[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was the beginning of my nightmare!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 ({
Last time my opponent allowed} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {The Kalashnikov! And
this time he was in no mood to allow it again :).}) 3... g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 $5 ({Another major branch is} 7... O-O 8. Bb3 d6 (
8... Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 $1 {is known to be better for White.}) (8... b6
9. f3 Bb7 10. Qd2) (8... Na5 $6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxf7+ $1 {would lead to the
famous (Fischer-Reshevsky 1958)}) (8... a5 9. O-O Nxd4 (9... a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4
11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4) 10. Bxd4 d6 11. a4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. e5) 9. f3 Bd7 (
9... Na5 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4) 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 {with a complex game.}) (7... d6 8. f3 {will most likely
transpose to the other lines.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {One of the critical tries
for White.} Qc7 10. Re1 (10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 {is the mainline.}) 10... a6 $6 {
I was making preparations for Bg5...which wasn't totally needed at all :).} ({
One option I was considering but wasn't fully satisfied with was} 10... Ne5 11.
Be2 d6 12. Bg5 $5 Be6 13. Nd4) ({The normal way to continue would be} 10... d6)
11. Bf1 d6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bd4 b5 15. a4 (15. f4 Ng4 {is nice
for Black.}) 15... bxa4 $6 (15... Bf5 $5 {An important move to provoke c3.} 16.
c3 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rfb8 18. c4 ({My main concern was} 18. Bxa6 Bg4 $1 19. Qc2 {
I didn't see how to continue here and hence felt the variation did not suit me
but I had to see just one more move!} Bf3 $1 $17 {A stunning idea which tips
the balance in Black's favour.}) 18... Bd7 19. Ra1 a5 {with a decent position
for Black.}) ({Also very interesting was} 15... Bd7 $5 16. axb5 (16. f4 bxa4 $1
$15) 16... axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. f4 Ng4 19. Rxe7 {I stopped here prematurely..
.} Qd8 $1 20. Re2 (20. Qe1 Nf6 $1 $132) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Nf6 {with
sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 16. Rxa4 Rb8 17. Qd2 {Only now I
realised that White can do without c3 :)! Too little too late!} Re8 18. Bc3 $1
{A stable square for the bishop: it completely neutralises any future pressure
on the b- & c-files.} Qb6 (18... Bd7 19. Rxa6 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 {was very
tempting but I felt it shouldn't be sufficient.}) 19. Rea1 Ra8 {What else?} 20.
Rb4 (20. h3 $16 {was good.}) 20... Qc7 21. Bd4 e6 $1 {Finally getting some
counterplay.} 22. f4 $6 {Throws away the advantage.} (22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rba4
$16) 22... Ng4 {Now the dark squares and the central fight compensate for the
weak pawn structure.} 23. dxe6 fxe6 ({The simplest was} 23... Bxe6 {with a
equal game.}) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc4 (25. Be2 $142 $14) 25... Qa7+ 26. Qd4+ e5
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Qxa7+ Rxa7 29. Be2 Ne3 $1 30. Rc3 Nd5 31. Rc5 Nf4 32. Bc4 e4
$2 (32... Bf5 $1 {was my first intention and I should have stuck with it.} 33.
Rxa6 Rae7 $1 $44) 33. Rf1 Nh5 34. Nd4 e3 35. Rc6 $1 Rae7 36. Bxa6 (36. c3 $1
$16 {A sexy move preventing the future threats.}) 36... Rd8 37. Nf3 (37. c3
Bxa6 38. Rxa6 e2 39. Re1 Nf4 40. Ra4 $1 Nd3 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Nxe2 Re8 43. Kf1
Rf8+ 44. Kg1 Re8 45. Rd4 Rxe2 46. Rxd3 Rxb2 {with a theoretical draw.}) 37...
Bxa6 $2 {After this, there is no come back!} (37... Bg4 $1 {I felt the bishop
exchange would strengthen the e-pawn...but I was wrong. It was more important
to get rid of the knight which would allow the rook penetration on d2. Now
White has to a bit careful to equalise :).}) 38. Rxa6 Nf4 39. Re1 $1 Rb8 {
I tried to cook up some trouble, but White's position is too solid.} 40. g3 $1
Nd5 41. Rd6 Nf6 42. b3 Rc8 43. Re2 (43. Nd4 {was slightly stronger.}) 43... Rc3
44. Nd4 Ng4 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Re6 Rd7 47. Nb5 Rc5 48. c4 Ng4 {Last ditch attempt.
..} 49. h3 Rd2 50. Nc3 Re5 51. Rxd2 exd2 52. Rxe5 Nxe5 53. Kf2 Nc6 54. c5 Nd4 (
54... Kf6 $1 {would have offered more chances of survival.} 55. Ne4+ Ke5 56.
Nxd2 Kd4 57. Kf3 Kxc5 58. Kf4 {is still lost though.}) 55. b4 Kf7 56. Ke3 Nc2+
57. Kxd2 Nxb4 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. Ke4 $1 {The fact that knight endgames are very
similar to pawn endgames holds true here. It is important to gain the
opposition.} (59. Kd4 Nc6+ 60. Kc4 Ke5 61. Kb5 Ne7 62. c6 Kd4 {was my idea.})
59... Na6 (59... Nc6 60. Ne2 $1) 60. Kd4 Nc7 61. Ne2 $1 Kf5 62. c6 Ke6 63. Kc5
Ke5 64. Nc3 g5 65. Kb6 Ne8 66. c7 Nd6 67. Nb5 Nc8+ 68. Kb7 Ne7 69. g4 Ke6 70.
Na7 Kd6 71. Nc8+ {An interesting game with lots of twists and ideas!} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O (9. h4 a4 10. Bd5 a3 11. b3 Ng4 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nde2 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Qa5 $19) (9. h3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14.
O-O b5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bh6 e5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qd4
$44 {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Frois,A/La Coruna TH op 1995 (29)}) 9... a4 (9...
Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ra6 13. Bh6 Re6 $11 {1-0 Luecke,
N-Heinatz,T/BL 1993 (41)}) 10. Nxa4 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13.
Bb6 Qe8 14. Re1 d6 15. Bf2 c5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. a4 Bb7 18. c3 Qd8 19. a5 Bc6 20.
Qe2 Re8 21. Ra3 e5 22. Ba4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 e4 24. fxe4 d5 25. Qd1 d4 26. e5 Nd7
27. cxd4 Nxb6 28. axb6 Rd7 29. Ra7 cxd4 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd4 {1-0
Shchekachev,A-Pigusov,E/Open, Bourbon Lancy FRA 1997 (58)}) (10. Bxa4 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Rxa4 12. c3 Ra8 (12... Ra5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb3 Rb5 15. Qc2 d5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Gallinnis,N-Guempges,x/corr 1981 (53)}) 13. Ng3 d5 14. f4 e6 15. Re1 f6
16. Nf3 e5 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb5 Nc4 19. Bc5 Ra5 20. Qb4 Rf7 21. Rad1 Qc7 22.
Rxd5 Be6 23. Bb6 Bf8 24. Bxc7 Bxb4 25. Rd8+ {1-0 Baranyai,A-Toth,S/Providencia
Open, Debrecen HUN 1997}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nb5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nb6 (12. Bb6
Qe8 13. f3 Ng5 (13... Nf6 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Re1 d6 16. c4 c5 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Qe2
Ra7 19. a4 Qb8 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Bc2 Nf4 24. Qd2 Ne6 25.
Be4 Nd4 26. b4 e5 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. b5 Bb7 29. a5 $16 {1-0 David,A-Abolianin,A/
Lost Boys Open, Antwerp BEL 1998 (39)}) 14. c3 d6 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17.
a4 Nc7 18. a5 Be6 19. Ba4 Na8 20. Re1 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. axb6 Qb8 23. Kh1
Qxb6 24. Qd2 $14 {1-0 David,A-Taleb,M/Montpellier 1998 (35)}) 12... Rb8 13.
Nxc8 Qxc8 14. f3 (14. c3 d5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Ba7 Rb7 18. Bc5 Rd7 19.
a4 Qb8 20. a5 Qb5 21. Bf2 Ra8 22. Ba4 Qa6 23. Bc2 Qb7 24. Ra2 e5 25. Bd3 Nb5
26. Qa1 Rdd8 27. a6 Qd7 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. a7 d4 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Ra6 Qc4 32.
cxd4 $13 {0-1 Nykopp,J-Keskisarja,T/FIN-chT 1994/EXT 97 (39)}) 14... Nf6 15.
Re1 (15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 d6 18. Kh1 e5 19. Bg5 d5 20. Qf2 Nd7
21. c3 f5 22. Bc1 Kh8 23. Qh4 Nc5 24. Bc2 Ne6 25. g4 Qf7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rg1
Rg8 28. Qh3 Rbf8 29. a4 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Rdf1 $14 {1-0 Mokry,K-Antunes,A/
EUCup Gr2 Strasbourg 1994/EXP 43 (44)}) 15... d6 16. a4 c5 17. a5 c4 18. Ba4
Qa6 19. Bb6 Rxb6 20. axb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Bb5 d5 24. Qd4 Qd6
25. Rbd1 Rb8 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Qa7 Nc3 28. Rxe7 Nxb5 29. Qe3 Bf8 30. Re5 Na3 31.
Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Rxd5 $17 {0-1 Garcia,G-Turner,M/Lloyds Bank op 1994/EXP 43 (47)})
11... Ra6 (11... d6 12. Qe2 (12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Qd2 Ne8
16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 d5 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Nc5 Na8 22. Nd3
Qh6 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. c3 b6 25. Bb4 $17 {Voicu,C-Andreeva,N/EU-chJW U16 Rimavska
Sobota 1996/EXT 96ch2/0-1 (53)}) 12... Nf6 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. c4 Ng4 15. Bc1 Qb8
16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. f4 Na5 19. g4 Nxb3 20. axb3 Be4 21. Ba7 Rxa7 22.
Qxe4 Ra6 23. Qxe7 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 Bxb2 26. Rd2 Bg7 27. Rd7 Ra2 28.
Qd5 Qe8 29. Qd3 Re2 30. Nc7 $16 {1-0 Theissen,H-Fabisch,C/Dortmund op-A 1993/
TD 93\06 (58)}) (11... Rxa4 12. Bxa4 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f3 Qa5 15. Bb3 Nc3
16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe1 d6 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Ba4 Ra8 21. Rxb7 Rxa4
22. Rxd7 Rxa2 23. Rc7 Ra6 24. Rb1 Bf6 25. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Katz,F/
Corsican Open, Bastia FRA 1998 (42)}) 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 d6 $11) (12. Qd3 d5 13.
f3 Nf6 14. Nc5 Ra8 15. Rfd1 e6 $11) 12... d6 13. c4 (13. Rad1 Bd7 $132) 13...
Nf6 $1 (13... f5 $2 $16 14. Bb6 $1 Qd7 (14... Rxb6 $2 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. c5+ $18
) 15. f3 (15. c5+ Kh8 16. Rad1 $16) (15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc2 $14) 15... Nf6 $2 (
15... Ng5 16. Rad1 Ne6 $1 17. c5 Kh8 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rf2 d5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Re8 22. Qf1 Ne7 23. Rc2 $16) 16. Rad1 $22 $18 {1-0 Rogic,D-Sale,S/
CRO-ch06 Pula 1998/CBM 64/[Tsesarsky] (20)}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7
16. c5 Na5 17. Bc2 d5 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Nac3 Qb8 16. h3 {Position not so easy
to play for black.Topalov first of all need to find some plan to open the
center , but in such position it's very difficalt.} Rc8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Rac1
Bxb5 {Probably black should to exchange some peaces because space problem, but
now white has two bishops and clear plan to attack on the Qeen side.} 19. cxb5
(19. Nxb5 $14) 19... Ra8 20. b6 (20. Bd4 e6 21. a4 Ned7 $14) 20... Rc6 21. Nb5
Qd8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Qb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $6 (24. Bxc1 $1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nfxd7 26.
Be3 {Still better for white}) 24... e6 $1 25. a4 d5 26. a5 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
Finally black gets strong contrplay.} 27. Rd1 (27. Bc2 Nd6 28. Qc5 Ndc4 $36)
27... Nd6 28. Qc5 Nf5 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. Qc2 Nc6 (30... Qh4 $1 31. Qe2 Nc6 32. Bd2
Bc5 $17 {[%cal Rc5f2,Gf5d4,Gc6d4,Gc6a5]}) 31. Bd2 Bd6 32. Ba4 Nb4 33. Qb3 Nd4
34. Qe3 Nf5 35. Qb3 Qh4 36. Rc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Re1 Bc5 $17) 36... Nd4
0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 {><e7} Nxb3 (11... d6 12. Nd5 $1) (11...
Ra6 12. O-O d6 13. Nd5 e6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg5 Rf8 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bc4 Rb6
18. c3 Nc6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bb5 $1 {/\ Be3+/=}) 12. cxb3 Ra6 13. Nd5 (13. O-O
d6 (13... Bf6 14. Qg3 d6 15. f4 Be6 16. Ra3 Kh8 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Bd7 19.
Qf4 Be5 20. Qh4 Bc6 21. Ne4 f6 22. Rf2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qf3 {0-1 Hon,
A-Quinn,M/Hastings Challengers9596 1995/EXP 50 (32)}) 14. Nd5 (14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bf7 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. Bd4 Kh8 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qd7 21. c4
Bg8 {1-0 Apicella,M-Sakhatova,E/Cappelle op 1995/EXT 95op2 (35)}) 14... Re8 (
14... Bxb2 $2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rad1 $16) (14... e6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bg5 exd5
17. Bxd8 dxe4 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Rc7 Ra7 20. Be7 Be5 21. Re1 f5 22. Bg5 Bxb3 23.
Rec1 Ra8 24. Rxb7 Bxa4 25. Rcc7 d5 26. Re7 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Re7 {1-0
Szalanczy,E-Koerholz,L/Budapest FS04 GM 1993/EXP 36}) 15. b4 (15. Rac1 Rc6 16.
Bg5 f6 17. Be3 $1 $14 (17. Bd2 $6 Be6 18. Bc3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc5 20. Rfe1 $1)
17... Bd7 $6 (17... Be6 {>=}) 18. Rfd1 Rf8 19. f3 Be6 20. Qf2 f5 21. Qd2 fxe4
22. fxe4 Rf7 23. Rf1 Qc8 (23... Rxc1) 24. Qxa5 Bxb2 25. Rcd1 $1 {1-0 Ilijin,
N-Kaidanov,G/Bled 1989/Inf 47/[Ilijin,N] (42)}) (15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Be6 17.
Rac1 Rc6 18. f3 Qd7 19. Qf2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 b5 22. Qc2 f5 (22...
Qb7 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. b4 bxa4 25. bxa5 f5 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. a6 Rb8 28. a7 {
1-0 Balzar,A-Drill,F/OLO-C 1995/GER 11 (32)}) 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. dxc6 bxa4 25. c7
Rc8 26. bxa4 Kf7 27. b3 Bb2 28. Rc4 Ba3 29. Bb6 Bb4 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 d5 32.
Rd4 Ke6 33. g5 Bd6 34. Rh4 {1/2-1/2 Egger,J-Silva,S/Santiago Santiago de Chile
1993/EXT 97 (43)}) 15... axb4 16. a5 (16. Nxb4 Bxb2 17. Nxa6 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 bxa6
19. f3 Qa5 20. Qe1 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. a5 Rc8 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.
Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,G-Alvarez,J/Carlos Torre mem, Merida MEX 1997 (34)})
16... Rc6 17. Nxb4 Rc4 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Ne3 Bxb2 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22.
Rfd1 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rc8 24. Qf4 f6 25. h4 Be6 26. Ra3 Qb5 27. Ra1 Rc4 28. Re1 {
Borkowski,F-Pokojowczyk,J/Polanica Zdroj 1979/MCD-r7/0-1 (60)}) (13. Rc1 Re6
14. Nd5 Bf6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. O-O d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Rc4 b6 19. Qd4 {
1/2-1/2 Pedzich,D-Kuczynski,R/Katowice op 1992/TD 92\04}) (13. Rd1 d6 14. Nd5
Re8 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Kg7 17. O-O e6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nc7 Rc6 20. Nb5 e5
21. Rd3 Be6 22. Rfd1 d5 23. f4 Bg4 24. R1d2 exf4 25. h3 Be6 26. exd5 Rc1+ 27.
Kf2 Bf5 28. Rc3 Ra1 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Nd6 b6 32. Nc4 Bc8 33. d6 {
1-0 Ristic,N-Koerholz,L/BL2-SW 1990/BL2}) 13... Re6 14. O-O (14. f3 f5 15. O-O
b6 16. Qf2 Ba6 17. Rfd1 fxe4 18. f4 Bd3 19. Nxb6 d5 20. Bc5 Rff6 21. b4 Rxb6
22. bxa5 Rb3 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Qc5 Qd6 25. Rac1 Rxb2 {0-1 Barthel,B-Naumann,F/
Krumbach op 1991/TD 91\04}) 14... b6 (14... Bxb2 15. Rab1 (15. Rad1 $44) 15...
Bg7 16. b4 $44) 15. Rfd1 Bb7 $6 (15... Bxb2 $1 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. Rc2 (17. Rad2
Bb7 18. Nf4 Rxe4 19. Rxd7 Qb8) 17... Bb7 18. Rdc1 f5) 16. Rd2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5
(17... Rxf5 18. Bxb6 Qf8 (18... Rxb6 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nxf5 $18) 19. Qc4 Qf7
20. Be3 $1 d6 $14 (20... Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxe3 22. Rb5 $18)) 18. Rad1 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gd2d7,Ye3b6,Yd5b6]} Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qc8 20. g3 (20. Rxd7 $4 f4 $1 21. Qh3 (
21. Bxf4 Qxd7) 21... Rh6 $19) 20... Re4 21. Qh5 d6 (21... Qc2 22. Rb5 d6 23.
Bxb6 $16) 22. Bxb6 Rb4 23. Bxa5 Rxb3 24. Bc3 $5 $32 (24. Qg5 $1 Qe6 25. Bc3 $16
) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rf6 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. c4 Rc3 28. Re1 Rf7 29. Rd4 $18 Qc5
30. Rh4 Qb4 31. Qe6 Qxa4 32. c5 Qa3 33. Qh6+ $2 (33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qe8 Qb3 35.
Rxe7 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kh3 $18) 33... Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36.
Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2096]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 Qa5 $6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 $1 Qc7 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Be2 d6 11. f4 a6 12. g4
(12. Kh1 b5) (12. a4 b6 13. g4) 12... b5 13. g5 Nd7 $132) (10. h3 d6 11. f4 Na5
12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5 {
0-1 Song Daoxin-Wang Zili/PRC-ch 1987/EXT 87ch (26)}) (10. Bd3 d6 11. h3 e5 12.
f4 a6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Bc5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Bc7 {
1-0 Gutierrez,J-Idrovo,F/Quito 1975/MCD-r7}) 10... a6 (10... a5 11. a3 (11. a4
Nb4 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. h3 Nf6 18.
Re1 Nc6 19. Bf1 Ne8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh4 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Kapengut,A/URS-ch40
Baku 1972/URS-ch (39)}) 11... a4 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nd5 d6 14. c3 Re8 15. Nxf6+ {
+/- Kupreichik,V-Veremeichik,V/USSR 1976/Inf 22}) (10... Qd8 11. f4 b5 12. Bd3
b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. d6 f6
19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Qg4 Bb7 21. f5 {0-1 Kucypera,A-Polovnikova,E/WchJW U20 Zagan
1997/EXP 59 (37)}) (10... b6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qc5+ 15. Kh1 f6 16. b4 Qd6 17. e5 Qe6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Re7 fxg5
21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Privara,I/
Stary Smokovec 1975/MCD-r7 (29)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. Nxf6+
exf6 14. c3 Qxe4 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Qf4 Kg7
20. a4 g5 21. Qc7 Qd8 22. Qd6 Qf6 23. Qc7 Qd8 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qa3 {Macieja,
B-Kolev,A/ol (men), Elista RUS 1998/1/2-1/2 (75)}) (11. a4 $5 Nb4 12. Be2 (12.
Qe2 d6 13. a5 Ng4 14. f4 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne3 17. Bxe7 Bg4 {0-1
Busquets,L-Davies,N/New York op 1991/CBM 23}) 12... d6 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qd2 b5
15. axb6 Qxb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd7 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Qxb3 20. Bd1
Rad8 21. Bxc2 Qxb2 22. Qh3 Bg5 23. Na4 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 {Tate,E-Horvath,A/FSGM
Dec, Budapest HUN 1997/1-0 (100)}) (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 d6 13. Kh1 Qb7 14. Qe1
Be6 15. Qh4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rae1 Qb6 18. Rf3 a4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21.
f5 Bxa2 22. Rh3 h5 23. Nf3 {1-0 Busquets,L-Mont Reynaud,J/Hawaii op 1994/EXT
94op (31)}) 11... e6 12. Qd2 (12. Be3 b5 13. Bc5 Rd8 14. Bd6 Qb6 15. Bc5 Qc7
16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Bf3 Ne8 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. a4 Nxf3+ 22.
gxf3 {1/2-1/2 Porubszky Angyalosine,M-Heintze,M/Halle-W 1974/EXT 97 (48)})
12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 (13... Rd8 14. Rad1 d6 $6 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Qh4 $16) 14. Rfd1
b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 $14 d6 18. Na5 Be6 19. b3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bc8 (22... h5 23. h3 Kg7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. Nc6
$16) 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rb5 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Nb2 f5 27. Bc4 Rc5 28. Na4 Rc6
29. Nc3 $16 Qa7 (29... fxe4 30. Nxe4 Bh4 31. f3 $16) 30. Kh1 Bh4 31. f3 Qf2 32.
Qd3 $1 (32. Qxf2 $2 Bxf2 $11) 32... Bg5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Nd5 {As we can see
the type of position changed from the Dragon to the Sveshnikov variation, and
white still has an advantage, because it's not so easy to find compensation
for the weak pawns a6 and d6 and the nice placed knight on d5.} f4 (34... e4 $6
35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Bf5 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Bxc2 $2 39. Nb4 $18) (34...
Qc5 35. c3 Be6 $16) 35. Rd2 Qc5 36. Qe2 Be6 37. Rdd1 a5 (37... Bxd5 38. Rxd5
$18) 38. Rd2 Bf7 39. Qd1 Rd8 40. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Yd5c3,Yc3e4] Black has no
conterplay. Anand planed to exchange bishop c4 against bishop f7 and attack
the pawn on d6.} Rcc8 41. Nc3 Bg6 42. Rd5 Qe3 43. Ne2 Bf7 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Bxf7
Kxf7 46. Nc3 $18 {From now it's not so difficult to see that white's position
is absolutely winning. Next come Ne4, c4 and Rd5.} Be7 47. Ne4 Rg8 48. c4 Rg6
49. Ra2 Qb4 50. Ra4 Qb6 51. Rd5 Rcg8 52. Ra2 a4 53. bxa4 Qc6 54. c5 dxc5 55.
Rxe5 Rd8 56. Qc1 c4 57. h3 Ke8 58. Re2 Rd7 59. Nc5 Rc7 60. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 d6 (11... Ba6 $5 12. Qf3 d5 $132
(12... Qc7 $2 13. O-O-O d6 (13... d5 14. h4 $16) 14. h4 dxe5 15. h5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Zurmely,F-Afek,Y/Paris-ch 1993 (27)})) 12. O-O (12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O-O dxe5
$15) 12... Qc7 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Bd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hodgson,J-Rechlis,G/London Peace 1987 (20)}) (9. h4 $2 a4 10. Bd5 a3 11. b3 Ng4
(11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e6 14. b4 (14. Bc4 Nxe4 $19) 14... Qxb4 15.
Rb1 Qa5 $1 $17) 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nde2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qa5 $19 (14... Qc7 15. O-O
Bg4 $19 {0-1 Jakoby,U-Dally,H/Dortmund op 1989 (28)})) (9. h3 $6 a4 $1 (9... d5
10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O b5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bh6 e5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Romero
Holmes,A-Frois,A/La Coruna TH op 1995 (29)}) 10. Nxa4 (10. Bxa4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4
Rxa4 $15) 10... Nxe4 $15) 9... a4 (9... Ng4 10. Qxg4 (10. Nxc6 dxc6 $11 (10...
Nxe3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Raxd1 (12. Nd5 Rxd8 13. Nxe7+ Kf8 14. Nxc8 Rdxc8 15.
Raxd1 a4 16. Bd5 Rxc2 $11) 12... Rxd8 13. Rd3 $132)) 10... Nxd4 11. Qh4 (11.
Qd1 Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 13. Bd4 Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ $14 {1-0 Sarlamanov,
D-Bahtiri,S/JUG-ch 1991 (31)}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 Ra6 13. Bh6 $14 {1-0 Luecke,
N-Heinatz,T/BL 1993 (41)} (13. Rfd1 $14)) 10. Nxa4 (10. Bxa4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxa4
12. c3 Ra5 (12... Ra8 $15 {1-0 Baranyai,A-Toth,S/Providencia Open, Debrecen
HUN 1997 (24)}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb3 Rb5 15. Qc2 d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gallinnis,
N-Guempges,x/corr 1981 (53)}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nb5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f3 (12. Nb6
Rb8 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. f3 (14. c3 d5 $132 {0-1 Nykopp,J-Keskisarja,T/FIN-chT
1994/EXT 97 (39)}) 14... Nd6 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bf2 d5 $132 {0-1 Bezzy,M-Denny,K/
Moscow olm SMR-BAR 1994 (42)}) (12. Bb6 Qe8 13. f3 Ng5 14. c3 d6 15. Be3 Ne6
16. Nb6 Rb8 17. a4 Nc7 18. a5 Be6 $14 {1-0 David,A-Taleb,M/Montpellier 1998 
(35)}) 12... Nf6 13. Nb6 (13. Bb6 Qe8 14. Bf2 (14. Re1 d6 15. Bf2 c5 16. Nb6
Ra7 17. a4 Bb7 18. c3 Qd8 19. a5 Bc6 20. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Pigusov,E/
Open, Bourbon Lancy FRA 1997 (58)}) 14... Ba6 15. Re1 d6 16. c4 c5 17. Nc3 Qd8
18. Qe2 (18. a4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc3b5,Ga4a5]}) 18... Ra7 19. a4 Qb8 20. Nb5 $14 {
1-0 David,A-Abolianin,A/Lost Boys Open, Antwerp BEL 1998 (39)}) 13... Rb8 14.
Nxc8 Qxc8 15. Qe2 (15. Re1 d6 16. a4 c5 17. a5 c4 18. Ba4 Qa6 19. Bb6 Rxb6 20.
axb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2 $44 {0-1 Garcia,G-Turner,M/London Lloyds 1994 (47)})
15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 d6 18. Kh1 e5 $132 {1-0 Mokry,K-Antunes,A/
EUCup Gr2 Strasbourg 1994 (44)}) 11... Ra6 (11... d6 12. Qe2 (12. Bb6 Qd7 13.
Nc7 Rb8 14. Re1 Nf6 $132 {Voicu,C-Andreeva,N/EU-chJW U16 Rimavska Sobota 1996/
0-1 (53)}) 12... Nf6 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. c4 Ng4 15. Bc1 Qb8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Nd7
18. f4 Na5 19. g4 $14 {1-0 Theissen,H-Fabisch,C/Dortmund op-A 1993/TD 93\06 
(58)}) (11... Rxa4 12. Bxa4 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f3 Qa5 15. Bb3 Nc3 16. Nxc3
Qxc3 17. Qe1 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Katz,F/Corsican Open, Bastia FRA 1998 (42)})
12. c4 (12. Qd3 d5 (12... Nf6 13. c4 (13. Nc5 Ra8 $11) (13. Nac3 d6 $11) 13...
d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Be6 16. Rad1 Qb8 $11 {1-0 Rogic,D-Koerholz,L/Budapest
Statistika 1994 (40)}) 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc5 Ra8 $132) (12. Re1 d6 $11 (12... d5
$11)) (12. Qe2 d6 13. Rad1 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Berend,E-Nicoara,M/Saint Vincent ITA
1999 (43)}) 12... d6 13. Qe2 Nf6 (13... f5 $2 $16 14. Bb6 $1 Qd7 (14... Rxb6 $2
15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. c5+ $18) 15. f3 (15. c5+ Kh8 16. Rad1 $16) 15... Ng5 (15...
Nf6 $2 16. Rad1 $22 $18 {1-0 Rogic,D-Sale,S/Pula 1998/CBM 64 (21)}) 16. Rad1
Ne6 $1 17. c5 Kh8 18. cxd6 exd6 $16) 14. h3 (14. Rad1 b6 (14... Bg4 15. f3 Bd7
(15... Bf5 16. c5 $14) 16. Rfe1 (16. c5 Na5 17. Bc2 d5 $11) 16... Re8 17. Nac3
$14) (14... Na5 15. Bc2 Be6 16. b3 $14) 15. Rfe1 Kh8 (15... Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17.
Nbc3 $14) 16. Nac3 $14 {1-0 Sax,G-Deak,S/HUN 1994 (35)}) (14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nac3
Qb8 16. h3 Rc8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Rac1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 $14 {0-1 Svidler,P-Topalov,V/
Linares 1999/CBM 70/(36)} (19. Nxb5 $14)) 14... Be6 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 $14)
15... Qb8 16. Nb6 Ne5 $2 $16 (16... Na5 17. Bc2 Nd7 (17... Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Nxc4
19. Bd4 $16) 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. b3 Rc8 20. a4 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Nb4 22. Be4 $14) 17.
Nd5 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bf5 (18... Bd7 19. f4 $18) 19. Nd4 $16) 18. cxd5
Rc8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rc1 $16) 19... Ned7 (19... Ne8 20. Bd4 Bf6 21. Rc1 $16 (21.
f4 Nd7 22. Bxf6 Nexf6 23. Qf3 (23. Qxe7 $2 Re8 $19) 23... Re8 24. Rc1 Nc5 25.
Bc4 Ra4 26. b3 Ra8 27. b4 Na6 (27... Na4 28. Bb3 $18 {[%cal Gb5c7]}) 28. a3 Nc7
$14)) 20. Bd4 (20. Rc1 $16) 20... Bf8 (20... Bh6 $5 21. g3 {[%csl Gf4]} (21.
Qxe7 Re8 22. Bxf6 Rxe7 23. Bxe7 $132) 21... Re8 {[%csl Rc1]} 22. a3 $16) 21. a3
Ne8 22. Qg4 $6 (22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bh6 24. Rc3 Qd8 25. Na7 Nc7 (25... Nc5
26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Nc6 $1 $18) 26. Qc2 (26. Bc4 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Rxa7 28. Bd4 $16)
26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Ne8 (28... Bf4 29. Nb5 Ne8 30. Qc4 $18 {
[%csl Rf4,Rf7][%cal Gc5c8]}) 29. Nb5 $16) 22... Ndf6 (22... Ne5 $5 23. Qe2 (23.
Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc5 $1 (24... Qxe5 25. Qxc8 Qxb2 26. Qxe8 Qxb3 27. Rc1 Qb2
28. Rc8 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qg7 30. Qxe7 $18) 25. Qe2 Rxb5 $15)) 23. Qf4 Ra5 (23...
Ng7 24. Bc3 (24. Bxf6 Nh5 $1) 24... Rc5 25. a4 $16) 24. Nc3 Qc7 25. Rd3 (25.
Rc1 Qd7 26. Rc2 $16) 25... Qd7 26. Rf3 Bg7 27. g4 h6 $8 28. Ne4 Ra6 (28... Raa8
29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 $16) 29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Rc7 31. Qh4 b5 (31... Qb5 32.
Rfe3 Bf8 $5 {[%csl Ye7]} (32... Ra8 33. a4 Qd7 34. Bb6 $18) (32... Ra5 33. a4
Qb4 {[%tqu "En","?","","","g5f7","",10]} 34. Nxf7 $3 Nxd5 (34... Kxf7 35. Rxe7+
Rxe7 36. Rxe7+ $18) 35. Rxe7 $1 $18) 33. a4 (33. Ne4 Nh7 34. a4 (34. Ba2 Ng7
35. Ng3 Ra4) 34... Qd7 35. Bd1 (35. Rf3 Bg7 36. Bxg7 (36. Rxf7 $2 Kxf7 37. Qxh7
Qf5 $17) 36... Nxg7 37. Ng3 (37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qxh7 Qf5 $17) 37... Nf6 $15)
35... Ng7 36. Ng3 Nf5 (36... e5 37. dxe6 Nxe6 38. Bg4 d5 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6
fxe6 41. Qg4 Kf7 42. Re3 $14) 37. Nxf5 Qxf5 38. Bb3 $132) 33... Qd7 34. Kg2 (
34. a5 Qb5 35. Bc3 Qd7 36. Ne4 Qf5 (36... Nh7 37. Ba4 $1 $18) 37. Ba4 {[%cal
Ga4e8,Gc3h8]} Rxc3 38. Nxc3 Nc7 (38... Rxa5 39. Bxe8 Nxe8 40. Qb4 Rc5 41. Qxb7
$16) 39. b4 Ncxd5 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 $14) 34... b5 35. a5 $16 {[%cal Ge1e2,Gf2f4]})
32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Rf4 (33. Rfe3 $16) 33... Rac8 34. Be3 $2 (34. Rfe4 $1 Bf8 $1 (
34... Qd8 35. R4e2 Rb7 36. Bc2 Rc4 (36... Nh5 37. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 38. Qg4 Bxd4 39.
Bxg6+ Kf8 40. Bxh5 $18) (36... b4 37. axb4 Rc4 38. b5 Rb4 39. b6 $16) (36...
Rbc7 $2 37. Bb6 $18) 37. b3 $5 Rc8 {All is off-the shelf for decisive attack.}
38. f4 $1 Qa5 (38... Ra8 39. Bb2 (39. f5 gxf5 40. Bxf5 Rxa3 41. Bh7+ Kf8 42.
Bg6 Qa8 43. Bxf7 e5 44. Bxe8 (44. dxe6 Rxf7+ $19) 44... Kxe8 45. Ne4 Nxe4 46.
Qxe4 Rf7 $13) 39... Nh5 40. f5 $1 Bxb2 41. fxg6 $18) 39. f5 gxf5 40. Bxf5 Rcc7
41. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 42. Be6+ Kf8 43. Rf1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5f7]}) 35.
Bd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1g4]} (35. R4e2 Qf5) (35. R4e3 Rc1 36. R1e2 $1 Nh5 37. Rf3
Nef6 $132)) 34... Rb8 35. a4 {There was no necessity to open the second front}
(35. Bd4 $14 {[%cal Gf4f3,Gf3e3,Ge1e2]}) 35... Qc8 (35... bxa4 $142 $5 36. Bxa4
Qc8 (36... Qd8 37. Bd4 $18 {[%cal Ga4e8,Gd4h8]}) 37. Bd4 (37. b4 Ra8 38. Bc6
Rxc6 39. dxc6 Qxc6+ $44) 37... Qb7 38. Bxe8 Qxd5+ 39. Kh2 e5 $1 40. Rc1 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]} (40. Rxf6 Bxf6 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Qxf7+ Qxf7 44. Nxf7
Kxf7 45. Bc3 $15) 40... Rxc1 41. Bxf7+ Qxf7 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Rb4
Rxb2 45. Qc4+ Kf8 46. Rxb8+ Rxb8 47. Qc7 Re8 48. Qxd6+ Kf7 $14) 36. a5 Qa6 (
36... Qb7 37. Rf3 Rbc8 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Qf4 $14) 37. Bd2 $6 {Step-by-step white
have lost all advantage} (37. Ra1 Rbc8 38. Rf3 $14) 37... Rbc8 38. Re3 (38. Ra1
$11) 38... Qb7 39. Rg3 $2 $17 (39. f3 $132) 39... Rc4 $2 $14 (39... e5 $1 {
[%cal Gb7g2]} 40. Rff3 Nh5 41. Rg4 Nef6 $17) 40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Bc3 (41. Rgf3
Qxd5 42. Rd4 Qc6 43. Bc3 $44) 41... Qxd5+ 42. Kh2 e5 43. Rff3 Qb7 (43... Ra8
$14) 44. Rg1 Rc7 45. Rd1 Nh5 $2 $16 {It is difficult to believe that this move
is a severe error.} (45... d5 $2 46. Bxe5 Ng4+ 47. hxg4 Bxe5+ 48. Kg2 $18) (
45... Qb5 $1 $14) 46. Qe4 $1 Qc8 $2 $18 {Not noticing a small elegant
combination} (46... Qxe4 47. Nxe4 Rc6 (47... f5 48. Nxd6 Rd7 49. Nxe8 Rxd1 50.
Nxg7 Nxg7 51. Bxe5 $18) 48. Bb4 Bf8 49. Ra3 f5 50. Ng3 $16) (46... Bh6 47. Qxb7
Rxb7 48. Ne4 $16) (46... Qa6 $2 47. Rxf7 Rxf7 48. Qd5 Qa7 49. Qxf7+ Qxf7 50.
Nxf7 Kxf7 51. a6 $18) 47. Rxf7 Rxf7 48. Qd5 Qf5 49. Qxf7+ Qxf7 50. Nxf7 Kxf7
51. a6 Ke6 (51... Nf4 52. Rxd6 $1 $18) 52. Ba5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 68th"]
[Site "Dudweiler"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Hennings, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 {Beide Seiten
spielen eine bekannte Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung, in der die
Chancen von Weiß als besser einzuschätzen sind.} (13. Qf3 Qb4 (13... Nxe4 14.
Bxg7 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Nd2 16. Qd3 Nxf1 (16... Nxb3 17. Bxf8 Nxa1 18. Bh6) 17. Bxf8
$16) 14. Rad1 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 13... Rad8 (13... Rac8 $142 14. Rae1 (14.
e5 $6 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 $15) 14... b5 15. e5 $36) 14. f5 (14.
Rad1 e5 (14... e6 $5) 15. Be3 exf4 (15... d5 16. exd5 $16) 16. Bxf4 Rfe8 17.
Bxd6 $16) (14. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Re3 Nc5
19. Qd4+ f6 20. g4 Kf7 21. Rfe1 $36 {1-0 Maros,M-Certek,P/SVK-chT 1995 (45)})
14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 (15. Nd5 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc5 18. c3 b6 19. Rf2
Rc8 20. Raf1 Qxd4 21. cxd4 gxf5 22. Rxf5 e6 23. Rg5+ Kh8 24. Bb3 $14 {1-0
Noetzel,F-Daverkausen,B/NRW-II 1991 (42)}) 15... Kxg7 16. Qg3 {N} (16. Rf2 $5
f6 17. Bd5 Ne5 18. Qd4 Qc5 19. Rd1 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rc8 21. Bxc6 (21. Be6 $142 $14
) 21... Rxc6 22. Nd5 Kf7 $11 {Olivier,J-Chatalbashev,B/Candas op 1996/0-1 (53)}
) 16... Qe5 17. Qh4 Qf6 18. Qf2 Nc5 19. Rae1 Qe5 20. Qh4 Qf6 21. Qg4 Nd7 {
Die Überführung dieses Springers nach f6 soll die Stellung des Schwarzen am
Königsflügel verstärken.} (21... Nxb3 $142 22. axb3) 22. Qd1 Qe5 23. Qd2 {
Weiß hat während der ganzen Partie die Initiative und versucht, seine Kräfte
für den entscheidenden Schlag umzugruppieren.} Nf6 24. Rf4 (24. Bd5 $5 e6 25.
Qf2 $13) 24... e6 25. Nd5 $5 {Mit diesem Zug, den ich durch die letzten Züge
vorbereitet habe, verbinde ich große Hoffnungen, aber Schwarz verteidigt sich
völlig korrekt.} Nh5 $5 (25... exd5 26. exd5 Qxb2 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. fxg6 fxg6 (
28... hxg6 29. Ref1 $16) 29. Re7+ Kh8 30. Ra4 (30. Rh4 Rfe8) 30... Rfe8 31.
Raxa7 $14) 26. f6+ $6 {Ein nicht sehr gelungener Zug. Weiß will mehr, als aus
dieser Stellung herauszuholen ist.} ({besser ist} 26. Rf2 $5 exd5 (26... exf5
27. exf5 Qxb2 28. f6+ Kh8 29. Nc3 $13) 27. exd5 Qxb2 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. fxg6
hxg6 30. Re7 $14) 26... Kh8 27. Rf3 Rde8 (27... Qxb2 $5 28. g4 (28. Qg5 exd5
29. exd5 Rfe8 $17) (28. Nc3 e5 $17 29. Rb1 Qa3 30. Qh6 $6 Nxf6 $19) 28... exd5
29. exd5 (29. gxh5 dxe4 30. hxg6 (30. Qh6 Rg8 $17) 30... Rg8 $1 31. Bxf7 exf3
32. Bxg8 Kxg8 $17) 29... Nxf6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Re7 d5 32. Rxa7 Ne4 $15) 28.
Nc3 Nxf6 29. Qf2 Ng8 $6 (29... Nxe4 $2 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Qxf7 $16
) (29... Kg7 $5 30. Rf1 Nxe4 31. Rxf7+ (31. Nxe4 Qxe4) 31... Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kh6
$15) 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Re7 (31... Nf6 $5) 32. Qf2 b5 33. a3 Kg7 34. Rd1
Nf6 35. Qd4 $5 Nxe4 $6 (35... Qxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Ne8 37. g3 $36) 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37.
Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Kf6 39. Ra6 $5 {Als Resultat der ganzen Abwicklung hat sich
für Weiß (dank der besseren Bauernstruktur) ein aussichtsreiches Endspiel
ergeben.} (39. Kf2 a5 $5) 39... Kf5 40. Ra5 $6 {Um dises Endspiel zu gewinnen,
müßte der Anziehende unbedingt den starken schwarzen e-Bauern blockieren, was
er in den nachfolgenden Zügen versäumt.} (40. Kf2 $142 e5 41. g3 {/\43.Ke3} (
41. g4+ Kf4 42. Rf6+ Kg5 43. Rf8 Kh4 $15) 41... h5 42. Ke3 (42. Ra5 Bc6 43. Ke3
g5 $11) 42... Bg2 43. h4 $16) 40... e5 41. Kf2 (41. Rxb5 Rd7 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43.
Ke3 Rxg2) 41... Bc6 42. a4 $6 (42. g3 $142 Ke4 (42... Kg5 43. Ke3) 43. Ke2 $14)
42... bxa4 43. Bxa4 Bxa4 44. Rxa4 Rb7 $1 45. b3 Rc7 46. c4 (46. g4+ Kg5 47. c4
Kf4 $132) 46... Rb7 47. b4 (47. c5 Rxb3 48. Rxa7 Rc3 $15) 47... Ke4 $15 {
Jetzt muß Weiß schon um das Remis kämpfen.} 48. c5 Kd3 $1 (48... Kd5 49. Ke3
Kc4 50. Ra1 $14) 49. Ke1 $5 (49. c6 Rf7+ (49... Rc7 50. b5) 50. Ke1 Kc4 $17)
49... Kc4 $5 (49... e4 50. c6 Rc7 51. b5 $11) 50. Ra1 (50. c6 Rc7 $17) 50...
Rxb4 51. Rxa7 (51. c6 $142 Kd5 52. Rxa7 Kxc6 53. Rxh7) 51... Kxc5 52. Rxh7 Rb2
53. Kf1 $1 (53. g4 $143 Kd4 54. h4 Ke3 $17) 53... Kd4 54. Ra7 e4 (54... Ke3 55.
Ra3+ Kf4 56. Rf3+ Ke4 57. Rg3 $11) 55. Ra6 Ke3 (55... g5 56. Ra5) 56. Ra3+ Kf4
57. g3+ Ke5 58. Ra5+ Kd4 59. Ra4+ Kd3 60. Ra3+ Kd4 61. Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Congress 3rd"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belous,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {At that moment, I realised that my opponent had
tried to prepare, since he avoided my favourite line that occurs after 3.d4 cd
4.Nd4 e5} g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 {Drozdowski
has had a lot of games in this line.} a5 {The last move was suggested by a
friend of mine, while we were preparing for the game.} 9. f3 $6 {That was the
desired reply, which is not the best continuation for White.} (9. O-O {I have
some experience playing this line and I am sure that White has an easy time
finding squares for his pieces, whereas Black needs to be quite inventive in
doing so.} d6 (9... a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 (11... d5 $5 12. Bb6 (12. Nb6
$6 Ra5) 12... Qd7 13. Qe2 $1 {A very important move. Otherwise, Black has good
play.} (13. f3 Ne5 14. Nc7 Rxa4 15. Bxa4 (15. fxe4 Rxe4 16. Qxd5 Qc6 $11) 15...
Qxa4 16. Nxd5 Nf6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 $13) (13. Nc7 Rxa4 14. Bxa4 Bxb2 15. Qxd5 Bxa1
16. Qxe4 Bg7 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nb4 Qd2 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Ba6 21. Rb1 Rb8 $44)
13... Ne5 14. Rad1 e6 15. Bd4 $1 $16 {and the amount of tactical ideas for
White is overwhelming.}) 12. Qe2 d6 13. c4 Be6 14. Rad1 $14 {with a
comfortable position.}) 10. Ndb5 b6 11. a4 $14 {and White is beyond any risk
whatsoever.}) 9... d5 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13.
Bf2 $8 a4 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Qe2 e4 16. O-O-O $1 (16. O-O exf3 17. gxf3 Bxb2 18.
Rad1 Be5 $1 $15)) (10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 e6 13. Qd2 (
13. dxe6 $2 Bxe6 14. a3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17) 13... exd5 14. a3 d4 15. Nxd4 (
15. O-O-O $2 Nxc2 $1 16. Qxc2 Bf5 17. Qb3 (17. Ne4 Rc8 18. N2c3 Qb6 19. Bf2 Be6
$1 $19) 17... dxc3 18. Rxd8 cxb2+ 19. Kd2 Raxd8+ $19) 15... Bxd4 16. axb4 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 Bf5 18. O-O Bxc2 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 $11) 11... f5 $1 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. b3
exf3 19. gxf3 $11) 10... Nb4 11. Nde2 ({Another possible reaction was} 11. Ndb5
$6 {but after} a4 {White faces quite an unpleasant choice.} {Then, even after
the correct move} 12. Nxa4 ({After} 12. Bc4 {Black, by making a series of
strong moves, obtains a prevailing position.} Bf5 $1 ({not} 12... Bd7 13. Na3
$5 b5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Bd4 $1 {White is still holding on!}) 13. Rc1 Bd7 $1 {here
} 14. Na3 {doesn't work due to} (14. O-O Bxb5 15. Nxb5 (15. Bxb5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 $17) 15... Nfxd5 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Bxd5 (17. b3 Nxa2 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5
Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Bb2 21. Re1 a3 $17) 17... Nxd5 $15) 14... b5 $1 15. Be2 Rc8 16.
Bd4 Bh6 $1 {and the d5-pawn is predestined to go to heaven on the next move.})
{Black is still able to get a better position, by the means of} 12... Nfxd5 13.
Bf2 {and} Bd7 $1 14. c4 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Rxa4 $1 16. Bxa4 Bxb2 17. O-O Bxa1 18.
Qxa1 Nd3 19. Qd4 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 e6 21. Bb3 Qa5 $15 {[%cal Gf8d8] and Black's
pieces are dominating the board.}) 11... a4 12. Nxa4 (12. Bc4 $2 Bf5 13. Nd4
Qc7 {gives advantage to Black, even after the correct series of difficult
moves for White.} ({The first engine line} 13... a3 $5 {may be even stronger,
since after} 14. b3 {Black has the crucial resource} b5 $1 {which blows up
White's position.} 15. Ncxb5 (15. Ndxb5 Nxc2+ $19) (15. Bxb5 Nfxd5 $19) 15...
Nfxd5 16. Bf2 Nxc2+ $1 $17) 14. Qe2 $8 (14. Be2 $2 a3 $19) 14... Rfc8 15. a3 $8
{Black can continue either} Nxc2+ ({or} 15... Qxc4 $17) 16. Nxc2 Qxc4 $17)
12... Nfxd5 13. Bd4 $2 {White falls right into a trap.} ({White should have
played} 13. Bf2 $1 {Nonetheless, after} Bf5 {he still would have faced some
difficulties.} 14. a3 (14. O-O b5 15. Nac3 (15. Nc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. g4 Bc8
18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 $14) 15... Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 (17. Rfxd1 Bxc2
18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Bxc3 20. Rxc2 Bf6 $11) 17... Bxc2 18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Nd5
e6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rd2 Nb4 22. a3 Rfe8 $11) 14... Nxc2+ 15. Bxc2 Qa5+ 16. b4
Nxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxc2 21. Kxc2 b5 22.
Nec3 Rfc8 $11) 13... Bf5 $1 14. Bxg7 $6 {Not the strongest, but a reasonable
move.} ({Such moves as} 14. Qd2 {are very difficult to make without seeing the
14th move for Black that was played in the game. In addition to that, it was
clear to me that after} Bxc2 15. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb4 ({even} 
17... Ne3 $5 18. Qd2 Rxa4 19. Qxe3 Rxd4 $15 {leads to a better position for
Black.}) 18. Qb3 Rxa4 $1 {[%csl Rd4] Black is dominating the board.}) 14...
Bxc2 $1 15. Bxc2 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} ({And yet, making the move} 15. Qd2
$5 {requires more than just sang-froid.} Bxb3 16. Bxf8 (16. axb3 Kxg7 17. O-O
e5 $17) 16... Nc2+ 17. Kf2 Rxa4 18. Bh6 (18. axb3 Qb6+ 19. Kg3 Qd6+ 20. Kh3
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxa1 22. Bh6 Nxb3 $19) 18... Qb6+ {After this move all chess
player would most likely stop any further calculations. The king has to
proceed by moving to g3! Nevertheless, according to the engine, the position
still remains unclear.} 19. Kg3 $8 Qd6+ 20. Kf2 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Qb6+ 22. Kg3 Rxa2
23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Nc3 $15) 15... Ne3 $1 16. Qxd8 (16. Be4 {was an interesting
resource, but wouldn't come as a surprise, unlike the next move for Black,
which was also part of my preparation.} Qa5 $1 {after such discouraging moves
games typically don't last very long. Even after the best moves for White,
Black still remains very much in charge.} (16... Nxd1 $2 17. Rxd1 Kxg7 (17...
Qa5 $2 18. Bxf8 Nxa2+ 19. Nac3 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 $16) 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $13) 17. Nac3
(17. Qd2 Nbc2+ 18. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 19. Kd1 Rfd8 20. Bd4 Nxa1 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. b3 e5
23. Kd2 b5 24. Rxa1 bxa4 {Black should manage to win the game.}) 17... Nxd1 18.
Bxf8 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Kxf8 20. cxb4 Qxb4+ 21. Kf1 (21. Kf2 f5 22. Bd3 Ra3 23. Rhd1
Qd6 $1 $19) 21... f5 22. Bd3 Ra3 23. Bc2 Qb2 24. Rc1 Rc3 $1 25. Rb1 Qxc2 26.
Nxc3 Qxc3 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kg3 f4+ 29. Kg4 Qxa2 $19) 16... Nexc2+ 17. Kf2 Rfxd8
18. Nb6 Ra6 $1 {Up to this moment I was executing my home preparation. Now,
the only question is whether Black has enough to win the game or not.} 19. Bc3
Nd3+ (19... Rxb6 {was an attractive alternative.} 20. Bxb4 (20. Rab1 Nd3+ 21.
Kg3 Ne3 22. h3 Ra8 23. a3 f6 $17) 20... Nxb4 21. b3 {I didn't think during the
game that the resulting position is so much better for Black. The computer,
however, is more than confident and calmly states that Black is winning.} (21.
Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxa2 $19) 21... Rd2 $1 22. Rhd1 Rxa2 $19 (22... Rb2 $19 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Gb6e6]})) 20. Kg3 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxb6 22. Ba5 Rxb2 23. Bxd8 Rxe2
24. Rd1 $1 {This move came unexpectedly.} (24. Rb1 $2 {During the game I
thought that this was the best possible move for white and calculated a very
nice line against it:} e5 $1 25. Rxb7 (25. Bf6 Nf4 26. Rxb7 Nh5+) 25... Nf4 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh7h6,Re2g2,Gg6g5] setting up a mating web.} 26. Kh4 (26. Bf6
$4 Nh5+) 26... Kg7 (26... Rxg2 $2 27. Bf6 Rxh2+ 28. Kg3 Rg2+ 29. Kh4 g5+ $17)
27. Bg5 Nxg2+ 28. Kg3 Ne1 $19) 24... Nb4 ({Unfortunately, the move} 24... Ne1 {
brings no happiness to Black.} 25. Ba5 $1 {The knight has to go to c2.
Everything else only gives chances to White.} Nc2 (25... Nxg2 $4 26. Rd2 Rxd2 (
26... Re5 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Bc3 $18) 27. Bxd2 $18) (25... Rxg2+ $2 26. Kh3) 26.
Bb6 $17) 25. Rb1 (25. Rd7 Nc6 $19) 25... Nc6 26. Bc7 Rxa2 27. Rxb7 f6 {Tedious
and very unpleasant defence is awating White at the end of every single trail.}
28. h4 Re2 29. Bf4 Nd4 30. Kh3 Re1 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Kh3 Kf7 33. Rb4 Nf5 34. g4
Ng7 {And Black eventually won.} 0-1

[Event "Smederevska Palanka"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Haik, Aldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 (9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 $10) 9... d5 $5 10. exd5 (10. Bxd5 Nxd5
11. exd5 Nb4 $10) 10... Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bf2 Rxa4 $6 (13...
Bf5 $142 14. O-O b5 15. Nac3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxc2 18. Bxc2 Nxc2
19. Rac1 Bxc3 20. Rxc2 Bf6 $10 {Matulovic,M-Ristoja,T/Helsinki/1981/}) 14. Bxa4
Qa5 15. O-O $1 Rd8 (15... Qxa4 16. c3 $1 $16) 16. a3 Na6 17. Bb3 Bxb2 (17...
