[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Alechin:New York 1924.} c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6.
d3 Bd7 7. O-O Rb8 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 h5 10. Rab1 Bc6 11. b4 Nxf3+ $2 (11... b6)
(11... Nh6) 12. exf3 b6 (12... cxb4 13. Rxb4 Nh6) 13. d4 cxd4 $6 (13... Nh6)
14. Bxd4 Nf6 15. Nd5 O-O (15... Bxd5) 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rbd8
19. b5 Ba8 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfe8 22. Qa5 (22. Qxd6 $4 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Rxf1+
24. Kxf1 Qh3+) (22. a4 $1) (22. Be3 $1) 22... Qf5 23. Bxa7 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Qxf3
25. b6 $4 (25. Bd4 $1 h4 26. Qc3) 25... h4 26. Rd4 Re5 27. Qa6 hxg3 28. hxg3
Rh5 29. Rh4 Rxh4 30. gxh4 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ $2 (31... Qxh4 $17 32. Kg1 (32. b7
Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Be3 Qxb1) (32. Qb7 f5 33. Qf3 Qc4+) (32. Rb3 Qh1+ 33. Ke2
Qc6) 32... Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qe4 34. Rb3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qc6 $17) 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pham, Minh Hoang"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O d6
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. Nc2 b6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15.
Rxb4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa4 Rb7 20. Rc1 Rd8 21.
Be3 Rbd7 22. Qa6 Qe6 23. Kg2 Kh7 24. Rbc4 f5 25. Rc6 Qd5+ 26. f3 e4 27. dxe4
fxe4 28. Qc4 exf3+ 29. exf3 Qf5 30. Rc2 Re8 31. Qf4 Qd5 32. Rc7 Rde7 33. Rd2
Qb5 34. Bf2 Kg8 35. Qd6 Kf7 36. Rd5 Qb2 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rf5+ Bf6 39. Rc6 $4 ({
A fatal mistake! Correct was} 39. Rc2 $1 {, and White preserves excellent
attacking prospects.}) {[%tqu "En","It appears that the Black king is in real
trouble, as all white major pieces are targeting its key defender. Never mind
- it is your move and you can strike first. How would you continue here?",
"Your bishop is paralyzed, but you can use the energy of other black pieces.",
"Sacrifice your queen!","b2f2","Most excellent! This striking queen sacrifice
allows Black to finish the game in the most spectacular manner!",7]} 39...
Qxf2+ $3 {A terrific blow. All of sudden, White king finds himself in a mate
net.} 40. Kxf2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ge8e2,Ge2h2]} (40. Kh3 {does not help either:}
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Re2#) 40... Re2+ (40... Re2+ {And White gave up in view of the
inevitable checkmate:} 41. Kg1 Re1+ 42. Kg2 R8e2+ 43. Kh3 Rh1# {Terrific final
combination!}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. h4 Nf5 7. h5 {Here the
h-pawn creates tension on the kingside. Before White castles kingside, Black
must think twice about 0-0. Also, at some point the h-pawn might step forward,
attacking the g7-bishop.} e6 ({The following game shows the possibilities
which the h5-pawn brings to its possessor here:} 7... d6 8. d3 Bd7 9. h6 $5 Bf8
10. a3 e6 11. b4 Be7 $6 12. b5 Na5 13. g4 Nd4 14. Nd2 $1 e5 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nd5
$16 a6 17. a4 O-O 18. Bb2 Bg5 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Nxg5 Nxg5 21. f4 $18 Be6 22. fxg5
Qxg5 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Qf2 f6 25. Nc7 Bxg4 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. Bc3 Nb3 28. Bxb7 Ra7
29. bxa6 Nxa1 30. Bxa1 f5 31. Kd2 Qd8 32. Bc3 Kg8 33. Rb1 Qg5 34. Bd5+ {
1-0 Vaulin-Szalanczy, Kecskemet 1993.}) 8. d3 d6 9. Bd2 a6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1
Rb8 12. Ne4 {This is unfortunate, but otherwise Black has problems dealing
with the threat of h5-h6.} gxh5 13. Rxh5 Qe7 14. b4 $1 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 17. g4 $18 Nd4 18. Nxd4 {After 18...Bxd4 Black cannot lose in view
of 19 Bf4, while 18...cxd4 is hopeless because of 19 Bb4.} 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch15 playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1960.02.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Barcza,G"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1960.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. Bd2 d6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Nb5 $5 f5 13. Qc1 e5 14. Bh6 Rab8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e3 Ba8 $2 (16... a6 17. Nc3 cxb4 18. axb4 b5 $1 19. cxb5 axb5 $11
) 17. bxc5 $1 bxc5 18. Nd2 a6 19. Nc3 f4 $1 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5
Ne7 23. exf4 $2 (23. gxf4 $1 exf4 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Qc4 $14) 23... exf4 24. Qc3+
Kg8 25. Qc4 Rf8 26. Re1 fxg3 $1 27. hxg3 Qf5 $1 28. Rxe7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Rf5 $1 (
29... Qxd2 $2 30. Qh4 h5 31. Qe4) 30. Qh4 Rh5 31. Qxh5 gxh5 32. Re8+ $2 (32.
Ne4 $1 Qf8 33. Re6 $1 $14) 32... Kf7 33. Ne4 Qxg2+ $1 34. Kxg2 Kxe8 35. Nxd6+
Kd7 36. Nf5 (36. Ne4 Bxd5 37. Kf3 Kc6 38. Kf4 Bxe4 $1 $19) 36... Bxd5+ 37. Kf2
Bf7 $2 (37... Kc6 $1 38. Ne7+ Kd6 39. Nf5+ Ke5 $15) 38. Ke3 Bg6 39. Nh4 Kc6 40.
Kd2 Kb5 41. Kc3 a5 (41... Ka4 $1 42. Kc4 Kxa3 43. Nxg6 hxg6 44. Kxc5 g5 45. d4
h4 $2 (45... g4 $1 46. d5 h4 $19) 46. gxh4 gxh4 47. d5 $11) 42. Nf3 Ka4 43. Nd2
Kxa3 44. Ne4 (44. Nb3 Ka4 $1 45. Nxc5+ Kb5 $17) 44... c4 $1 45. Kxc4 Kb2 46.
Nc5 (46. Kb5 Kc2 $19) 46... Be8 $1 47. d4 a4 48. Nd3+ Kc2 49. d5 a3 50. Nb4+
Kd2 $2 (50... Kb2 $1 51. d6 a2 52. Nxa2 Kxa2 53. Kd5 Kb3 54. Ke6 Kc4 55. d7
Bxd7+ 56. Kxd7 Kd5 $1 57. Ke7 Ke5 58. Kf7 Kf5 59. Kg7 h4 $1 60. gxh4 h5 $19)
51. Kb3 $1 (51. d6 $4 Ba4) 51... Ke3 52. d6 Kf3 53. Nd5 Kxg3 54. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Be6 9. Ne3 Rb8 $5 (9... O-O 10. Ned5 Qd7 11. d3 Bh3 $10) 10. d3 a6 $1 11. Ned5
O-O 12. Rb1 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 $15 17. e4 f5
18. exf5 (18. f3 h5 {/\19...f4-/+/}) 18... Bxf5 (18... gxf5 19. f4 $13) 19. h3
(19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qd7 $15) 19... Qa5 (19... a5 $5) (19... Rb7 $5) 20. g4 $6
Bd7 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. Be4 Qh4 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Kg2 Bh6 $17) 23... h5 $5 24. Qg3 $5
Qxg3+ 25. fxg3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Be3 (28. Bxg6 Rf8+ 29. Kg1
Bf3 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Rf3 32. Kg2 Rc3 $17) 28... Bf5 29. Ke2 Rf8 $6 (29...
a5 $142) 30. a3 $1 Rb8 31. Ra1 Bf8 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. a4 $44 Be7 34. g4 Bxe4+ 35.
dxe4 Rh8 36. Kg3 Bh4+ 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Kg3 Rh7 39. Rc1 Rh8 40. Kg2 Rh7 41. Kg3
Kf7 42. Kg2 $10 Ke8 43. Bd2 Kd7 44. Kg3 Rh8 45. Kg2 Rh4 46. Kg3 Rh7 47. Kg2 Rh4
48. Kg3 Rh8 49. Kg2 Rc8 50. Kg3 Rb8 51. Kf3 Kc7 52. Rh1 Rf8+ 53. Ke2 Rf7 54.
Rh8 Kb6 55. Rb8+ Kc7 56. Rh8 Kb6 57. Rb8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius zt"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolovs, Andrei"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 (4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ $1 $13
) 4... Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 (7... O-O 8. Nc2 a6 9. Rb1 b5 $5 10.
cxb5 axb5 11. b4 c4 12. d3 d5 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. a4 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 $13 {
Ovseevich-Moskalenko/Nikovaev zt/1993/}) 8. Nc2 Be6 (8... O-O 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d3
(10. a3 a6 (10... Qd7 11. Rb1 Bh3 12. b4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. d3 f5 $10 {
Pigusov-Belov/Katowice/1991/}) 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Qa4 d5 $10 {Ftacnik-Van der Sterren/Amsterdam/1977/})
10... Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. Ned5 Rab8 15. b4 cxb4 16.
axb4 b5 $1 {0,5/Wojtkiewicz-Wilder/Chicago/1989/}) 9. Ne3 (9. d3 d5 10. b3 O-O
11. Rb1 $6 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd4 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Ned5 f5 $15 {
Korchnoi-Huebner/Merano m/1980/}) 9... a6 $5 10. Ned5 (10. a3 Rb8 (10... O-O
11. b4 $1) 11. Rb1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 O-O $10) 10... Rb8 11.
d3 O-O (11... b5 $6 12. Bg5 $1) 12. a4 h6 13. Rb1 a5 $10 14. f4 f5 15. Kh1 Kh7
16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Bg1 Nexd5 19. cxd5 $1 (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7
21. b3 b5 $15) 19... Bd7 20. e4 Qc7 $6 (20... Qe7 21. Rbe1 Rbe8 $10) 21. b3
Rbe8 22. Nd1 $5 b5 (22... Bc8 23. Ne3 Ba6 24. Nc4 Bxc4 $10) 23. Ne3 bxa4 $6 (
23... fxe4 $142 24. dxe4 exf4 (24... bxa4 25. f5 g5 26. Ng4 $36) 25. gxf4 bxa4
$13) 24. fxe5 $1 Bxe5 (24... dxe5 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Nc4 Bb5 27. Rfc1 $16) 25.
exf5 gxf5 26. bxa4 $14 Bd4 27. Rf4 $1 Qd8 28. Rbf1 Qe7 29. Nc4 Bxg1 30. Kxg1
Bxa4 31. Nxa5 Qe3+ (31... Bd7 32. Nc4 {/\ 33.Bh3+/-}) 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Nc4
Rxd3 34. Nxd6 $16 Rd1 (34... Bb3 35. Be4 $1 $16) 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Nxf5 $1 (36.
Rxf5 Rxf5 37. Nxf5 c4 38. Ne3 Bb3 $132) 36... Bc2 37. Ne3 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Kg7 39.
Kf2 Bb3 40. Be4 c4 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Nd4 Ba4 43. Ne2 Bc2 $1 44. Ke3 (44. Kf3 Bd1
$1) 44... Bd3 $1 45. Nc3 Nc2+ 46. Kd2 Nb4 47. Ke3 (47. Bxd3 Nxd3 48. Ke3 Kf5
$10) 47... Nc2+ 48. Kf3 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 h5+ $5 50. Kg3 $6 (50. Kxh5 Bxe4 51. Nxe4+
Kf5 52. Nc3 Kxf4 53. Kg6 $16) 50... Ne2+ $1 51. Nxe2 Bxe4 52. Nc3 Bh1 $10 53.
Kf2 Kf5 54. Ke3 h4 $1 55. d6 Ke6 56. Nb5 Bc6 57. Nd4+ Kxd6 58. Nxc6 Kxc6 59.
Kd4 Kb5 60. h3 (60. Kc3 Kc5 $10) 60... Kb4 61. f5 c3 62. f6 c2 63. f7 c1=Q 64.
f8=Q+ Kb3 65. Qb8+ Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 17th"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Peptan, Corina Isabela"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:16"]
[BlackClock "0:11:01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 {Diagramm [#]} 7.
Ne1 (7. d3 {wäre der "Normalzug" gewesen, aber die Überführung des
Springers nach d5 ist auch ein guter Plan.}) 7... d6 8. Nc2 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10.
Ned5 Qd7 11. d3 Rab8 12. Rb1 Bh3 13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. cxd5 Nb4 16.
Qb3 Qd7 17. a3 Na6 18. f4 f5 19. Ng5 Nc7 20. e4 b5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 $6 {
So ein Rückzug ohne Not ist wohl nicht die allerbeste Idee.} (22. Bd2) 22...
Bg7 23. Bf4 Rbe8 24. Rbe1 fxe4 25. dxe4 c4 $6 {Erst Sa6 und dann c5-c4 war
besser, wie man gleich sieht.} 26. Qb4 Rd8 {Diagramm [#]} 27. a4 $6 {Noch kein
Fehler, aber der Plan hinter diesem Zug ist falsch: Die Öffnung der a-Linie
nützt höchstens Schwarz, denn der weiße Turm ist eigentlich an den
schwachen Be4 gebunden.} a6 28. axb5 $6 axb5 29. Ra1 $2 (29. Qd2 $1) 29... h6
$1 30. Kg2 (30. h4 {hätte g6-g5 verhindert, aber danach wäre sogar} Rxf4 $5 {
möglich gewesen:} 31. gxf4 {Weiß hat mit massiven Schwächen zu kämpfen 
(auch wenn Schwarz auf das Qualitätsopfer verzichtet), hätte aber trotzdem
so spielen müssen.}) 30... g5 $1 31. Bd2 ({Oder} 31. Be3 Rde8 32. Nd2 $2 Nxd5)
31... Rde8 32. Rae1 Na6 33. Qa5 Nc5 {Diagramm [#] Weiß ist komplett
gescheitert.} 34. Bc1 Nd3 35. Qd2 (35. Re2 g4 36. Nh4 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 Nxc1) 35...
Nxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qg4 37. Nd2 Rxf1 38. Qxf1 Rf8 39. Qe1 c3 40. bxc3 Bxc3 41. Qe3
b4 42. Qd3 Qd1 43. e5 Bxe5 44. Qc4 Bc3 45. Nb3 Qf3+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 47. Kg2 Rc8
48. Qb5 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. O-O (6. d4 cxd4 7. Bxh6
Bxh6 8. Nxd4) 6... Nf5 7. Rb1 d6 8. a3 O-O (8... a5 9. b3 $14) 9. d3 (9. b4
Nfd4 10. Ne1 $5 (10. Nxd4 Bxd4 (10... cxd4 $13))) 9... Rb8 10. Bd2 b6 (10... a5
) 11. b4 Bb7 12. e3 (12. b5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $14 (13... Bxe5 14. e4 Nd4 15.
Bh6 $1 $36)) (12. Qa4 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 (14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15.
bxc5 Qxd3 16. c6 Rbb8 $8 17. Nd5 (17. g4 $6 Nh4 {/\ Qd2}) 17... Qxc4 (17... e6
18. Bb4 $5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 exd5 20. cxd5 $44 {/\ 21. d6, 21. g4}) 18. c7 (18.
Bb4 Qxc6 $1 (18... Rbd8 19. Rc1 $1 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. e4 $44 {o^c}) 19. e4
Rfd8 {/\ e6} 20. Bxe7 Rd7 $17) 18... Qxd5 19. cxb8=Q Rxb8 $13) 14... cxb4 15.
axb4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rb7 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Be1 Qa8+ (18... e6 19. b5 {/\ Na2}) 19.
Qf3 (19. Kg1 h5 $5) 19... Qc8 20. b5 Nd6 (20... Rfd8 $6 21. Nd5) 21. Nd5 (21.
e4 $5 e6 $1 $13 {/\ 22... f5, 22... Rfd8} (21... f5 $6 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qc6 $1
$14)) 21... f5 22. Bb4 (22. Nb4 e6 {><e4, c4}) 22... Rf7 23. Rbc1 (23. Bxd6
Rxd6 24. Rbc1 e6 25. Nb4 Rfd7 $13) 23... e6 24. Bxd6 (24. Nc3 e4 $5 25. dxe4
Nxc4 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 $1 $13 {/\ Rc7}) 24... exd5 (24... Rxd6 $13)
25. cxd5 Qd8 26. Bb4 Rxd5 27. Rc8 Qxc8 28. Qxd5 Qb7 (28... Qd7 $6 29. Qc4 $14 (
29. Qa8+ $6 Bf8 $13)) 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. Kf1 (31. Rc3 h5 $10 (31...
Rd5 $5 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg8 34. Rxa7 Rxb5 $10)) 31... Rxd3 32. Rc8+ Kf7
33. Rc7+ Kg8 (33... Kf6 34. Rxa7 Rd5 35. Rb7 Rxb5 36. Be7+ Ke6 37. Bd8 $10) 34.
Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 $1 b5 $6 8.
cxb5 axb5 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 b4 11. Ne4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bh6 $1 d6 14.
Rc1 Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nb5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nc7 (18... Bxb2 $4 19. c7
Nxc7 20. Bc6+ $18) 19. Qd2 e6 20. Rc4 b3 21. axb3 Rxb3 22. Rb4 $1 Rxb4 23. Qxb4
g5 24. f4 $1 Rg8 25. Be4 Be7 26. Bxh7 Rh8 27. Qe4 d5 28. Qd3 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 d4
30. Bxg5 f6 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. h4 Ne8 (32... fxg5 33. fxg5+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ Kd6 35.
Rd7+ $18) 33. Kh2 d3 34. Bh6+ Ke7 35. Bg7 d2 36. Bxh8 d1=Q 37. Bxf6+ (37. Bxf6+
Nxf6 38. Qg7+ Kd6 (38... Ke8 39. Bg6#) 39. Rxd1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Zonal Randers Preliminaries B"]
[Site "Randers"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Feustel, Bernd"]
[Black "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1982.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Ned5 a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bd2 Nexd5 14. cxd5 Bc8 (
14... Bd7 $142 {P b5}) 15. Qb3 a5 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. e4 Bd7 18. f4 Bh6 19. Kh1 Kg7
20. Rf2 f6 21. Raf1 Bg4 22. Qc4 Bd7 23. b3 b6 24. Be3 Rbc8 25. Na3 Rb8 26. Nb5
Rbc8 27. h3 Rb8 28. Bc1 Rbc8 29. Kh2 Rb8 30. Bf3 Rbc8 31. Qc3 exf4 32. gxf4 Kg8
33. Qc4 f5 34. e5 dxe5 35. Re2 e4 36. dxe4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 Qh4 38. f5 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch playoff Hoelzl-Herzog +2-1=0"]
[Site "Lienz"]
[Date "1981.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herzog, Adolf"]
[Black "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1981.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 b5 8. cxb5 {
Interessant war 8.d4.} axb5 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 b4 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nc5 e6 13.
Bf4 Ra8 14. a4 {Obwohl beide Kontrahenten angenommen hatten, die Theoriepfade
längst verlassen zu haben, folgten sie laut ECO der Partie Pfleger-Kupper,
Wien 1972. Weiß spielte dort allerdings} (14. Ne5 {und nach der weiteren Folge}
Nge7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rfc1 {offerierte Schwarz mit} Qb6 {genau wie ich in
dieser Partie die Qualität. Eine merkwürdige Übereinstimmung.}) 14... Nge7 $1 {
Nachträglich glaube ich, daß 14...bxa3 stärker gewisen wäre.} 15. Re1 O-O (
15... Nf5 {wäre wegen} 16. Ne5 {nicht gut gewesen, z.B.} Nfxd4 (16... Ncxd4 17.
g4) 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxd5) 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Ned7 $2 {Herzog glaubte völlig zu
Unrecht, daß er schlechter stünde. Nach} (17. Rc1 {wäre eher das Gegenteil der
Fall gewesen, z.B.} Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 (18... Bh6 $2 19. Bf6 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nf5
21. g4 Ng7 22. Qh6 Ne8 23. Be7 {oder 23.Lxd5.}) 19. Rxe5 {und Weiß steht klar
besser. Am besten war es vielleicht, mit 17...Ta7 auf Ab- warten zu spielen
und zu versuchen, gelegentlich "e6-e5" durchzusetzen. Die schwarze Stellung
krankt jedoch an der völligen Unverwendbarkeit des Lc8.}) 17... Bxd7 18. Nxd7
Qxd4 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Bc1 {Ein trauriger Rückzug, doch war ein aktiver Plan
nicht zu sehen.} Na5 21. Bh6 $2 {Es sieht auf den ersten Blick verlockend aus,
den passiven Lc1 auf diese Art anzubringen. Das schwarze Springerpaar wird
jedoch danach schnell übermächtig.} Nec6 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qc2 {Hier - mit 23.
De2 - und an einigen weiteren Stellen konnte Weiß etwas zäher spielen. Schwarz
steht jedoch bereits auf Gewinn.} b3 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Rac1 Nd4 26. Qd2 Nac6 27.
Re3 Rxa4 28. Rec3 Ne5 29. f4 Nc4 30. Qf2 Ra2 31. Rd3 {Auch} (31. Rb1 {
vierliert schnell:} Na3 32. Rd1 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Qxc3 {[#]}) 31... Nxb2 $1 {
Entscheidet sofort.} 32. Qxd4 {Andere Fortsetzungen sind ebenfalls
aussichtslos, z.B.} (32. Rd2 Nd3 {oder}) (32. Rxd4 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Rxf2) 32...
Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qb2 34. Qf1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 b2 36. Rb1 Ra1 37. Qe1 Rxb1 38. Qxb1 Qd2
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 e4
9. Ne1 f5 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 O-O 12. Rb1 exd3 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 exd3 14.
exd3 $1 Nxb4 $5 $13) 13. Nxd3 Bxc4 (13... cxb4 14. Nd5 $1 $44) 14. bxc5 dxc5
15. Nxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 (16... b6 $142 {Dizdar}) 17. Nxb7 (17. Rxd8+ $6
Rxd8 {/\} 18. Nxb7 $4 Rb8 19. Nc5 Bxc3 $19) 17... Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 (18. Rxd1 $2
Rb8 19. Rd7 (19. Nd6 Rxb2 20. Nxc4 Rc2 $19) 19... Be6 $1 (19... Ba6 20. Nd5 $1)
20. Rc7 Be5 21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Bxc6 Bc8 $17) 18... Rb8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 (
20. Rb2 Bxe2 $1 {Dizdar} (20... Ba6 21. Nc5 Rxb2 22. Nxb2 Bxe2 23. f4 Na5 24.
Kf2 Bc4 25. Ke3 $5 $14) 21. Rxe2 Rxb7 22. Nc3 (22. Rxe7+ $4 Rxe7 23. Bxc6 Re1+
$19) 22... Rd7 $10) 20... Ba6 21. Nc5 Rxb1+ 22. Nxb1 Bxe2 23. f4 Bc4 24. Nc3
Kf7 25. Kf2 Nd4 26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Rb8 9. e3 Nf5 10. d3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nd5 e6 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne4
f5 $1 16. Ned2 e5 $1 {#In yesterday's report, it was mentioned that avoiding
Elo loss in this Olympiad was not obvious, but truthfully, if Magnus continues
his revenge warpath, he may even gain a few by the end of the event.} 17. a3
bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rb6 22. Nc2 Qa8+ 23. f3 $2
{A mistake that further weakens the kingside. Kg1 was safer.} Nc6 24. Rf1 Qb7
25. Kg1 Ne6 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Qg7 28. Raa1 Re8 29. Ra2 Qc3 30. Ne1 Nb4 31.
Nb1 Qg7 32. Ra3 d5 33. cxd5 Nxd5 34. Ng2 {#} Nd4 $1 35. Qf2 {White loses a
pawn.} (35. Qb2 $2 {loses to} Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qxb2) (35. Qa2 {runs into} Nxe3)
35... Nxb3 36. Qa2 Qb7 37. Qc2 Nxe3 38. Nxe3 Rxe3 39. Nc3 Nd4 40. Qa2+ Kg7 41.
Qd5 Rxd3 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qxc5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 (
8. Bf4) 8... d5 9. Bg5 $5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 (9... exd5 $10) 10. Bg5 $14) 9... h6
(9... d4 10. Ne4 f6 11. Bc1 (11. Bd2 b6 12. b4 f5) 11... b6 12. b4 f5 13. Ned2
Qd6 $13) 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... hxg5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. h3 $14) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12.
d4 cxd4 (12... c4 $6 13. Ne5 $1 {Pf4/}) 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 (14. e3 Nxd4 15.
exd4 Qb6 16. Nxd5 Qxd4 $10) 14... bxc6 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. b4 Bc4 18.
e4 a5 $1 $10 19. exd5 axb4 20. axb4 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxb4 23. Qxd8
Rxd8 24. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1
Rb8 $6 (8... a5 $5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 f5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nc2 b5 14.
b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Ncxb4 bxc4 17. dxc4 $10 {Ribli,Z-Bobotsov,M/
Bucharest/1971/}) 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bd2 (11. Nd2 $5 f5 12. Nd5 Kh8 13.
e3 Be6 14. f4 Qd7 15. Bb2 cxb4 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. axb4 $14 {Hartston,W-Bobotsov,
M/Praia de Rocha/1969/}) 11... h6 12. e3 Be6 13. b5 (13. Ne1 cxb4 14. axb4 d5
$10) 13... Na5 14. e4 f5 15. Nd5 g5 $6 (15... Nb7 $5) 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Nd2 f4
18. Bf3 $6 (18. Qa4 $5 g4 19. Nb3 (19. Rfc1 $5 {/\ Rc2,Nb3-a5/}) 19... f3 20.
Bh1 {/\ Na5-c6/}) 18... Bh3 19. Re1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Bg2 $6 (21. Nc4 $5 g4
22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 g4 $6 (22... Rxb5 $6 23. Rxb5 Qxb5
24. Nc4 $36) (22... Rf6 $5 {/\ Rbf8,fg/}) 23. Nc4 h5 24. Rf1 Rf6 $2 (24... h4
$5) 25. b6 axb6 $6 (25... Rh6 $5 26. bxa7 Qxa7 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Nxa5 f3+ 29.
Kg1 h4 30. Nc4 $18) (25... Rb7 $5) 26. Rxb6 $2 (26. Nxb6 Qd8 27. Nd7 $1 Rxb1
28. Nxf6+ $18) 26... Rbf8 27. Qb1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Qf7 29. Qb2 h4 30. Rb8 $1 (30.
gxh4 $6 g3 $1 $40) (30. Nxd6 $2 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 h3 $19) 30... hxg3
31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qe2 (32. Ne3 $5 c4 $5 (32... Qh5 33. Rh1 Rxf2+ 34. Qxf2
Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 gxf2 36. Kg2 $18) 33. Nxg4 (33. dxc4 Qh7) 33... Rf4) 32... gxf2
33. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Qh5 35. Qf5 (35. Qg3 Bh6 {/\ Bf4/}) 35... Qh3+ (35...
Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qh3+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4
d5 (8... e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nd2 d6 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. a3 a5 14. Nd5
Be6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nec3 $14 {Andriessen-Timman,J/NED/1971/}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9...
exd5 10. Qc1 b6 11. Bh6 $13) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Bg4 $2 (11... Re8 $5) 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Re8 14. Bg2 Qd7 15. Rab1 Re6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. h4 $14 h5 $6 (17...
Rae8 $5) 18. Bh3 f5 19. Qd1 Rae8 20. a3 (20. e4 $6 dxe4 21. dxe4 Qc8 22. Qb3
Kh7) 20... Nd4 21. e3 R6e7 22. Bg5 Re5 23. b4 $16 Kh7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Bg2 Ne6
26. Qc1 (26. f4 $2 Rxe3 $1 27. Rxe3 Bd4) 26... Nxg5 27. hxg5 Rc8 28. Re2 Qd6
29. Rc2 Re7 30. a4 $5 Rec7 31. a5 Qe6 32. Qd1 d4 $2 (32... Qd6 33. Qf3 Rd8) 33.
e4 c4 34. Rb5 $1 Rc5 (34... cxd3 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Qxd3) 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Bh3
Qe7 (36... Rxa5 37. Rxc4) (36... c3 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Qxh5+) 37. exf5 Qxg5 38.
fxg6+ Kxg6 (38... Kh6 $5) (38... Qxg6 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 (39... Rxa5 40. Bg2 $40)
40. dxc4 {/\Qf3/}) 39. dxc4 (39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. dxc4 Qxa5) 39... Rxa5 40. Re2
Ra6 41. Qd3+ Kh6 42. c5 Rg6 (42... Rc6 43. Bg2 Rxc5 44. Re6+ Bf6 45. Qxd4 Rf5
46. Be4 Re5 47. Qd7) (42... Ra1+ 43. Bf1) 43. Bf5 Rf6 44. Re5 h4 45. g4 Rf8 46.
Rd5 Qf4 47. Rd7 $1 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Rf6 (48... Qxc5 49. Qd2#) 49. Qh3 (49. Qh3 Qg5
50. f4 $18) 1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O Qb6 12. b3 $1 Ne7 (12... d3 13. Bb2) 13.
Ba3 Nd5 (13... d3 14. Rac1 dxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Ne5) 14. Rac1 Nc3 15. e3 dxe3
16. fxe3 Qa6 (16... Nd5 17. Bc5) 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nf6 (18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2
O-O 20. Ne5) 19. Ng5 e5 20. Qc5 Be6 21. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 22. Bf1 Rc8 (22... Qb6 23.
Bb5+ Bd7 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qd5+) 23. Bb5+ Rc6 24. Ne4 Be7 (24... Bg7 25. Bxe5)
25. Qxe5 f6 26. Rxc6 fxe5 27. Rxa6+ Kf7 28. Rxa7 Bd5 29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Vejstrup"]
[Site "Vejstrup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Notes by Judit Polgar} e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a3 (5. Nf3
Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nd2 (7. Bg5 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nd2 d6 11. Rb1 Rb8
12. a3 Be6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rfc1 {Lobron,E-Polgar,J/TV-match/Cologne/1989/}) 7...
d6 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rb1 a6 12. Ned5 b5 13. b3 Qd7 {
Hansen,LB-Schussler,H/Vejstrup/1989/ played in the same round and black was
fine}) 5... a5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nd2 (8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Nd5 O-O
11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ne1 b5 14. Nc2 f5 15. b3 $13 {Gelfand,B-Polgar,Zsu/
New York op/1989/ -> CBM 12}) 8... d6 9. Nf1 {A popular manouver nowdays} Be6
10. Ne3 O-O 11. Ned5 $14 Rb8 12. O-O h6 (12... f5 13. Bg5 h6 $2 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bd5 $16) 13. Rb1 Kh7 14. Bd2 f5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4
17. Nxb4 f4 $5 (17... Nxb4 18. Rxb4 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rb5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qc7
22. Qa1 $16) 18. Ncd5 $6 {>= 18.Nbd5} Nd4 19. Bc3 $6 (19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Nc2 $14
) 19... Nef5 $1 $10 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 h5 $1 22. e4 $2 {Anything else would
have been better} Nh4 $5 {22...Nh6+/=} 23. f3 $8 (23. gxh4 f3 $19) 23... Nxg2
24. Qxg2 (24. Kxg2 Qc8 {/\ ...Bh3, ...g5}) 24... Qc8 $1 $17 25. gxf4 Bxd5 $1 (
25... Bh3 $2 26. Qg5 Bxf1 27. f5 $44) 26. exd5 Rxf4 {/\ ...b5} 27. Rb5 Ra8 $2 (
27... Qf5 $1 28. Qe2 $6 e4 $1 29. Bxg7 exf3 30. Qe7 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke1
Rf7 $1 $19) 28. Bb4 Ra6 29. Kh1 Qa8 30. Rg1 Rf6 31. f4 {White had only 5
minutes for 9 moves left.} Ra2 32. Qg5 Ra1 $2 (32... Qc8 $1 33. fxe5 (33. f5
Qxf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Bxd6 Rff2 36. Rd1 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 h4 38. Rxb7 h3 39. Rxg7+
Kh6 $19) 33... Qh3 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. Rxg3 Rf1+ 36. Rg1 Rff2 $19) 33. fxe5 Rxg1+
(33... dxe5 34. Bc5 $13) 34. Qxg1 dxe5 35. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 36. Qxb6 Qa1+ 37. Qg1
Qb2 38. Qe1 {/\ 39.Bc3} e4 $1 39. dxe4 Be5 40. Bd2 Qc2 41. Qe3 $1 g5 $1 42. Qe2
$5 {42.Qf2!} Kg6 (42... Kg7 43. Qe3) 43. Qe3 Kf7 44. Qf3+ $1 (44. Qe2 $2 g4 $1
$17) 44... Kg7 45. Qe3 Kh7 46. Qf3 Kg8 47. Qxh5 $1 Qxe4+ 48. Kg1 Bd4+ 49. Kf1
Bf6 50. Qe2 Qh1+ {Judit Polgar} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Byrne,D +4-0=6"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 $15 {
Byrne-Geller/USA-URS/}) 3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. d3 Nf5 8.
Bd2 h5 $5 {h4} 9. h4 (9. h3 $142 h4 10. g4) 9... Bd7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. a3 Nfd4
12. Nh2 Qc8 (12... O-O $142) 13. b4 O-O (13... cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15. e3 $16) 14.
b5 Ne5 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Bg5 f6 $2 {/^ e6} (16... Qd8 {e6}) 17. Bd2 Ng4 18. e3
Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Nf5 20. Nf4 Kf7 $8 (20... Kh7 21. Be4 e5 $2 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23.
Qxh5+ Kg8 (23... Bh6 24. g4) 24. Bd5+ Be6 (24... Kf8 25. Qf7#) 25. Qxf5 $18)
21. Be4 Rh8 (21... e5 $2 22. Bd5+) 22. Qf3 Rh6 23. d4 {d5} e5 (23... cxd4 $2
24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Bxg6+ Rxg6 26. Qxh5 Bf5 27. Nxg6 Bxg6 28. Qd5+ Ne6 29. Rbe1
$18 {Doubling Rooks on the e-file.}) 24. dxe5 dxe5 (24... fxe5 25. Bd5+ Ke7 26.
Nxg6+ Rxg6 27. e4 Nh6 28. Bxh6 Rxh6 29. Qf7+ $18) 25. Nd3 (25. Nd5) 25... Rh8 (
25... Kg8 $142 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. e4 Nd4 28. Qg2 Rh7 29. f4 $40) 26. Bd5+ Ke8 (
26... Kf8 $2 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 $4 28. Bb4 $18) 27. Qg2 Nh6 28. f4 Ng4+ 29. Kh1 exf4
(29... f5 30. e4) 30. exf4 b6 $2 $18 (30... f5 31. Rbe1+ Kd8 32. Bf7 Rh6 33.
Ne5 $1) 31. Qe4+ Kf8 32. Qxg6 Nh6 33. f5 $1 Bxf5 (33... Be8 34. Nf4 Bxg6 35.
Nxg6+ Ke8 36. Rbe1+ Kd8 37. Nxh8 Bxh8 38. Bc6 $18) 34. Rxf5 Qxf5 35. Nf4 Rg8
36. Re1 Rd8 37. Qxf5 $22 (37. Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Ng6#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Cramling,P"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 {A surprise, as I
have never seen Victorija play this line before. It is a solid opening for
Black, though White can play aggressive and try to take advantage of the
weakness on black squares in the centre (d6-e7) by playing d4. But I preferred
to play more solidly in this very important last round.} 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 (7.
b4 {That was a more logical follow up after a3 and another way to give a pawn
for active piece play. But I hesitated and decided to prepare the pawn advance
more and in the end I never played it!}) 7... d5 8. O-O O-O 9. cxd5 (9. d3 {
directly was more natural, but I got worried about} dxc4 10. dxc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 f6 {and was not sure if the bishop pair would compensate the
double c-pawn in the endgame.}) 9... exd5 10. d3 b6 11. Bg5 Be6 $15 {Already
Black has got a more comfortable position. It almost looks, like I am playing
Black with my pawns no further than on the 3rd rank. I still had plans to play
b4 and that explains my next move.} 12. Na4 $6 h6 13. Bd2 c4 (13... a5 $1 {
looks very natural and was a good move. Now White can not open the b-file with}
14. b4 $2 (14. Qb3 {then} Nc8) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Rxb4
Qd6 $1 $17 {is very strong. White is too weak on the black squares without the
bishop and the knight on a4 is misplaced and in real danger. After} 18. Rxb6 $2
(18. Rb1 b5 $17) 18... Qa3 19. Rb7 Rfe8 20. Nb6 Rab8 {it is lost.} 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Qa4 Qd6 23. Rb1 Nc8) 14. dxc4 dxc4 15. Bc3 $11 {I was no longer
worried about my position and thought, that the endgame would give about equal
chances.} Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rad8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 a6 19. h3 b5 20. Kf1 Bf5 {
Perhaps unnecessary, as the bishop was well placed on e6.} 21. Rbc1 f6 22. Ke1
Kf7 23. Nh4 Be6 24. Ne4 {Now my pieces are more active and I can start to put
pressure on the pawns on the queenside.} Bd5 (24... g5 25. Nf3 Bc8 (25... Bd5
26. Nc5 Nb8 (26... a5 27. a4 b4 28. Nb7 $16 {is good for White.} Rd7 (28... Rb8
29. e4) 29. e4) 27. e4 Ba8 28. Nd4 {and White is better.}) 26. a4 Nf5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Nc3 {and Black has problems to defend her pawns. As after for example}
Ba6 {White has} 29. Nxg5+) 25. Nc5 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 a5 $2 {Black probably should
have tried something else, as I now could have got a big advantage, if I had
played more accurately..} ({She could have played} 26... Nb8 {even though it
is passive, but it would have made it more difficult for me to attack the
pawns.}) ({or} 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Ra8 {although after} 28. Nf4 {White again
has improved her position with her pieces more active than Black's.}) 27. Ne3 (
27. a4 $1 bxa4 28. Ne3 $16 {was thematic and strong, destroying the pawn chain
for Black, and giving me a clear edge. I saw it, but anyway decided to go
ahead with the idea I had planned some moves earlier. I thought, it would give
me a small advantage and leave Black passive}) 27... a4 $1 {My intention to
break up the pawns was clear, and Victorija played the move quickly.} 28. Nd7
Rh8 29. Rd6 Nb8 30. Rcd1 (30. Rxf6+ $2 Kg7 {would have been a mistake losing a
piece.}) 30... Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Ke6 $4 {Black felt the pressure of
the clock and played this move quickly. But when the b-pawn goes, there is not
much hope for Black. Only now I started to think, that I could become Champion
- it was a great feeling!} (32... Rb8 {was necessary, and this was the
position I had aimed for and thought would be more pleasant for me to play
than for my opponent. It is important to keep the knights on board, at least
for some time, so I can activate my king.} 33. Rd6 $1 {is a good move to keep
the black king away from the centre and Black remains more passive. If Black
does not do anything concrete, I will play Kd2-c3-b4. Now} (33. Nd5 Ke6 34.
Rxe7+ Kxd5 {and the rook ending is about equal.}) 33... Rc8 (33... b4 $2 34.
Nxc4 {does not work for Black.}) 34. Kd2 Rc5 ({if} 34... h5 35. Nd5 {and now
the exchange of knights is favourable for me as my king is more active and
will go for the b-pawn. But I have to control the d-file with my rook so Black
can not enter and attack my pawns from behind.}) 35. Kc3 {and I have a small
but pleasant edge with my active pieces.}) 33. Rb7 Rc8 34. Rxb5 c3 35. Rb6+ Kf7
36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rb7 $1 Rc5 {Black had to return and now she will lose
another pawn.} ({Both} 37... Rxa3 38. Nd5 $18) ({as well as} 37... Ke6 38.
Rxe7+ {would have lost a piece.}) 38. Ra7 g5 39. Rxa4 (39. Kd2 $1 {would have
been more exact, not to let Black attack my pawns from behind.}) 39... Rc1+ 40.
Kd2 Rh1 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. h4 (42. a4 $1 Rxh3 43. a5 Rh1 44. Nd1 {won easily as
Black can not stop my a-pawn.}) 42... gxh4 43. gxh4 Rh2 (43... Rxh4 44. Rxe7 $1
) 44. Ng4 Rxh4 45. Nxf6 Kf7 46. Nd7 (46. Ng8 $1 {to enter a rook ending would
have been easier.}) 46... Rd4+ 47. Kc3 Rd1 48. Ne5+ Ke6 49. Nd3 Nd5+ 50. Kc2
Rh1 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. e4 Nf6 53. e5 Ng4 54. f3 Ne3+ 55. Kd2 Nd5 56. Nb4 Nf4 57.
Ke3 Ne6 58. Nd5+ Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60. Nf4+ Kf5 61. Nxe6 (61. Rf7+ Kxe5 62. Re7
{was also good} Kf5 (62... Re1+ 63. Kf2) 63. Rxe6 Re1+ (63... Rb1 64. Ra6 Rb3+
65. Nd3) 64. Kf2 Rxe6 65. Nxe6 Kxe6 66. a4 Kd5 67. f4) 61... Kxe6 62. f4 Re1+
63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kf2 Ra1 66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67. Kh4 Rh1+ 68. Kg4 h5+ 69.
Kg5 h4 70. Ra6+ Kd5 71. Rd6+ Kc5 72. Rh6 h3 73. Kf6 h2 74. f5 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT32nd"]
[Site "Castel Lagopesole"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Delchev,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. Nf3 e5 7. d4 $5 cxd4 8. Nb5
d6 9. e3 Be6 (9... Nf6 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O {1/2-1/2 Fancsy,I-Hoang Than Trang/
Budapest 1994/EXT 99 (110)}) (9... Nge7 10. exd4 O-O 11. d5 {1-0 Kosten,
A-Viatte,R/FRA-chT 1993/TD (43)}) 10. b3 $1 $146 (10. exd4 Bxc4 11. Qa4 Bxb5
12. Qxb5 Qd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 $13 (14. Be3 Rd8 15. O-O Nge7 16. Bb6 Qd3
17. Qa4 Rd5 18. Be3 Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Umanskaya,I/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext 
(18)})) 10... Nf6 (10... d5 11. exd4 dxc4 12. d5 e4 13. Bg5 Nce7 (13... exf3
14. Bxd8 fxg2 15. Rg1 Rxd8 16. bxc4 Bh3 17. Ra2 $14) 14. dxe6 Bxa1 15. Qxa1
exf3 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxf3 $18) 11. exd4 e4 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Qc2 Bf5 (13...
O-O 14. h3 $16) 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rb1
Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Bg7 (21... Re6 $142) 22. Be3 Qc6 23.
Rfd1 Re6 24. Qd5 h5 25. Qxc6 $1 bxc6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Bf8 $2 (27... c5 28.
b5 Rb8 29. b6 Rb7 30. Rd3 $16) (27... Kf8 28. b5 cxb5 29. cxb5 Rb8 30. b6 Rb7
31. Rd3 Ke8 32. Ra3 d5 33. Ra8+ Kd7 34. Ra7 Kc8 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Rxb7+ Kxb7 37.
Rc7+ Kb8 38. Rxf7 Be5 39. Rd7 Rd6 40. Re7 Bf6 41. Rh7 $18) 28. b5 c5 29. Ra1
Rb8 30. Bf4 f6 31. h4 Be7 (31... Re4 32. Ra4 Rxb5 33. Ra8 Rb7 34. Bh6 Rf7 35.
Rxd6 $18) 32. Rd5 Kf7 33. f3 Rb7 34. Kf2 Bf8 35. Ra6 Rd7 36. Rc6 $18 *

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Ne1 Nge7 8. Nc2
h5 $5 (8... O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Ne3 a6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 $10 {Ftacnik,
L-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam/1977/}) 9. h4 g5 $6 (9... Be6 10. d3 Qd7 $10) 10.
hxg5 h4 11. e4 Nd4 12. d3 h3 (12... hxg3 13. fxg3 Bh3 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 $16
) 13. Bf3 (13. Bh1 $2 h2+ 14. Kg2 Bh3+) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 h2+ 15. Kh1 Bh3
16. Re1 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Nde3 (18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Rg8) 18... O-O-O 19.
g4 f6 20. gxf6 $2 (20. Nf5 fxg5 21. Nce3 Nd4 22. Qg3 $16) 20... Bxf6 21. Qxf6 (
21. Nf5 Rdg8 22. Nce3 Nd4 $40) 21... Rdf8 22. Qxh8 (22. Qg5 Rxf2 $17 {/\Qf7})
22... Rxh8 $17 23. f3 Qh7 24. Re2 (24. Nf5 $2 Bg2+ $19) 24... Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4
26. Nf5 Bf1 27. Rf2 (27. Rd2 Qh3 $19) 27... Qh3 28. Bh6 Bxd3 29. g5 Kd7 30. b3
b5 31. cxb5 d5 32. Re1 dxe4 33. fxe4 Qg4 34. Kxh2 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 e5 11. e4 $6 (11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 d6 14.
Bb2 Qb6 $10 {Gheorghiu,F-Jansa,V/Budapest/1970/ Inf 9/48/}) 11... Nge7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Re1 d6 14. h3 h6 15. d3 Be6 16. Nh4 d5 $15 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Ndxb4
$2 (18... g5 19. Nf3 f5 20. Nc5 Bf7 $15) 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Ra1 Qd8 21. Qd2 Nd5
22. Bxf8 $44 Qxf8 23. Rec1 Nd4 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Kh2 (25. Ra6 $5) 25... b4 26.
Ra6 Nc3 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rca1 Nc7 29. Rc6 N7b5 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Rc4 Na3 32.
Rxc3 bxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd6 34. Qa5 Nc2 35. Rb1 Nd4 36. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 11th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5
9. Rb1 O-O 10. b3 $5 {An interesting try. The bishop will look awkward on b2,
but will prove useful when White plays f4, or to target some weaknesses on the
queenside as in the game. Other moves haven't brought much to White in
practice:} (10. Bd2 Rb8 $5 11. a4 (11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {
½-½ (24) Amin,B (2709)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Muelheim 2019}) 11... Nb4 12. Nb5
d5 13. cxd5 Nexd5 14. Bc3 Re8 (14... Nc6 $5) 15. Nd2 b6 16. Nc4 Re6 17. Qb3 Nc7
$11 {0-1 (40) Kokarev,D (2624)-Ponkratov,P (2624) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014}) (
10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 (11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Bg5
f6 16. Be3 b6 17. Qa4 Nd4 $15 {0-1 (30) Gledura,B (2630)-Grandelius,N (2694)
Skopje 2019}) 11... Rb8 12. Nxe7+ (12. Nc2 b5 13. Nce3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 $11 {
0-1 (39) Demidov,M (2514)-Bocharov,D (2557) Sochi 2018}) 12... Nxe7 (12... Qxe7
$5 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Bd2 Rfb8 18. Na3 Rxb4
$1 19. Bxb4 axb4 $15 {0-1 (95) Hamitevici,V (2484)-Eljanov,P (2757) Novi Sad
2016}) 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 d5 16. Nc2 Qd7 $11 {½-½ (40)
Arkell,K (2453)-Melkumyan,H (2670) London 2018}) (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12.
Ne1 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nc7 (14... a4 $5) 15. Qb6 $6 (15. Qxb7 Nd4 $44)
15... Nd4 16. Nf3 Ra6 17. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Qb2 Qa8 $17
{0-1 (59) Svidler,P (2745)-Giri,A (2755) Moscow 2016}) 10... Rb8 11. Bb2 h6 12.
Nd2 Be6 (12... Bg4 $5 $146 {might be a reasonable try, pushing White to play
h3, while the h3-pawn will shortly become a target for Black.}) 13. Nd5 b5 14.
e3 Qd7 15. Re1 {The most logical move: White wants to keep the light-squared
bishops alive.} (15. Qc2 $5 {makes sense anyway, as it seems that} Bh3 {
doesn't work:} 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Nxd6 Nxd5 (19...
Rfd8 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Qe2 $14) 20. Qxc5 Nf6 (20... Qe6 21. Rfc1 $14) 21. Qxe5
Rfd8 22. Ne4 $16 {½-½ (61) Ibrahimov,R (2518)-Tregubov,P (2575) Riyadh 2017})
15... Bg4 (15... f5 16. f4 {and suddenly we see what the white bishop is doing
on b2!}) 16. Qc2 Rfc8 (16... b4 $1 {should equalize in my opinion.} 17. Ra1 (
17. axb4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nxb4 $132) 17... Bh3 $5 18. Bh1 (18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Nxe7+
Nxe7 20. axb4 axb4 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 Nc6 $11) 18... bxa3 19. Bxa3 (19. Rxa3
Nxd5 20. cxd5 Nb4 $132) 19... f5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bb2 Nc6 $13) (16... Be6 {
has been played in one game (though it actually came from 15...Bf5 16.Qc2). It
is quite interesting to wait and see what White is doing, but it remains a bit
worse for Black:} 17. f4 f5 $6 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Bc3 $1 Nd5 21.
Ba1 Nb6 (21... Ne7 22. Nc4 $16) 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. a4 Qd7 24. Qxc5 Qxd3 25. Qxa5
Rfe8 26. Rbc1 $16 {1-0 (39) Lagarde,M (2655)-Saduakassova,D (2505) Sitges 2019}
) 17. Ne4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Nd2 Bh3 20. Bh1 (20. e4 $5 {is also a typical
move when Black goes for a light-squared bishops exchange. But Ding's move
makes Black's position even tougher to play.}) 20... Nf5 21. a4 $1 h5 22. axb5
Rxb5 23. Ra1 h4 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. Ra4 Qd8 26. Bf3 Rab8 27. Rea1 $5 Bh6 28. Re1 {
White got afraid of ...Nxe3 (for good reason) - the problem for Black is that
the two tempi lost by White do not change the position!} (28. Rxa5 hxg3 $5 (
28... Nxe3 $6 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxa5 31. Bxa5 Qf6 32. Qd1 hxg3 33. Ne4 (
33. hxg3 $2 Qh8 $1 $19) 33... Qh4 34. Nxg3 $16) 29. hxg3 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Nxe3 31.
fxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Kh2 Qf6 33. Kxh3 Bxd2 34. Qd1 (34. Kg2 e4 35. dxe4 Qxa1 36. Bxd2
c4 $1 37. Qxc4 Qa2 $13) 34... Ra8 35. Bc3 $1 (35. Bxd2 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 Qxf3 $11)
35... Qf5+ 36. Kg2 Rxa1 37. Bxa1 Qxd3 {and Black has drawing chances. Amazing
stuff!}) (28. Qc1 $5 {may have been a great move, with the idea} hxg3 (28...
Nxe3 $2 29. Rxh4 $1 $18) 29. hxg3 Nxe3 30. Rh4 $1 $18) 28... Qg5 $6 (28... Bg7
{might actually be the best move - to keep ...e3 ideas when White goes Qd1
with the idea of Qe2.}) 29. Ne4 Qd8 30. Ra3 $5 Ne7 31. Nd2 Nf5 32. Qd1 $1 Bg7
33. g4 $1 {It's time.} Nh6 34. Kh1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rg1 {The way Ding has
organized is piece is just a delight.} Qd7 (36... Ng4 37. Qe2 $16) 37. Qe2 Kh8
38. Ra4 $5 (38. e4 $5) 38... Rxb3 39. Rxh4 Rxc3 40. Rxh3 {It looks like Black
has counterplay on the queenside, but he's too slow!} a4 (40... Rc2 41. Qd1
Rbb2 42. Nc4 Ra2 43. Rg6 Kh7 44. Qg1 Rxf2 45. Rxd6 $18) 41. e4 $1 {Calm and
powerful.} Rc2 (41... a3 42. exf5 Qxf5 43. Rhg3 Qxd3 44. Rxg7 Qxe2 45. Bxe2 Rc1
46. Ra7 $18) (41... Rb2 42. Qf1 $3 Rxd2 (42... Qf7 43. Nc4 $18) 43. Qg2 Qf7 44.
Qg5 $18) 42. Rh5 $5 (42. exf5 $5 Qxf5 43. Rhg3 Rbb2 44. Rxg7 Rxd2 45. Qe3 Qf4
46. Qxf4 exf4 47. Be4 $18) 42... f4 43. Qd1 Rbb2 44. Nc4 a3 45. Bg4 Qd8 46.
Nxb2 Rxb2 47. Be6 a2 48. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 (48... Rb1 49. Rg1 $3 Rxd1 50. Rxh6#) 49.
Qg1+ Kf8 50. Rf5+ {Just a superb game from Ding Liren!} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 $5 {The new fashion,
played by Magnus Carlsen, and by Anish Giri himself as White.} h6 $5 {The
typical reaction to most h4 ideas, in order to meet h5 with ...g5.} ({Several
games continued} 6... Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {which gives us a strange
position, in fact transposing into a standard line where the weird h4 and ...
e6 have been included.} O-O (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bf4 Be6 13. O-O d4 14. Nb5 Nd5 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Bc5 Qd7 17. Ba3 $14 {1-0 (35)
Kryakvin,D (2586)-Shariyazdanov,A (2526) Voronezh 2019}) 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 $11 {
½-½ (59) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qb6 $5)
12. Nb3 Nxc3 13. Nxa5 Nxd1 14. Nxc6 Nxb2 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Rac1 $14 {½-½ (55)
Carlsen,M (2876)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2657) Douglas 2019}) (6... d5 7. h5 $1 {
is definitely risky for Black, although after} Nge7 {players generally
transpose in an endgame:} 8. d3 dxc4 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 {when the h5 pawn,
ready to be pushed to h6, is a serious asset.} b6 11. h6 Bf6 12. Bg5 (12. Ne3
$5 {with the threat of Ng4 is surely worth investigation, though after} O-O 13.
Ng4 Bh8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Ba6 $1 {Black seems to be fine!}) 12... Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 Bb7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Nc3 f6 15. Nge4 Ba6 16. b3 Rad8 17. f4 Rd7 18. Kf2
$14 {½-½ (33) Zeng,C (2541)-Wei,Y (2706) China 2015}) 14. Ne3 Nf5 $1 15. Nxf5
gxf5 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. b3 Ke7 $11 {½-½ (52) Adams,
M (2744)-Wei,Y (2706) Netherlands 2016}) 7. d4 (7. e3 $5 {was tried by the
World Champion in a blitz game.} Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11.
exd4 Nxd5 12. O-O {The inclusion of h4/...h5 is, beyong any doubt, to White's
favor. The reason is simple: the vulnerable h6-pawn makes difficult a possible
attack of the d4-pawn. Furthermore, the g4-square isn't accessible for the
black bishop as ...e6 has already been played. Last but not least, Black
should always watch out for the h5-push.} O-O 13. Qb3 (13. Re1 $5) 13... Ne7
14. Rd1 Nf5 15. Ne2 a5 $1 16. Bf4 a4 17. Qa3 Qb6 $13 {Nevertheless, with
precise moves it seems Black managed to equalize comfortably in the game.
½-½ (74) Carlsen,M (2861)-So,W (2754) Abidjan 2019}) 7... cxd4 (7... Nxd4 $6
{runs into a trap:} 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne4 $1 d5 10. Qa4+ $1 Kf8 11. Qa3+ Qe7 12.
Nd6 {and Black's position is very dangerous, e.g.} Be5 13. Bf4 (13. c5 $5 $44)
13... Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc7 d3 18. e3 d4 19. e4
Rd8 20. Rxb7 Nh5 21. Bf3 $2 (21. f5 $5) 21... Nxf4 $13 {0-1 (73) Christiansen,
J (2609)-Adhiban,B (2659) chess.com 2020}) 8. Nb5 d5 (8... Nge7 $5 {looks
dubious but may actually be playable:} 9. Nd6+ ({White may always play} 9.
Nfxd4 {if he wants to try for a small advantage}) 9... Kf8 10. O-O Nf5 $1 11.
Nxf5 gxf5 $13 {0-1 (37) Christiansen,J (2597)-Vastrukhin,O (2428) Moscow 2019})
9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qc1 $6 $146 ({After a long thought,
Wang Hao decided not to make a draw with} 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Nb5 $11 {- although
to be fair, after 12.Nc7, 12...Nh5!? should be checked.}) (12. Nfxd4 {looks
like a more natural way to play, but Black should be fine, e.g.} a6 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Nd4 Qb6 $13 {½-½ (37) Sandipan,C (2575)-Leenhouts,K (2486) Dieren
2017}) 12... a6 $6 {A strange decision, sort of losing a tempo and forcing a
move White wanted to play anyway. It seems Anish was afraid of some tactics
which I cannot see.} (12... Kh7 {was by far the most natural move - as White
anyway has a choice between forcing a draw (13.Nc7) or capturing on d4 (as in
the game).}) (12... Bg4 $5 {was the more courageous try, and Black might be
slightly better:} 13. Rd1 (13. Bxh6 $6 Qb6 {would be great for Black, the
b5-pawn having to move to a3.}) 13... Bxf3 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Nfxd4 Rac8 $132) (
13... Ne4 14. Bxh6 Qb6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe2 $1 18. Re1
Ba6 $132) (13... Kh7 $5) 14. Bxf3 Ne4 15. Bxh6 Qb6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a4 a6 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd6 e3 $15) 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Kh7 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qc7 $1 {
White's h4-move is a bit weaknessing as long as queens are on the board. After
the exchange, White can easily execute his plan, f3, Kf2, etc.} Qxc7 17. Bxc7
Bg4 18. f3 Rac8 19. Ba5 Bd7 20. Kf2 h5 21. Bf1 Ng8 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Rd3 Ne7 24.
Rad1 {Natural moves were played by both sides, and White stands symbolically
better.} Bg7 {I'm sure sure this was a good decision. By eventually exchanging
the dark-squared bishops, White will get a very pleasant position.} 25. e3 Kg8
26. R3d2 Ba4 27. Re1 Bd7 28. Ne2 $1 Rc7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc3 (30. Nf4 {
seemed to me more natural, but White probably wanted to keep all four rooks on
the board, and I think he was right:} Rec8 31. Bd3 Rc1 $132) 30... Be6 31. Red1
b5 32. a3 Rb8 $6 ({I thought} 32... Nf5 $1 {would have been a better move,
preventing} 33. Ne2 $6 {because of} Bc8 $1 {and the e3-pawn becomes a serious
problem:} 34. Rd3 $8 Rc2 $15) 33. Ne2 a5 34. Nd4 Bd7 $2 {Allowing White to fix
a weakness on b5.} (34... b4 35. a4 {was no fun for Black, but definitely
better than the game.}) 35. b4 axb4 (35... Rc3 36. Ra1 axb4 37. axb4 Nf5 38.
Nxf5+ Bxf5 {may have been a better (or at least more active) defence.}) 36.
axb4 Ra8 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. Rdb1 Rb7 39. Rc1 Rba7 $2 40. Nxb5 Bxb5 ({After} 40...
Rb7 {Anish might have blundered} 41. Rc7 {but the problem is that 41.Nd4 also
works!}) 41. Bxb5 Ra3 42. Be2 Rb7 43. b5 Rb6 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rdd2 Rb7 {That
endgame should be dead lost for Black, but Anish Giri fought like a lion.} 46.
Bd3 (46. Ra2 {may have been White's idea, but actually after} Rxa2 47. Rxa2 Nf5
48. Ra6+ Ke7 {followed with ...Nd6, the win is far from simple.}) 46... Nc8 47.
e4 $5 {It seemed fairly good to open the position and give the white rooks
more potencial, but even after that, Black remains relatively solid.} dxe4 48.
Bxe4 Rb6 49. Rd7 (49. Bd3 $5 Nd6 50. Bf1 {may have been better, avoiding ...
Nc4 ideas.}) 49... Rc3 50. Rb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Nb6 52. Be4 Ke5 53. Rd2 $2 {
At that moment, I felt like Black is going to escape this nightmare.} ({
My feeling was that} 53. Re2 $1 {should be a forced win, but I underestimated
Black's next move, that surely annoyed Wang Hao:} Kd4 $8 (53... Kd6 54. Rc2 $1
Rc5 55. Rxc5 Kxc5 56. Bc6 {threatening Bc8 is an easy win, e.g.} Nc8 57. Ke3
Nd6 58. Kf4 Nxb5 59. Bxb5 Kxb5 60. g4 $18) (53... Kf6 $2 54. Rc2 Rxc2+ 55. Bxc2
Ke5 56. Bb3 $18) 54. Bc6 $5 (54. Rc2 Rb3 $132) 54... Nc4 55. b6 $5 {Of course,
I haven't seen that far!} Rb3 $1 (55... Nxb6 56. Re4+ Kc5 57. Be8 $18) 56. b7
Na5 57. Rd2+ Kc3 58. Bd5 Rb6 59. Ke3 Nxb7 60. Bxf7 Nd6 61. Rd3+ Kc2 {and the
war is not over!}) 53... Rb3 54. Bc6 Nc4 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Rd8 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Nd2+
58. Ke3 Nf1+ $1 {A very nasty move. Now White should sac couple of pawns if he
wants to play on.} 59. Kf3 (59. Kd4 $4 Rd2+ $19) 59... Nd2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4+ 61.
Kf3 ({I still believe White could have tried} 61. Ke3 Nxg3 62. Rd1 {after what
Black would still have to suffer to make a draw, as} Nf5+ (62... Rb4 $5) 63.
Kd3 Nxh4 64. Kc3 Re2 65. Bd7 $1 {(with the idea of b6) does not seem fun for
Black.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solovjev, Nikolay1"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:59"]
[BlackClock "0:16:42"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nh6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. h4 Bg7 11. Qd2 {An entertaining new move.} Rb8 ({
In a previous game Black played more carefully:} 11... d6 12. h5 Be6 13. hxg6
hxg6 14. b3 Rb8 15. Rc1 a6 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Kf1 e6 19. Qf4 Qe7 20.
Rd1 Rfd8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd3 d5 23. Rf3 f5 24. Qh4 Kf8 25. g4 dxc4 26. gxf5
gxf5 27. e4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 cxb3 30. axb3 Rb5 31. Qh5 Qe8 32. Qh7
Qe7 33. Qg6 Kg8 34. Rh3 fxe4 35. Rh8+ {1-0 (35) Kjartansson,G (2446)-Fedorchuk,
S (2660) Legnica 2013}) 12. h5 b5 $5 {Black wants to exploit the strength of
his black-squared bishop and the fact that White's king feels a little
insecure. Objectively, Black should not get much but White soon loses control.}
13. hxg6 hxg6 14. cxb5 d6 15. a4 Bb7 16. e4 ({It was safer to exchange pieces
with} 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 {and now after} 17. Kf1 {Black still has to prove his
compensation.}) 16... a6 17. Bf1 e6 18. bxa6 {[#]White opens the b-file and
probably underestimated Black's possibilities.} Bxe4 $1 19. Nxe4 Rxb2 20. Qg5 {
White's queen has to prevent ...Qa5+. But now Black has a surprising tactical
shot:} Bc3+ $1 {Maybe White missed this possibility when he played 18.bxa6.}
21. Kd1 Qb6 {Black's attack is overwhelming.} 22. Ra3 Qd4+ 23. Kc1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 {This complex
opening sytem is becoming popular, as it perfectly fits the bill of creating
position full of life. In a strategically complicated scheme both players can
find lots of content and the better player will triumph.} 7. Ne1 a6 8. d3 Rb8
9. a4 d6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Rb1 {Navara is hoping to be first player who manages
to push his b-pawn to b4 or b5. The most popular continuation is not the only
one, but is seems to be the most logical line. The alternative plan deserv a
mention is tied to the transfer of the second knight to d5 with 11.Ne3.} (11.
Nb1 a5 12. Ne3 Nb4 13. Nd5 {1/2 (13) Psakhis,L (2585)-Kupreichik,V (2535)
Leeuwarden 1993}) (11. Ne3 Bd7 (11... Nb4 12. Bd2 b6 (12... Be6 13. a5 f5 14.
Nc2 Nec6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Nd4 18. Qd1 Qe7 19. e3 Nb5 20. Qc2
Rbe8 21. Ra4 Qf7 22. Rc4 $11 {1-0 (40) Vukic,M (2450)-Bosiocic,M (2365) Rijeka
2005}) 13. Ncd5 (13. Ned5 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 {1/2 (14) Peng,Z (2335)-Chiburdanidze,
M (2510) Jakarta 1993}) 13... Nbxd5 14. cxd5 Bb7 15. b4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Ba8 17.
Rac1 Rfd8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bb7 20. Nc2 Ra8 21. e3 Qe8 22. Na3 Qd7 23. Nc4
$14 {1-0 (35) Landa,K (2584)-Palliser,R (2413) Port Erin 2006}) (11... Nd4 12.
Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg4 14. Re1 Be6 15. Bd2 a5 16. Bc3 Kh8 17. e3 Nc6 18. f4 Nb4
19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 (50) Ginzburg,M (2450)-Rodriguez,J (2395) La
Carlota 1995}) 12. Bd2 h5 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b3 h4 17.
Ra6 h3 18. Bh1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nd4 20. Ba5 Qg5 {0-1 (33) Diaz Hollemaert,N (2474)
-Fier,A (2570) Villa Martelli 2010} 21. Re1 $15) (11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Ne3 b5 13.
cxb5 axb5 14. axb5 Be6 15. Nc4 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Qa3 Bc6 19.
Rfc1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21. Ne3 Qd6 $15 {1/2 (76) Giorgadze,G-Fernandes,A (2485)
Ponferrada 1997}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne3 Nc6 14. Ned5 Be6 15. e3 a5
16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Nb5 h5 18. Rad1 h4 19. b3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 f5 $11 {
1-0 (37) Vukic,M (2471)-Tadic,B (2427) Jahorina 2001}) 11... a5 {The radical
prevention of b2-b4 advance makes the split of the control of light/dark
square on the board even more prominent.} (11... Be6 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Bd2 b5 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. b4 Qc7 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qa4 Rfb8 20.
Rxb5 Qxb5 21. Qa3 $11 {0-1 (44) Van Wely,L (2445)-Polgar,J (2550) Wijk aan Zee
1990}) 12. Bg5 {The knights in the position with explicit strongholds on b4/b5
and d4/d5 squares have become rather precious. Black does not want to tolerate
the pin along the d8-h4 diagonal.} (12. f4 f5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Ne3
Bd7 16. Nc4 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 b5 18. Qxa5 bxc4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. dxc4 e4 $15 {
1-0 (72) Onischuk,A (2610)-Miezis,N (2505) New York 1998}) (12. Ne3 Nb4 13. f4
(13. Ned5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 {1/2 (14) Levin,F (2445)-Malisauskas,V (2495)
Groningen 1991}) (13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ncd5 f5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Nd5
Qd8 18. e3 h5 19. h4 Bf7 20. f4 Re8 21. Kh2 Kh7 22. Qc2 exf4 23. exf4 Bxd5 24.
Bxd5 Qf6 $15 {1/2 (33) Tokarev,I (2288)-Voitsekhovsky,S (2549) Kazan 2012})
13... Be6 14. Ned5 Nexd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rbc8 18. fxe5 Bxe5
19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. e3 f5 22. d4 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {0-1 (40)
Rajkovic,D (2522)-Nestorovic,N (2436) Podgorica 2007}) (12. b3 Nb4 13. Nxb4
axb4 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bb2 Be6 16. e3 Qd7 17. Nb6 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. f4 f5 20.
Qc2 Rbe8 $11 {1/2 (30) Konopka,M (2489)-Biolek,R (2454) Czechia 2005}) 12... f6
13. Bd2 f5 (13... Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Ncd5 b6 16. Bc3 Bh3 17. Qb3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2
h5 19. Qb5 Qb7 20. Kg1 Kh7 $11 {1-0 (44) Paunovic,D (2518)-Nagrocka,E (2473)
Yugoslavia 2002}) 14. f4 Be6 15. Nd5 Nb4 (15... b6 16. Na3 Nb4 17. Qb3 Qd7 18.
Rbe1 Kh8 19. Nb5 Bg8 20. Kh1 h6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. e4 Nec6 $11 {1/2 (48)
Botvinnik,M-Bobotsov,M (2455) Tel Aviv 1964}) 16. fxe5 $6 {[%mdl 32] The Czech
player deserves credit for actively seeking ways of enlivening the position
with a timely opening. Unfortunately the pieces of Vachier will become too
active for comfort.} (16. Ncxb4 axb4 17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bxe5 19. Bg5 Qd7
20. e4 $11) 16... Nbxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bxa5 $2 {Navara is
playing with a concept and thus he bravely eats the pawn on a5. His idea was
not to open the centre in order to start defending, even though it would have
objectively been the better approach.} (19. Qc1 Qd7 20. Bxa5 Qxa4 21. Qd2 Qd7
22. Bc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 b5 $15) (19. Na3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Nc4
Bxc4 23. dxc4 Qe5 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kg7 26. Kg2 Rfe8 $15) 19... f4 $1 {
The compensation of the French grandmaster is in very dangerous kingside
activity. White will try hard to hold the position, but control of it is
slipping away from him.} 20. Qe1 (20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. gxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23.
e4 Bb3 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Be1 Qd7 $17) (20. Be1 Be5 21. Rf3 Rbd8 (21... Bg4 22. d4
cxd4 23. Rd3 Ne3 24. Nxe3 fxe3 $15) 22. Kh1 Bg4 $17) 20... Be5 $1 21. e4 fxe3
22. Bc3 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 (23. Qxf1 Bxc3 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. bxc3 Rf8 $19) 23... Re8
{The latest complications were definitely favourable for Black and White needs
to find the best defensive chance otherwise the position might collapse for
him.} (23... Bd7 24. d4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4 28. Qb4
Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Rc8 30. Rc4 $15) 24. Na3 {The exchange of the bishops on e5
might be a paradoxical solution, but would have presented Black with a bigger
challenge to improve his position.} (24. Bxe5 $5 Qxe5 25. Bg2 Kg7 (25... h5 26.
Be4 Bf5 27. Nxe3 Bxe4 28. dxe4 Qxe4 29. Ng2 Qxa4 $15) 26. Be4 Bf5 27. Nxe3 Qd4
28. Bxd5 Rxe3 29. Qf2 Rxd3 $17) 24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bd5 26. Nc4 {Opposite
coloured bishops tend to be a strong factor in endgame types of positions.
Unfortunately for the defender the black e-pawn represents a formidable force.}
(26. Nb5 Qe6 27. Rb2 Kg7 28. Bg2 (28. Re2 $6 Bb8 $19) 28... Bxg2 29. Rxg2 Rd8
$17) 26... Bxc4 27. dxc4 Qd2 $1 28. Qe2 (28. Rd1 Qxe1 29. Rxe1 Bxc3 30. Re2 Bd2
$17) 28... Rf8 29. Rxb7 (29. Rd1 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Rf2 31. Rd2 Bxc3 32. Rc2 Bd4 $19
) 29... Bxc3 30. Rb1 {The pawn can not be stopped any more so the fight is
over.} (30. Qxd2 exd2 31. Be2 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Rf1+ $19) (30. Rb3 Qc1 $19) 30...
Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Rf2 32. Bd3 Rd2 33. Be4 e2 34. Kf2 (34. Bf3 Rb2 $19) 34... Ra2
0-1

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 (5. e3 e6 6. d4 d5) 5... a5 (5...
a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 b5 9. c5) (5... e6 6. b4 Nxb4 $1 (6... cxb4 7.
axb4 Nxb4 8. Ba3)) 6. d3 (6. e3) (6. Nf3) (6. Nh3 $5) 6... d6 7. Nf3 e5 {
/\ Nge7} (7... Nf6) 8. O-O Nge7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Rb1 $2 (11. Ne3 Qd7
12. Ned5 Rab8) 11... d5 $5 $36 12. b3 (12. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bc8
15. Ne3 Nxe3 (15... Nde7 $5) 16. Bxe3 Bd7 $10 17. b4 $5) 12... h6 (12... d4 $2
13. Ne4 b6 14. b4) 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 $5 (14. dxe4 $15) 14... b6 15. Nc3 f5
$5 (15... Bf5 16. Be4 Bh3 17. Re1) (15... Ra7 $142 {(/\ 16...Rd7) e.g.} 16. Ne3
(16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rd7 18. Qe2 Rxd3 (18... Bf5 19. Be4 Bh3 20. Rd1 f5) 19.
Nd5 Rxd5 20. cxd5 Nxd5) 16... Rd7 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20.
cxd5 Qxd5) 16. Ne3 (16. b4 $2 axb4 17. axb4 e4 $1) 16... Ra7 17. Ned5 Rd7 $15
18. Bb2 Kh7 19. Re1 Bf7 20. Ba1 Re8 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Qc2 Rxd3 $5 23. Bd5 $1 (
23. Nd5 $2 e4) 23... Rxd5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rbd1 Qa8 26. Rd2 Re7 (26... Nxc3
27. Qxc3 Bd5 28. f4 Re7 29. fxe5 Be4 30. Red1 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rd7+ Kg8 (
32... Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kg8 34. Red7) 33. Bxe5 $18) 27. Red1 Nf6 $2 (27... Nxc3 28.
Bxc3 Qb7 29. b4 $5) (27... Nxc3 28. Qxc3 Qe8 {(/\ 29...Qb5)} 29. b4 cxb4 30.
axb4 a4) 28. Rd6 h5 $2 (28... Qb7 29. Na4 $1 Nd7 30. Qd2 Be8 (30... Be6 $2 31.
Rxe6) (30... Bxb3 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 Bxa4 34. Rb7) 31. Qd5
$16) (28... Qb7 29. Na4 Nd7 30. Qd3 Be8 31. Qd5 $142 (31. Qb5 e4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7
33. Nxb6 Ne5 34. Qxc5 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kg2 e3 36. Qd5 e2 37. Qxf3 Bc6 38. Nd5
exd1=Q 39. Qxd1 Rd7) 35... e3 36. fxe3 Nxh2+ 37. Kg1 Nf3+ 38. Kf2 Ng5) 31...
Qb8) 29. Rxb6 h4 30. Qe2 h3 (30... e4) 31. Qf1 e4 32. Qxh3+ Nh5 33. Qh4 $1 Qa7
(33... Qe8 34. Rb8 $1) 34. Nb5 Rd7 $6 (34... Qxb6 35. Qxe7 Qxb5 36. Qxf7 e3 (
36... Qe2 37. Rd6) 37. Bxg7) 35. Nxa7 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 e3 $5 (36... Bd5 37. Qg5 $1
) (36... Rxa1) 37. fxe3 Rxa1 38. Rd6 $1 Rxa3 39. Nc6 Rxb3 40. Nd8 Be8 41. Qe7
Rb2+ 42. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 17th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2015.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game was played in the 3rd round of the Dubai Open and I had a perfect
score so far and was eager to continue with my winning ways.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4
Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. a3 {I was expecting this
system as my opponent had played it before and was quite prepared for it.} Qd7
8. b4 $5 {Not the most popular choice but I believe this to be the most
critical test of Black's system.} cxb4 $6 {My opponent reacted inaccurately
after encountering a slight surprise. I believe Black should not accept the
pawn sacrifice as White has more than enough compensation for the sacrificed
material.} (8... Nf6 $5 {is probably better.}) 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. d4 Nf6 11. Qb3
Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 (12... Nb8 13. Ng5 Na6 (13... h6 14. Ne6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16.
Bxb7 Bxc4 17. Qb1 O-O 18. Bxa8 $16 {Black does not have sufficient
compensation for the exchange.}) 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qb1 Bg4 16. f3 h6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7
18. fxg4 Kg8 19. e5 {with a winning attack for White.}) (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5
dxe5 14. Be3 a6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Ba5 Rb8 (17... Nd7 18. e4) 18. Nb6
Qc5 19. e4 Bg4 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. h3 Bc8 22. Rfd1 $16) 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 $1 {
A strong exchange sacrifice by White which I had prepared at home.} Bxe4 {
My opponent chose not to accept but in any case the advantage is with White.} (
14... Bxa1 15. Nxd6+ exd6 (15... Qxd6 16. Rxa1 O-O 17. c5 Qc7 18. Qc4) 16. Rxa1
O-O 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qb2 f6 19. Qxf6 b6 20. Qb2 {White is calling the shots
here. Black will find it hard to find good moves and the extra material has no
say.}) 15. Rxa7 Rxa7 16. Bxa7 b5 ({After} 16... O-O 17. Be3 {Black would be
left with a permanently weak pawn on b7.}) 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. Rc1
Ne6 {It is easy to understand Black's move though it might not be the best. He
wants to resolve the position as early as possible and bring out his kingside
to play. The b-pawn looks really dangerous.} ({The computer recommends} 19...
f5 {but is also worse after} 20. b6 (20. Bb6 $5) 20... e5 21. Rc7 O-O 22. Nd2
e4 23. e3 Ne6 24. Rd7 Nc5 25. Rxd6 Ba8 26. Nc4 $16 {White is just better
without any real counter-play for Black.}) 20. Ng5 $1 {A very strong move
possibly missed by my opponent giving me a decisive advantage.} Bxg2 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Kxg2 $18 Kd7 23. b6 d5 24. f4 $2 {Does not throw away the win but
already makes it quite difficult for White and increases Black's chances of
survival.} (24. Rc7+ $1 {and a few accurate moves would force resignation from
Black.} Kd8 (24... Kd6 25. e3 {Black's main defence consists of stopping the
white pawn from advancing using his bishop on h2-b8 or g1-a7 diagonal. White
has just prevented all of Black's ideas.}) 25. Bb8 $1 Be5 (25... Bd4 26. b7 $18
Re8 27. Rc8+ Kd7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Bc7 $18) 26. Rd7+ $1 Kxd7 27. Bxe5 $1 $18 {
was not easy to find.}) 24... Bd4 $1 {Black's best chance.} 25. Kf3 (25. e4 $5
{was an interesting possiblity taking advantage of the awkwardly placed black
pieces.} Rf8 (25... e5 26. exd5 Rf8 27. Rc4) 26. exd5 exd5 27. Rd1 e5 28. fxe5
(28. Rxd4 exd4 29. b7 Kc7 30. b8=Q+ Rxb8 31. Bxb8+ Kxb8 32. Kf2 Kc7 33. Ke2 Kd6
$11) 28... Be3 29. Rd3 $1 {The most precise way...} Bf2 30. Rxd5+ Ke6 31. Ra5
$18 {Leads to a completely won endgame.}) 25... Rf8 26. Rc7+ Kd6 27. Rc2 Kd7
28. Kg2 $2 (28. Kg4) ({The last chance for White was after} 28. e3 Be5 29. Kg4
$1 {Going for the h7-pawn with the king. This surprising manoeuvre gives White
good chances for an advantage.} Bb8 30. Kg5 e5 31. Kh6 exf4 (31... d4 $5 32.
exd4 exf4 33. Kg7 Rc8 34. Rb2 f3 35. Kxh7 Rf8 36. Rf2 Bd6 37. b7 Kc6 38. Bc5
Kxb7 39. Bxd6 exd6 40. h4 $16) 32. exf4 e5 33. fxe5 Ke6 34. Re2 d4 35. Kxh7
Rf7+ 36. Kxg6 Bxa7 37. bxa7 Rxa7 38. g4) 28... e5 $1 $11 29. Rc7+ Kd6 30. fxe5+
Bxe5 31. e3 Ke6 32. Rc2 Kd7 33. b7 Bb8 34. Bb6 Bd6 35. Ba7 {I already did not
see a way to progress and decided to objectively accept the fact that I had
spoiled my chances :-(} Bb8 36. Bc5 Be5 37. Bd4 Bc7 38. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 $5 {TN /\12.Rfc1,13.Qd1} (11. Qc1 b6 12. Bh6
f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nc2 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2
Voskanian,Vahagn-Rogers,Ian/It "Troll Masters", I, Gausdal (Norway) (9) 1995})
11... Be6 (11... h6 $5 {/\12...Be6}) 12. Ng5 $5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bc6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 $5 (16... f5 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Nf3 Nxf3
20. Kxf3 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Qd7 22. Kg2 $14) 17. Rxb4 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne6 $5 (
19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. exf3 Nc6 22. Rb1 Nd4 23. Be3 $14) 20. Qb1 g5 $5
$132 21. Ne1 (21. Rc1 g4 22. Ne1 Qd7 $132) 21... g4 22. Nc2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd7
24. Kg1 (24. Ne3 f4 25. Ned5 f3+ $36) 24... Rf7 25. Rb6 {/\26.Qb5} Nc8 $1 26.
Rb2 h5 $5 27. Nd5 h4 (27... e4 $6 28. dxe4 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 $36) 28. Ne1 (28. Nb6
$5 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 {/\30.Qb5} f4 $132) 28... f4 29. Ng2 Nd4 $5 30. Bc3 f3 31.
exf3 (31. Nxh4 fxe2 32. Re1 Nf3+ $40) 31... Nxf3+ (31... gxf3 32. Nxh4 Ne2+ 33.
Rxe2 fxe2 34. Re1 $16) 32. Kh1 h3 $1 $13 33. Nge3 Ne7 34. Nxe7+ Rxe7 35. Qd1
Rf7 36. Qe2 Rbf8 37. Nd5 Qf5 38. Rfb1 Ng5 39. Kg1 Nf3+ (39... Qf3 40. Qxf3 Rxf3
41. Ne3 $13) (39... Bh6 $6 40. Rxb7 Qxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Rxf2 42. Ne7+ $16) 40. Kh1
Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Bf4 (7. O-O Nge7
8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 Nf5 $11 {sieht natürlicher aus, doch bevorzugt die indische
WGM den Läufer auf g7 eingesperrt zu sehen.}) 7... e5 (7... Nge7 8. Qd2 Nf5 $11
{könnte zu schärferem Spiel führen.}) 8. Bd2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O {Eine bekanne
Stellung, in der es Schwarz nicht leicht hat, das Spiel zu komplizieren.} 10.
Ne1 f5 {Dieser Vostoß ist hier nicht unbedingt notwendig. Nachhaltiger
erscheint} (10... Be6 $5 11. Nd5 ({in Kostic-Lalic, Nowi Sad 2005, geschah} 11.
Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qa4
Rad8 18. Bc3 f5 19. Ng2 {, wonach 19...} Nd4 $17 {nachteilig für Weiß wäre})
11... Qd7 $11 {und Schwarz steht bestimmt nicht schlechter.}) 11. Qc1 Rb8 12.
Nc2 a6 13. Ne3 (13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Rb1 b5 16. Qd2 $11) 13... b5 ({
Sorgt für Komplikationen, wobei das rühigere} 13... Be6 14. Ned5 b5 15. Bg5 Qd7
$11 {durchaus passabel wäre.}) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 $6 (15... f4 $5 16.
Nd5 Rxb5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxc6 Rb6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 $44 {mit genügend Spiel für
das geopfertes Material.}) 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxb5 Nd4 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 f4
20. Bc7 Nxe2+ (20... Nb5 21. Nc4 Nxc7 22. Nxd6 $14) 21. Kh1 f3 22. Bxd6 fxg2+
23. Kxg2 $2 ({Richtig ist} 23. Nxg2 Rf7 (23... Re8 24. Bxc5 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Nd4
26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nf4 $16) 24. Bxc5 Bf5 25. Rfe1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rac1 $14
{mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß.}) 23... Bb7+ 24. f3 Rf7 ({Vorsichtiger wäre
} 24... Nf5 25. Bxc5 Rc8 26. Bb6 Ba6 27. Nc4 Ned4 $11) 25. Nc4 $6 (25. Bxc5 Nc6
26. Nc2 $14 {sieht wiederum freundlich für Weiß aus.}) 25... g5 (25... Nd4 $5
$11) 26. Bxc5 g4 27. Nd6 Bxf3+ 28. Kf2 $6 (28. Rxf3 gxf3+ 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Ne4
Re8 31. a4 $14) 28... Rf6 29. Ne8 $2 ({Verliert die Partie, während} 29. Rae1
Nc6 30. Rxe2 Bf8 31. Nb7 Bxc5+ 32. Nxc5 Bxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd4+ 34. Ke1 Nc2+ 35.
Ke2 Nd4+ {zum remis führen sollte.}) 29... Rh6 30. h4 Nf5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg1
Rc6 33. b4 Nxg1 34. Kxg1 Nxg3 35. a4 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Rf6 37. b5 g3+ 38. Ke3 g2 39.
Kd2 Nd4 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. a5 Be4 42. Ke2 Rf1 43. Rxf1 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8.
Na3 Nge7 9. Nb5 O-O (9... Nf5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. h3 {
Todorcevic-Padevski, Vrnjacka Banja 78}) 10. Nbxd4 d5 11. Be3 Nf5 {N} (11...
Re8 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5 $13 {Lechtynsky-Tsuboi, Dubai ol 1986})
12. Nxf5 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 (12... Nxe3 13. Nxd8 Nxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rxd8 15. Rd2 $14)
13. Bc5 Re8 {siehe Lechtynsky-Tsuboi}) 12... Bxf5 13. Nd4 Bg4 $1 14. f3 (14. h3
Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd4) 14... Re8 15. Bf2 Bd7 16. Re1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
Rc8 18. e3 Be6 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qb6 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round, we were sharing 1-2 places, and with
just two rounds to go the game was very important.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 {This is not a very aggressive setup. White plans to
conduct the main fight in the middlegame. During preparation, I saw the games
in which Baadur outplayed his opponents in such a style, and this game also
shows that he plays such positions very well.} e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a3 d5 ({In the first round, Pogorelov choose} 10... Bb7 {
after} 11. Qc1 $1 Kh7 12. b4 $1 $36 {Jobava Baadur 2669 - Pogorelov Ruslan
2451 , Budva 6. 3.2009 Ch Europe. White got the initiative and won in nice
style.}) 11. Rb1 a5 {Typical. This mechanically stops White's play on the
queenside, but weakens the structure.} {This was the first time Baadur started
to think; at this moment he already had more then 20 minutes advantage.} 12. e3
$5 $146 {Taking d4 under control, White prevents the advance d5-d4, because
for a reversed Benoni, Black's pieces are badly placed.} ({After previously
playing} 12. Qb3 {Black successfully solved all his problems.} Rb8 13. Nb5 Bb7
14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc3 e5 {1/2-1/2, Makarov Marat 2560 - Sokolov Andrei 2585 ,
Berlin 1996 It (open) "Berlin Summer"}) 12... Ra7 $6 {Quite a hard mistake.
The move is not too bad in itself, but the plan which Black started with it is
wrong. At the same time, the position is good enough for Black, and there were
even a few promising possibilities.} ({The most simple and healthy setup is
the one which Andrei Sokolov adopted in the game mentioned above} 12... Bb7 $5
13. Qb3 Rb8 $13 {(/\ Qc7, Rfd8).} {and if} 14. Na4 {then} Ba8) ({Also possible
is the sharper} 12... dxc4 $5 13. dxc4 Qd3 14. Qb3 a4 $1 15. Qxb6 Qxc4 $13) {
Here Baadur started (or continued !?) to play quickly and strongly.} 13. Qb3
Ba6 {Continues the plan.} ({Worse is immediately} 13... Rd7 $6 14. Na4 $1 Rb7
15. Rfd1 {and it's difficult for Black to finish development.}) 14. Rfd1 Rd7 {
This was my plan, I thought that next I will put the queen on c7, the second
rook on d8 and put pressure on the centre. With the next few precise moves,
White shows the drawback of this plan.} 15. Na4 $1 Nc8 16. Qc2 $1 {Makes a
threat just in time. The queen is looking towards the c6 knight, after c4xd5
and then d3-d4 or b2-b4; both ideas are strong.} N8e7 {I started to feel, that
there's some danger in the position. But I just couldn't believe in looking at
it, that there could be serious troubles here.} ({The problems of the position
are shown up by the variation} 16... Qc7 $6 17. cxd5 $1 exd5 18. Rdc1 $1 ({
The situation is not so clear after} 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. Bxb4 axb4 22. d4 {Black has a bad pawn structure, but the two bishops give
him serious chances, for example:} Rd8 $1 23. Rxb4 Bf8 $1 24. Rbb1 b5 $13)
18... Nd6 ({If} 18... d4 {then} 19. e4 $1 $14 {(/\b4).}) 19. d4 $1 c4 20. b3
$14 {with a strong initiative.}) ({Maybe, it is the moment to start play to
equalise matters with the passive} 16... dxc4 $5 17. dxc4 Qc7 18. Bc3 Rfd8 {
White is slightly better, because of some weaknesses on both Black's flanks,
but with normal play from both sides, it should gradually lead to equality.})
17. Bc3 $1 {The exchange of the bishops is in White's favour, because the only
useful thing it's doing on d2 is helping with b2-b4. At the same time this
exchange frees space for other pieces.} Qc7 $6 {This natural move is a mistake,
but it's not easy to make the right choice here.} ({Just bad is} 17... Bxc3 $2
{after} 18. bxc3 $1 {!} ({Worse is} 18. Nxc3 $6 Qc7 $13 ({Black can't take the
pawn, because of the unexpected attack} 18... dxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 $2 20. Ne4 $1
{and Black have to secure both bishop on c4, and f6 square, what is impossible}
Bd3 ({or} 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qc3 $18) 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22.
