[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {This variation is becoming popular nowadays, but
it was Romanishin, back in the seventies, who first began to use it frequently.
The main idea behind 3...Be7 is to wait and see white´s piece setting, and
react accordingly, while having developed the bishop (admittedly not to such
an active square, but a normal one in the French). Thus, after 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5
Nfd7, and we reach a Tarrasch with the knight on f3, something which is not to
everyone´s liking. Or 4.c3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.exd5 exd5, which leads us to a
normal 3...c5 Tarrasch where white has commited himself to an early c2-c3, not
considered to be dangerous for black at all. I guess 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 is the most
"principled" variation, but black has scored quite OK with Morozevich´s 5...
Kf8, making use of white´s misplaced queen to develop a quick initiative.} 4.
Bd3 {The normal continuation. White is not trying to refute black´s system,
and his only aim is getting a slight space advantage and to play on from there.
Tiviakov has been especially successful with this policy.} c5 5. dxc5 (5. exd5
{is nothing to worry about.} Qxd5 (5... exd5 {is also possible}) 6. Ngf3 cxd4 {
And we have arrived to a theoretical variation with the moves Bd3 and Be7 on
the board. This should favour black, since white´s normal move, with the
bishop on f1, would be Bc4. Now that would only mean a loss of a tempo.}) 5...
Nf6 6. Qe2 (6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 {is equal.})
6... Nc6 (6... O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 {Is another interesting move-order, with the
idea of developing the knight to a6.}) 7. Ngf3 Nb4 (7... Bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 9. a3
a6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Re1 b5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. c3 Na4 16.
Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 g6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Qe3 Bf8 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Qf4 h6 22. Bf6
Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rg8 24. Qf4 Rh8 25. Qf6 Rg8 26. Re3 Qd8 27. Qf4 h5 28. Rg3 Qe7
29. Nf3 Bc6 30. Ng5 Rg7 31. Bc2 Nb6 32. h4 Nd7 33. Rf3 Ra7 34. Qd4 Qc5 35. Nxf7
Qxd4 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. cxd4 Ra8 38. Rc1 Rf8 39. Rg3 Rf4 40. Bxg6 Rxd4 41. Rxc6 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Minasian,A/Ohrid MKD 2001 (41)}) (7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nd7
10. Nb3 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. c3 Bd7 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. e5 Ng6 15. Bg3 f5 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qe7 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. h5 Nf8 22. Ne5
Rad8 23. Bh4 Bc6 24. Ng4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxf6+ Kg8 28.
Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qg4 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Lputian,S/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (29)}) 8. O-O (8.
Nb3 {White does not try to hold on to the pawn anymore after the following
game:} Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Qe3
Qa5 15. Rc1 b6 $1 16. cxb6 Bd8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxb6 {Black´s bishops
prove their worth in the ending.} 19. Rc2 O-O 20. Nf1 Ba6 21. Ke2 Bb5 22. Ne3
f5 23. Rhc1 Rab8 24. a3 g5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Rb1 Kg6 27. Rcc1 h5 28. Nc2 g4 29.
Nfd4 Bd7 30. b3 axb3 31. Rxb3 Bc7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Nb4 Bxe5 34. Ndc6 Bxc6 35.
Rxc6 Kf7 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. g3 Rh8 38. Rc2 Ra8 39. Ra2 Ra4 40. Nc2 Ke7 41. Ke3
d4+ 42. Ke2 Bd6 43. Ra1 e5 44. Rh1 Ra8 45. Ra1 Rc8 46. Kd2 Bc7 47. Nb4 Ba5 48.
Rh1 Rb8 49. Rh7+ Kf6 50. Rh6+ Kf7 51. Ra6 Bxb4+ 52. axb4 Rxb4 53. Ra7+ Ke6 54.
Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kc5 57. Re6 Rb2+ 58. Ke1 Kb4 59. Rxe5 Kc3 60.
Rxf5 Kxd3 61. Kf1 Rb1+ 62. Kg2 Kc4 63. Rf8 d3 64. Rc8+ Kb3 65. Rb8+ Kc2 66.
Rc8+ Kd1 67. Rc4 d2 68. Rxg4 Ke2 69. Rd4 d1=Q 70. Rxd1 Rxd1 71. g4 Rf1 {
0-1 Godena,M-Morozevich,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/(71)}) 8... Nxd3 {Following in
Morozevich´s footsteps. The alternative would be} (8... O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 {
reaching the Tiviakov - Lputian game above.}) 9. cxd3 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5
h6 $1 {It is very important to force white´s bishop to chose diagonal.} 12. Bh4
{Now, in some variations, black has the possibility of Qb6, without having to
worry about Bg5-e3.} Bd7 {Not the most common move, but interesting
nonetheless. 12...Qb6 would be the alternative.} 13. e5 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5
O-O 15. dxe6 Bxe6 {And black´s compensation for the pawn is good enough due
his strong bishop pair and the not so great white plus pawn on d3.}) 13... Ng8
14. Bxe7 $5 {This move tries to take advantage of the early Bd7, but I believe
black should not have special problems equalizing from here,although white
presses a bit.} Nxe7 15. Nc5 Qb6 (15... O-O $6 {Is a possibility my opponent
showed to me after the game, and which I had not even considered for too long.
After looking at it a bit though, I think black does not have enough
compensation for the pawn after} 16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nd6 f6 18. d4 Ng6 19. Rac1 {
and now} fxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Nxe5 Nf4) 20... Rxf3 $6 21. Qxf3 Nxe5 22. Qa3 {
is very good for white.}) (15... Rb8 {Might be a try, simply intending b6.}) (
15... b6 $2 16. Nb7 Qb8 17. Nd6+ $16) (15... Bc6 $6 {allows white to get two
very strong outposts for his knights: c5 and d4.} 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Rfc1 {
White´s position is very easy to play.} O-O 18. a3 a5 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Be8
21. Qd2 Rc7 22. R3c2 a4 23. Ne2 Qa5 24. Qd1 Qa7 25. d4 Rac8 26. Ng3 Bb5 27. Nh5
b6 28. Nd3 Nf5 29. Ne1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Bc4 32. Ne3 Bb3 33. Qg4 Qa5
34. h3 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 g6 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Qf4 Qe2 38. Nfg4 g5 39. Nxf5+ exf5 40.
Qxf5 {1-0 Luther,T-Duppel,M/Boeblingen 2000/CBM 79 ext (40)}) 16. Rfc1 (16. b4
{Is not a problem for black.} a5 17. a3 (17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rfb1
Qa6) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxb4 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Rb1 Qa3 $1 $11 {
from here black defends e7, so after} 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Rxb7 O-O {the position
is dead equal.}) 16... Rc8 {Forcing d3-d4, which takes away this nice square
from white´s f3 knight.} 17. d4 Bc6 {It is going to take some time for black
to unravel completely and be able to expel that bothering knight on c5, but it
looks as if white cannot achieve anything in the mean time.} 18. Rc3 Qd8 {
I wanted to make all useful moves before playing b6, but to castle was the
last one in order not to give white a target too early.} 19. Rac1 O-O (19... b6
20. Nd3 Bb5 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nf4) 20. Qd2 {Baklan is setting
everything up for an attack on the king side, but the white rooks will never
get there.} b6 21. Nd3 Qd7 22. Nf4 Bb5 {keeping the queen protected.} (22...
Bb7 $6 23. Nh5 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Qxh6 $1 {should be avoided.}) 23. h3 (23.
Nh5 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 {is fine for black now.}) 23... Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. b3 a5 27. Kh2 Kh7 $5 {Not really necessary, but I wanted to
exchange the f4 knight and then try to activate by light-squared bishop.} 28.
Ne1 Ng6 29. Nxg6 Kxg6 30. Nc2 Kh7 31. Ne3 Qa6 32. Kg3 {Both 32...Bd3 and 32...
Be2 followed by 33...Qd3 are good enough for equality.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas UTD"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2004.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Black "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc4 Bxc5 11. c3 Ba7 12. Rd1 Qh5 13. Nfe5 Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Nc5
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Bf3 {[%csl Gc4,Rd5,Ge5,Gf3][%cal Gf3a8] White
obviously won the opening battle. Weiß hat die Eröffnungsschlacht
offensichtlich für sich entschieden.} b6 18. Nd3 (18. b4 {was another
appealing option: war ebenfalls eine attraktive Möglichkeit:} axb4 19. cxb4
Bxb4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxb6 {, with advantage. mit Vorteil.}) 18... Bb7 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 20. Ne5 Ra7 21. Nd7 Rc8 22. c4 Nf4 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Rd7 Ra6 $4 ({
Allows White to conclude the game with a nice final blow. More stubborn was
Erlaubt Weiß, die Partie mit einer schönen Schlusspointe zu beenden.
Hartnäckiger war} 24... Ng6 25. Na4 Ne5 26. Rc7 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Raa8 28. Nb6) ({
or bzw.} 24... Bxf3 25. Rxa7 Bxg2 26. Rd1 g5 27. Rd6 {, although White retains
excellent winning chances in both lines. , obwohl Weiß in beiden Abspielen
vorzügliche Gewinnchancen behält.}) {[%tqu "En","White has a terrific position.
How can he harvest it?","Exploit the weakness of Black's back rank and the
shaky position of the black bishop.","Sacrifice your knight!","b6c8","This
beautiful sacirifice wins on the spot!",5,"De","Weiß hat eine prächtige
Stellung. Wie kann er die Ernte einfahren?","Schlagen Sie Kapital aus der
schwarzen Grundreihenschwäche und der unsicheren Stellung des schwarzen
Läufers.","Opfern Sie Ihren Springer!","b6c8","Dieses wunderschöne Opfer
gewinnt auf der Stelle!",5]} 25. Nc8 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rb8,Gc8,Gd7,Rg8] A
beautiful move crowning White's excellent play in this game. Ein wunderschöner
Zug, der das ausgezeichnete Spiel des Weißen in dieser Partie krönt.} (25. Nc8
{Black resigned, as after Schwarz gab auf, denn nach} Rxc8 (25... Bxc8 26. Rd8#
) 26. Bxb7 Raa8 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Rad1 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nd4 30. Rc7 {his position
is absolutely hopeless. ist seine Stellung absolut hoffnungslos.}) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Bb7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Nxd7 9. e5 c5 10. c3 a5 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Re1 Ba6
15. Bb1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ra7 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. a3 Qe8 20. h4 Rc6 21. Qf4
Kg8 22. h5 g5 23. Qg3 Kg7 24. Nh2 f5 25. exf6+ Bxf6 26. Bg6 Qb8 27. Qh3 Qd6 28.
Bc3 e5 $4 ({A decisive mistake. Black clearly underestimated the danger for
his king. After prudent} 28... Rhc8 {/\Nf8, Black retains counterchanes.}) 29.
dxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 $1 (30. Rxe5 $2 {is strongly met by} Rxc3 $1) 30... Bxe5 {
[%tqu "En","How should White use the power of his active pieces?","Try to
deflect the black queen.","Employ your e1-rook!","e1e5","Of course! This
simple move wins on the spot.",5]} 31. Rxe5 $1 (31. Rxe5 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal
Gh3d7] , and Black resigned in view of} Qxe5 32. Qd7+) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Berger, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Bach,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hier erfolgt die Kommentierung mit dem Rechenknecht} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
Be7 {eher selten gespielt viel häufiger folgt Sf6 oder c5. Für Igors Rausis
war der Zug sicher keine Überraschung da Steve Berger diesen Zug häufig
anwendet.} 4. e5 Nh6 5. Ndf3 c5 {in den letzten Züge folgten beide Seiten
nicht dem Haupstrang der Theorie, so dass nach 5 Zügen eine echte
Nebenvariante der Französischen Verteidigung erreicht ist.} 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3 Nf7 13. Be3 Qd8 14.
Nf4 g6 15. Re1 O-O {Beide Seiten haben sich natürlich entwickelt und eine
ausgeglichene Stellung erreicht.} 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Bb1 Qe7 18. Ne5 {Diagramm [#]
} {Schwarz startet eine hübsche Kombination die die Stellung vereinfacht} Nxe5
19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bd4 Bxh2+ {(=) und schon folgt das Remisangebot
} 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Bc6 24. Qd2 Nf5 25. Bc5 d4 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Jetzt kann
Schwarz das Remis forcieren.} 27. Qe2 Bxg2 $1 {Der Computer hat kein Einwände.}
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+
34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf1 Ng3+ 36. Qxg3 Qxg3 $19) 35... Qh4+ 36. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch ko"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Ibragim S"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.11.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Bf8 (5... g5 $2 6. Qh5 $1 cxd4 7.
Ndf3 $1 Nc6 8. Nh3 Qc7 9. Nhxg5 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {More stubborn would be 10...
Kf8 11.Se6 Le6 12.De5 De5 13.Se5 with a bad endgame for black.} 11. Nxe6 $1 $18
Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxc2 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qxd5+ Kc8 (14... Ke8 15. Qb5+ Qc6 16.
Nc7+ $18) (14... Bd6 15. Nxd4 $18) 15. Bd2 fxe6 16. Qxd4 Bf6 (16... e5 17. Qxe5
Bf6 18. Qe6+ Kd8 19. Rd1 $18) 17. Qd6 Bxb2 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Ba5+ b6 20. Rd1+
Kc7 21. Rd7+ Kb8 22. Bd2 {1-0 Blehm,P-Ionescu,C/Budapest 2000 22...Lc1 23.De5
Kc8 24.De8}) (5... Kf8 $5) 6. dxc5 (6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qc7 $5 (7... Nge7 8.
Bd2 Ng6 9. Qg3 Bxc5 10. Bd3 $11) (7... f6 $6 8. Bd3 f5 9. Qg3 Qc7 10. Ne2 Bxc5
11. O-O g6 12. a3 $14 {0-1 Vasconcellos,J-Praud,J/Paris 1993}) 8. Qg3 Nge7 9.
c3 Ng6 10. b4 a5 11. Bb5 axb4 12. cxb4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. h4 b6 $5 15. h5
Ne7 16. Nd4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5+ (17... Nf5 $5) 18. Bd2 Qxc5 19. Ngf3 Bb5 20.
Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Qd3 Nc6 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavik
2003}) 6... Qc7 7. Ngf3 Nd7 (7... Nc6 8. Bb5 f6 9. O-O Bxc5 10. c4 fxe5 11.
Qh5+ g6 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxe5 Nge7 14. Ndf3 O-O 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Bh6 Rf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Bd3
23. g4 Rff8 24. Ne5 Be4 25. Rc7 g5 26. b4 a6 27. h3 Rad8 28. Nf7 Rb8 29. Nh6+
Kh8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxg5 Bb1 33. Nxe6 Re8 34. Rc6 Bxa2 35. Rxa6
d4 36. Nxd4 Re4 37. Rxa2 {1-0 Nevednichy,V-Antic,D/Herceg Novi 2001}) 8. Nb3
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 (9. Bf4 Nxg4 10. Bxc7 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Rxc5
14. h3 N4f6 15. Be3 Ra5 16. Bd2 Rc5 (16... Ra4 17. b3 $16) 17. Be3 $11) 9...
Qxe5+ 10. Be3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Qb4 (12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 a5 $15) 12... b6
13. Qd4 (13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bd3 $11) 13... Qc7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Kb1 (15. Qxb6
Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Rxa2 17. Kb1 Ra8 18. Bd3 Bd6 $15) 15... b5 16. f3 (16. Qb6 Bd6
17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Bd4 $15) 16... Bd6 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Bxb6 b4 {Diagrama #} 19.
Nc5 $6 (19. Bc5 Ke7 $15) 19... Bc6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Ke7 $17 22. exd5 Bxd5
23. b3 Rhc8 24. Bd4 g6 25. Rd2 Bc5 $6 (25... Bf4 26. Re2 (26. Rf2 e5 27. Bb2 f5
28. Bd3 Kd6 $19) 26... Kd6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Ra3 29. Rh3 h5 30. Rh4 Kc5 31.
Bc4 Rca8 $19) 26. a4 (26. Bc4 $5 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Bd6 28. Rf1 f5 29. c5 Bxc5 30.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 31. Rf4 Rb8 32. Rh4 h5 33. Rhd4 Rb6 $19) 26... bxa3 27. Bxc5+ Rxc5
28. c4 Bc6 29. Ka2 Re5 $19 30. Bd3 Re3 $6 (30... Rg5 31. Rg1 f5 32. b4 Rg4 33.
b5 Bb7) 31. Bc2 $6 (31. Rhd1 f5 32. b4) 31... f5 32. b4 Rc3 33. b5 {Diagrama #}
Rd8 $6 (33... Bb7 $19) 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. Bb3 $6 (35. Rd1+ $1 Kc7 36. Rd2 Be4
37. Bb3 Bd3 38. Kxa3 Bxc4 39. Kb4 Rxb3+ 40. Kxc4 Rb1 41. Re2 Kd6 42. Rd2+ Ke7
43. Kc5) 35... Bxg2 36. Rd1+ Kc8 37. Kxa3 f4 38. Kb4 Re3 39. c5 f3 40. Bc4 f2
41. Ka5 Re1 42. Rd2 f1=Q 43. Bxf1 Bxf1 44. Rf2 Ra1+ (44... Rb1) 45. Kb6 Rb1 46.
Rf8+ Kd7 47. c6+ {Diagrama #} Ke7 $2 (47... Kd6 48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. c7 Bxb5 $19)
48. Rxf1 Rxf1 49. Kc7 e5 50. b6 e4 51. b7 Rb1 52. b8=Q Rxb8 53. Kxb8 e3 54. c7
e2 55. c8=Q e1=Q 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qxh7 g5 58. Kc7 Qc3+ 59. Kd6 Qd4+ 60. Kc6 Qd8
61. Qh3 Qe8+ 62. Kd5 Qe5+ 63. Kc4 Qe4+ 64. Kc3 Qe1+ 65. Kd3 Qd1+ 66. Ke4 Qe2+
67. Qe3 Qc2+ (67... Qxh2 68. Qb6+ $11) 68. Qd3 Qxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chTa 1112 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Hilsmark"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 $5 ({Dieser extravagante Zug ist eine Spezialität
von Short und eine Variation der Wartezüge} 3... Be7) ({oder} 3... a6 {
Schwarz möchte Weiß zu Sgf3 zwingen, wonach der f-Bauer festgelegt ist.}) 4.
Ngf3 ({Auf} 4. c3 {folgt} c5 {z.B.:} 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nb3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. Bc2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Be7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 O-O-O 14. Qg4 h5
15. Qc4 g5 16. a4 a6 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Rad1 g4 19. Nc1 Rdg8 20. Be4 h4 21. Nd3 g3
22. h3 gxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Qxe5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bf4+ Bd6 27. Bxd6+
Kc8 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Re7 Rh6 30. Bf4 Rhg6 31. g4 hxg3 32. Ng4 R8g7 33. Kg2 d4
34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Be5 d3 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rc3 Rxg4 38. Rxd3+ Ke7 39. hxg4 Rxg4
40. Rd4 Rg5 41. Bf4 Rg6 42. Bxg3 a5 43. b3 Rc6 44. Re4+ Kd7 45. Kf3 Rf6+ 46.
Bf4 Rc6 {1-0 (46) Lane,G (2442)-Short,N (2687) Mallorca 2004}) ({Oder} 4. Bd3
c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c3 dxe4 11.
Qxe4 Ng6 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Be3
Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Rad1 f6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nf5 Be6 23. e4 Rfd8
24. Ne3 Qg6 25. Kg2 b5 26. b3 a5 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qh5 29. h4 Bd7 30. Rf2
Bc6 31. Nd5 Rab8 32. Qe2 Qg6 33. Qf3 Rd7 34. Kh2 Rdb7 35. Rdd2 a4 36. Qe3 Bd7
37. Qf3 Bg4 38. Qe3 Be6 39. Qf3 Rb1 40. Ne3 Rc1 41. Rd6 Qf7 42. Rfd2 Rbb1 43.
g4 Kh7 44. h5 Rc3 45. Kg2 Rxe3 46. Qxe3 Bxg4 47. Rb6 Ra1 48. Qc3 Re1 49. Rf2
Rxe4 50. c5 Bxh5 51. Rb4 Bg6 52. Kh2 Qe6 53. Rg2 Bf5 54. Rb7 Bg4 55. Rf2 f5 56.
Rb4 Rxb4 57. Qxb4 e4 58. Qd4 e3 59. Rf1 Qxa2+ 60. Kg3 Qe2 61. Qf4 Qd2 62. Qe5
e2 63. Rg1 h5 64. c6 f4+ 65. Kh4 Qd8+ 66. Qg5 Qxg5+ 67. Kxg5 f3 68. c7 f2 69.
Rxg4 f1=Q 70. c8=Q Qf6+ 71. Kxh5 Qh6# {0-1 (71) Adams,M (2734)-Short,N (2698)
London 2011}) 4... Nf6 5. e5 (5. Bd3 {wurde auch schon gespielt.}) 5... Nfd7 6.
Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 {Die Position gibt es auch ohne den Zug ...h6.} 8. a3 a5 {
Schon eine Neuerung. Das übliche Spiel mit f7-f6 verbeitet sich hier wegen
der Schwäche des Feldes g6.} 9. Nf1 {Das Zielfeld ist h5.} c4 10. Bc2 b5 {
Schwarz setzt auf eine geschlossene Struktur.} 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Nh5 {Angekommen.
Der Springer ist wegen der folgenden Schwächung von f6 schwer zu vertreiben.}
Bd7 {Schwarz bereitet die lange Rochade vor.} ({In Betracht kam} 12... b4 $5
13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Nxa8 15. h4 Qa5) 13. h4 Qe7 14. Rh3 {Da dieser Turm aud
f1 oder e1 weitgehend wirkungslos wäre, verzichtet Weiß auf die Rochade.}
O-O-O 15. Rg3 {Erzwingt den nächsten Zug und damit die Schwäche f6.} g6 16.
Nf6 Bg7 17. Nh5 Bf8 18. Nf6 Bg7 19. h5 (19. Ng4 $5 h5 $2 (19... Kb7) 20. Bg5
$16) 19... g5 (19... Bxf6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6 Qf7 23. Ne5 (23.
Bxh6 $2 Qxg6 24. Bxg6 Rxh6 {ist zu teuer.}) 23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 {mit einigem
weißen Vorteil.}) 20. Nh7 {Sieht witzig aus.} ({Einfach und gut war} 20. Nxg5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qf8 23. Bg7 Qe7 24. h6 $18) 20... Rdg8 21. Qe2 b4
$6 ({Vielleicht ging} 21... Be8 $5 {z.B.:} 22. Nfxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Qc7 {Tricky!
} 24. h6 (24. Nf6 Rf8) 24... f5 {Das war die Idee.} 25. exf6 (25. hxg7 $2 Rxh7
$19) 25... Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Rxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3+) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nfxg5 b3 24.
Bb1 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Qe8 {Ein typische Franzöische "Schrottstellung". Der Ta1
ist vom Rest der Mannschaft abgeschnitten. Der Lb1 hat kein Feld. Dafür steht
Schwarz am Königsflügel auf ziemlich verlorenem Posten. Die Summe der
Nachteile ergibt weißen Vorteil.} 26. Nf6 ({Die Alternative war} 26. Bf6 Bh6
27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Nf6 Qd8 $14) 26... Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Qf8 (27... Rh6 28. Bg7 Rxg7
29. Rxg7 Qf8 30. Rg5 $16) 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. g4 {Teilt man das Brett in zwei
Hälften, so hat Weiß mit dem (eingschränkten) Läuferpaar, der Dame und den
Bauern f-h im Moment deutlichen materiellen Vorteil am Königflügel.} Be8 30.
Bh7 Rh8 31. Bb1 (31. Bxh8 Qxh8 (31... Qh6 $5 {Vorsicht!} 32. Bf6 ({Aber nicht} 
32. Bb1 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Qxb2) 32... Qxh7 33. f3 {mit weißem Vorteil, aber in
trockenen Tüchern ist der Punkt noch nicht.})) 31... Rg8 {Remis?} 32. f4 {
Weiterspielen. Aber der Zug ist wahrscheinlich nicht das Beste.} (32. Bh7 Rh8
33. Bxh8 $16) 32... Nd7 33. g5 Nxf6 34. exf6 Rh8 35. Kf2 Kb7 {Macht die a-Line
zu. Der Ta1 spielt weiter nicht mit.} 36. Kg3 Bd7 (36... Nb8 $5 37. h6 Nd7 38.
h7 Nb6 39. Qe5 Bc6 {mit unklarere Situation.}) 37. h6 Rxh6 {Schwarz will den
Gordischen Knoten durchschlagen.} ({In Betracht kam} 37... Na7 38. h7 Nc8 39.
Qg4 Nd6) 38. gxh6 Qxh6 39. Qh2 Qxf6 40. Qh7 Ne7 $2 (40... e5 $1 {hätte Weiß
noch mal zum Schwitzen gebracht und reicht anscheinend zum Remis.} 41. dxe5 (
41. fxe5 $2 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qxb2 44. Qxf7 Qxc3+ 45. Kg2 Qxa1 46.
Qxd7+ Kb6 $19) 41... Nxe5 42. Qh5 $5 (42. fxe5 Qg5+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qxb2
45. Qxf7 Qxc3+ 46. Kg2 Qxa1 47. Qxd7+ Kb6 48. Qd6+ Kb5 49. Qxd5+ Kb4 50. Bf5
Qb2+ 51. Kf3 Qh2 $11 {(Rybka)}) 42... Qg7+ 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 44. Ke2 Nf6 45. Qg5 Qh8
$11) 41. Qh5 Nc6 42. Bh7 Qg7+ 43. Kf3 Be8 44. Rh1 {Hurra, der Ta1 ist im Spiel
und damit die Partie auch bald zu Ende.} Qf8 45. Qg5 Kc7 46. Qf6 Qe7 47. Qxe7+
Nxe7 48. f5 Nxf5 49. Bxf5 exf5 50. Kf4 Bd7 51. Ke5 Be6 52. Rf1 Kd7 53. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
a5 9. a4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Bb5 {is the normal continuation.}) 10... Nxa6 11.
O-O Nc7 12. Re1 Nb8 {Going to c6. It was also possible to transfer the knight
to g6 via f8; however, with hindsight it may have been better to leave the
knight on d7 for a while.} (12... Nf8 $5) (12... Qc8 13. Nf1 Qa6 14. Qe3) 13.
Nb3 $5 {An interesting idea. White wants to clarify the central tension, but
at the cost of time.} (13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 h5 {is satisfactory for Black.})
13... Nc6 14. Be3 c4 15. Nc1 b5 $6 {A nervous move after which Black obtains
an unpleasant position.} (15... Qb8 $1 {, preparing to recapture on b5 with
the queen, looks much more accurate.}) 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Qc2 {At this moment I
realised my position was already worse. Black's queenside play is rather
obtuse with the knights so clumsily placed. Meanwhile White plans Ne2-g3 with
pressure on the kingside.} Nba7 $1 {Hitting on the right idea. The knight
transfer to b6 will support ...a4.} 18. g3 (18. Ne2 Nc8 19. Nf4 h5 20. Nh3 Nb6
21. Bg5 (21. Nhg5 g6 22. h4 a4 $11) 21... a4 22. Qd2 Bxg5 23. Nhxg5 g6 24. Qf4
Qe7 $11 {Black looks rather stable on the kingside, so shouldn't have too many
problems.}) 18... Nc8 19. h4 h6 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. h5 a4 $6 {A mistake similar to
15...b5. Instead of rushing with this I had to counter White's idea of f4-f5.}
(21... Kd7 $1 22. Nh2 (22. Nf4 Qg8) 22... Qg8 {is equal because now 23.f4 can
be met by 23...Qh7.}) 22. Nh2 Kd7 {Too late. White will achieve f4-f5, but
Black is still pretty solid.} 23. f4 Kc7 24. f5 {A bit rushed. Adams may have
overlooked 25...Ne7.} (24. Rf1 $1 {is more accurate.}) 24... Bg5 25. Nf4 Ne7
26. fxe6 (26. g4 Qc8 {amounts to the same thing.}) 26... Bxf4 27. Bxf4 fxe6 28.
Rf1 {However, as it turns out Black is still in an unpleasant position.} Qd7
29. Rf2 Raf8 30. Raf1 Qe8 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. g4 Rf7 33. Bc1 Rhf8 34. Nf3 Nd7 35.
Qc2 Nb6 36. Kg2 $6 {An inaccurate move. The king will turn out to be rather
exposed on g2 as we will see.} (36. Nh4 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 $14 {
Black should be able to hold this position, but it is an unpleasant task.})
36... Qb5 37. Nh4 $2 {After this White will have to fight hard for a draw!} (
37. Ng5 $2 {would work well with the king on g1.} Rxf2+) (37. Kg3 Kd7 $1 {
After avoiding all Ng5 ideas, Black has been able to activate the queen to b5
and has some counterplay.}) 37... Qb3 $1 {Adams had obviously overlooked this
posibility.} 38. Qh7 $2 {A second mistake after which there is, surprisingly,
no more hope. White would have to dig very deep to save the game.} (38. Qxb3 $2
Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 cxb3 {is awful for White:} 41. Ng2 a3 $1 (41...
Nc4 $6 42. Nf4 Kd7 43. Nd3) 42. bxa3 Na4 43. Nf4 Kd7 44. Nd3 Nc6 $19) ({
White can save the game with very accurate play:} 38. Qd2 $1 Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 40. Qxf2 (40. Kxf2 $2 a3 41. bxa3 Na4 $19) 40... a3 41. bxa3 Qxc3 42. Qf7
(42. Be3 Nd7 $17) 42... Nbc8 43. Bf4 Qxd4 44. Ng6 Qb2+ 45. Kh3 Qxa3+ 46. Kh4 c3
47. Qxg7 c2 48. Qxh6 $13 {is just unclear.}) 38... Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40.
Kxf2 Kd7 41. Nf3 {Forced.} (41. Qxg7 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qxc1 43. Ng6 Nbc8 $19) (41.
Ng6 Qc2+ $19) 41... a3 42. bxa3 Na4 $1 {After ...Nxc3 Black's attack will be
irresistible. Probably Adams had missed this move when he played 38.Qh7. White
doesn't gets any second chances.} (42... Qxc3 $2 43. Be3 {is just unclear.})
43. Bd2 (43. Qxg7 Qc2+ 44. Bd2 Nxc3 45. Qxh6 Ne4+ 46. Ke1 c3 47. Qe3 (47. Be3
Qb1+ 48. Ke2 c2 49. Bc1 Qb5+ 50. Ke1 Qd3 $19) 47... Nxd2 48. Nxd2 Nc6 $1 49. h6
(49. g5 cxd2+ 50. Qxd2 Qe4+ 51. Qe2 Qh4+ 52. Kf1 Qxg5 53. Qb5 Kc7 $19) 49...
cxd2+ 50. Qxd2 Qe4+ $19) 43... Nxc3 44. Bxc3 Qxc3 {Now a sharp endgame ensues,
but White never has any real chances to save the game.} 45. Qb1 (45. Qxg7 Qb2+
46. Kg3 c3 $19) 45... Kc7 46. a4 {The most testing. Some accuracy is still
required.} (46. Qb4 Qxb4 47. axb4 Kb6 $19) (46. Qb5 Qxa3 47. Qe8 Nc6 $19 48.
Qxe6 Qxf3+) 46... Nc6 47. Qg6 Qb2+ (47... Nxd4 $2 48. Qxg7+ Kc6 49. Qf8 {
is amazingly a draw:} Nxf3 50. Qd6+ Kb7 51. Qe7+ Kb6 52. Qxe6+ Kc5 53. Qe7+ $1
(53. Qd6+ $2 Kd4 54. Qb6+ Kxe5) 53... Kd4 54. Qa7+ Ke4 (54... Kxe5 $2 55. Qg7+
{is the point of 53.Qe7!}) 55. Qh7+ $11) 48. Kg3 c3 49. Ne1 {After other moves
the c-pawn will be unstoppable.} (49. Qxg7+ Kb6 50. a5+ Nxa5 51. Qf8 c2 52.
Qd8+ Kb7 53. Qd7+ Ka6 54. Qc8+ Nb7 55. Qc6+ Ka7 56. Qa4+ Kb6 $19) (49. Qxe6 c2
50. Qd6+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb8 52. Qd6+ (52. Qxc6 c1=Q 53. Qxd5 Qb7 $19) 52... Ka7
53. Qxc6 (53. Qc5+ Kb7) 53... c1=Q 54. Qxd5 Qc7 $19) 49... Qe2 50. Nc2 {
White has blockaded the pawn, but that's where the good news ends.} Kb6 51. a5+
Kxa5 52. Qxe6 Qd3+ $1 $19 {The final touch. The rest is simple.} 53. Kf4 (53.
Kh4 Qxc2 54. Qxd5+ (54. Qxc6 Qh2#) 54... Kb6 55. Qc5+ Kb7 56. Qb5+ Kc7 $19)
53... Qe4+ 54. Kg3 Qd3+ 55. Kf4 Qxc2 56. Qxd5+ (56. Qxc6 Qf2# {mate!}) 56...
Kb4 57. Qc5+ (57. Qxc6 Qf2+ 58. Ke4 Qg2+ $19) 57... Kb3 58. Qd5+ Kb2 ({Easier
is} 58... Ka3 59. Qc5+ Nb4 $19) 59. Qb5+ Qb3 60. Qxc6 c2 61. Qg2 Qb4 62. Kf5
Qxd4 63. Qe2 Kc3 64. Qe1+ Qd2 65. Qa1+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5 4. exf5 exf5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. c4 Bd6 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 (8. Bc4 Re8+ $15) 8... Nxd5 $15 9. O-O Kh8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc4 Bg8 12. Ne5
Nd7 13. Ndf3 c6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Qe1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1981.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1981.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxd2 7.
Bxd2 {[#]} O-O $2 (7... c5) 8. h4 h6 (8... c5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6 11.
Qg4 f5 12. h5+ Kh6 13. Nf7+ Kh7 14. Qg6+ Kg8 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. h6
$18) 9. c3 Nd7 10. Ng5 c5 {[#]} 11. Qh5 $16 (11. Nh7 Re8 12. Bxh6 $18) (11.