Ne3 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 $18) 18. Qe1 $1 Qxe1 19. Raxe1 $16 Nf6 (19... Bxa3
$2 20. Rd1 Be6 21. c4 $18) 20. Rd1 Re8 21. a4 Ba3 22. Nc3 Be6 $6 (22... Bc5
$142) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Rfe1 Kf7 26. Nd4 $1 Nc7 27. Rb1 b6 28. Nc6
Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nd7 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa4 33. Rc6 $18 Ra7 34.
c4 Ke8 35. Rec5 $5 (35. Re2 Kd7 36. Rb6 Ra4 37. Rc2 $18) 35... Kd7 36. Rxc7+ $1
(36. Ke3 Ne8) 36... Rxc7 37. Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. h4 $1 (38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 e5+ 40.
Ke4 Kc5 41. Kxe5 Kxc4 42. Ke6 Kd3 43. Kxe7 Ke3 44. Kf6 Kf2 45. Kg7 Kxg2 46.
Kxh7 Kxf3 $1 47. Kxg6 Kg4 $10) 38... Kd6 39. Ke3 Ke5 (39... Kc5 40. Kd3 e5 41.
Kc3 h6 42. Kd3 Kb4 43. Ke4 Kxc4 44. Kxe5 Kd3 45. Ke6 Ke3 46. Kxe7 Kf2 47. Kf6
Kxg2 48. Kxg6 Kxf3 49. Kxh6 $18) 40. f4+ Kf5 (40... Kd6 41. Kd4 $18) 41. c5 $1
e5 42. c6 exf4+ 43. Kd4 (43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Kc5 g5 45. Kb6 gxh4 46. c7 Kd7 47. Kb7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Gothenburg Manhem"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Bejtovic, Jasmin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {An interesting aternative to the somewhat more popular move} (
9. Bb3) 9... Qc7 10. Bg5 {White prepares to take on f6 at a certain moment.
This idea can be executed if Black plays ...d6 as then he will be forced to
recapture with the pawn on f6.} a6 {Black starts queenside action and prepares
for ...b5.} (10... d6 {might not be too bad, but after} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5
Qd8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Nd4 {1-0 Ibarra Jerez,J (2413)-Tikkanen,H (2371)/
Chalkidiki 2003/EXT 2004 (35). White has a better pawn structure and can
comfortably press on for a win without any risks.}) 11. Be2 {This move is
aimed against ...b5.} d6 {A big surprise since my opponent had played 11.e6 in
two games previously. My first thought was that this would give White a nice
advantage after Bxf6 similar to the line mentioned above. However I soon
realised that having the moves ...a6 and Be2 included clearly favours Black.} (
11... b5 $6 {gives White a better game after} 12. a4 $1 b4 ({The pawn sacrifice
} 12... Rb8 {was tried successfully by GM Kjetil Lie, but after} 13. axb5 axb5
{White has the improvement} 14. Qd2 $1 $14 {with some advantage} ({Instead} 14.
Nxb5 {was played, when} Qe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {gave Black interesting play and
some compensation for the pawn in form of the pair of bishops and active piece
play.})) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qe5 15. f4 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18.
Bf3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxb2 20. d6 Rb8 21. dxe7 Re8 22. f5 $14 {1-0 Cheparinov,I 
(2529)-Garcia Luengo,L (2295)/Collado Villalba 2003/EXT 2004 (32)}) 12. Qd2 ({
The logical reply} 12. Bxf6 exf6 {is not at all bad for Black. White's only
trumps are the d5-square and Black's somewhat vulnerable d-pawn. However this
is fully compensated for by Black's bishop pair and White's lack of piece
coordination. Practice has shown that Back has nothing to worry about here.}
13. Nd5 (13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rad1 f5 15. Bf3 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bb3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nf3 a5 24. f5 a4 25.
Bc4 Qxb2 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Ng5 Rd7 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Nf3 Qxa2 31.
Rde1 Qb2 32. c3 Qxc3 33. Re3 Qc5 34. Be4 a3 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re2 Ra7 37. g4 a2
38. g5 a1=Q {0-1 Karjakin,S (2635)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108})
13... Qd8 {Here I didn't find any convinient way for White to continue. Black
has an easy plan in ...Re8 and ..f5 which could see no way to prevent. The N
on b3 is akwardly placed and neither the B on e2 is perfect.}) (12. a4 {
is another approach that has been tried for White by Areshchenko and Hector
with good results.}) 12... Be6 13. f4 b5 14. Bf3 $146 ({Earlier White has only
tried} 14. Kh1 {in one game.} {Instead} b4 {looks like a good improvement for
Black} ({In the game there followed} 14... Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 $6 (
16... Ne4 $1) 17. Bf3 Nbd7 18. Nd4 {0-1 Grabarska,B (2240)-Borg,A (2131)/Bad
Wiessee 2001/EXT 2003 (50). With slightly better prospects for White.}) {After}
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne4 17. Qe3 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Na5 19. Nd4 Qb7 {Black has a
solid pawn structure and a comfortable position.}) 14... Bc4 15. Rfd1 {
Prevents ...e5 and prepares for Nd5.} ({I was tempted to play} 15. Rfe1 {
but then I didn't like} e5) 15... Rac8 16. Kh1 {Securing the king's position
before going for central action.} Rfd8 (16... Rfe8 $5) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 (17... Bxd5
$6 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Nd4 {is exactly what White is looking for, when he has the
bishop pair and a nice outpost for his N on c6.}) 18. exd5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nd4 {
Correctly Black is choosing an active plan. The N on d4 is excellently placed.
At the same time d4 is no secure outpost, so he has to be careful not to run
out of squares.} 20. Be4 Qb7 {Black defends a6 and prepares ...f5 to conquer
the d5-pawn.} 21. Bh4 (21. Qf2 f5 22. Bd3 Qxd5 23. Rxa6 {was a possible
alternative.}) (21. b4 Re8) 21... f5 22. Bd3 Qxd5 23. Bxe7 {During the game it
felt very logical to eliminate this central pawn, but Black gets very concrete
counterplay.} (23. Rxa6 $5 Qb7 24. Raa1 $14 {seems to be stronger as pointed
out by my computer engine}) 23... Re8 24. Bh4 Qb7 25. b4 (25. Re1 Ne6 26. c3
Nc5 27. Bc2 d5 {gives Black a nice outpost for his N on e4.}) 25... Ne6 26. c3
{Planning Bc2-b3.} d5 $1 {Black is just in time to stop White from taking full
control over the d5-square.} 27. Rac1 $6 {A safety move in time trouble which
gives away White's initiative.} ({A stronger move was} 27. Be2 d4 28. Bf3 Qb6
29. cxd4 {when the opening of the position favours White's pair of bishops.}) (
{Also interesting is} 27. Bc2 $5 d4 28. Bb3 {which I considered during the
game, but did not have enough time to calculate through.} {After} dxc3 (28...
Kh8 {is probably the best way to continue for Black.}) 29. bxc3 Bxc3 (29...
Rxc3 30. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Gb3,Gh4][%cal Yb3g8,Gd1e1,Gd2d6] looks very promising
for White.}) 30. Qa2 $36 {White's huge initiative will soon force Black to
give up material.}) 27... Qc7 28. Bg3 {A sad move to have to be played, but g3
was even less tempting.} h5 (28... Bh6 $5 29. Rf1 d4 30. c4) 29. Bc2 d4 (29...
h4 $5 {was an interesting approach for Black, but it is also risky to open up
for the white pair of bishops. After} 30. Bxh4 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 32. g3 $1 Ne2
33. Ra1 d4 34. Rxa6 {White grabs the initiative.}) 30. cxd4 Qd6 ({The queen
sacrifice} 30... Nxd4 $5 {looked rather interesting to me during the time
trouble over the board, but after the correct defence} 31. Bxf5 Qxc1 32. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Nxf5 {[%csl Gf5,Rh1][%cal Gg8h7]} 34. Qd2 $16 {White is simply
better.}) 31. Bb3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Kh7 33. Re1 Qd7 (33... Nc7 34. d5) 34. Bf2 (34.
Bxe6 Rxe6 35. d5 {was a much better option, when White has a clear extra pawn.}
) 34... Nc7 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. d5 Nd6 {Black has managed to get a nice blockade
and should have enough counterplay for a draw.} 37. Bd4 (37. Bc5) 37... Ne4 38.
Qe3 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 Qc7 40. g3 $1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qe1 (41... Nd2 42. Qd3 Qxb2 43.
Qe2 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} Qc3 (43... Qd4 $4 44. Qe7+ Kg8 (44... Kh6 45. d6 Nxb3 46.
d7 Qd5+ 47. Kh3 Qf3 48. d8=Q Qf1+ 49. Kh4 $18)) 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Bd1 Qc4 46.
Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ {Was one possible way to a draw for Black.}) 42. Bd1 $5 {
A try to keep the game going and setting out a trap for Black.} (42. Qa7+ Kh6
43. Qd4 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ $11 {forces a draw.}) 42... Nd2 (42... h4 $5 43. Qa7+
(43. d6 hxg3 44. d7 gxh2 45. Qh8+ Kxh8 46. d8=Q+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh7
49. Qe7+ $11) (43. gxh4 Nd2 44. Qd3 (44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qg1 Qe4+ 46. Kg3 Qd3+ $15
) 44... Qxd1 45. d6 Qg4+ 46. Kh1 Ne4 47. Qd4 Qxh4 48. d7 Qd8 $19 {[%csl Rd7]
[%cal Ge4f6]}) 43... Kh6 44. Qd4 $11) 43. Qd3 Nc4 (43... Ne4 44. Qd4 $11 (44.
d6 $2 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 (45. Kh1 Nxd6 $15) 45... Qg1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge4f2]} 46. d7
Nf2+ 47. Kh4 Nxd3 48. d8=Q Qxh2+ 49. Kg5 Qxg3+ 50. Kf6 Qh4+ $19) (44. Bf3 Qxb4
45. Bxe4 fxe4 46. Qc2 Kh6 47. Kh3 e3 48. Qc8 Qxb2 49. Qxa6 (49. d6 e2) 49...
Qb1 (49... e2 50. f5 Qg7 51. Qe6 b4 52. Qe3+ Kh7 53. Qxe2) 50. Qf6 Kh7 51. d6
Qf1+ 52. Kh4 Qd1 53. Qe6 Kh6 54. d7 b4 55. Kh3 b3 56. Qe7 Qg4+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58.
Kh3 $11)) (43... Qxd1 $4 44. d6 $18) 44. Be2 Qxb4 $4 {Finally a blunder from
Black, that gives the game to White.} (44... Nd6 45. Bf3 Qxb4 46. Qe2 {[%cal
Gg2h3,Ge2e7] would hold a draw, although it is still possible to play on for a
few moves.}) (44... Kg8 {would also be enough for equality.}) 45. Qd4 $1 {
This was the move that my opponent had missed. Now White is winning.} Qe1 (
45... Qxb2 46. Qxb2 Nxb2 47. d6 $18 {[%csl Gd6]}) (45... h4 {was another way
to search for counterplay. Here White should continue} 46. Kf2 $1 Qd6 47. Bxc4
bxc4 (47... hxg3+ 48. hxg3 bxc4 49. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) 48. gxh4 $16) 46.
Bxc4 bxc4 47. Qxc4 Qd1 (47... Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qxb2 49. d6 $18 {[%csl Gd6]}) ({
Once again} 47... h4 {looks like a better try to create counterplay.}) 48. Qc7+
Kh6 49. Qe5 $1 {After this move the rest is simple for White as he can now
cover the check on e2 avoiding possible perpetuals.} Kh7 50. d6 Qd2+ 51. Kh3
Qd1 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. d7
Qf1+ 58. Kh4 Qf2 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Ra6 13. O-O Re6 14. Rad1
Bf6 {This is a novelty,in earlier games Black players used plan with quick b6,
Bb7.} (14... b6 15. Rd2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Qg3 Bc6 18. Nd5 Be5 19. Qh4 Bd6
20. Bxb6 Qb8 21. Bd4 f6 $44 {Sax-Pigusov,Moscow GMA Final 1990}) 15. Qg3 (15.
Bg5 $142 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 f5 $10) 15... Bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 Rxe4 17. Rd3 d6 18. f3
Re5 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. Bd4 Re6 21. Bb6 Qc6 22. c4 $1 (22. Bxa5 $2 b5 (22... Qa6 $5
23. Rd5 $8 Re2 {/\Be6 -/+ _|_ ^-}) 23. Ra1 $1 (23. axb5 $4 Qxb5 $19) (23. Qb6
Qxb6+ 24. Bxb6 bxa4 {/\ Ba6-+}) (23. Rd4 Qa6 $1 24. Bb4 (24. Bc7 $4 Qa7 $19)
24... bxa4 25. bxa4 $8 Re2 26. Qg3 Qxa4 27. Bxd6 Qa7 $1 28. Bb8 $8 Qc5 $17)
23... bxa4 24. Rxa4 (24. bxa4 Ba6 {><c4,/^ f1-a6}) 24... d5 $1 {/\ Ba6 =/+})
22... Re5 23. Bd4 Rf5 24. Qd2 e5 25. Be3 Rf6 26. Rd5 (26. Qxa5 e4 $1 27. fxe4
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qxe4 {->}) 26... Re8 27. Rd1 e4 28. f4 (28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6
Qxd6 30. Rxd6 exf3 $17 {_|_ ^-}) 28... Bg4 29. Rf1 Qc8 30. Qf2 Qd8 31. Qh4 $2 (
31. h3 $1 Be6 32. Rd2 $13 {ג a1-h8}) 31... Rxf4 $1 32. Qxd8 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1
Rxd8 34. Bg5 Rd7 35. Bf6 h6 36. h3 Be6 37. Rxa5 g5 38. Kf2 Kh7 39. h4 Kg6 40.
hxg5 d5 $1 41. cxd5 Bxd5 42. Ra8 hxg5 $19 {_|_} 43. Rd8 Rc7 44. Bd4 Be6 45. Ke3
Kf5 46. b4 Rc2 47. Rb8 Rxg2 48. Rxb7 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Kg4 51. Rb5 f5
52. Re5 Rd3 53. Bc5 Bd5 54. Kf2 f4 55. Ke2 Bc4 56. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 {/\d5 [+]} 11. Qh4 {/\ ->>>} Nxb3 12. cxb3 Ra6 {
<->6} 13. O-O Re6 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Bh6 Bb7 16. Re3 {/\Rh3,Bg7,Qh7} Bxh6 17. Qxh6
f6 {/\Rf7 קh7} (17... f5 18. exf5 Rxe3 (18... Rxf5 19. Rxe6 dxe6 $14 {קe6,e7}
) 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qxe3 $18) 18. Rd1 {<->d, צe6}
Re5 19. Rg3 {/\20.Rg6 hg6 21.Qg6 Kh8 22.Rd3 +-} Rf7 20. f4 Rxe4 (20... Rc5 21.
f5 g5 22. h4 $40) (20... Rh5 21. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Rg7 23. Qxh5 $18) 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rc3 f5 23. Qh3 {Q[+]} Rf6 24. Qe3 Bc6 25. Rc4 {/\b4 -><< 3P:2P}
Kf7 {/\Qa8 /^a8-h1} (25... Re6 $4 26. Qxe6+ $18) (25... Be4 26. Qc3 $18 {/\Rc8}
Rc6 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6) 26. Re1 {קe7} Re6 27. Qc3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Bd5 {קb3
} (28... Qa8 29. Rc2) 29. Rc3 Qb8 30. Qd2 (30. Qh4 Qh8 {/\Qd4+} 31. Qf2 (31.
Kf1 $5) 31... Qf6) 30... Qb7 31. Rd3 e6 32. h4 $1 Qb8 (32... h5 {׻}) 33. h5
Qd6 (33... gxh5 34. Rh3 Kg6 35. Qf2 $142 $40 (35. Qe2 Qxf4 36. Qxh5+ Kf6 {
/\Qc1, _|_ B+2P:R})) 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. Rh3 Qb4 (35... Qc5+ $142 36. Qe3 {
/\Q/^b2-h8} (36. Kh2 $142) 36... Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3 {_|_ קb3 : קb6,g6}) 36. Qxb4
axb4 37. Rd3 {/\Rd4-b4-b6 +-} Ke7 (37... Kf6 {/\g5} 38. Rd4 Bxb3 39. Rxb4 Bd1
40. b3 $18) 38. Rd4 Kd6 {/\Kc5} (38... Bxb3 39. Rxb4 Bd1 40. b3 $18) 39. Rxb4
Kc5 40. Rb5+ Kc6 41. Kf2 d6 42. g3 {קg6} e5 (42... Be4 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Kd4 Bg2
45. Rb4 Bd5 46. Kc3 e5 47. Rb5 e4 48. Kd4 {--> main line}) 43. Ke3 e4 44. Kd4
Bf7 45. Rb4 Be6 46. a5 $1 (46. Kc3 Kc5 47. Rd4 Bxb3 $1) 46... bxa5 {<->b} 47.
Rb8 Kc7 (47... Bf7 48. Rf8 Be6 49. Rf6 $18) 48. Rb5 Kc6 49. Rxa5 Bxb3 50. Ra1 {
קg6} Kb5 51. Rh1 Kb4 52. Rh6 Bf7 53. Rh7 Be8 $8 54. Re7 (54. Re7 Bb5 55. Re6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8 (11... Qh5 12. Qxh5 (12. Nf3 b5 13. a3
a5 14. Qd3 a4 15. Bd5 e6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 $16 {Garcia,
Gi-Zamora,J/New York op (04)/1994/1-0 (25)}) (12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 $1 $14 {-ECO})
12... Nxh5 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Kh2 b6 15. g3 Na5 16. Nde2 Bc6 $10 {Peterson,
E-Troyke,C/GER-chJ U20/1991/0-1 (23)}) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 (13.
Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 $10) 13... Rad8 14. Nd5 (14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh1
Nc5 $13 {-ECO}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 $14 {
Tiviakov,S-Delebarre,X/Paris-ch (4)/1991/1-0 (55)}) 12. Qf3 (12. Nf3 Qh5 (12...
Rcd8 13. Qe1 Bc8 14. Rd1 e6 15. Qh4 Qh5 16. g4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 $14 {-ECO}) 13.
Qd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4
Rxc4 20. Rxa7 $16 {Garcia,G-Oblitas,C/Capablanca mem-B (11)/1992/1-0 (38)})
12... Qh5 13. Nxc6 $1 $146 (13. Qf2 b5 14. Ndxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 $10) (13.
Rad1 Na5 14. g4 Nxg4 $13) 13... Bxc6 14. g4 $1 $14 (14. Bxa7 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5
$44) 14... Qa5 15. Rad1 b5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f5 Bxc3 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Qf2 $16)
18. bxc3 Ne5 (18... Qxc3 $4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf7+ $18) 19. Qf4 Nc4 20. Bd4 e5
$2 (20... Qc7 $14) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bf6 $1 $16 Qc7 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxd6 Bxe4
25. Rxe6 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Bf5 $2 (26... Bxc2 $16) 27. Ra6 $18 Rf7 28. h4 Bxc2 29.
Rd4 Bf5 30. a4 Rb7 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Rc6 Bd3 34. a5 Re6 35. a6 $1
Rbe7 (35... Rxc6 36. axb7 Rb6 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 {/\ Bd4-a7} Kf5 39. Re7 $18
) 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Rxa7 Be4+ (40... h5
41. Re7+ $18) 41. Ke3 Bb7+ 42. Kd4 Bxa6 43. Kd5 Rb6 44. Kc5 Re6 45. Rxh7 (45.
Rxh7 Re4 (45... Kf8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 $22 Bb7 48. Ra7 Rc6+ 49. Kb5 Rc7 50.
Kb6 $18) 46. h5 gxh5 47. g6 Rg4 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. g7+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rf8+
Ke6 52. Bd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Qh5 (11... Rad8 $5 12. Qd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Bc6 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Nf6 17. f5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. g4 g5
$14 {Short,N-Kortschnoj,V Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (03) 1994 1/2 32 -EXP 43})
12. Nf3 (12. Qd3 b5 $1 13. Rae1 (13. Ndxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 a5 {/\ Rac8}) (13. Ncxb5
Nb4 14. Qc4 a5 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. c3 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxc4 19. Nxe7+
Kh8 20. Bxc4 Qc5 $19) (13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rac8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17.
Bxa7 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bg7 20. a5 Rc3 $17 {Grabzewski,R-Georgadze,T/
Lublin/1974/}) (13. a3 a6 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Na5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bf5
18. Qd4 Nd7 {De Firmian,N-Whitehead/San Francisco/1977/}) 13... a5 14. a3 (14.
Ndxb5 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxb5 18. c4 a4 19. cxb5 axb3
20. axb3 Rfb8 $17) 14... b4 15. Nxc6 (15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Rfc8 $36) 15...
Bxc6 (15... bxc3 $2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qg5 20.
Qxc3 $16) 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 (18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bxb2 20.
Bd2 $17) 18... Bd7 19. Bf2 (19. Bd4 $1 Bb5 20. Bc4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4
Rfc8 23. Qb3 Ra7 24. Re4 $10) 19... Rfe8 20. Rb1 Qf5 21. Qd2 (21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22.
g4 Be4 23. Rfe1 f5 $17) 21... Ba4 22. g4 $6 (22. Qxb4 Reb8 23. Qd2 Bxb3 24.
cxb3 Rxb3 $17) 22... Qd7 (22... Qe4 23. Rfe1 Qf3 24. Qxb4 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qxf4
26. Qe3 Qc4 27. Qe4 $13) 23. Bc4 Rec8 24. Qd3 (24. Qxb4 $2 Rab8 $19) 24... Ra5
25. Rfe1 (25. Ra1 Qc7 $17) 25... Bb5 26. b3 (26. Bxb5 Qxb5 $1 27. Rxe7 Qxd3 28.
cxd3 Rxd5 $17) 26... Bxc4 27. bxc4 Ra3 28. Rb3 Qc7 29. Rxa3 bxa3 30. Qxa3 Qxc4
31. Qf3 Rc7 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 f5 $1 34. Re2 Kf7 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Be3 $2 Bd4
37. gxf5 gxf5 {Short,N-Kamsky,G (02)/PCA-WchQual2 Linares ;CBM 43 1994/0-1 (52)
}) (12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Rad1 $10) 12... b5 $1 13. a3 a5 14. Qd3 a4 (14... b4 15.
Ne2 (15. axb4 axb4 $10 (15... Nxb4 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. e5 $14)) 15... bxa3 16. Ng3
axb2 (16... Nb4 $2 17. Nxh5 Nxd3 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. cxd3 axb2 20. Ra3 $16) 17.
Nxh5 bxa1=Q 18. Rxa1 Nxh5 19. c3 $13) 15. Bd5 Nxd5 (15... e6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17.
Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. Ndxb5 d5 21. Bc5 Rfc8 22. Be7 d4 23. Bxf6
Bxf6 24. Ne4 Bh4 25. Nbd6 Ba6 {1-0 Garcia,Gi-Zamora,J/New York op (04) 1994})
16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 Bxb2 $2 (16... Rab8 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxe7+
Rxe7 20. Qxd6 Rbe8 21. Qxc6 Rxe4 $44) 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Rxb5 $18)
16... Na5 17. Bd4 Qh6 (17... Nc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Ne4 $10) 18.
Rae1 Rfe8 19. Nxb5 Rac8 20. b3 Bf5 (20... axb3 21. cxb3 $16) 21. Qd2 Rxc2 $2 (
21... Nb7 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Nbd4 $16) 22. Qxa5 $18 Bxh3 23. Rf2 (23. gxh3 $2
Qxh3 24. Nd2 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ $10) 23... axb3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxc2 bxc2 26.
Qc3+ Kg8 27. gxh3 Qxf4 28. Kf2 Qa4 29. Nbd4 Ra8 30. Rxe7 Qa5 31. Qxa5 Rxa5 32.
Nxc2 Rxd5 33. a4 Ra5 34. Re4 f5 35. Rb4 Kg7 36. Ncd4 Kf6 37. Nb3 Ra7 38. a5 g5
$138 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This was my best game in the tournament. After an interesting tactical
skirmish in the middlegame I kept the pressure on in the endgame, and it paid
off, as it often does :) Dies war meine beste Partie im Turnier. Nach einem
interessanten taktischen Scharmützel im Mittelspiel hielt ich den Druck im
Endspiel aufrecht, und es zahlte sich aus, wie so oft :)} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
g6 {Not really surprising, as Radjabov has frequently used the Dragon over the
past few years. Nicht wirklich überaschend, denn Radjabov hat den Drachen im
Lauf der letzten Jahre häufig angewendet.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 Qa5 {This one, however, was rather unexpected. He refuses to transpose to
the Dragon after all. Das kam aber schon recht unerwartet. Er weigert sich
doch noch, in den Drachen überzugehen.} 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1
{The other main line here is 11.f4. Das andere Hauptabspiel hier ist 11.f4.}
Rfc8 12. Qe2 {Not the most usual move, but I recalled the game Akopian-Bacrot
from last year, where White was held convincingly and thought it would make
sense to deviate early on. Nicht der üblichste Zug, aber ich erinnerte mich an
die Partie Akopian-Bacrot aus dem letzten Jahr, wo Weiß überzeugend auf
Distanz gehalten wurde, und hielt es für sinnvoll, frühzeitig abzuweichen.} Qh5
{A normal manoeuvre in this line. After the queen swap Black would obviously
be fine with his extremely solid structure. Ein normales Manöver in diesem
Abspiel. Nach dem Damentausch stünde Schwarz mit seiner extrem soliden
Struktur offensichtlich gut.} 13. Nf3 h6 {This, in connection with his next
move, is also a well established plan. Dies, in Verbindung mit seinem nächsten
Zug, ist ebenfalls ein wohl etablierter Plan.} 14. Rad1 g5 15. Nd5 {There
really wasn't much else to do, as Black's plan of... g5-g4 had to be countered
somehow, and Nd4 clearly wasn't an option. Etwas anderes gab es eigentlich
nicht, denn der schwarze Plan ...g5-g4 musste irgendwie gekontert werden, und
Nd4 war eindeutig keine Möglichkeit.} Nxd5 (15... g4 {is now well met by 16.
Nh2. wird jetzt gut mit 16.Nh2 beantwortet.}) (15... Nxe4 16. Bd4 $1 {is also
inadvisable. ist ebenfalls nicht ratsam.}) (15... Qg6 {also deserves to be
mentioned, not for its merits, but for the refutation: 16.Ne5! ist verdient es
ebenfalls, erwähnt zu werden, nicht wegen der Güte des Zuges, sondern wegen
der Widerlegung: 16.Ne5!}) 16. Bxd5 $1 {Clearly the best practical decision. I
checked it for a while to make sure, that I am not worse in any of the main
lines. The move does not lead to an advantage for White, but it is much more
challenging for Black than Eindeutig die beste praktische Entscheidung. Ich
prüfte sie eine zeitlang, um sicherzugehen, dass ich in keinem der
Hauptabspiele schlechter stand. Der Zug führt zwar nicht zu einem Vorteil für
Weiß, stellt Schwarz aber vor wesentlich größere Aufgaben als} (16. exd5 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxe5 {which was actually played in an earlier game
Bologan-Malakhov. In fact, Black might even have a slight initiative here, as
he has a clear plan of pushing the queenside pawns, and 19.Bd4 can even be met
by 19... f6!? , was übrigens in einer früheren Partie Bologan-Malakhov
gespielt. Tatsächlich könnte Schwarz hier sogar eine leichte Initiative haben,
da er den klaren Plan besitzt, die Damenflügelbauern vorzustoßen, und 19.Bd4
kann sogar mit 19... f6!? beantwortet werden.}) 16... Bxb2 {Clearly the best
move, but as he spent quite a bit of time on it, his first real think in the
game, I felt quite good about my chances nevertheless. Klar der beste Zug,
aber da er dafür doch ein bisschen Zeit verbrauchte, sein erstes wirkliches
Nachdenken in der Partie, hatte ich trotzdem ein ganz gutes Gefühl bezüglich
meiner Chancen.} (16... e6 17. Bxc6 (17. Bb3 Bxb2 18. Rxd6 Be8 {is probably
okay for Black. ist wohl okay für Schwarz.}) 17... Bxc6 18. Bd4 e5 (18... Bf8
19. c4 $14) 19. Bc3 {should leave White with some advantage, as the many
weaknesses in the black position should be worth the price of giving Black the
bishop pair. sollte Weiß einigen Vorteil überlassen, denn die vielen Schwächen
in der schwarzen Stellung sollten den Preis wert sein, Schwarz das Läuferpaar
zu geben.}) 17. Rb1 (17. Qb5 {is harmless, as Black has the pleasant choice of
ist harmlos, denn Schwarz hat die angenehme Wahl zwischen} Be5 (17... Bf6 18.
Qxb7 Be8 {is the other decent option, when Black should have a good game due
to my relatively misplaced queen. ist die andere anständige Möglichkeit,
wonach Schwarz gutes Spiel haben sollte aufgrund meiner relativ deplatzierten
Dame.}) 18. Qxb7 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxf3 20. Bxc6 Qxh3 21. Qd7 g4 22. f4 $1 {
with a perpetual. mit Dauerschach.}) 17... Bc3 $1 {Once again the sharpest
move is also the best. Einmal mehr ist der schärfste Zug auch der beste.} (
17... Bf6 18. Rxb7 Be8 19. Qa6 {gives White the initative due to the neat
trick gibt Weiß die Initative wegen des feinen Tricks} e6 20. Rxa7 $1 (20. Bb3
{is probably better for White as well. ist wahrscheinlich auch besser für Weiß.
}) 20... Nxa7 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxa7) 18. Rxb7 Bxh3 (18... Bxe1 {was the
obvious alternative, and naturally what I had calculated the most, as it at
least temporarily wins an exchange. In the end, it should probably lead to a
draw. war die offensichtliche Alternative und natürlich das, was ich am
meisten berechnet hatte, da es zumindest vorübergehend eine Qualität gewinnt.
Letztendlich sollte es wohl zu einem Remis führen.} 19. Rxd7 Bc3 20. Qb5 a6 {
A useful zwischenzug Ein nützlicher Zwischenzug} (20... Ne5 {gives White the
extra option of gibt Weiß die zusätzliche Möglichkeit zu} 21. Rxe7 Rab8 22. Qf1
$1 {retaining my active rook and clearly better chances , was meinen aktiven
Turm und klar bessere Chancen behauptet.}) 21. Qb6 Ne5 22. Rxe7 Rab8 23. Rb7
Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Rf8 25. Qc7 {and here I concluded that White would at least not
be worse after 25... Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Be5 27.Kg2. In fact, White might be a bit
better here, as my bishops are really powerful. und hier folgerte ich, dass
Weiß nach 25... Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Be5 27.Kg2 zumindest nicht schlechter stehen
würde. Tatsächlich könnte er hier ein bisschen besser stehen, denn meine
Läufer sind wirklich kraftvoll.} g4 $1 {However, as pointed out by the engines,
ruins things a bit. allerdings, wie von den Engines angezeigt, ruiniert die
Sache ein bisschen.} 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. Kf1 (27. Nh2 Qd1+ 28. Nf1 Qg4 {leads to
the same result führt zu dem gleichen Resultat.}) 27... Bb4 $1 28. c3 Nxf3 29.
gxf3 Qxf3 {and as often happens in chess, perpetual check is the logical
result in the end. und wie es so oft im Schach geschieht, ist am Ende
Dauerschach das logische Resultat.}) 19. Nxg5 {I spent quite a bit of time on
this one, as I really wanted to make the tempting Hierfür verbrauchte ich
ziemlich viel Zeit, denn ich wollte unbedingt das verlockende} (19. gxh3 Bxe1
20. e5 {work. Unfortunately, it leads nowhere after the simple zum
Funktionieren bringen. Leider führt dies zu nichts nach dem einfachen} Nxe5 (
20... e6 21. Bxe6 {was my main point, which would lead to an elegant draw: war
meine Hauptpointe, was zu einem eleganten Remis führen würde:} Nxe5 $8 (21...
fxe6 22. Qd3 {and wins. und gewinnt.}) 22. Nxe5 Qxe2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 {The only
move that doesn't lose immediately, but enough to force me to give perpetual
check Der einzige Zug, der nicht sofort verliert, aber genau, um mich zu
ewigem Schach zu zwingen.} 24. Ng6+ Kh7 $8 (24... Kg7 25. Bd4+ Qe5 26. Nxe5
dxe5 27. Bxe5+ Kf8 28. Be6 {and the white attacking forces are way too strong:
und die weißen Angriffskräfte sind viel zu stark:} Rxc2 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Rg7
Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 {and mates! nebst Matt!}) 25. Be8+ Kg8 $8 26. Bf7+ $11) 21. Rxe7
Bc3 $1 {and White has already run out of steam. und Weiß ist bereits der Dampf
ausgegangen.}) 19... Qxe2 20. Rxe2 {I still had hopes of retaining an
initiative here, but following his next move, made after a considerable amount
of thought, those hopes were more or less dashed. In general, I felt that we
both handled the complications that started on move 16 very well. Hier hatte
ich noch immer Hoffnungen, eine Initiative zu behaupten, aber nach seinem
nächsten Zug, gespielt nach beträchtlichem Nachdenken, waren diese Hoffnungen
mehr oder weniger dahin. Allgemein hatte ich das Gefühl, dass wir beide die im
16. Zug begonnenen Komplikationen sehr gut bewältigt hatten.} Bg4 $1 (20...
hxg5 21. gxh3 Bf6 22. f4 Nd4 23. Rf2 $5 {is what I was counting on. Even
though Black should still make a draw here, White has some chances as ist,
worauf ich gezählt hatte. Obwohl Schwarz hier noch immer Remis machen sollte,
hat Weiß einige Chancen, denn} (23. Rg2 {also forces some accurate play from
Black: verlangt Schwarz ebenfalls genaues Spiel ab:} Nxc2 24. Bd2 e6 25. Bb3
Nd4 26. fxg5 Bd8 $1 (26... Be5 27. g6 f6 28. h4 {is not a good idea for Black.
ist keine gute Idee für Schwarz.}) 27. g6 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 {
and Black is relatively safe. und Schwarz steht relativ sicher.}) 23... Nxc2
24. fxg5 Nxe3 25. gxf6 Nxd5 26. exd5 {does not seem to be a 100% draw yet,
although a few more good moves will probably do the job for Black. scheint
noch kein 100-prozentiges Remis zu sein, obwohl ein paar gute Züge die Sache
für Schwarz wahrscheinlich klarmachen werden.}) 21. Nf3 {Retreating is the
only way to continue the fight, though with limited hope of success. Der
Rückzug ist der einzige Weg, den Kampf fortzusetzen, wenngleich mit begrenzten
Hoffnungen auf Erfolg.} (21. Nxf7 {is why I thought that 20...Bg4 wouldn't
work ist der Grund, weshalb ich dachte, dass 20...Bg4 nicht funktionieren
würde.} Bxe2 22. Ne5+ {and now every move but one would lead to the complete
collapse of the black position. Check for yourselves! und jetzt würde jeder
Zug außer einem zum kompletten Zusammenbruch der schwarzen Stellung führen.
Überlegen Sie selbst!} (22. Nxd6+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 {is obviously not a very
bright winning attempt ist offensichtlich kein besonders intelligenter
Gewinnversuch}) 22... Kh8 $1 {is once again the only move, and once again
entirely sufficient. I had missed this little detail in my preliminary
calculations. ist einmal mehr der einzige Zug, und einmal mehr völlig
ausreichend. Dieses kleine Detail hatte ich in meinen Vorausberechnungen
übersehen.} 23. Nxc6 e6 {This is the (relatively obvious) point, which would
not have been possible after any other king move. Now White is lucky to have a
bailout with Das ist die (relativ offensichtliche) Pointe, die nach jedem
anderen Königszug nicht möglich gewesen werde. Nun kann Weiß sich glücklich
schätzen, einen Rettungsanker zu haben mit} 24. Ne7 exd5 25. Ng6+ $11) 21... e6
22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxh6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ra6 {A very reasonable approach, steering
the game towards a rook ending that is almost certainly drawn. Eine sehr
vernünftige Herangehensweise, die Partie wird in Richtung eines Turmendspiels
gesteuert, das fast sicher remis ist.} (24... a5 {preparing ...Rac8 would also
have been a decent idea, as zur Vorbereitung von ...Rac8 wäre ebenfalls eine
vernünftige Idee gewesen, denn} 25. f4 Bg7 {looks like slightly improved
version of the game. wirkt wie eine leicht verbesserte Version der Partie.})
25. Rc7 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 {On the other hand, I felt obliged to try at least a
little with my extra pawn and therefore nominal advantage. I was encouraged by
the fact that he had spent quite a bit of time on the preceding complication,
and had about 15 min left here. Even though that is not really time trouble,
it is not completely comfortable either if the position is just a little
complicated. Additionally, Gelfand looked set to beat Nisipeanu already, and
the prospect of a one-point lead instead of half a point was in no way
discouraging. Andererseits fühlte ich mich verpflichtet, mit meinem Mehrbauern
und ergo nominalem Vorteil es zumindest zu versuchen. Ermutigt wurde ich dabei
durch die Tatsache, dass er über der vorangegangenen Komplikation ziemlich
viel Zeit verbraucht und hier etwa noch 15 Minuten hatte. Auch wenn dies noch
keine richtige Zeitnot ist, ist es auch nicht völlig bequem, wenn die Stellung
nur ein bisschen kompliziert ist. Außerdem sah es bereits so aus, als würde
Gelfand Nisipeanu schlagen, und die Aussicht auf einen ganzen Punkt Vorsprung
statt eines halben war keineswegs demotivierend.} 27. c3 $5 {It might look
weird to move the pawn one square instead of two, but I thought I was being
quite clever as I would probably play f4 at some point anyway. Then it might
be a good thing that once the c-pawn is captured in some lines, the e4-f4 pawn
pair will not be in danger as well. Es mag seltsam wirken, den Bauern ein Feld
zu bewegen anstatt zwei, aber ich hielt mich für ziemlich clever, denn an
irgendeiner Stelle würde ich wahrscheinlich sowieso f4 spielen. Dann könnte es
eine gute Sache sein, dass, wenn der c-Bauer in einigen Varianten geschlagen
wird, das Bauernpaar e4-f4 nicht ebenfalls in Gefahr ist.} Rb8 28. f4 {The
only way to play for a win is to create some threats to his king at some point.
The text prepares Re3-g3, as well as e4-e5. Der einzige Weg, auf Gewinn zu
spielen, besteht darin, an irgendeinem Punkt ein paar Drohungen gegen seinen
König aufzustellen. Der Textzug bereitet Re3-g3 vor wie auch e4-e5.} Rbb6 {
Preparing a rook exchange with ...Rc6, when it would be a 100% certain draw.
Bereitet einen Turmtausch mit ...Rc6 vor, wonach es ein 100% sicheres Remis
wäre.} (28... Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Ra1 30. Rb2 Rb6 31. Rd2 Ra6 32. Rd3 {would be very
similar to the game. wäre ganz ähnlich der Partie.}) 29. Rd7 {The only way to
continue playing for a win. Der einzige Weg, weiter auf Gewinn zu spielen.} Rc6
30. Re3 Rxa2 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Rc5 $6 {Falling right in with my plans.
Fällt direkt auf meine Pläne herein.} (32... Kg6 $1 33. Rf3 Rc5 34. Rfxf7 Rxe5
35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rc5 37. Ra3 Kf5 {would have brought the game to its
logical conclusion. hätte die Partie zu ihrem logischen Abschluss gebracht.})
33. Rg3+ $1 {Now Black is forced to the eight rank, Nun wird Schwarz auf die
achte Reihe gezwungen,} Kf8 ({as denn} 33... Kh6 $4 34. Rd8 Kh7 35. Rd4 {
would have been an inglorious end for Black. wäre ein unrühmliches Ende für
Schwarz gewesen.}) 34. Rf3 Rxe5 35. Rfxf7+ Ke8 {However, it's still a draw.
Trotzdem, es ist immer noch Remis.} 36. Rfe7+ Kf8 37. Rh7 Kg8 38. Rdg7+ Kf8 39.
Rb7 Kg8 $6 {Now Black's task is very complicated indeed. Jetzt ist die Aufgabe
von Schwarz tatsächlich sehr kompliziert.} (39... Rg5+ 40. Kf1 Kg8 41. Rxa7 (
41. Rhe7 Rf5 $1) 41... Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Rc5 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Kd3 Rd5+ {
was still a relatively straightforward draw. war noch immer ein relativ
geradliniges Remis.}) 40. Rhg7+ Kh8 41. Rge7 Rg5+ 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. Rbc7 a5 $2 {
This seems to me to be the decisive mistake. Dies scheint mir der
entscheidende Fehler zu sein.} ({He could probably still have held the
position with Er hätte die Stellung wahrscheinlich immer noch halten können mit
} 43... Rg6 $1 44. Re8+ Rg8 45. Rxe6 Rf8 {which is the big difference compared
to the game , was der große Unterschied verglichen mit der Partie ist.} 46. Re2
Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rg8+ 48. Kf3 Rg7 {It is hard to say whether this is winning for
White or not, but my feeling is that it is closer to a draw than a win for
White. Es ist schwer zu sagen, ob dies für Weiß gewonnen ist oder nicht, aber
mein Gefühl sagt, dass es einem Remis näher ist als einem Gewinn für Weiß.})
44. Rxe6 a4 45. Ra6 Rg4 (45... Rg7 {is probably what he had been counting on,
but after the accurate ist wahrscinlich, worauf er sich verlassen hatte, aber
nach dem genauen} 46. Rh6+ $1 Kg8 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Ra6 {now Black is still in
a real bind, as the g7-rook cannot move due to Rc7+ and Ra8 with mate. ist
Schwarz jetzt noch immer richtig gebunden, da der g7-Turm wegen Rc7+ und Ra8
mit Matt nicht ziehen kann.} Ra2 49. c4 a3 50. c5 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 a2 52. Kf3 {
and White should win. und Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 46. c4 {This pawn naturally
cannot be taken by either rook due to the check on a8. Dieser Bauer ist
natürlich von keinem der beiden Türme zu nehmen wegen des Schachs auf a8.} Rg7
47. Rxg7 Kxg7 48. Rxa4 {This is a technical win. Dies ist ein technischer
Gewinn.} Kf6 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Ra5+ $1 {My only problem was the passive rook on
a4. Now it will be activated either in front of, or the other side of the
c4-pawn. Mein einziges Problem war der passive Turm auf a4. Nun wird er
aktiviert, entweder vor dem oder auf der anderen Seite des c4-Bauern.} Ke6 (
50... Kf4 51. Rc5 $18) (50... Kd4 51. Rd5+ $1 Kxc4 52. Rd8 {cuts off the king
and wins easily: schneidet den König ab und gewinnt leicht:} Ra2 53. Kg3 Ra7
54. f4 Rg7+ 55. Kf3 Rf7 56. Kg4 Rg7+ 57. Kf5 $18) 51. Rc5 Kd6 52. Rd5+ Ke6 53.
Rd4 Ke5 54. Rh4 Rc3 55. c5 {Exploiting the opportunity to advance the pawn.
The pawn endings are always won. Nutzt die Gelegenheit, den Bauern vorzurücken.
Die Bauernendspiele sind immer gewonnen.} Kf5 56. Rh8 $1 {The most accurate.
Am genauesten.} Kf4 57. Rc8 Ke5 58. c6 Kd6 59. f3 {Preparing Kg3 and Kg4
followed by f4 and so forth. Bereitet Kg3 und Kg4 vor, gefolgt von f4 und so
weiter..} Rc5 60. Kg3 Rg5+ 61. Kh4 Rg1 62. f4 Ke7 63. c7 Rc1 {Sets a final
trap. Stellt eine letzte Falle.} (63... Kd7 64. Rd8+ Kxc7 65. Rd2 {wins easily.
gewinnt leicht.}) 64. Kg5 (64. Rh8 {or Rg8 was not to be recommended! oder Rg8
war nicht zu empfehlen!}) 1-0

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial op-A 15th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a6 $5 {A new line, that will surely become very popular thanks to Raja
Panjawi's excellent book on the subject. The idea is just to play ...Qc7 and ..
.b5.} 9. f3 {Definitely the critical move, as any plan based on 0-0 can't
refute Black's strategically sound plan.} (9. h3 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. f4 (11. a3
Na5 12. f4 d6 {is more than comfortable for Black.}) 11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
Bxd5 e6 $1 $13) (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 d6 12. O-O Qc7 {is completely
fine for Black, as Panjawi states, for example:} 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. Bc5 exf4 15.
Bxe7 Bg4 16. Qe1 Nf6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 9... Qc7 10. Qd2 (10. g4 $5 {also
makes some sense, but after} b5 $1 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. c3 Na5 $1 {
followed by ...Nxb3, ...Bb7 or possibly ...e6, is very fine for Black.}) 10...
b5 11. O-O $6 {Oh, no! Of course, castling on the other side is critical.} (11.
O-O-O Bb7 12. h4 h5 $5 $146 ({According to Panjawi} 12... Na5 {is a worse move:
} 13. h5 b4 14. Na4 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 Nxh5 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Na5 $14) 13. g4 $5 {
The most critical move.} e6 $1 {Black has a very solid kingside. He wants to
provoke g5 and just play ...Ne8. Panjawi's main line goes} 14. Kb1 Rfd8 15. g5
Ne8 16. Qf2 Ne5 17. Nde2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc5 21. f4 Nd6
$132 {As a whole, this line definitely requires investigation!}) 11... Na5 {
Now Black is obviously completely fine.} 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Qf2 (13. Rfe1 {
was probably better, since the most agressive plan is not to Black's advantage:
} e5 14. Nde2 b4 15. Na4 Nxb3 16. cxb3 d5 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Rc1 $1 Qb8 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc5 {and now for example} Bxb3 22. Qxb4 Bxa2 23. Qxb8
Rxb8 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 {with a drawish position.}) 13... b4 14. Na4 d5 (14... Nxb3
15. cxb3 (15. Nxb3 $5 d5 $132) 15... d5 {also made sense, but it allowed} 16.
Rc1 Qb8 17. Nb6 dxe4 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 $13) 15. exd5 (15. Nf5 $5 {was also
critical, but after} Nxb3 (15... gxf5 16. Bb6 Qe5 17. Bxa5 dxe4 18. Qc5 Qxc5+
19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Bxb4 $13) 16. Nxg7 dxe4 17. cxb3 exf3 {Black should be better.
}) 15... Nxb3 16. d6 $5 (16. Nxb3 Nxd5 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bc5 Rfd8 $36) 16... Qxd6
({The engine prefers} 16... exd6 {and claims that Black is a bit better:} 17.
Nxb3 Bc6 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bd4 Rfe8 $36 {It might be right, but I didn't even
consider it!}) 17. Nxb3 (17. Nf5 $5 {definitely required some attention:} Qe5
18. Nxg7 Na5 19. Bh6 {and here after} Rad8 $1 20. Rde1 Qd6 {Black is
definitely not in danger. At some point White will have to remove his knight
from g7 and lose a bit of material. However he may get a playable position.})
17... Qc7 18. Nac5 $6 ({Definitely} 18. c4 {was the move, and after} bxc3 19.
Nxc3 {the position is about equal.}) 18... Bc6 19. Nd3 Nd5 20. Bd4 e5 21. Bc5
Rfb8 $15 22. Nd2 Bb5 23. Ne4 Rc8 {Very tempting.} (23... Rd8 {was the other
option:} 24. Rfe1 a5 $17) 24. Rfe1 f5 $1 {Black has to go for it!} 25. Bd6 ({
I was expecting} 25. Nd6 Bxd3 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Ba7 {but here after} Bc4 28. b3
Nc3 29. bxc4 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Bf8 {Black is completely winning.}) 25... Qxc2 $1 (
25... Qc6 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ne7 29. Bd6 $1 {is not clear:
White will get a third pawn for the piece.} (29. Rd6 $2 Rf8 $19)) 26. Rd2 $2 (
26. Nec5 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 {was necessary, with some drawing chances.}) 26... Qc6
$1 (26... Bxd3 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Nd2 Bh6 {was also winning, but from a
practical point of view I did not consider it smart to enter such a weird
position with a relatively weak king.}) 27. Nxe5 $8 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 fxe4 29. fxe4
Ne7 (29... Rf8 {was even stronger.}) 30. Rd6 Rf8 31. Qe3 Qc4 32. h4 Nc6 33. Bf6
Qf7 {The simplest.} 34. h5 (34. Qh6 Rae8 (34... Rad8 $5) 35. h5 Ne5 $1 36. Bxe5
Qf2+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Rf1#) (34. Qg5 Rae8 35. h5
Re6 $19) 34... Qa7 35. hxg6 hxg6 (35... Qxe3+ $2 36. Rxe3 hxg6 37. Rh3 $132)
36. Qxa7 (36. Bd4 $2 {leads nowhere:} Nxd4 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 $19) 36... Rxa7 37.
Rc1 Nb8 38. e5 (38. Bd4 Rd7 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 $19) 38... Nd7 39. Be7 Re8 40. Rxg6+
Kf7 41. Bc5 Rc7 42. Rg5 Rxc5 43. e6+ Rxe6 44. Rgxc5 Nxc5 45. Rxc5 Re1+ 46. Kh2
Re2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Mahjoob, Morteza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Ng4 {This move is normally played instead of 8...a5. After this
move I was totally out of book.} 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Rfd1 (11. Qd1 {is the
normal move and after} Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 13. Bd4 {White has a small advantage.})
11... d6 12. Qh4 Bf6 13. Qg3 e5 {A risky idea, trusting that Black's
counterplay arrives before White can take the d-pawn.} (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6
15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 {is more or less the same position like after 11.Qd1,
but with my pieces more active.}) 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Bc4 (16. Bd5 {
is the main alternative, but leaves the knight undefended.} Be6 $5 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. Nxd4 Bh4 19. Qg4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Rf6 21. Nb5 (21. Nxe6 $4 Qd7 $19) 21...
Qb6 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 16... Be5 17. Qd3 (17. f4 {is a hard
decision... White can take the d4-pawn, but I think Black has enough
compensation with the new open diagonal.} Bg7 18. Nxd4 Qb6 $44) 17... Bg4 {
Forcing the opening of the diagonal anyway.} 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nxd4 Rc8 20. c3 {
White has almost consolidated the position; Black needs to play energetically.}
Qh4 $1 {() Sacrificing the bishop! After this move the game enters deep
complications and I think the sacrifice is enough to equalise.} 21. g3 Bxg3 22.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh1 Rc5 24. Bd5 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 23... Rc5 (23...
Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 {is ok for White.}) 24. Ke2 Qh2+ (24... Rfc8 {
was the best move} 25. Bxf7+ $1 (25. Bd5 {is not possible} Qg2+ 26. Ke3 (26.
Ke1 $2 Rxd5 27. exd5 Re8+ 28. Ne2 Bf5 29. Qb5 Re5 {and suddently White has no
good plan!} 30. f4 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qe3+ 32. Ke1 Re8 33. Rac1 Bg4 $19) 26... Rxd5
27. exd5 Re8+ 28. Ne6 fxe6) 25... Kxf7 26. Rh1 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Qxb2 28. Rab1 Qxa2
(28... Qxc3 $2 29. Rxh7+ Ke8 30. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 31. Kf4 $16) 29. Ne2 h5 30. Rxb7 {
with a very complicated position... I think it's about equal, but with good
chances for both sides.}) (24... d5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. exd5 Qg2+ 27. Ke1 (27.
Ke3 Re8+ 28. Qe4 (28. Ne6 Bxe6 (28... fxe6 $2 29. d6) 29. dxe6 Rxe6+ 30. Qe4
Rxe4+ 31. fxe4 Qxb2 $19) 28... Rxe4+ 29. fxe4 Qxb2 30. Kd3 $15) 27... Re8+ 28.
Ne2 Bf5 29. Qb5 Re5 30. f4 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qe3+ 32. Ke1 Re8 33. d6 {and the
difference from the line with 24...Rfc8 is, that the d6-pawn doesn't exist
anymore. Black has nothing better than perpetual.} Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qe3+ 35. Ke1
$11) 25. Ke3 d5 26. Ne2 $1 {Giving back the piece to activate all the
remaining ones!} Qh6+ $6 {Now I have time to activate the rooks.} (26... Rxc4
27. Qxd5 Be6 28. Qd6 Qh6+ 29. Nf4 $13) 27. Nf4 Rxc4 28. Rh1 Qg5 29. Rag1 Qe7 (
29... Qe5 30. Nxd5 Rfc8 31. Kf2 {[%cal Gd3d2,Gd2h6]}) 30. Qxd5 Qc5+ (30... Be6
31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. a3 $14) 31. Qxc5 (31. Ke2 {is dangerous} Bb5 (
31... Qxd5 32. Nxd5) 32. Kd1 a3 $15) 31... Rxc5 32. Nd5 {Trying a subte trick.}
f6 (32... Kg7 $2 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd7 $16 {and White has good
chances in the rook ending.}) 33. Rh5 Kh8 34. Rh2 (34. Rxg6 {is tempting,
winning a lot of pawns but at the end the knight is misplaced giving a chance
to Black to take the important e-pawn back.} Be8 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7
37. Nxf6+ Kg6 38. Nxe8 Rc6 39. e5 Re6 40. Nd6 Rxe5+ $11) 34... Kg7 35. a3 Re8
36. Rxh7+ $5 {The best practical chance. After moves like 36.Rd1, Black is too
solid to have problems. I tried to change the position to create some problems
in my opponent's time trouble.} Kxh7 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd7 Rb5 39. f4 $1 Re7 (
39... Rxb2 {is possible, but very dangerous} 40. f5 Kf7 (40... Rb3 $6 41. Rxg6+
Kf7 42. e5 Rxc3+ 43. Kf4 Rxa3 44. e6+ Ke7 45. Rg7+ Kd6 46. Nf6 Rh8 47. e7 $18)
41. Rxg6 Rc8 42. Ne5+ Kf8 43. f6 {with an attack.}) 40. Ne5 Rexe5 {A difficult
decision to make on move 40, under time pressure. Theoretically speaking, I
think Black has chances to hold the endgame, but over the board it's not easy.}
(40... Rb6 41. Nd3 $16 {was an option, but Black has no active plan.}) 41. fxe5
Kf7 {The other options give White chances to play 42.Rf1 leaving Black's rook
alone.} (41... Rxe5 42. Rf1 $16) (41... Rxb2 42. Rf1 $16) 42. Rg2 Rxe5 43. c4 {
In order to avoid 43...Rb5.} Rh5 $1 44. Kd4 Rh3 45. Ke5 Rb3 46. c5 Ke7 {
Now White needs to decide if it's possible to exchange the g-pawn for the
b-pawn. Probably after this Black will exchange the b-pawn for White's a-pawn
and push the pawn to a2... After this I think the position is draw. I tried to
advance the pawns first to create some problems for my opponent.} 47. Kd4 g5
48. e5 Kd7 {Now, with chances to push my pawn to e6 before the exchanges it's
time to take the pawn.} 49. Rxg5 Rxb2 50. Rg7+ Kd8 (50... Kc6 {is the normal
move, but after} 51. Rg6+ Kc7 52. Rd6 $1 Rb3 53. e6 {Black cannot take the
a-pawn due to 54.e7! Now I can go with my king to e8 - winning.}) 51. e6 Rb3
52. Rd7+ Ke8 (52... Kc8 53. Rd6 {is the same.}) 53. Ke5 Rxa3 54. Rxb7 Re3+ 55.
Kd6 Rd3+ 56. Kc6 a3 57. Ra7 Kd8 (57... Re3 {looks normal, but than I can
advance my c-pawn in time.} 58. Kd5 Rd3+ 59. Ke4 Rb3 (59... Rc3 60. Kd4 $18)
60. c6 Rc3 61. Kd5 Rd3+ 62. Ke5 Re3+ 63. Kd4 $1 Rxe6 64. Ra8+ Ke7 65. c7 $18)
58. e7+ Ke8 59. Kb5 {It's now easy to allow White to play 60.c6, but maybe
this is the only chance.} Rb3+ $2 (59... Re3 60. c6 Rc3 61. Kb6 Rb3+ 62. Kc5
Rc3+ 63. Kb5 Kf7 $1 {a difficult move} (63... Rb3+ 64. Kc4 {wins}) 64. Kb6 Rb3+
65. Kc5 Rc3+ 66. Kd6 Rd3+ 67. Kc7 Ke8 $3 {the only move again!} (67... Kxe7 68.
Kb8+ Ke6 69. c7 Rb3+ 70. Rb7 $18) 68. Kb6 {with a draw... not an easy
continuation at all, but I think it's the only way.}) 60. Kc4 Rb2 61. Rxa3 Kxe7
62. Rd3 {And the plan with 62...Rb8 and 63...Rd8 almost works, but...} Rb8 63.
c6 Rd8 64. Rd5 $1 {... and Black cannot exchange the rooks! Now it's over.} Ra8
(64... Rxd5 65. Kxd5 Ke8 66. Ke6 $18) 65. Kb5 Ke6 66. Rd1 Ra2 67. c7 Rc2 68.
