[Event "CHN-SWE m"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.07.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
({White has the alternative} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 {which perhaps is objectively
better. Anyway this type of position get a bit more boring and I wanted to
remain with as many pieces as possible on the board.}) 8... b5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 {
Now Black choses to go over to another variation that usually arise after 7...
Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3. More consistent is} (9... b4 {and comperad
to the game the knight is now foreced to go back.}) 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nd5 {
A standard sacrifice is this Najdorf variation. White gets a pawn for the
piece, but Black will get problems with his piece coordination and his King
will loose the right to castle.} exd5 12. Rhe1 $1 {Stronger than} (12. exd5 {
as now Black has the option to play} Be7 {and White has no longer got the
e5-thrust.}) 12... Bb7 ({Here} 12... Be7 {is answered with} 13. Nf5 $1 {
with the idea} Kf8 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18.
Rxe5 {with a winning position for White.}) 13. exd5+ Kd8 14. Nc6+ Bxc6 (14...
Kc8 {lose on the spot after} 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bf5+ {and Black must give up
the queen.}) 15. dxc6 Nb6 $146 {A Novelty according to my database. Probably
this is also a strenghtening compared with} (15... Nc5 {as was played in
Gruenfeld,Y-Gutman,L/Holon 1986. White quickly got a strong initiaitve after}
16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17. Bc4 {and later on also won the game.}) 16. Bh4 $5 {An
interesting waiting-move. The mainidea is to answer the natural reply 16...Be7
with 17.Qg3 and Black immediately get into trouble. Another idea is that the
Bishop in some variation might go down to f2 starting action on the queenside.}
Rc8 $2 {Now Black hasten too much to get out of his cramped position. Better
was} (16... a5 17. Bb5 Be7 {and slowly strengthen the position. Ofcourse White
still has good compensation but nevertheless it's materially speaken just a
pawn for the piece.}) ({On} 16... Be7 {there follows} 17. Qg3 {with the idea}
g6 $2 ({After} 17... Rg8 {White has the interesting option playing} 18. Bxh7
Rh8 19. Qxg7 Rxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxh4 21. Qxf7 Rh8 22. Re6 {with four pawns and
astrong initiative for the two sacrificed pieces.}) 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Re1 {
winning for White.}) 17. Bxa6 Ra8 (17... Qxc6 {will be met by} 18. Qe2 $1 {
protecting c2 and threatening Bb5 followed by a Qe8+.} ({The endgame arising
after} 18. Bxc8 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kxc8 {is less clear.}) 18... d5 19. Bxf6+ gxf6
20. Bxc8 Kxc8 21. Qa6+ {White has a clear advantage.}) 18. Bb7 Rxa2 19. Kb1 Ra5
20. Re5 $1 {A strong move, forcing the win for White without allowing any
counterplay.} Na4 (20... Nc4 {loses to} 21. Qe4 $1 Nxe5 22. fxe5 {and the
extra rook doesn't help much to Black in this position.}) 21. Qe4 Rxe5 22. fxe5
Qb6 {A tricky move threatening ...Nc3+} 23. Rd4 {Secures a safe future for
White. In case of} (23. exf6 {Black gets unnecessary counterplay with} Nc3+ 24.
Kc1 g5 ({or} 24... Nxe4 25. fxg7+ Kc7 26. Bd8+ (26. gxh8=Q $4 {loses to} Bh6+
27. Kb1 Nc3+) 26... Kxd8 27. gxh8=Q Ke7 {but ofcourse White is still wining
with} 28. Qd4)) 23... Nc5 24. Qd5 {Once again a safety-move. There is no need
to complicate matters with} (24. exf6 Nxe4 25. fxg7+ Kc7 26. gxh8=Q {even
though its still winning when playing correct. Black gets nasty counterplay
and chanses for perpetual checks after} Nc3+ 27. bxc3 bxc3+ 28. Kc1 Qb2+ 29.
Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qxc2+ 31. Kf3 Qf5+ {but when playing correct White has a win
here too.}) 24... b3 {Desperation. Black is lost and has no sign of any
counterplay.} 25. exd6 bxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Nxb7 27. Bxf6+ $1 {Black resigned in
view of the variation 27...gxf6 28.c7+ Kc8 29.Qf5#} 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8
15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 {This forcing line is considered to be good for White
according to theory. However, many analyses are based on old games and so
improvements are to be found. I have played this variation two times before
and my conclusion is that it usually happens when the black player is not
familiar with the Nd5-sacrifice. However that was not the case in this game,
where my opponent had prepared a no less than 30-move long draw-variation.
Quite impressive, but was it really worth all the risks involved?} Nb6 (16...
Nc5 $5) 17. Bh4 Rg8 $5 {An interesting move which I had analysed myself.
However, it crossed my mind during the game that I hadn't come to any real
conclusion.} 18. Re2 $5 ({The straight forward move which I had prepared for
other games would be far too risky to play now. My opponent was playing very
quickly and for sure he had analysed this variations until the end.} 18. Bxh7
Rh8 19. Be4 $5 (19. Qxg7 {looks interesting, but after} Rxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxh4 21.
Qxf7 (21. Qg7 $5 Qxc6 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. Qxh4 {doesn't look like
enough compensation either.}) 21... Rh8 {it is doubtful if White will have
enough compensation for the two sacrificed pieces.})) (18. Rd2 $5) (18. Qf3 $2
{doesn't look convincing at all after} d5 19. g4 Qxc6 20. g5 Nfd7 21. Rxe7 $2
Kxe7 22. g6+ Kf8 23. gxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxh7+ Rg7 26. Qh6 Nc5 {0-1
Luther,T (2577)-Belov,V (2543)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (38)}) 18...
Qxc6 ({In case of} 18... Ra7 $2 {White will play} 19. Bxh7 Rh8 20. Qxg7 Rxh7
21. Qxf6 Rxh4 22. Rde1 $3 $16 {threatening both Rxe7 and Qxh4 which Black
cannot defend against.}) 19. Bxh7 Re8 (19... Rh8 $2 20. Rxe7 $1 $16) 20. Qxg7 (
20. Rxe7 $5 Rxe7 21. Qxg7 Nxh7 {leads to the game.}) 20... Nxh7 21. Rxe7 Rxe7
22. Re1 Raa7 23. Qxf7 Nc8 (23... Nd5 $2 {is bad in view of} 24. Qg8+ $1 Nf8 25.
Qxf8+ Qe8 26. Qf5 $16) 24. Qxh7 $2 {This leads to a draw.} ({After} 24. Qg8+ $1
Qe8 25. Qxh7 Rad7 26. f5 Kc7 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 (27... Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qxe7+
Nxe7 30. g4 Nc6 31. h4 Ne5 32. g5 Kd8 33. h5 Ke7 34. h6 Kf7 35. h7 Kg7 36. g6
$18) 28. f6 Nd5 29. Qh4 {White has a really nice position.}) 24... Qxg2 25.
Qh8+ Kd7 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qh7+ Ke6 29. Qxa7 Qh1+ 30. Kd2 {
This was the preparation of my young opponent. However, they missed to check
some details.} Qg2+ ({Easier is} 30... Qxh2+ 31. Kd3 Qxf4 {and the pawn
endgame after} 32. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Ke5 34. Kd3 Kd5 $11 {draws easily.}) 31.
Kd1 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Ke1 Qe4+ (33... Qxc2 $11 34. Qxa6 Qc1+ {is another
draw.}) 34. Kf1 Qc4+ ({Again} 34... Qxc2 $11) 35. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ $2 ({Last chance
for} 35... Qxc2+ {and after} 36. Qf2 Qe4+ 37. Kg3 Kf5 $1 {Black probably has
enough activity to make a draw.} 38. Qd2 d5 39. h4 d4 40. h5 d3 41. Qc1 Qd4 (
41... Qe7)) 36. Kg3 Qg6+ 37. Kf3 Qh5+ 38. Kg3 Qg6+ 39. Kf3 Qh5+ 40. Ke3 Qh3+
41. Kd4 $1 Qxh2 42. f5+ $1 (42. Kd3 Qxf4 $11) 42... Kf6 (42... Kxf5 43. Qf7+
Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kf5 45. Qe4+ Kf6 46. Kc4 $14) 43. Kd3 Qh3+ 44. Kc4 Qxf5 45. Qd4+
Ke6 46. Kb3 a5 47. Qc4+ Kf6 48. Ka4 Qe5 49. b3 Qf5 50. Qc7 Qd5 $1 51. Qd8+ Kg6
52. Qe8+ Kf6 53. Qb5 Qe4 54. Qc4 Qf5 55. Qc7 Qd5 56. Qxa5 Qc6+ 57. Kxb4 Qxc2
58. Qd8+ Ke6 59. Qe8+ Kf6 60. Qh8+ Ke6 $2 {This makes the job considerably
easier for White.} (60... Kg6 $1 61. Qg8+ (61. Qd4 Qxa2 62. Qxd6+ Kf5 63. Qd5+
Kf4 64. Kb5 Kg3 65. Qe5+ Kg2 66. b4 Kh1 $1 {is a theoretical drawn endgame
even though the white pawn reaches b7.}) 61... Kf6 62. Qf8+ Ke6 63. Qh6+ Kd7
64. Qh3+ Kd8 65. Qh4+ Ke8 66. Qd4 $1 Qxa2 67. Qxd6 $18 {Mate in 83 moves!!
according to tablebases. Now that the black king will not reach h1 White is
winning.}) 61. Qh3+ Kd5 62. Qf3+ Ke6 (62... Qe4+ 63. Qxe4+ Kxe4 64. a4 d5 65.
a5 {winning.}) 63. Qe3+ $1 Kd7 64. a4 {Now that the c5-square is covered the
a-pawn is able to run. The rest is just a matter of technice and time.} d5 (
64... Qc6) 65. a5 Qh2 66. Qa7+ Ke6 67. Qb6+ Kf5 68. a6 Qd2+ 69. Ka3 $1 Qc1+ 70.
Ka4 Qf4+ 71. Qb4 Qc7 72. Qb7 Qf4+ 73. b4 Qc4 74. a7 Qc2+ 75. Ka5 Qa2+ 76. Kb6
Qf2+ 77. Kc6 $1 Qc2+ 78. Kd7 Qe4 79. a8=Q Qe6+ 80. Kc7 Qe7+ 81. Kb8 Qe5+ 82.
Qc7 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bxg5 $5 {A very ambitious move. White wins a pawn but gets very passively
placed pieces for the nearst future.} ({Usually} 15. Bg3 {is played but here
White cannot count on much of an advantage.}) 15... Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5 Qc5 17. Nh3
{Forced since both ...Nxd3 and ...Nf2 was threatened.} Bd7 18. Kb1 b5 $6 {
A natural looking move, but it's more a weakening so instead Black should go
for} (18... O-O-O {at once and first after} 19. Rde1 Rdg8 20. Nd1 {he might
think of how to continue.}) 19. Rde1 O-O-O $1 {Black realises his mistake in
time. In the game Vasquez-Ricardi, 1st Magistral Endesa 2006, Black went for} (
19... Rc8 $2 20. Nd1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Qg3 Qc5 24. Ne3 Bc6 25.
Nf2 {after which White consolidated and went on to win.}) 20. Nd1 Rdg8 21. Qd2
{White slowly improves his position slightly every move and it's Black who
must prove his compensation.} Bc6 22. Re2 Kb7 {Now Black is about to play ...
b5-b4 and the rush with the a-pawn creating some attacking chances.} 23. a3 $1
{Stops Black's plans for the moment and throughs the ball over again.} Qb6 {
Black tries to support a5 with his queen, but now he looses some important
control on the other side of the board allowing White to create counterplay.}
24. Qf4 $1 a5 25. Ng5 {Activating the knight and at the same time threatens
the f7-pawn.} b4 {Black decides to go for the attack at once sacificing the
f7-pawn. After} (25... Rg7 {or ...Rf8 White gets some important extra time to
consolidate and can ffor instance play h3 followed by Rf1 forcing either an
exchange on d3 or a knight retreat to h6, which is both favourable for White.})
26. Nxf7 Rf8 27. Nxd6+ Kc7 28. Nf5 {White actually looses a piece, but having
four pawns for it and strong counterplay it he is obviously better.} exf5 ({
In case of} 28... Kb7 {White should play} 29. Rhe1 $1 exf5 30. exf5 Nxd3 31.
cxd3 Nf6 32. Ne3 {with four pawns and a strong initiative for the sacrificed
piece.}) 29. exf5 Re8 30. Rhe1 Qc5 ({Here} 30... Kb7 {is met by} 31. Be4 $1 ({
Worse is} 31. Rxe5 $2 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Qc7 {and Black wins another exchange.})
31... Nf6 32. Bxc6+ Nxc6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxe8 Nxe8 35. f6 $1 Qg1 36. f7 Qxd1+
37. Qc1 $3 $18 {A nice finish where Black is unable to stop the f-pawn from
queening.}) 31. h3 Kb6 32. axb4 axb4 33. hxg4 Nxd3 34. cxd3 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rh1 {
Black has given back the piece and is now four pawn down. However the pin on
the first rank is quite annoying and White must play accurate to finish off
the game.} 36. Qc1 $1 (36. Rd2 {is also winning, but after} Ba4 {White must
find} 37. Qb8+ ({as after} 37. Qf3 $2 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qxd1+ 40.
Qxd1 Bxd1 {he will have to settle for a draw.} 41. f6 Bb3 42. g5 Bf7 43. Kb1
Kc5 44. Kc2 Kd4 45. Kd2 $11 Bg6) 37... Ka5 38. Qa8+ Kb5 39. Qe8+ Ka5 40. Qe2
$18 {Everything is protected and White is simply winning. The last try is} Qg1
{but then} 41. Qe5+ Ka6 42. Qe6+ Ka5 43. b3 {wins.}) 36... Ba4 ({The best
chance would have been} 36... Qd4 $1 37. Qc2 (37. Qd2 Bb5) 37... Qxg4 38. Kc1 (
38. f6 Ba4 $1 39. Qxa4 Qxe2 40. Qxb4+ Kc6 41. Qc4+ Kb6 42. Qb3+ Ka6 43. Kc1
Qe3+ 44. Kc2 Qe2+ 45. Kc1 $11) 38... Qxf5 {at least winning back some pawns,
but still White has enough material and should be wining after} 39. Qc4 Qg5+
40. Kc2 Rh4 41. Qe6 $1 Qc5+ 42. Kd2 Rd4 43. Ne3 {when his pieces will soon
start working again.}) 37. Re6+ $1 (37. Rd2 $2 {is only a draw after} Qg1 38.
Qc4 Bxd1 39. Qxb4+ Kc7 40. Ka2 Qa7+ 41. Qa3 Qxa3+ 42. Kxa3 Bxg4 43. Rf2 Kd6 $11
) 37... Kb5 (37... Bc6 38. b3 $18) 38. Nc3+ bxc3 39. Qxh1 Qf2 40. Re5+ (40. Qc1
{is also winning.}) 40... Kb4 41. bxc3+ ({A terrible mistake would be} 41. Re4+
$4 Kb3 $1 {and after} 42. Qc1 c2+ 43. Ka1 Qa7 $19 {it is Black who is winning.}
) 41... Ka3 42. Qc1+ Kb3 43. Qd1+ Ka3 44. Re2 $3 Qb6+ 45. Ka1 {A nice finish
with a temporary queen sacrifice.} Bc2 (45... Bxd1 46. Ra2+ Kb3 47. Rb2+ Kxc3
48. Rxb6 $18) 46. Qc1+ {No more trix.} ({Of course not} 46. Rxc2 $4 Qb2+ 47.
Rxb2 {when the black king is stalemated.}) 1-0

[Event "DEN-chT 0607"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Kristensen, Kaare Hove"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Helsinge"]
[BlackTeam "Nordkalotten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 {This move came as a nice surprise to me. I was
expecting} (10... h6 {which I had prepared for the whole morning, but I also
believe this is more solid for Black than the move played in the game. The
main idea is to meet} 11. Bh4 {with} g5 {By playing this move Black somehow
weakens his kingside, but in return he will get control over the important
e5-square where he later on will put one of his knight.} 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2
Nfg4 {Black wins back the pawn on g5 with a nice structure and some positional
advantage. White has some development advantage though and will try to create
tactical counterplay before Black gets time to stabilize his position. There
is still a lot to play for and an interesting battle lies ahed.}) 11. Rhe1 {
By this move White prepares for a central break with e4-e5 but also the
standard sacrifice Nd5.} Bb7 {Now ...b4 is a threat.} ({The immediate} 11... b4
{is ofcourse met by} 12. Nd5 $1 exd5 13. Nf5 $1 {and Black is in big trouble.})
12. Qg3 {White walks out with his queen from the diagonal pin and at the same
time once again prepares for e4-e5. Moreover the queen has another important
function - threatening down the g-file to g7, which will prove to be valuable
in several variations.} b4 13. Nd5 $1 {Of course! Why to retract when a jump
forward is possible? This thematic sacrifice comes back very often in the
Najdorf with 6.Bg5 in different verrsions. ...b4-b5 can in principle always be
met by this sacrifice if Black has not yet castled at any side.} exd5 14. exd5
Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nb6 (16... Nc5 {is met by} 17. Bh4 $1 {and Black
has no better than to return with his bishop.} Bf8 (17... Nxd3+ $2 {gives a
clear advantage to White after} 18. Rxd3 Bf8 19. Bxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh4 Be7 21.
Rde3 Re8 22. Qxf6 {and White is already winning, for instance} Rc8 23. Rxe7
Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qxd6+ {with a won endgame because of Blacks lack of
coordination among his pieces.}) {Here White can continue} 18. Bc4 Ra7 19. Bd5
{with a stable grip of the position.}) (16... Qxc6 {looses to} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
17... Nxf6 {is no better after} 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qxf7 Qe8 20. Qc4 {with two
pawns and avery strong initiative for the sacrificed piece. Black is
practically lost}) 18. Be4 Qa4 ({Completely hopeless is} 18... Qc8 19. Bxa8
Qxa8 20. Rxd6 {and after} Re8 {White can even force the win playing} 21. Rxd7+
$1 Kxd7 22. Qd3+ Kc7 23. Qc4+ Kb6 24. Qxb4+ Kc7 25. Qc5+ Kb7 26. Qd5+ Kb6 27.
Qd6+ {and the Black rook will fall.}) 19. Bxa8 Qxa2 20. Rxd6 Qxb2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+
22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Kf1 Qc4+ 24. Rd3 {The white king is now into safety.
Materially speaking Black is OK, but having his king in the center he is in
big trouble.}) 17. Bh4 Bf8 (17... Rg8 {is met by} 18. Bxh7 Rh8 {and here White
can choose between to retract his bishop or to play the interesting} 19. Qxg7
$5 Rxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxh4 21. Qxf7 Rh8 22. Re6 {with a strong initiative and four
pawns for the two sacrificed pieces.}) 18. Qf3 {By playing this move I have
linked back into my game against Li Chao, played in the match between Sweden
and China, July 2006, which is also commented for CBM. The reason playing this
move was that I could see no better alternative for Black than to play ...Be7
once again. However now I give my opponent more chances to go wrong.} ({
Perhaps the best continuation is just to play} 18. Be4 {defending the c6-pawn
with continous pressure.}) 18... d5 {Now the center opens up and the black
king immediately gets under attack. On the other hand Black is now able to
activate his bishop. If White doesn't react quick enough there is a risk that
Black gets time to complete his development resulting in a position where th
compensation might be dubious and Black having the better prospects.} (18...
Be7 19. Qg3) (18... Rc8 {was the game Berg-Chao, see earlier numbers of CBM.})
(18... a5 {is met by} 19. Bb5 {and Black is under presure.}) 19. Be4 $1 {
A strong and elegant move. The bishop is enprise in two ways, but cannot be
taken because both the knight on f6 and the d5-pawn are pinned up. Now d5 is
loose and this pawn will also be lost for Black.} Kc8 {Black escapes from the
pinns with his King and hope to find shelter on a7 later on.} 20. Bxd5 {
At first sight looking like a sacrifice, but once again White has tactical
protection because of the vulnerable Black king.} Bd6 ({I was expecting} 20...
Kb8 {trying to run away with the King to a7 and at the same time threatening
the bishop on d5. This I planned to meet with} 21. Bf2 Nbxd5 22. Rxd5 Bd6 {
This position is rather hard to assess. White has two pawns for the sacrificed
piece, which in combination with the vulnerable Black king and problkems of
coordination should be at least full compensation.} {A nice-looking move is}
23. Rde5 {but Black doesn't need to capture and can play} ({Normal is} 23. Rd4
Rc8 24. Rc4 ({But here there is the additional posibility of} 24. Rxd6 {
as after} Qxd6 25. f5 {White threatens Bg3 winning the black queen and Black's
only real defensive move is} Rc7 {and after} 26. Bg3 {White at least wins back
an exchange with chances for more.}) 24... a5 {An interesting position and
still a lot to play for. Black is about to play ...Ra6 wining the c6-pawn. A
possible continuation is} 25. Qd3 {with the idea} Ra6 26. Rxb4+ Bxb4 27. Qxa6
Bxe1 28. Qb5+ Ka8 29. Qa6+ {and perpetual checks.}) 23... Rc8 {instead
attacking c6.}) 21. Bxf7 $1 {Opening the game further is in White's favour
because of Black's exposed kings position.} Qxf7 {This was very surprising.
Perhaps Black had overestimated his counterchances that follow. Better was} (
21... Kb8 {with the idea to put the king into safety on a7 and getting
coordination between the rooks and thereby complete the development. Of course,
White now has three whole pawns, but in the case Black can regroup his pieces
the piece might even be worth more.}) 22. Rxd6 Qxa2 {Consistent, but now White
is wining rather simple and already the next move Black decided to shake hands.
Neither the natural} (22... Kc7 {is enough to protect the Black position as
after} 23. Rde6 {followed by f4 and then Bg3+ Black is still lost.}) 23. Re7 $1
{In a horrible time-trouble my opponent resigned as he will be mated after} (
23. Re7 Qa1+ ({But the spectacular} 23... Ra7 {was at least worth a last try.
The idea is} 24. Rxa7 $2 (24. c7 $3 {is the most simple win and after} Qa1+ 25.
Kd2 Nfd7 26. Rxb6 {it's all over.}) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Nc4+ 26. Ke2 $4 ({After
} 26. Kd3 Nxb2+ 27. Kd4 {White is still winning, but this looks unnecessary.})
26... Re8+ {Now White is lost, i.e.} 27. Kd3 {After 27.Kf2 there will follow
De1#.} Nxb2+ 28. Kd4 Nd3+ $1 29. Kxd3 Qc3#) 24. Kd2 Nc4+ 25. Ke2 Nxd6 26. Qh3+
Kb8 (26... Kd8 {also loses after} 27. Rd7+ Kc8 28. Rb7+ Kd8 29. Qd7#) 27. c7+
Kb7 28. c8=Q+ Kb6 29. Qc7+ Kb5 30. Re5+ Nd5 31. Qhd7#) 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Kungsor"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {A few weeks
earlier in the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament I won a game against Tiger in
this same variation. Then he tried the declined Poisoned Pawn and I was eager
to see what he would come up with this time.} e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O
Nbd7 {This is a solid setup for Black which avoids White's otherwise common
piece sacrifices that may often happen in the 6.Bg5 Najdorf.} 10. Bd3 h6 11.
Qh3 $5 {This is a way for White to complicate matters.} ({After the main move} 
11. Bh4 {Black follows up with} g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 {with a solid and
perfectly playable position. Black will soon return his sacrificed pawn on g5
and has an excellent outpost for his knights on e5. The drawback is that White
is slightly ahead in development, but I have been unable to find a good way to
make use of it, so in my opinion Black has succeded with his opening.}) 11...
Nb6 $1 (11... Nc5 {is the main option.}) ({Black should definitely avoid} 11...
Rg8 $2 {which I was confronted with just two weeks after this game in the
Politiken Cup. White soon got an overwhelming position after} 12. e5 $1 dxe5 ({
No better is} 12... hxg5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. f5 $36 {with a strong initiative
for White.} ({Also interesting is the piece sacrifice} 14. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 15.
Qxe6 Rg7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rhf1 $1 g4 (17... Ne5 18. Nxf6+ Kf8 19. Nh7+ (19. Nd7+
Nxd7 20. fxg5+ Nf6) 19... Ke8 20. Qh6 $18) 18. Qf5 Nb6 19. Qh5+ Kd7 20. Nxb6+
Qxb6 21. Qh6 Bf8 (21... Rf7 22. Qg6 Rf8 23. Rfe1 $18) 22. Qxf6 Qd8 23. Qc3 $16)
) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 (13... Qb6 14. Nxg7+ Rxg7 15. Qxh6 Rg8 16. Rhe1 $36 {White has
two pawns and a strong initiative for the sacrificed piece. Black will
probably have to wait with his castling until the next game.}) 14. Bg6+ Kd8 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Qxe6 $1 (16. Bf7 Rf8 17. Bxe6 exf4 18. Rxd7+ $1 (18.
Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Rxd7+ Qxd7 20. Rd1 Rf7 $13) 18... Bxd7 19. Rd1 $16) 16... Rf8 17.
Rhe1 $16) 16. Bf7 Rg7 17. Bxe6 Bf8 $2 (17... Qc6 18. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rd8]} (18.
Bd5 Qc7 19. Qxh6 Bf8 20. Rhe1 $36) 18... Rxg2 19. Qxg2 Qxe6 20. Rhf1 $1 $16)
18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Nxf6 Rxg2 (19... exf4 20. Rhe1 Rxg2 21. c3 Rg7 22. Qh4 $1 Kc7
23. Ne8+ Kb6 24. Nxg7 Bxg7 25. Qd8+ $18) 20. c3 Qb6 21. Qxg2 Qxe6 22. Nxd7 Bxd7
23. Qxb7 {1-0 Berg,E (2610)-Thomassen,J (2300)/Helsingor 2009/[Berg,Emanuel]} (
23. Qxb7 Rc8 24. Rxd7+ Qxd7 25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. fxe5 $18) (23. Rxd7+
Qxd7 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. fxe5 $18)) 12. Rhe1 (12. Nf3 e5 13. f5 Bd7 $15) 12... e5 {
With this move Black forces some exchanges and ends up with a solid position
allthough White has the somewhat better chances.} ({A much more challenging
move would be} 12... Rg8 $5 {which has been played in a few games before, but
not yet tested at high level.} {Here White should probably go} 13. Bh4 ({
The spectacular} 13. e5 $5 {looks interesting, but might well be good for
Black unless White has something very concrete after} hxg5 14. exf6 Bxf6 {
Black has an extra pawn and the pair of bishops and so White is in a hurry to
do something before Black consolidates with ...Bd7 and 0-0-0.}) 13... g5 14.
fxg5 hxg5 15. Bg3 $1 e5 (15... g4 16. Qh6 {leads nowhere for Black.}) 16. Nf5
g4 17. Qh6 Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O-O {An interesting position which is rather hard
to assess. Black has a seemingly strong pawn centre, but at the moment the
white pieces prevent the pawns from moving forward. It's a battle of who will
control the e4- and d5-squares in the end. Will Black be able to push his
d-pawn forward or will White be able to set up a blockade?}) 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
exf5 {(=) Here I offered a draw in view of the tournament situation and also
because I judged the position as pretty equal. However after a closer look
White still seems to have a slight initiative and can create some more
problems for Black.} O-O-O {My opponnent quickly decided to continue the
battle.} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 $5 {This came as a slight surprise to me.}
({I was waiting for} 16... dxe5 17. Ne4 $1 {when White is completely fine. The
knight is a good blocker on e4 and at some point it might exchange the black
bishop on f6 to weaken the pawn structure on the kingside.}) 17. f6+ Kb8 18.
fxg7 (18. Rxe5 $5 {was an interesting option. White has compensation for the
exchange after} dxe5 19. fxg7 Rhg8 20. Qxh6 {but during the game this position
didn't really suit me.}) 18... Bxg7 19. Be4 $1 Bxc3 $2 {A clear misjudgement
of the position from the black side. This exchange leads to an endgame where
White has all the chances in view of his bishop that is clearly stronger on
two flanks than the knight. White gets a slight weakness in his pawn structure
on the queenside, but Black has already several weaknessess, especially f7 and
h6 on his kingside.} (19... Rc8 {would had been an improvement.}) 20. Qxc3 Qxc3
21. bxc3 Rhe8 $6 (21... Na4 $1 {seems to give Black enough counterplay to hold
the draw, but he will still have a tough time after} 22. Rd4 Nxc3 23. Bf3 $14 {
with a strong initiative for White.}) 22. Bf3 Kc7 23. Rxe8 $6 (23. Bh5 $1 $16 {
would had been much better and Black is struggling to save his f7-pawn.}) 23...
Rxe8 24. Rd4 f5 $1 {Thanks to this move Black holds on to his position. Now
the black rook can protect all the weaknessess from the sixth rank.} 25. c4 $5
({White could force a draw with} 25. Rh4 Re6 26. Rf4 Re5 (26... Rf6 $2 27. Be4
$16) 27. Rh4 {but there was no need and the game continuation shows that only
White has winning chances in the endgame.}) (25. Kd2) 25... Nd7 (25... Nc8 {
would have been better in order to place the knight on e7 after a rook
transfer to either e5 or e6.}) ({Also} 25... Re1+ {was an interesting option.
This ends up with a pawn race after} 26. Kd2 Ra1 27. Rf4 Rxa2 28. c5 $1 dxc5
29. Rxf5 Nd7 30. Rh5 a5 31. Rxh6 Rb2 32. Kc1 Rb4 33. c3 Rb3 34. Kc2 a4 {
and now it might be time for White to force a draw with} 35. Rh7 Kd6 36. Rh6+ {
before the black a-pawn gets too far.}) 26. Rh4 Re6 27. Bd5 Rf6 28. Kd2 Kb6 29.
Rf4 Ne5 30. Kc3 Ng4 {A tricky move, but White's tricks are better!} 31. Rf1 $1
({In the event of} 31. h3 $2 Ne3 32. g4 Nxd5+ 33. cxd5 Kc5 {Black is doing
well and now it's White fighting for the draw instead.}) 31... Ne3 $2 {After
this move Black is probably already lost.} ({Better was} 31... Kc7 32. Re1 Ne5
33. c5 $16 {with a clear edge to White, but Black is still in the game.}) ({
Also} 31... Kc5 {was an option, but here White ends up with an extra pawn after
} 32. Bxb7 Nxh2 33. Rf4 Ng4 34. Bxa6 Ne3 35. Bb7 $14) 32. Rb1+ Kc5 33. Bxb7
Nxc4 34. Bxa6 Ne3 35. a4 $1 Nd5+ 36. Kd2 Rg6 37. Rb5+ Kd4 $4 {This loses on
the spot, but Black's position was beyond salvation in any case.} (37... Kc4
38. Rb7+ Kd4 39. g3 $18) 38. c3+ $1 Nxc3 (38... Ke4 39. g3 $1 $18) 39. Rb4+ Kc5
40. Kxc3 Rxg2 $4 41. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. g4) 10... h6 11. Qh3 Nc5 (11... Nb6 12. Rhe1 (
12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 (13. Nde2 Bd7 14. Kb1 Bc6 15. Be3 d5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. exd5
Ba3 18. b3 Bxd5 $10 {-ECO}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd2 (14. Be3 Na4 $1 $10) 14... O-O-O
15. Be3 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Kb8 17. Kb1 Rhe8 $10 {Rechel,B-Skalik,P/Anapa/1991/0-1 
(49)}) 12... e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. fxe5 dxe5 $10 {
Wittmann,W-Gruenfeld,Y/Munich zt/1987/0,5 (20)}) (11... b5 $2 12. e5 $1 dxe5
13. Nxe6 $1 $16) (11... Rg8 $2 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe6 $16) 12. f5 (12. Bh4 e5 13.
Nf5 g6 $2 (13... Bxf5 $10) 14. Nxe7 Bxh3 15. Bxf6 Be6 16. Ned5 Qa5 17. Bxh8 $16
{Marcantoni,H-Bartha,S/Paris-ch (7)/1991/1-0 (69)}) (12. Rhe1 Rg8 13. e5 dxe5
14. fxe5 hxg5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bh7 $16 {Planinc-Najdorf,M/Wijk
aan Zee/1973/}) 12... Bd7 13. fxe6 Nxe6 (13... fxe6 $2 14. e5 $16) 14. Bxf6 Nf4
(14... Nxd4 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Bxd4 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Qxd4 18. Qg3 $16 (18. Bb5 axb5
19. Rxd4 $2 (19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rxd4 $14) 19... Bxh3 20. Nc7+ $2 (20. gxh3 $10)
20... Kd7 21. Nxa8 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Be3 $19)) 15. Qg3 Bxf6 (15... Nxd3+ $2 16. Rxd3
Bxf6 17. Nd5 $18) 16. Rhf1 Bxd4 17. Qxf4 Bxc3 (17... O-O 18. Nd5 $14) (17...
Be6 $2 18. Bb5+ $16) 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. bxc3 Qxc3 $10 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. cxb3 Ke7
22. Kd2 Rhf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qg3 (10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14.
Kb1 O-O $5 15. fxe6 Nb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 $14 {Kotronias,V-Djurhuus,R
Gausdal Int (08) 1995 1-0 38 - EXP 47}) (10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qh3 Nc5
13. a3 O-O-O 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 h6 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Qg2
Qb6 20. Bf1 $14 {Peng Xiaomin-Ye Jiangchuan Beijing Tan Chin Nam Cup (08) 1995
0-1 57 - CBM 49}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Rg8 (12... Nh5 13. Qe3 Qc5 14.
Qd2 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nf3 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Ke7 18. Be2 Nhf6 19. Rhd1 Ne8 20.
a4 b6 21. b3 Ra7 22. Kb2 Rc7 23. Rd4 Bb7 24. Nd2 Rg8 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rc4 {
1/2 Short,N-Georgiev,Ki Elenite (04) 1995 - CBM 50}) 13. Nf3 $146 (13. Be2 Ne5
14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Qxf3 hxg5 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Rhf1 {1/2 Sokolowski,
S-Kimpinsky,F Capelle la Grande op (3) 1991}) 13... Nh5 14. Qe1 (14. Qh3 $6
hxg5 15. Bf2 Nf4 $15) 14... hxg5 15. Bf2 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Kb1 (17. h4 $5)
17... Rc8 18. Bd3 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3 $1 {Auf Kosten des vorläufig abseits
stehenden N wird der K-Flügel blockiert.} (19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 Ne5 21. Nd4 $10)
20. Bd4 g4 21. Nh4 Ne5 (21... f5 22. exf5 e5 23. Be3 Bxh1 24. Qxh1 $44) 22. Rf1
Ng5 23. Qf2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Be3 Nxe4 $1 26. Qxf7+ Kd7 27. Rd4 (27. Ng6
Nxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rxg6 $1 29. Qxg6 Be4 30. Qg7 Qb3+ 31. Ka1 Qxa3+ 32. Kb1 Qb3+ 33.
Ka1 Qa4+ 34. Kb2 Qxc2+ 35. Ka1 Rc4 $19) (27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rc1 Rgf8 $19) 27...
Nxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rcf8 (28... Qxc3 $2 29. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 30. Bf4+ $1 (30. Nf5+ exf5
31. Bf4+ (31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Qxe7+ Kb8 $19) 31... Kc5 32. Qxe7+ Kb6 33. Be3+ Ka5
$19) (30. Rd1+ Kc7 (30... Bd5 $4 31. Nf5+ Ke5 (31... Kc6 32. Nxe7+ $18) (31...
exf5 32. Qxd5+ Kc7 33. Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qa7#) 32. Bd4+ $18) 31. Qxe7+ Kb8 $19)
30... e5 (30... Kd7 31. Rd1+ Bd5 32. Rxd5+ exd5 33. Qxd5+ Ke8 (33... Bd6 34.
Qxd6+ Ke8 35. Qe6+ Kd8 (35... Kf8 36. Bh6+ Rg7 37. Ng6#) 36. Qxg8+ $18) 34.
Qxg8+ Kd7 (34... Bf8 35. Qg6+ Kd8 36. Qg5+ Ke8 (36... Be7 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38.
Qxg4+ Kd8 39. Qd1+ Ke8 40. Qh5+ $10) 37. Qg6+ $10) 35. Qxg4+ Kd8 36. Qg8+ $10)
31. Nf5+ (31. Rd1+ $2 Kc7 32. Qxe7+ Kb6 $19) 31... Kc7 32. Nxe7 Kb6 (32... Kb8
33. Bxe5+ Qxe5 34. Nxg8 Rxc2 $1 (34... Bd5 35. Nf6 $1 $14) 35. Qf4 (35. Kxc2 $4
Be4+ 36. Kd2 Qd4+ 37. Ke1 Qc3+ 38. Ke2 Bd3+ 39. Kf2 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 Be4+ $19)
35... Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxh2 37. Rxg4 $15) 33. Qe6+ Ka7 34. Nxc8+ Rxc8 35. Qxe5
Qxc2+ 36. Ka1 $10) 29. Rxd6+ (29. Rxc4 Rxf7 (29... bxc4 30. Qxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxf8
Bxf8 $17) 30. Rxf7 bxc4 $17) 29... Kxd6 30. Rd1+ Bd5 31. Nf5+ Kc6 (31... exf5
32. Bf4+ Kc6 33. Qxe7 Rc8 34. Qd6+ Kb7 35. Rxd5 Qxc3 36. Qd7+ Ka8 37. Qxf5 $44)
32. Nxe7+ Kd7 $2 (32... Kb7 33. Qh7 (33. Qxg8 Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Rxg8 35. Nxg8 Be4
$19) 33... Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Rh8 $19) 33. Nxd5+ Rxf7 34. Nb6+ Kc6 35. Nxc4 bxc4 $19
36. Rd4 e5 37. Rxc4+ Kd5 38. Ra4 Rf1+ 39. Ka2 Rh1 40. Rxa6 Rxh2 41. Rf6 (41.
Ra5+ Ke4 42. Bb6 Rxc2+ 43. Kb3 Rg2 44. Bc7 Re8 $19) 41... Rxc2+ 42. Kb3 Rg2 43.
Bf2 Rh8 44. c4+ Ke4 45. c5 Rhh2 46. Be1 Rh1 47. Bb4 Rxg3+ 48. Kc4 Rf3 49. Rg6
Rf4 50. Kb5 Kf3 51. c6 Rc1 52. Bd2 Rb1+ 53. Bb4 Rf7 54. Kb6 e4 55. c7 Rc1 56.
Bc5 Rxc7 57. Rf6+ Ke2 (57... Ke2 58. Kxc7 Rxc5+ 59. Kd6 Rg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 (11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Nd5 $5 exd5
14. exd5 Kf8 15. Nf5 Re8 {Bernstein,S-Fischer,R ch-USA 1957 0-1}) 11... gxf6 $5
(11... Nxf6 {Walther,E-Fischer,R Zürich 1959}) 12. f5 (12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Rhe1
O-O-O 14. a3 Nb6 $10 {Gligoric,S-Fischer,R Zürich 1959}) (12. a3 Bb7 (12... Rb8
$13) 13. f5 e5 14. Nde2 Nb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4
19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Ka2 $16 {Mednis,E-Fischer,R/USA-ch/1959/}) (12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Kb1
Nc5 14. f5 b4 15. Nce2 d5 16. fxe6 dxe4 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4
Nxe4 20. Ne6+ Kxf7 21. Nxc7 Ra7 $10 {Padevsky,N-Evans,L Habana ol 1966}) 12...
Ne5 (12... b4 13. fxe6 bxc3 (13... Ne5 14. Nd5 $1) 14. exd7+ Bxd7 15. e5 $16 {
Smagin,V}) 13. Qh3 O-O $1 (13... Bd7 14. g5 $1 fxg5 (14... exf5 15. Nd5) 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 $18) 14. Nce2 (14. Qh6 Kh8 15. g5 {!, +- Smagin,V} Rg8 $1
16. g6 (16. gxf6 Ng4 $17) 16... fxg6 17. Nxe6 (17. fxe6 Bb7) 17... Bxe6 18.
fxe6 Rac8 19. Qd2 (19. a3 d5 $1 20. exd5 Bxa3) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Qd4 Qa5)
20... Qxc4 21. Qd5 Rge8 $17 {/\ Bf8; b5-b4}) (14. g5 $5 b4 $2 (14... fxg5 $1
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Bxe6 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nf5
$10 {Kholmov,R}) 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rg1+ Kh8 17. Qh6 Qe7 18. Nc6 $3 Nxc6 19. e5
$3 {Kholmov,R-Bronstein,D ch-URS 1964 1-0}) 14... Kh8 (14... Qb7) (14... Bd7
15. Nf4 Qc8 16. Qh6 Kh8 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Nxf6 Rg7 19. Be2 Qd8 20. g5 $16) 15.
Nf4 Rg8 16. Rg1 (16. Be2 {Gligoric,S} Qb7 17. fxe6 fxe6) (16. fxe6 fxe6 17.
Ndxe6 Bxe6 (17... Qa5) (17... Qb7) 18. Nxe6 Qc8 $10) 16... d5 $1 (16... Qb7 17.
Re1 Qb6 $1) 17. fxe6 (17. exd5 $2 exf5 $1) 17... dxe4 18. Nd5 Qc5 19. Nxe7 (19.
exf7 Nxf7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 $10) (19. Nf5 $1 Bd8 (19... Qxg1 20. Nfxe7 Bxe6 (20...
Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kg6 25. e7 $18) 21. Nxg8 (
21. Nxf6 Rg7) 21... Bxg4 22. Qh6 Bxd1 23. Ngxf6 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Kxd1 {
+/- / +-}) 20. Qh6 $1 (20. Rg3 fxe6) (20. e7 Bxf5 21. exd8=Q Raxd8) 20... Rg6
21. Nf4 $1 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 $18) 19... Qxe7 20. Nf5 (20. Qe3 Bb7 21. exf7 Qxf7)
20... Qxe6 21. Qh6 (21. Rd6 $2 Qxa2 22. Qh6 Qa1+ (22... Bxf5 23. Qxf6+ Rg7 24.