Bh7+ Kh8 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nh7 $16) 11...
cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bb4 14. Kf1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qb2 16. Rd1 Qxa2 17. Rh3 b6
18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Rg3 Ba6+ 20. Kg1 Qe2 {[#]} 21. Nxf7+ $18 Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Qxd1+
23. Kh2 g5 24. Bg6 Nf8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Bf7+ Kh7 27. hxg5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.12.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 Bd7 7. dxc5 $2 (7. Bd3
$142) 7... Bxc5 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Bf4 Bb6 $1 10. Bg3 $2 (10. Ne2 Bc7 11. Ned4)
10... Bc7 11. Qe2 Qb8 $1 $15 {(Richmond 80)} 12. Kf1 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nfe7 14. Bg3
h6 15. h4 f6 16. Re1 O-O 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. g4 Raf8 20. g5 R6f7
21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Rh2 Rg7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Nc6 26. Re3 e5
27. Rg2 Rf4 28. Reg3 Rxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf7 30. Bg6+ Kf6 31. h5 e4 32. Ke2 Ne5 33.
Ke3 Rg4 34. Kd4 Rxg3 35. fxg3 Nxg6 36. hxg6 Bg4 37. c4 dxc4 38. Kxe4 Kxg6 39.
Kf4 h5 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Kd4 b5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Ba6 9. Bc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Qd3
Qd5 15. Qh3 Qh5 16. Qg3 $1 {Auf keinen Fall die Damen tauschen. Das hätte die
schwarze Verteidigung erleichtert.} Nd5 17. Be5 Nf6 ({Der logische Zug} 17...
Bf6 $2 {geht nicht, weil Schwarz nach} 18. c4 $1 {eine Figur verliert.}) 18. h3
Rfd8 19. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Gd4,Ge5,Rh5] [#] Weiß besitzt einen kleinen aber
soliden positionellen Vorteil. Die weißen Figuren sind optimal im Zentrum
platziert. Hauptnachteil in der schwarzen Stellung ist die schlecht stehende
Qh5 und der arbeitslose Turm auf a8.} h6 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Nb5 ({mittels} 21. Rd3
$142 {/\ Rde3 könnte sich der Anziehende die schwarzen Züge a6 und b5 ersparen.
}) 21... a6 22. Nd4 b5 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. Rde3 Nd5 25. Rf3 ({Die schlecht
stehende schwarze Dame lockt zur Turmüberführung an den Königsflügel:} 25. Re4
$1 {[%csl Rh5] bringt Weiß sehr großen Vorteil.} f6 (25... Nf6 26. Rh4 Qg6 27.
Qxg6 fxg6 28. Rxh6+ $1 $18) (25... Ne7 26. Rh4 Qg6 27. Qxg6 Nxg6 28. Rxh6+ Kg8
29. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Nxe6 $18) 26. Nxe6 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Qf7 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Qd3
$1 $16) 25... Rd7 26. Bc2 Kg8 27. h4 {Alle weißen Steine zielen auf den
schwarzen Monarchen. Es ist keine Überraschung, daß der weiße Vorteil in ein
paar Zügen entscheidend sein wird.} Nb6 (27... Ne7 28. Rf4 (28. Rf6 $5) 28...
Nc6 29. Nxc6 (29. Bd1 Qxe5 $1 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 $14) 29... Bxc6 30. Rg4 f5 31. Rg6
$16) 28. Nxe6 $1 $18 g5 (28... fxe6 29. Bg6 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Nc4 31. b3 $18) (
28... Bxf3 29. Nxf8 $18) 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 (29... Kxf8 30. Rf5 Qxh4 (30... Rd2 31.
hxg5 Rxc2 (31... Qg6 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. gxh6 $18) 32. Bd6+ Kg8 33. gxh6+ $18)
31. Qxh4 gxh4 32. Bf4 $18) 30. Rf6 (30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rf5 f6 32. Bxf6 Rd5 $18)
30... Nd5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bd1 Qh4 33. Qxh4 gxh4 34. Rh6 f6 35. Bd4 Nf4 36.
Rxh4 Nxg2 37. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mollov, Ergin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Qg4 $1 g6 (6... O-O 7.
Ne2 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. Qh3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Nc3 Nb6
14. a3 Nc4 15. Ke2 Be7 16. b4 Qd8 17. g4 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 g6 19. gxf5 exf5 20.
Rag1 Rf7 21. Qh6 Rg7 22. h4 $16 {Mit sehr starkem weißen Angriff Westerinen,
H-Keene,R/Dortmund 1975}) 7. h4 h5 8. Qg3 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5,Rh6] Weiß bezitzt
am Königsflügel deutlichen positionellen Vorteil. Die schwarzen Felder (g5, h6
und f6 ) sind geschwächt. Außerdem können die weißen Figuren viel bequemer
entwickelt werden, z.B. Ne2 , Ndf3 nebst starkem Königsangrif. Im passenden
Augenblick kann der Anziehende eine Leichtfigur auf g6 oder f7 opfern, um das
Spiel am Königsflügel zu öffnen.} c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12.
Nf3 Bd7 (12... Nb4 13. Bb1 (13. Ng5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bf4 Rc8
17. Rac1 $14) 13... Qc7 14. Bg5 $1 (14. O-O Nc2 15. Bxc2 Qxc2 16. Nc3 Bd7 $13)
14... Nc2+ 15. Bxc2 Qxc2 16. Bxe7 Qxb2 17. O-O $1 $16) 13. Ng5 $1 (13. Bg5 Nb4
14. Nf4 $14) 13... Rg8 (13... Nb4 14. Bb1 O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17.
Bxg6 Rg7 18. Bh6 $16) 14. Qf3 Rg7 {Alles läuft nach dem oben beschriebenen
Plan. Nach dieserm taktischen Schlag bricht die schwarze Stellung zusammen.}
15. Nxf7 $1 Bb4+ ({Ebenfalls hoffnungs los ist:} 15... Rxf7 16. Bxg6 Bb4+ 17.
Kf1 Qe7 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rf7]}) 16. Kf1 Qe7 17. Nh8 $1 {
Weiß droht sowohl den schwache Pg6 als auch mittels a3 den Bb4 zu fangen.}
O-O-O 18. Nxg6 Qe8 19. Qxh5 $18 {Das Ergebnis der schwarzen
Eröffnungsbehandlung ist katastrophal. Alle schwarzen Bauern am Königsflügel
sind verschvunden. Der Rest ist eine Sache der Technik.} Nc4 20. Qh6 Qf7 21. a3
Bf8 22. Rh3 Qg8 23. b3 Rh7 24. Qg5 Bh6 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 (25... Nxe7 26. Qxg8 Rxg8
27. Bxh7 $18) 26. Qxg8 Rxg8 27. Bxh6 N4a5 28. Rb1 Be8 29. h5 Rc7 30. Be3 Ne7
31. Nf4 Bf7 32. h6 Rh8 33. g4 {Eine musterhafte Partie, durch die die
fragwürdige schwarze Eröffnungsvariante vollständig vernichtet ist. Darüber
hinaus kann man hier lernen, wie der Anziehende im Mittelspiel den
abgeschwächten schwarzen Könisflügel ausnutzte.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 $6 {Der mit diesem Zug verbundene Zeitverlust
ermöglicht dem Anziehenden, gutes Spiel zu erlangen.} 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6.
dxc5 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12.
Kxe3 (12. fxe3 {Der Vorteil von diesem Zug ist das Weiß später gegen das
schwarze Zentrum (f + e Bauern) den Bauer auf e4 dagegen stellen kann.} f5 13.
Bd3 Nc6 14. e4 $11) 12... f5 13. Bd3 Nc6 {bereitet e6-e5 vor.} 14. Rad1 e5 {
[%cal Ye5e4,Ye4d3,Ye4f3]} 15. Bc4+ {[%cal Yd3c4,Yc4d5,Yd5c6]} Kh7 16. Bd5 $1 e4
{Schwarz erobert Raum, aber dafür hat der Anziehende Entwicklungvorsprung.} 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 $1 $14 {Weiß hat einen Kleinen aber dauerhaft positionellen
Vorteil: a) Bessere Bauernstruktur - am Damenflügel sind die schwarzen Bauern
a7 und c6 schwach. b) Beherrschung der d-Linie c) Bessere Lage des weißen
Königs und Springers} c5 19. Nd7 f4+ {Der Nachziehende opfert einen Bauern mit
den Idee das Spiel zu öffnen um die Stärke seines Läufers zu demonstrieren.} (
19... Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Rf6 (20... Rfd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 $18) 21. Rhd1 $16)
20. Kxe4 Re8+ (20... Bb7+ 21. Ke5 $1 Rae8+ (21... Rfe8+ 22. Kxf4 Re2 23. Kg3
Rxc2 24. Rhe1 $16) 22. Kd6 $16) 21. Kf3 Bb7+ 22. Kxf4 Re2 23. Kg3 Bc6 24. Nxc5
{Weiß hat schon 3 Bauern mehr obwohl der Anziehende von der Spielstärke her
120 Elo mehr besitzt. Man kann sagen, na ja klare Sache - der Rest ist nur
noch Technik!?} Rf8 25. Rd6 $4 {Nach diesem schwachen Zug rettet sich der
Nachziehende mittels Dauerschach.} (25. Nd3 $142 $1 $18 Rxc2 26. Rc1 Rd2 (26...
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 $18) 27. Rhd1 $18) 25... Bxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 (26. Kxg2 Rexf2+ 27.
Kg3 R8f3+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 {My second French! This time with a better result!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 {A side line, which is not very promising
for White.} Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. b4 a5 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. c3 Nd5 11. Bxd5 (11. Qb3
{is bad because of} Nxc3 $1 $15) 11... Qxd5 12. a4 $146 (12. Bb2 axb4 13. cxb4
Rxa2 14. Rxa2 Qxa2 {is the theory, with a level position.}) 12... b6 13. O-O $6
{Strategically a good move order, as there are some more urgent things to do
than putting the bishop on b2, but tactically refuted: ok, I didn't see it,
anyway!} (13. Bb2 bxc5 14. b5 Nb6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qc2 Rd8 {and Black is fine.})
13... bxc5 $6 (13... axb4 14. cxb4 Ba6 $1 {was the reason why 13.0-0 was not
good. Indeed White cannot allow ...bxc5 if b5 is impossible and he has to sac
an exchange. Somehow, strangely, it works so well that Black is better.} 15. c6
(15. Re1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 $15) (15. b5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. c6 Nc5 $19)
15... Nf6 $1 16. Re1 Bxb4 17. Rb1 Ba5 $15) 14. b5 Bb7 15. c4 $6 {Too early. It
was important to put White's queen on the best square first, and possibly to
keep very temporarily the c4-square for the knight (in order to force ...Nb6,
so that Black's knight doesn't move to e5 soon).} (15. Qe2 Nb6 16. c4 {and}) (
15. Re1 O-O 16. Qc2 {would have been two better tries.}) 15... Qf5 16. Bb2 O-O
17. Qb1 Qxb1 18. Rfxb1 Rfd8 $6 {This logical move is refuted!} (18... f6 {
was necessary. The position is about equal.}) 19. Kf1 $6 (19. Bc3 $1 {was very
strong:} Bxf3 (19... Nb6 20. Ne5 $1 $14) 20. Nxf3 Nb6 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Rc1 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 $14) 19... Nb6 20. Ke2 (20. Rc1 f6 $36) 20... f6 {Now I start to take
the initiative!} 21. Bc3 e5 22. Rd1 Bc8 $1 23. Nb3 $8 Nxc4 $1 (23... Rxd1 24.
Kxd1 Bg4 (24... Nxc4 $6 25. Nfd2 {is rather good for White, as all Black's
pawns are weak.}) 25. Kc2 Bf5+ 26. Kd1 Bg4 {is a draw.}) 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.
Nxc5 (25. Nfd2 $5 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 c4 27. Nc5 Bb6 28. Be3 {and White should hold
a draw thanks to his passed pawn on b5.}) 25... Bb6 26. Nb3 Be6 27. Nfd2 $6 {
Too early. This move makes Black's task very easy. At this moment all our
opponents were under high pressure: they had to draw the match otherwise they
would not be able to play for the title on round 11. However it was already
1-0 for us, and we had a completely won position, one slightly worse, plus my
game.} (27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Be1 {would have been a better try. I believe White
should hold.}) 27... Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Rc8 29. Rc1 $2 (29. Ra3 $8 {I guess my
opponent wanted to avoid a draw due to the match situation.} Kf7 $15 (29... Bc5
30. Ra1 Bb6 $11)) 29... Bd4 30. Nb1 (30. Ne4 Bd5 31. Kd3 Bxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Rxc3
33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. b6 Bd4 35. b7 Ba7 36. Kd5 Kf7 37. Kd6 Ke8 38. Kc7 Ke7 $19)
30... Bb3 $5 (30... Rc4 $19) 31. Kd2 Bxf2 $1 {Ok, exclamation mark, but I was
lacking time and missed why the move is so good! Actually, I saw the line I
played, which is minimum draw, and I thought it is enough to ensure winning
the match.} (31... Bb6 {should be winning easily, however...}) 32. Bxa5 Be3+
33. Kxe3 Rxc1 34. Nc3 Rxc3+ {I played this move instantly, thinking I should
be winning another way, but not such a clear way. I completely missed 34...
Bxa4. I actually believed I had winning chances in the endgame and immediatly
realised my opponent had time for g3 and h4, after which it's a dead draw. A
few seconds after I took on c3, my totally winning teammate gave a piece in
one move! However he eventually drew, we lost the worse position, and drew the
match...} (34... Bxa4 {just wins everything:} 35. Nxa4 (35. b6 Bc6 $19) 35...
Ra1 36. b6 Rxa4 37. b7 Ra3+ 38. Ke4 Rb3 $19) 35. Bxc3 Bxa4 36. b6 Bc6 37. g3
Kf7 38. h4 Ke6 39. Bb4 Kf5 40. Bf8 g5 41. hxg5 Kxg5 42. Be7 h5 43. Bd8 Kf5 44.
Be7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 90th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2015.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:25"]
[BlackClock "0:02:14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Qe2 {A rare
move.} (7. Ngf3 {is the main line.}) 7... Bxc5 8. Ngf3 $146 (8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Be3
{is usually played, and the critical line could be something like} Nge7 10. f4
Nf5 11. Bf2 g5 12. g3 gxf4 13. gxf4 Rg8 $5 $146 (13... Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qb6 15.
Bd3 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 $14 {1-0 (58) Delchev,A (2637)-Cruz,C (2529) Linares ESP
2013}) 14. O-O-O Bxf2 15. Qxf2 Qb6 $13) 8... Nge7 9. g3 {An interesting idea,
but just too slow.} Ng6 $5 {Keeping the option to retreat the c5-bishop to e7
instead of b6.} (9... Qc7 $5) 10. Bg2 (10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bd2 {was what I
expected, though after} Qc7 12. Bc3 Bb4 $5 13. Bxb4+ Nxb4 14. Nbd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6
bxc6 $13 {I liked Black's position.}) 10... Qc7 11. Nb3 $6 (11. c4 {seemed
necessary to me, and after} Ncxe5 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Bd7 16. Rac1 {White should have enough compensation for equality.}) 11...
Bb6 12. Bf4 f6 $5 (12... a5 $5 13. a4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 g6 $15) 13. exf6 $2 {
After that move Black is already just winning.} (13. O-O {was necessary, and
after} fxe5 14. Be3 {White would have some sort of compensation, though
Black's position is excellent for example after} h6 $5) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4
gxf6 (14... Qxf4 $5 15. fxg7+ Kxg7 16. Rg1 Rf8 {is also much better for Black.}
) 15. Qd2 Rg8 $1 16. Bh3 Qf7 $1 {The ...Qh5 idea is terrible for White.} 17.
Qc3 e5 $1 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. O-O-O Rg4 $2 {I considered this move even more
winning than the logiccal 19...d4, but had missed the very simple 21.Ne1.} (
19... d4 20. Qd3 $8 (20. Qe1 $2 Qd5 $19) 20... Nb4 21. Qf5 $8 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1
Rxf2 (22... Qg6 $5) 23. Rhg1 $8 {and White keeps a few drawing chances, but of
course the position is lost.}) 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Ne1 $8 {All of a sudden the
position becomes very unclear practically speaking. Angry that I did not go 19.
..d4 I lost my objectivity and went for too aggressive a plan.} (21. Nxe5 $2
Qf4+ $19) (21. Nbd2 Qf5 $19) (21. Kb1 $2 d4 22. Qd3 e4 $19) 21... Rc4 $6 {
It was time to play safe moves in order to keep a small advantage.} (21... Qf5
$5) (21... Rg6 $5) 22. Qh3 Nb4 $2 {Committing suicide over the board.} (22...
Ne7 $5 23. Kb1 Qf6 $5 {remains good (maybe even better) for Black, but of
course White's play is already easier.}) 23. Kb1 Nxc2 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. Rhg1 $1 {
All of a sudden White's attack is devastating.} R8c7 (25... R4c7 26. Rg3 $5 $18
) 26. Qg2 $1 {The simple move I had missed.} Qe6 27. Nxe5 Rf4 (27... Qxe5 28.
Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qxh7+ $18) 28. Qg5 Rf6 29. Rc1 $6 (29. Rxd5 Nb4 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31.
Rh8 $1 $18) 29... h6 30. Qh5 $4 $138 {Giving me a chance to make a draw.} (30.
Qg3 $18) 30... Bxf2 $4 $138 (30... Rf5 $8 31. Ng6+ Kf7 32. Nh8+ (32. Qxh6 Na3+
33. bxa3 Qe4+ 34. Ka1 Bd4+ $11) 32... Kf8 33. Qg4 $5 h5 $1 (33... Bxf2 $6 34.
Rg2 Ne3 $2 35. Qb4+ $18) 34. Qg3 Na3+ 35. bxa3 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 Bd4+ 37. Nxd4 Qxd4+
38. Kb1 Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Qb6+ 40. Ka1 (40. Qb3 Kg7 $11) 40... Qf6+ 41. Rc3 Rg5
42. Qf3 (42. Qe3 Rg1+ 43. Kb2 d4 $11) 42... Rf5 $11) 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Nf4+ Qf7
33. Rg8+ Kd7 34. Qxd5+ Qxd5 35. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Washington College final"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.04.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UMBC"]
[BlackTeam "UTD"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {A waiting move. The main idea behind it is that
Black waits to see how White will set up his minor pieces on the kingside.} 4.
Bd3 ({In the event of} 4. Ngf3 {Black replies} Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 {[%cal Yc7c5,
Yb8c6,Gg7g5,Gg5g4] and White's centre is somewhat less vulnerable with the
knight on f3.}) 4... c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 {[%cal Yf6d7,Yd7c5,
Gb8a6,Ga6c5,Gb8d7] That's the point! Black is preventing White's b2-b4, and is
preparing to capture the c5-pawn with one of his knights.} 8. c3 $5 {Quite a
rare continuation. White keeps his options open, one of which could be
castling long.} ({The main line is} 8. O-O {after which Black equalised in a
recent game:} Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. Nb3 Ba6 15. Qd1 Bb7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8
20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 b5 22. Red1 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kryvoruchko,Y (2604)
-Shulman,Y (2639)/Reykjavik ISL 2009/The Week in Chess 752 (25)}) 8... Nfd7 $5
{Apparently, my opponent wanted to avoid my preparation. Moreover, this move
has a point: Black does not want to allow White to play e4-e5 with tempo, and
the queenside knight can be developed to c6.} ({In a previous game Alejandro
preferred} 8... Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 Naxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 b6 13. Bf4 f5
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 (15... Ba6 $5 16. Qe3 $13) 16. Bxe5 Qg5 17. f4
Rxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rf1 Qxh2 20. Qf3 Qh4+ 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. Qh5 Ne4 23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Panchanathan,M (2542)-Ramirez,A (2594)/Richardson USA
2011/The Week in Chess 854 (58)}) 9. O-O (9. exd5 {gives nothing:} Nxc5 10. Bb5
exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. N2f3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2644)
-Radjabov,T (2567)/Pamplona 2001/CBM 087 (33)}) 9... Nxc5 10. Bc2 b6 11. Rd1 {
It is not obvious where White's rook would be more useful. One of the typical
plans for White in this position is to close the centre with e4-e5 and develop
an attack on the kingside. Black, on the other hand, attacks White's centre
with f7-f6, and in this scenario the rook on e1 would be more active. The move
I played creates some pressure along the d-file, which should give me time to
relocate my forces to the kingside.} (11. Re1 $5 Ba6 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. e5 Qc7 (
13... f6 $6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 {winning a pawn.}) 14. Nb3 $13) 11... Ba6 12.
Qe3 Nc6 $146 (12... Ra7 13. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V (2520)-Vitiugov,N (2550)/
St Petersburg 2006/CBM 112 ext}) 13. Nf1 {Once again I had to make tough
choices. I felt that the knight could be transferred to the kingside fairly
easily, which would help to develop the attack.} ({Another alternative was to
send the knight to d4 via b3, which would probably be consistent with the idea
of closing the centre.} 13. Nb3 $5 {with a complicated position.}) 13... Ra7 $1
{[%cal Ya7d7] It seems that the idea implemented by Vitiugov works out even
better now, since Black will respond with 14...Rd7 after White's capture.} 14.
exd5 {The most principled reply. Other continuations seem to be not dangerous
for Black:} (14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne5
$11) (14. Ng3 Rd7 15. e5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nh5 e5 $15) 14... Rd7 15. Ng5 {
This is probably the only way to keep fighting.} (15. b4 $2 {is refuted by:}
axb4 16. dxc6 Rxd1 17. Bxd1 Qxd1 18. Bb2 Qc2 $19) 15... h6 {Alejandro stays
cool.} ({I thought that after} 15... Bxg5 16. Qxg5 {White should be better
thanks to his pair of bishops, but Fritz disagrees with me:} Rxd5 17. Rxd5 exd5
18. Qg3 $14 {/=}) (15... g6 $2 16. Nxh7 (16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Rxd7
Qxd7 19. Bb3 Ncd8) (16. Qh3 $5 h5 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxg6) 16... Kxh7 17. Qh6+
Kg8 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bh6 $40 {[%cal Gh5g6,Yd5c6]})
16. Nh7 {In for a penny, in for a pound...} Re8 17. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gc1h6,Yc2h7] This was the key idea behind my 15th move.} ({Unfortunately,} 17.
Qg3 {does not work out:} Bh4 $8 18. Qg4 Ne5 $19) 17... Rxd5 18. Bxh6 (18. Rxd5
$2 {is bad, in view of} Qxd5 $1 (18... exd5 19. Bxh6 g6 (19... gxh6 20. Qxh6
Bd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Ng3 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Nf6+ $16) 20. Bf4 $14 {[%cal
Yh3h6]}) 19. Bxh6 (19. Ne3 {is too slow:} Qd7 20. Ng4 Bd3 $19) 19... gxh6 20.
Ne3 Qe5 21. Ng4 Qf4 $1 {During the game, I did not see this resource in my
calculations...} (21... Qg7 22. Nxh6+ $18) 22. g3 (22. Qh5 Be2) 22... Qd2 23.
Nhf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 $17) 18... Bd3 (18... gxh6 $5 {looks
very dangerous for Black, but Fritz somehow holds Black's position after} 19.
Ne3 (19. Qxh6 Bd3 20. Ne3 Bxc2 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Nxc2 Ne4 $19) (19. Rxd5 Qxd5 {
- see the 18.Rxd5 variation.}) 19... Bg5 $1 (19... Bd3 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 (20...
Bxc2 21. Ndf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Qf3 $16) 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Qe4 23.
Re3 Qxh7 24. Qg3+ $16 {[%cal Yg3c7]}) (19... Rd3 20. Qxh6 Ne5 21. f4 $16) 20.
f4 (20. Nxd5 $5 exd5 21. Re1 $13) 20... Bxf4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qg4+ (22. Qf5
Be3+ 23. Kh1 Re5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nh5+ Kf8) (22. Qf3 Be5 23. Rxd5 Qh4 24. g3
Qe7 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nxe8+ Qxe8 $15) 22... Bg5 23. Nxg5 (23. Rxd5
Qe7 {[%cal Ye7e3]}) 23... Qxg5 24. Qxg5+ hxg5 25. Rxd5 $11) 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20.
Qg4 $14 ({Of course not} 20. Rxd3 $4 Qxd3) 20... g6 21. Rxd3 Qxd3 (21... Nxd3
22. Ng5 Qd7 (22... Nxb2 23. Nxf7) 23. Rd1 $14) 22. Ng5 $2 {At this point, both
players were short on time, so the quality of the game decreased significantly.
} ({Here is the tactical resource I missed:} 22. Qf4 $1 f5 (22... Nd7 23. Bg5
$14) (22... Ne4 23. Bg5 $14) (22... Qf5 23. Qc7 $1 $16 {[%cal Yf1e3]}) 23. Qc7
({But not} 23. Ng5 $2 e5) 23... Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Ng5 $14) 22... Ne5 {
Even though White is a pawn up, Black's active pieces give him sufficient
compensation for equality.} 23. Qd4 Qxd4 $6 {This move is the root of Black's
blunder on the 25th move. Obviously, my opponent overlooked my 27th move.} (
23... f6 {looks much more attractive, since it drives away White's knight to
h3.} 24. Nh3 (24. Rd1 Qe2 25. Ng3 (25. b4 fxg5) 25... Qxb2 26. N5e4 Rd8) 24...
Rd8 (24... Qxh3 $5 25. gxh3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Nd3 28. Be3 Nxb2 29. Rc1
$11) (24... g5 $2 25. Bxg5 Qg6 26. Qe3 $1) 25. Qxd3 Nexd3 {[%cal Yg6g5]} 26.
Bc1 (26. Rb1 g5 27. f4 g4) 26... Na4 27. Nf4 $11) (23... Qe2 24. Nh3 $11) 24.
cxd4 Ng4 25. dxc5 Bxc5 $4 {A blunder that loses the game.} ({Of course, Black
should have preferred} 25... Nxh6 26. Ne4 {and after a couple of not obvious
moves found by the engine, Black could have even equalised:} f5 $1 (26... bxc5
27. Nfd2 $14) 27. Nd6 Rd8 $1 (27... Bxd6 $2 28. cxd6 Rd8 29. Rd1 Nf7 30. d7 $16
) 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. c6 Rc7 30. Rc1 Nf7 31. f4 g5 $1 32. g3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nd6 $11)
26. Ne4 $1 Nxh6 27. Nf6+ $18 {The rest needs no comment.} Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29.
Ne3 f5 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Kf1 f4 32. Nc4 Ng4 33. f3 Nf6 34. Ne5 g5 35. Nc6+ Kf7
36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Nc6+ Kf7 38. Rd8 Nd5 39. Ke2 Bg1 40. h3 Bc5 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42.
Kd3 Be7 43. Rd7 Kf8 44. Rb7 Bd6 45. Nd7+ Ke8 46. Nxb6 Nb4+ 47. Ke4 Nxa2 48. Nc4
1-0

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 b6 {Black's idea is to change the
light-squared bishops on a6. This continuation is rare in comparison to} (4...
c5) 5. c3 {strengthening the centre, as well as preventing from black to
change the bishops on a6.} ({Another possibility is} 5. Qg4 g6 6. Bb5+ c6 7.
Ba4 Ba6 8. c3 h5 9. Qd1 Nh6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 c5 13. Nf3 Nf5 14.
Ng3 Nh4 15. Ng5 Kf8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Qf4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bd2 h4 20. Rac1
Kg7 21. Qf3 Nf8 22. a3 Ng6 23. Bb3 Qd8 24. Nh3 Rc7 25. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Sulypa,
A-Kononenko,T/Alushta 2000/CBM 075 ext (25)}) 5... Qd7 {covering the a4-e8
diagonal, thus, making possible a development of light-squared bishop to a6.} (
{Of course not} 5... Ba6 $4 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Qa4+ $18) 6. Nh3 $146 {Basically,
white cannot prevent a trade of light-squared bishops. Black's position will
become very good from strategical point of view, as he will not have any
bad-located piece on the board... Therefore, white is willing to develop the
initiative on the kingside. The move in the game is a novelty. In the
preceding games white has tried the following attempts to develop an
initiative:} (6. Ndf3 Ba6 7. Ne2 h5 8. h4 Nh6 9. Rh3 Nf5 10. Ng3 Nxg3 11. Rxg3
Bxf1 12. Kxf1 g6 13. a4 Nc6 14. Ng5 Bf8 15. Rf3 Nd8 16. Nh3 c5 17. Bg5 Be7 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ng5 Rc8 20. Kg1 Rc7 21. Qd2 O-O 22. Rf6 $14 {1-0 Bojkovic,
S-Davcevski,D/Bjelovar 1979/EXT 2000 (35)}) (6. h4 Ba6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Ndf3 h5 9.
Qh3 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Qb5+ 11. Ne2 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 {1/2-1/2 Schlaeger,U-Hartmann,
W/Germany 1989/GER-chT2 (12)}) (6. f4 h5 7. Ndf3 Ba6 8. Ne2 Nh6 9. a4 Nc6 10.
b4 Bc4 11. Ba3 Nf5 12. Qd2 g6 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 Nd8 15. Qc2 Nb7 16. Kf2 c5
17. Ne3 Nh6 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Rhd1 c4 21. Qc2 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zuber,
M-Denoth,M/Bern 1996/CBM 051 ext (29)}) (6. Qg4 g6 7. h4 h5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9. Ngf3
Bxf1 10. Nxf1 Nc6 11. Ne3 Nh6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. b4 Rdg8 14. a4 Qd8 15. Ng5 Bxg5
16. hxg5 h4 17. Qh3 Qxg5 18. b5 Na5 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nf6 $18 {0-1 Vujovic,
M-Messa,R/Venice 1980/EXT 99 (48)}) 6... Ba6 7. Bxa6 {winning some tempos.}
Nxa6 8. Qe2 Nb8 (8... Qa4 {seems too strange...} 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Qa5 11. Nf3
$32 {[%cal Yc1d2]}) 9. O-O {White doesn't define his plan of developing
initiative on the kingside, but first he completes the development.} (9. Qg4 g6
) (9. Nf4 g6 10. Nf3 h5 11. Be3 Nh6) 9... h5 {covering the g4 square, and,
preparing to develop the kingside knight via h6. Here are the possible
alternatives:} (9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 Nc6 12. Nf3 {[%cal Yf1d1,Yh3f4]}
d4 13. Nf4 $14 {[%cal Yf4d3]}) (9... Nh6 10. Nb3 Nf5 11. Bg5 $5 $14 {[%cal
Yg2g4,Yf2f5,Yf2f4]}) 10. b4 {occupying some space on the queenside.} Nc6 ({
It isn't recommendable to open up the game for black at the moment:} 10... c5
11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Ba3 $5 cxd4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. cxd4 Nbc6 15. Nb3 Nf5 16. Rfd1
$14 {and black has some problems with his monarch...}) 11. Nb3 a5 {trying to
create some white's weakness on the queenside.} (11... g6 12. Bg5 $16) 12. b5
Na7 13. a4 g6 {protecting h5 pawn, thus, preparing to develop the knight to h6.
} ({Worth consideration:} 13... c6 {, opening the "c" file for the heavy
pieces.} 14. bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Bd2 g6 {[%cal Yg8h6]} 17. Nf4 Nh6 18.
Rfb1 Nf5 19. Nc1 Rc7 $13) 14. Rb1 ({I would consider} 14. Bg5 {, which is
typical decision in such type of positions. White changes the dark-squared
bishops, afterware, tries to use the weaknesses of dark squares in the black
camp.}) 14... Nh6 (14... c6 {- see 13...c6.}) 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Qf3 $1 {
[%cal Yc3c4] preparing to open up the game with c3-c4.} c6 (16... Rd8 17. Rfc1
c6 (17... Kf8 18. c4 $16) 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd2 $14) 17. c4 $5 {White opens up
the game, hoping to use a bad location of black's monarch and kingside rook.} (
17. bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd2 $14) 17... dxc4 18. Nxa5 $1 bxa5 ({Worse is} 18... Qd5
19. Nxc6 (19. Qe3 g5 (19... Rh8 20. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21.
bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ra1 Rg6 $11) 19... Qxf3 20. gxf3 {[%cal Yf1c1]} Ba3 21. Ng5 $16 {
[%cal Yg5e4]}) 19. b6 Kf8 20. bxa7 Kg7 (20... Rxa7 21. Qe3 (21. Rfc1 Qxd4)
21... Kg7 22. Rfc1 Rh8 23. Rxc4 Rd8 $14 {/=}) 21. Rfc1 Qxd4 $4 {Probably,
black missed white's tactical resources...} ({Much better was} 21... Rxa7 22.
Rxc4 Rh8 $14) 22. Rb7 $1 $18 Rxa7 {Other moves don't make black's life easier:}
(22... Qh4 23. Qxc6 $18 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gc6d7]}) (22... Qd8 23. Ng5 Qf8 24. Nxe6+
fxe6 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rb8+ $18) {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for
white.","","","h3g5","",10]} 23. Ng5 $3 {After this move black collapses!} Qd2
(23... Bxg5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf8#) 24. Qxf7+ (24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rb8+ Qd8 26.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op 22nd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2006.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Be2 {Quite a
rare continuation in comparison to 7.Bd3. White's main idea is to keep a
stable centre, protecting the d4 pawn with Nb3. In this case, Black cannot
punish White with c5-c4.} Nc6 8. O-O O-O {Black tried also:} (8... a5 9. a4 O-O
10. Nb3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Bc3 Ra7 15. Nc1 Qb8 16.
Qe2 Qb7 17. Nd2 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. f4 b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 {1-0
Korneev,O-Lempert,I/Werfen 1993/EXT 97 (55).}) (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. cxd4
f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Nf4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17.