Qc3 $1 $18)) 18... dxc4 19. Rxb6 {More concrete.} ({Also strong is} 19. d4 $5
cxd4 20. cxd4) 19... cxd3 20. Qb1 $1 {Black will lose both c5 and d3 pawns.}
Ra7 21. Nxc5 Bc4 ({If} 21... Nb4 {then} 22. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 23. cxb4 $16) 22. Nd2
$16 Bd5 23. e4) (17... d4 $6 {is weak:} 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 20. b4
$14 {A very good reverse Benoni for White.}) (17... e5 {is more complicated,
but here too White can gain an advantage.} 18. Qb3 $1 {It is not every day we
can meet a position in which the queen manoeuvre from b3-c2-b3 is the best way
to play.} d4 {Necessary} (18... dxc4 $2 {is just bad:} 19. Qxb6 Rxd3 20. Qxd8
Rfxd8 21. Rxd3 ({Also strong is} 21. Nd2 $5) 21... cxd3 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23. e4 $16
{Black will lose the d3-pawn}) 19. exd4 cxd4 (19... exd4 $5 {is more passive:}
20. Bd2 Nc8 {but here White has the initiative, though it's not a clear
advantage. For example:} 21. Re1 $36 (21. Qc2 $6 Re8 $1 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4
Nxb4 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Rde7 $13 {takes too long and Black has good
counterplay.}) 21... Re7 22. Rxe7 N6xe7 23. Qc2 {(/\b2-b4).} Nc6 24. Qc1 $36)
20. Be1 ({Also interesting is} 20. Bd2 $5) 20... Rb7 ({Or} 20... Nc8 $5 21. Qc2
Bb7 22. b4 $14) 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. Qc2 $5 ({The immediate} 22. c5 $5 {is also
possible:} bxc5 23. Qc2 $14) 22... Qc7 23. c5 b5 24. Nb6 $14) ({It seems, that
the best move is still} 17... dxc4 $5 {I just can't give an exclamation mark
to it! After it, the position is a little passive, but it is the most sound of
all the possibilities which Black has.} 18. dxc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc7 {for
example:} 20. b3 Bb7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc3 Rd8) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. cxd5 $1 {
The best moment to change the position in the centre.} Nxd5 ({Worse is} 19...
exd5 $6 20. Bh3 $1 (20. d4 {is less accurate:} cxd4 21. exd4 {White has the
initiative, but Black is solid, and can build a decent defence.} Rb8 $1 22. Qd2
Qd6) 20... f5 {Necessary} (20... Rd6 $2 {is just bad:} 21. b4 $16) 21. Rdc1 $14
{Practically speaking, the position is very unpleasant, Black has to defend a
lot of weaknesses .}) 20. Rbc1 $1 $14 {(/\d3-d4). There's no more for the rook
to do on b1. Now Black faces serious problems.} Rc8 {Defending against d3-d4.}
({The tricky way} 20... Qb8 {doesn't help because of} 21. Qb3 $1 {(/\e3-e4;xb6)
.} ({Black's point works after the immediate} 21. d4 $6 cxd4 $1 $11 {White has
to take on d4 now. If} 22. Qxc6 $2 {then} Rc7 {wins the queen.}) {and Black
has to go on to the defensive.} 21... Rb7 ({After} 21... Rfd8 {his acticity
last for only one more move:} 22. Bf1 $1 {(xd3;/\e3-e4).} Rb7 23. d4 $1 $16)
22. d4 c4 23. Qc2 $14) 21. Qb3 $1 {Making two threats - e3-e4 and d3-d4. If we
take a perfunctory look at the game, then the impression made by White's
manoeuvres will be quite strange. But it is only with such subtle play that
White can gain the advantage in these positions. I have to add, that Black
didn't play badly; he was just making "normal" moves.} ({If White also made
just "normal" moves, there would be no advantage.} 21. Nd2 $6 {(/\Nc4).} Ne5 $1
22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. dxc4 Nf6 {And the position will very soon be level.} 24. Rxd7
({If} 24. Qb3 {then} Rb8) 24... Nxd7 25. Rd1 ({Or} 25. b3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Nf6 $11)
25... Ne5 26. b3 Bb7 $11) {Now Black has a difficult and unpleasant choice.}
21... Rcd8 $6 {We both didn't see the best answer on this move.} ({Better is} 
21... Rb8 22. d4 $1 {and now} Rdd8 $1 (22... cxd4 $2 {is just bad:} 23. Nxd4
Nxd4 24. Rxc7 Nxb3 25. Rxd7 Bb5 {because of} 26. R7xd5 $1 exd5 27. Nc3 $16) (
22... c4 $6 {is less accurate:} 23. Qc2 $16 {Here White didn't play e3-e4, in
comparison with the line after 22...Rdd8; this gives him more possibilities.}
Rdd8 24. Nd2) ({Interesting is} 22... Be2 $5 23. Rd2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 cxd4 {
and White has to go to} 25. Bxd5 $1 (25. Rdc2 $5 {leads to a less clear
position:} Rd6 26. Qb5 Na7 $1 27. Qxd5 $1 ({If} 27. Qd3 {then} Nc6 $1) 27...
Qxc2 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Rxc2 fxe5 30. Rc7+ Kf8 31. Rxa7 $13 {Black has enough
counterplay.}) 25... exd5 (25... Rxd5 $2 {loses material:} 26. Rdc2) 26. Rxd4
Qd6 $14 {White has a good advantage, but the weakness of White's kingside
gives Black counterchances.}) 23. e4 $1 ({Worse is} 23. dxc5 $6 bxc5 24. Qc2 c4
$13 {Black has good counterplay. For example:} 25. Rd2 ({White doesn't win the
pawn after} 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 $13 {and if now} 27. Bxc4 $2 {then} Nxe3
$1 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 Bxc4 $1 30. Qxc4 Rbc8 $1 31. Qf4 Qe2+ 32. Qf2 Qe4+
$17) 25... Ne5 $1 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 $13) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Qc2 {and here Black has
a choice} c4 $14 {White controls the centre, and can prepare the attack on the
kingside, but Black can defend.} ({The alternative is} 24... cxd4 25. Nxd4 $1 (
25. Qxc6 $2 {is weak:} Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Bb5 $1 27. Rxb6 Bxa4 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29.
Rxd4 Bc2 $1 {and Black takes the pawn back. For example:} 30. e5 Nd5 31. Ne1
Rxb2 32. Nxc2 ({If} 32. Bxd5 {then} Rb1 $1) {and now} 32... Nc3 $1 $11) 25...
Rbc8 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. e5 $1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31.
Nc3 Bb7 $16 {The bishop is strong, and Black has real drawing chances.})) 22.
Nd2 $2 {White's only mistake in this game, but when the advantage is not very
big, it's enough to spoil everything.} ({Indeed, White was already very close
to success. It's hard to give Black decent advice after} 22. Bf1 $1 {Defends
d3, and increases the power of all threats.} g5 $5 ({Black simply loses the
pawn after} 22... Rb8 23. d4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 $16) 23. e4 $1 ({But only not} 23.
h3 $2 Nxe3 $1 24. fxe3 Qxg3+ 25. Bg2 Rxd3 $17) ({The point of Black's move is
shown by the variation} 23. d4 $2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 g4 $15) 23... Nf6 24. Qxb6 Qxb6
25. Nxb6 Rd6 26. e5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxb6 28. Rxc5 {and now maybe} Rd5 $5 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 $16 {An extra pawn is an extra pawn, but the defects of White's structure
give Black some chances.}) 22... Nxe3 $1 {It's nice to make the correct
combination with a sacrifice; it's not something which happens every day. Here
it's not only the best move, but as White still had 20 minutes advantage on
the clock, the decision is a very practical one.} 23. fxe3 Rxd3 24. Qxb6 ({
The position after} 24. Qc2 Rxe3 25. Nf1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Re2 27. Qc3+ e5 $13 {
is more risky for White than for Black.}) 24... Qxb6 25. Nxb6 Ne5 $1 {The key
to the combination! Black wants to take the piece back, with very active
pieces; this will force White to go for a draw.} (25... Ne7 $2 {loses:} 26. Bf1
$1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Bxa6 $18 Rd6 29. Nc8 Rxa6 30. Nxe7 {Black can't
catch the knight.} Kf8 31. Nc8 Rc6 32. Na7) 26. Rxc5 ({The alternative} 26. Bf1
{also leads to a draw} Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Bxa6 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxh2+ 30. Kg1
Nf3+ $11) 26... Rxd2 $1 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Rxe5 {Here is the point} Rd1+ $1 {
and White's king can't run away.} 29. Kf2 Rd2+ {Here we looked at each other,
and shook hands. 1/2:1/2.} {The simplest draw is just to repeat moves:} 30. Kg1
({Another way is} 30. Kf3 Be2+ $1 {and now White has to move back} 31. Kf2 ({
The king can't go any further} 31. Kf4 $2 g5+ 32. Ke4 f5+ $19) 31... Ba6+ $11)
(30. Ke1 $2 {is dangerous:} Rxg2 $1 ({If Black wants to play safely, then
possibly} 30... Rxb2 31. Rxa5 Rxb6 $15) 31. Rxa5 Bd3 $15 {With pawns on
different flanks, the bishop is much stronger than the knight.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Black "Uritzky, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O (6. a3 Nge7 (6... a5
7. d3 Nge7 8. Nd2 d6 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. Rb1 f5 12. O-O f4 13. Ned5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Nd4 15. gxf4 Qh4 $13 {Zifroni,D-Liss,E/ISR/1996/0,5/45/}) 7. Rb1 a5 8.
d3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bd2 h6 (10... Rb8 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rfc1 Na7 13. Qd1 b5 14.
cxb5 Nxb5 $10 {Drasko,M-Ernst,T/Tallinn/1989/0,5/54/}) 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8
13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 b5 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. dxc4 Bxc4
$10 {Zifroni,D-Uritzky,M/ISR/1996/0,5/50/}) 6... Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne1 f5 9.
Nc2 d6 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Ne3 f4 11. Ned5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nd4 13. gxf4 Qh4 $13)
10... h6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Ne3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Be6 (13... f4 14. Ned5 $14) 14. Ned5
Nxd5 (14... Nc6 15. b4 $14) 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 $14 f4 17. f3 Qg5 18. Qe1 (
18. Kh1 $5 fxg3 19. Rg1 $16) 18... h5 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Rg1 Rbe8 21. g4 $6 (21.
b4 $5 b6 22. a4 $16) 21... hxg4 22. Rxg4 Rf5 23. Qf2 Rh5 24. Nc3 $2 (24. b4 b6
25. a4 Kf7 26. a5 $14) 24... Kf7 $1 25. Ne4 Rh8 26. Rg2 $8 (26. Nxd6+ $4 Ke6
$19) 26... Bf8 $1 {/\Be7-h4-g3/} 27. Qg1 $8 {/\Nf2-g4/} Be7 28. Nf2 Bh4 29. Ng4
Qg5 30. b4 Qe7 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rb5 b6 33. a4 Qe6 34. a5 (34. Qc1 $5 $13)
34... e4 $5 35. dxe4 $6 (35. axb6 $6 exf3 36. exf3 axb6 $15) (35. fxe4 $5 Bg3
36. Rxg3 fxg3 37. Qxg3 $14) 35... Qxc4 36. Rb1 b5 37. Rc1 Qb4 38. e5 Be7 39.
Nf2 Qd4 $1 40. Nd3 $2 $19 (40. e6+ $32 $132) 40... Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Rf5 42. Nxc5
Rc8 43. Nd3 (43. e6+ $32 Kg7 44. Nd3 $17) 43... Rxc1+ 44. Nxc1 Rxe5 45. Nd3 Rf5
46. Kf2 b4 47. a6 b3 48. e4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tisdall} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. e3 {
White has already some advantage.Black is not able to prevent d2-d4.} Bxc3 {
In order to change a normal course of the game black gives up his active bi-
shop.} 8. bxc3 f5 9. e4 $1 {Thus white retains his advantage.} Nf6 (9... fxe4
10. Ng5 e3 $5 11. Bd5 $16) 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Re1 Bh3 (12... O-O $5 {
Tisdall though conventional, looks preferable.}) 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Ng5 Qf5 15.
f4 h6 16. Ne6 Kf7 (16... Kd7 {Tisdall} 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qa4 Qxd3 $2 19. Nxc5+ $1)
17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb2 Nd8 {Knight e6 is to be exchanged-then black would be out
of danger.} 19. Ng5+ $1 {An unpleasant surprise for black.} hxg5 {19...Kf8 was
more prudent.} (19... Ke8 {Tisdall} 20. Rbe2 {is also unappealing for black.}
hxg5 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. fxg5) 20. fxg5 Qg4 {The best attempt to save the
difficult position,but it fails due to a tactical finesse.} 21. Rxe7+ Kg8 {
Or 21...Kf8 22.De1 Sh5 23.Tf1 with an irresistible attack.} (21... Kxe7 {
Tisdall} 22. gxf6+ {and Qxg4.}) 22. Rg7+ $1 {This move reminds to us the
famous Steiniz-Bardeleben game!} Kf8 23. Qf1 Kxg7 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 {Or 24...Kh7
25.De7 Kg8 26.Tf2 and the game is over.} (24... Kh7 {Tisdall} 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26.
Rf2) 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Rf2+ Ke7 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qxh8+ Kd7 29. Qh7+ Kc6 30. Qf5
Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Ne6 32. h4 Re8 33. Kf2 a6 34. a4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 (6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Nxd4
8. Ne4 (8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nf5 10. g4 a6 11. Qa4 axb5 $5 (11... Nh4 12. Nd6+
Kf8 $13) 12. Qxa8 Nh4 13. Bxb7 (13. cxb5 Nxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O $17) 13... Bxb7 14.
Qxb7 bxc4 15. Qb5 h5 $1 16. g5 Qa8 17. f3 Qd5 $1 $17 {Adorjan,A}) 8... O-O $1
9. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $10 {Ruck,R-Adorjan,A Magyarorszag(ch)
1995}) 6... Nge7 7. b4 b6 $1 {N} 8. Rb1 O-O 9. bxc5 (9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11.
d3 Qd7 12. bxc5 dxc5 $10) 9... bxc5 10. Ne4 (10. O-O Ba6 $1 11. Ne4 (11. Qa4
Qa5 $1) (11. Nb5 d5 $1) 11... Bxc4 12. Nxc5 Ba2 $1) 10... d6 11. Bb2 f5 $1 12.
Nc3 (12. Bxg7 $2 fxe4 13. Bxf8 exf3 14. Bxf3 (14. Bxe7 fxg2 $19) 14... Qxf8 (
14... Kxf8 $6 15. h4 $1 $36) 15. Qa4 Bd7 $17) 12... Rb8 13. Qc2 $8 (13. O-O Na5
$17) 13... a6 (13... Nd4 $5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. O-O e5 (16... a6 $2
17. Nxd4 $1 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxb8 $18) 17. Bc1 $1 (17. Ba1 Qc5) 17... Be6
(17... a6 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Nd5 $13) (17... Qc5 18. a4 $1) 18. e3 Qc5 19. d3 $13)
14. O-O (14. e3 $2 e5 $1 15. O-O (15. d3 e4 $1 16. dxe4 Qa5 $1 $17) 15... e4
16. Ne1 Ne5 $17) 14... Nd4 $1 (14... Bb7 15. e3 $1 $14) 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Na2
$1 $132 Qc7 17. Ba1 $1 Bd7 18. Nb4 Rb6 $1 (18... Qa5 19. Qa2 $1 Rfc8 20. e3) (
18... Qa7 19. e3 a5 20. Nd3) 19. e3 dxe3 20. dxe3 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 a5 (21... Nc6
$2 22. Nd5 $1 $16) 22. Nd3 Bc6 $1 23. c5 Bxg2 (23... Bb5 $6 24. Rfc1 Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 dxc5 26. Qc3 $14) 24. Kxg2 dxc5 (24... Rc6 25. Qc4 $5 (25. cxd6 $10) 25...
dxc5 26. Nf4 $44) 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 (25... Rc6 26. Qe5 $10) 26. Nxc5 Rc8 27. Rfc1
Rbc6 (27... Rbc6 28. Nb3 a4 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Nd4 Rb6 31. Rc1 e5 32. Nf3 Rb3
33. Nxe5 Rxa3 34. Rc7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 (5... e6) 6. a3 e5 7. Rb1 a5
8. d3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Bd7 $44 (12... Bxd5 13.
cxd5 Nb8 (13... Nd4 14. e3 Ndf5 15. b4 $16)) 13. Nxe7+ (13. b4 $5 axb4 14. axb4
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxb4 (15... Bh3 16. Ng2 cxb4 17. Re1) 16. Bxb4 Qe7 17. Nc2 $14)
13... Qxe7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 (15... Nd4 16. Bc3 $1 (16. Nc2 $2 Ba4)
16... Bg4 (16... Ra2 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rxb7) 17. Rb2 $14) 16. Nc2
Ra2 17. Ne3 Rfa8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 Bc6 (20... Ba4 21. Qb1 (21.
Qe1 Bc6 22. Nc3 Rc2 $1) 21... Rxe2 $2 22. Rxb7 (22. Nc3 Bc2 23. Qc1 (23. Qb2 e4
) 23... Bxd3 24. Nxe2 Bxe2 25. Re1 Bg4 $44) 22... Bc2 23. Qb5 Bxd3 24. Nb6) 21.
Nc3 R2a3 22. Rb3 (22. Qc2 $2 e4 $1 23. Nxe4 Ra2 24. Qd1 (24. Qc1 Rxe2) 24... f5
25. Nd2 Bc3) 22... R3a5 $132 23. Qd2 (23. Qc2) 23... Kh7 24. Rfb1 f5 25. Rb6 $6
(25. Nd5) 25... Ra1 $1 26. R6b3 (26. Qc2 $4 Qxb6) (26. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27. Rb1 Rxb1+
28. Nxb1 Qb6 29. Nc3 Qb4 30. Qc2 e4 31. Nd5 $11) 26... Rxb1+ $6 (26... R1a5 27.
Nd5) 27. Rxb1 Qa5 28. Qc2 Qc5 29. Nd5 {/\ N} b5 $5 30. Ne7 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 bxc4
32. dxc4 Qa7 (32... Ra7 33. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kh8 35. Rb8+ $18) 33. Nd5 e4
(33... Qa4 34. Qc1 Qa3 35. Qxa3 Rxa3 36. Rb7 Kg8 (36... Ra4 $4 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38.
Rb8+ $18) (36... g5 37. Ne7) 37. Rd7 $16) 34. Rb6 Qa4 35. Qc1 Qd7 36. Qb1 (36.
Qf4 Rd8 (36... Be5 $4 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Nf6+)) 36... Ra7 37. Qb4 Be5 {/\} 38.
c5 $1 dxc5 39. Qxc5 $16 Bg7 40. Rd6 Qf7 $6 (40... Qb7 41. Rc6 $16 Bf8 $2 42.
Qxf8 Qxc6 43. Nf6+) 41. Qc6 Be5 42. Re6 Bg7 43. h4 $1 h5 (43... Rb7 44. Rxg6 $1
) (43... Ra2 44. Re7 Qf8 45. Nf6+ Kh8 46. Re8) (43... Bh8 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rxh6+
) (43... Bf8 44. h5 g5 45. Rf6) 44. e3 (44. Nf4 Rc7 45. Qb6 Rb7 46. Qd8 (46.
Qe3 Bh6) 46... Bh6 47. Nxg6 Qxg6 48. Rxg6 Kxg6 $16) 44... Bh8 45. Nf4 Rc7 46.
Qb6 Rb7 47. Qd8 Bg7 48. Rxg6 {/\ Q} Bh6 $2 (48... Qxg6 49. Nxg6 Kxg6 50. Qg5+
$18) (48... Qe7 49. Qd5 Qd7 50. Qxd7 Rxd7 51. Rc6 $18) 49. Rxh6+ (49. Rxh6+
Kxh6 50. Qh8+ Qh7 51. Qf6+) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O {
Even in such a basically static system, the move order can be important.} ({
If Black advances his d-pawn at once with} 7... d6 {, hoping to play ...Be6
before White can defend the d5-square with Ne1-c2-e3, he should count with} 8.
b4 {as, for instance, in Kramnik,V (2800)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Moscow 2011
CBM 146 [Ramirez Alvarez] (0-1, 53)}) 8. Rb1 ({Under the given circumstances,} 
8. b4 {can be met with} d5 $5 {without loss of time.}) 8... d5 $5 {A rare and
daring continuation} ({If} 8... a5 {White would be in time to regroup:} 9. Ne1
d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 {[%cal Gd2d3,Gc1d2,Ge3d5,Gb2b4]}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
({One important point is that the standard tactical blow} 10. Nxe5 {does not
offer much here:} Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Nxe2+ (11... Nxd1 12. Nxd8 {Schwartzman,G 
(2505)-Scott,G Chicago 1994 (1-0, 49)} Bg4 $3 $132 13. Rxd1 $2 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bd3
$15) 12. Qxe2 bxc6 13. d3 Ba6 (13... Bf5 14. Be4 Re8 15. Be3 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Rxe4
17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Rc4 20. Be3 a5 $11 {Hauchard,A (2490)
-Aubert,L (2285) Maromme 1994 (1-0, 47)}) 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Qf5
17. Rbc1 Rd5 $11 {Voiska,M (2261)-Zhukova,N (2468) Kragujevac 2013 (1/2-1/2,
25)}) 10... Qxd5 11. d3 Qd6 {It is best to evacuate the d5-square before
anything else.} (11... Bd7 12. Ng5 $1 $146 Qd6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2
$14 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 12. b4 {It looks logical to strike at once.} (12. Be3 {
is a bit too slow} Bd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Rxb7 Bc6 17.
Ne4 Qd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nc5 Qd6 $11 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Nc5
{1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M (2506)-Abrahamyan,T (2376) Reykjavik 2014}) ({Since Black
has not committed his bishop yet,} 12. Ng5 {does not offer anything special}
Nd4 $146 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 13. e3 Ne6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. b4 Rd8 $132 {[%csl Gc5,Rd3]}
) 12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ba3 a5 15. Nd2 {White will retrieve the pawn
soon, but Black has a tempo to minimise the positional damage.} Be6 $5 $146 {
Heading straight for an inferior ending in which the opposite-coloured bishops
offer hopes for a draw.} (15... Rd8 16. Nc4 Qc7 (16... Qe7 {[%cal Gg7f8]} 17.
Nxa5 $1 $18) 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Ra7 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. Re1 $14 {[%csl Gb7]
Peelen,P (2385)-Murey,J (2505) Amsterdam 1987 (1/2-1/2, 54). /+/- When I give
this kind of evaluation it usually means that despite the engines' moderation
I would be very surprised if I failed to win with White!}) 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17.
dxc4 Qe7 (17... Qc7 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Rfb8 20. Qd5 Ra7 21. Rfb1 $16) 18.
Qb3 e4 $5 {Leinier reveals the main point of his novelty. If the white bishop
was left "alive", the opposite bishop element would actually make things worse
for him.} ({For instance} 18... Rfb8 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 $14 {[%csl Gb7,Gf7]
[%cal Gg2d5] /+/- with a very unpleasant position for Black.}) 19. Bxb4 axb4
20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 f5 {[%csl Gg2]} 22. Rxb7 {This position occurred almost
by force after Black's novelty. But the first move in a position that should
have stayed on Leinier's board (at least the bi-dimensional one) is an
important inaccuracy.} Rfc8 $6 {With four rooks on the board, the control of
the seventh rank is essential.} (22... Rf7 $1 23. Rb5 (23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. f3
exf3 25. Bxf3 Ra1 $11) 23... Ra2 24. e3 Rc2 (24... Rc7 25. g4 $1 $16) 25. Rc5
Bf8 26. Rc6 Kg7 $14) 23. Rc1 {The most natural continuation, defending the
pawn and preparing to activate the bishop with e2-e3 and Bg2-f1. But there
were other reasonable alternatives.} (23. e3 Rxc4 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Rdd7 Rac8 (
25... h5 $6 26. Bf1 Rc1 27. Kg2) 26. Rxh7 R4c7 27. Rhxc7 Rxc7 28. Rb6 Kg7 $14 {
White still has some theoretical chances, but due to the reduced material and
favourable structure Black should be out of danger.}) (23. f3 Rxc4 (23... e3
24. f4) (23... exf3 24. Bxf3) 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Re7 $14 {This is more
problematic for Black already. White will win the e4-pawn and retain the safer
king's position, precisely because his e2-pawn defends the second rank.} Raa4
$2 {saves the pawn but loses the bishop to} 26. Re8+ $1) 23... Bd4 $6 {[%csl
Gc5][%cal Ga8a7,Ga7h7]} (23... Rab8 $5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. c5 Kf7 26. c6 (26. f3
Bd4+ 27. Kf1 Be3 $11) 26... Ke6 27. f3 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Be3 29. Rd1 $14) 24. g4 $1
$16 {After Black loses his kingside stability, White's winning chances become
very realistic.} (24. e3 Ra7 $1 25. Rb5 Bc5 $14) 24... Ra2 (24... Ra7 25. Rxa7
Bxa7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bh3 Rf8 28. c5 $16) 25. e3 Bf6 26. gxf5 Bh4 {Trying to
get the most out of Black's possibly only counterplay.} (26... gxf5 27. Rb5 Bh4
$2 (27... f4 28. Bxe4 $16) (27... Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bh3 Rxc4 30. Bxf5 $16 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 28. Rxf5 $18) 27. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 gxf5 (28... Bxe3 29. Bd5+ Kh8
30. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Bg5 {[%csl Ge7]} (30... Bc5 31. f6 $16) 31. fxg6 hxg6
32. Rf1 Re8 33. c5 $16 {Black will find it difficult to deal with the passed
pawn and the potential seventh rank threats.}) 29. Bxf5 Bxe3 {White has
reached an ending with at least 50%-50% chances (win/draw), but starting with
this moment Nakamura constantly fails to get the best out of his position. The
h7-pawn is doomed, but White must permanently reckon with the following detail.
If all the rooks leave the board, Black would only need to keep his king close
to h8 and give up the bishop for the c-pawn in order to reach a drawn ending
against B + hP with the right colour of the corner square.} 30. Re1 $6 {
There will be no play for White along the e-file and the rook will actually be
exposed here as we will see.} (30. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Re8 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 32.
Bg6 Rd8 $8 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ga2h2,Gd8d1]} (32... Rc8 $2 33. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rh8]
->}) 33. Be4 Bf2 34. Rf7 Bd4 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rh4 $40 {White has two extra
pawns and dangerous threats against the enemy king. This should be won with a
bit of accuracy.}) 30... Re8 31. Rxh7 $6 {[%csl Gf5] The hanging position of
the bishop will allow Black to activate his rooks.} (31. Bxh7+ Kh8 {[%cal
Ga2h2,Ge3f4,Ge8e1] /\32...Rxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Bf4+ XRe1} 32. h3 {Things are far from
easy for White, but his chances are better than in the game.}) 31... Re5 32.
Bb1 Rb2 33. Rh3 Bd4 {Unlike in the line from the comment to 30.Re1, it is
rather the white king which is experiencing some problems now.} 34. Rd1 (34.
Rxe5 $2 Rxb1+ 35. Kg2 Bxe5 $11) 34... Bc5 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rf2
38. Rb1 $6 {By keeping all rooks on board, Nakamura probably thought he was
retaining attacking chances. But the problem is that the black king is doing
fine while White's - not really.} (38. Rxf2 $5 Bxf2 39. Rf3 Bc5 40. Kg2 (40. h4
Re3 $11 41. Rxe3+ Bxe3 42. Kg2 Kf6 {[%csl Gh8]}) (40. Bf5 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42.
Kh3 Bd6) 40... Re3 41. Rg3 Kf6 (41... Rxg3+ $2 42. hxg3 $18) 42. Kh3 {[%cal
Gh3g4] I find it hard to give a definitive evaluation to this position, but I
feel that White keeps winning chances.}) 38... Kd6 39. Rd1 (39. Rg2 $5) 39...
Kc7 40. Rb1 Kd6 41. Bf1 Rd2 42. Rg8 Ke7 43. Rg4 Kf6 44. Ra1 Bd6 45. h4 $6 {
[%csl Rh4] Throwing away the last chances.} (45. Rg2 Rxg2 46. Kxg2 (46. Bxg2
Bb4 47. Ra6+ Kg5 48. h3 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Rc1 50. Bd5 Rc2+ {endlessly followed by
checks should end in a draw}) 46... Rg5+ 47. Kh1 Bc5 48. Be2 {White is quite
passive, but while he can avoid the rook exchange his chances are alive.})
45... Rh5 $11 46. Ra6 Kf5 47. Rg5+ Rxg5 48. Ra5+ Be5 49. hxg5 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rh5
51. c5 Rxg5+ 52. Kf2 Ke4 53. Bg2+ Kd4 54. Rb5 Bg3+ 55. Kf3 Rxc5 56. Rxc5 Kxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. a3 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nxc2 (11... Nb3 $5 12. Ne3 (12. Ne1 $5) 12...
Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Bh6) 12. Qxc2 Nc6 13. e3 $14 f5 14. Nd5 g5 15. b4 (15. f4 $14)
15... axb4 16. axb4 f4 17. b5 (17. Re1 f3 18. Bf1) 17... Ne7 $1 (17... f3 18.
Bxf3 (18. bxc6 fxg2 19. Kxg2 bxc6 20. Nb6 $14 Bg4 (20... Ra7 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22.
Qe2 $16) 21. f3 Rb8 (21... Qf6 22. Qe2) 22. fxg4 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Rxb6 24. Rxb6
Qxb6 25. e4 $11) 18... Rxf3 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb6 $14) 18. exf4 gxf4 19. gxf4
$6 Nf5 $1 $40 20. Bb2 (20. Be4 Nd4 21. Qd1 Qh4) (20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 (21. Bb2
$2 Ra2 22. Qb3 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Qh4 24. f4 Bd4+ 25. Rbf2 Nh6 $19) 21... Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 Qh4 23. Rf3 Bd7 24. Bb2 (24. Nb6 Rae8 25. Bd2 (25. Nxd7 Re1+ 26. Bf1 Rf7
$40) 25... Re2 26. Qd1 Rfe8 27. Nxd7 Qg4 28. Rf2 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Qh5+ 30. Kg1
Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 Bd4 $19) 24... Ra2 (24... Rae8 $44) 25. Rh3 Qg4 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27.
Rxh7+ Ng7 28. Bxd4 Rxc2 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Bxb7 Rxf4) 20... Ra2
21. Qb3 Rxb2 $1 22. Qxb2 exf4 23. Qd2 (23. Qe2 Qh4 $1 (23... Nd4 24. Qe7 f3 25.
Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 fxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxc8 29. Ra1 $44 {קb7}) 24. Rfe1
Be5 25. Qe4 Nd4 26. Nc7 Kh8 $1 $19 (26... Bf5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rxe5)) 23... Be5
24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Rg1 f3 (25... Kh8 26. Bf3 Nd4 27. Qd1 Qxf2 $17) 26. Bxf3+ Ng7
$1 27. Rg3 Rxf3 28. Ne7+ Qxe7 29. Rxf3 b6 30. Re1 Bb7 31. Re4 Ne6 (31... Bxe4
32. dxe4 Qh4 33. Qd5+) 32. Rf5 Nd4 (32... Bxe4+ 33. dxe4 Qh4 34. f3 Nf4 35. Qd1
Qf2 {/\h7-->h3}) 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rgg4 Nf3 (34... Qf7) 35. Qh6 Qf7 (35... Nxh2
36. Rgf4 $3 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Bxe4+ 38. dxe4 Nf1 39. Kg1 $11) 36. h3 Ne1 37. Qh4 (
37. Qg5 Qf8 (37... Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Bh2+ 39. Kf1 $18)) 37... Qf8 38. f4 Bc3 (38...
Nxd3 39. fxe5 Bxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Nf2+ 41. Kg2 Nxe4 42. Qxe4 Qg7+ 43. Kf3 $18) (
38... Nf3 39. Qg3 Nd2) 39. Qg3 Nc2 (39... Bxe4+ 40. dxe4 $16) 40. Kh2 Nd4 (
40... Bxe4 41. dxe4 Bd4 $17) 41. Qe3 Bxe4 (41... Bd2 $4 42. Re8 $18) (41... Nf5
$4 42. Re8 $18) 42. Qxe4 (42. Qxe4 Nf5 $15 43. Rg2 $6 d5 $3 {Bela Badea} 44.
cxd5 Nd6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. Nd2 {
Not very common. This knight usually approaches the d5-square with Ne1-c2-e3.}
O-O 9. Rb1 h6 10. O-O a5 11. Nd5 $146 {A novelty compared to some not too
relevant games played before.} Be6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ne4 {The knight gets
closer to d5.} Kh8 ({Avoiding the trick} 13... Qd7 $2 14. Bxh6 $1) (13... f5 {
is an important alternative:} 14. Nc3 Rab8 {Preparing to meet Nd5 with ...b5.}
15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qa4 $5 (16. Nd5 b5) 16... f4 (16... Kh8 17. e3 $14 {/\Nd5, b4})
17. Rfe1 {White needs to defend e2.} (17. Nd5 $6 Nd4 $1) 17... Rf7 18. Nd5 Rbf8
19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bh3 22. Be4 $13 {The situation of the white
king looks dangerous, but the queenside attack has very concrete forms, too.})
14. Nc3 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rab8 16. Qc1 $6 {This does not contribute to the essential
b2-b4.} (16. Nd5 b5) (16. Qa4 $5 Bh3 $140 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. f3 $14 {White has
good chances to get a global blockade on the light squares. Black's attack
does not seem too dangerous:} f5 19. Rf2 f4 20. Rg2) 16... h5 17. Bh6 {
Exchanging these bishops rather helps Black strategically.} Bh3 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nfxd4 $146 (9. O-O Nge7) (9. Nbxd4 Nge7) 9... Nf6 $5 {It would be
interesting to know whether Leko intended the same way of developing the
knight against the known continuation above, or if he deviated only taking
into account certain particularities of the current position.} ({At first
sight, there is nothing wrong with} 9... Nge7 {, either.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3
Ng4 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qd6 Bf5
18. Rbc1 Be4 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 22. Na5 Ne4 23. Rd7 Nc5
24. Rd5 b6 25. Be3 Bf8 26. Nb3 Ne6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30.
Kf3 Nd5 31. Bd2 f5 32. e4 fxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Nf6+ 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. f3
Bxd4 37. Kxd4 Ke6 38. g4 Nd5 39. h3 Ne7 40. f4 h5 41. f5+ Kf6 42. fxg6 hxg4 43.
hxg4 Nxg6 44. Kd5 Ke7 45. Be3 Kd7 46. Bg5 b5 47. Bd2 a6 48. Bc3 Nf4+ 49. Ke4
Nh3 50. Bd4 Ng5+ 51. Kd5 Nf3 52. Bf6 Ke8 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Kc5 Nh2 55. g5 Nf3 56.
Bf6 Nd2 57. Kb6 Ne4 58. Kxa6 b4 59. Ka5 Nc3 60. Kxb4 Nxa2+ 61. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch 98th"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Continuing a debate started in the Commonwealth Championship.} c5 {
Gawain is the first to deviate.} (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4
d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 Rb8 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. b4 b6
13. a4 a5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 e5 16. bxa5 bxa5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. f4 Nf6 19. f5
Nd7 20. Ra1 Nc5 21. Ra3 Bf6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. h4 Rb7 24. Nc1 g5 25. Nb3 Nxb3
26. Rxb3 gxh4 27. gxh4 Rbf7 28. Qh6 Bxh4 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Nxd6 Rf6 31. Qxh4
Qxd6 32. c5 Qf8 33. Rb8 Qxb8 34. Qxf6 Qc7 35. Kh2 Bxa4 36. Bh3 Be8 37. c6 Bf7
38. Be6 Bxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qe6+ {
1/2-1/2 Short,N (2682)-Jones,G (2596)/Gauteng 2011}) 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3
Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 {A probing move, encouraging both ...h7-h6 and
the game continuation.} f6 ({After} 7... h6 {White just drops back to either
e3 or d2 and can follow up with Qc1, with a slight edge.}) 8. Bd2 d6 9. O-O Be6
10. a3 Qd7 11. Rb1 O-O ({Deep Rybka recommended} 11... Rc8 $1 12. b4 b6 {
with quite a good position for Black. Gawain plays too passively in this game
and gets into a mess.}) 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 Nd8 15. Na4 Bf7 $6 ({
For better or worse Black has to take on c4. White may be a little better, but
no more:} 15... dxc4 $1 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Nxe6 (17. Bb4 $5 Rf7 18. Ne4 $1 Nd5 19.
Nd6 Qc7 20. Nxf7 Nxf7 21. dxc4 Qxc4 $13) 17... Nxe6 (17... Qxe6 18. dxc4 Qxc4
19. Bb4 Qe6 20. Nd2 f5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Bf6 23. Rd3 a5 $13) 18. Bb4 Rf7
19. Rc1 Qe8 20. dxc4 a5 $13) 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Nd2 b6 $2 {Overlooking Nigel's
reply.} (17... f5 {was perhaps the best chance in an unenviable situation:} 18.
Nc5 Qc8 19. Qa4) (17... e4 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. dxe4 dxc4 20. Rc1 a5 21. Ba3 $16)
18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5] With winning pressure on d5. This position
is an English player's dream.} e4 $8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 exd3 22. d6 $1 {
We are in the middle of a forcing sequence which should lead to a comfortably
winning position for White.} dxe2 (22... Qxd6 23. Nc4 $1 Qd4 24. Bxa8 Qxc4 25.
exd3 $18) 23. Qb3+ Nf7 (23... Rf7 24. Rfe1 Rc8 25. Bd5) 24. dxe7 exf1=R+ 25.
Nxf1 Re8 26. Bc6 $18 Qxe7 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28. Ra1 (28. Rc1) 28... Qd7 29. Rd1 Qe8
30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Ne3 f5 32. Nd5 Be5 33. Rc7 {As Nigel said in the commentary
room afterwards, he suddenly realized this might not be so easy.} Qxc7 34. Nxc7
Bxc7 35. Qa2 Bd6 {The pawn on a7 is irrelevant.} 36. Qxa7 Bc5 37. Qd7 Kg7 38.
Qe6 Bd4 39. Kg2 Bc5 {Can the fortress be breached? It is a question of getting
the king to e6 or f7. Once that is achieved, the game is finished.} 40. f3 h5
41. h3 Bd4 (41... Ng5 42. Qe5+ Kf7 (42... Kh6 43. Qf4) 43. Qc7+ $1 (43. Qh8 Ne6
) 43... Kf6 (43... Ke6 44. Qg7) (43... Ke8 44. Qg7) 44. Qd8+ Be7 45. Qxb6+) 42.
Qc4 Bc5 43. Qc3+ Kh7 44. Qf6 $1 {A superb square for the queen, completely
dominating the minor pieces.} Nd6 45. Kf1 Ne8 46. Qf7+ Ng7 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. Kd3
Bf2 49. g4 fxg4 50. fxg4 Bc5 51. Ke4 Bg1 52. Ke5 Be3 53. Qd7 Kh6 54. Kf6 Bg5+
55. Kf7 {Mission accomplished!} hxg4 56. hxg4 {It is mate in 17 after 56...Bc1.
I'm sure such a learned audience will not need the crude details.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 $5 {With
this interesting idea, White voluntarily gives up the bishop pair in order to
increase his lead in development.} (7. b3 {was played in Flores-Carlsen at the
Khanty Mansiysk-Olympiad in 2010}) 7... cxd4 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Ne5 {[%csl
Gc8,Gg2,Gh6][%cal Yg2a8] An ambitious decision, refusing to simplify the
position.} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd8,Rh6][%cal Yc4c5,Yd4f5,Yd1d8] The
position is calm on the surface, but the situation is tense. Black's queenside
is under pressure, but if Black can catch up in development then his pair of
bishops will give him an advantage, so it's important for White to keep up the
momentum and create threats. This move creates the idea of c4-c5, and if d6xc5
then Nd4-f5 with a discovered attack.} Nd7 12. Qa3 a5 13. b4 $5 {[%csl Ga3]
[%cal Ya3a8,Yc4c5] A brave decision which took some time. I wanted to seize
the initiative before my opponent had a chance to unravel his queenside. The
immediate threat is to advance c4-c5 which would break through the queenside
defences.} Ra6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ya5b4,Yb7a6]} (13... Nb6 {was the critical
response, hitting c4 and protecting the rook on a8 so that axb4 becomes
possible. Now after} 14. c5 Nc4 15. Qb3 Nd2 $5 {is a surprising shot. During
the game I thought White had good chances in the tactical melee which arises
after 16.Qd5!?, but perhaps} 16. Qa4 {is the correct follow up after all.}) 14.
b5 Ra8 {It's not obvious who has gained from the pawn's advance to b5. If
White can break through, the advanced pawn will be an asset, but if Black can
get a grip on c5 then the c4-pawn will be a long term weakness.} 15. e3 a4 16.
Rab1 Bg7 17. Ne4 {[%cal Yc4c5] White is threatening c4-c5 again, which would
open the floodgates for the rest of my pieces. It's correct to prevent that,
but I had foreseen the nice maneouvre with the other knight.} Qb6 18. Nc6 $1 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Re7][%cal Yc6e7,Yc6b4,Yb4d5]} Re8 ({Capturing the knight wasn't
a great option:} 18... bxc6 19. bxc6 Qc7 (19... Qxc6 20. Nf6+ {wins the queen.}
) 20. cxd7 Bxd7 21. c5 {and White will probably pick up a pawn.}) 19. Nb4 {
[%csl Rb6,Gd5,Ge4][%cal Yb4d5,Yc4c5] Heading for a nice square on d5.} f5 {
Certainly ugly, but both of us thought this was a necessary evil. Perhaps
though, moving the queen away was the best bet.} 20. Nc3 $6 (20. Nd5 $1 Qd8 21.
Ng5 $1 {was the strongest continuation, threatening to hop into the hole on e6.
After} Nc5 22. b6 {threatens a fork on c7. If both the rooks flee then} Rf8 23.
Nc7 Rb8 24. Rb5 $1 {is incisive, and Black has no good answer to Rxc5.}) 20...
Qc5 $2 (20... e6 $1 {was the best defence. I was looking at some ideas with}
21. Na6 $5 {but the position remains messy. Retreating the knight to d3 should
preserve an edge though.}) 21. Nxa4 Qa7 22. Na6 $3 {[%csl Ga6,Ra7,Gg2][%cal
Yg2a8,Yb5b6,Ya6c7] Certainly Magnus missed the force of this knight sacrifice.
The threat is Na6-c7 and taking the knight comes with its own problems.} bxa6 (
22... Rf8 23. c5 $1 Nxc5 24. N4xc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 {and the knight still can't
be taken:} bxa6 26. b6 Qb8 27. Qd5+ $18) 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 $1 (24. Nxb6 Rb8
{is less convincing.}) 24... Rb8 25. c5 $1 Be6 {Black faced an unappealing
choice.} ({The alternative was} 25... dxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxb6 27. Nxb6 Be6 28. Qc6
Bf7 29. Bd5 {and Black is in huge trouble.} e6 $2 {allows a pretty finish:} 30.
Nc8 Qb8 31. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Ne7+ $1 Kg7 34. Rxb8 Rxc6 35. Nxc6 {
with an easy win.}) 26. Rdb1 dxc5 27. Rb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Qa8 29. Nxc5 Qc8 (29...
Bf7 30. Rxe7 $1 {is winning comfortably, as a6 will also drop off after the
exchange of rooks.} Qb8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qxa6 {etc.}) 30. Qxa6 Bf7 (30...
Qxc5 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Bc6 {[%csl Re7] wins the e7-pawn as well.}) 31. Bc6 Rd8
32. Nd7 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Yb7c7,Ya6b6,Yb7b8] The neatest way to finish. The
threat is simply to play Qb6 followed by Rc7 or Rb8 to trap the queen, and
there is no good response.} Rxd7 (32... Be6 33. Qb6 Rxd7 34. Rb8 $1 {wins with
a pin.}) 33. Bxd7 Qc1+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bc4+ 36. Kg1 Bxa2 37. Ba4 $1 {
[%cal Ya4b3] Forcing off a pair of bishops makes the technical task much
simpler.} e5 38. f3 $1 {A final accurate move. After exchanging bishops, White
will play e3-e4 to fix a weakness on e5 before advancing the king.} Bh6 39.
Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Qd2 cxd4 (11... Rb8 {was previously played:} 12.
Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Rfe1 $14 {
1-0 (38) Ostmoe,G (2458)-Tari,A (2521) Norway 2016, when White enjoys a tiny
advantage.}) 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 {was more ambitious} d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 (14... Qxd5 $2 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qf4 $3 $16 {threatening both Nxc6 and Nxg6.
}) 15. Ne5 $14 {similar to the game mentioned above}) 12... d5 $1 {Now Black
fully equalises.} 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17.
Qxb2 Qxd5 {It may look like both players will soon be agreeing to a draw -
that's not really the case!} 18. Rad1 Qf3 (18... Qc6 {should be perfectly fine
as well, Black is fighting for the d-file on the next move:} 19. h4 Rad8 20. h5
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qf3 $1 $11) 19. Rd7 Rfd8 {A nice way to solve all the problems
by active play.} 20. Qd2 Rxd7 21. Qxd7 Qe2 $1 {Creating counterplay on a2, now
Black sacrifices a pawn.} 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qxb6 Rxa2 {White wins a
pawn, after all the exchanges but there is little reason to be excited, Black
is fully activated and soon will attack the b3-pawn.} 25. Qb8+ (25. Qd8+ Kg7
26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Qd1 Qb2 $1 {and White can never force the queen exchange
under good conditions:} 28. h4 h5 $11 {to avoid any sort of h5-h6 ideas.})
25... Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qf4 Qd2 $1 {Stopping Rc1
that could create annoying threats against the black king.} 30. h4 (30. g4 $5 {
is simply not in time. Black will quickly collect the pawn on b3, and with
this move, White's king is permanently more exposed than before:} Rb2 31. Ra1
Rxb3 32. Ra8+ (32. Ra7 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. e4 e5 35. exd5 exf4 36. Kf3 Rb4
37. d6 Rd4 38. d7 Kg7 39. g5 h6 $11) 32... Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 $11 {requires some
courage, but Black is fine!}) 30... h5 31. b4 (31. g4 {wouldn't help much
either:} hxg4 32. Qxg4 Ra5 $1 {controlling the h5-square and planning to bring
the rook to f5. White may easily get into a worse position if he pushes too
far.}) 31... Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qf4 Kg7 34. Rb1 Qc2 35. Qd4+ {Gaining the
d4-square, but on the other hand forcing the rook to go back to f1 once again.}
Kg8 36. Rf1 {There are many decent moves for Black here.} Qb2 (36... Qe2 $5) (
36... Rb2 $5) 37. Qf4 Ra4 $2 {This puts some fire in the game.} (37... Kg7 38.
Rd1 e5 39. Qf3 Qxb4 $11) (37... Qd2 {was probably more practical and would be
nearly a repetition of the 33th move position (with the difference that the
black king is on g8 now, something that doesn't change much)} 38. b5 Rb2 39.
Ra1 Rxb5 40. Ra8+ Kg7 $11) 38. Rd1 $1 Rxb4 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Qd6 $1 {Starting a
bizarre king hunt - Dubov probably missed that White is able to create an
attack and at the same time hide his king and avoid the exchange of queens.}
Kf6 $2 {This loses on the spot.} (40... Kh7 $1 41. Qf8 Rb7 42. Qg8+ Kh6 {
threatening ...Qg7 to force a draw} 43. Rd4 {White wants to checkmate on h8
now!} f5 {miraculously, Black survives after this forced move} 44. Qh8+ Rh7 45.
Qf8+ Rg7 46. Rd7 Kh7 $1 47. Re7 Rxe7 48. Qxe7+ Qg7 49. Qxe6 $16 {with a long
endgame, Black has excellent drawing chances.}) (40... Rb7 $1 {would transpose
to the 40...Kh7 line.}) 41. Qf8 $2 (41. Ra8 $1 {threatening Qd8+ followed by
Ra5, Black is defenceless. For example:} Rb5 (41... Kf5 42. Ra7 Kf6 43. Qc7 $1
$18) 42. Qd8+ Kf5 43. Ra4 $1 {mate with Qg5 is threatened now} Rb4 (43... e5
44. e4+ $1 Ke6 (44... Kg4 45. Qd7+ Kf3 46. Qd1+ Qe2 47. Ra3+ $18) 45. Ra6+ $18)
44. Qg5+ Ke4 45. Rxb4+ Qxb4 46. Qf4+ $18 {winning}) (41. Rc8 $1 {also wins in
similar fashion}) 41... Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 $1 {Now Black is doing the same, and
his king is suddenly safe! The main difference here is that the white rook
doesn't take part in the attack effectively (as it does in the 41.Ra8! line)
and the black king now runs to e2.} 43. Qh8+ Kf5 44. g4+ {Forced to avoid
checkmate.} Kxg4 $1 {Dubov wants to win now.} 45. Rd4+ {The rook joins the
party, but the black king finds a nice shelter on e2.} Kf3 46. Qa8+ Ke2 47. Rf4
Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ (48... Qh1+ {wouldn't be enough for a win} 49. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 50.
Kg2 e5 {trying to take on h4} 51. Ra4 $11 {and this is a technical draw.}) 49.
Kh2 (49. Qg2 $11 {was good enough.}) 49... Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Qh1+ {Dubov has to go
for it, otherwise his king once again may run into deadly threats.} 51. Qxh1
Rxh1+ 52. Kg2 e5 53. Ra4 $11 {As the 48th move analysis shows - White has
enough counterplay against the black pawns to guarantee the draw.} (53. Rxf7 $2
Rxh4 $19 {with a clear win in the endgame.}) 53... Rd1 54. Ra7 f5 55. Ra5 Rc1
56. Rxe5 Rf1 57. f4 Rf2+ 58. Kg3 Rf3+ 59. Kg2 Rxe3 60. Ra5 {Black can not make
any progress.} Re4 (60... Kd3 61. Ra6 Ke4 62. Rxg6 Kxf4 63. Rg5 $11) 61. Kg3
Kf1 62. Kf3 Re1 63. Ra2 Rb1 {Threatening a very discreet checkmate on b3.} 64.
Rf2+ Kg1 65. Rg2+ Kf1 66. Rf2+ Ke1 67. Re2+ Kd1 68. Re6 Rb3+ 69. Kg2 Rb2+ 70.
Kg3 {And a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The London Chess Classic was the last tournament of the Grand Chess Tour and
before the last round in London we already had a winner of the circuit - the
amazing Wesley So, who had a great 2016. But in the game between Levon Aronian
and Veselin Topalov, which I am discussing here, there also was a lot at stake:
Aronian had the chance to finish third in the GCT, whereas Topalov before this
game had 1.0/8 - a disastrous result after playing fighting chess throughout
the tournament. However, he did not plan to change his style to cut losses. He
repeatedly said in London that he was playing interesting chess and was trying
to have fun in all his games. After all, his creative play led to amazing
positions though Topalov failed to capitalize them.} 1. c4 $5 {The English
suits Levon's creative and original style. It often leads to unexplored
positions and he doesn't mind going into uncharted territory. It is here that
he discovers many of his brilliant ideas.} g6 2. Nc3 c5 {The Symmetrical
English, a very solid way to play with Black.} 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 {
Now Black has a wide range of choices.} d6 ({An alternative is} 5... Nf6 {
which after} 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {leads to a classical position of
the Open English. But the fashionable move nowadays is} Qa5 $5 {which tries to
disturb White's development.}) (5... e5 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 {The 'Botvinnik
Triangle' is one of the safest ways to fight against the English Opening.} 8.
a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 {and as soon as White plays Ne1 (preparing Nc2 and Ne3 to
control d5), Black quickly goes for ...Be6 and ...d5!}) (5... e6 6. O-O Nge7 7.
d3 O-O {followed by ...d5 or first ...b6-...Bb7.}) (5... Nh6 $5 {The knight
wants to go to f5 where it controls d4. But White can be original as well:} 6.
h4 $5 {followed by h5.}) 6. O-O e6 7. e3 {White takes the chance to play d4.}
Nge7 8. d4 O-O (8... cxd4 9. exd4 d5 {trying to fix the weakness on d4 and to
establish a piece on d5 is a typical reaction but Black is too far behind in
development for such measures. But White has to be keep this idea in mind.} 10.
cxd5 $1 exd5 {gives White a slight advantage.} (10... Nxd5 $2 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12.
Ne5 $16) 11. Bg5 $14) 9. Re1 $5 {I like this move. It is very useful in case
Black tries to play ...cxd4 and ...d5.} (9. d5 $6 {is not good:} Na5 $1 {
hitting the c4-pawn, and entering a good Benoni after:} 10. Nd2 exd5 11. cxd5
Rb8 {with excellent play for Black.} 12. Nde4 a6 13. Rb1 b5 $36 {0-1 (40)
Hillarp Persson,T (2564)-Rodshtein, M (2671) Helsingor 2014}) 9... a6 (9...
cxd4 10. exd4 d5 {and 9.Re1 proves to be very useful! White has the initiative:
} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg5 $1 $36 Qb6 {and now both Na4 and Qd2 give White a very
good and active position.} (12... f6 13. Bd2 $14) 13. Na4 $14 (13. Qd2 $5 $14))
10. Bd2 $5 Rb8 (10... cxd4 $6 {helps White.} 11. exd4 Nxd4 (11... d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bg5 $1 {is similar to the lines arising after 9...cxd4.}) 12. Nxd4
Bxd4 13. Bh6 $1 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 $16) 11. Rc1 b6 {Both players
improve their positions. White can still not play d5 (because with a bishop on
d2 the white queen does not defend d5) and Black is not yet ready to play ...
cxd4 followed by ...d5.} 12. Ne2 e5 $5 (12... Bb7 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Nexd4 (14.
exd4 {looks awkward and after} d5 $1 {Black should be fine.}) 14... Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 $14 {and White keeps a spatial advantage.}) 13. Bc3 (13. d5
Nb4 {forces White to part with his bishop.} 14. Bxb4 cxb4 $13 {with a complex
positional struggle - but Black looks fine.}) 13... h6 {A provocative move I
do not fully understand.} (13... b5 $5 {which starts play on the queenside was
more advisable.}) 14. d5 Nb4 15. Ra1 $1 {Threatening a3. One might think that
a5 is forced now, but we all know how Topalov works:} b5 $5 {An interesting
piece sacrifice that changes the direction of the game completely.} (15... a5 {
is too passive.} 16. a3 Na6 17. Nd2 {and White can slowly expand on the
queenside and has every reason to be happy.} b5 $2 {is probably always bad
because White now obtains an amazing outpost on c4 whereas the black knights
are horribly placed.} 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Nc4 $16 {with a tremendous position}) (
15... e4 {is no good either} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd2 Nd3 18. Rf1 b5 (18... Nxb2
$2 19. Qc2 Nd3 20. Nxe4 $16) 19. b3 $14 {and White is in the driver's seat.})
16. a3 bxc4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Bd2 Nxd5 {Black has three pawns for the piece
and prospects on the queenside.} 19. Qc1 $1 {There is no easy way to defend c4.
} c3 (19... Be6 $5 20. Rxa6 c3 21. bxc3 b3 {Black has only one pawn for the
piece but it is not easy to control the b3-pawn.} 22. Qb1 (22. Qb2 $2 Nb6 $1
$17) 22... b2 $36) ({The natural} 19... Qc7 $2 {fails:} 20. Nxe5 $18 {now the
knight is hanging on d5.}) 20. bxc3 b3 21. Qb1 {White desperately needs to
activate his bishop on d2 and his knight on e2.} (21. Qb2 $5 {right away was
also possible.}) 21... Nf6 $1 {White was threatening to play c4.} 22. Qb2 (22.
c4 $2 b2 $19 {followed by ...Bf5.}) 22... Qc7 23. c4 $1 {White sacrifices
another pawn but gains space for his pieces.} Qxc4 24. Nc3 {Here I thought
White should be able to consolidate, get at least one pawn back and start
playing for a win. But things aren't so simple:} (24. Bc3 $5 {bringing the
knight over to d2, was another defensive setup:}) 24... Be6 25. Rec1 Nd7 $5 (
25... Rfc8 $5) 26. e4 (26. Ra4 $5) (26. Bf1 Qc6 $1 27. e4 Nc5 {forces the
black queen on to a more passive post but White still has problems to prove an
advantage.} 28. Be3 Nxe4 29. Rxa6 Qb7 $13) 26... Nc5 27. Bf1 Qb4 28. Be3 (28.
Bxa6 $2 Ra8 $1 29. Bf1 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 $17) 28... Rfc8 {Black is bringing
pieces to the queenside to consolidate and prepare the advance of the a-pawn.}
29. Nd2 (29. Bxa6 {was possible now:} Nxa6 30. Rxa6 Ra8 $1 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32.
Nd2 f5 $5 $44) 29... a5 $1 30. Bxc5 {The natural reaction - White eliminates
the strong knight and stops the a-pawn.} Rxc5 31. Ra4 Qb7 32. Bc4 Qc6 $1 33.
Bd5 (33. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 {threatening ...Rxc3} 34. Raa1 Rc8 35. Ndb1 d5 $1 36.
exd5 exd5 37. Qxb3 e4 $132) 33... Bxd5 34. exd5 Qd7 35. Ra3 a4 $1 36. Nxa4 Rxd5
37. Nxb3 e4 38. Qa2 Qf5 $44 {A curious position - Black gave up his strong
passed pawns, but won White's pawn on d5. Black's d-pawn can become strong and
White has problems to coordinate his knights. Black has at least sufficient
compensation.} 39. Re1 Rdb5 40. Rc1 d5 41. Nac5 {I think Levon was playing for
a win here and rejects a number of solid options in the next moves.} (41. Nc3
$5 {bringing the knight over to the centre was another way to go.}) 41... d4
42. Ra7 (42. Ra8 $5 {was another way to control the risks - but in turn White
would have less winning chances.}) 42... d3 43. Rc7 $6 h5 $1 {With his pieces
in ideal positions Topalov now attacks on the kingside - the threat is h4-h3.}
44. Qa4 h4 45. Qxe4 $1 {White has no choice - he has to go on the defensive.}
Qxe4 46. Nxe4 Rxb3 47. gxh4 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (47. Rd7 $1 {was
necessary. After} h3 48. Rd1 $11 {White cannot take on d3 immediately but
after Kf1 a draw seems to be unavoidable.}) 47... Bh6 $1 {White is in trouble
now.} 48. Rf1 R3b4 49. f3 Rb2 50. Nf6+ (50. Rd7 Be3+ 51. Kh1 Rb1 52. Rxb1 Rxb1+
53. Kg2 d2 $1 54. Nxd2 Rb2 $19 (54... Rd1 $4 55. Ne4 $1 $11)) 50... Kg7 51. Ng4
d2 52. Rd7 (52. Nxh6 Kxh6 53. Rd7 Re8 $1 $19) 52... Re8 53. Nf2 Re1 {and White
resigned because he cannot stop ...Rb1.  This was Topalov's first win in
London. He finished with it and played a 2577 performance (which shows how
strong the tournament was - and anyone who criticises him should bear in mind
that 2600 is a grandmaster performance!). I guess it is always important to
finish the tournament with a win, and Topalov definitely was looking for one
in London. Aronian, on the other hand, had the better prospects in a very
complex position, and tried to push by keeping the tension in the end this did
not work out for him. I think we should thank the players for such a
delightful tournament (all rounds had at least one decisive result) and
congratulate Wesley So on a fantastic result: he won the London Chess Classic
2016 with 6.0/9 and a 2900+ performance! - let's see how he does in 2017!} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 $5 (6. O-O {La ligne
principale mais les Blancs vont essayer de retarder le roque le plus longtemps
possible}) 6... Nh6 (6... e5) 7. h4 Bg4 8. Bd2 (8. Nd5 Qd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. Qc1
Nf7 {Turov,M (2667)-Predke,A (2454) Voronezh op 16th 2012 (7) 1-0}) (8. h5 $5
gxh5 9. Nd5 $44 {Grandelius,N (2515)-Mirumian,V (2506) Olomouc GM-A 2009 (3) 1/
2-1/2}) 8... Qd7 (8... f6 9. Qc1 Nf7) 9. Qc1 $146 (9. a3 Rc8 10. b4 b6 (10...
cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rxa7) 11. b5 $14 {Eljanov,V (2357)-Evdokimov,A (2555)
Politiken Cup 30th 2008 (6) 0-1}) 9... Ng8 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h5
$1 $11 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gg8h6]} 13. Bg2 Nge7 14. Rb1 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4] Le thème
classique dans cette structure pour gagner de l'espace à l'aile-dame} Rc8 15.
Qd1 {La Qc1 est assez mal placée} (15. a3 Nd4 16. b4 $14 cxb4 17. axb4 b5 {
[%cal Gc8c1]}) 15... Nd4 16. Nc2 Nxc2+ (16... O-O 17. Nxd4 cxd4 $11 {[%csl Re2]
}) 17. Qxc2 Nc6 $11 18. Qa4 b6 19. O-O Nd4 $1 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. e3 Nc6 22. b4
(22. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 22... cxb4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Rxb4 Bc3 25. Rb3 Bf6 26.
Rfb1 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6] Anticipe l'affaiblissement du P"b6"} 27. Ra3 a5 28.
Rab3 Rc5 29. Rb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Bc7 {(=)} 31. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d2,Gd2c3,
Gc3b3,Gb3a4,Gb5b1,Ga4b5] Refuse la proposition mais l'avantage Blanc est très
minime} Rc8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bg2 Rc8 34. Bb7 {Répète les coups pour gagner du
temps à la pendule avec l'incrément} Rb8 35. Bf3 Bd8 36. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1a4,
Ga4d7]} Kc7 37. Ke2 Be7 38. d4 Rd8 39. Kd3 e5 40. Bf3 (40. Ke4 {[%cal Ge4d5,
Gd4e5]} Bf6 41. Kd5 $14 {[%cal Gd1a4] Les Blancs ont un peu progressé} Re8 $1
{[%cal Ge5d4,Ge8e1]} 42. Bf3 (42. Ba4 exd4) 42... exd4 43. exd4 Re1) 40... f5
41. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd5f7]} Rf8 42. f4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf5] La finale
est maintenant un peu meilleure pour les Blancs} exf4 43. exf4 Bf6 44. c5 $36
dxc5 45. dxc5 bxc5 46. Rxc5+ Kb6 47. Kc4 $16 {Les pièces Blanches sont
nettement plus actives} a4 48. Rc6+ Ka5 {[%csl Ra5]} (48... Ka7 49. Kb4 Rb8+
50. Kxa4 Rb6 51. Rc7+) 49. Be6 Bd8 50. Rc8 Rf6 51. Bd5 {Suite illisible et
nulle au 78ème coup} (51. Rxd8 $5 Rxe6 52. Kc5 {[%cal Gd8a8]} Ra6 {[%csl Ra5,
Ra6,Gc5,Gd8][%cal Gd8d6] Il fallait peut-être transposer en finale de R car
les Blancs gardent l'initiative} 53. a3 $36 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd8d6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 d5 {Un ordre de coups
assez rare et Nge7 a meilleure réputation} (6... Nge7 $142 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
d5 $11) 7. Bg5 $5 Nge7 8. Qc1 $146 (8. Rb1 h6 9. Bd2 {Hracek,Z (2628)
-Kovacevic,A (2563) EU-chT (Men) 18th 2011 (8.3) 1/2-1/2}) (8. O-O h6 9. Bd2 b6
{Matamoros Franco,C (2548)-Ftacnik,L (2532) Istanbul ol (Men) 40th 2012 (2.1)
0-1}) 8... h6 $6 {Les Noirs pourront difficilement roquer après ce coup} (8...
b6 {Plus souple} 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O (11. h4 $5)) 9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O
Bb7 11. Rb1 g5 12. a3 Rc8 13. h3 O-O 14. h4 f6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 dxc4 17.
dxc4 Nf5 18. c5 {[%cal Gb1b7]} bxc5 19. bxc5 Qe7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. g4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rf5]} Nh6 (21... Nh4) 22. Nxg5 $1 Nf7 (22... fxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxc5 24. Bxh6)
23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Nb5 $36 Ba6 25. Nd6 Rff8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rb8+
Kf7 29. Qb1 f5 30. gxf5 Rxc5 31. Qb4 Rxf5 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. e4 Rf7 34. Rd1 Kf6
35. Bc3+ Kg5 36. Rg8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedulov, Alexander"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Meulders} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O
Nge7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Bd2 $6 {Ich glaube dies ist nur Tempoverlust. Besser
erscheint mir das sofortige 9.a3. Ein rezentes Beispiel ist Vasquez-Bellon:} (
9. a3 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Ne3
Nde7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 {
mit etwa gleichen Chancen. 1-0 Vasquez,R-Bellon Lopez,J/Santa Clara 1998/CBM
66 (58)}) 9... Rb8 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 {/\Ne3} d5 {Jetzt oder nicht
mehr!} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {Die Stellung ist identisch mit Vasquez-Bellon bis auf
einen Punkt: der weisse B steht nicht auf c1 statt d2, was kein Plus ist, und
der schwarze R steht nicht auf a8 sondern auf b8 wo er den Vormarsch ...b5
unterstüzt. Dieser kleine Unterschied ist günstig für Schwarz und für mich der
Grund um nicht 9.Bd2 zu spielen, weil es in dieser Variante wenige Beispiele
gibt die Weiß Freude bereiten.} 14. Ne4 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. b4 (15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Ne3 (16. b4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64 
(16)}) 16... Qe6 17. Qc1 Nd4 $15 {0-1 Teske,H-De Firmian,N/Hamburg 1993/EXT 97
(33)}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 (16... cxb4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxb4
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Cebalo,M/Reggio Emilia 1985/MCD (29)}) 17. bxa5 Nxa5
18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qc1 Bf8 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Evans,L-Karpov,A/San
Antonio 1972/MCD (34)}) (14. Ne3 Nxe3 (14... Nde7 15. Ne4 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17.
axb4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Lau,D-Gschnitzer,O/Bad
Woerishofen 1991/TD (34)}) 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 (17... c4 18.
Ne4 b5 $15 {0-1 Sunye Neto,J-De Firmian,N/Linares 1994/EXT 97 (35)}) 18. Rxb4
Qa5 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 b5 $15 {1-0 Suttles,D-Ghizdavu,D/Lone Pine 1975/MCD 
(61)}) 14... b6 15. b4 {Konsequent, das ist est schon, aber Schwarz erlangt
einfach die Initiative, nicht am geringsten weil bald der weisse b-R auf b4
ungünstig steht.} (15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Ne3 Nxe3 (16... Nde7 17. Nf3 h6 18. Qc1 Be6
19. b3 f5 {mit aktiven Spiel, aber final 1-0, Kaenel,H-Bellon Lopez,J, Bern
1996/CBM 51 ext (60).}) 17. Bxe3 Bb7 18. Qa4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 exd4
21. Nf3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shusterman,L-Ubilava,E/Riga 1975/MCD (31)}) 15... cxb4 16.
axb4 axb4 17. Nxb4 Ndxb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 f5 20. Nc3 e4 21. d4 (21. Nb5
Qe7 22. Qb1 Ra8 $15 (22... exd3 23. exd3 Rfd8 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Ra4 Rd7 {1/2-1/2
Navarovszky,L-Schmidt,W/Polanica Zdroj 1976/MCL (25)}) 23. dxe4 $4 (23. d4 Rfc8
24. e3 (24. Rd1 Bd5 25. e3 Ba2 26. Qb2 Bf8 $19 {0-1 Stempin,P-Cramling,P/Haifa
1989/EU-chT (51)}) 24... Ba2 25. Qb2 Bf8 $19 {aber trotzdem später 1-0,
Schmidt,W-Wedberg,T, Haifa 1989/EU ch-T (45)}) 23... Ra1 {0-1 Hanssen,G-Ernst,
T/Gausdal 1994/EXT 98 (23)}) 21... b5 22. Qb1 (22. e3 Bc4 23. Re1 Qa5 24. Qb1
Rfc8 25. Rc1 Bf8 $17) (22. Nxb5 Qa5 23. Qb1 Rf7 {/\....Rfb7 -+}) 22... Bxd4 $17
23. Nxb5 (23. Rd1 Bc4 24. e3 (24. Nxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. e3
Bd3 $17) 24... Bxc3 25. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $19) 23... Bc5 {Herrlich, die beide Laüfer!}
24. Rb2 Qb6 $19 25. Nd4 {Der Springer kann auf Termin seinen Verfolgern nicht
entkommen, aber jetzt hat Schwarz es doch sehr leicht.} (25. Qc2 Rfc8 26. Qa4
Bd7 $19) (25. e3 {(am besten, Schwarz muß genau spielen)} Ba3 $1 (25... Bc4 26.
Rd1 Bxe3 (26... Bxb5 27. Bf1 $14) 27. fxe3 Bxb5 28. Rd4 $13) 26. Ra2 $1 Bd6 $1
(26... Be7 27. Rb2 Bf6 28. Rb4 Bc3 (28... Bd7 29. Qb3+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Bxb5 31. Rb1
$15) 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Nxc3 $15) 27. Rd2 (27. Rb2 Be5 28. Rb4 Qa5 $1 29. Rd1
Ba2 30. Qc2 Qxb4 31. Qxa2+ Kh8 $19) 27... Be5 28. Na3 Qa6 29. Qc1 Rfc8 30. Nc2
Bc3 $19) 25... Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Nxe6 Rc8 28. e3 Bb6 29. h4 Rcc2 30. Nf4
Rxf2 $1 31. Rxf2 Bxe3 32. Nh3 Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2 Rb1+ (33... Rb1+ 34. Kh2 e3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 exd5 $146 11. cxd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 $15) 11...
Nf5 $6 (11... a6 12. a4 Bd7 $15) 12. Nb3 $13 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Black "Jamieson, Robert Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Minev,N"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina II"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

{Inf.26/88} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3
Rb8 8. Nf3 e5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bd2 (10. Ne1 {/\ Nc2, b4}) 10... O-O 11. Ne1 Be6
12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 $1 $15 17. bxa5
(17. bxc5 Qd5+ 18. Kg1 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qd6 {/\ Rfc8, Nd4-/+}) 17... Nxa5 18. Ne3
Re8 19. Qc2 (19. Bxa5 $142 Qxa5 20. Qb3 $15) 19... Bf8 20. Qa2 Re6 21. f4 e4 $1
(21... exf4 22. gxf4 {/\ f5~~}) 22. f5 gxf5 (22... Re7 $2 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nd5
$16) 23. Rxf5 exd3 24. Rxf7 $1 c4 $1 (24... Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Ke7 26. Nf5+ Kd7 27.
Qd5+ Bd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rf7+ Kc8 (29... Ke8 30. Qf5 $18) 30. Qf5+ Rd7 31.
Bxa5 $18) 25. Rbf1 Qb6 (25... dxe2 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxa5 Rxe3
29. Be1 $16) 26. exd3 $8 Rxe3 27. Bxa5 Qc6+ $1 (27... Qxa5 $2 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8
29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qf2+ $11) 28. Kh3 (28. Kg1 Bc5 $19) 28... Qe6+ 29. R7f5 Re2
30. Qb1 Qh6+ 31. Kg4 Rxh2 $19 32. dxc4 (32. Rg5+ Bg7 33. Bc3 Qe6+ 34. Rff5 h5+
$1 35. Rxh5 Rxh5 $19) 32... Qh3+ 33. Kf4 (33. Kf3 Qg2+ 34. Kg4 Qe2+ $19) 33...
Bh6+ 34. Ke4 Qg4+ 35. Kd5 Qxc4+ 36. Kd6 Rd2+ $1 37. Bxd2 Rb6+ (37... Rb6+ 38.
Ke5 (38. Kd7 Qc6+ 39. Ke7 Rb7+ 40. Kd8 Qd7#) 38... Re6#) 0-1

[Event "Berlin Titelturnier"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1993.04.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Lagunow, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 d6 8. Rb1
Bd7 9. b3 Nh6 10. Bb2 Nf5 11. Ne4 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ra2 O-O
15. d3 Nb4 16. Ra1 {R} Bc6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Qc3+ e5 19. e3 $6 (19. Nxe5 $1 dxe5
(19... Nd4 $2 20. Nf3 $16) (19... Bxe4 $2 20. dxe4 Nd4 21. Nf3 $16) 20. Qxe5+
f6 21. Qxc5 $14) 19... Qe7 $15 20. Ned2 Kg8 21. Rfd1 Rfe8 22. Nf1 Qb7 23. Ne1
Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ra8 25. g4 $5 Nh6 $6 (25... Ng7 $142 26. Ng3 $140 (26. g5 Ne6 27.
h4 h6 $1 $17 28. gxh6 $140 f5 $1) 26... f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 $17) 26. h3 $2 (26. g5
$1 Nf5 27. Ng3 $13 {/\Ne4, ><f6}) 26... f5 $1 $17 27. g5 Nf7 28. h4 h6 29. gxh6
Nxh6 30. Ng3 Qf3 31. cxb5 Ng4 32. Rd2 Nd5 $19 33. Qc1 Ndxe3 34. Ne1 Rxa1 35.
Qxa1 Qf4 36. Qa4 Nxf2 37. Qxf4 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 Nxf4 39. Ra2 Rb8 40. Ra5 Ned5 41.
Nf3 Nc7 42. Nd2 Nxb5 43. Nc4 Nxd3 44. h5 f4 45. Ne4 gxh5 46. Ra1 Kf7 47. Rd1 d5
48. Nxe5+ Nxe5 49. Rxd5 Ke6 50. Rxc5 Nd6 (50... Kf5 $2 51. Rxb5 $17) 51. Nd2
Rc8 {2:12-2:26} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {A minor surprise from Adams, a strong proponent of the king pawn
openings. He has played around a dozen games starting 1.c4.} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3.
Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 {A surprise in return. Although Vachier Lagrave
has on rare occasions employed the Symmetrical Variation against the English
opening, this move is something that he has never played before.} 6. h4 $5 {
An interesting and creative move, that was first played by Mikhail Botvinnik
in 1956.} d6 7. d3 ({Another possible continuation is} 7. h5 $5 {which has
usually been answered by} Bg4 {One interesting game continued} 8. d3 Qd7 9. Ng5
Bxh5 10. f3 f6 11. Nh3 e5 $6 12. Nf2 f5 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. g4 $16 {1-0
Krivoshey,S (2493)-Topalov,V (2778)/Albox 2005/CBM 106 ext (42); and White
soon obtained a winning material advantage.}) 7... Bg4 ({Botvinnik vs Gligoric,
1956 went} 7... Rb8 8. h5 Bd7 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qc1 Bg7 12. Rxh8+
Bxh8 13. Qh6 Bxc3+ $5 14. bxc3 e6 15. Ng5 $14 {and Black's problems with his K
gave White had a slight edge in this complex struggle.}) 8. Bd2 Qd7 9. Rb1 {
A sort of waiting move. Black has developed most of his pieces. But castling
is still not easy} (9. O-O Bh3 {seems fine for Black.}) 9... Ng8 {[%cal Gh6g8,
Gg8f6] A lot of creativity is put forth in the opening phase of this encounter.
Realising that castling is not so appropriate at the moment, Black takes
advantage of his solid position to improve his worst-placed piece. The N on h6
has apparently done its job, and it now moves to f6 rather than f5, where it
would have embarrassed the light-squared bishop on g4.} (9... O-O 10. Qc1 Bxf3
(10... Nf5 11. Nh2 $14 {[%csl Rg4]}) 11. Bxf3 {^^}) (9... O-O-O {is a bit
risky. White will soon open up the << with b4.}) 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 (
11... Be6 12. Ng5 $14 {does not help Black to retain the B.}) 12. Bxf3 O-O 13.
b4 (13. h5 $5 Ne5 14. h6 ({The pawn sacrifice is pretty unclear} 14. Bg2 Nxh5
15. b4 $5 cxb4 16. Bxb4 $13) 14... Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Bh8 16. b4 (16. Kf1 d5 $132)
(16. O-O $5) 16... b6 (16... cxb4 17. Bxb4 d5 18. Kf1 dxc4 19. dxc4 $14) 17.
Kf1 $13 {[%cal Gf1g2] with a playable position.}) 13... Nxb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15.
Rxb4 Rab8 16. O-O ({I like the typical English Opening move for White -} 16.
Qa4 $5 Qxa4 (16... Rfd8 17. Qxa7 Ne4 {[%cal Gg7c3]} 18. Rb5 Nc5 $44 {[%cal
Gb8a8]} 19. Qa5 Ra8 20. Qd2 Ra3 21. O-O Rda8 22. Rfb1 Rxa2 23. Qd1 $16 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd3d4]}) 17. Rxa4 a6 18. Kd2 $14 {[%cal Gh1b1]}) 16... Bh6 17.
Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 e6 19. Bf3 b5 {Looking for active counterplay to equalise,
even at the cost of a pawn.} (19... b6 $5 {[%cal Gf3a8] is possible and may be
objectively equal but still it gives White the opportunity to dictate the play.
} {For example after} 20. a4 Rfc8 21. Qb3 Bd2 (21... Rc5 22. d4 Rc7 23. a5 Bd2
24. Rb5 Rbc8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Rxc4 27. d5 $14) 22. Rb5 Qd8 23. Rb1 {
[%cal Gh4h5,Ga4a5] The position may be equal but White can try to keep the
pressure with the threats of h5 or a5.}) 20. Qb1 a6 21. e3 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Ga2a4]} (21. a4 $6 Bd2 22. Rb2 Bc3 23. Rb3 b4 $15) 21... Qa7 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23.
Rxb5 axb5 24. Bc6 d5 25. Bxb5 Qa3 {Black had to have evaluated this position
at move 19.} 26. Re1 (26. Rc1 d4 $36) (26. d4 Ra8 $11 {[%csl Ra2]}) 26... Rc8
27. d4 Bf8 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rd1 Bb4 30. Bd3 (30. Rd3 $5 Rc3 31. Rxc3 Bxc3 32.
Be8 Qb2 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. a4 Bc3 $11 {leads to a similar position to that in
the game. The only difference is that White can now move the g3-pawn. But the
possible variations reveal that it does not change the evaluation.} 35. g4 Kf8
36. Bb5 Ke7 37. g5 (37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 h6 39. f3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Kg5 41. Be8 f5
42. Ke2 Ba5 43. Bf7 Kf6 44. Bg8 Bb4 45. e4 dxe4 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Ke3 Ke7 48.
Kxe4 Ba5 49. Kd3 Kd6 50. Kc4 Bb6 $11) 37... Ba5 38. f4 Kf8 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. e4
dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Bc7 42. d5 exd5+ 43. Kxd5 Bxf4 44. a5 h6 45. a6 Be3 46. gxh6+
Kxh6 47. Be2 Ba7 48. Kc6 (48. Ke5 Kg7 $11) 48... g5 49. h5 f5 $11 {[%cal Gg5g4]
}) 30... h5 31. Bc2 Rc3 32. Bb3 Qa6 33. Qb2 Ba5 34. Rd2 ({Trying to work out
some way to get the major pieces out does not seem to help. Apart from the
fact that Black may get his own major pieces actively involved in White camp,
he can also simply prevent White from achieving his desired objective -} 34.
Rb1 $5 Qd3 (34... Rd3 $2 35. Qe2 $18) 35. Bd1 {[%cal Gb2b8]} Qe4+ (35... Rc6
36. Qb8 $14) 36. Bf3 Qc2 (36... Qd3 37. Qb8 $14) 37. Qa1 (37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. a4
Ra2 $11) 37... Qd2 {[%cal Gc3c2]} 38. Rb2 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. a4 Kf6 $11 {
White would soon have to exchange Qs leading to positions similar to the game.}
) 34... Qc6 35. Rd1 Qb5 36. Kh2 Qa6 37. Kg2 Qb5 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qe2 {
[%cal Ga5e1]} 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41. Bxc2 f5 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re3,Rf2,Rg3,Rh4][%cal
Ga5e1] The problem for White here is that his >> pawn chain is fixed on the
dark squares, so getting his K to a4 for an entry on the << becomes almost
impossible. White cannot put his K on g2 and try to play f3-e4 as his d4-pawn
will fall. Even after some manoeuvring White may try to get one or two pawns
on the >> off the dark squares but not all of them. Which means that the extra
pawn on the << will get no support for an advance. There is no real progress
for White.} 42. Ba4 Kf7 43. Bc6 Bb4 44. a4 Ba5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Be8
Bb4 48. f3 Ba5 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 dxe4 51. Ke3 Bc7 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4] As noted
above, remnants of the >> pawn mass are still on the dark squares.} 52. Kxe4
Bxg3 53. a5 Bb8 54. a6 Ba7 55. Kd3 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Bf7 Kf6 58. Bxh5 Ke7
59. Ke4 {[%csl Rd4] With hindsight one can say that the pawn sacrifice 19...b5
was a result of fine judgement by Black, although it was not the only way to
draw the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 f5 $5 {After his
victory against the World Champion in the previous round, Naiditsch naturally
wants to fight for the full point even with the black pieces. Considering that
he is hundred points ahead of his opponent in rating, it is quite a legitimate
ambition. Naiditsch "I was surprised by 1.c4, I was expecting 1.d4. In this
position 6...f5 may objectively not be the best move but today I wanted to
play something different."} 7. a3 a5 ({According to Naiditsch, White's idea in
playing 7.a3 is to answer} 7... Nf6 {with} 8. d4 {with favourable opening of
the position considering Black has played ...f5.}) 8. Rb1 Bd7 {Black is trying
to let White commit to playing d3 before he brings his knight out.} (8... Nf6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Re6,Rf5][%cal Gd5g8]}) ({An interesting
alternative is} 8... e5 {More than a couple of games reached this position
with different move order.} 9. d3 (9. Ne1 Nf6 (9... Nge7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. d3 Bd7
12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Rxb4 $14 {1-0 Yu,L (2416)-Fang,Y 
(2268)/Qinhuangdao 2011/CBM 144 Extra (35)}) 10. Nc2 Be6 11. d3 O-O 12. b4 axb4
13. axb4 Rf7 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Ne3 (15. Rxb7 $5 Rxb7 16. Bxc6 {but parting
with the light squared Bs may not be to White's liking.}) 15... Rb8 16. Ned5
Nd4 17. e3 {1-0 Shipov,S (2588)-Vlassov,N (2492)/chessassistantclub.com INT
2004/CBM 104 ext (36). White enjoyed a typical English opening advantage.})
9... Nf6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nc2 Nd4 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 f4 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y (2250)
-Shamkovich,L (2485)/Lone Pine 1977/MCD (50)}) 9. b3 {White, on his part
continues the waiting game with another useful move. Naiditsch was all praise
for this subtle move.} (9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 O-O {is a normal position.}) 9... e5
{This structure is not seen much with B on d7. Usually Black gets ...e5 in
quite early and so does not really need ...Bd7.} (9... Nf6 10. d4 {Again the
same favourable opening of the position.} cxd4 (10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5
Nxd4 $6 13. Bxe4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc1b2]} Bc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. e3 $16 {
[%csl Re6]}) 11. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Rf5,Gf7] Black's structure does not make much
sense here. He would have liked the pawn on f7 here.}) 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. d4 $5 {
An exciting and principled continuation. Since Black is not well developed,
White wants to rip open the position. It is not really a pawn sacrifice
because White will recover the material immediately.} ({Naiditsch was worried
about} 11. Ne1 $5 Nge7 12. Nc2 O-O (12... Nd4 $6 13. Bxb7 $16) 13. b4 axb4 14.
axb4 {with a slight edge for White, but things do not seem so clear as Black
has a dynamic possibility.} f4 $5 {and Black might have counter chances.})
11... cxd4 12. e3 Nce7 (12... d3 $6 13. e4 $1 $36 (13. Qxd3 e4 14. Nxd6+ Ke7
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4+ Kf8 $13) 13... fxe4 14. Ng5 {[%csl Rd3,Re4,Re8]} Nf6
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Qxd3 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) (12... dxe3 $2 13. Bxe3 (
13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. c5 $16) 13... Ke7 14. Bb6 $18 {[%cal Gb6c7]}) (12... Nge7 $6
13. exd4 e4 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Nfxd4 exd4 15. Bxb7 $1) 14. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6]} Nc8
15. d5 Ne5 (15... exf3 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd6+ Nxd6 18. Bxd6 $18) 16. Ng5 $36 {
[%cal Gg5e6] or Nd4}) ({The other important retreat was} 12... Na7 $5 13. Nxa7
Qxa7 14. exd4 e4 15. Re1 $5 (15. Ng5 $5 h6 (15... Qxd4 16. Qe2 $36 {[%cal
Gf1d1]}) 16. Nh3 (16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne7 18. Bf4 d5 19. cxd5 Qxd4 $15)
16... Qxd4 17. Qe2 $36) 15... Nf6 (15... Ne7 16. Bf4 $14 (16. d5 exf3 17. Bg5
Be5 18. Qxf3 Kf7 $13)) 16. Nh4 (16. d5 Ng4 $132) 16... O-O 17. Bf4 $13 {
An unclear position where White does not have much to worry about.}) 13. exd4 (
{An important alternative is} 13. a4 $5 Nf6 (13... Bxb5 14. axb5 dxe3 15. Bxe3
Nf6 16. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Gg2] The structure is in White's favour.}) 14. exd4 e4
15. Ne1 O-O {[%cal Gd6d5]} 16. Nc2 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gh7h6,Gg6g5] According to
Naiditsch he would have been happy with this position. It offers Black a lot
of practical chances, with plans like...d5 or ...h6-g5}) 13... e4 (13... exd4
$2 14. Nfxd4 $18 {[%cal Ge1e8] is disastrous for Black.}) 14. Ng5 (14. a4 $5
Bxb5 15. axb5 exf3 16. Qxf3 Nf6 17. Re1 $44 {[%csl Rb7] White's compensation
may be enough for equality.}) 14... h6 15. Nh3 Bxb5 (15... Nf6 16. a4 Bxb5 (
16... O-O 17. f3 $5 (17. Ba3 Bxb5 18. axb5 $14) 17... Bxb5 (17... Re8 18. Ba3
$14) (17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Ne4 19. Qd3 $14) 18. axb5 g5 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 d5
$13) 17. axb5 g5 $13) 16. cxb5 Nd5 17. Nf4 Nge7 ({It is dangerous to take the
bait, since after} 17... Nc3 $6 18. Qc2 Nxb1 19. Nxg6 $16 {Black is in deep
trouble.} Rh7 (19... Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Rh7 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qxe4+ Kf7 (22... Kd8
23. Qe6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga3d6]}) (22... Kd7 23. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6][%cal
Ge4e6,Ge4b7,Ga3d6]}) 23. Nf4 {[%csl Rh7]} Nf6 (23... Rh8 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Ng6#)
24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Ng6#) 20. Qxb1 Ne7 (20... Nf6 21. Bh3 $18) 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22.
Bxe4 $18) 18. f3 {A brave and practical attempt. Objectively the sacrifice may
not be correct but it is the best way of trying for something more. Without it,
Black would soon be very comfortable in the static type of position.} (18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Bb2 O-O {Black is at least not worse.} 20. Qe2 Qc7 (20... Kh7 21. f3
$16) 21. Rbc1 Qf7 22. f3 Nf6 $13) 18... Nc3 19. Qc2 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Nxb1 ({
Black would not want to himself open the position with} 20... exf3 21. Bxf3
Nxb1 22. Qxb1 Qc8 (22... O-O $6 23. Ne6 $14) 23. Bb2 Be5 24. Qa1 $44) 21. fxe4
(21. Qxb1 $6 d5 $15) (21. Ne6 $2 Qc8 $1 $19) 21... Nc3 22. exf5 gxf5 (22... g5
$6 23. Ng6 $36) 23. Ng6 $4 {After finding some very tough and brave
continuations, White falters at the crucial moment and completely loses his
way.} ({The best way to continue the fight was} 23. Bd2 Qc8 (23... Be5 24. Bxc3
Qc7 25. Rf3 (25. Rc1 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rc8 (27... Rb8 28. Rc7 Rc8 {
is similar}) 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Bxb7 $15) 25... Rc8 26. Qe2 Bxc3 27. Nd5 Qd8
28. Nxc3 $44) (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 {and in spite of being a whole
rook down, White has enough compensation to make Black think about a draw.} Be5
26. Ng6 (26. Nd5 $5 b6 (26... Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qc8 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Be3 Qc7 30.
Qd5 $36) 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Qh4+ Ke8 29. Qh5+ Kd8 30. Qh4+ Kc8 31. Qg4+ Kd8 $11)
26... d5 (26... Nxg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Rf7 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gg6e6]} Qc8 29.
Bg5+ hxg5 30. Qxg5+ $18) (26... Rg8 $2 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Qh4+ Ke8 29. Qh5+ Kd8
30. Rf7 $18 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh5f5,Gf5d7,Gh4e7]}) 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 $11) 24.
Qd3 Be5 25. Rc1 Qd7 (25... Qc5 26. Bxc3 Qxa3 $13) (25... Qc7 26. Bxc3 Rc8 $13)
26. Bxc3 Rc8 $13 {Black's shattered pawn structure and a comparatively
vulnerable king give White enough compensation for the exchange.}) 23... Nxg6
24. Qxf5 Ne7 {Probably Baramidze forgot to consider this obvious retreat.
White now has nothing in return for the huge material disadvantage.} 25. Qf7+
Kd8 26. b6 Qc8 27. Bxh6 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 {
Instead 8.Rb1 and 8.Ne1 are more common. The text move has been seen in a
couple of top level blitz games.} d5 (8... cxb4 9. axb4 e4 10. Ng5 f5 11. b5
Ne5 12. Qb3 h6 13. d4 $5 exd3 14. Nf3 dxe2 15. Re1 d6 16. Rxe2 Be6 $6 17. Nxe5
dxe5 18. Bxb7 $16 {1-0 Carlsen-Nakamura, Norway Blitz 2013 (62)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Ng5 $2 {This is the result of a computer crash, according to Aronian. He
had prepared a similar sort of idea a few years ago and had it in mind but
before the game his laptop crashed and he just played without proper
preparation.} ({White has earlier tried} 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Here Gelfand played}
11. Rb1 $2 ({Aronian was probably intending} 11. Ng5 $142 {in this position.
It has been played twice before.} Qd4 (11... Qd8 12. Ne4 cxb4 13. axb4 f5 14.
b5 Nd4 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Ra3 $6 Qd7 $15 17. Qa4 e4 18. Bb2 $2 Nxe2+ $19 {0-1
Gutman,L (2441)-Danin,A (2589)/Bad Wiessee GER 2013}) 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 Bf5
(13... Nxb4 $5) 14. d3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd4 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. e3 Ne6
$13 {1-0 Savchenko,S (2498)-Vuilleumier,A (2321)/Budapest HUN 2013}) 11... cxb4
12. axb4 e4 $17 {1-0 Gelfand-Karjakin, Moscow blitz 2009 (47)}) ({A couple of
games saw} 10. e4 {but not with much success} Nc7 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 $11)
11. bxc5 Ne6 12. a4 (12. Nd5 Nxc5 13. d3 b6 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. Be3 Ne6 15. h4
Bb7 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. h5 h6 19. Nf3 g5 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8
22. Rc1 Qd7 $132 {1-0 Ghasi,A (2466)-Palliser,R (2456)/Leeds ENG 2013}) 12...
Nxc5 13. Ba3 b6 $15 {0-1 Czebe,A (2463)-Mihok,O (2493)/Budapest HUN 2015})
10... Nc7 (10... Ndxb4 $5 11. d3 (11. axb4 cxb4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5]} 12. Nce4 h6
13. Nf3 (13. Nh3 $2 Qd4 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8h3]}) 13... f5 14. Nh4 (14. Nc5
e4 $17) 14... g5 $17) 11... Na6 $15) 11. Nge4 (11. d3 $142 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4
$44 {was comparatively better than the game continuation.}) 11... c4 $1 (11...
cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Nc5 $44) 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bg5 $6 {Aronian decides to
give up a pawn instead of accepting a positional disadvantage. But it makes
matters worse. Later he admitted to having missed that Black can put his Q on
d7 and then take on e2.} ({After} 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. exd3 Ne6 $15) ({or} 13.
exd3 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd3] the weakness of the isolated d3-pawn gives Black an
edge.}) 13... f6 14. Be3 f5 $1 {Giving no respite.} (14... dxe2 $6 15. Qxe2 Nd4
16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 {with some play.}) 15. Bg5 (
15. Nc5 f4 $17 16. gxf4 $2 exf4 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Bd2 dxe2 18. Qxe2 f3 19. Bxf3
Nd4 $19) 15... Qd4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc5 dxe2 19. Nxe2 (19. Nxd7
exd1=Q 20. Rfxd1 Rf7 21. Nc5 e4 22. Rac1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 {is a comfortable
pawn up position for Black. White cannot achieve much with either} 24. Nb5 ({or
} 24. Rd6 Bb3 $19) 24... Bb2 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Nd6 Rd7 $17) 19... Qxd1 20. Rfxd1
f4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh7h6] MVL goes for the g5-B} ({The other way, to shut out
the g2-B with} 20... e4 {also seemed good enough. After} 21. Ra2 (21. Rac1 Bb2
$17) 21... b6 22. Nxe4 (22. Nd7 Rf7 23. Rad2 Ba6 $19 {[%csl Ge4]}) 22... fxe4 {
White cannot recover the piece. For example} 23. Bxe4 Bb7 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7
Kxf7 26. Rc2 Rc8 $1 {A nice point shown by the machine.} 27. Bxc6 $2 Ne6 $19)
21. gxf4 h6 $17 {Black is already winning. White can now rely only on
desperate attempts to sacrifice material, whether it is a piece or pawns. it
is just a matter of accuracy before Black takes home the point.} 22. b5 (22.
Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Rac1 hxg5 24. Bxc6 Rab8 $17) (22. Bh4 exf4 $19 {[%cal Gg6g5,
Gg7a1]}) 22... Nxb5 23. Rab1 Nxa3 24. Rb3 hxg5 $6 ({A more accurate move was} 
24... Nc2 $142 {with not so difficult variations. For example} 25. Nxb7 (25.
Bh4 exf4 $19) (25. Rc1 N2d4 $19) (25. Rc3 N2d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 $19 {[%csl Rg5]
[%cal Gd4e2]}) 25... N6d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Nc5 Nxb3 28. Bxa8 Nxc5
$19) 27... exd4 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Bh4 a5 $19) 25. Rxa3 ({White
could have provided more resistance with} 25. Nxb7 Ne7 ({Aronian's calculation
went} 25... Bxb7 26. Rxb7 {[%csl Rc6]} Rad8 {and so on and he considered his
position lost. One cannot blame him for it is only with the machine that we
can see White's ideas in these complications.} (26... Nd4 $6 27. Nxd4 exd4 28.
Bd5+ Kh7 29. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]}) (26... Na5 27. Rbd7 N5c4 (27... Rab8 28. Bd5+
Kh8 29. Rd3 g4 30. Rxa3 $11) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. fxg5 $15) (26...
Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bxc6 exf4 $17) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Bxc6 exf4
29. Rxa7 $15) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 (28... Nf7 29. f5 gxf5 30. Ng3 Nc2 31. Nxf5 Nd4 32.
Nd6 $11) (28... Kh7 29. Rb3 exf4 (29... Nc2 30. Rh3+ Bh6 31. fxg5) 30. Rh3+ Bh6
31. Rxa3 $15 {[%csl Ra7]}) 29. Rb3 exf4 30. Rxa3 Re8 31. Rh3+ Bh6 32. Nxf4 gxf4
33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rh3 Re5 $15) 26. Rxa3 (26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Bxa8 Bxe2 28. Rd7 Rxa8
29. Rxa3 Nf5 30. fxe5 (30. Raxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 gxf4 $17) 30... Rb8 $19 31.
Raxa7 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 g4 $1 $19) 26... Bg4 27. Re1 gxf4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gg2a8]
although Black is still better, he will not have it easy. For example} 28. h3
Bh5 29. Be4 $17 {keeping a hold on things for now.}) 25... exf4 26. Bd5+ (26.
Nd7 Rd8 $1 (26... f3 $5 {Aronian} 27. Bxf3 (27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxf3 Kf7 $19)
27... Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Ne5 $19) 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Rh3+ Bh6 29. Bxc6
bxc6 $19) 26... Kh7 $19 27. Ne4 (27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Rh3+ Bh6 $19) 27... Kh6 28.
Nd6 Bf6 (28... Bg4 $19) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxc8 Raxc8 31. Rd7 {[%cal Ga3h3]} (
31. Rxa7 Rfd8 $19) 31... g4 32. Nxf4 Rcd8 33. Raxa7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 c5 {[%cal
Gf8c8] MVL has given up two of his three extra pawns but simplified to an
easily winning endgame in which his strong bishop dominates the white knight
and his doubled pawns actually make the White pawn on h2 a sitting duck.} 35.
Ne6 (35. Rc7 Be5 $19) 35... Rc8 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 c4 38. Kf1 Kg5 39. Nd5
Be5 {[%csl Rh2]} 40. Ke2 (40. Kg2 c3 41. Ne3 Kf4 42. Nc2 Ke4 43. Ne1 Bf4 $19 {
[%cal Gf4d2,Gf4h2] White is helpless.}) 40... Bxh2 41. Ke3 Be5 42. Nb4 Bd6 43.
Nd5 Bc5+ 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Nc3 Ke5 46. Nb5 Bb4 47. Ke3 g5 48. Nc7 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 c3
(49... c3 50. Kd3 Bxf2 $19 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gg3g2,Gg2g1]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 ({Another recent high level
game saw} 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nh6 $6 {This knight sortie's setbacks are more
obvious than its benefits. Black is aiming for the d4-square but if White
plays accurately, the knight is just misplaced on h6.} 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9.
d3 Nf5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Ne1 $1 Nfd4 {A superfluous piece on d4!} 12. e3 Ne6 13.
Nc2 a4 14. Nd5 Na5 15. Bc3 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. f4 {1-0 Wang Yue
(2734)-Shanava,K (2560)/Nakhchivan 2011/CB17_2011 (39). White seized the
initiative and eventually won the game.}) 5... e6 $5 {The setup Ivanchuk
chooses is more appealing, but it has its own drawback as well.} 6. d3 Nge7 7.
h4 $5 {This is one isuch drawback! White will play h5 as a result of Black's
knight being placed on e7.} h6 8. Bd2 b6 {An odd choice, which is not wrong
but gives White an additional choice. Other options are:} (8... d6 9. a3 a5 10.
Rb1 e5 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ne3 f5 14. Ned5 Rb8 15. O-O Kh7 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 f4 20. h5 $5 (20. Ne4 Nf5 21. e3 fxg3 22.
fxg3 b5 23. cxb5 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,B (2617)-Melkumyan,H (2580)/Sarajevo 2011/
CB19_2011 (47)} (23. h5)) 20... gxh5 21. Qb1 $44 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1h7]}) (
8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 $146 10. O-O b6 11. Qc1 $13) 10. Qc1 Bg4 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bf4 b6 14. Qd1 $13 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. Nh2 Be6 16. dxe4
Nd4 $13) 14... Kg8 15. Qa4 d4 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E (2405)-Sosonko,G (2595)/Bad
Kissingen 1981/MCL (44)}) 9. h5 g5 10. Nxg5 $5 {For sure this was Radjabov's
intention, otherwise h5 was pointless.} hxg5 11. Bxg5 {Radjabov needed to win
this game in order to balance the match. Therefore he took all the drastic
measures in order to complicate things. In my opinion, Black should be ok but
the position is extremly complicated and hard to assess.} Bxc3+ $6 {A dubious
choice. This weakens the dark squares on the kingside.} (11... Bb7 12. h6 Be5 (
12... Bxc3+) (12... Bd4) 13. f4 (13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nf6+ $8 (14. Qd2 $2 f5 $1 15.
Nf6+ Kf7 $17) 14... Bxf6 (14... Kf8 15. h7 Nf5 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Be4 d5 18. Bxf5
exf5 19. d4 $1 Bxd4 20. Rh4 Qd6 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bh4 $44) 15. Bxf6 Rh7 16. Be4
Ng6 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. O-O-O $44) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 {and Black is a tempo up
in comparison to the game.}) (11... Be5 12. f4 Bd4 13. e3 Bxe3 14. h6 Bb7 15.
h7 d6 16. Bf6 Kd7 {The position remains completely unclear.}) 12. bxc3 Bb7 13.
Qd2 {The position is still unclear, however, things are different now: White
clearly has a dangerous initiative and it is Black who has to be more precise.}
Qc7 (13... f5 14. Bf6 Rh7 15. g4 $1 Qc7 16. g5 Ng8 17. g6 Nxf6 18. gxh7 Nxh7
19. Qh6 Qe5 20. Kd2 {and White is clearly better.}) 14. Bf6 O-O-O (14... Rh7
15. Be4 Ng8 16. Qg5 Nxf6 17. Qxf6 Qd8 18. Qxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bxh7 Bxh1 20. f3 $16)
15. O-O-O Rhg8 $2 16. Bxc6 $1 {This tactical nuance gives Radjabov a clear
advantage.} dxc6 $2 {The final mistake. Radjabov conducts the technical part
masterfully.} (16... Bxc6 17. Bxe7 Rde8 18. Bg5 Bxh1 19. Rxh1 f6 20. Be3 Qc6
21. Rh4 $16) 17. h6 Rg6 18. h7 Rxf6 19. h8=Q Rxh8 20. Rxh8+ Kd7 21. d4 $1 {
It is all over now!} Qd6 22. Qg5 Rf5 23. Qh4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd5 25. cxd5 Qa3+
26. Kb1 cxd5 27. Rh7 Qxc3 28. Rxf7 {A superb achievment by Radjabov.} 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Petrosian/Fischer"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. e3 $142 e6 $10 {Fischer=:F})
5... e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 (7. e3 $142 {Petrosian=:P} O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Nxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Qb6 $1 $10 {F Botvinnik-Smyslov/Moscow
Wch/1957}) 7... O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 $2 {F} (11. cxd5 $142
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {F}) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Rc8 $146 (13... Nd4
14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Kxg2 Rc8 17. Bg5 Bxc3 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7
Rd7 20. Rfc1 Bd2 21. Rd1 Rxe7 22. Rxd2 Rxc4 23. b5 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Suetin,
A-Kholmov,R Havana 1968}) (13... a5 $142 $1 {Fischer} 14. b5 Nd4 {Vadasz,
L-Sveshnikov,E Match/Nation HUN-RSFSR 1967 (1) 1/2}) 14. c5 (14. Nb5 a6 15. Na3
{P}) (14. Qa4 Nd4 $1 $36 {F}) (14. Ne4 Na5 $1 {F}) 14... bxc5 15. bxc5 Na5 $1 {
F} 16. Na4 Bc6 $1 {P/F} 17. Qc2 Nb7 (17... Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Rxc5 19. Bb4 $18 {P})
18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Ne1 Nd5 (19... Bxa4 20. Rxb7 $10 {F}) 20. Nb2 Bb5 21. Ned3 (
21. Nbd3 $142 {P} a6 22. Qb3 Nd8 {P 23... c6-/+ F}) 21... Bd4 22. Qb3 Nxc5 23.
Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd3 (25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxb5 Bxf2+ $1 $19 {F}) 25...
Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Bf3 Qc7 28. Bg5 (28. Be1 {P}) (28. Rc1 $1 {P 29. c5 30.
e4 P}) 28... Be7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Qd4 $4 {P} (30. Ra1 {P a6, P d5 P}) 30... e5
$1 {P/F} 31. Qc4 Nb6 32. Qc2 Rc8 33. Qd3 Rc4 $1 {P e4 F} 34. Bg2 (34. Rxb6 $2
Rc1+ $19 {F}) 34... Qc7 (34... Qc5 $142 $1 {F}) 35. Qa3 Rc3 36. Qa5 Rc5 37. Qa3
(37. Qa6 $1 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 39. Bf1 Qc7 40. Qa5 {F}) 37... a5 38. h4 Nc4
39. Qd3 Nd6 40. Kh2 Kg7 $2 {adjourned} (40... h5 $142 {F}) 41. Rd1 $2 {F} (41.
h5 gxh5 $2 (41... a4 42. Qa3 $1) 42. Rd1 $1 {P 43. f5 F}) 41... Ne8 42. Qd7 (
42. Qa6 Nf6 43. Ba8 a4 $1 44. Qxa4 Ra5 45. Qc6 Qa7 $19 {P}) 42... Qxd7 43. Rxd7
Nf6 $2 {P/F} (43... Nc7 $19 44. Be4 a4 45. Bb1 Nb5 46. Ba2 Rc7 {F}) 44. Ra7
Ng4+ 45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46. Bf1 Ra1 47. e4 a4 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Rxf7+ $2 {F} (49. Kg1
$1 {P} Rxf2 (49... Nxf2 50. Bc4 $1 Nh3+ 51. Kh1 Rf2 52. Be6 $1 $13 {P/F} a3 53.
Bxh3 a2 54. Kg1 $2 (54. Bg2 {P 55. h2= P}) 54... Rb2 55. Bf1 g5 {P 's advance
-+ P}) (49... h5 50. Bh3 Nxf2 51. Be6 {P}) (49... a3 50. Bh3 $1 h5 51. Bxg4
hxg4 $10 {F}) 50. Bh3 Rf3 51. Kg2 $10 {P/F}) (49. Kf3 $5 {F}) 49... Kxf7 50.
Bc4+ Ke7 51. Bxa2 a3 52. Kf3 Nf6 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. f4 (54. Kd3 Kc5 55. f3 (55.
Be6 Ng4 $1 56. f4 (56. Ke2 Kd4) 56... Kd6 {P 57... f6 -+ F}) 55... Nh5 $19 {F})
54... Nd7 55. Bb1 Nc5 56. f5 Na6 57. g4 Nb4 58. fxg6 hxg6 59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5
Ke6 61. Kd2 Kf6 62. Kc3 a2 63. Bxa2 Nxa2+ 64. Kb2 (64. Kc4 Nc1 65. Kd5 Nd3 $19
{F}) 64... Nb4 65. Kc3 Nc6 66. Kc4 Nd4 (66... Nd4 67. h6 Nf3 $19 {F}) 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7.
Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O Bxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Rb1 O-O 13.
Rb3 Qa5 14. Rg3 $13 {Bertholee,R-Polgar,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B (3)/0-1/43/}) 4...
g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O (6. d3 { []d2-f1-e3}) 6... d6 7. a3 (7. Ne1 Be6 8. d3
Nge7 9. Nc2 d5) 7... Be6 $6 (7... Nge7) (7... Nge7 {Ribli}) 8. d3 (8. Nd5 b5 $1
9. cxb5 Bxd5 10. bxc6 Bxc6 $13) 8... Nge7 9. Ng5 $6 (9. b4 $3 e4 $2 (9... cxb4
$6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 $44) (9... O-O 10. b5 $14) 10. Nxe4 Bxa1 11. Bh6 Bb2
12. Qc2 $16) 9... Bc8 10. b4 h6 (10... f5 $5) 11. Nge4 (11. Nf3 $4 e4 $19)
11... f5 12. Nd2 (12. bxc5 $6 fxe4 13. Nxe4 dxc5 14. Nxc5 {@ / |^}) 12... e4 $1
(12... O-O 13. b5 $14) 13. Bb2 exd3 14. exd3 (14. e3 cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4) 14...
O-O (14... cxb4 $5 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qa4+ $44) 15. bxc5 (15. b5 Ne5 $1 { f5-f4
}) 15... dxc5 16. Nb3 f4 $1 (16... b6 $5) 17. Nxc5 Ne5 $44 (17... Nd4 $5 $44)
18. d4 (18. gxf4 Rxf4) 18... Bg4 $1 (18... Nxc4 $2 19. Qb3 Qxd4 20. N3a4 $19)
19. Nxb7 (19. f3 $2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxd4+ $17) (19. Qe1 f3 20. Bh1 Nxc4 $17) (
19. Qb3 $2 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Rf5 $19) 19... Qb8 $1 (19... Qb6 $2 20.
Na4) (19... Qc7 $2 20. Nd5 $1 Qxb7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxb7 Bxd1 23. dxe5 $18)
20. Qb3 (20. dxe5 $2 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 f3) 20... f3 (20... Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22.
Nd5) 21. Bh1 $2 (21. dxe5 $1 fxg2 22. Rfe1 Bf3 $2 (22... Bc8 23. Nc5 Qxb3 24.
Nxb3 Rb8 25. Nb5 a6 26. a4 axb5 27. axb5 {/ @}) 23. Nd5) 21... Nd3 $2 (21...
N5c6 $1 22. Ne4 (22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Nd8 $1 24. d6+ Kh7 25. Nc5 Qxb3 26. Nxb3
Rb8 $19) (22. c5+ Kh7 23. d5 Nd4 24. Qb4 Nxd5 $1 $19) (22. Nc5 Nxd4 $1 $19)
22... Nf5 23. Nbc5 (23. Rfd1 Ncxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd1 Bg7 $17)
23... Ncxd4 $1 $19) 22. Rfd1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Bc8 (23... Nc6 $2 24. Qb5 $1 Nxd4
25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Qd5+ Rf7 27. Nd6 $2 (27. Qxd4 $1 Qxb7 28. Qxg4 Qb2 29. Qxg6+
$18) 27... Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Bh3+ $19) 24. Rab1 Bf5 25. Rbc1 Bc8 26. Rb1 Bf5 27.
Rbc1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 (6... Nh6 {is
another possibility, employed few times by Magnus Carlsen and Peter Svidler.
Later on the knight is going to f5 to control the central d4-square.}) 7. b3 {
Obviously, playing such a quiet scheme White can't claim an opening advantage.}
(7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. d5 {is a possible way for White to get some space,
but after} Na5 {Black seems to have a sort of comfortable version of the
King's Indian Defence.}) 7... Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 e5 (9... Nf5 {appeared in
practice as well, with the same idea - fighting aganst the d3-d4 advance.}) 10.
d3 h6 11. a3 $6 $146 {I don't find this move particularly useful in this
position. Instead White can prepare the d3-d4 strike or to adopt a positional
plan by securing control over the d5-square.} ({Check the following classic
game:} 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Kh2 d5 $6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Na4
b6 17. d4 $1 cxd4 (17... e4 18. dxc5 $1 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qb2+ f6 22. e4 Ne5 23. Bg2 $16) 18. exd4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Rad8 22. Qh4 Qe7 23. Qxh6 b5 24. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4h4]} Qf6 25. Rh4 Qg7 26.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nc5 $16 {1-0 (29) Smyslov,V-Sanguineti,R Mar del Plata 1962}) (
11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd5 {is another plan. Later on White can continue with Rb1,
Bc3, a3 and b4 opening the b-file. The sharp idea f2-f4 is also in the air,
according to circumstances.}) 11... Be6 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1 b6 {and d6-d5 will
follow on the next move.}) 12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {Now White has a "hedgehog"
setup, which is very flexible. However, objectively Black is already somewhat
ahead thanks to his space superiority.} 14. Rc1 Nde7 $1 {Black has some
advantage in space so it's logical to keep his pieces out of the way of
exchanges.} 15. Nc4 (15. Na4 b6 16. b4 $6 Qxd3 17. bxc5 Rad8 {is in Black's
favour.}) 15... Rb8 16. Qe2 b6 17. f4 {This is the only reasonable way for
White to create counterplay.} exf4 18. gxf4 f5 $15 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Nd2 Qd7 21.
Qf2 a6 (21... Qxd3 $4 22. Nf3 $18 {[%csl Rd3]}) 22. Nde4 $6 {This is sort of a
bluff that worked. It's clear that White is worse and Kramnik understood it
very well. So, he tried to change the unfortunate course of the game at any
cost. The psychological impact is not to be underestimated.} Qa7 $2 {Peter had
played excellently so far, but at the critical moment didn't dare to go for
the most principled continuation. Perhaps he underestimated the move that now
follows.} (22... fxe4 $1 23. Nxe4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Nxc5 Bxc1 (24... Qd6 25.
Qxb2 b4 $1 $17) 25. Nxd7 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxd7 {Objectively Black is much better,
he has more than enough material for the queen. In a practical game, however,
especially in time trouble this position is not easy to handle.}) 24... Bh3 25.
Nxc5 (25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Rf8 29. Qd6 {[%tqu
"En","Black has a winning continuation. Can you spot it?","","","c6d4","",5]}
Nd4 $1 30. exd4 $140 Rxf4+ 31. Ke1 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ $1 33. Kc3 Nd5+ $19) 25...
Qg4 {and after the massive exchange on g2 Black's extra knight will tell in
the endgames.}) 23. Nxc5 $1 {Kramnik didn't miss his chance to get back into
the game.} Qxc5 24. d4 {White is gaining back the piece.} Nxd4 (24... Qd6 $2
25. d5 Bxc3 $2 26. dxc6 $18) (24... Qb6 $2 25. d5 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Rg8]}) 25. exd4 Qd6 26. d5 Bf7 {Black still has a
good position, but now White also has some ideas and anything can happen.} 27.
Na2 $1 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Rfd8 ({Black shouldn't be too greedy:} 28... Qxf4 $2 29.
d6 {White's passed pawn gets very dangerous.} Nc8 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 $36 {
[%cal Gc1c7,Ga2b4]}) 29. Qd4 Rbc8 (29... Qxa3 30. Nb4 a5 31. Na6 Rbc8 32. Nc7 {
might be playable for Black when you analyse it with an engine at home, but
during a game hardly any human would go for that.}) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nb4 Rd8
32. Qa7 Rd7 33. Qxa6 Qxa6 $2 {Peter couldn't stand the pressure. The exchange
of queens is White's dream in this position.} (33... Qc5+ $1 34. Kh1 ({The
engine prefers} 34. Kf1 {I can't figure out the reason to put the king on a
more exposed square.}) 34... Kg7 {was still perfectly playable for Black.
White's king is vulnerable - this is the main reason why Black should keep the
queens on the board.}) 34. Nxa6 Nxd5 (34... Bxd5 35. Nc5 Rd8 36. a4 bxa4 37.
bxa4 $18) 35. Nc5 Rd8 {Probably Leko didn't realise in time that he can't get
out of the pin along the d-file without losing material.} (35... Rc7 36. Rxd5
Bxd5 37. Bxd5+ Kh7 38. b4 Ra7 39. Bc6 Rxa3 40. Bxb5 {and White will win,
slowly, but surely.}) 36. Rd4 Kf8 37. Nd3 $1 {The knight invasion to e5 is
devastating.} Ke8 38. Ne5 Be6 39. Nxg6 Rd7 (39... Ne7 40. Rxd8+ Kxd8 41. Nxe7
Kxe7 42. b4 {White wins this endgame thanks to a classic zugzwang, as follows:}
Kd6 43. Kf2 Bc8 44. Ke3 Be6 45. Kd4 Bd7 46. Bh3 Be6 47. Bf1 Bd7 48. Bd3 h5 49.
h4 $18) 40. Kf2 Rg7 41. Bxd5 Rxg6 42. Bxe6 Rxe6 43. Rd5 Ra6 44. Rxf5 Rxa3 45.
Rxb5 {Two extra pawns promise White an easy win. Leko didn't suffer for too
long.} Kd7 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {01h30+30s} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 {08""} e5 {[%csl Rd5]} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2
Bg7 6. d3 (6. O-O {plus souple} Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. b4 e4 9. Ng5 f5 10. Bb2 O-O
11. d3 h6 12. Nh3 exd3 13. exd3 g5 $132) (6. a3 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2b4] Plus
ambitieux} a5 7. d4 $1 {Un gambit typique du style imaginatif du GMI anglais}
cxd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. e3 $44 {Miles,A (2555)-Kudrin,S (2530) US op Los Angeles
1991 1-0}) 6... d6 7. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5] 14"" Un plan
interessant mais un peu lent pour surcontroler la case forte "d5"} (7. O-O {
La grande ligne} Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1) 7... Nge7 8. Nf1 O-O ({RR} 8... Rb8 9.
Ne3 a6 10. h4 h6 11. a4 Nb4 12. Ned5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a5 f5
16. Rb1 f4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. b4 fxg3 19. fxg3 e4 20. Bxe4 Be5 21. Bxh6 Qf6 22.
Kd2 Bc3+ 23. Kc2 {Vaganian,R (2590)-Dominguez Perez,L (2719)/Almaty 2008/EXT
2009/1/2-1/2}) 9. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5]} Rb8 10. Bd2 {30""} ({RR} 10. Rb1 a6 11. O-O
b5 12. b3 Be6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Kh2 f5 15. Ned5 b4 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Nd5 f4 18.
e3 g5 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bf5 21. e4 Bg6 22. Bf3 Rb7 23. Bg4 Qe8 24. gxf4
gxf4 {Abbasov,F (2549)-Mekhitarian,K (2490)/Calvi 2010/Mega2010 Update 20/1/
2-1/2 (57)}) 10... a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] les noirs avaient joué а tempo l'ouverture}
11. Qc1 $146 ({RR} 11. Rc1 b5 12. b3 b4 13. Ncd5 f5 14. f4 Kh8 15. O-O Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Nd4 17. Nc4 exf4 18. gxf4 Rb7 19. e3 Nb5 20. e4 fxe4 21. dxe4 Rbf7 22. Qe2
Bh6 23. e5 Nd4 24. Qe1 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Rc7 {Karlsson,L (2480)-Eriksson,A (2265)/
Malmo 1986/EXT 1997/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11... b5 12. Ned5 b4 {08""} 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {34""} Bb7 {09""} (15... Be6) (15... Bh3) 16. Bh6 Bxd5
17. cxd5 Bxh6 $1 18. Qxh6 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7h7,Gf7f5]} (18... f5 19. h4 $36 {
[%cal Gh4h5]}) 19. e4 f5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf5f4]} 20. Qe3 {52""} (20. h4 f4 21.
h5 g5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 20... Qd7 {20""} 21. f3 Rbc8 {[%cal Gc5c4]} (21... fxe4 22.
fxe4 Qh3 $36 {[%cal Gh3g2,Gf8f3,Gg2h1]}) 22. O-O f4 23. Qe2 h5 24. a3 b3 25.
Rac1 a5 26. Ra1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5]} 4. g3 (4. e3 {Malakhatko,V 
(2603)-Zozulia,A (2343) Rohde op 7th 2007 (5.4) 1-0}) 4... g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3
Nge7 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Une variante trés solide pour les noirs et qui donne des
bons résultats face au système blanc assez peu ambitieux} 7. Nd2 (7. O-O {
La ligne principale}) 7... d6 8. Nf1 O-O ({RR} 8... Rb8 9. Ne3 a6 10. Ned5 Nxd5
({RR} 10... O-O 11. a4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bd7) 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bd2 b5 15. b3 Ne7 16. O-O Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh7 18. a4 b4) 9. Ne3 Be6 10. Ned5 Qd7
{[%cal Ge6h3]} 11. h4 ({RR} 11. Qa4 Rab8 12. O-O a6 13. Rb1 b5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Bh3 17. b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. f4 e4 20. Bb2 Rbe8) ({RR} 
11. O-O Rab8 ({RR} 11... Bh3 12. Rb1 Rab8 13. Qa4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Qxd7
Bxd7 16. e3 Nb5 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. b4 b6 20. Rb3 Rbd8) 12. Bg5 f6 13.
Bd2 h6 14. a3 Kh7 15. b4 Bh3 16. Qa4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Rfb1
cxb4 20. axb4 Rfc8) 11... h5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Rab8 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gb7b5,Gb5b4]}
14. Rb1 a6 15. Qa4 Kh7 (15... b5 $1 $146 {[%cal Gb5a4,Ge7d5] Pourquoi ne pas
profiter de la position de Qa4 pour gagner un tempo? Ce qui est encore
encourageant pour le joueur humain, c'est de voir que 15. b5 n'est proposé ni
par Fritz10 ni par Rykba} 16. Nxe7+ (16. cxb5 $6 axb5 17. Nxb5 (17. Qc2 b4 $36
{[%cal Ge7d5,Ge6d5]})) (16. Qd1) (16. Qxa6 bxc4 (16... b4 17. Nb5 {[%csl Ra6]}
Rfd8 18. O-O Ra8) 17. Qxc4 (17. dxc4 Nd4 $44 {[%csl Ra6]}) 17... Kh7) 16...
Nxe7 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ge7d5]} 17. Qxa6 {semble assez risqué car la Q est
hors-jeu} bxc4 18. dxc4 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5b1] Provoque l'affaiblissement de la
case d4 après e4 et la fermeture de la diagonale "a8 h1" afin de permettre de
jouer Ra8} 19. e4 {[%csl Rd4,Gg2][%cal Gb8a8]} (19. Rc1 Rxb2) (19. Rd1 Rxb2 (
19... Bc2 20. Rc1 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Re1]} 21. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6]} Bf5 {[%cal
Gb2d2]} 22. Bc3 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. Nxd6 $2 (24. O-O d5 $132 {[%csl Ge5]})
24... Rd8)) 19... Be6 20. O-O (20. a3 Rb3 $1 $132 {[%csl Ra6,Rb2][%cal Gf8b8]})
20... Ra8) 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 ({RR} 16... Qxe7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6) 17. Qxd7 Bxd7
18. b4 cxb4 ({RR} 18... b6 19. b5 a5) 19. Rxb4 b5 ({RR} 19... Bc6 20. O-O) 20.
cxb5 axb5 $146 ({RR} 20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. O-O Rfc8 23. Rfb1 Nc6 ({RR} 
23... Rc2 24. R1b2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2) 24. R4b2 ({RR} 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 Nd4) ({
RR} 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. a4 ({RR} 25. Rxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Rc2)) 24... f5 25. Bxc6
Rxc6 26. a4 e4 27. Rxb5 Ra8 28. Rb7 ({RR} 28. a5) 28... Rc2 ({RR} 28... Rxa4
29. Rd7 Ra8 30. Rbb7 Rg8 31. Be3) 29. Be3 Rxe2 30. dxe4 ({RR} 30. Bd4 Rg8 31.
dxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Ra1) 30... Kg8 ({RR} 30... fxe4 31.
Bd4 Rg8 32. Re7 Rd2 33. Bc3 Rc2 34. Bf6) 31. Rb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. a5 Ra2
34. Ra8 ({RR} 34. Rb7 Kg8 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rb5) 34... fxe4 35. a6 {Popov,V 
(2579)-Maksimenko,A (2523)/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092/[Ribli]/1-0 (39)}) 21. O-O
Bh6 22. e3 Bf5 23. Be4 Be6 {[%cal Ge6a2]} 24. Nxb5 (24. Rxb5 d5 $11) 24... d5
$1 25. Nc7 $1 Bh3 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 28. Ne6 (28. Rxb8 {
[%csl Ga2] Le GMI estimait probablement avoir trop peu de chances de gain а
cause de la faiblesse de la 2ème rangée.} Rxb8 {[%cal Gb8b2]} 29. Bc3 d4 $1 30.
exd4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c3]} 31. Ba5 exd4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Ge7d5]}) 28... d4 {
[%cal Gh6d2]} (28... Nf5) 29. Rfb1 {[%cal Gb4b8]} dxe3 $1 30. Bxe3 Rxb4 31.
Rxb4 Bxe3 32. Rb7 Rc2 $1 (32... Re8 $143 33. fxe3 {[%csl Re7,Rh7]} Kg8 34. Kf3
$16) 33. Rxe7+ Kh8 (33... Kh6 $4 34. Nf8 {[%cal Ge7h7]}) 34. Kf3 Bb6 35. Rb7
Bxf2 36. Nf8 g5 37. Ke4 Bxg3 38. Kf5 (38. hxg5 fxg5 {[%cal Gh5h1]}) 38... gxh4
{[%cal Gh4h1] evite l'échange du B} (38... Bxh4 39. Nh7 $1 {[%cal Gh7f6]} g4
40. Kg6 $1 {[%cal Gb7b8]} Rc8 41. Kxh5 Bg5 42. Nxg5 fxg5 43. Kxg4 Rd8 44. Kxg5
Rxd3 45. a4 e4 (45... Ra3 $2 46. Kg6 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gb7b8]}) 46. a5 e3 47.
Re7 Rd5+ 48. Kg6 Rd6+ 49. Kf5 Rd5+ 50. Kf4 Rxa5 $11) 39. Nd7 e4 $1 40. Nxf6 (
40. Kxe4 Kg7 41. Kf5 $2 Bc7 $17 {[%cal Gh4h1]}) 40... Rc7 (40... Bc7 41. Kg6
Rg2+ 42. Kxh5 Rg7 43. Ne8 (43. Kxh4 Bg3+ {[%cal Gg7b7]}) 43... Rh7+) 41. Rb8+
Kg7 42. Ne8+ {[%cal Ge8g7,Ge8c7]} Kf7 43. Nxc7 e3 $8 {Une position étonnante:
Le GMI a une R de plus mais les P passés sont forts même isolés} (43... exd3
44. Rb7 d2 45. Ne6+ Ke8 46. Ng7+ Kd8 47. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Gb1d1,Gd1d2]}) 44. Rb2
h3 45. Ne6 h2 46. Ng5+ Ke7 47. Rb7+ Kd8 48. Rb1 e2 49. Nf3 e1=Q 50. Rxe1 Bxe1
51. Nxh2 Kd7 52. Nf3 Bf2 53. Kg5 Kc6 54. Kxh5 Kc5 55. a3 Be3 56. Kg4 Bc1 57. a4
Kb4 {Romain tient la nulle!} 58. d4 Bb2 59. d5 Kc5 60. a5 Kxd5 {[%mdl 4360]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 02nd final"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg "]
[Date "1979.11.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1979.11.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Rotterdam Volmac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nc3 Nf5 (7...
O-O) 8. b3 d5 $1 $146 {Curieusement, ce coup ne semble pas avoir rejoué dans
une autre partie alors que les Noirs ont un bon jeu.} (8... O-O {Kholmov,
R-Suetin,A Moscow-ch 1970 0-1}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Na4 Bxb2 12. Nxb2
b6 13. d3 (13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nfxd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. Nd3 (16. Rc1) 16... Nxd4
17. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5]}) 13... Ba6 $132 14. Qe2 Qf6 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Nd1 Rfe8 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gf5d4]} 17. Ne1 Bb7 (17... Qe6 {[%cal Ge6d5]}) 18. Qb2 Qxb2 (18...
d4 $5 19. e4 Nd6 {[%cal Gc6e5]} (19... Qe7 {[%cal Ge7e1]} 20. f4 {[%cal Ge1f3]}
Nd6 21. Nf3 Nb5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 20. f4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Qe7) 19. Nxb2 Rc7 20. Nc2 (
20. Bxd5 Rd8 21. Be4 Nd6 22. Bg2 Kg7 23. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]}) 20... Ree7 (20... d4
21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Nc4 Bd5 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Gd5]}) 21.
Rab1 Kg7 22. Nd1 a5 (22... d4) (22... Ne5 {[%cal Gb7d5,Ge5d3]}) 23. a3 d4 24.
Bxc6 Bxc6 25. e4 Nd6 26. f3 (26. f4) 26... Bb5 {[%csl Rd3]} 27. Nb2 (27. Nf2)
27... Ba6 28. a4 f5 29. Nc4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[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. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 {White looks for early
activity on the queenside.} e6 {Jakovenko opts for a flexible setup.} (6... e5
{is another configuration for Black, and}) (6... a5 {is also possible}) 7. b4
$1 {There's no need of further preparations.} Nge7 (7... cxb4 $2 8. axb4 Nxb4 {
gives too much compensation for White in development} 9. Ba3 Nc6 10. Nb5 $1 Bf8
$8 11. Bb2 f6 (11... e5 12. d4 $1) 12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. d4 $16 {[%cal
Gd4d5]}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 $6 {Now Black is better developed and Jakovenko
accepts the pawn. Honestly, I don't see any reason for Eljanov to allow this.}
(9. Rb1 {transposes to a well known position that Eljanov has played in the
past} b6 10. e3 (10. Bb2 $5 {With the diagonal opened, this move is interesting
} cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Nd4 $44 {Kovalenko,I (2680)-Svidler,P (2751) Tallinn
Keres Memorial rapid 2016 (10) 1-0}) 10... Bb7 11. Qb3 ({Some interesting
games went} 11. Qe2) 11... Qd7 12. Bb2 Ne5 $1 {forcing many exchanges, Black
equalises without any particular trouble} 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nb5
Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rfd8 17. Qf6 Rac8 $11 {Eljanov,P (2718)-Dominguez Perez,L (2746)
Capablanca Memorial Elite 50th 2015 (4) 1/2}) 9... cxb4 $1 {Jakovenko does not
fear ghosts, and accepts the challenge.} 10. axb4 Nxb4 {Ok, White has some
compensation in such positions, but Black's development is not really
disturbed or difficult, so I don't think that this idea is going to attract
new followers.} 11. Qb3 (11. Ba3 {looks more principled} Nec6 12. d4 a5 13. e3
Re8 $1 {and Black is ok, for example} 14. Qb3 {[%cal Yd4d5]} d5 15. Nd2 Rb8 $1
{and Black returns the pawn to get a favourable endgame} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5
$6 (17. Nxd5 $2 Be6 {[%csl Rd5]}) (17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 b6 $15
{[%csl Ya5,Yb6]}) (17. Rfc1 Be6 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb4 $1 {Now White
should be careful} 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxb4 $6 axb4 21. Na2 $2 (21. Ne2 $142 Bf5
22. Ra4 Bd3 23. Re1 Ra8 $17 {[%cal Ya8a2]}) 21... Bf5 $1 22. Nxb4 Bxd4 $1 23.
exd4 Rxd4 $17 {[%csl Gb4,Gd2]}) (11. d4 {probably transposes after} a5 12. Ba3
Nec6 13. e3 Re8) 11... Nec6 12. Nb5 {I think this exchange just makes
Jakovenko's task easier.} (12. d4 $5 {keeping pieces on the board looks better.
}) 12... Bxb2 13. Qxb2 a6 (13... a5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8a6] was also good.}) 14.
Nbd4 (14. Nfd4 $5 Rb8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxb4 cxb5 $15) 14... Rb8 {Jakovenko
continues his development undisturbed.} 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 (15... bxc6 $5 {[%cal
Yb8b1]}) 16. Rfb1 b5 $15 {White's opening has clearly failed, and Black is a
healthy pawn up.} 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Rxb5 (19. Rc1 {is not better}
Bb7 20. Qf6 e5 $1 21. Qxd6 $2 Rd8 22. Qa3 e4 23. Ne1 Rxd2 $17) 19... axb5 20.
Qf6 Bd7 21. Qf4 (21. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]} Qc5 22. Ng5 d5 23. h5 Qd4 $1 24.
Qxd4 Nxd4 $17) 21... d5 22. h4 Qb8 {To trade the queens would eliminate any
chances of activity for White.} 23. Qh6 f6 $1 {Stopping the threat of Ng5.} 24.
Qe3 (24. h5 $2 g5 $1 {[%csl Rh6] and the queen is trapped on h6.}) 24... Ne5 $6
{Jakovenko aims for simplification, but then White obtains nice chances in the
endgame.} ({The direct} 24... b4 {was very good} 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 b3 27.
Rb1 Qb5 $1 28. Qc3 (28. Bf1 e5 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. e4 Qb4 $1 31. exd5 b2 $19) 28...
Qxe2 29. Rxb3 Rc8 30. Qb2 (30. Qxf6 $4 Qd1+ {[%csl Rb3]}) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2
Qc2 $17) 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 fxe5 27. Ra7 {White has chances now due to his
activity and Black's pawns being fixed on light squares.} Rd8 28. e3 {[%cal
Ya7b7,Yg2f1]} Be8 $1 {The best way to reorganise the pieces against White's
threats.} 29. Bh3 (29. Rb7 Ra8 30. Bh3 (30. Bf1 Ra1 31. Kg2 Rb1) 30... Ra6 {
would transpose to the game.}) 29... Rd6 30. Rb7 (30. Re7 Kf8 $1 31. Rxe6 Rxe6
32. Bxe6 Bf7 {[%csl Yb5] gives a much better endgame for Black} 33. Bd7 b4 34.
Ba4 d4 $1 35. exd4 exd4 36. Kf1 b3 37. Ke2 b2 38. Bc2 Ba2 $19) 30... Ra6 $1 {
The rook should be as active as possible.} 31. d4 (31. f4 $5) 31... exd4 32.
exd4 h5 {An interesting moment.} 33. Bf1 $2 {This allows Black to keep the
material advantage in an easier position.} ({Instead} 33. f4 {would had
offered better chances, simply because it is not clear if Black can keep on
improving the position without taking risks, for example} Kf8 34. Kf2 Bc6 (
34... Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Ra3+ 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Bxe6 Rxd4 38. Bd7 $1 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 b4
40. Ke2 $1 {with good chances in the rook endgame}) 35. Rh7 b4 (35... Be8 36.
Rb7) 36. Bxe6 b3 37. f5 $1 gxf5 (37... b2 $4 38. f6 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Rh7h8]})
38. Rxh5 b2 (38... Be8 39. Rxf5+ Kg7 40. Bxd5 b2 41. Be4 $11) 39. Bxf5 {
and again White has good chances to hold the draw.}) 33... Ra1 34. Kg2 Rd1 {
The trade of the b5 for the d4-pawn looks good for Black, as the b5-pawn is a
constant target for White.} 35. Bxb5 Bf7 $1 {I think this is a very
instructive moment in the game, when Jakovenko made the best practical
decision. Certainly Black would like to get rid of his bad bishop, but this
would allow White to put the rook on the 7th rank with good drawing chances.
So he kept the bishop alive, planning to trade it later under better
circumstances.} 36. f4 Rxd4 37. Kf2 Rb4 38. Bc6 Rc4 $1 {Again correctly
avoiding exchanges, as White can't be sure about the bishop ending, and with
rooks there are more practical possibilities.} (38... Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Kg7 40. Ke3
Kf6 41. Ba6 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Bd3 d4+ 44. Kf2 {and it is not even clear if
Black's advantage is enough to win this endgame.}) 39. Bb5 Rc3 40. Ra7 Kf8 41.
Rb7 Ra3 42. Bc6 Ra6 43. Bb5 Ra8 44. Bc6 Rc8 45. Rb6 $2 {Allowing Black to
transpose into a winning rook endgame.} (45. Bb5 $142 {Black can improve the
king now by} Kg7 46. Ke3 Kf6 {but after} 47. Bd3 Be8 48. Rb6 $15 {White has
built a decent fortress.}) 45... Ke7 46. Ke3 Be8 $1 {This is clearly a better
moment to exchange this bishop, as Black's king is much better placed.} 47.
Bxe8 Rxe8 48. Kf3 Rc8 $17 49. Rb3 Kf6 50. Rd3 Rc5 $1 {This move is difficult
to understand, but when you realise it, its force becomes obvious.} 51. g4 $8 {
Any other move would make White's position even worse.} (51. Ra3 d4 {[%cal
Gc5c3]} 52. Ra8 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 d3 54. Rd8 Kf5 {[%cal Yf5e4,Yf5g4]} 55. Ke3 d2+ $1
56. Kxd2 Rxg3 57. Rf8+ Ke4 58. Rf6 e5 59. fxe5 Kxe5 60. Ra6 Kf5 61. Ke2 Rg4 $19
) (51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Kf3 Rb5 $22 53. Ke3 Rb4 54. Kf3 d4 $22 55. Ra3 Rb5 $1 {
[%cal Gb5d5]} 56. Rd3 Rd5 $22 {White's defences are always destroyed by
zugzwang ideas} 57. Rd1 (57. Ke2 Ke4 58. Ra3 Rb5 {[%cal Gb5b2]} 59. Ra2 Rb3 $19
) 57... d3 58. Rd2 e5 59. fxe5 Kxe5 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Kf3 Rd6 $22 62. Ke3 Kg4 63.
Kf2 Rf6+ $19 {[%cal Gf6f3]}) 51... hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4] As well as
being a pawn down, White now has weak pawns on the kingside. The fight is
essentially over. Let's just enjoy Jakovenko's patient technique.} Rc8 (52...
Rc4 53. Rd2 (53. Ra3 e5 54. Ra6+ Ke7 $1 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kc7 $1 57. Kg5
Rxf4 58. Kxg6 d4 59. h5 d3 $19) 53... Re4 54. Rd3 d4 $19 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 53.
Rh3 Rh8 (53... Rc4 $1) 54. Rd3 Rd8 55. Kf3 {It was just a matter of time until
Black's king reached the f5-square.} (55. Rd4 Rd7 56. Rd3 d4 $22 57. Kf3 Kf5)
55... Kf5 56. Ra3 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 57. Re3 $8 Rh8 $1 {Jakovenko doesn't rush,
but instead forces Eljanov to disrupt his forces.} 58. Re5+ Kf6 59. Kg4 d4 {
Now this advance forces White to go back with his pieces.} 60. Re2 d3 61. Rd2
Rd8 62. Kf3 Kf5 63. Ke3 Rd6 64. Kf3 Rd7 65. Ke3 Rd8 66. Kf3 Rh8 $1 {This rook
swings from one side to the other, always causing problems for White.} 67. Rh2
(67. Rxd3 Rxh4 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 67... d2 $1 {The pawn advances bravely,
taking advantage of the variation in the previous note.} 68. Ke2 (68. Rxd2 Rxh4
{[%csl Rf4]} 69. Rd4 g5 $19) 68... Rd8 69. Kd1 Kxf4 $19 70. h5 (70. Rf2+ Ke5
71. Rg2 Kf6 72. Rf2+ Kg7 73. Re2 Rd6 74. Re4 Kf6 75. Rf4+ Ke7 76. Re4 Rd5 $19 {
[%cal Ge6e5,Ge7f6]}) 70... gxh5 71. Rxh5 e5 72. Rh4+ Kf3 73. Rh3+ Kg4 74. Re3
Kf4 75. Re2 e4 76. Rf2+ {The last detail: The pawn ending is also losing for
White.} (76. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 77. Kxd2 Kf3 78. Ke1 Ke3 $19) 76... Kg3 77. Re2 Kf3 78.
Rh2 e3 79. Rh3+ Kf2 {Although the opening and middlegame were just fine with a
pawn up for Black, Eljanov had real chances with the rook active on the 7th
rank, and latter by avoiding the exchange of bishops. After the game
transposed into a rook ending, Jakovenko's technique was just flawless.} 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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"]
[WhiteClock "0:31:52"]
[BlackClock "0:25:20"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (3... g6 $144 4. g3
Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 {L'alternative qui évite d'affaiblir la case "d5"})
4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:18:
54] Après une longue réflexion , les Blancs choisissent de suivre la grande
ligne} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 8. Ne1 {[%emt 0:05:20][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:01]} 10. Nc2 {
[%emt 0:01:47]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:31]} (10... Qd7 11. Bd2 Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 f5 14. f3 Rf7 15. Bg5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Qd2 Qe8 18. Rae1 Qf8 19. b4 b6
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. g4 Nd7 22. Ne3 Rb8 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rb1 Kh8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8
26. Kh1 Nf8 27. Qg2 Ng6 28. Rg1 Qf8 29. Qh3 a5 30. a4 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Ng2
Bd4 33. Nxf4 Rg7 34. Rxg7 Qxg7 35. Qg3 Qh6 36. Ne2 Qe3 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Qxd6
Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 {Ftacnik,L (2544)-Mista,A (2562) Czechia 2013 1/2-1/
2}) (10... f5 11. f4 Qd7 $11) 11. a4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} (11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 b5
13. b3 (13. Rb1)) 11... a5 $11 {[%emt 0:02:26][%csl Gb4] L'aile-dame est
bloquée et la partie risque de se terminer rapidement par la nulle.} (11...
Qd7) (11... h6) 12. e4 $146 {[%emt 0:16:12]} (12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 h6 14. Nce3 f5
15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 f4 20. Kg2 Qd7
21. Qc4 h5 22. Qe4 Qf5 23. f3 Qxe4 24. fxe4 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bf6 26. Rf3 Kg7 27.
Raf1 Be7 28. Kh3 g5 29. g4 Rxf3+ 30. Rxf3 h4 31. Rf5 Kg6 32. Kg2 b5 33. axb5
Rxb5 34. Bc3 a4 35. Rf1 a3 36. bxa3 Rb3 37. Rc1 Rxa3 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Bd2 Ke8
40. Rb2 c4 41. Rb8+ Kd7 {Beliavsky,A (2630)-Eljanov,P (2641) Warsaw 2005 1/2-1/
2}) (12. Bd2 h6 13. Rb1 f5) 12... b6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:18]}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:09:55]} 15. Rae1 {
[%emt 0:06:25]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:11:21]} 16. Ncxb4 {[%emt 0:06:56]} axb4 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Nxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:10:37] Après l'échange, les
B n'ont plus de N pour occuper la case "c4"} 18. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bh3 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} 19. Bh6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 20. Bxg7+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:
54]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rbe8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 23. fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (
23. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Gb2g7]}) 23... Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. d4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:
34]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 25. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26.
Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:47] Après la
simplification massive, on pourrait penser que les deux adversaires proposent
la nulle mais ils vont jouer une finale de Q complètement égale.} Ke8 {
[%emt 0:11:33]} 28. Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:03:47]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 29. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} (29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. dxc5 bxc5 (30... dxc5 $2 31. Kf3 Kd6 32.
Ke4 h6 33. h3 g5 34. g4 Kd7 35. Ke5 Ke7 36. d6+ Kd7 37. Kd5 {[%cal Gd5c6]}) 31.
Kf3 c4 $1 32. Ke3 c3 33. Kd3 Kd7 {Les Blancs risquent d'être en zugzwang à
cause du P passé} (33... Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e5]} 34. a5 Ke7 35. a6 Kd7) 34. h3 Kc7
35. Kc2 Kb6 36. Kd3 Kc5 $19) 29... Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 30. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:
54]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (31. Kf2 Qf6+) 31... Qe4+ {
[%emt 0:04:56]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qc2+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:58][%cal Gc2b3]}
33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 34. Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (34. d6+
Kxd6 35. Qxb6+) 34... Qc3+ {[%emt 0:08:03]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe5+ {
[%emt 0:01:09]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} Kd6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} (37... Qd4+) 38. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:21]}
Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (41. Ke5 $2 c4 {
[%cal Gb4b1]}) 41... g5 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 42. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd6 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} (42... h6 43. h3 Kd6 44. Ke4 $11) 43. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. h3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ke7 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qa4 $146 (7. d3
Qd7 8. Bd2 Bh3 9. a3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 e6 11. Rb1 Nge7 12. b4 h6 13. h4 f5 14. Qc1
Kf7 15. Re1 Kg8 16. Qd1 Kh7 17. Qb3 b6 18. b5 Nd8 19. e4 Nf7 20. Re2 Bf6 21.
Rh1 Kg7 {Wojtkiewicz,A (2515)-Ljubojevic,L (2600)/Novi Sad 1990/TD/1/2-1/2 (36)
}) 7... Qd7 $11 8. Nd5 Rc8 9. d3 Bh3 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. Bd2 e6 13.
Nc3 Nge7 14. a3 b6 15. b4 Nf5 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Qd1 h5 {[%csl Rg5]} (17... Ncd4)
18. Bg5 Ncd4 19. Ne1 cxb4 20. axb4 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. e4 Ne6 23. Bd2 dxe4 24.
dxe4 Nd6 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Qe2 Rfe8 27. e5 Nf5 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 30.
Bxc1 Rc8 (30... Ned4 $17) 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Bd2 Rc4 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. exf6 Nd6
35. h4 (35. Ra1 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 35... Ne4 36. Ra1 Rc2 (36... Rc7) 37. Be3 Rc7
38. Nd4 Nxf6 39. Nb5 Rd7 40. Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Nxa7 Nd5 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:02:
36]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (7. d3) (7. a3 {
[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2b4]}) 7... d6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:05:15]} (8. Nc2
O-O 9. d3 (9. Ne3)) 8... O-O {[%emt 0:01:37]} 9. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:06][%cal Gd8d7,Gd6d5]} 10. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:11]}
11. Ned5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:34]} ({RR} 
12. Bh6) 12... Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 13. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. e4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Be3 f5 18. f3
({RR} 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nc3) 18... f4 ({RR} 18... Rf7 19. Qd2 Rcf8 20. exf5 Rxf5)
19. Bg1 h5 20. Nd5 Rf7 21. g4 ({RR} 21. a3 Rcf8 22. b4 b6 23. Qa4 fxg3 24. hxg3
h4) 21... hxg4 22. fxg4 Rcf8 23. Qf3 Bf6 24. Bf2 Rh7 25. Nxf6+ ({RR} 25. a3 Bh4
26. Bg1 Nd8) 25... Rxf6 26. Rh1 g5 27. h3 b6 28. Rh2 {Aronian,L (2808)
-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan 2011/CBM 143/[Ramirez Alvarez]/0-1 (47)}) 14. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:07:29]} (14. Nxd5) 14... Nd4 {[%emt 0:11:47]} 15. e3 {[%emt 0:07:39]}
Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 16. Qa4 $146 {[%emt 0:14:19]} ({RR} 16. a4 Nxc3 17. bxc3
e4 18. c4 exd3 19. Qxd3 Qxa4 20. Rb5 b6 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Rfb1 Qb7 23. Bc3 Bxc3
24. Qxc3 Qe7 25. h4 Rfe8 26. R5b3 f6 27. Ra1 Rab8 28. Ra6 Rb7 29. Rba3 Rf8 30.
Qc2 Kg7 {Karlsson,L (2550)-Ernst,T (2450)/Uppsala 1985/MCD/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 16...
a6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 17. b4 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 18. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:02:21]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 19. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:
02:13]} 20. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 21. bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:29]}
dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:07:57]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 24. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 25. Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 26. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:05:49]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Grischuk relies on this defence against the
English for a second time in this event. He had used it successfully against
Levon Aronian in his first series.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 {Gelfand takes a
completely different approach to that of Aronian. Whereas Levon tried to
exploit the weakness of the d5 square in a slow way, Gelfand tries to
immediately rip apart the queenside.} Nge7 (6... a5 {makes Black's light
squares look like Swiss cheese, but it is definitely a playable alternative.})
7. b4 d5 (7... cxb4 $6 8. axb4 Nxb4 9. Ba3 {gives White too much compensation,
and scores horribly.}) (7... d6 {is the solid choice, but White basically gets
his queenside advance for free.}) 8. cxd5 (8. bxc5 dxc4 {is a complex game
that is hard to assess.}) 8... Nxd5 9. Ng5 $5 {The new move of the game, and
the computer's recommendation. This move is extremely aggressive.} Nc7 (9...
Nxc3 $6 10. dxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 $14 {gives White a comfortable edge in the
endgame.}) 10. d3 cxb4 11. axb4 e4 $1 {A counter sacrifice, if you will.} (
11... O-O 12. O-O Nxb4 13. Nge4 {gave White a fair amount of compensation.
Grischuk takes up the gauntlet instead.}) 12. Ngxe4 {This piece sacrifice
cannot be calculated all the way. Intuitive, at the very least, White is
relying on his initiative and Black's exposed king to balance the material
deficit.} (12. Qb3 O-O 13. Ngxe4 Be6 14. Qb2 Nd5 {and Black has the initiative,
although White should be ok.}) 12... f5 13. Bg5 Bxc3+ (13... Qd4 $5 {deserves
analysis as well.}) 14. Kf1 Qd4 15. Nxc3 $1 (15. Bf6 Bxa1 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17.
Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 {and Black has a serious material advantage, although
his coordination does not exist. White may be able to survive this, but I
doubt he can achieve more than that.}) 15... Qxc3 16. Bf4 {It's not easy to
see how Black can defend the knight.} Nb5 (16... Ne6 17. Rc1 {and the queen
can't defend c6.} Qxb4 18. Rxc6 $1 {with a very messy position.}) 17. Rc1 Qf6
18. Rc5 $1 a6 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Be5 Qf8 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. Bxh8 Qxh8 23. Qe3+ $2
(23. h4 {forcing} h5 24. Kg2 {and bringing the rook out made sense.}) 23... Kf7
24. Re5 {Black has slightly more material than White, but his king is exposed
and his pieces uncoordinated. However, White still has the issue of the h1
rook being far from the play, and cannot allow Black to regroup.} Qf8 25. h4 h5
26. Qf4 {The Qe3-f4 maneouvre was a little clumsy, and Grischuk uses this time
to force some trades.} Qd6 $1 27. Kg2 Kf6 28. Re4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 Be6 {The
endgame is favorable to Black, but is by no means winning.} 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. f3
Kd6 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. e4 Nc7 34. g4 $1 {White's rook had no prospects, so
Gelfand hurries to free it, even at the cost of a pawn.} (34. Ra1 Bc8 35. Ra5
Ne6 $2 (35... Rb5 $1 {retains a strong advantage}) 36. e5+ Ke7 37. Rc4 {holds.}
) 34... fxg4 35. Rf6 gxf3 36. Rxg6 Rxb4 37. Rh6 a5 38. Rxh5 a4 39. Rhc5 Bd7 40.
Kxf3 Ne6 41. R5c4 $6 {This move is too passive, but it seems it barely holds.}
(41. Ra5 {following the old maxim: "rooks belong behind passed pawns!"}) 41...
c5 42. h5 Rb2 43. Rh1 Nd4+ (43... a3 44. h6 a2 45. Ra1 Bb5 46. h7 {and White
will successfully trade the h-pawn for the doomed a2-pawn, with a probable
draw.}) 44. Ke3 Be6 45. e5+ $1 (45. Rxa4 $1 {was also good} Ke5 46. Rxd4 cxd4+
47. Kf3 Rb8 (47... Rb7 48. h6 Rf7+ 49. Kg3 Rh7 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Kf4 $11) 48. h6
Rh8 49. h7 Bf7 50. Rh6 $11) 45... Kxe5 46. Rxc5+ Bd5 47. Rxd5+ Kxd5 48. h6 {
Black can't comfortably stop the pawn, and the rook endgames are all drawn.}
Re2+ 49. Kf4 Ne6+ 50. Kg3 Nf8 51. h7 Nxh7 52. Rxh7 a3 53. Kf3 Re1 54. Ra7 Ra1
55. Ke3 a2 56. Ra5+ Kc6 57. Kd4 Kb6 58. Ra8 Kb7 {An exciting game to say the
least! Grischuk might have had chances, but at no point could it be said that
he had a clear win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 {
This solid setup for Black has a great deal of value and is an interesting way
of meeting the English Opening.} 8. b4 {This pawn is completely poisoned, but
the queenside expansion doesn't guarantee White an advantage. Black must be
swift, though, or he will be crushed strategically.} (8. Ne1 {with the idea of
Nc2-e3 is a common idea in this position, but White would definitely omit a3
in that case.}) 8... e4 9. Ne1 f5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d3 Be6 12. dxe4 (12. Rb1 $5 {
The game seems highly unstable, but I'd prefer White.}) 12... fxe4 13. Bxe4
Bxc4 {This strange looking position is actually not new. It's hard to say
exactly what is going on in this position, but let's give it a try. Black
dreams of pushing forward his d-pawn, causing problems for the white pieces
which currently hold the centre. Black has a nagging pin on the long dark
diagonal. On the other hand, White's pawn structure is slightly healthier. The
next few moves are very key to determine who will win the opening battle.} 14.
Nc2 $6 {The first new move of the game doesn't seem to be particularly
successful. The move does little to impair the advance of the d-pawn.} (14. Nd3
{had been tried before} d5 15. Bg2 Bxd3 16. exd3 (16. Qxd3 $5 c4 17. Qd1 d4 18.
Ne4 {and the pair of bishops does cause the central push some problems.}) 16...
cxb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qb3 a5 19. Ba3 {and White had some compensation for the
pawn, but it's not clear how much in Zubarev-Borovikov, Ukraine ch 2008.
Notice the recurring theme of the advancing central pawns.}) (14. bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nd3 Nd4 $1 {gives Black a lot of activity, although the position is still
incredibly murky.}) 14... d5 15. Bg2 d4 $6 {Nepo goes for the throat. It was
possible to hold the centre for a little longer.} (15... b6 {and Black's
position must be preferable. His strong pawn centre and greater activity can't
be understimated, and White doesn't have a clear next move.} 16. Ne3 $2 d4 17.
Nxc4 dxc3 {is atrocious for White.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Na4 $2 b6 $1 17. bxc5 $2 b5
$19 {is a nice trick.}) 16... Bxe2 {I don't think any other move made sense
after having played d4 so soon, but who will come out of the tactical melee on
top?} 17. Qxe2 d3 18. Qg4 Bxb2 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxd3 cxb4 (21...
c4 22. Rd7 b5 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Nd6 $14 {is too risky for Black. Despite the
fact that he has a strong passed pawn on c4, White has too much activity and
is currently blocking the advance of the said pawn. Black will be lucky if he
only loses a little bit of material.}) 22. axb4 Rcd8 {The dust has cleared
somewhat and it seems clear that Black got no advantage from the tactical
operations. However he isn't worse either, the game actually looks drawish
because of the opposite coloured bishops. Surely nothing unfortunate could
happen to Kramnik here.} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rb1 (24. b5 {was more precise,
since now Black does not have ...Nd4, it forces the N to a5 where it would be
quite uncomfortable..} Nd4 25. Rb1 $14) 24... Bg7 25. h4 b5 26. Bf1 a6 27. Nc5
$6 {This is the start of Vlad's downfall. He allows Ian to gather a strong
initiative. It would've been safer to simply play...} (27. Bh3 {and keep an
eye on d2.}) 27... Rd2 28. Ne3 Bd4 29. Ne4 $6 {Backtracking, but it is too
late...} (29. Nxa6 Ne5 30. Bxb5 Nf5 {and for all of White's extra material his
position is very, very dicey. White might not be lost immediately but it seems
incredibly frightening to play this over the board. Let's look at some lines.}
31. Nxf5 (31. Nd1 Ng4 32. Nc5 $1 {This move might be the only one that allows
White to survive, but it isn't natural.} Nxf2 33. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 {It seems
that white survives this position, but that can only be accurately said with
the help of a computer.} Bxg3 (34... Nxg3+ 35. Kg2 Bxc5+ 36. Kxg3 Bd6+ $11) 35.
Ne4 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Bf4 (36... Be5 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Ng4 $11 {is a nice little
trick forcing further simplifications.}) 37. h5 $1 {and White can definitely
hope to survive this.}) 31... gxf5 $1 32. Kf1 $1 {More computer moves!} (32.
Rf1 $6 Ng4 33. Bc6 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bxg3 {is very dangerous, as the f-pawn is
taboo.} 35. Rxf5 $2 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Bf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 $17 {and White might hold
the endgame, but again it looks unlikely.}) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Ke1 Nf3+ 34. Kd1
$11 {and I can't find a forced win for Black. Actually I can't even find an
advantage. But, like most of the variations that start with 29.Nxa6, this
looks ridiculous from the perspective of a human who is in time pressure.})
29... Rb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Nc2 Nd5 {The b4-pawn is lost, and the endgame is
most unpleasant. The opposite coloured bishops is the only thing giving White
any hope for a draw.} 32. Nc5 Ndxb4 33. Nxb4 Nxb4 34. Nd3 (34. Nxa6 $5 Nxa6 35.
Bxb5 Nc5 36. Kg2 {I'm not 100% sure on how easy it is to break down this
fortress. It is not easy to coordinate an attack on the white pawns, since
Black's bishop is the wrong color and the bishops can never be forced to be
traded for each other. I guess Vlad didn't see a need for this though.}) 34...
Nxd3 35. Bxd3 {It seems that the opposite coloured bishops are scream DRAW.
However things are not so easy just yet.} Kf7 36. f4 (36. h5 gxh5 37. Bxh7 a5
38. Bd3 b4 {is just hopeless, the bishop must guard the pawns for as long as
possible.}) 36... Ke6 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd2 $2 {This is not the
losing move, but the idea is already incorrect. Kramnik should've immediately
forced the liquidation of the kingside.} (39. f5 {would have drawn.} gxf5 (
39... a5 40. fxg6 hxg6 (40... a4 41. Bf5 a3 42. Be6 hxg6 43. Kd3) 41. Bxg6 a4
42. Kd3 $11) 40. Bxf5 a5 (40... h6 41. g4 b4 (41... Bf6 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5
Bxg5 44. Kd3 {and the bishop will keep the pawns under attack from behind,
preventing Black from ever making any progress as he cannot go "around" the
pawns.}) 42. Be6 a5 43. g5 a4 44. Bd7 {is a simple draw.}) 41. Bxh7 a4 42. Kd3
Be5 43. Bf5 Bxg3 44. Bd7 $11) 39... a5 40. f5 $2 {White has played in a very
standard manner so far. He is trying to get rid of all the kingside pawns, but
first he brought his king to catch the queenside pawns. It is hard to believe
that such simple logic would have failed so completely.} (40. g4 a4 41. Bc2 {
might still hold, but it isn't as easy.}) 40... a4 $19 (40... gxf5 $2 {
transposes to the previous line} 41. Bxf5 h6 42. g4 Bf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5
Bxg5+ 45. Kc2 a4 46. Bd7) 41. Bc2 $2 {White has played in a very standard
manner so far. He is trying to get rid of all the kingside pawns, but first he
brought his king to catch the queenside pawns. It is hard to believe that such
simple logic would have failed so completely.} (41. fxg6 b4 $1 {must have been
what Kramnik missed originally. Black isn't forced to retake on g6 since the B
is neatly controlling the white pawns. On the other hand, no one is able to
catch the queenside pawns anymore.} 42. gxh7 (42. Bc2 b3 43. Bxb3 axb3 44. gxh7
Kb4 $1 $19) 42... Bc3+ 43. Ke3 a3 $19) 41... a3 42. Bb1 gxf5 {Now that the
kingside pawns cannot be exchanged, Black is able to create two passers on
opposite flanks, overburdening the K and the B.} 43. Kc2 Kb4 44. Ba2 Be5 45.
Be6 a2 (45... h5 {was slightly easier.}) 46. Bxa2 Bxg3 47. h5 h6 48. Kd3 Ka3
49. Bd5 b4 50. Kc2 Be5 51. Bb3 f4 52. Bd5 Bf6 53. Kb1 b3 {Black will now
proceed to swing the K to aid the f-pawn after cementing the pawn on b2; there
is nothing White can do about it. There is a saying that it takes more than
one minor mistake to lose a chess game. Kramnik erred several times, and
although he almost scraped a draw, he just erred one time too many.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 f5 19. bxc5 f4 20. Bc1 bxc5 21.
Rb5 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. Na3 f3 24. exf3 Nc6 25. Be3 Nb4 26. Nc4 Rxf3 27. Nb6
Qf7 28. Qe2 Bf8 29. Ra1 Rf6 30. Ra8 Qc7 31. Nc4 Qb7 32. Re8 Qd7 33. Bg5 $2 {
Losing a pawn. Verliert einen Bauern.} (33. Rxf8+ $1 {would have revlieved
White from all his worries, e.g. hätte Weiß von sämtlichen Sorgen befreit, z.B.
} Rxf8 (33... Kxf8 $2 34. Bxc5+ Kg8 35. Bxb4) 34. Bxc5 Rb8 (34... Qxd3 35. Qxd3
Nxd3 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Kf1 $16) 35. Bd6 Rb5 36. Qe4 {with perfect coordination.
mit perfekter Koordination.}) 33... Rxf2 $1 {Winning an important pawn.
Gewinnt einen wichtigen Bauern.} 34. Qxe5 Nxd3 35. Qe4 Rf5 ({Better was Besser
war} 35... Rf7 {, for example , zum Beispiel} 36. Bh6 $2 Nf2 $1 $19) 36. Be3 $2
({Now Nun war} 36. Bh6 $1 {was possible, since möglich, da} Nf2 $2 {fails to an
} 37. Qxf5 $1 {scheitert.}) {[%tqu "En","Black can win material here, how?",
"White's queen has to protect the rook on e8. If the knight on d3 moves, Black
threatens Qd1+ and Qf1++.","","d3e5","Blocking the e-file while threatening
mate.",10,"De","Schwarz kann hier Material gewinnen, wie?","Die weiße Dame
muss den Turm auf e8 decken. Wenn der Sd3 zieht, droht Schwarz Dd1+ und Df1++.
","","d3e5","Unterbricht unter Mattdrohung die Deckung des Turms e8.",10]}
36... Ne5 $1 {Winning material due to the threat 37...Qd1+ and mate. Gewinnt
Material aufgrund der Drohung 37...Dd1+ nebst Matt.} 37. Qxf5 {Desperation.
Verzweiflung.} (37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {is no better. ist nicht besser.}) 37... Qxf5
$19 38. Rxe5 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Nd2 c4 41. Re8 Kf7 42. Rc8 c3 43. Rc7+ Ke6
44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rc4 Qd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 Rb8 (10... h6 {Dieser Bauernzug wäre die andere
Möglichkeit für Schwarz - damit bereitet er den Zug 11...Be6 vor und
verteidigt sich gegen Ng5.}) 11. Qa4 b6 $5 {Interessante Spielweise -. Schwarz
verstärkt seine Bauernstellung am Damenflügel, aber er möchte noch nicht
seinen c8-Läufer entwickeln. Psychologisch ist dieser Zug auch gut, da
Großmeister Markowski große Routine in der Variante 11...Bd7 besitzt.} (11...
Bd7 12. Nb5 (12. Rfc1 $5) 12... Nf5 (12... Na7 13. Bxa5 Qe8 14. Bc7 Ra8 15.
Qxa7 Rxa7 16. Nxa7 Qa8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd6 Rd8 20. Bxe5 {
1-0 Markowski,T-Schmidt,W/Lubniewice 2003/EXT 2004 (42)}) 13. Qd1 Ncd4 14. Nc3
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 b5 17. e3 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. exd4 bxc3 20. Bxc3
exd4 21. Bd2 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. Rxb3 Qc7 24. Rxb8 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,
T-Kasimdzhanov,R/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (24)}) (11... Be6 12. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5]
[%cal Gb2b4]} h6 13. b4 {Nach diesem Zug bekommt Weiß einige Initiative am
Damenflügel.} axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Nd2 Qd7 (17...
dxc4 18. Nxc4 $14) 18. Qd6 Rfd8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Markowski,
T-Gershon,A/Bermuda 2003/CBM 94/[Ribli] (61)}) 12. Nb5 {Weiß besetzt das
b5-Feld, aber lässt den d5-Punkt nicht unkontrolliert. Statt der
Partiefortsetzung ist die Alternative 12.Rfc1 und 13.Qd1 populär.} (12. Rfc1
Bd7 13. Qd1 h6 14. Ne1 (14. Nb5 d5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18.
Rxb4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Qc8 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Qc2 Bf5 22. Ne4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Thiel,
K-Schulz,K/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (49)}) 14... f5 (14... Be6 15. Nc2 d5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 e4 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. dxe4
Qxe4 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Nxc2 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic,E-Oral,T/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (24)
}) 15. Nc2 Nd4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nexc6 19. Nd5 f4 20. Ne1 Qd7
21. b5 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. e3 Ne6 {0-1 Mandekic,I-Saric,I/Zadar CRO 2003/
(39)}) 12... d5 {[%mdl 4] Wenn möglich befreit sich Schwarz von der
d5-Schwäche.} 13. Rfd1 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 13... h6 {[%cal Gc8e6] Mit diesem
prophylaktischen Zug bereitet Schwarz 13...Be6 vor, aber der Zug scheint mir
ein wenig langsam zu sein.} (13... d4 $5 $11) 14. b4 d4 (14... axb4 15. axb4
cxb4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 $14) 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Be1 $5 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3,
Gb3c5,Gb3a5] Dieser Läuferzug scheint auf den ersten Blick sonderbar, aber
Weiß bereitet das Springermanöver Nd2-Nb3 vor, wonach er die schwarzen Bauern
am Damenflügel angreifen kann.} (16. Qc2 f5 $11) 16... Bb7 (16... Bd7) 17. Nd2
Nc8 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gb6a4]} 18. Bxc6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Weiß kalkuliert konkrete
Varianten und tauscht seinen Läufer, aber dieser Zug gefällt mir prinzipiell
nicht.} (18. Nb3 $4 Nb6 $19) (18. Qc2 $5 Qe7 $2 19. Bxc6 (19. Nb3 Ra8) 19...
Bxc6 20. Nxd4 $16) 18... Bxc6 19. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3a5,Rb3c5] Zwar hängen a5 und
c5, aber während Weiß am Damenflügel spielt bekommt Schwarz eine gefährliche
Initiative im Zentrum und am Königsflügel.} Nb6 (19... Ra8 20. Nxc5 Qe7 21. Ne4
(21. Nb3 $2 Nb6 $19) 21... f5 $44) 20. Qxa5 e4 21. Nxc5 (21. Na7 Ba8 22. Nxc5
exd3 23. exd3 Qf6 $44 {[%cal Rf6f3,Ra8h1]}) 21... exd3 22. exd3 Bf3 $1 $17 {
Nach diesem Läuferzug droht 23...Qc8 mit sofortigem Gewinn und es hängt der
Turm auf d1.} (22... Qf6 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 (23... Nxc4 24. dxc4 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxd4
$132) 24. Rxb6 Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 25. Rxc6 (25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Qd2 Qf3 27.
Ne4 Rb2 $19) 25... Qxd1 $17) 23. Ne4 (23. Rdc1 Qc8 $19 {[%cal Rc8h3,Rh3g2]})
23... Qd7 {[%cal Rd7h3,Rh3g2]} 24. Nd2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qf5 {[%cal Rf5d3,Gf5a5]}
26. Nf1 Qf3 27. Qd2 {Weiß hat nichts anderes, seine Figurenstellung ist
katastrophal.} Na4 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Ga4c3,Ga4c5]} 28. Qc2 Nb2 $5 29. Rd2 Rfe8
30. Qb1 Na4 31. Rd1 Nb2 (31... Nc3 $19) 32. Rd2 Na4 33. Rd1 Nc3 $19 34. Bxc3
dxc3 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Re8e2]} 0-1

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 {Dieser Zug schwächt das
Feld d5, doch er erlaubt es Schwarz, seinen Springer nach e7 zu plazieren.} 6.
Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 a5 {Jetzt ist der Punkt b5 ebenfalls schwach. Wichtiger aber
ist, dass Schwarz damit den Zug b2-b4 verhindert.} 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 d6 10. Bd2
h6 {Schwarz bereitet 11...Be6 vor und verhindert den Zug Ng5.} (10... Rb8 11.
Ne1 (11. Qc1 b6 12. Bh6 f6 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Nc2 d5 $11) (11. Qa4 Bg4 (11... Bd7
$5) 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 (14. b4 $5) 14... b6 15. e4 Rf8 {[%cal
Rf7f5]}) 11... Be6 12. Nd5 b5 $11) 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5]
Weiß möchte 13.Ne3 ziehen, um volle Kontrolle über das Feld d5 zu erlangen,
aber es ist schon zu spät - Schwarz erreicht durch den nachfolgenden Zug
Ausgleich.} (12. Nd5 Rb8 (12... Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. e3 Nb5 15. a4 Nc7 16. e4
$14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 13. Nxe7+ (13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 $11) 13... Nxe7 14. Qa4
b6 (14... b5 15. cxb5 Qd7 16. Bc6 (16. Bxa5 Rxb5 17. Bc3 Bb3 18. Qh4 d5 $36)
16... Nxc6 17. bxc6 Qc8 $44) 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. bxc5 dxc5 $13) 12...
d5 $11 {Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung.} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
a4 $146 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung möchte Weiß den Damenflügel blockieren.} (14.
Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 15. b4 (15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne3 (16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 a4 18. b5 Nd4
19. Nxd4 exd4 {0-1 De Villers,M-Hautot,S/Antwerp 1998/EXT 2000 (24)}) 16... Qe6
17. Rc1 (17. Re1 Nd4 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 a4 {0-1 Sabater-Bellon Lopez,J/Palma
de Mallorca 1992/TD (33)}) 17... e4 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc2 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Qf6 22. d4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxb7 Rfd8 {0-1 Pavlovic,D-Maksimovic,B/
Nis 1995/EXT 2000 (43)}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxb4 17. axb4 a4 18. b5 Nd4 19.
Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rb4 Qd5+ 21. f3 a3 {0-1 Ilijic,M-Minev,N/Novi Sad 1972/EXT 99 
(29)}) (14. Ne3 $5 Nde7 15. Na4 (15. Nc4 $5) 15... b6 16. b4 cxb4 (16... axb4
17. axb4 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Rb8 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rb4 Qd6 21. Qb1 {1-0
Mastrovasilis,A-Petraki,M/Chania 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 17. axb4 Rb8 (17... Ra7
18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nc5 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Nielsen,U/Aarhus 1990/EXT 2000 (19)
}) 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nc5 Rxb1 (19... Qd6 20. Nxe6 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Qxe6 22. Nc4
Rb8 23. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Okcular,A-Backlund,A/Guarapuava 1995/Juniors (55)}) 20.
Qxb1 Bc8 21. Nc4 Bg4 22. e3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qa7 24. Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Korotylev,
A-Petrakov,A/St Petersburg 1994/CBM 43 ext (31)}) 14... b6 15. Na3 (15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Ne3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 $15) (15. Ne3 Nde7 16. Nc4 f5 {Das ist lediglich
eine Zugumstellung zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 15... Nde7 16. Nc4 f5 $15 {Der
weiße Springer auf c4 ist zwar stark, aber Schwarz hat nun freie Hand am
Königsflügel.} 17. b3 Rb8 18. Nb5 {Die weise Springer stehen schoen auf c4 und
b5, aber Weiss kann nicht weitergehen.} f4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. e3
$6 {Dieser Zug schwächt die weiße Stellung, doch Vaganian möchte nicht nur
passiv spielen und auf Nd4 nebst f4-f3 warten.} Bg4 $1 21. f3 (21. Qd2 f3 22.
Bh1 $17 {[%csl Rh1]}) 21... Be6 22. gxf4 (22. exf4 exf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re1
Nf5 {[%csl Yd4]} 25. Bh3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bxc4 27. bxc4 (27. dxc4 Qxd1 28. Rbxd1
Nfd4 $17) 27... Rbd8 $17) 22... exf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. e4 {[%csl Yd4] Dieser
Zug schwacht das Feld d4, aber es gibt hier auch nichts besseres.} Nd4 {
[%mdl 32]} 25. Ne5 (25. Ncd6 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Rbd8 $17 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rd8d3]})
25... Qd8 26. Rf2 Nxb5 27. axb5 Qd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 28. Nc4 Rfd8 29. Qc1 g5 30.
Bf1 Ng6 $17 {Schwarz hat großen positionellen Vorteil. Der weiße Bf1 steht
sehr passiv und hat kaum Perpsektiven für die Zukunft, der Punkt d4 ist ein
positionelles Loch. So kann Weiß eigentlich nichts machen, sondern nur
abwarten.} 31. Qb2 {Weiß tauscht die Damen und gelangt in ein schlechtes
Endspiel - doch guter Rat war hier schon teuer.} Qxb2 32. Rfxb2 Bxc4 33. dxc4
Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf1][%cal Gd8d1] Der Ne5 steht ganz ausgezeichnet. Anschließend
kann Schwarz - nach etwas Vorbereitung - h5 und g4 spielen.} 34. Be2 Kf6 35. h3
Rd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 36. Rd1 Rbd8 (36... Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Rd8 $17) 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 {
Dieser natürliche Zug ist gut und konsequent, aber auch das Zurückschlagen mit
dem Bauern war interessant.} (37... cxd4 38. Kf2 d3 39. Bd1 Ke7 {[%cal Ge7d6,
Gd6c5]} 40. Ke1 Kd6 41. Kd2 Kc5 42. Kc3 Rd4 $17) 38. Kf1 Kg6 $1 {[%cal Gg6h5,
Gh5h4] Der schwarze König hat gute Eindringungschancen am Königsflügel.} 39.
Ra2 Kh5 40. Kg2 Kh4 41. Rb2 h5 42. Ra2 g4 {Dieser Durchbruch entscheiedet die
Partie.} 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. fxg4 (44. Rb2 gxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Rd3 $19) 44... Rxe4 45.
Kf2 Nxg4+ $19 46. Kf3 (46. Bxg4 Kxg4 47. Rd2 f3 48. Rd6 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rb2 50.
Rxb6 Rxb3 51. Rg6+ (51. Ra6 a4 52. Rxa4 Kg3 $19) 51... Kf4 52. Rf6+ Ke3 53.
Re6+ Kd4 $19) 46... Rd4 47. Ra1 Ne5+ 48. Kf2 Rd2 49. Rh1+ Kg5 50. Rh5+ (50.
Rg1+ Kf5 $19) 50... Kf6 51. Rh6+ Kf5 52. Ke1 Rb2 53. Rxb6 {Weiß hat
materielles Gleichgewicht erreicht, aber das schwarze Figurenspiel ist so
stark, dass er die Partie leicht gewinnt.} f3 54. Bf1 Kf4 55. Rd6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dokutchaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 {Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber die
Alternative 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 ist vielversprechender. Ribli.} Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O
Nh6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gh6f5,Gf5d4]} 7. b3 (7. a3 Nf5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10.
Bd2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Ne4 (12. e3 Qd7 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rfc1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 h5 16.
Nf3 Nce7 {0-1 Roca,A-Panno,O/Mar del Plata op 1994 (34)}) 12... Ncd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. e3 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,G-Popchev,M/
Serbian Chess Fed, Sabac YUG 1998 (25)}) (7. d4 $5 {[%cal Gc1h6]} cxd4 (7...
Nf5 8. d5 Ncd4 9. Ne1 {[%csl Rd4,Rf5] Die scheinbar aktiven Springer geraten
in schwere Not.}) 8. Bxh6 (8. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 9. Bxh6 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Bxh6 $17)
8... Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. e3 $14) 10. Qxd4 O-O $14 {Schwarz hat das
Läuferpaar und keine besondere Schwächen, aber Weiß hat Raumvorteil und starke
Kontrolle über das Feld d5.}) 7... O-O (7... Nf5 8. Bb2 h5 9. Rb1 h4 10. e4
Nfd4 11. Nxh4 g5 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Qd7 16. Re1
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 f5 {0-1 Kurajica,M-Paunovic,D/Mondariz op 1994 (32)}) 8. Bb2 Bf5
$5 $146 (8... Nf5 9. e3 Rb8 10. d3 a6 11. Qd2 e6 12. Ne4 e5 13. a3 Nfe7 14.
Rab1 h6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Khasin,A-Tregubov,P/RUS-ch 1994 (46)}) (
8... Rb8 9. e3 a6 10. d3 b5 11. Qe2 e6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 f5 16. Ned2 Qg7 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nb1 Nf7 19. Nc3 Rfc8 {Tempone,
M-Minzer,C/Salta Clarin op 1995/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 9. d3 Qd7 $11 10. Re1 {Das ist
eine typische Methode, den Läufertausch zu vermeiden.} (10. Qd2 Bh3 11. Nd5 $11
) 10... Bh3 11. Bh1 Bg4 {Diese fast symmetrische Stellung bietet dem Schwarzen
gleiche Chancen.} 12. Qd2 (12. Qc1 Nf5 13. Nd2 $11) (12. Bg2 Bh3 $11 (12... Nf5
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 $14 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3a8] Weiß ist dank seines
Läuferpaares leicht in Vorteil. Besonders der Läufer f3 wirkt stark.})) 12...
Nf5 {[%csl Yd4] Der schwarze Springer strebt nach d4. Es sei angemerkt, daß
der weiße Springer f3 keinen so guten Platz findet und aus diesem Grund der
Läufer g2 eingeschlossen bleibt.} 13. e3 e5 $5 {Schwarz schwächt freiwillig
das Feld d5, erlangt aber mit folgendem 14...Ne7 und der Idee ...f7-f5 aktives
Spiel.} 14. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Nfe7 15. Rab1 $6 {Weiß möchte den Zug b3-b4
vorbereiten, aber Schwarz bekommt so überlegenes Spiel.} (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.
Bg2 Qd7 $11 (16... f5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Gf3]})) (15. a3)
15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4a2,Rb4d5] Das ist der Nachteil von 15.Rab1.}
17. d4 {Weiß versucht im Trüben zu fischen. Sonst verliert er einen Bauern.}
Bxf3 $1 {Schwarz gibt das Läuferpaar auf und erlangt so aktives Spiel.} (17...
e4 18. dxc5 $5 (18. Ng5 Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 19. Nxe4 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 $15) 18... dxc5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 22. Qc3+ $14) (17... exd4 18. exd4 Nxa2
19. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd2a2]}) (17... Qf5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e4 $13) 18.
Bxf3 Qf5 {[%csl Gb4,Yd3,Gf5][%cal Rf5f3]} 19. Bg2 (19. Kg2 $2 e4 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Re4f3]}) 19... Qd3 {[%csl Gd3] Das Eindringen der schwarzen Dame auf d3
für Weiß unangenehm.} 20. Rbd1 (20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Red1 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 exd4 $17 {
[%csl Rg2,Gg7] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und in diesem Fall sind die
ungleichfarbigen Läufer für ihn wegen der starken Kontrolle über die schwarzen
Felder von Vorteil.}) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 exd4 22. exd4 {[%csl Rg2] Die
Zukunft des Läufers auf g2 ist nicht rosig.} cxd4 23. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal
Re7a7] Weiß entfaltet nur etwas Aktivität. Früher oder später zeigt sich die
schwarze Überlegenheit.} (23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2d4]})
23... Nxa2 24. Ba3 {[%cal Rd2a2]} (24. Rxb7 Rfe8 $17 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) 24... Nc3
25. Bxd6 {Es scheint, Weiß hätte wegen des Läuferpaares und des aktiven Turmes
auf e7 gute Kompensation für den Bauern.} (25. Rxb7 Rfe8 $17 (25... Rfb8 $17) (
25... Nb1 26. Ra2)) 25... Rfe8 $1 $17 26. Rxb7 $2 (26. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 {[%csl
Gc3,Gd4,Ge8,Gg7] Das schwarze Figurenspiel ist überzeugend.} 27. Kf1) (26. f4
Rad8 $17) (26. Kf1 $5) 26... Re1+ 27. Bf1 Ne4 $19 {[%cal Re4d2,Re4d6]} 28. Bb4
Nxd2 29. Bxd2 Rd1 {[%csl Gd1,Rd2,Gd4,Rf1,Rg1]} 30. Bf4 d3 {und Weiß gab auf.} (
30... d3 31. Kg2 d2 {Droht 32...Rxf1.} 32. Be2 (32. Bc4 Rg1+ 33. Kxg1 d1=Q+ $19
) 32... Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 (4. e3 $5) 4... Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7.
b4 (7. Rb1 d5 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 O-O 10. b5 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 Bf5 13.
Ra1 Rc8 14. Bd2 b6 15. O-O Qd7 $13 {Vaulin,A-Nepomnishay,M/St.Petersburg op/
1995/EXP46/}) 7... cxb4 (7... Nxb4 8. axb4 cxb4 9. Ne4 $5 Bxa1 10. Qa4 Bg7 11.
Nd6+ Kf8 12. Qxb4 Kg8 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxg5 15. Bf3 h5 16. h4 Qd8 17. c5 a5
18. Qa4 $44 {Pavlovic,M-Phominyh,A/Stary Smokovec/1990/CBM21/}) 8. axb4 Nxb4 9.
Ba3 Nbc6 10. e4 O-O 11. d4 {Man denkt, dass Weiss mit seinem Bauernpulk
wahrscheinlich genueg Kompensation fuer den geopferten P hat.} b6 12. O-O Na5
13. Qa4 (13. Qe2 Ba6 14. Nb5 Rc8 {Weiss hat Problem mit dem c4P.} 15. Bb4 Rxc4
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxa5 bxa5 18. Qxc4 Qb4 $1 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nd6 Bxf1 21. Bxf1
Rb8 $17) 13... d6 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Qb4 (15. Bxd6 Bxb5 16. Bxe7 Bxa4 17. Bxd8
Rfxd8 18. Rxa4 Bxd4 $17) 15... Nec6 $1 16. Qc3 (16. Qxd6 Nxc4 $19) 16... e5 $1
{Schwarz uebernimmt die Initiative.} 17. d5 (17. Bxd6 Nxd4 (17... exd4 $5) 18.
Nbxd4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Re8 20. e5 Rc8 $15) 17... Nd4 $1 18. Nfxd4 exd4 19. Qb4 (
19. Nxd4 Rc8 $1 $17) 19... Bxb5 $1 20. cxb5 Nb7 21. Bb2 Nc5 22. Rfd1 (22. Bxd4
Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nb3 $19) 22... d3 $1 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bf1 Qf6 $1 {Der Riesen
Nc5 und der Mehrbauer auf d3 gibt klaren Vorteil fuer den Nachziehenden.} 25.
Ra3 Qf3 26. Re1 Kg8 27. Re3 (27. Qd4 $2 d2 $1 $19) 27... Qd1 28. Qc3 Rac8 29.
Rxa7 Qc2 $1 30. Rxd3 {Weiss konnte die Materialverlust nicht vermeiden.} (30.
Qd4 d2 31. Be2 Ra8 $1 $19) 30... Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Rc3 33. Bf1 f5 $1
34. exf5 Rxf5 35. Bh3 Rf8 {Droht /\ Rc1+,Rc2.} 36. Ra2 Kg7 37. Bd7 Kf6 38. Re2
Rf7 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Be8 (40. Rxd6 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc2 $19) 40... Rf5 41. Re2 Rxd5
$19 {Der Rest der Partie bedarf keines Kommentars.} 42. Bc6 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Kf6
44. h4 d5 45. g4 g5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Bd7 Rc7 48. Re7 h6 49. Re5+ Kf4 50. Rf5+
Kxg4 51. Be6 Kh4 52. Re5 (52. Bxd5 Rc5 $19) 52... Rg7+ 53. Kf3 Rg5 54. Re3 Rgg1
55. Kf4 Rd4+ 56. Kf5 Rg2 57. f4 Rg3 58. Re1 Rf3 59. Rh1+ Kg3 60. Ke5 Rdxf4 61.
Bxd5 Re3+ 62. Kd6 Rf6+ 63. Kd7 Rd3 64. Ke7 Rf2 65. Bc6 Rh2 66. Ra1 Re2+ 67. Kf7
Rd8 {Im Mittelspiel hat Schwarz mit mehreren kraftvollen Zuegen das weisse
Spiel- konzept wiederlegt.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 {Diese Spielweise ist sehr populär in letzter Zeit. Schwarz
beschäftigt sich nicht mit den Schwächen am Damenflügel, er hat eine feste
Stellung.} 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Ne1 Be6 13. Nc2 d5 {Wenn Schwarz in
dieser Variante den Zug d5 durchführen kann, bekommt er gleiches Spiel.} 14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 {Dieser Springerzug scheint mir ziemlich genügsam, mehr
Hoffnungen kann sich Weiß entweder mit 15.b4!? oder mit 15.Sxd5!? machen.} (15.
b4 $5 axb4 16. axb4 (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. axb4) 16... Ndxb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Ne4
f5 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Bxb4 Rfd8 22. Bc3 h6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4
Qxd3 25. Qg4 Kh7 {0-1 Nyback,T-Popovic,D/Belgrade 2002/CBM 88 ext (69)}) (15.
Nxd5 $5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. b4 axb4 (17... cxb4 18. axb4 b6 19. Ne3 Qe6 20.
bxa5 bxa5 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nc4 Ra8 23. Be3 f5 24. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Vasiliev,
I-Yemelin,V/Paide 1999/EXT 2000 (31)}) 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 b5
21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Rf7 (22... Rfc8 23. Rb2 Bf8 24. Rfb1 Rb7 25. Kf1 Rcb8 26.
Bb4 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rb6 28. Rc1 {1-0 Speelman,J-De Firmian,N/New York 1995/CBM
47 ext (66)}) 23. Rfb1 Rfb7 24. Bb4 Bf8 $14 25. f4 (25. Rc1 $5) 25... Bxb4 26.
Rxb4 exf4 27. gxf4 f5 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. e4 fxe4 30. dxe4 Ke6 {1/2-1/2 Barrero
Garcia,C-Cheparinov,I/Seville 2003/CBM 92 ext (42)}) 15... Nde7 {[%csl Yd4]
[%cal Gc6d4] Schwarz tauscht nicht seinen Springer, denn er folgt der üblichen
Strategie - wenn wir Raumvorteil haben, ist es notwendig die Figuren auf dem
Brett zu halten. Das d5-Feld ist immer eine potenzielle Schwächung in der
schwarzen Stellung, aber er kontrolliert sehr stark den d4-Punkt.} (15... Nxe3
16. Bxe3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 (17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 b5 19. bxa5 b4 20. Ne4 Qxa5 21. Nd2
Rfc8 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Polgar,J/Fond du Lac 1990/EXT 2004 (40)}) 17... Qxd4 18.
Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 b6 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Bc6 Rbc8 22. Bb5 c4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24.
dxc4 Rxc4 25. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic,E-Womacka,M/Cattolica 1993/TD (67)}) 16.
Ne4 b6 17. b4 {Das ist der übliche Plan für Weiß, er möchte die b-Linie öffnen.
} axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 {Ein typisches Bild in dieser
Variante - Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, weil der b6P eher schwach als
stark ist. Andererseits hat Schwarz das Läuferpaar und er kann seine
Bauernmasse am Königsflügel mit späterem f6-f5 mobilisieren.} h6 21. Qb1 (21.
Nd2 f5 22. Rb1 b5 $15) 21... f5 22. Nd2 e4 {[%cal Gg7a1] Interessanterweise
ist diese Stellung schon gespielt worden. Mit dem letzten Zug öeffnete Schwarz
die Diagonale des g7-Läufers.} 23. Rd1 (23. Ndc4 exd3 24. Rd1 b5 25. Rxd3 Qc7
26. Rxb5 f4 27. gxf4 Qxf4 28. Bf3 Rxb5 29. Qxb5 Rb8 30. Qc5 Rb1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+
32. Nxd1 Nf5 33. Nce3 Nd4 34. Kg2 Be5 35. Qe7 Bh3+ 36. Kxh3 Qxh2+ 37. Kg4 Qh5#
{0-1 Stark,L-Bocharov,D/playchess.com 2003/EXT 2004 (37)}) 23... Nc6 $15 {
[%csl Rb4,Ge6,Gg7][%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat ausgezeichnete Figurenspiel, weil
der b4R unglücklich steht.} 24. Ra4 (24. Rb5 $2 Nd4 $19) 24... Nd4 (24... b5
$17) 25. Re1 (25. Kf1) 25... Qd7 26. Rb4 (26. Ra6 Nb5 $17 {[%csl Yc3]}) 26...
Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a1]} 27. dxe4 f4 $1 (27... Ra1 28. Qxa1 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Bxa1 30.
exf5 $15) 28. Nd5 (28. gxf4 Ra1 29. Qxa1 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Bxa1 $17) 28... fxg3
29. hxg3 {[#]} Nxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Mit dieser kleiner Kombination gewinnt
Schwarz Material.} (29... Ra1 30. Qxa1 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Bxa1 {Das wäre nur
Zugumstellung zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 30. Rxe2 Ra1 {[%cal Ra1g1]} 31. Qxa1
Bxa1 $17 32. Nf1 (32. Nxb6 Qd3 33. Bf1 Bc3 $19) (32. Rxb6 Bd4 (32... Bg4 33.
Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rxg4 Qxg4 $17) 33. Rb4 Bc5 34. Rc4 Qb5 $17) 32... b5 {Schwarz
hat großen Materialvorteil, Weiß hat nur Turm und Leichtfigur gegen der Dame.}
33. Rd2 Bxd5 $1 {Schwarz muss den starken Springer tauschen.} 34. Rxd5 (34.
exd5 Bc3 $19) 34... Qa7 35. Ne3 Bc3 36. Rbxb5 Be1 {[%csl Rf2]} 37. Kh2 (37. Rb2
Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Qxe3 $19) 37... Bxf2 {Schwarz hat den f2-Bauern bekommen, was
bedeutet, dass die weiße Königsstellung geschwächt ist.} 38. Nf1 g5 39. Kh1 Bd4
40. Rb1 Qg7 {Schwarz hat einige technische Schwierigkeiten, da das Material
reduziert ist.} 41. Rd1 Be5 42. R1d3 (42. Ne3 $142 {[%cal Ge3f5]}) 42... h5 43.
Rd7 Rf7 44. Bh3 Rxd7 (44... g4 $1 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Bg2 Qf6 $17) 45. Bxd7 (45.
Rxd7 Qf6 46. Bf5 Qa6 $19) 45... Qf6 46. Kg2 Qa6 $19 {[%csl Ga6,Rg2][%cal Ga6f1]
} 47. Rd2 Qc4 48. Bh3 $4 (48. Bf5 Qc3 49. Be6+ Kg7 50. Bf5 Kh6 $19) 48... Qxe4+
(48... g4 $19) 49. Kh2 h4 50. Be6+ Kg7 51. Bd5 hxg3+ 52. Kh3 g2 (52... g4+ 53.
Kh4 Qf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Blackpool zt"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d4 $5 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne4 d6 {8...Ne7 9.Nd6+, Kf8 10.Nxb7 +/= Gurevich,D-Dlugy,M New York op 1989
CBM/12} 9. Qa4+ Ke7 10. c5 {10.Bd2!? /\ Bb4} d5 11. Nd6 Kf8 $1 12. O-O Ne7 13.
e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 h6 15. Rad1 Kg8 16. b4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qb3 a6 19. Rfe1
Kh7 20. Qd3 {20.a4!?} Rg8 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Bf4 Bb5 23. Qf3 a5 24. a3 axb4 25.
axb4 Ra2 26. Bd6 Qd7 27. Kg1 Rga8 28. Be5 R8a3 29. Qf4 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Ra8 $1 31.
Bh3 Rg8 32. Rd4 Rg6 33. Rf4 Bd3 34. Qc3 Be4 35. f3 Bc2 36. Re2 Qa4 37. Kf2 Bb3
38. Qe5 Rxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Bc4 40. Qb2 Qd1 41. Bg2 Rg8 $1 42. Rd4 Qa4 43. Rd2 Kg6
44. Qb1 Kg7 45. Qb2+ f6 46. Qd4 Ra8 47. Rb2 Qa1 48. Qd2 Ra3 49. Rc2 Rd3 50. Qf4
e5 51. Qxf5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 {Neben 5...Nf6 und 5...e5
das ist eine Hauptvariante.} 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 {Weiß bereitet Rb1 und b2-b4
vor. Die Alternative 7.d3 ist populärer.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bf4 h6
{[%cal Gc8e6] Dieser prophylaktische Zug bereitet 11...Be6 vor und verteidigt
sich gegen 12.Ng5. Die Alternativen 10...b6 und 10...d4 sind auch spielbar.}
11. Rb1 Be6 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung und er hat ein Übergewicht
im Zentrum.} 12. Na4 {Weiss geht weg mit dem Springer von c3 und bereitet
b2-b4 vor.} (12. Qc1 Kh7 13. b4 $11) 12... b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nf5 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gf5d4]} (14... d4 $11 {[%cal Ge7d5,Gd5c3]}) 15. b5 (15. Qd2 $11)
15... Ncd4 (15... Na5 16. Qd2 $11) 16. Nxd4 (16. Ne1 $6 Qd7 17. e3 g5 $17)
16... Nxd4 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bd2 (18. Qd2 $4 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxe2+ $19) (18. Rc1
Qd7 $17 (18... Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxc3 21. Bxh6 $11)) 18... Qd7 {
[%cal Ge6h3,Gh3g2,Gd7b5]} 19. Kh1 (19. e3 Bg4 20. f3 Nxf3+ $17) (19. Re1 Nf5
$11 (19... Rc5 $11)) 19... Bg4 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gg4d1,Gd4e2] Droht 20...Rxc3
und 21...Bxe2.} 20. f3 Be6 $15 {Schwarz hat eine gesunde Stellung, während der
Bg2 eingeschlossen ist und der Pb5 ist auch schwach.} 21. Qa4 Rfe8 {[%cal
Ge8e2,Gc8c3] Beide schwarzen Türme stehen aktiv.} 22. Rfc1 Bh3 23. e3 Bxg2+ 24.
Kxg2 {[#]} Qf5 $3 {[%csl Rd3,Gd4,Rf3][%cal Rf5f3,Rf3g2][%mdl 64] Ein
unerwarteter und ausgezeichneter Zwischenzug.} 25. Qd1 (25. exd4 Rxc3 26. Re1 (
26. Bxc3 Re2+ 27. Kg1 Qxf3 $19) (26. Rxc3 Re2+ $19) 26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxd3
$17) 25... Nxf3 $1 (25... Qxd3 26. exd4 Bxd4 27. Bxh6 Rxc3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29.
Rd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bc5 31. Rxd5 Re2+ 32. Kh3 Rb2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Bf4 $132) 26.
Qxf3 Qxd3 {[%csl Rc3,Rd2,Gd3] Schwarz hat nur zwei Bauern für die Figur, aber
es hängt auf d2 und auf c3, so dass Weiß die Figur zurückgeben muss.} 27. Qxd5
(27. Rb2 Bxc3 (27... Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxe3 $17) 28. Rbc2 d4 $19) 27... Rxc3 (27...
Qxd5+ 28. Nxd5 Rcd8 29. e4 Rxe4 30. Bxh6 Rxd5 $17) 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 $17 {[%mdl
4096] Nach Vereinfachungen haben wir eine Stellung, in der Schwarz einen
Bauern mehr hat und die weißen Bauern e3 und b5 sind schwach.} 29. Rc2 Red8 30.
Bc1 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8c5,Gc5e3] Schwarz möchte seine Läferstellung mit 31...Bc5
verbessern.} 31. Kf3 Bc5 32. Ra1 R8d7 33. Rca2 Rc3 $1 (33... Rb3 34. Rxa7 Rxa7
35. Rxa7 Rxb5 $17) 34. Bd2 Rb3 35. Ke2 (35. Bc1 $5 Rxb5 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Rxa7
$17) 35... Rd5 {[%csl Gb3,Gc5,Gd5][%cal Gd5h5] Es gibt wenig Material auf dem
Brett, aber die schwarzen Figuren stehen viel aktiver. Die schwarzen Türme
stehen ausgezeichnet, es ist nicht leicht für Weiß sich gegen die horizontalen
und vertikalen Motive zu verteidigen.} 36. Rc2 (36. Rxa7 $2 Rb2 $19) 36... Rh5
{Auf diese Weise provoziert Schwarz eine weitere Schwächung in der weißen
Stellung.} 37. h4 Re5 {[%csl Re2,Re3] Nun hängt der Pe3, den Weiß nicht
verteidigen kann, und der weiße König steht sehr gefährdet.} 38. Rxa7 Bxe3 39.
Be1 (39. Bxe3 Rexe3+ $19) 39... Rb1 (39... Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Rb1 41. Re2 Rexb5 $19)
40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rcc7 Bc5+ 42. Kd3 Rbxe1 $19 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rg7+ {Weiß kann
nur ein paar Schachs geben, aber das ist alles - mit einer Figur mehr gewinnt
Schwarz leicht.} Kf8 45. Raf7+ Ke8 46. Ra7 Re7 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Rxg6 R1e3+ 49.
Kc2 Re2+ 50. Kd1 R2e6 51. Rgg8 Rd6+ 52. Kc2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {Eine genügsame Fortsetzung, die zu ruhigem Spiel
führt. Weiß kann sich keine großen Hoffnungen auf Eröffnungsvorteil machen.
Die Alternative 3.Nf3 wäre gefährlicher für Schwarz. Ribli.} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5.
Nf3 e5 {Schwarz schwächt freiwillig das Feld d5, kann aber seinen Springer
nach e7 entwickeln.} (5... e6) (5... Nf6) 6. a3 a5 {[%csl Yb5,Yd5] Jetzt hat
Schwarz zwei positionelle Löcher (auf b5 und d5), aber in Wirklichkeit sind
diese Felder nicht so schwach und Schwarz kann mit gutem Figurenspiel
Gegenspiel erlangen.} 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 (8. Nd2 $5 {Das ist eine interessante
Idee: Weiß führt das Springermanöver vor der Rochade durch, so daß Schwarz
nicht auf ...d6-d5 spielen kann.} Nge7 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5]}) 8...
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 {[#]} (10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 $11) 10... Rb8 (10... Be6
11. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Gg5e6]}) 11. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5]} Be6 12. Nc2 {
[%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5,Gb2b4] Weiß bereitet 13.Ne3 oder 13.b4 vor.} d5 {Gerade
rechtzeitig, sonst bleibt Schwarz ohne Gegenspiel.} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. b4 {
Weiß hat die Initiative am Damenflügel, aber mit gutem Spiel kann Schwarz das
neutralisieren.} (14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Ne3 Nde7 {Weiß hat lebendiges
Figurenspiel, aber Schwarz beherrscht das Zentrum.} 17. Nf3 h6 18. Qc1 Be6 19.
b3 f5 20. Nc2 g5 $13 {1-0 Kaenel,H-Bellon Lopez,J/Bern 1996/CBM 51 ext (60)})
14... Nxc3 (14... axb4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nxb4 (18.
Bxb4) 18... Nxb4 19. Rxb4 {Das ist eine sehr typische Stellung für die
Englische Eröffnung. Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und der schwarze
b-Bauer ist eher schwach als stark.} {[#]} b5 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Rfc8 $11
22. Rfb1 Rc2 23. Be3 Rxe2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 h5 {1/2-1/2
Shurygin,S-Eperjesi,L/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (58)}) 15. Bxc3 axb4 (15... cxb4 $6
16. axb4 a4 $6 17. b5 $36) 16. axb4 c4 $5 $11 (16... cxb4 $6 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18.
Rxb4 $14 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd1b1,Gb1b2,Gf1b1] In dieser Stellung hat Weiß freie
Hand am Damenflügel. Er drückt in der b-Linie.}) 17. b5 (17. dxc4 Bxc4 $11 {
[%csl Gc4]}) 17... Nd4 (17... cxd3 $5 18. bxc6 (18. exd3 Nd4 $11) 18... dxc2
19. Qxc2 (19. Qxd8 Rbxd8 20. Rbc1 (20. Rxb7 $2 Rd1 {[%csl Gc2]} 21. Bb2 Bc4 22.
c7 Bxe2 $19) 20... bxc6 21. Rxc2 $15) 19... bxc6 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Bxc6 Qc7 $11 {
[%cal Gc7c2]}) 18. Bxd4 (18. dxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rb4 {Das ist nur
Zugumstellung zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 18... exd4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20. Rb4 {
[%cal Gb4d4] Schwarz besitzt das Läuferpaar, aber sein d4-Bauer ist schwach.
Er hat nichts besseres, als die Stellung zu vereinfachen.} Bxe2 21. Qxe2 d3 {
[%cal Rd3e2,Rd3c2]} 22. Qd1 dxc2 23. Qxc2 {Die Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch
und die Anwesenheit der ungleichfarbigen Läufer macht das Remisergebnis
wahrscheinlich.} Rc8 (23... Re8 24. b6 $5) 24. Qb1 b6 {Schwarz befreit sich
von der Schwäche auf b7.} 25. Bc6 {Weiß hat nur symbolischen Vorteil. Wegen
der ungleichfarbigen Läufer ist die Stellung gleich.} Qc7 (25... Bd4 $4 {
Mit der Idee 26...Bc5.} 26. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 26. Rc4 Rcd8 27. Qe4 {
Weiß hat spürbaren positionellen Druck, aber in Wirklichkeit bringt das nichts.
} Qe5 28. Qf3 (28. Qxe5 Bxe5 $11) 28... Rd2 29. Re4 Qc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd2]} 30.
Kg2 (30. Rd1 Rfd8 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Re8+ Bf8 $11) 30... Rfd8 31. Rfe1 Bd4 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Rd2f2,Rc5f2] Schwarz hat auch Gegenspiel: Druck gegen den
f2-Bauern.} 32. R1e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd6 {[%cal Gd6f6,Gf6f2]} 34. Qf4 Rf6 35. Qd2
Kg7 {Alles ist beiderseitig verteidigt und in gleicher Stellung wurde hier
Remis vereinbart.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 {Die weiße Spielweise wirkt
genügsam, aber bei symmetrischer Stellung ist er ein Tempo voraus. Eine gute
Strategie für Schwarz wäre, die Symmetrie aufrecht zu erhalten.} d6 (5... a6 $5
) 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 (7... a5 $5) 8. b4 cxb4 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Die Annahme
des Opfers hilft dem Gegner. Es wäre viel besser, die Diagonale des Bg7 mit
Tempo öffnen.} (8... e4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gg7a1] Das ist der viel logischere Zug.}
9. Ne1 f5 (9... d5 10. Rb1 cxb4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. axb4 O-O 14. d3
Qa2 15. Be3 exd3 16. Nxd3 Bf5 17. b5 Ne5 18. Ra1 Qc4 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxb7 {
1-0 Gurevich,D-Scott,G/Illinois 1993/EXT 2000 (40)}) (9... Be6 10. Rb1 cxb4 (
10... f5 11. f3 cxb4 12. axb4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Bxc4 14. b5 Na5 15. Ba3 O-O 16. Bb4
Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qa4 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Fernandez Garcia,J/
Cordoba 1995/EXT 2000 (18)}) 11. Nxe4 Bxc4 12. axb4 d5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bb2 d4
15. Ne4 O-O 16. d3 Bd5 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Qd2 Nf5 $13 {1-0 Podzielny,
K-De Firmian,N/Essen 1999/CBM 71 (40)}) 10. Bb2 O-O (10... Be6 11. d3 exd3 12.
Nxd3 Bxc4 13. bxc5 (13. Na4 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. bxc5 d5 16. Nab2 Ba6 17. Nb4
Nxb4 18. axb4 {0-1 Romanishin,O-Short,N/Lvov 1984/MCL (59)}) 13... O-O 14. Na4
Bf7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf4 d5 17. Rb1 {1-0 Surajev-Mijailovic,Z/Belgrade 1991/
EXT 97 (35)}) 11. d3 Be6 12. dxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxc4 14. Bg2 cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4
16. Qd2 Nec6 17. Rb1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Agzamov,G/Sochi 1984/MCD (39)})
(8... Be6 $2 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. d3 Be6 (10... cxb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
b5 Nd4 14. e3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Ndf5 16. b6 Qxb6 17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Rfb1 {1-0 Ftacnik,
L-Danner,G/Wien op1986 (28)}) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. bxc5 d5 13. e4 O-O 14. Qg4 {
1-0 Ftacnik,L-Rogers,I/Groningen 1977/EXT 99 (55)}) 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Ba3 {
Weiß hat dank Entwicklungsvorteils und aktiven Spiels am Damenflügel sowie im
Zentrum gute Kompensation für den Bauern..} (10. Qb3) 10... Nec6 (10... Na6 11.
Ne4 Nc5 12. Nfg5 Qc7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17.
Qb4 Ne8 18. Bxb7 a5 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxa5 {1-0 Martinovic,S-De Firmian,N/Bor
1984/MCD (28)}) (10... Nbc6 11. Nb5 $44) 11. Qa4 $44 {Schwarz hat
Entwicklungsprobleme, sein König steht schlecht in der Mitte, wärhend Weiß
freie Hand am Damenflügel hat.} Na6 (11... e4 12. Nh4 (12. Bxb4 exf3 13. Bxf3
$16) 12... g5 13. Bxb4 gxh4 14. Nxe4 $16) (11... a5 $4 12. Bxb4 $18) 12. Ne4 (
12. Nxe5 {Dieser Zug sieht schön aus, aber die Partiefortsetzung ist
nachhaltiger.} Bxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nb5 $16) 13.
Bxc6+ Bd7 (13... Kf8 14. Bd5 $16) (13... bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxa6 $16) 14.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qb5 $14) (12. Ng5 O-O 13. Nge4 $44) 12... Bf8 $6 {Dieser
passive Zug gefällt mir nicht.} (12... Nc5 $5 13. Nxc5 (13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nxc5
O-O $13) 13... dxc5 14. Bxc5 e4 15. Ne1 Bxa1 (15... Bd7) 16. Qxa1 Rg8 17. Bxe4
Qxd2 18. Nf3 $44 {[%csl Re8] Der schwarze König steht unsicher - Weiß hat
gefährliche Kompensation.}) 13. d4 {Das ist logisch - Weiß möchte die Stellung
öffnen.} (13. c5 $5 $36) 13... Bf5 (13... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 14. dxe5 dxe5 (
14... Nxe5 15. Qb3) 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Rfd1 $44) (13... exd4 $2 14. Nxd4 $16)
14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Nb5 e4 (15... exd4 16. Bxd6 $44) 16. Nd2 f5 (16... Nxd4 17.
Nxe4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. e3 $16 {Weiß hat
deutliches Übergewicht im Zentrum, er kann die Stellung nachfolgend mit f2-f3
sprengen. Der schwarze Pd6 hingegen stellt eine chronische Schwäche dar.} Qf6 (
17... Nc7 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd4 20. Qb4 $16) 18. f3 {Der Textzug ist
thematisch - Weiß aktiviert alle Figuren.} (18. Bxe4 $5 $16 {Diese taktische
Moeglichkeit gibt Weiss auch gute Chancen.}) 18... exf3 19. Bxf3 Be7 20. Bd5 g5
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Ein entscheidender Fehler in schlechter Stellung.} (20... Qg5
21. Qb3 $16 (21. Rae1 $16)) 21. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf1f6]} Qg6 22. Nexd6+
1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne1 {9.d3, d6 10.Bd2!?} d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 f5 {11...Rb8 12.Ned5, f5
13.d3, Kh8 14.f4, Qd7 15.Bd2, Bg8 1/4 Filip-Ribli Nice ol 1974} 12. d3 Bf7 13.
Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rb8 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 d5 19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rb5 Bxg2 21. Qb3+ $1 Rf7 22. Kxg2 Qd7 23. Bb2 e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Rd1 $5 Qe7 27. Qe3 Rbf8 28. Rdb1 Rxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Kh6 31. Rxb7 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 e3 33. h4 Qf5 34. R7b2 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Kg7 36. Rb7+
Kf6 37. R7b6+ Ke5 38. R1b5+ Kd4 39. Rb4+ Kc5 40. R6b5+ Kc6 41. Rb2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
$5 h6 9. Bd2 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 d5 12. cxd5 {12.b4, cxb4 13.axb4, dxc4 14.
bxc4, Rc8 15.c5, bxc5 16.bxc5, Na5  Larsen-Psakhis Hasting 1987/88 i 45/54}
Nxd5 {12...exd5 13.b4, cxb4 14.axb4, d4 15.Na4} 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. b4 Nd4 $1 {
14...cxb4 15.Nxd5, exd5 16.cxb4} 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd5 Rc8 17. Qb2 Bxd5 18.
Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rfc1 {=} h5 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. Rbc1 b5 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Kg2 Kg8 24.
h3 Red8 25. Qb3 Kh7 26. Qb2 Kg8 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rc8 30. Qc1
Rxc5 31. bxc5 {31.Qxc5, Bf8 =} Qc6 32. Be7 Bf8 33. Qg5 Qc7 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. c6
Qxc6 36. Qd8+ Qe8 {36...Kg7? 37.Qxd4+, Kg8 38.Qxa7} 37. Qxd4 a5 38. Qh8+ Ke7
39. Qc3 a4 40. Qc5+ Kf6 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Qd7 43. Qc3+ Ke7 44. e4 Qd6 45. d4
Kd7 46. Kf2 Qh2+ 47. Ke3 Qg1+ 48. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Der polnische GM beginnt die Partie oft mit diesem Zug.} c5 2. Bg2 Nc6
3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 {Das ist eine seltene Fortsetzung - 5...Nf6, 5...
e6 und 5...e5 sind im Allgemeinen populärer.} 6. O-O Bd7 (6... Nh6 $5 {[%cal
Gh6f5]}) 7. a3 {Weiß bereitet das typische b2-b4 vor.} (7. e3) (7. d3) 7... Nf6
(7... Qc8 8. Rb1 h5 9. h4 Bxc3 10. dxc3 Bh3 11. Bg5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe6 13. Qd5 {
1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Graf,A/Dubai UAE 2002/(13)}) 8. Rb1 a5 {Mit diesem Zug
verhindert Schwarz zwar ds mögliche b2-b4, schwächt aber zugleich das Feld b5.
Meiner Meinung nach täte Schwarz besser daran, den Zug b2-b4 zuzulassen.} (8...
O-O 9. b4 b6 10. d3 Rc8 11. Bd2 e5 12. Ne1 h6 13. Nc2 Kh7 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. a4 {
0-1 Grebenkin,V-Tataev,M/Stare Mesto 1992/EXT 97 (35)}) 9. b3 {Weiß bereitet
die Entwicklung des Läufers nach b2 und mittelfristig den Zug d2 - d4 vor.} (9.
d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Ilic,Z-Makarov,M/Cetinje 1993/EXT 2002
(11)}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Qc8 $6 {Die Dame steht nicht besonders gut auf c8,
zudem kommt Schwarz in unserer Partie nicht dazu, seinen Plan (Bh3)
durchzuführen.} (10... e5 $5 $11 {Die Felder b5 und d5 sind zwar in der Tat
schwach, aber es ist nicht leicht für Weiß, daraus Kapital zu schlagern.}) 11.
d4 Nxd4 (11... Bh3 12. d5 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil, das Feld b5 ist schwach.})
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Yb5,Yd5][%cal Gg2a8] Weiß hat Raumvorteil,
und seine beiden Läufer stehen stark auf den großen Diagonalen.} Bc6 (13... Bh3
$2 14. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd5e7,Rd5b6,Rb6c8,Rb6a8]}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 (14...
Qd8 15. Rfd1 $14) 15. Bxd5 {[%csl Gb2,Gd5] Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und eine
gesunde Stellung.} (15. cxd5) 15... Rb8 (15... Ne8 $2 16. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Re4a8,
Re4e7]}) (15... Nh5 $2 16. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Re4e7,Re4b7]}) 16. Bf3 b5 (16... b6
$14) 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Qa4 (18. Qd3 $14) 18... Qb8 $6 {Dieser Zug der Dame
gefällt mir nicht - die Dame steht passiv auf b8.} (18... Qc5 $5 19. Bd4 Qf5
$14) 19. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5]} Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Schwarz möchte mit diesem Zug ein
wenig im Trüben fischen. Andernfalls verliert er einfach den Pa5, ohne dafür
Kompensation zu bekommen.} (19... Nd5 20. Bxa5 $16) 20. Bxg7 Nc5 21. Qxb5 (21.
Qd4 Ne6 (21... e5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qe3 Nxb3 (23... e4 24. Bg2 $16) 24. Bc6 Rb6
25. Bd5 a4 26. Rfd1 $14) 22. Qh4 Kxg7 23. Qxe7 Re8 $14) 21... Qxb5 22. Bxf8
Kxf8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 {[%csl Gb4] Weiß hat R+R für die Q und - das ist
noch wichtiger - der Pb4 stellt immer eine große Gefahr für Schwarz dar.} Nd7
25. Rfc1 {[%cal Rf3c6,Rc6b5,Rc6d7]} Ne5 (25... Nb6 26. Rc7 $14) 26. Bg2 g5 $6 {
Dieser Zug schwächt die schwarze Stellung.} (26... Qxe2 27. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5]}
) (26... e6 $14 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 27. Rc2 Kg7 28. Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d5,Gd5b5] Es
droht 29.Rd5 mit Vertreibung der Dame von ihrem Blockadefeld.} f5 29. e3 Kf6
30. Rd4 Ke6 (30... g4) 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} h5 (31... g4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rd5
$14) 32. h4 $5 gxh4 (32... g4 33. Rd5 $14) 33. Rxh4 {[%csl Rh5]} Qd3 34. Rf1
Qe2 $6 (34... Qb5 35. e4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 $14) 35. e4 $1 Kf6 (35... fxe4 36. Rxe4
$18 {[%cal Re4e6,Re4e2,Rf2f4]}) (35... Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 Qxf3 37. Rf4 $16) 36. Rf4
e6 37. exf5 exf5 38. Rd4 $16 Ke7 (38... Ke6 39. Rfd1 $16) 39. Rf4 (39. Rfd1 $16
) 39... Ng6 40. Rd4 h4 (40... Ne5) 41. gxh4 Qh5 42. Re1+ Kd7 43. Re3 Nxh4 (
43... f4 44. Red3 $16) 44. Rh3 f4 $8 45. Rxf4 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Nxg2 47. Kxg2 {
[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat R+R+P für die Q. In Endspielen dieser Art sind die Türme
immer viel stärker.} Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qe5 49. Rhh4 Kc6 50. Kg2 Kb5 51. Rd4 {
Der weiße Plan besteht einfach darin, den Pd6 mit beiden Türmen anzugreifen
und zu erobern. Schwarz kann nur noch auf Dauerschach hoffen.} d5 52. Rdg4 Qf5
53. Rg3 {Droht 54.Rd4 nebst 55.Rgd3.} Qe5 54. Rhg4 {54.Rd3 wäre hier ganz
schlecht, wegen 54...Qg5+, und nach 55.Rh3 Qf5+. - Jetzt droht wieder die
Turmverdoppelung auf der d-Linie mit 55.Rd3 und 56.Rgd4.} Ka4 55. Rd3 Qf5 56.
Rgd4 {[%csl Rd5]} Qg5+ 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Ke2 Qc2+ 59. Kf3 {Jetzt hat Schwarz
kein Schach mehr - er verliert den Pd5.} Qb1 60. Kf4 (60. Rxd5) 60... Qc1+ 61.
Rd2 Qc7+ 62. Kf5 Qf7+ 63. Ke5 Qf3 64. Rxd5 Qh5+ (64... Kxb4 65. R2d4+ Kc3 66.
Rd3+ $18) 65. Kd6 Qh6+ 66. Ke5 Qg5+ 67. Ke4 Qg4+ 68. f4 $18 {Weiß steht auf
Gewinn, aber Schwarz kann mit seiner Dame noch viele Schachs geben. Aber das
ändert am Endergebnis auch nichts mehr.} Qe6+ (68... Kxb4 69. R5d4+ Kb5 70. Rd6
$18 {Es gibt immer viele Schachs, daher ist es ein langer Weg bis zum Sieg,
aber der f-Bauer muss die Partie früher oder später entscheiden.}) 69. Re5 Qc4+
(69... Qc6+) 70. Rd4 Qe2+ 71. Kd5 (71. Kf5 Qh5+ 72. Kf6) 71... Qb5+ 72. Ke6
Qe8+ 73. Kf5 Qh5+ 74. Kf6 Qh6+ 75. Ke7 Qg7+ 76. Kd6 Qf8+ 77. Kd5 Qa8+ (77...
Qd8+ 78. Ke4 $18) 78. Kc4 Qc6+ 79. Rc5 Qe6+ 80. Rcd5 Qe2+ (80... Qc6+ 81. Kd3
$18) 81. Kc5 Qe7+ 82. Kb6 Qf6+ 83. Rd6 {Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz kein
Schach mehr.} Qf8 84. b5+ Kb3 85. Kb7 Qg7+ 86. Rd7 Qg2+ 87. R4d5 Kc4 88. f5 (
88. b6 $18) 88... Qe4 89. f6 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 a5 6. d3 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Nge7
9. Bg5 {-> A 37} f6 10. Be3 (10. Bd2 Be6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nc2 d5 $10 {
Landenbergue,C-Mainka,R Praga Bohemians 1990 CBM 17}) 10... Rb8 11. Rb1 O-O 12.
Ne1 Be6 13. Nc2 f5 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4
axb4 18. Nxb4 $14) 14. Bg5 $5 (14. b4 $5 f4 15. Bd2) 14... h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16.
Qd2 Qd7 17. Ne3 b6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b5 $2 20. Nxb5 d5 21. cxd5 Qxb5 (21...
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 $14) 22. dxe6 cxb4 23. Rb3 $1 Qa6 24. Rxb4 Qxe6 25.
Rfb1 $16 Rxb4 26. Qxb4 Kh7 27. Qa3 Rd8 28. Qa7 Rd7 29. Qa8 Rd6 30. Rb7 Rb6 31.
Qe8 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Qd6 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Bf3 Qd6 35. h3 Ng8 36. Qa8 Nf6 37. Bc6
Qe7 38. Bb7 Nd7 39. Nd5 Qf8 40. Qa5 Nc5 41. Qc7 Ne6 42. Qd7 Nc5 43. Qc6 e4 44.
Ba6 exd3 45. Bxd3 Be5 46. Bc4 h5 47. e3 Kh6 48. Qb6 Ne4 49. Qc6 Qd6 50. Qe8 Qb8
51. Qxb8 Bxb8 52. Bd3 Nc5 53. Bb5 Ne4 54. Be8 Nd6 55. Bd7 Ne4 56. Nf4 Nf6 57.
Be6 Kg7 58. Ba2 Ne4 59. Bd5 Nd6 60. Bc6 Kf6 61. h4 Nc8 62. Be8 Ne7 63. Kf3 Bd6
64. Ke2 Ba3 65. Kd3 Bc1 66. Kc4 Ba3 67. Kd3 Bd6 68. f3 Bb8 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Qd7 $5 7. O-O {7.Rb1,
b6 8.b4, Bb7} b6 8. e3 {/\ d4} Bxc3 $5 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. e4 O-O-O $5 11. d3 h6
12. Re1 e5 13. Nd2 Nge7 14. Nb3 Kc7 15. a4 a5 $1 16. d4 g5 17. d5 Na7 18. Nd2
Ba6 19. Qh5 Rdf8 20. Bf1 Bc8 21. Bd3 f5 $1 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Ne4 Qg7 24. Kh1 g4
{/\ Bd7,Be8} 25. h3 gxh3 26. Kh2 Ne7 $1 {/\ Bg4} 27. Qd1 Bg4 28. Qb3 Nac8 29.
Ra2 Bf3 30. Be3 Nf5 31. Rb2 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Qd7 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. cxb5 Ne7 35. c4
Bg2 36. Nc3 Nf5 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 38. Ne4 Rhf8 39. Kg1 Bf3 40. Rd2 h2+ 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Der polnische Großmeister beginnt praktisch immer mit diesem
genuegsamen Zug.} c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 (3. e4 $5 {Dieser Zug waere interessant
- ich bemerke, dass nach in der Sizilianische Verteidigung - nach 1.e4 c5 2.g3
Schwarz spielt gewoenlich nicht 2...Nc6, sondern 2...d5.}) 3... g6 4. Nc3 Bg7
5. Nf3 e5 {Die Alternativen sind 5...e6 und 5...Nf6. Mit dem Tetzug schwächt
Schwarz d5, aber überdeckt dafür d4.} 6. d3 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 {Auf diese
Weise verhindert Schwarz die Moeglichkeit 9.b4, aber er hat schon zwei
positionelle Schwächungen - b5 und d5.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Rb8 (10... h6 {
Dieser Bauernzug waere die andere Moeglichkeit fuer Schwarz - mit diesem Zug
er bereitet den Zug 11...Be6 vor und verteidigt sich gegen Ng5.}) 11. Qa4 Be6 (
11... Bg4 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b6 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. e3 d5 17. bxc5
bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Degerman,L-Wedberg,T/Sweden SWE 2002/(17)}) (11... Bd7 12. Rfc1
Nd4 13. Qd1 Bc6 14. e3 Ne6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 {1-0 Ribli,
Z-Hellers,F/Amsterdam 1986/CBM 01 (33) Ribli.}) (11... b6 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. Qd1
h6 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nc2 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5
20. axb4 e4 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. dxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Nxc2 {1/2-1/2
Dizdarevic,E-Oral,T/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (24)}) 12. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb2b4]
Mit diesem Zug bereitet Weiß 13.b4 vor.} (12. Ng5 $5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nd4 14. Qd1
Bc6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 $5 17. Rxb4 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne6 $5 20. Qb1
g5 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Maksimenko,A/Niksic 1996/EXT 2000/[Gurevich,M] 
(40)}) 12... h6 {Auf diese Weise sichert Schwarz seine Läuferstellung auf e6
und er muss nicht mit Ng5 rechnen.} 13. b4 {[%mdl 32] Nach diesem Zug bekommt
Weiß einige Initiative am Damenfluegel.} axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 (14... b6 $5) 15.
Bxb4 Nxb4 (15... Ra8 $5 16. Qc2 $14 (16. Qb3 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 d5 18. Nd2 Ra2 $132)
) 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Nd2 (17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 f5 $13 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 17... Qd7 (
17... dxc4 18. Nxc4 $14) 18. Qd6 Rfd8 (18... Qxd6 19. Nxd6 b6 20. Rfc1 $14) 19.
Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfc1 $14 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, was mehr bedeutet
als das schwarze Läuferpaar und dessen nomineller Zentrumsvorteil. Weiß hat
aktives Figurenspiel am Damenfluegel, besonders mit der Unterstuetzung des Bg2,
weil der Bg7 etwas passiv steht.} f5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4]
[%cal Gb5d6,Gc4d6]} Rbd8 (22... g5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nb6 Rdd8 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26.
Nc7 $14) 23. h4 (23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nb6 Re7 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11) 23... Kh7 (23...
h5 $14) 24. Kh2 Bg8 25. h5 $5 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern fuer die Initiative.}
gxh5 (25... g5 26. e4 $14) 26. Bh3 {[%cal Gh3d7]} Be6 27. e4 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6g4,
Gg4h2]} (27... Ne7 28. Nbd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxb7 $36 {[%cal Gb7h7]}) 28.
Nxe5 Ng4+ (28... Re7 29. Rc7 $16) 29. Bxg4 Bxe5 30. Bxf5+ Bxf5 31. exf5 Rxd3 {
Nach Vereinfachungen haben wir eine Stellung, in der Weiß die bessere
Bauernstruktur besitzt, aber das Material ist reduziert.} 32. Re1 R3d5 (32...
R8d5 33. Na7 {[%cal Rb1b7,Rb7h7]} Kg7 34. Rxb7+ Kf6 35. Nc6 $16) 33. f4 (33.
Nc7 Bxc7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Rxc7 Rxf5 $11) 33... Bg7 34. Nc7 Rxf5 35. Re7 $16 {
[%cal Rb1b7,Re7h7] Droht jetzt 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Ne6+ mit Figurengewinn..} Rdf8
36. Rxb7 {36.Ne8 oder 36.Ne6 sind auch moeglich, aber mit der
Partiefortsetzung erreicht Weiß dieselbe Stellung.} (36. Ne8 R8f7 37. Rbxb7 Kg8
38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Nxg7 Kxg7 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf2 $1 (42. Kf3 $2
Kf5 $11) 42... Ke6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ke4 $18) (36. Ne6 R8f7 37. Rbxb7
{und mit Zugumstellung erreichen wir die Variante 36.Ne8!}) 36... R8f7 37. Ne8
(37. Ne6) 37... Kg8 38. Kh3 $6 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung konnte Weiß im
Bauernendspiel eine Gewinnstellung erreichen.} (38. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7
40. Nxg7 Kxg7 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf2 (42. Kf3 $2 Kf5 $11) 42... Ke6 43. Ke3 Kf5
44. Kf3 $18) 38... Bf8 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Rb5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rb5h5][%mdl 4096]
Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern.} Kh7 41. Rxh5 Be7 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. Nc7
(43. Rb7 Bf8 44. Rb6+ Kh7 45. Nf6+ $16) 43... h5 44. Nd5 (44. Ne6 $16) 44...
Bd8 45. Rc5 Kf5 46. Ne3+ Ke4 $6 (46... Kg6 $5) 47. Re5+ Kf3 48. Nf5 Bc7 49.
Nd4+ Kf2 50. Re2+ Kf1 51. Re4 {Weiß muss den f4-Bauern verteidigen, sonst kann
Schwarz den Läufer gegen zwei Bauern geben.} (51. Re8 Bxf4 52. gxf4 Rxf4 $14)
51... Kf2 52. Ne6 Bb8 53. Rb4 Ba7 (53... Bd6 54. Rb2+ Ke3 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Kh4
$16) 54. Rb2+ Kf1 (54... Ke3 55. Kh4 $16) 55. Rb5 $18 {[%csl Rf1,Gf4,Rh5]} Re7
56. f5 Bf2 57. Rb1+ Be1 (57... Ke2 58. Nf4+ Kf3 59. Nxh5 $18) 58. Nf4 {[%cal
Rf4d3,Rd3e1,Rf4g2,Rg2e1]} Re3 59. Nxh5 Kf2 60. Kg4 Bc3 61. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Rb1
a6 $6 {8...0-0 9.a3, a5} 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. b4 O-O 12. bxc5 dxc5 13.
Ne3 {>< d5} f5 14. Ned5 b6 15. Bg5 $1 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qa4 $1 a5 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh7 21. Rb5 {>< b6 +/=} e4 22. dxe4 f4 {22...fxe4
23.e3 >< e4, >< b6} 23. Qb3 Qd6 24. Kg2 Be5 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Rd3 h5 {26...fxg3
27.Rf3 +/-} 27. Rf3 g5 28. e3 $1 Qg6 {28...g4 29.Rxf4 +/-} 29. exf4 gxf4 30.
Qd1 h4 31. Rbb3 Rf6 32. Rbd3 Rbf8 33. Qe2 Qh5 {33...fxg3 34.fxg3, hxg3 35.hxg3,
Rxf3 36.Rxf3, Rxf3 37.Qxf3 +/=} 34. gxh4 $1 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Rg7 36. Qd1 Rf6 37.
Qa4 Rfg6 38. Ke2 Rg1 39. Be6 $1 Re7 40. Rd7 Qe8 41. Rxe7+ Qxe7 42. Qc6 Qd8 43.
Bd7 Kg7 44. h5 Qg5 45. Rh3 Ra1 46. h6+ Kf8 47. Qc8+ Ke7 48. Qe8+ Kd6 49. Rd3+
Bd4 50. e5+ Qxe5+ 51. Qxe5+ Kxe5 52. h7 Rxa2+ 53. Kd1 Ra1+ 54. Kc2 Ra2+ 55. Kb3
1-0

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1088]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 (5... e6 {
Meines Erachtens bietet dieser Zug dem Schwarzen gute Ausgleichschancen. Ribli.
}) 6. O-O e5 {Schwarz hat zwar eine eige positionelle Schwäche auf d5, kann
aber seinen Springer nach e7 entwickeln, wonach ...f7-f5 möglich wird.} 7. a3
Nge7 {[ 7..a5 ] Schwarz verhindert nicht das weiße Vorgehen am Damenflügel mit
7...a5. Dieser Zug würde zwar den schwarzen Damenflügel schwächen, sei aber
trotzdem empfohlen.} 8. b4 O-O (8... Be6 $2 9. Ng5 $1 Bxc4 10. d3 Be6 (10...
cxb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. b5 Nd4 14. e3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Ndf5 16. b6 Qxb6
17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Rfb1 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Danner,G/Wien op1986 (28)}) 11. bxc5 dxc5
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne4 b6 $14 {Petursson,M-Arnason,J/Reykjavik m 1989}) (8... e4
9. Ne1 Be6 (9... f5 10. Bb2 O-O (10... Be6 11. d3 exd3 12. Nxd3 Bxc4 13. bxc5
O-O 14. Na4 Bf7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf4 {1-0 Surajev-Mijailovic,Z/Belgrade 1991 
(35)}) 11. d3 Be6 12. Rb1 exd3 13. Nxd3 cxb4 (13... Bxc4 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxc5
{1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Cramling,P/Debrecen EU-chT 1992 (26)}) 14. Nd5 Ne5 15. N3xb4
Rb8 16. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Ernst,T/Gausdal 1985 (40)}) 10. Rb1 f5 11. f3
cxb4 12. axb4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Bxc4 14. b5 Na5 15. Ba3 O-O 16. Bb4 Nd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Qa4 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Fernandez Garcia,J/ESP-chT 1995 (18)})
(8... cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Qb3 (10. Ba3 Nbc6 11. Nb5 O-O)) 9. Rb1 {Weiß hat
freie Hand am Damenflügel, aber die Stellung ist nicht ganz klar.} f5 (9... Bf5
10. d3 b6 11. Nh4 Rc8 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. e3 Nfe7 14. Bd2 {1-0 Karlsson,L-Ofstad,
P/Oslo 1994 (54)}) 10. Nd5 e4 $13 (10... h6 11. d3 g5 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nb3 cxb4
14. axb4 Be6 15. b5 Nce7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ba3 {1-0 Rotstein,A-Bolding,K/
Cannes 1996 (28)}) (10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Ye6]}) 11. Ng5
cxb4 (11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 (12... Qxg5 13. d3 Qe7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. bxc5
dxc5 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Qa4 Bf5 $13) 13. d3 Nb5 $13) (11... h6 12. Nh3 Nxd5 13.
cxd5 Ne5 14. Nf4 $14) 12. d3 $5 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern und öffnet die
Stellung.} bxa3 (12... h6 13. Nh3 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) (12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7
14. dxe4 $14) 13. Bxa3 Nxd5 (13... h6 14. Nh3 exd3 15. Qxd3 $44) 14. cxd5 Qxg5
(14... Nd4 15. Ne6 Bxe6 (15... Nxe6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. dxe4) 16. dxe6 Qe7 17.
dxe4 $14) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. dxe4 fxe4 $6 (16... Rd8) 17. Qxd6 (17. Bxd6 Rd8 {
[%cal Gd8d1]}) 17... Re8 18. Qxc6 Bf5 (18... Bg4 $6 19. Bxe4 (19. Qc4+ Kh8 20.
Bxe4 Rac8) 19... Bxe2 20. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Gc6,Ge1,Re2,Ge4,Rg8]}) 19. Rb7 Qf6 (
19... a5 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Qc7 {[%cal Rb7h7]}) 20. Qc4+ Be6 (20... Kh8 21. Bb2
$18) (20... Qe6 21. Qc7 $18) 21. Qxe4 $16 Bf7 (21... Bf5 22. Qc4+ Be6 23. Qa4 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Ra3b2,Rb2g7]}) 22. Qb1 Rad8 (22... Rxe2 $2 23. Rxf7 $18) 23.
Bb2 $1 (23. Rxa7 Rxe2 $14) 23... Qe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qa1+ Qf6 26. Bf3 (26.
Qxa7 Rxe2) 26... a6 27. Rc1 (27. Rb6 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Bc4) 27... Qxa1 (27... Rd6
28. Ra7 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Ree6 {Das ist mit Zugumstellung die Partiefortsetzung.})
28. Rxa1 Rd6 29. Ra7 Ree6 30. e3 {[%cal Rf3e2,Re2a6]} Rf6 31. Rd1 (31. Be2 Rd2
32. Kf1 $5) 31... Kg8 (31... Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Kg8 33. Be2 {[%csl Ra6]}) 32. Rxd6
Rxd6 33. Be2 Rd2 34. Kf1 (34. Bxa6 Rd1+ (34... Ra2 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bb7) 35.
Kg2 Bd5+ (35... Ra1 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Bb7) 36. Kh3 Ra1) 34... Bd5 35. f3 (35.
Bxa6 Bf3 (35... Ra2 36. Rd7 Bf3 37. Bc4+) 36. Bc4+ Kh8 37. Ra1) 35... Rb2 36.
Rc7 (36. Rxa6 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Bc4+) 36... Rb1+ (36... a5 37. Rc5) 37. Kf2 Rh1 (
37... Rb2 38. e4) 38. h4 (38. Kg2 Re1 39. Kf2 (39. Bxa6 Rxe3)) 38... Rh2+ 39.
Kf1 Rh1+ 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 (42. Kf2 $4 $11 {Jetzt könnte
Schwarz mit 42...Rh2 das Remis wegen dreimaligen Stellungswiederholung
reklamieren.}) 42... Ra1 (42... Re1 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. e4 $16) 43. e4 Ra2 44. Kf2
Bf7 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Kf4 a5 (46... Ra5 47. Bc4 Bxc4 48. Rxc4 $18 {Das
Turmendspiel ist elementar gewonnen für Weiß. Der schwarze a-Bauer ist dabei
bedeutungslos.}) 47. Ra7 Ra3 48. Ke5 $18 Kg7 49. f4 (49. Bc4 $6 Rxf3 50. Bxf7
Rxf7 51. Rxa5 $16) 49... Rc3 (49... Rxg3 50. Bc4 $18) 50. Kd4 (50. Rxa5 Rxg3
$14) 50... Rc2 (50... Ra3 51. Bc4 $18) (50... Rxg3 51. Bc4 $18) 51. Bb5 {
Schwarz gab auf. Er verliert den a-Bauern und seine Lage ist damit
hoffnungslos.} (51. Bb5 Ra2 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53. Bc4+ $18 {[%cal Rc4a2,Rc4f7]})
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt playoff"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Ne1 (9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 Rb8 (10... h6 $5) 11. Qa4 Bg4 12. Nb5 Qd7 13.
Qc2 $14 {/\ b4 Csom,I-Cramling,P/Bern/1992/EXP26/INF54,45/}) 9... Be6 10. d3
O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 (13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. b4 cxb4
16. axb4 a4 $15 {Lewi,J-Barczay,L/Lublin/1969/INF08,56/}) (13. Ne4 b6 14. Bd2
a4 $10 {Stefansson,H-Ghinda,M/Athens/1993/INF59,70/}) 13... Nxe3 {Das ist eine
Neuerung.} (13... Nde7 14. Nc4 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Bg5 Nd4 $13 {
Barlov,D-Cramling,P/Biel-B/1990/CBM19/}) 14. Bxe3 Nd4 $5 {Schwarz hat dieses
interessante Bauernopfer sicher schon zu Hause analysiert.} 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16.
Bg2 c4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 {Droht /\ Ne2.} 18. Re1 Bb3 19. Qd2 Qd6 (19... Bc2 $6 20.
Rbc1 Rxb2 21. Nd1 $1 Ra2 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Bd5 $1 Bh6 25. f4 Re8
26. Bxa2 d3 27. Kf1 d2 28. Rxc2 $18) 20. Ne4 Qb6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rbc1 Bd5 {
Jetzt hat Weiss zwei Moeglichkeiten den Mehrbauern zurueckzugeben. Ich denke
beide gibt bessere Chancen fuer Weiss. Nicht so einfach zu waehlen.} 23. Nf6+ (
23. Nc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Nd3 Ra2 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 $14
{Weiss steht minimal besser, weil sein Springer besser als der schwarze Laeu-
fer steht und der d4-Bauer ist auch schwach.}) 23... Bxf6 24. Bxd5 Qxb2 25. Qf4
{In Betracht kommt 25.Qd3 auch mit der Idee Rb1.} Rb5 $1 {Die anderen Zuege
sind schlechter.} (25... Kg7 26. Rc6 $16) (25... Bg7 26. Rc7 $16) 26. Qf3 Qd2
27. a4 Rb6 28. Red1 Qb4 29. Rc4 Qe7 {Endlich kehrt die Dame zurueck, weil
Schwarz sie bei der Verteidigung braucht.} 30. Rdc1 Be5 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Rc5 Bd6
33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxa5 (34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Bb4 $10) 34... Rxe2 35. Ra7 Re7
36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. a5 Rb4 38. a6 d3 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Bb3 Bc5 41. Rc8 {Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. O-O a5 8. Ne1 Be6
9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 (12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14.
Ne3 Qe6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. a4 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd4 18. Nc4 b6 19. Bc3 Rd7 $13 {Denker,
A-Ernst,T New York op 1990 EXP/16}) 12... Nde7 13. Ne4 b6 14. Qa4 (14. Ng5 Bd7
15. Nc4 O-O 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Rc1 Nd5 $13 {Yermolinsky,
A-Wedberg,T New York op 1991 CBM/23}) 14... O-O 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17.
Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa4 f5 19. Nc4 f4 20. Qxa5 Qg5 $44 21. f3 e4 $1 22. Qa6 Bh3 23.
Bxf4 Rxf4 24. dxe4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rcf8 $1 26. Rfd1 Rxe4 $1 27. fxe4 Qh5 28. Ne3
Bxe3 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ Bd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Qxd4+ Rf6 33. Qa7+ Kh6 34.
Qe3+ g5 35. Kg1 Qf7 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O d6 8. Ne1 (8.
d3 Nge7 9. Bg5 $5) 8... Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 (12.
Ne4 b6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ne3 Nde7 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nd5 $13 {Azmayparashvili,
Z-Schussler,H Reykjavik Summit 1990 CBM/18}) 12... Nde7 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bd7
15. Nc4 O-O 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 $11 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Qd2 Nxf4
21. Qxf4 Rc8 22. Kh1 b5 23. Nce5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bd5 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Rc2 Bb3 27.
Rd2 g5 28. Qg4 Be6 29. Qh5 f5 30. Qg6 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 $15 32. d4 Red8 33. e3
Kg7 34. h3 Rd6 35. Re1 c4 36. Rc2 Bf7 37. Kg1 Bg6 38. Rcc1 Bf7 39. Kf2 Re8 40.
Bf1 a4 41. Bg2 Bd5 42. Rcd1 Be4 43. Re2 Re7 44. Ne1 Bxg2 45. Nxg2 Rde6 46. g4
f4 47. Kf3 Re4 48. d5 R4e5 49. e4 Rd7 50. Ne1 Re8 51. Rb1 Rc7 52. Nc2 Be5 53.
Nb4 Kf6 54. Nc6 h5 55. Rg1 Rh7 56. h4 hxg4+ 57. Rxg4 gxh4 58. Nxe5 Kxe5 59.
Rxf4 h3 60. Rf5+ Kd6 61. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1991.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Nge7
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 (10. Be3 $5 Be6 11. Ne1 Rb8 12. Nc2 b6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4
O-O 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Ra6 $14 {Mednis,E-Warmlander,S Gausdal Troll Masters
1990 EXP/16}) 10... Be6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. a4 f5 20. Bc3 Kh8 21. e3 f4
22. Re1 f3 23. Kh1 Qg4 24. e4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rg1 g5 27. Qf1 Rf6 28. h3
Rh6 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Rh1 Qxa4 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. Qxf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Der junge ungarische Grossmeister spielt diese
Variante gerne.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f1,
Gf1e3,Ge3d5] Ein typisches Springermanoever - Weiss nutzt aus, dass die
Rochade noch nicht gespielt ist, um den Springer durch f1-e3 schnellstmöglich
nach d5 zu überführen.} d6 9. Rb1 Be6 (9... Rb8 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 Nd4 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qa5 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Bd2
Bxd5 19. e3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qa2 22. Qd1 b5 {0-1 Bairachny,
R-Kotsur,P/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (44)}) 10. Nf1 (10. O-O d5 $2 (10... O-O) 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nde4 b6 13. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Ge4g5,Gg5e6]}) 10... O-O 11. Ne3 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge3d5,Gc3d5]} Qd7 12. h4 h5 13. Ned5 {[%csl Gd5] Der Nachteil
der von Schwarz gewählten Variante ist, daß Weiss eine unvertreibbare starke
Springerstellung auf d5 einnimmt.} Rab8 14. Qa4 $14 b5 $6 {Schwarz verliert
die Geduld und opfert einen Bauern. Es ist schwer zu sagen, ob Schwarz
genuegendes Gegenspiel hat oder nicht. Aber ich glaube, dass dieses Opfer in
einer praktischen Partie spielbar ist, wenn auch objektiv kaum korrekt.} 15.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Nxb5 $1 (16. cxb5 d5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge5] Wegen seiner
starke Bauernzentrum Schwarz hat ausreichende Kompensation fuer den Bauern.})
16... d5 17. b3 {[%csl Ra4] Weiss hat einen Bauern mehr und alles ist gedeckt
in seiner Stellung. Aber es fällt auf, dass die a4Q ziemlich schlecht steht.}
e4 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7a1] Schwarz hat einige Aktivitaet fuer den Bauern
bekommen. Der gewoehnlich passive g7B hat jetzt eine offene Diagonale.} 18. O-O
$1 (18. Bb2 $143 exd3 19. exd3 Bf5 20. Bxg7 Bxd3) 18... exd3 19. exd3 dxc4 20.
dxc4 Bf5 21. Bf4 $1 (21. Be3 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 $13) 21... Bxb1 22. Rxb1 $44 {
Mit diesem Zug opfert Weiss die Qualitaet - er hat aufgrund seines Läuferpaars
jedoch fuehlbare Kompensation.} (22. Bxb8 $5 Bd3 (22... Rxb8 23. Rxb1 Qd2 24.
b4 $16) 23. Rd1 Rxb8 24. Bf1 Nc6 25. Rxd3 Qe7 $14 (25... Nd4 26. Qxa5 $16))
22... Rbd8 23. Bc7 (23. Bd6 $5) (23. Qxa5 $5) 23... Qf5 24. Rf1 (24. Re1 $2 Rd2
$1 (24... Rd7 25. Bd6 $16) 25. Bf4 Rb2 $1 26. Rxe7 Qc2 27. Be3 Bd4 28. Nxd4
cxd4 29. Bxd4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxd4 $17) 24... Rd3 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3a3,Gd3g3]
} 25. Bd6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5][%cal Gd6f8] Der d6B steht sehr aktiv - die schwarzen
Bauern a5 und c5 sind sehr schwach und nicht zu verteidigen.} (25. Qxa5 Rxb3) (
25. Bxa5) 25... Bf6 26. Qxa5 Rxb3 27. Qc7 Qc8 (27... Rc8 $5) 28. Qa7 $5 (28.
Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rc8 30. Bb4 Rxc4 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Bd5 Rxb5 33. Bxc4 Ra5 $11
) 28... Re8 29. Bxc5 $16 {Weiss hat schon zwei Bauern und starke Initiative
fuer die Qualitaet.} Nf5 30. Bd5 {[%csl Ga7,Gb5,Gc5,Gd5][%mdl 2048]} Be7 31.
Bb6 $2 (31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Qb6 $16 {Haengt der g6P mit Schach, droht 33.Nd6.}) {
[#]} 31... Nxg3 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%mdl 64] Nach diesem unerwarteten Opfer bekommt
Schwarz einen äußerst gefaehrlichen Angriff am Koenigsfluegel.} 32. Bxf7+ (32.
fxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Bg2 Rxg2+ $1 34. Kxg2 Qg4+ 35. Kh2 Qxc4 (35... Qxh4+ $5) 36. Qd7
Rb8 $17) 32... Kf8 $1 (32... Kxf7 $4 33. Nd6+ $18) 33. fxg3 (33. Bxe8 Ne2+ $19)
33... Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 Qh3 $19 {[%csl Rf2] Ploetzlich befindet sich der weisse
Koenig im Mattnetz.} 35. Bd5 Qh2+ {Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber die
Alternative 35...Rf3+! setzt schneller Matt.} (35... Rf3+ $1 36. Bxf3 Qh2+ 37.
Ke3 (37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Qd2#) (37. Bg2 Bxh4+ 38. Kf3 Qg3#) 37... Bc5+ 38. Kd3
Re3#) 36. Ke1+ Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 $5 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8.
cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qxc6 (10... Ne7 $5 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Nxd4 Qb6
13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 $44) 11. O-O Qb6 (11... Qd6 $5 12. Rd1
e5 13. e3 Ne7 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Nc6 Qf6 $10) 12. b3 Ne7 13. Ba3
Nc6 (13... Nd5 $2 14. Rac1 Nc3 15. e3 $1 dxe3 16. fxe3 Qa6 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qc2
Nf6 19. Ng5 e5 20. Qc5 Be6 21. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 22. Bf1 Rc8 23. Bb5+ Rc6 24. Ne4
$18 {Miles-Kosten Palma de Mallorca GMA op 1989 48/56}) 14. Rac1 e5 15. e3 (15.
Ng5 $5) 15... Bg4 16. Ng5 $146 Qa6 17. Bc5 Rd8 18. Rfe1 d3 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd6+
Rxd6 21. Bxd6 e4 22. h3 Be2 23. g4 Kf7 $2 24. Rxe2 $1 dxe2 25. Qd5+ Kf6 26.
Bxe4 $1 Rd8 27. Bxf5 Rxd6 28. Qxd6+ Kg5 29. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabdrakhmanov, Rafail"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan II"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O (4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 (6. Nb3
$10) 6... bxc6 $10) 4... Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O {Schwarz hat eine
"ewige" Felderschw�che auf d5, aber sein Springer steht auf e7 fexibler als
der wei�e K�nigsspringer.} 8. a3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 {Nach diesem Zug entsteht
dem Schwarzen eine neue Felderschw�che auf b5, aber er mu� die Drohung 10.
b4 verhindern.} 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 $10 {Mit diesem Zug kann Schwarz das
Spiel ausgleichen. Sonst kommt Weiss mit 11.Ne3 und starker Kontrolle �ber
das Feld d5, was ihm einen geringen Vorteil bietet.} 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {Jetzt hat
Schwarz Raumvorteil und eine starke Zentrumsstellung, aber seine wei�en
Felder sind schwach.} 13. Ne3 (13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4
a4 17. b5 Nd4 18. Ba3 (18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ba3 Rfc8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Rfc1 Rc3 22.
Rxc3 dxc3 23. Qc2 Ra5 24. Rb4 Bf8 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Qa2 {0-1 Langeweg,
K-Bobotsov,M/ Hoogovens 1968}) 18... Rfc8 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. f3 Qa2 21. Bb2 a3 22.
Bxd4 exd4 23. Nc4 Rxc4 24. dxc4 Qxc4 {0-1 Lewi,J-Barczay,L/Lublin 1969 (44)}) (
13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Ne3 Nde7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Bd2 Rb8 19.
Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 h6 (20... Bd7 21. Ne4 Nc6 22. Rb1 Nd4 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Ned5
b5 25. Nb4 Rc8 26. Ncd5 Bf8 27. e3 Nc6 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Qb3 Kg7 {Foisor,
C-Chelushkina,I/ Moscow ol 1994/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Qb1 Nc6 23. Rb5
Na7 24. Rb4 Nc6 25. Rb5 Na7 26. Rb4 b5 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. h4 f5 29. Nd2 e4 30. h5
g5 {0-1 Benko, P-Schmid,L/Monte Carlo 1969 (40)}) 13... Nde7 (13... Nxe3 14.
Bxe3 Nd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 c4 $5 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Re1 Bb3 19. Qd2 Qd6 20.
Ne4 Qb6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rbc1 Bd5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxd5 Qxb2 {= Olafsson,
H-Cramling,P/ Reykjavik (zt_play off) 1995 (35)}) 14. Qa4 $2 {Dieser Zug ist
ein schwerer Fehler.} (14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5
19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc4 21. dxc4 e4 {Kolev,A-Gdanski,J/Budapest-Z A 1993/
0-1 (66)}) (14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Nd5 Ra7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nf3 Rd8 19.
Qb3 a4 20. Qc2 Be6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rbc1 f5 {0-1 Schieferstein,
M-Epishin,V/Bad Zwesten op 1997 (31)}) (14. Bd2 Rb8 $10 (14... b6 $10)) 14...
Nd4 $17 15. Qd1 $8 {Gegen die schwarze Drohung 15...Bb3 gibt es keine andere
M�glichkeit.} (15. b3 b5 16. Nxb5 Bd7 17. Bxa8 Bxb5 $19) 15... Bb3 {Schwarz
entfaltet starken positionellen Druck. Wei� befindet sich in einer sehr
passiven Stellung.} 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rad8 {Mit einfachen Z�gen verbessert
Schwarz seine Stellung.} 18. Nc4 b5 $5 (18... b6 19. e3 Ne6 $15 (19... Nc2 20.
Qe2 $13 {Und f�r den scheinbar aktiven Springer gibt es keinen Weg zur�ck.}
)) 19. Nxb5 (19. Ne3 a4 $17 {Wei� befindet sich praktisch im Zugzwang.})
19... Nxb5 20. Bxa5 Qb8 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Wei� hat Turm und zwei Bauern gegen
zwei Leichtfiguren. Das Problem ist, da� die schwarzen Figuren sehr aktiv
stehen und Schwarz das L�uferpaar hat.} 22. Rc1 Nd4 {Der schwarze
b3-L�ufer steht ausgezeichnet und auch der Springer macht sich gut auf d4.}
23. e3 $15 {Wei� m�chte den starken schwarzen Springer verjagen, aber es
kommt so zur Schw�chung seiner Bauernkette.} Ne6 24. Qe2 Qb5 25. Rfe1 h5 {
Schwarz hat gro�en positionellen Druck. Er mu� sich nicht beeilen, kann
zun�chst mit einfachen Z�gen seine Stellung verbessern.} 26. h4 Kh7 27. Bf1
f5 {Schwarz kommt allm�lich voran, weil Wei� praktisch kein Gegenspiel hat.
Der starke schwarze b3-L�ufer paralisiert seine Stellung.} 28. Bg2 (28. Nd2
$5 Bd5 (28... Ba4 $2 29. b3 (29. Rb1 Bc2 $17) 29... Bxb3 30. Rb1 $18) 29. Nc4)
28... Nc8 {Der schwarze Springer strebt nach b6 und m�chte die einzige
aktive wei�e Figur tauschen.} 29. Bf1 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Ra1 Qa5 32. Rec1
c4 $1 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern f�r den Vorposten auf c5.} 33. Rxc4 $5 {
Wei� opfert eine Qualit�t, um endlich den L�ufer b3 loszuwerden.} (33.
dxc4 Rd2 34. Qe1 Nc5 $1 (34... e4 35. Rd1 Rxd1 (35... Bxd1 36. Rxd1 $16) 36.
Rxd1 Qa4) 35. Rc3 Rxb2 $17) 33... Bxc4 34. dxc4 {Wei� hat drei Bauern f�r
die Figur, aber die schwarzen Figuren dominieren das Brett.} Rd2 $17 35. Qe1 (
35. b4 Qd8 $17 (35... Rxe2 36. bxa5 Rd2)) 35... Qd8 36. b4 f4 $1 {Bis jetzt
spielte Schwarz haupts�chlich am Damenfl�gel, aber nach diesem Zug erlangt
er auch Aktivit�t am K�nigsfl�gel.} 37. Be2 (37. exf4 Nd4 38. Qxd2 Nf3+
$19) 37... fxg3 38. fxg3 e4 {W�hrend im Endspiel ungleichfarbige L�ufer in
der Regel g�nstig f�r den Verteidiger sind, ist es im Mittelspiel genau
umgekehrt.} 39. Rd1 Bc3 40. c5 (40. Rxd2 Bxd2 41. Qf2 Bc1 $19 42. Qf7+ $2 Ng7)
40... Qd5 41. Rxd2 Bxd2 42. Qf2 Bc1 {Leider sind die wei�en
Damenfl�gelbauern v�llig ungef�hrlich.} 43. g4 {Wei� m�chte
nat�rlich Bauern tauschen.} Ng7 {Dieser Verteidigungszug sichert die
schwarze K�nigsstellung. Die wei�e Bauernmasse am Damenfl�gel ist kaum
zu halten.} 44. Qf4 hxg4 45. Bxg4 Bxa3 46. h5 {In sehr schwieriger Stellung
opfert Wei� einen Bauern f�r eventuelle Gegenchancen.} (46. Bh3 $5 Bxb4 47.
Bg2 Bxc5 48. Bxe4 Qd1+ (48... Qd2 49. Bxg6+ Kxg6 (49... Kg8 50. Qc4+ $16 (50.
Qb8+ Bf8 $17) (50. Qf7+ Kh8 $17)) 50. Qg5+ Kh7 51. Qxc5 $10 {Springer und Dame
gewinnen nicht gegen die Dame.}) 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Kf3 $5) 46... gxh5 {Jetzt
gibt es eventuell eine Remism�glichkeit f�r Wei�: der h-Bauer mit dem
schwarzfeldrigen L�ufer ist theoretisch remis, aber es gibt ja noch andere
Figuren auf dem Brett.} 47. Bh3 Bxb4 48. Bg2 Qxc5 49. Bxe4+ Kg8 50. Bd3 (50.
Kf2 $17) 50... Qc1+ $19 51. Kf2 (51. Bf1 Bd2 52. Qc4+ (52. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) 52...
Qxc4 53. Bxc4+ Kh7 $19) 51... Qd2+ 52. Be2 Qe1+ {und Wei� mu� aufgeben. Er
verliert Material. Ribli.} (52... Qe1+ 53. Kf3 (53. Kg2 Qxe2+ $19) 53... Qh1+
54. Kg3 (54. Kf2 Be1#) 54... Be1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 {Schwarz folgt dem Grundsatz
Philidors und entwickelt die Figuren hinter die Bauern.} 6. d4 {Dieser Zug
führt zu großen Komplikationen, verschafft Weiß aber keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.
Mit diesem vorübergehenden Opfer versucht Weiß, die Schwächung der schwarzen
Felder in der gegnerischen Stellung auszunutzen.} cxd4 (6... Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Nb5 Qb6 9. Qa4 a6 10. e3 d3 11. O-O (11. Qa3 Bf8 12. b4 d5) 11... Ne7 12.
Rd1 axb5 $1 13. Qxa8 bxc4 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Bd2 d5 16. Rdc1 Qc7 $1 $17 17. Qa3
Qd7 $2 (17... Nc6) 18. b3 b5 19. Qc5 Nf5 20. a4 Ba6 21. Qb6 (21. axb5 Rc8 22.
Qb6 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Bxb5 24. bxc4 Bxc4 $15) 21... bxa4 $3 22. Qxa6 axb3 $19 {
1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Macieja,B/Warsaw 1998/EXT 99 (64)}) 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+
(8... exd5 $5 {Dieser einfache Zug führt m.E. zum Ausgleich - nach 9.Nbxd4
Nge7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Be3 Re8 12.Re1 Nf5 hat Schwarz keine Probleme.}) 9. Nd2 (9.
Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O Qb6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxe5 15. Ba3
Bd6 $13) 9... Qxb5 (9... exd5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4
Nxb4 14. Nb3 $44) 10. dxc6 Ne7 (10... bxc6 11. Ne4 $44) 11. a4 (11. cxb7 Bxb7
$15) 11... Qb6 (11... Qb4 12. b3 Nxc6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Bf8 15. Nc4 Qd8 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 McNab,C-Wojtkiewicz,A/London 1990/
EXT 97 (28)}) (11... Qa6 12. b4 Nd5 13. b5 Qa5 14. Ba3 bxc6 15. O-O cxb5 16.
axb5 d3 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bb2 Qxb5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bd4 {1-0 McNab,C-Ansell,S/
ENG-chT9697 1996/EXT 99 (20)}) 12. Nc4 (12. a5 Qc7 $15) 12... Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxc4
14. cxb7 {Nach schweren Komplikationen entsteht eine materiell ausgeglichene
Stellung.} Bxb7 (14... Rb8 15. Rc1 Qa6 16. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (17...
Qxc8 18. O-O O-O 19. Qb3 Qa6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb8 22. Ra1 Rxb5 23. Rxa7
Bf8 24. b4 Nd5 25. Ra5 Rb8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Ra4 $14 {1-0 Renet,O-Morris,P/
Cannes 1993/TD (47)}) 18. O-O O-O 19. b4 Qc4 20. Re1 Nb6 21. a5 Nd5 22. Bxd5
exd5 23. Qb1 Rb8 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Rb1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Shuraev,A-Ivanov,A/
Vladivostok 1995/CBM 49 ext (72)}) 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. b3 (16. Rc1 Qa2 17. Ba6 (
17. Ra1 Qc4 18. Rc1 Qa2 {1/2-1/2 Lopushnoy,D-Zakharov,V/Novosibirsk 1998/EXT
2000 (18)}) 17... Qxb2 (17... Qd5 $5) 18. Bb5+ Rxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rb1 Qc6
21. O-O O-O 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rb8+ Re8 25. Qc1 Qd7 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Qc7 Qb5 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Qxd4 Qxe2 30. Rc1 a5 31. Rc7 Qf3 32. Rd7 Qf5 {
1/2-1/2 Stryjecki,M-Kokarev,D/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (32)}) 16... Qc7
$6 {Dieser Zug ist unlogisch - später muss Schwarz (nach Rc1) wiederum ein
anderes Feld für seine Dame finden.} (16... Qc5 17. Rc1 $5 (17. Bg2 $2 Nd5 $15
18. Rc1 (18. Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 19. O-O Rxb3 $17) 18... Nc3 {0-1 Markowski,T-Bologan,
V/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Ribli] (30)}) 17... Qb6 $6 (17... Qd6 $1 18. Bg2 Nd5
19. O-O O-O 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. b4 Rfc8 $11) 18. Be4 O-O 19. b4 Rfd8 20. O-O Nd5
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. b5 h5 23. Rc6 Qd8 24. Qc2 Be5 25. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Sulava,
N-Hauchard,A/Gonfreville 1999/CBM 70 ext (65)}) 17. Bg2 (17. Bf3 O-O 18. O-O h5
19. b4 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qb3 h4 22. Rfd1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rc2 Re8 25.
Bf4 Rbc8 26. b5 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc8 28. Qa2 Qf5 29. a5 g5 30. Rc1 gxf4 {0-1
Fancsy,I-Horvath,T/Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 (35)}) 17... O-O 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rc1
{Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß ein wichtiges Tempo.} Qd6 (19... Qb6 20. b4 Nd5
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. b5 h5 23. Qc2 Be5 24. Qc6 Qd8 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Bc7 27.
Rc1 Bb6 28. Qe5 Rb7 29. Bh6 f6 30. Qe4 {1-0 Graf,J-Titscher,L/Odessa 1990/EXT
97 (30)}) 20. Ba5 $5 {Nun muss Schwarz mit dem Turm entweder die d-Linie oder
die Grundlinie verlassen.} (20. b4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. b5 Rdc8 $11) 20...
Rdc8 21. Qd3 h5 $6 (21... Nd5 $5 $11) 22. b4 Nd5 23. b5 $14 {[%mdl 32] Weiß
hat Raumvorteil am Damenflügel; 23...Nc3?? scheitert an 24.Bxc3.} Qe5 {Jetzt
möchte Schwarz 24...Nc3 spielen.} 24. Bxd5 {Weiß muss den starken Springer
entfernen.} Qxd5 25. Rc2 {Weiß verfolgt eine einfache Strategie - er will 26.
Rfc1 spielen und sich am Damenflügel einen ernfernten Freibauern machen.} Rxc2
(25... e5 26. Rfc1 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 $14) 26. Qxc2 {[%cal Gc2c8]} e5 27. Rc1 e4 {
Was wiegt schwerer? Die weiße Mehrheit am Damenflügel oder die schwarze im
Zentrum? Ein wichtiger Faktor ist, dass Weiss im Endspiel mit seinem König den
gegnerischen Freibauern blockieren kann.} 28. Qc7 Re8 $6 (28... Rb7 29. Qc6 Rd7
30. Rc5 Qe6 $14) 29. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 (29... Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Rc7 $18 {[%csl
Ra7]}) 30. bxc6 $1 {Der weiße Freibauer ist sehr stark.} Rc8 31. c7 {[%cal
Rc1b1,Rb1b8]} Be5 (31... Kf8 32. Rc5 Ke8 33. Rd5 $16) 32. Rc5 f6 (32... Bd6 33.
Rd5 Bxc7 34. Rc5 $16) 33. Rd5 Bxc7 (33... Kf7 34. Rd8 Bxc7 (34... Rxc7 35. Bxc7
Bxc7 36. Rd7+ $18 {[%cal Rd7c7,Rd7f7]}) 35. Rd7+ $18) 34. Rc5 d3 (34... Bxa5 $5
35. Rxc8+ Kf7 $14) 35. exd3 exd3 36. Kf1 {Jetzt droht schon 37.Rxc7 oder37.
Bxc7. Auf 36...d2 kann Weiß einfach mit 37.Bxd2 antworten.} Rd8 (36... Bxa5 37.
Rxc8+ Kf7 38. Rc5 Bb6 (38... Bb4 39. Rc7+ $18) 39. Rd5 $18) 37. Rxc7 d2 38.
Bxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7h7][%mdl 4096] Stünde der schwarze
Bauern auf f7 statt auf f6, wäre die Stellung theoretisch Remis. Aber in der
Partiestellung spielt Schwarz quasi ohne König, denn der König ist
abgeschnitten und muss auf der Grundlinie verharren.} g5 40. a5 Ra2 {Das Feld
a2 ist ideal für den Turm, denn von hier aus kontrolliert er den a-Bauern und
die weißen Bauern am Königsflügel.} 41. h3 $5 Kf8 (41... g4 42. h4 $16) 42. a6
Ke8 (42... Kg8 43. Ke1 Kh8 44. Kd1 Rxf2 45. Rb7 Ra2 46. a7 $18) 43. Ke1 Kd8 44.
Kf1 Ke8 (44... Kc8 45. Ra8+ Kc7 46. a7 Kb7 47. Rf8 $16) 45. Ke1 Kd8 46. Ra8+
Kc7 47. a7 {Jetzt droht 48.Rh8 oder 48.Rf8 mit Gewinn.} Kb7 48. Rf8 Kxa7 (48...
Rxa7 49. Rf7+ Kb8 50. Rxa7 Kxa7 51. Ke2 Kb6 52. Ke3 Kc5 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kf5 Ke7
55. Kg6 $18) 49. Rxf6 {[%csl Ra7] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr - das ist nicht
immer ausreichend in Turmendspielen, aber hier befindet sich der schwarze
König ist weit ab vom Hauptkriegsschauplatz.} Ra5 50. Ke2 Kb7 51. Kf3 Kc7 52.
Ke4 {[%cal Rf6f5]} h4 53. g4 Kd7 54. Rf5 $18 {Nun gewinnt Weiß den Pg5,
anschließend wird auch der Ph4 noch schwach.} Ra3 55. Rxg5 (55. f3 $6 Ke6 56.
Rxg5 Ra4+) 55... Rxh3 56. Rh5 {[%csl Gh5]} Rh1 57. Kf5 h3 58. g5 (58. f4 $18)
58... Ke7 59. Kg4 h2 60. Kg3 {Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiß den h-Bauern und
erhält eine klare Gewinnstellung.} Kf7 61. Rxh2 Rg1+ 62. Kf4 Ra1 63. Rh7+ Kg6
64. Rh6+ Kg7 65. Re6 Ra4+ 66. Re4 Ra2 1-0

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rb1 d5 11. cxd5 (11. b4 $5) (11. b3 $2 Qd7 12. Qc1 Rfd8 13.
Bh6 Bh8 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qd3 16. Bd2 Ne5 $1 $17 {Habibi,A-Gheorghiu,F Genf
op 1991 EXP/21}) 11... Nxd5 (11... exd5 12. b4 c4 13. dxc4 (13. b5 $1 Na5 14.
Na4 Nb3 (14... Rc8 15. d4 Nb3 16. Bb4 Re8 17. e3 a6 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Nd2 Nc6
20. Nxb3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Bc4 22. Qb2 Nxb4 23. axb4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rc4 25. Nc3 $16
{Speelman-Chandler Hastings 1989/90 49/(60)}) 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2
Qc7 18. d4 Nf5 19. e3 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Gulko,B Linares 1989 CBM/11}) 13...
dxc4 14. Qc1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Ne6 $1 $14 {Brunner,L-Georges,S Zug 1989
CBM/16}) 12. Nxd5 (12. Qa4 $5) 12... Qxd5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nd4 15. b5 e5
16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rb4 Rc5 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. h4 Qe7 21. Re1 a5 22.
bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qb3 Bd5 24. Qb1 Qb7 25. Bf1 Bxf3 26. exf3 Qxf3 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28.
Re8+ Bf8 29. Qxb6 Kg7 30. Re4 Qd1 31. Rf4 Be7 32. Qb7 Rc1 33. Qg2 Qxd3 34. h5
f5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. g4 Bd6 37. gxf5 Qxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bg5 (10. Bd2 h6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rfc1 Nd4 13. Qd1 a4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Nd5 {Csom,I-Schmittdiel,E Budapest Noviki-A CBM/19}) 10... f6 $1 (
10... h6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. b4 $14 {Peelen,P-Polgar,Zso
Wijk-B 1990 CBM/17}) 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rfc1 b6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Ne1
Nd4 16. Qd1 d5 17. b3 (17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. axb4 $13)
17... Qd7 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5
23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Rf7 26. Be3 b5 27. Qc6 Rd7 28. Rc5 Qxc6 29.
Rxc6 Rbb7 30. Rb3 Bf8 31. Bc5 Rd5 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. e4 fxe4 34. dxe4 Rd4 35.
Rc5 Rxe4 36. Rbxb5 Re7 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. f3 Re3 39. Kf2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Boissonet, Carlos P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4
d5 9. cxd5 (9. Rb1 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qa4 $2 d4 12. Nb5 g5 $1 13. Nxg5 e5 $17 {
King,D-Olafsson,H Hastings 1990 CBM/22}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 (11.
Qc1 b6 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e3 Qe7 15. Re1 Rfe8 $10 {Forintos-Liptay
Hungary ch 1965}) 11... Re8 12. Rac1 b6 13. Bh6 Qf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 a5
16. h4 h6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Rf4 Qd6 20. h5 Rad8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22.
Qc3+ Qf6 $1 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. g4 Nb4 $1 25. gxf5 Nxd3 26. Rfc4 Nxc1 27. Rxc1
Kxf5 $17 28. Bf1 g5 29. a4 g4 30. Ne1 Rd2 31. Bb5 Re7 32. b3 Kg5 33. Ng2 Rf7
34. Rf1 Rf3 35. Ne3 g3 $1 36. Nc4 Rdxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Nxb6 Rb2 39. Nc4 Rxb3
40. Nxa5 Rb2 41. Nb7 Rc2 42. Nd6 Kf4 43. a5 h5 44. a6 h4 45. Bd7 Ra2 46. Bc8
Ke5 47. Nb5 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 c4 50. Kf1 Kf4 51. a7 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Qd7 (6... Be6 7. b3
Qc8 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. e3 $14 {Mednis,E-Averbakh,Y New York WFW 1990
CBM/20}) 7. d3 b6 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. Rb1 Nh6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Nf5 12. e3 e6 13. Qe2
Rad8 14. Rfd1 Ba8 15. Nb5 $5 Rfe8 16. Bc3 Bxc3 (16... e5 $5) 17. Nxc3 d5 18.
cxd5 exd5 19. Qb2 cxb4 (19... d4 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Rbc1) 20. axb4
Qe6 21. Ne2 Rd6 22. Bh3 $1 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 25. Ned4 Rf6 26.
Rdc1 $14 a6 27. Rc3 Bb7 28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Na5 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Ng5 Kg7 32.
Nh3 Rd6 33. Nf4 Ba6 34. Rb2 Kf6 35. g4 h6 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Rc7 Nb7 38. Rc6 Rxc6
39. Nxc6 Nc5 40. d4 Ne4+ 41. Kg2 b5 42. Nb4 Bb7 43. Rc2 Re7 44. f3 Nf6 45. Kf2
g5 46. Nfd3 Ne8 47. Nc5 Nf6 48. Nb3 h5 49. h3 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ne8 51. Nc5 Nf6 52.
Ra2 Bc8 53. Ke2 Re8 54. Ra7 Rh8 55. Rc7 Kg6 56. Nc6 Rh2+ 57. Kd3 Be6 58. Ne5+
Kh6 59. Rc6 Kg7 60. Nxe6+ fxe6 61. Rxe6 Ra2 62. Re7+ Kg8 63. Nd7 Ra3+ 64. Kd2
Nh7 65. Re5 Ra2+ 66. Kc3 Rf2 67. Rxd5 Rxf3 68. Kd3 Rg3 69. Rxb5 Rxg4 70. Rb6
Rg2 71. Rg6+ Kh8 72. Ne5 Rf2 73. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. d3
O-O 9. Ne1 Rb8 (9... d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Rb1 d5 $1 $10 {Partos,C-Ioseliani,N
Biel-Tbilisi 1990 CBM/19}) 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b4 f5 14.
Rb1 e4 15. Nb5 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. dxe4 Bxc4 18. exf5 $1 Bxb5 19. Qd5+ Kh8
20. Qxb5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 Nxb4 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Rxb4 b5 24. Be4 Rc5 25. Rd1 Bc3
26. Rb3 Qc7 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 $16 b4 29. Rd7 Ra5 30. Bd5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Re1
32. Bc4 Rc8 33. Bd3 Ra8 34. Rc7 Ra5 35. Rb1 Rxb1 36. Bxb1 Ra1 37. Bd3 Bd2 38.
Rb7 Rc1 39. h4 Rc5 40. g4 Kg8 41. Bb1 (41. Kf3 $5) 41... Re5 42. Ba2+ Kh8 43.
e3 h5 44. Bb1 hxg4 45. Bxg6 Be1 46. h5 Rg5 47. Kg3 Kg8 48. e4 (48. Kf4 $1 {
/\ h6}) 48... Bc3 49. f4 gxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kh8 51. Ke3 Kg8 52. Kd3 Kh8 53. Kc4 Kg8
54. Kd3 Kh8 55. Be8 Rg7 56. Bf7 Kh7 57. Bg6+ Kh6 58. Rb5 Re7 59. Ke3 Re5 60.
Rb7 Kg5 61. Bf7 Kf6 62. Bg6 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4
d5 $1 9. Rb1 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qa4 $6 (11. b4 $5) (11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4) 11...
d4 12. Nb5 $2 g5 $1 13. Nxg5 e5 14. Ne4 (14. Bd2 a6 $19) 14... exf4 15. Nbd6
Bc8 $19 16. b4 f5 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Ng5 Qd6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb5 fxg3 21. hxg3
Bh6 22. Nf3 Kh8 23. Qa6 Rg8 24. Kh1 f4 25. g4 Qe6 26. Nh2 f3 27. Bxf3 Bf4 28.
Rg1 Qh6 29. Rg2 Bd6 30. Kg1 Ne5 31. Qb7 Rcf8 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 {Ich glaube, daß 4.e3 mehr Chancen auf
Eröffnungsvorteil bietet.Ribli.} g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 {Ich möchte
bemerken, daß wir eine fast symmetrische Stellung vorliegen haben, aber es
gibt zwei wichtige Unterschiede: 1.der Punkt d5 ist immer eine positionelle
Schwäche. 2. Der schwarze Königsspringer steht flexibler als der weiße Kollege
auf f3. Ribli.} 7. d3 O-O (7... d6 8. Ne1 Be6 9. Nc2 d5 {ist auch möglich. Die
Partiefortsetzung ist natürlich nicht schlecht, aber Weiss kontrolliert in
diesem Fall das wichtige Feld d5.Ribli.}) 8. Ne1 (8. a3 $5) 8... d6 9. Nc2 Be6
10. Ne3 Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Rb1 a5 (12... Bxg2 {Prinzipiell ist dieser
Läufertausch vorteilhaft für Weiß, weil er jetzt volle Kontrolle über das Feld
d5 erhält. Trotzdem, der Läufer g2 war eine zu starke Figur auf der großen
Diagonale. Ribli.} 13. Kxg2 b6 14. b4 Rad8 15. b5 Nd4 16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 h5
$13 {Simic-Knezevic/JUG-ch/1991/}) 13. Qa4 {Ich schlage 13.Bd2 vor, womit Weiß
seine Entwicklung abschließt. Ribli.} Rab8 14. Ned5 $6 {Nach meiner Meinung
handelt Weiß zu optimistisch.Ribli.} (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5
Nd4 {[%cal Rd4e2,Rd7a4]} 16. Qxd7 $2 (16. Qd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 $11) 16... Nxe2+
17. Kh1 Bxd7 $17) 15... Nd4 16. Bxh3 (16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. e3 (17. b4 cxb4 18.
axb4 a4 $36 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ya4a1]}) (17. b3 b5 $15) 17... Nb3 $15) (16. Qd1)
16... Qxh3 17. Qd1 {[%cal Ye2e3] Die weiße Hauptidee ist 18.e3 zu spielen,
wonach der schwarze Springer hat keine dauerhaften Felder erhält. Ribli.} f5 $1
{Mit diesem starken Zug übernimmt Schwarz die Führung.Ribli.} 18. f3 (18. e3 f4
19. exd4 f3 $19) 18... b5 $1 $15 {[%cal Yb5b4,Yf5f4] Schwarz spielt auf dem
ganzen Brett! Ribli.} (18... f4 $6 {Mit dem Partiezug 18...b5 hat Schwarz die
folgende Idee: Zuerst b5-b4 spielen, der Springer c3 muß weg. Und in dem
Moment, wo der N nicht mehr nach e4 gehen kann, ist der richtige Zeitpunkt für
f5-f4 gekommen.Ribli.} 19. Ne4) 19. e3 (19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 a4 $17 {[%csl Rb3]
}) 19... b4 20. exd4 $6 (20. axb4 $5 cxb4 (20... axb4 21. Ne2) 21. Ne2 $15)
20... bxc3 {[%csl Rb1,Rb2][%cal Rb8b2]} 21. dxc5 f4 $1 {[%csl Rg3] [#] Jede
schwarze Figur is am Angriff beteiligt! Ribli.} 22. g4 e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7d4,
Rc3c2] [#]} 23. dxe4 (23. fxe4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 f3 $19) 23... c2 $1 24. Qxc2 {
Weiß hat drei Bauern mehr, aber seine Königsstellung ist so schwach, daß er
verloren ist. Ribli.} Bd4+ 25. Rf2 Qxf3 {[%csl Rf2,Rg4] Und Weiß gab in dieser
hoffnungslosen Stellung auf.Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O {Schwarz hat in dieser Stellung
natürlich viele Möglichkeiten. Er kann 5...e6 nebst 6...Ne7 spielen, er kann 5.
..e5 und 6...Ne7 ziehen oder einfach 5...Nf6. Der Textzug ist ambitioniert und
interessant, aber meiner Meinung nach ein wenig verdächtig. Ribli.} (5. Nc3 Nh6
6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxh6) 5... Nh6 6. Nc3 (6. d4 $2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 (
7... Bxd4 8. Bxh6 Bxb2) 8. Bxh6 Nxe2+ 9. Qxe2 Bxh6) 6... O-O (6... d6 7. a3 Nf5
8. Rb1 Bd7 9. d3 Rb8 10. Bd2 a6 $11 {Zueger-Kindermann,S/Bern zt/}) 7. a3 Nf5 {
Das ist die schwarze Grundidee: sein aktiver Springer kontrolliert das
wichtige Zentrumsfeld d4. Ribli.} 8. b4 $5 {Weiß spielt wie im Wolga-Gambit,
er opfert einen Bauern für Aktivität und Überlegenheit im Zentrum. Ich glaube,
von der Bewertung dieses Zuges hängt der Wert der gesamten 5...Nh6-Variante ab.
Ribli.} cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. d4 $44 {Weiß hat noch keine greifbare
Kompensation für den Bauern, aber sein Druck im Zentrum ist spürbar. Ribli.}
Nc6 (10... d5 11. cxd5 (11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Be6 (12... Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14.
Nxe7+ (14. Bxe7 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxe7 16. Rb1) 14... Nxe7 15. Bxe7 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2
Qxe7) 13. e4 Bxd5 $2 (13... Nfxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Rb1 (15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.
Bxe7 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxe7 $17) (15. Bxe7 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Nxe7 $17)) 14. cxd5)
11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb2 $44) 11. Nb5 (11. e3) 11... Qb6 (11... d6 12.
e4 $44) 12. Rb1 a6 13. Na3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. Nc2 d6 15. e4 Nh6 16. Ne3 Ng4
$6 (16... e6 $5 17. Ba3 Rd8 (17... b5 18. e5 b4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 $14))
17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Re1 e6 $6 {Schwarz ist zu materialistisch. Für nur einen
Bauern nimmt er die Rolle eines passiven Verteidigers auf sich. Nach meiner
Meinung wäre es höchste Zeit gewesen, den Bauern zurückzugeben. Ribli.} (18...
b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Bd7 $11) 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Ba3 Qc7 (20... Re8) 21. e5 {
Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß die Qualität und bekommt die besseren Aussichten.