Rd8+ $10) 23. Kd2 Nf3+ 24. Ke3 (24. Ke2 $4 Qe1#) (24. Kc3 $2 Qa5+ 25. Kb3 Qa4+
26. Kc3 b4+ 27. Kc4 Be6+ $19) 24... Qxb2 $1 $19) 21... Bd7 $1 (21... Nxg4 $2
22. Rxg4 Rxg4 23. Rd8+ Rg8 24. Qg7#) 22. Rd6 (22. Kb1 Nxg4) 22... Nxg4 $1 23.
Rxg4 $8 (23. Rxe6 $2 Nxh6 $19) 23... Qxf5 24. Rxg8+ $2 (24. Rf4 $142 Qg5 25.
Qxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rdxf6 e3 $1 27. Rxf7 Rg1 $1 28. Rxd7 e2 29. Rd1 $1 exd1=Q+ 30.
Kxd1 Kg7 31. Ke1 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Kf2 $10) 24... Rxg8 $2 (24... Kxg8 $1
25. Rxf6 Qe5 $19 26. Rxa6 $2 Rxa6 27. Qxa6 Qf4+ $19) 25. Rxf6 Qd5 26. Rd6 Qf5 (
26... Qb7 $2 27. Qf6+ Rg7 28. Qd8+ Rg8 29. Qxd7 $18) 27. Rf6 Qg5+ (27... Qd5
$142 28. Rd6 $10) 28. Qxg5 Rxg5 29. Rxf7 Bg4 30. Kd2 Bf3 31. Ke3 Rg1 32. Bh3 (
32. Kf2 $2 Rh1) 32... Re1+ 33. Kf4 Bd1 34. Ke5 $1 (34. Re7 Bxc2 35. Bf5 $10)
34... e3 35. Bf5 Rg1 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rc7 Bg4 $2 (37... e2 $142 38. Kf6 Kh8
39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rc7 Kh8 $10) 38. Bxg4 Rxg4 39. Rc3 e2 40. Re3 Rg2 (40... Rg7
$2 41. Kd4) 41. Kd4 e1=Q $1 (41... Rxh2 $2 42. Kd3 $18) 42. Rxe1 Rxc2 43. Rb1
Kf7 $1 (43... Rxh2 $2 44. Kc5 $18) 44. a3 Ke6 45. b3 (45. h4 Kd6 $10) 45...
Rxh2 46. Kc5 Kd7 47. Kb6 Ra2 48. Kxa6 Rxa3+ 49. Kb7 (49. Kxb5 Kc7 $10) 49...
Kd6 (49... b4 $142 50. Rd1+ (50. Kb6 Kc8 $10) 50... Ke6 51. Rd3 Ke5 52. Kb6 Ke4
53. Rh3 Kd4 54. Kb5 Ra8 55. Kxb4 Rb8+ 56. Ka5 Ra8+ 57. Kb6 Rb8+ 58. Kc6 (58.
Ka6 Kc5 $10) 58... Rb4 59. Rg3 Rb8 $10) 50. Kb6 Kd7 51. b4 Rh3 52. Rc1 Rh8 $2 (
52... Rh5 $142 53. Rc5 Rxc5 54. Kxc5 Kc7 55. Kxb5 Kb7 $10) 53. Kxb5 $2 (53.
Rc7+ $1 Kd6 (53... Kd8 54. Rc5 Kd7 55. Kb7 $1 Kd6 56. Rxb5 $18) 54. Rc6+ Kd7 (
54... Kd5 55. Kxb5 Rb8+ 56. Rb6 $18) 55. Kxb5 Rb8+ (55... Rh4 56. Rc1 Rh8 57.
Ka6 $18) 56. Rb6 Rh8 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. Ka6 Rh6+ 59. Ka7 $18) 53... Rb8+ 54. Ka4
Ra8+ 55. Kb3 Rc8 56. Rxc8 Kxc8 57. Kc4 Kb8 $1 (57... Kb8 $1 58. Kc5 (58. Kd5
Kb7 $10) 58... Kc7 59. Kb5 Kb7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.06.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 (10... b5 $2 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5
) 11. Bh4 Rg8 12. Be2 g5 13. fxg5 Ne5 $1 {/\ 14... hg 15.Bg5 Nh7-> Petrosian} (
13... Nh7 14. g6 $1 Rxg6 15. Qh3 $14 {Bannik-Petrosian/UdSSR-24.ch/}) 14. g6
Nxg6 15. Rhf1 Nxh4 16. Qxh4 Rg6 {/\ 17... Bd7 18... 0-0-0} 17. Bd3 Ng4 18. Qh5
Ne5 19. Nf3 Qc5 $1 {/\ 20... Nd3} 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. g3 Bd7 23.
Be2 Bc6 24. Bh5 Rf6 $15 25. a3 Rd8 $6 (25... Rc8 $142 {/\ b5, Rc7}) 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Kd2 Bg5+ 29. Kd3 Bc1 $6 (29... Ke7 $142 {/\ 30... f5})
30. Nd1 Bb5+ (30... Ke7 $142) 31. c4 Ba4 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Nd1 Kf8 34. h4 $1 {
/\ 35.Kc2 +-} Ba4 35. Nc3 (35. Nc3 Bb3 36. Bd1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 (7...
Qb6 $5 $13) 8. Qf3 Qc7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 $5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 12.
Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 $1 Rh7 $1 $10 {Gligoric,S-Fischer,R Portoroz izt 1959}) 9.
O-O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bd3 {Walther,E-Fischer,R Zürich 1959}) (10. g4 {
CT 1959: Gligoric,S-Fischer,R; Smyslov,V-Fischer,R}) 10... b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (
11... Bxf6 $2 12. Bxb5 $1) (11... gxf6 12. Qh5 Nb6 (12... O-O $2 13. Rd3) 13.
a3 $16 {/\ f4-f5}) 12. e5 $5 (12. a3 Rb8 $1 $17 {/\ b5-b4}) 12... Bb7 13. exf6
$5 (13. Qg3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Qxg7 Qxe5 $17) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf6 (
14... Rc8 $2 15. fxe7 Qxe7 16. Nf5 $1 {Bondarevsky,I}) 15. Bxa8 d5 16. Bxd5 (
16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. Nce2 Ke7 {/\ Rc8}) 16... Bxd4 (16... Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 Bxd4 18.
Bc6+ $1 Ke7 19. Ne2) (16... b4 17. Bc6+ Ke7 18. Nce2 Rd8 {Larsen,B} 19. Rd2 $1
(19. g3 $2 Qb6 $1) 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxf4 21. Nb3) 17. Rxd4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qc5
19. Re1+ Kf8 20. c3 h5 $1 (20... g6 21. g4 Kg7 22. g5 h6 (22... Rd8 23. Nf6
Rxd4 24. Re8 Rd8 $1 25. Rxd8 Qe3+ $10) 23. h4 hxg5 24. fxg5 Rd8 25. Nf6 Rxd4
26. Re8 Rd8 $1 27. Rxd8 Qe3+ $10) 21. f5 (21. Nb4 Qc8 $2 (21... g6 22. Nxa6 Qc6
) 22. Nc6 $1 $18 {Kotov,A}) (21. Re5 $1 g6 (21... Qc8 22. Ne7 Qa8 23. Nc6 f6
24. Re6 Kf7 25. f5 $36) 22. f5 $1 $16 {Zagoryansky} Kg7 23. f6+ Kh6 24. g4 g5
$1 $17) 21... Rh6 $1 22. f6 $2 (22. Red1 $15) (22. Rde4 Kg8 23. Re8+ Kh7 24.
Rd8 Rd6) 22... gxf6 23. Nf4 h4 24. Rd8+ $2 (24. Re2 $142) 24... Kg7 25. Ree8
Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Qf2+ 27. Ne2 Rg6 28. g3 (28. Rg8+ Kh6 29. Rh8+ Kg5) 28... f5 29.
Rg8+ Kf6 30. Rxg6+ (30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Rdxg6 fxg6 32. Rxg6 h3 $19 {Zagoryansky})
30... fxg6 31. gxh4 Qxh2 $2 (31... Qxh4 $1 32. Rd6+ Kf7 33. h3 Qh6+ $1 (33...
Qxh3 34. Rxg6 $1 Kxg6 $4 35. Nf4+) 34. Kd1 (34. Ke1 Qxh3 35. Rxg6 Qh4+ $1 36.
Rg3 f4 $19) (34. Kc2 Qxh3 35. Rxg6 Qh2 $19) 34... Qxh3 35. Rxg6 Qf1+ $19) 32.
Rd4 $1 $17 Qh1 33. Kc2 (33. Nf4 Qb1) 33... Ke5 34. a4 (34. Nc1 $142 $1 {
/\ Nd3+ =}) (34. Nf4 $2 Qh2+ $1 35. Kd1 Qxf4 $1 36. Rxf4 Kxf4 37. Ke2 (37. b3
Ke3 $1) 37... Kg3 38. b3 Kxh4 39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4 Kg5 $19) 34... Qf1 35. Nc1
$1 (35. Kd2 $2 Qa1 $1 36. Kc2 bxa4 $19) 35... Qg2+ 36. Kb3 $2 (36. Kb1 bxa4 37.
Rxa4 Qf1 38. Kc2 Kf6 $1 $17 {/\ f5-f4} 39. Nd3 $2 Qe2+ $19) (36. Kd1 $142 $1
bxa4 (36... Qxb2 $4 37. Nd3+) 37. Nd3+ Kf6 38. Rxa4 a5 39. Rd4 $15 (39. Rxa5
Qg4+ {/\ Qxh4})) 36... bxa4+ 37. Ka3 (37. Rxa4 Qd2 $1 38. Na2 f4 $19) (37. Kxa4
Qc2+ 38. Nb3 Qxb2 $19) 37... Qc2 38. Nd3+ Kf6 39. Nc5 Qc1 $1 40. Rxa4 (40. Nxa4
f4 41. Nc5 f3 42. Nd3 Qe3 $19) 40... Qe3 41. Nxa6 $6 (41. Rd4 f4 42. Nd3 f3 43.
Kb3 (43. b4 f2 $19) 43... Kg7 44. Ka3 Qe2 45. Kb3 Qd1+ 46. Kc4 (46. Ka3 a5 47.
Ka2 a4 48. Nf2 Qb3+ 49. Ka1 a3 $19) 46... a5 47. Kb5 a4 48. Ka5 Qb3 49. Ka6 a3
50. bxa3 Qxa3+ 51. Kb5 Qxc3 $19) 41... f4 42. Rd4 Kf5 $1 (42... f3 43. Nc5 f2
44. Ne4+ Qxe4 45. Rxe4 f1=Q $10) 43. Nb4 (43. Nc5 $142 Qe7 $1 44. b4 Qxh4 45.
b5 Qf6 $19) 43... Qe7 $1 44. Kb3 Qxh4 45. Nd3 g5 46. c4 Qg3 47. c5 f3 48. Kc4
f2 49. Nxf2 Qxf2 50. c6 Qxb2 51. Kc5 Qc3+ 52. Kd5 (52. Rc4 Qa5+ 53. Kd4 Qc7 $19
) 52... g4 53. Rc4 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7
14. Qg6 $10 {Gligoric-Fischer/Portoroz izt/1958} (14. O-O+ Kg8 15. g6 $1 Rg7
16. Rf7 Bxh4 17. Qxh6 Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. e5 $3 dxe5 21. Qh8+
Kf7 22. Rf1+ $16)) 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 $5 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Nxf6 12. g5
Nd7 13. f5 $1 Nc5 14. Rg1 b4 15. Nce2 e5 16. f6 exd4 17. fxe7 d3 18. cxd3 b3
19. axb3 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. Qc3 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2/Boleslavsky-Aronin/UdSSR-ch/
1957}) 12. Bg2 (12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 Ne5 (13... e5 $142) 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. g5 $1
fxg5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 $16) 12... Bb7 13. Rhe1 (13. f5 e5) 13... O-O-O $1
14. a3 Nb6 15. Rd3 Kb8 16. Red1 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qf1 (19.
Qf2 Bc5 $10) 19... Bc5 (19... Bxg2 $2 20. Qxg2 Qxf4+ $2 21. Kb1 $18 {>< c6})
20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne2 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 h5 $2 (22... Qb7 {/\ 23... Rc8 24... Qe4! =
}) 23. gxh5 $1 (23. Rh3 $2 Rc8 $17) 23... Rxh5 24. Qg2 Rh8 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. b4
Be3+ 27. Kb1 Qb6 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Qf3 (29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qf8 Qd6 $1 31. Qxf7+
Qd7 32. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $14) 29... Kd8 30. h4 Ke7 31. h5 f5 (31... Kf8 $2 32. h6 Kg8
33. Qg3+) 32. h6 Bd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Qh1 $1 (34. h7 $2 Qg1+ 35. Kb2 Qh2 36.
Qb7+ Kf6) 34... Qh8 35. h7 Kf8 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qxh8+ Kxh8 38. c4 Kxh7 39. c5
1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez Talavera, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Nedobora, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 {[#]} 13. Nd5 {[Una
entrega teórica]} exd5 14. e5 (14. exd5 Kd8 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nf5 Nxd5 17. Qe2
N7b6 18. Qh5 $1 Bxg5 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Rxe8+ $16 {Geller-Grigorian, URSS 1973})
14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 (15... Ne4 $6 16. Bxe4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 dxe4 18. Nf5 Qxe5
19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxb7 $16 {Chudinovski-Petrusin, URSS 1973}) 16.
Qh4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6 18. e6 {[#][La teoría considera que el blanco estí mejor]
} Ndf6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1 Rhe8 21. g4 Qe5 22. Qh6 Ng7 23. g5 Qe3+ 24. Kb1
Kg8 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Qe4 27. Nf5 Nfh5 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 30.
Qh6 $2 {[Había que conformarse con el jaque continuo]} Nf4 31. Qf6 Ng6 32. Nh6+
Kh7 33. Qb6 Re7 34. Nf7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Ra7
21. Qg3 h5 22. Rg1 Bh6 {Schwarz hat nach der Eröffnung nicht optimal gespielt
und hat bereits eine schweren Stand.} 23. Be2 Kh7 24. Rdf1 {Alle weißen
Figuren sind am Angriff beteiligt, es droh bereits Lxh5 nebst Sf6+} h4 25. Qf2
Rf7 26. Qxf7+ $6 (26. Nf6+ $1 Kg7 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. Rg1+ Bg5 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30.
Qxg5+ Kf8 31. Rf1 $18 {Schwarz ist paralysiert. Weiß kann sich mit Lh5 das
geopferte Material zurückholen und steht auf Gewinn.}) 26... Nxf7 27. Rxf7+
Bg7 28. Bh5 Rf8 (28... g5 {wäre zäher gewesen} 29. Bg4 Rf8 30. Bf5+ Kh8 31.
Rc7 $16) 29. Bxg6+ Kh8 30. Re7 Bd4 31. Rd1 Bg7 32. a3 {Weiß hat keine Eile}
Qc8 33. Bf5 Rxf5 34. exf5 $2 (34. Rc7 $3 {denn im Vergleich zur Partie ist nun
e7 für den Springer frei, was ein taktisches Motiv ermöglicht. Vermutlich
befanden sich beide Spieler in großer Zeitnot.} Qe6 35. exf5 Qxf5 36. Rg1 Bf8
$8 $18 {der Läufer ist nun deutlich passiver als in der Partie.} (36... Bd4
37. Rg8+)) 34... Qxf5 35. Rg1 Bd4 36. Ne3 Qf6 $2 (36... Qh3 $1 37. Rf1 Kg8 $1
38. Re1 (38. Rff7 Bxe3 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rgf7+ Kg8 {mit remis}) 38... Qxh2 39.
Nf5 Be5 {wäre deutlich zäher gewesen}) 37. Re4 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Qf2 39. Ree1
Qxh2 40. Rh1 Qg3 41. Reg1 {eine gerechtfertigte Aufgabe. Weiß gewinnt den
Bauern auf h4 und kann dann nach Belieben ein Bauernendspiel 3 vs. 2
herbeiführen.} 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rf8 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Nde2
Nc5 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. g4 b5 17. g5 Be7 18. Rdg1 Bb7 19. Rh7 g6 20. a3 Bc6 21. b4
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 d5 23. exd5 Rd8 24. Qe3 Bxd5 25. f5 exf5 26. Nf4 Bc4 27. Re1 Rd7
28. Qf3 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Ncd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Kd8 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Nd3 Rc7
34. Ne5 Bxg5 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. Rd6 Rd8 37. Rxa6 Rd1+ 38. Ka2 Kb7 39. Ra5 Kb6 40.
a4 $19 {time} 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Belov"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Bb7 (13... Rb8 $142
$13) 14. Bh3 O-O-O (14... b4 15. axb4 Qc4 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. b5 (17. Nd5) 17...
axb5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Ndxb5 Qa5 20. Nxd6+ Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc5 22. Qe2 (22. Qe3 $16
) 22... Ke7 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Red1 Bd5 25. R1xd5 Rxb5 26. Nxb5 Qa5 27. Rd4 Qa1+
28. Kd2 Qxb2 {0-1 (28) Matanovic,A-Cobo Arteaga,E Havana 1962}) 15. Bxe6 $5 (
15. f5 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 e5 17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc5 19. Nxd6+ Kb8 20. Nxf7 Qe7
21. Nxh8 Rxh8 22. Rhe1 $14 {Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/YUG/1959/}) 15... fxe6 16.
Nxe6 Qc4 (16... Qb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Rhe1 Kb7 20. Qc3 $1 $14 {
Mukhin,M-Petrushin,A/URS/1965/}) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Kb7 (18... Nc5 19. b3
$18 Nxb3+ (19... Qe4 20. Qc3 $18) 20. Kb1) (18... Kb8 19. b3 (19. Kb1 Rc8 20.
Rd2 Bd8 21. Nxg7 $14) 19... Qc8 20. Nxg7 $14) 19. b3 $14 (19. Rd3 $2 Rc8 $19
20. Rc3 Qa2 $132) 19... Qc8 20. Rd3 $16 Nb6 (20... Ka8 21. Rc3 Qb7 22. Rc7 Qb6
(22... Qb8 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qa5 $18) 23. Rc6 Qb7 24. Nc7+ Ka7 (24... Kb8 25.
Nxa6+ Ka8 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Qa5 $36) 25. Qe3+ $18) 21. Rc3 Qd7 22. Rc7+ Qxc7 23.
Nxc7 Kxc7 24. Qc3+ Kb8 25. Qxg7 Nc8 26. Re1 Rdg8 (26... Rde8 27. Re6 Bd8 28. h4
$18) 27. Qd4 Bd8 28. Re6 $1 Rf8 (28... h6 29. Rxh6 Rxh6 30. gxh6 Rf8 31. h7 Bf6
32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. h8=Q $18) 29. h4 h6 (29... Rhg8 30. h5 Kb7 31. Qe4 Rf7 32. g6
hxg6 33. hxg6 Rfg7 34. f5 Rf8 35. Re8 $18) 30. g6 Rhg8 31. h5 $18 Rf5 32. Qe4
Rxh5 33. Re8 Rxe8 34. Qxe8 Bf6 35. c4 (35. Qf7 $2 Bc3 36. Kd1 Rh2 37. g7 Rd2+
38. Ke1 (38. Kc1 Re2 $19) 38... Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxg7 $13) 35... bxc4 36. bxc4 Rh3
37. Kd2 Bc3+ 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. f5 Rxa3 (39... Kc7 40. g7 Bxg7 41. Qf7+ $18) 40.
c5 $1 dxc5 41. d6 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Ra3+ 43. Kc4 (43. Kc4 Kb7 (43... Re3 44. d7 $18)
44. Qd7+ Kb8 45. Qc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Rg1 $1 Kh8
15. Nce2 Rg8 16. Rg3 Bd7 (16... Bb7 17. Bg2 Nc6 $13 {Maciejewski,
M-Malishauskas,V/Miedzybrodzie/1991/} (17... d5 $2 18. Nf4 Bc5 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7
20. Rh3+ $16 {Hamalainen;s-Gullulu,S/Arnhem EU.chJ/1988/})) 17. Nf4 Rac8 18.
Kb1 Qb7 19. Bd3 $5 (19. Bg2 Qb6 {Wolff,P-De Firmian,N/New York/1989/} 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Ndxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Qf2 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. a3 f5 25. exf5 Bf6 26. Qh6
Bxb2 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rh3+ $18) 19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 e5 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Nc2 b4
23. d4 (23. Ncxb4 a5 24. Nc2 Rb8 25. b3 a4 $13) 23... a5 24. Qh6 Qc6 25. Rc1
Rg7 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxe4 28. Qxd6 Bb5 29. dxe5 f6 $16 30. Qd4 (30. exf6
$2 Rd7 31. Qe6 Qxc2+ 32. Rxc2 Rd1+ $19) (30. e6 Rgc7 $13) 30... Qxe5 31. Qxe5
fxe5 32. Ne1 Rgc7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. b3 (34. Re3 $16) 34... Kg7 35. Nc2 e4 36.
Ne3 Rd7 37. g5 Rd2 38. Rg2 Rd3 $44 39. Rg3 Rd2 40. Rg2 Rd3 41. f6+ Kf8 (41...
Kg6 42. Rf2 $36) 42. Rg3 Rd2 43. h4 Rh2 44. Nf5 a4 45. bxa4 Bd3+ 46. Kc1 $8
Rxa2 47. Nd4 Ra1+ 48. Kd2 Rxa4 49. h5 Ra6 $1 50. Ke3 b3 51. Nxb3 Ra3 52. g6
hxg6 53. h6 (53. hxg6 Bc4 $1 $10) 53... Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 h6 (16... Bf6) 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ {[#]} Kf8 $146 (18...
Kxf7 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. h4 $1 Bxh4 21. Nf5+ $16 {Bronstein,D-Browne,W/Reykjavik/
1990}) 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Nf3 Qf6 (20... Nxf3 $2 21. Qxf3 Rxf7 22. Qd3 $1 {>< d6})
21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Nd5 Qf3 23. Qe1 Rxh2 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Qb4 Rd7 26. Nb6 (26.
Rgf1 $6 Rf2 $1) 26... Rd8 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6+ Kxf7 30. Qxe5
Rh1 {[#]} 31. Qc7+ (31. Qxg5 $2 Qd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qc1 Bxa2+ $19) 31...
Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qc7+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 {Important decision by Polgar,
she had no desire to test the waters of the main line 11...Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.
f5, where Black struggles to equalize lately.} 12. a3 Bb7 13. h4 h6 14. Rh2 (
14. f5 Ne5 15. Qh3 Qd7 16. Be2 O-O-O $13) 14... Nc5 15. Rhd2 {The
centralization of both rooks is unusual in this system, but limits Black's
counterplay.} (15. Kb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Bg2 $13) 15... h5 $5
16. g5 (16. gxh5 f5 17. Bd3 Bxh4 $11) 16... f5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Qe3 fxe4 19.
Bxe4 {Motylev is prepared to exchange the bishop as the knights would be
controlling the whole center.} (19. Nxe4 Kb8 20. Kb1 Na4 21. c3 Nb6 22. Qf3 $14
) 19... d5 (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Kb8 (20... d5 21. Nf2 $1 Bd6 22. Nd3 $16) 21.
Kb1 $14) 20. Bg2 Bd6 $1 21. Rf2 Kb8 22. Kb1 Rhe8 (22... Rhg8 23. Rdf1 Nd7 $14)
23. Rff1 $6 {White is losing time and the rook move is not very constructive.}
(23. Nce2 Na4 (23... e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nf4 $14) (23... Ne4 24. Rff1 Qc4 $14)
24. Bf3 Nb6 25. Bxh5 Nc4 (25... Rh8 26. Qf3 Nc4 27. Ng3 $14) 26. Qg3 $14) 23...
Nd7 24. Nce2 (24. Qf3 Rh8 25. Na2 Nb6 $14) 24... Nb6 25. Ng3 Nc4 26. Qf3 Rc8 (
26... e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qb3 Nc4 29. Ngf5 $16) 27. Nxh5 Rh8 $1 28. c3 (28.
Rf2 $2 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 Nxb2 $19) 28... Qa5 (28... Bxa3 $5 29. bxa3 Nxa3+ 30. Kb2
(30. Kc1 Rxh5 $19) (30. Ka2 Qa5 31. Rd3 Rxc3 $3 32. Rxc3 Nc4+ 33. Kb1 Qb4+ 34.
Rb3 Nd2+ 35. Kc2 Qxd4 36. Qd3 Nxb3 $19) 30... Nc4+ 31. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 29. Rd3 $2
{[%mdl 256] The first player had to pay the price for the untimely grabbing of
the h5 pawn. Polgar has managed to create very unpleasant threats on the
queenside. A defensive move with the rook will cost material and ultimately
also the game.} (29. Nf6 $1 Rxh4 (29... Bxa3 30. Nb3 Qa4 31. Nd7+ Ka8 (31...
Kc7 32. Nbc5 $16) 32. Nd2 Bc5 $14) (29... Nxa3+ 30. bxa3 Rxc3 31. Nb3 Rxf3 32.
Nxa5 Rxa3 33. Nxb7 Kxb7 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 $16) 30. Qg3 Rhh8 31. Rd3 Qc7
$15) 29... e5 $1 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Qf6 Qd8 $1 {Black shows her class with a
fine retreat of the queen. White's pieces are hanging in the air and the
consequences are dire.} (31... Nxd3 32. Qxd6+ Qc7 33. Qxc7+ Rxc7 34. Nf4 $11)
32. Nf4 (32. Qxd8 Rcxd8 33. Nf4 Nxd3 34. Nxd3 Rxh4 35. Rxf7 Rg4 $17) 32... Qxf6
33. gxf6 Nxd3 34. Nxd3 Rcg8 35. Bf3 Rh6 {Some caution is still required, but
the black position is already winning.} (35... Rxh4 $2 36. Nf5 $11) 36. Be2 Kc7
37. h5 Bc8 38. Kc1 (38. Nb4 Rg5 39. b3 Bh3 $17) 38... Bg4 39. Bxg4 Rxg4 40. Nb4
(40. Rf5 Rh4 41. Rxd5 R4xh5 42. Rxh5 Rxh5 $19) 40... Bxb4 41. axb4 Rxh5 {
The rest requires just a little bit of technique.} 42. Rf2 Kd6 43. Kb1 Rhg5 44.
Nf5+ Ke6 45. Nd4+ Kd7 46. Nb3 Rg2 47. Rf3 (47. Nc5+ Kd6 48. Rxg2 Rxg2 49. Nxa6
Rf2 $19) 47... R5g3 48. Rf4 Rh3 49. Nc5+ Kd6 50. Rf1 Rhh2 51. Nd3 Rd2 52. Rf3
d4 (52... d4 $1 53. cxd4 Kd5 54. Kc1 Ke4 55. Ne1 Rxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 $5 exd5 14. exd5
Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bc4 {[%mdl 4] Shirov is cultivating an old
love of irrational positions, but these days with computers players can have a
very concrete knowledge. The move with bishop is usually tried on the other
side of the board 17.Bh4.} Nfe4 (17... h6 18. Bh4 Nce4 19. Bxf6 Nxg3 20. Bxe7+
Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Kxe7 22. hxg3 Rac8 $15) 18. Qe3 $2 {Despite a huge investment of
time and energy White was not able to come up with any miracle and the ground
will soon shift under his feet.} (18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxg7 Kc7 20. Bd5 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Re7+ Kb6 23. Bf3 d5 $15) 18... f5 (18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Qe7 20.
Rd5 Rc8 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Rd1+ Ke8 $15) (18... f6 $5 19. Bh4 f5 $17) 19. g4 (
19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Qd4 Re8 $17) (19. Qxc5 $2 Nxc5 20.
Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd6+ Ke8 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rd5 Ne4 $19) 19... g6 (19... Bxg5 $6
20. fxg5 Qe7 21. h4 $15) 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Rd5 (21. Kb1 Re8 22. Bf7 Bxg5 23.
Bxe8 Bh4 24. Rg1 Qe7 $17) 21... Bxg5 22. fxg5 Rf8 23. Rf1 Qxc6 $1 {Van Wely
has very correctly sensed that it is necessary to eliminate the pesky pawn on
c6. The queen is coming back to the center via e8 square to become a main
heroine of the game.} (23... Qc8 $2 24. Rxd6+ Nxd6 25. Qxc5 Kc7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27.
Qa5+ Kxc6 28. Bd5+ Kd7 29. Bxa8 Qxa8 30. Qxf5+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ $11) 24. Rdxf5 Rxf5
25. Rxf5 Qe8 (25... Rc8 26. Bd5 Qe8 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Qxe8+ Nxe8 $17) 26. Rf7 (
26. Bf7 Qe7 27. Bd5 Rc8 28. h4 Qe8 $17) 26... Rc8 27. Rxh7 Qe5 {The roles are
completely reversed and the safety of the king became the main worry for the
white player.} 28. g6 (28. Rf7 d5 29. g6 Na4 30. c3 bxc3 31. b3 Qxh2 $19) 28...
Na4 $1 29. g7 (29. Rh8+ Qxh8 30. Qxe4 Qxb2+ 31. Kd2 Qc3+ $19) 29... Qxb2+ (
29... Qxb2+ 30. Kd1 Nac3+ 31. Ke1 Qa1+ 32. Qc1 Qxc1#) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nc5 {Topalov is famous for many
achievements, one of them is undoubtedy his independent approach to many
opening lines. The move with the knight to c5 amounts to a small revolution.
The move of the knight to b6 has a much higher reputation and better results,
as it defends the critical d5-square.} (11... Nb6) 12. Rhe1 (12. f5 Nd5 $5 13.
Bxe7 Nxc3 14. f6 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. bxc3 O-O $15) 14... Nxd1 15. Rxd1 gxf6 16.
Bxf6 e5 17. Qg3 Nxd3+ $1 (17... Rf8 18. Bb5+ $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 Rf8 19. Ne2 Be6
$11) 12... Rg8 {Another rather provocative move that opens the conflict on the
kingside and in the centre. Should the developing move 12...Bd7 prove viable
it must be a much safer solution.} (12... Bd7 13. f5 (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nxc5 (18. Nd6 Nc8 19. Nb3 $14) 18...
Qxc5 19. Qh4 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. a3 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Atakisi,U (2406)-De Firmian,
N (2559)/Kavala 2006 (55)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg6 fxg6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Nb3 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Virzi,E (1952)-Cardani,R (1887)/
Erba 2007}) 13. Bh4 {The game is unbelievably complex and interesting, we have
just passed the first great potential crisis. Meeting the immediate advance in
the centre would be anything but easy for Black.} (13. e5 $5 hxg5 (13... dxe5
14. fxe5 hxg5 15. exf6 Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Qh7 (16. Nf5 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Qf4+
18. Rd2 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Nd5 Rh8 21. Nc7+ (21. Nxe7 Be6 22. Nxf5 Rd8 $11)
21... Kf8 22. Nxa8 Rxh2 23. Nc7 f4 $1 24. Rde2 Be6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rxe6 Bc5
$44) 16... Kf8 17. g3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qa5 19. g4 $14) 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf5 $1 (
17. Bh7 Qxd5 $1 (17... Rh8 $2 18. Nf5 $1 g4 19. Qg3 Kf8 20. Nxf6 {1-0 Planinec,
A (2520)-Najdorf,M (2540)/Wijk aan Zee 1973}) 18. Bxg8 (18. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Bxe6 $17) 18... Qxa2 19. Qh5 e5 $13) 17... Kf8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qe3 Na4 20. c3
Bd7 21. Bc2 $16 {1-0 Plaskett,J (2467)-Rechel,B (2414)/West Bromwich 2003 (56)}
) 14. exf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Qh7 (15. Nf5 $1 Kd8 16. Qh7 Re8 17. Nxe7 Qxe7
18. Nd5 $18) 15... Rf8 16. Nf5 Qc6 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20.
Nc3 Rd8 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Qg7 {1-0 Valenti,G-Santolini,L/Tivoli 1973 (27)}) 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bh7 Rh8 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nf5 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Kf8 $17) 17... Qxf6 18.
Nf5 Kf8 19. Nxd6 gxf4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qa3+ Ke8 22. Bxe4 $14) (13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Qe3 Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. e5 Be7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qa5
20. Bb5 axb5 21. Qxc5+ {1-0 Videnova,I (2155)-Nikolova,A (2234)/Vratsa 2007 
(52)}) 13... g5 14. e5 $1 {Ivanchuk must force the crisis as a peaceful
continuation is too mellow to promise any advantage.} (14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bf2
Bd7 $11) 14... dxe5 (14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. fxg5
hxg5 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 $14) ({A very interesting alternative
to the game continaution lay in the elimination of the dark-squared bishop} 
14... gxh4 $5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nb3 (17. Nf5 Kf8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19.
Qxh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 d5 $11) (17. Bh7 Rh8 (17... Rg7 18. Nf5 Rxh7 19. Nxd6+ Kf8
20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 $1 Na4 (21... b6 $2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $16) 22. Qa3
Qxb2+ 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Bd7 25. Nf5 exf5 26. Rxd7 Re8 $11) 18. b4 Bxd4 $1
(18... Kf8 19. Nxf6 (19. bxc5 exd5 $1 $17) 19... Qxf6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qa3
Qxf4+ 22. Kb2 Rxh7 23. Qxc5+ Kg8 $11) (18... Rxh7 $2 19. Qf5 $1 Kf8 20. Qxf6
$18) 19. Rxd4 Kf8 20. bxc5 exd5 21. Bf5 dxc5 22. Rd2 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5
Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Rc8 $11) 17... Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Kf8 (18... Bd7 19. Qf3 (19. f5 $2
Be5 $1 $17) 19... Bc6 20. f5 Rg5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxf5 24.
Qxb7 Rd8 $11) 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 $11) 15. fxg5 $1 {Two of the very best players in
the world are navigating the complexity of the position with confidence. Much
weaker was the other recapture.} (15. fxe5 Nd5 $1 (15... Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17.
Qxg3 Bd7 18. Rf1 Rf8 19. Kb1 Qa5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 O-O-O 22. Rf3 Ba4 23.
Rfd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sylvan,J (2285)-Hunt,H (2315)/Witley 1996 (51)}) 16. Nxd5 (
16. Bf2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na4 $15) 16... exd5 17. Qg3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Kf8 $1 19. Qe3
gxh4 20. Qxh6+ Ke8 21. Kb1 $15) 15... hxg5 {Topalov prefers small steps,
despite the fact that he had an enviable choice of very complex lines.} ({
The rather simplistic capture on d4 unleashes the might of the white pieces.} 
15... exd4 16. gxf6 Bd6 17. Nd5 Qc6 (17... Qa5 18. Bc4 b5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Rxd4
bxc4 21. bxc5 $16) 18. Ne7 $1 Bxe7 (18... Qxg2 19. Bf1 Qxh3 20. Bxh3 $16) 19.
fxe7 Qxg2 20. Qxg2 Rxg2 21. Rg1 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Rg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 $16)
(15... Nh5 {Refuting the knight move to h5 is not easy and only the very
Sicilian sacrifice on b5 can put the defender to the real test.} 16. Bb5+ $1 (
16. gxh6 exd4 17. h7 Rh8 18. Bxe7 (18. Nd5 exd5 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Bxh3
21. Bxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxd4 Ke7 $17) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxh5 dxc3 $17) 16... Kf8 (16...
axb5 17. Ndxb5 Qb6 18. gxh6 Nf4 19. h7 Rh8 20. Qg4 $18) (16... Bd7 $2 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Qxe6 O-O-O 20. Nd5 $18) 17. gxh6 Nf4 (17... axb5 18.
Ndxb5 Qb6 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qxh5 $18) (17... exd4 $2 18. Bxe7+ (18. h7 $2 Qf4+
19. Kb1 Qxh4 20. Qxh4 Bxh4 21. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 22. Re5 dxc3 23. Rxc5 axb5 24. Rxh5
Bf6 $17) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxh5 axb5 (19... dxc3 20. h7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 $18) 20. h7
Rh8 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Rxd4 $18) 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe3 {White may be losing
some material, but the black pieces are poorly coordinated.} f6 (19... axb5 20.
h7 Rh8 21. Qxe5 Nfd3+ 22. cxd3 Rxh7 23. Ndxb5 $18) (19... Nxg2 20. Qxe5 Nxe1
21. h7 $1 $18) 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Rxd4 Ng6 (21... Nxg2 22. Bxg2 Rxg2 23. Nd5 Qf7
24. Nb6 $18) 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne4 $18 {White is on the verge of winning the
position.}) ({The most challenging for White would have been the knight move
to the centre, when Black would not suffer from the vulnerability of the steed
on the h-file.} 15... Nd5 $5 16. Bb5+ (16. Nde2 hxg5 17. Bg3 Ne3 18. Rd2 $13) (
16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qg3 Bxg5+ 18. Kb1 f6 19. Qf2 $11 {White has enough
compensation for the mere pawn.}) 16... Kf8 (16... axb5 17. Ndxb5 Qc6 18. gxh6
f6 19. Bg3 $13) 17. gxh6 exd4 $1 (17... Nxc3 18. h7 Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Rh8 20. Bxe7+
Kxe7 21. Qh4+ f6 (21... Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Nc6+ bxc6 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd8+
$18) 22. Qh6 Kf7 23. Be2 $1 $18) (17... axb5 18. h7 Rh8 19. Ndxb5 Qc6 20. Bxe7+
Kxe7 21. Rxe5 $18) 18. Rxd4 (18. h7 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxh4 21.
hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 $17) (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qh5 Bg4 $17) 18... Nf6 (
18... Nxc3 19. h7 Rh8 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qh4+ f6 22. Qh6 Kf7 23. Rg4) (18...
axb5 $2 19. h7 Rh8 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qh6+ $18) 19. Qe3 axb5 20.
h7 Nxh7 21. Nd5 Nb3+ 22. Qxb3 exd5 23. Bxe7+ Kg7 24. Qxd5 $11 {The final
position is roughly equal.}) 16. Bg3 Ncd7 {Black must try to hold the center,
otherwise the disparity between White's fully developed forces and Black's
half finished business will become too painful. Unfortunatelly the other
knight's move is simply insufficient.} (16... Nfd7 $2 17. Bf5 $3 (17. Qh7 Rf8 (
17... Nf6 18. Qh6 (18. Bxe5 Nxh7 19. Bxc7 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Bd7 21. Nd5 exd5 22.
Rde3 Be6 23. Nxe6 Kd7 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Rh3 Nf8 27. Nb3 $14) 18...
Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Rg6 20. Qh8+ Rg8 21. Qh3 $16) 18. Nf3 Bf6 (18... Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3
f6 20. Qg6+ Rf7 21. Rf1 Nf8 22. Qh5) 19. Qh5 (19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 $16) 19...
Rh8 20. Qg4 $16) 17... Rf8 (17... exf5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Be6
21. Qh7 Rg6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Rxf5 $18) 18. Bg4 b5 19. Bh5 $16) 17. Nxe6 $5 {
[%mdl 128] The course of this fascinating battle indicates, that Ivanchuk was
really in fighting mood and was willing to go to extremes to win the game. His
sacrifice on e6 is a bit too temperamental.} (17. Kb1 Qb6 (17... Bb4 $5 18. Ne4
(18. Nxe6 $2 Qb6 19. Ng7+ Rxg7 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5+ Kf8 $17) 18... Bxe1 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rxe1 Qa5 (20... Nd7 21. Nxe6 $16) 21. Rxe5 Qd2 22. Re1 Bd7 $14)
(17... b5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Be4 Ra7 21. Nc6 Rc7 {0-1 Dimitrijevic,
A (2369)-Brkic,A (2402)/Subotica 2003 (72)} 22. Rd6 Bb7 23. Qh5 Bxc6 24. Bxc6
Rxc6 25. Rxd7 $16) 18. Nb3 Bb4 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 $14) 17... Qb6 {Black
can play much more safely than accepting the dangerous gift.} (17... fxe6 18.
Qh6 Kd8 $1 19. Bxe5 (19. Bg6 Qc4 20. Rxe5 Ng4 21. Qh7 Ngf6 22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Qxe6
Qxe6 24. Rxe6 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. Bh7+ Ke8 21. Bxg8 Nxg8 22. Qh8 Kf8 23. Rf1+ (
23. Rxe5 Bf6) (23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nh6 $1 $15) 23... Nf7 24. Ne4 {Black has
three minor pieces for the white rook, but they are not coordinated. Topalov
would have to play very carefully just to survive the onslaught.} Bd7 (24...
Qc4 $2 25. Qh7 e5 26. b3 Qe6 27. Rd6 Bxd6 28. Nxg5 $18) 25. Rxf7+ (25. h4 Be8
26. hxg5 Qb6 27. g6 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qh6 $15) 25... Kxf7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf1+ Qf4+
28. Rxf4+ gxf4 29. h4 $1 $16) ({The safest way to limit White's attacking
chances might have been the other queen move.} 17... Qc6 $5 18. Bh7 Qxe6 19.
Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg8 Nxg8 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nh6 $15) 18. Bc4 $1 (18. Nxg5
Rxg5 19. Bf5 Qc6 20. Ne4 Rxf5 21. Qxf5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Rc4
f4 $17) (18. Bh7 Qxe6 (18... Rh8 19. Nxg5 Nxh7 20. Nf3 Qe6 $11 {is very messy
and unlcear.}) 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg8 Nxg8 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nh6 $15)
18... g4 {The sheer number of very complex and interesting lines after each
move must have seriously tested the players' ability to combine exact
calculation and tactical "feeling" with ticking clocks right next to them.} ({
Accepting the sacrifice at this moment is not a serious attempt to play for a
win with Black.} 18... fxe6 19. Ne4 (19. Bxe6 $2 g4 $19) 19... Qc6 $1 (19...
Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 (21... Bd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Rxd7+
Kxd7 25. Qf7+ Be7 26. Bxe6+ $11) 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh6+ $11) 20. Bd3 g4 (20... Kd8 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Rxf8+ Kc7 25. Rf7 Kb8 26. g3 $11) (20... Nd5 21. Qh7 Rf8 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Nxg5
$11) 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qh6 e4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Nf6 26. Bd6
Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ $11) ({Much more original and dangerous for White is
the fascinating defensive line} 18... Nf8 $1 19. Bxe5 (19. Nd8 Bxd8 20. Rxe5+ (
20. Qh6 Ng4 $17) 20... Be7 21. Rxe7+ (21. Qh6 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 21... Kxe7
22. Bd6+ Qxd6 23. Qe3+ Ne6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 $15) 19... Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 (20...
fxe6 21. Bd4 $13) 21. Qf5 Rg6 22. Bd6 Ng8 23. Bg3 Rd8 $15 {Black must have
some chances to survive with extra material.}) 19. Qh6 fxe6 20. Bh4 $1 {
Black has an extra piece that is not taking part in the game and the
centralized king is under maximum fire. White is running a serious risk, but
playing the position is more difficult for the defender.} (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qh5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Rxe4 (24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qe8+ Nf8 26. Rxe4
Qc6 $17) 24... Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf6 26. Rf1 Bd7 27. Qxa8 Rg8 28. Qxg8+ (28. Rxe5
Rxa8 29. Rxg5 Rh8 30. Be5 Rh6 31. Rgf5 Ke8 $17) 28... Kxg8 29. Rxe5 Nh7 30. Re4
$15) (20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Bg6+ Kd8 $15) 20... Bf8 $1 {Topalov gets a lot of credit
for this intuitive expulsion of the queen from the active square. Seemingly
compact defence with the rook} (20... Rf8 21. Rf1 (21. Bd3 Kd8 22. Qg7 $13)
21... Rf7 $1 (21... Qc6 $2 22. Bd3 $1 Qb6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Ne4 $1
(25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Qg7+ Kd8 27. Qxf6+) 25... Rh8 26. Bh7 $18) {fails to the
quiet retreat of the king from the exposed c1-square} 22. Kb1 $1 (22. Bd3 Kd8
23. Bg6 (23. Ne4 $2 Rh7 $17) 23... Rf8 24. Qg7 Rg8 25. Qf7 Rf8 $11) (22. Ne4
Nxe4 23. Rxf7 Bxh4 24. Qg6 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Kd8 27. Bxe6 $11) 22...
Qc6 23. Bd3 $18) 21. Qd2 Qc6 $6 {A clear proof that Black had to play at least
some moves based on "feeling". The best way to play for advantage was the rook
retreat to the h-file.} (21... Be7 22. Qh6 (22. Rf1 Qc6 23. Bd3 e4 24. Nxe4
Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Qd6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30.
Qd6+ $11) 22... Bf8 23. Qd2 $11) (21... Rh8 $1 22. Bg5 Be7 (22... Rxh2 $6 23.
Qd3 $1 $40) 23. Ne4 Qd4 $17) 22. Bd3 b5 $2 {Topalov is openly admitting, that
he badly needs to finish his development. Unfortunately most of the natural
moves simply fail to solve the mounting problems.} (22... Rh8 $2 23. Bxf6 Nxf6
24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Qd8#) (22... Be7 23. Qh6 Qc5 (23... Nd5 24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Nxd5
exd5 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qh7+ $18) (23... Qxg2 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qh5+ Kd8 26.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qh7+ $18) (23... Rf8 24. Rf1 $1) 24. Ne4 (24. Bg6+ Kd8 25. Bf7
Kc7 26. Bxg8 Nxg8 27. Qh7) 24... Nxe4 25. Rxe4 $16) (22... Nd5 23. Bh7 Rg7 (
23... Nxc3 $2 24. Bxg8 Nxd1 25. Qg5 $18) 24. Be4 Qc5 25. Qh6 $18) ({The best
idea for Black was to transfer the queen to the d-file with many ideas.} 22...
Qd6 $1 23. Rf1 (23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qc7 $17) 23... e4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qe3 Be7
(25... e5 26. Bxe4 Bh6 (26... Qh6 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Kb1 $3 $16 {An
unbelievable position in which White dominates the board despite the fact that
he is missing a whole rook!}) 27. Rxd6 Bxe3+ 28. Kb1 Bg5 (28... Bf4 29. Re6+
Kf7 30. Re7+ Kf8 31. g3 $16) 29. Rg6 Bxh4 30. Rxg8+ Ke7 31. Rg7+ Kd6 32. Rxg4
$16) 26. Bxe4 Qc5 27. Qb3 Qe5 {might be the best defence against manifold
threats.}) 23. Ne4 $2 {Ivanchuk had a golden opportunity to decide the fight
for himself with pressure returning to the f-file.} (23. Rf1 $1 e4 $1 (23...
Bg7 24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Be4 $18) (23... Nd5 24. Bh7 $1 Nf4 (24... Rg7 25. Qh6 $1
$18) 25. Bxg8 Bh6 26. Bh7 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 $18) (23... Be7 24. Qh6 Rf8 25. Bg6+ Kd8
26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Be4 $18) (23... Bb7 24. Rxf6 $5 (24. Bxf6 Nxf6
25. Rxf6 O-O-O 26. Qe1 Be7 27. Be4 Qc4 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rf7 $16) 24... Nxf6
25. Bxf6 Qc7 26. Bh4 $16) 24. Bxf6 exd3 (24... Nxf6 25. Bxb5 $1 axb5 26. Qd8+
Kf7 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Rd8#) 25. Qxd3 e5 $1 (25... Qc5 26. Bh4 Qh5 27. Qe4 Qh6+
28. Kb1 Ra7 29. Qc6 Qxh4 30. Qxe6+ Kd8 31. Qxg8 $18) (25... Bb7 26. Qh7 Nxf6
27. Rxf6 Rg7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Qf3 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ $18) 26. Nd5 Bb7
27. Qf5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxe5 $16) 23... Nd5 $1 24. Rf1 Bb7 $6 {Once
again a sound idea but not the most exact execution. The best was a retreat of
the queen from the c6-square with tempo.} (24... Qb6 $1 25. Kb1 Bb7 26. Rxf8+
Nxf8 27. Qh6 Kd7 $17) 25. Rxf8+ $1 {Played with a great deal of fantasy,
Ivanchuk prefers a colourful solution to the mundane attack along the f-file.}
(25. Qf2 Nf4 (25... Rg7 $2 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. Bg6+ Rxg6 28. Qf7#) (25... Bh6+
26. Kb1 Bf4 27. g3 $14) 26. g3 Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Bh6+ 28. Kb1 Rf8 29. Nd6+ Qxd6
30. Rxd6 Rxf2 31. Rxe6+ Kf7 32. Re7+ Kg8 $1 33. Rxf2 Bc6 34. Re6 Be3 35. Rf5
$11) 25... Nxf8 (25... Kxf8 $2 26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Qh6 $18) (25... Rxf8 26. Qh6
Rf7 27. Ng5 Rf6 28. Qh8+ Nf8 29. Nh7 O-O-O 30. Nxf6 (30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Nxf6
Qxg2 $11) 30... Ng6 31. Qh7 Ndf4 $11) 26. Qh6 Rg6 {White is attacking without
a rook, but the danger for Black is very real. Topalov might have proven the
balance even after the 26...Qc7 move, but to calculate the lines properly
would surely require a lot of time or/and a silicon heart!} (26... Kd7 27. Nf6+
Nxf6 28. Bxb5+ Nd5 29. Bxc6+ Kxc6 30. Rxd5 Kxd5 31. Qd2+ Kc6 32. Be7 $18) (
26... Qc7 27. Rf1 $1 Rc8 28. Nf6+ (28. Qh5+ Ng6 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Bxg6+ Kd7 31.
Bxf6 Bd5 $11) 28... Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Qb6 30. Qh5+ Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kd6 32. Qxg8 Bf3
33. Kd2 Rxc2+ $3 34. Kxc2 Qc5+ 35. Kd2 Qb4+ $11) 27. Nf6+ {We should be
merciful to the players and not ask for solutions like} (27. Qh5 $5 Qc7 (27...
Kd7 28. b4 Rg7 29. Qxe5 Rf7 30. Bg3 Rd8 31. Nd6 $13) 28. Nf6+ (28. Rf1 Qg7 $1
29. Nd6+ Kd7 30. Nxb7 (30. Rf7+ $2 Kxd6 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 $19) 30... Qh6+ 31. Qxh6
Rxh6 32. Rf7+ Kc6 33. Nd8+ Kd6 34. Nb7+ $11) 28... Nxf6 29. Bxg6+ Nxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Bxg2 $11) 27... Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 $2 {
Topalov is losing his heart and accepts the fact, that the game should end in
a draw. He could still have test his dangerous opponent to the limit with the
much stronger move} (28... Qc7 $1 29. Bg7 O-O-O $1 (29... Qd6 30. Qh5+ Kd8 31.
Bxe5 Qc5 32. Rf1 Kd7 33. Bg3 $11) (29... Qf7 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Qxe6+ Qe7 32.
Qxg4 $44) (29... Ne3 30. Rd2 $1 (30. Bg6+ Nxg6 31. Qxg6+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Rd7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 Rd8 35. b3 Rd1+ 36. Kb2 Rd2 37. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 38. Kb1 Rxg2 $17)
30... e4 $1 (30... O-O-O 31. Bf6 $1 (31. Bxf8 Rxd3 $1 $19) 31... Nd5 (31... Re8
32. Qxe3 $16) 32. Bxd8 Qxd8 33. Qg7 $13) 31. Bxf8 exd3 32. Bb4 Qe5 (32... Nd5
33. Qxe6+ Ne7 34. Bd6 Qd7 35. Qe5 $16) 33. Qf8+ Kd7 34. Rxd3+ Nd5 35. Qe7+ Kc6
(35... Kc8 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Ba5+ Kd6 38. Bb4+ $11) 36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Qe7+ $11)
30. Bxf8 {White would need to rise to the occasion and find} Nf4 31. Qg7 $1 Rd7
(31... Bxg2 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Bg7 Rd5 34. Re1 Nxd3+ 35. cxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxe5+
Kc6 $15) 32. Qh8 Qd8 (32... Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 34. Kd2 Nxb2 35. Ba3+ $11) 33.
Bg7 Qxh8 34. Bxh8 e4 35. Bf1 e3 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Be5 $1 Nxg2 (37... e2 38.
Bxe2 Nxe2+ 39. Kd2 Ng1 40. Bd4 $11) 38. Bd4 $11 {saving the draw in a slightly
spectacular way.}) 29. Bg6+ $1 (29. Qxf6 $2 e4 $17) 29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7
31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxf6 {Naturally White can already give perpetual check.} (32.
Qg6+ $11) 32... Rc8 $1 33. c3 (33. Qh8+ $11) 33... b4 34. Qg6+ Ke7 (34... Kf8
$2 35. Rf1+ Ke7 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Rd1+ Kc5 38. Qxe5+ Kb6 39. Rd6 $18) 35. Qg7+
Ke8 36. Rf1 Qc5 37. Qxb7 $2 {With a few seconds left on the clock Vassily goes
over the top and loses beautifully. He was still better after} (37. Qf7+ Kd8
38. Rd1+ Bd5 39. Qxe6 Qe3+ 40. Kb1 Qe4+ 41. Ka1 (41. Kc1 Qe3+ $11) 41... Kc7
42. Qxd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Rh8 44. cxb4 Rxh2 45. Kb1 Rxg2 46. Rxe5 $11 {but the
game would end in a draw.}) 37... Qe3+ 38. Kc2 (38. Kd1 Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Qe2+ 40.
Kb3 Qxf1 $19) 38... Qe2+ 39. Kb3 Qc4+ 40. Kc2 b3+ $1 {The symbolic 40th move
locks the white king into 2 ranks and forces a winning queen endgame.} 41. Kd2
$8 (41. axb3 Qe2+ 42. Kb1 Qxf1+ 43. Ka2 Rd8 $19) 41... Rd8+ 42. Ke1 Rd1+ $1 43.
Kxd1 Qxf1+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+ 45. Kd1 {It was a bit late to show bravery, but
objectively speaking much more challening for Black would have been the daring
centralization of the king.} (45. Kd3 $5 bxa2 46. Qb8+ Kf7 47. Qa7+ Kg6 48. Qg1
Qf5+ 49. Kd2 Qb1 50. Qb6 Kh5 51. Qb8 Qg6 52. Ke2 Qe4+ 53. Kf2 Qf4+ 54. Ke2 Qc4+
55. Kd2 Qd5+ 56. Ke3 Qc5+ 57. Ke4 a1=Q $19) 45... bxa2 46. Qc8+ (46. Qxa6 a1=Q+
47. Qxa1 Qf1+ $19) 46... Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf5 49. Qf8+ Ke4 50. Qa8+
Kd3 51. Qxa6+ {Unfortunatelly for White he can not even give check on d8.} (51.
Qd8+ Qd4 $1 $19) 51... Qc4 52. Qa7 (52. Qd6+ Ke4 53. Qa3 a1=Q+ 54. Qxa1 Qf1+
$19) 52... g3 {Black would like to mate the white king after Qg4+.} (52... Qb3+
53. Ke1 Kc2 $19) 53. h3 (53. hxg3 Qg4+ 54. Kc1 Qg5+ $19) 53... Qb3+ 54. Ke1 Kc2
{One of the most complicated games in recent months with a finish in the style
of ancient greek tragedies. Ivanchuk did not really deserve to lose after his
enterprising play in the whole game.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5 Qc5 17. Nh3 b5 {White is ready to suffer positionally
for his extra pawn. Mamedov will have to play very well to untangle his pieces.
} (17... Bd7 18. Rd2 (18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rde1 b5 20. Nd1 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Kb1
Nxd3 23. cxd3 b4 24. Nf4 Qd6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Ne3 Nf3 27. gxf3 Qxf4 {1/2 Ivkov,
B-Tatai,S/Imperia 1967/}) 18... b5 19. Kb1 b4 20. Nd1 Ke7 21. Nhf2 Nxh2 22. Ne3
Rag8 23. Nh3 Nhg4 24. Nxg4 Rxg4 25. Bxa6 Bc6 26. Rhd1 Rxe4 {0-1 Brandenburg,D 
(2371)-Zhigalko,A (2526)/Hengelo 2005/ (44)}) 18. Kb1 (18. Rdf1 Bd7 19. Nd1
Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Rc8 22. Kb1 Rg8 23. Nf4 b4 24. Nf2 Bb5 25. N2d3 {
1-0 Rohde,T (2185)-Boss,I (1802)/Werfen Essen 2002/ (30)}) 18... Bb7 19. Rde1 (
19. a3 O-O-O 20. Rdf1 Kb8 $11) 19... O-O-O 20. a4 (20. a3 Kb8 $11) 20... bxa4
21. Nxa4 {The player with a spare pawn believes in justice of his cause and
bravely avoids equality.} (21. Bxa6 a3 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 axb2 $11) 21...
Qa5 22. b3 (22. Nc3 Kb8 23. Bc4 Rc8 $13) 22... Kb8 23. Nb2 Rc8 24. Nf2 (24. Nc4
Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Ne5 26. Bd3 Rc5 $15) 24... Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Qb4 (25... Rhg8 26. Rhg1
$14) 26. Qe2 (26. Qe3 $5 Rc5 27. Re2 Ra5 28. Qd2 Qa3 29. Na4 Rxa4 30. bxa4 Ka8
31. Qc1 Qxa4 32. Qb2 Rb8 33. Kc1 f5 34. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 35. cxd3 Bxe4 36. Qc3 Bd5
37. g3 $13) 26... Rc5 27. Rd1 {Many players would feel insecure due to black
attack and would seek the way out with 27.Bxa6!?} (27. Bxa6 $5 Bxa6 28. Qxa6
Ra5 29. c3 $1 Qc5 (29... Qxc3 30. Qb6+ Ka8 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Rxc3 Nxb6 33. h4 $16
) 30. b4 Qxb4 31. cxb4 Rxa6 $11) 27... Ra5 28. Qd2 Qa3 29. Na4 Rxa4 (29... Nxd3
30. Qxd3 (30. Qxa5 $2 Nb4 $19) 30... Rhh5 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxe4 33. Rd2
$14) 30. bxa4 Ka8 31. Qc1 (31. c3 $2 Rb8 32. Kc2 Nc4 $19) 31... Qxa4 32. Qb2
Rb8 33. Kc1 f5 $1 {Areschenko has to play forcefully in order to find
compensation for his missing exchange.} 34. Be2 (34. exf5 Bxg2 35. Qc3 Bxh1 36.
Rxh1 Qf4+ $19) (34. Rhe1 fxe4 35. Bf1 Bd5 36. Qc3 Nc6 37. Kd2 $13) 34... Qxe4 (
34... Bxe4 35. Qc3 Bxg2 36. Rhe1 $13) 35. Rd2 Qe3 36. Qa1 $1 Bc8 (36... Rg8 37.
Bxa6 Bxg2 38. Rhd1 $13) 37. Re1 (37. Bxa6 $1 Qa7 38. Rxd6 Nc4 39. Rhd1 Nxd6 40.
Rxd6 Qe3+ 41. Rd2 $11) 37... d5 $138 {The final moves were influenced by the
time trouble, in the unclear position white lost on time.} (37... d5 38. Rf1
Rb6 39. h4 $13) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 O-O
$5 {Black seems to face a real problem in this particular line. White is
better developed so the immediate battle should end favourably for him.} 15.
fxe6 Nb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 fxe6 (17... Bf6 18. Bd3 $3 (18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Bg2
Bb7 20. Rhf1 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qe4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1
Rf8 {0-1 Bobras,P (2394)-Ftacnik,L (2589)/Koszalin 1999 (63)}) 18... Bxd4 (
18... fxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 $16) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd4 Kg8 21. Rh4 fxe6
(21... Bxe6 22. Qh5 $18) 22. Qh3 Rf5 $8 (22... Rf6 23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) (
22... Rf2 23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) 23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Rg1 $1 Qc4 (24... Bb7 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Qxe6#) (
24... Qc5 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (25... Kf6 26. Rf8+ Ke5 (26... Kxg7 27. Qh8+ Kg6 28.
Rg8+ Kf7 29. Qg7#) 27. Rxf5+ exf5 28. Re7+ Kxd5 29. Qf3+ Kc4 30. Qb3+ Kd4 31.
Qd3#) 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rf8+ Ke7 28. Qg7+) 25. Rxg7+ Kf6 26. Rg1 $1 {1-0
Kotronias,V (2570)-Djurhuus,R (2495)/Gausdal 1995/ (38)}) 18. Qg4 (18. Qh5 e5 (
18... Bf6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 g6 21. Qd5 $16 {1/2 Carlsson,P (2435)
-Backmann,M (2110)/Stockholm 2005 (46)}) 19. Bd3 Bh6 20. Rhf1 Bd7 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 Qe7 23. Be4 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $11 {1/2 Cao Sang (2468)
-Ruck,R (2489)/Budapest 2000 (49)}) 18... e5 19. Qxg5 exd4 20. Bd3 g6 {[%mdl 4]
There are no miracles in chess, Black faces well known problems. The kingside
is vulnerable and real compenastion for the suffering is nowhere to be seen..}
(20... Ra7 21. Rhg1 Qf7 22. Rdf1 Qe8 23. Re1 Qd7 24. h4 Kh8 25. Qh5 g5 26. hxg5
{1-0 Langheinrich,F (2325)-Lutz,C (2591)/Bad Zwesten 2000 (34)}) 21. h4 (21.
Rhf1 $5 Bb7 22. Rfe1 Rf7 23. Be4 $14) (21. Rhe1 Ra7 22. b4 Qd8 {1/2 Pavlovic,M
(2497)-Arsovic,G (2437)/Banja Koviljaca 2002}) 21... Bf5 22. h5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 (
23. Rxd3 $5 Rf5 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. Rxd4 Raf8 26. Rdd1 g5 27. Rhe1 $16) 23... Rf2
24. Rc1 (24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qf7 $14) 24... Qf7 25. Rcg1 $2 {Radjabov means
well with this aggressive move, but the method is faulty. White entertains
better prospects after the natural exchange on g6.} (25. hxg6 $1 Qxg6 26. Qh4
Rg2 (26... Qxd3+ 27. Ka1 Rf7 28. Qg4+ Qg6 (28... Kh8 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Qxc8+
Kg7 31. Rg1+ $18) 29. Qxd4 $16) 27. Qxd4 $16) 25... Qf5 26. Qxf5 (26. Qg3 g5
27. Qxg5+ Qxg5 28. Rxg5+ Kf7 $11) 26... Rxf5 27. hxg6 h5 $1 {This clever idea
ends all the problems; White has to hurry in order to keep the balance.} 28.
Re1 (28. Rh4 Raf8 29. Rxd4 Kg7 $15) 28... Rxd5 29. Re7 Rf8 30. Rh7 Rf6 31.
R1xh5 Rxh5 32. Rxh5 Rxg6 33. Rd5 Kf7 34. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 0607"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2006.12.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Black "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ostrava"]
[BlackTeam "Frydek Mistek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rg7 {The whole line is very sharp and
tactical, but black position remains very tough nut to crack. Jakubiec lacks
the access routes with his pieces and has to be ready for sacrifices.} (18. e5
d5 19. Bh3 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxc8 Ne4 (22... Qxc8 23. Qxd5
Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Na4 25. Nb3 $14) 23. Nb3 Qxc8 24. Rxd5 Rc4 25. Rgd1 Rg8 26. Kb1 {
1-0 Wolff,P-McKenna,G/Philadelphia 1990/}) 18... b4 19. axb4 (19. Nd5 exd5 20.
exd5 Nd7 21. Ne6 (21. Re1+ Ne5 22. axb4 Bd7 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Qxh3 Bxg7 25. fxg7
Rg8 26. Qxh5 Qe7 $11 {1/2 Nikolova,A-Jordanova,S/Vratsa 2006/ (39)}) 21... fxe6
22. dxe6 Ne5 23. e7 Nxf3 24. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 25. Rxc7 bxa3 $4 (25... Rxf6 $19) 26.
Re7+ Kd8 27. Rxd6+ {1-0 Antoli Royo,J-Hidalgo Duque,C/Mondariz 2005/}) 19...
Rxb4 20. Bh3 $5 Qb6 (20... Qb7 21. b3 a5 (21... Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Qxh5 Qe7
24. Nc6 $16) 22. Qe3 Bd7 23. Rdg1 {By creating the threat of Rg8 White
practically forces Black to take on g7, sharpening the position. 23.Nd5 gave
nothing real to white.} (23. Nd5 exd5 24. exd5+ Kd8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nc6+ Kc8
$17) (23. e5 d5 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Nxd5 Re4 $19) 23... Bxg7 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. e5
$6 {After 25.Qh6 White could have received a practically won position.} (25.
Qh6 $1 Nxe4 (25... Qc8 26. Qh7 Ke7 (26... Nxb3+ 27. Nxb3 Ke7 28. Rg3 $40) 27.
Nf5+ $40) 26. Bg2 Qa7 (26... Nxc3 27. Qh8 $18) 27. Qh8 $18) 25... Rxd4 $2 {
Black was probably scared of White's threats and wrongly sacrifices an
exchange. The cold-blooded 25...Qa7 allowed Black to take over the initiative.}
(25... Qa7 $5 $36 26. Qh6 (26. Nf5 exf5 27. exd6+ Re4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Bxd7+
Kxd7) 26... Nxb3+ 27. cxb3 Qxd4 $19) 26. Qxd4 Qb4 27. Qe3 $13 {0-1 Rudolf,
H-Richert,T/Germany 2005/ (47)}) (20... Bxg7 $2 21. fxg7 Rg8 22. Qxh5 $36) 21.
e5 $6 (21. Nd5 exd5 22. Bxc8 Rxb2 23. exd5 Kd8 (23... Rb1+ 24. Kd2 Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Qb1+ 26. Ke2 Bxg7 27. fxg7 Rg8 28. Qe3+ Kd8 29. Bf5 $18) 24. Bf5 Rb1+ 25.
Kd2 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bxg7 27. fxg7 Re8 $11) 21... Bb7 (21... Rxb2 22. exd6 Bd7
23. Rd2 Rb4 $13) 22. Qg3 d5 $6 {In the quiet of the home study it is easy to
play smart and suggest improvement. Dydyshko should have opted for swap of the
pawns on the e5 square.} (22... dxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Nd7 24. Qf4 Bxg7 25. fxg7 Rg8
$17) 23. Bf5 $5 Rxd4 {[%mdl 256] In this type of positions It is difficult to
make rational choices over the board. I have problems to refute the naive 23...
exf5!? with a spare piece..} (23... Rxb2 24. Bg6 (24. Bh7 h4 25. Qg5 Na4 26.
Qh5 Rb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb2+ 28. Kd2 Qxd4+ 29. Ke1 (29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Bxe4 Rxh5 31.
Bg6 Rxe5+ 32. Kf3 fxg6 33. Rxb7 Rf5+ 34. Kg2 $11) 29... Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Qf4+ $11)
(24. Rxf7 $2 Bh6+ 25. Rd2 Kxf7 $19) 24... fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 26. Qf7 Bc8 27.
Rg8 Rxg8 28. Qxg8 Ke8 29. f7+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kd7 31. Rxd5+ exd5 32. Qxf8 Rxc2+
33. Kxc2 Qb3+ $11) (23... exf5 $5 24. Nxf5 (24. e6 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Re1
Re4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Qb8+ Bc8 $19) 24... h4 $1 (24... Rxb2 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26.
exd6 $16) 25. Qg1 (25. Qe3 Rxb2 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6+ Ne4 $19) (25. Qg5 Ne6
$19) 25... Rxb2 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Qb3+ $19) 24. Rxd4 exf5 (
24... Nb3+ 25. cxb3 Qxd4 26. Rxf7 $1 $18) 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 (25... Nb3+ $2 26. Qxb3
Qxd4 27. Qxb7 $18) 26. Rxd5 Ne4 $2 {This activity is unsuitable with two black
pieces tied down at home. Black was still able to get a bigger part of the
case with the cool exchange on g7.} (26... Bxg7 $1 27. fxg7 Rg8 28. Qc3 Nd7 29.
Rd1 f4 $17) 27. e6 $1 Nxf6 (27... Nxg3 28. exf7#) (27... Qxe6 28. Qb8+ $18) 28.
exf7+ Ke7 29. Re5+ Kd7 (29... Kd8 30. Rg8 $18) 30. Rg8 {The game is over as
the pawn f7 became too powerful.} Bd6 (30... Nxg8 31. fxg8=Q Rxg8 32. Qxg8 $18)
31. Rxh8 (31. Qg7 $18) 31... Bxe5 32. Qd3+ (32. Qxe5 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Ne4+ 34. Qxe4
fxe4 35. f8=Q Qxh2+ 36. Ke3 $18) 32... Bd4 (32... Bd4 33. f8=Q Qxb2+ 34. Kd1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Oberliga Nord O 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosenthal, Dirk"]
[Black "Schurade, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Gipslis,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 (16... b4 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Bd7 (18... Nd7 19. Nc6 Bh6+
20. Kb1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Qa7 (22... Bb7 23. dxc7 Bxf3 24. Bxa6 Bxd1 25.
Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rxd1 $18) (22... Qb8 23. d7+ Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Qd5+ Qd6 26.
Qb7+ Ke8 27. Qxa8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bxa6 $16) 23. Bg2 $1 Rb8 $16 24. Qh5
$1 Bf4 25. Bc6+ Bd7 26. Bd5 $1 Bb5 27. Be6 Kd8 28. Rg7 $16 {Napoli Costa -
Montagnio, corr. 1992}) 19. Rg7 (19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Rg7 Qa5 $1 (20... Kc8 $2 21.
Rxf7 Kb7 22. Ne6 Qc8 23. Nxc5+ dxc5 24. Bh3 $18 {P.Schlosser - Mull,Dortmund
1987}) 21. Rxf7 b3 $1) 19... O-O-O (19... Bxg7 $2 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Re1+ Kd8 22.
Qxf7 $18) (19... Qa5 20. Qe3+ Kd8 21. Rxf7 Qxa2 22. Ne6+ $1 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6
(23... Bxe6 24. Rxf8+ $1) 24. Qb6+ Ke8 25. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 26. Bg2 Rc8 (26... Bh6+
27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29. Bc6+ Kf8 30. Qc5 $18) 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Bd5+ Kg6
29. Qg1+ Kh6 30. Re4 $18) 20. Rxf7 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 Rdf8 22. Rxf8+ (22. Re7 Bg5 (
22... Qd8 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Qf5+ Kc7 25. Ne6+ Nxe6 26. dxe6 Be3 27. Qd5 $18 {
Chinchilla - Hernandez,Managua 1987}) 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 $13 24. Ne6 Qa7 25. Nxg5
Rxf6 26. Qg4 (26. Qd3 Kb8 27. Qxa6 Qxa6 28. Bxa6 Nc5 29. Bc4 Rf2 {0:1 Schmidt
- Scuderi, corr. 1989}) 26... Rg8 (26... Kb8 $6 27. Ne6 Rc8 28. Bh3 Rg6 29.
Qxb4+ Qb6 30. Qxb6+ Nxb6 31. Nf4 $16 {Hector - Yinic, Belfort 1988}) 27. Bd3 h5
28. Qxh5 Nc5 $13 {Barten - Neumann, corr. 1990}) 22... Rxf8 23. Ne6 $16 {
Smuter - Kaspi, Tel Aviv 1996} Nxe6 24. Bxa6+ (24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Bh3 $1 Qd7 $8
26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Qxa6+ $40 Kc7) 24... Kb8 25. dxe6 Bxe6 (25... Bc6
$5) 26. Rxd6 Bc8 (26... Re8 $1 $13) 27. Rc6 Re8 28. a4 $1 $44) (16... Bd7 17.
Rg7 Bxg7 (17... h5 18. a3 Qb7 19. b4 $1 Na4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Bc4 Bxg7 22. fxg7
Rg8 23. Rf1 $1 O-O-O 24. Qc3 Kb8 25. Rxf7 Qxe4 26. Nxe6 Rc8 27. Nc5 dxc5 28.
Rxd7 $18 {Bauer - Schwarz, corr. 1988}) (17... b4 18. e5 Ra7 (18... d5 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Qxd5 O-O-O 21. Rxf7 $16) (18... Rc8 19. Qh5 Bxg7 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Qxh7
Rxg7 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Nf5+ exf5 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. Nxc7+ Rxc7 26. Qxg7 $18) 19.
Rxf7 $1 bxc3 (19... Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. f7+ Kg7 22. Be2 Be7 $5 23. Rg1+ Bg5+
24. Rxg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ $18) (19... dxe5 $5) 20. Qh5 Kd8 (20... Qb6 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. f7+ Kxf7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Bb5 Be8 $13) 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.
Qxh7 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Be8 $13 (23... Bc8 $5) 24. Qh3 Qf7 25. Nb3 Bd7 26. Rxd6 Nb7
27. Qd3 Nxd6 $13 {Remise - Sonnet, corr. 1990}) 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. e5 (19. Qf6 $6
Qd8 20. Qh6 b4 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Nd5 Nxe4 23. Re1 Be6 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. Nf6+ Ke7
26. Qg5 Rxg7 27. Qxg7 Qh8 $19) (19. Bxb5 $5 Nb3+ (19... O-O-O 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7
21. Qf6 Qd8 22. Qh6 $44) (19... axb5 20. Ndxb5 Qb6 21. Nxd6+ Kd8 22. Qxf7 Kc7
23. Ndb5+ $18) 20. Nxb3 axb5 21. e5 $5 $44) 19... O-O-O 20. exd6 Qb6 21. Ne4
Bc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qc3 Qxe4 $16 24. Qxc5+ Kb7 25. Qc7+ Ka8 26. d7 $1 $16)
17. Kb1 $146 (17. Rg7 b4 (17... Nd7 18. e5 Qb7 19. Qe2 dxe5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Bg2 Qb8 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Qd3 $16 {Gershon - Halkias, Cala Galdana 1996}) (
17... Bd7 18. e5 Rc8 (18... Rb8 $6 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Bh3 b4 21. Ne4 {1:0
Vasiesiu - Musat, Rumanija 1992}) 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Bd3 (20. Bh3 $5 $13) 20...
b4 21. Ne4 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Bf8 23. Kb1 $13 {Ticky - Vavra,Cehija 1995}) (17...
Qd8 18. Kb1 Bb7 19. Rg5 (19. Bh3 Bxg7 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Qxh5 Qf6 22. Rf1 Qg6 23.
Qxg6 fxg6 24. Nxe6 $44 {Langeveld - De Vries, Holand (corr.) 1991}) 19... Nd7
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxh5 Bh6 22. Qg3 Qxf6 23. Qxd6 Rh7 24. Nxb5 $13 {Wedenmeyer
- Maliangkay, corr. 1990}) 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bg4 (19... Nd7 20. Nc6 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Bb7 23. Qb3 $36 {Mohr - Orel, Slovenia 1993}) 20. Re1+ (20.
Qe3+ Kd8 21. Nc6+ Kc8 22. Rd4 a5 23. c3 bxc3 24. b4 Qb6 25. Qxc3 Bxg7 26. fxg7
Re8 27. bxc5 $40 {Novotny - Sturc, Cehija (corr) 1989}) 20... Kd8 21. Qf4 (21.
Qf2 $5 Qd7 22. h3 Bxg7 23. fxg7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nf5 Kc7
27. Qh4 f6 28. Qxg4 Qe1+ $11 {Schuett - Trisic, Bargteheide 1989}) (21. Qe3 Kc8
22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Qf3 Qb7 25. Qxb7+ Kxb7 26. Rxe6 Bxg7 27. Bg2+
Kb6 28. Rxd6+ $44 {Mc Donald - Celeman,Eastbourne 1991}) 21... Kc8 $1 22. Kb1 (
22. Nc6 Bd7 (22... Qd7 $5 $13) 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24. Kb1 Bxg7 25. fxg7 Rhe8 $13)
22... Qd7 $5 23. h3 Kc7 24. hxg4 Bxg7 25. fxg7 Rhe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Be2 $13 {
Valdes - Diaz, Pinar del Rio,1988}) (17. a3 Bd7 18. Bh3 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20.
e5 Rb8 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. exd6 Qb6 $1 24. f7+ (24. d7+ Kd8 25. Qc3
Bh6+ 26. Kb1 Bd2 27. Qe5 Bf4 $11) (24. Qc3 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Kf7 26. Rg7+ Bxg7 27.
fxg7 Qxb2+ $11) 24... Kd7 25. Qc3 $13 {Wan Willigen - Jordan, corr. 1992})
17... b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bg4 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Qf4 Bh6 22. Qf2 Re8 23.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. h3 Ne4 25. Qe1 Kd7 (25... Kf8 26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Ne6+ fxe6 28. Qg6
Be3 29. Rg2 (29. hxg4 $5 Bxg1 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. dxe6 Rxe6 32. Bc4 $18) 29... Qf7
30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. hxg4 $13) 26. hxg4 $8 (26. Qxe4 $6 Re8 27. Ne6 Bxe6 $19)
26... Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Re8 $5 28. Bh3 $3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd8 (29... Qc5 $5 30. Re7+
Kc8 31. g5+ Kb8 32. Nc6+ Ka8 33. Re8+ Kb7 34. Rb8+ Kc7 35. Rc8+ Kb6 36. Rb8+
$11) 30. Nc6 Qf8 31. Re7+ Qxe7 32. gxh5+ Qe6 33. dxe6+ fxe6 34. Nd4 Ne4 35.
Bxe6+ Ke8 36. Nf5 Bf4 37. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfd7 $6 {This move
has a dubious reputation ever since it was first introduced in the game
Kamsky-Polgar in 1992.} (13... Nfg4 {is the usual move}) 14. Qh5 Nf8 {This
attempt to improve doesn't seem to be a real improvement} ({The above
mentioned game continued with} 14... Nc5 15. gxh6 Ncxd3+ 16. cxd3 Qc5 17. Nf5
$1 exf5 18. d4 Qb6 19. Bxe7 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Nxb2 {when white could
have won at once after} 22. Bf6 $1 $18 {Anand} (22. Kxb2 $2 Kxe7 $14 {1-0
Kamsky,G-Polgar,J/Paris 1992/CBM 33/[Anand] (66)}) 22... Nxd1 (22... Rxh6 23.
Kxb2 Rxf6 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Bxh8 Nxc3 24. h7 Be6 (24... Ne2+ 25. Kb2 Nf4 26. Bg7
Ng6 27. h4 $1 $18) 25. Bg7 Kd7 26. d5 $1 $18 {White ends up with an extra rook
(Anand)}) (14... Ng6 15. Nxe6 $18) 15. gxh6 Qc5 16. Be2 {After this simple
move, white retains with an extra material and a much better position} Bxh4 (
16... Nd3+ $6 17. Rxd3 Qxh5 18. Bxh5 Bxh4 19. Rf1 {White is probably on the
verge of a win already}) 17. Qxh4 Nfg6 18. Qf6 Nd7 (18... Rxh6 19. h4 $1 {
is strong, throwing black's pieces further back}) 19. Qf2 Rxh6 20. Rhf1 (20. h4
$2 {would be a mistake now, as it is met by} Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Qg5+) 20... Rh7 21.
h4 $1 {very strong, white chooses a direct approach} ({after} 21. Kb1 b5 {
black could have hoped to get some counterplay}) 21... Nxh4 (21... b5 22. h5
Nge5 23. Qg3 {threatening Nxe6, with a strong attack}) 22. e5 $1 {white clears
way for his pieces, now the bishop is going to the b1-h7 diagonal and the
knight has a nice spot on e4. The rooks also have the e-files if needed} dxe5 {
the capture with the queen doesn't help as well} (22... Qxe5 23. Bd3 $1 Ng6 (
23... Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Rg7 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Qf4 $1 (26. Nxd6+ Qxd6 27. Qxh4 {
is also strong}) 26... e5 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Qxh4 {with a winning attack, for
example} Nf8 (28... exd4 29. Rde1+ Ne5 30. Qh8+ $18) 29. Nb5 Qb6 30. Nd6+ Qxd6
31. Bb5+ {winning}) 24. Kb1 {White is a pawn down now but his attack is
irresistable, for example:} (24. Bxg6 $6 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxg6 {is still not so
clear, for example} 26. Ndb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Kd8) 24... Ndf8 25. Ne4 Ke7 (25...
Rg7 26. Rde1) 26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Qb6 {winning}) 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Qg3 Ng6 ({or} 
24... Rh8 25. Qg7 Rf8 (25... Qf8 26. Nd6+ $18) 26. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 27. Bg4 Qe7 28.
Nd6+ Kd8 29. Nxc8 {winning}) 25. Nxe6 $1 {another nice blow, white totally
opens up the black king} (25. Nf3 Rg7 {and black still has chances to defend})
25... Qxe6 26. Bc4 Qc6 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. Bxf7 (28. Nxf7+ Kc7 29. Bd5 Qb6 30. Be4
Rg7 31. Nd6 {would have been a less convincing way to take back the material})
28... Ngf8 $6 ({more stubborn was} 28... Ne7 {would have required some
accurate moves from white} 29. Qg5 $1 {not letting the king to escape to c7} b5
30. Bg8 Rh2 31. Rf7 Rxg2 32. Qxe7+ Kc7 33. Bh7 $1 {winning}) 29. Rf3 {black
resigned, a little prematurely probably but the lines show that white is
winning} (29. Rf3 Kc7 (29... b5 30. Rc3) 30. Rc3 Nc5 31. Qxe5 Nfd7 32. Qg3 Kb6
33. Bd5 Qa4 34. Rc4 Qa5 35. Qg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 132]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 {Besides, there are also other moves,
which lead to a compex position} (10. Bxb5) (10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3) 10... Bb7 11.
Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 14. exd5 {It is well known that
the other possible move 14.e5 gives black an opportunity to refute the attack.}
(14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Qh4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6 18. e6 Nc5 (18... Qf4+ 19.
Qxf4 Nxf4 20. exd7+ Kxd7 21. Rf1 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 f5 23. g4 Raf8 $11 {0-1
Grabarczyk,B-Kuczynski,R/Warsaw 2001/CBM 84 (63). (63)}) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20.
Rf1+ Kg8 21. Nf5 Rf8 $5 ({Black may reach immediate draw by following:} 21...
Ne6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Luther,
T-Nielsen,P/Malmo 2002/CBM 90 (25).}) (21... Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rf8 23. Re3 $36 {
[%cal Ge3e7]}) 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Bxg6 Ne6 24. Nf5+ Rxf5 25. Qxf5 Nhf4 26. Bh5
Rf8 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. g3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Berelovich,A-Dvoirys,S/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM
84 ext (80). (80)}) 14... Kd8 15. Nc6+ $5 {A relatively new idea by Kotronias,
which allows white to fight for the initiative. White opens the position even
more, therefore increasing the activity of its pieces. Other moves, such as 15.
Qe3, 15.Re7 or 15.Nf5 as the practice showed don't give white anything real.} (
15. Rxe7 $5 Kxe7 16. Nf5+ Kd8 17. Bh4 Qa5 $142 $5 (17... Rg8 18. Nh6 $1) (17...
Qc5 18. Qxg7 Kc7 19. Bxf6 Rhg8 20. Bd4 Rxg7 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxg7 Rg8 23. Nh5
Rxg2 $15 {0-1 Jens,J-Dvoirys,S/Dieren NED 2001/The Week in Chess 350 (56). (56)
}) 18. Nxd6 Bxd5 19. Qxg7 Kc7 20. Bxf6 Rhg8 21. Qh6 Qxa2 {with a big mess on
the board;}) (15. Qe3 Re8 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Nf5 Nbxd5 17. Qd4 Bf8 18. Be4 Kc8
19. Bf3 Qc5 20. Qd3 Kc7 {0-1 Lerner,K-Zhuravliov,V/Daugavpils 1974/EXT 2001 
(26)}) 16. Nf5 Nxd5 17. Qg3 (17. Qe2 N7b6 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Rxe8+
Kxe8 21. Nxg7+ Kf7 22. Qh6 Rg8 $36 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Grigorian,K/Moscow 1973/
URS-ch (41)}) 17... g6 $142 (17... N5f6 $2 18. Nxg7 Rg8 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Qh4 $18
{1-0 Soloviov,S-Rogovoi,M/St.Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext (25). (24)})) (15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qe2 Kc7 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bb3 h5 21. Kb1 Bc8
22. Ne3 f5 $19 {0-1 Semenova,I-Ruck,R/Balatonbereny 1994/EXT 97 (41)}) 15...
Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Nc5 17. Bh4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Bf8 $2 {
After this move black pieces simply don't get out;} 18. Bc4 $44 Ra7 19. Bd5 a5
(19... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 20. Re2 $40) 20. Re3 $1 {[%cal Gd1e1]} Qc8 $1 (20... Qb6
21. Rde1 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rf7 24. Re8+ Kc7 25. Qb3 $1 $18) 21. Rde1
$36 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Lesiege,A/Montreal 2002/CBM 91/} (21. Bxf6+ {Ftacnik} gxf6
22. Qe1 Re7 $15)) 17. Bxf6 $5 {A natural continuation of the attack. White
penetrates the queen into the opponent's camp and captures the g7 and f7 pawns.