Kb6 Rb2+ 69. Ka7 Rc2 70. Kb7 Rb2+ 71. Kc8 Rc2 72. Kd8 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Qh5 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 b5 $1 13. Rae1 (13. Ndxb5 Nb4
14. Qc4 a5 {/\ Rac8}) (13. Ncxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 a5 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. c3 (16. a4 Qc5
$1 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. Ndb5 Nxe4 $17) 16... d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxc4 19.
Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxc4 Qc5 $19) (13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rac8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6
17. Bxa7 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bg7 20. a5 Rc3 $17 {Grabzewski,R-Georgadze,
T/Lublin/1974/}) (13. a3 a6 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Na5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bf5
18. Qd4 Nd7 {De Firmian,N-Whitehead/San Francisco/1977/}) 13... a5 14. a3 (14.
Ndxb5 Nb4 15. Qe2 (15. Qc4 Rac8 16. Nc7 Be6) 15... Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxe4 $1 17.
Nxe4 Bxb5 18. c4 a4 19. cxb5 axb3 20. axb3 Rfb8 $17) 14... b4 15. Nxc6 (15.
axb4 Nxb4 (15... axb4) 16. Qd2 Rfc8 $36) 15... Bxc6 (15... bxc3 $2 16. Nxe7+
Kh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qg5 20. Qxc3 $16) 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 (18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bxb2 20. Bd2 $17) 18... Bd7 19. Bf2 (19.
Bd4 $1 Bb5 20. Bc4 (20. Qxb5 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qh4 22. Qxb4 Bxb2 $15) 20... Bxd4+ (
20... Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. Qd3 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxe7 $10) 21. Qxd4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rfc8 23. Qb3 (23. Qxb4 Rxc2 $17) 23... Ra7 24. Re4 $10) 19...
Rfe8 20. Rb1 Qf5 21. Qd2 (21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. g4 (22. Rfe1 h5) 22... Be4 23. Rfe1
f5 $17) 21... Ba4 22. g4 $6 (22. Qxb4 Reb8 23. Qd2 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Rxb3 $17)
22... Qd7 (22... Qe4 23. Rfe1 Qf3 24. Qxb4 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qxf4 26. Qe3 Qc4 27.
Qe4 $13) 23. Bc4 Rec8 24. Qd3 (24. Qxb4 $2 Rab8 $19) 24... Ra5 25. Rfe1 (25.
Ra1 Qc7 $17) 25... Bb5 26. b3 (26. Bxb5 Qxb5 $1 (26... Rxb5 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28.
Qxb5 Qe4 29. Re1 Qxf4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Bf8 $15) 27. Rxe7 Qxd3 28. cxd3
Rxd5 $17) 26... Bxc4 27. bxc4 Ra3 28. Rb3 Qc7 29. Rxa3 bxa3 30. Qxa3 Qxc4 31.
Qf3 (31. Rxe7 Qxf4 $17) 31... Rc7 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 f5 $1 34. Re2 Kf7 35.
Kg2 Rc4 36. Be3 $2 (36. Kf3 Bd4 (36... Bb2 37. Bh4 Bf6) 37. Bh4 Rc3+ 38. Kg2
Bf6 $17) 36... Bd4 37. gxf5 (37. Bc1 $5 Rc5 (37... Bc5 38. Kf3 Rd4 39. Rd2) 38.
g5 Rxd5 $140 $2 39. Rd2 Ke6 40. c4) 37... gxf5 38. Kf2 $2 Bxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Rc3+
40. Kd4 (40. Kf2 Rxh3 41. Kg2 Rc3 $19) 40... Rf3 $1 41. Re3 (41. c4 Rxf4+ 42.
Kd3 Rf3+ 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Kg6 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. h4 h5 $19) 41... Rxf4+ 42.
Kd3 h5 43. c4 h4 $1 44. Kc3 Rf1 45. Kb4 Rg1 46. Kb5 (46. Rf3 Kf6 47. Rf4 Kg5
48. Rf2 Rg3 $19) 46... Rg3 47. Re2 Rxh3 48. Kc6 Ra3 49. Kd7 Ra7+ 50. Kd8 h3 51.
Rh2 Ra8+ 52. Kd7 Rh8 (52... Rh8 53. Kc7 Kf6 54. Kd7 Rh7 55. Kc6 Kg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 {Gelfand is one of the most principled players
who won’t change his opening setups but will be very deep in his preparation.
Having worked for Anand for his match against Gelfand I personally got a very
good idea about the incredible depth of Gelfand's preparation.} 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 (8... d5 {In 2016-2017 Gelfand was
playing this gambit frequently. Then in recent times he moved to 8...Re8
followed by d5}) 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 ({A couple of months back at Batumi itself
David had the same position as White when he took Bd5} 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Be6 12. c4 Rc8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Rc8 $11 {
½-½ (26) Navara,D (2737)-Dubov,D (2701) Batumi 2018}) 10... Nb4 11. Nde2 e6
12. Bd4 exd5 {Gelfand successfully drew this position twice in 2018 so it was
not that difficult for David to predict that the position was highly likely to
appear in this game. David thus went incredibly deep in his preparation.} 13.
Qd2 (13. O-O Be6 14. Bf2 d4 15. Nxd4 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 {½-½ (16) Jakovenko,D 
(2735)-Gelfand,B (2695) Poikovsky 2018} Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxc2 18. Na5 b6 19. Nc4
{½-½ (19) Kovalev,V (2650)-Gelfand,B (2695) Poikovsky 2018}) 13... Nc6 14.
O-O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 $146 16. g4 Bc6 {Both players were playing at baffling
speed showing the level of their preparation.} 17. Kb1 Nd7 {Gelfand briefly
paused for about 4min probably to recall the analyses but David kept his
bullet mode switched on.} 18. h4 Nc5 19. h5 a5 {Boris picked up the speed but
David was using only a couple of seconds for each move.} 20. a4 Qb6 {Somewhere
around here Gelfand started to think but David was unstoppable.} 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. g5 {Just to give a glimpse of David's preparation and depth…this move
was played in 7 seconds and obviously is also the top choice of computer. Not
that it gives advantage but when an opponent plays so confidently often
psychologically it becomes difficult to find the best options. This was not
the case in this situation though. Gelfand would stumble only after actually
obtaining equality.} Nxb3 {immediately getting into an endgame which is a bit
passive but holdable.} (22... Rac8 $5 23. Rh4) 23. cxb3 Qxd4 {Part of the plan.
There were other moves too but that would allow Rh4 thus maintaining the
queens which is something Boris didn't want at this stage.} 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 {By the way...David was still playing every move under one minute :)} Kg7
26. f4 $14 {Finally! Finally, David had to think for 4mins! That’s a lot for
the pace which he was maintaining until now. Anybody would pick White here
given a choice. A risk-free position with only two possible outcomes.} Re3 (
26... Re6 27. Rhd1 $14) 27. Ka2 Ra6 28. Nxd5 $6 {Principled and very tempting
but not the best.} (28. Rhd1 Rf3 29. R1d3 {would have kept the steady
advantage.}) 28... Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rb6 30. Rd8 {Now comes the most crucial part
of the game. When David played Nd5 he was clearly aiming for this mating
attack. The question is, can Black defend here?} Rexb3 31. Rh2 {[%cal Ga2a1]
White has a simple threat.... he wants to play Rdh8 but that is met by Rb2 so
his next move is going to be Ka1 and followed by Rdh8. How can Black defend
this?} f5 $4 {This defends against the mating threat from h-file but opens up
a completely different front for the White rook to operate on, onewhich allows
immediate mate. This reminds me of another Gelfand game where he mated Wang
Hao in London GP 2012; in that game Wang Hao made a similar kind of blunder.} (
31... R3b4 32. Kb1) (31... R6b4 $3 {A super unusual move! Black remains cool
and threatens to give a threat while his king is under mating attack!! The
point is simple once explained....it stops White's main idea of Ka1 as well as
Kb1.} 32. Kb1 (32. Rdh8 Rxb2+) (32. Ka1 Rxa4+ 33. Kb1 Rab4 {doesn't lead
anywhere.}) 32... Rg3 {That is why R6b4 and not R3b4.} (32... Rf3 {also works
with same motif}) 33. Rdh8 (33. Rhh8 Rg1+ 34. Kc2 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Rg3+ $11) 33...
Rg1+ 34. Ka2 (34. Kc2 $2 Rg2+ $17) 34... Rxa4+ 35. Kb3 Rb4+ 36. Ka2 Ra4+ $11)
32. Rd7+ {Suddenly the black king is exposed from another angle.} Kg8 33. Rc2
1-0

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. f4 Qa5 12. Qf3 Qh5 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5
15. g4 $2 (15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nf6 $15) 15... Rxc3 $1 16. bxc3
Ng3 17. Rf3 (17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Bc1 Nxc3 19. Rd3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Re8 $17) 17...
Nxe4 $17 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Bb2 (19. Rdd3 $2 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Bxd4+ $19
) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Ba1 $5) 20... Rxc4 21. Re3 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Kh2
Kf7 $19 {Und nach ein paar Zügen hat Schwarz gewonnen.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Alterman,B} c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 d6 $5 {After} (11... Nxb3 12.
cxb3 d6 {is supposed to be bad because of:} 13. Nd5 {[%cal Re3b6,Rd5e7]}) 12.
Nd5 (12. O-O Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be6 $132) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 (13. O-O Be6 $132) 13...
Nxb3 14. Bb6 {'!' Alterman,B.} (14. cxb3 {Alterman,B} Ra6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6
Rc6 $11) 14... Qd7 15. cxb3 Ra6 {[%cal Re7e6]} 16. Bd4 Qd8 {The blacksquared B
will soon be exchanged so the black Q has to be in a position to defend these
squares.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ye7e6] Threatening to exchange even
more pieces with e7-e6. After alle black has the slightly better P-structure
so the ending might even be a little bit better for him} 18. Qg3 (18. O-O $6 {
Alterman,B} e6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne3 Rc6 $1 21. Nc4 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6 $11) 18...
Be6 {[%cal Ye6d5] in the lines where black plays d7-d6 this bishop is always
well-placed on e6. It attacks the P on b3 and can be exchanged against the
strong N on d5.} 19. O-O Rc6 20. Qe3 Bxd5 (20... f6 $5 {maybe best. The idea
is to follow up with Rc5-c5 and b7-b5} 21. Nf4 Bf7 {This is why f7-f6 maybe
better than 20. - Rc5}) (20... Rc5 {[%cal Yb7b5] Black would like to see what
white will do before he takes on d5} 21. Nf4 $5 $14) 21. exd5 Rc5 22. h4 $1 $14
{'|^' Alterman,B. ()} (22. f4 $5 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 22... Qd7 (22... e5 $2 23.
dxe6 Rxe6 {would be a good idea if it was not for the tactical trick:} 24. Qxc5
) (22... h5 23. f4 {[%cal Yf4f5]} (23. Rd4 $14 {Alterman,B}) 23... Qb6 24. Kh1
$36) 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. h5 Qf5 {[%csl Rd5,Re7] Now d5 is just as weak as e7, but
still black has some problems after the opening of the h-<-> to coordinate the
defence of Kg8 and Pe7} 25. hxg6 hxg6 {[%csl Rg8]} 26. Rfe1 b5 (26... e5 {
Alterman,B} 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2
32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rb6 $16) 27. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3h3,Rd4h4]} (27. Re3 {[%cal Ye3h3,
Yd4h4] Now the R on the third rank now does not have to cover d5 as in the
game.} b4 (27... f6 $6 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qa4 $1 $14) 28. Rh3 Qf6 $1 {This is
the negative side of 27.Te3 - no pressure in the e-<->}) 27... f6 28. axb5 (28.
Rh3 {Alterman,B} g5 29. Qd1 Qxd5 30. Qh5 Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 $11) 28... Rxb5 29.
Rh3 {[%cal Rd4h4]} g5 30. Qc4 Rb4 $6 (30... Rc5 31. Qa4 $14) (30... Qxd5 $1 31.
Qe2 $44 {However this is similar to a postion in the game - only in the game
black does not have an extra P} (31. Qc2 Qf7 $17) (31. Rxe7 {Alterman,B} Rxe7
32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Kg6 34. Rxe7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 31... Kg7 32. Rh7+ (
32. Qh5 Qg8 33. f4 (33. Rc1 Kf8 $5 (33... Rc5 $11)) 33... Kf8 {Black does not
seem to be in any real danger - white is a P down.}) 32... Kxh7 33. Qh5+ Kg7
34. Qxe8 Rb7 $11) 31. Qe2 Qg6 (31... Qxd5 {Alterman,B} 32. Qh5 Kf8 $1 33. Qh6+
(33. Rhe3 Rh4) 33... Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qd7 Qf7 34. Rhe3
Kf8 {'[]' Alterman,B.} (34... e5 {Alterman,B} 35. dxe6 Qxd7 36. exd7 Rd8 37.
Re7+ Kg6 38. Rd1 $18) 35. Rh3 Kg7 36. Rhe3 (36. Re6 $5 {With the idea 37.Rxd6
exd6 38.Rh7+ seems to put black in a difficult position} Rbb8 37. Qa4 $1 {
[%cal Ra4a5,Ra4e4]}) 36... Kf8 37. Rh3 (37. Qa7 {Alterman,B} Rb5) 37... Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Wajih, Nassir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 b5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Nd4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa2 17. Ra1 Nxc3 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Nc6 e6 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21.
Qxc3 exd5 22. Qc5 Re8 23. Rfe1 Be6 24. Rxa5 Bf8 25. Qxb5 Rc8 26. Ne5 Rb8 27.
Qa6 Bb4 28. Raa1 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Qxc2 30. Nd3 Qc4 31. Qxc4 dxc4 32. Nf4 Bf5 33.
Rc1 g5 34. Nd5 Bd3 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Ne3 Rb4 38. Nd5 Rb5 39. Nc3 Rb2
40. Na4 Ra2 41. Nc5 h5 42. Nxd3 cxd3 43. Rd1 h4+ 44. Kh3 Ra3 45. Kg4 Kg6 46. f4
Ra4 47. Rxd3 {Bauern auf einem Flügel} (47. g3 Rd4 48. Rd2 hxg3 49. hxg3 gxf4
50. gxf4 Rd5 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Ke3 Rd8 53. Kf3 Rh8 54. Ke3 Rh3+ 55. Kd4 Kxf4 $19)
47... Rxf4+ 48. Kh3 Kh5 49. g3 g4+ 50. Kg2 h3+ 51. Kg1 Rf5 52. Rd2 Kg5 53. Rf2
Rf3 (53... Rxf2 54. Kxf2 Kf5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Kd3 f6 57. Ke3 f5 58. Kf2 (58. Kd3
f4 59. gxf4+ Kxf4 60. Ke2 g3 61. Kf1 gxh2 $19) 58... Kd4 59. Kg1 Ke3 60. Kh1
$11) 54. Rxf3 gxf3 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Ke3 f5 57. Kf2 f4 {Remis (Pattgefahr)
aufgrund des bis nach h3 vorgeprellten Bauern.} (57... f4 58. gxf4 Kxf4 59. Kf1
(59. Ke1 Ke3 60. Kf1 f2 {patt}) (59. Kg1 Ke3 60. Kh1 $4 Ke2 61. Kg1 f2+ 62. Kh1
f1=R#) 59... Ke3 60. Ke1 f2+ 61. Kf1 Kf3 {patt}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Bawag"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roth, Peter"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 Ng4 10. Nxc6 Nxe3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc3+ 13.
bxc3 Rxd8 14. h4 d6 15. h5 Bd7 16. Rd3 Bc6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bd5 e6 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. c4 Rab8 21. Kd2 Kg7 22. Kc3 Kf6 23. Rhd1 Ke5 24. g3 g5 25. f3 c5 26.
Rf1 Kf6 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 Ke7 29. Rfd1 Rd7 30. e5 Rbd8 31. Rb1 dxe5 32. fxe5
Rc7 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[#] beiderseitige schlechte B-Struktur; nach B-Reduzierung
ab Zug 63 T+c-B - T; Remis durch Angriff auf den Freibauern von hinten und
Ausweichen des sK auf die kurze Seite.} 34. Rb5 a4 35. Ra5 Ke7 36. Rxa4 f6 37.
exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ra8 Ke7 39. a4 Kd7 40. a5 Rb7 41. Kd3 Kc7 42. Ra6 e5 43. Re6 Rb4
44. Rxe5 Kc6 45. Re6+ Kc7 46. Re7+ Kc6 47. Rh7 Ra4 48. a6 Kb6 49. a7 Ra1 50.
Rf7 Ra4 51. Ke3 Ra1 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Ke6 Rd8 55. Rd7 Rh8 56. Re7 (
56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Kd5 Rh8 58. Rd6+ Kc7 59. Kxc5 Rh2 60. c3 Rh3 $10) 56... Rd8
57. Kf7 Rh8 58. c3 Rc8 59. Ke6 Rd8 60. Ke5 Rh8 61. Re6+ Kxa7 62. Kd5 Rh3 63.
Kxc5 {[#]} Rxc3 $10 {Endspiel-CD: Läuferbauer: K auf der kurzen Seite oder vor
dem Bauern = remis} 64. Kb5 Kb7 65. Re7+ Kc8 66. c5 Kb8 67. Kc6 Rc1 68. Re8+
Ka7 69. Kd6 Kb7 $1 70. Re7+ Kc8 71. Re8+ Kb7 72. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Middelburg, Tom"]
[Black "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[BlackTeam "ING/ESGOO Enschede"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. c3 Rb8 14. Qc2
f5 15. Bf3 e5 16. Bc5 Rd8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Bxa2 21. Qa4 Be6 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 {Doppeltes Läuferpaar bei ungleicher
Bauernverteilung} a6 24. f3 Bc4 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Bd7 Bh6 27. Be3 Bf8 28. Ke1 Bd6
29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Bc6 Ke6 31. Kc2 h5 32. b3 Bf1 33. g3 Bc7 34. Be8 f4 35. gxf4
exf4 36. Bd4 Bg2 37. Bxg6 Bxf3 38. Kd2 h4 39. Bd3 a5 40. Bf1 Kf5 41. Bf2 Kg4
42. h3+ Kg5 43. Bc5 Bb7 44. Be7+ Kh5 45. Bb5 Bg2 46. Be8+ Kh6 47. Bd7 Bb6 48.
Bxh4 Bd5 49. b4 axb4 50. cxb4 Bd4 51. Kd3 Bg1 52. Ke2 Bd4 53. Kd3 Bg1 54. Ke2
Bd4 55. Bg4 Bc4+ 56. Kf3 Be3 57. Bf5 Bb3 58. Bd3 Bd5+ 59. Be4 Bc4 60. Be7 Be6
61. Bd6 Bxh3 62. Bxf4+ Bxf4 63. Kxf4 {entfernter schwarzer König. Untersuchung
mit Tablebase und Nunn.} Kg7 64. b5 ({z.B.} 64. Ke5 Bf1 65. Kd4 Kf6 66. Bd3 Bg2
67. b5 Ke6 68. Kc5 Ke5 69. b6 Bb7 70. Bb5 Ke6 71. Bc6 Ba6 72. Bf3 Kd7 73. Bg4+
Kd8 74. Kc6 Bc8 75. Be2 Bh3 76. Kb7 Bg2+ 77. Ka7 Kd7 78. Ba6 Kd6 79. Bb7 Bh3
80. Bf3 Bc8 81. Bg4 $18) 64... Kf6 65. b6 Bc8 66. Bd5 Ba6 67. Be4 Bc8 68. Bd5
Ke7 69. Be4 Kd7 70. Bd5 Ba6 71. Be4 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nge2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. f4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Rf3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Qb4 20. Qf2 Rf7 21.
Rg3 Rg8 22. f5 Kh8 23. fxg6 Rxg6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qxb3 27.
Rxe7 Qxd5 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 {Damenendspiel mit einem schwarzen Mehrfreibauern.} 29.
Qf5 ({Zum Übergang zu einem interessanten Bauernendspiel führte} 29. Qb6 Qh5+
30. Kg1 Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 dxc5 32. Kf2 f5 (32... Kg7 33. Ke3 Kf7 (33... Kg6 34. Kf4
h5 35. g4 h4 $19) 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kb5 h5 37. Kb6 (37. Kxa5 Kc6 38.
b4 c4 $19 (38... b6+ 39. Ka6 cxb4 $19))) 33. Ke3 (33. g4 fxg4 34. Kg3 Kg7 35.
Kxg4 Kf6 36. Kh5 (36. b3 Ke5 $19) (36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Ke4 h5 38. g3 c4 $19 {
oder Kd6}) 36... c4 37. Kh6 Ke6 38. Kxh7 b5 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 Kd7 41. b7 Kc7
42. g4 c3 $19) 33... Kg7 34. Kd3 Kf6 35. Kc4 Kg5 36. Kb5 Kg4 37. Kxa5 Kxg3 38.
Kb6 Kxg2 39. Kxb7 f4 40. a5 f3 41. a6 f2 42. a7 f1=Q 43. a8=Q Qf3+ $19) 29...
b6 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Qd8 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 h5 (33... Qd4 $142 {[%cal
Gg7g6,Gg6c2] mit Königsaktivierung, nachdem alle wichtigen schwarzen Bauern
unter gleichzeitiger Zentralisierung der Dame gedeckt sind.}) 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35.
Qe8+ Kg5 36. Qd7 Qe5 37. b3 ({Hartnäckiger war} 37. Qg7+ Kf5 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39.
Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qc4+ Qc5 42. Qe6) 37... d5 $1 38. Qg7+ Kf5 39. Qh7+
Ke6 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qf7+ Kc6 42. Qf8 d4 43. Qc8+ Kd6 44. Qa6 Kc7 45. Qc4+ (45.
Qa7+ Kc6 46. Qa6 h4 $19) 45... Kd7 46. Kg1 Kd6 47. Kf1 Qf5+ 48. Ke1 Qe6+ 49.
Kd2 Qxc4 50. bxc4 Ke6 ({Logischer sieht aus:} 50... Kc5 51. Kd3 f5 52. g4 hxg4
53. g3 f4 54. gxf4 g3 55. Ke2 d3+ $19) 51. Ke2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. b3 exf3 19. gxf3 a4 20. Ke2
Ra8 21. b4 Kf7 22. c4 Be5 23. h3 Ke6 24. Kd3 Bd6 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. a3 Rf8 27. Ke4
Rf5 28. f4 Rh5 29. Rh1 Rh4 30. Rg1 Rxh3 31. Rg5 {[#] Transitions to the
endgame a) to a bishop ending after exchanging rooks b) to a pawn ending after
exchanging bishops  [#] Endspielübergänge a) ins Läuferendspiel nach
Turmtausch b) ins Bauernendspiel nach Läufertausch} Rh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. f5+
Kf6 (33... Kd7 $1 34. Bf4 h4 35. Bxd6 exd6 36. Kf3 d5 37. cxd5 cxd5 38. b5 h3
39. Kg3 d4 40. f6 d3 41. f7 Ke7 42. b6 d2 43. b7 d1=Q 44. f8=Q+ Kxf8 45. b8=Q+
Ke7 46. Qe5+ Kd7 47. Kxh3 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qxa3 49. Qf5+ Kc6 50. Qxh7 {with
winning prospects since the white king is badly positioned (TABLEBASE: #68!)
mit Aussichten auf Gewinn, weil der weiße König schlecht steht. (TABLEBASE:
#68!)}) 34. Bf4 h4 (34... Bxf4 35. Kxf4 e5+ 36. fxe6 Kxe6 37. Kg5 Ke5 38. Kxh5
Kd4 39. c5 Kc4 40. Kh6 Kb3 41. b5 cxb5 42. c6 b4 43. c7 bxa3 44. c8=Q a2 45.
Qh8 $19) 35. Bxd6 exd6 36. b5 d5+ (36... h3 37. Kf3 cxb5 38. cxb5 d5 39. b6 $18
{this shows particularly clearly how badly positioned the black king is on f6.
Hier sieht man besonders deutlich, wie schlecht der schwarze König auf f6
postiert ist.}) 37. Kf3 cxb5 38. cxb5 h3 39. b6 h2 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,27,21,51,48,56,46,59,58,58,58,42,42,87,33,42,24,49,15,60,53,58,18,
26,-5,13,-3,26,-14,60,38,82,46,100,19,89,110,196,200,215,235,233,161,184,181,
181,181,180,187,187,106,106,-221,-239,-450,-496,-550,-36,-550,-570,-541,-581]} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 {A recently popular continuation. Its idea is to prevent White's plan
with f2-f3, Qd1-d2, 0-0-0.} 9. f3 (9. O-O d6 10. h3 Na5 {is quite comfortable
for Black.}) 9... d5 {[%mdl 512] More energetic and popular among GMs than} (
9... e6 {(with idea ...d7-d5), to which White can modify his setup:} 10. f4 $5
(10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O (11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 $1 13. Bxd4 exd5+ {[%csl
Re1] 0-1 (70) Morozov,D (2310)-Zvjaginsev,V (2672) Cheliabinsk 2016}) 11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 d4 14. Ne2 a5 $5 (14... Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. c3 Qa5
17. Kb1 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb5 19. Qd3 $14 {[%csl Rg7] 1-0 (32) Kriebel,T (2487)
-Butkiewicz,L (2449) Poland 2018}) 15. c3 Qc7 $13) 10... d6 (10... Ng4 11. Qxg4
Nxd4 12. O-O-O Nxb3+ 13. axb3 d5 14. e5 Bd7 15. h4 $40 {1-0 (30) Saric,I (2660)
-Horvath,A (2498) Biel 2016}) 11. Ndb5 $5 Bf8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. O-O b5
15. f5 $36 {1/2 (39) Navara,D (2745)-Mamedov,R (2704) Shamkir 2018}) 10. exd5 (
10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 (11... e6 $5) 12. c4 Rc8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Rc8 $11 {½-½ (26) Navara,D (2737)-Dubov,D (2701) Batumi
2018}) 10... Nb4 (10... Na5 11. Qd2 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 b5 (12... b6 13. O-O-O Bb7
14. Bh6 $36) 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. d6 $14) 11. Nde2 e6 12. Qd2 (12. Bd4 $5 {
, aiming to the exchange of dark-squared bishops, is probably more challenging
for Black:} exd5 (12... Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ $14) 13. Qd2
(13. O-O Be6 14. Bf2 (14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Bf2 {1-0 (37) Kollars,D (2542)-Loxine,J 
(2393) Germany 2018} Qa5 $132) 14... d4 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxd4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qe7
$44 {[%cal Ya8d8]}) 15... Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxc2 18. Na5 b6 19. Nc4
{½-½ (19) Kovalev,V (2650)-Gelfand,B (2695) Poikovsky 2018}) 13... Nc6 14.
O-O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 (15... Be6 16. g4 h5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qd3 $16 {
1-0 (46) Can,I (2361)-Cadilhac,I (2286) Manavgat 2018}) 16. g4 Bc6 17. Kb1 Nd7
18. h4 Nc5 19. h5 a5 20. a4 Qb6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. g5 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Qxd4 24.
Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Kg7 26. f4 $14 {1-0 (33) Navara,D (2740)-Gelfand,B (2703)
Batumi 2018}) ({Or} 12. d6 Nbd5 (12... Nfd5 13. Bd4 Bh6 {0-1 (41) Peng,H (2273)
-Guerra Rivera,S (2340) Porto Carras GRE 2018} 14. h4 $36) 13. Bd4 Qxd6 {
1-0 (52) Rego,P (2228)-Fossan,A (2040) Lisbon 2019} 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Bd7
16. O-O-O Bc6 17. g4 $14) 12... Nbxd5 13. O-O-O Bd7 (13... Qe7 $5) (13... b6 $5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bh6 (15. Bxd5 Qxd5 $1) 15... Bb7 {, and Black should
equalize.}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 (15. Bd4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yg2g4]} a5 $140 16.
Nc3) 15... a5 (15... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 16. a4 (16. Bd4 a4 17. Bxd5 a3 18.
b3 {, and Black has no sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 16... b5 $1 $132
17. Nxd5 (17. Bd4 $5 bxa4 18. Nxa4) 17... bxa4 (17... Be6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
Bd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Re3 $11) 18. Bb6 axb3 $6 {
A risky but practically interesting queen sacrifice.} (18... Qb8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxd7+ Re7 22. Qc6 {is rather favorable for White.}) 19. Bxd8
Raxd8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rhe1 (21. c3 $5 a4 22. Rhe1 Be7 23. g4 $16) 21... bxc2
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rc8 24. g4 Be6 25. Qd6 (25. Qf4 $142 Bg7 26. h4 {
, and White should win in a long term.}) 25... Kg7 26. h3 $4 {This move
unexpectedly loses as Black's bishop seizes a powerful position on b3.} (26. h4
{[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 (26... Bxh4 $2 27. Rxe6) 27. Qb6 {Computer engines prefer
White but the position is rather unclear in practical play.}) 26... Bb3 {
[%cal Rc8d8]} 27. g5 (27. Qd3 a4) 27... Bxg5+ 28. f4 Bf6 $6 (28... Rd8 $19) 29.
Qb6 $6 (29. Qa3 $8 a4 30. Re3 g5 $1 $19) 29... a4 30. Re5 Rd8 {Although Black
won this game, the value of 8...Re8 remains under doubt.} 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Langrock,H"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 Be6 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. c3 Nc5 20. Re1 Kf8
21. g4 b5 22. h4 a5 23. a3 Rc7 24. h5 Rb8 25. Bd4 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bxg7+
Kxg7 28. Kg2 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rb3 30. Re3 Na4 31. g5 gxh5 32. Bxh5 Rbxc3 33. Rxc3
Nxc3 34. Bf3 Rc4 35. Rd3 h6 36. gxh6+ Kxh6 37. Re3 Rc7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Re1 Kf6
40. Rh1 Rc5 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Rh5 Ra5 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Kg4 Nb5 45. Rf5+ Kg7 46.
Rg5+ Kf8 47. Be4 Nd4 48. Bh7 f6 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rb8 Ra1 51. Bb1 Ra4 52. Rb2
Ra8 53. Kg3 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 Rc3 55. Rb4 Rc1 56. Bd3 Nc2 57. Re4 Na1 58. Rb4 Rd1
59. Be4 Rd2 60. Kh3 Rd1 61. Kg4 Rc1 62. Bf5 Rc7 63. Be6+ Kg7 64. Rb1 Nc2 65.
Kh5 Nd4 66. Rg1+ Kh7 67. Bg8+ Kh8 68. Bf7 Rc2 69. Kg6 Rh2 70. Be6 $44 Rh7 (
70... Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ye2g1,Ye2f4]} 71. Rf1 (71. Ra1 Nxf4+ 72. Kf7 Rh7+ 73. Ke8
Rh5 (73... Nxe6 74. dxe6 {[%cal Ya1a7,Ya7e7]}) 74. Kxe7 Nxd5+ 75. Bxd5 Rxd5 76.
Kxf6 $11) (71. Rg4 Rh7) 71... Rh7 (71... Rh4 72. Kf7) 72. Rf2 Nd4 73. Ra2 Rg7+
74. Kh6 Rh7+ 75. Kg6 Rg7+ $11) 71. Ra1 Rg7+ $11 72. Kh6 Nxe6 73. dxe6 Rg8 74.
Ra7 Re8 $2 {Lässt den weißen König rein. Wollte Schwarz aus Enttäuschung über
den Partieverlauf noch auf Gewinn spielen?} 75. Kg6 (75. f5 d5 (75... Kg8 76.
Ra2 Rb8 77. Rg2+ Kh8 78. Rg7 $18) 76. Rd7 Kg8 77. Rxd5 Ra8 78. Rd7 Kf8 79. Rb7
Rc8 80. Kh7 $1 {[%cal Yb7b1,Yb1g1,Yg1g8]} Ra8 (80... Ke8 81. Kg7 Ra8 (81... Kd8
82. Kf7 $18) 82. Rb1 {[%cal Yb1h1,Yh1h8]} Kd8 83. Kf7 Ra5 84. Rd1+ Kc7 85. Kxe7
Rxf5 86. Rc1+ $18) 81. Rb1 Ke8 82. Rg1 $18) 75... Kg8 (75... Rg8+ 76. Kf7 Rg7+
77. Ke8 Rg8+ (77... Rg4 78. Rxe7 Rxf4 79. Kf7 $18) 78. Kd7 $1 (78. Kxe7 $2 Rg7+
79. Kxd6 Rxa7 80. e7 $11) 78... Kh7 79. Ra3 Rg7 80. Rh3+ Kg8 81. Ke8 $18) 76.
Rb7 Kf8 77. Kh7 $1 Rc8 78. Rb1 Ke8 79. Rg1 Kd8 80. Kg7 Rc4 81. Kf7 Rxf4 82.
Rg8+ Kc7 83. Kxe7 $18 Rh4 (83... Re4 84. Kf7 d5 85. e7 Kd6 86. e8=Q Rxe8 87.
Rxe8 d4 88. Kxf6 Kd5 89. Kf5 $18) 84. Kf7 Rh7+ 85. Rg7 Rh8 86. Rg8 Rh7+ 87. Kg6
Rh2 88. e7 Re2 89. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Curacao Sedreko op"]
[Site "Willemstad"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 Nxd4 $6 ({If black wants to equalize he has to try} 9... d5 {
All other moves transform position into one of bad lines in Dragon variation.})
10. Bxd4 d6 11. Qe2 $1 ({During my preparations I was "automatically" playing} 
11. Qd2 Bd7 12. a4 Be6 {which was leading to a slightly better for white
position. During the game I realized, that e2 was much better square for my
queen, as it could be easily developed from there to b5 or c4. Also I
considered mentioned above plan for black impossible.}) 11... Bd7 {It is
difficult to recommend anything else for black.} (11... b5 12. Nxb5 a4 13. Bc4
$16) (11... Be6 12. O-O-O $16) (11... Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O $16) 12. a4 {
Now it would be nice for black to move a knight to c5, but unfortunately d7
square is occupied.} Be6 {Black continues a typical plan and ... falls into
serious troubles. Nevertheless the choice doesn't seem to be big as b5 square
is already lost!} 13. Bxe6 ({Usually white doesn't take on e6 and plays} 13.
O-O-O Bxb3 14. cxb3 {, but I re alized, that after changing on e6 black would
not be able to prevent e5!}) 13... fxe6 14. O-O-O (14. e5 $2 Nd7) 14... Nh5 (
14... e5 $2 15. Bxe5 $18) (14... Nd7 $2 15. Qc4 $18) 15. e5 $1 {It is not
obvious, but for white it is better to keep bishops on board. If center opens,
bishops will be changed anyway, but if black closes it by playing d5, he will
never ever be able to activate his bishop.} Nf4 ({If} 15... d5 {then} 16. g3 {
followed by f4 and black bishop can be treated as dead forever.}) 16. Qf2 Rc8 (
16... d5 17. g3 Nh5 18. f4 $16) (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qd4+ $18) 17. Rhe1 $1 {There is no reason to hurry. The last piece
enters a game increasing pressure in the center.} Rc4 {Wojtkiewicz is a kind
of player who never plays passive positions, so I expected him to try to
complicate game. Nevertheless white's position is very solid and it is
impossible to bite anywhere.} 18. exd6 Rxd4 (18... exd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. g3
Nh3 21. Qf1 $18) 19. Rxd4 Nxg2 $2 ({An unsuccessful try. During the game I
thought the best was} 19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd6 {with clear advantage for white.
}) 20. Rxe6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 exd6 22. Rxd6 $18 {Nothing has left from black's
center.} Qh4 (22... Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxf3 24. Ne4 $18) 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. Kb1 $1 {
The simplest. White is a pawn up and has good attack chances, so he can easily
sacrifice one move to secure position if his king.} Qxh2 25. Ne4 Ne1 ({Played
for the last chance, as} 25... Kg7 26. Ng5 {was hopeless.}) 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27.
Qd4+ Kh6 28. Qe3+ Qf4 29. Qxe1 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 e6 $5 ({An interesting atempt to take advantage of the presence of the
d-pawn on its initial square.} 8... d6 {would have transposed to a genuine
Dragon.}) 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. c3 Na5 {new} 13. Qd3 Nxb3
14. axb3 a6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Bd4 f6 $1 {Optically
speaking, an "ugly" move, creating a weakness and restricting the own bishop.
However, this is the lesser evil in this position. Allowing the exchange of
the dark-squared bishops would have left Black's position in ruins.} 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. h3 Qf7 21. Nb4 Bf8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. b4 Bd6 24. b5 cxb5 25. Bxf6 a5
26. Bd4 Qf4 27. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 e6 9. f4 Ng4 $2 {This idea crops up in some similar positions, but doesn't
work very well here.} 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. axb3 {White already
has a considerable advantage. Black lags in development, and has horrible
weaknesses on the dark squares} Qa5 13. Kb1 {Of course White is not afraid of
13...Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxc3, as after 15.Bd4 Black's king will be in mortal danger.}
f5 14. Qg5 Bf6 15. Qg3 Bxc3 {I'm sure Zvjaginsev didn't make this exchange
with much enthusiasm, but didn't see how else to stop the threat of h2-h4-h5
with a crushing attack.} 16. bxc3 fxe4 17. h4 Qh5 {Erecting a flimsy blockade,
which Grischuk proceeds to destroy.} 18. Qf2 $1 a5 19. g4 $1 Qb5 (19... Qxg4
20. h5 {is about as bad as it looks for Black.}) 20. Rd6 $1 {I like this move,
blockading d7-d5 which would free Black's miserable bishop, and reminding the
black queen that she is somewhat short of squares.} a4 (20... Ra6 $2 {loses an
exchange after} 21. c4 Qb4 22. Bc5 Qc3 23. Rxa6 bxa6 24. Bxf8) 21. Rb6 Qa5 22.
b4 Qd5 23. Qe2 {Once again threatening to trap the queen with c3-c4} e5 24. h5
{This allows Black some counterplay, but too little and too late.} exf4 25. Rd1
f3 (25... Qf7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bd4 {followed by Rd1-h1 looks decisive.}) 26.
Qe1 Qf7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh4 Qh7 (28... Ra6 {doesn't help much either. White
wins after} 29. Rh1 Qg7 30. Rxa6 bxa6 31. Bd4) 29. Qg5 Ra6 30. Rdd6 $1 {
An attack begun with moves like h2-h4 and g2-g4 normally breaks through along
the open files, but here the rook infiltrations allow this surprising finish.
Black is helpess to defend g6.} Rxb6 31. Bxb6 {The bishop on c8 looks as
pathetic as ever!} f2 (31... Kf7 32. Bc5 $1 {is simplest.} Qg7 (32... Ke8 33.
Rd4 $1 {cleans up easily}) 33. Rxg6 $1 Qxg6 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Bd4
Qxg4 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Be3+ {and wins.}) 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qd8+ (
34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Pocos de Caldas op"]
[Site "Pocos de Caldas"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "El Debs, Felipe de Cresce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 e6 $5 {With this move, Black intends to isolate his P to have a free game,
and avoids the attacking lines in the Dragon.} 9. O-O (9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 $2 Nxd4 $1 13. Bxd4 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Qf6 $17)
9... d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. f3 {12.h3 is the common move, but then ..
.Qd7 with ...Bxh3 ideas is annoying. Because of that, I tried a new idea that
I had prepared, to play simply with f3 (stopping ...Ng4), Rfe1 and Rad1.} Re8
13. Rfe1 a6 14. Rad1 Na5 (14... Rc8 {perhaps was better, to keep the tension
on d4, so then I can't go for Bh6 right away} 15. Nce2 $14 {to play Nf4 next
would also be possible. I think White maintains an advantage anyway.}) 15. Bh6
Bh8 $2 (15... Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {here I wasn't sure how to improve my position,
but I felt like the bishop exchange was a good achievement for me} 17. Nce2 $1
$14 {followed by Nf4 and c3 could be annoying for Black.}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 (16...
Nxb3 17. Nxd8 Nxd2 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Nxd5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxd8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22.
Rxd2 $16) (16... Rxe6 17. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 $16 {and White is simply a pawn
up.}) 17. Nxd5 $1 Nxb3 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Rxe6 $1 {the point of the whole
variation} Rxe6 (18... Nxb3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qxd5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.
cxb3 $18) 19. Bxd5 Qb6+ 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qxa5 $18) (17... exd5 $2 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8
19. Qxa5 $18) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {Black puts his hopes in defending the endgame a
pawn down, since my extra pawn on b2 sometimes wouldn't count for much, as I
can't make a passed pawn on the queenside.} (18... Qxf6 19. cxb3 Qxb2 {would
give White two interesting options:} 20. Qd7 {looks better, since the black
king is weaker, White should keep the queens} (20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Rd7 b5 22. Kf2
$14 {with a better endgame}) 20... Qf6 21. Rd6 $16 (21. Qxb7 $2 g5 $1 $17 {
winning the h6-bishop})) 19. cxb3 (19. axb3 $2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxb2 21. Rd7 {
doesn't threaten anything, and besides, White has to be watching the dangerous
passed pawn which Black could create on the queenside:} b5 $1 $132 {followed
by ...a5.}) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 $16 {Naturally I was happy with the outcome of
the opening, but I knew it would be a difficult task to convert this endgame,
specially against the tough opponent I had in front of me.} Kf7 21. Be3 Rad8
22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rec1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Re7 {Exchanging a pair of rooks and
bringing the king to the centre looked like a standard first step.} 25. Kf2 Rd7
26. Bb6 Be5 27. g3 Rd6 28. Be3 Rd7 29. b4 Rc7 30. Rd2 (30. Rxc7+ $2 {should be
be a major mistake, because in the following endgame, it looks hard for White
to create real winning chances, despite the additional pawn. And being unsure
about the outcome, it is always better to keep the rooks, naturally.} Bxc7 31.
Ke2 Kf6 32. Kd3 Kf5 33. g4+ Kf6 34. h3 Ke5 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kd4 e5+ 37. Ke4 Ke6
$11 {it feels like Black will be able to hold it.}) 30... Bf6 31. Ke2 Ke8 32.
Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke8 34. a3 Rc6 35. Bc5 Be7 36. Bd4 $1 (36. Bxe7 $6 {I wasn't
so happy about exchanging the bishops as well. I thought I could use them to
make a strong setup with all my pawns on dark squares, as I did later in the
game} Kxe7 37. Kd3 Rc1 $132 {with counterplay, Black has decent drawing chances
}) 36... Rc1 {This rook invasion is not a problem for White, everything is
safe with the R on d2.} 37. Kd3 Bg5 38. f4 Be7 39. Bc3 b5 40. Re2 Kd7 41. Ke4
Rd1 42. Be5 Bd8 43. Bd4 Bc7 44. Bc5 Bd8 45. Bd4 Bc7 46. Bf6 Bb6 47. g4 $1 {
After shuffling around, I was confident with this plan. After g4-g5, I want to
play h4-h5 and Rh2 to invade Black's position. If Black defends it with the
rook on h1, then I will be able to use the d-file to activate my rook.} Bd8 (
47... h5 {during the game I did not think about this at all. The idea is that
I can't play g5 now (because then I wouldn't have anything on the kingside).
But naturally I should take on h5 and try to use the g-file for my rook.} 48.
gxh5 gxh5 49. Bc3 {avoiding ...Re1+ first to threaten Rg2} Rh1 50. Rg2 Bc7 51.
Rg7+ Kc8 {creating difficulties for White to make progress} 52. h4 $5 Rxh4 53.
Be5 {the idea of 52.h4 was to worsen Black's rook position, and now play this
annoying move} Bd8 (53... Bxe5 54. Kxe5 Rg4 55. Re7 h4 56. Rxe6 $16) 54. Ra7
Rh1 55. Rxa6 $16) 48. Be5 Bh4 49. Bc3 {Stopping ...Re1.} Bd8 50. Be5 Bh4 51.
Rc2 Bd8 52. g5 Bb6 53. Re2 Ke7 54. h4 $1 {With the aforementioned plan of
playing h5. I liked this endgame because I placed all my pawns on dark squares,
and they create strongholds for my bishop (for example Be5 or Bf6 or Bc3).
This helps me in my attacking ideas, and also, apart from h4, all my pawns are
defended by pawns or by my bishop, meaning I don't need my king or my rook for
that} Rh1 55. Rc2 (55. Bf6+ $5 Kf7 (55... Kd7 56. Rd2+ Kc6 57. Be5 Rxh4 58.
Rd6+ Kb7 59. Rxe6 $18) 56. Rd2 Re1+ 57. Kf3 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59. Kh2 Rg4 60.
Be5 $1 Rxh4+ 61. Kg3 Rh1 62. Rd6 $18 {with decisive effects.}) 55... Rh3 56.
Bf6+ Kd6 57. Rd2+ Kc6 58. Rc2+ Kd6 59. Rd2+ Kc6 60. Bd4 $1 Bc7 61. Rc2+ $6 {
in time trouble, I missed a strong idea} (61. Be5 $1 {transforming the
position into a won rook endgame} Bxe5 62. Kxe5 Re3+ 63. Kf6 {threatening Kg7}
Rh3 64. Kxe6 Rxh4 65. Rd6+ Kc7 (65... Kb7 66. f5 $1 $18) 66. Rd4 Rh2 67. Rd7+
Kc6 68. Rd6+ Kb7 69. Kf6 $18) 61... Kd7 62. Bf2 $2 Bd6 $6 (62... Rh2 $1 {
possibly forces a draw right away, because ...Bb6 is a serious threat (the R
exchange leads to a drawn endgame, and otherwise White is just stuck).} 63.
Rd2+ Kc6 64. Be1 Rxd2 65. Bxd2 Bd6 66. Bc3 Kd7 67. Be5 Be7 68. Bb8 Kc8 69. Ba7
Bd6 $11) 63. Rd2 Kc6 64. Be1 $16 {Now White has the time to try building a
winning position again.} Bc7 65. Re2 Kd7 66. Rg2 Bb6 67. Bg3 Rh1 68. Rd2+ Ke7
69. Rc2 Kd7 70. Re2 Bc7 71. Kf3 Rf1+ 72. Ke4 Rh1 73. Bf2 Rh3 (73... Rh2 {
wouldn't be so strong now, because} 74. Kf3 {at least stops the R exchange,
keeping the game going.}) 74. Rd2+ Kc6 75. Bd4 Rh1 76. Re2 Rh3 77. Be5 Bb6 78.
Bb8 $1 Rxh4 $6 (78... Kb7 79. Bd6 Kc6 80. Ke5 Kd7 81. Rd2 $18) (78... Kd7 $1 {
would still put up strong resistance} 79. Ke5 Ke7 $1 (79... Rf3 80. Rc2 $1 (80.
Kf6 $6 Bd4+ 81. Kf7 e5 82. Re4 Kc6 $1 83. Bxe5 Bxe5 84. Rxe5 Rxf4+ 85. Kg7 Rxh4
$11) 80... Rf2 81. Rc1 Ke7 82. Bd6+ Kf7 83. Ke4 {escaping the mating net and
threatening Rc6 with devastating effects.} Re2+ (83... Rxb2 $2 84. Rc6 $18) 84.
Kd3 Re3+ 85. Kd2 Rh3 86. Rc6 $18 {and White should win, after Rxa6, and
possibly a4! followed by b5-b6, etc}) 80. Bd6+ Kf7 81. Ke4 Rxh4 82. Rc2 $36)
79. Ke5 Rh3 (79... Bc7+ 80. Bxc7 Kxc7 81. Rd2 $1 {putting Black in a pretty
zugzwang position. Any move would worsen his situation significantly.} Kc8 (
81... Rh3 82. Kxe6 Re3+ 83. Kf6 Rf3 84. Rh2 Rxf4+ 85. Kg7 Rf5 86. Rxh7 $1 $18 {
and Black loses, because he can't take on g5, because of 87.Kf6+.}) 82. Rd6 $18
) (79... h6 80. Kf6 hxg5 81. fxg5 Bd8+ 82. Kxg6 Rg4 83. Re5 Kd7 {with drawing
chances.}) 80. Rd2 {Now Black is in trouble again.} Be3 81. Rc2+ Kb7 82. Bd6
Rh4 83. Rc7+ Kb6 84. Rf7 $18 h6 85. Kxe6 hxg5 86. Kd5 $1 {Threatening to win
by Bc5+ (and Bb8 as well, winning the e3-B by force).} a5 (86... gxf4 87. Bc7+
Kb7 88. Bd8+ $18) 87. Bc5+ Bxc5 88. bxc5+ Ka6 89. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 {Gelfand himself, as a Sveshnikov player, has
played 3...e5 in this position numerous times, avoiding the Open Sicilian. But
he had something different in mind for this game. He has tried the Accelerated
Dragon in a couple of games recently, and he does it again.} (3... e5 $5) 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 $5 {This idea was invented
back in 1960 by Livo Nei, a notable Estonian chess player and former second of
world champion Boris Spassky in his match against Fischer.} 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd2
(10. Qf3 $5 {is another critical line played by Karjakin, a notable 1.e4 expert
} Nxb3 (10... Bg4 11. Qg3 Bh5 $5) 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 $5 $146 Ng4
14. O-O-O Qa5 15. dxe7 Rfe8 16. Rde1 (16. Qd6 $5 {played by Ponomariov against
Gelfand in a rapid game in 2016} Be5 (16... Nxe3 {was critical} 17. fxe3 Bxd1
18. Rxd1 Be5 19. Qd7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Nd5 $13 {with a bizarre position,
the computer gives equality (what a surprise!)}) 17. Qd5 Qc7 $2 (17... Qxd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 $13 {would also be unclear}) 18. Rd3 Rxe7 19.
h3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {threatening g4} g5 21. Nf5 Re6 22. Ne4 Bg6 23. g4 $16 {
1-0 (36) Ponomariov,R (2709)-Gelfand,B (2743) Tashkent 2016, and White has a
great advantage already.}) 16... Rxe7 (16... Nxe3 $5 {with big compensation
for Black}) 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 $44 {1-0 (50) Karjakin,S 
(2766)-Dubov,D (2655) Doha 2015}) 10... Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 $1 {It's amazing that
Nei played this move 57 years ago!} 12. Nxb5 (12. O-O-O $6 b4 13. Na4 a5 $6 (
13... Bf5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rc2] with a quick ...Rc8, White may end up in trouble})
14. Nbc5 Ba6 15. Nxa6 Rxa6 16. Nc5 Rb6 17. f3 $13 Qa8 $2 18. Ne6 $1 $16 {
1-0 (29) Gabrielian,A (2526)-Matjushin,G (2419) Taganrog 2017}) 12... Qxd5 (
12... Ne4 $5 {a challenging move} 13. Qb4 a6 14. Na7 $1 {not obvious, but
logical - apart from Qxe4, Nc6 is a serious threat} (14. Qxe4 $2 axb5 15. Bd4
Ra4 $1 16. c3 Bb7 {Black is already better} 17. Qc2 Qxd5 18. f3 Bxd4 19. cxd4
Rc8 20. Qd3 b4 $17 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. Qd1 Bc4 23. Re1 $4 Rxa2 $1 {0-1 (23)
Timofeev,A (2584)-Smirnov,P (2595) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 14... Qxd5 15. Rd1
Qb7 (15... Qe6 $5 $44) 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Na5 Nc3 18. Nxb7 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 Rfb8
$13 {followed by ...Rxb2, with a weird endgame.}) (12... Bf5 $2 13. c4 $1 Ne4
14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. Nc3 e5 17. Be3 $18 {1-0 (28) Kondratiev,P-Nei,I
Leningrad 1960 The opening experiment has clearly failed, but still, it was
very impressive to find the idea until 11...b5! so long ago.}) 13. Qxd5 Nxd5
14. Bd4 Nb4 $146 (14... Rb8 {was the precedent from 2015, and also the move
Gelfand himself played two days after this game with Giri!} 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Na3 Nb4 17. O-O-O (17. O-O e5 $6 (17... Nc6 $1 $146 {this very
counter-intuitive move followed by ...a5 (and ...Bf5) is strong, and solves
Black's opening problems}) 18. f4 $6 (18. Nc5 $1 $16 {controlling d3, and
following with c3, gives White the advantage}) 18... Bf5 19. fxe5 Nxc2 20. Nxc2
Bxc2 21. Rf3 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Saric,I (2647)
-Yakovich,Y (2515) Sochi 2015}) 17... Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Rd2
Bb7 21. c3 Nd5 22. Kc2 Rec8 23. Rd4 Ba8 $11 {½-½ (43) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2795)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow 2017, and Black equalised without much trouble.}
) 15. O-O-O $6 (15. Bxg7 $1 {would be the same position as in the game,
without allowing 15...Bh6+!} Kxg7 16. O-O-O Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Rhe1 {
-- 15.0-0-0}) 15... Nxa2+ $6 (15... Bh6+ $1 16. Kb1 Bf5 17. Na3 (17. Na1 Rfb8
$1 (17... Rfc8 $5) 18. Nc7 (18. Nc3 a5 $1 $36) 18... Nxc2 19. Nxc2 Rc8 20. Nxa8
Bxc2+ 21. Ka1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 (22... Rxa8 $2 23. Bc5 $16 {and White is
better, with b4 to come, and a dangerous kingside pawn majority}) 23. Nc7 Bg7
$11 {with a balanced endgame.}) 17... Rfc8 18. Bc3 Rab8 $36 {looked very scary
for White, ...a5 is the next move.}) 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rhe1 {
Black has won the pawn back, but Giri retains a small initiative.} Bf5 (18...
