (8... e6 9. O-O Be7
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne5 Rfd8 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Richter,
R-Tischbierek,R/Biel op 1993 (37)}) 9. O-O cxd4 $5 {One of a few continuations
promising black good chanses in forthcoming struggle:} (9... e6 10. Nbd2 Be7
11. Nxe4 (11. Nb3 $6 O-O 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Qd2 f6
$15 {Edinger,R-Piveny,I/Werfen op 1993 (43)}) 11... Bxe4 12. Qd2 O-O (12... f6
$5 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rcd8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bf8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 $13 {
Kaganski,M-Aleksandrov,A/Czestochowa op 1992/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 13. Ne5 (13. Rac1
cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 $5 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. b4 Qb6 $13 {
Taghian,T-Siegel,N/Saratoga Springs op 1997/1-0 (55)}) 13... Rfd8 14. f3 Bg6
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11 {Soppe,G-Tempone,M/Cordoba op 1990
(24)}) (9... h6 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O
$11 {Petrik,K-Maros,M/SVK-chT9596 1996 (41)}) 10. exd4 e6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Be3
(12. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 13. Nd2 Nxd4 $17 {[%cal Gc8c1]}) 12... Qc7 {Black has fully
equalized the position and white decides to start to exchange the pieces,which
eventually leads to a draw.} (12... O-O 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd2 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Qc7
16. h3 a6 $11) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 Bxf3 (16... O-O
17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. Qd3 $14) 17. Qxf3 O-O 18.
Bd3 Na5 19. Rae1 Nc4 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bxc4 (21. Re2 Qd7 $5 22. Rfe1 b5 {[%cal
Ga7a5,Gb5b4]} 23. b3 Nd6 {[%csl Rc3]} 24. Bb1 a5 25. a3 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27.
axb4 Qb5 $15) 21... Rxc4 22. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. c3 Be7 7.
Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 (11. Bf4 {This move very
usefull after black castling} Qc7 {Petrosian shows exactly haw black should
react in this position} 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4
O-O-O 17. a4 $2 (17. bxc5 $5) 17... c4 18. Be2 $2 (18. Bf5 $1) 18... a6 19. Kh1
Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4
26. e4 Bd6 $17 {Spassky,B-Petrosian,T Moscow 1966}) 11... Qxe7 12. f4 {In my
opinion white gets an advantage in this line} f6 (12... O-O-O 13. Qe2 (13. Nf3
f6 14. Bb5 Nf8 15. Qe2 Ng6 $132 {Timmer,R-Dreev,A,Bern,1993}) 13... f6 14. exf6
Nxf6 (14... gxf6 $5 15. e4 $13) 15. Nf3 {[%csl Re5]} c4 16. Bc2 Kb8 17. Qd2 Nd7
18. Qd4 Rde8 19. Ba4 $16 Ref8 20. Bxd7 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf3e5]} Qxd7 21. a4 Qc7
22. a5 bxa5 23. Ne5 Ka8 24. Ra2 Qb6 25. Rfa1 Qxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 $16 {Hebert,
J-Ivanov,I Montreal 1983}) (12... g6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Qe1 a6 15. Qg3 f6 16. h4
fxe5 17. fxe5 Qg7 18. Qg5 Rae8 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 h6 21. Rf2 $14 {D.
Kosic-Cvetkovic, Banja Koviljaca 1994}) 13. exf6 (13. Qh5+ Qf7 14. Qe2 O-O {
Sokolov,I} (14... f5 15. a4 a5 16. Nf3 h6 17. h3 Nb8 18. Bb5+ Nc6 19. Rfc1 $14
{Hulak,K-Polajzer,D}) (14... O-O-O {Hulak,K} 15. e4 $5 (15. exf6 gxf6 16. e4 d4
17. a4 e5 $6 18. f5 Nb8 19. Bc4 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gc4e6] /\ Be6,a5 ->}) 15... fxe5
16. exd5 exd5 (16... Bxd5 $14) 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. Rae1 d4 20. Be4 (
20. e6 $16) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rhe8 23. Qxh7 Nf8 24. Qe4 Ne6 $16
{Hulak,K-van der Sterren,P Wijk aan Zee 1987}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17.
Qe1 Ng4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne5 a6 20. g4 Qe8 21. g5 Nd7 22. Qh4 (22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qh4+ Kg8 24. g6 (24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. g6 Rf5 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rad1 Rd5) 24... Nf6)
22... g6 23. Ng4 (23. Qg4 Nxe5 $1 24. fxe5 Rf5 $1 25. Bxf5 exf5 $44 {|^}) 23...
Qe7 24. Qg3 Rae8 25. h4 Kh8 $16 {Sokolov,I-Ivanchuk,V Biel 1989}) 13... Nxf6 (
13... gxf6 14. e4 (14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qe2 f5 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3
Kh8 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. b4 Rc8 21. Rf2 Rg8 $11 {Ye Rongguang-Beim,V/Dutch Open,
Dieren NED 1997/1/2-1/2(26)}) 14... O-O-O (14... O-O 15. Rf3 $36 {[%cal Gf3h3]}
) 15. Qe2 d4 16. a4 e5 17. f5 Nb8 18. a5 Nc6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ba6 $14 {
Spassky,B-Sokolov,A,Bugoino,1986}) 14. Bb5+ $14 Kf7 (14... Nd7 $6 15. Qh5+ g6
16. Qg5 $1 $16) 15. Nf3 Rhf8 $146 (15... Rhd8 16. Qe1 Kg8 17. Bd3 d4 $6 18.
exd4 (18. cxd4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 cxd4 20. e4) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 cxd4 20. Bc4 $16
{[%csl Re6] Kosic,D-Kalesis,N/Athens zt plof 1993/1/2-1/2(30)}) 16. Qe1 Kg8 17.
Qh4 Rad8 18. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Qe8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Ne5 $14 {/+/-} d4 21. exd4
cxd4 22. c4 Qa4 $6 (22... Be4 $142 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Re6] <->e}
) 23. Qh3 Rd6 24. b3 $1 Qxa2 $2 25. Ra1 Qd2 26. c5 $1 Bxg2 $4 (26... bxc5 27.
Nc4 (27. Rxa7 Bd5 28. Rxg7+ (28. Qg3 $2 Qe3+) 28... Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Ng6+
Kg7 31. Ne5+ $11) 27... Qxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rd7 30. Ne5 (30. Ra6 $2
Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gd5f4]}) 30... Rb7 31. Bc4 $16 {/+-}) 27. Qxg2 $18 Qxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 bxc5 29. Rxa7 Nd5 30. Kg3 Rb8 31. Kf3 Nb4 32. Rg1 g5 33. fxg5 h5 34. Bh7+
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Black "Watzka, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
Be2 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. Nb3 c6 10. Bh4 {In this variation white can't get some
serious advantage.} exd4 $146 (10... h6 11. Rc1 Qb6 (11... e4 12. Nfd2 b5 13.
a4 a6 $6 (13... bxa4 $142) 14. Ra1 Bb7 15. h3 Bf8 16. Bg3 Nh7 17. axb5 axb5 18.
Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qa1 Nb6 20. Nc5 $14 {Sergeev,V-Jirovsky,P/SVK-ch 1997/EXT 97/1-0
(58)}) 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nbd2 e4 $6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17.
Bg3 $14 {Malaniuk,V-Iljin,S/St.Petersburg op 1995/EXP 46/1-0 (40)}) 11. Nbxd4
$6 (11. cxd4 $142 Qb6 12. Nfd2 $14 (12. Rc1 Ne4)) (11. exd4 Qb6 $10) 11... Qb6
$10 {/=/+ Black got position,which usually getting with white pieces.} 12. Qc2
$6 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 $15 {preparing c5 and Bf5} 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Re8 $15 16.
Rfd1 Ne4 17. Qb3 $6 (17. f3 $142 Nd6 18. Bf2 $15) 17... Nd6 $2 (17... c5 $142
$1 18. Bb5 $140 (18. bxc5 $2 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxc3 $19) 18... cxd4 19. Bxe8 Nxc3
$19) 18. Bg3 Nf5 $2 (18... Ne4 $142) 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bd6 $1 $14 Qd8 21. Bc5
Qg5 22. Bd4 $14 Be4 23. Bf1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 (24. cxd4 $5 $14) 24... b5 $6 (24...
Re7 $142 $14) 25. a4 $1 axb4 26. cxb4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 Rab8 28. Qc3 $14 {Strange
solution to agree a draw in this position,because this position is the best
for white in this game! Perhapse white was in time-trouble already.} (28. Qc3
Re6 29. Ra6 Qf6 (29... c5 $2 30. Rxe6 cxd4 31. Qc7 Rxb4 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qc5)
30. Qc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Alibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 Re8 (6... c6 7. Bd3
Nbd7 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rb1 c5 12. O-O Rac8 13.
Ne5 e6 14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Piket,J/Antwerpen 1993}) (7... Qb6 8. Qc2 (8. Qb1 c5 $6 9. b4 $1
cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Be6 12. O-O Rac8 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. Nb3 $16 {Balashov,
Y-Gufeld,E/Vilnius zt 1975/1-0 (75)}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 $2 (10. e4
$142) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 $19 {Petry,C-Kovaljov,D/World Juniors, Zagan POL
1997/1-0 (49)}) 8. O-O Re8 9. e4 (9. Re1 Qb6 10. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Voitsekhovsky,
S-Yandemirov,V/Russia Cup 1997}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2
Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Ba4 Rec8 18. f3 a6
19. Kf2 b5 20. Bb3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Popchev,M-Georgiev,K/BUL-ch 1988/EXT 88ch}) 7.
Be2 $146 (7. Bd3 Bg4 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 8. Qb3 b6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bb5 Rf8 11. Qa3
Qd6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bf4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 c6 15. Qa4 Qe6 16. h3 Nfd7 17. Nd3 $2 (
17. Nef3 $142 $14) 17... Qf5 $1 18. Ke2 e5 19. dxe5 $4 Qxd3+ {[%cal Gd7c5] 0-1
Lakat,R-Princz,F/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10}) 7... Nc6 $2 (7... Nbd7 $142) 8. b4 $1
(8. O-O e5 9. Bb5 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8 $11) 9... e4 10. Ne5
Bd7 $13) 8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 (9... a6 10. a4 e5 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Rxa1 13.
Qxa1 e4 14. bxc6 exf3 15. Nxf3 bxc6 16. O-O {with advantage.}) 10. b5 e4 (10...
exd4 $2 11. bxc6 dxc3 12. Nb3 bxc6 13. Rc1 $16) 11. bxc6 exf3 12. Bxf3 $14 (12.
Nxf3 $143 bxc6 13. O-O (13. Ne5 c5) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 $132) 12... bxc6 13.
O-O Bf5 14. Qa4 g5 15. Bg3 Qd7 (15... Bd3 16. Rfe1) 16. Nb3 Bf8 17. Na5 Bd3 (
17... c5 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxc7) 18. Rfe1 Bb5 19. Qc2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} g4 20. Be2
c5 $2 (20... Ne4 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 $16) (20... Bxe2 $142 21.
Rxe2 Ne4 $14) 21. dxc5 Bxc5 (21... Bxe2 $2 22. c6) 22. c4 Ba4 23. Nb3 Bb4 (
23... Bf8 24. Red1 Bg7 25. Rac1 c6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qd3 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Be5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gg4]}) 24. Red1 Qe6 $2 (24... c6 25. Rac1 (25. cxd5 cxd5
26. Qd3 Rac8 27. Bf4 Ne4 $132) 25... Rac8 26. Bf4 $16) 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxg4
$2 (26. Rd4 $1 c5 (26... f5 27. Rxd5 $18) (26... h5 27. Bc4 $18) 27. Rxg4+ Kh8
(27... Kf8 28. Qh7 $18) 28. a3 {and white wins easily.}) 26... Nxe3 $1 (26...
Qxg4 27. Rxd5 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. h3 {[%csl Gc7] and white wins easily.})
27. fxe3 Qxg4 28. Rd4 Qg7 29. Qc4 (29. Qf5 {[%cal Gd4g4]} Re6 30. Rg4 (30. Rxb4
Bxb3 31. Rg4 Rg6 32. Be5 Be6 $1) 30... Rg6 31. Be5 Qh7 32. Rxb4 $140 $2 Rxg2+
$19) (29. Qe2 Re6 30. Rxb4 Bxb3 31. Rc1 Bd5 32. Rxc7 Qa1+ $11) 29... Bxb3 30.
axb3 Be7 (30... Bd2 $143 31. Rg4 $1 (31. Bf4 c5 (31... Rad8 32. Qc6 $1) 32.
Qxc5 Bxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 $11) 31... Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Bg5 33. Rf1 {[%cal Gh2h4]} h5
34. Rxf7 (34. Rxg5 Qxg5 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Bf4 $5) 34... Qxf7 35. Rxg5+ Kf8 36.
Qc5+ Qe7 37. Rf5+ Kg8 38. Qd5+ Qe6 39. Rg5+ {with decisive attack.}) 31. Rf1
Bg5 32. Bf4 $2 (32. Rg4 $142 Re6 33. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Kh8 (33... Rg6 34. Bxg5
Rxg5 35. Rxg5 hxg5 36. Qxc7 $16) 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Qd5 Rg8 36. Rg3 g4 37. Qh5+
Rh6 38. Qxf7 $16) (32. Rd7 $142 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Re6 (33... Rf8 34. Bxc7 (34. Rxc7
{[%cal Gg3d6]} Rad8 $14) 34... Rac8 35. Qd5 $16) 34. Rdxf7 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7
36. Qxc7+ {and position is very unpleasant for black.}) 32... Rxe3 33. h4 (33.
Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rd7 Rf8 35. Rxc7 a5 $11) 33... Bxf4 $2 $138 {this loses by force.
} ({The right way was} 33... c5 $1 34. Qxc5 (34. hxg5 Qxd4 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36.
Bxe3+ Kg6 37. Bxd4 cxd4 $11) (34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Bxh6 Qd4+ $11)
34... Bxf4 35. Rdxf4 Re2 36. Qd5 Rf8 37. Qf3 Re6 {and white has no useful
moves to strenghten his position.}) 34. Rdxf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4g4]} Re6 (34... Rc3
35. Qe4 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Gf4g4]}) 35. Rg4 Rg6 36. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 37. Rxg6+ Kf8
38. Qc5+ Ke8 (38... Qe7 39. Rg8+ $18) 39. Qc6+ {and here black resighned in
view of 39...Ke7 40Qc7-Ke8 41 Qe5 etc.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7.
O-O c6 8. c4 dxc4 (8... c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Nc4 $14 N7f6 $2 12.
Bf3 Bd7 $2 13. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rb7]} (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bf3 $16)
13... Qc7 14. Rac1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Re3e4]} Rac8 15. e4 Nf4 16. e5 N6d5 17.
Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nd6 $18 {Nikolic,B-Solomunovic,I/JUG-ch 1991/1-0(34)}) (8... Qb6
9. Qc2 Re8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bh4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh4g3]} N7f6 13. Bg3
Bf5 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Nfd2 Be6 16. Rfc1 Bh6 17. a4 a5 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Qe1 Nb4 20.
Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires Naj pr 1992}) (8... Re8 9. Rc1
e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 (11. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Qb3
$14) 11... e4 12. Ne1 h6 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Bc7 Qe7 15. Be5 $14 {<->c} (15. Bb5
N8d7) 15... Rd8 (15... N8d7 16. Rc7) 16. Rc7 Rd7 17. Rc3 Ne6 18. Nc2 Ne8 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. Nxa3 $16 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Morris,P/
Copenhagen op 1992/1-0(28)}) (8... b6 $6 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Rfd1 a5 11. Qc2 Re8 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rac1 $16 {De Guzman,R-Ginting,N/Dubai
Asian Cities 1992/1-0(45)}) (8... h6 $5 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12.
Nd2 f5 13. f4 $2 (13. f3 $1 f4 14. Bf2) 13... c5 $1 14. Nb3 gxf4 15. exf4 (15.
Bxf4 cxd4 16. exd4 e5) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bf2 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd4 $17 {
Kroff-Tibensky/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996/0-1 (58)}) 9. Bxc4 Nb6 $146 (
9... Qe8 10. Qb3 (10. e4 $5 e5 $140 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 $14) 10... e5 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 $5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf7] <->e})
14... Qe7 15. Rad1 $14 {Ning Chunhong-Liu Xin/WchW stud Antwerpen 19921/2-1/2
(22)}) 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14.
Nd2 (14. Bc2 Bc4 15. Qe1 $14) 14... a5 15. e4 $6 (15. Bc2 $142 $5) 15... Bxb3
16. axb3 Qd6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4][%cal Gd6b4]} (16... Bxd4 $6 17. Nf3 c5 18.
Be3 e5 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. Qb5 $1 Qd6 (20... Rxe5 $2 21. Bxd4) 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22.
Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 $140 $2 23. Qxe8+) 17. Be3 (17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 (18. bxc4 $2
Bxd4) 18... Rfd8 $15) 17... Qb4 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 (19. Qxc4 Rfd8 $15 (19...
Qxc4 20. bxc4 Rfd8 $15)) 19... Rfd8 20. Qc2 a4 21. Bd2 $6 Qb3 22. Qxb3 axb3 23.
Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bc3 (24. Be3 $6 Ra2 $17) 24... c5 25. Kf1 $4 (25. e5 $8 cxd4 26.
Bxd4 Rd8 (26... Ra4 27. c5) 27. f4 g5 28. Kf2 $1 (28. g3 $2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bh6
$19) 28... gxf4 29. Ke2) (25. dxc5 $4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 b2 $19) 25... cxd4 $19 26.
Bb4 (26. Bxd4 Rd8 $19) 26... Ra4 27. Bxe7 Rxc4 {[%csl Rb2,Gb3,Gd4]} 28. f4 f5
$1 {[%cal Gg8f7] The black king decisively comes to the game} (28... Rc2 29.
Ba3) 29. e5 Kf7 30. Bh4 {[%cal Rh4f2]} Bf8 31. Bf2 Bc5 32. g3 Ke6 33. Rd3 Rc1+
34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Kf3 Kd5 36. Rxb3 (36. e6 Rxb2 37. Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 38. Rxd4+ Kxe6
$1 {with winning rooks' ending} 39. h3 Rc2 40. Rb4 b2 41. Rxb7 Kd5 $19 {
[%cal Gd5c4,Yc2c3,Yc3b3]}) 36... b6 $1 37. h4 $2 (37. Rd3 Rxb2 38. e6 $140 Rb4
$1 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gd5e6]}) 37... Kc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b4 a5 $6 {Anyway white plans to play b4-b5} (9... Re8 {
Leko,P} 10. b5 (10. Qb3 e5 11. Rfc1 Qe7 12. a4 a6 13. b5 a5 14. Rab1 Rac8 15.
Qa2 h6 16. Bh4 Qd6 17. Rd1 exd4 18. cxd4 $14 {Miles-Leko, Horgen 1994}) (10. a4
c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Rb1 Bc6 $10) 10... e5 11. Bh4 (11. c4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5
13. Rc1 c5 14. bxc6 Nxc6 $10) 11... Qe7 $1 (11... a6 {Leko,P} 12. a4 axb5 13.
axb5 e4 14. Ne1 $14 {/\ c4 ><c7}) 12. a4 a6 13. Qb3 $5 (13. c4 {Leko,P} axb5
14. axb5 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Ra8 16. Qb2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 $10) 13... e4 $1 (13...
axb5 $5 14. axb5 e4 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Ne1 Qa3 $15) 14. Ne1 axb5 15. Bxb5 c6 16.
Be2 c5 (16... Ba6 $6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nc2 Qe6 19. Nb4 Raa8 20. c4 $14) 17. Bb5
(17. Nc2 c4 18. Qa3 Qe6 19. Rfb1 Ra5 $15 {/\ Bc6, Rea8 ><a4}) 17... Rec8 18.
Nc2 Qe6 $1 $15 {Lutz,C-Leko,P/Dortmund 1994/0-1(41)}) 10. b5 h6 (10... Re8 $5
11. c4 e5 12. Rc1) (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 f5 14. f3 $14)
11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 $14)
13. Rc1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Re8 15. c4 e5 (15... dxc4 $6 16. Bxc4 e5 17. Qb3 (17. Qc2
) 17... Qe7 18. Bd5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7] <->c}) 16. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6]} c6 17.
cxb6 Qxb6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rb1 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 $14 {White is
better because of fact the isolated pawn"d5"is blockated,and Be2 is better
than his opponent on-c6} Qc5 22. Qc1 (22. Qd2 $14) (22. Nd4 $14) 22... Qxc1 23.
Rfxc1 Rec8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bf3 $2 (25. Bd3 $142 $14 {[%csl Gf5]}) 25... Bxd4 $1
26. exd4 Bf5 $11 {[%cal Gf5e4]} 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rb5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Be4 (29...
Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rxa5 Rc2 32. Re5 Rxa2 33. Rxe4 Rxf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 (6... c6 $5 7.
Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rb1 c5 $10 {Speelman,J-Piket,
Je/Antwerpen/1993/}) 7. Be2 (7. b4 c6 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. Rc1 {Malaniuk,
V-Stohl,I/Brno/1993/0,5 (26) Inf 58/384/} Qe7 $13) 7... b6 (7... Re8 8. O-O e5
9. Nb3 c6 10. Rc1 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4
$14 {Miles,A-Nunn,J/London/1993/1:0 (45) Inf 58/385/}) (7... c6 8. O-O Re8) 8.
a4 (8. b4 Bb7 9. O-O Qe8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. b5 a6 12. a4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qb3 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Kudrin,S/USA(ch)/1988/Inf 46/(478)/}) 8... a5
(8... Bb7 9. a5 c5 10. O-O $14) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 (10. b4 $5) 10... Re8 11.
Qb3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Re8 $10 15. Red1 Qe7 16. Nd4 {
/\ Bb5 ><c6/} Qc5 (16... Qe5 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Bb5 $16) 17. Bf3 (17. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6
18. Bf3) 17... Ne4 18. Bf4 {/\ Qb5/} Be5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3
Re7 (21... Nc5 $5) 22. h4 Kg7 23. Ne2 $1 h6 24. Nf4 $14 c6 25. Rb3 (25. Bxe4
Rxe4 26. Rb3 Ra6 27. Rd4 $14) 25... Nc5 $1 26. Rxb6 Nxa4 27. Rb3 Ba6 (27... Nc5
28. Ra3 a4 29. Nd3 $16 {>< a4/}) 28. Rd2 (28. Ra1 $5 Bb5 (28... Nc5 29. Rb6 $16
) 29. Be2 Nc5 30. Rba3 $16) 28... Nc5 29. Rb6 Rc7 {/\ Na4/} 30. Be2 Bxe2 31.
Nxe2 Nd7 32. Rb3 Nc5 33. Rb6 Nd7 34. Rb3 Nc5 35. Ra3 Rb8 $1 $10 (35... Rb8 $1
36. Nd4 (36. Rxa5 $4 Nb3 $19) 36... a4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O (8. b4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nb3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc5
e4 15. Nd2 f5 $13 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Smirin,I/Wijk op/1993/0:1/50/}) (8. Qb3
c6 9. O-O e5 10. e4 exd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bc4 Re7 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxf7+ Kh8
15. Rae1 Qf8 16. Ne5 Rxd4 17. f4 Rd5 $3 $17 {Timman,J-Kamsky,G/Moskow/1992/0:1/
41/}) 8... c6 9. a4 (9. c4 h6 10. Bh4 e6 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rac1 a4 13. Ne5 $14 {
Panchenko,A-Meshkov,Y/Podolsk/1992/1:0/24/}) (9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nb3 e4
12. Nfd2 b5 13. Ra1 Nb6 14. Nc5 g5 15. Bg3 $14 {Miles,A-Barcenilla,R/Calcutta
op/1994/1:0/35/}) 9... e5 10. a5 Qe7 (10... e4 11. Ne1 a6 12. c4 Nf8 $14) 11.
a6 $5 b5 12. Nb3 Qf8 (12... Qd6 $5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nfd7) 13. Na5 Qd6 (
13... e4 14. Nd2 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. f3 $16) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. Nd4
Qc5 17. Ra2 Qb6 (17... Bxa6 18. Naxc6 Nxc6 19. Rxa6 $16) 18. Bf3 Nb8 (18...
Bxa6 19. Naxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxd5 Qb6 22. Bxa8 $18) 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20.
Qa1 c5 (20... Bxa6 21. Naxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxa6 $18) 21. Ne2 Nxa6 22. Rd1 Nc7 (22...
Rb8 23. Bxd5 Nc7 24. Bf3 $16) 23. c4 $6 (23. Nf4 $44) 23... Be6 $6 (23... bxc4
24. Nxc4 $2 (24. Nc3 Be6 (24... Bb7 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Ra5 Qc6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28.
Qxa7 $44) 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Bxa8 Nxa8 27. Rxa7 Nc7 28. Rd8+ Bf8 $13) 24... dxc4
25. Rd8+ (25. Bxa8 Nxa8 26. Rxa7 Nc7 27. Rd8+ Re8 $17) 25... Ne8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Bxa8 Be6 28. Rxa7 Qxb2 $17) 24. cxb5 Qxb5 (24... Nxb5 $2 25. Nc4 dxc4 26.
Bxa8 $18) 25. Nc3 Qb8 $2 (25... Qb6 26. Nc4 dxc4 27. Bxa8 Nxa8 28. Rxa7 Nc7 29.
Rd8+ Bf8 $13) 26. Nc6 $16 Qb7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Ra5 Rb8 $6 (28... Bd6 29. b4
Qxb4 (29... cxb4 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Raxd5 Bf8 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34.
Rxd8 $18) 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Bf8 $16) 29. Rxc5 Qxb2 30. Qxb2
Rxb2 31. Nxd5 $18 Ne8 (31... Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Rcxd5 $18) 32. Ne7+ Kg7 $2
(32... Kf8 33. Nxg6+ hxg6 34. Rxe5 $18) 33. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. Nb3 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8 12. h3 c6 13. a4 Qb6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 $10 {Malaniuk,V-Kamsky,G/Moscow(25'/1994/0,5/39/}) (9. Bh4 c6 10. Rc1
Qb6 11. Qb3 exd4 12. cxd4 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Qc2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 a5 $10 {
Malaniuk,V-Lin,W/Lusern-WchT/1993/1:0/79/}) (9. c4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 c6
12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Nb3 Qb6 $10 {Andersson,U-Hellers,F/Haninge/1993/
1:0/40/}) 9... c6 (9... a5 10. a4 c6 11. c4 exd4 12. Nbxd4 Nb6 13. Nd2 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Qc2 $14 {Stangl,M-Har Zvi,R/Altensteig/1994/0,5/59/})
10. Rc1 a5 11. dxe5 (11. a4 $5) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. c4 a4
15. Nd4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Nd5 (16... a3 17. b3 Be6 $10) 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Nb4 (
18... a3) (18... Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. a3 $14) 19. Qc3 Nxa2 $5 20. Qa3 Bxd4 $8
21. Rxd4 Be6 22. Ra1 (22. Bc4 $2 c5 23. Rh4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb4 $17) 22... Qb3 (
22... c5 23. Rd6 Qb3 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxa2 $16) 23. Rd3 $1 Qc4 (23... Qxa3 24.
Rxa3 (24. bxa3 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be5 Rd2 27. Bf3 $17) 24... Nb4 25. Rxa4
Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Nd5 27. Ra7 $14) 24. Bf1 b5 25. Rd6 $1 Qc2 $1 (25... b4 $6 26.
Rxe6 (26. Bxc4 bxa3 27. Rxe6 $1 (27. Bxe6 axb2 28. Rb1 Rxe6 $17) 27... fxe6 (
27... axb2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rb1 $18) 28. Rxa2 $16) 26... Qxe6 27. Qxa2 Qxa2
28. Rxa2 Red8 $13) 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxa2 Rd8 $13 28. b4 (28. Qc3 Rd2 $17) (28.
Ra1 Rd2 $17) 28... Qd1 (28... axb3 29. Rxc2 bxc2 30. Qc3 $18) 29. Ra1 Qd2 30.
Rc1 Re4 31. Rxc6 Rxb4 32. Qa1 Qd1 $2 (32... Qb2 $1 33. Qe1 a3 $132) 33. Rc1 Qd5
34. Qf6 $16 Re8 35. Bd6 Rb3 $2 (35... Rbe4 36. Bc5 R4e6 37. Qc3 $16) 36. Rc5
Qd1 37. Be5 $18 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden TU"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 {A slow and seemingly harmless move.
Theoretically Black is doing fine here but Black does not achieve the kind of
game he is looking for when going for the King's Indian (or the Grünfeld).} d5
{This stops White getting active with e4. However there was no need for it yet
as pointed out by my opponent after the game.} (4... O-O {is slightly more
popular when} 5. e4 {is strongly met by} d5 $1 $11 {intending 6.e5 Ne4 or 6.
exd5 ...Nxd5 while in the event of} 6. Bd3 {Black can either capture on e4 or
go for the energetic} c5 $5 {when there might follow} 7. e5 (7. dxc5 $6 Nbd7
$15 {favours Black due to his extra central pawn.}) 7... Ne8 8. c3 cxd4 $146 9.
cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O f6 $1 11. exf6 exf6 12. Be3 Nd6 $1 $11 {[%csl Gd6] when Black
has the more comfortable side of a rougly equal position. In particular it's
clear that White's knight on d2 is slightly misplaced.}) 5. c3 {This move is
not really necessary yet. However it's quite a common move in practice as now
White doesn't have to reckon with ...c5.} ({The main line goes} 5. e3 {which
is more challenging for Black since now White might also consider the
immediate c4 at some point rather than c3.} {The only concern for White then
would be} c5 $5 {when after} 6. dxc5 $1 {the position becomes far more complex.
Black has scored well in practice and seems to have enough compensation for
the pawn following} O-O $1 {This clearly looks like the best way forward for
Black. Indeed he must now be ready to play a pawn down but the compensation is
fully sufficient. The only game played in this position followed} (6... Qa5 {
as played in 0-1 (74) Golubovic,B (2462)-Mikhalchishin,A (2535) Leipzig 2002
CBM 089 [Finkel,A] wins back the pawn on c5. Black did well in the game but it
seems that White played it a bit too passively.} {Now rather than c3 I think}
7. c4 $1 $146 {is a more testing move for Black. There might follow} O-O (7...
Qxc5 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 $14 {gives White a development advantage
and slightly better prospects.}) 8. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Qxc5 (9... Bxb2 10.
Rb1 Bc3 11. Bc4 $14) 10. Qb3 $14 {White remains a pawn up and is somewhat
better.}) 7. c3 {0-1 (44) Visser,S (1904)-Zilverberg,J (2028) Maastricht 2011;
which however transposes back to well known theory.} {Now the straightforward}
Nbd7 $1 $146 {looks best. There might follow} 8. b4 (8. Nb3 Qc7 $11 {wins back
the pawn with an equal game.}) 8... Ne4 $1 $146 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Ne5 $44 {
with a very interesting position where Black's activity compensates for the
pawn deficit. Important ideas for Black are ...a5 as well as ...Nd3+ in
certain positions when after Bxd3 exd3 the pawn is tactically protected due to
the idea of ...h6, ...g5 followed by ...e5 winning the knight on d4.}) 5... O-O
6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 $5 {is certainly an interesting alternative.} {There might
follow} 7. Be2 (7. dxc5 {was analysed under 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 0-0! 7.c3}) 7... b6
8. O-O Nc6 {with roughly equal chances in 0-1 (63) Sasikiran,K (2707)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2725) Istanbul 2012.}) 7. Be2 ({The alternative} 7. h3 $5 {
was mentioned by Maiwald after the game. This way White is able to drop back
his bishop to h2 when necessary, e.g.} Re8 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bh2) 7... Re8 8. b4 {
This is a common idea intending Nb3. However it appears that Black has many
concrete tactical possibilities as shown in the game.} ({For that reason I
assume the main continuation} 8. O-O {to be a better choice.}) ({Another
option is} 8. Bf4 {which however might lead to a repetition of moves after} Nh5
9. Bg5 Nhf6 $11) 8... e5 9. Nb3 $6 (9. O-O {is better as it keeps the
e4-square protected.}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 $6 {This move doesn't work out well for
tactical reasons.} (10. Bxf6 {should be played. But still this favours Black
who has th bishop pair. There might follow} Qxf6 11. O-O e4 12. Nfd2 Qg5 13. c4
Nf6 14. Kh1 c6 $15 {with a promising position for Black in 0-1 (39) Seul,G 
(2355)-Nunn,J (2575) Germany 1989.}) 10... Qe7 $6 {This move spoils the chance
given.} ({Much stronger was} 10... g5 $1 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 h5 $1 {This
tricky move I didn't see while calculating this line at the board. Now White
has the unpleasant choice of either accepting a terrible pawn structure or
giving up a piece for a couple of pawns.} 13. Bxe5 $1 {This sacrifice actually
looks best although is clearly is in Black's favour after} (13. h3 $2 {saves
the piece but following} Nxg3 14. fxg3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 $17 {Black has an
undisputed advantage thanks to the better pawn structure as well as more
active pieces. Having the advantage of the pair of bishops when the position
opens up is another strong force.}) 13... f6 14. Bg3 h4 15. Nxh4 gxh4 16. Bxh4
$15 {when White has three pawns which is quite decent material compensation.
However Black is active and in the middle game the piece is clearly worth more
than the pawns.}) {At this point my opponent started to be cognisant of the
dangers and decided to give up the pair of bishops although with one tempo
less compared to the previous move.} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Making use of the
opportunity winning a tempo.} (11... Qxf6 $15 {transposes to 10.Bxf6 Qxf6.})
12. a3 {Played in order to be able to recapture with the c-pawn on d4 after ...
exd4.} c6 {This is absolutely fine but when checking with the engine it gives
the amazing line} (12... exd4 $1 13. cxd4 a5 $1 {when Black manages to break
through on the queenside despite all of White's efforts.} 14. Nxa5 ({Not even} 
14. b5 {keeps the queenside closed as Black can just go ahead with} c5 $1 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O c5 $15 {with an advantage for Black.}) (14. bxa5 c5 $17)
14... c5 $1 $15 {Black opens the queenside by brutal force with a promising
position.}) 13. O-O h5 $5 {An active waiting move preparing for a further push
with the kingside pawns later on.} 14. Re1 Bg7 15. Bf1 f5 $5 {An active but
but flexible move not yet deciding on wheyher to push ...e4. However this move
also has some drawbacks as it for instance closes the diagonal for the bishop
on c8.} ({Instead the immediate} 15... e4 $1 {was stronger following} 16. Nfd2
Qg5 17. c4 Nf6 $15 {with an initiative and better prospects for Black.}) 16. c4
(16. g3 $5 Bf6 $1) 16... e4 17. Nfd2 Nf6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Qc2 Rec8 20. Nc5 Bf7
21. Ndb3 {White is trying to create counterchances on the queenside but it's
actually not much going on there yet.} g5 {A logical continuation intending ...
f4 shortly. Black also gets a square for his light-squared bishop on g6.} 22.
cxd5 cxd5 23. Qd2 {Here my opponent offered me a draw, which turned out to be
a good move. Not because I really intended to accept but it still took a bit
of my concentration checking the match situation.} Bh6 24. g3 {A double-edged
move. White is eager to stop the f4 advance but this move seriously weakened
the kingside and especially f3.} ({Though it's hard to suggest a good
alternative perhaps} 24. Na4 {was better intending to exchange a pair of rooks
which would at least limit Black's attacking chances slightly.}) 24... Rf8 $6 {
It seemed logical to also start playing with the rooks on the kingside.
However this move allows some unpleasant counterplay for White. The key thing
is that now the c6-square is no longer covered.} (24... b6 $1 {would have been
excellent with the idea to stop and active actions from White's knight on b3.
A possible line is} 25. Na6 (25. Na4 f4 $17) 25... Qd7 $17 {[%cal Gf5f4]} (
25... f4 26. Rc3 (26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rc1 Qd7 $17 {lets White exchange the
rooks but doesn't solve the real problem.})) 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rc1 f4) 25. Rc2
$6 ({The immediate} 25. Na5 $1 {should be played when the knight on b3 becomes
active. Unfortunately 25...b6 doesn't work due to 26.Nc6! so Black has to
settle for} Rab8 {when things are far from clear following} 26. Ncxb7 $1 Rxb7
27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Qc3 $132 {intending Qc7 when the rook and pawn for two minor
pieces is of about equal worth.}) 25... Bg6 $6 (25... Rac8 $1 $15 {was better
when Black takes back the control over c6.}) 26. Na5 $1 {On the second
opportunity my opponent found the right idea. It's not quite the same now but
still gives White good counterplay while making life harder for Black.} f4 $5 {
An ambitious move going all in for the attack.} (26... Rab8 {was perhaps
objectively stronger but did not quite strike my mind during the game.
Following} 27. Rec1 {White is getting ready to sacrifice on b7 giving a good
deal of counterplay along the c-file. However Black is still on top following}
f4 28. Ncxb7 Rxb7 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. Rc7 Qb8 $15 {although from a practical
point of view it's definitely mutual chances.}) 27. Ncxb7 Ng4 $6 {Not the best
follow-up. After this White is better.} ({Instead} 27... h4 $1 $44 {was strong,
putting presure while the knight on f6 remains flexibke for the moment.}) 28.
Bh3 $2 {Not the most critical continuation.} ({Instead} 28. h3 fxe3 29. fxe3
Nf2 30. Rc6 $1 {intending Nc5 would favour White.}) 28... fxe3 29. fxe3 Nf2 30.
Bg2 Rf6 $2 (30... Nd3 $1 {was the way to go. This offers Black excellent
winning chances although with best play White should remain with a playable
position. A few possible lines are} 31. Rc6 ({The semingly natural reply} 31.
Rf1 $2 {would actually even lose the game following} g4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf8f3]
when Black's attack becomes too strong, e.g.} 32. Rc6 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Kh7 $19 {
with ...Rf8-f3 in mind.}) (31. Re2 Rf6 $44 {gives Black full compensation with
active play along the open f-file.}) 31... Kh7 32. Re2 {The game remains
pretty sharp but there is no immediate tactics for Black.} {A possible
follow-up is} Be8 $1 $15 {intending ...Bb5 next with a nice initiative for
Black as well as a favourable position.}) 31. Rf1 Raf8 32. Rc6 $1 {A strong
move liquidating material which stops Black's invasion on the f-file.} Rxc6 33.
Nxc6 Qxb7 34. Ne5 {White is temporary a piece down but will soon win it back.
More important is that White has an extra pawn on the queenside.} Ng4 $1 35.
Nxg6 (35. Rxf8+ {was perhaps a better practical try but it should still end in
a draw after} Kxf8 36. Nxg6+ Kf7 37. Ne5+ ({or} 37. h3 Kxg6 38. hxg4 h4 $1 $11
{when the game is drawn in view of the opposite coloured bishops. Black's
activity compensates for the pawn deficit.}) 37... Nxe5 38. dxe5 g4 $1 $14 {
White is still a pawn up and remains a tiny bit better. However Black should
draw comfortably due to the opposite coloured bishops which limits White's
chances to a minimum.}) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Qg7 $1 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Qxe5
39. Ba6 Kf7 $1 {The king comes in time to recue the d5-pawn.} 40. Bb7 Ke6 41.
Qc1 g4 42. Qc6+ Ke7 43. Qxh6 Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 {Here my opponent
offered a draw since perpetual checks are inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League+"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Qc8 11. Bb5 Rd8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 a6 14. Be2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxe7 $2 Rd2) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bc6 19.
Qc2 Qc7 20. Bh4 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Bc4 Qb7 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Bd5 Re8 25. a4 b5
26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qd5 Re6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rd5 Bd6 31. g4 f6 32.
Kg2 Kf7 33. f3 $1 exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Ke6 35. e4 b4 36. Bf2 c4 (36... b3 37. c4) 37.
cxb4 Bxb4 38. Rb5 Bd6 39. Bd4 Rc8 40. Rb6 Rb8 41. Rc6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1986.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bd3
cxd4 $1 9. exd4 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb1 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bg3 $2 Nxg3 14. hxg3
h5 15. Re1 g5 16. Nf1 g4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re2 Qd8 20. Ne3 $2 (20.
Qe1 $142) 20... Kf8 21. Qc1 h4 22. Nf1 Qf6 23. Qe3 Rh5 24. Ree1 Ke7 25. f3 hxg3
26. fxg4 Bf4 27. Qf3 Rh1+ $1 28. Kxh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Rh8 30. Nh2 Bd6 31. g5 Bf4
$1 32. Kf1 gxh2 33. Ke2 e5 34. g3 Qxg3 35. Qxg3 Bxg3 36. Rh1 e4 37. Bc2 Bg4+
38. Kd2 Bf4+ 39. Ke1 Bf3 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Bd1 Bxh1 42. Bg4+ f5 43. gxf6+ Kxf6
44. Rxh1 Rg8 45. Bh3 Rg1 46. Bg2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2012.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a most interesting game. A dynamically balanced position arose from
the opening, with each side having its relative advantages. In the middle game
White drifted a bit and Black was able to generate a certain plus. However, as
zeitnot approached, White missed a chance to take advantage of her opponent's
inaccuracy.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. c4 c5 7.
cxd5 O-O 8. e4 cxd4 9. Bc4 Nc5 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1
Bd7 14. Qf1 Qb6 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. h3 a6 17. a3 Qd6 18. b4 Na4 19. Bd3 Nc3 20.
Rbc1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd5 25. Nh4 Ne4 26.
Nxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Qb5 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Re7 $2 ({Necessary was} 29. Qg4 Qc6 30.
Nf5 Qg6 31. Qxg6 fxg6 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxd4 {and White has some chance for
victory.}) 29... Qd5 30. Nf3 d3 31. Qf4 Kg8 32. g3 Rd8 33. Kh2 Qa2 34. Nd2 Qd5
35. h4 Kf8 36. Rc7 b5 37. Ra7 Qe6 38. Nf3 Qf6 39. Qe3 Kg8 40. Re7 Kf8 41. Ra7
Qd6 42. Qe4 Kg8 43. Qb7 Qd5 44. Qe7 Bf8 45. Qf6 Bg7 $2 (45... Re8 $1 46. Qf4
Re2 $19) 46. Qf4 Qc4 47. Qe3 Qe6 48. Qf4 Qc4 49. Qe3 Qd5 50. Qf4 Rd6 51. Nd2
Rf6 52. Qe3 Re6 53. Qf4 Re2 54. Rxa6 Bd4 55. Rd6 Rxf2+ 56. Qxf2 Qxd6 57. Qf3
Bg7 58. Qa8+ Kh7 59. Qe4+ Qg6 60. Qd5 Bb2 61. h5 Qg5 62. Qxd3+ Kg7 63. Kg2 Qxh5
64. Nf3 Bf6 65. Qd7 Qg6 66. Qxb5 Qc2+ 67. Kh3 Qc3 68. Qf5 Qxa3 69. b5 Qb2 70.
Qg4+ Kf8 71. Qc4 Kg7 72. Qd3 Qb4 73. Qf5 Qd6 74. Qg4+ Kf8 75. Qc8+ Ke7 76. Qb7+
Kf8 77. Qc8+ Ke7 78. Qb7+ Kf8 79. Qa8+ Bd8 80. Qc8 Ke7 81. Nh4 Qd1 82. Qc4 h5
83. Qe4+ Kf8 84. Qf3 Qd7+ 85. Qf5 Qd1 86. Qf3 Qd7+ 87. Qf5 Qd1 88. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 {Already a surprise.} Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 {More common is the plan with ...Re8 and ...e5, which also
leads to highly complicated play.} 8. O-O b6 9. a4 a6 10. b4 Bb7 $6 {Too slow.}
(10... c4 $1 {was the correct move, and what I initially wanted to play. My
worry was that after} 11. b5 $5 (11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 {can be met by} Ne8 $1 {
, and in the case of} 13. e4 Ndf6 $1 14. exd5 Nxd5 {is strong}) 11... Bb7 12.
Qc2 {I might not get sufficient counterplay and c4 would turn out to be weak
in the long run. Black gets a reasonable position, however, by pursuing
White's bishop:} h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be5 Nhf6 15. Bg3 Nh5) 13... Nh5 {
with the idea ...g5, and knowing Kramnik, he might try something like} 14. g4
$5 Nhf6 15. h3 h5 {, with a messy position.}) 11. a5 cxb4 12. cxb4 b5 {I
thought that I'd be able to reach c4 with my knight and achieve equality. The
first part is true, but the position is still far from equal.} 13. Rc1 Ne8 14.
Nb3 Nd6 15. Ne1 $1 {That's the point. White has no reason to rush to occupy c5;
instead, he will keep the tension, leaving me tied up, and I will have to
reckon with Nc5 at every moment.} (15. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nc4 {is a very
fine position for Black.}) 15... Nc4 16. Nd3 Ra7 {Black can do nothing but
wait passively, so my goal was to arrange my pieces in the most harmonious way.
It is up to White to show a plan. Now a lengthy manuevering phase begins.} 17.
Bh4 (17. Nbc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 {would be the choice of most players, but it would
considerably ease my play. Kramnik rightfully keeps more pieces on the board.})
17... Ba8 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. g4 $5 {This feels good. The bishops will
find comfortable posts on g2 and g3 and White can continue to gain space on
the kingside.} Ned6 21. Bg2 Qc8 22. Nbc5 Re8 23. Bg3 Qd8 24. Rcd1 e6 25. f3 {
Kramnik prepares e4, but his play might have been a bit too direct.} (25. h4 $5
{was worthy of consideration.}) 25... Qe7 26. Kh1 Bh6 27. Nf4 $6 {This looks
so awkward. It's really weird that Kramnik, with his fantastic positional
feeling, would misplace his pieces in such a way.} ({The natural} 27. Bf2 {
was the move I expected, and I planned} f5 {, which is necessary to prevent e4.
Black's position is very hard to break but remains under some pressure.}) 27...
Nb7 28. Ncd3 Nd8 $1 {Perhaps he overlooked this. White has lost all
coordination and b4 is starting to look tender.} 29. e4 $4 {After this White's
position is nearly lost. It's astonishing how quickly a position can turn
around.} ({After} 29. Nc5 {I planned to repeat:} Nb7 $11) (29. Qe1 $5 {is an
attempt to keep the game going, but Black is no longer any worse after} Nc6 30.
Nc5 Rd8 {, and ...e5 is coming.}) 29... Nc6 30. exd5 Nxb4 31. dxe6 (31. d6 $5 {
was the toughest defense.} {I was planning the inaccurate} Qf6 $6 ({After the
game, Kramnik suggested the enterprising} 31... Nxd3 $5 32. dxe7 Nxf4 33. Qf2 (
33. Bxf4 Bxf4 {gives Black a terrific grip. White is very nearly dominated and
it would be a tall order to defend his position.}) 33... Nxg2 34. Kxg2 Ne3+ 35.
