[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6.
Bd3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O Ne4 $2 (8... Qe8 $1) 9. Bxe7 (9. Bxe4 $1) 9... Qxe7 (
9... Nxc3 $1 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Rfxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rxd8 $11) 10. Bxe4 fxe4 (
10... Bxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd2 d5 13. Rc1 c6 14. Qa4 $14) 11. Nd2 Qh4 (11...
Nc6 12. Ndxe4 d5 13. Nd2) (11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Ndxe4 $14) 12.
Ncxe4 Nc6 (12... Bxe4 13. g3 Bf3 14. Nxf3 Qf6 15. Nh4 $16) (12... d5 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qh6 16. Rc1 $16) 13. f4 $16 Ne7 14. Rf3 (14. Rc1)
14... Nf5 15. Rh3 Qe7 16. Qh5 (16. g4) (16. Rc1) 16... g6 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. Ng5 (
18. c5) 18... Rg7 19. Ngf3 (19. g4) 19... Qb4 20. Rb1 c5 21. Qd3 cxd4 22. Nxd4
(22. e4 $1 Ne7 (22... Ne3 23. Nxd4) 23. a3 Qc5 24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 $16)
22... Rc8 23. e4 (23. Nc2) 23... Nxd4 24. Qxd4 d5 25. a3 (25. Ra3 Rcc7 (25...
a6 26. Rb3) 26. exd5 exd5 27. Re1 $16) 25... Qf8 26. exd5 (26. cxd5 exd5 27. e5
$16) 26... exd5 27. cxd5 $14 Rd8 28. Ne4 Rf7 29. d6 Rxf4 30. Qc4+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+
Rxf7 32. Re3 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxd6 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Rc2 Rfd7 37. h3 Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kraljevo"]
[Date "2014.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.09.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kraljevo"]
[BlackTeam "Pirot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 (3... b6 4. Bd2 $5 Nf6 5. f3 {is always an
option.}) 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nge2 b6 (5... O-O 6. g3 {is a favorite of GM Epishin.})
6. a3 Bd6 (6... Be7 7. Nf4 Bb7 8. Bd3 {is also known.}) 7. b4 Bb7 8. c5 Be7 9.
Nf4 a5 10. Rb1 $5 {I was not quite sure about where to deploy my bishop.} (10.
Bb2 {should obviously be the main move.}) 10... axb4 11. axb4 O-O 12. Bc4 $1
Ne4 $6 ({He must have confused the issue with} 12... g5 $5 13. Nfe2 (13. Nd3 $2
bxc5 14. bxc5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Nd5 $1 $17) 13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Rxg5+ Kh8 $13
) 13. Nce2 $6 {I could not calculate lines including the g5 thrust.} (13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Bd3 Bg5 $132) ({I missed a great opportunity.} 13. Bb2 $142 $1 Nxc3
14. Bxc3 Be4 (14... g5 $2 15. Nh5 $1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. h4 g4 (
18... h6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nf4 $18) 19. Rxg4+ fxg4 20. Qxg4+ Kf7 21. Qf5+ $1
$18) 15. Ra1 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Bg5 17. d5 Bxf4 18. exf4 bxc5 19. bxc5 $16 {and the
bishop is really strong on the diagonal.}) 13... Kh8 $5 ({I was expecting} 
13... g5 $5 14. Nd3 g4 {more}) 14. Bb2 {I lost the control of the game around
this part of the game.} (14. O-O $142) 14... bxc5 15. bxc5 (15. dxc5 Bf6 16.
O-O (16. Bxf6 Qxf6) 16... Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Qf6 $132) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 (16. Ra1
Qc8) (16. Bxe6 $6 dxe6 17. Nxe6 Qd7 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 $17) 16... Nxa6 17. O-O c6
18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Nc7 20. Qd2 Bg5 $1 $11 {Black bails out!} 21. Ba5 Bxf4
22. exf4 Qc8 (22... Qc8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qe3 Rfb8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 $5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh3 $5 Bb7 6. d5 Bd6 7. g3 Be5 8.
Bd2 b5 $5 (8... exd5 9. Bg2 (9. cxd5 $6 Bxc3 $1 (9... Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11.
Bg2 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 $11) 10. Bxc3 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 $17
) 9... c6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 $14) 9. Nxb5 (9.
Qb3 $5 exd5 10. Nxd5) 9... exd5 10. Bg2 Bc6 $1 (10... c6 $6 11. f4 cxb5 (11...
Bc7 $2 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Bc3 d4 16. Qxd4 Bxh1 17.
Qxg7 Rf8 18. Bb4 $18 {Bunzmann}) 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bg5 (14. Bh6 $2
Nc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) 14... Qa5+ 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Bc4 17. Bf4
Nc6 18. g4 $1 $16) 11. f4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 dxc4 $5 (12... Bxb5 13. cxb5 $1 (13.
cxd5 Bxa3 (13... Bc4 14. d6 $13) 14. Rxb5 Bd6 $13) 13... Bxa3 (13... Bd4 14.
Qc2 (14. Qb3 c6 15. bxc6 Nxc6) 14... Ne4 15. Ng5 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qf6 17. Rc1 Qb6
(17... c6 $2 18. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Nf3) 18. Bxd5 $16) 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5
16. Qxd5 Qe4 17. Qxe4+ fxe4 18. Ng5 d5 19. Ne6 Kd7 20. Nxg7 a6 $11) 13. Bxc6
dxc6 14. Rxb2 cxb5 15. Rxb5 O-O $1 (15... Nc6 16. Qa4 Qd7 (16... Qd4 17. Nf2
Rd8 18. O-O O-O 19. Rd1 $44) 17. Rc5 Ne7 18. Rxc4 $11) 16. Qc1 $1 (16. Rxf5 Qd4
17. Qc2 Re8 $36) 16... Kh8 (16... Ne4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Rd5 Qf6 19. O-O) (16...
Qd4 17. Be3) 17. Bb4 $6 (17. Qxc4 $142) 17... c5 $2 (17... Re8 18. Ng5 Qd4 19.
Bc3 (19. Qc3 Nc6) 19... Qd7 20. Qb2 (20. Bxf6 $2 Qxb5 21. Qc3 Qd7 $17) 20...
Ng4 21. O-O Ne3 22. Rb1 Nc6 $15) 18. Rxc5 (18. Bxc5 $6 Qd5 19. O-O Na6 $17)
18... a5 $2 (18... Nc6 $5 19. Ng5 (19. Qxc4 Nxb4 20. axb4 Ne4 21. Rd5 Qe7 (
21... Qb6 22. Qd4) 22. Qb3 $11 (22. O-O $2 Nd2)) (19. Rxc4 Qd5 20. e4 Nxe4 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. O-O Nd4 $11)) (18... Na6 $1 {Kalinichev} 19. Rxc4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4
Rc8 21. Qb2 Nd5 22. Rb7 Qa5+ 23. Kf2 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 Ne3+ 25. Kf3 Rf6 26. Qb5 Qxa3
27. Qd3 Qc5 28. Qd7 $13) 19. Bc3 $16 Qd6 (19... Ne4 20. Rxc4 Qd5 21. O-O $16)
20. Rxf5 Qe6 (20... Qd7 21. g4) (20... Nbd7 21. Nf2 $1 $16 (21. O-O $2 Qe6) (
21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3)) 21. Qc2 Nbd7 22. Ng5 Qb6 $4 (22... Qe7 23. a4 $8 $16 (23.
Re5 $2 Qxa3 24. Nxh7 Nxe5 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Bxe5 Qb4+ (26... Ng4 27. Qc3) 27.
Bc3 Qb3) (23. O-O h6 24. Nf3 Qxa3 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Nd5 $14)) 23. Rxf6 $1
1-0

[Event "Paracin GM"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ikeda, Junta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 (3... e6) 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nh3 $1 e5 (6...
h6 7. Nf4) 7. O-O-O $1 (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3) 7... Be7 $2 $146 {
This natural move attracted my attention before the game.} (7... h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. e4 c6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 exd4 12. Ne2 Nc5 13. Rhe1 Kd8 $13) (7...
exd4 $142 8. Rxd4 $1 $13) (7... Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 f4 10. Nxf4 $1) 8. c5 $1
$16 {Then comes the prepared response} e4 (8... exd4 9. cxd6 cxd6 (9... dxc3
10. dxe7 cxb2+ 11. Qxb2 Qxe7 12. Rxd7 Qc5+ 13. Kb1 Bxd7 14. Bxf6 O-O 15. e3 $16
) 10. Rxd4 $36) 9. f3 $1 (9. Nf4 Nf8) 9... O-O (9... dxc5 10. fxe4 (10. dxc5 c6
)) 10. Bh6 (10. e3 $5) 10... d5 11. Nf4 $1 (11. Bxf8 Nxf8 $44) 11... Nb8 12. h4
c6 13. h5 (13. g4 $5) 13... g5 $1 (13... Nxh5 14. Nxh5 Bg5+ 15. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 16.
f4 Qg4 17. e3 $16) 14. Bxg5 b6 15. g4 $1 (15. e3 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. Ng6 $3
hxg6 18. hxg6 Kg7 19. Qf2 Kxg6 20. Qg3 $40) 15... bxc5 (15... fxg4 16. Bh6 $1)
16. dxc5 (16. gxf5) 16... fxg4 17. Bh6 $1 (17. Rg1 Na6 $132 (17... Nxh5 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxh5 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Qxh5 21. fxe4)) 17... Bxc5 $2 (17... Na6 18.
fxe4 Nb4 19. Qa4 Bxc5 20. Bg2 {is a mess in which White should have the upper
hand.}) 18. Ncxd5 $18 cxd5 19. Qxc5 Rf7 20. Nxd5 (20. Kb1 $142) 20... Na6 $1
21. Qd4 (21. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 22. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 23. Bxg5 Rc7+ 24. Kb1 exf3 $40) (21.
Qc6 Bb7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qd6) 21... Bf5 22. Nc3 $5 (22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxf6
Rxf6 24. fxg4 $18) 22... Qa5 (22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 $18) 23. fxg4 Be6 24. g5 Ng4
25. Bh3 Rc8 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Rhf1 $1 Rd7 28. Qc4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Bohatirchuk,F"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) WSZ 1926, S.37 [Bohatirchuk]} e6 2. e3 f5 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 {
Schlecht. Nach dem Abtausch auf c3 bildet der Doppeöbauer eine Schwäche der
weißem Stellung.} ({Besser ist} 4. Bd2 {um} {nach} Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 {zu spielen})
4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. Qc2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. f3 Qc7 11.
Bd2 b6 12. e4 Na5 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. exf5 exf5 15. d5 Ne8 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. Rf2 Bd7
18. g4 b5 19. cxb5 c4 20. Bf1 Rab8 21. Ne6 Nxe6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rfe2 Bd5 24.
Qxf5 Qxf5 25. gxf5 Rxb5 26. Bf4 Bxf3 27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Re3 Bd5 30.
Bxd6 Nc6 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Bh3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 34. Ba3 Rd1 35. Re8 Rd2+ 36. Kg3
Rd3+ 37. Kh4 Ne5 38. Rf8+ Bf7 39. Bc1 {/\Bg5#} h6 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 {6.Ld2 er muligens
bedre.} Nxc3 7. Qxc3 {7.bxc3!?} a5 8. Qd3 $6 {8.Ld2 b6 9.Lg2 Lb7 10.0-0 Lf6 11.
De3 0-0 12.Lc3 gir hvit en liten fordel.} b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 {
11.d5 setter svart pÅ stKrre prKver.} Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nc6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Qxe4
Bf6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. Rd2 Rae8 18. Rc1 Bd8 {Ikke særlig naturlig.
Det aktive 18...e5 ser ut til Е fKre til remis etter:} (18... e5 19. d5 Nd4 20.
Ne1 c5 21. dxc6 dxc6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxc6 Bg5 24. f4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26.
Qg2 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qg1 Rff1 30. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1
32. b3 a4) 19. a3 Ne7 20. Bg5 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. c5 {Alt
annet gir svart en klart fordelaktig stilling.Han truet c5 selv.} b5 24. Re1 c6
25. Ne3 a4 26. Nc2 Ne7 27. Nb4 Rf5 28. Re5 Rf3 29. Kg2 Rdf8 30. Re3 R3f5 31.
Re5 Rf3 32. h4 {Det skader jo ikke Е prKve. [#]} g6 $4 {ForsKket blir
umiddelbart belKnnet. Alt annet var bedre. NÅ fÅr hvit spill mot g6 og d7
pluss inngang via h-linja.} 33. h5 Kg7 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Nd3 R3f6 36. Re4 Kf7
37. Rh4 Ke8 38. Ne5 Rg8 39. Rh7 g5 40. Rd3 Rgf8 41. f3 Rg8 42. b3 Rff8 43. bxa4
bxa4 44. Rd2 Rh8 45. Rxh8 Rxh8 46. Rb2 Kf8 47. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi Chiburdanidze Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2009.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was the key game of round 6, and probable for whole tournament,
where two top ratings faced in 27 move battle, Nana Dzagnidze manage to win
thanks to Anna Muzychuks blind on move 24.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3
g6 {Both sides choose strange orders of first moves} 5. Bg5 {Diagram # Rigth,
Dzagnidze wants to change Muzychuk's only developed piece.} h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
e4 fxe4 8. Bg2 (8. Nxe4 $6 Bb4+) 8... Bb4 (8... Bg7 {It was probable better,
and certainly it looks more safely.} 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Nxe4 Qf5) 9. Nge2 d5 10.
O-O c6 {This was the point of 8...Bb4, trying to keep a pawn. Here Dzagnidze
received a big advantage in development.} 11. f3 {Diagram #} e3 12. Qd3 O-O 13.
Qxe3 Kg7 14. f4 dxc4 {It's very hard to find reasonable plan, and Muzychuk
continues dangerous way picking all pawns that Dzagnidze is ready to give.} 15.
g4 Qe7 16. Ng3 (16. g5 {was better, becouse after} h5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nd7
19. Qc3 Kh7 20. Qxc4 {we get position with total domination of white pieces.})
16... Nd7 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. h3 {Diagram #} Qc7 19. Re2 {Dzagnidze has
concentrated all forces in the centre, but this allows black to finish
development} Bd7 20. Be4 $2 {Wrong idea.} Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxg6 $4 {
Diagram #} Kxg6 23. f5+ Kh7 24. g5 Rae8 $4 ({Here was many ways to win, but
easiest way (which probably any human would choose during the blitz game) was} 
24... hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxg3+ 26. Qxg3 Rg8 $19) 25. g6+ Kg8 26. Qxh6 Bxf5 27. Nxf5
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. b4 $6 (7. O-O $5
) 7... c5 $1 (7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 e4 10. Nd4 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 $132
{Chekhov,V-Malaniuk,V/Palma de Mallorca/1989/0,5/47/}) 8. bxc5 dxc5 9. Bb2 cxd4
(9... Ne4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Rfd1 $132 {
Chekhova,T-Lewandowska,K/Bydgoszcz/1990/0|1/29/}) 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12.
Na4 (12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Be6 $15) 12... Na5 $1
13. d5 (13. Qc2 Bd7 $17) 13... Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Bd7 (14... Nc3 $6 15. Qd3 Nxe2+
16. Qxe2 Bd7 17. Nd4 $14) 15. Qd4 Qb6 $1 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Ne5 Be8 (17... Rfd8
$5 $15) 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bd3 Rf6 (20... e6 $5 21. dxe6 (21. Kf2 Kg7
$5 $15) 21... Rf6 $17) 21. Kf2 e6 22. Ke3 Rc5 23. Kd4 Nb5+ $5 24. cxb5 (24. Ke3
$5 f4+ 25. Kf2 Nd6 $15) 24... Rxd5+ 25. Kc3 Rxe5 26. Kb4 Rd5 27. Rfd1 Kf8 $6 (
27... Rd4+ 28. Bc4 Rh4 29. Rd6 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxh2 31. Rxb6 Rxg2 32. a4 $16) (
27... g5 $1 28. Be2 (28. Rc8 Kf8 29. Be2 Rh6 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. h3 Rh4+ 32. Ka3
Rd4 $17) (28. Na4 Rd4+ 29. Bc4 Rxc4+ 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. Kxc4 e5 32. Rd8 Rf8 33.
Kb4 Bf7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Nxb6 Bxa2 (35... Ke7 36. a4 $132) 36. Nd7+ Ke7 37.
Nxe5 Kd6 38. Nd3 b6 $15) 28... Rh6 $22 29. h3 Rh4+ $17) 28. Be2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1
e5 30. Na4 $14 e4 $6 (30... Bf7 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. Kxa5 Rf6 33. a4 Ke7 34. Kb4
Rd6 $14) 31. fxe4 Re6 (31... fxe4 $4 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Nxb6 $18)
32. Rd4 fxe4 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxe4 $1 $16 Nb3 (34... Nc6+ 35. Kc5 $18) 35.
axb3 $1 (35. Kxb3 Bf7+ (35... Bxb5 $4 36. Rb4 $18) 36. Kb2 Bd5 37. Rf4+ Ke7 $14
) 35... Rf6 36. Ka5 $1 g5 37. Re5 h6 38. Bf3 b6+ 39. Ka6 Rd6 40. Re3 h5 41. Rc3
$18 Ke7 42. Bc6 Bd7 43. Kxb6 h4 (43... Kd8 44. Rc5 Rg6 45. Rd5 $18) 44. Kc7 g4
45. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "All Russian-ch04 Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1906.01.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1906.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 b6 {4..d5} 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 Bb4 {>= 6..d5}
7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bd2 {9.e4!} Qe8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Nxd6 cxd6
13. Nc3 Ne8 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Ne7 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 g5 19. Qe1
Rf6 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. e4 Nc6 22. Ra3 f4 23. Qg4 Qh6 {23..Qg6} 24. h4 $1 Qxh4 25.
Qxh4 gxh4 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Nd8 28. Bxf4 Nf7 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. Be3 Kg8 31. Rc1
{(?)} h3 $1 32. Kf2 hxg2 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Rxg2 Ke7 35. Rh2 h6 36. Rg2 Nc7 37.
Bd2 Na8 38. Ke3 Nh8 $2 (38... Nb6 39. Bb4 Nc8 40. Rg8 Nd8 41. Ra1) 39. Bb4 Ng6
40. Rxg6 {40.R:b7! R:b7 41.e5} Rxg6 41. e5 Rgg8 42. Bxd6+ Kf7 43. Nf4 Nb6 44.
Bc7 Ba8 45. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 46. Rxd7+ Ke8 47. Ra7 Bd5 48. Nxd5 exd5 49. f4 Rg3+
50. Kd2 h5 51. f5 h4 52. f6 h3 53. Rh7 Rg2+ 54. Ke3 Rg3+ 55. Kd2 Rg2+ 56. Be2
Rxb5 57. e6 Kd8 58. f7 Ke7 59. Rh8 Rf2 60. Ke3 {60.Re8+} Rxf7 61. exf7 Rb3+ 62.
Bd3 Kxf7 63. Rxh3 Ke6 64. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen Sommerskak op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 a6
9. O-O Bd7 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qd1 Nd7
16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be5 b6 18. f3 Nd6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qb3 Nf7 21. Bb8 Rb7 22.
Bg3 a5 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Be5+ Kg8 26. Rae1 Bg6 27. g4 Nc4 28. Bg3 Bd6
29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. e4 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Bg6 32. Kg2 Qh7 33. Nd1 Rbf7 34. Bxc4 dxc4
35. Qxc4 g4 36. Nc3 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Qe6 Kh8 39. Qxg4 b4 40. Nd5 h5 41. Qg5
b3 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. f4 Rc8 44. f5 Rc2+ 45. Kh3 h4 46. Qb8+ Rf8 (46... Kg7 47.
f6+ Rxf6 48. Nxf6 Qh8 49. Qb7+ $18) 47. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Sants op 21st"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2019.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Grafl, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. O-O-O c6 7. h4 h6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nh3 Qa5 10. Nf4 Rg8 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 {il.legible}
1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O (5... Bxc3+ $5 6. bxc3 d6 7.
Ne2 c5 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. f3 Bd7 11. Bd2 Qe8 $13 {Geller,E-Pachman,L/
Goteborg/1955/}) 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 e5 $2 (9... Qe7 10. d5
$1 $14) (9... Bxc3 $5 10. Bxc3 (10. Nxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 $132) 10... e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng3 g6 $14) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Ng3 $1 g6 (12... Nxd5
13. cxd5 Qxd5 (13... Bxd5 14. Bxf5 $16) 14. Bc4) (12... Nd7 $5 13. Qc2 e4 14.
Be2 Ba5 15. Nh5 Nde5 16. Rad1 $40) 13. f4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. fxe5 Be6 16.
Ne2 $16 Qe7 17. Nf4 Nd8 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Rad1 a6 20. Bc4 $18 Bxc4 (20... b5 21.
Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd6 $18) 21. bxc4 Nf7 22. e6 Ng5 23. Qd5 Rc6 24.
Qe5 Nxe6 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Nxg6+ Ke8 29. Nxf8 Nxf8
30. Rxf5 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. h4 Ra6 33. a3 Bxa3 34. Bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 (4. e4 {provides to sharp variations.}) 4...
Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 {White has many other possibilities:}
(8. Qc2 {See commented game 0-1 Grishin,E-Tolstikh,N/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76/
[Tsesarsky] (32)}) (8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 (9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Qb3 b6 12.
Bd2 Rae8 13. Rae1 $14) 9... Ne4 (9... Bxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. c5 Rf7 12. Ne2 $14
{1/2-1/2 Schmitt,R-Kissel,H/RLPFchS Hauenstein ,GER 1991 (31)}) 10. Bd2 (10.
Nxd7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Ba3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmeidler,M-Hutter,O/
Vorra GER ch-BAY H2 1990 (54)}) (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ (
12... Be7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. b4 Bg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shurygin,S-Moroz,A/Decin op 1996
(69)}) 13. Qxf1 Be7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bg4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schwarz-Rausch/9.
Wuerzburger op Br.9 1993 (58)}) (10. c5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Qb3
Qc8 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Be2 c5 18. Bb5 Ba6 $15 {
0-1 Dredge,K-Booth,C/Spr95-Final 1996 (54)}) 10... Ndf6 11. Be1 Bd7 12. Qb3 Rb8
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be2 $14 {0-1 Swiderski,R-Salwe,G/Nuremberg 1906 (57)}) (8.
Nd2 g5 9. f3 Qc7 10. h3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Ng3 12. Nxg3 Bxg3 13. e4 Nd7 $13 {1-0
Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,T/Reykjavik Iceland 1990 (49)}) (8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Re8
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nc7 Bxc7 14. Qxc7 $16 {1-0 Horvath
Marian-Majling Karol/Slovakia ch Trencin 1995 (41)}) (8. cxd5 $6 exd5 $132 {
1-0 Granda,J-Disconzi da Silva,R/Mar del Plata 1993 (40)}) (8. c5 Bc7 9. b4
Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. a4 Qe8 12. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Bolczek,M-Hinzmann,M/GER-ch U13
Pinneberg 1996/EXT 96ch2 (36)}) (8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Qe7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7
12. b4 $14 {1-0 Pitam,E-Horvath,M/Elista RUS 1998 (43)}) 8... b6 {Black has
another option of developing his light-squared bishop- to e8 via d7.} (8... Qe7
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Ne2 Be8 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nf6 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 $14 {1-0 Van
Wely,L-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 (72)}) (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 (9. Ne2
$5 Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 a5 13. Ra2 $14 {1-0 Ilincic,Z-Kiroski,T/
c 1995 (34)}) 9... Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. f3 Ng5 13. f4 Ne4 14. c5 Bc7
15. b4 Bh5 16. Qe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 b5 19. a4 a6 $11 {1-0 Hertneck,
G-Van Wely,L/Garmisch rapid 1994 (34)}) 9. Bb2 Ne4 {In this position black has
tried immediate} (9... Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Qe7
14. Bb5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qe2 b5 20.
Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Ba3 Rac8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Lautier,J/
Bundesliga 2003 (43)}) 10. Ne2 {It seems to me a good idea to avoid the
exchange of the knights} (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. f3 Nef6 14.
Nf4 Qe7 15. Qe2 c5 $11 {1-0 Murdzia,P-Henriksson,C/Sas van Gent 1992/CBM 32
ext (56)}) 10... Nd7 $146 {According to my database this position appeared the
first time. In a previous game black tried:} (10... Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 (11... Nd7 {
comes to consideration.}) 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Nfd7 15. Na4 (15. f4
$14) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc7 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Na6 19. Qb3 Qb4 $11 {
1-0 Skomorokhin,R-Guliev,S/Ostrava 1992/EXT 97 (54)}) 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Ne5 Nxe5
$6 ({Black should not to hurry with the capture on e5, because it allows to
white to occupy excelent square d4 with his knight.} 12... Bb7 {comes to
consideration.}) 13. dxe5 {[%cal Ye2d4]} Ba3 $6 {The exchange of dark-squared
bishops provides at the spot to position with white's strong knight on d4
against black's weak light-squared bishop.} ({So deserved attention:} 13... Bc5
) 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Nd4 $16 {White is going to get position with big advantage
thanks to his strong knight on d4 and ocuupation of "c" line with the rooks.}
Bd7 (15... Nc5 16. Nxc6 Ba6 {gave black more chances.}) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe4
fxe4 18. Rc7 {Now white's position is just winning from positional point of
view: he broke into the seventh rank with his rook, he has an excellent knight
on d4 against paralized black's light-squared bishop.} Rf7 19. Qd2 Rc8 $2 {
allows to white to transfer the knight to d6.} (19... Qe7 20. Qc3 $16) (19...
Raf8 $5 $16) 20. Nb5 $1 Qf8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc1 {White has got all he wanted:
he occupied the "c" line with the rook, his knight is going to occupy the
perfect square in black's camp-d6, while black pieces are paralized.} Ba6 23.
Nd6 Rd7 $2 ({More resistant was} 23... Re7 24. b4 $16 {[%cal Gb4b5]} (24. Qd4)
(24. Qb2)) 24. Qd4 $18 Qd8 (24... Bd3 25. Qa4 {[%cal Ya4d7,Ya4a7,Gc1c8]} b5 26.
Qa5 $1 $18) 25. Qa4 {Black can't hold the pressure anymore and he is going to
lose material.} Bb7 26. Qxa7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 (27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. h3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2
$18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 $5 6. Bg5 $5 (6. Bd2) 6... d6
7. e3 Qe7 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... c6 10. Na4 {/\ a3}) 10. bxc3 $1 {/\ c5|^}
c5 $6 (10... e4 $5 11. Nd2 c5 $13) 11. Qb5+ $1 Nbd7 $8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 $1
fxe4 $6 (13... f4 $2 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Rd5 $16) (13... O-O $5 14. exf5 e4 15.
Nh4 Ne5 $14) 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nxe4 $16 b6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 (16... Nxf6 17. Qxb6
$16) 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Qc6 $1 (18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Rd3 $16) 18... Rb8 19. Rfd1 Nf8 (
19... Bb7 20. Qd6 $18) 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Rd6 $5 (22. Qd6 Qxd6 23.
Rxd6 Ne6 24. Bh5 $16) 22... Kf7 $8 (22... Be6 23. Bxf8 $18) (22... Ne6 23. Bg4
$18) 23. Bxf8 $2 (23. Bh5+ Ng6 $8 24. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 25. Qc7+ $18) 23... Kxf8
24. Rxf6+ Kg7 25. Rf3 e4 $1 $16 26. Re3 Bf5 27. f3 $6 (27. g4 $142 Bg6 28. h4
$16) 27... Rc8 $1 28. Qd5 (28. Qxb6 $2 Qg5 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Qf4 $10) 28...
Bg6 29. fxe4 Rd8 30. Qc6 Rd6 $1 31. Qc8 Re6 32. Bf3 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rg3+
Kh6 35. Rh3+ (35. Qh3+ $2 Rh4 36. Qxh4+ Qxh4 37. Rh3 Qxh3 $1 38. gxh3 Kh5 39.
Kg2 Kh4 $15) 35... Kg7 36. Rg3+ Kh6 37. h3 Re3 38. Qg4 Rxg3 39. Qxg3 Qe4 $1 40.
h4 $1 (40. Qd6+ Kg7 $10) 40... Qf5 $2 $138 (40... Qe7 $1 $14 {/\ Kh5}) 41. Qd6+
$1 Kg7 (41... Kh5 42. Qd5 $18) 42. Qxb6 $18 Qe5 43. Qb7+ Kg6 44. Qc6+ Kg7 45.
Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qg4+ Kh8 48. Qf3 $1 Kg7 (48... Qe1+ 49. Qf1 Qe3+ 50.
Qf2 $18) 49. Kf2 a4 (49... a4 50. Qg3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Jerusalem Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7.
Qc2 f5 8. g3 $5 ({Other lines are:} 8. e3 $5 {You can see comments to Kruppa,
Y-Nosenko,A/Donetsk,1998/CBM 68 (1-0)(Golod,V)(48)}) ({and} 8. Nh3 $5 {See
comments to Dragomarezkij,E-Malinin,Y/Moscow,1999/CBM 70(1-0) (Golod,V)(41)})
8... b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Nf3 {In my opinion slightly dubious:10.Nh3 or 10.f3} Nf6
$5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4] Logical regrouping.} 11. b4 $5 ({Another
alternative is:} 11. O-O $5 {See comments to Nogueiras,J-Kengis,E/ Elista,1998/
Inf 74/548   (1-0)(Nogueiras,J) (44) and Virovlansky,S-Ibragimov,I/Nizhnij
Novgorod,1998/CBM 66 (0-1)(Golod,V)(54)}) ({Also possibly:} 11. Bg5 Be4 12. Qd2
Qe8 13. Rc1 d6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. O-O Nd7 16. b4 e5 {+/=/= Atalik,S-Xu Yuhua/
Beijing,1997(1-0) (107)} (16... e5 {Tsesarsky} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 dxe5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rfd1 h6 22. c5 a5 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. b5 $16 {1-0
Atalik,S-Xu Yuhua/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (107)})) (11. O-O {Tsesarsky} Be4 (11...
a5 12. b3 Be4 13. Qb2 d6 14. Bd2 Qe8 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16. Bc3 Qh5 17. b4 a4 18.
Qc1 Rae8 19. Ra2 h6 20. h4 Ng4 21. Bd2 Re7 22. Rb2 e5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. c5 b5
25. Be3 Bc6 26. Ne1 $132 {0-1 Richter,G-Wintzer,J/BL (2nd) West 1996 (38)}) (
11... Qe8 12. Bf4 Be4 13. Qd2 d6 14. b4 Nc6 15. Rac1 h6 16. c5 Rd8 17. cxd6
cxd6 18. Qb2 Ne7 19. Rc7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rc1 Ned5 $11 {0-1 Virovlansky,
S-Ibragimov,I/Russian Cup, Nizhnij Novgorod RUS 1998 (54)}) 12. Qd1 (12. Qd2 a5
13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. a4 h6 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4
Ra6 20. a5 Qa8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Wells,C/Isle Of Man 1995 (71)}) (12. Qc3
Qe8 13. b4 (13. Bf4 d6 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 e5 16. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Touzane,
O-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS09 GM 1995/EXT 95}) (13. Bg5 d6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. c5 Nc6
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qe3 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Ne1 Bxg2
22. Nxg2 Nd5 23. Qf3 Rf7 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Qd5 26. Qc3 f4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,K-Tukmakov,V/Elenite 1995/CBM 50 (50)}) 13... d6 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. a4
a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bd2 Qa8 18. Qb3 Ra6 19. Bh3 h6 20. Ra3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sadler,M-De Firmian,N/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1995/CBM 49 (38)}) 12... Qe7 (12...
a5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rfd1 a4 18. b4 d6 19. b5
Qe8 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ng6 22. Qd3 Nh7 23. f4 Nf6 24. d5 Ne4 25. dxe6 Qxe6
$15 {0-1 Onischuk,A-Kurajica,B/Moscow olm UKR-BIH ,CBM 1994 (54)}) 13. b4 d6
14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Rc1 c5 16. e3 d5 17. cxd5 cxb4 18. dxe6 bxa3 19. exd7 axb2 20.
Qb3+ Bd5 21. Qxb2 Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rc7 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc7
26. Rxc7 h5 27. Qb4 $14 {0-1 Schulmanas,I-Baumgartner,W/WchS Bad Woerishofen ,
EXT 1992 (38)}) (11. d5 {Tsesarsky} a5 (11... exd5 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. cxd5 Bxd5
14. Nxf5 Qe8 $132) 12. O-O Na6 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Tozer,R-Cooper,L/Birmingham ENG 1999 (30)}) 11... Be4 12. Qc3 ({Another
options is:} 12. Qb3 Nc6 (12... d6 $143 13. O-O Qe8 14. Rd1 {+/=/= Sheldon,
R-Anderton,D/London,1999 (0-1)(40)} (14. Rd1 Nbd7 15. d5 e5 16. Bb2 Qh5 $11 {
0-1 Sheldon,R-Anderton,D/London ENG 1999 (40)})) 13. Bb2 {See comments to:
Bareev,E-Piket,J/ Sarajevo,1998/CBM 66 (1/2-1/2)(Hansen,LB) (27)} (13. Bb2 {
Tsesarsky} a6 14. Rc1 b5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rfb8 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Rc5 Rb7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Piket,J/Bosnia 1998 (27)})) 12... d6 (12... a5 13. b5 d6
14. O-O Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 15. a4 Nbd7 16. Ba3 Qh5 17. Nd2 (17. c5 $6 Nd5 18.
Qc4 N7f6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rac1 ({After:} 20. Bxd6 {rather well to at first:}
Rfd8 {/\21...Rac8 with strong initiative.}) 20... Rad8 21. Qb3 f4 $40 {Amura,
C-Sorokin,M/Buenos Aires,1996(0-1) (31)}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. c5 exd4
20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Bxd6 Rfe8 $11 {Lisitsin,G-Kan,I/Moscow,1935(1-0)
(77) It's first game in this variation!} (22... Rfe8 {Tsesarsky} 23. Nf3 Rxe2
24. Nxd4 Ree8 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Nxf3 $11 {1-0 Lisitsin,G-Kan,I/Moscow 1935 (77)
})) 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb2 ({Another possibility is:} 14. Rd1 $5 Qe8 $140 15. Bf1
h6 (15... Bb7 $142) 16. Ne1 Bb7 17. f3 a5 $1 $11 {You can see comments to
Alterman,B-Adams,M/Yerevan,1996/Inf 67/613 (1/2-1/2)(Alterman,B) (38)}) 14...
Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 15. Ne1 ({Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 15.
d5 e5 ({It deserves attention:} 15... exd5 16. cxd5 (16. Rfd1 c6 17. Rac1 $44)
16... Bxd5 17. Qxc7 Qxe2 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfe1 Qb2 20. Qxd6 $11) 16. Ng5 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gg5e4,Gg5e6]} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. f3 Qg6 (19...
Qh5 $5 20. Qe3 exf3+ 21. exf3 Rf6 22. Rf2 Raf8 23. Raf1 g5 24. Bc1 h6 {'<=>'
Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: '1/2-1/2 Kahn,E-Horvath,C/Budapest Spring op 1996 (33)'}
25. Qe4 Qg6 $11 {Kahn,E-Horvath,C/Spring(op),1996(1/2-1/2) (33)}) 20. Rac1 a5
21. Qb3 axb4 22. axb4 Rf5 23. Ra1 Raf8 24. Qe3 Rf4 $13 {Touzane,O-Zelcic,R/
Portoroz,1998(1/2-1/2) (38)} (24... Rf4 {Tsesarsky} 25. Rac1 exf3+ 26. exf3 b5
27. cxb5 Rxb4 28. Ba3 Rxb5 29. Rxc7 Nf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Touzane,O-Zelcic,R/18th
Mitropa Cup, Portoroz SLO 1998 (38)})) ({i} 15. Rac1 a5 16. b5 Qh5 17. Qd2 Rae8
18. a4 Ba8 19. Rcd1 Kh8 20. Bc1 e5 $11 {Savchenko,S-Zelcic,R/Nova Gorica,1997 
(0-1)(40)} (20... e5 {Tsesarsky} 21. Qc2 Be4 22. Qc3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bxg2 24.
Kxg2 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Savchenko,S-Zelcic,R/Nova Gorica SLO 1997 (40)})) (15. Nd2 {
Tsesarsky} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a5 17. f3 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Timman,J/Koop
Tjuchem Groningen 1996/CBM 57}) (15. Rae1 {Tsesarsky} a5 16. Nd2 axb4 17. axb4
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 b5 22. cxb5 Qh5 23. d5 e5
24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Nf6 $17 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Lobron,E/
Leeuwarden ,EXT 1995 (30)}) (15. Rfd1 {Tsesarsky} Qh5 16. Ne1 f4 17. f3 fxg3
18. hxg3 Bb7 19. Nd3 Qg5 20. g4 Nxg4 $19 {0-1 Lorscheid,G-Kabatianski,A/BL2-S
1996/BL2 (26)}) 15... Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qf7 $146 {Black's plan is: Rae8 and e5.
It's probably better,than right away: '!?' Tsesarsky.} (16... e5 $143 17. dxe5
dxe5 {'=' Tsesarsky.} (17... Nxe5 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. f3 Rae8 20.
Rd2 Rf7 21. Rfd1 $14 {Rabinovich,A-Shishkov,A/Tallinn,1997(1-0) (38)} (21. Rfd1
Qc6 22. Ne3 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Ng2 Ne5 25. Rd4 Ng6 26. R1d2 Rfe7 27. Qc2 $14
{1-0 Rabinovich,A-Shishkov,A/EuJun, Tallinn EST 1997 (38)})) 17. Rad1 {
Tsesarsky: 'Here Golod offered me draw...'} Rae8 18. f3 $5 {[%csl Yf3][%cal
Yf3g4,Yf3e4]} e5 {'!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'After f2-f3 this promotion seems
stronger '} 19. d5 Qh5 {An interesting idea which was mentioned by Tsesarsky,I
after the game:} (19... g5 $32) ({Dubious:} 19... b5 20. cxb5 Nxd5 21. Qc2 {
+/=/=} (21. Qc6 {Tsesarsky} N7b6 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 $132)) 20. Qc2 {
[%csl Yc2,Rh2]} Qh3 21. e3 $11 (21. Qa4 $5 $13) (21. Qa4 $5 {(Tsesarsky) Seems
too risky} Rf7 22. Qxa7 Nf8 23. Qa4 g5 24. e3 h5 25. Qc2 h4 26. gxh4 gxh4 27.
Kh1 Rg7 28. Rf2 Nh5 29. a4 Nh7 $44) 21... g5 $5 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yg5f4,Yg5h4]
><f4;/\e4} ({Much worse is:} 21... Rf7 22. Nh4 $1 g6 $140 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.
Nxg2 {+/=/=}) 22. Ne1 Rf7 ({Slightly dubious right away:} 22... e4 {in view of:
} 23. f4 gxf4 $1 (23... Ng4 $143 24. Qg2 $14) 24. exf4 (24. Rxf4 Ng4 $13 {
[%csl Rf3]}) 24... Ng4 25. Qg2 {+/=/=}) 23. Qg2 Qh5 24. Rd2 {[%csl Rd1,Yd2,Gh5]
[%cal Yd1d2]} e4 $140 {'=?!' Tsesarsky.} (24... Qg6 {Tsesarsky} 25. Nc2 h6 $132
) (24... h6 {Tsesarsky} 25. Nc2 Kh7 $36 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) (24... a6 {[%cal Gb6b5]
Tsesarsky} 25. a4 h6 {[%cal Gg8h7,Ge8g8] And Black didn't hasten to play e5-e4
or f5-f4.}) 25. f4 gxf4 26. exf4 {This move,undoubtedly,better,than:} (26. Rxf4
Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Ge5,Rf3]} (26... Ne5 {Tsesarsky} 27. Qf1 Nfg4 28. Qe2 a6 29.
Bd4 Rg7 $132)) 26... e3 ({Inclusion:} 26... Ng4 27. Nc2 {badly for black:} e3
28. Re2 Re4 29. Nd4 $14) (26... a6 $5 {[%cal Gb6b5] Tsesarsky} 27. a4 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. Bd4 Nb6 30. Bxb6 cxb6 31. Nc2 $132) 27. Rc2 Re4 28. Nf3 {[%cal
Gf3g5,Gf3d4] My knight is tending on ideal place e6(over d4 or g5).} h6 29. Nd4
{+/=/=} (29. h3 $5 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Yh3g4]}) 29... Ng4 30. Qf3 Ndf6 31. Re1 Kh7
({Most probably equalizes:} 31... Nf2 $1 32. Qxh5 (32. Rxe3 $6 N6g4 $5 (32...
Rxe3 $143 33. Qxh5 (33. Qxe3 $4 Qd1+ $1 34. Kg2 $8 Qh1+ 35. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19)
33... Nxh5 34. Kxf2 $44) 33. Ree2 Qxh2+ 34. Kf1 Rfe7 $36) 32... Nxh5 33. Ne6
Nd3 34. Ree2 Nxb2 35. Rxb2 $11) (31... a6 {Tsesarsky} 32. a4 Nf2 33. Qxh5 Nxh5
34. Ree2 Nd3 35. Bc3 $14) 32. Ree2 ({A little better is:} 32. b5 {[%csl Ra7]})
32... a6 (32... Kg6 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 33. Ne6 $6 {Strategical blunder.} (33. a4
$142 {/\b5 and only later Ne6.}) (33. a4 {Tsesarsky} Kg6 34. b5 $1 (34. Ne6 $6
c5 $1 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Bc1 Rb7 $15) 34... a5 35. Ne6 Nd7 36. Nxc7 Nc5 37. Na6
(37. Ne6 Nxe6 38. dxe6 Re7 $15 {[%csl Ge3]}) 37... Nxa4 38. Ba3 Nc5 39. Nxc5
dxc5 40. Bc1 $132) 33... c5 $1 $11 {'!' Tsesarsky.} 34. bxc5 $6 {'-/+?'
Tsesarsky.} ({From my point of view better is:} 34. Nd8 $5 Rf8 35. Ne6 Rf7 (
35... Rb8 $143 36. Bxf6 Nxf6 37. Qxh5 Nxh5 38. bxc5 (38. Rc3 {Tsesarsky} cxb4
39. axb4 Rc8 40. c5 Nf6 $132) 38... bxc5 39. Rc3 $14 {[%csl Re3]}) 36. Nd8 $11)
({Interestingly:} 34. h4 $5 $13 {[%csl Rh5]}) (34. h4 {Tsesarsky} Kg6 35. Bc1
cxb4 36. axb4 b5 37. c5 Nxd5 38. cxd6 Ngf6 39. Qxh5+ Kxh5 40. Nc5 Rxb4 (40...