Kf6 $5) 19. N3d4 Kf6 20. Nxf5 gxf5 {This is the critical position, if White
wants to try something for a win. As the game was played, Gelfand was able to
equalise.} 21. Rd4 $6 (21. c3 $1 Nc6 22. Nc7 Rad8 23. Nd5+ Kg7 24. Kc2 e6 25.
Ne3 $16 {with good prospects for White - the pawn majority on the queenside,
added to the good placement of his own pieces, would have given Giri chances
to play for a win slowly.}) 21... a5 22. g4 $6 {White tries to create some
initiative, but Gelfand correctly stops it.} Rg8 (22... Rad8 $1 $11 {was also
fine.}) 23. h3 (23. gxf5 Rg2 $132 {with enough counterplay.}) 23... h5 $1 24.
gxf5 Rad8 $1 25. Rf4 Rd5 26. Nc3 Rxf5 27. Ne4+ Kg6 28. Rxf5 Kxf5 29. Ng3+ Kg6
30. Rxe7 {White wins a pawn, but Black becomes very active.} Rd8 $1 31. Kc1 (
31. Re1 Rd2 32. c3 Nd3 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Nxe2 Nxf2 $11 {with a weird endgame,
that should be a draw.}) 31... Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 33. Kc1 Na2+ 34. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 e6 {An uncommon line.} (8... a5 {is more popular. See Motylev,
A-Tseshkovsky,V RUS-ch, Moscow 2004/ CBM104[Mikhalevski,V]}) ({while} 8... d6 {
transposes into Dragon.}) 9. f4 d6 {Frankly speaking I don't see much sense in
this setup. Regular Dragon looks better, but I'm not an expert and so let's
give a word to Vadim Zviaginsev.} ({Earlier Vadim tested} 9... Ng4 $6 {However
this move will remain in our memory as an unsuccessful attempt to equalize due
to the following:} 10. Qxg4 $1 {An improvement over Svidler's 10.Bg1. With an
agressive play on the kingside and over the dark-squares Grischuk crushes
Zviaginsev's defense in style.} (10. Bg1 {promised no advantage in view of} e5
$1 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. h3 Nf6 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. Bh2 Nc7 16. O-O Be6
17. Rad1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Bg3 {and a draw was agreed in Svidler,
P-Zvjaginsev,V/Pojkovsky 2003.}) 10... Nxd4 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. axb3 Qa5 13.
Kb1 f5 14. Qg5 Bf6 15. Qg3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 fxe4 17. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Qh5 18.
Qf2 a5 19. g4 $1 Qb5 20. Rd6 a4 21. Rb6 Qa5 22. b4 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,
A-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (34). Alexander
prevented any possible counterplay and soon launched a decisive attack on the
black king.}) ({Black also tested} 9... d5 10. e5 Nd7 {, which doesn't promise
full equality.}) 10. Ndb5 {A not very fortunate novelty. White had certainly
missed the following brilliant tactical blow.} ({A better novelty was
introduced only two weeks later by ex-European Champion.} 10. Qf3 $1 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Bd7 12. O-O-O Bc6 {, but here allowed to sacrifice the queen} 13. Be5 ({
I believe White has to fight for advantage with} 13. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]})
13... dxe5 $1 14. Rxd8 Raxd8 15. fxe5 Nd7 {and Black obtained good
compensation for the sacrificed piece. See Macieja,B-Carlssen,M/Smartfish 2004/
05; CBM 105[Mikhalevski,V]}) ({Earlier this positon occuried only in the games
of relatively weak players. They tried three different ideas.} 10. h3 $5 Nxd4 (
10... Nh5 $5) 11. Bxd4 Nh5 $1 12. O-O Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nxf4 $1 14. e5 (14. Rxf4
$2 e5 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]}) 14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 Nh5 16. Rad1 {0-1 Schaffarczyk,
A-Cicak,S/Bad Zwesten 1998/EXT 2000 (32). (32)} (16. Ne4 $5 {was also
interesting.}) 16... Qb6+ $5 17. Kh1 f6 18. Qe1 {with compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.}) (10. Qd2 $6 Ng4 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 $6 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Ng4 14. Qf4 $6 (14. Nxb5 $142 $11) 14... Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17.
O-O-O Bb7 18. Ne4 Qf5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re4] 0-1 Getta,M-Alvarez Ibarra,R/San
Sebastian 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 11. Bg1 a6 $2 12. O-O-O Qc7 $2 13. h3 (13. Nxc6
Qxc6 14. Qxd6 Bxc3 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. bxc3 $16) 13... Nf6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxd6
$16 {1-0 Alvir,A-Karner,A/Austria 2001/EXT 2003 (39)}) (10. O-O Ne8 $6 11. f5 (
11. Qd2 $5) 11... Qb6 $2 12. Na4 $2 (12. fxe6 $1 Bxe6 $1 13. Nf5 $1 $16) 12...
Bxd4 13. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 14. Kh1 Bxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Saur,M-Akin,S/Lindau 2002/EXT
2003 (33)}) {[%tqu "En","Try to find how Black had refuted this natural move.",
"","","f6e4","",10]} 10... Nxe4 $1 {This move comes like a complete shock.
Black gives up a knight for a pawn. What for? However soon we realize what was
prepared by Vadim.} 11. Nxe4 d5 {Suddenly it turns out that White can't keep
his extra piece. Hard to believe, but a fact!} 12. Ned6 $1 {White correctly
goes into an equal endgame.} (12. Nd2 {is dangerous.} a6 {[%csl Rb5] Suddenly
the knight is traped.} 13. Bc5 (13. Na3 $2 Bxb2 14. Bc5 b6 $1 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 $17
{[%csl Ra3]}) ({or} 13. Nc3 $2 d4) 13... axb5 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {[%cal Gf8c5,
Rg7b2] with a strong compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 12... a6 13.
Nxc8 $1 {The only move again.} (13. c3 $6 {doesn't deserve attention.} axb5 14.
Nxb5 Qh4+ $1 15. g3 Qh3 16. Qe2 Na5 $1 17. Bc2 Nc4 {and Black is better.})
13... axb5 14. Nb6 {White has no choice.} (14. Bc5 $2 {is bad in view of} Qa5+
15. c3 Rfxc8 $17 {and Black is simply a pawn up.}) 14... Ra6 $1 {[%cal Ga6b6,
Gd5d4] Poor white knights are being traped one after another. The positional
sacrifice on b6 as well as 14...d4 can't be allowed and so White's move is
again forced.} 15. Nxd5 $1 (15. c3 $2 d4 {is bad for White.}) 15... exd5 16.
Qxd5 Bxb2 $1 ({Worse is} 16... Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bb3 $1 (18. O-O-O Nxa2+ $1
19. Bxa2 (19. Kb1 $2 {allows a very unpleasant piece sacrifice.} Nc3+ 20. bxc3
Bxc3 21. Ba2 Rfa8 22. Bd4 b4 $1 $17) 19... Rxa2 20. c3 {with approximately
equal position. For example} b4 $5 (20... Rfa8 $5 21. Bc5 R2a4 22. Bd6 Bf8 $11)
21. Bc5 bxc3 22. Bxf8 cxb2+ 23. Kc2 Kxf8 $11) 18... Bxb2 19. Rd1 Rc8 {[%cal
Gb4c2]} 20. Rd7 $1 $14) 17. Qxd8 {White forces a draw.} (17. Rd1 $1 {was worth
trying.}) 17... Rxd8 18. Rd1 ({or} 18. Rb1 Bd4 $1 $11 {and Black has no
problems to equalize.}) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Nd4 $1 $11 {Exchanging one of the
bishops Black fully equalizes.} 20. Bxd4 {A short, but very interesting game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. Ndb5 {I can hardly understand why Black goes for this
position as it simply looks like a clear advantage for White. Moreover the
results confirm this evaluation. Nevertheless strong players like Malakhov,
Efimenko and Tseshkovsky believe in Black'sposition.} Bd7 {[%cal Ga5a4] It's
funny that only this move wasn't covered in the last magazine. In fact this is
another way to force a4.} (10... b6 {occuried in the game Nataf,IA-Efimenko,Z,
Montreal-A 2004. This game as well as other possibilities on the 10th move of
black can be found in CBM103[Mikhalevski,V].}) 11. f3 {[%csl Ge4] Protecting
the e4-pawn White prevents a4.} ({Earier this year White tested} 11. Qe2 {
and obtained a clear advantage after dubious play of Black.} Ng4 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bd2 e5 $2 (13... Nf6 $142) 14. h3 Nd4 15. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Lavretzkij,
R/Minsk BLR 2004/The Week in Chess 495 (34). (34)}) 11... Ne5 {[%cal Ga5a4]
Renewing the idea of a4.} ({Black also tried} 11... Nb4 {with the same idea.}
12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Na4 $14 {1-0 Ibarra Jerez,J-Ducros Salva,A/Mondariz 2003/EXT
2004 (42). (41)} (13. a3 $1 Na6 14. Rad1 $16)) ({Immediate} 11... a4 $2 {
is just bad:} 12. Nxa4 Nb4 13. c4 Bxb5 $2 14. cxb5 Qa5 15. a3 {[%csl Rb4] 1-0
Cheparinov,I-Alonso Sanchez,V/Malaga 2003/CBM 92 ext (15).}) 12. a4 {White
stabilizes position on the queenside. The only drawback of the move is giving
up the b4-square.} (12. Qe2 {[%csl Gb5] protecting the b5-knight and preparing
Rad1 is also worth considering.}) 12... Rc8 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 13. Qe2 Be6 $1 {
[%csl Gc4] Black is fighing for the c4-square.} 14. Bxe6 (14. Nd5 $5 {is
interesting with the idea to prevent activity of the black pieces on the
queenside.}) 14... fxe6 15. b3 {[%csl Rc2,Gc4] White covers the c4-square, but
his c2-pawn may become a target.} (15. Na7 $5 {distracts the rook from the
c4-square and thus gives White some extra time.} Ra8 16. Rad1 $14) 15... Nc6 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6b4] The knight goes to b4 to create additional pressure on
c2.} 16. Qd2 {White is dealing more with the idea of Nh5-f4, which is not
really dangerous than with the weakness of the c2-pawn.} ({Another way to the
queenside is} 16. Rad1 $1 Nb4 17. Rd2 {[%cal Gc3b1,Gc2c3] preparing Nb1
followed by c3.}) 16... Nb4 17. Nd4 Qd7 {It seems that White lost the tread,
however his position is still better and he finds the right way to improve it.}
18. Rac1 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} e5 19. Ndb5 e6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Black prepares a typical
break in the centre and thus forces White to go for the following line:} 20.
Bb6 $1 {Motylev accepts the challenge.} d5 21. Bxa5 Nc6 22. Bb6 dxe4 23. Nxe4
$1 ({Of course not} 23. Qxd7 $6 Nxd7 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge4f3]}) 23... Qxd2 24.
Nxd2 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2]} 25. Rcd1 Nd5 26. Bf2 Na5 $1 {[%csl Rc2] Probably
Black prepared this idea playing e6 or he simply has a good feel of initiative.
Now it's not easy to protect the c2-pawn.} 27. Na3 $1 {A strong exchange
sacrifice. White prefers to keep a better pawn structure an exchange down over
a positional advantage with an equal material.} (27. Ne4 Rxc2 $14) 27... Nc3
28. Bb6 $1 Nc6 29. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Re6] The knight comes to the best
blocking square.} Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd4 $1 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ke2 Bf8
34. Nc4 Be7 35. Kd3 $14 {This is the position White was striving for sacrifing
an exchange. The knights are extremely strong, however it's not easy to break
Black's defense.} Rc7 36. Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Rd5 37. Nb6 Rh5 38. h3 Rc6 39. Nc4
Rd5 40. f4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gh3h4] Now White improves pawn structure on the
kingside.} Rd8 41. g3 $1 Kg7 42. h4 h6 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Nc4 Rc6 45. Ne5 Rc7 46.
Nc4 Rc6 47. Re2 {Certainly White is not going to repeat the moves as his
position is better.} Rd5 48. Ned2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} g5 $1 {Black has to trade
some pawns to simplify the defense.} 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Nf3 $1 gxf4 51. gxf4 $16
{[%csl Rd4,Re6]} Bf6 (51... Bc5 $5) 52. Nfe5 $5 ({White doesn't want to win
the d4-pawn yet as it would force him to trade a knight for the "bad" bishop
and which is even more important a pair of rooks.} 52. Re4) 52... Bxe5 53. fxe5
Rc7 $2 {Tired veteran commits a serious error.} (53... Rc8 $1 {allows Black to
keep the d4-pawn for a while:} 54. Rg2+ $1 Kh7 55. Rg4 Rcd8 {and White still
has to show how to make progress.}) 54. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} Kf8 ({Now} 54...
Rcd7 $2 {is just bad in view of} 55. Nb6 {[%csl Rd5,Rd7]}) ({The position
which arises after} 54... Rf7 55. Rxd4 Rf3+ 56. Ke4 Rf4+ 57. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 58. Ke3
Rd5 59. Ke4 {could also arise in the game with the black king on f8.}) 55. Rxd4
Ke7 (55... Rcd7 $5 {could lead to transposition after} 56. c3 $1 (56. Rxd5
Rxd5+ 57. Ke4 {Compare with 54...Rf7.}) 56... Ke7) 56. a5 Rcd7 57. c3 Rxd4+ (
57... Rb5 $5 {looks like a tougher defense.} 58. b4 Rxd4+ 59. Kxd4 Rd5+) 58.
cxd4 Kd8 59. Nb6 Rc7 $6 ({I believe it would be better to keep the rook more
active.} 59... Rh7 60. Na4 Kc7 61. Nc5 Rh6 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 60. Na4 $1 {[%cal
Ga4c5] The knight goes to c5. A nice winning manoeuvre, which was probably
missed by Tseshkovsky.} Re7 {A sad necessity. Black has to agree to a passive
defense.} 61. Kc4 Kc7 62. Kb5 $1 $18 {Not allowing to trade the a-pawn.} (62.
Nc5 b6) 62... Rh7 63. Nc5 Rh6 64. b4 Rg6 65. a6 $1 {Now the b-pawn goes
forward with the decisive effect.} bxa6+ ({Also hopeless} 65... b6 66. a7 Rg8
67. Nxe6+ Kb7 68. d5 $18) 66. Kxa6 Kc6 (66... Rg1 67. Nxe6+ Kd7 68. Nc5+ {
should be also enough for a win.}) 67. b5+ Kd5 68. b6 Rg1 (68... Kxd4 $5 69. b7
Rg8 70. Nd7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ga6a7,Ga6b6,Gb6c7] White keeps the e5-pawn and
threatens to win the rook.} Rd8 {The last try, but the position after} 71. Kb6
{[%cal Gb6c7]} Rxd7 72. b8=Q Rd5 73. Qd6 {is a theoretical win for White.
Nevertheless this would be the best practical chance.}) 69. b7 Rb1 70. Ka7 Kxd4
71. Nd7 Ra1+ 72. Kb6 Rb1+ 73. Kc7 {A nice technical win of Motylev despite or
thanks to a very good fight which was given byTseshkovsky.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 {Black plays the Accelerated Dragon, which means that he's ready to delay
d6 in order to prepare advance d5 in one move.} e6 {[%cal Gd7d5] This most
direct way to prepare d5 avoiding a waste of time for d6 is the pet line of GM
Zviagintsev.} ({The main alternative} 8... a5 {was covered in the following
recent games:} 9. O-O d6 10. Ndb5 b6 (10... Bd7 11. f3 Ne5 12. a4 Rc8 13. Qe2
Be6 $1 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b3 Nc6 {with mutual chances in Motylev,A-Tseshkovsky,
V/ RUS-ch 57th Moscow 2004/CBM 104[Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. Re1 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13.
Nd5 Nd7 14. Bg5 $5 {This novelty led to very interesting play in Nataf,
IA-Efimenko,Z, Montreal A 2004/CBM 103[Mikhalevski,V].}) (8... d6 {would
transpose to the main lines of Dragon.}) 9. Qd2 $5 {A very uncommon
continuation. I was able to find only three earlier games, all of them played
by unknown players. Ivanchuk doesn't want to check what was prepared by
Malakhov in the main lines and prefers a solid playable position. The main
question remains what had Vasily prepared on Ng4.} (9. O-O) ({and} 9. f4 {
are the main lines for White here. It's important that} Ng4 $6 {is dangerous
for Black} (9... d6 {is the move which was advocated by Black in two recent
games. See} 10. Qf3 {Macieja,B-Carlsen,M Drammen 2005/ CBM105 [Mikhalevski,V]}
({and} 10. Ndb5 Nxe4 $1 {in Nataf,IA-Zviagintsev,V, Petrosian mem Internet
2004/CBM 105 [Mikhalevski,V].})) {in view of} 10. Qxg4 $1 {Grischuk,
A-Zviasgintsev,V, Pojkovsky 2004.}) 9... d5 {A consistent continuation. In
fact this is the point of playing 8...e6.} (9... Ng4 {This way Black met 9.
Qd2 earlier.} {I believe Ivanchuk prepared the following answer:} 10. Bg5 $1
Qa5 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Rd1 $14 {with better play for White.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 {
Exchanging the f6-knight Black creates additional pressure on d4.} 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. O-O $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc6d4,Gg7d4] I believe this is the position
White was striving to when he played 9.Qd2. The d5-pawn is a long-term
weakness while the c8-bishop has no good squares. Black is trying to
compensate these disadvantages by putting pressure on d4.} Be6 {The only
logical square which is available for the bishop.} (12... Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]
with the idea Nc4 deserved attention. However there is a strategical danger to
remain with the "bad" light-squared bishop vs the strong knight on d4. F.e.
after} 13. c3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Bh6 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1
a6 {[%cal Gc6a5] Black has been preparing Na5. The text was played in order to
meet Ba4 with b5.} ({It seems that Black could also play} 14... Na5 {at once
since} 15. Ba4 Nc4 16. Qb4 Bd7 {doesn't loook dangerous for Black.}) 15. c3 {
Ivanchuk stabilizes position in the centre.} Na5 16. Bh6 $1 {Offering a useful
exchange for White.} ({Of course not} 16. Bc2 Nc4) 16... Nxb3 {Black is in a
hurry to elimiate White's light-squared bishop as he didn't like that the
bishop can retreat to c2, though I believe it wasn't necessary.} ({Retreating
to c2 is not a big deal as the knight on c4 also is a nice piece.} 16... Bf6
17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 $14) 17. axb3 (17. Nxb3 {with the idea to trade
dark-squared bishops by means of Be3-d4 looks nice, but Black has no problem
to keep his bishop. F.e.} Bf6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd4 Bg5 $1) 17... Bh8 $1 {
Certainly Black keeps the dark-squared bishop.} 18. h3 Rc8 19. Re2 Bd7 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. b4 Qf8 25. Bh6 Qd6 26. Bf4
Qf8 27. Be5 $1 {Speculating to exchange of the dark-squared bishops White
forces a weakening of the position.} f6 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Rd1 {White decides to
keep at least one rook to retain chances for a win.} Qf7 {[%cal Gh8g7]} 30. Be3
{Preparing regrouping of pieces.} Bg7 31. Bh6 {White repeats the moves in
order to win some time for thinking.} Bh8 32. Be3 Bg7 33. Ne2 {[%cal Gd2d5,
Ge2f4] It's not easy to break through Black's defense, but White is trying.}
Ba4 34. Ra1 Bc6 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5] An attempt to come from the
other side, this time with the rook on a1.} g5 37. Na5 Be6 38. Re1 h6 39. Bb6 {
White has blocked the b7-pawn. What is next?} Qd7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 40. Qd3 Bf7 {
When you're on defensive any exchange of pieces brings you near to equality
and relieves defense. Is it true also for this position. Let's wait and see.}
41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Qg3 $6 {[%cal Gg3b8] White is ready to penetrate to b8.} (
42. Bd4 $1 {is stronger preparing Qg3 in a better version.}) 42... Qe6 $1 43.
Bd4 {A careful move.} ({In case of} 43. Qc7 {Black obtains counterplay by
means of} Qe1+ 44. Kh2 f5 $1 {[%cal Gg7e5]} (44... Qe5+ 45. Qxe5 fxe5 46. Nxb7
d4 {also deserves attention.}) 45. Qxb7 Be5+ 46. g3 Bxg3+ $3 (46... f4 47.
Qxd5+ Bf7 {is a resrve option.}) 47. Kxg3 $1 (47. fxg3 Qe2+ {leads to
perpetual.}) 47... Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh1+ $1 (48... Bh5+ 49. Ke3 f4+ 50. Kd4 Qxf2+
51. Ke5) 49. Ke3 ({After inaccurate} 49. Ke2 $4 {White gets mated} Bh5+ 50. Ke3
Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qe2+ 52. Kc1 Qd1#) 49... Qd1 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4] A nice quiet move a
piece down. I wonder whether this was the reason for rejecting 43.Qc7.} 50. Bc7
(50. f3 f4+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf1 Bb5+ 53. c4 dxc4 54. Qe4 c3+ (54... Qxb2 $5)
55. Nc4 c2 56. Qg6+ Kh8 57. Qxh6+ Kg8 58. Qxg5+ Kh7 $11 {and White has to
force a draw.}) (50. f4 Qg1+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52. Ke1 Qh1+ 53. Kf2 Qh2+ {and White
can't avoid perpetual.}) 50... f4+ 51. Bxf4 Qc1+ 52. Kd4 Qxf4+ $132 {and Black
obtains counterplay thanks to the kingside pawns and the bishop while playing
on two flanks.}) 43... b6 {This is the reason for playing 42. Bd4 a move
earlier. It would prevent Qe6 and thus also b6.} 44. Nb7 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Gb7d6]} f5 45. Qb8 $1 {The last chance.} (45. Bxg7 {allows} f4 $1 $11) 45...
Bxd4 46. cxd4 Kg7 47. Nd6 $2 {This obvious move throws the advantage away.} (
47. Nd8 $3 {was a good chance to set problems. F.e.} Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe4 (48...
Qxf2 $2 49. Qe5+ Kf8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Ne6 $1 $18) 49. f3 Qe3 50. Qd6 (50. b5 $5
axb5 51. Qd6)) 47... Bd7 48. Qc7 f4 $1 {The knight is stuck on d6. Black is
already not worse.} 49. Kh2 h5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 50. Nc8 Qc6 $1 {Black is ready
to give up a pawn in order to build a fortress.} 51. Qe5+ Qf6 52. Qc7 Qc6 53.
Qe5+ Qf6 54. Qxf6+ {White is trying his very last chance.} (54. Qc7 $11) 54...
Kxf6 55. Nxb6 Bc6 56. b3 {[%cal Gb6a4] The only way to bring the knight back
into play.} Kf5 {[%cal Gf5e4]} 57. f3 h4 {Black closes position.} 58. Na4 Bb5
59. Kg1 Ke6 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. Ke1 Ke6 62. Nb2 Kf6 63. Nd1 Ke6 64. Nf2 Ke7 65. Ng4
Ke6 66. Ne5 Kf6 67. Kf2 Ke6 {White can't make progress and so a draw was
agreed. A tough game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 e6 {This rare move is a pet-line of GM Zvjaginsev. He is the only player
to advocate the position on the GM level in the recent years.} 9. f4 d6 {
I believe Magnus had chosen this move after studying recent developments in
the 8...e6. 9...Ng4?! was almost refuted by Grischuk and so the young
Norwegian follows another recent game of Zvjaginsev.} (9... Ng4 $6 10. Qxg4 $1
{was reviewed in Nataf-Zvjaginsev,V, Petrosian mem Internet 2004. See Grischuk,
A-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky RUS 2004.} (10. Bg1 {promised no advantage in view of}
e5 $1 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. h3 Nf6 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. Bh2 Nc7 16. O-O
Be6 17. Rad1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Bg3 {and a draw was agreed in Svidler,
P-Zvjaginsev,V/Pojkovsky 2003.})) 10. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Ge1c1] White prepares long
castle. It's clear that both players were aware of the below-mentioned game of
Zviaginsev.} (10. Ndb5 $6 {was strongly met by a very interesting tactical
blow.} Nxe4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Zvjaginsev,V/ICC INT 2004/CBM105 [Mikhalevski,
V] (20)}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. O-O-O ({Also a plan with the short
castle deserves attention.} 12. O-O {[%cal Ga1d1]} Bc6 13. Rad1 $14) 12... Bc6
(12... e5 $6 {is dubious in view of} 13. fxe5 Bg4 14. Qf4 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxd1
16. Rxd1 {[%csl Rd8,Rf6]}) 13. Be5 {White underestimates the queen sacrifice.}
({Probably he should have preffered} 13. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 13... dxe5 $1 {
A strong positioal sacrifice of the queen. Soon Black will return the e5-pawn
and obtain control over the dark squares.} ({After the passive} 13... Ne8 $6
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5] White has a clear advantage.}) 14. Rxd8
Raxd8 15. fxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 16. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge3a7] With a modest idea
of Qxa7.} a6 $6 {A serious inaccuracy, which allows White to trade his
bad-placed knight.} ({Brave} 16... b5 $1 {[%cal Ga7a5] deserved serious
attention. For example} 17. Qxa7 b4 18. Nd1 Bxe4 {[%csl Re5,Rg2] First Black
wins back one pawn and then another and gets good counterplay. His bishops are
very strong.}) 17. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5e7] This move has become possible thanks
to the last move. Now after accepting the sacrifice Black's light-squared
bishop will not be able to escape to a6.} Rfe8 $1 {Preventing Ne7+ with the
exchange of the strong light-squared bishop.} (17... exd5 18. exd5 Bb5 $2 (
18... Nxe5 $142 19. dxc6 Nxc6) 19. e6 $1 Rfe8 20. a4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb5] and
trapping the bishop White obtains a decisive advantage.}) 18. Nf6+ ({I don't
understand why White hadn't exchanged the bishop by means of} 18. Nb4 Bb5 $140
19. a4) 18... Nxf6 19. exf6 Bxf6 {Now strong black bishops seem to compensate
White's material advantage.} 20. c3 $1 {A useful move. White takes control
over the d4-square, restricts the f6-bishop and prepares retreat of the
light-squared bishop to c2.} Rd7 21. h4 Kg7 $1 22. g4 (22. h5 {doesn't reach
the goal in view of} h6 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Re3][%cal Gf6g5]}) 22... h6 23. Rh2 {
[%cal Ge4e5]} (23. g5 {is not dangerous for Black since his bishop occupies a
nice square on e5 after} hxg5 24. hxg5 Be5 25. Qh3 $140 $4 Bf4+ 26. Kb1 Bxe4+)
23... g5 $5 {Black closes position on the kingside.} (23... Be5 {also looked
not bad.}) 24. e5 Be7 25. h5 Red8 $1 {[%cal Gd7d3] Black takes the d-file and
obtains initiative.} 26. Rh3 {[%csl Rd3]} Bb5 {[%cal Gd7d3] Black renews the
threat of Rd3.} 27. Bc2 (27. Rh1 $5 {[%cal Gh1d1] with the idea to trade a
pair of rooks looks logical.} Rd3 28. Qb6 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Bc6 29. Rd1) 27...
Bc6 $1 {[%csl Rh3]} 28. Qe2 $1 Rd5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7,Yd8d7] Black
finds a target.} 29. Bb3 (29. Rd3 $4 {is impossible in view of} Bb5 {[%csl Rd3,
Re2]}) 29... Rc5 30. Re3 Rd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7d8,Gd8c7]} 31. Bc2 Bd8 32. Rd3
$1 {White exploits the last move in order to trade the rooks.} Rcd5 ({Now} 
32... Bb5 {is not dangerous in view of} 33. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Rc5]}) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5
{[%cal Gd8c7]} 34. Bb3 Rd7 ({Black could go on with his plan of attacking the
e5-pawn.} 34... Ra5 $1 35. Qd3 $1 Bc7 36. Bxe6 $1 Bxe5 37. Bc4 Bf4+ 38. Kc2 Re5
$44 {and Black is fine.}) 35. Bc2 Rd5 $1 36. Bb3 Rd7 37. Bc2 Bb6 $2 {Magnus is
too optimistic.} (37... Rd5 $11 {repeating the position was necessary.}) 38.
Be4 $1 {After this exchange of bishops White obtains a clear advantage.} Bd5
39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7,Rh6][%cal Gc3c4,Gf3f6]} Bd8 $1 {
A sad necessity.} (40... Bc7 41. Qf6+) 41. c4 Rd7 ({I believe an active defence
} 41... Rxe5 42. Qxb7 a5 {offered more practical chances.}) 42. Kc2 a5 43. Kb3
$1 $18 {[%cal Gb3a4] White prepares Ka4 followed by advance of the queenside
pawns.} Be7 44. Qe3 {[%cal Gb3a4]} ({Also strong was} 44. Ka4 $5 b6 45. Qf2 $1)
44... Bf8 {Black can't prevent creating of a passed pawn on the queenside.} 45.
Ka4 (45. a3 $5 Rc7 46. Qd4 Rc6 47. Ka4 $18) 45... Bb4 46. a3 Bd2 47. Qb6 Be1
48. b3 {White is not in a hurry.} Bc3 49. Qe3 Bd2 50. Qc5 Be1 51. Qe3 Bd2 52.
Qf2 {[%cal Gf2f6]} Bc3 ({Also} 52... Bf4 53. Qc5 Rd3 54. Qb5 Rg3 55. Qxb7 Rxg4
56. c5 Bxe5+ 57. Kxa5 {looks hopeless for Black.}) 53. Qf6+ Kh7 54. Qf3 Bd2 55.
Qd1 Kg7 56. Kb5 Rd3 57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 Rd7 59. Qf3 Bf4 60. Qe4 Bd2 61. Qe2
Bc3 62. Qe3 Bd4 63. Qe1 Bb2 64. Kb6 Bd4+ 65. c5 Bb2 66. Ka7 {[%cal Ga7b8,Gb8c8]
} Rd3 ({Also a tougher defense} 66... Bd4 {would have been broken with} 67. Kb8
Kf8 68. Kc8 Ke8 69. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1b5]} Ke7 ({or} 69... Rd8+ 70. Kxb7) 70.
Qf6+ Ke8 71. Qh8+ Ke7 72. Qxh6 Bxe5 73. Qxg5+ $18) 67. Kxb7 {The rest was
unnecessary.} Bc3 68. Qb1 Rd5 69. c6 Bxe5 70. b5 {A very nice technical win of
the ex-European Champion.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 9. O-O (9. a4 {is a possible alternative which is
usually played to prevent a4.}) 9... d6 10. Ndb5 {With his last two moves
White shows that he's not afraid of a4 which is an exchange of the a and
e-pawns. Below you can see an example of this continuation.} b6 {Malakhov's
speciality, which however didn't bring him good results so far. The idea
behind the move is to develop the light-squared bishop to a6 and thus to
provoke a4. Then Black can bring his king knight to c5 attacking the b3-bishop.
} ({Other options:} 10... a4 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. c4 Be6 $6 $146 14.
Rad1 Qb8 $6 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. a3 Bxd5 $2 (17... Bf5 $14) 18. cxd5 $16
{1-0 Fedorov,A-Spasov,V/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98[Postny] (30)}) (10... Be6 11. h3
Nd7 12. Re1 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. Qd2 b6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nb4 17. Re2 Qd7
18. Rd1 f6 19. f4 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Bastia 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) (
10... Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. h3 Nge5 14. a4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 g5
17. Ndc7 Rb8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Rf6 20. Bb3 d5 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. f4 (22. Rad1
$5 e6 23. c4 $1) 22... gxf4 23. Rxf4 (23. Rae1 $5) 23... e6 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25.
Rf1 Qg6 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. c4 Rd8 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Nc7 Rd7 $2 (29... Nge7 $1
30. Ne6 Rd6 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 $14) 30. Bxd5+ $16 {1-0 Jaracz,P-Agdestein,S/
Cappelle la Grande 2001/CBM 80 ext (57)}) 11. Re1 {[%cal Ge3g5,Gc3d5] White
prepares an agressive plan Bg5 followed by Nd5 or immediate Nd5 and thus he
needs the e4-pawn to be guarded.} ({Malakhov also faced other plans:} 11. f3
Ba6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. a4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nfd7 15. Bg5 Bxb5 (15... Nc5 $5) 16. Nxb5
Nc5 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. c3 $14 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Malakhov,V/Moscow RUS
2004/The Week in Chess 486 (52). (51)}) (11. a4 Ba6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Na7 15. c4 (15. Bd5 $1 Bxb5 16. axb5 Rc8 17. f5 $1) 15... Nc5 16. f5 Nc6
17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Qf4 Re8 19. h4 f6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rae1 Kh7 22. Qd2 Qc8 23.
Bf4 Bb7 $15 {1-0 Zhang Zhong-Malakhov,V/Poikovsky RUS 2004/The Week in Chess
489 (43). (42)}) (11. h3 {was also tested.}) 11... Ba6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 12. a4 {
[%csl Gb5] Protecting the b5-knight White prevents Nxe4.} Rc8 13. Nd5 Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7c5] The knight goes to c5.} ({After} 13... Nxe4 $4 14. Bxb6 {[%csl
Re4] can be seen the point of 11.Re1.}) 14. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Gb5d6] A novelty.
Nataf is not scared of exchange of his light-squared bishop as in order to do
so Black will need to weaken his pawn structure on the kingside.} ({In the
only preceding game White saved the light-squared bishop with} 14. c3 {[%cal
Gb3c2]} Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Rb1 Bxb5 17. axb5 Na7 18. Qe2 e6 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. c4
Rcd8 21. Nd3 Nc8 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bg5 Ne7 24. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,
B-Malakhov,V/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 92 (42). (42)}) 14... h6 $5 {Now White will
have to decided what to do with the bishop.} ({Playing} 14... Nc5 $5 {Black
would have to be ready to play a position with three minor pieces vs queen and
one or two pawns with some compensation for the sacrificed queen.} 15. Na7 (15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7) 15... Nxa7 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxg6+ fxg6
18. Bxd8 Rcxd8 $13) 15. Bh4 {White is ready to sacrifice a pawn.} ({
Sophisticated} 15. Bf4 g5 $140 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Bxh6) 16. Bc1 {doesn't look
great, but at least doesn't give up a pawn... After} Nc5 {Black should be OK.})
15... g5 16. Bg3 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5b3] Black accomplished his idea, started on the
tenth move. Was it enough to equalize. I'm not sure. I believe Black had to
capture the b-pawn.} ({I don't see what was wrong with} 16... Bxb2 {For
instance:} 17. Rb1 ({I doubt Nataf was going to sacrifice an exchange with} 17.
h4) 17... Bg7 18. Ne3 (18. c3 $5) 18... Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd4 {and Black looks
fine.}) 17. c3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb3c2]} Bxb5 18. axb5 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Ne5 20. Ne3
{The knight goes to f5.} Rc5 $5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd8d7] Black is trying to
create counterplay.} 21. Bxe5 {This moves order allows Black to chose between
Bxe5 and Rxe5.} ({Immediate} 21. Nf5 {was more precise and could lead to the
game by transposition after} Qd7 22. Bxe5 Rxe5) 21... Rxe5 (21... Bxe5 $5 22.
Nf5 Kh7 {[%cal Ge7e6] and Black is close to equality.}) 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. c4 {
The knight on f5 has more perspectives than the g7-bishop and can always be
traded if necessary. However thanks to the weakness of the c4-pawn Black can
hope for counterplay.} Rc5 $1 {[%csl Rc4] Black finds a target.} 24. Rad1 {
White moves the rook away from the a1-h8 diagonal in order to prepare defense
of the c4-square by means of Qa2 followed by b3.} ({I believe it would be
safer to play} 24. Qd3 Qe6 (24... Bxb2 $6 25. Nxh6+ Kh7 26. Nf5 $1 Bxa1 $140 $4
27. Qh3+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Qxd7 $18) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. b3 Rfc8 {and I see
no real problems for Black here.}) 24... Qe6 (24... Rfc8 $5) 25. Qa2 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b3]} Rxc4 ({Also} 25... Qxc4 {deserved a serious attention. Now after}
26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Nxe7+ Kh7 28. Nf5 Rd8 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5][%cal Gc4b4] Black
obtains a serious counterplay.}) 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. Nf5 $5 ({In case of} 27. Nd5
$6 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Nxb6 Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rd1]} 30. Qb1+ Kg8 31. Rxd6
Qxb5 32. Nd5 Re8 $1 {[%csl Rb2] White loses a pawn.}) 27... Rxe4 {Black forces
a draw.} ({Instead he could fight for advantage by means of} 27... Rb4 $1 28.
Qb1 ({In case of} 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 {[%csl Rb5,Rf2]
White has to fight for a draw and even then the draw is not guaranteed.}) 28...
Be5 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5]}) 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxd6 {
As a result of massive exchanges we see a drawish position which is proved by
a number of precise move.} Rc8 $1 32. g3 (32. Rc6 Rd8 {changes nothing.}) 32...
Kf6 $1 33. Rxb6 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4b4] The rook will attack the b5-pawn from
behind.} 34. Ra6 a4 $1 $11 35. b6 Rb4 36. Kg2 Rxb2 37. Rxa4 Rxb6 {An
interesting fighting draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 ({Another theoretical line goes with} 9. O-O a4) 9... d5 10. Bxd5
Nxd5 11. exd5 (11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rd1
Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. b3 exf3 19. gxf3 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Landa,
K-Kuzubov,Y/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (62)}) 11... Nb4 12. Nde2 e6 {More popular
continuation is 12...Bf5.} 13. a3 (13. Qd2 exd5 14. a3 d4 15. O-O-O Nxc2 $1 16.
Bf2 Na1 $1 17. Kb1 Nb3 18. Qc2 dxc3 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc3 Bf5 21. Ne4 Nd2+ 22.
Ka1 Rac8 $19 {0-1 Sammalvuo,T-Wedberg,T/Osterskan 1994/TD (26)}) (13. O-O Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. c3 Re8 17. Kf2 $11 {0-1 Zapata,A-Gonzalez,J/
Merida 2002 (62)}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bd4 Bh6 (15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Re8 17. Kf2 Bf5 18. c3 Rc8 19. Rhe1 b5 20. b4 Rc4 21. Qd2 Qb6+ 22. Nd4 Rec8 23.
Re3 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Zilberman,Y/Manila 1992/TD (50)}) 16. O-O Bf5 $146
(16... Re8 17. Re1 (17. Bf2 Qg5 18. Nd4 Bg7 19. c3 Bh3 20. Bg3 Qe3+ 21. Kh1
Bxd4 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Qxd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lendwai,R-Volkmann,F/Austria 1996/CBM
52 ext (60)}) 17... Ra6 18. Nc3 Rae6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Klovans,J-Quinn,M/Schwarzach 1998/EXT 2000 (35)}) (16... Ra6 17. Kh1 Re8 18.
Bf2 a4 19. Re1 Rae6 20. Nc3 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 d4 22. Nxa4 Be3 23. Nc5 Bf5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Hernandez,R/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (52)}) 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. c3
Rfe8 {Black's isolated pawn is compensated by the pair of strong bishops.} 19.
Rf2 ({It was possible to eliminate one of black's bishops:} 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20.
Re1 {, but white can hope for a tiny advantage only.}) 19... a4 20. Qf1 Bf4 21.
Rd1 Be6 22. Re2 ({Possible was} 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nc1 {trying to transfer the
knight to a better pastures.}) 22... Qb5 23. Rde1 Bd7 24. Qf2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8
{After the exchange of rooks, the position has strong tendency for a draw.} 26.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Be3 Bc7 28. Qd2 f6 $1 {Covering dark squares on the kingside.}
29. Bd4 Bd8 30. Nf1 (30. Qf4 Qc6 $11) 30... Qc6 31. Qf4 Bc7 32. Qh4 (32. Qxf6
$6 Qxf6 33. Bxf6 Bf4 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf4c1]}) 32... g5 33. Qh6 $6 {
Moving the queen far away from the queenside, where black can start active
actions.} (33. Qe1 $11) 33... Bb6 34. h4 $1 (34. Qh3 $6 Bxd4+ 35. cxd4 Qb6 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 36. Qc8 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Kf8 38. Qxb7 Qc4 39. Qb4+ Qxb4 40. axb4
Ke7 {with good winning chances.}) 34... Bxd4+ 35. cxd4 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 36.
hxg5 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Bg6 38. gxf6 Qxf6 $15 {Black's chances are preferable,
thanks to strong passed pawn.} 39. Qd2 d4 40. Kg1 Qb6 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke1 Ke6
$6 {Malakhov is trying to achieve progress at any price, but this king's
voyage is too optimistic. White's tandem queen+knight may become dangerous.} (
42... Qd6 $5) 43. Ng3 Kd5 44. Ne2 Kc4 45. g4 Qd6 46. f4 Be4 $6 ({Better was} 
46... Bd3 {intending to eliminate white's knight.}) 47. f5 h5 $2 {This
careless move is a decisive mistake.} ({The least of the evils was} 47... Bc6 {
, though white is already better anyway.}) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.",
"","","d2f4","",10]} 48. Qf4 $1 $18 Qd5 (48... Qxf4 49. Nxf4 hxg4 50. f6 {
[%csl Gf6] and white's pawn queens.}) 49. Ng3 Bd3 50. gxh5 Qa5+ 51. Kf2 Qb6 52.
Qc1+ Kd5 53. h6 {This pawn is unstoppable.} Bc4 54. h7 d3+ (54... Qf6 55. Qh1+
$18 {[%cal Gh7h8]}) 55. Kf1 {This is certainly a mistake in the scoresheet,
since out of white's five legal replies the move 55.Kf1 is the only one, that
loses due to 55...d2! I guess, that white actually played the best 55.Kg2.} ({
The key variation is:} 55. Kg2 Qd4 56. Qc3 Qxc3 57. bxc3 d2 58. h8=Q d1=Q 59.
Qd8+ $18 {[%csl Rd1]}) 55... Qd4 56. Qc3 Qe3 {Again 56...d2. See the previous
comment.} 57. Qa5+ Kc6 58. Qxa4+ Kb6 59. Qb4+ Ka6 60. Qa4+ Kb6 61. Qb4+ Ka6 62.
Qxc4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 ({Another possibility is} 9... a4) 10. Ndb5 {Solid
alternatives are: 10.f3 and 10.h3. The move in the text provokes black to play
a5-a4.} a4 {This leads to 9...a4 variation by transposition.} 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 12.
Qe2 (12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Re1 Qf5 14. Nc7 Rxa4 15. Bxa4 Bxb2 16. Nd5 e6 17. f3 exd5
18. fxe4 dxe4 $15 {1-0 Moreno Carnero,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Cala Galdana
1999/EXT 2000 (43)}) (12. Re1 Ra6 13. c4 Nf6 14. h3 Na5 15. Qe2 Nxb3 16. axb3
Bd7 17. Rad1 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Ra8 19. Qf3 $36 {1-0 Bologan,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/Bastia
1999/CBM 73 ext (41)}) 12... Nf6 (12... Ra6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7
16. Nac3 Re8 17. a3 Qb8 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Balogh,C-Wirig,A/Pula
2003/CBM 94 ext (53)}) (12... Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxb2 15. Rad1 Qa5 16.
a4 Bf6 17. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Gonzalez Menendez,I-Sierra Canosa,F/Aviles 2002/EXT
2003 (46)}) 13. c4 (13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Qg4 15. f3 Qh5 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Nac3
Ne5 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bf2 Rac8 20. Qe3 Bh6 21. Qb6 $14 {1-0 Guseinov,K-Gouliev,S/
Baku 2000/EXT 2002 (76)}) 13... Be6 $6 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Nac3 Nc5
16. Bc2 Nb4 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a3 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd7 21. Nd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Anisimov,P-Savchenko,B/Essentuki 2003/CBM 93 ext (27)}) (13... Bg4 14.
f3 Be6 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Kh1
$14 {1-0 Sedlak,N-Gottschlich,C/Budapest 1999/CBM 73 ext (25)}) 14. Rad1 Qb8 $6
(14... Nd7 $6 15. c5 Bxb3 16. axb3 $16) (14... Na5 $5 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Nc5 Bg4
17. Nxd7 (17. f3 $6 Qc6) 17... Bxe2 18. Nxf8 Nxb3 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. axb3 Bxd1
21. Rxd1 Nd7 $44) 15. Nb6 {Transfering the knight to the centre with tempo.}
Ra6 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. a3 $1 {Covering b4 square, and setting free a2 square for
the bishop.} (17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Na5 $132) 17... Bxd5 $2 {This exchange
leads to a very tough position for black.} (17... Bf5 $5 $14) 18. cxd5 Ne5 (
18... Na5 $2 19. Ba2 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rb2b4]}) 19. Rc1 Ra8 20. Bd4 {
[%cal Gf2f4] Fedorov is not in a hurry to capture the exchange.} (20. Ba7 Rxa7
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Nxa7 Qc5 23. Nb5 (23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Bh6 $44) 23... Nxd5
24. Bxd5 Qxd5 $14) 20... Bf8 21. h3 {White clearly demonstrates to his
opponent, that his position is irreparable.} Ned7 22. Ba7 {Only after all the
preparations white is going for the exchange} Rxa7 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nxa7 Qc5
25. Nb5 Bg7 ({The least of the evils was} 25... Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rc1 $16)
26. Nc3 Nh5 $6 {After this move black's position falls apart completely, but
objectively speaking he is lost anyway.} 27. Qxe7 Bxc3 28. Rc1 $1 {White's
rook joins the attack with devastating consequences.} Ne5 29. Rxc3 Qd4 30. Rc8+
Kg7 31. Qf8+ (31. Qf8+ Kf6 32. Qxd6+ {etc.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 ({The main alternative is} 9... a4 {[%csl Re4]}) 10. f3 (10.
h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Rab8 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. b3
Rbc8 $11 {1-0 Anand,V-Malakhov,V/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 92 no vc (66)}) (10. Ndb5
b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Rb1 Bxb5 17.
axb5 Na7 18. Qe2 e6 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Malakhov,V/
Hyderabad 2002/CBM 92 no vc (42)}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Kh1 (
13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Bc4 e6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19.
b3 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 21. Rad1 Nc8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lobzhanidze,D-Tiviakov,S/
Haarlem 2001/EXT 2002 (45)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ ({Comes to
consideration} 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Qb4 {- see the commented game Van den Doel,
E-Tiviakov,S/Leeuwarden 2001/CBM 84 [Tsesarsky]}) 15... Kg8 16. Rad1 $146 ({
More ambitious is to keep the queens on the board:} 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Qg5 {
- see the commented game Lastin,A-Malakhov,V/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90 
[Tsesarsky]}) 16... Qb6 {After the exchange of queens black solves his opening
problems.} 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f4 $6 {This move weakens the Pe4, and black can
exploit it.} ({Can be recommended} 18. Kg1 $11 {[%cal Yg1f2,Yf2e3]}) 18... Kg7
19. Kg1 Nd7 {Transfering the knight to an excellent square c5.} 20. Bd5 Nc5 21.
Rd4 Rac8 {Black's position is already slightly preferable.} 22. g3 f5 23. exf5
(23. e5 $6 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Nxd5 Kf7 $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 25...
Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Kf7 $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 23... gxf5 24. Re1 Kf6 25.
Bg2 {Setting free d5 square for possible knight jump.} Rfd8 26. Kf2 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 e6 28. Kf3 h5 29. Nd1 e5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Very surprising tactical
oversight for such a high level.} ({Possible was} 29... Rc6 {with good
prospects for black, although the position remains about equal.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Find the best move for white.","","","d4d6","This simple tactical strike
yields White a full pawn.",5]} 30. Rxd6+ $1 {This simple tactical strike
yields White a full pawn.} Rxd6 31. fxe5+ Ke6 32. exd6+ Kxd6 33. b3 ({Probably
stronger was} 33. Ne3 Nxa4 34. b3 {followed by 35.Nxf5.}) 33... Ne6 34. Ne3 Rc3
35. Ke2 Rc5 36. Rf1 ({Good enough is} 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Nd5+ Kf7 38. c4) 36...
Ke7 37. Rd1 $6 {Allows Black to exchange his weak Pf5.} ({Of course not} 37.
Nxf5+ $4 Rxf5 $19 {[%cal Re6d4]}) (37. Kd3 $142 Kf6 38. c4) 37... f4 $1 {
After this exchange black is getting reasonable drawing chances.} 38. Nd5+ Kf7
39. c4 fxg3 40. hxg3 Rc6 41. Rd3 Nc5 42. Rf3+ Kg7 43. Re3 $2 {This careless
move spoils all of white's advantage.} ({Possible was} 43. Kd2) 43... Re6 $1
$11 {[%mdl 4096] Surprisingly, after the exchange of rooks white's advantage
evaporates.} 44. Rxe6 Nxe6 45. b4 (45. Kd2 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,Rg3][%cal Gc5b3,
Gc5e4] and white is losing his extra pawn.}) 45... axb4 46. Nxb4 Nc5 47. a5 Kf6
48. Ke3 (48. Nd3 Nb3 $11 {[%csl Ra5]}) 48... Kf5 49. Kf3 {This move loses
white's extra pawn, but there was no significant improvement anyway.} Nb3 50.
a6 bxa6 51. Nxa6 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.28"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Weinstein, Norman"]
[Black "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Re1 (11. f4) 11... Rac8 12. Qd2 (12. Nd5 Rfe8
13. Bd2) 12... Rfe8 13. Rad1 b5 (13... Ne5) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bh6 Qc7 $6 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Bxd5 18. exd5 $16 {[%csl Re7]} a5 19. a4 (19.
a3 a4) 19... b4 20. Qf4 Qd7 21. Rd3 Qa7 22. Rf3 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5]} Rc5 $132
23. g4 h6 24. Qd2 Qb7 $2 (24... Rec8) 25. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 26. Qd4+ e5 27. dxe6+
Kg5 28. Qe3+ Kf6 29. Qd4+ Kg5 30. Qxd6 $18 Qc7 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33.
exf7 Rd8 34. Rxa5 Kg7 35. Rb5 Re7 36. Rxb4 g5 37. Rb5 Re2 38. a5 Rdd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 $5 {An interesting move that has been played recently also by another
strong GM's as Mamedov, Nepo, and even Carlsen. The rook might be useful on e8
for many purposes, as practice has shown.} 9. f3 {This is the critical test
for Black's last move.} ({If the game goes for the normal Accelerated Dragon
lines} 9. O-O d6 10. h3 {one point about Re8 is revealed: Black didn't play
Qa5, which makes possible} Na5 {[%csl Yb3] taking the always dangerous
light-squared bishop.}) (9. h4 $5 {is the super aggressive approach:} d5 $1 {
Black must immediately counter-attack in the centre} (9... Qa5 10. h5 $5 Nxe4 (
10... Nxh5 11. Nf5 $1 {seems confused but dangerous for Black}) 11. hxg6 hxg6
12. Qf3 d5 $1 (12... Nf6 13. O-O-O {seems just very pleasant for White, with
many attacking possibilities in return for the pawn sacrificed}) 13. Bxd5 Nf6
14. Bb3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Bg4 16. Qf4 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Yg7c3] is a mess})
14... Bg4 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 e4 $13 {is a better option for Black}
) 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 {White achieved an advantage in a curious way now}
17. Rh4 Bh5 (17... Ne4 $1) 18. Ra4 $1 {[%csl Ya7]} Qf5 19. f3 e6 20. Qf2 {
[%cal Yg2g4];Negi,P (2664)-Hou,Y (2683) Saint Louis Showdown Basque 2 2015 (1.
2) 1-0 and Black's position is difficult -}) (9... e6 $6 {was too slow} 10. h5
$1 Nxh5 (10... d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg4 $5 Bxe5 15.
O-O-O $44 {Faerber,D (2200)-Neukirchner,P (2089) GER-chT U20 Hannover 2017 (2.