Rc1 a5 18. a4 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qxb3 {0-1 Smagin,S-Glek,I/Moscow
1999/EXT 2001 (20)}) (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bg5
O-O 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2
Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Bf3 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Porat,S/Ashdod International Open
2004 (63)}) (8... a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 Qb6 11. Be3 a5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Rc1 h6
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Nxe5 17. Bh5 Ncd3 18. f4 g6 19. fxe5 Nxc1
20. Qxc1 gxh5 21. Qf4 Rh7 22. Qf6 Kd7 23. Nxh5 Qd8 24. Qf2 $44 {1-0 Sznapik,
A-Knaak,R/Zakopane 1980/EXT 2002 (40)}) 9. Re1 {I decided not to hurry with
depending the pawn structure in the centre, but first to centralize my pieces.}
(9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Bf4 b4 15. Qc1
bxa3 16. bxa3 a4 17. Bg5 Na5 18. Ra2 Rb8 19. Ng3 Na8 20. Nh5 Kh8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Bd1 Rb3 $132 {0-1 Erenburg,S-Kuraszkiewicz,M/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in
Chess 555 (62)}) 9... f6 ({Another possibility is to attack white's centre with
} 9... Qb6 10. Nb3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Rf7 14. Qc2 Rxf3 15.
gxf3 Ndxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Kg2 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. f4
Qg4+ $40 {0-1 Agouridis,A-Dvoirys,S/Ano Liosia op 2000 (30)}) (9... cxd4 {
gives White an opportunity to develop the queenside knight to b3:} 10. cxd4 f6
11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Be3 Nc4
17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qa4 Bxd4 19. Qxc4+ Be6 20. Qxd4 $16 {1-0 Ramos,A-Ribeiro,J/
Manila 1992/TD (70)}) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nf1 {Transfering the knight to the
kingside.} ({The alternative was to define the structure in the centre with
the following transfer of the queenside knight to b3:} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3
Bd6 $13 {, but, it looks like the centre promises the second player good
chances.}) (11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qh4 e5 15. b4 Be7 16.
Nxe5 Ne4 17. Nxd7 Bxh4 18. Nxb6 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Bxe1 20. Nxa8 Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxd3
22. Nc7 Nxc1 23. Nf3 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Bxc3 25. Rd1 Ned4 26. Nxd5 Nxf3 27. gxf3 Bxb4
28. Rb1 a5 {0-1 Koniuh,S-Jasny,S/Moravia 1996/EXT 98 (28)}) ({Of course,} 11.
Nb3 {makes white's centre more stable, but after c5-c4 White has lost two tempi
} a5 $6 ({More logical is} 11... c4 12. Nbd2 Bd6 {[%cal Yd8c7,Ge6e5] following
with the breakthrough in the centre.}) 12. a4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15.
h3 Bb4 16. Re2 Rae8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc5
Qf4 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Nxa5 Qb4 24. Nb3 Bxa4 25. Bc2 e5 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Nf3 Qf4
28. Bb3 Bc6 29. Qd2 Qf5 30. Rce1 e4 31. Nd4 Qe5 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Qc3 Qb8 34.
Rd1 Qb6 35. Ba2 Kh8 36. Rc2 e3 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Qd4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 {1-0 Tiede,
A-Kotarski,M/Germany 2005/EXT 2006 (39)}) 11... cxd4 $146 {After White moved
the knight from the centre to f1, there is no point for Black to wait with the
capture on d4. According to my database, this position appeared for the first
time.} (11... Ne4 {Is met by} 12. Bd3) ({In the preceding game Black continued
} 11... Qc7 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. Bc3 Ng4 {
1/2-1/2 Bernai Tinajero,J-Redondo Arguelles,G/Asturias Preferente op 1998 (44)}
) 12. cxd4 {White's prospects are better, due to the passive black
light-squared bishop. That's why Black should play aggressively against
white's central pawn.} Ne4 13. Bd3 $1 Nd6 {Intending to transfer the knight to
f5.} (13... Bb4 {Doesn't lead to equality:} 14. Re2 (14. Rxe4 $5 dxe4 15. Bxe4
Bd7 16. Qd3 h6 17. d5 $44) 14... Nd6 (14... Rxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5 16. Kg2 Qf6 17.
f4 Nf7 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Ng3 Bxf4 20. Rc1 $14) 15. a3 Ba5 16. Bg5 $14) 14. Ne3 $1
{Covering the f5 spot, and at the same time, intending to occupy the e5
stronghold via the g4 square.} Bd7 {Black's plan could be transfering the
light-squared bishop to h5 via e8.} (14... Nf5 $2 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bf4 $16)
15. Ng4 {[%mdl 2048]} Nf5 16. Nge5 $14 {After White has succeeded to occupy
the e5 stronghold, his position became better.} Rc8 ({White is better also
after} 16... Nfxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 $16) 17. Bf4 ({
Worth of consideration:} 17. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 18. Bf4 $14) 17... Nfxd4 $2 ({
Better was} 17... Nh4 $1 18. Bg3 (18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bb4 20. Bxh7+ $5 (20.
Rf1 $5) (20. Bd2 $5) 20... Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 Rf5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+
Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Kd6 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Kc7 28. Bf4+ Kb6 29.
Red1 Qe7 $13) (18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxh4 Rxf4 20. Nf3 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Ng6 Rh4 $1 $17) 20... Bb4 21. Re3 Bd6 $11) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qb6 20.
Ne5 (20. Qb1 h6) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxb2 22. f4 (22. Qh5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qh4 $17
) 22... Qa3 23. Re3 Rc3 24. Rh3 h6 (24... g6 25. Rxh7 $18) 25. Qd2 {[%cal
Gd3h7]} (25. Rxh6 $2 gxh6 (25... Rxd3 26. Qh5 $18) 26. Qg4+ Bg5 27. fxg5 Rc1+
$19) (25. Rg3 Bf6) 25... Rfc8 (25... Bb4 26. Rg3 Rf7 27. Rb1 $44) 26. Rf1 $44)
18. Nxd4 Rxf4 $2 {Black is allowing White to win the game with a simple
combination.} ({It was not too late to prevent white's attack on the kingside
with} 18... Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ (19. Qh5 $2 Nf5 20. g4 $2 {Is refuted by} Be8 $17)
19... Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Bc5 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Be3 $16 {but, the position favours
White anyway, thanks to some strongholds in the centre.}) {[%tqu "En","Please
find the best move for White.","","","d4c6","",10]} 19. Ndxc6 $1 Rxc6 (19...
Bxc6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Qg6 Kf8 22. Qxe6 (22. Qh7 Bg5 23. h4 $18) 22... Be8 23. Bh7
$18) {[%tqu "En","How would you continue white's attack?","","","d1h5","",10]}
20. Qh5 $1 g6 (20... h6 {loses as well:} 21. Qg6 Bg5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. g3 Rf6
24. f4 $18) (20... Rh4 21. Bxh7+ $18) {[%tqu "En","And the final accord is...",
"","","d3g6","",10]} 21. Bxg6 $1 (21. Nxg6 $6 Rf7) (21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8
23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 {
Intending to trade the light-squared bishops.} ({The more principled line is} 
7... Nc6 8. O-O g5 {, which was played by GM Nakamura against GM Howell.}) 8.
Qe2 a5 9. a4 {Fixing Black's pawn structure on the queenside.} Ba6 10. Bxa6 $1
{White does not only prevent Black's queen from occupying the a6-square in the
near future, but also drives Back's queenside knight to an awkward position.} (
{In the preceding game White tried} 10. Bb5 Qc8 11. c4 Bb7 $6 (11... O-O {
seems more to the point. Black has nothing to worry about:} 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
O-O ({Now} 13. e6 {is not that dangerous:} Nf6 14. exf7+ Rxf7 $11) 13... Nc6
$11) 12. dxc5 O-O (12... bxc5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... exd5 {is met by} 14. e6) 14.
O-O O-O 15. Nc4 $14) (12... Bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 $14) 13.
cxb6 Nxb6 14. b3 N8d7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Bb2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19.
N2b3 Nbd7 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Qe3 g6 22. h3 Be7 23. Qc1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Nc5 25.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Ba3 Qd4 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Rd7 Be4 30. Rd4 {1-0
Fedorchuk,S (2603)-Burlai,O (2346)/Evpatoria 2007/CBM 118 ext}) 10... Nxa6 11.
O-O Qc8 {A novelty, which does not seem to be very crucial for this variation.}
(11... cxd4 {is bad because of} 12. Nxd4 $1 (12. cxd4 {allows Black to occupy
some important spots on the queenside.} Nb4) 12... Qc8 13. Qg4 $36 {[%cal
Yd2f3]}) ({Adams has already played this position, and his previous opponent
preferred} 11... Nc7 12. Re1 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6]} 13. Nb3 $5 {provoking the
c5-c4 advance, which will release the pressure from White's centre.} (13. Nf1
Nc6 14. Ng3 h5 {seems OK for Black.}) 13... Nc6 14. Be3 c4 ({Of course, after} 
14... cxd4 {White takes with the knight:} 15. Nbxd4) 15. Nc1 b5 $6 (15... Qb8
$1 {was better according to Caruana.}) 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Qc2 Nba7 $1 18. g3 Nc8
19. h4 h6 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. h5 $14 {0-1 Adams,M (2734)-Caruana,F (2640)/Dresden
2008/CBM 128/[Caruana] (65)}) 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Nf1 Qa6 {It took Black four
moves to bring the queen to this position- the fact that emphasises the
quality of Adams' novelty.} 14. Qe3 O-O ({In positions with French type of
pawn structure, it is often the case that Black castles long. However, in this
particular position, Black's queenside is vulnerable and there are too many
targets on the kingside as well.} 14... O-O-O 15. Qf4 $16 {[%cal Yc1d2,Yb2b4]})
(14... Nb8 {was an interesting alternative. Black's idea is revealed if White
plays} 15. Ng3 h5 {, but, White's initiative on the kingside seems promising
after} 16. Qf4 $36 {[%cal Yf3g5]}) 15. Ng3 {[%csl Gc1,Ge3,Gf3,Gg3,Rg8][%cal
Yg3h5] Black's position becomes increasingly dangerous: White is ready to
tackle the residency of black's monarch with no less than four pieces, whereas,
Black does not have too many defenders there.} f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 ({Of course,
Black would prefer not to give up on the e5 stronghold, but, it seems that he
did not have much choice:} 16... gxf6 $2 {is just bad in view of} 17. Nf5 Bd8
18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qf4 $18) 17. Qg5 $1 {Preparing to develop the dark-squared
bishop to f4.} Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 ({Unfortunately for the American grandmaster,} 
18... h6 19. Qh4 g5 {is refuted by the following:} 20. Nxg5 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nfe8
22. Qe5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Ng7 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 (25... Kf8 26. Nh7+ Kg8
27. Qg6 $18 {[%cal Yh7g5]}) 26. Qxf6 $16) 19. Qxf4 Rac8 20. Qg5 cxd4 21. Nxd4
$14 {White is slightly better thanks tohis superior pawn structure, which
enables him to occupy the important d4 and e5 strongholds.} Rce8 22. Nh5 {
As a rule of thumb, I would recommend not to trade the pieces for the side who
possesses the space advantage. But, Adams noticed that black's kingside knight
is the most active piece of his opponent, which makes a good case for his
choice.} (22. h3 $5 {was a respectable alternative.}) 22... Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Qc8 {
Bringing the queen to the centre.} 24. Re5 ({It seemed to me that} 24. Qg4 {
was more troublesome for Black. However, the engine has found a precise way to
solve Black's problems:} Na6 $3 ({The idea of the 24.Qg4 is illustrated by the
following variation:} 24... Rf6 25. Re5 {and now it is not easy for Black to
transfer the knight to c5:} Na6 26. f4 $1 Nc5 27. f5 $16 Qc7 (27... exf5 $2 28.
Nxf5 $18) 28. Qe2 $1 ({But not} 28. Rae1 Ref8 29. h3 (29. fxe6 $4 Qxe5) 29...
Nd3 30. Nxe6 Qe7 31. R5e2 Nxe1 32. Nxf8 Qxf8 33. Rxe1 Rxf5 $11) 28... Ref8 29.
Nxe6 Nxe6 30. fxe6 Qc5+ (30... Rf2 31. Qe3 $18) 31. Qe3 $16) 25. Nxe6 Re7 26.
f4 Nc5 27. f5 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Qc5+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 Rf4 $11)
24... Na6 {Transferring the knight to c5.} 25. Rae1 Nc5 26. Qd1 {Both
protecting the a4-pawn and covering the d3-square.} Rf6 27. f3 {Covering the
e4-square.} Qd7 28. b3 Qd6 29. Nb5 Qf8 $5 {This seems like a blunder, but,
Nakamura is not that simple...} ({Anybody else would prefer the simpler} 29...
Qc6 $14) 30. Nc7 ({Objectively,} 30. Kh1 $14 {is safer and probably better.})
30... Re7 31. Nxd5 Rd7 {That's the point! Now White's knight is trapped.} 32.
b4 {White should have seen this move when he played 30.Nc7.} axb4 $2 ({It was
stronger to keep the pair of pawns on the board:} 32... Rd8 $1 33. Nxf6+ gxf6
34. Qc2 fxe5 35. bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kf1 Qc4+ {and Black's activity compensates for
his inferior pawn structure.}) (32... Rff7 33. Rxe6 (33. Qd4 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5
35. bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 33... Nxe6 34. Rxe6 axb4 35. cxb4 $14) 33. cxb4 Rd8 {
Covering the last rank.} (33... Rff7 34. Qd4 $1 (34. Rxe6 {-see 32...Rff7})
34... Rf5 (34... exd5 $2 35. Re8) 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 36. bxc5 Rxd5 37. Qh4 Rxc5 (
37... bxc5 38. a5 $16) 38. Qd8+ $16) (33... Rxd5 $2 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Kh8
36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Qd7 $18) 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qc2 fxe5 (35... Nd3 {loses on
the spot after} 36. Rh5 Qf7 37. Rd1 $18) 36. bxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. Rxe5
Ra8 39. Rxe6 (39. Rxc5 {promised good winning chances as well:} Rxa4 40. Rc7)
39... Rxa4 40. Rc6 ({There was nothig wrong with the immediate activation of
the king,} 40. Kf2 {which would prepare the advance of the pawns:} Kf7 (40...
Rc4 {enables} 41. g4 {[%cal Yf2g3]}) (40... h5 41. Re5 h4 42. g4 {seems to be
winning for White. For example,} Ra2+ 43. Ke3 c4 44. h3 Rh2 45. Rc5 Rxh3 46.
Rxc4 $18) 41. Rc6 Rc4 (41... Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. h4 $18) 42. g4 $18) ({
I haven't found a way for Black to achieve a draw after} 40. Re7 {as well.} h5
(40... Ra2 41. Rc7 Rc2 42. h4 $18 h6 43. h5 (43. g4 Kh8 44. g5 Rc4 $11) 43...
Kh8 44. Kh2 Kg8 45. Kh3 $18) 41. Rc7 $1 (41. Re5 $6 h4 42. Re4 (42. Rxc5 Ra1+
43. Kf2 Ra2+ $11) (42. h3 Rc4 43. Rg5+ Kf7 44. Rg4 Rb4 45. f4 c4 46. Rxh4 Ke6
47. Rh5 Kd6 $1 48. Rh8 Kd7 $1 49. Kf2 c3 50. Ke2 (50. Ke3 $4 Rc4 $19) 50... Rd4
$11) 42... Ra1+ (42... Rxe4 $4 43. fxe4 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. g4 hxg3
47. hxg3 c4 48. g4 c3 49. g5 $18 {and White is just in time to have two passed
pawns.}) 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Re2 {[%cal Ye2c2]} Ra3 $1 45. Rc2 Kg7 $1 46. g3 hxg3+
47. hxg3 Ra5 {with drawish tendencies.}) 41... Rc4 (41... Ra1+ 42. Kf2 h4 43.
f4 $1 (43. g4 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Rc2) 43... Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 (44... h3 45. g4 Rxh2
46. Rxc5 Ra2 47. Kg3 $18) 45. f5 c4 46. g4 $18) (41... h4 42. g4 $1 hxg3 43.
hxg3 $18 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yg2h3]}) 42. h4 $1 Kh8 (42... Rxh4 43. Rxc5 $18 {[%cal
Yg2g3]}) 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rc4 45. Re7 $18 {[%cal Ye7e5]}) 40... Rc4 41. Kf2
(41. g4 {is now met by} Rc2) (41. Rc7 $1 {leads to similar variations to those
provided for 40.Re7.}) 41... h5 $1 {Now White's pawns cannot advance easily.} (
41... Kg7 42. g4 $18) 42. Kg3 $2 {Apparently, this natural moves allows Black
to survive. With the series of precise moves Nakamura achieves the draw.} (42.
h4 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 (43. Kg3 Rc4) 43... Rxg2 {leads to the theoretical RR endgame,
which is supposed to be drawish with precise play by Black.}) ({Again White
should have cut Black's king off along the 7th rank:} 42. Rc7 $1 Rc2+ (42... h4
43. g4 $1 {[%cal Yf2g2,Yg2h3]} Rc2+ 44. Ke3 h3 (44... Rxh2 45. Rxc5 $18 {
[%cal Yc5h5]}) 45. Kf4 $18) 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kh3 $18) 42... Kg7 $1 {Black's
h-pawn can no longer be easily grabbed, and White is stuck on the kingside.}
43. Rd6 $6 (43. h4 {doesn't really matter:} Kh7 {and there is no obvious plan
for White to make any progress.} 44. Kh3 Rc3 $11) (43. f4 Rc2 44. h3 Kh7 45.
Kf3 (45. Kh4 Rxg2 $11) 45... Rc3+ $11) ({Apparently, the last chance to win
the game was} 43. Re6 h4+ 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Re2 {That's the difference!} Rc3 46.
g3 (46. h3 Kf6 47. Re4 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Kg5 $11) 46... hxg3+ 47. hxg3
Kf6 48. g4 {with winning chances.}) 43... h4+ $1 44. Kh3 Rf4 $1 $11 {Now White
has to bring the rook back to the third rank to start pushing pawns, which
gives Black valuable time to activate the king.} 45. Ra6 c4 {The same setup
works with the pawns on the fourth rank!} 46. Ra3 Kf6 47. g3 ({Unfortunately
for White,} 47. Rc3 {still leads to a draw, even though it prevents the
transfer of the black's rook to c5:} Ke5 48. g3 hxg3 49. hxg3 Rd4 (49... Kd4 $4
50. Rxc4+) 50. f4+ Kd5 51. Kg4 Rd3 52. Rc1 c3 53. f5 Rd4+ 54. Kg5 Rc4 $11)
47... hxg3 48. hxg3 Rf5 $1 {Bringing the rook behind his c-pawn.} 49. Rc3 Rc5
50. Kg4 Ke5 51. f4+ Ke4 52. f5 Rc8 53. f6 Ke5 54. f7 Kf6 55. Kf4 Kxf7 56. Ke4
Kg6 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 59. Kxc4 Kg4 60. Kd4 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:38:48"]
[BlackClock "0:09:33"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bc2 Bd7 14.
Ne5 Bc6 15. Kb1 O-O 16. f3 Rc8 17. g4 Nd7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. h4 Qf6
21. h5 Rd8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. f4 Rdc8 24. Rh2 Qxf4 25. Qh3 Kf8 26. Rf1 Qxd4 27.
Bxg6 Ne5 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rd2 Qxg4 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kf8 32. Rd8+ ({
White could have won with the computer move} 32. Bh7 {Amazing, but Black is
helpless against the threat of 33.Rd8+ Rxd8 34.Qxg8+ Kg7 35.Qg8+.}) 32... Rxd8
33. Qxd8+ Kg7 34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. Bxf7 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 Qf5 37. Qh8+ Kxf7 38. Rxf5+
exf5 39. a4 Rf6 40. Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bd3 f6 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O $6 {This inaccuracy does not triger
tragic consequences, but black gets a chance to develop dangerous initiative.}
(11. Bb5 $5 Bd7 (11... Qd6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 $18)
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O $14) 11... Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Bg5 (13. Qg5 e5 $1 14.
Qxe5 Ng4 15. Qh5 g6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. h3 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $17)
13... Bc7 14. Qd4 h6 (14... e5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bd2 Ng4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. h3 Nf6
19. Rfe1 $11) 15. Bh4 (15. Bf4 $5 Bb6 16. Qb4 Ng4 17. Bg3 e5 18. h3 e4 19. Be2
a5 20. Qa3 Nf6 21. Rad1 $14) 15... e5 16. Qc5 Be6 (16... a5 17. a4 g5 18. Bg3
Nh5 19. Rad1 Nxg3 20. Bc4 $3 Be6 (20... Nxf1 21. Rxd5 Qf6 22. Rd6+ Be6 23. Rxe6
Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 $18) 21. hxg3 $16) 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qe3 (18. Qxa7
$5 b6 19. Qa4 e4 20. Bxe4 g5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Bf5
$44) 18... e4 19. Bxe4 (19. Be2 Bb6 20. Qd2 Qe8 21. c3 Nh5 $15) 19... Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 (20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Nxe3 22. Bxd8 Nxd1 23. Be7 Rxf2 24. Rxd1 Rf7 $19)
20... Qd6 $6 {Morozevich was surely overjoyed with the tactical potential of
his active position, but objectively this continuation is false.} (20... Ng4 $5
21. Bxd8 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 dxe4 24. Kxh2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rxd8 26. Rf4
$11) 21. Bxf6 Bf4 (21... Rxf6 22. Rfe1) 22. Qf3 $2 (22. Qxa7 $1 Rxf6 23. Qxb7
Rb8 24. Rxd5 $1 $16) 22... Rxf6 23. Bxd5 Be5 $3 (23... Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25.
Nd4 $16) 24. Bxb7 (24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qxb7 Rxc2 26. Rde1 Rcxf2 27. Rxf2 Rxf2
28. Qxa7 Rf5 $17) 24... Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Adams was not feeling the danger
clearly enough, but after this fine move the seriousness of the situation is
obvious.} (24... Rc4 $2 25. Rxd6 Rh4+ 26. Qh3 Bxh3 27. Rxf6 Bf5+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+
29. Kh1 Be5+ $11) 25. Qe4 (25. Qe2 Rf5 26. f4 Qxb7 27. fxe5 Bc4 28. Rd8+ Rxd8
29. Qxc4+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $17) (25. Bxc8 Rxf3 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $19) 25... Rf5
$1 26. Rfe1 (26. f4 Rc4 27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. fxe5 Bxf1
31. Rxf1 Qxe5 $17) (26. Bxc8 Rh5+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bf4+ 29. Kg1 Rh1+ 30.
Kxh1 Qh4+ $19) 26... Rf4 $1 27. Qe3 (27. Qxe5 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qxf2+ $19) (27. Qxf4
Bxf4 28. Bxc8 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Bc4+ 31. Rd3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg2 $17)
27... Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
Nb3 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. Qe3 Ra5 16. O-O Rxc5 17. Qa3 b5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Rc1 Nd7 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Kf1 f5 24. f3 Nf6 25. Ke2 fxe4 26. fxe4 Bd7
27. h3 Be8 28. Ke3 Nd7 29. Rc7 Bf7 30. a3 Be8 31. Nf3 Rb8 32. Nd4 Nf8 33. Ne5
h6 34. Re7 Rc8 35. g4 Kh7 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 {[#] Weiß gewinnt aufgrund
seines wenigen Springers, des Raumvorteils und des Materials. Interssante
Technik und Taktik.} b4 38. axb4 Bb5 39. Rb6 Bf1 40. h4 Rc2 41. h5 Re2+ 42. Kf3
Rxb2 43. Rb8 {[%cal Re5g6]} g5 44. hxg6+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg8 (45... Kf6 46. g7 $18
) 46. Nd7 $5 ({Weiß konnte hier auf den schwarzen König unter Verwendung des
Bg6 losgehen:} 46. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Re5d7,Rd7f6]} Bb5 47. Nf7 Bc4 48. Nxh6+ Kf8
49. g7+ Ke8 50. g8=Q+ Bxg8 51. Nxg8 $18) 46... Kg7 47. Nc5+ Kxg6 48. Nxa4 Bg2+
49. Kg3 Re2 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Nc3 Rc2 52. b5 Bf1 (52... Rxc3+ 53. Kxg2 Re3 54.
Re6 Kf7 55. Rxh6 Rxe4 56. Kg3 Rb4 57. b6 $18) 53. Rc6 (53. Rc6 Bxb5 54. Rc7+
Kg6 55. Nxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. Bxf6
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 gxf6 17. c3 f5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Kf1 Kg7 20. Ke2 Kf6
21. Rg1 Ba3 22. Rad1 Rfc8 23. c4 a4 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 Bb4 26. Ra1 Bc3 27.
Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rc1 Bb4 29. Rc2 Ke5 {[#] Schlechte Bauernstruktur beiderseits;
Zugnot der weißen Figuren wegen der Dominanz aller schwarzen Figuren.} 30. c5 (
30. Kf1 Ra3 31. Rc1 Rxb3 32. Be2 (32. Rb1 Rxd3 33. Rxb4 Rd6 34. Ke2 h6 35. Ke3
f4+ 36. Ke2 Kd4 37. c5+ Kxc5 38. Rxf4 f5 $19) 32... Rb2 33. Rd1 $17) 30... bxc5
31. Bc4 Ra1 32. Bb5 Rb1 33. Bc4 f4 34. Bb5 (34. Ra2 Kd4 {[%cal Rb1e1]}) 34...
Rxb3 35. Ra2 Bc3 36. Bc4 Rb1 37. Kd3 Bd4 38. Ra7 f5 $6 (38... Rc1 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Rc1c3]} 39. Ra3 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Ra7 Rxh2 42. Rxf7 Rxf2+ 43. Kd1 Rxf3
44. Re7 Rc3 45. Bxe6 Kd6 46. Re8 f3 $19) 39. Rxh7 (39. Ra6 $142 $17) 39... Rd1+
$2 (39... Rc1 $1 40. Bb5 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rxf2 43. Bc6 Ra2 44. h4 Ra3+
45. Kc4 Rc3+ 46. Kb5 Rb3+ 47. Ka4 c4 48. h5 Kd6 49. Bb7 (49. Bb5 Rxb5 50. Kxb5
c3 {[%csl Ga7,Gc7,Gg1,Gh8][%cal Gd4a7,Gd4g1,Gd4h8,Gd6c7]}) 49... Bc5 50. Rg7
Rb4+ 51. Ka5 c3 $19) 40. Kc2 Rh1 41. Rh6 Bxf2 42. Kd3 $1 Kd6 43. Rxe6+ Kc7 44.
Re7+ Kd6 45. Re6+ Kd7 46. Rf6 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
Nb3 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. e5 Nd7 12. c6 Nc5 13. Nbd4 Ba6 14. Nb5 Nb3
15. Rb1 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 O-O 17. d4 f6 18. Qe3 Bxb5+ 19. axb5 a4 20. g3 Qe8 21. Qd3
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 a3 23. b3 a2 24. Kg2 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rhd1 Kf7
28. Ne1 Ba3 29. Rc2 Bb2 30. Rxb2 a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Rxa1 32. Nc2 {[#] Der Springer
stiftet in Verbindung mit dem Freibauern allerhand Unruhe, von der sich
Morozevich anstecken lässt.} Ra5 33. b4 Ra4 34. h4 Ke7 35. Ne3 Kd6 36. Ng4 Ra3
37. Rc2 Kc7 38. Re2 Kd6 39. Rc2 Ke7 40. Re2 Rc8 41. Ne3 Kf7 42. g4 Rc7 43. g5
Rd3 (43... f5 $5) 44. Ng4 Rxd4 45. Nh6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ Kf7 47. Nh6+ Ke7 48. Ng8+
Kd6 49. Nxf6 Rc8 50. Kg3 Rxb4 51. h5 gxh5 52. g6 {[#]} h4+ $6 (52... Rg8 $1 53.
Nxg8 Rg4+ 54. Kh3 Rxg6 55. Rc2 (55. Ra2 Rxg8 56. Ra7 Kc5 57. Re7 Kxb5 58. Rxe6
Rc8 59. Re5 Kc4 60. Rxh5 Rxc6 $19) 55... Rxg8 56. c7 Rc8 57. Rc6+ Kd7 58. Rxb6
Rxc7 $19) 53. Kh3 Rf4 54. Nd7 Rg8 55. Nxb6 Rb4 (55... Rxg6 56. Nc8+ Kc7 57. b6+
Kxc8 58. Ra2 Kb8 59. c7+ Kb7 60. Ra7+ Kxb6 61. c8=Q Rf3+ 62. Kxh4 Kxa7 63. Qc7+
$11) 56. Rc2 Kc7 57. Nd7 Rxb5 58. Nf6 Rb3+ (58... Rbb8 59. Nxg8 Rxg8 60. Kxh4
Rxg6 $17 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rg6g8,Rc7d6,Rg8c8]}) 59. Kxh4 Rxg6 60. Ne8+ Kc8 61.
c7 e5 62. Ra2 Rc6 63. Ra8+ Kd7 64. Rd8+ (64. Rd8+ Ke7 65. c8=Q Rxc8 66. Rxc8
Rf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {Morosewitschs Lieblingszug} 4. Bd3 {Ob Onischuks
4.c3 nach seinem überzeugendem Sieg gegen Morosewitsch in der Bundesliga 98 in
Mode kommen wird, bleibt abzuwarten} c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 $1 {Damit ist das schwarze
Konzept bereits aufgegangen, denn nun ist der Bauernkeil d4/e5 kein Thema mehr}
6. exd5 {Die Alternativen bringen noch weniger ein:} (6. b4 a5 7. c3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 axb4 11. cxb4 Bf6 12. Rb1 Rxa2 $13) (6. Ngf3
dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Nd7 $11) (6. e5 Nfd7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Nb3 Nxe5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Qh5+ Kg8 11. Qxe5 Na6 $13) 6... Qxd5 7.
Ngf3 Nbd7 8. O-O (8. b4 {mußte versucht werden, auch wenn die Stellung nach 8..
.a5 oder 8...b6 sehr scharf wird}) 8... Nxc5 {Danach hat Weiß nur noch den
akademischen Vorteil der Bauernmajorität am Damenflügel} 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. b3 a6
11. a4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Ndf3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 O-O 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17.
Ng5 Rd2 18. Ngxf7 {Weiß muß aufpassen, daß er sich nicht vergaloppiert} (18.
Rc1 Nfe4 19. Ngxf7 $2 Rxf2 20. b4 Nxa4 21. Bd4 Rf6) 18... Rxc2 19. Ba3 Nd5 (
19... Bd5 $1 $15) 20. g3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Bxb5 Ne4 24. Rc1
Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bc5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Nc2 28. Nd8 Bd5 29. Bd3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2
cxd4 (8... a5 9. c4 $1 {Lputian}) 9. cxd4 a5 10. Nf1 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 $6 (
11... Nxa6 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 Qc8 {/\ Qc4 Lputian}) 12. Ng3 Ra7 (12... h5 13.
O-O $1 (13. h4 Ra7 14. Ng5 Nc6 $13 15. Nxh5 $2 Nxd4 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Qd3 Bc5)
13... h4 14. Nh1 Ra7 15. Be3 $14 {Lputian}) 13. h4 h6 $6 (13... h5 $5 {Lputian}
) 14. Nh5 g6 15. Nf4 Qc8 16. Be3 $14 (16. O-O $5) 16... Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Rc7 18.
Nd3 Rc2 19. Qd1 Be7 20. h5 $6 (20. g3 {Lputian}) 20... g5 21. g3 f5 $1 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Kg2 O-O 24. Re1 Bg7 $6 (24... Rc7 $13) 25. Nc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27.
Rc1 d4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qb7+ 30. Kg1 cxd4 31. Qxd4 e5 32. Qd6 Rf6 33. Qd2
Nc6 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Red1 Ndb8 36. b3 Qe7 37. Re1 Qe8 38. Rc5 Qxh5 39. Rb5 Qf7
40. Qxf7+ Rxf7 41. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Nxc5 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O ({RR} 9. Nxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2+ ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. Bg5
Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Re2 18. Rac1
Rd8 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 Rdd2 21. c5 Rxc2 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd1 Rxa2
{Jansa,V-Gausel,E/Gausdal 1991/TD 91\06/0-1 (69)}) 10... Be6 11. c3 O-O 12. Be3
Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Re8 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qd4 Be4 16. Nd2 Re6 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. f3 Bxd3
19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Rad1 Re2 21. Rf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Re8 {Fossan,
E-Gausel,E/NOR 1991/TD 91\06/0-1 (47)}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 Nce4 $1 $13 11. Be2
Bd6 12. Re1 (12. Nfd4 $6 Qc7 $1 $36 {Adams}) 12... Re8 13. Bd4 Nh5 $6 (13...
Bf5 {Adams}) 14. g3 f5 15. Bf1 Be6 $6 (15... Kh8 $5 {Adams}) 16. Be5 $1 $14 {
Adams} Nhf6 17. Qd4 Be7 18. h3 Rf8 (18... f4 $142 19. Bxf4 Nh5 {Adams}) 19. Bg2
Qe8 20. Qd3 {/\ Nbd4} Nd7 21. Bf4 Ndc5 (21... g5 22. Nfd4 Bf6 23. Bd6 $16 {
Adams}) 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Re2 $16 Qa4 $2 24. Ng5 Qc6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Kh2 Qf7
27. f3 Nd6 28. Rae1 Nc4 29. c3 Rad8 30. b4 Bb6 31. Re7 Qf6 32. R1e6 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation U30 HUN-DDR 8,5-7,5"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1981.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1981.11.04"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 {Damit geht Weiss bekannten
französischen Stellungsbildern aus dem Wege. Trotzdem muss Schwarz um den
Ausgleich kämpfen.} Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. a3 a5 9. O-O Nd7 $1 10. exd5
exd5 11. Nb3 a4 12. Nbd4 Nxc5 13. Bb5 Bd7 {Nach dem Textzug hat Weiss wohl
optische Vorteile, da die schwarze Bauernstellung am Damenflügel sehr
geschwächt wirkt. Aber bei noch allen Figuren auf dem Brett, spielt das
vorerst keine grosse Rolle.} ({Hier war auch} 13... Na7 {möglich.}) 14. Be3 Re8
15. Rad1 Bf6 {Ich hatte mich mit meinen letzten Zügen vor allem auf den früher
oder später zu erwartenden Vorstoss c2-c4 eingerichtet.} 16. c4 $2 {Dieser
Fehlzug resultiert vor allem aus dem bisherigen Zeitverbrauch. Denn so leicht,
wie sich die Partie jetzt nachspielt, war es für die Spieler nicht. So hatte
mein Gegner nur noch 40 Minuten für 25 Züge.} ({Weiss sollte nun} 16. c3 {
/\ 17.Nc2 und Angriff auf Pd5 ziehen. Schwarz könnte mit} Ra5 {antworten.})
16... Bxd4 $1 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd7) 17. Nxd4 $2 {Bemerkt die
Gefahr immer noch nicht.} ({Das kleinere Übel bestand in} 17. Bxc6 Bxe3 18.