Kg1 Raxe7 {with a clear positional advantage.}) (31... Qxd6 {is the machine's
cool defense.} 32. Nxg6 Qd8 $1 {, and the g6-pawn turns out to be of little
importance. White is much worse.}) 32. Nh5 gxh5 33. Nxb4 Bf4 {, when Black is
better but the position is highly unclear.}) 31... Nxd3 32. Rxd3 fxe6 $6 ({
We both overlooked} 32... Qf6 $1 {, and I think White's position is just lost.}
33. Nh3 Rxe6 {looks like the end.}) 33. Qe1 Qd8 34. h4 Rf7 ({I was loathe to
part with my bishop, but objectively} 34... Bxf4 35. Bxf4 Qxa5 {was most
technical.} 36. Qg3 {seemed like some sort of compensation, but White's attack
is illusory.} b4 {, and it's winning.}) 35. g5 Bg7 ({To calculate} 35... Bf8 $1
{correctly was asking a bit too much, especially in time trouble:} 36. Bh3 Bd6
$1 37. Nxe6 (37. Bxe6 Kg7 38. d5 Rxf4 $1 39. Bxf4 Bxf4) 37... Qb8 $1 38. Bxd6
Qxd6 {, and the pin is decisive.}) 36. Bh3 Rxf4 $1 {I was very happy to have
seen this in advance, but it's not as decisive as it looks.} 37. Bxf4 e5 38.
Bg3 e4 39. Rd1 Bd5 (39... exf3 $4 40. Be6+ Kh8 41. d5 {would turn the game
around.}) 40. Be5 exf3 41. Qf2 (41. Kg1 $1 {was the best defensive chance,
when I planned} Nxa5 {and with 2 pawns and a monster on f3 for the exchange,
Black has serious winning chances, but the open position of both kings makes
the position highly double-edged.}) 41... Qxa5 $1 {Greedy...and equally strong!
} 42. Bg4 (42. Rfe1 $2 {runs into the fantastic} Nb2 $1 43. Rd2 Nd3 $1 44. Rxd3
Qxe1+ 45. Qxe1 f2+ {, and White's queen is replaced with one of Black's.})
42... Rf8 {I have to keep my most important asset - the f3-pawn - at all costs.
} 43. Rd3 (43. Rfe1 $2 {again loses to} Nb2 $1 44. Rd2 Nd3 45. Be6+ Kh8 $1 46.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 47. Rxd3 Qxe1+ 48. Qxe1 f2+ $19) 43... Qb4 $1 {A very important
move, and what Kramnik overlooked. Now White's position is beyond saving.} 44.
Bg3 (44. Bxf3 Rxf3 45. Rxf3 Nd2 46. Qe1 Bxe5 {wins material.}) (44. Bxg7 Kxg7
45. Bxf3 Be4 $1 {was the main point behind 43...Qb4, and took a fair bit of
time to see in advance.} 46. Bxe4 Rxf2 47. Rxf2 Qe1+ $19) 44... h5 $1 {Other
moves also win, but this is most accurate.} 45. gxh6 (45. Bxf3 Rxf3 46. Rxf3
Nd2 $19) 45... Bxh6 {Now ...Nd2 is a huge threat.} 46. Kh2 Nd2 47. Ra1 Ne4 {
White's position falls apart. The rest is agony.} 48. Qc2 Nxg3 49. Rxa6 Be4 50.
Bxf3 Qe1 51. Qb3+ Kh8 52. Bxe4 Rf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Rf4+ {This win put my
tournament back on track and permitted me to finish on a plus score.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. c3 d5 8. O-O (
8. Ne5 Nbd7 $6 (8... Nfd7 $5) 9. f4 a6 10. Qf3 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 (14. Nxe4 $2 Qh4+) 14... f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. dxc5 $1 $16
{Rakic-Csom/JUG-HUN/1968/}) 8... O-O (8... Nbd7 $5 {main line} 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10.
dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 (11. Bf4 $2 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bg3 g5 14. b4 h5 15. h4 gxh4
16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 $17 {Spassky,B-Petrosian,T (07)
/Wch Moscow/1966/0-1/}) 11... Qxe7 12. f4 h6 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. e4 $14
{Spassky,B-Sokolov,A/Bugojno/1986/}) 13. Qe2 O-O 14. e4 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. exd5
Bxd5 17. Be4 $10) 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 (10. Qh5 g6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6
13. Qxg6+ Kh8 $10) 10... Qxe7 11. f4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 (12. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 13. Qh5+
Kg8 14. Rf3 Be2 $19) 12... Nxa6 13. Qa4 Nab8 14. b4 $1 $14 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qd7
16. Qb3 (16. Qxd7 $142 Nxd7 17. e4 $14 {Gligoric}) 16... cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 $10
18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b5 Ne7 20. Qd3 Rc7 $15 21. Nb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +3-1"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1974.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 $1
$10 8. b4 c6 9. O-O e5 10. Nb3 (10. a4 e4 $1 11. Ne1 $10) 10... Qb6 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. a3 (12. Qd2 e4 $1 $10) 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 (13. a4 $142) 13... e4 14.
Nfd2 b5 $1 $10 15. a4 a6 16. Ra1 Bb7 17. Bg4 Nb6 18. Nc5 Bg7 19. axb5 $10 (19.
a5 Nc8 20. Bxc8 Bxc8 21. f4 $10) 19... axb5 20. Qe2 f5 21. Bh3 Na4 22. Ndb3 $10
(22. Nxa4 bxa4 $1 23. c4 Ba6 24. Rfc1 (24. Rxa4 Bxc4 25. Rxa8 Bxe2 26. Rxe8+
Kf7 $17)) 22... Nxc3 23. Qc2 Na4 24. Nxa4 bxa4 25. Nc5 a3 26. Qb3 $15 (26. Ra2
Ba6 27. Nxa6 Rxa6 28. b5 Rb6 29. bxc6 Rxc6 30. Qb3 $10) 26... Ba6 27. Nxa6 Rxa6
28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxa3 Bf8 30. g3 Rb8 31. Rb1 (31. Rb1 Qb6 $1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Ne4 9. Bh4 c5 10. g4 $6 {Ein interessanter Versuch,aber wohl doch ein Schuß
ins Leere; R.Hübner.} Nd7 11. Rg1 a6 12. Bc2 Qe8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 e5 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Nxe4 Nc5 18. a3 $6 (18. O-O-O $2 Bxa2 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20.
b3 a5 21. Kb2 a4 $17) (18. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 19. Bb3 {sieht solide aus; läßt der
Nachziehende den Tausch der weißeldrigen Läufer zu, kann der König des Weißen
am Königsflügel bleiben. (R.Hübner)}) 18... Qc6 19. f3 Rac8 {Der Zug ist ein
wenig schlapp. 19...Ne6 oder 19...Kh8 mit der Absicht 20...f5 zeigt
prägnantere Ideen. (R.Hübner)} 20. O-O-O Bxe4 $2 {Dies scheint mir ein
positioneller fehler zu sein, durch den Scharz den Rest seines Vorteils
verliert: den weißfeldrigen Läufer sollte er sich unbedingt erhalten. (R.
Hübner).} 21. fxe4 Bf6 22. Bf2 Be7 23. Rgf1 $2 {Der Sinn dieses Zuges ist mir
völlig unverständlich. Nach 23.Rd5 steht Weiß vorzüglich.} Na4 24. Be1 $2 (24.
Bxa4 $1 Qxa4 25. Qc2 {mit haltbarer Stellung (R.Hübner)}) 24... b5 25. Bxa4 $2
{>= 25.Rf3 (R.Hübner).} bxa4 26. Rd5 Rb8 27. Rf3 $2 Rb3 28. Rf2 $2 Rfb8 29. Qf3
Qe6 30. Qd1 Qb6 31. Qf3 f6 32. Qe2 Bxa3 33. bxa3 Rb1+ 34. Kd2 Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Rxe2
36. Kxe2 Qb1 37. Rd3 Qa2+ 38. Bd2 Qc4 39. Ke3 Qc5+ 40. Ke2 Qb5 41. Rxf6 Rd8 42.
Rff3 Qc4 43. Rfe3 Rxd3 44. Rxd3 Qxe4+ 45. Re3 Qxg4+ 46. Kf2 Qh4+ 47. Kg2 Qc4
48. Bc1 Qd5+ 49. Kf2 Qh1 50. Re1 Qxh2+ 51. Ke3 Qc2 52. Bd2 e4 53. Re2 Qd3+ 54.
Kf2 h5 55. Ke1 Qg3+ 56. Kf1 h4 57. Be3 h3 58. Bg1 Qf3+ 59. Ke1 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bh4 Ndf6 10. Be2 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. b5 Bf5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qb3 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Bf8 17. Bg3 a4 18. Qb1 Qa3 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qa1 Bd3 21.
Rfe1 Bxb5 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Rb2 e6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 b6 26. h4 Rc8 27. Qd2
b5 28. Ne5 b4 29. Nd7 b3 30. Be5 Bb4 (30... Bb4 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxh7+ Ke7 $19)
0-1

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eisterer, Heinrich"]
[Black "Wach, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qb3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Qc2 Rb8 15.
a4 g4 16. Ne1 h5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 h4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. g3 Qh5 21. Ng2 Bh6
22. Nh4 Kg7 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Rh1 Bd7 25. Bd3 Qg5 26. Ndf3 gxf3+ $8 (26... Qh5
27. Ne5 Qg5 28. Nhf3 gxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Qg4 30. Rh4 $18) 27. Nxf3 Qg4 28. Rh4 Qxh4
29. Nxh4 Rfc8 30. Nf3 Rc7 31. Ne5 Rbc8 32. Rc1 Be8 33. f4 Kg8 34. g4 Bg7 35. g5
Nd7 36. Kf3 Nxe5+ 37. fxe5 Bf8 38. Kg4 a5 39. Qb2 Bxa4 40. Rh1 Be8 41. Rh8+
Kxh8 42. Qh2+ Bh6 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qf6+ Kd7 47. Bb5+
Rc6 48. e4 Kc7 49. exd5 exd5 50. Bxc6 bxc6 51. e6 fxe6 52. g6 Bxg6 53. Qxg6 Kd6
54. Qg7 c5 55. Qb7 Rg8+ 56. Kf4 Rf8+ 57. Ke3 cxd4+ 58. cxd4 Rh8 59. Qb6+ Kd7
60. Qb7+ Kd6 61. Qb6+ Kd7 62. Qxa5 Rh4 63. Qa7+ Kd6 64. Qb8+ Kd7 65. Qg3 Re4+
66. Kd3 Kc6 67. Kc3 Re2 68. Qd3 Re4 69. Kb3 Kd7 70. Qc3 Ke7 71. Qc5+ Kf7 72.
Kb4 Kg6 73. Kb5 Kg5 74. Qf8 Kg6 75. Kc5 Re1 76. Kd6 Re4 77. Qe8+ Kf6 78. Qe7+
Kf5 79. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
d5 $14 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 $10) 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 (11...
Qd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $16) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 dxe4 $8 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 (
14... Qe7 $142) 15. Bxe4 $14 (15. Qxe4 g6 $16 (15... f5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bc4
Rae8 18. Nxd4 $16)) 15... Qe7 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Rfd1 $16 {d-<->}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. g3 $16 {קc5} g6 22. Qe3 Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. Nd2 Na5
25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Ne4 Qe7 $2 (26... Qe5 $8) 27. h4 Kg7 28. c4 a5 29. Qc3+ f6
30. b3 e5 $2 (30... h5 $142) 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 $18 (33...
Qc7 $16) 34. cxd5 Kf7 35. Nd2 f5 $2 (35... Nd6 $32) 36. Nc4 Kf6 37. f3 e4 $2 (
37... h5 $32) 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. g4 h5 40. Kg3 hxg4 (40... hxg4 41. Kxg4 e3 42.
Nxe3 Ke5 43. Kg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 c6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. g3 Bd5 15.
Na5 Rb8 16. Ne1 h5 17. b4 h4 18. Bf3 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Qd1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Nd5 22. Rb1 Nc3 23. Rb2 Ne4 24. Nb3 Kg7 25. Qg2 Rh8 26. Nf3 Qd5 27. Nfd2 Rh6
28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rc1 Be7 30. Nd2 Rbh8 31. b5 Ba3 32. Rcc2 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 cxb5 (
33... Rh1+ 34. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 35. Kxh1 cxb5 $19) 34. Qxe4 Qd7 $2 (34... Rh1+ 35.
Kg2 R8h2+ 36. Kf3 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Rh2+ $19) 35. Qe5+ Kh7 $2 (35...
f6 36. Qxb5 $15) 36. Qxb5 $2 $138 (36. Ne4 $142 $1 $13) 36... Qxb5 37. Rxb5 b6
38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Rd7 a5 40. Nc4 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 R8h2+ 42. Kf3 Rf1 43. a4 Rhxf2+ 44.
Ke4 Rb1 45. Rb7 Rb4 46. Kd3 Rxa4 47. Rxb6 Ra1 48. Ra6 a4 49. d5 a3 50. Rxa3
Rxa3+ 51. Nxa3 Rg2 52. Kd4 Rxg3 53. Nc4 Rg4+ 54. Kc5 Kf6 55. Nd6 Rg1 56. e4 Rd1
57. Nc4 Ke7 58. Ne5 g5 59. Nc6+ Ke8 60. Ne5 f6 61. Ng4 Rf1 62. Kd6 Kd8 63. Ke6
Rf4 64. Nh6 g4 65. d6 Rxe4+ 66. Kf5 g3 67. Kxe4 g2 68. Ng4 g1=Q 69. Nxf6 Qc5
70. d7 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Elenite op"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 O-O $2 (10... Nh5 $5) (10... dxc4 $1) 11. c5 Qd8 12. h3
Ne4 13. b4 Re8 14. b5 Bf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd6 e5 18. Qc3 exd4
19. exd4 Re6 20. Ne5 Rxd6 21. cxd6 c5 22. f4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qb8 $2 (23... Qe8 $1
24. Bb5 Bxe5 (24... Nxe5 $1 25. Bxe8 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Bxd4+ $10 27. Kg2 Bxa1 28.
d7 Bf6 29. fxe4 dxe4) 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rac1 Rd8 28. Rc7 Rxd6 29.
Re7 f6 30. Rxa7 $16) 24. Rad1 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qb6 26. Bf3 Nxe5 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
Kh1 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 e3 30. Re1 f6 31. Rxe3 Kf7 32. Rb3 Ke6 33. Rb7 Nc6 34. Rd3 g6
35. Rc7 Ne5 36. Re7+ Kf5 37. Rd1 g5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1
Nc6 9. O-O a5 (9... e5 $5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. f4 Bg7 15. f5 $10) 10. h3 Re8 $6 (10... a4 $132) 11. a4 Nd7 (11... e5 12.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. e4 exd4 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Bb5 $40) 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Rxe4 cxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. Re1 e4 19. d5 (19. Bg3 $6 f4 (
19... Qd8 20. Nd6 $40) 20. Bxe4 fxg3 21. Bd5+ Kf8) 19... Nb4 20. d6 Qc5 21. Bf1
b5 $6 (21... g5 $5 22. Bg3 f4 23. Bh2 Nf6 24. Nfe5 Be6 $13) 22. axb5 Bb7 23.
Nfd2 a4 $6 (23... Qxb5 $5) 24. Rc1 g5 $2 (24... Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Na5 $1 (
26. Re7 Qxb5) 26... Qxb5 27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Rc7) (24... Qd4 $5 25. Be7 Rec8) 25.
Ne3 $1 (25. Bg3 $6) 25... Qe5 (25... Qxd6 26. Nxf5 Qg6 27. Nxg7 $16) 26. Rc7 $1
$16 Rab8 (26... Nc5 27. Ndc4 $16) 27. Rxd7 gxh4 28. Ndc4 Qxb5 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7
30. d7 Rf8 (30... Red8 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Ne5 $18) 31. Nd6 Qe5 (31... Qxd7 32.
Ndxf5+ $18) 32. Nxb7 Nc6 33. Nd6 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,51,29,27,27,27,27,-16,-16,-15,-1,21,27,3,26,21,28,28,2,12,27,27,59,40,
61,63,99,89,135,61,174,174,154,34,138,126,113,134,134,49,188,183,224,173,29989,
29990,29991,29992,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
Bg5 {One of Duda's weapon in blitz games. Sinking into theory would be too
long, but let's see some of his victories!} Ne4 (3... e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O
6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bg3 Rc8 13.
a4 Ndb8 14. Qh5 Ba6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. f5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bg5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6
Qe7 20. Bd3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Rf5 22. g4 $18 {1-0 (30) Duda,J (2734)-Moussard,J 
(2608) chess24.com 2020}) (3... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 (6... Ne4 7.
Bf4 Bf5 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Be2 Be7 $11 {was also not very convincing for White,
although once more, Duda won: 1-0 (75) Duda,J (2753)-Harikrishna,P (2719)
chess24.com 2020.}) 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Nf3 Bd6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. exf4 O-O {The position is equal,
but Duda nevertheless won the game within 7 moves:} 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bd3 b5 18.
Rac1 a6 19. Qe2 Qb6 (19... Qd6 $5) 20. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 $2 (21... Kh8
22. Ne5 $40) 22. Ne5 {1-0 Duda,J (2753)-Harikrishna,P (2719) chess24.com INT
2020}) 4. Bh4 Qd6 $5 (4... c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bf5 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Be2
Rc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nb3 cxd4 15. exd4
O-O $11 {Again Duda got no advantage, but he seems to love this line anyway!
0-1 (51) Duda,J (2737)-So,W (2780) chess.com 2018}) (4... h5 $5 5. Bg3 (5. h3
$5 f6 6. Nfd2 g5 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Bg3 $1) 5... g5 6. h3 Nxg3 7. fxg3 Qd6 8. Kf2
g4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qb4 13. c3 $5 Qb6 $2 (13...
Qxb2+ 14. Be2 $44) 14. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (30) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Cheparinov,I (2710)
Riyadh 2017}) 5. Nbd2 Qh6 6. Qc1 g5 $6 (6... Qh5 $5 {looks to me like better
move - simply answering Qc1 in a funny way and preventing Nxe4.}) 7. Nxe4 dxe4
8. Bxg5 Qh5 (8... Qg7 9. Nh4 $1 $146 (9. Ng1 $6 Qxd4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Rg8
12. e3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Rxg7 17. O-O O-O-O $15
{0-1 (27) Hauke,C (2295)-Schlindwein,R (2440) Germany 1996}) 9... Qxd4 10. c3
Qg7 11. g3 e5 12. Bg2 f6 13. Be3 f5 14. Bh3 Qf7 15. f3 {and Black's position
is awful.}) 9. Ng1 $1 {This time the knight would do better to retreat to g1.}
Bg7 10. c3 c5 11. Bd2 $1 (11. dxc5 $5 Na6 12. Qd2 Nxc5 13. Rd1 $1 (13. O-O-O
Be6 $132) 13... Be6 14. Nh3 $1 {would also be great for White.}) 11... Nc6 (
11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxd4 $4 13. Qxc8#) 12. e3 Bg4 {Otherwise 13.Ne2 and White
is much better.} 13. Ne2 {Anyway!} O-O-O (13... O-O {[%cal Rg1g8]}) (13... Bxe2
14. Bxe2 Qg6 15. O-O $18) 14. b4 $1 cxb4 (14... c4 $6 15. Nf4 $18 {The c4-pawn
is lost.}) 15. cxb4 Kb8 16. b5 $5 {A typical but excellent pawn sacrifice.} (
16. Ng3 $5) 16... Qxb5 17. Rb1 Qd5 $8 18. Nc3 Qe6 (18... Qd7 19. Nxe4 $18) 19.
Na4 Ka8 $2 (19... Qd6 {was better, but after} 20. Bc4 {or 20.Nc5, Black's
position remains awful.}) 20. Rxb7 $1 {Now it's over.} Qd6 (20... Nxd4 21. Qc7
Nc2+ 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Nc5 $5 Rxc5 24. Rxa7+ Kxa7 25. Qxc5+ $18) 21. Nc5 Nxd4
22. Rxa7+ Kxa7 23. Qa3+ Kb6 24. Qb4+ Kc6 25. Qb7+ Kxc5 26. Bb4# {Allowing mate
on the board is usually a sign of respect! What a crushing game by Artemiev.}
1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 80th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 {I should say, that it looks like for the first time in my
life I correctly guessed an opening which had been met only once before (and
it was not in his previous game) in the practice of my opponent. And this
despite the fact that Andrey has had time to check practically all the
openings! Actually the small mystery can be cleared up simply: Andrey, along
with Emil Sutovsky, was the second of Gata Kamsky who played the Grünfeld
Defence only in the Kazan Candidates. Thereupon I considered that the move 2...
g6 was rather probable.} 3. Bg5 $1 {Doesn't claim to be a refutation but parts
company from main and perfectly studied forcing lines of the Grünfeld. In this
specific game - it worked out 100%!} Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 {Black has many
possibilities and this is not the most popular, but I think it's not worse
than others.} 5. e3 {By this moment my opponent had spent 40-50 minutes - not
bad for me.} ({I didn't know the theory and I was thinking a bit about} 5. Bxf6
Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O-O {with an interesting
position arising: White has a chance to get checkmate down the h-file. But
objectively Black should be okay here.} Nc6 10. Qd2 Qa5 $5 (10... d5 $5) 11.
Nc3 d6 12. h4 Be6 13. h5 Rac8 $13) 5... d5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Be2 c4 {
I don't like this move. Black will be not in time to hold the centre.} ({
Easier was} 8... O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. dxc5 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd5 cxd4 12. cxd4
Qxb2) 10... Qxc5 11. Nd4 Bc8 {It was played in some grandmaster games already.
Black is just fine here.}) 9. Qa3 $1 h6 ({The principled way was to try to
hold the pawn chain on the queenside:} 9... Qd8 10. b3 b5 11. O-O Bf5 $1 (11...
O-O $6 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Ne5 $36) 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
e4 {This looks risky, but probably Black can hold it.}) 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5
12. O-O (12. e4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 14. O-O Bf8 $132) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf5 14.
b3 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Nfd2 O-O 17. Ne3 Bg6 $132) 14... cxb3 15. axb3
O-O 16. b4 a6 {At this moment I thought that White is much better. This is a
bit of an overestimation as White is a bit better, not more.} 17. Nb3 Rfc8 18.
Nc5 (18. Rfc1 e6 19. Nc5 Qc7 (19... Bf8 20. Nd7 $14) 20. c4 (20. Nd2 a5 21. b5
Ne5) 20... dxc4 21. Rxc4 Qe7 $14) 18... a5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Rac1 (21.
b6 $5 Qxb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Rfb1 Qd8 24. Rxb7 Nd7 25. Ncxe4 $14) 21... Nd7 22.
c4 $1 dxc4 23. g4 $1 {Two strong zwischenzugs have confused my opponent and in
time trouble Andrey commits the only serious but decisive mistake in the game.}
Nxc5 $2 (23... Bg6 {was forced and Black is very much in the game:} 24. Na4 (
24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nxc4 Qe6 26. d5 Qf6 27. Rfd1 $14) 24... Bf8 25. Nxc4 e6 26.
Qb3 $14) 24. gxf5 Qd8 25. Bxc4 Nd7 26. Qa2 Qe8 27. Bd5 {Now Black is just lost.
} Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ra7 29. Nc4 (29. Rc7 $1 Nb6 30. Bxb7 Qb8 31. Rxe7) 29... b6 30.
Bc6 (30. Nb2 $1) 30... Qb8 31. Bd5 Qe8 32. Nb2 $1 Nf6 33. Na4 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Qd7
35. Nxb6 Qxd5 36. Nxd5 Rd7 {Black forfeits on time.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Prague SK Dum armady "]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 (9. Qb1) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 (11. Bf4 $6 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6
13. Bg3 g5 14. b4 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 $3 {Spassky-Petrosian,
Moskva 1966}) 11... Qxe7 12. f4 O-O $6 (12... O-O-O $142 13. Qe2 (13. a4 $5 $13
) (13. Qa4 Kb8 14. b4 $13) 13... f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nf3 $14 Kb8 $1 (15... c4
$6 16. Bc2 Kb8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Qd4 $16 {Hebert-I.Ivanov, Montreal 1983 - 35/462
})) (12... f6 $5 13. exf6 (13. Qh5+ Qf7 14. Qe2) 13... gxf6 14. e4 O-O-O 15.
Qe2 d4 16. a4 e5 17. f5 Nb8 18. a5 $14 {|^<< Spassky-Sokolov, Bugojno 1986 -
41/421}) (12... g6 13. Nf3 (13. Bb5 $5 {/\Bd7 Cvetkovic}) 13... O-O 14. Qe1 a6
15. Qg3 f6 (15... f5 $6 16. h4 $14 {|^}) 16. h4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qg7 18. Qg5 Rae8
19. h5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 h6 21. Rf2 $14 {D.Kosic-Cvetkovic, Banja Koviljaca 1994 -
61/367}) 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qg4 $146 (14. Qh6 f6 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. Rf3 Nf8 16. Rh3
f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Rf1 Qg7 19. Qh4 d4 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. e4 $16 {
Estevez-Sieiro, Cuba (ch) 1984}) 15. Nf3 (15. exf6 Qxf6 {/\...e5}) 15... Qg7
16. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $14) (14. Qh3) 14... f6 15. Nf3 $1 $14 (15. exf6 Nxf6) 15... a6
{Prevents Bb5 and Bd7.} (15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qe2) 16.
Rae1 Rae8 (16... Bc6 17. Rf2) 17. h4 fxe5 18. Nxe5 (18. fxe5 Rxf3 $1 19. Qxf3
Nxe5 20. Qe2 Qxh4 21. Rf4 Qg3) 18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21. h5 (
21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Kg8) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 g5 23. Ke1 (23.
h6 $2 Qf8+) 23... h6 $8 (23... Kg7 $2 24. h6+ $1 Kxh6 25. Qh3+ $18) 24. Qa4 c4
(24... b5 $2 25. Qa5) 25. Bg6 $16 Kg7 26. a3 Kf8 27. Kd2 Kg7 28. g3 Kg8 29. Qb4
$5 Qc5 (29... Qxb4 30. cxb4 {/\Kc3-d4+-}) 30. Qa4 $1 Qe7 31. Kc1 Kg7 32. Kb1
Kf8 33. Ka1 Kg8 34. Ka2 Kf8 35. Qc2 Kg8 36. e4 $1 $18 Qg7 (36... dxe4 37. Bxe4
$18) (36... Qc5 37. exd5 Bxd5 38. Be4 $18) 37. Qf2 (37. exd5 $2 Bxd5 38. Qf2 b5
) 37... dxe4 38. Qxb6 Bd5 39. Kb1 Qb7 40. Qd8+ (40. Qxb7 $2 Bxb7 41. Kc1 e3 42.
Kd1 Bf3+) 40... Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qf2 Qc7 43. Kc1 a5 44. Qd4 Qb7 45. Qc5 Kg7
46. Be8 Kg8 47. Bg6 (47. Bb5 e3 $132) 47... Kg7 48. Be8 Kg8 49. a4 Qg7 50. Bg6
Qb7 51. Qxa5 $1 e3 52. Qb5 Qa7 (52... Qc7 53. a5) 53. Qe8+ Kg7 54. Bc2 e2 55.
Qg6+ Kf8 56. Qxh6+ Kg8 57. Qxg5+ Kf8 (57... Kh8 $6 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. h6+ Kf7 (
59... Kxh6 $2 60. Qh8+ Kg5 61. Qh4#) 60. Qf6+ $18 Ke8 61. Qh8+ Kd7 62. Qg7+ Kc8
63. Qxa7 e1=Q+ 64. Bd1 Bf3 65. Qd4 $18) 58. Qf4+ Ke8 59. Kd2 Qg1 60. Kxe2 Qh2+
61. Kd1 Qxh5+ 62. Kc1 Qh1+ 63. Bd1 Kd7 64. g4 Kc6 65. Qe3 Kb7 66. a5 Ka8 67.
Kd2 Qf1 68. Qd4 Kb7 69. Qb6+ Ka8 70. Qe3 Kb7 71. Be2 Qg2 72. Qb6+ Ka8 73. a6
Qh2 74. Qe3 Qh1 75. g5 Qb1 76. Qb6 Be4 77. g6 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 (79.
Kxe4 $4 Qf4+ $1 80. Kxf4 $10) 79... Qf4+ 80. Ke1 Qg3+ 81. Qf2 Qxe5 82. Qf8+ Ka7
83. g7 Bh7 84. Qe7+ $2 $138 (84. g8=Q Bxg8 85. Qxg8 $18) 84... Kxa6 85. Qa3+
Kb6 86. Qb4+ Ka7 87. Qa4+ Kb6 88. Qb4+ Ka7 89. Qe7+ Ka6 90. Qa3+ Kb6 91. Qb4+
Ka7 92. Qxc4 Qg3+ 93. Kd1 Qg1+ 94. Kd2 Qg5+ 95. Kd1 Qg1+ 96. Bf1 Qxg7 97. Qa6+
(97. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 98. cxd4 Kb6) 97... Kb8 98. Qb6+ Ka8 99. Qa6+ Kb8 100. Qb6+ Ka8
101. Qd8+ (101. Qxe6) 101... Kb7 102. Qd4 {Here my opponent claimed a draw
since he only had a few seconds left on the clock.} (102. Qd4 Qg6 {�rnmarker}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (
7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 e6 $6 9. e4 $1 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5
13. Rxd5 $16 {Pollak,G-Eichhorn,E/Buesum 1967}) 8. e3 g6 (8... Bf5 9. Be2 e6 (
9... e5 10. O-O f6 $6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 12. Nd2 {[%csl Re4]} Bg6 13. Qa4 Qa5 14.
Qc2 Be7 15. Nxe4 $16 {Berg,K-Danielsen,H/DEN-ch 1992}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd4 Nxd4
12. cxd4 Qa5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qb3 O-O $11 {Dos Santos,F-De Souza Haro,P/Rio
de Janeiro 1998}) (8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2 (9. Qxd2 e6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O a5 12. e4
Be7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qb3 $14 {Sergeev,V-Letov,A/Decin
1998}) 9... e5 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f6 15.
fxe5 fxe5 16. Bb5 Bf7 $11 {Knezevic,B-Vujosevic,V/Budva 1996}) (8... Bg4 9. Nb3
Qd6 10. Be2 e5 11. a4 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. a5 O-O $13 {Cerrajeria,J-Palomar,S/
Aragon 1992}) 9. Nd4 {Deserved attention} (9. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 10. Nd4 Bg7 11. Be2
O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O h6 $13 {[%cal Gg6g5,Ge7e5,Gf7f4]}) 9... Bg7 10. Nb5
$6 {Losing too much time while the pieces on the kingside remain undeveloped.}
(10. Nxe4) 10... Qb6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Bc7 (13. Nc7 $2 Qxb2 $19 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 13... Qc5 14. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} a6 15. Nd4 Na7 {Simple and
strong!} (15... Nxd4 $6 16. cxd4 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 $14) 16. Bg3 e5 $5
17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Qd5 $5 Be6 $1 {White king is in the center so black sacrifices
a pawn in order to leave it there!} 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 (20. Qf3 $2 f4 21. exf4
exf4 22. Bh4 h6 $19 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 20... f4 21. Bh4 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 22.
exf4 exf4 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Kd1 $8 (24. Be2 Bc4 25. Nd4 Rxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Re8 $19)
24... Nc6 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Be4 Nc4 27. Bf2 Rad8+ 28. Nd4 Bf7 29. Re1 {[%cal
Gd1e2,Ge2f1] Hoping to escape to the kingside.} (29. Qe2 $6 Ne3+ 30. Bxe3 fxe3
31. Ra1 (31. Rc2 Bxa2 $17) 31... b5 $40) 29... Ne3+ $2 {After this natural
move I don't see initiative for black while white is still a pawn up!} (29...
b5 $5 30. Ke2 $140 $2 Ne3 31. Bxe3 fxe3 32. g3 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Bc4+ 34. Kd1 (34.
Kf3 Rf8+ 35. Kg2 Rf2+ $19) 34... e2+ 35. Rxe2 Bxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxd4+ $19) 30.
Bxe3 fxe3 31. g3 $14 Qb6 (31... e2+ $6 32. Rxe2 Bxc1 33. Kxc1 $13) 32. b3 Qe6
33. Qe2 (33. Ke2 $6 Qh3) 33... Qf6 34. Kc2 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 35. a3 b4 $5 {
Hoping to create some threats over the long diagonal.} 36. axb4 Rxd4 37. cxd4
Qxd4 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gh6g7]} 38. Qd3 Qxb4 39. Bd5 (39. Re2 $5) 39... Bxd5 40.
Qxd5+ Kh8 41. Re2 Qb6 42. Kb1 $16 Bg7 43. Rc6 Qb8 44. Rxa6 $5 {Even simplier
was} (44. Re6 $1 Rd8 45. Qc4 $1 (45. R2xe3 Rxd5 46. Re8+ Qxe8 47. Rxe8+ Bf8 48.
Rxf8+ Kg7 49. Ra8 Rd3 50. Kc2 Rxf3 51. Rxa6 Rf2+ $11) 45... Bd4 46. Rxa6 $18 {
and black's position is hopeless.}) 44... Rd8 45. Qc4 Qe5 46. f4 $6 (46. Qc2
Qb5 47. Ra4 $18) 46... Qf5+ 47. Ka2 (47. Qc2 $2 Rd1+ 48. Ka2 Ra1#) (47. Kc1 Qd7
$19) 47... Qd7 48. Qc2 $4 {Throwing a game in one move!} (48. b4 $16) 48... Rc8
$1 (48... Rc8 49. Qb1 (49. Qe4 Qb5 50. Ra8 Qxe2+ 51. Ka3 Qb2+ $19) 49... Qb5
$19 {[%csl Ra6,Re2]}) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 {
Black's plan is to push e5, so he is making necessary preparations.} 8. h3 (8.
Qb3 c6 (8... c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qa3 Bb7 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne4 $11 {
Eingorn,V-Glek,I/Minsk 1983}) 9. O-O (9. c4 Nb6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Bf5 12.
Nc4 Be4 13. Bf4 Nh5 $11 {Bronstein,D-Watson,W/London 1989}) 9... e5 (9... Qb6
10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. c4 b6 13. Rab1 Bb7 14. b4 $14 {Danielsen,H-Berg,
K/Odense 1994}) 10. e4 $6 exd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bc4 Re7 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14.
Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Rae1 Qf8 $1 16. Ne5 Rxd4 $17 {Timman,J-Kamsky,G/Moscow 1992})
8... e5 9. O-O $5 {White doesn't want to simplify the position after} (9. dxe5
{because black easily equalizes in that case} Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 $11 {Stajcic,N-Gurevich,I/
Kecskemet 1991}) 9... c6 10. Bh4 (10. b4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Qb3 a5 13. bxa5
Rxa5 14. a4 e4 15. Ne1 c5 16. Nc2 c4 17. Qb2 b6 18. Ra2 Bb7 19. Rfa1 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Matlak,M-Kaminski,M/POL-ch 1994/TD (19)}) (10. c4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12.
Rc1 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Petkevich,J-Horvath,J/Elista 1998})
10... e4 11. Ne1 Nf8 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gg6g5,Gf8g6] It's not so easy for black to
get to white king, but at least he is trying to!} 12. b4 (12. c4 h6 13. Nc2 g5
14. Bg3 Ng6 15. b4) 12... h6 13. Nc2 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. c4 (15. f3 exf3 16.
Bxf3 Bf5 17. Re1 Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gf6e4,Ga8e8,Ge8e7]}) 15... Be6 16. Rb1 {
White is getting ready for b5.} Rc8 (16... Nd7 17. b5 f5 18. Bh5 Kh7 19. bxc6
bxc6) 17. b5 cxb5 18. c5 $1 {Very strong move exposing black's problems on the
queenside.} (18. Rxb5 dxc4 (18... b6) 19. Rxb7 c3 20. Nb3 Re7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22.
Nc5 Bxa2 23. Qa1 Bd5 $13) 18... Nd7 (18... a6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxb7 $16 {
[%csl Ra4,Ra6]}) 19. a4 $6 {Much better was just to take on b5} (19. Bxb5 f5
20. Bd6 $14 {with long-lasting pressure.}) 19... b6 $1 $132 {Forcing white to
take on b6 after which all black's troubles are over.} 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb5 (
21. axb5 $2 Na4 $17 {[%cal Ga4c3]}) 21... Bd7 22. Na3 (22. Nb4 Bf8 23. Na6 f5 {
[%cal Gf5f4]}) 22... Bf8 23. a5 Bxa3 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxb6 Re6
27. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 (5... Bf5 6. c3 (6. c4 c6 7.
Qb3 Qb6 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 $11 {Guimard,
C-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 1978}) (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 c6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nh5
10. b4 f6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne1 e5 $132 {Taimanov,M-Gufeld,E/Moscow
1966}) 6... c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rfe8 $11 {
Levin,N-Gufeld,E/Ternopol 1964}) 6. dxc5 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ (7. Qe2 Qb6 8.
Bxd7+ Nfxd7 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O $11 {Montoya Bello,F-Carbonell
Bofill,C/Valencia 1990}) 7... Nbxd7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Rac8 11. Re1
h6 12. Bh4 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 c4 $15 {Trifunovic,M-Portisch,
F/Kragujevac 1984}) (6. Be2 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 b6 10. Bb5 Bd7
11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 cxd4 17.
exd4 Kd7 $15 {Guenther,T-Kovalev,A/Berlin 1995}) 6... Qa5 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 $6 {Useless move.} (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bf5
$11) 10... Bf5 $5 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 e6 15. Rad1
Rad8 16. Nbd4 (16. c4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qe4 $13) 16...
Kh8 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g6,Gd8g8] Starting an attack against the white
king.} 17. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 18. Rd2 Rg8 19. c4 Rg6 20. Rc1 (20. Rfd1 Rdg8 21. Ne1
$13) 20... Rdg8 21. Ne1 f4 $1 22. e4 (22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rdc2 f3 $17) 22... f3 {
[%cal Gf6g5] Winning an exchange.} 23. Qxf3 (23. g3 $2 Rxg3+ 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ 25.
Ng2 Qxh3 $19) 23... Bg5 24. Qc3+ f6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. exd5 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qxd5
28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. Kf1 {The position is probably drawish, but white still has
to play accurately.} (29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Ra5 Rg7 31. Kf1 Re7 $15) 29... f5 30. Rc5
Rd8 31. Nd3 Re6 32. g3 a6 33. b3 Rdd6 34. a4 Re7 35. b4 Kg7 36. b5 axb5 37.
Rxb5 Kf6 38. a5 d4 39. Rb4 $2 {Losing move. After correct} (39. g4 fxg4 40.
hxg4 Rg7 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. f3 Ra7 43. Ke2 $11 {the position remains equal.})
39... Ra7 40. Ra4 Rd5 41. a6 Rd6 42. Nb4 d3 43. Ke1 Rd4 44. Kd2 h5 45. Nc6 (45.
Kc3 d2 $19) 45... Rxa4 46. Nxa7 Rxa6 47. Nb5 Ra2+ 48. Kxd3 Rxf2 49. Ke3 Ra2 50.
Nd4 Ra3+ 51. Kf4 Ra4 52. Ke3 f4+ $1 {Winning h-pawn.} 53. gxf4 Ra3+ 54. Ke4
Rxh3 55. Nf3 Rh1 56. f5 Ra1 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kh3 Kxf5 60. Nh4+ Kf4
61. Ng2+ Kg5 62. Ne1 h4 63. Nf3+ Kh5 64. Kh2 Re4 65. Kg2 Re2+ 66. Kg1 Kg4 67.
Nh2+ Kf4 68. Nf1 h3 69. Nh2 Rg2+ 70. Kh1 Ra2 71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Nf1 Rg2+ 73. Kh1
Rf2 74. Kg1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 (6... b6 7. O-O
Bb7 8. b4 $5 (8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13.
Nb5 Qe7 $13 {Martiska,P-Klemanic,E/Michalovce 1989}) (8. a4 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10.
Qb1 Qe8 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nd7 13. a5 $14 {Bintakis,M-Schellmann,F/Bad
Woerishofen 2000}) 8... c6 (8... Nbd7 $5 9. h3 (9. a4 a5 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 e5
12. Rfc1 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Rab1 Qf8 15. h3 Bc6 16. b5 Bb7 17. Bg3 $14 {
Bartosik,P-Michaelsen,N/Berlin 1993}) (9. c3 Qe8 10. a4 e5 11. Qb3 h6 12. Bh4
exd4 13. cxd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Kh7 16. Bg3 $14 {Scannell,S-Dooley,M/
Dublin 1998}) 9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. c3 f5
15. a4 Qe7 16. Rb1 f4 $15 {Eperjesi,L-Jovanovic,S/Budapest 1996}) 9. a4 Nbd7
10. b5 c5 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Bc4+
Kh7 $132) 11. c3 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. c4 e5 $5 14. Rc1 $5 {Sasikiran,K-Pert,R/
Torquay 2002}) 7. c3 b6 {Black's idea is to trade the lightsquared bishops.} (
7... Qb6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. O-O c4 $6 10. Qa3 Re8 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 e5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. c4 a6 19. c5 Qc6
20. Nf3 $14 {Eperjesi,L-Sipos,I/Budapest 2001}) 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2
Qc8 {Intending to come to c5 with the knight later on. White doesn't have much
choice, but to push e4 at some stage, so black is getting ready.} (10... Nc7
11. Rfd1 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 cxd4 13. e5 Bg7 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Qe3 Qd7 16.
Rac1 Ne6 $11 {Vorm Walde,H-Johannsen,D/Germany 1997}) (11. Rad1 Qd7 (11... Ne6
12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nd8 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. dxc5 bxc5
18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qa6 $15 {Gurevich,M-Milov,V/Ajaccio 2004}) 12. e4 h6 13.
Bxf6 exf6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Qe3 c4 17. Nc5 Rfe8 18. exd5 Qxe3 19.
fxe3 Rxe3 20. d6 Bf8 21. Nb7 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Kozlitin,O-Bereslavsky,M/Moscow 1998}
) (11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nce8 13. Ne5 e6 14. a4 a5 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Nd6 {
1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Neuman,P/Klatovy 2003}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qf5
14. Bh4 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nce8 16. Nb1 Rxc1 $11 {Plachetka,J-Neuman,P/Czechia 1997}
) (10... c4 $6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. e4 b5 15. g3 Re8 16.
Qf1 Qd7 17. Re2 $14 {Soetewey,J-Reypens,J/Westerlo 2004}) 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4
dxe4 (12... e5 $144 13. Nb5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qe2) 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe2 e5 $6 ({Serious attention deserved} 15... e6 $5 {
not weakening square d5.}) 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Rd6 $5 (18. Be3 $6 a6
19. Na3 b5 20. Nc2 a5 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Rd2 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Na3 Rab8 25. g3
Bf8 $15 {Panchenko,A-Krasenkow,M/Katowice 1993}) 18... Qb7 (18... Qc8 19. Be3
a6 20. Na3 b5 21. Rfd1 $14) 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bf8 $6 {Far too careless
move. Black doesn't feel the danger, even though it's obvious that white keeps
slightly better chances in the endgame.} (20... Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Bf8 22. Rd1 Qc6
23. c4 a6 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. b3 b5 26. Nd5 bxc4 27. Nb6 $13) 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22.
Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. c4 Qe7 $6 {Too passive. Black should've played} (
24... Nf4 $1 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nc3 Qe7 27. Kf1 Bg7 $11 {with equal chances.})
25. h3 Nc5 $6 26. Qd5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Gb5c3,Gc3d5]} a5 (26... Kg7 27.
Qa8 a6 28. Nc3 Qd6 29. Nd5 $16) 27. Nc3 Qe8 28. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5f6]} Nd7 (28...
Kg7 29. Qd8 Qe6 30. Bh6+ Kxh6 31. Qxf8+ Kg5 32. Nd5 Nd7 33. Qd8+ f6 34. b3 $36)
29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Qc6 $1 Be7 31. Be3 Qd8 32. Nc3 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Nd5 Qg5
35. Qxb6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Ne6 (36... Qxc4 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qxe5 Nd3 39. Qd6 $1 $16)
37. b3 Qb2 38. Qe3 f5 39. Qa7+ Kh6 40. Qe7 Nd4 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42. f4+ $1 exf4 43.
h4+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b4
$5 (8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nb5 Qe7
$13 {Martiska,P-Klemanic,E/Michalovce 1989}) (8. a4 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qb1 Qe8
11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nd7 13. a5 $14 {Bintakis,M-Schellmann,F/Bad Woerishofen
2000}) 8... c6 (8... Nbd7 $5 9. h3 (9. a4 a5 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 e5 12. Rfc1 h6
13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Rab1 Qf8 15. h3 Bc6 16. b5 Bb7 17. Bg3 $14 {Bartosik,
P-Michaelsen,N/Berlin 1993}) (9. c3 Qe8 10. a4 e5 11. Qb3 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13.
cxd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Kh7 16. Bg3 $14 {Scannell,S-Dooley,M/Dublin 1998
}) 9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. c3 f5 15. a4 Qe7
16. Rb1 f4 $15 {Eperjesi,L-Jovanovic,S/Budapest 1996}) 9. a4 Nbd7 10. b5 c5 (
10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Bc4+ Kh7 $132) 11.
c3 a5 {Very serious attention deserved} (11... Ne4 $5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 h6
14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e5 (15... f5) 16. Nc4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. exd4 f5 19. Bd6
Re8 $13 {with mutual chances, however black prefers to play more solid chess.})
12. h3 Re8 13. c4 e5 $5 (13... cxd4 $5 14. Nxd4 Rc8) 14. Rc1 $5 {Keeping the
pressure in the center.} (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 $11) 14... h6
(14... e4 15. Ne1 cxd4 16. exd4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nf8 18. Nc2 Ne6 $13) 15. Bh4 Qe7
$6 (15... e4) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf6 $5 {Only chance to fight
for advantage.} Qxf6 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qe6 (20... Rd7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5
Rxd5 23. Nc4 Red8 24. Rfd1 Qe6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5) 21. Rfd1 Re7 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23.