4) 1-0}) 11. Qd2 {White's play is very practical, instead of a direct attack,
he just continues developing his forces, and the openend h-file will be always
useful for attacking ideas} d5 (11... Nxd4 $5 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qg5 {
prevents 0-0-0, but} 14. e5 $1 {[%cal Yc3e4] looks pleasant for White}) 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bh6 Bxc3 $1 {pratically the best chance for Black,
as g4 or Rxh5 were very annoying threats} 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Kb2 e5
18. Rh4 Be6 19. Rdh1 $13 {Supi,L (2516)-El Debs,F (2531) Cuiaba Contaud op
2017 (5) 1-0 the position remains unclear, but I think White's threats on the
kingside look very dangerous, and Black was not able to find the difficult
defences when the assault started -}) 10. exd5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxb2 $11 {Fuchs,J (2307)-Daulyte,D (2392) BL
1516 (Women) 2015 (11.5) 1/2}) 10... Na5 11. h5 (11. Nde2 a6 12. a4 Nxb3 13.
cxb3 {Khanin,S (2454)-Palachev,P (2370) Samara Polugaevsky Memorial 7th 2017 
(6) 1-0} Ng4 14. Bd4 e5 $1 {this position illustrates both how useful the rook
can be on e8 for Black and how useless the move h4 can become}) (11. Qd2 $146 {
is similar} Nxb3 12. Nxb3 b5 $1 $132) 11... Nxb3 12. Nxb3 b5 $1 {this move
resembles another variation played quite often by Gelfand in recent years, in
which Black plays a quick d5 too. Comparing those positions with this one, it
seems that Re8 is an improvement for Black} 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nxb5 Nxd5 15. Bd4
e5 16. Bc5 {Kriebel,T (2484)-Jurcik,M (2484) TUR-chT2 Konya 2016 (1.8) 1/2} Nf4
$1 {gives good chances for Black} 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. g3 Bb7 19. Rf1 Ne6 20. Bxa7
Be4 {White is grabbing many pawns, but Black is more and more active, for
example} 21. a4 Bxc2 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Bd3 $17) 9... d5 $5 {Dubov has his
own opinion about this position and wants to prove that no further
preparations are necessary in order to prepare the d5-advance.} (9... e6 {
is by far the main move, as after f3 it may look like d5 opening the e-file is
a good idea. A recent and sharp game went} 10. f4 $1 {As strange as it may
look play f3 and on the next move f4; this is the best way to counter Black's
plan of d5} (10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 Qg5 {[%cal Yc8h3,
Rg5h5,Rg7e5];Zvara,P (2370)-Paravyan,D (2531) Pardubice Czech op-A 28th 2017 
(2) 0-1 looks not only harmless but also active for Black -}) 10... d6 (10...
Qa5 11. O-O d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ncb5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {Karjakin,S (2783)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017 blitz (2.17) 1-0}) (10...
Ng4 {doesn't helps much} 11. Qxg4 Nxd4 12. O-O-O Nxb3+ 13. axb3 d5 14. e5 Bd7
15. h4 $36 {Saric,I (2660)-Horvath,A (2498) Biel MTO op 49th 2016 (8) 1-0}) 11.
Ndb5 {a new move} (11. Qf3 {[%cal Ge1c1] also looks interesting}) 11... Bf8 12.
Qf3 a6 13. Nd4 Na5 14. O-O b5 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Bxf7+ $3 {a
brilliant sacrifice that leads to many complications} Kxf7 18. Qg3 Bg7 19.
fxg6+ hxg6 20. Bg5 $13 {Navara,D (2745)-Mamedov,R (2704) Vugar Gashimov Mem
2018 (1.1) 1/2}) 10. Bxd5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5
Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 $11) ({against} 10. exd5 {Black has at least two interesting
continuations} Nb4 (10... Na5 $5 11. Qd2 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14.
Rhe1 Qd7 $44) 11. Nde2 e6 $1 {Black just doesn't regain the pawn, but instead
goes for quick development} 12. dxe6 $6 (12. Qd2 $142 Nbxd5 13. O-O-O) 12...
Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Bf2 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 (15. Kxd1 $2 Rd8+ $17) 15... Nxc2+
16. Kf1 Ne3+ 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 $11 {in many variations Black regains the pawn or
achieves a very active position for his pieces. No doubt Dubov was pretty
aware of these positions, so it makes sense to avoid them.}) 10... Nxd5 11.
Nxd5 (11. exd5 $6 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 e6 $1 {is already pleasant for
Black.}) 11... Be6 $1 {Dubov shows nice preparation, this move regains the
material by force.} 12. c4 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 (13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 {
is too passive} Red8 $15) 13... Bxb2 14. Qxd8 (14. Rb1 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Bc3 16.
Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 Qc4 $1 $13) 14... Nxd8 $1 {[%csl Yb7,Ye6]} 15. Rb1 Bc3+ 16.
Kf2 Rc8 17. Rhd1 Bf6 {and Black is ok} 18. Rd2 b6 $11 {[%cal Yg8f7,Yd8b7]})
12... Rc8 13. O-O {Pratically accepting the draw.} (13. b3 {would be the last
attempt to keep the material advantage} Bxd5 14. cxd5 (14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4
e5 $1 16. Bc3 b5 $1 $36) {Black has more than one attractive move here, but a
practical decision is} 14... Nxd4 (14... Nb4 $5 15. O-O e5 $1 {[%cal Yb4c2]}
16. dxe6 Rc3 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3] everything in White's position is hanging}) 15.
Bxd4 Qa5+ 16. Kf2 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Rc2+ 18. Kg3 $13 {[%csl Yg3] and Black's king
is in a very risky situation, so in practice is not worth taking such risks
for a pawn.}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4 $11 {Nothing really funny happens now
and a draw was agreed after some exchanges.} 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd4+
Kg8 18. Qxa7 Bxd5 19. Rad1 (19. Rfd1 e6 $11) 19... Ra8 20. Qf2 Qa5 21. Rxd5
Qxa2 22. Qxa2 Rxa2 23. Rf2 Ra1+ 24. Rf1 Ra2 25. Rf2 Ra1+ 26. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O (
7... Qa5) 8. Bb3 d5 {Une ligne secondaire ambitieuse} (8... d6) (8... a5) 9.
exd5 Na5 10. Nf3 (10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 Ng4 14. O-O-O
Qa5 15. dxe7 Rfe8 16. Rde1 Rxe7 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 20. b4 Qe5
21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. e4 Bg6 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. Nxg5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 a5 26. bxa5 Re5
27. Nf3 Rb5+ 28. Kc1 Rxa5 29. e5 Rc5 30. Kd2 Rd5+ 31. Nd4 Rdxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5
33. Rb1 Rg5 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. Rxb7 Rxh3 37. c4 Be4 38. Re7 f5 39. c5
Kf8 {Karjakin,S (2766)-Dubov,D (2655) Doha 2015 1-0}) 10... b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 (
11... Nxb3 12. axb3) 12. O-O-O Qc7 $146 (12... Rc8 13. Bd4 Qd7 14. Rhe1 Nxb3+
15. axb3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Re8 22. Re4 Red8 23. b4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 b5 25. Kd2 Kf6 26. b3 Rb8
27. Kd3 h5 28. Ke3 Rb7 29. f4 Kf5 30. h3 f6 31. Rd4 Ke6 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kd3 Rb6
34. h4 Ra6 35. c4 Ra3 36. Kc2 Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. c5 Rf1 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40.
Rxg6 Rxf4 41. Rg5 Rxh4 42. Rxf5 {Bergez,L (2368)-Gurevich,D (2317) Barbera del
Valles 2014 1/2-1/2}) 13. d6 $1 exd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ng4 $132 16. Bd5
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rac8 {Les Noirs ont une bonne finale}
(19... Nc4 $15) 20. Rd3 Rfe8 $15 21. Re1 Re4 $1 {[%csl Re1] Les Noirs ont un
bon avantage d'esapce} 22. Nd2 Ra4 23. Kb1 Rg4 24. g3 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rgxc4 26.
Kb2 R8c7 (26... Kf8) (26... Kg7) 27. Rf1 R4c5 28. Rf4 Kg7 29. Rfd4 h5 30. a4
Kf6 $17 {[%csl Rb2] Le MI a plusieurs faiblesses à attaquer et il peut donc
jouer pour le gain.} 31. Kb3 Ke5 {[%csl Ge5]} 32. h4 a5 {[%csl Gb4]} 33. c4
R5c6 34. Rf4 Rd6 35. g4 {[%csl Rh4] Les Blancs tente de simplifier mais en
créant une nouvelle faiblesse avec le P isolé "h4"} hxg4 36. Rxg4 Rcc6 37.
Rgd4 Rf6 38. h5 $1 gxh5 39. Rd5+ Ke6 40. Rxh5 $132 Rf1 41. Rd4 Rb1+ $1 {
[%csl Ra4]} 42. Kc3 Rb4 43. Re4+ Kd7 44. Rd5+ Kc7 45. Re7+ Kb8 46. Rd8+ Rc8 47.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 48. Rxf7 Rxa4 49. e4 $40 {[%csl Rc8,Gf7] La partie a basculé car
non seulement les Blancs ont gagné un P mais le K est coupé} Ra1 50. c5 bxc5
51. Kc4 Ra4+ 52. Kd5 Rd4+ 53. Kc6 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gf7f8]} Kd8 54. e5 Ke8 $6
(54... c4 55. e6 Rd2 {[%csl Rc2]}) 55. Ra7 Rc4 56. Kd6 Rxc2 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58.
e6+ Kg7 59. e7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Basque 2"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 $5 {Taking a page from Vitiugov's book, who used it against Leko last
year, who in turn probably got it from a bizarre experiment by Zvjaginsev. The
move is strange, but it does preper e6 and d5 and it might not be so bad.} 9.
h4 $5 Qa5 (9... e6 $5 10. h5 d5 $5 {would be crazy.}) 10. h5 $5 {Going for it}
Nxe4 (10... Nxh5 11. Nf5 $5 {is one of several tempting possibilities.}) 11.
hxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 d5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. O-O-O {looks too optimistic. White has
too much initiative on the h-file.}) 13. Bxd5 Nf6 {the tempo is rather
important!} 14. Bb3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxe8 Rxb2 {is just crazy.
Negi didn't feel like getting into this probably.}) 14... Bg4 (14... Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 e4 $13) 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rh4 Bh5 18. Ra4 $1 {
Taking advantage of that weak a7 pawn.} Qf5 19. f3 e6 20. Qf2 Nd5 $6 (20... g5
21. g4 Bxg4 22. fxg4 Nxg4 {is a weird position.}) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. O-O-O {
White's position is superior now. Black's bishop on h5 is in serious danger.}
d4 23. Bd2 g5 24. g4 $1 {Very nicely timed!} Bxg4 25. Rxa7 {It's amazing how
this rook, originally attacking the kingside from h1, is now attacking the
kingside from a7!} Rf8 26. Rg1 Qxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxf3 28. Bxg5 {there are too many
threats agains the kingside.} Rde8 29. Bf6 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxf6 31. Rf1 Bg5+ 32.
Kb1 Bd5 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. a4 Be3 35. Rd7 f5 36. a5 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d5 $5 {Daniil chooses the most ambitious continuation, which is connected
with a pawn sacrifice.} (8... d6) ({and} 8... a5 {are the main alternatives.})
9. exd5 Na5 10. Qf3 ({In the following 2 examples Black has got full
compensation for the missing pawn:} 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd4 Rb8 $44 {Saric,I (2647)-Yakovich,Y (2515)/Sochi RUS 2015}) (
10. O-O Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. d6 exd6 14. Qxd6 Nh5 $44 {Kulaots,K 
(2582)-Khalifman,A (2614)/Jurmala 2013}) ({Despite his loss, Daniil must have
good memories about this line from his previous battle:} 10. Nf3 b6 11. Qd3 $6
Bf5 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c4 Rc8 15. Rc1 b5 $17 {Oparin,G (2569)-Dubov,
D (2661)/Moscow RUS 2015}) 10... Nxb3 ({After} 10... Bg4 11. Qg3 Bh5 12. d6
exd6 13. O-O Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Re8 15. Bd4 $14 {Ganguly,S (2614)-Barnaure,V (2513)/
Abu Dhabi 2014, White did convert the extra pawn into a positional advantage.})
11. axb3 Bg4 ({Exchanging the dark-squared bishop doesn't offer Black
sufficient compensation for a pawn:} 11... Ng4 $6 12. Rd1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 $16)
12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 $146 {Sergey comes up with an interesting novelty. He
provokes Black to regain the pawn back at cost of creating an isolated pawn.} (
{In the following game the players have entered into a complex and
double-edged position after} 13. f3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O-O Rac8 $132 {
Kulaots,K (2578)-Shirov,A (2696)/Jyvaskyla 2014}) 13... Ng4 (13... exd6 14. h3
Re8 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. c3 $14 {leaves Black with an isolated Pd6,
whereas the Bh5 makes a poor impression.}) 14. O-O-O ({Sergey could have tried
to exploit the poor placement of the Bh5 by means of} 14. O-O $5 Be5 (14...
exd6 $6 {is dubious:} 15. Nd5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 $36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 15. f4 Bxd6 16.
Ndb5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 {, but then} Bb4 18. h3 Rc8 19. Qe4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 a6 21. Na3
b5 $132 {leads to a very complex, double-edged battle.}) 14... Qa5 15. dxe7
Rfe8 16. Rde1 Rxe7 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 ({After} 17. Qxe3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa5 {
White hardly has anything better than} 19. Kc1 $11) 17... Rxe7 18. Kb1 Rae8 $44
) 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 {Black is in a hurry with liberating
the light-squared bishop, but this advance makes the pawn structure somewhat
exposed.} (19... Qd8 $5 20. Qf2 f5 21. Rhg1 Qd7 $44) 20. b4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5
22. e4 Bg6 $6 {Giving up another pawn.} ({Ther was the much stronger} 22... a5
$1 23. bxa5 ({Now} 23. b5 Bg6 24. Nf3 {is well met by} Rc5 {with excellent
play.}) 23... Rxa5 24. Nf5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bg6 $11) 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. Nxg5 Bxc3
25. bxc3 a5 (25... f5 26. Re3 fxe4 27. h4 h6 28. Nh3 $16) 26. bxa5 Re5 27. Nf3
Rb5+ {A pointless move - White's king is now closer to the centre.} ({A better
one was} 27... Rxa5 28. Re3 Rxe4 29. Rhe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kg7 31. Nd4 Kf6 $14)
28. Kc1 Rxa5 ({In comparison to the previous line, now} 28... Rxe4 29. Kd2 Rxa5
30. Rb1 Re7 31. Rhe1 $16 {allows White to activate both rooks.}) 29. e5 $6 {
Underestimating the power of his opponent's bishop.} (29. Kd2 $142 Rxe4 30. Nd4
$16) 29... Rc5 $6 ({Both opponents missed} 29... Rc8 $1 30. Kd2 Rd5+ 31. Nd4 b5
32. Rb1 Rc4 $14 {with excellent drawing chances.}) 30. Kd2 Rd5+ 31. Nd4 Rdxe5 (
31... b5 32. Rb1 Rexe5 33. Rhe1 Rg5 34. Re2 $16) 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rb1 ({
Possibly, the prophylactic} 33. g3 Be4 34. Re1 $16 {would be more unpleasant
for Black.}) 33... Rg5 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 $2 {It's hard to believe, but
this natural recapture is a decisive mistake!} ({It was necessary to protect
the only queenside pawn:} 35... Be4 $1 36. Rb5 f5 37. h6 Kh7 {The limited
material balance offers Black decent drawing chances.}) 36. Rxb7 Rxh3 37. c4
Be4 (37... Kf8 38. c5 Rh5 39. Rb5 Ke8 40. Kc3 Be4 41. Kb4 $18) 38. Re7 f5 39.
c5 Kf8 40. Re5 Rh6 (40... Kf7 {also offered no hope:} 41. c6 Rh8 42. c7 Bb7 43.
Nxf5 Kf6 44. Rb5 $18) 41. Kc3 Kf7 42. Kb4 Rh2 43. c3 Rh4 44. Kb5 Rh3 45. c4 Re3
46. c6 f4 47. c7 Bb7 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Kb6 Bc8 50. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 (9. Bb3 {-->is another fashionable line.}) 9... Qc7
10. Re1 $5 {A rare, but quite logical continuation- White intents to put
pressure along the e-file after the typical exchange on d5.} ({The main line
here is-->} 10. f4 d6 11. Be2 a5 (11... b6) (11... a6)) ({Another interesting
move here is:} 10. Bg5 $5 {-->1-0 Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69/
[Alterman,B] (60)}) 10... d6 {The most natural developing move.} ({Sergei
Kudrin has excellent results in that system:} 10... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g4]} 11. Be2
d6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re3
Bf5 18. Rc3 Qh4 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 21. Re3 $16 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Chow,A/
Philadelphia 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) (10... b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bf1 Rac8 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 $16 {1-0 Kudrin,S-Paschall,W/Boston 1998/EXT 2000 (49)
}) 11. Bf1 $146 {[%cal Gc3d5] White doesn't want to waste time for some
prophylaxis.} ({In the following game White has a serious advantage, but
Black's play can be easily improved:} 11. h3 b6 (11... a6 $5 12. Bf1 e6 $132)
12. Bf1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Na5 $6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 a6 $6 16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. Qd2
Rfe8 18. c4 $16 {1-0 Apicella,M-Coste,T/St Chely d'Aubrac 2004/CBM 101 ext (38)
}) 11... a6 ({The most principal reply would be:} 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 (12. Bd2 $6
d5 $36) (12. Nd5 Nxe3 13. Nxc7 Nxd1 14. Nxa8 Nxb2 $44) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 (
13... Nce5) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 $36) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 ({Black's position would be
too passive after:} 12... Qd8 $6 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. c3 Ne5 15. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Gb6,
Rd7]}) 13. exd5 $14 {Now white has a typical advantage due to the preferablity
of his pawn structure. White may put an unpleasant pressure on the Pe7, while
Black has no counterplay.} Na5 (13... Ne5 14. Bd4 (14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16.
Bd4 $14) 14... Bf5 15. c3 Bh6 $1 $14) 14. Bd4 Nxb3 15. axb3 e5 $6 {Now the
weakness of the dark squarwes around Black's king becomes very significant.} ({
Better was:} 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Re8 (16... Qxc2 $2 17. Rxe7 $16 Qxb3 $140 $2
18. Rc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga1a3]}) 17. c4 (17. c3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. b4
Qb6 $14 {[%cal Ga6a5]}) 17... a5 18. b4 (18. h4 $5) 18... Bd7 $14 {and Black
has a worse but defensible position.}) 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8
19. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8]} Qc5 ({Maybe more accurate would be:} 19... a5 $5
20. h4 Rfe8 $16 {not allowing White to seize more space on the queenside by
b3-b4.}) 20. Qf6 Rfe8 21. h4 $1 {The advance of this pawn is very unpleasant
for Black.} Bg4 {The bishop has no job there.} ({I would prefer:} 21... Bd5 $5
{in order to meet} 22. h5 $6 {with} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qb4 $1 24. Re7 Qg4 $132) 22.
Bc4 {Provoking the d6-d5 advance.} d5 ({After} 22... Qc7 23. Bd5 Qd7 (23... Re5
24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Ra4 $1 $16) 24. h5 $1 Bxh5 25. f3 Re5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. c4
$16 {[%csl Rh5] White's pieces are dominating completely.}) 23. Bd3 Qb4 (23...
Re6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bxg6 Rf8 26. Qg5 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 24. Re5 Bd7 {Giving
up the pawn.} ({I can hardly recommend:} 24... Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Be6 26. h5 Re8 27.
h6 Qf8 28. Qf4 $16 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8] and Black is practically paralyzed.}) (24...
Rad8 $5 {deserves attention;} 25. Ra4 Qd2 26. Rd4 (26. Rxg4 $4 Qd1+ 27. Kh2
Qxg4 $19) 26... Rxe5 27. Qxe5 Be6 $16 {at least keeping the material balance.})
25. Rxd5 Re6 {Black is unable to keep the queens on the board.} (25... Bc6 26.
Rd4 Qc5 27. Bc4 $16) 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bc6 28. f3 {White is a pawn up,
though it's still not easy to convert it to a full point.} (28. b4 $5 Rae8 29.
Kf1 $16) 28... Rae8 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Bc4 Re5 31. b4 {Placing the pawns at the
dark squares and seizing more space.} R8e7 32. c3 h6 33. Bf1 h5 $6 {A serious
strategical mistake- now Black's kingside pawns can be easily attacked by
White's bishop.} ({Much better would be:} 33... g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 $16 {with
some practical chances to draw.}) 34. Rdd1 Kf6 35. Rd6+ Kg7 36. Rd2 Kf8 $6 {
Black just wastes time and allows White to improve his position little by
little.} ({It was the right moment for:} 36... f6 $142 {[%cal Gg6g5] trying to
exchange some pawns.}) 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Bxe2 Re5 39. Bc4 Be8 $6 {The bishop
is placed very badly here.} (39... Rf5 $142 40. Bd3 Rf4 41. Kg3 Rf6 $16) 40.
Rd1 (40. Ra5 Re7 41. Rd5 Bc6 42. Rd8+ Kg7 $16) 40... Ke7 $2 {And that is
already a decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was:} 40... Bc6 {[%cal Ge5f5,Gf7f6]
keeping the rooks on the board.}) 41. Re1 $18 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44.
Ke3 {This endgame is completely hopeless for black- he is a pawn down, while
all his pawns are fixed at the light squares.} f6 {Now it's too late!} 45. Bd3
g5 46. g3 {[%csl Rh5]} Kd6 47. Kd4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Bf7 49. Be4 b5 (49... b6 50.
c4 $18) 50. Bb7 Be6 51. Ke4 Ke7 (51... Kc7 52. Bd5 Bd7 53. Bf7 $18) 52. Bd5 (
52. Bxa6 $18) (52. Bd5 Bc8 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Bf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {This move could be a surprise for Magnus, since the
Najdorf is the main Sicilian weapon of his opponent.} 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Qa5 {The main idea of this move is
preventing White from building up an aggressive Dragon setup with 9.f3, 10.Qd2
and 11.0-0-0.} ({Black has a large choice of alternatives here. The most
common are:} 8... d6) (8... a5) ({and} 8... Ng4) 9. f3 (9. O-O {is more
popular and leads to a long strategic battle. In the following game Magnus
Carlsen had an excellent position playing on the Black's side:} d6 10. h3 (10.
Nd5 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Ne5 13. h3 Qa6 14. Nc2 Nd3 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd4
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 $11 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2764)-Ivanchuk,V (2757)/London ENG 2013
(39)}) 10... Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd5 $6
Qc5+ 16. Kh1 e6 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f5 Qe5 $15 {1-0 Morozevich,A 
(2760)-Carlsen,M (2864)/Moscow RUS 2013 (53)}) 9... e6 $5 {An interesting way
to change the character of play. Maxime is ready for the creation of an
isolated pawn, while Black's pieces are becoming quite active.} (9... d5 10.
exd5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 {doesn't
fully equalise:} 15. c4 e6 16. Be4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18. Kc3 $14) (9... d6
10. Qd2 {would transpose to ''Dragon stuff''.}) 10. O-O (10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O Be6 $11 {0-1 Lopez Gracia,F (2218)-De la Villa
Garcia,J (2466)/Zaragoza 2001}) 10... d5 11. exd5 exd5 $6 {A serious
inaccuracy. The knight is not placed well on f6, so the dark-squared bishop
remains quite useless. In such a situation, White's pressure on the isolated
pawn becomes annoying.} (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qd2 Re8 14.
Rad1 Be6 $11) 12... exd5 13. c3 Re8 14. Re1 (14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 dxc4 18. Rfe1 Bd7 $11) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bxd4+
17. cxd4 Qd8 {Black should be able to neutralise White's slight pressure.}) 12.
Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 $146 {A natural novelty in a rare position.} ({White's
advantage is also indisputable after:} 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Bf2 $14 (14. Nxc6 $6
bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxd2 Bxb2 $11 {0-1 Distaso,A (1974)
-Georgiev,V (2586)/Campobasso 2010/EXT 2013 (63)})) 13... Bd7 14. Nxc6 {
For some reasons, White prefers to change the pawn structure.} ({The weak Pd5
would be quite vulnerable after} 14. Bf2 $5 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 $14 ({
Or} 16. Qxe1 $14)) 14... bxc6 {GM Vachier Lagrave doesn't mind to getting rid
off his isolated pawn. Still, Black's position is rather passive, while White
has full control of the dark squares.} (14... Bxc6 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 $14)
15. Nxd5 {Perhaps, Carlsen's decision on the previous move was connected with
a concrete approach.} ({Another way to handle the position was:} 15. Rfe1 $5
Re5 16. Na4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rae8 18. Kf2 $14) 15... Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxd2
({After} 17. Rxd2 {Black's best practical decision should be:} Rxe3 (17... Be6
18. Kf2 (18. Ba4 Rac8 19. Bxa7 Bxb2 20. Bf2 $14) 18... Bxb2 19. Rfd1 $14) 18.
Rxd7 Re7 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. c3 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Re7 22. Rd6 Bg5 23. Rxc6 Bc1 $14 {
the character of play here is similar to the text.}) 17... Bxb2 {Correctly
accepting the challenge.} ({After} 17... Be6 $6 18. Bc1 $1 Bxb3 19. cxb3 $16 {
there would be no compensation for a pawn.}) 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Rf8 {
A sad necessity.} 20. Rfd1 $14 {White's advantage is clear in this endgame,
but Black has definite drawing chances.} Kg7 (20... a5 21. Rc7 a4 22. Bc4 $14)
21. Rb7 {Magnus is trying to keep both rooks on the board.} ({It was possible
to win a pawn immediately:} 21. Rc7 Ba5 22. Rxc6 Rac8 23. Rcd6 Rfd8 $14 {
but this would allow Black to release the pressure.}) 21... Ba5 {Bringing the
bishop to a secure spot.} (21... g5 22. Rd6 (22. Rdd7 Rad8 23. Rxf7+ Rxf7 24.
Rxf7+ Kg6 25. Rc7 $14) 22... Rac8 23. g3 Ba5 24. Kg2 $14) 22. Rdd7 Bb6+ 23. Kf1
Rad8 {Now White cannot avoid an exchange.} 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. Ke2
Re8+ {Black's moves are quite forced now - otherwise White may make progress.}
27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Ba5+ {This move seems inaccurate, as it allows White to
activate the king.} ({After} 28... Rd1 $142 29. g4 h5 (29... Rh1 30. Rf6 Rxh2
31. Rxc6 Re2 32. Kb4 $16) 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Rf5 Kg7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh4 Rf1 {
White has 2 extra pawns, but the activity of Black's rook makes the task
difficult.}) 29. Kb2 ({There was no reason to deviate from} 29. Kc4 $1 Bb6 30.
Rf6 Rd2 ({or} 30... c5 31. Kb5 Rd2 32. g4) 31. g4 c5 32. Kb5 Rxh2 33. g5 h6 34.
Rxg6 hxg5 35. Rxg5 $16 {with excellent winning chances.}) 29... Bb6 30. g4 Rd2
31. h4 (31. g5 h5 32. gxh6 Rxh2 33. Ba4 c5 $14) 31... Rh2 {Now White cannot
avoid the simplifications.} 32. Ba4 (32. g5 h5 33. gxh6 Rxh4 34. a4 Rxh6 $14)
32... h5 (32... Rxh4 33. Bxc6 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Be4 {leads to the text.})
33. gxh5 Rxh4 34. Bxc6 gxh5 35. Be4 {Black is still in danger, but the passed
h-pawn is an important factor now.} Rh1 36. f4 ({After} 36. c4 h4 37. Rh7+ Kg8
38. Rh5 h3 39. c5 Bc7 40. c6 Kf8 $1 (40... h2 41. f4 Rf1 42. Rxh2 Rxf4 43. Bd5+
Kg7 44. Re2 Rd4 45. Bh1 Kf6 {is less clear}) 41. Rh7 h2 {Black should be able
to save a half point. For instance:} 42. Rxc7 Rb1+ 43. Bxb1 h1=Q 44. Rh7 Qg2+
45. Bc2 Qxf3 46. c7 Qf6+ 47. Kb3 Qf3+ 48. Kb4 Qf4+ 49. Kb5 Qe5+ 50. Kc6 Qe6+
51. Kb7 Qd5+ 52. Kb8 Qb5+ $11) 36... Rh3 37. c3 ({It looks like} 37. c4 $5 {
was the best chance:} Bd4+ 38. Kc2 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rxc4 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rxh5 Ra4
42. Bd5+ Kg7 $14 {Some accuracy is required, but a draw is the most probable
result here.}) 37... h4 38. f5 ({After} 38. Kb3 Re3 39. Bf5 Ba5 40. Rh7+ Kg8
41. Rxh4 Rxc3+ 42. Ka4 Bd8 43. Be6+ Kg7 44. Rg4+ Kf6 45. f5 Bb6 {White could
hardly make any progress either.}) (38. Kc2 Re3 39. Bf5 Kg8 40. Rh7 Ba5 {
is more or less the same.}) 38... Re3 $11 {Now Black has sufficient
counterplay.} 39. Re7 (39. Bd5 Rd3 40. Be6 h3 41. f6 Rf3 {is safe for Black as
well}) 39... Ba5 (39... Bc5 40. Re6 h3 41. f6 Kg8 $11) 40. c4 h3 41. Re6 {
The only way to stop the h-pawn.} h2 (41... Kg7 42. Bd5 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Kf6 $11)
42. Bd5 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Bd8 44. Kb3 Kg7 {Of course, White has only a symbolic
advantage here.} 45. Kb4 Kf6 46. Kb5 h1=Q (46... Be7 47. Kc6 (47. c5 Ke5 $11)
47... Ke5 48. Kd7 Kf6 $11) 47. Bxh1 Kxe6 48. c5 Kd7 49. Ka6 Kc7 50. Kxa7 Be7
51. c6 Bc5+ {White's 2 extra pawns are of no value, so a draw was agreed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 ({
Another common line here is-->} 7... O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 {which was played
by Malakhov as well.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 {A fashionable line. Now white has
to parry 10...Ng4 threat. At this moment 10.f3 doesn't make sence,since
usually f2-f4 advancement is white's main plan in this system.} 10. h3 Bd7 11.
Re1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ge5c4] Preparing a typical counterplay along the ''c''
file.} ({Another theoretical continuation here is:} 11... Rfe8 {protecting the
Pe7.}) 12. Nf3 $5 {In this concrete position this move was played for the
first time. At the same time,the real novelty comes later!} ({The immediate} 
12. Nd5 {doesn't promise white much:} Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. c3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Qa6
16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 h6 18. Rd1 a5 $11 {0-1 Neiksans,A-Kulaots,K/Liepaya LAT
2004 (37)}) ({But deserves a serious attention} 12. Qd2 $5 Rfe8 13. Rad1 a6 14.
Nf3 b5 15. Bh6 Nd8 (15... Bh8 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qf2 Ng7 20.
g4 $36 {1-0 Jansa,V-Watson,W/Gausdal 1988/EXT 97 (30)}) 16. Nd4 Rc5 17. a3 Bxh6
18. Qxh6 Rh5 19. Qf4 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Hansen,C/Reykjavik 1986/EXT 2000 (31)})
12... Qh5 {I don't like that move,as the queen has no much job on the
king-side.} ({I would prefer:} 12... Rfe8 $5) 13. Qe2 {[%cal Ga1d1]} a6 14.
Rad1 Ne5 $2 $146 {Black wants to simplify the position,but now white gets a
good tactical perspectives which connected with f2-f4 and e4-e5 advance.} ({
Deserved attention an attempt to libereate the queen by g6-g5:} 14... h6 15.
Bc1 $6 (15. Bb6 $14) 15... g5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe2 19. Rxe2
Bxe5 20. c3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Kaplan,J/Stockholm 1969/EXT 2001 (49)}) ({
Possible was also:} 14... b5 $5 15. Bf4 $5 ({Nothing promises:} 15. Nd5 $6 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd5f4]} Nxd5 (15... Nxe4 16. Nb6 $16 Rcd8 $140 $2 17. Nxd7 Rxd7
18. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Re4]}) 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxe5 19. Bd4
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfe8 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f6,Gd1d5] Intending to
disturb the Qh5} h6 $1 $14) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 ({After} 15... Qxe2 16. Rxe2 dxe5 17.
Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 $16 {white has a clear advantage thanks to majority of the
queen-side pawns.}) 16. f4 Qa5 {This ''poor'' queen couldn't find a safe place
on the board!} (16... Qh5 $2 17. e5 Qxe2 (17... dxe5 $2 18. Qxh5 {[%csl Rd7]}
gxh5 19. fxe5 $18) 18. Rxe2 Ne8 19. Nd5 $18) 17. Qf2 $6 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6][%cal
Gf2b6,Ge3b6] That immediate attempt to use the vulnerablity of Qa5 is not bad,
but white had a stronger way!} ({Good enough was also:} 17. Bd4 e5 18. fxe5
dxe5 19. Bf2 $14 {with a permanent pressure}) ({But the strongest was:} 17. Bf2
$1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Bc6 (17... Nh5 18. Nd5 $16) 18. e5 Nh5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Qc7 21. Qf3 $16) 17... Rxc3 $5 {That sacrifice wasn't necessary,but black is
trying to change the character of position.} ({Possible was:} 17... Bc6 $5 18.
Bb6 Qh5 $14) 18. Bd2 {Ofcourse,white prefers to take the rook with Bd2.} ({
Nothing special promised:} 18. Bb6 Qh5 19. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 21. Re1
Qh5 22. Rxe7 Bc6 $14) 18... Rxb3 $2 {An additional sacrifice,which however,was
connected with a blunder.} ({At the same time,black could reach some
compensation for an exchange after:} 18... Rxc2 $1 19. Bxa5 (19. Bxc2 Qxa2 $132
) 19... Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Bc6 21. Bc2 Nd7 $14) 19. Bxa5 Rxb2 20. e5 $1 ({Less
convincing would be:} 20. Bc3 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxc3 22. Rxe7 Bf5 $16 {/+- and
black's strong bishops leave some drawish chances.}) 20... Ne8 21. Bd8 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rd6,Re7] Black cannot avoid an additional loss of material,so the the
game ends quickly.} Kh8 22. Bxe7 Rg8 23. Bxd6 Rxa2 {Black has only 2 pieces
for a queen,so the rest looks like an agony.} 24. Be7 ({White could simplify
the position by:} 24. Bf8 Bf5 25. Bxg7+ Nxg7 26. Qb6 $18) 24... Bc6 (24... Bf5
25. Re2 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 25. Ra1 {Echanging the only active piece of black!}
Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nc7 27. Qh4 {[%cal Ge7f6]} Nd5 28. c4 Ne3 ({or} 28... Nxe7 29.
Qxe7 Re8 30. Qxf7 Rf8 31. Qc7 Rxf4 32. Rf1 $18 {and the Pe5 will decide the
game.}) 29. Bf6 Re8 ({Black cannot even take the Pg2:} 29... Nxg2 30. Bxg7+
Rxg7 31. Qd8+ Rg8 32. Qf6+ Rg7 33. Kf2 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ga1g1] and the knight
is trapped.}) 30. g4 Kg8 ({The Pc4 was also poisoned:} 30... Nxc4 31. Qh6 $1
Rg8 32. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc1 Ng2 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rd1
1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This was the important board three clash between India and Russia. On top
board Vidit Gujrathi was pushing against Svidler but the game ended in a draw.
On board two Nepomniachtchi and Adhiban drew their game. Parimarjan Negi was
up against Vladimir Fedoseev on the fourth board and the position in their
game was equal for quite some time. Naturally, this game on the third board
was quite important.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Maybe Sasikiran was in a
mood to face the Sveshnikov.} g6 {Matlakov goes for the Accelerated Dragon.} 4.
d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 {Usually the Maroczy bind is preferred at the
highest level against the Accelerated Dragon. But with the move order that
Sasikiran chose, this was no longer a possibility.} Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 $5 {With
this queen sortie, Black makes his intentions clear. He is preventing White
from castling on the queenside.} 8. O-O {You can say that Matlakov was happy
to see this move. Now it is not going to be a crazy opposite side castling
pawn race such as happens in the Dragon.} (8. Qd2 $2 Nxe4 $1 9. Nxc6 (9. Nxe4
Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Bxd4 $17) 9... Qxc3 $1 {is the nice move that gives Black the
advantage.} 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 Nxd2 $17) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 bxc6 $15) (8. f3
Qb4 $1 9. Bb3 $2 Nxe4 $1 {Black wins a pawn.} 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.
Ke2 dxc6 13. Bd4 e5 $1 {These are all the little tactics that usually the
Black players are aware of when they play this line.} 14. Bxc3 Nxc3+ $19) 8...
O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 {This move is mainly aimed at stopping ...Ng4 when White
moves his queen to d2 connecting the rooks.} Bd7 11. Re1 $5 (11. f4 {is the
other main move in the position.}) 11... Rac8 12. Qd2 Qa6 $146 {A new move by
Matlakov and made quite quickly by him. This shows that he was quite well
prepared. The main idea of this move is to vacate the a5-square for the knight
and go for Na5-c4 and also to play b7-b5,} ({Usually games continue:} 12...
Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Bxf6 (15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Qf4 Rf8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nd5 Rce8 19. h4 h5 20. c3 Ne5 21. Ne3 Qc5 22. Nf5+ gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24.
Qxh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Charbonneau,P 
(2505) -Perelshteyn,E (2543) Ledyard 2009}) 15... Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+
exf6 18. Rxd2 d5 $1 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxc2 $15 {1/2-1/2 (29) Kotronias,V 
(2524)-Mamedov,R (2688) Moscow 2017}) 13. f4 ({It was better to start with the
rook first because anyway you want it on d1. Now ...b5 is not so good.} 13.
Rad1 b5 $6 (13... Rfe8 14. f4 $14) (13... Rfd8 14. f4 {transposes to the game})
14. Ndxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 {The rook being on d1 instead of a pawn on f4
completely changes the assessment of the position because White can
immediately begin to put pressure on the backward e7-pawn.} 16. Bg5 $1 Bxb2 $4
{The pawn cannot be taken because of} 17. c4 $18) 13... Rfd8 (13... b5 $1 14.
Ndxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 {and Black has equalised.} 16. Rad1 Na5 $11) 14. Rad1
b5 $2 {This is just a pawn blunder. It is quite possible that Matlakov was
trying to remember his preparation that ...b5 was possible. But here he did so
without checking the concrete details of the position. As it turns out, it
just loses a pawn.} 15. Ndxb5 $1 Nxe4 16. Qd5 $1 {A simple tactical miss by
Matlakov. e4 and f7 both are attacked.} Nf6 17. Qxf7+ {Well after winning a
pawn like this one would imagine that Sasi would win the game. But Maxim put
up quite a spirited defence.} Kh8 18. Qc4 {Quite a logical move. The queen
comes back with the loot.} Qb7 19. Qe2 (19. Nd4 $1 $16 {It always seems a
little dangerous to have your queen lined up against your opponent's rook, but
here it is simply not possible for Black to take advantage of this fact.} Nxd4
20. Qxd4 {And now the queen bravely faces a discovered attack by the bishop.}
Ng4 21. hxg4 $1 Bxd4 22. Bxd4+ e5 23. Rxe5 $1 $18 {It's all over.}) 19... Rf8 {
Sometimes when the roof of your house collapses, it just makes sense to enjoy
the view and breeze! Here, Black could have been sad about losing a key pawn
like f7, but instead he makes use of that fact to his own advantage and tries
to activate the rook.} 20. Rf1 $6 ({There was still time to get the knight
back in the game.} 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Ne6 {An open centre where the play mainly
revolves around piece activity more than pawn activity. Whoever goes after it,
never lands up empty handed!} Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rb8 23. Nd5 $1 {In this open
position with the bishop pair in hand, losing the pawn back should not be a
big tragedy.} Qxb2 (23... Bxb2 24. c3 $16) 24. Qc4 Nd8 (24... Qb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5
26. g4 Nd8) 25. Bc1 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. g4 $1 $16 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Nf6 29. Nxe7
$16 {Finally converting the advantage of double bishops and piece activity
into a material advantage.}) 20... Nh5 21. Rf3 {From this point onwards, Black
starts some forcing play, which results in mass exchanges and the position
petering out into a small edge for White, but very close to equality.} a6 22.
Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 (23... Nxf4 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxe7+ $18) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7
25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qa7+ {The queen moves away from the attack by the bishop
and keeps the e7-pawn defended.} 27. Qe3 (27. Kh1 Nxf4 $11) 27... Qxe3+ 28.
Rxe3 Rxc2 {Usually Sasikiran is very good when he gets an advantage. He is
able to milk it well and bring home the full point. But in Khanty Mansiysk,
his technique had deserted him. Just like what you can see here. From a
position a clear pawn, things have got out of hand and Black has excellent
drawing chances.} 29. Rxe7+ Kh6 30. f5 {A good try to confuse Black.} Rxb2 (
30... gxf5 31. Bf3 $1 Rxb2 32. Rxd6+ Nf6 33. Rxa6 $16) (30... Rxf5 31. g4 Rg5
32. Bg8 $1 Nf6 33. Bb3 Rxb2 34. Rxd6 {The knight is unusually trapped.} Nxg4 $1
{Giving back the piece.} 35. hxg4 Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 Rf4+ 37. Ke1 Rh4 {and I am not
sure if white can convert his advantage. For example} 38. Rf7 a5 39. Rdd7 Rh1+
40. Rf1 Rhh2 $44 {should be a draw.}) 31. Be4 (31. Rb7 $5 {Exchanging Black's
most active piece could have helped.} Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Rxf5 33. Bxa6 Ra5 34. Bc4
Ra4 35. Bb3 Ra6 {This seems like a position where White can try for an
advantage. He has the bishop against the knight and also the outside passed
pawn.}) 31... Ng3 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Rxd6 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxa2 35. Ree6 Rg8 36.
Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 {This is just a draw.} Rb8 38. Rf6 Rb3 39. Kh2 Kg5 40. Rf3
Rxf3 $1 {Matlakov knows his pawn endgames.} 41. gxf3 Kf4 42. Kg2 g5 43. Kf2 Ke5
(43... Kf5 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Kg4 Kf6 $11 {And even here it is not feasible for
White to win.}) 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. h4 gxh4+ 46. Kxh4 Kf4 47. Kh5 Kxf3 {A great
fight by Matlakov. Thanks to this draw, Russia was able to beat India with a
score of 2.5-1.5. The first three boards ended in a draw and Negi was unable
to hold his game against Fedoseev.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({Zvjaginsev is a very original player, who introduced the
extraordinary} 2. Na3 {into high-level chess. Even his opponent played this in
a couple of blitz games, but right now Svidler was eager to finally win a game
and chooses a traditional approach.}) 2... Nc6 ({Even with Black we will yet
see some orginal play by Vadim. An earlier example went} 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 {combines the Dragon and Najdorf (or
Dragadorf- the name stems probably from aficionad S.Williams):} 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9.
g4 b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 b4 12. Nce2 e5 13. h6 Bf8 14. g5 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16.
O-O-O Nfd7 17. Qxb4 $44 Qc7 (17... Rb8 $5) 18. Bh3 Rc8 $6 (18... Rg8 $142 $13)
19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Qa4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 f6 22. Kb1 (22. gxf6 Bxh6+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. e5 $1 Bxe5 26. Rhe1 {[%cal Rf3f4,Re1e5,Rd4d6]} O-O 27. Rxe5 Rxf6
$14 {/<=>}) 22... Qc5 23. Qa4 Bc6 24. Qb3 Be7 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Ke7 30. Rhd1 Rhd8 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Red6 $11 {
Ni,Hua (2607)-Zvjaginsev,V (2675)/Ergun/2006/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3
Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 {The most principled follow-up. Developing simply f3 and
Qd2 like in a normal Dragon with 2...d6 would allow Black a swift d7-d5 thrust.
} ({The alternative} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 {led to a release of the tension after}
Ng8 9. f4 f6 10. Bd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5) 11... fxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. Be3
Bxe5 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bxc5 d6 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bd4
Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 e5 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Rab8 $11 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Ivanchuk,V
(2711) Prague rpd/2002/ See the notes to this game by Tsesarsky in CBM 089.})
7... O-O 8. Bb3 (8. f3 $6 Qb6 {[%cal Rf6e4] is something White should avoid.})
8... a6 {Once again the Najdorf move...} (8... Qa5 9. f3 e6 (9... d5 10. exd5
Nb4 11. Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. c4 e6 16. Be4
Bxd4 (16... f5 $142 17. Bd3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Kc3 $14) 17. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18.
Kc3 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8 22. f4 Kf8 23. b4 Ke7 24. b5 b6
25. a4 Rc8 26. Kb3 h6 27. a5 f5 28. Bf3 g5 29. g3 Rc5 30. Kb4 e5 31. fxe5 Rxe5
32. axb6 axb6 33. Bd5 Re2 34. Ra1 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Ra6 $16 {Svidler,P 
(2713)-Lutz,C (2610)/Frankfurt/1999/}) 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Re8 13.
Rad1 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxd2 Bxb2 18. Bc3 Bxc3
19. Rxd7 Rf8 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Rb7 $36 {Carlsen,M (2877)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2768)/Saint Louis/2014/ White's advantage is beyond doubt, but still not easy
to convert - for details see the notes by Roiz in CBM 162.}) ({If Black wants
to avoid heavy Dragon theory with the standard} 8... d6) ({, another
interesting try is} 8... Re8 $5 {However, this would have been no surprise, as
Zvjaginsev has already played it in the past:} 9. O-O (9. f3 e6 $1 10. O-O d5
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 Qg5 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. c3 Be5 16. Bg1 Nxd4 17.
cxd4 Bf4 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qf1 Kg7 21. Re1 Rc8 $15 {Leko,P (2734)
-Vitiugov,N (2742)/EUCup Bilbao/2014/}) (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. f3 b6
12. Kf2 Ba6 13. Rhd1 Nd7 14. h3 Kf8 15. Rd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Rxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nc4 18.
Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bd4 f6 20. b3 Ba6 21. Ne2 Ke8 22. Be3 Rd8 $11 {Vavulin,M (2377)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) St Petersburg/2013/}) 9... d6 10. h3 Na5 11. Qe2 (11. f4
b6 12. e5 Nxb3 13. exf6 Nxd4 14. fxe7 Ne2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1
Qc7 18. Qf2 Qc6 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Kh2 Rae8 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] Gabrielian,A 
(2541)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659)/St Petersburg/2013/}) 11... b6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13.
axb3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. b4 a6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. b5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Rc4 e6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd3 Qc5
26. Rd1 Qb4 27. b3 Re1+ $11 {Feher,A (2398)-Georgiadis,N (2438)/Porto Rio/2014/
}) 9. f3 e6 {And now the Paulsen set-up...} (9... d6 {is far more common,} 10.
Qd2 (10. h4 $5) 10... Na5 {is far from clear:} 11. g4 $5 (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
e5 13. Nde2 b5 $5 (13... Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. h4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 b5 17. h5 Qe7
18. Kb1 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. g4 Qc7 22. Ng3 Rxc2 23. Nf5 Rxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qc3+ $11 {Manyakhin,A-Petrov,Y (2236)/email/2007/}) 14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 (
15. Nd5 Nxb3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. axb3 a5 $11) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. O-O-O
Ra6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. f4 $2 (21. Kb1 Rc6 $132) 21... Bxg4
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nf6 $17 {Hou,Yifan (2603)
-Nakamura,H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 11... b5 12. h4 e5 (12... b4 $5 13. Na4
Rb8 14. h5 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bd7 $13) 13. Nde2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Rc8 16.
Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 b4 18. Rb6 $1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bf2 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 f5 22.
gxf5 gxf5 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Nc4 $16 {Savchenko,B (2602)-Belous,V (2554)/Moscow
blitz/2013/}) 10. f4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A surprising novelty from Svidler,
especially if one recalls his last move was 9.f3. However, it's not so simple
to prove White has an edge:} ({After} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... dxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. a4 $14 {with a riskless pull}) 11. Bc5 {Zvjaginsev probably intended} d5 $5
({A miserable example from Black's point of view was} 11... Re8 12. Bd6 Qa5 13.
Qd2 Kh8 14. O-O-O Ng8 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ra7 17. c3 Bf8 18. Kc2 Bxd6 19.
Rxd6 Nf6 20. Rhd1 Re7 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. c4 Bb7 23. e5 $18 {Darling,S-Mithran,M 
(1675)/Istanbul/2012/}) 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {/+/= I'm not 100% sure Black has
full compensation, but he has play on the dark squares and the Bb3 is offside.}
) ({There is a lack of more relevant practice after the possibly more promising
} 10. Qd2 b5 $5 (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O (13.
O-O-O $142 $5 $36) 13... Qd6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Be5 16. f4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4
Be6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Qf6 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. c3 {½, Koetters,M (1231)
-Ingelaere,A (1645) /Blankenberge/2014/}) 12... bxc6 13. O-O-O Bb7 (13... a5
$142) 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. f4 {Turtiainen,T (2098)-Sofiev,A 
(2126)/Helsinki/2009/} a5 18. Bc4 Ba6 $132) 11. O-O-O (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. O-O-O
Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nd7 14. Rhd1 c5 15. a3 Ra7 $132) 11... Na5 12. g4 (12. e5 b4
$132) (12. h4 $5) 12... Bb7 $13 {[%cal Yd7d5]}) 10... d6 {And finally we have
all Sicilians rolled into one - Dragon, Najdorf, Pauslen and Scheveningen as
well! Black looks quite OK here.} (10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nce2 $13 {[%cal
Yc2c3,Yb3c2] /+/= transposes into a strange French - it seems to me Black
should be worse here.} (12. h4 Nxd4 $13 {[%cal Yf7f6]})) 11. Qf3 (11. O-O Qc7
$11 {seemed too tame to Svidler.}) 11... Nxd4 ({Black could (or rather should)
have played} 11... Na5 $1 12. O-O-O b5 $132) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O-O $6 ({
More consistent and dangerous for Black was} 13. e5 $142 dxe5 14. fxe5 $1 (14.
Qxa8 $2 exd4 $40) (14. Bxe5 Ra7 $15 {[%cal Ya7d7,Yc8b7]}) 14... Nd5 (14... Qxd4
15. exf6 Qh4+ (15... Bxf6 16. Qxa8 Qe3+ 17. Kf1 $16) 16. g3 Qxf6 17. Qxa8 Qe5+
18. Qe4 $5 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Bb7 20. Nf2 $16) 15. Bc5 (15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O $14 (
16. Bxd5 $2 Be6 17. Bxa8 Qxd4 $36) (16. Qxd5 Bb7 $11)) 15... Re8 16. Rf1 $5 (
16. O-O Qc7 17. Bd6 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 a5 $132) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxf7+ (
17. Qxa8 Bxe5 18. Qf3 Qh4+ 19. Rf2 Qe4+ 20. Kf1 $14) 17... Kh8 18. bxc3 $36) (
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Bh4+ 15. g3 Rb8 16. gxh4 (16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Ne4 Be7 $11 {
/=/+}) 16... Bb7 17. Ne4 Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxh1 20. Nxh1 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Rfd8 $13 {[%csl Re5,Rh2] /=/+ If anyone is better here, it should be
Black.}) 13... Bb7 14. Rhe1 a5 $6 {Black is getting ambitious as well, but
this is too impatient.} (14... b4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Qd3 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yd4f6]}) (
14... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Ra6a4]} 15. g4 a5 16. g5 Nh5 $132) 15. Nxb5 a4 16. Bc4 Rc8
(16... d5 $5 17. exd5 Rc8 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g3 $14)
17. Nxd6 $5 {[%mdl 64]} ({Svidler opts for a tactical solution, but White
could have played also} 17. Bd3 $14) 17... Qxd6 18. Bxf6 Qb4 (18... Qc7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $5 (19... Qxc4 {is just a transposition}) 20. Rd4 (20. Bd3 a3 $1 $44)
20... Ba6 21. b3 e5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 $14) 19. Bxg7 Qxc4 (
19... Kxg7 20. Bf1 f5 21. a3 Qc5 22. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Yf3e3,Yc2c3]}) 20. Bc3 Qxa2
(20... a3 21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Rb4 axb2+ 23. Kxb2 $16 {[%csl Gc3]}) 21. Rd4 Ba6 (
21... a3 $2 22. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yc1d2,Ye1a1]}) (21... Rc6 22. Red1 $16
{[%cal Yc1e3,Ye3g1]}) 22. Kd2 (22. Red1 $5 a3 23. b3 Be2 24. Qe3 $1 Bxd1 25.
Rxd1 $40 {/\} Rc7 26. Rd6 Rfc8 27. Qd4 Rxc3 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30.
Qd4+ $18) 22... Rfd8 23. Qe3 $6 (23. Qf2 $1 f6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 25. Ke3 Qc4 {
[%cal Rd8d3]} 26. Kf3 $16) 23... f6 24. Rd1 (24. e5 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 f5 $14 {
keeps an edge, but closing the long dark diagonal is nevertheless a concession
Svidler doesn't want to make.}) 24... e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 27. Ke1
Rf8 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 a3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 28. Qc5 Qc4 $6 (
28... Qf7 $142 29. Qd5 Bb7 $1 (29... Qxd5 $6 30. Rxd5 {is the game}) 30. Qxf7+
Rxf7 31. Ra1 (31. Rd2 Bxe4 32. Re2 Bc6 33. Bxe5 Bb5 $11) 31... Bxe4 32. Rxa4
Bxc2 $11) (28... Rf1+ 29. Kd2 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qf7 {is also better, than the
text-move:} 31. Qd5 (31. Qxe5 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qe2+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ $11) 31... Qxd5+
32. exd5 Bb7 33. d6 Kf7 34. Bxe5 Bxg2 $14 {/=}) 29. Qd5+ $1 (29. Qxc4+ Bxc4 30.
Bxe5 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Bf1 $14 {and Black wins a pawn back without
the rooks on board - this could still be a draw.}) 29... Qxd5 30. Rxd5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] The complications have resulted in an endgame, in which White has
winning chances.} ({We have already seen} 30. exd5 $143 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rxd1+ 32.
Kxd1 Bb7 33. d6 Kf7 34. Bxe5 Bxg2 $14 {/=}) 30... Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rf2+ 32. Ke3
Rxg2 33. Ra5 Bf1 34. Bxe5 Rxc2 35. Rxa4 Rc4 $6 ({Black should first and
foremost activate his king with} 35... Kf7 $1 $16 {/+/=}) 36. Ra7 $36 Bg2 37.
Bd4 Rc1 38. Bc3 $1 (38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Bc5+ Kg8 $14)
38... Rf1 39. b4 $6 {Now White has to work for the point again.} (39. Rg7+ $1
Kf8 40. Rxh7 {was simpler, after} Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Rh3 42. Rxh3 Bxh3 43. b4 $18 {
White wins - the Bc3 controls h8.}) 39... Rf7 40. Ra8+ Rf8 41. Ra5 Re8 42. Be5
Kf7 43. Rc5 Ra8 44. Rc6 (44. Rc2 Ke6 $5) (44. Bg3 $5 $16) 44... Ra3+ 45. Kd4
Ra1 46. Kd5 (46. Bg3 Rb1 47. Rb6 $16) 46... Rd1+ (46... Re1 $1 47. Rc4 (47.
Rc7+ Ke8 48. Rxh7 Bxe4+ $14) 47... Rd1+ 48. Bd4 Re1 {was more resilient.}) 47.