Es ist interessant, daß nun Schwarz derjenige ist, der in materiellem Nachteil
ist und probiert etwas Kompensation zu erhalten. Ribli.} dxe5 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23.
h3 $1 (23. dxe5 Ncxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 {Und mit späterem Bc5 hat Schwarz eine
feste Stellung. Ribli.}) 23... Nf6 24. d5 $1 (24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7) 24...
exd5 25. cxd5 Na7 26. Nxc8 (26. Nxe5 Bf5 27. Rb3 (27. Rb2 Ba3 28. Ra2 (28. Rb3
Bc2) 28... Nb5 $44) 27... Bc2) 26... Nxc8 27. Nxe5 Nd6 {Weiß hat keinen
besonders großen Materialvorteil, und weil der schwarze Springer eine ideale
Position hat, ist es nicht so leicht für den Anziehenden, seinen Vorteil zur
Geltung zu bringen. Ribli.} 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Rec1 Qd8 30. Qb3 Nfe4 31. Nc6 Qf6 (
31... bxc6 32. Qxb8 $18) 32. Qf3 {Weiß hat jetzt erreicht, daß er die Damen
tauschen kann. Ribli.} Qxf3 33. Bxf3 Re8 34. Bxe4 (34. Na5 $2 Nd2) 34... Rxe4
35. Na5 Re7 36. Nc4 Nb5 (36... Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rd7) 37. Re1 Rd7 38. Re8+ Bf8 39.
Nb6 Rd6 (39... Rc7 $2 40. Rxb5 axb5 41. d6 $18) 40. Nc8 Rd7 (40... Rxd5 $3 41.
Ne7+ $18) 41. Rd1 Nc7 (41... Nd6 42. Nxd6 Rxd6 43. Rc1 Kg7 44. Rcc8 $18) 42.
Nb6 Rd6 43. Rc8 Rxb6 (43... Nb5 44. Re1 Rxb6 45. Ree8 Kg7 46. Rxf8 Nd6) 44.
Rxc7 Bd6 (44... Kg7 $5) 45. Rcc1 $1 $16 {Jetzt kann Schwarz den Turmtausch
nicht mehr verhindern. Das bringt Weiß dem Gewinn näher. Ribli.} a5 46. Rb1
Rxb1 (46... Bb4 $2 47. Rxb4 axb4 48. d6 $18) 47. Rxb1 Bb4 48. Rc1 b6 $6 (48...
Kf8) 49. Rc6 Bc5 50. d6 $18 {Und Schwarz muß einen "ganzen" Läufer für den Pd6
geben. Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Karpaty"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Dieser Zug, der zu assymetrischem Spiel führt,
ist sehr populär in der letzten Zeit. Das Feld d5 ist geschwächt, aber Schwarz
kann seinen Königsspringer nach e7 stellen und in einigen Varianten mit f7-f5
am Königsfluegel aktiv spielen.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nd2 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Ge3d5] Ein typisches Springermanoever - Weiss
nutzt aus, dass die Rochade noch nicht gespielt ist, um den Springer durch
f1-e3 schnellstmöglich nach d5 zu überführen.} d6 8. Nf1 Be6 (8... Rb8 9. Ne3
a6 10. Ned5 Nxd5 (10... O-O 11. a4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,
O-Tregubov,P/Ohrid MKD 2001/(12)}) 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 b5
15. b3 Ne7 16. O-O Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh7 18. a4 b4 {0-1 Hansen,T-Bator,R/Gausdal
1996/CBM 54 ext (59)}) 9. Ne3 Qd7 (9... O-O 10. Ned5 Qd7 11. O-O Bh3 12. Rb1
Rab8 13. Qa4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. e3 Nb5 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Bd2 Nc7
19. b4 b6 20. Rb3 Rbd8 {0-1 Rotstein,A-Sermek,D/Cannes 1997/CBM 57 ext (38)})
10. h4 {Das ist die neueste Spielweise mit Weiss - Schwarz muss in einigen
Varianten mit h4-h5 rechnen.} (10. Ned5 O-O 11. Qa4 (11. O-O Rab8 12. Bg5 f6
13. Bd2 h6 14. a3 Kh7 15. b4 Bh3 16. Qa4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19.
Rfb1 cxb4 20. axb4 Rfc8 {0-1 Hansen,T-Djurhuus,R/NOR 2000/EXT 2002 (49)}) 11...
Rab8 12. O-O a6 13. Rb1 b5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Bh3 17. b3 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 f5 19. f4 e4 20. Bb2 Rbe8 {0-1 Drummond,M-Ostenstad,B/Jakarta 1997/
CBM 58 ext (58)}) 10... h5 {Dieser Zug kommt automatisch, aber 10...h6 kommt
auch in Betracht und im Falle von h4-h5 Schwarz kann g6-g5 spielen.} (10... h6
$5) 11. Ned5 {[%csl Gd5] Der weisse Springer steht sehr aktiv auf d5.} O-O 12.
Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4] Weiss bereitet den Zug b2-b4 vor und Schwarz hat nicht
die Moeglichkeit zu 12...a5 wegen 13.Nb6. Ich muss bemerken, dass mit den
Zuegen 10.h4 h5 Schwarz kaum oder gar nicht f7-f5 ziehen kann wegen Bg5.} Rab8
(12... f5 13. Bg5 $14) 13. Qa4 {[%cal Ga4d7]} a6 14. Bg5 {[%mdl 4] Droht 15.
Nxe7+ mit Figurengewinn, so dass Schwarz seinen Koenigsfluegel schwächen muss.}
f6 15. Bd2 Kh7 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 (16... Qxe7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 $16 {Weiss hat
einen Bauern mehr und ob die weisse Punkten sind schwach in seiner Stellung,
die Schwarze Kompensation scheint mir wenig.}) 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. b4 cxb4 (18...
b6 19. b5 a5 $14 {Die schwarze Stellung ist wirklich sehr passiv, aber in
geschlossener Stellung ist es nicht leicht fuer Weiss seinen Positionsvorteil
zu erhoehen.}) 19. Rxb4 b5 (19... Bc6 20. O-O $14 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gb1b8]}) 20.
cxb5 Bxb5 (20... axb5 21. O-O $14 {[%csl Rb5]}) 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. O-O {[%cal
Rf1b1,Rb1b5] Interessant, dass Weiss rochiert nur in 22.Zug.} Rfc8 23. Rfb1 {
[%csl Rb5][%mdl 32] Weiss hat ein starkes Läuferpaar und der b5P stellt eine
eine ewige Schwäche in der schwarzen Stellung dar.} Nc6 (23... Rc2 24. R1b2
Rxb2 25. Rxb2 $16) 24. R4b2 $1 $16 {Weiss hat viel Zeit, er muss nicht sofort
den b5-Bauern gewinnen, aber das waere auch gut.} (24. Rxb5 $6 Rxb5 25. Rxb5
Nd4 $132) (24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. a4 $16 (25. Rxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Rc2 $132)) 24... f5
25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. a4 {Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiss einen Bauern und sein
Freibauer am Damenfluegel wird sehr stark.} e4 27. Rxb5 Ra8 28. Rb7 (28. a5 $16
) 28... Rc2 (28... Rxa4 29. Rd7 Ra8 30. Rbb7 Rg8 31. Be3 $18 {[%cal Re3d4,
Rd4g7]}) 29. Be3 Rxe2 30. dxe4 (30. Bd4 Rg8 31. dxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 33.
Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Ra1 $14) 30... Kg8 (30... fxe4 31. Bd4 Rg8 32. Re7 Rd2 33. Bc3
Rc2 34. Bf6 $18) 31. Rb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5] Der
a-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} Ra2 34. Ra8 (34. Rb7 Kg8 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rb5
$18) 34... fxe4 35. a6 d5 36. Bb6 (36. a7 $2 d4 $132) 36... d4 37. a7 d3 38.
Rd8 Bf6 39. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 {Ich kann diese
Variante für Schwarz empfehlen. Schwarz folgt der Philidor-Regel: "Entwickeln
wir unsere Figuren hinter den Bauern". Ribli.} (5... Nf6) (5... e5 {Wenn Weiß
schon 5.Nf3 gespielt hat, kann Schwarz diesen Zug machen und seinen Springer
nach e7 (mit der Idee ...f7-f5) entwickeln.} 6. O-O Nge7) 6. a3 {Weiß bereitet
sofortige Aktionen am Damenflügel vor, was zu unklaren Verwicklungen führt.} (
6. O-O) (6. d4) 6... Nge7 7. Rb1 d5 (7... O-O 8. b4 d6 9. h4 h6 $13) 8. b4 cxb4
9. axb4 O-O (9... a5 10. bxa5 dxc4 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qxc4 Nxa5 14.
Qh4 Qxh4 15. Nxh4 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-chT 1995/CBM 51 (19)}) (
9... dxc4 10. b5 Na5 11. Qa4 (11. Ba3 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. d4 cxd3 16. Rxd3 Rfd8 {0-1 Vejmelek,M-Soucek,E/CZE-chT1c 9697 1997/EXT 97 
(23)}) 11... O-O 12. Ba3 b6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Nc6 Nexc6 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. bxc6 {
Vaulin,A-Margolin,B/Pardubice op 1994/EXT 94op/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 10. Ba3 a5 $5 $13
{Es ist logisch, daß Schwarz Gegenspiel am Damenflügel organisiert. Der
Partiezug bedeutet eigentlich ein Bauernopfer, aber dafür erlangt Schwarz die
Herrschafft auf den schwarzen Feldern.} (10... Re8 11. Qa4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
b5 Na5 14. c5 d4 15. c6 dxc3 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. dxc3 Nd5 19. Qh4
Rxb7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Bc1 Qe7 23. Qh3 g5 24. Qh5 Rd7 25. h4 {Loginov,
V-Nepomnishay,M/Petrov mem 1996/CBM 52/[Ribli]/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 11. b5 Nb4 12.
Bxb4 axb4 13. Rxb4 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7a1,Ga8a1] Schwarz hat aktives
Figurenspiel für den geopferten Bauern in der offenen a-Linie, sowie der
a1-h8-Diagonalen.} 14. O-O (14. cxd5 $2 Bxc3 15. dxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Qd2 Ra1+ $19)
14... dxc4 15. b6 (15. Ra4 Bd7) (15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 $15 {Schwarz hat
eine bequeme Stellung mit Läuferpaar.}) 15... Qc5 $15 {[%csl Rb6] In dieser
materiell gleichen Stellung besitzt Schwarz nicht nur das Läuferpaar, sondern
auch bessere Figurenkoordination. Ferner ist der Bauer b6 schwach.} 16. Rb5 Qd6
17. Qb1 Bd7 18. Ne4 (18. Rb4 Ra1 19. Qxa1 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qc5 $15 {[%csl Rb6]})
18... Qa3 {[%cal Ga8a1,Gg7a1]} 19. Rb4 Ra4 {Nach dem folgenden Turmtausch wird
der b6-Bauer noch schwächer.} 20. Rxa4 Bxa4 21. Qc1 Qb4 22. Qb1 Bb3 {[%csl Gb3,
Rb6]} 23. d3 c3 $1 (23... cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb6 25. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b6]}) 24.
Nc5 $5 {Weiß versucht seine einzige Gegenchance. Im folgenden Endspiel kann er
um das Remis kämpfen.} Qxc5 25. Qxb3 Ra8 (25... Nc6 26. e3 {Und Weiß bereitet
27.d4 vor, wonach der Läufer auf g7 an Wirkung verliert.}) (25... Nd5 26. Rc1
Nxb6 27. d4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxc3 $15) 26. d4 $22 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28.
Rc1 (28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bf3 Rxb6 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) 28... Ra6 $1 (28... Rc8 $2 29.
Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bf3 Rxb6 31. Qxc3 $11) 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxb6 {Schwarz hat
den b-Freibauern mehr, aber Weiß hegt wegen seines guten Läufers und des
reduzierten Materials noch Remishoffnungen.} 31. Be4 (31. Rc7 $2 Rb1+ 32. Bf1
Nd5 $17) 31... Nc6 32. Rd3 (32. Bxc6 $2 Rxc6 33. Rb3 Rc7 $17 {Dieses
Turmendspiel bietet gute Gewinnchancen für Schwarz. Ein einfacher Plan ist,
mit dem König zum b-Bauern zu laufen.}) 32... Ne5 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. f4 Rb4 $5 (
34... Nc6 35. Rd7 $15 {Schwarz hat natürlich Vorteil, aber es ist schwer
voranzukommen.}) 35. Bxb7 (35. Bg2 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Gg1,Rg4] Schwarz droht, 36...
Rb1 37.Bf1 Ne3 zu spielen.}) 35... Rxb7 36. fxe5 {Hecht: Das alsbald
entstehende Endspiel 3-4 am Königsflügel muß remis sein. Es wird in der Folge
auf 2-3 und dann auf 1-2 (mit einem schwarzen Freibauern) reduziert.} Rb5 {
[%csl Re5] Schwarz gewinnt den schwachen e5-Bauern und spielt ein typisches
Turmendspiel mit vier gegen drei Bauern am Königsflügel.} 37. h4 {Einerseits
es ist immer riskant solch "lange" Bauernzüge im Endspiel zu machen, aber Weiß
will dem Schwarzen Raumgewinn nur unter Bauerntausch erlauben.} Rxe5 38. Kf2 h6
39. Rd7 g5 {Anders kann Schwarz seine Stellung nicht verbessern.} 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Rd4 Kg6 42. g4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Rd5 {Jetzt und im Folgenden sehen wir eine
typische praktische Endspielführung. Schwarz muß jedes Manöver vorbereiten,
ein paar Mal die Züge wiederholen und, wenn der Gegner psychologisch
geschwächt ist, im entscheidenden Moment mit der Hauptdrohung kommen.} 44. Ra4
{Natürlich kann Weiß in diesem Endspiel nie die Türme tauschen. Das
entstehende Bauernendspiel wäre sicher verloren.} Rd1 45. e3 Ke5 46. Ra5+ Rd5
47. Ra8 Rb5 48. Rg8 f6 {Schwarz kann diesen Zug nicht vermeiden. Er muß mit
seinem Bauern vorstoßen.} 49. Rf8 Rb4 50. Rg8 Rb1 51. Ra8 Rd1 52. Ra5+ Rd5 53.
Ra8 f5 54. gxf5 {Ich glaube, jetzt oder später muß Weiß die Bauern tauschen.}
exf5 55. Re8+ {Ich glaube, daß dieses Turmendspiel bei sehr exaktem Spiel des
Verteidigers remis sein muß, aber in einer praktischen Partie besitzt der
Spieler mit zwei Bauern gute Gewinnchancen. Es sei angemerkt, daß das Endspiel
R+N gegen R total remis in Endspielbüchern ist, aber Kasparov es gegen Judit
Polgar leicht gewonnen hat.} Kf6 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Re8 Kf7 58. Ra8 Re5 59. Ra6 {
[%cal Ga6h6] Weiß beschränkt die Aktivität des schwarzen Königs.} Re4 60. Rb6
g4+ {Schwarz muß so spielen, er kann diesen Zug nicht vermeiden.} 61. Kf2 Re6
62. Rb8 Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg5 64. Rg8+ Rg6 65. Rf8 Rh6 66. Rg8+ Kh4 67. Kg2 (67. Rf8
$5 Kg5 (67... Kh3 68. Rg8 $5 {und Schwarz kommt nicht leicht weiter.} (68. Rxf5
Kh2 (68... g3+ $2 69. Kg1 $11) 69. e4 g3+ 70. Kf3 g2 71. Rg5 g1=Q 72. Rxg1 Kxg1
73. Kf4 (73. e5 Rh4 $19) 73... Kf2) 68... Ra6 $2 69. Rh8+ $18) 68. Rg8+) 67...
Ra6 68. Rh8+ Kg5 69. Rg8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke6 71. Kg3 Ra2 $17 {Schwarz droht: 72..
.Re2 73.Kf4 Rf2 und 74...Rf3. [#] Hecht:  Eine Medaille für die
Endspielpatzerei!} 72. e4 $6 {Nach meiner Meinung wäre es besser, zu warten,
statt die Verwicklungen zu forcieren.} (72. Re8+ {Hecht}) 72... Ra3+ $1 73. Kg2
(73. Kf4 Rf3+ 74. Kg5 g3 {Das ist der einfachste Weg zum Gewinn.} (74... fxe4
$17) 75. exf5+ Rxf5+ 76. Rxf5 g2 $19 {Die Dame gewinnt relativ leicht gegen
den Turm.}) (73. Kh4 fxe4 74. Kxg4 Ke5 $17) (73. Kf2 $2 fxe4 74. Rf4 Rf3+ $19)
73... fxe4 74. Rf4 {Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern zurück, aber der Turm steht
schlecht auf g4.} Ke5 75. Rxg4 {[#] Hecht:  Als ich dieses Endspiel sah,
dachte ich impulsiv, es sei für Weiß verloren. Grund: die schlechte weiße
Turmstellung und obwohl der weiße König auf der kurzen, also der guten Seite
steht. Doch wozu gibt es die Endspiel-CD als Hilfe. R e m i s  l a u t  E n d
s p i e l - C D !} Kd4 {Der weiße König steht gut auf der "kurzen" Seite, doch
der weiße Turm muß für eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung auf die sogenannte
"lange" Seite.} 76. Rg8 Kd3 (76... Ke3 $4 77. Rg3+ $18) 77. Rd8+ (77. Re8 e3 (
77... Ke3 {Hecht} 78. Kf1 (78. Re7 $11) (78. Rb8 Ke2 79. Rb2+ Kd3 80. Kf2 e3+
81. Kf3 $11) 78... Ra1+ 79. Kg2 Re1 80. Ra8 $11 {Hecht: sowie jeder andere Zug
außer Kg3 und Kh3}) 78. Kf3 Kd2 79. Re7 Rd3 (79... e2+ $2 80. Kf2 $11) 80. Re8
Rd7 $19 81. Rxe3 (81. Ra8 $8 $11) 81... Rf7+) 77... Ke2 78. Rb8 Ra2 $19 {
Leider ist das Turmendspiel für Weiß verloren. Der weiße Turm steht schlecht
in der b-Linie, während der schwarze ausgezeichnet in der a-Linie plaziert ist.
bei vertauschter Turmaufstellung wäre das Endspiel wahrscheinlich remis, da
der weiße Turm mit maximalen Abstand Seitenschachmöglichkeiten bekommt.} 79.
Rb1 $6 {Bei gutem Spiel von Schwarz ist die Stellung gewonnen, aber trotzdem
es ware besser zuerst z.B. 79.Rb7 und nur nach 79...e3 80.Rb1 zu spielen.} (79.
Rb7 e3 80. Rb1 Kd3+ $1 81. Kf3 (81. Kf1 Kd2 82. Re1 Ra8 83. Re2+ Kd3 84. Re1
Rf8+ 85. Kg2 e2 86. Ra1 Ra8 $19) 81... Kd2 82. Kg2 Ke2 $22 {Das führt zu
unserer Partiestellung.}) 79... e3 80. Kg3 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8g8,Rg8g3] Hecht:
Obwohl Weiß die kurze Seite mit dem König deckt und mit dem Turm von der
günstigen langen Seite kommt, reicht die Verteidigung deswegen nicht, weil der
schwarze Turm die a-Linie hält und dem weißen Turm von der b-Linie aus die
Seitenschachs stets ausgehen.} 81. Rb2+ Kd3 82. Rb3+ Kd2 83. Rb2+ Kc3 {Das ist
der große Unterschied, auf den ich in der Anmerkung zum 79. Zug hingewiesen
habe. Es gibt nicht genug Raum für den Turm des Verteidigers.} 84. Rb7 Re8 $1
85. Rb1 Kd2 86. Rb2+ Kc1 (86... Kc1 87. Re2 Kd1 $19 {Weiß gab auf. Ribli.}) 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nasybullin, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. a3 b6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Na4 (12. Ne1 dxc4 13. dxc4 Ra7 14. Qc1
Kh7 15. Nc2 Rd7 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nxb4 Na5 $13 {
Mednis-Lerner Amsterdam OHRA-B 1988 46/(65) CBM/9}) 12... Bd7 13. e3 dxc4 14.
dxc4 e5 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. b3 f5 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Rbd1 Rbd8 $10 20. Bb2
Rd7 21. Nb1 Rfd8 22. Nbc3 e4 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd1
Ne5 27. Bf1 Kf7 28. Be2 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Bd7 30. Nac3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bf4
d6 (8... d5 $5) 9. Qd2 a6 (9... Nf5 $5) 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. d4 $1 b6
13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Qc3+ f6
19. Ng5 $14 Bc8 20. b4 Nf5 21. e4 Nh6 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rfd8 24. f4 Ng8
25. g4 Qc8 26. f5 g5 27. Qg3 Qc7 28. Rd2 Ne7 29. h4 gxh4 (29... h6 30. hxg5
hxg5 31. Rcd1 Nc8 32. e5 $1 fxe5 33. f6+ $1 Kxf6 34. Rf1+ $18) 30. Qxh4 Nc6 31.
g5 fxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. f6 $18 Rg8 34. Qf4 Rg6 35. f7 Kg7 36. Rf1 Kf8 37.
Rxd6 Nd4 38. e7+ Qxe7 39. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 {Nach meiner Meinung eine chancenreiche
Fortsetzung.} (4. O-O d5 {Und Weiß spielt eigentlich eine Königsindische
Verteidigung mit Tempoplus, aber ich bemerke, daß eine Verteidigung auch mit
einem Extratempo mehr eine Verteidigung bleibt.}) 4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7
{Das ist eine Grundstellung dieser Variante. Schwarz hat eine positionelle
Schwäche auf d5, aber sein Springer steht viel ellastischer auf e7 als der
weiße Springer auf f3. Der Zug f7-f5 ist möglich.} 7. h4 {Diese riskante
Fortsetzung gefällt mir nicht.Weiß droht 8.h4-h5 zu spielen, aber Schwarz hat
genügende Gegensmittel.} (7. Nd2 d6 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5] Weiß
kontrolliert das wichtige Zentrumsfeld auf d5, aber Schwarz kann ruhig mit 9...
0-0, 1o...Qd7 und 11...Bh3 fortsetzen mit einer verteidigungsfähigen Stellung.}
) {Schwarz hat drei Möglichkeiten:  1.Den Partiezug, mit dem Schwarz die
Spannung am Königsflügel hält 2.Völlige Verhinderung des Bauernmarschs mit 7...
h5 und 3.Rochieren und den Bauer nach h5 kommen lassen.} 7... h6 (7... h5 8.
Ne4 (8. Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 d6 10. a3 O-O 11. e3 Be6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Ne4 b5 14. b3 {
Haikola,K-Raisa,U/Helsinki op 1992/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 8... O-O 9. Nd6 Qc7 10. Nxc8
Raxc8 11. O-O d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 {0-1 Heinicke,H-Longwitz,A/BL2-N 1984 
(28)}) (7... O-O 8. h5 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. hxg6 hxg6
13. Nd2 Qxc3 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Bd5 Nd4 16. Kf1 Be6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Ne4 f6 19.
Bd2 Qxa2 {Petukhov,V-Filippov,V/Vladivostok Zaitsev 1995/0-1 (46)}) 8. Bd2 (8.
Nd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. h5 g5 11. d6 Nf5 12. g4 Nxd6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Be3 e4
15. Nd2 exd3 16. exd3 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Bxc5 Bxa1 {1/2-1/2 de
Bruycker-Schmidt,W/Malta (ol) 1980}) (8. h5 g5 {[%csl Rh5] Und nach meiner
Meinung der Bauer ist schwach.Ribli.}) 8... d6 9. Qc1 {Mit dem Partiezug Weiss
verhindert die schwarze Rochade.Ribli.} (9. a3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. O-O (11. e4
f5 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Be3 b5 16. Nd2 O-O 17. cxb5 Rxb5
18. Qa4 Qb8 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Arnason,J/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 (21)}) (11.
Qa4 $6 O-O 12. Qd1 Kh7 (12... f5) 13. Ne4 Nd4 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. Nc3
Rab8 17. Qe2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. O-O a4 $17 {0-1 Lobejko,R-Maksimenko,A/
Copenhagen PC 1996 (32)}) 11... O-O 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 f4 14. e4 Rb8 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Kh2 g5 {0-1 Walker,D-Norwood,D/BCF-ch 1988 
(33)}) 9... Be6 10. Rb1 d5 $11 {Gegenschlag im Zentrum: Das ist die richtige
Antwort auf den weißen Flügelplan mit 7.h4.} (10... Rb8 11. a3 a5 12. e4 Bg4
13. Nb5 Kf8 14. O-O Kg8 15. Qe1 Kh7 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4
f5 20. h5 Nd4 21. hxg6+ Nxg6 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Bh3 Qd7 25. Qf2 Rbg8
{0-1 Milicevic,D-Notaros,K/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (38)}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Qxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. Qxc5 Bxa2 14. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Re8]}) 13. O-O Qd6 {
[%csl Ra2] Die Dame steht schlecht auf d5, so muß sie sich ein anderes Feld
suchen.} (13... Qxa2 14. Qxc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Re8]}) (13... b6 $2 14. Nxe5 $18)
14. b3 (14. a3 {[%csl Rb3]} Bb3 15. Be3 Nd4) 14... Rc8 15. Re1 {Weiß
verteidigt sich gegen die folgende Springereindringung nach d4.} b6 16. a3 $6 {
Mit diesem Zug scwächt Weiß seinen Damenflügel ohne verständliche Begründung.}
a5 $15 {Schwarz kontrolliert mehr Raum, und der weiße b3-Bauer ist schwach.
Das einzige Problem für Schwarz ist, daß er noch nicht rochieren kann.} 17. Be3
Nd4 18. Nd2 (18. Nxd4 $4 {Das verliert taktisch sofort, aber der Zug ist auch
grundsaäzlich strategisch eine Fehler. Weiß muß besser für den schwarzen
Springer seinen Läufer geben, und lieber seinen eigenen Springer auf dem Brett
halten.} cxd4 $19) 18... Qd8 $5 (18... O-O $6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 (19... Qd8 20. Bxh6
$16) 20. bxc4 {[%cal Gb1b6,Gg2a8]}) 19. Nc4 $6 (19. Qb2 e4 $5 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) (
19. Qd1 O-O 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc2 $17) (19. a4 $5 {Mit der Idee, 20.Nc4 zu
spielen. Jetzt ist klar, daß Weiß um Ausgleich kämpfen muß.}) 19... b5 20. Nd2
O-O 21. a4 b4 {In dieser Stellung gibt es beiderseitige Schwächen. Schwarz hat
Raumvorteil, und einen sehr starken Springer auf d4, aber die weißen Felder
werden von Weiß kontrolliert. Der g7-Läufer hat keine große Zukunft.} 22. Nc4 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd4]} Kh7 23. Bxd4 $1 exd4 (23... cxd4 $11) 24. Qf4 {[%csl Rd6]} Bxc4
(24... h5 25. Qd6 $11 (25. Rbc1 Bh6 $17 {[%cal Rh6c1]})) 25. dxc4 $11 {Schwarz
hat nur theoretisch die besseren Möglichkeiten wegen seines Raumvorteils. Weiß
ist starkauf den weißen Feldern und Schwarz auf den schwarzen Felden.} h5 {
[%cal Gg7h6,Gh6c1]} 26. Qg5 $2 {Weiss glaubt,das nach dem Damentausch er kann
leicht das remis erreichen.Ribli.} (26. Rbd1 Bh6 27. Qf3 $11) 26... Qxg5 27.
hxg5 Rce8 $15 {[%csl Rg5]} 28. e4 $2 (28. Rbd1 Re5 29. f4 Re3 30. Rd3 Rfe8 31.
Kf2 $15 {Schwarz steht aktiver, aber Weiß hat Rettungschancen. Sein Plan ist,
32.Bf3 zu spielen und den Turm auf e1 zu befreien.}) 28... dxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3
30. fxe3 Re8 {[%csl Re3,Rg3,Rg5]} 31. Kf2 (31. Rd1 Rxe3 $17 {[%cal Re3g3,Re3b3]
}) 31... Re5 $17 {Die weißen Königsflügelbauern sind schwach. Obwohl es auf
dem Brett ungleichfarbige Läufer gibt, macht die Anwesenheit der Türme den
schwarzen Vorteil klar.} 32. Rd1 Rxg5 33. Rd7 Rf5+ 34. Bf3 Be5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf3,
Gf5] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, und was noch wichtiger ist, sein Angriff
ist stark.} 35. e4 $6 (35. Ra7 {Schwarz hat eine überlegene Stellung, aber
vielleicht hat Weiß in dieser Variante bessere Verteidigungschancen..}) (35.
Rd5 {[%cal Gd5f5,Gd5a5]}) 35... Rg5 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 {[%csl Ge5,Gf2,Rf3,Gg5,Gh6]
Jetzt die Stellung ist materiell gleich, aber der weiße Läufer ist schlecht,
und die schwarze Figuren kommen zum Angriff.} 37. g4 hxg4 38. Bg2 Rh5 {Ohne
Türme wäre die Stellung wahrscheinlich remis, aber mit den Tuermen ist der
schwarze Angriff kaum zu parieren.} 39. Re7 Bd4+ 40. Kg3 (40. Kf1 Kg5 {[%csl
Gd4,Rg2]}) 40... Kg5 $19 {Das Erscheinen des Königs beendet den Kampf.} 41. Re6
(41. Rd7 Be5+ 42. Kf2 Rh8 {[%cal Gh8f8,Gf8f2]} (42... Kf4 43. Rf7+)) 41... Bc3
{[%cal Rc3e1]} 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Rxg6 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 (44. Ke2 Rh2 45. Kf1 Kg3 $19)
44... Kg3 {Und Weiß gab in verlorener Stellung auf.} 0-1

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
a6 (8... h6 9. Bd2 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 {Larsen,B-Chandler,M London WFW 1990
CBM/18}) 9. Qd2 d6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Nf5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. e3 Rb8 14. d4 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. d5 Na5 17. e4 Nc4 18. Qc1 (18. Qd1 $5) 18... Nd4 19. Nxd4
cxd4 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. Nxd4 Qf6 22. b3 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. bxc4 Rb2 25. f4 Rfb8
26. Bf1 exd5 27. Rxd5 R2b4 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rb2 30. Qe3 Qc6 31. Re1 Kg7 32.
Rc5 Qf6 33. Ra5 Rd8 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rexe5 Bxc4 $1 36. Bxc4 Rd1+ 37. Bf1 Rbb1
38. Re2 Rxf1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Rb7 41. Rc2 Rd7 42. Re5 Rf1+ 43. Rf2 Ra1 44.
Ree2 Rd3+ 45. Re3 Rd4 46. Re7 Ra4 47. Rb2 R1xa2 48. Rbb7 Rxh2 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50.
Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rge7 Ra3+ 52. Kg4 Ra8 53. Re3 Rf8 54. Kf3 Ra8 55. Re5 Rh3 56. Kg2
Rh6 57. Re2 Rg8 58. g4 Rh4 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Ree7 Rh6 61. Rb1 Ra8 62. Kf3 Rh3+
63. Kg2 Rh4 64. Kg3 Rh6 65. Reb7 Kg8 66. Rb8+ Rxb8 67. Rxb8+ Kg7 68. Rb7+ Kg8
69. Kf3 Rh1 70. f5 gxf5 71. gxf5 Kf8 72. Kf4 Rh6 73. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 {Dieser Aufbau ist
in der letzten Zeit sehr populär- zwar ist das Feld d5 schwach, dafür
kontrolliert Schwarz aber das Feld d4 und setzt im weiteren Partieverlauf
gewöhnlich mit ...Nge7 und ...f5 fort.} 7. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Weiss
spielt nach der üblichen Strategie - der Springer soll über c2 und e3 auf das
Feld d5.} h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4] Eine interessante Spielweise - Schwarz will den
Umstand ausnutzen, dass der weisse Springer noch nicht auf f3 entwickelt ist
und mit 8...h4 am Königsflügel angreifen.} (7... Be6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Nd5 (9. Bg5
f6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 a4 18. Ne3 Qb5 {Akesson,R-Wedberg,T/ Stockholm 2002/ 0-1 
(35)}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 f5 14. e3 bxc4 15.
dxc4 e4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 {0-1 Harika,D-Landa,K/playchess.
com INT 2004 (55)}) 8. h4 (8. Nc2 h4 9. Ne3 Nge7 10. Ned5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Ne7 12.
b4 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Ba3 {Nureev,
G-Loginov,A/ Moscow 2000/ 1-0 (29)}) 8... Nh6 {[%cal Gh6g4,Gh6f5] Mit dieser
Springerentwicklung behält sich Schwarz vor, entweder mit Nf5 oder mit Ng4
fortzusetzen.} (8... Nge7 9. Nc2 Nf5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Ne3 Nfd4 12. Nd5 f5 13.
Ng5 Ne6 14. d3 f4 15. gxf4 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Kg2 Ne5 {
Stuhlik,M-Miezis,N/ Graz 1999/ 0-1 (37)}) 9. d3 O-O (9... Be6 10. Rb1 f5 11.
Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 {Fang,J-Sevillano,E/
Woburn 1999/ 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 f5 12. Ned5 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gg5d8]
} f4 $1 {Schwarz muss so spielen, bevor Weiss 13.Bg5 spielen kann und somit
Positionsvorteil bekommen hätte. Nach dem Textzug erhält Schwarz am
Königsflügel Angriffschancen.} (12... Nf7 13. a3 $14) 13. Ne4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4]
Weiss hat mit seinen Springern die wichtigen weissen Zentrumsfelder besetzt.}
Bg4 (13... Nd4 14. e3 f3 15. exd4 fxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 cxd4 18. Qb3 $16
{[%csl Ge4]}) 14. gxf4 Qxh4 15. f5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rc1g5,Rg5h4]} (15. f3 exf4
16. fxg4 Bd4+ 17. e3 Nxg4 $40) (15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18.
Nxe3 Nd4 19. Rf2 Be6 $36 {[%cal Gh6g4,Gf8f4]}) 15... Bxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Für
das Figurenopfer bekommt Schwarz eine dauerhafte Initiative am Königsflügel.} (
15... Rxf5 $2 16. f3 (16. Nxd6 $16) 16... Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Rf2 {[%cal
Rf2h2,Rh2h3]} Rff8 $8 19. Rh2 Qf5 20. Nxd6 $16) 16. Qxe2 Ng4 {[%cal Rh4h2,
Rh2g1]} 17. Re1 (17. Rd1) 17... Nd4 18. Qd2 Rxf5 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8f8,
Gf8f2] Schwarz hat nun einen sehr gefährlichen Angriff. Er hat zwar nur zwei
Bauern für die Figur, aber die weisse Figurenkoordination ist schlecht.} 19.
Ne3 Qh2+ (19... Nh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2f3,Rf3e1,Rf3d2,Rf3g1,Rd4f3]} 20. Nxf5 Nhf3+
21. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 gxf5 23. Qe2 (23. Kxf3 $4 Qg4+ 24. Ke3 f4#) 23... fxe4
$17 (23... Nxe1+ 24. Qxe1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 26. dxe4 Kf7 $15)) 20. Kf1 Raf8 {
Schwarz ist bereit, weiteres Material zu opfern.} (20... Rf4 $1 21. Nd5 Qh4 {
Droht jetzt 22...Nh2+ und 23...Nhf3+ (23...Ndf3+).} 22. Kg1 Nf3+ (22... Qh2+
$11) 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 $40) 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 {Mit zwei Bauern für den Turm ist
Schwarz materiell gesehen stark im Hintertreffen, aber seine Drohungen sind
wirklich sehr gefährlich - Weiss muss immer mit 22...Nh4 oder 22...Bh6 rechnen.
} 22. Qe2 Nh4 $6 (22... Ng3+ $1 23. Nxg3 Qxg3 24. Be3 e4 $1 {[%cal Rg7d4,Rd4f2]
} 25. dxe4 (25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Bd4 $19) 25... Bd4 26. Kg1 Rxf2 $19) 23. f3 $8
(23. f4 exf4 $19 (23... Rxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Nf2 (25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Ne3+
27. Kf2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxe3 Bh6+ $19) 25... Nf5 $19)) 23... Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 25.
Bxf3 $14 {Nach überstandenen Komplikationen hat Weiss zwei Türme und Läufer
für Dame und zwei Bauern.} Nf6 (25... Bh6 $5 {wäre eine gute Idee gewesen, um
den passiven schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.} 26. Bxh6 (26. Bxg4 hxg4 27.
Bxh6 g3 28. Nxg3 Qxg3 29. Be3 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 (30. Bf2 Qxd3+ 31. Kg1 Qxc4) 30...
Qg3+ $11) 26... Nxh6 {[%cal Gh6f5,Gf5d4]}) 26. Nxf6+ (26. Nxd6 $5 Qh3+ (26...
Ng4 27. Ne4 $16) 27. Ke2 Qh2+ 28. Kd1 Qh3 29. Be2 Qd7 30. Nb5 $16) 26... Bxf6
27. Be3 (27. Bxb7 Qc2 28. Be4 Bh4 29. Be3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qxb2 31. Re2 $14) 27...
g5 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gh5h4] Die beiden Freibauern am Königsflügel geben Schwarz
Gegenspiel.} 28. Bd5+ Kg7 29. Re2 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 {[%cal Ge1d2] Der weisse König
entfernt sich aus der Gefahrenzone.} g4 31. Kd2 g3 (31... b6 32. Rh1 Qg3 33.
Rg2 $18 {[%csl Rg3]}) 32. Bxb7 h4 33. Rh1 Qd7 34. Bg2 {Weiss muss 34...h3
verhindern.} Qa4 $1 $132 {[%csl Ga4]} 35. Be4 (35. a3 $2 Qb3 $17) 35... Qxa2
36. Kc1 Qa4 (36... Qa1+ 37. Kc2 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 (38. b3 Qa2+ 39. Kd1 Qxb3+ $36)
38... h3 39. Rg1 $16) 37. Kb1 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gh4h3]} (37... h3 38. Rg1 g2 39.
Bf5 Qb3 40. Rd2 $16) 38. Rg2 Qg4 39. Rhg1 Kf7 $2 (39... Bg5 $1 $17) 40. Bf2 $1
{[%cal Rf2g3,Rg1g4] Die Vorbereitung zu dem Figurenopfer 41.Bxg3 mit
Vernichtung der gefährlichen Freibauern, was nach 39...Bg5 nicht möglich
gewesen wäre, da Schwarz in diesem Fall mit Bf4 fortsetzen konnte.} Qf4 41.
Bxg3 hxg3 42. Rxg3 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Rf6,Rf7][%mdl 4096] Weiss hat zwei Türme für
Dame und einen Bauern, sodass die Materialverteilung ungefähr gleich ist. In
Wirklichkeit hat Weiss aber die besseren Aussichten, da sein Be4 aktiv steht
und der schwarze König angreifbar ist. Jetzt droht einfach die Turmdoppelung
auf der f-Linie.} Qf2 43. R3g2 Qe3 44. Rf1 {[%cal Rg2f2,Rf1f7]} Ke7 45. Rgf2 d5
{Auch dieser Zug rettet die Partie nicht mehr, aber so kann Schwarz wenigstens
den Kampf verlängern.} (45... Bh4 46. Rf7+ Kd8 47. Rf8+ Kc7 48. R1f7+ $18) 46.
Rf3 Qd2 47. Bxd5 Bg5 48. Be4 Bf4 {Schwarz muss die f-Linie geschlossen halten.}
(48... Be3 49. Rf7+ Kd8 50. Rf8+ Kc7 51. R1f7+ $18) 49. Rh3 a5 50. Rh7+ Kf8 (
50... Kd6 51. Rg7 $1 $16 (51. Rg1 Bg5 52. Rg7 $16)) 51. Rfh1 a4 52. Ra7 $18 {
[%cal Ra7a4,Rh1h8,Rh8f8] Mit der Drohung, einzügig Matt zu setzen gewinnt
Weiss den Bauern a4.} Bh6 53. Rxa4 Bf4 54. Ra7 $6 {Obwohl auch dieser Zug
leicht gewinnt, hätte Weiss entweder mit 54.R a8+ oder mit 54.R h8+ forciert
Matt setzen können.} (54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kf6 56. Ra6+ Kg5 57. Rg6#) (54.
Rh8+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kf6 56. Ra6+ Kg5 57. Rg6#) 54... Bh2 55. Rh7 Bf4 56. Rc7 Bh2
57. Rxc5 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. Rc6+ Kg5 60. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 {Diese Variante
ist sehr populär - Schwarz schlägt Vorteil aus einem Nachteil: der Ng8 steht
noch in der Grundstellung, nach dem Textzug kann er also auf e7 plaziert
werden. Das Feld d5 ist zwar schwach, aber in der Praxis erreicht Schwarz mit
diesem Aufbau gute Ergebnisse.} 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. a3 f5 (9... a5 $5 {
Dieser Zug wäre logisch - Schwarz verhindert den Zug b2-b4.}) 10. Bg5 $5 {
[%cal Gg5e7] Das ist eine bekannte Strategie, in vielen Varianten der
Englischen Eröffnung (besonders in Systemen mit e5) möchte Weiß den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer gegen den Springer abtauschen. Schwarz kann danach
meist nicht vom Läuferpaar profitieren, weil der Bg7 gewöhnlich keine
Aktivität bekommt.} h6 {Meiner Meinung nach ist das Provozieren des Läufers
wenig logisch, denn Weiß möchte den Läufer ohenhin früher oder später von sich
aus abtauschen.} (10... Be6 11. Ne1 (11. Qc1 Qd7 12. Bh6 Rae8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Ng5 Bg8 15. b4 h6 16. Nf3 b6 $13 {1-0 Orzhekovsky,V-Tenikashvili,G/Moscow 1997/
EXT 2000 (46)}) 11... Qd7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b4 e4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 cxb4
16. Rxb4 a5 {1-0 Stojanovski,S-Olsen,H/Herlev 1997/EXT 99 (45)}) (10... Bf6 11.
Bxf6 Rxf6 12. b4 $14) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 (11... Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. b4 Rb8 14. Nd2
Bd7 15. b5 Nd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 g5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Rxf5 {
1-0 Biebinger,G-Muehlberg,F/Bad Wiesse 1998/EXT 2000 (39)}) 12. Nd2 (12. b4 $2
e4 $19 {[%cal Rg7c3,Re4f3] Das ist ein gut bekanntes Motiv, vor dem sich Weiß
in Acht nehmen muss.}) 12... Rb8 13. Qa4 $6 {Die etwas unnatürliche Stellung
der weißen Dame auf a4 gefällt mir nicht. Zudem kommt Weiß wegen des Zuges
e5-e4 nicht zu b2-b4.} (13. Nd5 Bd7 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh7 15. b4 {1/2-1/2
Rodriguez Aguilera,A-Bellon Lopez,J/Ponferrada 1992/EXT 2000 (52)}) 14. b4 b6
15. a4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 a5 17. Rb1 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh7 19. e3 {1-0 Bosboom,M-Van
der Wiel,J/NLD-ch 1990/CBM 19 (61)}) (13. Qc2 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 13... Bd7 $5 {
Schwarz opfert zunächst einen (und später weitere) Bauern für Aktivität. Die
Fortsetzung 13...a6 wäre einfacher, doch Schwarz ist auf Damenfang aus.} (13...
a6 $5 $11 14. b4 $6 e4 $13) 14. Qxa7 $2 {Weiß ist konsequent und nimmt den
Bauern. Aber das ist gefährlich, weil der weißen Dame kein Rueckweg bleibt.} e4
$17 {[%cal Gg7a1] Damit opfert Schwarz einen weiteren Bauern, öffnet die
Diagonale des Bg7 und schließt den Bg2 ein.} (14... Ra8 $2 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qa6
$18) 15. dxe4 f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... Bc6 $1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Rb8a8,Ra8a7]}
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Be8 $1 {[%csl Ra7] Schwarz muss nicht eilen - die Dame
kann sich nicht befreien.} (17... Ra8 18. Qxa8 Qxa8 19. dxc6 bxc6 $15 {Weiß
hat R+N+P für Q + eine feste Stellung.}) 18. b4 (18. a4 Ra8 19. Qxb7 Bxa4 {
[%cal Rf8f7,Rf7b7]} 20. b3 Be8 $19 {[%cal Rf8f7,Rf7b7]}) 18... Ra8 19. Qxb7 Rf7
20. Qxa8 Qxa8 $19) (15... Ra8 $2 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 $18) 16. e5 $1 {[%cal
Gg2a8][%mdl 256] Weiß gibt einen Bauern zurück und öffnet die Diagonale des
Bg2.} Bxe5 17. Nd5 $13 fxg3 $6 (17... Bf5 $5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. Nxe4 Bd4 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd4 $44) 18. hxg3 $14 Nc6 (18... Bf5
19. e4 $14) 19. Qb6 Nd4 20. Rfe1 $16 Qg5 (20... Bg4 21. Qxd8 Rbxd8 22. Be4
Nxe2+ 23. Kg2 $16) 21. Ne4 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr. Schwarz hat nur
scheinbar Initiative am Königfsflügel, in Wirklichkeit aber kann er nichts
ausrichten, er hat keine Kompesnation für das Material..} Qh5 22. f4 {Mit
diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß weiteres Material.} Nxe2+ {Guter Rat ist schon teuer,
Schwarz versucht, im Trüben zu fischen.} 23. Rxe2 Qxe2 24. fxe5 $18 Bf5 25.
Ndf6+ Kh8 26. Qxd6 {Weiß hat großen Materialvorteil und eine überlegene
Stellung.} (26. Qc7 {[%cal Rc7h7,Rh7h8]} g5 27. Rf1 $18) 26... Rbd8 27. Qe7 g5
28. Rf1 Bg6 (28... Bxe4 29. Bxe4 $18) 29. Nxc5 Rc8 30. Ncd7 (30. Ne6 Rf7 31.
Qd6 $18) 30... Rf7 31. Qd6 {Diese Phase der Partie wurde vermutlich in Zeitnot
gespielt, denn Weiß hat schon seit vielen Zügen gewonnen, und es war höchste
Zeit für Schwarz, die Partie aufgeben.} Bd3 32. e6 Rg7 33. Nd5 Bxc4 34. Rf8+ (
34. e7 $18) 34... Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 (35... Rxg8 36. Qe5+ $18) 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leveille, Francois"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 d6 (7... a5
$5) 8. b4 O-O (8... e4 $5 9. Ne1 f5 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d3 O-O 12. Rb1 $13 {
Dizdar,G-Cramling,P/Debrecen/1992/INF56,54/}) 9. Rb1 h6 (9... Bf5 10. d3 $14 {
Beijar,K-Evertsson,L/Rilton-Cup/1988/CBM11/}) 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 (11. Be3 f5 $2
(11... b6 $5) 12. bxc5 dxc5 (12... e4 13. dxe4 Bxc3 14. cxd6 fxe4 15. dxe7 $18)
13. Qc1 $1 $18 {Sigfusson,S-Karason,A/Reykjavik op/EXP18/}) 11... Be6 12. Qa4
$14 cxb4 (12... Qc7 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nde4 b6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bxh6 $18) 13.
axb4 Qc7 14. Ba3 $14 Nc8 15. b5 (15. Rfc1 $5) 15... Nb6 16. Qd1 Nd4 17. e3 Nf5
18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nde4 Nc8 21. Qa4 Nfe7 (21... b6 22. Bb4 Nfe7 23.
Ra1 $16) 22. c5 $1 d5 (22... dxc5 23. Nxc5 Qe8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qc4 Qf7 26.
Ne4 $16) 23. Nd6 d4 (23... Nxd6 24. cxd6 Nf5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd6 27. e4
$16) 24. exd4 exd4 25. Ne2 Bd5 (25... Nf5 26. c6 $18) 26. c6 $1 Nb6 (26... bxc6
27. bxc6 $18) 27. Qc2 Qc7 (27... bxc6 28. bxc6 Qc7 29. Nb5 $18) 28. Nxb7 Rxb7
29. cxb7 Qxb7 30. Qc7 $1 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Bxg2 32. Bxe7 Re8 33. Kxg2 Nd5 34. Rxa7
Nxe7 35. Nf4 Nc8 36. Rc7 Nb6 37. Rc6 Rb8 38. Kf3 Bf8 39. Ke4 Na4 40. Kxd4 Bg7+
41. Kc4 Nb2+ 42. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Nf6 7. b4 $1 cxb4 8.
axb4 Nxb4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 O-O 13. O-O Bxc6 14.
Qxc6 Qc8 $1 15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Ra4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Kf8 18. d3 e6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20.
Ra2 Rcb8 $1 21. Nc2 Ke8 22. Rd1 Rb6 23. Be3 Rb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bf6 26.
Na3 a6 27. Kf1 Nd7 28. Rb7 Be7 29. Nc2 Kd8 $1 30. Nd4 Kc8 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Yudasin,L} c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 (5... Nh6 $5 {
Yudasin,L: in english} 6. d4 $5 $13 (6. h4 f5 (6... Nf5 7. h5 O-O {Taimanov})))
6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 (7. Rb1 {Yudasin,L with the idea a3-b4}) (7. e3 {Yudasin,L}
Nf5 8. d3 {Bd2-Rb1-a3-b4}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Bd2 {Yudasin,L}) 8... h6 9. Bd2
{Wir haben eine fast symmetrische Stellung mit kleinen Unterschieden. Der
schwarze Figurenaufbau ist elastisch. (Wie Philidor lehrte - wir "müssen"
unsere Figuren hinter die Bauern stellen.) Die schwarze Antwort ist vollwertig,
aber 9...d5 ist auch gut spielbar.Ribli.} b6 (9... d5 $5 {Yudasin,L} 10. Qc1
Kh7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rb1 {with Na4 followed by b4}) 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 d6 $5 (
11... a5 $6 {wäre natürlich viel schlechter als die Partiefortsetzung, da
Schwarz ein positionelles Loch auf b5 bekäme. Ribli.}) (11... d5 12. b4 dxc4
13. dxc4 cxb4 14. axb4 Rc8 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Na5 17. Nb5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxc5
$11 {Gulko,B-Dlugy/USA-ch m2/1991/}) (11... g5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Ng6 14. b5
Nce7 15. Na4 d6 16. Bb4 f5 17. Qb3 e5 18. Nc3 Kh7 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 $13
{Yanez-Casagrande/Erevan Olm/1996/}) (11... a5 {Yudasin,L} 12. Na4 {-b4}) 12.
b4 Qd7 13. Qa4 Rfc8 (13... Rad8 $5 {Yudasin,L} 14. b5 (14. Rfc1 $5) 14... Nd4
15. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 16. Qxb6 Nc8 $19 {and the queen is history}) (13... Rfd8 {
Yudasin,L} 14. Rfc1 g5 $5 (14... f5 {Yudasin,L} 15. e3 $5 {with the idea of
Ne2-Bc3 or Ne2-d4} (15. Nd1 $5 {Yudasin,L} {[%tqu "En","Black next move seems..
..but as we will see is is a very interesting idea maybe the best in the
position","","","g6g5","while white initiative on the queen's side gives
nothing black starts to develope a strong initiative on the king's side",5]} g5
$1 {while white initiative on the queen's side gives nothing black starts to
develope a strong initiative on the king's side} 16. Bc3 Ng6 $36 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. e3 {with Qc2-Qb2 and d4 with unclear position,but it seems that white
underestimated black's chances on the king's side} (18. Nc3 $2 {Yudasin,L} g4
19. Nd2 h5 $40 20. Qd1 (20. f4 {Yudasin,L} gxf3 21. Nxf3 {[%cal Gg8g1]} Qe7 22.
Nh4 $5 (22. Rf1 {Yudasin,L} Rac8 $5 {with h4}) 22... Nce5 $1 (22... Nge5 23.
Qd1 {with Qf2}) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nxg6 Nxg6 {with a very strong initiative 
[attack] by black}) 20... h4 21. e3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Nce5)))) 14. Rfc1 f5 $1 {
Da Schwarz seinen Springer statt auf f6 auf e7 postiert hat, ist dieser Zug
möglich. Mit dem Partiezug gewinnt der Nachziehende ohne besonderes Risiko
Raum am Königsflügel. Seine Dame hat gute Bindung zum Königsflügel, während
die weiße Dame ein wenig weit vom Königsflügel entfernt ist. Ribli.} 15. Nd1 (
15. e3 Z0 16. Ne2 $140 {kommt auch in Betracht.Ribli.}) 15... g5 16. Bc3 {
Es ist ratsam für Weiß, den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen. Ribli.} Ng6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 g4 19. Nd2 h5 $15 {Weiß hat nichts am Damenflügel
erreicht, während Schwarz am Königsflügel eine gute Angriffsstellung aufgebaut
hat.} 20. f4 gxf3 (20... h4) 21. Nxf3 Qe7 22. Rf1 (22. Qd1 Z0 23. Qd2 $140 {
ist auch möglich.}) 22... Rf8 23. e3 {Ich glaube, das ist eine neue Schwächung
der weißen Position.Ribli.} (23. Qd1 f4 24. Qd2 $5) 23... Nce5 24. Qd1 h4 25.
bxc5 $6 (25. Qe2 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rh8 $36) (25. Ne2 {Yudasin,L}) 25... dxc5 {
with the idea Rad8} 26. d4 Bxf3 $1 (26... Nxc4 {Yudasin,L} 27. Qe2 {with still
some chances for white the text move is much better winning immediately}) 27.
Bxf3 Rad8 $17 {black has so many threats,Qg5,Nxc4... In der weissen Stellung
gibt es viele Bauernschwächen. Ich glaube es ist kaum möglich die Stellung zu
halten. Ribli.} 28. Qe2 cxd4 29. exd4 Rxd4 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern gewonnen,
aber was noch wichtiger ist, er setzt seinen Angriff fort. Ribli.} 30. Bh5 hxg3
31. hxg3 Qg5 32. Rf2 {Das ist eine (letzte) Falle von Weiß.Ribli.} Ng4 (32...
Qxg3+ 33. Rg2 Qxg2+ (33... Qxc3 34. Qxe5+) 34. Kxg2 $4 (34. Qxg2 $18) 34...
Nf4+) 33. Nb5 Re4 (33... Qxh5 {Yudasin,L} 34. Nxd4 Rh8 35. Qf3) 34. Qb2+ e5 35.
Bxg4 Rxg4 36. Nd6 Rxg3+ {Dieser zweite Bauernverlust bedeutet das Ende für
Weiß. Ribli.} 37. Rg2 Qe3+ (37... Qe3+ 38. Qf2 Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 (40.
Kg1 Nh3+) 40... Qd3+) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 {-> A37} (10. e4 e5 11. Nge2 Nge7 12. d3 O-O 13. O-O d6
$10 {Bischoff,K-Gostisa,L Vidmar-mem 1989 CBM 14}) 10... Nf6 (10... e5 11. d4
$5 exd4 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 (15. Bf4 d6 16. Bxh6 $1
Bf5 (16... Rxh6 17. Qc1 $16) 17. Rc1 Be4 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. O-O $14) 15... Qxf6
16. Qd2 O-O $13 {Ornstein-Ernst Sweden ch 1988 36/(65)}) 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 (12.
Ne5 $5) 12... Rb6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Qd3 (15. Qd2) 15... e6 16. Rfc1 (
16. Nxb5 $2 Ba6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Ra1 Rb6 19. Ra5 Qd7 $19) 16... Qe7 17. Qd2
Rc8 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nxc6 Rbxc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e3 Be7 22. Bf1 Qf8 {Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Schwarz schwächt freiwillig das Feld d5. Im
Gegenzug erlangt er starke Kontrolle über das Feld d4. Ribli.} 4. d3 {Die
andere Hauptfortsetzung des Weißen ist 4.e3.} d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O
Nge7 {[%csl Ge7,Rf3] Obwohl das Feld d5 ist geschwächt ist, hat Schwarz eine
elastische Aufstellung für den Königsspringer.} 8. Rb1 O-O 9. a3 {Weiß
bereitet den Zug 10.b4 vor und verleitet Schwarz zur Schwächung des Feldes b5.}
a5 {[%csl Yb5,Yd5]} 10. Ne1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Ein
Standardmanöver. Der weiße Springer strebt nach d5.} Be6 11. Nc2 d5 {
Rechtzeitig. Sonst wird dieser Vorstoß von Weiß mit 12.Ne3 verhindert.} 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil, aber sein Läufer auf g7 besitzt keine
aktiven Möglichkeiten und die weißen Felden in seinem Lager sind ein wenig
schwach. Meines Erachtens ist die Stellung gleich.} 13. Ne4 (13. Ne3 Nxe3 (
13... Nde7 14. Ne4 (14. Qa4 $2 Nd4 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Gd4][%cal Re6b3]} 15. Qd1 $8
Bb3 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4]} 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Nc4 b5 $5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20.
Bxa5 Qb8 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%csl Gb3,Yd4] 0-1 Gabdrakhmanov,R-Gdanski,J/EUCup f
1997 (52)}) (14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Bg5 (15. Nb5 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Qc2
Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. f3 Qd7 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Rbe1 Nd4 {0-1 Sykora,
P-Jirovsky,P/Ceske Budejovice op 1997 (33)}) 15... f6 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 Bh6 (
17... Nd5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc4 21. dxc4 e4 {Kolev,A-Gdanski,J/
Budapest-Z A 1993/0-1 (66)}) 18. Kh1 exf4 19. gxf4 Qd7 20. Qe1 Nd4 21. Bg1 a4
22. Rd1 b5 23. Ne4 Qc8 24. Ncd2 Bg4 25. Nf3 Nef5 {0-1 Hickl,J-Maksimenko,A/
Vienna op 1996 (39)}) 14... b6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Nd5 Ra7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nf3
Rd8 19. Qb3 a4 20. Qc2 Be6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rbc1 f5 {0-1
Schieferstein,M-Epishin,V/Bad Zwesten op 1997 (31)}) 14. Bxe3 Nd4 $5 15. Bxb7
Rb8 16. Bg2 c4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Re1 Bb3 19. Qd2 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,
H-Cramling,P/Reykjavik zt plof 1995 (40)}) 13... b6 14. Ng5 (14. Bd2 a4 $10 {
Stefansson,H-Ghinda,M/Athens/1993/INF59,70/}) 14... Bc8 {Natürlich darf sich
Schwarz nicht den weißfeldrigen Läufer tauschen lassen.} 15. Ne3 Nde7 (15...
Nxe3 $5 16. Bxe3 Bb7 (16... Qd7 17. b4 $36) 17. Qa4 (17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4
19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxb4 $11 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber das
schwarze Läuferpaar ist stark.}) 17... Qc7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4
21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Rfe8 23. Rfc1 Rad8 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 a4 26. b5 a3 {
Foisor,C-Cramling,P/Jakarta iztW 1993/0-1 (57)}) (15... Nce7 $5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. Nc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h6 22. b3 Rfd8 23.
Bb2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Pfleger,H-Ribli,Z/BL9091 1991 (41)}) 16. b4 {Wir sind in der
Mitte des Kampfes, aber das ist noch Theorie. Weiß opfert zeitweilig einen
Bauern für aktives Spiel am Damenflügel.} (16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Nc2 h6 18. Ne4 Be6
19. b4 f5 20. Nc3 axb4 21. axb4 c4 22. dxc4 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Torre,E/
Leningrad izt 1973 (41)}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Bd2 {[%csl Rb4,Rb6,Gg2]
[%cal Gg2a8] Früher oder später muß Schwarz den b4-Bauern zurückgeben.} h6 (
18... Rb8 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 h6 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Qb1 Nc6 23. Rb5 Na7 24. Rb4
Nc6 25. Rb5 Na7 26. Rb4 b5 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. h4 f5 29. Nd2 e4 30. h5 g5 {0-1
Benko,P-Schmid,L/Monte Carlo 1969 (40)}) (18... Ra2 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxb4 Nf5
21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Qb1 Rxe2 24. Rxb6 Qc2 25. Qb5 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2
Foisor,C-Matveeva,S/Subotica iztW 1991}) (18... Qd6 $2 19. Bxb4 $16 {[%csl Gb4]
[%cal Rb4f8,Gg2a8]}) 19. Nf3 $146 {[%csl Rb4,Rb6,Gg2,Rg7] Weiß verfolgt eine
klare Strategie: den b4-Bauern zurückgewinnen und dann den anderen b-Bauern
belagern, um im Endspiel den Mehrbauern zu verwerten.} (19. Bxb4 hxg5 20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. Bxc6 Rb8 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Qb5 g4 25. Ne3 Qg5 26. Bd7 Bxd7
27. Qxd7 f5 28. Rfc1 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rfxd8 30. Rc6 Kh7 31. Rbxb6 {1/2-1/2 Foisor,
C-Arakhamia,K/Biel opW 1990 (72)}) 19... Be6 (19... Qd6 $6 20. Nc4 $36 {
[%csl Gc4]}) 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Ra2 $11 {Die weiße Stellung bietet
strukturelle Vorteile, aber dank des Läuferpaares steht Schwarz nicht
schlechter. Es ist dabei immer die Frage, ob der schwarze b-Bauer eine
Schwäche oder ein starker Freibauer ist.} 22. Nd2 Qd6 {[%cal Rd6b4,Gf8c8,Gc8c1]
} 23. Ra4 b5 {[%csl Gb5,Yc4] Der schwarze b-Bauer nimmt dem weißen
Springerpaar das Feld c4.} 24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. Qc2 Be6 {Schwarz besitzt das
Läuferpaar, aber sein g7-Läufer ist noch nicht aktiv. Aber Dr. Tarrasch meinte,
nicht die Wirkung des Läuferpaares sei wichtig, sondern seine Existenz.} 26.
Rb1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rb1b5]} Rc8 27. Qb2 Rb8 (27... e4 28. Nxe4 $16 {[%cal
Re4d6]}) 28. Ne4 Qd4 29. Qa3 (29. Qxd4 exd4 {[%csl Yc3]} 30. Nc2 Nd5 {[%cal
Gd5c3]} 31. Nb4 Nxb4 32. Rxb4 Bf8 33. Rxd4 b4 $36 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rb4b3,Rb3b2,
Rb2b1]}) 29... Bf8 $6 {[%cal Gf8a3] Mit diesem Läuferzug schwächt sich Schwarz
das Feld f6.} 30. Qa5 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Ge3,Ge4] Das weiße Springerpaar scheint
dem schwarzen Läuferpaar überlegen.} f5 {Schwarz verjagt den starken Springer,
schwächt aber seinen Königsflügel.} (30... b4 31. Nc2 {[%csl Rb4,Re5][%cal
Rc2d4,Rc2b4] Die schwarze Dame muß weichen, wodurch der schwarze e-Bauer die
Deckung verliert.}) (30... Bd7 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qc7 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Gc7,Rd7,Gf6]
}) 31. Nd2 Qc5 32. Nb3 Qd6 (32... Bxb3 $5 33. Rxb3 {[%csl Yd5,Ye6,Yf7,Gg2,Rg8]
Die weißen Felder sind schwach, aber Schwarz kann das wohl überleben.}) (32...
Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Nc5 Bf7 35. Nd7 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rb6,Gd7,Re5]}) 33. Qa7 {
[%csl Ga7] Die weiße Dame ist unangenehm aktiv.} Nc8 34. Qa5 Qa3 $2 (34... Ne7
$5 $11 {Schwarz sollte sich mit Zugwiederholung begnügen. Weiß steht aktiver,
aber ich bin nicht sicher, daß er etwas Konkretes erreichen kann.}) 35. Qc3 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc3,Re5]} Qd6 (35... Bxb3 $6 36. Rxb3 {[%csl Ra3,Rg8]} Qd6 37. Rxb5
Rxb5 38. Qc4+ $16 {[%cal Rc4b5,Rc4g8]}) 36. Na5 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Yb7,Yc6,Re5]
[%cal Ga5c6,Ga5b7] Das Eindringen des Springers scheint sehr gefährlich zu
sein.} Na7 $6 (36... b4 37. Qd2 b3 38. Nec4 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 $14) 37. Nb7 {
[%csl Re5]} Qe7 $2 {Ich glaube, Schwarz war in ernsthafter Zeitnot.} (37... Qd4
38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Nc2 $14) 38. Qxe5 $16 {[%csl Rg8] Weiß besitzt einen
Mehrbauern und die schwarze Königsstellung ist schwach.} Rc8 (38... Rxb7 39.
Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Qxe6+ $18) 39. Qd4 Nc6 40. Qb6 {[%csl Rb5,Gb6,Rc6,Gg2][%cal
Rb6b5,Rg2c6] Schwarz hat auf e5 bereits seinen wichtigsten Bauern verloren und
jetzt hängt auch noch b5.} Nd8 41. Nxd8 Rxd8 42. Rxb5 {Der weiße Vorteil ist
überzeugend. Schwarz sollte kaum über Rettungschancen verfügen.} Rd6 43. Qa5
Bg7 44. Rb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rb7g7]} Rd7 45. Rxd7 Bxd7 {Das schwarze
Läuferpaar erschwert die weiße Gewinnführung ein wenig, aber in Wirklichkeit
hat Schwarz keine Gegenchancen.} 46. Bf3 {Weiß hat keine Eile. Er kann seine
Stellung in kleinen Schritten verbessern.} h5 47. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Qe6 48. Nf4
Qe8 49. Qb6 {[%csl Gb6,Gf4,Rg6] Mit dem Bauern g6 wird eine neue Schwäche im
schwarzen Lager unter Beschuß genommen.} Kh7 50. e3 {Weiß bereitet das
Vorangehen mit dem d-Bauern vor und festigt weiter seine Stellung.} Be5 51. d4
Bg7 (51... Bxf4 52. gxf4 $16 {Die weißen Doppelbauern sind nicht schwach.}) 52.
h4 {Alles ist festgelegt. Jetzt holt Weiß zum entscheidenden Schlag aus.} Qf7 {
Schwarz kann nur abwarten.} 53. Bd5 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5,Gf4,Rg6]} Qe8 54. Nh3 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh3g5]} (54. Be6 Bxe6 (54... Ba4 55. Qa7 $18 {[%csl Ga7,Ge6,
Gf4][%cal Re6f7,Rf7e8,Rf7g6,Ga7a4]}) 55. Qxe6 $18) 54... Qe7 55. Ng5+ Kh6 (
55... Kh8 56. Qxg6 $18) 56. Qb8 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rb8g8,Rg8h7]} Be8 57. Qf4
{[%csl Gf4,Rh6] Dem schwarzen König wird ein Mattnetz gestrickt.} Bf6 58. Nf7+
{Schwarz gab in hoffnungsloser Lage auf.} (58. Nf7+ Kg7 59. Qh6+ Kg8 60. Ne5+
$18 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Rg8,Gh6]}) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Rb8 7. O-O Nh6 8. Bd2
Nf5 9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. Nh4 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. g4
Nfd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Ne4 Nc7 19. f5 Nd5 20. Rf3 Rc8 21.
Rh3 Qd7 22. Qb3 $13 {Calvo-Glauser Lugano ol 1968 6/105}) 13... Nxh4 14. Bxc6
Nf5 15. cxb5 Nd4 $1 16. Bg2 Nxb5 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 Nf5 (7...
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 $6 (8... Nxd5 $1) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Bg5
Be6 13. Qb3 {Tisdall,J-Wolff,P Preston 1989 CBM 14}) 8. a3 (8. Ne4 d6 9. d4
cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. a3 h6 15. b4 Qc7 16.
Bf4 $13 {Ditzler-Gheorghiu Bern op 1989 47/67}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4
cxb4 11. d4 bxc3 12. Ba3 d6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Qxc3 Ne7 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Nd2 e5
17. d5 b6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxd6 $5 Rxd6 20. e4 Bd7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. c5 Qxc5 23.
Qxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nc8 25. Rc7 Bb5 26. Rb7 Nd6 27. Rbxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 f5 29.
Ra8+ Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33. Ra8+ Be8 34. Ra6 Ke7 35.
Ra7+ Bd7 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Bh3 h5 38. Bf1 Nc8 39. Ra6 Bf6 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 $5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Nxd4 (
7... cxd4 8. Nb5 $44 Nf5 9. g4 a6 10. gxf5 axb5 11. cxb5 Ne7 12. Nxd4 Nxf5 13.
Nxf5 exf5 14. Qd6 $16) 8. Ne4 d6 (8... O-O 9. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qc7 11. Ne4
Qxc4 12. Nd6 $44 {Celuskina}) 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qa3 O-O
13. Nxd6 (13. Qxd6 $5 Qa5 $2 (13... Qxd6 $5) 14. b4 $1 $14 {
Celuskina-Cilingarova/Manila olw/1992/INF56,(55)/}) 13... h6 14. Bd2 Bd7 (14...
Rd8 15. c5 Bf8 16. Rac1 $14) (14... e5 15. c5 a5 16. b4 $14) 15. c5 a5 16. Rac1
(16. Rfc1 $5 e5 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. cxb6 a4 20. Rc4 $1 $14) 16... e5
17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. cxb6 a4 20. Nxb7 (20. Rc4 $5) 20... Rxb7 21. Bxc6
Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Ra8 23. Bb4 Bf8 $1 (23... Ra6 $2 24. Bc5 $16) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25.
f4 Ra6 $1 (25... exf4 $2 26. Rxf4 Ra6 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. bxc7 Rc6 29. Rxd4 Rxc7
30. Rxa4 $18) 26. fxe5 Raxb6 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O
d6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 (10... O-O $5) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 $1 (
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. a4 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd4 18.
Nc4 b6 19. Bc3 Rd7 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Ra3 $13 {Denker,A-Ernst,T New York op
1990 EXP/16}) 12... Nde7 13. Nc4 $1 (13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 (14. Qa4 O-O 15. Nxc5
bxc5 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa4 f5 19. Nc4 f4 20. Qxa5 Qg5 21. f3 e4 $1
$44 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Bellon Lopez,JM Ter Apel 1991 CBM/24}) 14... Bd7 15. Nc4 O-O
16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 $10 {Yermolinsky,A-Wedberg,T New York op
1991 CBM/23}) 13... Rb8 (13... O-O {Hansen,Cu} 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4
$14 {Kaidanov,G-Ilinsky,V Gausdal International 1991 (1)}) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3
b6 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bxc4 (18... Nxb4 19. Nxb6 $1 Rxb6 20. Bxc5
Rb8 21. Bxb4 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Bd7 23. Bd6 $18) 19. dxc4 Nxb4 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.
Ra7+ Ke8 22. Rd1 $146 Bf8 23. Ne4 Kf7 24. Rd6 Bg7 25. Rdd7 Nbc6 26. Ng5+ $1 Ke8
27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Rxg7 Nxa7 29. Ne4 Nc6 30. Nd6+ Kf8 (30... Kd8 {Hansen,Cu} 31.
Nf7+ $18) 31. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Valby K41"]
[Site "Valby"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 8.
d3 Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 13. Bxd5
Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. a4 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd4 18. Nc4 b6 19. Bc3 Rd7 20.
Bxd4 exd4 21. Ra3 Rb7 22. Rb3 Qc6 23. Rb5 Re8 24. Re1 Re6 $13 {Denker,A-Ernst,
T New York op 1990 EXP/16}) (12. Ne3 $5 Nde7 13. Nc4 $1 O-O 14. Bg5 $1 f6 15.
Be3 b6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Rab1 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Ilinsky,V Gausdal
International 1991 CBM/25}) 12... b6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ne3 Nde7 15. Nc4 (15. Qa4
Bd7 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Qc4 O-O $15 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Schussler,H Reykjavik
Summit 1990 CBM/18}) 15... O-O 16. Bd2 h6 17. Ne4 Be6 18. a4 f5 19. Nc3 Ra7 20.
Qb3 Rb7 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Bc3 Nd5 23. Rad1 Kh7 24. Qc2 Ndb4 25. Qb1 e4 $1 $15 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. b3 exd3 28. exd3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rfe1 Rf6 31. f4 g5 32. Ne3
Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Qxd3 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Qxd3 Nxd3 36. Rf1 Ne7 37. Nc7 Kg6 38. Rd1
Ne5 39. Ned5 Nxd5 40. Nxd5 Re6 41. Nc7 Rc6 42. Nd5 Kf7 43. Rf1 Rd6 44. Ne3 Rd3
45. Nxf5 Ke6 46. Ng7+ Kd5 47. Rb1 Rd2 48. h3 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 Nh2+ 50. Ke1 Nf3+ 51.
Kf1 Nd4 52. Re1 Nxb3 53. Ne6 Rd3 54. Kf2 c4 55. h4 Rd2+ 56. Kf3 gxh4 57. Nf4+
Kc5 58. gxh4 c3 59. h5 c2 60. Ne2 Nd4+ 61. Nxd4 Kxd4 62. h6 Rh2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. b4 dxc4 13. dxc4 cxb4 14. axb4 Rc8 (
14... a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Be3 Qc7 $13 {Panzalovic,S-Sznapik,A Biel
op 1990 EXP/19}) 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Na5 17. Nb5 Bxf3 (17... Rxc5 18. Qa4 Nac6
19. Be3 Rd5 20. Rfc1 Rd7 21. Bc5 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Be4 $10
{Larsen,B-Hansen,Cu Graestad 1990 49/(60) EXP/16}) 18. Bxf3 Rxc5 19. Nxa7 Qd7
20. Bxa5 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Rxa5 22. Rd7 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Be6 (6... Bd7 7. b3
Nh6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 {Hansen,Cu-Andersson,U Helsingborg SVE-DEN 1990 CBM/18})
7. b3 Qc8 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. e3 (10. d4 $5) 10... d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
Bxg7 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 Kxg7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4+ Kg8 17. h4 Rd8 18.
Qe5 Rd7 19. Rae1 Qf8 20. Qa5 b6 21. Qc3 Rad8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Rd4 24.
Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bd5 Qf6 26. Kg2 Rf8 27. f3 e5 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. a4 Re8 30. Re2 Re7
31. Qc3 a5 32. Qe3 h6 33. Be4 Red7 34. Bd5 Re7 35. Be4 Red7 36. Bd5 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hartoch, Robert G"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. Ne1 (9. d3 $5) 9... d6 10. Nc2 Bf5 (10... Be6 11. Ne3 Rb8 12. Ned5 b6 13.
d3 Qd7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Kf8 16. b4 $14 {Scarella,E-Rodriguez,And/San
Martin/1994/CBM42/}) 11. d3 Qd7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bh3 14. Bxh3 (14. bxa5
Rxa5 15. Ne3 $14) 14... Qxh3 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb5 (16. Ne3 $5 e4 17. Ncd5 $5 (
17. Nb5 $5 $14)) 16... Rxb5 17. cxb5 $6 (17. Nxb5 $5) 17... Nd8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19.
Ne3 Ne6 20. Nc4 Nc8 21. Qb1 Rd8 22. Rc1 (22. e4 Nd4 $13) 22... d5 23. Nd2 Nb6
24. Nf3 Rc8 $15 25. Qb3 e4 26. dxe4 Rxc3 $1 27. Rxc3 dxe4 28. Bb2 (28. Ne1 Qd2
$19) 28... exf3 29. Rxf3 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5 32. Qf6 Qd7 33. h4 h5
34. Qe5 Nc4 35. Qf6 Nc5 36. Qf4 Qd5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Kh2 Ne5 39. Rf4 Ne6 40. e4
Qd4 0-1

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 Rb8 (11... f5 12. d3 Bf7 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Rb8 15. b4 $14 {Espig,L-Schmittdiel,E/Dortmund-B/1990/CBM18/}) 12. Ned5 b6
(12... Bf5 13. d3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. b4 $14 {Foisor,C-Klauser,M/Zweisimmen/
1993/EXP36/}) 13. d3 Qd7 14. Qa4 $5 (14. Nxe7+ $6 Nxe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 d5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Be3 c4 $10) 14...
Rfd8 (14... f5 15. Bg5 $1 $14) (14... h6 $2 15. Bxh6 $1) 15. Bg5 $1 Kf8 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Bxd5 (17... Ra8 $2 18. Bxe7+ Nxe7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Nxe7 $18) 18.
Nxd5 cxb4 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxb4 Ra7 22. Rfb1 Ra6 23. g4 (23. Be3
Nc8 24. Bc6 Ke7 $14) 23... h6 24. Be3 Nc8 25. h4 Kg8 26. g5 $1 hxg5 27. hxg5
Bf8 28. Rb5 Be7 29. Bh3 $1 Na7 $2 (29... Bd8 30. f4 $16) 30. Rxb6 Raxb6 31.
Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Nc6 33. Bc7 $1 Nd4 34. Bg4 Kf8 35. Kg2 Ke8 36. Kg3 Ne6 37.
Bxe6 fxe6 38. c5 $1 dxc5 39. Bxe5 Bxg5 (39... Kd7 40. Bf6 $18) 40. Bd6 Be7 41.
Bxe7 Kxe7 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke4 g5 (43... e5 44. Kd5 $18) 44. f3 e5 45. Kd5 Kf5
46. e3 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Petursson} c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 (3. e4 $5 {Das wäre die Sizilianische
Verteidigung. In der direkten Zugfolge 1.e4 c5 2.g3 kann Schwarz aber mit 2...
d5 fortsetzen statt mit 2...Nc6 3.Bg2 - was zu unserer Partiestellung führt.
Ribli.}) 3... e5 (3... d5 4. d4 $14 {Und Weiß spielt eigentlich die
Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung mit einem Mehrtempo.}) 4. c4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6.
Nc3 d6 7. a3 Nge7 {Schwarz hat starke Kontrolle über das Feld d4, aber der
Punkt d5 ist ein positionelles Loch. Die schwarze Figurenstellung ist
elastisch, sein Ne7 hält den Weg für den Vorstoß f7-f5 frei.} 8. Rb1 (8. b4 $5
e4 9. Ne1 f5 $13) (8. b4 $5 {Petursson}) 8... Be6 9. d3 (9. b4 cxb4 (9... Bxc4
10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Rxb7 $14) 10. axb4 Bxc4 11. b5 Nb8 12. Ba3 $44) 9... h6 10.
b4 Rb8 $5 (10... Qd7 11. Be3 (11. Na4 cxb4 12. axb4 O-O 13. b5 Nd8 14. Bb2 Rc8
15. Ra1 b6 16. Qd2 f6 17. Qb4 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Nb7 19. Nc3 Nd8 20. Na4 Nb7 21. Nc3
Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Brzozka,S-Ujtelky,M/Rubinstein mem 1965}) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 O-O
13. b5 Nd4 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qa3 d5 18. Ned2 Rac8 19.
Rfc1 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Rc5 21. Nfd2 f5 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Nb2 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qxb5 {
Poley,V-Botvinnik,I/BLR-ch 1994/0-1 (45)}) 11. Bd2 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil
am Damenflügel, und der Punkt d5 ist eine ewige Schwäche.} (11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd5
cxb4 13. axb4 b5 $1 14. Nc2 Kh7 15. f4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nxb4 $5 18.
Nxb4 a5 19. f5 gxf5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Bh3 Nd7 23. Bxf5+ Kg8 24.
Be3 Nc5 25. Bb1 Qd7 26. Qd2 f5 27. Bxh6 f4 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Qxa5 e4 {0-1
Reshevsky,S-Evans,L/Buenos Aires 1960 (38)}) 11... O-O 12. b5 $6 {Dieser Zug
gefällt mir nicht. Nach der Partiefortsetzung bekommt Weiß kein Spiel am
geschlossenen Damenflügel, und Schwarz kann seinerseits Aktivitäten am
Königsflügel entwickeln.} (12. Qa4 $14) (12. e3 $14) 12... Nd4 $11 13. Ne1 (13.
e3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. Qe2 $11) (13. Nxd4 $6 exd4 (13... cxd4 14. Na4 (14.
Ne4 $2 f5 $19) 14... f5 $15) 14. Ne4 $2 {[%csl Re4]} f5 $19) 13... Bg4 {
Dieser Zug ist eine Provokation für die weiße Königsstellung.} 14. h3 Bd7 15.
e3 Ne6 $13 16. a4 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Ng5 18. h4 Ne6 $11) (16. Nc2 $5) 16...
h5 $36 17. h4 (17. Nf3 f5 $15 {[%csl Rf3]}) 17... Nf5 {Die Schwächung des
Punktes d5 spielt (noch) keine gewichtige Rolle, und Schwarz verfügt über
Initiative am Königsflügel.} 18. Nf3 (18. Nd5 Nh6 19. Nc2 f5 20. d4 f4 $36 (
20... e4 {[%csl Rg2]})) 18... Nh6 19. Ne4 f5 $1 {Jetzt hat Schwarz nicht nur
ein Loch auf d5, sondern auch auf g5. Aber das fällt gegenüber der schwarzen
Initiative gar nicht ins Gewicht.} 20. Neg5 Nf7 $5 $15 (20... Nxg5 21. Nxg5 $14
{[%csl Rd5,Gg2,Gg5]} Nf7 $2 22. Bd5 $16 {[%cal Rd5g8]}) 21. Nh3 {Weiß kann zu
seinem Bedauern nicht mit seinem N auf g5 verharren.} (21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qe2
$15 {Das verschafft Schwarz freie Hand am Königsflügel.}) 21... Bf6 {Schwarz
hat noch keine konkreten Drohungen, aber sein Plan ist klar: Kg7, Qe8 und
möglicherweise g6-g5.} 22. e4 f4 $1 $40 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz Raum
am Königsflügel und übernimmt das Kommando. Das Bauernopfer ist nur
vorübergehend, weil er das Material später zurückgewinnen kann.} 23. gxf4 (23.
Kh2 Nh6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Rh6g4,Rg4h2]}) 23... exf4 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bg4
$1 {[%csl Rg1,Gg4,Rh4]} (25... Bxh4 26. Nxh4 Qxh4 27. Bg3 {Und im Folgenden
möchte Weiß 28.f4 ziehen, mit etwa ausgeglichenen Chancen.} (27. Qd2 Ne5 28.
Bg3 Qg4 29. Bxe5 dxe5 $15) (27. Be3 Ne5 28. f3 $15) 27... Qg5 {[%cal Rh5h4]}
28. Qc1 $11) 26. Qd2 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Ne5 (27... Bxh4 $15) 28. Be2 (28. Bxe5 Bxe5
29. Kg2 Qxh4 30. Rh1 Qf6 $15 {[%csl Ge5,Gf6,Rg2] Wir haben jetzt eine typische
Stellung, in der die ungleichfarbigen Läufer dem Angreifer zugute kommen.
Schwarz besitzt überzeugende Initiative auf den schwarzen Feldern.}) 28... Bxh4
29. Bh6 $6 (29. Kg2 {Weiß möchte Rh1,Be3,f4 spielen.} Qf6 (29... Rf7 30. Be3)
30. Be3 Nf3 31. Qd1 Nd4) {[#]} 29... Rf3 $1 $17 {Mit diesem sogenannten
passiven Opfer - "passiv", weil die Annahme des Opfers nicht erzwungen ist -
kommt Schwarz zu entscheidendem Angriff.} (29... Nf3+ {Petursson} 30. Bxf3 Rxf3
31. Kg2 Rf7 $13 (31... Qf6 $2 32. Qe2 $18)) 30. Bf4 (30. Bxf3 $4 Nxf3+ $19 {
[%cal Rf3g1,Rf3d2]}) (30. Kg2 Qf6 (30... Qd7 $2 31. Bxf3 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Qg4+ 33.
Ke3 $18) 31. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 (32. Kh2 {Petursson} Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Nxh6 34. Qxh6
Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Rf8 $19) 32... Qg4+ $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 30... Qd7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Rd7g4]} 31. Bxe5 Qg4+ $19 32. Kh1 (32. Bg3 Rxg3+ 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Bg5 35.
Qd1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Be3+ 37. Rf2 Rf8 $19) 32... Bg5 33. Qd1 (33. Qxg5 Rh3+ 34. Bh2
Qxg5 $19) 33... Rh3+ 34. Bh2 Rxh2+ {Weiß gab auf, weil das Matt nicht
abzuwenden ist.} (34... Qh4 $19) (34... Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Bf4+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37.
Kg1 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
$5 (8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14.
Nb3 $5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Re1 Re8 $10 {Larsen,B-Karpov,An/Buenos
Aires/1980/}) 14... d4 (14... Be6 15. Nxd5 Bxb2 16. Ra2 (16. Rb1 Bxa3 $15)
16... Bg7 17. Nc5 $14) 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Qa4
$14 {Sorokin,M-Schmittdiel,E/Ostrava/1992/CBM33/}) 8... cxb4 (8... Nxb4 $5 9.
axb4 cxb4 10. d4 (10. Ne4 Bxa1 11. d4 d5 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Bg5 Bc3 14. Ne5 $44)
10... bxc3 11. Qd3 $44) 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. Ba3 Nec6 (10... Nbc6 11. d4 $44) 11.
d4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 $44 Re8 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. e3 Be6 16. Qf3 Ne7 17.
Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxd5 $14 Rd7 (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd7 21. Bf3 a6
22. Rfb1 Ra7 23. Rb6 $16) 19. Nf4 Bc4 20. Rfb1 g5 21. Nh5 (21. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 22.
Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qc6 $2 (23. Qxa7 gxf4 24. gxf4 $17) 23... Rc8 $19) 21... Bd5 22.
Qg4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b6 24. h4 (24. Rxb6 $6 Rxd4 $1 (24... axb6 $2 25. Qxd7 Qxd7
26. Rxa8+ Bf8 27. Nf6+ $18) (24... f5 $2 25. Qf3 g4 26. Qc6 Rc8 27. Qe6+ $18)
25. exd4 axb6 26. Rxa8 Qxa8+ $13) 24... f6 25. Rb5 h6 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Rf5 a5 (
27... Qe8 28. Rxf6 $1 $18) 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 (29. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Rh1 $1
$18 Qd7 (30... Rf8 31. Rd5 $1 Qe8 32. Qf5 Qg6 33. Rd7+ $18) (30... Kg6 31.
Rxg5+ $1 Kxg5 32. f4+ Kg6 33. Qg4#) 31. Rxg5+ $1 fxg5 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh8#)
29... Bh8 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rh6 Kg7 32. Rh7+ (32. Rhxf6 $2 Rxf6 33. Rxg5+ Kh6
34. Qg4 Rxf2+ $1 35. Kxf2 Qxg5 $19) (32. Rh7+ Kxh7 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34. Qh5+ Kg8
35. Qf7+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 {
Diese Aufbau ist sehr populär für Schwarz: das d5-Feld ist zwar schwach in
seiner Stellung, aber sein Königsspringer steht elastisch auf e7 und er kann
f7-f5 ziehen.} 8. a3 a5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5]
Das ist ein typisches Manöver. Der Springer strebt nach d5.} Be6 12. Nc2 (12.
Nd5 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (12... Bf7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nc2 f5 15. Ne3 e4 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. dxe4 Nc4 19. exf5 Nxb2 20. Qc2 Qxe2 21. Ra2 Nc4 22. Bc1 {
1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Eljanov,P/Andorra la Vella 2003/(22)}) 13. Nc2 b5 {[%csl
Gb8]} 14. Nxe7+ (14. cxb5 $5 Rxb5 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. bxc6 Rxb2 17.
Rb1 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Gc6,Gd2]}) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. b4 $11) 14... Nxe7 15. cxb5 $6
a4 $1 $15 {[%csl Yb3] 0-1 Vaganian,R-Filippov,V/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Ribli]
(71)}) 12... d5 {Schwarz muss so spielen, sonst spielt Weiß 13.Ne3 und d6-d5
ist nicht mehr möglich.} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 $5 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5
16. b4 (16. Ne3 Qe6 17. Rc1 b6 $15) 16... cxb4 17. axb4 a4 18. Ne3 Qb5 19. Nc4
Qa6 20. Na5 b5 21. Nb3 Qa7 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. e3 f5 {0-1 Akesson,R-Wedberg,T/
Stockholm SWE 2002/ (35)}) (14. b4 axb4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4
Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Qb2 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. b5 g5 23. Rab1 {
1/2-1/2 Donaldson,J-Ashley,M/Los Angeles 2000/ (23)}) 14... Nde7 {Mit diesem
Zug hält Schwarz die Spannung in der Stellung, aber die Alternative 14...
Nxe3!? kommt stark in Betracht.} (14... Nxe3 $5 15. fxe3 (15. Bxe3 Nd4) 15...
c4 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nd6 cxd3 19. exd3 Nd4 20. exd4 Qxd4+ 21. Rf2 Qxd6
22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bg2 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 Antunes,A-Narciso Dublan,M/Vendrell 1996/
EXT 98 (32)}) 15. Rb1 $5 (15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Nb5 f5 17. Bc3 b6 18. e3 (18. f4 Nd4)
18... Bxc4 $1 19. dxc4 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e4 21. Bxg7 (21. Rd7 $5) 21... Kxg7 22.
Rd6 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne5 {0-1 Beliavsky,A-Ponomariov,R/Panormo 2001/
(69)}) 15... Qc7 {Mit diesem Zug läßt Schwarz das d5-Feld unverteidigt und
ermöglicht Weiß eine kleine Initiative.} (15... f5 $11) (15... Rb8 16. Nc4 b6
$11) 16. Ned5 {[%csl Gd5]} (16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nc4 Rab8 $11 (17... Bxc4 18. dxc4
f5 19. Bc3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 $14 e4 $2 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc7 $18)) 16... Nxd5 17.
Bxd5 (17. Nxd5 Qf7 $11) 17... Bxd5 (17... Qf7 $5) 18. Nxd5 $11 {[%csl Gd5,Rg7]
Weiß verfügt über einen starken Springer auf d5 und es gibt einige Schwächen
am schwarzen Damenflügel,. Des Weiteren kommt der Bg7 nicht leicht ins Spiel.
Anderseits ist die schwarze Stellung fest. Wenn Weiß seinen Springer mit
e2-e4verteidigt, so wird sein P d3 schwach.} Qf7 19. e4 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Ne7 (
19... Nd4 20. Be3 $14) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qb3+ (21. b4 $2 cxb4 22. axb4 a4 {
[%cal Gb7b5]} 23. b5 Rfd8 $17) 21... Rf7 (21... Qf7 22. Qb5 $14) (21... Kh8 $5)
22. Rbc1 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1][%cal Gb3g8]} Qd6 (22... a4 $5 23. Qb5 Bf8 24. Be3 Qd7
25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxc5 Rxd3 $11) 23. Be3 b6 24. Qc4 Bf8 $6 (24... Rd8 $142 25.
Rfd1 f5) 25. f4 $1 $14 Raa7 26. f5 (26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c3]})
26... g5 27. Rc3 a4 (27... g4 28. Qa4 $14 {[%cal Ga4d1,Gd1g4]}) 28. b3 {
[%mdl 32] Das ist die weiße Strategie: alles ist geschlossen am Königsflügel
und mit diesem Zug kann Weiß die Linien am Damenflügel öffnen .} Qd7 (28...
axb3 29. Rxb3 $14 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gb1b6]}) 29. Qe6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6b6]} Kg7
$6 (29... Qxe6 $2 30. fxe6 Rfe7 31. Rxf6 g4 32. b4 $16) (29... Rb7 $142) 30.