Nc4 Red7 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Kf1 Be5 $1 27. Re1 Bc7 {[%csl Gb6]}
28. Re2 Qf6 (28... h5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qd5 31. Nc4 Kg7 $11) 29. Rd2 Qa1+ {
For some reason black deviates from exchange of the rooks, even though it was
a correct decision.} (29... Rxd2 30. Nxd2 (30. Qxd2 $2 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qxa4 $19)
30... Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qa3 32. Nc4 Qb4 $11) 30. Ke2 Rf5 $6 {It wasn't too late for}
(30... Rxd2+) 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. f3 $14 Qh4 33. Rd7 Qg3 34. Kd1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg3]}
Qh2 35. Kc1 Rg5 $2 36. g4 $18 {Now the rook is trapped on g5.} Qh1+ 37. Qd1 (
37. Kb2 $2 Be5+ $132) 37... Qh2 38. Rxc7 $1 {[%csl Rg5]} Qa2 (38... Qxc7 39. f4
$18) 39. Qd3 Qa1+ 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Ke1 Qg2 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qd8 Qg3+ 44. Kd2
Qf2+ 45. Kc3 Qe1+ 46. Kc2 {White king easily escapes from the checks, so black
preferred to resign.} 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 (10... a5 11. Re1 a4 12. Qd2 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14.
Re2 Bg4 15. Qf4 Qb8 $13 {Amberger,D-Murdzia,P/Velden op 1994}) 11. Bxe4 Nf6 (
11... Qc7 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd5 16. Bb3 e6 $13 {
Roesch,A-Roeber,B/BL2-O9697}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bc2 Be6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bb3 Nd5 15.
Bh4 Qb6 16. Ng5 $13 {Stockmann,M-Roeber,B/Weilburg op 1995}) 12... Bg4 $5 {
Typical idea of this kind of position:black gets rid of the 'bad' bishop
depriving white very important piece for the attack.} (12... Qb6 13. Qd2 Be6
14. Rfe1 Bd5 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. b4 Qc7 17. a4 Be6 18. Bf4 $14 {Anilkumar,
O-Barcenilla,R/Calcutta op 1994}) 13. h3 (13. Bc4 Ne4 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Be2 Qf5
16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {Rosandic,D-Milosavljevic,P/Mravinci
1993}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 (15. Qg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Rae1 Qc2
$11) 15... Nxd5 {In this position the advantage of white's bishops pair is not
so significient,because the position is clsed and black knight takes very
comfortable square d5 and if white will play at some stage c4 then the pawn on
d4 will become the target for the black pieces.} 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Bh4 $6 (17.
Rad1 b5 18. Bc1 a5 19. g3 a4 20. Bd2 Rad8 $11) (17. a4 $5) 17... b5 18. Bg3
Red8 19. Be4 Rac8 20. Red1 $6 Nb6 {It's interesting to see how black move by
move improves his position,while white just move his pieces without any plan.}
21. Re1 Rd7 22. Bf3 a5 23. Re2 a4 24. a3 $2 (24. Rc1 a3 (24... c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5
26. Bf4 Nd5 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Be3 $11) 25. bxa3 (25. b3 $2 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 $17 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 25... Ra7 26. Bd6 Bf8 27. Bb4 Nc4 $11) 24... Nc4 $15 {[%csl Rb2]}
25. Bf4 (25. Rae1 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Bf4 e5 28. Bc1 f5 $17) 25... c5 26. dxc5
Rxc5 27. Rc2 f5 $1 $17 {It's amazing how the position has changed after only
ten moves:now black is in full control and white is defensive side.} 28. Be2 e5
29. Bxc4+ bxc4 30. Be3 Rcd5 31. f3 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Rd3
35. Kf2 Bf6 {Inspite of the material balance white is in serious troubles:he
is deprive of any counterplay and has to wait and see how black improves his
position befor the decisive breakthrough.} 36. Bc1 Ke6 37. Be3 h5 38. Ke2 Be7
39. Kf2 Kd5 40. Ke2 e4 41. f4 (41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 g5 43. Ke2 (43. g4 hxg4
44. hxg4 exf3 45. gxf5 Ke4 $19) 43... exf3+ 44. gxf3 g4) 41... h4 $1 {[%csl
Rf4]} 42. Rd2 Bd6 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Bxc5 (44. Bc1 Rxd1 45. Kxd1 e3 46. Ke2 Ke4
$19) 44... Kxc5 45. Rd2 Kd5 46. Rd1 (46. Rxd3+ exd3+ 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kf6
49. Ke3 g5 50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. Kf3 f4 $19 {[%cal Gg5e5,Ge5e3]}) 46... Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Decameron"]
[Site "Decameron"]
[Date "2003.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 {After this move the only way for
white to fight for an opening advantage is to sacrifice the pawn on b2.} (4...
Be7 $11) 5. Nbd2 d5 (5... Qxb2 {is risky.} 6. Bd3 d5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. c4 Qc3 9.
Be2 cxd4 (9... Nc6) 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. cxd5 Na6 12. Nxd4 Qxd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Bf3
Qd7 15. Nc6 $1 O-O 16. Qe2 $44 {Salov-de la Villa, Szirak 1987 izt}) 6. Bxf6 (
6. Rb1 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rd8 14. O-O h6 $11 {Trifunovic-Kotov, Moscow 1949}) 6... gxf6 7.
c4 (7. Qb1 Nc6 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. N4b3 Be6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 {
(Taimanov-Gipslis, SU 1980 )} Qc7 13. e4 O-O-O $13 {Taimanov}) 7... cxd4 8.
exd4 (8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Ba4 O-O-O 13. Bxd7+
Rxd7 14. Qa4 $16 {[%csl Ra5] Dancevski,O-Genov,P/Star Dorjan 1995}) 8... Nc6 (
8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 (9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rd8 12. d5 Na6 13. dxe6
fxe6 14. Qe2 $36 {[%csl Re6] Piket,J-Karolyi,T/Brussels 1987}) 10. O-O Bd7 (
10... Be7 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 e5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16.
Rad1 O-O 17. Ne3 $16 {Chatalbashev,B-Vasilev,M/Cutro 2002}) 11. d5 exd5 12.
Qe2+ Ne7 13. Bxd5 O-O-O 14. Bxf7 Ng6 15. Nc4 $16 {Spassky,B-Zaitsev,A/Yerevan
1962/URS-ch}) (8... Qxb2 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O Qd6 13.
Re1+ Be7 14. Rb3 $44 {Epishin,V-Naumkin,I/Tbilisi 1985}) 9. cxd5 (9. Bd3 dxc4
10. Nxc4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Qd8 12. h4 $5 Be7 13. Ne3 $142 Nb4 14. Bc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 (
15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 $14) 15... Bd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. d5 $1 $14 {Vaisser,A-Bauer,C/
Meribel 1998}) (9. Rc1 Nxd4 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qe5+ 13. Be2
exd5 14. O-O Bd6 15. g3 Kf8 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Bd3 $44 {Porrasmaa,T-Ylisela,J/
FIN-chT 1989}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Qxb2 $5 {The best way to encounter a gambit
is by accepting it! Black's pawn strucuture is damaged so he's got to win some
material instead.} (10... Be6 11. O-O O-O-O (11... Bd6 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. Qa4
Kb8 14. Nb3 $14 {Plachetka-Hardicsay, Stary Smokovec 1982}) 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Nb3
Kb8 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Bd7 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rd8 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bd3 Bd7
$13 {Klaric,Z-Petran,P/Borovo 1980}) (10... Nxd4 11. Qa4+ (11. O-O Ne6 12. Nb3
Bd7 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. a3 Be7 $13 {Chuprikov,D-Khmelnitski,A/Voronezh 2001}) 11...
Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nd4 Rg8 15. Kh1 Rg4 16. f4 Bd7 17. h3 Rg7 $13 {
Cifuentes Parada,R-Sunye Neto,J/San Pedro de Jujuy 1981}) (10... Bg4 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 $142) 15... Bh6 16.
Rc2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17 {Vafiadis,K-Papaioannou,I/Aegina 1996}) 11. O-O Qa3
(11... Bd6 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Rb1 Qxa2) 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bb5 $36 Bd7 14. Nb3 Kc7
15. Re3 Re8 16. Rd3 Bf5 ({Very serious attention deserved} 16... Qb4 $5 17.
Bxc6 (17. Rb1 Qxb5 18. Nc5 Qc4 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Rxb7+ Kc8 21. Rb2 Re6 $19)
17... Bxc6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Kb8 20. Rb1 Qxc5 21. Nd4 Bd7 $15) 17. Rc3 Bb4
18. Rcc1 Re7 19. Nh4 Re1+ $1 {Accepting the challenge.} (19... Bg6 $6 20. Qf3 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf6]}) (19... Be4 20. Qg4 Rhe8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Re1+ 23. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxe1 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qxf6 Qxa2 $13) 20. Qxe1 Bxe1 21. Nxf5 Bb4
$15 (21... Ba5 22. Ne3 Bb6 23. Nxd5+ Kb8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Rxc6
Kb7 27. Rxf6 $13) 22. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c2,Ge3d5]} Bd6 23. Nxd5+ Kb8 24. Bxc6 bxc6
25. Rxc6 Rd8 26. Ne3 Qa4 27. Rc4 Qb5 28. Nc5 Ka8 $6 {[%csl Ra8] The king
should be the one to stop white passer so} (28... Bxc5 {would be much better}
29. dxc5 (29. Rxc5 Qb2 30. Rac1 Qxa2 31. g3) 29... Kc7 30. a4 Qb2 31. Rac1 Rd2
$15) 29. Rac1 Qb2 30. a4 Bxh2+ $5 (30... Bxc5 31. dxc5 Kb7 $14) 31. Kxh2 Qxf2
32. R1c3 f5 $2 (32... Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Rxd4 34. Nd3 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Qg3 36. Re4 f5
37. Re8+ Kb7 38. Nc5+ Kb6 39. Nxf5 Qf4 40. Re5 Kc6 $13) 33. Nb3 Rg8 34. Na5 $1
$18 a6 35. Rc6 Qe2 36. R3c4 Qxe3 37. Rxa6+ Kb8 38. Rb4+ Kc8 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40.
Rb7+ Ke6 41. Ra6+ (41. Rxg8 Qh6+ 42. Kg1 Qc1+ $11) 41... Kd5 42. Rd7+ Ke4 43.
Re7+ Kf4 44. Rxe3 Kxe3 45. Rf6 Rg5 46. Kg1 h5 47. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. O-O c4 $6 {This move can hardly be recommended, even though white's
advantage is not very significant.} 10. Qa3 (10. Qxb6 axb6 11. e4 (11. b3 b5
12. a4 b4 13. cxb4 c3 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb1 c2 16. Na3 Nxb4 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18.
Ne1 $14 {Norwood,D-Beaumont,C/England 2000}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2
h6 14. Be3 b5 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Bf3 Rf6 18. a4 $14 {Petry,C-Jirovsky,
P/Zagan 1997}) 10... Re8 (10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. b3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
cxb3 15. Nxb3 Bf5 16. Nfd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 $14 {Ziger,S-Studer,K/
Pizol 1998}) (10... Bf5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Qd8 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ne4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. c4 $14 {Eperjesi,L-Dembo,Y/
Budapest 1999}) 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 (12. Qxb3 Qa5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e6 15.
Bb5 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfc1 $14 {Georges,S-Mueller,L/SUI 1995}) 12... e5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bf4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18.
Rfd1 Be6 19. c4 Qc7 20. Rd4 b6 $11 {Eperjesi,L-Stevanovic,V/Budapest 1996}) 15.
Nf3 $6 (15. Bf4 Re8 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. c4 a6 19. c5 Qc6 20. Nf3 $14
{Eperjesi,L-Sipos,I/Budapest 2001}) 15... Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd4 {[%csl Rd5]
} Be6 18. Bf3 Rec8 (18... a6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Ne2 Rec8 $11) 19.
Rac1 Rc7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 $6 {Inaccuracy permitting white to get slightly better
chances.} (20... fxe6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Rxc4 a5 23. Qa4 Rd8 $11) 21. Qa5 $14 Qe5
(21... b6 $5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. c4 a5 $14) 22. Qxd5 ({More chances
to win the game would leave} 22. Bxd5 $5 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25.
Bxb7 Rd8 26. g4 $14) 22... Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxc3 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxc3 Rab8 26.
Ra1 Rxb3 27. Rxb3 Rxb3 28. g4 $1 Rb7 (28... Rb5 29. Rxa7 h5 $11) 29. Kg2 f6 $6
(29... Rb5 $5) 30. Ra6 $1 {After this one black has to prove that he can get a
half of point!} Kg7 31. Kg3 Re7 32. h4 h6 33. Ra3 Kf7 34. Ra6 Kg7 35. Kf3 Kf7
36. Ke2 Rd7 37. f4 Kg7 38. e4 $14 Kf7 (38... Rb7 $1 39. Kd3 Rb3+ (39... g5 40.
hxg5 (40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h5 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 Rg3 $11) 40... hxg5 41. fxg5 fxg5 42.
Kd4 (42. e5 Rb4 $11) 42... Rb4+ 43. Kd5 Rb5+ 44. Kd6 $16) 40. Kc4 Rg3 41. Rxa7+
Kg8 $11) 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. e5 fxe5 41. fxe5 Rb7 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kf7 44. Ke4
Rb6 (44... Rb4+ 45. Kd5 Rb5+ 46. Kd6 Rb6+ 47. Rxb6 axb6 48. Kd7 $18) 45. Rxa7+
Ke6 46. Ra4 Rc6 47. Kd4 Rb6 48. Ke4 Rc6 49. Rd4 Ra6 50. Rb4 Rc6 51. Ra4 $1 Rb6
52. Kd4 Rb1 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. Rf6+ Kxg5 55. Rf8 Rd1+ (55... Re1 56. Kd5 Kh4 57.
e6 g5 58. Kd6 g4) 56. Kc5 Kh4 57. e6 Re1 58. Kd6 g5 59. e7 g4 60. e8=Q Rxe8 61.
Rxe8 g3 62. Ke5 Kg4 $2 (62... g2 63. Rg8 Kh3 64. Kf4 Kh2 65. Kf3 g1=N+ 66. Ke3
Nh3 $11) 63. Ke4 g2 64. Rg8+ Kh3 65. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Zude, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Qxb3 $6 {In my opinion this move is inaccuracy since white may put up some
pressure over an a-file.} (8... Nc6) 9. axb3 {[%cal Ga1a6]} Nbd7 (9... cxd4 10.
exd4 h6 (10... Nc6 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Nd8 13. O-O Ne6 14. Ra3 Ne4 $13 {Norman,
D-Hegarty,S/Birmingham 2001}) 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd8 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 f5 18. Rfe1 $14 {Rozic,V-Czarnota,D/Urgup
2004}) (9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Re8 12. O-O Nfd7 $11 {Dittmann,R-Kraus,J/
Bayern 1998}) 10. O-O a6 11. Ra3 e6 12. Rfa1 h6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Bd6 Ne4 $2 {
After this mistake black's position is deteriorating from move to move.} (14...
cxd4) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. exd4 $1 $16 (17. cxd4 $6 e5 18. d5 Nf6 19.
Bc4 Bf5 $13) 17... e5 (17... f5 18. b4 e5 19. d5 Nf6 20. c4 Bd7 21. b5 $16) 18.
d5 {[%csl Gd5]} Nf6 19. c4 Bf5 20. h3 h5 21. Nf1 h4 (21... Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8
23. Ne3 Red8 24. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gb3b4]}) 22. Ne3 Bd7 23. b4 Rac8 24. c5
Nh5 25. c6 ({May be more accurate was} 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Nc4 Bb5 27. Nb6 Rcd8
28. Bc7 $18 {winning an exchange.}) 25... bxc6 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. dxc6 (27. Bb7
$5 Rxa3 28. bxa3 cxd5 29. Nxd5 {[%cal Ga3a8]} Nf4 30. a4 $18) 27... Bxc6 28. b5
Bd7 29. b6 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. b7 Rab8 32. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc3c8]} Nf6 (
32... Nf4) 33. Rac1 Be6 34. Rc8 $18 Nd7 35. R1c6 Rd8 36. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4a5,
Gc6c7,Ga5c6]} Bxc4 (36... Ke7 37. Na5 $18) 37. Rxc4 (37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rc8 Ke7
39. Bxc4 $18 {[%cal Gg1e1,Ge1a5]}) 37... f5 38. R4c7 $1 Ke7 (38... Nb6 39.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rc8 $18) 39. Rxd8 $2 (39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Bb5 $18) 39... Kxd8 40.
Rc8+ Ke7 41. Kf1 Kd6 42. Ke2 f4 (42... g5) 43. b4 g5 44. b5 Kd5 45. Kf1 Kd6 46.
b6 Kd5 $2 {[%csl Rd7]} (46... Ke7 47. Rc7 Kd8 48. Ke1 Nxb6 49. Rg7 Nd7 50. Ke2
Ke8 51. Kd2 Kd8 $14) 47. Bb5 $18 Kd6 (47... Rxb7 48. Bc6+ $18) 48. Bxd7 Rxb7
49. Bc6 Rxb6 50. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Rc1 (9. a4 Bb7 10. Qb1 a5 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nh5 14. Re1
Qd6 $13 {Orso,M-Vajda,A/Miercurea Ciuc 2001}) (9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Ne4 (10... c4
11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Re8 13. Ba6 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 $14 {Krivko,
Y-Zaitsev,V/Novosibirsk 2001}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 f5
15. dxc5 $16 {Hansen,C-Polgar,S/Aabenraa 1989}) (9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b4
a5 12. a3 Bf5 13. h3 Ra7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qc1 Rfa8 $11 {Unkelbach,R-Schwab,T/
Polch 1990}) (9. h3 Bb7 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Qd5 14.
Bh4 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 $11 {Mencinger,V-Beliavsky,A/Grize 1996}) 9... Bb7 10. h3
(10. Qa4 a6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. c4 d4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. c5 Qc7 16.
Bh4 Rad8 $132 {Kozomara,V-Pietzsch,W/Sarajevo 1968}) 10... Re8 11. Qa4 (11. Bf4
) 11... a6 12. Rfd1 c4 $5 {Usually black prefers to keep a pressure in the
center, but sinc white queen is on a4 this move makes a lot of sense.} 13. b3 (
13. Qc2 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 Bg7 16. e5 (16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Nf1 e6 18. Ne3
Qd6 $15) 16... f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Re1 Qd6 $13) 13... b5 14. Qa3 Qa5 15. Qxa5
Nxa5 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rb1 ({Nothing promised} 19.
bxc4 dxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Nb3 Bc6 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nc5 Ra7 23. d5 Bd7 24. e4
$14) 20. a4 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nb3 $11 {with equal position.}) 19... f6 20. Bg3 e5 21. dxe5
fxe5 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. bxc4 ({Pushing} 24. e4 $6 {would be playing
with the fire.} d4 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4+ bxc4 27. Rb6 Rc8 $15) 24... dxc4 25.
Bg4 e4 26. Rbc1 (26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rbc1 h6 $13) 26... Kf7 27. h4 Be5 28. Kh2
Bxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Re5 30. Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Nb7 33. Bc6 Nc5 34. Rd1
Ke7 (34... Nd3 35. Bb7 a5 36. Ba6 Ke7 $15) 35. f3 Na4 (35... exf3 36. Kxf3 Re6
37. Bd5 Rf6+ 38. Ke2 Nd3 39. Bf3 Kd6) 36. Rc1 exf3 37. Kxf3 Kd6 38. Ba8 Re8 39.
Be4 Kc5 $6 (39... Ke5 40. Bb1 Rd8 41. Ke2 Nc5 42. Rf1 Rd6 43. Bc2 $15) 40. a3
Kb6 41. g4 $1 Ka5 42. g5 Nc5 43. Bc2 Na4 44. h5 $1 (44. Be4) 44... Nxc3 45.
hxg6 hxg6 46. Bxg6 Rf8+ 47. Kg4 Nd5 48. e4 Ne3+ 49. Kh4 Ng2+ 50. Kg4 (50. Kg3
$4 Nf4 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rg6]}) 50... Ne3+ 51. Kh4 Ka4 $5 (51... Ng2+ $11) 52. Bh7
Ng2+ $2 (52... Re8 $1 $13) 53. Kg4 $18 Kxa3 54. g6 Kb2 55. g7 Ne3+ 56. Kg5 Rc8
(56... Rc8 57. Re1 $1 Nc2 58. Re2 Kc3 (58... b4 59. e5 b3 60. e6 $18) 59. Rf2
Nd4 60. Kh6 Ne6 61. Bf5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 O-O $6 {This move was severely
criticized by all chess experts, but in my opinion it's just inaccuracy
passing an initiative into white's hands, while black's real mistake came on
the next move.} (11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Qe1 Rad8 16. Qh4 g6 17. Ne5 Qg7 18. Rf3 d4 $13 {Kosic,D-Ivanovic,B/Podgorica
1996}) (12... Qxf6 13. O-O O-O (13... Bb7 14. Qa4 Qd8 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 a6
17. Rf2 c4 18. Bc2 b5 19. Qa5 $14 {Moiseenko,A-Shurkaev,D/Kharkov 2000}) 14.
Nf3 Bb7 15. Qe2 e5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qe6 20. Qh5
g6 21. Qg5 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Kodinets,K-Berelovich,M/Moscow 1998/CBM 63 (21)}) 13.
e4 Bb7 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Nf3 Rhe8 $13 {Webster,
A-Tiviakov,S/Oakham 1992}) (11... Bb7 12. Qe2 (12. O-O f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. e4
O-O-O 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Ba6 Nb8 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Rae1 $14 {Kosic,D-Shipov,S/
Athens 1997}) 12... a6 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. e4 O-O-O 15. exd5 Bxd5 16.
Be4 Qd6 17. O-O $14 {Kasparov,G-De la Fuente Gonzalez,F/Galicia 1991}) 13. O-O
b5 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bc2 Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4+ Nxa4 18. Rxa4 O-O $132 {
Kovacevic,S-Morovic Fernandez,I/Las Palmas 1995}) 12. Nf3 (12. Qh5 f5 13. g4
$36) 12... f5 $2 {This one is just a suicide. Black deprives himself all
counterchances giving up an idea to attack white's center.} (12... f6 $8 13.
Qc2 fxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. g3 (15. Ng5 exf4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. h4) (15. fxe5
Rxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4+) 15... exf4 16. exf4 e5 17. O-O-O $36) 13. Rg1 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gg2g4] From now on white just makes the most natural moves to crush
black in very nice fashion.} Kh8 14. g4 g6 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 fxg4 17. Rxg4 (17.
hxg6 h5 18. Rh1 gxf3 19. Rxh5+ Kg8 20. Rh7 Qd8 21. Qxf3 $18) 17... g5 $5 {
Hoping for white's mistake. All the other moves aren't any better.} (17... gxh5
18. Rg5 Rf7 19. Rxh5 Nf8 20. Qd2 $18) 18. Nxg5 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. cxd4 $18 {
White had to calculate that after 20...Qb4+ his king escapes the checks to g3.}
h6 (20... Rxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxg5 22. Qg4 $18) (20... Qb4+ 21. Qd2 Qxd4 22. Nxe6 Qd5
23. Nxf8 Qh1+ 24. Bf1 Qe4+ 25. Qe2 Qb4+ 26. Kf2 Rxf8 27. Kg3 $18) 21. Ne4 {
Now it's all over.} Rg8 (21... Qb4+ 22. Qd2 Qxd4 23. f5 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Rf7
24. Qxh6+ Rh7 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Ng5+ $18) 22. Nd6 Nf6 23. Rg6 Rxg6 24. hxg6
Nd5 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. f5 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piankov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. c4
(8. b4 Re8 9. c3 e5 10. Nb3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 Qe7 $132 {Danielian,
E-Skripchenko,A/Kishinev izt-W 1995}) 8... dxc4 (8... c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Nxd5 11. Nc4 $14 {Nikolic,B-Solomunovic,I/JUG-ch 1991}) (8... Qb6 9. Qc2 Re8
10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bh4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh4g3] Soppe,G-Ricardi,P/
Buenos Aires Naj pr 1992}) (8... Re8 9. Rc1 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 (11. dxe5
$5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Qb3 $14) 11... e4 12. Ne1 h6 13. Bf4 Nf8
14. Bc7 Qe7 15. Be5 $14 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Morris,P/Copenhagen op 1992}) (8...
b6 $6 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Rfd1 a5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. Rac1 $16 {De Guzman,R-Ginting,N/Dubai Asian Cities 1992}) (8... h6 $5
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 $2 (13. f3 $1 f4 14. Bf2)
13... c5 $1 $17 {Kroff-Tibensky/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996}) 9. Nxc4 {
More logical looks} (9. Bxc4 $5 Nb6 $146 (9... Qe8 10. Qb3 e5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 $5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf7] <->e}) 14... Qe7
15. Rad1 $14 {Ning Chunhong-Liu Xin/WchW stud Antwerpen 1992}) 10. Bb3 Bf5 11.
Qe2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14. Nd2 $14 {Ibragimov,
I-Yandemirov,V/Russian Cup f 1997}) 9... Nb6 10. Nce5 Bf5 11. a4 a5 12. Bd3 {
Accepting the fact that he din't manage to get anything out of the opening.} (
12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bf4 Be6 $11) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd5
$1 $132 14. Rfd1 (14. Rfc1 Rfe8 15. Rc5 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... exf6 $5) 17.
Qd2 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qb3 19. Ra3 Qb4 $11) 14... Rfe8 {Preparing Nd7.} 15. b3 Nbd7
(15... Nfd7 $5 16. e4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Bf4 Nd7 $11) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5
({More ambitious is} 17. e4 $5 Qg4 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Qe3 (19. h3 Nf4 20. hxg4
Nxd3 21. Red1 Nb4 22. Rac1 $11) 19... c5 20. Rad1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rad8 22. h3 Qd7
23. e5 $14 {and white is better}) 17... Qe6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Nf3 (19. e4 $6 Nb4
20. Qc4 Bxe5 21. Qxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 fxe6 $15) 19... Nb4 20. Qc4 Qf5 21. Bf4
Na2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Re2 {The position is equal in any case,but the rook is
misplaced on e2,so I would prefer} (23. Rcc1 $11) 23... Red8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 24.
Bc7 (24. h3 $5) 24... b5 25. Qc1 (25. Qc3 $2 Nd5 26. Qxc6 Qd7 $1 27. Qxd7 (27.
Rc1 $2 Nxc7 28. Qxc7 Rac8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) (27. Rc2 Rac8 $19) 27... Rxd7
28. Bf4 Nc3 $17) 25... Rdc8 26. Bb6 (26. Bg3 $5) 26... Qe6 27. Bc5 $2 {I don't
see any idea behind this move,which makes it even more difficult to understand
the reason why white played it!} (27. Rb2 $11) 27... Qxb3 28. Bxe7 Nd5 $17 {
Now blacl is just a pawn up and with some help from white he manages to win
the game quiet quickly.} 29. Rb2 Qxa4 30. Bc5 b4 31. Re1 Nc3 32. e4 Qb5 33. e5
(33. Bd6) 33... Na4 34. Rbe2 (34. Rc2 b3 35. Rc4 Nb2 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb2d3]})
34... Nxc5 35. dxc5 b3 36. Qe3 Re8 $5 (36... a4 $5 37. e6 Qc4 38. Ng5 fxe6 (
38... f6 $2 39. Nf7 $132 {[%cal Gf7d6,Ge6e7]}) 39. Qh3 h6 40. Nxe6 Re8 $19) 37.
Nd4 Qxc5 38. Nxb3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 a4 40. Nd4 a3 41. Nxc6 (41. Ra1 Bxe5 $19) 41...
a2 42. Ra1 Re6 $1 43. Nb4 (43. Rc3 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Bxe5 45. Rcc1 Bxa1 46. Rxa1
Rb8 $19) 43... Rb6 {[%csl Rg1]} 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 h6 (7...
cxd4 8. exd4 Bf5 (8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. Be2 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qc2 O-O 13.
Qb3 $14 {Schirbel,A-Von Gleich,A/BL2-W 1994}) 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O e6 11. Nbd2
Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Cepon,D-Palac,M/Nova Gorica 1996}) (7... Bf5
8. Be2 (8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nf1 Rfe8 {Slavina,
I-Gagloshvili,R/Warsaw op-W 1996}) 8... h6 9. h4 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5 {Pizarro Segura,E-Ferguson,M/Benasque op
1997}) 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nbd2 e6 $11 {It's clear that black has successfully solved
opening problems and he may look in the future with healthy optimism.} (9...
Rc8 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ne5 $11 {Isonzo,
D-Bellini,F/ITA-ch 1996}) 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 $2 {After this move white suddenly finds himself in
troubles,because the bishop is restricted by his own pawns and is trapped in
the center of the board.} (15. exd4 Qc6 16. Qe3 b5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a5 19.
Rae1 $11) 15... Qc7 $17 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e5]} 16. f3 Bh7 17. c4 $8 {Sad
necessaty.} (17. f4 f6 $17 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e5]}) 17... e5 18. Bc3 dxc4 19.
e4 b5 20. a3 f5 $1 {Bringing the bishop back to play.} 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Kh1
Bc5 23. Qe1 Rae8 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 (26. Bb4 $5 Ra8 27. Rd1 Rfd8
28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Qc3 $17) 26... Bd7 27. Ra1 Kh8 28. Ra6 Qb7 29. Ra1 Qb6 30.
Qg3 Bd4 31. Rad1 Bf5 32. Qe1 Qe6 {[%csl Rh3]} 33. Qg3 {Defending the pawn on
h3.} Rb8 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 34. Rfe1 Qb6 35. Bf1 Rbe8 (35... Bf2 $2 36. Qxe5 {
[%csl Rg7]}) 36. Bxd4 $6 {White doesn't stand a pressure and enters the
variation which loses by force.} (36. Rd2 $5) 36... exd4 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Qf4
Bc2 $1 39. Rxd4 (39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Re1 41. Kg1 Bd3 $19) 39... Re1 {
[%cal Ge1h1]} 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Rd7 Rxf1+ 42. Kh2 Qg6 $19 43. Rd8 Qe6 44. f4 Rd1
45. Re8 Qd5 46. Rc8 Re1 47. Rd8 Qe6 48. Rb8 Qf6 49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Rf8 Qd4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Martynov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 {Harmless variation leading to calm
positional struggle.} c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 (6... h6 $5 7. Bf4 Bd6) 7. Nbd2
h6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Qe2 {White is looking for
complications.} O-O {Accepting the challenge. There was nothing wrong with} (
11... Bd7 $5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O $11 {
with blanced position.}) 12. O-O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rh4 (15.
Nf3 $5 Qe7 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. f4 $36 {[%cal Gg3g5]}) 15... Re8 16.
Rdh1 (16. Qf3 Qg5 17. Rdh1 Bg4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Bd7 $13) 16... Bf5 17.
Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Rf4 Qe6 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. g4 $2 {[%csl Rg4] Creating
to himself a serious weakness.} Rd6 22. Rd1 Nf6 $1 $15 {Deviating from
exchange at the right moment.} (22... Red8 23. Qc2 b5 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd6
Qxd6 26. Rxe4 Qh2 27. a4 a6 $44) 23. Qf5 g5 $1 {Another strong move
demonstrating the drawbacks of 21.g4?} 24. Ra4 (24. Qxe6 Rexe6 25. Ra4 a6 26.
Nb3 b5 27. Ra5 Nxg4 28. Nxc5 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 $1 $17) 24... a6 25. Nb3 Rc6 $5 (
{Not bad looked} 25... b5 26. Ra5 Nxg4 27. Qc2 c4 28. Nd4 Qe4 $17 {and black
is just a pawn up with no compensation.}) 26. Qxe6 Rexe6 (26... fxe6 27. f3 e5
$15 {[%csl Ra4,Re3][%cal Ge5e4]}) 27. Ra5 b6 28. Rxa6 Nxg4 29. Rxd5 Nxf2 30. a4
{[%cal Ga4a5]} Ng4 31. e4 Ne3 32. a5 bxa5 (32... Nxg2 $5 33. Ra8+ (33. axb6 $6
Rxb6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Nxc5 Red6 $15 {[%cal Gh6h1]}) 33... Kg7 34. a6 Rxe4 35.
a7 Ra4 36. Rd7 b5 37. Rb8 Rca6 38. Rbb7 $132) 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxa5 Nxd5 $2 (
34... Re6 $1 35. Rxc5 Nxg2 36. b4 g4 $19) 35. Nxc6 $13 Ne3 (35... Nc7 36. g4 h5
$140 $2 37. gxh5 g4 38. Ne7+ Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40. Kc2 $16) 36. b4 cxb4 37. cxb4
Kf8 38. b5 Nc4 39. Ka2 Ke8 40. Kb3 Nd6 $11 41. Kb4 Nxe4 42. b6 Nd6 43. Kc5 Nb7+
44. Kd5 h5 45. Ke5 h4 46. Kf5 f6 47. Kxf6 g4 48. Ne5 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. Bh4
(8. O-O Bb7 9. a4 c5 10. a5 c4 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. Qb4 Rfe8 14. Ne5 $14
{Yegiazarian,A-Jobava,B/Tbilisi 2001}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. a4 a6 11. b4 c4
12. b5 $5 {A multiple purposes move: first of all this move aimed against Ne4,
since the pawn on c will become a target for the white pieces, and secondly,
white queen may "join the party" via a3 later on.} (12. Qc2 Bc6 13. h3 b5 14.
a5 Qc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 e6 18. Nf3 $14 {Tibensky,R-Gauglitz,G/
Zinnowitz 1981}) (12. h3 Re8 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 b5 16. Qc2 e5
$15 {Hassan,A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Teheran 2001}) 12... Ne8 13. Bg3 e6 $6 {
Unnecessarily weakening a complex of dark squares on the kingside and in the
center.} (13... Nd6 14. Qc2 axb5 15. Bxd6 exd6 16. axb5 Qe7 $11) 14. Qc2 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} f5 $6 {[%csl Re5] Black is continueing to carry out his dubious
plan.} 15. Qb2 a5 (15... g5) 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $14 Qc7 19. f4
g5 $6 {It was more accurate to play Qc5 first in order to prevent white knight
from coming to d4 so easily.} (19... Qc5 20. Kf2 g5 21. g3 (21. Qa3 Qxa3 22.
Rxa3 g4 23. Raa1 $14 {[%cal Gd2b1,Gb1a3,Ga3c2,Gc2d4]}) 21... g4 22. Rh1 $14)
20. Nf3 g4 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. h3 h5 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Rh2 Rag8 26. hxg4
hxg4 (26... fxg4 27. Rah1 Qd8 28. Rh4 $16) 27. Rah1 Qd8 28. Rh6 $1 {
Penitrating to f6.} Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Rh8 30. Rf6+ Kg8 31. Qa3 $1 $16 Rh1 32. g3
Qe8 33. Bf1 Bc8 34. Bg2 Rd1 35. Qd6 Bd7 36. Rh6 $5 {[%csl Gh5] Sasikaran
doesn't want to give his opponent any counterplay, so he takes square h5 under
control.} (36. Qxb6 $5 Qh5 $140 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Nxe6 $1 (38. Qxd7 $2 Qh2 39.
Ne2 Rd2 $11) 38... Nxe6 39. Qxd7+ Ng7 40. Rf7 Qh6 41. Qxf5+ $18) 36... Qf7 37.
Bf1 (37. Qxb6 $5 Qe7 38. Qxa5 Qa3 39. Qd8+ Be8 40. Rxe6 Nxe6 41. Qxe8+ Nf8 42.
Bxd5+ $18) 37... Ra1 38. Qxb6 Qe7 39. Qxa5 Be8 40. Be2 Qa3 41. Nc2 {Forcing an
exchange of queens.} Qxa4 42. Qxa4 Rxa4 43. Nd4 Ra2 44. b6 Bd7 (44... Rb2 45.
Nxe6 Rxb6 46. Nxg7 Rxh6 47. Nxe8 $18) 45. e4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rg4] The rest
is an easy technical job.} dxe4 (45... fxe4 46. Ke3 Rb2 47. Bxg4 Rxb6 48. f5
$18) 46. Ke3 Rb2 47. Bxc4 Rxb6 48. Rf6 Rb2 49. Nxf5 Nxf5+ 50. Rxf5 Rc2 51. Rg5+
Kf7 52. Rxg4 Rxc3+ 53. Kd4 Ra3 54. Kxe4 Ba4 55. Kd4 Bc2 56. Rg5 Rf3 57. Be2 $1
Ra3 58. Bh5+ Kf8 59. Bg6 Bd1 60. Bd3 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Ra3 62. Kd2 Bf3 63. Bc4 Ke7
64. Rg7+ Kf8 65. Rg6 Bh5 66. Rg5 Bf7 67. g4 Ra5 68. Kc3 Ra3+ 69. Kd4 Ra4 70.
Kc5 Ra5+ 71. Kb4 Ra1 72. f5 Rb1+ 73. Kc5 Rc1 74. f6 Re1 75. Kd4 Rd1+ 76. Bd3
Ra1 77. Rg7 Ra4+ 78. Bc4 Ra1 79. g5 Rd1+ 80. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. Nf3 Ngf6 4. e3 c5 (4... g6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 (6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Qb3 e6 8. Bd3 h6 {1/2-1/2 Turci,S-Wagman,S/Reggio Emilia 1987/EXT 97 (8)})
6... cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Qa5 10. Bh4 e5 11. dxe5 Bg7 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O Qxe5 $11 {Govedarica,R-Marjanovic,S/Belgrade 1982/MCD}) (4... h6 5.
Bh4 c5 (5... Ne4 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 a6 11.
Bd3 $14 {Zlotnik,B-Bello Bello,P/Ponferrada 1992}) 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. Qc1 cxd4 8.
exd4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Ne5 Qxd4 11. c3 Qb6 12. Be2 h5 $17 {Daniel,J-Taskovits,I/
Kecskemet 1990/EXT 2000}) 5. c3 Ne4 (5... Qb6 6. Qc2 (6. Qb3 e6 7. Qxb6 Nxb6 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 $11 {Will,M-Heinl,A/Dresden 2000/
EXT 2001}) 6... g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 $11 {Molnar,V-Fominyh,A/Rimavska Sobota 1991/CBM 24}) (5... g6 $5 6.
dxc5 Bg7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne5 Qb5 $13 {Dragiev,
V-Spassov,L/BUL 1995/EXT 97}) 6. Bf4 (6. Bh4 g6 7. Nbd2 f5 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ng5
Nf6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Ne6 Qb6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qb3
$14 {Delis Ramos,F-Sasot Samplon,E/ESP 1999/EXT 2000}) 6... e6 7. Nbd2 $2 {
It's very hard to believ, but after this natural developing move white is in
troubles!} (7. h3 $5) 7... g5 $1 {Bishop is kind of trapped and the only way
not to lose it is to agree on the position with weak pawns on e3 and g3.} 8.
Be5 (8. Bg3 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} 9. h4 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 h4 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12.
Be5 f6) 9... Nxg3 10. fxg3 g4 11. Ng1 Bh6 $17 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]}) 8... f6 9. Nxe4
$5 {An attempt to get some counter-play for a piece.} (9. Bg3 h5 10. dxc5 Ndxc5
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. h4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Qc7 $17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxg5
Nxe5 $1 (10... fxe5 $2 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. Qf7+ Kd6 13. dxc5+ Nxc5 14. Rd1+ $18)
11. Bb5+ (11. Qh5+ Ng6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Nxh7 Kf7 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh5,Rh7][%cal
Gf7g7]}) 11... Ke7 $17 12. Nxe4 cxd4 13. exd4 Qd5 $5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Bc4 Qc6
16. O-O Nf4 17. Qf3 Bh6 $1 18. Bb3 Rg8 {[%csl Rg2]} 19. g3 f5 $5 $19 {After an
exchange of queens the game enters it's technical part and it turns out that
it's still not so easy for black to transform his material advantage into the
point!} 20. Nd2 (20. d5 Nh3+ $1 (20... fxe4 21. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. dxc6 bxc6 23.
Rfe1 e3 24. fxe3 Bc7 $19) 21. Kg2 fxe4 $19) 20... Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Bxd2 22. Qxc6
bxc6 23. Kxh3 Bg5 24. f4 $1 Bf6 25. Rae1 Kd6 26. Rf3 Bd7 27. Rfe3 Rge8 28. Bc4
a5 29. a4 Re7 $1 (29... c5 30. dxc5+ Kxc5 31. Bxe6 Rad8 32. Bxd7 Rxe3 33. Rxe3
Rxd7 $15) 30. Kg2 c5 31. dxc5+ Kxc5 32. b3 (32. Bxe6 Rae8 $19) 32... Rd8 33.
Kf2 Bc6 (33... Bc8 $5) 34. Bxe6 Rd2+ 35. R1e2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Be4 37. Bc4 h5 38.
Kd2 Rb7 39. Kc1 Rd7 40. h4 (40. Be2 $1 Bd5 41. Kb2 Bf7 $17) 40... Re7 41. Be2
Rb7 42. Bc4 $6 (42. Kb2 Bd5 43. Bd1 Bf7 $17) 42... Bd5 43. Bxd5 Kxd5 44. Kc2
Re7 45. Rd3+ (45. Rxe7 Bxe7 46. Kd3 Bc5 47. Ke2 Ke4 $19) 45... Ke4 46. Kd2 Rb7
47. Re3+ Kd5 48. Kc2 Re7 49. Rd3+ Kc6 50. Kd2 Re6 51. Rf3 Be7 $1 52. Kd1 Bc5 {
Now king is heading back to e4 nd this time white is helpless.} 53. Kd2 Kd5 54.
Rd3+ Ke4 55. Ke2 Rb6 56. c4 Rd6 57. Rc3 Rd7 $22 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Nbd7 5. Ngf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c5 $5 {Black wastes a tempo in the opening just to open a center, however may
be it's not so bad after all!} (8... Re8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 10. Qb3 Nb6
11. a4 a5 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Bxc8 15. Rc1 $14 {Stefanova,
A-Lazaro Porta,A/Andorra 2000/CBM 76 ext}) 10. e4 Nc7 11. Qb3 (11. Qc2 Ne6 12.
Be3 Nef8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Rfd1 $14 {Koenig,D-Schumi,M/Austria 1995/CBM 45})
11... c5 12. Bc4 Rf8 13. d5 $16 {Kmoch,H-Znosko Borovsky,E/Budapest 1926/EXT 99
}) (8... b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 $11 {
Vokac,M-Hausner,I/Frenstat 1982/MCD}) (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11.
Bc2 Qd5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bh4 Qh5 14. Bg3 $14 {Galyas,M-Lorscheid,G/Budapest
2000/CBM 76 ext}) 9. Rc1 $5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd4 10. e4 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nfd7
12. Nb3 $14) 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Be4 Nc6 12. d5 Nce5 13. Rac1 $14) 9... cxd4 10.
exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Re1 Be6 $6 {I'm not sure white is better after the
sacrifice on e6, but one thing is for sure- it's very difficult for black to
play after it.} (12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7 $13) 13. Rxe6
$5 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nce5 Qd6 16. h4 $5 Rad8 (16... Rac8 17. Re1 Nfd5 18. g3
$36 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gg1g2,Ge1h1,Gh4h5]}) 17. Re1 Nh5 $6 18. Bc2 Bf6 {With
weird idea to put the knight on g7!} (18... Nf6 $5) 19. g4 Ng7 20. h5 $1 {
[%cal Gc2h7] White's pressure has become quite significient and it's not easy
for black to defend.} Nd5 $6 (20... Bxg5 $5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ngf3 Nd5 23. Bxg6
Nf4 24. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nf7 $1 hxg5 $5 (22... Rxf7 23.
gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxh6 $16) 23. Nxd6 exd6 24. Qb5 $18 b6 25. Kg2 Be7 26. Kg3 Rf4
27. Bb3 Nc7 28. Qc6 Rdf8 29. Nd2 d5 30. Qxc7 Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. e3 (6. h3 O-O 7. e3 c5
8. Be2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14.
Nf3 $14 {Stajcic,N-Schneider,A/AUT-chT9596 1996}) (6. b4 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Qb3
c6 9. Be2 a5 10. a4 e5 11. O-O axb4 12. Qxb4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bf8 14. Qc3 Bd6 15.
Bh4 $11 {Lobron,E-Hug,W/Bern zt 1990}) 6... c5 (6... b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qc2 c5 9.
Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. h4 a6 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. h5 Rac8 $13 {Nagrocka,
E-Ciampi,V/Ischia op 1994}) (6... c6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4
Nfd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rad1
{1/2-1/2 Johansen,D-Leskiewicz,M/Melbourne Black Opal 1998}) 7. Be2 Qb6 (7...
O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. b4 c4 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Nb6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 $13 {
Gausel,E-Ernst,T/Gausdal Int 1994}) 8. Qb3 O-O 9. O-O Qxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Bh4
Re8 $6 (11... b6 12. Bb5 $6 a6 13. Ra3 g5 $1 14. Bg3 Bb7 $15) 12. Bb5 cxd4 13.
exd4 Nh5 $5 {Intending to get rid of white darksquared bishop.} 14. Rfe1 $6 (
14. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. f4 Nb6 19. Nf3 $14)
14... g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kf8 17. b4 Rd8 18. Nb3 a6 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3)
19... Rb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 $14 Bd7 22. b4 (22. Bd3 e6 23. Re2 f6 24. b4
Kf7 25. g4 (25. Rb2 g4 26. Nd2 e5) 25... Rh8 26. c4 $14) 22... f6 23. Reb1 (23.
c4 {[%csl Rd4]} Bg4 $1 24. cxd5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxd5 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 23... Kf7
24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Bc6 $1 $13 26. Bxc6 (26. Ra7 $1 Ra8 27. Bxc6 (27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rb6 Rc8 30. Nd2 Ke8 31. Nb3 Kd7 $11) 27... Rxa7 28. Bxb7
Ra3 29. c4 $1 g4 30. Ne1 $14) 26... bxc6 27. Rb6 $2 Rxb6 28. cxb6 e5 $2 {
Wrong move order could cost black the game, while after correct reply he is
much better.} (28... Rb8 $1 29. Rb1 e5 $17 {[%csl Rb6]}) 29. Rb1 $2 {Refusing
to take a present.} (29. Ra7+ Kg6 30. Rc7 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 29... Rb8 30. g4
Ke6 31. Ne1 $8 exd4 32. cxd4 f5 33. gxf5+ Kxf5 34. Nc2 Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Gg7f6,Gf6d8]} 35. f3 Bf6 $2 (35... h5 $1 36. Kf2 h4 $1 (36... Bf6 37. Rb4 Be7
38. Rb3 Bd8 39. g4+ hxg4 40. Ne3+ Ke6 41. fxg4 Bxb6 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. Nf5 Kc7 44.
Rh3 $11) 37. g3 Bf6 $5 (37... hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Bf6 39. Ne3+ Kg6 40. Rb4 Bd8 41.