Bd4 Re1 48. Re6 $16 {[%cal Yb4b8]} Rf1 (48... Bf1 49. Rf6+ Ke8 (49... Kg8 50.
e5 $18) (49... Ke7 50. Rf2 Rd1 51. Ra2 $16) 50. Bc5 Bg2 51. Kc6 $5 Rf1 (51...
Bxe4+ 52. Kc7 {[%cal Rf6f8]}) 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Ke5 Re1 55. Re7+
Kg8 56. Kd5 $16) (48... Rb1 49. Rf6+ Kg8 50. Rf2 Bh1 51. Bc3 $16) 49. Bc5 g5
50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Re7+ Kf6 53. Rxh7 Rf5+ 54. Kd4 Rf4 55. Re7 $18 {
White has won and retained a second pawn and the game is decided.} Rf1 56. Bd6
(56. b5 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Rc1 58. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Rc5e7,Yb5b8]}) 56... Rd1+ 57. Kc5
Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rc4 59. e5+ Kf5 60. Rf7+ Ke6 61. Rf6+ Kd5 62. b5 Bh3 63. Ka7 Ra4+
64. Kb8 {[%cal Rb5b7]} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Perhaps Vassily wanted
to avoid the Maroczy System in the event of 4...g6 5.c4. However, this line
looks a little bit weird, it could have been met effectively by 6.Nxc6.} 6. Be3
(6. Nxc6 {looks very attractive} bxc6 ({if} 6... dxc6 $6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4
Ke8 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 {The computer considers the position to be absolutely
equal, but by human measures, in my view, it is more pleasant for White.}) 7.
e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 $1 {forces some weaknesses in Black's position.} f5
10. Bf4 e6 11. O-O-O {White has a huge advantage in development, and} (11. O-O
{is also nice.})) 6... Bg7 {Now one of the main line has arisen.} 7. Bc4 Qa5 (
7... O-O {is more popular.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 (9. Nb3 {is another main line.})
9... d6 10. Nd5 {A rare, but ambitious move.} (10. h3 {is more popular amongst
the top players, for example:} Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Qe2 Qh5 13. Nf3 h6 14. Rad1
g5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 $1 18. Rxb7 Bxh3 19. Nxg5 $1 Qxe2
20. Rxe2 Bg4 21. Nf3 e6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxh6 {Carlsen-Radjabov, Medias 2010;
with a slight advantage.}) (10. f3 {was also played. This is a slightly
strange Dragon in which White has castled on the kingside.}) 10... Re8 {
A cold-blooded answer.} ({The natural} 10... Nxd5 {is also possible} 11. exd5
Ne5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Re1 $14 {Hrabusa-Petrik, Banska
Stiavnica 2010. Thanks to the d5 P White has gained some space.}) 12. h3 Nd7 $5
{A very strange move, because the e5 N looks the only active piece in Black's
position and suddenly he retreats with it. But if we analyse deeply, that N
can be in trouble after f4.} 13. c3 Nf6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Qd3 (15. Re1 Rfe8 16.
Bd2 Qc5 17. Bc3 a6 18. Rc1 {+/=/= Williams-N.Pert, Canterbury 2010}) 15... Rfc8
16. Rfe1 Kf8 {(Bazeev-Gladyszev, St Petersburg 2011)} 17. Re2 $14 {and White
can improve his position.}) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Ne5 {The plan is Ng4.} (12...
Bd7 13. f4 Qc7 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 ({after} 14. cxd4 {Black could equalise in
the game.} e6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bd5 $11 {Basov-Hase,
corr 2003}) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Rad1 Bb5 17. Rf2 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Kg7 19.
e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 f6 $5 (20... f5 {(Pavasovic-Barle, Bled 2008)} 21. Bd5 $14))
14. Qf3 ({The computer suggests} 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Na3 {but this is
not a human plan to transfer the N from d4 to a3.}) 14... Na5 15. f5 Nxb3 16.
axb3 Kh8 {A strange move, but it is not so easy to find a useful plan for
Black.} 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qg3 $14 {Philippe-Maze, Belfort 2012; with slightly
better chances for White.}) 13. h3 Qa6 $5 {A very interesting move connected
with the next move.} 14. Nc2 Nd3 $146 {The first new move in the game, Black
immediately tries to exploit White's weak squares.} (14... Qc6 $6 15. Nb4 $1 (
15. Bd5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Rad1 $14 {Lacasa
Diaz-Raineri de Luca, Sitges 2002}) 15... Qxe4 16. Bd5 Qf5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Bxc6 $16) 15. Qf3 (15. Qd2 $5 {was also interesting} Nxb2 $2 16. Nb4
Qa3 17. Rab1 Na4 18. Nc2 $18) 15... Be6 ({Here also} 15... Nxb2 $2 {is too
dangerous, because} 16. Nb4 Qa5 17. Nd5 $18) 16. Bd4 ({In the event of} 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 {is not a real weakness in Black's position.}) 16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4
Bc4 18. Rfb1 $5 {A very creative idea, White had to protect the b2 P and we
will see a few moves later, the R on a1 can be very useful.} Ne5 19. Qe3 Bxb3 (
{I think} 19... Rac8 {is more logical, because now the a1 R is out of play.})
20. axb3 {Now we can understand 18.Rfb1.} Qb6 21. Ra3 a6 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Nc2
Qxe3 24. Nxe3 {This endgame gives a slight advantage for White and in a
practical game it is easier to play.} Nd7 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rc6 27. g4 e6 28.
h4 Ke7 29. Ra5 Rec8 30. Kg3 h6 31. Rd2 Nc5 32. Ra3 a5 {An unexpected decision.
Black doesn't want to allow b4, but the a5 P and the b5-square can be a
weakness later.} 33. Nc2 $1 {Immediately heading to b5 square.} Ra6 34. Rd1
Rca8 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nb5 e5 $2 $138 {A mistake in big time trouble.} (36... Rb6
{was the best and after} 37. c4 a4 {and maybe Black can hope for some
counterplay.}) 37. b4 $1 axb4 38. cxb4 Ne6 39. Nxd6 {And here Ivanchuk lost on
time, but the position is already bad.} (39. Nxd6 Ke7 (39... Rxa3 40. bxa3 Nd4
41. Nb5 Ke7 42. Nxd4 exd4 43. Rxd4 Rxa3 44. Rd5 $16 {very close to a winning
endgame.}) 40. Nc4 f6 41. Rd5 $16) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Qe2 (11. h3 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. f4 Nd7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 (15... f6 $5) 16. f5 $1 $146 (16. e5) 16... Ra6 (16...
Qb6 $5 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. f6 Rae8 19. fxe7 (19. Rad1 $14) 19... Rxe7 20. Rf6 $14
) 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rf4 (19. Rae1 $5) 19... Nf6 (19... g5 $5) 20. Rh4
Ng8 (20... h5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 $16) 21. Rf1 Raa8 22. Qf4 f6 (22... h6 23.
e5 $16 {->}) 23. Qd2 g5 24. Rg4 Nh6 25. Rg3 $2 (25. Rxg5+ fxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kh8
27. Qxh6 Qd4 $16) 25... Nf7 26. h4 h6 $13 {0-1 Bindrich,F-Tiviakov,S/Dresden
2007/The Week in Chess 648 (54)}) 11... Bd7 12. Rad1 (12. a4 Bc6 $11) 12... a4
{(><a4)} (12... Bc6 $5) 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. a3 $146 Ra5 $5 (14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Nd5 $14 {(/\Nb4)} Bxd5 17. exd5 $14 {/\Bb5, ><e7}) 15. Nd5 $5 Nd7 (15...
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 19. Rxd5 Qxb2 20. Qxe7 Qxa3
21. Qxb7 $14) 16. Rfe1 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 16... Re8 17. c3 $6 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7
$14) 17... e6 $1 18. Nb4 Bf8 $1 19. f3 (19. f4 $5) 19... Qc7 (19... Qe7 $5 {
/\Nc5, /\Rc8}) 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Rd2 Qe7 (21... Bb5 $5) 22. Rde2 Rc8 (22... Bb5
$2 23. Nd5 $1 exd5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. exd5 Nd3 26. Qf1 Qd7 27. Rxe8 Nxe1 28.
Qxe1 $18) 23. Ba2 (23. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 (23... exd5 24. exd5 Qd8 25. dxc6 bxc6 $13 {
/\d5}) 24. exd5 e5 25. f4 b5 26. Bxc5 bxc4 27. Bb4 (27. Bd4 $2 f6) 27... Rxd5
28. fxe5 Qc7 29. exd6 (29. e6 Rf5 $11) 29... Bxd6 $11) 23... Bb5 24. Rd2 Nd7
25. f4 Bc4 26. Bb1 $6 (26. Bxc4 $142 Rxc4 $14) 26... Nc5 27. Bc2 Nb3 28. Bxb3
Bxb3 $11 29. Rd3 Bc4 (29... Rh5 $5) 30. Rh3 e5 $6 (30... Rb5 $5 {/\e5}) 31. Bb6
$1 Rb5 32. f5 f6 $6 $138 (32... d5 $142 33. exd5 Bxd5 $14) 33. Be3 $16 gxf5 (
33... g5 $16) 34. Qxf5 $40 Be6 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Qf2 (36. Qf1 $5 $16) 36... Bg7
37. Qd2 {(/\Bh6)} Rg8 (37... f5 $142 38. exf5 Bxf5 $16) 38. Rd1 Bf8 39. Rxg8+
Kxg8 40. Bh6 Bb3 41. Rf1 Rc5 42. Rf3 Rc8 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. Qxd5+ Kh8 45. Be3 Bg7
46. Qb5 Ra8 47. Bf2 Qc7 48. Rd3 Bf8 49. Rd5 Qc6 50. Qd3 Be7 51. Rb5 Bd8 {(><b6)
} 52. Rd5 (52. Qd5 Qxd5 53. Rxd5 Bc7 54. Rb5 b6 55. c4 Ra6 $16) 52... Bc7 (
52... Be7 $5) 53. h3 Rf8 54. Rb5 Ra8 (54... b6 $5) 55. Rd5 Rg8 56. Kh2 Rg6 57.
c4 Rg8 58. Bh4 (58. c5 f5 (58... Rd8 59. Bh4 Kg7 60. Qg3+ Kf7 61. Qf2 $18) (
58... dxc5 59. Rxc5 Qd6 60. Qxd6 Bxd6 61. Ra5 $16 (61. Rb5) (61. Rd5)) 59. exf5
dxc5 60. Qe4 $16) 58... Rg6 59. Qf3 (59. Rb5 $1 {(/\Qd5)} f5 (59... b6 60. Qd5
Qe8 61. Rb4 {/\Bf2, /\Qb7, ><b6, a4}) 60. Qd5 Qxd5 61. exd5 b6 62. Rb4 $18 {
><a4}) 59... Kg7 60. c5 $6 (60. Qd3 $16) 60... dxc5 61. Qf5 Bd6 $4 (61... Bb6
$14 62. Qd7+ Kg8 63. Qe7 c4 64. Kh1 (64. Rd7 Rxg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2 Rg2+
67. Kh1 Rg1+ $11) (64. g4 Rg7 65. Qxf6 Rf7 66. Qxc6 bxc6 67. Rd6 Bd4 68. Rxc6
Rb7 69. Rxc4 Rxb2+ $11) 64... Rg7 65. Qxf6 Qxf6 66. Bxf6 Rf7 67. Bxe5 Rf1+ 68.
Kh2 Re1 $14) (61... Ba5 62. Bf2 (62. Rd7+ Kg8 $14 63. Re7 Bd8 64. Rd7 Ba5)
62... Bb6 63. Be3 Kh8 64. Qf2 $14) 62. Qe6 f5 $8 63. Qxf5 Qc7 (63... Qe8 64.
Bg3 Rf6 65. Qg5+ Rg6 66. Qh5 $18 {><e5}) 64. Bg3 Rf6 65. Qh5 Re6 66. Qe2 Kf8
67. Qd1 b5 $2 (67... Qc6 68. Qf3+ $18) 68. Qf1+ Ke8 69. Qxb5+ Qd7 70. Qe2 Qf7
71. Qa6 Qd7 72. Qa8+ Kf7 73. Qh8 h6 74. Qh7+ Ke8 75. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. c3 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc6] This position is equal, inspite of certain PP chain damage in the Black
camp.} Rb8 (13... Be6 $1 {[%cal Ge6d5] -the simpliest way to recieve equation.}
14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Naerland,T-Stojanovic,M/Rimavska Sobota
1992/EXT 97 (45)}) (13... Rd8 $6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rdc8 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Bxc6
Qxc6 18. Rd8+ Rxd8 19. Qxc6 $16 {1-0 Paramos Dominguez,R-Permuy Lorenzo,C/La
Coruna 1993/EXT 98 (42)}) (13... e5 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. f3
Bf6 18. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dusek,M-Widera,J/Ceske Budejovice 1996/EXT 2001 (41)})
(13... f5 $5 14. Bf3 (14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Bf3 e5 16. Bc5 Rd8 $11 (16... Rf6 $6 17.
Rfd1 e4 18. Be2 g5 19. Qa3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fernandes,A-Antunes,A/Paz e Amizade
1985/EXT 99 (103)})) 14... e5 15. Bc5 Rd8 16. Qb3+ Kh8 {-position from
previous game's variation - see above.} 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Qa4 Bb5
20. Qxa7 Qxa7 21. Bxa7 e4 22. a4 Ba6 23. Bd1 Rd2 24. Rb1 f4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Nisipeanu,L-Bogdan,D/ROM-ch 1992/EXT 97 (43)}) 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 Be6 {Another
methods also are acceptable:} (14... e5 15. Bc5 (15. f3 f5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bc5
Rf7 18. b3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rbxf8 $11 {0-1 Dimovski,N-Dimitrijevic,S/Leskovac YUG
2002/The Week in Chess 381 (44)}) 15... Rd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 f5 18. Bd3 (18.
Bf3 Bd5 19. Be2 Bf6 20. b4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bf1 e4 $11 {0-1 Cvicela,
A-Widera,J/Hlohovec 1996/EXT 2000 (31)}) 18... Rd7 19. Be2 Rbd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. Rd1 e4 $11 {0-1 Santos,M-Aponte,A/Duisburg 1992/TD (56)}) (14... f5 15. Bd3
(15. Bf3 e5 16. Bc5 Rd8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxa2
21. Qa4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Middelburg,T-Schebler,G/Enschede NED 2002/The Week in
Chess 392 (71)}) 15... Be6 16. f4 c5 17. Kh1 Bd5 18. b3 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Meszaros,T-Szeles,K/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (23)}) 15. Rfe1 a5 16. b3 c5 17. Qc1 Be5
18. f4 Bg7 19. Rb1 a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mestrovic,Z-Szeles,K/Keszthely 1981/MCD (52)
}) 14... Be6 (14... c5 15. g3 Bb7 $14 (15... Rb6 $6 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Qc2 Bb7
$11 (17... Rfb8 $2 18. b4 cxb4 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. cxb4 Qxc2 21. Rd8+ Bf8 22.
Bxc2 Rxb4 23. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Zambrana,O-Mauwa,T/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (44)})))
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 (15... Rfc8 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rd2 Qe5 19. c4 Rd8 20.
Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rb4 22. b3 a5 23. Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tissir,M-Prie,E/FRA 1998/
CBM 64 ext (41)}) 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bc5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc5e7]} Bd5 $2 $16 {
Black sacrifices P with hope that his pieces activity will be sufficient
compensation. Let's see, is it right evaluation or not.} ({Right was} 17... Be5
{[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc7h2]} 18. h3 Bd5 $11) (17... Qe5 18. Qe3 (18. Bd4 Qb5 $11)
18... Bd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxa7 Qd6 21. h3 $14) 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Qxe7 Qxe7
20. Bxe7 Rd2 21. Rb1 f5 22. Bg5 Rd7 {Compensation hope crush...} ({Badly is} 
22... Rc2 $2 {in view of} 23. Be3 a6 (23... a5 24. a4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc2][%cal
Gg1d1]}) 24. Kf1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gf1d1]} Be5 25. Ke1 f4 26. Bc5 $18 {[%csl
Rc2][%cal Ge1d1] and Rc2 in trouble!}) 23. Kf1 Rb7 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Ke2 {
There is no any compensation for P lack...} Be5 26. Kd3 Rd7+ 27. Kc2 f4 28. Re1
Bc7 29. Re4 g5 30. g3 (30. f3 h5 31. h3 $16) 30... fxg3 31. fxg3 h6 32. Rc4 Rd6
33. h4 $5 (33. g4 Re6 34. h3 Bb6 35. a4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 33... gxh4 $6 $18 (
{More stubborn was} 33... Kg6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rc5 Bd8 36. b4 $16 {[%cal
Ga2a4]}) 34. Bf4 $1 {An effective advantage realization way!} Rd7 ({Or} 34...
hxg3 35. Bxd6 Bxd6 36. Kd3 h5 (36... Bc5 37. Rg4 Bd6 38. Ke2 h5 39. Rc4 c5 40.
Ra4 Bb8 41. Kf3 $18) 37. Ke2 c5 38. Kf3 {and eventually White wins:} a5 39. a3
Kf6 40. Ra4 Bc7 41. Kg2 Kg5 42. Kh3 Kf5 43. Rh4 Kg5 44. Re4 Kf5 45. Re7 Be5 46.
Rh7 Kg5 47. Ra7 Kf4 48. Rxa5 Kf3 49. Ra7 h4 50. Rf7+ Ke4 51. a4 $18) (34... Rg6
35. Bxc7 hxg3 36. Bb8 $18) 35. Bxc7 Rxc7 36. Rxh4 Kg6 37. Rc4 {[%csl Rc6]
Black R's role is to protect c6 weakness...} Kf5 38. b4 Ke5 39. Rh4 Rh7 {
[%csl Rh6]} 40. Rh5+ Ke4 41. g4 Rg7 (41... Kf4 42. g5 Kg4 43. Rxh6 $18) 42.
Rxh6 c5 43. bxc5 Rxg4 44. Rd6 Ke5 45. Kb3 Rh4 46. Rd4 Rh8 47. Kc4 Rc8 48. Rd7
a6 49. Rd6 a5 50. Rh6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch56"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2001.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 {This continuation became more popular in view of certain
difficulties in the mainline:} (9... a4) 10. f3 (10. h3 Bd7 (10... Nd7 $2 11.
Bxf7+ $1 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Pigusov,E/France 2000/EXT 2001 (11)} Rxf7 (11... Kxf7
$4 12. Ne6 Qe8 13. Nc7 Bxc3 (13... Qd8 14. Qd5+ Kf6 15. Bg5#) 14. Nxe8 $18) 12.
Ne6 Qe8 13. Nc7 Qd8 14. Nxa8 (14. Ne6 $11) 14... b6 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16.
Qd5 Bb7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Qb5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]}) 15. Nb5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7
17. Nac7 $16) (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a3 Bc6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Motylev,A-Guseinov,K/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11. a4 Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18.
Nd5 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P-Malcsev,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 73 ext (33)}) (10. Ndb5
Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. h3 Nge5 14. a4 f5 $132 {1-0 Jaracz,P-Agdestein,
S/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 330 (57)}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Bd7 (11... Be6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8
17. Rfe1 $14 {0-1 Piuva,M-Ristoja,T/FIN 1980/EXT 99 (53)}) 12. a4 Bc6 $1 {
[%mdl 4]} (12... Be6 13. Ra3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Rc8 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. f5
Bxb3 18. Rxb3 b6 19. h4 $14 {1-0 Ivanovic,B-Nikcevic,N/Herceg Novi 2000/EXT
2001 (46)}) 13. Kh1 {Another continuations also doesn't bring nothing to White:
} (13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bd5 Qb4 $132 {1-0
Gazik,I-Franzoni,G/Groningen 1979/EXT 2001 (59)}) (13. Rf2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Nd5 Nc5 $11 (16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. Ra3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Rigo,J-Doery,J/Frankfurt 1989/EXT 97 (41)})) (13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 (16... Rc8 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Re3 Rb8 19. h3 b6 20. Rd1 b5
$132 {0-1 Szoen,D-Guseinov,K/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 17. Re3 Rc8
18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Nd5 Qd8 $132 {1-0 Berg,E-Guseinov,K/Aviles 2000/CBM 77 ext (37)
}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qd2 ({Black equalized without
problems in the next game:} 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Re1 e6 18. Ra1 Nc5 19. Na2 Qb6 20.
Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Wojtkiewicz,A/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext (21)
}) 16... Qb4 17. Qe3 $6 $15 {After that inaccuracy position of Black became
better.} ({Right was} 17. f5 $1 f6 (17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Rae1 $16) 18.
Bd5 Ne5 $11) 17... Nc5 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Re4]} 18. Nd5 ({Or} 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Qxb2 20. f5 (20. Ra2 Qb4 21. f5 Qh4 $1 $15) 20... Rae8 21. Ra2 Qb6 $15) 18...
Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Rfe1 $2 $17 {White put mistake again.} (20. Nxe7 $142
Rfe8 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Kg1 Nc5 $15 {_|_}) 20... Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,
Rd5][%cal Gc5b3]} 21. Nc7 $2 $19 ({The only reply was} 21. Nxe7 $142 Be4 $1 $17
{[%csl Rb3,Ge4][%cal Gc5b3,Gf8e8]}) 21... Nxb3 $2 $17 ({I really don't
understand, why Sergey didn't play} 21... Rac8 $1 22. Rxe7 (22. Nb5 Nxb3 23.
cxb3 Kf6 $19) 22... Kf6 23. Rae1 Ne4 $1 {Maybe this strong N jump disconnects
white RR and wins exchange was missed by Black?} (23... Be4 $4 24. R1xe4 $16 {
[%cal Gc7d5]}) 24. Nd5+ (24. R7xe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxc7 $19) 24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5
Kxe7 26. Rxe4+ Kf6 27. c3 Rfe8 $19) 22. cxb3 Kf6 $2 $44 {Based on wrong
positin evaluation.} ({Can be recommended much stronger} 22... Rad8 $1 23. Rxe7
$8 Kf6 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf6f5,Gf5f4,Gc6h1] In this endgame Black has
serious, maybe decisive advantage because of many factors: Bc6 is better than
Nc7, Pf4 is weak, PPb2,b3 are doubled, Black K is more active than White
opponent.} 24. Re2 (24. Rae1 Kf5 25. Kg1 Kxf4 26. Rf1+ Kg4 27. Rfxf7 Rxf7 28.
Rxf7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 $17) 24... Kf5 (24... Rd7 $2 25. Ne8+ Kf5 26. Rd1 d5 27.
Ng7+ Kxf4 28. Ne6+ $1) 25. Rf1 (25. Rd1 Kxf4 26. Rf1+ Kg4 27. Ref2 Rd7 28. Rf4+
Kh5 29. Ne6 Rc8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Bd5 32. Rxh7+ Kg4 33. Nc7 Bxb3 $17 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 25... Rd7 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Rc8 28. g3 Rc5 29. b6 Rb5 30. Ra1
d5 $17) 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Rad1 Ra6 25. Re3 Rb6 26. Rd4 e6 27. Kg1 Bd5 28. Rdd3
Kf5 29. g3 {White successfully protects of his weaknesses and has reliable
position. Black has certain initiative, but White must be patient.} h5 30. Kf2
h4 31. Rc3 f6 32. Red3 Be4 33. Re3 (33. Rd1 Bd5 34. Rdd3 $44) 33... hxg3+ 34.
Kxg3 $2 {[%csl Rf4] This terrible move cannot be explaned...} ({Why not} 34.
hxg3 $142 Bd5 (34... d5 35. Rc5 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rc8 (37. Rxa5 $5) 37...
Rf6 38. Re8 $44) (34... e5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rc8 d5 37. Rf8+ Kg4 (37... Rf6 38.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rc3 $14) 38. Re8 Rf6+ 39. Ke1 Kf5 40. Re7 Rb6 $44 (40... d4 41.
Re2 {[%csl Re5]} Rc6 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Re8 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Rc2 45. Rxc2 Bxc2 46. Rb8
$44)) 35. Red3 Kg4 36. Re3 g5 37. fxg5 Kxg5 38. Red3 f5 39. Ke2 Rb4 40. Kf2 $44
) 34... Bd5 35. Rc8 (35. Rcd3 Rb4 $17 {[%csl Rf4] -result of previous mistake..
.}) 35... Bxb3 36. Ra8 Bd5 37. b3 Rc6 $2 $44 ({Right was} 37... Rb4 $1 38. Rxa5
Rxf4 $17) 38. Rxa5 Rc1 39. Rb5 $4 $19 {Position of White became lost again...}
({Strong was nonstandard} 39. Rf3 $1 Rg1+ (39... Ke4 40. Rb5 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Rf1+
42. Kxf1 Kxf3 43. Rb4 Be4 44. Rb6 Kxf4 45. Rxd6 Bd5 46. b4 $16) 40. Kf2 Rd1 41.
Ke3 Rb1 42. Rb5 {And Black can't improve his pieces location.}) 39... Rg1+ 40.
Kf2 Rg2+ 41. Ke1 Rxh2 42. a5 Kxf4 43. Re2 Rh3 ({Wins also simple RR exchange:} 
43... Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 g5 45. Rb6 (45. Rxd5 exd5 46. b4 g4 47. b5 g3 48. a6 bxa6
49. bxa6 d4 50. a7 d3+ 51. Kxd3 g2 52. a8=Q g1=Q 53. Qe4+ Kg5 54. Qd5+ Kh4 $19)
45... g4 (45... Ke5 46. b4 g4 47. b5 f5 48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6 g3 50. Rb5 $18)
46. b4 (46. Rxd6 Bxb3 $19) 46... g3 47. b5 (47. Rxd6 Bc4+ 48. Ke1 Kf3 49. Rd8
g2 50. Rg8 e5 $19) 47... Bc4+ 48. Ke1 Kf3 49. Rxb7 g2 50. Rg7 Bxb5 $19) 44.
Rf2+ Ke5 45. Re2+ Kd4 46. b4 (46. Rb6 Rxb3 47. Rxd6 Re3 $1 $19) 46... Rh1+ 47.
Kd2 Kc4 48. Rb6 f5 49. Ke3 Rh4 (49... g5 $19) 50. Rc2+ Kb3 51. Rc1 f4+ 52. Kd3
Rh3+ 53. Kd2 Bc4 54. Rb1+ Ka2 55. Rc1 Rd3+ 56. Kc2 e5 57. b5 (57. Rd1 $5 e4 58.
Rxd3 Bxd3+ 59. Kd2 Kb3 60. Rxb7 Bc4 $19 {[%cal Ge4e3,Gf4f3]}) 57... e4 58. Rb1
Rh3 59. a6 Bd3+ 60. Kd2 Bxb1 61. axb7 e3+ 62. Ke2 (62. Kc3 e2+ 63. Kd2 Re3 64.
Ke1 f3 $19) 62... Rh2+ 63. Kf3 Rf2+ 64. Kg4 e2 65. b8=Q e1=Q 66. Ra6+ Kb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Qh5 (11... Rad8 $5 12. Qd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Bc6 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Nf6 17. f5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. g4 g5
$14 {Short,N-Kortschnoj,V Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (03) 1994 1/2 32 -EXP 43})
12. Nf3 (12. Qd3 b5 $1 13. Rae1 a5 14. a3 b4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. axb4 axb4 17.
Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 $11 {Short,N-Kamsky,G (02)/PCA-WchQual2 Linares ;CBM 43
1994/0-1 (52)}) (12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Rad1 $10) 12... b5 13. a3 a5 (13... Rad8 14.
Qe1 a5 15. Nd2 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nd1 Ra8 18. Nf2 Qb5 19. Bc4 Qb7 20. Nb3 Nh5
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Nxb4 $4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Ra4 $19 {0-1 Galdunts,
S-Martinovic,S/Schwäbisch-Gmünd sp 1996 (26)}) 14. Qd3 a4 (14... b4 15. Ne2
bxa3 16. Ng3 axb2 17. Nxh5 bxa1=Q 18. Rxa1 Nxh5 19. c3 $13) 15. Ba2 (15. Bd5
Nxd5 (15... e6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 (17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. Nh2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 Geenen,M-Praet,M/ch-BEL, Geel 1996 (41)}) 17... Bb7 18. f5
gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. Ndxb5 d5 21. Bc5 Rfc8 22. Be7 d4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 Bh4
25. Nbd6 Ba6 {1-0 Garcia,Gi-Zamora,J/New York op (04) 1994}) 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5
Bxb2 $2 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Rxb5 $18) 16... Na5 17. Bd4 Qh6 (17... Nc4
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Ne4 $10) 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Nxb5 $16 {1-0
Polgar,J-Kamsky,G/Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 (38)}) 15... b4 (15... Rab8 16.
Ne2 b4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ng3 e4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Nfg5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rfd8 22. g4
Qa5 23. Qc4 e6 24. Rad1 Qb5 $11 {1-0 Danilovic Alexander-Batsanin Dmitry/Cup G.
Kasparov, Moscow (Russia) 1996 (39)}) 16. Ne2 Qa5 17. Ned4 (17. Rad1 Rac8 (
17... Rab8 $132) 18. g4 h5 (18... bxa3 19. bxa3 Rb8 $11) 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd4 Qb5 23. Bxf6 exf6 $5 (23... Qxd3 $1 24. Rxd3 Bxf6
25. Rxd7 Rxc2 (25... hxg4 26. Bb1 $14) 26. Nf4 hxg4 27. Nxg6 b3 28. Bxb3 axb3
29. Nxf8 gxh3 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. Kh1 Be5 32. Rg1+ Kh6 33. Rb1 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+
35. Kf1 Rc2 36. Kg1 (36. Rd3 h2 37. Rh3+ Kg5 38. Re1 Kg4 $1 $17) 36... Rg2+ $11
) 24. Qxd7 Qxe2 $2 (24... Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxc2 26. Nf4 Rxb2 (26... b3 27. Bb1
Rxb2 28. gxh5 Bh6 29. Bd3 $16) 27. Rf2 Rxf2 (27... bxa3 28. Nxg6 $18) 28. Kxf2
b3 29. Bb1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rb8 $132) 25. Bxf7+ $1 Kh7 $2 (25... Kh8 $1 26. Bxg6
Qe3+ 27. Kg2 bxa3 28. bxa3 Qxa3 $16) 26. Bxg6+ $18 Kh8 (26... Kxg6 27. Qf5+ Kf7
28. Rfe1 $18) 27. Qf5 $2 (27. Rde1 Qa6 (27... Rcd8 28. Qf5 Qd2 29. Qxh5+ Qh6 (
29... Bh6 30. Re7 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Bxh6 31. axb4 $18) 28. Rf5 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rc5
30. axb4 Rxf5 (30... Qxb4 31. Qe7 $18) 31. Qxf5 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Rd8
34. Bf7 $18) 27... Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qg5 $2 (28... Rc5 $16) 29. Qe4 $18 {1-0
Kreuzholz,M-Schuck,S/FRG-chJB Muenster 1990/EXT 90ch2 (38)} (29. axb4 $18)) (
17. Rae1 Rab8 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 b3 20. cxb3 (20. Bb1 bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rfc8
$15) 20... Bb5 $17 {0-1 Dabetic,R-Novoselski,Z/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993/TD 93\08
(41)}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxd4 b3 19. Bb1 (19. cxb3 Bb5 20. Qe3 axb3 21.
Bxb3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rfb8 $17) 19... d5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Qe2 bxc2 22. Bxc2 Bxc2
23. Qxc2 Rac8 24. Qe2 Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Qb6 $15) 18... e5 19. axb4 (
19. Ne2 b3 20. Bb1 (20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bb1 Bb5 22. c4 Rfd8 23. cxb5 Rxd3 24.
Bxd3 $17) 20... exf4 21. Bxf4 Nxe4 $1 22. cxb3 (22. Qxe4 Bxb2 $19) 22... axb3
23. Qxe4 Bxb2 24. Bd3 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 b2 $17) 19... Qxb4 20. Nf3 (20. Ne2) 20...
Qxe4 21. fxe5 (21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bd5 Ng3 24. Rfe1 Rac8 (24... Ra5
{- This game}) 25. c3 $17) 21... dxe5 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bd5 Ng3 24. Rf2 Ra5 (
24... Rac8 $17) 25. c4 Nf5 (25... e4 26. Ng5 Nf5 (26... h6 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28.
Be6 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bxb2 30. Ra2 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 Be5 32. Bxh6 Nf5 33. Bf4 $11) 27.
Bb6 Rxd5 28. cxd5 Rb8 29. Ba7 Rb7 30. Bc5 e3 31. Re2 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. Ra2
Be5 34. Nf3 $132) 26. Bb6 Rxd5 27. cxd5 e4 28. g4 $2 (28. Ng5 $1 $132) 28...
exf3 29. gxf5 Rb8 30. Bc5 Rb5 $17 31. Rxa4 $2 (31. Be3 Rxd5 (31... Bxb2 $2 32.
Rxa4 $14) (31... Rxb2 32. Rxf3 gxf5 33. Rg3 $1 Rb3 34. Re1 h5 (34... a3 35. Re2
f4 36. Bxf4 Rxg3+ 37. Bxg3 Bb2 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. Rxe5 a2 40. Re1 Bb5 41. Ra1 Bc4
42. d6 Kf8 $11) 35. Rg2 Kh7 $15) 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Re1 Bb5 34. Rxf3 Bxb2 $17)
31... Rxc5 $19 32. Ra8+ Bf8 33. f6 Rxd5 34. Rxf3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Astana m"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.01.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rad8 ({The mainlines are:} 11... Rfe8) (
11... Rac8) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 {With interesting approximately equal
position.}) 12. Qd2 (12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nd7 (14... b5 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Rd7 17. a3 Rb8 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Qg5 $132 {[%cal Ga7a5] 1/2-1/2
Nagel,H-Niedermayr,H/AUT 1992/EXT 97 (19)}) 15. Qd2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Nd5
Rfe8 18. Re3 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 e6 20. Nc7 Re7 21. a4 {[%cal Gc7b5]} Nc5 22. Nb5 $11
{0-1 Westerinen,H-Velimirovic,D/Skopje 1971/EXT 2001 (45)}) (12. a3 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc6 14. Nd5 Rd7 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Qf3 Ne8 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qa5 19. Qe3
Nf6 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. Rd4 (21. Nxf6+ exf6 $14) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Matanovic,A-Cosulich,R/Madonna di Campiglio 1973/EXT 98 (30)}) (12. Nd5
e6 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc7 Qb6 15. Ndb5 d5 {[%csl Rb5,Rc7][%cal Ga7a6]}
16. exd5 (16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bc5 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 $15 {[%csl Rb5,Rc7][%cal
Gf8c5]}) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 (17. Nxd5 Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qf5 $15) 17... exd5 18. a4
$13 (18. Bg5 Rc8 $17 {0-1 Maxion,D-Lehmann,H/Germany 1983/EXT 97-B (43)}))
14... Bxf6 15. Bc3 $11) 12... Nxd4 {Black simplifies position by NN and BB
exchange. Certain space advantage of White isn't important at all.} ({Black
has several ways to equalize the game:} 12... Rfe8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Nf3 Bc8 15.
Bh6 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 $132 (16... dxe5 $6 17. Qe3 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 e6 19. Qe3 Kg7
20. Nb1 Rd4 21. Nd2 Red8 22. c3 Rd3 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bc2 R3d7 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Koch,J-Ivkov,B/Dortmund 1989/CBM 13 (34)})) (
12... e6 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Kg7
18. Nh5+ Kh6 19. Rxd2 Kxh5 20. f3 Rd7 21. Kf2 Kg5 22. h4+ Kf6 23. g4 h6 24. Kg3
g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N-Davies,N/Vrnjacka Banja 1991/CBM 23 (49)}) 13. Bxd4
Bc6 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 ({Not} 16. Bxa7 $4 {in view of} b6 $19 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 16... Kxg7 17. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4] Preparing f2-f4.} ({After} 17. f4
Qc5 {Black changes QQ by force, so White wishes to avoid it.}) 17... Qc5 18.
Qe2 Nf6 19. Nd5 Nxe4 $5 {Definitely possibly.} ({Not badly is} 19... Bxd5 {too:
} 20. Bxd5 (20. exd5 a6 21. c3 b5 $11) 20... e6 21. Bb3 (21. Bxb7 Rb8 $15 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 21... b5 $11) 20. Qxe4 e6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6e4]} 21. Qe3 (21. c3
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Re6 $11) 21... exd5 (21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 $11)
22. Qf4 Re6 23. Re3 Rf6 (23... Rde8 24. Rf3 f5 25. Rc3 $132) 24. Qh4 a5 (24...
d4 25. Rxd4 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Qxd4 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Re7 Rh8 29. c3 Qd2 30. Qf1 Qg5
$14) 25. Kg1 Qb6 ({Strong was} 25... a4 {completely neutralizing any White
initiative:} 26. Bxa4 Qc4 27. Qxc4 (27. Rd4 Qxa2 28. Bb3 Qxb2 $15) 27... dxc4
28. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {with equal RR endgame.}) 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rf5 $44 28.
f3 Kf6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Red3 {[%csl Rd5]} Ke6 31. a3 Re5 32. Rd2 b5 33. c3 h5 34.
g3 Rh8 35. h4 (35. f4 Rf5 36. Bc2 Rf6 $11) 35... gxh4 $1 ({Badly is} 35... f6
$2 36. f4 {[%csl Re5]} Rf8 $1 37. Bd1 gxf4 38. gxf4 Re4 (38... a4 39. Bf3 Rf5
40. Bg2 {[%cal Gg2h3]} Ke7 41. Rb4 $18 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg2h3]}) 39. Bxh5 Rh8
40. Bf3 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 $16) 36. Rxh4 {[%csl Rh5]} Rg5 37. Rd1 f6 {[%cal Gc6e8]}
(37... Rhg8 38. Re1+ Re5 (38... Kd7 39. Rg1 Re5 40. Bd1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf3f4]
} Ke7 41. f4 Re6 42. Bxh5 d4 43. cxd4 $16) 39. Reh1 Reg5 $11 {-like in this
game.}) 38. Rdh1 Rhg8 39. R1h3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh3h5]} Be8 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 40.
Bd1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf3f4]} Ke7 41. f4 R5g7 42. Bxh5 Bd7 $1 $11 43. g4 Bxg4
44. Bxg4 Rxg4 45. Rxg4 Rxg4 46. Rh7+ Ke6 47. Kf3 Rg1 48. Rb7 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 Re1+
50. Kf3 Re4 51. Rxb5 a4 52. Rb4 Rc4 53. Kg4 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 d6 (11... Ba6 $5 12. Qf3 d5 $132
(12... Qc7 $2 13. O-O-O d6 (13... d5 14. h4 $16) 14. h4 dxe5 15. h5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Zurmely,F-Afek,Y/Paris-ch 1993 (27)})) 12. O-O (12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O-O dxe5
$15) 12... Qc7 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Bd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hodgson,J-Rechlis,G/London Peace 1987 (20)}) (9. h4 a4 10. Bd5 a3 11. b3 Ng4 (
11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e6 14. Bc4 (14. b4 Qxb4 15. Rb1 Qe7 $5 (15...
Nxe4 $6 16. Rxb4 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kxd2 exd5 19. Nxd5 Ra5 20.
Rd4 $11) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ra6 $11) (15... Qa5 $1 16. Bxb7 (16.
Rb5 Qc7 17. Bb6 Qb8 $17) 16... Bxb7 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Rh3 Nxe4
20. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxd4 22. Rxa3 d5 23. Rd3 Bg7 $17) 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxc8
Rfxc8 $15) 14... Nxe4 $19) 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nde2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qa5 $19 (14...
Qc7 15. O-O Bg4 $19 {0-1 Jakoby,U-Dally,H/Dortmund op 1989 (28)})) (9. h3 d5 (
9... a4 $1 10. Nxa4 (10. Bxa4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxa4 $15) 10... Nxe4 $15) 10. Bxd5
Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O b5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bh6 e5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,
A-Frois,A/La Coruna TH op 1995 (29)}) 9... a4 (9... Ng4 10. Qxg4 (10. Nxc6 dxc6
(10... Nxe3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Raxd1 (12. Nd5 Rxd8 13. Nxe7+ Kf8 14. Nxc8 Rdxc8
15. Raxd1 a4 16. Bd5 Rxc2 $11) 12... Rxd8 13. Rd3 $132) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bb6
$11) 10... Nxd4 11. Qh4 (11. Qd1 Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 13. Bd4 Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Qd4+ f6 $11 {1-0 Sarlamanov,D-Bahtiri,S/JUG-ch 1991 (31)}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3
Ra6 13. Bh6 Re6 $11 {1-0 Luecke,N-Heinatz,T/BL 1993 (41)}) 10. Nxa4 (10. Bxa4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Rxa4 12. c3 Ra5 (12... Ra8 13. Ng3 d5 14. f4 e6 $15 {1-0
Baranyai,A-Toth,S/Providencia Open, Debrecen HUN 1997 (24)}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Qb3 Rb5 15. Qc2 d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gallinnis,N-Guempges,x/corr 1981 (53)}) 10...
Nxe4 11. Nb5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f3 (12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. f3 Nd6 15. c3
Nf5 16. Bf2 d5 $132 {0-1 Bezzy,M-Denny,K/Moscow olm SMR-BAR 1994 (42)}) 12...
Nf6 13. Nb6 (13. Bb6 Qe8 14. Re1 d6 15. Bf2 c5 $11 {Shchekachev,A-Pigusov,E/
Open, Bourbon Lancy FRA 1997/1-0 (59)}) 13... Rb8 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. Qe2 (15.
Re1 d6 16. a4 c5 17. a5 c4 18. Ba4 Qa6 19. Bb6 Rxb6 20. axb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2
$44 {0-1 Garcia,G-Turner,M/London Lloyds 1994 (47)}) 15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfe8
17. Rfe1 d6 18. Kh1 e5 $132 {1-0 Mokry,K-Antunes,A/EUCup Gr2 Strasbourg 1994 
(44)}) 11... Ra6 (11... d6 12. Qe2 (12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Re1 Nf6 $132 {
Voicu,C-Andreeva,N/EU-chJW U16 Rimavska Sobota 1996/0-1 (53)}) 12... Nf6 13.
Rad1 Bf5 14. c4 Ng4 15. Bc1 Qb8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 $11 {1-0 Theissen,H-Fabisch,
C/Dortmund op-A 1993 (58)}) 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 d6 $11) (12. Qd3 d5 (12... Nf6 13.
Nc5 (13. Nac3 d6 $11) 13... Ra8 $11) 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc5 Ra8 15. Rfd1 e6 $11 (
15... Ra5 $6 16. c4 b6 17. Na4 Ra6 18. c5 Bf5 19. Qe2 bxc5 20. Nac3 c4 21. Bxc4
Nb4 22. Bb3 $16)) 12... d6 13. c4 (13. Rad1 Bd7 $132) 13... f5 $2 $16 (13...
Nf6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 (15... Bf5 16. c5 Na5 17. cxd6 Nxb3 18. Bb6 $3 Qc8
(18... Rxb6 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Rxb5 21. axb3 $18) 19. dxe7 Re8 20. Nd6 Qc6
21. Nxe8 Nxe8 22. axb3 $18) 16. c5 Na5 17. Bc2 (17. cxd6 exd6 $11 (17... Nxb3
18. Bb6 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qe8 20. Qxe8 (20. Qxb3 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. d7 Nxd7 23.
Rxd7 Rxa2 24. b4 $11) 20... Rxe8 21. axb3 exd6 22. Rxd6 $16)) 17... d5 $11) 14.
Bb6 $1 Qd7 (14... Rxb6 $2 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. c5+ $18) 15. f3 (15. c5+ Kh8 16.
Rad1 $16) (15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc2 $14) 15... Nf6 $2 (15... Ng5 16. Rad1 Ne6 $1
17. c5 Kh8 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rf2 (19. Rxd6 Ncd4 $3 20. Nxd4 Qxd6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6
22. Rd1 (22. Bxe6 Rxa4 $19) 22... Qc6 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxe6 Rxa4 $15) 19... d5
20. Nc5 (20. Rxd5 $2 Nf4 $1 21. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxd7 $17) 20... Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Re8 22. Qf1 Ne7 23. Rc2 $16) 16. Rad1 $22 $18 Na5 (16... Kh8 17. Nc5 dxc5
18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bc7 e5 20. Rd1 $18) (16... e5 17. Nxd6 $18) 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18.
Nb6 Qc6 (18... Qd8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxe7 $18) 19. Qxe7 d5 20. Nxc8 dxc4 21.
Qb4 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 (11. Ndb5 a4 12. Bc4 (12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13.
Bf2 Qa5 14. O-O Qxb5 (14... Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. a3 Nxc2 17. Nxc2 Bxa4 18. Qxd5
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxc2 $11) 15. c4 Qa5 (15... Qa6 16. cxd5 Nd3 17. Qd2 Nxf2 $44)
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxa4 $11 {0-1 Strobel,W-Tielemann,K/BL 1983 (44)}) 12...
a3 13. Nxa3 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Rd1 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxa3 (17...
Bxa3 $15) 18. Kf2 $132 {0-1 Wahl,C-Tielemann,K/BL 1985 (44)} (18. Ke2 $132)) (
11. d6 Qxd6 12. Ndb5 Qe5 (12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Be6 $1 14. O-O (14. Bxe6 Nxc2+
15. Ke2 fxe6 16. Nc7 Nxe3 17. Kxe3 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Bh6+ 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8
$11) 14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rfd8 $11) 13. Qd4 Qf5 (13... Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Bf5 15.
O-O-O a4 16. Nxa4 Nxc2 (16... Nxa2+ 17. Bxa2 Rxa4 18. Nc3 Ra6 19. g4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Komsic,D-Soos,B/OLO-B 1993 (65)}) 17. Bxc2 Bxc2 18. Kxc2 Rxa4 $11) 14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. Qf4 (15. Qc5 $4 Bh6 $1 (15... a4 $4 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxb4 Rff8
18. Rhe1 Rfc8 19. g4 {1-0 Peters Jack-Donaldson John W/It, USA 1995}) 16. Qd4 (
16. Kb1 a4 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxh6 Bxc2+ 20. Kc1 Bxd1 $17) 16...
Bxe3+ (16... Bg7 $2 $11) 17. Qxe3 Bxb5 18. g4 Qc8 19. Nxb5 a4 $19) 15... Qxf4
16. Bxf4 Rfd8 $1 $132 (16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 a4 18. Bc4 Rfc8 19. Na3) (16... a4
17. Bc4 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rfc8 19. Na3 b5 20. Bxb5 Nfd5 (20... Nxa2+ 21. Kb1 Nb4
22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Be5 $16) 21. Bd2 Rc5 22. c4 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 (23. Kc2 Nf2 $17)
23... Bxb2 24. Be3 Nc3+ 25. Kc2 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxa3 27. Rxd3 Rxb5 28. cxb5 Bd6
29. b6 $16)) 11... e6 $6 $146 (11... a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bf2 (13. Bd4 Bxd4 (
13... Bf5 $2 14. Bxg7 (14. c3 $4 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Rxa4 16. Bxd5 (16. Bxa4 Bxd4 $19)
(16. Qd2 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 N5f4 $19) 16... Rxd4 {0-1 Roose,J-Uogele,
A/corr Eberhard-Wilhelm-Cup f (FS-68/211) 0}) 14... Ne3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bc3
Nexc2+ 17. Kf2 Nd3+ 18. Kg3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $16) 14. Qxd4 Bf5 15. O-O-O (15. Nac3
Nxc2+ (15... Nxc3 16. Qxb4 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Qc7 18. Kf2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 $14) 16.
Bxc2 Nxc3 17. Qxd8 (17. Bxf5 Nxe2 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Kxe2 gxf5 $11) 17... Rfxd8
18. Bxf5 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 gxf5 20. a3 $11 {- Kostro,J-Szilagyi,G/Rubinstein mem
1969/MCL 06}) 15... Qc7 16. Nec3 (16. Nac3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 (
18... Nxa2+ 19. Bxa2 Qxd4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Nxd4 $16) 19. Nxd4 Nxa2+ 20. Kb1
Nb4 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rd7 Ra7 23. Re1 Rfa8 24. Kc1 e6 $11) 16... Nxc3 17. Nxc3
Nxa2+ 18. Nxa2 Rxa2 19. Qc4 (19. Kb1 Rfa8 $19) 19... Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Qd6+ 21. Ke2
(21. Qd5 Qf4+ 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxh2 24. Kf2 $17) 21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxh2
23. Kf2 $17 {Navara,D-Groh,J/CZE-chT2 9697 1997/EXT 97/ - (66)}) (13. Bd2 b5 (
13... Qc7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nac3 (15. Bxd5 Rxa4 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c4
Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxd1+ $17) 15... Nb6 (15... Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Rd8 17. O-O (17. Qe2
Nd4 $17) 17... Na5 (17... Be5 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b5 21. Re1 $14)
18. Re1 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Be6 $15) 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. O-O Nbc4 18. Qc1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Meister,Y-Petrushin,A/Barnaul URS sf 1984 (73)}) (13... Bf5 $2 14.
a3 Nc6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb6 Qc5 17. Nxa8 Bxb2 (17... Bxc2 18. Rc1 Bxd1 19.
Rxc5 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Rxa8 21. Bc3 $18) 18. Ra2 Bxc2 19. Bb4 Qe3 (19... Nxb4 20.
axb4 Qc4 21. Nb6 Qxa2 22. Qxc2 Qa1+ 23. Qd1 Bc3+ 24. Kf2 Qa7 25. Nxc3 Qxb6+ 26.
Ke2 Qe6+ 27. Kf1 Qc4+ 28. Ne2 Qxb4 29. g3 $16) 20. Qxc2 $18 {1-0 Medvegy,
N-Felegyhazi,L/Hajduboszormeny op 1995 (45)}) 14. Nac3 Bf5 15. a3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3
(16. Nxc3 Nc6 17. g4 (17. Bd5 Nd4 18. Be4 (18. Bxa8 Nxc2+ 19. Kf2 Qd4+ 20. Kg3
Nxa1 $17) 18... b4 19. Nd5 (19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Bxe4 $19) 19... bxa3 20.
Rxa3 Rxa3 21. bxa3 e6 (21... Nxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxc2 24. Ke2 $11)
22. Nc3 Qh4+ 23. Kf1 (23. g3 Qh3 $17) 23... Rc8 $15) 17... Bc8 18. Bd5 Bb7 19.
Be4 b4 20. axb4 Rxa1 (20... Nxb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. O-O $16) 21. Qxa1 Nxb4 22.
Qa4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Qd4 $36) 16... Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 (17. Rxd1 Nxc2+ 18. Kf2 Bxc3
19. Nxc3 Nxa3 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. Nxe7 Bc2 22. Bxc2 Nxc2 23. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Lanc,
A-Rantanen,Y/Tbilisi 1987}) 17... Rfd8+ 18. Kc1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Nd5 20. g4 Bc8 (
20... Nxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Bd7 $44) 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Ka2 Be6 23. b3 Rc5 24. Kb2 Bd5
(24... Rac8 25. Rad1 Bg7 26. Rd3 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 f5 $14) 25. Bd4 Rc6
26. Rhf1 e5 27. Nc3 Bxf3 28. Bxe5 Bxg4 29. Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Votava
Jan-Michenka Jozef/Extra League 1995 (49)}) 13... Bf5 $1 (13... Rxa4 $2 14.
Bxa4 Qa5 (14... Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Bb3 Rd8 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. c4 Nd3
20. Qd2 N5f4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Qb4 $16 {1-0 Trefny,V-Jacek,M/CZE Tschechien-ch
1993 (32)}) 15. O-O $1 Rd8 (15... Qxa4 16. c3 $1 $16) 16. a3 $1 (16. c3 $2 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Rxd1 18. Rfxd1 Nc6 19. Bb3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gorshkov-Kochiev/URS-ch 1975
(24)}) 16... Na6 17. Bb3 Bxb2 (17... Ne3 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 $18) 18. Qe1 $1
$16 {1-0 Sax,G-Haik,A/Smederevska Palanka 1982 (42)}) 14. O-O (14. a3 Nxc2+ 15.
Bxc2 Qa5+ 16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Rfd8+
21. Kc1 Rdc8 22. Nd4 b5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Kb1 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxa4 e6
27. Bc2 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ceshkovskij-Tukmakov,V/Vilnius 1975}) 14... b5 15. Nac3
Nxc3 16. Nxc3 (16. bxc3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxa2 18. g4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bd4 e5
21. Be3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Helving,U-Bar,R/Petach-Tikva 1995 (27)}) 16... Qxd1
17. Rfxd1 Bxc2 18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Bxc3 20. Rxc2 Bf6 {- Shirov,A-Lautier,J/
Fontys 1997/CBM 61}) 12. O-O $6 (12. d6 $6 Ra6 (12... Ne8 13. d7 Bxd7 14. Bc5
a4 15. Bxf8 (15. Bxb4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxb4 $17) 15... Kxf8 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Qxd8
Rxd8 18. Bxa4 Ra8 19. Bb3 $16) 13. Bc5 Rc6 $15) (12. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 (12... Qxd1+
13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 (14. Rd2 Bxb3 15. axb3 $16) 14... Nxc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxe3 16.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Kxe3 Re8+ 18. Kf2 (18. Kd3 Rd7+ 19. Kc2 Nd5 20. Kb3 b5 21. a4
bxa4+ 22. Kxa4 Nxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Rb7 24. Rd2 Reb8 25. Nd1 Bxb2 $11) 18... Ng4+ 19.
Kg3 Ne3 20. Rd3 $14) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 (13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nxc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxe3 16.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Kxe3 $14) 14. Bd4 Qc7 15. a3 $14) 12... Nbxd5 $11 13. Nxd5 (13.