} Nxf6 $8 {Black must recapture with the knight, as Bf6 looks very dubious.} (
17... Bxf6 $6 18. Be4 Qc8 (18... Qa4 19. Bxa8 Qxa2 20. Rxd6 Qxb2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+
22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kf1 $16) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rxd6 $16) 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qxf7 Qe8
$8 {The only defence, but also in this case white's attack looks very
dangerous.} (19... Qc7 20. g3 $40) 20. Qb3 $5 (20. Qc4 $5 $44 Rxg2 21. Rxe7
Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. b3 a5 25. Qc7 Re1+ 26. Kb2 Rgg1 $11) 20...
Rxg2 21. Bf5 $6 {A dubious move. White stops controling the b5 square, which
allows black, sometimes, to activize his queen by Qb5. An immideate 21.Qb4
gives white a strong initiative.} (21. Qxb4 $5 Qc6 (21... Rc8 22. Qb7 Rg7 23.
Bxa6 $18) 22. Qa5+ Ke8 23. Qf5 $36) 21... Rg7 (21... Rb8 22. Qe3 Rg7 23. Qd4
$44) 22. Qxb4 Qc6 23. Re6 Kc7 $2 {After 23...Qb5 black takes over the
initiative.} (23... Qb5 $1 24. Rexd6+ Ke8 25. Qxb5+ axb5 26. R6d2 Rxa2 $36) 24.
Re3 {White decides to continue the attack. The simple 24.Rf6 led to a clear
edge.} (24. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 (24... a5 25. Qe4 Bxf6 26. Qxc6+ Kxc6 27. Be4+ Kd7 28.
Bxa8 $16) 25. Be4 a5 26. Bxc6 axb4 27. Bxa8 $16) 24... Qb6 $2 {A mistake which
leads to a lost position. 24...Kd8 was nessecery with an unclear position.} (
24... Kd8 $5) 25. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 26. Qxb6+ Kxb6 27. Rxd6+ Kc7 28. Rxf6 {Three
pawns for an exchange is more than enough compensation.} a5 29. Bd3 a4 (29...
Rg8 30. h4 Rg4 31. h5 $18) 30. Rh6 a3 {Black is desperate for a counterplay.}
31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. f5 Rxa2 33. f6 Rd7 34. Bf5 {Forces black to remove the rook
from the seventh rank, as after 34...Rf7, 35.Be6 is possible.} Rd6 35. Rxh7+
Kb6 36. f7 Ra8 37. Rg7 {Threatens after 38.Rg8 or 38.Rg6 to exchange the rooks.
} Rh8 38. Rg6 Kc7 39. h4 Rdd8 40. h5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Bxb5 {[%mdl 512] A
very interesting piece sacrifice for a pair of pawns. White gets compensation
for the sacrificed piece} axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb8 {[%mdl 8] 14...Qb6 deserves
attention and black returns the piece getting a fine counterplay as was played
in the game given below} (14... Qc5 $6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 (16... Qb6 17.
exf6 Nxf6 18. Be3 $18 {1-0 Seben,J-Kalina,J/Bratislava 1991/EXT 2001 (26)}) 17.
Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 $16) (14... Qb6 $5 15. e5 Nc5 (15... d5 16. f5
Nh5 17. Qh4 Bxg5+ 18. Qxg5 Nxe5 19. Qxh5 $36 {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Casas,F/Nica
1974 (28)}) (15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 {
1-0 Gunawan,R-Adianto,U/Indonesia 1983/MCD (31)}) 16. exf6 (16. Qh3 $1 Ba6 $5
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nd5 Qb7 $13) 16... gxf6 17. Bh4 Rhg8 18. Qe3 Rxg2 {Gonzales,
R-Infante/El Salvador (ch) 1983/Inf 36 (18)} (18... Rxg2 $132 {0-1 Hartman,
B-West,J/Philadelphia 1990/Inf 50/[West,J] (47)})) 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nc5 $5
{[%mdl 256] Black offers to retain the material equality. In this case the
position is about equal} 17. Qh4 $5 {White refuses to take the piece and
prefers to continue playing with a disrupted material balance} (17. exf6 Qxg3
18. hxg3 gxf6 19. Be3 Bxg2 $14) 17... h6 {Black prefers to give another pawn
but not to exchange the dark squared bishops} (17... Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nce4 19.
exf6 gxf6 20. Be3 $16) 18. Bxf6 (18. Be3 g5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. exf6 gxh4 21.
fxe7 Rg8 22. Bxc5 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxg2 $17) 18... gxf6 19. exf6 Bd6 {18...Bf8
seems to be better} (19... Bf8 $5 20. b4 Na6 21. Qc4+ Nc7) 20. Qc4 (20. Qh5 $5
{[%cal Rh5f7,Gh5c5] 20.Qh5 deserved a serious attention creating threats to
the f7 pawn and the knight on c5} Bf4+ 21. Kb1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe5 23. Qxf7)
20... Bd5 {Black frees himself from a dangerous pin} 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5
Bf4+ 23. Kb1 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxb5 25. Qf5+ Qd7 (25... Kb7 26. Qxf4 Ne6) 26. Qxc5+
{White prefers to take the knight getting enough compensation for the deficit
of piece} Bc7 27. a4 Re8 $5 {Black exchanges white's active rook, deciding not
to take the pawn} (27... Qxa4 28. Re7 Qf4 29. Qc6 Kb8 30. g3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Bxd6
32. Rxf7 Kc8 33. c3 $16) 28. Re7 Rxe7 29. fxe7 Qe6 30. a5 Kd7 31. a6 {White
goes for the draw, deciding not to continue the game after 31.b4} (31. b4 Bxh2
32. Kb2 Bd6 $132) 31... Qe1+ 32. Ka2 Qe6+ 33. Kb1 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Qe6+ 35. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 {11.Bh4 deserves attention, see the game
Guseinov-Kempinski-CBM-98} (11. Bh4) 11... Bxf6 12. h4 {White's advance of the
pawns on the kingside is one of his main ideas} Qb6 $5 {Driving the knight off
the centre. 12...b5 is bad in view of the typical sacrifice on b5} (12... b5 $2
13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 $40) 13. Nb3 Be7 $5 $146 {Black retreats with his
bishop in advance, preparing for g4-g5. 13...Nc5 also deserves attention with
the idea to exchange a few pieces, for example:} (13... Nc5 $5 14. Nd2 $5 (14.
Bg2 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bd7 16. g5 Be7 17. Kb1 O-O-O $132 {0-1 Bryson,D-Rowson,J/
Largs 1998/EXT 99 (36)}) 14... Qc7 15. Nc4 Be7 16. f5 b5 17. Ne3 Bb7 $132 {
0-1 Rajlich,V-Van Blitterswijk,S/Budapest 2000/CBM 75 ext (26)}) 14. Kb1 (14.
g5 $6 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Qxh1 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Qxf4) 14... Nc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16.
Bg2 O-O-O {Black successfully finishes his development and has good chances to
receive a decent counterplay} 17. g5 Kb8 18. Rd2 (18. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5]})
18... hxg5 $5 {Black exchanges the rooks in order to reduce white's pressure}
19. hxg5 Rxh1+ 20. Bxh1 Rh8 {[%cal Rh8h1] Black transfers the rook to a more
active position} 21. Bg2 g6 {A profilactic move. Firstly, black stops the
advance of the g5 pawn and secondly reduces the possibilities of the Nd4 in
the light of the eventual e6-e5} 22. Rd1 Na4 $5 {The knight exchange is part
of the black's plan as white has a space advantage} 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. Qa3 Bd7
25. e5 {White makes a breakthough opening his bishop} Bf8 26. exd6 Bxd6 27.
Nc6+ Bxc6 28. Qxd6+ Qc7 {Black defended easily from the opponent threats and
now offers a transformation to an equal endgame} 29. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A big
mistake. White misses black's obvious reply and loses a pawn} (29. Bxc6 Qxd6
30. Rxd6 Kc7 31. Rd4 Kxc6 32. c3 $11) 29... e5 $1 30. Qg1 Bxg2 31. Qxg2 exf4
$17 32. a3 Rd8 {Black offers to trade rooks, correctly assesing the queen
endgame as easily won} 33. Rf1 Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5g5] Centralization} 34. a4 {
White is forced to a passive defence} (34. Qg4 Rd4 $17) 34... f6 $1 {Recieving
two connected passed pawns} 35. gxf6 Qxf6 36. Qg4 g5 37. Rg1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Rd2
$6 {The simple 37...Rd5 was more precise.} (37... Rd5 $5) 38. Re1 {38.Qg5 gave
white more chances} (38. Qxg5 $5 Rd1+ (38... Qxg5 39. Rxg5 f3 40. Rf5 f2 41.
Ka2 Rxc2 42. Kb3 Re2 43. Kc3 $17) 39. Ka2 Qe6+ 40. b3 Rxg1 41. Qxg1 Qe2 42.
Qg8+ Ka7 43. Qg1+ Qe3 44. Qg5) 38... f3 $19 39. Qg3+ Ka7 40. Qc7 f2 41. Rf1 Re2
42. Ka2 Qc6 {Forcing the exchange of queens, that's why white resigned} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 {One of the main lines in this sharp
position of the Naidorf. 10.Bd3, 10.Be2 also possible} h6 {Another main line
is 10...b5} 11. Bh4 g5 12. e5 {An interesting move, which includes a pawn
sacrifice. In case of the usual 12.fg Ne5 black a comfotable position, for
example:} (12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nfxg4 14. gxh6 Bxh4 15. Qxh4 Qe7 $132 {0-1
Voltschok,A-Stein,L/Kiev 1960/EXT 2003 (45)}) 12... gxh4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
novelty. Previously met 12...de and the games below show that white has a
certain initiative for the sacrificed pawn} (12... dxe5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bg3
Rb8 (14... Qa5 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Be2 $44 {1-0 Kalka,A-Van der Lijn,B/Leeuwarden
1992/EXT 98 (26)}) (14... Bb4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxb4
Nd5 19. Qe4 Nf4 $132 {1-0 Guseinov,K-Peng,Z/Budapest 2001/CBM 82 ext (27)}) 15.
h4 gxh4 16. g5 Nh5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Smolkov,I-Areshchenko,A/
Alushta 2002/EXT 2003 (31)}) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. g5 {White continues with his
plan. He wants to open the position and take use of tyhe black king in the
centre.} hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh7 {15...Nh5 is also possible with an unclear game} 16.
g6 {Sacrificing another pawn in order to break black's pawn structure} fxg6 17.
Bd3 Nf8 18. Rhg1 $36 {[%mdl 128] White got a serious compensation for the
sacrificed material} Rg8 19. Rdf1 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Rg7 {[%csl Rf7] Black is
forced to give up some of his extra material} 20. Bxg6+ Kd8 {In spite of the
obvious danger it's not so easy to get to the black king} 21. Bh5 Rxg1 22. Rxg1
Qc5 23. Nce2 $6 {A serious mistake after which black is able to defend. 23.Qf7
was a correct move, getting back the material and holding on to the initiative.
} (23. Qf7 $1 Qxd4 24. Qe8+ Kc7 25. Qxe7+ Bd7 26. Rf1 Qh8 27. Qxh4) 23... e5 $5
{Tries to activize his pieces} 24. Qf7 $6 {The following exchanges are helping
black, 24.Nb3 deserved attention} (24. Nb3 $5 Qc6 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Nc3 Qc4 27.
Bf3) 24... exd4 25. Qe8+ Kc7 26. Qxe7+ Bd7 {[%cal Yd4d3] Black is practically
finished his development and can freely look into the future, he already
threatens 27...d3} 27. Rg5 (27. Qxh4 d3 28. Nd4 Ne6 29. Nxe6+ Bxe6 $132) 27...
Qc6 28. Nf4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf4d5]} Qh1+ 29. Bd1 Re8 30. Qf6 $4 {A tough
mistake leading to a loss immideatly. After 30.Qf7 the result isn't clear} (30.
Qf7 $5 Re1 31. Qc4+ Bc6 32. Qxd4) 30... Nh7 $19 31. Rg1 Qxg1 32. Nd5+ Kc6 33.
Nb4+ Kc5 {A few checks don't lead to anything.} 34. Nd3+ Kb6 35. Qxd6+ Bc6 36.
b4 Ka7 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 {In these position white has also many other options: 16.
fxe6, 16.Nxe6, or 16.h4, here are a few possible lines} (16. fxe6 g6 17. exf7+
Kxf7 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Qf2+ (19. Nc6 {is better} Bxe2 20. Nxd8+ Raxd8 21. Bxe2 {
with a small advantage for white}) 19... Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Bxf6 21. Be2 Bxe2 22.
Ndxe2 Nc4 {0-1 Deepan Chakkravarthy,J-Sasikiran,K/Raipur 2002/CBM 87 ext (37)
with approximate equality}) (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. exf7+
Kh8 20. Nd5 g6 21. Qh3 Rxf7 22. Nf4 {with a complicated game, Relange-Sadler
Hastings 1997}) (16. h4 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nd5 {
with an interesting game}) 16... Bf6 17. fxe6 ({Now} 17. Nxe6 $2 {won't work}
g6 $1 18. fxg6 (18. Nxd8 $2 gxh5 {[%csl Rd8]}) 18... Bxe6 19. g7 (19. gxh7 Ke7
{black is a health piece up}) 19... Rg8 20. Qxh7 Ke7 {[%cal Ge5g6]} 21. Bh3 Qb6
{and white doesn't have enough compensation for the lost knight}) 17... O-O (
17... g6 {is another possible move, though it looks more logical to bring the
king to safety first} 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe2 Bg7 (19... Rf8 {is better, trying
to secure the king's position} 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Nd5 Nf2 23. Qb3 Kg7
24. Rd2 Nxe4 25. Rd1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qg5 27. Qe3 Qxe3 $17 {Enders Peter-Ftacnik
Lubomir/Bundesliga 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 20. Qf2+ Qf6 21. Qg3 {/\ 22. Nd5, 22.
Bb5! ab5 23. Rgf1} Rf8 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qb3 Ke8 24. Bh3 Ra7 25. Be6 Bd7 26. Qh3
h5 27. Nf5 $1 $18 {Luther,T-Vaulin,A/Kecskemet 1993/1-0(43)}) 18. exf7+ {
a novelty according to my database, though it doesn't dramatically change the
nature of this position} (18. Bh3 {is a move that everyone plays.} g6 19. Nd5
Kh8 20. Qe2 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Ra7 $1 {an improvement over 21...Re8} (21... Re8 22.
Bxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Bxh4 (23... Nc4 24. h5 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 gxh5 26. Qxh5 $16 {
Mecking,H-Quinteros,M/Manila izt 1976/1-0(41)}) 24. Rh1 Rc4 25. b3 Rc8 26. Qh2
g5 27. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Groszpeter,A-Orso,M/Budapest HUN ch 1979 (28) with clear
advantage for white}) 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Bd5 Re7 {Psakhis,L-Cvitan,O/Geneve
1992/0-1(50) with unclear position}) 18... Kh8 $6 (18... Rxf7 {was much
stronger} 19. Bh3 g6 (19... Kh8 20. Bf5 {looks quite strong for white} Bxf5 21.
exf5) 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd5 {with a slight advantage for white as usually in
these lines}) 19. Nd5 g6 {falls in a cunning trap although white is already
much better} (19... Rxf7 {is answered by} 20. Nc6 {now} Qf8 21. Nxf6 gxf6 (
21... Rxf6 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe5 {wins a pawn}) 22. Nd4 {with a clear
advantage} (22. Nxe5 fxe5 (22... dxe5 23. Qxf7 $1) 23. Bh3 {is also better for
white})) (19... Nxf7 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Nxf6 {and white is clearly better}) 20.
Rxg6 $1 {now it's all forced} Nxg6 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Nxf6 Qxf7 23. Rxd6 {White
has two pawns for the exchange and his position is very strong, all his pieces
are centralized except the bishop on f1 which would join the battle on the
next move, in order to change the position black decides to go for a queen
sacrifice} Qxf6 $5 (23... Bb7 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qg7 26. Qd4 {and e4-e5
with a superior position}) (23... Qg7 24. e5) 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qd1 Bg4 26. Qd4
Raf8 27. b3 {White fails to find a way to save the piece, what could be
achieved by a subtle manoevre} (27. Bd3 Kg8 28. Qg1 $1 h5 (28... Bh3 29. Ne7+
Kh8 (29... Kg7 30. Nf5+) 30. Nxg6+ Rxg6 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. b3 {probably with a
winning position}) 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. Ne3 {white is better, although
black has some chances to survive}) 27... Kg8 28. Bg2 Rxc6 29. e5 {White's
position is still strong and he's not in danger of losing} Rf4 30. Qd8+ Rf8 31.
Qd4 Rf4 32. Qd8+ Rf8 33. Qg5 $1 {White correctly decides to continue the game}
Rc5 (33... Bf3 $2 34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd7+) (33... Bd7 {was
probably a better alternative, but as we shall see, white's chances are
preferable here as well} 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. e6 (35. h4 $6 Rf1+ 36. Kb2 Kf7 37.
h5 Ne7 {and black is fine}) 35... Re8 36. h4 {black would have to give the
knight for white's e and h pawns and it looks like he's able to construct a
fortress} Rxe6 37. h5 Be4 38. hxg6 hxg6 {the game should end in a draw probably
}) 34. Qxg4 Rxe5 35. h4 Rf4 36. Qd7 (36. Qc8+ {was stronger} Kg7 37. Qxa6 b4 (
37... Nxh4 $6 {allows} 38. Bd5 $1 b4 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40. Bc4 $1 {with big
advantage for white}) 38. Kb2 (38. Bd5 {won't work now} Re1+ 39. Kb2 Rff1 40.
Qb7+ Ne7 41. Qxb4 Nxd5 42. Qb7+ Ne7 {and black shoudn't lose}) 38... Rxh4 39.
Bd5 {and Bc4, white should have the advantage in the pawn race since his
bishop is very strong on both flanks}) 36... b4 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Bc4 {white
transfers the bishop to c4 but leaves the black a-pawn alive} a5 {White is
still better but it looks as black should draw} 39. Kb2 Rxh4 $4 {Black misses
white's reply and ends up in a losing position} (39... Rh5 {was surely a
better option}) 40. Qf7 $1 {threatening to mate in one} Rxc4 {the only defence}
41. bxc4 {of course, white prefers to have a passed pawn, the rest is simple}
Rc5 42. Kb3 Re5 43. Ka4 (43. Qa7 {looks stronger, protecting the e3 square and
securing the advance of the c-pawn}) 43... Rc5 44. Kb3 Re5 {it was probably a
mutual time trouble} 45. Kb2 Rh5 {black refrains from 45...Rc5 repeting the
position after 41 move, but 45...Rh5 is hardly an improvement} 46. Qc7 (46. Qa7
$1) 46... Ne5 47. c5 a4 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qxb4 Kf6 50. Qxa4 (50. c6 Nxc6 51.
Qd6+) 50... Rf5 51. Qe8 (51. c6 {why not this?}) 51... Rf3 52. Qd8+ Kf5 53. Qd5
Rf4 54. Kb3 Rf3+ 55. Kb4 Rf4+ 56. Kb5 Rf2 57. Qh1 ({or} 57. Qg8 Kf4 58. Qxh7)
57... Kf4 58. Qxh7 Nf3 59. c6 Nd4+ 60. Kb6 Rxc2 61. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Schurade, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Rg8 {Black forces white to decide what to
play. Another move 11...Nb6 also deserved attention, as the tournament
practice shows black has counter chances} (11... Nb6 $5 12. Rhe1 (12. f5 e5 13.
Nf3 (13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Rhe1 (14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 e4
$5 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 18. Bxe4 Qb6 $44 {0-1 Ciocaltea,V-Najdorf,M/Nice 1974/EXT
2000 (37)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bc4 Rhf8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Sax,G/Bath 1973/EU-chT (67)}) 13... Bd7 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Qg3 Bg5+ $132 {0-1 Grefe,J-Browne,W/Chicago 1974/
MCD (41)}) (12. Bh4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 {1-0 Timman,J-Browne,W/Wijk aan
Zee 1975/MCL/[Bulletin] (55)} exf4 $5) 12... e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 O-O-O 15.
Bh4 exf4 16. Bf2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Planinec,A-Browne,W/Madrid 1973/MCL (41)}) 12.
Bxf6 {white is almost forced to exchange his dark squared bishop as after Bh4
black plays g5} Nxf6 $8 (12... Bxf6 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kf8 15. Bc4 $18)
13. f5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rd4e6,Rh3e6] White continues with his plan to attack
the e6 pawn} (13. Qe3 $5) 13... e5 {Black is forced to close the game,
weakening the d5 square} 14. Nf3 $146 {[%mdl 8] In case of 14.Nde2 black gets
a fine counterplay} (14. Nde2 Bd7 15. Qf3 g6 16. Ng3 O-O-O 17. Kb1 h5 $132 {
0-1 Bertholee,R-Van Blitterswijk,S/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 74 ext (40)}) 14...
Bd7 {Black finishes the development on the queenside and prepares the castling}
15. Nd2 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rd3c4] With the idea to activize the bishop through c4
} b5 {[%csl Rc4] Covering the c4 sqaure. 15...Bc6 deserved attention too} (
15... Bc6 $5 16. Qf3 (16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
Bg5 21. Kb1 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qc4 $132) 16... b5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bb7) 16. Nd5
{White changes the pawn structure} Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg5 $5 {Black exchanges his
passive bishop for the potentially dangerous white knight. 17...a5 also
deserved attention, trying to get an active play on the queenside} (17... a5 $5
18. Ne4 b4 19. Kb1 a4 $132) 18. Kb1 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 O-O-O $6 {Black decides on
the position of his king to quickly. 19...Qc5 looked much better} (19... Ke7 $2
20. f6+ gxf6 21. Qh4 {[%csl Rf6]}) (19... Qc5 $5 20. Qf3 b4 21. Rc1 a5 $132)
20. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5f7]} f6 21. c4 $1 $36 {white immideatly seizes the
initiative and tries to exploit the unfortunate position of the black king} b4
{Of course, black doesn't want to open the game with 22...bc} 22. c5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] white plays very energetic. He doesn't fear to sacrifice in order
to seize the initiative} dxc5 23. d6 {[%mdl 512] White avoids the simple 23.
Ba6 which would have givven him back the material and tries to continue his
initiative} (23. Bxa6+ $5 Kb8 24. Bc4 Qd6) 23... Qxd6 {Black accepts the
challenge. Safer was 23...Qc6 getting a defencible position} (23... Qc6 $5 24.
Qe2 Kb8 25. Be4 Qb5 26. Qe3 Bc6 27. Rc1 Bxe4+ 28. Qxe4 Rd7 29. Rd5 Rc8) 24.
Rhd1 $1 Qb6 $2 {Black is on the verge of the defeat. 23...Qc6 deserved
attention and black should hold after a serie of forced moves} (24... Qc6 $1
25. Qf7 (25. Bc4 Qe4+ 26. Bd3 Qc6) 25... c4 $5 26. Bc2 (26. Rc2 Kb8 $1 (26...
c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qb3 $36) 27. Rxc4 Qb7 28. Be4 Bc6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxb7+
Bxb7 31. Rxb4 Rd7 $11) 26... Rgf8 27. Qxg7 b3 28. Rxd7 bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Rxd7 30.
Qxf8+ Kb7 $11) 25. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4g8,Yd2d7]} Rgf8 {In case of the only 25...
g6 black's position is very dangerous as the next variations show} (25... Ba4
26. b3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Be8 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qg3 h4 30. Qg4 $18) (25... g6 $8 26.
fxg6 Be6 27. Qf3 Rxd2 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa7+ Kc8 31. Qxc5+ Kb7
32. Qxb4+ Ka8 33. Qxd2 $40) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Be6 $18 Rfd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29.
Qe8+ Qd8 30. Bxd7+ Kc7 31. Qxd8+ Kxd8 32. Be6 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Contreras Rodriguez, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 {A relatively rare line. The
main line is 11.Bd3.} b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Bxb5 $1 $40) (12... gxf6
13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh5 $16) 13. e5 Bb7 14. Qg3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 (15... Nd5 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Bg4 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rd1 $16 {
1-0 Zwaig,A-Bednarski,J/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (48)}) (15... Ne4 16. Nxe6 Qxc3 (
16... fxe6 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. Rhf1+ Kg8 19. Qxe6+ $18) 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Ke8
19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. Nd5 $14 {Neumann-Kaldor,1971
Netania}) 16. Nxe6 $5 {White is almost forced to take strong measures, because
in case of a calm play Black easily gets a comfortable game.} (16. Qxg7 Qxe5
17. Nxe6 $2 Bf6 18. Qg4 Qxe6 19. Rhe1 O-O-O 20. Qh5 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Nf6 {0-1
Simoli,S-Bulajic,R/Novi Sad 1989/EXT 2000 (21)}) (16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 O-O 18.
Ne4 Rac8 $132 {0-1 Forato,P-Mogranzini,R/Paderno del Grappa 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}
) 16... fxe6 17. Bh5+ $5 {As the game below shows, Black can gain a draw after
17.Qg6+ by accurate defense.} (17. Qg6+ Kd8 18. Qxe6 Re8 19. Kb1 Bf6 20. Qf7
Re7 21. Qg8+ Re8 22. Qf7 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Quinteros,M-Ostermeyer,P/Hannover 1983/
MCL (22)}) 17... Kd8 18. Qxg7 Rf8 {[%cal Rh5g4,Gg4e6]} 19. Bg4 {By activating
the rook white strengthens the pressure.} Qc5 $146 (19... Qc4 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7
21. Rd1+ Kc7 (21... Kc6 22. Qxe7 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qxe5 24. Bf3+ Rxf3 25. gxf3 $18 {
1/2-1/2 Huchwajda,L-Tomczak,R/Augustow 1996/EXT 2003 (41)}) 22. Qxe7+ Kb6 23.
Rd6+ $40 {1-0 Brkic,A-Markovic,D/Bizovac 2003/CBM 092 ext (53)}) (19... Bxg2
20. Rhg1 Bc6 21. Bxe6 $40) 20. Bxe6 Bc6 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Qg4 Bd6 (22... Ra7
23. e6 Rf2 24. Qe4 $18) 23. Qe4 $18 Bc6 24. Qg6 {White has a large material
and positional advantage.} Kc7 25. Rxd6 Rae8 26. Rhd1 Kb7 27. Qxh6 b4 28. Nd5
Rc8 29. Qe3 Bxd5 30. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Rudolf, Henrik"]
[Black "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 {This variation was popular in 60s; Nowdays, 10.Bd3
is played more frequently;} b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 {Well- known
pawn sacrifice; White receives clear advantage if black accepts it;} Nc5 {
One of main continuations in this opening line;} (13... Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15.
Qh5 Bf6 16. fxe6 O-O $14) 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 {Natural move-
white gets the rook into play;} h5 {Prophylactic move; Black just takes care
of eventual Qh5 of white;} 17. a3 Nd7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move is an
interesting theoretical movelty; Black is transferring the knight to activer
outpost; In addition, black puts a pressure on f6 pawn; 17... Bd7 deserves
attention as well, as it has been played in the game mentioned below:} (17...
Rb8 $6 18. e5 d5 19. Bh3 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxc8 Ne4 23. Nb3
Qxc8 24. Rxd5 Rc4 25. Rgd1 Rg8 26. Kb1 {1-0 Wolff,P-McKenna,G/Philadelphia
1990/EXT 97 (26)}) (17... Bd7 $5 18. Bh3 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. e5 Rc8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Gruenfeld,Y/Palma de Mallorca 1989/TD (55)}) 18. e5 {White is
trying to refute the play of black by openning the game up;} Bb7 19. Qh3 Nxe5 (
19... O-O-O $5) 20. Rg7 {White could've sacrificed a piece by 20.Nxe6, but
even in that case white doesn't get any clear advantage as it's proven in the
following line:} (20. Nxe6 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Be2 Re8 24. Qh3)
20... Qd8 {20...Bxg7 is just too dangerous for black:} (20... Bxg7 $6 21. fxg7
Rg8 22. Nxe6 Qc8 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rb6 fxe6 25. Qh4+ Ke8 26. Qf6 $36) 21. Nxe6
Qxf6 22. Nc7+ Kd8 23. Nxa8 {After the series of only moves, the position has
been simpified and black has got rid of white's initiative;} Qxg7 24. Nb6 Qg4
$5 {Natural move- black is trying to trade the active queen of black;} 25. Qe3
Qf3 26. Qe1 Ng4 27. Nbd5 Bh6+ 28. Kb1 Re8 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Nxf6 $6 {This was
necessary to get the bishop in to the play by 30.Bh3; The fight is on after
that move;} (30. Bh3 $1) 30... Nxf6 31. Rxd6+ $6 {Decisive mistake- 31.Bg2
would've make the game balanced;} (31. Bg2 $5 Qxg2 (31... Qf4 32. Qxf4 Bxf4 33.
Bxb7 $11) 32. Qxf6+ Kc8 33. Qxh6 Qxh2 $132) 31... Ke7 32. Qb4 $2 {More
resistant was 36.Bg2, although in that case white's advantage is obvious;} (32.
Bg2 Qf4 33. Qxf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Kxf6 35. Bxb7 Re1+) 32... Kf7 33. Bd3 Bf8 34.
Qb3+ Kg7 35. Re6 Bd5 36. Nxd5 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 {: Another possibility in this position is 10.Bd3} h6
{the mane line in this variation is 10...b5 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.g5 Nd7} 11. Bxf6 {
White exchanges his dark squared bishop but instead gets the opportunity of an
immideate advance on the king side.} Bxf6 12. h4 Qb6 {[%cal Rf6d4,Rb6d4] Black
immideatly attacks the central white knight and drives it off the centre.} (
12... b5 $2 13. Bxb5 $1 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qc6 15. Rxd6 $40) 13. Nde2 Be7 {Black
retreats his bishop in advance. 13...Nc5 looks logical trying to finish the
development and preparing a long castle. In this case white has a small but a
stable edge. Another possibility is 13...g5 which looks very interesting.
Black got a nice counterplay in a game below.} (13... g5 $5 14. e5 (14. hxg5
hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qh3 Bg7 $36 {1/2-1/2 Giles,M-De Fotis,G/Illinois 1986/
EXT 2001 (71)}) 14... dxe5 15. fxg5 e4 16. Qxe4 hxg5 17. h5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19.
Rh3 O-O-O $132 {1-0 Molvig,H-Kristensen,K/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 45 ext (43)}) 14.
Ng3 $146 {[%cal Rg3h5,Yg4g5,Yf1d3][%mdl 8] White transfers the knight to amore
active spot. An immideate 14.g5 was also tried} (14. g5 hxg5 (14... Nf8 $146 {.
} 15. Rg1 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ng6 17. Qg3 $36 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Jaracz,P/Istanbul
2003/CBM 096/[Gofshtein,L] (37)}) 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Qxh1 Nf8 17. Kb1 $36 {
0-1 Bluvshtein,M-Kempinski,R/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (39)}) 14... Nf8 {A typical
move for this position. Black brings the knight to protect the kingside.
Besides, he frees the d7 square for the bishop} 15. Bc4 $36 {[%cal Rc4e6]
Finishing the development and bringing the bishop to an active position} Ng6
16. Nf5 $5 {[%mdl 512] White uses drastic remedy - he sacrifices the knight} (
16. g5 $5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Bd7) 16... exf5 17. exf5 $36 Nxh4 18. Qe4
{White strengthens his pressure, not letting black to castle} (18. Qd5 $2 O-O)
18... Qd8 19. Nd5 $40 {White's pieces are totally dominating. Besides the
black knight is also out of play. White has compensation for the sacrifices
piece} Kf8 20. Rde1 {[%cal Rd5e7,Re4e7]} Nxf5 {Black is forced to give the
knight back in order to minimize white's pressure} (20... Bf6 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22.
Rxh4 $40) 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Nxf6 $1 {Totally corrupting black's pawn structure}
gxf6 23. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g8] Bringing the rook to a more active position.
White's pieces are extremely active and the black king under heavy fire} Rg8
24. Qh1 {[%cal Rh1h6] Simpler is 24.Qd5 with an immideate win} (24. Qd5 $1 Qd7
25. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 26. Qxd6+ Qe7 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qxe7 $18) 24... Rxg1 25.
Qxh6+ Rg7 26. Rg1 Ke8 27. Qxg7 {In spite of the mistake white made he still
has a strong attack} Qe7 28. Kd2 {[%cal Rg1e1]} (28. Bxf7+ $5 Kd8 29. Be6 Qxg7
30. Rxg7 Rb8 31. Kd2 $18) (28. Qg3 Kd8 29. Bd5 $36) 28... d5 29. Bd3 {29.Re1
deserved attention winning the queen and despite some technical difficulties
white should win} (29. Re1 $5 dxc4 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qg2 Kf8 32. Kc3 Rb8 33.
Qd5 Kg7 34. Kxc4 b5+ 35. Kc5 Bb7 36. Qd3) 29... Kd8 30. Re1 (30. c3 $5 Kc7 31.
Rg6 Kb8 32. Rxf6 Qc7 33. Rxf7 Qxf4+ 34. Kd1 Qa4+ $16) 30... Qb4+ 31. Kd1 Kc7
32. Re8 (32. Qxf7+ $5 Bd7 33. Qxf6 Qxf4 34. Qc3+ Kb6 35. Rf1) 32... Qxf4 33.
Qxf7+ $2 {White is falling in a trap and has to be satisfied with a draw. 33.
Qf6 gave him good chances for a win} (33. Qxf6 $5 Qg4+ 34. Kd2 Qf4+ 35. Kc3 Qd6
36. Qe7+ Qd7 37. Kd4 $18) 33... Bd7 $1 34. Rxa8 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 Qc5+
37. Kb3 Qb6+ 38. Kc3 Qc5+ 39. Kd2 Qf2+ 40. Kd1 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qg3+
43. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7.
f4 e6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 {Another possibility in this position is
10.Bd3} h6 {the mane line in this variation is 10...b5 11.Bf6 Nf6 12.g5 Nd7}
11. Bxf6 {White exchanges his dark squared bishop but instead gets the
opportunity of an immideate advance on the king side.} Bxf6 12. h4 Qb6 {
Black immideatly attacks the central white knight and drives it off the centre.
} (12... b5 $2 13. Bxb5 $1 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qc6 15. Rxd6 $40) 13. Nde2 Be7 {
Black retreats his bishop in advance. 13...Nc5 looks logical trying to finish
the development and preparing a long castle. In this case white has a small
but a stable edge. Another possibility 13...g5 looks very interesting. Black
got a nice counterplay in a game below.} (13... Nc5 14. g5 Be7 15. Qg2 Bd7 16.
gxh6 g6 17. h5 Rxh6 18. hxg6 Rxg6 19. Qf3 O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Comp
Zugzwang-Kempinski,R/Lippstadt 1995/EXT 97 (59)}) (13... g5 $5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxg5 e4 16. Qxe4 hxg5 17. h5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rh3 O-O-O $132 {1-0 Molvig,
H-Kristensen,K/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 45 ext (43)}) 14. g5 Nf8 $146 {A new idea.
Usually 14...Nc5 was played. Black prepares Bd7 and than a long castle. The
knight goes to g6, where it attacks the central squares e5 and f4.} 15. Rg1
hxg5 16. hxg5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Rh5 {Defending against f4-f5. Of course, black's
construction looks artificial and white confidently proves it.} (17... Bd7 18.
Bh3 Qc5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. f5 Ne5 21. Rh1 $16) 18. Nd4 e5 {Black is practically
forced to start a counterplay as the simple 18.Be2 was a threat, followed by
19.f4-f5.} 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. f5 Nf8 (21... exd4 22. fxg6 $40) 22.
Be2 Rh8 23. Nb3 $16 {White has a clear edge. Practically all black's pieces
are out of play. Besides, the d5 square is very weak. The black's king also
doesn't feel very protected.} Bd7 24. Na5 {[%cal Ra5b7,Ra5c4,Rc4e3,Re3d5]} Bb5
25. Nc4 {The knight heads towards d5, so black must exchange it.} Bxc4 26. Bxc4
O-O-O 27. Qb3 Rd7 28. Rdf1 f6 {f5-f6 was a threat, so black is forced to
weaken his position even more.} 29. g6 Rd8 30. Bd5 Qc7 31. Rg3 $1 $18 {A rook
enters the queen side with a decisive effect.} Kb8 32. Rc3 Qe7 33. Qb6 Rd7 34.
Rb3 Kc8 35. Qa7 Rc7 36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 {The other popular move in this position is 10.Bd3} b5
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 {Another direction of defence is 13...
Bg5+14.Kb1Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8! with good counterplay for black} 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6
Bf8 16. Rg1 {[%cal Rg1g7] A natural move, white brings the rook to the game} h5
{Taking the h5 square from the white queen} 17. Rg7 {White continues to put
pressure} b4 {Practically inviting white to sacrifice the knight} (17... Bxg7
$2 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 $18) 18. Nd5 $8 (18. Nce2 Bb7 $36)
18... exd5 19. exd5 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5] The knight is transfered to e5 in order
to close the e-file from the attack. 19...Bg4 looks dangerous, white has a
dangerous initiative in this case} (19... Bg4 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Qf4 Kc8 22. Ne6
fxe6 23. Rxc7+ Kxc7 24. Qxb4 e5 25. Qa5+ $36 Kd7 {Stenzel-Mirabile, 46th
Nassau Grand Prix 1995}) 20. Nc6 {20.Ne6 seems strong but as the tournament
practice shows it's not enough} (20. Ne6 fxe6 $5 21. dxe6 Ne5 22. Qxa8 Bxg7 23.
fxg7 Rg8 24. Bxa6 Ke7 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Qe4 Qc4 {Stenzel-Mirabile, 14th
Freeport Spring Swiss 1997} (26... Qxe6 {Wieck-Mirabile, 31st Nassau Futurity
1997})) 20... Bb7 $5 {Attacking the dangerous knight. In the future black
would try to exchange it, reducing whiet's attacking potential. The immideate
20...Ne5 is bad as the variations show} (20... Ne5 {?} 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Bb7
23. Qb3 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qf7 $36) 21. Bh3 Bxc6
{21...Ne5 deserved attention and as the next lines show black can handle
white's attack and stays with an extra material.} (21... Ne5 $5 22. Re1 Bxc6
23. dxc6 Kd8 (23... Bxg7 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Qxh5 {?} (25. Qf6 {?} Qe7 26. Qxe7+
Kxe7 27. c7 Kf6 28. c8=Q (28. Rd1 Ng4 $17) 28... Raxc8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1
Nc4 $17) (25. Bd7+ Ke7 (25... Kd8 {??} 26. Qf6#) 26. Qxh5 Rxg7 27. Qh4+ f6 28.
Qxb4 (28. Qc4 Rf8 29. Qxa6 (29. Qxb4 Rfg8 {- 28 Qxb4 Rag8}) (29. Qe6+ Kd8 $17)
29... Rfg8 30. Qc4 Kd8 31. Qe6 (31. Qxb4 Rxd7 $17) 31... Nxd7 32. cxd7 Qxd7 33.
Qxf6+ Kc7 34. Qd4 Qb5 35. a3 Qb6 36. Qc4+ Qc5 37. Qxb4 Qxb4 38. axb4 Rg1 $17)
28... Rag8 29. Qc4 Kd8 30. Qe6 (30. Qxa6 Rg1 $17) (30. Qf1 Qa5 31. Qxf6+ Kc7
32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Bf5 Rg1 $17) 30... Rf8 $17) 25... Qe7 26. Bd7+ Kd8 27. Kd1 (27.
Kb1 Qf6 $17) (27. Qh7 Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Rxg7 $17 {Mirabile}) 27... Qf6 28. Rg1 Nxd7
29. Qa5+ (29. cxd7 Qd4+ $17) 29... Ke7 30. Re1+ Ne5 31. Qc7+ Ke6 32. Qd7+ Kd5
$17 {Mirabile}) 24. Qe4 Rb8 25. Bd7 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Nagy,A-Vrbica,L/Slovakia 2001/
EXT 2002 (25)}) 22. dxc6 Ne5 23. Bd7+ Kd8 24. Qe4 Qb6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only
this move is a novelty. 24...Qa5 was previously played. White has a strong
initiative in that case} (24... Qa5 $6 25. Be6 $1 Kc7 26. Bxf7 Bxg7 27. fxg7
Rhg8 28. Bxg8 Rxg8 29. Rd5 Qxa2 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kxc6 32. b3 a5 33. Qf6+
Kb7 34. Kd2 Rc8 35. Qe7+ $36 {1-0 Lindberg,B-Sammalvuo,T/Gothenburg 2003/EXT
2004 (66)}) 25. Be6 {With the idea to open the 7th rank for the rook} Kc7 {
Moving the king from the d-file} 26. Bxf7 Nxc6 {Finally black gets rid of the
dangerous pawn on c6} 27. Bd5+ (27. Rh7 Rxh7 28. Qxh7 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Qh6 $17)
27... Bxg7 28. fxg7 Rhg8 29. Bxg8 {Also in case of 29.Qh7 black defends and
stays with an extra piece} (29. Qh7 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qe2 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. Bxa8 Rxa8)
29... Rxg8 30. Qe6 Rxg7 31. Qxd6+ Kb7 $19 {Black has stayed with an extra
piece and a winning position} 32. Qh6 Qc7 33. Qxh5 Rh7 34. Qg4 Qxh2 35. b3 Qe5
{Black centralizes his queen as the first priority} 36. Kb1 Re7 {[%cal Re5e2]
With the threat to exchange queens after 37...Qe2} 37. Rd7+ {White exchanges
the rooks and tries to save the game with the queens on board} Rxd7 38. Qxd7+
Kb6 39. Qc8 Qd6 40. Qf5 Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd4+ {By centralizing the queen black
makes it uncomfortable for the white king} 42. Kb1 Na7 $5 {[%cal Ya7b5,Rb5c3,
Yb5a3] Bringing the knight to b5, after that black creates decisive threats}
43. Qe6+ Ka5 44. Qf5+ Nb5 45. Qg5 {White tries to prolong the suffering} Qd1+
46. Kb2 Qd4+ 47. Kb1 Kb6 48. Qh6+ Kc7 49. Qh7+ Qd7 50. Qh2+ Qd6 {This way
black defends against the checks and brings his knight to attack with a
decisive effect} 51. Qg1 Qe5 52. Qf2 Nc3+ 53. Kc1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pliester, Leon"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 {The alternative is 10.Bd3} b5 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6
18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. Nd5 {A well known variation in the Naidorf
defence has arows. In the last years black usually can get enough counterplay}
Qd8 {20...Qa7 deserves serious attention, as was played in the game Ernst-Van
Wely where black had a fine game} (20... Qa7 $5 {[%cal Ra7g1]} 21. Qg2 Bh6 22.