Ng4 Kf5 42. Ne3+ (42. Ne5 Be7 43. Rb3 Bd6 $19 {[%cal Gd6g3]}) 42... Kf6 43. Rb1
Rxb6 44. Rxb6 Bxb6 45. Nc2 Ba5 46. Kg4 $15) 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Kg2 Bd8 40. Kh3
Kf4 41. Rb3 Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Bxb6 43. Kxh4 Ba5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 36. g4+ Kg6
37. Kg2 Bd8 38. Ne3 $11 Rxb6 39. Rxb6 Bxb6 40. Nc2 Kf6 (40... Ba5 $5) 41. Kf1
c5 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Ne1 Ke5 44. Nd3+ Kd4 45. Ke2 Bd6 46. Nf2 Bf4 47. Nd3 Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 {Black chooses the most active way to
meet white's set up and manages to equalize without a problem.} 5. dxc5 Nc6 6.
e3 g6 $5 (6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 e6 8. a3 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Qxc5 10. c4 Be7 11. b4 Qd6
12. Bg3 Qd8 $11 {Shirazi,K-Gulko,B/Los Angeles 1987/EXT 97}) 7. Nbd2 Nxc5 8.
Nb3 {Other continuations also don't promise white any opening advantage:} (8.
Be2 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nd4 (11. Nb3 Ne4 12. a4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 $6 Nf6 $15 {Liskov,I-Kamishov,M/Moscow 1949/MCD}) 11... Qd7 12. N2b3 Na4
13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Rad1 e6 15. Bb5 a4 16. Na1 Qc7 $13 {Nikolac,J-Pinter,J/Rome
1984/MCL}) 8... Bg7 9. c3 (9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rd1 e6 13.
Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nd4 Ne5 $13 {Kharitonov,A-Yakovich,Y/Leeuwarden 1997/
EXT 99}) (9. Nfd4 O-O 10. Be2 Na4 11. Rb1 a6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. exd4
Bd7 $11 {Moeller,M-Giertz,N/Baden 1992/GER}) 9... Ne4 (9... Na4 10. Qc1 a6 11.
Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Nfd4 Re8 15. Bf3 e5 16. Nc2 e4 $13 {
Levacic,D-Kiss,P/Eger 1989/EXT 98}) 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Nfd4 (
12. Nfd2 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 b6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Qb3 e5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {
Klauser,M-Giertz,N/SWZ 1995/CBM 49 ext}) 12... g5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 gxh4 15.
f4 e5 16. fxe5 Qg5 $15 {Krasnov,V-Zagrebelny,S/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99})
10... Bg4 {Intending to simplify the position even more after B:f3 and Ne5.}
11. O-O Qb6 12. h3 ({Deserved attention} 12. Bc2 $5 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne5
15. Qd1 O-O (15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O 19. Qb3 $14) 16.
Qe2 $13 {with unclear position.}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3
e6 $11 {Now it becomes perfectly clear that black has solved all opening
problems.} 16. Rad1 Nd6 (16... Nc5 $2 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. e4 {[%csl Rd7]} Qc4 $8
19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd2d7]}) 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Nd4 a6 19. Kh1
O-O (19... Ne4 20. f3 Nc5 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 $13) 20. Be7 {Exchanging black
knight which prevents white from playing e4} Rfe8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. e4 Red8 $1
({It wasn't too late to get in troubles after} 22... dxe4 $2 23. Nf5 {[%cal
Gf5d6]} Qf4 24. Nd6 Be5 25. g3 Qh6 26. Nxc8 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rxc8 28. Qxe4 $18)
23. Nf3 Qc5 24. Kg1 b5 25. a3 a5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rd1 {Now the
draw is inevitable. Very solid performence of young frenchman!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Egin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 $5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. e3 g6 (6... Bg4 7.
Nbd2 Nxc5 8. Be2 g6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Ne5 13. Nb3 Ncd3
$13 {Martynov,P-Schmitt,A/Wuert-ch 1993}) (6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 e5 8. a3 Nxd2 9.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 a5 11. Bb5 f6 12. b4 h5 13. h3 g5 14. Bg3 h4 $13 {
Dambrauskas,V-Lengyel,B/Budapest FS04 IM 1993}) 7. Nbd2 (7. Nd4 Bg7 8. Bb5 Bd7
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b4 g5 11. f3 Nxc5 12. Bxg5 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nxd4 14. exd4 a5 $44 {
Franke,H-Schlosser,P/FRG-ch 1987}) 7... Nxc5 8. Be2 (8. Nb3 Bg7 9. Nxc5 Qa5+
10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rd1 e6 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 $11 {Kharitonov,
A-Yakovich,Y/Leeuwarden op 1997}) 8... Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Qd6 $6 {Looking
for the troubles! After natural} (10... b6 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nbd4 Bb7 13. Qa4 Na5
14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. b3 a6 $13 {Siebrecht,S-Lukacs,P/Elekes mem 1993})
(10... h6 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nfd2 (12. Nfd4 g5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 gxh4 15. f4 e5
16. fxe5 Qg5 $13 {Krasnov,V-Zagrebelny,S/Petrov mem 1998}) 12... g5 13. Bg3
Nxg3 14. hxg3 b6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Qb3 e5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. a4 f5 $132 {Klauser,
M-Giertz,N/SWZ-chT 1995}) 11. Bg3 e5 $6 (11... Qe6) 12. b4 $1 {It suddenly
turns ut that black loses one of his central pawns} Nd7 (12... Ne6 13. Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Rd5,Re5]} Qc7 (13... Qd8 14. Ncxe5 $16) 14. Qxd5 Rd8 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qh4
b5 17. Na3 f4 18. exf4 exf4 19. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 20. Bxf4 $18) 13. Ne4 {[%csl Rd5]}
Qe6 14. Nfg5 Qe7 15. Qxd5 $16 Nb6 16. Qc5 (16. Qb3 h6 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Qc2 f5
19. Nc5 Bf7 $14) 16... f6 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. b5 $6 {After this move the knight
will never feel comfortable on c5, so more accurate was} (18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Nc5
Nbd5 20. e4 Nxc3 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rfc1 b6 23. Rxc3 bxc5 24. bxc5 $16) 18...
Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Na5 {[%csl Rc5]} 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. e4 Bg4 22. Nb3 (22. Nd4 $6 exd4
23. Bxg4 dxc3 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Rdc1 f5 $1 $132 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3c2]}) 22...
Nac4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%csl Rg3]} 24. a4 Rc8 $6 {[%csl Rc8]} 25. a5 {Missing
very promising possibility} (25. Nfd4 $1 Bxe2 (25... exd4 26. Bxg4 f5 27. exf5
dxc3 28. f6 $18) 26. Nxe2 f5 27. a5 Nd7 28. Rd1 $16) 25... Nd7 26. a6 $6 ({
It was still possible to play} 26. Nfd4 $1 $16) 26... bxa6 27. Rxa6 Ncb6 $1 28.
h3 $6 (28. c4 $14) 28... Be6 29. Na5 $6 (29. Nbd2 Rxc3 30. Rxa7 Bh6 31. Ra1 Nc5
32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Rd1 Kf7 $14) 29... Rxc3 30. Rxa7 Nc5 31. Nc6 (31. Nd2 $2 Rc2 {
[%cal Gc2e2]}) 31... Nxe4 32. Ra6 Nxg3 33. fxg3 Bf8 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf8c5,Ge5e4]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 d5 7. Bd3 Nc6 (7...
Bd6 $6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c4 $1) 8. c3 Be7 (8... Bd7) 9. h4 (9. h3 $142) 9... O-O
10. Nbd2 f5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd7 13. f3 Nd6 14. f4 Bb5 15. Bc2 Rac8 (15...
Nf7 16. Nf3 Nh6 $13) 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Nf3 Ba6 (17... Be8 $142) 18. Kf2 Qc7 (
18... cxd4 19. exd4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxb2 21. Qc1 $1) 19. g3 b5 20. a3 Bb7 21. Bd3
Qb6 (21... Bc6 $5) 22. Qd2 (22. Qd1 b4 23. dxc5 $140 Bxc5 24. axb4 Bxe3+) 22...
a5 (22... h5 $5) 23. Ng5 Be7 24. Qe2 h6 (24... b4 25. Qh5 h6 26. Qg6 hxg5 27.
hxg5 bxc3 28. Rh7 Qxb2+ 29. Kf3 Rf7 30. Rah1 $18) 25. Nf3 Bc6 (25... b4 $1 $132
) 26. Ne5 Be8 27. g4 Bd6 28. gxf5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 exf5 (29... Bg6 30. f6 $1 Bxd3
31. Qxd3 $18) 30. h5 $1 c4 31. Bc2 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Kg3 $1 Bd7 34. Kf4 Be6
35. Qg2 Rb8 36. Rhg1 Rf7 37. Qg6 $6 (37. Qh1 {/\ Rg6, Be2-f3}) 37... Kh8 38.
cxb4 $2 (38. Qg2 $142 $16) 38... Qxb4 39. Qxe6 Qd2 40. Kf3 (40. Qxd5 $2 Qf2+
41. Qf3 Qh4+ $19) (40. Bxf5 Qf2+ 41. Kg4 Qe2+ 42. Kh4 Qf2+ 43. Kg4 Qe2+ $10)
40... Qxc2 41. b4 $1 (41. Qxf7 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 Qg4+ 43. Kf2 Rxb2+ $19) 41... Qe4+
42. Ke2 Rfb7 (42... Rbf8 $1 43. Qg6 c3 $17) 43. Qg6 Qd3+ 44. Kf3 c3 45. Ra6 $1
Qe4+ (45... c2 46. Rc6 Ra8 47. Re6 $1 Qe4+ 48. Kf2 Qh4+ 49. Kf3 $13) 46. Ke2
Qh4 (46... Qc2+ $10) 47. Re6 Qd8 $2 48. Rc6 Rc8 49. b5 $1 Rcc7 (49... Rxb5 $4
50. Qxg7#) 50. Qd6 Rd7 51. Qc5 Rb8 (51... Qh4 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Rxh6+ Kxh6 54.
Qh8#) 52. Qxc3 Qe8 (52... Qh4 53. Rc8+ Rxc8 54. Qxc8+ Rd8 55. Qc7 Qh2+ 56. Kd3
$18) 53. Rgg6 Rxb5 54. Rc8 Rd8 55. Qc7 $1 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. b4 Re8 8. Be2
e5 9. Nb3 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 g5 (11... Qe7 12. Rc1 exd4 13. Nbxd4
a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. N2b3 $14 {Boensch,
U-Stohl,I/Brno/1991/}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e4 15. Nh2 f5 16. c4
Bf8 17. b5 cxb5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Bh5 Rd8 20. g4 $40 {Torre,E-Uhlmann,W/
Thessaloniki ol/1988/}) 11... Qxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Rc1 e4 13. Nfd2 Be7 14. a3
Bd6 15. c4 Qg5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc3 h5 18. Bb5 Re7 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Kg7
$13 {Bellin-Brito/Hastings/1981/}) 12. b5 (12. Qc2 e4 13. Nfd2 Qg5 14. b5 Nf6
15. Kh1 Ng4 16. h3 Qh4 17. Kg1 Nf6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. c4 Bf5 $40 {Ostenstadt,
B-Basin,L/Trnava B/1989/}) 12... Qd6 $5 (12... e4 13. Nfd2 Qg5 14. c4 $36) 13.
Rc1 (13. Qc2 c5) 13... Qa3 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. c4 $1 $14) 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. c4 Rb8 (15... Qxa2 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 $1 Re7 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Bxd5 $14)
16. Rc2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Be2 (18. dxe5 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Ba6 $17) 18... Bf5
19. Qc1 (19. Rd2 e4 20. Ne1 Nd5 $17) 19... Qa4 20. Rb2 (20. Rxc6 Qxa2 21. Nbd2
$140 exd4) 20... Nd7 21. Rd1 (21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nc5 $140 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxb2
$19) (21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Qxc5 exd4 24. Nxd4 Be4 $15) 21... Bf8 $1
22. dxe5 (22. Rbd2 Bb4 23. Rb2 Ba3 $17) 22... Ba3 23. e4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bg4 (
24... Qxe4 25. Qc1 $132) 25. Nfd4 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Nxe5 27. f4 Nd7 28. e5 c5 29.
Nf3 c4 30. Rd4 (30. Nbd4 Rb2 $1 31. Qxb2 Qxd1+ 32. Kf2 Nc5 $19) 30... Nb6 (
30... cxb3 31. Rxa4 b2 32. Nd2) 31. Nc5 (31. Nbd2 Qxa2 $19) 31... Qc6 32. Ne4
c3 33. Qc2 (33. Nf6+ $2 Qxf6 $19) 33... Red8 34. Qxc3 (34. Nd6 Nd5 35. Rc4 Qb6+
36. Kf1 Qb1+ $19) 34... Qxc3 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Nxc3 Rd3 37. Nb5 a6 38. Nc7 Ra3
39. Nd4 Rxa2 40. f5 Ra4 41. e6 fxe6 42. fxe6 Nc8 (42... Rxd4 43. e7 Re4 44.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 45. Nxe8 a5 $17) 43. Nc6 Rc4 44. e7 Nd6 45. Nd5 Ne8 (45... Rxc6 46.
e8=Q+ Nxe8 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nxc6 Ke6 $17) 46. Nb8 Rd4 47. Nc3 a5 48. Kf2 Rd2+
49. Kf1 Kf7 50. Ne4 Rb2 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8. h3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 ({Bekannt ist} 13.
Re1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 a5 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Rad1 b5
20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qd2 b4 22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Rd2 Ra2 25. Rb1 {
Smyslow-Kamsky, Manila (izt) 1990}) 13... Qa5 14. Bxf6 ({Sonst erlangt Schwarz
die Kontrolle über das Feld "e4", z.B.} 14. Nd2 Ne4 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bxe4 ({
Natürlich nicht} 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {denn nun scheitert} {an} 17. Bxe4 $2 Qe5) 16...
dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qe5 18. f3 Bf5 {mit etwas besserem Spiel für Weiß.}) 14... Bxf6
15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rab1 Bc8 19. c4 ({Das Läuferpaar gibt
in dieser halboffenen Stellung de, Nachziehenden das bessere Spiel. Keinen
Vorteil versprach hingegen} 19. Nd4 $5 b6 20. a4 a6 21. b5 $1 c5 22. Nc6 Rd7
23. e4 Bb7 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Re1) 19... dxc4 20. Qxc4 ({Nach} 20. Bxc4 Bf5 21.
Bd3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qd6 {stünde eher Schwarz etwas
besser.}) 20... Qe7 21. Qb3 ({Nicht} 21. b5 $2 {wegen} cxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxa3 {
und das schwarze Spiel ist klar vorzuziehen.}) 21... Rd6 22. Bc4 ({Auch nach} 
22. b5 Red8 {steht Schwarz etwas besser.}) 22... Red8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1
Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 a5 26. Qb3 ({Oder} 26. bxa5 Qxa3 27. Qd2 Kg7 {mit etwas
besserem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 26... b5 27. Bd3 Be6 28. Qc2 Bd7 ({Möglich war
auch} 28... axb4 29. axb4 Bd7 ({Nicht aber} 29... Qxb4 $2 {wegen} 30. Qxc6 {
mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 30. Qb3) 29. Qb3 ({Nicht besser ist} 29. bxa5 Qxa3 30.
Qd2 Bc3 31. Qd1 Be8 {und Schwarz hat deutlichen Vorteil.}) 29... axb4 30. axb4
(30. Qxb4 $2 {verbietet sich wegen} Qxb4 31. axb4 Bc3 {und Schwarz gewinnt.})
30... Qd6 31. Ne1 Be6 32. Qa3 ({Das einzige, da nach} 32. Qc2 $2 Qxb4 33. Qxc6
{der Se1 einsteht.}) 32... Bd5 ({Nichts erreicht Schwarz mit} 32... Be7 33. Nc2
) 33. Be2 ({Auch nach} 33. Nc2 h5 {steht Schwarz etwas besser.}) 33... Be7 34.
Nd3 Bc4 35. Qc3 Bf6 ({Vielleicht bot} 35... Bxd3 36. Bxd3 Qxb4 37. Qxc6 Qe1+
38. Kh2 Qxf2 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40. Bxb5 {und Schwarz steht etwas besser, bessere
Verteidigungschancen.}) 36. Qc2 Be7 37. Bf1 Qf6 38. Qb1 ({Schwächer ist} 38.
Be2 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qa3 40. Kg3 {mit deutlichem Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 38... Qc3
39. g3 Kf8 40. h4 h5 41. Qd1 Kg8 ({Rascher gewann} 41... Bxb4 $1 42. Nxb4 Qxb4
43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kh7 45. Bxc4 Qxc4 {usw.}) 42. Qb1 Bd6 43. Qd1 (43. Kg2
Kf8 {ändert nichts am schwarzen Übergewicht.}) 43... Bxb4 44. Nxb4 Qxb4 ({Nach
} 44... Bxf1 45. Nxc6 Bc4 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qd4+ Qxd4 48. exd4 f6 49. f3 {
steht Schwarz nur wenig besser.}) 45. Bg2 ({Falls} 45. Qd8+ {so} Kh7 46. Bxc4
Qxc4 {und der Tag ist für Schwarz entschieden.}) 45... Qc5 ({Stark war auch} 
45... c5 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qe7 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxf2 49. Qxc5 Bf1 $18 {und Schwarz
gewinnt.}) 46. g4 ({Auch} 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qe8 b4 48. Qxc6 Qxc6 49. Bxc6 b3 50.
Be4 f5 51. Bb1 Bd5 {und Schwarz gewinnt, vermag die Niederlage nicht
abzuwenden.}) 46... hxg4 47. Qxg4 Be6 48. Qg3 Kh7 49. h5 Qxh5 ({Ebenso gewann} 
49... gxh5 50. Qf4 b4 51. Qe4+ Kg7) 50. Bxc6 b4 51. Bf3 Qc5 52. e4 b3 53. e5
Qd4 ({Den Sieg aus der Hand gegeben hätte hingegen} 53... b2 $2 54. Qh4+ Kg8
55. Qd8+ Qf8 56. Qb6) (53... Qd4 {und Weiß gab auf, denn nach} 54. Be2 b2 55.
Bd3 Qxd3 56. Qxd3 Bf5 {geht der b-Bauer zur Dame}) 0-1

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. b4 c6 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O e5 10. Rc1 a5 $5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nb3 exd4 13. Nbxd4 a5 14.
a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. N2b3 Qc8 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. f3
Bd7 21. e4 Nh5 22. f4 Bg4 23. e5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 $13 {Boensch,U-Stohl,I/Brno (6)/
1991/0.5 (34)}) (10... Qe7 11. Nb3 exd4 12. Nfxd4 Nb6 13. a3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Na5 c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. a4 a6 19. Nab3 Qc7 20. a5 axb5 21.
axb6 Qxb6 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. Nc1 Ra3 24. Nce2 $13 {Torre,E-Zueger,B/Lugano op (5)/
1989/0.5 (43)}) (10... e4 11. Ne1 Nf8 12. c4 Bf5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Na5 Qd7 15. b5
N8h7 16. Bh4 g5 17. g4 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bg3 h4 20. Qa4 hxg3 21. fxg3 Rac8
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nc2 Be6 24. h3 $19 {Kovacevic,S-Mirzahodjaev,B/Pula op (9/11)
/1990/0-1 (31)}) 11. b5 (11. a3 Qe7) 11... c5 12. dxe5 (12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 b6
$10) 12... Nxe5 13. c4 (13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. c4 Be6 $10) 13... Nxc4
14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxc4 h6 17. Bh4 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rfd1 Be6 $10
) 17... g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Be5 (19. Ne5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc4 Nc3 $36)
19... g4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nf7 $5 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Nd2 $1 (23... Rxf7
24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. f3 gxf3 26. gxf3 Ng5 27. Rxc5 $36) 24. Be6 Rd3 25. Bc4 Rd7
26. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
c4 c5 $1 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nb6 $13) 10... Ne4 11.
Nxe4 (11. Bh4 $5) 11... dxe4 12. c5 Ne5 13. b4 $2 (13. c6 bxc6 14. Nxc6 (14. b3
Bd7 $15) 14... Nxc6 15. Rxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxb2 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rd8+ Kg7 19.
Rcxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8 Rd7 21. Rc2 $10) 13... Nd3 $1 14. Bxd3 exd3 15. Qxd3 $2 (
15. Bh4 f6 16. Bg3 e5 $17) 15... h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Rfd1 (17. Bg3 e5 18. Rfd1
exd4 19. exd4 Qd5 $19) 17... gxh4 18. Qe4 Qc7 19. Qxh4 Bd7 20. Qe4 Rad8 21. a3
Qc8 22. h3 Kh8 23. Qh4 Ba4 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rc4 e5 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Qh5 Qd5 28.
Rg4 e4 29. Rg5 Qe6 30. Nh4 Kg8 31. Rg3 Rd5 32. Qe2 a6 33. Rd1 Red8 34. Rxd5
Rxd5 35. Qb2 Rg5 $1 $19 36. Qe2 Be5 37. Rg4 f5 38. Rxg5+ hxg5 39. f4 gxh4 (
39... exf3 40. Nxf3 Bf6 $19) 40. fxe5 Qxe5 41. Qf2 Qg3 42. Qd2 (42. Qxf5 Qxe3+
43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qg3+ 45. Kg1 e3 $19) 42... Kh7 43. Kh1 f4 44. Qd6 fxe3 45.
Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qe6+ Kg5 47. Qe7+ Kf5 48. a4 (48. Qf7+ Ke5 49. Qe7+ Kd4 50. Qf6+
Kd3 $19) 48... e2 49. Qf7+ Ke5 50. Qh5+ Ke6 51. Qxe2 e3 52. b5 axb5 53. axb5
Bd5 54. c6 bxc6 55. bxc6 Qxh3+ 56. Kg1 Qxg2+ {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zilberman, Nathan R"]
[Black "Nasybullin, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirgizia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. Qc2 {N} (9. Qb1 Nbd7 10. b4) (9. O-O Nbd7) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11.
O-O-O $5 (11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 $13) 11... c4 (11...
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bg3 $1 Bh4 14. Nf3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 $40) 12. Be2 b5 13. g4
a5 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 a5 (15... d4 16. exd4 Bxh1 17. Rxh1 $146)
16. Rhg1 b4 $13) 14. Rdg1 b4 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g5 $1
$40) 15. g5 bxc3 $2 16. bxc3 $2 (16. gxf6 cxd2+ 17. Kb1 Nxf6 $17) (16. gxh6 $1
cxd2+ 17. Kb1 Ne8 (17... Ne4 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng6+ fxg6 21. Rxe7
$18) 18. Rxg7+ Nxg7 19. Rg1 $18) 16... Ne8 (16... hxg5 17. Bxg5 $16) 17. Ndf3 (
17. gxh6 Bxh4 18. hxg7 Nxg7 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ fxg6 22. Qxg6
Qe7 $19) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Nxe5 hxg5 $17) 18... g6 (18... Rb8 19. gxh6
Bxh4 20. hxg7 Nxg7 21. Rg2 Kh8 22. Rhg1 Nf5 23. Nxh4 Nxh4 (23... Qxh4 24. Rg5)
24. Rg7 Nf5 25. R7g5 $18) 19. Nd4 h5 (19... hxg5 20. Nxe6 (20. f4 gxh4 21.
Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Nxe6 Ba3+ 24. Kd1 Qd7) 20... fxe6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7
22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Qd7 24. Rhg1 Rf7 25. Rh5 $40) 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. g6 Ng7
$8 (21... Bxh4 22. gxf7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 $18) 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxe6 $2 (23. Bxe7
Qxe7 24. Rg6 $132) 23... Ba3+ $1 24. Kd1 Qxh4 25. Nxg7 Qe4 $1 (25... Rxg7 26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Qf5+) 26. Nxh5+ Kf8 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. Nf4 Bc6 29.
Ne6+ Ke7 30. Nd4 Ba4+ 31. Ke2 Raf8 32. f4 (32. Rg2 Bb2 $19) 32... exf3+ 33. Kf2
Bc5 34. e6 Rh7 35. Rb1 Kd6 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
b4 {Quite a good novelty in a well known position, white reserves the right to
play c2-c4 push a bit later.} (8. c4 e5 (8... c5 9. cxd5 (9. Bh4 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Nf8 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 e5 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Bc4
Ba4 17. Qa3 Nxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. b4 Qb6 20. Bb3 Bxb3 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,
M-Xie Jun/Kuala Lumpur (10)/1994/}) (9. Rc1) (9. Qc2) (9. Qb3) 9... Nxd5 10.
Qb3 (10. Nc4 N7f6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Nd4 Qxc5 14. Bh4 Nf4 15. Bf3 Ne6
16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qa5 Rac8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bg3 Qxa5 21. Nxa5 {
1/2-1/2 Straeter,T-Mainka,R/Muenster op (08)/1993 (30)}) 10... N7b6 (10... N5b6
11. Rac1 (11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Qg3 Bd5 16.
Nc5 Ne6 17. Bb5 {1-0 Delchev,A-Petrov,M/BUL-ch (03)/1994 (35)}) 11... cxd4 12.
Nxd4 a6 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Bd5 Qe7 18. h3
Rb8 19. Qb6 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Ye Jiangchuan/Tilburg (01) 10'/1994/1/2-1/2 
(90)}) (10... N5f6 11. Bc4 (11. Rac1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qa5 13. N2f3 a6 14. Bc4 Rf8
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bb3 e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne2 {1-0 Piket,J-De Boer,G/NLD-ch (10)
/1991/ (45)}) 11... e6 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 h6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bh4 g5 16.
Bg3 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nb5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Piankov,E-Hjelm,N/
Budapest FS08 IM (03)/1994/ (56)}) 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14.
Bh4 Be6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a4 Re4 18. Bg3 f5 19. Bd6 Qe6 20. Qb5
Be5 21. Bc5 Rc8 22. a5 Na4 23. Ba3 {1-0 Kastanieda,G-Umanskaya,I/Moscow-ch op 
(05)/1995 (29)}) (8... c6) (8... h6) 9. Rc1 exd4 (9... e4 10. Ne1 c6 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nc2 Qe6 $6 14. Nb4 Bf8 15. Bb5 $1 $18 {1-0 Salov,V-Kozul,
Z/Wijk (13)/1991/ (55)}) 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bh4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nf8 (12... a6 13.
Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bf3 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. hxg3
Ne6 20. Nf5 {1-0 Ostenstad,B-Lechtynsky,J/Trnava-B (09)/1989/ (47)}) 13. Nb5
Ne6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Na5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 $10 {Nogueiras,J-Zapata,A/Guarapuava/1991/}) (8. Bh4 $5 e5 9. c4 e4
10. Ne1 c5 $6 (10... c6 $14) 11. Nc2 h6 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. a4 $1
$16 {Certic,B-Abramovic,B/JUG-ch/1994/}) 8... e5 9. c4 exd4 (9... e4 10. Ne1 c6
11. b5 $14) 10. Nxd4 dxc4 (10... c5 $5 11. bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bf3 Ne6) 11. Nxc4 Nf8
(11... c5 12. Nb5) 12. Bf3 c6 (12... Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Na5 $16) 13. b5 $1 {
The N pair on c4,d4 is controlling many squares and black has no compensation
for their efficiency.} c5 (13... cxb5 14. Nxb5 Ne6 15. Bh4 $16) 14. Nb3 Qe7 (
14... Ne6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 $14) 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Qc2 Ne6 17.
Bh4 g5 $6 {The weakening of a pawn structure will only make long term
defensive plans more difficult to implement.} (17... Qe8 18. a4 $16) 18. Bg3
Nc7 (18... Nd5 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qb1 $16) 19. Nca5 $1 Ncd5 (19...
Nxb5 20. Nxc5 Nd5 21. Qb3 Ndc3 22. Naxb7 $16) 20. Nxc5 g4 (20... Bf8 21. Rfd1
$16) 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 (21... Rxd5 22. e4 Rxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 b6 25. Rxc8+
Rxc8 26. Nc6 $16) 22. Qb3 h5 23. e4 Nb6 24. Naxb7 $1 {Efficient pieces are
bringing rewards in small combinations.} (24. Ncxb7 Rd2 25. Nc5) 24... Rd2 (
24... Bxb7 25. Nxb7 Rd7 (25... Qxb7 26. Rc7 $18) 26. Nc5 $18) 25. Na5 h4 (25...
Bd4 26. Nc6 $18) 26. Bf4 Rb2 27. Nc6 $1 Qe8 (27... Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxb3 29. axb3
$18) 28. Qd3 Rxa2 29. Bg5 (29. Rfd1 h3 30. Qd8 $18) 29... Nd7 30. Qd5 Nxc5 31.
Ne7+ Kh7 32. Qxa8 f6 (32... Bd7 33. Qxe8 Bxe8 34. Rxc5 $18) 33. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O
Re8 8. c4 c5 (8... e5 $5) 9. cxd5 (9. Qb3 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rf8 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e6 f6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 $16 {Plachetka,J-Hausner,I/
Trnava A/1985/}) 9... Nxd5 10. Qb3 (10. Nc4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Be2 Ne6 13.
Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. a4 a6 $15 {Silman,J-Kamsky,G/New York op/1991/})
10... N5b6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf6 13. a5 $14 {Johansen,D-Ftacnik,L/Sydney
Mercantile/1991/}) 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 N5b6 (
10... N5f6 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qa5 13. N2f3 a6 14. Bc4 Rf8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16.
Bb3 e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne2 $13 {Piket,Je-De Boer,G/NLD-ch/1991/ ~/=CBM 26})
11. Rac1 (11. a4 $5) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Nf6 14. Nc4 (14. Bf3 e5 15.
Nb5 Qxd2 16. Rfd1 Qa5) 14... e5 15. Nf3 (15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nf3 Qxb3 17. axb3
Be6 $10) 15... Nxc4 (15... e4 16. Nd4 $16) 16. Bxc4 Qe7 17. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 18.
Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Bxe8 Nxe8 (19... Qxe8 20. Rfd1) 20. Rfd1 g5 (20... Qxb2 21. Qxb2
Bxb2 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Rd8 $18) 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. Qb5 Kg8 (22... a6 23. Qb6 $16)
23. b3 a6 24. Qb6 Be6 25. e4 a5 26. e5 Ra6 27. Qb5 h5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Qxh4
(29... Qf7 30. Rd8 $18) 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 Bh3 (31... Qg4 32. Rd8 $18) 32.
Rd8 Kh6 33. Rd6+ (33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kf5 36. Qh7+ $18) 33...
Rxd6 34. exd6 Qg4 (34... Bd4 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Ke5 38. gxh3
$18) 35. Qe3+ Kg6 36. Rxg7+ (36. Qxh3 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. g3 Qxd6 $132) 36...
Kxg7 37. Qxh3 {Ftacnik,L} (37. Qxh3 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxd6+ 39. Qg3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd4 (11. a4 e5 12. Qb5 Qd6 13. Rfd1 Bc2 14.
Nc4 $2 Qe6 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qc5 Ne4 $19 {Averkin,O-Ftacnik,L/Sochi/1982/}) 11...
Bc8 12. f4 {N} (12. Rfd1 e5 13. Qb5 Qd6 14. N4b3 a6 15. Qc5 (15. Qa4 h6 16. Bh4
Bd7 17. Bg3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. Nb6 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxb6 22. Qb3 $10
{Govedarica,R-Banas,J/Trnava/1987/}) (15. Qd3 Qe6 16. e4 Rd8 17. exd5 Rxd5 18.
Qg3 $14 {Lechtynsky,J-Stohl,I/Trnava B/1989/}) 15... Qe6 16. c4 b6 17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. Qc4 h6 19. Bf3 Ncb4 $13 {Ye Rongguang-Ftacnik,L/Bacolod/1991/ ->CBexp
23}) 12... Nd7 13. Qb5 Qd6 (13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Rf2
Qxd2 17. Bxe7 (17. Bg4 a6 $1) 17... Re8 18. Bb4 $36) 14. Bf3 Nb6 15. Rad1 Bd7
16. Qe2 a6 (16... e5 $5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 $13) 17. N4b3 Qc7 (17... e5
18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Nbc5 Qe8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 $16) 18. e4 d4 $1 (18... dxe4
19. Nxe4 $14) 19. Nb1 (19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxb2 $132) (19. e5
dxc3 20. bxc3 f6 $13) 19... Be6 20. Qf2 (20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bc4 $17) 20...
dxc3 21. Nxc3 Nb4 22. Nd5 (22. f5 Bc4 23. Be2 $13) 22... N6xd5 23. exd5 Bf5 24.
g4 (24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Rfe1 f6 26. Bh4 Nd3 $17) 24... Bc2 25. Rc1 (25. Rd2 $5 Bxb2
26. Nd4) 25... Bxb2 26. Nd4 Rac8 (26... Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxa2 28. d6 exd6 29. Bh6
f6 30. Bd5+ $18) 27. Be4 Bxc1 (27... Bxd4 28. Qxd4 a5 29. a3 $18) 28. Rxc1 Qd7
$1 29. Nxc2 Nxc2 30. Rxc2 Qxg4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Qg2 Qd1+ 32. Qf1 Qd4+ $19) 31...
f6 32. d6 (32. Bh6 Rxc2 33. Bxc2 (33. Qxc2 Qh3 $19) 33... Rc8 $17) 32... Qd1+ (
32... fxg5 33. dxe7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rfe8 $17) 33. Kg2 Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Qxd6 35. Bh6
Rc8 36. Bb3+ e6 $2 (36... Kh8 $17) 37. f5 (37. Qe3 Kf7 $19) 37... gxf5 38. Kh1
$2 (38. Qxf5 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+ 40. Qxc5 Rxc5 41. Bxe6+ Kh8 $17) 38... Kf7 39.
Qe2 (39. Qxf5 Qc6+ 40. Kg1 Qc5+ 41. Qxc5 Rxc5 $19) 39... Qc6+ 40. Kg1 Rg8+ {
Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nd7 8. Bf4
(8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 $5) 10... Rd8 (10... Qf6 11. Bb5 Qd8
12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 a5 15. Ng5 g6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. e4 Ba6 18. e5
Qe7 19. Ngf3 f6 20. c4 Rae8 21. Qc3 Qb4 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Ne5 {1-0 Timman,
J-Beliavsky,A/Wijk/1985/ (42)}) 11. Qe2 g6 12. Rad1 c4 $6 (12... e5 $5 13. e4
dxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 $1 15. Qd5+ Kg7 16. Bb5 $13) 13. Bc2 f5 $8 14. Ba4 $1 {><e5}
Ncb8 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne5 $1 {Cifuentes Parada,
R-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires/1991/1-0 (45)}) 8... g5 (8... O-O 9. O-O Bf6 {
Rodriguez,O-Beliavsky,A/Vulca-Trud/1984/}) (8... c4 9. Bc2 f5 10. b3 cxb3 11.
axb3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. O-O Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17.
Ne5 Bc6 18. c4 b6 19. f3 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qd3 {Riebe,T-Garthof,G/OLNW
9192/1992/1-0 (47)}) (8... Bf6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5
Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qh5 Bxb5 15. Qxe5+ Qe7 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Qg4+ Kb8 18. c4
dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qf6 20. Rac1 {Casagrande,H-Robatsch,K/AUT-chT 9192 (05)/1992/0-1
(49)}) 9. Bg3 g4 10. Ng1 e5 (10... h5 11. h3 Qb6 12. Rb1 $14) 11. Qxg4 cxd4 12.
exd4 exd4 13. Qe2 (13. cxd4 $6 Nc5 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Qe3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 $15)
13... dxc3 (13... Nc5 14. Ngf3 dxc3 15. bxc3) 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Ngf3 d4 $2 (
15... Qa5 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Bb5 Rg8 18. Rac1 $14) (15... Be6 16. O-O $14) 16.
Nxd4 $1 Nxd3+ (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 (17... Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qd5 19. O-O Be6
20. Rab1 $16) 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Be5 $18) 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. O-O Bf6 (18... Nxd4
19. cxd4 Be6 20. Be5 $16) 19. N2f3 Qa5 (19... Bg4 20. Rfe1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxd4
22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Rab1 $16) 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Be5 $1 Be7 (22...
Rfd8 23. Qf5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd5 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. c4 $16) (22... Bxf3 23. Bxf6
Bh5 24. Re7 $16) 23. Nd4 f6 24. Nf5 $1 (24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Bc7 Qa3 26. Nxc6 bxc6
27. Qf3 $16) 24... Kh8 (24... fxe5 25. Qg3+ Kf7 26. Rxe5 $18) 25. Bc7 $1 Qxc7
26. Rxe7 (26. Rxe7 Qf4 27. Qh3 h6 28. Nxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
Qb3 c6 9. O-O e5 10. e4 exd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bc4 Re7 (12... exf3 13. Bxf7+
Kh8 14. Bxe8 Qxe8 15. Rfe1 $40) 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Rae1 Qf8 $1 16.
Ne5 Rxd4 17. f4 Rd5 $3 (17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. e6 Qd6 $13) 18. Bxd5 (18.
Bxg6 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 $19) 18... Nxd5 19. Be7 $1 Qg8 (19... Qxe7
20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Rd1 $13)
20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxb7 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bc5 a6 24. b3 $2 Kg8 25. Rf2 Bc3
26. Rd1 Re8 27. h3 Re4 28. Kh2 h5 29. Rc1 Be1 30. Rfc2 Nxf4 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32.
bxc4 Bg3+ $1 33. Kh1 (33. Kxg3 Ne2+ $19) 33... Bf5 34. Rc3 h4 35. Re3 Nd3 36.
Bd4 Kf7 37. c5 a5 38. a4 Be1 39. Re2 Bb4 40. Bf2 Nxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 d5 (4... e6 5. e4 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 $14) (
4... c5 $5 5. Bxf6 $5 (5. e3) 5... gxf6) 5. e3 (5. Bxf6 $5 exf6 6. e3 {/\c4!?+/
=}) 5... Nbd7 (5... e6 {/\Be7,0-0}) 6. Bd3 g6 $5 7. Qe2 (7. c4 $5) 7... c5 $5 (
7... Bg7 8. e4 $5 (8. Ba6 $5)) (7... h6 $5) (7... a6 $5) 8. Bxf6 $1 exf6 $1 (
8... Nxf6 $4 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Ne5) 9. Ba6 Bxa6 (9... Qc8) 10. Qxa6 {/\Qb7} Qc7
11. O-O Bh6 (11... Bg7) 12. c4 (12. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 13. Qb5+ Kf8 (13... Qd7))
12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Rxc4 Nc5 16. Qa3 Qd7 17. b4 (17. Rfc1
) 17... Ne6 18. N2f3 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
c4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 (10. Qb3 $5 N5b6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf6 13. a5 Be6
14. Qb4 (14. Qb5 $1 Nbd5 15. Qxb7 $14) 14... Nfd5 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Rfe1 N7f6 $11
{Johansen,D-Ftacnik,L/Sydney Mercantile/1991/ ->CBM 23}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4
Nc5 12. Be2 Ne6 $1 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfd1 (16. a5 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6) 16... Qc7 17. Bf1 $2 (17. Rac1) 17... b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5
Qe5 20. Bh4 Qxb2 21. Bg3 (21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Nc3 23. Rxb2 Nxd1 $19) 21...
Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxa1 23. Bxb8 Bf6 {Ftacnik,L} (23... Bf6 24. Bg3 Nc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 Ne4 (9... c5) 10. Bh4 Qe8 $6 (10... a5 $10) 11. a5 h6 12. Qc2 (12.
a6 $5 Bc6 13. Qc2) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. a6 Bc8 (14... Bc6 15. Ne5 $16)
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c6 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Be6 (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20.
Ne5 $14) 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nd2 f5 $1 23. e4 $1 f4 (23...
Bxd4 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29.
Qxc6 $16 {xa7, e7}) 24. d5 cxd5 (24... Bf7 25. dxc6 Ne5 26. Bxb5 g5 27. c7 Bh5
28. f3 Qg6 29. Bf2 $18) 25. Rxc8 (25. exd5 $1 Bxd5 26. Bxe7 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rf7
28. Re1 f3 (28... Ne5 29. Bd6 f3 30. Qe3 fxg2 31. Bxe5 Re7 32. Be4 $1 $18) 29.
Qe3 $16) 25... Qxc8 26. Bxe7 (26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Bxg6 Ne5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4
Qxa6 30. Bxe7 $14) 26... Re8 27. Bd6 (27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Bxg6 Ne5 29. Bxe8 Qxe8
30. Re1 Qxe7 31. Qxb5 Qd6 $13) 27... dxe4 28. Qxe4 $2 (28. Bxe4 $1 $14) 28...
Nf6 $1 (28... Bf7 29. Qb7 Qc3 30. Bxb5 Qxd2 31. Qxd7 $16) 29. Qxg6 (29. Qxf4
Rd8 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Qxa6 $10) 29... Bf7 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 Rd8 32.
Bxf4 Nd5 33. Bg3 Nxb4 34. Ne4 Nxa6 35. Nd6 $6 (35. Rc1 $1 b4 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37.
Bxc8 Bd5 38. f3 $10) 35... b4 36. Nxf7 (36. h4 $5 $15) 36... Kxf7 37. Re1 (37.
h4 b3 38. h5 b2 $17) 37... Bc3 $1 38. Be6+ Kg6 39. Rc1 Nc5 40. Ba2 a5 41. h4 a4
(41... Rd2 42. Bb1+ Kh5 43. Bf4 Rb2 $19) 42. Kh2 a3 (42... Rd2 $5) 43. Bf4 $1
Na4 44. g3 Kg7 45. Kh3 Rd7 (45... h5 $1) 46. Kg4 Rb7 47. Bb3 Nc5 48. Bc4 $1 (
48. Bd5 Rd7 49. Bc6 a2 50. Bxd7 Nxd7 $19) 48... Bb2 49. Re1 b3 50. Kh5 Rb6 $2 (
50... a2 $1 51. Bxh6+ Kh7 52. Re8 Rg7 $8 53. Bxg7 Kxg7 54. Re7+ Kf8 55. Rf7+
Ke8 56. Ra7 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Bxa1 58. Kg6 b2 59. Ba2 Ne4 60. Bb1 Nc3 61. Bc2 b1=Q
62. Bxb1 Nxb1 63. f4 Nc3 64. g4 Kf8 $17) 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Ra7 a2 53. Be3 $1 Na6
$1 (53... Rc6 54. Bd5 Na6 55. Bxc6 a1=Q 56. Bxh6+ Bg7 (56... Kg8 57. Bd5+ Kh8
58. Ra8+ Kh7 59. Be4#) 57. Bxg7+ Qxg7 58. Rxg7 Kxg7 59. Be4 $16) 54. Bxa6 (54.
Ra8+ $2 Rb8 $1 55. Bxh6+ Ke8 56. Rxa6 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Bxa1 58. Bd3 b2 59. Bb1 Rc8
$17) 54... a1=Q 55. Bc5+ Ke8 (55... Kg8 $2 56. Bc4+ Kh8 57. Rxa1 Bxa1 58. Bxb6
$18) 56. Ra8+ Rb8 (56... Kf7 $4 57. Bc4+ $18) (56... Kd7 $2 57. Bc8+ Kc6 58.
Rxa1 Kxc5 $15) 57. Rxb8+ Kd7 58. Be2 $2 (58. Bb5+ $1 Kc7 59. Rb6 $1 (59. Re8
Qd1+ 60. Kxh6 Qc1+ 61. Be3 Qc3 $15) 59... Qd1+ 60. Kxh6 Bc1+ 61. f4 b2 62. Rc6+
Kd8 (62... Kb7 63. Rb6+ $10) 63. Bb6+ Ke7 64. Bc5+ Kf7 65. Bc4+ Ke8 66. Bb5 Kf7
$10 (66... b1=Q $4 67. Rc8+ Kf7 68. Bc4+ Kf6 69. Rf8#)) 58... Bd4 $1 $17 59.
Bg4+ Kc7 60. Bxd4 (60. Rc8+ Kb7 61. Bxd4 Qxd4 62. Bf5 b2 63. Rf8 Qc5 64. Rf7+
Kb8 65. Kxh6 Qxf2 $19) 60... Qa5+ 61. Kxh6 Kxb8 62. Kg6 Qb5 63. Bf5 b2 64. f4 (
64. h5 Qxf5+ 65. Kxf5 b1=Q+ $19) 64... Qxf5+ 65. Kxf5 b1=Q+ 66. Kg5 Kc8 67. g4
Kd7 68. h5 Ke6 69. h6 Kf7 70. Bg7 (70. f5 Kg8 71. Bg7 Kh7 72. Kh5 Qe1 73. Kg5
Qe4 74. Kh4 Qe3 75. Kh5 Qe7 76. g5 Qe2+ 77. Kh4 Qe4+ 78. Kh5 Qxf5 $19) 70...
Qc1 71. Be5 Kg8 72. Bg7 Kh7 73. Kf5 Qc2+ 74. Kg5 Qd2 75. Kf5 (75. Be5 Qd5 76.
Kh5 $140 Qh1+ 77. Kg5 Qxh6+ 78. Kf5 Qg6#) 75... Qd5+ 76. Kf6 Qd8+ 77. Kf5 Qe7
78. g5 Qd7+ 79. Kf6 Qd3 80. Ke6 Kg6 81. Be5 Qf5+ 82. Kd5 Kf7 83. Kd4 Ke6 84.
Ke3 Kd5 85. Kf3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. b4 c6 10. a4 a5 11. Qb3 (11. b5 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bh4
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 c4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Re1 Be6 $14 {Torre,E-Ftacnik,L/Novi Sad/
1984/}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 e4 13. Ne1 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 $6 (15. h3) (15. b5
$22 h4 16. Bd6 $13) 15... Ng4 $1 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. f3 (18. b5 Ndf6
{/\ h4,h3->}) 18... exf3 19. Rxf3 Ndf6 20. Nf1 axb4 21. Qxb4 Ne4 22. Bd3 h4 23.
a5 Qh5 24. Qb2 (24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rh3 Nf6 26. Rh2 Nd5) 24... Ng5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5
26. Qd2 (26. Nc2 $5 {/\ a6 <=>}) 26... Bh6 27. Nc2 Kg7 28. c4 Be6 29. c5 (29.
cxd5 Bxd5 30. Rf5 Qe7 $40) 29... Re7 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 Nf6 33.
Bd3 Bg4 34. Rf2 Ne4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 $17 36. Nh2 Be6 37. Nf3 Qg3 38. Re2 Bg4 39.
Qe1 Bh5 40. Qf2 f5 $1 41. Re1 f4 42. exf4 Bxf4 43. Qxg3+ hxg3 44. Kf1 Kf6 45.
Ra1 (45. Rxe4 dxe4 46. Nfe1 Bd2 {/\ Ke6-+}) 45... Re8 46. Nb4 (46. Ra6 Bxf3 47.