Rg7 41. Nxe4 Nxe4 42. Bxe3 Nxb4 43. Rc7 Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 Rg8 45. d7 Rd8 46. Ra7
$16) 41. Bxe3 (41. Nxa6 Rb1 42. Kg2 Rg7 43. Kf3 Ne4 44. Rg2 Nxd6 $17) 41... a5
42. Kg2 $132) 34... bxc5 35. Rc1 ({Now senselessly:} 35. Nd8 {because of:} Rf8
$1 36. Ne6 $140 Rb8 $36 {[%csl Rg1] and impossibly:} 37. Bxf6 $4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2
Qxh2#) (35. Rc3 {Tsesarsky} Rb7 36. Rcc2 Kg6 $17 {[%cal Rg4f2]}) 35... Kg6 $1 {
[%csl Rf6,Yg6][%cal Yg6f6,Gf7b7][%mdl 2048]} 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Rb2 Kg6 {
[%csl Yg6,Rh5][%cal Yg6h5]} 38. Qe2 Nf2 $1 39. Rc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Gross
blunder. '-+??' Tsesarsky.} ({It is necessary:} 39. Qxh5+ Kxh5 40. Re2 (40. Rb3
{Tsesarsky} Kg4 41. Kg2 Re7 (41... h5 42. Ng5 $18) 42. a4 a5 $22 {[%csl Rc4,
Rf3,Rh3][%cal Ge7b7]} 43. h4 {This move seems bad, but what can you advise to
White?} (43. Nd8 e2 44. Re1 Nd1 45. h3+ Kh5 46. Ne6 Ne3+ $17) (43. Kf1 Kf3 44.
Rc2 Ng4 (44... Nh3 45. Nd8 h5 (45... Rd4 46. Ke1 Ree4 47. Rbc3 h5 48. Nf7 h4
49. Nxd6 hxg3 50. hxg3 Kxg3 51. Nxf5+ Kf3 52. Nxd4+ cxd4 53. Rb3 Nxf4 $17) 46.
Nb7 Rd7 $17 {[%cal Gh5h4]})) 43... Re8 44. Nc7 Rg8 45. Ne6 Nh3 46. Nc7 (46. Ra3
Rb8 $19) (46. Rb6 e2 47. Re1 Re3 $19) 46... e2 47. Re1 Rc8 48. Ne6 Rxc4 49.
Rxe2 Rxa4 $17) 40... Rb7 41. Rc3 Nd1 $1 $15 {'!' Tsesarsky.} (41... Nh3+ $1 42.
Kg2 Kg4 43. Rc1 Rb3 $17)) 39... Nd1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3]} 40. Rc1 $8 Nxb2 41.
Qxb2 Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} ({Also win:} 41... Qf3 $5 42. Qh8 (42. Rf1 e2 $140 43.
Re1 {[%cal Gb2h8]} (43. Rxf3 e1=Q+ 44. Rf1 $8 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Rxc4 46. Qh8 Qe4+
47. Kg1 Qxd5 $19) 43... Rxc4 (43... Kh7 $5) 44. Qh8 Qxd5 $19) 42... Qf2+ 43.
Kh1 Re7 $1 44. Qg8+ Kh5 45. Qf8 Kg4 $1 46. Qxh6 (46. Qxe7 $144 Kf3 47. Rg1 $8
e2 48. Qh4 Qxg1+ 49. Kxg1 e1=Q#) 46... R4xe6 $1 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Yg4f3,Yf3e4]}
(46... R7xe6 $4 47. Qg5+ Kf3 48. Qh5#) 47. dxe6 e2 $19) 42. Rf1 ({Very badly:} 
42. Rxc4 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qxd5+ {[%csl Rc4,Rg2]}) ({and} 42. Re1 $2 Qf3 {[%csl Rd5,
Rg1][%cal Gf3f2,Gf3d5]}) 42... Kh7 43. Nd8 Rd7 44. Ne6 Re7 (44... Qf7 $19 {
Tsesarsky}) 45. Nf8+ Kg8 46. Ne6 Qf7 $2 {'!?' Tsesarsky.} ({Can be recommended:
} 46... Rxe6 $5 {(or 46...Qe8!? with same idea)} 47. dxe6 Qe8 48. Qf6 Re4 49.
Qxh6 (49. Qxf5 Qxe6 $19) (49. e7 e2 50. Re1 Qxe7 51. Qg6+ Qg7 52. Qxf5 Re8 53.
Qd5+ Kh8 54. Kf2 Qe7 55. Qd3 $11) 49... Rxe6 (49... Qxe6 50. Qg5+ Kf7 51. Rb1
e2 52. Rb7+ Ke8 53. Rb8+ Kd7 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. Qb6+ Kd5 56. Qb7+ Kc4 57. Qb3+
Kd4 58. Qb2+ $11) 50. Qg5+ Qg6 51. Qd8+ Re8 $19 {'-/+' Tsesarsky.}) (46... Qe8
$6 {Tsesarsky} 47. Qf6 Qf7 48. Qxh6 $44) 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qxd6 Rc2 {[%csl Ge3,
Rg1] My position absolutely hopeless in view weakness my king and strong
black's pawn e3.} 49. Qd8 {I don't see 49...Rd2!,but black has a easy win in
all variation:} (49. h4 Rb7 50. Nf8+ (50. Nd8 Rbb2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 50...
Kg8 51. Ne6 Rbb2 52. Re1 (52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Nf8+ Qxf8 $1 54. Qxf8 Rg2+ 55. Kh1
Rh2+ 56. Kg1 Rbg2#) 52... Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Rh2+ 54. Kg1 Rbg2+ 55. Kf1 Rxg3 $19 {
[%csl Rf1][%cal Gh2f2]}) (49. Re1 Rb7 50. Nd8 Qh5 $1 (50... Rbb2 $4 51. Nxf7
Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Rxh2+ 53. Kg1 Rbg2+ 54. Kf1 Rf2+ 55. Kg1 $11) 51. h4 Qf3 $19 {
[%csl Rg1]}) (49. Nxc5 Rd2 (49... Rc7 {Tsesarsky} 50. Ne6 Qh5 51. Qxc7+ $8 Rxc7
52. Nxc7 Qe2 $19) 50. Ne6 Rb7 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb7b2]}) (49. Qe5 {Tsesarsky
} Qh5 $1 50. Ng5+ (50. Nf8+ Kg8 $19) 50... Qxg5 $19) 49... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Gd2,
Rd8,Re6][%cal Gf7e6] '(.)' Tsesarsky.} 50. Qd6 (50. Nf8+ $2 Kg7 51. Ne6+ $140
Qxe6 $19 {[%csl Rd8]}) 50... Rb7 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb7b2]} 51. Nf8+ Kg8 52.
Ng6 $8 {[%csl Rg2,Yg6][%cal Yg6h4]} (52. Ne6 $143 Rbb2 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qh4 (
54. Nf8+ $2 Qxf8 $1 55. Qxf8 Rg2+ 56. Kh1 Rxh2+ 57. Kg1 Rbg2#) 54... Rg2+ 55.
Kh1 Qb7 $19) 52... Qxd5 ({From my point of view a much better is:} 52... Rxd5
53. Qxa6 e2 {[%csl Ya6,Ge2,Rg6]} 54. Re1 Rd1 55. Kf2 Rxe1 56. Kxe1 Rb1+ {
and mate in 5 moves.}) (52... Rxd5 $19 {Tsesarsky}) 53. Qxd5+ (53. Qf8+ $2 Kh7
54. Qh8+ Kxg6 $19) 53... Rxd5 {It seems that,further resistance is useless.}
54. Re1 Rd3 55. a4 Ra3 (55... Rd2 $142) 56. Ne5 Rb4 57. Kg2 Rbxa4 58. Rd1 Rd4
59. Rb1 Rd2+ 60. Kh3 Raa2 61. g4 {Tsesarsky: 'This position I was lucky to
lose...'} e2 {This move-"harbinger" next grandios mistake of black.} (61...
Rxh2+ $142 62. Kg3 Rab2 $19 (62... Rab2 {Tsesarsky} 63. Rd1 Rbg2+ 64. Kf3 Rd2
$19)) 62. gxf5 Rd1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] '=??' Tsesarsky.} ({Leads to win:} 62...
Rab2 63. Rg1+ Kf8 {'-+' Tsesarsky.} 64. f6 Rd1 65. Rg7 {[%cal Ge5g6]} Rb3+ $1
66. Kg2 (66. Kg4 Rg1+) (66. Kh4 e1=Q+) 66... Rg1+ $1 67. Kxg1 e1=Q+ 68. Kg2
Qe2+ 69. Kh1 Rb1+ 70. Rg1 Qe4+) 63. Rb8+ Kg7 64. Rb7+ Kf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Decisive mistake. '+-??' Tsesarsky.} ({It is necessary:} 64... Kg8 $8 65. Rb8+
({Unexpectedly loses:} 65. f6 $4 {in view of:} Rg1 {'-+' Tsesarsky.} (65...
Ra3+ $4 66. Kg4 Rg1+ 67. Kf5 e1=Q 68. Rb8+ Kh7 69. Rb7+ Kh8 (69... Rg7 $4 70.
Rxg7+ Kh8 71. Ng6#) 70. Rb8+ Kh7 $8 (70... Rg8 $4 71. Ng6+ Kh7 72. Rb7+ Rg7 73.
Rxg7#) 71. Rb7+ $11) 66. Rb8+ (66. f7+ $2 Kg7 67. Rb8 Ra3+ 68. Kh4 e1=Q+) 66...
Kh7 67. Rb7+ Kh8 68. Nf7+ (68. Rb8+ Rg8 69. Rb1 $8 Ra3+ 70. Kh4 Rb3 71. Re1 Rg2
$19) 68... Kg8 $1 69. Nxh6+ $140 Kh8 70. Nf7+ (70. f7 $2 Ra3+) 70... Kh7 71.
Nd6+ (71. Ne5+ $2 Kh6 72. f7 Ra3+) 71... Kh6 72. Nf5+ Kg6 73. Rg7+ Kxf6 74.
Rxg1 Kxf5 $19) 65... Kg7 66. Rb7+ {'=' Tsesarsky.} Kg8 $11) (64... Kf6 $4 65.
Rf7#) (64... Kh8 $4 65. Ng6+ $1 (65. f6 $4 Rg1 66. Nf7+ Kg8 $1 67. Nxh6+ $140
Kh8 {and transfer to 64...Kg8[] 65.f6??}) 65... Kg8 66. f6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gb7g7]} Ra3+ 67. Kg4 h5+ (67... Rg1+ 68. Kf5 Rxg6 (68... Rg5+ 69. fxg5 Rf3+ 70.
Kg4 $18) 69. Kxg6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb7b8]}) 68. Kg5 Rg1+ (68... Rd5+ 69.
Kh6) 69. Kf5 Rxg6 70. Kxg6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb7b8]}) 65. f6 $18 {[%csl Gb7,
Ge5,Gf6,Rf8][%cal Gb7b8,Ge5g6]} Ra3+ (65... Rd8 66. Ng6+ Kg8 (66... Ke8 67.
Re7#) 67. Rg7#) (65... Rd3+ 66. Kg4 Kg8 67. Rg7+ (67. Ng6 $5 {[%cal Gb7g7]} h5+
68. Kg5 Rd5+ 69. f5 $18) 67... Kf8 68. Ng6+ Ke8 69. f7+ Kd7 70. f8=Q+ Kc6 (
70... Ke6 71. Qf5+ Kd6 72. Qd7#) 71. Ne5+ {s matom v 5 khodov.}) 66. Kg4 {
Despite the numerous mistakes the game was very interesting.} (66. Kg4 Rg1+ 67.
Kf5 Kg8 (67... Rg5+ 68. fxg5 Rf3+ 69. Nxf3 $18 (69. Ke6 $5)) (67... Rb3 68.
Rxb3 Kg8 69. Ng6 (69. f7+ $5 Kg7 70. Rb8) 69... e1=Q (69... Rxg6 70. Kxg6 e1=Q
71. Rb8+) 70. Rb8+ Kf7 (70... Kh7 71. Rh8#) 71. Rf8# (71. Nh8#)) 68. f7+ ({
Elegantly win:} 68. Ng6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb7g7]} Rg5+ (68... Rxg6 69. Kxg6 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb7b8]}) 69. fxg5 Rf3+ 70. Kg4 {with mate in 3 moves..}) 68...
Kg7 69. Rb8 e1=Q (69... Rg5+ 70. fxg5 Rf3+ 71. Nxf3 $18 {[%csl Yf3,Gf7]}) 70.
f8=Q+ Kh7 71. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {With 'Shak' you never know what's going to come but luckily for me
the previous night I sat down, worked quite a bit and managed to see most of
the lines he plays. This was the last round game in the Reykjavik open.} 2. Nf3
{I am ready for the Old-Indian.} g6 {Okay how about some King's Indian?} 3. c4
{Go for it!} f5 {Dutch it is :)} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. c5 Kh8 8.
h4 $5 {This is already unknown territory and I wanted to be aggressive at the
first opportunity.} Nh5 9. Qb3 a5 (9... dxc5 {Here White can choose between
two good options:} 10. dxc5 (10. O-O-O $5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nxf5 Qf6 13.
Nxg7 Nxf4 14. exf4 Qxf4+ 15. Rd2 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Bb5 {with
good play for the pawn}) 10... c6 11. Qa3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14.
g3 Nf6 15. Bc4 Ng4 16. h5 Nxf2 17. hxg6 h6 18. Ng5 $40) (9... Nc6 {is another
possible way to play for Black} 10. Rd1 $1 e6 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nb5
Qd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Rxd5 f4 16. Rxd6 Qf5 17. Be2 a6 18. Nc3 fxe3 19. Bxe3 Nf4 {
Black has some compensation here but probably not enough for a pawn.}) 10. Rd1
c6 $2 {This is already a serious mistake. Later Shakhriyar mentioned that he
completely overlooked my next move.} 11. Na4 $1 {Simple and strong.} Ra7 12.
Ng5 Qe8 13. Bc4 Nxf4 14. exf4 $6 (14. Bf7 $1 {This intermediate move finishes
the game almost immediately, I saw this but I wanted to keep things as simple
as I could but then again in order to win games against 2750s one needs to be
more "brave" :)} Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Qd8 (15... Nxe3+ 16. fxe3 Qd8 17. h5 h6 18. hxg6
e5 19. Rh5 $1 {This move looks very simple but I kept missing it when I was
trying to make 14.Bf7! work}) 16. h5 h6 17. hxg6 e5 18. Rh5 $1 {with a winning
attack.}) 14... d5 15. Be2 h6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. h5 $2 {White still keeps his
advantage but why give Black unnecessary counterplay?} (17. Qe3 $142 {with the
idea to play h5 next move.}) 17... g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 e5 20. Nb6 $6 (20.
Nf3 {[%cal Gf3h4]} Bf6 (20... e4 21. Nh4 Kh7 22. Ng6 $16) 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Kf1
$16) 20... Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Ra8 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Kf1 f4 (23... Bf6 24. Nf3 Qxb2
25. Qc7 Be6 26. Qf4 Bg8 27. Nh4 Bxh4 28. Rxh4 Rae8 29. Bd3 $40) 24. Nf3 Qxb2
25. h6 Be5 26. Nh4 Bf5 27. Qxb2 Bxb2 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Rxb7 {
After not so accurate play from both of us we reached a position where I could
"pretend" to be better.} Re8 {Accompanied with a draw offer, but I didn't see
any reason not to continue the game.} 31. Rh3 Bb4 $6 (31... Bd2 $1 {This draws
on the spot.}) 32. a3 Bxc5 33. Bd3 Rg5 34. Rf3 (34. Rh4 Rf8 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36.
Rc7 {Now I get the same position as in the game but my rook on h4 is more
active.}) 34... Bd6 (34... Rh5 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. g4 Rh1+ 37. Kg2 Ree1 $1 38.
Rxf4 Bd6 39. Rf6 Rh2+ 40. Kf3 Rh3+ $11) 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rd7 Be5 37. Bc2 Kh8
38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rd7 Kh8 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rb7 Kh8 42. Rfb3 c5 $1 43. R3b6 Bc3
44. Rb8 Rgg8 45. Rxe8 (45. R6b7 {This is what I had in mind when I went Rfb3 :)
} Re1#) 45... Rxe8 46. Kg1 Rd8 47. Rb7 c4 48. Bg6 $1 {Time to sign the peace
treaty!} d4 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. h4 $5 {TN} (5. e3 g6 6. h4 h6 7.
Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Nf3 c6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Kb1 Nxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13.
bxc3 Bg7 $15 {0-1 De Niet,G-Beim,V/Dieren 1998/EXT 99 (70)}) 5... e5 (5... h6
6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. h5 e5 8. e3 $13) 6. e4 $5 fxe4 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ $36) 7. Bxf6 (7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Nf3
O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qe7 $5 $132) 7... Nxf6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. O-O-O+ $44 Bd7 (10... Ke7 11. f3 $1 exf3 12. Nxf3 $36) 11. g4 $1 (11. Nge2
Bc5 12. Ng3 Bxf2 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be3+ 15. Kc2 Ke7 $17) 11... h6 (11...
Nxg4 $2 12. Nxe4 Ke8 13. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 (13... Nxf2 14. Nxf2 Kxd7 15. Bh3+ $36)
14. Bh3 h5 15. f3 $16) (11... Bc5 12. g5 Ne8 (12... Ng4 $2 13. Rxd7+ Kxd7 14.
Bh3 $16) 13. Nxe4 Bd4 14. Nf3 $36) (11... e3 12. g5 (12. fxe3 Nxg4 13. Bh3 h5
14. Nf3 Bd6 $15) 12... exf2 13. gxf6 fxg1=Q 14. Rxg1 gxf6 15. Bh3 $16) 12. Bh3
g5 13. Bg2 Bg7 (13... gxh4 14. Nxe4 $36) 14. hxg5 (14. Nxe4 Ke7 15. hxg5 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 $11) 14... hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Ke7 18. f3 Rf8 19. Rd3 (19. Nxg5 $5 Bg7 20. Ne4 Bc6 $44) 19... Bc6 20. Ne2 (20.
Nxg5 Rg8 21. N1h3 Bf6 22. Nh7 e4 $132) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 Rf1+ 22. Rd1 Rf3 $11
23. Kd2 Bf6 24. Rg1 $6 (24. Rh1 $5 Kf7 25. Rh7+ Bg7 $11) 24... Ke6 25. Rg3 Rf1
26. Rg1 Rf3 27. Rg3 Rf2 28. Ke3 Rh2 $15 {[/\Bf6-e7-c5]} 29. Kf3 Be7 30. Rg2
Rxg2 $6 (30... Rh3+ 31. Rg3 Rh8 32. Rg2 Bc5 $15) 31. Kxg2 Kd6 32. Kf3 Kc5 33.
b3 Kb4 34. Ke3 $1 Ka3 35. Kd3 Kxa2 36. Kc2 $15 c6 37. Nc1+ Ka3 38. Nd3 Bd6 39.
Ne1 $1 {[/\ 40.Nf3<=>]} Be7 40. Nd3 Bd6 41. Ne1 Be7 42. Nd3 Bf6 43. Kc3 b5 $2 (
43... a5 44. c5 (44. Nc5) 44... a4 45. bxa4 Kxa4 46. Kc4 $11) 44. Nb4 $1 $11 a5
45. Nxc6 b4+ 46. Kc2 a4 47. bxa4 b3+ 48. Kb1 Kxa4 49. Kb2 Bh8 50. Kc1 Bg7 51.
Kb1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. Be2 Na6 $5 {[TN;9...c6-51/85]} 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. b4 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bb2 Bxb2 $5 (13... Nc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Nd4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 $14 {
/\18.Qd3}) 14. Rxb2 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 e5 $5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $132 18. Qd4 {
[/\19.c5]} b6 19. Rc2 $6 (19. Nd2 Qf6 20. Nxe4 Qxd4 21. exd4 fxe4 22. Re1 $10)
19... Ra4 20. Qb2 Qf6 21. Nd4 Bf7 22. Rfc1 Rfa8 (22... c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nb5
Qxb2 25. Rxb2 Rd8 26. f3 $10) 23. f3 Ng5 (23... Qg5 $2 24. fxe4 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1
Ra2 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 c5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Nc2 $18) 24. c5 $1 $132 Ra2 25.
Qc3 Rxc2 (25... R8a3 26. Rxa2 Rxc3 27. Ra8+ Kg7 28. Rxc3 dxc5 29. bxc5 f4 30.
cxb6 cxb6 31. Raa3 fxe3 32. Nc2 $13) 26. Rxc2 dxc5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Ra1+
29. Bf1 (29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qb6 $15) (29. Kf2 $2 Ne4+ 30. fxe4 Qh4+ 31. g3
(31. Kf3 $4 fxe4#) 31... Qxh2+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Kf4 (33. Kf2 fxe4 {/\34...Qg1})
33... Qxe4+ 34. Kg5 Qxe3+ 35. Kf6 Qxg3 $17) 29... f4 $6 $138 (29... Nh3+ 30.
gxh3 Qg5+ 31. Rg2 (31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qg5+ $10) 31... Qxe3+ 32. Rf2 Qg5+ 33.
Kh1 Qe3 34. Kg1 Qg5+ $10) 30. exf4 Qxf4 31. Ne2 Qf6 $2 $138 32. Qxc7 $14 Kg7
33. Qc5 Ne4 $1 {[/\Ne4-d6-f5]} 34. Qe3 Nd6 35. Qc3 Nf5 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rc1 (
37. Kf2 $2 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Ne3+ $19) 37... Rxc1 38. Nxc1 h5 39. Kf2 h4 40. Bd3
g5 $10 41. Ne2 (41. Bxf5 Kxf5 42. Ne2 Bd5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Nc3 Ba8 45. Ne4 Kf5
$10) 41... Nd6 42. Nc3 Ke5 43. Ne4 Nxe4+ 44. Bxe4 Kf4 45. Bc6 Bc4 (45... g4 $2
46. g3+ hxg3+ 47. hxg3+ Ke5 48. f4+ Kd6 49. Be4 $14) 46. Bd7 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1 b6
9. f4 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd3 c5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Bf3 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
exd4 Kh8 16. Qb3 Be7 17. a4 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Be3
h6 22. h3 Qd7 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nf6 27. Ne2 Rbc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Re8 30. Rc6 Bd8 31. Ng3 a6 32. Bf2 axb5 33. Qc2 Ne4 34.
Nxe4 dxe4 35. Be3 Bf6 36. Qc3 b4 37. Qc4 Rd8 38. Rc7 b5 39. Qc2 b3 40. Qc1 Qd6
41. Rc6 Qe7 42. Rc7 Qf8 43. Qc3 Qd6 44. Rc8 Kh7 45. Rxd8 Qxd8 {[#] Weiße
Bauernschwächen und schlechter Läufer.} 46. Qc5 Qd7 47. Kf2 Kg6 48. Ke2 h5 49.
Kf2 h4 50. Ke2 Qb7 51. Kf2 Qa6 52. g4 $2 (52. Qf8 $1 {kontert die schwarze
Umgehungsdrohung mit der Dauerschachdrohung.}) 52... hxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Qa1 54.
Qxb5 Bh4+ $1 55. Kg2 Qxb2+ 56. Kh1 Qb1+ 57. Bg1 Qd1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd1f3]}
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-B"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Elissalt Cardenas, Hector"]
[Black "Paneque, Pedro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 d6 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ba5 11. a3 Bb6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Nxb6
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxb6 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Qa6 18. Qb3 e5 19. Be1 Be6 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Bg3 Qd2+ 23. Kb1 Qxe3 24. Ka1 f4 25. Bh4 Rf8 26. Rd1 a6
27. Qa4 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Qxb5 h6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qb6 Bc4 32. Ne4 Bb3 33.
Rh1 Kg7 34. Nxc5 Bf7 35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. Qxe6 Qd2 37. Qb6 Rd8 38. g3 fxg3 39.
hxg3 Rd3 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qc8 Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. Qc4+ Kg7 44. Rc1 h5 45. Qc8
Rd7 46. Rc5 Qd6 47. Rb5 Rc7 48. Qf5 Qc6 49. Qd3 Rd7 50. Qb3 Qd6 51. a4 Qd2 52.
Rb8 Rf7 53. Ka2 Qe1 54. Rb7 Rxb7 55. Qxb7+ Kh6 56. Qf7 Qxg3 57. Qxf6+ Qg6 58.
Qh8+ Qh7 59. Qf6+ Qg6 60. Qh8+ Qh7 61. Qxh7+ (61. Qxe5 Qf7+ 62. b3 Qxf3 63. a5
h4 $44 {64.a6 Weiß hat 1 Tempo voraus}) 61... Kxh7 62. a5 h4 63. a6 h3 64. a7
h2 65. a8=Q h1=Q 66. Qe4+ Kh6 67. b4 Qf1 68. Kb3 Qb5 69. Qc4 Qb7 70. Qe6+ Kh7
71. Qxe5 Qxf3+ {CD-ROM: Weiß gewinnt in 46 Zügen mit Kc4!} 72. Kc4 Qc6+ (72...
Qf7+ $1 {am besten (D-ROM)}) 73. Kd4 (73. Qc5 Qe6+ 74. Qd5 Qc8+ 75. Kd4 {
mit schnellerem Gewinn (CD-ROM)}) 73... Qb6+ 74. Qc5 Qf6+ 75. Kd5 Qd8+ (75...
Qf3+ $1 {ermöglicht viele Schachs von allen Seiten CD-ROM gibt Gewinn in 48
Zügen} 76. Ke6 Kg6 77. b5 Qf7+) 76. Kc6 Qc8+ 77. Kb6 Qe6+ (77... Qb8+ 78. Ka6
Kg8 {ist hartnäckiger (CD-ROM) Schwarz scheitert stets an der schlechten K-Pos.
}) 78. Qc6 Qe3+ 79. Kb7 Kh8 80. b5 Qe7+ 81. Qc7 Qe4+ 82. Kb8 Qb4 83. b6 Qb5 (
83... Kg8 {verlängert den Widerstand um 9 Züge! (CD-ROM)}) 84. Qc3+ (84. Qd8+ {
Gewinn in 9 Zügen (CD-ROM)} Kg7 85. b7 Kh6 86. Qd4 $1 {droht Kc7} Kh7 87. Kc7
Qa5+ 88. Kc8 Qa6 89. Qd5 $1 Kg7 90. Kc7 Qa7 91. Qb5 Kh7 92. Qb6 $18) 84... Kh7
85. Qf6 {verlängert den Gewinn um rund 10 Züge! (CD-ROM)} (85. Kc7 $1) 85...
Qd7 (85... Qd5 $1) 86. b7 (86. Qe5 $1 {ist auch sehr gut}) 86... Kg8 87. Qc3 {
Gewinn in 16 Zügen (CD-ROM)} (87. Qe5 $1 {Gewinn in 11 Zügen (CD-ROM)}) 87...
Qa4 88. Kc7 (88. Qc8+ $1 {gewinnt viel schneller (CD-ROM)}) 88... Qf4+ 89. Kb6
Qd6+ 90. Ka7 Qe7 91. Qd4 Qa3+ 92. Kb8 Qf8+ 93. Kc7 Qe7+ {ist zu dicht am Mann!}
(93... Qf7+ {ist um 10 Züge besser!}) 94. Kc8 Qe6+ 95. Kd8 Qb3 96. Qg4+ Kh8 97.
Qc8 1-0

[Event "DSV in der CSR-ch01 Meisterklasse"]
[Site "Teplitz Schoenau"]
[Date "1922.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1922.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Zu großes Risiko? Das durch den ersten Weltkrieg daniederliegende Schachleben
kam erst ab 1921 wieder richtig in Gang: Capablanca löste Lasker auf dem
WM-Thron ab. Große und bedeutende Turniere gab es ab 1922. Eines fand in
Teplitz-Schönau statt (Sieger waren Reti und Spielmann). Um die Spielfreude
anzustacheln, wurden Schönheitspreise vergeben. Die vorliegende Partie erhielt
zu Unrecht nur den dritten Schönheitspreis; man war der Meinung, daß Schwarz
ein zu großes Risiko eingegangen war.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7
5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. b3 {Zu harmlos.} Nd7
11. Bb2 Rf6 {"Schwarz betrachtet die gegebene Stellung als ein gewaltiges
Problem: Matt in 25 Zügen" (Tartakower), zitiert aus "Meisterspiele" von
Rudolf Teschner, Edition Olms 1995.} 12. Rfe1 (12. Z0 Rh6 13. Z0 Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2
Qh4 $19) 12... Rh6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rad1 $2 {Ein schablonenhafter
Entwicklungszug, der nur Sinn machen würde, wenn sich in Zukunft das Zentrum
öffnet. Nach 15.Bg2 wäre der weiße König erst mal sicher gewesen. Sicher kann
man die Spielstärke eines Spielers nicht an einem einzigen Zug ausmachen, aber
es ist wohl undenkbar, daß ein Topspieler unserer Zeit so spielen würde - vor
allem der Sinn für Gefahren ist heute viel besser entwickelt.} g4 16. Nxe4 (16.
Nd2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 18. Kg1 (18. Bg2 Bxg3+) 18... Bxg3 19. Re2 Rh6) 16...
fxe4 17. Nd2 Rxh2 $3 18. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Bg2 Nf6 $1 20. Qc3 Qxg3+ 21.
Kg1 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Nh5 {/\ Bd7, Rf8 (Tartakower)}) 19... Nf6 {In fast allen
Varianten marschiert dieser Springer nach h5.} 20. Re2 Qxg3 {Das Risiko des
Turmopfers war nicht sehr groß - vom Spiel gegen den König abgesehen kann
Schwarz immer die Dame zurückziehen und mit den beiden Bauern losmarschieren.}
21. Nb1 (21. Qc3 Nh5 22. Rg2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Ng3 24. Rh2 Qg5 25. Rf2 Nf5 {
(Tartakower)}) 21... Nh5 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf2 (23. Qe1 Qf3+ 24. Rg2 Qh3+ 25. Kg1
Rf8 26. Nd2 (26. Rc2 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Qxb3) 26... Bg3 27. Rxg3
Qxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Nxg3 29. Bc3 Nf5 30. Re1 h5 {"und die verbundenen Freibauern
sind mehr wert als eine Figur." (Tartakower)}) 23... Qh4+ 24. Kg1 ({Nach} 24.
Rh2 Qg5 {ist Weiß auch hilflos.}) 24... Bg3 (24... Ng3 25. Rh2 Qg5 {nebst Nf5
ist ebenfalls eine gute Möglichkeit (Burgess/Nunn/Emms: The World's Greatest
Chess Games)}) 25. Bc3 (25. Rh2 {leistete mehr Widerstand (Teschner).} Bxh2+
26. Qxh2 Qg5 27. Bc1 g3 28. Qh1 Kh8 {von Tartakower angegeben, aber} ({das von
Fritz favorisierte} 28... Rf8 $1 {ist besser:} 29. Be2 (29. Bg2) 29... Ng7 30.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Nf5 {greift e3 und d4 an.}) 29. Be2 Nf6 30. Rf1 Rg8 31. Rf4
e5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. Qh4 Rg6 34. Bd2 d4 35. exd4 Qxd4+ 36. Kg2 Qb2 {soweit von
Tartakower angegeben (Knaurs Schachbuch)} 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxf6+ Qxf6 39. Bc3
{(Reti)}) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 g3 27. Qg2 Rf8 28. Be1 (28. Rd2 Rf3 29. Re2 Qg5
30. Be1 h6 31. Bd2 Nf6 32. Nc3 Ng4 33. Nd1 Nh2 34. Re1 h5 (34... Rf8 $1 {
/\ Nf3+ (Fritz)}) 35. Be2 h4 {(Tartakower)}) 28... Rxf1+ $1 (28... Qh2+ $6 {
gewinnt zwar die Figur zurück} 29. Qxh2 gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxf1 31. Nd2 Rf8 32. Bh4
{kann Weiß noch spielen.}) (28... e5 $5 {(Tarrasch)} 29. Rd2 exd4 30. Rf2 {
soll Weiß entlasten laut Tartakower, aber} Rf3 $1 $19) 29. Kxf1 e5 {Nun sind
doch noch alle schwarzen Figuren im Einsatz.} 30. Kg1 (30. Bxg3 Nxg3+ 31. Kf2
Bg4 32. Re1 Nf5+ 33. Kf1 Kh8 34. Z0 Bh3 $19) 30... Bg4 31. Bxg3 (31. Rd2 Bf3
32. Bxg3 Nxg3 33. Qh2 Qg5 $19) 31... Nxg3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qg5 34. dxe5 Bf3+
35. Kf1 Ng3+ {"Einen höheren Preis, der zweifellos verdient gewesen wäre,
lehnten die Preisrichter mit der Begründung ab, 'daß solche Opfer nicht in
allen ihren Abzweigungen vorauszurechnen seien und ein derartiges Spiel daher
keine Ermutigung verdient.' Heute ist man genau der entgegengesetzten Ansicht
und stellt Mut und Erfindungsgabe über die absolute Richtigkeit der
Spielführung." (Rudolf Teschner in 'Meisterspiele', Edition Olms 1995)} 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 f5 $5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 (4... e6 $5) 5. Nxe4 fxe4 6. f3 d5
7. fxe4 dxe4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 $14 Bg7 13. h4
Nf6 $2 (13... e5 $14) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Be5 $16 Qd7 17. Ng3 Bg6
18. Be2 O-O-O $2 (18... Kf7 19. O-O-O $16) (18... b6 $5) 19. Qa5 $1 b6 (19...
a6 20. Qb6 $18) 20. Qa6+ Qb7 21. Qa3 $18 Bg7 (21... Qd7 22. c5 b5 23. d5 $1
cxd5 (23... Kb7 24. Bxb5 $1 $18) (23... Bf7 24. Bxb5 $1 $18) 24. Qa5 $18) (
21... e6 22. O-O-O {/\23.Rf1}) 22. O-O-O Qd7 $6 (22... Kd7) 23. c5 b5 24. d5 $1
cxd5 25. Qa5 a6 (25... Qc6 26. Bxb5 Qxc5+ 27. Kb1 Qb6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Rc7+ Ka8
30. Rxa7+ Qxa7 31. Bc6#) 26. Bxb5 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Bd7
{[%cal Yd7e8,Ye8h5] This typical manoeuvre is rarely seen in the present
position. White removes everything from the d1-h5 diagonal, and the h5-bishop
becomes unemployed.} (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 {is the most common continuation.})
9. Bb2 Be8 10. Qc1 {[%cal Yb2a3]} (10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qc2
(13. c5 $5) 13... Kh8 14. Rae1 Bc7 15. Qc1 Bd6 16. Ng3 Nh5 17. Nxh5 Bxh5 18.
Nxd7 Rxd7 $11 {0-1 Danner,G (2345)-Nikolac,J (2480)/Maribor 1980/EXT 2001 (35)}
) 10... Bh5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 (11... Qe7 12. cxd5 cxd5 $140 13. Nb5) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7
13. Ba3 (13. c5 $5 Bc7 14. f4 b5 $140 {[%cal Ya7a5]} 15. cxb6 axb6 16. a4 $14 {
[%csl Ga4] - this is a potential passed pawn!}) 13... Ne4 $6 {This leads to a
closed position with a stable advantage for White, who will have a good bishop
against Black's bad one.} (13... dxc4 $142 14. bxc4 c5 $132) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
f3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rad8 17. c5 $1 Qe7 18. f4 {[%mdl 32] This is even better now 
(without the dark-squared bishops) than on move 13. White will now push
b3-b4-b5.} g5 {This attack is not dangerous.} 19. b4 Kh8 20. Rf2 Rg8 21. Bf1
Be8 22. a4 a6 23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Rfb2 Qg7 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Qf2 Qf6 27. b5 axb5 28.
axb5 Ra3 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. Rxb3 Ra8 31. fxg5 Qxg5 32. h3 Ra5 33. bxc6 Bxc6 34.
Kh2 Ra1 35. Bb5 $1 {Black's bishop is defendings his queenside so it is time
to exchange it.} Kg7 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. Rb7+ Kf6 $6 (37... Kg6 38. Rb8 $1 (38.
Rc7 $2 Ra3) 38... Kg7 39. Re8 $1 Kf7 40. Rc8 Kf6 (40... Ra3 41. Qb2 $18) 41.
Rxc6 Ra3 42. g4 $1 $18) 38. Rxh7 Ra3 39. Qb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] An obvious move
letting the victory slip.} (39. g4 $1 Kg6 (39... Rxe3 40. h4 $18) 40. Rc7 $18)
39... Rxe3 $4 {But Black misses his chance!} (39... f4 $1 40. Qxa3 Qg3+ 41. Kg1
Qe1+ $11) 40. Qb8 1-0

[Event "All Russian Masters-02"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1912.09.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Levenfish,G"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Grigory Levenfish: Izbrannie partii i vospominanija. p.39-41.} e6 2. c4
f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 {With the idea of 7...cxd4 8.exd4
d5.} 7. d5 (7. Nge2 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Nf4 $16) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5
Bxd5 10. Bxf5 Bf7 {An interesting position, not easy to assess. White has four
pawns against two on the king's wing, but two against four on the queen's wing.
Who will be quicker to exploit his pawn majority?} 11. f4 Be7 12. Nf3 Bf6 13.
e4 Be6 $1 {A good positional move, frankly, of necessity. After the exchange
at e6 Black will control the important squares in the center.} 14. Bxe6 dxe6
15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Be3 O-O 17. O-O Kh8 18. Rad1 Nc6 {Threatening ...e5 and ...Nd4.
} 19. e5 Be7 20. g4 (20. a3 $142 {avoiding Black's next move.}) 20... Nb4 $1 {
Threatening 21...c5-c4, followed by ...Nb4-d3.} 21. Qc4 Nd5 22. Bc1 Qc6 $2 ({
Here the simple} 22... g6 $15 {would prevent White's only hope for an attack 
(f4-f5), and leave Black with the more favorable position.} 23. h4 b5 24. Qxb5
c4 25. Nd4 c3 26. Qd3 cxb2 27. Bxb2 Nxf4 28. Qe4 $11) 23. f5 $1 Nc7 ({Here} 
23... b5 $2 {loses to} 24. Nd4 $1 Qb6 25. Nxb5 $16) 24. Bg5 b5 25. Qe2 Rae8 26.
f6 {!} gxf6 27. exf6 Bd6 ({If} 27... Bxf6 28. Bxf6+ Rxf6 (28... Kg8 29. Ne5)
29. Qe5 $18 {and White wins.}) 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rf7 30. Rd6 Qb7 31. Rd7 {!
} Ref8 32. Bh6 Qc8 33. Rxc7 (33. Re7) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{It may seem strange that in my day by day comments for chessbase.com I have
put the Leningrad Dutch into the same category as the Berlin and the Petroff
defences. The Dutch is highly non-symmetrical and has been traditionally
considered a good weapon to play for a win by asccepting high positional risks.
However, over the past years White has systematically failed to prove an
advantage in the main lines with g2-g3, so players like Kramnik and Aronian
have started experimenting with rare and unexplored systems of developing.
Besides, the description "wall" surely applies to the structure Black is
aiming for, maybe to a higher extent than in the aforementioned openings. On
basis of all these considerations, I hope you will welcome the Leningrad Dutch
into the group of wall-defences.} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 {Topalov also
deviates from the main lines.} e6 $5 {Not really switching to another system.
The positional threat of ...Bb4 as well as the possibility to switch to the
Stonewall later induces the next move after which Black will be ready to
continue his Leningrad style development.} 4. a3 (4. e3 {is surely playable,
but Topalov wanted his bishop to go to f4.} Bb4 (4... d5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2 Qc7 9. cxd5 $1 {Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Nikolic,P (2635)
Sarajevo 1998 CBM 066 [Tyomkin,D] (1-0, 49)}) 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Morovic Fernandez,I (2551)-Rodriguez Vila,A (2479) Santos 2003
CBM 095 [Roiz,M]}) ({As for} 4. Bf4 {it seems that it allows} Bb4 {in optimal
form, since the consolidating Nge2 is not available yet.} 5. Rc1 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 $132 9. h4 $5 d6 10. Ng5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg5 (11... Qe7 $5
) 12. Bxg5 (12. hxg5 $5 Bxg2 13. Rh2 $44 {White has all kind of positional
threats such as d4-d5, c4-c5 or doubling along the h-file. The bishop has to
retreat to either e4 or c6, which are both vulnerable squares, since} Bb7 $2
14. Bf3 $1 $16 {would speed up White's queen's transfer to h3 or h5.}) 12...
Qe8 13. Bh5 Qd7 14. d5 Na6 $15 {Ipatov,A (2454)-Narciso Dublan,M (2553)
Badalona 2009 (0-1, 34)}) 4... g6 {At GM level a novelty. It had been played
in a few games between low rated players.} (4... d5 {does not seem entirely
logical, as White has not obstructed his c1-bishop yet.} 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 $14 {
Mihailovs,J (2405)-Moskalenko,V (2565) Barcelona 2010 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 5. Bf4
$146 {Reminiscent of Aronian-Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2014.} Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3
d6 8. Be2 {I would rate that the first opening duel has yielded Black some
success. At the moment, the move ...e7-e6 is more useful than a2-a3. It
prevents a central blockade based on d4-d5 and allows the queen's development
to e7.} h6 {The plan introduced by this move loses time and results in the
weakening of the light squares.} ({I would prefer} 8... Nc6 9. Qc2 Qe7 {
, preparing either ...e6-e5 or ...Nd8-f7.}) ({Or if Black wanted to develop
his queen's bishop to b7, he should have done it without weakening the f5-pawn
anyway:} 8... b6 9. O-O Bb7) 9. h3 g5 $2 {The illusion of playing against the
f4-bishop proves too strong.} ({In principle, ...h7-h6 may be useful by
preventing Nf3-g5, so it was not late for Black to switch back to a better
plan:} 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 b6) 10. Bh2 Nbd7 ({The same plan as above does not
work out so well now:} 10... Qe7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 13. Bd3 {and f5 is
hard to defend.}) 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rd1 Kh8 13. b4 Bb7 14. d5 $1 {After the
bishop has emerged on b7, this is just natural. For the time being, Black has
indirect ways of defending the f5-pawn, but these are only temporary solutions
while the core of the problem will persist.} e5 $5 15. Nd2 (15. Qxf5 $6 {
does not work out well due to:} Nxd5 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 e4 18. Nd4 c5) 15...
c6 $6 {There was no need to weaken the d6-pawn so soon. True, the bishop is
temporarily passive on b7, but could be recycled with a later ...Bb7-c8.} ({
The neutral} 15... a5 {is an important alternative.}) ({I would mainly consider
} 15... f4 {, removing the problems with the hanging pawn and giving the
h2-bishop a hard time. The computer is quite sceptical about my idea, but
engines tend to underestimate the importance of cutting such bishops off-play.