Be2 Rhf8 23. Rhf1 Kh8 24. Qh3 Bg7 25. Nf4 Rf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Van Wely,L/
Reykjavik 1994/CBM 039 ext (60)}) 21. Bh3 $146 {[%cal Rh3c8][%mdl 8]
Transfering the bishop to an active diagonal. Other moves have also been
played, for example:} (21. Qe1 Bh4 (21... Rf8 22. h4 Bh6 23. h5 Rc8 24. hxg6
hxg6 25. Bh3 Rc4 26. Qg1 Nf3 27. Qa7+ Rf7 28. Qxa6 Nd2+ 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Qxb5
Rxe4 $13 {0-1 Berg,E-Ahlander,B/Umea 2003/EXT 2004 (75)}) (21... h5 22. Be2 Rf8
23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Rg2 Bh6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Simacek,P-Berezjuk,S/Czechia 2003/EXT
2004 (36)}) 22. Qc3 (22. Qe3 Rf8 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Nxb6 Rad8 $132 25. Bh3 Rf4
26. Nd5 Rxe4 27. Nc7 Kh6 28. Nxa6 Ng4 29. Nc5 {0-1 Pinheiro,A-Leal,P/Portugal
1997/EXT 2001 (29)}) 22... Ra7 23. Qa3 (23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qd8 $132 {0-1
Shutrov-Savon,V/Rostov on Don 1971/EXT 2001 (40)}) 23... Bf2 24. Nf4 Qf6 25.
Nd5 Qd8 26. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Howell,J/Groningen 1984/EXT 2000 (26)}) (21.
Qf2 Rf8 22. Qd4 Bh4 23. Be2 Bf2 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. h4 Bxh4 26. Nf4 Qf6 27. Ne6+
Qxe6 28. Rxh4 Rf7 $132 {0-1 Charbonneau,P-Lesiege,A/Montreal 1998/EXT 2000 (39)
}) (21. Qg2 Ra7 22. Be2 Rf8 23. Rhf1 Raf7 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1
Qa5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,E-Stevanec,L/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (49)}) 21... Ra7 {
[%cal Ra7f7] A typical move in this position. Black transfers the rook to a
more active position} 22. Rhg1 {Activizing the rook and pinning the queen to
the defence of the bishop} Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f3]} 23. Be6 Rf3 24. Bg4 Rf7 25. Be6
Rf3 26. Bg4 {A silent draw offer. Black refuses and plays another move} Rff8
27. a4 {A surprising move, white tries to play on the flank where his king is}
Qa5 $5 (27... bxa4 28. Qxa6 {[%cal Ra6a4]}) 28. Be6 {[%cal Rg1g5]} Nf3 {
[%cal Rf3d2,Rf3g1] A tactical strike, in the result black wins an exchange} (
28... h6 29. Rg3 Re8 30. Bg4 bxa4 $36) 29. b4 {White is forced to give up an
exchange as black's threats could become very dangerous} (29. Rg3 Nd2+ $40) (
29. Rg2 Nd2+ 30. Rxd2 Bxd2) 29... Nxg1 30. Rxg1 Qd8 31. axb5 Re8 {Activizing
the rook, attacking the bishop and the pawn on e4} 32. Qg4 axb5 33. h4 {
White tries to create an attack on the black king as with a normal game
black's material advantage would tell} (33. Bd7 Re5 34. Bxb5 Rf8 $17) 33... Bh6
34. h5 Qg5 {34...Bg5 deserved attention not exchanging queens} (34... Bg5 $5
35. Bd7 Re5 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Nf4 Qf6 38. Ne6+ Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Qd4 $17) 35. Qxg5
Bxg5 36. Bd7 Re5 37. hxg6 hxg6 (37... Kxg6 $5 38. Bxb5 h5) 38. Bxb5 Bd2 39. Bd3
{White has consolidated his position and has every chance to make a draw
despite the absence of the exchange as his pieces are well placed} Reh5 40. Kb2
g5 {Trying to advance his passed pawn} 41. b5 Rh1 42. Rg2 R8h2 43. Rg4 {
White avoids the exchange of rooks, as his rook stops the black passed pawn}
Kf7 44. b6 Rh8 {White's passed pawn becomes very dangerous, that's why black
brings his rook back} 45. Rg2 R1h2 46. Rxh2 {White exchanges rooks as he's
able to take back the exchange immideatly} Rxh2 47. b7 Rh8 48. Bc4 $1 {
Transfering the bishop for the bishop of the b7 pawn} Rb8 49. Nc7+ {[%cal
Rc7a6]} Kf6 50. Bd5 Be3 {Black defends the rook on time and is going for a
different color bishops ending} 51. Na6 Ba7 52. Nxb8 Bxb8 53. Kc3 g4 54. Kd3
Ke5 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Kf2 Ba7+ 57. Kg2 Bb8 {Neither of the opponents has a
slightest chance to win, a draw becomes evident} 58. Be6 Ba7 59. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal GM-A"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Nordahl, Helge Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. e5 (12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14.
Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Bd7 $14) 12... gxh4 13.
exf6 Nxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Nde2 Nc5 15. f5 $36) 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A novelty. The usual line, which is played in this position is 15.Nde2 which
looks logical, because White plans to play Nd5 and Nec3.} (15. Nde2 Bd7 16. Be4
(16. Ne4 Nd5 17. f6 Bf8 18. N4c3 Nb6 19. Be4 $16 {1-0 Kristensen,K-Molvig,H/
Copenhagen 1995/EXT 97 (31)}) (16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1
O-O-O 20. Rd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Semenova,I-Druzhinina,O/Serpukhov 2002/EXT 2003 (29)
}) 16... Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 (18... Rc8 19. Nc3 b5 20. Bb3 Qc6 (
20... Rg8 21. g3 Qc5 22. Nd5 Kf8 $13 {0-1 Abbasi,N-Britton,R/London 1994/EXT
99 (54)}) 21. Qe2 Rg8 22. Nd5 $44 {Nunn-Ljuboevic,London 1980}) 19. Rxd5 Bg5+
20. Kb1 O-O-O $13 {Nunn-Ljuboevic,London 1980 Stean-Garcia-Gonsales Lublin 1975
}) 15... Bd7 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {Black releases the tension too early.
17...Nd5 18.Bd5 Rc8 deserves attention, with an unclear struggle.} (17... Nxd5
$5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. c3 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 b5 $132) 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 (18... Rc8 19. c3)
19. Rxd5 Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c2]} 20. c3 {White has a better position because of the
unsuccessful position of the black king and the weak white squares in the
black camp.} Qc4 {[%cal Gc4g4]} 21. f6 Bf8 22. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e4] By bringing
the rook to the centre White further strengthens his position.} Rg8 {[%cal
Gg8g2] Black also activates his pieces.} 23. Nd2 $1 {White brings his knight
to the centre, which gives him a clear advantage.} Qg4 (23... Qxa2 24. Qf5 Kd8
25. Rexe5 $36) 24. Qd3 $5 Qf4 25. Rxd6 $1 Rxg2 26. Qh3 (26. Rd5 $1 $18 Rg5 27.
Kb1 Qxf6 28. Nf3 $36) 26... Rc7 27. Rd5 Rg5 28. Qf3 $6 {The simple 28.Qd3
enabled White's win.} (28. Qd3 $5 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 $18) 28... Qxf3 29.
Nxf3 Rd7 (29... Rc6 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rexe5+ Re6 32. Kd1 $18) 30. Rxd7 (30.
Rdxe5+ Rxe5 31. Rxe5+ Kd8 $16) 30... Kxd7 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Re2 h3
{33...Bf4+ deserves attention and it's very hard to evaluate the arising
endgame.} (33... Bf4+ 34. Kc2 (34. Kd1 Kd6 35. h3 Be5) 34... Kd6 35. h3 Be5 36.
Kd3 Ke6 37. Ke4 Kxf6) 34. Kd1 $6 (34. Kd2 $5 g4 35. Kd3 g3 (35... b6 36. Kd4
Kc6 37. Ke4 $16) 36. hxg3 Bxg3 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Rxf7 Ke6 39. Rh7 h2 40. f7 Ke7
41. c4 $18) 34... g4 35. Ke1 $4 {It was still not too late to play 35.Kd2.} (
35. Kd2 $5 b5 36. Kd3 $16 Kc6 37. Ke4 g3 38. hxg3 Bxg3 39. Kf3) 35... g3 36.
hxg3 h2 $1 37. Rxh2 Bxg3+ 38. Rf2 Ke6 39. c4 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Kxf6 41. b4 Ke5 42.
Ke3 {[%mdl 4096] The simple 42...f5 was already winning.} f6 $2 (42... f5 $1
43. a4 f4+ 44. Kd3 (44. Kf3 Kd4 45. c5 Kc4 46. b5 axb5 47. c6 bxc6 48. a5 Kc5
49. Kxf4 b4) 44... f3 45. c5 (45. a5 Kf4) (45. b5 axb5 46. cxb5 Kf4 47. a5 Kg3
$19) 45... Kf4 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 Kg3 48. c6 f2 $19) 43. a4 b6 (43... f5 44.
a5 f4+ 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. b5 Kxc4 47. bxa6 bxa6 48. Kxf4 Kb5 49. Ke3 Kxa5 50. Kd3
Kb4 51. Kc2 $11) 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Kd6 46. Kd4 Kc6 47. c5 f5 48. Ke5 Kxc5
49. Kxf5 Kb4 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Ott, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 (7...
Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Rg8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. f5 e5 14.
Nf3 Bd7 15. Nd2 b5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg5 18. Kb1 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 O-O-O 20.
Qh5 f6 21. c4 {Naiditsch- Schurade, R 4}) 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7
11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Qxf3 $5 (15. gxf3 hxg5
16. Bg3 Ne5 17. h4 gxh4 18. f4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. f5 O-O-O {Voigt- Ott, R 8
}) 15... hxg5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rdf1 Rh7 19. h4 b5 20. Kb1 Rg7 21.
hxg5 b4 22. g6 bxc3 23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. f8=Q Bxf8 25. Qxf8 Kc6 26. Bc4 Qe7 27.
Bxe6 Rb8 28. Bd5+ Kc7 29. Qxe7+ Rxe7 30. b3 Bb7 31. Bxb7 Kxb7 32. Rh3 Rg8 33.
Rxc3 Rxg2 34. Rf5 Re2 35. Rc4 Re6 36. Kb2 Kb6 37. a3 a5 38. a4 Rh2 39. Rf8 Kb7
40. Rd8 Rh4 41. Rd5 Kb6 42. Rb5+ Ka6 43. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 8th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Be2 b5 {Laut Ftacnik, The Sizilian Defence,
Quality Chess, 2010, ist dies die sicherste Antwort, während nach John, "The
Comptete Naidorf", Batsford 1996, 11...Tb8 das kleinere Übel gewesen wäre.} 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Qg3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 $6 ({In Bok-Griffiths, Paris
2011, folgte} 15... Nd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Bg4 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Qg5+
20. Qxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Bxd5 22. Rxd5+ Kc7 23. Re5 Rhe8 24. Rhe1 Rad8 25. Rxe6
Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd6 {(Von Ftacnik mit einigen Remischancen angegeben - aus
schwarzer Sicht eine ziemlich "magere" Empfehlung)} 27. Re8 Rd8 28. Re4 Rd2 29.
Bf3 Bf6 30. a3 Rd4 31. Re3 $14 {und Weiß setzte sich durch.}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qg6+ $2 ({Besser geschah} 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bg4 {(Soweit Ftacnik)}
{19...} Qc6 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Rd2 ({Oder} 21. Qxh6 $5 Kc7 22. Bf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3
Kb8 24. Qg7 $16 {Azarov-Kostromin, Ukrainische Liga 2011}) 21... Rc7 22. Rhd1
h5 23. Bxh5 b4 24. Bf3 bxc3 (24... Qb6 25. Ne2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 $16) 25. Bxc6 cxd2
26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. b3 Rb5 28. Rxd2 Rxe5 29. Qh7 Ref5 30. h4 $16) 17... Kd8 18.
Qxe6 Re8 19. Kb1 Bg5 $2 ({Verliert die Partie, während} 19... Bf6 {zum remis
reicht,} 20. Qf7 ({Oder} 20. Rxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qb6+ Qc7 22. Qd4+ Qd7 23. Qb6+ Qc7
$11) 20... Re7 21. Qg8+ Re8 22. Qf7 Re7 {Quinteros-Ostermeyer,Hannover 1983})
20. Qf7 Rxe5 21. Bg4 Re7 22. Qf8+ Re8 23. Qxg7 Bc6 ({Kaum besser wäre} 23...
Re7 24. Qg8+ Re8 25. Qg6 $18) 24. h4 Be3 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. Nxe3 Qe7
28. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bykhovsky,Av} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5
14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Rg7 b4 (17... Bxg7 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. e5
$1 $16 {Pasztor,F-Gershon,A/SVE/1991/1:0/35/}) 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 O-O-O 20.
Rxf7 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 Rdf8 22. Rxf8+ $1 $146 {until this game only 22.Re7 was
played, but this move is a big novelty in this line. White is almost winning
by force.} (22. Re7 Bg5 (22... Qd8 23. Rxd7 (23. Rde1 Bd2 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Bh3
Bxe1 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27. Qg4+ Kc7 28. Qg7+ Kb6 29. Qe7 $18 {Dietz-Hida/URS/1986/
1:0/34/}) 23... Kxd7 (23... Qxd7 24. Bh3) (23... Nxd7 24. Bxa6+) 24. Qf5+ Kc7
25. Ne6+ Nxe6 26. dxe6 Kb8 (26... Be3 27. Qd5 Bc5 28. e7 $18 {
Chinchilla-Hernandez,G Managua 1987 1-0 58}) (26... Qxf6 27. Qa5+) (26... Rxf6
27. Qa5+ Kb8 28. Qxb4+ Ka7 29. Qd4+ Kb8 30. Bg2 $18) 27. Qe4 Rxf6 28. Bg2 $18 {
Schulz,J-Strube,F Hessen qual-C 1988 1-0 34}) 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Ne6 Qa7 25.
Nxg5 Rxf6 26. Qg4 Kb8 27. Ne6 $16 {Hector,J-Zinic,T Belfort 1988 1-0 62} (27.
Ne6 {Bykhovsky,Av} Rc8 28. Bh3 Rg6 $6 29. Qxb4+ $16 {Heinemann,G-Aaberg,A/
Belfort/1983/1:0/62/})) 22... Rxf8 23. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Bh3 $1 {
this is white's idea,the bishop can not be taken now because of the hanging
bishop on h6,black's only move 25...Qd7 is also bad,the text move is just
losing without any resistance} Qc4 $6 (25... Qd7 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 (
27... Kd8 28. Qb8+ (28. Qb6+)) (27... Kc6 28. Qxa6+ Kc5 (28... Kc7 29. Qa5+ {
see 27...Kc8}) 29. a3 {and black must give a lot of material not to get
checkmated}) 28. Qxa6+ Kc7 29. Qa5+ Kc8 (29... Kb7 30. Bg2+ $18) (29... Kc6 30.
Rd4 $1 (30. Bf1 Qb7 31. Bg2+ d5 32. Rxd5) 30... Rxf6 (30... Rb8 31. Qa4+ (31.
Rc4+ Bxc4 32. Bxd7+ Kxd7 33. Qa7+ Kc8 34. Qe7 $1 {with f7-f8 also seems good
enough for a quick win} Rb7 35. Qe8+ Kc7 36. Qe4 $1 {winning one of the
bishops,Qxc4,Qxh7}) 31... Kc7 32. Rc4+ Kd8 33. Qa5+ Ke8 34. Re4 {and white is
winning}) 31. Rc4+ $1 Bxc4 32. Qa4+ $18) 30. Rd4 $1 {white bring's also the
rook into the attack when black can not defend this position} (30. Bf1 Qc7 31.
Qa8+ Qb8 32. Qc6+ Qc7 33. Qa6+ Kb8 (33... Qb7 34. Qxd6 $18) 34. Rxd6 Bc8 35.
Rb6+ Bb7 36. Bg2 $18) 30... Bxh3 (30... Rxf6 31. Rc4+ $1 Bxc4 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33.
Qa7+ {and white takes the queen with a check}) 31. Rc4+ Kb7 32. Rxb4+ Kc8 33.
Qa6+ $1 {the quickest and strongest way} Kd8 34. Rb8+ Qc8 35. Qxd6+ Bd7 36.
Qb6+ $1 Ke8 37. Qc5 {and black is losing more material!} Kf7 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39.
Qh5+) 26. b3 Qc5 27. Bxe6+ Kc7 28. Bd5 $1 {preventing the queen from coming to
e5} Kb6 29. Qf5 {white wants to penetrate with Qd7} Be3 30. Qd7 Qc7 31. Qe6 $1
Bg5 32. f7 a5 33. Bc4 $1 Be7 34. Re1 Bg5 35. Qe8 Bh6 36. Qb5+ {and black
resigned,I wonder what can black do against white's big novelty 22.Rxf8 or
maybe this variation is history?!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. Qe1 hxg5
15. Bf2 b5 16. Kb1 Bb7 17. Nf3 Ned7 18. a3 Rc8 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. Qf2 Nc6 21. Bb6
Ng4 22. Qg1 Qb8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qf2 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Rhf1 Ba8 27. Bd4 e5 28.
Ba7 Qb7 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Bxb6 g4 31. Nd2 gxh3 32. gxh3 Rh8 33. Rf3 d5 34. exd5
Nfxd5 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. Be4 Ba2+ 37. Ka1 Be6 38. c3 Nd5 39. Nc4 Rxc4 40. Bxd5
Bxd5 41. Rxd5 f6 42. Bf2 Re4 43. Ra5 Re2 44. Rxa6 Kf7 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. c4 e4 47.
Rf4 Rxh3 48. Bd4 Rf3 49. Rh4 Rd3 50. Ra6+ Kf5 51. Bc3 e3 52. Ra5+ Kg6 53. Rg4+
Kf7 54. Ra7 Rxc3 55. bxc3 {[#] Freibauernrennen. Taktik} f5 56. Rd4 Kf6 57.
Rdd7 Bc5 58. Ra6+ Kg5 59. Rd5 Bf8 60. Kb1 Bg7 61. c5 Bxc3 62. Re6 Bd2 (62...
Rb2+ 63. Kc1 e2 64. c6 {und Weiß ist schneller}) 63. Ree5 Bc3 64. Rxf5+ Kg4 65.
Rf7 Rb2+ 66. Kc1 e2 67. Re7 Ra2 {Die Eroberung von f5 hat Weiß Zeit gekostet,
die Schwarz in die Lage versetzt, das o.a. erfolgbringend durchzuführen. Die
Partie endet harrscharf remis.} 68. c6 e1=Q+ 69. Rxe1 Bxe1 70. c7 Ra8 71. Rd8
Bg3 $1 72. Rxa8 Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. Qc3 Ra7 22. Qa3 Qb8 23. h4 Bh6 24. h5 a5 25. Be2 b4 26. Qg3 Rf7 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Bh5 Qf8 29. Rhg1 Bf4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxg6 Rg4 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33.
Rxg4 Rh2 34. Bf5+ Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kh5 36. Rc6 Qd8 37. Rc1 Qh4 38. Rc7 Kg5 39. a4
Rh1 40. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 41. Ka2 {[#] Schwarz belagert mit weißer Hilfe erfolgreich
die einzige Schwäche im weißen Lager, den Bb2....} Kf4 42. Rc4 Qd1 43. Be6 Ke3
44. Bd5 Kd2 45. Rc8 ({Simpel war} 45. b3 Kc1 46. Bc6 $11 {[%csl Gb2][%cal
Yc6d5,Gc4d4,Gc4c3] Festung! Pendelzüge des Königs (a2-a1-a2) sind ebenso
möglich wie solche mit dem Läufer (c6-d5-c6).}) 45... Kc1 46. Bb3 Qe2 47. Rc4
$6 (47. Bd5 $142) 47... Kd2 48. Rc5 {Man kann jedoch an folgende Festung
denken:} (48. c3 bxc3 49. Rxc3 Qxe4 50. Rc5 Qf4 51. Rxa5 e4 52. Rd5+ Ke1 53.
Rc5 e3 54. Rc3 e2 55. Bc4 Kf2 56. Bxe2 Kxe2 57. Kb1 $11 {Ba4 wird nicht
benötigt.}) 48... Qxe4 49. Rxa5 Kc1 {[%cal Re4d4,Rd4b2]} 50. Rd5 Qe2 {[%csl
Gc4]} 51. a5 (51. Rb5 e4 52. Rxb4 e3 53. Bc4 Qxc2 {[%csl Rb1]} 54. Bb5 (54. a5
Qb1+ 55. Ka3 Qa1+ 56. Kb3 Qxb2+ 57. Ka4 Qc2+ 58. Kb5 e2 59. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 60. Kb6
Qe3+ {Matt in 38 (Tablebase)}) 54... e2 55. Bxe2 Qb1+ 56. Ka3 Qa1+ 57. Kb3
Qxb2+ 58. Kc4 Qxe2+ $19 {Matt in 34 (Tablebase)}) 51... e4 52. Rd6 e3 53. a6
Qg2 (53... Qh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Re5][%cal Ra5a2,Re5b2]}) 54. Re6 (54. Bd5 Qg5
55. a7 Qe5 56. c3 Qxd6 57. a8=Q e2 58. Qe8 Qxd5+ {nebst matt}) 54... Qg7 55. c3
Qg2 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bh4 {The bishop on h4 encourages Black to go
for the ...g5 break.} g5 12. fxg5 Nh5 13. Qe3 Qc5 {An extremely common theme
in the Najdorf: Black exploits the pin on the bishop on h4 to regain the g5
pawn.} 14. Qd2 Bxg5 {Black simplifies.} (14... hxg5 15. Bf2 Qc7 {would have
been a gamble for Black: he has lost a lot of time, but by not exchanging
bishops, the pawn on d6 has better protection. Black would like to play ...Ne5
and ...Bd7 and castle on the queenside, but whether the king}) 15. Bxg5 Qxg5
16. Nf3 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Ke7 {Now we can see what the ...g5 push has achieved:
the pawn on f4 has been knocked out by the g-pawn, giving Black some control
over the e5 square. Sensibly, Short has covered e5 with the knight, and now
doubles on the} 18. Be2 Nhf6 19. Rhd1 Ne8 20. a4 b6 21. b3 Ra7 22. Kb2 Rc7 23.
Rd4 Bb7 24. Nd2 Rg8 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"]
[Site "South Padre Island"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Quan, Zhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.12.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 (6. Be3 e5 ({
Eine interessante Fortsetzung ist} 6... Ng4 $5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7
$132) ({Ein anderer riesiger Theorieblock beginnt mit} 6... e6 7. f3 (7. Be2 {
führt zur Scheveningenvariante.}) 7... b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 $132 {Die moderne
Theorie in dieser Variante geht bis zum 30. - 35. Zug.}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6
9. Qd2 $132) 6... e6 7. f4 Be7 ({Lange Zeit galt} 7... Qb6 {als ausgleichend,
aber zuletzt sind so viele neue Ideen für Weiß gefunden worden, dass man als
Schwarzspieler äußerst ungerne mit der Dame rausläuft.} 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
10. e5 (10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 $44 {Grischuk - Anand 
(Linares, 2009)}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 (12... Qxa2 13. Rd1 Qd5
14. Qe3 Qxe5 15. Be2 Bc5 16. O-O Bxd4 17. Rxd4 O-O 18. Bf6 $3 Nxf6 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Re4 Qb2 21. Rg4+ Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Rf3 $18 {
Cheparinov - Roeder (Kallithea, 2008)}) 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Bc5 (
15... Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21.
Bxf8 Nxf8 22. O-O Bd7 23. Nd6 $36 {Anand - Van Wely (Wijk aan Zee, 2007)}) 16.
Nxe6 Bb4+ 17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Rd6 Qxe5 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. O-O Qh5 22. Qf4
Nde5 23. Rxh6 {1-0 Shirov - Wang Hao (Dagomys, 2009)} Qxh6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bg5
$18) 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 (9... b5 $6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({Einfach schlecht
steht Schwarz nach} 10... gxf6 11. f5 $16) 11. Bxb5+ $1 axb5 12. Ndxb5 Qc6 (
12... Qc5 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. e5 $18) 13. Rxd6 Qb7 14. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 10. Bd3 h6 {
Das ist die Idee der Variante Be7 - Schwarz will h6-g5 spielen, und die
schwarzen Felder im Zentrum okkupieren. Der Preis, den er dafür zahlt, ist die
Zeit.} (10... b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qh3 (12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8 15.
Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bc4 $44 {Shirov - Van Wely (Foros, 2007)}) 12... b4
13. Nce2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bc5 18. Ngf5 Bxd4
19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. exf6+ gxf6 21. Nf5+ Ke8 22. Nxd4 fxg5 23. Qh5 $44 {Granda
Zuniga - Estevez Hernandez (El Sauzal, 2008)}) 11. Bh4 g5 (11... b5 12. e5 $5
Bb7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Kd8 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qh3 b4 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. Nd4 $18
{Fercec - Alfred (Pula, 2002)}) 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 (14...
Nxf3 15. gxf3 hxg5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. h4 gxh4 18. f4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Bd7 20. Qe1
Bc6 21. Rxh4 Bxh4 22. Bxh4 $44 {Lastin - Bragin (Vladimir, 2004)}) 15. Bg3 Bd7
16. h3 Nxf3 {In der Partie gegen Ivanchuk hat mein Gegner Nf6 gespielt, und
konnte nicht ausgleichen:} (16... Nf6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 $1 {Der Läufer
muss sich sofort zurückziehen, um nach Nh5 g3 zu haben.} Bc6 19. Rhf1 Nh5 20.
g3 $16 {Ivanchuk - Quan Zhe (Edmonton, 2005). Schwarz hat das Problem, dass er
den Springer nicht ins Spiel bringen kann.}) 17. hxg4 Nh4 (17... Rxh1 18. Rxh1
Nh4 19. e5 d5 20. Rf1 $16) 18. e5 $1 $146 d5 19. Bf2 $1 $16 {Vorgeschlagen von
GM Eugene Perelshteyn. Weiß überführt seinen Läufer nach d4, spielt g3 und
fängt an, die schwarzen Figuren an die Verteidigung des Bauern f7 zu binden.}
O-O-O 20. Bd4 (20. g3 Ng6 21. Bxg6 $2 {Das ist nicht die richtige Spielweise.
Man sollte den schwarzen Springer auf dem Brett lassen, weil er sehr schlecht
ist. Dazu kommt noch der schwarze Bauer f7 als Angriffsziel. Nach dem Tausch
auf g6 ist es gar nicht so einfach, einen Vorteil zu bekommen, der weiße
Läufer ist auch nicht sehr gut.} fxg6 22. Bd4 Rdf8 23. Qd3 Be8 $13 {Es ist
unklar, wie man voran kommen kann.}) 20... Rhg8 $6 {Schwarz hat Angst vor der
Verdoppelung der Bauern - grundlos. Es wäre besser, die h-Linie nicht
aufzugeben, oder zumindest ein Paar Türme zu tauschen.} (20... Ng6 $1 {/\Nf4}
21. g3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rf8 23. Rf1 $16) 21. g3 Ng6 22. Qe3 {/\Bxg6-Bb6} Rdf8 23.
Rh7 Qc6 24. Rf1 Nh8 $18 {Man muss keinen konkreten Gewinnplan für Weiß sehen,
um die Stellung einzuschätzen. Mit dem Springer auf h8 und dem Turm auf g8,
die beide keinen Zug machen können, ist es klar, dass Schwarz auf Verlust
steht. Leider ist es mir doch noch gelungen, den Kampf spannend zu machen...}
25. Ba7 $1 {Das ist ein sehr guter Zug! Schwarz wollte Kb8-Rc8 spielen und
sich zumindest einwenig mobilisieren. Ich nehme ihm diese Möglichkeit weg und
erzwinge den Zug b5, der eindeutig eine weitere Schwächung ist.} b5 26. Kb1 ({
Der erste Impuls ist} 26. Ne4 $5 {leider funktioniert die Kombination nicht:}
dxe4 27. Bxe4 Qc7 (27... Qc4 28. Qb6 $3 Qxf1+ (28... Bc6 29. Rd1 Bd5 30. Rxd5
exd5 31. Bf5#) 29. Kd2 Bb4+ 30. c3 Bd6 31. Bb7#) 28. Bb6 Qxe5 $1 (28... Qc4 29.
Rd1 Bc6 30. Rd4 Qf1+ (30... Bc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Rd8+ Kxd8 33. Qxc5 Bxe4 34.
Qd4+ Bd5 35. Qb6+ Kd7 36. Qd6+ Kc8 37. Qxa6+ Bb7 38. Qxb5 $18) 31. Kd2 Rd8 32.
Bxc6 $18) 29. Bb7+ Kxb7 30. Qxe5 Kxb6 31. Qd4+ Kc6 32. Rf3 b4 $13 {und Schwarz
lebt noch. Weiß hat diese Komplikationen nicht nötig.}) 26... Bb4 27. Qd4 $1 {
Weiß provoziert den Abtausch auf c3. Gibt Schwarz seinen schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer, kann man gleich nach Hause gehen.} Be7 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung,
selbst wenn es Zeitverlust ist.} (27... Bxc3 28. bxc3 Kb7 29. Bc5 Rc8 30. Bb4
$18) 28. a3 (28. Ne2 {führt ebenfalls zu riesigem Vorteil.} Kb7 29. Nc1 $1 Rc8
(29... Ra8 30. Nb3 $18) 30. Nb3 Qc7 31. Qe3 $18) 28... Kb7 {Auf diesen Zug
habe ich gewartet, um das Springermanöver durchzuführen:} 29. Ne4 $1 {Schwarz
kann auf e4 nicht nehmen, weil er dann die Dame verliert.} Rc8 (29... dxe4 $4
30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4+ Kxa7 32. Qd4+ $18) (29... Ra8 $2 30. Bc5 $18) 30. b4 $2
{Solch ein Zug kann nur dann gut sein, wenn er sofort zum Gewinn führt,
ansonsten kann die Schwächung des eigenen Königs nicht gerechtfertigt werden.}
(30. Nf6 $1 {Einfach und stark.} Bxf6 (30... Rgd8 31. Qe3 $18) 31. Rxf6 Ra8 32.
Bc5 Rgc8 33. Bd6 $18 {Keine Chance für Schwarz.}) 30... Qc7 $1 {Diese Reaktion
meines Gegners habe ich übersehen.} 31. Nf6 Rgd8 $1 ({Es verliert} 31... Bxf6
32. Rxf6 Ng6 {wegen} 33. Rfxf7 $1 (33. Bxg6 $5 Rxg6 34. Rf2 Be8 35. Bc5 $16)
33... Nxe5 34. Bb6 Qd6 (34... Qxb6 35. Qxe5 $18) 35. Bc5 Qc7 36. Re7 $18) 32.
Qe3 $6 {Ein Fehler wird gefolgt vom nächsten.} (32. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 33. bxc5 $18 {
Der weiße Plan ist einfach: Rfh1-R1h5-Rxg5... Schwarz seinerseits kann dem
Plan nichts entgegensetzen.}) 32... a5 $1 {Nun zahlt Weiß für seine
Nachlässigkeit.} 33. Bc5 $1 {Besser später als nie.} (33. Nxd7 Qxd7 $1 34. Qb6+
Ka8 35. Bxb5 Qxa7 36. Bc6+ Rxc6 37. Qxc6+ Kb8 $13) 33... Bxc5 34. bxc5 (34.
Qxc5 $5 {Vielleicht wäre das die bessere Wahl gewesen. Die weißen Figuren sind
zu aktiv.} Qxc5 35. bxc5 Kc6 (35... Rxc5 $2 36. Nxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxh8 $18) 36.
Rfh1 Ng6 37. Bxg6 fxg6 38. Re7 Rc7 39. Rhh7) 34... b4 35. axb4 (35. Qd4 $5 bxa3
36. Ka2 Ka8 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Rb6 $18) 35... axb4 36. Qd4 {Schwarz bekommt die
ersten wirklichen Chancen, das Spiel zu drehen.} Kc6 $1 (36... Qa5 37. Rxh8
Rxh8 38. Nxd7 Ra8 39. Qb2 $1 $16 (39. Nb6 Qa2+ 40. Kc1 Qa1+ 41. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 42.
Kb2 Rxf1 43. Bxf1 Kc6 $15)) 37. Rh6 $2 {Nun wird die Stellung völlig auf den
Kopf gedreht. Man könnte die Partie immer noch schön abschließen:} (37. Nxd5 $3
exd5 38. Rhxf7 $3 Nxf7 (38... Kb7 39. Qxb4+ Ka8 40. R7f6 Rb8 41. Rb6 Rb7 42.
Rff6 Ra7 43. Rfd6 Nf7 44. Qd4 $1 Nxd6 45. exd6 Qc8 46. Qxd5+ Bc6 47. Qxc6+ Qxc6
48. Rxc6 $18) 39. Rf6+ Kb7 (39... Be6 40. Rxe6+ Kd7 41. Qxd5+ $18) 40. Qxb4+
Ka8 41. Ra6+ Qa7 42. Rxa7+ Kxa7 43. Qa5+ Kb8 44. e6 $1 Bxe6 45. Ba6 $18) 37...
Qa5 38. Nxd5 Qxc5 39. Nxb4+ Kb6 40. Qb2 {Der Versuch, nach allen Fehlern auf
Gewinn zu spielen. Jedoch wäre es schlauer, zu remisieren, weil in der Partie
Weiß ein wirkliches Verlustrisiko einging. Wir waren beide in tiefer Zeitnot
und die Anzahl der Fehler ist ziemlich groß.} ({Zum Remis führt} 40. Qxc5+ Rxc5
41. Rfh1 Ka5 (41... Ng6 42. Bxg6 fxg6 43. Nd3 Rb5+ 44. Kc1 Bc6 45. Re1 Rd4 46.
Rxg6 Rxg4 $44) 42. Rxh8 Rxh8 43. Rxh8 Kxb4 $11) 40... Bb5 (40... Ka5 $5 41. Na6
$1 (41. Qa3+ $4 Ba4 $19) 41... Qb6 42. Qxb6+ Kxb6 43. Nb4 Ka5 44. Na2 Rc5 45.
Re1 $14 {Weiß behält Reste seines Vorteils.}) 41. Rc1 (41. Bxb5 $1 {Im Zeitnot
muss man nach Möglichkeit risikofrei spielen.} Qxb5 42. Rhh1 Ng6 (42... Rc4 43.
c3 Qxe5 $2 44. Nd5+ Kc6 45. Qb6+ Kxd5 (45... Kd7 46. Rxh8 $1 Rxh8 47. Rxf7+ Ke8
48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Qd8#) 46. Rd1+ Ke4 47. Rde1+ $18) 43. Rxf7 Nxe5 44. Re7 $14)
41... Ka5 $1 {Ich habe nur mit 41....Rd4 gerechnet.} (41... Rd4 42. c4 Ka5 43.
Na2 Ba4 44. Qc3+ Kb6 45. Rh2 $18 {Weiß steht wieder auf Gewinn - diesmal
spielt er am Königsflügel.}) 42. Qa2+ $4 {Das ist ein eindeutiges Foulspiel.
Weiß musste auf b5 nehmen.} (42. Bxb5 Qxb4 $1 (42... Qxb5 43. Qa3+ Qa4 44.
Qxa4+ Kxa4 45. Nd3 Rd4 46. Rch1 Ng6 47. Rf1 $14) 43. Qxb4+ Kxb4 44. c4 (44. Bd3
Kc3 45. Rf1 Ra8 46. Rf3 $1 {Trotz dieses Tricks, Schwarz gewinnt die Partie}
Rdb8+ 47. Bb5+ Kd4 48. c4 Ng6 $1 {Nach 24 Zügen kommt der Springer
entscheidend ins Spiel rein.} 49. Rxf7 Nxe5 50. Rc7 Ra4 51. Kc2 Ra2+ 52. Kb3
Rba8 $19) 44... Ng6 45. Rh5 Nxe5 46. Rxg5 Nf3 $15 {Schwarz steht etwas besser,
aber Weiß wird schon ein Remis schaffen.}) 42... Ba4 $2 {Ein Gegenfehler. 42...
.Kb6 führte zur Zugwiederholung, 42....Kxb4! ... zum vermutlichen Partiegewinn.
} (42... Kb6 43. Qb3 Ka5 44. Qa2+ Kb6 $11) (42... Kxb4 $1 43. c3+ Qxc3 44. Rxc3
Rxc3 45. Bc2 (45. Bxb5 Rd1+ 46. Kb2 Rd2+ 47. Kb1 Rxa2 48. Kxa2 Ng6 $19) (45.
Qb2+ Rb3 46. Qxb3+ Kxb3 47. Bxb5 Rd1#) 45... Rxc2 $3 (45... Rd2 46. Qb2+ Kc4
47. Rxh8 Rdxc2 48. Qxc2 Rxc2 49. Kxc2 $18) 46. Kxc2 (46. Qxc2 Bd3 47. Qxd3 Rxd3
48. Rxh8 Rxg3 49. Rf8 Rxg4 50. Rxf7 Re4 51. Kc2 Kc4 $18) 46... Ba4+ 47. Kc1
Rd1+ 48. Kb2 Rd2+ 49. Kb1 Rxa2 50. Kxa2 Ng6 $19) 43. c3 {Nun ist die weiße
Stellung wieder in Ordnung! Demnächst kommt Rh2-Rb2 und der schwarze König
wird mit allen Figuren angegriffen.} Rd4 $2 {Schwarz hat in Zeitnot die
Kontrolle über das Geschehen verloren und erlaubt Weiß, die Partie forciert zu
beenden.} 44. Bc2 (44. Ka1 $5 Qxe5 45. Qa3 Rxg4 46. Rh2 $18) 44... Rxb4+ 45.
cxb4+ Qxb4+ 46. Qb2 Rb8 (46... Bxc2+ 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 (47... Qe1+ 48. Ka2 Rxc2 49.
Qxc2 Qxe5 50. Qd2+ Kb5 51. Rh5 $18) 48. Qxb4+ Kxb4 49. Kxc2 Ng6 50. Rh5 $18) (
46... Qf8 47. Bxa4 Rxc1+ (47... Rb8 48. Bb3 $18) 48. Kxc1 Kxa4 49. Rh2 $18) 47.
Qxb4+ Kxb4 48. Bxa4 Kxa4+ 49. Kc2 {Nun ist es vorbei - der schwarze König ist
abgeschnitten, der Springer immer noch auf h8...} Rc8+ 50. Kd2 Rd8+ 51. Ke3 Ng6
52. Ke4 {Nach 52...Rd5 gewinnt 53.Rxg6 fxg6 54.Rc6 - Rxe6-Rxg6...} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wibe, Terje Paul"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ljubojevic,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{Inf.26/508} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4
14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. gxf3 hxg5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. h4 gxh4 18. f4 Nxd3+ $5 19. Rxd3 Bd7
20. f5 (20. Bf2 $5) 20... O-O-O 21. Bh2 Bc6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Rhd1
Rhg8 25. Qf3 (25. Qh3 e5 26. Qf3 Qg4) 25... Rdf8 26. Qh1 $2 (26. Qe2 $1 e5 27.
Bxe5 Qg4 28. Qxg4+ Rxg4 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 $15) 26...
Rf2 $17 27. Rf3 (27. Bxd6 Rgg2 $19) 27... Rfg2 28. Kb1 Qe8 29. Rfd3 e5 30. Bg1
Qg6 31. Bb6 Bxe4 $19 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. Qh3+ Kb8 34. Rc3 Qg4 35. Qd3 Rg3 36.
Bc7+ Ka8 37. Qd5 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 O-O
15. fxe6 Nb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 fxe6 18. Qg4 e5 19. Qxg5 exd4 20. Bd3 g6 21.
Rhf1 (21. h4 {Radjabov,T (2742)-Cheparinov,I (2670)/Crete 2007/CBM 121/
[Ftacnik] (1/2, 34)}) 21... Qg7 $146 (21... Bh3 22. Rg1 Qf7 23. Qh6 Bf5 24.
Rdf1 Qxd5 25. Rg5 Qe5 26. a3 $1 $16 {Paramos Dominguez,R (2436)-Rubio Mejia,L 
(2371)/Barbera del Valles 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1-0, 40)}) 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.
Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Rf1 Kh6 27. Qe1 Qg5 28. Rf8 b4 29. Qf1
Qe7 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Rh5 Kg6 32. Rh8 Kg7 33. Rh5 Qe3 34. Qg2+ Kf6 35. Qf1+ Kg7
36. Qg2+ Kf6 37. Qf1+ Kg7 38. Qg2+ Kf6 39. Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ankara FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 O-O {A very modern
line which was developed by Chinese players. White has tried different ways
trying to launch a fast attack.} 14. Qh5 $1 {This is one of the real novelties
prepared by Tatiana with her older sister Nadezhda after they played a few
games in this line recently. And they played the same Ju Wenjun, who is the
world's leading expert in this line!} (14. Rg1 {seems to be very logical:} b4
15. Nce2 e5 16. f6 exd4 17. fxe7 Re8 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qf4 Be6 20. Nxe6 (20. Kb1
{promised nothing:} Rxe7 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. Rg2 Rad8 23. Ne3 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25.
Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rgd2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 a5 $11 {Kosteniuk,A (2439)-Ju
Wenjun (2543)/Beijing CHN 2011}) 20... fxe6 21. Rg3 Rab8 22. g6 h6 23. Kb1 a5
24. a4 Qxe7 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. Qd2 Rbd8 27. c3 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qh4 {Groszpeter,A 
(2481)-Idani,P (2473)/Kecskemet HUN 2012. Thanks to the powerful knight e5
Black has very active counterplay.}) 14... b4 ({It was possible to stop the
transfer of the white rook d1 to the kingside by} 14... Ne5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Rg1
Rd8 17. Rg3 $1 {but the other rook can make his way there too!}) 15. Rd3 $1 {
Typical Sicilian transfer for a direct king assault.} bxc3 ({A very soft
defence was} 15... Bd8 16. Rh3 h6 17. Rg1 Qc5 18. gxh6 Qxd4 19. hxg7 {with
mate.}) 16. Rxc3 Qb6 ({One more option was} 16... Qd8 17. Rg1 Ne5 18. Rh3 h6
19. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 (19... Bxg5+ 20. Rxg5 Qf6 (20... Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Ne7#)
21. Rhg3 hxg5 22. Rh3 Qh6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. f6 $1) 20. gxh6 Qa5 21. hxg7 Qe1+
22. Qd1 $1 {with a very nasty attack.}) 17. Nc6 Re8 $2 {This move loses the
game.} ({There is an incredible long forced line analysed by the Kosintseva
sisters which would end with a draw:} 17... Bf6 18. e5 $1 g6 $1 (18... dxe5 19.
Rh3 h6 20. gxh6 Qf2 21. Kd1 g6 22. fxg6 Bb7 23. g7 Bxc6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. gxf8=N+
Nxf8 26. Bd3+ e4 (26... Kh8 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Rxf6 $16) 27. Bxe4+
Bxe4 28. Qxe4+ Qf5 29. Qxf5+ exf5 30. Rf1 {with better chances in a sharp
endgame}) 19. Qh4 Bxe5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 (20... Kg7 $4 21. f6+ Bxf6 22. Qh6+ Kh8 23.
gxf6 $18) 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ Kg8
26. Ne7+ {with perpetual.}) 18. fxe6 ({It was also possible to win another way:
} 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. f6 Re8 20. Rh3 Nf8 21. e5 Qb7 22. Rg1 Rb8 23. b3 Qa7 24.
g6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 Rb7 26. fxg7 Rxg7 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxe8 $18) 18... Ne5 ({
The other defence would leave White with a great material advantage:} 18...
Bxg5+ 19. Qxg5 Rxe6 20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. Qxe7 Nf8 22. Bc4 $18) 19. exf7+ Nxf7 20.
Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6 Bxg5+ 22. Qxg5 Rxe6 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Qd5 $1 {A simple double
attack which finishes the game.} Kxe7 25. Qxa8 Qf2 26. Qb7+ Kf6 27. Qxa6 Qf4+
28. Kb1 Qxe4 29. Qf1+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ {There are some very useful conclusions
from this game for young players. As the great Mark Taimanov used to say -
every work will pay didivdends, sooner or later! It means, that if a young
player has analysed some variation deeply, but with the conclusion was that it
is not sufficient to achieve more than a draw, it is still useful to play this
line. Because the opponent, probably, did not put enough efforts into this
research. So the player wins, who knows the position better! Simple as that!}
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nf5 $2 $146 {Mein
Gegner behauptete danach, er habe diese Neuerung am Brett gefunden. Ich fand
es zuerst schwer zu glauben, aber es gibt verschiedene Faktoren, die diese
Aussage bestätigen. Erstens dachte mein Gegner für diesen Zug ca. 30 Minuten,
was mit der FIDE-Bedenkzeit fast selbstmörderisch ist. Zweitens ist diese
Neuerung schlecht, da Schwarz ziemlich problemlos Vorteil erhalten kann.} exf5
(13... b4 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Nd4 $44) 14. Nd5 Qb7 $2
({Ich übersah dabei den 16. Zug des Weißen. Nach} 14... Qd8 15. exf5 Bb7 {
lässt sich das Opfer ziemlich leicht widerlegen.}) 15. Qc3 (15. Bg2 Nb6) 15...
Nb6 (15... fxe4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Qxh7 $36) 16. Nxe7 (16. Nc7+ Kf8
) (16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nxe7 Qxe7) 16... Kxe7 (16... Qxe7 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qxb6
fxe4 19. Bg2 $1 O-O 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bf5 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. c3 $14) 17.
Qxg7 Be6 18. exf5 $6 ({Nachher ist Schwarz vermutlich wieder OK. Große
Probleme gestellt hätte} 18. Bg2 fxe4 19. Rhe1 $40 (19. f5 Bd5 20. Rhe1 Rag8))
18... Bd5 19. Bh3 Rae8 (19... Kd7 20. Rhe1 $13) 20. Rd3 $5 (20. Rhe1+ Kd8)
20... Kd8 ({Mein Gegner bezeichnete dies in der späteren Analyse als Fehler.
Zwar führt die von ihm vorgeschlagene Variante 20...Bxh1 zu unklarem Spiel,
aber der Textzug ist ebenfalls spielbar.} 20... Bxh1 21. Qf6+ Kd7 22. Qxd6+ Kc8
23. f6+ Re6 24. Bxe6+ fxe6 25. Rc3+ (25. Qxe6+ Kb8) 25... Nc4 26. b3 Qc6 27.
Qxc6+ Bxc6 28. bxc4 bxc4 (28... b4 29. Re3 Kd7 $13) 29. Rxc4 Kc7 {mit
Gleichgewicht.}) 21. Rhd1 Rhg8 (21... Kc7 $2 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Bg2) (21... Qc7
22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Re1+ 24. Rd1 (24. Kd2 Rhe8 25. Bg4 $13) 24... Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Re8 26. Qd4 $13) (21... Qe7 22. Qc3) 22. Qc3 {Etwa hier hörte unsere Uhr
auf, zu funktionieren. Nach dem Durcheinander hatten wir wohl beide etwas
Konzentration eingebüßt.} Re2 (22... Qc7 $5 $15 {ist wahrscheinlich die letzte
schwarze Chance, um Vorteil zu erkämpfen. Trotzdem bliebe das Spiel dann
höchst kompliziert.}) 23. Bg4 Rf2 24. Qf6+ Kc8 (24... Qe7 $2 25. Qd4) (24...
Kc7 $2 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxf7+ Kb6 27. Qxg8 Qc7 (27... Qc6 28. c3 Nxc3 29. Qd8+
) 28. Rd2 $18) 25. Qxd6 (25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6+ Kb8 27. Qxd6+ Qc7) (25. Rc3+ Kb8
26. Qxd6+ Ka8 27. Rc7 $140 Rc8) 25... Qc7 26. Rc3 (26. f6+ Kb8 27. Qxc7+ Kxc7
28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxf4 $13) 26... Bc4 27. b3 {Schwarz verliert seinen
Mehrläufer zurück, aber der ihn auf dem Feld c4 ersetzende Springer wird beim
Gegenangriff mithelfen.} Rxf4 28. h3 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Kc7 30. Rf6 Rxg5 $6 $138 (
30... Rd8 31. Rxf7+ Kb8 32. Rxh7 $18) (30... Rf1+ 31. Kb2 Rg7 {Ich zweifle
hier an Fritz' Einschätzung, diese Stellung sei unklar. Mir gefällt Weiß
besser.}) 31. bxc4 (31. Rxf7+ Kc6 (31... Kb8 32. bxc4 Nxc4 (32... h5 33. Rf8+
$18) 33. Rd3) 32. bxc4 (32. Rxh7 Nd5) 32... Nxc4) 31... Nxc4 32. Rxf7+ Kb6 33.
Rxc4 $138 ({Weiß sollte nach} 33. Rd3 h5 34. Rf6+ Ka5 35. Rg6 Rgxg4 36. hxg4
hxg4 37. Rg5 {gewinnen können.}) 33... bxc4 34. Rxh7 c3 35. Kd1 Rg8 (35... Rf2
36. Rh6+ Kb5 37. Rg6) (35... Rd4+ 36. Ke1 Rg8) 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Ke3 Rf1 38. Rh6+
Kc5 39. Rxa6 Rd2 40. f6 Re1+ {Dieser letzte Zug nach der Pinkel-Pause (sprich
15 Minuten Bonus nach dem 40. Zug) hätte ein fataler Fehler sein können.} (
40... Rxc2 41. Kd3 {führt zum Remis}) 41. Kf4 Rf1+ 42. Bf3 Rdf2 $1 {Zum Glück
rettet mich noch dieser Trick} 43. Rc6+ Kd4 (43... Kb4 $2 44. a3+) 44. Rd6+ Kc4
45. Rc6+ Kd4 46. Rd6+ Kc4 47. Rc6+ ({Sogar für Weiß gefährlich werden könnte} 
47. Rd3 $6 {, denn er müsste nach} Rxc2 {einige Tricks vermeiden.} 48. Re3 ({
so z.B:} 48. f7 $2 Kxd3 49. f8=Q Rcf2 $19) 48... Rd2 49. f7 Rd8 50. Re4+ Kb5
51. Re5+ Kc4 52. Re4+ (52. Re8 $2 c2 $19) 52... Kb5 53. Re5+ Kc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 $5 Bxg5+ (13... Nc5
14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 $132) 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 (15... Qe7 $5) 16. h4 $1
(16. Rg1 Bf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. fxe6 O-O $13) 16... Bf6 17. fxe6 (17. Nxe6 $2 g6
$1 18. Nxd8 gxh5 $19) 17... O-O 18. Bh3 Re8 $2 (18... Ng6 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20.
Be6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe8 (21... Qe7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qe6 24. Qxh7+ $18 {
Walter,K-Scholz,C/BL 1993/0,5/36/}) 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Nf8 24. g6 $1 Rf6 25.
Nd5 $1 Rxg6 26. Ne7+ $1 $18 Qxe7 27. Qd5+ Re6 28. Qxa8 {Epishin,V-Karpman,V/
Minsk/1990/1:0/38/}) (18... fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nd5 Ra7 (20... g6 21. Qe2
Nc4 22. Bxc8 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc8 24. h5 $14) 21. Rdf1 g6 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. h5 $36
{Shabalov,A-Fedorowicz,J/New York MCC/1992/1:0/45/}) (18... g6 19. Qe2 Kh8 (
19... Bxh4 20. Qh2 $5 $40) 20. h5 g5 21. Nd5 $16) 19. Nc6 $5 (19. Bf5 $5 fxe6
$8 (19... g6 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 23. Rhg1 $18) (19... h6
20. Nc6 $1 Qc7 21. Nd5 Qxc6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxh6 $18) (19... Bxe6 20. Qxh7+
Kf8 21. h5 $16) 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Nf3 (21. Rhf1 Bb7 22. Bg6 Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Qe7
24. Nf3 $1 $36) 21... Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Bb7 23. Bg6 Re7 24. h5 $16) 19... Qc7 $8 (
19... g6 $6 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Nd5 $18) 20. Nxe5 (20. Nd5 $5 Qxc6
$140 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qh6 Bxe6 23. Rdg1+ Ng6 24. h5 Bxh3 $6 (24... Ra7 25.
hxg6 fxg6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rxg6+ $18) 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxg6+
Kf8 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rg1+ $18) 20... Bxe5 21. Nd5 Qa7 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxf7+
Kxf7 24. Nc7 Bb7 $1 25. Bg2 b4 $1 $16 26. Rhf1+ Ke7 27. h5 a5 28. Rd2 Rf8 $8 (
28... Rac8 $2 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rdf2 Bf6 31. e5 $18) 29. Nxa8 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1
Bxa8 31. Re2 Bc6 32. Bh3 Be8 33. Bg4 g6 (33... Kf6 34. Rg2) 34. hxg6 Bxg6 35.
Bf5 $5 Bxf5 36. exf5 Kf6 37. Rf2 h5 38. Rf3 (38. a4 bxa3 39. bxa3 h4 40. Rf3
Kg5) 38... Kg5 39. c3 $1 bxc3 40. bxc3 h4 41. Kc2 (41. c4 $5 Kg4 42. Rf1 Bf6
43. Kc2 h3 44. Kd3 h2 45. Ke4 {-41.Kc2}) 41... Kg4 $6 (41... d5 $1 42. Kd3 Kg4
43. Rf1 (43. Ke2 h3 44. f6 h2 45. f7 h1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg2+ 47. Rf2 (47. Ke3 d4+
48. cxd4 Bxd4+ 49. Kxd4 Qxf3 $10) 47... Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Bf4+ 49. Rxf4+ Qxf4+ 50.
Qxf4+ Kxf4 51. Kd3 Ke5 $10) 43... Bf6 (43... h3 44. f6 h2 45. f7 Bg7 46. c4
dxc4+ 47. Kxc4 Bf8 48. Kb5 Bb4 49. Ka4 Kg3 50. a3 Bf8 51. Ra1 $1 $18) 44. c4
dxc4+ 45. Kxc4 h3 46. Kb5 Bc3 (46... h2 47. Kxa5 Kg3 48. Kb5 Kg2 49. Rd1 h1=Q
50. Rxh1 Kxh1 51. a4 $18) 47. f6 h2 48. f7 Bb4 49. Ka4 Kg3 50. a3 Bf8 $1 51.
Ra1 Bg7 52. Rb1 Bf8 53. Kxa5 $1 Bxa3 54. Rb3+ Kg4 55. Rxa3 h1=Q 56. f8=Q Qd5+
57. Kb4 Qd4+ 58. Kb5 Qd5+ 59. Qc5 $18) 42. Rf1 Kg5 (42... Bf6 43. c4 h3 44. Kd3
h2 45. Ke4 Kg3 46. Kd5 Kg2 47. Rd1 Be7 (47... h1=Q 48. Rxh1 Kxh1 49. Kxd6 $18)
48. Ke6 Bf8 49. f6 h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Kxh1 51. Kf7 Bh6 52. Ke7 Bg5 53. Ke6 $1 $18) (
42... h3 43. f6 h2 44. f7 Bg7 45. a4 $5 (45. c4 a4 $1 (45... Kg3 46. Kb3 Kg2
47. Rd1 h1=Q 48. Rxh1 Kxh1 49. Ka4 Kg2 50. Kxa5 Kf3 51. Kb5 Ke4 52. a4 Kf5 53.
a5 $18)) 45... Kg3 46. Kd3 Kg2 47. Rb1 h1=Q (47... d5 48. c4 dxc4+ 49. Kxc4
h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Kxh1 51. Kb5 Kg2 52. Kxa5 Kf3 53. Kb5 $18) 48. Rxh1 Kxh1 49. Kc4
Kg2 50. Kb5 Kf3 51. Kxa5 Ke4 52. Kb5 $18) 43. c4 $1 h3 44. Kd3 h2 45. Ke4 Kf6 (
45... Kg4 46. c5 $18) 46. a4 $1 (46. Rb1 a4 $1) 46... Bc3 47. Kf4 $18 Bd4 48.
Kg3 Be5+ (48... Bg1 49. Kg2 $18) 49. Kg2 Kg5 50. f6 Bxf6 51. Kxh2 (51. Kxh2
Be5+ 52. Kg2 Bf4 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Rd1 Be5 55. Rd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{It was important to fight for a win in this match vs. the Ukraine, as we were
quiet near to the prize-places.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 {Theory, Theory,
Theory.} b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bh3 $5 {This move that leads to
almost unexplored territory.} b4 (13... Nc5 $5) (13... Bb7 $5) 14. Nce2 Nc5 15.
Ng3 {Trying to play for a fast attack with Nh5-Rhg1 and Nf6+ etc.. Now
Ivanchuk starts to make prophylactic moves which finally lead to a very
interesting and sharp battle on both wings.} g6 $5 16. Bg2 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4]
Trying to play f5 quickly. Now h4 is also coming and Black has to think about
king's safety.} e5 (16... Bb7 17. h4 d5 18. Qe3 $13) 17. Nde2 (17. Ndf5 $5 gxf5
18. exf5 Bb7 19. Qe2 Bxg2 (19... exf4 20. Nh5 $44) 20. Qxg2 $44) 17... Be6 $5 {
An very, very interesting attempt by Ivanchuk, now he is threatening Bxa2 and
starts an amazing attack with many possible sacrifices.} 18. Kb1 Qa5 $5 19. Nc1
$5 (19. b3 $2 Qa3 $1 {[%cal Gc5a4]} 20. Nc1 Rb8 {[%cal Gc5a4]} 21. f5 Na4 $3 {
This was Ivanchuk's idea!} 22. bxa4 Bxa2+ 23. Nxa2 b3 24. Nc3 (24. cxb3 Rxb3+
25. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 26. Ka1 Bxg5 $19 {It's hopeless. There's completely no chance
for White here.}) 24... O-O 25. f6 Rfc8 26. Nge2 Bd8 $3 $19 {And now there is
no way to defend for White. No moves, no counterplay, just a totally crushed
position.}) 19... Rb8 $3 {Another fantastic resource. Now in case of f5 Black
has an extraordinary attack. Let's look:} 20. Rd5 $5 {So I went for this
sacrifice.} (20. f5 Bxa2+ $3 21. Nxa2 b3 22. cxb3 (22. Nc3 Bxg5 $1 (22... bxc2+
23. Kxc2 Qb4 24. Kd2 Bxg5+ 25. Ke1 Qxb2 26. h4 Bf4 27. Nge2 $14) 23. Qe2 O-O
24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rhf1 bxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Bf4 $17) 22... Rxb3 23. Qf2 O-O $3 24. f6
(24. Nc1 Bxg5 25. Rxd6 (25. Nxb3 Nxb3 26. Rd3 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Nc1 $1 $19 28. Rc3
Rb8 $19) 25... Rb7 26. Rd5 Rfb8 $19) (24. Rhf1 {[%cal Gf5g6,Gf2f7]} Rfb8 25.
fxg6 Rxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qb5+ 28. Ka1 Nb3+ 29. Kb2 Nd4+ 30. Kc1 Bxg5+
$19) 24... Bxf6 $3 25. gxf6 Rfb8 $19 {And the threats Rxb2 and Ra3 give White
no practical chances to save the game.}) 20... Rb5 (20... Bxd5 $5 {It was an
interesting try, but Ivanchuk played in his unusual manner till the end.}) 21.
Nb3 Qc7 (21... Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxd5 23. exd5 $44) 22. h4 h6 23. gxh6 $5 Rxh6 (
23... Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxh6 25. h5 $44) 24. Rdd1 $1 {Time to go back as I guess
somewhere , he would take an exchange finally.} Rxh4 25. Rxh4 (25. f5 $5 {
was good enough to start an attack.} Bc8 26. Bf1 $16 (26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rdf1
$14)) 25... Bxh4 26. f5 Bc8 27. Rh1 (27. Bf1 $5 {Maybe it was the way to bring
pieces into the battle.} Rb8 28. Bc4 $16) 27... g5 28. Nh5 $1 Bb7 29. Qg4 $1
Nxb3 (29... Kd8 $1 {was the best way for Black.} 30. Nd2 $44) 30. axb3 Rc5 (
30... Kd8 31. Rd1 $44 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gh5f6,Gg4h5] It would be easier to play
this as White of course. It was still the best for Black, Ivanchuk had around
6-7 minutes here, I had only 1.30 left.}) 31. Rxh4 $3 gxh4 (31... Rxc2 32. Nf6+
Ke7 33. Qxg5 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Qe1+ 36. Qc1 $18) 32. Nf6+ (32. f6 $1
{It was a so-called win in one-move.} Rxc2 (32... Qc6 33. Ng7+ $3 Kd8 34. Ne6+
$3 fxe6 35. f7 Kc7 36. f8=Q Rxc2 37. Qg5 $18) 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc6 35.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 36. Kxc2 $18) 32... Ke7 33. Qxh4 Qd8 34. Bf1 a5 35. Bc4 Rxc4 36.
bxc4 a4 37. b3 axb3 38. cxb3 Bc6 39. Kc1 (39. Kb2 $1 {was winning study-like.}
Kf8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qh4 Qa5 42. Nd5+ Kd7 43. Qe7+ Kc8 44. Qf8+ Kb7 45. Qxf7+
Ka6 46. Nc7+ Kb6 47. Nb5 $3 Bxb5 48. cxb5 Qxb5 49. Qc4 $18) 39... Kf8 (39...
Qa5 40. Kb1 $16) 40. Qh6+ Ke7 41. Qg5 Qf8 42. Kd2 (42. Qh4 Kd8 43. Nd5+ Kd7 44.
Nxb4 Qa8 $11) 42... Kd8 43. Nd5+ (43. Kd3 Kc7 $13) 43... Kd7 44. Qe3 Qb8 45.
Nf6+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Be2 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qf2 Nfg4 14. Qf4 Qd8
15. Qd2 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Rdf1 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Ke7 {A typical endgame for
this Rauzer line has arisen in which both sides possess their trumps: White
has pressure in the f-file, Black a nice knight outpost on e5. Es hat sich ein
für dieses Rauser-Abspiel typisches Endspiel ergeben, in dem beide Seiten ihre
Trümpfe haben: Weiß besitzt Druck in der f-Linie, Schwarz einen schönen
Springervorposten auf e5.} 19. Rf4 Nf6 20. Rhf1 Nfd7 21. Bh5 Rh7 22. a4 b6 23.
Nf3 Bb7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. g3 Rc8 26. b3 Rc5 27. Be2 Rh8 28. Bd3 h5 29. Nd1 Rh6
30. Ne3 f6 31. Nc4 Nd7 {Black wants to win. Schwarz will gewinnen.} (31...
Nxc4+ 32. Bxc4 Re5 $11) 32. Be2 Rg5 33. Ke3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Nd2 Rc5 36. c4
bxc4 37. Nxc4 Rb5 {Initiating a faulty plan. Der Beginn eines fehlerhaften
Plans.} 38. Rb1 Rb4 $2 {Very natural, Black wants to block the b-pawn in order
to attack it with Nd7-c5, but... Sehr natürlich, Schwarz will den b-Bauern
blockieren, um ihn Nd7-c5 anzugreifen, aber...} (38... Bc6 {would have kept
the game about even. hätte die Partie etwa im Gleichgewicht gehalten.}) {
[%tqu "En","With his last move Black has blocked the b-pawn in order to attack
it with  Nd7-c5. How do you react?","The unprotected rook on b4 enables White
to win a pawn.","Exploit the vis-à-vis of the rooks on the fourth rank!",
"c4d6","This knight is untouchable since otherwise White opens the fourth rank
with tempo (check), after which the Rf4 rakes in the Rb4!",10,"De","MIt seinem
letzten Zug hat Schwarz den b-Bauern blockiert, um diesen mit Sd7-c5
anzugreifen. Wie reagieren Sie?","Die ungedeckte Stellung des Turmes auf b4
ermöglicht Weiß einen überraschenden Clou.","Nutzen Sie das vis-à-vis der
Türme auf der vierten Reihe aus!","c4d6","Dieser Springer ist tabu, da Weiß
sonst die vierte Reihe mit Tempo (Schach) öffnet, wonach der Tf4 den Tb4
abholt!",10]} 39. Nxd6 $1 {Surprisingly winning a pawn. Gewinnt überraschend
einen Bauern.} Ba8 ({The knight is untouchable: Der Springer ist tabu:} 39...
Kxd6 40. e5+ Nxe5 (40... Kc5 41. Rc1+) 41. Rxb4 {and White wins. und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 40. Nc4 {Despite White's plus pawn, his winning chances are very
problematic due to his many pawn weaknesses. Die Bauernschwächen von Weiß
gestalten seine Gewinnaussichten trotz des Mehrbauern sehr problematisch.} Rh8
41. Rh4 (41. Nd2 Rc8 42. Bxh5 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Nc5 {and Black is too active. und
Schwarz steht zu aktiv.}) 41... Nc5 42. Nd2 ({Of course White does not want to
exchange his central pawn for Black's weakness on h5: Natürlich will Weiß
nicht seinen Zentralbauern für die schwarze Schwäche auf h5 eintauschen:} 42.
Rxh5 Rxh5 43. Bxh5 Bxe4 $11) 42... f5 $1 {Reducing material - and thus White's
winning chances - even further. Reduziert weiter Material - und damit die
weißen Gewinnchancen.} 43. exf5 Rxh4 44. f6+ (44. gxh4 exf5) 44... Kxf6 45.
gxh4 Bd5 46. b4 Na4 47. Rc1 Nb6 48. Rc5 Ra8 49. Ra5 Rc8 50. Rc5 Ra8 51. Bd3 Ra2
52. Ne4+ Ke5 53. Ng5 Rb2 54. Rb5 Nd7 55. Bc4 Kd6 56. Bxd5 exd5 57. Nf3 Ne5 58.
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 (7...
Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 {-->is another common system. The theoretical
lines are developed very deeply as well here.}) 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4
b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 {The most aggressive continuation which is
connected with a pawn sacrifice.} ({The alternatives are:} 13. h4) ({and} 13.
a3) 13... Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 {
All these moves are well known. Now Black has to take on e6, as White has the
strong positional threat of Nc3-d5.} fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nd5 Nc4 $2 {
It's strange enough, that David chooses a dubious continuation which leads to
a very hard endgame.} ({In his previous games in this line Baramidze has faced
serious problems:} 20... Ra7 21. Rdf1 g6 $6 (21... Be7 $142 {-->see comments
to 1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Georgiev,K /Recklinghausen 1998 [Tyomkin]}) 22. Qd1 Bg7 $2
(22... Bb7 $142 23. h5 g5 $16) 23. h5 Rxf1 24. Qxf1 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Qd7 26. Qh3
$18 {1-0 Guseinov,G-Baramidze,D/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (43)}) (20... Rb8
21. Rdf1 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Rd1 $16
{1/2-1/2 Papa,S-Baramidze,D/Deizisau 2003/CBM 093 ext (75)}) ({But} 20... g6 {
seems to be much better than.}) 21. Nc6 $1 {Immediately exploiting the
drawback of Black's last move.} ({Nothing promises:} 21. Nxf6 $2 Qxf6 22. Bd5
Rb8 $132 {and Black consolidates.}) 21... Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Nxf6 gxf6 ({
After} 23... Rxe6 24. Nd5 Rxe4 25. Nc7 Bb7 26. Nxa8 Bxc6 27. b3 $16 {White has
excellent wining chances, as was proved in several games.}) 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25.
Rxd6 {As a result of 20...Nc4 White has got a great advantage in the endgame -
all Black's pawns are weak, while White's pieces are more active.} Bb7 26. Re1
$5 $146 {White prevents Black from activating his rook immediately.} ({After} 
26. Rxf6 Rxe4 27. Na5 Rae8 28. Kc1 Bd5 29. Rd1 c3 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Perez,
L-Ibarra Jerez,J/Mondariz 2000/EXT 2001 (40) Black has got some drawish
chances and escaped.}) 26... a5 $2 {A critical loss of time - Black allows
White to consolidate his position.} ({It was necessary to activate all the
pieces at cost of a pawn:} 26... Rac8 27. Nd4 Bxe4 28. Kc1 (28. Rxf6 Rcd8 29.
Re6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Rd2 $132) 28... f5 29. Rxa6 c3 $16 {while the strong
position of the Be4 promises Black some practical chances of survival.}) 27.
Kc1 ({Avoiding the simple trap} 27. Rxf6 $2 Ra6 $17 {[%csl Rc6]}) 27... f5 ({
Now it's too late for} 27... c3 28. bxc3 Rac8 29. Nxa5 Bxe4 30. Rxf6 Rxc3 31.
Re2 $18 {and White is just 2 pawns up.}) ({More resistable would be} 27... a4 {
but after} 28. e5 $1 {White wins in all lines as well:} Bxc6 (28... Rac8 29.
Na5 Bg2 30. Rxf6 Rc5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. e6 Rxa5 34. e7 Bc6 35.
e8=Q+ Bxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 $18) 29. Rxc6 fxe5 30. Rxc4 $18) 28. e5 {
Now the Pe5 easily decides the game.} f4 ({Or} 28... c3 29. e6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6
cxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Re7 32. Rc5 f4 33. Rf5 Rae8 34. Rxf4 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. c4
$18) 29. Rf1 Rf8 ({After} 29... c3 30. Rxf4 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 cxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Rxe5
33. Rc7 {[%cal Gf4f7] the rook endgame is completely lost for Black, since he
cannot prevent the penetration of the second rook.}) 30. e6 Rf6 31. Nd8 $1 (31.
Nd8 Be4 32. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bangkok op 16th"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2016.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Wynn, Zaw Htung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 {This used to be one of the main lines of the Najdorf.} 10.
g4 ({One alternative is} 10. Bd3 {, here's a current example:} h6 11. Qh3 Nc5
12. Rhe1 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. Rxe4 Nf5 19. Qf4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bb5 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6
24. g3 Rd8 25. b4 b5 26. Rd6 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Rc8 28. Kb2 Qb7 29. Qd4 Bd5 30. Qb6
Qe7 31. Qxa6 Rb8 32. Rb6 Rd8 33. Qd3 Qc7 34. Rd6 Rxd6 35. exd6 Qxd6 36. Qc3 Kf8
37. a4 Ke7 38. b5 g5 39. a5 Kd7 40. Ba4 h5 41. b6+ Kd8 42. Bb5 Ke7 43. Qc7+ {
1-0 (43) Naiditsch,A (2682)-Gormally,D (2500) Douglas 2015}) 10... b5 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 ({Black can also accept the pawn sacrifice:} 13...
Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. fxe6 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd4 19. Qe4
g6 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxd4 Bf5 22. Rhe1 Raf8 23. b3 a5 24. h4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qc5
26. h5 gxh5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Rg5 Rf3 29. Qe4 Qe3 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxh5 Ref3
32. Kb2 R3f5 33. Rh3 Rc8 34. Rh6 Rf2 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Rch1 Rd7 37. Re6 Kg7 38.
Rg1+ Kf7 39. Rh6 Kf8 40. Rg3 Rf5 41. c4 Rf2+ 42. Kc3 b4+ 43. Kd3 a4 44. bxa4
Rxa2 45. Kd4 Rxa4 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kd8 48. Rf8+ Kc7 49. Rxd7+ Kxd7 50.
Rf7+ Kc8 51. Rxh7 Ra1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444)
Jerusalem 2015}) 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 ({Vallejo Pons knows this
position well - ten years ago he played it with Black.} 16... Bd7 17. Rg7 b4
18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 Rdf8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Ne6
Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Bh3 Qd7 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qa7+ Kc6 28. Qxa6+ Kc7 29. Qa5+
Kc6 30. Qa6+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Spraggett,K (2610) -Vallejo Pons,F 
(2674) Calvia 2006}) 17. a3 Rb8 {[#]} 18. Re1 $1 $16 {After this move Black's
king feels even less comfortable - White wants to play Nd5.} (18. e5 Bb7 19.
Qg3 d5 {was played in a couple of correspondence games.}) 18... Nd7 (18... Na4
19. Nd5 $16) {[#]} 19. Nxe6 $1 ({After} 19. Nd5 {Black planned to defend with}
exd5 20. exd5+ Ne5 {.}) 19... fxe6 20. f7+ Ke7 $2 (20... Kd8 21. Rg8 Rh6 22.
Qg3 $16 Z0 {with the idea: mit der Absicht:} 23. Qg7) 21. Rg6 Qc5 22. Rxe6+
Kxe6 23. Nd5 Nf6 24. Qxf6+ Kd7 25. Qxh8 Bb7 26. Bh3+ Kc6 27. Qf6 ({Many ways
lead to Rome:} 27. b4 Qc4 28. Bf1 Qa2 29. Qc3+) 27... a5 28. Qe6 Bc8 29. Qe8+ (
29. Qe8+ Kb7 30. Qxf8 Bxh3 31. Qe7+ Ka6 32. f8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {A gutsy approach from Djurhuus who needed 1,5/2 to make aa GM norm,
probably his third and final. The solid French has a been his favorite but he
has graduated to the Sicilian with encouraging success.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {Kotronias doesn't fool around. He has one of the
sharpest repertoires for a player around 2600, and a style to match.} e6 7. f4
Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+
14. Kb1 O-O $5 {A very rare move. The whole system is a new one for Rune, and
I know that his database research convinced him this line was worth a try. I
wish I knew more - the only game I was unable to unearth was} 15. fxe6 (15. Qg3
Bf6 16. fxe6 Nb6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Qxh3 Rc8 20. a3 Be5 21. Rd3
Qb7 22. Qe6 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Nf5 Nc5 25. Nxd6 Nxd3 26. Nxf7 Bxc3 27. Nd6
Rd8 28. Nb7 Nf2 29. Nxd8 Nxh1 30. bxc3 Nf2 31. e5 Ng4 32. e6 Kf8 33. h4 Ke7 34.
Nb7 Ne5 35. Kb2 Ng6 36. Nc5 Nxh4 37. Nxa6 Kxe6 38. Nc7+ Kd7 39. Nxb5 Nf3 40.
Kc1 Ne5 41. Kd2 Kc6 42. Nd4+ Kd5 43. Ke3 Nc4+ 44. Kf4 Nxa3 45. Kg5 Ke5 46. Nf5
h6+ 47. Nxh6 {1/2-1/2 Kovacs,G-Kofidis,A/Balatonbereny op(03) 1992}) 15... Nb6
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 (17... fxe6 18. Qh5 Bf6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 $14 {
is a pleasant advantage for white.}) 18. Bd3 $3 Bxd4 (18... fxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. dxe6 Qc5 {is safer, but still more appealing for white.}) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
20. Rxd4 Kg8 21. Rh4 fxe6 (21... Bxe6 22. Qh5 $18) 22. Qh3 Rf5 $8 (22... Rf6
23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) (22... Rf2 23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) 23. Rh8+ Kf7
24. Rg1 $1 Qc4 (24... Bb7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8
29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Qxe6#) (24... Qc5 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (25... Kf6 26. Rf8+ Ke5 (
26... Kxg7 27. Qh8+ Kg6 28. Rg8+ Kf7 29. Qg7#) 27. Rxf5+ exf5 28. Re7+ Kxd5 (
28... Kf6 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Qh7+ Kg5 31. Qg8+) 29. Qf3+ Kc4 30. Qb3+ Kd4 31.
Qd3#) 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rf8+ Ke7 28. Qg7+) 25. Rxg7+ Kf6 26. Rg1 $1 {A wicked
move that snuffs out black's hopes of a tactical defence based on white's weak
last rank. What follows is an exercise in pure tactics.} (26. Rf8+ Ke5 {
is no longer so clear.}) 26... Qf4 (26... Rb8 {trying to remove the rook from
the diagonal also fails:} 27. Re1 Qf4 (27... e5 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Rh7+ Rf7 30.
Qg5+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Rf8 32. Qg6+) 28. Rf8+) 27. Rf8+ Ke5 (27... Ke7 28. Rg7+) 28.
Re1+ Kxd5 29. Qg2+ Kc5 30. Rxf5+ Qxf5 31. Qxa8 {The rest is simple.} e5 32. h4
Kb6 33. Qb8+ Kc6 34. h5 Be6 35. Qe8+ Bd7 36. Qg6 Qf3 37. Qe4+ Qxe4 38. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 Nd7 (12... Rb8 {-main line})
13. f5 (13. Bg2 O-O 14. e5 d5 15. Nf5 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+
Kh8 18. Qxa8 Rxf4 $15) 15... Nb6 (15... Bc5 16. b4 Ba7 (16... exf5 17. Nxd5
fxg4 18. Qg3 Qa7 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ne7+ (20. h3 $16) 20... Qxe7 21. Bxa8 $16)
17. Nd6 $132) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. g5 b4 $132 {1-0 Hector,J-Rowson,J/Copenhagen
Politiken 1996 (41)}) (13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Qe3 O-O 15. f5 Nc5 16. g5 e5 17. Nde2
$16 {0-1 Leflar,D-Bettridge,W/cr D-25 1986 (29)}) 13... Ne5 14. Qg3 Rb8 15. g5
$5 (15. Na2 Bd7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. c3 Qc5 18. Kb1 $132 {0-1 Molchanov,M-Maeder,K/
cr WER/C1 1977 (55)}) 15... b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bh3 {[%csl Re6]} (17. Nb3 Qb6
18. Re1 Bb7 19. Bh3 exf5 20. exf5 Bxh1 $19 {1-0 Vozka-Dobes/cr ch CZE teams
1993 (28)}) 17... Qb6 {The forced variation, starting by this move, results in
game equalizing...} (17... h6 18. fxe6 (18. gxh6 Rxh6 {[%csl Ye6]} 19. Rhf1 Qa5
20. Nb3 Qb6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bg2 Bf6 $17) 18... Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 fxe6 20. Nxe6
Bxe6 21. Bxe6 $44) 18. fxe6 $8 Rxd4 19. exf7+ Nxf7 20. Bxc8 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Rb4 (
21... Bf6 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Be6 (24. Qxg7 Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Nc4+ 26.
Kc1 Bxg7 27. Nd5 a5 $11) 24... Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bb3 $11) 22. Nd5 ({
It was possible to draw immediately} 22. b3 Rxb3+ (22... Bf6 23. Nd5 Qa5 24.
Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Bf5 $14) 23. cxb3 Qxb3+ 24. Ka1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb3+ $11) 22...
Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 Qb8 24. Qc3 $2 $17 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Qa3 $1 Rb5 25. Bxa6 Rc5 26.
Qa4+ Kf8 27. Rhf1 $132) 24... Rb5 25. Be6 $2 $19 (25. Bxa6 Rc5 26. Rb1 Qxb1+
27. Rxb1 Rxc3 28. Bb5+ Kd8 29. Nxc3 Bf6 30. Kb2 Ng5 31. Bd3 Kd7 $17) 25... Rc5
{Waste complications} ({Wins easily} 25... O-O 26. Rhf1 (26. h4 Rxd5 $1 27.
Rxd5 Bf6 $19) 26... Rc5 27. Rxf7 (27. Qa3 Qe8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 $19)
27... Rxf7 28. Rb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kxb1 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Kf8 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 $19) 26.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rdf1+ Kg6 28. Qa3 Qe8 29. Rhg1 Qe5+ 30. c3 Qxe4 31. Rxg5+ Kxg5
32. Qc1+ Kg6 $4 $11 (32... Kh5 $1 33. Qd1+ (33. Nf4+ Kh4 34. Ng6+ Qxg6 35. Rf4+
Kh5 36. Qd1+ Kh6 37. Rh4+ Rh5 38. Qd2+ Qg5 39. Qxd6+ g6 $19) 33... Kh6 34. Qd2+
g5 35. Rf6+ Kh5 36. Rxd6 Qh1+ $19) 33. Rg1+ (33. Nf4+ Kf7 $19) 33... Kf7 $8 34.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 (34... Kf8 35. Qf1+ Kxg7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ (37. Qd8+ Kf7 38.
Qf6+ Ke8 39. Qxh8+ Kf7 (39... Kd7 40. Nf6+ $18) 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qh8+ $11)
37... Qxe7 38. Qxe7 $14) 35. Qg5+ Qg6 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kh6
39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 Bf6 17. fxe6 {This variation is quite dangerous for black,
but pherhaps black can hold position by accurate play.} O-O (17... g6 $2 18.
exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qf4+ Qf6 21. Qg3 $16 {Luther,T-Kersten,U/Bad
Zwesten op 1997/1-0(29)}) 18. Bh3 Kh8 $1 (18... g6 $6 19. Qe2 Kh8 (19... Bxh4
$2 20. Qh2 $16 g5 $2 21. e7 $1 Qxe7 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Nf5 Qa7 24. Nd5 $18 {
Shmuter,L-Loeffler,M/Ostrava op 1992/1-0(28)}) 20. h5 g5 21. Nd5 fxe6 22. Bxe6
$16 {Stripunsky,A-Jaworski,M/Ceske Budejovice op 1995/1-0(29)}) (18... Re8 $2
19. Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Qc7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nd5 Qa7 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxf7+
Kxf7 24. Nc7 $18 {Psakhis,L-Gruenfeld,Y/ISR-chT 1996/1-0(50)}) (18... Ng6 $2
19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Be6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Nf8 (23... Qe6
24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Nd5 $18 {Walter-Scholz, BRD 1993}) 24. g6 Rf6 25. Nd5 Rxg6
26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Qd5+ $18 {Epishin,V-Karpman,V/Minsk 1990/1-0(37)}) 19. Nd5
fxe6 20. Bxe6 Ra7 (20... g6 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Bxc8 Bxd4 (22... Qxc8 23. h5 $16)
23. Rxd4 Rxc8 24. h5 $16 {Chorfi,K-Brunner,L/Novi Sad olm 1990/1/2-1/2(47)}) (
20... Nc4 $5 {That's strange that nobody tried this line from 1978!} 21. Nf4 {
[%cal Rf4g6]} (21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Bf7 $6 Rf8 24. Nxf6 Rxf7 25. Ne8
Bg4 $17) (21. Bf7 Ne5 $1) 21... Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. h5 $2 Bg5 $15
{Gutierrez,J-Szmetan,J/Bogota 1978/0-1(41)}) 21. Rdf1 Be7 $1 $146 {That's
improvement of the variation,but still it doesn't solve all black's problems.
It's good idea to check 20...Nc4 for those who play this variation with black.}
(21... g6 $2 22. Qe2 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Bg7 $2 (22... Bb7 23. h5 g5 24. Bf5 $1 $16
{[%cal Gd4e6]} (24. Nf5 Bxd5 $132 {[%cal Ge5c4]})) 23. h5 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Bxe6
25. Nxe6 Qe8 26. Nec7 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Nxf7 28. hxg6 $18 {Shabalov,A-Fedorowicz,J/
NY Marshall CC 1992/1-0(44)}) 22. Bf5 (22. Bxc8 Rxf1+ (22... Qxc8 23. Nf5 $18)
23. Rxf1 Qxc8 24. Nf5 Bf8 $14) 22... Bxf5 (22... g6 23. Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 24. Nc6
$18) 23. exf5 $6 {White gets e6-square for the knight,but loses pressure on
f-file.} (23. Rxf5 Rxf5 (23... g6 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]})
24. Qxf5 $16) 23... Qe8 24. Qd1 Rf7 25. Ne6 Qc6 26. Rhg1 Bf6 27. Ng5 {White
still has advantage,but from some reasons Luther decided to force a draw by
move repeatition.} (27. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} h6 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 28. Rg3 $14 {
[%cal Gf1g1,Yg3c3] /+/-}) 27... Rf8 28. Ne6 Rff7 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Ne6 Rff7
1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De la Paz Perdomo, Frank"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Nf5 $6 {Dubious choice of white- according the theory white
achieves the advantage in main lines; Two main moves are:} (16. Rg1) (16. Qh5)
16... exf5 (16... Bb7 17. Bxb5+ (17. Ng7+ $5 Bxg7 18. Bxb5+ $1) 17... Kd8 (
17... axb5 18. Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Gf5d6]}) 18. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 19. Rxd6+ Kc8 (19...