Bxd7 Nxd7 $1 19. fxe3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qe7 {Schwarz steht besser; z.B.} 21. e4
Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. e5 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ng5 h6 $1 26. Nxf7 Rd2) 17...
Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxb5 19. cxb5 (19. Rxd5 Qxd5) 19... Nb3 20. Rdd1 {[#] Natürlich
steht Schwarz jetzt ganz überlegen,} ({aber} 20. Rd3 {wird mit} d4 {
beantwortet, und nun gewinnt Schwarz sowohl nach} 21. Qg4 ({als auch nach} 21.
Qd1 dxe3 $3 22. Rxd8 Raxd8) 21... Qc8 $1 22. Qxc8 Raxc8) 20... Qd7 $1 21. Qc4
Red8 22. Qb4 d4 {Dieser Bauer garantiert nun einen leichten Sieg.} 23. Bf4 Qf5
24. Bg3 d3 25. Rfe1 d2 26. Re5 Qc2 27. Qg4 Rac8 0-1

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 g5 $2 {To my mind the only
reasonable move here is 5...Kf8. Practical results in masters tournaments
confirm this point of view.} 6. Qh5 $1 cxd4 {After 6...Nc6 - 7.dc is pretty
unpleasant for black.} 7. Ndf3 $1 {This a novelty, and strong one!} Nc6 8. Nh3
Qc7 9. Nhxg5 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {More stubborn would be 10...Kf8 11.Se6 Le6 12.
De5 De5 13.Se5 with a bad endgame for black.} 11. Nxe6 $1 $18 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3
Qxc2 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qxd5+ Kc8 (14... Ke8 15. Qb5+ Qc6 16. Nc7+ $18) (14...
Bd6 15. Nxd4 $18) 15. Bd2 fxe6 16. Qxd4 Bf6 (16... e5 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qe6+ Kd8
19. Rd1 $18) 17. Qd6 Bxb2 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Ba5+ b6 20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Rd7+ Kb8
22. Bd2 {22...Lc1 23.De5 Kc8 24.De8} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Be4 Be7 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Qd3 Bb4 14. Bd2
Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Bd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. a3 O-O 18. Rac1 c6 19. Rc3 Bf5 20. h3 b5
21. Nh2 Kh8 22. Nf1 Qe7 23. b4 Bh7 24. Ng3 Rae8 25. Rce3 Qh4 26. Qd1 Re6 27.
Qg4 Qd8 28. f4 f5 29. Qe2 Bg8 30. Kh2 Ree8 31. Nh1 Be6 32. Nf2 Qh4 33. Nd3 b6
34. Qf2 Qe7 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Rc3 Rc7 37. Re1 Kg8 38. Qf3 Kh8 39. Rec1 Bd7 40.
Nf2 Qf7 41. Re3 Be6 42. Rec3 Bd7 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Qh4 Ra7 45. Re1 c5 46. dxc5
bxc5 47. Nd3 d4 48. Rxc5 Be6 49. Rc6 Rxa3 50. Nc5 Bd5 51. Rd6 Ra2 52. Rg1 Rfa8
$1 (52... Re8 $2) 53. e6 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5g2","",10]} Bxg2 $1 54. Qxh6+
$1 (54. Rxg2 $2) 54... gxh6 55. exf7 Bd5+ 56. Kg3 Bxf7 57. Kh4 Rg8 58. Rxg8
Kxg8 59. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 ({It is useful to compare the line played in the
game with:} 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
O-O (9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ng3 {would transpose to our main game, but White can
deploy his knights more actively.}) 9... Nc7 10. Nf4 {[%cal Gd1g4,Gf4h5]}) 4.
Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 $5 {The white knights' development in
this line is a bit unnatural and Black has several ways of trying to take
advantage of it. It is known that grabbing the d4-pawn with ...Nc6 and ...Qb6
is dangerous. But the plan played in the game may be a safe positional
alternative given the differences with respect to White's main line explained
above.} 8. Nf1 {It makes sense transferring the knight to g3 before castling.
Even though Rfe1 is a generally useful move, White may well wish to play it
after completing his development.} ({White cannot really prevent the exchange
of bishops with} 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O (9. a4 {Adams,M (2698)-Nakamura,H (2715)
London 2009 CBM 134 [Erenburg,S] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 9... Ba6 10. c4 {This early
activity is likely to bounce back.} Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exd5 {Black has
got a wonderful blocking square on e6 and White has not enough development to
prevent ...Nf8-e6 under favourable circumstances.} 13. dxc5 (13. Qb5 Rc8 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Be3 a4 $17 {
Sutovsky,E (2673)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2571) Legnica 2013 (0-1, 40)}) 13...
Nxc5 14. Qf5 Qc8 15. Qh5 h6 16. e6 {This does not achieve much but White
obviously could not stand the idea of a blocking knight on e6.} Qxe6 17. Re1
Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd8 20. Nf1 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 O-O $17 {
Durarbayli,V (2630)-Markowski,T (2574) Warsaw 2015 (0-1, 69)}) (8. O-O Ba6 9.
Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Re1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3] more or less wastes a tempo in the short
term.} b5 (10... O-O 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Ng3 Rac8 13. Be3 Qb7 14. a3 b5 15. b3 cxd4
16. cxd4 Rc6 17. Qd3 Rfc8 $132 {Solak,D (2607)-Rombaldoni,A (2488) Jerusalem
2015 (1-0, 35)}) 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nf1 c4 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Nc7 15. Ng3 a5 $132 {
Timofeev,A (2658)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602) Dresden 2007 (½-½, 66)}) 8... Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ng3 b5 {At least in conjunction with the next move this pawn
attack looks premature.} (10... h5 $6 {, trying to restrict the g3-knight,
cannot be recommended} 11. O-O ({A simpler way is} 11. h4 $14 {[%cal Gc1g5]
followed by the gradual invasion of the kingside dark squares.}) 11... h4 12.
Ne2 h3 13. g3 b5 {Ortiz Suarez,I (2612)-Cruz,C (2499) Barcelona 2013 (½-½,
61), With the h3-pawn more of a source of worries than a threat, White should
still be a bit better.}) ({In practice nobody has yet tried} 10... O-O {
but abstractly this may be the most flexible continuation, keeping all the
possible queenside plans in reserve.} 11. O-O Nc7 12. Nh5 c4 13. Qd2 Kh8 14.
Qf4 Rg8 15. Bd2 b5 {The king's position looks uncomfortable, but if White does
not find any concrete attacking plan the queenside pawn storm may become
threatening.}) 11. O-O Nab8 $6 $146 {Since Black planned this anyway, the
natural question is why didn't he transfer his knight to c6 before advancing
the b-pawn.} (11... b4 {is more consequent and has worked out well in practice,
but White has at least two ways to question Black's stability in the centre.}
12. Qa4 $6 (12. dxc5 $5 {Planning to meet any capture on c5 with cxb4 and a3,
b4.} bxc3 13. c6 $1 {This pawn is doomed anyway, but to retrieve it Black will
have to weaken the kingside defence.} Ndc5 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nb8 16. Qg4 $36
) (12. c4 $5 dxc4 $140 $6 13. d5 $36) 12... Qc8 (12... Qb6 $2 {leaves the
d7-knight undefended. After} 13. Nh5 $1 {Black cannot castle so he has to
weaken the f6-square.} g6 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. exf6 h6 16. Ne5 $16 {Ortiz Suarez,
I (2572)-Rakhmanov,A (2603) Havana 2012 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 13. cxb4 {Azarov,S 
(2667)-Nyzhnyk,I (2562) Warsaw 2011 (1-0, 37)} Nxb4 14. dxc5 a5 $132) (11... c4
{looks playable.} 12. a3 Nb6 $6 {this weakens the kingside defence without
really bringing in anything positive.} (12... Nc7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qf4 Kh8 {
transposes to a line above.}) 13. Qd2 h6 14. Qf4 g6 15. h4 h5 16. Ne2 Nb8 17.
Qg3 Kd7 18. Bg5 $14 {Pavasovic,D (2575)-Franic,M (2402) Zadar 2006 (1-0, 53)})
12. a4 $1 {Nisipeanu,L (2675)-Jussupow,A (2583) Bundesliga 0304 2003 (11.2)
1-0 To Dieter this must have brought back pleasant memories after the game}
cxd4 {After his counter-developing knight move, Black has problems keeping his
stability.} (12... bxa4 13. Qxa4 O-O 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qg4 $36) (12... b4 13.
cxb4 cxd4 (13... cxb4 14. Qd3) 14. b5 {does not offer Black enough for the
pawn.}) 13. axb5 (13. Qxd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4g4,Gg3h5] is simpler but White prefers
to play on both wings..}) 13... dxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $6 ({Since White has
weakened his queenside, Black could castle with chances for counterplay:} 14...
O-O $5 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Qg4 Rc8 17. Nh5 g6 18. Bg5 Bf8 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gb5c4,Gc8c4,
Gb8c6]}) ({Changing the move order is not possible:} 14... Qb6 $6 15. Nf5 $16
exf5 $2 16. Qxd5 {[%csl Ga8] With the queen on c7 Black would have ...Nb6
defending the rook.}) 15. Qd4 g6 16. c4 $5 {Again a creative solution.} ({
But the simple} 16. Bh6 {keeping the king in the centre with queens on the
board may be better.}) 16... Qxc4 (16... dxc4 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Ba3 $16 {[%csl
Rb8,Gd6,Gf6]}) 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Be3 {White is better developed. Retrieving
the c-pawn is a matter of time and the a-pawn is in great danger.} Nc5 (18...
a5 19. Rfc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gb5b6]}) 19. Nd4 $6 {[%csl Gb3] Too mild. White
should have attacked the c-pawn at once.} (19. Nd2 c3 (19... a5 20. Nxc4 a4 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Ne4 $16) 20. Nde4 Nbd7 21. b6 a5 22. Rfb1 $36) (19. Rac1 {
(Only not the other rook, due to the fork on b3)} O-O 20. Rxc4 Nbd7 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nd4 $16) 19... O-O $6 {Returning the offered tempo.} (19... a5 $1 20.
Rfc1 (20. bxa6 Rxa6 $11) 20... Nbd7 21. Rxc4 Nxe5) 20. Rfc1 $14 Nd3 (20... Nb3
21. Nxb3 cxb3 22. Rab1 Nd7 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. Rxb3) 21. Rxc4 Nxe5 22. Rc7 Bd8 $6
{This not only fails to do anything for the development but also obstructs the
f8-rook.} (22... Nbd7 $1 23. Nc6 (23. Raxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Bc5) 23... Bd6 24.
Rcxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Nf6 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 $14 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 23. Rcxa7 Rxa7 24.
Rxa7 Nc4 25. Ne4 {With his knight immobile on b8, Black is as good as lost.} e5
({Spoiling the white structure does not help Black:} 25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 e5 (
26... Bb6 27. Rb7 Bxd4 28. exd4 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Gb8]}) 27. Nc6 Bb6 28. Rb7 Bxe3+
29. Kf1 Nxc6 30. bxc6 f5 31. Ng5 (31. Nd6 Bc5 32. Nb5 Bb4 33. c7 Ba5 {So,W 
(2773)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2744) FIDE World Cup 2015 (4.2) 0-1 allows Black to
give up his bishop for the pawn. True this ending also looks close to losing
especially if we refer to the game from this same CBM issue}) 31... Bxg5 32. c7
$18 {[%cal Gb7b8]}) (25... Bb6 {allows a decisive attack:} 26. Nf6+ Kg7 (26...
Kh8 27. Rb7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Gd4e6]} Bxd4 28. Bxd4 e5 29. Bc5 Rd8 30. Kf1 Kg7
31. Be7 Rc8 {[%csl Gb8]} 32. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 27. Nxe6+ Kxf6 28. Nxf8
Bxa7 29. Bxa7 Ke7 30. Nxg6+ fxg6 31. Bxb8 $18) 26. Bh6 Re8 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28.
bxc6 {The knight has disappeared but the c-pawn has become unstoppable.} Be7
29. h3 f6 30. Nc3 Nb6 31. Be3 Nc8 {The other knight has landed in a bad
situation now, but otherwise the c-pawn would have advanced unhindered.} 32.
Rd7 f5 33. Nd5 f4 34. Bd2 Bg5 35. g3 Re6 36. h4 Bxh4 (36... Be7 37. Nxe7+ Nxe7
38. c7 $18) 37. gxh4 Rxc6 38. Bc3 Nb6 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxc6+ Nxd7 41. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 97th"]
[Site "Canterbury"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pert, Richard G"]
[Black "Rendle, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 Qb6 $6 {It is hard to believe that
this is a mistake, but from now on Pert develops an enduring initiative. It
appears that Black must force a decision with 11...h6, preempting e4-e5.} 12.
e5 $1 Ng8 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Nfd4 {The biggest danger to Black now is the pawn
lever f4-f5. Rendle tries to stop it.} Nh6 15. Rac1 Nf5 (15... O-O {leaves
Black with the same predicament after} 16. Rc7 $1 Bd8 (16... Re8 17. Bxh6 gxh6
18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rfc1 $18) 17. Rc3 Bb6 (17... f6 18. Rfc1 $18) 18. Qd2 Ng4 19.
Rxc8 $1) 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rc7 $1 ({Good, but not quite as strong is} 17. Bc5
Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {when Black also has to suffer.}) 17... Bd8 18. Rc3 b6 19. Nd4
O-O 20. a3 Qa4 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Rfc1 {Flawless play by White over the past ten
moves. Black has been driven passive and cannot free himself.} Re8 23. Qg3 Bb7
(23... g6 24. h4 Bb7 25. h5 $18) 24. e6 $1 Rxe6 (24... fxe6 25. Rc7) (24... Qe7
25. Nxf5) 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Bd4 $18 {Even the coming short, technical phase is
handled perfectly.} g6 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 f6 29. Bc7 Ba6 (29... Be7 30. Bxb6
axb6 31. Rc7) 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. d4 Re8 32. Re3 $1 Re4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Rc7 f5
35. Rxa7 Bc4 36. Rb7 b5 37. b3 Bxb3 38. Rxb5 Bc4 39. Rb7 {A superb game by
White} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 {79 le GMI n'avait pas prévu cette
variante Be7 et il commence à réfléchir} c5 5. dxc5 $1 {Profitant du fait
que le Bf8 a déjà joué.} (5. e5 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Ndf3 Bd7 9.
Ne2 Nb4 10. Bb1 Bb5 11. O-O (11. Nc3) 11... Qa6 12. Re1 Nd3 $36) 5... Nf6 (5...
Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Qc7 (7... Nc6 8. Ngf3 O-O) 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10.
Bc2 b6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Qd3 a5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16.
Nxe1 Ba6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. h3 h6 20. Rb1 Bc4 21. a4 Ne4 22. Bd2 Bxd3
23. Bxd3 Nxf2 24. Qf3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c4+ 26. Qd4 Re2 27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Qxd5 Qc2
29. Bf4 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Re2 31. Rg1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3 33. Bxh6 d2 34. Rxg7+ Kh8
35. Rg1 {McShane,L (2697)-Rapport,R (2676) Germany 2014 0-1}) 6. exd5 Qxd5 {
la position rappelle un peu les thèmes de l'Alapin} 7. Ngf3 {74} (7. b4 $5 a5
8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. Bc4 $14 Qh5 {Sermek,D (2595)-Reefat,B (2450) Dhaka New White
Plus op 2002 (3) 1-0}) 7... Bxc5 {88} (7... Qxc5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 $14) 8. Bc4
Qd7 $146 {[%csl Rc8] Une nouveauté assez douteuse} (8... Qh5 $142 9. Qe2 Nc6
10. Nf1 Bd6 11. Ng3 Bxg3 $11 {Orlov,A (2518)-Poetsch,H (2395) BL2-West 1011
2010 (5.3) 1/2}) 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nb3 {71} Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Nbd4 a6 {70} (
12... Nbd7 13. Nb5) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]} Bf4 $1 {[%cal
Gf4h6] Ramène une pièce en défense} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bh6 {63} 16. Qe4
f5 17. Qh4 $36 Bg7 18. g4 $1 {Profitant du fait que les Blancs n'ont pas
encore roqué} Qd8 19. gxf5 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxd4 21. Rg1+ $1 Kh8 (21... Bg7 22.
f6) 22. cxd4 exf5 23. O-O-O $16 Rd8 24. Bc4 $32 b5 $2 {Accentue le retard de
développement} (24... Be6 $142 25. Bd3 (25. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Rd4]} 26. d5 exd5
27. Nxf5 Nc6 $11) 25... Nc6 $132) 25. Bxf7 {[%csl Rh8]} Ra7 26. Bb3 Rad7 27.
Rg5 Nc6 28. Rdg1 $40 {[%csl Rg8]} Ne7 29. Nf3 Ng6 30. Ne5 Rc7+ 31. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8. e5
Nd7 9. Nb3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 (10. cxd3 a5 (10... Nxc5 $5) 11. Be3 (11. d4 a4 12.
Nbd2 b6 13. cxb6 Ba6 $44) 11... a4 12. Nbd4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 {1-0 Cooper,L-Hanley,
C/Lichfield 2000/CBM 77 ext (45)} Nxc5 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. Ke2 Na6 16. Rhc1 Bd7
$14) 10... a5 (10... Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. a3 Bd7 $11 {0-1
Tarakanov,M-Matveeva,S/Tomsk 1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) 11. Be3 (11. a4 $5 b6 $6 (
11... Nxc5 $4 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qb5+ $18) (11... Qc7 $5) 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Bd2
Nc5 14. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Sarkar,J-Pixton,A/Connecticut 2000/EXT 2001 (27). (26)})
11... a4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Qg4 (15. b4 $5 axb3 16. axb3
Qc7 17. Bg5 $14) 15... Kh8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. c4 $6 (17. Rfe1 $142 $11) 17... f5
$1 18. exf6 $6 {diese Öffnung der Stellung kommt den schwarzen Läufern
entgegen.} (18. Qd4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qe8 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qf4 $11 {/=/+}) 18...
Bxf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qb4 Nd3 21. Qxb7 Bg4 22. h3 Bh5 23. Nb1 {dieser Rückzug
macht keinen glücklichen Eindruck. Guter Rat ist allerdings bereits teuer.}
Bxf3 24. gxf3 (24. Rxd3 Qe8 $40) 24... Rb8 (24... Qe8 $5 {kam ebenfalls stark
in Betracht, z.B.} 25. Qxd5 Nxb2 26. Rd2 Nc4 27. Re2 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Ne5 $36) 25.
Qc6 Nb4 26. Qxa4 Qc8 27. Bf4 $6 {treibt den schwarzen Turm nur auf ein
besseres Feld} (27. Kg2 $142) 27... Rb6 28. Rfe1 $2 (28. Be3 $2 Qxh3 29. Bxb6
Be5 30. Rfe1 (30. f4 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qxf4 $19) 30... Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Bc7+ 32. Kg1
Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Bxb6 $19) (28. Kg2 {war besser, aber die weiße Stellung macht
auch dann keinen vertrauenswürdigen Eindruck.}) 28... Bh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf8f3,
Gb6g6,Gc8h3] danach schlägt der schwarze Angriff durch} 29. Kg2 Qf5 30. Rd4 (
30. Bg3 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 Bxg3+ 32. fxg3 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Rh6 $19) 30... Nc2 31. Re8 (
31. Re5 Rg6+ 32. Kf1 Qxh3+ 33. Ke2 Nxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rg2 $19) 31... Nxd4 (31...
Qg6+ 32. Bg3 Rxe8 33. Rxh4 Ne3+ $19) 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxd4 Rb4 (33... Rb4 34.
Qxd5 Qxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Bxc5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. a3 O-O 10. e5 (10. b4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. c4 Rac8 14.
Bb2 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Howell,J-Hausner,I/Pardubice 1994/EXT 97 (28). 
(28)}) (10. exd5 $6 exd5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. h3 Re8 13. Qd1 Ne4 $11 {/=/+ 1/2-1/2
Janocha,W-Owczarzak,J/Lubniewice POL 2002/The Week in Chess 423 (46)}) 10...
Ng4 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 f6 $5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. h3 Nd4 16. Bxh7+ (
16. Nxd4 $4 Qh2#) 16... Kh8 (16... Qxh7 $2 17. Nxd4 $16) (16... Kxh7 $2 17.
Qd3+ Kg7 18. Qxd4 $16) 17. Qd1 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nxf2 (18... Qxh7 {wird mit} 19.
hxg4 Kg7 20. g3 Rh8 21. Nh4 {beantwortet.}) 19. Rxf2 Qxh7 20. Ne5 Bd7 21. Qf1
Bb5 22. c4 Bxc4 $2 (22... Qg7 $142 $11) 23. Nxc4 $16 dxc4 24. Qxc4 e5 25. Raf1
f5 $2 (25... Qh6 26. Qd5 Rab8 27. Rf5 Qh4 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Rh5 Qf4 $16) 26. Qe6
$18 Rae8 27. Rxf5 $1 Rxe6 28. Rxf8+ Qg8 29. R1f7 Ra6 (29... Qxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7
31. Rb8 Re7 32. Kf2 $18) 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rxb7 Rxa3 32. Re7 Rb3 33. Rxe5 Rxb4
34. Ra5 Rb7 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Ra6 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz ist nicht in der Lage,
den langsamen weißen Vormarsch am Königsflügel aufzuhalten, weil er viel zu
passiv steht.} Rc7 37. h4 Rb7 38. Kh3 Rb3+ 39. g3 Rb7 40. h5 Kh7 41. Kh4 Rc7
42. g4 Rb7 43. Ra4 Kg7 44. Ra1 Kh7 45. Ra6 Rc7 46. h6 Rc1 47. Kh5 Rc7 48. g5
Rb7 49. Ra5 Kg8 50. Re5 (50. Re5 Kf7 51. Rf5+ Kg8 (51... Ke6 52. Rf1 Rf7 53.
Rxf7 Kxf7 54. g6+ Kf6 55. h7 Kg7 56. Kg5 a5 57. Kf5 a4 58. Ke6 a3 59. h8=Q+
Kxh8 60. Kf7 a2 61. g7+ Kh7 62. g8=Q+ Kh6 63. Qg6#) 52. g6 Rb8 53. h7+ Kg7 54.
Rf7+ Kh8 55. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 (9. a3 Qc7 10. c4 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qb3 Rad8 14.
Bb2 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Hausner,I/BL8889 1989/BL 80 (62)}) (9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 b6
11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nbd4 O-O 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Ochoa de
Echaguen,F-Comas Fabrego,L/ESP-chT 1990/EXT 90ch (25)}) 9... O-O (9... a6 10.
Ne4 Qc7 11. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Hoffmann,M-Salmensuu,O/Budapest HUN 1999 (41)}) 10.
Ne4 Qc7 11. Bg5 b6 12. Bh4 (12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Qxa8
Bb7 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $132) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Bg3 (14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 14... Qc6 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (16... gxf6 $2 17.
Bh4 Qc7 (17... Kh8 18. Qh5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Be4 (19... Qxc2 20. Rg3 $18) 20. Rd7
$18) 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Qh5 f5 20. Bxe7 $18) 17. Bc4 a6 18. a3 b5 19. Ba2 Ne4 20.
Nd7 Qc6 (20... Bxb2 $6 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 (21... Nc3 22. Qh5 Qxf8 23. Rd7 $14) 22.
Rd7 Bc6 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8 (24. Rxc6 Nxg3 25. Qxe6 Rxc6 26. Qxc6 Nxf1 27.
Kxf1 $11) 24... Qxc8 25. Qd3 $14) 21. Nxf6+ (21. Nxf8 $4 Nc3 22. Qf3 Ne2+ 23.
Kh1 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bxf3#) 21... Nxf6 22. f3 Rfd8 23. c3 Qc5+ 24. Bf2 Qc7 25. Bd4
Nd5 26. Qf2 (26. f4 {kam auch in Betracht, denn} Nxf4 $2 {kann mit} 27. Qg4 {
beantwortet werden:} Rxd4 (27... Ng6 $2 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Bxe6 $18) (27... e5
$2 28. Rxf4 $18) 28. Rxd4 Nd5 $16) 26... Rd7 (26... e5 27. Be3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3
$14) 27. Rfe1 Re8 28. Qh4 Qf4 29. Qh5 h6 30. Re4 Qg5 $5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bf2
Red8 33. Red4 (33. Rd2 $4 Nxc3 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. bxc3 Bxe4 $19) 33... f6 34. a4
Kf7 35. axb5 axb5 36. R4d2 Rc8 37. Bb1 Ra8 38. h4 gxh4 39. Bxh4 Bc6 40. Bf2 Rb7
41. Bc5 Rc8 42. Kf2 Be8 43. Bd4 b4 $1 $11 {/+/=} 44. cxb4 Ba4 45. Re1 Rxb4 46.
Be4 Rcc4 47. Bxd5 exd5 48. Bc3 Rb5 49. g4 Bb3 50. Rh1 Rb7 51. Rh8 (51. Rxd5 $4
Rxc3 $19) 51... Rc6 52. Kg3 Re6 53. Bd4 Bc4 54. Rdh2 Rb3 55. Bc3 d4 $5 (55...
Re3 56. Rd8 $14) 56. Bxd4 Rd3 57. Rd8 Bb5 58. Rc2 Rc6 59. Rf2 Bc4 60. Rc2 $6 (
60. Rh2 $142 $5 $14) 60... Bd5 $1 $11 61. Rxc6 Rxf3+ 62. Kh2 Bxc6 63. Rd6 Ba4
64. Ra6 Bd7 65. Ra7 Ke8 66. g5 Rf4 67. Be3 Rb4 68. Ra8+ Kf7 69. Rf8+ Kg6 (69...
Kxf8 70. Bc5+ Kf7 71. Bxb4 fxg5 72. Kg3 $11) 70. gxf6 Rxb2+ 71. Kg3 Rb3 (71...
Rb3 72. fxg7 Kxg7 73. Rf3 $11 {denn} Bc6 $4 {ginge wegen} 74. Bd4+ {nach
hinten los.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch 55th"]
[Site "Kazincbarcika"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Ne7 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 g6 7. exd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Ne6 10. Nfd4 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nxe6
Bxe6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bh3 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxh3
Qxh3 21. Bf2 Qf5 22. Qd2 h5 23. Rd1 h4 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h3
27. b4 g5 28. Qe2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Qxf4 30. b5 Qg5+ 31. Bg3 Ne7 32. Kf2 Qf5+ 33.
Ke1 Nd5 34. Kd2 Nf6 35. Qe5 Qf3 36. Kc2 Ne4 37. Bf4 Qe2+ 38. Kb3 b6 39. a4 Nc5+
40. Ka3 Qxe5 41. Bxe5 f5 42. Bb8 Nd7 43. Bxa7 f4 44. a5 bxa5 45. Bf2 Kf7 46. c4
Ke7 47. c5 Kd8 48. Ka4 Ne5 49. Kxa5 Nd3 50. Bd4 f3 51. Ka6 $2 {Erlaubt Schwarz
eine studienartige Rettung.} (51. b6 {hätte gewonnen:} f2 (51... Kd7 52. Kb5 f2
53. Bxf2 Ne5 54. Bg3 Nc6 55. b7 $18) 52. Bxf2 Nxf2 53. b7 Kc7 54. Ka6 Kb8 55.
Kb6 Nd3 56. c6 Nf4 57. c7#) 51... f2 52. Bxf2 Nxf2 53. b6 (53. c6 Ne4 (53...
Kc7 $2 54. b6+ Kxc6 55. b7 $18) 54. b6 Nd6 55. b7 Kc7 56. Ka7 Nc8+ 57. bxc8=Q+
Kxc8 58. Kb6 Kb8 $11) 53... Nd3 54. c6 Nb4+ 55. Kb7 Nxc6 56. Kxc6 Kc8 57. b7+
Kb8 58. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Nxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. O-O (11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qc4 Qd6
(13... Qxc4 $11) 14. O-O h4 15. Be4 h3 16. g3 Rc8 17. Qe2 f5 $13 {0-1
Ciganikova,A-Vavrak,P/SVK 2001/CBM 85 ext (43)}) 11... O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Ne5
(13. Re1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. c4 Nb4 16. Be4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Be3 Qa5 19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. b3 c5 21. h3 h6 22. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Joecks,C-Hausner,I/Germany
1994/GER-chT2 (22).}) 13... g6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bh6 f6 16. Nf3 e5 17. Bc4 Bf8
18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Bb3 Rd7 21. g3 (21. Nd4 Bf7 22. Nb5 Qc6 $11)
21... Rad8 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Ba4 Re7 24. Bb3 a6 25. Nf1 h5 $5 {langsam aber
sicher übernimmt Schwarz die Initiative.} 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Bxe6
Rxe6 29. Qxe3 Rd6 {nicht die weiße Damenflügelmajorität ist der wichtige
Faktor, sondern die schwarze Herrschaft über die d-Linie und die Möglichkeit,
durch Eindringen der Schwerfiguren oder Vorrücken der Königsflügelbauern
Drohungen gegen den weißen König zu schaffen.} 30. Qe4 Qd7 31. Re2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2
Ra1 33. b3 $2 (33. f4 exf4 (33... Qd1 34. Kh3 $11) 34. Qe7+ Qxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kh6
36. gxf4 b5 37. a3 $15) 33... Qd1 $1 $19 34. g4 hxg4 35. Qxg4 $6 (35. Kg3 Qg1+
36. Qg2 Rd1 $19) 35... f5 36. Qb4 Qh1+ (36... Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kh3 Qf3+
39. Kh4 g5#) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Schmidt, Bodo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Ne1 $5 {[%mdl 8] der Beginn eines interessanten
Konzepts, das Weiß eine schöne Druckstellung beschert.} (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Re1
(11. a3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. b3 a5 14. a4 b5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qb8 17. Rc1
Rc8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Kg2 h6 20. h4 bxa4 21. bxa4 Qa6 22. Qd1 Rab8 23. Rac3 Na8
24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Nb3 Nab6 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Nxa5 {1/2-1/2 Izeta Txabarri,
F-Rivas Pastor,M/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (27).}) 11... O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 13.
Bd2 Nab8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. h4 b5 $11 {1-0 Yurtaev,
L-Shetty,R/Calcutta 2000/CBM 74 ext (37)}) 10... Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nc6 12. Qg4 Kf8
13. Nf3 $14 h5 14. Qg3 g6 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 a5 17. a4 (17. Rc3 $5) 17... Kg7
(17... g5 18. Rc3 g4 19. Rfc1 gxf3 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 fxg2 22. Qf3 $14) 18.
h4 Ndb8 $6 (18... Rc7 19. Rc3 (19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qe7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 22. Rfc1
Ndb8 $14) 19... Qb8 20. Bg5 Bb4 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Rcc1 Rhc8 23. Qf4 Kg8 $14)
19. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1c8,Gd2g5,Gg3f4,Gf4f6,Gf3g5,Gd3f4,Gf4h5][%mdl 32]
der weiße Druck ist sehr lästig} Nb4 (19... Qd7 20. Rfc1 Na7 21. Bg5 Rxc2 22.
Bf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Nde5 Qe8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Nxf7 $16)
20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc1 Rd7
26. Ne1 (26. Rc8 $5) 26... Ra7 27. b3 b5 28. axb5 Rb7 29. Nd3 $2 {das
entstehende Turmendspiel ist nur remis. Es war besser, den Versuch zu
unternehmen, f7 zu einer zweiten Schwäche zu machen, z.B.:} (29. Nf3 Nd7 (29...
Rxb5 30. Rc7 Rb6 31. Ng5 Kg8 32. Rxf7 Nc6 33. Rf4 Ra6 34. Nxe6 Nxe5 35. Rf8+
Kh7 36. dxe5 Rxe6 37. f4 Rc6 38. Rb8 $18) 30. Ng5 Nb6 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke7
33. Kf4 Nd7 34. Ra1 Rxb5 35. Ra7 Rb8 36. Nh7 Kd8 37. Kg5 Rc8 38. Nf6 $18) 29...
Rxb5 30. Rc7 Rb6 31. Nc5 Na6 32. Nxa6 Rxa6 33. Rb7 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 35. Rxb4 g5
$5 {eine typische Technik im Turmendspiel. Aktivität ist nun mal sehr wichtig!}
36. hxg5 Kg6 37. Kg3 (37. f4 Kf5 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Kxf4 40. g3+ Kf5 $11)
37... Kxg5 38. Kf3 Re1 39. Rb7 Kg6 40. Rb4 Kg5 41. g3 Kf5 42. Rb7 Kg6 43. Ra7
Re4 44. Ra4 f6 45. exf6 Kxf6 46. Kg2 Re1 47. Rb4 Rd1 48. Kf3 Re1 $6 (48... Kf5
$11) 49. Rb8 Kg5 50. b4 Re4 $2 (50... Kf5 $1 {führt zum Remis.}) 51. b5 $18
Rxd4 52. b6 Rb4 53. Ke3 $4 (53. b7 $18 {hätte auf der Stelle gewonnen, weil
der schwarze König kein Versteck finden kann.}) 53... Kf5 54. f4 (54. b7 Ke5
55. f4+ Kd6 $11) 54... d4+ 55. Kd3 Kg4 56. b7 Kf3 $1 {[%mdl 4096] nun kann
sich der schwarze König vor den Schachs verstecken. Wenn man Schachs des
weißen Turmes als Regen ansieht, dann dienen die weißen Bauern ihm praktisch
als Regenschirm (dieser Vergleich stammt von Mark Dworetzki).} (56... Kh3 $2
57. g4 $1 {ein typisches Motiv} Kxg4 58. Rg8+ Kxf4 59. b8=Q+ Rxb8 60. Rxb8 h4
61. Rh8 Kg3 62. Kxd4 h3 63. Ke3 Kg2 64. Ke2 h2 65. Rg8+ Kh3 66. Kf2 h1=N+ 67.
Kf3 Kh2 68. Rg2+ Kh3 69. Rg6 Kh4 70. Rh6+ $18) 57. Rh8 Rxb7 58. Rxh5 Kxg3 59.