Bd4 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Bd7 $11) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bd4 Bh6 $5 (15... Re8
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 $14) 16. Re1 Ra6 $1 17. Nc3 Re6 18. Rxe6 (18. Qd3 Bf4 (
18... Rfe8 19. Rxe6 fxe6 (19... Bxe6 20. Qb5 Bf4 21. Rd1 (21. Qxb7 Qh4 $17)
21... Qb8 22. h3 $16) 20. Qb5 $14) 19. Rxe6 (19. g3 Bh6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Re1
Bd7 $11) 19... fxe6 $132) 18... Bxe6 19. Qe2 (19. Qd3 Bf4 $1 $132) 19... Bf4
20. Rd1 (20. Qf2 Re8 $132) 20... Qg5 (20... Bf5 $5 $132) (20... Qh4 21. g3 Qg5
22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Nb5 Bb8 24. Bc3 $14) 21. Qf2 (21. Na4 Bd7 22. Nc5 Re8 23. Qf2
Bb5 24. Nd3 $11) 21... Rc8 22. g3 (22. a3 Rc4 23. Rd3 $11) 22... Rc4 23. Kh1 (
23. Re1 a4 (23... Rc8 24. Kh1 Bb8 25. Nb5 Bd7 $11) 24. Kh1 Bb8 25. Nb5 Bd7 26.
Na3 Rc8 27. c3 Bd6 28. Nc2 b5 29. f4 Qh5 30. Be5 Bc5 31. Nd4 b4 $11) 23... Be5
24. Nb5 Rb4 $6 (24... Bd7 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nd4 b5 27. c3 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29.
Qd2 $11) 25. Qe2 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxb2 $6 (26... Rb6 27. c3 a4 28. Re1 $14) 27.
Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kh6 30. Rxd5 $6 (30. Qf7 $1 Qf5 $1 (30... Qe5
31. Qf8+ Qg7 32. Qf4+ g5 33. Qd6+ (33. Qf5 Qe7 34. a4 $16) 33... Qg6 $8 34.
Qxd5 $1 (34. Qf8+ Qg7 (34... Kh5 35. g4+ Kh4 36. Qb8 $18) 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.
Rxd5 Kg6 37. Rxa5 Rxc2 $14) 34... Rxc2 $8 35. Qxa5 $16) 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Rxd5
(32. a4 Rxc2 (32... b5 33. Rxd5 bxa4 34. Rxf5 a3 35. Rxa5 a2 36. Kg2 Rxc2+ 37.
Kh3 $18) 33. Rxd5 Kg6 34. Rxa5 Ra2 35. Rb5 Rxa4 36. Rb6+ Kh5 37. Rxb7 h6 $11)
32... Kg6 $1 (32... Rxa2 33. Rxf5 a4 34. Ra5 b5 (34... b6 35. Ra6) 35. Rxb5
Rxc2 36. Ra5 Ra2 37. f4 Kg6 38. g4 a3 39. Ra6+ Kg7 40. Kg1 $18) 33. Rxa5 Rxc2
34. a4 Ra2 35. Rb5 Rxa4 36. Rb6+ Kh5 37. Rxb7 h6 38. Kg2 $14) (30. f4 Qf6 31.
Qxd5 Qc6 $11) (30. Qh3+ Qh5 31. Qxh5+ Kxh5 32. Rxd5+ Kh6 33. Rxa5 Rxc2 $11)
30... Qc1+ $11 31. Rd1 Qxc2 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Rd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Bd4 f6 13. Bxf6 $4 $19 {
This very bad move was played once...} ({Very strong is} 13. h4 $1 {and White
leaves with advantage.} Bb7 14. h5 d5 (14... Qc7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 Kf7 17.
O-O-O $14 {0-1 Nadezhdin,N-Listergarten,L/Riga 1962/EXT 2000 (43)}) (14... Kf7
15. Qg4 (15. f4 e6 16. Qd3 d5 17. e5 Rh8 18. h6 Bf8 19. exf6 $16 {1-0 Martin
Gonzalez,A-Garcia,I/Candas 1992/TD (39)}) 15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. O-O-O Be6
18. Qg3 Qb8 19. Qf3 (19. Qe3 $16) 19... Qc8 20. Qe3 $16 (20. Ne4 $2 Bg4 $17 {
0-1 Fischer,R-Ballard,D/Wichita 1964/EXT 2001 (34)})) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. exd5
Bxd5 17. Qd3 e5 (17... Bxg2 18. Rg1 e5 19. Rxg2 Qxd4 20. Qxg6 $16 {1/2-1/2
Milu,R-Bogdan,D/ROM-ch 1992/EXT 97 (26)}) (17... Kf7 18. O-O-O e6 19. Rh3 Bc6
20. Rg3 f5 21. Bxg7 Qxd3 22. Rdxd3 Kxg7 23. Rd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kunerth,
W-Gruenfeld,E/Krakow 1938/EXT 99 (35)}) 18. Qxg6 exd4 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Qh5+ Ke6
(20... Kg8 21. Nxd5 $18) 21. O-O-O (21. Qg4+ Kf7 (21... f5 22. Qxg7 dxc3 23.
Rh6+ Rf6 24. O-O-O $14) 22. Qh5+ (22. Rh7 Rg8 23. Qh5+ Ke6 24. Qe2+ Kf7 25.
Qh5+ $11) 22... Ke6 $11) 21... f5 22. Rhe1+ (22. Qe2+ $5 Kd6 23. Nxd5 Kxd5 24.
Qc4+ Kd6 25. Rxd4+ Bxd4 26. Qxd4+ Kc7 27. Rh7+ Kc6 28. Qc4+ Kd6 29. Rh3 $18)
22... Kd6 23. Nxd5 Kxd5 24. Qf3+ Kc5 25. Re6 Rc8 26. c3 a5 (26... Kb5 $2 $18
27. Qd3+ Ka5 28. Kc2 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Bogdan,D/ROM-ch 1992/EXT 97 (28)}) 27.
Kb1 Rf7 28. Qe2 b5 29. cxd4+ Bxd4 30. Re5+ Kb6 31. Qxb5+ Ka7 32. Rd5 $18) (13.
Qd3 Bb7 14. O-O-O Qe8 (14... Bc6 15. h4 Qc7 16. h5 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,
V-Faibisovich,V/Leningrad 1962/MCD (58)}) 15. h4 Qf7 16. h5 $14 {1-0 Veresov,
G-Zaitsev,A/Moscow 1962/EXT 2001 (32)}) 13... Bxf6 14. Qd5+ e6 15. Qxa8 Bxc3+
16. bxc3 Qc7 17. O-O a5 18. Ra4 d5 19. exd5 Bb7 20. Rc4 (20. Qa7 exd5 21. Re1
Ra8 22. Qxa8+ Bxa8 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxa8 Qxc3 25. g3 Qxc2 26. Rf4 g5 27. Ra7+
Kg6 28. Rff7 Qxb3 $19 {[time]. 0-1 Kotkov,Y-Zaitsev,A/Moscow 1962/EXT 2001 (39)
}) 20... Qd7 21. Qa7 exd5 22. Rd1 (22. Rg4 Qc7 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Qxa8+ Bxa8 25.
Re8+ Kg7 26. Rxa8 Qb7 {[%csl Ra8]} 27. Rd8 (27. Re8 Qd7 $19 {[%csl Re8,Rg4]})
27... Qe7 $19) 22... Qf7 23. Qxb6 dxc4 24. f3 Bd5 (24... Qe7 $1 $19) 25. bxc4
Bxc4 $2 $17 {Black loses very important Pa5 makes his task much more
complicated.} ({Wins easily} 25... Qe6 $1 $19 26. Qxe6+ (26. Qxa5 Bxf3 $19)
26... Bxe6 $19) 26. Qxa5 Qf5 (26... Qe7 27. Qb6 Qe2 28. Qd4 Re8 29. Ra1 Qe3+
$17) 27. Qc7 Bd5 (27... Qe6 28. h3 $17) 28. c4 Rc8 29. Qe7 Bxc4 30. Rd8+ Rxd8
31. Qxd8+ Qf8 32. Qd4 $1 ({Loses} 32. Qxf8+ $2 Kxf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Ke6 35.
Kd4 Bf1 36. g4 (36. g3 g5 37. c4 Bg2 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kf5 40. Ke3 Bc6 $19)
36... g5 37. Ke4 Bg2 38. h4 gxh4 (38... h6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. c4 $11) 39. Ke3 h3
40. Kf2 Bh1 41. Kg3 h2 42. Kxh2 (42. f4 Bf3 43. Kxh2 Bxg4 $19) 42... Bxf3 $19)
32... Qc8 33. c3 Be6 34. h3 Qd7 35. Qe5 Bd5 36. Kh2 Qc6 37. Qd4 h5 (37... Kf7
38. Qa7+ Qb7 39. Qc5 Be6 $17) 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kf7 40. Qf4+ Ke8 41. Qd4 Kd7
({Plan of increasing pressure is connected with black K trip to the White camp,
to capture Pc3:} 41... Qc4 42. Qh8+ (42. h4 Qxd4 43. cxd4 Kf7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45.
Kf4 Bc6 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. g3 Bd5 48. Ke2 Bc4+ 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kf4
Kxd4 52. Kg5 Bf7 53. Kf6 Be8 54. Ke7 Bc6 55. Kf6 Bxf3 56. Kxg6 Ke5 $19) 42...
Kf7 43. Qh7+ Kf6 44. Qh8+ Kf5 45. g4+ Kf4 46. Qf6+ Ke3 47. Kg3 Bf7 48. gxh5
gxh5 49. Qe5+ Kd3 50. h4 Kc2 51. Qf6 Kb2 52. Kf2 Kb3 53. Kg3 Qe6 54. Qd4 Qe1+
55. Kh3 Qxc3 $17) 42. Qa7+ Kc8 43. Qd4 Qd6+ 44. Kh1 Qc6 45. Qg7 Qe6 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qd3 (11. Re1 {and}) (11. f4 {-mainlines.}) ({
Another continuations don't promise to White any advantage, for instance:} 11.
Nde2 b5 12. f3 (12. Ng3 Ne5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Browne,W-Kagan,S/Siegen 1970/MCD (96)}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Na5 16. Bd4 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Bogachkov,I/St
Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (41)}) (11. Qd2 $2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12.
Bxd4 Nxe4 $1 $17) 12... Ng4 $15 {[%csl Re3] 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Evrosimovsky/
Moscow 1969/EXT 2001 (40)}) (11. Qe1 Qh5 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Bb5
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rd5 Qe2 17. Qxe2 Bxe2 18. Rb1 $15 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L-Georgiev,
V/Balkaniad-Boys 1993/TD (42)}) 11... Rac8 (11... Rfe8 12. f4 Rad8 13. Nf3 Qc7
14. g4 Na5 $132 {1-0 Neukirch,D-Baumbach,F/Colditz 1967/EXT 99 (42)}) (11...
Nxd4 $6 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Nd5 (13. Rfe1 e6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Re2 Qh5 16. f4 d5
17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Pokorna,R-Buervenich,S/Warsaw POL
2001/The Week in Chess 338 (33)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Bc3 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.
Bxf6 exf6 17. Rad1 (17. Rae1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17... Rxe4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19.
Rxd6 Kg7 20. Rfd1 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pritchett,C-Bellon Lopez,J/Pula 1975/MCD 
(45)}) (11... Ne5 12. Qe2 b5 $6 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfc8 16. Qd3
Rab8 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Hebert,J-Vardi,I/Quebec 1978/EXT 98 (52)})
12. f4 (12. Rad1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qe3 b6 15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nxf6+ exf6 18. Rxd6 Rxe4 19. Rxc6 $18 {1-0 Hoffmann,A-Schroeder,J/
Friedrichshafen 1983/GER (29)}) 12... Nh5 (12... a6 13. Rae1 Qh5 14. Nf3 (14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 $14) 14... Na5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qd1 (16. exf6 $2 Bxd3 17. fxg7
Bxf1 (17... Kxg7 18. cxd3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Rfe8 $132) 18. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 19. Rxf1
Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rd1 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Schoeneberg,M-Pietzsch,W/Zinnowitz 1967/
MCL (41)}) 16... Ne4 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. exd6 exd6 19. Bd4 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bxh3 21.
Bxg7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ (23... Qg3+ $2 24. Kh1 Qh3+ 25. Nh2 Kxg7
26. Qd4+ $18) 24. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) (12... Nb4 13. Qe2 Na6 14. Bc4 Nh5 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. Qf3 Qd8 17. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Neukirch,D-Verber,R/Harrachov 1967/MCD 
(22)}) (12... Qh5 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. e5 (15. Bxa7 Na6 16. e5 $16)
15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Rcd8 17. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Silman,J/London 1978/MCD
(25)} (17. exf6 $1 Rxd2 18. fxg7 Rxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Kxg7 20. Rad1 $16)) (12... Rfd8
13. Rad1 Be8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 Qc7 $132 {1-0 Wedberg,T-Trabattoni,F/La
Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (28)}) (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 (13... e5 14. Be3 Bc6 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 Qc5+ 17. Rf2 Nh5 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Pokorna,R-Van
Leent,D/Vlissingen NED 2001/The Week in Chess 352 (41)}) 14. Rf2 Nd7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Re1 Qc5 18. Qd2 b5 19. Re3 a5 20. a3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ciric,
D-Shurygin,S/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (63)}) 13. Nde2 Be6 $6 $14 {enables White to
double black PP.} ({Quite reliable was} 13... Nf6 $132) 14. Rad1 $6 $132 ({
Why not} 14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. a3 $14 (15. Qc4 $2 Nd4)) {After this terrible
move White leaves with whole P over.} 14... Nf6 $2 $16 ({Rihgt was} 14... Bxb3
$1 15. axb3 Nf6 $132) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qc4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc4g8]} d5 (16...
Kf7 17. f5 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qc5+ 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Nh5 21. fxe6+ $16) 17. exd5
Nb4 ({Or} 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb4 20. Rc5+ Qxc4 21. Rxc4 $16) 18.
Qb3 Nbxd5 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd7 {
Giving to Black certain counterplay.} ({Much more simplier was just} 23. c3 Nc6
24. Rd7 $16) 23... Rfd8 24. Rxe7+ Kf8 25. Rxh7 $2 $11 {Wrong capture!} ({
Right was} 25. Rxb7 $1 Rxc2 26. f5 $140 $1 exf5 (26... Rxe2 27. fxg6+ Kg8 28.
gxh7+ Kh8 29. Rxb4 Rdd2 30. Rg4 $18) 27. Nf4 Rdd2 28. Rxb4 g5 29. Rd4 $1 gxf4
30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Rxf4 Rxb2 32. Rxf5+ $16 {[%cal Gf5a5]}) 25... Rxc2 26. f5 {
In this positon this impact is not effective...} Kg8 27. Rxb7 Rxe2 28. Rxb4 (
28. fxe6 Nc6 29. Rf6 g5 $44) 28... gxf5 29. Rf3 Rdd2 30. Rg3+ Kf7 31. Ra4 (31.
Rb7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 $44) 31... Rxb2 32. Rxa7+ Kf6 33. a3 f4 {White RR are
disconnected, Black pieces locations are excellent.} 34. Rgg7 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rbb1
{Whie had to force draw by perpetuum check.} 36. Rgf7+ Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38.
Rgf7+ Kg5 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qa5 9. f3 (9. O-O {-another mainline.}) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Nbxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. c4 ({Worse is} 15. Bb3 $6 Bxd4
16. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 17. Ke3 Rd8 18. Rhd1 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Sluka,R-Navara,D/Olomouc 2000/
CBM 77 ext (50)}) 15... e6 16. Rhe1 {[%mdl 8] Movsesian deviates from played
already Bd5-e4.} ({Worth of attention} 16. Be4 $5 {and White reaches clear
advantage in the endgame:} Bxd4 ({I guess, Smirin has prepared novelty:} 16...
f5 $5 17. Kc3 (17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Kc3 Kf7 $44) 17... fxe4 18. fxe4 b5 $1 19.
Rad1 Bb7 $1 $44 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg7c3] end pair of BB is very strong, and
probably Black has compensation for P lack.}) 17. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18. Kc3 Rd7 (18...
e5 19. Rad1 $16) 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8 22. f4 $1 $16 {-see
detailed commented game  1-0 Svidler,P-Lutz,C/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72 [Alterman,
B](49)}) (16. Nb5 $2 exd5 17. Nc7 dxc4+ 18. Ke2 Bf5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 $17 {1/2-1/2
Simacek,P-Bauma,J/CZE 2000/The Week in Chess 324 (72)}) 16... exd5 17. c5 $14 {
[%csl Gd4,Rd5] White has blockade piece on d4 and steady advantage.} Bd7 18.
Rac1 Re8 19. Bf2 Bh6+ 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Kd3 {Of course, White doesn't agree for
draw.} a5 22. Bf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf8 (23... Re8 24. Rc1 $14 (24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11)
) 24. Re5 f6 $4 $18 {This move is decisive mistake. Probably Smirin put
mistake in variations calculation.} ({Right was} 24... Bc6 25. Re2 a4 $14) 25.
Rxd5 Be8 26. Ne6 $1 {Unpleasant surprise!} Bf7 27. Rd8 $1 Rxd8+ 28. Nxd8 Bxc5 (
28... Bxa2 29. Kd4 $18 {[%csl Rb7]} (29. Nxb7 Bd5 $44)) 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Kc4 {
Endgame is absolutely lost.} Bg1 (30... Bb6 31. Kb5 Bd8 32. Bd2 $18 {[%csl Ra5]
}) 31. Kb5 g5 32. Bc7 h5 33. h3 f5 34. Bxa5 g4 35. Bb6 Bh2 36. Bf2 Bc7 37. Kc4
gxf3 38. gxf3 Kf6 (38... Ke6 39. Bd4 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb2b4]}) 39. Be3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Kh1 (13. Nd5 Nd7 14.
c3 (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Bc4 Nc5 {[%csl Ra4]} (16... e6 17. Ne3 Qb6
18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. b3 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 21. Rad1 Nc8 22. h4 Kf8 23. Kf2 h5 24.
Be2 Ke7 25. e5 d5 26. g4 $14 (26. c4 Nb6 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5+ Rxd5 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Rc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lobzhanidze,D-Tiviakov,S/Haarlem NED 2001/The Week
in Chess 350 (45)}) (26. f4 Nb6 27. g4 hxg4 28. Kg3 Nd7 29. Bxg4 Nc5 30. Bf3
Rh8 $11)) 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rae1 e5 19. Qd2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne6 21. c3 Nf4 $132)
14... Nc5 15. Bc2 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. f4
exf4 21. Rxf4 $11 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc5d7,Gd7e5] 1/2-1/2 Zulfugarli,
M-Wojtkiewicz,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (21)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qd4+ (15. f4 Qb6 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Qe3 Nc5 {-see detailed commented
game 0-1 Van den Doel,E-Tiviakov,S/Leeuwarden 2001/CBM 84_01[Tsesarsky,I] (66)}
) 15... Kg8 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Qg5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg5e7]} Rae8 18. Nb5 Qc5 {
Black equalized. What about White?} 19. Qd2 (19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Nc3
Kg7 22. Kg1 f5 $15) 19... Bxb5 20. axb5 b6 {[%csl Rb5]} 21. f4 Nf6 {[%csl Rb5,
Re4]} ({Not} 21... Qxb5 $4 22. Ba4 $18 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ga4d7]}) 22. Qe2 (22.
Qd3 e6 23. Rae1 $11) 22... e6 23. Rad1 Qb4 24. e5 Ne4 25. exd6 $2 $17 {[%csl
Rb5] This move is serious positional mistake. Now Black recieves clear
advantage in the endgame. Pb5 is too weak.} ({Right was} 25. Ba2 $1 {[%cal
Gc2c3] preparing c2-c3.} Nc5 $1 (25... Qxb2 26. Qxe4 Qxa2 27. Rxd6 Rb8 28. Rfd1
Rfc8 29. Rc6 $14) (25... d5 $2 26. c4 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) (25... dxe5 $2 26. c3
Qa4 27. Bc4 {[%csl Ra4,Re4][%cal Gd1a1]} Rc8 28. b3 $18) 26. c3 (26. Rxd6 $2
Qxb2 27. Qc4 Rb8 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. c3 Rfc8 30. Bb3 Nxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxc3 32. Qd1
Rbc8 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rh1][%cal Gc8c1,Ga1h1]}) 26... Qa4 27. b4 axb4 28. cxb4
Qxb4 29. Rxd6 Rb8 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 $11) 25... Nxd6 26. c3 Qc5 (26... Qxb3
$2 27. Rxd6 Rb8 28. Rfd1 $14) 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Rd8 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd6b5]
} (28... Nxb5 $2 29. Ba4 $16) 29. Rfd2 Nb7 30. Kg1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd8 32. Re2 ({
In case of} 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. g4 Nb7 $17 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7d6]
White is convicted to work hard in order to draw the game.}) 32... Nc5 33. Bc2
Rd5 34. g3 Kf8 35. b4 {White sacrifices P but RR endgame is lost.} ({Maybe
more stubborn was} 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rf2 Rd7 (38... a4 39.
Rf1 Rd7 40. Ra1 e5 41. fxe5+ Kxe5 42. Ra3 f5 43. Ra1 (43. Bxa4 Rd3+ $19 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc5e4]}) 43... Ra7 44. Ra3 Ra5 45. c4 Ra8 46. b4 $14) 39. Rf1
Nb7 40. Be4 Nd6 41. Bd3 (41. Bc6 Nc4+ $19) (41. b3 Rc7 42. c4 a4 43. Rb1 axb3
44. Rxb3 Rxc4 $19) 41... Rc7 $17 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc7c5]}) 35... axb4 36. cxb4
Nd3 ({Or} 36... Nb7 37. Be4 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Nd6 39. Bc6 Rd4 40. Ra2 Rxb4 41. Ra6 {
[%csl Rb6]} Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Nc4 $17) 37. Bxd3 ({Hopeless} 37. Re4 {as well:} Kg7 (
37... Ke7 38. Rc4 Nb2 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Be4 Rd4 (40... Rxb5 41. Bc6 Rxb4 42. Be8
e5 43. Rxf7+ Ke6 44. Rxh7 exf4 45. Bxg6 $11) 41. Bc6 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc6e8]}
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gd6f7]} 42. Bf3 Nd6 43. Rc6 Nxb5 44. Rxb6 Rxb4 45. Kf2 Rb3 $17
) 38. Rc4 Nb2 39. Rc7 Rxb5 40. Bb3 Kf6 41. g4 Rxb4 42. g5+ Kg7 43. Bxe6 Rxf4
$19) 37... Rxd3 38. Rc2 Rd5 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Kf2 Rxb5 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. Ke3 Kf5
43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Rc4 h5 45. h3 g5 46. g4 (46. fxg5+ Rxg5 47. Kf3 Rf5+ $17) 46...
gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Kg6 48. Kg3 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kg5 {ideal place for black K.} 50. Kf3
f6 51. Kf2 e5 52. Ke3 Rd5 53. Rc6 (53. Ke4 Rd4+ 54. Rxd4 exd4 55. Kxd4 Kxg4 $19
) 53... b5 54. Rc5 Rd4 ({Wins also} 54... Rd1 55. Rxb5 Kxg4 56. Rc5 Re1+ 57.
Kd2 (57. Kf2 Rb1 58. Rc4+ Kf5 59. Ke3 Rb3+ 60. Kd2 e4 61. Kc2 Rd3 62. b5 Rd6
63. Rb4 Rb6 64. Kc3 Ke5 65. Kc4 f5 66. Kc5 Rb8 67. Kc6 f4 68. b6 f3 69. Kc7 Rf8
70. b7 e3 $19) 57... Rb1 58. Rc4+ Kf3 59. Kc2 Rg1 60. b5 Rg7 61. Rb4 f5 62. b6
Rb7 63. Kd1 e4 $19) 55. Rxb5 Rxg4 56. Rb8 Kf5 57. b5 Rg3+ 58. Kd2 Ke4 59. Kc2
f5 60. Rc8 Rg7 61. b6 Rb7 62. Rc6 f4 63. Re6 Kf3 $1 64. Rxe5 Rxb6 65. Kd2 Kf2
66. Re2+ Kg3 67. Re8 f3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Newerovski, Gennadi"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rac8 ({more pupular is} 11... Rfc8 12.
Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Qa6 (12... Ne5 13. Nd5 (13. Qe2 Qa6 (13... a6 14. g4 b5 15. g5
Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qg2 Nc4 $132 {0-1 Brychcy,Felix-Steinberg,Sven/Landesliga
S9596 Bayern ;EXT 99 1995 (38)}) 14. Qxa6 bxa6 15. h3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rab8 $132 {
Pietzsch,Wolfgang-Gurgenidze,Bukhuti/Tbilisi ;EXT 98 1965/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 13...
Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. c3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spassov,
Liuben-Jansa,Vlastimil/WchT U26 Harrachov ;MCD 1967 (26)}) (12... Rab8 13. Qf2
a6 14. Nde2 b5 15. Nf4 Qd8 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. f4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 e6
20. Bb3 Na5 21. f5 Nxb3 22. cxb3 exf5 23. exf5 Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
Gyula-Andersson,Ulf (4)/Szirak m ;EXT 97 1990 (32)}) 13. Qf2 Ne5 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rc5 17. c3 Rac8 $132 {Kosenkov,Vsevolod-Osnos,Viatcheslav/
Trud-ch Moscow ;EXT 2000 1964/0-1 (71)}) 12... Rab8 (12... Be8 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14.
Rxd2 Kf8 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Kf2 Na5 $11 {Sumiacher,Carlos-Sanguineti,Raul/
Buenos Aires op (8) ;MCD 1968/0-1 (66)}) (12... Ne5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Rab8 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. c3 b5 $15 {Kessler,Horst-Mokosch,
Andreas/Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann (3) ;CBM 61 ext 1997/0-1 (55)}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. exd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Na5 16. c3 b5 17. Nc2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 $15 {Liebert,
Heinz-Vasiukov,Evgeni/Lasker mem Berlin-Ost (14) ;EXT 99 1962/0-1 (48)}) 12.
Rad1 (12. Nxc6 {This move also don't lead to any, even a little, advantage.}
bxc6 13. Rad1 (13. Rab1 Qc7 14. Bh6 Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh1 c5 17. Bc4 Bc6
$11 {0-1 Ranieri,F-Chatalbashev,B/8th Valle d'Aosta Open 2000 (26)}) 13... Rfd8
14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Ne2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 a5 17. c3 Rb7 18. Ba4 $11 {Raspopin,
A-Savchuk,V/RUS-ch sf Ekaterinburg ;EXT 2000 1996/0-1 (58)}) (12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13.
Nce2 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Ne5 15. c3 b5 16. Rc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 $15 {0-1 Palmer,
Christian-Gerland,Felix/GER-ch U15 Bensheim (1) ;EXT 99 1997 (47)}) 12... Rfe8
(12... Qd8 $6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxc4
18. c3 Qa5 19. Rfe1 Qxd5 (19... Re8 20. Re4 {[%cal Ge4h4]} e5 21. Ne6 fxe6 22.
Rxc4 exd5 23. Rh4 $16) 20. Rxe7 $14 {1-0 Agopov,Mikael-Peralta,Fernando/Wch
U14 Duisburg (8) ;TD 1992 (27)}) (12... Ne5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Be3 $11
{1/2-1/2 Cvicela,Anton-Jacko,Vladimir/Tatry op Tatranska Lomnica (5) ;EXT 2000
1998 (19)}) 13. Qf2 (13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Qe1 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qc5 16. Qf2 a6 17. Na4 Qa7
18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. b3 Rcc8 20. Be3 Bxa4 21. Nf5 Qb8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. bxa4 Qc7
24. Rb1 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rxb7 Rxa2 $17 {0-1 Krstic,Mladen-Todorovic,
Goran N/Nis op ;EXT 97 1993 (44)}) 13... Ne5 $132 {Black solved opening
problems.} 14. Nde2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d5]} b6 15. a3 (15. Bd4 Nc4 (
15... Nc6 16. Be3 Ne5 $11) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nc1 Rec8 18. Nb3 Qa6 19. e5 dxe5
20. Bxe5 $11) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Rd3 Bb5 (17... Bc8 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19.
Nd4 $11) 18. Rfd1 {It is difficult to know who plays for winning.} (18. Nxb5 {
was a little bit simplify the game} Qxb5 19. Rb3 Qa6 20. Rc3 Rec8 21. Rxc4 Qxc4
22. c3 $11) 18... Ba6 19. Rd4 Rec8 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. Nf4 Qa6 22. h3 Qb7 23. Nd3
(23. Qd2 Qc7) 23... d5 $1 {Black wish to open the game for par of BB} (23...
Nd7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 $11) 24. e5 (24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. b3 Qc7
27. c4 Bb7 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7]}) 24... Nd7 25. f4 e6 26. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4]}
Bxd3 27. cxd3 {[%cal Gd1c1]} Rc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 (28... Qc7 29. Nc3 Rxd2 (29...
Rc1+ 30. Kh2 $132) 30. Qxd2 a6 $11) 29. Bxd2 Nc5 30. Nc1 (30. Qe3 Qa6 31. Nc1
Qa4 $15) 30... Qa6 31. Qd4 Bf8 32. Kh2 (32. g4 $1 {Don't afraid from} Ne4 33.
Bb4 Qc8 (33... Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 (34... bxc5 35. Qe3 $18) 35. Qc3 Qa4 36. b4
Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Na4 38. Qc7 $11) 34. Ne2 Nc5 35. Kf2 $132) 32... Qb5 33. b4 (33.
g4 Nb3 34. Nxb3 Qxb3 $15 {[%cal Gf8c5]}) 33... Na4 34. Ne2 (34. g4 $132) 34...
Qa6 35. Be1 (35. g4 Qc8 $11 (35... Be7 36. f5 $14)) 35... Be7 36. g4 {At last..
.} Bd8 (36... Qc8 $11) 37. Kg2 b5 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 38. Qa1 (38. Bf2 Bb6 39. Qa1
$11) 38... Qb7 39. Bf2 (39. Nd4 $11) 39... d4+ $5 {[%mdl 512] Interesting pawn
sacrifice!} (39... a5 40. Nd4 $11) 40. Kg3 Bb6 41. Bxd4 Qd5 42. Kf2 Kg7 (42...
g5 43. Bxb6 Nxb6 44. fxg5 Qxd3 45. Qc3 $14) 43. f5 {[%cal Ga1g7]} (43. Bxb6
Nxb6 44. Nd4 (44. Qd4 Qh1 45. Nc3 Qxh3 46. g5 Qh2+ $44) 44... h6 $44) 43...
exf5 (43... Qxe5 44. Bxb6 $1 Qxa1 45. Bd4+ Qxd4+ 46. Nxd4 exf5 47. Nxb5 fxg4
48. hxg4 $16) 44. Bxb6 Nxb6 45. Nf4 Qd8 46. e6+ (46. Ke3 g5 47. e6+ f6 48. Nh5+
Kg6 $15) 46... Qf6 47. Qxf6+ Kxf6 48. g5+ $1 Ke7 $8 49. exf7 Kxf7 50. Ke3 $132
Ke7 51. h4 Kd6 52. Kd4 Nd7 53. h5 {Last 7 moves were almost forced} Nf8 (53...
gxh5 54. Nxh5 Nf8 55. Nf6 Ne6+ 56. Ke3 Nxg5 57. Kf4 Ne6+ 58. Kxf5 Nd4+ 59. Ke4
Nc2 60. Nxh7 Nxa3 $11) 54. hxg6 hxg6 $22 {Black have reserve tempo - a7-a6} 55.
Ke3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Ke5 56. d4+ Kd6 57. Kd3 Ne6 58. Nxg6 ({Of course, not} 58.
Nxe6 $2 Kxe6 59. Ke2 Kd5 60. Kd3 a6 $19) 58... Nxg5 59. Ke3 Ne6 60. Nh4 Ng7 61.
Ng6 a6 {Black can't improve pieces position} (61... Kd5 62. Ne7+ Ke6 (62... Kc4
63. d5 Ne8 64. Kf4 Kb3 65. Kxf5 Kxa3 66. Nc6 $16) 63. Ng6 $11) 62. Kd3 Nh5 63.
Ke3 Ke6 64. Kf3 Nf6 (64... Kd5 65. Ke3 f4+ (65... Kc4 66. Ne5+ Kd5 (66... Kb3
$2 67. d5 Kxa3 68. d6 Nf6 69. Nc6 Nd7 70. Kf4 Kb3 71. Kxf5 Kc4 72. Ne5+ Kd5 73.
Nxd7 Kxd6 74. Nc5 $18) 67. Ng6 $11) 66. Kd3 f3 67. Ke3 f2 68. Kxf2 Kxd4 69. Ne7
Nf6 70. Nc6+ Kc3 71. Nb8 $11) 65. Nf4+ Kd6 66. Nd3 Kd5 67. Nc5 Kxd4 68. Nxa6
Nd5 69. Nb8 Ne7 70. Nd7 Kc3 71. Nc5 Nd5 72. Kg3 Nb6 73. Kf4 Kb2 74. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Qd2 (12. Qe2 Nxd4 (12... Qh5 13.
Qc4 (13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Nde2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Rec8 18. Bxa7
Qa5 19. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Hernandez,G-Soppe,G/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (34)})
13... Ne5 14. Qf1 Nc6 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,
V-Nielsen,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT (43)}) 13. Bxd4 Bc6 (13... Be6 14. Rad1 Rac8
15. Qe3 b6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 Qc5 20. Re4 Qxe3 21.
R4xe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Roizman,A/Minsk 1969/EXT 2001 (40)}) 14. Rad1 Rac8 (
14... Qh5 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Qc4 g5 17. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,G-Campos
Moreno,J/Andorra AND 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (40)}) 15. f3 a6 16. Qf2 Nd7
17. Kh1 Nc5 $132 {1-0 Hennings,A-Bellon Lopez,J/Kapfenberg 1970/EU-chT (49)}) (
12. Qd3 Rac8 13. f4 Nb4 14. Qf1 Na6 15. Rad1 Nc7 $14 (15... Rxc3 $4 16. Bd2 Qb6
(16... e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxc3 $18) 17. Bxc3 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qf2 $18 {
1-0 Lanka,Z-De la Riva Aguado,O/Montpellier 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) (15... Nc5 16.
e5 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. e6 $16)) 12... Qh5 $6 {This novelty can be explained
only by Black's unwillingness to force draw...} ({To equal position leads by
force strong} 12... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 13. Nxc6 (13. Nxe4 Qxd2 $17) 13... Qxc3
$1 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. bxc3 Nxc3 17. Bd4 Rxe1+ 18.
Rxe1 Nb5 19. Re7 Nxd4 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Rxd7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Anka,E-Kiss,P/
Dortmund 1988/TD (40)}) 14. bxc3 Nxd2 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Bxd2 Rxe1+ (16... Rae8
17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Be3 (18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Kf8 $15 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Soppe,G/
Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 18... Bxc3 19. Rd1 a5 20. Rxd6 Be5 21. Rd1
Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Klug,R-Stanisic,L/AUT 1992/EXT 97 (60)}) 17. Rxe1 Be5 (17...
Bc6 18. Re7 d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,J-Borge,N/DEN-ch 1996/CBM 53 (28)}) 18.
Rd1 Bc6 19. Be3 a5 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. c4 Bc6 23. f4 Bc3 24. Rxd6 Rc8
25. c5 a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Moroz,A-Alterman,B/Lvov 1988/EXT 2000 (36)}) (12... Rad8
$5 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Qf4 (16. Nd5 e6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Qc3+ Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wimmer,H-Kraft,V/Bayern 1988/EXT 97 (35)})
(16. Qf3 Rf8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nf4 Qe5 20. Nd3 Qg5 21. Nb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Bielczyk,J-Baumbach,F/Warsaw 1988/EXT 97 (21)}) 16... Rf8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne3 Qe5 20. Qxe5+ dxe5 21. Nc4 Kf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov,
N-Dunnington,A/Toulouse 1996/CBM 57 ext (42)}) 13. Nf3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qd3 (15. Bd4 $14) 15... Bc6 (15... Qa5 16. Bd4 Rac8 17. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ree,
H-Sosonko,G/Wijk aan Zee 1976/MCD (23)}) 16. Bd4 (16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18.
Qd2 (18. Bxa7 $14) 18... Qh5 19. Ne4 (19. Bd4 Bh6 $132) 19... Qe5 20. Nc3 Qh5
$14 {0-1 Golubev,M-Tutunnik,V/UKR 1999/EXT 2001 (24)}) 16... Qg5 17. Rad1 {
White can be satisfied by opening results. Black missed very strong Ne4
capture and White keeps slight advantage.} Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 (
19... Ne5 20. Qd4 Kg8 {[%cal Ge5f3]} 21. Re3 Bxd5 22. exd5 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]})
({Better looks} 19... Rac8 20. f4 (20. Qd4+ Qe5 21. Qxa7 (21. Qxe5+ dxe5 22. c3
Nc5 $11) 21... Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qe5 $132) 20... Qh4 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.
Kxf2 Nc5 24. c3 $14 {White has space advantage, but Black hasn't weaknesses,
so his position is rather reliable.}) 20. Bxd5 Qe5 21. c3 Nf6 $2 $16 {Serious
mistake based on wrong variations calculation.} (21... Rab8 $142 22. f4 Qxf4 (
22... Qf6 23. Qg3 Red8 24. Re2 $14) 23. Rf1 Qh4 24. Rxf7+ Kh8 25. Qd4+ Ne5 26.
Rdf1 $14) 22. Bxb7 $1 Rab8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2]} 23. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ge1e2,
Ge2b2]} e6 24. Qxa7 Qb5 25. Ba6 Qxb2 26. Bc4 Qxc3 $2 $18 ({More stubborn was} 
26... d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxc3 31. Rd1 $16)
27. Bxe6 $3 {This unexpected tactical impact obviously was overlooked by Black.
His defence is crashed...} Rf8 28. Bb3 Rbe8 29. Qd4 Qa5 30. Re3 1-0

[Event "Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 ({Another mainline here is} 16... Bxb2 $5 17.
Nxc8 Rxc8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ke2 {This endgame - directly from the opening -
was played many times:} Be5 (19... Kf7 20. Rb1 Be5 21. f4 Bd6 22. a4 Rg8 23. g3
Rg6 (23... Bb4 $11) 24. Bd2 Rh6 25. Bxa5 (25. h4 Re6+ 26. Kd3 Bc7 27. Rb7 Bd8
$11) 25... Rxh2+ $132 {1/2-1/2 Diaz,J-Hernandez,R/Havana 1990/EXT 2000 (32)}) (
19... Ba3 20. Rb1 Bb4 21. Kd3 $1 {better than} (21. g4 Kf7 22. Rg1 Rg8 23. a4
Bd6 24. gxf5 Rxg1 25. Bxg1 Kf6 26. Bb6 Bxh2 27. Bxa5 Kxf5 28. Bb6 Ke6 29. a5
Kd7 30. a6 Kc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N-Cebalo,M/Cannes 1996/EXT 98 (38)}) 21...
Kf7 22. Kc4 Rg8 23. g3 Rg6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Kxc5 Rh6 26. Rh1 $14 {1-0 Mitkov,
N-Fernandes,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (42)}) 20. Rb1 (20. f4 Bd6 21. Rb1 Kf7 (
21... Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Bxb8 23. Kd3 Kf7 24. Kc4 Ke6 $11 {1-0 Sandor,C-Seres,L/
Budapest 1996/CBM 52 ext (50)}) 22. Rb7 (22. Rb6 a4 23. c4 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25.
g3 $14 {1-0 Areshchenko,A-Nakonechny,S/Nikolaev UKR 2001/The Week in Chess 356
(35)}) 22... Rb8 (22... Rg8 23. g3 Rb8 $1 $11 (23... Ke6 $2 24. Ra7 Bb4 25. Ra6
Kd7 26. a3 Bd6 27. Rxa5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Polzin,R-Sandor,C/Werfen 1993/EXT 97 (41)}
)) 23. Rxb8 Bxb8 $11 (23... Bxb8 24. Kd3 Ke6 25. Kc4 Kd7 $11 {1-0 Zezulkin,
J-Wojtkiewicz,A/Zakopane 2000/CBM 78 ext (45)})) 20... Bxh2 21. g3 e5 22. Bf2
f4 23. g4 Bg3 24. Bc5 Re8 25. Rb6 Re6 26. Ra6 e4 27. Rxa5 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee 1989/CBM 11 (82)}) 17. Nxc8 (17.
fxe4 {Was happened in well-known game:} Bxb2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Ke2 Be5 20. Rb1
Bxh2 21. a4 Bc7 22. Rb7 Kf7 23. Ra7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Polgar,Z/Monte
Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext (32)}) 17... Rxc8 18. b3 (18. fxe4 Bxb2 19. Ke2 Be5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hartikainen,M-Kochyev,A/Helsinki 1996/EXT 98 (55)}) 18... exf3 19. gxf3
Kf7 $5 $146 {Only this move is novelty!} ({In all another games Black played} 
19... a4 {in order to exchange weak Pa5.} 20. Kd2 (20. Re1 Ra8 21. Re2 Kf7 22.
Bc5 e6 23. Rd2 Ke8 24. Ke2 Be5 25. Ke3 g5 26. Ke4 Bf4 $11 {1-0 Comp MChess
Pro-Polgar,Z/The Hague 1995/EXT 99 (48)}) (20. Rg1 Ra8 21. Rg4 axb3 22. axb3
Kf7 23. Ke2 Ke6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zezulkin,J-Feige,M/Bayern 1999/EXT 2001 (60)})
20... Kf7 21. Kd3 Ra8 (21... Be5 22. h3 Bd6 23. Kc4 Ke6 24. Re1 {1/2-1/2
Polzin,R-Vogt,L/AUT 1998/EXT 2000 (24)}) 22. b4 Rd8+ 23. Kc4 Rd5 24. Rf1 Rh5
25. Rf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lanc,A-Michenka,J/Bratislava 1991/EXT 97 (29)}) 20. Ke2 (
20. a4 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Bc3 $11) 20... Be5 (20... a4 $5 $11) 21. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra5]}
Ke6 22. Bb6 ({Interesting was} 22. h4 $5 h5 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Rg1 Kf7 25. Rg5 (
25. Ke3 Bf6 26. Be1 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ga7d7]} 27. Ke4 Rd7 $11) 25... Bf6 26. Rxa5
Rxa5 27. Bxa5 Bxh4 $14) 22... Ra8 23. Kd3 Bd6 24. Bf2 (24. h4 Rf8 $132) 24...
Rf8 25. Ke2 Rf5 26. h4 Re5+ 27. Kd3 Rd5+ 28. Ke2 Re5+ 29. Kd3 Rd5+ 30. Ke2 Re5+
{This opening variation confirmed it's reliability in this game too.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4 d6 13. Qe2 Be6 $1 {Looks the
best move. See other possibilities below:} (13... Nf6 14. h3 $1 {preventing
Bc8-g4.} (14. Rad1 $6 Bg4 $1 (14... Be6 15. Nc5 Ra8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 $16 {
1-0 Bartel,M-Saric,A/Peniscola ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 414 (26)}) 15. f3 Bd7
16. Rfe1 (16. c5 $14) 16... Re8 17. c5 Na5 18. cxd6 (18. Bc2 $14) 18... Nxb3
19. axb3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 exd6 (21... Qxd6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 e6
$44) 22. Qxb7 $44 {1-0 Guseinov,K-Murashko,V/Alushta UKR 2001/The Week in
Chess 364 (42)}) (14. c5 $6 d5 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qa5 18. Nbc3 (
18. Nac3 $132) 18... Re6 19. Qf3 b5 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Meessen,R-Jadoul,M/Belgium BEL 2002/The Week in Chess 423 (24)}) (14. Rfd1 Bd7
(14... Bg4 $5) 15. Nac3 Qb8 16. h3 $14 {-see comments to the game 0-1 Svidler,
P-Topalov,V/Linares 1999/CBM 70 [Alterman,B](36)}) 14... Be6 (14... Bf5 15.
Rad1 Na5 16. Rfe1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Nac3 Re8 19. Bg5 Bc6 20. b4 Ra8 21. Nd4
Qb6 22. b5 Bd7 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Pavlovic,M-Vogt,L/
Zurich 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Nb6 (16. c5 $6 Bxb3 17. axb3 dxc5
18. Nxc5 Ra8 19. Bg5 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Istratescu,
A/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) 16... Ne5 (16... Rd8 17. Nd5 Ne8 18. Bg5 Bf8
19. f4 Ng7 20. Ndc7 $16 {1-0 Kosintseva,T-Andreeva,N/Varna BUL 2002/The Week
in Chess 395 (48)}) 17. Nd5 $16 {-see comments to the game 1-0 Nataf,
I-Stanojoski,Z/Batumi 1999/CBM 74[Alterman,B] (52)}) 14. Rad1 ({White can win
an exchange by} 14. Bb6 Rxb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxe4 Bxb2 {but no open lines
and P is good compensation for the exchange.} 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Qe2 $44 {
1-0 Cheparinov,I-Schuurman,P/Hoogeveen NED 2002/The Week in Chess 415 (38)})
14... Na5 $1 ({Loses} 14... Ne5 $2 15. Bd4 {[%csl Re4]} f5 $8 16. f3 Rxa4 17.
Bxa4 Qa5 18. Bb3 {1-0 Yagupov,I-Zavgorodniy,S/Alushta UKR 2002/The Week in
Chess 414 (18)}) 15. f3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nf6 17. Nc5 Ra8 18. Bf2 $6 $11 ({Worth
of attention} 18. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 19. Bd4 Qc8 20. f4 $14) 18... Bd7 $6 $14 ({
Better was to retreat:} 18... Bc8 $1 19. Bd4 Ne8 $1 $132) 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20.
Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. b4 $1 Rac8 (22... Nd7 23. b5 Qc8 24. Nd5 e6 25. Nc3 {
[%csl Rd6]} Qc7 26. Ne4 Be5 27. Bg3 {[%csl Rd6]} Bxg3 28. hxg3 d5 29. cxd5 exd5
30. Rxd5 Re6 (30... f5 31. Rxd7 $18) 31. Qd2 Ne5 32. Qc3 $14) 23. b3 Ng4 24. b5
(24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nf6 26. Qd2 $14) 24... Qd7 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Nf6
27. Qd2 {White has steady advantage. He puts pressure on the open lines e and
d. Black has no counterplay, he needs to wait for White's activity and to
prevent threats.} h5 $6 {Unnecessary weakening of K residence.} 28. h3 Kg7 29.
Kh1 Qc7 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra8 $6 $16 ({It was necessary to prevent breaks
by} 31... b6 32. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} {and} f5 33. Re6 Kf7 34. Qe1 Qd7 35. Re3 $14
) 32. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5 (32... b6 33. f5 $16) 33. c5 $1 {Decisive break.}
dxc5 $2 $18 {Now position of Black became hopeless.} (33... Kf7 34. b4 $16) (
33... Rad8 34. cxd6 exd6 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Rxd6 Qf7 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. b6 $16) 34.
Rd7 {[%csl Re7,Rg7] This invasion is unbearable.} Qa5 ({Or} 34... Qb6 35. Qc3+
Kf7 36. Qc4+ Kf6 37. b4 Rac8 (37... cxb4 38. Qxb4 $18 {[%csl Re7,Rf6]}) 38. Qe2
$18) 35. Qe3 $4 $11 {Allows Black to escape.} ({Easily wins} 35. Rdxe7+ Rxe7
36. Rxe7+ Kh6 37. Qf2 $18 Qa1+ (37... Qxb5 38. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg3g5]}
) 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40. Qe3 (40. h4 Qd6 41. Qg3 Rc7 42. Rxc7 Qxc7 43.
Qe3 $18) 40... Qd6 41. Rf7 $18 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 35... Kh6 $4 $18 ({Black misses
the opportunity of successful resistance:} 35... Qxb5 $1 {and White can't win:}
36. Qe5+ (36. Rxe7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ Kg8 38. Qf6 Qa6 $3 39. Qe7 (39. Re6 Qa1+ $17
{[%csl Rf6,Rh1][%cal Ga1h1,Ga1f6]}) 39... Qb5 40. Kh2 Qb4 $11 {[%csl Rf4]})
36... Kh7 37. Qc7 (37. Qd5 Qb4 {[%csl Re1,Rf4]} 38. Rexe7+ Rxe7 39. Rxe7+ Kh6
40. Qe5 Qd4 41. Qc7 Rh8 $11) 37... Kh6 $11) 36. Qg3 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg3g5]}
Qb6 37. Qg5+ Kg7 38. Rexe7+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 37]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. f3 (9. h3 a6 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qf3 b5 13. f5 Bb7
14. a4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 (18... e5 19.
Be3 Qc2 $17) 19. Rad1 Qxd5 $17 {0-1 David,A-Markowski,T/Open, Metz FRA 1998 
(34)}) 9... a6 10. Qd2 (10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qd3 e6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f4 Qb8 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc6 dxc6 19. O-O (19. e5 $14) 19...
Rd8 20. Qe2 c5 21. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Polgar,I-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN ch 1970 (61)} (
21. Rad1 $14)) 10... b5 (10... Na5 11. g4 Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 $132 (12... b5 $4
13. Ndxb5 $16 {1-0 Suetin,A-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962/URS-ch (32)})) 11.
O-O-O (11. a4 b4 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bb7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfa1 $14 {1-0 Jahr,
U-Bialas,W/BL 1981/BL 80 (24)}) 12. Nd5 (12. Nce2 Na5 13. Qxb4 Nxb3 (13... e5
$6 14. Nf5 $1 (14. Ne6 $2 dxe6 15. Bb6 Nxb3 16. Bxc7 Nxa1 17. Kd2 Bh6+ 18. Kd3
a5 19. Qe7 Ba6+ 20. c4 Ne8 21. Qh4 (21. Rxa1 Nxc7 22. Qxc7 Rfc8 $19) 21... Nxc7
22. Qxh6 Nb3 $17) 14... gxf5 15. Bb6 Nxb3 (15... Qc6 16. Bxa5 fxe4 17. fxe4
Nxe4 18. Rd1 $16) 16. Bxc7 Nxa1 17. Kd2 a5 18. Qc5 Bh6+ 19. Kd1 fxe4 20. Bxe5
d6 21. Qxd6 Ra6 $132) 14. Nxb3 d5 15. Qc5 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN
ch 1970 (43)}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 (13. Bxd5 Rb8 $11) 13... Na5 14. Qxb4 Nxb3
15. Qxb3 Rb8 16. Qa3 (16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. d6 (18. c4 Rfc8 19. Rb1
Bxd5 $1 $17) 18... exd6 19. Kd2 f5 $15) 16... Qa5+ 17. Qc3 $15 (17. Kf2 $4 Bxd4
{0-1 Madl,I-Balogh,B/HUN-chT1 1994/TD 94/03 (17)})) (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. O-O (12.
O-O-O a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Qf2 $132) 12... e6 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 c5 15. Qe2 Nd7 $11
{0-1 Ortel,E-Balogh,B/Magyarorszag 1972/Inf 13 (48)}) 11... Bb7 (11... b4 12.
Nxc6 dxc6 13. Na4 a5 14. Nc5 $14 (14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 Bb5 16. Qh2 Qxh2 17. Rxh2
Rfd8 18. Rhd2 $14 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,
I-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962/URS-ch (24)}))) (11... Na5 12. g4 (12. Nd5
Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 $15) 12... Bb7 13. Bh6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 b4 15.
Nce2 (15. Na4 $2 d5 (15... Bxh6 $1 16. Qxh6 d5 17. g5 (17. Nf5 gxf5 18. gxf5
Kh8 19. Rhg1 Rg8 $19) (17. e5 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Rfc8 $1 (18... Rab8 $2 19. Rhe1 Qd6
20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. gxf5 Ng4 23. Qxd6 exd6 24. fxg4 $16) 19. Nxb7 (
19. Rhe1 Qc7 20. Nd3 a5 $17) 19... Qc7 20. Kb1 Qxb7 $17) (17. Rhg1 Kh8 $17)
17... Qf4+ 18. Kb1 dxe4 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rhf1 Qe5
$17) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qxb4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Nc6
Qxb4 22. Nxb4 e4 23. g5 $16 {1-0 Borocz,I-Balogh,B/HUN tch 1992 (39)}) 15...
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rfc8 17. Rd2 Ne8 18. Ng3 e5 19. Ndf5 gxf5 20. gxf5 (20. Nxf5 Qd8
21. Rhd1 Bc6 22. g5 Ra7 23. Qh5 d6 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qa5 26. Kb1 Kg8 27.
Nh6+ $11) 20... Qc6 (20... Qc5 21. Nh5 $18) 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Nh5 h6 23. Qg3 f6
(23... d6 24. f6 $16) 24. Rg1 Ke7 25. Qg8 Kd8 26. Rg7 $16) 12. h4 (12. g4 b4
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. Qxb4 Be2 17. Rd2 (17. d6 $2 exd6
18. Qxd6 Qxd6 (18... Rac8 $11) 19. Rxd6 Bxf3 20. Rg1 Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bannik,
A-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962/URS-ch (38)}) 17... a5 (17... Bxf3 18. Rf1 $18)
18. Qa4 (18. Qe4 Ba6 $16) 18... Ba6 19. h4 $16) 12... Rac8 (12... Rfc8 13. h5
Na5 14. hxg6 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 fxg6 16. g4 e5 17. Nde2 b4 (17... d5 18. g5 d4 19.
gxf6 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Labutin,S-Zuccheri,A/Sumperk op 1990/
EXT 90op (47)}) 18. Na4 Nxe4 $1 (18... d5 $2 19. Bb6 Qf7 20. g5 Nd7 21. exd5
Qxf3 22. Kb1 $132 {0-1 Pavlov,M-Johannsson,I/Halle zt 1963/MCL 02 (41)}) 19.
fxe4 Bxe4 20. Nc5 (20. Ng3 Qxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2+ (21... Bxc2 22. Nb6 Be4+ 23.
Nxc8 Rxc8+ 24. Kd2 Rc2+ 25. Ke1 Bxh1 26. Nxh1 Rxb2 27. Rxd7 Rxb3 $15) 22. Kb1
Bxh1 23. Kxc2 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Bf3 $15) 20... Qa5 21. Kb1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Rxc5 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxd7 Kh8 $17) (12... Rad8 13. h5 e5 (13... Nxh5 14. Nd5 Qd6 15.
g4 (15. Nf5 gxf5 16. Rxh5 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. gxh5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Na5 18. hxg6
Nxb3+ (18... fxg6 $4 19. Nf6+ $18) 19. Qxb3 $1 (19. axb3 fxg6 $17) 19... hxg6
20. Qe3 $1 $18) 14. Nde2 Na5 15. Bh6 (15. Bd5 $5 $14) 15... Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 Blaess,G-Bialas,W/BL 1983/BL 80 (28)}) (12... Na5 13. h5 e5
14. h6 Bh8 15. Nf5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 gxf5 17. Bb6 Nxe4 $1 18. Bxc7 Nxd2 19. Rxd2
Rac8 20. Bd6 Rfe8 $132 {1-0 Szeles,K-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN ch 1972 (41)}) 13.
h5 Na5 14. hxg6 (14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b4 d6 18. g4 Qc4 $6
19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Ng3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shtyrenkov,V-Shabanov,Y/Kursk 1987/EXT 87 
(54)}) 14... Nxb3+ (14... hxg6 15. Bh6 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 $18) 15. Nxb3 fxg6 16.