I would surely not castle in this position despite Houdini's optimism. Most
likely, White would have to switch to King's Indian play with} 16. e4 Qe7 17.
f3 h5 18. Bg1 Bh6 19. Bf2 Kg7 20. Nb3 $16 {White's queenside attack is more
realistic than Black's kingside counterplay, which would mainly weaken his own
king.}) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O Rc8 ({Due to the weaknesses along the d-file, it
is too late for} 17... f4 18. Nde4 {already.}) 18. Qxf5 $1 {Just like in the
game Leko-Wang, White destroys the wall with a positional queen sacrifice.} Ne4
19. Qxf8+ $1 Bxf8 20. Ndxe4 Qc7 21. Rd2 Kg7 22. Rfd1 {As I mentioned on my
Leningrad Dutch DVD, when things go wrong for Black in this opening, they can
really spoil your day. Soon there will be only ruins left out of the black
wall.} Nf6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qe7 25. Bg3 Be8 26. Rxf6 $5 {Not really
necessary, but strong enough and rather typical for Topalov, who likes playing
with minor pieces against major pieces.} (26. b5 $16 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 26... Qxf6
27. Ne4 Qg6 $8 (27... Qe7 28. Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c8,Gd6f5]}) 28. Nd6 Ba4 (28... Rd8
29. Nf5+ Qxf5 30. Rxd8 $16) (28... Ra8 29. Bf3 Qc2 $8 30. Bxe5+ Kf8 31. Nf5 $40
) 29. Rd5 Qb1+ {The queen's activity is very sterile, since White dominates
the centre and has no weaknesses.} 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. c5 Bb3 32. Rxe5 {Materially
speaking the position is balanced (two minor pieces and three pawns for the
queen) but the exposure of the black king is decisive.} Qc2 33. Bf3 Rxf3 {
The bishops were getting too strong. However, this return sacrifice does not
save the game.} 34. gxf3 bxc5 35. bxc5 Ba4 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. c6 h5 38. Nd4 Qc4
39. h4 gxh4 40. Bxh4 a5 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. c7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gf3f7]} 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Mencinger, Vojko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Mencinger,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3
O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Ne2 Nd7 (9... b6 {Tsesarsky} 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. Ne5
Qe7 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Nfd7 15. Na4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc7 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Na6
$11 {1-0 Skomorokhin,R-Guliev,S/Ostrava op 1992 (53)}) 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. Ne1 (11.
Nf4 {Tsesarsky} g5 12. Nh5 Qh6 13. Ne5 Nef6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc7 15. f4 $14
) 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. f3 $14 {Zsinka,L-Tabernig,B/Oberwart op 1996/EXP 53/0-1 
(42)}) (11. Rc1 {Tsesarsky} g5 12. Rc2 g4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ne1 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2
g3+ 16. Kxg3 $2 (16. Nxg3 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Nf6 18. Nf3 (18. f3 Qxg3 19. Rcf2 $16)
18... exf3 19. gxf3 Qh3 (19... Nh5 20. Kg2 $18) 20. Qe2 Rf7 21. Rfc1 Rg7 22.
Qf1 Qh4 23. Qg2 Nh5 24. Qh2 Qg5 25. Kg2 $16) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kh2 Nf6 18. f3 (18.
Nf4 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Rxf4 20. exf4 Qh4 21. Qxg4+ Qxg4 $17) 18... Ng4+ $17 {0-1
Skomorokhin,R-Purgin,N/RUS-sf Yaroslavl 1995 (40)}) 11... Qh6 12. f4 {'!?'
Tsesarsky.} (12. g3 {Tsesarsky} Ndf6 13. f3 Ng5 (13... Qxe3+ $2 14. Kg2 Nd2 (
14... dxc4 15. bxc4 Nd2 16. Bc1 Nxf1 17. Nc2 $18) 15. Bc1 Nxf1 16. Nc2 $3 $18)
14. Qc1 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,B-Korsunsky,R/St.Petersburg op 1992/EXT 92op})
12... g5 13. Qc1 (13. Rc1 {Tsesarsky} Rf7 14. a3 Ndf6 15. Rf3 Rg7 16. b4 Bd7
$40 {[%cal Gg8h8,Ga8g8,Yd7e8,Ye8h5]}) 13... Rf7 $1 {Not to allow exchange of
bishops with La3.} 14. Nf3 (14. Ba3 {Tsesarsky} Bc7 15. Nf3 Rg7 16. Bb2 (16.
Qe1 gxf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Qe2 $15) 16... Ndf6 17. Ne5 (17. b4
Bd7 18. a4 Kh8 19. Ne5 (19. b5 Rag8 20. Ne5 Be8 $17) 19... Rag8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. b5 Rdg7 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. g3 Ba5 $17) 17... Bd7 18. Nxd7 $1 $14) (14. a3 {
Tsesarsky} Rg7 15. Nf3 Ndf6 16. b4 Bd7 17. c5 Bc7 18. a4 Be8 19. Ne5 Bh5 20. b5
Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Ra3 Kh8 (22... Rf8 23. Rb3) (22... Rb8 23. Rb3) 23. bxc6
bxc6 24. Rb3 Rag8 $17) 14... Ndf6 15. fxg5 (15. Ne5 {Tsesarsky} Rg7 16. Ba3 Bc7
17. Rb1 (17. Qc2 $2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 $19) 17... Bd7 (17... Qh5 18. b4 a6 19.
Bb2 $132) 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. b4 Rg7 20. b5) 15... Nxg5 16. Nf4 {'?' Tsesarsky.}
(16. Ne5 {Tsesarsky} Rg7 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Nxd7 (18. Qe1 Kh8 19. Rd1 Rag8 20. Qd2
Nge4 (20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4 22. g3 Nf7 23. Bd4 $14) 21. Qe2 Be8 $15) 18...
Rxd7 $132) 16... Ng4 {'-/+!' Tsesarsky.} 17. h3 (17. Qd2 {Tsesarsky} Nxf3+ 18.
gxf3 Nxe3 $19) 17... Bxf4 {'!' Tsesarsky.} (17... Nxf3+ $2 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rxf3
e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rg3+ $132) 18. exf4 {[#]} Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. Qd2 (20.
Rf2 $142 {Tsesarsky} Rg7 21. Rg2 Qxf3 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf1 Qh3 $19) 20... Rg7
21. Ng5 (21. Rae1 {Tsesarsky} Ne5+ 22. Ng5 Nxd3 23. Re3 Qg4+ 24. Kh2 Nxf4 $19)
21... Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ (22... Qe3+ $1 23. Kh1 Qxd3 (23... Rg6 $2 24. Rf3 Rh6+
25. Nh3 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxh3+ 27. Qxh3 $18) 24. Rf3 Ne3 25. Qg3 h6 26. Rxe3 Qc2
27. Bc3 hxg5 28. fxg5 f4 $1 29. Qxf4 e5 30. Qxe5 (30. dxe5 Be6 31. Kg1 Rf8 32.
Qg3 Qf5 $17) 30... Bf5 $1 31. cxd5 Qf2 $1 $19) (22... Qxd3 $2 {Tsesarsky} 23.
Rf3 $16) 23. Kxg2 h6 24. Nh3 {'?' Tsesarsky.} (24. Bc1 dxc4 (24... hxg5 {
Tsesarsky} 25. fxg5 Bd7 $17) 25. Bxc4 Nf6 26. Kf3 hxg5 27. fxg5 Ne4 28. Rg1 $13
) 24... Ne5+ 25. Kh2 Nxd3 26. Bc3 {Is the knight in trap?} e5 {'!?' Tsesarsky.}
(26... dxc4 $1 27. bxc4 b5 28. d5 Rg4 29. dxc6 bxc4 30. Rab1 Ba6 $17) (26... a5
{Tsesarsky} 27. Rf3 Nb4 28. a3 Na6 29. Bxa5 dxc4 (29... Nc5 30. dxc5 Rxa5 31.
b4 Ra8 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Nf2 $15) 30. bxc4 Nc5 $17) 27. fxe5 (27. cxd5 {
Tsesarsky} e4 $17) (27. dxe5 {Tsesarsky} dxc4 $17) 27... dxc4 28. bxc4 Be6 29.
Rf3 (29. c5 {Tsesarsky} Kh7 $17) 29... Bxc4 30. Rd1 (30. Rxf5 {Tsesarsky} Rf8
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 30... Nxe5 {'-+!' Tsesarsky.} 31. dxe5 Be2 32. Rdf1 Bxf1
33. Rxf1 Rd8 $5 34. Nf4 (34. Rxf5 Rd3 35. Bb4 Re3 (35... Rf7 {Tsesarsky} 36.
Rxf7 Kxf7 37. e6+ Ke8 (37... Kf6 38. Nf2 Rd5 39. e7 Kf7 40. Ne4 Re5 41. Nd6+
Kxe7 42. Nc4+ Ke6 43. Nxe5 Kxe5 $17) 38. a3 b6 39. Nf4 Re3 40. Bd6 c5 41. Nd5
Rxe6 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Nxe6 Kxd6 $19) 36. Nf4 (36. a3 b6 $17) 36... Rf7 $17)
34... Rg4 35. Rf2 (35. e6 $5 Kf8 36. Bb4+ Ke8 37. a3 b6) 35... b6 36. Ng2 Rd3
37. Bd2 Re4 38. Bf4 Kf7 39. Nh4 (39. Bg3 $1 {Tsesarsky} Ke7 (39... Rxg3 $2 40.
Kxg3 Ke6 41. Nh4 Rxe5 42. Rh2 $1 $132) 40. Rxf5 Rd2 41. Kh3 Rxa2 42. Nf4 Ra3
43. Ng6+ Kd8 44. Rf8+ Kc7 45. Rf7+ Kc8 46. Ne7+ Kb7 47. Rh7 c5 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49.
Kh3 (49. Kf1 Rb2 $19) 49... a5 50. Nf5+ Ka6 51. Kg4 Re4+ 52. Kh5 Rf3 53. Rf7 a4
$19) 39... Ke6 40. Ng6 Ra3 $1 41. Rd2 (41. Bxh6 {Tsesarsky} Rea4 42. Nf4+ Kxe5
43. Bg7+ Ke4 (43... Kd6 44. Bf8+) 44. Ng2 Rxa2 45. Rf4+ Kd3 $19) 41... Kf7 42.
Rg2 Rea4 43. Nh8+ Ke6 44. Rg6+ Kd5 45. Rd6+ Ke4 46. Ng6 Rxa2+ 47. Kh3 R4a3+ 48.
Bg3 (48. Kh4 $2 Rg2) 48... f4 (48... Rf2 $6 49. e6 Rff3 (49... f4 50. Nxf4
Rxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Kxf4 53. Rd4+ $1 Ke5 54. e7 Re3 55. e8=Q+ Kxd4 56.
Qxc6) 50. e7 Rxg3+ 51. Kh2 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rag3+ 53. Kf2 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 $11) 49.
Nxf4 Kxe5 50. Rxc6 Kf5 51. Ne6 (51. Nh5 {Tsesarsky} Ra1 52. Ng7+ Ke4 53. Re6+
Kd5 54. Re5+ Kc4 $19) 51... Rd3 52. Ng7+ Ke4 53. Re6+ (53. Rxh6 {Tsesarsky}
Raa3 54. Rh4+ Kd5 55. Rh5+ Kc6 56. Rh6+ Kb5 57. Nf5 a5 58. Kg4 Rac3 59. Nd6+
Ka4 $19) 53... Kd5 54. Rxh6 Raa3 55. Nf5 b5 56. Kg4 b4 57. Ne7+ Kc4 58. Be5 b3
59. Rc6+ Kb5 60. Rc7 Ra4+ 61. Kf5 a5 62. Rb7+ (62. Nc8 {Tsesarsky} Rh4 63. Nd6+
Rxd6 (63... Ka4 64. Nc4 $17) 64. Bxd6 b2 (64... a4 65. Ba3 $11) 65. Rb7+ Kc6
66. Rxb2 Kxd6 67. Rb8 a4 68. Ra8 Kc5 69. Ke5 Kb4 70. Rb8+ Kc3 $19 {[%csl Re5]})
62... Ka6 63. Rb8 Rb4 64. Ra8+ Kb5 65. Nc8 (65. Ke6 {Tsesarsky} Re3 66. Nd5 (
66. Kd6 Rxe5 67. Kxe5 b2 $19) 66... b2 $19) 65... Rd2 66. Na7+ Kc5 67. Nc8 Rb5
0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nh3 (6. e3 Bg7 7. h4 c6
8. Nh3 Qa5 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nfe2 Qb4 14.
O-O-O Qxc4 15. Rxd6 Qc5 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Bg2 Be8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Rd1 Bf6 21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Kb1 Rf7 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Qc2 Nxd4 25. exd4 Kb8 26. d5 c5
27. Ne2 Be5 (27... Re7 28. Nf4 Bd7 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Bd4 $15) 28. Nc1 Re7
29. Nb3 Ba4 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qd2 Bxb3 33. axb3 a6 34. b4 Ka7 35.
Bf3 Qd6 $15 {Dreev,A (2667)-Bologan,V (2661) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2}) 6... e5 7.
dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nd5 $146 (8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O c6 12. Nf4 Qf7
13. Rad1 $2 (13. b3 g5 14. Nd3 Be6 $15) 13... g5 14. Nh3 Qxc4 15. Rxd6 O-O $17
16. Kh1 Qb4 17. Qb3+ Qxb3 18. axb3 Nf7 19. Rd3 Be6 $19 {Guerra Bastida,D (2305)
-Ochoa de Echaguen,F (2390) Lleida 1991 0-1 (37)}) 8... Bg7 9. Nhf4 c6 10.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 g5 13. Nd3 Be6 14. h4 (14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rd1
Rd8 16. Be2 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 $11) 14... gxh4 (14... Nxc4 15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Nf4 Ne5
17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rh6 Ng6 19. Bd3 $18) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Qc3 Kg7
18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rad8 $11 21. Rxh4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.
Kc2 c5 24. Bd3 Rg8 (24... h6 25. Rh5 Rf8 26. g3 b6 $11) 25. Rh5 (25. g4 fxg4
26. Rxh7+ Kf6 27. Rxb7 g3 28. Rb1 g2 29. Rg1 Bf5 $19) (25. g3 h6 26. a4 b6 27.
Rh5 Re8 28. Kd2 Rf8 29. Kc2 Bd7 30. Kb3 Rf6 31. Bc2 $19) 25... Kf6 26. Rh6+ Rg6
27. Rxg6+ hxg6 $15 28. Kd2 {Black has an infinitesimal advantage but the
outcome should be a draw. For Black to even lose this position, however, takes
quite some doing.} Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. Kf3 Bd7 31. Kg3 Bc6 32. Bf1 Be4 33. Kh4
Bb1 (33... Ke7 34. Kg5 Kf7) 34. a3 Kc6 $2 (34... Ke6 35. Kg5 Kf7 36. Be2 Be4
37. g4 fxg4 38. Bxg4 Bd3 39. Bf3 b6 40. Bd5+ Ke7 41. Bf3 Bf5 $15) 35. Kg5 $16
Kb6 36. Kxg6 Ka5 37. g3 $1 (37. g4 $2 fxg4+ 38. f5 g3 39. Kg5 Bxf5 40. Kxf5 Ka4
41. Kg4 Kxa3 42. Kxg3 Kb3 $19) 37... Ka4 38. Bh3 Bd3 $4 ({After} 38... Kxa3 {
Black 'merely' has a bad queen ending:} 39. Bxf5 Bxf5+ 40. Kxf5 a5 41. Ke6 a4
42. f5 Kb2 43. f6 a3 44. f7 a2 45. f8=Q a1=Q 46. Qxc5 Qh1 47. Qb4+ Kc2 48. Kd7
$16 {But after the disastrous 38...Bd3?? he loses on the spot.}) 39. Bxf5 $18
Bxc4 40. Bd7+ Kxa3 41. f5 b5 42. f6 b4 43. cxb4 Kxb4 (43... cxb4 44. g4 b3 45.
f7 Bxf7+ 46. Kxf7 a5 47. g5 $18) 44. g4 $1 {This "little" accuracy wins a
tempo and ensures the win.} (44. f7 $4 Bxf7+ 45. Kxf7 a5 46. g4 a4 47. Bxa4
Kxa4 48. g5 c4 49. g6 c3 50. g7 c2 51. g8=Q c1=Q $11) (44. g4 a5 45. g5 a4 46.
Bxa4 Kxa4 47. Kh7 Be6 48. g6 c4 49. f7 Bxf7 50. gxf7 c3 51. f8=Q c2 52. Qf1 Kb3
53. Qc1) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Accession"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 6. h4 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (6... Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3 Nf8 9. e3 Qa5
10. Kb1 Ne6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bd3 Kb8
16. Ne2 Bxh4 17. Bxf5 Bf6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 Nc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. f4 Rhd8 22.
Nf2 b5 23. Ng4 Bh8 24. Rxh7 Qb4 25. Ne3 a6 26. a3 Qa5 27. Nf5 Re8 28. e5 bxc4
29. Rdh1 Nb5 30. a4 {1-0 (30) Nakamura,H (2787)-Anton Guijarro,D (2639)
Gibraltar 2016}) 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:07:30]} (8... h5 $2 {Ipatov,A (2630)-Gallagher,J (2504)
EU-chT (Men) 19th 2013 (5.12) 1-0}) 9. h5 {[%emt 0:17:00]} Nf8 $146 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} (9... Nxh5 10. g4 Nhf6 11. gxf5 g5 12. O-O-O c6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. f4
gxf4 15. e4 f3 16. Bf4 Nfg4 17. Bh3 Qh4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Nh3 Qg2 20. Nf2 Bf6
21. Rhg1 {1-0 (21) Stocek,J (2529)-Wall,G (2323) Bunratty 2014}) (9... g5 10.
Qxf5 O-O 11. O-O-O exd4 12. exd4 c5 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Neg4 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16.
fxe3 Ng4 17. Rh3 Qe8 $13 {with more than enough compensation for Black.}) 10.
hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:30]} c6 {
[%emt 0:11:00]} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 13. e4 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 14. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:
30]} 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 16. Nge2 {[%emt 0:05:30]}
Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 17. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:07:30]} 18. Kb1 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:30]} 19. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 20. Rd6 {[%emt 0:13:30]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 21. c5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Kh8
{[%emt 0:10:38]} 22. Nh5 {[%emt 0:18:09]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 23. Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 24. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 26. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rxf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 27. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:06:12]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 29. Rxh6+ {[%emt 0:03:22]} Qxh6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 30. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 31. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 33.
Qg3+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 34. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qf4+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Qxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Bf5 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 37. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vaalerenga"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 {The real test of the
pawn sacrifice on h5 is the logical continuation Rxh5.} Nf6 (6... fxe4 7. g4
Nf6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bg2 (9. Nxe4 Bg7 10. Ne2 c6 11. Nf4 Nf8 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2
Qc7 14. Qe2 Bxd4 15. O-O-O Kf7 (15... Be5 $15) 16. Bh3 $11 {0-1 (40) Piket,J 
(2470)-Malaniuk,V (2515) Lvov 1988}) 9... Bg7 10. Bxe4 Nf8 11. Be3 Nc6 12. d5
Ne5 13. f4 Nf7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nf3 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7
19. Nd5 $14 {½-½ (111) Grishchenko,S (2489)-Potapov,P (2468) Moscow 2012}) 7.
Bd3 Nc6 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Bxf6 (11. d5 Ne5 12. Nf3
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qd7 14. O-O-O h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Rde1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4
Qa4 19. Kb1 b5 20. c5 dxc5 21. Qxa4 bxa4 {1/2-1/2 (21) Kryakvin,D (2458)
-Lastin,A (2585) Belorechensk 2005}) 11... Bxf6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Qxf5+ e6 14.
Rxh7+ Rxh7 15. Qxh7+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. d5 Na5 (17... Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ne5
19. dxe6 Nxc4 20. f4 Rg8 21. Kf2 Kxe6 22. Ne2 c5 $11) 18. Rc1 Nxc4 19. Nb5 ({
An interesting try is} 19. Nce2 $5 {after which Black is more or less forced
to sacrifice a knight:} exd5 20. b3 b5 21. Nf3 Kd7 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Kd2 c5 24.
Nf4 Kc6 25. Rh1 Rf8 26. Rh5 b4 27. Kc2 Re8 28. Rf5 Bc3 $11) 19... c6 {This
leads to a fairly straightforward draw.} 20. Rxc4 (20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc4 cxb5
22. Rc7+ Ke8 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Nf4 e5 25. Ne6 d5 26. Rh7 Rc8 27. Rxa7 d4 28.
Nc7+ Kd7 29. Nxb5+ Ke6 30. a4 e4 31. Rc7 Bc3+ 32. Kd1 Rxc7 33. Nxc7+ Ke5 34.
Nb5 Bb4 35. f3 exf3 36. gxf3 $11) 20... exd5 21. Rc2 (21. Rb4 cxb5 22. Rxb5 b6
23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Nf4 Kd7 25. Nxd5 Kc6 26. a4 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Bxb2 28. Nxb6 Bd4 29.
Nd5 Bxf2 $11) 21... cxb5 22. Rc7+ Ke6 23. Rxb7 a6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Kd2 Bd4 26.
Nh3 Be5 27. f4 Bc3+ 28. Kd1 Bf6 29. g4 Rh8 30. Nf2 Bd4 31. Nd3 Rh1+ 32. Ke2
Rh2+ 33. Kf3 Rh3+ 34. Ke2 Rh2+ 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Ke2 Rh2+ 37. Kf3 ({Black has
to repeat moves since grabbing the pawn on a2 is a very bad idea:} 37. Kf3 Rxa2
$2 38. f5+ Kf6 39. Rd7 Be5 40. Nxe5 Kxe5 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Re6+ Kf7 43. g5 $18)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Tammer Shakki"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 {This early aggressive move seems
excellently suited against weaker opposition. There is very little theory and
few practical examples of master games, so that the better player has an
advantage.} d6 5. h5 Nxh5 6. Rxh5 $5 {This immediate exchange sacrifice is
more consistent than e.g. 6.e4} gxh5 7. e4 {The threat of Qxh5 means that
there are only two moves to choose from.} Be6 (7... Qd7 $5 {looks even more
complicated. Again it'll be the superior player who will best find his way in
the complications. Still, it looks as if Black has a better way of freeing his
game here than in the lines with ...Be6.} 8. Nh3 Kd8 9. e5 (9. Ng5 Qe8 10. Be2
h6 $1 $17) 9... Qe8 (9... h6 10. Qxh5 Qe8 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Be3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7
14. O-O-O Kc8 15. Nf4 e6 (15... Nxe5 16. Qd5 Bg7 17. Ne6 c6 18. Nxg7 cxd5 19.
Nxe8 Rxe8 20. cxd5 Ng4 21. Bd4 a6 22. f3 Nf6 $15)) 10. Be2 h6 11. Nf4 (11. Bxh5
Qc6 $15) 11... h4 $11 (11... Qf7 12. Qa4 Qg8 13. Bxh5 Bd7 14. Qb3 Kc8 15. Be3
e6 16. O-O-O a5 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. d5 Nxe5 19. dxe6 Bc6 $11)) 8. Be2 Kd7 (8...
fxe4 $2 9. Bxh5+ Kd7 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bg4 $18) ({At a high level} 8... Bf7 {
was used by Judit Polgar against Topalov in a rapid game. Black was successful
after a number of inaccuracies and an ultimate blunder by Topalov.} 9. Bxh5
Bxh5 10. Qxh5+ Kd7 11. Nf3 Qe8 (11... Bg7 12. Qxf5+ e6 13. Qh3 Na6 14. Be3 $14
Qf6) 12. Qh3 $6 (12. Qxf5+ e6 13. Qb5+ Kd8 14. Qxb7 Qc6 15. Qb3 $16) 12... Bg7
13. exf5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Nc6 15. O-O-O Qf7 16. b3 a5 17. a4 (17. g4) 17... Rag8 18.
g4 Kd8 19. Nd5 (19. Ne4 b6 20. Nfg5 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Rxg5 22. Bxg5 h5 23. f4 Rh7
24. Re1 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Qh5 26. Qxh5 Rxh5 27. d5 Nb4 28. Bxe7+ Kd7 29. Kd2 Rxf5
30. Bg5 Rf7 $16) 19... e6 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Re1 Qf7 22. Re4 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4
24. Bd2 Qg6 $15 25. Rf4 Be7 26. g5 Rf8 27. Nh4 Qh5 28. Qg3 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Rf8
30. Nf3 $4 (30. Ng2 {is better but equally losing.} Qe2 31. d5 Rf7 32. Ne3 Qe1+
) 30... Qf7 31. g6 Qxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Rxf4 {0-1 (32) Topalov,V (2786)-Polgar,J 
(2686) Mexico City 2010}) (8... Bg7 9. Bxh5+ Kd7 10. d5 Bg8 11. exf5 Qf8 12.
Bg4 (12. Qc2 Kd8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. b3 $14) 12... Bf6 13. Nge2 Na6 (
13... Kc8 $5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nf4 b6 16. Bh3 Kb7 17. Qa4 Qe8 18. Qc6+ Kb8 19.
Nb5 Qc8 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Qa4 Bf7 $11) 14. Be3 $14 Bf7 15. Ne4 Rg8 16. Bh3 Kc8
17. Qd2 Be8 18. Rc1 c5 (18... b6 19. b4 Kb7 20. c5 $16) 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Ne6 Qf7
(20... Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qg7 22. Kf1 $16) 21. a3 b6 22. b4 Nc7 $2 (22... Rb8 $16)
23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc7 $18 Kxc7 25. Qa5+ Kc8 26. Nxc5 a6 27. Nxa6 Rxa6 28.
Qxa6+ Kd8 29. Bb6+ {1-0 (29) Radjabov,T (2729)-Vallejo Pons,F (2679) Monte
Carlo 2007}) 9. Nh3 Bg7 (9... fxe4 $5 10. Nf4 Bf5 11. g4 hxg4 12. Bxg4 e6 13.
Bxf5 exf5 14. Qh5 Kc8 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Qxf5 Be7 17. d5 Rg8 18. Ke2 Rg1 19. b3 e3
20. Kxe3 Na6 21. Bb2 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 b6 23. Nb5 Bd8 (23... Kb7 24. Nbxc7 Rf8 25.
Qxh7 Bg5+ 26. Nxg5 Qxc7 $14) 24. Nbd4 Kb7 25. Nc6 Bh4 $11) 10. Nf4 Qg8 (10...
Bf7 11. exf5 Nc6 12. d5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne5 14. c5 Kc8) 11. d5 Bf7 12. exf5 Kc8
({If White can manoeuvre both his knights to a central position, this more or
less paralyses Black's game, so it seems like a good idea to get rid of one.
Unfortunately, with his king in the open and facing the two bishops, Black has
a difficult defence, e.g.} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qg7 14. Kf1 Rg8 15. Be3 c5 16.
dxc6+ Nxc6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. c5 Qxc3 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Bxh5 Bxa2 21. Rc1 Bc4+
22. Kg1 Qb3 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Bd3 25. Nxd3 Qxd3 26. Qa4+ Nc6 27. Bf3 $16) 13.
Kf1 Nd7 14. Be3 Be5 15. Ne6 Nf6 16. c5 {Black is seriously behind in
development - with the rook on a8 especially as a mere bystander - he has no
real active chances and his king is very insecure. So it's small wonder
White's attack almost plays itself.} Ng4 (16... dxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qg7
19. Qa4 c6 20. Bf3 Kb8 21. Nb5 $1 a6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Nxc6+ bxc6 24. Bxc6 $18)
17. Bd4 Bxe6 (17... Kb8 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne4 a5 {The only attempt to free Ra8.
} 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Rc1 Ra7 22. Qd4 a4 23. Nc7 Nd7 24. Qb4 Qd8 25. Nxd6 exd6
26. Qxd6 Nb6 27. Qf4 Qd7 28. Bb5 $18) 18. dxe6 Qg7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxg4 hxg4
21. cxd6 Qxf5 (21... cxd6 22. Nd5 $16 Kb8 23. Qd3 Rf8 (23... Qxb2 $2 24. Rb1
$18) 24. Nxe7 $18) 22. Qd4 $18 Qf6 23. Qxg4 exd6 (23... cxd6 24. Nd5 $18) 24.
e7+ Kb8 25. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. g4 O-O 8. gxf5
exf5 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Ng5 a5 14. h4 Na6 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Kf1 Nb4 17. Bb1 h6 18. Re1 a4 $17 19. Qd1 Kg8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Ncxe4
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf6 23. Qe2 hxg5 $2 {Schwarz hätte die h-Linie nie öffnen dürfen.
} (23... Bf5 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Rf4 Rae8 26. Qd1 g6 $19) (23... Nd5 24. Nh7 Qf3
25. Kg1 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rf5 $1 $19) 24. hxg5 Qf5 (24... Qf3 $2 25. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
26. Rh4+ Kg8 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Be4+ Kg8 29. Bxf3 $18) 25. Kg2 $1 (25. Bxb4 $1
Bxb4 26. a3 Qd5 27. Rh8+ Kxh8 28. Rh4+ Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kf7 30. Rf4+ $18) 25... Qd5
26. Qh5 Bf5 (26... Rf5 $5 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxa8 Rxg5+ 29. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 30. Kf3
Nd5 31. Qb7 Bc7 32. Reh4 Qf6+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Qxd4 $13) 27. f3 Rfb8 28. g6
Kf8 29. Qh8+ Qg8 30. Qxg8+ Kxg8 31. Reh4 Kf8 32. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:13"]
[BlackClock "0:07:31"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 {Several
moves have been played in this position, with ...c6 being the most popular.
Black now chooses a kind of Benoni-Dutch, however.} c5 $5 8. dxc5 (8. O-O Nh5
9. d5 Nd7 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 Qa5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Rac1 $11) 8... dxc5 9. Qxd8
$6 {This can't be the way to play for an advantage.} (9. O-O Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Nc6
$11) (9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ne4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Nd5 $14) 9... Rxd8 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. O-O Bf5 (12... Rd2 13. Rad1
Rd6 (13... Rxe2 $4 14. Rd8+ Bf8 15. Bh6)) 13. Rad1 Na6 {The knight will be out
of the play for quite some time here, so centralisation might have been the
better option.} (13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. Rxd7 Bxd7 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. b3 Bf6
$11) 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 Rd6 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Kf7 19. e6+ $5 (
19. h4 h6 20. b3 Ke6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rd5 b6 23. Be1 Nc7 24. Rd1 Rc8 (24...
Kxe5 $4 25. g4 Bc8 $8 26. Bg3+ Ke6 27. Bxc7 $18) 25. Bc3 $11) 19... Bxe6 20.
Bh5+ Kg7 21. Be5+ Kh6 22. Be2 Rc8 {Of course Black wants to get the knight
back into the game without locking up his rook.} 23. Kf2 Nb8 24. h4 Nd7 25.
hxg5+ Kxg5 26. Bf4+ Kg6 27. g4 h6 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. b4 b6 30. b5 Nf6 31. Rh1 Ne8
{This looks like an invitation to go for a draw by repetition of moves and
White obliges:} 32. Be5 Rg8 33. Bf4 Rh8 34. Be5 Rg8 35. Bf4 Rh8 36. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 (5... d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6
8. Bg3 (8. O-O Ne4 $1 9. h3 e5 10. Bh2 exd4 11. exd4 Ng5 $1 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13.
f4 Qf6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Kh1 c5 $1 16. Bd3 $11 Bd7 17. Bg1 Rae8 18. Qd2 a6 19.
Rad1 Rb8 20. a4 Qd8 $1 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Bf2 Rbe8 24. Be1 Qb3 25.
Qxb3 Nxb3 26. Bc2 $17 {1/2-1/2 (40) Aronian,L (2813)-Carlsen,M (2862) Saint
Louis 2013 CBM 157}) 8... e6 9. O-O h6 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. d5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Ne7 13.
dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Rfd1 Bf7 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rc2 c5 19. Nc3
Qc7 20. b3 Red8 21. Ne1 Nc6 $11 {½-½ (60) Aronian,L (2803)-Ponomariov,R 
(2731) Beijing 2013}) 6. e3 Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Be2 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11.
dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd6 b6 $11 14. Ng5 Bg8 {This is a crucial
position. Although he is a pawn down, Black has a very fine game. His bishops
are more active than White's, the knight is ready to swing to a5 attacking the
weak pawn on c4 and it just needs castling queenside to finish most of his
development.} 15. Bf3 O-O-O $1 $15 16. Bxc6 (16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15)
16... Rxd6 17. Bd5 (17. Bb5 $2 Kb7 $1 {intending ...a6, with a distinct
advantage:} 18. Be8 Bf6 19. h4 (19. Nf7 $2 Re6 20. h4 Kc8 21. Nxh8 Rxe8 22. h5
g5 23. Ng6 Bxc4 24. a4 Rg8 $19) 19... a6 20. f4 Bxc4 21. Bf7 Bb5 22. h5 h6 23.
c4 Bc6 24. Nf3 g5 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 $15 19. c4 $1 {Of course White
can't allow Black to put his c-pawn there. The text move fixes the black
queenside pawns on squares of the colour of the black bishop and makes it more
difficult for them to advance. Black's advantage is only tiny.} Rd3 (19... Rd7
{is not better to keep the small advantage of the better pawn structure,
active bishop, better development.} 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bf6 22. h4 h6 23.
Nf3 Re8 24. g3 Kc7 25. Kc2 a6 26. a4 $11) 20. Ke2 Ra3 21. Rc2 Re8 $5 (21... Bf6
22. h4 h5 $11) 22. Rd1 (22. Nxh7 f4 23. Ng5 fxe3 24. f4 Bd4 25. h4 Rh8 26. Nf3
$11) 22... Re7 23. Nxh7 f4 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Kxd3 fxe3 26. f3 (26. fxe3 $4 Bh6
$19 27. Nf6 Rxe3+ 28. Kd2 Re6+) 26... b5 27. Ng5 (27. cxb5 e2 28. Rxe2 c4+ 29.
Kd2 Bh6+) 27... b4 $1 (27... bxc4+ 28. Ke2 c3 29. Ne4 Bd4 30. Nxc3 $11) 28. Re2
Bd4 {Heading for d5.} 29. Nh3 a5 (29... Rf7 $1 $15) 30. Nf4 $11 a4 31. Nd5 $2 (
31. Nxg6 $1 Rb7 32. Kc2 $1 b3+ 33. Kb1 $1 $11) 31... Re6 (31... Rb7 $1 $17) 32.
Kc2 (32. Nxb4 {doesn't work} cxb4 33. Kxd4 a3 34. f4 b3 35. axb3 Ra6 36. Rxe3
a2 37. Re1 a1=Q+ 38. Rxa1 Rxa1 $19) 32... Rd6 (32... Ra6 $1) 33. Kd3 (33. h4
Kd7 34. g4 Rxd5 35. cxd5 Kd6 36. Kd3 Kxd5 37. Rc2 a3 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 b3
40. axb3 Bb2 41. Rc4 a2 42. Ra4 a1=Q 43. Rxa1 Bxa1 44. Kxe3 Bb2 45. Kd3 Bd4 46.
h6 Bf6 47. h7 Bg7 48. Ke3 Bh8 49. Kd3 Be5) 33... Kd8 34. h4 Rd7 {I think Black
is waiting for White to further weaken his position. Black has an advantage,
but the win is far from clear-cut.} 35. g4 $2 ({The passive} 35. Kc2 {was
preferable.} Rb7 36. Kb1 b3 37. Re1 $17) 35... Rb7 36. Kc2 b3+ 37. Kb1 Rh7 $1
$19 {Now the rook enters the game decisively from the other side.} 38. Rh2 e2
$1 39. Rxe2 Rxh4 $19 40. axb3 axb3 41. Re1 Rh2 {An ideal position for Black:
passed pawn, rook on the 7th rank, strong central position of the bishop.
White is helpless.} 42. Nf4 Bc3 43. Rd1+ Ke8 44. Nd5 Bh8 45. g5 Rb2+ 46. Kc1
Ra2 47. Ne3 (47. Nf6+ Bxf6 48. gxf6 Ra1+ 49. Kd2 b2 $19) 47... Bc3 $1 {White
can only postpone mate for a few moves by giving up all his pieces.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kovacs, Gabor H"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Szombathely"]
[BlackTeam "Geneve"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 {This white set-up, very rare at top level, is
directly aimed at combatting the Leningrad Dutch with an early h4. Of course
Black can opt for the Classical Dutch with ...e6.} g6 4. h4 Bg7 (4... d6 5. h5
Nxh5 6. Rxh5 gxh5 7. e4 Bg7 $1 (7... Be6 $2 8. Be2 Bf7 (8... Bg7 9. Bxh5+ Kd7
10. d5 Bg8 11. exf5 Qf8 12. Bg4 Bf6 13. Nge2 Na6 14. Be3 Bf7 15. Ne4 Rg8 16.
Bh3 $16 {1-0 (29) Radjabov,T (2729)-Vallejo Pons,F (2679) Monte Carlo 2007}) 9.
Bxh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5+ Kd7 11. Nf3 Bg7 (11... Qe8 12. Qh3 $2 (12. Qxf5+ e6 13.
Qb5+ Kd8 14. Qxb7 Qc6 15. Qb3 $18) 12... Bg7 13. exf5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Nc6 15. O-O-O
Qf7 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Rag8 18. g4 Kd8 19. Nd5 $2 (19. Ne4 $1 $18) 19... e6 20.
fxe6 Qxe6 $11 {0-1 (32) Topalov,V (2786)-Polgar,J (2686) Mexico City 2010}) (
11... Kc8 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Ne6 $1 Nc6 14. exf5 Nd8 15. Be3 b6 16. Nd5 c6 17.
Ndc7 Rb8 18. O-O-O $16) 12. Qxf5+ e6 13. Qh3 Qe8 14. d5 Na6 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Nf4
$16) 8. Qxh5+ Kf8 9. Bh6 e6 10. exf5 Qf6 11. Bxg7+ Kxg7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne4
Qxf5 14. Qh4 Nxd4 15. O-O-O e5 16. Qe7+ Qf7 17. Qg5+ Qg6 18. Qe7+ Qf7 19. Qg5+
Qg6 20. Qe7+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Shimanov,A (2599)-Smirin,I (2638) St Petersburg 2012
}) 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 O-O $2 ({With} 6... d6 7. Rxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5+ Kf8 {Black
could transpose to Shimanov-Smirin.}) 7. exf5 d6 8. fxg6 hxg6 9. Be3 $6 (9. Nf3
$1 Nc6 10. Bd3 $1 Nxd4 11. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nf4 14. Qc2 $18)
9... Nc6 10. Nh3 $6 (10. Nf3) 10... e5 11. d5 Nd4 {Because of White's timid
play, Black has obtained equal chances.} 12. Bd3 Qe8 13. Ng5 Nf4 14. Be4 Bf5 $6
(14... Qe7 15. Nh7 Rf7 16. g3 Bf5 17. Kd2 Bh8 18. gxf4 Rxh7 19. Rxh7 Qxh7 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qf3 Bxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Kf7 25. Rh1 Qg6
26. Rh5 Kf6 27. Qh3 Ke5 28. Qh4 $18) 15. Rh2 $2 (15. g3 $1 $16 Nh5 16. Bxf5
Nxf5 17. Nce4 $16) 15... Qe7 $13 16. Nf3 $2 Bxe4 (16... c5 17. Kf1 Bxe4 18.
Nxe4 b5) 17. Nxe4 Nxg2+ 18. Rxg2 Nxf3+ 19. Ke2 Qh4 $17 20. Kd3 Qh5 21. Qh1 Qf5
22. Rg3 b5 (22... c6 23. Qh3 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qf7 25. Ke2 Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 exd4 27.
Rh1 Rfe8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rh4 d3+ 30. Rxd3 Bf6 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rf3 Kg7 33.
Rxf6 Rxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Kxf6 35. Re6+ Kf5 36. Rxd6) 23. cxb5 a6 24. b6 cxb6 25. Rc1
Qf7 26. Ke2 Nd4+ 27. Ke1 Rac8 (27... Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Nd4+ 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Kd1
Be5 31. f4 $1 Bxf4 32. Rc7 $1 Qxc7 33. Rxg6+ Qg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qg2+ Kh7
36. Qh3+ Kg6 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qe6+ Kh5 40. Nf6+ Rxf6 41. Qxf6 Be5
42. Qf7+ Kg4 43. Qb7 $16) 28. Rc3 Qf5 (28... Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nc2+ 30. Ke2 Nxe3
31. fxe3 Qc7 32. Rxg6 Qc4+ 33. Ke1 Qd3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qg2+ Kh7 36. Qh2+ Kg6
37. Qg2+ Kh6 $11) 29. Kd2 Nb5 $4 (29... Rxc3 30. bxc3 Nf3+ 31. Kd3 b5 32. Bg5
a5 33. Ke3 Nxg5 34. Rxg5 Qf7 35. Ke2 b4 36. c4 Qa7 37. Qh3 Qd4 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39.
Qh3+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $11) 30. Ng5 $18 Rf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rf3 Nxc3 33. Rxf5 Nb1+
34. Kd1 gxf5 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Krishna, CRG."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b4 Qc7
{White has chosen a very modest setup for which I have not been able to find
any examples at a higher level. Black's position is quite solid . the idea of
putting the queen on c7 to prepare for ...e5 is well-known in Old-Indian
positions.} (8... Qe8 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. h3
e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Ba3 $14) 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13.
g4 Qc8 $6 {A fearless decision, probably according to the principle that
against a much higher rated player there is not much to lose.} (13... Bc8 $11)
(13... Bh6 14. h4 Rd8 15. Qb3 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Nxg4 17. c5+ Kf8 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19.
Bxg4 Qf7 20. Bxe5 Qxb3 21. axb3 Na6 22. Bd6+ Kg7 23. Rfe1 $16) 14. gxf5 Qxf5
15. Bc1 h6 16. Ncxe4 hxg5 17. Nd6 Qe6 18. Bxg5 $2 $14 (18. Nxb7 $1) 18... Na6 (
18... Nbd7 19. Qd2 a5 20. bxa5 Nc5 21. Be3 Nce4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qb4 $14) 19.
Rb1 (19. a3 e4 20. Nxb7 Nh7 21. Bg4 Qxc4 22. Be7 Bxa1 23. Na5 Qd5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8
25. Qxa1 Qg5 26. h3 $16) 19... Rad8 (19... c5 $2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. bxc5 $16
Rab8 (21... Nxc5 $4 22. Bg4 $18) 22. Bg4 $16) 20. c5 $16 Nc7 (20... Qxa2 $6 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Bc4+ Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Rxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rf4 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Nd6 Nxb4
27. Rd7 $18) 21. Rb3 $2 {I think this is where White misses his big chance.} (
21. Bc4 $1 Ncd5 22. Nxb7 Rd7 23. Nd6 $16) 21... Ncd5 22. Nxb7 Rb8 23. Nd6 Rxb4
24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. Bxf6 $6 {White would probably have liked to hang on to the
two bishops, but even so Black seems to have enough counterplay.} (25. f3 Kh7
26. a3 Nbd5 27. Qa4 Nf4 28. Bc4 N6d5 29. Qxc6 Qh3 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Rf2 Qh6 32.