Re5 (59. Re5 Kxf4 60. Rxe6 Rd7 61. Re4+ Kf5 62. Rxd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
a5 9. c4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. O-O Ba6 (9... cxd4 $6 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 Nba6 14. N2f3 Qe8 15. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Bauer,C/
France 2002/CBM 88 ext (48)}) 10. c4 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4
13. f4 {Murariu,A-Hassan,A/Kuala Lumpur MAS 2002/The Week in Chess 408} Rc8
$132) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5 (11. Rd1 Nb4 $11 {1-0 Medina Garcia,A-Messa,R/Roma-B
1980/MCD-r8 (30)}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exd5 13. Qe2 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Brinck Claussen,B-Antonsen,M/Tastrup 1992/
EXP 28 (16)}) (13. Qf5 Nf8 14. Rd1 Ne6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nf1 O-O 17. Ne3 (17.
Ng3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Be3 Qd7 23. b3
{1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Sharif,M/France 2002/CBM 88 ext (23)}) 17... Ncd4 18. Nxd4
Nxd4 19. Qd3 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Vaisser,A/Sochi 1982/
MCD-r8 (41)}) 13... O-O 14. e6 Nf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Ng5 Nd4 18.
Qe1 Rf8 19. Ne6 Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 Prandstetter,E-Ambroz,J/Trencianske Teplice 1985/
MCL 02 (19).}) (9. a3 $6 Ba6 10. c4 {ist eine schlechtere Version desgleichen
Planes wie in der Partie:} Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
Rc8 15. Qf5 g6 16. Qg4 Re8 17. Nf1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ng3 $2 Nc5 20. Nf5
Bf8 21. Nxd4 Nd3 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Red1 Qxe5 $17 {0-1 Maksimovic,B-Drasko,M/
Podgorica 1996/CBM 53 (36)}) 9... Bb7 (9... Nc6 $5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 $13) 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Be4 {Was geht denn hier vor sich? Zunächst
verhindert Smirin den Abtausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer mit allen Mitteln und
nun bietet er ihn selber an. Die Erklärung liegt im durch 9.c4 Lb7 10.cxd5
Lxd5 veränderten Charakter der Stellung. Während es anfangs darum ging, den
starken Angriffsläufer d3 nicht gegen den schlechten Läufer c8 abzutauschen,
so ist nun das Ziel, weißfeldrigen Druck zu entfalten und Schwarz das Feld d5
streitig zu machen.} Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Na6 13. d5 $1 {Bevor sich ein schwarzer
Springer auf d5 breit machen kann, löst Smirin den Stützpunkt auf. Ein
wichtiges Motiv!} exd5 14. Qxd5 Nb4 $6 {der hiermit eingeleitete Plan bewährt
sich im Folgenden nicht.} (14... O-O 15. O-O Nc7 16. Qd3 b5 $14 {[%cal Gd7b6]})
15. Qe4 Nf8 16. a3 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Ne6 18. Nc4 Nxc1+ 19. Raxc1 O-O (19... a4 $2
20. Rhd1 Qc8 21. Nxb6 Qa6+ 22. Rc4 $18) 20. Rhd1 Qc7 21. a4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 32] /
+/- Weiß hat eine deutliche weißfeldrige Überlegenheit, was auch dazu führt,
dass der schwarze Läufer e7 kaum Wirkung entfalten kann (Thema: guter Springer
gegen schlechten Läufer).} Rad8 22. g3 {dieser Zug verfolgt zwei Ideen: 1)
Findet der König auf g2 ein sicheres Plätzchen, falls Weiß im Zentrum/ am
Damenflügel weiter drückt. 2) Kann bei günstigen Voraussetzungen mit h2-h4-h5
ein Angriff am Königsflügel unterstützt werden.} Kh8 23. Kf1 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6
25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Nce5 c4 $2 (26... Rf8 27. Re1 $14 {/+/-}) 27. Qxc4 Bc5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qg8 28. Re1 Bc5 29. Kg2 $16) 28. Qxe6 (28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29.
Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd8 Rf6 31. Ke2 Rd6 32. Nb7 Re6+ 33. Kd3 Rf6 34. Ne5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. a4
Na6 9. Nb3 dxe4 (9... Nb4 10. exd5 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Nxd5 12.
Be3 b6 $1 13. O-O-O $6 bxc5 14. Bxc5 Ba6 $44 {0-1 Hachatrian,V-Lputian,S/
Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (26)}) 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 (10... Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc7
13. Bd3 b6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 $14 {1-0 Jukic,B-Berebora,F/
Medulin 2002/CBM 90 ext (55). (54)}) 11. Qxe4 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qb6
14. b3 $6 {Weiß hat ohnehin nicht viel, doch nun kommt sogar Schwarz dank
seines Läuferpaares leicht in die Vorhand.} (14. Ng5 f5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Nf3 Bd7
17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Qg3 $14) 14... f6 $1 15. Nd2 (15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 e5 17. Rad1
Be6 $15) 15... Rd8 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. Nc4 b6 (17... e5 $5 18. Be3 Be6 (18... Bd4
$5) 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 $15) 18. Be3 Ba6 (18... Bb7 $5) 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rfe1 Rd6
21. Rad1 Rd5 22. h3 (22. Rxd5 Qxd5 (22... exd5 $2 23. Nxa5 $16) 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6
24. Rxe6 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb8 $11 {/=/+}) 22... Rad8 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6
25. Rxe6 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rd4 27. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8.
Nb3 (8. b4 a5 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. c3 Nd5 $44 {0-1 Turov,M-Shulman,Y/St. Petersburg
1998/CBM 67 ext/[Shulman,Y;Kapengut,A] (70)}) 8... a5 (8... Nxc5 9. Nxc5 (9.
Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Rc8 $11 {0-1 Petronic,S-Matveeva,
S/Vrnjacka Banja YUG 1999 (50)}) 9... Bxc5 10. O-O Bd7 11. c4 Qh5 12. Bf4 Rd8
$11 {0-1 Burnoiu,C-Shulman,Y/Pardubice CZE 1999 (46)}) 9. c4 Qh5 10. Be2 e5 11.
O-O a4 12. Nbd2 $6 (12. Nfd4 $5 {mit der Idee} Qg6 13. f4 {kam in Betracht.})
12... Nxc5 $15 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Qc2 e4 (15... Nb3 $5 16. axb3 axb3
17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Ng3 (18. Nxe5 Bxb1 19. Bxh5 Rxa1 $17) 18... Bxb1 19. Rxa8 Qg4
20. Nxe5 Qe6 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $17) (15... Bf5 16. Qc3 Nfe4 17. Qxe5 (17. Nxe5
Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bf6 $44) 17... Bd6 (17... Bf6 18. Qc7 $13) 18. Nh4
Bxe5 19. Bxh5 Be6 $44) 16. Ng3 Qg4 17. Ng5 Qh4 18. Be3 (18. N3xe4 Nfxe4 19. g3
Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 $15) 18... Nd3 19. Red1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 (20. N5xe4 $6 Qxh2+ 21.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 22. fxe3 Nb4 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $17) 20... Bxg4 21. N5xe4 $5 Bxd1 22.
Rxd1 Nb4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxa4 f5 25. Bc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Nach} 25. c5 {
ist die Lage nicht klar, z.B.} Nc6 (25... fxe4 26. Qxb4 Rd1+ 27. Nf1 Qh5 28.
Qc4+ $13) (25... Nd5 $2 26. Nxf5 Qh5 27. Nxe7+ Nxe7 28. Nd6 $16) 26. Qb3+ Kh8
27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxb7 Rd1+ 30. Nf1 Qe4 31. Qc8+ $13) 25... Nd3 (
25... fxe4 $19) (25... Nd3 26. Bb6 (26. Bxe7 Qxe7 $19 {[%cal Ge7e1]}) 26...
Nxb2 27. Qb3 Rd1+ 28. Nf1 Qxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qc7 $5
$146 (7... Nge7 8. Bd2 (8. b4 $5) 8... Ng6 9. Qg3 Bxc5 10. h4 $6 (10. Bd3 $11)
10... Qb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Brodhuhn,C-Bednarski,J/Hannover 1976/EXT 2002 (20). (19)
}) (7... f6 $6 8. Bd3 f5 9. Qg3 Qc7 10. Ne2 Bxc5 11. O-O g6 12. a3 $14 {
0-1 Vasconcellos,J-Praud,J/Paris 1993/TD (39)}) 8. Qg3 Nge7 9. c3 Ng6 10. b4 a5
(10... Ncxe5 $5) 11. Bb5 axb4 12. cxb4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. h4 b6 $5 15. h5
Ne7 16. Nd4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5+ (17... Nf5 $5 {is interesting, e.g. ist
interessant, z.B.} 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Nd4 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Bc4 22. Qb7
Qb4+ (22... Qxd4 $2 23. Qxa8+ Kd7 24. Qb7+ Ke6 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27.
Qb8+ Kd7 28. Rb1 $18) 23. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 24. Bd2 Bc5 25. Nxf5 Kd7 $11) 18. Bd2 Qxc5
19. Ngf3 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Nd4 Qa6 $2 (21... Qb6 22. Qd3 Nc6 $14) 22. a4
$16 f5 (22... Qc4 23. Qc3 (23. Qf4 $5) 23... Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. O-O Qc4 26.
Qa5 $16) (22... Nc6 23. Nb5 Qxb5 $2 24. axb5 Rxa1+ 25. Ke2 Nd4+ 26. Kd3 Rxh1
27. Kxd4 Rb1 28. Qc3 Rb4+ 29. Kd3 Rc4 30. Qa1 $18) 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Nb5 Rb8 25.
Qd3 Kg8 26. O-O h6 $2 {im Folgenden geht Schwarz an seiner Unterentwicklung zu
Grunde.} ({Mit} 26... Nc6 {konnte er trotz schlechterer Stellung noch
weiterkämpfen.}) 27. Bb4 $18 Nc6 (27... Kh7 28. Qg3 Rg8 29. Bd6 Rb7 30. Nd4 $18
) 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Kh7 (29... Qc8 30. Rfe1 Qd7 31. Rac1 $18) 30. Qg3 Rhe8
$6 (30... Rhf8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxe6 d4 33. Rfc1 d3 34. d7 d2 35. Rd1 Rf6 36.
Qe2 $18) 31. Nc7 Qc8 32. Rfc1 Qd7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. a5 e5 35. a6 Ra8 36. Rc5 d4
37. Qf3 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Nxc5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O (11... Nce4 12. Be3 O-O 13. c3 (
13. Qd3 Rfc8 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rad1 Qa4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kyas,J-Ellers,H/BL9798
Bochum-Chemnitz 1997/BL9798 (27)}) 13... Bd6 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Qd3 a6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shevchenko,S-Vysochin,S/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (56)}) 12. Nfd4 (12.
Nbd4 Rfe8 13. h3 Bd6 14. Be3 Re4 $11 {0-1 Zadrima,A-Lputian,S/Ankara 1995/EXP
49 (39)}) 12... Rac8 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qf3 Qg4 {der Damentausch zieht den weißen
Angriffsideen (wie Sf5, Lg5) den Zahn. Allerdings muß Schwarz aufpassen, daß
seine Initiative nicht verfliegt und der Isolani d5 schwach wird.} 15. Qxg4 (
15. Nf5 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Nd3 $132) 15... Nxg4 16. Nf5 $5 Rfd8 (16...
Bxh2+ $2 17. Kh1 {und Schwarz verliert wegen der Drohung Se7+ Material.}) 17.
Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. f3 Ne5 20. Re1 (20. Be3 $5 Ra5 21. Rfd1 Nc4 22. Bf2
$14) 20... Re6 $1 $11 21. Be3 Rb5 22. b3 (22. Bd4 Nc6 $11) 22... Nd3 23. Re2
Nf4 (23... Nf4 24. Ree1 Nd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 {
Smbat Lputians Idee, die auch nach meiner Ansicht besser ist als 7...Nc6.
Schwarz beabsichtigt die Rückeroberung des Bauern c5 mit dem Nb8 und wappnet
sich daher vorbeugend gegen Nb3.} 8. a4 ({Schwarz hat in der Isolanie-Stellung
nach} 8. O-O Na6 9. exd5 exd5 {kaum Sorgen.}) 8... Na6 (8... Nc6 9. c3) 9. e5
Nd7 10. Nd4 ({Vorstellbar ist ebenfalls die Fortsetzung} 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bb5
Nb6 $1 (11... Qc7 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Nd4 Bxb5 15. axb5 $14) 12. O-O Bd7
$11 {Xa4}) 10... Ndxc5 11. Bxa6 ({Der weissfeldrige Läufer muss beseitigt
werden, deshalb blieb der Na6 am 10.Zug stehen:} 11. Bb5 Nc7 {[%csl Yb5]})
11... Rxa6 12. N2f3 $6 ({Zu kompliziertem Spiel führte} 12. O-O Bd7 13. b3 f6 (
13... Qc7 14. Ba3 $14) 14. N2f3 Ne4 15. c4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. f4 $13) 12...
Ne4 $6 ({Nach dem richtigen} 12... Bd7 13. b3 Ne4 14. O-O Nc3 15. Qd3 Qc7 $11 {
[%csl Yc3][%cal Gf8c8,Gc8c1] hätte Schwarz dank der Kontrolle über c3 gute
Aussichten.}) 13. O-O f6 14. c4 $1 {Das hatte ich unterschätzt.} Qc7 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Bf4 Qc4 $5 ({Möglich war auch} 16... Bc5 17. Nb3 $5 (17. Nb5 Qf7)) 17.
Qd1 $5 ({Das Endspiel nach} 17. Qxc4 dxc4 {ist sogar günstig für Schwarz, z.B:}
18. h3 (18. Rfc1 g5 $1 $15 (18... Nc5 19. Rxc4 Nd3 20. Bg3 Nxb2 21. Rc7 Bb4 22.
Ra2 Nd3 23. Rac2 $36)) 18... Nc5 $15) (17. Qe3 {verdiente aber Aufmerksamkeit.}
) 17... Bd7 $6 ({Vorzuziehen war} 17... fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bg4 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. h3
Bh5 21. Rc7 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Raxf6 23. Qc2 $13) 18. Rc1 Qxa4 19. Rc7 ({Der Textzug
und} 19. b3 {lagen im Zentrum meiner Rechenarbeit, denn Schwarz rettet nur
knapp seine hängenden Figuren:} Qb4 20. Rc7 fxe5 ({das andere Figurenopfer} 
20... Bg4 {reicht nicht aus:} 21. Nc2 Qxb3 22. Rxe7 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Rg6 24. Bg3
$1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26. Ne3 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 $16) 21. Nc2 (21. Bxe5 Rd8) 21...
Qxb3 (21... Qb5 $2 22. Bxe5 Rxf3 23. Nd4 $1 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxf2 25. Qa1 $1 Rg6
26. Bg3 Bd6 27. Qxa5 $1 (27. Rxd7 $2 Bxg3 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Ke8 30. Rxd5
Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 Bc7 $19) 27... Bxc7 28. Qxc7 Ra6 29. h4 $16) 22. Rxd7 Nc3 23. Qd2
Ne4 24. Qe2 Nc3 25. Qxe5 $5 Bf6 26. Nfd4 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxd4 29.
Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 $11 {mit erzwungenem Dauerschach}) ({Nach} 
19. Nf5 Bc5 $5 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qxb7 Ra7 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc6
Rb7 {[%csl Gc5,Ge6] sollte Schwarz dank seinem Läuferpaar ausgleichen können.})
19... Qxd1 20. Rxd1 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Nc5 $6 ({Ich wurde unaufmerksam und
verpasste in der Partiefolge ein Detail. Nach} 21... Rd8 22. Rxb7 Bc5 $13 {
steht Schwarz nicht schlechter.}) 22. Nb3 ({Im Falle von} 22. Rc1 b6 $1 (22...
Rc8 $2 23. Rxd7) 23. R1xc5 bxc5 24. Rxd7 Bf6 $13 {sind die beiden Springer
nicht so stark.}) 22... Nxb3 23. Rxd7 Bf6 ({Meine erste Absicht war wohl} 23...
Re6 24. Rxb7 Nc5 $2 {, aber dies scheitert an} 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd6) 24. R1xd5
$2 ({Nach diesem Fehler gelingt es Schwarz, seine Verteidigung zu organisieren.
Am besten war} 24. Rxb7 Nc5 25. Rb5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Ne4 27. Rdxd5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,
Gb5,Gd5,Ge5]}) ({, aber auch} 24. Bxf6 Rfxf6 $1 25. Rxb7 Rab6 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27.
Rxd5 a4 $14 {bietet Chancen auf Erfolg.}) 24... Rc6 25. h4 {Wegen der
Grundreiheschwäche kann sich Weiss nicht auf b7 bedienen.} Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 26.
Rc7 Bxe5 (26... Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nd4 $36) 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28.
Rxe5 Nd3 (28... Nb3 $142) 29. Rxa5 Nxb2 $6 ({Wegen der FIDE-Bedenkzeit ist es
nicht einfach, in der Endphase der Partie genau zu spielen...} 29... Rb8 $1 30.
Ra3 Nxb2 31. Ne5 c5 $11 {war besser.}) 30. Ne5 Nd1 31. f3 $6 ({Nun kann der
Springer via e3 zurückkehren. Nach} 31. Ra2 $1 {[%csl Rd1]} Rc8 (31... c5 32.
Rc2 Rc8 33. Kf1) 32. Rc2 Re8 33. Nxc6 {wäre er noch abgeschnitten.}) 31... Rc8
32. Rc5 Ne3 33. Kf2 (33. Nxc6 Rc7 34. g4 Nd5 $11) ({Kleine praktische Chancen
bot nur} 33. g4 Nd5 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Nxc6 h6 {, auch wenn die Partie
logischerweise Remis enden sollte.}) 33... Nf5 34. Nxc6 Rc7 35. g3 $2 ({
Dieser unglaubliche Fehler verliert die Qualität, aber nicht die Partie.
Vermutlich rechnete mein Gegner nur mit 35...Ne7.} 35. Rxf5 Rxc6 $11) 35... Nd4
36. Nxd4 Rxc5 37. g4 Kf7 $6 (37... g6) 38. Nf5 $6 (38. h5) 38... Rc7 $6 ({
Es war der letzte Augenblick, um die folgende Art Festung mittels} 38... g6 {
zu verhindern. Trotzdem blieben auch in diesem Fall die Gewinnchancen gering.})
39. h5 Ke6 40. Kg3 Ke5 41. f4+ Ke4 42. Nd6+ Kd5 43. Nf5 Ke4 44. Nd6+ Kd5 45.
Nf5 Ra7 46. g5 Ke6 47. Kg4 Rd7 48. Ne3 Rd4 49. Nf5 Rd7 50. Ne3 Ra7 51. Nf5 Rb7
52. Nd4+ Kd5 53. Nf5 Ke6 54. Nd4+ Kf7 55. Nf5 Rb1 56. Kg3 Rf1 57. Kg4 Rh1 58.
Nd4 Rd1 59. Nf5 Rg1+ 60. Kf3 {Weiss hat viel mehr Raum und keine Schwäche.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich op 25th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 $6 {Ein kleiner Rechenschnitzer!} a4 11. Nbd4 $6 ({
Somit verliert Weiss den Bauern e5 auf kombinatorische Weise.} 11. Nbd2 {
war natürlich besser, aber Kveinys wollte konsequent sein!}) 11... Ndxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nxd4 13. Qh5 f5 ({Nach} 13... g6 {[%cal Ge5g6,Gd3g6] könnte Weiss dank
einem Doppelopfer auf g6 Dauerschach erzwingen.}) 14. Re1 Bxc5 15. Bg5 $2 ({
Nach diesem weiteren Fehler ist Weiss strategisch verloren, da er das Feld e5
nicht mehr kontrolieren kann.} 15. Bf4 {[%csl Ge5] hätte gewisse positionnelle
Kompensation versprochen.}) 15... Qc7 16. Re3 (16. Qh4 Nc6 {xe5}) 16... Nc6 ({
Besser als die Alternativen} 16... Nxc2 $2 17. Rh3 h6 18. Bxh6 Qxe5 19. Bxc2) (
{und} 16... g6 $6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Qg7 19. Qh5 $44) 17. Nxc6 ({Nach} 17.
Rh3 Nxe5 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 {hat Weiss keinen überzeugenden Angriff, z.B:} 19. Qh5+
(19. Rh6 Be7) (19. Bh6 Rg8) 19... Ng6 20. Rg3 Bd6 (20... Rh8 21. Qxg6+ Kxg6 22.
Bf4+ Kf6 23. Bxc7 e5 24. Re1 e4 25. Bb5 g5 $36) 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Qxg6+ Kg8 $19)
17... bxc6 18. Rh3 g6 19. Bf4 ({Dieser Zwischenzug sollte e5 verhindern, aber
er scheitert an einen anderen Zwischenzug!} 19. Qe2 e5 $19) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Kf1
Qa7 $5 ({Direkter als} 20... gxh5 21. Bxc7 Bd4 $17) ({oder} 20... Qg7 21. Qe2
Bd4 22. c3 Bf6 23. Bh6 Qf7 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 $17) 21. Qh6 (21. Qe2 Bd4 22. Re1 Re8
23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qg7 $19) 21... Bg1 22. Qh4 (22. Rf3 Bd4) 22... Bd4 23.
Re1 Bf6 $1 24. Qg3 ({Nun kommt Schwarz zum Befreiungsdurchbruch, aber auch} 24.
Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qg7 {war hoffnungslos.}) 24... e5 $1 {[%cal Yc8h3]} 25. Rxe5
(25. Bxe5 f4) 25... Bxe5 26. Bxe5 f4 27. Qg5 Bf5 (27... Bxh3 $2 28. Bxg6) 28.
Rh6 Bxd3+ 29. cxd3 Qf7 30. Rh3 Qf5 31. Qe7 (31. Qh6 Rf7) 31... Rf7 32. Qd6 Re8
33. d4 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qxb2+ 35. Kf3 Qc2 36. Qb4 Qe4+ {[%csl Re5][%cal Re4b4]} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Qg3 f6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. Bd3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. O-O $2 ({Es braucht keinen Großmeister, um
schnell zu verstehen, dass dieser Zug schwach ist. Richtig ist} 11. c4 {
, um zu verhindern, dass Schwarz klaren Vorteil im Zentrum erhält. Es kann
folgen} Nb4 12. Bb1 Rg8 13. Qh3 e5 14. Qxh7 Rh8 15. Qg6 Rg8 16. Qh7 Rh8 {
mit Zugwiederholung.}) 11... e5 12. Nh4 {Nach langem Nachdenken entscheidet
sich Weiß richtig für ein Figurenopfer.} e4 ({Stärker war vielleicht noch} 
12... Rg8 $5 13. Qe3 (13. Qf3 e4 14. Nxe4 Rg4) 13... e4 14. Nxe4 Rg4) 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 $2 ({Ein außergewöhnlich dummer Zug. Der Springer verbraucht
2 Tempis, um die Entwicklung des Bc8 zu erschweren! Nach} 14... Bxc5 15. Nf5 (
15. Bf5 Nd4) (15. Bf4 Rg8) (15. Be3 Nd4 16. Rae1 Rg8 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qb3 Ng5)
15... Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Qd5 {steht Schwarz klar besser.}) 15. Qd3 Ne6 ({Ungefähr
alles, was nichts einstellt, ist immer noch vorteilhaft für Schwarz:} 15... Ne5
16. Bh6+ Kf7 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. f3 Be6) (15... Bxc5 {oder}) (15... f5 16. Nxf5
Nxf5 17. Bxf5 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Bxc5 $15 {/=}) 16. Qe2 Qc7 (16... Nxc5 17. Bf5 Qd5
18. Re1 $44) (16... Bxc5 $5 17. Nf5 Neg5 $17) 17. Re1 Bxc5 18. Bd5 Ng7 $6 (
18... Qe5 19. Qd1 Qd4 $17) 19. Qc4 $6 (19. Qf3 $44) 19... Bd6 20. Qb3 Ne5 $2 (
20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. Bd2 a5 $17 {war sicher zu einfach.}) 21. h3 Ng6 22.
Nf3 $2 ({Weiß verpasst auch was:} 22. Bh6 Nxh4 23. Qa4 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 (24. Bxf3
Kf7) 24... Bf5 25. Qh4 Qd8 26. Rad1 $18) 22... h5 (22... Bf5 23. Nd4 $40) (
22... Nf5 23. g4 $40) 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Be3 $138 Bd7 (25... Bxe3 26.
Rxe3 Nf5 $15) 26. Bxc5+ Qxc5 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Rad1 Nf4 $4 ({Nach} 28... Ne7 {
hat Weiß ausgezeichnete Kompensation, aber der Kampf wäre noch lang gegangen.})
29. Bxc6 bxc6 (29... Qxc6 30. Qb4+) 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 {Svidler chooses an ambitious line.} ({
The following theoretical lines are more popular and less committing:} 4. Ngf3
Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3) (4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3) 4...
c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 {White forced Black to lose his right to castle, but his central
pawns chain is about to fall apart. The move in the text is preferable than 5..
.g6, not to weaken dark squares.} 6. dxc5 (6. c3 $6 Nc6 {with an idea 7...cxd4
and 8...Nb4.}) 6... Nc6 7. Qg3 ({The alternatives are:} 7. Ngf3) (7. Ndf3) 7...
Nh6 $5 $146 {This move appeares to be a novelty. At first sight it does not
look bad, black's knight is intending to jump on f5 harassing white's queen.
On the other hand, the previously played 7...f6 is more tempting and critical.}
(7... f6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. Nb3 (9. Bd3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. O-O $6 (11. c4 $142)
11... e5 12. Nh4 e4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 15. Qd3 Ne6 $17 {1-0 Nevednichy,
V (2583)-Pelletier,Y (2603)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (30)}) 9... Nf5 10. Qf4 g5
11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qe2 (13. Be2 $13) 13... Bf6 14. Bd2 Kg7 15. g3
h6 16. Bg2 b6 17. O-O a5 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu A (2396)-Lputian,S (2614)/Beer Sheva
ISR 2005/The Week in Chess 575 (41)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Ngf3 Nf5 9. Qf4 g5 (9... Bxc5
$6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd3 $16) 10. Qa4 Qc7 {[%csl Re5]} 11. Bd3 {is very
complicated and deserves to be checked in the later games.}) 8... Bh4 9. Qf4
Bg5 10. Qg3 Bh4 {The young Russian star does not mind to repeat moves against
Peter Svidler.} 11. Qf4 (11. Qh3 Nxe5 {[%cal Gc8h3] is worse, since the queen
on h3 is vulnerable.}) 11... Bg5 12. Qa4 {Probably White is not better here,
but the tournament situation forced Svidler to push hard for a win.} Nxe5 13.
Ngf3 Nxd3+ $6 {It's logical to eliminate white's light-squared bishop, however,
this exchange improves white's pawnstructure, so the Pc5 will never fall...} (
13... Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 e5 $1 {The point of 13...Nxf3.} 16. Nxe5 (
16. Rd1 $5 Qe7 17. Be2 e4 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. O-O $44) 16... Qg5 (16... Qe7 $4 17.
O-O Qxe5 18. Rfe1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. f4 (17. O-O $2 Bh3 18. Nd7+ Ke7 19.
Rfe1+ Kd8 20. g4 Nxg4 (20... Bxg4 $2 21. f4 Bxd7+ 22. fxg5 Bxa4 23. gxh6 gxh6
24. c4 $14) 21. f4 Qh4 22. Re2 Nxh2 $1 23. Ne5 (23. Rxh2 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25.
Kg1 Qe3+ $19 {[%cal Ge3c1,Ge3g1]}) 23... Nf3+ $1 24. Nxf3 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf3+
26. Kh2 Bg4 $17) 17... Qxg2 18. Rf1 Qxh2 19. c6 Kg8 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Qd7 Rb8
22. Qc7 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {White has not more than reasonable
compensation for the pawn.}) 14. cxd3 {White's position should be preferable
thanks to some space advantage and more harmonious development. Moreover,
Black will have to lose some time to settle his king.} Be7 15. b4 $6 {This
move creates a target for Black, which was ignored for some reason...} (15. Nb3
Nf5 16. O-O $14) 15... f6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 15... Bd7 16. Qb3 a5 {
ruining the white pawn chain on the queenside.}) 16. O-O Nf5 ({Dangerous for
Black is:} 16... e5 17. Qb3 (17. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17... Be6 18. d4 e4 19.
Nxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Qxe6 exf3 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rfe1 $1 Rg8 23. d5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1
$36 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 17. Bb2 h5 18. Rac1 {White is trying to push b4-b5 gaining
even more space, while Black is fighting against it.} Bd7 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Nd4 {
Exchanging Black's only active piece.} Nxd4 21. Bxd4 h4 $6 {This pawn will
become a target in future.} ({An immediate} 21... Qe8 {should have been
preferred.}) 22. h3 Qe8 (22... e5 $2 23. Bb2 Be6 (23... d4 24. f4 {and black's
pawns chain is collapsing.}) 24. d4 e4 25. Nxe4 $18) 23. f4 Qg6 24. Kh1 Rh5 {
Black managed to somehow complete the development, but actually, he has no
active plan at all. On the other hand, White is going to regroup his pieces
and put pressure on Pe6. White is considerably better.} 25. Nf3 a6 26. Rce1 Bd8
27. Bg1 $1 {The d4 square belongs to the knight.} Kg8 28. Nd4 Qf7 29. Qd1 $1 {
[%csl Rh5] Threatening 30.Nxe6.} g6 30. Bh2 Bc7 $2 {Black certainly
underestimated White's reply...} (30... b6 31. c6 $1 Bxc6 32. Nxe6 Be7 33. f5
$1 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Qd2 {with clear advantage, as Black has numerous
pawn weaknesses. Still, this would have been the least of the evils.}) {
[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","f4f5","A profound pawn
sacrifice, based purely on strategical aspects.",15]} 31. f5 $3 {[%mdl 32] A
profound pawn sacrifice, based purely on strategical aspects.} exf5 {The
alternatives are not better.} (31... e5 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 34. Qxh5
exd4 (34... Re8 35. Nf3 $18) 35. Qxd5+ Qf7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 (36... Qg7 37. Qxg7+
Kxg7 38. Re7+ $18) 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Qd8+ $18) (31... Bxh2 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33.
Kxh2 {[%csl Gd4] White's position is strategically won thanks to superb Nd4,
pawns majority on the queenside and the control over the "e" file.}) (31...
gxf5 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxh5 $18) 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33.
Re3 {Now we can see all the benefits that White achieved by the pawn sacrifice.
The knight on d4 is clearly dominating over the passive bishop. The "e" file
is under white's control, and black's rook on h5 is out of play. Moreover, the
Pd5 is a clear target and will fall in the long run. Black's position is
objectively lost.} Rh8 (33... Rh7 {covering e7 square, would have been a bit
more resistant.}) 34. Rfe1 Bc8 35. Qf3 Kh7 36. b5 $1 Qf8 (36... axb5 37. Nxb5
Rd7 38. Nd6 $18) 37. b6 Rg7 38. Qxd5 {White's position is overwhelming. But,
we also have to praise Yan Nepomniashchy, that continued to fight and use all
possible practical chances until the bitter end.} Qd8 39. Qc4 g5 40. Ne6 Bxe6
41. Rxe6 Rf8 42. Rd6 Qb8 43. Qd5 Kg6 44. Rf1 (44. Ree6 $1 Rgf7 45. Qe5 Qc8 46.
Rd5 $18 {[%csl Rf5] was more convincing.}) 44... Qc8 45. Re6 f4 46. Qe4+ Kh6
47. d4 Rd7 48. Re1 Kg7 49. a3 {White is not in a hurry to make the decisive
breakthrow.} Qd8 (49... Rff7 50. Re8 Rd8 51. Rxd8 Qxd8 52. d5 $18) 50. d5 $1
Rdf7 (50... Rxd5 51. Re7+ Rf7 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. c6 Rd1 (54...
bxc6 55. b7 $18) 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ $18 {[%cal Gh5d1,Gh5f7]}) 51. d6 Qc8 52.
Qd5 f3 $1 {The last practical chance.} 53. gxf3 Qd7 54. Kg2 $6 {Giving to the
opponent unnecessary chances.} (54. f4 $1 Qa4 55. fxg5 Qxa3 56. gxf6+ Kh6 57.
Qf5 $18) 54... Qa4 55. Re7 Qf4 {Suddenly, Black's queen became very active.}
56. Kf1 Qh2 57. Qf5 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Qh2+ (60... Rxe7+ $1
61. dxe7 Qg2+ 62. Ke3 Re8 63. Qd7 Kf7 64. Qd5+ Kg7 (64... Kxe7 65. Kd3+ Kf8 66.
Qd6+ $18) 65. Qxb7 Qg3 {was forcing White to find some precise moves on the
way to a win.}) 61. Kd1 Qb2 62. R1e3 Qd4+ 63. Ke2 Qb2+ 64. Kf1 Qc1+ 65. Kg2
Qd2+ 66. Re2 {The checks are finally over.} Qd1 67. Qc2 Qd4 68. d7 g4 (68...
Rxe7 69. Rxe7+ Rf7 70. Rxf7+ Kxf7 71. c6 bxc6 72. b7 $18) 69. Qe4 gxf3+ 70.
Qxf3 f5 71. Qxf5 Kh8 72. Qh5+ Kg7 73. Rxf7+ (73. Rxf7+ Rxf7 74. Qg5+ {and the
"d" pawn queens.}) 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Wang, Yu A"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 {This move is rather typical
for the French defence. At a price of losing the right to castle, black is
intending to completely destroy white's central pawns chain.} (5... Bf8 6. Ndf3
Nc6 7. dxc5 {1-0 Adams,M-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 094 [Mueller,Kar] 
(37)}) (5... g6) ({and} 5... g5 {appeared in practice as well.}) 6. dxc5 Nc6 7.
Qg3 {Besides this move white can choose between both knights going to f3.} (7.
Ngf3 h5 8. Qa4 (8. Qg3 h4 9. Qf4 g5 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13.
Qd4 Nh6 14. Nb3 Nf5 15. Qd3 d4 16. Rg1 Qc7 17. Nfxd4 Qxe5+ 18. Be3 Qxh2 19.