Rxc6+ Kf5 48. gxf3 g2+ 49. Kxg2 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Rxc2 $19) 46... Bxf3 47. gxf3 Rh8
48. Ra2 Kg5 49. Rg2 Rb8 50. Rb2 (50. Nxc6 Rb1+ 51. Ke2 Kh4 $19) 50... Bc1 51.
Rc2 Rxb4 52. Rxc1 Kf4 53. Ra1 Rxd4 54. Ra8 Kxf3 55. Rf8+ Rf4 56. Rb8 Re4 57.
Rf8+ Ke3 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. c4 {In this position black has two options: Take on d4 and try to
simplify the position or gain some space by advancing e5-e4. Of course, e4 is
more double edged since it leaves the 'd5' pawn weakenned as an object to
white assaults.} e4 {Smirin wants to get an unclear position, with as few
exchanges as possible.} (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 h6 (10... Nc5 11. Qc2 (11. cxd5
Qxd5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Bf3 Qd8 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nc4 Qc5
18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Bd6 Qg5 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bd6 Qg5 22. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Torre,
E-Sokolov,I/Biel 1989/CBM 14 (22)}) 11... Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14.
Bf3 Rad8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 c6 18. c5 Nd7 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bd6 Qf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Bogdanovski,V-Kaminski,M/Warsaw 1991/EXT 97 (60)}) 11. Bh4 a6 (
11... Ne5 12. Rc1 c5 13. N4f3 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17.
Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Ye Rongguang-Wojtkiewicz,A/Calcutta 1991/CBM 22 (17)}) 12. cxd5
Nb6 13. Rc1 Nbxd5 14. Bf3 g5 15. Bg3 g4 16. Be2 h5 17. Qb3 c6 18. Bh4 Qb6 19.
Bc4 Qxb3 20. Bxb3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bc2 Re8 23. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Ibragimov,I-Cvitan,O/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (37) White has some edge due to
black's weakenned structure on the kiingside.}) 10. Ne1 c6 (10... c5 11. Nc2
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bh4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b6 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Nd6 Nxd4
18. exd4 Re7 19. d5 $16 {1-0 Ye Rongguang-Tseshkovsky,V/Belgrade 1988/CBM 10 
(34)}) 11. cxd5 (11. b4 Nf8 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Be5 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. h3 Nh6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Qd1 h4 21. Nb3 b6 22. b5 g4
$40 {0-1 Eperjesi,L-Borocz,I/Budapest 1993/EXT 97 (38)}) 11... cxd5 {Now a
reversed french arises with the big difference that white already took his
dark squared bishop out.} 12. Qb3 h6 (12... Qa5 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Nb6 15.
Nc2 Bd7 16. Na3 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c4 Bc6 19. c5 Nd7 20. Nb5 Rec8 21. Nd6 Rc7
22. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Costa,J-Zapata,A/Biel 1988/EXT 97 (63)}) 13. Bh4 Re6 14. a4
$6 {[%csl Gb4]} (14. Qxd5 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Nb6 {Is unclear, although
I believe that the piece counts here more than pawns.}) (14. f3 Qa5 $15) (14.
Nb1 $5 {[%csl Gd5] Trying to put the pieces on their natural positions} Rb6 15.
Qc2 Nf8 16. Nc3 g5 17. Bg3 Ng6 $132) 14... Nb8 $1 {With his last move white
has weakenned the 'b4' square and it's exactly where the knight is headed,
intending to block white's play even before it has begun} 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. Nb4
$4 {A blunder. White probably misses black's 19th move.} (16. Qc3 Bd7 17. b4
Ne7 $15 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c1,Ge7f5,Gf5d6,Gd6c4]}) (16. Rac1 $5) 16...
Qa5 $1 17. Bxf6 (17. Nxc6 Qxd2 18. Nd8 Rd6 $19) 17... Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19.
Nc3 (19. Nc7 Qxe2 20. Nxa8 Re7 $19) 19... Bxd4 20. exd4 (20. Rfd1 Bxc3 21. Rxd2
Bxd2 22. Rd1 Bb4 23. Bc4 Re7 {[%cal Gc8e6] With a decisive edge for black.})
20... Nxd4 21. Qd1 Nxe2+ (21... e3 $6 22. Bc4 (22. Qxd2 exd2 23. Bc4 Rc6 24.
Bd5 Rd6 25. Rad1 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Rxd5 $17) 22... Rd6 (22... Rc6 $2 23. Bxf7+) 23.
Ne4 (23. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 24. fxe3+ Nf5)) 22. Nxe2 e3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ $17 24. Rf2
Re8 {The absence of white's f pawn creates a much more important factor than
the pawn itself, a weakenned king, which Smirin exploits very accurately} 25.
Ra3 Qe5 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 26. Qb3 Re7 27. Qb4 Bf5 (27... b6 {was also possible})
28. Rg3 (28. Ng3 Rd8 $19 (28... Qe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bd7
$17 {[%cal Gd7c6]})) 28... Rd8 29. Nc3 Bd3 {[%csl Yf1][%cal Ge5e1,Yd3f1]} 30.
h3 Rd4 (30... Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Qxe7) (30... Qxg3 31. Qxe7) 31. Qa3 Red7 {
[%csl Gf2,Gg3][%cal Ge5e1,Ge1f2,Ge5g3]} 32. Rgf3 Bc4 {[%cal Gd4d1]} 33. Qa1 Rd2
34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Qc1 Qg5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gd2g2,Gg5g2,Yg5c1]} 0-1

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
O-O e5 (8... c6 {leading to transposition} 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Rxe5 12. Nf3 $5 {not comitting himself to the placement of the bishop yet, and
keeping the pin for a while.} Re8 13. c4 $6 (13. h3 $5) 13... Qa5 14. h3 Be6
15. Bf4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd5 18. Ng5 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rad1 Rad8
$17 {0-1 Sergeev,N-Yandemirov,V/Ekaterinburg 1997/CBM 57 ext (33)}) 9. dxe5
Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Bf4 (11. Bh4 c6 (11... Qe8 $2 {[%csl Ge5]} 12. c4 Rh5
13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 Rc5 16. b4 Bxa1 17. bxc5 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5
19. Qd8+ Kg7 20. f3 $40 {1-0 Annageldiev,O-Thipsay,P/Calcutta 1996/CBM 50 ext 
(31)}) (11... Re8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4
Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. a3 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Wojtkiewicz,A/Rakvere 1993/CBM
38 (18)}) 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. e4 Rh5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. exd5 Rxd5 17.
Nc4 Qh4 18. Qe2 Rh5 19. h3 Rg5 20. Kh1 Rc5 21. Ne3 $11 {0-1 Engqvist,T-Akesson,
R/Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1998 (40)}) (11. Nf3 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14.
Qc2 $6 (14. Nd4) 14... Nc5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qd1 g5 17. Bh2 c6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Hausrath,D-Ftacnik,L/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (33)}) 11... Re8 12. h3 {[%cal Gf6h5]
black was threatenning Nh5} c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nb3 $146 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb3c5,
Gb3d4,Yd8b6,Rc6c4] A new plan according to my database.White knight can get to
'd4' just likehe would from 'f3' but meanwhile he takes the 'c5' square under
control which makes harder for black to develop his play. However, just like
everything else in life, it has its drawbacks, and the main is that the knight
will be standing in the way of black pawns, demanding of white to be careful.}
(14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Bf1 Ne6 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Rad1 a5 20.
Nf3 Nc5 21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Lendwai,R-Stanec,N/Vienna AUT
1999 (23)}) 14... Qb6 15. Qc2 ({An attempt to fight for c5 by:} 15. Bd6 {
is easily parried by} Ne4 16. Ba3 {and} Rac8 (16... Rad8 17. Qc2) 17. Bxe4 (17.
f3 $2 {weakenning the black squares next to his king.} Nf6 18. Bc5 Qc7 $17 {
[%csl Gf2,Gg3,Gh2]}) 17... dxe4 18. Nc5 Rcd8 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. Rad1 $11) 15... c5
16. c4 (16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qd1 Rad8 $17) 16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 {[%cal Gg7b2,
Gd5f4,Gd5b4]} (17... Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rad8 20. Qc2 $11) 18. Bxd5 Bxd5
{^^} 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxb2 (20... Rac8 $5 21. Na4 (21. Nd3 Be4 22. Rad1
Rc2 $15) 21... Rc2 22. Nc3 (22. Rac1 Rxc1 (22... Rec8 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd1 $18
{[%csl Gd8]}) 23. Rxc1 Bxa2 24. Rc7 Bd5 $15) 22... Bc6 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2
Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bg7 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Re2 28. a3 $15 Kf8 29. Bb8 $1 a6 30. Ba7
$11 {[%cal Ga7c5]}) 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Nxb7 Bxa2 23. Rb5 Rec8 (23... Be6 24. Nd6
(24. Be5 Bd7 $19) 24... Red8 25. Reb1 Bf8 (25... a5 26. Nb7 $16) 26. Nb7 Rd2
27. Ra5 $11) 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rc7 26. Ra1 Bb3 27. Nd6 a6 28. Rea5 Rc6 29.
Nb5 $11 {[%cal Gb5d4]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 $5 (6...
b6 7. Ngf3 c5 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Rad1 Ne6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13.
Ne5 Nd8 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. e4 dxe4 19.
Qxe4 Qa6 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Gurevich,M-Milov,V/Ajaccio 2004/EXT 2005
(102)}) (6... Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8. Ngf3 cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bf5
12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. O-O Qd6 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Rfb8 16. h3 b6 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. b4
Qc7 19. Rf3 e6 $13 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Hermansson,E/Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN
2005/The Week in Chess 546 (40)}) 7. Ngf3 (7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. O-O e5
10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Bb3 Bc6 $132 {0-1 Najjar,
A-Mamedov,R/Dubai UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 544 (25)}) 7... Qb6 8. Rb1 Nc6 9.
O-O Re8 10. b4 (10. Re1 {Finkel,A} e5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 exd4 13. exd5 Rxe1+
14. Qxe1 Ne7 15. c4 (15. d6 $6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19.
Nxd2 Kxf6 20. Ne4+ Kg7 21. Nxc5 dxc3 22. bxc3 b6 $15 {Lechtynsky,J-Stohl,I/
Tatran Cup 1984}) 15... Bf5 16. Qe2 Qa6 $13 {Cvek,R-Jansa,V/Zlin 1998}) 10...
cxb4 11. cxb4 e5 {Finkel,A: 'The most principal conituation.'} (11... a5 {
'!?' Finkel,A.} 12. a3 (12. bxa5 {Finkel,A} Qxa5 13. Nb3 Qa7 14. Bb5 Ne4 15.
Rc1 Bg4 16. Bh4 Qxa2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 g5 $11 {Bator,Z-Schandorff,L/
Copenhagen 1985}) 12... axb4 13. Qb3 e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. axb4 Be6 16. b5 Ncxe5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Izquierdo,D-Riverol,J/Montevideo 2001/CBM 082 ext (53)}) (11...
Bg4 {Finkel,A} 12. Qb3 (12. h3 Be6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 16.
Rxc1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Kf8 18. Bf4 Qd8 $11 {Pyhala,A-Salmensuu,O/Tampere 1997}) 12...
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. Rfc1 Rec8 15. a3 Ne8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Qa2 a6 18. Rc2 f6 19.
h4 Na7 $11 {Aldrete,J-De Greif,B/Buenos Aires 1978}) (11... a6 {Finkel,A} 12.
h3 e5 $2 13. b5 axb5 14. Bxb5 exd4 15. Nxd4 $16 {Alekseev,A-Dvoirys,S/
Jaroslavl 1986}) (11... Bf5 $5 {Finkel,A} 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne1
$5 (14. a3 e6 15. Nb3 Ne7 $5 16. Nc5 Nc8 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qe7
20. g4 $14 {Plachetka,J-Sinowjew,J/Oberwart op 1991 (34)}) 14... e6 15. Nd3 Qd8
16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Rbc1 Nc8 18. Rc7 $5 Re7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Rc1 $14 {
Reefschlaeger,H-Podzielny,K/BL8384 1984}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 (13...
Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qf3 Qd6 17. h3 $14) 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qa4 $5 {
[/\ 16.Qa5, 17.Rfc1|^<<] Finkel,A: 'Harmless continuation, but it's not easy
to point out a better alternative.'} (15. Qf3 {Finkel,A} Bd7 16. Bg5 Rac8 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nb3 Rc3 $6 19. Nc5 Rd8 20. Rfd1 $14 {Druckenthaner,A-Sinowjew,J/
Austria 1992}) (15. a4 {Finkel,A} Bd7 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. a5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Sokolov,I/EU-chT 1992}) 15... Bd7 16. Qa5 Ne4 $5 {Finkel,A:
'Forcing white to take on e4.'} (16... Qxa5 17. bxa5 Bc6 18. Rfc1 $14) 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. Bc4 Be6 ({Finkel,A: After} 18... Qxa5 19. bxa5 Bc6 20. Bb5 $5 {
Finkel,A: 'white keeps a slight edge due to the pressure on b7.'} (20. Rfd1
Rac8 $11) 20... Bxb5 {Finkel,A} (20... Rec8 {Finkel,A} 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rfc1
c5 23. Rc4 f5 24. Rb7 Rc6 25. h3 $14) 21. Rxb5 Re7 22. Rfb1 Rd8 23. g4 Rdd7 24.
Kg2 $14) 19. Rfc1 Rec8 $5 20. Bxe6 (20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8
23. Rd1 e5 24. Bg3 Kf7 $132) 20... Qxe6 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 ({Finkel,A: Another way
to equality was} 21... Rxc8 $5 {'!' Finkel,A.} 22. Qxa7 Qd5 $44 23. h3 {
Finkel,A} b5 $11 {and black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 22. Rd1
Qc2 (22... Qc4 $5 23. h3 h6 $13) 23. Qd5 Bf6 {[/\ 24...Rd8] '?!' Finkel,A.} (
23... h5 {Finkel,A} 24. h3 Rc8 25. Qd7 Bf6 $11) 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Bxg7 (25. Bg5
h6 $132) 25... Kxg7 26. h4 $1 {[/\ 27.h5|^>>]} Re8 27. Qd4+ (27. h5 Re6 28.
Qd4+ Kh6 29. hxg6 $14) 27... Kh6 (27... Kg8 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qd5 $36) 28. Qd6 $5
$138 (28. Ra1 b6 (28... a6 29. Qd7 $14) 29. Qd7 Rf8 $14) 28... Qxa2 29. Qf4+
Kg7 30. h5 Qe6 31. h6+ Kf8 32. Qc7 $44 Qc6 33. Qa5 a6 34. Qg5 Qe6 $6 $138 (
34... f5 $5 35. Qf4 Kf7 36. g4 $44) 35. Qc5+ Qe7 (35... Kg8 36. Rd6 $16) 36.
Rd6 $1 g5 $2 (36... Kg8 37. Qd4 Qf8 38. Qb6 $44) 37. g3 {/\ 38.Kg2;} (37. g4 $5
) 37... b5 38. Kg2 $22 $16 Qe5 (38... Kg8 39. Qd4 $18) 39. Rd5+ Qe7 40. Qd4 f6
41. Rd6 Kg8 (41... Qe5 42. Rxf6+ Kg8 43. Qd7 $18) 42. Rd7 $1 $18 Qe6 (42... Qf8
43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Qd7 $18) 43. Qa7 Qf5 44. Rd8 $1 1-0

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1997.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bxf6 $5 {Apparently this move has not been played before} Bxf6 10. Qe2
Bg7 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Rfe1 c4 $6 {The beginning of a strategically dubious plan.
} 13. Bc2 f5 14. Ng5 $1 Rf6 15. f4 $1 {[%csl Rb7] In a blocked position white
now has a clear advantage because: he has the good bishop - black has one very
bad bishop(Bb7). White has to Ns and Ns are stronger than Bs in closed
positions - especially here where e5 could be a good square for the Ns. Should
one N be changed on e5 then after d4xe5 the square d4 looks like a good place
for the other N to go.} b5 16. g4 e6 17. Qg2 Qe7 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Nh3 a5 20. Ne5
g5 $6 {Objektively speaking this is tactically a bad move. However the idea is
sound. To open the diagonal for blacks bad Bb7} 21. gxf5 Nxe5 (21... exf5 22.
fxg5 hxg5 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxg5 $16 {Black has lost a P and Bb7 is still a
useless piece}) 22. dxe5 Rxf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. fxg5 d4 {Black has managed to
open the diagonal a8-h1 for Bb7. The cost has been to high though. Exchange, P
and bad K-position - for one good bishop-/^} 25. e4 dxc3 26. bxc3 $2 {So far
Smyslov has been able to use is outstanding experience in strategical
positions. However when a game is decided normally it is neccesary to switch
into calculating winning lines. Of which the first seems to be:} (26. gxh6 cxb2
27. Qg6 $1 Bxe4 28. Ng5 $18) 26... hxg5 27. Nxg5 b4 28. e6 Bc6 29. Nf7 $2 {
The last clear win was probably:} (29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Re4f5,Rg3h4] /
\exf5//\Qh4}) 29... Qf6 30. Rd6 Qxc3 31. Red1 Bxe4 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7
34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Nf7+ {A interesting struggle between a strategical and  a
tactical player.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O
Qb6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qa7 12. Qb2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bh4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. bxa5 Rab8 17. Qb4 Bf8 18. Qb3 Qxa5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 b5 21.
Bf6 Ra8 22. Bg4 Qa7 23. Re1 h5 24. Bh3 Bg7 25. Qd1 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qc5 27. Qd4
Qd6 28. f3 Bc2 29. e4 Re5 30. Qd2 Bb3 31. f4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Rxe4 33. f5 Qf8 34.
fxg6 fxg6 35. Be6+ Rxe6 36. Rxe6 d4 37. Rxc6 Bd5 38. Rb6 Rxa3 39. Rxa3 Qxa3 {
[#]} 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Qe1 dxc3 42. Rc8 Bc4 43. h3 c2 44. Qe8+ Kxf6 45. Rc6+ Kg7
46. Qe5+ (46. Qxg6+ Kf8 47. Rf6+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Ke8 $10) 46... Kh6 (46... Kh7 47.
Rc7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ g5 49. Qf6#) (46... Kg8 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Qe8+
Qf8 50. Qxg6+ $18) (46... Kf8 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Rc8#)
47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. b4 c6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rc1 a5 10. b5 c5 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Ne4 14. Bh4 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 e5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qc5
Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ng5 Bxe2+ 26. Kxe2 h6 27. Ne4
Ke7 28. Rc1 Kd8 29. Nf6 Re6 30. Rd1+ Rd6 31. Ng4 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Nd6 33. Nxe5
Nxb5 34. Nxf7+ Ke7 35. Ne5 Kf6 36. Nc4 Nc3+ 37. Kc2 Nxa2 38. Nxa5 b6 39. Nc6
Ke6 40. Kb2 Kd6 41. Kxa2 Kxc6 42. Kb3 (42. g4 $1) 42... Kc5 (42... h5 $5 43.
Kc4 b5+ 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. e4 Kc6 46. e5 Kb6 47. Kd5 $18) 43. e4 $2 (43. g4 $1 g5
44. f4 gxf4 45. exf4 Kd5 46. Kb4 Ke4 47. g3 $18) (43. g4 $1 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5
45. f4 Kd5 46. f5 Ke5 47. e4 h4 48. Kb4 Kf4 49. f6 Kg3 50. f7 $18) (43. g4 $1
Kd5 44. f4 Ke4 45. Kb4 $18) 43... h5 $1 44. Kc3 b5 45. f4 $2 (45. f3 $1 g5 (
45... b4+ 46. Kd3 Kb5 47. Kd4 Ka4 48. e5 b3 (48... Kb5 49. f4 $18) 49. e6 b2
50. e7 b1=Q 51. e8=Q+ Ka3 52. Qa8+ Kb2 53. Qb7+ Kc1 54. Qxb1+ $18) 46. f4 h4
47. gxh4 $18) 45... Kc6 $1 (45... Kd6 46. Kd4 Kc6 47. e5 $18) (45... b4+ 46.
Kd3 Kb5 47. Kd4 Ka4 48. f5 b3 49. Kc3 Ka3 50. f6 b2 51. f7 b1=Q 52. f8=Q+ $18)
46. Kd4 Kd6 47. e5+ Kc6 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kd3 b4 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Ke3
Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Kc2 Kc6 55. Kb3 Kb5 56. Kb2 Kb6 57. Kb3 Kb5 58. g4 (58. e6
Kc6 59. Kxb4 Kd6 60. Kc4 Kxe6 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Ke3 Kg4 63. Kf2 h4 64. gxh4 Kxf4
65. g3+ Kg4 66. Kg2 g5 $10) 58... hxg4 59. g3 Kc5 60. Ka4 Kd5 (60... Kc4 61. e6
b3 62. e7 b2 63. e8=Q b1=Q 64. Qc8+ Kd4 65. Qxg4 Ke3 $10) 61. Kxb4 g5 (61... g5
62. fxg5 (62. Kc3 gxf4 63. gxf4 g3 $19) 62... Kxe5 63. Kc5 Kf5 64. Kd5 Kxg5 65.
Ke5 Kg6 66. Kf4 Kf6 67. Kxg4 Kg6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 c6 11. c4 exd4 12. Nbxd4 Nb6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Qe7 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. Bf5 Bxd4 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. exd4 Nd5 23. Ra3 Be6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Qg5 27.
Raf3 Bg4 28. Rf1 Re2 29. Qd3 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Be2+ 31. Qg3 Bxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qxg3
33. hxg3 Kxh7 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 Rd8 36. Ke2 Rxd4 37. b3 Kf8 38. Rb6 c5 39.
Rxh6 Rb4 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. Rf3 c4 42. bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rf4 Rc3 44. g4 Kg6 45. Kd2
Rg3 46. Kc2 Kg5 47. Rf5+ Kxg4 48. Rxa5 $10 Kf4 $1 (48... Kf3 $1 $10) (48... Rh3
$2 $18 {24} 49. Kb2 Kf4 50. Rb5 Ke4 51. a5 Rh6 52. Kc3 Rh1 (52... Rg6 53. Kb4
Rh6 54. Rg5 Re6 55. Kb5 $18) 53. Rc5 Rc1+ 54. Kb4 Rb1+ 55. Kc4 Rc1+ 56. Kb5
Rb1+ 57. Kc6 Ra1 58. Kb6 Kd4 59. Rb5 Rh1 60. a6 Rh6+ 61. Ka5 Rh7 62. Rb8 Rh5+
63. Kb4 Rh7 64. Ra8 Re7 65. a7 Ke4 66. Kb5 Ke3 67. Kb6 Re6+ 68. Kc7 Re7+ 69.
Kd6 Rh7 70. Re8+ $18) 49. Kb2 Ke4 50. Rc5 (50. Rb5 Kd4 51. a5 Rg6 52. Kb3 Rh6
53. Kb4 Rh1 $1 $8 54. a6 Ra1 $1 $8 55. Rb6 Rb1+ 56. Ka5 Ra1+ 57. Kb5 Kd5 $1 $10
) 50... Kd4 51. Rc8 Rh3 52. a5 Rh5 53. a6 Rb5+ 54. Kc2 Ra5 55. Rc6 Kd5 56. Rh6
Kc4 57. Rh4+ Kb5 58. Rh5+ Kxa6 59. Rxa5+ Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 (4. Bf4 $32) 4... Qd6 (4... c5 $5 5. e3
Qb6 $10) 5. Nbd2 Qh6 6. Qc1 Nxd2 {N} (6... Nc6 7. c3 Qh5 8. h3 h6 9. g4 Qg6 $13
{Loginov-Karpeshov,Volgodonsk 1983}) 7. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 $14 Bf5 9. e3 e6 10.
Be2 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Nh4 $14) 11. Bg3 {/\Nh4} h6 (11... Bxg3
12. hxg3 h6 13. Rh4 {/\g4-g5+/=}) 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. a4 $1 (13. Rhc1 Ke7 14. c4
dxc4 15. Rxc4 Nc6 16. Rac1 Be4 $10) 13... Ke7 (13... a5 14. Ra3 $14) 14. a5 Nd7
(14... Nc6 15. Ra4 $14) (14... Rc8 $5 15. Rhc1 Nc6 16. Ra4 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18.
Rca1 Ra5 $14) 15. Rhc1 Rhc8 (15... Nf6 $32 16. Ke1 Rhc8 17. c3 $14) 16. Ne1 $1
Rc7 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 Rb8 (18... Rac8 $5 19. Ra3 Nb8 $14) 19. Ra3 b6 20.
Rca1 $5 (20. axb6 Rxb6 21. b3 Nb8 22. c3 $6 (22. Rca1 Nc6 $14) 22... a5 $1 $10)
20... b5 21. a6 {Creating a first weakness: 'b'-pawn.} b4 22. Ra5 Rc6 23. f3 (
23. Rb5 Rxb5 24. Bxb5 Rb6 25. Bd3 $14) 23... Rcb6 24. h4 Nf6 25. g4 {White's
plan is to provoke another weakness on a king-side, exchange one pair of rooks
and combine threats on different sides of the board.} Rh8 26. Rb5 Rhb8 $6 (
26... Rxb5 $32) 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nd7 (29... Ne8 $6 30. Rh1
Nc7 31. Rh7 Kf8 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Kc1 Nxa6 34. Ra8 Nc7 35. Rxa7 Kd7 36. Kb1 $18)
30. Rh1 $16 Rb8 31. Rh7 Rg8 (31... Kf8 $5 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rxb8 Nxb8 34. c3 $16
) 32. c3 $1 {With passive black rook white can bring their king to the action.}
(32. Kc1 $5 Nb6 $1 33. Kb1 Nc4 $132) 32... bxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Kd8 34. Kb4 Kc7 35.
Ka5 Nb6 (35... Nb8 $2 36. Bb5 $18) 36. Rh2 $1 (36. b3 $2 Nc8 37. Rh2 Ne7 38.
Bb5 Nf5 $132) 36... Rc8 37. b3 Kd7 38. Rh7 Rg8 39. f4 {/\39...Nc8 40.f5!} Ke7
40. Bb5 (40. Kb5 Na8 $1 41. Kc6 $4 Rb8 $19) 40... f6 (40... Nc8 $5 $16) 41. Be2
fxg5 42. fxg5 Nd7 (42... Kf7 43. Bh5+ Ke7 44. Kb5 $18) (42... Na8 $5 $16) 43.
Kb5 $1 Nf8 44. Rh2 Nd7 45. Kc6 $18 Rc8+ 46. Kb7 Rb8+ 47. Kxa7 Rxb3 48. Rh8 $1 {
Following the same strategy: to attack black's position from different sides.
Now black king became an object for an offence too.} Nf8 (48... Rxe3 $6 49. Bh5
Nf8 50. Rg8 g6 51. Bxg6 Nxg6 52. Rg7+ $18) 49. Bd1 Rb4 $8 (49... Rxe3 $5 50.
Kb6 $1 (50. Kb7 Re1 $1 51. Rg8 (51. a7 Rxd1 52. a8=Q Rb1+ 53. Kc7 Rc1+ $16)
51... Rxd1 52. Rxg7+ Ke8 53. a7 Rb1+ 54. Kc6 Ra1 $16) 50... Ra3 51. Kb5 {
/\Ba4+-}) (49... Rb2 $2 50. Ba4 {/\Bc6-Bb7+-}) 50. Bc2 Rc4 51. Bd3 Rb4 52. g6
e5 53. Bf5 exd4 54. exd4 Rxd4 55. Kb6 Ra4 (55... Rb4+ 56. Ka5 Rb2 57. Rh4 $18)
56. Rg8 Ne6 57. a7 {Yusupov} 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 $5 (6... Nbd7 7.
O-O c5 8. c3 b6 9. a4 a6 10. b4 c4 11. b5 $5 Bb7 12. Qc2 e6 13. Qb2 axb5 14.
axb5 Qe7 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Bf3 h6 17. Bxf6 $1 $14 {Smyslov,V-Chiburdanidze,M/
Aruba/1992/1:0/69/}) 7. c3 b6 8. b4 $5 cxb4 (8... c4 9. a4 $14) 9. cxb4 Bb7 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Qb3 $5 (11. a4 $5) 11... a6 $6 (11... Ne4 $5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2
Nf6 $14) 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Bf4 $5 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 $14) 13... Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nc6 $6 (16... Qe7 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19.
Qc3 $14) 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rxd5 $1 (18. Qxd5 $2 Nd4 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Nxe2+
21. Qxe2 Qxb4 $17) 18... Qxb4 (18... Nxb4 19. Rdd1 {/\Rc7,Bd6+/-/}) 19. Rd7 $5
(19. Qd1 $5 $14) 19... Qxb3 20. axb3 Bc8 (20... Nd8 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Rcd1 Bc6 (
22... Ne6 23. Bxb6 $16) 23. Rxd8 Rxc7 24. Bxa6 $16) 21. Rc7 $5 (21. Rd6 $6 Nb4
22. Rxb6 Nd5 23. Rd6 Nxf4 24. exf4 $16) 21... Na5 22. b4 Nb3 (22... Nb7 23. Bc4
$16) 23. Rb1 Be6 24. Ng5 $1 (24. Bd1 $6 Rfc8 25. Bxb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxc7 27.
Bxc7 Rc8 $15) 24... Nd2 (24... Bd5 25. Rd7 Bc6 26. Rd6 Ba4 27. Rxb6 $16) 25.
Rd1 Rfd8 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rc2 $1 Ne4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bc7 $1 Rc8 (29... Ra8
30. Bxb6 $16) 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Bf1 b5 32. Ba5 (32. Bxb5 Ra1+ 33. Bf1 Bc3 34. g3
Bxb4 35. Kg2 $16) 32... Nc3 33. g3 Ra7 34. Bh3 Kf7 35. Rd2 Bf8 36. Bg2 Be7 37.
Bf3 Nb1 38. Rd3 Bf6 39. Bb6 Ra1 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Bc6 Kf8 42. Kg2 Nc3 43. Rxh7
Ra2 44. Bc5+ Kg8 45. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boim, Inon"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 (
6... c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4] 1-0
Khmelnitsky,I-Waitzkin,J/Modesto 1995/CBM 51 (38)}) 7. axb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 {
White can not expact for more than equality after this poor move. 8.Nxd4 could
lead to the sharp position.} (8. Nxd4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gd4b5,Gf2f3]}) 8... Nc6 9.
e3 e6 (9... e5 $5 10. Nxe5 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 (11. Ke2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Ge4c5] Black will easily take back a pawn, and will get convenient play.}
) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. f3 Nc5 14. Nc3 Nxb3 15. Ra4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 $13
{This is difficult to give an evaluation here, but black looks safe.}) 10. Bb5
f6 (10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Bd7 $11) 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 Bb4 13. Bg3 Ke7 14. Nc3
Rhc8 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kf7 {Blacks is obviously better: he has pair of
bishops and better pawn structure, but on the other, the position is closed
and simmetrical, and it gives white good chances for the draw.} 17. Rc2 Na5 18.
Nd2 h6 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Ncb1 Nc6 (20... Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Nc6 $15) 21. Nc3 Be7 22.
Na4 Rac8 23. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1a3,Ga3b5] White intends to transfer the knight to
a3, then threatenning Na3-b5. After a7-a6 of black, there is a gap on b6 for
another white knight.} e5 {Black decides to meet whites plan by counterplay in
the center.} (23... Bd6 24. Na3 Nb4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. Bb5 Bc8 $17
{[%csl Gc7,Gc8] Pair of bishops in this ending gives black chances for a win.
The plan is to lead e6-e5 and, then, to activate bishops.}) 24. Na3 {[%cal
Ra3b5]} Rd8 25. Nb5 Rcc8 26. dxe5 {White is very close to save in the
following variation, but black has a way to hold on the pressure.} (26. Nc5 Nb4
27. Nxd7 Nxc2 28. Bxc2 a6 $1 (28... Rxd7 29. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 30. Rxc8) 29. Nc3
Rxd7 30. Bf5 Rcc7 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Na4 exd4 33. exd4 f5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Ge7f6]}) 26... fxe5 27. e4 d4 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Bd5 a6 30. Na3 Nb4 (30... d3
$142 31. Rd2 Nb4 32. Nc3 b5 $17) 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Nb6 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 (33. Nxc8
$2 Nc3 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rc8][%cal Gc3e2]} (33... Bxa3 $19)) 33... Be6 34. Nxe7
Kxe7 35. Rc7+ Kf6 (35... Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. b4 g5 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Ke2 {
[%cal Ge2d3,Yf2f4] and this is probably draw.}) 36. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 37. Rxc4 $11 {
Black has passed pawn d, but this is not enough for a win. White controls the
important open file "c", and easily gets a draw.} Rd6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd6b6]}
(37... d3 38. Rc1 Rd4 39. Rd1 Rxe4 40. Rxd3 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re2 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43.
Rb6 Rxf2 44. Rxb7+ Kf6 45. Rb6+ Kf5 46. Rxa6 Rxb2 47. Ra7 $11) 38. Kf1 Rb6 39.
b4 a5 40. Ke2 {White is accurate in defense of this ending.} (40. bxa5 $6 Rxb2
$17 {[%cal Gd4d3,Gb2a2]}) 40... axb4 (40... Rxb4 41. Rxb4 axb4 42. Kd3 b5 43.
b3 h5 44. f4 $11) 41. f4 g5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Kd3 {Finally white is not worse
anymore in this game!} Rf6 44. Rxb4 Rf2 45. Rb5+ Kd6 46. Kxd4 Kc6 47. Rb3 Rxg2
48. Ke5 h5 49. Kf5 h4 50. Rc3+ Kd7 51. Rd3+ Ke8 52. g4 Rxb2 53. Kxg5 Re2 54.
Rb3 Rxe4 55. Rxb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.13"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. Be2
(8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O c5 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nc4
Qe7 15. d5 Rad8 16. Na3 Nf6 17. c4 h5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Bc8 20. a3 Bf5 21. Rb1
a5 22. b4 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Sjodahl,P/Oakham 1992/CBM 30 (41)}) 8... Bb7 9.
Qb3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Kh8 {intending f7-f5} 13. f4 {White
could castle to the kingside, but leaves the option, and finds it reasonable
few moves later, to castle to the queenside.} (13. O-O f5 14. f3 g5 15. Bf2 $14
) 13... exf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qe8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} (15... c5 16. O-O-O cxd4
17. exd4 Qe8 18. Rhe1 $14) 16. O-O-O e5 17. dxe5 $6 {Erasing the pawn
structure.} (17. Kb1 $142 exd4 18. exd4 Qe4+ 19. Ka1 Nf6 20. Rde1 $14 Qd5 $140
$4 21. Bxf6 Qxb3 22. Bxg7+ $18) 17... Nxe5 18. e4 {Now white is getting worse
position.} (18. Rhe1 c6 $13) 18... Nxf3 19. gxf3 Qe5 20. Kb1 Qf4 21. Be7 Rfe8
22. Qd5 Rac8 ({Positional blunder was:} 22... Qxf3 $2 23. Rhf1 Qxh3 24. Rxf7
$16 {and black king is vulnerable.}) 23. Qd7 Qxf3 24. Rde1 Kg8 (24... Qg3 $142
25. Rhf1 (25. e5 Qf4 26. Rhf1 Qc4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rf6 Qd5 $15) 25... f6 26. Rg1
Qe5 27. Ba3 g5 $15) 25. Rhf1 Qg3 26. e5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Bxe5 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Qd7 h5 31. a3 $15 {Black can be better because of
material correlation, but there is no clear plan for black to improve position.
But, of course, black could try.} (31. a3 Qd6 $1 32. Qb5 {with queens on the
board, black can not move its kingside pawns such free.} Be5 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5]}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7
15. Qe1 Rad8 16. Qh4 g6 17. Ne5 Qg7 18. Rf3 d4 19. Rg3 Be4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. c4
Bf5 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rd3 b5 25. Rxd4 bxc4 26. Rc1 Rfd8 27. Rcxc4
Qe7 28. Qe1 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb7 30. Rc6 Ne4 31. b3 Qb4 32. Nf3 Qb5 33. Ne5 Qb4
34. Nf3 Qb5 35. Rc2 Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Qd6 37. g3 Qd5 38. Kg2 Qb7 39. Qe2 {As the
f-pawn has advanced, the diagonals towards the Black king, as well as the
second rank, are terribly exposed. It makes perfect sense to move the king up
to h6.} Kg7 $1 40. Qc4 Kh6 $1 41. Qc7 Qd5 42. h3 {White could have followed
suit by playing the king up to h3, but he begins a far more active plan of
advancing the g-pawn in order to expose the black king, and weaken the f5 pawn.
} Rd7 43. Qc4 Qd1 44. Qe2 Qd5 45. g4 $1 Qb7 46. Kh2 Rc7 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Nd4
Kg6 49. Nf3 Rxc2 50. Qxc2 Kh6 51. Nd4 Qf7 52. Qc8 Kg6 53. Nf3 Kg7 54. Nh4 Nd6
55. Qc5 Qf6 56. Qxa7+ Kg8 57. Ng2 Ne4 {I'm not sure that White should have
played this. 58 Qe3 looks more solid.} 58. b4 Qc3 59. b5 Nd2 60. Qb8+ Kf7 61.
Qb7+ Kf8 62. Qc6 Qd3 63. Qf6+ Kg8 64. Qe6+ Kf8 65. Ne1 Qd4 66. Qxf5+ Kg8 67.
Nd3 Nf1+ {Whoops.} 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matlak, Marek"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. f4 Red8 16. Rf3 f5 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. g4 g6 19. Rg3 {White's attack appears
fierce, but the Black king simply heads for the hills, and there's no more
danger.} Kf7 $1 {Black is able to get away with this long march as his pawns
on c5 and d5 give him such good central control.} 20. h3 a6 21. Kh2 Ke8 22.
Rgg1 Rd7 23. Qf2 Kd8 24. Nf3 Kc7 25. Be2 Kb8 26. Qh4 Qe8 27. Rd2 Ka7 {Black's
position was totally secure, and he held the draw comfortably.} 28. Qh6 Rad8
29. Rgd1 Qe7 30. Kg3 Bc6 31. Kf2 Kb7 32. Kg3 Ka7 33. Kf2 Kb7 34. Kg3 Ka7 {
White decides not to attempt to make progress on the kingside - I think
correctly, as it is his king which could turn out to be in danger. For
instance, if he captures on f5 with the g-pawn, Black recaptures with the
e-pawn, and plays his knight to e6; White would always have to be wary of the
pawn break ... d4, busting open the position, when White's king would lack
pawn cover.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
c4 $1 c5 {A risky continuation: Black opens up the position despite being
behind in development.} (8... c6 {is simpler and more solid but... too passive.
That means that the whole 7...Re8 line is rather insufficient for equality.})
9. cxd5 (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Nf3 Nxd5 14.
Ne5 Be6 15. Qd2 Qb6 {1/2 (15) Slipak,S (2520)-Ricardi,P (2545) La Carlota 1995}
) (9. Qb3 cxd4 10. exd4 (10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qb4 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bh4 a5 14.
Qb5 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd6 16. Qb3 {1/2 (16) Landenbergue,C (2390)-Gheorghiu,F 
(2500) Biel 1992}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rf8 13. h3 Nb6 $11 {0-1 (50)
Sales Filho,E (2040)-Panno,O (2520) Fortaleza 1994}) (9. Rc1 $5 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Ne4 (10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 a6 12. Bf3 h6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Na5 $36 {0-1 (81)
Pacheco,M (2377)-Vera Siguenas,D (2482) Lima PER 2016}) 11. Bh4 $5 (11. Nxe4
dxe4 12. c5 Ne5 $132 {0-1 (56) Salov,V (2655)-Polgar,J (2550) Madrid 1992 CBM
030 [Ftacnik,L]}) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. Rfd1 $1 Qb6 14. Rxc4 a6 15. Bg3
$14 {0-1 (40) Ye,R (2480)-Milagrosa,A (2245) Greenhills 1989}) 9... cxd4 (9...
Nxd5 10. Qb3 N5f6 (10... N5b6 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Rfd1
Be6 15. Qg3 Bd5 16. Nc5 $36 {1-0 (35) Delchev,A (2480)-Petrov,M (2400)
Bulgaria 1994}) 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qa5 13. N2f3 a6 14. Bc4 Rf8 15. Qc2 Nb6
{1-0 (45) Piket,J (2590)-De Boer,G (2430) Eindhoven 1991} 16. Bd3 $14) 10. e4
$6 $146 (10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Rc1 {is more solid.} N7f6 {1/2 (11) Hug,W (2473)
-Gheorghiu,F (2450) Switzerland 1999} 12. Qb3 $14 {/=}) {With the text move
White wants to obtain a more complex position but meets a nice response.} 10...
h6 11. Bh4 ({In case of} 11. Bxf6 exf6 $5 ({or} 11... Bxf6 12. Nb3 e6) 12. Nxd4
Nb6 {[%cal Yf6f5] Black obtains good counterplay.}) 11... Nc5 $5 12. Qc2 Ncxe4
$1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bb5 (14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qf4 Qxd5 $44 {[%cal
Ye7e5] Black's central pawns guarantee him excellent compensation for the
sacrificed piece.}) 14... Bf5 15. Bxe8 Qxe8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Rxe4 Qxd5 18. Rae1
$6 {White misses a good opportunity to give his material gains back and
simplify the position:} (18. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 19. Qd2 e5 20. Qxh6 e4 21. Rd1 $1 {
[%cal Rh4f6]} (21. Nxd4 $143 Qxd4) 21... Bg7 $1 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxd5 exf3
24. gxf3 $11) 18... Rc8 19. Qd3 $6 ({Even here, with a loss of a tempo,} 19.
Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Qd2 {was better.}) 19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 (20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 e5
$1 $17 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 20... e5 $17 {Black's pawn avalanche is about to decide
the game.} 21. Re1 ({The rook exchange with} 21. Re2 f5 (21... Rc1+ $143 22.
Ne1 f5 23. f3) 22. Rc2 {was relatively better although White's defence
remained difficult after} Rxc2 23. Qxc2 d3) 21... f5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf5]} 22.
Qb1 $6 ({The desperate} 22. Nxe5 {shouldn't be enough to save the game either.}
) ({or} 22. Nd2 e4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Rc2) 22... d3 23. Nd2 Rc2 24. Nf1 Qd4
25. Ne3 Rxb2 26. Qa1 f4 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qc1 d2 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31.
Rd1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 a6 {A rare
move, not very useful for Black. Jeffery Xiong probably wanted to avoid
theoretical lines} (7... Be7) ({or} 7... Bd6) 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nd7 $146 (9...
b5 {is premature:} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Qxa4 Bb7 14. Ne5
Qc8 15. Ndf3 (15. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 16. Bxa6) 15... O-O 16. Rfc1 Qc7 17. Bg3 Nxe5
18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c4 $14 {1-0 (43) Gausel,E (2490)-Djurhuus,R 
(2495) Gausdal 1995}) 10. Bxe7 {This exchange makes Black's development task
easier.} (10. Bg3 $5 {looks more logical.}) 10... Nxe7 {Looks like an
unnatural recapture but} (10... Qxe7 {is met with} 11. e4 $1 dxe4 $140 12. Bxe4
O-O 13. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e7] , and Black's queen becomes vulnerable on e7.}) 11.
Ne5 {Hardly a good continuation but after, say,} (11. a4 b6 {[%cal Yc8b7]
White has no plus whatsoever.}) 11... cxd4 $6 (11... Nxe5 $142 $1 12. dxe5 Nc6
13. Qg4 (13. f4 {loses a pawn after} c4 14. Bc2 Qb6) 13... Qg5 $1 14. Qxg5 hxg5
15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Bd7 $11) 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Re1 $14 {Now we
have a typical position, slighly superior for White due to his better bishop.}
Rc8 {Black starts a pawn attack on the queenside; however, it is too slow.} (
14... Qb6 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Nf3 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 {is probably better. Black
weakens the e5-square and the e6-pawn but activates his pieces.}) 15. Nf3 b5
16. h4 a5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qd2 b4 $6 ({In the event of} 18... O-O {Black's king
can easily come under attack:} 19. Re3 {then h4-h5, possibly Bd3-c2 and Qd2-d3
etc. But the pawn sacrifice is clearly incorrect.}) 19. cxb4 axb4 20. a4 {
White declines the offer and prefers to attack Black's king.} ({Magnus Carlsen
was probably unsure of the endgame after} 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nc6 (21... Rb8
$143 22. Rec1 Kd8 23. b5 $18) 22. Rec1 Ke7 23. b5 Nb4 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8
26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Nd4 {. It should be winning, though.}) 20... Ra8 21. b3 O-O
22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. h5 $6 {Premature.} (23. Nd4 $16 {, stopping Black's
counterplay, is more accurate.}) (23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb4 {is less clear due to}
Rab8 25. Qxe7 (25. Rxc8+ Nxc8) 25... Bd3 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. b4 Rc2 28. Re3 Bg6
$132) 23... Kf8 $6 {Missing} (23... Rc3 $1 24. Rxc3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 {Black
regains the pawn with good drawing chances.}) 24. g4 $6 ({Here} 24. Bb5 $1 Bxb5
25. Qxb4 {was very strong. White won a pawn without any compensation. The text
move, continuing White's kingside assault, is less convincing.}) 24... Rc3 {
(a bit late)} 25. g5 {[%mdl 128]} hxg5 (25... Nf5 $1 {was a better defence
although Black's position remained dangerous.}) 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Qxg5 Nf5 (
27... Ng8 28. Kh1 {[%cal Ye1g1]} Qd8 29. Qg3 $40) 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. e6 $1 Bxe6
30. h6 $1 gxh6 31. Qf6 Kg8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This error leads to an immediate
defeat but after} (31... Qd8 $1 32. Qxc3 $1 {White retains strong pressure
anyway.}) 32. Qxh6 {[%cal Rg1h1] Unexpectedly, Black has no defence.} Qb4 33.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Nutcracker"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2014.12.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 {
An aggressive reply to White's setup. Black controls the e5-square and is
possibly preparing ...e6-e5.} 8. Bd3 O-O {Black can also start with} (8... Qc7)
({or} 8... b6) 9. O-O b6 ({An immediate} 9... e5 {is quite possible:} 10. dxe5
Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 $5 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qb6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6
{1/2 (15) Hillmann,M (2200)-Feldtmann,T (2257) Germany 2013}) (12. Nf3 Bc7 13.
Bc2 Be6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. e4 dxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rab8 $13 {0-1 (48) Horvath,P (2410)-Inkiov,V (2510) Agneaux 1997}) 12...