Qxd6 20. Rd1 Bd5 21. exd5 e5 22. Bc6 $18) 20. Rhd1 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qa5 22. Nc3
Ra6 23. R6d4 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gd4c4,Gf3g3] 1-0 Trichkov,V-Todorov,I/Bankia
1990/EXT 98 (58). (57)}) 17. Nd5 Qa5 {nothing clear also in 17...Qc6 line, but
17...Qa5 is just good for black in view of Qxa2 direct threat;} (17... Qc6 18.
exf5 Bb7 (18... Nd7 19. Bg2 Bb7 (19... Ne5 20. Rhe1 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 Bb7 22. Qh5
$40 {[%cal Gd5f4,Gf4e6]}) 20. Rhe1+ Kd8 21. Qe3 Ne5 22. Ne7 Qxg2 23. Rxd6+ (23.
Qxe5 $142 $18) 23... Ke8 24. Qxe5 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Kf8 26. Red1 Re8 27. Rd8 {
1-0 Wolff,P-Gunawan,R/Kiljava 1984/EXT 2000 (27).}) 19. Qe3+ $6 (19. Bg2 O-O-O
20. Qh5 $13 {[%cal Gh5f7]}) 19... Kd7 20. Bg2 Re8 21. Ne7 $4 Qxg2 22. Rhg1 Qxh2
23. Qxc5 Bxe7 24. fxe7 Rc8 {0-1 Ady,J-Gallagher,J/London 1984/MCL (24).}) 18.
a3 {[%cal Rb2b4] 18.Qe3 probably is the most resistant but black has couple of
way to achieve the advantage there too;} (18. Kb1 fxe4 19. Qe3 {[%cal Rb2b4]}
b4 $1 $19 {0-1 David,A-Howell,J/Groningen 1985/EXT 2000 (27). (27)}) (18. exf5
Qxa2 {[%cal Rf8h6]}) (18. Qe3 Qxa2 (18... Nxe4 19. Bg2 Be6 $17) 19. Nc7+ Kd8
20. Nxa8 Bb7 21. Nb6 Bxe4 $17 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gh7h5,Rf8h6]}) 18... fxe4 19.
Qg3 b4 $6 {This move leads to big complications, which weren't necessary at
all; Black has couple of simple ways to keep large material advantage:} (19...
Qd8 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 20. Bg2 Be6 21. Rhe1 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxf6 23. Bxe4 O-O-O $19)
(19... Ne6 20. Bg2 b4 21. Nxb4 $140 Bb7 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 20. axb4 (20. Nxb4 Be6
$19) 20... Qa1+ $2 {Another unaccuracy- black advantage becomes problematic
now; Again, black missed the strongest way but not very obvious this time:} (
20... Qa2 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 21. bxc5 Bh6+ 22. Ne3 Rb8 23. Rxd6 (23. b3 Qa1+ 24.
Kd2 Qd4+ 25. Ke2 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Bg4+ $19) 23... Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 (24. Kd2 Rb3 $1 {
[%csl Re3]}) 24... Qb1+ 25. Ke2 Qb5+ $19 {[%cal Gb5c5]}) 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. bxc5
Qd4+ (22... Qb7 23. Ke1 Be6 24. Qa3 $1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qa4+ $11 {
[%cal Ga4a5] perpetual check here;}) 23. Ke1 Qxc5 24. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Re4] White
grabs e4 pawn now and both king become vulnerable;} Bb7 (24... Be6 25. Qxe4 Rc8
26. c3 $15) 25. Qxe4+ Kd8 26. c4 Bc6 27. Rb1 (27. Be2 Rg8 28. Kf1 Rg6 $17 {
[%cal Rg6f6]}) 27... Rg8 28. Qxh7 Rg5 29. Qxf7 Re5+ 30. Be2 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Qc3+
32. Kd1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] just blundering in one move; in case of 32.Kf1 black's
attack would continue, but there is no clear way to reach the advantage there:}
(32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke1 $8 Qh4+ 34. Kd1 $8 (34. Kf1 Rf5+ $19) 34... Qd4+ 35. Ke1
$8 Bh6 36. Qg8+ $8 Re8 {[%cal Rd4d2]} 37. Qg2 Rf8 38. Qg4 Qd2+ 39. Kf2 Rxf6+
40. Kg2 Qxd5+ 41. Bf3 Qa2+ 42. Kh3 $8 Bf4 {[%cal Rf6h6]} 43. Qh4 $8 Qe6+ 44.
Kg2 $8 Qe7 $1 {and black is still better but very far from ti win the game!})
32... Bh6 {[%csl Rd2]} (32... Bh6 33. Qg8+ Re8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. Rg7 Bb7 $146 {Up to analyses of Tsesarsky, 17..b4 is
the best and only move for black here; 17..Bb7 doesn't solve black problems as
it is proved in this game; For some reason, such an experienced GM, like
Morovic, wasn't well prepared for this sharp line;} (17... b4 $1 {Tsesarsky}
18. Nd5 (18. Nce2 {Tsesarsky} Bxg7 19. fxg7 Rg8 20. Qxh5 Bb7 21. Qh7 O-O-O 22.
Ng3 d5 $17) (18. e5 {Tsesarsky} Bb7 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd5 Qa5 $19) 18... exd5
19. exd5 Nd7 $1 (19... Bg4 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Qg3 Kc8 22. Nc6 Kb7 23. h3 Bxg7 (
23... Bf5 24. Qf4 {[%csl Yb4,Yf5]}) 24. fxg7 Rhe8 (24... Rhg8 25. hxg4 Rxg7 26.
Re7 Nd7 27. g5 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3]} Rag8 $140 28. Qd3 {[%cal Yd3a6]}) 25. hxg4
hxg4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxg4 Rg8 28. Qxb4+ $18 {1-0 Efimenko,Z-Nakamura,H/
Internet 2000/CBM 74 ext (40)}) 20. Nc6 (20. Re1+ {Tsesarsky} Ne5 21. Rxe5+
dxe5 22. d6 Qb7 23. d7+ Qxd7 24. Qxa8 Bxg7 25. fxg7 Rg8 26. Bxa6 Ke7 27. Nc6+
Kf6 28. Nxb4 Kxg7 $15) (20. Ne6 {Tsesarsky} Qa5 (20... fxe6 $2 {Tsesarsky} 21.
dxe6 Ne5 $8 22. Qxa8 $18) 21. Nxf8 (21. Re1 {Tsesarsky} b3 22. Qg3 bxa2 $19)
21... Ne5 22. Qb3 Kxf8 23. Rd4 Rh6 $17) 20... Bb7 (20... Bxg7 $2 {Tsesarsky}
21. fxg7 Rg8 22. Qxh5 $18) 21. Re1+ Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qf5 Bd6 24. Bg2 Rd8
25. Rh7 Rxh7 26. Qxh7 Qa5 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc8 $19) (17... Nd7 $2 $16 {
Tsesarsky} 18. e5 $1 {1-0 Gershon,A-Halkias,S/Menorca 1996/CBM 56/[Tsesarsky] 
(37)}) (17... Bxg7 $2 {Tsesarsky} 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. Bxb5+ $1 $18) 18. Bh3 $1 b4
(18... Bxg7 19. fxg7 Rg8 20. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qc6 22. Nxd6+ $18 {[%csl
Rf7]}) (18... O-O-O 19. Nxe6 $18) 19. Nd5 {19.Nxe6 was interesting alternative,
but 19.Nxd5 probably leads to the winning position;} (19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6
bxc3 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 (21... Qb6 22. Qxc3 $18) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qxc3 Bxe4 24.
Qc7+ Ke6 $1 (24... Kg6 $143 25. Rg1+ Kh6 26. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc3e3]}) 25. b4
$1 {[%cal Gc2c4,Yc1b2]} (25. Re1 d5 26. Qc6+ Ke5 $1 27. Qxa8 $140 Bh6+ {
[%cal Gh8a8]}) 25... d5 26. c4 $36 {and it looks like white has reached some
advantage here;}) 19... exd5 $8 20. exd5 Nd7 $2 {20...Kd8 was only move,
however white wins there as well;} (20... Kd8 $8 21. Re1 $1 {[%cal Gf3e3]} (21.
Be6 fxe6 22. Rxc7 Kxc7 23. c4 Bh6+ (23... bxc3 $2 24. b4 {[%csl Re6]}) 24. Kb1
Raf8 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 21... b3 $1 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Gc7a5]} 22. a3 $1 bxc2 23.
Qe3 Qb8 $8 24. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Yg2d5,Rb2b4]} (24. b4 Bxd5 {and suddenly black
queen is useful over b-file;}) 24... Qc8 $8 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rxf7 {[%cal Rd4e6]}
Kc7 {[%cal Rf8h6]} 27. Kxc2 $18) {Now everything is quite simple:} 21. Bxd7+
Qxd7 22. Nc6 {[%cal Rd1e1] White wins here by force;} Bxc6 23. Re1+ Kd8 24.
dxc6 Qc7 25. Qe4 {[%cal Re4e8]} Bxg7 26. fxg7 (26. fxg7 Rg8 27. Qh7 $18 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 {I have made opening database on 13..Bxg5 line which was
published in CBM 84; Lets check what I wrote there about 16.h4 line: "This
line was developed by Pavlovic and Luther, and it looks very problematic for
black up to games for this moment. 16...Bf6 17.fxe6 0-0 18.Bh3 Kh8 19.Nd5 fxe6
20.Bxe6 ( it can be achieved also with different order of moves- black may
start with 19..fxe6) this is a critical position of the line with 16.h4, and
black has tried 3 moves here- 20...Ra7, 20...Bb7, and 20...Nc4, but none of
them didn't solve all problems; "} Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8
20. Nd5 g6 $146 {20...g6 was mentioned in that opening database, while this is
another way for black to continue;} (20... Nc4 {(Tyomkin,D) In my comments to
the game Luther-Georgiev I recomended 20...Nc4 as an option for improvement
this variation for black, because other moves, like 20...Ra7 and 20...Bb7,
lead to white's advantage, but after 20...Nc4 white gets big advantage in the
ending....} 21. Nc6 {'!' Pavlovic,M.} (21. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4g6] (Tyomkin,D)
Tyomkin,D} Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. h5 $2 Bg5 $15 {Gutierrez,
J-Szmetan,J/Bogota 1978/0-1(41)}) (21. Bf7 {Tyomkin,D} Ne5 $1) (21. Nxf6 {
(Tyomkin,D) 0-1 Holzke,F-Sadler,M/Germany 1999/GER-chT (42)}) 21... Qe8 22.
Qxe8 (22. Nxf6 {Tyomkin,D} Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Bxe6 24. b3 Rac8 25. Na7 Rc7 26. bxc4
Rxa7 27. Rxd6 Bxc4 {and black is defeniltely ok with a bishop against a knight
in this ending;}) 22... Rxe8 23. Nxf6 (23. Bf7 $6 {Tyomkin,D} Rf8 24. Nxf6 Rxf7
25. Ne8 Bg4 $17) 23... Rxe6 (23... gxf6 {(Tyomkin,D) Pavlovic,M} 24. Bxc4 bxc4
25. Rxd6 $16) 24. Nd5 Rxe4 25. Nc7 Bb7 26. Nxa8 Bxc6 $6 (26... Bxa8 {Tyomkin,D}
27. b3 Bxc6 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxd6 $16 {Black has some counterplay against c2 
(by Be4) and h4, but white should be winning somehow;} h5 {[%cal Gc6e4]} 30.
Rhd1 Be4 31. R1d4 $1 $16) 27. b3 $1 {1-0 Luther,T-Vink,N/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/
The Week in Chess 324/[Tyomkin,D] (38)} (27. Nc7 {Tyomkin,D} Re7 28. Rhf1 (28.
Nd5 {Tyomkin,D} Re5 {[%cal Yc6h1]}) 28... g5 $132 {[%cal Yc4e3]})) (20... Ra7 {
(Tyomkin,D) 1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Georgiev,K/Recklinghausen 1998/CBM 67/[Tyomkin,D]
(30)}) 21. Qe2 Nf3 {After 21...Nf3 white reaches the advantage, while there is
some 21...Bb7 move, which can give black some life in 20..g6 variation;} (21...
Nc4 22. Bxc8 $6 (22. h5 g5 (22... Bxd4 23. hxg6 Ra7 24. Bxc8 Bxb2 25. Qh5 $1 {
[%cal Gc8f5]}) 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rhf1 Qg7 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qxc4
$18) (22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rhf1 $18) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc8 24. h5
Qg5 25. hxg6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Chorfi,K-Brunner,L/Novi Sad 1990/TD (48)}) (21... h5
$2 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nb6 $18 {1-0 Fercec,N-Freitag,M/Oberwart 2001/EXT 2002 
(51). (50)}) (21... Bb7 $142 $5 22. h5 g5 23. Nf5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5f6]} (23.
Rhf1 $142 {[%cal Gf1f5,Yd1f1]}) 23... Re8 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5
Nc4 $132 {[%cal Gf6e6]}) 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23. Qg4 $16 {Here, after the trade of
light-squared bishops, white keeps the pressure over the kingside, but also
Nd5 outposted is much better than black bishop;} Be5 24. h5 Bxe6 (24... g5 25.
Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rhf1 $16) 25. Qxe6 g5 26. Ne7 {[%cal Re7g6]} (26. Rhf1 $16) 26...
Rf6 27. Qd5 ({Too early is:} 27. Ng6+ $2 Kg7 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]}) 27... Qe8 28.
Rdg1 (28. Ng6+ Kg7 $8 (28... hxg6 29. hxg6+ Kg7 30. Qb7+ $18) 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30.
h6+ Kh8 31. Rdf1 Re6 (31... Rxf1+ $140 $2 32. Rxf1 {[%cal Gd5b7] and black is
defendless against white threats over black king;}) 32. Qb7 (32. Rf5 {[%csl
Re5,Rg5]} Rd8 {[%csl Yb1][%cal Re6h6]} 33. Rhf1 Rxh6 $16) 32... Re7 33. Qb6 $16
) 28... Ra7 $2 {28...h6 gives up g6-spot forever, while prevents Ng6 direct
threats;} (28... h6 $142 29. Rf1 $16) (28... Rb8 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31.
Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rxg5 $16) 29. Ng6+ Rxg6 (29... Kg7 30. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Rg1g5]}) (
29... hxg6 30. hxg6+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ $18 {[%cal Rh7a7]}) 30. hxg6 $18 {White has
an exchange for the bishop and 1 pawn, but all black pawns are weak and white
pieces have open files to get in;} Qxg6 31. Rf1 Bf4 32. Qc6 {[%cal Re4e5]} Qg7
33. e5 $5 {Good enough to keep it winning;} ({Other plan was:} 33. Rh5 $18 {
[%csl Yh7][%cal Gf1h1,Yh5h6]}) 33... Qd7 (33... dxe5 34. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qe7
35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8g8]} Qf7 37. Rh8 Bh2 38. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 39. Rxh2+
Kg6 40. Qc6+ $18) (33... Bxe5 34. Qe8+ $18 {[%cal Rf1f8]}) 34. Qb6 $2 {it
gives black some hope;} (34. Qe4 dxe5 35. Rd1 Qe8 (35... Qe7 36. Qg6 $18 {
[%cal Rh1h7]}) 36. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Yh7][%cal Re4d3,Yd6d8] with very strong
threat Qd3;}) 34... Qc7 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36. exd6 Bxd6 37. Rf6 Bc5 $2 {Last
mistake, under the time-pressure perhaps;} (37... Rd7 $1 38. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Rg5]
} (38. Rd1 Be7 39. Rxd7 Bxf6 $132) 38... Bf4 39. Rxa6 {[%cal Ga2a4] but black
has chances to save the game here;}) 38. Rxa6 Kg8 39. a4 g4 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41.
Rh4 $1 {[%csl Rg4] demolishing last hope of black for the draw;} h5 42. Rxh5
Be3 43. Re8 Kg6 44. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13.
Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 $1 {Alternative 14.e5 doesn't cause black any troubles:} (14.
e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Qh4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6 18. e6 (18. g4 $6 Ng7 19. e6 Nc5
20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qf6 Re8 $19 {0-1 Felgaer,R-Abreu,A/Madrid ESP
2002/The Week in Chess 411 (31). (31)}) 18... Nc5 (18... Qf4+ 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20.
exd7+ Kxd7 21. Rf1 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 f5 23. g4 Raf8 $11 {0-1 Grabarczyk,
B-Kuczynski,R/Warsaw 2001/CBM 84 (63). (63) the ending is probably equal;}) 19.
exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Nf5 Rf8 $5 {that's the way to play for the win;} ({
Black may reach immediate draw by following:} 21... Ne6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+
Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Nielsen,P/Malmo 2002/CBM 90 
(25).}) (21... Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rf8 23. Re3 $36 {[%cal Ge3e7]}) 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23.
Bxg6 Ne6 24. Nf5+ Rxf5 25. Qxf5 Nhf4 26. Bh5 Rf8 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. g3 Rc8 29.
Rf2 Qc5 30. Rfd2 Nxh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Berelovich,A-Dvoirys,S/Hoogeveen 2001/CBM
84 ext (80). (80) and black looks bit better;}) 14... Kd8 15. Nc6+ $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] '!?' Ftacnik.  From other moves 15.Rxe7 leads to very sharp position,
while 15.Qe3 is not dangereous for black;  Ftacnik: 'This move is not a
novelty, even though it was played only in free games on ICC. In this
extremely interesting position white players have already tried nearly all
continuations and it is still not clear, which one of them is the most
promising.'} (15. Rxe7 Kxe7 16. Nf5+ Kd8 17. Bh4 Qa5 $142 $5 (17... Rg8 18. Nh6
$1) (17... Qc5 18. Qxg7 Kc7 19. Bxf6 Rhg8 20. Bd4 Rxg7 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxg7
Rg8 23. Nh5 Rxg2 $15 {0-1 Jens,J-Dvoirys,S/Dieren NED 2001/The Week in Chess
350 (56). (56)}) 18. Nxd6 Bxd5 19. Qxg7 Kc7 20. Bxf6 Rhg8 21. Qh6 Qxa2 {
with a big mess on the board;}) (15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nf5 Nxd5 17. Qg3 N5f6 $2 (
17... g6 $142) 18. Nxg7 Rg8 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Qh4 $18 {1-0 Soloviov,S-Rogovoi,M/
St.Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext (25). (24)}) 15... Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 (16... Qxc6
{Ftacnik} 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 (17... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 18. Be4 Qc8 (18... Qa4 {Ftacnik}
19. Bxa8 Qxa2 20. Rxd6 Qxb2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+ 22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kf1 $16) 19. Bxa8
Qxa8 20. Rxd6 $16) 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qxf7 Qc7 20. g3 $40) 17. Bh4 {'!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Kotronias confessed, that this move was found by him during the
preparation for the game, the attack of the g7 square is very unpleasant for
black.'} Bf8 $2 {After this move black pieces simply don't get out;} (17... Rg8
$142 18. Qe3 $1 {and white keeps strong pressure;} (18. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Nfe4 19.
Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qh3 Qc7 21. Qxh7 Nf6 22. Qh4 Kc8 $15) (18. Bxh7 {Ftacnik} Rh8
19. Bf5 (19. Qxg7 {Ftacnik} Rxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxh4 21. Qxf7 Rh8 $19) 19... Qxc6 20.
Kb1 (20. Rxe7 {Ftacnik} Kxe7 21. Qxg7 Rxh4 22. Re1+ Nce4 $19) 20... Ra7 $19)) (
17... g6 {Ftacnik} 18. f5 Qxc6 19. Bb5 $3 axb5 (19... Qxb5 {Ftacnik} 20. Rxe7
$1 Nfd7 21. Qxd6 Kc8 22. Bg3 Ra7 23. Rd5 Qf1+ 24. Be1 $16) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rxd6+ Qd7 22. Red1 $16) 18. Bc4 $44 Ra7 19. Bd5 a5 (19... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 20. Re2
$40) 20. Re3 $1 {[%cal Gd1e1] Simple but strong- the idea is to double rooks
over e-file then threatening Re8 check;} (20. Bf3 $5 {Ftacnik} a4 (20... Qc8 {
Ftacnik} 21. Bxf6+ gxf6 22. Qh4 Be7 (22... Qf5 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Re5 Qg6 24.
Rxc5 $18) 23. Qf2 $18) 21. Re3 (21. f5 {Ftacnik} b3 22. Qe5 Qa5 23. Bxf6+ Kc7
$1 (23... gxf6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. a3 $18) 24. axb3 axb3 25. Qd5 gxf6
26. Qxf7+ Kb6 27. Qxf6 Bg7 28. Qxd6 Bxb2+ $19) 21... b3 22. Rde1 Ne6 23. a3 Ra5
$15) 20... Qc8 $1 {Only way to survive! Other moves lead to the big advantage
of white;} (20... Qb6 21. Rde1 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rf7 24. Re8+ Kc7 25.
Qb3 $1 $18) 21. Rde1 (21. Bxf6+ {Ftacnik} gxf6 22. Qe1 Re7 $15) 21... Qf5 {
Ftacnik: 'A good manouver of black's queen, now Lesiege can hope to get his
house in some order.'} 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 $1 (22... Qxf6 $143 23. Re8+ Kc7 24. Qg4
Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. R1xe6 Qf7 (26... Qd4 27. Re4 $18 {[%cal Gg4c8]}) 27. f5
$1 $18 {[%cal Gg4e4,Ye8e7]}) 23. Re8+ Kc7 24. Qf3 (24. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Bh6 25.
Rxh8 Bxf4+ 26. Kb1 Bxg3 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. Rb8+ Rb7 (28... Ka6 {Ftacnik} 29. Be2+
Nd3 30. c7 $18) 29. Rbxb7+ Nxb7 30. cxb7 Ka7 31. hxg3 Qb5 32. b3 h6 $15) 24...
h5 (24... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 25. g4 $1 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qg6 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. Rxa7 Kxa7
29. c7 $18) 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. Rxh8 (26. R8e7+ {Ftacnik} Kb6 27. Rxa7 Kxa7 28.
Bxf7 Kb6 29. g3 Rc8 (29... Qh3 {Ftacnik} 30. Qd5 Rc8 31. Qxd6 Rxc6 32. Qb8+ Nb7
33. Bd5) 30. Bd5 a4 $15) 26... Bxh8 27. Bxf7 Kb6 (27... h4 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. g4
hxg3 29. hxg3 Kb6 $1 (29... Qh7 $2 {Ftacnik} 30. Re7+ Kb6 31. Rxa7 Kxa7 32. c7
$1 Qf5 33. Qc6 Qc8 34. Bc4 Ne6 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. c8=N+ Kb8 37. Qxd6+ Qxd6 38.
Nxd6 $18) 30. Bd5 Rc7 $11) 28. Bxh5 {White got 3 pawns for the knight already;}
a4 (28... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 29. g4 Qh7 30. f5 Rxc6 31. Re8 $14) 29. Bg4 (29. g4 {
Ftacnik} Qh7 30. f5 Re7 31. Rd1 Re4 32. Rxd6 Qc7 33. Rd1 Qxh2 $15) 29... Qh7
30. c7 $6 {This wasn't necessary at all;} (30. Qd5 Re7 (30... b3 $1 {Ftacnik}
31. f5 Qh4 32. Re8 Qxg4 33. Rb8+ Kc7 34. Rxh8 $13) (30... Rc7 $6 {Ftacnik} 31.
Bf3 b3 32. axb3 axb3 33. f5 $16) 31. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg4f5]}) 30...
Rxc7 $6 (30... Kxc7 31. Qd5 f5 $1 {[%csl Gh8] with mutual chances;}) (30...
Qxc7 31. Re8 Bg7 {and i don't see any clear continuation of white's attack,
but of course white's position remains strong;} 32. Rc8 Qb7 33. Qd1 Qe7 $13)
31. Qd5 f5 {'?!' Ftacnik. It seems Alex was in time-trouble here; Black could
probably reach the draw by following: Ftacnik: 'Lesiege was feeling the
opportunity to breath life into bishop h8, but more chances were promised by
the move 31...b3.'} (31... b3 32. Qxd6+ (32. axb3 {Ftacnik} axb3 33. Qxd6+ Rc6
(33... Kb7 {Ftacnik} 34. Bf3+ Ka7 35. Re2 bxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Na6 37. Qd4+ Rc5 $14)
34. Qd8+ Ka6 $13) 32... Rc6 33. Qd8+ Ka6 {white has perpetual check, but
probably not more;} 34. Qa8+ Kb6 35. Rc1 Qxh2 36. Bf3 Rc7 $13) 32. Qxd6+ Rc6 (
32... Kb7 {Ftacnik} 33. Bf3+ Ka7 34. Re8 $18) (32... Ka7 {Ftacnik} 33. Bxf5 Qg7
34. Re5 Na6 35. Bd3 $18) 33. Qd8+ (33. Qb8+ {Ftacnik} Nb7 $1 (33... Qb7 {
Ftacnik} 34. Qxb7+ Nxb7 35. Bxf5 $16) 34. Bf3 Qg7 35. c3 bxc3 (35... Rh6 {
Ftacnik} 36. Re8 bxc3 37. bxc3 $18) 36. Bxc6 c2+ $1 37. Kxc2 Qxb2+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+
39. Ke2 Qc4+ $11) 33... Qc7 (33... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 34. Qb8+ Ka5 35. Bxf5 Qf7 36.
g4 $16) 34. Qxh8 (34. Qxc7+ {Ftacnik} Kxc7 35. Bxf5 Rd6 $14) 34... fxg4 35. Qd4
Kb5 (35... b3 $5 {Ftacnik} 36. axb3 axb3 37. Re5 (37. cxb3 {Ftacnik} Qh7+ 38.
Ka2 Ka7 $17) 37... Qd6 38. Rd5 Qe7 (38... bxc2+ {Ftacnik} 39. Kxc2 Qxf4 40.
Qxf4 Ne6+ 41. Kb3 Nxf4 42. Rd4 $11) 39. cxb3 Qe1+ $11) 36. b3 {[%csl Rb4] now
b4 turns to another target for white's attack;} axb3 $2 {Ftacnik: 'Instinctive
move in time trouble, the defender is getting rid of a chance to endanger
white king. From now on Kotronias will completely dominate the game and
collect all black pawns.'} (36... Qd6 37. bxa4+ (37. Qc4+ {Ftacnik} Ka5 $17)
37... Nxa4 38. Re5+ Ka6) 37. axb3 Qd6 38. Qc4+ Ka5 39. Re5 Qd1+ 40. Ka2 (40.
Kb2 {Ftacnik} Qd6 41. Rd5 Qf6+ 42. Ka2 Qc3 $1 43. Qxc3 bxc3 $13) 40... Qd6 41.
Rd5 Qc7 42. f5 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf5f6,Gf6f7] Rule of the two weaknesses -
one is Nc5 pinned all over and the second one is the f-passer of white;} Kb6
43. Qxb4+ Ka7 44. Qd4 {4 pawns for a piece and weak king were good reasons to
resign;} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nb6 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Bd7 14. Kb1 (14.
Be3 Bc6 15. Rhe1 (15. g4 $6 {Chandler,M} O-O-O $1 $15 (15... d5 $2 16. g5 $1
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $16) 16.
Qf3 d5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. exd5 {Chandler-Browne,Bath 36/353,1983} Rxd5 $1 19.
Be4 (19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nxe4 $15) 15... Nbd7 $6 16. g4
O-O-O 17. Qf3 b5 18. h4 Nc5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nfd7 (20... Nfxe4 $5 21. Nxe4
Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 d5 23. f6 $13 {Bukic}) 21. Kb1 Kb7 22. Ng3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qa5 $13 {
Subasic-Bukic, Jugoslavija(ch) 1980}) (14. Rhe1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nbd7
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nh5 b5 19. g4 Kf8 $1 $11 {Gufeld-Savon, USSR 1975}) 14... Bc6
15. Be3 d5 (15... Nbd7 16. g4 O-O-O (16... d5 17. g5 $1 dxe4 18. Bc4 $16 {
Browne}) 17. Qf3 g5 $14 {Minic} (17... Nc5 $6 18. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 19. Bc4 $16 {
Browne-Grefe, Lone Pine 1976})) (15... O-O-O $2 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bc4 $16) 16.
Bxb6 Qxb6 17. exd5 Ba3 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Be4 $146 (20. Bc4 {Browne}
Nf6 (20... Ne3 $6 21. f6 $1 Nxd1 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Rxd1 Rxg7 24. Qd7+ Kf8 25.
Ng3 $146) 21. Nc3 O-O 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rac8 $6 (23... e4 $5 24. Bxe4 Qf6
25. c3 Rac8 $44) 24. f6 $5 Qxf6 25. Rhf1 Qb6 26. Rxf7 $1 $11 {Nunn-Browne,
Tilburg 1982}) 20... Nf6 (20... Ne3 $2 21. Rd3 $16) 21. Qf3 O-O $1 (21... Rb8
$6 22. g4) 22. Bxb7 $6 {Just helps black to develope initiative on the
queenside.} (22. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) (22. g4 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5]}) 22...
Ra7 (22... e4 $2 {This typical sacrifice is useless in this position.} 23. Bxe4
Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Qf6 26. c3) 23. Be4 a5 $44 {|^<<} 24. Nc3 a4 25. Nd5
Nxd5 26. Bxd5 axb3 27. Bxb3 Be7 (27... Bc5 28. f6 $1) 28. Rhe1 Rfa8 {[%cal
Ra7a2]} 29. Qe3 (29. Qd5 $11 Rxa2 (29... Bf6 30. Qd6 $11) (29... Bb4 30. Rxe5
Bc3 31. Re7 $1 $18) 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 (30... Kh7 31. Qg6+) 31. Qxe7 Ra1+ 32. Kb2
R1a2+ 33. Kc1 (33. Kc3 Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Qd4+ 35. Ke2 Rcxc2+ $19) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kd2
Qd4+ 35. Ke2 Qg4+ $11) 29... Bc5 (29... Qb7 30. Qe4 Qb6 31. Qxe5 (31. Qe3 $11)
31... Bf6 (31... Rxa2 $2 32. Qxe7 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 R1a2+ 34. Kc3 $18) 32. Rd6 $1 (
32. Qd5 Kh7 $1 $17 (32... Rxa2 $4 33. Qxf7+)) 32... Qb4 (32... Qxb3+ $2 33.
axb3 (33. cxb3 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxa2 35. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 36. Kxa2 Re2+ 37. Ka3 $16 {
[%cal Gb3b4]}) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kb2 R8a2+ 35. Kc3 Rxe1 $1 $19) 33. Rxf6 gxf6 $14)
30. Qxe5 Rxa2 31. Re4 {[%csl Yd4]} (31. f6 $6 Ra1+ $1 32. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kxa1
Bd4+ (33... Qxf6+ 34. Ka2 Bd4 {[%cal Gf6a6]} 35. Kb1 Ba1 36. Kc1 (36. c3 Qxc3
37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Bc2+ g6 39. Rb8 Qc7 $15) 36... Bb2+ 37. Kb1 Ba3 38. Re8+ Kh7
39. c3 Qxc3 40. Bc2+ g6 41. Rb8 $15) 34. Kb1 Qa7 $17 35. c3 (35. Bxf7+ Kh7 36.
Ba2 Qb6+ (36... Bxf6 37. Rd3) 37. Bb3 Qa5 $1 38. c3 Qxc3 39. Bc2+ Kg8 $19)
35... Bxc3 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. fxg7 Qa1+ 38. Kc2 Qb2+ 39. Kd3 Bxg7 $19) 31... R2a3
{[%cal Ra3b3]} (31... Be7 {[%cal Re7f6]} 32. Qxe7 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Rxd1 $8 34.
Qxf7+ Kh7 35. Ra4 $1 (35. g4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1b1","",10]} Rb1+ $3 36.
Kc3 Qa5+ $19) (35. Qe6 $2 Rd6) (35. Rg4 {-35.g4}) 35... Rc8 36. Rg4 Qf6+ 37.
Qxf6 gxf6 $14) 32. Kb2 Ra2+ 33. Kb1 (33. Kc3 $6 Qa5+ $40) 33... R2a3 34. Kb2
R3a5 (34... Ra2+ $11) 35. Rd5 Ra2+ 36. Kc3 (36. Kb1 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"c5e7","",10]} Be7 $3 37. Qxe7 Qg1+ 38. Re1 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 Rxe1 $17) 36... Rc8
37. Rc4 Bb4+ 38. Kd3 Rxc4 39. Kxc4 Ra8 40. Rb5 Qd6 41. Qxd6 Bxd6 42. h3 $6 (42.
Rb7 $5 {[%csl Rf7]} Rc8+ (42... Bxh2 43. Kd3 (43. Kb5 Rb8) (43. Kd4 Ra7 $1 $11)
43... Rb8 44. Bxf7+ (44. Rxf7 Rxb3+ $1) 44... Kf8 45. Rd7 $16) 43. Kb5 Rb8 $1 (
43... Rc7 44. Rxc7 Bxc7 45. h3 {[%cal Rb5c6,Rc6d7]}) 44. Rxb8+ (44. Bxf7+ Kf8
$11) (44. Kc6 Rxb7 45. Kxb7 Kf8 $11) 44... Bxb8 45. Kc6 (45. h3 Kf8 46. Kc6 Ke7
$11) 45... Bxh2 46. Kd7 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Kf8 $8 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gh2g1]} 47. c4 Bg1
$11) 42... Rc8+ 43. Kd5 Bg3 44. c4 Kf8 45. c5 Ke7 46. Ke4 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]
Intending to block pawns on the kingside.} 47. Bd5 Rc7 $11 {Black achived
drawing arrangement.} 48. c6 h4 49. Kd4 Ra7 50. Bf3 Bc7 51. Rd5 Ra4+ 52. Kd3
Bd6 53. Rb5 Bc7 54. Be4 Ra3+ 55. Kc4 Ra4+ 56. Kd3 Ra3+ 57. Kc2 Ra4 58. Bf3 Ra5
59. Rb7 Kd6 60. Rb4 Rxf5 61. Rd4+ Kc5 62. Rxh4 (62. Rd7 Kb6 $11) 62... g5 63.
Ra4 Rf4 64. Ra7 Kd6 65. Ra1 f5 66. Rd1+ Kc5 67. Rd5+ Kb6 68. Kd3 g4 69. hxg4
fxg4 70. Be4 Kxc6 71. g3 Rxe4 72. Kxe4 {With this draw Sadler provided for him
clear first place in this tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g5 Be7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. Nxe6 $2 $146 (17. fxe6 g6 (17... O-O 18. Bh3 g6 19.
Nd5 (19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Rgf1 Bg7 21. Qg2 Nc4 22. e5 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Ne3 24. Qe2 Nxf1
25. Bh3 Nxh2 26. Nc6 Qh4 27. Qxh2 dxe5 $17 {Matulovic,M-Quinteros,M/Wijk aan
Zee 1974/0-1(42)}) 19... Kh8 (19... fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,
B-Sadler,M/Monarch Assurance, Port Erin ENG 1997}) 20. Qe2 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Ra7 $5
{Psakhis,L} (21... Re8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Bxh4 (23... Nc4 24. h5 Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 gxh5 26. Qxh5 $16 {Mecking,H-Quinteros,M/Manila izt 1976/1-0(41)}) 24. Rh1
Rc4 25. b3 Rc8 26. Qh2 g5 27. Nf5 Re6 28. Qh3 Re8 29. Nde7 {1-0 Groszpeter,
A-Orso,M/Budapest HUN ch 1979}) 22. Nxf6 (22. Rdf1 $5) (22. Qg2 $5 {/\ Qh3})
22... Rxf6 23. Bd5 Re7 24. h4 (24. a3 $5) 24... Qf8 25. a3 $2 (25. Qe3 $10)
25... Bg4 $1 26. Rxg4 Rf2 $15 {Psakhis,L-Cvitan,O/Geneve 1992/0-1(50)}) 18.
exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe2 Rf8 (19... Bg7 20. Qf2+ Qf6 21. Qg3 {/\ 22. Nd5, 22. Bb5!
ab5 23. Rgf1} Rf8 (21... Qd8 {Ivanchuk} 22. Nf5 (22. Nd5 $5 {/\ Qb3}) 22... Bf8
23. Be2 (23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. Rxd8 gxf5 25. exf5 Ke7 26. Rd5 Bxf5 27. Rxe5+ Kf6
28. Rd5 Re8 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 $18) 23... gxf5 (23... Be6 24. Nd4 $5) 24.
Bh5+ Ke7 25. exf5 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-de Firmian,N/Reggio Emilia 1989/1-0(32)} (
25. Nd5+ $2 Kd7 26. Nb6+ Kc6 27. Nxa8 Be7 $1 28. exf5 Kb7 29. Bf3+ Kb8 $44))
22. Nd5 (22. Bxb5 $5) 22... Qd8 23. Qb3 Ke8 24. Bh3 Ra7 25. Be6 Bd7 26. Qh3 h5
27. Nf5 $1 $18 {Luther,T-Vaulin,A/Kecskemet 1993/1-0(43)}) 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qh3
Kg8 22. Nd5 Nf2 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. Rd2 Nxe4 25. Rd1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qg5 27. Qe3 Qxe3
$17 {Enders Peter-Ftacnik Lubomir/Bundesliga 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 17... g6 18.
fxg6 (18. Nxd8 $2 gxh5 {[%csl Rd8]}) 18... fxg6 $2 (18... Bxe6 $142 $17 19. g7
(19. gxh7 Ke7 20. Bh3 $17) 19... Rg8 20. Qxh7 Ke7 {[%cal Ge5g6]} 21. Bh3 Nf3
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 $17 (24. Qh3 Qc8 $1 25. Qxf3 Rxg7 $1)) 19.
Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxd8 Kxd8 21. h4 Be6 22. Be2 $6 (22. Nd5 $15) 22... Ke7 $2 (22...
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Ke7 24. Rdf1 Raf8 $17 (24... Rac8 $6 25. h5) (24... Rhf8)) 23.
Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 Raf8 $11 {_|_^-} 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxh5 Rf4 27. Rde1 Kd8 28.
a3 Rhf8 29. Rh1 R8f6 30. Be2 h6 31. Ref1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 h5 34.
c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 a5 36. Kc2 h4 37. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magdeburg USC"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qe7 $6 {[%mdl 4] I don't advise to play 15...Qe7 line here, especially
after this game.} (15... Qd8 {-is optional and more popular.}) 16. Nxe6 Bxe6
17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 $1 {[%cal Yh3c8,Yh3a3,Gc3d5] White queen is
very powerful on h3. White gonna play Nd5 on his next move, and then white
queen has an access to weak points of black through the diagonal h3-c8 or the
3rd rank.} (19. Qe2 {-this move was tried in few games, but it looks less
dangerous for black than 19.Qc3.}) 19... Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8 (20... Qa7 21. Qe6 {
[%cal Ge6d6,Gh2h4] Removing the queen from h-file with the tempo, and
preparing h4-break.} Qc5 (21... Rhe8 $5 22. Qxd6 Rac8 $16) 22. h4 Rae8 23. Qh3
Bh6 24. Be2 (24. h5 a5 25. Be2 b4 26. Rdg1 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Ne7 $18 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Re7f5] 1-0 Brodsky,M-Coleman,D/Isle of Man 1996/EXT 97 (44)})
24... Ref8 25. Qe6 Rf2 26. Rhf1 Rhf8 27. b4 Qc6 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.
Bxf1 Bd2 31. Qf6+ Kh6 32. Qf2 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Sulipa,A/Albacete 1995/EXT 98 
(32)}) 21. Qc3 $1 {This move is the most dangerous for black- white has
immediate threat, Nd5-c7, as well as white intends to begin an action over the
kingside by h2-h4. In other lines black can survive:} (21. Be2 Rf8 22. Rhf1
Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Ra7 (23... Rb8 24. Qe6 $6 Qd7 25. Qxd7+ Nxd7 26. Bd3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Rudolf,H-Najer,E/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (59)}) 24. Qc3 (24. Qa3 $5)
24... Rb7 25. a3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Kh8 28. Kb2 Bh6 $1 $11 {[%cal Gh6g7]
1/2-1/2 Berelovich,A-Van Wely,L/Dieren 1999/CBM 71 ext (68)}) (21. Qg3 Bh4 22.
Qc3 Ra7 23. Qd4 (23. Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Gallagher,J/Biel 1990/CBM 19 
(23)}) 23... Rf7 24. Nb4 Bf6 25. Qd5 (25. Qxd6 $2 Rd7) 25... Ng4 $132 {1-0
Nataf,I-Shishkov,A/Szeged 1994/TD (47)}) 21... Ra7 {This moves prevents Nc7,
but it doesn't solve all problems. Black may try 21...Rc8 looking for
improvement of this opening line.} (21... Rc8 $5 22. Qa3 Rc6 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6]
protecting all weak points for a while.}) (21... Rf8 $2 22. Nc7 {[%csl Ra8]
[%cal Gc7e6]}) 22. Qa3 $16 {[%mdl 4]} Ra8 {22...Rf8 is more resistant, but
white has an advantage anyhow.} (22... Rf8 23. Bxb5 (23. h4 Rf3 $1) 23... Rf3
24. Qa4 (24. Bd3 $5) 24... Qc8 25. h4 Bh6 26. Be2 (26. h5 $5) 26... Rf2 27. Qd4
Qc5 28. Nc3 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 $16 {0-1 Vasquez,R-Lesiege,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/
CBM 80 (51)}) 23. Be2 h6 $146 {The idea of the move is probably to set free
h7-square for the black king, but it doesn't disturb white to create very
strong attack in few moves. White has played very nice game after the
following move:} (23... Rf8 24. h4 Bxh4 (24... Be7 25. h5 $40) 25. Qh3 Rf2 (
25... g5 26. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]}) 26. Nc7 $1 Qxc7 27. Qxh4 Qf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29.