O-O-O Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rh6 21. Qg4 Qe5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Morozevich,A/Sarajevo
1999/CBM 071 (57)}) 8... Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf4 Nh6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5
13. Be3 Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Na5 17. Nbd4 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,
V-Mkrtchian,L/Yerevan 2004/CBM 103 ext (53)}) (7. Ndf3 f6 8. Bf4 (8. Qg3 fxe5
9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bxf2+ 13. Kd1 Bc5 14. Rf1 Bd6
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Bf5 h6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Pelletier,
Y/Aubervilliers 2002/CBM 086 ext (59)}) 8... Bxc5 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qg3 Nge7 11.
Ne2 Ng6 12. h4 $14 {1-0 Akopian,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002/CBM 090 [Mueller,Kar]
(36)}) 7... f6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 {The knight will jump to f7 or f5 according to
circumstances.} (8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Bd6
13. Qe2 Qc7 14. f4 Bxf4 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. c4 e5 17. cxd5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,
P-Radjabov,T/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (66)}) 9. Nb3 $146 ({Very complicated is:} 9.
Bd3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 $13 {1-0 Nevednichy,V (2583)-Pelletier,Y (2603)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109_01/[Postny,E] (30)}) 9... Nf5 10. Qf4 g5 $1 11. Qd2 $6
{This move is too awkward to be correct.} (11. Qa4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Bd2
Kg7 14. O-O-O {with chances for both sides.}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 $15 {
Black's superiority in the center is now the dominant factor in the position.
Black's king is still unsafe, but white's pieces are too passive to be a
source of worry for black.} 13. Qe2 {White spent too much with his queen
manoeuvres.} Bf6 14. Bd2 ({Comes to consideration} 14. h4 $5 Nxh4 15. Bd2 {
Opening the "h" file might give white some attacking possibilities for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Kg7 15. g3 $6 {This plan is rather slow.} (15. O-O-O {
would have been more in the spirit of the position, though black's position is
preferable anyway.}) 15... h6 16. Bg2 b6 $1 17. O-O a5 {Black has total
control over the centre, while white has simply no outposts for his pieces.}
18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rfb1 a4 20. Nc1 Ba6 21. Qd1 e4 $19 {Black has got a
marvellous position.} 22. c3 e3 (22... Rhf8 $19) 23. Be1 Rad8 $6 {It was not
necessary to sacrifice the pawn on a4.} 24. Qxa4 d4 25. c4 $6 (25. Qb3 Qd6 26.
cxd4 Bxd4 $19) (25. Nb3 $1 {was more stubborn.}) 25... d3 {White is forced to
give a piece.} 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. c5 Qa7 28. Rd1 Rd4 29. b4 Rhd8 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 (
{More precise was} 30... Nxd4) 31. Rd1 exf2+ 32. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxd1 34.
Qxd1 Bb5 {White does not have any chance to survive, since his pawns are
blocked and his king is vulnerable.} 35. a4 {The last attempt, but obviously
insufficient.} Qxa4 36. Qxa4 Bxa4 37. c6 Kf6 38. c7 Nd6 39. Bb7 Bd7 40. Ba6 Bc8
41. b5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 {
Black is intending to capture the Pc5 with a knight, therefore he prevents
from white the option of b2-b4.} 8. O-O (8. e5 Nfd7 9. h4 h6 10. c3 Nxc5 11.
Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Nc6 15. Qg3 e5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3
Rf6 18. a4 Be6 19. O-O Qb6 20. Bc2 Raf8 $15 {0-1 Rozentalis,E-Vallejo,P/Calvia
2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 8... Na6 9. e5 {This advance has some pluses and drawbacks.
White gets space and control over the central d4 square. On the other hand,
with the closed centre black usually gets a free hand on the queenside.} (9.
exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nb3 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 a4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Bxc5 axb3 16. Bxe7 Rxa2 17. Rac1 Ra4 18. Qe5 Re4 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Rxe5
21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 d4 23. Bd2 bxc2 24. Nxc2 $16 {0-1 Naiditsch,A-De la Riva,O/
Pamplona 2004 (62)}) 9... Nd7 10. Nd4 (10. c4 Ndxc5 11. Bb1 d4 12. Rd1 d3 13.
Qe3 Nb4 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe4 Qb6 17. a3 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Nc6 19. Bxd3
g6 20. Bh6 f5 21. Qe2 $18 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M-Baklan,V/Paris 2004 (56)}) (
10. Nb3 a4 11. Nbd4 Ndxc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. c3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16.
Qc2 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Qd2 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Nh4
Qe8 23. Qe2 Qf7 $132 {1-0 Karpatchev,A-Barsov,A/Calvi 2004 (52)}) 10... Ndxc5
11. N2f3 (11. f4 Qb6 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. a3 Ne4 14. Ra2 Nac5 15. Be3 a4 16. Kh1 f6
17. exf6 Bxf6 $132 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Barsov,A/Montreal 2002 (44)}) 11... Nxd3
$146 (11... Nb4 12. Bf4 Nbxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Rc2 Qa6
17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. h4 Bf8 19. h5 h6 20. g4 Na4 21. Rcd2 Qb6 22. g5 Kh7 23. Kh2
Nc5 24. Rg1 $40 {1-0 Zaragatski,I-Sielecki,C/Bundesliga2 2003 (33)}) 12. cxd3
Bd7 13. Be3 a4 14. a3 Nc5 {White did not get much out of the opening.} 15. Rac1
Rc8 16. Rc3 b6 17. Bf4 f5 $5 {Black wants to get space on the kingside. On the
other hand, this move weakens the Pe6.} (17... Nb7 $11 {trying to exchange
heavy pieces on the "c" file. Basically, the exchanges are in black's favour
who is a bit lack of space.}) 18. h3 h6 19. Rfc1 Qe8 20. Nh2 g5 {Black goes
for an active play.} 21. Bd2 f4 $2 {Too hastily.} (21... Qg6 $132) 22. h4 $1
Qg6 23. h5 Qg7 (23... f3 $6 24. Ndxf3 Qxh5 25. d4 Ne4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+
Bxc8 28. Qb5 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6]}) 24. Ng4 {As a result of black's mistake on
21st move, white managed to block the kingside. Black remained with no active
play at all.} Ra8 25. R3c2 $1 Ra6 26. Bb4 Be8 27. Nf3 Bb5 28. Bxc5 $1 {A
logical continuation of white's previous play.} bxc5 29. Rxc5 {Of course.
Otherwise, there was no point in 28.Bxc5.} Bxc5 30. Rxc5 {Black's extra
exchange has no real significance, while the dark holes in his camp become
apparent now.} Be8 31. Nf6+ Kh8 (31... Rxf6 $2 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Rc8 Qe7 34.
Ne5 $18 {[%cal Ge2c2]}) 32. Rc8 Bc6 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qc2 Qe7 35. Nd4 Bb7 36.
Kh2 Ra8 37. b4 $1 {It's important to open the position on the queenside and
get more space for white's queen. White's extra pawn has no significance
anyway.} axb3 38. Qxb3 Rxa3 39. Qb6 Ra6 40. Qb5 {Black is nearly in zugzwang.}
Qf7 (40... Ra2 41. Nxe6 $1 $40) 41. Qb4 g4 {What else?} 42. Ne2 g3+ ({The last
chance was probably:} 42... f3 43. Qf4 Qf8 $1 (43... Qg7 44. Ne8 Qg5 45. Qf8+
Qg8 46. Qf6+ Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kh8 48. Nf4 $18) 44. Qxg4 {[%cal Gg4g6]} Qg7 45. Qxf3
d4 $16) 43. fxg3 fxg3+ 44. Kh3 $1 d4 {Opening the diagonal for the bishop, but
it does not help.} 45. Qxd4 Bd5 46. Qb4 Ra8 47. Nf4 Qc7 48. Qd2 Kg7 49. Qe2 ({
Wins as well:} 49. N6xd5 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Qxe5 50. Qc3) 49... Kf7 50. N6xd5 exd5
51. e6+ Kf8 52. Nxd5 Qa7 53. Qf3+ Kg8 54. Ne7+ {[%mdl 32]} 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 {This move does not pretend for much.} (4.
Ngf3) ({and} 4. Bd3 {are more principled continuations.}) 4... c5 5. exd5 (5.
dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. exd5 exd5 {- see the game Mezentsev,V-Atalik,S/Reno
2005/CBM 105 ext [Atalik]}) 5... Qxd5 6. Ngf3 {We got actually the position
from one of the main C07 lines (with 3...c5 4.exd5 Qxd5) with the inclusion of
move c2-c3 and Bf8-e7. This difference seems favour black a bit, so he should
not have any problems to equalize.} (6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Ne4 Qc6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf3
Ngf6 10. Qe2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nf6 14. Bc2 b6 15. Bg5 Bb7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Morozevich,A/Samara 1998 (27)}) 6... Nf6 (6... cxd4 7.
Bc4 Qh5 8. Ne4 Nf6 9. Ng3 Qc5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. O-O-O
Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Langer,M-Vavrak,P/Minneapolis 2005 (68)}) 7.
Bc4 Qd6 8. O-O (8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Nbd4 a6
13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bd5 17. Bb1 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Schmittdiel,E-Nikitin,A/St Ingbert 1994 (81)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Qe2 O-O
11. Bd3 $146 (11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Bb3 Bb7 16.
a4 Bc5 17. Bc2 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 (19... Kxh7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Re3 $18 {[%cal Re3h3]}) 20. Bxe7 Re8 21. Bh4 $16 {
1-0 Schmittdiel,E-Huenerkopf,H/Augsburg 1987 (41)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 Re8 13.
Nc4 Qc7 14. Qf3 b5 $1 15. Bf4 (15. Qxa8 $2 bxc4 16. Be4 Nc5 17. Qc6 Qd8 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8b7]}) 15... Qb7 16. Qxb7 (16. Nd6 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd8 18. Nxf7
$5 Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Nxe6 Nc5 21. Nxd8 Nxd3 22. Rxe7 Nxf4 23. Rd1 Kf8 24.
Rf7+ Kg8 25. Re7 Kf8 $11) 16... Bxb7 17. Nd6 Nd5 18. Nxb7 $6 {In my opinion,
white should keep his dark-squared bishop.} (18. Bg3 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 e5 20. Nb3
Rad8 21. Rad1 Nf4 22. Bf1) 18... Nxf4 19. Be4 Nb6 (19... Nf6 20. Bc6 Rec8) 20.
Bc6 Rec8 21. Na5 Ra7 22. Rad1 ({White can't trap the rook:} 22. Bb7 Rc7) 22...
Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Be4 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Bc5 25. g3 Ng6 26. Nf3 Rac7 $11 27.
Re2 Be7 28. Red2 Nf8 {Black covered all the squares of possible invasion of
white's rook. White can't achieve any progress.} 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nd7 g6 31. Bf3
Kf7 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Rd7 Ke8 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rd4 e5 36. Rh4 $6 {McShane
probably wanted to capture the Pc4, therefore he tried to keep the rook on the
4th rank. However, It was better to keep the rook on the "d" file.} (36. Rd1
$11) 36... h5 37. Re4 (37. Be2 Rb7 {[%csl Rb2]} 38. Bxc4 f5 {[%csl Rh4]} 39.
Bxa6 Rxb2 40. Rc4 (40. Ra4 Bc5 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 40... Rxa2 41. Rc6 e4 $15)
37... Kd7 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. Be2 Kd5 40. Bf3 Kd6 41. Re2 (41. Be2 Rb7 $15 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 41... Rc5 42. Rd2+ Ke6 {Now, black is the one who plays for a win.
} 43. h4 f5 44. Bd1 g5 45. Bxh5 gxh4 46. gxh4 Bxh4 47. f3 Bg5 48. Rg2 Kf6 {
Black keeps some pressure thanks to a more active pieces and a possibility of
organizing a passed pawn. However, with the presense of opposite colour
bishops the endgame has obviously strong drawish tendencies.} 49. Be8 Rd5 50.
Ke1 Bh4+ 51. Ke2 Bg5 52. Ke1 Rd6 53. Ba4 Bf4 54. Bd1 Bc1 55. Rc2 Be3 56. Rg2
Rb6 57. Ba4 Rb8 58. b3 Rc8 59. Kd1 Rd8+ (59... cxb3 60. Bxb3 Rxc3 61. Rc2 $11 {
After the exchange of rooks it's a dead draw.}) 60. Kc2 Bc5 ({Does not work:} 
60... e4 $6 61. fxe4 f4 62. Bc6 {and the "f" pawn will be stopped by white's
bishop.}) 61. b4 Be3 62. Bc6 Rd3 63. Bb7 Bf4 $6 {Ni Hua is pushing too hard
for a win.} (63... Rd6 $11) 64. Bxa6 Rxf3 65. Bxc4 {Now, white is a pawn up,
but black ones are further advanced. Basically, I believe that white will
always have an opportunity of sacrifing the bishop for both black's pawns,
therefore, his chances should be at least not worse.} e4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal
Gf4e5]} 66. Kb3 Be5 67. Rc2 Rh3 68. a4 f4 69. a5 f3 70. b5 e3 71. a6 (71. b6 e2
72. Bxe2 fxe2 73. Rxe2 Bxc3 74. Rh2 $1 (74. Ka4 Rh5 75. a6 Ra5+ 76. Kb3 Rxa6
$11) 74... Rg3 75. Ka4 Rg4+ 76. Kb5 Rg5+ 77. Kc6 Rxa5 (77... Bxa5 $2 78. b7 Rg8
79. Ra2 $18 {[%cal Ra2a8]}) 78. b7 Be5 79. Rh5 Ra7 80. Rxe5 Rxb7 $11) 71... Bd4
$2 {A funny trick which worked fine in the game, with some help from the
opponent's side...} (71... Bc7 72. a7 Rh8 73. Ra2 Ra8 74. Bd5 Rxa7 75. Rxa7 (
75. Bxf3 Rxa2 76. Kxa2 Ke5 $11) 75... e2 76. Bxf3 e1=Q 77. Rxc7 Qb1+ 78. Ka4
Qa1+ $11) 72. Bf1 $4 {This is the last turnover in this dramatic endgame.} (72.
cxd4 $1 e2 73. a7 (73. Rc1 f2+ $19 {check!}) 73... e1=Q 74. a8=Q Qb1+ 75. Rb2
$1 f2+ 76. Ka4 Qxb2 77. Qd8+ Kg6 78. Qd6+ Kg5 79. Qe5+ {and no matter where
black's king go, white is winning the rook and the game.}) 72... Bb6 73. Kc4 (
73. Bxh3 e2 {and black queens.}) 73... Rh1 74. Bd3 f2 75. Be2 Re1 76. Kd3 Rd1+
$1 (76... Rd1+ 77. Ke4 Rd2 78. Rxd2 exd2 $19 {[%csl Gd2,Gf2]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O (6... Nc6 {
is another theoretical line here.}) 7. Ngf3 a5 {Black is not in a hurry to
take on c5, preparing to capture the pawn by the queenside knight.} 8. O-O (8.
e5 Nfd7 9. h4 h6 10. c3 Nxc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Nc6
15. Qg3 e5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 Rf6 18. a4 Be6 19. O-O Qb6 20. Bc2 Raf8 $15 {
0-1 Rozentalis,E (2595)-Vallejo Pons,F (2678)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (32)}
) 8... Na6 9. e5 (9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nb3 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 a4
14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxc5 axb3 16. Bxe7 Rxa2 17. Rac1 Ra4 18. Qe5 Re4 19. Bxf6
Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 d4 23. Bd2 bxc2 24. Nxc2 $16 {0-1
Naiditsch,A (2611)-De la Riva Aguado,O (2528)/Pamplona ESP 2004/The Week in
Chess 529 (62)}) 9... Nd7 10. c3 (10. Nd4 Ndxc5 11. N2f3 (11. f4 Qb6 12. N2f3
Bd7 13. a3 Ne4 14. Ra2 Nac5 15. Be3 a4 16. Kh1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 $132 {1-0
Kotronias,V (2578)-Barsov,A (2550)/Montreal 2002/CBM 091 (44)}) 11... Nxd3 12.
cxd3 Bd7 13. Be3 a4 14. a3 Nc5 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rc3 b6 $11 {1-0 Georgiev,K 
(2666)-Kornev,A (2565)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Postny,E] (54)}) (10. Nb3 a4 11.
Nbd4 Ndxc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. c3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Rad1
Rg8 18. Bc1 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Karpatchev,A (2461)-Barsov,A (2524)/Calvi 2004/CBM
098 ext (52)}) 10... Naxc5 11. Bc2 f6 {A very typical push in French. At a
price of weakening the kingside black removes white's Pe5, getting more space
for his pieces.} (11... b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qe3 a4 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nf1 g6 16.
Qg3 $14 {1-0 Jens,J (2375)-Papa,S (2366)/Deizisau 2003/CBM 093 ext (27)}) 12.
exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 (13. c4 $6 b6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gc8a6,Ga6f1]}) 13... b6 {[%cal
Gc8a6]} 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qe3 Qe8 $6 (16... Qe7) ({or} 16... g6 {
followed by Bg7 looks more natural.}) 17. Ng5 Bxg5 $2 {Black should avoid the
exchange of his dark-squared bishop at any price.} (17... g6 18. Qg3 (18. Qh3
Qe7 $13 {[%csl Rg5]}) 18... Qe7 19. Be3 $14) 18. Qxg5 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f2,Ge4g5]
This was the idea of Ni Hua, but white can easily frustrate his plans.} 19. Qh4
$1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Oc2e4,Cg7g5,Cg5h4,Gc2h7,Gh4h7] This move was probably
overlooked by Chinese grandmaster.} (19. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 $11 {[%csl Gd3][%cal
Cc1e3,Ce3b6,Ga6d3]}) 19... Qc6 20. Be3 h6 21. Qg4 {[%csl Rh6]} Nf6 (21... e5
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 (25... Kf6 26. Bxh6 $1 $18
) 26. Qxe5 {with a pawn up.}) 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bd4 {White's position is
overwhelming. His bishops are exceptionally strong, while black has no real
counterplay whatsoever.} b5 24. Re1 Qe8 (24... b4 25. Re3 {continuing to bring
all the reserves into play.}) 25. Re5 Qf7 26. Rae1 Bc8 27. Qh4 Bd7 28. R1e3 {
White's plan is as simple as effective.} b4 29. h3 $1 {A useful and typical
"human" prophylaxy. White is not in a hurry...} bxc3 30. bxc3 Rab8 31. Rg3 Rb2
32. Bg6 Qe7 33. Rh5 Kg8 {[%tqu "En","White's position is overwhelming. How to
conclude the game?","","","h5h6","The final breakthrough. The mate is
unavoidable.",7]} 34. Rxh6 $1 {The final breakthrough. The mate is unavoidable.
} gxh6 35. Qxh6 (35. Qxh6 Qg7 36. Bh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 {It is
recommended for black to capture the Pc5 with a knight, while this move is
directed against white's possibilities to defend the Pc5 either b2-b4 or
Nd2-b3.} 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. e5 {White closes the centre, and intends to develope
an initiative on the kingside. However, this move looks a bit too
straightforward, and with precise play black should obtain a good game.} ({
Usually white chooses} 8. O-O) ({or} 8. a4) 8... Nfd7 9. h4 h6 (9... Qc7 10. c4
Nxc5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Kf1 h6 13. Nb3 dxc4 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe4 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bg6+ Ke7 21. Qg8 $40 {1-0 Remmler,
H-Unzicker,F/Germany 2004 (41)}) 10. Nb3 (10. c3 Nxc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Nc6 15. Qg3 e5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 Rf6 18. a4 Be6 19.
O-O Qb6 20. Bc2 Raf8 $15 {0-1 Rozentalis,E-Vallejo Pons,F/Calvia 2004 (32)}) (
10. g4 Nxc5 11. Nf1 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 b6 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Nh5 Nd7 15. Be3 d4 16.
Bf4 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qd5 $15 {Tissir,M-Narciso Dublan,M/Mataro 2004}) (10. Ng5 Nc6
11. f4 Nxc5 12. Nb3 b6 13. c3 Ra7 14. Bb5 Rc7 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bxc6
Rxc6 18. h5 hxg5 19. hxg6 g4 20. g7 Bh4+ 21. g3 $16 {0-1 Niemi,K-Fodor,T/
Budapest 2005 (33)}) 10... Nc6 $146 (10... a4 11. Nbd4 Nxc5 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. Bf4
a3 14. b3 Nb4 15. Qe3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5 Nbxd3+ 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Ndf3
Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd7 $13 {1-0 Jansa,V-Cifka,S/Karlovy Vary 2005 (46)}) 11. Rh3 {
A typical manoeuvre. The rook is going to g3, which might be annoying for the
black king...} f5 12. Bf4 $6 ({After} 12. exf6 $6 Nxf6 {black is fine.}) (12.
a4) 12... a4 13. Nbd4 Nxc5 {Black has already great initiative on the
queenside, while white's chances on the other side of the board are quite
murky...} 14. Qe3 a3 $6 {This move looks rather illogical. Black could use Pb2
as a target.} (14... Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 15. Rb1 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nb4 $17) 15. b3
Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Nxd3 (16... Qc3 17. Qe1 Qxe1+ 18. Kxe1 $11) 17. cxd3 $6 {This
move is directly connected with the exchange sacrifice. Frankly speaking, this
should not work, but from practical point of view this is quite interesting...}
(17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. cxd3 Kh7 $1 $15 {Preventing white's possible Bxh6 strike
forever.}) (17. Qxd3 {was objectively stronger.}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19.
Rc1 (19. Bxh6 $2 f4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qb6 $19) 19... Qb6 20. Rxc5 {Forced.} Qxc5 21.
Rg3 Rf7 (21... Kh7 $2 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nxe6+ {winning the queen.}) 22. Bxh6
f4 $1 23. Bxf4 Bd7 $2 {Wasting a crucial tempo.} (23... Qc3 24. Kg1 Qa1+ 25.
Kh2 Qxa2 26. Bh6 (26. Ne2 Qb2 27. Bh6 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3g5]} b6 $1 {[%csl
Yg7][%cal Ya8a7,Ya7g7]} 28. Qg5 Raa7 {This shows another drawback of 23...Bd7,
the 7th rank is blocked in that case.} 29. Qd8+ Rf8 30. Qg5 Rf5 31. Qd8+ Kh7
$19) 26... Qxf2 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxf7 (28. Qg5 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 $19) 28...
Qxf7 {[%csl Ga3] and white can't create real threats against the opponent's
king, while black's strong passed pawn should bring him a victory.}) 24. Kg1 $1
Qc3 25. Kh2 $1 {White's king is safe now, which can not be said about his
counterpart.} Qb2 26. Bh6 Raf8 (26... Qxa2 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.",
"","","d4e2","",20,"h6g7","",0,"e3g5","",0]} 27. Ne2 $3 $18 (27. Bxg7 $2 Rxg7
28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qg5+ {with a perpetual check only.}) (27. Qg5 $2 Qxf2 28.
Rf3 (28. Bxg7 Qxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Rxg7 $17 {[%csl Ga3]}) 28... Qxf3 29. gxf3 a2 30.
Nc2 Kf8 {and black is fine again.}) 27... Qb2 (27... Qxe2 28. Qxe2 a2 29. Qg4
a1=Q 30. Bxg7 $18) (27... Be8 28. Qg5 Qxe2 29. Bxg7 Rf5 30. Qh6 {mating.}) 28.
Qg5 Qxe2 29. Bxg7 Qh5 30. Qxh5 Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. h5 a2 34.
Qf6+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. h6 Rg8 37. Qa3 $18) 27. f3 Rc8 28. Rg4 $1 {[%csl Yd4]
[%cal Yg4d4] Protecting the knight and threatening Qe3-g5 which is deadly for
black.} Be8 29. Nxe6 (29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Nxe6 $18)
29... Bd7 30. Bxg7 Bxe6 31. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Arber op 1st"]
[Site "Bayerisch Eisenstein"]
[Date "2012.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {Die Hausner-Variante! Diesen Zug spielte Ivan
bereits, als Moro noch nicht auf der Welt war!} 4. e5 $1 {Aus meiner Sicht die
prinzipiellste Reaktion.} c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 {Wohl am besten.} 6. Ndf3 $5 {Eine
seltene Idee, üblich ist 6.dxc5. Es gelang mir, meinen Gegner, der über eine
enorme Erfahrung mit dieser Variante verfügt, mit diesem Zug zu überraschen.
Trotzdem zog er gewohnt zügig} Nc6 7. Bd3 f5 $6 $146 {Auch das kam recht
schnell. Der Zug ist neu, aber nicht gut. Richtig ist 7...cxd4, während das
von Houdini favorisierte 7..c4 zu einer für Schwarz strategisch nahezu
verlorenen Stellung führt.} 8. Qg3 {Die richtige Reaktion. Von nun an ist der
Bauer e6 chronisch schwach. 8.exf6?! Sf6 ist dagegen fein für den
Nachziehenden.} cxd4 9. Ne2 $1 {! Besser, als das naheliegende 9.a3?! Sh6! Da
Weiß sowieso nicht vor hat, zu rochieren, ist...} Bb4+ {...völlig harmlos} 10.
Kf1 Bc5 11. a3 a5 12. h4 Nge7 {Hier funktioniert 12...Sh6 13.Lxh6 gxh6 14.Df4
nicht mehr.} 13. Nf4 h6 14. Nh5 $1 {Für diesen Zug habe ich fast eine halbe
Stunde verbraucht - viel zu viel. Im Grunde impliziert das Springermanöver
bereits das folgende Figurenopfer, da Weiß anders nicht mehr vorwärts kommt.
Die Alternative 14.h5 erschien mir aber zu lahm - zurecht, wie die Analyse
zeigte.} g6 (14... Rg8 $4 15. Nxg7 Rxg7 16. Bxh6 $18) 15. Nf6 Qc7 16. Rh3 {
Hier hätte es bereits eine konkrete (und recht sehenswerte!) Lösung gegeben:} (
16. h5 $1 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Qxg5 Ng8 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. h6 $18)
19. h6 Qf7 20. Qg7+ $3 Qxg7 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Ne8+ $18) 16... Nd8 17. h5 $1 {
Jetzt oder nie, Schwarz drohte sich mit Sd8-f7 zu konsolidieren} g5 18. Bxg5 $1
hxg5 19. Nxg5 Ng8 $1 20. Ngh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7+ Rxh7 {Schwarz hat den Angriff
abgeschlagen, dabei aber Material eingebüßt. Außerdem ist sein König schwach
und die Leichtfiguren schlecht koordiniert, kurzum - Weiß steht auf Gewinn.}
22. Qf4 Nh6 23. f3 Ndf7 (23... Nhf7 24. g4 Nc6 {mag einen Tick genauer sein,
ändert aber auch nicht an der Stellungsbewertung}) 24. g4 Be7 25. gxf5 $2 {
in schwerer Fehler in herannahender Zeitnot, der die Sache noch einmal richtig
spannend macht, was aber nicht direkt meine Absicht war. Die Idee, die
Stellung zu öffnen, ist richtig, aber Weiß muss sich zuerst koordinieren:} (25.
Rg3 Bd7 26. Ke2 Rg7 27. gxf5 Rxg3 28. Qxg3 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Rg1 $18)
25... Nxf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 {Jetzt bin ich mir nicht mal mehr sicher, ob Weiß
hier überhaupt besser steht. Vor allem ist die Stellung aber ein
Paradebeispiel für ein gängiges modernes Phänomen: Am Brett fehlen dir hier
jegliche Orientiere, alle allgemeinen Gesetzte scheinen außer Kraft zu sein,
tieferes Rechnen ist selbst mit ausreichender Zeit kaum möglich, weil sich die
Varianten viel zu sehr verzweigen, in Zeitnot befindend, beschränkte ich mich
einfach darauf, nach Möglichkeit nichts einzustellen. Zu Hause angekommen,
schaltest Du eine Engine ein und gewinnst sofort das Gefühl, alles über die
Stellung zu erfahren. Die Stellungsbewertung steht klar und deutlich vor Dir,
eine ganze Reihe von Zugvorschlägen direkt dahinter, keine Geheimnisse mehr!
Ich denke aber, dass der Schein trügt. Selbst für das elektronische Hirn ist
die vorliegende Stellung (wie auch viele andere!) zu komplex, nur kennt es, im
Gegensatz zu unser einem, keine Zweifel.} 27. Qxd4 $6 Ng5 28. Rh1 Be6 $6 (28...
Nxf3 29. Qxd5 Ng5 30. Rd1 Be6 $1 31. Qxb7 Rc8 $13) 29. Qb6 $2 (29. Ke2) 29...
Kf7 (29... d4 $1) 30. Ke2 d4 31. Rag1 Bc4+ 32. Kd1 Ne6 33. Qxb7 Rd8 34. Rg6 Bd5
35. Qb6 (35. Qa6 {war wohl genauer, aber versuchen Sie mal, am Brett den
Unterschied herauszufinden.}) 35... Rxh5 $2 (35... Rdh8 $1 $13) 36. Rxh5 Kxg6
37. Rh3 Kg5 $3 {Die Rufzeichen stehen nicht für den objektiven Wert des Zuges
- den kennst sowieso niemand - sondern für die Ästhetik der dahinter
steckenden Idee.} 38. Qxa5 Kf4 39. Qa6 (39. Qd2+ $1 Kxe5 40. Qe1+ Kd6 41. f4 $1
{gewann auf eine ähnliche Art und Weise, wie sie später auch in der Partie
funktionierte.}) 39... d3 $2 {Das ist aber nun objektiv zu viel des Guten.
Deutlich stärker (und schöner!) war, z.B.} (39... Ng5 40. Rh4+ Kg3 41. Rh6 Nxf3
(41... d3 $5) (41... Bxf3+ $5 42. Kc1 Ne4) 42. Rh7 Kf4 $3 43. Rxe7 Rh8 44. Qf1
Bc4 $3 45. Qg2 Rh2 46. Qxh2+ Nxh2) 40. cxd3 $2 {Mit Sekunden auf der Uhr
schaffte ich es nicht, nach} (40. c4 Nc5 41. Qh6+ Bg5 {den Killerzug} 42. Rh4+
$1 {zu finden}) 40... Ke3 $2 {!! Fragezeichen für den objektiven Wert des
Zuges, Rufzeichen für die Folgerichtigkeit. 40...Lg5 führte zu..., na, Sie
wissen schon.} 41. f4+ $2 {Nun hatte ich endlich, zum ersten Mal seit die
Konstellation entstanden ist, Zeit zum Rechnen und verrechnete mich trotzdem!
Gewonnen hätte} (41. Qa5 Bxf3+ 42. Kc2 Nd4+ 43. Kb1 $18) 41... Kxf4 42. Qa4+
Kxe5 43. Re3+ Kf6 $2 {Danach geht mein Plan auf. Zwar hätte die Echovariante} (
43... Kd6 44. Qa6+ Kd7 45. Qb5+ Kd6 46. Qb6+ Kd7 47. Re5 $18 {ebenfalls
verloren, aber das zauberhafte 43...Le4!! scheint tatsächlich zu halten -
unglaublich!}) 44. Qh4+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kf6 46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh6+ Kf7
49. Re5 Bb3+ 50. Ke1 Rd6 51. Qh5+ Kg8 {Von f8 nach e3 und wieder zurück, aber
hier findet er seinen Tod.} 52. Qe8+ Bf8 53. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {Sergey Tiviakov one of the leading expert in French
defence for white side.And it is funny that he has so good results making just
this modest move.} Be7 {Favorite weapon of all armenian grandmasters- boring
and solid players prefers 3... c5} 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3
Bxc5 {I don,t like this move} (7... Nb4 $5 8. Nb3 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 $1 {more
intersting and stronger, for example} 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
e5 Be7 14. d4 Qa5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. Rc2 Ba6 19. Rac1 Rfc8
$13 {0-1 Losev,D-Radjabov,T/Alushta Spring 2001/ (41)}) 8. O-O Qc7 9. a3 a6 {
I got this position few times with black in line 3.Nd2 a6, with additional
tempi ( don't forget , that Black took pawn in two moves) and still black's
task was not easy} ({Worth considering} 9... Bd7 10. e5 Ng4 11. b4 Nd4 $1 {
with possible continuation} (11... Bb6 12. Bb2 $36 {[%csl Ge5]}) 12. Qd1 Nxf3+
$5 (12... Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Ba4 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. h3 Nh6
18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qh5 $14 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Barsov,A/Patras op 2001/ (39)}) 13.
Nxf3 Be7 14. Qe2 f6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. exf6 Qxf4 17. fxe7 Rf7 18. h3 Nf6 19. c4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Gaprindashvili,V-Itkis,B/Alushta Autumn-2 2000/ (24)}) (9... a5
10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe4 Nf6 12. Qc4 b6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Bb5 O-O-O
16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6+ Qb7 20. Qc4+ Qc7 21. Qe2 Kb7
22. c3 Bf6 23. Be3 $14 {1-0 Mahesh Chandran,P-Pert,N/Witley YM 2000/ (58)}) 10.
e5 $146 {[%mdl 4] New, simple and strong move, promice to White better chances}
(10. b4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Ra2 {1/2-1/2 Jaracz,P-Socko,B/POL-ch Plock 2000 
(12)}) 10... Nd7 (10... Ng4 11. b4 Ba7 (11... Nd4 12. Qd1 Ba7 13. Bb2) 12. Bb2
$36) 11. Re1 $1 (11. b4 $6 Bd4 $1) 11... b5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Nfd4
$16 {[%csl Rc8,Gd4][%cal Ge2g4] White got dream position: advantage in space,
full control on important d4 square, possibilities for attack on the king side.
} Bd7 15. c3 Na4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 g6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gf4g5]
There is no need for a long cogitation here to perceive that the exchange of
dark-squared bishops will bring White large dividends: elimination of an
important defender of Black's king, control of the dark squares and last but
not least, the white queen will acquire total freedom of movement on the
kingside and thus become pretty threatening for the Black king.} Bf8 20. Bg5 (
20. Bh6 $5 Bxh6 (20... Nxb2 21. Bxf8 Nxd3 22. Bd6 $1 $18) 21. Qxh6 Nxb2 $5 22.
Bxg6 Nc4 23. Bh5 $36 {[%csl Gh5]}) 20... Bg7 21. Qf4 h6 (21... O-O 22. Bh6 $40
(22. Be7 Nc5 23. Bc2 f6 $1 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44)) 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rg8 (23...