Bd6 13. e4 c4 14. Be2 Qb6+ 15. Bf2 Bc5 16. e5 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Be6 22. f5 Bd5 $13 {0-1 (35) Pap,G (2467)
-Gyimesi,Z (2592) Hungary 2009}) (9... cxd4 10. exd4 e5 {is less appropriate
as Black gets no compensation for the isolated pawn:} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bf4 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 $14 {1-0 (39) Hoang,T (2456)
-Janjgava,N (2291) Tbilisi 2011}) 10. Re1 ({White can break in the centre, too,
but that leads to equality:} 10. e4 cxd4 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5
13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ne5 {1/2 (16) Meister,J (2405)
-Pigusov,E (2455) Togliatti 1985}) 11. Bxf6 (11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8 13. Bc6
{1/2 (41) Andreikin,D (2688)-Kovchan,A (2565) Moscow 2012} Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 $13) 11... Qxf6 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Rb8
14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rc1 Bb7 $11 {0-1 (68) Jones,G (2665)-Meier,G 
(2646) Tromso NOR 2014}) (10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14.
Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 b5 $11 {0-1 (26) Rodriguez Vargas,
O (2445)-Mikhalevski,V (2380) Benasque 1993}) 10... Bb7 (10... Qc7 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rb8 (13... Bb7 $2 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 $18
{1-0 (31) Vargas Reyes,A (2055)-Hamid,R (2132) Dresden 2008}) 14. Qe2 Bb7 $11)
11. a4 (11. e4 {still leads to equality. White starts playing pretentiously
and gets into trouble.}) 11... Qc7 12. Qb1 a6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 {
[%mdl 32]} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ra3 $6 (17. e4 $5 {, despite the
loss of time, was still possible.}) 17... Rfe8 18. b4 c4 19. Be2 Re7 20. Nf3
Qc7 21. Nd4 $17 {White's position is very solid but passive. Black's kingside
initiative should finally succeed.} Rae8 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Ra2 Bc8 24. Qd1 Bd7
25. a5 b5 26. Rd2 Qd6 27. Nc2 $6 {It is not pleasant for White to remove his
knight from its central position but otherwise Black will gradually prepare ...
h6-h5-h4.} h5 28. Rd4 Bg4 29. Qd2 g6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Ne1 Kg7 32. Qb2 Qe6 33.
Rc1 Rh8 34. Qd2 Re8 {Black needn't hurry.} 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. Qc1 Rh8 37. R1d2 Qe6
38. Rd1 Re8 39. Qd2 Qe7 40. Rc1 Rd8 41. Nc2 Bf5 42. Qd1 (42. Ne1 $142 {not
allowing the exchange of this knight.}) 42... Qe6 43. Rd2 Bxc2 $1 44. Rcxc2 g5
45. Rd4 g4 46. Be2 Ne4 47. Qe1 Rh8 ({According to GM D.Kryakvin,} 47... Qh6 {
was better, preventing White's next move and preparting ...h5-h4.}) 48. f4 $5
Rf5 ({In the event of} 48... gxf3 49. Bxf3 Re8 {it is not easy to break
White's position.}) 49. Bd1 Qh6 (49... Rf6 $142 {[%cal Yf6h6]}) 50. Kf1 ({
White misses a good chance of counterplay:} 50. Bf3 $1 gxf3 51. gxf3 Nd6 52. e4
{(indicated by D.Kryakvin)}) 50... Qg6 (50... h4 $5 51. Bxg4 hxg3 52. Bh3 (52.
Bxf5 Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qh5+ 54. Kf1 Qxf5 $19 {[%cal Rh8h1]}) 52... Rh5 $17 {[%cal
Rh5h3]}) 51. Rc1 h4 52. gxh4 g3 $2 {This allows White to consolidate his
position.} (52... Rfh5 $142 53. g3 Nxg3+ $1 54. Qxg3 Rxh4 $17 {-> (indicated
by several commentators)}) 53. Bf3 Rxh4 54. Ke2 Rh2 55. Qd1 Qe6 56. Rxe4 $1
dxe4 57. Qd4+ Rf6 58. Bxe4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} Qg4+ 59. Kd2 Qh5 60. Rf1 Rh1
61. Rxh1 Qxh1 62. Qe5 Qh4 63. Kc1 Qg4 64. f5 Qg5 65. Bc2 Qh4 66. Kb2 Kg8 67. e4
Qg5 68. Qd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A very unfortunate move.} (68. Qe8+ Kg7 69. Qe5 $11
) 68... Kf8 $4 (68... Rh6 $19 {[%cal Rh6h1] White has no single check!}) 69.
Qc5+ Kg7 70. Qc7 $2 Qg4 $2 (70... Rh6 $1 {was possible here, too, e.g.} 71.
Qe5+ Kh7 72. Qc7 Rh1 73. Qxf7+ Kh6 74. Qf8+ Kh5 75. Qh8+ Qh6 76. Qe8+ Kg4 77.
Qg6+ Qxg6 78. fxg6 Rh8 {, and Black should win.}) 71. e5 $1 Rxf5 72. e6 Qe2 73.
Qxg3+ Kf8 $6 (73... Kf6 $1 74. exf7 Kxf7 75. Qc7+ Kf6 76. Qd6+ Kg7 77. Qxa6 Qd2
{[%cal Yf5f1]} {, and} 78. Qa7+ Rf7 79. Qd4+ Qxd4 80. cxd4 {should not be
enough for White to win.}) 74. Qd6+ Kg7 75. Qd4+ (75. exf7 $1 Rxf7 76. Qxa6 $16
{- now Black's counterplay comes too late, e.g.} Rf2 (76... Qd2 77. Qxb5 Rf1
78. Qxc4) 77. Qg6+ Kf8 78. a6 {etc.}) 75... Rf6 (75... Re5 $1 76. exf7 (76. e7
f6) 76... Qe3 77. Qd6 Kxf7 78. Qxa6 Qd2 {[%cal Ye5e1] was a last, very
difficult way to survive.}) 76. g4 Qf2 77. Qe5 Kf8 78. Qb8+ Ke7 79. Qb7+ Kxe6
80. Qxa6+ {White's a-pawn should now decide the game.} Ke7 81. Qxb5 Qe2 82.
Qc5+ $2 {It was not a good idea - to allow Black's king to stop White's pawn.}
(82. a6 $18) 82... Kd7 83. Qb5+ $2 (83. Qd4+ $142 Rd6 84. Qa7+ {, and White
should probably win after all.}) 83... Kc7 84. a6 Rf2 85. Qa5+ Kb8 $2 (85...
Kc8 $1 86. Qa4 Kb8 {was the right move order, with a probable draw (D.Kryakvin)
.}) 86. Qb6+ Kc8 87. Qc6+ Kd8 88. Qa4 $18 {[%csl Ga6]} Qe3 89. a7 Rxc2+ 90.
Kxc2 Qf2+ 91. Kb1 Qe1+ 92. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. e4 exd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 h6 12. Qb3 Re7 $1 13. Ne5 hxg5 {
[%tqu "En","","","","e5f7","",10]} 14. Nxf7 $1 Nc5 $1 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc5
$1 Rxf7 17. Bxg6 Qf8 18. f4 g4 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rf4 Bc6 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Rxg4 Bd5
23. Qh3 Rg7 24. Bh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Qa3 Kd7 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Qxa7 c6 $1 (
28... Bxg2+ $2) 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Ra4 Be5 $1 (31... Bxg2+ $2) 32.
h3 Kc8 33. Re1 $2 (33. Kg1 Rgd7 34. Re1 $15) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5g2","",10]
} 33... Bxg2+ $1 $19 34. Kxg2 $2 (34. Kg1 Be4 $1 35. Qxd8+) 34... Qxf5 $19 35.
Rg4 Rxg6 36. Qb4 Rd4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 {This Queen Pawn Opening
doesn't offer much for White from theoretical point of view. As a surprise
weapon it may serve well, because one should not learn much here.} 6. Bh4 (6.
Bf4 {The B stands better on f4, although in comparison to the 3.Bf4 lines the
extra Ne4 is not bad at all for Black.} Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Bd3 (8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9.
Qxd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Rfd8 15.
Qc2 h6 16. b4 Be7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qb3 Bf6 $11 {Alburt-Sosonko, Luzern ol.
1982}) 8... Bd7 9. O-O Be7 $11 (9... Rc8 $6 {is an unnecessary move, Black has
to finish quickly his development.} 10. Nbd2 f5 {This Stonewall setup helps
only for White, because >< e5 can be exploited outright.} 11. Ne5 $1 $14 (11.
Be5 $5 {is not so precise.} Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Ndf3 Bd6 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. b3
O-O 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {Hort-Sosonko, Amsterdam 1979}))) 6... Nc6 7.
c3 d5 8. Nbd2 (8. Nfd2 $6 {is a sophisticated plan against all principles.} f5
9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 exf3 14. Bxf3 Bg5 $1
$15 {Quinteros-Ljubojevic, Las Palmas 1974}) (8. Bd3 Bd7 $142 $1 (8... Bd6 $143
{runs into a double-attack motif:} 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nfd2 $1 f5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12.
Nba3 Be7 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. dxc5 Qd5 16. Nbd6 Qxc5 $13 {
Shirazi-Saidy, USA 1982}) 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Bg3 Be7 {/\ 0-0 =} (10... Nxg3 $6 {
To exchange the nice centralized N against the B is not consistent.} 11. hxg3
g6 12. g4 $1 Rc8 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Be2 $14 {Lobron-Korchnoi, Biel 1984})) 8...
cxd4 (8... f5 {also comes into consideration.} 9. Be2 (9. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 10. Nd2
cxd4 11. exd4 {- 8...cxd4}) 9... Bd7 (9... Bd6 10. O-O O-O) 10. O-O Rc8 $13) 9.
exd4 f5 10. Nxe4 $2 {Now Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} (10. Bg3 Be7 11. Be2
O-O 12. Be5 $13) 10... fxe4 11. Nd2 Bd6 $1 $17 12. Nb3 (12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bf4
14. Bg3 (14. Qc2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {/\ Qh6} 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 e3 $17) 14...
e5 15. dxe5 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nxe5 17. Nb3 Bg4 $1 18. Qd1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qg6 20. Nd4
Rae8 21. Qb5 $6 Ng4 $1 22. f3 (22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. f3 Ne3 24. Qxb7 Qxg3 25. Rf2
Ng4 $19) 22... Ne3 23. g4 a6 $5 (23... Nxf1 $19) 24. Qxb7 exf3 25. Rxf3 Rxf3
26. gxf3 Qd6 27. Ne2 {(Petrosian-F.Olafsson, Stockholm izt. 1962)} Nc2 $1 $19 {
This was a very nice classical typical game up to now, finally Olafsson went
down and lost.}) 12... a5 $1 {/\ a5-a4} 13. Be2 a4 14. Nd2 O-O (14... Bf4 $5)
15. Nf1 {Too slow} (15. O-O Bf4 {/\ e5}) 15... e5 16. Bg3 a3 $1 17. b3 {[#]}
Nxd4 $1 $19 {The final blow comes from the [+].} 18. cxd4 Bb4+ 19. Nd2 (19. Kd1
$2 Qxd4+ 20. Kc2 Bf5 $19) 19... Qxd4 {This is a nice example for the
importance of the [+].} 20. O-O (20. Rb1 {Petursson} e3 21. fxe3 Qxe3 22. Kd1
Bf5 23. Nf3 Rac8 $1 24. Qxe3 Bc2+ 25. Kc1 Bxb3+ $19) 20... Bxd2 21. Bxe5 Qxe5
22. Qxd2 Be6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qa5 Rc2 25. Bc4 Rxa2 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 {[#]
} Raxf2 $1 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Avrukh,B} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 $5 {Black wants to punish
White immediately because of his opening plan.} (4... Be7 $11 {is the simple
way for equalization.}) 5. Nbd2 d5 (5... Qxb2 {is consistant, but risky.} 6.
Bd3 d5 7. Bxf6 (7. c4 Qc3 $1 8. Bc2 (8. Ne5 $6 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa3 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qc2 Rb8 12. Rb1 Rxb1+ 13. Qxb1 Be7 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
cxd5 cxd5 $17 {and White has no compensation for the sacrificed P,
Spssky-Miles, Tilburg 1978.}) (8. Be2 $6 Ne4 $1) 8... Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. cxd5
exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Rc1 Qa3 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nbd4 {White has
compensation for the P, because of the bad P structure of Black.} Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Ke7 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Rc3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Rd3 Qc5 $11 {Benjamin-Browne,
Philadelphia 1993}) 7... gxf6 8. c4 Qc3 9. Be2 cxd4 (9... Nc6) 10. Rc1 Qa5 11.
cxd5 Na6 12. Nxd4 Qxd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Nc6 $1 O-O 16. Qe2 $44 {
Salov-de la Villa, Szirak 1987 izt}) 6. Bxf6 (6. Rb1 {looks too passive here.}
Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Rd8 14. O-O h6 $11 {Trifunovic-Kotov, Moscow 1949}) 6... gxf6 7. c4 (7.
Qb1 Nc6 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. N4b3 Be6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 {(Taimanov-Gipslis,
SU 1980 )} Qc7 13. e4 O-O-O $13 {Taimanov}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 {Black
doesn't want to help White to finish development.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {seems
to be favourable for White at first sight.} Nc6 (9... Bg7 $2 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 Rd8 12. d5 $1 {destroying Black's P structure.} Na6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2
Nc7 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nd4 $18 {J.Piket-Karolyi,
Brussels op 1987}) 10. O-O Bd7 11. d5 exd5 12. Qe2+ Ne7 13. Bxd5 O-O-O 14. Bxf7
Ng6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Rfd1 Kb8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Qe8+ Kc7 20. Ne3
Qc6 {1/2:1/2 Spassky-A.Zaitsev, SU-ch 1962}) 9. Bd3 {'N' Avrukh,B.} (9. Be2 $2
Nxd4 $17 (9... Nxd4 {Avrukh,B} 10. Nxd4 $6 (10. cxd5 $142 exd5 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. O-O $44) 10... Qxd4 {[%cal Gf8b4]} 11. O-O Bh6 12. cxd5 Qxd2 13. Bb5+ Kf8
14. d6 Rg8 15. d7 Bxd7 16. Bxd7 Rd8 17. Ba4 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Grillitsch,
K-Weinzettl,E/AUT BL 1989/TD 90\04 (27)})) (9. cxd5 exd5 {Now the doubled P
has to be compensated by the ^^.} 10. Bd3 Bg4 (10... Be6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rc1
O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Nb3 $14 {Plachetka-Hardicsay, Stary Smokovec 1982} (14.
Nb3 Rhg8 15. Rfe1 Rg4 16. Qb5 Rdg8 17. g3 h5 18. Qxb6 axb6 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,
J-Hardicsay,P/Stary Smokovec 1982/EXT 97 (51)} 19. Bb5 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Rf6,
Rf7]})) 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Be2 {'?' Avrukh,
B.} (15. Bd3 $142) 15... Bh6 $13 {and the ^^ begins to work,
Keanthis-Popaioannou, Aegina op 1996.} (15... Bh6 {Avrukh,B} 16. Rc2 Rc8 17.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17 {0-1 Vafiadis,K-Papaioannou,I/Aegina 1996/EXT 96op2 (32)})) (9.
Rc1 {Avrukh,B} Nxd4 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qe5+ 13. Be2 exd5 14.
O-O Bd6 15. g3 Kf8 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Bd3 $44 {[%csl Rf8] 1-0 Porrasmaa,
T-Ylisela,J/FIN-chT 1989/EXT 89ch2 (23)}) 9... dxc4 (9... Nxd4 $2 {leaves the
K in the middle, and White can open up the central lines against him:} 10. cxd5
Qxb2 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxb2 12. O-O (12. Rb1 Qe5+ 13. Kd1 $13 {[%cal Gh1e1]
}) 12... Qxd2 13. Bb5+ Bd7 (13... Ke7 $2 14. Rad1) 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. dxe6+ $18
) (10... exd5 {Avrukh,B} 11. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8]}) 11. O-O $16) 10. Nxc4 Bb4+
11. Kf1 Qd8 12. h4 $5 (12. Be4 O-O (12... f5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qa4 $16) 13. d5
$14) 12... Be7 (12... Nxd4 {Avrukh,B} 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxb4 Qxd3+
16. Kg1 Bc6 17. Nd6+ (17. Rh3 Qd5 18. Rg3 Rd8 $15) 17... Kd7 18. Nxb7 Qd5 19.
Nc5+ Kc8 20. Rh2 Rg8 21. g3 $13 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc6h1]}) 13. Ne3 $142 (13. Be4
{/\ d5} Nb4 {Black has to blockade the important d5 square.} 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2
f5 $13) (14. a3 Nd5 15. Ne3 (15. Qd2 f5 16. Bd3 Bf6 $13) 15... Nxe3+ 16. fxe3
f5 17. Bd3 O-O $13) 14... f5 15. Bb1 Nd5 $13) 13... Nb4 (13... Qb6 {Avrukh,B}
14. d5 $1) 14. Bc4 Qb6 (14... O-O 15. a3 Nc6 (15... Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 {Here
the Ns are better than the ^^.} 17. Qb3 (17. Qd3 $5 {/\ Nf5}) 17... Be6 18. g3
$16) 16. d5 Ne5 (16... Na5 17. Bd3 $16) 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. dxe6 $16) 15. Qe2 (
15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 $14) 15... Bd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. d5 $1 {This is the typical
central breakthrough with an isolated P. '+/=!' Avrukh,B.} Na5 (17... Nd4 $6
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb5 $16) 18. Bd3 {White has to keep the strong P on d5 for a
while.} (18. dxe6 $143 fxe6 $13 (18... fxe6 {Avrukh,B} 19. Rd1 $13)) 18... Rc8
19. Re1 {The big question is always: where to put the R ? As it is well-known,
the other square is correct!} (19. Rd1 $1 Nb3 (19... Ba4 20. b4 $1 {'|^'
Avrukh,B.} (20. Re1 $36 {Avrukh,B}) 20... Bxd1 21. Qxd1 $16) 20. dxe6 Bxe6 $1 (
20... fxe6 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Nfe5 $1 fxe5 23. Nxe5 {'+-' Avrukh,B.} Rf8 24. Qh5+
Kd8 25. Bb5 $18) 21. Nf5 $16) (19. b4 $2 {Avrukh,B} Nb3 $17 {[%cal Gb3c1]})
19... Nb3 20. dxe6 fxe6 (20... Bxe6 $6 21. Nd5 $1) 21. Nc4 (21. Nd5 Qc5 22.
Nxe7 Kxe7 $1 $13 (22... Qxe7 23. Bc4 Nc5 24. b4 $18)) 21... Qc7 {[#]} 22. Nfe5
$6 {White has thought that it is time for the decisive sacrifice. However this
leads only for a draw.} (22. Bc2 $1 {still holds the edge:} Nc5 (22... Bb5 23.
Bxb3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxe6 $18) 23. b4 Na6 24. Bd3 $16) (
22. Rh3 $1 {Avrukh,B} b5 (22... e5 $2 23. Nfxe5 $1 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxh3 25. Qh5+
Kd8 26. Nf7+ Ke8 27. Nxh8+ $18) 23. Nfe5 $1 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Rf8 25. Nxd7 (25.
Qh5+ Kd8 26. Nf7+ Ke8 (26... Rxf7 27. Qxf7 $16) 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. Nxc8 (28. Nf7+
$11) 28... Qf4 $1 $15) 25... Nd4 $8 26. Nxf8 $5 (26. Qh5+ $2 Kxd7 27. Bxb5+ Kd8
28. Rd1 Qc5 $19 (28... Qf4 $4 29. Rf3 $1 $18)) 26... Nxe2 27. Nxe6 Qe5 28. Re3
Qh2 29. Bxb5+ $5 (29. Kxe2 Qxg2 30. Nf4 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qxf4 32. Rxe7+ Kf8 $11)
29... Kf7 30. Kxe2 Rc2+ 31. Kd1 Rxf2 32. Bc4 $40) 22... fxe5 23. Nxe5 Rf8 24.
Rh3 {'??' Avrukh,B.} (24. Bxh7 Nd4) (24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Nf7+ Ke8 $11 {and there
is no real discovered check.} (25... Rxf7 {Avrukh,B} 26. Qxf7 Qc5 $13 {[%cal
Gd8c7,Gc8f8]})) 24... Nd4 {'??' Avrukh,B.} (24... Bc5 $1 {Avrukh,B} 25. Qh5+
Kd8 26. Qg5+ (26. Nf7+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Ke8 $3 $19) 26... Be7 27. Qh5 Nd2+ 28. Kg1
Be8 29. Qd1 Bc5 30. Re2 (30. Qxd2 Bxf2+ $17) 30... Bd6 $17) 25. Qh5+ {'='
Avrukh,B.} Kd8 26. Nf7+ Ke8 27. Ne5+ Kd8 28. Nf7+ Ke8 (28... Rxf7 $6 {Avrukh,B}
29. Qxf7 $36) 29. Ne5+ (29. Nd6+ {Avrukh,B} Kd8 30. Nxc8 $2 Bxc8 31. Bxh7 Qf4
32. f3 e5 33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Bxh3 35. Rd5+ Kc7 $19) 29... Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O {The most accurate move order.
Black does not define his intentions regarding the d-pawn yet.} (4... d5 {
exposes Black to the danger of a later c2-c4, with a slightly unpleasant form
of the Grünfeld.}) 5. c3 {White also plays a half waiting move.} (5. e4 {
is considered premature because of} d5 $132) 5... d5 {Going for a Grünfeld
type of structure.} ({Of course,} 5... d6 {would be a completely different
story.}) 6. e3 Nbd7 {Black chooses a well established system of developing. As
we will see, the last move will cause Black some problems with the queenside
development.} ({The most active move is} 6... c5 {/\...Qb6, ...Nc6 , but then
Black has to count with the pawn grabbing:} 7. dxc5 a5 (7... Qc7 8. b4 e5 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Rc1 b6 13. c4 $14 {Sieiro Gonzalez,L 
(2430)-Garcia Martinez,S (2455)/Camaguey 1987/EXT 97 (1-0, 22)}) 8. Bb5 Bd7 (
8... Na6 9. c6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Nb3 Qb6 $44) 9. a4 Qc8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11.
Nb3 Rd8 12. O-O e5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nfd2 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 $44 {Bacrot,E (2395)
-Kovchan,A/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (1/2, 33)}) 7. Bd3 Re8 ({The slow queenside
development with} 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Gf6e4] can be met with a cunning
plan:} 9. Qb1 {[%csl Ge4]} c5 10. b4 {[%csl Gb7]} Qc8 {The only way to
maintain the tension.} (10... c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a4 a6 {Gyimesi,Z (2440)
-Groszpeter,A (2480)/Hungary 1999/EXT 2009 (1/2, 19)} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {
This may offer White some initiative.}) (10... cxb4 11. cxb4 Rc8 12. a4 h6 13.
Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. a5 $14 {[%csl Gd7] Van der Wiel,J (2540)-Piket,J (2615)/
Wijk aan Zee 1992/CBM 028 (1/2, 38)}) 11. h3 $5 {Since Black's last move has
not changed the dynamic balance, White can afford to play this useful move,
preparing the bishop retreat to the h2-b8 diagonal.} Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 12.
bxc5 bxc5 13. Bf4 {[%csl Ge5]} Nh5 14. Bh2 Ba6 (14... e5 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. a4 {
keeps Black under some pressure, for instance} Rb8 17. Qa2 $5 $14 {[%csl Ga7,
Gd5]}) 15. a4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c4 17. Qc2 e6 18. Rfb1 Bf6 {White's bishop is very
active, and Black hurries to neutralise it.} 19. Qb2 Bd8 20. a5 Bc7 21. Qb7 $14
{with a very pleasant ending in Dautov,R (2380)-Kaminski,U (2330)/Dresden 1986/
EXT 97 (1-0, 43)}) 8. O-O e5 {It makes little sense to deviate from the main
plan, once he has spent a tempo on ...Re8.} (8... c5 9. b4 e5 $6 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. bxc5 $14 {Shvartz,A (2320)-Lagunow,A (2400)/
Podolsk 1990/TD (1/2, 32)}) (8... c6 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 {is more or less similar
to the game. With the king rooks on the e-file, the f7- and f2-squares have
become vulnerable, but the general evaluation as slightly favourable for White
is not altered.} Qb6 (10... Qc7 11. exd5 Nxd5 {Philipp,G (1801)-Schwagrowski,B
(1478)/Essen 2004/EXT 2006 (1-0, 37)} 12. Bh4 $5 $14 {/\Bg3}) (10... dxe4 11.
Nxe4 exd4 {was played in a few games, but} 12. Bc4 $5 $146 {looks very
dangerous, based on} dxc3 $2 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Rxe8+ $18) (10...
h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 exd4 {Hochgraefe,H (1939)
-Boehm,M (1704)/Mecklenburg VP 2004/EXT 2009 (1/2, 18)} 15. Nxd4 $14) {Leisner,
J-Pleschke,H/IECG 2001/Corr 2002 (0-1, 34)} 11. exd5 $5 $146 cxd5 12. dxe5 Ng4
{The point behind Black's plan.} 13. Qa4 $1 {Not fearing any ghosts. The pin
along the a4-e8 restricts Black's active possibilities.} Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Rf8 (
14... Ngxe5 15. Bxg6 $3 {This bishop would be en prise in the end of the line
anyway, so it is better to take a pawn before trapping the queen.} hxg6 16. Be3
Qxe1+ 17. Nxe1 $16) 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Qd4 $14 {[%csl Gg4]}) 9. e4 exd4 (9... c6
10. exd5 (10. Re1 $14 {may be best, transposing above.}) 10... cxd5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 {Blank,S-Boca,H/Germany 1996/EXT 2005 (0-1, 84)} 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Nf3 Bg4
14. Bf4 Re6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 {White has some symbolic advantage, due to
his bishop pair and the isolated d5-pawn, but Black probably should get
sufficient counterplay:} Qb6 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. a3 Rae8) 10. cxd4 dxe4 ({This
may be the best moment to ask White to define his intentions regarding the
g5-bishop.} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $6 ({I would prefer} 11... Nxf6 12. e5 Nh7 {
/\...Nf8, ...Bg4, ...Ne6. The regrouping is an improved version over certain
lines of the Tartakower QG. Black has not weakened his queenside with ...b6
and the white queen's knight is not too active.}) 12. Re1 $14 {Black cannot
complete his development easily.} dxe4 $6 {But this only aggravates his
problems.} 13. Nxe4 Qb6 14. Bc4 Rf8 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ng3 {/\Ne5} Nd7 17. Re7 $6
{This apparently active move offers Black the possibility of regrouping with
gain of time.} (17. Rad1 $16 {would have consolidated White's advance in
development.}) 17... Qd6 18. Rae1 Nb6 19. Bb3 c6 20. Qe4 Nd5 $11 {Pekarek,A 
(2455)-Watson,W (2535)/Germany 1992/GER-chT2 (1/2, 28)}) 11. Nxe4 h6 {
Obviously, the bishop cannot be tolerated for too long here.} (11... Qe7 12.
Qb3 Qf8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rfe1 $14 {Van Mil,J (2430)-Hazai,L (2450)/Budapest
1991/CBM 023 ext (1/2, 32)}) 12. Qb3 $1 {This strong intermediate move would
not have been available if Black had refrained from ...dxe4.} Re6 (12... hxg5
13. Nexg5 Nf8 (13... Re7 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxg6 Qf8 16. Ng5 $18) 14. Bxg6 $1
Be6 (14... Nxg6 15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Qxg6 $16) 15. Bxf7+ Bxf7 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17.
Rac1 $5 Nd5 18. Rc5 c6 19. Qxb7 $16) (12... Re7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 ({Black probably
discarded} 13... hxg5 {because of} 14. Nxf7 {, which seems to lead to a
devastating attack, but there is a hidden "inhuman" tactical resource:} Nc5 $3
15. dxc5 Rxf7 16. Nxg5 Qd5 17. Nxf7 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kxf7 19. Bc4+ $14 {White has
a small material advantage int he endgame, ut the fight is still on.}) 14.
Nxf6+ Kh8 15. dxe5 hxg5 {Hug,W (2463)-Cvitan,O (2554)/Switzerland 2010/ (1-0,
30)} 16. Rae1 $16) 13. Bh4 $5 $146 {Preparing a dangerous piece sacrifice.} (
13. Bxf6 {should also offer White an edge.} Nxf6 14. Nc5 Rb6 15. Qc4 Qd5 16.
Rfe1 Bf5 (16... Rxb2 17. Qc3 Rb6 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Ne5 Nd5 $8 20. Qf3 Bxe5 $8 21.
Rxe5 Nf6 22. Ne4 $36) 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. b3 $14 {Malaniuk,V (2518)
-Wieczorek,O (2330)/Marianske Lazne 2011/CBM 140 Extra (1/2, 56)}) 13... g5 14.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 15. Nexg5 Nb6 {Preventing Bc4, but the bishop will strike from
the opposite side.} (15... Re7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Ng5 Qf8 18. Bg6 $18) (15...
Nf8 16. Bc4 Rb6 17. Nxf7 Qe7 18. N7g5+ $40) 16. Bg6 $1 fxg6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18.
Qxe6+ $16 {White is at least not worse from the material point of view and has
a strong initiative.} Kf8 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Qb3 {Playing for the attack.} (20.
Qxe8+ $16 {/\Nxg6 would win another pawn.}) 20... Nfd5 21. f4 Bxe5 22. fxe5+
Kg7 23. Rf2 Qe7 24. Raf1 Rh8 25. Qg3 Rh5 26. Rf6 Qe8 27. R6f3 Qe7 28. Rf6 Qe8
29. R6f3 Qe7 30. Qf2 Qh4 31. g3 Qe4 32. g4 $3 (32. g4 Rh8 (32... Qxg4+ 33. Rg3
$18) 33. Rf7+ Kh6 34. Qh4#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Straeter, Timo"]
[Black "Heissler, Jakob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c4 $6 {
Die Aufstellung mit Nd2 plus c2-c4 erscheint fragwürdig, im Gegensatz zum
üblichen, soliden c2-c3, z.B.:} (7. c3 cxd4 (7... Qb6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10.
Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar 2002/EXT 2003 (10)}) 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Bf4 h6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Be6 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. Qf4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bb3 19. Rdc1 Be6 20. Qxe4 Rd2
21. b4 Rfd8 22. Qe3 Bc4 23. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Macieja-Socko/Dresden 0/CBM 90 (23)})
7... Ne4 $5 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6) 8. Bh4 Be6 $6 (8... cxd4 $142 9. Nxd4 Nc6)
9. Nxe4 $2 (9. O-O $142 $13 {/=} {/\} Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Rfd1 $1) 9... dxe4
10. Ng5 cxd4 11. Nxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 12. exd4 $6 {Für die Sicherheit des weißen
Königs waren die folgenden Alternativen eher angetan:} (12. Bg4 Qd6 (12... Qd7
$2 13. exd4) 13. exd4 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxc4 15. Qc3 (15. b3 Qd5 $17) 15... Qd5 $17)
(12. O-O d3 (12... Nc6 13. Bg4) 13. Bg4 Qd7 $17 14. Qb3 (14. Qd2 Nc6) 14... Na6
$17 {/\} 15. f3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. fxe4 Be5) 12... Qa5+ $5 ({Gegen das
schlichte} 12... Nc6 $142 {ist nichts einzuwenden:} 13. O-O (13. d5 Nd4) 13...
Nxd4 $17) 13. Kf1 $2 ({Erforderlich war} 13. Qd2 $8 {,und in dem Endspiel nach}
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxd4 {erhält Schwarz zwar anhaltenden, aber vielleicht nicht
entscheidenden Vorteil, z.B.} 15. Raf1 (15. Bg4 Bxf2 (15... Kg7 16. Raf1 $5) (
15... Nc6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. Rhf1 Rad8 18. Bd5 $5) 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18.
Raf1 Bd4 19. b3 Kg7 20. a3 h6 21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Rad8 $17) 15... Nc6 16. Bg4 (
16. Kc1 Rad8) 16... Kf7 $5 17. f3 (17. b3 Rad8) (17. Re1 Bf6) 17... e3+ 18. Ke2
Rad8 19. Bg5 Bxb2 20. Bxe3 Bd4 $17) 13... Nc6 $17 {/-+  [#] Nun zelebriert
Schwarz das "Spiel auf ein Tor".} 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bxe7 (15. dxe6 Qb6 16. Rc1
Rad8) 15... Rf7 16. d6 Nf5 $5 ({Der neuralgische Punkt f2 konnte mit} 16... Qc5
$1 {sofort angepeilt werden:} 17. f3 (17. Bh4 Nf5 $19) 17... Nf5 $19) 17. Bg5 (
17. Kg1 Bxb2 (17... Nxe7 18. dxe7 Re8 {(/\Qc5)} 19. Qd6 Rexe7 $17 {/-+}) 18.
Rb1 Bd4 $5 19. g4 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxe7+ (20... Qc5+ $2 21. Ke1) 21. Kg2 Nc6 22.
Rf1 Raf8 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 $17 {/-+}) (17. Qe1 Qb6 18. c5 (18. Bg5 Raf8 $19) 18...
Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bc4 Kh8 $1 21. Bg5 (21. Bxe6 Rxe7 22. Bxf5 Qxd6 $19) 21...
Nxd6 22. Be3 Bd4 23. Bxd4+ Qxd4 {/\Raf8-+}) 17... Qc5 $19 18. Qb3 (18. Qe1 Bd4
(18... Nxd6 19. Bh4 Nf5 20. Bg5 Bd4) 19. f3 (19. b4 Ng3+ 20. hxg3 Qxg5) 19...
Nxd6 (19... Raf8 20. b4 Qc6)) (18. Bf4 g5 (18... Be5) 19. Bh5 gxf4 20. Bxf7+
Kxf7) 18... Raf8 19. Bg4 (19. d7 Nd4 20. Qe3 Rxf2+) 19... Nd4 20. Qe3 Rxf2+ (
20... Qxc4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Be2 Rxf2+) 21... Nc2) 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Bxe2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Seville op 38th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serrano Salvador, Eduardo"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Montecatine,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 Ne4 6. Nfd2 Nd6 7. c4 Nf5 8.
Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 e6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 a6 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5
15. Bb3 c5 16. d5 Nb6 (16... c4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bc2 O-O $11) 17. dxe6 Bxe6
18. Bxe6 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 fxe6 20. Ne5 $14 O-O 21. Nd7 (21. Ke2) 21... Nxd7 22.
Rxd7 Bf6 (22... Kf7) 23. Ke2 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 c4 (25... Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. a4 Bf6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxb5 Bxb2 30. Nd6 $16) 26. e4 Kf8 (
26... Rd8 $11) 27. e5 Be7 28. Ne4 Ke8 29. Rb7 Rd8 30. Rb6 Rd4 31. Nd2 (31. Nf2
$16) 31... g5 32. Rxe6 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxa6 (34. Rxh6 Bc5 35. Nf3) 34...
Bg5 35. Nf3 $6 (35. Ra5 b4 36. Rc5 c3 37. bxc3 Rg4 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 h5 40.
Nb3 $16) 35... Rg4 $14 36. Nxg5 {Diagrama [#]} (36. Kf2 Bc1 37. a4 b4 38. Ra8+
Ke7 39. a5 b3 40. Rb8 Bxb2 41. a6 c3 42. a7 Ra4 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Nd4+ Kxe5 45.
Nxb3 c2 $11) (36. Nxg5 Rxg2+ 37. Kf3 Rxg5 38. Ke4 Rg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. b4 c6 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 e4 12. Nh2 Nb6 13. a4 Be6 14. a5 Nc8 15. Ng4
g5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bg3 Ne7 18. b5 Nf5 19. Bh2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc3 21. a6 b6 22.
Rc1 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 bxc5 24. Rxc5 d4 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Re1 Rac8 28.
Bc7 Bd7 29. b6 axb6 30. Bxb6 Rb8 31. Rxg5+ hxg5 32. Bxd4 Rb4 33. Be3 Bb5 34. a7
Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Ra8 36. Ra2 f6 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Ra5+ Kg6
41. Kg4 Rb7 42. Ra6 Rd7 43. Kg3 Kf5 44. Ra5+ Ke6 45. Kg4 Rh7 46. Bd4 Rh4+ 47.
Kg3 Rh7 48. Ra6+ Kd5 49. Bxf6 Raxa7 50. Rxa7 Rxa7 51. Bxg5 Ke5 52. Be3 Rg7+ 53.
Kh2 Rf7 54. h4 Kf5 55. Kh3 Kg6 56. Kg4 Rf5 57. g3 Rf3 58. h5+ Kh7 59. Kg5 Kg7
60. g4 Rh3 61. Kf5 Rh4 62. Bf4 Kh7 63. Bg3 Rh1 64. Kxe4 Ra1 65. g5 Rh1 66. h6
Kg6 67. f4 Ra1 68. Bf2 Ra4+ 69. Bd4 Ra5 70. Bc3 Ra4+ 71. Ke5 Ra7 72. Ke6 Ra6+
73. Kd5 Ra4 74. Be5 Ra7 75. Ke6 Ra6+ 76. Bd6 Ra7 77. Bc5 Ra6+ 78. Ke7 Ra5 79.
Bd4 Rf5 80. Be3 Ra5 81. h7 Kxh7 82. Kf6 Ra6+ 83. Kf7 Rc6 84. f5 Rc7+ 85. Ke6
Rc6+ 86. Ke7 Rc4 87. Kd6 Rg4 88. Ke5 Rg2 89. Kf6 Ra2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Hier
steht der Turm äußerst unglücklich. Mit} (89... Kg8 {hätte Schwarz sich noch
behaupten können, z.B.} 90. g6 Rg4 91. Ke5 Kg7 92. Bd4 Rxg6 $11) 90. Kf7 Kh8
91. Bd4+ Kh7 92. g6+ Kh6 93. Be3+ Kh5 94. g7 1-0

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b4 b6 7. e3 O-O (7...
Bb7 8. Qb1 $5) 8. b5 $6 Qe8 $1 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 Ne4 $1 (11... e4
12. Ne1 {[%cal Yc3c4,Yf2f3]}) 12. Rc1 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 f5)
12... a6 $2 (12... Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Qe7 $1 14. Ngf3 e4 15. Ne1 f5 16. g3 g5 17.
Ng2 Bh6) 13. Bh4 $1 axb5 14. axb5 Ra7 (14... Ra3 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17.
Nc4 Ra7 (17... Ra2 18. Qb3 $1) 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Ra1
) 15. Bg3 $1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bd6 $11 20.
Ra1 Rfa8 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qc2 Ra5 23. Nd4 h5 (23... Qe8 24. Nb3 Ra3 25. Ra1
Rxa1+ 26. Nxa1 Qa8 27. Nb3 Qa4 28. Nd4 $11) 24. Bf3 Qe5 (24... h4 25. gxh4 Qxh4
26. g3 Qf6 27. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 25. Be2 Ra3 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Rd1 Ra3 28.
Rc1 Ra8 29. Rd1 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. e4 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Qc2
Bg7 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Rfe1 Ne8 13. h3 Nd6 14. Ba2 Re8
15. Rad1 Qb6 16. e5 Bf5 17. Qc1 Nc8 18. Bh6 Qb4 19. Qf4 Rf8 20. Qh4 Bc2 {
White has too many pieces in the attack and wins immediatly} 21. Ng5 Bxd1 22.
Rxd1 Bxe5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Syre Memorial op 31st"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piankov, Evgenij"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 {L'attaque TORRE est théoriquement peu efficace
contre le fianchetto roi mais elle ne manque pas de venin. C'était ainsi une
arme redoutable dans les mains de PETROSSIAN qui exploitait la moindre
inprécision des noirs.} Bg7 (3... Ne4 $5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. c3
Nc6 (7... Qb6 $143 8. Qb3) 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 {Keres,P-Botvinnik,M Budapest
1952 (16) 1/2} (9. Nd2 cxd4 10. exd4 (10. cxd4 $6 e5 $1))) 4. Nbd2 O-O (4... h6
$5 5. Bh4 g5 {assez risqué mais c'est une option intéressante pour jouer pour
le gain avec les noirs. Le problème des noirs est qu'ils doivent gagner car en
06 rondes, le moindre 1/2 point laché coûte cher!} (5... O-O 6. c3) 6. Bg3 Nh5
7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3 e6 $13 {Plachetka,J (2427)-Likavsky,T (2498) SVK-ch Banska
Stiavnica 2006 (9) 0-1}) (4... c5 5. e3 (5. c3 $6 {Une faute courante chez les
amateurs car après cd4 et l'ouverture de la colonne "c", le Nd2 est mal placé}
cxd4 6. cxd4 {[%csl Rd2]}) (5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4c5]}) 5...
cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 $11) 5. c3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} d5 {Le GMI opte
pour la ligne "Grunfeld" mais contre 1.d4, le GMI la joue autant que
l'Est-Indienne} (5... d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 {[%csl Gc4] La case forte "c4"
donne un trés léger avantage aux blancs} 8. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4];Piankov,E (2323)
-Krueger,E (2242) Wch Seniors 14th 2004 (7) 1-0}) 6. e3 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7] une
ligne trés solide} (6... Nbd7 {la grande ligne} 7. Be2 Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 8.
O-O e5 $1 $11 {Salov,V (2665)-Gelfand,B (2665) Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th 1991 
(4) 1/2}) 7. Be2 (7. a4 $5 c5 (7... a5) 8. a5 $1 {Malaniuk,V (2595)-Timoshenko,
G (2520) Alushta2 1994 (4) 1-0}) (7. Bd3 $5) (7. b4 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} Bb7 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Qe8 $11 {[%cal Ge7e5];Larsen,B (2660)-Bilek,I (2485) Teeside 1972 
(6) 1/2} (9... Ne4 $143 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2)) 7... c5 (7... Bb7 8. b4 {
[%csl Gc5];Seirawan,Y (2610)-Kudrin,S (2545) USA-ch 1988 1-0}) 8. Ne5 $5 {
Une ligne secondaire} (8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Qe2 g5
13. Bg3 Nh5 14. b4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bd3 c4 18. Bc2 f5 19. a4
Qd6 20. Rfd1 Qf6 21. Nf1 Rad8 22. Rb1 g4 23. Nh4 Na7 {Piankov,E (2322)-Olivier,
J (2363)/Pierrevert 2007/CBM 118 ext/1-0 (62)}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nfd7 (9... Nbd7
10. Bf4 e6 11. Qa4 (11. a4 $142) 11... a6 $11 {Piankov,E (2348)-Koziak,V (2481)
Breizh Masters-B (6) 0-1}) 10. Nxd7 $146 (10. f4 {Sundararajan,K (2350)-Das,A 
(2170) Goodricke 10th op (10) 1/2}) 10... Qxd7 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 $11 Ba6 13.
Nf3 Rc8 (13... Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. b5 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 14. b5 $1 Bxb5 15.
Bxb5 Qxb5 16. Bxe7 {[%csl Rd5]} Qd7 17. Bb4 Na6 18. Ba3 Rc4 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. Qb3
Rac8 21. Rac1 {Les blancs recherchent la nulle mais les noirs peuvent
difficilement compliquer la position.} Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc6 24. Ba3
Nc7 25. h3 (25. Nf3 Nb5 26. g3 Qc4 27. Qb2 f6 28. Kg2 Kf7) 25... Nb5 26. Nf3
Qc4 27. Bb2 Qxb3 (27... a5 28. Nd2 Qxb3 29. axb3 f5 {[%csl Re5]} 30. Kf1 Kf7
31. Ke2 Ke6 (31... Bf8) 32. Nf3 $11 {[%csl Ge5]}) 28. axb3 f6 {[%csl Ge5]} 29.
Kf1 (29. Ne1 Kf7 30. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f4,Gf4d5]} g5 31. Nb4 Ke6 32. f3) 29... Kf7
30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Ne1 Bf8 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4] Le Bb2 est complètement enfermé mais
les chances de gain du GMI sont néanmoins réduites.} 32. Nd3 Bd6 33. g4 a5 34.
f3 Na7 35. Ne1 f5 (35... b5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4] A.DAVID voulait probablement
garder l'accès libre а la case b5 pour son N mais valoriser la majorité
donnait peut-être plus de chances de gain.} 36. e4 (36. Nd3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4
38. Kd1 f5 (38... a3 $6 39. Ba1 {[%cal Gd1c2,Gc2b3]}) 39. Kc2 Nb5 {[%csl Gc3]})
) 36. Nc2 Nb5 (36... b5) 37. Kd3 Be7 (37... h5 38. gxh5 gxh5) (37... fxg4 $5
38. hxg4 (38. fxg4 {[%csl Ge4]}) 38... h5 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh5h1] Le P
passé "h" est dangereux}) 38. Bc1 Bf8 39. Bb2 Be7 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. Bc1 Bf8
42. Bd2 Nd6 43. Ne1 Ne8 44. Ke2 Bd6 45. Nd3 Nf6 46. Nb2 Kd7 47. Nd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Chongqing/Shanghai"]
[Date "2018.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {After an unsuccessful English in game 2, Tan Zhongyi switched back to
her main weapon 1.d4 and kept it for the rest of the match.} ({that game went} 
1. c4 {but now Ju Wenjun probably made the first step out of her opponent's
preparation with} e5 {a move that she had played only once in the past} 2. Nc3
Bb4 3. d3 Bxc3+ $5 {an interesting and practical approach by Black} 4. bxc3 d6
5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Rb1 c6 8. Nf3 {[%cal Yc4c5]} Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7
11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {Zhongyi (2522)-Ju Wenjun (2571) WCh Women 2018 (2)
0-1 and Black had no problems in}) 1... Nf6 2. Bg5 {Despite having lost games
2 and 3, therefore needing a win to come back to the fight, Tan Zhongyi avoids
the theoretical debate and goes for the Trompowsky, an opening that she has
played in a few games in the past.} d5 3. Nd2 {According to my database, this
move was neither played by Tan nor faced by Ju before; thus the players enter
a kind of unknown path for both sides.} Nbd7 ({The point behind White's move
order is that against the principled} 3... c5 4. dxc5 $5 {is possible, as
played in some recent games} e6 5. e4 $5 {this leads to some unusual positions,
it's understandable that Ju Wenjun preferred to avoid give such options for
White} (5. b4 $5 {was also tried by Andreikin in some games})) 4. Ngf3 {
Now the game has transposed to the more often seen Torre Attack.} h6 {Some
players follow the same setup, directly playing e6-c5, etc, but this move is
always useful when it is possible.} 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 Qc7 ({
Actually, Ju Wenjun reached this position by transposition in the past year;
that game went} 8... O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 (10. Ne5 {is the ambitious way to
play}) 10... Bb7 11. Ba6 {this is harmless} (11. Ne5 {was possible here also})
11... Bxa6 12. Qxa6 {and after} g5 $5 13. Bg3 Nh5 {Black was totally fine} 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 f5 $11 {Arkell,K (2415)
-Ju,W (2574) Douglas IoM op 2017 (8) 1/2}) 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O (10. g4 $6 {
[%cal Yg4g5] is an attempt to exploit the h6-pawn in Black's camp, but Black
could counter it in the centre with} e5 $1 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
and it is not easy for White to develop an attack with such an open centre.})
10... b6 11. Bxf6 {Looking to create some imbalance.} (11. e4 {fails to prove
an advantage for White} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Bg3 Qc6 {and Black is fine.})
11... Nxf6 {It is better to prevent e3-e4.} (11... Bxf6 {would allow} 12. e4
Bb7 13. e5 Be7 {and thanks to White's structure in the centre, she has some
attacking prospects, for example} 14. Ne1 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5]}) 12. Ne5 {
After giving up the bishop pair, White should keep the centre closed.} (12. e4
{is just harmless} dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7) 12... Bb7 13. f4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Qg4
(15. g4 $5 {[%cal Yg4g5,Ye2g2] was another try, interesting because the move
h6 gives White chances to open some lines on the kingside, and with Qg2 it is
possible to disturb the strong Ne4} Qe7 16. Qg2 {the safest decision for Black
seems to be to go for exchanges with} Bxe5 17. fxe5 (17. dxe5 Nxd2 {[%cal
Yb7g2]} 18. Qxd2 g6 $13) 17... Nxd2 18. Rxd2 {and now} f6 $5 {releasing the
grip on the kingside} 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 (20... Qxf6 21. Rf2 Qe7 22.