Qh8+ Qg8 30. Qh4 $1 Rxe2 31. Qf6+ Nf7 32. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re2] 1-0
Groszpeter,A-Ruck,R/Paks HUN 1999 (38) The rook is trapped.}) 24. h4 $1 Bxh4 (
24... Be7 25. h5 g5 26. Ne3 (26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxd6 Rhd8 28. Rhd1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6
(29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 $16 {[%cal Gd6e6]}) 29... g4 $1 $132) 26... Kh7 27. Nf5
$16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d5,Yh1d1]}) 25. Nf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf4e6]} Kh7 {
More resistant was:} (25... Qf6 $1 26. Rhf1 Qe7 {That was the idea 25...Qf6-
white rook is placed worse on f1- but white has big advantage anyway.} (26...
Kh7 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Nd5 $18) 27. Rxd6 $18) 26. Rxd6 Qe7 (26... Qg5 27. Nxg6 $1
Nxg6 28. Rd7+ Ne7 29. Rxh4 $18 Qxh4 30. Rxe7+ Kg6 (30... Kg8 31. Qb3+) 31. Qd6+
Qf6 32. Re6 $18) 27. Nd5 Qg5 (27... Qa7 28. Re6 Rhe8 (28... Nf7 29. Qd3 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Rh1h4,Re4e5]} Bg5 30. e5 $18 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30.
Bxb5 $18) 28. Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 128] White has made the correct choice- it is much
better than to win a6-pawn trading the active rook d6, and giving black some
counter chances. Actually, white wins by force now. But look on a pass of the
white queen over the 3rd rank- it was moved to h3, then to c3, a3 and
decisively back to h3!} (28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Rf8 (29... Qg2 30. Qa7+ Kg8 31.
Rxh4 $18) 30. Qd6 Qg2 31. Rc1 $16) 28... Bf2 {[%tqu "En","Find out decisive
breakthrough.","","","d6d7","",10]} 29. Rd7+ $1 {[%mdl 128]} Nxd7 30. Qxd7+ Kg8
31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Rf1 Qg2 (32... Qf6 33. Nxg6+ Qxg6 (33... Kg8 34. Bg4 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gg4e6]}) 34. Rxf2+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kh7 (35... Kg7 36. Qb7+ {[%cal Rb7a8]})
36. Rf7+ $18) 33. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 128] That's the final blow.} Qxg6 34. Rxf2+
Kg8 35. Qd5+ (35. Qd5+ Kh7 (35... Kg7 36. Qb7+ $18) 36. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. Re1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This very rare move may become
fashionable thanks to this game; I didn't find any game with this move in my
database, but it is mentioned in general opening book of Fritz, and the line
is ended after 17...Bd7; White rook is very useful on e1- first of all, e4 is
overprotected and white doesn't have to worry about b4 and Bb7 then; secodnly,
white can use rook on e1 for blows Nd5 and Nf5; Two main lines are:} (17. a3) (
17. Rg7) 17... Bd7 (17... b4 18. Nd5 Qb7 (18... exd5 19. exd5+ $18)) (17... Bb7
$6 18. Bh3 {[%cal Yh3c8]} O-O-O $140 19. Nd5 $36) 18. Kb1 {[%mdl 32] White is
following the same, waiting strategy, improving the it's position step by step;
After Kb1 white intends to play Rg5 (immediate Rg5 doesn't work because of Bh6)
, attacking h5-pawn;} (18. Nf5 {doesn't achieve too much because of:} O-O-O)
18... O-O-O $6 {After this move, white is getting huge advantage in few moves;}
(18... b4 19. Nce2 $5 {[%cal Ge2g3]} (19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5+ Kd8 21. Bh3 Kc8
22. Nc6 Kb7 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Re4 a5 {and black has defended;})) (18... Rc8 $5
19. Re2 $5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Ye2c2] to add protection to c2, getting rid of
b5-b4, following by e6-e5, ideas of black;} (19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5+ Kd8 21. Bh3
Qb6 $13) 19... b4 20. Nd1 {[%cal Yd1e3,Yd1f2]}) 19. Rg5 h4 20. Rd1 $5 {[%cal
Yd1d4][%mdl 32] Protecting Nd4-tactical weakness, which can be found under
attack after black's Qb6 and some move of the Nc5;} (20. a3 $16) 20... Kb8 21.
a3 $16 Qb6 22. Rh5 Bh6 (22... Rh6 23. Rxh6 Bxh6 24. Qh5 Bf4 {[%cal Gf4e5]} 25.
Nf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rh4]}) 23. Rxh4 Bg5 24. Rg4 Bh4 $6 {Better was to move
it to h6, keeping g7-spot under control;} (24... Bh6 $142 {[%csl Yg7]} 25. Bg2
$16) 25. Bg2 Ka7 26. Rg7 Rdf8 27. e5 $1 {All is setted for the final action!}
d5 (27... dxe5 28. Nb3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Yb3c5]} Bc6 29. Qxc6 Qxc6
30. Bxc6 Nxb3 31. cxb3 Bxf6 32. Rg2 $18) 28. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Yg7g4,
Yd4f3] Bh4 is cutted out of black's camp;} Na4 29. Na2 {Preventing any
counterplay of black over the queenside;} Rh5 {The idea is to protect the
bishop by another rook after white's Rg4;} 30. Bf3 (30. Qg4 Rhh8 31. Bxd5 $18)
(30. Rg4 $140 Rfh8) 30... Rhh8 31. Be2 {[%cal Rg7g4] Now black is just unable
to prevent Rg4 with the loss of Bh4;} Qa5 {[%cal Gh4e1] Trying to escape with
the bishop from e1....} 32. Rg4 Be1 33. Nb3 {[%csl Re1] Finally black bishop
is getting lost;} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. Nf3 {Gershon} c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Rb8 (11... Bb7 {Gershon} 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. g5 Be7 14. Rg1 (14. f5 $5 Bxg5+ 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. Nxe6 Bf6
18. Nf4 $16) 14... Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. h4 $2 {You can't waste so much time in
a "who is first?" game.} (16. f5 $142 $36) 16... d5 17. Rg3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4
19. exd5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd5 $17 {0-1 Fels,K-Margraf,A/WchS-Bad Woerishofen
1992 (38)}) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 (14. f5 $6 {Gershon} Nc5 (14...
Bxg5+ $142 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. fxe6 g6 18. Qe2 fxe6 19. Bh3 O-O 20.
Rhg1 Bf6 21. Rdf1 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Nb3 Qb7 $17 {0-1 Moreno-Sammalvuo/32nd
Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (39)}) 15. Qg4 (15. Bh3 $6 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Bf6 17.
fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Nce2 O-O 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. Rd2 Rfb8 23. c3
R4b6 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nf5 Nb3 $19 {Braun,W-Loehr,G/VLNBaden 1993/0-1 (57)}) 15...
b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Qxf7 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf5 Be5 21. Nxd6+
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 O-O 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 $18 {1-0 Rozmbersky,
D-Hitzgerova,G/Plzen opJ 1995 (41)}) (14. Bh3 $6 {Gershon} Nc5 15. b4 (15. f5
$2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. g6 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Bf6 20. Nf5 exf5 21. exf5
Bb7 22. Nd5 Rxb2+ 23. Kc1 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Nb3+ {0-1 Felden,D-Roellig,F/GER-chJI
U20 Hamburg 1993}) 15... Na4 16. Rd3 Bd7 17. Re1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qb6 19. Qe3 a5
20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. f5 $4 (21. Rb3 $142 O-O $15) 21... Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxc3 $19 {
0-1 Flaisigova,P-Hitzgerova,G/Plzen opJ 1995 (33)}) 14... b4 15. axb4 Rxb4 16.
Bh3 {White chose the line which was very popular more than 20 years ago,as you
can see in the opening survey White made a useful move and is waiting for
black to decide what he is going to do: if 0-0 then h5-g6; and if Nc5 (like in
the game) then white can play f4-f5 without being afraid of the knight.} (16.
h5 {-theory}) (16. f5 $6 {[%csl Ge5] Gershon} Ne5 17. Qf2 O-O 18. f6 Bd8 19.
fxg7 Kxg7 20. Bg2 (20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Nxb4 cxb4 $17)
20... Qb6 21. b3 Qa5 22. Kb1 Bb6 $13) (16. h5 {Gershon} Qb6 17. Nb3 $36) 16...
Nc5 $2 (16... Qc5 $1 17. Nb3 (17. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 Nb6 $17 {
Georgadze-Pytel, Lublin 1972}) 17... Qb6 18. h5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 $1 20. g6
Rxb2 $1 (20... fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Bxc8 O-O $1 24. Qg4 Rxe4 25.
Rde1 (25. Bf5 Bf6 $1 26. Bxe4 Bxb2+ 27. Kd2 Qb4+ $19 {Kaplan-Browne, Madrid
1973}) 25... Bf6 26. c3 Qa5 $13 {Bellin-Portisch, Teesside 1972}) 21. h6 fxg6
22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Bg4 c4 24. Rxh7 Ba3 $1 25. Kd2 Rxc2+ $1 {0:1
Nasekovsky-Novikov, USSR 1976}) 17. f5 Qb6 18. Rhf1 $5 $146 (18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Nxe6 Nxe6 (19... Bxe6 $2 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. e5 $16 {
Hartston-Larsen, La Habana(ol) 1966}) 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Nxb4 $5 {Tyomkin D} (21.
Qc3 {!-Adorjan} Rb5 (21... Rxe4 22. Bg2 $1 Re5 23. Nxe7 Qxg2 24. Qxc8+ Nd8 25.
Rhe1 {+-[Adorjan]} Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qg3 27. Kd1 Qf3+ 28. Re2 Qf1+ 29. Kd2 Qf4+ 30.
Re3 Kf7 (30... Qf2+ 31. Kd3 Qf1+ 32. Kc3) 31. Nc6 $1 {Tyomkin,D}) (21... a5 22.
Rhf1 $1 Rf8 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nc7+ Kd7 25. Nxe6 $16 {Adorjan}) 22. Nxe7 Kxe7
23. Bxe6 Kxe6 24. Rhf1 {+/- /\ Qc4,Rf6 [Adorjan]} Re5 $1 (24... Rc5 25. Rf6+
Ke7 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rxd6 Rf8 $13) 25. Qc4+ d5 26. Rxd5 (26. exd5+ Kd6 $15 {
[%csl Re5] Black has strong defender on "e5"}) 26... Rxd5 27. exd5+ Kd6 28.
Qf4+ $13 {Tyomkin,D}) 21... Qxb4 22. Rhf1 Rf8 23. Qh5+ g6 (23... Kd8 24. Rxf8+
Bxf8 25. Qf7 $18) 24. Qxh7 Rxf1 (24... Qxe4 25. Rfe1 $16) 25. Qxg6+ $1 {
Tyomkin D}) 18... Rxd4 {Black shouldn't have believed white and should have
taken on b2.} (18... Rxb2 19. fxe6 fxe6 (19... Bxe6 {Gershon} 20. Nxe6 (20.
Bxe6 $6 fxe6 21. Qf7+ Kd7 22. Qxg7 Rb8 23. Rf7 Rxc2+ $1 24. Nxc2 Nb3+ 25. Kb1
Nd4+ 26. Kc1 Qb2+ 27. Kd2 Qxc2+ $19) 20... fxe6 21. Qf7+ Kd7 22. Nd5 (22. e5
Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Qb3+ 24. Kd2 Qb2+ $19) 22... Rxc2+ $8 (22... Rb1+ $2 23. Kd2
Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Qd8 25. Qxg7 $16) 23. Kxc2 Qb3+ 24. Kc1 Qc4+ 25. Kd2 Qd3+ 26.
Kc1 Qc4+ $11) (19... O-O $2 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Bxc8 Na4 (21... Rxc8 $2 22. f8=Q+
Rxf8 23. Qxf8+ Bxf8 24. Rxf8#) 22. Nxa4 (22. Bd7 $18) 22... Rb1+ 23. Kd2 Qxd4+
24. Qd3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 $18) 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Qxg7 $16 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rd4c6,
Re4e5]}) 19. Rxd4 Nb3+ 20. cxb3 Qxd4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Rf3a8]} (
22. Qf7+ $2 Kd8 23. Bxe6 Rf8) 22... Qxe5 $4 {Probably the decisive mistake!} (
22... Qxh4 23. exd6 (23. Ne4 d5 $1 (23... Rf8 24. Nxd6+ Kd7 (24... Bxd6 $4 25.
Qc6+ Bd7 26. Qa8+) 25. Nf7 Bxg5+ 26. Kb1 $40) 24. Nd6+ (24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Qxg7
Re8 $17) 24... Bxd6 (24... Kd7 25. Bxe6+) 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Qxg7 (26. exd6 $2
Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Qg6+) 26... Qxh3 27. Qxh8+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Be7 29. Qf6 Qe3+ 30. Kb1
Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Qa5+ 32. Kb1 Qb4 $17) 23... Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Bxd6 (24... Qg6+ 25. Ka2
Bxd6 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Nd5+ exd5 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Bxc8 $40) 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 27. Ne4+ $14) (22... Rf8 23. Qc6+ Kd8 $13) (22... d5 $142 $8 {
Gershon : This was the last chance to stay alive.} 23. Nxd5 (23. Qf7+ Kd8 24.
Bxe6 (24. Qxg7 Re8 $15) 24... Rf8 25. Qxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rxf8+ Ke7 27. Rxc8 Kxe6
$19) 23... Rf8 (23... exd5 24. Bxc8 Rf8 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qg4 (27.
Qxh7 $5 Qe3+ (27... Qc5+ 28. Kb1 Qxc8 29. Qxg6+ Kd8 30. h5 $16) 28. Kb1 Qe1+
29. Ka2 Qa5+ $11) 27... Qxg4 28. Bxg4 $11) 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Nf6+
Kd8 27. Qf3 (27. Qd1 $2 Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1 h6 29. Bg2 $1 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bc5 31. Be4
Be3 32. Nh7 Bd4 33. Bxg6 Bxe5 34. Be4 Bxb2 35. g6 Ke7 36. Kd2 $11) 27... Qxe5
28. Qc6 (28. Nxh7 $2 Bg7 $17) 28... Qe3+ (28... Qc5+ 29. Qxc5 Bxc5 30. Nxh7 Bf2
31. Nf8 Bxh4 32. Bxe6 Bxg5+ (32... Bxe6 33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34. Nc7 Bxg5+ 35. Kc2 a5
36. b4 axb4 37. Nd5+ Ke6 38. Nxb4 Bf4 39. Nd3)) 29. Kb1 Qxb3 30. Qe8+ Kc7 31.
Qxf8 Qxh3 32. Ne8+ Kb8 33. Qd6+ Ka8 34. Qd8 Qf5+ $13) 23. Qa8 $16 {/+-} Qe3+ $6
{just helps white to bring rook to play via c-file} (23... Kd8 24. Kb1 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rf1c1] anyway!}) 24. Kb1 Kd8 25. Bg2 d5 (25... Qd3+ 26. Ka2 d5 27. Rc1
Qe3 28. Rc2 (28. Ne2 {Gershon} Bc5 29. Bxd5 $18) 28... Qd3 29. Kb1 {=game}) (
25... Rf8 26. Rc1 Qd3+ 27. Ka1 $18) 26. Rc1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qd3+ 27. Rc2 (27.
Ka2 {Gershon see previous variation.}) 27... Kd7 (27... Rf8 28. Nxd5 Bc5 29.
Qc6 $1 $18) 28. Nxd5 Bc5 29. Be4 (29. Nf4 $1 Qd1+ 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Nxe6 (31. Bb7
) 31... Kxe6 (31... Qxe6 32. Rxc5 Ke7 33. Qa7+ (33. Rc7+ Bd7 34. Qxh8 Qe1+ 35.
Kc2 Qf2+ $13) 33... Bd7 34. Rc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Yc4a4,Yc4e4]}) 32. Bh3+ $18 Ke7
33. Bxc8 {White has pawn up and decisive attack}) (29. b4 {Gershon} Qd1+ 30.
Rc1 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 $18) 29... Qd4 30. Nf4 Bd6 (30... Qd6 31. Nxe6 $1 Kxe6 (31...
Qxe6 32. Rxc5 Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kd8 (33... Bd7 34. Qxh8 Qxe4+ 35. Ka2 Qe5 36. Qc8 $1
Qa5+ 37. Kb1 Qe1+ 38. Rc1 Qe4+ 39. Qc2 $18)) 32. b4 $1 $18 Bxb4 $140 33. Rc6) (
30... Qd1+ 31. Ka2 Qd6 32. Bb7 Rd8 33. Nd3 (33. Nxe6 Kxe6 (33... Qxe6 34. Rxc5)
34. Bxc8+) 33... Qxd3 34. Rxc5 Bxb7 35. Qxb7+ Ke8 36. Qxg7 $18) 31. Bb7 $1 {
Black could resign after this move} (31. Nxe6 $2 {Gershon} Kxe6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8
33. Qxc8+ Ke7 34. Bxh7 Qxh4 35. Qb7+ Kf8 36. Bg6 Qe1+ $11) 31... Bc7 (31...
Bxf4 32. Bxc8+ $18 (32. Bxc8+ {Gershon} Ke7 33. Qb7+ Ke8 34. Bxe6 $18)) (31...
Qxf4 32. Bxc8+ Ke7 33. Qb7+ Kf8 34. Bxe6) 32. Bxc8+ Rxc8 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. Qxe6+
Kd8 35. Qg8+ (35. Nd5 $142 {Gershon Wins quicklier.} Qe5 36. Nxc7 Qxe6 37.
Nxe6+ Kd7 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Nxg7) 35... Ke7 36. Qxc8 Bxf4 37. Qc5+ Qxc5 38.
Rxc5 Bd2 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Kc2 Bb4 41. h5 a5 42. g6 hxg6 43. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8832]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4
14. Nce2 Nc5 (14... Bb7 15. Kb1 (15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh3 (16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Rhe1 Kb8
18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Bf1 Bf8 20. Qe2 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 $15 {Reinhardt,E-Najdorf,M/
Buenos Aires 1965/0-1(32)}) 16... O-O-O 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Rhf1 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5
$15 {Ady,J-Howell,J/BCF-ch 1983/0-1(22)}) 15... Nc5 16. Ng3 O-O-O 17. Bg2 Kb8
18. Qe3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. f5 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Portisch,L/Turin 1982/1/2-1/2
(127)}) 15. Ng3 g6 (15... Bb7 16. f5 d5 17. fxe6 O-O 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Ngf5
Nxe4 $13 {Hammar,B-Eriksson,A/SVE-ch 1985/1-0(40)}) (15... Bd7 16. f5 g6 17. f6
Bd8 18. h5 $16 {Mukhin,V-Utemov,V/Moscow-ch 1994/1-0(35)}) 16. h5 $146 (16. Bg2
Bb7 17. Qf2 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Kb8 20. Rd3 h6 $15 {Prie,E-Sellos,D/
Paris-ch 1988/0-1(39)}) (16. Kb1 Bb7 17. Bg2 a5 18. h5 O-O-O 19. c3 Kb8 20. c4
Qb6 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. Qe2 e5 23. Rhf1 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Ne6 $15 {Gofshtein,L-Kaspi,A/
Czerniak mem 1996/0-1(40)}) (16. Rh2 Bb7 17. Qe3 d5 $6 18. e5 O-O-O 19. h5 $14
{Aldama,D-Vera,R/CUB-ch 1993/1-0(39)}) 16... Rf8 (16... e5 $5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18.
Nde2 exf4 19. Qxf4 Ne6 20. Qf3 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 $44) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qe3 {
[%cal Ye3g5]} e5 (18... Bb7 19. Rh7 O-O-O $14) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Be6 (20...
Bg4 $5 {[%cal Gc5e6]} 21. Be2 (21. Bh3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 Rd8 $15)
21... Bxf3 (21... Ne6 22. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3a4]} Nxg5 23. Nxe5 $1 Bxe2 24. Nxe2
Rg8 25. Ng4 $16 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 22. Bxf3 Ne6 23. Qb3 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Qc6 $15 {
[%csl Rg5][%cal Ge6d4]}) 21. Kb1 {[%csl Re8] @} Na4 22. Bh3 Rc8 23. Qe2 Qb6 {
[%cal Ra4c3]} 24. Ka1 Qa5 25. Rd5 $5 {White opens position by sacrifice of
exchange.} Bxd5 26. exd5 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Yc7e7]} (26... Rd8 27. Re1 $1 (27. Nxe5
Qb5 $1) 27... Rxd5 28. Nxe5 Nc3 $3 29. Qc4 {[%cal Rc4c6]} (29. bxc3 b3 30. cxb3
Qxc3+ 31. Kb1 Rd2 (31... Qxg3 32. Nc6 $18) 32. Bd7+ Kd8 33. Nc6+ Kxd7 34. Qxe7+
Kxc6 $19) 29... Qc5 30. Qxa6 $16) 27. Nxe5 $2 (27. Rd1 $142 $44) 27... b3 $4 {
entering to the forced variation which is lost for black} (27... Qxd5 28. Rd1 (
28. Qxa6 Nxb2 $1) 28... Qb5 29. Qxb5+ axb5 30. Bd7+ Rxd7 31. Nxd7 Rh8 32. Ne4
Rh4 (32... Rh2 33. Kb1) 33. Nef6+ Bxf6 34. Nxf6+ (34. gxf6 Re4) 34... Ke7 $15 {
[%csl Ra1,Rg5]}) 28. cxb3 Nc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kb1 Qxg3 31. Nc4 $18 {[%cal
Rd5d6]} Rh8 32. d6 Rxh3 33. Rxh3 Qxh3 34. dxc7 Kf8 35. Nb6 Qf5+ 36. Qc2 Qf1+
37. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rodriguez,Am} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+
14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 {Rodriguez: There is also 15...Qe7 but the retreat to
d8 is the most popular by aproximately a 2:1 ratio. The following game is just
one introductory example.} (15... Qe7 {Rodriguez,Am} 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6
18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qa7 $6 $146 (20... Qd8) 21. Qe6 $1 Qc5 22.
h4 Rae8 $8 23. Qh3 Bh6 24. Be2 $1 Ref8 25. Qe6 $1 Rf2 26. Rhf1 Rhf8 27. b4 $3
Qc6 (27... Qa7 28. Qxd6 Nf7 29. Qe6 $18 Rxe2 $140 $2 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+) 28.
Rxf2 $1 Rxf2 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Bd2 31. Qf6+ Kh6 32. Qf2 {1-0 Amador
Rodriguez-Sulipa/Albacete open 1996/Inf 67}) 16. Nxe6 ({Rodriguez: It was
always thought that} 16. Rg1 {was stronger but recently the capture on e6 has
gained popularity. In any case 16.Rg1 is another tough move to meet but Sadler
is well prepared indeed as this game shows.} Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 g6 19.
Nd5 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Sadler,M/Monarch Assurance,
Port Erin ENG 1997}) (16. fxe6) (16. h4) 16... Bxe6 17. fxe6 O-O (17... g6 {
Tyomkin,D} 18. exf7+ (18. Qh3 O-O 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Qe6 Nxf7 21. h4 Bxh4 22.
Be2 Ra7 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Nb4 Be7 25. Nd3 Qc8 26. Qd5 Bf6 27. Nf4 Bg7 28. Rdf1
Rf6 $17 {Cullip,S-Gallagher,J/London Lloyds 1990/0-1(40)}) 18... Kxf7 (18...
Nxf7 19. Qg4 Bh4 20. Bg2 Ra7 21. e5 Nxe5 22. Qd4 Rf7 23. Ne4 $16 {Bailey,
D-Basanta,G/Canada zt 1989/1-0(48)}) 19. Qh3 (19. Qe2 Kg7 $1 $13 {Browne} (
19... Rf8 $6 20. h4 $1 Bxh4 21. Qh2 g5 22. Nd5 $146 {/\ Ne3-d5 Browne} (22. Be2
Kg7 23. Qh3 Qc8 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Qd2 Rf2 26. Nd5 Nf3 27. Qd3 Ne5 28. Qd2 Nf3 29.
Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Freitag/Oberwart op 1991})) 20. Nd5 (20. Bh3 Re8 21.
Rhf1 Ra7 22. Qf2 Rf7 23. Qd4 Bf6 24. Nd5 Nf3 25. Qe3 Nxh2 26. Rxf6 $44 {
Thorhallsson,T-Christiansen,L/Reykjavik op 1988/1-0(36)}) 20... Ra7 (20... Rf8
21. h4 Bh6 22. h5 Bg5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bh3 Ra7 25. Be6 $36 {Krakops,M-Ruck,R/
WchJM U16 Bratislava 1993/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 21. Bh3 Rf8 22. Rhf1 Raf7 23. Rxf7+
$11 {Van der Weij,A-Krudde,F/Dieren op 1990/1/2-1/2(48)}) 19... Kg7 (19... Ra7
20. Ne2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge2d4]} (20. Nd5 Kg7 21. Qa3 $1 {>< b5} Qb8 22. h4 $1
$16) (20. Be2 Kg7 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Qg3 Bh4 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rf1 Rhc8 25. Qd4 Rc6
26. a3 Bf6 27. Qg1 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 $17 {Gempe,A-Koglin,A/DBL 1996/1/2-1/2(38)
}) 20... Re7 21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Qb3+ Nc4 23. Bxc4+ Qxc4 24. Rhf1+ Kg7 25. Qg3 $18
{McDonald,N-Abbasi,N/Burlington 1994/1-0(40)}) 20. Qe6 Nf7 21. h4 (21. Bh3 Re8
22. Qd5 Re5 23. Qd4 Bf6 $13 {Browne}) 21... Bf6 (21... Bxh4 $2 22. e5 $1 Nxe5
23. Rxd6 Qf6 24. Bg2 Rae8 25. Qxf6+ Bxf6 26. Ne4 $16 {Browne}) 22. h5 Qc8 $1
23. h6+ (23. Qxc8 Raxc8 24. Nd5 Be5 25. Bh3 Rc4 $15) 23... Nxh6 24. Qxd6 Nf7 (
24... Bxc3 $2 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. e5 $1 Qf3 $2 27. Qf6+ $18) 25. Qg3 Bxc3 26.
bxc3 Rd8 $1 $15 {de Firmian,N-Browne,W/USA (ch) 1987/1/2-1/2(56)}) 18. Rg1 (18.
Bh3 {Tyomkin,D} g6 19. Qe2 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. h4 Bf6 22. h5 g5 23. Rhf1 h6
24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rf1 $14 {Adams,M-Hodgson,J/Wijk m 1993/1/2-1/2
(36)}) 18... Bf6 (18... h6 19. Bh3 g6 20. exf7+ Kg7 21. Qe2 Rxf7 22. Nd5 Raa7
23. a3 Rf8 24. Rgf1 Raf7 $11 {Sanchez Almeyra,J-Gallagher,J/Ticino op 1992/1-0
(62)} (24... Raf7 {Nunn} 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 $11 {
Sanchez Almeyra-Gallagher (Ticino 1992)})) 19. exf7+ (19. Bh3 Kh8 20. Nd5 g6
21. Qe2 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Bg7 {Rodriguez,Am} 23. Rdf1 Qa5 24. Nf4 Nc4 25. c3 Rae8
26. Bd5 Bxc3 $6 27. bxc3 Qxc3 (27... Na3+ $2 28. Kb2 Rc8 29. Qd3 Nc4+ 30. Bxc4
bxc4 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd5+ {1-0 Dominguez,C-Quinones/Mar del Plata 1961}) 28.
Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qb2 Qxb2+ (29... Rb8 $4 30. Nxg6+ $18) 30. Kxb2 $16) 19... Kh8
20. Nd5 g6 21. Qh3 Rxf7 (21... Bg7 22. Be2 Rxf7 23. Qg3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25.
c3 Qe8 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Rd2 Qe5 $13 {Basagic-Gralka (Sofia 1979)}) 22. Nf4 {
[%cal Rf4g6]} Qd7 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Bh3 (24. Nd5 Bg7) 24... Bg7 25. Rgf1 Raf8 26.
Ne6 Rxf1 27. Bxf1 (27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qxe4 $17) 27... Rf2 28. a4 {
Rodriguez: And here we are just 6 moves away from the end of the game. It
happens that Sadler had played an identical game against Oll 5 months ago
during an open tournament in Denmark in July and this time he comes better
prepared.} bxa4 $5 $146 {And what do you think about the novelty on28th move?!!
} (28... b4 29. h3 h6 30. Nd4 Qc8 31. Qe6 Qb7 (31... Rxc2 32. Bxa6 (32. Qxd6
Nc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4) 32... Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Rh2 34. Nxg7 (34. Rxd6 b3 $1 (34... Nf7
35. Rd7 Rxb2+ 36. Kc1 Rf2 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Ra4a5]})) 34... Kxg7
35. Rxd6 b3 36. Rd1 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga6b5]} Rc2) 32. Qd5 Qc8 33. Qxd6 b3 34. cxb3
Nf3 35. Bxa6 $1 $18 {Rodriguez,Am} (35. Bc4 Nd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. e5 Qe8 38.
Qc6 Qf8 39. Qe4 $36 {Oll,L-Sadler,M/Open, Koge DEN 1997/1-0(63)})) 29. Qb8+ Bf8
30. Nxf8 $4 (30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Nxc7 Rxh2 32. Bxa6 Rf2 (32... g5 33. Ne6 Be7 34.
Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]}) 33. Ne6 Be7 $17 {[%cal Gh7h5]}) (30. Rc1 Kg8 $15) (30. Nd4
{Pherhaps the best.} Qxe4 31. Bxa6 Ng4 $13 {Black is pawn up,but it doesn't
mean anything in this position.} 32. Qb4 Ne3 33. Bd3 Qf4 34. Re1 a3 $5 35. bxa3
Nd5 $36 {[%cal Gf4d2]}) 30... Qxc2+ $19 31. Ka2 {Rodriguez: Now it is time for
the best part of the story. We have been following exactly Oll notes in Chess
Informant 70 that came out precisely by the time the Hastings tournament was
being played. Here I cannot speculate of course, maybe Relange had not seen
that game at all but the fact is that the analysis by Oll which he follows
loses by force after the next nice move!} Nc6 $1 {Rodriguez: A move that
Fritz5 could not afford to miss and in fact just a couple of seconds was all
it needed to show it.} (31... Qb3+ $2 32. Qxb3 axb3+ 33. Kxb3 Rxf8 34. Bxa6) (
31... Kg7 {Rodriguez,Am} 32. Ne6+ Kh6 33. Qb6 {! Oll, but here} (33. Qb7 {Nunn}
Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Qc4+ 35. Ka3 Qxf1 36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. Qxh7+ Kg4 $19) 33... Rf3 {
looks very strong to me, for instance:} 34. Qxd6 Qb3+ 35. Kb1 Nd3 $1 $19) 32.
Nxg6+ (32. Qb7 {Rodriguez,Am} Rxf8 {/\ Qxd1; /\ a5}) (32. Qb6 {Rodriguez,Am}
Qxd1 33. Qxf2 Nb4+ 34. Ka3 Qb3#) 32... Kg7 33. Qc7+ (33. Qh8+ Kh6 $1) 33... Rf7
(33... Kh6 $19) 34. Qb6 (34. Qxd6 Rxf1 $1 35. Rxf1 Qc4+ $19) {[%tqu "En","Find
the final move of this game","","","a6a5","",10,"a6a5","",0]} 34... a5 $1 {
[%cal Gc6b4]} (34... a5 35. Re1 Nb4+ 36. Ka1 Qxe4 $1 37. Rc1 Qd5 $19) (34...
Qxd1 35. Bc4 {also wins}) 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gongora Reyes, Maikel"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 {According modern theory, this move doesn't promise
white an advantage.} (10. g4 {-main line;}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Nh5 (
12... hxg5 $2 13. Bxg5 b5 14. Bxb5 $5 axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qb8 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17.
Rxd6 Rg8 18. h4 $16 {1-0 Agnos,D-Minasian,A/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (30)}) (
12... Rg8 {Boensch,U} 13. Nf3 $146 (13. Be2 Ne5 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Qxf3 hxg5 16.
Bg3 Bd7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Rhf1 {1/2 Sokolowski,S-Kimpinsky,F Capelle la Grande
op (3) 1991}) 13... Nh5 14. Qe1 (14. Qh3 $6 hxg5 15. Bf2 Nf4 $15) 14... hxg5
15. Bf2 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Kb1 (17. h4 $5) 17... Rc8 18. Bd3 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3 $1 {
0-1 Timman,J-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 51/[Boensch,U] (57) Auf Kosten
des vorläufig abseits stehenden N wird der K-Flügel blockiert.} (19... Nxd3 20.
cxd3 Ne5 21. Nd4 $10)) 13. Qe1 $146 {13.Qe3 is counted better;} (13. Qe3 {King}
Qc5 {An extremely common theme in the Najdorf: Black exploits the pin on the
bishop on h4 to regain the g5 pawn.} 14. Qd2 Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Georgiev,K/
Elenite 1995/CBM 50/[King] (26) Black simplifies.} (14... hxg5 {King} 15. Bf2
Qc7 {would have been a gamble for Black: he has lost a lot of time, but by not
exchanging bishops, the pawn on d6 has better protection. Black would like to
play ...Ne5 and ...Bd7 and castle on the queenside, but whether the king}))
13... hxg5 14. Bf2 Ne5 $11 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. h4 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 $15 {Black has
full control over the centre.}) 16... Nxf3 (16... Nf4 $6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. g3
Ng6 19. h5 {[%csl Rg6] and knight g6 has no good place;}) 17. gxf3 Nf4 18. Qe3
Rc8 19. Rg1 b5 $5 {Interesting pawn sacrifice, which promises black good
compensation; There was a way for black to keep position stable by:} (19... f6
20. hxg5 fxg5 21. e5 $140 Nd5 {[%csl Rc2]} (21... d5 $5)) 20. hxg5 e5 {[%cal
Rb5b4]} 21. Rd2 Be6 22. a3 Rg8 $2 {Strange decision. Rh5 was clearly better in
view of forthcoming capture on g5- there will be no pin over g-file after Rh5;
As well as, black probably has missed following reply of white;} (22... Rh5
$142 23. Kb1 (23. Ne2 $140 Bxg5) 23... Qb8 $1 {[%cal Gh5g5] preventing Nxb5
blow after forthcoming Rxg5;} (23... Rxg5 24. Bxb5+ $1 axb5 25. Rxg5 Bxg5 26.
Nxb5 Qb8 27. Nxd6+ $16 {[%cal Gd6c8] reaching material advantage;}) ({or} 23...
Qc6 $5 {with same ideas like 23...Qb8;})) 23. Ne2 $1 $16 {And black has no
time to capture on g5 because of above mentioned pin on g-file;} Qc4 $2 {
Nice try to save the game, but white could get winning position by calculation
next line properly:} (23... Bxg5 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qd4 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]}) (
23... d5 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qd4 $16) (23... Rxg5 24. Nxf4 $16) 24. Nc3 $2 (24.
Nxf4 Qa2 25. c3 {[%cal Gf1d3,Yd3b1]} exf4 26. Qxf4 $18 b4 $1 (26... Bb3 $140
27. Bd3 Qa1+ 28. Bb1 Rxg5 (28... Ba2 29. Kc2 $18 Rxg5 $140 30. Bxa2 {[%csl Rf7]
}) 29. Rxg5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Ba2 31. Kd1 $1 Qxb1+ 32. Ke2 Bc4+ 33. Ke3 $18) 27.
axb4 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa4+ 29. Kd3 Bc4+ 30. Ke3 Bxf1 31. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Yf5c8,Yg1f1]
This move was probably missed by both players, but also there was 31.g6;} (31.
g6 $5) 31... Qc6 32. Rxf1 Rxg5 33. Qh3 $18) 24... Qc7 25. Bg3 $2 {Again was
possible to get above mentioned line by:} (25. Ne2 $1) 25... Rxg5 {Now black
is safe;} 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Qf2 Qc5 $1 {Moving the game to the equal endgame;}
28. Rxg5 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 (29. Rg8+ $143 Kd7 30. Rxf2 Rxg8 $11) 29... Bxg5 30. a4
Bf6 {The easiest way to reach the draw;} 31. axb5 Bxc3 32. bxc3 axb5 33. Bxb5+
Ke7 $11 {Despite of a pawn up for white, white can not create a passed pawn in
this endging, and the game is drawn;} 34. Kd2 Rg8 35. Rh2 Rg3 36. Be2 Bh3 $1 {
[%csl Gh2][%cal Yh3g2] This move has two ideas: to attack f3-pawn by Bg2, and
also to trap white rook on h2;} 37. Ke1 {[%cal Ge1f2,Yf2f3]} f5 {Trading more
pawns;} 38. exf5 Kf6 39. c4 Kxf5 40. c3 Ke5 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Bd3 Ke5 43. Be4 Kf6
44. Ke2 Ke5 {Black can transpose the game to the bishops' ending, which is
also draw, but it is not necessary at all- black is enough strong to keep the
balance, staying with the rooks;} (44... Rg2+ 45. Rxg2 Bxg2 46. Kd3 {[%cal
Gd3c2,Gb3b4,Gc2b3,Yc4c5,Rd3d4]} Ke5 {Otherwise white plays Kd4 and c4-c5 then;}
47. Bd5 $1 (47. Kc2 Kf6 $1 {Black has to create a counterplay by moving the
king to f-pawn, and luckely it leads to the drawing queens' ending.} 48. Kb3
Kg5 49. Kb4 Kh4 50. Kb5 Kg3 51. Kc6 Bxf3 52. Bxf3 Kxf3 53. Kxd6 Ke4 54. c5 f3
55. c6 f2 56. c7 f1=Q 57. c8=Q Qf6+ $1 $11) 47... Bh1 $1 {and like in previous
line;}) 45. Bd5 Bf5 {Again black could reach a draw, moving the game to the
bishops' ending;} (45... Rg2+ 46. Rxg2 Bxg2 47. Kd3 Bh1 $1 $11) 46. Kd2 Rg1 $1
{[%csl Gd2] After this move white is not able to transfer the king to the
queenside;} 47. Re2+ Kf6 48. Re1 Rg2+ 49. Re2 Rg1 50. Re1 Rg2+ 51. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g5 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 Bb7 14. Bh3 $146
{aimed against e6-e5} (14. Be2 {Tyomkin,D} O-O 15. Rhd1 Nb6 (15... Nc5 $6 16.
b4 Na4 (16... Rac8 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Kb2 b4 19. Nb1 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 $16) 17. Nxa4
bxa4 18. Rxd6 $16) (15... Rac8 $1 16. Rxd6 $140 $6 Nc5) 16. Qe3 (16. Rxd6 $5
Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (16... b4 17. Qe3 $1 (17. Nb1 Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17...
bxc3 18. Qxb6 (18. Rxb6 Bxe4) 18... cxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Qxb6+ 20. Rxb6 Bxe4 21. Bxa6
$16) 17. Nxd5 (17. e5 $6 Rac8 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3][%cal Gb5b4]}) 17... Bxd5 18.
R6xd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 $13 {B+PP:R}) 16... Rac8 17. f5 d5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. exd5
Bxd5 20. Rh4 $2 (20. Bd3 $142 $1 $16) 20... g6 21. Bg4 Rfe8 22. Rxd5 exd5 23.
Be6+ Rxe6 24. Qxe6+ $11 {Becerra Rivero,J-Herrera,I/CUB-ch Holguin 1991/0-1(57)
}) (14. Bg2 $5 $146 {[%csl Ge4]} O-O 15. Rhd1) 14... O-O 15. Rhd1 Rac8 $1 {
looking narrowly to c2-point} 16. Rxd6 $2 (16. Qe2 {[%csl Yc2][%cal Ye2c2]} Nc5
(16... Nb6 $5 17. Rxd6 $140 $2 b4 {[%cal Gb6c4,Yc7f4]}) 17. f5 (17. Bg2 e5 $1)
17... e5 (17... Qe7 $5) 18. Rxd6 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. R6xd5 b3 21. axb3 Nxb3+
22. Kb1 Nd4 $132) (16. Qf2 Nc5 $132) {[%tqu "En","","","","d7c5","",10]} 16...
Nc5 {[%cal Rb5b4,Rc5e4]} 17. R6d4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c5e4","",10]} Nxe4 $1
$17 18. Rxe4 (18. Rd7 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rxb7 Rxh3 $17) 18...
b4 19. Qf2 bxc3 20. Rb4 {[%tqu "En","","","","b7e4","",0,"c7a5","",10]} Be4 $2
(20... Qa5 $1 21. a3 (21. Rxb7 Qxa2 22. bxc3 Qa1+ 23. Rb1 Qa3+ 24. Kd2 (24. Rb2
Rb8) 24... Qxc3+ $19) {[%tqu "En","","","","b7e4","",10]} 21... Be4 $1 $17 {
[%cal Rc3b2]} 22. Rxe4 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rc3 $1 (23... Qc3+ 24. Ka2 Rb8 25. Rb4)
24. a4 Rxh3 $17) 21. b3 {Be4 is inviolable} (21. Rxe4 Qb7 22. Rdd4 Qxb2+ 23.
Kd1 Qb1+ 24. Ke2 Qxc2+ 25. Kf1 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 c2 $19) 21... Qe7 22. Qd4 Bf3 23.
Rd3 a5 24. Ra4 Rfd8 25. Qe3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Bh5 27. Bg2 $2 (27. Rxa5 $142 Bg6 28.
Qd4 Qb7 $36) 27... e5 $1 {[%cal Re7c5]} (27... Qc5 28. Qd4) 28. Qh3 $2 (28. Qe3
$142 Qd8 $15) 28... Qc5 $19 29. Qxc8+ Qxc8 30. Rxa5 exf4 31. Ra8 Qxa8 32. Bxa8
Be2 33. a4 f3 34. b4 f2 35. Bg2 Kf8 36. b5 f1=Q+ 37. Bxf1 Bxf1 38. Kb1 Bc4 39.
b6 Ba6 40. Ka2 Ke7 41. Kb3 Kd6 42. Kb4 Kc6 43. a5 f5 44. gxf6 gxf6 0-1