Qxb6 Rb7 31. Qe6 axb3 32. Qxd7 Rfxd7 33. Rb1 b2 34. Kf2 Rb5 $2 (34... g4 $5 35.
Ke2 Kf7 36. Kd2 c4 $132) 35. Ke2 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge2d2,Gd2c2]} Ra7 36. Kd2
Rba5 37. Rxb2 Rxa3 38. Bxc5 $16 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr.} Bxc5 39. Rxc5 {
[%mdl 4096]} Ra2 40. Rc7+ Kh6 (40... Rxc7 41. Rxa2 $16) 41. Rxa2 Rxa2+ (41...
Rxc7 42. Rc2 Rd7 43. g4 Kg7 (43... Rc7 44. d4 $18 (44. Rxc7 $4 $11)) 44. Ke3
$16) 42. Ke3 g4 (42... Rxh2 43. Rf7 g4) 43. Rf7 Rxh2 (43... Kg5 44. Rg7+ (44.
Rxh7 $2 Re2+ $3 45. Kxe2 $11) 44... Kh6 45. Rxg4 Rxh2 46. Rh4+ $18) 44. Rxf6+
Kg5 45. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7g7,Rg7g5]} h5 46. Rg7+ Kf6 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. d4 $1 exd4+
49. Kxd4 Rh3 50. e5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5] Die verbundenen weißen Bauern entscheiden
die Partie.} Rxg3 51. e6+ Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kd6 53. e7 Kd7 54. f6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 {Das ist eine sichere und
gute Entscheidung. Der schwarze Plan ist einfach - Nge7 nebst b6 und Bb7, mit
flexibler Stellung. Aber auch die Alternativen 5...e5 oder 5...Nf6 sind
spielbar.} 6. a3 {Weiß bereitet frühzeitig aktives Spiel am Damenflügel vor.} (
6. O-O Nge7 7. d3) 6... Nge7 7. Rb1 {Weiß kann auch mit sofortigem 7.b4
beginnen, aber früher oder später muss er ohnehin Rb1 ziehen.} (7. b4 b6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. O-O (9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Ne4 d6 11. Bb2 f5 $1 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Qc2 a6 {
1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 51/[Leko] (27)}) (9. Na4 cxb4
10. axb4 d5 11. b5 Na5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. d4 Bb7 15. Nc3 a6 16. bxa6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Zagorskis,D/Pula 1997/Inf 69 (16)}) 9... d6 10. e3 Bb7
11. Qb3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 El Ghazali,Y-Horvath,C/Cairo 1997/CBM 57 ext (44)}) 7...
d6 8. b4 (8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. h4 h6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. b4 Rb8 13. bxc5 dxc5
14. Kf1 f5 15. Kg1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd1 Bb7 {0-1 Loginov,V-Sivokho,S/St
Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (65)}) 8... b6 (8... O-O 9. O-O (9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bb2 b6
11. h4 e5 12. h5 Bf5 13. d3 Qd7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nd5 {1-0 Loginov,V-Silman,J/
Budapest 1994/CBM 42 ext (40)}) 9... b6 10. Ne1 (10. Qc2 Bb7 11. d3 Qd7 12.
bxc5 dxc5 13. Bb2 f5 14. e3 Rfd8 {0-1 Raicevic,I-Anic,D/Zlatibor 1989/EXT 2000
(30)}) 10... Rb8 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Ba8 13. Ba1 Qd7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 {0-1 Rahman,
Y-Szekely,P/Cairo 1997/CBM 57 ext (35)}) 9. Bb2 (9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bb2
a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qc2 Rab8 16. e3 Ba8 {1/2-1/2
Pavlovic,M-Matulovic,M/Belgrade 1992/CBM 31 (47)}) (9. Na4 cxb4 10. axb4 d5 11.
b5 Na5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. d4 Bb7 15. Nc3 a6 $13) 9... Bb7 (9... cxb4
$6 10. axb4 $14 Nxb4 11. Nd4 $36) 10. Ne4 {Ein schlauer aber nicht besonders
glücklicher Zug - Weiß möchte den Bg7 abtauschen. In einigen Varianten droht
er nach bxc5 und dxc5 Nxc5 zu spielen. In der Folge jedoch kann der Springer
mit f7-f5 angegriffen werden.} (10. Ba1 $11) 10... e5 {Schwarz unterbindet den
Läufertausch. Die Schwächung des Feldes d5 hat keine große Bedeutung.} (10...
O-O $2 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nxc5 $16) 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. d3 $11 {
Schwarz hat seine Figuren harmonisch entwickelt. Er hat keine Probleme.} O-O
13. O-O Qd7 (13... f5 $5) 14. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Weiß bereitet das
typische Springermanöver Nc2-Ne3 vor, um das Feld d5 zu kontrollieren.} f5 {
Dieser typische Zug kommt - wegen des Ne4 - mit Tempo.} 15. Nc3 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]
Schwarz möchte die weißfeldrigen Läufer abtauschen, um die weiße
Königsstellung zu schwächen.} 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc2 (17. e3 Ne6 $15 {[%cal
Ga8d8,Gd8d3]} (17... Ndc6)) 17... Rad8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d1] Schwarz macht
positionellen Druck. Weiß muss nun immer mit e5-e4 oder f5-f4 rechnen.} 18. Ne3
{[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge3d5]} f4 {Dieser Zug ist nicht immer in solchen Stellungen
zu empfehlen, weil er Weiß das Feld überlässt. Hier aber kommt Schwarz schnell
am Königsflügel voran.} 19. Ned5 f3 20. e3 $2 {Weiß möchte den Nd4 verjagen,
aber er kommt zu spät.} (20. e4 $8 $15) 20... Nxd5 $1 (20... Ne2+ 21. Nxe2 Nxd5
22. cxd5 fxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxd5 24. Rfd1 $15) 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd5 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qd7
$19 {[%cal Rd7h3,Rh3g2]}) (21. exd4 Nxc3 $19) 21... Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7h3,Rh3g2]
Droht 22...Qh3 und 23...Qg2#.} 22. Kh1 Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Dieser ausgezeichnete
Springerzug nimmt dem Turm das Feld g1, nun droht erneut 23...Qh3.} (22... Qh3
23. Rg1 Ne2 24. Nxe2 fxe2 25. Qxe2 Rxd5 26. e4 $15) 23. Nxe2 fxe2 24. Qxe2
Qxd5+ {[%cal Rd5d3,Rd5h1] Mit Schach! Deshalb verliert Weiß einen Bauern.} 25.
Kg1 Qxd3 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern.} 26. Qg4 (26.
Qxd3 Rxd3 $17) 26... Qf5 (26... Qd7 27. Qc4+ Qf7 $17) 27. Qc4+ Qf7 28. Qc2 Rd7
{[%cal Gf8d8,Gd8d1]} 29. a4 $6 (29. Rbd1 Rfd8 $17) 29... Rfd8 30. a5 Rd2 {
[%csl Gd2] Das Eindringen des Turms auf der 2. Reihe ist tödlich für Weiß.} 31.
Qc3 (31. Qe4 $142) 31... R8d3 32. Qc1 Qa2 {[%csl Ga2,Gd2,Gd3]} 33. axb6 axb6
34. Ra1 $2 {Dieses "Läuferopfer" ist fehlerhaft, aber guter Rat war hier
ohnehin schon teuer.} (34. Ba1 Rc2 35. Qe1 $17) 34... Qxb2 (34... Qd5 $17) 35.
Qc4+ Kh8 36. Rfb1 {Es hat den Anschein, als sei die schwarze Dame gefangen,
aber Schwarz hat eine - für Weiß überraschende - Möglichkeit.} (36. Ra8+ Rd8
$19) 36... Ra3 $1 (36... Qc2 $4 37. Ra8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ $18) 37. Qf7 {Droht 38.
Qe8+, aber Schwarz hat eine einfache Verteidigung.} (37. Rxb2 Rxa1+ 38. Kg2
Rxb2 $19) 37... h6 38. Rxb2 Rxa1+ 39. Kg2 Rxb2 $19 {Schwarz hat R+R+B für die
Q und steht auf Gewinn.} 40. Qxg6 Raa2 41. Kh3 Rxf2 42. Qxb6 c4 (42... Rxh2+
43. Kg4 c4 44. Qc6 $19 Rac2 $2 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Kg8 47. Qd5+ $11) 43. Qc6
Rac2 44. Kg4 c3 (44... Rxh2 $2 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ $11) 45. h4 e4 46. Qc4
Rcd2 47. Kh5 Rd8 48. g4 Rff8 49. Qa2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Be6 9. Ne3 h5 $5 10. Ned5 h4 11. d3 hxg3 12. fxg3 $1 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 f6 15. a3 Qd7 16. e3 Ne7 17. Bg2 f5 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. e4 {19.b4!?} f4 20.
gxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc6 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qg3 Qe6 25. Bg5 Qg4 $1 26.
Qxg4 Nxg4 27. h4 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Rd7 29. Bh3 Rdh7 30. Kg2 Nxd3 31. b4 b6 32. Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Schwarz strebt eine asymmetrische Stellung an.}
4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 (6... Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Qa4 O-O (8... Ra6) 9. b4
cxb4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 b5 $2 (11... Nec6) 12. cxb5 Bb7 13. Bxb4 axb4 14.
Qxb4 d5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. d4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Scherer,R-Stahl,M/GER 1999/EXT 2002 
(69)}) 7. a3 a5 8. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] Das ist die Lieblingsvariante von Weiß:
in Megadatabase 2006 habe ich nur zwei Partien gefunden, diese und eine
weitere von Miroshnichenko. Mit dem Damenzug fesselt Weiß den a8-Turm und
möchte b2-b4 ziehen.} Ra6 {Auf diese Weise verhindert Schwarz 9.b4, wonach 9...
axb4 möglich ist.} (8... Bd7 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. d4 cxd4 11. e3 Nge7 12. exd4 O-O
13. Qd1 (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bc6) 13... exd4 14. Bf4 Ne5 15.
Re1 N7c6 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc4 18. Rc1 $44 {1-0 Miroshnichenko,
E-Bocharov,D/St Petersburg 2003/(41)}) 9. e3 Nge7 {Das d5-Feld ist eine ewige
positionelle Schwäche in der schwarzen Stellung, aber Schwarz kann seine
Figuren elastisch (hinter den Bauern) plazieren. Nachfolgend kann er f7-f5
ziehen.} 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b3 Bf5 (11... a4 12. bxa4 (12. Nxa4 $4 e4 $19)) (11...
h6 12. Bb2 Be6) 12. d3 Qd7 13. Bb2 {[%cal Gd7h3,Gh3f1]} (13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bh1)
13... Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nd5 Qd7 (15... Nxd5 $5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. e4 Bh6) 16.
Nd2 h5 $6 (16... Nxd5 $5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. e4 Bh6) 17. f4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 32]
Eine gute strategische Idee - Weiß möchte die Diagonale des b2-Läufers öffnen.}
h4 (17... f5 18. Nf3 $14) 18. Ne4 Nxd5 (18... f5 19. Ng5 $16) 19. cxd5 Ne7 20.
fxe5 Nxd5 21. Qf2 $1 (21. Nf6+ $6 Nxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. exf6 Nxe3 23. Qd2 Re8
24. Rae1 $18) 22. exf6 Bh6) (21. Rae1 $16) 21... Qe6 22. exd6 hxg3 23. hxg3
Bxb2 24. Qxb2 f5 {[#]} 25. Rae1 $1 {[%csl Ge1,Ge4,Gf1,Rg8][%cal Gb2h8,Gb2h2,
Gh2h6][%mdl 2048] Alle weißen Figuren stehen aktiv und der schwarze
Königsflügel ist schwach.} (25. Nxc5 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2) 25... Rc6 (25... fxe4 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rf1+ Nf6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. d7 $18) 26. Qh2 $6 (26.
g4 $1 fxe4 (26... f4 27. Re2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re2h2,Rh2h8]}) 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Nf6 30. g5 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Rxd6 32. Rxf6+ Rxf6 33.
Qxf6+ Ke8 34. Qxg6+ $16) 26... Nf6 (26... fxe4 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29.
Rf1+ Nf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. d7 $18) 27. Qh6 {[%csl Rg8,Gh6]} Nxe4 $11 28. dxe4
Rxd6 (28... Qxd6 $5) 29. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4,Gh4h8,Ge1f1,Gf1f8] Weiß hat einige
Initiative, aber Schwarz kann sich verteidigen.} Qe5 30. Ref1 Qg7 31. Qg5 (31.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 gxf5 34. Rxf5 b6 $11 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd6d1]}
) 31... Rdf6 $6 (31... Re8) 32. g4 $1 R8f7 $2 (32... Re8 $5) 33. exf5 $18 gxf5
34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 (35. Rxf5 Rxf5 (35... Qxg5 36. Rxg5+ Rg7 37. Rxc5 (37.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Kf2 $18)) 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. gxf5 Kf6 38. e4 b5 39. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zagreb zt"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd2 d5 11. Qc1 (11. cxd5 $13 {Lputian,S-Plachetka,J/Rimavska
Sobota/1991/CBM24/INF52/(58)/}) 11... d4 12. Na4 Qd7 13. b4 Nd8 $1 14. Qc2 Bc6
15. Nb2 e5 16. e4 f5 (16... dxe3 17. fxe3 (17. Bxe3 Ne6 $13) 17... Ne6 $13) 17.
Rbe1 (17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rbe1 Ng6 $13) (17. Rfe1 $5 f4 18. b5 Bb7 19. a4 $13)
17... f4 18. b5 Bb7 19. a4 a5 $5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. a5 (21. Ra1 Ndc6 $15) 21...
bxa5 22. Na4 Qd6 (22... Ne6 23. Bh3) 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Rb2 Bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nec6 26.
Ra1 (26. Rb5 Nb4 $15) 26... Ne6 (26... Nb4 $2 27. Rxb4 cxb4 28. Bxb4 $13) 27.
Rb5 fxg3 28. hxg3 Nc7 29. Rab1 Nb4 30. Rxa5 Nxd3 31. Rb7 (31. Rxa6 $5 Nxa6 32.
Rb7 $15) 31... Rxa5 32. Qxa5 Ne8 33. Qa7 Qe6 34. Ng5 Qf6 $1 (34... Qxc4 35. Bh3
$1 $44) 35. f4 exf4 36. Nf3 fxg3 37. Bg5 Qe6 38. Re7 Qxc4 39. Qd7 (39. Bh3 Qc2
$19) 39... Qc2 40. Nd2 Qc1+ 41. Nf1 Qxg5 42. Rxe8 Nf4 43. e5 Ne2+ 44. Kh1 Qh4+
45. Bh3 g2+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 {Weiss möchte am
Damenflügel mit Rb1-b4 aktiv spielen, aber diese Fortsetzung ist theoretisch
nicht gefährlich, da Schwarz symmetrisch spielen kann.} a6 (5... b6) 6. Rb1 Rb8
7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 b5 9. cxb5 (9. c5 a5 $11) 9... axb5 10. Nf3 d5 (10... d6 11.
d4 Bg4 12. Be3 Nh6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. h3 O-O 15. O-O Na7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5
18. Ra1 Nc8 19. Bh6 Nb6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. d5 {1-0 Adorjan,A-Horvath,G/HUN-chT
1992/TD (47)}) 11. d4 Bf5 {Nach meiner persöhnlichen Meinung ist die
Alternative 11...e6 sicherer. Früher oder später muss Schwarz e7-e6 ziehen und
der f5B kann bei der Verteidigung des Damenflügels fehlen.} (11... e6 12. Bf4
Rb6 13. e4 {[#]} (13. h4 Nge7 14. h5 Nf5 15. e3 f6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8
18. g4 Nfe7 19. g5 e5 20. gxf6 exf4 21. fxe7 Qd6 22. exf4 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,
Z-Ftacnik,L/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (22)}) 13... Nf6 (13... Nge7 $5) 14. e5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Be3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Bxd4 20. O-O e5 21.
Bg5 (21. Bh6 $14) 21... Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/New York 1995/CBM 47
ext/}) (11... Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. e3 Nge7 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Bd2 Nf5
17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Nc1 O-O 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Nc5 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Vadasz,
L-Horvath,G/HUN-chT 1994/TD (21)}) 12. Rb3 Nf6 (12... Be4 13. e3 (13. Bf4 Rb6
14. e3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Be2 g5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxb5 Nge7 19. Bxc6+ Rxc6
20. b5 Rc4 21. O-O O-O 22. b6 Rb8 23. Qa1 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Lautier,J/Monte
Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (61)}) 13... Bxf3 (13... Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 Qd6 16.
f3 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. Nd3 Ne8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bd2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be1 Nc7
23. Bg3 Qd8 {0-1 Sorensen-Sorensen,J/Norresundby 1992/EXT 99 (44)}) 14. Bxf3 e6
15. Be2 Na7 16. Ra3 Qd7 17. e4 Ne7 18. Bf4 Rb7 19. exd5 exd5 20. O-O O-O 21.
Be5 {1/2-1/2 Kosten,A-Syre,C/Slough 1997/CBM 62 (49)}) 13. Ne5 (13. Bf4 Rb6 14.
Ne5 O-O 15. O-O Qc8 16. Qd2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Qd4 Qc4 19. Qxb6 Qxb3 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxb5 h6 22. Qb7 g5 23. Be3 Bxe5 24. Bxe4 Bh3 25. Bd5 Qb2 26. Qxe7
Bf6 27. Qe4 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 {1-0 Damaso,R-Silva,F/POR-ch 1995/EXT 97 (67)}) 13...
Rc8 {Schwarz verteidigt den c6N, aber der b5P bleibt ohne Unterstützung.} (
13... Qb6 $13 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rc6d4]}) 14. Nxc6 (14. Bb2) (14. Nxb5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Bc2 {[%cal Rc2b3,Rc2d1]} 16. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 14... Rxc6 15. O-O (15. Nxb5
$4 Bc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2b3,Rc2d1]}) 15... Ne4 {Schwarz kann zufrieden sein mit
dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung - bei symmetrischer Bauernstellung steht er sehr
bequem. Er muss noch rochieren, aber sein Turm auf c6 steht aktiver als der
weisse Turm auf b3.} (15... O-O $11) 16. Bb2 (16. Nxb5 $6 Qb6 $36) 16... O-O (
16... Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Bxc3 O-O $11) 17. e3 Rc4 (17... Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc4
(18... Rxc3 $11) 19. Qd2 $11 Rxb4 20. Rc5 $132) 18. Qe2 (18. Nxb5 $2 Nxg3 $1
$17 {[%cal Rf5c2,Rc2b3,Rc2d1]}) 18... Nxc3 (18... Qd7 $11) 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 (19...
Rxb4 20. Rc5 $11) 20. Bxc3 Qd7 {Es ist schwer vorzustellen, dass Schwarz diese
Partie verliert.} 21. Rc1 Ra8 {Schwarz spielt auf Gewinn, aber der einfache
Turmzug nach c8 scheint logischer zu sein.} (21... Rc8 $11) 22. Bb2 $1 {
[%cal Rc1c5,Rc5b5,Rc5d5]} h5 $6 {Schwarz moechte e7-e6 ziehen hat aber Angst
von g3-g4, so sichert er die f5-Läuferstellung.} (22... Rb8 23. Rc5 e6 24. g4
Be4 25. f3 Bb1 $11) 23. Rc5 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5][%cal Rc5b5,Rb5d5]} e6 24. Rxb5
(24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Ra2 $132) 24... Bf8 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Qd2 Ra2 {[#]} 27.
Rc5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Tigran Petrosian wäre zufrieden! Weiss opfert die
Qualität und es scheint, dass der weisse dunkelfarbige Läufer viel wertvoller
ist als der schwarze Turm.} Bxc5 (27... Qb7 28. Qc3 $16) 28. dxc5 {[%cal Rd2d4,
Rd2c3,Rb2h8]} Qe5 (28... e5 29. Bxe5 Rxd2 30. Bxc7 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]}) 29.
Bxe5 Rxd2 30. c6 {[%csl Gb4,Gc6]} Rc2 31. c7 Rc1 (31... f6 32. b5 fxe5 (32...
Rc1 33. b6 Bh3 34. c8=Q+ Rxc8 35. b7 $18 (35. Bc7 $18 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rb6b7]})
(35. Bxh3 Rc1+ (35... fxe5 36. Bxe6+ {[%cal Re6c8,Re6g8]}) 36. Kg2 fxe5 37. b7
Rb1 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Bxd5 $16)) 33. b6 $18) 32. b5 {Die weissen verbundenen
Freibauern sind sehr stark. Das schwarze Hauptproblem bestet darin, dass der
f5B ausser Spiel ist.} d4 {[%cal Gf5e4,Ge4b7]} (32... Bd3 33. c8=Q+ Rxc8 34.
Bxd3 $18) 33. exd4 Be4 34. Bf4 {Der Turm muss entweder die c-Linie oder die
Grundreihe verlassen.} Rc2 35. Bg2 Bd3 (35... Bxg2 36. Kxg2 $18) 36. Bb7 $18 {
[%csl Gc7]} (36. b6 $18) 36... e5 37. c8=Q+ Rxc8 38. Bxc8 exf4 39. b6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 {Das ist die traditionelle Fortsetzung,
aber 4.e3 ist auch spielbar.} g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. O-O a5 8. Ne1 {[%csl
Yd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Weiß folgt dem typischen Plan - das d5-Feld ist
ein positionelles Loch in der schwarzen Stellung, so bereitet Weiß das Manöver
Nc2-Ne3-Ned5 (oder Ncd5) vor. Andererseits ist die schwarze Stellung sehr fest.
} Be6 (8... Nge7 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5]}) 9. Nd5 (9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2
d5 $11) 9... Nge7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc2 Rb8 {Mit diesem Zug bereitet Schwarz den
Zug b7-b5 vor, aber ich glaube, es wäre besser mit 11...a4 am Damenflügel Raum
zu gewinnen.} (11... a4 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bd2 Nb3 16.
Ne3 f5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. e3 Rb8 19. Nc3 Qd7 {0-1 Krivoshey,S-Khasin,A/Koszalin
1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) 12. Bg5 $5 {Das ist ein chancenreicher Plan für Weiß -
die Fesselung des e7-Springers ist sehr unangenehm für Schwarz und er muss
auch mit 13.Nf6+ rechnen.} (12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Ncxb4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4
d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rb1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1
e4 {1/2-1/2 Tikhomirov,S-Andreev,E/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) 12... f6 {Dieser
Zug ist praktisch erzwungen, aber der g7B bleibt nun eingeschlossen.} (12... b5
$2 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 (13... Kh8 $2 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 (14... h6 15. Bxb5 hxg5 16. Ne4
$16) 15. Nxh7 $18) 14. Bxf6 Qd7 15. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Gf6,Gg2,Rg8][%cal Gd2h6]})
13. Bd2 b5 14. b3 Kh8 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung kann Schwarz die Diagonale des
g7-Läufers öffnen mit 14...f5, was mir logischer scheint.} (14... f5 15. Rb1 b4
16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bg5 f4 19. e3 h6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. exf4 exf4
22. Re1 Be5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Schneider,B-Polgar,S/Bad Mergentheim
1989/EXT 97 (29)}) (14... Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. a4 b4
19. Rae1 {1-0 Karlsson,L-Hedman,E/Hallsberg 1996/EXT 2001 (46)}) 15. Nc3 {
Der Springer kommt zurück, denn Weiß möchte die Stellung am Damenflügel klären.
} (15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. cxb5 (16. Ne3 $11) 16... Rxb5 (16... Bxb3 17. a4 $14) 17.
b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nxb4 Qd7 $11) 15... a4 $13 {Dieser Zug führt zu
komplitziertem Spiel, aber die ruhige Alternative kommt auch in Betracht.} (
15... b4 $142 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nd5 f5 $11) 16. cxb5 (16. bxa4 bxc4 $17) (16.
Nxb5 axb3 17. Ne3 (17. Ne1 d5 $15) 17... Nd4 $15) 16... axb3 17. bxc6 bxc2 18.
Qxc2 Bb3 (18... d5 19. Na4 Nxc6 20. Nxc5 $14) 19. Qc1 {Weiß hat einen Bauern
mehr, aber sein c6P ist nicht haltbar. Andererseits ist der entfernte a3P eine
potenzielle Gefahr für Schwarz.} d5 (19... Qc8 20. a4 Nxc6 21. Nb5 Qd7 $13) 20.
a4 Nxc6 21. Be3 $5 {Der Läuferzug ist auf den ersten Blick unnatürlich, aber
Weiß beginnt den konkreten Kampf.} (21. Nb5 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxb5 $17) 21... Nd4 (
21... Qa5 22. Nxd5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Ne7 $16 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gc6a5,Gc6b8]})
22. a5 c4 $2 {[%cal Gb8c8,Gc8c1] Dieser Zug ist zu optimistisch - Schwarz
möchte die c-Linie öffnen.} (22... Qd6) (22... Rf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7a7,Ga7a5]}) 23.
a6 cxd3 (23... Rf7 24. a7 Ra8 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Bxd5 $16) 24. exd3 Rc8 {
[%cal Rc8c1,Rd4e2] Droht 25...Rxc3 und 26...Ne2+ mit Gewinn.} 25. Bxd4 exd4 26.
Qa3 $1 {Natürlich hat Weiß dieses Figurenopfer schon früher geplant. Die
Hauptrolle spielt der a-Bauer.} Rxc3 {[%mdl 1024]} (26... dxc3 27. Qxb3 $16 {
[%csl Ga6][%cal Gg2a8]}) 27. a7 Qa8 {Die Dame steht passiv in der Ecke, aber
Schwarz hat nichts anderes.} 28. Rfb1 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga1a8,Gb1b8] Weiß hat
eine Figur weniger, aber seine Figuren stehen ausgezeichnet am Damenflügel.}
Rf7 {[%cal Gf7a7]} (28... Bc2 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 (29... Qxf8 30. Rb8 $18) 30. Rb8
Rc8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. a8=Q Qxa8 33. Rxa8 $16) 29. Qd6 $1 (29. Rxb3 Rxb3 (29...
Rxa7 $2 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxb3 32. Ra8+ $18) 30. Qxb3 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Qxa7
32. Bxd5 f5 $11) 29... Rb7 $2 (29... Rc8 $8 {Schwarz muss seine Grundlinie
verteidigen.} 30. Rxb3 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Qxa7 32. Bxd5 $36) {[#]} 30. Rxb3 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} Rcxb3 (30... Rbxb3 31. Bxd5 $18) 31. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Ga7][%cal
Rd5a8] Schwarz hat einen Turm mehr, aber er kann sich nicht gegen den
vielseitige Drohungen verteidigen.} R3b5 (31... h5 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Qd5 $18)
32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Qc6 {Droht 34.Qxb7 Qxb7 35.a8Q mit Gewinn und Schwarz hat
keine Verteidigung.} (33. Qc6 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxc6 35. Rb8+ Bf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37.
a8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 $5 h6 (10... Rb8 11. Qc1 $6 (11. Qa4 $5 Bd7 12. Nb5 $6 (
12. Rfc1 $5) 12... Na7 $1 13. Bxa5 Qe8 $15 {Mednis-Schlüssler Palma de
Mallorca GMA op 1989 48/58}) 11... b6 12. Nb5 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc4 Ba6 $1
15. Qb3 Nde7 $13 {Schulz,Ka-Espig,L DDR ch Zittau 1989 CBM 12}) 11. Qa4 $5 (11.
Ne1 Rb8 $6 (11... Be6 $5) 12. Nc2 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4
16. Rxb4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qb3 $14 {
Raaste-Lauren Suomi 1977}) 11... Bd7 12. Rfc1 Nd4 13. Qd1 a4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. b4 $1 axb3 18. Qxb3 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 (19... bxc6 $2
20. a4 $14 {/\ a5}) 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxb7 Rxa3 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Rcb1 Bf8 24. g4
g5 25. Bg3 Ra2 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re1 Raa8 28. Reb1 Ra2 29. R1b2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Kg7
31. Kg2 Kg6 32. Kf3 h5 33. h3 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 f5 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Rb7 Be7 37.
Rb6 Rf8 $1 38. Kg2 (38. Bxd6 $2 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Ke5+ $19) 38... Rf6 39. Rb8 Re6
40. Kf1 Bf6 41. Rg8 Be5 42. Rf8+ Kg6 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg5
f6 $5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 (11. Rb1 Be6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rfc1 b6 $13 {
Psakhis,L-Gschnitzer,O Wien op 1990 CBM/21}) 11... Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 (14. Ne3 Nde7 15. Ne4 b6 16. b4 $13 {Landenbergue,C-Mainka,R Prague
Bohemians-A 1990 CBM/17}) 14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Ne3 (16. b4 cxb4 17.
axb4 a4 18. Ne3 Qb5 $13) 16... Qe6 17. Rc1 b6 18. Rc4 Nd4 19. Ng2 a4 $1 $15 20.
Bc3 Nb3 21. f4 f5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 b5 24. Rc3 Kh8 25. e3 Qxe5 26. Rf4
Rad8 27. Qf1 Kg7 28. h4 h6 29. Rc2 Rf6 30. Kh2 g5 31. Rf3 Rdf8 32. Rcf2 Qe6 33.
Kg1 Na5 34. Qc1 Nc6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Ne5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. gxf5 Rxf5 39. e4
Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 Rxf3 41. Qxg5+ Kf8 42. Qxc5+ Qe7 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qg4 Qc5+ 45.
Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kg1 Rxd3 47. Qe2 Qd4+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Qg3 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51.
Qe2 Qf3 52. Qxf3 Rxf3 53. Nh4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Sonnevanck 3rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 $6 (10. Bd2 $5) 10... f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Qc2 (12. Ne1 $5
f5 13. Nc2 d5 14. b3 $1 d4 $6 (14... Qd7 $5) 15. Nb5 f4 16. b4 $14 {Petrosian,
T-Radulov,I/Amsterdam/1973/}) 12... b6 (12... d5 $2 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxc5 $16) 13. Na4 d5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 $1 16. Ne1 (16. dxe4 $2 dxe4
17. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) 16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg4 (17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rxa4 19. cxd5
Nxd5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. dxe4 $13) 18. Nc3 (18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 Bd7 20. b5 Be6
$15) 18... exd3 19. Nxd3 dxc4 20. Nf4 (20. Bxa8 cxd3 21. Bf3 dxe2 22. Bxe2 Bxe2
23. Nxe2 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxd2 $19) 20... Ra7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. h3 Bf5 23. e4 Bc8
24. Re1 Nec6 25. Ncd5 Ra2 26. Bc3 Kh8 27. Rb6 Rf7 28. Bxd4 (28. Bf1 Ne5 $17)
28... Nxd4 29. Bf1 Rd2 $1 30. Qc1 g5 $1 31. Nh5 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Rxd5 33. exd5 Nxe1
34. Rb8 Qxd5+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Rf8 37. Bg2 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 Nxb4 (7...
cxb4 8. axb4 Nxb4 9. Ba3 $146) 8. axb4 cxb4 9. Ne4 Bxa1 10. Qa4 $5 (10. Nd6+
Kf8 11. Qa4 Bf6 12. Qxb4 Qb6 13. Qa3 $146 {Sunye-Ghizdavu USA 1978 25/87})
10... Bg7 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Qxb4 Kg8 $5 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxg5 15. Bf3 h5 16.
h4 Qd8 17. c5 $146 a5 18. Qa4 Rb8 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Qf4+ Qf6 21. Qxb8 Qe5
22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. e3 $14 Bc7 24. Bb2 Rh7 25. O-O b5 26. cxb6 Bxb6 27. Bc3 d5
28. Rb1 Bc7 29. Ra1 Bd7 30. Bxa5 Be5 31. Rc1 (31. Rb1 $5) 31... Rh8 32. d4 Bd6
33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxe4 Rb8 35. Rc3 Be8 36. Rf3+ Ke7 37. Bd2 Rc8 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39.
Bf6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Re1 41. Re3 Rc1 42. Re2 Be7 43. Be5 Bd6 44. Rc2 Rxc2 45. Bxc2
Ba3 46. Bf6 Kd6 47. g4 Bb4 48. Kg3 Be1 49. g5 Ba5 50. Be4 Be1 51. Bd8 Bd2 52.
Bb6 Ke7 53. Bc5+ Kf7 54. d5 exd5 55. Bxd5+ Kg7 56. Bd4+ Kf8 57. f4 Bd7 58. Be4
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nettetal"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "1992.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Moiseev, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Nf3 (6. e3 Bxc3 $5 7. bxc3
Qc7 8. d3 f5 9. Nh3 e5 10. O-O Nf6 $13 {Seirawan,Y-Andersson,U Tilburg 1990
CBM/20}) (6. Rb1 Nf6 $6 (6... a5 $5) 7. Nh3 Nh5 8. d3 O-O 9. Nf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4
h6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. b4 $14 {Chernin-Pekarek Praha 1989 48/51}) 6... Nh6 $1 7. d3
Nf5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Nce4 (12. O-O $10) 12... Ne5
13. b4 $6 (13. O-O $5) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Ba4 15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Rb2 (16. bxc5
Nb3 17. Rxb3 Bxb3 18. O-O Ra1 $1 19. Qxa1 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 d5 $1 $17
) 16... Bc2 $1 17. f4 (17. Rxc2 Ra1 $19) 17... Bxd3 18. Bc3 (18. fxe5 Nxe2 19.
Qd1 Bxe5 $17) 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxc4 20. Rb1 d5 $1 $19 21. Bd3 Na3 22. Bxd4
Bxd4 23. Rb3 Nc4 24. Bb1 cxb4 25. f5 Qb6 26. Rf1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "SWE-DEN"]
[Site "Helsingborg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 {6...Nh6 7.a3,
Nf5 Zueger,B-Kindermann,S Bern zt 1990 CBM/17} 7. b3 Nh6 {7...Nf6 8.Bb2, 0-0
Chernin,A-Ivanov,I New York op 1989 CBM/12} 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 Qc8 {9...Nf5!?}
10. d4 Bg4 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qc1 Bh3 13. Nd5 $1 {/^ b2,g7} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nf5
15. Rd1 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ f6 18. Rd2 Kf7 19. Rad1 b6 20. a3 g5 21. h3
h5 22. e4 Nfd4 23. b4 e6 24. b5 g4 {24...exd5 25.bxc6, dxe4 26.Nxd4, cxd4 27.
Rxd4, Qxc6? 28.Rd6 +/-} 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 {26...Nxd4 27.Ne3, e5} 27.
Qc1 $1 Ne5 {27...exd5 28.bxc6, dxe4 29.Rxd4 +/=} 28. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 29. Rxd4 Kg6
{29...Ng6 30.e5+! ~/=} 30. Qf4 Qc5 31. Rd6 Re7 32. R1d5 $1 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. d3 (7. d4
$5 cxd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. e3 Bg4 (9... Nge7 $5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4
O-O 13. O-O d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nc5 {remis Winants,
L-Polgar,J Wijk-B 1990 CBM/17}) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nge7 12. exd4 exd4 13. Bf4
Be5 14. Bh6 Nf5 15. Qd2 $1 $146 {Miles-Kudrin Los Angeles 1991  53/58}) 7...
Nge7 8. O-O d6 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Ne3 $5) 14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qe6 $13 {Gausel,
E-Cramling,P Stockholm 1990 CBM/22}) 9... O-O 10. Rb1 (10. Ne1 {Ernst /\
Ne1-c2-e3-d5, b2-b4} Be6 11. Nc2 d5 $1 $10) 10... Rb8 $5 (10... h6 11. Qa4 Bd7
12. Rfc1 Nd4 13. Qd1 a4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. b4 $14 {
Csom,I-Schmittdiel,E Budapest Noviki-A CBM/19}) 11. Qa4 Bg4 $5 (11... Bd7 12.
Rfc1 Nd4 (12... Na7 {Ernst} 13. Qd1 b5) 13. Qd1 Ne6 14. b4 $14 {Gronn,
A-Bergstrom,R Gausdal International 1991 CBM/25}) (11... h6 {Ernst} 12. Rfc1
Be6 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nc2 Bh3 15. Bh1 $6 f5 $40 {Maric,A-Cramling,P/Belgrad m/
1988/}) 12. Nb5 (12. Rfc1 Qd7 $13 (12... Nd4 {Ernst} 13. Nxd4 exd4 {e2 fällt}))
(12. h3 Bd7 $1 $13 (12... Bd7 {Ernst} 13. Rfc1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 (15.
Bxf3 Bxh3))) 12... Qd7 13. Qc2 Rfe8 (13... b6 $5) 14. Rfc1 b6 (14... d5 {Ernst}
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qc4 $5 {/\ Nf3-g5} (16. Qxc5 Nd4)) 15. e4 (15. b4 $1 {Ernst})
15... Rf8 (15... f5 {Ernst} 16. h3 $1) 16. Ne1 Bh3 17. f3 (17. Bxh3 {Ernst}
Qxh3 18. Nxd6 Nd4 19. Qd1 f5 $40) 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 (18. Kxg2 $5 {Ernst})
18... Qh3 19. Rf1 (19. Nxd6 $2 Nd4 20. Qd1 Rbd8 (20... Qd7 {Ernst} 21. Nb5 Nxb5
22. cxb5 Qxd3 23. a4 Rbd8 $17) 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Rxd3 $17) 19... f5 20. Bc3
(20. Nxd6 $2 Nd4 21. Qd1 Rbd8 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Rxd3 $17) 20... f4 $1 21.
gxf4 (21. g4 $1 {Ernst}) 21... exf4 22. Bxg7 (22. Nxd6 {Ernst} Nd4 23. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 g5 25. Nb5 Nc6 $40) 22... Kxg7 23. Qc3+ (23. Nxd6 {Ernst} Nd4 24.
Qc3 Kg8 $19) 23... Kg8 24. d4 (24. Nxd6 Nd4 $17) (24. Rf2 {Ernst}) 24... g5 25.
d5 g4 $1 26. fxg4 (26. dxc6 g3 27. hxg3 fxg3 $19) (26. Ne1 $5 {Ernst} Ne5 27.
Nxd6 (27. Rf2 $2 g3 28. Rg2 $2 N7g6 29. Nxd6 Nh4 30. Qxe5 Qxg2+ $1 31. Nxg2
Nxf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxe5) 27... g3 28. Qc2 Rf6 $17 {/\ ...Nd6xc4}) 26... f3 27. Rf2 (
27. Ne3 {Ernst} f2+ 28. Kh1 Rf3 $19 29. dxc6 Rxe3 30. Qf6 Rf8) (27. Ne1 {Ernst}
Ne5 28. Nxd6 Nxg4 29. Nxf3 Rxf3 $1 30. Rxf3 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd6 $17) 27... Nd4
$1 (27... fxg2 $2 {Ernst} 28. Qxh3) 28. Nxd4 (28. Rbf1 {Ernst} Ne2+ 29. Rxe2
fxe2 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxh3 Rf1#) (28. Nxd6 {Ernst} Qh6 {/\ ...f3xg2}) (28.
Re1 {Ernst} Ng6 {/\ ...Qxg4}) 28... cxd4 29. Qxd4 (29. Qd3 {Ernst} Ng6 {
/\ ...Ng6-e5}) 29... fxg2 30. Rxg2 Ng6 $19 31. Rg3 Qh4 32. Qe3 Ne5 33. Qe2 Rf4
34. Rf1 Rbf8 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Kg2 Rxg4 37. b3 Rxg3+ 38. hxg3 Qg5 39. Qf2 Qg4
40. Qxb6 (40. Qf4 {Ernst} a4 $1) 40... Qxe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kh3
(43. Qf2 {Ernst} Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 a4 $1) 43... Qf1+ 44. Kh4 Qf5 45. Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2112]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 (3. e4 $5 {Kortschnoj spielte diesen
starken Zug gegen Karpov in Baguio 1978 (11.Partie). Wir haben eigentlich eine
Sizilianische Verteidigung, aber dort kann Schwarz nach 1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5!
spielen. Ribli.}) 3... g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 $5 {Ein interessantes
zeitweiliges Bauernopfer.} cxd4 (6... Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 $1 $44 {Chernin,
A-Wolff,P/New York-op/1989/CBM12/}) 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 {Das ist die
einfache Antwort. Die Alternative führt zu unklaren Komplikationen.} (8... Qa5+
9. Nd2 $1 (9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 $1 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. cxb7 Bxb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7
14. Nf3 $8 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qa5 (16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb3 Rd7 18. Qxb7 Rxb7 19.
Rd1 Nd5 20. Nd4 Rc4 21. Nb3 Rb5 22. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Soppe,G-Slipak,S/Pena City
1996/CBM 55 ext (22)}) 16... Nc6 17. Qa4 Rd5 18. Rb1 a5 19. Be3 Rb5 20. Rfc1
Rb8 21. b3 Ne7 22. Rc2 Nd5 {0-1 Foisor,O-Ungureanu,E/Tusnad 1997/EXT 99 (35)})
9... exd5 10. a4 (10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nb3
Qa6 15. Nxd4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bg5+ Kf8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Ne6+ fxe6 20. Qd8+
Kf7 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 Qa3 25. Qxe6# {1-0 McNab,
C-Coleman,D/Eastbourne 1990/EXT 97 (25)}) 10... Nf6 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. b4 $3 Nxb4
13. Ba3 Qc5 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Qd2 a5 17. Nxa5 Bf8 18. O-O Rxa5 19.
Qxd4 Ra6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Qf4 {1-0 McNab,C-Markowski,T/Koszalin 1997/CBM 59
ext (21)}) 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nbxd4 O-O {Schwarz hat einen isolierten Bauern,
aber er kontrolliert stark das Feld d4 und sein Läufer g7 steht aktiv.} 11. Bg5
$6 {Dieser Zug ist scheinbar aktiv, aber es wäre wichtiger, das Feld d4 zu
sichern.} (11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 $5 (12. Re1 Bg4 (12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Nd4
Be4 15. Rc1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 $11) 13. Qd2 (13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qb5
d4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rc8 {0-1 Foisor,O-Lesiege,A/Hyeres 1992/TD (55)})
13... Bxf3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf3 Nf5 16. Bc5 Qf6 17. Rab1 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Vaulin,A-Ulibin,M/Nizhnij Tagil 1998/EXT 99 (71)}) (12. Qd2 Nf5 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 a5 17. e3 Bd7 18. Nd4 a4 19. Rfd1
Rab8 20. Qc2 Rb6 21. b3 Reb8 22. e4 Qb4 23. Ne2 axb3 24. axb3 d4 25. Qd2 Qxd2
26. Rxd2 Rxb3 27. Nxd4 Rb1 28. Ne2 Bg4 29. f3 Bh6 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxb1 Be3+
32. Kf1 Be6 33. Ke1 c5 34. Nf4 Bd2+ 35. Kf2 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 c4 38.
Rc1 Rb2 39. Bh3 Bxh3 40. Kxh3 Rb4 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Ke2
Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Rxh2 46. Rxc4 h5 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc5 h4 {1/2-1/2 Ledger,A-Ward,C/
ENG 1992/CBM 30 ext (48)}) 12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 (14. Rc5 d4 15. Nxd4
Bxd4 16. Rxc6 Bxe3 17. Rd6 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Barbero,G/Thessaloniki
1984/EXT 97-B (33)}) 14... d4 (14... Be4 $5) 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. h3 Qb6
18. g4 Be6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rfd1 Nc6 {1-0 Adianto-Gheorghiu/Biel
op, SW 1998 (45)}) 11... Qb6 $1 12. Nxc6 $6 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 Bg4 $11)
12... Nxc6 13. Qxd5 Qxb2 $15 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gg7a1] Wir haben eine Stellung,
die für die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung typisch ist. Dank seines Läufers
auf g7 hat Schwarz die Initiative.} 14. Qc4 (14. Rab1 Qxe2 15. Rfe1 Qa6 16. Bf1
$15) 14... Be6 15. Qh4 (15. Qa4 Qxe2 16. Rfe1 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Rab1 Ba6
$17) 15... Qxe2 (15... Bxa2 16. Bh6 $44) 16. Rfe1 Qc4 17. Re4 (17. Qxc4 Bxc4
18. Rab1 Ba6 $17) 17... Qxe4 $5 {Weiß gibt die Dame für zwei Türme.} (17... Qd3
18. Rae1 Bxa2 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qd8 $17) 18. Qxe4 Bxa1 19. Qb1 {[%cal
Rb1a1,Rb1b7]} Bg7 20. Qxb7 Nd4 (20... Rfc8 $17 {Die Stellung ist materiell
gleich, aber die zwei Türme sind hier wertvoller als die Dame.}) 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Qe4 (22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxa8 Bxa2 $19 {[%csl Ga7] Und Schwarz muß mit dem
a-Freibauern gewinnen.}) 22... Rab8 23. h4 (23. Qxd4 Rb1+ 24. Bf1 Bh3 $19 {
[%csl Rf1,Rg1]}) 23... Rb4 {[%cal Rd4f2,Rb4e4]} 24. Kh2 {[%cal Rg5e7,Rf8b4,
Re7f8]} Bc5 (24... Bxa2 $5 25. Bd2 (25. Be7 Re8 $19 (25... Bc5 26. Qe5 Bxe7 27.
Qxe7 a5 $17)) 25... Bc3 26. Qc2 Bxd2 27. Qxa2 Rd4 28. Qxa7 Rfd8 $17 {Schwarz
hat den einfachen Plan, den weißen Bauern f2 anzugreifen. Weiß ist ohne
Gegenspiel.}) 25. Qe5 Rc8 (25... Bxf2 $2 26. Bh6 Bd4 27. Qd6 {[%cal Rd6b4,
Rd6f8]} Rfb8 28. a3 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 26. Bd2 Bd4 (26... Ra4 27. Bc3 Kf8 28.
Bb7 $18) 27. Qf4 Bc3 28. Qe3 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Ra4 {Die weiße Stellung wirkt
kritisch. Der bauer a2 hängt und ohne Läufer wäre das Endspiel auch schwierig.}
30. Bd5 Bxd5 (30... Rd8 31. Qc2) 31. Qxd5 {Schwarz steht in diesem Endspiel
etwas besser, denn seine theoretische Drohung ist, z.B. einen Bauern zweimal
angreifen und wenn die Dame und der König ihn dann verteidigen, nimmt Schwarz
trotzdem und erreicht ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel.  Aber die
Remiswahrscheinlichkeit ist trotdem sehr hoch. Ein ähnliches Endspiel war in
der Schnellpartie Karpov - Polgar,J, Budapest RapidWettkampf 3.Partie (Weiß:
Kg1,Rb1,Rc1,Pa2,Pf2,Pg2,Ph3; Schwarz: Kg8,Qe4,Pa7,Pf7,Pg6,Ph7). Letzlich
konnte Karpov eine Gewinnstellung erreichen, aber überschritt die Zeit.} h5 (
31... Rac4 32. h5 $5 R4c5 33. Qb7 Rxh5+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Qxa7 Rf5 36. a4 $11)
32. Qd7 $1 $11 {[%csl Gd7] Die Dame steht aktiv. Schwarz kann daher nicht
gleichzeitig den a7-Bauern verteidigen,die Türme verbinden und das Dauerschach
verhindern.} Rcc4 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ {Schwarz hat kein
Schlupfloch, Weiß gibt Dauerschach.} Ke7 36. Qe5+ Kd8 37. Qd5+ {[%cal Rd5f7,
Rd5d8]} Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. Qb8+ (41. Qh8+ $11)
41... Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qe8 Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Qe8 Kg7 {Und endlich wurde
Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Schwarz hat keine Angst vor der
Schwächung des Feldes d5 und möchte mit folgendem ...Nge7 seine Entwicklung
elastisch beenden. Ribli.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O (6. d3 {Das ist eine
andere interessante weiße Möglichkeit. Statt der Rochade strebt er sofort nach
d5.} Nge7 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ne3) 6... Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne1 {[%csl Yd5]
[%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Der weiße Springer strebt nach d5.} d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10.
Ne3 Qd7 11. Ned5 {Auf ersten Blick kann Weiß zufrieden sein. Er kontrolliert
das Feld d5, das aber die einzige Schwäche der schwarzen Stellung ist.} (11.
Ncd5 Bh3 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Rb1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Ng4 Nf5 17. b4
b6 18. Qe1 h5 19. Nf2 Bh6 20. Rg1 Kh7 {0-1 Karkus,K-Pavlin,V/Budapest 1996/EXT
99 (46)}) (11. a3) 11... Bh3 12. Ne4 (12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 (14.
cxd5 Ne7 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. b4 Rac8 17. Ne4 f6 18. Be3 b6 19. Qb3 h6 20. a4 Nxe3+
21. fxe3 f5 22. Nc3 h5 {0-1 Granda Zuniga,J-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires 1993/
CBM 35 (35)}) 14... Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b4 f5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Qb3 b6 19.
Qb5 Rad8 20. Kg1 e4 21. dxe4 Qxe4 22. Be3 h6 {0-1 Teijeiro,B-Granados Gomez,M/
Torrevieja 1997/CBM 60 ext (32)}) (12. a3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne7 (
14... Rab8 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 b5 17. e4 f5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Qa4 Rfb8 20. Bd2
R5b7 21. Rfc1 {1-0 Hulak,K-Sermek,D/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (29)}) (14... f5 15.
Rb1 Rae8 16. f3 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. e4 f4 19. g4 Bf6 {0-1 Hartoch,R-Timman,
J/Wijk aan Zee 1971/MCL (64)}) 15. e4 Nxd5 16. cxd5 a5 17. Bd2 b5 18. b4 cxb4
19. axb4 a4 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Ra2 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Petek,P-Gonzalez,P/Medellin 1996/
Juniors (21)}) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxh3 (13. cxd5 Ne7 {Das ist nur Zugumstellung
zur Partiefortsetzung.} (13... Bxg2 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Kxg2 f5 $5)) 13... Qxh3
14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Nxd6 (15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Bg5 (16. Bh6 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a4 (
18. f4 Nd4 19. Qd1 exf4 20. Rxf4 f5 21. Nc3 Rae8 {0-1 Portugues,R-Llanes
Hurtado,M/Los Barrios 1995/EXT 98 (30)}) 18... Nd4 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. e3 Nf5 21.
Nc3 a6 22. a5 Qc7 23. Qa4 Ne7 24. Nd1 Qd7 $13 {Shumiakina,T-Teodorescu,M/
Bucharest 1993/EXT 99}) 16... f6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. e3 Rae8 19. a4 Nh6 20. Qb5 Qe7
21. f4 Nf7 22. a5 f5 23. Nf2 a6 24. Qb6 g5 25. Rae1 Qd7 $13 {0-1 Sandkamp,
R-Heyken,E/BL8788 1988/GER-chT (34)}) (15. Nc3 f5 $15) 15... Qd7 16. Ne4 Qxd5
$11 {Schwarz kontrolliert mit seinen Bauern c5 und e5 das Zentrum, aber sein
Läufer ist noch nicht aktiv.} 17. Bh6 {Weiß kann so die Läufer tauschen, denn
17...Bxh6 geht nicht wegen 18.Nf6+.} (17. Qc2 b6 $11) (17. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 18. axb3
b6 $15) 17... Nc6 (17... b6 $11) 18. Rc1 b6 19. a3 Rad8 {[%csl Yd4] In solchen
Stellungen ist das Feld d4 eine positionelle Schwäche. Weiß hat zwar keine
schweren Probleme, kann sich aber keine Hoffnung auf aktives Spiel machen.} 20.
Bxg7 (20. Nc3 Qd7 (20... Qe6)) 20... Kxg7 21. Qa4 {[%cal Gc1c6,Ga4c6,Rb2b4]} a5
$15 {Schwarz verhindert den Zug 22.b4.} 22. Rfe1 f5 23. Nc3 Qd6 (23... Qe6) 24.
e3 $5 {Weiß schwächt freiwillig den d3-Bauern, aber verteidigt sich gegen ...
Nd4.} Rf6 {Jetzt hängt d3, denn der Springer auf c6 ist zusätzlich verteidigt.
Später kann Schwarz ...Rf6-d6 spielen.} 25. Qb3 {[%csl Rb6]} Qb8 (25... Qxd3 $6
26. Qxb6 $14) 26. Red1 h5 27. Nd5 (27. h4) 27... a4 28. Qa2 Rfd6 {[%cal Gd8d1]}
29. Nc3 (29. e4 $6 Nd4 $17 {[%csl Gd4]}) 29... Rxd3 (29... b5 $15) 30. Rxd3
Rxd3 31. Nxa4 h4 $6 (31... Qd8 $15) 32. gxh4 $2 (32. Qc4 $1 e4 33. Qb5 $132 {
Schwarz entfaltet gefährliche Initiative am Königsflügel, aber jetzt hängt b6
und nach 33...Ne5 kommt 34.Nxc5.}) 32... e4 $17 33. Rc3 $2 (33. Qe6 Rd6 34. Qb3
Ne5 35. Kg2 (35. Qc3 Rd3 $19) 35... Nf3 $17) 33... Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ne5 (34... Qh8
$19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rh8h5,Rh5f3,Rh8h4]}) 35. Qb3 Ng4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Rb8h2]} 36. f4 (36. Qxd1 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qxf2#) 36... exf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qxh2 {
[%csl Rf3] Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 {Diese symmetrische Variante ist
theoretisch nicht gefährlich für Schwarz, aber der georgische Großmeister
spielt sie gern und erfolgreich.} Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 {Eine elastische Fortsetzung,
wonach Schwarz seinen Königsspringer auf e7 entwickeln kann. Die Alternativen
sind 5...Nf6 und 5...e5.} 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß die
Antwort 7...h6 provozieren.} h6 8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 (
11... d4 $6 12. Na4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) (11... a5 $5) 12. Qc1 $5 {Hier sehen
wir die Idee des Zuges 7.Bg5: Weiß kann den Damenzug mit Tempo spielen.} Kh7
13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 dxc4 (14... Qd7 15. b5 Nd8 16. c5 $1 bxc5 17. Na4 $14 c4
18. dxc4 dxc4 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Qxc4 {1-0 Jobava,B-Kovacevic,A/Leon 2001/(27)})
15. dxc4 Qc8 (15... Rc8 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. c5 Nd8 18. Qa3 Ra8 19. b5 bxc5 20. Na4
$14 {0-1 Tadic,B-Ninov,N/Belgrade 2003/(35)}) 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bc3 $5 {[%mdl 4]}
e5 (17... Bxc3 $2 18. Qxc3 $18) (17... Qc7 $2 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 (18... Kh8 19. e4
Nfe7 20. Ne8 $1 $18) 19. Bxf6 $16) (17... Ncd4 $6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 (18... Nxd4 19.
Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nd6 $18) 19. e3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rb8 22. Rfd1 $16) 18.
e3 $14 {[%cal Ge3d4] Auf diese Weise kontrolliert er das d4-Feld. Wegen seines
aktiveren Figurenspiels steht Weiß etwas besser.} Qc7 19. c5 {Ein üblicher
Plan in dieser Variante, Weiß mobilisiert seinen c-Bauern.} Nce7 (19... bxc5 $2
20. Nxc5 $16) 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Bd2 (21. g4 $5 Nfxe3 (21... Nfe7 22. g5) 22. fxe3
Nxe3 23. Qe2 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 f6 (24... f5 $2 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Nfg5+ hxg5 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Nxg5 $18) 25. Nh4 $14) 21... a5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rfd1 (23. g4
Nfe7 24. g5 $14) 23... Kg8 24. h4 (24. g4 $1 Nfe7 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. g5 $16) 24...
a4 25. h5 Kh8 26. Rbc1 (26. g4 Nfe7 27. Nd6 $16) 26... Qc6 27. g4 Nfe7 28. Nd6
{[%csl Gd6][%cal Gg2a8][%mdl 2048] Weiß besitzt das bessere Figurenspiel und
kontrolliert die wichtigsten Felder.} gxh5 29. gxh5 Bc8 30. e4 $1 Nf4 (30...
Nc7 31. Bxh6 Bxh6 32. Nxe5 Qa6 33. Nexf7+ $18) 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. e5 $16 {
[%csl Gg2][%cal Gg2a8]} Qa6 (32... Bh3 33. Bh1 (33. Bxh3 Qxf3 34. Bg2 Qg4)
33... Qa6 34. Nd4 Bxe5 35. Kh2 $16) 33. Nd4 $1 Bg4 (33... Bxe5 34. Qe4 $18 {
[%cal Rg2a8,Re4e5]}) 34. Re1 Rab8 (34... f3 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Qc6 37. Nd4
$16) 35. Ra1 (35. Qc4 $1) 35... Qa5 (35... a3 36. Qc3 a2 37. Qc2) 36. c6 {
[%csl Gc6] Weiß kann nicht gut auf a4 nehmen, aber der Textzug ist stark.} Rb4
37. Qd2 Qb6 $2 (37... f3 38. Rab1 Rb5 39. Nxf3 Qxd2 40. Nxd2 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Bxe5
42. N2c4 $14) 38. Nc2 {[%csl Ra4,Rb4,Rf4] Plötzlich befindet sich der schwarze
Turm in großer Not.} Rb2 (38... Rb3 39. Qxf4 Bxh5 40. Qxa4 $18 {[%csl Rb3,Gc6]}
) 39. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rc4b2]} Rxc2 40. Qxc2 $18 {Mit einer Qualität mehr
steht Weiß auf Gewinn.} Qb3 41. Qxb3 (41. Qe4 $18) 41... axb3 42. Ra7 Nf5 43.
Re4 (43. Re4 Bxh5 44. Rxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Genov, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 {Das ist eine sehr
elastische Fortsetzung, aber 5...e5 und 5... sind auch moeglich.} 6. d4 {
Mit der Textfortsetzung Weiss opfert einen Bauern und strebt zu positionellem
Druck auf den dunkelfarbige Punkten. Nach meiner persoenlichen Meinung die
ganze Variante ist ob interessant, aber gibt Weiss keine Hoffnun gen fuer
Eroeffnungsvorteil.} Nxd4 (6... cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 {Nach meiner persoenlichen
Meinung diese Variante is eine bessere Moeglichkeit fuer Schwarz, als die
Partiefortsetzung.}) 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne4 (8. Nb5 Qb6 9. e3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11.
O-O d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {Interessanterweise in der symmetrischer Stellung es
ist Schwarz, wer hat Tempoplus mit Qb6.}) 8... Qc7 (8... Ne7 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10.
Nxb7 Qc7 11. Nd6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. O-O Qxc4 14. Bf4 Qc2 15. Rc1 Qxd1 16.
Rfxd1 {1-0 Foisor,C-Calzetta,M/Istanbul TUR 2003/(35)}) (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. Nc5 (11. Qa3+ Qe7 12. Nd6 d3 13. O-O Be5 14. Nb5 Qxa3 15. Nxa3
Kg7 16. exd3 Nf6 17. Nb5 a6 18. d4 Bb8 19. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Macieja,B/
Budapest 2000/CBM 78 (19)}) 11... Ne7 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Kg8 14. Rac1 Kh7 15.
Rfe1 Re8 16. Bf4 b6 17. Na6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 g5 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rc2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2
Markowski,T-Macieja,B/Warsaw 2002/CBM 89 (32)}) (8... d6 9. Qa4+ Ke7 10. Bd2 {
1-0 Schwartzman,G-Fedder,S/Copenhagen 1990/EXT 97 (36)}) (8... f5) 9. c5 Ne7 (
9... h6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Qb3 Qxc5 13. Qxf7+ Kxd6 14. Qxg7 exf4 15.
Qxh8 {1-0 Lehtinen,H-Ivanov,S/Laukaa 2000/EXT 2002 (30)}) 10. Bf4 (10. Nd6+ {
Diese Schach kommt in Betracht, aber in der Partie Weiss spielt dieser Zug in
der Stellung mit Bd2.} Kf8 11. b4 Nf5 $13) 10... Qa5+ (10... e5 11. Bg5 $44 (
11. Qxd4 Nf5 $13 (11... O-O 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. cxd6 $16))) 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nd6+ {
Weiss ist nicht zufrieden mit der Zugwiederholung, was waere erreichbar mit 12.
Bf4.} Kf8 13. Rc1 Nf5 (13... h5 14. Qa4 Nd5 (14... Nf5 15. Ba5 (15. Nc4 $16 {
[%cal Gc4b6]}) 15... Qb8 16. Nb5 Be5 17. f4 a6 $13) 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qa3 Kg8
17. O-O f5 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Nb5 b6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Nc7 {1-0 Chernin,
A-Parameswaran,T/Bangalore 1981/MCD (26)}) 14. Qb3 $44 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6,Rf8]
[%cal Gc1c7,Gg2a8] Weiss hat positionelle Druck am Damenfluegel, sein d6N
paralisiert die schwarze Stellung.} Be5 {[%cal Gf8g7][%mdl 256] Mit diesem Zug
Schwarz befreit das g7-Feld fuer den Koenig.} (14... Nxd6 $2 15. cxd6 $16 {
Weiss hat ueberlegenes Spiel. 15...Qxd6?? ist ganz schlecht wegen 16.Bb4.}) 15.
Nc4 (15. O-O Kg7) 15... Bf6 (15... Kg7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. e4 $16 dxe3 $2 18. Bc3
Nd4 (18... exf2+ 19. Kf1 $18) 19. Qd1 $18) 16. O-O Kg7 17. Qa3 {[%csl Ga3]
[%cal Gb2b4,Gc4b6,Gb6a8,Ga3a8] Weiss verteidigt vorher den c5-Bauern, droht
eventuell Nb6 und in folgendem Weiss kann seine Stellung mit b2-b4 verstaerken.
} Be7 18. b4 (18. Bb4 a5 $1 19. Nxa5 (19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxc5
$132) 19... Bd8 $13) 18... d5 19. Nb6 $6 {Auf diese Weise Weiss gewinnt die
Qualitaet, aber in folgendem Schwarz bekommt taktische Gegenchancen.} (19. cxd6
Nxd6 (19... Bxd6 20. Qf3 $44 (20. Qd3 $44)) 20. Qd3 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Qb6 22. Rxd4
e5 23. Rd5 $14) (19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Nb6 axb6 21. Qxa8 bxc5 22. bxc5 Bd7 (22...
Bxc5 23. g4 $16 {Haengt der f5N und wenn der Springer geht weg, kommt 24.Be5+
und 25.Bxd4.}) 23. Qa7 Rc8 24. Rb1 $14) 19... axb6 20. Qxa8 bxc5 21. bxc5 Bd7 {
[%csl Ra8]} 22. Qa7 (22. Qa3 Bb5 $13) 22... Bb5 $13 {Schwarz hat nur einen
Bauern fuer die Qualitaet, aber die gegnerische Dame steht passiv auf a7.} 23.
Rfe1 (23. Bf4 Qc6 (23... e5 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Bd2 $14) 24. Rfe1 $13) 23... Bc4 {
[%csl Ra7,Gc4,Rc5,Gd4,Gd5][%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat starke Zentrumstellung und
haengt der weisse c5P.} 24. Bb4 (24. c6 Qxc6 25. g4 b5 $5 (25... Nd6 26. Qxd4+
$14) 26. gxf5 Bc5 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Rc5a7]} 27. f6+ (27. Bh6+ Kxh6 28. Qxf7 exf5
29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Bxd5 Qd6 31. Bxc4 Qf4 $15) 27... Kxf6 28. Bg5+ Kxg5 29. Qxf7
$13) 24... h5 {Auf diese Weise Schwarz sichert die f5-Springerstellung, so
g3-g4 kommt nicht mehr.} 25. Bf3 (25. e4 dxe3 26. fxe3 h4 $13) 25... e5 (25...
Rc8 $36) 26. a3 Rc8 $36 27. Bg2 {Die letzte weisse Zuegen - 25.Bf3, 26.a3, 27.
Bg2 - bedeuten, dass es ist schwer fuer Weiss aktive Plan finden.} Qd7 $15 {
[%cal Gd7b5]} (27... Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxd5 b5 $36 (30...
Rxd5 31. Rxc4 Ra5 $11)) 28. Rc2 (28. Qa5 h4 $15) 28... Qb5 {Nach diesem Zug
Schwarz bekommt seine zweite Bauern fuer die Qualitaet.} 29. c6 Rxc6 30. Bxe7
Nxe7 31. Qb8 Re6 32. Rcc1 Nc6 $17 {Schwarz hat gute, zentralisierte Stellung,
weil Weiss hat Problemen (in der ganze Partie) mit der Platzierung der Dame.}
33. Qc8 (33. Qc7 e4 34. Rb1 Qa6 35. Qxb7 (35. Rxb7 $2 Re7 $19) 35... Bxe2 $17)
33... Re7 $1 {Schwarz verteidigt ruhig den b7-Bauern und beschraenkt die
Bewegung der gegnerische Dame.} 34. Rb1 Qa6 35. f4 $2 (35. Bf1 $8 $17 {Dieser
Zug ist wirklich nicht schoen, aber verteidigt den e2-Bauern.}) 35... d3 (35...
Bxe2 $17 {[%cal Gd4d3,Re2g4,Rg4c8]}) 36. e3 (36. fxe5 d2 37. Red1 Bxe2 38. Rxd2
Bg4 $19 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Rg4c8]}) 36... d2 37. Red1 Qxa3 $19 {Schwarz hat
schon seinen dritte Bauern fuer die Qualitaet, die gegnerische Dame spielt
eigentlich nicht und haengt auf e3 mit Schach.} 38. Rxd2 Qxe3+ 39. Rf2 Nd4 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Rd4e2,Re2g1,Re3g1]} 40. Rbb2 exf4 41. gxf4 Qc1+ 42. Bf1 Re1
(42... Re1 43. Qh3 Bxf1 44. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Qxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 (10. Ne1 $13 {Kolev,At-Gdanski,J/Budapest zt-A/1993/CBM34/
}) 10... Rb8 (10... h6 $5) 11. Qc1 (11. Qa4 $13 {Csom,I-Cramling,P/Bern/1992/
CBM28/INF54,45/}) 11... b6 12. Bh6 f6 $5 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc2 (15.
Nd5 b5 16. b3 Nd4 $13) 15... d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne3 Nde7 (17... Nce7 18. b4
cxb4 19. Ncxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. axb4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Rfc8 $10)
18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nd4 20. Rf2 Qd7 21. Qd2 (21. b4 $2 cxb4 22. axb4 Rfc8 $15)
21... a4 $1 22. Rbf1 Nb3 (22... Rbd8 $5 23. Ne4 h6 24. Ng3 f5 $15) 23. Qe1 b5
24. f5 $6 (24. Ne4 Qd4 $1 $15) 24... gxf5 25. Bh3 Nd4 $1 26. Ng2 b4 27. Nd1 Kh8
$1 28. e3 (28. Nde3 Rg8 $17) 28... Ndc6 29. Nf4 Rg8+ 30. Rg2 (30. Kh1 Ne5 $1
$17) 30... Rxg2+ 31. Bxg2 Ng6 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qf2 Nce5 34. d4 (34. Qxf5 Qxf5
35. Rxf5 Nxd3 36. Bf1 Nxb2 $1 37. Nxb2 bxa3 $19) 34... Nd3 35. Qd2 (35. Qxf5
Qxf5 36. Rxf5 Nxb2 $1 37. Nxb2 bxa3 38. Nxa4 a2 39. Rf1 Rb1 $19) 35... c4 36.
axb4 Nh4 $1 $36 37. Kh1 Rg8 38. Rg1 Qd7 39. Qe2 Rg5 40. Bf3 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Nxb4
42. Nc3 f4 $1 43. Bg4 f5 44. Qxc4 Qe7 $1 45. Be2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qg2+ 47. Ke1 Qg1+
48. Bf1 Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ne1
Be6 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 (11. Ne3 $5) 11... b6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Ne3
Nde7 14. a3 a5 15. Ne4 (15. Nc4 O-O 16. Bd2 h6 17. Ne4 Be6 18. a4 f5 19. Nc3
Ra7 20. Nb5 Rd7 $13 {Uhlmann,W-Cramling,P Valby K41 1991 CBM/27}) (15. Qa4 Bd7
16. Nd5 $13 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Schlusser,H Reykjavik Summit 1990 CBM/18}) 15...
O-O 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. a4 f5 (18... h6 $5) 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7
21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Qc2 Nd5 $13 25. Qc1 Qe7 26. Rfe1 Bf7
27. b3 Qe6 28. e3 Nb4 29. Qb1 Qf6 30. Rd2 Rbd8 31. Red1 Qe6 32. Bh3 Qf6 33. Bf1
h5 34. Qb2 h4 35. f4 Bxc4 36. dxc4 (36. bxc4 Qe7 $15) 36... Qe7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7
38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. fxe5 Nc6 $15 40. Qg2 Nxe5 41. Qd5+ Qxd5 42. cxd5 hxg3 43.
hxg3 Bh6 44. Nd6 Bxe3+ 45. Kg2 Bg5 46. Nc4 Nd7 47. g4 $1 Kf7 (47... fxg4 48.
Be2 $10) 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Nd6+ Kf6 50. Bb5 Ne5 51. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 52. bxc4 Ke5
53. Kf3 Kd4 54. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 (
8. Bf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rac1 b6 $13 {Larsen,
B-Boissenet,C Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 CBM/24}) (8. Bd2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rb1
d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5 $5) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nd4 $13 {
Wirthensohn,H-Cramling,P Hamburg SKA 1991 CBM/24 52/(58)}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 b6
10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 d5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 dxc4 14. dxc4 Rc8 15. c5 bxc5 16.
bxc5 Na5 17. Nb5 Rxc5 $13 {Larsen,B-Hansen,Cu Graested 1990 EXP/16}) 8... d5 (
8... b6 $5) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 $6 10. Bg5 $1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. c4 Bxa1
13. Qxa1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bf6 Qc3 16. Qb1 $44 {Sanz-Fraguela Lanzarote
1976 21/69}) 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Be6 $5) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6
14. Nb3 d4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Rc1 (18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bxc6
Rxb2 $10) 18... Ne7 19. Qa4 Qb6 20. Nd7 (20. b4 $5) 20... Bxd7 21. Qxd7 Nc6 22.
Bxc6 Rfd8 (22... bxc6 23. b4 Rfc8 (23... Qa6 24. Rxc6 Qxa3 25. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 26.
Rc7 $18) 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Nd5 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxe2 25. Qc7 Be5 26. Qe7 bxc6 27.
Nf4 Qe4 28. Rbe1 Qf3 29. Rxe5 g5 30. Ng2 d3 31. Ne3 d2 32. Rf5 Qh5 33. g4 Qg6
34. Rd1 Rd4 35. Rf6 Qg7 36. Nf5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf1 Re4 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Nxf7+ Kg8
40. Nh6+ Kh8 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2112]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 {Statt dieser
Fortsetzung kann Schwarz auch 5...Nf6 oder 5...e5 ziehen. Ribli.} 6. d4 {
Weiss opfert einen Bauern und moechte die Schwäche der schwarzen Felder
ausnutzen. Meines Erachtens ist die Variante recht interessant, aber nicht
sonderlich gut für Weiss.} Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 {8.Ne4 scheint mir viel
gefährlicher.} (8. Ne4 $5 d6 (8... Ne7 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. Nxb7 Bxb7 11. Bxb7 Rb8
12. Bg2 Kg8 13. O-O h6 14. b3 d5 15. Ba3 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Dlugy,M/New York
1989/CBM 12 (33)}) (8... Qc7 9. c5 Ne7 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nd6+ Kf8
13. Rc1 h5 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qa3 Kg8 17. O-O {1-0 Chernin,
A-Parameswaran,T/Bangalore 1981/MCD (26)}) 9. Qa4+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ (10. c5 d5 11.
Nd6 Kf8 $1 12. O-O Ne7 13. e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 h6 15. Rad1 Kg8 16. b4 Nf5 17. Nxf5
gxf5 {0-1 McNab,C-Chandler,M/Blackpool 1990/CBM 18/[Ribli] (51)}) (10. Bd2 a5
11. Qa3 f5 12. Bg5+ Nf6 13. Bxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nxf6 Kxf6 15. O-O Qb6 16. Rad1 Rd8
17. e3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Qb4 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. e4 Kg7 22. exf5 gxf5 23.
g4 $36 {1-0 Schwartzman,G-Fedder,S/Copenhagen 1990/EXT 97 (36)}) 10... f6 11.
Bd2 Qd7 12. Qa3 a5 13. c5 f5 14. Nxd6 Kf6 15. O-O Ne7 16. e3 Nd5 17. exd4 Rd8
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qe3 {1-0 Fancsy,I-Hocevar,N/Balaton 1996/EXT 99 (19)}) 8...
Qb6 (8... d5 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Qa3 Ne7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxb7 Qc7 14.
Nc5 Bb5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. exd3 Be5 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20.
Qxe7 {1-0 Trauth,M-Georges,S/Lugano 1989/TD (20)}) 9. e3 {Weiss möchte das
Spiel öffnen, aber Schwarz muss den Bauern nicht nehmen.} (9. Qa4 a6 10. e3 d3
(10... Ne7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 (13. b3 $13) 13... Nxd5 14. Rd1 Rd8
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qa3 Bf8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Be8 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
L-Thorsteins,K/Gausdal 1990/TD (19)}) 11. O-O (11. Qa3 Bf8 12. b4 d5 13. O-O f6
14. Nc3 dxc4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nc5 Ra7 (16... a5 $5 17. Qa4+ Kf7 $17) 17. Bb2 {
1-0 Chernin,A-Wolff,P/New York 1989/CBM 12 (45)}) 11... Ne7 12. Rd1 axb5 13.
Qxa8 bxc4 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Bd2 d5 16. Rdc1 Qc7 17. Qa3 Qd7 18. b3 b5 19. Qc5 Nf5
20. a4 Ba6 21. Qb6 bxa4 22. Qxa6 axb3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Macieja,B/
Warsaw 1998/EXT 99 (64)}) 9... Ne7 {Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem
Bauern. Er möchte die Entwicklung ruhig beenden und mit ...d7-d5 mindestens
gleiche Chancen erreichen.} (9... d5 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Ne7
13. Bd2 (13. Qb3 Bxd4 14. exd4 Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Be3 Nb4 18.
Kd2 Kd7 19. a3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Piven,I-Fruppa,Y/Werfen 1994/EXT 98 (48)}) 13...
O-O 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bc3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Ra4 19. O-O
Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Ellers,H-Hausrath,D/Leipzig 1995/Juniors (69)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. exd4
$2 a6 $17) 10... O-O 11. O-O d5 {Schwarz hat bequemes Spiel. Die Dame steht
auf b6 aktiv.} (11... Nf5 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc5 15. Qe2 Qe5
16. Bf4 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bd4 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Kg2 $44 {
1-0 Preiss,M-Haist,W/Triberg 1991/GER (29)}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {Wir haben eine
symmetrische Stellung, aber Schwarz(!) hat ein Mehrtempo. Kein gelungenes
weisses Eröffnungergebnis!} 13. Nb3 $6 (13. Qb3 Rd8 $11) 13... Nb4 {[%csl Yd3]
[%cal Gf8d8,Gd8d1] Schwarz hat die bessere Figurenkoordination. Es droht ...
Rd8 mit schwarzer Initiative.} 14. e4 {[%csl Yd3,Yd4] Weiss möchte seinen
Damenläufer befreien, aber der Textzug schwächt das Feld d4.} Rd8 15. Qf3 (15.
Qe2 Nxa2 $17 {[%csl Rb3]}) 15... Nc2 {[%cal Gc2d4,Rc2a1]} 16. Rb1 e5 {[%csl
Yd4] Schwarz kontrolliert stark das d4-Feld und hat mindestens gleiche Chancen.
} 17. Bg5 (17. Bd2 {[%cal Rd2a5,Ra5d8]} Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Gg7]})
17... Re8 (17... f6 18. Rfc1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 $11) 18. Rfc1 Nd4 19.
Qd3 (19. Nxd4 exd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gg7b2] Der d4-Bauer ist mit
Unterstützung des g7-Läufers stark.}) 19... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5,Gb5f1]} 20. Be3
Bb5 21. Qd2 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Gb5,Gd4,Gd8][%cal Gd8d2] Schwarz hat einen starken
Springervorposten auf d4.} 22. Bxd4 {Weiss gibt das Läuferpaar auf und möchte
eine Blockadestellung errichten.} (22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bg5 Rd7 $15) 22... exd4
23. Nc5 {[%cal Gc5d3]} a5 (23... d3 24. b4 $132 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb1b3,Gb3d3]}) 24.
Nd3 (24. b4 $5 a4 $15) 24... Rc8 25. Rd1 (25. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5]} Bh6 $15) 25...
Ba4 {Schwarz provoziert die Schwächung des Damenflügels mit b2-b3, wonach das
Feld c3 schwach wird.} (25... Bc4) 26. Rdc1 (26. b3 Bb5 $15 {[%csl Yc3]}) 26...
Bb5 27. Rd1 Bc4 {Natürlich ist Schwarz nicht zufrieden mit der Zugwiederholung.
Dieser Läuferzug ist unangenehm, denn Weiss muss jetzt seinen Damenflügel
schwächen.} 28. b3 (28. a3 a4 $15 {[%csl Yb3]}) 28... Bb5 {[%csl Yc3]} 29. Nf4
$132 {Der weisse Springer strebt nach d5.} d3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gg7a1]} 30. Nd5
(30. Nxd3 $6 Red8 {[%csl Rd2,Rd3][%cal Gd8d1]} 31. Bf1 Rc3 32. Rbc1 Rcxd3 $15)
30... Qd4 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4]} 31. Rbc1 (31. Qxa5 Rc2 32. Rd2 Ba6 $44 {[%csl Gc2,
Gd3]}) 31... Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Bc6 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gd3,Gd4,Ge8,Gg7]} 33. Rc4 (33.
Qxa5 d2 34. Rd1 Bxd5 35. Rxd2 (35. exd5 Re2 $19) (35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Re1+
$19) 35... Qa1+ $19) 33... Qb2 $1 {Schwarz möchte die Damen tauschen. Sein
d-Bauer wird dann noch stärker.} 34. Qxb2 (34. Qxd3 Bb5 35. Qc2 Bxc4 $17) 34...
Bxb2 {[%csl Gd3]} 35. Ne3 $8 (35. Kf1 d2 36. Ke2 Bxd5 $19) (35. Bf3 Bxd5 36.
exd5 Re1+ 37. Kg2 d2 38. Rc2 Bc1 $19) 35... f5 $1 $17 {Schwarz hat das
Läuferpaar und öffnet natürlich die Stellung.} 36. Nd1 (36. exf5 Rxe3 37. fxe3
d2 $19 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd2d1]}) 36... Bg7 {[%csl Gc6,Re4,Gg7][%cal Ge8e1] Die
schwarzen Läufer stehen in den langen Diagonalen überzeugend.} 37. f3 {Anders
kann Weiss seinen e-Bauern nicht verteidigen.} (37. exf5 Re1+ $19 {[%cal Re1d1,
Re1g1]}) 37... fxe4 38. fxe4 Bb5 39. Rc7 $6 (39. Rc1 $142 Bd4+ 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1
d2+ $19 {[%cal Rd2c1,Rb5f1]}) 40... Bc6 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 39... Bd4+ $19 40.
Kh1 (40. Kf1 d2+ $19) 40... Bc6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Rd4b6,Rb6c7,Rd4e5,Re5c7] Der
c7-Turm steht sehr unglücklich. Es droht entweder ...Bb6 oder ...Be5 mit
Qualitätsgewinn. Aller Hoffnungen beraubt gab Weiss auf.} 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 (9. c5 a5 $1 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Rxb4 Bxc3 $1 13. dxc3
Nf6 $10 {Summermatter,D-Landenbergue,C Zug 1989 CBM/16}) 9... axb5 10. Nf3 {
-> A 37} e5 (10... Nf6 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 (12. Ne5 $5) 12... Rb6 13. Ne5 O-O 14.
O-O Bb7 15. Qd3 e6 $10 {Georgiev,Ki-Ehlvest,J Manila izt 1990 CBM/16}) 11. d4
exd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bb7 14. Qb3 $44) 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Bg5 $44
O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Re1 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxh6 Qe7 (18... Nxb4
19. Nxd4 $14) 19. e4 Qxb4 (19... dxe3 20. Bxe3 $14) 20. e5 $1 Bh8 (20... Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 $1 (21... Bxe5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. f4 $18) 22. Rxe5 (22. Bf4 Rxe1+
23. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 d6 $1 25. Bxd6 Rd8 $17) 22... Bxe5 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24.
Rc8+ Kh7 25. Bf8 $1 $44) 21. Bf4 Ra8 22. h4 $36 Qa4 23. Qd3 Nb4 24. Qxd4 Nd5
25. Qd2 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Rcd1 $14 Bc6 28. Ng5 Rad8 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4
Nc6 31. Bg5 Rb8 32. f4 Rb7 33. Ree1 Rc8 34. Rb1 b4 35. Rec1 Bg7 36. g4 Rbb8 37.
h5 b3 $2 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Rxb3 Rxb3 40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. Bxb3 Rb8 42. Bd5 Nd4 43.
Rc7 Ne6 44. Bxe6 dxe6 45. Kf2 Kg8 46. Be7 Bh6 47. Ke3 Ra8 48. Bd6 Bf8 49. g5
Rd8 50. Rc6 Kf7 51. Kd4 Rd7 52. Kc5 Be7 53. Rc8 Ra7 54. Kb6 Rd7 55. Kc6 Ra7 56.
Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Bewersdorff, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. d3
O-O 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Rb1 Rb8 $6 (11... d5 $5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3
Nde7 {Partos,C-Ioseliani,N Biel-Tbilisi 1990 CBM/19}) 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 b6
14. b5 Nd4 15. Ne3 Ndf5 16. Nxf5 (16. Ned5 $1 $14 {Najdorf-Uhlmann Lugano ol
1968}) 16... Bxf5 17. Bd2 Bc8 18. Ra1 Bb7 19. Ra7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ra8 21. Qa4
Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Qa8+ 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rc2 Kf7 26. Ra2 Rxa2 27. Nxa2
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-Tbilisi"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Partos, Charles"]
[Black "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 a5
9. Rb1 O-O 10. Ne1 (10. Bd2 $5) 10... Be6 11. Nc2 (11. f4 $5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qd7
13. Qd2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bh6 $10 {Sigfusson,S-Bator,R Rilton Cup 1988 CBM
11}) 11... d5 12. cxd5 (12. b3 $5) 12... Nxd5 13. Ne3 $1 (13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxd5 Qxd5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 a4 $15) 13... Nde7 14. Bd2 $5 (14. Nc4 Rb8 15.
f4 Nd5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf4 Rfe8 21.
Rf2 $15 {Byrne,D-Ivkov,B Novi Sad 1972 14/97}) 14... Rb8 15. Na4 b6 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Bh6 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2112]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Schwarz schwächt von selbst den
Punkt auf d5, aber kontrolliert stark das Feld d4.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3
Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 {Das ist ein typischer Plan - Weiss bereitet den Zug
b2-b4 vor.} d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qc1 (11. Qa4 $5 b6 (11... Be6 12. Ng5
$5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bc6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 $5 17. Rxb4 f5 18.
Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne6 $5 20. Qb1 g5 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Maksimenko,A/
Jugoslavija 1996/Inf 68/[Gurevich,M] (40)}) (11... Bd7 12. Rfc1 Nd4 13. Qd1 Bc6
14. e3 Ne6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 e4 18. Nfd4 exd3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Bxb4 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Hellers,F/Amsterdam 1986/CBM 01 (33)}) 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Ne1
Bd7 14. Qd1 Be6 15. Nc2 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. b4
cxb4 20. axb4 e4 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. dxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Qd1 Qd5 {1/2-1/2
Dizdarevic,E-Oral,T/Batumi GEO 1999 (25)}) 11... Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug wurde
schon gespielt, aber nach meiner persöhnlichen Meinung ist er zu früh.} (11...
b6 $5 12. Bh6 f6 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc2 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne3 (
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Voskanian,V-Rogers,I/Gausdal 1995/CBM 46 ext (17)})
17... Nde7 $1 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 $6 (19. Rxf4 $11) 19... Nd4 20. Rf2 Qd7 21.
Qd2 a4 $1 $15 {0-1 Adianto,U-Rogers,I/Jakarta (zt) 1993/Inf 56/[Rogers,I] (48)}
) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gg2b7,Gb2b4] Weiss hat die etwas
bessere Stellung dank seines guten g2B und sein b5N steht auch aktiv. Leider -
für Schwarz - steht sein g7B etwas passiv.} (13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf4
Ne5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Qa3 {1-0 Konopka,M-Mattick,L/Berlin 1991/EXT
98 (32)}) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 (14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Bxa5 $14) 14... Nc6
{Schwarz verbessert seine Springerstellung, aber den Zug 15.b2-b4 kann er
nicht vermeiden.} 15. b4 $14 axb4 16. axb4 Re8 (16... Nxb4 $6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18.
Qf4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6,Rg4][%cal Rf4g4,Rf4d6] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr,
aber die Bauern b4,d6,d4 sind schwach.}) 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bf4 {[%csl Yd6,Gf4,
Gg2][%cal Rf4b8] Weiss kontrolliert stark die wichtigsten Punkte am
Damenflügel.} Be5 $6 {Schwarz möchte seinen "schlechten" Läufer tauschen.} (
18... Ne5 19. Ra1 $14 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 19. h3 Bf5 (19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 {[%csl
Gf4]} Bxe2 21. Nd6 {[%csl Rb7,Gd6][%cal Rd6e8,Rf4f7,Gd6f7]} Re7 22. Bxc6 bxc6
23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Nf5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rf5e7,Re7g8]} Rb7 25. Rxe2 gxf5 26. Qg5+
$16) 20. g4 Bc8 (20... Bd7 21. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Gf4,Gg2]}) (20... Be6 21.
Bxc6 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 bxc6 23. Nc7 Rb5 $14) 21. Bg5 (21. Ra1 $14) 21... f6 $2 {
Mit diesem Zug schwächt Schwarz freiwillig seine Königsstellung.} (21... Bf6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nc7 $14) 22. Bd2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2d5,Gd5g8] "Der Mohr hat
seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen" - Schwarz hat eine geschwächte
Königstellung.} Be6 23. Qa3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ra3c5]} Qe7 24. f4 {[%csl Re5]}
Ra8 {Schwarz hat Probleme mit der Platzierung des e5-Läufers, so macht er
Platz auf b8.} (24... Bd6 25. e3 $14 {[%cal Re1e7]}) 25. Qb2 Bb8 26. e3 $1 {
Weiss sprengt die Stellung und die schwarze Dame befindet sich sehr unangenehm
auf e7.} dxe3 27. Rxe3 $16 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qf7 28. Rbe1 {[%cal Ge1e8] Weiss hat
starken positionellen Druck auf der e-Linie und es droht 29.Rxe6 mit Gewinn.}
Kg7 {[%cal Gb2g7]} (28... Bxf4 29. Rxe6 {[%cal Rd5g8]} Rxe6 30. Rxe6 $18 {
Wegen des Motivs Bg2-d5 kann Schwarz nicht auf e6 nehmen.}) 29. Bd5 Nd8 (29...
Bxd5 30. Rxe8 $18) 30. f5 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Re1e8]} gxf5 31. gxf5 Bf4 {
Schwarz kann Materialverlust nicht vermeiden - mit dem Partizug möchte er im
Trüben fischen.} 32. fxe6 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Bxe3 34. Bxe3 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7][%cal
Re1g1,Rg1g7]} 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kryschilovskij, Andrej"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Schwarz spielt auf assymetrische
Stellung. Der Punkt d5 wird geschwächt, aber Schwarz bekommt auch seine
Chancen - er kann seinen Springer statt f6 nach e7 entwickeln.} 4. g3 (4. e3)
4... g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O (7... d6 8. Ne1 Be6 9. Nc2 d5) 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc3d5,Ge3d5] Beide weisse Springer
kontrollieren das d5-Feld, aber nur einer kann es besetzen! (d.h. der andere
steht überflüssig.) Schwarz hat sein Gegenspiel mit f7-f5 oder mit b7-b5.} Rb8
11. Ned5 (11. a4) 11... a6 (11... Qd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. a3 f5 15. e3
Bg8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd5 Qe8 19. Bc3 Ne7 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Nb6 Be6
22. b4 {1-0 Trzaska,P-Kraus,O/Dortmund 1992/TD (52)}) 12. Bg5 $6 {Dieser Zug -
Weiss provoziert f7-f6 - gefällt mir nicht, da Schwarz selbst f7-f5 ziehen
möchte, was er nach 12...f6 machen kann. Die Alternativen 12.a4 - den Zug 12...
b5 verhindern - oder die Läuferentwicklung mit 12.b3, 13.Bb2 sind logischer.} (
12. a4 Qd7 (12... b6 13. e3 Qd7 14. Re1 Nb4 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5
a5 18. Qb3 Rfc8 {0-1 Gollain,M-Badii,M/Paris 1993/TD (40)}) (12... Nb4 13. Bg5
f6 14. Bd2 Nbxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. e4 f5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Kh1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bh6 {1-0 Barcza,G-Hecht,H/Varna 1962/MCD (74)}) 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bd2 Bh3 15. Nb6 Qf5 16. Be4 Qh5 17. Bf3 Qf5 18. Be4 Qh5 19. Bf3 {1/2-1/2
Kononenko,T-Velcheva,M/Zanka 1995/EXT 97 (19)}) (12. f4 f5 13. fxe5 (13. Be3 b6
14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rab1 b5 16. Rbd1 Nc8 {1/2-1/2 Kerek,C-Eperjesi,L/Budapest 1998/
CBM 62 ext (16)}) 13... dxe5 14. Be3 Qd6 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rac1 b4 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7
18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rf2 Ne7 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Hecht,
H-Hartmann,W/BL8384 1984/GER-chT (54)}) (12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Na4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. e3 Nb5 18. Rac1 h5 19. f4 f6 20. Qe2 Bh6 21. Rf2 Qa7
22. Rcf1 {1-0 Velikov,P-Cramling,P/Novi Sad 1990/TD (60)}) 12... f6 13. Bd2 b5
$11 {Schwarz hat Gegenspiel am Damenflügel, was eine gute Kompensation für den
d5-Punkt darstellt.} 14. Rb1 (14. cxb5 axb5 15. a3 f5 $11 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5
(16. Bxd5 Qd7 $11) 16... Qd7 $11 (16... Ne7 $11))) 14... b4 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.
Nd5 (16. Ne4 h6 {[%cal Rf6f5]} (16... f5 17. Ng5 Bd7 $11)) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5
$6 {Dieser Läufertausch schwächt den weissen Königsflügel.} (17. cxd5 $5 Bd7
$11) 17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. e4 {Früher oder später muss Weiss so spielen,
da er den d5-Bauern unterstützen muss.} Rb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7f7] Der Turm kommt
ins Spiel auf der siebten Reihe.} 20. f3 Rbf7 {[%cal Gf8f1]} 21. Kg2 h5 $1 $15
{[%cal Gh5h4] Schwarz spielt ausgezeichnet - im folgenden kann er mit h5-h4
die h-Linie öffnen und den Läufertausch mit Kh7-Bh6 vorbereiten.} 22. h3 (22.
h4 f4 $36) 22... Kh7 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gh6d2]} 23. a3 a5 (23... bxa3 $6 24. bxa3
$132 {[%cal Gb1b8]}) 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ra1 {[%cal Ga1a8]} (25. Qc1 $5) 25...