O-O 24. Re3 Qd8 25. Qf4 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4,Ge3,Gf4,Rg8]}) 24. Qf4 Rh8 {Black
hasn't even shadow of counterplay} 25. Qf6 Rg8 26. Re3 Qd8 27. Qf4 h5 (27...
Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rg3 $18) (27... Rh8 28. Rh3) 28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Nf3 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf3g5] Black position is still hard nut to crack and Tiviakov
brings knight to the king's side.} Bc6 30. Ng5 Rg7 31. Bc2 Nb6 32. h4 Nd7 (
32... Nc4 $5) 33. Rf3 {[%csl Rf7]} Ra7 34. Qd4 (34. Nxf7 Rxf7 35. Bxg6 Nf8 36.
Bxh5 $18 {Was good enough}) 34... Qc5 $2 {Final blunder in very bad position.}
(34... Nf8 $142) 35. Nxf7 $1 $18 {Rest is simple} Qxd4 (35... Rxf7 36. Bxg6
Qxd4 37. Bxf7+) 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. cxd4 {[%csl Rc6,Re7,Rg6]} Ra8 38. Rc1 Rf8 39.
Rg3 Rf4 40. Bxg6 Rxd4 (40... Ba8 41. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8e8,Rc8a8]} Rf8 42. Rc7) 41.
Rxc6 (41. Rxc6 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Nxe5 43. Rc7+ Kxd6 44. Rxg7 Ng4+ 45. Rxg4 hxg4 46.
h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 18th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 (5. exd5 exd5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5
Nf6 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. Qd1 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 $11
{0-1 Srebrnic,M-Praznik,A/Ljubljana op 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (26)}) 5...
Nd7 $6 $146 (5... Bxc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Be7 (7... Ba7 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O
10. Bg5 Nc6 11. c3 Bb8 12. f4 Ba7+ 13. Kh1 Qd6 14. Bc2 Ng4 15. Nbd4 h6 16. Qd3
f5 17. Bh4 Be6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. h3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Rfe1
$36 {1-0 Stentebjerg Hansen,P-Petersen,K/DEN-chJ int 1979 (28)}) 8. Ne2 Nf6 9.
Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Gurevich,M/Brussels op 1995 (9)}) 6. b4 $1 a5 (6... b6
7. exd5 exd5 (7... Qf6 8. Rb1 bxc5 9. Ne4 Qe5 10. dxe6 Qxe6 11. Nf3 cxb4 (11...
Ngf6 12. O-O $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 12. O-O $16) 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. cxb6 $16) (6... Qg5
7. Ngf3 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qh3 9. Rg3 Qh5 10. Rg5 $16) 7. exd5 Qf6 (7... exd5 8. Qe2+
Be7 9. c3 $16) 8. Rb1 Qe5+ 9. Ne2 axb4 (9... Qxd5 10. Be4 Qh5 11. Bf3 Qf5 12.
c6 $18) 10. dxe6 Qxe6 11. O-O (11. Rxb4 Ngf6) 11... Bxc5 12. Nf4 $16 Qc6 13.
Qe2+ (13. Qg4 Kf8 $1) 13... Ne7 14. Bb5 (14. Ne4 $5 O-O 15. Bb2 $40) 14... Qc7
(14... Qb6 15. a3 $1 $18) 15. Ne4 O-O (15... b6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Re1 Bb7 (
17... O-O 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Nd3) 18. Bd2 $18) 16. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Ge2e7]} Bd6 (
16... b6 17. Nexc5 Nxc5 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Nxb4 $16) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxb4 (18.
Bf4 Qf6) 18... Nf6 19. Rd1 Qe6 (19... Qc7 20. Qc4 $5) 20. Bb2 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Be6
22. Bf3 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Gb4,Gf3]} Ra5 (22... Bxa2 23. Nxa2 Rxa2 24. Bxb7) 23.
Bxb7 Nfd5 $5 24. a3 f6 (24... Nxb4 25. axb4 Rb5 26. Bf3 Rxb4 $2 27. Ba3 Rxb1
28. Rxb1 $18) 25. c4 Nf4 $6 (25... Nxb4 $1 26. axb4 Ra4 27. b5 Bxc4 28. Rd7)
26. Re1 Ra7 27. Bf3 (27. Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b5,Ga3a4]}) 27... Bxc4 28. Re4 Bd3
29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30. Bd4 Rc7 (30... Rd7 31. Be2 Nf5 32. Bb6 Rb8 33. a4 $18) 31.
Be2 $1 Nc1 32. Bf1 (32. Rxe7 $2 Rxe7 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. Rxc1 Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c1]})
32... Nf5 33. Bb6 Rb8 34. a4 Kh8 35. a5 $138 (35. Bxc7 $1) 35... Nd6 36. Bxc7
1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Ider, Borya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Une ligne secondaire
dont l'idée revient au GMI BRICARD qui aime sortir des sentiers battus de la
théorie. Elle semble tout а fait jouable des Top GMI comme SHORT ou MOROZEVICH
l'ont essayé avec des bons résultats.} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:01:58] Le GMI est un
peu surpris puisqu'il ne répond pas а tempo} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} ({RR} 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 a5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb5
Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Be2 a4 13. b4 Ba6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 cxb4
17. cxb4 b5 18. Ne1 Nb6 19. Nd3 Nc4 {Vallejo Pons,F (2663)-Morozevich,A (2732)/
Monte Carlo 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1 (69)}) 5... c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} (6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8. Nxe4) 6... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 7.
Nb3 {[%emt 0:07:06]} (7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 $14 {Yang,K (2409)-Cao Sang (2547)
Asia-ch Mashhad 2011 (1) 0-1}) (7. Ne4 $5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5) 7... cxd4 $146 {
[%emt 0:03:04]} ({RR} 7... Qc7 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Re1 Be7
12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Kranzl,P (2279)
-Reschun,S (2246)/Austria 2009/EXT 2010}) 8. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:
06:26][%cal Gc2c4] Pas forcément indispensable et les Blancs pouvaient ausssi
jouer directement c4 sans craindre la réponse Nb4} (10. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1]})
(10. c4 Nb4 11. Bb1 N8c6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 10... Bb6 {
[%emt 0:05:32]} (10... e5 $1 {[%cal Gc8g4] Libérer le mauvais Bc8 est pourtant
un coup candidat qui doit libérer les Noirs.} 11. Nb3 Bd6 $11) 11. c4 {[%emt 0:
07:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 12. Re1 $14 {[%emt 0:07:27][%csl Rc8]} Kh8 $6 {
[%emt 0:17:52] Trop lent} (12... Bd7 $142 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 13. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:
37]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 15. Nb5
{[%emt 0:03:02]} (15. Be3 a6 (15... e5 16. Nb5)) 15... Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 16.
b4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} a6 {[%emt 0:12:27]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 18. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} a5 $6 {[%emt 0:23:52]} 19. b5 {[%emt 0:08:22]}
(19. Na4 $1 Bd4 (19... Bc7 20. b5) 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Nb6 Rb8 23.
Rad1 $32) 19... Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 20. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 22. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:25]}
(22. Rxd4 $5 Rxd4 23. Nd5 $36 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Bd7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Bxe5 {[%csl Gc2,
Ge5]} Nxd5 27. Bb3 {[%csl Rd5,Re7][%cal Gb3d5,Ge5g7]}) 22... Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:
20]} 23. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:23:40] Conduit а des grosses complications} (23. Qd3
Rxd5 $1 24. cxd5 Bxb2) (23. Nxe7 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Bxb2) (23. Qf1 {[%csl Rf1]} Bxd1
(23... Qe6 24. Rxd4) 24. Nxe7 Bxc2 $13 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxe5 Rad8 (26... Rd1
27. Re1)) 23... Bxf2+ $1 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:05][%csl Rg4]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 26.
Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:32][%csl Ra3]} 27. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Be3 {[%emt 0:01:20] (=)} (29... g5 $11 {[%cal Gh8g7]}) 30. h3 {
[%emt 0:06:52]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 32. c5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26][%csl Gb5]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. b6 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 34. b7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:01]
} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} g5 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 37. Be4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 38. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} Be5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (38... Bb8) 39. Rd5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:34]
} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:47]} (39... a4 40. Rxe5) 40. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 42. Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 43. a4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 44.
a5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 45. a6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 46. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. a7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 (5... Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2
Qc7 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc2 b6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Qd3 a5 14.
Nxc5 bxc5 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Ba6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. h3 h6 20. Rb1
Bc4 21. a4 Ne4 22. Bd2 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxf2 24. Qf3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c4+ 26. Qd4 Re2
27. Rd1 Qxb2 28. Qxd5 Qc2 29. Bf4 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Re2 31. Rg1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3
33. Bxh6 d2 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg1 {McShane,L (2697)-Rapport,R (2676) Germany
2014 0-1}) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bc4 b6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2
$146 (11. Bxd5 Rxd5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. c4 Rf5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rd1
Na5 17. Nd4 Re5 18. Bf4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxc7 Nxc4 21. Nb5 Nxb2 22. Rd7
Bf6 23. Rb1 h5 24. h3 Rxa2 25. Bd8 Be5 26. Bc7 Nc4 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd4 Rd2
29. Rc1 b5 30. Ra1 Re4 31. Raa7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Rxf2 33. Nf3 Ree2 34. Rxf7 Rxg2+
35. Kh1 Nd6 {0-1 (35) Godena,M (2526)-Sutovsky,E (2692) Spoleto 2011}) 11...
bxc5 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 h6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 N7b6 17. Bb3
a5 18. a3 Ba6 19. c4 Nf4 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Qc3 f5 22. Ng3 a4 $15 {[%csl Rb2]} 23.
Bc2 Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf4g2]} 24. h4 Rd4 $1 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxc4
27. Qxb6 Bxf3 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. gxf3 Rf8 30. h5 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Nh3+
{Une répétition de coups pour gagner du temps à la pendule} 33. Kg2 Qh4 34.
Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qd6 $13 {Malgré la structure, la position Blanche
reste jouable} Rd8 37. Qa6 $2 $138 (37. Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4h4]} Nf4+ (37... Rd4
38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qxf5+) 38. Kg1 $132) 37... Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40.
Kg1 Kh7 $1 {Une précaution évitant un échec intermédiaire} 41. Qf1 $2 (41.
Qb5 {[%cal Gb5f5,Gb5a4]} Rd5 42. Qb4 {[%cal Gb4h4]} (42. Qxa4 Nh3+) 42... Qg5
$36 {[%cal Gf4h5]}) 41... Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 $5 8.
c3 Nfd7 9. exd5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 (11... Nba6 {xb5} 12. Re1 (12.
Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. b4 Nb3 15. Ra3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bg4 $11) 12... Bf6 13.
Nd4 Nc7 14. N2f3 Bg4 $5 (14... a4 $5 {idea a3 xc3}) 15. h3 Bh5 16. Be3 Bxd4 $5
{xf3} 17. Bxd4 N5e6 $11) 12. Nd4 (12. Nb3 $5 $11) 12... Bd7 (12... Nxd4 $1 13.
cxd4 Ne6 {xd4} 14. Nf3 (14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Nf3 a4 $15 {xb5}) 14... Nc7 (14... Bf6
$5 15. Be3 Nc7 $15) 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qe3 $1 Bd6 17. Ne5 Be6 $13) 13. N2f3 Bf6
14. Be3 Re8 $13 15. Rfd1 Ne4 {idea a4} (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 a4 $5 $11 {idea a3
xc3}) 16. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga4] x a5 xb5} Qc7 (16... Rc8 17. Re1 (17. Nb3 $5 $14 {
xa5 xb6}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Bxb5 $11) 17. h3 $5 {xg4} (17. Nc2
Bg4 $5 18. Rxd5 Bxc3 $5 19. bxc3 Nxc3 20. Qc4 Bxf3 21. Rc5 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Re4 23.
Qa2 Qxh2 24. gxf3 Nf4 $5 (24... Ned4 $3 25. Ke1 Nxc2+ 26. Rxc2 Qh1+ 27. Kd2
Rd8+ 28. Bd3 Qxf3 $19) 25. Bxf4 $4 (25. Rg5 Rxe3 $5 (25... Qh3+ 26. Ke1 Qxf3
27. Rg3 Ng2+ 28. Kf1 Nxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 (30. Rg1 Qh3+ 31. Rg2 Rd8 $15)
) 26. Nxe3 (26. fxe3 Nh3 27. Nd4 Qxa2 (27... Qh1+ $5 28. Ke2 Nxd4+ 29. exd4
Qh2+ 30. Kd3 Qxa2 31. Rxa2 Nxg5 $17) 28. Rxa2 Nxg5 $15) 26... Nd4 $1 27. Nd5 (
27. Rg4 h5 $19) (27. Qb2 Qh3+ 28. Ke1 Nxf3+ $19) 27... Nh3 $19) 25... Qh1#)
17... Rad8 18. Rac1 Nd6 19. Qd2 Nxd4 (19... Ne5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
b3 $11) (19... Nc4 $2 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nb5 $16 {xb6}) (19... Bxd4 $5 20. Bxd4
Nc4 $13) 20. Bxd4 (20. cxd4 $6 Qb6 $15) (20. Nxd4 Nc4 $15) 20... Ne4 (20...
Bxd4 21. cxd4 (21. Nxd4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nc4 $11) 21... Qb6 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 $11) 21.
Qd3 Bc6 $14 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Re1 Nc5 $6 $138 25. Qc2 Ne6 26. Qd2
$6 $138 (26. Bd3 $5 {xc6}) 26... Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Qc4 28. Qc2 g6 29. Re3 Kf8 30.
b3 Qf4 31. Rce1 Ng5 $6 (31... Nc5 $5 {+/=  =}) 32. Qd1 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Re8 $6 {
1/2 Draw  34.Rxe8!-Kxe8 35.f3!!-Qe3 36.Kf1-Ne6 37.Qxd5-Kg8!? Compensation!} (
33... Ne6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {This is Morozevich's main weapon against 1.e4,
The French, and this line in particular. Everybody knew it well in advance
before Sarajevo but no one was able to claim an opening advantage against him
there.} 4. Bd3 (4. e5 {See Adams-Morozevich a few rounds later for a powerful
demonstration of Black's play.}) 4... c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 $5
{Morozevich mentioned this move after the game as the theoretical course, but
I can only find a single game with it in my database played by two women. Some
examples about the other possibilities are:} (7... Bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 9. a3 Be7
10. c4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $14 {1-0 Popovic,
P-Hausner,I/BL8889 1989/GER-chT (42)}) (7... O-O 8. a3 Bxc5 9. O-O Re8 10. e5
Nd7 11. b4 Bf8 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. b5 Na4 15. Ba1 Nb8 16. Ne4 Nc5 17.
Nf6+ $5 gxf6 18. exf6 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 $13 {1-0 Kengis,E-Nevednichy,B/
Pavlodar 1987/EXT 97 (37)}) 8. O-O (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. O-O $5 Nxc2 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7
$1 {seems Ok for Black}) (8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nb3 $6 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3
b6 12. O-O Ba6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shadrina,T-Matveeva,S/Kstovo 1998/EXT 99 (27)})
8... Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 $5 13. e5 Ng8 $5 {
Very impressive and played instantly.} 14. Bxe7 $6 {Now Black gets an easy
game.} (14. Bg3 $5 {Was critical to bring the bishop to e3 and gain tempos.
Black will have to move his queen and king bishop to develop the knight.})
14... Nxe7 15. Nfd4 $6 (15. Nbd4 $11) 15... Bd7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18.
Qa5 Qxa5 19. Nxa5 b6 20. Nab3 g5 $1 {It is clear that White has many problems,
the most critical one his pawn on e5.} 21. Rce1 Ng6 22. g3 a5 23. Nd2 a4 24.
Re3 $2 (24. a3 $142 {Although it is an unpleasant move.}) 24... a3 25. b3 Rc7
26. Kg2 b5 27. b4 $2 Ra4 28. Rb1 $2 f6 $3 {After this fine unexpected stroke
Black is completely winning} 29. exf6 e5 30. f7+ Kxf7 31. N4f3 Rc2 32. Nb3 Rxb4
33. Nxe5+ Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Kf6 35. Rbe1 Bf5 ({Black should be winning in many
ways but the most elegant would have been} 35... Re4 $3 {when all White's
resources vanishes after the exchange of a pair of rooks.}) 36. Rxd5 Bc8 37.
Rd6+ Kf7 38. Nd4 Rc7 39. Rxh6 Kg7 40. Rd6 Rb2 41. Re5 {Suddenly White is in
the game again.} g4 42. Nf5+ Bxf5 43. Rxf5 Rf7 44. Rdd5 Rxf5 45. Rxf5 Kg6 46.
Rc5 Rxa2 47. Rxb5 Rb2 48. Ra5 a2 49. d4 Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kf5 51. d5 Ke5 52. d6 Ke6
53. h4 gxh3+ 54. Kxh3 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Losev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. exd5 (4. Ngf3) 4... Qxd5 $5 (4... exd5) 5. Ngf3
Nf6 6. Bc4 (6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. c4 Qd8 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Re1 O-O
$10 {Rehak,M-Totsky,L/Mlada Boleslav/1993/0:1/23/}) 6... Qd8 7. Qe2 (7. O-O Bb7
8. c3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Ndf3 c5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nxd4 Bd5 15. Ba6 Qc7 $10 {Palac,M-Dammer,C/Oberwart/1992/0,5/54/}) (7. Ne5 $5)
7... Be7 (7... Bb7 8. Ne5 $1 {/\ Nf7!/}) 8. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 $6 (8... O-O 9. Ndf3
Bb7 $13) 9. Ndf3 Qe4 (9... Qd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nfd7 11. Qe4 $18) (10... Kf8
11. Ng5 $18) 11. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. Nxe6 $40) (9...
Bb4+ $2 10. c3 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 $18) 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O $44 {@,>< Qe4/} a5 $2 {
/\ Ba6/} (11... Nbd7 $1 $13) 12. Bd3 Qa4 13. Kb1 Ba6 (13... Bb7 $5 {/\ Be4/})
14. c4 $1 Qe8 (14... Nbd7 $2 15. Bc2 $18) 15. g4 $1 $16 Bb7 (15... Nbd7 $2 16.
g5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxh7+ $18) 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Rhg1 Bd6 (
17... Nc5 $16) 18. Bd4 f6 $2 (18... Nc5 19. Ng4 $1 Bxf3 (19... Nxd3 20. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 21. gxf6+ Kh8 22. Rg7 $18) 20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21. gxf6+ Kh8 22. Rg7 $1 $18)
(18... Bxf3 $1 19. Nxf3 (19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qxa8 Nbc6 $16) 19... Na6 $16) 19.
gxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng5 $18 Na6 (20... h6 21. Bg6 Qe7 22. Bf7+ $18) 21. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7
22. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. Qg4+ Kf6 24. Nc6+ e5 25. Qf5+ Kg7 26. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{The most spectacular game in the first round was played - by the lowest rated
player!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 ({While the standard lines with} 3... Nf6
) (3... c5) ({and even} 3... dxe4 {occur considerably more often in practice,
the text-move might objectively be no worse. Introduced on GM level by
Romanishin in the 1970s, it's popularity received a substantial boost when
Morozevich took it up in the late 1990s. Hannes Langrock summed up the
theoretical development of the whole line in a series of articles in CBM
126-129 (late 2008/2009). I will try not to quote him excessively and mention
mainly any relevant newer developments.}) 4. Bd3 {The current consensus is
that this is the main test of Black's idea, as summed up by Langrock in CBM
127.} ({While both} 4. e5 {and}) (4. c3 {have their fine points and require
accurate reactions from Black, they still have sideline status. Langrock shows
in CBM 128 and 129 respectively that they do not pose a serious threat to 3...
Be7.}) ({This goes also for} 4. Ngf3 {(CBM 126), after} Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3
c5 7. c3 {Black has 2 options:} Nc6 {is the standard move, leading to
positions from the 3...Nf6 line, which are not considered critical for Black.
Here the more testing set-ups are ones , in which White places his N on e2 and
f3 and for this reason White's 4-th move is more flexible.} (7... b6 8. Qe2 Bb7
$5 {is a rare, but plausible sideline, analysed and recommended by Langrock:}
9. O-O (9. h4 h6 10. Nf1 Qc8 11. Qe3 Ba6 12. Bb1 Bxf1 $6 (12... Nc6 13. Ng3
cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 $15 {|^}) 13. Kxf1 Nc6 14. a3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Ba2 Qa6+
17. Kg1 Rc8 18. Rh3 Rc6 19. h5 Qc8 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Qe1 Kf8 {Stanojevic,S (2130)
-Ernst,H/Pizol/1997/(40)} 22. Bf4 $36 {עf8,Rg8}) 9... Qc8 10. a3 $5 (10. Rd1
Ba6 11. c4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nxd5 15. Ne4 h6 $5 $13 {
Langrock}) 10... a5 (10... Ba6 11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 $132) 11. Re1 Nc6 12.
Qe3 (12. b3 Ba6 13. c4 $13) 12... Ba6 13. Bb1 h6 14. Nf1 a4 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Nd2
g6 17. Ba2 Qc6 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Bb7 21. b4 axb3 22. Bxb3 d4
23. Qg3 Bh4 24. Qh3 {Cizinsky,P (1946)-Kuchynka,L (2307)/Stare Mesto/2009/}
Nxe5 25. cxd4 Nd3 $13)) 4... c5 ({The point from the previous note is
illustrated by} 4... Nf6 $143 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 (6. Qg4 $5) 6... c5 7. c3 Nc6
8. Nf3 $14 {In this line, in which Black's main plan is to undermine White's 
[+] with f6, the 3...Be7 move is redundant - after ef6 the ideal square for
the B is d6.}) 5. dxc5 {Clearly the strongest. Harmless alternatives are} (5.
Ngf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Nd7 11.
Rd1 Ke7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bc2 b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rhd8 16. Ne5 h5 17. f3 {
1/2,Akopian,V (2660)-Kortschnoj,V (2659)/Kolkata/2000/}) (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. Nb3 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. c3 O-O
13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Nf6
19. Re2 Nfd5 20. g3 Rec7 $11 {Xie Jun (2573)-Yu Shaoteng (2542)/Suzhou/2006/})
(5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O $11 {leads to a
typical situation with the isolated Pd4, which can arise from other openings
as well - the Caro-Kann Panov, Queen's gambit, or c3 Sicilian to name a few.
The position is balanced and roughly equal.}) 5... Nf6 6. Qe2 {Again the main
try. White retains the central tension and avoids the Q-swap after} (6. Ngf3
dxe4 {-5.Ngf3}) (6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 {-5.ed5}) 6... O-O {Langrock prefers
this line as well.} ({Morozevich used to play} 6... Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8. Nb3
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 {, but} 10. a4 $1 {causes Black problems. The almost untested}
dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O {seems to be only a partial solution:} (11... b6 12. Qb5+ Kf8
{Miroshnichenko,E (2525)-Romero Holmes,A (2524)/Chalkidiki/2002/} 13. Ne5 $5
Nxe4 14. Qc6 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. cxb6 $16) 12. O-O b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 (
14. cxb6 $5 Qxb6 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Be3 $14) 14... bxc5 15. Rac1 (15. e5 $142 Nd5
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc2 $14) 15... Ba6 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Bh4 {1/2,Rublevsky,S 
(2664)-Radjabov,T (2628)/Hyderabad/2002/} Bf8 $5 $13) 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O (8. a4
Na6 {is fully playable for Black - after} 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 {
he has excellent <=>. We will see a similar position below, only with White
having played the more useful 0-0 instead of a4.}) 8... Na6 {While this move
is played more often, than anything else, developing the N to the rim has its
drawbacks.} ({Here Langrock recommends the alternative} 8... Nc6 $5 9. a4 (9.
c4 a4 10. Rd1 Bxc5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Ne4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb5 b6 17. Be3 Ra5 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 a3 $1 $44 {Rublevsky,S
(2670)-Pelletier,Y (2623)/Poikovsky/2003/}) (9. c3 Nd7 10. exd5 exd5 $132 {
gives Black a fully playable isolani position, with a timely a4-a3 advance
givings him sufficient <=> in some lines.}) 9... Nb4 10. Nb3 b6 $1 11. e5 Nd7
12. c6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 {Kotronias,V (2607)-Drasko,M (2464)/Cutro/2004/
} Nc5 $13) 9. e5 (9. exd5 exd5 $1 (9... Qxd5 10. Nc4 Bxc5 11. c3 $36 {פa6})
10. Nb3 a4 11. Nbd4 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Nfe4 $132) 9... Nd7 10. c4 {White opens the 
[+], but this helps to activate Black's forces as well.} ({An alternative
method of fighting for an advantage is} 10. c3 $5 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 (11... f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qe3 Qe8 17. Ng5 g6 (
17... Bxg5 $2 18. Qxg5 Ne4 19. Qh4 Qc6 20. Be3 h6 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23.
Bd4 $16 {Kotronias,V (2626)-Ni Hua (2603)/Khanty Mansiysk/2005/ See the notes
by Postny in CBM 111.}) 18. Qg3 Qe7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. h4 $5 $14) 12. Re1 f6 $5 (
12... Ba6 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nb8 15. Qh3 g6 16. f4 Nc6 17. N2f3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4
Ne4 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Rad1 Qe8 22. Qh6 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bd4 $16 {
Kotronias,V (2622)-Lopez Martinez,J (2518)/Kusadasi/2006/}) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Nb3 Ba6 15. Qd1 Bb7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nd4 $142) (18. a4
$5 $14 {><b6}) 18... dxe4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 b5 22. Red1 Bd5
23. Be3 a4 24. Rd4 Rdc8 $11 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2604)-Shulman,Y (2639)/Reykjavik/
2009/}) 10... Ndxc5 {Black seeks activity, but his forces get sidelined from
the >> in the process - something for which he will pay dearly later on.} ({
Therefore the more restrained} 10... Naxc5 $5 {deserves serious attention:} 11.
Bc2 b6 12. b3 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Nb8 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. Re3 Bd5 20. Qf4 $44 {Papp,G (2509)-Vavrak,P 
(2478)/HUN-chT 0809/2009/}) 13. Bb2 Qb8 $5 (13... Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nf8
16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Rad1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Nbd4 Qe8 21. Qe3 Ba6 22.
Rc1 Rac8 23. Ba1 Rc7 24. h4 $13 {/+/=,Jens,J (2356)-Cvek,R (2520)/Pardubice/
2009/}) (13... f5 14. Nd4 Qb8 15. Rad1 (15. Rfe1 $14) 15... Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bf6
23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Rd5 Kf7 25. Be3 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2634)-Sprenger,J (2536)/
Bundesliga 0708/2008/} Ne6 $5 $11) 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Bb1 a4 17. Qe3
axb3 18. axb3 Ng6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Nf8 21. Nh2 Bg5 22. f4 Bh4 23. Rf1 dxc4 24.
Nxc4 Ba6 25. Nf3 Be7 26. Rc1 Ra7 27. Kh2 Rac7 $132 {Kaplan,S (2437)-Rodshtein,
M (2586)/Biel/2007/}) 11. Bb1 (11. cxd5 $6 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 $15) 11... Nb4 (
11... b6 $5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 (12... exd5 13. Nd4 Nb4 14. Rd1 g6 15. N2f3 Qd7 16.
Qe3 f5 17. Qh6 Bd8 18. a3 Nba6 19. Ba2 Nc7 20. Bf4 Bb7 21. Ng5 Qg7 22. Ngf3 Qd7
23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Rac1 Bxg5 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxg5 Rfe8 27. f4 $16 {White,I 
(2015)-Buckley,M (2184)/Torquay/2002/}) 13. Ne4 (13. Nc4 $1 $36) 13... Bb7 (
13... Nb4 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Nd4 $14) 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nf6+ (16. Bf4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc5 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19.
Qg4+ Kh8 {1/2,Cortes Bueno,J (2221)-Jerez Perez,A (2414)/Pamplona/2005/}) ({
Double-edged and risky is} 11... d4 $6 12. Rd1 d3 13. Qe3 Nb4 (13... b6 14. a3
$5 Bb7 15. Ne1 $14) 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe4 Qb6 17. a3 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1
Nc6 19. Bxd3 g6 20. Bh6 $40 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2458)-Baklan,V (2595)/Paris/
2004/}) 12. Rd1 (12. Nb3 b6 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 b6 $132) 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. a3
Nc6 15. Rd1 g6 16. Qe3 (16. Bh6 $142) 16... Re8 17. h4 Ra7 18. Qf4 Rd7 19. Bc2
dxc4 (19... Ba6 $5 $13) 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxc4 Qb8 22. Qc3 Rd8 23. Be3 Be8 {
Mogranzini,R (2418)-Amato,A (2252)/ITA-ch Arvier/2008/} 24. h5 $14) 12... Qb6
$6 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty doesn't solve Black's problems and gives White
dangerous tactical chances - another piece strays from the >> (see the note to
Black's 10-th move).} (12... b6 13. Nd4 (13. a3 Nc6 14. Ne4 $1 $36) 13... Bb7 (
13... Qc7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ba2
$16 {Sebag,M (2519)-Paehtz,E (2482)/Novi Sad/2009/}) 14. N2f3 Qc8 15. Ng5 (15.
Bg5 $14) 15... h6 16. Qh5 dxc4 17. Nh7 Be4 (17... Rd8 $5 $13) 18. Bxh6 Bxb1 19.
Rdxb1 Kxh7 20. Bg5+ Kg8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bf6 $16 Nd7 (22... Ne4 $8 23. Re1 $5
$16) 23. Qg5 {1-0,Lauk,U (2367)-Kunitson,N (2104)/Tallinn/2007/}) 13. Nb3 $5 ({
The text-move is more energetic than} 13. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1e3,Yc1g5] /\Ne3,Bg5}
dxc4 14. Ne3 $14) 13... dxc4 (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 (14... Bc5 15. Ng5 $36 {
/\} h6 16. Nh7 Rd8 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf4 $1 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 $18)
15. Ng5 g6 (15... h6 16. Nh7 Rfd8 17. Nf6+ $1 $40) 16. Be3 $1 (16. Nxh7 Kxh7
17. Qh5+ Kg8 {/\} 18. Bxg6 Qxf2+ $1 $19 (18... fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8)) 16... Bc5 (
16... Qd8 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8
22. Rd4 $18) 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Bh6 $1 $18) 14. Qxc4 (14. Nbd2 c3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qc7 $13) 14...
Nxb3 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] We will see a lot of this
sacrificial motif yet!} Kxh7 16. Bg5 {Here White's -> breaks through with even
more ease:} f6 (16... Nxb3 17. Bxe7 $18) (16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5
19. exf6 $18) 17. Qh4+ Kg8 (17... Kg6 18. exf6 Rxd1+ (18... Bxf6 19. Rxd8 Qxd8
20. Ne5+ $18) 19. Rxd1 Bxf6 20. g4 $1 Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Be3) 22.
Be3 $18) 18. exf6 Rxd1+ (18... gxf6 19. Bh6 $1 $18) (18... Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Nxc5 $18) 19. Rxd1 Bxf6 20. Nxc5 $18) 15. axb3 $1 {Keeps the Q in the
firing line.} (15. Qxb3 a4 (15... Rd8 16. Be3 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qb5 18. Bg5 Bf8
19. Qd8 $5 Nc6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxf8 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Qxb2 24. Rc1
$44) 16. Qc4 Nd5 (16... Rd8 17. Bxh7+ $1 (17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bd2 Nd5 {[%cal
Ya4a3] /\a3<=>}) 17... Kxh7 18. Bg5 $40) 17. Bg5 Bc5 $5 $14 {/<=>}) 15... Rd8
$2 (15... Nd5 16. Ng5 $36 {is treacherous, but the text-move is certainly no
better.}) 16. Bd2 $6 {This hesitant move could have cost White almost all of
his advantage.} ({Time was already ripe for the tactical blow} 16. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 (16... Kf8 17. Bg5 $18) 17. Bg5 $1 f6 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5+ Kg8 (18... Kg6
19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Kxf6 21. Ne4+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ $18) 19. Qf4 $1 Rf8 (19... Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. Rd8+ $1 $18) 20. Qh4 Re8 (20... Rd8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7
23. Qxg7 $18) 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rd6 $18) (17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qc6 (18... Bf8
19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Rd8 {/\Rf8} f6 (20... Qc5 21. Be3 $18) 21. Rxf8+ $1 (21. exf6
$18) 21... Kxf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. exf6 e5 24. Nxe5+ Ke6 25. fxg7 $18) (18...
Bxg5 19. Nxg5+ Kg6 20. Qg4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne4+ $18) (18... f6 19. Qe4+ (
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qh4+ Kg6 21. g4 $1 $18) 19... Kg8 (19... Kh8 20. exf6 $18)
20. exf6 Bf8 21. Ne5 $18) 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Bxe7 Nd5 21. Qe4 $1 $18 {White
prevents Qc2 and the threat Ng5 decides.}) 18. Qh4+ (18. exf6 $18 {transposes})
18... Kg8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rd5 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Ng5 Ke7 (
23... Qc7 24. Nh7+ (24. Re1 $5 $18) 24... Ke7 25. Nf6 $18) 24. Qg7+ Kd8 25.
Qf8+ Kd7 26. Ne4 $18) 16... Bd7 {Black finally develops his Bc8.} ({Shulman
refrains from} 16... Qa6 17. Qg4 $36 {- while this might not be fully clear,
it allows White to retain his attacking chances.}) 17. Bg5 {Once the <-> is
blocked, this is natural enough.} (17. Be3 Qb5 $11) (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Bg5 {
gives Black a choice between} Bxg5 $5 {transposing to the game, or} (18... Bc6
{-see the following note.})) 17... Bxg5 $2 {Returns the favour from move 16.} (
{Necessary was} 17... Bc6 $1 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Nd5 $44 {and due to White's doubled pawns, the extra P doesn't play a
major role.}) 18. Bxh7+ $6 {We have already seen this was in the air for a
while, the exclamation mark is for courage. However, White doesn't choose an
ideal moment for this blow and the question mark is for the sake of
objectivity. Here Can should have played the simple} (18. Nxg5 h6 (18... g6 $2
19. Qh4 h5 20. Nxf7 $18) 19. Rd6 Nc6 (19... Bc6 20. Nxf7 $1 Rxd6 $8 21. Nxd6
Bd5 22. Qf4 Rf8 23. Bh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf8 Qd4 25. h3 Qxe5 26. Nc4 $18) (19... Qb5
20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Qf4+ Ke7 23. Bg6 $18) 20. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 (20...