Bf1 e4 33. Nxe4 Bd4 34. Qd7+) 25... Rxf6 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Re1 Rf4 $11 28. Re4
Bf8 29. Qe2 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Kg7 31. Qf3 Be7 32. Nc3 Bxc5 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Nxd5
Bd4 35. Kf1 e4 36. Qb3 Qf7 37. Ne3 Qf3 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39. Nf1 Qg2 40. Qg3 Qxg3
41. Nxg3 Be5 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. h3 Bxg3 44. fxg3 Kf6 45. a4 a5 46. Kd2 Ke6 47. Kd1
Kd6 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Ke1 (49. h4 Ke6 50. g4 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5
Kf5 54. h6 $18) 49... Ke5 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Kc1 Kd5 52. Kc2 Ke5 53. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 (6. O-O-O Bg7 7. h4
O-O 8. e3 c6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bf4 Qe8 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd5 13. Bc4 dxc5 14.
dxc5 Be6 15. Be5 Rd8 16. Rd4 Qf7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Kb1 Ne4 20. b4
a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Bf6 23. Rc1 Qg7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qb2 Bf7 26. Bb5 Rc7
27. Rc2 b6 28. c6 Ra8 29. Rd1 Rca7 30. Nd4 e5 31. Nb3 Nd6 32. Be2 Nc4 33. Bxc4
dxc4 34. Nd2 Qxc6 35. Nf3 c3 {Mamedyarov,S (2775)-Ponomariov,R (2756) Riga
2013 0-1}) 6... h6 7. Bd2 e5 8. e3 $146 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nh3 Qd7
11. b3 O-O-O 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. f3 Bg7 14. e3 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8 Bxh8 17.
Nd3 Bg6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. g4 Qh7 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. e4 Bd7 22. Bxg5 Qh5 23. Qd2
c6 24. Be2 Qf7 25. Qe3 b6 26. c5 b5 27. Rd6 Rg8 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. c6 Bh3 30.
Nxb5 a6 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Qa7 {1-0 (33) Rodriguez,E (2245)-Liou,
Y (2134) ICC INT 2009}) 8... h5 $2 {Why commit yourself that early, weakening
g5 permanently, and not just continue the development logically with Bg7?} ({
Why commit yourself that early and create another weakness. Continuing the
development with} 8... Bg7 9. h5 (9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nh3 a6 12. Bd3 b5
13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Qa3 Nb6 {and Black is more than ok.}) 9... g5 10. Qxf5 O-O 11.
O-O-O exd4 12. exd4 c5 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Neg4 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 17.
Rh3 Qe8 $13 {with more than enough compensation for Black.}) 9. Nh3 $14 Nh7 10.
O-O-O Bg7 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bb4 {
Positionally Black's opening is far from a success. He must already start
thinking of an extended swindle to save his skin.} Qxh4 {Forced, of course.}
16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nf4 $1 Qf6 {Of course Rh1 was taboo because of a mate in 1.}
18. Rd6 $16 {This seems logical, since Black has to give up his queen to
prevent mate. If White wants to avoid the subsequent complications, he can opt
for a small advantage by taking the rook on f8:} (18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Nd5 Qc6+
20. Kb1 Be6 21. Nbc7 Qxc7 22. Nxc7 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Nf6 25. Bb5 Be7)
18... exf4 {Forced courage, of course.} 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Bc3 (20. exf4 Rc6+
21. Kb1 Be6 22. Qg3 Nd5 23. Bd2 a6 24. Na3 Nhf6 25. Bd3 Kh7 26. f3 Nb6 27. Bc2
Bf8 28. Bb3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rd8 {and the active black pieces offer a good
compensation for the minimal material disadvantage.}) 20... Be6 21. Qa3 fxe3
22. fxe3 (22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Kb1 Ne4 24. Qxe3 Bg8 $44) 22... Nd5 23. Bd4 (23.
Bxf6 Nhxf6 24. Kb1 Ne4 25. Bd3 Bf8 26. Qa4 Nf2 27. Rc1 Nxd3 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29.
Qxd3 Nb4 30. Qd4 Bxa2+ 31. Ka1 Bf7 32. Rc7 $18) 23... a6 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Nc3 (
25. Bxf6 Nhxf6 26. Nd4 Bf7 27. Bc4 Rc8 28. Rc1) 25... Rf7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Bc4 Nhf6 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Qc3 Re7 31. a3 Rde5 {Materially Black
still has a small disadvantage but positionally he has the better game, since
White has weakened pawns and nothing to threaten the black king.} 32. Rh3 (32.
Re1 $2 f4) 32... Kh7 33. Qc8 Ng4 34. e4 $1 {The only way to creatre some
activity for the rook.} Rxe4 (34... fxe4 $4 35. Qxg4) 35. Rb3 Ne3 36. Qf8 (36.
Rxb7 Nxg2 37. Rb6 {Threatening Qf8, Rb8.} Kg7 $1 38. Rb8 Kh6 $13) 36... Nc4 37.
Rd3 Re2 38. Kc1 Re1+ 39. Kc2 R7e2+ $4 {This horrible blunder drops a piece and
loses the game because of the impending mate in one by Rd7.} (39... R1e2+ $1
40. Kc3 (40. Kc1 Re1+ 41. Kc2 R1e2+ 42. Kc1 $11) 40... Rc7 $1 41. Qd8 Rc6 42.
Rd7+ Kh6 43. Qh8+ Kg5 44. Qd8+ Kg4 45. Rd4+ Re4 46. Rxe4+ fxe4 47. Qd7+ Kf4 {
and Black has the advantage.}) 40. Kb3 Rxb2+ 41. Kxc4 Rc1+ 42. Kd4 Rxg2 43. Ke5
{White is completely winning now.} Re2+ 44. Kf6 Rc6+ 45. Rd6 Rc7 46. Rd8 Rc6+
47. Kg5 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Rg4+ 49. Ke5 Re4+ 50. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3
Nf8 {Of course Black wants to continue his development and do something about
the Bc8, the son of sorrows in most Dutch set-ups. But there were a number of
active alternatives, not wasting time on moving a knight that will have to be
redeployed anyway, since it's doing nothing active on f8.} (8... Qa5 9. Nf4 Nf8
10. h5 Ne4 11. h6 Bxd4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxa2 14. Rxd4 Qa1+ 15. Kd2 Qa5+
16. b4 Qxb4+ 17. Kd1 Kxe7 18. Rxe4+ Ne6 19. Rh3 Re8 20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Qb2 Qf5 22.
Qg7+ Kd8 23. Nxe6+ Bxe6 24. Rxb7 Qa5 25. Rxe6 Qa4+ 26. Kc1 {1-0 (26) Laznicka,
V (2679)-Muzychuk,M (2483) Legnica 2013}) (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nf4 Kf7 11.
e3 Qa5 12. h5 g5 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Bd3 e6 $11) (8... e5 $5 9. h5 exd4 10. Rxd4 h6
11. Be3 g5 12. Rxd6 Qe7 13. Rd1 O-O {Despite being a pawn down, Black has an
active game.}) 9. e3 {White too continues quietly. There is no advantage for
him yet.} Qa5 10. Kb1 Ne6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. gxf5 gxf5
15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Bxh4 17. Bxf5 Bf6 18. e4 c5 $2 {So far Black had played
well, but here he overreaches, maybe lulled into a false sense of confidence
by White's unassuming setup. The text move makes an important central
concession, giving White an edge for the first time in the game.} (18... h5 19.
f4 Rhg8 20. e5 Bh8 21. Bg6 h4 22. Bh7 Rg7 23. Nhg1 dxe5 24. fxe5 (24. dxe5 $2 {
fails to a tactical stroke based on the weakness of White's back rank.} Nxf4 $1
25. Nxf4 Rxh7 $17) 24... Rf8 {and Black has good counterplay.}) 19. d5 $14 Nc7
(19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Ng5 b5 23. Ne6 $16) 20. Bxd7 Rxd7
21. f4 Rhd8 (21... Rdd8 {seems the lesser evil, but White's advantage is
already very clear.} 22. Nhg1 $1 Rdf8 23. Nf3 b5 24. Rh3 $1 (24. e5 $16) 24...
Rhg8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Bh8 27. cxb5 $18) 22. Nf2 b5 23. Ng4 $16 Bh8 $2 {
This only hastens the defeat, it doesn't spoil very much.} (23... bxc4 $16 24.
Rxh7 (24. Qxc4 Rg8 25. Nxf6 exf6 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Ne8 28. e6 Rb7 29. b3 $16
) 24... Qb4 25. a3 Qb3 26. Qxb3+ cxb3 27. Nc1 c4 28. Ne2 Nb5 29. Nxf6 exf6 30.
Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc1 Rh7 32. Rxc4 Rh1+ 33. Nc1 a5 34. a4 Nc7 35. Rc6 $16) 24. Rxh7
$18 Qb4 25. Ne3 a6 26. a3 Qa5 27. Nf5 Re8 28. e5 $1 $18 bxc4 (28... dxe5 29. d6
Ne6 30. Nxe7 $1) 29. Rdh1 Nb5 30. a4 (30. Rxh8 {also wins comfortably.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{DIE GEISTER, DIE ICH RIEF} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 ({Die Empfehlung} 3. Bd2
$5 {(u.a. bereits von Euwe) ist sicherlich solider.}) 3... f5 {Dies ergibt
eine relativ seltene Mischung von Nimzoindisch und Holländisch.} ({Konsequent
wirkt} 3... Bxc3+ {und z.B.} 4. bxc3 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {mit Zugumstellung
zum Text, während 3...c5 und 3...b6 interessante Alternativen sind.}) 4. e3 {
Zwar eine altmodische, aber keineswegs schlechte Fortsetzung. Ähnlich dem
Nimzoinder ignoriert Weiß den drohenden Doppelbauern und verfolgt eine
schnelle Entwicklung. Stattdessen verdienen 4.Qc2, 4.Qb3 und 4.Bd2 Beachtung.}
Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {Diese Position entsteht zumeist über die
holländische Zugfolge 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3.}
O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. Qc2 (8. O-O e5 9. f3 $6 (9. Ng3 $142 g6 10. c5 $13) 9... c5 $1
10. Qc2 (10. e4 $143 f4 $5 $15 (10... fxe4 11. fxe4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. h3
$13)) 10... g6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. e4 f4 13. g3 g5 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Rg1 g4 16. gxf4
gxf3 17. Ng3 Ng4 $40 {-+, 0:1/46, Tella,J (2428)-Karlsson,L (2476), Stockholm
2000}) 8... c5 {Ähnlich dem Nimzoinder wird der Bauer c4 festgelegt.} 9. O-O
Nc6 10. Rb1 $5 $146 ({Bekannt ist nun ausnahmslos} 10. f3 {. Dazu zwei
instruktive Partien von berühmten Altvorderen:} Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12.
e4 Na5 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. exf5 exf5 15. d5 Ne8 $6 ({Die Schwäche des Punktes e6
ist nicht so gravierend, dass Schwarz derartige Verrenkungen machen muss.} 
15... Bd7 $142 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. g3 $5 g6 18. Ng2 b5 19. cxb5 c4 20. Be2 Qxd5
21. a4 $14) 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. Rf2 Bd7 18. g4 $1 b5 (18... g6 19. h4 $1 Rae8 20.
Rxe8 Qxe8 21. g5 Qe7 22. h5 $16) 19. cxb5 (19. Rfe2) 19... c4 20. Bf1 Rab8 21.
Ne6 $1 $16 Nxe6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rfe2 $6 {Seine überlegene strategische
Partieanlage verdirbt Rubinstein nun peu à peu durch taktische
Unachtsamkeiten.} (23. Qa4 $142 $1 Nb7 24. Qxa7) 23... Bd5 24. Qxf5 $6 (24. Qa4
$142 $1) 24... Qxf5 25. gxf5 Rxb5 26. Bf4 Bxf3 27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29.
Re3 Bd5 30. Bxd6 Nc6 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Bh3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 34. Ba3 Rd1 35. Re8
Rd2+ 36. Kg3 $4 (36. Re2 $11) 36... Rd3+ 37. Kh4 Ne5 38. Rf8+ $2 Bf7 39. Bc1 h6
{- 0:1, Rubinstein,A-Bohatirchuk,F, Moscow 1925}) 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. e4 fxe4 13.
fxe4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 {"Die Stellung bietet ungefähr gleiche Chancen. Die von
beiden Seiten verwirklichten Ideen sind für die Nimzowitsch-Indische
Verteidigung charakteristisch." M. Taimanow, 1983} 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Bg5 (16. Be2
$142) 16... Qg6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bh4 Nfg8 19. Qb2 b6 20. Qa3 $6 (20. a4 $142 $5)
20... Rf4 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 $15 {- remis, Geller,E-Pachman,L, Gothenburg (izt) 1955
}) 10... b6 11. Ng3 (11. f3 $142) 11... h5 $1 {Ein oft bewährtes Verfahren
gegen eine derartige Springeraufstellung.} 12. d5 $6 {Aber diese ungeduldige,
schon brachiale Stellungsöffnung sollte eher dem Gegner in die Hände spielen.
Andere Möglichkeiten, z.B.:} ({I} 12. f3 $142 h4 (12... f4 $2 13. exf4 cxd4
14. Re1 $1 h4 15. Ne2 dxc3 16. Nxc3 $16) (12... Qe8 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Nf4 $13)
13. Nh1 $5 Qe8 14. Nf2 $13) ({II} 12. Ne2 $142 $5 $13) 12... Ne5 13. dxe6 g6 $2
{Mit diesem leichtsinnigen Deckungszug hoffte der Großmeister, die feindliche
Vorgehensweise "abfedern" zu können, aber dabei hatte er "die Rechnung ohne
den Wirt gemacht".} ({Klar besser war dagegen} 13... Nxd3 $142 14. Qxd3 {
und z.B.} Qe7 $5 15. Nxf5 Qxe6 16. e4 (16. Ng3 $2 h4 17. Ne2 Ba6) 16... Qxe4
17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Ne7+ Kh7 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 $15 {nebst Transformation in ein
für Schwarz günstiges Endspiel.}) 14. e4 $3 {Deckt resolut die verwundbare
Stelle am gegnerischen Königsflügel auf.} h4 ({Auch die Alternativen zeigen,
dass guter Rat für Schwarz schon teuer ist: I} 14... f4 15. Bxf4 h4 16. Nf5 $1
gxf5 17. exf5 $16) ({II} 14... Bb7 15. exf5 h4 16. Bh6 hxg3 17. fxg3 $16 {
und in jedem Fall erhält Weiß überreichliche Kompensation für das
Springeropfer}) 15. Nxf5 $5 {"Die ich rief, die Geister, werd ich nun nicht
los."} ({Überschaubarer war stattdessen folgende Inszenierung des
Opferangriffs:} 15. exf5 $142 $1 {, z.B.} hxg3 16. fxg3 Bb7 (16... Qe7 17. Bh6
$16) 17. Bg5 $16 {, womit Weiß seinen Vorteil bestätigt hätte. Nun jedoch
wird es richtig kompliziert.}) 15... gxf5 16. exf5 Bb7 ({Nach} 16... Qe7 17.
Bg5 $1 {steckt Schwarz ebenso in großen Schwierigkeiten, z.B.} (17. Bh6 Bb7)
17... Qh7 (17... Qg7 18. f4 $1) 18. Rbe1 h3 19. f3 Bxe6 (19... Bb7 20. Be4 Bxe4
21. fxe4 $16) 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. fxe6 Qg7 22. Bg6 e4 23. Bf7+ Rxf7 24. exf7+
Kxf7 25. f4 $16) 17. Bh6 $2 {Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei.} ({I} 17. Bg5 $142
$1 Nxd3 (17... Qe8 18. f4 $1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be4 20. Qh3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qh5 22.
Bxf6 Rxf6 23. g4 $16 {/+- und als Kompensation für den Minusturm verfügt
Weiß über eine mächtige Bauernwalze. Weiter könnte folgen:} Qh7 24. Rd1
Rff8 (24... Rd8 25. Rd5) 25. Qf3) (17... Qe7 18. Rbe1 $16 h3 19. f4 $1) 18.
Qxd3 Be4 19. Qe3 Bxb1 20. e7 Qd7 21. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxb1 Qxf5
24. Re1 $16) ({II} 17. f3 h3 $5) 17... Kh7 $2 ({Ein weiterer, schwerer Fehler
des haushohen Favoriten. In dieser kritischen Situation mag vorzugsweise} 17...
h3 $1 {eine geeignete Fortsetzung sein:} 18. f4 Neg4 19. Bg5 Bxg2 $13) 18. Bg5
$1 $18 {Offenbar hier ein Patenzug: Im Hinblick auf die Drohung 19.f4 nebst
allmählicher Verstärkung des Drucks ist nicht zu erkennen, wie Schwarz sich
ausreichend verteidigen kann.} Qe8 19. Rbe1 $4 {"Ein Stäubchen ist's, des
Geistes Aug' zu trüben."} ({Schade! Statt dieses "Eigentors" hätte sich der
junge, noch titellose Werderaner für sein mutiges Spiel belohnen können. I} 
19. f4 $142 $3 Nxd3 (19... Neg4 20. Qe2 {/\h3}) 20. Qxd3 {(Analyse)} Qh5 (20...
Be4 21. Qxd6 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 $18 Ng4 (22... Kg7 23. e7 Rf7 24. Re1 {/\Re6}) 23.
h3 Ne3 24. e7 Nxf5 (24... Rxf5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Re1) 25. exf8=N+ Qxf8 26. Qd7+)
(20... Rg8 21. Rb2 Be4 (21... Qf8 22. Qh3) 22. Qxd6 Bxf5 23. Bxf6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6
Bxe6 25. f5 Bxc4 26. Rf4 $18) 21. Qxd6 Bxg2 (21... Be4 22. Rbe1 Qg4 23. Rf2
Qxf5 24. Rfe2 Rae8 25. Qc7+ Kg6 26. e7 {/\Bxf6+-}) 22. Qe7+ (22. Kxg2 $4 h3+
23. Kh1 (23. Kf2 Ne4+) 23... Qe2 $19) 22... Kg8 23. Bxf6 Qg4 24. Qg7+ $1 Qxg7
25. Bxg7 $18 {, z.B.} Bxf1 26. Bxf8 Bxc4 27. Bh6 Kh7 28. Bg5 Bd3 29. Rd1 Bxf5
30. e7 Re8 31. Rd8 Bg6 32. f5) ({II} 19. f3 $2 Qh5 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Be4 22.
Qxd6 Bxb1 $13 {/=}) 19... Nf3+ $3 {Zu seinem Glück darf Schwarz diesmal mit
einem starken Springeropfer aufwarten, das alle gegnerischen Träume im Keim
erstickt und einen absolut tödlichen Konterangriff auf den weißen König
einleitet.} 20. gxf3 (20. Kh1 h3 $1 $19 (20... Nxg5 $19)) 20... Qh5 $1 $19 {
die entscheidende Verstärkung} ({Freilich nicht} 20... Bxf3 $4 {wegen} 21. Be4
$1 Nxe4 (21... Qh5 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Bxh4 Rg8+ 24. Bg3 $18) 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23.
Qxe4 Qh5 24. f6+ Kh8 25. f4 $18) 21. Be4 Rg8 ({Oder auch} 21... Nxe4 22. Rxe4 (
22. fxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 h3 {nebst Matt}) 22... Rg8 $19) 22. f4 Qg4+
23. Kh1 Bxe4+ ({I} 23... Nxe4 $142 24. f3 Nxg5) ({II} 23... Bxe4+ 24. f3 Bxf3+
25. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rxg5+ 28. fxg5 Rg8 29. g6+ Kh6) 0-1

[Event "Pardubice op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Moskalenko,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 $5 6. dxc5 Na6 $1 7. Bd2 O-O
8. g3 Qe7 (8... Bxc3 $5 9. Bxc3 Nxc5 10. Qc2 b6 $13) 9. Bg2 Nxc5 10. Qc2 b6 11.
O-O Bb7 12. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Rac8 $10) 13. cxd5
Bxd2 (13... Nxd5 $2 14. Bg5 $1 {/\ a3}) 14. Nxd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 $2 (15. dxe6
$142 Nce4 $5 16. Qd3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 dxe6 $10) 15... e5 $1 16. b4 Nce4 17. Qxc8
Nxd2 18. Qc7 (18. Rfd1 Rxc8 19. Rxc8+ Kf7 20. Rxd2 Qxb4 $17) 18... Nxf1 19.
Rxf1 (19. Kxf1 $5) 19... Qxb4 20. Qxa7 (20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qxf5 Rxe2 $17) 20...
Qb2 $1 $17 21. e3 Rc8 22. h3 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 24. Kh2 Qb2 25. Kg1 h5 26. f4
$2 e4 $19 27. Bf1 Kh7 28. d6 Qb4 29. Qc7 Qe1 30. Qxb6 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Nd5 32. Qb5
Nxe3 33. Qe2 Kh6 34. a4 Qxf4 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 f4 37. a5 Nxf1 38. Qxf1 e3
39. a6 f3 40. a7 e2 41. Qc1+ g5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Wintzer, Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Kirchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 g6 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. a3 Qe7 11. O-O Bh6 12. d5 Nd8 13. e4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg6+ hxg6 19. Qxd5 c6 20. Qd3 Ne6
21. b4 O-O-O 22. Qd6 Qb2 23. Rfe1 Rh5 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. Rad1 Kb7 26. Qd6 Re5 27.
Rd3 Kc8 28. a4 Qf5 29. Kf2 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Nf4 31. Ree3 Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Qf7 33.
Rd2 Qc4 34. g4 Qb3 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxa5 Qb5 37. Qxg6 Qxa5 38. Qd6 Qc7 39. Qxc7+
Kxc7 40. h4 d5 41. h5 Kd6 42. Ke3 c5 43. h6 d4+ 44. Ke4 Re8+ 45. Kf5 Rf8+ 46.
Kg6 Rxf3 47. Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 4096]} (47. g5 $1 {hätte das entscheidende Tempo
gewonnen, da die schwarzen Zentralfreibauern im Moment nicht vorrücken können,
z.B.} Ke5 (47... Kd5 48. Rh2 Rf8 49. h7 d3 50. Kg7 Rc8 51. g6 c4 52. h8=Q Rxh8
53. Kxh8 c3 54. g7 d2 55. g8=Q+ $18) (47... Rh3 48. Kh7 d3 49. g6 c4 50. g7 c3
51. Rxd3+ Rxd3 52. g8=Q $18) 48. Rh2 Rf8 (48... c4 49. h7 Rf8 50. Kh6 c3 51. g6
d3 52. g7 Rf6+ 53. Kh5 d2 54. Re2+ Kd4 55. g8=Q $18) 49. h7 c4 50. Kg7 Rd8 51.
g6 d3 52. h8=Q Rxh8 53. Kxh8 c3 54. g7 d2 55. Re2+ Kd4 56. g8=Q $18) 47... Rf8
48. h7 d3 49. h8=Q (49. Kg7 Rc8 50. h8=Q Rxh8 51. Rxh8 (51. Kxh8 c4 52. g5 c3
53. g6 d2 54. g7 d1=Q $11) 51... c4 52. Rd8+ Ke5 53. g5 Ke4 54. Kf8 c3 55. g6
c2 56. g7 c1=Q 57. g8=Q Qf4+ $11) 49... Rxh8 50. Rxh8 Ke5 51. g5 c4 52. Re8+ (
52. Rd8 Ke4 53. Kf6 c3 54. g6 c2 55. g7 c1=Q 56. g8=Q Qf4+ $11) 52... Kd4 53.
Kf5 c3 54. Re4+ $2 (54. g6 {gewinnt vermutlich immer noch, wenngleich ich den
letzten Beweis hier schuldig bleibe, doch sehen Sie selbst:} c2 55. g7 c1=Q 56.
Re4+ Kc3 57. g8=Q Qf1+ 58. Ke5 Qa1 59. Qc4+ Kd2+ 60. Rd4 Qe1+ 61. Kd5 Qh1+ 62.
Kc5 $16) 54... Kc5 55. g6 d2 56. g7 d1=Q 57. g8=Q Qd7+ 58. Kf4 Qd2+ 59. Ke5
Qd6+ 60. Kf5 Qd7+ 61. Kf4 Qd2+ 62. Kf3 Qd3+ 63. Re3 Qf1+ 64. Ke4 Qc4+ 65. Qxc4+
Kxc4 66. Re2 a5 67. Rh2 a4 68. Ke3 a3 69. Rh8 a2 70. Ra8 Kb3 71. Kd3 Kb2 72.
Rb8+ Ka1 (72... Kc1 $11) 73. Ra8 Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 12th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 {This way White is avoiding the sharp
Noteboom variation, namely: 4.Nf3 dxc4.} Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 {Building the
"Stonewall" setup.} 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 ({Another common continuation
is} 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4) 8... Ne4 (8... b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Bb5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. f3
Ng5 19. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Lautier,J/Germany 2003/CBM 94 (43)}) ({
Another possible plan is:} 8... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8h5]}) 9. Bb2 (9. Ne2 Nd7
10. a4 a5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 b6 13. Ra2 Bb7 14. Rc2 Qe7 15. Qa1 g5 16. Ne1
Rf6 17. f3 Raf8 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Ng3 exd3 20. Nxd3 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 dxc4 22.
bxc4 c5 $132 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Krasenkow,M/Neum 2000/CBM 80 (38)}) 9... Nd7 10.
Rc1 (10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Ne1 Qh6 12. f4 g5 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. exf4 Ndf6 15. Qc1 Rf7
16. Ne5 Rg7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Petkevich,J-Andreasson,I/Gothenburg 1994/EXT 2001 
(43)}) 10... Qf6 11. Ne2 a5 $146 (11... g5 12. Rc2 g4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ne1
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 g3+ 16. Kxg3 (16. Nxg3 $1 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Nf6 18. Nf3 exf3 19. gxf3
{[%cal Gg1g2,Gf1h1]}) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kh2 Nf6 18. f3 Ng4+ 19. fxg4 Rxf1 20. Nf4
Qh4+ 21. Nh3 Rxe1 $19 {0-1 Skomorokhin,R-Purgin,N/Yaroslavl 1995/CBM 49 ext 
(40)}) 12. Rc2 a4 13. bxa4 $6 {This is probably too optimistic.} ({Probably
white should already look for equality by} 13. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 13... Rxa4
14. Qa1 Qh6 {Eyeing the h2 pawn and preparing the march of the "g" pawn.} 15.
h3 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 16. cxd5 $6 {Trying to open the position and use the
vulnerability of black's king. The main drawback of this move is that black's
light-squared bishop may join black's attack...} ({The immediate} 16. Ne5 {
seems to be stronger.}) 16... exd5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 {Concrete approach to the
position. This exchange looks risky, but black is intending to eliminate
white's light-squared bishop, which will increase his attacking chances.} 18.
dxe5 Nec5 $1 19. Rd1 f4 {Black has a dangerous initiative.} 20. exf4 gxf4 21.
Qc1 $6 (21. f3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Qg6 {is in black's favour, but probably this was
the least of the evils for white.}) (21. e6 $5 {deserved attention as well.})
21... Rxa2 22. Ba3 {[%tqu "En","How should black continue?","","","a2a3",
"Excellent and tempting exchange sacrifice. It's very important to eliminate
the dark-squared bishop.",12,"c5d3","",0]} Rxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Excellent and
tempting exchange sacrifice. It's very important to eliminate the dark-squared
bishop.} (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Rxd3 Rxc2 (23... Nxe5 24. Rxa2 Nxd3 25. Qc3 Qg6 26.
Bxf8 Bxh3 27. Qg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 $18) 24. Qxc2 Re8 25. Bc1 Nxe5 26. Rg3+ $40)
23. Qxa3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 (24. Qxd3 Nxe5 25. Qc3 Qg7 $1 $40) 24... Nxe5 25. Rb3 f3
{It's clear, that black's attack is very strong. White's pieces are not
located too well and it does not seems that he can parry black's threats.} 26.
Nd4 Qg6 $2 {Till this point black played extremely well, but now black misses
an immediatly decisive continuation.} (26... Bxh3 $1 $19 27. Nxf3 (27. Qc1 Qg6
$19) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","","h3g2","",10]} 27...
Bxg2 $1 28. Kxg2 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxc2 $19) 27. g3 Bxh3
$2 {Now this is much weaker, than on the previous move. Black probably
overlooked something in his calculations.} (27... Qe4 28. Qa1 Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f4]
and black is still better, though it's not so clear already.}) 28. Rxb7 Bg2 ({
Objectively better at this point would have been} 28... Bd7 {, but then, again
there would be no point to 27...Bxh3.}) 29. Qe7 Re8 $2 (29... Qh6 30. Qe6+ Qxe6
31. Nxe6 Ra8 32. Rcb2 $16) 30. Nf5 $1 {A very unpleasant surprise for black.} (
{Also possible was} 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxe7 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Rxe7 {
but the move in the text is stronger.}) 30... Kh8 $2 {Black completely lost
his head and collapsed on the spot.} (30... Rxe7 31. Nxe7+ Kf7 32. Nxg6+ Kxg6
33. Re7 Kf5 34. Rxh7) (30... h5 31. Rc1 (31. Rxc6 $4 Nxc6 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+
Qxf7 34. Qxf7 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1#) 31... Rxe7 32. Nxe7+ Kf7 33. Nxg6+ Kxg6 {
In both cases white should win, but black still retains some chances to resist.
}) {[%tqu "En","Find the killer!","","","b7b8","Just compare this position and
the position 5 moves before...",5,"b7b8","",0]} 31. Rb8 $1 {Just compare this
position and the position 5 moves before...} (31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33.
Qxb8+ {and so on.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ $5 {Black gives
his bishop before white played Ng1-e2 and forces white to recapture with queen,
which may become vulnerable on c3.} (6... Bb7 7. f3 (7. Nge2 Be4 8. O-O Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 O-O 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. d5 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Na6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5
Bxc5 16. dxe6 Qe7 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Rae8 19. Rae1 Qxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 dxe6 22. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Pert,N/Aviles 2000/CBM 77 ext (38)})
7... O-O 8. Nge2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nc6 (10... Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,
A-Ginzburg,M/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64 [Tyomkin,D] (41)}) 11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4
Rc8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. O-O b5 15. cxb5 Bd5 16. a4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Qc8
19. Bg5 Ned5 20. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Iljushin,A/Samara 2000/CBM 78 
(75)}) (6... O-O {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Vaisser,A/Marseille 2001/CBM 85 [Tyomkin,D]
(41)}) 7. Qxc3 Bb7 8. f3 O-O 9. b4 $146 (9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Qe7 11. b3 d6 12.
Bb2 Nbd7 13. b4 Rfc8 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qa5 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Kh1 Nfd7 18.
Nc3 a6 19. Nb1 Qd8 20. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Ryskin,A-Gleizerov,E/Wisla 1992/TD (39)})
9... Qe7 {Probably not the best move.} ({Comes to consideration} 9... Nh5 $5 {
trying to make use of white's backwardness ib development. For example:} 10.
Nh3 $6 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Qg5 {with nice counterplay.}) 10. a4 {White is carrying
out typical plan of advancing queenside pawns. It's notable, that Krasenkow
delays his kingside development and firstly tries to get more space on the
queenside.} a5 11. b5 d6 ({Again} 11... Nh5 {deserved attention.}) 12. Ne2 Nbd7
13. O-O Rae8 14. Bc2 Nh5 $6 {Black wants to carry out e6-e5 advance, but he
needs to defend Pf5 first. The move g7-g6 will seriously weaken dark squares,
while the move in text does not black any good as well in view of white's
reply...} ({Comes to consideration} 14... c5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 $14) 15. Nf4 $1 Nhf6
{Admitting the mistake.} (15... Nxf4 $6 16. exf4 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf1e1]})
16. Bb3 Qf7 17. Ba3 {White has clear advantage.} g5 18. Nd3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb3,Gc3,
Gd3] White's pieces are well placed and he is ready to carry out c4-c5
breakthrow.} Rc8 {Looks like the only chance for black is to try to meet
white's c4-c5 with c7-c6 advance, otherwise black will be just totally
squeezed.} 19. c5 c6 20. Rac1 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Calmly played. Krasenkow
evaluated precisely the position after the forthcoming massive exchanges.} (20.
cxb6 $6 cxb5 21. Qxa5 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Ra8 23. Qb4 Nd5 {and black is live and
kicking.}) 20... cxb5 21. axb5 bxc5 (21... dxc5 22. dxc5 {changes nothing.})
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxa5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxe3 {Black
managed to keep material balance, but did not solve his problems...} 27. Rfe1
f4 28. b6 {White's strong passed pawn is the decisive factor in the position.
Black has not enough resources to create counterthreats.} e5 (28... Ra8 29. Qb5
Ra2 30. Re2 {parrying black's only threat, while the Pb7 decides the game in
white's favour.}) 29. Ne4 Rce8 30. Rc7 Qg6 (30... Qb3 31. Qa7 $18) 31. h3 h5
32. Rec1 Rd8 (32... g4 33. R1c6 Qf5 34. Qa2+ $18) 33. R1c6 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Qe8 35.
Qa7 (35. Qa2+ {was winning on the spot.}) 35... Nf5 36. Qa2+ $6 (36. Nf6+ Rxf6
37. Rxf6 Rf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qb5+ 39. Kg1 {white's king easily escapes from checks.})
36... Kh8 37. Nxg5 Rd7 38. Qa7 ({More precisely is} 38. b7) 38... Qd8 39. Rxd7
Qxg5 40. Qa1 Ne3 41. Qg1 Ra8 42. Rd2 Rg8 43. b7 Qg7 44. Rdd6 $6 {Of course,
white is winning anyway, but why to give the passed pawn?!} Qxb7 45. Rh6+ Kg7
46. Qa1 Nc4 47. Rcg6+ Kf8 48. Rxg8+ Kxg8 49. Qa2 Kg7 50. Ra6 Qd5 {The winning
process is certainly made in time-trouble and is far from perfect, but still
white's position remains totally winning.} 51. Kg1 Qd4+ 52. Kh2 Nd6 53. Qe6 Qf2
54. Qe7+ Nf7 55. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 25th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 c6 $6 {I have a sceptical opinion
about this move, even if it was played by Morozevich and Short. Black switches
his plan towards the "stonewall" setup.} (5... Bb7 6. d5 {is the main line,
which is evaluated by theory as slightly better for White.}) 6. Bf4 $5 $146 {
Frankly speaking, this move is not better than 6.Bg2 or 6.d5, but the
psychological effect worked well.} (6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bf4 Bd6
9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Ne2 Rc7 15.
Nf4 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Rogozenko,D (2531)-Morozevich,A (2756)/Germany 2000/CBM 082
ext (37)}) 7... Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bf4 $142)
11... Bxf6 12. e3 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 a6 15. Ne2 g5 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. a4 Qe7
18. Qb3 a5 19. b5 c5 20. Nd2 Qf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C (2595)-Short,N (2695)/
Cap d'Agde 1996/CBM 055 ext (49)}) (6. d5 Ba6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3
Nbd7 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rd1 Ke7 14. Ra2 Rad8 15. Bg5 Rhe8
16. Rad2 Bb8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gershon,A 
(2553)-Rahman,Z (2468)/Hamburg 2001/EXT 2002 (22)}) (6. Nf3 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2
Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. b4 Nbd7 13. f4 Rac8 14. c5 Bb8 15.
Kh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2514)-Rahman,Z (2447)/Calcutta 2001/CBM 082 
(30)}) 6... Ba6 $6 {I guessed correctly. My opponent didn't like the exchange
of dark-squared bishops after 6...d5 7.Qa4 Bd6 and choose a worse continuation.
} ({Objectively, after} 6... d5 7. Qa4 Bd6 {Black is only slightly worse.}) 7.
Qa4 {[%csl Ra6] Threatening 8.Bxb8.} Bb7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Nh3 $1 {I didn't want
to develop the knight to f3, this would obstruct the long diagonal for Bg2.
Black's Bb7 will remain blocked until the end of the game!} O-O 10. O-O Nh5 (
10... d6 11. Rad1 Qc8 (11... Nbd7 $2 12. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 12. Qc2 Na6 13.
e4 $16) 11. d5 {It was also possible to retreat with the bishop, but I
intended to play through the center as fast as possible.} Nxf4 (11... b5 $2 {
harms only Black} 12. Qb3 {+/-/+-}) 12. Nxf4 Qc8 (12... e5 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14.
Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nfd5 {is clearly better for White.}) 13. e4 $1 {Black's
queenside pieces are still dreaming, so it's logical to increase the tension
in the center.} fxe4 $6 {Grandmaster Del Rio had a difficult choice here. The
move in the text is not the best one.} (13... cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15. Nd3 d6 16.
Bh3 Ba6 17. Qc2 g6 18. f4 Qc4 19. Nb4 Qd4+ 20. Rf2 exf4 21. exf5 fxg3 22. hxg3
$16) (13... e5 14. Nd3 fxe4 (14... d6 15. exf5 $16) 15. Bxe4 Na6 16. b4 $16) (
13... Bd6 14. Nd3 exd5 15. cxd5 Qc7 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Rac1 $16) (13... Bf6 {
Looks like the least of the evils for Black.} 14. exf5 Bxc3 (14... exf5 15. Qc2
Na6 16. Rfe1 $14) 15. bxc3 e5 16. Nd3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qxc3 18. Rfd1 Qd4 19. Qxd4
exd4 $14) 14. Bxe4 $6 {Not the best reaction as well.} (14. dxe6 e3 {During
the game I was concerned about this move, but, actually White is nearly
winning here. For instance:} 15. fxe3 dxe6 16. Bh3 Rf6 17. Ne4 Rh6 18. Rad1 Na6
19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc7 21. Qd1 $18 {The difference in activity between
white's and black's pieces is amazing!}) 14... Rxf4 $2 {Of course, the Nf4 is
very annoying for Black, but his position was not so bad for such drastic
measures. This exchange sacrifice falls short.} (14... Bd6 15. Nd3 (15. dxe6 $6
dxe6 16. Qc2 Bxf4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. gxf4 Rxf4 $13) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Na6 17.
Rac1 exd5 (17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 $16) 18. Bxd5+ Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qb7
20. Qe4 {[%csl Rb7]} Kh8 21. b4 $14) 15. gxf4 Qf8 16. Ne2 {Black has no real
compensation for the sacrificed exchange.} Na6 (16... exd5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Bg2 $18) 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. b4 {Restricting the knight. The rest of the game
was easy for me.} Rc8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rad1 Nc7 21. Rd7 Ba8 22. Qc3 Qe8 23. Rd2 (
{But not} 23. Rfd1 $2 Nd5 $1) 23... Qf7 24. Bg2 Ne8 25. Rd7 {The penetration
of White's heavy pieces is decisive.} a6 26. Rfd1 Nf6 27. Ra7 Rf8 28. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Ne5 {A rare
continuation, which takes place from time to time in the games of Tkachiev and
Zvjaginsev. The main line goes with 7.0-0.} Bxe5 $6 {This exchange is typical
for the Stonewall setup, but in this particular position this is quite unusual
and I guess dubious reply on white's last move.} (7... O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 (8... b6
9. Rb1 Qe7 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. f4 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb5 Nbd7 14. Bd3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b4 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Pavasovic,D/Portoroz 1999/CBM 72 (28)}) 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4
11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Rc1 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bc3 b4 17.
Bd4 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Bareev,E/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83 (43)})
8. dxe5 Ne4 9. O-O (9. Bd2 $6 Nd7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bc3 Qg5 $15 {0-1 Dittmann,
M-Schlange,S/Kassel 1996/EXT 98 (31)}) 9... O-O 10. f4 $146 (10. Bd2 b6 11. f4
Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 exd5 15. Rac1 $13 {1-0 Dorsch,
A-Schausten,P/Baunatal 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 10... Na6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 {
I don't like this recapture, the "d" file is opened now to white's favour.} ({
More in the spirit of the position would be} 11... fxe4 $14) 12. Bd2 $16 Bd7 (
12... Nc5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Yc5d3]} 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qb3 $16 {
[%cal Ya1d1,Yf1d1,Yd1d6]}) 13. Bc3 Rc8 (13... c5 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Rad1 {[%csl
Rd6] following by 16.Rd6 with a big advantage.}) 14. Qb3 b5 {Krasenkow is
desperately trying to reach a counterplay, but this move weakens the black
squares even more.} 15. Qa3 ({Also can be recommended:} 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Kf2)
15... Qb6 16. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Nxc5 17. Ba5 $1 (17. Bb4 $2 Nd3 {[%csl Re3]}
18. Bxf8 (18. Bxd3 c5 19. Ba5 b4 20. Bxb6 bxa3) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qxe2 $132 (
19... Nf2+ $2 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Bxg7 $1 $40)) 17... Qa6 18. Qxc5 $6 {
Zvjaginsev prefers the positional advantage to the material one, however,
objectively 18.Bb4 was stronger.} (18. Bb4 Qxa3 19. Bxa3 Nb7 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $16
{Black has drawing chances.}) 18... Qxa5 19. Rfd1 {The positional
disadvantages of black's position are certainly more valuable, than the black
extra pawn.} Rcd8 $2 {After this weak move black's position is probably
hopeless.} (19... Rc7 20. a4 (20. Rd6 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rad1 Rf7) 20... Qb6
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rd6 Rfc8 24. Rxb6 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kf2
Rc2 $132) 20. a4 Qb6 $6 {This leads to a completely hopeless endgame for black.
} (20... Be8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rxa7 Qd2 24. Kf2 {and white's
pieces are dominating.}) 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rd6 $18 {The decisive
penetration. The black pawns will fall one by one...} Bc8 24. Bxb5 Bb7 25. Rxe6
Bd5 26. Rxb6 Rb8 27. Raa6 ({Also good enough is} 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bd7 g6 29.
Ra5) 27... Rfc8 28. Bd7 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb6 (30... Rxb2 31. Rxb2
Rxb2 32. Bxf5 $18) 31. Rxb6 g6 32. Rb5 Ba2 {The only safe place for the black
B, but of course this can be considered, as an agony.} 33. b3 {[%csl Ra2]} Rc7
34. Be6+ Kg7 35. Bd5 Kh6 36. h3 {There is no need at all to force matters...}
Rc3 37. e6 Rc7 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Rg8+ $1 {A nice touch!} Kf6 (39... Kxg8 40. e7+
{promoting the pawn.}) 40. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 57 Championnat"]
[Site "Schiltigheim"]
[Date "1982.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1982.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 {Il est plus populaire et plus souple de commencer
par développer l'aile-roi par g3, Bg2 et Nf3 ou encore Nh3. Selon le plan
adopté par les noirs, les blancs pourront ensuite s'adapter pour choisir entre
Nc3 ou Nbd2. Face au stonewall, il est ainsi préférable de retarder la sortie
du N qui peut soutenir Ba3 après b3 pour échanger le bon B des noirs ou faire
un relais des N sur la case e5 par Nf3e5d3} (3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 (4... d5 {
Mène au Stonewall qui était trés populaire а la fin des années 80} 5. Nf3 (5.