Qg3 $16 {[%cal Yg3e5]}) 21. Rf2 Rf8 22. Qg3 $14 {although White's position
remains easier.}) 15... f5 16. Qh3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 {Black's position is very
solid now, it seems unlikely that White will be able to create problems.} 18.
Qh5 Kh7 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rf4 Rf7 (20... cxd4 {was possible} 21. exd4 (21. cxd4
Qb4 $1 $132) 21... Bc6 {and now} 22. g4 $2 {is bad due to} h5 $1 {[%cal Ge7g5]}
) 21. g4 $6 {Tan Zhongyi didn't forget she must win!} Rcf8 22. Qg2 cxd4 23.
cxd4 Nxd2 $2 {A strange decision by Ju Wenjun, since the knight was firmly
protected on e4, preventing many active ideas by White. Now the Bd3 becomes
very dangerous.} ({Instead,} 23... g6 {was natural and good} 24. Rdf1 {even if
Black had no ideas in this position, it is difficult to think how could White
improve her pieces, but the following regrouping plan is very nice} Rc8 $1 25.
Kh1 (25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Ba6 $1 {winning material}) 25... Rg7 $1 {and Black
is ok.}) 24. Rxd2 $36 {Now White has the better minor piece and nice chances
of taking the initiative.} g6 (24... g5 $2 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Rdf2
Qe6 28. h4 $1 g4 29. Qg3 $16) 25. Qh3 $1 {Now White has an easy job to
increase the pressure.} Bc8 26. Rg2 g5 $2 {[%csl Gd3] Making White's task
easier.} ({trying to keep as solid as possible with} 26... Rg7 {was the best
chance, but after} 27. Kh1 Rfg8 28. Rf1 Bd7 29. Rg3 {[%cal Yh3g2,Yg3h3] White
keeps the tension in a pleasant position.}) 27. Rf3 Kg7 28. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Gh2h4] This move points out all the drawbacks of Black's last move, and
the unavoidable h2-h4 just crushes Black's defences.} (28. Qg3 $2 fxg4 {
is ok for Black.}) 28... Bd7 29. h4 $18 {Black's position is hopeless.} fxg4 (
29... Be8 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. gxf5 {[%cal Yg2g8]}) 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32.
Rxg4 Rg7 (32... Rxf3 33. Rxg5+ Qxg5+ 34. Qxg5+ Kf7 35. Bg6+ Kg8 36. Bh5+ $18)
33. Rf6 $1 Qb4 34. Qxg7+ $1 {The execution is precise.} Kxg7 35. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Stets, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:54"]
[BlackClock "0:18:37"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} (4... O-O) (4... d6) 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:09:13]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:12]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:
06]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:03:51]} (8. Qb1 $5) 8... Ne4 {[%emt 0:
03:33]} (8... c5) (8... Nbd7) 9. Bh4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 10.
a4 {[%emt 0:06:15]} (10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Rad1 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rd3 19. Bh4 f6 20.
exf6 exf6 21. c4 h5 22. Bg3 Rfd8 23. h3 Kg7 24. b3 g5 25. h4 Kg6 26. Qb2 Qd7
27. Rxd3 exd3 28. f3 g4 29. e4 Kf7 30. Kh2 gxf3 31. gxf3 Rg8 32. Qf2 Bc8 33.
Qf1 d2 34. Bf4 Qd4 35. Rxd2 Qc3 36. Qd1 Re8 37. Rc2 Rd8 38. Qxd8 Qxc2+ 39. Kg3
Qb1 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Polgar,J (2711) Almaty 2008 1-0}) 10... a6 $146 {
[%emt 0:04:35]} ({Prédécesseur (5):} 10... Qe8 11. a5 h6 12. Qc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2
Nf6 14. a6 Bc8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c6 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Rac1 Rc8 20.
b4 Nd7 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nd2 f5 23. e4 f4 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bxe7 Re8
27. Bd6 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Nf6 29. Qxg6 Bf7 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 Rd8 32. Bxf4 Nd5
33. Bg3 Nxb4 34. Ne4 Nxa6 35. Nd6 b4 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Re1 Bc3 38. Be6+ Kg6 39.
Rc1 Nc5 40. Ba2 {Illescas Cordoba,M (2590)-Polgar,J (2630) Las Palmas 1994 0-1
(85)}) (10... a5) 11. a5 {[%emt 0:05:01] Comme les Noirs n'ont pas poussé le
P"c5", ce plan a4a5 ne parait pas très dangereux} b5 $132 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 12.
Re1 {[%emt 0:21:17]} (12. Qc2) 12... h6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:
31]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 14. Bg3 $5 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 15.
hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qe7 $11 {
[%emt 0:02:20]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:04:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:34] Il fallait
peut-être laisser cette case accessible pour la Qe7} (17... Nxe5 $5 {Plus
souple} 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bg7) 18. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:55]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} 19. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:04] Le P passé n'est pas
dangereux et l'aile-dame des Noirs s'est affaiblie} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:10]}
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. f4 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 23. e4 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:00:41][%csl Re7]}
Qf7 {[%emt 0:09:59]} 24. Re2 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 25. Nf3 $16
{[%emt 0:02:10]} g5 $6 {[%emt 0:16:32]} 26. exf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxf3 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} 27. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 28. Re6 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:18][%csl Rg8][%cal Ge6g6]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 30. Kg2 $1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 31.
Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:57][%csl Ga5]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:49]} 32. Rb6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:34]
} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 33. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. b7 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Be4 $40 {[%emt 0:00:27][%csl Gb7,Ge4]}
b3 {[%emt 0:00:33] Le P "b3" est moins dangereux que le P "b7" à cause de la
position des B} 36. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 38. Rxb2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
39. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 40. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 42. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:05:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 43. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:02:22][%csl Rh7][%cal
Gg4g5,Gd5e4]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Kh3 $18 {[%emt 0:05:14]} hxg4+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. fxg4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:58] Une dernière
tentative} 46. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:03:21]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49.
Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:30:03"]
[BlackClock "0:50:41"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:04:16]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:
32]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:
11]} (7... Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Ne5 Rfd8 12. f4 h6 13.
Bh4 c4 14. a3 b5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng3
Bf6 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Nh5 Bh8 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. h3 Nd5 25. Kh2 Ne7
26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Kg3 Ke7 30. f5 Kd7 31. Nf4 Rd6 32.
fxe6+ fxe6 33. Re4 Re8 34. Rae1 Bf6 35. Ng6 Bg5 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Rf1 {
Moradiabadi,E (2586)-Efimenko,Z (2648) Dubai 2014 1-0}) (7... Bd7) 8. Be2 {
[%emt 0:06:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:
27]} 10. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:47]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 11. exd4 {[%emt 0:12:14]}
Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. Bxf6 $146 {[%emt 0:11:12]} (12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Bb1 h6 14.
Bh4 Rac8 15. Bg3 Nf4 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. f4 g5 20. Nf3
Na5 21. Qb4 Nc4 22. fxg5 a5 23. Qb3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Nxe5 26. Rd4
Rf6 27. Qd1 Ng4 28. Nh7 Rg6 29. Rxg4 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Rxg4 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. b4 Qf2 {
0-1 (32) Roppel,K (2331)-Erikalov,A (2438) Novosibirsk 1999}) 12... gxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} dxc4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:03][%csl Rd4]} 14.
Nxc4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} (14... Be7 15. d5 $32 {[%csl Rc7,
Rd7,Re7,Rg8]}) 15. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:25:44]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. Bb5 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 17. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} 18. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nd5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:03:48][%csl Gd5]} 19. Rc4
{[%emt 0:02:07]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 20. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 21. g3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 22. a3 {[%emt 0:01:25]}
Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 23. R4c3 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 24. R1c2 {
[%emt 0:02:32]} R8c7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:
45]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 27. R2c4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} b6
{[%emt 0:02:31]} 28. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Qa4 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:46] Les Noirs ont réussi à faire des échanges de pièces lourdes
pour attaquer la faiblesse du P isolé mais les Blancs vont garder le
contrôle de la colonne "c" en compensation et la finale est équilibrée} Rc7
{[%emt 0:00:41]} 30. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (31... Kf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6,Gd7c7]})
32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Ra4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Nb5 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} 34. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 35. Rc6 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37.
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} (37... Kd7 {[%cal Gb7c7]}) 38. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:
04]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} a5 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3
b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6
14. a4 a5 15. f5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. dxc5 Rad8 18. Qf2 exf5 19. Qg3 f6 20.
Nc4 Qxc5 $17 {0-1 Tyomkin,D-Koskinen,H/Internet ICC 2000/The Week in Chess 292
(38)}) 2. Nf3 e6 (2... g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 d5 7. Nbd2 Nc6
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Qd6 13. Rfe1 b6 14.
a4 a5 15. Bh4 Bh6 16. Bg3 Bf4 17. Nf1 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Bd7 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. Bd3
Rab8 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Shirov,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess
313 (21)}) 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 (4... b6 5. d5 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
dxe6 fxe6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Dreev,A-Zelcic,R/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 
(55)}) 5. Nbd2 d5 (5... b6 $5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10.
a3 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Rac1 d6 14. Rfd1 Rc7 15. Nb3 Rfc8 16. Qd2
Nb8 17. Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Kengis,E/Aarhus 1997/CBM 60 (17)}) 6. c3
Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 (7... Qc7 $5 {Very interesting idea.Black prevents white's Ne5.}
8. O-O O-O 9. Qb1 h6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. b4 c4 13. Be2 e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 $44 {0-1 Bagheri,
A-Yermolinsky,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (29)}) 8. Qb1 $5 {This move is not
played as much as 8.0-0,but it should be taken for deeper analyzes.This move
prevents ,firstble,black's countermove Ne4 and also puts some pressure after
black castles on h7 square.In addition to that white intends to play b4,what
will give him some initiative on queenside.} (8. O-O {Probably the best move
in the position.} Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 (11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6
$132 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gh6h5]}) 11... Qxe7 12. f4 g6 (12... f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf3
O-O 15. Qe1 $14 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge1h4] With initiative for white.}) (12... O-O-O
13. a4 c4 14. Bc2 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 16. e4 $14) 13. Nf3 O-O 14.
Qe1 $14 {[%cal Ge1g3,Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 a5 $1 {Good decition,black
doesn't let white to play b4 and wants to exchange light square bishops.} 10.
a4 {White hopes in the future to use the weakness on b5 .} Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 {
[%csl Rb5]} 12. O-O O-O $11 {It seems like black has no problems after the
opening.} 13. Rd1 (13. e4 cxd4 (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... Nxd2 15. Bxd8
Nxb1 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bd6 $18) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 $11) 14. Nxd4 Nxe4 $2 (
14... Qa8 $5 15. Re1 $14) 15. Nc6 $16) 13... Nh5 $5 {Black playes very simple.
He exchanges every white piece that somehow taking active place.When only
light pieces,which are left on the board are the knights it is really will be
hard for one of the sides to break the ballance.} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 {
Finally white played e4,but it is not changing much.Black knights get two good
squares for his knights in the center: c5 and d5.} dxe4 16. Qxe4 Raa8 $11 {
Important to return the R back in the game.} 17. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6] White is
trying to use some black weaknesses on queenside.} Nhf6 {[%cal Gf6d5] Black N
is going to d5 from where he will protect P on b6 and realizing by that the
second N.} 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. g3 Rac8 20. Nfe5 {White placed nicely his knights
in the center,but what next? It is very difficult to break black position.
White finds very interesting plan.....} cxd4 (20... Rfd8 $1 {Was more carefull
move.But luckily for black white combination is not enough for full point. But
black really wanted to place finally the second N on c5.}) 21. Rxd4 Nc5 $5 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd5]} 22. Ng6 $5 {Nice breaking of ballance and making the game more
exiciting,but black finds the best defence to hold the piece agreement.} fxg6
23. Rxd5 {[%tqu "En","Find the best defencing resource for black.","","",
"f8f2","Correct.Black getting good counterplay.",10]} Rxf2 $1 {The best reply.
Black gaining good counterplay against exposed white K.} 24. Qxf2 exd5 25. Nxb6
Rf8 $1 {Another exelent defensive move.Sacrafising the P is correct decition.}
(25... Rd8 26. Rd1 $16) 26. Nxd5 {The postion is equal.The game probably could
continue: 26...Qd6 27.Qg2 Nd3 28.Ne3(the best move,other moves gime black
initiative) 28...Re8 29.Qd5+ Qxd5 30.Nxd5 Nxb2 and draw agreement could take
place also here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Knuth, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 (4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 {[%cal Gd8b6]
0-1 Chepukaitis,G-Taimanov,M/St. Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (60)}) 4... c5 5. dxc5
(5. e3 e6 6. c3 $14) 5... Qa5 (5... Nxc5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4]})
6. c3 Qxc5 7. Qa4 {[%cal Ga4e8,Gg5f6]} Qc6 (7... e6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e4 $14) 8.
Qc2 e5 ({More solid is} 8... e6 9. e3 Be7 {With a good position for Black.}) 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 (9... Nxf6 $2 10. Nxe5) (9... gxf6 $6 10. e4 $16) 10. e4 dxe4 (10...
Nb6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bb5+ $1 $16) 11. Nxe4 Qc6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rfe1 $14 {White's better development gives him the advantage.} g6 {The idea is
probably to protect h7 in the future. f5 was probably too early:} (14... f5 $2
15. Neg5 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4,Rd5,Re6,Rf7,Rg8]} e4 (15... Nc5 16. Bc4+ Ne6 17. Nxe5
$18) (15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nb6 17. Rxe5) 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 $18
) 15. a4 {White is beginning to gain space at the queenside.} a6 16. Ned2 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gd2c4]} Bf6 17. b4 {Black is having troubles developing his
pieces, because of the weakness of e5.} Qc7 18. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e5,Gf3e5,Ge1e5]}
Re8 19. a5 {[%csl Rb6]} Bg7 (19... Nf8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4] White
is clearly better.}) 20. Rad1 b5 (20... f5 21. Nd6 Qxd6 (21... Re7 22. Qb3+ $18
) 22. Bc4+ $18) (20... Nf8 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Rd2 {And White is better, For
example:} Bg4 23. Be4 Rbd8 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. Red1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd5e7]}) 21.
Be4 Rb8 22. Nd6 Re6 (22... Rd8 23. Bd5 {[%csl Rf7]} Nf6 (23... Rf8 24. Nxf7
Rxf7 25. Ng5 $18) 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Rbxc8 (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxf7 27.
Rd8+ Bf8 28. Nxe5 Qg7 29. Qa2 {[%csl Rf7]}) 26. Bb3 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5,
Gg5f7,Ge5f7]}) 23. Nxf7 $1 {Very nice move. I think it is a logical
transformition of positional advantage to material one,due to bad development
of black pieces.} Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Qb3+ Kf6 (26... Ke7 27.
Qg8 $1 $16) 27. Re3 {[%cal Ge3f3]} Qc4 (27... Nf8 28. Rf3+ Bf5 29. g4 $18) 28.
Qxc4 bxc4 29. Bd5 {[%cal Ge3f3,Gf3f7,Gd5c4,Gd5f7]} Ke7 30. Bxc4 {Black's
position is hopeless.} (30. Rf3 Nf6) 30... Bb7 31. Red3 Nf6 32. Rd6 {[%cal
Gd6e6,Gd6b6,Gc4a6]} Bc8 (32... Ra8 33. Re6+ Kf8 34. Rdd6 Ne4 35. Rd7 Bc8 36.
Rd8+ Kf7 37. Ree8+ $18) 33. Rc6 {Threatening Rc7+.} (33. Bxa6 Ne4 34. Rc6 Bxa6
35. Rxa6 Nxc3) 33... Ne8 (33... Ra8 34. Rc7+ Bd7 (34... Ke8 35. Bf7+ Kf8 36.
Rd8+ Ne8 37. Rxe8#) 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Rd8 37. a6 $18) 34. Bxa6 {Now White's
pawns are unstopable.} Bxa6 35. Rxa6 $18 e4 36. Rc6 {[%cal Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8]}
Be5 37. a6 Nc7 38. Rc5 Ke6 (38... Bd6 39. a7 Ra8 40. Ra5 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gb5b6,
Gb6b7]}) 39. Rc6+ (39. Re1 $18) 39... Ke7 40. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4f3,Gd1e1]} g5
{It will be a weakness in the future.} 41. Rc5 Ke6 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. a7 Ra8 44.
b5 Nxb5 (44... Rxa7 45. b6 $18) 45. Rd5 Bxc3 46. Rxb5 Bd4 47. Rb7+ Kd8 48. Rb8+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Hennig, Dirk"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 (5... Qa5+ $5 6. Nbd2 (6.
c3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] Might give white some chances for opening advantage.} Qxc5
7. e3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bg4 10. b4 Qd6 11. Bg3 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gf3e5]})
6... Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qxc5 12. c4
dxc4 13. Rfc1 Be7 14. Rxc4 Qb6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Rac1
Rd5 $11 {[%cal Ga8d8] 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/Internet 2000/CBM 75 (23)})
6. e3 ({Another possibility.} 6. Nbd2 Nxc5 7. Nb3 f6 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 8. e3 e5
9. Be2 Be6 10. Nfd2 Na4 11. Rb1 a6 12. O-O Be7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Kf7 17. f3 Rhd8 $15 {[%cal Gb7b5] 0-1 Buturin,V-Vaulin,A/
Swidnica 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 6... g6 {The best way to develop the B.} (6... f6
$6 7. c4 $1 $36 (7. Nd4 $5 {Also will give white better chances.})) 7. Nbd2
Nxc5 8. Nb3 Bg7 9. c3 (9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e5 $15 {
[%csl Gc8,Gd5,Ge5,Gg7] Pare of bishops and strong center defenetly makes it
clear,that white got nothing from the opening and black simply has a better
game.}) 9... Ne4 10. Bd3 Bg4 {Already planning his next sacrafise.} (10... O-O
11. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nfd4 Ne5 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Ba3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2
b6 17. f4 a5 $40 {[%csl Ra3,Gc8,Re2,Gg7][%cal Gc8a6] 0-1 Timman,J-Shirov,A/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (65) Black has more than enough
compensation for sacrafised P.}) 11. h3 Nxc3 $5 {Interesting idea.Black gets
R+two P for two light pieces.But it looks like white light pieces will
dominate on the board,since black will have few weaknesses and for a while
black will be busy with defending it.} (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14.
O-O Ne5 15. Qf4 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 Bxf3
14. gxf3 (14. Qxf3 Bxa1 15. Nxa1 O-O $44 {[%cal Gd8a5,Ge7e5]}) 14... Bxa1 15.
Qxa1 f6 $6 {[%csl Rd5,Re6]} (15... O-O $142 {After the move in the game black
leaves the K in the center and makes himself unnessasary weaknesses.}) 16. f4
Kf7 (16... O-O {[%csl Rg6,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gh1g1,Ga1b1] Can be dangerous,due to
weak pawn structure on the Kside.}) 17. Kg2 Rc8 18. Rd1 $14 {White has better
position,black should be very carefull now .....} Qb6 19. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f3,
Gd1d5,Gf3d5]} Rhd8 20. Bf3 Nb4 (20... Qb5 21. Nd4 $14) 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. a3 Nc6
23. Rb1 (23. Qa2 $1 {[%cal Gf3d5,Ga2c4]} Rc5 24. e4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc2 (25... e6
26. Rb4 Qc6 27. Qb2 $18 {[%cal Gb4b7,Gb2f6]}) 26. Qxc2 Qxd4 27. exd5 Qxf4 28.
Bg3 $14) 23... Qc7 24. Nb5 Qa5 25. Rb3 {[%cal Gb5c3]} (25. Qa2 Rc5 $13) 25...
a6 (25... g5 26. Bg3 (26. Bh5+ Kg8 27. Bg3 gxf4 28. Bxf4 {[%csl Rg8]}) 26...
gxf4 27. Bxf4 e5 28. Bg3 {[%csl Rf7]}) 26. Nc3 d4 (26... g5 27. Bg3 gxf4 28.
Bxf4 d4 29. Ne4 b5 30. exd4 $36 {[%csl Rf7]}) 27. Ne4 b5 28. Rd3 {[%cal Ge4d2]}
dxe3 $6 {Allows white to exchange few pieces and to get dangerous attack on
the black K.} (28... Qc7 29. Nd2 Rc2 $13 {With very complicated position.}) {
[%tqu "En","Find the best chance for white to play for winning.","","","e4d6",
"White gains strong initiative and black must play carrefully.",10]} 29. Nd6+
$1 Rxd6 $8 30. Rxd6 Rxf4 31. Rxc6 Rxh4 32. Qa2+ Kg7 33. Qe6 (33. Re6 $1 Kf8 34.
Rxe3 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 33... Qxa3 34. Rc7 exf2 $2 {The move which looses the
game.} (34... Kh6 35. Rxe7 Qc3 $14 {[%cal Gc3f6] Protecting very important for
black P.}) 35. Rxe7+ Kh6 36. Qxf6 f1=Q+ $8 (36... Rb4 $4 37. Qg7+ Kg5 38. Re5+
Kh4 39. Qh6#) 37. Kxf1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qc5+ 39. Kg3 Qg5+ {Black is forced to
exchange the Q,but the ending is lost due to the captured R on h5.} 40. Qxg5+
Kxg5 41. Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} Kf6 (41... Rh6 {[%cal Gg5f6,Gg6g5]} 42. Re6 a5 43.
Rb6 b4 44. h4+ Rxh4 45. Rb5+ Kf6 46. Kxh4 $18) 42. Re6+ Kg5 1-0

[Event "Kiev Trudova Ukraina"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 {This line is probably harmless for
black.But still there are some interesting ideas in curient type of positions:
1.Black will have to move the Q in order to develop the B on f8.The best place
for Q is b6,but then white will be able to play c4 and to aim c5 sometime.2.
The idea of c4 for white seems to be interesting all the time.White can
transfer the game to the positions similar to Queens Gambit.3.After black will
play Qb6 white will have to decide how to protect the b2 P.To play Qb3 or to
play Qc1 followed by later c4.We can't talk here about gaining big advantage
in earlier stages of the game for one of the sides,but again this positions
are based mostly on understanding and some specific ideas,so both sides should
play carrefully already from the begginning,} (4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7
7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Rd3 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kosten,A-Speelman,
J/ENG 1991/CBM 28 (28)}) 4... c6 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 5. c3 (5. Nfd2 $5 Qb6 6. Nxe4
Qxb2 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. e3 Qc3 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Bd5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13.
Rc1 $44 {[%cal Gd2b1,Gc2c4] 1-0 Rozentalis,E-Giorgadze,G/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 
(62) White's big advantage in development,gives him at least good compensation
for the pawn.}) (5. e3 $5 {[%cal Gc2c4] This move might promise white a bit
more than the one in the game} Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. c4 dxc4
10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qc7 12. e4 $1 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Qf4 14. g3 Bxg3 15. Bxg3
Bxe4+ 16. Kg1 $16) 5... Bf5 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Bd6 $11 {
Black solved all the opening problems.} 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bg3 Be7 (11... Bxg3
12. hxg3 {[%cal Gh1h6]}) 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11 {
Both sides improve their pieces.On the next move white decides to exchange
finally the queens.} 16. Qxb6 axb6 (16... Nxb6 $5) 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. a4 Ne8 19.
Nf3 Nd6 20. Ne5 c4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga8a5]} (20... Nxb5 21. axb5 f6 22. Nxg6
hxg6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bc7 Ra5 25. Bxb6 Rxb5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28.
Ra1 $14 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3]}) 21. Nxg6 {White has to exchange few minor
pieces and arises complitly equal ending.} hxg6 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. e4 Rd8 (23...
dxe4 $2 24. Re1 Kf8 (24... f5 25. Bd7 Rc7 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27. g4 $14 {[%csl Rc4,
Re4,Rf5,Rg6]}) 25. Rxe4 $14 {[%csl Rc4]}) 24. Re1 g5 25. Re2 (25. exd5 exd5 26.
Re3 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge3f3,Gf3f5,Ga1e1]} g6 27. Rae1 Kg7 $11 {White pieces
placed much better,but it really hard to break black position.}) 25... g6 26.
Rae1 Kg7 27. e5 Be7 28. Rf1 Rac8 29. g3 (29. f4 Rh8 {[%cal Gh8h4]} 30. Ref2
gxf4 31. Rxf4 Rcf8 $11 {[%cal Gh8h4]}) 29... Rh8 30. Kg2 Rh7 31. Re3 Rch8 32.
g4 {Now white closed the position and the only break left is b3.With the next
moves white is trying to prepare this move.} Ra8 33. Rb1 {It is really hard to
believe,that the game continued until the move 72!!!} Rhh8 34. Rf1 Rhc8 35. Rg3
Rc7 36. Re1 Rac8 37. Ree3 Ra8 38. Rgf3 Rac8 39. Kf1 Ra8 40. Ke2 Rac8 41. Kd1
Ra8 42. Kc2 Rac8 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Rfe3 Rdc8 45. Re1 Ra8 46. Rf1 Rac8 47. Rfe1
Ra8 48. Rf3 Rac8 49. Re2 Ra8 50. Rg3 Rac8 51. Rge3 Ra8 52. b3 {White finally
played b3,but what are the results:one new weakness on c3!!Although white's
plan is reasonable: white wants to play later c4,followed by d5 and then the B
+ two R will attack the weakness on f7!} cxb3+ 53. Kxb3 Rac8 54. Rf3 Rd8 55.
Rfe3 Rdc8 56. Rf3 Rd8 57. Rd3 Rdc8 58. Rde3 Rd8 59. Rc2 Rdc8 60. c4 f6 61. Rcc3
{Changes nothing.} (61. exf6+ Bxf6 62. Kc3 (62. Rxe6 Bxd4 {[%cal Gd5c4,Gd4f2]}
63. Ree2 dxc4+ 64. Rxc4 Rxc4 65. Bxc4 Bc5 $11 {[%cal Gc8f8]}) 62... Rh8 63. Kd3
Rd8 $1 64. cxd5 Rxc2 65. Kxc2 Rxd5 66. Rxe6 Bxd4 $11) 61... fxe5 62. cxd5 Rxc3+
63. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 64. Kxc3 exd4+ 65. Kxd4 Bc5+ 66. Ke5 exd5 67. Kxd5 Bxf2 68. Ke6
Bg1 69. Bd3 Bf2 70. Be4 Bg1 71. Bxb7 Bf2 72. Be4 Bg1 73. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[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 "Castrop Rauxel"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 {Seldom move, clearly not the best.} gxf6
5. c3 Nc6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 e5 8. Nbd2 Qxb3 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Bh6 {was also
possible}) 9. axb3 cxd4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bb5+ Kd8
$2 {Too optimistic.} (13... Bd7 {would lead to an equal endgame, while now
white has a very good knight maneuvre Nd2-f1-e3}) 14. Ke2 Bg4+ 15. f3 Be6 16.
Nf1 $1 Bd6 17. g3 Bc7 18. Ne3 Ke7 19. f4 a6 (19... f5 $2 20. Bd3 Kf6 21. Bxf5
Bxf5 22. Nxd5+ $18) 20. Bd3 Kd6 21. Rhd1 Bb6 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Rd2 h5 $6 {
crucial move, as white can fix the pawn on white square.} 24. h4 Rce8 25. Kf3
$2 (25. Kf2 $1 $14 {was much better, for instance:} Bd7 26. b4) 25... Bd7 26.
Nf5+ ({now} 26. b4 {is late, because of} Re7 27. Bb3 Rhe8 $17) 26... Bxf5 27.
Bxf5 $11 Re7 28. b4 Rhe8 (28... Rc7 29. Bd3 $11) 29. Ra3 Re1 30. Bh3 R8e4 31.
Rad3 Rc1 32. b3 Ree1 $138 33. Bg2 f5 $2 (33... Re8 $142) 34. Kf2 Re4 $2 35. Bf3
$18 a5 36. Bxh5 axb4 37. Bxf7 Rc3 38. Kg2 Bd8 39. h5 Bf6 40. h6 Rxd3 41. Rxd3
Rxd4 42. Rf3 (42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Kh3 Bf6 44. h7 d4 45. Bc4 Ke7 46. Kg2 {
-f3-e2-c4and white wins}) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Re2 44. h7 d4 45. Rd3 Ke7 (45...
Re3 46. Rxe3 dxe3 47. Kg2 $18) 46. Bh5 Rc2 47. Rd1 Kf8 48. Bg6 Rc5 49. Re1 Kg7
50. Re6 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O (7. c3
Re8 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Nf3 Re8 13. c4 Qb6 14.
Qxb6 axb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. cxd5 Bf5 $44 {Cvetkovic-Kozul,JUG-ch 1990}) 7...
Re8 8. c4 $1 e5 9. Rc1 e4 10. Ne1 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 $16 Qb6 13. Nc2 Qe6
$6 14. Nb4 Bf8 15. Bb5 $1 $18 Rd8 16. Nxd5 Qf5 17. Bxd7 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxc8 (19. Bxd8 Bxd7 20. Bh4 $18) 19... Rdxc8 20. Nxe4 Nb4 21. Bf6 a5 (21...
Nxa2 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. d5 Re8 (23... Bg7 24. Be7 Bf8 25. d6 $18) 24. f3 Nb4 25.
d6 $18) 22. g4 Re8 23. Be5 Bg7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 h6 26. a3 Nd3 27. Rc2 $6
(27. Rc3 $142 Nxb2 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Rc4 Ra6 30. Rxa4 Rxf6 31. Rxa5 $18) 27...
Ra6 28. Bh4 Rb6 29. Rd1 Nxb2 30. Rb1 Nc4 31. Rxb6 Nxb6 32. Rc7 Rb8 33. Bg3 a4
34. Kf1 (34. e4 $142 $18) 34... Nd5 35. Rd7 (35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Bxb8 b5 37. Ke2
b4 38. Kd2 bxa3 39. Kc1 Nb4 $44) 35... Nf6 36. Re7 Nd5 37. Rd7 Nf6 38. Rd6 (38.
Bxb8 Nxd7 39. Bd6 $18) 38... Ne4 39. Rb6 Rc8 40. Rxb7 Nxg3+ 41. hxg3 Rc3 42.
Ra7 Rxa3 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. e4 a3 46. e5 Kf8 47. d5 Rd2 (47... Ra1
48. d6 Ke8 (48... a2 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ke2 $18) 49. Ra8+ Kd7 50. Rf8 Ke6 51.
Re8+ Kd7 52. Re7+ Kc6 53. Rxf7 $18) 48. d6 f6 (48... a2 49. Ke3 Rd5 50. Ra8+
Kg7 51. f4 f6 52. Rxa2 fxe5 53. Rd2 exf4+ 54. gxf4 Rxd2 55. Kxd2 Kf6 56. f5 $18
) 49. Ke4 fxe5 (49... Re2+ 50. Kd5 Rxe5+ 51. Kc6 $18) (49... a2 $1 50. f4 Ke8
51. f5 Re2+ 52. Kd5 Rxe5+ 53. Kc6 Re2 54. fxg6 Kf8 55. g7+ Kg8 56. d7 $18) 50.
Kxe5 a2 51. f4 h5 52. g5 Ke8 53. Ke6 Kf8 54. d7 Kg8 55. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Asia Chess Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.03.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
Re8 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bh4 a6 $2 {[#] Warum war der letzte schwarze
Zug ein Fehler?} 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 $4 13. Qxb6) (12... Qxb3 13. Nxb3
Bxf6 14. dxc5) 13. Qxd5 {Mit Bauerngewinn? Moment, es geht ja noch weiter:}
Qxb2 {Schwarz hat seinen Bauern zurückgewonnen. Der Unterschied ist aber:
Weiß hat seine Dame zentralsisiert, Schwarz hat seine Dame ins Abseits
gestellt und dort zum Angriffsobjekt gemacht.} 14. Rab1 Qxc3 ({Erträglicher
war noch} 14... Qc2 15. Rdc1 $5 (15. dxc5 $16) 15... Qf5 16. Qxf5 ({Oder auch} 
16. Qb3 Z0 {mit der Absicht} 17. e4) 16... gxf5 17. a4 $16) ({Nach} 14... Qa3
15. Nc4 Qxa2 {kommt die Dame in große Gefahr, z.B.:} 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Ra1 Qb3
18. Rdb1 Qxc3 19. Ra3) 15. Nc4 {Droht Tdc1 mit Damengewinn.} Qc2 16. Bd3 e6 17.
Qe4 Qa4 {[#]} 18. d5 ({Stark war} 18. Nfe5 $5 {Mit der Idee Sxf7.} Bxe5 19.
dxe5 Qc6 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. Be4 Qc7 23. Qe7 $18 {mit überlegener
Stellung.}) 18... Nf8 19. d6 Bd7 ({Besser war} 19... Nd7) 20. Bc2 Qc6 21. Qf4 {
Ein Springer auf d7 hätte den Lf6 gedeckt.} Kg7 (21... Bg7 22. Nfe5 Bxe5 23.
Nxe5 $18) 22. Nce5 g5 23. Qg4 Qc8 {[#] Exekution:} 24. Qh5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 f5 26.
Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op 8th"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raznikov, Danny"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Souleidis,G"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 (7...
Bb7 {ist gebräuchlicher und punktet sehr gut für Schwarz.}) 8. Qe2 (8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qe2 Qc8 $1 {scheint auszugleichen, z.B.} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 $11) (
8. c4 $5 {kommt stark in Betracht.}) 8... Bxd3 9. cxd3 $5 (9. Qxd3 {ist die
logische Alternative, doch Weiß möchte sofort die c-Linie nutzen.}) 9... c5
10. Rfc1 Nbd7 11. Rc2 Qb8 $2 {Danach kann Schwarz den Druck auf der c-Linie
schon nicht abschütteln.} (11... h6 $1 12. Bf4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rac1 (13.
Nb3 a5 14. a4 Rb8 {mit Blick nach b2 ist unklar.}) 13... e5 $1 {gibt Schwarz
Gegenspiel.}) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd7 15. h3 Bh8 16. Rac1 {sieht
etwas besser aus für Weiß wegen des deplatzierten Springers, doch der Druck
auf der c-Linie ist im Vergleich zur Partie geringer.}) 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. Bxf6 (
13. Nb3 cxd4 14. Nbxd4 Rfc8 15. Nc6 $16) 13... Bxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b3 Nd7 16. d4 Rfc8 17. dxc5 $16 {kostet einen Bauern.}) 14. b4 $1 {Die
Pointe der weißen Strategie. Anstatt einen Bauern zu geben, sucht Schwarz
jetzt sein Heil in Komplikationen.} cxb4 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 $16) 15. Rc7 Qa6 16. Rxd7 Rfc8 17. Rdc7 ({Den Gefallen} 
17. Rxc8+ $2 Qxc8 18. Rxd5 Qc6 19. e4 e6 {tut Weiß dem Schwarzen nicht, auch
wenn der Anziehende nach} 20. Rd6 Qxd6 21. e5 {etwas Vorteil behaupten würde.}
) 17... Rxc7 18. Rxc7 Qxa2 {Schwarz hofft auf seine Damenflügelbauern, doch
Weiß lässt nichts anbrennen.} 19. g4 a5 (19... b3 20. Qd1 b2 21. g5 Bg7 22.
Kg2 $18) 20. g5 Bg7 21. Qd1 $1 $18 a4 22. Qc1 $1 h5 (22... b3 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24.
Qxc8+ Bf8 25. Ne5 $18 {mit der Idee 26.Sd7 gewinnt.}) 23. gxh6 Bxh6 24. Qc6 Rf8
25. Ra7 (25. Rxe7 $18) 25... a3 26. Qxb6 {Weiß hat alles unter Kontrolle.} Qb2
27. Qa5 e6 28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. Ng5 $1 Bxd4 32. exd4 (32.
Ra8 $1 $18 {wäre ein netter Gewinn gewesen.}) 32... Qxd4 33. Qxf7+ {Schwarz
gab auf, da er nach} Rxf7 34. Ra8+ $1 Kg7 35. Nxe6+ {die Dame verliert.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 11. Nd4 Bc8 (11... Nxd4 12. exd4 $14 (12.
cxd4 Qa5 13. Nf3)) (11... Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxb7) 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Qb5 $1
Qd6 14. N4b3 a6 15. Qd3 (15. Qc5 $14) 15... Rd8 (15... e4 $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 dxe4 19. Nc5) 16. e4 d4 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Qxd6
Rxd6 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Nc5) 18... Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be7) 17... Qxd3 (
17... Qc7 18. Nd4 $5 {Fritz}) 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1) 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qb3 $1 Be6 (19... Bg4 20. Bxg4 (20. Be3
Bxe2 21. Bxd4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd4 23. Nf3 $16) 20... Nxg4 21. Qf3 f6 22. Qxg4
fxg5 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qb3 h6) 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qc5 (21... Qxe4 $2 22. Nd6)
22. Ne3 (22. Nb6 Rxd1+ (22... Ng4 23. Nxa8 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rxa8 25. Rf1) 23. Rxd1
Re8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nd7) 22... Rxd1+ (22... b5 23. Nd5 (23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5
Bg5 25. g3) 23... Nxe4 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qb4 {Fritz}) 23. Rxd1 Qb5 24. Qc2 $1
Qe8 25. Rc1 h6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd5 $16 Bd8 28. g3 Rb8 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. Qb3 Kg7
(30... Rc8 $2 31. Ne7+ (31. Nf6+)) 31. Rc3 h5 32. h3 $1 (32. h4 $6 {xg4}) 32...
Qe8 33. Qc2 Qe6 34. Rc5 Be7 35. Rc4 (35. Nxe7 Qxe7 36. Qc3 Re8 37. Rc7 (37. f4
$5) 37... Qe6 $1 38. Rxb7 Qxa2 39. b3 Qe2 $1 $10) 35... Bd6 36. Qb3 $5 (36. a4
Rd8 (36... f5 $6)) 36... Rc8 $1 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Qb6 Qd7 (38... Qc6 39. Qxc6
bxc6 40. Ne3 $16) 39. a4 Be7 40. b3 Bd6 41. Qe3 Qc6 $4 42. Qg5 $1 Bb8 43. Qe7
$1 Bd6 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Kf3 {Zugzwang} Qc5 (45... Qd7 46. Qxg6+ fxg6 47. Nf6+
Kf7 48. Nxd7 $18) (45... a5 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qxa5) 46. b4 Qc6 47. b5 axb5 48.
axb5 Qc5 (48... Qxb5 49. Qxd6 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 Qxe4+ 51. Kh2 Qf3 52. Kg1 $18) 49.
Kg2 {Zugzwang} Qa3 50. g4 $2 (50. b6 Qc5 51. Qd8+ Kg7 (51... Bf8 $2 52. Nf6+ $1
{Ftachnik} (52. Qb8 Qd4 53. Qxb7 Qxe4+ 54. Kh2 $13) 52... Kg7 53. Nd7 Qe7 (
53... Qd6 54. Qc7 Qd4 55. Qxb7 Bb4 56. Qd5 $18) (53... Qb4 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55.
Qxe5 $18) 54. Qc7 $1 $18) 52. Qd7 {Zugzang} Bf8 $3 {The only move to fight
though it probably loses in the end.} (52... h4 53. gxh4 (53. g4 Bf8) 53... Bf8
54. Qxb7 (54. h5 Qd4) 54... Qd4 55. Ne3 Bc5 56. h5 Bxb6 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. Qc6+
Kh7 59. Ng4 $18) (52... Qc6 $2 53. Qxc6 bxc6 54. Nc7 $1 c5 55. Na6 c4 56. Kf1
$18) 53. Qxb7 Qd4 54. Nc7 Kg8 55. Na6 $1 (55. Nb5 Qc5 56. Qc7 Qxb5 57. b7 Bd6
$1 58. Qxd6 Qxb7 59. Qxe5 $16) 55... Qa4 (55... h4 56. gxh4 Qc4 57. Qa8 Kg7 58.
Nc7 Bc5 59. Ne8+ Kh7 60. Nf6+ Kg7 61. Qd5 Qc2 62. Ng4 Bxb6 63. Qxe5+ $18) (
55... Qc4 56. Qa8 (56. Nb8 $1 Bc5 57. Nd7 Bd4 (57... Bxf2 58. Nxe5 Qa2) 58.
Qa8+ Kh7) 56... Kg7 (56... h4 57. gxh4 {transposes}) 57. b7 Qxe4+ (57... Bd6
58. b8=Q Bxb8 59. Nxb8 Qc8 60. Qa7 $18) 58. Kh2 Bd6 59. b8=Q Bxb8 60. Qxe4) 56.
Qa8 Kg7 57. Nc7 $18) 50... hxg4 51. hxg4 Qc5 52. b6 $2 Qc8 $1 53. Kg3 (53. Kf3)
(53. Qh4 Kg7 54. g5 $2 Qh8 55. Qxh8+ Kxh8 {xg5, b6}) 53... Qf8 54. Kf3 Qb8 55.
Ke2 (55. Ne7+ Bxe7 56. Qxe7 Qa8 (56... Qc8 57. Qc7) 57. Qxe5 $16) 55... Bc5 $1
56. Qh4 Kg7 57. Kd3 $2 Qe8 (57... Qd6 $1 58. g5 Bxb6 59. Ke2 Bd8 $17) 58. g5
Qb5+ (58... Be7 59. Ke3 Qd8 60. f4 exf4+ 61. Kxf4 Qd6+ 62. Kf3 Qe5 (62... Bd8)
63. Qh6+ Kg8 64. Qh3 $13) 59. Kd2 Qb2+ {time trouble} (59... Kg8 60. Nf6+ Kf8
61. Qh8+ Ke7 62. Nd5+ Kd7 63. Nf6+ Ke7 (63... Kc6 $2 64. Qc8+ Kxb6 65. Nd7+)
64. Nd5+ $10) 60. Ke1 Qc1+ 61. Ke2 Qc2+ 62. Ke1 $1 (62. Kf1 $2 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qh5
$1 $8 64. Qg3 Bd4 65. Nf6 Qh8 (65... Qe2 $3 {(Fritz) intending to run after}
66. Qh4 Kf8 $1 67. Qh8+ Ke7 68. Qe8+ Kd6 $17 {and Black will win!}) 66. Nd5 Qh5
$10) (62. Ke1 Qc1+ $10 (62... Bxf2+ $2 63. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 64. Ne3 Qb4+ 65. Kf1 $16)
(62... Bb4+ $4 63. Kf1 Kg8 (63... Qb1+ 64. Kg2 Kg8 65. Nf6+ Kf8 66. Qh8+ Ke7
67. Qb8 $1 $18) 64. Nf6+ Kf8 65. Qh8+ Ke7 66. Qe8+ Kd6 67. Qd7+ Kc5 68. Qc8+))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta2"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 (4. Nbd2 c5 $5 (4... c5 {Belov} 5.
Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Qb6 $10)) 4... Ne4 $5 (4... O-O {Belov} 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7
(6... b6 7. a4 c5 8. a5 Na6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. O-O Nd6 12. h3 Nc7 $10 {
Malaniuk,V-Timoshenko,G/Alushta2(4)/1994/1:0 (58)/}) 7. b4 (7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O
e5 9. Nb3 $5 c6 10. Rc1 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 $14 {Miles,A-Nunn,J/London/1993/1:0 (45) Inf 58/385/}) 7... Re8 (7...
c6 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. Rc1 a5 $6 (10... Qe7 $5) 11. b5 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5
13. c4 $1 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxc4 h6 17. Bh4 $14 {Malaniuk,
V-Stohl,I/Brno/1993/0,5 (26) Inf 58/384/}) 8. Be2 e5 9. h3 $5 c6 10. O-O a5 11.
a3 Qe7 12. Rb1 h6 13. Bh4 Qf8 $6 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bh2
$14 {Malaniuk,V-Stohl,I/Pardubice/1993/0,5 (46) Inf 58/383/}) 5. Bh4 (5. Bf4
O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Nbd2 Nd6 $5 8. Be2 (8. Qb3 c6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Kh8 11. c4
dxc4 12. Nxc4 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Nce5 Nd6 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 (16. Qa3 $10)
16... Nd5 17. Bh2 Nb4 18. Qa4 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Ne4 20. Be5 f6 21. Bh2 Bd5 22. Qb4
a5 23. Qa3 b6 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Qd3 Nd6 26. Rfc1 g5 27. Ne2 Bg6 $13 {Maeser,
F-Bode,U/Lugano op/1989/}) 8... c6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. h3 Re8
13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Bh2 f6 15. Rac1 Kh8 16. c4 Nb4 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb1 Bxb1 19.
Rxb1 Rec8 20. Rbc1 e6 21. Nd2 Bf8 $10 {Kovacevic,S-Leko,P/Oviedo 25'/1993/})
5... O-O (5... d5 6. Nbd2 (6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2
Bg4 $1 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qd1 Qb6 14. Rb1 f6 $5 15. Nd2 (15. c4 $5 $13
) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Rfe1 e4
21. Re2 $2 (21. c4 $1 $132) 21... Qa6 22. a4 Rf5 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Rd2 h5 25. Bg3
c5 $36 {Kovacevic,S-Groszpeter,A/Cannes opA/1990/}) 6... c5 $5 (6... Nxd2 7.
Qxd2 Nd7 8. e3 O-O (8... Nf6 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. O-O O-O (11... Bf5 $5)
12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Bg3 c6 17. Be5 Qf5
18. Qe3 Be6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. h3 Qf6 22. a4 Bc8 23. a5 a6 24. Rad1
Qd6 25. b4 $16 {(),Psakhis,L-Ernst,T/Tallinn/1989/}) 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O c6 11.