Bh6 $1 26. Bxh6 Kxh6 {Schwarz hat eine gute Angriffstellung am Königsflügel.
Weiss hat kein Gegenspiel.} 27. Qd2+ f4 28. Ra6 (28. g4 Rh8 $40) 28... Rh8 29.
Rfa1 Qg5 $17 30. g4 (30. Qf2 fxg3 31. Qxg3 Qd2+ 32. Kh1 Rf6 $17) 30... Rfh7 {
[%cal Gh8h1]} 31. Rxd6 hxg4 32. hxg4 (32. fxg4 $2 f3+ $19 {[%cal Rg5d2,Rf3g2]})
32... Qh4 $19 {Und Weiss gab auf - sein König befindet sich in Mattnetz. Die
starken schwarzen Schwerfiguren gewinnen die Partie auf der h-Linie.} (32...
Qh4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rh4g3,Rg3g2]} 33. Qf2 (33. Rh1 $2 {[%cal Rh1h6]} Qxh1+ 34.
Kxh1 Kg5+ {[%cal Rh8h1]} 35. Kg2 Rh2+ $19) 33... Kg5 34. Qxh4+ Rxh4 35. Rf1 {
Dieser Zug verliert, aber die anderen Züge helfen auch nicht.} (35. Rg1 Rh2+
36. Kf1 Rxb2 $19) 35... Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Rxb2 $19 {[%csl Gb2,Gb4,Rg1][%cal Rh8h2]})
0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 {Meines
Erachtens ist das hier die beste Möglichkeit für Schwarz, aber die zwei
anderen Hauptfortsetzungen 5...Nf6 und 5...e5 sind auch gut spielbar. Nach dem
Textzug möchte Schwarz seine Entwicklung mit ...Nge7, ...0-0, ...b6 und ...Bb7
beenden. Ribli.} 6. d4 {Ein auf den ersten Blick überraschender Zug. Weiß
opfert zeitweilig einen Bauern, aber wegen der Felderschwächen (besonders d6)
kann Schwarz den Mehrbauern praktisch nicht behaupten. Weiß verfolgt die
gleiche Idee in der Variante 6.0-0 Nge7 7.d4.} cxd4 {Das ist eine einfache und
gute Reaktion von Schwarz.} (6... Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 $5 (8. Ne4) 8... Qb6
9. Qa4 a6 10. e3 $13) 7. Nb5 d5 (7... e5 8. e3 d6 9. exd4 a6 10. Nc3 exd4 11.
Nd5 Nge7 12. O-O Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. b3 Bg4 16. Qd2 h5 $13) 8.
cxd5 (8. Nbxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Rg2c6,
Rc6e8,Rc6a8]} Ne7 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Ne4 Rd8+ 15. Ke1 Nd5 $11 {
[%csl Gd5,Re1,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1] Schwarz hat mindestens eine ausgeglichene
Stellung. Der weiße König kann nicht rochieren und die schwarze Figuren stehen
aktiv.}) 8... exd5 (8... Qa5+ 9. Nd2 (9. Qd2 $2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O Qb6
12. b3 Nf6 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Qf4 Nc3 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) 9... exd5 (9... Qxb5 10.
dxc6 Ne7 11. a4 Qb4 12. b3 Nxc6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Bf8 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Bxf8
Kxf8 $11 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber der Bauer d4 ist schwach und er
hat Probleme mit der Entwicklung des Damenläufers.}) 10. a4 $5 (10. Nd6+ Ke7
11. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nb3 Qa6 15. Nxd4 $44 {Als
Kompensation für den Bauern besutzt Weiß lebendiges Figurenspiel. Der schwarze
König steht unsicher.}) 10... Nf6 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. b4 $44 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3e7]})
9. Nbxd4 Nge7 10. O-O O-O {Schwarz hat einen isolierten Damenbauern auf d5,
aber der g7-Läufer steht ausgezeichnet und seine Figuren zielen auf das
Blockadefeld d4 (später ...Ne7-c6 oder ...Ne7-f5). Die Stellung ist daher im
Gleichgewicht.} 11. Be3 (11. Bg5 $6 {Dieser Zug scheint zu optimistisch zu
sein.} Qb6 12. Nxc6 $6 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 Bg4 $11) 12... Nxc6 13. Qxd5 Qxb2
$15 14. Qc4 Be6 15. Qh4 Qxe2 16. Rfe1 Qc4 17. Re4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxa1 19. Qb1
Bg7 20. Qxb7 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Milu,R/Bucharest 1999/CBM
70_07 (45)}) 11... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e2] Das ist stets ein logische
prophylaktischer Zug.} 12. Re1 (12. Rc1 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 (14. Rc5 d4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxc6 Bxe3 17. Rd6 Qe7 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qxe2 20. Rd2
Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Barbero,G/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B 
(33)}) 14... d4 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. h3 Qb6 18. g4 Be6 19. b3 Rad8 20.
Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rfd1 Nc6 22. Rc4 a5 23. Bg5 Rde8 24. e3 {1-0 Adianto,U-Gheorghiu,
F/Biel 1998/EXT 99 (45)}) (12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Rac1 a5 17. e3 Bd7 18. Nd4 a4 19. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Ledger,A-Ward,C/ENG 1992/
CBM 30 ext (48)}) 12... Nf5 {[%csl Yd4] Die Alternative 12...Bg4 ist auch gut.
Mit der Partiefortsetzung möchte Schwarz die Lage im Zentrum klären.} (12...
Bg4 13. Qd2 (13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qb5 d4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rc8 18.
Bf4 a6 19. Qb6 h6 20. h3 Bf5 21. Rd2 g5 22. g4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 gxf4 {0-1 Foisor,
O-Lesiege,A/Hyeres 1992/TD (55)}) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf3 Nf5 16. Bc5
Qf6 17. Rab1 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. b4 Rab8 20. Rec1 Rb6 21. Qc2 h5 {1/2-1/2
Vaulin,A-Ulibin,M/Nizhnij Tagil 1998/EXT 99 (71)}) 13. Nxf5 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 $15
{[%csl Re3,Gf5][%cal Gg7a1]} (13... Nxe3 $2 14. Nxd8 Nxd1 15. Nxf7 Nxf2 16. Nd6
$16)) 13... Bxf5 14. Nd4 {Weiß muß das Feld d4 behaupten.} Be4 15. Rc1 (15. f3
Qb6 $5 16. Nf5 Qxb2 17. Nxg7 Bc2 $15) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 (16... Qf6 $11)
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bd4 {Weiß hat wegen der besseren Bauermstruktur nur
theoretischen Vorteil. Die Schwäche der Bauern c6/d5 kompensiert Schwarz mit
aktivem Figurenspiel.} Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Re4 {[%csl Ge4]} 20. Qf6 {Eine
"Verbesserung" im 20.Zug! In einer früheren Partie von Emms spielte der Weiße
20.Qc5 und die Partie endete schnell Remis.} (20. Qc5 Rae8 21. Qxc6 (21. e3 d4
$11) 21... Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Ra6 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 McNab,C-Emms,
J/BCF-ch 1993/TD (24)}) 20... Re6 (20... Rc8 $11) 21. Qf3 Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e2]}
22. Rc2 Re4 $11 {Schwarz hat spürbaren Druck in der e-Linie.} 23. Rd1 h5 {
[%cal Gh5h4]} 24. h3 (24. h4 $11) 24... R8e6 25. e3 Kg7 26. Rcd2 Qb7 {[%cal
Gb7g2]} 27. b3 a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] Schwarz beabsichtigt ...a5-a4.} 28. Rd4 Rf6
29. Qe2 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 c5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5][%cal Gb7g2] Jetzt besitzt Schwarz die
sogenannten "hängenden" Bauern.} 31. Ra4 {[%csl Ra5]} d4+ {[%cal Gb7g2]} 32.
Kg1 (32. f3 $6 {Dieser Zug schwächt die weiße Königsstellung.} Re6 33. e4 f5
34. Qc4 (34. e5 Qd5) 34... Qe7) 32... Re6 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge6e2]} 33. Rxa5
dxe3 (33... Qc7 34. Qe1 dxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxa5 37. a4 $11) 34. Rxc5 (
34. fxe3 Qe7 $40 {[%csl Ra5,Re3][%cal Re7e3]} (34... Qc7 35. Qe1 Rxe3 36. Qxe3
Qxa5 37. a4 $11)) 34... exf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rf6 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger,
aber wegen der geschwächten weißen Königsstellung steht er keineswegs
schlechter.} 36. Qe1 Qa7 {[%cal Ra7g1,Ra7a2]} 37. Qe3 (37. Qc3 Qxa2 38. Rc6
Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Kg2 Rxb3 $15 {Das Turmendspiel ist Remis,
aber Schwarz hat theoretisch Vorteil.}) (37. Qa5 $2 Qd7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rd7d1,
Rd7h3]}) 37... Qxa2 38. Rc1 $11 Qb2 39. Rf1 {Und hier wurde in ausgeglichener
Stellung Remis vereinbart.} (39. Rf1 Rxf1+ (39... Re6 40. Qf4 $11 (40. Qf3 $11)
(40. Qf2 $11)) 40. Kxf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 {Der Textzug schwächt das
Feld d5 - in der Folge kann Schwarz aber seinen Springer nach e7 entwickeln.} (
5... e6) (5... Nf6) 6. a3 {Weiß fackelt nicht lange - er möchte sofort mit b2
- b4 die Initiative ergreifen.} Nge7 (6... a5 7. d4 $5 cxd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. e3 $44
) (6... d6 7. O-O (7. Rb1 a5 8. d3 Nge7 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 Bh6 12.
Ned5 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Kg7 14. e3 Rb8 $11) 7... Nge7 8. b4 e4 $13 (8... cxb4 $6 9.
axb4 Nxb4 10. Ba3 Nec6 (10... Na6) 11. Qa4 Na6 12. Ne4 $16)) 7. b4 d5 {GM Oral
kennt diese Stellung. Schwarz folgt hier einer klassischen Regel: Wenn der
Gegner am Flügel spielt, suche Gegenspiel im Zentrum.} (7... cxb4 8. axb4 d5 9.
b5 Nb8 10. b6 Nbc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O Qd8 15. Qc2
Qxb6 16. Rfb1 Qc7 17. d4 $44 {1-0 Lehtinen,H-Savolainen,L/Tampere 2000/EXT
2001 (27)}) 8. cxd5 (8. bxc5 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Rb1 Na5 11. d3 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,
I-Oral,T/CZE 2000/EXT 2001 (11)}) 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Die Dame steht ein
wenig exponiert auf d5, aber Schwarz droht mit 10...e4.} 10. Bb2 O-O (10...
cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 (11... O-O 12. O-O e4 $5) 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. O-O $44) 11. O-O
(11. d3 cxb4 12. axb4 Rd8 13. O-O Qb5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 Nxb4 16. Qa4 Bd7 17.
Qxb5 Bxb5 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Nxb7 {1/2-1/2 Belotti,B-Weber,J/Leon ESP 2001/(39)})
11... e4 {Mit einfachen Zügen erlangt Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung.} 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. Ne1 cxb4 14. d3 $6 (14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ra4 $13 {[%cal Rd1a1,Ra1g7]})
14... Bf5 (14... bxa3 15. Rxa3 $13) 15. Nc2 (15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bg4 (16...
Be6) 17. f3 Be6 $15) (15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Ra4 $13) 15... Qe6 16. Nxb4 $11 (16.
axb4 exd3 17. exd3 Rfd8 $15) 16... Rfd8 (16... Nxb4 17. axb4 Rfd8 $11) 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Re1 $6 (18. Qc1 exd3 19. exd3 Bxd3 20. Qxc6 $11) 18... exd3 19. exd3
Qf6 20. Bf1 Rd4 $15 {Schwarz steht aktiv, und der Pd3 wirkt schwächer als sein
Gegenüber auf c6.} 21. Rc1 {Das weiße Gegenspiel muss sich gegen schwarzen c -
Bauern richten.} Rad8 22. Re3 Qd6 23. Rc3 {[%mdl 256] Es sieht nicht schön aus,
wenn man den Pd3 mit Re3 und Rc3 verteidigen muss, aber es gibt hier nichts
besseres.} c5 24. Qc1 $11 {[%cal Gc1c5]} (24. Qc2) 24... Kg8 (24... Rc8 $11)
25. h4 (25. Rxc5 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 $11) 25... h5 26. Qe1 $6 {Spielt Weiß
jetzt auf Gewinn? Meiner Meinung nach sollte er einfach auf c5 nehmen - mit
ausgeglichener Stellung.} (26. Rxc5 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 $11) 26... Kf8 27. Rb3
Be6 $5 (27... Rb8 28. Rxb8+ (28. Rc3 $11) 28... Qxb8 $11) 28. Rb7 (28. Rc3)
28... Qa6 (28... Rd7 $5 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 $15 (29... Qxd7 30. Qa5 Qe7 31. Bh3 $14))
29. Rb1 Qxa3 {Schwarz erobert den Bauern, aber seine Dame entfernt sich damit
weit vom Ort des eigentlichen Geschehens.} (29... Qd6 $11) {[#]} 30. Rxe6 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Ein starkes Qualitätsopfer - in der Folge bekommt Weiß Aktivität am
Königsflügel.} (30. Ra1 $11) 30... fxe6 31. Qxe6 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Rf8]} R4d6 (
31... Kg7 $4 32. Rb7+ Kh6 33. Qe3+ $18) 32. Qe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re5h8,Rb1b7]}
Qa2 {[%cal Ga2g8]} (32... Kg8 $2 33. Rb7 R6d7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Qe8+ $18) 33.
Rb7 R6d7 $8 (33... R8d7 34. Rb8+ Kf7 (34... Rd8 35. Qxd6+ $18) 35. Qe8+ Kf6 (
35... Kg7 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qh8#) 36. Qh8+ Rg7 (36... Kf7 37. Qg8+ $18) 37. Qf8+
$18 (37. Rf8+)) 34. Qxc5+ Kf7 35. Rc7 (35. d4 {[%cal Rf1c4,Rc4a2,Rc4f7]} Kg7
36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Rc7 $11) 35... Qa1 {[%cal Ga1f6]} (35... Rxc7 36. Qxc7+ Ke8
37. Qc6+ (37. d4 $11) 37... Kf7 38. Qc7+ $11) 36. d4 Qe1 {Schwarz kümmert sich
nicht um den Pa7, er möchte nur so schnell wie möglich mit der Dame
zurückkehren, um den Königsflügel zu verteidigen.} (36... Qxd4 $4 37. Qxd4 $18)
37. Qxa7 Qe7 $11 {Weiß hat schon zwei Bauern für die Qualität, aber der d -
Bauer ist schwach.} 38. Qa2+ (38. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11 (38... Qxd7 $11)) 38... Kg7 39.
Rc6 Rd6 40. d5 (40. Rxd6 $11) 40... Rxd5 41. Qb2+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Qxf6 43. Rxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 d6
9. Bg5 $5 f6 $1 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 {13.b3!?} Nxd5 14.
Ne3 Nde7 15. Ne4 b6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 cxb4 19. Qa4 Kh8 $5 20.
Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Nc6 22. Qd2 f5 23. Nc5 {23.Nc3, e4 =/+} bxc5 24. Bxc6 e4 25.
Rd1 Qd6 26. Bd5 f4 $1 {-/+} 27. gxf4 Bxd5 28. dxe4 Qxf4 29. exd5 Be5 30. Nf1
Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peelen, Piet"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5
9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 $5 {10.Bd2, Rb8 11.Qa4, Bd7 12.Nb5?!, (12.Rfc1!?) 12...Na7!
=/+ Mednis-Schussler Palma de Mallorca GMA-op 1989  i 48/58} h6 $2 {10...f6!
11.Bd2, Be6} 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Ne1 {/^ g2-b7 +/=} Rb8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. b4 $1
cxb4 15. axb4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Qa4
$1 axb4 21. Rxb4 {>< b7} f5 22. Rfb1 Rf7 23. Qa2 Kf8 24. Qe6 Qf6 25. Qc4 Qd8
26. Rb6 f4 27. Nd5 g5 28. Nc3 Rc8 29. Qb4+ Kg8 30. Ne4 {+/-} Bf8 31. Qb3 Rcc7
32. Qe6 f3 33. Qg6+ Bg7 34. Rd6 Qf8 35. exf3 Rxf3 36. Re6 Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38.
Rc1 $1 b5 39. Rc6 $1 b4 40. Re6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 {Der routinierte ungarische Großmeister spielt gerne
die Englische Eröffnung, besonders die Systeme mit g3..} e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2
Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O {[%csl Yd5] Das ist eine Grundstellung der
Englischen Eröffnung. Der Punkt d5 ist ein positionelles Loch in der schwarzen
Stellung, dafür aber steht der Ne7 elastischer als der Nf3, so kann Schwarz z.
B. schnell f7-f5 ziehen.} 8. a3 (8. Ne1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5]
Das ist ein bekanntes Springermanöver - der Springer zielt auf das Feld d5.})
8... d6 9. Bd2 h6 (9... a5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Qa4 $5 Bd7 (11... Bg4 $5 12. Nb5 $5
Qd7 13. Qc2 $1 Rfc8 $6 14. Rfc1 (14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 $14) 14...
b6 15. e4 $6 {0-1 Csom,I-Cramling,P/Bern 1992/Inf 54/[Cramling,P] (45)} (15. b4
$14)) (11... b6 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. Qd1 h6 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nc2 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxb4 b5
23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rxb5 Rc2 27. Be3 Rxe2 {1/2-1/2
Csom,I-Leko,P/HUN 1995/EXT 97 (27)}) 12. Rfc1 (12. Nb5 $6 Na7 $1 13. Bxa5 Qe8
$15 {Mednis-Schlüssler Palma de Mallorca GMA op 1989 48/58}) 12... Nd4 13. Qd1
Bc6 14. e3 Ne6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 e4 18. Nfd4 {1-0 Ribli,
Z-Hellers,F/Amsterdam 1986/CBM 01 (33)}) 10. Rb1 {Weiß bereitet Raumgewinnzug
durch 11.b4 vor.} a5 {Schwarz muss so spielen, aber das Feld b5 ist eine neue
positionelle Schwäche.} 11. Qa4 {Die Dame möchte gar nichts besonderes am
Damenflügel erreichen , sondern bereitet lediglich die Umplatzierung der
Schwerfiguren (Rfc1-Qd1) vor. Eventuell droht 12.b4, wenn der Ra8 nicht
verteidigt ist.} Be6 (11... Bd7 12. Rfc1 f5 13. Qd1 g5 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nc2 Rb8
16. b4 b6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Ne3 Qe8 20. Rb1 Nd4 21. Ned5 {
1-0 Csom,I-Nagy,E/HUN-ch 1972/MCL (36)}) (11... f5 12. b4 $5 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4
14. Rxb4 axb4 15. Qxa8 bxc3 16. Bxc3 $14) 12. Rfc1 f5 {Die Stellung ist nicht
neu für den ungarischen Großmeister - er hatte dieselbe Stellung schon 1972
auf dem Brett!} 13. Qd1 {Großmeister Csom verbessert sein früheres Spiel - der
Damenzug ist logischer als der sofortige Springerzug nach e1, denn die Dame
muss früher, oder später ohnehin "nach Hause", sprich d1.} (13. Ne1 f4 14. Nc2
Rf7 15. Qb5 Bd7 16. Qb3 Kh7 17. Ne4 a4 18. Qa2 Be6 19. b4 b6 20. b5 d5 21. bxc6
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rb8 23. Ne1 Qd6 24. Qc2 Nxc6 25. Bc3 {1-0 Csom,I-Pogats,J/HUN-ch
1972/MCL (54)}) 13... f4 (13... Qd7 14. Ne1 f4 15. Nd5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Rab8 17.
Nc2 $5 (17. b4 $5 axb4 18. axb4 $13) 17... Rf7 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $5 19. Bxa5 Rbf8
20. Be1 h5 $44 {0-1 Polgar,I-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch 1972/MCL/[Gagarin] (27) ->>>/}) 14.
Ne4 {[%csl Ge4] Weiß hat einen starken Springerposten auf e4, aber Schwarz
besitzt Angriffschancen am Königsflügel.} (14. e3 g5) 14... g5 $13 15. b4 b6 (
15... axb4 16. axb4 b6 (16... cxb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 $14 {Weiß hat die
bessere Bauernstruktur und Initiative am Damenflügel.}) 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb7
Bc8 19. Rb2 $13) 16. bxc5 (16. b5 $6 {Dieser Zug wäre weniger logisch - jetzt
hat Weiß kein Spiel am Damenflügel.} Nd4 $13) 16... bxc5 17. Rb7 Bc8 (17... Ra7
18. Rcb1) 18. Rb2 {Dieser Turmzug ist praktisch erzwungen, im Falle von 18.
Rbb1 kann Schwarz - wenn er möchte - mit 18...Be6 die Züge wiederholen.} Nf5 (
18... g4 19. Ne1 (19. Nh4)) 19. Rcb1 {[%cal Gb1b8] Weiß kontrolliert
vollständig die b-Linie, aber als Eindringungsfeld für seine Türme hat er nur
das Feld b6.} g4 20. Ne1 Ra6 {Aljechen, der vierte Weltmeister, wäre zufrieden
mit dieser Stellung (vielleicht mit beiden Farben!) - er sagte "Spielen an
beiden Flügeln - das ist meine beliebte Strategie!". Schwarz hat eine
Angriffsstellung am Königsflügel, und zugleich verteidigt sich gegen das
Eindringen der weißen Türme auf b6.} 21. Nc2 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht
- der Springer steht nicht besser auf c2 als auf e1 und bewegt sich vom
Königsflügel fort.} (21. Nc3 $5 {Anschließend kann Weiß eventuell Bd5+ und Ng2
spielen.}) 21... h5 22. Nc3 h4 $40 {Schwarz hat klare Initiative am
Königsflügel, dennoch ist die weiße Stellung solide.} 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Ne4 {
Endlich ist der Pg3 verteidigt. Das Problem ist, dass Weiß versuchen muss, den
starken weißfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.} Nfe7 (24... Nce7 $2 25. Bb7 Bxb7 26.
Rxb7 $14) 25. Ne1 {Weiß hat nichts besseres, der Springer geht zurück.} hxg3
26. hxg3 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Ne7 28. Qb3 (28. Nc3 fxg3 29. fxg3 Nf5 $40) 28... Nf5 {
[%cal Rf5d4,Rd4e2,Re2g1,Rd4b3]} (28... Qe8 $15 {[%cal Ge8f7,Gf7f1,Gf7d5]}) 29.
Qc4 fxg3 30. fxg3 {[#]} Nxg3 $2 {[%mdl 512] Dieses Springeropfer kommt sehr
unerwartet. Ich bin nicht davon überzeugt, dass es (völlig) korrekt ist. Aber,
in einer praktische Partie: wer kann da alle Varianten korrekt berechnen?} 31.
Bg5 $1 {Dieser Zwischenzug ist logisch - die Dame muss die Diagonale d8-h4
verlassen.} (31. Nxg3 $5 Qh4 32. Nh1 {Der Springer steht genügsam auf h1, aber
er verteidigt die Königsstellung. Der Zug 32...g3 geht nicht, weil die weiße
Dame auf c4 steht.} Rf1+ {Ich sehe keine andere vernünftige Fortsetzung für
Schwarz.} (32... Ra7 $2 33. Ng2 $18) 33. Kxf1 Qxh1+ 34. Kf2 Qh2+ (34... g3+ 35.
Kxg3 {Der König steht allein im Sturm, trotzdem sehe ich keine deutliche
Angriffsfortsetzung für Schwarz.}) 35. Ng2 Ra7 {[%cal Ra7f7,Rf7f2]} 36. Bg5
Rf7+ 37. Ke1 Qxg2 38. Rb8 $16) 31... Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Qf8 33. Kxg3 (33. Nxg3 $4
Qf2#) 33... Rh1 {Schwarz hat keine konkreten Drohungen, er versucht im Trüben 
(und in Zeitnot) zu fischen. 34.Ng2?? wäre ganz schlecht wegen 34...Rh3 und
Matt.} (33... Bh6 $2 34. Ng2 $18) 34. Nc2 $18 {Weiß hat eine ganze Figur mehr
- Schwarz hat zwar schenbar eine aktive Stellung, aber in Wirklichkeit hat er
keine Kompensation.} (34. Rb8 $1 $18) 34... Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. Rf1 (36. Rb8
$18) 36... Rh2+ $8 37. Kxh2 Qxf1 38. Ne3 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 {[%mdl 1024] Mit einer
Figur mehr steht Weiß auf Gewinn.} Rf7 (39... g3 40. Nf1 g2 41. Nfg3 Rf7 42.
Rb1 $18) 40. Rb8 $2 $138 {Auf den ersten Blick scheint es, als sollte Weiß
leicht gewinnen, aber -wie so oft - ist der letzte Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle
ein Fehler.} (40. Nxd6 $1 Qg3+ (40... Rf8 41. Nxc8 $18) 41. Ng2 Qf2+ 42. Kh1
$18 (42. Kh2 $4 g3+ $19)) 40... g3 {[%cal Rh3h2,Rh2g1]} 41. Rxc8+ Bf8 $1 {
Das ist ein kleines Wunder auf dem Schachbrett - Weiß hat zwei Figuren mehr
und Schwarz ist dennoch nicht verloren.} (41... Qxc8 $2 42. Nxd6 $18) (41...
Kh7 $2 42. Nf6+ Rxf6 43. Qh4+ $18) 42. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 43. Ng2 (43. Kh1 $4 Rh7+ $19)
43... Qxg5 44. Qh4+ Qxh4 45. Nxh4 $14 {Weiß hat theoretisch Vorteil - der
schwarze Läufer steht passiv und hat wenig Chancen, aktiv ins Geschehen
einzugreifen.} Kg7 46. e4 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gh4f5]} Rb7 47. Nf5+ Kf7 48. Kf2 $6
(48. Ra8 Rb3 49. Rxa5 Rxd3 50. Kf2 $14) 48... Rb3 49. Ke2 (49. Rc7+ Kg6 $11)
49... Rxa3 50. Rc6 Ra2+ 51. Kd1 a4 52. Nxd6+ Bxd6 (52... Ke7 $2 53. Nc4 $16)
53. Rxd6 a3 $11 {In diesem Turmendspiel hat Weiß wegen der schwachen schwarzen
Bauern theoretisch Vorteil, aber Schwarz verfügt über ausreichendes Gegenspiel.
} 54. Ra6 Ke7 55. Kc1 (55. Re6+ Kd7 56. Rxe5 Rh2 $19 {[%cal Ra3a2,Ra2a1]})
55... Kd7 {Beide Könige stehen passiv - das Endspiel ist Remis.} 56. Ra7+ Kd6
57. Ra5 Ra1+ (57... Kd7 58. Rxc5 Rg2 59. Ra5 a2 $11) 58. Kc2 Ra2+ 59. Kb3 Rd2
60. Ra6+ Kd7 61. Kc3 Ra2 62. Kb3 Rd2 63. Kc3 Ra2 64. Kb3 Rd2 65. Kc3 {Und
Remis durch Zugwiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 {Schwarz möchte eine asymmetrische
Eröffnungstellung erreichen. Das Feld d5 bleibt ein positionelles Loch in der
schwarzen Stellung; im Gegenzug kann er seinen Königsspringer flexibel über e7
entwickeln.} 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne1 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Das Feld d5 ist ein positionelles Loch in
der schwarzen Stellung und mit dem Textzug bereitet Weiß das Springermanöver
Nc2-Ne3-Nd5 vor. Aber nach meiner Meinung wäre es, besser zuerst 9.Rb1!? zu
spielen.} (9. Rb1 $5) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 {Weiß muss das Feld d5 besetzen, sonst
spielt Schwarz 10...d5.} (10. Nc2 d5) 10... Rb8 $1 {[%cal Gb7b5] Es ist
Schwarz, der b7-b5 spielen möchte.} 11. Nc2 (11. b4 e4 12. Nxe7+ (12. Rb1 Bxd5)
12... Qxe7 13. Rb1 d5 $5 (13... exd3)) 11... b5 12. Rb1 a5 13. Bd2 a4 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Schwarz hält die Spannung in der Stellung aufrecht und gewinnt Raum
am Damenflügel.} (13... bxc4 14. dxc4 a4 15. Bc3 Nd4 16. e3 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Bd7 19. b4 axb3 20. Rxb3 Ba4 21. Rxb8 Bxc2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 {0-1
Prosviriakov,V-Chekhov,V/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (40)}) (13... b4 14. Nce3 (14.
axb4 axb4 15. Ra1 Qc8 16. Nce3 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Ra7 Nc6 19. Ra2 Nd4 20.
Nd5 Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Ra6 {1-0 Kirillov,A-Maletin,P/Novosibirsk 2001/CBM
82 ext (30)}) 14... f5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ra1 f4 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ra6 Bf7 19. b3
Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21. e4 Ra8 22. Qa1 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Kabanov,N/
Pardubice 2000/(42)}) 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Ne3 f5 $1 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil.}
16. f4 Qd7 17. cxb5 $6 {Nach diesem Zug bekommt Schwarz freie Hand. Weiß
musste 17.b4 spielen mit Hoffnung auf Gegenspiel.} (17. b4 $142 axb3 18. Rxb3)
17... exf4 18. gxf4 Ba2 $6 (18... Bb3 $1 19. Qc1 d5 20. Qxc5 $2 Rfc8 21. Qb4
Rxb5 $19) 19. Qxa4 $8 {Weiß opfert Material und bekommt Gegenchancen.} Bxb1 (
19... Rxb5 $5 20. Ra1 Bb3 21. Qa6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Ba2 23. Qa4 Rd8 (23... Bxb1 24.
Rxb1) 24. Ba5 Rxa5 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxb2 Rxa3 $17) 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. a4 $1 {
[%csl Ga4,Rb1,Gb5] Weiß hat einen Turm weniger, aber es "hängt" der Bb1.
Darüber hinaus hat Weiß potentiell gefährliche Freibauern am Damenflügel.} g5
$1 {Schwarz leitet mit diesem Zug einen Gegenangriff am Königsflügel ein.} 22.
Rxb1 gxf4 23. Nd5 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6b3,Re6e2]} 24. Bf3 Ng6 {[%cal
Gg6e5,Gg6h4]} 25. Qc4 $2 (25. Kh1 $1 $13) 25... Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3,
Re5c4]} 27. Qc2 (27. Qb3 Nxf3 28. exf3 Rg8 $19 {[%cal Re6e2]}) 27... Nxf3 28.
Nxf4 Qe5 29. exf3 Rg8 $19 {[%csl Ge5,Gg8,Rh1][%cal Gg8g1][%mdl 128] Die
schwarzen Drohungen bringen den weißen König in große Not.} 30. Qc4 (30. Re1 $2
Qxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Rg1#) (30. Rf1 Rb7 $19 {[%cal Rb7g7,Rg8g1]}) 30... Rbe8 31. h3
Qg7 32. Rf1 (32. Bc3 Re3 $19) 32... Qg3 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stryjecki, Marek"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2112]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 {Weiss
opfert den Bauern für Initiative, aber ich glaube, diese Variante bietet
keinen Eröffnungsvorteil. Ribli.} cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 {Schwarz verteidigt nicht den
d4-Bauern, sondern möchte die Entwicklung schnell beenden.} (7... e5 8. e3 $44)
8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nbxd4 O-O {Schwarz hat einen isolierten Bauern
auf d5, aber wegen seines aktiven Läufers auf g7 hat er keine Probeme.} 11. Be3
(11. Bg5 $6 Qb6 $1 12. Nxc6 $6 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 Bg4 $11) 12... Nxc6 13.
Qxd5 Qxb2 $15 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gg7a1] 1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Milu,R/Bucharest 1999/
CBM 70/[Ribli] (45)}) 11... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 12. Qd2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} (12. Rc1
$5 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 (14. Rc5 d4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxc6 Bxe3 17. Rd6
Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Barbero,G/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (33)}) 14... d4 (
14... Be4 $5) (14... Qf6 $5) 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. h3 Qb6 18. g4 Be6 19.
b3 Rad8 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rfd1 {1-0 Adianto-Gheorghiu/Biel op, SW 1998 (45)}) (
12. Re1 Bg4 (12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Nd4 Be4 15. Rc1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Ledger,A-Emms,J/Southend 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (39)}) 13. Qd2
(13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qb5 d4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rc8 {0-1 Foisor,
O-Lesiege,A/Hyeres 1992/TD (55)}) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf3 Nf5 16. Bc5
Qf6 17. Rab1 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Vaulin,A-Ulibin,M/Nizhnij Tagil 1998/
EXT 99 (71)}) 12... Nf5 {Schwarz hat lebendiges Figurenspiel als vollwertige
Kompensation für den isolierten Bauern. Schwarz möchte jetzt dreimal auf d4
nehmen und dann mit Ausgleich auf e2.} 13. Nxf5 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Nd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 a5 17. e3 Bd7 18. Nd4 a4 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. Qc2 Rb6 21. b3
Reb8 {1/2-1/2 Ledger,A-Ward,C/ENG 1992/CBM 30 ext (48)}) 13... Bxf5 $11 {
[%csl Gf5,Gg7][%cal Ge8e1]} 14. Rfd1 (14. Bh6 Be4 $11) (14. Bd4 $11) (14. Bg5
$2 Qb6 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Gf5,Gg7]}) 14... Qf6 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rg7b2]} 15. Nh4
$6 {Der Springer steht nicht besonders gut auf h4. Es wäre besser, mit 15.Nd4
einen Bauern für etwas Aktivität zu geben.} (15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17.
Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxe2 $15) (15. b3 Qxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxa1 17. Qxd5 Rad8 $17)
15... Be4 16. f3 $2 {Dieser Zug schwächt die weisse Königsstellung und
zerstört die Figurenkoordination.} (16. Bxe4 dxe4 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rh4]}) 16...
Bc2 $1 $17 17. Re1 (17. Qxc2 Rxe3 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Ge3,Rg2,Rh4][%cal Rg7b2]})
17... Qxb2 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und die weissen Figuren stehen
katastrophal. Es droht z.B. 18...Rxe3 19.Qxe3 Bd4 mit sofortigem Gewinn.} 18.
Bf2 Qc3 (18... Bc3 {[%cal Rc3e1]} 19. Qxd5 Rad8 $19) 19. Qxd5 {Die Stellung
ist materiell gleich, aber dank seines ausgezeichneten Figurenspiels steht
Schwarz viel besser.} (19. Qg5 Qc4 $19) (19. Qxc3 Bxc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3a1,Rc3e1]}
) 19... Rad8 20. Qb5 (20. Qg5 Qd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 {[%cal Rg7a1]} 22. Rac1 g5 {
[%csl Rh4]}) 20... Nd4 21. Bxd4 (21. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 g5 $19 {[%csl Rh4]})
21... Bxd4+ {Das schwarze Läuferpaar beherrscht das Brett. Weiss muss bereits
Material geben.} 22. Kh1 Qd2 $19 {[%cal Rd4a1]} 23. Rac1 Re5 (23... Re5 24.
Qxb7 (24. Qc4 Rc5 $19 {[%csl Rc4] Die weisse Dame hat kein Feld!}) 24... Rxe2
25. Rf1 g5 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O (6. d4 $5 {Gurevich,
D-Dlugy,M/ New York op 1989}) 6... Nge7 7. b3 O-O (7... d5 $1 {Schussler,
H-Hansen,C/ Vejstrup 1989}) 8. Bb2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 (9... exd5 10. Na4 Bxb2
11. Nxb2 Bg4 $11) 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bd2 Qe7
15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Kh2 b6 17. Bh6 Nd4 {=} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Rfc1 Qd6
$6 (20... Bc6 $5) 21. Nd2 f5 $6 (21... Bc6 $5) 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. e3
Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. b4 Ba8 $6 (26... h5) 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 $1 exf4 29.
gxf4 b5 $6 30. Na5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qb6 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Nb3 b4 34. Nd4 $1 a5 35.
Qb2 Kh6 36. Rg1 Rc3 $2 37. Nxf5+ $1 gxf5 38. Qf2 Rc2 39. Qxc2 Qxe3 40. Qb2
Qxf4+ 41. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 (9... a6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 Rb8 14. d5
Nd4 15. Nd2 h5 $13 {Terreaux,G-Topokian,R Biel op 1992 EXP/31}) 10. Ne1 (10.
Bd2 $5 Rb8 11. Qa4 Bg4 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Qc2 Rfc8 {Csom,I-Cramling,P Bern 1992
CBM/28 54/45} (13... Rfc8 14. b4 $14)) 10... Be6 11. Nc2 (11. Bg5 f6 $5 (11...
h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc2 $14) 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nc2 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Ne4 Qd7
16. f4 f5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Kh7 21. Nf2 Ng8 $13 {
Oll,L-Cramling,P Dos Hermanas 1992 CBM/31}) 11... d5 (11... Rb8 $2 12. b4 axb4
13. axb4 b6 14. b5 Nd4 15. Ne3 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Bewersdorff,O Frankfurt 1990 CBM/
20}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 (13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Ne3 Nde7 $13 {Uhlmann,
W-Torre,E Leningrad izt 1973}) (13. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. b4 $2 cxb4
16. axb4 a4 $15) 13... Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Bg5 (15. f4 Nd5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bf4 Rfe8 $15 {Byrne,D-Ivkov,B Novi Sad 1972 14/97})
15... f6 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 Nd5 $1 18. Bd2 (18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20.
fxe5 f5 $13) 18... f5 $1 $13 19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc4 21. dxc4 e4 $15 {>< g2}
22. Qa4 Qc7 23. Rbd1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rbd8 25. h4 Ne7 26. Kg1 Kf7 27. Kf2 Ng8 28.
e3 Nf6 29. Rfe1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Bf1 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Rd3 $17 33. Rxd3 exd3+
34. Kd2 (34. Kxd3 Qd6+ 35. Ke2 Qe6 $19) 34... Qe7 35. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 36. Kc2 Kg7 $1
37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qd8 Nf2 39. Qg5+ Kg7 40. Bxf5 Qe2+ 41. Kc1 Qe1+ 42. Kc2 a4 43.
Qd8 $2 (43. Bd3 $5) 43... Qe2+ 44. Kc1 gxf5 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Qxf5+ Ke7 47.
Qxh7+ Kd6 48. Qg6+ Qe6 49. f5 Qxg6 50. fxg6 Ke6 51. Kd2 Kf6 52. Ke3 Nd1+ 53.
Kf4 Kxg6 54. g4 Nxc3 55. h5+ Kh6 56. Kf5 Nd1 57. g5+ Kxh5 58. g6 Ne3+ 59. Ke4
Kxg6 60. Kxe3 Kf5 61. Kd3 Ke5 62. Kc3 Kd6 63. Kd3 Kc6 64. Kc3 b5 65. cxb5+ Kxb5
66. Kd3 Kc6 67. Kc4 (67. Kc4 Kd6 68. Kb5 Kd5 69. Kxa4 c4 70. Kb4 Kd4 71. a4 c3
72. a5 c2 73. a6 c1=Q $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 {Mit diesem Zug kann Schwarz
eine asymmetrische Stellung erreichen. Schwarz schwächt von selbst sein
d5-Feld, aber er kann seinen Königsspringer besser als Weiß nach e7 platzieren
und nachfolgend f7-f5 ziehen.} 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Mit diesem typischen Springermanoever (Ne1-Nc2-Ne3) zielt
Weiß auf das Feld d5.} O-O 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 (10. d3 Be6 (10... Nd4 11. Rb1
Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14. Nd5 g5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 f4 $132) 11. Ne3
Rb8 12. Ned5 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfb1 Bh3 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7
18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. b4 $14 {1-0 Seirawan,Y-Ni Hua/Beijing 2003/CBM 98 (45)})
10... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der schwarze Springer erscheint auf d4, wonach Weiß mit
dem Raumgewinnzug 11...a4 rechnen muss.} 11. Rb1 (11. b3 f5 $13) 11... a4 12.
Nxa4 (12. d3 f5 13. Nxa4 f4 14. Nd5 Rxa4 15. Qxa4 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 f3 17. Bg5
fxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rf7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $36) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Rxa4
$13 {Wir haben eine ungewöhnliche Stellung auf dem Brett - die Punkte d5 und
d4 sind beiderseitig schwach. Die Diagonale des g2-Läufers ist geöffnet, aber
Schwarz kann durch Ne7-Nc6 sein Gegenspiel ausführen.} 14. d3 h5 $5 {Eine
originelle Idee - Schwarz möchte eventuell h5-h4 ziehen und macht ein
Schlupfloch für seinen König auf h7. Und wenn der e3N weggeht, kann Schwarz
auch Bg4 ziehen.} (14... f5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 $13) 15. Qd1
Ra7 {[%cal Ga7b7] Schwarz verteidigt prophylaktisch den b7-Bauern, der schwach
werden kann nach 16.b4.} 16. b4 Kh7 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bb2 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]}
19. h4 $6 {Weiß möchte die Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel befestigen, aber der
Textzug schwächt die weiße Königsstellung.} (19. Nd5 h4 $13) 19... Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} 20. a4 {Wenn 20.Nd5 nicht geht, ist es nicht leicht für Weiß einen
aktiven Spielplan zu finden. Weiß möchte den d4N tauschen, aber in diesem Fall
wird sein a-Bauer schwach.} (20. Nd5 Bg4 21. f3 Bd7 $15) 20... Bd7 $15 {
[%csl Ra4] Schwarz hat eine starke Springerstellung auf d4 und der weiße a4P
ist schwach.} 21. Ra1 Qa5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nd5 f5 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine
Reserven am Königsflügel und er kann nun e5-e4 spielen.} (23... Bxa4 24. Qb1 {
[%cal Rd5b6,Rb6a4]} Qc5 25. Qb6 Rc8 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Nb6 Rca5 28. Nxa4 Rxa4
29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Bxb7 $11) (23... Bc6 $15) 24. Qb3 Bc6 25. Rfe1 (25. Qb6 $6
Qxb6 26. Nxb6 e4 $17) 25... Re8 26. Qa3 $132 {[%cal Ga3f8]} Raa8 (26... Qd2 $5)
27. Rab1 $6 (27. Qd6 $1 $132) 27... Ra6 (27... Qxa4 $17) 28. Qc1 Qd8 29. f4 $6
{[%mdl 16384] Weiß schwächt nur seine Königsstellung.} (29. Nb4 $8 Bxg2 30.
Nxa6 Bf3 $44) 29... Rxa4 $17 30. Qc2 (30. fxe5 Rxe5 $17) 30... Qa5 {[%cal
Ga5e1,Ra4a2,Ra2g2]} 31. Re2 e4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 32. dxe4 (32. Kh2 b5 $19) 32...
Qc5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rd4d3,Rc5g1] Es hängt der c4P und es droht 33...d3+ mit
Damengewinn.} 33. Kh2 Rxc4 $19 {Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern mehr, aber der
d5N verliert seine Unterstützung, so Weiß hat keine Chance.} 34. Qd3 fxe4 35.
Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Schussler, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 {7...Nge7
8.b4!, Be6? 9.Ng5!, Bxc4 10.d3, Be6 11.dxc5, bxc5 12.Nxe6 +/=
Petursson-Arnason Reykjavik m/3 1989 i 48/(57)} 8. d3 Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2
d5 $5 {10...0-0!?} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 {12.Ne3, Nce7 13.Nc4, 0-0 15.Nb5} b6
13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ne3 Nde7 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Qc4 {>< f7} O-O 18. Nxf7
$2 Kxf7 19. Nc7+ Be6 $1 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Be3 {21...f4?, Qd4+! -/+} Rc8 {
21...Qd7!? /\ Kg8} 22. f4 Qd7 23. Bh3 Rc6 {23...Nf5!?} 24. fxe5+ Kg8 25. Rxf8+
Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Bg5 Nd5 28. Bg2 $1 Ndc7 29. Bf6 b5 30. Bxc6 {~/=} Qxc6
31. Qh4 Qd7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Kg2 a4 35. h4 Nd5 36. Qf3 h5 37. e4
Ndc7 38. Qf6 Kh7 39. Rf3 Ne8 40. Qf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rb7 N8c7 43. g4
hxg4 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kxg4 Kh6 46. Ra7 Kg7 47. h5 Kh6 48. hxg6 Kxg6 49. Rb7 Kg7
50. Rb6 Kg6 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rh7 Kf8 54. Kf5 Ng7+ 55. Kf6 Nce8+ 56.
Kg6 Ke7 57. Rh2 Ne6 58. Rh7+ N8g7 59. Rh1 Ne8 60. Rf1 {60.Rh7+ =} Nf8+ 61. Kg5
Nd7 62. Rh1 Nxe5 63. Rh7+ Ke6 64. Rh6+ Ke7 65. Kf5 Nxd3 66. e5 Ng7+ 67. Ke4
Nxb2 68. Rb6 b4 69. axb4 cxb4 70. Rxb4 a3 71. Rb7+ Kf8 72. Kd4 Ne6+ 73. Kd5 Nd3
74. Ra7 Nef4+ 75. Kd6 Nxe5 76. Kxe5 Nh5 77. Kf5 Ng7+ 78. Kg6 Ne8 79. Rf7+ Kg8
80. Rf2 a2 81. Rxa2 Kf8 82. Re2 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 (4. e3 {[%cal Gd2d4] Das wäre die
prinzipielle weiße Antwort. Ribli.}) 4... g6 5. a3 (5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3
Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Ned5
Rad8 14. Rb1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. b4 b6 17. e3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe2 {
1-0 Nielsen,H-Hansen,V/Aalborg 1960/MCD (62)}) 9... O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Be6
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Rb1 b6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Qd7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18.
Qa1 Bh3 {1/2-1/2 Karlsson,L-Ernst,T/Nordic zt 1992/CBM 31 (40)}) 5... a5 {
Schwarz verhindert den Vorstoß b2-b4.} (5... Bg7 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. Bg2 a5 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 d5 14. b3 $5 {[#]} d4
15. Nb5 f4 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. a4 Qd7 19. Na1 Bh3 20. Nb3 {1-0
Petrosian,T-Radulov,I/Amsterdam 1973/MCL (35)}) 6. d3 {[%csl Yb5,Yd5] Auf
ersten Blick scheint die Lage des Schwarzen wegen seiner Felderschwächen
schwierig, aber in Wirklichkeit kann er das leicht überleben und sein Vorteil
ist, daß er mit seinem Königsspringer nach e7 kommen kann.} Bg7 7. Bg5 {
Weiß provoziert den Bauernzug ...f6.} (7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Nd2 d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ne3
$5 {[%csl Yd5]}) 7... f6 (7... Nge7 8. Nd5 $14) 8. Bd2 Nge7 9. Bg2 O-O (9... d5
$2 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 $16) 10. O-O {Anstelle der Rochade kann Weiß nicht
das sofortige Springermanöver Nf3-d2-f1-e3-d5 ausführen, weil sein Läufer auf
d2 steht.} d6 11. Ne1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Das ist ein
typisches Manöver. Der Springer strebt nach d5.} Be6 {[#]} 12. Nd5 {Weiß
vermeidet die möglichen Vereinfachungen nach 12...d5.} (12. Rb1 $5 d5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. b4 $36) (12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 12... Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. Nc2 b5 $11 {[%csl Gb8] Schwarz hat
keine Eröffnungsprobleme. Seine Aktivität kompensiert die Felderschwäche auf
d5.} 14. Nxe7+ (14. cxb5 $5 Rxb5 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. bxc6 Rxb2 17.
Rb1 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Gc6,Gd2]}) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. b4 $11) 14... Nxe7 15. cxb5 a4
$1 $15 {[%csl Yb3] [#]Das ist ein starker Zwischenzug. Schwarz hat noch Zeit
für ...Rxb5, legt zuerst die Felderschwäche b3 fest.} (15... Rxb5 16. b4 $11)
16. Ne3 Bb3 {[%csl Gb3]} 17. Qc1 Rxb5 {[%cal Gd6d5] Schwarz hat freie Hand, er
kann auch mit ...d6-d5 im Zentrum kommen.} 18. f4 $5 {Weiß wartet nicht ab,
sondern sucht aktives Figurenspiel am Königsflügel.} exf4 19. gxf4 d5 {[%csl
Gb3,Rc1,Gd5]} (19... f5 20. Bc3 $15) 20. f5 d4 {Schwarz nimmt die Einladung an.
} (20... g5 $5 $15) 21. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Nxf5 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Rxf5 $5 {Weiß
opfert die Qualität und bekommt lebendiges Figurenspiel. Der schwarze Läufer
steht nicht besonders gut auf g7.} gxf5 24. Bf4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gc6,Gf4]} Rc8 (
24... Kh8 25. Bxb8 Qxb8 $17) 25. Bf3 Kh8 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g1]} 26. Kf2 (26. Nd6
Rg8 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 27. Nxc8 Qxc8 $17) 26... Rg8 27. Nd6 Bf8 $5 {[%cal Gb3f7]
Der b3-Läufer kontrolliert das Feld f7. Schwarz gibt die Qualität zurück und
behält einen Mehrbauern.} 28. Nxc8 Qxc8 $15 {[%csl Gb3,Gf3,Gf4,Rf5,Rf6,Rf8]
Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die Doppelbauern in der f-Linie sind nicht
besonders stark.} 29. Qh1 {[%cal Gf3d5] Weiß möchte Bd5 ein Läuferpaar
tauschen.} Qe6 (29... Qd7) 30. Rg1 Rg6 $5 (30... Rxg1 31. Qxg1 $15) 31. Bh5 (
31. Rxg6 $2 hxg6 $17) 31... Bd5 32. Bf3 Bb3 33. Bh5 Bd5 {Schwarz demonstriert,
daß er, wenn er will, remis machen kann. Natürlich will er das nicht!} 34. Bf3
{[#]} Rxg1 35. Kxg1 (35. Qxg1 Bxf3 36. exf3 c4 $17) 35... Bb3 36. Bh5 c4 $1 37.
Qa8 $6 {Nach diesem Zug wird der schwarze c-Bauer stark.} (37. dxc4 Qxc4 (37...
Bc5 38. Qa8+) 38. Qa8 Qg8+ 39. Kf1 $15) 37... Qg8+ 38. Kf1 c3 39. bxc3 dxc3 {
[%csl Gc3]} 40. Qc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rc6f6,Rc6c3]} c2 {[%csl Gc2]} (40... Qe6
41. Qxc3 Bxa3 $15 {[%csl Ga4]}) 41. Bc1 $6 {Dieser Zug ist sehr passiv.} (41.
Qxf6+ Qg7 (41... Bg7 42. Qxf5) 42. Qd8 $5 $132 (42. Qxg7+ Bxg7 {[%cal Rg7b2]}
43. Bc1 $8 f4 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rg7d4,Rd4e3,Re3c1]} 44. e3 (44. Bxf4 Bb2 $19)
44... fxe3 45. Ke2 Bd4 $19)) 41... Qd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 42. Qxd5 (42. Qxf6+ Bg7 {
[%cal Rd5h1]} 43. Qb6 Qh1+ 44. Qg1 Qxg1+ 45. Kxg1 f4 $19 {[%cal Rg7d4,Rd4e3,
Re3c1]}) 42... Bxd5 $17 {[#]Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und sein c-Freibauer
ist sehr stark.} 43. Be8 {[%cal Re8a4]} Bb3 44. Bd7 {[%cal Rd7f5]} f4 $1 {
[%cal Rf8c5,Rc5e3,Re3c1] Schwarz mobilisiert seinen f-Bauern.} 45. d4 $8 (45.
Bxf4 $4 Bxa3 $19) 45... Bd6 46. Bf5 $6 (46. Kg2 Kg7 $17) 46... f3 47. exf3 Bxh2
{Jetzt besitzt Schwarz einen gesunden Mehrbauern.} 48. f4 {[%cal Rf1g2,Rg2h2]}
Bg3 49. d5 $5 {Weiß verteidigt sich gut. Er gibt seinen d-Bauern für den
starken c2-Bauern.} (49. Ke2 h5 50. Kf3 h4 $17) 49... Bxd5 50. Bxc2 Bc6 $1 {
[%csl Gc6] Dort steht der schwarze Läufer ausgezeichnet.} (50... Bb3 51. Bf5
$17 (51. Bxb3 $2 axb3 52. a4 {[%cal Ra4a5,Ra5a6,Ra6a7,Ra7a8]} Bxf4 $1 $19)) 51.
Bd2 h5 {[%csl Gh5] Endlich mobilisiert Schwarz seinen Freibauern.} 52. Bf5 {
[%csl Gf5]} Kg7 53. Kg1 h4 54. Kf1 Kf7 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf5h3] Vorerst kommt
der Freibauer nicht voran. Schwarz muß ihn mit dem König unterstützen.} 55. Kg1
Ke7 56. Bb4+ Ke8 57. Bd2 (57. Bg6+ Kd8 58. Ba5+ Ke7 59. Bb4+ Ke6 $17) 57... Bd7
58. Bg6+ {Natürlich muß Weiß den Läufertausch vermeiden.} Ke7 59. Kg2 (59. Bb4+
Ke6 $17) 59... f5 60. Bh5 Kd6 61. Be2 Kc5 {[%csl Gc5] Das ist ein großer
Unterschied. Schwarz kann seinen König aktivieren, während der weiße König an
den h-Freibauern gebunden ist.} 62. Bd3 (62. Be3+ Kd6 63. Bd2 Bc6+ $17) 62...
Bc6+ 63. Kh3 (63. Kf1 h3 $19) 63... Be4 {[%csl Ge4]} 64. Bxe4 (64. Be2 Kd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} 65. Bb5 Bd3 $19 66. Bxa4 Bf1#) 64... fxe4 65. f5 Kd5 $1 (65... Kd4
66. f6 Bd6 (66... e3 $2 67. Bb4) 67. Bb4 Bxb4 68. axb4 e3 69. f7 e2 70. f8=Q
e1=Q $17) 66. Kg4 Bf2 67. Bg5 (67. Kf4 h3 $19) 67... e3 $19 68. Kf3 h3 {
Die schwarzen Bauern sind nicht zu bremsen.} 69. Bf4 Bg1 70. Bg3 h2 71. Kg2 e2
{Und Weiß gab auf.} (71... e2 72. f6 (72. Bh4 Ke5 73. f6 Ke6 74. Bg3 Bc5 $19)
72... Ke6 73. Bh4 Bc5 74. Kxh2 Bxa3 75. Kg2 Bb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ernst} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O d6
8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 (9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13.
Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. a4 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd4 18. Nc4 b6 $13 {
Denker,A-Ernst,T New York op 1990 EXP/16}) 12... b6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ne3 Nde7
15. Nc4 O-O 16. Bd2 h6 $13 {Uhlmann,W-Cramling,P Valby K41 1991 CBM/27}) 9...
Rb8 10. Ne1 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qa4 Bg4 $5 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 b6
$13 {Csom,I-Cramling,P Bern 1992 CBM/28}) 10... Be6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Bd2 (12.
Nc2 b5 13. Nxe7+ (13. Nce3 {Ernst} Qd7 14. cxb5 Rxb5 15. a4 Rbb8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7
17. Nc4 Nc6 18. Bd2 e4 $1 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 $17 {Barcza - Uhlmann,
Sarajevo 1969, 20.-Lb3!}) 13... Nxe7 14. Ne3 a4 $1 15. Bd2 bxc4 16. dxc4 Rb3
17. Bc3 f5 18. Nd5 e4 $1 $17 {Lengyel,L-Wedberg Eskjo 1980 30/94}) 12... b5 13.
b3 f5 (13... b4 $5 14. a4 Qd7 15. e3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rbe8 17. Nc2 f5 18. f4 Bg8 19.
Bc1 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc8 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qg7 23. Qa1 Bxd5 24. cxd5 N6e7 25.
Rbb1 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Nb6 27. e4 Ng8 $17 {Liebert-Barczay Kapfenberg 1970 9/53})
14. Nc2 b4 (14... h6 $5) 15. axb4 axb4 16. Bg5 $1 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Ne3 Kh7 20. Ra1 (20. Nd5 $1 $13) 20... e4 21. Ra6 f4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23.
dxe4 (23. Bxe4 Bh3 $44) 23... Be5 24. Nd5 Qh4 25. e3 (25. f3 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rf5
$1 {Bellon} 27. f4 Bd4+ 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. exf5 gxf5 $17) (25. Nxf4 {Ernst} Qxf4
26. Re1 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Bh3 $19) 25... Rf3 $1 26. Nf4 Rxf4 27. exf4 Qxf4 28. Re1
Rf8 29. Ra2 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Bh3 31. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 32. Ke2 Qf3+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2
Qxe4+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qf3+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc1
(8. O-O b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rb1 {Brunner,L-Georges,S/ Zug 1989}) 8... b6 9. Bh6
Bb7 10. h4 $5 Bxh6 $1 11. Qxh6 Nf5 12. Qf4 Qb8 $1 13. Qd2 Ncd4 14. Ne4 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 f6 16. O-O-O $6 d5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Ne4 Nd6 19. h5 (19. Nxd6 Bxf3 20.
exf3 Qxd6 21. f4) 19... g5 20. Nxg5 $2 fxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kf7 22. h6 Bxf3 23. Qg7+
Ke8 24. exf3 Rf7 25. Qg4 Kd7 26. Rde1 Re7 27. f4 Qg8 $1 $17 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Rh5
Rf5 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31. Rh1 Nd6 32. Rh5 Qc8 $1 33. Kd2 Qc6 34. Qxc6+ Kxc6 35. Ke2
Nf7 36. g4 Nh8 $1 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Kf3 Rf7 39. Kg3 Ng6 40. Re4 e5 $1 41. f5 Nf4
42. Rxf4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rf6 44. g5 Rf8 45. a3 a5 46. a4 Rg8 47. Kg4 Ke7 48. g6
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. a3 a5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nd2 d6
9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Ned5 Rb8 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Rb1 Kh7 15. f4 {
15.b4, axb4 16.axb4, cxb4 17.Nxb4, f4  Hansen,C-Polgar,J Vejstrup 1989  CBM/15}
Bf7 16. Kh1 b6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. Nb5 $1 {20.Rxb4, d5
=} d5 21. Bxb4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bf6 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Nd6 dxc4 25. dxc4 Bg8 26. Rfd1
{26.e4! +/=} Qe6 27. Qf3 {27.e4!?} Rfd8 28. Rd3 Nc8 29. Re3 Qd7 30. Nb7 Re8 31.
Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd7 34. c5 bxc5 35. Qxc5 Nd6 36. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 {5...Nh6 6.0-0, (h4!?) 6...
Nf5 Cifuentes,R-Milos,G Santiago 1989 CBM/12} 6. O-O Nh6 {6...Bd7 7.b3, Nf6
Chernin,A-Ivanov,I New York op(3) 1989  CBM/12} 7. a3 Nf5 8. Rb1 {8.e3, 0-0 9.
Rb1, a5?! 10.Ne1, Bd7 11.b3, Rb8 12.Nb5, Ne5 13.f4, Bxb5 14.cxb5, Nd7 15.Nf3,
d5 16.g4, Nd6 17.a4, c4 18.Ba3, Nb6 19.d3, cxb3 20.Qxb3, Qc8 21.Ne5 +/-
Lautier-Gavrikov Lugano op 1989  i 47/(66)} Bd7 $1 9. d3 Rb8 10. Bd2 a6 11. b4
cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 {Nach meiner persoenlichen
Meinung das ist die beste Moeglichkeit fuer Schwarz.Die Alternativen sind - 5..
.e5, mit der Idee 6...Nge7, oder 5...Nf6.Nach dem Textzug Schwarz kann die
Entwicklung mit 6...Nge7 fortsetzen.} 6. O-O (6. d4 {Auf diese Weise Weiss
kann den Bauern opfern, aber theoretisch Schwarz hat gute Moeglichkeiten und
er hat mindestens gleiche Chancen.}) 6... Nge7 7. d3 {Statt dieser ruhige
Fortsetzung 7.d4 ist wieder moeglich, aber keineswegs gefaehrlich fuer Schwarz.
} O-O 8. Bg5 {Mit diesem Lauferzug Weiss moechte die Antwort 8...h6
provozieren und hofft, dass spaeter er kann die Erschwachung des
Koenigsfluegels benutzen.} (8. Bf4) (8. Bd2) 8... h6 {Dieser Zug ist nuetzlich
und gleichzeitig erschwaecht ein wenig den Koenigsfluegel.} 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5
(10. a3 {Diese andere moeglichkeit fuer Weiss gefaellt mir besser.Weiss
moechte den Zug b32-b4 mit folgendem Rb1 vorbereiten und hat keine Angst von
d5-d4, oder dxc4.}) 10... exd5 11. a3 b6 (11... Be6 12. Rb1 b6 (12... Rc8 13.
b4 cxb4 14. axb4 d4 15. Ne4 b6 16. b5 Na5 17. Bb4 Nd5 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Rc1
Rxc1 20. Qxc1 f5 21. Ned2 Nc3 22. Re1 Qc5 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Ligterink,G/
Amsterdam 1988/CBM 09 (40)}) 13. e3 Re8 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5
17. Nf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. h4 Red8 20. Rfd1 Nc6 21. e4 Nd4 22. Qg2 dxe4 23.
dxe4 Qg4 {0-1 Lupu,M-Spiridonov,N/Bourbon Lancy 1998/EXT 2000 (47)}) 12. Rb1
Bb7 (12... d4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bb5 16. Nb2 Nd5 17. Qb3 Rc8 18.
Rfe1 Nc3 19. Rbc1 Qd6 20. e3 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nca2 24.
Rb1 Rc2 25. Bxh6 Nc3 {0-1 Kupka,S-Smejkal,J/Bratislava 1967/MCD (33)}) 13. b4
cxb4 14. axb4 {Weiss hat aktives Spiel am Damenfluegel und in folgendem er
kann mit b4-b5 den Damenfluegel blockieren.Anderseits Schwarz hat eine
elastische Stellung und er steht stark im Zentrum.} d4 15. Na4 Nd5 {[%csl Yc3]
Der d5N steht stark und kontrolliert das positionelles Loch auf c3.} 16. b5 (
16. Qb3 Re8 $13 (16... Qd7)) 16... Nce7 $13 {Wir haben eine dinamische,
ungefaehr gleiche Stellung - der g7B steht etwas passiv, aber kontrolliert das
Feld-c3, Weiss hat Raumvorteil am menfluegel,Schwarz im Zentrum.} 17. Qb3 Qd7
18. Rfc1 Nf5 19. g4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Dieser Zug gefaellt mir nicht - Weiss
erschwaecht von selbst die Koenigstellung.} (19. Bh3 $13 {[%cal Gh3d7]}) 19...
Nfe7 20. h3 h5 $1 {Schwarz benutzt die Moeglichkeit und beginnt sofort Aktion
am Koenigsfluegel.} 21. gxh5 (21. g5 Nf5 $15 {[%csl Gf5]}) 21... gxh5 22. e4 (
22. Kh1 $2 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Ng6 $17) 22... dxe3 23. fxe3 Ng6 $15 {Schwarz hat
besseres Figurenspiel - seine zwei Laufer stehen stark auf den grose
Diagonalen und der weise Koenigsfluegel scheint mir schwach.} 24. Nb2 (24. Qd1
Rae8 $15) 24... Rae8 {Die weise Bauern in der Mitte sind schwach - Weiss kann
nicht 25.e4 ziehen, als 25...Ndf4 ist deutlich und 25.d4 waere auch schwach
wegen der Erschwachung des e4-Punkts.} 25. Nc4 (25. Re1 $15) {[#]} 25... Ndf4
$1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Ein unerwartetes und ausgezeichnetes Opfer, wonach Schwarz
bekommt ueberzeugende Angriff.} 26. exf4 Bxf3 (26... Re2 {[%csl Rg1]} 27. Rf1
Bd4+ 28. Kh2 (28. Kh1 Nh4 $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 28... Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nh4+ $40) 27.
Bxf3 Qxh3 {[%csl Rf3,Rg1][%cal Rg7d4,Rd4g1]} 28. Kf2 Qh2+ {Weiss gab auf - er
kann nicht die vielseitige Drohungen parieren.} (28... Qh2+ 29. Kf1 (29. Bg2
Bd4+ 30. Be3 Nxf4 31. Rg1 Nh3+ $19) 29... Bd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 {Diese
Fortsetzung ist eine Lieblingsvariante von Loginov und Vaulin.} d5 (7... O-O $5
8. b4 b6 $1 9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Ne4 (10. Bb2) 10... d6 11. Bb2 f5 12. Nc3 (12.
Bxg7 $2 fxe4 13. Bxf8 exf3 14. Bxe7 $2 (14. Bxf3 Kxf8 $17) 14... fxg2 15. Bxd8
$4 gxh1=Q#) 12... Rb8 $10 {Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Wijk/1996/CBM51/}) 8. b4 cxb4 9.
axb4 O-O (9... a5 10. bxa5 dxc4 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. Bb2 O-O $13 {Loginov,
V-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-chT Kazan/1995/CBM51/}) 10. Ba3 (10. b5 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. d4 Bf5 13. Ra1 Rc8 $10 {Vaulin,A-Nepomnishay,M/St.Petersburg op/1995/EXP46/
}) 10... Re8 $5 $146 {Das ist eine kluge Neuerung, weil Schwarz sonst immer
mit der Fesselung auf der Diagonalen a3-f8 Probleme hatte.} (10... dxc4 $2 11.
b5 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Nc6 Nexc6 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. bxc6 $16 {
Vaulin,A-Margolin,B/Pardubice op/1994/}) 11. Qa4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. b5 (13. c5
a6 $13 {/\ b5,e5}) 13... Na5 14. c5 d4 15. c6 (15. Nd1 Bd5 $13) 15... dxc3 16.
cxb7 Rb8 $5 {Dieser Zug hat folgende Absicht: Schwarz will seinen Springer auf
a5 halten, von wo aus er die sehr wichtigen Punkte c4 und c6 kontrolliert} 17.
Rfd1 $5 (17. dxc3 $6 Nd5 $36 {>< c3}) 17... Qc7 18. dxc3 Nd5 19. Qh4 Rxb7 (
19... Nxc3 $2 20. Bd6 $16) 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Bc1 Qe7 (22... f5 $2 23.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxd5+ $18) 23. Qh3 g5 (23... f5 24. Nd2 $13 (24.
Rxd5 $2 exd5 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. Bxd5+ Kh7 27. Bxb7 Qxc3 $17)) 24. Qh5 Rd7 {
Schwarz will f5 durchsetzen, aber dazu muß er erst den d5-Springer befestigen.
/\ f5 ><c3} 25. h4 $1 {[#] Ein chancenreiches aber auch erzwungenes
Figurenopfer, das dem Anziehenden die Initiartive sichert.} f5 26. hxg5 $1 fxe4
27. gxh6 Bf6 (27... Nxc3 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. hxg7 Nxb1 30. Bxe4 $18) 28. Bxe4 Kh8
(28... Nxc3 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxf6+ $18) 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5
Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qxe2 32. Bg5 Bxg5 $5 {Schwarz waehlt eine sichere Fortsetzung.} (
32... Bxc3 $6 33. Rc1 Rf8 34. Bf4 $44) 33. Qxg5 Qe7 34. Qf4 {Natürlich kann
Weiß nicht die Damen tauschen, weil das Endspiel wegen seiner schwachen Bauern
verloren ist.} Ne5 35. Kg2 {/\ Re1} Qb7+ 36. f3 Nxf3 $1 37. Qf6+ (37. Qxf3 $4
Re2+ $19) 37... Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 $2 (38... Kxh6 $1 {[#] Auf den ersten Blick
-besonders im Zeitnot- sieht das blöd aus, aber...} 39. Rh1+ $2 (39. Kf2 Ne5
40. Re1 {[#]} (40. Rb4 Kg7 $1 41. Rf4 Qe7 $19) 40... Nd3+ $1 41. Qxd3 Qf7+ 42.
Kg2 Qa2+ $1 43. Kf1 Rf8+ 44. Kg1 Qf2+ $19) 39... Nh4+ $1 $19 {Warscheinlich
hat Schwarz im Zeitnot diesen Zug nicht gesehen.}) 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kh8 {
Ribli} (40... Kh8 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ {Dreimal die selbe Stellung und Remis.}
) (40... Kxh6 $5 {Siiehe die Anmerkungen bei 38-sten Zug.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 18432]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 {
Dieser Bauernopfer ist heutzutage sehr populär, aber ich glaube, Schwarz hat
verschiedene gute Möglichkeiten, das Spiel auszugleichen. Die gewöhnliche
Spielmethode wäre 6.0-0 Nge7 7.d3. Ribli.} cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ {
Schwarz möchte das Spiel komplizieren.} (8... exd5 {Dieser Fortsetzung führt
zu einfachem Spiel mit gleichen Chancen.}) 9. Nd2 {Der Damenzug führt auch zu
scharfem, taktischem Spiel.} (9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O Qb6 12. b3 Nf6
$1 13. Ne5 (13. Ba3 Ne4 $1 14. Qf4 Nc3 15. Rfe1 Nb5 $1 $146 16. Bb2 $8 O-O 17.
Rad1 Rd8 $1 18. Rd2 $5 f6 (18... Bd7 $5 $15) 19. Bxd4 $8 Rxd4 $5 (19... Nxd4
20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 $15) 20. Rxd4 $8 e5 21. Rd8+ Qxd8 22.
Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qxb5 e4 24. Nd2 {Almasi,I-Horvath,T/Oesterreich 72/(48) 1997/
[Almasi,I] (24)}) 13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxe5 15. Ba3 f5 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rc8
18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Rc1 Kf7 20. Bc5 Qa6 21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxd4 Qd6 23. e3 Bxd4 24.
Qxd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 Rd8 26. Rc7+ Kf6 27. Kf2 {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Alvarez,J/Santa
Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (45)}) 9... Qxb5 (9... exd5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Rxc8
12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nb3 $44 {[%csl Re7] Weiss hat Kompensation für das
geopferte Material. Er besitzt das Läuferpaar und der schwarze König steht in
der Mitte unsicher.}) 10. dxc6 Ne7 (10... bxc6 11. Ne4 $44) 11. a4 {Weiss
verjagt die Dame, schwächt aber gleichzeitig den Damenflügel.} (11. cxb7 Bxb7
$15) 11... Qb6 (11... Qb4 12. b3 Nxc6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Bf8 15. Nc4 Qd8 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 McNab,C-Wojtkiewicz,A/London 1990/
EXT 97 (28)}) (11... Qa6 12. b4 Nd5 13. b5 Qa5 14. Ba3 bxc6 15. O-O cxb5 16.
axb5 d3 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bb2 Qxb5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bd4 {1-0 McNab,C-Ansell,S/
ENG-chT9697 1996/EXT 99 (20)}) 12. Nc4 (12. a5 Qc7 $15) 12... Qb4+ {[%cal
Rb4c4,Rb4e1]} 13. Bd2 Qxc4 14. cxb7 {[%cal Rb7a8,Rb7c8,Gg2b7]} Bxb7 15. Bxb7
Rb8 {Nach Vereinfachungen haben wir eine Stellung, die zwar materiell gleich
ist, in der aber Schwarz das aktivere Figurenspiel entfaltet.} 16. b3 (16. Rc1
Qa2 17. Ba6 Qd5 $15) 16... Qc5 (16... Qc7 17. Bf3 O-O 18. O-O h5 19. b4 Rfd8
20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qb3 h4 22. Rfd1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rc2 Re8 {0-1 Fancsy,
I-Horvath,T/HUN tt Balatonalmádi-Csuti 1996 (35)}) 17. Bg2 $2 {Dieser
automatische Zug ist ein Fehler, denn Schwarz bekommt Spiel über das Feld c3.
Es wäre besser, zuerst die Dame mit 17.Rc1 zu vertreiben.} (17. Rc1 $5 Qb6 18.
Be4 O-O 19. b4 Rfd8 20. O-O Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. b5 h5 23. Rc6 Qd8 24. Qc2 Be5
25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Qe4 Rb7 27. Rc8 Qe7 28. Ba5 Qa3 29. R8c4 Qe7 30. Bb4 Qf6 31.
Rc8 {1-0 Sulava,N-Hauchard,A/Gonfreville 1999/CBM 70 ext (65)}) 17... Nd5 $15 {
[%csl Yc3][%cal Gd5c3] Der schwarze Springer strebt sofort nach c3. Weiss kann
ihn wegen Bauernverlustes nicht schlagen.} 18. Rc1 (18. Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 {[%csl
Rb3,Rh1][%cal Rd5b3,Rd5h1]} 19. O-O Rxb3 $17) 18... Nc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 19. O-O (
19. Bxc3 dxc3 $15) 19... Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rb8b3] Der b3-Bauer ist
schwach. Weiss kann ihn kaum halten.} (19... Nxd1 20. Rxc5 Nc3 21. Bxc3 dxc3
$15) 20. Qe1 (20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Rb1 Rd8 22. Qc1 Rd2 $17) 20... O-O (20... Qxb3
21. e3 O-O 22. exd4 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Rd4] Wir haben mit Zugumstellung die
Partiefortsetzung.} (22... Nxa4 $17)) 21. e3 Qxb3 22. exd4 Nd5 {[%csl Ra4,Rd4]
Die Stellung ist materiell gleich, aber Schwarz steht viel besser, denn die
Bauern a4 und d4 sind schwach.} (22... Nxa4 $17) 23. Qd1 Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 24.
Bh6 (24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Rfd1 $15 {Weiss hat einen Bauern weniger, aber das
Läuferpaar bietet ihm Remischancen.}) 24... Nc3 $17 25. Qg4 (25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26.
Bxf8 Ne2+ {[%cal Re2c1,Re2g1]} 27. Kh1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Kxf8 29. f4 Be3 $17) (25.
Qxd4 $2 Ne2+ $19 {[%cal Re2d4,Re2g1]}) 25... Rfc8 {[%csl Ra4,Gb3,Gb8,Gc3,Gc8,
Gd4] Schwarz entfaltet enormen Druck am Damenflügel.} 26. Bf3 (26. Qxd4 $4 Ne2+
{[%cal Re2d4,Re2g1]}) 26... Qxa4 {Weiss hat keine Kompensation für die zwei
Minusbauern.} 27. Bd2 Rb4 {[%cal Rb4g4,Rd4f2,Rf2g1] Es droht 28...Bxf2+ mit
sofortigem Gewinn.} 28. Qg5 Qb5 $19 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a5]} 29. Qe7 (29. Qxb5
Rxb5 $19) 29... Qc5 30. Qd7 (30. Qxc5 Rxc5 $19 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a5]}) 30...
Qc7 {Der Damentausch ist erzwungen. Weiss gab auf, denn er hat kein Gegenspiel
für die beiden gesunden schwarzen Mehrbauern.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 {GM Peter Svidler has rich experience in
various systems of the English Opening. This time he enters into a closed type
of position.} Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 (6... e6 {is another common continuation.
}) 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bg5 ({The most popular line starts with} 
10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 {and leads to an
interesting position à la reversed Marocy, where White's active piece play
compensates for a lack of space.}) 10... f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Ne1 {The knight is
heading to d5, so Black shouldn't hesitate.} ({Another way of preparing the
b2-b4 advance isn't effective:} 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b4 $6 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Bxb4 b5 $1 $15 {Plomp,G-Meulders,R (2285) Belgium 1995}) 12... d5 13. cxd5 (13.
Na4 {would lead only to simplifications:} b6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Bxb4
Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Rb8 $11) 13... Nxd5 14. Qb3 $6 {This ambitious move was
connected with a blunder.} ({After} 14. Nc2 f5 15. Ne3 Nde7 $1 {Black should
be able to neutralise White's play on the queenside.} ({A less precise try is} 
15... Nb6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. e3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Leko,
P (2749) Monte Carlo 2007}) {For instance,} 16. Na4 b6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 f4
19. Nc4 Rb8 $15 {Bedia,M (2164)-Zakhartsov,V (2534) Krasnodar 2004. However,
it still was the best way of handling the position.}) 14... Nc7 15. Qb6 $146 {
This is the only way to justify White's previous move. However, the queen is
in big danger now.} ({In the event of} 15. Qd1 Qe7 $1 $15 {White would be
doomed to a passive defence.} ({The previously played} 15... Nd4 {is weaker:}
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 $6 (17... c4 $1 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 f5 $44) 18. Rxb4
Na6 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb1 $14 {Valdes,L (2365)-Mendoza,R (2382) Guayaquil 2003})
) ({Also after} 15. Qxb7 Nd4 16. Nf3 Rb8 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Qe3 Rfc8 $36 {Despite
the extra pawn, White's position seems unpleasant.}) 15... Nd4 16. Nf3 $6 {
Peter is inviting new troubles.} ({The lesser evil would be} 16. f4 f5 $1 (
16... exf4 17. Bxb7 $1 ({The more natural} 17. Bxf4 $6 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. e4 Qd7 21. Qxc5 f5 $36 {leaves White under strong positional
pressure}) 17... Rb8 (17... Nd5 18. Qxc5 Nb3 19. Qc6 Nxd2 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
Bxd5 Re8 22. Qh3 Nxb1 23. Bxa8 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa8 25. Qg2 $13) 18. Bxf4 Rf7 19.
e3 Ncb5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Nxf4 23. Bc6 Nxd3+ 24. Nxd3 Rxd3
25. Rfd1 Rb3 26. Rd2 $11) 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxc5 Bg7 $36 {The vulnerable
placement of the Qc5 yields Black a powerful initiative, but at least White is
a pawn up.}) 16... Ra6 $1 17. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 ({Of course, not} 18. Nxe2 Bd5
{[%csl Rb7] and the queen is trapped} 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 $19) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 {
Now, when the Ne2 is gone, White's monarch is going to be be exposed till end
of the game.} Bd5 (19... c4 $5 20. d4 Bd5 21. Qb2 Qa8 22. Ne1 exd4 23. cxd4 f5
$17) 20. Qb2 Qa8 21. Ne1 Rd6 {Starting to put pressure on White's weaknesses.}
22. d4 {Peter isn't prepared to sit and wait, but this move leads to the loss
of a pawn.} (22. Be3 Ne6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 24. Kg1 f5 25. c4 Qa8 $17) 22... Rfd8 (
22... Bxg2+ 23. Nxg2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 $17 {would lead to the same character
of play.}) 23. Kg1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rxd4 {So, now Black is a pawn
up, but White's pieces get some activity.} 26. Bc3 (26. Be3 Rd3 27. Bb6 R8d7
$17) 26... R4d7 (26... Rd3 $5) 27. Ne3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. a4 {Now the Pa5
is fixed, so Black's pieces are tied to protecting it. On the other hand,
White's king is still in danger.} h5 $1 {Exploiting the main drawback of his
opponent's position.} 30. h4 (30. Qb3 $5 {deserved to be considered:} Kh7 31.
Rfd1 Rc5 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Be1 $17) 30... Qc6 31. Qb3 ({It makes sense to swap
the queenside pawns:} 31. Rbc1 $5 Qxa4 32. Ra1 Qg4 33. Rxa5 Rd3 34. Ra7 $17)
31... Kh7 32. Rfc1 {Now, when the last piece has moved from the kingside, the
advance of Black's pawns is becoming dangerous.} Qd7 (32... Rd3 $1 {was
stronger:} 33. Qb5 Qf3 34. Be1 e4 $19 {and Black's pieces are dominating over
the board.}) 33. Be1 e4 34. Qb7 {A temporary pawn sacrifice.} Qxa4 35. Ra1 Qe8
36. Rc7 R5d7 37. Rxd7 $2 {Alas, Peter chooses the wrong way of regaining the
pawn.} ({The correct} 37. Rxa5 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Rd1 39. Kf1 $17 {would offer him
definite drawing chances.}) 37... Rxd7 38. Qb3 ({The most stubborn was} 38. Qb5
{, but after} e3 $1 39. Rxa5 exf2+ 40. Kxf2 f5 41. Kf1 Qf7 {Black would slowly
develop a decisive attack.}) 38... Rd3 39. Qc4 Qd7 $6 {A loss of tempo. This
inaccuracy makes Black's task tougher.} ({Anish had to play} 39... f5 $1 40.
Rxa5 Rd1 41. Qb4 e3 42. Ra7 Kh8 43. Kh2 exf2 44. Bxf2 Qc6 45. Bg1 Qc2+ 46. Kh3
Qd3 $19) 40. Rxa5 f5 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Qe2 Rb1 43. Rc5 $2 ({The only way to
put-up resistance was} 43. Ra3 Qe7 44. Re3 Qb7 45. Qc4 Rd1 46. Qb4 $17 {
, and it's not easy to make further progress.}) 43... Qb7 $2 (43... e3 $1 {
was winning on the spot:} 44. fxe3 Qe7 45. Rb5 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Rc1 $19) 44. Kh2 f4
45. gxf4 Qe7 46. Rc4 Qxh4+ 47. Kg2 Qxf4 48. Qxe4 Qg5+ 49. Kf3 $2 {It is only
after this mistake that the result of the game becomes predictable.} ({Had
Peter played} 49. Kf1 $1 Ra1 (49... Qb5 50. Qd3 Be5 51. Kg2 $17) 50. Qd3 Qb5
51. Rd4 $17 {the limited material balance would still offer drawing chances.})
49... Rb5 $1 50. Qd3 Qg1 $19 {Now the monarch is helpless.} 51. Re4 Rb2 52. Qc4
(52. Rh4 {offered no hope either:} Qxe1 53. Rxh5+ Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kf8 55. Qf4+ Ke8
56. Qa4+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Bf6 58. Rh7+ Kg8 $19) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Qe2 Qg1+
55. Kh3 Rb3+ 56. f3 g5 57. Bf2 g4+ 58. Kh4 Qh2+ 59. Kg5 Rxf3 {Impressive
positional play by GM Anish Giri!} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {This line which is the beginning of the
Botvinnik setup with the black pieces is one of Grischuk's favourites. He has
great knowledge in it and has pretty good results as well.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7
6. a3 (6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 {is the more common move order.}) 6... Nge7 $1 {
The accurate move order.} (6... d6 $6 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 $1 {White has been
scoring excellently from this position. Hence, it makes sense to not waste a
move early on with d7-d6 as sometimes it's useful to play d7-d5 in one go as
we shall in the upcoming variations.}) 7. O-O (7. b4 d5 $1 {This shows the
importance of not wasting a tempo on the move d6 and instead making the more
useful move Nge7.} (7... e4 8. Ng5 f5 9. bxc5 $14) 8. bxc5 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ng5
(9. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15) 9... Nc7 $11) 8... dxc4 (8... d4 $2 9. Ne4 $16) 9. Qa4 Qa5
10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qc2 e4 $36) 7... O-O 8. Ne1 (8. Rb1 a5 (8... d5 $5
{This is an interesting line which hasn't been tried much. I feel that this
could be a nice surprise weapon.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 (10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. d3
Qd6 $11 {Black should be doing well here.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2
bxc6 $11 {and now taking the c6-pawn is bad due to Bf5 and Black should be
able to equalise without much difficulty.}) 9. Ne1 {is the more normal way to
play. In general, I have a feeling that inserting Rb1 and a5 is to White's
advantage because the weakness of the b5-square might someday prove useful to
White.}) (8. d3 $6 d6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 $11 {
gives Black a very fine position and shows why d3 is not such an important
move.}) 8... d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 {White is just in time to prevent the
d5-break.} Qd7 11. d3 Bh3 {If White doesn't try to play with ideas related to
early Rb1 and b4 in this line, I feel that Black has absolutely no problems to
equalise as Grischuk proves in the game.} 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. Ned5 (
14. b4 {This at least puts some pressure on White.} b6 {might be the best way
to play.} (14... f4 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne7 17. Nc3 $1 {White has some edge
as his knight can settle on the e4 square.} Nf5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Ne4 $14) 15.
Qa4 Qb7 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Ned5 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Nd5 $14) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. Nc3 {Keeping the knights is a good
decision by Nakamura. In this way he always forces the black knight to play a
somewhat passive role of defending the d5-square.} h5 $5 {An interesting idea
by Grischuk. He wants to do something active and would not like to weaken the
e4-square with f4. Hence, this idea of playing h5-h4. But in the process he
does weaken the g5-square to some extent, which can be used by the bishop. How
about trying for d5 in this position?} ({An immediate ...d5 is not possible:} 
16... d5 $6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. e4 $18) (16... Kh8 17. Bd2 d5 {
Nothing could be more natural than this but White has a strong move in} 18. Qa4
$5 Qd8 {might be the lesser evil but after} (18... Qxa4 19. Nxa4 b6 20. b4 $14
{Is just the type of position which is the most unpleasant to play. White has
a nagging pressure and Black has no counterplay.}) 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6+ Rxf6
21. e4 $5 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rfc1 Rc6 {should lead to equality.}) 21... d4 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 $14 {when White has this nagging pressure on the position.})
(16... h6 {Trying to control the important square on g5, tuck the king safely
on h7 and then go for d5 looks like a very decent plan. It's just that White
plays b4 and then we have to change our plans to some extent.} 17. b4 b6 18.
Bd2 e4 $1 {A very strong undermining move.} 19. dxe4 Qe6 $1 {An equally
unusual follow up.} 20. exf5 Qxc4 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Nxf5 $11 {Black has no
problems.}) 17. b4 (17. Bg5 $5 {Why not this natural move getting rid of the
guardian of the d5-square?} Bf6 {Of course this is much better than ceding the
d5-square.} 18. Bxf6 (18. Qd2 d5 $1 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... Rxf6
19. b4 b6 {The question has to be asked at this point whether I would prefer
my pawn to be on h6 or h5. And I must say that Grischuk's idea with h5 looks
pretty interesting now that we can go Kg7, Rh8 followed by h5-h4.} 20. Qd2 Kg7
21. bxc5 dxc5 22. a4 h4 23. a5 Rh8 24. axb6 axb6 $132 {Black has excellent
counterplay on the kingside.}) 17... Rf7 (17... b6 {was also possible.}) (17...
e4 18. Qc2 $14) 18. f3 e4 $1 {Grischuk is alert and immediately takes the
opportunity for a central break. The move f3 makes it a well timed break.} (
18... cxb4 19. axb4 d5 {Now the the rook has block the a2-g8 diagonal this
central break becomes possible but after} 20. Bg5 d4 21. Qa4 $1 (21. Bxe7 dxc3
$1 $15) 21... Qxa4 (21... Qe6 22. Nb5 Nc6 23. c5 $14 {[%cal Gb5a3,Ga3c4]}) 22.
Nxa4 $14 {White has some pressure and good chances to create a queenside
passer.}) 19. Bb2 (19. Qc2 exf3+ 20. exf3 Nc6 $11) 19... exf3+ 20. Rxf3 Re8 {
Black looks very comfortable and I might even prefer playing the black pieces
here.} 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Nd5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nd4 26. Rf2
b5 $1 {Grischuk is trying to create some or the other problems for his
opponent but it's just too dry for a player of Nakamura's class to go wrong.}
27. Qc1 bxc4 28. Qxc4 (28. dxc4 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Kg7 $17 {followed by the
occupation of the b-file gives Black an excellent position.}) 28... Nc2 {
An elegant simplifying manoeuvre which takes the game closer to its logical
result!} 29. Qxc2 (29. Rc1 $2 Qxd5+ 30. Qxd5 Ne3+ $19) 29... Qxd5+ 30. Kg1 Rfe7
31. Rc1 Re5 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Kg7 (33... Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Rxc5 $11)
34. e4 fxe4 35. dxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc5 R8e7 37. Ra5 R4e5 38. Ra6 R5e6 39. Ra5 Re5
40. Ra6 R5e6 {A logical analysis of the game shows the Nakamura with the white
pieces couldn't really put any pressure on Grischuk who seems to be almost
unbeatable in this system.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 {Leitet ein interessantes
Konzept ein, um möglichst schnell den Lg2 zu tauschen und vielleicht am
Königsflügel anzugreifen.} 6. a3 Bf5 ({Häufiger sieht man} 6... e5) (6... e6
) (6... Nf6) ({oder} 6... a5) 7. d3 Nf6 ({Oder gleich} 7... Qd7 {wie kürzlich
in Gibraltar gespielt:} 8. h3 h6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. f4 Nf6
13. e4 Nd4 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nb5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Ne3 19.
Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Rbd8 21. Bf1 Bf5 22. Rd1 e5 23. Rh2 Rfe8 24. Re2 exf4 25.
Qxf4 Bxh3 26. Rdd2 Bg4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 28. Be2 Bh5 29. d4 Qh3 30. Nd6 Re6 31.
c5 f6 32. Qh4 Qg2 33. Rc2 Rxe2+ {0-1 (33) Foisor,C (2390)-Blomqvist,E (2520)
Caleta 2015}) 8. Bd2 (8. Rb1 Qd7 9. h3 Nd4 10. b4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 cxb4 12. Rxb4
Rb8 13. Qb3 Bxh3 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Nb5 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bf3
Bg4 19. Nxa7 Bxf3 20. exf3 Nd7 21. Nc6 Rb1 22. O-O Bf6 23. Be3 Rb3 24. a4 Rxd3
25. a5 Ra3 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Rb7 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Ra7 Bc3 30. a6 e5 31. Kf1
Ra2 32. Ra8 Bd4 33. a7 Bxe3 34. fxe3 h5 35. e4 g5 36. Kg1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38.
Ke3 Ra3+ 39. Ke2 h4 40. gxh4 gxh4 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Kf6 43. Kh1 Ke7 44. Kg1
h3 45. Kh1 h2 46. Rc8 Rxa7 47. Kxh2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Breutigam,M (2409)-Plischki,
S (2396) Verden an der Aller 2014}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Qd7 10. h3 (10. O-O Bh3 $11)
10... Nd4 11. Nh4 (11. g4 $5 Be6 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Rb1) 11... Be6 12. e3 $2 {
Schwächt das Feld d3 und treibt den Springer auf neue Betätigungsgebiete (e5)
.} (12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Rb1 $11) 12... Nc6 $15 {Weiß hat einen Sack voller
Probleme: Der König steht in der Mitte unsicher, der Sh4 ist deplatziert, d3
ist schwach und b4 hängt.} 13. b5 $2 (13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Rb1 {ist nun keine
Option mehr, wegen} Ne5 $19) (13. Rb1 d5 $15) 13... Ne5 14. Qe2 $2 (14. Qc2 g5
15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh3 $15 {mit Bauerngewinn für Schwarz war anscheinend
noch das kleinere Übel.} (16... d5 $5)) 14... g5 ({Sofort} 14... d5 $5 {
mit Ideen wie} 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxd3+ $19 {war sehr stark.})
15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 d5 (16... Bxh3 $2 17. Bxb7 {bringt nichts ein.}) (16...
a6 $5) 17. h4 $6 (17. g4 $5) 17... g4 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Rd1 ({Es drohte} 19. Z0
dxc4 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxd2+) 19... dxc4 20. dxc4 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22.
Bf1 Rd7 23. e4 Rfd8 24. e5 $2 (24. Be2 Rd4 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bxc4 $19)
24... Nh5 25. Ne4 b6 26. Be2 Bf5 (26... Bf5 27. Nc3 (27. Rg1 Bxe4 28. Bxg4 Bxe5
29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Bf4 Bc3+ $19) 27... Bxe5 {mit der Drohung} 28. Z0 Rxd2 29.