Nh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) (5. Qc2 c6) 5... c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 {[%csl Ra3]} (
7... O-O $143 8. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Gb1a3] Illustrant l'intérêt de retarder le
développement du N}) 8. Bb2 (8. Ne5)) 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 a5
9. Bb2 Qh5 10. e3 $1 Na6 11. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3f4,Rf4h5,Ge3e4]} Qh6 12. Nd3
c6 13. e4) 3... Nf6 4. e3 {Provoquant Bb4} (4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3+ $1 6. bxc3
O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) (4. Nf3 {[%cal Gg2g3] Le plan le plus
populaire} Bb4 5. Qb3 $5 Qe7 (5... Bxc3+ {Alterman,B (2515)-Dreev,A (2580)
EU-chT (Men) 1992 (7) 1-0}) 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b4
$1 d6 11. Bb2 {[%cal Gc3g7]} Nbd7 12. Rad1 $14 (12. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Ne4 13.
Qc2 a5 14. b5 e5 15. e3 $14 {le centre non fermé doit avantager la paire de B})
) (4. Qc2) 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 {Curieusement ce coup assez passif est relativement
populaire et il a été joué а haut niveau notamment par EUWE} (5. Bd3) (5. Qc2 {
[%cal Gc2e4,Gc2c3] Le coup naturel mais N.GIFFARD avait en tête un plan avec
Qb3 qui est plus ambitieux}) 5... b6 6. f3 $146 {[%cal Ge3e4] le plan f3 et
Qb3 est un peu douteux car il est trop lent} (6. Qc2 {Dans cette position, le
jeune SPASSKY avait préféré jouer le coup naturel Qc2 avant de préparer la
poussée f3} Bb7 7. f3 {Spassky,B-Filip,M Bucharest 1953 (13) 0-1}) 6... Bb7 7.
Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gb3c3,Gb3g8]} a5 $1 8. a3 Be7 (8... a4 $5 {Un coup
d'ordinateur qui améne des complications} 9. Qc2 $8 (9. Nxa4 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nc6
11. Ne2 O-O $132 {[%csl Rd2]}) (9. Qxb4 $2 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4]}) 9... Be7 10. Nh3
(10. Nxa4 {Les blancs sont en retard de développement et il est risqué d'aller
chercher le P a4} O-O (10... Nc6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Be2 Qe8) 11. Nh3 c5 12. Be2
cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 14. Be3 b5 $1 15. cxb5 Nd5 $36 {[%cal Gd5e3]})
10... O-O) (8... Bxc3 $5 9. Qxc3 (9. Bxc3 $143 O-O $11 10. Bd3 Ng4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4e3]}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 a4 {[%csl Rb3]}) 9. Nh3 Qc8 $6 {[%cal Gc8b7] Un coup
assez laid pour protéger le Bb7 et éviter une éventuelle percée c4c5} (9... O-O
10. Bd3 (10. c5 $6 Nd5 11. cxb6 Nxb6)) (9... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4]}) (9... Nc6 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. Nf2) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rad1 $32 Kh8 (12...
Ba6) 13. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5] la percée centrale des blancs est prête} Nd8 14.
d5 {[%csl Rb7]} e5 $6 (14... exd5 $142 15. cxd5 Nf7 $1 $132 {[%cal Gf7d6]}) 15.
f4 $1 {Forcant la poussée e5e4} e4 16. Nf2 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg2g4] Les
blancs menacent la percée g2g4 qui va faire exploser le centre noir.
L'ouverture du jeu va profiter aux blancs qui ont plus d'espace pour faire
manoeuvrer leurs pièces par exemple avec Kh1 et Rg1 avec attaque sur la
colonne "g"} (16. g4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Nf2 Nf7 19. Ncxe4 Qe8 $11) 16... h5
$1 (16... Nf7 17. g4 $1 Nd6 $5 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 18. gxf5 Qe8 19. Qc2 Bd8 20. Kh1
$14 {[%cal Gf1g1]}) 17. Na4 (17. Qc2 Nf7) 17... Nf7 18. Bd2 b5 $1 19. cxb5 (19.
Qxb5 Nxd5 $3 20. Nc3 (20. cxd5 Ba6 {[%cal Ga6e2]})) 19... Bxd5 20. Qc2 d6 $6 {
[%csl Rc6,Ge6][%cal Gc8e6] L'alsacien se crée deux faiblesses: le P "c7" et la
case "c6", au surplus l'attaque de la case b3 par Qe6 est réfuté tactiquement.}
(20... Nd6) (20... Nh6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gh6g4]} 21. Bc3 {[%cal Gd1d5,Gc3f6]} Qb7
22. Bd4 {[%csl Rb6]} Nhg4 23. Nxg4 hxg4) 21. b3 Qe6 {[%cal Gd5b3]} 22. Rb1 Rfb8
{Je rectifie une erreur de saisie précédente. Rab8 avait été saisi а tort
alors qu'il s'agissait de l'autre R et corrélativement le Pa5 restait protégé.}
(22... Rfc8) (22... Rab8 {Le coup que j'avais saisi а tort lors de la première
reconstitution des parties, il y a 2 ou 3 ans.}) 23. Rfc1 Bd8 (23... c6 {
[%cal Gd5b3,Gb8b3]} 24. bxc6 Bxb3 $4 (24... Rc8 25. Nb6) 25. c7 {N.GIFFARD})
24. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Ga3a4,Gb3b4]} Bb7 {[%csl Rb8] les R noires font pitié.}
25. Bf1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gd4e6,Gd4c6]} Qe8 26. a4 (26. Ne2 $5 {
25. Qe8 avait pour but d'empêcher la centralisation du N vers d4 mais le
sacrifice du P "était intéressant.} Qxb5 27. Nd4 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7f5]} (27... Qe8
28. Nxf5) 28. Bb5 $1 Qc8 29. Nc6 $44 (29. Bc6 $5 {Il est peut-être préférable
de garder le N dans ce genre de position})) 26... c6 $1 {Une belle ressource
défensive pour éliminer la faiblesse} 27. bxc6 (27. Ncxe4 $142 $1 Nxe4 (27...
fxe4 $143 28. bxc6 Bc8 29. c7 $16) 28. Nxe4 {L'ouverture du centre par 27.Ne4
doit profiter aux blancs car les pièces blanches sont plus actives.}) 27...
Bxc6 28. Nb5 Bd7 (28... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Qa2) 29. Qd1 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb5c7]} Bb6 {[%csl Gb6]} (29... Qe7 $5 {Evite la fourchette et
même dans l'hypothèse ou le B prend le Nc7, les noirs auraient gagné un tempo
en ne jouant pas Bb6 avant la prise.} 30. Nc7 Ra7) 30. Nc7 $1 {Proposant
l'échange de la meilleure pièce noire.} Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Nd8 32. Bc3 $6 {[%cal
Gd1d6]} (32. Rbc1 Ne6) 32... Ne6 {[%cal Ge6c7]} 33. Bxf6 (33. Rxd7 $5 {
l'alternative pour essayer d'affaiblir l'aile-roi par Bf6} Qxd7 (33... Nxd7
$143 34. Bb5 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gb5e8]} Rc8 35. Qxd6 Rxc3 36. Bxd7 Rd8 37. Qe5 {
[%cal Ge5c3]} Rxd7 38. Qxc3) 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxh5+) 33... Nxc7 34. Ba1 Qg6
35. Nh3 $44 {[%csl Gg5]} d5 (35... Ne6 36. Qxd6 Nf8 $13) 36. Be2 {[%csl Rh5]}
Be8 37. Qd4 Rd8 (37... Rb4 {[%cal Gb4d4]}) (37... Ne6 $1 38. Qxd5 Bf7 {[%cal
Gb8d8] Les R vont finir par se réactiver}) 38. Ng5 Bf7 $4 39. Bxh5 {[%csl Rg7]
N.GIFFARD consolide sa place de leader avec cette victoire а la 1ère table} 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:31:05"]
[BlackClock "0:30:43"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:15]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. e4 $5 {[%emt 0:08:12] Une ligne secondaire mais il ne
s'agissait probablement pas d'une préparation puisque le français a
réfléchi plus de 8 mns sur ce coup.} (5. Qc2 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. h4 c6 8. Nh3 Qa5
9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nfe2 Qb4 14. O-O-O Qxc4
15. Rxd6 Qc5 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Bg2 Be8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bf6
21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Kb1 Rf7 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Qc2 Nxd4 25. exd4 Kb8 26. d5 c5 27. Ne2
Be5 28. Nc1 Re7 29. Nb3 Ba4 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qd2 Bxb3 33. axb3 a6
34. b4 Ka7 {Dreev,A (2667)-Bologan,V (2661) Dubai 2014 1/2-1/2}) (5. e3 g6)
5... fxe4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 6. Nge2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (6. f3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5
8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Be3 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bd3
Nc5 15. Bg6 Qc6 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Be4
Qe8 21. Bf2 f5 22. Bd3 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 Re8 25. Qe2 Qxe2+ 26. Bxe2
c5 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Rhe1 Re3 29. Bd3 Rae8 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. f4 Kf7 32. Bc2 Be6
33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf6 35. Bd3 Bd7 {Golovlev,N (2336)-Firman,N (2492)
Alushta 2008 1/2-1/2}) 6... e5 {[%emt 0:18:32]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:06:26]} (7. Ng3
Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O exd4 10. Qxd4) 7... Be7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} (7... a5 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:58]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:09:58] L'ouverture des
Blancs ne fait pas très bonne impression} 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:04:33]} O-O $32 {
[%emt 0:10:37][%csl Re1,Re3,Rf2]} 10. N2g3 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:07:
03]} (10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 a5 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 12. Be2) 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:01]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:13:15]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:17:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:23]
} 15. Nc3 {[%emt 0:09:17]} e4 $1 {[%emt 0:13:35]} 16. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:12:01]}
Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 18. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:06:12]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 19. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:52]} 20. O-O-O $13 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 21. Qe6 {[%emt 0:
03:01]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 23.
Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} b5 $36 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} 25. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. Qxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 28. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} (29. b4 Rxf2 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Kc2 $11) 29... Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 30. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 31. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:40]
} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. Ke3
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 35. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:55]}
g6 $17 {[%emt 0:00:22][%csl Gg6]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:56][%cal Gb1b7]} Rh3+ {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 38. Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} 40. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 {Kamsky has used the Dutch many times before, and Levon has a bad
score against it and lost to Carlsen, so this comes as no surprise.} 2. c4 Nf6
3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 $5 {Aronian repeats the line that fared so poorly
against Carlsen.} Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bg3 {This is the point. White is
preparing d5, and Black doesn't have time to play e5 just yet.} h6 9. O-O Nh5
10. d5 (10. Bh4 $1 g5 11. d5 $1 {seemed better, forcing some weakenings on the
kingside and opening the d4-square for the knight, so for example after} Na5
12. Nd4 $14) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Ne5 {Now the game is approximately balanced.}
12. Rc1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe6 c6 15. b4 (15. Bd5 {is not a completely
ridiculous move, but that doesn't mean it's a good one.}) 15... g5 {Aggressive!
} 16. b5 (16. Qd3 {with more patience, was better} g4 17. Bd1 $1 {and now the
bishop quickly repositions to b3 while e2 is still avialable for the white
knight.}) 16... g4 17. Be2 Bxe6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 c5 20. Bd3 Be5 {White's
structural advantage is significant, but Black has a strong bishop on e5 and
he is about to push h5 followed by h4.} 21. Ne2 Bd7 22. Qd1 h5 23. Bc2 Qe8 24.
Nf4 Bc6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rb1 Qf7 27. Qd2 Qf6 28. Nxh5 $6 {Very optimistic. The
opening of the h-file is very strong for Black.} (28. Rb3 {keeping the status
quo was preferable.}) 28... Qh6 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Nd5 Rh7 {Aronian must have
underestimated how quickly this rook swung to the h-file.} 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2
Qxg2 33. Rg1 Qf3+ 34. Kf1 Kg7 (34... Rh2 {immediately put more pressure on
White.} 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nxc6 Qxc6 {the opposite colored bishops should favor
Black in this position.}) 35. Qd1 {The trade of queens simplifies White's task
but Black must still have an edge.} Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. cxd5 {The passed
pawn is all that Black really has going for him, as the g1-rook won't be
locked up forever.} Kf6 38. Kg2 Rfh8 (38... c4 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 {is an
endgame in which only Black can be better, but it will surely be a draw
nonetheless.}) 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 Rxh1 41. Kxh1 {Without rooks there is no
chance at all to win this.} c4 42. Kg2 Bb2 43. Kf1 Ke5 44. Ke2 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 {Already something to talk about. The Dutch is not a common guest in
top level chess, but two other players in this tournament are known to use it:
Kamsky and Nakamura!} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 {The setups with a quick g3
and b3 are more common, but Aronian has a specific idea in mind.} Bg7 5. Bf4 $5
{A favorite of Hrant Melkumyan, an Armenian that lives in Berlin like Aronian.
It is possible that Aronian got the idea from him.} d6 6. e3 Nc6 {Basically
new, but since Black's only plan is to play e5 anyways the move makes sense.}
7. Be2 (7. d5 e5 $1 {is the typical response against d5 when there is a bishop
on f4.} 8. dxc6 exf4 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. exf4 Qe7+ {gives Black a superior
position despite being a pawn down.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Ne4 $1 {The point of
this move is to allow Black to push e5. There are other ways of doing this,
like ...Qe8, but they are far more awkward while this is natural and direct.}
9. h3 e5 {Black has achieved e5 while it is unclear exactly what White has
achieved. Carlsen has already equalized.} 10. Bh2 exd4 11. exd4 Ng5 $1 {
Taking away the protection of the d4-pawn will force this diagonal open: a
nice strategical advantage as the bishop on h2 will not be able to oppose the
one on g7.} 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 {A strange move as White is at least
temporarily burrying his bishop. He hopes to maneouver it soon to g1 for it to
regain its power.} Qf6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Kh1 c5 $1 {Securing the diagonal and
giving b5 ideas a sharper edge.} 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bg1 Rae8 18. Qd2 a6 19. Rad1 {
Already Black's position is more comfortable. By induction from the Benoni, it
is clear that if Black achieves the b5 break and achieves a powerful bishop on
g7 he will be in the driver's seat.} Rb8 20. a4 Qd8 $1 {A smart regrouping of
the queen. Black only needs one piece to control the long diagonal.} 21. Rb1
Qa5 22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Bf2 Rbe8 24. Be1 Qb3 {The queen finishes her long journey
to b3, and with it she exerts so much power that White has no choice but to
trade her off. The problem is that this is a bad trade for White, as the queen
is his best defender. Without the queen White is both planless and in a
difficult situation, Black will slowly set up b5 and when that break happens
Black's pieces will crash through.} 25. Qxb3 Nxb3 26. Bc2 {Aronian was down to
less than ten minutes at this point. He started pacing a lot around this point,
while Carlsen stayed at his board constantly thinking.} Na5 {It was tempting
to put the knight on d4 again, but both moves are about as problematic for
White as now the c4-pawn is not easily defended.} 27. Bd3 $1 Re3 28. Rd1 Rb8 $6
{Black continues with this plan of breaking on b5. Magnus has shuffled his
rooks a lot, but they now find themselves in strong positions which is why
Aronian takes care of that immediately. However it might have been better to
immediately place the knight on a5 back to d4 before anything else.} (28...
Rxd3 $5 {was his original idea, but Carlsen didn't see anything clear at the
end and decided not to go for the complications.} 29. Rxd3 Nxc4 $13) 29. Bf2
Ree8 30. Ra1 $1 {Aronian is an excellent player, and sometimes it is most
important to shine when you are in difficult positions. This important move
allows the rook to diminish the effects of a possible b5, as the a-file will
be open in its favor.} Bd4 31. Kg1 {Aronian took the opportunity where he felt
Black's advantage had slip and the fact that Carlsen had dropped significantly
in the clock to offer a draw in this position.} Be3 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Rad1 Rbe8
34. Kf2 Nb3 35. Rfe1 $1 {With the trade of all the rooks, White has nothing to
worry about.} Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Nd4 38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Be2 Kf6 40. Bd1
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. e3 {A quiet system,which allows
white to complete a comfortable development without any long theoretical lines.
} O-O 6. Bd3 d6 {The most popular continuation-black is ready to exchange his
dark squared bishop,so he is preparing for e6-e5,closing the long diagonal.
That is a standard plan in such a positions.} ({Besides,black has a several
alternatives:} 6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bxe4 fxe4 9. d5 d6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11.
Qd4 Qd7 12. Nh3 Bf5 13. Qd5+ Qf7 14. Nf4 Qxd5 15. cxd5 $16 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik 1987/CBM 02 (56)}) (6... b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. a3
Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nc6 11. Ne2 d5 12. b3 Ne4 $2 13. cxd5 Qh4+ 14. g3 Nxg3 15. Nxg3
exd5 16. O-O $18 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Rivas Pastor,M/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (25)}) ({
deserves attention is:} 6... d5 $5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. f3 c5 10. O-O Nc6
11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Kh1 Qf7 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bf4 $6 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 a6
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nd6 Qf6 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 $15 {0-1 Hoi,
C-Moskalenko,V/Groningen 1989/EXT 98 (60)}) 7. Qc2 {Preventing e6-e5.} ({
Less logical is:} 7. Nge2 e5 8. Qb3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 $11) 7... c5 $5 $146 {
An interesting novelty,which however was connected with a wrong idea.} (7...
Nc6 8. Nge2 Qd7 9. f3 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O $14) 9... e5
10. O-O Qf7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. c5 Nd5 $11 {0-1 Suba,M-Speelman,J/
Eastbourne 1990/EXT 2000 (63)}) (7... b6 8. Nge2 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11.
a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 g5 13. Rae1 Qg7 14. e4 g4 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. f4 $14 {1-0
Gavrikov,V-Polasek,J/Biel 1990/EXT 2000 (32)}) 8. Nge2 {In my opinion,the
knight is slighty passive here.} ({another possibility was:} 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. a3
Bxc3 (9... Ba5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 $14) 10. Bxc3 Qe7 11. O-O $14 {and white's
chanses are preferable.}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 (9... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 10.
a3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. f3 Bd7 $11) 10. a3 Bxc3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] A clear
strategical mistake-the position is not closed yet,so was no reason to
exchange an important bishop.} ({much better was:} 10... Ba5 $142 11. Rad1 Bd7
{and black is O.K.For example:} 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. e4 Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 cxd4 $132
{with a heavy counterplay.}) 11. Bxc3 Ng4 $2 {Black is trying to push e6-e5 at
any cost,but such a ''drastic'' desicions are usually wrong.} (11... e5 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rad1 $14) (11... b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. d5 Ne5 14. dxe6 $40 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf5][%cal Ge2f4]}) (11... Bd7 12. b4 Rad8 13. b5 Nb8 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Rad1 $14) ({I would prefer a slighty passive:} 11... Nd8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13.
Rad1 Nf7 $14 {with a defensible position.}) 12. h3 Nh6 13. f4 $1 {Just in
time! Black cannot do without e6-e5 anyway,since white's pressure on the long
diagonal is very unpleasant especially after black's manoevre.So,It's very
important to take control on square e5,which black could exploit for his
knights.} e5 {Otherwise white will just prepare g2-g4 with a dangerous attack.}
14. Qd2 $1 {Freeing a spot for Bd4 in view of e5-e4.} ({less clear was:} 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 Nd8 16. e4 f4 {and black's counterchanses cannot be
understated.}) 14... e4 (14... cxd4 {after} 15. exd4 e4 16. Bc2 {[%cal Gd4d5]
black's position is strategically lost,since} d5 {loses to} 17. cxd5 Nd8 18.
Bb4 $18) ({but maybe better was:} 14... Bd7 15. d5 Nd8 16. b4 b6 $16) 15. Bc2
Nf7 $6 {An additional mistake-the knight has no perspectives here.Better was
to transfer the knight back on f6 via g8.} (15... Kh8 $142 16. b4 Ng8 17. bxc5
dxc5 18. d5 Nd8 $16) 16. b4 {White wants to make progress on both of the sides.
} ({I cannot see any reasonable continuation for black after:} 16. Kh2 $5 {
[%cal Gf1g1,Gg2g4]}) 16... Rd8 ({An alternative was:} 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Be6
18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Re7,Rf7] with a
large edge of white.}) 17. d5 Nb8 18. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Gg3h5] White cannot allow
white to put his knight on h5,so g7-g6 is practically forced.} g6 $2 {A
decisive mistake.} (18... Qh4 19. Qf2 {[%cal Gg3e4]} Qh6 20. Qe2 $18 {[%cal
Gg3h5]}) ({more resistant was:} 18... Kh8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Kh2 Nd7 $16 {and
there is no forced winning continuation for white at least.}) 19. Bb2 Nd7 20.
Qc3 Qf8 $8 21. Ne2 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4] Now black is completely hopeless.He
cannot do anything against g2-g4 with a decisive attack.} h5 (21... Qh6 22. g4
Kf8 23. Kg2 Ke8 24. Ng3 Nb6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. g5 Qf8 27. a4 Nd6 28. a5 Nd7 29.
h4 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5g6] doesn't leaves any chanses for black.}) 22. g4 $1 {
White doesn't need any preparation-his play is very energetic.} Kh7 (22... hxg4
23. hxg4 fxg4 (23... Qh6 24. Rf2 $18 {[%cal Gf2h2]}) 24. Bxe4 $18) 23. gxf5
gxf5 24. Ng3 {[%csl Rf5,Rh5]} Nh6 25. Nxh5 {Finally,the knight has got his
goal.} Qf7 26. Kh2 Rg8 27. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g8,Ga1g1][%mdl 4]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {GM Krasenkow is consistent in his opening choice.}
4. e3 ({The most aggressive is} 4. e4 {, but Andrey likes the positional
approach.}) 4... Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Ne2 Nd7 10.
Bb2 b6 11. cxd5 $5 $146 {This novelty isn't as toothless as it looks - the
problems with the passive Bc8 are not fully solved.} ({There were more
aggressive continuations at Andrey's disposal:} 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Nf4
(13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Bc7 $132 {Levin,E - Timofeev,A St Petersburg 2015})
13... Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 (14... Rad8 $5 15. Rac1 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {was more
precise}) 15. Rac1 $14 {Georgiev,K - Sveshnikov,E Warsaw 2005}) (11. Nf4 Qe7
12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Nd7 18.
Nd3 c5 $132 {Debashis,D - Dziuba,M Warsaw 2017}) 11... cxd5 ({In general, the
pawn structure after} 11... exd5 {is acceptable for Black, but here White is
in time to enter the centre:} 12. Ne5 $1 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. f3 Ng5 15. f4 Ne4
16. Ng3 $14) 12. Ne5 ({Possibly, a stronger move was} 12. Nf4 $1 Qf6 (12... Qe7
13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f3 Ng5 15. Bb5 $14) 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb5 Rad8 15. Qe2 g5 16. Nd3
$14 {, keeping Black under positional pressure.}) 12... Bb7 {After this move
Andrey's idea is fully justified.} (12... Qf6 $1 {could have invited the
favourable exchange of knights:} 13. f3 Nec5 $1 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qc1 Qe7 (
15... Qh6 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Ba3 $14) 16. a4 Nb8 17. Ba3 Na6 {Black is close to
equality.}) 13. Bb5 $1 Nxe5 {The change of pawn structure offers White a
definite space advantage.} ({The alternative -} 13... Ndf6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Rc1
Rac8 16. Qe2 $14 {would offer Black a solid, but rather passive position.}) 14.
dxe5 Bc5 15. Nd4 Qe7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qe2 (17. Qd2 $5 {covering the f4-spot was
good enough, but Esipenko reasonably doesn't fear ghosts.}) 17... Rac8 ({
The attempt to get some activity on the kingside by means of} 17... f4 {
can be well met by} 18. a3 $1 a5 19. b4 $1 axb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22.
h4 Nf7 23. exf4 $16 {, and Black is doomed to passive defence.}) ({However, a
better defensive approach might be} 17... Rfc8 $5 18. Rac1 Nf7 19. f4 Nd8 $14)
18. Rac1 (18. a3 $5 a5 19. Rfc1 Nf7 20. f4 g5 21. Kh1 $16) 18... Rc7 $6 {
This move is inviting fresh troubles.} ({Black should have focused on the
passive defence:} 18... Nf7 19. f4 Nd8 20. a3 a5 {intending to swap the
relocated knight.}) 19. b4 $1 {Now Black is forced to give up the dark-squared
bishop.} Bxd4 (19... Bxb4 $2 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. f4 $18) 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. exd4 {
Covering the c1-spot wasn't necessary} (21. Bxd4 $5 {is also good enough:} Nf7
22. Qb2 Rc8 23. Bd3 Nd8 24. b5 $16) 21... Qe7 22. a3 Nf7 $2 {This loss of
tempo turns out to be a decisive mistake.} ({There is the tenacious} 22... Ra8
23. Bd3 a6 24. Rc1 Nf7 $16) 23. Bd3 Rc8 {Alas, the rook can achieve nothing
along the c-file - there are no squares for penetrating.} 24. b5 $1 {Andrey is
seizing more space on the q-side. Black can only sit and wait.} Qg5 25. a4 {
There is nothing to do against the further advance of a-pawn.} Nh8 {A
desperate attempt to create some threats on the kingside.} 26. g3 h5 (26... f4
{offered no hope:} 27. Qd2 Ng6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 $18) 27. a5 bxa5 (27...
Rc7 28. f4 Qg4 29. Qd2 h4 30. Kg2 $18) 28. Ra1 h4 29. f4 Qh6 ({Or} 29... Qg6
30. g4 Rc7 31. h3 Qf7 32. Bc1 Ng6 33. Bd2 $18 {with full domination.}) 30. Rxa5
hxg3 31. hxg3 g5 32. Qh2 $1 {Andrey is effectively neutralising any visible
counterplay.} Qg7 33. Rxa7 gxf4 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. gxf4 $18 {The rest is just an
agony.} Qf8 36. Ra1 {Obviously, only Black's king is under fire.} Rg7 (36...
Qb4 37. Ke3 Rg7 38. Ba3 Qc3 39. Rh1 Ng6 40. Bd6 $18) 37. Rh1 Ng6 38. Ke3 Kf7
39. Qh5 Qb4 {Temporary activity.} 40. Bc1 Bc8 41. Bd2 Qa3 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. Rc7
Ke8 44. b6 Bb5 45. Rc3 Qa6 46. Rb3 Bxd3 47. b7 {Impressive positional play!}
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O {Allowing
white to exchange the dark-squared bishops immediately.} (7... Qe7 {-->is much
more popular here.}) 8. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e2] At the same time,white deviates from
the most popular plan which connected with 8.Ba3 and sends the knight towards
e2,where it may be very useful for taking control of the dark squares. Ivan
has already tried that system in his several games.} b6 {A modern way of
development. Another plan is activating the light-squared bishop by
Bc8-d7-e8-h5,followed by Nf6-e4 at some moment.} 9. Bb2 Ne4 {Sometimes black
is waiting with a development of Bc8,as it can be also placed well at a6.} (
9... Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Bb5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Bc5 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,
I-Lautier,J/Cologne GER 2003 (43)}) 10. Ne2 Bb7 ({In the following game
Sokolov has realized the main ideas of that system:} 10... Nd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 $6 (12... Bb7 $142) 13. dxe5 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Nd4 {that square
is just ideal for the Ne2!} Bd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rc7 $16 {
1-0 Sokolov,I-Marcelin,C/Bordeaux FRA 2003 (27)}) 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. cxd5 $146 (
12. f3 Nef6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. h4 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Qf2 Rc7 18.
Rac1 Rac8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Qg3 N6d7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B-Giorgadze,G/
Sanxenxo ESP 2004 (20)}) 12... exd5 $6 {That move was probalby connected with
some kind of blunder.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 12... cxd5 13. Nf4 (13.
Rc1 Qe7 $11 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 13... Qe7 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 $11)
13. f3 Ng5 14. Qc2 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5][%cal Ge5c6,Gc2f5,Gd3f5,Gc2c6] Attacking the
Pf5 and the Pc6 at the same time!} Qc7 $2 {After that really bad move black's
position becomes critical.} ({Much better would be:} 14... g6 $142 $14 {
and black has a solid position,although after g7-g6 his king feels less safely.
} {At the same time, the immediate attempt to win the material fails to:} 15.
Nxc6 $6 Qf6 $1 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd4 $14) 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 (18. Nd4 $2 f4 $36) 18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 f4 20. Qf2
fxe3 21. Qxe3 Rae8 22. Qf2 Ne6 $11) 15. h4 $1 {That concrete move gives white
a great advantage.} Ne4 {That is probably the best practical chance.} ({After} 
15... Ne6 $2 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf5 $18) ({or} 15... Nf7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxf5
{white is just a pawn up.}) 16. fxe4 Bxe5 ({The immediate} 16... fxe4 $2 17.
Bxe4 {loses immediately:} dxe4 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ $18) 17. dxe5 {White
prefers to play with the queens on the board in order to use the power of Bb2.}
({He could also play:} 17. exd5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 cxd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxf5 Nf6
$16 {but black has some drawish chances in this endgame.}) 17... fxe4 18. Bxe4
({Nothing special gives} 18. Bb5 a6 19. e6 Nc5 {and the Bb5 is trapped anyway.
However,white always remains with a serious positional advantage.}) 18... dxe4
19. Nf4 {That is the last important moment in the game.} Nxe5 $2 {That natural
tackle helps white to use the power of Bb2 and leads to a quick disaster.} ({
The only way to continue the fight was:} 19... Nc5 $1 20. b4 ({another
promising line is:} 20. e6 $5 Qe7 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge7h4]} 21. Ba3 $1 Qxh4 22.
Bxc5 bxc5 {where white can choose between:} 23. Qxe4 $16 ({and} 23. Qxc5 $16))
20... Nd3 {simplifying the position at cost of the pawn} 21. Nxd3 exd3 22. Qxd3
c5 $16 {[%csl Gb7] and black gets some counterplay,although his position is
hard.}) 20. Ne6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 {All white's pieces are taking part into attack,
while Bb7 and Ra8 are too far away!} Qd6 ({The same blow would decide the game
after} 21... Qe7 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 23. Rf5 {[%csl Gb2,Rg8][%cal Gf5e5]} Re8 24. Rg5
$18) {[%tqu "En","Please,find the winning move","","","e6g7","",10]} 22. Nxg7
$1 $18 {After loss of that pawn black's king becomes helpless.} c5 ({Hopeless
would be also:} 22... Kxg7 23. Rf5 Re8 24. Qxe4 $18) ({or} 22... Ba6 23. Nf5
Qe6 24. Qxe4 Bxf1 25. Bxe5 Be2 26. Qf4 $18) 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Bxe5 {Exchanging
the last defender of black's camp!} Qxe5 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Ng4 {Ofcourse,the
last few moves were like an agony!} Qe7 27. Qb2+ Kg6 (27... Kg8 28. Nh6#) 28.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nh3 $5 {That immediate attempt to attack the
Pg6 was tried only few times by unknown players.} Bg7 {Sometimes,such a
natural move may also be inaccurate.} ({In our case,deserved attention:} 4...
d6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 5. d5 {(otherwise black could play 5...e5,restricting the
mobility of Nh3)} e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Nf4 Bf7 $132 {and black's position looks
solid enough.}) 5. Nf4 d6 ({Interesting was also:} 5... Nc6 $5 {not weakening
the light squares.}) 6. d5 {Ofcourse,that advance is the only way to fight for
the initiative-white must secure the statement of Nf4.} c6 $146 {Intending to
break white's pawns centre. That typical move is new in this position
according to my Database.} ({Logical would be also:} 6... Na6 7. h4 Nc5 {
taking control of e6-spot} 8. h5 e5 9. dxe6 Nxe6 10. Qa4+ Kf7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ruckschloss,K-Vrana,F/Bratislava 1991/EXT 2001 (47)} (10... c6 $2 11. hxg6 Nxf4
12. Bxf4 hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rd6]})) 7. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]}
Ng4 $1 {Joanna finds the best plan: now h4-h5-h6 advancement is not very
dangerouse,as the Bg7 has some place for retreat along the diagonal a1-h8. At
the same time,the appearance of Ng4 is quite unpleasant for white,so the Ke1
is not safe as well.} (7... Na6 8. h5 Kf7 (8... e5 9. dxe6 g5 10. h6 Bf8 11.
Nh3 g4 12. Ng5 $16) 9. h6 Bf8 10. Nh3 $36) (7... O-O 8. h5 g5 9. h6 Bh8 10. Nh3
g4 11. Nf4 Qb6 12. e3 $36) (7... Qa5 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Na4 Qc7 10. h5 $36) 8. e3 {
That ''shy'' developing move proves the power of black's previous move.} ({
Nothing special promised also:} 8. f3 Ne5 9. e4 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O $132) ({
But interesting was also:} 8. e4 $5 Qb6 9. Qc2) 8... Na6 9. Be2 e5 $2 {A very
strange decision-there was no reason for such a panic. Now white just wins the
pawn and gets a good attacking perspectives.} ({The threat of 10.Bxg4 wasn't
very significant. For instance,} 9... Nc5 10. Bxg4 fxg4 11. h5 gxh5 12. Nxh5
Be5 $132 {led to a very complicated position,where black's chances are not
worse.}) ({Comes to consideration also:} 9... Ne5 10. h5 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 $132)
10. dxe6 Ne5 $6 {An additonal mistake which makes white's task easier.} ({
More resistant would be:} 10... Nc5 11. e4 $1 (11. Bxg4 $2 fxg4 12. Qxg4 Qe7
$44) 11... Nxe6 (11... Ne5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh5 $16) 12. exf5 gxf5 (12... Nxf4
13. Bxf4 gxf5 14. Bxd6 $16) 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Qxg4 $16 {although white is a
heavy pawn up here.}) 11. e4 $1 {Freeing a way for the Nf4 to h5.} O-O ({
The following alternatives were similar to the game:} 11... Nc5 12. exf5 gxf5
13. Nh5 $18) (11... Qe7 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh5 $18) 12. exf5 gxf5 (12... Rxf5
13. Ne4 Bh6 14. g3 $18) 13. Nh5 $1 {The most energetical way-after exchanging
the Bg7,white's position becomes winning from strategical point of view.} (13.
Be3 $143 Nc7 14. Nh5 Nxe6 $16) 13... Bxe6 ({Unfortunately,black couldn't avoid
an exchange of his important bishop:} 13... Bh8 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. e7 Re8 16. Qd2
$18) 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qd2 {Taking a full control of the dark
squares.} Nf7 ({Hardly better would be also:} 16... Kg8 17. Qd4 Qg7 18. O-O-O
$18 {and although the material ballance,black's position is lost.}) 17. Bf4 Qe7
18. Rh3 {Adding one more piece into attack.} ({Good enough was also} 18. O-O-O
$18) 18... Qf6 19. O-O-O $18 {White's position is almost winning thanks to the
weakness of Kg7.} Rfd8 {That move loses by force,but i don't see any
reasonable alternative.} ({After} 19... Rfe8 20. Rg3+ Kf8 21. Bxd6+ ({here} 21.
Bh5 $5 $18 {is also strong}) 21... Nxd6 22. Qxd6+ $18 {white is just a pawn up,
while black's king is extremely weak.}) 20. Rg3+ Kf8 ({Hopeless was also:} 
20... Kh8 21. Bh5 Rg8 22. Bxf7 Bxf7 23. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rh8]}) 21. Bh5 $1 {
Exchanging the Nf7 which is the last defender of the dark squares.} Rd7 (21...
Bxc4 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bg5 $18) 22. Re1 {White is not hurrying with taking the
pawns and just increases the pressure on black's king.} ({Good enough was also:
} 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bxd6 Bxc4 24. Qf4 $18 {[%cal Gd6e5,Gg3g5]}) 22... Bxc4 {
That leads to a loss of material.} (22... Nc5 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Bg5 Qh8 25. Be3
$18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh8]}) 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 {[%tqu "En","Please,find the winning
continuation.","","","f4e5","",10]} 24. Be5 $1 {That little combination allows
white to win the exchange.} dxe5 ({After} 24... Qe6 {the penetration of
white's rook decides the game very quickly:} 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27.
Bxd6+ Kg8 28. Re7 $18) 25. Qxd7+ Kf8 26. Rg5 (26. Qxh7 Nc5 27. Rd1 $18 {
[%cal Gg3g5]}) 26... Nc5 27. Qxf5 $6 {White wins the pawn and trades the
queens,but he had a stronger way.} (27. Qxh7 $142 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 $18) 27... Qxf5
28. Rxf5+ Kg7 29. Re3 {.} Re8 ({Black was unable to create any threats:} 29...
Nd3+ 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. b3 Bf7 32. Rg3+ $18) 30. Kc2 Bf7 {[%cal Gf7g6]} 31. h5 ({
Possible was also:} 31. Rfxe5 Bg6+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 $18) 31... Ne6 32.
Rfxe5 {Now white is also a pawn up. The rest is just an agony.} Kf6 33. Kc1 Rd8
34. g4 Rd4 35. R5e4 Rd8 36. b4 h6 37. Re1 Ng5 38. Rf4+ Kg7 39. Re7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {In my opinion,black should choose the more solid
3...e6,as 3.Nc3 gives white good attacking possibilities.} 4. h4 $5 {That
sharp variation is a possible way to fight against the Leningrad system if you
want to avoid a discussion in the main theoretical lines with 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2
0-0 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0. That move is usually connected with a sacrifice on h5,and
black must play very accurately in order to avoid a great danger.} d6 $6 {
That looks logical-black is immediately freeing a space for his king.But in my
opinion,better was to take care about completing development.} ({The main
continuation here is:} 4... Bg7 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 Nf6 $1 7. e5 (7. exf5 $5 gxf5
8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Rxh6) (7. Bd3 d6 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Qe2
Ng4 12. d5 Na6 13. Be3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc5 16. Ng5 Rg8 17. Rxh7 f4
18. Qh3 O-O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxh3 20. Nxh3 Rxg2 $11 {1-0 Bunzmann,D-Berg,E/Germany
2001/CBM 82 ext (31)}) 7... Ne4 (7... Ng8 $2 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 Nh6 10. Bd3 Ng4
11. Qe2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nc6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. O-O-O Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 a6 16. d5 $16 {
1-0 Miladinovic,I-Skembris,S/Athens 1996/EXT 2004 (34)}) 8. Nxe4 (8. Nf3 Nxc3
9. bxc3 d6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Rxh6 Nd7 12. e6 Nf6 13. Ng5 c6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Qd2
Rg8 16. f3 Rg7 17. Kf2 b6 18. Rah1 Ba6 19. Nxh7 Ng8 20. R6h3 O-O-O $132 {
1-0 Piket,J-Salov,V/Brussels 1992/CBM 29 ext (48)}) 8... fxe4 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10.
Rxh6 d6 (10... c5 $2 11. d5 Qc7 12. f4 $1 b5 13. Ne2 d6 14. e6 Na6 15. Nc3 bxc4
16. Qg4 Bb7 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 18. Rxh7 {1-0 Piket,J-Onischuk,A/Biel 1999/EXT 2000 
(18)}) 11. Qe2 $6 dxe5 12. d5 Qd6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Bf5 16.
Be2 Qa6 $17 {0-1 Bunzmann,D-Grabarczyk,B/Darmstadt 2001/CBM 81 (53)}) 5. h5
Nxh5 (5... Bg7 6. hxg6 (6. h6 $5 Bf8 7. Bg5 e6 8. Nh3 Be7 9. g3 d5 10. Bg2 c6
11. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Djurhuus,R-Logdahl,H/Sweden 2002/EXT 2003 (37)}) 6... hxg6 7.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Chernyshov,
K-Dzhumaev,M/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2004 (38)}) 6. Rxh5 $1 {The most logical
continuation of white's plan-otherwise black could remove his knight and save
a normal pawn structure on the kside.} ({Weaker is:} 6. e4 Nf6 (6... Ng7 7.
exf5 Bxf5 8. g4 Be6 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Bxg6+ Kd8 11. Be4 c6 12. f3 Bxc4 13. Rxh7
Rxh7 14. Bxh7 Qe6+ 15. Kf2 Qf6 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nge2 Nd7 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bg7
20. d5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qd5 Rc8 24. Bxa7 Rc6 25. Rc1 Nf4
26. Nxf4 Qxf4 27. Rh1 Bxb2 28. Be3 Qe5 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Rh5 Qf6 31. Rb5 Rc7 32.
Qb8 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Qe1 34. Rxb7 Qe2+ 35. Bf2 Rxb7 36. Qxb7+ Ke6 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38.
Qf5+ Bf6 39. g5 Qe5 40. Qh7+ Bg7 41. Qh5+ Kf8 42. Qg4 c3 43. a4 e6 44. a5 c2
45. Bg3 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 c1=Q 47. Bxd6+ Kg8 {0-1 Lafuente,P-Rodriguez,A/Villa
Martelli 2002/EXT 2004 (47)}) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Bg5 Bg7
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 $15 {0-1 Burnett,R-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 2003/
CBM 94 ext (33)}) 6... gxh5 7. e4 c6 {Black takes control on important spot d5
and preparing a ''safe road'' for his king to c7. However,now white wins 2
pawns and gets a dangerous initiative.} ({Black has also tried:} 7... Be6 8.
Qxh5+ Bf7 9. Qxf5 Qd7 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Be3 h5 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. O-O-O e6 14. f4
$16 {0-1 Oliwa,P-Kolosowski,P/Sopot 1997/EXT 2003 (47)}) (7... Bg7 8. Qxh5+ Kd7
9. Be3 c6 10. Qxf5+ Kc7 11. Qa5+ b6 12. Qa3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qf8 14. Nge2 Nf6 15.
c5 $16 {1-0 Hoffman,A-Rodriguez,A/Santos 2003/CBM 95 (62)}) (7... Qd7 8. Qxh5+
Kd8 9. Nf3 Qe8 10. Qh4 fxe4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ngxe4 Bg7 13. Be3 Bf5 14. O-O-O $44
{0-1 Zsinka,L-Almasi,I/Hungary 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) (7... fxe4 8. Qxh5+ Kd7 9.
Be3 Qe8 10. Qh4 c6 11. Nxe4 Kc7 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. N4g3 Bd3 14. Nf4 Bxf1 15. Ne6+
Kc8 16. Kxf1 $44 {1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Bor,W/Barcelona 2002/CBM 90 ext (26)
although white has a sufficient compensation at least.}) 8. Qxh5+ Kd7 9. Qxf5+
Kc7 10. Qa5+ {Now white has a full compensation for a minimal deficit of
material.} (10. Qf7 Bd7 11. c5 Kc8 12. Nf3 Be8 13. Qe6+ Qd7 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Bf4
Nc7 16. O-O-O Qg4 17. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Skytte,R-Dworakowska,J/Aarhus 2003/CBM 97 
(17)}) 10... b6 11. Qa4 ({Deserves attention also:} 11. Qa3 $5 Bg7 12. Be3 c5
13. O-O-O) 11... Bg7 12. Be3 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} c5 $1 $146 {Black's
only counterplay connected with that breakthrough-otherwise white would
complete development and seize a space by advancing his central pawns.} (12...
Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. f4 $5) 13... c5 14. Ng5 Kb7 15. Nf7 Qe8 16. Nxh8 cxd4 17. c5
dxe3 18. c6+ Kb8 19. c7+ $2 (19. Nd5 exf2+ 20. Kd2 $18) 19... Kxc7 20. Nd5+ Kd8
21. Qc6 exf2+ 22. Kd2 Bh6+ 23. Kc2 Qxh8 24. Qxa8 Qd4 $19 {0-1 Csomos,
R-Beuchler,H/Debrecen 1993/EXT 2000 (28)}) 13. O-O-O {That allows black to
swap the dark-squared bishops.} ({The alternative was:} 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. Qa3
Nc6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O-O $44) 13... Bd7 14. Qa3 Nc6 (14... cxd4 $5 15. Bxd4
Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd2 Rc8 $13) 15. dxc5 bxc5 $2 {That natural tackle is a
serious mistake,which allows white to develop a strong initiative.} ({Correct
was:} 15... dxc5 16. f4 ({or} 16. Nf3 Kb7) (16. e5 $5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Bd3
$44) 16... Kb7 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Qb3 (18. e5 Rd8 $132) 18... Nb4 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gg7c3,Gd7a4,Gd7c6] with a very complicated position.}) 16. f4 $1 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge4e5] White exploits a drawback of black's pawn structure.
After e4-e5 black couldn't keep a material ballance anymore.} Qb8 17. e5 $16 {
Black's main problem is a defecit of counterplay,as Bg7 is closed now.} Nb4 {
White is trying to keep control on important squares d5 and b5.} ({After} 17...
Re8 {white can just continue:} 18. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3e4] with a great
advantage.} ({less clear is:} 18. exd6+ $6 exd6 19. Nb5+ Kd8 {[%csl Ge8,Gg7]
and black's pieces become active.})) 18. Nf3 {White is not in a hurry,as all
black's pieces are very passive and cannot create any counterplay.} a5 $2 {
That move is an additional loss of time which allows white to create a very
dangerous threats.} ({After the passive} 18... Re8 $6 {white can just continue:
} 19. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e4]} Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 $16 {with a great advantage,as
black's active knight is not on the board.}) ({But much better was:} 18... Qb6
$1 {trying to regroup somehow the pieces} {For example:} 19. exd6+ ({nothing
special promises} 19. Ng5 Rhb8 $1 20. Nge4 Bc6 (20... Bf8 $5) 21. exd6+ exd6
22. Nxd6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa6 24. Qxa6 Nxa6 $132) 19... exd6 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21.
Nd5+ Kb7 22. Bxb6 (22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Rxd6 Kc7) 22... axb6 23. Nxb4 Bg4 $14 {
and black is only slighty worse in the endgame.}) 19. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gg5e4,Gg5f7] White's knight will attack the most vulnerable target- the Pd6.}
Qe8 (19... Ra6 20. exd6+ Rxd6 (20... exd6 21. Nb5+ Bxb5 22. cxb5 $18) 21. Bxc5
Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 $18) 20. Nb5+ {Exchanging the main defender of black's position.
} (20. Nd5+ Nxd5 21. Rxd5 $16) 20... Bxb5 (20... Kb7 21. exd6 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qg6
(22... exd6 23. Rxd6 Bd4 24. Ne6 $16) 23. Bd3 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 $16) (20... Kb8
21. exd6 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qg6 (22... exd6 23. Rxd6 Nxa2+ 24. Kd2 $1 Nb4 25. Bxc5
$18) 23. Bd3 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 $16) 21. cxb5 Qg6 {Black's king is very weak,so
black must swap the queens.} 22. Bd3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 {Although
the queens are out of the board,black's position is practically lost,as all
his pawns are very vulnerable.} Kd7 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({More resistant
was probably:} 24... Bf8 {[%cal Gh8g8] in order to activate the Rh8 via g8} 25.
a4 Rg8 26. Rd2 h6 27. Ne6+ Kb7 28. f5 $16 {although white's advantage is very
serious mainly due to passivity of black's pieces.}) 25. exd6 ({After} 25. exd6
c4 (25... Rhc8 26. Ne4 Bd4 27. dxe7 Kxe7 28. a4 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Rc5]}) 26. Rd1
exd6 (26... Rhd8 27. Bb6 Rdb8 28. dxe7+ Kxe7 29. Bc5+ Kf6 30. g4 $1 {[%cal
Gd1d6]} Rxb5 31. Re1 Ra6 32. Be7+ Kg6 33. f5+ $18) 27. Ne4 Ke7 28. Nxd6 Rhd8
29. Bc5 $18 {white's strong passed Pb5 will decide the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO GM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldsztejn, Gildas"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1024]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 {A very agressive approach to
playing against the Leningrad system. In my opinion, h2-h4 is not connected
well with c2-c4. On the other hand, black also has weakened his k-side by
f7-f5 and g7-g6,so white's idea is quite logical.} d6 {In my opinion, black
should take care about a quick development, so that move looks a bit slowly.} (
{The most popular} 4... Bg7 {looks safer.}) 5. Bg5 {An original decision-it's
clear, that black has to put his B on g7 anyway, while white's next move is
not really ''necessary''} ({More energetically looks:} 5. h5 {-see my comments
to 1-0 Radjabov,T-Bartel,M/ FIDE-Wch k.o. 2004 [Roiz]}) 5... Bg7 6. h5 ({
A possible quiet alternative is:} 6. e3 c6 7. Nge2 e5 $6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+
Kxd8 10. h5 Ke7 11. f4 Nbd7 12. e4 $36 {1-0 Chepukaitis,G-Galdunts,S/St
Petersburg 1992/EXT 97 (36)}) 6... Nxh5 7. e4 $6 $146 {An unsuccessful
decision. White has weakened his centre, so now the sacrifice on h5 is not
actual.} ({Much stronger was:} 7. Rxh5 $5 gxh5 8. e3 c6 9. Qxh5+ Kd7 10. O-O-O
Qe8 11. Qh4 $44 {0-1 Chepukaitis,G-Levada,I/Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext (75)
although here it looks less convincing than after 5.h5.}) 7... O-O $1 {Black
doesn't worry about safety of his monarch, as white is not ready for a
sacrifice on h5 due to weakness of Pd4.} (7... h6 8. Rxh5 gxh5 9. Qxh5+ Kf8 10.
Be3 Nc6 11. O-O-O $44) 8. Be2 {Ofcourse, that quiet move is a sign of
unsuccesful play.} ({White doesn't get a safficient compensation for a pawn
after} 8. exf5 Rxf5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rf8 $15) 8... Nf6 9. exf5 ({Nothing
good promised} 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 (10. Nf3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 c5 $17 ({
Only not} 12... Nc6 $2 13. e6 $1)) 10... fxe4 $15) 9... Bxf5 10. Bf3 Nc6 11.
Nge2 e5 ({Deserved attention also} 11... Nb4 $5 12. Kf1 c6 13. Qb3 a5 $17 {
[%csl Rb3] with a heavy extra pawn.} 14. a3 $140 Bc2 $19) 12. g4 Bd7 13. Bd5+
Nxd5 $5 {An original decision of young talented player! Black sacrifices a
whole queen in order to seize the initiative!} ({At the same time, i don't see
how white can develop his initiative after a ''normal'' line} 13... Kh8 14. Qd3
Qe8 $1 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qh3 Qe7 $17) 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 $6 {After that
tackle white's king could never find a safe place on the board} ({Better was:} 
15. Nxc3 Raxd8 16. d5 Nd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Rf3,Rf4,Rg4] although black's
initiative is also very strong.}) 15... Raxd8 {White has no counterplay at all
-all his heavy pieces are very passive. That means,that black may just attack
white's weak pawns. In my opinion,white's position is already lost!} 16. Qd2 ({
Badly is also:} 16. d5 Na5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg4] and the weak pawns will fall very
soon.}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 $2 {That is already a decisive mistake.} ({The
only chance was:} 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. O-O-O Bxg4 19. Rdf1 $17 {and white has some
practical chances of surviving ,as his king is not under direct attack!} ({
or even} 19. Rdg1 $5 Rxf2 20. Qg5 Bf6 21. Qh6 Rd7 22. Rf1 {trying to get some
counterplay})) 17... Rde8 $1 {All black pieces become very powerful.} 18. Kf1
$8 Bxg4 19. Re1 {White tries to avoid an immediate loss of material, but he
cannot hold on for a long time.} (19. Nc3 Bxd4 20. Rh2 Re3 21. Rc1 Rh3 $19)
19... Re4 {All black's moves are very natural and simple, while white cannot
consolidate his position.} 20. d5 (20. Ng3 Rxd4 21. Qg5 Ne5 $19) 20... Ne5 $19
{White is completely hopeless now. Black may just take all the pawns. Two
black's bishops are stronger than white's queen in this position!} 21. Ng3 Rxc4
22. Re4 {Trying to simplify the position.} Rc5 {Avoiding all the possible
exchanges!} ({Black is not satisfied even with} 22... Bf3 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Qc1
Bxh1 25. Qxc4 Bf3 26. Qxc7 Bxd5 $19) 23. Rh4 {That move loses immediately.} Nf3
24. Qe3 Rc3 {Now black also gets a material advantage. The rest is just an
agony.} 25. Qxa7 Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Re1+ 27. Kd3 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxh4 29. Qxb7 Bf5 30.
Qc6 Nf3 31. Ke3 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 3rd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 {This system is not very popular
nowdays. The main strategical idea of black is controlling the central square
e4.} 5. Nge2 ({Another ways of development are:} 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Bd3) (5. Qc2) ({
and} 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3) 5... O-O (5... b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Bd6 $5 7. g3 Bb7
8. d5 Na6 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qd3
exd5 15. cxd5 a5 16. b5 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Gulko,B/FIDE World
Cup-A 2000}) 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. f3 O-O 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Nh5 12. Qc2 g6
13. Bb2 a6 14. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Ivanisevic,I-Maksimovic,M/JUG-chT 1998}) 6. a3 {
The most natural continuation. But white can also try to finish the
development without it.} (6. g3 $5 {(this is a favourite move of GM Vladimir
Epishin)} d6 (6... Be7 7. Bg2 (7. d5 $1 {Roiz,M}) 7... d5 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 Bd6
10. a3 (10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 {Roiz,M}) 10... Ne4 11. f3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. a4
b6 14. e4 Ba6 15. e5 Bc7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Rfb1 Qe8 19. Nf4 Rc8 20.
Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch51 St Petersburg 1998}) (6... d5 7. Bg2
c6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 Bd6 (9... Nbd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Nb8 13.
Bd2 Nc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Be1 Rfc8 17. Qd1 b6 18. Nf4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Cvorovic,D/Solin 1998}) 10. Bd2 Na6 11. a3 Bd7 12. b4 Rac8
13. Rad1 (13. c5 Bb8 14. f4 $14 {[%cal Gf1b1,Ga3a4,Gb4b5]}) 13... b5 14. c5 Bb8
15. f3 e5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Be5 19. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,
V-Balashov,Y/Bundesliga 9798 1998}) 7. Bg2 c6 (7... e5 $5) 8. O-O Qe7 9. Bd2 e5
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5+ cxd5 12. Bxb4 Na6 13. Ba3 e4 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 $16 {
[%csl Rd4,Rd5][%cal Ge2d4] 1-0 Epishin,V-Kritz,L/Neckar op 6th 2002}) 6... Be7
7. g3 ({There are several alternatives:} 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 c6 9. f3 b6 10. O-O
g6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 11. Nge2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Bd6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Nf4 Bxf4 $6 (15... d4 16. Nce2 e5 $132) 16. exf4 d4 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Ra2
Nbd7 19. Re2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Obukhov,A-Poluljahov,A/Krasnodar 1991}) (7. Nf4 d6 (
7... c6 $5 {Roiz,M} 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Bd6 {[%cal Gd8e7,Gb7b6]}) (7... d5) 8. Be2
c6 (8... e5 $5 {Roiz,M} 9. Nfd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bg5) 9. O-O Qc7 (9... e5 10. Nd3
Nbd7 11. b4 $14) 10. b4 e5 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Bxh5 Nd7 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Be2 Be6
15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Larsen,B-Karlsson,L/Esbjerg 1988}) 7... d5 {Black chooses the
''stone-wall'' pawn structure. This structure seems to be the most solid-white
pieces are not ready to fight for the key square e5.} (7... d6 8. Bg2 e5 9. O-O
c6 10. e4 $6 (10. d5 $5 {Roiz,M} c5 (10... e4 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 $14 {
[%cal Ge2d4,Ge2f4]}) 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $14) (10. b4 $5 e4 11.
Qb3 Kh8 (11... Be6 12. d5 Bf7 13. Nd4 $36) 12. Bb2 (12. f3)) 10... fxe4 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. b3 Na6 16. Be3 Bc5 17.
Bg5 Rd7 18. Kg2 h6 19. Bc1 Rad8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Prusikhin,M/Hanz &
Lenzem 1998}) 8. Bg2 $146 (8. b3 c6 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. f3
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 (13. Nxc3 $5 dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Qb3) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15.
Qd2 exd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Nf4 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qf7 20. d5 cxd5 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Fries Nielsen,J-Djurhuus,R/Peer Gynt 1992})
8... c6 9. Qd3 {In my opinion, white cannot fight for the opening advantage
after this move because the queen is not in place here. Actually, the only
active plan for white in this position is f2-f3 and e3-e4, but black is
prepared well for it.} (9. O-O Bd6 (9... dxc4 10. e4 (10. a4 $5 Nd5 11. b3 cxb3
12. Qxb3 $44 {[%cal Gc1a3]}) 10... fxe4 11. Nxe4 b5 $13) 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2
Nbd7 $11 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 9... Qb6 $6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb6b3] This desicion
seems to be dubious. Black should finish development before starting any
active operations.} (9... b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. b3 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6]} 12. Qc2 Bd6
13. Bb2 Nd7 $11) 10. b4 (10. O-O $6 Qb3 $1 11. cxd5 (11. c5 b6 12. cxb6 axb6
$15) 11... exd5 $15) 10... Qa6 (10... a5 11. b5 $1 (11. c5 Qc7 12. b5 b6 13.
cxb6 Qxb6) 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 cxb5 13. Qxb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 $14) 11. b5 ({after
} 11. Bb2 $6 Qxc4 12. Qxc4 dxc4 {white has to prove that his compensation is
sufficient.}) 11... cxb5 12. cxd5 $2 {A very strange decision. White is going
to fight for sufficient compensation for a pawn!} (12. cxb5 $142 Qa5 (12... Qb6
13. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a6 14. a5 Qd8 15. b6 $14) 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. a4 (14. O-O
Nbd7 $11 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}) 14... a5 (14... Nbd7 15. a5 $14) 15.
O-O Nbd7 16. f3 Nb6 17. e4 $14) 12... b4 $1 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. O-O
Nbxd5 {Now white has to play very energetically, otherwise black may
coordinate his pieces by Bd7,a6 etc.} (15... Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 {-15...Nbxd5})
16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... exd5 $6 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Ba3 Bxa3
(17... Re8 18. Rfc1 (18. Bxe7 $6 Rxe7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nf4 Rd7 21. Ra5 (21.
Rfc1 b6) 21... b6 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 Kf8 $17 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 18... Bf6 19.
Nf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 $44) 18. Rxa3 Bd7 (18... a5 $5 19. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b5]} Rd8 20.
Nf4 (20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 a4 22. Ra3 Ra7 23. Rb4 Bd7) 20... Nxf4 21. gxf4 Ra7
22. Rb5 a4 23. Rb4 Bd7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bf3 Rb3 27. Ra1 Bb5 $15)
19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bc6 $6 {After this move white is out of danger.} (20...
a5 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Bf3 Rb8 $15 {in this position black can try to win without
any risk.}) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ra6 $11 {Now black pawns are too weak and the
only possible result of this game is a draw.} Rfc8 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Kf1 Kf7 25.
Ke2 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3c4,Gc4c5]} Rd8 (25... Ke7 26. Kd3 Kd6 27. Kc4 {and black
cannot improve his position.}) 26. Rba1 Rdd7 27. Rc1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 {An agressive system-white avoids the main
theoretical lines which arise after 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 and
intends to seize a centre after 5.e4. However, White's pieces are not
developed yet, so that is a doubled-edged play.} Nc6 $5 {Quite a rare, but
very interesting reply! Black is ready to meet 5.e4 with 5...e5 and provokes
the advance of Pd5.} ({The main continuations are:} 4... d6) ({and} 4... Bg7)
5. d5 {White seizes more space, but later Black could easily attack the Pd5 by
c7-c6.} ({Another principal continuation is:} 5. e4 fxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. d5 (7.
dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bd6 10. c5 Be5 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Bc4
Rf8 14. O-O c6 15. Kh1 b6 16. Nd5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I-Markovic,I/Niksic
1997/CBM 59 ext (49)}) 7... Nd4 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 d6 14. Be2 Qe7 15. h4 g4 16. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Miton,K/Krynica 1998/EXT 99 (49)}) 5... Ne5 6. f4 $146 {This ambitious and
natural move is new according to my database - White forces black's knight to
leave an excellent central square. At the same time, the weakness of the
square e4 might be significant in future.} (6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nh3 c6 9.
Qd2 cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. e3 a6 12. Be2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,C-Lagvilava,G/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (62)}) 6... Nf7 (6... Nxc4 $6 7. e4 Nb6 8. e5 $36) 7.
Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 {I can hardly recommend a better way of development of Bf1,since
e2-e3 doesn't makes sense as well.} ({Interesting was also the immediate} 8.
Be3 $5) 8... c6 {A typical play against white's set-up.} 9. Be3 {Taking
control of the important diagonal g1-a7.} ({The natural} 9. Bg2 {could be met
by:} Qb6 {[%cal Yb6g1] and White is the side who has to equalize here.}) 9...
Nd6 10. Qd3 (10. Qb3 cxd5 11. cxd5 b6 12. Bd4 Ba6 $132) 10... Nde4 {Now the
drawback of White's 6th move becomes obvious - the position of Black's knight
at e4 is quite unpleasant for White.} 11. Bg2 Qa5 {Black wants to create
doubled pawns in White's camp.} ({Good enough was also:} 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 (
12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 $132) 12... O-O 13. Qb3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 d6
$11) 12. Nd2 (12. dxc6 $6 bxc6 $15) 12... O-O $2 {There was no reason for that
sacrifice, since Black hasn't completed his development yet.} ({More logical
would be:} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4][%cal Gd7d6]
Black has a somewhat passive,but quite solid position, while White's doubled
pawns c3 and c4 are very weak.}) 13. Bxe4 $1 {Exchanging Black's most active
pieces.} ({Nothing special promises:} 13. Nb3 $143 Qb4 14. O-O b6 $1 {[%cal
Gc8a6]} 15. dxc6 (15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bb7 $132 {[%csl Gb7,Rg1]
}) 15... dxc6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bh3 $132) 13... fxe4 14.
Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb4 {That was the point of the sacrifice - now White
cannot hold the extra pawn. However, Black remains with the clear strategical
drawbacks of his position.} (15... Bxc3+ $2 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 $16 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 16. Bd4 (16. O-O Qxb2 17. Bd4) 16... Qxc4 (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4
Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. O-O $16) 17. Bxg7 $6 {A strange decision - White should
keep the queens on the board in order to exploit the weakness of Black's
monarch!} ({There was nothing bad with a simple:} 17. Rd1 $142 d6 (17... c5 18.
Bxg7 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Kxg7 20. Nxc5 $16) 18. Qe3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5 20. O-O $16)
17... Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Kxg7 19. d6 $1 {That is the only way to fight for
advantage - otherwise Black may just completes his development by 19...d6, 20..
.Bd7.} (19. Nc3 d6 $11) 19... e6 ({Of course not:} 19... Re8 $2 20. dxe7 Rxe7
21. Nd6 $16 {[%cal Ge2e4,Ge4e5] with a full domination of white.}) 20. Nc5 $6 {
Overlloking Black's strong reply!} ({A correct realisation of the same idea
would be:} 20. Ng5 b6 21. Nf3 c5 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. Kd2 $14 {[%csl
Rd7,Ge5]}) 20... e5 $1 {An excellent resource - Black doesn't allows White to
deliver his knight and to fix the weak Pd7!} 21. fxe5 b6 {Now the Nc5 has no
good perspectives.} 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Nf4 $6 {This ambitious move could causes
White serious problems.} (23. e6 $2 Bxd3 24. e7 Rf6 25. exd3 Rxd6 26. Kd2 Re8
27. Rae1 Kf7 28. Rhf1+ Rf6 $17) ({It was the right moment for the accurate:} 
23. Kd2 $142 Rae8 24. Nb4 Bb7 (24... Bc4 25. b3 Be6 26. Nd3 Bf5 27. Rhe1 Bxd3
28. exd3 Rf2+ 29. Kc3 Rxh2 30. d4 $132) 25. Nd3 Ba6 $11) 23... Rf5 24. e6 Re5
$4 {A terrible mistake which leads to a quick disaster.} ({At the same time,
after the correct:} 24... g5 $142 25. Nh3 (25. Nh5+ Kg6 26. g4 Re5 $17) 25...
Re5 26. exd7 (26. e7 Rxe2+ 27. Kd1 Re8 $15) 26... Rd8 (26... Rxe2+ 27. Kd1 Rd8
28. Re1 Rxb2 29. Re7+ Kf6 30. Ke1 Rxh2 31. Nf2 $15) 27. O-O-O Rxd7 $15 {
Black is clearly better.}) 25. e7 $18 {Now the strong Pe7 decides the game.}
Bc4 ({Hopeless was also:} 25... g5 26. Nh5+ Kg6 27. O-O $1 Kxh5 28. Rf8 Rc8 29.
Raf1 Rxe2 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Rf8 Ba6 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Rxe8 $18) 26. O-O Bf7
27. h4 {Now white is just a pawn up,while black's pieces are paralized by the
Pe7.} h6 28. Rf2 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nd3 Rd5 ({or} 30... Re6 31. Raf1 Be8 32.
Rf8 Rxd6 33. R1f5 Rd5 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Kf2 $18) 31. Raf1 {Preparing a
decisive penetration of the rooks.} Be8 32. Rf6 c5 33. R1f5 {Echanging Black's
only active piece.} Rc8 34. Rf8 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Bg6 (35... c4 36. Ne5 b5 37. Rf8
b4 38. Nxc4 $18) 36. Rxg5 Kf6 37. Rxg6+ $1 {The final nice blow.} Kxg6 38. Ne5+
(38. Ne5+ Kf5 39. Nxd7 Ke6 40. Nf6 Kxf6 41. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 {The main idea of this order of moves is to
avoid complicated lines after 4...f5 5.g4!?} Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. f4 {That move
leads to a very close position with some space advantage of white.} ({Another
options are:} 6. Qc2 Nf6 (6... a6 $5 {[%cal Ya6b5]} 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9.
Bd2 b6 10. O-O-O Kh8 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Rhf1 b5 15. Bb3
Qe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kosyrev,V-Grischuk,A/RUS Cup final 4th 2000}) 7. Nge2 (7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. f3 Rac8 13. Qd1
Na5 14. b3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bb5 $11 {1-0 Sturua,Z-Poluljahov,A/EUCup Gr5 Pula 1999})
(7. f3 O-O 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Qb3 Kh8 $132 {
[%cal Ge6e5] 0-1 Romanov,O-Malakhov,V/Minsk op 1997}) 7... O-O 8. cxd5 (8. f3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kosyrev,
V-Sveshnikov,E/RUS-Cup Minsk 2000}) 8... cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Nb4 $1 11.
Qb3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qxd6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nf4 b6 $15 {[%cal Gc8a6] 0-1
Dragomarezkij,E-Malakhov,V/Moscow-ch 2002}) (6. Nf3 Nf6 {-A85.}) 6... Nf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. O-O {In this type of positions black has 2 different plans of
development: 1) the most popular plan is to play b7-b6 and to put the bishop
on b7.In that way black can sometimes equalize by c6-c5. 2) the second way of
development is Bc8-d7-e8.} Ne4 {[%cal Gb8d7] Protecting on the f5 pawn and
preparing 10...Nd7.Later black can either play Ndf6 and Bd7 or b7-b6.} ({
The traditional method of development seems to be more solid:} 8... b6 9. Qe2
Ba6 (9... Bb7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Rac1 a6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Nd7 $11 {1-0
Bareev,E-Lautier,J/Enghien les Bains 2001}) 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Rd1 Bxe5 12. fxe5
Nd7 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxc4 18. Bxc4
dxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. Rc5 Na4 22. Rc2 Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,
J-Sveshnikov,E/Keres mem rap rapid 2002}) 9. Ne5 ({In my opinion,white has
more chanses to get advantage after:} 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4] For
example:} Ndf6 11. b4 (11. c5 $5 Bc7 12. b4 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5,Gd2e1]})
11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Bxd5 (14. Bd2 $5 b6 15. Qb3 Bb7 16.
a4 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 14... cxd5 15. b5 Bd7 16. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Rd7,Re5]
[%cal Gc3b4,Gf3e5] 1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Sveshnikov,E/Bled op 1995}) 9... Nd7 10.
Bxe4 $146 {Black was ready to play 10...Ndf6-that is the reason for an
exchange.The knight is more useful piece in close positions,so white has
decided to take with the bishop.} (10. Bd2 Ndf6 (10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nxe5 12.
fxe5 Be7 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 11. Nxe4 (11. Be1 $142 {[%cal Ge1h4]}) 11... Nxe4
12. Be1 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Sigurdsen,S-Ekenberg,B/Saltsjobaden tt 1948}) 10... fxe4
11. b3 (11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Be7 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd8f8]})
11... Nxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bb4 $5 {Black is ready to change his dark
squared bishop.} (13... Be7 14. Bd2 (14. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Bb4) 14... Bd7 15.
c5 b6 16. b4 Qc7 $11 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 14. Ne2 (14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 b6 16. Qf4
Ba6 17. Rf1 Qe7 $11) 14... b5 $6 {That decision looks dubious.White gets an
additional targets on the queen side.} ({Better was} 14... Bd7 15. c5 Qg5 {
[%cal Ga8f8,Gb4a5,Ga5c7] and black is at least not worse.}) 15. c5 Ba5 16. Nf4
Bd7 17. Qe2 $6 {Too slowly. White should use some disorganization of black's
pieces,especially of Ba5.} (17. a4 $142 $1 Rb8 (17... a6 18. Qe2 Bc7 19. Bd2
$14 {[%cal Ge2g4,Gd2e1]}) 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Qd1 {and black has some
problems-white just wants to improve his position by h3,Kh2 and Bd2.}) 17...
Bc7 18. Bd2 a5 {Just in time! Now white has no play on the queen side.} 19. Rf1
Qe7 20. Qg4 Rf8 21. a3 Bd8 $11 {[%cal Ge7g5,Gf8f5] Black has no invisible
weaknesses.He is ready to activate his pieces,so the exchanges are not
preventable.} 22. h3 Rf5 23. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e1] Trying to attack the only
black's weakness on a5.} (23. Be1 Qf8 24. Qe2 Bc8 $11) 23... Be8 ({possible
was the simple} 23... Bc7 24. Qe1 Qd8 {and white cannot make any progress.})
24. Qe1 g5 25. Ne2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 (26. Kxf1 Qc7 27. h4 gxh4 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. Qe2
Qe7 $11) 26... h6 27. Ng3 Bg6 28. Qe2 Qf7 29. Qe1 Qg7 {''??''That is probably
a mistake in the text,because now white can win a pawn by 30.Bxa5.On the other
hand,after the normal 30...Qc7(or Qa7) the draw is the only possible result of
a game.} 30. Qd1 Qf7 {[%mdl 2064]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Lanchava, Tea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {Black offers white to go for a Pirc Defence by 2.e4, but that is a
deal of taste.} 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 {Now black can reach a Kings Indian (3...Nf6 4.
Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0) but...} f5 {The point is that black has avoided some
theoretical lines of the Dutch with Nh3. Such ''opening transformations'' are
common in modern practice.} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. b4 {A very rare approach.} (5. g3 Bg7
6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O {leads to a critical position of the Dutch.}) 5... Bg7 (5...
a5 6. b5 Bg7 7. Bb2 Be6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bf7 12. Rfd1
$14 {0-1 Kindl,P-Renner,C/Bad Wildbad 1993/TD (23)}) 6. Bb2 c6 {That wasn't
necessary, but after b4 black cannot place his knight on c6 anyway, so that
move is not bad at all.} (6... O-O 7. e3 Qe8 (7... e6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 (12... e4 $1 13. Bc4 (13. d6 Qxd6 14. Bc4+
Kh8 $15) 13... Qxb4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Rf6 $15) 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Be2 e4 15.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Rac1 Qe5 18. Qc3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Boersma,P-Gupta,M/
Groningen 1989/EXT 98 (51)}) 8. Qb3 c5 (8... a5 $142 9. b5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
c5+ Kh8) 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nd5 Na6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Rfd1
Kh8 15. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Veingold,A-Bibik,J/Vantaa 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 7. e3 O-O
8. Bd3 $6 {[%mdl 8192] A serious tactical blunder, after which white is
already the side who has to equalize!} ({after} 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. O-O {
white has some space advantage, so it is not so easy for black to get an
equality.} {For example:} e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc4c5]
and white has a clear plus due to the weakness on d6.}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5
10. Nxe5 $2 {That is already a serious strategical mistake - black's pawn
structure will be much better.} ({why not} 10. e4 Nh5 11. c5 Be6 12. Ne2 Nd7
13. Qc2 $11 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) 10... Qe7 11. Nf3 Qxb4 12. Qb3 (12. a3 Qe7 (12...
Qxb2 $2 13. Na4 $16 {[%csl Rb2]}) 13. O-O Nbd7 $15) 12... Na6 {The endgame is
always in black's favour.} 13. O-O Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5] The most direct! That
doesn't allows white to get control on c5.} (13... Qe7 {[%cal Ga6c5]} 14. Na4
Rd8 15. Rfd1 $11) 14. Qc2 {That is also a vulnerable placement of Q, but the
endgame could be even worse.} (14. Rad1 Ndc5 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Bb1 Be6 17. a3
Nba6 $15) 14... Qe7 $15 {White's main problem is that he has no ''future''. It
means his only real plan is e3-e4, but that is too hard to realize. On the
other hand, black has good squares for his minor pieces and will just attack
white's weak pawn on c4.} 15. Rad1 ({White couldn't prevent an exchange of his
bishop anyway:} 15. a3 Ndc5 16. Be2 f4 $1 17. exf4 Bf5 $17) 15... Nb4 $6 {
Until that moment, black's play was very strong, but this move is inaccurate.}
(15... Ndc5 $142 16. Be2 Be6 17. Nd4 $15) 16. Qb1 $2 {Too passively!} ({
White could get counterplay after:} 16. Qb3 $142 $1 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Nxd3 (16...
a5 $6 17. c5+ Kh8 18. Na4 $14) 17. Rxd3 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Nc5 18. Ba3 $1 Re8 19.
Qc2 $132 {[%cal Gc3a4] and white's chanses are not worse.}) 16... Nxd3 17. Rxd3
(17. Qxd3 Qb4 $1 18. Rd2 Nb6 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 17... Nb6 $17 {Winning an
important pawn.} 18. Ne2 {White is trying to reach some compensation. His idea
is to change the bishops and to start some complications by h2-h4. That is a
usual tactical try after a loss of strategical fight.} Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxc4 20.
Qc3 Be6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. h4 (22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. h4 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Nb2 25. Qd7 Re8
$17) 22... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6d5,Gf7c4] The best method of winning with extra
material is ''to change as much material as it possible''. Another important
fact that after exchange of Nf4 black bishop could reach an ideal spot d5.} (
22... Rad8 23. h5 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 $17 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3e5]}) 23. Rd2 {It is
clear that white hasn't succeed to complicate the position.} (23. h5 g5 24. h6
Bc4 $19) 23... Nd5 24. Qd4 ({after} 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxf4 26. exf4 Bd5 {
white's knight on e5 is very strong, but black should win here anyway, since
he has 2 extra pawns on the queenside.}) 24... Rad8 25. Rfd1 ({more resistant
was:} 25. Qxa7 Nxf4 26. exf4 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Qb4 28. Nf3 {and white has more
practical chances than in the game.}) 25... b6 26. Ng5 (26. Qe5 Rde8) (26. h5
Rfe8 27. hxg6 hxg6 $17) 26... Rd7 $2 (26... Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Bd5 $19
) 27. Qa4 $2 {Missing a great possibility!} ({after} 27. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 28. Qa4
$1 Rc8 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qd4 $15 {white has great chances of
drawing due to the weakness of Kg8 and Pd5.}) 27... b5 28. Qa6 Rc7 {Now white
has no useful move, so the exchanges are unavoidable.} 29. Nxf7 Nxf4 30. Nd8 $2
{That is a decisive mistake, that allows black to simplify the position.} (30.
Nh6+ Kg7 31. exf4 (31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 32. exf4 Rxf4 $19) 31... Kxh6 $19) ({better
was} 30. exf4 Rxf7 31. g3 $17 {and white's pieces are very active.}) 30... Ne2+
$1 31. Rxe2 (31. Kf1 Nc3 32. Nxc6 Qxh4 $19 {[%cal Gh4h1]}) 31... Rxd8 32. Rxd8+
Qxd8 $19 33. Qa5 Rd7 34. Qb4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ {The rest is simple.} 36. Qxd6
Rxd6 37. Rc2 Kf7 38. Kg3 a5 39. a4 (39. Kf4 a4 40. e4 fxe4 41. Kxe4 Ke6 $19)
39... b4 40. Rc5 b3 41. Rxa5 Rd7 {[%mdl 48]} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. c5 $1 Bxc3 (9... bxc5 $2 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxb7 $18) 10. bxc3 a4 11. Qb2
Nc6 12. cxb6 cxb6 13. c4 $14 Ba6 14. Bd2 d5 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Rab1 Qd7 $1 17.
cxd5 {17.Qxb6?? Rfb8 - +} Qxd5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Be1 Rb8 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Rxb5
Nd6 22. Rbb1 b5 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Rc7 h6 25. Nf3 Rc6 26. Rd7 N8f7 27. Bb4 Rbc8
28. Bc5 Ne4 29. Rxb5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 (30. Rxf7 $2 Kxf7 $5 31. Ne5+ Kf8 32. Nxc6
Nd7 $19) 30... Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. h3 $10 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35.
Re7 a3 36. Rxe6 Rb2 37. Ra6 a2 38. Nd4 Nd6 39. f3 g5 40. h4 Kf7 41. hxg5 hxg5
42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Kh3 f4 44. exf4 gxf4 45. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. h3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd8 10. a3 e5 11. Bh2 a6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. g4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 Bxg5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Bh6 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. Kb1 Raf8 21.
Ka1 Ne7 22. Rdg1 Bg6 23. Bh4 Kh8 24. Rh2 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27.
Rxg5 h6 28. Rg1 c5 29. Qd1 b5 30. Qh5 bxc4 31. Rg6 c3 32. b3 Rf6 33. Bxf5 Qxf5
$4 34. Qxh6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Bxc3+ $6 4. bxc3 f5 5. e3 {5. f3!? intending ...Nh3
and ...e4.} Nf6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. exf5
(11. cxd4 $2 Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 fxe4 $19) 11... e5 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. Rfe1
e4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Qf7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxf5 18. Qd1 Be6 19. Be3
Bxc4 20. Rxd6 Bb5 21. Rd5 Bc6 22. Rg5 Qe6 23. Qd2 Rf6 24. Bd4 Rg6 25. f3 a6 26.
Re1 Qf7 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Re5 Re8 29. Qe3 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Kh7 31. a3 Kg8 32. h4
Kh7 33. c4 Kg8 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. f4 Bd7 36. g3 Be6 37. Kf3 Bxc4 38. g4 Qd5+ 39.
Qxd5 Bxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. f3 c5 {Before White can build a center with
e2-e4 Black attacks. Another method is 4. - d6 5.e4 e5.} 5. d5 Bg7 6. e4 (6.
Nh3 O-O 7. e3 e5 $10 {Black had no problems in CBM 24/game 646.}) 6... fxe4 7.
fxe4 d6 8. Be2 {White doesn`t like 8.Nf3 Bg4 and plans 8.(Be2) 0-0 9.Nf3 Bg4
10.Ng5!.} Nbd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O {10.e5!? sacing a pawn is more ambitious.}
Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Be3 $14 {The e5-square doesn`t fully compensate for the
e6-square.} Nxf3+ 13. Rxf3 Rxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Bd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxb6
axb6 18. Nb5 d3 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Nd4 Ra3 22. Ke3 h5 23. Bd1 Kg7 24.
Nf3 Kf6 25. Nxe5 Kxe5 26. Kxd3 $18 Ra8 27. Ke3 Ra3 28. Be2 h4 29. Rf1 Ra8 30.
Rf7 Re8 31. a4 Bc8 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 e6 34. Rxb7 h3 35. gxh3 Rh8 36. Rxb6
Rxh3+ 37. Kf2 exd5 38. exd5 Kf4 39. Rxd6 g5 40. Rf6+ Kxg4 41. c5 Rh8 42. c6 Kh3
43. c7 g4 44. c8=Q $1 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Laketic, Gojko"]
[Black "Nikolic, Zivoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 c6 {
Ingenious but unsound. 13. - Nxc4 was called for.} 14. b3 Nfg4 15. Qg5 Nxf2 16.
Rxf2 Rxf2 17. Kxf2 Qf7+ 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Qf4 Qg6 20. Qg3 Qc2 21. Qe1 Nd3 22. Qd2
Rf2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Na2 {What a mess! But White`s problems are only
temporary.} a5 25. e4 Nc5 26. Be3 Nxb3 27. Rb1 a4 28. Nc1 Na5 29. Bf4 Rxc4 30.
Bd2 Rc5 31. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. e3 {For 6.Bg5 see
Benjamin,Joe - Wessman,R, CBM 22/392.} (6. a3 a4 7. axb4 $5 axb3 8. Rxa8 $13)
6... Nc6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 $5 {9.Qxc3 =} a4 10. Qc2 a3 $6 {Why?
The pawn will become weak here.} 11. c5 $5 dxc5 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Bxa3 c4 $1 14.
Bxc4 {14.Qb2 Qd5 threatening 15. - Qa5.} Na5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Bb5 Nxc3 17.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qc2 Nb5 19. Bc5 Qd5 20. Ne5 Nd6 21. Qa4+ b5 22. Qb4 Nab7 23.
Rfc1 Rxa2 24. Bxd6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 cxd6 26. Nd3 Kd7 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. h4 Nd8 29.
Qxb5+ Qxb5 30. Rxb5 $10 Rc7 31. Nf4 g6 32. Kh2 Rb7 33. Ra5 Nc6 34. Ra8 e5 35.
dxe5 dxe5 36. Nh3 Rb8 37. Ra6 h6 38. Ng1 Rb2 39. Kg3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Nh3
f4+ 42. Kf3 g4+ 43. Kxg4 fxe3 44. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Bg5 b6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nb5 d5 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxb4 a5
15. Qe1 Rc8 16. a4 $5 {16.b3 +=} Nxb2 17. Qb1 Nc4 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20.
Qb5+ Kf7 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Qxb6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Qxa5 Qb7 25. f3 Qb2 26.
Qa7+ Kg6 27. Be5 Rhg8 28. Qd7 Rce8 29. Rfe1 c3 30. Kh3 Qd2 31. Bf4 Qxd4 32. Qd6
c2 33. Qe5 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Rd8 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. a5 Ra8 38. a6 Rd4
39. Rec1 Rc4 40. Ra2 Rc6 41. Rcxc2 Raxa6 42. Rxa6 Rxa6 43. Rc7 Ra5 44. f4 Ra3+
45. Kf2 Ra4 46. Kf3 h6 47. Re7 Ra6 48. Rd7 Ra3+ 49. e3 Ra2 50. h4 Rh2 51. Kg3
Re2 52. h5+ Kxh5 53. Kf3 Rb2 54. Rxg7 Ra2 55. Rf7 Ra6 56. Rf6 Rb6 57. Ke2 Ra6
58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra6 60. Ke2 Ra2+ 61. Kd3 Ra3+ 62. Kd4 Ra4+ 63. Kc5 Ra6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 $5 {This set-up is especially interesting
when White doesn`t have the option to play Bf4 or Bg5.} 5. Nc3 (5. Be2 {
Delaying Nc3 retains the option of b3 and Ba3, exchanging the "bad" B.} Nf6 6.
O-O Bd6 7. b3 $5 Qe7 8. a4 {Nasybullin,V-Guliev,S (CBM 25, game 880. White
succeds in exchanging his "bad" B, but this is not so terrible for Black. His
other B can be developed to b7 and he has nice outposts for his Ns at b4 and
e4.}) 5... Nf6 6. Be2 {Another, more "Karpovian", way to play is 6.Ne5
followed by Pf4. White has more space, but Black` s position is solid.} Bd6 7.
Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rb1 Ne4 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. b5 {12.c5 is possible,
but it does give Black a free hand on the kingside.} axb5 13. axb5 c5 14. cxd5
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 exd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ra1 Ne4 18. Qb2 $14 Be6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20.
g3 Bf7 21. Qc2 {21.Bd2 Bh5} Qc7 $1 {Black exchanges White` s active Q which
defends the Queenside.} 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Nd4 g6 24. Bb2 Kf8 25. Rc1 Bb6 26.
Nf3 Ke7 27. Bd4 Bd8 28. Rc2 Be8 $1 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. h4 Nd6 31. Ng5+ $6 Bxg5 32.
hxg5 Bxb5 $15 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Rb2 Nxd4 35. exd4 Ra7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Kf4 Ra4
38. Rxb7 Rxd4+ 39. Ke3 Re4+ 40. Kd3 Re7 41. Rb1 Ra7 42. Rh1 $1 $10 f4 $5 43.
gxf4 Ke6 44. Rh4 Kf5 45. Ke3 Re7+ 46. Kd3 Ra7 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. f3+
Kf5 50. Rxh7 Kxf4 51. Rf7+ Kxg5 52. f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Ne2 b6 8. f3
Nc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 e5 12. Ng3 d6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nf5 Bc8 15.
Bg5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 h6 17. Bh4 g6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rf1
Qg7 22. c5 Nb7 23. c6 Nc5 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Bc2 Rf8 26. Qxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8
28. Kf2 Kg7 29. h4 Kf6 30. Kf3 Na6 31. Ke3 Nc5 32. Bd1 Kg7 33. Bg4 Kf6 34. g3
Kg7 35. Bd1 Kf6 36. Bc2 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Kg4 Na6 39. h5 g5 40. Kf3 Nc5 41.