Qc2 Ne8 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. f3 (13. c4 $5) 13... Nf5 14. Bf2 e5 15. e4 Ne7 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. g3 Be6 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. f4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bf5
$15 {Malaniuk,V-Leko,P/Kecskemet GM/1991/}) 7. e3 Qb6 (7... cxd4 {Belov} 8.
exd4 Nd6 $13) 8. Qb3 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Rfd1 Be6 14. Bg3 Rfd8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rd7 18. a3 f5 19. h4
Bf6 $10 {1/2:1/2,Chernin,A-Gulko,B/Amsterdam OHRA I/1987/}) (5... c5 6. e3 d5
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bf5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Na3 Rfe8 13.
Rad1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Qe3 d4 $1 17. cxd4 Nd6 18. Qb3 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 $17 {Kovacevic-Carbonnel/Paris-ch/1992/}) 6. Nbd2 (6.
e3 d5 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. O-O Nd7 9. Ne1 Nd6 10. Be2 f6 11. Nd2 c6 12. c4 dxc4 13.
Nxc4 Nb6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 Nf5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 $14 {
Kovacevic,S-Lucchetti,P/Cannes op/1990/}) 6... d5 7. e3 c5 (7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2
b6 $5 {/\Ba6=}) (7... Bf5 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. O-O e6 12.
Rac1 Na6 13. b4 c6 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Bg3 Nb8 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. b5 $1 a6 18. bxc6
Nxc6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Rfd8 21. Bh4 $14 {Lobron,E-Chiburdanidze,M/Brussels
tt/1987/}) 8. Nxe4 (8. Bd3 {Belov} cxd4 9. exd4 Nd6 10. O-O Bf5 $10) 8... dxe4
9. Nd2 cxd4 (9... Bf5 10. dxc5 (10. g4 $5) 10... Nc6 11. Nc4 Qc8 12. Be2 Rd8
13. Qc2 Rd5 14. Rd1 Rxc5 15. b4 Rxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2 Nf3+ $1 18. gxf3
Bxc3+ 19. Rd2 $8 (19. Kf1 exf3 20. Bd3 Bxd3+ $19) 19... exf3 20. Bd3 Bxd2+ 21.
Qxd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc1+ 23. Qd1 Qc3+ 24. Qd2 {1/2:1/2,Komarov,D-Smirin,I/
Borzhomi/1988/}) 10. exd4 $5 (10. cxd4 f5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O h6 13. Bg3 Be6
14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Qd2 g5 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Na5 Qf7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20.
dxe5 f4 21. exf4 gxf4 $36 {Payen,A-Schneider,A/Budapest/1993/}) 10... f5 11.
Bc4+ Kh8 12. Qe2 (12. f3 $2 {Belov} e3) 12... Nc6 13. f3 (13. O-O $142 $5 {
/\f3|^}) 13... Qb6 $5 (13... exf3 14. Nxf3 $16 {><e7}) 14. Bb3 (14. Nb3 {Belov}
e5 15. d5 exf3 16. gxf3 Na5 $13) 14... e5 15. Nc4 (15. d5 exf3 16. Nxf3 (16.
gxf3 Na5) 16... e4 $1 $36 (16... e4 {Belov} 17. Ng5 Ne5 $17)) (15. dxe5 $6 Nxe5
16. fxe4 fxe4 $40) 15... Qc7 16. d5 (16. fxe4 exd4 $36) (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qxe5 $15) 16... b5 $5 (16... Na5 {Belov} 17. d6 Qc5 18. Bf2 $18) (16... exf3 {
Belov} 17. gxf3 Nb8 18. d6 Qc6 19. O-O-O $16) 17. dxc6 (17. Nd2 exf3 18. gxf3
Na5 $13) (17. Na3 $5 {Belov} exf3 18. gxf3 Na5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. c4 Ba6 21. Na3
$8 Rab8 $44) 17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 (18. Qxc4 {Belov} exf3 19. gxf3 a5 {/\Ba6~/=/}
) 18... exf3 19. gxf3 Rb8 $1 (19... Qxc6 $2 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bb5 $16) (19...
Qxc6 $5 {Belov}) 20. O-O-O e4 $5 {/\Qf4-+} (20... Qxc6 21. Bg3 Be6 $1 $15) 21.
Kb1 (21. Bg3 $2 f4) 21... Bxc3 22. Bb3 Be6 $5 (22... Bg7 $1 23. fxe4 a5 $40)
23. bxc3 (23. Bxe6 $2 Rxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Kxb2 Qe5+ $19) 23... Bxb3 24.
axb3 Rxb3+ 25. Kc2 Qa5 $1 26. Bf6+ $1 (26. Kxb3 $2 Rb8+ 27. Kc4 Qb5+ $19) 26...
Rxf6 $8 (26... Kg8 27. Qc4+) 27. Kxb3 Rxc6 28. Qe1 (28. Rc1 Rb6+ 29. Kc2 Qa4+
$1 30. Kd2 Rb2+ 31. Ke1 Rxe2+ $17) (28. Qe3 {Belov} Rb6+ 29. Qxb6 $8 (29. Kc4
Qb5+ 30. Kd4 Rd6#) 29... Qxb6+ $17) 28... Rb6+ 29. Kc4 Rc6+ (29... Qb5+ {Belov}
30. Kd4 Rd6+ 31. Ke3 $18) 30. Kb3 (30. Kd4 {Belov} Qc5#) 30... Rb6+ 31. Kc4
Qb5+ $5 (31... Rc6+ $10) 32. Kd4 Re6 $1 33. fxe4 (33. f4 $2 Qb6+ 34. Kd5 Rd6+
35. Ke5 Qc5+ $19) (33. Rb1 $2 Qd3+ 34. Kc5 Re5+ 35. Kb4 Qd6+ $1 36. Ka4 (36.
Kc4 Rc5+ 37. Kb3 (37. Kb4 Qb6+) 37... Rb5+ 38. Kc2 Qd3+) (36. Kb3 Rb5+ $19)
36... Qa6+ 37. Kb3 Rb5+ $19) (33. Qh4 {Belov} Qe5+ 34. Ke3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Qe2+
36. Kf4 Re4+ $19) (33. c4 {Belov} Qb2+ 34. Qc3 $8 Rd6+ 35. Kc5+ Qxc3 36. Rxd6
exf3 $19) 33... Rxe4+ (33... Qd7+ $5 34. Kc4 $5 (34. Kc5 $2 Rc6+ 35. Kb4 Qb7+
$19) (34. Ke3 Rxe4+ 35. Kf2 Rxe1 36. Rhxe1 Qc7 $36) 34... Rxe4+ (34... Qa4+ 35.
Kd3) 35. Qxe4 Qa4+ 36. Kc5 Qxe4 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Rhd1 $15 {<=>})
34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. c4 Qc6 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. c5 $132 Kf6 38. Rhe1 Kf5 39. Re3 $1
Qa4+ 40. Kd5 Qd7+ 41. Kc4 Qa4+ 42. Kd5 Qd7+ 43. Kc4 Ke5 44. Kb3 $8 Qb5+ 45. Ka3
Kd4 46. Rcc3 $10 Qc6 $8 47. h3 g5 48. Kb3 a5 49. Rg3 h6 50. Rge3 h5 51. Rg3 g4
52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Ka3 a4 54. Kb4 Qa6 55. Ka3 (55. c6 $6 a3 56. c7 a2 57. c8=Q
Qxc8 58. Rxc8 a1=Q $17) 55... Qc6 $8 56. Kb4 Ke5 $6 (56... Qa6 57. Ka3 $10) 57.
Rxg4 $1 Qb7+ 58. Ka3 Qb1 59. Rgg3 Qa1+ 60. Kb4 Kd5 61. c6 a3 62. c7 Qb2+ (62...
a2 63. c8=Q Qb2+ 64. Rb3 Qd4+ 65. Kb5 $18) 63. Rb3 (63. Ka4 $2 a2 64. c8=Q
a1=Q+ 65. Ra3 Qd1+ 66. Rgb3 Qbd4+ $36) 63... Qd4+ 64. Kxa3 Qa7+ 65. Kb2 Qxc7
$10 66. Rb5+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reuss, Andreas"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nf4 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. g3 Nh3+
15. Kg2 Ng5 16. h4 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Ne5 18. Bf1 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 Qf6 $5 {Da Weiß
weder den Bf6 noch den Bh6 angreifen kann, bringt Weiß der Dmentausch nichts
ein. Im Gegenteil, das schwarze Zentrum würde etwas gestärkt.} 20. Qe3 {
Bis hierhin sieht alles nach einem schnellen friedlichen Ende aus. Doch Gerald
sticht der Hafer.} g5 $6 {Ein sehr optimistischer Zug. Eigentlich sollte das
Unternehmen scheitern.} 21. hxg5 (21. Bd3 $5) 21... hxg5 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. Qd2 g4
24. Be2 Qf5 25. Bd1 f6 26. Qe2 e5 27. dxe5 d4 $1 {Dieser Bluff zeigt die
erwünschte Wirkung.} 28. e6 $2 (28. Bc2 Bc6+ 29. Kg1 Rh8 30. exf6+ Kg8 (30...
Qxf6 31. Qxg4+ Kf7 32. Be4 Rag8 33. Bd5+ Bxd5 34. Qd7+ Kg6 35. Qxd5) 31. Bb3+
Bd5 32. Bxd5+ Qxd5 33. Qxg4+ Kf7 34. Qg7#) (28. exf6+) 28... Bc6+ 29. Kg1 $4 (
29. Kf1 Rh8 30. Qxg4+ Qxg4 31. Bxg4 f5 32. Bd1 (32. Bxf5 $4 Bf3 $19)) 29... Rh8
0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 05th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
Re8 {[A rare continuation.} (8... b6 {is the main Black's move in the position.
}) 9. b4 (9. Qb3 a6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. c4 Qxc5 13. Rac1 Rf8 $11 {
didn't bring anything to White in Costa,Jean_Luc-Mascarinas,Rico/Lugano 
(Switzerland) 1989.}) 9... c4 (9... cxb4 {gives White the slight edge due to
the space advantage on the queen's side. E.g.} 10. cxb4 Qb6 (10... Nf8 11. Rc1
Bd7 12. Qb3 e6 13. Rc3 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Rxc3 15. Rxc3 Qb6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rc5 $14 {
Szuveges,Narelle-Santori,Maria/Guarapuava (Brazil) 1995.}) (10... a5 11. a3 Nb6
12. Qb3 $14 {Landenbergue,Claude-Mascarinas,Rico/Zurich (Switzerland) 1990.})
11. Qb3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 $14 {Thorbergsson,
Treysteinn-Berrios,Angel/Siegen (Germany) 1970.}) 10. h3 $146 {[The idea of
the move lies in the desire to keep the dark-squared bishop alive after
playing Bf4.} (10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Ne5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13. Re1 a5 14. a3 f6 15.
Nef3 Bd7 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. g3 Qc6 18. Re3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Ra8 21. Qe1
Bf8 22. Nh4 $13 {with unclear chances, took place in the game Euler,
Gerd-Kupreichik,Viktor D/Germany 1994.}) 10... a5 11. a3 b5 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne5
$11 {[The position is equal.]} Na4 $6 {[The knight on a4 doesn't have any
perspective and has to return back to b6 several moves later.]} 14. Qc1 Bb7 15.
Bd1 Nb6 16. Qb2 Ne4 17. Nef3 e6 18. Bc2 a4 $6 {[The decision to close the
queen's side is not understandable at all, since it allows White to develop
the initiative on the king's side, while Black doesn't have any counter-play.
The bishop b7 is very 'bad'.]} 19. Rad1 f5 {[I would have refrained from
making this move, inevitably weakening the square e5.]} 20. Be5 {[White play
in the following 20 moves is very instructive. Step by step White improves his
position.]} Bh6 21. Rfe1 Nd7 22. Bh2 Bg7 23. Bb1 Ra7 24. Ne5 Ndf6 25. f3 Nd6
26. Kh1 Ba8 27. Rg1 Nf7 28. g4 Nd7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. f4 Nf6 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Rg2
Ke7 33. Bg3 Kd6 34. Bh4 Qc8 35. Ne5 Kc7 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. gxf5 exf5 38. d5 Bf8
39. Qd2 {[Black position is, probably, lost.]} Ra6 40. Qd4 Kb8 (40... Bd6 $5 {
, preventing 41.d6, deserved attention.}) 41. Rgd2 $2 {[As Timoshenko told me
after the game, he had been very afraid of} (41. d6 $5 Rxd6 42. Qxd6+ Bxd6 43.
Rxd6 $18 {, when White must win without any serious problem.}) 41... Bd6 {
[Now Black gets some chances to defend the position.]} 42. Nf7 {[The following
White moves don't look very impressive, allowing Black to exchange the queens
and eventually to create the fortress. White has too many attracting
possibilities at his disposal, so it is very difficult for him to choose the
optimal way to a victory.]} Qd7 43. Ne5 Qa7 44. Qxa7+ Kxa7 45. Nf7 Bb7 46. Bf6
Bc8 47. Bd4+ (47. Be5 $5 {is a worthy alternative to the text.}) 47... Kb7 48.
Bc5 Bf8 49. Kg2 (49. h4 $5 {could have also been played.}) 49... Bd7 50. Ne5
Kc8 51. Bxf8 Rxf8 52. d6 Rf6 53. Rd5 Kd8 54. Kg3 Ke8 55. R1d4 (55. Kh4 $5 {
deserved attention.}) 55... Rb6 56. h4 h5 {[Now the only way to try to fight
for a win lies in the exchange of the pawn d6 to g6.]} 57. Kf2 Re6 58. Ke2 Rf6
59. Kd2 Re6 60. Ke2 Rf6 61. Rd1 Re6 62. R5d2 Rf6 63. Rg1 Rbxd6 64. Rxd6 Rxd6
65. Nxg6 Kd8 66. Ne5 Be8 67. Rg7 Rf6 68. Ra7 Rf8 69. Rg7 Rf6 70. Kd2 Rd6+ 71.
Ke2 Rf6 {[Black was able to defend all the weaknesses in his position. So
White had to resign himself to a draw. Instead he chooses a very risky plan,
bringing him on the edge of losing.]} 72. Ra7 Rd6 73. Nf7+ $6 Bxf7 74. Rxf7 Rd5
75. Rh7 Rd3 76. Rxh5 Rxc3 77. Rxf5 Rxa3 78. Rxb5 Rb3 {[Black passed pawns a4
and c4 are much more dangerous than 3 White counter-parts b4, f4 and h4.]} 79.
h5 Rb2+ 80. Kf1 {[The king has to be very close to the 'h' file, preventing
the Black rook from winning the 'h' pawn.]} Ke7 {[Black king has to fight
against the white pawns 'f' and 'h'.} (80... a3 $2 {is worse, because of} 81.
h6 a2 82. Ra5 {, when} Rb1+ $2 83. Kg2 a1=Q 84. Rxa1 Rxa1 85. h7 {loses the
game.}) 81. h6 Kf7 82. Rb7+ Kg8 83. f5 a3 84. f6 Rh2 (84... a2 85. f7+ Kf8 86.
Ra7 Rb1+ $2 {doesn't work, since after} 87. Kg2 a1=Q 88. Rxa1 Rxa1 89. h7 $18 {
White wins.}) 85. Rg7+ Kf8 86. Ra7 {[Now most of the material goes off the
board. The position is equal, the draw has been agreed several moves later.]}
Rxh6 87. Rxa3 Rxf6+ 88. Ke2 Rb6 89. Ra4 Ke7 90. Kd2 Rd6+ 91. Kc3 Rd3+ 92. Kxc4
Rxe3 93. Kd4 Re1 94. Ra5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 {This modest move
leads to approximately equal position.} h6 (6... Qa5) (6... Be7 {-another
mainlines.}) 7. Bh4 Be7 (7... Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O (8... Qe7 9. O-O g5 $6 10. Bg3
Bxg3 11. hxg3 O-O 12. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf2f4]} Kg7 13. f4 dxc4 14.
Ndxc4 c5 15. Qf3 Rh8 16. Rf2 g4 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4+ Kf8 19. f5 {1-0 Taleb,
M-Reschun,S/Halle 1995/CBM 48 ext (19)}) 9. O-O e5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qb3 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Gd2f3]} 16. h3
Bh5 17. Rac1 d4 18. Rfe1 $5 (18. Nc4 Qd5 19. exd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Rivas Pastor,
M-Jussupow,A/Minsk 1982/MCL (19)}) 18... dxe3 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Qxb7 Reb8 20.
Nc4 Rxb7 21. Nxe5 dxe3 22. Rc2 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 $16 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 19. Rxe3 Qd5
20. Ne4 Qxb3 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. axb3 Rfc8 23. Rce1 Bg6 (23... Rc7 24. f4 $1)
24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Re7 a5 26. b4 $5 (26. Rxb7 Rab8 27. Ree7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc2
$11) 26... axb4 27. Rxb7 Rab8 28. Ree7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc2 $11) ({
The best move here is} 7... g5 $1 8. Bg3 Nh5 {[%csl Rg3] and Black recieves
excellent position.} 9. Be2 (9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g4 11. Nd4 Qg5 $132) 9...
Nxg3 10. hxg3 h5 11. Rc1 Bg7 $132 {0-1 Comp Lyon-Bukal,V/Dortmund 1991/CBM 22
ext (63)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Bb5 cxd4 (13... Rd8 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Qa4 cxd4 $11) (13... N5f6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd5 $11) 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qh5 $14 {1-0 Trifunovic,P-Van Scheltinga,T/
Beverwijk 1962/MCD (85)}) (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qc2 Ndf6 $11 (12... f5 $6 13. Nb3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Bandlow,M-Menzel,M/
Germany 1995/EXT 97 (60)})) 8... O-O (8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Nce5
Bb7 12. Bb5 a6 (12... O-O 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Rc1 cxd4 (
16... Rc7 17. Nxe7+ (17. Qa4 $4 {[%csl Rc6]} Bd6 18. Rfd1 (18. Rcd1 g5 19. Bg3
Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nb8 $19) 18... g5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nb8 $19) 17... Qxe7 18.
e4 Qe8 19. Bg3 Rc8 (19... Rc6 20. d5 $16) 20. Bd6 Nxe4 21. Bxf8 $16) 17. Nfxd4
Bc5 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Nb8 20. Nxb8 Rxb8 21. e4 Nb4 (21... Ne7 22. Bxe7 Bxe7
23. Rc7 $16) 22. a3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc6 24. Rd6 Rc8 $14) 13. Bc6 Qc8 14. Bxf6
Bxc6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. dxc5 (16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Nxc6+ Qxc6 19. Rc1
$14) 16... bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb7 20. Qd4 Nf6
21. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd4b4,Gc1c6]}) 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rd8 19. Rac1 (19. Qh7
Qb7 20. b3 Nf6 21. Qc2 $14) 19... Qb7 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Qc3 Nb6 22. Rxd8 Kxd8
23. Qxg7 $18 (23. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Trifunovic,P-Bergraser,V/Varna 1962/MCD (64)}))
(8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. e4 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5 $14 {[%csl
Rb7,Gd3]}) 12. Bg3 c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb5 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bxg3 17.
hxg3 a6 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Nd4 $11 {1-0 Koziak,V-Sulypa,A/Yalta
1995/CBM 47 ext (59)}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bc2 c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 $11) 12... Bxh4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd6 Bc6 15.
Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Qe5 $44 Be8 (17... a6 $44) 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Rc7 Rd8
20. g3 Qh3 21. Bb5 a6 22. Qf4 Qh5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Bd3 Qf6 (24... f5 $2 25. Rfc1
Nd7 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rxb6 $16 {1-0 Cserna,L-Smyslov,V/Copenhagen 1986/EXT 97 
(71)}) 25. Qxf6 gxf6 $44) 9. O-O b6 (9... Re8 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4
Nh5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. g3 Nhf6 15. Rfe1 dxc4 (15... Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd7 $6 17. c5
$16 {1/2-1/2 Torre Repetto,C-Spielmann,R/Baden-Baden 1925/HCL (40)}) 16. Nxc4
Nb6 17. Nce5 Nbd5 $11) (9... c5 10. Rc1 b6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bb1 e5
13. N4f3 e4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd4 Nd3 (15... dxc4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Re8
18. Bf3 Qa5 $11) 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. N2f3 dxc4 18. Rxc4 b6 19. b4 Bb7 20. a4 Bd5
$132 {[%csl Rd3,Gd5,Gf6] 1-0 Panno,O-Cifuentes Parada,R/Santiago 1989/CBM 12 
(45)}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h3
Ne5 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Rc4 Rc8 22. e4
Bh7 23. Qe2 Bd4 $11 (23... Qf6 24. e5 $14 {0-1 Tartakower,S-Spielmann,R/
Semmering 1926/HCL (49)})) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qe2 Bb7 {In this position White's
Bd3 is stronger than Bb7, but Black has no weaknesses, and it is not easy to
find way to increase advantage.} 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Bg3 Ne8 $6 $16 {[%csl Ge5]
Black yields central point...} (13... Ne4 $142 $14) 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 $1
{[%csl Re8,Rg3] Pe5 restricrs Ne8, but it restricts Bg3 too.} (15. Bxe5 $143
Bd6 $14) 15... Nc7 16. Qg4 ({Possible also} 16. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3d4]} Rc8 17. Nd4
Bc5 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. b4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nb5 22. Re1 $16) 16... d4 $5
17. Bf4 ({Or} 17. exd4 Nb5 18. Rc4 Bd5 19. Rc2 Bb7 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. f3 Qd5 22.
b3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Bf2 $16) 17... dxe3 18.
Bxh6 $4 $19 ({Very strong was} 18. Bxe3 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc7,Rd3,Rh6]} Kh8 (18...
Ne8 19. Rc3 Rc8 (19... Kh8 20. Qh5 {[%csl Rh6]} Kg8 21. Bxh6 $18) 20. Rac1 Rxc3
21. Rxc3 Kh8 22. Qh5 Kg8 23. Bxh6 $18) 19. Nb3 $1 (19. Qh5 Qxd3 20. Rxc7 Qd5
21. Nf3 Rad8 22. Kh1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxb6 Qb5 25. Bd4 $44) (19. Bxb6 Qxd3
20. Rxc7 Qxd2 21. Rxe7 Qxb2 22. Bd4 Qb4 $11) 19... Nb5 (19... Qxd3 20. Rxc7 $18
{[%csl Rb7,Re7]}) 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qh5 $18) 18... Ne8 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rd3,Rh6]
Now two white pieces under straight threat.} 19. Rc3 exd2 20. Bxd2 Qd5 21. Re1
Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Re3 f5 24. Qg6 Bc5 25. Rh3 Qxe5 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ g6
28. Qh7+ Ng7 29. Bc3 Bd4 30. Rh6 Bxc3 31. Qxg6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kd6 33. bxc3 Bb7
34. Bf1 f4 35. Qg4 Kc7 36. Rh7 Rf7 37. h4 Be4 (37... Qxc3 $4 38. h5 Qf6 39. h6
Ne8 40. Rxf7+ Qxf7 41. Bd3 e5 42. h7 Nf6 43. Qg5 Nxh7 44. Qxe5+ Kd8 45. Qb8+
Bc8 46. Qxb6+ $44) 38. Qe2 b5 39. h5 (39. a4 bxa4 40. Rh8 Nf5 41. Ra8 Nd6 42.
Rxa6 f3 $19) 39... f3 40. Qe3 Qf5 41. Rh8 Nxh5 42. a4 ({Probably more stubborn
was} 42. Bd3 Qg4 43. g3 Nxg3 44. Qa7+ Bb7 45. Qb8+ Kc6 46. Qxg3 Rg7 $19) 42...
Nf6 43. Bd3 Qd5 $2 {Allows White activity maybe suffitient for draw.} (43...
Kc6 $1 $19) 44. Qa7+ Qb7 45. Qc5+ Kd7 46. Qd4+ Bd5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Bg6 Kc6
49. g4 $4 $19 {Allows Black to consolidate his forces.} ({Why not} 49. Bxf7 $1
Qxf7 50. Qf4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh8h6]} Qe7 (50... Qa7 51. Rd8 $1 (51. Qxf6 Qa1+
52. Kh2 fxg2 $19) 51... Ne4 (51... Qe7 52. Qb8 Kc5 53. Rc8+ Bc6 54. c4 $1 $44 (
{Or} 54. Qa8 Qd7 55. Rxc6+ Qxc6 56. Qf8+ Qd6 57. Qxf6 fxg2 58. Kxg2 e5 59.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Kd2 Kb3 (62... e4 63. Kc2 $11) 63. f3
$11)) 52. Qxf3 Qa1+ 53. Kh2 Qe1 54. Qf7 Qxf2 55. Qd7+ Kb6 56. Rb8+ Ka6 57. Qc8+
Ka5 58. Ra8+ Bxa8 59. Qxa8+ Kb6 60. Qxe4 $11) 51. Qb8 Qb7 52. Rc8+ Kd7 53. Rd8+
Ke7 54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Rf8+ Kg6 56. Qg3+ Kf5 57. Qh3+ Kg6 $11) 49... e5 $1 50.
Qxe5 Qe7 51. Rc8+ Kb7 52. Qb8+ Ka6 53. Bd3 Bb7 54. Rd8 (54. c4 Bxc8 55. cxb5+
Ka5 56. Qa8+ Kb4 57. Qxc8 Qe1+ 58. Bf1 Qe4 $19) 54... Qe1+ 55. Bf1 Ne4 56. Rd6+
Nxd6 57. Qxd6+ Ka7 58. Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Shevelev, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 {Normally white doesn't expect
to get advantage out from the opening with this line.} Qb6 $146 (5... Bg4 6.
Be2 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kosten,
A-Speelman,J/ENG 1991/CBM 28 (28)}) (5... Bf5 6. Nbd2 (6. Bd3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
h3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 $11 {0-1 Ng Ee Vern-Juswanto,D/Asian
Teams, Genting Highlands MAS 1998 (32)}) 6... e6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Nd2 Bg6 9. Be2
Bd6 $11 {0-1 Chandra Sekhar,T-Murugan,K/Calcutta IND 1999 (42)}) 6. Qc1 Bf5 7.
c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nxe4 (10. O-O $6 g5 11. Nxe4 (11. Bg3 h5 (
11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 h5 $15 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 (12... dxe4 $6 13. Nd2
h4 14. Nc4 {[%csl Gd6]}) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. f3 Bg6 16. Bg3 h4 $15)
11... gxf4 12. Ned2 fxe3 13. fxe3 O-O-O $15) 10... Bxe4 11. O-O Bxf3 $5 (11...
O-O $11) 12. Bxf3 g5 {Actually it is what white expects from black in this
opening-some active pawn moves which could create weaknesses.} 13. Bg3 h5 14.
h3 f5 15. Be2 Kf7 $1 $132 16. c4 Rac8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... h4 17. Bh2 Rac8
$13) (16... g4 $5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qc7 Qxb2 (18... Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Rfc1
Bd8 21. Bf4 $14 {^^_|_}) 19. Bd3 $44) 17. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] I had the same
tactical idea in my game against Alon Greenfeld (ISR-ch, 1998) in similar
structure, and I remembered this idea during the current game, but 17. Qc2 was
a part of my plan, and I have answered at once on a move of my opponent,
almost without reflection.} (17. cxd5 $142 cxd5 (17... exd5 18. Qc2 $16) {
[%tqu "En","","","","e2h5","",2]} 18. Bxh5+ $1 {[%csl Rc8]} Kg7 19. Qd1 Bd6 20.
Bxd6 Qxd6 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Rxf4 $16) 17... h4 (17... g4 $5) 18. Bh2 Nf6 19.
Rac1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc4d5] /\cxd5,xRc8} Qd8 20. Be5 Rg8 21. cxd5 (21. Qb3 g4
$1 22. hxg4 (22. Bxf6 gxh3 $5 23. Bxe7 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Qxe7 $40) 22... Nxg4 23.
Bxg4 Rxg4 $132 {[%csl Rg2]}) 21... cxd5 22. Qa4 a6 (22... g4 $6 23. Bxf6 $1) (
22... Qb6 23. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Gf1c1] /\Rfc1 <->c}) 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Qb6 g4 25.
Bxf6 {^- Getting the position with opposite bishops allows white to get
chances for attack on black king.} Kxf6 (25... Bxf6 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. Rxc8 Qxc8
28. f3 gxf3 29. Bxf3 $11) 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5} gxf3 $1 {
Black has found an only move, crushing all whites hopes to get a point in this
game.} 28. Rxc8 (28. Rxf3+ Kg7 29. Rcf1 Rgf8 $11) 28... Rxc8 29. Bxf3 Kg7 30.
Bg4 Rc6 31. Qb3 Qc7 32. Qd1 Bg5 33. Qf3 (33. Qf3 Rc1 34. Bxe6 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1
Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Qe2 Bxe3+ 38. Kf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. b4 c6 10. c4 e4 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rc1 a5 13. b5 c5 14.
N4f3 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Dorfman,J-Wolff,P/New York 1989 (60)}) (10... Qb6 11. Qb3 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13.
bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf3 (16. Bc4 $5 $14) 16... Nc3 17.
Nc4 N5e4 18. Bf4 Ra6 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Sokolov,I/Portoroz/Ljubljana
1987 (19)}) 11. Ne1 Nf8 $146 (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Na5 Qd6 14. Nc2 Nfd5
15. Qd2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kanstler,B-Manor,I/Tel Aviv Czerniak 1996/CBM 53 (42)})
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 $6 {[%cal Gf4e5] intending Be5,but later on I've
understood that this monouevre was just loss of time.} (13. b5 {[%csl Yc6]
[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2b4,Yd1b3,Ya2a4,Ya4a5,Ya5a6] /\Nc2-b4 was more natural way to
continue.} Ne6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 $5) 14... h5 15. f4 $1 (15. Bg3 Nh7 $1) 15...
exf3 16. Nexf3 {[%cal Gf3e5] /\Ne5}) (13. Rc1 $5 Ne6 14. Bh4 $13) 13... Ne6 14.
Be5 Re7 $1 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ye8d6][%mdl 4] /\Ne8 Huzman shows deep understanding
of this position.He finds the best places for his each piece.} (14... Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb3 {[%csl Yd5] xd5}) 15. Qb3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {After f7-f5,Ne8
comes back to-f6 which is the best square for this knight.} 17. Nc2 {/\b5,Nb4,
a4-a5-a6} f5 18. b5 (18. f4 $142 $1 exf3 19. Nxf3 Nf6 20. Ne5 $11) 18... Nf6
19. Nb4 Qd6 20. Rfc1 $2 {White simply doesn't pay attention on blacks action
on the kingside,but he had to!} (20. f4 $142 g5 (20... exf3 21. Nxf3 Ne4 22.
Nd3) 21. g3 h5 {[%cal Gc8d7,Yh5h4] /\Bd7,h4 |^>>}) 20... f4 $40 {[%cal Gc8d7,
Ya8f8] >> Black continues to increase pressure on the kingside.} 21. Rc2 $6 {
Again white loses time for useless moves.Black has outplayed white
strategically in this game.} (21. a4 $142 f3 $5 (21... Bd7 $140 22. a5 Rf8 23.
a6 $132 {[%csl Gc6] xc6}) 22. gxf3 Ng5 (22... exf3 23. Nxf3 {[%cal Gf3e5] /\Ne5
}) 23. f4 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 g5 $1 $40 25. Rxc8 $140 Rxc8 26. Kxh3 gxf4 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gf4f3] /\f3}) 21... Bd7 22. a4 Rf8 23. Bd1 Ref7 24. Rac1 h5 $1 $17 25.
Rc5 $5 {White doesn't want to lose because of direct attack on whites king,and
tries to complicate the game,and he almost saved it!} Nxc5 (25... fxe3 $5 26.
Qxe3 Nxc5 27. dxc5 d4 28. cxd6 dxe3 29. fxe3 Be6 30. Bc2 Rd8 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32.
Bxe4 Rxd6 33. Nd3 Bd5 $1 $19) 26. dxc5 Qe5 27. exf4 Qxf4 28. Qc3 Kh7 29. g3 (
29. Qd4 Qg5 $1 (29... Ne8 $2 30. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Nf3 $1) 30. c6
Bh3 31. g3 bxc6 32. bxc6 a5 $19) 29... Qf5 30. Qd4 Qh3 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2][%cal
Gf6g4] /\Ng4} 31. Nf1 Bg4 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 32. Ne3 Bf3 33. Bxf3 exf3 {[%cal
Rf6g4]} 34. Qh4 $8 Qxh4 35. gxh4 {It is already achievement for white to delay
the game till the ending!} d4 36. Nc4 Ne4 {[%cal Ye4c3,Ye4c5]} 37. Nd3 Nc3 38.
Re1 (38. Kf1 Rc7 $1) 38... Nxa4 (38... Rc7 $1) 39. Ra1 Nc3 40. Nd6 b6 $1 {
In case of loss a7-pawn white has large counterplay on the queenside.} 41. Nxf7
Rxf7 42. Ne5 Rc7 43. cxb6 (43. c6 Nxb5 $19) 43... axb6 44. Nxf3 d3 $1 {Pawn-b5
is not necessary at all.Passed pawn "d" decides the game.} (44... Nxb5 45. Ra6
Rc6 46. Kf1 $17 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d3]}) 45. Kf1 Kg7 46. Ke1 {Some interesting
endings turn out in the following variation:} (46. Ra3 Kf6 47. Ra6 Nd5 48. Ke1
Rc2 49. Nd4 Rc4 (49... Rb2 50. Ra3) 50. Nc6 Kf5 (50... Rxh4 51. Kd2 Rxh2 52.
Kxd3 Rxf2 53. Ke4 Rf5 $19) (50... Rc1+ $2 51. Kd2 Rc2+ 52. Kxd3 Rxc6 53. bxc6
Nb4+ 54. Kc4 Nxa6 55. Kb5 Nc7+ 56. Kxb6 Nd5+ 57. Kb7 Kf5 58. c7 Nxc7 59. Kxc7
Kg4 60. Kd6 Kxh4 61. Ke6 Kh3 62. Kf6 Kxh2 63. Kxg6 h4 64. f4 $11) 51. Kd2 Rc2+
52. Kxd3 Rxc6 53. bxc6 Nb4+ 54. Kc4 Nxa6 55. Kb5 Nc7+ 56. Kxb6 Nd5+ 57. Kb7 Kg4
$19) 46... Ne4 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc7c2] creating cage for whites king.} 47.
Rd1 Rc3 48. Ng5 Nc5 49. Ra1 (49. Kd2 Rb3 50. Ke3 Rxb5 $19) 49... Kf6 50. Ra7
Ke5 51. Re7+ Kd5 52. f4 Rc1+ 53. Kd2 Rc2+ 54. Kd1 Rf2 55. Re5+ $138 {Blunder
in a time-trouble.But it just allows things to happen faster.} Kc4 56. Ne4 Nxe4
(56... Nxe4 57. Rxe4+ Kc3) 0-1

[Event "Haninge m"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. c4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 (12. Bf3) 12... Ne6 $1 13.
Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Nd4 Ne4 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. h3 c5 $6 (18...
a6 {/\ c5}) 19. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 (19... Bf5 20. Rxd5 Ng3 21. Rxf5 Nxf5 22. Bg4 Be5
$16) 20. cxb5 Rcd8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. a4 a6 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. b3 Qb4 $2 (24...
Qe6 $1 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 h6 28. a5 c4 $10) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26.
Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 h6 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd5 $1 Kg8 30. g4 $1 Qc3 31. Kg2 (31.
Bd6 Bf8 32. Qa8 $18) 31... Qc2 (31... Bf8 32. Qd8 $1) (31... Qd3 32. Qxd3 exd3
33. Kf1 $18) 32. a5 $1 Qd3 33. Qxc5 Qd1 $2 (33... Qe2 $5 $18) 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35.
Qxa6 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Qf1 Qxb3 38. a6 Qa4 39. Bc7 Bf8 40. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. e3 g6 7.
Nbd2 Nxc5 8. Nb3 Bg7 9. c3 Ne4 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nfd4
{[%csl Yd4][%cal Gc6e5,Ge5d3]} Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge5d3][%mdl 512] An
sacrifice which a player of Shirov's class would instinctively know is the
only way to keep his forces active. The exchange on d4 is clearly bad. Such a
structure would rob the bishop pair of its dynamic potential, and leave
black's structural weaknesses as the dominant factor.} (13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 {
[%csl Yb3,Yh4][%cal Gb3c5,Gb3d2,Ya1c1,Yc1c7]}) 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Ba3 Nd3+ 16.
Ke2 b6 $132 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 17. f4 a5 18. Nc1 b5 $1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb5b4]
Despite black's activity, it is difficult to achieve anything concrete without
opening lines. Black's conduct of the attack is extremely instructive.} 19.
Nxb5 Ba6 20. c4 {[%cal Gg7b2] A level of activity for the g7 bishop hitherto
in the realm of dreams. Here one half of the bishop pair lays down its life
for the other, and the remaining forces combine with great efficiency.} Bxb5
21. cxb5 Rac8 22. Rd1 Rc2+ 23. Kf1 Rf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxb2 $44 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Bxb2
Rxb2 27. a4 Rc8 28. Kf1 Bc3 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Na2 Bd2 31. Rdb1 Rcc2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2
33. Nc1 Bxe3 34. Ne2 f5 35. g3 Kf7 36. Ra3 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Ra2 Ke6 39. Rc2
Kd7 40. Rc6 Be3 41. h4 Rb2 42. Kf1 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rb4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rh6 Rxa4
46. Rxh7+ Kd6 47. Rxh5 Ra2 48. Kf1 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 Ra2 50. Kf1 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Re1
52. Nc3 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 Rc1 54. Rh6+ Kd7 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. Rh7+ Ke6
58. Rh6+ Kf7 59. Rc6 Rc2+ 60. Kh3 Bg1 61. Kh4 Bd4 62. Nd5 Rxc6 63. bxc6 Ke6 64.
Nc7+ Ke7 65. Nb5 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Monaco m"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {L'attaque Torre, l'une des spécialités de Piket.}
c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 {Aussi curieux que cela puisse paraître, ce coup ne
jouit pas d'une très bonne réputation. Tigran Petrosian, qui avait l'habitude
de jouer cette ouverture des deux côtés, préférait généralement mobiliser ce
Cavalier en d7. D'une part, pour éviter de gêner l'action ultérieure du Bb7
sur la diagonale a8-h1, et de l'autre, pour prendre le contrôle du point e4 
(Nxc5) après un éventuel échange en c5.} ({Un exemple célèbre:} 5... Be7 6. c3
Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 ({Aujourd'hui, la
théorie recommande} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4) 11... Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14.
Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 $3 18. Bc2 a6 $1 {et étant parvenus
а bloquer le flanc-Dame, les Noirs remportèrent une brillante victoire а
l'aile-Roi. Spassky-Petrosian, championnat du monde de 1966}) 6. c3 Bd6 {
[%csl Ge4,Rf6][%cal Gh4d8,Ye3e4] Encore un choix discutable: de d6, le Fou
surveille la case й5, mais favorise une percée adverse sur й4, en laissant le
Nf6 cloué.} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 {[#]} Re8 {Une nouveauté semble-t-il.}
({Voici quelques variantes qui illustrent les inconvénients du coup 9...й5:} 
9... e5 10. e4 $1 exd4 (10... g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 (11... exd4 12. Nh7 $1 $18 {
Franke-Vadasz Boblingen op 1985}) 12. Bxg5 dxe4 (12... Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
exd5 Qxd5 15. Qh5) (12... exd4 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. d6) 13. Nxe4 Be7
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qh5 Re8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. d5 $1)
11. exd5 dxc3 12. Ne4 cxb2 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qd2 $1 {Avec un assaut
terrifiant. Tseitlin-Rogulj, Lodz 1980}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye4c6,Yf3e5] Une décision originale. Piket projette de céder
la paire de Fous pour disperser les pions ennemis et ouvrir l'avant poste й5
au Nf3.} Be7 {Faute avouée а moitié pardonnée!} 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Qd5 15.
Ndf3 Rb8 16. b3 c5 {On comprend mieux désormais l'intérêt de la stratégie
blanche. En c6, ce fantassin fermait les diagonales du Bc8. Maintenant ils
obstrue celles du Be7.} 17. c4 Qa8 18. Qe2 a5 19. Ne1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ye1d3]
En route vers d3, afin d'assiéger le pion isolé c5.} Bf8 {Un coup maladroit.
Van Wely souhaitait vraisemblablement proposer de nouvelles simplifications.} (
{Mais} 19... Qe4 $2 {joué immédiatement était simplement réfuté par} 20. Qxe4
Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc6 {gagnant la qualité.}) ({Toutefois, le recul du Fou
entraîne aussi un affaiblissement du roque et il valait donc mieux se
contenter de} 19... a4 20. N1d3 Bb7 21. f3 Qa5 {avec seulement un petit
avantage pour les Blancs.}) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 ({Tentant mais insuffisant
était} 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 ({non pas} 21... Qa7 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23. Qh5 {[%csl Re8,
Rh6] avec attaque double}) 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qxc5+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qc5+ (
25. Rd1 Bg7) 25... Kf7 {avec répétition des coups.}) 21... Bg7 22. Qe3 {
[%csl Rc5,Rh6]} f5 (22... Kh7 23. Qxc5) 23. Nxh6+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} 24. Nxf7 $3 {
Une conception splendide!} ({Remarquez que} 24. Nxf5 {aurait tout au plus
amené la nullité après} Bxa1 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ $11) 24... Bxa1 25. Qh6+ Kg8
26. Qg6+ Kf8 {Forcé.} ({Si} 26... Bg7 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Nf7 $18)
27. Nf3 {[%csl Re6,Rf7,Rh7][%cal Yf3g5] La pointe des coups précédents. La
cavalerie arrive au grand galop pour molester le Roi noir.} Bg7 {Une faute
instructive. En imaginant un Cavalier en g5, on s'aperçoit aisément que
l'offensive est surtout dirigée vers les cases blanches (e6, f7 et h7). C'est
pourquoi l'arrivée de renforts sur cases noires ne sert а rien, sinon а
augmenter le nombre de cibles. Il fallait donc maintenir le Fou а distance
respectable des forces ennemies.  Voici quelques variantes. Elles permettront
également d'établir la correction du sacrifice.} ({I.} 27... Bd4 $2 28. Nd6 Re7
29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qf6+) ({II.} 27... Qa7 28. N3g5 (28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Nxc8 Qg7 {
ne serait guère convaincant.}) 28... Bd4 (28... Bc3 29. Rd1 $1) 29. Rd1 {
menaçant 30.Rxd4 cxd4 31.Qf6.} Ke7 (29... Rb6 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Nh6 Qg7 32.
Nh7+ Qxh7 33. Qf6+ $1) 30. Ne5 Qb7 (30... Qb6 31. Ngf3) 31. Ngf3 (31. Qg7+ $2
Kd6) (31. Qf7+ Kd8 (31... Kd6 32. Qxe8 Kxe5 33. Qd8 {suivi de Re1 avec mat
rapide.}) 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ Kd8 (33... Kb6 34. Qxe8 Bxe5 35. Qb5+ Ka7 36.
Qxa5+ Qa6 37. Qxc5+) 34. Qf6+ Kc7 35. Qf7+ {échec perpétuel}) 31... Kf8 (31...
Bxe5 {reviendrait au même.}) 32. Nxd4 cxd4 (32... Qg7 33. Ndc6 Ra8 34. Qxe8+ $1
Kxe8 35. Rd8#) 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rd3 {et le mat est imminent.}) ({III.} 27...
Bc3 28. Rd1 {menaçant mat en trois coups via 29.Nh6} (28. N3e5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5
Qb7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ {échec perpétuel}) 28... Rb7 $1 29. N3g5
Rd7 $1 ({si} 29... Bd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qf6) ({ou} 29... Ke7 30. Ne5 Bd4 31.
Qf7+ Kd6 32. Qxe8 Kxe5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Rxe6+ Bxe6 35. Qxa8) 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31.
Ne5 Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Qxd7+ Kxe5 34. Qg7+ Kd6 (34... Kf4 35. Nxe6+ Rxe6 36.
Qg3+ Ke4 37. Qe3#) 35. Qxc3 {et avec deux pions pour la qualité, les Blancs
ont tous les atouts en main.}) 28. N3g5 Re7 (28... Bd4 29. Rd1 {serait
similaire aux variantes précédentes.}) 29. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8] Le coup de
grâce. La Tour vient empêcher la fuite du Roi noir vers le flanc Dame, et
menace en même temps de s'infiltrer en d8} Bb7 {Plus rien ne pouvait sauver
les Noirs:} (29... Bd7 30. Nh7+ Ke8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 (31... Bxf6 32. Qg8#) 32. Nh6
{[%cal Rf6h7] le mat est inévitable.}) (29... Re8 30. Nh6 {[%cal Rg6f7,Rg5h7]
pareil}) (29... Rd7 30. Nd6 Re7 (30... Bb7 31. Nh7+ Kg8 32. Nf6+) 31. Nxf5 $1 {
[%cal Rd1d8]} Bd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qf6+ {et le mat suit.}) 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31.
Nf6+ Kf8 32. Ng5 ({Ce coup mène effectivement а Rome:} 32. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5h7]
sinon Ngh7#} Bxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 (33... Ke8 34. Qh8#) 34. Qxe7 {et mat en deux
coups.}) ({Toutefois,} 32. Nh6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h7] était encore plus rapide.}) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ye,Rongguang"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 (5... O-O) 6. e3 O-O 7.
Be2 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. c4 e4 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rc1 $14) (9... c6 10. Rc1
$14) 10. Ne1 c5 $5 11. Nc2 $1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 $1 13. Bh4 $1 (13. Rc1 Ne6 $1
14. Nxe6 fxe6 $13) 13... dxc4 14. Nxc4 b6 15. Bg3 Bd7 (15... Ba6 16. Nd6 Bxe2
17. Qxe2 Rf8 18. h3 $1 Nh5 19. Bh2 $16) 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Nd6 Nxd4 18. exd4 Re7
19. d5 $1 a6 20. Qb3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Nf6 (22... Nh6 23. Rfe1 $16) 23.
Rc6 $1 h6 (23... b5 24. Rfc1 Qd7 25. Nc8 Re8 26. Nb6 $18) 24. Rfc1 Kh7 25. Nc8
Rb7 26. d6 $1 Nh5 (26... Ng8 27. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Rxc8 29. Qxf7 Rxc7 30.
dxc7 Qe7 (30... Qc8 31. Be5) (30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qc1 32. Qd7) 31. Qc4 $18) 27.
Ne7 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Qd5 $1 Bxb2 (30... Rxe7 31. Qxd4+ Kh7
32. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. dxe7 $18) (30... Bc5 31. R6xc5 $18) 31. Rc8
Rxc8 32. Rxc8 Qd7 33. Rg8+ Kf6 34. Rf8 1-0