Nc5 $1 $14 (16. Bc5 Rf7 (16... d6 $132) 17. Kb1 d6 $132) 16... Bc6 (16... Rf7
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. e5 b4 19. Na4 Nh5 20. Nb6 $16) 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rh4 $5 (18. Nd4
$5 Qe5 19. Nd3 (19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Bxf6 exf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Nxd7
$16) 22. Nxd7 Rc8 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. c3 b4 25. Kb1 h6 (25... bxc3 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7
27. Rh1+ Bh6 28. Qf7+ $18) 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Rc1 $16)) 18... Ba8 (
18... b4 19. Kb1 (19. Rdh1 Rf7 20. Nd4 (20. Kb1 Bb5 (20... e5 21. Nc1 $14) 21.
Nc1 $14) 20... Ba8 21. Ndb3 $14) 19... Rf7 20. c3 $14) 19. Rdh1 (19. Kb1 b4 20.
c3 $5 $14) 19... Rf7 $6 (19... b4 $14) 20. Kb1 b4 $6 (20... Rff8 $14) 21. c3 $1
$16 (21. Nc1 $14) 21... bxc3 (21... e6 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Na6 (23. Qxb4 $2 d6
$17) 23... Qa5 24. Nxb4 Rb8 25. Nd3 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 d5 27. e5 $16) 22. Nxc3 Bh8 (
22... Rff8 23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Bh6 $16) 23. Rc1 Bc6 24. Rhh1 Qb8 25. N5a4 (25. Rc2
$5 $16) 25... Bg7 (25... Qb4 26. Bc5 Qb8 27. Nb6 $16) 26. Nb6 Rd8 (26... Rc7
27. Bd4 e5 28. Be3 Qb7 29. Qd6 Ne8 30. Qa3 $16) 27. Rhd1 $1 (27. Bd4 $14) (27.
Ncd5 a4 28. Rc4 $16) (27. Rc2 $5 $14) 27... Qb7 (27... e6 28. Ne2 Bb7 (28...
Bb5 $2 29. Nf4 Rdf8 (29... Bh6 30. Nxe6 Bxe3 (30... Nxe4 31. fxe4 Bxe3 32. Qxe3
dxe6 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rc8 $18) 31. Qxe3 dxe6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rc8 $18) 30.
Qxa5 $16) 29. Qxa5 d5 30. Bf4 (30. Nc4 Rff8 31. Bf4 Qa8 32. Bc7 $16) 30... e5
31. Bg3 Bh6 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxe5 $1 Ra7 (33... Qa8 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. exd5
Bxc1 36. Nxc1 $18) 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. exd5 Bxc1 37. Nxc1 $18) 28.
e5 Ne8 (28... Nh5 29. Nc4 (29. e6 Rff8 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 31. exd7 Nf6 32. Qe2 Rxd7
33. Bc5 Rc8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 $11) 29... Qa6 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Ndb6 Rb7 (31... e6 32.
Qxa5 Qxa5 33. Nxa5 Bxe5 34. Nxc6 dxc6 35. Rxc6 $18) 32. Qxa5 $18) 29. e6 $1 (
29. Nc4 Ra8 30. Nd5 Qa6 31. Ndb6 Ra7 32. b3 (32. Bc5 Bb5 $132) 32... e6 33. Na4
Rc7 34. Nc5 $14) 29... Rf8 (29... Rf5 30. Nxd7 Nd6 31. Nc5 $16) 30. Ncd5 Bxd5
$2 $18 (30... Bf6 $142 31. Qxa5 (31. exd7 Bxd7 32. Nxe7+ Bxe7 33. Nxd7 Nf6 34.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 35. Qe2 $16) 31... dxe6 32. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (32... exf6 33. Rxd8 $18) 33.
Qe5 $16) 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Nxd5 (32. Rxd5 Nf6 33. Rxa5 dxe6 34. Ra7 $16) 32...
Rb8 33. Nxe7+ (33. b4 $5 dxe6 (33... axb4 34. Nxe7+ Kh8 35. exd7 Nf6 36. Nc6
$18) 34. Nxe7+ Kf7 35. Nc6 $18) 33... Kh8 34. Rc2 (34. b3 $18) 34... dxe6 35.
Rh1 $1 (35. Nc6 $18) 35... Rf7 36. Nxg6+ Kg8 37. Nf4 Rfb7 (37... Nc7 38. Rh5
$18) 38. Nd3 (38. Bc1 Nc7 39. a4 $1 $18 (39. Re1 Nb5 40. Re3 Nd4 $16)) 38...
Nc7 39. Bf4 Nb5 40. Bxb8 Na3+ 41. Kc1 Nxc2 42. Kxc2 Rxb8 43. Rh5 e5 44. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Metz op 16th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qc7 9. h3 (9. f3 a6 10. Qd2 (10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. c3 Bb7
14. Qd3 e6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f4 Qb8 17. Ne7+ Kh8 $132 {1-0 Polgar,I-Balogh,B/
Budapest HUN ch 1970 (60)}) 10... Na5 (10... b5 11. a4 (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. O-O
e6 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 c5 15. Qe2 Nd7 $15 {Ortel,E-Balogh,B/Magyarorszag 1972/
0-1 (48)}) (11. O-O-O Bb7 (11... b4 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Na4 a5 14. h4 Ba6 15. g4
Bb5 16. Qh2 Qxh2 17. Rxh2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962
(24)}) (11... Na5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bh6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 b4 15. Na4 d5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. e5 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qxb4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Nc6 $14 {1-0 Borocz,
I-Balogh,B/HUN tch 1992 (38)}) 12. g4 (12. h4 Rac8 (12... Na5 13. h5 e5 14. h6
$2 (14. hxg6 exd4 (14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 fxg6 16. Nc5 $16) (14... hxg6 15. Nde2
Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Rac8 17. Bh6 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qh6 $18) 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.
gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxd4 $16) 14... Bh8 15. Nf5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 gxf5 17. Bb6 Nxe4 18.
Bxc7 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rac8 20. Bd6 Rfe8 $17 {1-0 Szeles,K-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN
ch 1972 (40)}) (12... Rfc8 13. h5 Na5 14. hxg6 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 fxg6 16. Bh6 $14
(16. g4 e5 17. Nde2 d5 (17... b4 18. Na4 d5 19. Bb6 (19. Nb6 dxe4 20. g5 exf3
21. Nxc8 Nd5 $132) 19... Qf7 20. g5 Nd7 21. exd5 Qxf3 22. Kb1 $132 {0-1 Pavlov,
M-Johannsson,I/Halle zt 1963 (40)}) 18. g5 d4 (18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 d4 20. Nxd4
exd4 21. Bxd4 Rd8 22. Qe3 $14) 19. gxf6 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Bxf6 23. d6 $16 {1-0 Labutin,S-Zuccheri,A/Sumperk op 1990 (46)})) (12... Rad8
13. h5 e5 14. Nde2 Na5 15. Bh6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 d6 18. Ng3 Qe7 19.
Rh3 Ne8 20. Rdh1 Rd7 21. Qxh7+ $3 Kxh7 22. hxg6+ Kg7 (22... Kg8 23. Rh8+ Kg7
24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. g7 Nxg7 26. R8h6+ Kg5 27. Nxg7 $1 $18) 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. g7
Nxg7 25. Rh6+ Kg5 26. Nxg7 $1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4+ Kf4 28. Kd2 {1-0 Blaess,G-Bialas,
W/BL 1983}) 13. h5 Na5 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b4 (17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. g4 b4 20. Na2 a5 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Bf4 e5 23. Qh2 Bg7 24.
Nb5 (24. Bh6 exd4 $19) 24... Qc5 25. Bh6 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nxg4 27. Qe2 Nxh6 28.
Rd5 Qe7 29. Nd6 $16) 17... d6 18. g4 Qc4 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Ng3 Nd7 (20... Nxg4
$1 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. fxg4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 (23. Nf5 Bf6 $17) 23... Qxc2+ 24. Ka2
Qa4+ 25. Kb1 Qc2+ $11) 21. Qh2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shtyrenkov,V-Shabanov,Y/Kursk 1987
(53)}) 12... b4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. Qxb4 (16. h4 Qe5
17. Bd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 a5 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. a4 bxa3 22. bxa3 a4 23.
Ba2 Rc3 24. Rxe7 Rac8 25. Bb1 Rxf3 $132) 16... Be2 17. d6 exd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6
19. Rxd6 Bxf3 20. Rg1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bannik,A-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962 (37)}
) 11... b4 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bb7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfa1 d6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Qb6 17. Kh1 Ned7 18. Qg5 Nc5 19. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Jahr,U-Bialas,W/BL 1981 (23)
}) 12. Nce2 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Qxb4 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Rb8 16. Qa3 Qa5+
17. c3 (17. Kf2 $4 Bxd4 {0-1 Madl,I-Balogh,B/HUN-chT1 1994}) 17... Qxd5 $15)
12... Na5 13. Qxb4 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 d5 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Nxc5 dxe4 17. fxe4 Rb8 18.
Bd4 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Bg1 Nf6 21. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN
ch 1970 (42)}) 11. g4 Nxb3 12. axb3 b5 13. Ndxb5 Qb8 14. Na3 Bb7 15. Nc4 $16 {
1-0 Suetin,A-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962 (31)}) 9... a6 10. O-O (10. f4 Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Nh5 12. e5 d6 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. g4 Ng3 17. Rg1
Ne4 18. Ba5 (18. Qxe4 Qxb6 $11) 18... Nc5 $132 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Dely,P/Budapest
HUN ch 1971 (35)}) 10... d6 (10... Na5 11. Qd3 b5 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14.
e5 Ne8 $15 {Hartmann,G-Bialas,W/BL 1987/0-1 (51)}) 11. f4 Na5 12. Qf3 (12. Qd3
b5 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc4 18. Bc1 (18.
f5 $4 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Qb6 {0-1 Gesos,P-Balogh,B/Magyarorszag 1972}) 18... exf4
19. c3 $15) 12... b5 $15 13. f5 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $15)
13... Bb7 14. a4 $6 $17 (14. Rae1 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd4
18. Bxd4 e5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qd1 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bxd5 $17) (14. fxg6 hxg6 $15)
(14. Rf2 $15) 14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18.
fxg6 hxg6 19. Nc6 e6 20. Bg5 Nxd5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24.
Be7 $132) 17. exd5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 (18... e5 $2 19. Be3 Qc2 (19... Qa5 20.
Rad1 Rac8 (20... Kh8 21. Bh6 (21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kg7 24.
Rdf1 Bxd5 $19) 21... Rg8 22. Bg5 $16) 21. Bh6 $16) 20. Bh6 Rfc8 21. Rf2 Qxf5
22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Kh8 24. Rxf7 Bxd5 25. Rd7 Rc2 26. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1
$132) 19. Rad1 (19. Qg3 Qxd5 20. Bb6 Rab8 21. a5 Rfc8 22. Rf2 e6 (22... Kg7 $2
23. Qh4 f6 24. Re1 Qf7 (24... Re8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7 27. Qxf6+ Kg8
28. Qxe7 $18) 25. Rfe2 Re8 26. Qxb4 $132) 23. f6 Rc6 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Qxb4 Rbc8
26. Qf4 Qxb3 $17) 19... Qxd5 20. Qg3 Rac8 21. Rd2 Qe4 (21... e5 22. fxe6 (22.
Be3 Qxb3 23. Rxd6 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 (24... Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Re1 26. fxg6 $18) 25.
Bxf2 (25. Qxf2 Qxa4 26. f6 Re8 $17) 25... Qxb2 (25... Qxg3 26. Bxg3 f6 27. Rb6
Rf7 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rxb4 Rc7 30. Rb6 Kf7 $11) 26. fxg6 Qb1+ (26... hxg6 27.
Rxg6+ $11) 27. Kh2 fxg6 28. Qxe5 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Bd4 $15) 22... fxe6 $17)
22. Kh2 Rc2 23. Rxc2 (23. fxg6 hxg6 $17) 23... Qxc2 24. Rf2 Qe4 25. Rf4 Qd5 26.
h4 $2 (26. Bb6 Rc8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Rxb4 Rc2 30. Bf2 Qd7 $17)
26... e5 $19 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rg4 (28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf3+ Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bxf3
31. Bb6 e5 32. Kg3 Bd1 33. Ba5 Ke7 34. Bxb4 Ke6 35. a5 Bxb3 $19) 28... Rf1 29.
Qd3 (29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 $19) (29. Bg1 Rd1 $19) 29... Qf5 30. Qxf5
exf5 31. Rg3 Rf4 32. Bf6 (32. Bb6 Rxh4+ 33. Rh3 Re4 $19) 32... Kf7 33. Bg5 Rf2
34. Rd3 Be4 $4 (34... Be4 $4 35. Rd2 Rxd2 (35... Rf1 36. Rxd6 $15) 36. Bxd2 $15
) (34... Rxg2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Rxd6 Bc8 37. Kg3 Rxb3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd4 $2 $16 (10... Nxd5 $1 11. Nxd5 (11. exd5 $6 Ne5 (
11... Nb4 12. Ndb5 (12. O-O Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Lemmens,P-Winants,H/Huy op
1993/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Bf5 13. Rc1 e6 (13... Rc8 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
Nxc3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa2 17. Ra1 Nxc3 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bd4 Nxd5 20. Rxa5 $14) 14.
d6 (14. Bc5 Bh6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. O-O Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Qxd5 $11)
14... Qh4+ (14... Ra6 $11) 15. g3 Qc4 $6 (15... Qh3 $132) 16. g4 $14 (16. Qe2
Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxc2 $132 {Jurkovic,A-Salamero,P/Zaragoza op-B 1995/1-0 (55)}))
13. a3 (13. Na3 Bf5 14. Bd4 Bxc2 15. Qd2 Bd3 (15... Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Bxd4 17. Nxc2
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne5 $17) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17 {Orellana,J-Garcia del Blanco,I/
Wch-stud Leon 1996/1/2-1/2 (73)}) 13... Bxb5 14. axb4 (14. Nxb5 Qxd5 (14...
Nxd5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 (15... e5 16. Bc5 $14) 16. Qxd4 e5 $15) 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. Qe2
Nd5 17. Bf2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Nf4+ 19. Kf1 Rfd8 $17) 14... Bc4 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16.
Rxa5 Bxc3+ (16... Qxa5 17. Kf2 Rd8 18. Qa1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. Qa7 Ba6 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Jurkovic,A-Frois,A/La Coruna op 1993}) 17. bxc3 Qxa5 18. d6 Rd8 19. Kf2
Rxd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Hernandez,R/Alicante op 1989 (41)}) 12. Qe2 Bd7
13. Rd1 a4 14. O-O $14 {Sorokin,M-Dvoirys,S/Kursk 1987/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 11... f5
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. fxe4
Bxb2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Ke2 Be5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Polgar,Z/Monaco Amber
blind 1994 (31)}) 11. Bxd4 a4 (11... e6 $5 12. Bb3 (12. Bc4 Qe7 (12... Nxe4 13.
Bxg7 Qh4+ 14. g3 Nxg3 15. Bf6 $1 (15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxh1 17. Ke2 $16) 15...
Qh6 16. Bg5 Qxg5 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Bd3 Qxg3+ 19. Ke2 $16) 13. Qe2 $16) 12... a4
13. Nxa4 b5 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. Bc5 $18 {Mitkov,N-Zigura,O/Ch. Paris
1993/1-0 (46)}) 12. Qd3 $1 $16 (12. a3 $6 $11 Qa5 13. Qd2 (13. O-O $2 Rd8 14.
b4 (14. Qd3 e6 15. Qe3 Ra6 $17 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Be7 $19) 14... axb3 15.
cxb3 e6 16. b4 (16. Na4 Nd7 $1 $17) 16... Qa6 $17) 13... e6 14. Ba2 (14. Bc4
Rd8 15. e5 Ng4 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 $19) 14... Rd8 15. e5 Ne4 (15... Ng4
$5 16. O-O-O (16. Qf4 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. O-O-O $16) 17. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5
Nxe5 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Kf2 Bc6 21. Rhe1 $11) 16... Bh6 (16... Bxe5 17. Ne2 Bxd4
18. Nxd4 Nf6 $14 (18... Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Ne3 20. g3 Ra6 21. Re1 Rad6 (21... Nd5
$4 22. Nb5 Kg7 23. Nc7 Ra5 24. Red1 $18 {De Firmian,N-Shabalov,A/Chicago op
1994/1-0 (49)}) 22. Rxe3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11)) 17. f4 Nxe5 18. Ne2 Qxd2+ 19.
Rxd2 Nc6 20. Bf6 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 e5 $1 $132) 16. Qe3 Rxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Bxe5 20. Rd1 Bxc3+ 21. Ke2 b5 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Rhd1 Bf6 $14)
12... e6 13. Bc4 a3 (13... Qa5 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qe3 Qb4 $1 16. e5 $1 Nd5 (16...
Ne8 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Bd7 19. Bc5 $16) 17. Bxd5 exd5 (17... Rxd5 18. a3 Qa5
19. O-O $16) 18. Qc1 (18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Ra5 21. O-O Rda8 22. f4
$14) (18. Rb1 Bf5 19. a3 Qc4 20. Rc1 b5 $11) 18... a3 19. b3 Re8 20. f4 Bg4 21.
Rd2 $16) 14. b4 (14. b3 $142 Qa5 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. e5 $16) 14... Qc7 15. Nb5
Qc6 16. Qc3 (16. O-O Rd8 17. Qc3 $16) 16... Bd7 (16... e5 $2 17. Bc5 $1 (17.
Bxe5 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) 17... Rd8 18. Qb3 Rd7 19. Bxf7+ (19. Nxa3 Nxe4 20. fxe4
Qxe4+ 21. Be2 Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qxh2 23. Nc4 (23. c4 e4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Be6
$36) 23... e4 24. Nb6 Bxa1 25. Nxa8 Bf6 $132) (19. O-O $1 b6 20. Be3 Ba6 21.
Nxa3 $18) 19... Rxf7 20. Nd6 Qd7 21. Rd1 Ne8 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24.
Rd8 Bf6 25. Rd3 Be6 $132) 17. Bd3 $1 (17. Rd1 $2 Rfc8 18. Bxf6 (18. Nxa3 Nxe4
19. Qb2 (19. fxe4 Qxe4+ 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. Bxe3 Rxa3 (21... Be8 22. Bb3 Rxa3
$132) 22. Bb3 Bb5 $15) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nd6 21. Be2 e5 22. Rd2 Be6 23. O-O
Nf5 24. Kh1 (24. c4 Qa6 25. Nb5 Ne3 26. Nd6 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Rd8 28. Qxe5 Qa3 $15)
24... Ne3 $44) 18... Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxd7 Bxf6 21. c3 (21. Rxb7 Rxc2 22.
O-O Rxa2 $17) (21. Rxf7 $2 Bh4+ 22. g3 Rxb4 23. Rxb7 Rb1+ 24. Kd2 Rxh1 25. gxh4
Rxh2+ $17) 21... Bxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Ke2 Rc2+ 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Rb1 $11) (
17. Qb3 Rfc8 (17... Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Rd6 Qc8 21. O-O Bxb5 22.
Bxb5 Qc7 23. Rfd1 (23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc4 Qe5 $17) 23... Nd5 24.
R6xd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Rfd8 $17) 18. Bd3 Qa6 {-See later}) 17... e5 $5 (17... Rfc8
18. Qxc6 $1 (18. Qb3 Qa6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qd6 21. Bc5 Qe5 (21... Rxc5 22.
bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd1 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Bc2 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qc1 27. g3 $16 (27.
Qc2 Qb2 $14)) 22. O-O Nd7 23. Be3 Rc3 24. Qb1 Rc7 25. b6 Rc6 26. b5 Rd6 27. Qc2
Nxb6 28. f4 Qb2 $132) 18... bxc6 (18... Bxc6 19. c3 $16) 19. Nd6 Nxe4 $1 20.
Bxe4 Bxd4 21. Nxc8 (21. Rd1 Bc3+ 22. Ke2 Rc7 23. Nb5 cxb5 24. Bxa8 Bxb4 $44)
21... Bxa1 22. Nb6 Bc3+ 23. Ke2 Ra7 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxd7 fxe4 27.
fxe4 Bxb4 $16) 18. Be3 $1 (18. Bxe5 Rae8 19. O-O Rxe5 (19... Nxe4 20. Qxc6 bxc6
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxa3 $18) 20. Qxe5 Nxe4 (20... Ng4 21. Qd6 Ne3 22. c4 $18)
21. Qxe4 (21. Bxe4 Qb6+ 22. Qc5 Qxc5+ 23. bxc5 Bxb5 24. Rab1 (24. Rad1 Bxf1 25.
Kxf1 Rc8 26. Bxb7 Rxc5 27. Rd8+ Bf8 28. Rd7 Rxc2 29. Bd5 Bc5 30. Rxf7 Kh8 31.
Rc7 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 Bb6 33. Rb7 Rb2 34. g4 $14) 24... Bd4+ (24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1
Rc8 26. Rb5 Bd4 27. Rxb7 Rxc5 28. g3 $16) 25. Rf2 Bc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Kf1
Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Rd8 29. Ke3 Rd5 30. c4 Rxc5 31. Kd4 Rg5 32. g3 $16) 21... Qb6+
22. Kh1 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. c3 $14) 18... Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Rfc8
(19... Be6 20. Kd2 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 $16) 20. Ne2 $6 (20. Kd2 $16) 20... Nd5 $1 (
20... Be6 21. Kd2 $16) 21. exd5 e4 22. fxe4 (22. Rd1 exd3 23. cxd3 Ba4 24. Rc1
(24. Rd2 Bf8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Kf2 Rxd5 28. Nc3 $11) 24... Rxc1+
25. Nxc1 (25. Bxc1 Bb3 $1 $17) 25... Rd8 26. Kd2 $14) 22... Bxa1 23. c4 (23.
O-O Be5 24. c4 Ra4 25. Bd2 b6 26. h3 $16) 23... Ra4 24. Bd2 Be5 $6 (24... b6 $5
) 25. O-O $6 (25. c5 $1 $16) 25... b6 26. Rb1 (26. h3 $16) 26... f5 27. exf5 $4
$17 (27. Rc1 Bb2 (27... fxe4 28. Bxe4 Bg4 (28... Bd6 29. Bc2 $1 $16) 29. Bd3
Ra7 (29... Bd6 30. Nd4 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Nc6 Rb2 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nxc8
Bxc8 35. Rc2 Bf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Rf2 Rb1+ 38. Rf1 Rb2 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 40. Rf2
Rb1+ 41. Rf1 Rb2 42. Ra1 (42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Rd3 Rxa2 44. Rh3 Kf6 45. Re3 Ra1+ 46.
Kf2 a2 47. Ra3 Ke5 $132) 42... Kf6 43. h4 Ke5 44. Kh2 $16) 30. Be3 $16) 28. Rc2
fxe4 29. Bxe4 Ra7 30. d6 Be6 31. Nf4 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Rf7 33. Bd3 Rcf8 34. g3 Bf5
35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Bc3 $16) 27... Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Rc1 $6 (29. Rf1 $5 Rxc4
30. Rxf5 Bg7 (30... Rc2 31. Bh6 Bg7 32. Rg5 Rxe2 (32... Ra7 33. Nd4 Rxa2 34.
Nf5 Rf7 (34... Rc2 35. Bxg7 Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 a2 38. Ra7 Rc1+ 39. Kf2
a1=Q 40. Rxa1 Rxa1 41. h4 Rb1 42. d6 Kf7 43. g4 Ke6 (43... Rxb4 44. d7 $18) 44.
h5 Rxb4 45. h6 Rc4 46. Ke3 b5 47. h7 Rc8 48. Ne7 $1 Re8 (48... Rh8 49. Ng6 Rxh7
50. Nf8+ $18) 49. Kd4 (49. Ng8 Kf7+ 50. Kf4 Kg7 51. g5 b4 52. Nf6 Rd8 53. Ke3
Kg6 54. d7 b3 55. Kd2 Rb8 56. Kc1 b2+ 57. Kb1 Kg7 $11) 49... Kf7 50. Kc5 $18) (
34... Rb2 35. Bxg7 Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 a2 38. Ra7 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 a1=Q 40.
Rxa1 Rxa1 $16) (34... Rc7 35. h4 Re2 36. Bxg7 $18) 35. g4 (35. Bxg7 Rxf5 36.
Rxf5 Kxg7 37. Rf3 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 a2 39. Ra3 Kf6 $17) (35. h4 Rxf5 36. Rxg7+ Kh8
37. Ra7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Ra7 Kg8 $11) 35... Rc7 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7
37. Bxg7 Rd2 38. d6 a2 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Bh8 (40. h4 Ke6 41. h5 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 a1=Q
43. Bxa1 Rxa1 44. b5 Ra3 45. Ke2 Kd7 46. g5 Ke6 47. d7 Kxd7 48. g6 hxg6 49.
hxg6 Ke6 50. g7 Kf7 51. Nd6+ Kxg7 52. Nc4 Rb3 53. Nxb6 Rxb5 $11) 40... Kg8 41.
Bc3 Kf7 $11) 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rb7 Kg8 35. d6 (35. Rg7+ $11) 35... Rxb4 36. h3
Rd4 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. d7 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Re6 40. Rf7 Rxh6 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. d8=Q
Rxd8 43. Rxd8 b5 $11) 31. d6 Ra7 32. Rd5 Rd7 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. Nc1 Be5 $1 35.
Rxe5 (35. Ke2 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. Kd3 Rb2 38. g3 Bxb4 $19) 35... Rxd2 $19 (
35... Rxd6 36. Bg5 h6 37. Bf4 Rf6 38. Nd3 Rxa2 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Ra8 $132))
29... Kf7 30. g3 (30. Kf2 $5 Bd6 31. Nd4 Bxb4 32. Be3 f4 (32... Kf6 33. Ke2 Bc5
34. Kd3 Re8 35. Rf1 Re5 (35... Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Rxc4 37. Rxf5+ Kg6 38. Rf4 Rc1
39. Re4 $132) 36. Bg1 (36. g4 b5 37. cxb5 Rxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Rxd4 39. Rxf5+ Ke7 $19
) 36... h5 37. h3 Kg6 38. Nf3 Re4 39. Nd2 $132) 33. Bxf4 Bc5 34. Ke3 $1 (34.
Be3 Bxd4 35. Bxd4 Rcxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Bxb6 Rc2+ $19) 34... b5 35. Be5 Rxc4
36. Rf1+ Ke8 37. Kd3 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Rc2 $19) 30... Bd6 31. Nd4 Bxb4 32. Bxb4 (
32. Be3 f4 $1 (32... Bc5 33. Nxf5 Kf6 34. Rf1 Ke5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ne3 Rb4 $17
) 33. gxf4 Bc5 34. Kf2 Bxd4 35. Bxd4 Rcxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 $19) 32... Rxb4 33.
Nxf5 Kf6 34. Nd6 Rd8 (34... Rf8 35. Nb5 Rb2 36. Nxa3 Rxa2 37. Nb5 Ke7 38. Re1+
Kd7 39. Re6 Rff2 40. Rxb6 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Rxh2 42. Kg1 Rag2+ 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Kg1
Rhd2 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Re6+ Kf8 47. Rf6+ Kg7 48. Rf4 Rc1+ 49. Rf1 Rxc4 $19) 35.
Nb5 Ra8 36. Rc3 (36. Rf1+ Kg6 (36... Ke5 37. Re1+) 37. Nd6 Rb2 38. Rf2 Ra4 39.
h4 h5 40. Rf5 Rxa2 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Rxh5 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 a2 $19) 36... Rb2 37.
Rxa3 (37. Rf3+ Kg6 38. Nxa3 Ra4 39. d6 (39. Rc3 Rxa2 40. Nc2 Rb2 41. Na3 Rd2
42. h3 (42. h4 Kf5 43. Kf1 Kg4 44. Ke1 Rg2 45. d6 Ra8 46. Nc2 Re8+ 47. Re3 Rd8
$19) 42... Kf5 43. Kf1 Ke4 44. Ke1 Rh2 $19) 39... Rxa2 40. d7 Rd2 $19) 37...
Rxa3 38. Nxa3 Ke5 39. Nb5 Rxa2 40. h3 Rc2 (40... Rc2 41. d6 Rxc4 42. d7 Rc1+
43. Kf2 Rd1 44. Na3 Rxd7 45. Nc4+ Kd4 46. Nxb6 Rb7 47. Nc8 Kc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nd7
(14... e6 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 e5 $8 17. Be3 d5 18. Bg5 d4 (18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1
d4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 $14) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 $14 {1-0
Bauer,C-Adrian,C/ch-FRA, Auxerre 1996 (50)}) (14... e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4
Nh5 17. Bc1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5+ (18... Rd7 $11) 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Bh6 Ng3 $1 21.
Bxf8 Qc5+ 22. Qd4 (22. Rf2 Nxe4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf8 24. Rdf1 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Kg7 $11)
22... Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Be7 (25. Rxf7 Qxb3 26. axb3 Kxf7 27.
Rf1+ Kg8 28. Be7 Rd7 $11) 25... d5 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. e5 $14 {1-0
Zederman-Kagan,S/Netanya 1975 (40)}) (14... b5 15. a3 (15. f5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxd5 $14) 15... b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19.
Ne4 (19. Bxa7 Nxc3 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxd8 Nxd1 22. Qxd1 Qb7 23. Bd4 Bxg2 24.
Rf2 Bxh3 25. e6 Qe4 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe2 $132) 19... Nf4 20. Rxf4 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 $18 {1-0 Short,N-Hellers,F/Wijk 1986 (29)} Bxe4 23. Bxf7+
Rxf7 24. Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rdxf8#) 15. Bxg7 (15. Nd5 Bxd4+ (15... Bxd5 16. exd5
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 f5 18. Rfe1 Rf7 19. Re3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Brkljaca,A-Barle,J/Zagreb
YUG ch 1977 (34)}) 16. Qxd4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 e6 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. f5 Nxb3 20. axb3
Qc5 21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rd6 b6 25. Rxe6 Rd8 26. Re7
(26. Rf6 Re8 (26... Rd2 27. Rf2 $16) (26... Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Rd4 28. Rf4 Rd1+ 29.
Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke3 Rxc2 31. e5 Rxb2 32. e6 Rxb3+ 33. Kd2 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 Rb3 35. Kd2
$11) 27. Rf4) 26... Rd2 27. Rxa7 Rxc2 28. Rb7 Rxb2 29. Rxb6 c4 30. b4 c3 {
1/2-1/2 Klundt,K-Schlick,V/BL 1986}) 15... Kxg7 16. Qd4+ (16. Nd5 e6 (16...
Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Re3 Nb6 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rc3 Qb4
23. Qe3 (23. a3 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Qxb5 (25. Qf2 Nd7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 $11) 25...
Nd7 26. Qxa5 Nf6 27. Qa7 Ne4 28. Rcf3 Ng3+ 29. Rxg3 Qxg3 30. Ba4 Ra8 31. Qd4+
Qe5 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. c4 $18) 23... a4 24. Qxb6 axb3 25. Rxb3
Qxf4 26. Qxb5 $16 {Kindermann,S-Kurz,A/BL 1989/1-0 (54)}) 17. Qd4+ e5 18. Qd3 (
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 (21. axb3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5
23. b4 Qb5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxa7 Rd8 $15) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Matanovic,A-Tal,M/Palma de Mallorca 1966 (31)}) 18... exf4 (18... Nc5 19. Qe3
Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qc5+ 21. Rf2 exf4 22. c4 a5 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Nxf4 Rde8 25. Nd5
Rxe4 (25... Re5 26. Rd4 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 $11 {Krylov,S-Dobierzin/Wch-06 Blind
1986/0-1 (53)}) 26. Nxf6 Re5 27. Ng4 h5 $19) 19. Nxf4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bb5 21. c4
Ne5 22. Qg3 Bc6 (22... Bxc4 23. Rc1 b5 $11 (23... Qd4 24. Rfd1 Qxe4 25. Bc2 Qc6
26. b3 $16)) 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Nf6 Nd7 25. Rxd6 $16 (25. Nd5 Kg7 26. a3 a5 27.
Rf5 $132 {1-0 Berlinsky,V-Dobierzin/Wch-06 Blind 1986 (39)})) (16. Kh1 Nc5 17.
Qd4+ e5 18. Qe3 (18. fxe5 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe5 20. Qf2 f5 21. b4 Qc7 (21... Qxb4
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. exf5 $14 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Bellon Lopez,J/Olot 1974/0-1 (58)
}) 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qxa7 Qd4 24. Qa5 b6 $11 (24... Bxe4 $2 25. Rd1 $18 {
1-0 Hector,J-Diekmann,J/Hamburg Wichern-op 1995 (29)})) 18... Nxb3 19. axb3
exf4 20. Rxf4 f6 (20... Qe5 21. Rdf1 a6 22. Rh4 Kg8 23. Qh6 {1/2-1/2 Ciric,
D-Gheorghiu,F/Wijk aan Zee 1968}) 21. b4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. b5 Be8 24. Rf2
$14 {1-0 Ciric,D-Ree,H/Amsterdam IBM 1967 (37)}) (16. f5 Qe5 (16... Ne5 17. Qe3
$14) 17. Bd5 Nc5 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Qe3 a6 20. Rde1 Rc8 21. Rf2 {/\ g4, ->} e6 22.
Qd2 $1 $14 {Seeliger-Bieluczyk,B/corr EU-13ch 1980/1-0 (54)}) 16... Nf6 (16...
Kg8 17. Kh2 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qc5 19. b4 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Rc8 21. Bxb7 Rxc2
22. a4 Rb8 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Ba6 Rb2 26. b5 Ra2 27. Rc1 Nh5 28. Rc7
Nxf4 $19 {1/2-1/2 Zuidema,C-Ree,H/Amsterdam IBM 1968 (47)}) 17... Qc5 18. Qd2
b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf6 21. f5 Rd7 22. a3 Rb7 23. Qh6 a5 24. c3 b4 25.
axb4 axb4 26. c4 $14 {1-0 Yilmaz-Tangborn/Budapest, SW 1992 (47)}) 17. Kh2 (17.
Nd5 Rfe8 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qc5 19. Bb3 (19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. e5
Rxb7 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. b3 c4 $11) 19... Rc8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. e6+
Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. exf7 Nxb3 26. cxb3 Kxf7 27. Rd7 b5 28.
Rxa7 Rc2 $11) 18. Nxf6 exf6 19. Rfe1 $14) 17... e5 (17... Qc5 18. Qd3 (18. Qxc5
dxc5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 18... Rd7 $11) 18. fxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Kg1 (19.
Qxe5 dxe5 20. Bd5 Nxd5 (20... Rd6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd3 $11) 21. exd5 Bd7 22.
Rf2 f5 $15) 19... a6 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. a3 h5 23. R3d2 (23. Bd5)
23... h4 24. Rd3 Re8 25. Bd5 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Bxd5 27. exd5 g5 28. a4 (28. Kf2
Kg6 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Re7+ 31. Kd2 Re5 $15) 28... Re5 29. a5 Kg6 30. Na4
Rc7 (30... Rde7 $15) 31. c4 Ne4 32. Re1 (32. Nb6 f5 $15) 32... f5 33. b4 Kf6
34. Nb6 Ree7 (34... Rce7 35. Rdd1 (35. c5 $4 Nxc5 $1 $19) 35... Nc3 36. Rxe5
Kxe5 37. Re1+ Ne4 38. c5 (38. Kh2 Kd4 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 Re8 41. d7 Rd8 (41...
Rf8 42. d8=Q+ $18) 42. Rc1 f4 (42... Nc3 43. bxc5 g4 44. hxg4 (44. Rf1 g3+ 45.
Kg1 Ne2+ 46. Kh1 f4 47. Re1 Ke3 48. Ra1 Kf2 49. Ra3 Nd4 50. Ra2+ Ne2 $11) 44...
fxg4 45. Rf1 Kxc5 46. Re1 Kd6 47. Re3 Nb5 48. Re4 Na7 49. Rd4+ Kc5 50. Rxg4 Nc6
51. Rg5+ Kb4 52. Kh3 Nxa5 53. Kxh4 Nc6 54. g4 a5 $132) 43. bxc5 Nxc5 (43... Nc3
44. Re1 Ne4 45. Kg1 $16) 44. Rc4+) 38... Rf7 $15) 35. c5 Kf7 36. Rdd1 Ke8 37.
Nc4 Rcd7 38. Ne3 (38. c6 $1 Rc7 (38... bxc6 39. dxc6 Rc7 (39... Rd8 40. Ne3 $16
) 40. Ne3 Rxc6 41. Nxf5 $18) (38... Rd8 39. b5 (39. Ne3 Ng3 40. cxb7 Kf7 41. b5
Rxb7 42. b6 Rc8 43. Nf1 Rc5 44. Nd2 Rb8 $17) 39... bxc6 (39... axb5 40. Ne3 Ng3
41. cxb7 Rxb7 42. Nxf5+ Kd7 (42... Kf7 43. Re6 Nxf5 44. Rf1 Kf8 45. Rxf5+ Rf7
46. Rxg5 Ra8 47. Rh5 Rxa5 48. Rxh4 $18) 43. a6 Nxf5 44. axb7 Rb8 45. Re4 Rxb7
46. Rb4 $16) 40. bxc6 $16) 39. Rxe4 fxe4 40. Nxd6+ Kd8 41. b5 $1 axb5 42. Nxb5
bxc6 43. dxc6+ Kc8 44. Nxc7 Rxc7 (44... Kxc7 45. Rd7+ Rxd7 46. cxd7 Kxd7 47.
Kf2 $18) 45. Rd6 Ra7 46. Rd5 Ra6 47. Rxg5 Rxc6 48. Kf2 $18) 38... dxc5 (38...
Ng3 $1 39. c6 Rc7 40. Nc4 bxc6 41. Nxd6+ Kd7 42. Ne8 $1 Ra7 $1 (42... Rxe8 43.
dxc6+ $18) (42... Kxe8 43. d6 Rxe1+ 44. Rxe1+ Kd7 45. dxc7 Ne4 46. Rf1 Ng3 47.
Rd1+ Kxc7 48. Kf2 $16) 43. Nf6+ Kd6 44. dxc6+ (44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ $11) 44...
Kxc6 $11) 39. Nxf5 Re5 40. bxc5 (40. g4 Kf7 (40... Kd8 41. bxc5 Re8 42. c6 bxc6
43. Rb1 Kc7 44. dxc6 $16)) 40... Rxf5 41. Rxe4+ Kd8 42. Red4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 896]} 1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8 12. Nf3 Rfd8 13. Qe1
(13. Qe2 $6 Be8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bd2 Qh5 $132 (15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 e6 17. f5 $1
$16 {1-0 Bangiev,A-Loew,G/Bremen GER 1998 (35)})) 13... Be8 {King: 'A curious
position for the bishop, but it plays a key role defending the pawn on f7.'}
14. Rd1 (14. f5 {King is more direct. White's attack is terribly powerful:} b5
15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Qh4 $1 Ne5 17. Ng5 Nc4 18. Nd5 Nxe3 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Nxg6+
fxg6 21. Rxf6+ Ke7 22. Rf2 b4 23. Ne6+ g5 24. Qh7 Qe5 25. Nxg7 {1-0 Zaitsev,
I-Dietze,W/Rubinstein mem 1970}) 14... e6 (14... Nd7 15. Qh4 Nc5 16. f5 Nxb3 (
16... gxf5 17. exf5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxf5 19. Nd4 Qe5 (19... Qg6 20. Nd5 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bd7 22. Rf3 Kh8 23. Rg3 $18) 20. Nf5 e6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Bxh6 $16) 17.
axb3 Bxc3 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Ng5 h5 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rd3 $16 {Vujakovic-Maric/
YUG [Schwarz,R] SE 1967 (21)}) 15. f5 $6 (15. Ng5 $1 Rc7 (15... h6 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Bf7 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxd6 $16 {Zuckerman-Toran,R/Malaga 
[Schwarz,R] S 1968 (22)}) 16. Qh4 $1 (16. Bxe6 $2 h6 (16... fxe6 17. Nxe6 Ra8
18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Qh4 $16) 17. Bb3 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh7 19. Rd5 (19. h4 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Ne5 21. Bd4 Re7 $17) 19... Qa6 20. Nb5 Rcd7 21. Nxa7 (21. c3 Ne7 $19)
21... Ra8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rd3 Bxb2 $17) 16... h6 17. Nf3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Gf1f7]} d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd4 $14) 15... exf5 16. Qh4 Rd7 (16... fxe4 17. Ng5
h6 18. Ngxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 g5 20. Qf2 Qe5 21. Bxf7+ Bxf7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxg5
(23. Qd5 $6 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb4 25. Rd2 Rxc2 26. Nxd6 (26. Rxc2 Nxc2 27. Bxa7 Ra8
$17) 26... Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxd6 29. Bxb4 Rc6 $15) 23... Qxe4 24.
Bxd8 Rxd8 25. c3 $132) 17. Bh6 ({It is tempting to play} 17. exf5 {King} Qxf5
18. Ng5 {but after} Qe5 {I don't see a way through for White.}) 17... Ne7 18.
Ng5 (18. Nd4 $5 {King}) 18... Qe5 (18... Bh8 $5 $44) 19. Rde1 Nh5 (19... Bxh6
20. Qxh6 $44) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exf5 Nxf5 (21... Qc5+ 22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Qxc5
dxc5 24. g4 h6 25. Nge4 Nfg3 26. Nxg3 (26. gxh5 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 c4 28. Ba4 Rd4
29. hxg6 $14) 26... Nxg3 27. Rf3 $18) 22. Rxe5 (22. Qf2 {King} Qg3 23. Nge4
Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 {gives White a little more for the pawn than in the game.})
22... Nxh4 23. Re4 h6 24. Bxf7 $2 $15 (24. Rxh4 hxg5 25. Rd4 Nf4 (25... Ng3 26.
Re1 Nf5 27. Rd3 Rcd8 (27... a5 28. g4 Re7 29. Kf2 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Ne7 (30... a4
31. Nxa4 Bxa4 32. Bxa4 $16) 31. Rxd6 Bc6 $11) 28. Nd5 Rb8 (28... Kf8 29. Kf2
$44) 29. g4 Nh4 30. Kf2 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Rg1 Kh6 33. Nf6 Rg7 34. Rxd6 Bg6
35. Rgd1 $132) 26. Re1 f5 (26... Rdd8 27. h4 Ne6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 gxh4
30. Rxh4 $14) 27. Nb5 Kf8 28. Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nb5 Re7 30. Rxe7 Kxe7 31. Nc3 Bc6
$132) 24... Bxf7 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Nf5 27. g4 (27. Rb4 Kxf7 28. g4 b6 29.
gxf5 gxf5 $17) 27... Kxf7 28. gxf5 $2 $17 (28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Kf2 $15) 28...
gxf5 29. Rh4 (29. Ra4 a6 30. Rh4 Kg6 31. Rb4 b5 32. Rd4 (32. a4 Rc4 $17) 32...
Rc6 33. Kg2 $17) 29... Kg6 30. Rd4 Rc6 31. Kf2 Nf6 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Kd3 Nd7 34.
Ke3 Ne5 35. Rb4 b6 36. a4 Kg6 37. Kd2 $6 $19 (37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Rd4 $17) 37...
Rc4 $1 38. Rb5 Rh4 39. b3 Rxh3 40. Ne2 Rh4 41. Rd5 Nf7 42. Nd4 f4 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 e6 {Rare old move with a new ideas.} 9. f4 ({Another
possibility is} 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. f3 Re8 12. Bf2 {Black has
sufficient counterplay:} a6 ({or} 12... Bh6 13. Kh1 Bg5 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qd3 Bh6
16. Bh4 Bg7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Rfe1 Nh5 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bxd8 Rexd8
22. Ne2 $132 {0-1 Vesselovsky,S-Cicak,S/CZE 1999/EXT 2001 (34)}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Na4 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nd7 $132 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Spangenberg,H/Moscow 1994/CBM 44
ext (52)}) 9... Ng4 $1 {Strong.} ({Most popular was} 9... d5 $6 {but in this
case White leaves with advantage and strong initiative on the kingside.} 10. e5
Nd7 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 Na5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbc4 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. h4 $14 {
1-0 Tseitlin,M-Shabanov,Y/Barnaul 1969/EXT 2001 (39)}) 11... Nxd4 (11... a6 12.
h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. h5 $14 {0-1 Dely,P-Haag,E/Budapest 1961/EXT 98 (24)})
12. Bxd4 b6 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. h4 $14 {1-0 Minev,N-Trifunovic,P/Varna 1960/EXT
2000 (30)}) 10. Bg1 e5 $1 {This is the keymove of Black's idea.} 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. h3 Nf6 14. fxe5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6]} 15. Bh2 Nc7 16. O-O
Be6 17. Rad1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Bg3 {White has useless extra P. Black's
strategy was very powerful, the idea of old e7-e6 variation should be adopted.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the game from early stage of the tournament. Emil was very optimistic
about this game (it was felt with some of his moves).But in some part of the
he had to think about a draw. And Eran simply was playing well in this game!} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 b5 14. a3 Nxc2+
15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 b4 17. Na4 Qxd5 18. Nb6 Qe6 19. Kf2 (19. Nxa8 $2 Qxe3
20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Nd5 Rxc2 22. Nxe3 Rxb2 23. axb4 (23. a4 Ra2) 23... a4 {[%cal
Ga4a3] White has a piece up,but there is no way to stop a-pawn.}) 19... Rab8 (
19... b3 $5 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 a4 {leads to the very complicative ending.} (
21... Rfd8 22. a4 $1) 22. Rd1 Rfd8 $13) 20. Qc5 $5 $146 {The only move which
white was trying in this position- 20.Nf4,but almost never white didn't get
any advantage.Pherhaps after this interesting novelty of Liss (I'm sure that
it was not home-preparation)black doesn't have serious problems,but Sutovsky
didn't play the best.} (20. Nf4 Qa2 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nd3 (22. Nfd5 b3 23. Qe2
Rb7 24. Nb4 Qa5 25. Nc6 Qa2 $11 {Klovan,Y-Dorfman,I/USSR (ch) 1975/Inf 20}) (
22. Qb1 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 Rfd8 24. Nfd5 Rb7 25. b3 e6 26. Nf4 Ra7 27. Na4 Rc7 $11 {
Zapata,A-Vilela,J/Matanzas Capablanca 1993}) 22... Qe6 23. Nf4 Qa2 24. Nd3 Qe6
25. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Fernandes,A/Magistral Algarve, Vila Real
de Santo A 1998 (25)}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Bxb2 21. Nf4 $2 (21. axb4 axb4 22.
Qxb4 Be5 {[%cal Ge5c7] /\Bc7}) 21... Qa2 $17) 21. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 2048] This is
very strong positional decision which creates connection between white pieces.}
(21. Qxa5 Rd3 22. Bc5 (22. Qc5 Rxe3 $1) 22... Bh6 {[%cal Rh6e3,Rd3d2] /\Be3} (
22... Rd2 23. Re1 Rxb2 $36) 23. f4 Rd2 24. Re1 Bxf4 25. Qxb4 Bxh2 $1 $17) 21...
Rd6 $2 (21... Be5 22. Nc4 $1 Bxh2 $140 23. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Yd4c6,Yd4e6] /\Nc6})
(21... Bxb2 $142 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nf4 $1 (23. Qxb4 Be5 {and black is too
strong.}) 23... Qd6 24. Nfd5 Bc3 {White keeps an initiative,but the game is
close to draw.} (24... e6 $140 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Nc4 Rd7 28. Nc6
$16 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yc4b6]})) 22. Nf4 Qa2 $2 (22... Qf6 $142 23. Nfd5 Qh4+ $1
(23... Qxb2+ 24. Re2 Qe5 25. Nc8 $1 $16) 24. Kf1 {white has strong initiative.}
) 23. Nc8 $1 $16 {[%mdl 2048]} Rd7 24. Re2 (24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $1 (24... Kh8 25.
Re2 $16) 25. Qxe7 Qxb2+ 26. Re2 Qxa3 {with some drawing chances.} (26... bxa3
27. Nd3 Qxe2+ $140 28. Kxe2 a2 29. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4b8,Rf4e5]})) 24... Bf8 25.
Nb6 Rdd8 26. a4 $1 e6 27. Qxa5 Qb1 28. Qe5 Bg7 29. Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Another
smart move-queen takes control over all board.} (29. Qb5 Rd1 30. Qxb4 Rf1+ 31.
Kg3 Be5 {[%cal Gg6g5] White king is in danger.}) 29... Qh1 $2 {The last chance
was:} (29... Bxb2 30. Nd7 Ra8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. a5 $1
$16 {[%cal Ye3b6]}) {[%tqu "En","Find a way to use the queen on-h1","","",
"f4e6","simply intending Re1.",10] Now white finds a way to use placement of
queen in the corner and he wins with the help of tactics.} 30. Nxe6 $1 {
[%csl Rh1][%cal Yc7h2,Re2e1] simply intending Re1.} Bf6 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"e3g5","",10,"e2e1","",0]} 31. Bg5 $1 (31. Re1 $2 Bh4+) 31... Bxg5 32. Nxg5 Rf8
33. Re1 {[%csl Rh1] Black queen has along way to-h1(d8-d5-e6-a2-b1-h1),but
caught there!} 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Normally Gelfand goes for the Najdorf.} 3. Nc3 {I guess,
Maxime didn't want to enter the Sveshnikov.} g6 {Now it is the Accelerated
Dragon without a possibility of the Maroczy Bind, which is helpful for Black.}
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 ({In the event of} 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 {
Black gets to demonstrate his main idea:} d5 $1 {can be played in one go,
living up to the name of the opening by accelerating Black's play.}) 7... O-O
8. Bb3 ({Contrary to popular opinion,} 8. f3 Qb6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 {White continues}
({Some prefer another knight move} 9... Ng4 {but the endgame after} 10. fxg4
Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. O-O-O {is rather easy for
White to handle.}) 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 ({A somewhat more reliable try is} 
11... Nc5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. O-O $11 {
Fischer-Panno, 1958}) 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bc4 Ne6 14. Be3 {Baramidze-Motylev,
2003, with obvious compensation.}) 8... d5 {This is Gelfand's favorite line
lately.} ({Usually Black is content with} 8... d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 b5 {His latest, effort, however, didn't go very well. MVL-Giri, 2017 saw}
12. a4 ({Other options are} 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 h5 15. Nb6 Ra6 16.
Nxd7 Nxd7 {Vachier Lagrave-Radjabov, 2017}) ({and} 12. O-O a5 13. a3 $5 {
Christiansen-Shabalov, US Championship 2011}) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 Qb6 16. h4 h5 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. g4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rh8
$1 {Anish was able to parry the attack while retaining his extra pawn. Clearly,
White should have thrown in Qd4+ a move or two earlier. I figure MVL doesn't
mind giving this line another try.}) ({Of course, there also are} 8... a5) ({
and} 8... Qa5) 9. exd5 Na5 10. O-O ({The combatants weren't strangers to this
position, as their previous encounter went} 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 12. Nxb5
Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd4 Rb8 {must have been Boris' improvement} ({over} 
14... Nb4 {in Giri-Gelfand, played earlier in the same tournament}) 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Na3 (16. Nxa7 Nb4 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rb7 19. a3 Nd3 20. cxd3 Rxb3
$14) 16... Nb4 17. O-O-O $5 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Rhe1 Re8 {MVL-Gelfand,
Moscow Grand Prix 2017.}) ({An interesting line is} 10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4
12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 {Karjakin-Dubov, 2015, Ponomariov-Gelfand, 2016, and, most
recently, Wei Yi-Li Chao, 2017.}) 10... Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b6 12. d6 $1 {The most
practical decision.} ({An attempt to keep the extra pawn with} 12. Qd2 Bb7 13.
Rad1 {allows Black too much activity:} Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 {Negi-Hou
Yifan, 2015}) 12... e6 $6 {In turn, Black refuses an offer of a free pawn. I'm
not sure I'm too excited with this choice, though.} (12... Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6
14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. h3 $14 {Oparin-Gelfand, 2016}) 13. Qf3 Rb8 14.
Rfd1 $5 {The first independent move in the game. The idea of leaving the other
rook on the queenside is going to be revealed a few moves later.} ({Naturally,
Maxime was familiar with} 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd4 Bxd4
18. Rxd4 Rc8 $1 19. Qh6 Qf6 20. Rc1 (20. c3 $142 Rfd8 21. Rfd1) 20... b5 21.
Rh4 Qg7 {Adhiban-Gelfand(!), Isle of Man 2017, and Black held his own.}) 14...
Bb7 15. Qh3 Rc8 16. Bd4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rac1 $1 {White
would love to get c2-c4 in. In the meantime, Black is struggling to capture
the d6-pawn due to tactical reasons.} b5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Nd4 b4 22. c4 bxc3 $2
({For sure,} 22... Rxc4 {was a better choice. White would get to keep the
d-pawn after} 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. d7 Bd5 25. Qd6 Rd8 {but it's not clear how he
makes further progress, as the direct} 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Qxb2 28. Qc7 Qf6
29. Qxa7 Qc3 30. g3 b3 {leaves him with too little material left for
conversion.}) 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 ({The relatively better option,} 23... Rb8 24. b3
Rfd8 25. Rc7 $16 {isn't too attractive either.}) 24. bxc3 Rd8 25. h4 $5 (25.
Nb3 {should be good enough as well.}) 25... e5 26. Nf5+ Qxf5 27. Rxd5 Qe4 ({
The engine's recommendation to play} 27... Qf4 28. Qxf4 exf4 29. c4 $18 {
speaks volumes about the hopelessness of Gelfand's position.}) 28. c4 f6 29.
Qc3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa2 31. Rd2 Qa4 32. g3 Qc6 33. c5 Rd7 34. Qc4 {Gelfand's
resignation was by no means premature} ({as seen from} 34. Qc4 a5 35. Qe6 a4
36. Qxd7+ Qxd7 37. c6 Qxc6 38. d7) 1-0