Rxd2 Bxc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Schwartzman,G"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 (5... Nh6 {56/53}) (5... e5 {
56/55,56}) 6. O-O Bd7 7. e3 $5 Nf6 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 9. e4 $1 Nf6 10. exf5
Bxf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Ng5 Qf5 15. f4 h6 16. Ne6 $16 {
Karlsson,L-Larsen,B Nordic zt 1992}) 8. d4 a6 (8... O-O 9. b3 Qc8 10. Bb2 Bh3
11. Qe2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. a3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Rxd6 Ne4 $10 {Legahn,D-Serper,G Krumbach 1991})
9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bg4 $6 (11... cxd4 $142 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Qd2 {
+/=/=}) 12. dxc5 $1 dxc5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rfd1 $14 Qc8 15. Kh2 Rd8 16. Nd5 Be4 $1
(16... Nxd5 $2 17. cxd5 Nb4 $2 (17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nb4 19. Ne1 $16) 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. e4 Bd7 20. a3 $18) 17. Nxf6+ $8 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Ne1 $1 {
/\Ne1-g2-f4-d5} Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe8 $1 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qd1 Rd8 24.
Nd3 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Nb8 26. Qd2 Qd6 $2 (26... b6 $142 $10) 27. e4 $1 b6 28. Nb2
$1 {><c4} b5 29. Qa5 {/\a2-a4+/-} f5 $1 $8 30. a4 $8 fxe4 31. axb5 Qxd5 $1 (
31... axb5 $2 32. Qxb5 Nd7 33. Qc6 $16) 32. bxa6 (32. Qc7 Nd7 33. bxa6 e3 $1
34. a7 $6 exf2 35. Qxd7 f1=N+ $1 (35... Qxd7 $2 36. a8=Q+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qd2 38.
Nc4 Qc2 39. Kg2 $18) (35... f1=Q $2 36. Qxd5 Qf2+ 37. Qg2 $18) (35... Qh1+ 36.
Kxh1 f1=Q+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ $10) 36. Kg1 Qxd7 37. a8=Q+ Kg7 38. Kxf1 Qf5+ $1 39.
Kg2 Qc2+ $17) 32... Qd4 33. Nd1 Nxa6 34. Qxa6 Qxd1 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxc5 (36.
Qxc5 Qxb3 37. Qe5+ Kf8 38. Qxe4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 1st"]
[Site "Cali"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 Bg4 $5 {Not a new move,but a surprisingly rare
one.} (11... Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. b4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,
O-Zvjaginsev,V/Ohrid MKD 2001/(14).}) 12. h3 {This opens a whole range of new
possibilities for black.But if white ignores this bishop,black may choose to
harbor it on h5.} (12. Nc2 f5 13. Ne3 Bh5) 12... Be6 13. Nd5 a4 14. e3 {
Played totally by analogy with 11...Be6 variation.However now the pawn is on
h3 and black has the following strong move at his disposal} b5 $1 15. Kh2 ({
Obviously black has an enormous compensation after} 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxa8
Qxa8 17. Kh2 bxc4 $17) ({Also bad is} 15. cxb5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. bxc6 Qc8
$17) ({Probably the best reaction was} 15. b4 {which led to a pretty much the
same position as in the game.}) 15... Rb8 16. b4 axb3 17. Rxb3 bxc4 18. dxc4
Qc8 {Black queen aims for a6 where it will attack both white weaknesses a3 and
c4.} 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bc3 Qa7 21. Nc2 $2 {Based on the blunder followed.21.
Qc1 would avoid losing material for a few more moves.} Qa6 22. Qd3 $2 {This
one loses a piece.} Nxd5 23. Bxd5 e4 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 31st"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 {The flexible English Opening has been appearing more and more
often lately.} g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 $5 {With this flexible move
order Black keeps open a lot of different possibilities to develop. It will
not be easy for White to open the game in the centre with d4 without making
some compromises in his central pawn structure.} 6. O-O Bd7 $5 {As usual
Cebalo is well prepared in the opening and chooses a line to fight for the
initiative.} ({In the same tournament in an earlier round I faced} 6... e6 7.
b3 $5 ({after} 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. d5 {White can get some space, but after}
Na5 {Black seems to have a comfortable version of the King's Indian Defence.})
7... Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 {After developing my queen's bishop I tried to keep
some options to open the game at the correct moment.} Re8 $5 $146 {Nice cool
novelty.} (9... Nf5 $5 {has appeared in practice as well, with the idea to
fight against the d4 advance}) 10. Qc1 a6 (10... e5 11. d3 a6 12. a3 Rb8 13.
Nd2 b5 14. Qc2 $36 b4 $140 15. Nd5 $14) 11. Rd1 Nf5 12. Ne4 $1 {When the black
knight is not on f6 the black squares around the black king are a bit weak.} e5
$1 (12... Bxb2 13. Qxb2 $14 e5 $140 14. a3 a5 15. d3 Ng7 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Re1 {
X e4,d5,b5 X h1/a8}) 13. d3 h6 14. a3 $36 Be6 (14... Nfe7 15. b4 $5 $14 cxb4
$140 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxe5 $16) 15. Qc2 $6 $132 ({Here I missed
the chance for the direct} 15. b4 $5 $14 cxb4 $140 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bc3 Nc6
18. Qa3 $14 {with very good compensation for the pawn.}) 15... Rc8 (15... Nfe7
$1 $132) 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Qb1 Nfe7 18. Ned2 Bg4 19. Re1 Bh3 20. b4 $1 $44 {
Finally White gets good compensation.} Bxg2 (20... cxb4 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. axb4
$14 Nxb4 $140 23. Ba3) 21. Kxg2 cxb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 (22... b5 $5 $132) 23. Ba3
$44 a5 $6 (23... Nbc6 $5 24. Ne4 $140 Nf5 25. Qb6 $44) 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Qxb4
$14 {(1/2-1/2) Skembris,S (2429)-Calzetta,M (2212) Bad Woerishofen 2015 (107).
The game went on and although I got a very good endgame the game ended in a
draw.}) (6... Nh6 {is another possibility, employed a few times by Magnus
Carlsen and Peter Svidler. Later on the knight is going to f5 to control the
central d4-square.} 7. d4 (7. b3 {was played in Flores-Carlsen at the Khanty
Mansiysk-Olympiad in 2010}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 $5 (8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Ne5 {
An ambitious decision, refusing to simplify the position. McShane analyses the
game in the Mega database: 1-0 McShane,L (2645)-Carlsen, M (2802)/London 2010/
CBM 140/[McShane] (39)}) 8... Nxd4 $5 (8... Bd7) 9. Bxh6 Nxe2+ {This is risky
but somehow playable.} (9... Bxh6 $142 {1/2-1/2 Goganov,A (2497)-Romanov,E 
(2628)/Moscow 2012/CBM 146 Extra (90)} 10. Qxd4 $36) 10. Qxe2 Bxh6 11. Rfe1 $44
e6 $146 (11... Bg7 12. c5 O-O 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxc5
17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Nxe7+ Kg7 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qd5 Rb5 22. Qd3 Rxb2
23. Re2 Rfb8 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Rd1 Qxa2 26. Bd5 Qa5 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. h4 h5 29.
Kg2 a5 30. Rc1 Qa7 31. Rc8 Bd4 32. Ra8 Qe7 33. Qd3 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qe1+ {0-1
Dittmar,P (2327)-Antoniewski,R (2607)/ Triesen 2010/CBM 136 Extra}) 12. Rad1
O-O 13. Ne4 $14 d5 $5 (13... Bg7 14. Nxd6 Qb6 15. Rd2 Bd4 16. Red1 $16 e5 $140
17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qxe5 Bg4 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nc3) 14. cxd5 Qa5 $2 (14... exd5 15.
Rxd5 Qe7 $1 16. Qd1 (16. Nc3 $5 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Be6 18. Ra5 $14 Bg7 $140 (18...
b6 19. Bxa8 bxa5 20. Bd5 $14) 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxc3 22. Rbb5
Bxa5 23. Rxa5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc8 25. Ra5 Rc7 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Ra6 $36) 16... Be6
17. Nc5 Rac8 18. b4 $5 $14 (18. Nxe6 Rc1 $1 19. Qe2 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rxc1
Bxc1 22. Rd6 Bxb2 23. Bxb7 Re8 24. Ba6 e5 (24... Kf7 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Bc4 Be5
$11)) 18... b6 19. Nxe6 $140 Rc1 20. Qe2 Qxe6 $1 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rdd1 Rxd1
23. Rxd1) 15. d6 $18 f5 $8 16. d7 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxa2 (18... Rae8
$142) 19. Rxb7 Rae8 $6 (19... Bg7 $142 20. Bh3 e5 21. Rc1 Rab8 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7
23. Rc7+ Rf7 24. Qxe5+ Kh6 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Qxb8 $18) (19... Rab8 $142 20. Bh3
Rxb7 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rbf7 23. b3 Bg5 24. h4 Bf6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rd1
Re7 27. Rd7 Rff7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qd6 $16) 20. Qd4 (20. Qe5 $142 $1 Rf7 $140
21. Bd5 Qa6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Rb8+ Kg7 25. Rxe6 $18) 20... Rd8 (
20... Qa5 $8 21. b4 Rd8 (21... Qf5 22. Bh3 Qf3 23. Qxa7 $18) 22. Bh3 $5 Rxd4
23. bxa5 Bd2 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Re5 Bb4 26. Reb5 Be1 27. f4 $16 Re8 $140 28.
Rxa7 Bxa5 29. Raxa5 Rxe6 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Ra7+ Kh6 32. Rbb7 Kh5 33. Rxh7+ Kg4
34. Ra2 Kf3 35. Rf2+ Ke3 36. Kg2 $18) 21. Qe5 $18 {Xa5 Xg7} Qc4 22. Bh3 {
1-0 Skembris,S-Brem,S/Neckar A 2014}) (6... Bf5 {is another interesting way
for Black to develop but I think that White has good ways to keep the control
of the game.}) 7. a3 {This is a flexible way to deal with Black's plans.} Nh6 (
7... Nf6 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 {is possible but praxis shows that White
has slightly better chances here.}) 8. d3 a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 {Black's strategy to
fight on all flanks is interesting but also risky as the black king is still
in the centre.} 10. Bd2 (10. b4 $5 $36 Bxc3 $140 (10... b6 $142 11. Nd5 $14)
11. Bxh6 cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. d4 $16) 10... b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 cxb4 13.
axb4 Nf5 {Finally Black has got his knight to f5 and controls d4. On the other
hand the dark squares around the black kingside side fiancetto are a bit weak
and White has a clear plan to go on.} (13... O-O 14. d4 Nf5 15. e3 $14 e6 16.
d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. e4 Nd4 19. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Manea,A (2413)-Enchev,I (2435)
/Sunny Beach 2011/ CBM 144 Extra}) 14. e3 $1 {X d4} ({I am happy that during
the game I stopped myself thinking about some ideas with a direct} 14. g4)
14... h5 15. Ne4 $5 $146 {White goes on with his plan.} (15. h4 O-O 16. Qe2 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. Bxd5 e6 24. Be4 Ne7 25. d4 {1/2-1/2 Berry,J-Macskasy,E/Vancouver 1972/EXT
2001}) 15... h4 16. Qe2 hxg3 17. hxg3 Ne5 $6 {This helps the white plan.} ({
Safrer was} 17... Kf8 18. Rfc1 $36) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rfc1 Qb6 $2 {This is
going too far.} (19... Kf8 $142 20. Bc3 $14) 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 {Now slowly
there are clouds in the sky over the black king position.} Be6 (21... e6 22.
Ne4 $16) 22. Nd5 $5 {I prefer my human reaction.} ({Even if according to the
silicon masters White is clearly better after} 22. Ra1 O-O 23. Ra5 Rfc8 24. Qd2
$1) 22... Bxd5 23. Bxd5 e6 ({After} 23... O-O 24. Kg2 e6 25. Bf3 Ne7 26. Qa2 d5
27. Rc5 {White is better as he has many targets: the c-file, the weak pawn on
b5 and the black king.}) 24. Be4 (24. Qb2 $5 O-O $140 25. Be4 $16) 24... Ne7
25. Qb2 {Now Black is facing a very difficult decision.} Kd7 ({A better option
was} 25... e5 26. Qa2 O-O 27. Kg2 Rfd8 28. Ra1 d5 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. Qa7 $16) 26.
Qf6 (26. Qg7 $5 $40) 26... Rh7 27. Rc2 d5 {This stops the power of the white
bishop but loses control of the important square c5.} ({After} 27... Rc8 28.
Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Rc1 d5 30. Bf3 Nd6 31. e4 {White is clearly better.}) 28. Bf3 Qd6
({After} 28... Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. e4 d4 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Rh1 {
Black is again in trouble.}) 29. e4 {Soon the black king will be under fire.}
dxe4 (29... Ke8 30. Rc5 Ng8 31. Qd4 $18) 30. dxe4 Ke8 31. Rc5 Qd2 {Keeping his
eye on the b4-pawn and at the same time looking for some tactical motifs with .
.. Rh2.} 32. Qe5 $1 $40 Ra8 {What else?} (32... Rd8 33. Rd1 Qxd1+ 34. Bxd1
Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 $18) (32... Qd8 33. Rd1 Qb6 34. Rd6 Qa7 35. Ra6 $1 Qb7 36. Be2
$18) 33. Rd1 $1 {This is the start of a nice finish.} Qxb4 {Finally Black has
eliminated the white b4-pawn.} 34. Qd6 $1 {But this takes away all Black's
hopes. As Black has no way to keep the white Rc5 pinned his position collapses.
} ({Black's last hope was} 34. Rxb5 $2 Nc6 $1) 34... Qb2 ({The point is that
after} 34... Qa3 35. Rc8+ $1 $18 {White wins the black queen.}) ({The only
practical try for Black was to play} 34... Qb3 35. Rc7 f6 (35... f5 36. Kg2 $18
) 36. Kg2 $1 Qa3 37. Qxe6 $40 {but White should win here.}) 35. Rc7 $18 f6 (
35... Qf6 36. e5 $18) 36. Rxe7+ {Now with such a bad king position all the
tactics work.} Rxe7 37. Qc6+ Kf7 38. Qxa8 b4 39. Kg2 b3 40. Qh8 {The time
trouble is finished and the black king will soon be mated.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nb6 {An interesting and sharp
decision.} (12... Nxc3 $6 13. bxc3 a4 14. Nc4 $1 $16) (12... Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Nd4
14. Ne4 $14) (12... Nde7 13. Nc4 $1 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4 $14 Qc7
17. f4 Rac8 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nbd6 Rc7 20. Qb5 $6 (20. fxe5 $5 $16) 20... exf4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Dvirnyy,D (2568)-Wang,H (2733)/Rhodes 2013/CBM 157 (64)}) 13. Na4
Nxa4 14. Qxa4 {A new move, but after Black's next move we wil be back to the
main theoretical battle.} (14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxa4 {leads to the game with a
different move order.}) 14... O-O {Of course, Dennis understands his openings
well.} ({After} 14... Bd7 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Re1 Ra7 18. h3 Be6 19. e3
Nc6 20. Qb3 O-O 21. Rd1 {I'd prefer White.}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2 $146 {
Now we have the real novelty. The resulting position is extremely tense. The
question is whether White will profit from the black pawn structure or whether
the black bishop pair will be stronger.} (16. Qxc6 Qd4 17. Nc2 Qd8 18. Ne3 Qd4
19. Nc2 Qd8 20. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Howell,D (2644)-Negi,P (2671)/Germany 2014/ CBM
160}) 16... Qd4 $5 ({After} 16... e4 $5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 exd3 19. Rfd1 Qb8
(19... d2 20. c4 $5 (20. Qc2 Rb8 21. c4 Qf6 22. Qxd2 Rb2 $44) 20... Qd7 21. Ra2
Rfd8 22. h4 $36 {White gets back the pawn and the initiative}) 20. Rxd3 Qb2 21.
Re1 $36 Qb5 $140 22. Qe4 $132) 17. Qc2 f5 $5 {Both sides are fighting for the
initiative.} (17... a4 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Nc4 $13) 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. f4 $6 (19. Nc4
$5 Bxc4 $140 (19... Qc7 20. Qa4 $14) 20. dxc4 Qe6 21. Rad1 $36 Qxc4 $140 (21...
Ra7 $142 22. e4 f4 23. Qd3 $36 Qh3 $140 24. gxf4 Qh5 (24... Qxd3 25. Rxd3 $14)
25. f3 Rxf4 26. Qe2 $36) 22. Rd7 $14) 19... exf4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rxf4 g5 $36
22. Rf2 Qd4 23. Ng2 Rab8 (23... c4 $5 $36 24. dxc4 $140 (24. Qd2 $5) 24... Rab8
) 24. e3 Qe5 25. Rc1 $36 Rb5 $1 26. a4 $5 (26. Ne1 Qxe3 $1 27. Nf3 $140 f4 28.
Re1 g4 $3 $44 (28... Bb3 29. Qb1 $16)) 26... Bb3 (26... Rb3 27. Qxc5 $36) 27.
Qe2 (27. Qc3 $5 Qxc3 $140 28. bxc3 $36 Bxa4 $140 $2 29. Ra1 Bb3 30. c4 Rb6 31.
Rxa5 $16) 27... Rb7 $1 28. Qd2 $5 (28. Qh5 Rg7 $36) 28... Rd7 29. d4 $6 (29.
Rcf1 $5 {Wagner,D} Bxa4 $140 30. e4 $44) 29... cxd4 30. exd4 Qf6 $36 (30... Qg7
31. Ne3 f4 32. Qc3 Bxa4 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qxa4 fxe3 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qxc6 $132
) 31. Qc3 Bd5 32. Ne3 Be4 33. Nxf5 $6 $138 (33. Qxa5 $5 Qxd4 $140 34. Rd1 Qxe3
(34... Qa7 35. Qxa7 Rxa7 36. Rd4 Ra5 37. g4 c5 38. Rc4 Bd3 39. Rc3 c4 40. Nxc4
Rxa4 41. Rxd3 Rxc4 42. gxf5 $36) 35. Rxd7 Qc1+ 36. Rf1 Qe3+ $11) 33... Bxf5 34.
Rcf1 Rd5 $1 $15 35. g4 Qxd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 {The smoke has cleared and White has
to fight an inferior rook endgame a pawn down.} 37. Rxf5 $5 (37. h3 Rd5 38.
gxf5 Rf6 $17) 37... Rxg4+ 38. Kh1 Rxf5 {Black has no better choice.} (38... Rb8
39. Rxa5 Rxb2 40. Rg1 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 h6 42. Rc5 Rb6 43. a5 Ra6 44. Kf2 Kf7 45.
Ke3 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. h4 gxh4 48. Kc4 Ra8 49. Rh5 $11 h3 (49... Rh8 50. a6
Kc7 51. Kc5) 50. Kb4 Rb8+ 51. Ka4 Rh8 52. a6 $11) 39. Rxf5 Rxa4 40. Rxg5+ Kf7
41. Rc5 {The ending should be a draw, but as we will see there are still some
dangerous paths.} Ra2 42. b3 Ra3 (42... Rb2 43. Rxc6 Rxb3 44. Rc7+ Ke6 (44...
Kg6 45. Rc6+) 45. Rxh7 Rb2 46. h4 a4 47. Ra7 Rb4 48. h5 Kf5 49. h6 Kg6 50. Ra6+
$11) 43. Kg2 (43. Rxc6 Rxb3 44. Rc7+ $11) 43... Rxb3 44. Rxa5 $1 Ke6 (44... Re3
45. Ra6 Re6 46. Kf3 Rh6 47. Kg4 Ke7 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. h4 $11 Rg6+ $140 50. Kh5)
45. Rh5 Rb7 46. Kf3 Re7 $5 (46... Rd7 47. Ke4 $11) 47. Ke4 $1 Kf6+ 48. Kf4 Kg6
49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Rc5 Re6 51. Kf5 Rg6 52. Rc3 Kg7 53. Ke5 Rh6 54. Rc2 Kf7 55.
Kd4 Re6 (55... Ke7 $5 {Wagner,D} 56. Kc5 Kd7 57. Kb6 $140 Rh5 58. Rxc6 Rxh2 59.
Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rc1 $8 (60. Rc6+ $2 Kd5 61. Rc8 h5 62. Kb5 h4 63. Kb4 Rh1 64. Kb3
h3 65. Rh8 (65. Rc3 h2 $19) (65. Kb2 Rh2+ 66. Kb3 Rg2 67. Rh8 h2 $19)) 60... h5
(60... Rb2+ 61. Ka6 Rb8 62. Rh1 Rh8 63. Rh6+ Ke5 64. Kb5 Kf5 65. Kc4 Kg5 66.
Rh1 h5 67. Kd3 h4 68. Ke2 $11)) 56. Rc5 Kg6 57. Kd3 h5 58. h4 $11 Kh6 59. Kd4
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 c5 {In 2017 Aronian had a very successful year and especially in the
English Opening he showed quite a number of original ideas. Note the role of
the Ph2 in the following examples:} (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 (2... c5 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 $5 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Rh4 Bd7
11. Qb3 O-O $2 (11... Rc8 $13) (11... Nd8 $5) 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qxb7 Rfd8 (
13... Bxc3 14. Bb2 $1 $40 {/\} Rab8 $2 15. Qxb8 Rxb8 16. Bxc3 $18) 14. Qa6 Bxc3
15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. Bxc5 Be6 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rd5 19. Bxe7 Kg7 20. f4 $18 {
Aronian,L (2809)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) Saint Louis 2017 For details see the
notes to this game in CBM 180 by Marin.}) 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 (5. g3
c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Bf5 9. Ng5 {wasn't that impressive and Black got
a solid position after} e6 10. h6 Bf6 11. Nge4 Be7 12. d3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14.
Bd2 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bg2 b6 17. Qa4 Rab8 18. O-O Nd4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfe1
Rbd8 21. g4 Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Nb5 25. Rc2 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5
27. Rc2 Nd4 {½, Aronian,L (2809)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 5... Bg7 6.
Bd2 O-O 7. g3 c5 8. h4 $5 $146 Nc6 (8... h5) (8... Bg4 $5) 9. h5 Nxc3 10. bxc3
c4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Qa4 Na5 $2 (12... cxd3 $1 13. Qh4 f6 14. Bh6 Qa5 $132) 13.
d4 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Qc2 Qd5 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. e4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 19. f4 Qe7 20.
f5 g5 21. Qd1 $1 gxh4 22. Rxh4 $18 {->, Aronian,L (2801)-Giri,A (2762) Palma
de Mallorca 2017 White whipped up a decisive attack seemingly out of nowhere;
the game is annotated in more detail in CBM 182.}) 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 (3...
e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 {Later MVL took up} fxg2 (7... dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 Kc7 10. b3 Be7 (10... g6 11. Bb2 Rg8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Bg2
Be6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. h4 h6 16. f4 a6 17. Bf3 f5 18. Rd2 b5 19. h5 g5 20. fxg5
Bxg5 {Pratyusha,B (2152)-Mammadzada,G (2393) Tarvisio 2017} 21. Rhd1 $16 {
[%cal Rd2d6]}) 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. h4 g6 13. Ne4 $1 $146 Nxe4 14. fxe4 h5 15. Be5+
Bd6 16. Bf6 Re8 17. f3 a5 18. a4 Be7 19. Bc3 Be6 20. O-O-O b6 21. Be2 Red8 22.
Rdg1 b5 23. Kc2 b4 24. Be5+ Kb7 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. e5 $16 {Aronian,L (2774)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017 White went on to win a
model strategic game, see the notes in CBM 178.}) 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 {
, but even here White retains some pressure after} 10. b3 (10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bg2
Bg7 $44) 10... Bg7 11. Qd6 $5 (11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. f3
Rad8 15. Qe2 Be6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Bf3 h5 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. a4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ka2 Qd7 23. Nb5 Bg7 24. e4 $14 {Grischuk,A (2783)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... Qb6 12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Qd5 Bc6
15. Qd6+ Kg8 16. Bxc6 Rd8 17. Qe7 bxc6 18. Rd1 $1 (18. O-O Bf6 19. Qe4 Kg7 20.
Na4 Qc7 21. Rad1 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Nf6 23. Qf3 {Grischuk,A (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2795) chess.com INT 2017} Qe5 $11) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bf6 20. Qe4 Kg7 21.
Kc2 Qc7 22. h3 Rd8 23. Qf3 Be5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Nf6 {Grischuk,A (2750)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) chess.com INT 2017} 26. Bc1 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd1b2,
Yb2d3]}) ({Less impressive was} 3... Nf6 4. d4 ({In the past Aronian has
played his share of} 4. e3 {and especially}) (4. g3 {- in the notes above we
have seen the line} d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb6 8. e4 d5 $5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qf6 (11... O-O 12.
Be2 Qh4 13. O-O Rd8 14. Be3 Be6 15. Bf3 Ne5 $11 {wins the P back and is also
at east equal.}) 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Bxb6
axb6 17. Nd4 Bg6 (17... Bh3 $1 $11) 18. Nb5 O-O 19. O-O-O Rfe8 20. Nc3 Bh5 21.
Rd4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3 23. Rf4 $14 {Aronian,L (2805)-Howell,D (2676) Riadh rpd
2017}) 4. g3 (4. e3 {is nowadays equally popular and used to be Aronian's
preference:} Nf6 (4... Bg7 $6 5. d4 $14) 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 (8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. h3 Re8 ({Accepting the
sacrifice is dangerous, but also possible:} 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Qxd5 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Re1 Be4 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. c4 Qc6 19. Qg4 {Hammer,J (2651)
-Navara,D (2742) Novy Bor 2016} Bh1 $1 20. f3 h6 $13 {For details see the
notes to this game in CBM 175.}) 13. Re1 Bf5 14. g4 Bd7 15. Bg5 ({In the notes
to Hammer-Navara I mentioned only} 15. Bf4 {and}) (15. Ne5) 15... Nxb3 (15...
Nbc4 16. Rc1 h6 17. Qe2 hxg5 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb6 20. Rc2 e6 21. dxe6
Bxe6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qxg5 {½, Alf,H (2344)
-Andersen,J (2184) email 2012} Bxb2 26. Kg2 Bf6 $11) 16. axb3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18.
Bg3 e6 $1 19. d6 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nd7 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Qf6 (
23... f5 $5 $44) 24. Qe3 e5 25. b4 $1 Re6 26. Ne4 (26. b5 $1 Bf3 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 $14) 26... Qg6 27. Nc5 Rxd6 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxe5 Kh7 $11 {Navara,D 
(2740)-Wei,Y (2743) Yancheng 2018}) {Thus the main line nowadays is} 8... e6 (
8... Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 {went out of fashion, although
the resulting positions are not completely clear:} 12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Be7 14.
Rfc1 f6 15. Nd2 Bd7 (15... Kf7 16. Rc2 (16. Qc3 $5) 16... a5 17. Qc4 Bb7 18.
Nb3 Ba6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nxa5 Bd3 21. Rc3 Bb5 22. Nb3 Bc4 23. Nc1 Rhc8 24. a3
{Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812) Leuven blitz 2017} g5 $5 $44) 16. Qc3 Kf7 17. Nc4
Rhb8 18. Bf4 Rb5 19. Rd1 Be8 20. b3 Rd8 21. Qe1 Qd7 22. Bd2 Rd5 23. Ba5 Rc8 24.
Bc3 Kg7 25. Ne3 Rb5 26. Rd3 g5 27. Nc4 Rd5 28. Rad1 Bf7 29. h3 h5 30. Qe2 Re8
31. Ne3 Rb5 32. Nf1 Bd6 $6 (32... h4 $142) 33. Ng3 Bxg3 34. Rxg3 h4 35. Re3 Rd5
36. f4 $36 {[%csl Rg7] So,W (2810)-Duda,J (2707) Leon rpd 2017}) 9. Bb5 Bg7 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 {and now Black mostly quickly
gives up his Pc6 to activate the Bc8:} 14. Qd1 (14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qc3 (15. Qd1 c5
16. Nxc5 Bb7 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. Re4 a5 21. Qe2 a4 22. d5
Bxb2 23. Qxb2 a3 24. Qf6 Qxd5 25. Rae1 Rb5 26. g4 Qd6 27. Rc4 Rd5 28. Ng5 Qe7
29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxc6 Rd2 $132 {Erdos,V (2628)-Svidler,P (2751)
Tbilisi 2017}) 15... c5 (15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. b3 f6 18. Bb2 g5 19. h3 h5
20. g3 h4 21. Kg2 Rb7 22. Nc5 Rf7 23. Rac1 Bf8 24. Re4 Rh7 25. b4 Qb8 26. a3
hxg3 27. fxg3 e5 28. dxe5 Bxh3+ 29. Kg1 Bf5 30. Ree1 {Maletin,P (2572)
-Alekseev,E (2632) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016} Bh6 31. Qf2 g4 32. Nh4 $44) 16. Nxc5
Bb7 17. a3 (17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. b3 Rbb8 20. Bb2 Rfc8 21. Nc4 Rd8 22.
Red1 Nc6 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. Nc2 Rb5 25. Qc4 Rd5 26. Rac1 Nxd4 $11 {Matlakov,M 
(2707)-Wei,Y (2728) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 17... Nd5 18. Qd3 {The latest here
from December 2017 is} Ne7 $5 (18... Ba8 19. b4 Rbc8 (19... Ne7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rb5 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Rac1 Rd5 25. Rc7 Qa4 26. Be5 Qxa3 27.
Bxg7 Nxg7 28. Ne5 Qb2 {Harutyunian,T (2515)-Vakhidov,J (2561) Moscow 2017} 29.
Nc6 $16) 20. Ne5 Ne7 21. Bb2 Nf5 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Ne4 Qh4 25. f3
Rd5 26. a4 h6 27. b5 Qd8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Nc6 Bxc6
32. bxc6 Be5 $1 33. Qc2 Bc7 (33... Qc7 34. g3 Rb4 35. Kh1 Kg7 36. Qd1 Bd4 $2
37. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e8,Rd6b5] Radjabov,T (2741)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)
Heraklio 2017}) 34. g3 Kg7 $132) 19. Nxb7 (19. Ne5 Nf5 {/\} 20. Ncd7 $2 Rbd8
21. Nxf8 Bxe5 22. Qh3 Bxd4 23. Nxh7 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd4+ 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3
Qxb2+ $17) 19... Rxb7 20. b4 Nc6 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Bg5 Rdd7 23. Rac1 h6 24. Be3
Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rc4 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qd2 28. Rc8+ Kh7 $11 {Cheparinov,I 
(2710)-Wei,Y (2727) China 2017}) (14. Qd3 {is formally a novelty from
Radjabov-Nepomniachtchi, but after} c5 15. Nxc5 Nb4 16. Qc3 Bb7 $44 {we are
back to the positions from the above notes.}) 14... c5 $5 (14... Ne7 15. Bd2
Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qxd4 $1
Rxd4 22. Bxd4 f5 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxh7 c5 25. Bc3 Rb7 26. Re3 Re7 27. Ng5+ Ke8
28. Rae1 $44 {Grischuk,A (2772)-Safarli,E (2639) Riadh rpd 2017}) 15. Nxc5 Bb7
16. Bg5 $5 (16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Bg5 Rdb8 21.
Rc4 Rb4 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23. d5 e5 24. Qe2 h6 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Bc3
Rxd5 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 16...
Ba8 17. Qd2 Rb5 18. Rac1 Nb4 (18... Ne7 $5 $132) 19. a4 Rb6 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Ne5
Na2 22. Rcd1 Qd5 23. f3 Rd8 {Caruana,F (2807)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis blitz
2017} 24. Bh6 $36 {[%cal Yd2f4]}) 4... Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 {Flexible, Black doesn't
show his hand yet.} ({Mamedyarov was not interested in} 5... Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7.
d4 {, which can be an English, but also a King's Indian after} d6) ({
Botvinnik's set-up with} 5... e5 {does have fans even among the very best 
(notably MVL), but isn't everyone's cup of tea.}) ({Solid is} 5... e6 {Maybe
Aronian would have played his trademark} 6. h4 $5 (6. O-O Nge7 (6... d6 {
transposes to the game}) 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 a5
12. Nb5 d5 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Qc2 e5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc3
Nd4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 dxc3 21. bxc3 {Almasi,Z (2682)-Ponkratov,P (2613)
Riadh rpd 2017} a4 22. Qc2 Rfe8 $13) 6... d5 (6... Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O
9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 (10... exd5 $132) 11. Nxc6 (11. Bg5 $1 $14) 11...
bxc6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Qc5 (16...
Rad8 $142 17. Bxc6 Rc8) 17. Rd7 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Bc4 20. Qd2 a5 21.
Bf3 Qa3 22. h5 Qxa2 23. Qd4 c5 24. Qe3 a4 25. Kg2 Qb1 26. h6 $36 {[%csl Rg8]
Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 7. h5 Nge7 8. d3 dxc4 ({Yuffa's
recommendation} 8... h6 $5 9. hxg6 fxg6 {is interesting, the position after}
10. Bd2 g5 11. Nh2 b6 $13 {is very double-edged.}) 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 b6
11. h6 Bf6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Bb7 14. Ne3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. O-O-O Rb8
17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. b3 Ke7 20. Rh4 Rd7 21. f4 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Ng4 23.
e4 f6 24. Nf3 Kf7 $11 {Adams,M (2744)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 6. O-O
e6 {A flexible hedgehog-like system, which has recently come into the vogue.} (
6... e5 {can transpose to lines, starting with 5...e5. The drawback of this
move-order is that Black is deprived of the chance to play d7-d5 in one move:}
7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Nb5 f5 13. Nf3 h6
14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b6 16. Ne1 Be6 17. Nc2 Rb8 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20.
Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Na3 Qa7 22. Nab5 Qd7 23. Qa4 Rb8 24. Qa6 Qd8 25. Bxc6 Rb6 26. Qa8
Rb8 27. Ra1 $1 Rxa8 28. Rxa8 Bc8 29. Bg2 Kh7 30. Nd5 Nc6 31. h4 $22 $18 {
Giri,A (2762)-Lupulescu,C (2620) Heraklio 2017 The powerful queen sac put
Black practically in zugzwang.}) ({Another currently popular idea is} 6... Bf5
{Black would like to swap the light-squared B (Qd7 and Bh3), avoiding it costs
time and hasn't brought White success:} 7. h3 Qc8 (7... Rb8 8. d3 Nf6 9. Be3
O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bh6 b5 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxf6 exf6 15. b3 bxc4
16. dxc4 Be4 17. e3 a5 18. Rfd1 Re6 19. Qc3 h6 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc7 22.
Nd3 g5 $132 {Kuzubov,Y (2637)-Anton Guijarro,D (2660) Minsk 2017}) 8. Kh2 Nf6
9. d3 O-O 10. e4 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. b3 e6 15. Nc3 e5
16. Ng1 Nd4 17. Nge2 b5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 $6 (19. Bxf4 $11) 19... b4 20.
Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nb1 Nh5 $36 {[%csl Gg7,Rh2][%cal Yf7f5,Yg6g5] Svidler,P (2765)
-Dubov,D (2683) St Petersburg 2017}) 7. e3 {Occupying the [+] is White's most
usual response.} (7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Qd2 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 (12. exd4 $142 $5 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 $11 {/+/=}) 12...
d5 $1 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxd5 18.
Rad1 Qf3 (18... Qb7 $5 {The position is symmetrical and equal, but Black
somehow managed to create problems for himself. For example here a safe way to
hold the balance was} 19. Qf6 Rfe8 {[%cal Yb7e7]}) 19. Rd7 Rfd8 20. Qd2 Rxd7
21. Qxd7 Qe2 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qxb6 Rxa2 25. Qb8+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kg8
27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qf4 Qd2 30. h4 h5 31. b4 Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qf4
Kg7 34. Rb1 Qc2 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rf1 Qb2 37. Qf4 Ra4 38. Rd1 Rxb4 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Qd6 Kf6 {Almasi,Z (2707)-Dubov,D (2677) Heraklio 2017} 41. Ra8 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rd6d8,Ra8a5]}) (7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 b6 9. Qc1 h6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rb1 Qd7 12.
b4 Rd8 13. Nb5 Ba8 14. Rd1 g5 15. bxc5 (15. Bc3 e5 16. Ba1 Nd4 17. Nbxd4 cxd4
18. e3 Qf5 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 O-O 21. exd4 exd4 22. Qd2 Ng6 23. f4 Rfe8 24.
Rf1 g4 25. Rbe1 Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Re6 28. Bb2 Ne7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30.
Qe2 Kf7 31. Ne1 h5 $15 {Predojevic,B (2604)-Carlsen,M (2877) Tromsoe 2014})
15... bxc5 16. a4 a6 17. Bc3 e5 18. Na3 O-O 19. Rb6 Nc8 20. Rb2 N8e7 21. Rb6
Qa7 22. a5 d5 23. h4 g4 24. Nh2 f5 25. Bd2 Kh7 26. Re1 d4 27. Nb5 axb5 28. cxb5
Nxa5 29. Ra6 Qd7 {Bachmann,A (2642)-Bologan,V (2654) Philadelphia 2016} 30.
Bxh6 Rf6 31. Bxg7 Rxa6 32. bxa6 Kxg7 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ $11) 7... Nge7 8. d4
O-O 9. Re1 {Taking on c5 leads nowhere, only Black with the unobstructed Bg7
can claim to be somewhat better. The question is does White have any way to
retain the central tension advantageously?} (9. d5 {However, the central
advance is more effectively effectively met by} Na5 $142 $1 (9... exd5 10. cxd5
Ne5 11. Ne1 $5 (11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. e4 $14) 11... f5 12. f4 Nf7 13. Nc2 a6 14.
Bd2 Bd7 15. a4 b6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Ra3 Kh8 18. Re1 Ng8 19. Bf1 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5
21. Rb3 Nf6 22. Na3 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 h5 26. Nc4 $16 {
Ponkratov,P (2613)-Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2501) Katowice blitz 2017}) 10. Qd3
$142 (10. Nd2 $6 exd5 11. cxd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. e4
Bh3 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b3 f5 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qf6 20. Rb1 Rae8
$17 {Martirosyan,H (2425)-Dubov,D (2634) Moscow 2016}) 11... Rb8 (11... b5 12.
Nxb5 Ba6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ne4 $1 $36 (14. Qc2 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Rd1 Qb6 17.
Qa4 Nb3 18. Nxb3 Rxb3 19. Qxa7 Nf5 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 $44 {Grandelius,N (2649)-Li,C
(2755) Stavanger 2016}) {/\} 14... Bxb5 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Qa4 a6 17. Nc3 $16)
12. a4 (12. Nde4 a6 13. Rb1 b5 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. b3 Re8 16. Bb2 Nc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qc2 Kg8 19. f3 Nb6 20. Qd2 b4 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. Rbf1 Nb7 23. Nf4 Nd7 24. Qe2
a5 25. h4 a4 $36 {Hillarp Persson,T (2564)-Rodshtein,M (2671) Helsingor 2014})
12... a6 13. Qc2 b5 14. axb5 (14. e4 b4 15. Nd1 b3 16. Qd3 Rb4 17. Ne3 f5 18.
Ndc4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 20. Re1 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Bd4 22. Be3 Nf5 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 $36
{Wang,Y (2720)-Gelfand,B (2743) Beijing blitz 2014}) 14... axb5 15. e4 b4 (
15... c4 $5 $36) 16. Nd1 Ba6 17. Re1 c4 (17... Bb5 $13) 18. Qa4 Rb5 19. Nxc4
Nxc4 20. Qxa6 Rc5 21. Ne3 Nxb2 {Wang,Y (2723)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing blitz
2013} 22. Rb1 Ra5 23. Qf1 Na4 24. Nc4 $16) 10... a6 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 Rb8
12. e4 b5 13. Bf4 $1 (13. Re1 b4 14. Nd1 c4 15. Qe2 c3 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Rc8
18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Nxc3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qa5 22. Qd3 Rc5 $44 {Brunner,
L (2454)-Vocaturo,D (2579) Skopje 2015}) 13... b4 (13... Nc4 $6 14. b3 Nb2 15.
Qd2 b4 16. Ne2 c4 17. Nfd4 c3 18. Nxc3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb6 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Qxb2
$16) 14. Nd1 Rb6 (14... h6 $5) 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Ne6 (18.
e5 $1 $36) 18... Bxe6 19. dxe6 fxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21. Bg2 c4 22. Qa4 Nac6 23. Ne3
Bxb2 24. Rad1 Bd4 $13 {Knoppert,E (2330)-Miedema,D (2287) Belgium 2008}) 11. e4
b5 $5 12. cxb5 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Qd1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qd7 16. a4 Nc4 17. Qb3
Na5 18. Qd1 Nc4 19. Qb3 {½, Blask,G (2157)-Egelhof,H (1968) GER email 2011}) (
9. b3 Nf5 (9... Re8 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. exd4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. h3 Nf5
14. Ne2 b6 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. h4 h6 18. Qd2 Re4 19. Ne2 Rae8 {Flores,
D (2579)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha rpd 2016} 20. Rad1 Ba6 21. Nf4 $132)
11... Nxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17.
Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Bc3 Qf5 21. b4 h5 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. h4
Ne7 24. a3 Rc7 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. Bd2 Rc4 27. Bg5 Rxd4 28. Qb1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd7
30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxd5 {½, Shetty,A (2422)-Bruzon Batista,L (2650)
Philadelphia 2017}) (9... b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 $11 {is another good option,
transposing to Almasi-Dubov above.}) 10. Ne2 (10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxd4 12.
exd4 Nxd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Nd5 Rac8 18. Qf2
Qd8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Rcd8 23. Re1 Nc6 24.
Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 b6 26. c5 Kg7 27. Rf2 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ $11 {Giri,A (2773)
-Grischuk,A (2781) Stavanger blitz 2015}) 10... e5 (10... b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12.
Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 (13. d5 $5 $14) 13... dxe5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Ne1 Ne5 16. Nc3 Qxd2
17. Rxd2 Rfe8 18. Nb5 Re7 19. Rad1 h5 $11 {Dragnev,V (2508)-Safarli,E (2668)
Minsk 2017}) 11. dxe5 (11. Bb2 cxd4 $5 12. exd4 e4 13. Ne1 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15.
Nc2 Re8 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Nxe4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 $1 $11 {/\} 19. Bxd4 Rd8)
11... dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ng5 Nfe7 14. Ba3 h6 15. Ne4 b6 16. Rad1 Be6 17.
N4c3 f5 18. Nd5 {Ris,R (2400)-Brunello,S (2591) Wijk aan Zee 2012} e4 $11) 9...
Nf5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A interesting novelty, Mamedyarov insists on changing the
central pawn structure. Black has done well with waiting moves:} (9... Rb8 $5
10. b3 Nf5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. Be3 Bb7
16. Rc1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb2 19. d5 (19. c5 $5) 19... Rxa2 20. c5
dxc5 21. Bxc5 Re8 22. dxe6 fxe6 $11 {Adams,M (2727)-Leko,P (2679) Heraklio 2017
}) (9... Re8 $5 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne4 e5
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Qd5 Bc6 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 {
½, Svidler,P (2749)-Gelfand,B (2728) Geneve 2017}) (9... h6 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3
b6 12. e4 Ba6 13. b3 g5 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2 h5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe6 (17. Qd2 $5
$16) 17... fxe6 18. e5 d5 19. Ne4 Bxe5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxe5 Nac6 22. Ree1
Rae8 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Qd2 Ncd4 $132 {Eljanov,P (2711)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh rpd
2017}) ({The most natural, but perhaps not ideal reaction is the developing} 
9... b6 10. b3 (10. d5 Na5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7
15. Qg4 Nf5 16. e4 Nd4 17. h5 h6 18. hxg6 hxg5 19. Rh1 Nf3 20. Rh7 Nxc4 21.
Bxg5 Nce5 22. Qh5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe8 $19 {Zelcic,R (2390)-Patavia,A Madonna di
Campiglio 1992}) 10... Bb7 (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba3 cxd4 (12... a5 $5
13. Rc1 Nb4 $13) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Be6 15. Bxe7 (15. Rc1 $5 $14) 15...
Qxe7 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Rc1 Qb4 18. Bxe6 Bxd4 19. Qc2 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 fxe6 22. Rce3 Rd2 23. R1e2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Re8 $11 {Yilmaz,M (2614)
-Donchenko,A (2554) Reykjavik 2017}) 11. Bb2 cxd4 (11... Rc8 12. Qd2 Ba8 13.
Rad1 (13. d5 $1 exd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. e4 $16) 13... cxd4 14. exd4
d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne5 Qxg2+ $5 18. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 19. Kh3 Nf3 20.
Qe3 h5 21. d5 Nxe1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxe1 Bxd5 $44 {Teske,H (2475)-Huzman,A 
(2580) Berlin blitz 2015}) (11... Rb8 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. e4 b5 15.
Qd2 c4 16. Nd1 Nd3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 Kg8 {Bocharov,D (2583)-Almasi,Z (2682)
Riadh rpd 2017} 19. Nb2 $36) 12. exd4 $5 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 (14...
exd5 15. Ne5 $14) 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rc1 $14) 10. d5 (10. dxc5 dxc5 $11) (10. Ne2
Re8 $5 11. Rb1 (11. b3 e5 $1) 11... cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 (13...
Nxd4 14. exd4 e5 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. Ra1 Rxe5 17. Bf4 $5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qb6 $132)
14. cxd5 exd5 $11) 10... exd5 (10... Na5 11. Qd3 $1 $14) 11. Nxd5 (11. cxd5 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 {is a not quite typical Benoni, but with the Nf5 ready to jump
to d4 after e4 Black should be doing fine after} 13. Bd2 a6 14. a4 Rb8 $13 (
14... h5 $5)) 11... Nfe7 $1 {[%mdl 32] Mamedyarov is a player who doesn't give
much about cliches. The d5-square is strategically important and it doesn't
bother him the N moves back to where it was 2 moves ago.} 12. Nh4 $6 {Aronian
wants to continue the fight for d5, but this is rather artificial and White
falls behind in development.} (12. e4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 (13. exd5 Ne5 $11) 13...
Nd4 $132) (12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd2 f5 (15... Qb6 16.
Bc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 $11 {/+/=}) 16. f4 Bf6 17. Bc3 Rb8 $13) 12... Ne5 13. Qc2 (
13. Qe2 {allows Black to insert the unpleasant} Bg4 $1 $15) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5
({Inconsistent is} 14. cxd5 c4 $36 {[%cal Ye5d3]}) 14... Be6 (14... Bf6 15. Nf3
Bf5 16. Qb3 $13 {makes White's life easier - Balck has nothing concrete after}
Qa5 17. Rf1) 15. Rd1 {Aronian insists on controlling d5 with a piece, but
other moves are no less dangerous:} (15. Bxe6 $143 $2 fxe6 16. f4 g5 $1 17.
fxg5 (17. fxe5 gxh4 $40) 17... Qxg5 $17) (15. e4 Nc6 $5 $15 {[%csl Rd4]} (15...
Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 17. cxb5 Qa5 18. Bf4 Qxb5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Nf3
c4 $15)) (15. f4 Bxd5 (15... Nc6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bd2 $11) 16. cxd5 Ng4 17. e4
Re8 {is an attractive Benoni for Black, now} 18. Nf3 (18. Bd2 $6 Qb6 {/\} 19.
Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 c4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg2 Nxe4 $1 23. Rab1 Qa5 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 18... f5 $1 $32 {gives him a strong initiative/attack after} 19.
exf5 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 (21. Kf1 Qd7 22. fxg6 Re8 23. a4 Nf6 $17)
21... Qe7 (21... Qe8 22. Nf3 gxf5 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qxf5 Qe2+ 25. Kh3 Nf2+ 26.
Kh4 $132) 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Kh3 h5 24. fxg6 Bf6 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 27.
Kg1 Rf2 $17) (15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 c4 $1 $36 (17... g5 18. Nf5
Nf3+ 19. Kf1 $13)) 15... Qd7 (15... Qe7 $5 {excludes the possibility from the
following note, Black is on top after} 16. Ng2 (16. Nf3 $2 Bxd5 17. Nxe5 Be6
$17 {[%csl Rg1] /-+}) 16... Bg4 $36) 16. Rb1 $6 ({Safer seems} 16. Nf3 $142 $1
Ng4 (16... Bxd5 17. Nxe5 $11) (16... Nc6 17. Bd2 $5 $11) (16... Bg4 17. Nxe5
Bxd1 18. Nxd7 Bxc2 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. e4 {[%cal Yc1f4]} Ke8 21. Be3 Bxb2 22. Re1
Bd4 23. Re2 Ba4 (23... Bd1 24. Rd2 Bxe3 25. Rxd1 Bd4 26. Rb1 $11) 24. Bxd4 cxd4
25. Rd2 $11 {regains the pawn and is roughly equal.}) 17. Rb1 (17. Bd2 Bxd5 18.
cxd5 b5 $11 {/=/+}) 17... Nf6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 19. b3 $11 {[%cal
Yc1b2]}) 19. b3 Ng4 20. Qe2 $11) 16... b5 $6 {[%mdl 512] The critical moment,
after this optimistic sacrifice the tide starts turning.} ({White would have
had problems after the simple} 16... Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bf6 18. Qe4 (18. Ng2 $2 Nf3+
) 18... Rae8 (18... Bxh4 $6 19. Qxe5 $1) 19. Nf3 (19. b3 $2 Bxh4 20. gxh4 Qh3
21. Qg2 Qf5 $19 {->}) 19... Qa4 $1 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 $17 {[%cal
Ya4a2,Ya4d1]}) 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. f4 $1 ({Maybe there is no direct refutation of
} 18. cxb5 g5 19. f4 gxh4 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. b3 $13 {, but from a practical
point of view it certainly makes more sense to return a pawn and finally
finish development and consolidate the position.}) 18... Nxc4 19. b3 Nb6 20.
Bb2 $13 {/+/= While Black still has compensation here, one already can't say
he is fighting for an advantage.} Bxb2 21. Rxb2 $1 {The control of e4 and the
light squares is important.} (21. Qxb2 $143 Bd5 22. Qf6 Qe8 $1 (22... Re8 $11)
23. Kf2 Qe4 $44) 21... Re8 (21... Bg4 22. Re1 Rc8 $5 (22... Re8 23. e4 Qc6 $132
{[%cal Yd6d5]}) 23. e4 d5 $44) 22. e4 Qc6 (22... Bg4 $142 $1 23. Re1 Qc6 {
transposes to the previous note and was still playable.}) 23. f5 Bc8 24. Qd3
$36 c4 (24... Bb7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 (26... Qxe4 27. Ng2 $16 {[%cal
Rd1e1]}) (26... Rxe4 27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28. Kf2 $14 {/+/-} (28. Ng2 $5)) 27. Rxd6
Rxe4 28. Kf2 c4 $14 {/+/- Although the resulting endgames are not completely
winning for White, he is definitely pushing. One can understand that Shak
wants to keep the queens on.}) 25. Qxd6 Qxe4 26. Rf2 gxf5 $6 {Once again a
similar situation.} ({Black avoids exchanges, but more resilient was} 26... Bb7
27. Ng2 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 $14) 27. Ng2 {White had better moves, when he could
have still made use of his N on h4:} (27. Qh6 {However, White must also reckon
with} Qg4 $5 {, which is less clear-cut.} (27... Nd5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 (28... Kh8
29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Ne3 33. Re1 $18) 29. Qh5 $1
$16 (29. Nxf5 $2 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qe3+ $1 31. Kh1 Qe4+ $11))) (27. Qf6 $142 $5 Nd5
(27... Qg4 {runs into} 28. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Rf4 Qe2 31. Qg5+ Kf8
32. Nxf5 $18) 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh5) 27... Qe5 (27... Qe6 $5 28. Qd2 $16) 28.
Qh6 {Now White wants to retain the Q on board.} Qe6 29. Qg5+ Qg6 (29... Kh8 $6
30. Nh4) 30. Qh4 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Kg7 (30... Qg4 31. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7
33. Nf4 $18) 31. Nf4 (31. Qf4 $5 Re4 32. Qc7 $16) 31... Qg4 32. Nh5+ Kh6 (32...
Kg6 33. Qf6+ $1 Kxh5 34. Rdf1 {[%cal Rf2f5]} Rg8 35. Rf4 Qg5 (35... Nd5 36.
Qxf7+ Qg6 37. Rxf5+ $5 (37. Qxd5 Qb6+ 38. R1f2 $18) 37... Bxf5 38. Rxf5+ Kh6
39. Qxd5 {[%cal Rd5d2]} c3 40. Qe4 $18)) 33. Qxg4 $1 {Unfortunately for Black,
White's initiative persists even in the endgame.} (33. Qf6+ Qg6 $13) 33... fxg4
34. Nf6 Re5 (34... Re6 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Nxg4+ Kg6 37. Rdf1 Nd7 38. Rb2 $14 {
/+/-} (38. Rxf7 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg4]})) 35. bxc4 bxc4 (35... Nxc4 36. Rf4 Rg5 37.
Rd8 $36) 36. Rf4 Re2 (36... Kg5 37. Nxh7+ Kg6 38. Rd6+ $1 {/\} Kxh7 39. Rxf7+
Kg8 40. Rxa7 Nd7 41. Rc6 $18) (36... Kg7 $142 $5 37. Nxg4 (37. Rd8 Bf5) 37...
Rc5 $14) 37. Nxg4+ Kg7 (37... Bxg4 $2 38. Rxg4 c3 39. Rd6+ Kh5 40. Rg7 $18 {
[%cal Rg3g4]}) 38. Nf6 {[%cal Rd1d8] Coordinating his forces, Aronian is right
track and this time he won't let it go.} Re5 $6 ({Black had to chase the
knight away, the only way to continue the fight was} 38... Re6 $1 $16) 39. Rd8
Bf5 (39... Rf5 40. Rxf5 Bxf5 41. Nd5 Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Be6 43. Rc5 $18 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Ya2a3,Yc5a5]}) 40. Nh5+ Kh6 41. Rg8 Bg6 42. Nf6 Re1+ (42... Re7 43. h4 $5
Nd7 (43... c3 44. Rf5 $3 {[%cal Rf6g4]} Bxf5 45. g4 Bxg4 46. Rg5 $1 {[%cal
Rf6g8,Rf6g4]} Re1+ 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48. Kf1 $18) 44. h5 (44. Ng4+ Kh5 45. Kg2 $18 {
[%cal Rf4f5]}) 44... Nxf6 (44... c3 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rc8 $18) (44... Bxh5 45.
Nxh5 $18) 45. hxg6 Nxg8 46. gxf7 Rxf7 47. Rxf7 $18) 43. Kf2 Ra1 ({As in the
previous note,} 43... Re7 44. h4 Nd7 {gives White a pleasant choice between}
45. h5 $18 ({and} 45. Ng4+ $18)) 44. h4 {[%cal Rg3g5] Escaping from the mating
net will be very costly:} (44. h4 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kh3 Ra5 (
47... Ra3 48. Ng4+ Kh5 49. Rf5+ $1 Bxf5 50. Rg5#) 48. g4 $18 {/\} c3 49. Kg3 $1
c2 50. g5+ Rxg5+ 51. hxg5+ Kxg5 52. Nxh7+ Kh6 53. Rh4+ Bh5 54. Nf6 c1=Q 55.
Rxh5#) 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzyuban, Oleg"]
[Black "Ilinsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Kirgizia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 $5 4. d3 d6 (4... g6 {-A37} 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 Nge7
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 (12... f5 $5
13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Rb1 Ra7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 $13 {
1/2:1/2,Franklin,M-Ravikumar,V,Eastbourne ch-GB 1990}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. b4 $5
(14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. Rc1 b6 18. Rc4 Nd4 19. Ng2 a4 $15
{(),Gausel,E-Cramling,P,Stockholm 1990-CBM 22}) 14... axb4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 cxb4 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+
22. Qxc1 h5 $10 {McNab,C-Ward,Ch,Eastbourne GB-ch 1990}) 5. Nc3 g6 6. a3 a5 7.
Rb1 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 $1 (8... Nge7 $6 9. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 10. Bg2 {/\b4,><d5}) 9. Bd2
Nge7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 (11... Be6 $142 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Rfc1 b6 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. Ne1 Nd4 16. Qd1 d5 17. b3 Qd7 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 $132 {Psakhis,
L-Gschnitzer,O,Wien op 1990-CBM 21}) 12. Ne1 {-A37} Be6 13. Nc2 (13. Nd5 b5 $10
) 13... d5 (13... f5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 $36) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. b4 $14 {|^<<} axb4 (17... cxb4 18. axb4 a4 $2 19. b5 Nd8 20. Na3
$16) 18. axb4 cxb4 $8 (18... Rfc8 19. Ne3 $16) 19. Nxb4 Qe6 $6 (19... Nxb4 $142
20. Rxb4 {/\Qb1,Rc1} b5 $5 $14 {<=>}) 20. Nxc6 bxc6 (20... Qxc6 21. Qb3+ Kh8
22. Rfc1 $16 {><b7}) 21. Qc2 {><c6,׻} Rfe8 22. Rfc1 (22. Rxb8 $5 Rxb8 23. Rc1
Rc8 24. Qa4 $36) 22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 e4 24. d4 f5 25. Qa4 Rd8 26. Be3 (26. e3
$6 c5 $10) 26... Qd5 (26... f4 $5 $14) 27. Rb4 Bf6 28. h4 $1 Rd7 (28... Be7 29.
Rc4 Rc8 30. Qa6 $16) 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. Qc2 Rd6 (30... Rc7 $2 31. Rc5 {/\d5}) 31.
Rc5 Qb7 32. h5 Qd7 (32... Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxc6 $40) 33. Bf4 $1 Bxd4 $6 (
33... Rxd4 34. Rxc6 $16) (33... Re6 $5 34. e3 $36) 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 {/\Qg3} 35.
Qb3+ $8 Kg7 36. Ra5 e3 37. f4 $18 Bb6 38. Ra1 (38. Qxb6 $2 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxe2+
$10) 38... Bd4 39. Rd1 c5 (39... gxh5 40. Qd3 c5 41. Qxf5 $18) 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41.
hxg6 Kxg6 (41... hxg6 42. Kg2 {/\Rh1#}) 42. Kg2 Qe6 43. Rh1 h6 44. Rb1 c4 45.
Rb4 {/\Ra4-a6} Bf6 46. Rb6 Qe4+ $8 47. Qxe4 fxe4 48. g4 c3 49. Re6 {/\Re4} (49.
Re6 c2 50. Rc6 $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Prague Metro"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1982.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Tompa,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1982.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b6 15.
Ng5 Bc8 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bb7 18. Qa4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 exd4 21.
Nf3 b5 22. Qc2 Qd5 23. b3 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Qa8 25. Qc2 Bh6 26. Rb2 Qd5 27. Ra1 Rb6
28. a4 Rcb8 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Ra3 Bf8 31. Rb1 g5 32. Kg1 g4 33. Nd2 R8b6 34.
Rba1 Re6 35. Qd1 h5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 h4 38. gxh4 Qd8 39. Ra2 Qxh4 40. Qf1
Bd6 41. Qg2 Rxe2 42. Kf1 Re6 43. Ra6 Qg5 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Ne4 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qf4
$2 (46... Bxh2 $19 47. Ra1 Qh6) 47. Nxd6 Rxd6 48. Rxd6 Qxd6 49. Qe4 Qg6 50.
Qe5+ Qf6 51. Qg3 Qe6 52. h3 Qxb3 53. Qxg4+ Kf8 54. Qf5 Qb7+ 55. Qf3 Qd7 56. Qe4
c4 57. dxc4 d3 58. Qa8+ Kg7 59. Qa1+ Kg6 60. Qc1 d2 61. Qd1 Qd3 62. c5 Qe4+ 63.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel 52nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,27,-10,23,21,27,12,21,18,5,5,12,5,12,7,25,27,4,-1,21,21,23,27,16,
22,12,14,47,39,68,32,73,62,71,74,47,91,85,105,105,85,135,122,154,110,192,166,
157,157,208,206,206,208,212,216,202,232,213,217,215,204,276,295,295,262,295,
200,245,200,188,174,187,169,179,179,242,158,179,177,186,188,217,184,215,216,
216,218,216,225,223,219,221,221,218,226,218,217,214,203,184,194,214,214,205,
212,236,240,255,257,266,282,374,388,384,345,357,381,381,364]} {Before this
game, Peter was leading by one point in the overall standings. Hence, this
game was really important for me as it was my best chance to take the lead.} 1.
c4 {One month ago, I used a very interesting novelty to win against Peter in a
rapid game. This time, I decided to test him in the English opening, as I felt
he would be more thoroughly prepared in the Catalan.} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4.
Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Rb8 $5 {The first interesting point of the game.
Earlier they used to play the setup with e6-Nge7 which was considered solid,
although recently the trend has been to play Bf5-Qd7 which is a more
aggressive approach. The point of Rb8, as I understand, is quite clever. Black
waits for White to commit with a plan & accordingly react with either Bf5-Qd7
or e6/e5 Nge7. I expect lot of new theory to develop in this direction.} (6...
e6 7. d3 Nge7) (6... Bf5 7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 {This was the
most recent top level game, where Maxime quite dubiously sacrificed a pawn on
the next move and struggled against Carlsen.} b5 $6 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5
13. Nc3 Rab8 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. b3 $16 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2845)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2773) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 7. a3 {With hindsight, this
a3-b4 idea looks a bit slow.} (7. e3 {might be the more critical approach,
directly fighting in the centre.} Nf6 8. d4) 7... a6 8. Rb1 (8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4
Nxb4) 8... b5 $6 {A pleasant surprise! With a clever intermezzo, Black could
have won some tempi.} (8... Bf5 $1 9. d3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 {The point is that
as Black has forced me to play d3, I can't continue with my b4 plan as the c3
knight will be left hanging.} 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Qd7 14. Bg5 O-O
15. Qd2 Rfc8 $11 {Black looks completelty fine.}) 9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 cxb4 11.
axb4 $14 Nf6 {A subpar move. Already at this point Peter was thinking for a
long period of time, suggesting me that he felt quite uncomfortable.} (11...
Bf5 {was more tricky, although White is still slightly better after} 12. Rb3
Be6 13. Ng5 $1 Bd7 14. Nge4 $1 Nh6 15. d4 Nf5 16. e3 $14) 12. d4 $1 {It's
really unpleasant to meet the threat of d5.} Bf5 13. Rb3 (13. d5 $1 Bxb1 14.
dxc6 Bf5 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bg5 $16) 13... d5 14. Ne5 $1 {I like this approach of
directly putting pressure on Black. In order to meet with the threats, Black
has to put his pieces in awkward positions.} (14. Bf4 Rb6 15. Qc1 O-O) 14...
Qb6 (14... Rb6 15. Nxb5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxb5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bh6 $16) 15. Be3
$1 Be6 {An ugly looking move. It shows that Black really is in some trouble.} (
15... Rd8 {I would have still preferred to move the rook and keep at least the
bishop on f5 more active.} 16. Qc1 $1 $14 {With all kinds of threats like Nxd5/
Nxb5.}) 16. Nd3 $1 {The key manouevre. Once the knight lands on c5. Black
pieces are completely paralyzed.} O-O (16... Nxd4 17. Ne5 $1 $18 {is the
clever point. The d4 pawn is poisoned.}) 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Ra3 $1 {Using
tactical tricks to improve the rook's position. Once White gets control of the
a-file, he will have complete domination.} Ra8 (18... Nxb4 {Now the b4 pawn is
poisoned!} 19. Qb1 Nc6 20. Ra6 Qc7 21. Bf4 $18 {wins material.}) 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Qb3 Qd8 (20... Rd8 {would cede the control of the a-file:} 21. Ra1 $16) 21.
Rc1 $1 {The final precise move in the sequence starting with 14.Ne5! After
this, strategically Black's position is lost. He can't avoid losing material
as both pawns b5 and d5 are very weak.} Rc8 (21... Rb8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nxd5
$18) 22. Nxb5 Qb6 (22... Bf5 23. Nc3 e6 24. h3 h5 25. b5 Na5 26. Qb4) 23. Nxe6
fxe6 24. Bh3 $1 {Using tactics to keep my pieces active.} Kf7 25. Rc5 Ra8 {
White's position is completely winning. He is a pawn up and has better pieces.
I had played really well in the last phase of the game, but I failed to land
the final blow. Over the next few moves, I improved my pieces further but
didn't make much progress.} (25... Nd7 26. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 26. Bf4 $1 Nd8 27. Bc7
Qb7 28. Qf3 $6 {I wanted to stop the f6 knight from coming to e4. This doesn't
lose the advantage, but practically Bxd8 would have won the game on the spot.}
(28. Bxd8 $1 {Simplest.} Rxd8 29. Nc7 Rd6 30. b5 $18 {and all of Black's
pieces are tied up. Soon White will sacrifice on e6 and push the b-pawn.})
28... Bh6 29. Be5 Bg7 30. Kg2 (30. Nc7 $1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb4 32. Bxe6+ Nxe6 33.
Nxe6 {This was a difficult tactics to see in timetrouble.}) 30... h5 31. g4 (
31. Nc7 $1) (31. Qf4 Ra4 32. Nc3 Rxb4 33. Rc7 Qb6 34. Bd6) 31... hxg4 32. Bxg4
Ra4 33. Qb3 $6 {Another indecisive move. White was still completely winning,
but after this practically the task became tougher.} (33. Bc7 $1 {It was
possible to finish the game with brute force!} Nc6 34. e4 $1 {Complete
aggression!} (34. Ba5) 34... dxe4 35. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 36. Qb3+ $18) 33... Ra6 34.
Bxf6 {It's a pity to give the bishop. Already at this point I started to feel
that I had lost considerable portion of my advantage and I might have to
'rewin the game'.} Bxf6 35. e3 Rb6 36. Be2 Nc6 37. Qa4 Kg7 38. f4 {Stopping
Black's counterplay ideas like ...e5.} (38. Nc3 Nxb4 39. Qe8 Rc6 40. Na4 $1 {
is just too brilliant of a win!}) 38... Ra6 39. Qb3 Rb6 40. Bd3 Na7 $2 {
So many times the 40th move is the critical mistake!} (40... Qb8 {It made more
sense to just wait as it's not easy to remove the knight on b5 and convert the
advantage.}) 41. Nc7 $1 {Peter expected me to exchange the knights, but this
counter intuitive knight jump practically wins the game.} (41. Rc7 Qb8) 41...
Rxb4 42. Nxe6+ (42. Qd1 {was also possible, but simplying to the endgame
looked easier.} Rb2+ 43. Bc2 {with Qg4 next.}) 42... Kf7 43. Nd8+ Kg7 44. Qxd5
Qxd5+ 45. Rxd5 Rb3 46. Ne6+ $1 Kh6 47. Nc5 $1 {I had to foresee in advance
that I can defend the d3 bishop this way and avoid losing the e3 pawn. The
position is winning but still needs precision.} Rb2+ 48. Kg3 Nc6 49. Rd7 Nb4
50. Bc4 $1 (50. Be4 Re2 {Now White has to give up either the e3 or h2 pawn.})
50... Nc2 (50... Rc2 51. Bb5 g5) 51. Nd3 $1 {The knight danced all the way
from b5-c7-e6-d8-e6-c5-d3!} Rb1 52. Kf3 g5 53. fxg5+ Bxg5 54. Ne5 $1 {Again a
very important move, using tactics to defend the e3 pawn.} Kg7 {Now taking on
e3 is threatened again.} (54... Nxe3 55. h4 $1 $18) (54... Bxe3 55. Ng4+ $18)
55. Rd8 $1 Bxe3 56. Rg8+ Kh7 (56... Kf6 57. Ng4+ $18) (56... Kh6 57. Ng4+ $18)
57. Rg6 {Threatening mate with Bg8+-Nf7++. Black's pieces are too far and not
coordinated.} Rb8 58. Bd3 Rf8+ 59. Rf6+ {White will win the piece on c2. Black
resigned. After this game I took the lead of the tournament and didn't let it
go till the last! I was very happy to win such a prestigious even like the
Biel GM, on top of that with a margin of 6 points!} 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2015.11.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Vogel,R"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. Rb1 b6 10. b4 Rb8 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. e4 h6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Bb2 Qd6 15. Qe2
Rbe8 16. Rbe1 Kh7 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nxe7 Rxe7 20. f4 Bc8 21. f5 Bf6
22. Bh3 Kg7 23. Ra1 Rc7 24. a4 Bd7 25. Kg2 Be8 26. Bg4 Bg5 27. h4 Be3 28. f6+
Kh7 29. Rf3 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 Rc5 31. Qb4 Bc6 32. Rf2 Rb8 33. Bd1 {Hier bot ich
Remis an, was eine Medaille gesichert hätte, da an Brett 1 alles nach Remis
aussah. Doch ganz so friedlich sollten beide Partien nicht enden...} Qc7 {
Mein Gegner lehnte nach kurzem Denken das Remisangebot ab, was mir fast klar
war, da er einen halben Punkt weniger hatte als ich und unbedingt gewinnen
musste, um noch nach vorn zukommen.} 34. Kh2 Ra5 35. Raa2 Qd8 36. g4 Bd7 37.
Qd6 Qe8 (37... Be8 $4 38. Qf8 {war eine meiner Hoffnungen :-)}) 38. g5 Rd8 39.
h5 $1 {Auch jetzt weiß ich noch nicht so recht, was ich von diesem Zug halten
soll. In der Partie hat er mir allerdings den Weg zum Weltmeistertitel geebnet.
} Bg4 (39... hxg5 $15 {hätte Schwarz wahrscheinlich einen Vorteil eingebracht,
doch mein Gegner war gierig und nahm das "versteckte" Opfer an.}) 40. hxg6+
Kxg6 41. Qb4 (41. Qxd8 $1 Qxd8 42. Bxg4 {Obwohl ich bis jetzt noch nicht ganz
verstanden habe, warum dies durchschlagen soll, erachtet es der Computer nach
längerem Rechnen als gewonnen.}) 41... Bxd1 42. gxh6 {Hier versank mein Gegner
in eine lange Denkphase, die fast seine gesamte Zeit nahm und mir das erste
Mal so richtig Hoffnung machte, dass ich es vielleicht doch schaffen kann.
Doch so richtig sicher, wie die Stellung zu bewerten ist, war ich mir trotzdem
nicht. Mit ...Qf8 greift er allerdings gehörig daneben und verliert nun
forciert.. .} Qf8 $2 (42... Qh8 $1 43. Rg2+ Kxf6 44. Raf2+ Ke6 45. Qd2 $13) 43.
Rg2+ Kxf6 44. Raf2+ Ke6 45. Rg6+ Kd7 46. Qxf8 Rxf8 47. h7 Rc5 48. Rg8 Rcc8 {
Bis hierhin berechnet. Hier zu sehr gefreut und plötzlich Rxf8 gespielt, da
ich nur gesehen hatte, dass ich mein Material wiederbekomme, anstatt nochmal
eine Sekunde an einer besseren Fortsetzung zu überlegen. Nachbetrachtend hat
natürlich die Nervosität auch eine große Rolle in dieser Partie gespielt.} 49.
Rxf8 $2 (49. h8=Q Rxg8 50. Rxf7+ Kc6 51. Qf6+ Kc5 52. Qe7+ Kc6 53. Rf6#) (49.
Rfg2 Bxa4 50. h8=Q $18) 49... Rxf8 50. Rxf7+ Rxf7 51. h8=Q Re7 {Gar nicht mehr
so klar, aber immer noch gewonnen.} 52. Qa8 Kd6 53. c5+ bxc5 54. Qd5+ Kc7 55.
Qxc5+ Kd8 56. Kg2 Ke8 57. a5 Kf7 58. Kg3 Bb3 59. a6 Kf6 60. Qd6+ Be6 61. Qd8
Bd7 62. Kh4 Bb5 {Als er diesen Zug spielte, wurde nicht nur am Nachbarbrett
Remis vereinbart, ich wusste zudem auch noch, dass ich nur noch ein paar
Schachs vom Weltmeistertitel entfernt war.} 63. Qd6+ Re6 (63... Kf7 64. Qd5+
$18) 64. Qf8+ Kg6 65. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd (Women)"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Voiska, Margarita"]
[Black "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Voiska/Kostakiev"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 (6... Nxd4 {
Stefanova,Ant-Calzeta,Mon. pak am sledvashtia krg}) 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9.
Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O Qb6 12. b3 Nf6 (12... Ne7 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Rac1
e5 (14... Bf8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 {1-0 Tolnai,T-Bodrogi,M/Budapest 1993/EXT 98 (24)})
15. Ng5 f5 {1/2-1/2 Brueckner,T-Ruehrig,V/Bad Neuenahr 1987/CBM 04 (41)}) 13.
Qxd4 (13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Qd3 {0-1 Voiska,M-Lazarev,V/San Benedetto 1998/EXT 2000 
(38)}) (13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Alvarez,J/Santa Clara 1999/CBM
70 ext (45)}) 13... Nh5 $146 (13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Gabdushev,
R-Vorobiov,E/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (50). (49)}) (13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nd5 15. e3
Bd7 (15... O-O 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rac1 Bd7 (17... a5) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rc7 Bxd4
20. exd4 Bc6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Ree7 Rxe7 23. Bxe7 $14 {Voiska})) 14. Qd1 O-O 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ f6 21. Rfd1
Bd7 22. e4 Ne7 23. b4 Qa4 24. g4 $16 {/\ X/^a1-h8; XKg7'} Bc6 (24... Bb5 25.
Re1 e5 26. g5 Nc6 27. gxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxc6+ (28. Nxe5 $18) 28... Kf7 29. Qxe5
$18) (24... Rac8 25. g5 Ng8 26. gxf6+ Nxf6 27. Ng5 h6 28. Nh7 (28. e5 Ng8 29.
Ne4 $16) 28... Kxh7 29. Qxf6 Rg8) 25. Re1 $1 Rd3 $6 (25... Rac8 $142 26. e5 (
26. g5 Ng8 27. gxf6+ Nxf6 28. Ng5 Bd7 29. Nxh7 $18) 26... f5 27. Ng5 Bd7 28.
gxf5 Nxf5 $14 (28... gxf5)) 26. g5 $18 Ng8 27. gxf6+ Nxf6 28. Ne5 Ra3 29. Re2
$6 (29. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 30. Nd7) 29... h5 (29... Rd8 30. Ng4 Rf8 31. Rd2 $18) 30.
Nxc6 $5 (30. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 31. Rd2 $18) 30... bxc6 $138 31. e5 Nd5 32. Bxd5 cxd5
33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Qd2+ (34. Qc1+ $142 $1) 34... g5 35. f4 Rf8 36. Rf2 $1 (36.
fxg5+ $6 Kg6 37. Re7 Qa6 (37... Qc6 38. h4 Rg3+ 39. Kh2 Rg4)) 36... Kg6 37. Re7
Qc6 38. b5 Qc5 (38... Qc8 $142) 39. Rxe6+ $18 Kg7 40. Rc6 Qe3 41. Qxe3 Rxe3 42.
fxg5 Rxf2 43. Kxf2 Ra3 44. Ra6 Rh3 45. Rxa7+ Kg6 46. Kg2 Rh4 47. e6 d4 48. e7
Re4 49. b6 d3 50. Rd7 d2 51. Rxd2 Rxe7 52. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Yu,Yangyi"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 {After 9 rounds both China and France had scored 15 points and were
joint table leaders, so the match between the two teams in Round 10 was to
prove crucial for the outcome of the 2014 Olympiad. Prior to the game I felt a
bit tired because I had played in each of the nine preceding rounds. During
the team selection meeting I suggested that I take a rest in Round 10, but my
teammates strongly objected. In hindsight, I have to admit I am glad they and
also our coach voiced their objections, and I feel grateful for the confidence
they placed in me!} c5 {This was the first tournament game between my opponent
and myself. During my preparation, I saw that Fressinet opened with 1. e4 most
of the time but has recently begun to play 1. Nf3. My coach had briefed me on
his style of play.} 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d4 $5 {A very
aggressive choice. More usual are 6. 0-0 or 6. d3.} cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 {I had
prepared this line. I wish to thank my teammate Wang Hao for pointing out the
following improvement in this line over the most commonly played move 8...Qa5.}
8. cxd5 exd5 $1 {I think my opponent hadn't analyzed 8...exd5 extensively in
his preparation. At the European Championship he had faced 8...Qa5 against a
Russian opponent.} (8... Qa5+ $5 9. Nd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 11. a4 Qb4 (11... Qb6
$5 {Here 11...Qb6 is probably the best move but it remains unclear whether
Black can fully equalize.} 12. Nc4 Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxc4 14. cxb7 Bxb7 (14... Rb8
15. Rc1 Qa6 16. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. Bb4 $1 $16) 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16.
Rc1 $1 Qa2 17. Ba6 O-O (17... Qd5 18. O-O O-O 19. b4 $14) 18. b4 Qd5 19. O-O
$14 {A very interesting and unbalanced position. White has the bishop pair and
will soon have a passed pawn on the queenside, while Black's pawns are force
to be reckoned with in the center.}) (11... Qa6 12. b4 $16) 12. b3 Nxc6 13. Ba3
Qa5 14. O-O Bf8 15. Nc4 $16 (15. b4 $5 $14) (15. Qc1 $5 $14) 15... Qd8 16. b4 (
16. Bd6 $5 $14 Bxd6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. Nxd6) 16... Nxb4 17. a5 Nc6
18. Bb2 $6 (18. Qa4 $1 $16) 18... Be7 19. a6 O-O 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Rfc1 Rb8 22.
Nd2 Qd8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Be3 c5 27. Ne4 Rb6 28.
Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa6 30. Bxa7 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bb7 32. Be3 Ra8 33. Rxa8+ Bxa8
34. f3 f6 35. Kf2 e5 36. Bc5 e4 37. Ke3 exf3 38. exf3 Kf7 39. Bd4 Ke6 40. Ba1
Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L (2709)-Fedoseev,V (2641)/Yerevan ARM 2014/The Week in
Chess 1009}) 9. O-O (9. Bf4 Qa5+) 9... Nge7 {In this position, Kramnik played
10.Bf4.} (9... Nf6 $5 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 $13) 10. Nbxd4 (10. Bf4
$5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Nbxd4 Qb6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16.
Nb3 Rad8 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. h3 Be6 20. Qd4 Nxa2 21. Qxb6 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V (2784)-Areshchenko,A (2709)/Tromso NOR 2013/The Week in Chess 980})
10... O-O 11. Be3 {From here on out I was out of my book. I had analyzed 11.b3,
after which Black is also able to equalize. I'm glad the continuation I found
over the board wasn't too bad either!} (11. b3 $5 Nf5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. e3 Nfxd4
14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Be6 $11 17. Qd2 a5) 11... Re8 $1 {Trying
to equalize after 11...Nf5.} (11... Nf5 $5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Nd4 Bg4 $1 $11)
12. Rc1 Nf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 16. e3 $5 {Here I sank
into a deep think. I felt my position was quite OK. At first I wanted to play
the relatively active move 16...Bb7, trying to leverage my pair of bishops and
the two connected center pawns, but then I looked at my teammates' positions
and saw Ding Liren had a huge time advantage and would not lose his position,
so I decided to go for a more solid continuation.} (16. Nxc6 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Bf5
18. Bxd5 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Bf6 20. Qc4 (20. Rb1 Rxe2) 20... Rf8 21. e4 Rac8 22. e5
Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Bxe5 $11) 16... Bxd4 $5 (16... Bb7 $5 $15 17. Qd2 (
17. Rc3 c5 18. Rb3 Qa6 19. Nb5 Re7 $15) 17... a5 $15) 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4
Re2 19. b4 (19. Rxc6 Rxb2 20. Bxd5 Bb7 21. Rd6 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxa2 23. Rd1 Rb8
24. Rd3 $11) 19... Be6 20. Rxc6 Rxa2 {My opponent's next move was a bit
inaccurate, 21.Rc5 would have drawn easily.} 21. Rd6 $6 (21. b5 $5) (21. Rc5 $1
$11) 21... Rb8 $1 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxb4 {Black's active rooks make this
position easier to play for him. Maybe White should try to give up his d-pawn
in exchange for Black's a-pawn to seek a draw.} 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. d5 Rd2 26. d6
h5 27. h4 Rbb2 28. Kg2 Ra2 29. d7 Rab2 $6 (29... Kf6 $1 $17) 30. Ra1 $2 (30.
Kf3 $1 $11 Rb7 31. Ra1 Rbxd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Ra6 $11) 30... Rxf2+ 31. Kg1
Rg2+ {Even in this position White should still be able to hold a draw.} (31...
Rfd2 32. Ra8 Rxd7 33. R8xa7 Rdd2 34. R7a3 $17 {If Black plays 31...Rfd2,
White's position looks dangerous but ultimately he shouldn't have any problems
drawing.}) 32. Kh1 $2 (32. Kf1 $1) 32... Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rbg2+ $1 34. Kf1 Rd2 $1
$19 35. Kg1 Rhg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxg3 37. Ke1 $2 (37. Rxa7 Re3 $1 (37... Rgd3 $5 38.
Ke1 Kf6 39. Rc7 Ke5 $1 $19 (39... Kf5 $2 40. Rf8 $11) 40. Rf8 (40. Re8+ Kf4 41.
d8=Q (41. Re7 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 R3d2+ 43. Re2 Rxd7 $19) 41... Rxd8 42. Rxf7+ Kg3 $19
) 40... Rxd7 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7 Rd4 $19) 38. Rc8 Re7 39. Rcc7 Re4 $1 40.
Rc2 (40. Rc8 Rxh4 $19) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Rxh4 $19) 37... Rxd7 $1 {This win
turned out to be decisive for the match, as our team ended up beating France 2.
5:1.5.} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch49 Semifinal"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "1981.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1981.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nh6 {[%csl Rd4]} 6. Nc3 Nf5 7.
b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. e3 d6 10. Qc2 e5 11. Rad1 Nfe7 12. d4 $1 exd4 13. exd4
cxd4 14. Nb5 d3 $1 15. Qb1 Bxb2 $1 16. Qxb2 a6 $1 17. Nc3 Bf5 18. Nh4 Ne5 19.
Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Nd5 Re8 $1 21. f4 Nd7 22. Rxd3 b5 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. a4 Rb8 25.
Bh3 Re6 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qd4 Nc5 28. Rc3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nxb3 30. Qd3 Qb8 31.
Rb1 Qa7+ 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Qxf5 Ne4 34. Rb6 $1 Qa8 $2 35. Nc7 Nxg3+ (35... Qa7 $2
36. Nxe6 Qxb6 37. Qg4+) 36. Kxg3 Re3+ 37. Kh4 Qd8+ 38. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 39. Kxg5 {
(Time)} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Yuffa,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anish has liked the English of late: his brilliant game against Anand in the
same tournament has shown it.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3
e6 {The most popular according to the database.} 6. h4 ({Spicy.} 6. O-O {
is more calm} Nge7 {White can play a cat and mouse game in centre:} 7. d3 ({
An interesting interpretation by Daniil Dubov:} 7. a3 d5 8. b4 $5 cxb4 $6 (8...
dxc4 $1 9. bxc5 e5 {remains complicated}) 9. axb4 dxc4 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4
12. Qa4 $16 {Dubov-Sychev, 1-0, 2016}) (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Nbxd4 d5 $11 {
and it's getting a bit boring}) (7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 {similar to
the option above}) 7... O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
dxc4 13. dxc4 Rc8 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Na5 $11 {Petrosian-Fischer, 0-1, 1970})
6... Nf6 (6... h6 {is the most popular continuation.} 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 (8. h5
$6 g5 9. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 10. Bxg5 f6 11. Be3 d6 12. h6 Bf8 13. g4 Ne5 $19 {
Romanishin-Ribli, 0-1, 1978})) (6... d5 $5 {is the most logical and concrete:}
7. h5 Nge7 $1 8. d3 (8. h6 Bf6 {and due to the pawn centre Black has an
exellent position.}) 8... h6 $5 {a non-typical but extremely strong decision
concerning the pawn structure} 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 (11. e4 d4
12. Ne2 g5 $15 {White's steeds have remained in their stalls}) 11... b6 $5 (
11... Bg4 $5 {is a tempation:} 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nh2 Be6
$44 {with good compensation for a pawn}) 12. d4 $5 Bg4 $5 {White is under
pressure.}) 7. d4 (7. d3 {does not look so timid:} d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Nd2 O-O ({after} 10... d4 {White has a very promising King's Indian
structure:} 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nce4 Be7 13. f4 {and despite the couple of
bishops I'd play White.})) 7... cxd4 (7... O-O {does not equalise because of}
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bf4 Rd8 (9... Qxc5 10. Bd6 Qxc4 11. Bxf8 Bxf8 12. O-O d5 13. a3
$14 {it's just a exchange for a pawn, nothing special}) 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bc7
Re8 12. Nb5 {and White's boa is constricting.}) 8. Nxd4 O-O $146 (8... d5 {
has been played once, but, unsuccessfully.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 (10. cxd5 exd5
11. Be3 Re8 {the h4-pawn is an evident defect in White's position} 12. Nb3 $6
Rxe3 $5 $36 {a typical sacrifice}) 10... bxc6 11. Qa4 Qb6 $15 {Le Roux-Vallin,
1-0, 2001. Black was better.}) 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 ({I'd prefer} 10...
exd5 {leading to variations above. Now the h4-pawn suddenly becomes useful
after...}) 11. Nxc6 $6 ({...} 11. Bg5 $1 f6 (11... Qa5 12. Nb3 {taking on d5
and playing with no risk}) 12. Bc1 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Nc3 $14 {A nice
pendulum entices Black to push the f-pawn and leave his bishop stuck for a
moment.}) 11... bxc6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Qa5 {
Amazingly even such a solid player as Wesley Sohas given White a chance in
this dry position.} 16. Rfd1 Qc5 {An inaccuracy.} (16... Rad8 17. Bxc6 Rc8 {
leads to a dead draw.}) 17. Rd7 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Bc4 20. Qd2 (20. a4
Bd5 21. Qd2 a5 {Obviously White is pressing but I don't see anything forced.})
20... a5 21. Bf3 Qa3 22. h5 Qxa2 23. Qd4 c5 $6 {A mistake.} ({Despite the
visual risk it was neccessary to bare the king by} 23... gxh5 $1 24. Qh4 Qb1+
$1 ({of course not} 24... Qa1+ $4 25. Kg2 Qxc3 26. Rd4 $1 Bd5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28.
Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rg4+ $18) 25. Kg2 Qb5 26. Bxh5 Qe5 $11 ({or} 26...
Bxe2)) 24. Qe3 a4 (24... Qa4 25. Rc7 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 $16 {leaves Black's problems
unsolved.}) 25. Kg2 Qb1 26. h6 Qf5 27. g4 Qf6 28. Qxc5 Bd5 29. e4 Ba8 30. Ra7
e5 31. Rxa4 Qf4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rc8 ({The brave attempt to play} 33... g5
{would suffer a relapse:} 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Ra5 Re8 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Bc4 Kf8 38.
Bd5 Ke7 39. c4 Be6 40. c5 Rc8 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Rc6
$22 Ke8 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Rb7 Ke8 47. Rb2 Rc8 48. Rb5 Rd8 49. c6 $18) 34. Ra5 Kf8
35. Kg3 Bc6 36. c4 $6 ({Anish played an exellent game previously.} 36. Rxe5 $1
{leads to a technical position after} Bd7 37. Ra5 Rxc3 38. Ra8+ Rc8 39. Ra7 Be6
40. Kf4 Rc5 41. e5 Bc8 42. Bd1 Be6 43. Ba4 Rc8 44. Kg5 $18 {combining the
threats.}) 36... Bd7 37. Be2 ({A smart move.} 37. Rxe5 Rxc4 38. g5 Bc6 39. Kf4
Rc1 40. Ra5 Rf1 41. Rc5 Bd7 42. Rc7 Bb5 43. Kg3 Rg1+ {Black's rook is too
active on the 1st rank unlike the variant above}) 37... Be6 38. Rxe5 Bxc4 39.
Bxc4 $6 {Now it's a draw.} ({The last chance was} 39. Bf3 $5 f6 (39... Re8 40.
Rc5 Be6 41. g5 Ke7 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Kf4 $18 {with the idea of e5
and Re7}) 40. Ra5 Re8 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. g5 $1 {seems to be winning} (42. Ra7 Re7
$1 {no fear!} 43. Rxe7 (43. Ra8+ Re8 44. Ra3 Bb5 {it's not an immediate draw,
but it's not lost}) 43... Kxe7 44. Bd1 g5+ 45. Kf5 Bc4 46. e5 Be6+ 47. Ke4 Kf7
48. Kd4 Bc8 49. Bb3+ Ke7 50. Bc2 Bxg4 51. Bxh7 fxe5+ 52. Kxe5 Kf7 {looks
fantastic, but it's a draw} 53. Bf5 Bd1 54. Kd6 (54. e4 Bc2 55. Kd4 Bxe4) 54...
g4 $11) 42... fxg5+ 43. Rxg5 {and, step by step, combining the threats White
will push the pawns and transfer the bishop to d5 which should decide the game.
}) 39... Rxc4 40. Kf4 Rc6 41. g5 Rc1 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Ke5 (43. Ra8 Rf1+ 44. Ke5
Rg1 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Rb7 Rg2 47. Kd5 Rd2+ $11) 43... Rc7 44. Rb5 Ra7 45. Rc5
Rb7 46. Ra5 Rc7 47. Ra8 Rc5+ 48. Kf4 Rc1 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. e5 Rf1+
52. Ke4 Rg1 53. Ra8 Rxg5 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Kd5 Rh5 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58.
Ra8+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 {A very complicated game that all the way through has
demonstrated the importance of every move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 {En stabil
uppställning som tom Wedberg populäriserat i Sverige.} 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 Nge7 9.
Nc2 O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. Ne3 h6 {Hör inte hemma här.} 12. Rb1 f5 {Ej heller
detta är vanligt.} 13. Ned5 Rb8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17.
Rxb4 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rb5 Bxg2 21. Qb3+ Kh7 22. Kxg2 {
[#] Vid korrekt spel skall vit inte kunna få fördel mot "Wedbergsystemet",
mennu har Tiger fått en någor men klart bättre ställning.} Qd7 23. Bb2 Rfe8 24.
Rc1 Re7 25. Rcc5 Rc8 26. Rd5 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc2 28. Qb4 (28. Rxb7 {Vit har bonde
mer.}) 28... Qxe2 (28... Qc7 {Var nödvändigt.}) 29. Qxe7 Rc2 {[#]} 30. Qxg7+ (
30. Bd4 $1 Rc1 31. Rxe5 (31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxb7+ Kf6 33. Rd6+ Kg5 34. Be3+ Kh5
35. Bxc1 e4 {Svart klarar remi.}) 31... Qf1+ 32. Kf3 Qxd3+ 33. Re3 Qd1+ 34. Re2
Qxd4 35. Rd6 {Vit vinner.}) 30... Kxg7 31. Bxe5+ Kf7 32. Bd4 Qxd3 33. Rf6+ Ke7
34. Bc5+ Rxc5 35. Rxd3 Kxf6 36. Rd6+ Kg5 37. Rb6 Rc7 38. h4+ Kh5 39. Rb5 Rf7
40. f3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kh3 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