Kh8 21. Nxf7+ Kxh7 22. Qd3+ Kg8 23. Nxh6+ $1 (23. Nxd8 $18) 23... gxh6 24. Qg6+
Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rd3 $18) 25. Ra4 (25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qg6+ Ke7
27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Rd3 $18) 25... Qb4 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qh7+ Ke8
29. h4 $18) 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Rad1 Qb4 (22... Qc7 23. R1d3 g5 24. Rf3+ Kg7 (
24... Ke7 25. Qc5 b6 26. Rxe6+ Kxe6 27. Rf6#) 25. Bb1 {[%cal Rc4d3] /\Qd3+-})
23. Rxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kf8 25. Qe2 $16 {/+- Black has barely managed to
survive the first wave of the ->, but he is a P down and still under strong
pressure.}) 18... Kxh7 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 ({After} 19... Kg6 $2 20. Qg4 f5 {the
simplest is} 21. exf6 (21. Qg3 $5 Kh6 22. Rd6 $18) 21... Kxf6 22. Rd6 $1 $18 {
/\} Qxd6 23. Ne4+) 20. Rd6 (20. Qh4 Be8 $1 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Ne4 Kd8 $5 $13 (25... Qxb3 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 $11
)) (20. Qe4 Be8 {-20.Qh4}) 20... Qb5 $1 (20... Nc6 $143 $6 21. Qd3 Qc5 (21...
Kf8 $2 22. Nh7+ $1 Kg8 (22... Ke8 23. Qg3 $18) 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxd7+ Rxd7 25.
Rxd7 Nxe5 26. Qd6+ $18) (21... Qc7 $2 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rc1 $1 Qb8 24. Qh8+ Ke7
25. Qxg7 Nxe5 26. Rcd1 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Kxd6 28. f4 $18) (21... Qb4 22. Qh7+ $1 (
22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Nxe5 24. Qc7 Qd4 $132 {/=}) 22... Kf8 23. Rad1 (23. Qh8+
Ke7 24. Qxg7 Nxe5 25. Rad1 Qf4 26. g3 Qf5 27. f4) 23... Nxe5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25.
Qxg7 Qf4 26. g3 Qf5 27. f4 Bc6 $5 (27... Rg8 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxd7+ Ke8 30.
fxe5 Rxg5 31. Rxb7 $16) 28. fxe5 (28. Qxe5 Rxd6 29. Qxd6+ Ke8 $14) 28... Rg8 $8
29. Rxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxg7 31. Nxg7 Be4 $16 {/+/=}) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7
Nxe5 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. h4 $36) 21. Qe4 f5 $6 {This weakens the >> without
increasing Black's defensive chances.} (21... Nc6 $142 $1 22. Rad1 (22. Qh7+
Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7 Qxe5 $19) 22... Qxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4} Qe2 26. h3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd6d2] /\R6d2})
23. Qxe5 $8 (23. Qh7+ $2 Kf8 24. Qh5 g6 $19) 23... Nxe5 24. f4 Rdc8 25. fxe5
Bc6 $5 (25... Be8 26. Ne4 $11) 26. Rf1 Rc7 $15 {and with his strong B only
Black can aspire for more than equality.}) 22. Qh4 Qxe5 $8 23. f4 $1 $40 Qxb2
$2 {[%mdl 8192] The decisive tactical error.} (23... Qxd6 $4 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Qf7#) (23... Qf6 24. Rad1 Qh6 (24... Qg6 25. Rxd7
$16) 25. Qe1 $1 Rac8 (25... Nd5 26. R1xd5 exd5 27. Rxh6 gxh6 28. Nf3 $16) 26.
h3 $1 $40 {/\} (26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 e5 $1 28. Qd2 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 exf4 30. h4 {
is also promising, but less incisive.}) 26... Rc7 27. Rxe6 $1 Qh5 (27... g6 28.
Rdd6 Rc6 29. Rxg6+ Qxg6 30. Rxg6+ Rxg6 31. Qe7 $18) 28. Re7 Qg6 29. Qe5 $18) ({
More resilient was} 23... Qe3+ $142 24. Kh1 Nd3 (24... Ra6 $2 25. Rad1 $1 Nd5
$8 26. Qh5 $1 Raa8 (26... Qxf4 27. R6xd5 exd5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30.
Qxg7+ Kd6 31. Qh6+ Ke7 (31... Kc5 32. Ne6+ $18) 32. Re1+ Qe4 (32... Be6 33.
Qg7+ $1 Kd6 34. Nxe6 $18) 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Nxe4+ fxe4 35. Qg3+ Ke6 36. Qg6+ Ke7
37. Qg5+ $18) 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 $8 30. Qxe6 Nxf4 31.
Qe1 $16 {/+-}) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd6 29. Nf7+
Kc7 (29... Kc5 30. Nxd8 Kb6 {can lead to the same position after} 31. Qe5 (31.
Qf6 Qe3 $1 32. Qe7 Qd2 $13) (31. Nf7 Bc6 32. Qc3 $5 $14)) 30. Qe5+ Kb6 31. Nxd8
{White has won everything back and even has an extraP. This gives him an
advantage, although Black can still put up a tough fight after e.g.} Qd5 $5 32.
Nf7 Bc6 $14) 24. Rad1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 128] After this there are no doubts
anymore -White's -> breaks through. Can wraps up the game forcefully.} Nd5 (
24... Qf6 25. Rxd7 (25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 {-25.Rd7}) 25... Rxd7 26. Qh7+ $1 (
26. Rxd7 $2 Qh6 $14) 26... Kf8 27. Rxd7 Ke8 (27... Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Qb2+ 29. Kg3
Qc3+ 30. Nf3 $18) 28. Rd6 $1 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Qb2+ 30. Kg3 Qxb3+ 31. Kh4 Ke7 32.
Rxe6+ Qxe6 33. Qxg7+ $18) (24... Nc6 25. Qh5 (25. h3 $5 $18) 25... Qf6 (25...
Nb4 26. R6d4 $1 $18) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Qh6 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rd3 $18) 25.
R6xd5 $1 exd5 26. Re1 (26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Re1 {transposes.}) 26... Qd4+ (26...
Be6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Ke7 29. Nxd8+ $18) 27. Kh1 Qe4 $8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29.
Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd6 $8 31. Nxe4+ fxe4 (31... dxe4 32. Qe5+ Kc6 33. Rc1+ Kb6
34. b4 $1 Bc6 (34... axb4 35. Qc5+) 35. Qc5+ Kc7 36. b5 $18) 32. Qe5+ Kc6 33.
b4 {White already has an abundant choice.} (33. Rc1+ $5 Kb6 34. Qc7+ (34. Qxd5
$18) 34... Ka6 35. b4 $18 {->}) 33... Kb6 (33... Rac8 34. bxa5 $18) 34. Qd6+ (
34. Qd4+ Kc7 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Qe5+ Ka7 37. Qxd5 $18) 34... Ka7 (34... Bc6 35.
Qc5+ Kc7 36. b5 $18) 35. Ra1 (35. Qxd5 $5) 35... Bc6 (35... a4 36. b5 $1 Bxb5
37. Qc5+ {/\} Ka6 38. Rb1) 36. Qc5+ Kb8 37. b5 Bxb5 (37... Be8 38. b6 Bc6 39.
Qe7 {mates.}) 38. Qxb5 a4 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Qe6 Rc7 (40... Rd8 41. Qe5+) 41. Qe8+
Rc8 42. Qe5+ Ka7 43. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 {I don't believe that White can expect to get an opening advantage
after the modest 9.exd5. For example} (9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nb3 Nxc5
12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 a4 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 (15... axb3 $2 16. Bxe7 Rxa2
17. Rac1 Ra4 18. Qe5 Re4 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc3 (22.
Bd4 $16) 22... d4 $14 {Naiditsch,A-De la Riva Aguado,O Pamplona 2004 0-1 (62)})
16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Qd3 Qxc5 $11) 9... Nd7 10. c3 {In my view White has more
chances to play for an opening advantage if he plays 10.c4 or 10.Nd4.} (10. c4
Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. b3 (12. Nd4 $5 Qc7 (12... Bb7 13. f4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Qg4 $44) 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16.
Nb5 Qc6 17. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Godena,M-Dvirnyy,D Ch-ITA Torino 2012}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bb2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nf8 16. Qg4 Ng6 17. N2f3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rac8 19.
Re3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nd7 21. Bb3 Nc5 $11 {Efimenko,Z-Vovk,Y Ch-UKR Kiev 2012 1/
2-1/2 (46)}) (10. Nd4 {This move has great statistics} Ndxc5 11. f4 Nb4 (11...
Qb6 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. a3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nc5 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Rad1
Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd3 19. Nf5 $5 (19. Qxd3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 $17)
19... Bc5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Bxe3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxf7+ Kg7 $17
{Shanava,K-Jorczik,J Pardubice CZE 2012 1-0 (38)}) 12. N2f3 Nbxd3 13. cxd3 Qb6
(13... Qd7 $5 14. Be3 b6 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. Ne1 f6 $11) 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Rad1 Bd7
16. g4 Rac8 17. Kh1 f6 18. f5 exf5 $6 19. gxf5 fxe5 20. Nxe5 $40 {Baklan,
V-Cvek,R Bundesliga Germany 2007 1-0 (27)}) 10... Naxc5 11. Bc2 {it is hard to
take seriously another bishop retreat by White.} (11. Bb5 f6 12. Nb3 Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 fxe5 14. Qxe5 Ne4 15. a4 Bd6 16. Qh5 e5 $15 17. Qe2 Qh4 (17... Be6 $5 18.
Be3 Qc7 $15) 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qf2 Qh5 20. Qg3 Be6 $6 (20... Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
Be3 Rf6) 21. Be3 Bc7 $6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Nd3 Rf7 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bf5 {
1/2-1/2 Pogonina,N-Hoang Thanh Trang EU-Ch (Women) 10-th St Petersburg 2009})
11... b5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Re1 {White can try 13.f4 but it seems to me that
Black's chances aren't worse here.} (13. f4 b4 14. c4 Bb7 15. b3 a4 16. Bb2 Qb6
17. Rab1 (17. cxd5 $5 Bxd5 $1 (17... exd5 18. Nf5 $1 (18. Qf2 $6 a3 19. Bc1 Ba6
20. Re1 Bd3 $17) 18... Ne6+ (18... Rfe8 19. Bd4) 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. Rad1 $14) 18.
Nc4 Qa6 19. f5 Bxc4 $5 (19... Bg5 $6 20. f6 $1 Bxc4 21. bxc4 g6 22. Nb5 $16)
20. bxc4 a3 $1 21. Bc1 Nxe5 $1 22. fxe6 (22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qxc5 (23. Qe3 Qxc4
24. Nb3 Qxc2 $19) 23... Rfc8 $17) 22... f6 23. Bf4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Rab1
$13) 17... axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 $17 {Kuramann,O -
Kindermann,S Trans-Europa-Schach-Express 2012 (SUI-AUT)}) 13... b4 (13... Ba6
14. Qe3 Rfb8 {A slightly artificial attempt} 15. f4 (15. Qh3 Nf8 16. N2f3 b4
$15) 15... g6 16. N2f3 Rb6 17. g4 (17. Bd2 $5 b4 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. cxb4 axb4 20.
a3 b3 (20... bxa3 $2 21. b4) 21. Bd1 $14) 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7
$44 {Forcen Esteban,D-Garza Marco,S Utebo ESP 2012 1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14. Qe3 (14.
cxb4 $6 axb4 15. Qe3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. h3 Bd7 18. N2b3 Nce4 19. Bxe4 (19. f3
e5 $1 20. fxe4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bc5 22. e5 Rae8 23. Bb3 Kh8 $19) 19... Nxe4 20. f3
Ng5 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf7 23. Re1 e5 $17 {0-1 Sjugirov,S-Najer,E TCh-RUS
Premier (Ugra - ShSM-64) Olginka 2011 0-1 (46)}) (14. c4 Ba6 15. b3 Rfc8 (15...
dxc4 $5 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Qg4 Nxc4 18. Bh6 (18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Bh6 g6
$15) 18... g6 19. Bxf8 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxf8 $44) 16. Bb2 Nb6 (16... a4 $5 17.
N4f3 h6 18. Bd4 Nb6 $15) 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nca4 19. Rac1 Nc3 20. Qe3 Nd7 $6
(20... a4 $1 21. bxa4 Qb7 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb3 Nbxa4 $17) 21. a4 $13 {Pap,
M-Markidis,K Paleochora GRE 2012 1-0 (37)}) 14... bxc3 $1 $146 (14... f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. c4 $6 (16. h3 Bd7 17. c4 $13) 16... Bd6 $1 (16... Ng4 $2 17. Qh3
Nh6 $2 (17... Nf6 $8 18. b3 Bd8 (18... e5 $6 19. Qg3 $16) 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Bb2
e5 21. Qg3 $14) 18. Qh5 $6 (18. N2f3 $1 Rf6 (18... e5 19. Qg3 Nf7 20. Nxe5 Bd6
21. Nb5 $18) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qh5 Bb7 21. Bg5 Rf7 22. Bxh6 $18) 18... dxc4 19.
Nxc4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Nb6 Qxb6 22. Rxe7 $16 {Jansa,V-Sorensen,B 22nd
World Seniors Open Kamena Vourla GRE 2012 1-0 (31)}) 17. h3 Ba6 18. Nb5 (18.
Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ba4 dxc4 $15) 18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4
21. Qe2 Rac8 $15) 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Ba3 {It is hard to underestimate Black's
achievements on the queenside. He had to find the best setup of his pieces in
order to prevent a possible white attack. In the game, Kamsky put his rooks on
c8 and e8 and pushed f6. In my opinion, the plan is risky. Let's examine other
black options.} Rfe8 (16... Rfc8 $5 17. h4 (17. f4 g6 18. Qh3 Nb6 19. f5 exf5
20. Nxf5 Bf8 (20... gxf5 $4 21. Bxf5 Kf8 22. Qxh7 Bg5 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8
25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ $18) 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Bd3 $15) 17... Rab8 18. h5 h6
19. f4 Nb6 (19... Rb6 $5 20. Qh3 Bf8 21. Re3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 (22. Bxf8 $2 Qxc3 23.
N2b3 Rxb3 24. Nxb3 Qxc2 25. Bd6 a4 $19) 22... Bxa3 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. f5 Bc5 $13
) 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. f5 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+
Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Nxc3 $11) (16... Rab8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Rfc8 (18... Rfe8 $5 $13))
17. h4 Rac8 18. Rab1 h6 19. h5 f6 $6 (19... Nxe5 $1 {I would recommend this
move.} 20. Qxe5 Bd6 21. Nxe6 $8 fxe6 22. Qe3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Qd4 Bd3 (
24... Rf8 25. Nb3 Qe7 26. g3 Bd6 27. Bg6 Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. axb3 Qc6 $11)
25. Bxd3 Bxd2 26. Bg6 Bxe1 27. Bxe8 Ne4 28. Rxe1 Rxe8 29. c4 Qf7 30. Kg1 Qxh5
31. cxd5 exd5 32. Bb2 $44) (19... Ne4 20. Bxe7 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxe7 22. Qf4 f6 (
22... Qxc3 $6 23. Rec1 Qa3 24. Rb3 Qc5 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Rb6) 23.
exf6 $3 Qxf4 24. fxe7 {Black is in danger. Let's consider the following lines.}
e5 $1 (24... Ne5 25. g3 Qf6 26. Rb6 Bc4 27. Kg2 Kf7 (27... Ng4 28. Rbxe6 Qxf2+
29. Kh3 Nf6 30. e8=Q+ Nxe8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kf7 33. Bg6+ Kf6 34. Rf8+
$18) 28. f4 Nd3 29. Rexe6 Ne1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb6 31. Bg6+ Kf6 32. g4 Qa6 33. e8=Q
Bf1+ 34. Kf2 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 $18) (24... Nf6 25. Rxe6 Bc4 26. Bg6 Ne8 27. Re3 Qd6
28. Rbe1 Kh8 29. Rf3 Nc7 30. e8=Q+ Nxe8 31. Bxe8 Bxa2 32. Bg6 a4 33. Rfe3 Rf8
34. Re8 $18) (24... Re8 25. Rxe6 Bc8 26. Bg6 Nf6 27. g3 Qg5 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29.
Bxe8 Qxe7 30. Bg6 $14) 25. Bf5 Nf6 26. Be6+ (26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rb8 Qg4 28. f3
Qd7 29. Rxe5 Ne8 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Rbxd5 Qxc3 32. Rd8 Kf7 $15) 26... Kh7 27. Bf5+
Kg8 28. Be6+ $11) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qh3 $1 Nf8 $8 {There is no chance for
Black to play ...e5.} (21... Qf4 $2 22. N2f3 e5 $4 23. g3 $18) (21... e5 $2 22.
Qf5 exd4 $4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Bg6#) (21... Be5 $2 22. Bg6 $18) 22.
Rbc1 $6 (22. Rbd1 $1 Kh8 (22... e5 $6 23. Nf5 Bb7 24. c4 d4 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Nb3
$16) (22... Qf7 23. Re3 Kh8 24. N2f3 e5 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Qg3 $16) 23. N2b3 Nxb3
24. Bxb3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxf8 Bxd4 27. Bd6 Rxb3 28. axb3 Bc3 29. Re3 d4
30. Re5 $14) 22... Bg5 23. N4f3 (23. Rcd1 $5 {Probably he should have put the
rook on d1 even without a tempo.} e5 24. Nf5 Nfe6 25. Nf3 e4 (25... Nf4 26. Qg3
Nxh5 27. Qh2 Nf6 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Rc7 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32.
Ne7+ Kf8 33. N7g6+ Ke8 34. f4 $18) 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Qg4 Bc4 28. Bc1 Nce6 29.
Ba4 Red8 30. f4 exf3 $8 31. gxf3 $40) 23... Bf6 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. N4f3 Bf4 $5 {
Kamsky wants to continue the game. Black's chances seem to be not worse.} (
25... Bf6 $11) 26. g3 (26. Qg4 Nd3 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28. Bxf8 Bf5 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7
30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. g3 Bd6 $44) (26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qg4 Qc7 28. g3 Bd6 29. Nd4 Qd7
(29... Ba3 30. Rcd1 Qxc3 $2 31. Nb1 Qb2 32. Nxa3 Qxa3 33. Nxe6 Qe7 34. Bb3 $1
$16) 30. Re3 $13) 26... Bd6 27. Qg4 Ncd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qa4 e5 $1 30. Qxa5
e4 31. Nd4 Ne5 $2 {A blunder. Black has several promising opportunities} (31...
Nc5 $5 32. c4 (32. Nf5 Qe5 33. Nb3 Nfe6 34. Nbd4 Bc4 $17) 32... Re5 33. Qc3
Rxh5 $15) (31... Re5 $5 32. f4 exf3 (32... Rxh5 $2 33. Nxe4 $18) 33. N2xf3
Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Rc5 $1 (34... Qxg3+ 35. Ng2 Bc4 36. Nf5 Qg5 37. Re1 $13) 35. Nf5
(35. Qb4 Qxg3+ 36. Ng2 Bd3 37. Bxd3 Qxd3 $17) 35... Qxg3+ 36. Nxg3 Rxa5 37. Bb3
Ne6 $15) 32. Bb3 $2 {White could win immediately} (32. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (32... Rc5
33. Qa3 Nfd7 34. Bf5 $18) 33. Nxe4 Qd7 34. Qxa6 $18) 32... Bc4 $6 (32... Kh8
33. Nf5 (33. Bxd5 $6 Rc5 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Nxb5 Qxd5 36. Nc7 Qxd2 37. Qxe8 Nf3+
38. Kg2 Nxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rf5 40. Rf1 Qd3 41. Kg1 Qf3 42. Ne6 $8 e3 43. Nf4 $8
Rxf4 44. gxf4 Qg4+ $11) 33... Qe6 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Rcd8 36. c4 Nd3 37.
Nb3 $14) 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Nf5 $1 Qc6 (35... Qc5 $5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5
37. Rb1 $1 Kh7 38. Rb7 Ne6 39. Rd7 $16) 36. Rcd1 Rc5 37. Qa7 Nd7 38. Rb1 Qe6 $2
(38... Kh8 $1 {The most stubborn move. White has a winning position, but he
would have to overcome some technical problems.} 39. Rb7 Ra5 $1 40. Qxa5 Qxb7
41. c4 Nf6 (41... dxc4 42. Nd6 Qa8 43. Qf5 Re7 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Qxe4 Qxe4 46.
Nxe4 $18 {White should win the endgame}) 42. Nd6 Qa8 43. Qxa8 Rxa8 44. c5 Ra6 (
44... Rxa2 45. Rc1 Ra8 46. c6 Ne8 47. Nf5 Nc7 48. Rb1 $18) 45. Rc1 Rc6 46. Nf5
Nd7 47. a4 Rxc5 48. Rxc5 Nxc5 49. a5 $18 {Due to the miserable black king
position White should win the endgame.}) 39. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 40. Rb7 Re7 41. Rxd7
Rxd7 42. Qxc5 $18 Qf6 43. Rd1 Qg5 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. c4 Qxh5 46. Re1 Qf7 47. cxd5
Rxd5 48. Qxe4 Rd2 49. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 (4. Bd3) ({and} 4. Ngf3 {are the main lines.
}) 4... c5 5. e5 (5. dxc5 {is the more popular alternative.}) 5... Nc6 6. Bd3
cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 (7... Nxd4 $2 {is a typical mistake, as} 8. Qg4 $1 $18 {
and Black can't protect g7.}) 8. Ndf3 (8. Ne2 Nf5 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11.
Kh1 h6 12. a3 g5 13. h3 O-O-O 14. b4 f6 15. b5 Na5 16. Nc3 $16 {and White has
a lot of threats, Bruzon Batista-Prasca Sosa, Istanbul ol 2012.}) 8... f6 (8...
Nf5 9. Ne2 {transposes to the 8.Ne2 line.}) 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Ne2 Qb6 $146 {
A new move.} (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 $1 (11. Kf1 Bd7 12. a3 {(Rivero Ojeda-Bartel,
Cork 2005)} fxe5 13. dxe5 Rf8 ({or} 13... O-O-O)) 11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Bd7 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. O-O $36 {with some initiative.}) (10... fxe5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. Re1 $36 {and White has a
strong initiative.}) 11. O-O ({In the event of} 11. exf6 Bxf6 (11... Qb4+ 12.
Nc3 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Qd6 15. Re1 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Bg7 {the
computer evaluates White to have advantage, but by human measures, in my view
Black's position is solid and White has to bear Rxf3 in mind all the time.})
11... Bd7 (11... fxe5 {was an alternative} 12. Nxe5 (12. dxe5 Bd7) 12... Nxe5
13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nd4 Rf4 {with some counterplay.}) 12. b4 $1 {
A pretty ambitious move. This move only looks a P sacrifice, because Black
can't take with any pieces.} ({The engine suggests} 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bg7
14. Qf4 O-O-O {, but I think Black hasn't got any problem.}) 12... a6 (12...
Nxb4 $6 {is weak, as} 13. Rb1 $16 {and Black is in a big trouble.}) ({In case
of} 12... fxe5 13. b5 $1 Nxd4 14. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $16 {the black K is very
bad.}) 13. Qd2 (13. a4 {is also logical to continue the b5 plan, but I prefer
the text move.} fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O (15... Qxb4 16. a5 $44) 16. a5
Qxb4 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. Rb1 Qxa5 18. Rxb7 Qd8 19. Nd4 Rf4 $13 {with an unclear
fight.}) 13... fxe5 14. dxe5 Qxb4 15. Qxh6 Qa3 $2 {A mistake, Black misses
White's subsequent continuation.} (15... Qg4 {was better to prevent Bg6, but
Black's position isn't enviable.} 16. Rab1 Bf8 (16... O-O-O $2 {is too
dangerous, because of} 17. Qe3 $1 $18 {and White has a huge attack.}) (16...
Nb4 17. Rxb4 $1 {a very strong exchange sacrifice!} Bxb4 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Bg6+
$1 $16 {with a decisive attack!}) 17. Qe3 $36 {and the Black K can't find its
place.}) 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. Bf7 $1 $18 {Black can't defend the e6 P. Probably
Nakamura missed this move.} Rf8 18. Bxe6 Rxf3 {Nakamura tries to create some
practical problems for Kamsky.} 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Ng3 (20. Rab1 $18 {was also
very strong.}) 20... Nxe5 21. Rae1 (21. Rad1 $1 {was the best move, because
the R is more useful on d1. For example:} Bc6 22. Qxh7 $18 {and White wins.})
21... Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Bb5 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. Rc1+ Kb6 26. Rfd1 Nc6 27.
Be4 h6 28. Rd7 {White is a simple exchange up, the rest is not so difficult.}
Rb8 29. Rb1 Ka5 30. Kg2 Bh8 31. Rh7 Nb4 32. a3 Na2 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Ka4
35. Ne4 Kxa3 36. Nc5 Nc3 37. Rb3+ Ka2 38. Bxa6 Bc6+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. Rb4 Ka3 41.
Rh4 Bg7 42. Bc4 Bf3 43. Ne6 Be5 44. Rxh6 Kb2 45. Nc5 Bd4 46. Nd3+ Kb1 47. Rd6
Ba7 48. Rd7 Bb6 49. Ne5 Ba8 50. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[This game from the 10th round of the tournament was very important to me. It
allowed me to move high above the necessary qualification score +3. I am proud
with this game, since you don't get a chance to win so conclusively against
such a strong player as Lputian in the French Defence, which he is playing
during his whole life.]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 {[The whole
variation has been prepared by me for the game against A.Morozevich from the
Wijk aan Zee tournament in January 2001, although then my opponent opted for
the Sicilian. But the old preparation resulted into 2 full points 5 months
later.]} c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 ({2 days before, in the 8th
round of the tournament the same variation took place in my game against other
Armenian player Artashes Minasian. I also managed to win that game very
convincingly. The game continued:} 7... Bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 9. a3 a6 $6 (9... O-O
$142 {is better.}) 10. e5 $1 $146 ({Stronger than} 10. b4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12.
Ra2 {1/2-1/2 Jaracz Pawel (POL)-Socko Bartosz (POL)/Plock (Poland) 2000 (12)})
10... Nd7 (10... Ng4 {is answered by} 11. b4 {, followed by Bb2 with advantage.
}) 11. Re1 b5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. c3 Na4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17.
Nd4 $16 {White has a large advantage here.} g6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Qe3 Bf8 20. Bg5
Bg7 21. Qf4 h6 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rg8 24. Qf4 Rh8 25. Qf6 Rg8 26. Re3 Qd8
27. Qf4 h5 28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Nf3 Bc6 30. Ng5 Rg7 31. Bc2 Nb6 32. h4 Nd7 33. Rf3
Ra7 34. Qd4 Qc5 35. Nxf7 Qxd4 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. cxd4 Ra8 38. Rc1 Rf8 39. Rg3 Rf4
40. Bxg6 Rxd4 41. Rxc6 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Minasian,A/Ohrid MKD (8th round) 2001})
8. O-O O-O {[It was not very difficult to predict that this position would
appear on the board. Lputian has already played this rare line twice, easily
equalising in both of the games. I spent lot of time preparing for the game,
since it was not easy to find a line, promising even a slight plus. Finally at
14:00, 1 hour before the start of the game I found it!]} 9. a4 $1 {[The point
of my idea is that White has to stop Black counter-play on the queen's side,
preventing Black pieces from becoming too active.]} ({The following games
demonstrate that Black can easily equalise after both 9.c3 and 9.c4.} 9. c4 a4
10. Rd1 Bxc5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 $44 13. Ne4 Nxd3 14. Nxf6+ (14. Rxd3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Qf4 Qb6 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Re1 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Rc1
Bf5 21. Rd4 Bd6 22. h3 f6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Bf4 Ba3 25. Rc7 g5 26. Bg3 h5 27. h4
Bb2 28. Rb4 gxh4 29. Bf4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Be5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxb5 Rd8 33. Nc4
Rexd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Ne3 Re5 36. Ra7 Be6 37. Rxa4 Rb5 38. Rf4 Kg7 39. a4 Ra5
40. Rxh4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Marinkovic,S-Drasko,M/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (40)})
14... Qxf6 15. Qxd3 Bf5 16. Qb5 b6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nh4 Qf6 20.
Nxf5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxf5+ 22. Kg1 Rfd8 23. Qxb6 Rxd5 24. Qc6 Rda5 25. Rf1 Qb5
26. Rac1 h5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Rf2 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Lputian,S/Yerevan ARM
2000/The Week in Chess 305 (28)}) (9. c3 Nd7 $1 (9... Re8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nb3
$14 a4 12. Nbd4 Nxc5 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. a3
Qb6 18. h4 Na5 19. Nh2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Brynell Stellan (SWE)-Hillarp
Persson Tiger (SWE)/Goteborg (Sweden) 2000 (20)}) 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bc2 Nxc5
12. Nb3 Re8 $11 (12... Ne6 13. a4 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17.
Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Ng6 19. Qd3 Bc6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.
Be3 Qb7 24. b3 Nf8 25. Rb1 g6 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 Nd7 28. Qd1 Bc3 29. h3 Bxb4
30. Qg4 c5 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxb4 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 34. g3 Na6 35. Rb6 Qxc2 36.
Qf4 Nc7 37. Rb7 Re7 38. Qf6 Qe4 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qxc7 d4 42. a5
d3 43. Qc3+ {1/2-1/2 Hansen Sune Berg (DEN)-Hillarp Persson Tiger (SWE)/Sweden
2000 (43)}) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Bb3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Bxb2 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Rb1 Qc5 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Be3 Bd4 24.
Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Lputian,S/Istanbul 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (24)})
9... Nd7 ({After} 9... Nb4 {White tries to keep the extra pawn on c5 by} 10.
Nb3 $1 {with better chances.} ({not} 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nxc5 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {with equal chances.} 14. Be3 d4 15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Ng5 Be7 17. Rfe1
Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Qe4 Bc6 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rec1
b6 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rf7 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Kf1 Rb7 29. f4 Bb3
30. g4 Bxa4 31. Ke2 Bd7 32. Rd8 e5 33. g5 Bg4+ 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36.
Rb8 exf4 37. Rxb6+ Be6 38. Bxf4 a4 39. Ra6 Kf5 40. Bd2 Bb3 41. Ra5+ Kg4 42.
Rg5+ Kh4 43. Kf3 Bd5+ 44. Kf4 Rf7+ 45. Ke5 Rf2 46. Be1 Kxg5 47. Bxf2 Bb3 48.
Bxd4 Kg6 49. Bf2 Kf7 50. Kd6 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Matveeva,S/New Delhi IND
2000/The Week in Chess 317 (50)}) {For example,} 10... b6 (10... dxe4 11. Bxe4)
11. e5 Nd7 12. c6 Nc5 13. Bb5 Nxb3 (13... Qc7 14. Nbd4 Ne4 15. c3 (15. Bf4 f5
16. exf6 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. fxg7 {1/2-1/2 Biti,O-Bukal,V/Pula CRO 2000/The
Week in Chess 290 (18)}) 15... Na6 16. Nd2 $18) 14. cxb3 Qc7 $14) 10. Nb3 ({
It is very important to keep the 'e' line closed. After} 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3
Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Black has nothing to worry about.}) 10... Nxc5 11. Nxc5
Bxc5 {[Here I stopped with my preparation, since White has slight but long
lasting advantage. White has an easy play, but Black must be very careful not
to find himself in a difficult position.]} 12. c3 $14 Bd7 ({After both} 12...
d4 13. e5 $16) ({and} 12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 $16 {White has the upper hand.}) 13.
Bf4 ({I am not sure whether I would make this move again. Frankly speaking,
the following move - 13...Ne7 was missed by me. White has several alternatives
to the text, such as} 13. Be3 $5) (13. e5 $5) ({and} 13. Rd1 $5 {all giving
White the advantage.}) 13... Ne7 $1 14. e5 (14. Rfd1 $5 $14 {deserves serious
attention.}) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 f5 $6 ({Black loses the patience and opens the
position too early. Correct was} 15... Qe8 $142 {and if} 16. b3 $140 {then} f5
17. exf6 gxf6 {with counter-play.}) 16. exf6 gxf6 ({It is always very risky to
weaken the pawn's structure, protecting the king. I would have played} 16...
Qxf6 {although still after} 17. Ne5 $14 {White is better.} (17. Bxg6 Qxg6 18.
Ne5 Qe8 19. b3 $14 {deserves serious attention as well.})) 17. c4 $1 {[Opening
the center.]} dxc4 ({Black is not able to keep the center closed because} 17...
d4 {loses the pawn after} 18. Bxg6 ({not} 18. Qe4 $6 Bc8 (18... Qb6)) 18...
hxg6 19. Qe4 $16 {and Black is not able to defend all his pawns: b7, d4, g6,
e6.}) 18. Bxc4 Qe7 19. h4 $5 $16 {[I like this move very much. Although don't
having any direct threat it increases the pressure on the Black position,
setting also a trap which later Black fell in.]} (19. Rfd1 {and}) (19. Rfe1 {
are the worthy alternatives to the text.}) 19... Rfe8 (19... Rf7 $5 {can be
answered by} 20. Rfd1 {with the ideas: Nf3-Nd4 and Nf3-Nd2-e4}) 20. Rfd1 Kh8 $2
({This moves loses by force, but still after the correct} 20... Rac8) (20...
Bc6) ({or} 20... Nf8 {Black position would still remain very difficult.}) 21.
h5 Nf8 22. Ne5 $1 $18 {[This move was missed by my opponent.]} Rad8 (22... Bc6
23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qf3 $18 {was, probably, the most stubborn defence.}) (22...
fxe5 {loses to} 23. Bxe5+ Kg8 24. Qg4+ $18) 23. Bh4 {[Black is not able to
defend himself from the 2 threats: 24.Qf3 and 24.Ng4, winning.]} Bc6 ({Or} 
23... Qg7 24. h6 Qe7 25. Qf3 $18) 24. Ng4 $1 {[It was not very difficult to
calculate the winning line until the end.]} Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7
27. Bxf6+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qg4 {[A nice win!]} 1-0