Kg4 Na6 42. Kf3 Nc5 43. a3 Na6 44. Bd1 Nc5 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Bg4 Kf6 47. Bd1 b5
48. Be2 a6 49. Bd1 Kf7 50. Bc2 g4 51. Bd1 Kf6 52. Bxg4 Na4 53. c4 bxc4 54. Be2
Kg5 55. Bxc4 a5 56. Be2 Nc3 57. Bf3 Nb1 58. Be2 Nc3 59. Bf3 Nb1 60. Be2 {
60. - Nxa3 61.Bd3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 {A rather tame move, the most aggressive approach is} (
3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 (4... Bb4+ $5 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 f5 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. Bxe4
Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. N2g3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4 12. Ng3 Bd6 13. Qh5+ Qxh5 14. Nxh5
O-O 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Kd2 Bf4 18. Rhc1 Rae8 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Ke3 Rh4
21. h3 d5 22. c5 b5 23. c6 e5 24. a3 Na6 25. dxe5 Rxe5+ 26. Kd3 Rc4 $13 {
Horvath,J-Gulko,B/Nova Gorica op/1997/}) ({Extremely risky for Black is} 4...
f5 $6 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 {so he should look for other alternatives:}) 5. Ne2
Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 (7... d6 8. O-O Be7 9. d5 Nf6 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 a6 17. a4 Ne8
18. Rfd1 Bg5 19. Rc2 Rab8 20. h3 h6 21. Ne2 Qb7 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rcxc1 Nf6 24.
Nc3 Rbc8 25. Rc2 $11 {Jelen,I-Grosar,A/Ljubljana/1997/}) 8. O-O d6 (8... g6 9.
Qh3 Bg7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rad1 d6 13. Nf4 Ng8 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Rfe1
Rad8 16. e5 Rfe8 17. d5 exd5 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qd7 20. Nf6 Nxf6 21. exf6+
Kxf6 22. Qd4+ $40 {Kohlweyer,B-Gulko,B/Geneva op/1997/}) 9. Qh3 Qd7 10. Be3 g6
11. d5 Ba6 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. Qh4 Bg7 14. b3 O-O 15. Bd4 f6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17.
Rfe1 c5 18. Be3 f5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 fxe4 21. Ng3 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qe3
$11 {1/2,Bareev,E-Kengis,E/EU-chT Pula/1997/}) 3... f5 {Black usually plays} (
3... Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 {The text move can lead to transposition, but
Short has something different on his mind.} 6. g3 Na6 (6... g6 7. Nf3 exd5 8.
cxd5 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 c5 14. dxc6
dxc6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ne6 Rfe8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Na4 $16 {Rowson,
J-Cooper,L/Walsall/1997/}) 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O (9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 a5
11. O-O O-O 12. Nb5 a4 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nc3 h6 15. Nxa4 g5 16. b4 $6 g4 17.
bxc5 gxh3 18. Bxh3 Be7 19. d6 cxd6 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Rxa4 22. Bxf5 Qb8 23.
Qd2 Kg7 24. Bxd7 Rxc4 25. Be6 Rd4 $36 {Wagner,C-Hamdouchi,H/Cannes opA/1997/})
(9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nb5 exd5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qxf5 Nd4 15.
Qd3 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ d5 19. Qc7 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Qf7
21. Qf4 Qg6 22. Qd4 Rbc8 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. Kg1 g5 25. Nd3 d6 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Qe3 Ne4 $15 {Sheldon,R-Matveeva,S/EU-chTW Pula/1997/}) 9... Be5 10.
Qc2 O-O 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rfd1 Qf6 14. Rab1 exd5 15. cxd5 Rae8 16.
Qb3 Bd6 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bf4 c5 19. Ng5 Qg6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rc2
Kh8 23. Qe3 Qe5 24. Rcd2 d6 $11 {Cramling,P-Gulko,B/Pamplona9697/1997/}) ({
An interesting idea, somewhat similar to the game, is} 3... c5 4. d5 exd5 5.
cxd5 Ba6 $5 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. Bh3 Qe7 11. Qa4+ Kf8
12. Bf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Kg7 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Rd1 $13 {1/2,Farago,I-Barle,J/
Ljubljana/1997/}) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 (5. g3 c6 (5... Bb7 $142 6. d5 Na6) 6. Bg2
d5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 Nd7 13.
cxd5 exd5 14. b4 a6 15. Ne2 g5 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. a4 Qe7 18. Qb3 a5 19. b5 c5 20.
Nd2 Qf7 21. Qa2 Rab8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc2 $14 {Hansen,C-Short,N/EU-ch act Cap
d`Agde/1996/}) 5... Ba6 $5 $146 {A novelty, deserving attention. Although the
B will have to retreat to it's usual square on b7 later, Black manages to
exploit the temporary disharmony in White's camp.} (5... Bb7 {-3...Bb7}) (5...
Bc5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. e3 a5 9. Nge2 Qe8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. O-O Rb8 12. b3
Ba8 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. Nf4 Qh6 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Nb5 Be7 17. Rad1 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6
19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rbd8 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nce4
25. f3 Ng5 26. Nd6 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Ra8 $132 {Makarichev,S-Miles,A/Moscow GMA-qual
f/1990/}) 6. b3 (6. Qb3 c5 $5 $13 {[%csl Rb3] ףb3}) 6... g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. g3 (
8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 c6 $13) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 (9. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Yf1g2,Yg1h3] /\Bg2,
Nh3}) 9... Ne4 $1 $132 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qf6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14.
Nf3 (14. e4 $6 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe5 16. f3 Na6 $36 {@}) (14. Nh3 Na6 (14... a5 15.
O-O Na6 16. e4 $14) 15. O-O Nc5 $132) 14... a5 15. O-O Na6 16. Qd4 (16. Nd4
$142 $5 Nc5 (16... e5 17. Nc2 d6 18. b4 $14 {[%csl Ra6] פa6}) 17. b4 axb4 18.
axb4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Qe3 Ra2 $13) 16... Rae8 17. dxe6 Rxe6
{Relieving the central tension solved most of Black's problems. His pawn
structure now ressembles a normal Queen's Indian.} 18. Qxf6 Rfxf6 (18... Rexf6
{/\} 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re8 $5 21. Nxd7 Rf7 (21... Rd6 $2 22. Rd3 $1 $16)
22. Rd3 Rxe2 $11) 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd6 21. e3 Kf8 $1 {Black is patient
and before moving his N he activates his remaining forces.} (21... Nc5 $143 $6
22. Nb5 Rc6 23. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Rc6] צc6}) 22. h4 (22. Rb1 Ke7 23. b4 axb4 24.
axb4 Rf8 (24... Nxb4 $2 25. Nb5 $16) 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Rd5 27. c6 d6 28. Rb7
Rc8 29. Nb5 Kd8 $11 {[%cal Ya6c5,Yd5c5] /\Nc5,Rc5}) 22... Ke7 23. Rb1 Rf8 24.
Rc2 c6 $1 25. Kf3 (25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nc7 (26... Nxb4 $6 27. Rxb4 c5 28.
Nxf5+ $14) 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rd5 {[%cal Rc7e6] /\Ne6=}) 25... Nc5 {Short
has defended carefully and with the N finally entering the game White loses
even his slight moral advantage. (More active pieces)} 26. Ke2 Rdf6 27. Nf3 h6
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ne4 30. Ra1 c5 $1 31. bxc5 (31. Rb2 Rc8 $11) 31... bxc5
32. Nd2 g5 $132 (32... Nxd2 $6 33. Rxd2 Rc8 (33... Rb6 34. Ra7 Rd8 35. Rd5 Rc6
36. h5 $16) 34. Ra7 Rd6 35. Rb2 $14) (32... g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1 Ra8 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 (2... Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. e3 {Too solid, here a3 turns out to be just a loss of time.} Nc5 9. Nd4 a5
10. Be2 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O a4 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Qc2 c6 15. Rad1 g6 16.
Nde2 Ra5 17. Nc1 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ba6 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. N1e2 Ra5 22.
dxe6 dxe6 $11 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Bauer,C/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) 3. a3 (
3. e4 {The most principled move.} Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qf6 7. d5
Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nce7 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Qh6 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. e5 Nh5 13. Be4 O-O 14.
dxe6 Bxe4 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxe4 Raf8 {Dautov,R-Speelman,J/Lippstadt/2000/}
17. Rad1 $5 Rf4 18. Qe3 $16) 3... f5 4. Nc3 (4. g3 $143 Bb7 5. d5 b5 $1 6. b3
Nf6 7. Bg2 bxc4 8. bxc4 Na6 9. Nh3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13.
Be3 Ba6 (13... Ng4 $142 {/\} 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rb5 Bb6 $15) 14. Rxb8 Qxb8 15.
Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Nf4 Bd4 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Nd3 c5 21. Nb5
Bxb5 22. Rxb5 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Bunzmann,D/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) 4...
Nf6 5. Nh3 Bb7 6. f3 {A rare system. White's strategy is seemingly modest-he
is satisfied with controlling the [+] (e4) and wants to play actively on the
<<. (b4)} Bd6 (6... Nc6 $5 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 (8. g3 $142 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. b4 {
->Murshed-Short}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Re1 Nd8 12. Bb2 Nf7 13.
Bf1 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 d6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ba1 Bc6 18. Nf2 Rad8 19. Qc2
Ng5 20. Be2 e5 $11 {Portisch,L-Miles,A/La Valetta olm/1980/}) (6... g6 7. g3 (
7. Nf2 Bg7 8. e4 fxe4 9. fxe4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. e5 Nh5 13. Qg4 Ne7
14. Bd3 Qe8 15. O-O Nf5 16. Bd2 d6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. d5 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bxb2 22. Re6 Nf6 23. Qc4 Rac8 24. Qb3 $44 {Suba,M-Plaskett,
J/London/1991/}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg2 Nc6 (8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4
e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. a4 h6 16. b3 d6 17. Nf2 Bc8 18. a5
b5 19. Ba3 $13 {1/2,Bykhovsky,A-Botvinnik,I/Tel Aviv/2000/}) 9. b4 O-O 10. e3
Qe7 11. O-O e5 $6 12. d5 Nd8 13. e4 a5 14. Rb1 d6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 axb4 17.
axb4 Ba6 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Ng4 21. Bb2 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxb2 23.
Rxb2 $16 {Murshed,N-Short,N/Dhaka/1999/}) (6... Be7 7. e3 (7. Nf2 O-O 8. e3 Qe8
9. Bd3 Qh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 Qg6 12. d5 Kh8 13. Qf3 exd5 14. cxd5 a5 15. e4
fxe4 16. Nfxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh6 18. Be3 Na6 19. g3 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Re7 21. Bf2
Qf6 22. Rad1 {Thorsteinsson,T-Vidarsson,J/Arborg/1998/} Rfe8 $13) 7... O-O 8.
Be2 a5 9. O-O Na6 10. b3 Qe8 11. Nf4 Qf7 12. Bb2 d5 $2 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ncxd5
exd5 15. e4 $1 c6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Bd4
Ba6 21. b4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxd4 26. Rxd4
Qe6 27. f4 $16 {Murshed,N-King,D/Dhaka/1993/}) 7. e3 Nh5 {White anyway wants
to fianchetto his Bf1 (see above) and this N will be forced back.} (7... O-O
$142 8. Bd3 Ng4 $5 9. Nf4 e5 10. fxg4 exf4 11. O-O f3 12. Rxf3 $1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
fxg4 14. Qxg4 Qf6 15. Ne4 Qh6 16. h4 Nc6 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Bd2 Qf2+ 19. Kh1 $44 {
Bozinovic,B-Bunzmann,D/Biel op/2000/}) 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. f4 Nf6 11. b4
Qc8 12. O-O a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nf2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 16. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 4] ()<<
White has realized his plan and has a comfortable position.} Bc7 (16... c5 17.
Na4 $14) 17. a4 (17. Bb2 $5) 17... Bd6 $1 {[%csl Rb4] ><b4} 18. Bb2 Bb4 19.
Rac1 c5 (19... Qc7 $5) 20. Ne2 d5 21. dxc5 Ne4 (21... Bxc5 22. Nd4 $14) 22.
Nxe4 fxe4 $6 (22... dxe4 $142 23. Qf2 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Ra7 $13) 23.
Qf2 bxc5 (23... Bxc5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nd4 Nf5 26. Ba3 $16) 24. g4 $1 Qe8 25.
cxd5 Nxd5 (25... exd5 26. f5 $16 {[%cal Re2f4,Rf4e6] /\Nf4-e6->}) 26. Ng3 {
[%csl Re4] ><e4} Qg6 27. Qe2 Rad8 28. Kh1 $1 (28. Rc4 Nf6 {/\} 29. Bxf6 Rd2 $13
) 28... Nf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 (29... gxf6 30. f5 $16) 30. Rfd1 Rff8 31. Rc4 Rd5 32.
Rxe4 Rfd8 33. Rxd5 exd5 (33... Rxd5 34. f5 exf5 35. Nxf5 $18) 34. Re7 Qb1+ 35.
Kg2 c4 (35... Qb3 36. Nf5 Bc3 37. Rc7 $16) 36. Rc7 Bd6 (36... c3 $2 37. Nf5 Qb2
38. Kf2 $18) 37. Rc6 Qb4 38. Qc2 (38. Qd1 $18) 38... Bf8 (38... g6 39. f5 $40)
39. Nf5 Re8 40. Qd1 Qb2+ (40... Rd8 41. Qd4 $18) 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Qd4 $18 Qe2 $6
(42... Qxd4 43. Nxd4 $18) 43. Rc7 {->} Qe1+ 44. Kh3 Kh8 45. Rf7 (45. Rxg7 $18)
45... Qf1+ 46. Kh4 Qe1+ 47. Kh5 Qh1 (47... Qb4 48. Rxg7 $18) 48. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 {In this line White usually
postpones the development of the Ng1, as often Nh3-f4 can be effective. Even
here Morozevich used an interesting concept, transposing the game into a
Steonewall:} (5. g3 c6 $5 6. d5 $5 (6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6
Qxd6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Ne2 Rc7 15. Nf4 Rfc8
16. Rc2 Ba6 17. Re1 Bb5 $1 18. b3 Ne7 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Qb1 Qxa3 21. Nxe6 Rc3
22. Nd2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {Rogozenko,D-Morozevich,A/BL 0001/2000/}) 6...
Ba6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13.
O-O Rad8 14. Qc2 c5 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Ne5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rae1 Bb8 19. Nh4
Qd7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Nf3 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Rd8 23. Nf2 h6 24. Re1 Qf7 25. e4 $36 {
Sasikiran,K-Rahman,Z/Guntur/2000/}) 5... Ba6 $5 6. b3 (6. e3 Be7 (6... c6 $142
$5) 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd2 c5 10. d5 $5 exd5 11. cxd5 g6 12. Bc4 Kh8 13.
Qd3 d6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. O-O h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. f4 Na5 19. Bd5 c4
$5 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 d5 22. Qd3 Bc5 23. b4 Be7 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nd4 Ne4 26.
Rac1 Rc8 27. Bc3 $14 {Piven,I-Lada,I/Werfen op/1996/}) 6... Be7 $146 (6... g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. a4 d5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 c5
14. f4 Ne4 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 18. Nc6 Qf6 19. Bb2 Qf7 $13 {
1/2,Novikov,I-Shabalov,A/Philadelphia/1999/}) 7. d5 O-O 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. g3 (9.
Nd4 $6 exd5 10. Nxf5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bc5 $32 {|^}) 9... Ne4 10. Bg2 Bf6 11. Nd4
Nxc3 12. Bxc3 g6 $5 {/\e5} (12... c5 13. Nb5 (13. dxc6 $5 Nxc6 14. O-O $14 {/\}
Nxd4 15. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxc3 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Bc6 $36) 13... d6 (13...
Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 $36) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Nxc3 e5 16. f4 Nd7 17. e4 $14) 13. b4 (13.
O-O e5 14. Nf3 d6 $11) 13... e5 14. Nb3 e4 (14... d6 15. c5 $1 $36) 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. O-O d6 17. f3 (17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Ne6 Rf7 $1 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yd7e5,Yb7c8] /
\Nf8,Ne5,Bc8<=>} 19. Nxc7 $6 Rc8 20. Ne6 (20. Nb5 a6 $15) 20... Rxc4 $36) 17...
exf3 18. exf3 (18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qb2 $132) 18... c5 $1 (18...
Nd7 19. f4 $14 {/+/-,()}) 19. dxc6 (19. bxc5 dxc5 $5 20. f4 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Rb3]
פb3}) 19... Nxc6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Qd2 Nd8 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rfe1 Nd8 24. Qd5+ {
The Q is needed to maintain the control over the e-file.} (24. Rad1 $142 Nf7
25. Nd4 $14) 24... Kg7 25. Nd4 Re7 $5 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $132 27. Nf3 Qe3+ 28. Kf1
(28. Kg2 Nf7 29. Kh3 $5 $13) 28... Nf7 29. Qd4+ (29. Re1 $5 Qxa3 30. Nd4 Qd3+
31. Kg1 Kg8 32. b5 Rc8 33. Nc6 Qxd5 34. cxd5 $44) 29... Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc8 31.
Rc1 Kf6 32. Ke2 d5 $1 $11 33. c5 Nd6 34. c6 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Re1+ (36. b5
Kd8 $11) 36... Ne4 37. Nb5 Rc8 38. Nxa7 $6 (38. Nd4 $142) 38... Rc7 39. Nb5
Rxc6 40. Re2 Rc1 $36 41. Rc2 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rh1 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ 45. Ke3
Nd6 46. a4 $1 (46. Nxd6 Kxd6 $15) (46. a4 Nc4+ (46... Nxb5 47. axb5 $14) 47.
Ke2 Rh1 48. Kd3 Rd1+ 49. Ke2 (49. Kc3 Ra1) 49... Rh1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 {Holländisch ist eine schlechte Eröffnung, aber sehr gut
gegen die Fanatiker des Damengambits.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 {Der
Doppelbauer auf c3 und c4 ist schädlich.} O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3
9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 {Dieser Abtausch ist für Weiß unvorteilhaft. Die Öffnung
der f-Linie und der starke Mittelbauer, der gleich den nf3 vertreibt, geben
dem Schwarzen sofort das bessere Spiel.} fxe4 11. Nd2 Qg5 {Gegen Pf3 gerichtet.
} 12. Qe2 d5 13. f3 Nd7 $1 {Schwarz fürchtet nicht die Isolierung der Bauern
und die weitere Folge zeig, daß er richtig geurteilt hat. Der Pe ist für Weiß
sehr hinderlich.} 14. fxe4 dxe4 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Rf1 Rf5 {Um beim
unvermeidlichen Turmtausch die Bauern zu verbinden. Schwarz droht mit
Nd7-f6-g4.} 17. Rxf5 exf5 18. Qf2 Nf6 19. h3 Nh5 (19... c6 {verhindert den
Textzug.}) 20. d5 $1 {Damit erlangt Weiß das bessere Spiel und die schwarzen
Figuren müssen zurück.} Bc8 21. Be5 Qe7 22. Bd4 Nf6 23. Qg3 {Es droht 24.Bxf6
Qxf6 25.Qxc7.} Ne8 24. a3 {Damit leitet Weß den Vormarsch des ganzen
Damenflügels ein.} Qd7 {Um sich mit c7-c6 von dem Druck des Damenbauern zu
befreien.} 25. b4 c6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Qe5 {Weiß beherrscht das Feld und
Schwarz hat alle Mühe aufzubieten, um das Gleichgewicht zu bewahren.} Kf7 28.
c5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Be6 30. g4 {Der Bauernzug ist stark, aber Schwarz kann darauf
den Damentausch erzwingen und so den Angriff völlig abschlagen.} ({Den Pa7
darf Weiß nicht schlagen wegen des Springerverlustes nach} 30. Bxa7 Qc1+ 31.
Nf1 Bc4) (30. Bxa7 {Ich mag es kaum glauben, abr da war Tarrasch wohl etwas
kurzsichtig.} Qc1+ 31. Nf1 Bc4 32. Qxf5+ Nf6 33. a4 Qb1 34. Bc5 {und Schwarz
steht vor der Herkules-Aufga- be, zwei entfernte verbundene Freibauern
aufhalten zu wollen. Viel Spaß dabei.}) 30... Qc7 31. Qxc7+ (31. Qc3 {Falls
Weiß dem Damentausch ausweichen will, kommt er unter die Räder.} Qg3+ 32. Kf1
Qxh3+ 33. Ke1 Qxg4) 31... Nxc7 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxa7 Nb5 34. Bc5 Nxa3 {
Das Endspiel steht wegen des Freibauern und der jetzt ungünstigen Stellung des
Pe4 etwas zum Vortei von Weiß, muß inds bei richtigem Gegenspiel remis werden.}
35. Kg2 Ke6 36. h4 Nb5 {Um den nach f4 vordringenden König sofort
zurückzutreiben.} 37. Kg3 Nc7 38. Nb1 g6 39. Nc3 Nd5 40. Ne2 Kd7 {Der König
muß sich nach dem Freibauern umsehen.} 41. b5 Nc7 42. Nc3 (42. b6 Nd5 {nebst
Kc6.}) 42... Nxb5 43. Nxb5 Kc6 44. Nc3 ({Verführerisch war} 44. Nd4+ $6 Kxc5
45. Nxf5 $2 gxf5 46. Kf4 Kc4 47. Kxf5 Kd3 48. Kf4 {aber nach} h5 49. Kg3 Kxe3 {
verliert Weiß die Partie.}) 44... Kxc5 45. Kf4 Kd6 {Das Endspiel steht nach
interessanten Verwicklungen auf Remis.} 46. h5 Ke6 47. hxg6 Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dautov} f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O (7.
b4 {Dautov} e5 (7... c5 $5) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 Kh8 (9... e4 10. Nd4 c6 11. O-O
Re8 (11... Qe7 $142) 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe7 {Chekhov-Malaniuk/Palma de
Mallorca/1989} 14. a5 $1 Ne5 15. a6 bxa6 16. c5+ $14 {Chekhov,Inf.48/134}) 10.
Bb2 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 $14 {Chekhov-Djurhuus/Gausdal/1991}) 7... Qe8 (
7... Nc6 $1 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 $10) (7... c6 {/\} 8. b4 e5) 8. b4 (8. Qc2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Na6 (10... c6 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Bd6 Nfd7 13. c5 Kh8 14. e4
Nf8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nxe5 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 fxe4 18. Rae1 Qe6 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Bxb8
Rxb8 21. Ncd6 Qd7 22. Nxf7+ Qxf7 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Qc4 b5 25. Nf7+ {1-0 Gaus,
W-Lindenmaier,R/OLWuert 9091 (1990) ;GER 01 1991}) 11. Ba3 c5 12. Rad1 e4 13.
Nd2 Bd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 b5 16. Nb1 Qe5 17. Rd2 Rfc8 18. Bb2 Qxb2 19. Qxb2
Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Nc7 21. Rd2 Ne8 22. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Meister,P-Heidrich,M/BL 8788 
(1988) ;BL 80 1988 (37)}) (8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 (10. Qc2 c6 11. Rd1 e4
12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. b4 Bf8 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. c5 Bh6 17. Bc4 Nxc4 18.
Qxc4 Ng4 19. Qe2 Qe5 20. g3 g5 21. Bb2 Qc7 22. Rd2 Bd7 23. Qc4 Re8 24. Re2 Bg7
$15 {0-1 Richter,Mi-Hetey,L/Budapest FS07 IM-A ;EXT 95 1995 (41)}) 10... Rf7
11. Ng5 Rd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Be6 16. Kh1 Qf7 17.
Nd5 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Bc3 Rf8 21. Ng1 e4 $15 {0-1 Simon,R-Mohr,
S/Zuerich op (04) ;EXT 88op 1988 (53)}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 (10. Qb3
$5) 10... Rf7 (10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5+ (11. cxd5 e4 12. Nd4 Qf7 13. Bc4 Nc6 $15)
11... Qf7 (11... Kh8 12. Bb2 e4 (12... Nc6 $6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Qc5 e4 15. Bxg7+
Kxg7 16. Nd4 $16) 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Nd4 c6 15. Qd6 Rf6 16. Qg3 $14) 12. Bb2
Qxd5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Nd4 Be5 $5 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Rac1 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 (16...
Nxc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxc6 $14) 17. Bc4+) (14... a5 15. b5 a4
$132) (14... c6 15. Bc4 $14)) 11. Bb2 c6 (11... Nxd5 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qd2 $132)
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c5 (13. Qd6 Nd7 $10 (13... Nd7 14. c5 $2 e4 15. Nd4 Be5 $19)
) 13... e4 (13... Kh8 $2 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd8+ Kg7 17. Qxc8 $16)
(13... a5 $2 14. Qd6 $1 $16 {/\Bc4,/\Ne5}) (13... Kg7 $142 $14 {/\Nd7}) 14. Nd4
Kg7 (14... Be6 $2 {[%cal Ge6d5]} 15. Nxe6 Bxb2 (15... Qxe6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17.
Qd8+ (17. Qd4 $16) 17... Rf8 18. Qd4 Qf6 19. Rfd1 $16 {פb8}) 16. Ng5 $1 Bxa1
$8 17. Bc4 $18) 15. Bc4 Re7 $8 16. Qb3 {/^a1-h8,/^a2-g8,@} g5 $2 {[%csl Re6,
Rf5][%cal Rc4g8,Rb3c4,Yd4e6,Yd4f5]} (16... b5 17. Be2 (17. cxb6 axb6 18. a4
Rea7 19. Rfd1 $14) 17... Qf7 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qxf7+ Rxf7 20. a4 $13) 17. f3 {
[%cal Yf1f8]} f4 $2 (17... Qg6 18. fxe4 Rxe4 (18... fxe4 19. Rxf6 $1 $18) 19.
Nxf5+ $1 (19. Bd3 $6 Rxe3 20. Rad1 (20. Qc2 Rxd3 (20... Kh8 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22.
Rxf5) 21. Qxd3 f4 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $14) 20... Na6 21. Nxf5+ Bxf5 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6
23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxb3 25. axb3 $14) 19... Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Rf1
Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 $16 Nd7 $8 23. Qd3 Re7 24. Qf5 h6 $8 (24... Ne5 $6 25. Bd3 Rh8 (
25... Rf7 26. Ke2 $18) 26. Ke2 $18) 25. Bxf6+ Nxf6 26. Ke2 $1 (26. Bd3 $2 Ne4
$1 27. Ke1 Rf8 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qd4 Rfe8 30. Kf2 (30. Kd2 $2 Rd7 $19) (30. Ke2
Rxe3+ 31. Kd2 $10 (31. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Nd5+ $17)) 30... Rxe3 $10) 26...
Rae8 27. Bd3 Rxe3+ 28. Kd1 Ne4 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Kc2 (30. Bxe4 R3xe4 31. Qxb7
Re1+ 32. Kc2 R1e2+ $10) 30... Re7 31. Qd4 $16) (17... exf3 18. Rxf3 Qg6 19.
Raf1 $18) 18. exf4 $18 gxf4 19. Ne2 e3 (19... b5 $6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bxf6+
Kxf6 22. Qc3+ Re5 23. fxe4 $18) (19... Nd7 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxf4 Bxb2 22.
Qxb2+ Qe5 23. Ne6+ Kg6 24. Qf2 Nf6 25. Nf4+ $40 {+-}) 20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. Qc3+ (
21. Qc3+ Re5 (21... Kg5 22. h4+ Kf5 23. Nxf4 $18) 22. Nxf4 Bf5 23. Nh5+ $18
Qxh5 24. f4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grishin, Eduard"]
[Black "Tolstikh, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24576]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7.
O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 (9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bd2
Rae8 13. Rae1 $14) 9... Ne4 (9... Bxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. c5 Rf7 12. Ne2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schmitt,R-Kissel,H/RLPFchS Hauenstein ,GER 1991 (31)}) 10. Bd2 (10.
Nxd7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Ba3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmeidler,M-Hutter,O/
Vorra GER ch-BAY H2 1990 (54)}) (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Rxf1+ (
12... Be7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. b4 Bg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shurygin,S-Moroz,A/Decin op 1996
(69)}) 13. Qxf1 Be7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bg4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schwarz-Rausch/9.
Wuerzburger op Br.9 1993 (58)}) (10. c5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Qb3
Qc8 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Be2 c5 18. Bb5 Ba6 $15 {
0-1 Dredge,K-Booth,C/Spr95-Final 1996 (54)}) 10... Ndf6 11. Be1 Bd7 12. Qb3 Rb8
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be2 $14 {0-1 Swiderski,R-Salwe,G/Nuremberg 1906 (57)}) (8. b3
Ne4 (8... b6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. f3 Nef6 14. Nf4
$14 {1-0 Murdzia,P-Henriksson,C/EU-chJ Sas van Ghent 1992 (56)}) 9. Bb2 (9. Ne2
b6 (9... Nd7 10. a4 b6 (10... Qe7 $132) 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 a5 13. Ra2 $14 {
1-0 Ilincic,Z-Kiroski,T/c 1995 (34)}) 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. f3
Nf6 14. Nc3 Nfd7 15. f4 $14 (15. Na4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc7 $132 {1-0 Skomorokhin,
R-Guliev,S/Ostrava ,EXT 1992 (54)})) 9... Bd7 (9... Nd7 10. Qe2 (10. Nd2 Qh4 (
10... Qc7 11. g3 Rf6 12. Ne2 Rh6 13. Kg2 Rg6 14. Nf3 $14 {0-1 Eigler,F-Tipary,
L/HUN-ch 1951 (63)}) 11. g3 Qh6 12. Qe2 Ndf6 13. f4 g5 14. Ncxe4 fxe4 15. Bc2
Bd7 $132 {0-1 Raclauskiene,E-Lauberte,M/Buenos Aires olm fem 1939 (32)}) (10.
Ne2 Qf6 11. Ne1 (11. Rc1 g5 12. Rc2 g4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ne1 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 g3+
16. Nxg3 (16. Kxg3 $2 Qg5+ 17. Kh2 Nf6 $132 {0-1 Skomorokhin,R-Purgin,N/RUS-sf
Yaroslavl 1995 (40)}) 16... Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Nf6 18. Nf3 exf3 19. gxf3 $16) (11.
Nf4 g5 12. Nh5 Qh6 13. Ne5 Nef6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc7 15. f4 $14) 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qe2 $14 {0-1 Zsinka,L-Tabernig,B/Oberwart op 1996 (42)})
11... Qh6 12. g3 (12. f4 $5 g5 13. Qc1 Rf7 14. Ba3 (14. Nf3 Ndf6 15. fxg5 Nxg5
$132 {0-1 Farago,I-Mencinger,V/Ljubljana 1997/EXP 58/ (67)}) (14. a3 Rg7 15.
Nf3 Ndf6 16. b4 Bd7 17. c5 Bc7 18. a4 $14) 14... Bc7 15. Nf3 Rg7 16. Bb2 Ndf6
17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 $1 $14) 12... Ndf6 13. f3 Ng5 (13... Qxe3+ $2 14. Kg2 Nd2
(14... dxc4 15. bxc4 Nd2 16. Bc1 Nxf1 17. Nc2 $18) 15. Bc1 Nxf1 16. Nc2 $3 $18)
14. Qc1 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,B-Korsunsky,R/St Petersburg ,EXT 1992 (14)})
10... Qe7 11. Rad1 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be8 15. Qe1 Nd7 16.
Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e4 Bg6 18. e5 Be7 19. f4 $14 {0-1 Moskowitz,J-Polland,D/Boston
1938 (50)}) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. f3 Ng5 13. f4 Ne4 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 Bh5
16. Qe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 b5 19. a4 a6 $11 {1-0 Hertneck,G-Van Wely,
L/Garmisch rapid 1994 (34)}) (8. Nd2 g5 9. f3 Qc7 10. h3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Ng3 12.
Nxg3 Bxg3 13. e4 Nd7 $13 {1-0 Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,T/Reykjavik Iceland 1990 
(49)}) (8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nc7
Bxc7 14. Qxc7 $16 {1-0 Horvath Marian-Majling Karol/Slovakia ch Trencin 1995 
(41)}) (8. cxd5 $6 exd5 $132 {1-0 Granda,J-Disconzi da Silva,R/Mar del Plata
1993 (40)}) (8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. a4 Qe8 12. Ne2 $14 {1-0
Bolczek,M-Hinzmann,M/GER-ch U13 Pinneberg 1996/EXT 96ch2 (36)}) (8. Rb1 a5 9.
a3 Qe7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. b4 $14 {1-0 Pitam,E-Horvath,M/Elista RUS
1998 (43)}) 8... Ne4 (8... a6 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. b4 Qe7 12. Rab1 Rf6
13. Be1 Rh6 14. g3 g5 15. Kg2 g4 16. Nfg1 Ndf6 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. a4 $132 {
0-1 Gupta,M-Sehner,N/BL2W 1993 (40)}) (8... g6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Ne2
Qe7 12. Rac1 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Arbakov,V-Fleischer,
F/Neckar Open, Deizisau GER 1998 (35)}) 9. Nd2 $6 (9. Ne5 $142 $5 Nd7 10. f4 (
10. f3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. f4 Nc5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Golombek,H-Letelier,R/Venice 1950 (20)}) 10... Rf6 11. c5 Bc7 12.
b4 Rh6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. b5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Chmelik,J-Haba,P/Ceske Budejovice ,EXT 1995 (39)}) (9. Ne2 Nd7 10. b3
Ndf6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Ng5 14. Rac1 Nf7 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Be2 Nd7
17. Nfd3 Qg5 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. f4 Qe7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Minogina,T-Shumiakina,T/
ch-RUS (women), Elista RUS 1997 (40)}) 9... Nd7 10. a3 Rf6 11. f3 ({White
don't want return N on f3} 11. Nf3 $132) 11... Rh6 12. fxe4 $2 $17 ({White
must close position} 12. f4 g5 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 $132) 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kf2 fxe4
(13... Qh4+ 14. Ke2 Qg4+ 15. Nf3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Bc7
$11) 14. Ncxe4 (14. Bxe4 Qh4+ 15. Ke2 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qg3 17. Qf3 Rf6 18. Qxg3
Bxg3 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qh4+ 16. Ke2 Nf6 17. Bf3 e5 18. c5 (18. d5 cxd5
19. cxd5 Nh5 20. Kd1 Ng3 21. Re1 Bf5 22. e4 Rc8 {[%csl Rd1,Re4][%cal Gh6b6]}
23. Qd3 Bd7 $15) 18... Be6 19. Nb3 $4 {[%csl Re4,Rf3]} (19. dxe5 Bxe5 $15)
19... Re8 $4 (19... e4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. e4 $2 $19 (21.
Nd2 Bd5 $17 (21... Nh5 $17 {[%csl Re2]})) 21... Rg6 $2 $17 (21... Nh5 $1 22.
Bxh6 (22. Kd1 Rd8+ 23. Bd2 Ng3 24. Re1 Bf4 $19) 22... Ng3+ 23. Ke3 Qxh6+ 24.
Kf2 Qh4 25. Rfd1 Nxe4+ $19) 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Kd2 (23. Rfe1 Ng3+ 24. Kd1 Rf6 $17
{[%csl Rd1]}) 23... Rd8+ 24. Kc1 Ng3 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rf6 27. Kd2 (27.
Qd3 Rf7 28. Kc2 Rd7 {[%csl Rd3]} 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Nf5 31. exf5 Rxd4 32.
fxe6 Rxd3 33. Kxd3 Qf6 $19) 27... Rf7 $1 (27... Qh2 {[%csl Rf3]} 28. Kd3 Bxb2
29. Rb1 Be5 $17) 28. Bd4 $2 (28. Nd4 $2 Rd7 $19) (28. Rd1 $5 Rd7+ 29. Kc1 Rxd1+
30. Bxd1 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 $17) 28... Qh6+ (28... Bxb3 29. Qxb3 {[%cal Gb3f7]
Now it is without check} Bxd4 $19) 29. Kc3 Qe3+ (29... Bxb3 30. Kxb3 Bxd4 $19)
30. Qd3 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Ne2+ 32. Kc2 Bxb3+ (32... Bxb3+ 33. Qxb3+ Qxb3+ 34. Kxb3
Nxd4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Qc2 (
8. f4 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bogoljubow,
E-Michel,P/Bad Elster 1937 (48)}) (8. O-O b6 (8... Nbd7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4
(10... dxe4 11. Be2 c5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Qc2 cxd4 16.
Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+
22. Qxd1 {1/2-1/2 Kramer,H-Fuderer,A/Beverwijk 1952}) 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. fxe5
Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Be7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bg5 17. g3 Bh6 18. h4 g5 19.
Qf6 Qxf6 20. exf6 gxh4 21. gxh4 dxc4 22. a5 Rf8 23. Rf1 Be8 24. Bxc4 Bf7 25.
Kh2 Kh8 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Rf2 Kg8 28. Kh3 Rd6 29. Kg4 Kh8 30. Bc2 Bg6 31. f7 Rd8
32. Bb3 Bf5+ 33. Rxf5 {Uhlmann,W-Backwinkel,P/BL 1995/1-0 (44)}) 9. f4 Ne4 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qc2
c5 17. Rcd1 cxd4 18. exd4 g5 19. Bc1 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4
Qc5 23. Rf1 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qg7 25. c5 bxc5 26. Qxc5 f4 27. Bc4 f3 28. Bxe6+ Kh8
29. g3 e3 30. Bh3 f2+ {0-1 Andresen,S-Stangl,M/BL 1993}) 8... Na6 9. a3 $6 (9.
Be2 $142 Bxe5 (9... Qc7 10. f4 b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. O-O Nb8 13. b3 a6 14. Ba3 c5
15. Bb2 $132 (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Re5]}))
10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bf1 Qh6 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. cxd5 Nb4 16.
Qe2 cxd5 17. O-O Bd7 18. b3 $14) 9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 Nc5 12. Be2 $2 (
12. O-O $2 d4 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qh4 14. g3 $14 (14. h3 Nxe5 $15)) (12...
Nxd3 $1 13. Qxd3 dxc4 14. Qe2 (14. Qxc4 Qh4 {[%csl Re5,Rh2][%cal Gh4c4]} 15. h3
Nxe5 $17) 14... b5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Rd1 Qe7 $17) 13. Nd1 a5 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3
dxe3 16. Be2 Qd4 17. Rf3 Qe4 18. Qc3 Rd8 19. Bxe3 $14) (12. cxd5 $8 Nxd3+ 13.
Qxd3 exd5 14. O-O Re8 15. b3 Qh4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bb2 $132) 12... dxc4 $17 13.
Bxc4 $2 (13. O-O $142 Nb3 14. Ra2 b5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 (17. a4 Rb8
18. axb5 cxb5 $17) 17... Bb7 18. a4 a6 $17) 13... Nxe5 $19 14. Be2 (14. fxe5
Qh4+ $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14... Ned3+ 15. Kf1 a5 16. Na4 (16. Bd2 b6 $19 {[%csl
Yd3][%cal Gc8a6]}) 16... b6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rb1 (18. Bd2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
$19) 18... Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Bc3 Rd8 22. Rg1 Ne4 23. Rc1 Ra7
24. Be1 Rdd7 25. g4 (25. Qe2 Rd6 $19) 25... fxg4 26. Rxg4 Nd2+ $1 27. Kg1 Qf3
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gavritenkov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Qc2 {White still doesn't decide where to
develope Bc1 and Ng1.In case of black developes by b6 and Bb7 white has a good
setup with f3 developing Ng1 to-e2 or h3 and playing against Bb7.If black puts
Stonewall(d7-d5) white has various possibilities:Bg5,Bf4 or even Nf3,e3 and
Bd3.Qc2 is usefull move everywhere.} Nc6 $6 {Black doesn't find good opening
plan in this game.The very old game of D.Bronshtein(see 4...d5)could be
example how to play with black in this line.} (4... b6 5. Bg5 (5. f3 Bb7 6. e3
Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. d5 Ne5 12. e4 a6 13. Bf4
fxe4 14. Bxe4 exd5 15. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Gleizerov,E/Moscow Alekhine
mem 1992 (15)}) 5... Bb7 6. f3 Nc6 $6 7. Rd1 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. e3 O-O-O 10. a3
g5 11. Bf2 Kb8 12. Bd3 Qf7 13. Nge2 g4 14. f4 Ne7 15. O-O h5 16. Bh4 $16 {
1-0 Sorokin,M-Grynszpan,M/XXIII COOP, Buenos Aires ARG 1997 (43)}) (4... d5 5.
Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. c5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxc5 15. f4 Be6 16. Ne2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 b4 18.
Nd4 Bd7 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Nb3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Doroshkievich,V-Bronstein,
D/URS-ch43 Erevan 1975 (21)}) 5. Nf3 Be7 6. a3 $146 {Another useful move which
covers b4-square and prepares b2-b4 playing on the queenside.} (6. g3 O-O 7.
Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nb4 9. Qb3 Nbxd5 10. O-O c6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qc2 $16 {1-0
Sorokin,M-Torres,S/Najdorf Open, Buenos Aires ARG 1997 (26)}) 6... d5 7. e3 O-O
8. Bd3 {[%cal Gc4d5]} g6 9. O-O Kg7 $2 {White bishop-c1 will take place on b2,
after b2-b4,so black just deteriorates the king!} (9... Bd7 10. b4 $16) 10. b4
$16 {Black pieces developed badly.Nc6 just disturbs black,Bc8 has no good
square on the board.} Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rad1 {[%cal Yf3e5] strengthing idea
Ne5.} Be8 13. Ne2 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal Ge2f4] Typical monouevre in this
structure.Black pawns d5 and e6 become vulnerable.} Ne4 14. Nf4 Rf6 (14... Bf7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 15. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxe6 16.
cxd5 Nxb4 $8 (16... Qxd5 17. Bc4 $18) 17. axb4 Rb6 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxb4
(19... Bd6 20. Bc3 $18) 20. d6 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gd4d5][%mdl 512] otherwise
black would play Bd6,blocking d-pawns.} Bxd6 21. Ba1 Be7 22. d5+ Bf6 23. Ng5 {
[%cal Gg5e6]} Kg8 (23... Bd7 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rd6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qxb7
$1 Rxd1 28. Qf3+ Kxe6 29. Rxd1 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 24. h4 $2 (24. Ne6 $142 Qe7
25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nxc7 $1 Bf7 27. d6 Rd8 (27... Rxd6 28. Qxb7 $18) 28. d7 (28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 $16) 28... Qc6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 $18 {[%cal Ge4e7]}
Rb5 31. Qe7 $1) 24... Qe7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rc1 $16 {The material is equal,
but white's agavantage is clear:strong pawn center, active pieces with
outposted N-on g5 ahead-all this has white in this position. Black has just
weeknesses and passive pieces everywhere around.} Bb5 $2 (26... Bd7 27. d6 Rxd6
28. Qxb7 $16 {/+-}) 27. Rfd1 Bd7 28. d6 $1 Rb2 (28... c6 29. Qe7 Qg7 30. Ne6
Qf7 (30... Qxe7 31. dxe7 Kf7 32. Rxd7 Kxe6 33. Rd8) 31. Nc5 $18) 29. dxc7 Qxf2+
30. Kh2 (30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Qc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 (6... Be7 7. e4)
7. Bxc3 b6 $146 {New plan in this position, but not successful one-black B
from b7 faces f3-pawn.} (7... d6 8. e3 Qe8 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 $14 {
1-0 Kempinski,R-Gleizerov,E/Stockholm SWE 2000 (35)}) 8. e3 Bb7 9. Qd2 a5 10.
Nh3 a4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Rae1 $14 {White prepares the break in the
center.} Nb3 14. Qc2 c5 15. d5 $1 {Black faces serious troubles now.} exd5 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxf5 (17. Bc4 $6 Kh8 18. Bxb3 axb3 19. Qxb3 Nxc3 $11)
17... h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $16 {[%cal Re4d5,Yc2g6]}) 17. e4 $5 {[%csl Rc3,
Rd3] 17.Bxf5 was good enough, but the move in the game is even stronger. Black
is starting to feel the pawer of two bishops from now.} (17. Bxf5 $16 Be6 18.
Ng5 (18. Bxf6 Bxf5) (18. Bd3) 18... Bxf5 19. Qxf5 $16) 17... Bc6 18. Nf4 b5 19.
e5 Nd5 (19... Ne8 20. Bxf5 $1 (20. e6 Qc7 21. g3 $44) 20... g6 21. Bxg6 Rxf4 (
21... hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Nh5 $18 {[%cal Gh5f6,Gh5g7]}) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
e6+ Nd4 24. e7 $18 {[%cal Gc2g6]}) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxf5 $16 b4 {Just a
trap-pawn b4 is tactically protected because of the check from b6.} (21... h6
22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Rfe1 $16 (23. Be6+ $5 $16 {[%cal Gd1g6]})) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
Bd2 bxa3 24. bxa3 Nxd2 (24... Bxf3 25. Bg6 $18) 25. Qxd2 $18 Bxf3 (25... Kxh7
26. Qxd5 $18) 26. Bb1 {[%cal Gd2c2][%mdl 128] White easily gets mating attack.}
Bh5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qg5 Qe8 (28... g6 29. g4 $18) 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qf6+ Kg8 (
30... Kh7 31. g4 Bxg4 32. Qh4+ Bh5 33. Qxh5+ $18) 31. Ba2+ Kh7 {[%tqu "En",
"Time to finish the game!","","","g2g4","That is the final blow.",10]} 32. g4
$1 {[%mdl 128] That is the final blow.} Bxg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","a2f7","",5]}
33. Bf7 Qf8 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Re4 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3 {is an
alternative, but Bf1 will be developed to d3 anyhow;}) {Here black has large
choice of moves and setups:} 6... c6 {Trying to build up StoneWall pawn chain
by d7-d5; There were few games in this position played at the beginning of the
previous century:} (6... b6 7. Nf3 (7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bb7 9. Qh3 Nb4 10. Bb1
Ne4 (10... c5 $142 11. a3 $140 Nc6) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 $14 {1-0 Tosic,
M-Notaros,K/Igalo 1994/EXT 2000 (47)}) 7... Bb7 8. Qc2 (8. O-O Ne4 $6 9. Bxe7
Qxe7 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. Ncxe4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Marshall,F-Tartakower,S/
New York 1924/HCL (37)}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 (10. a3) 10... Nc6 11. e5
Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Be7 14. d5 $1 $14 {0-1 Tartakower,S-Strobl,O/Vienna
1921/EXT 99/[ChessBase] (40)}) (6... d6 7. Qc2 (7. Nf3 Qe8 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O
a6 10. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} d5 $2 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxf5 $18 {
1-0 Komljenovic,D-Crespo Revilla,J/Olot 1992/TD (19)}) 7... g6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. a3
e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. c5 $14 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Tartakower,S/
Gothenburg 1920/HCL (43)}) (6... d5 $6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 (8. Qc2 $1 {[%csl
Rf5][%cal Gg5f6,Yc3d5,Yd3c4] with threats: Bxf5 and also Bxf6 then Nd5
following by Bc4;}) 8... c6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Barlov,D-Garcia
Padron,J/Las Palmas 1993/EXT 97 (10)}) 7. Nge2 d5 8. f3 $14 Nbd7 $2 {After the
following move of white, black has troubles with e6-pawn;} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4
Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 $14) 9. Nf4 {[%csl Re6]} Kf7 (9... Nb8 {is another
way to protect e6, but an ideotic one!}) (9... Nb6 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12.
Bxf6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd1e2] just winning c4 pawn;}) 10. cxd5 (10. O-O $16 {
[%cal Gd1b3,Rb3f7] was simple way to keep clear advantage;}) 10... cxd5 $6 (
10... Nxd5 11. Bxe7 (11. h4 $5) 11... Qxe7 12. Ncxd5 exd5 13. Kf2 {[%cal Gd1c2]
}) 11. g4 $5 (11. O-O $16 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 11... fxg4 (11... g6 12. gxf5 gxf5 (
12... exf5 13. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 13. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge1c1]}) 12.
Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%mdl 128] White has got targets over c2-h7 diagonal;} e5
$1 {Only way to keep fighting;} (12... gxf3 13. Bg6+ (13. Bxh7 $16 {[%csl Re6,
Rf7,Rg6]}) 13... Kg8 14. Nxe6 Qa5 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 13.
Nfxd5 (13. Bg6+ Kg8 14. Ne6 Qb6 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 $132) 13... g6 $2 {It leads to
the immediate loss of material; There was way for black to repulse white's
attack- the final position of the line mentioned below is very sharp and
without clear advantage of any side;} (13... Nxd5 14. Bxh7 {[%cal Rc2g6]} Rh8
$1 {[%cal Yf7f8] That was the main defensive idea for black- to clear f8 spot
for black king;} (14... N7f6 15. Qg6+ Ke6 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. exf6 $18 {[%cal
Gb2c3]}) (14... Ke6 15. Qg6+ Bf6 $8 16. Nxd5 Kxd5 17. O-O-O Ke6 18. fxg4 {
white has two pawns for a piece and strong attack;}) 15. Nxd5 (15. Qg6+ Kf8 16.
Bh6 Bh4+ 17. Kd2 Bf6 18. Nxd5 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 exd4) 15... Bxg5 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17.
Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6,Rc7a8]} (17. O-O g3 $1 {keeping f-file closed;}) 17... Nb6 18.
Nxa8 Nxa8 19. Qc5+ Be7 20. Qxe5 {with mutual chances;}) 14. Nxe7 $18 exd4 (
14... Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Nc7 (16. Qc7 $18) 16... Rb8 17. Bc4+ Ke7 18. Nd5+
Ke8 19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Qxe5 20. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) 20. O-O-O $18) 15. Ncd5
$1 {[%cal Rd3g6][%mdl 128] 15.Nxc8 could leave white with a piece up, but
Lputian goes on with attack to the black king;} (15. Nxc8 $18) 15... Nxd5 {
[%tqu "En","How to continue the attack?","","","d3g6","",5]} 16. Bxg6+ $1 {
[%mdl 128]} Kg7 (16... Ke6 17. Qe4+ Ne5 18. exd4 Nxe7 19. Qxe5+ Kd7 20. Rc1 $18
{[%csl Yc7][%cal Gg5e7]}) 17. Nf5+ {[%csl Rd8] winning black queen;} Rxf5 18.
Bxd8 hxg6 {Black has pair of knights only for the queen of white;} (18... Nxe3
19. Bxf5 Nxc2+ 20. Bxc2 {and white is up a rook;}) 19. e4 Ne3 20. Qa4 {[%csl
Rd4,Rf5]} Rxf3 21. Qxd4+ Kh7 22. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7,Rc7c8] and white wins some
material more;} 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e3 b6 (5... O-O {Tyomkin,D} 6. Bd3
c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 $1 $146 {[%csl Rb4]} (10... e5
11. b4 $5 {In my opinion Ulibin was afraid of this move and prepared 10..a5 in
his home preparation, which is an improvement in this variation..}) 11. Qc2 {
[%cal Ge2c3]} Qb6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 15. b3
Bc6 16. Bb2 Nf7 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. f3 {[%csl Ye4]} b6 20. Bc3 Rad8
21. Qb2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Na7 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Ulibin,
M/RUS-Cup6 1997/CBM 59}) 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 c5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 $6 (8. Qxc3
$14) 8... O-O 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. O-O Ba6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc6a5]} 11. e4 $6 fxe4
12. fxe4 e5 $1 13. Qa4 Na5 14. Bg5 (14. dxe5 $6 Ng4 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e6 dxe6 17.
Nf4 Ne5) 14... d6 15. Qd1 h6 16. Bh4 c5 $15 {Yurtaev,L-Safin,S/Bishkek zt 1993/
0-1 (83)}) (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. Ne2 d6 12. d5 (12.
Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 12... exd5 13. Bxf5 Qe7 14. O-O Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Bc2 Nc6 19. Nb5 $16 {Sorin,A-Cordovil,J/Olot op
1992/1/2-1/2(45)}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qe7 $146 (10... d6 11. O-O
Qe7 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Bb2 $14 {Wiedenkeller,M-Luetke,J/Lugano op
1989/1-0(24)}) 11. b4 d6 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. a4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5]
} Rae8 15. a5 Qd6 {[%cal Gd6b8]} 16. axb6 (16. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 16...
axb6 17. Ra7 Qb8 18. Ra2 Qc7 19. Ba3 $6 (19. Bb2 Ra8 20. Rfa1 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Ra8
22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. d5 $1 $36) 19... g6 20. Bc2 Ra8 21. Rfa1 Kf7 22. dxc5 bxc5 (
22... Nxc5 23. Nd4 $14) 23. Bb2 (23. Nf4 e5 24. Nd3 e4 $132) 23... Rxa2 24.
Rxa2 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ba4 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Nf4 e5 29. Nd3 e4 30. Ne5+
Nxe5 31. Qxe5 exf3 32. gxf3 h5 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Be5 Qe6 (35... Nxe5
$2 36. Qxe5+ Kd7 (36... Kf7 37. h4 $16 {[%cal Gf2g3,Gg3f4]}) 37. Kg3 {[%cal
Gg3f4]}) 36. Bc7 Qf7 37. Qh8+ Qf8 38. Qa1 Qf6 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Qb7 g5 41. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 d6 (5... Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} d5 8. g4 dxc4 $2 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 g6
13. Ne5 $16 {Zaitsev,M-Dremin,D/Moscow op2 1995/1-0(17)}) 6. e3 Be7 7. h3 $146
(7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b4 (9. h3 $5 {[%cal Gf4h2]}) 9... Nh5 10. Qb3 Kh8
11. c5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nf6 13. Rfe1 Nd5 14. g3 $14 {() Pieniazek,A-Horvath,C/
EU-chJ U18 19871-0(40)}) 7... a6 8. Be2 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O bxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6
12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Bh2 O-O {Black played unusual opening and got not so bed
position!} 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nd2 a5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19.
Bb1 Rb8 20. Qd2 g5 21. h4 $1 Rb5 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Nxd6 $1 Rd5 25.
Ne4 Bh6 26. Rcd1 Rh5 27. g3 (27. Nc5 Be8 28. Bxf4 Bxf4 29. g3 Bd6 30. Rfe1 $16)
27... Kh8 (27... Nd5 28. Nc5 $16 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) 28. Rfe1 $2 (28. gxf4 Rg8+ (
28... Qh4 29. f3 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 (30. Ng5) 30... Bxf4 31. Rf2) 29. Bg3 (29. Ng5 $6
Bxg5 30. fxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Bg3 Qh4 32. Kg2 e5 $1) 29... Qh4 30. Kg2 Qh3+ 31. Kf3
Qg4+ 32. Ke3 Rh3 33. Ng5 Bxg5 34. fxg5 Rxg5 35. Qe4 $18) 28... Qg7 $36 29. f3 (
29. Kh1 Qg4 $40) 29... Nd5 30. Qd3 Rhf5 31. Nc5 Bf4 $1 (31... Rxf3 $6 32. Qxh7+
$1) 32. Ne4 (32. Nxd7 Bxg3 33. Nxf8 Bxh2+ $19) 32... Rh5 33. Re2 Rg8 34. Rf1 e5
(34... Rh3 $17 {[%cal Rf4g3,Yd5f4]}) 35. Rff2 (35. dxe5 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf4g3]})
35... exd4 $19 36. Rg2 Be3+ 37. Rxe3 (37. Kh1 Nf4 $1) 37... Nxe3 38. Rd2 c5 39.
b4 axb4 40. axb4 Bf5 41. Qe2 (41. bxc5 Bxe4 42. Qxe4 (42. fxe4 Rxh2 $19) 42...
Qxg3+ $3 (42... Rxh2 $19)) 41... c4 42. g4 Bxg4 43. fxg4 Nxg4 44. Bf4 (44. Bg3
Nf6 $19) 44... d3 45. Bxd3 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 cxd3 47. Rxd3 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Rh3+ 49. Ng3
{[%tqu "En","Find forced mate","","","h3g3","",10]} Rhxg3+ 50. Bxg3 (50. Kf2
Nd1+ 51. Ke1 Rg1+ 52. Qf1 Qf2+ 53. Kxd1 Rxf1#) 50... Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
d6 (8... Bxc3 {Tyomkin,D} 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Nh5 (12...
e5 $5) 13. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Bb7 14. b4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rf6 16. Rfe1 Rg6 17. Ng3
Qh4 18. Bf1 (18. d5 $6 Ne5 $40 19. dxe6 $140 Ng4 $19) 18... Ne7 19. d5 e5 20.
Nxh5 Qxh5 21. f4 $14 {Yakovich-Grebennikov, Kecskemet 1991}) 9. a3 Bxc3 10.
Qxc3 a5 $1 $146 {[%csl Rb4]} (10... e5 {Tyomkin,D} 11. b4 $5 {In my opinion
Ulibin was afraid of this move,and prepared 10..a5 in his home preparation,
which is improvement in this var.} (11. dxc5 $6 dxc5 12. Bc2 (12. Ng3 $5 e4 13.
Bc2 Qe7 $13) 12... Qe7 13. b4 $6 (13. b3 $142 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 13... cxb4 14.
axb4 Qxb4 15. Ba3 Qxc3 16. Nxc3 Rf7 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Be6 $15 {
Inkiov,V-Psakhis,L/Moscow 1986/1/2-1/2(37)})) 11. Qc2 {[%cal Ge2c3]} (11. b3 $5
e5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Ng3 (13. Bb2 a4 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 (
16... Nc6 17. Bc2 $16) 17. Qxb4 Qc7 $1 18. Rfd1 Be6 $11) 13... e4 14. Bc2 $14)
11... Qb6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 15. b3 Bc6 16.
Bb2 Nf7 17. Nb5 Qd8 (17... Be4 $5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 (18... e5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 (19...
Nxe4 20. f3 $16 {[%cal Yb5c3,Yc3d5]}) 20. Rad1 $14) 19. Qxd3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Ne4
21. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gf2f3]}) 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. f3 {[%csl Ye4]} b6 20.
Bc3 Rad8 21. Qb2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Na7 {1/2-1/2} (24. Na7
Be8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Qe7 $11 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 {Other possibilities in this
position are:} (5... Nc6) (5... Bxc3+) 6. a3 $6 $146 (6. d5 e5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 {Harrwitz,D-Morphy,P/Paris m
1858/0-1 (54)}) (6. e3 O-O 7. a3 (7. Bd3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 $10) 7... Qa5 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 (9... cxd4 $5 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Be3 Nc6 {
/\ Qc7 >< c4}) 10. Ne2 d6 11. O-O Qc7 (11... e5 {>=}) 12. Qc2 Ne7 $6 (12... Bd7
) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. h4 Rf7 17. h5 Nf8 18. h6 (18. Ng3
h6 $1) 18... Bd7 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc4 20. hxg7 Rxg7 21. Bh6 {/\ Nf4+/- ><
e6}) 19. Ng3 $2 (19. Rac1 {/\ Ng3+/=}) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxc4 $15 {
Chiburdanidze,M-Yusupov,A/Linares 1988/1/2-1/2 (43)[Chiburdanidze,M] (30)}) (6.
dxc5 $5) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. g3 Nc6 {@} 10. Qc3 (10. Qd3 $5)
10... d5 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. Bc7 $14) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bg2 d4 {
[%cal Ge6e5]}) 11... Rxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. Nf3 e5 14. Bg2 (14.
Rd1 Nd4 $13) 14... Rd6 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Ge5e4]} (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxg2 16.
Qf3 $13)) 13. Bg2 d4 14. Qc5 $2 {[%cal Gc6a5,Ga5b3]} (14. Qb3+ $142) 14... Be6
15. Nh3 Na5 16. Nf4 Bf7 (16... Nb3 $2 17. Nxe6 Nxc5 18. Nxd8 $14 {_|_}) 17. Rd1
Nb3 $17 18. Qe5 Qd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga8e8]} 19. Nd5 $2 (19. Bd5 $142 Re8 20.
Bxf7+ $17) 19... Re6 20. Qc7 (20. Qf4 {leads to the same}) {[%tqu "En","Find
the winning continuation now","white king still in the center.Try to open
white's position by the sacrifice","","e6e2","white king still in the center.
Try to open white position by the sacrifice",15]} 20... Rxe2+ $3 $19 21. Kxe2 (
21. Kf1 Qb5 {[%cal Gb5f1]}) 21... Qb5+ 22. Rd3 (22. Ke1 Bxd5 (22... Re8+ $5 23.
Ne7+ Kf8 24. a4 Qxa4 25. Kf1 Nd2+ $1 26. Rxd2 Bc4+ 27. Ke1 Rxe7+ $19) 23. Bxd5+
Qxd5 24. Rg1 Qb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 22... Re8+ 23. Ne3 dxe3 $2 (23... Nc5
$1 24. Rhd1 dxe3 $19) 24. Qc3 Rd8 $4 (24... Nc5 25. Rhd1 Bb3 $1 (25... Nxd3 26.
Rxd3 Rd8 (26... Bc4 $2 27. Qxc4+ Qxc4 28. Bd5+) (26... Bh5+ $5 $17) 27. Kxe3
Rxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Qe5+ 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ $17) 26. Qxb3+ $8 Nxb3 27. Bd5+ Kf8 $19) 25.
a4 Qa6 26. Bxb7 Bh5+ (26... Qxd3+ $2 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Kxd3 Nc5+ 29. Kxe3 Nxb7
30. Rc1 Nd6 31. Rc6 $16) 27. g4 $2 (27. f3 Nd4+ (27... Qxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29.
Kxd3 Nc5+ 30. Kxe3 Nxb7 31. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Ra7]}) 28. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 29. Kxe3 (29.
Kf1 Rxd4 30. Bxa6 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Bxh1 32. Ke2 $14) 29... Qe6+ 30. Kxf3 Rxd4 31.
Rxd4 Qb3+ 32. Kf4 Qxb7 {White is getting the same ending like in the game,but
with equal number of pawns}) 27... Bxg4+ 28. f3 Nd4+ 29. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 30. Kxe3
Qe6+ (30... f4+ 31. Kf2 Rxd4 32. Bxa6 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 (33. Rc1 Re3 34. Rc7 Bd5
$15) 33... Bxh1 34. b4 $132) 31. Kxf3 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qb3+ 33. Kf4 Qxb7 34. Rhd1
Qxb2 35. R1d2 Qb1 36. Rd1 Qb3 37. h4 h6 (37... g6 38. h5 (38. Kg5 Qa3 {[%cal
Ga3f8,Ge7a3]} 39. h5 Qe7+ 40. Kf4 (40. Kh6 $4 Qe3+) 40... Qh4+ 41. Ke5 Qe7+ (
41... Qxh5 $4 42. Kf6 $1 {The king is very strong piece in the ending!}) 42.
Kf4 Qc7+ 43. Kf3 Kf8 $17 {[%cal Gf8e7]}) 38... Qa3 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6] /^a3-f8}
39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Kg5 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Kxg6 Qg3+ $17 43. Kh6 Qh4+ 44. Kg6
Qg4+ 45. Kh6 Qxa4 46. R1d6+ Ke5 47. Rd5+ Ke4 48. Kg5 f4 $17) 38. Kxf5 Qe3 (
38... Qf3+ 39. Ke6 Qf6+ 40. Kd5 $11 (40. Kd7 Kf7 $11)) 39. R1d3 Qe7 40. Kg4 Kh7
41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. b4 (6. Bd3 {Gurevich,M} O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Be2 Na6 $5 {[TN;9...c6-51/85]} 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. b4 Nfe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb2 Bxb2 $5 (13... Nc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Nd4 a5 16. a3 axb4
17. axb4 $14 {/\18.Qd3}) 14. Rxb2 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 e5 $5 17. dxe6 Bxe6
$132 {Lautier,J-Gurevich,M/Belgrade 1991/1/2-1/2(46)}) 6... O-O (6... c5 $1
$146 {Malaniuk,V} 7. a3 $6 (7. b5 $142) 7... O-O (7... Nc6 $5) 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d5
$6 (9. b5 $8 Na5 $13) 9... cxb4 $1 10. Nb5 $8 bxa3 (10... a6 11. dxc6 (11. axb4
Nxb4 $13) 11... axb5 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 bxc6 14. cxb5 $16) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. dxc6 Qa5+ $1 (12... Bxa1 13. c7 Bc3+ 14. Nxc3 Qxc7 15. Qa4 $13) 13. Nd2
Bxa1 14. Qxa1 a2 $1 $17 (14... bxc6 15. Qxa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 $15) 15. cxb7 Bxb7
$19 {/\Be4 Sulava,N-Malaniuk,V/Montecatini Terme 1995/1-0(31)}) 7. Bb2 Kh8 $146
(7... Nc6 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 8. b5 Na5 {[%csl Ra5]} 9. Be2 Qe8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 10.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 11. cxd5 {[%cal Gb2c3]} b6 12. Bc3 Nb7 13. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7]
<->c Hartman,C-Christensen,T/Arnold Cup 1991/TD 91\06/1-0 (36)}) (7... c5 $5 8.
b5 $13) 8. Be2 c6 (8... c5 $5) 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qb3 Be6 $2 (10... e5 $142) 11. d5
$1 $14 {/+/- capturing the center} Bg8 12. Rfd1 Na6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Rac1 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Yc1c7]} Qd7 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qc3
Qg7 20. c5 $1 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Nb8 (20... Bd5 21. Bxa6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 bxa6 23.
cxd6 Rfxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rc5 $16 {[%cal Gc5a5] /+-}) 21. b5
{[%csl Yd5]} (21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. cxd6 Bd5) 21... Rff8 (21... cxb5 22. Rxd6) 22.
bxc6 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 bxc6 {[%cal Ge6d5]} 24. cxd6 Bd5 25. Bc4 Rxd6 26. Bxd5 Rfd8
27. Rb3 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gb3b7]} Rxd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Rb7 Nc6 30. Rc7 $2 (30.
Ng5 $1 $16 {/+-} Rb8 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. h4) 30... Rd6 {[%cal Gd6f6,Gd6c6,Yd5d4,
Ga7a6]} 31. Kf1 (31. Ng5 Kg8 {-like the game}) 31... a6 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. h4 (33.
Rxh7 d4 (33... Ne5 $5 34. Re7 Nc4 35. Ne6 Kh8 $44) 34. exd4 (34. Ke2 d3+ 35.
Kd2 Na5) 34... Nxd4 $132 {[%cal Gd4b5]}) 33... h5 34. Nf3 d4 35. exd4 $6 (35.
Ke2 $142) 35... Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 $11 37. Rc6 Kg7 38. Rxa6 Rxh4 39. a4 Rb4 40.
Ra7+ Kf6 41. g3 h4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. Ra6+ Kg5 44. Ke2 (44. Kg2 $142) 44... Rb4
45. Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 f4 47. Rd6 (47. Kf1 Kg4 48. Rxg6+ Kf3 49. Kg1 $11) 47...
Ra3 48. Ra6 f3+ 49. Kd2 Kf5 50. a5 g5 51. Ra8 Kg4 52. Rh8 $4 (52. a6 $1 Ra2+ (
52... Kh3 53. Rg8 Kg2 (53... g4 54. Rg6 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Re2+ 56. Kf4 Rxf2 57. Rxg4
$11) 54. Rxg5+ Kxf2 55. Rg6 $11) 53. Ke1 $1 Re2+ (53... Ra1+ 54. Kd2 Rf1 55.
Ke3) 54. Kf1 Re6 (54... Rb2 55. Ke1 (55. Re8 Ra2 $19) 55... Ra2 56. a7 Re2+ 57.
Kd1 $11) 55. a7 (55. Ra7 $2 Rb6 56. Ke1 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Rf1 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59. Kd3
Re2 60. Rf7 Rxf2 61. a7 Ra2 62. Ke4 Re2+ 63. Kd3 Re8 $19) 55... Re7 56. Kg1
Re1+ 57. Kh2 Ra1 58. Rb8 Rxa7 59. Rb4+ $11 {[%cal Gh2g3]}) 52... Rxa5 $19 53.
Ke1 (53. Ke3 Re5+ 54. Kd3 Re2 55. Rh2 Kf4 56. Kd4 g4 57. Kd3 Kg5 $19 {[%cal
Gg4g3]}) 53... Ra1+ 54. Kd2 Rf1 55. Rh2 Kf4 56. Kc2 Re1 57. Kd2 Re2+ 58. Kc1
Ke4 59. Kd1 Kd3 60. Rh8 Rxf2 61. Ke1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Pool A"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 O-O (6... Bb7 7. f3 {
-this position was tried several times;}) 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. O-O Nc6 9. f3 (9. a3
Bd6 (9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qh4 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. Rae1 g5 15.
b4 $14 {1-0 Knaak,R-Hracek,Z/Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 17 (35)}) 10. f4 (10. f3 $5)
10... Ne7 11. b4 Ng6 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Renet,O/Budel
1987/CBM 03 (36)}) 9... Bd6 {[%cal Gc6b4] Black's setup looks dubious with the
knight on c6 and Bd6, but black has got quite good play in few moves;} (9...
Kh8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd2 (11. b4 $1) 11... Nh5 12. e4 $6 Qh4 {1-0 Elbilia,
J-Goldgewicht,L/Toulouse 1993/EXT 99 (40)}) (9... Be7 $5) 10. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}
a5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. b3 Na7 13. Nbc3 $14 {This is right strategy for white to
avoid any trades because black is lacking space for its' pieces;} (13. e4 Nxb5
14. cxb5 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4) (13. Nxa7 Rxa7 14. e4 $6 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 (15...
e5 16. c5 $5) 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5,Ge4e5]} Bc5 $1 18. dxc5 Qxc5+
19. Kf1 Ra8 $40 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 13... Nc8 (13... c5 14. Bb2 Nc6 $140 15. d5 $16
) 14. Bd2 {[%cal Yb3b4,Gd2e1,Ye1h4] This move is more flexible than Bb2- white
needs b2-b4 on the queenside;} Kh8 15. Kh1 c5 16. Na4 $6 {White chose the
wrong plan here, and as a result black has got an initiative; White could
still keep some edge by:} (16. Rfd1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Nd6 17. Be1 $14 {[%cal
Ge1f2,Yf2g3]} (17. Nf4 $5)) 16... Bd6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxd4 19. exd4 (19.
Nxd4 Ng4 $1 20. h3 $8 (20. fxg4 Qh4 21. Rf4 Bxf4 22. exf4 Qf2 $17) 20... Qh4
$17) 19... Nh5 {[%cal Gd8h4] Both bishops of black are directed to white king
and black is bringing more pieces over there creating pressure on castle of
white king;} 20. g3 (20. c5 Bc7 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Nc5 Qh4 $17) 20... Bc7 {
to avoid c4-c5 of white with tempo;} 21. Rae1 Ne7 22. Nac3 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6h4]}
23. Kg1 {White is still able to avoid direct threats of black over the
kingside;} Qf6 24. Rf2 Rac8 25. Qb3 (25. Nb5 $5 Bb8 26. f4 {[%cal Ge2c3,Yd3e2]}
) 25... f4 26. g4 Ng3 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 27. d5 {[%mdl 64]} (27. hxg3 fxg3 $19 {
[%csl Rf3]}) 27... Nxe2+ 28. Rexe2 Ne5 29. Bb1 (29. Be4 Nxc4 $1 30. Qxc4 Be5 {
[%csl Gc3,Gc4]}) 29... Bb8 (29... Nxc4 $4 30. Qxc4 Be5 31. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Re5,
Rh7]}) 30. Re4 Nf7 {[%cal Yf7g5,Yf7d6]} 31. Ree2 Ng5 $6 {Missing the way to
fight for advantage:} (31... Be5 {[%cal Ge5d4]} 32. Ne4 (32. dxe6 dxe6 33. Be4
Bxe4 34. Nxe4 Qd8 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Rf1 Ne5 $15) 32... Qh4 33. dxe6 dxe6 34. Bc3
Rfd8 $15) 32. Ne4 {Now white gets balance by trading all light pieces;} Nxe4
33. Bxe4 Be5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 34. Kg2 exd5 35. Bxd5 (35. cxd5 Bc3 36. Bxc3 Rxc3
37. Qb2 $11) 35... Bxd5 36. cxd5 Bc3 37. Re4 Bxd2 38. Rxd2 Rc3 39. Qd1 {
Black doesn't ahve enough forces now to continue the pressure;} h5 40. gxh5
Rfc8 (40... Qg5+ 41. Kh1 Qxh5 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Qxd3 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a2,Ga2a1]}
44. Re2 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kh3 $11) 41. Qe1 {[%cal Ge4e8]} Qg5+ (41... Qg5+
{[%cal Ge4e8]} 42. Kh1 Re3 (42... Qxh5 43. Rxf4 R3c4 $11) 43. Qg1 Qxg1+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 {Now white has a choice between
exchange of Bb4 at once by 5.a3,or to delay it by continuing to develop pieces
with 5.Bd2, and then e3,Bd3 and so on.} 5. Bd2 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {Getting
position which is semilar to Nimtzo-Indian,line with Qc2.} O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 axb4 14. axb4 Be4 (
14... b5 15. d5 $5 Ne4 16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Nd4 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. f3 Ng5 20.
Nxb5 Ne6 $11 {1-0 Chabanon,J-Lobron,E/Germany-France(M-04) 1993 (36)}) 15. Ra1
b5 16. cxb5 Nb6 17. Ra5 Qd7 18. Rfa1 Rab8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoffman,A-Giaccio,A/
Cordoba ARG 1998 (56)}) 5... O-O (5... b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. f3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9.
exd4 Nc6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. a3 Bd6 13. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Doroshkievich,
V-Moskalenko,V/Rostov op 1993 (45)}) 6. Nf3 (6. e3 b6 (6... d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 e5 11. Nb5 exd4 12. exd4 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Ne7 14. Bg5 {
1/2-1/2 Doroshkievich,V-Gleizerov,E/St.Petersburg 1995 (14)}) 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3 (10... Ba5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rae1 Rac8 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Rb8 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Na5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Jonathan Tisdall IM-Lars Bo Hansen GM/Reykjavik Zt 1995 (95)}) 11. Bxc3 d5 $6
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. cxd5 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 exd5 16. Bxf5 $16 {1-0
Ufimtsev Anatoly-Rovner Dmitry/ch URS (1/2 final) Sverdlovsk (RUS) 1947/Inf 01
(62)}) 6... d6 (6... b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. a3
Ba5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Qb1 (12. d5 $5 Bxc3 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bxd2 15. dxc6 Ba5 16. Bc4+ Be6 (16... Kh8 17. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 17. b4
cxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Qb3 Bxc4 (19... d5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kh8 22. Re5
Qd6 23. Rd1 $18) 20. Qxc4+ d5 21. Rxd5 Kh8 22. Nd4 $36 (22. Rd7 Qc5)) 13. Bxc3
Nd8 14. dxe6 g6 {comparing with the game, white gains a tempo.}) 12... g6 13.
d5 Bxc3 (13... exd5 $2 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Bxd2 16. dxc6 {
trapping the bishop.}) 14. Bxc3 Nd8 15. b4 (15. dxe6 Nxe6 {[%cal Gc8b7] black
looks safe.}) 15... e5 16. Nd2 Nb7 $6 {From this moment black had played very
strange way.I don't see a good for black to put the knight to such passive
place.} 17. f4 e4 (17... exf4 18. exf4 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Ba1 $1 {[%cal
Gb1b2]} Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Nf3 $18 (22. Qb2 Qd4)) 18. Be2 {White has big
space advantage on both side.In the game white turned on the queenside by Nb3
and b4xc5.On other hand white could open the kingside by g2-g4.Whites pressure
on diagonal a1-h8 would be importent in this case.} h5 {preventing g2-g4 break.
} 19. h3 Bd7 20. Ba1 Kf7 21. Nb3 a5 $2 {creating another weakness-on b6.} 22.
bxc5 bxc5 23. Rd2 a4 24. Nc1 Na5 25. Rb2 Qd8 26. Qc2 (26. Rb6 $6 Rb8) 26... Ke7
27. Qc3 Rf7 28. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d2] Whites advantage is obvious,but blacks
following move allows white to begin decisive attack.} Qg8 $2 29. Rb6 Ne8 $2 (
29... Bc8 $8 30. Rd2 {[%cal Gd2b2]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","b6d6","",10]} 30.
Rxd6 $1 {Black simply didn't refute whites threat.} Nxd6 31. Qe5+ Kd8 32. Qxd6
{Whites attack developes by itself.Black is hopeless against whites threats.}
Nb7 33. Qb6+ Kc8 34. Be5 Be8 35. Na2 {[%cal Ga2c3,Yc3b5,Yc3d5,Yd5d6] Another
white piece decisively comes to attack.} Rh7 36. Nc3 Qf7 {Probably black lost
on time in this position,but he could survive just for few moves more:} (36...
Qf7 37. d6 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Qd7 38. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6,Rd5c7]} Rf7 39. Nc7 Rb8 40.
Nxe8 Qxe8 41. d7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Meulders} e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Meulders: 'Eine alte Variante, eine
Kreuzung zwischen Holländisch und Nimzo-Indisch.'} 4. e3 (4. Qb3 {Meulders} a5
5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d6 11. Qc2 Qd7
12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. b3 Rae8 15. Bc1 Ng6 16. f3 Qf7 17. Rde1 Qd7 18. h3
Nh5 $11 {Maksimenko,A-Moskalenko,V/Nikolaev 1993/CBM 35/1-0 (41)}) (4. a3 {
Meulders} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 b6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Qe2
Ne4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 c5 15. e4 f4 16. e5 f3 17.
Qe4 Qg5 18. g3 Qh6 {Maniocha,M-Keitlinghaus,L/Dortmund 1998/EXT 99/0-1 (28)})
4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 {Meulders} 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9.
h3 O-O 10. Ba3 Ne7 11. Rb1 Re8 12. c5 Ng6 13. Qe2 Ne4 $11 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rb3
Qf6 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. c4 Bb7 18. Bb2 Qg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Qf2 Bc6 $11 {0-1
Loewenthal,J-Buckle,H/London 1851/HCL (58)}) (5... b6 {Meulders} 6. Qf3 Nc6 7.
Qg3 Qe7 8. Qxc7 Ba6 9. c5 Rc8 10. Qd6 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qxd6 12. cxd6 Na5 {[%cal
Ga5c4]} 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. f3 Nc4 15. Ke2 Nxd6 16. Nh3 Ke7 17. Nf2 Nb5 18. Rhc1 d5
$15 {1/2-1/2 John,W-Mieses,J/Leipzig 1917/EXT 99 (63)} ({RR} 18... d5 19. c4
dxc4 20. Bb4+ Kd7 21. a4 Nd6 22. Bxd6 Kxd6 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 e5 25. d5 Rc7
26. Ra3 Nh5 27. g3 Nf6 28. Rac3 Rhc8 29. g4 Nd7 30. Rb1 Rc5 31. g5 a6 32. Ng4
b5 33. Ne3 {John,W-Mieses,J/Leipzig 1917/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (63)})) 6. Bd3 (6. Ba3
{Meulders} b6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nh3 Ba6 9. f3 {[%csl Rc4]} Nh5 10. O-O Qh4 11. c5
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Ne7 13. c4 O-O 14. d5 Rf7 15. d6 cxd6 16. cxb6 $1 axb6 17. Bxd6 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd6c7,Gd6e7,Gd6h2]} Nc8 18. Be5 $14 {1-0 Chernin,A-Horvath,G/
HUN-chT1 1995/EXT 97 (73)}) 6... d6 (6... O-O 7. Ne2 b6 8. f3 (8. O-O {Meulders
} Bb7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. f3 g6 {[%csl Re5,Rf4,Rg5,Rg7,Rh6]} 12. e4 Kg7
13. e5 Nfg8 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. f4 Nh6 16. h3 Kh8 17. Be2 Neg8 18. Bf3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Tarrasch,S-Marotti,D/Trieste 1923/EXT 99 (41)}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O Bb7 10.
e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} e5 12. Ng3 d6 (12... exd4 $2 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
e5 $18) 13. d5 Na5 (13... Ne7 14. Bg5) 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Bg5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y-Gurevich,D/USA 1989 (59)}) 7. Qc2 (7. Ba3 {Meulders} Qe7 {[%cal
Ge6e5]} 8. c5 O-O {[%cal Ga3d6]} 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Ne2 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7g2,
Gb7a6]} 11. O-O Ba6 12. c4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 15. c5 {[%csl Ra6]}
bxc5 16. Bxa6 $16 {1-0 Lengyel,L-Szilagyi,P/Budapest 1963/MCL (28)}) 7... O-O
8. Ne2 {'!?' Meulders.} (8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. exf5 (11. cxd4 $2
Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 fxe4 $19) 11... e5 12. Bd2 (12. cxd4 $4 {Meulders}
Nb4 13. Qc3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 e4 $19) 12... Qe8 13. Rfe1 e4 {'!?' Meulders.} (13...
dxc3 {Meulders} 14. Bxc3 Qh5 15. c5 {[%csl Rd6,Re5]}) 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4
Qf7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxf5 18. Qd1 {'+/=' Meulders. Meulders: '1/2-1/2
Knaak,R-Keitlinghaus,L/Dortmund 1990/CBM 18/[Schussler] (39)'} Be6 19. Be3 Bxc4
20. Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 Knaak,R-Keitlinghaus,L/Dortmund 1990/CBM 18/[Schussler] (39)}
) 8... Qe7 $146 {The lack of this move becomes clear later on.The whites plan
is to push f2-f3 and e3-e4.Black will reply on it with c7-c5,Nc6 and on e3-e4-
f5xe4;f3xe4 e6-e5.But then,after d4-d5 black has no place on-e7 for the knight.
In old game(see-8...c5)Pachman had shown the right plan. Meulders: 'Durch den
Abtausch des Bf8 sind die schwarze Felder bei Schwarz ernsthaft geschwächt.
Schwarz will vorgehen mit ...e5. Er muss dafür aber oft erst ...g6 spielen,
wass eine weitere Schwächung der schwarze Felder mittbringt.'} (8... c5 9. O-O
Nc6 10. f3 Bd7 (10... Qc7 {Meulders} 11. Bd2 b6 12. e4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6]} Na5 13.
Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Qf7 14. exf5 exf5 15. d5 {[%csl Rc4,Re6,Rf5]} Ne8 {[%cal
Ge8c7,Gc7e6]} 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. Rf2 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Rubinstein,A-Bohatirchuk,F/
Moscow 1925/HCL (39)}) 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Ng3
Kh8 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bh4 Nfg8 19. Qb2 b6 20. Qa3 Rf4 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 {
1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Pachman,L/Interzonal Goteborg 1955 (21)}) 9. O-O c5 {Meulders:
'Wie im Nimzo-Indisch: die Schwäche c4 wird immobilisiert.'} 10. f3 Nc6 11. Bd2
b6 (11... g6 {Meulders} 12. e4 e5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 exd4 16.
Rae1 $16) 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 {'~~' Meulders. Meulders: 'Schwarz hat
seinen Ziel erreicht: die Bauer e4 und c4 sind festgelegt und im Zentrum sind
die schwarze Felder OK. Der Bd3 ist nur ein veredelter Bauer und wegen der
weisse c-Doppelbauer wäre ein Endspiel für Schwarz vorteilhaft. Leider fûr ihn
gibt es noch ein Mittelspiel, mit Druck von Schwerfiguren entlang der f-Linie,
die schreckliche Schwäche auf f5 und das Fehlen des Bf8.'} 14. d5 Na5 {That is
what I had talking about in my note to 8th move of black.Black is going to
gain c4-pawn,but white is creating a strong pressure over f6-point in same
time.} (14... Nd8 {Meulders} 15. Bg5 Nf7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng3 Nh6 18. Be2 $16)
15. Ng3 Ba6 {'?' Meulders. Meulders: 'Konsequent, aber der Bc8 hätte für die
Verteidigung des Königsflügels noch gute Dienste leisten können.'} (15... Ng4 {
Meulders} 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Rf1 Qe7 18. h3 Nh6 (18... Qh4 19. Rf3 Nh6 20. Qc1
Nf7 21. Qf1 Qe7 22. Nh5 Bd7 23. Rg3 g6 24. Qf6 $1 $18) 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Nh5
Bd7 21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Qxh6 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Kh8 24. g4 $18) (15... Bd7 $1 {Meulders
} 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Raf1 h6 20. Bc1 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Rf8
$11) 16. Bg5 {'!' Meulders.} g6 (16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nh5
$16 {[%cal Gf1f2,Ya1f1]}) (16... h6 {Meulders} 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Bh4 Bxc4 19.
Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 b5 21. a4 a6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qg3 $18) 17. Rf3 {'!'
Meulders.} Qg7 18. Raf1 Nd7 {Black gets rid of the pressure on f6,but now the
weakness of black squares on the kingside has an effect:} 19. Qc1 {[%cal Gg5h6]
'!' Meulders.} Rxf3 20. Rxf3 h5 $4 {'?' Meulders. Meulders: 'Verliert sofort;
der kombinierten Kraft von N, B, R und Q sind zwei P und eine Q nicht
gewachsen.'} (20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4 (21. Bb1 $44 {Meulders} Nb7 $1 (21... h5 $2
22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Bh6 Qe7 24. Rg3+ Kh7 25. Rg7+ Qxg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg5+ {
cf. die Partie.}) 22. Bh6 Qe7 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. h4 Nd8 25. h5 Nf7 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Bh4 Qf8 {und Schwarz lebt.}) 21... Nxc4 22. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5,Yh5h6]
after h4-h5 white will threat h5-h6 forcing black to trap his queen to-h8.
Despite of pawn up,black is in serious trouble.}) {[%tqu "En","Find a way for
white to break blacks position.","","","g3h5","",10]} 21. Nxh5 $3 {[%mdl 64]
'!' Meulders.} gxh5 (21... Qh7 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Rf8 24. Rh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3
Rxf6 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6]} Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. h5 Kf7
30. h6 $18) 22. Bh6 Qe7 23. Rg3+ Kh7 (23... Kh8 24. Bg7+ {leads to the same.})
24. Rg7+ Qxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg5+ {Meulders: 'Materiell ist Schwarz im
Vorteil, aber der ungedeckte Ra8 macht ihn fertig.'} Kf8 27. Qf5+ Ke8 (27...
Ke7 {Meulders} 28. Qe6+ Kd8 (28... Kf8 29. Qxd6+ Ke8 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qxd7 $18)
29. Qg8+) 28. Qxh5+ Ke7 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qg6+ (30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Qe6+ Kd8 32.
Qg8+) 1-0

